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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-07
EVERY MAN FROM l6
TO go YEARS IN WEST
VIRGINIA MUST WORN

Charleston. w. Va. July 7.-As war
measure. West Virginia is demanding
that all her male residents between the
ages OF 16 10 so years Of age make
themselves OF service to the state and
nation by engaging in some "gainful'
occupation and Is emphasizing this de
mand by rigid enforcement Of the new
state vagrancy act.
Twelve men charged with violating
this law today began serving SO-day jail
sentences and are to pay fines OF $50
each. While other convictions have been
reported from various parts OF the state
these sentences are the most severe yet
imposed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-07
KAISER AND HIS FRAU
VISIT EMPEROR or AUSTRIA

Zurich, July IA dispatch from VII
emma says the German emperor ana
empress arrived in the Austrian capital
yesterday morning. They were met at
TIE station by Emperor Charles ana
II .,eess Zita.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-07
SOMETHING "MAY HAPPEN"
MONDAY IN REICHSTAG

London. July THE report that po.
lltical developments OF Importance are
being awaited in Berlin in connection
with the session OF the reichstag now
In progress Is reiterated In Berlin
dispatch to Amsterdam as forwarded by
the Exchange Telegraph. The dispatch
says that Chancellor Won Bethmann.
Hollweg will deliver his speech TO the
reichstag Monday. and that an address
will be delivered on the same day by
Foreign Secretary Zimmerman, Wise
Admiral Won Capelle. minister OF tho
navy. The vote OF credit VIII then he
taken.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-07
NEGROES GIVEN JOBS
WHITE MEN REJECTED
CAUSED LATE RIOTS
This Is Explanation of U. s. District
Attorney Why Mobs Raided
East st. Louis.

East st. Louis, July 7.-Charles
Karch, United States district attorney
for southern Illinois, in an intervie "
today, said the business men of East
st. Louis who now are trying to III
duce the fugitive negroes to return to
their old Jobs, misunderstood the temper
of the mob that took part in the Mon.
day horror.
Mr.. Karch said there was truth I'm
the claim of white workers that certain
large employers Of labor would give a
white man work only when they could
not get a negro.
Guardsmen Prevent Recurrence.
Mr.. Karch did not offer this as Jus.
tiication or defense OF the action CT
the mob, but made the statement in
connection with the assertion that only
the presence of a large force of Ill
nois guardsmen prevents a recurrence
of the rioting.
1t was stated today on what claimed
to be an authoritative source, that the
race riots in East st. Louis, last Mon
day, and the factors which contributed
to them, have been called to the az
tention Of the federal department OF
justice, and that an investigation by
a federal grand jury is likely.
Hurt Military Work.
Just what angle Of the matter the fed
eral jury would take up is not made
clear, but the interruption to inter
state commerce. due to the shortage oi
negro labor in the vast railway ter
minal yards here and the necessity Of
keeping traffic open for military pur
poses, II is believed, has not escape.
the attention Of federal authorities.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-07
GERMAN CROWN PRINCE
TRUSTS AMERICAN HORSENIlAN

Copenhagen. July 7.-Despite all the
unfriendly utterances from the German
government regarding the United
States. the German crown prince does
not disdain 10 employ an American
He left two recently purchased race
horses In the hands OF the former Am.
erican Jockey. Fred r. Taral, one OF
the most successful trainers on the
German turf.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-07
ALLIED FORCE IN CHINA
PROGRESSING IN RESCUE
American, French, British and Japanese
MAY Reach Peking.

London, July IA dispatch to the
Post from Tien Tsin says that three
hundred Japanese, French, American
and British troops going to Peking TO
reinforce the legation guards arrived
at Lang Fang. which is not far from
Peking before the fighting between the
irpperislists and ~fepublicans began.
The general in charge Of the republi.
can forces urged them to withdraw 10
miles to the rear owing to danger from
the fighting. All withdrew except two
British officers and several telegraph
operators. Later, both belligerents
agreed to allow engineers to repair the
railway track at Lang Fang, which had
been torn up, and permit the relief
troops to continue their journey.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-07
INCREASE OF EXPLOSIVES
SHOWN IN LARGE FIGURES

Washington. July THE story OF the
remarkable growth OF the country's eY'
plosive manufacturing industry since
the war started Is told In figures made
public by the federal bureau OF mines
today showing n production OF explo'
sives last year, exclusive OF exports
totalling more than 5OO0OoOOO pounds,
an increase OF about a. million over
1915. Statistics OF the 1915 output Of
explosives are not given but exports
were valued at siSs .O69 ,S93.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-07
EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA Is
REPUTED FRIEND OF FRANCE

London. July 7.-According to the
Daily Express. a personal friend OF the
Empress Zita Of Austria, has informed
certain members OF the house Of com
mons that the empress is exerting her
self strongly In ihe interests Of France
She Is credited with sufficient infiu
ence over Emperor Charles TO induce
him TO try to withdraw from the Austro'
Hungarian alliance with Germany as
soon as Austria.HIungary is enabled to
take such action.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-07
LEYI.AND LINE STEAMER or
1910 TONS II TORPEDOED

Boston. July 7.-The Leyland liner
Cestrian. S.siO tons. for long period in
the Boston.Liverpool service, has been
sunk by German submarine, accord.
ing to cable dispatches received here
today. The cestrian was taken over by
the British government early In the
war.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-07
BUY RED CROSS AMBULANCE
WITH SWEET POTATO PATCH

Trinity. Texas. July I.-under the
leadership. OF Mrs J. Lewis Thompson,
the boys and girls Of this city have
under cultivation promising sweet
potato patch OF ten acres, from the
proceeds OF which they propose TO pur.
chase an ambulance for the Red Cross.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-07
Holland and Scandinavia Fear United
States Food Embargo Will Staue Them

intending to crush these small states,
whose sole desire Is TO maintain true
neutrality.
Judging from newspapers here. the
situation Is desperate.
The politiken says that articles from
influential American papers Indicated
the United States intends 10 force Den.
mark either 20 lo|n Germany nnf sfnrfr
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-07
COL. ROOSEVELT
AND GOMPERS
CLASH AT MEETING

New York, July denial by Samuel
Gompers president OF the American
Federation OF Labor, that trades unions
had had any share in the East 81. Louis
riots, which was met by a vehement
denunciation by Theodore Roosevelt Of
the murder OF helpless negroes. precipi'
tated n tumultuous demonstration at a
mass meeting held In Carnegie Hall
here last night. in honor OF the Russian
mission to the United States.
Mr.. Roosevelt was interrupted by Mr..
Gompers. who rose from his seat and
approached the former president.
why don't you accuse after the In.
vestigation2" the labor leader demand.
ed.
with these words he returned TO his
seat. Roosevelt strobe over to his chair
and exclaimed
Boos and Kisses.
"Mr Gompers, why don't | accuse al.
terwards? I'll answer now when muir.
der is to be answered. With that the
colonel brought down on Mr.. Gompers'
shoulder his open left hand. which he
AAtAA AAArtN ANNNN AAAN hNtAAs ~ AAAAc IANA-
ture many OF the men on the platform
leaped 20 their feet and there was a
storm OF Kisses. cheers and 'boos" from
all parts OF the house. When Mr.. Roose-
Welt could make himself heard above the
din. he went on:
II win go TO any extreme TO bring
justice to the laboring man, but when
there Is murder will put him down"
Gompers Deeply Stirred.
When the former president had fin
ished Mr.. Gompers. evidently deeply
stirred, started to make rejoinder. but
was pushed back into his seat by thos,
who sat near him. while Mayor Mitchell
who presided. pounded vigorously with
his gavel IN an effort TO restore order
Several minutes elapsed before II wa
possible TO introduce Boris Bakhmetieff
the Russian ambassador, and continu'
the meeting. As the excitement subsid
ed Mr.. Roosevelt and AIR. Gomper
H.....I .l44l.... -.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-07
FRENCH SUB is SUNK
2 BY GERMAN U-BOAT

Paris, July THE submarine Arlanc
was torpedoed and sunk by a German
U.boat In the Mediterranean June 10,
according 20 the ministry OF marine.
All Of the officers and part OF the crew
perished. Nine men were saved. The
normal complement OF the Arlane be.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-07

Copenhagen. Denmark. July Tho
Ekstrabladet and the government organ
Politiken. commenting on the proposals
10 limit supplies TO the three scandina.
Wan countries and Holland. complain
that the entente powers. with America
at the head, lack appreciation OF the
difficult position OF small neutrals. and
that the proposed measures OF the great
poxers. which ara Izhfins In IA u14zso
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-07
TURKEY WILL
DEPORT GREEKS
CONSIDERS DIPLOMATIC BREAK
EQUIVALENT TO DECLAR-
ALTON OF WAR.

London. July 7.-Acoording to a press
dispatch received at Amsterdam from
Constantinople as forwarded by the Ex.
change Telegraph. Turkey considers as
equivalent TO a declaration OF war. the
action OF Greece in breaking of diplo-
matte relations.
The Turkish government. the dis.
patch says. has decided to deport all
Greeks and confiscate their property.
London. July THE British made an
attack last night In Belgium. east Of
Wytschaete. The war office announces
that the British line was advanced
slightly.
Paris, July HEAVY artillery fight.
ing occurred last night near La Royere
and Pantheon on the Aisne front. and
in the region south OF Moronvilliers In
the Champagne, according TO today's
official announcement.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-07

New York. July 7.-Agents for the de.
partment OF justice late yesterday af'
ternoon arrested two Germans. one re-
puted to be a paymaster for the German
spy system In this country. and the
other alleged to have been formerly as
sociated with Captain Franz Won Papen
at one time military attache at the Ger
man embassy in Washington.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-07

tache, whom the United States govern
ment has decided to send out Of the
country. was placed on board a Norwe-
gian steamship by agents Of the depart.
ment Of justice here today. The ship
sails this afternoon.
Washington, July 7.-All Germans
who formerly were connected either
with the German embassy or any one
Of the many consulates in America
have been requested TO leave the United
States. Notification that their pres
ence in America is undesirable was sent
to them by the state department.
The Germans who principally are
clerks or servants were not told that
they were suspected OF being spies. The
inference that their loyalty TO the kais
er might make it difficult for them TO
remain in this country without attempt
ing to send Information Of a military
character to their government was
made clear.
Among the first to go will be Heir
rich Schaafhausen. formerly attached
to the German embassy, but left behind
by Count Won Bernstorff and since at
tached to the department of German
interests of the Swiss legation.
Pose As Servants.
There is also a long train Of clerks
and servants-at least they have served
in such capacities in this country
although this government has no means
% t.rr laa. kat he
status Of most of them is with the Ger.
man government. There is ground for
belief that some OF them are Of inn
portance to the German spy system.
DIR. Georg Barthelme, author Of the
much discussed dispatch TO the Cologns
Gazette at the time diplomatic rela'
tions were severed. still is in Wash
ington. but is required TO report Il
government officials in person twice q
week.
German Allies Continue Here.
Two Of Germany's allies still have
their representatives here.
/ Abdul Hak Hussein Bey, charge OF
the Turkish embassy. pleaded to re
main. His wife is an English woman
and on the ground that her health
might be affected by going to Constan
tinople, the Turk has been permitted
TO stay here.
The Bulgarian minister also is at hi
legation.
There are many indications that tn
government is taking steps to tighter
the spy net and make even more dinl
cult the getting OF military information
TO Germany.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-07
GERMANS ORDERED
TO QUIT AMERICA
FLOCK OF EMBASSY AND CONSU.
LATE ATTACHES MUST GET
OUT OF UNITED STATES.
SUSPECTED AS SPIES
Posing as Clerks and Servants, but Are
Believed to BE Portion of Kaiser's Sc
cret Service Which Reports to Berlin
War Office.

New York, July 7-Heinrich Schaaf-
hausen, former German embassy at
tache, whom the United States govern
ment has decided to send out OF the
country. was placed on board a Norwe-
gian steamship by agents Of the depart
ment Of justice here today The ship
sails this afternoon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-07
TWENTY PLANES
ATTACK LONDON
IN SHINING DAYLIGHT GERMAN
SQUADRON FLIES OVER THE
CITY AND RAINS BOMBS.
81 KILLED. I4l INJURED
Assault Is Made Over Central Portion of
Capital-One Report Says One Enemy
Craft Is Shot Down, Another Stating
That Three Were Destroyed

London, July 7.-Thirty-seven persons
were killed in the air raid and 141 in
jured, it was officially announced this
afternoon. One enemy machine was
brought down by the royal flying corps.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-07

London, July IAN official state
ment issued this afternoon by the Brit
ish admiralty said that three Of the
German airplanes which had dropped
bombs on London had been brought
down in the sea.
For about a quarter Of an hour the
raiders dropped a steady rain OF bombs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25
Christmas Day and
the Christmas Spirit

INTO matter how widely people may
u v differ in their views touching
creeds and religion in general, vast
majority of them find common ground
in the observance Of the Christian
festival, known as Christmas. 1t is
one of the worlds great holidays, and
all classes feel now, as ever, the signif-
icance of the angelic words in the
Gloria in Excelsis, "On earth peace,
good will towards men," or as the
Bible co-revisers have it, ''Peace to
men of good will"
Christmas finds many nations in
mortal conflict. The bloodiest of all
wars is in it's fourth year, and the end
of it is not yet in sight. Fathers and
mothers whose sons are in the trenches
or in training camps, are filled with
But in spite of world
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

A man spends half his life trying to
get woman and the other half trying
to get away from her.
Would it be praper to say that jolly
old bachelor who is bald leads a gay and
hairfree life?
Remember, that if you know nothing
but your own business you come pretty
near knowing all there is need to know.
A woman will attend party dolled up
in a S1G0 gown and $500 worth of jewels
and then sweat and wrangle for five
hours trying to win a 3s-cent prize
Any time a man offers to buy you a
drink, you should accept the invitation in
the spirit in which it was offered.
Nature knows her business There isn't
one girl in 80 who isn't knock kneed and
this is all that keeps the length of the
skirt below the knee caps.
A woman thinks whole lot of the lin
gerie in which she was married and
usually saves it. But the time generally
comes when she will cut it up to make
an outfit for baby.
Any man who knows the mean DISPOSE
ton of an auto engine wonders why an
aviator takes a chance with the blame
things.
When it takes a man five minutes to
look up number and five minutes more
to learn that the line is "Bus--s-e-e-e,'
it is hard to make him realize that the
telephone is time saver.
A man doesn't mind having to dodge a
big, dgnified-loo touring car. But it
makes him mad all over to have to jump
out of the way of a Henry.
What has become of the old-fashioned
man who used to go around the house in
his socks and who thought that only
dudes wore slippers7
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25
A COLONEL'S BAGGAGE
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.

From the Louisville Courier-J Journal.
~ OIL. TOM DoORES of Bowling
VI Green was arrested because
~ he left at the Bowling Green
railroad station four valises, grips" or
suitcases, containing, so the police al
lege, IS pints of bottled-in-bond
whisky.
The police of Bowling Green are sus-
picious by nature. Upon discovering the
contents of the grips" for which Col
onel Doores had sent dray, they
formed the opinion that the So pints rep
resented an investment by Colonel
Doores, made with the purpose of prof
liable disposal. They believed, in other
words, that Colonel Doores did not make
a trip to Louisville, in the capacity of a
private consumer and connoisseur,
purely and solely, but that he as an
unlicensed and clandestine dispenser, or
as one contemplating making merchan-
disc of his purchase.
Colonel Doores is gentleman Of
prominence in Bowling Green. His rec
ord is not, we believe, disreputable. 1t
is not even mercantile. He is not of
the bourgeois. He has been by incli-
nation and experience an office holder,
which is to be in his communicate his
state, it might be added-a person of
defined class; a member of an aristoc-
racy more or less leisude between po-
litical campaigns, and never SO engulfed
in toll as to be oblivious to opportunities
for the social intercourse and the recrea-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25
COAL MINERS AT WORK

From the Mobile Register.
"If Birmingham, right in the middle
of an immense coal field, is facing u
fuel shortage, what chance have we::'
asks the Macon Telegraph 1t is some
satisfaction to learn that Birmingham
is getting the coal and that the miners
of the district have awakened to the
fact that the coal must be produced
There will be only one day for holiday
taken at Christmas; and the work is
to be pushed The coal situation is
still critical, bearing hard on indus
try in some places; but will probably
begin to improve before long, particu-
larly in our industrial region, where
the miners appear to recognize at last
that their failure to work full time has
reacted distressfully upon the working
classes, and particularly so upon the
poor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25

that has gone down. 1t is a book.
Two years ago it was displayed in the
window of an Avenue de iOpera book
store. Today it is in the back of the
shop. 1t no longer looks new. 1t can
be had for song. 1t is by me.
Paris is far gayer and far brighter
than it was two years ago. But this
is only true of it's face; the real heart
of Paris bleeds and is sick with grief.
l believe the gayety and the bright
ness of Paris in these days to be the
most stupendous feat of good man
ners that the world has ever seen.
Outside my window there is a SPLEEN
did plane tree. From this the great
leaves are steadily falling. That is
France. For three years now the lives
that were her glory and her hope have
fallen, fallen. But If, ignorant of this
worlds affairs, you happened into
Paris on a little visit from Mars, it
would be sometime before you could
be induced to believe that war was
going on anywhere. In this matter
the French have touched the sublimi-
ties OF good breeding.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25
PARIS WEARS A BRAVE SMILE

Gouyerneur Morris in Golfers Weekly.
In 1915 there was plenty of hot wa
ter in Paris. This year, except on Sat
urdays and Sundays, you battle cold
or YOU don't battle at all. Even of the
Ritz this is true. Then there are two
days when you get along without
meat. You are asked to be economical
with electricity. imagine that it
takes money and perhaps influence
to keep motor car full of gasoline
But, on the other hand, there are 10
taxicabs where there was but one
before And they are up to all their
status quo ante tricks.
If the restaurants are not precise
be difficult to lunch or dine anywhere
without meeting a number of people
whom you have known well at home.
OF course / don't know how many
American soldiers there are in France,
and could not tell you If / did, but
American Red Cross headquarters is
like going into the Racquet club / do
not exaggerate. 1t is this, / think, that
has taken the strained look out of SO
many French faces
Matches are not quite SO dear as
they are scarce and unscratchable To-
bacco is plentiful, but expensive. AS
winter approaches the price of UNI
brellas rises. Stationery is high q
shall thank God when the price be-
comes prohibitive). The gum on post
age stamps is Of good quality. The
I know definitely of but one thing
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25
Health Of Conntv

NO one has keener interest in
the welfare of this county from
health point of view than the board Of
revenue" said President Jere W. Gwin
yesterday. This question has had the
careful consideration of the board
since the early part of December, and
while details as to the respective
amounts to be appropriated by the city
and county are not yet agreed upon,
sufficient progress has been made to
definitely assure the public or ade-
quate health protection for the ensu-
ing year The board is fully alive to
the importance of settling this matter
with the least possible delay and it
will not suffer for lack of attention.
"Dr. Vines. member Of the board,
Will be absent from the city until
Wednesday, and Immediately upon his
return this subject will be taken up
again by the board with the view Of
completing all details and giving them
to the public by the end Of the week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25
Christmas Celebration
Somewhere In France

ENHE spirit of America and Amer-
i cas- soldiers was never more
touchingly exemplified than IN the
case of six hundred war orphans OF
France. to whom a contingent OF
General Pershing's troops played
Santa Claus.
II was a Christmas entertainment
that gladdened the hearts of the lit
tie unfortunates who have felt the
horrors of war to the fullest extent
forlorn innocents, some of them found
wandering aimlessly in the war zone,
unable to tell the names of their
parents. Most of them had lost their
fathers, brave men who fell in the
battles for France and liberty. Many
had no mothers. All bore the marks
of the terrible conflict which has
ragged around them, out tnanKs 10 Iile
men in khaki, they forgot the dark
days, in the glow of friendliness and
good cheer brought by sun-browned
soldiers from across the sea.
From a gigantic Christmas tree
were suspended innumerable gifts and
it is probable that some of those
youngsters were never before so lib
orally remembered by Santa Claus,
the genial saint being represented in
his familiar attire by an American
lieutenant.
'It was the first real good time the
children had had since the war be-
gan" And we may we'll believe it!