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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-05
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vsys.de. and il was trodden down.
and the fowls Of the air deyo-red il
and some fell upon Z -,rs. and as
soon 81 It was sprung ". ii w.thered
away. because it lacked moisture.
And some fell upon tho-ng. and tie
thorus sprung up With it. and ch0sed
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And some fell on good ground and
sprang up, and bare fruit IN hundred
fold. And when he had said these
things. he cried, He that hath ears
To hear. Jet him hear
And he said Unto yoI it is given
to know the mysteries ot the King
dom Of Cod but to othe.s in para
bles: that seeing they might not see,
and hearing they may not understand.
Now the parable is this The seed
is the word 0. God.
Those by the wayslde ar they tnat
hear: then cometh the devil, and TAX
eth away the word Of their hearts,
lest them should believe and be
saved.
They on the rock are they which,
when they hear, receive the word
with joy, and these have no root,
which for 2 while believe, and in time
Of temptation fall away.
And that which fell among thorns
are they, which when they have heard
20 forth, and are choked with cares
and riches and pleasures Of this life,
and bring no fruit to perfection.
But that on the good ground are
they, which in an honest and good
heart, having heard the word, keep it,
and bring forth fruit with patience.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-05
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-05
OTTiE pICHFORO At TIE
MAJESTIC THURSDAY g. FRIDAY

The name NJ "pickfOrd' is iusepar
ibly connected with motion pictures
Tor lbc best known movie actress 10
the world is Mary ricblord Her
sister. Lottc. H. also motion pic
turc actress and the claim ia made
that she is pretucr than Mary. Ec
that as II may. shc is cast In the
leading role lu "Thc Diamond From
lhc Sky.' plcurizcd novel and the
nrH chapter IN three reels. viii be
shown here 1hunday and Friday oi
this week Ten thousand dollars IN
cash VIII be- given 10 the person who
submits the most acceptable auggcs.
ton for sequel to "Thc Diamond
From rhc SKY"
"Wednesday. another Mutual Master.
picture. "Thc Failure wlll be- shown
at the Majestic
"Tne Failure" viii sweep you alous
from scene 10 scene 30 tuat you wi 4
almost live in the thrilling adycr
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-05

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-05
Jewish New Yea-.

VIII be celebrated by the Ardmore
congregation, beginning at sundown
Wednesday evening, September S. Ser
vices will be conducted W Ira San
ders of the Union Hebrew College Of
Cincinnati. Ohio, a special rabbi en-
gagged for the holidays.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-05

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sUrllInY and resiOrrs natural coDdl.
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llr Sold by Eomar Drug 90.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-15

Slight not what's near through aim
In. at what's far.-Euripides.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-15
GERMANS AND AUSTRIANS ASH
U. ). TO STOP REPATRIATION

London, May Is, 8 P. M.-German
and Austrians again besieged the Amer
lean consulate yesterday, but instead
of demanding protection for them
selves and their property they sought
the aid of the American officials to
prevent their being repatriated in con
sequence of the action of the govern
ment announced Thursday by Premier
Asquith. Most of the callers at the
consulate were either over or under
the internment age. Many We're WON
en- with their children. These persons
explained that for years their homes
had been in this country and that their
deportation to Germany or Austria
would be regarded by them as greater
calamity than internment here.
The American consul general, Rob
ert P. Skinner, took their statements
but was unable to promise any action
in their behalf further than that trans
mission of their requests to the proper
authorities.
Eighty Germans and Austrians were
stricken from the membership roll of
the Iron and Steel Institute yesterday
by unanimous vote of a meeting held in
London.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-15

LAWYERS PAPER BOOKS
Printed at this office in best stvle. at
lowest prices and on short notice.
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wish may enjoy themselves and have
a merry, noisy time.
This is free gate midway and
patrons will witness a sumptuOus 7epast
in exquisite scenes. There will be some
thing doing in the fun-making line that
is unusual. There will be Trained Wild
Animal Shows, Free acts Of sensa-
tIOnal kind, merry go-rounds. ferris
wheels, elephants, eamels, ealliopes,
bands, mammoth orehestrions, and one
hundred and one bright, clean, moral
and up-to-date methods of amusement
and the Moose want TO see YOU. They
promise you an enjoyable time and a
treat that is simply indeseribable.
They ask you to bring the whole fam
lily along and have them enjoy the
many wonderful and interesting feat
ures that they will have on hand.
Don't overlook the big noon-day
parade.-Adv-s
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-15
FORTIFIED Cities FALL
Modern Fortifications No More Effect
i've Than Ancient Walls, Arma-
ment Considered

Impregnable Antwerp with her "im.
passable forts fell as easily under the
hammering impact of the giant howit-
zer shells as did the walls of Tyre.
Jericho or other cities of antiquity un
der the crude battering rams of their
day.
No lesson of the great European war
is so impressive as that taught by the
destruction wrought BY the heavy arma
ment of the Germans. and no greater
destruction has artillery ever perpe-
trated than the Belgian cities laid
waste.
Modern ordnance has been So great.
ly perfected that the possibilities of
greater range and higher trajectory
might well bring the British coast un-
der the German guns, or vice versa.
Next to Antwerp, Paris is the strong
est fortified city, with rows upon rows
of great pieces having a range of up
ward of twelve miles beyond the city,
and protected from bursting shells by
concrete and steel, yet had the German
army penetrated far enough on their
first drive, they already having the
range of Paris, might easily have dl-
plieated the successful artillery attack
of Antwerp, for the guns of Paris are
in fixed position, while the range of the
German army would have been tenn
porarily speculative for the French
gunners.
The great range of modern guns and
the destructiveness of present-day shells
preclude any idea of the safety of his
toric buildings or edifices in a city I'm
der fire, as is evidenced in the many
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-15
BIC Decrease IN NUMBER
OF DEATHS ON RAILROADS
Forty-six Fewer Persons Killed in First
Three Months of This Year Than
In Same Period in 1914. According
to Service Boards Investigator

The investigator of accidents for the
Public Service Commission, has report
ed that during the first three months
of the present year, 216 persons were
killed and 1904 injured ON the steam
railroads of the State. This is de-
crease of 46 in the number killed as
compared with the first three months
of last year, and decrease of SO in
the number injured.
Those fatally injured included: ~
employees, l passenger, 124 trespassers
and 10 Others. OF the latter II were
killed at grade crossings. Eleven were
fatally injured during the same period
of 1914. The occupations of the em-
ployes killed and injured follows;
Il illIl In inrnl
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-15

Hello. I see you are early of late.
You use TO be behind before. Now your
FIST at last.
The carnival surprise OF the century.
That's what they al say and from what
We can learn from the Moose them
selves as well as from press comment
in the city where the Leon W. Wash
burns Mighty Midway Shows, Trained
Mild Animal Arena and Carnival Com
pany are playing this week the Moose
are not eXaggerating when they say
that their Mighty Midway May Fes-
tival and Gala Week Celebration will
surpass anything ever before attempted
in Mardi Gras events in Harrisburg.
All next week. every afternoon and
evening. rain or shine, there will be
big continuous dOings at Sixth and
MahantoBga streets, which is away
from the dirt and dust of the city
streets and location where all who
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-15

illustrations reproduced from actual
photographs in THE Nations at War, -
which is being presented by the Star
independent to its readers for the small
sum of 9S cents to defray the expense
of the book rights and delivery,
This historic volume. edited by the
wellknown author, Willis j. Abbot, is
the first of the authentic works from
any American press and is the most ac-
curate and complete history of the first
six months, the most important months,
of the great European struggle.
The heavy demand is making in
roads into the stock, and, as the Star
Independent secured only the right to
the first edition of this S3.00 book,
readers should avail themselves of the
presentation opportunity to secure the
volume for Csc, merely the cost of au-
thor S royalty and handling charges.
Adv
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-15

There is a decrease of 26 in the
number of employees killed and de-
crease of $40 in the number injured
as compared with the first three months
of 1914.
Thirty-three persons were killed ON
the street railways during the first
three months of this year, three of
whom were passengers and four tres
passers. Five hundred were injured.
This is an increase of four in the num-
Der killed and a decrease of 225 in
the number injured.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-15
union SELF TUBES
MADE Good ON Recent RUN

Twenty-Five cars equipped with the
Union Self-Sealng Tubes and not one
delayed with puneture trouble. is the
honor claimed by the Union Sales Com
pany. Special reference is made to the
HupmObile ear. which carried the man
ager and sales force of the Union Sales
Company.
The tires ON this ear were punetured
twenty-five times before the ear started
on the run, the punetureS being made
with a large ice pick driven into the
tire by a heavy mallet. Following the
puncture the ear made the entire run of
nearly 500 miles without further pump
ing. Throughout the run they kept the
ear going at its best clip in order TO
show that abuse, even of the worst
kind. had no effect on these tires what
ever. Many spikes and nails were
picked up along the course. w. f. Orth.
of the City Star Laundry. driving a
Cadillac, picked up a large nail near
Coatesville, but failed 10 note it until
his attention was attracted at the
Coatesville control. He plucked the nail
from the tire, started his engine, and
resumed the trip without any delay.
]. X. Kipp, driving a Herff Brooks
So, picked up an unusually large spike,
but kept on driving and finished the run
with a perfect score.
The ear was probably the best ad-
vertised during the run. A body twelve
feet in length and three and one-half
feet wide. was bolted to the BODY of
this ear, with great letters which stood
out clearly. They distributed more ad =
vertising literature than any other
entrant and twenty-three of the twenty
five ears equipped with their tubes
carried Union Sales display advertise
ments.
Two prizes were awarded last even
ing to them-both handsome trophies.
LAWYERS PAPER BOOKS
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-15
DIRIGIBLE FOR THE NAVY
Airship Will Garry Eight Men and Fly
% Miles an Hour

Washington, MAY 15.-The navy has
bought the first dirigible airship, under
contract which Secretary Daniels ap-
proved yesterday. The aircraft will be
made by the Connecticut Aircraft Com
amy. of New Haven, Conn, which bid
s45, 5,636.25., and is to be delivered
within four months.
The dirigible is designed to carry
eight men, will be 175 feet in length
and So feet in height, will have a gas
capacity of 10000 cubic feet and a
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-15

"what's the idea of using the pro-
noun we so often in your articles:"
We'll" replied the editor, its mat.
ter of self protection. In case any
body takes offense / want to sound as
much as possible like a crowd. Phil.
adelphia Record.
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speed of % miles an hour.
The last naval appropriation bill ap.
propriated $1,000,O00 for aeronauties.
Last week the department received two
hydro-aeroplanes from the Curtiss Com
pany.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-12
FEAST ENDED BY
 BAPTISM OF FIRE
War Correspondents Reminded of
 Duty By Explosion Of Shell.

Copenhagen, Feb. 12. (Correspon- dence of The Associated Press) How a number of war correspondents re- ceived their baptism of fire while at a feast with French officers in a hotel at Rheims is described by a representative of the Politil<en, who writes
 Here we received our baptism Of fire, and we received it during feast. The occasion may be termed epic. Ii was so impressive and remarkable that none of those who were prescr is ever likely to forget it.
 "It seemed that to sit down to such 8 feast at a moment when France was involved in this terrible war of peoples, was nothing short of being a criminal insult to mankind.
 Taken to Hotel.
 We had arrived too late from Epernay to take a look at the city be- fore luncheon, and for this reason we were imm ediately taken to the hotel
 An odd spectacle greeted my eyes as I stepped from the autom obile. The entire front of the hotel build ing had been wrecked by shells. 6Sh6d the HOlel SCINoHi "iltll biilS udh been done. He replied: The day before yesterday, sir!'
 "One would have thought that this sort of thing would have caused ones spirits to go down 8 little. Nothing of the sort happened. We had brought with us some of the good cheer of the troops in the field, and noticed that the inhabitants Of Rheims moved about in rather careless manner.
 Officers Relate Stories.
 "So we sat down and enjoyed the very excellent luncheon. The large Windows of the dining room looked upon the square where a little while before some German shells had land ed. There was nothing to insure us against one Of the German iron greet ings breaking in on us with ex- plosive fervor. Possibly, many of us thought of this, but conversation soon became animated. Some of the of- ficers present had just returned from the trenches and were full of stories regarding their experiences.
 "Bordeaux wine was followed by champagne And why not-consid- | ering that the latter is the product of the country we were in. So we drank and forgot all about the Germans and their guns.
 Reminded of Duty. "The last glass had not been filled l
New Britain herald., 1915-02-12

were fixed below the worlds price, not a quarter of wheat would be sent to this country.
 The governmept should also have acted earlier, MT Bonar Law said, in reducing the high cost of frelghts. If he had the power he would have set up q committee of business men to deal with the question of interned ships It was common knowledge, he said that many ships taken by the admiralty often lay idle for weeks and months. If board of bus mess men were approached to deal with these ships, he was sure that 50
New Britain herald., 1915-02-12

the necessities of life, the premier said that wheat had increased 72 per cent. over the price for February, 1914; flour, 5 per cent; British meat six per cent. and foreign meat 12 De: cent; sugar 72 per cent. and coal 5 per cent. Compared with the range of prices at the end of the F'ranco-Prus- sian war, the premier said, every thing except coal was dearer then than it is now.
 The government policy. Premier Asquith said, had prevented the sur plus sugar in the next few weeks would be downward. Further vessels he said. would be released for the east coast coal trade shortly.
 Coal Trade Employees Enlist.
 The, reduction in the output of coal was due to the fact that more than thirteen per cent. of the coal trade employees had enlisted.
 Dealing with the fu.-re, Premier AsGuith said that Argentine wheat would soon be available Russia would facilitate in every way the ex- port of wheat to the allies, but it would be some time before he, SUD-
 
 taken to get Indian supplies and there was reas son to believe that after June there would be Sufficient quantities of Whea availa ble. .... -. ....
 More ships Available
 Regarding shipping the prime min ister said that nine vessels of con- siderable size now occupied by vlriC nf 1,n roJo fol service whenever possible. The proceedings of the prize court, he added, would be accelerated.
 AS to the shortage of transport labor, MT. Asquith said that twelve per cent. of the railroad employees was serving in the army and that 5000 Liverpool dockers had enlisted The railroads had been instructed to give precedence to foodstuffs and to mil- tary requirements. The premier men toned incidentally that the London and Northwestern railroad alone had run 1000 military trains. .
 "The government said the premier, "has been invited to fix the maximum prices--which the German govern ment has done with such disastrous results-and to buy up all the surplus supplies in Europe, but I don't think ste ps of that Kind would facilitate the desired end. The government desires tc do everything possible to guard the working classes against hardships great war like the present, must how ever demand sacrifices and the work ing classes arc not the last to recog- rize and acknowledge this.
 Criticism From Law.
 A. BoEar Law, the leader of the opposition. who followed MT. As quith-said he thought the govern n,ent might have done a little more than it had and that it should, espe- cialv when it knew that Turkey would enter the war and that the DarCanelles would be closed, have bought up large qua antilles of wheat.
 Fixing a maximum price, he said would me impracticable because if 1t
New Britain herald., 1915-02-12
RCLAND MUST DEAL |N|TH FOOD QUESTION
6IkinQnlen Cannot Live on Pron- |lstS Alone, Says Labor Leader.

London, Feb il, 5:17 D. m.-Deal- kg with the food question in the &odse commons this afternoon, Pre- Infer Asquith said that determining factor in the price of wheat was spec kiation on the New York and Chicago Markets. The premier said these mar kets were in a highly nervous and &jumpy' condition. He anticipated, However, that this fever of specull- Hcp would abate after June. The subject came up on a motion Inviting the intervention of the gov rnment in the fight which has been |oing on against the increased cost # living in the British Isles. l The government already has aD- ointed a parliamentary committee D investigate this matter. Premier squfth explained to the house the esuit of the inquiry thus far made, Ind outlined certain proposed steps Realing with urgent necessities of the ase which are causing much bard Elhip on the poor
 Formidable Rise in Price. aThe premier admitted a fornida- +1e rise in the cost of the necessities W life, but he cOntended that prices
 0e substantially below the level, mich the best informed iudgm ent
 the country would have anticipat
 at the end of six months war in-
 living virtually the whole civilized
 brld, with the exception of the
 hited States. The levels of food tices now or likely to be attained | the future did not exceed, the pre- mier declared, and in many respects ere below the level which those still wing had experienced in time of eace.
 Giving details of representative iD-
 eases, Premier Asquith said the ld- hnces in the retail prices Of food as bmpared to the period just before he outbreak of tho war were today London "A per cent. in other largo owns 23 per cent, and in small towns nd villages 20 per cent.
 H Some Startling Increases M In the case of material modi- Hes coming under the category Of
New Britain herald., 1915-02-12

per cent. of them would be released for general trade,
 Limit to War Profits.
 The government, Bonar Law said, mad as much right to seize ship plng organizations as it had to seize individuals. but, he added, the time for that had not vet come
 The opposition leader said there was limit to the profits which Snould De made out of war. When that limit was reached, he willingly would consider proposals to prevent it being exceeded. If the premier could convince dealers there would
New Britain herald., 1915-02-12

The recent bobsled carnival at Huntington, N. Y, attra cted much at tention. There were more than thirty heats, and the sleds went down the ice coated hill at a speed of more than mile a minute. The Grey hound, owned by the Greyhound girls of Huntington, came in ninth, but at that was only two seconds behind the winners. There were numerous spills and much fun and excitement There were prizes for speed and other prizes for distance. The hill down which the coasting was done had been properly coated with ice. and the event was spectacularly successful.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-12

be plentiful supply of wheat by June he was sure the price inme- diately would fall. John R. Clynes. speaking for the labor party, said that the peace truce in industry could not be continued unless some rellel were given. The premier, he added, would have to give some more practical undertaking than he had done, as the workingmen could not live on promises alone.
 heh you send valuable clippings Scha With them a self-addressed en- Nelope III Which they can be returned,
New Britain herald., 1915-02-12
Heard House

" That a little n| woman. About 100 J shell came, and when explosion was over. w collapse with a mi sound.
 The hostess was now. Gentlemen. < getically, I nave done sible to keep it secrct be here today, but 1 to believe that the end of it nevertheless.
 "The luncheon end( for the 'pluckiest hod try, which in spite o ment had not closed | single day."
New Britain herald., 1915-02-12

when a shell explod the windows of the correspondent got up and made a speech and the French offic| companied us, begi men and colleagues \ now reminded us of "The speech ende| the window to see u shell had done. Ou1 saying: It exploded here
New Britain herald., 1915-02-12
Some Startling Increases

In the case of material comm odi-
 les coming under the category Of