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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22
DAILY ARDMoREITE
From Other
Editorial Pages
CONscRIprs IN SERVICE.

New York sun; Nobody could be sure
how this great experiment In civiiiza
ton In tho United States would turn
out when II was proposed. Some des
paired many We're despondent, almos,
everybody had grave doubts. The mat
ter was put 10 the test.
Tho clements were placed In the cru
ciblo by the alchemist. who was 10 make
gold out of such Inferior metals as n
mixed population. general slackness In
respect for any law infringing ON per
sonal conveniences. widespread ignor.
anoe and lively prejudice against doing
any disagreeable work. Tho popula
tion. the law ana the appeal to the mn.
tlon were placed over the fire OF public
opinion In "a free country.
4 month after congress passed the
conscription law registration day came
and passed. and It's record was made.
Three months from that registration
day all over the country . per cent Of
the American army Is In camp. By the
18Th OF this month % per cent will be
added 10 the number. ana the American
people who for years have not consid-
cred the possibility Of doing any duty
which interfered with their personal
business or pleasure. will have respond
"a automatically 10 the call OF the prcsi.
dent. and out OF the chaotic individuality
of civil life a body Of young men 275.000
strong--l0 per cent of the first draft
Of GS7 00O-arc I'm camp, many OF them
far from completely raw material.
And how did they go? Sullenly. and
driven by force? How dld your own
1900 boys go down to Yaphank? Cheer.
lnG ana laughing and crying out that
they We're glad to be ON their way.
Truly, on their way 10 better life II
higher purpose, "A finer destiny than
many Of them had ever dreamed OF.
Driven only by their own spirit. encour-
aged by unanimous public opinion,
cheered away by their mothers and sis.
tors, whose eyes gistcned as they wav-
ed smiling farewells. The conscripts
are in camp.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22
ny HARVEY oHIGGINsD.

" oititfoiN6l.
the railroads. and OF the coal mines. and
Of the food supply. and Of the organ
irod Industries OF the nation. II Il not
merely that the workingman has been
given n larger place In the government
councils and the idle rich man smaller
place--his income taxed to the bone
and his profits reduced 10 extinction.
II Is. above all. that Industry itself has
obtained n democratic government Of
It's own. so that tho workingman now
sits with the employer at the board of
business management and helps TO
make the rules under which hs works
and TO regulate the conditions Of his
labor.
The reforms for which British social.
lists have been struggling for iifty years
have been obtained overnight. A revo.
luton that could not have been effected
In a century Of peace has been forced
by three years of war. The conditions
which forwarded that revolution are
the conditions that are so rapidly ad.
vancing similar revolution here Our
socialists. who cry This Is rich mans
war: let the workingman oppose it,
are as blind IA those socialists in Great
Britain who originally raised the same
cry and similarly opposed their own
advantage.
We have already obtained. in this
country. measures of state socialism
that looked as far away as the millen.
ium To our socialists three years ago,
We shall have to carry the still more
incredible reforms that have carried In
England II we are To defend ourselves
as well ~ the English are defending
themselves. We. too. shall have "a
''democratize industry" nv the phrase
Is. II we expect our wOrkingman to re-
inforce our battle line as the British
worhingman has reinforced the British
front And not only that. After the
war is over. our industry and our com
merce viii not be able to live in the
same world as British industry and com
merce--to say nothing of the French
and Gcrman--if our workinginan is not
as loyal and satisfied and happy and
efficient az theirs. our revolution will
have to continue. because the life OF
the nation in peace. as in war. will de
pend upon continuing II.
A rich mans war. a war that has
exterminated half the evils of oppres
sion of which the predatory rich have
been accused a war that has reduced
their power. curtailed their privileges
confiscated their profits! A war that
has made England. in three years. a
radical democracy, not only politically
but industrially. II any socialist thinks
that such war is a rich mans war
he things so because his mind has ceas
ed to function-because he has reduced
thought TO q dogma and bleats a me
chanical utterance like toy lamb
because he has taken his stand on the
economic formula. like the lamb ON its
bellows. unable to change it's note un
der the pressure of any circumstances
baaing its invariable answer to any
conformation of fact.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22
son or CONGRESSMAN
IL ACCUSED AS DODGER

Madison. Wis, Oct. ga federal
grand jury indictment was returned
here against Byron Nelson, son of
Congressman John NJ. Nelson of the
Third Wisconsin congressional district.
charging him with an attempt to evade
the draft law. He IL now In Spring
Coluee. Canada
Nelson is charged with going to Can
ada last May with the intention of
evading registration for the national
army. Since that time he has been at
work there on his fathers farm.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22
CHINA's PART IN THE WAR.

Tho belligcroncy of China has been
treated by Germany as II IL were neg
liglble. But II the German government
ls sincere In that estimate, II is max
ing curious mistake. China IN not
only potentially one of the most impor'
tant of the allied powers, but In actu'
ally playing II large and cvcr-increasing
part In the war
Gardner l.. Harding. a student of orr
entail Affairs. writes In Present Day
China:
Before she asked from the allies u
single guarantee. before she even broke
OFF relations with Germany, China had
an expeditionary force in France. y
hundred thousand Chinese workmen. a
contingent that matched in size Sir
John ,Frcnch's contemplate little Brit
ish army by February l was busy
plugging up vital holes in Frances IN
dustrial army and freeing many thou
said French soldiers for service at the
front.
immediate plans call for the eXpan'
sion of this Chinese labor army To
200. 900. and It is rapidly reaching that
figure"
II IL obvious that sending laborers
TO France Is nearly as valuable ser
vice as sending soldiers. because the
workmcn release trained lighters. Hun
dreds of thousands OF French and Brit
ish are held back OF the battle zone
for the work OF constructing roads. rail'
roads bridges. etc. and handling sup
plies. Back OF them. stiil, are the mil
lions in the munition factories who. II
replaced would be available for the
front. And on the battle line itself the
number of men who can be utilized FOR
fighting at any given time might be
enormously increased If the trench-dig-
ging could be done By mere laborers
instead of trained soldiers.
Thus the immense importance Of
China. as a source Of military labor, be-
comes evident. China without fight
ing, can add millions of fighters TO
the allied armies. But that is not all.
The Chinese make superb soldiers
Mr. Harding says. when properly
trained Thus. if it is conceivable that
the man-power of the European allies
with America added. should not suffice
TO down the Germans. there - an un-
tapped and bottomless reservoir IN
Asia to draw upon.
China could furnish substitute lot
every man on the western 'front.' ana
leave no noticeable gap in her popula-
tion. And China will do il II II be-
comes necessary
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22
GOVERNMENT MAY GET
120,000,000 SUITS OF
UNDERWEAR AT COST

Washington. Oct. 22.-plans to pro-
duce ana sell to the government with
out profit approximately 10000, .ooo
suits of underwear annually. or enough
to supply each soldier in the allied ar
mics with four sets of light and four
of heavy garments each year, have
been worked out by Louis Steinfeld of
New York, and probably will be laid
before government officials for consid-
Grafton in Il day or two.
Mr.. Steinfeld has been organizing into
n single corporation about forty yarn
spinners and knitting mills having a
combined annual output Of ten million
dozen suits of knitted underwear.
The parent corporation to be known
as the American Knit Goods Corpora
ton. includes many large mills in the
east and south.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

change. / later took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and soon
felt change for the better. took it
until was in good healthy condition.
/ recommend the Pinkham remedies to
all women as have used them with such
good results. Mrs. MILFORD t. CUM
MINGs, S22 Harmony St, Penn's Grove.
N J.
Such testimony should be accepted by
all women as convincing evidence OF
the excellence of Lydia +. Pinkhar1' =
Vegetable Compound as q remeoy for
the distressing ills of women sIch es
iisplacementsir IN termination. .lceGaioa.
backache, paintui periods, nervousness
and kindred ailments
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

Miss Emily Talbot of Glamorgan. who
is now II years OF are and is the daugh-
ter of G. r. NJ. Talbot. who was a mem.
Der OF the house of commons for sixty
years and died in 1890, leaving a fortune
OF $50, 900 600 to his daughter. is the
largest subscriber TO the war loan in
England.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22
Explanation Added Item.

Christian Register: Client-This bill
of yours is exorbitant There are several
items on It / don't understand.
lawyer am perfectly willing to ex-
plain It. but the explanation will cost
you IS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

Ole COMPOUND 1Or
Inflammation an d
other weaknesses. /
was very irregular
and would have ter
rible pains SO that /
could hardly take a
step. Sometimes l
would be so misera-
bic that l could not
sweep a room. l
doctored part of the
tirna Int felt no
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22
An Alternative.

Florida Times-Cnion: THAT poor old
ALT sitting yonder in the Sailors Mis-
sion has never been baptized"
"well. well-as he is a salt they
ought at least to sprinkle him"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

The pronounced Improvement in many
OF the daily newspapers of the state
during the past few months is very no
ticeable and is a matter of congratula-
ton, as nothing adds to the prestige OF
a state more than well printed and ed
tied newspapers and the better they are
the better support they command from
the people
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

Okmulgee county has been saying "A
great dead about the quarter of a mil
lion subscription TO the Liberty loan in
that county but we will have them
know that Carter county has matched
them in this record and aims TO pass
them before the close Of the week.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

Miss Isabel Ely Lord, director of the
school Of household science and arts Of
Pratt Institute. Brooklyn. has been
made chief of the home economic sec
ton OF the food conservation division
of the food administration.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

one solitary newspaper in Oklahoma
is endeavoring to justify the position
OF the recalcitrant senator from this
state hut II is to be doubted whether
many people have noticed IL
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

Pauls Valley Free Lance: The make
up man on the Ardmoreite-with the
average makeup mans contempt for
things editorial-shifts the editorial
page of that paper Til one has to hunt
for II. But it's worth hunting for.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

Miss Esther Cleveland, daughter OF
the late President Cleveland, is doing a
work Of particular mercy in France.
She is teaching blind French soldiers
how to read
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

Miss Edith Miller OF Wakefield, Mass.
will enter Simmons College this fall at
the age Of fifteen. being the youngest
freshman ever admitted to the institu-
ton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

Go TO the circus in the afternoon to-
morrow so that you will be free to az
tend the Clark-F Ferris meeting at the
hall at night
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

Miss NJ. II. Larney of Minneapolis has
been licensed as the first woman oper-
ator of motion picture machine in
Minnesota.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

Durant is making great preparations
for the patriotic meeting TO be addressed
by Congressman Carter "Wednesday al
ternoon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

Kansas City reports the prize mean
man, a manufacturing saddler with gov
ernment contracts who refused to buy
a Liberty bond.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

The New Wilson Liberty bond COM
mittee went right to work saturday
and left no stone unturned TO make d
record. You can rest assured that IL
will be one of the best in the county
for they do not do things half way IN
that growing burg.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

1t does seem that the British navy
has been falling down on the job pretty
badly during the past fortnight or so.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

Mrs. Darley Livingston. wife OF "A Brit
ish officer. the first woman ever to be
engaged in diplomatic relations on be.
half of Great Britain. is an American.
She was one of the British representa-
tives at the recent Anglo-German con.
ference in reference 20 war prisoners.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22
WOMEN IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

Mrs. Maude Samuels. town marshal
of Riverside City, Ind, is the first wo-
man TO hold such a position in that
state
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

The people of Washington county
have very properly taken a stand
against the use of macadam for the i'm
provement of their roads.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

The Garvin County Breeders and
Seed Growers association will have a
banquet Nov. and you better believe
there viii be some good things to eat.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

Each house" says the constitution
of the United States. speaking OF con
gcss, shall be- the judge OF the qualifi'
cations Of it's own members" IL IN
further provided that either house may
by two-thlrds vote espel one of It's
own members,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

n the Gardner administration sue
ceeeds In purging the Democratic party
In Missouri OF the taints OF MaJorism
and Mcclungism the party may have
a long lease Of power In the state. but
II II does n0s succeed. goodnight.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

Work on the new high school building
at Healdton begins today, marking an
other step forward on the part OF TINS
busy. Carter county town.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

Ardmore men are getting well ground
ed I'm that great town building force
team work.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

He had been dr,fted lie had beon
hack driver. with no one dependent on
him. But he was not eager 20 fight;
he had been reading The Masses.
"What We ] got TO fight for7" he ar.
gued. ITS n rich mans war"
IL is. But not In the sense that he
meant.
As long as this country. at peace
was supplying Europe with food and
munitions the rich man gained. The
munition makers drew enormous diyl.
dends. The Steel Trust. the CSi'
Trust. the Meat Trust. the railroad
and the shipping magnates charged all
that the wartime traffic would bear
and had no war taxes 10 pay. II wa,
10 their interest "a keep this nation
out of the conflict In order 10 preserve
their gains. With our entrance upon
hostilities. the government obtained
the power To tax prohts. 10 fix prices
To control the food supply 10 protect
the poor from exploitation and deprive
the rich OF the fruits OF exploitation,
That power has been. sought. for how
many decades, In times OF peace. by
how many social rcformers? The war
won n. II II Is a rich mans war, the
rich have been singularly deludcd In
procuring II.
And. in the matter of the draft. thcy
have been equally blind. The first con,
scription act OF our civil war allowed
the rich man to buy exemption by pay,
ink 5000 for Il. There Is no such clause
In the present law IN the later days
Of the Civil war the rich man could buy
exemption by paying substitute ia
take his place. He can not do 80 in
this war Tho only exemptions allowed
today are allowed IL the poor man who
has dependents or to the workers In
the industries and professions that are
necessary TO the life and efficiency OF
modern nation IN war time.
II is a rich mans war. therefore. In
the sense that the sons OF the rich are
the most liable TO die in IL. II Is a rich
mans war in the sense that the rich
are chiefly paying for II with their
lives. with their money, with their time
and service. and with the loss OF their
special privileges. while the working.
man. the small farmer. the producer.
the productive laborer and the poor
are everywhere comparatively exempt.
For the first time in the history of
the world war is being waged that
falls most heavily upon the classes who.
in times past, have most profited by
war.
In this country, as yet. the results
Of that new aspect OF the conflict are
not glaringly evident. But in England
they are so striking that they amount
to a revolution. There. il is the poorer
classes that have gained in material
comfort, in political power. in control
Of their conditions of life. in happiness
and in freedom. II is not merely that
wages have been raised, that the cost
of living has been controlled. that the
people have taken over the direction of
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22
NOTICE TO
SICK WOMEN
Positive Proof That Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Relieves
Suffering.

Bridgeton, NJ. 81 cannot speak too
highly of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

not be left. Overcoat diplomacy has
had a long vogue in Europe. and the
Germans have been past masters in the
art of playing 1t. But their present
discomiitures by Uncle Sam. in his ira
ditional shirt sleeves. will prove to all
the rest Of Europe, and perhaps to Ger.
many itself, that the overcoat diplo-
macy which conceals gun in the inside
pocket is less effective than the shirt
sleeves diplomacy, which leaves the han
die of the weapon sticking out. in full
view, ON the hip.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

The single takers propose to take q
hand In the freefor-all contest for the
mayoralty In New Yok city. They have
nominated George Wallace. a lawyer OF
Frecport. although the law specifies
that a candidate for mayor must be a
csitlent of the city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

In "a thrce-corncrcd race for the may
orally OF buffalo. y. y, the Dcmocra'
received iS.4li votes. the Republican ~,
67s. and the Socialist 1854. The sur
prise Of thee lection was the big vot'
received by the Socialist, who made hi
campaign on platform the principa
plank of which, was antagonism Ia
the druft
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

What Is giing on In Philadelphia
where Mayor Smith has been held on
several charges. including murder, Is q
ruthless warfare between the Ware Re
publican machine. which Is in control
OF the city government, and the Ne
Nichol Republican machine, which has
lost control II Is machine politics hat
iiing for spoils
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-22

Strong opposition. it is said, IL devel'
oping In the Eighth Missouri congres.
sional district 10 Representative u. W
Shackleford. and this opposition is lining
up In support of \. T. DUNN, a Jeffer'
son City lawyer. Shackleford. il Is
claimed, has wobbled on war issues
and II is contended that twenty years
In congress is all he is entitled to
The evening world., 1917-07-25
KILLS THE OTHER
WOMAN NANDSHOOTS
WIFE AND HIMSELF
last Roaiway Cm.tscrs s.
SiA.Near-OlI Daughler See,
Triple Tragedy.

Hsymaun o.rarsty of 80 o..
isst nroadvs, .n.s morning tiu'd
Dofa cohen ~ '. % Tast nfDad.
ws,. whom Do, ,.Hsd 'my svesf.
heart" vDHn... H. wife. ard 'h.u
sho, h.mssif tv.rs in enc head BE
o. ssrs,fsd O.. f' Ds'rarsky's siz.
year.oid daughter Rose. vas at.
Lsss ~ uh' tar'if.
A. bfeakfust Os'rsnsAy was nery-
ous ana Irritable bis wife noticed.
lIe left M, table took biz hat aud
started FOR the door
You're ToInE tH see that. that
woman again bis vie saii Ne de-
MED IL. but his wlfe's suspicion re-
mained She called her daughter.
, Rose. ana followed her husband.
The door Of the cohen home was
open and Mrs Os'ransky ana the 1T
the girl went In. Dora cohen was IN
the kitchen and ostransky vas with
| her
won't you come homo now, Hey
! mann9" tho wife asked.
OytraIsky turned and stared at
her. Then he looked long at the
child
81 guess ] may az well end all
this" ne said
lie took q revolver from his pocket
and shot tho Cohen woman She
screamed and ran to the head ~ tho
stairs. Ostransky fred again, and
she pitched head foremost down the
flight. II WAS aftorwurd learned that
the second shot pierced her heart
And now It's my turn" ostransky
said
His wife ran toward him and tried
to interfere. In the struggle the re-
volvcr was twice discharged and both
bullets entered her arm. OstrdnslIy
backed away and the child ran to her
mother and clung TO her knees. while
Ostransky fired two more shots, both
taking effect in his hoad.
He and his wife were taken to tn,
Gouverneur Hospital. where he Is be.
lievcd 10 be dying. In a statement tC
Policeman Patrick Quinn OF the Mad.
ison Street Station Ostransky said:
IL shot Miss Cohen, my sweetheart
because she spoiled my married life
| did not mean to hurt my wife. Fol
the rest am not sorry"
Mrs. Ostransky told the police tina
the home had been happy until abou
fve years ago when her husband be
came fascinated by the Cohen woman
"a fascination which he seemed un
able to break.
The evening world., 1917-07-25
81 90, 900, 900 CANADIAN
LOAN IN THE U. S.
Secretary McAdoo Announces
Government Has No Objection
to Private Transaction.

WASHINGTON. July 2j Secretary
McAdoo has notified Sir Thomas
White. Canadian Minister ~ Finance.
that the United States Government
has no objection 20 Canada's obtain.
ing n shor, time credit Of SlOO,O 900
from private sources in the American
money market.
II is understood that negotiations
have been proceeding for some time
between Sir Thomas White and New
York bankers and have reached the
point whore further progress awaited
the consent Of the American Govern
ment
Prospect ~ Canada S seeking a pri-
Nate loan In this country recalls some
what similar negotiations, pending
shortly before the United States en-
tered the war, between Great Britain
and j. = Morgan * CO., for the Cs-
tablishmcnt Of a S2OO,0O 600 credit in
this country secured by Canadian Pa
ciflc Railway securities Whether
the same securities viii be offered IN
the present transaction has not de-
'S.~s,S
At that time the subject was dropped
on intimations from the United States
that It would prefer 10 do tho iinanc-
Ing itself About the same time a
private loan 10 cuba was disCouraged
ON the ground that the Experiment
mi. do I necessary apparently
'"'' s''nH Hn r' longer pSevailS