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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
KAIsER'S FRIENDS OF
THE NEW YORK PRESS

There are many interesting subjects
to discuss these days, and there are
many edifying examples of patriotism
to observe. One of the most interesting
subjects to ponder upon and one of the
most patriotic spectacles to observe is
the affectionate regard in which the
New Yorker Staats-Zeitung" and the
New York Herald hold the New York
Evening Post They quote from it with
JUNCTION daily. They quote not few
sentences but whole editorials, even
columns
There are only one or two other
papers printed in the English language
which the German language newspapers
so dearly love and so much enjoy quot
ing. one of these is the New York
Evening Mail another is the New York
American and Journal, a third is the
Irish World Verify Oswald Garrison
Willard Is in the company he loves best
And when law is finally passed max.
ing It compulsory for the German Ian.
guage newspapers to print translations
of their seditious matter in parallel
columns, then surely the New York Eve.
ming Post should at the same time be
allowed to publish its own subtly per-
nicious matter in parallel columns Of
German translation just TO even things
up, and make Mr.. Willard feel natural
at last.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
TRUTH FOR GERMANY.

Says a returned war correspondent
who knows Germany extremely well.
President Wilson's indictment Of the
German government will be a hard
blow TO the kaiser and severely shake
the existing governmental system. II
will be a revelation to the German peo.
ple-if II reaches them in a correctly
translated form"
The German people, he explains. have
had II pounded into them by the govern.
ment.controlled press that coalitions
were being formed to crowd them out
from equality with other great peoples. ."
They have been led to believe that they
are literally fighting for their national
existence, that their enemies are seek.
ing to tear Germany TO pieces and
deny them economic opportunity. and
that the United States has lent itself
TO this plot"
II Will indeed be n revelation TO learn
that they themselves have been spend.
ing their blood and treasure 10 further
an evil plot for extending the dominion
OF their imperial masters and riveting
their own political shackes tighter
and that they may have the peace they
so ardently desire, with assured equality
In the family OF nations, II they will
only open their eyes, oust their criminal
leaders and establish an honorable. rep.
resentative government with which the
allies may safely deal
II may startle them into reallza.
tion OF the true state OF things-if they
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
THE TEMPLE OF PEACE.

st. Joseph MOI NewsPress: The
ghost Of desolation is stalking through
the halls of the temple Of peace, which
was opened at The Hague on August
28 1918, and which was to be the home
of the permanent court of arbitration.
1t is the irony of fate that less than a
year after its opening the greatest,
bloodiest and most destructive war in
the history Of the world was let loose
upon the earth. 1t may be that this
temple Of peace has been made ready
for the arbitration of the International
disputes Of the future. but at present
the only signs Of peace about the build
ing are perhaps the nests which birds
have built under its caves.
Architecturally the edifce is among
the finest in the Dutch capital The
palace, built with money donated by
Andrew Carnegie. is an outgrowth Of
the movement begun in 1899, when the
former ear Of Russia invited represen-
tatives Of all nations to meet in The
Hague and frame a plan for a perma-
nent international court Of arbitration
Forty,tYo nations were represented in
the tribunal until the outbreak Of the
war II was the mission Of this tri.
bunal to settle by arbitration the inter-
national disputes which II was impos
sible to settle by diplomacy. Several
cases were passed upon by the court
when the war put an end to its activi.
ties.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
ORDINANCE No. 300.

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDI-
NANCE NO. 2S5. PASSED AND AP-
PROVED JULY 10, 1917 AND De
CLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
CITY OF ARDMORE. OKLAHOMA.
Section /. That Ordinance No. 2S5 Of
the city of Ardmore, Oklahoma. passed
and approved on July 49, 1917, and en-
titled
An ordinance providing for the issu.
.ance Of street improvement bonds TO
pay for improvements done and per.
formed on Street Improvement Dis
trict No. % Of the City Of Ardmore. and
providing for the amounts Of said
bonds and declaring an emergency"
OF Section 3, 20 read as follows:
OF Section 3. to rea das follows:
Section 8. Par. l. Attached TO said
bonds and a part thereof shall be IN.
terest coupons numbered l to IL in.
elusive. and
Coupon No. l on each $50 bond shall
be for the sum OF $i.55.
Coupon No II on each $50 bond shall
be for the sum Of Sl.45.
All other coupons on each $50 bond
shall be for the sum OF SO each
Coupon No. I on each 500 bond shall
be for the sum OF S310
Coupon No. II on each 500 bond
shall be for the sum Of $3.50
An other coupons on each 800 bond
shall be for the sum OF S6 each.
Coupon No. / on the SSO.44 bond shall
be for the sum OF S274.
Coupon No. II on the SSO44 bond
shall be for the sum OF S2.0S.
All other coupons on the SS0i4 bond
shall be for the sum OF S4S2 each
Section .. For the immediate preser
walton OF the public peace welfare
health and safety an emergency Is de
clared TO exist by reason thereof. and
this ordinance shall be in force and
take effect Immediately from and after
It's passage and approval
Passed by the Board OF Commission
ers and approved by the mayor August
29, 1917. W. r. ROBERTS.
tSeaD Mayor.
Attest; G.. W. GROOM,
City Clerk.
First published Sept 2, 1910
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
DEFYING ALL HUMANITY.

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:
The only conceivable explanation Of the
action Of Germany in continuing the
bombardment of Rheims cathedral Is a
deliberate purpose Of defying the senti-
ment Of the world Within a few weeks
a correspondent Of the London Times
visited Rheims. after an absence of eight
months. He says: The systematic and
Wanton destruction Of Rheims cathe.
dral the aregedy and me cclme of if.
S'il! continues. When / last visited The
town eight months ago tho case WAS [
thought, as had as it could be- II is
infinitely worse now" The last stage
Of the bombardment began after the
French offensive on April l6. since
which time. up TO the date Of the cor.
respondents visit, a total Of more than
10000 shells have been poured into
the town, on an average Of about 1.1OO
day. one of the shells Of the largest
calibre crashed through the south wall
OF the cathedral and dug a great hole
in the floor. without bursting. This
shell has been left standing on the floor
Of the cathedral as a concrete exam.
pie Of Teutonic frightfulness. The bonn.
bardment Of the last three months has
done far more damage TO the cathedral
than that Of all the preceding months
put together. There is no possible ex.
cuse for this wanton destruction of one
OF the great architectural monuments
of the world, except to show Germany
utter contempt for the finer feelings OF
mankind
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
From Other Editorial PAGES

nificance than the fleet Of England or
the army Of Russia.
Il believe that President Wilson's
words will hasten the day of peace by
strengthening and stimulating an ire
sistible movement for freedom among
the miserable, embittered German
masses"
This article is significant. first. be.
cause 1t is the testimony of a man who
has lived in Germany through the war
and second. because it admits and vet
refutes the two axioms that Germany
can neither be starved nor militarily
defeated. Consul Roth says that both
these statesments would be true If they
stood by themselves, but that both may
be approximately proven untrue by the
wearing down of the popular morale.
OF the odd little news happenings
that seem TO change the feel" oe he
situation, the oldest Is the report that
the Germans have practically clmple..
ed an arrangement by which the pres
cnce Of Spanish inspectors en- British
hospitals ships will save the latter from
"V''i uSliOl ny C'Dodls' II course, TINS
may be merely a device to lead Eng.
land to devote more of her TONNAGE to
non-"ombatant work Ike hauling
wounded. But. on the other hand. Il
may represent the first known move OF
Germany to get away from her besiial
reputation for "frightfuln5ss II may
actually be a kind and decent act Of
humanity.
Revolution and peace may be nearer
than we think in Germany, if we keep
ourselves from the profound blunder of
accepting the vatican's proposal and
entering into peace negotiations that
Will give the autocracy prestige where.
with to save itself from an outraged
people.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
ORDINANCE NO. 299.


An ordinance amending Ordinance No
2S6. Of the City Of Ardmore, Oklahoma,
passed and approved July 10, 1917.
and declaring an emergency.
Be II ordained by the Board OF Com.
missioners of the City Of Ardmore, Okla.
homa:
Section l. That Ordinance No. 2s6, Of
the city Of Ardmore, Oklahoma, passed
and approved on July 10, 1917, and en-.
titled: AN ordinance providing for
street Improvement bonds to pay for
improvements done and performed on
Street Improvement District No. 26 of
the city Of Ardmore, and providing for
the amounts Of said bonds, and declar.
ing an emergency" be amended by MAX.
ing paragraph l Of section 3 thereof,
read as follows:
Section 3. Par. /. Attached to said
bonds and a part thereof shall be in.
terest coupons NUMBERED ! to II in.
elusive. and,
Coupon No. on each $50 bond shall
be for the sum $1.55.
Coupon No. II on each $50 bond shall
be for the sum Of S1.45.
All other coupons on each $50 bond
shall be for the sum Of SO each.
Coupon No l on each 800 bond shall
be for the sum Of $31O.
Coupon No. II on each 500 bond shall
be for the sum of $3.50.
All other coupons on each 800 bond
shall be for the sum Of S6 each.
be for the sum Of $500
Coupon No. IL on each 5000 bond shall
be for the sum of $3.50
All other coupons on each 5000 bond
shall be for the sum of $12.
Coupon No. 1 on ench $500 bond shall
be for the sum Of $3.50.
Coupon No. II on each $500 bond shall
be for the sum of $l4.5O
All other coupons on each $500 bond
shall be for the sum Of $50.
Coupon No. l on the S93.92 bond shall
be for the sum of $2.SS.
Coupon No. IL on the 1882 bond shall
ne for the sum of S2.75.
All other coupons on the 1892 bond
shall be for the sum of 1858.
Section ,. For the immediate preser.
vation Of the public welfaf peace,
health and safety, an emergency is de.
clared to exist by reason thereof and
this ordinance shall take effect and be
in force Immediately from and after its
passage and approval.
Passed by the Board of ,7t mmissioners
and approved by the Mayor on this, the
29th day Of August. 1917
Seal w. r. ROBERTS,
City Clerk
Mayor.
Attest: G. W. GROOM,
First published Sept 2. 1919
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
BUSINESS AND VACATIONS AS
USUAL.

American Industry: In the same
breath, we talk wildly about economy,
efficiency and business as usual" But
in our endeavor to practice the first we
come dangerously near to destroying
the others. An exampel of this is the
tendency 10 eliminate vacations on the
plea that every mans strength is needed
for the national struggle. We agree
about the need. We go further and
maintain that every mans fullest body
and brain power will be required for
the days that are ahead. A man with
little vitality, little endurance will not
be able to stand the strain or face un.
precedented emergencies with the men.
tai alertness or the physical energy
demanded. on this account alone a
rest is needed by every one To gain
that reserve power that will be one
of our greatest national assets.
But there are still more urgent rea-
sons for taking our annual holiday.
During the last year, we as q nation.
have perhaps spent more energy than
AT any other time in our history We
have increased production, speoded up
delivery. and liver through more try.
ing crises than any ever faced by this
generation. An this has consumed our
strength more rapidly than we realized:
and while the stimulus Of patriotism
enables many 10 hold out for the pres.
ent, the endurance cannot be prolonged
indefinitely At some crucial moment.
valuable workers here and there will
go down under the strain, and the loss
will be far greater than any temporary
slowing up while these same workers
took a much needed rest
Your country needs machine power.
man power, brain power; needs them
now, will need them more in the future.
But more than all these, she needs men
with vision, vision TO see beyond present
needs to future emergencies Now is
your time to plan for these. to gather
the reserve Of strength and vigor which
will carry you through the coming year
II our motto is to be business as usual ="
then follow 1t out to the last detail
and add-"vacations as usual"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02

read the presidents reply to the pope
But there's the rub.
How can they read il, with the bound.
aries of the German empire sealed
against truth from the outer world, with
a governing class whose continued au.
thority depends on its keeping the truth
from the people. with a constitution
that makes II impossible to change that
government except by the voluntary
consent Of the kaiser, and with a press
that thus far has submitted with shame
full servility to the dictates of the i'm.
perial freebooters who made the war?
II is said that only one German news
paper ever printed a full and accurate
translation of President Wilson's war
message to congress, in which he stated
our reasons for entering the conflict
1t is considered unlikely that any Ger
man newspaper win print the recent
message to the pope, except in some
garbled and perverted form devised by
the Prussian authorities.
Our government, however, is taking
pains to see that some Germans, at
least, become acquainted with the
truth. Careful plans are being laid for
distributing copies Of the message in.
side the German lines by means of air
planes and underground" routes. II
is hoped that thus, little by little, the
facts will penetrate to the conscious
ness of the German public.
There are signs that the leaven Of
discomfort and aspiration is already
working. The reichstag, hitherto little
more than a debating society, has lately
been demanding a real voice in national
affairs. And the public shows signs Of
awakening. Germany may yet be free.
And with free Germany we can be
friends
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
NO NEWSPAPER WAR TAXES,

Now that il is over, newspapers can
with good grace speak freely regarding
an attempted injustice. The United
States senate has refused to approve
the committee recommendation that all
net earnings of newspapers in excess
Of $4,000 a year should be taxed five
per cent The rank discrimination in
volved in this proposal was so evident
that it was repudated without a roll
call
Just why the newspapers should ev.
er have been singled out for an impO-
sition of this sort remains a mystery.
If it had been proposed to lay a five
per cent tax on the net earnings above
$4,000 Of every business institution in
the country, it might have been com.
prehensible But the press alone was
singled out for the levy.
1t could not be defended as tax on
war profits, because newspaper has
no war profits While nearly all other
businesses have made money directly
or indirectly on account Of the war.
nearly all the newspapers have lost
money. 1t costs them far more to turn
out their product and they have not
raised their prices proportionately.
II seems strange, too, that the states
men who framed up this attack on the
American press took no account of its
public function and the vital part il
plays in the successful prosecution Of
the war. While other enterprises have
been fattened on war orders, the news.
papers have been giving their services
for nothing. They have llnt their
moral support to every necessary policy
and plan Of the government. and con.
tributed gratis an enormous amount Of
publicity which costs real money to
print and distribute
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
ORDINANCE No. eos

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDI.
NANCE no. 2S4 OF THE CITY or
ARDMORE. PASSED AND AP-
PROVED JULY l9, 1917. AND DE.
CLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
CITY OF ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA.
Section /. That ordinance No. 2S4 OF
the city OF Ardmore. Oklahoma. passed
and approved on July l9, 1917, and en-
titled
AN ordinance providing for the
issuance of street improvement
bonds to pay for improvements
done and performed on Street I'm.
provement District No. p OF the
city Of Ardmore and providing for
the amounts Of said bonds. and de.
claring an emergency"
be amended by making paragraph / OF
section three thereof read as follows:
Section 3, Par. /. Attached to said
bonds and a part thereof shall be In
terest coupons numbered one D &C
eleven III inclusive. and
NNAlNlA aNNt WI NAAlA NNN NNllA NllAll
be for the sum OF Sl.55.
Coupon No. II on each $50 bond shall
be for the sum OF $l.45.
All other coupons on each $50 bono
shall be for the sum OF $500,
Coupon No. on each 500 bond shat
be for the sum OF $40.
Coupon No IL on each S100 bond shall
be FOR the sum of $3.50.
All other coupons on each 800 bone
shall be for the sum Of $500 each
Coupon No. / on each 5000 bond .shal
be for the sum OF $500.
Coupon No. IL on each 5000 bone
shall be for the sum Of $3.50.
All other coupons on each 5000 bon'
shall be for the sum OF Sl2 each
Coupon No. on each $500 bond shal
be for the sum of $3.50.
Coupon No. IL on each $500 bon,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
PAGE THREE

shall be for the sum OF $14.50.
All other coupons on each $500 bond
shall be for the sum OF 800
Coupon No. l on $S9.93 bond shall be
for the sum Of S279.
Coupon No. IL on 1898 bond shall
be for the sum Of $3.50.
All other coupons on the Ss9.93 bond
shall be for the sum of $3.50.
Section 2. For the immediate preser-
walton of the public welfare. peace.
health and safety, an emergency is de-
clared to exist by reason thereof, and
this ordinance shall be in force and
take effect Immediately from and after
its passage and approval.
Passed by the board of commission.
ers and approved by the mayor, on
this the 29th day of August, 1917.
w. X. ROBERTS, Mayor.
Attest:
G. w. GROOM, City Clerk.
(SeaD.
First published Sept. 2, 1910.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
AMERICA AND CANADA
CONCLUDE AGREEMENT ON
HANDLING FOOD PROBLEM

ottawa, Sept IA working agree
nent on the food problem between the
United states and Canada has been
reached after a conference Of two days
between +. c. walcott. representing
Herbert c. Hoover. United States food
administrator, and representatives OF
the Canadian food administration. Il
was announced from the food CONTROL.
er's office here today
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02

No president likes 70 have congress
on his hands as Grover Cleveland ex.
pressed il, but President Wilson is likely
to have it on his hands indefinitely
The special session Of the sixty.fifth
congress is still grinding away and may
not adjourn before the date OF the regu-
lar session in December. and it is not
improbable that the regular session will
run to the limit
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02

Voters Of the Sixth Massachusetts,
congi egational district will elect next
November member Of congress to fiji
out the unexpired term of Captain
Augustus +. Gardner The following
named candidates have filed nomination
papers for that office: Republican
Rufus ID. Adams Of Salem: Wilfred W
Lufkin. Of Essex; John y. Saltonstall
OF Beverly Democratic Edward Hos
mer Savary, Of Groveland: George A.
Schofield, OF Ipswich. Two other con-
Heintz, OF the Second
Ohio district, and r. Il La Guardia.
Of the Fourteenth New York district
have been accepted for military service.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02

~. joseph tAlOJ NewS-press. At best
though, that change in the German
ministry is only a change Of figure.
heads
Tulsa World. An Arkansas grand
jury has just indicted man who has
been dead six years. Which upholds
our contention that a grand jury will
get around TO it if you allow plenty
Of time.
El Reno Democrat: 1t is a very un.
natural man who will not do his enemy
good Which is greatly different from
doing good to your enemy
Boston Transcript. The milk of hu.
man kindness is also frequently soured
by meteorological conditions
Lawton Constitutions. The sob stun
appearing in many papers just now,
Just as well be canned and saved
Sapulpa Argus Female gossip has
wrecked dynasties." said some writer
Yes, and many woman's reputation.
Bartlesville Enterprise: Man is a
curious animal in many ways. lie will
9ever observe the beauties OF a blonde
until after he has married a brunette.
McAlester News. Capital: Al Jennings
ambition TO uplift some Of his oldtime
associates in Oklahoma City is very
laudable, but It Is unfortunate that as
much can not be said for his judgment.
Sherman Texasl Courier: Only the
man who finds check in the letter
where he expected to find dun can
know the true meaning Of the word
"ecstacy"
Columbus Ohio State Journal: We
suppose that for some years 10 come
Missouri will be more famous for her
mules than for her statesmen"
Bartlesvile Examiner: Bill Stone.
Reed and Gore ought to get together
and form some kind Of an organization
that would meet annually and celebrate
the results OF their glorious conduct In
the session OF the sixty.fifth congress.
Guthrie Leader: II slackers are 10
face death penalty as deserters they
may conclude they will have at least a
chance in the trenches.
Memphis Tennl Commercial Appeal.
The young widow begins to talk about
her late husband early in life.
Muskogee Times.Democrat All that
is asked OF the Russian men Is that
they shall fight as well as the Russian
women do.
Chickasha Express: The injured feel.
iugs OF the punished puppy'' are not
readily assuaged by petting.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
Political Observations.

Following a crusade against gamb.
ling in Newport, Ky, a grand jury has
indicted the mayor and sheriff for NAL.
feasance i'm office
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02

Mayor William Hale Thompson. OF
Chicago, delivers a pro-German ma.
rangue almost every day The kernel OF
his latest is this: "The national army
will be halted before It gets, to France.
At the first opportunity to vote the peo.
pie OF this country will deliver stag.
gering blow at the administrations war
policies" The Chicago mayor Is can.
didate for the Republican nomination
for United States senator on an anti.
war and anttconscription platform.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02

The question has arisen whether a
congressman can accept an army com.
mission without resigning his congress.
sional seat Section OF article 2 OF
the constitution is explicit IN It's pro.
hibition OF the appointment to "clvr Of.
flee" OF any representative during his