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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-21
WHOLE MACHINERY
Of DRAFT CHANGED.
New System viii Do Away
With Complications of
First Selections.

CcoNTNUED FROM PAGE oNE)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-21
M. T. HARTMAN.

Division No. 1.
CLAUDE r. WICKIZER.
Division No. ..
HARRY Z. KNEPPER,
Division No. g."
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01
NO sWEATsHOP UNIFORMS.

secretary of War Baker is deter.
mined that the uniforms worn by
American soldiers will not come from
scenes Of labor troubles nor from in.
sanitary workshops. He has created
a board of control for labor standards
in the manufacture of army clothes.
The members of this board are: Louis
KRISTEN, of Boston; Mrs. Florence Kel.
ley, general secretary of the National
Consumers league. and Captain Wal.
ter r. Kruesi. of the quartermaster
corps
Secretary Bakers statement in regard
to this board is one Of the most in.
teresting utterances Of the war. One
paragraph says:
The government cannot permit its
work to be done under sweatshop con.
ditions, and it cannot allow the evils
widely complained Of to go uncorrected.
Only through the establishment Of such
body as the board of control now
created will the government be assured
that army clothing is manufactured un-
der recognized industrial standards and
IN an atmosphere Of good will between
manufacturers and operatives This
alone will insure fit clothing and its
prompt delivery of army needs"
Standards are changing so fast that
IT is almost impossible to keep up with
them Or perhaps idealists all over
the world were holding up standards
concealed from view by dense fogs of
materialism These fogs the wind of
war have swept away and ideals now
shine brightly. Only yesterday produc.
tion, wealth. industry were magic
names. As ends they were made to
justify any means Of oppression, inhar.
mony' misery. And today not only must
the conditions under which our army
clothes are made be clean and whole.
some. but there must be IAN atmos.
phere OF good will between manufac.
turers and operatives. This alone will
insure fit clothing and its prompt de.
livery for army needs.
While we win peace, shall we also
win goodwill 10 men?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01

cialists, workers who said they would
never fight against their brother work.
ers OF other countries. Did they refuse
TO fight? They did not. The kaiser
whistled and snapped the fingers and
all the little doggies came running with
their tails wagging-everyon carried
his gun and wore his helmet. They be.
lieved that Germany was being attacked
and they fought. Now the United
States says II has been attacked by
Germany. Do your pacifists fight?
They do-for Germany.
It's fine! It's great It means that
they got respect for Germany, on both
sides Of the ocean. over there they
don't dare to talk against fighting, over
here they help us by making II harder
for Uncle Sam.
And a lot Of 'em don't seem to know
how German they are. You see they
say that this is not Americas war and
that If this country stays out, it will be
safe whether Germany wins or not. I
wish we could make everybody think
that. 1t would shorten the present war
for us. Then Germany could collect
from whoever has the money.
Well, they're all helping us and I'm
in favor of helping them-the pacifists
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01
WHEN THEY ARE OURS!

Chicago Evening Post: We skim over
the headlines of the newspapers and
don't bother much about the bloody
battles being fought In Europe, because
we can't pronounce the names of the
cities, anyway, and most Of us haven't
the remotest idea where they are.
A single murder in the home town
makes greater impression on our
minds than the killing Of a hundred
thousand men in the trenches.
The hundred thousand don't disturb
us very much, because we think they're
lot Of people way off in Europe.
But II one of the hundred thousand
were ours 1t would be different =
wouldn't it?
And perhaps it is going to take just
this thing TO arouse us from our leth
argy
The United States is at war with
Germany and there are certain very
specific things which every citizen Of
this country must do if we are to win.
What these things are is constantly
being told to us in the daily newspa.
pers; they are being proclaimed from
the pulpit and in public halls, and the
government is trying its best to make
each of us see our responsibilities
If we are to lose this war, 1t would
be terrible thing to have you realize
that you had not done your share to
win.
What about It? What are you doing
to help win the war?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01
HUMANITY on A U.ROAT.

The master of the American bark
Christiane which was sunk by a German
submarine near the Azores, reports an
interesting conversation with the U.boat
captain. The latter took him aboard
gave him a good meal and incidentally
explained that he hated to sink Ameri
can ships" and only did so because, with
Germany and the United States al war.
he couldn't help IL. He added that he
couldn't really believe the stories that
u.boat commanders had fired on life
boats, and that so far as he was con
cerned no lifeboat would ever meet such
"A fate"
There is food for reflection in the
mere fact that American newspapers
should have thought this incident worth
reporting in full, and that their readers
received Il with a thrill OF interest and
appreciation. why should so simple an
expression of ordinary humanity and
decency attract so much attention? Such
courteous behavior would have been
taken as a matter OF course II shown
by a representative OF any other navy.
Can we imagine an American naval
commander doing anything else than
expressing his regret TO the captain Of
a helpless merchantmen that he had
been Obliged TO sink, in obedience to
orders? or firing on a lifeboat full OF
innocent noncambatants. orders or no
orders?
But coming from U.boat command.
err this expression Of human sentiment
compels attention by its exceptional ma.
ture. II is so unusual for sailors OF
any allied or neutral nation to receive
any courtesy whatever from represen.
tatives OF the German navy that one
kindly word or act stands out like n
beacon above the general welter OF
ruthlessness and inhumanity.
II Is vivid reminder OF the appalling
reputation that Germany has gained at
sea. and the long, hard task It will be
after the war 20 live down that reputa,
ton. Among the worlds freemasonry
OF mariners the Germans will have no
frlends-not because they are Germans
but because OF their ready acquiescence
In the ugly work their imperial master
ordered them to do
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01

thought that they may be overcome by
an adequate dredging system and the
use of barges of shallow draft.
There is particular incentive just
now for the revival of such water traf.
fic. owing to the congestion of railway
transportation. Bulky freight can be
carried by water, in general, at about
one-fifth Of the railroad charges. The
incidental relief to the railroads would
result in the more rapid movement and
lower prices Of all sorts of commodi.
ties.
This is merely getting back to first
principles. st. Paul and Minneapolis
were once important river ports, as were
several other cities on the upper Mis-
sissippi and Missouri. Steamers used
to run regularly as far into the north.
west as Fort Benton, Montana. II was
a careless and suicidal policy that per.
mitted inland navigation to lapse, and
gave the railroads a monopoly of mid
continent traffic. The whole country is
now paying the penalty of that short.
sighted policy. We could well afford to
spend several hundred millions on a
great, comprehensive system of water.
way developments system without
any pork in it, undertaken as serious.
ly as we undertook the building of the
Panama canal
France, although overwhelmed by
urgent war requirements, is planning
today to turn the Seine into a great
canal and make Paris a seaport. Every
European country has gone much
farther along this line than we have.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01
ME UND GOTT-UND DER
BACIFISTS
The Enemy Alien Talks TO Robert J.
Willdhack. Of the yigiIantes.

(He will certainly never believe that
Germany can be whipped until he see,
it-and then he win not believe il. He
believes that the sun will rise tomorrow
that the kaiser is a great man. a genius
that Germans are the superiors Of all
other humans and that they should
can and viii rule the world. He is Ger.
mani
These pacifists. they deserve to be
encouraged They are encouraged. too.
by people sending in money. lots OF II.
know this myself because some OF the
people who send in the money I know.
They are friends OF mine. and OF Ger.
many too. you bet.
The American pacifists are our best
friends, here in the United States. oh.
tell you no German would begrudge
them many thousands Of dollars. mil.
lion maybe. before their work is done.
They can do so many things that we
can't DO, openly. They can talk. talk.
and talk. with the mouth and In type.
printing. and they can keep people busy
AiAANhAllA Ahhul NOW Nnlllnlt War u
and how sweet and lovely is peace"
and maybe this country made a mis-.
take to get In the war" and all that
kind OF monkeydoodle business, instead
of making a real war. That all helps
TO hold Uncle sam back and we should
be satisfied. Look at your congress.
BY golly,, I'm tickled 10 DEATH
OF course we can talk too. but then
somebody says that's German talk"
and they either get mad or don't listen.
but when the pacifist talks. that's
American falkland it's 81 sweet and
ladylike and not brutal and military
and a lot Of people stop and listen In.
stead OF going on about their war busl
ness.
Well, l tell you the Germans know
how to handle the pacifists-and IN,
pacifists don't know that they are beine
handled either. Why. look at Germany
before the war-plenty OF them. paci
fists-who did not believe in war. So
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01
WHAT is FREE sPEECHg

"Free speech" has become once more
q burning issue. And most of the dis
cussions we hear concerning 1t are
rather muddled All sorts of agitators,
on soap boxes, on the public platform
and in print. are stretching the term
TO cover and legitimiZe sedition. And
loyal citizens, in their Indignation, are
calling for repressive measures that
would deny the fundamental right guar
anteed by our constitution.
1t is important to form clear notion
of what constitutes free speech in a
legitimate sense, and how far any citi.
zen may 80 in exercising it. The Satur.
day Evening Post puts the matter with
admirable simplicity.
In democracy, says the Post, there
must of course be free speech, oral and
printed. Also, in democracy the ma
jority must rule and the minority must
submit. These two facts must be made
to harmonize Here is the rule:
you can use your freedom of speech
TO any reasonable extent for the pur.
pose Of trying to shape the decisive
will Of the majority: you cannot use
1t for the purpose OF trying TO defeat
that will after It has been formally
expressed"
Suppose you were opposed to conscrip-
tion. II was quite correct TO speak
and write against il while the measure
was pending But after the majority
Nad voiced its decision and congress
mad registered II in the form Of law
At became wrong to try to defeat its
purpose. 1t is right to speak or write
against the tax measures now pending.
But after congress has given its YER
dict, no theoretical right Of free speech
will justify any citizen in arousing op.
position to IL. II was right to speak
and write against war before war was
declared. Now that we are engaged in
the war, those who disagree must re.
frain from utterances calculated to hin.
der the wars prosecution.
Any citizen who will not accept this
is not a democrat-he has no place in
a democracy. lie is an autocrat or an
ollgarch or an anarchist. He wants the
minority to rule the majority-an un.
thinkable thing in a free country.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01
BEAT! BEAT. DRUMS.

Beat! beat drums'-blow! bugles. blow.
Through the win 'ows-through doors
burst like a ruthless force.
Into the solemn church. and scatter the
congregation,
Into the school where the scholar is
studying;
Leave not the bridegroom quiet-no
happiness must he have now with
his bride.
Nor the peaceful farmer any peace
ploughing his field or gathering
his grain.
So fierce YOU whirr and pound Won
drums-so shrill you bugles blow.
Beat beat drums.-blow, bugles, blow
over the traffic of cities-over the rum.
BILE Of wheels In the streets:
Are beds prepared for sleepers at night
in the houses? No sleepers must
sleep in those beds,
No bargainers' bargains by dav-.no
brokers or would
they continue?
Would the takers be talklngP Would
the singer attempt to sing?
Would the lawyer rise In the court tc
state his case before the Judge?
Then rattle quicker. heavier drums
you bugles wilder blow.
Beat beat drums-blow, bugles. blow
Make no parley-stop for no expostula
tion.
Nind not the timid-mind not IN,
weeper or prayer.
Mind not the old man beseeching IN,
young man.
Let not the child's voice be heard no
the mothers entreaties,
Make even the trestles TO shake Will
dead where they lie awaiting tn
hearses.
So strong YOU thump O terrible drum
so loud you bugles blow.
"A Recruiting Speech by wal
Whitman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01
PAYING FOR HISTORY.

Wichita Kas) Beacon: Ambassador
Gerard who was recalled from Ger
many when the United States declared
war, did a great service for his coun.
try while in Berlin.
Now he has written a book which is
appearing in installments elaborately
protected by copyrights. The Jook for
the first time tells the inside history
Of the embassy. 1t exhibits in the
kaiser's own handwriting the perfidy Of
Germany in violating the neutrality OF
Belgium, and it relates many interesting
Incidents which will some day be i'm
portant world history.
After the installments are published
some Of the main features are given out
as official statements rom the state
! department at Washington.
It is a remarkable proceeding and
one which will not look well in history
Perhaps nothing like 1t ever occurred
/ before.
! II is 10 be assumed that the trans
actions Of a public servant. who is paid
by the people. are to be kept a secret
as long as prudence so dictates. Wher
there is no longer occasion for secrecy
the people have the right 20 assum,
that their servant inform them OF his
stewardship. especially when the facti
he possesses have a vital bearing OF
their welfare and their lives.
When that servant in effect says. ."
will let you know what / have beer
doing while in your employ if you vii
pay me royalties for my report" tn
people are likely to feel little dazed
1t is regrettable that important page
Of the greatest diplomatic history Of tn
age should be commercialized.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01
USING THE MISSISSIPPI.

II aroused widespread interest the
other day when word went out from ST.
Louis that new steel-baIEes had left,
In tow OF government steamer. with
several thousand tons OF coal for St
Paul. II was so long since coal had
been carried up the great river that
residents OF the Mississippi valley had
almost forgotten such a thing was pos
sible.
The present activity is meant as a
test II Il proves feasible. there will
be an effore made 10 develop naviga
tion on "A bigger scale along the
Father OF Waters" and his tributary
streams. The chief difficulty Is that OF
sandbars and shifting channels. II 4
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01
SAW NO PRETTY GIRLS.

He talked about the beauties
OF his town.
| thought he spoke OF "cutles. {"
Eyes OF brown.
But all he had TO show me.
Parks and banks,
Were beauties quite below me
Got no thanks.
Kansas CITY Iouri
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01
CONVICTED DRAFT SHIRKER
GOES TO SUPREME COURT

washington, Sept Meyer Brau.
barg' college student of New York.
convicted on a charge Of violating the
draft law. has been granted permission
TO appeal his case to the supreme court.
Braubarg was sentenced to serve one
year Imprisonment for refusing to regis.
ter.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01
Scissors and Paste.

Boston Transcript: The food reform.
ers have at least succeeded in making
200 jobs for stenographers grow where
only one would grow before.
st. Joseph Mo1 News.P Press: China
may yet render a service by furnishing
junks In which TO intern the junkers.
Tulsa World: Doctor Michaelis. ac.
cording to Berlin paper is a Prussian
In the best sense OF the word. All of
which has not been denied and in our
opinion the doctor should be ashamed
Of himself
III Reno Democrat: Russian peasants
watch the Romanoffs till the soil. ac.
cording to a cable. Wen. the Roman.
offs watched the peasants doing IL a
good, losg time
Lawton Constitution: Everybody
wants 10 put his shoulder to the wheel.
but only a few do the showing.
Sapulpa Argus: What has become
OF the young lady who used to blush
every time a man spoke to her?
Bartlesville Enterprises Mysteries of
life Why is 1t you can meet the man
TO whom you owe money twenty times
day and the man who owes you money
only about once in two weeks?
| McAloster News-Capital: The best
way for this government to promote an
4 early peace is to leave nothing undone
toward fighting the war to finish.
sherman Texasl Courier: Notwith.
standing the fact that he could have
moved away from the town, a st. Louis
millionaire recently committed suicide
Bartlesville Examiner: The last argu
ment Of the kings seems to be develop
ing into a sort OF silent contempt affair
Guthrie Leader: Congressman send
out seven tons OF franked mail every
day. And congressional speeches ar,
not 80 hefty at that
Memphis CTennl Commercial Appeal
The man who seeks profit by IN,
necessities OF his country should b,
taken up dark alley and lynched.
Muskogee Times. Democrat Aroun,
the curbstone you can always hear
lot OF the loafers wondering why IL /,
that the farmers can't get help enough
20 harvest their crops.
Chickasha Express: OF course Il 1
possible that there may be "sorrier'
citizen than the man who doesn't stan,
up for his country. but we have neve
heard OF one OF them.
Kingston Messenger: II some on,
were 20 hug grass widow, would /
! be hay press.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01
SPAIN GRANTS REFORMS

Madrid Thursday Aug. 3O.-After a
cabinet meeting, presided over by King
Alfonso, Premier Dato announced that a
comprehensive program of reforms was
IN preparation and would soon be an.
nounced. after which general elections
would be held
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01
PAGE THREE

mean-but it Is best to send money
IN through some way so that il don't
look ike German money, so as TO keep
the pinheads fooled.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01

Senator Vardaman, Of Mississippi like
Senator Hardwick. OF Georgia, is mark.
ed for defeat in the next race for the
senatorship. because Of his anti.Ameri-
canism. Pat Harrison. congressman
from the Sixth Mississippi district has
announced that he would be candidate
against Vardaman, and that he would
make his fight on a platform OF pa.
triotism and support Of President VIII
sonin his prosecution OF the war, and
that he would attack Vardaman as one
of the strongest pro-Germans in the sen.
ate and quote from his speeches there
and elsewhere showing that he has op-
posed President Wilson in every move
he has made, and that he has failed to
support a single administration measure
deemed necessary for the prosecution Of
the war.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01

ously and not let orders from higher up
thwart the dominating thing in his life
his personal ambition.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01

Chicago "drys" are already predicting
that they will win their fight to put the
saloons Of that city out of business.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01

There have been widespread strikes
and disorders accompanied by blood
shed in Spain at intervals for several
months
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01
Political Observations.

"our worst enemy is the Hun within
our own gates.r-Theodore Roosevelt.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01

The silly season seems to dom
mate our statesmen. Senator Gore
says he will resign If President Wilson
will resign. President Thompson, OF
the Navy league. says he will resign
If Secretary Daniels will resign.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01

The silly season seems 10 uoln'
mate our statesmen. Senator Gore
says he will resign If President Wilson
will resign. President Thompson, Of
the Navy league. says he will resign
if Secretary Daniels will resign.
For the first time in half century
the Democrats of Suffolk county, New
York. have failed to put a Democratic
ticket in the field. Not a Democrat
has been designated for any county
office or for member of the assembly
from any district
There is no doubt that ninety per
cent of the loyal active suffragists de-
plore the picketing Of the White House
as injurious to the best interests Of
suffrage" writes DR.. Anna Howard
Shaw; and the percentage of male sup
porters of votes for women who de-
plore 1t is higher By ten.
Former State Senator Austen Colgate,
a manufactures Of Jersey City, has an
nounced that he is the candidate for the
Republican nomination for the New Jer-
sey senatorship. The term of William
f. Hughes DemocraO expires in 1919,
and there promises to be quite a
scramble among Republicans for his
seat.
James W. Gerard, former ambassador
to Germany. favors suppression of the
German press in this country during the
war. Imagine an American paper,
published in Germany. printing attacks
on the German government" he said
There would be but one result-the
bare wall and the firing squad"
There is fusion Of many kinds in
New York City this year The Repub
licans and faction of the Democratic
party have fused Tammany and the
Business Mems league have fused. The
Prohibitionists and the Progressives
have fused. The Socialists and the pro
Germans have fused. And each fusion
party has n candidate for mayor.
Recently six men charged with elee
tion frauds were convicted in the fedora
court at indianapolis All were officials
In the past few years Indiana has beer
conspicuous in matters relating TO cor
ruption at the polls. Not only have of
| tenders been numerous, but well placed
in political affairs Al Terre Haute g
man Of enough prominence to be under
discussion for governor was convicted
OF crime against the ballot box. anC
is now doing time" in a penitentiary
II is to the credit of the state, however
and warrants hope for the future, tha
office and the pull that goes with OF
flee do not afford protection when ex
posure comes and punishment is de
manded.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01

Kingston Messenger: II some one
were 70 hug grass widow. would Il
be a hay press
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01

Tulsa World Doctor Michaelis ac.
cording to Berlin paper, is a Prussian
In the best sense OF the word All Of
which has not been denied and in our
opinion the doctor should be ashamed
Of himself
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01

Boston Transcript; The food reform.
ers have at least succeeded in making
200 jobs for stenographers grow where
only one would grow before.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01

III Reno Democrat: Russian peasants
watch the Romanoffs till the soil. ac.
cording to cable. Wen, the Roman.
offs watched the peasants doing it a
good loag time.