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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-14
French Reat Off Enemy.

Paris. Oct 13.-German forces last
night made several attacks on the
French positions north of the river
Aisne. The official statement issued
this afternoon by the French war office
says that all the assaults were REFUSED.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-14
Japan,s Enemy Subjects.

Tokia, Sept. 12.-tBy Mail}-Accord-
ing 10 an announcement made by the
authorities, the number of enemy sub
jects resident in Japan at the end of
July was I19. The majority are Ger
man.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-14
BRITAIN BARS HOLLAND
FROM COMMERCIAL CABLE
will Discipline Wilhelmina's Govern
msnt Until IL Quits Sending
Concrete.

London, Oct. l3.-The prohibition Of
all commercial cable communications
with Holland until such time as The
Netherlands government places an alb
solute restriction on the transit of sand.
gravel and scrap metals through Hol-
land from Germany to Belgium vas
explained to the Associated Press to-
day BY Lord Robert Cecil, the minister
of blockade.
"The Dutch in recent months" he
said, have been allowing the Germans
20 transport across Dutch waterways
from Germany to Belgium vast guam
titles of gravel and sand. The total was
out of all proportion to that transported
in peace time and there is net the
slightest doubt that the Germans are
making direct use of this to our .letri-
ment. The Germans are using e,,,r-
nous quantities of concrete in rifle
pits, dugouts and in many other ways.
Repeat German Promise.
The Dutch do not claim that the
Germans should be permitted 10 trans
port material for this war concrete
through Dutch territory. but they say
the Germans have given them assur-
ances that all this material is being
employed in strictly civil purposes. I
have no doubt that the Germans have
given such ASSURANCES, and there may
be some juggle by which they are able
to submit paper proof. But we have
this fact: Enormous quantities of con-
crete are being used at the front and
enormous quantities of concrete mater
ial is going into the war zone through
Holland.
I'VE have made repeated diplomatic
with no result. until we
finally decided, inasmuch as the Dutch
have no right to use our cables except
as a matter of courtesy. that we should
say TO the Dutch:: We cannot see a
way 10 permit you the further use of
our cables until something is done about
the transportation of concrete material.
That is where the matter stands at the
present"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-14
WEATHER FORECAST.

Oklahoma and West Texas: SUNDAY
and Monday fair. colder Monday.
East Texas: Sunday and Monday
fair; colder in northwest portion Mon
day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-14

sIatted for Cicotte In sixth.
''Batted for Williams in seventh.
Innings.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-14
CicOtte Is Drafted.

Cicotte took up the burden
At this stage. the White SoN showed
some of their best defensive work Zim-
norman was "booed" when he faced
Cicotte. but he cracked hot grounder
to Weaver. Buck bluffed throw TO
first. then shot home and Herzog was
caught on the line and chased down,
Weaver to Schalk Kauff took third
and Zimmerman reached first. Fletcher
bounced to McMullin and another run
was cut off at the plate. Schalk again
making the putout. Zimmerman moved
20 second and Fletcher rested on first
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-14
Zimmerman Scores.

because Cicotte. right handler, was
pitching, Robertson batted in place of
Thorpe. the Indian having been nomi-
mated to play right field when Russell
was announced as the home hurler
Robertson justified the dope by singing
to center, Zimmerman scoring and
Fletcher moving TO third and Robert
son to second on the throw home. Holke
tapped to Cicotte and was thrown out
The SoX made a determined bid to
even up in their half. John Collins hit
Sallee's first offering a mile high and
1t dropped into Zimmermans glove. Nc
Mullin waited and walked. Z. Collins
singled and after jackson had flied out
To Burns. Felsch hit to short. McMul-
lin. running from second side-stepped
the bali and Fletcher fumbled filling the
bases. In this pinch. when any kind of
"a hit would have tied the score. Gandil
popped To Holke.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-14
Story by Innings.

Russell was given some encouraging
applause as he walked to the rubber at
the start of the game. He missed the
outside corner of the plate four success
i've times and Burns walked. Herzog
cracked the third pitch offered him for
a single to right and Burns went to
third. kaun straightened the first one
offered him and hit the right field bar
rack. scoring Burns. putting Herzog on
third and making second easily himself.
That ended Russells attempt to pitch
worlds series game.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-14

four straight balls when the Sox left
handler found IL impossible to locate the
home plate. Captain Herzog came next
with single to right and Benny Kauff
doubled to the right field bleacller fence
scoring Burns. With Zimmerman way
ing his mace menacingly. Russell was
called to the bench after delivering just
eight balls and Eddie Cicotte was sent
in to hold the Giants
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-14

CONTINUED ON page s
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-14
Second Inning.

Raridcn opened the Giants attack
with Il sharp single past Eddie Col
Inns. Saliee hunted hard to Gandil and
forced his catcher at second. Weaver
taking the throw. Burns famed, miss
ing sinner" for the third one.
Weaver missed Herzog's easy grounder
and Salcc went to second. Kauff was
an easy out on Il grounder TO L. Col.
lins.
In the Sox half. Fletcher threw out
Weaver and Schalk. Cicotte coaxed a
pass out az Sallee. but John Collins
fuuici to Raridcn.
Third Inning.
Zimmerman was greeted by the usual
-.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-14

Continued ON page 81.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-14
Perfect Autumn Day.

Burns. the initial New Yorker 20 face
RUSSELL, was forwarded 20 first base ON
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

By E. c. Stedman. The conference meeting through at last, We boys around the vestry waited To see the girls come tripping past
 Like snowbirds willing to be mated. Not braver he that leaps the wall
 By level musket- flashes litten. Than I, who stepped before them all.
 Who longed to see me get the rnitten. But no; she blushed and took my arrn. We let the old folks have the highway, And started toward the Maple Farm
 Along a kind of lovers byway. can't remember what we said, , Twas nothing worth song or story; Yet that rude path by which we sped Seemed all transformed and in glory. The snow was crisp beneath our feet.
 The moon was full. the fields were
 gleaning
 By hood and tippet sheltered sweet
 Her face with youth and health was
 beaming.
 Tn. little hand outside her huff
 o sculptor, if you could but hold it!- So lightly touched my jacket-cuff. To keep it warm had to hold it.. ID have her with me there alone
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
RICHARD WAGNER

|, that any of his works he then medlateo
 were placed upon the stage. In fact, the
 composer did not have the privilege Of
 hearing any of his important works unul
 many years after their production.
 ''Lohengrin," for instance, was finished In 1S4s, but it was not until May 10, 1sol'
 that Wagner heard it performed for the first time in Vienna.
 It was while in exile that Wagner wrote Tristan and Isolde" as well as
 many other of his great music dramas.
 The libretto of this opera was written Tn
 1857 while the composer was living at Vienna, but the music was delayed until the strange incident of a message from the Emperor of Brazil encouraged Wag-
 ner to complete it in 1859.
 Most of the "Nibelungen Ring" was
 written outside of Germany. In 1859 Wag-
 ner visited Paris and had his opera
 ''Tannhauser'' accepted at the Grand Opera House. A vast amount of money was spent on It's production, but for po- litical reasons powerful clique was de- ermined to suppress Wagner, and scan-
 dalous riot was inaugurated by members of the Paris Jockey club, and after three
 representations the opera was withdrawn. Wagner was broken-hearted. But the influential Princess Metternich befriended the composer and in 1861 she obtained pardon for his political offenses at home
 and he was given permission to settle in any part of Germany except Saxony. Even this restriction was removed in 1862.
 Thus the great German composer was compelled to endure an exile from home covering a period of F years. It was, in great measure, the harsh treatment Wagner had received in other countries, on account of his being German, that helped to bridge over the troubles he had had at home, and gradually the German people began to make hero of him. But even after the ban was lifted the
 German public could not be prevailed
 upon to accept his advanced style of rnu-
 sical composition. As an example, in
 1861 his Tristan was given 67 rehearsals in Vienna, but 1t was pronounced impos- sble, and it's production could not be se- cured until June, 1865, at Munich, after King Ludwig of Bavaria had become Wagner's patron.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
War and Rusiners

The question what will happen in event of war with Germany is still uppermost in business circles. Undoubtedly there would be considerable temporary excite ment over such an eventuality, even though long expected" said Henry Clews of New York Plans for adjustment to such contingency have been completed for sometime past Federal, state and city governments are well prepared for all immediate possibilities and there will be no lack of energy in preserving peace within our own borders All forms of disorder will unquestionably be promptly and firmly dealt with. Military and na- val plans are well advanced, although considerable time will be required for their execution. In the event of war. loyalty in action to the government will be the first duty of every citizen, re- gardless of birth or sympathy Every good citizen will do hls bit toward push- ing the war to a successful end. Noth- ing should be left undone for strengthen ing the hands of the President, upon whom a tremendous responsibility rests. He should be given necessary power and freedom in order to properly meet that responsibility. If war comes, it will be a time for action rather than discus sion"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
THE DOORSTEP

Twas love and fear and triumph
 blended. At last we reached the foot worn stone Where that delicious journey ended. The old folks. too. were almost home; Her dimpled hand the latches fingered. We heard the voices nearer come. Yet on the doorstep still we fingered. She took her ringlets from her hood. And with a Thank you. Ned" dissem-
 bled. But yet knew shesunderstood
 With what daring wish trembled. A cloud passed kindly overhead.
 The moon was slyly peeping through 1t. Yet hid it's face. as if 1t said.
 Come, now or never! do 1t! do it!" My lips till then had only known
 The kiss of mother and of sister, But somehow full upon her own
 Sweet, rosy, darling mouth-I kissed
 her!
 Perhaps twas boyish love. yet still. o listless woman! weary lover! To feel once more that fresh. wild thrill I'd give-but who can live youth overt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
From the Pittsburg Post.

From the Pittsburg Post
 t1ON ICHARD WAGNER, the greatest 1 lNN of all German composers and who represents in the music world what Shakespeare represents in the dra- matic, was compelled to spend nearly 20 years of his life exiled from his native country. Today Wagner represents one of the greatest of Germans, and the men, i tion of his name always brings out all the pride of the Teuton, but there was time when his countrymen almost feared to speak of him and his works were forbidden public hearing at home. Wagner's greatest works came with his later years, and several of those now ad- hired were written while in exile. The composer had become involved in the po- litical disturbances that were sweeping through Germany in 1S49, and in spite of the popularity he had attained by his production of "Tannhauser' and ''Lohen- grin" politics made his position in Dres- den untenable.
 The great composer had associated himself with a revolutionary hero named Roecknel. He, accordingly, became known by the authorities as politically dangerous individual," and was obliged to fly from Dresden to Welmar. After the flight of the king who in a great measure had been his sponsor, and the subsequent suppression of the riots, a warrant was issued for Wagner's arrest, and he had barely time to escape to Well mar, where Liszt was at that moment engaged in preparing performance of "Tannhauser," before the storm burst upon him with alarming violence.
 In all haste Liszt procured a passport, and he escorted his guest as far as Eisen- bach. Wagner fled to Paris and thence to Zurich, where he lived in an almost un- broken retirement until the autumn of 1850 While in Zurich, Wagner wrote much, studied much, planned, dreamed and hoped much, but composed compara- lively little. This is usually called his literary period" for while there most of his prose works were given to the world.
 It was during these years of exile that Wagner matured his plans and perfected his musical style, but 1t was not until some considerable time after his return
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

Take people as whole and they are pretty decent. Ever notice what a kindly way folks have of saying it will be no trouble at all when 1t will? s Nearly every unmarried girl is running a matrimonial agency for her own bene- fit.
 Outside of fat woman who is trying to act kittenish the funniest thing in the world Is man who is trying to be digni- fled when he has the hiccoughs.
 Why does the average married woman imagine that the way to show her inde- pendence Is to abuse her husband?
 The reason why man gets so mad when he gets the worst of trade is be- cause he intended to give the other fellow
 the worst of it. her husband knows enough to be pres- ident of the company he works for only he can't get the Job. Don't be a fat head The biggest joke in the world is the man who goes around acting as though he had the world Oh his shoulders and was afraid 1t would slip off
 Father never realizes what an awful thing the high cost of living is until the
 grocery bills for the family gets as big as the cigar bills for himself. When a girls face Is her fortune she takes might good care of her fortune. What has become of the old-fashioned farm boy who sent g to an agency in the city and got a badge that made him I a detective?
 | Telephone girls and bartenders need Il
 times as much patience as other folks l The reason why a lot of people hate 1 fresh air in winter is because they would rather be unhealthy than be uncomfort. able.
 This stuff about loving your enemies | is very pretty. But when two healthy ! men become enemies they would rather
 bury one another than bury the hatchet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
sT,EAMBOATING ON MISSISSIPPI

of the far northwest were swelling the Missouri. could the largest of the boatss the Robert E. Leo. the Frank Pargcurds the Natchez and the Katie. for tnstancA safely venture above Memphis. In the lower stages, boats of the typo of thd James Howard, and smaller vessels, nke the Joe Kinney, in great number nadu the longer trip. Mississippi river trafffuA generally speaking, was carried on in three divisions between New Orleans and Memphis, between New Orleans and St. Louis. and between St. Louis and HG Paul, and each division called for vessels of different draft, except when the water was at it's highest stages. The Ohio river boats were generally of the secondary draft; those that piled the Missouri river to St. Joseph, Omaha, Sioux City and Fort Benton were, as a rule, of the lights est draft possible.
 Boats of the Diamond Jo and other ups per river lines were almost invariably at the levee in St. Louis awaiting rthe big boats from the south; and the transfer of passengers and freight, the rolling in and out of sugar casks, and the hooking and tumbling of the cotton bales, when the river front was lined with smoking, steaming and whistling packets was a sight to see. The supercargoes kept up an incessant flow of orders to the ''roust- abcuts;" the negro boatmen, glad to be in from a trip or equally glad to be start ing out on one, sang as they worked; there was much bidding farewell from the
 deck galleries; the officers in gold lace
 were much in evidence. and. when boat
 yeas arriving or departing and the bow lines and stern lines were being thrown. | and the gangplanks were being showed
 and the great steam horns were blowing and bells were ringing, and calls were passing between the lower deck and the | levee on the one hand, and between the | levee and the Texas, or, maybe, the pilot house on the other, the picture of Mis- sissippi steamboating in it's best days,
 was almost complete.
 | It is not possible for many reasons, that
 those days will ever come back. To bring
 them back 1t would be necessary to bring Dack also the cOnultlOnS that cdlieu Ior
 methods of transportation that have long
 since become obsolete. But there is no
 reason why new and better system of
 steamboat transportation, on the great
 western streams, should not be recognized
 along the lines that are being tried, and tried satisfactorily, if thus far in small
 way, on some of the lower as we'll as some of the upper stretches. When the
 people of the United States and of other
 countries come to know more than they
 now know of the comfort. picturesquenesa
 and grandeur associated with travelling by
 steamboat on the Mississippi and Its tribu-
 taries, the levees will perhaps again be
 full of activity and color in the tourist
 and excursion season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
HOTEL LOBBTEs
Favor Military Training

T think the proposed measure to have universal training in the United States for all men at 19 years would be splen- mingham boys who returned from the border, are In splendid condition, and such service as would be required by the uni versal training bill would not hurt any of the young men.
 While I am not a miltarlst I do be- lieve in military training for the college students Perhaps, 1 am little preju- diced in that I attend the University of Alabama when it had strict military training, and I have never regretted the experience"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

From the Christian Science Monitor.
 N the close of navigation last year, A\ Mississippi steamboat men and S S residents of Mississippi river com munities, who have long yearned for the return of the good old days of picturesque and substantial business activity along the levees, felt more encouraged than they had before, perhaps, in decades. There have of course, been constantly recurring expectations of Mississippi river traffic revival, and there have, of course. been many disappointed hopes. 4,ut the season of 1916 was encouraging because it seemed to exhibit a pronounced gain along the line of normal and natural develop ment especially in excursion and tourist business and particularly in the upper stretches of the stream. According to the reports of the seasons business, it was so good that, instead of shutting off the lights along the channel on November l, as is the custom the government permit ted them to burn for the guidance of traf- fife until November 15. A representative of one of the principal steamboat com panies, in an interview at the time, said:
 People are at last really beginning to realize the splendor of the great father of waters. In former years we ran our boats up and down the river and had to carry on a big campaign to get enough passengers, but not so this year. We have been loaded to capacity, and, during July and August, had all our available accom- modations taken weeks in advance"
 During the season of 1916, six of the passengers but not so this year. We have been loaded to capacity. and, during July and August, had all our available ac- commodations taken weeks in advance. During the season of 1916. six of the big passenger and excursion steamers regu- larly piled the upper river between Dav- enport and St. Paul. Of these. three were kept exclusively in the excursion business. l An interesting fact connected with the years activity was the operation of the | large side-wheeler St. Paul of the old Dia- mond Jo line. Here, indeed, was a link
 between the past and the present of Ms sissippi river steamboating. Back in the days before the railroads had succeeded
 in diverting the river traffic, the boats of
 the Diamond Jo line piled regularly be- tween St. Louis and St. Paul. The en-
 sign of the line Was a conventional figure of diamond on plain field. the "Jo''
 being an abbreviation of the first name
 of Capt. Joseph Reynolds. the proprietor of the enterprise. and one of the best
 known and wealthiest of the early middle
 western steamboat men.
 Boats of enormous size and great beauty
 piled between New Orleans and St. Louii
 when the water was Thigh above Cairo '
 These vessels were constructed and op-
 erated for two purposes, the accommoda'
 tion of passengers and the carriage oi
 cotton, sugar and other southern prod ucts. They were sumptuous in their ap pointments, and the appellation "floatinl palaces" commonly applied to them, wal
 hardly an exaggeration. Only during tht nigh water'' periods. around the "Junt 1 rise," that is, when the mountain streami
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
I'm the Matter Of
 Varied lmduseries

ID IRMINGHAM has a greater num- @ Der of small industries than people in general are aware of. Every body knows about the blast furnaces, the open-hearth steel furnaces, the great rail mill, the great wire mill, the cast iron pipe plants and half dozen other big industries, but they have never taken the pains to count up the varied wares manufactured here.
 Birmingham has a large list of in dustries, but there is room for many more. With committees representing the Chamber of Commerce and other civic organizations actively and intel ligently at work in conjunction with the new traffic bureau, the number of factories will be steadily multi piled. Several new industries have been established here since the first of the year and several more are in sight.
 Birmingham is soon to have one or more furniture factories. The furni- ture industry should have had good start here long before this. The raw skilled labor of the kind needed car always be had when the demand is created. As to the market for factory out, ' 2 " t right here at home; at least, fairls sd sized market tc start with at our door.
 One used to hear it said that the