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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-03

the chill blast OF the grim Prussian spec
ter lowering over the treasure house of
the world; they must, therefore, prefer
a weak Austria on their northeastern
border to the brazen clutch of the house
of Hohenzollern.
Well, then, for the time being. the
future aspect of Europe as well as the
fate of his own empire depends mainly
upon whether Charles l is a man of
character, wisdom and courage. VIII he
prefer to yield a small part of his do
minions to Italy, pay the debt incurred
by his predecessor, /. e., make conces-
sions to his Slavic subjects, or will he
stick to William, going down with him
with a superb gesture to enthroned
World Democracy and the famous Aye
Of the dying gladiator on his lips, "Mori
turf te salutant"?
Lady Paget holds out the bait of 81
esia which Frederick the Great ungen
tlemanly took from Maria Theresa in
174O, the very first year Of his and her
reign This proposition will appear tC
most readers a mere pipe dream. We
wish therefore, to remind them that up
to the middle of the nineteenth century
Austria seriously hoped to regain the
Prussian greater half Of her beautiful
province Of Silesia, which in spite OF
her III years of annexation TO Protes
tant Prussia, has even now Catholic
majority
Bavaria, which is racially and relig
iously far closer to the people of the
Tyrol Lower and Upper Austria, thar
to Brandenburg. would hardly hesitate
to join her ally Of 1866; the families
Wittelsbach and Hapsburg are almost
branches Of the same trunk.
Have Lloyd George, Kerensky, Ribo
and President Wilson the Bismarckiar
stuff in them; have they the courage
to play Vienna against Berlin, now tha
they need no longer pass sleeplesi
nights over a possible danger lurkinl
in the back Of Sarail, and it is but Z
question Of time when Car Ferdinand
| will join ex-King Constantine some
where on the Lake Of Zurich or i'm tina
historic Vienna cafe whence the Bul
garian delegation fetched their rule
twenty-odd years ago?
The Austrian population. as a whole
hates Prussia and the proud Hapsburl
ruler cannot help seeing in William II
the descendent OF Frederick |, who ii
1901 kowtowed at the imperial palac
of Vienna in order to obtain from tn
hands Of Emperor Leopold l the crow
Of Prussia.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-03
AS TO LIQUOR TAXES.

Those people. In the senate and else
where, who are worrying as 10 where
the money will come from to support
schools and charities when the liquor
taxes are Topped of by legislation In
favor Of prohibition. local or national.
might take leaf from the experience
OF Russia. when the sale OF vodka
was stopped, hopeless poverty flew out
OF the window. and prosperity for the
peasants flew in. They began to buy
good clothes and furniture, and many
of them put money in the bank.
The same thing happened TO the me-
groes in the southern states which
adopted prohibition. They began TO buy
good clothes and mahogany furniture
and carpets and pianos and automobiles
many. many automobiles.
And II has happened in every other
place where people were required TO
stop poisoning themselves by law.
Their bodies their minds and their
property improved apprechbly in a
rather short time There is always
OF course. the hopeless alcoholic who
can't be cured. and who VIII succeed
in getting his stun smuggled in some
how. But in prohibition localities, these
die of one by one, and the beauty of
the arrangement is that no new ones
are made. Young boys are not tempted
20 begin the bad habits which lead "a
hopeless alcoholism.
The economic problem is, therefore
simple. The people who before We're not
taxable on ordinary grounds become
taxable because they soon become prop
erty owners. The small property own
er is usually decent, dependable citi
zen. He may fuss a little about his
taxes, but he pays them In the Ions
run, and Is proud 90 do so.
The taxable. property viii be there
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-03
COSTLY UNPREPAREDNEsS.

Chicago News: Now is the time for
this country TO adopt universal military
training and service so that II will be
able to defend itself henceforth against
foreign aggression without having TO
engage IN many expensive and time
consuming preliminary activities
Every month that has passed since
Germany forced US into the war, every
month that must still pass before thor
oughly trained and equipped American
troops BY hundrtis OF thousands appear
on the fighting line in Europe, is an
unanswerable argument for early adop-
ton by the United States OF universal
military training and service as a per
manent national policy.
We are preparing TO train for war at
vast expense large forces Of men taken
from the body of the citizenship. II
this nation had applied the principle
OF universal military training Of the
youth OF the land even so recently as
three years ago. when the war began
It would now have large numbers of
Young soldiers almost ready for war
There Is little doubt that II we had had
such reserve TO call upon Germany
would never have dared 10 attempt ar
rogantly 10 impose its brutal will upon
US. We are az war, in short because
we are not prepared for war.
shall we not apply this costly lesson
II we fail TO do 80 we invite new, costly
and perhaps disastrous wars.
The Chamberlain universal training
bill is before congress The Intelligent
citizenship Of the United States ought
TO demand insistently and with on'
voice that this bill shall be perfected
and passed before the adjournment Of
the present session Of the national law
making body.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-03
WHAT FIGURES SHOW.

Hutchinson QKas) News: The figures
given out by the government as a basis
for the draft make very interesting read
ing The war department added 10 the
national guard Of each state the mum.
Der enlisted from that state in the reg
ular army. in other words, the number
of volunteers. This number was de.
Quoted from the quota each state is TO
furnish by conscription.
Kansas is credited with Hips volun-
teers.
None Of the states the size Of Kansas
has done as well. Not one.
Connecticut, which is rolling in
wealth from munition making and is
about the same population as Kansas
only had 1907 volunteers. Other states
whose population ia practically the
same population as Kansas volunteered
this way: Arkansas 7155; Louisiana
1857: Mississippi $780, Oklahoma 3,344
South Carolina 5.040.
New York with seven times the pop
ulation Of Kansas. only 52071. Penn
syvania with five times the population
only three times in volunteers, 37,24S
Indiana nearly twice in population
only 12 400. Illinois with four times th'
population. only 27,3Oi Missouri twic'
Kansas in population. 1910. California
with so per cent more people thai
Kansas ll.7S6.
The only state which did better thai
Kansas was oregon None Of ou
neighbors, Nebraska. Iowa. Minnesota o
the like came near furnishing the nun
Der Of volunteers that Kansas did, Il
proportion to population.
Very pleasant reading for Kansas
and respectfully referred to the easter
papers which have been worrying abou
the lack Of patriotism in the centra
west.
And that brings US a. the question
what ails New York and the yello'
tribes in that locality.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-03
TEACHING MIR. CONSUMER.

High prices go merrily higher while
futile talk and tedious investigations Of
them continue. But occasionally a
group Of consumers here and there
arises and, without any ado cuts prices
materially for members of its own
group.
One such instance appearing recently
in the news is that of an association of
street railway employees These men
are simply following the cooperative
buying plan that isn't so new to most
people as waste and excessive profits
would lead the observer to believe.
A creamery Of their own where they
can get good butter at to cents per
pound less than current market prices
is the first item in the street car mems
scheme. Eggs and fresh vegetables
they will buy directly from farmers
Delivery will be simplihed. I'VE are
going to put it over on the middleman,'
says their secretary. And they will
These men are not the first to get
together in some such way. Other
groups and organizations have worked
lue SdHle system NllH BIdlll SlHS It
suits. And still the plain lessons &c
unlearned. Cooperation, direct com
munication between producer and con
sumer, an economical and competent
delivery system-if these things can bf
applied with good results by individual
groups. why not by the big group OF
the whole community? But the bis
group is slow moving and cautious. II
does a good deal of ineffective kicking
before II wakes up to the fact that 4
might just as well do some construct
i've acting. II is the attempts Of the
smaller groups to get for themselves
what the whole group could have If 4
only would, that finally show the com
munity a way out of its troubles.
Cheer up. Mr. Consumer, you're aw
fully slow. and you're encouraging mid
dlemen and destructive competition ant
all sorts Of economic evils even whil
you rail against them. But you're
going to learn your lessons some day il
spite Of yourself. And then you'n b.
a good deal better Off than YOU ar,
now in health and wealth and happi
ness
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-03
HOW GOOD THEY TASTE!

The lettuce and radishes from ones
own garden-what a flavor they pos
sess And as for the beans,-no food
of the gods was ever half so delicious.
AS for peas off the vines and into the
pot in an hour-as for corn off the
stalks and steaming on the table thirty
minutes later-words fail.
There is nothing new in the fact that
foods fresh from the soil are sweeter
and more savory than those which have
been transported long distances and ex-
posed for sale for a long time before
they are cooked. There is nothing new
about the fact that the product of ones
own labor has a flavor not possessed
by those purchased. The new thing is
that so many Americans are finding
out these things this year for the first
time. The city man with radishes in
his window boX-the suburbanite with
his little garden i'm the back yard
hundreds of thousands of them have
been drawn into,close acquaintance with
the country's food supply Of the pro
ducts of all these little amateur gardens
has been no inconsderable amount.
But there has been a contribution
more valuable than the food. 1t is that
hundreds Of thousands Of Americans
have acquired a new sense of power
They have learned how to make things
grow And this is going to mean to
the future of the country far greater
gift than the happy gardeners now real
izp
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-03
ARE WE AWAKE?
BY Edwin Arlington Robinson
Of the Nigilantes.

Are we today then where two years ago
We should have been, when all was
manifest?
or are we still too credulous TO know
That we are to be measured with the
rest?
Are we awake-or are we seeing red
Because our freedom would have
done with war?
And must there be a million Of us dead
Before we see that freedom is paid
for?
our fathers. when they were their IA
thers boys,
Gave us what we have taken as our
breath.
And we, like children with too many
toys
Would have one more; and we have
played with Death
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-03
From Other
Editorial Pages
CANADA sPURNs TITLES.

London (Ontario) Advertiser: If the
people of Canada were asked to vote
on the granting of hereditary titles it
is almost certain there would never be
another bestowed. Canadians are dem
ocrats, and since the outbreak of war
they are more than ever inclined to
honor the man for what he is and does,
not for what his family was or how
much he inherited.
AS of old, the Tory authorities have
failed to accept this view, and the
reaching out after an "aristocracy" is
part of their creed. They have begun
the extensive creation of baronetcies
and peerages in Canada, and in the last
few years, have extended the honor 70
as many as possible, including some
where the excuse is most obscure. II
is one Of the signs that mark the diff
ference between liberalism and conser
vatism.
The Toronto Mail and Empire says
there is no objection to knighthood
when the honor is deserved. 1t is not
always reserved for the deserving. and
since the creation Of hereditary titles
here knighthood has become. as in the
old land, a cheap for moi reward or fiat
terry to be granted with or without rea
son.
Canadians have no objection TO heap
ing honors on those who earn them anC
are proud Of their distinguished citizens
But this feeling begins and ends in tn,
men who do things. Their sons hav,
no claim to bask in inherited glory.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-03
WHAT or AUsTRIA's FUTUREs

New York Tribune; This piQuant
question is raised by Lady Paget in the
May issue OF the Nineteenth Century
and After" Let us see how the learned
English bluestocking goes about "solv'
ing" one OF the most perplexing prob
lens Of today.
England. the old friend OF the Haps'
burg monarchy, would tomorrow clasp
the hand Of Charles If his hand were
free. frances attitude is about the
same. The Russian republic has no rea'
son to be afraid OF Vienna, but Potsdam
Is, even. FOR the Northern Bear, a hard
nut TO crack.
There remains Italy, which. no doubt
has suffered more under Austrian rule
than any other country. The great
mass OF the Italian population who
above all since May 2i, 1915, see In
the dual monarchy their arch-enemy
would. no doubt, welcome its dismem
berment.
But the more thoughtful among them
they who can foresee events must fee
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-03
MURRAY COUNTY MAN
ACCUSED AS STACKER

Z. II. Barron. charged with failing to
register in Murray County under the
conscriptive law is in the Carter county
jail and Dick Hignight, deputy United
States marshal, has gone to Murray
county TO get three more charged with
the same offense. Barron was taken be-
fore William Hutchinson. United States
commissioner. who placed his bond at
$1,000 TO await action Of the grand jury
which meets in October.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-03

than | ever was and recommend your
remedies to all myfriendS. Mrs. LENA
WYNN, 2sl2 E. o Street, Richmond, Va.
While Change Of Life is a most crit
ical period Of woman's existence, the
annoying symptoms which accompany
II may be controlled. and normal health
restored by the timely use of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Such warning symptoms are sense
Of sufocation, hot flashes, headaches,
backaches, dread Of impending evil,
timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation
Of the heart, sparks before the eyes,
irregularities, constipation, variable ap-
petite, weakness and dizziness.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-03

just the same, in different and more
widely distributed form.
And isn't it really saner to tax de-
cent, dependable, property-owning citi-
zens reasonable amounts, small for the
individual but large in the total sum,
than it is to tax corporations for the
privilege of turning producers into de-
pendents, good citizens into bad ones?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-03
It's All in the Point Of View.

Life; Albert, aged three and a half
had failed to respond to verbal repri-
mand, and at last his mother said. III
you don't behave you will have to be
spanked You would not like that,
would your
"I wouldn't like daddy to spank me"
was the quick response.
why not"
He doesn't know how. He hurts"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-03

they see that this is the one chance
that the world has seen to make all
nations safe in Democracy, safe from
the divine right OF kings and the curse
of antocracy?
And why do those puny worms of the
dirt set themselves up as wiser than the
sages of the nation?
Mr. 'Pacifist," you're going to have
to shake hands or fight. Which will
it be?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-03
WHEN NATIONS IN
GREAT CONFLICT MADE
DECLARATIONS OF WAR
1914

July 2S--Austria declared war on Ser
bia.
August l-Germany declared war on
Russia.
I" August 2--Germany invaded Luxem-
burg and violated Belgian neutrality.
August 3-Germany declared war on
France.
August 4-Germany declared war on
Belgium.
August 4-Great Britain declared war
on Germany. Germany retaliated with
a similar declaration.
August 6-Austria declared war on
Russia Russia declared war on Austria.
August 7-Montenegro declared war
on Austria.
August 9--Austria declared war on
Montenegro.
August Torrance declared war on
Austria.
August 12-Montenegro declared war
on Germany.
August Midnightl-England de-
clared war on Austria.
August 23-Japan declared war on
Germany.
August 25-Austrla declared war on
Japan.
November 5-England declared wal
on Turkey.
May 23-Italy declared war against
Austria.
June 3-san Marino declared war or
Austria
August 2l-Italy declared war or
Turkey.
October l5-serbia declared war OF
Bulgaria.
October .l5-Great Britain declared
war on Bulgaria
October 16-France declared war OF
Bulgaria.
October l9-Italy declared war on Bul
garia
October 19-Russia declared war OF
1916.
Bulgaria.
March 9-Germany declared war OF
Portugal.
March l5--Austria declared war OF
Portugal.
August 27.--Italy declared war OF
Germany.
August 27.-Rumania declared wa
on Austria.
August 2S-Germany declared war ol
| Rumania.
August 3l-Turkey declared war oil
Rumania.
September bulgaria declared wa
on Rumania
November 25-Greek provisional GOV
ernment Venizelistsl declared war o
Bulgaria and Germany.
1917.
March 14-China severed relation
with Germany.
April 6-United States declared
state of war against Germany
April Cuba declared state Of wa
against Germany.
April 9-Austria severed relation
with United States
April 1O-Panama declared a stat
Of war against Germany.
April l0-Panama declared state Z
war against Germany.
April ll-Brazil severed relations wit
Germany.
April l3-Bolivia severed relation
with Germany.
April 2S-Turkey severed relation
with the United States.
April 2s-Guatemala severed rel
tlons with Germany
May 9-Liberia severed relation
with Germany.
= May ls-Honduras severed relation
with Germany.
May Nicaragua severed relation
= with Germany.
June s-Germany severed relation
with Hayti.
b June 1l-San Domingo severed rel
tions with Germany.
June 22-Siam severed relations wit
|, Germany.
j How the Belllgerents Line Up.
D Central Powers Allies-Germany, Au
tro.Hungary. Turkey and Bulgaria
b four nations.
I Entente Powers and Their Allies
e United States. England. France, Russi
}. Italy. Belgium. Serbia, Montenegro, j
j. pan. san Marine. Portugal Rumani
l. Cuba and Panama-fourteen nations
= Have Severed Relations With Ge
: many-Chlna. Brazil, Bolivia, Guat
mala, Liberia. Honduras. Nicaragu
e San Domingo. Slam-nine nations.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-03

There are three distinct breeds of
them-and | think that nine out of ten
of all the pacifsts-what a misnomer is
that name!-may be grouped under one
of these three heads:
Most dangerous of all is the man who
deliberately seeks to aid the enemy in
his mouthings of peace. He is usually
of German blood, and America has not
yet succeeded in getting the kultur out
Of it. Nearly always he is a good talk
er, and there are those who are inn
pressed with his peace CUFF If one only
listens long enough to one side of any
question, you know. one will be con-
vnced; it is inevitable. A man may
very easily argue himself out of God.
But l have infinitely more respect for
this class of "pacifists" than l have for
the other two groups-i. e., the dreamers
of an Elysian peace without paying
anything for it; and the plain, everyday,
milk and water towards.
There are far too many of the coward
class here in America, and ii is a shame
| for America that l am able to say it.
Some Of these were made what they are
| by too much liberty and an utter lack
of realization Of the big fact that they
owe the government, their government
true debt Of allegiance. Others were
born towards slaves, menials, hewers
Of wood and drawers Of water, born to
serve masters and not TO call their souls
their own. Too much liberty ruins
| ha oh
! liberty.
The oldest law in the world is that
we must pay for what we get it is un
changeable, immutable-in other words
you can't get around 1t.
The price Of peace is war now.
l thank Heaven that this great war
this Armageddon. bids fair TO be tbs
last of it's kind; even if Germany wins
you know, it is apt TO be the last great
war for then Germany would rule tht
earth with the mailed fist and keeT
down war. The world is not yet ready
for such a peace as the dreaming "pac
fists" hope for. Our veneer Of civil
zation is still too thin; there is too muci
ignorance, too much savagery, in u
yet 1t is still a game of the surviva
of the fittest and the destruction o
the unfit. In here is the real evolution
Of the human race; il consists of fight
ing upward through the dim centuries
from the dust toward the glimmerinl
, light of the godhead. And the ''pac
fists" of today are a part Of that whic
, mankind must fight in his old, old an
q long journey toward the glimmerin
= light of the godhead.
II you are a "pacihst"-I can't bea
y that word in this connection!-to whic
h class do you belong? II to the first, yo
= should be imprisoned as an agent Of III
$ enemy II to the second, you shoul
{ DE your skin black and take you
y place as a dwarf among the black n,
bians. II 20 the thlrd-well. about N
only thing that can be done for you
to take you back to the nursery ar
give you a sugar-coated pacifier.
"Pacifism" now is treason. Not Il
Benedict Arnold kind of treason. bl
treason just the same and just as blac
o Why can't they see that peace now
: impossible without war? Why car
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-03
HURRAH FOR MAUD.

Maud Miller on a summer day
Did volunteer for raking hay.
She raked and raked
And ached and ached
Before she got all through, they say.
Maud Miller on the next bright day
Was right in line for raking hay.
She raked and raked
And baked and baked
But was no Stacker, by the way.
Kansas City MOI Journal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-03

V eget a BILE Com
pound | feel like q
new woman. | al
ways had a headache
during the Change
Of Life and was also
troubled with other
bad feelings COM
mon at that time
dizzy spells. nervous
feelings and heat
flashes. Now | am
in better health
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-03
HAD FULFILLED EXPECTATIONS.

Judge: She-Has your boy fulfilled
your expectations as a shining light?
He-Has he? Say. the traffic cops
| pinched him twice this week for not
having on his DINNER.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-03

Last years rivers and harbors bill,
the so-called pork BILL" carried nearly
S43,0OOOOO; the one passed the other
day by the senate carried only s2S, ,OOO,-
900 and may be reduced in conference.
No bill was ever more severely denounc-
ed by press and politicians. but on the
final roll call only a handful Of sena.
tors voted against IT, II is undoubtedly
true that there are unjustifiable items
in the bill. but It is generally admitted
that ii has been more carefully drawn
than most Of its predecessors have been
and in broad outline deserves enactment
In any event the bill cannot be made
an issue in the next congressional cam
paign.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-03
"Pacifists | Have Met"
A Red-BlOOded American Tells What
He Thinks of Them.
(By Hapsburg Liebe
Of the Vigilantesl

Hapsburg Liebe is a "hillman' of
Tennessee. He is also writer Of
shorit stories of adventure which
thousands Of men and women
mostly men-read every month. SO
it occurred to the Vigilantes that
Mr.. Liebe's opinion of the pacifists
might be interesting. especially as
Mr.. Liebe lives in the middle west.
This is what Mr. Liebe says of the
pacifists he has met: