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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25
A NOYADE OF THE Huns.

Boston Transcript; Apparently there
is no "frightfulness. either new or
Old which the Huns of the Hoheuzoi-
lern horde will not practice. They have
invented many new devitries sicken-
ing to humanity. but when their in.
fernal ingenuity gives out, they have
recourse 10 records Of the dark and
cruel past. Ia, the blood-stained annals
OF the Reign of Terror Of Wallenstein
and Tilly, Of Alva. and of Tomiur Leng.
there are abundant suggestions for the
extension of Twentieth Century Teu.
tonic Kultur.
The latest infamy is borrowed from
the doings Of Carrier IA Nantes. The
"noyades" Of that criminal maniac
have generally been regarded as among
the most abominable deeds Of the Reign
of Terror; for which reason they may
be supposed to have appealed strongly
to the apostles Of Kultur for present
emulation. So Il came TO pass that they
were taken as "a model by the gallant
German officers of U.boat upon the
steamship Belgian Prince. The vessel
was torpedoed and began TO sink. The
U.boat came alongside, destroyed the
wireless telegraphic apparatus Of the
doomed ship, smashed the lifeboats, and
took away the life preservers You
will not need them" said the gallant
Germans 10 the crewNof the Belgian
Prince, FOR we shall take you aboard
our U.boat." Surely enough. they did
so. The prisoners were taken upon the
deck OF the U-boat. then riding high
above the surface. and the U.boat steam
ed rapidly away from her sinking vic.
tim. When a sufficient distance had
been reached, or when the stricken hulk
had disappeared, all the Germans went
below and closed the matches behind
them leaving their two-score prisoners
on deck
And then the U.boat was deliberately
submerged 200 miles from land No
doubt as she went down, leaving the
men on her deck to drown. her gallant
commander and his comrades made
their cabin ring with shouts OF Duet
chland uber allies" and with exultant
mlrtL; such as that with which the
hyphenated Huns m New York thoaters
and restaurants greeted the news Of the
sinking OF the Lusitania and the mur.
der OF American women ard children.
Doubtless too, the chief Hohenzollern
Hun will congratulate the U.boat com.
mander upon his glorious feat, and
present to him a commemorative medal.
II viii be moribdly interesting 10 oh
serve which other ancient horror is
next adopted and adapted TO present
requirements by the self-styled partner
Of the Almighty There are several,
the use OF which has not yet been re.
ported. The iron boot, the thumb.screw.
the rack. implement. and the Iron
Virgin. Would there be any occasion
for surprise II It became known there
these were being employed by the Ho.
henzollern Huns?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25
GODS OWN SCHEME"

Prussianism may always be depended
on to give away its own game. 1t has
done so, as usual with regard to its
present pacific pretensions.
While German statesmen and editors
have been filling the world with profes.
sions OF a disinterested love Of peace
and a desire TO abolish all warfare, we
find Prince Won Buelow. in a book Just
published, praising German militarism
as the best thing we have achieved in.
the course Of our national development"
lie adds: Permanent peace is a dream,
and not even a beautiful one. But war
is an essential element Of Gods own
scheme Of the world"
And simultaneously we find General
Won Liebert saying in a public speech
az Rathenau Prussia, amid loud cheers
from his audience:
I'VE cannot sign peace before we
have the Flanders coast. a colonial EN-.
pire and maritime bases. Should we
not realize this now, we must prepare
for II after the war. In view OF the next
war;
To this the Socialist Vorwaerts. the
one newspaper in Germany that seems
TO preserve its sanity. retorts: This
may prolong the war until Germany
has been so beaten that even our Pan
Germans cannot think OF next
time"
And the Vorwaerts is right. The
United states has entered the fray de-
termined to make sure that there shall
be no next war"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25
NO HARM IN GERMS.

To a certain Dr. John b. G. Fraser
MD, C.M., we are indebted for won
drOus revelation. In an article in The
open Door a national magazine devoted
to anti-vivisection, he routs and abol-
ishes the germ theory upon which near
ly all modern medical practice and hy-
giene are based
DR.. Fraser doesn't follow the example
of certain other antiscientists and deny
that there are such things as germs.
But he denies that germs are responsible
for disease. a disease, he admits, may
produce the germs which We call dis.
ease germs" but those germs, he in
sists, are merely the result, not the
cause, of the disease. They're a by-prod-
uct which has no effect in spreading
the ailment
He maintains that typhoid germs,
pneumonia germs, diphtheria germs, tu.
berculosis germs meningitis germs and
all their supposedly pernicious brother
hood are quite harmless. They have
been administered to well persons over
and over again. he says. without affect
ing them In the least. People have
been fed with them, had them injected
into their blood, had their throats and
nostris swabbed with them-and moth
ing happened. The tests, we are in
formed, were made scientifically" and
the germs were OF pure pedigree, fur
nished by one Of the best known labora.
tories I'm North America"
lie mentions several sets Of expert
ments of this sort. Unfortunately they
are lacking in definite detail and in the
corroboration Of other men Of recog-
nized standing in the medical profession.
II may be that DR.. Fraser is right,
and the rest Of the doctors are all
wrong. But until more convincing evi-
dence is presented, any doubter viii do
well TO continue believing that our So
called infectious and contagious diseases
are communicated by germs, and acting
on that belief.
All germs may be harmless-and so
may all Germans-buJ we prefer to play
safe.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25
ALL WE CAN GET"

Make note OF the name Of William s.
Scott, president OF the Missouri and
Illinois company which leases coal mines
near Belleville. Ill., II deserves TO go
down in history with that OF Divine
Right Baer and that Of the genial gen.
tleman who first said THE public be
damned"
During the course OF the Missouri in.
qulry into the high prices OF fuel As.
sistant Attorney General Gose asked
him what was his idea Of fair profit
during the war. HIS answer was;
"There is no limit We got what we
can. Everybody is doing that"
40 you think that Is right?" asked
Attorney Gose.
81 am not qualified 20 say. / am
doing all | can to get what l can"
"How do YOU justify charging Sc for
something which cost less than i2 to
produce"
Because I can get ~"
Behind the sublime insolence OF the
attitude lies one curious little admission.
He is mot qualified TO say" whether
the thing Is right or not That Is, he
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25
Who's Who Among Pacifists.
ii. w. l.. Dana
BY Hildegrade Hawthorne, Of the
Vigilantes.


Vigilantes.
There's this man Dana" said the
man who wants to know. HE sounds
American"
How d'you mean, sounds?"
II mean his name. I'd hate to think
the awful stuff he signs his name 10
was American. Here he is with the
other creatures that call themselves
pacifists, and are evidently trying to
take the heart out of all our boys who
are going into this war because they
know that America needs them as she's
never needed men to fight for her be.
fore; trying to make them feel, if it's
possible, that they have no solid back.
ing from their folks at home: trying
to befoul the fine clear spirit of pa
triotism and devotion TO an ideal that
is indeed fit to die for by base and
sinister insinuations-Id certainly hate
to think such stuff American; but the
name"
Ever hear of II. w. Longfellow?"
What are you driving at? Longfe.
low-the poet?"
did you notice this man Dana's in.
itials?"
H. W. L. You don't mean he's re.
lated to Longfellow?"
It's a kind Of sardonic joke, isn't It,
that the author of Paul Revere's Ride
should have this pacifist grandson?
'Longfellow was a gentle spirit certainly.
No fire eater no swashbuckler, heaven
knowsl But the old man knew that
there was a time when you had to fight,
or quit being a man or a nation and
he could put that conviction into words
that have rung in the hearts Of three
generations. And now we have this sort
Of stuff from his grandson. To be sure.
the words Of Dana are scarcely likely to
ring in any hearts. You might as well
expect a ditch to turn the wheels of a
mill and make flour for bread to give
the body Of man sustenance"
What's Mr.. Danas own job?"
He's a professor. There are a good
many professors in the pacifist business.
] suppose they like to think they are
above the common herd--and the easiest
way to think it is by running contrary
to the accepted ideas and beliefs Of men
and women who are not professors, but
just humans A professor Of that type
hates to think that theory isn't the
strongest thing in the world A good
theory is all he wants. It is perfectly
good theory that to fight is bad, and
( leads 10 all sorts of trouble. Nothing
easier than for the professional mind 10
east facts into the discard, and 20 hot,
foot on his theoretical track Longfel-
low was a poet. He knew and loved
/ his fellow men. lie hated war and dig
/ ease and wickedness, as all wise and
good men must. But he knew there
are times when a man must fight for
/ the truth that is in him and the spirit
that leads him, and he voiced that con-
yiction in noble verse. l should advise
anyone who has been assaied by any
Of Professor Dana's propaganda to turn
back to the words Of his grandfather
and get square with life again"
ITO, so to say, take the taste out Of
your month" declared the man who
wants TO know
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25
AIRPLANE OBSERVERS BEING
SOUGHT IN OKLAHOMA

Washington, Aug. 25-Candidates
FOR commissions as observers for air
planes are being sought by the chief sig
nal Office from among graduates Of the
artillery instruction course az Fort
Monroe, Va, or the machine gun course
in Fort sill, Oklahoma, and from en-
listed men or civilians who are expert
photographers. radio operators or ma.
chine gun operators. Accepted appli-
cants will be given two months course
Of instruction in fire from airplanes,
reconnaissance. photography. radio and
bomb dropping. and commissioned on
successful completion Of the studies.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25

We take it that the open door to
China" will no longer be open' to Ger
many. At the close of the war her
goods viii not be welcome there. Though
there may be no formal boycott, Ger.
many will find, when peace comes, that
almost the whole world is arrayed
against her commercially as it is now
militarily. As result Of her murder
Gus record, she will be hedged about
everywhere she turns by an embargo
Of unpopularity
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25
AUSTRIA LITERALLY CRYING
FOR PEACE, so SAYS
NATIVE THAT COUNTRY

Copenhagen. Aug. 25-An Austria
which is literally crying for peace, which
has discarded any thought Of territorial
expansion and is even willing to buy
its way out Of the war by territorial
sacrifices on the Italian front and in
Galicia; an Austria of frequent food
riots unable TO last through another
winter Of war; an Austria whose popu-
lation would rise in revolution if any
reasonable peace offer was rejected by
the government is pictured by an in.
telllgent Austrian who has arrived at
Copenhagen from Vienna.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25

Pittsburgh Gazette-Times: The corn
dodger has been taken from the Stacker
class.
Chicago News: Some men go when
duty calls-but in the opposite direc.
tion.
Tulsa World: II is almost time for
"our next governors" press agents to
agitate their typewriters.
Lawton Constitution: The conduct Of
public men during this war win have a
tendency to leave number Of them at
home.
Guthrie Leader: The high cost Of
oysters has sent out advance notice Of
its arrival next month for a winters
campaign.
St. Joseph Moj News.Press: when
in doubt take the trick is a good rule
in cards. When in doubt, keep quiet is
just as good applied generally.
Dallas News: Maybe you also have
noticed that when a woman's grandchil-
dren begin playing around her knees
she isn't so concerned about her ankles
Muskogee Times-Democrat Those
plotters who are planning to blow up
factories would better start running just
about now while the running is good.
Chickasha Express: But man can
play his wife for an easy mark Just
about so long before he is caught in
his meanness.
Sapulpa Argus: It's wonderful what
diplomacy some little men exercise when
they know the other fellow can whip
them.
Gainesville Texas Register: Some
food conservation punster has suggested
that the more fruits and vegetables we
can the quicker we can can" Prus.
sianism. Both OF which seems very
essential at this time.
McAlester News. Capital: The social.
lists who used 10 want the government
TO do everything for everybody have
changed their tune. They would now
prefer that II DO "nothin' to nobody"
Ft. Smith LArkl Southwest.American:
Maybe the Germans are eating elephant.
lion and tiger meat not because OF a
shortage OF beef but to make themselves
strong and real ruthless.
Tulsa Times.Democrat: The end Of
the submarine menace is in sight Ac.
cording 10 the dispatches a tank steamer
has succeeded in fighting one OF them
off a tank steamer loaded with gaso.
line Is usually considered both a shin.
ing mark and an easy victim for a Ger.
man sub.
III Reno Democrat: Just as the wo.
men In England are taking TO overalls,
the men are considering returning to
skirts. In shape OF kits.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25
HENS.

Great satisfaction came into the soul
of the woman whose husband remarked
at the breakfast table that with eggs
at as cents and rising, he guessed he'd
better exchange his roosters for hens
"They take them at the poultry farm
at about the rate of two roosters for
one hem" he added
One walk in life where the female of
the species is appreciated at something
lie her proper value!
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25
WHEAT AND PROVISIONS
CLOSE WEEK WITH ADVANCE

Chicago. Aug. 25.-Evenlng.up trades
marked the course OF September wheat.
the only option traded in through It's
final week, which closes with the last
sale today. The net result OF the weeks
dealing was an advance Of IL cents.
Corn lost l 5-S TO cents. and oats
from a shade to io. Provisions finished
from cents lower TO an advance OF 80
cents.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25
"QUEEN.HIGH"

How can | love you or praise you.
Lady, my queen.
Honor, extol and upraise YOU
SO that your worth may be SEEM
I really was, lady dear, thrilled.
Hot went my blood with a rush.
When drew you, held you and filled
That queen.high diamond flush.
Columbia Record
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25
Footballs for American Soldiers.

Cambridge, Mass, Aug. 25.-F'ive
hundred footballs, sent by Harvard to
France for the American soldiers, Fred
W. Moore, graduate manager Of the
Harvard Athletic association announced
today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25

Every man who was exempted in Car
ter county because Of dependents. or
occupation may still find a most worthy
way of serving his country by enlisting
in the Home Guards now about to be
organized.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25
Can,t Agree With Kerensky.

Petrograd. Aug. 25.-M. Savinkoff.
acting minister of war. has resigned
because Of military and political diff
ferences with Premier Kerensky.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25

The Ardmorete is on Sale Daily at:
lrby's News stand. Ringing.
Healds Postoffice Stand, New Healdton.
Page & Murphy Book Store, Marietta.
Marshs News Stand, corner Broadway
and Main, Oklahoma City.
Broadway News Stand, II North Broad
way, Oklahoma City.
Healdton News Stand. New Healdton.
Writ News Stand, Writ.
NJ. ]. Garrigan, Wordsworth.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25

Veterans of the Spanish-Amefican
war in Tulsa have taken the lead in
enlisting a company Of POS men to con
stitute the Home Guard in that city
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication of
all news credited to it or not otherwise
credited in this paper and also the local
news published herein.
All rights Of republication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25

Ardmore, Saturday. August 25, 1917
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25

III Reno Democrat Just as the wo-
men in England are taking TO overalls,
the men are considering returning to
skirts, In shape OF kits.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25
SCISSORS AND PASTE

Pittsburgh Gazette-Times: The corn
dodger has been taken from the Stacker
class.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-01

Miss Anne Sweet. She is in the States
on a furlough after a service of six
years in mission work in Japan. Her
home is in Mankato, Kan.
Mrs. Hugh Benner and her children,
Evelyn and Albert, have returned
of La Junta, Colo. They spent two
weeks in Colorado Springs and Dem
yer.
Mrs. j. M. Brunt has returned from
months trip to Columbus, Della
ware. and Ashley. Ohio, and to Chi
cago and Kansas City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry E. Gayitt have
returned from Asbury Park, N. j..
where they spent the summer. They
visited in Washington, New York City
and Rochester on their return trip.
Miss Stella Grafton of Nortonville,
who is visiting Mrs. Glen Logan, will
go to Silver Lake Monday, where she
will teach this year.
Mrs. B. E. Fox and her -daughter.
Doris, will leave Sunday for their
home in independence They have
been guests of Mrs. c. I. Martin They
will go from Independence to Fort
Sill to be with Lieutenant Fox. who
is aide-de-camp on Gen. c. 1. Martin $
staff.
| Henry H. Hall. New York Life
Adv.
Mrs. Julian Kiene and her son, Ken
meth, of Chillicothe, Mo-, are visit
ing the A. L. kiene family this week
Mrs. Mary A. Sipes, past comman-
der. Progressive Review, Woman's
! Benefit association of the Maccabees
entertained the women of that order
with patriotic and fraternal meet
ing at the Royal Arcanum hall, 627
Kansas avenue, Friday afternoon. The
hall was attractively decorated for
the occasion and a good program rem.
dered. A two-course luncheon was
served, followed by dancing.
About rs women were present. Out
OF town guests were Mrs. Kate M
swan, state commander, of Kansa:
| City, Kan, Mrs. o. Strarup, also Of
Kansas City, Kan, and Mrs. Goodwin
of Emporia.
In honor of Mrs. Swan, the rendi
ton of The Mission of Our Hospita
Cross. a poem composed by her ant
published in the Ladies Review. wa,
given by Mrs. Lizzie Conway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-01
AUGUST COOL MONTH
1t Also Had the Distinction of Break
ing the Threatened Drouth.

This was the third cooiest August
on record and thoroly broke the
drouth of 1917 with more rain than
Topeka has received in any other
month in over years time. accord
ing to the detailed summary issued by
the weather bureau today. Only one
other August on record har had more
were more thunderstorms than in any
other month but one since the local
weather record was begur 81 years
ago.
Temperatures were beiow normal
almost continually the last three
weeks. which were very pleasant, but
not too cool for crop growth. The
degrees on the Sd and the lowest SO
degrees on the 29th.
The total rainfall was SIS inches,
or 1.29 inches above normal and ex-
ceeded the amounts of las. June and
July combined. This comes within 8
inches of making up the deficiency in
precipitation at Topeka since the first
of the year.
The wind movement was light, even
for August, being. with one exception.
the least recorded in this month in the
past 10 years. The sunshine was also
considerably below the August aver
age, but was ample for all needs
Eighteen days were clear. seven part
ly cloudy. and six were cloudy.
The revival of crops after the burn
ing douth of July was little short OF
wonderful. Pastures that were burned
bare and brown at the beginning OF
August were furnishing excellent
grazing at the end of the month, corn
put forth new ears and silks. and
made a great growth, while fall gar
dens were getting started In fine style.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-01

Never make haste to supply WORD
if a person hesitates and hunts about
his mind for one. Wait quietly till the
missing word is found by the brain
of the one who is talking.
Questions Answered by Alicia Hoyt-
Miss Hoyt will answer in this col
umn all questions on matters of eti-
quette addressed to her in care of this
paper. If a personal answer is de-
sired enclose a 2-cent stamp.)
MARIE: When a young man who
is calling upon you stays too late. he
deserves no mercy and a young wo-
man certainly is privileged &c request
him to go. She may say jokingly. 81
am awfully sorry, but there are ru:es
in this house as to the length of calls.
and half-past ten is the limit. I am
sure that you are having such a good
time that you do not know how late
it is. Won't you come and finish your
call another EVENING"" The young
man will probably be embarrassed;
and he should be; but he will have no
right to be angry.
Y. H. j.: When writing to your
sister-in-law. forget the "in-law," and
address her as you would any other
sister, excepting that the degree of
affection expressed would perhaps be
somewhat less than IL you were writ
ing to a sister by birth. You may
certainly sign yourself Your affec-
tionate brother"