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The Washington herald., 1917-04-06
RUTH LAW MAY FLY FOR II 8.

New York. April.-The United States
can have the services of the world
premier avlatrix if they are desired.
Miss Ruth Law lin private life Mrs.
Charles Oliver. who flew from Chica go
TO New York, declared upon her arrival
here today from France that she is 60
ing to enlist in the aviation corps, il she
can.
Miss Law spent two months In France
and was taken to different places on the
fighting front while there She saw all
the types of aeroplanes in use. She tried
out Moraine machine herself.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06
WILL LECTURE ON WILD BIRDS.

Norman McClintock, ornithologist, will
Illustrate his lecture on Citizens of the
Air; Home Life of Wild Birds" before
the members of the National Geographic
! Society this afternoon and evening with
series of motion pictures.
Mr.. McClintock will lecture in the new
! Masonic Auditorium. Thirteenth street
and New York avenue. at 4:45 O'Clock in
the afternoon and in the evening at Sis
o'clock.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06

consul at Hull, England. 1t is under
stood that he has divulged to Federal Of
fcers the names of a large number OF
German spies working in this country
and England.
Borne, who formerly lived in Wilkes
barre. Pa. came to New York at the
opening of the war and offered his serv-
ices to Capt. Won Papen. He was sent
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06
PUTS u. S.
1, ON TRAIL OF SPIES
Arrested German Tells of Many Teu
ton Agents Working in America.

(By the international News Service, \
New York. April 5.-Federal agents to-
day are expected to arrest a large num-
Der of German spies in America following
the confession made by George Borne, a
former lieutenant in the German Uhlan
forces.
Borne is held hereson technical charge
of swearing falsely before the American
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06

to England and was arrested as a sus-
pect there, but was freed when he swore
he was an American citizen. He was ar
rested several days ago in Buffalo, N Y.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06
ARMY ORDERS

First Lieut.. Frank L. Ross will proceed To the
Walter Reed General Hospital D. c., and report
in to the COMMANDING officer for observation
and treatment.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06

The use of springs is done away with
in new cord operated device for opening
and closing transoms. windows or shut
terra
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06

Of them said to be Americans, was sunk
on the French coast Tuesday by a sub
marine, according to a cablegram receiy-
ed today by George A. Taylor and Com
pany, shipping agents. Nothing was said
OF the fate of her crew.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06
AMERICANS ON HAPLESS SHIP.

steamer Farmand, commanded by A Han
sen and carrying a crew of Is men. most
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06

A locomotive travelling a mile a minute
gives 100 puffs each minute.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06

shade. Lace or button.
81 to $3.50.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06
Ladies Spring Boots

Color combinations abound.
And our stock is complete-both
In sizes and range of reasonable
prices. Easter shoes will bring
much satisfaction II selected
from our large showing.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-14

that mark exchange, in the neutral
countries, has declined to a most seri-
Gus extent. Germanys efforts to stem
the tide by shipping gold has resulted
in the depletion Of the gold supply, but
has had scarcely any appreciable effect
upon exchange rates. England has
shipped considerably more than $1,000
900, 900 in gold TO the United States but
England's annual production Of gold,
within her colonies and possessions. is
almosts one-third Of that amount. Ger
many has no outside sources to draw
from but, on the contrary. has had to
help Austria and Turkey Germany has
spent money so lavishly, in carrying on
the war that ii is necessary for 1t TO
borrow TO pay interest on the obligations
already incurred The entrance Of the
United States into the world war came
about a short time before Germany's
financial exhaustion. The United States
has brought to the aid of the allies the
resources of the wealthiest nation in
the world, in addition to the contribu-
tion Of millions Of men for trench war.
fare 1t is, therefore. not difficult TO
see ultimate victory for the allies, nor
is it hard to understand why Germany
desires peace now.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-14
HINTS TO DICTIONARY REyIsERs

ProGerman-a wart developed by the
war dangerous unless speedily removed.
Slacker-one who is willing 10 let
neorge do it, plain coward.
EXemptionist-one who suddenly dis.
covers that he has dependents whom he
never gave a thought to before. a hard
boiled egg turned soft
Pacifist-a peace bargain.hunter: one
who would explain away an insult TO his
mother.
Profiteer--a thief In broadcloth.
c. O.-abbreviatlon of conscientious
objector; one who quotes the Bible to
support his position, and nerlects to
quote It whore II puts him In wrong.
Peace Talk-pink pabulum Tor pale
patriots"
Sedition-one Of the fine arts prac.
ticed by the pro-German press Of Amer.
lea.
Bluff-a German name for American
valor also, a steep headland. such as
precipitated certain swine into the sea
and destroyed them.
Freedom OF the press-a license Ia
vilify America and get away with Il; to
abuse a generous confidence
Status QUO Ante--A German quack
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-14
COST OF WORLD WAR.

Christian Science Monitor: The esti-
mated cost OF the world war. to date. is
approximately. 100000 600. 600. a sum al.
most beyond the comprehension OF the
average individual. II means per
capita cost Of about Sjj for every man.
woman. and child ON earth. Tha: ex
penditures for war purposes are not
growing less. In the aggregate. is seen
by the fact that the daily cost T. all
belligerents is now about $4,000 600
This compares with about S105. 900 600
six months or so ago. Now that the
United States has entered the conflict.
II Is probable, from this time forward
that the expenditures will increase much
more rapidly.
The financial demands have meant a
hard strain upon the resources OF the
belligerents Of Europe, particularly the
central powers, Russia and Italy. In
its forty years OF preparations for war.
Germany had provided a well.flled war
chest and was in an excellent condi.
tion, in both a financial and military
way. for the inauguration OF hostilities.
The three years Of fighting, and the
rapidly increasing cost OF H. have. how.
ever, made such serious inroads upon
Germany's war chest that its contents
have, it is believed all but vanished.
Germany's credit with the few neutral
countries OF Europe has nearly disap.
peared, They demand gold for what
they sell Ia Germany now, and Germany
has not the gold to pay. II Germany
succeeds in getting further credit from
the neutrals il will be only in the man.
ner in which a hihgwayman gets his
booty from victims In short. Germany is
virtually bankrupt II the morale of
| Germany We're as good. for instance. as
that of China, which never considered
itself a christian nation, the neutral peo
pies would probably keep on extending
credit, taking Germany's promises C
pay as contentedly as its gold. But Ger
many has forfeited its standing as a ma
tion, both financially and morally. an,
no people is inclined TO trust finan
cial and moral bankrupt Il is al
axiom, among business men generally
that man Of character and withou
security is more desirable TO lend none,
TO than the man with security an,
without character.
Germany began to lose gold mos
heavily last June, when the Unite
states government embargo measure b,
came a law. II President Wilson ha
any doubts as to the effect Of that ac
upon Germanys economic position, the
must have been dispelled at that tim,
or soon afterward, for, since then, Ger
many's gold has disappeared so rapid
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-14
POWER FARMING"

II isn't only the American farmers
that are prosperous and progressive.
There has been a revolution in Canadian
farming lately. The Toronto Globe says
it is just as great as the agricultural
change wrought by the introduction Of
the moving machine, hayrake and self
binder. Power farming" is all the
vogue.
This modern development is particu.
larly noticeable in Ontario. The gas
engine is found today in great num-
bers in nearly every county in the
province. Mechanical plowmen' are
becoming as common as steam thresh.
ing outfits And those same plowmen.
perhaps, will soon be doing the thresh.
ing. just as they saw the wood and
pump the water and grind the corn, for
they are capable of almost innumerable
adaptations. Milking machines, too
animated by gasoline instead of muscu.
lar energy, are eliminating much of the
toll OF dairying. The Globe says they
will soon be as familiar as cream sepa.
rators on Toronto dairy farms.
And the evolution is proceeding a step
further Here and there are individual
farmers, or groups OF farmers, who are
using electrical energy for lighting
cooking, ironing. pumping and other
purposes, wonderfully reducing farm
drudgery.
All this might be expected to reduce
the farming population. because one
machine may do the work OF several
men. But not so, says the Globe. II
has tn, opposite effect. II tends tc
increase the number OF people living on
the land, because it makes rural life
so much pleasanter and easier, and al
the same time greatly increases the pro
ductivity and sustaining power Of the
land
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-14
CARTER COUNTY PEANUTS.
Display Of Products VIII BE Made at
the Free Fair.

Carter county farmers have about H.
900 acres in peanuts this year. the Span
ish variety having been generally plant
ed The acreage is very heavy in the
Lone Grove vicinity and TO take care Of
this crop Sales Coffey and Albert String
er have purchased a Universal thresher
which will be used for their own crop
and for their neighbors.
The Purity Pecan company has ar
ranged with Coffey x Stringer TO use
this thresher in the exhibit building Of
the Carter County Fair and will have II
in place on Saturday. \ demonstration
will be made Of threshing green peanuts
just dug, cured peanuts and baled pea
nuts.
At the booth OF the pecan company
an exhibition win be made Of the pro-
ducts Of Spanish peanuts, shelled pea
nuts, peanut oil. peanut butter salted
peanuts and peanut meal made from
hulls and vines. The peanut Is becom
ing a common article Of food in many
places. being highly priced for its nu
tritious properties.
The county agricultural agent Carl
Russell, has exe-ted a strong influence
in interesting farmers in peanuts and
has succeeded in convincing the farm
ers OF its value as a crop and for feed
and also Of its beneficial effect on the
soil where IL is grown.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-14
THE SHINKIRO IN JAPAN.

Los Angeles Times The Shinkirc
or mirage. is best seen in Japan from
the village OF Namerikawa or the town
OF Cwozu, some five miles eastward
OF Toyama. From April TO June the
wonderful mirage is at its best. II
appears AT first like a faint mist on
the horizon. and then dissolves in for.
ests' castles, palaces. bridges and
marching troops and horsemen spread
out Ike a panorama, visible from an,
point along the shore. This year the
mirage was seen Ia February. which
was very unusual. the sight being spe.
cially fine al the village Of FusbiLi
some seven miles west Of Toyawa CITY
In ancient times the mirage was sun.
posed to be the dreams Of a monster
clam or a reflection OF the dragons
palace az the bottom Of the sea n
one takes rooms at the Tokyoro or the
Fujimotoro inns az Uwozu. one can
witness the mirage comfortably. Tho
town has a public aquarium always
open TO view
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-14

ished its work. The people of Austria
Hungary did not forget that they were
told last February that England
would be brought to her knees before
May. 1917. They were not unmindful
Of the fact that the entrance Of the
United States and other lesser powers
into the ranks Of the allies would nee.
essarily have some immediate effect.
Recently the rout of their armies by
the Italians brought home TO them a re.
alization OF their position as a puppet
of a military government. This real
ization brought almost a panic to Aus
tria, and this disturbance must mean
a separate peace with the allies or alb
soute defeat.
II is little wonder, In consideration
Of the different attitudes toward peace
that the Austrians should receive the
papal note in a different light and with
greater favor than did the United
States Mr.. Wilson found the pope's
terms too indefinite inadequate and not
potent to secure the object for which
they were designed. Austria although
she has made no official statement can
have only one opinion-that the pope's
terms were definite enough to bring an
armistice. were adequate to secure al
least temporary respite and were
sure to bring peace at last II generally
| accepted The presidents answer Z
the pope was based on reason which
weighed these proposals and founC
them wanting Austria.Hungary hai
received the pope's terms which sh,
may even have suggested. and is ready
to give an answer based on terror, hun
ger and fear of destruction To tn,
criminal an acquittal is always accept
able, regardless Of justice, and as
maleiactor Austria now appears read,
to grasp the pope's straw in the hop,
that il may float her 10 that ideal o
peace which has been so long desire,
but which is most elusive
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-14
Fish Scales.

Life Along the Fox river. few
miles above wedron. Ill, an oldtimer
named Andy llaskins has a shack. and
he has made most OF the record fish
catches In that vicinity during forty
years. lie has a big record book con.
tanning dates and weights to impress
visitors Last summer a young married
couple from Chicago campel In a lux.
urious lodge three miles above old
Haskins' place. A baby was born at
the lodge, and the only scales the father
could obtain on which TO weigh the
child was that with which Andy Hask.
ins had weighed all the big fish he
had caught in ten years. The baby
tipped the scales AT thirtyflve poundsl
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-14
TO ONE WHO BOASTED
By Amclia Josephine Burr Of tl,e
Nigilantcs.

NlghanteS,
You think il is an aims all that wa
give
You talk OF Belgium. France ana tiber,,
As II they were our pensionersg on
blind.
We missed our chance OF magnanimltv
Rather say humbly that we fight with
France
And Liberty The time is long since
past
When we could say we fought for them
alone.
There Is tool real an enemy of our own
Against whose armoured breast We honl
our lance
say that We see at last
our danger, that we are AT last afraid
But dare not claim as ours the martvr,.
palm
That ruined Belgium on Gods altar
laid.
We have been wise In time. No otbe,
balm
For what We bear We have a rizh, "a
claim.
save US. O God, from pride-lest W,
remind
The nations OF our shame.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-14
MILITARY DECORATIONS.

Congress is planning to create a
medal Of honor to be conferred on sol
ders for distinguished gallantry in ac.
tion. Under existing, laws Congress
sional Medal OF Honor On a Certificate
Of Merit may be awarded for extraor.
dinary service. But these houors in
volye considerable red tape. and are sell
dom bestowed. The present idea is to
provide some sort Of decoration which
can be distributed more simply and
easily among the troops, officers and
privates alike
It's an admirable idea. Any soldier
who performs an unusually heroic feat
deserves TO have IL commemorated In a
way that will bring him lasting recog
milton. And the emulation that an hon
est, dignified system of honor medals
may promote is a wholesome influenc,
i'm the army.
But let us be careful about H. First
of all, let US have no crosses" Our
soldier boys are. indeed. crusaders in
"A holy cause, and the bravest Of then
VIII deserve TO wear the sacred emblem
as much as ever warriors did But IN
this war we have seen so many military
crosses bestowed unworthly that theii
use has come to seem sacrilegious
Some OF them especially we now asso
ciate with savagery and cruelty so that
they are the antithesis Of all that q
cross should signify.
And whatever form the medals may
take, let US have no indiscriminate dis
tribution. Let us not initiate the kaiser
who is said to have given away so man,
millions OF his celebrated iron crosse,
that he has made them a Joke.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-14
Your Boy and My Boy

Your boy and my boy, the boys we love so WELL
Your and my whose worth no tongue tell
The fathers hope the mothers joy, the widows only
one,
May go to fight the battles by which Liberty is won
Your bOy-and my boy, how dear to they are!
Your and my who march away to
But are not as dear TO them who dwell
the sea?
Shall we not haste to help them break the chains Of
tyranny?
America. Land Of the free Could you stand idly by
While Liberty is crushed TO earth and might exalted
high?
Could you refrain from sending your boys the
To clear path for Freedom, to make way for
Liberty?"
mothers Of sOlderboys Twill e'er be said Of you
That the worlds sad hour Of stress to duty you
true.
Your smiles prayers, your earnest words, your
cheerful bravery
Have fired your boys with courage high and sincere
loyalty.
Through your boy and boy the victory be won!
Through your and my worldwide peace
may GOMEZ
And in the centuries ahead the nations pride shall be
Our boys who bravely with their lives made way for
Liberty
Grace Spaulding Adams, Beeville, Texas.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-14
From Other
Editorial Pages
THE LOYAL MEN OF FOREIGN
BIRTH.


Pittsburg POST Figures announced
from the Sixteenth draft zone of this
country. which includes Aspinwall,
Sharpsburg, Etna and parts of sur
rounding townships, emphasize the 10y
atty to America on the part OF many
Of the foreign-born of the district Out
Of 224 men who waived exemption on
being passed by the examiners, only 80
are native born, but this reminds us
that in some of the districts of the
county the foreign born are far in the
majority. Out Of 743 men examined
on the first call in the zone mentioned,
263 were aliens, giving light on the
number Of others of foreign birth who
have become naturalized. Nine racial
divisions are reflected in the group of
224; Native born, 80; Slovaks, SO; Ital-
ians, 40; Russian, 26; Greeks 3; Mon.
tenegrins, 2; German born, 2; Serbian,
/; Bulgarian, /. Some Of those accepted
are aliens. Another district announces
| that in its quota Of 1853 men, 112 are
! aliens. These things are to be borne
in mind when discussing the desirabil.
| ity of a measure to enforce aliens from
lands with which we are on friendly
terms to do their part in the war. Many
Of them recognize their duty and are
eager to perform IT, Justice and com
mon sense demand that there be no
charges of slackerism that reflect on all
aliens 1t is owed to the aliens who
show the right spirit, as well as to the
native American youth, that steps be
taken to make the other kind do their
part.
| The conduct of the foreign born here
in connection with the draft also is a
tribute to Allegheny county as an
Americanization school Here the i'm
migrants are helped to develop their
best. There are free schools for the
adults in which they are taught the
English language and instructed in the
principles Of the American government
as well as free schools for their chill.
dren. Pittsburg is recognized through
out the country as a leader in this
work. The result is seen in the fact
that while this country has one Of the
largest populations Of foreign born in
the country. it has had practically no
trouble with ii in connection with the
draft law The great majority of it is
for America first, realizing the better
opportunities it has here and that II
should help to protect them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-14
House BuIIt With Words.

The Argonaut: The home that
George Meredith had built for himself
was rather small, though it was ex.
tremely comfortable. It's strange" re.
marked a lady visitor. "in your books
you describe huge castles and baronial
halls, but when you come to build YOU
put up a little house like this Why is
IT, Well" replied the author with
"a twinkle in his eye, "the reason is
because words are cheaper than
stones"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-14
SENATOR GORE vs.. EMMA GOLD.
MAN

Pittsburg Leader: What essential diff
ference is there between a Goldman or
a Berkman. self-branded anarchists. and
United States Senator Gore Of Okla.
homa?
Emma Goldman and her followers
mount barrel or a soap box and talk
'sedtion TO street throngs, for which
they are arrested and sent to jail
United States Senator Gore stands
on the floor of the United States sen.
ate in Washington and breaches senti.
ments and beliefs Identical in purpose
and intent with those of the New Yorl;
anarchists
And he is protected by the mighty
arm OF the law which he defies. and
the high dignity of his official posi-.
tion.
Senator Cores new resolution to hin.
der the government in taking care OF
the soldiers sent abroad. and to make
II impossible for the nation to send
men out OF the country without first
having gained their permission. is
even more reprehensible than anything
either Goldman or Berkman has done
since the draft law was passed.
II Senator Gore is not actively en-
gagged in interfering with the opera
ton Of our national conscripton law
then what in heavens name, is he
doing?
The peoples patience with such as
Gore is az an end They can see nc
real difference between Goldman. IN,
anarchist and the man who skulk.
under senatorial toga.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-14

Ruth Wright Kaufman, foreign cor.
respondent Of the Vigilantes. sends an
appealing little story from France The
daughter of the prefect of
one of the easternmost departments
In which bombardments are by no
means infrequent, was at school the
other day when the crash of shell
drove the children to the cellar. The
noise was deafening As the lombard.
ment came from a distance of twenty.
odd miles, the shells were OF the largest
size One little girl began to cry The
daughter Of the prefect regarded her in
puzzled way for a few minutes, then,
suddenly convinced that she knew the
cause Of the tears, went to her school
mate and said reassuringly:
Don't cry. It's all digit. your
mothers in the cellar"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-14

medicine to relieve a patient of artillery
sclerosis; made only in Berlin.
Boche-a butcher; disqualified by law
for INTERNATIONAL jury duty.
Kaiserism-a disease requiring GER
tain powerful powders and pellets to
eliminate.
Autocracy-the right to do as you d.
please, and ask blessing on it, See
me und Gott"
DSJordan--a doctor of something; one
who pours peace drugs of which he
knows little into bodies polite of which
he knows less. apologies to NJ. Vol
taire)
Submarine-an American invention
perfected in Germany, and perverted in
to a tool for the murder Of women anC
children.
Hell-a Made in Germany" trade
mark.