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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
Hosiery

FOR LADIES, MISSES AND CHILL
DREN, FIRST QUALITY GOODS
SENSIBLY PRICED.
Ladies' hose, 1"Rc, 15c, 17c, 10c,
25c.
Ladies' silk bOOt hose, 33c and soc
Ladies' IIsIe hose, 25c, zoe, 33c, soc
Ladies' fancy silk hose, 50c and 58c
ChIIdren's hose, 121sc, 15c, 10c, 25c
Infants hose -. Ice, 17c and 1Oc
Boys hose ............... zoe
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
COTTON SEED REPORT

washington, Nov. 22.-Cotton
seed receipts at mills August 1 to
october 81 less shipments, amount
ed to 1,691,916 tons; crushings. 829..
$40 tons and on hand October 81
S96,294 tons, the Census Bureau to-
day announced.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
MISS MANY RnEHM

Funeral services for Miss Mary
Boehm will be held from Speece's un-
dertaking parlors tomorrow morn
ing. Burial will be made in the Ann
Vile Cemetery. She Is a daughter. of
George w. Boehm.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
Ready-to-Wear For
Fall and Winter
Ribbons

Ribbons
FINE QUALITIES AND COMBI-
NATIONS IN SATIN AND TAE-
FETA, FOR FANCY WORK,
ETC.
Satin and tnffeta ribbon, all col
0rs, Sc, &c, 1Oc, 12%c, 15c, lie,
2Ic, zoe.
Extensive line of fancy ribbons In
Dresden stripes and pI0ids for
Edhcs WOEh zoe ana <Dc
Wash ribbons, pink, light blue,
lavender and white, 4c, &c, &c, &c,
Dc, 121ac and 15c.
GrOsgrain ribbons, black and coli
Ors, sc, &c, 1Oc, 12%c, 15c, 10c,
25c.
DC to 25c
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
FRENCH VESSELS SUNK

Dy .1SSoCidfed Eg''SS
Paris, Nov. 22.-One French ship
of more than 1000 tons and two
fishing vessels were sunk by subma-
rines or mines last week. One ship
was attacked unsuccessfully.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22

Honolulu. T. H., Nov. 22. = The
Norwegian steamer Thor foundered in
a storm in latitude "a north. longitude
161 west, 1t was reported by Captain
o. Hansen, who reached part with
fifteen members of his crew to-day.
One lifeboat. with part of the crew,
Is still missing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
Mems Wear
EXTRA VALUES IN QUALITY


EXTRA VALUES IN QUALITY
MERCHANDISE
Mems dress shirts . hOc
Mems blue chambray work shirts.
65c
Mems black work shirts OOc
Mems silk hose, black and cOIOra,
soc
Mems IIsle hose, black and cOIors.
zoe
Mems cotton hose,
12%c, 15c and lie
Mems wool hOse ......... 35c
Mems HuspenderS 49,. Zoe and 25c
Mems silk neckwear ..... 25c
Mems working gloves,
12%c, 17c and 3ac
Mems collars ........... Zoe
Mems gaFters -. Zoe, lie and 25c
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
TWO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ENLIs,

Bruce A. Hess. Is Linden street.
Pennsylvania National Guard. and
Arthur J.. Quigley. s North Fifth
street, Engineers, enlisted yesterday.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18
kindor e~ohr9S9n
MACH FlETCMER.S
Gas
Tar Die bSbere Moral.

I'm iere probibitioniitiiden Sreun6e
|mer6en ieoenfalS Die 8eri6te aus ser
8unoesbouptita6t nit groBer 8efrie=
6igung Ieien, 6enn BORT bat oie b0be=
re Moral, 6eren 8orfdmpfer ite iino,
5tpei betrd@tli9e .@rfolge errungen.
|Weitte lebter @o@e paiiterte Der @e=
not NIT IS gegen 80 Stimmen sic
Sbepar6=8in, pelbe 6en 8erfauf
bon alfobolii6en @etranfen int 81,
|1trift Columbia berbietet. @S gtbt
mobl int @ongreB cine ga115e Mn5abl
9eute, meld)e ni@t genug @iqens-
fraft beitben, I'M at miiien, tpann lie
genng baben. Tim 1ieie moraliiben
Sdtuadlinge gegen ii6 felbit gu idii=
ten, min man sic Sa1ptitaot 6es
|9anoes troden leger. Die Sin, Sic
Iiebt an 6as @aus gebt, tpo ite uu@
our@geben 6iirfte, lit alio a1f 6ieiel=
ben 8etpeggriinbe 5urud5ufiibren, tpie
Ole probibitiontitti@en Mabregeln,
nit 6enen man Sen 8irtbidaften in
ben nniperlitats ltd6ten 5uleibe gebt,
UNI Ole afa6emiide Sugeno Dor oem
Damon Sum 5u bemabren. Gin 3n<
|iob, tpona9 sic gan5e Srage 6urd
cine 8olfsabittmmung I'M 9iitrift
|@olumbia entidte6en mer6en iol,
mnroe abgelebnt. Sic 8epoIferung
bon @aibington miro alio in bieier,
lie 10 nabe ongebenoen Mngelegenbeit
~iiberbaupf nidt um ibre Meinung be,
|rfragt. Gas lit edit probibitioniitii9
ge6adt nn6 sic Mbitimm11ng int &C.
nat ionte 19on bor1tm nidt auf sic
leidte Sdulter gerrommen peroen,
neil ite gemiiiermaben Sen eriten
|5dritt auf 6em 8ege CUR nattonalen
Erobibitior be6eutet. Crit legt man
Sic @a11ptita6t bes 2an6eS troden;
oonn Ion 6as 2ono felbit oft Sic &eis
be fommten. ltno tper meiB, tpas utts
pielleidt ibon mabreno Ser ndditen
Sabre bliibe1 mag, menn Sic Mnbdn-
ger elmer perniinftigen u1t6 liberalen
9ebensanidouung nidt lire gar5c
&raft 5uiammennebme1t, Inn Den Wa=
d)enldaften Der prpbibitioniltiiden
8iibler entgegen5uarbeiten.
8on unenolid biel gro Berer @id=
|ttgfeit aber lit 6ie @ntideioung bes
acknowledgements, tpelde bas @ebb-
&enponz@eie fir perfaiiungsm0big
erfldrt. Dies @eiet perfolgt bcfannt-
ltd Sen 8med, Die @infubr bon gci-
|itigen @etranfen III einen %probibitio-
niitiihen gtoat 5u bcrbinoern. @s
peritoBt gum min6citcn gcgcn bcn
@eiit 6es 3piihenitaatlihen &anocls,
|in6em es Sen gin3elltaat gum &idter
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18

oariiber mradt, mas in 6ieien gtoat
elngefibrt mer6en 6arf o6er ni6t.
gea@ Der @erfaiiung 6arf fein stqat
Die @an6elsartifel eines on6eren
|Stoates nit 3oQ belegen. 1ies &C.
ieb ober gebt nod einen Sdritt mei=
ter, oenn es iebt einen Stoat inltan6,
getpiiie &an6elsartifel aus ,einem an=
oeren Stoate bolig ous5uidlieBen.
|Sn gepiiiem Sin1e fann olio sic gnt=
l6eioung 6eS Sberbunoesgeridts ols
ein Sieg Ser alten 5taatsredtsoof-
trim aufgefaBt tper6en. Daber fommt
es mt9, 6aB sic aus DEM Gii6en
itammen6en @itglie6er 6es boben
tribunals ale fir Die Mufre9terbal=
tnng 6eS @eiebes itimmten. Die @nt=
i9etonng beriibrt 6ie %sSSnterelien ser
8rauereiinouitrie b~erbdltniBmdBig
menig, meil ni6t iebr bel 8ier nod
Sen 9robibitionsitaoten eingefibrt
miro. 9ogegen be6eutet sic gntidei=
Dung etnen iebr idtperen Sdlag fir
Die WbiSfepban0ler, tpel6e groBe
Suantitaten ibrer @an6elsortifel in
BEN trodenen 5taaten berfauft boben
un6 NUN m1f 6tes Miabgebiet go115
meroen ber5i6ten miilien.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18

ten; oaB iie Sen fommenoen Greig'
niiien nit iebr gemiiften @efublen
entgegeniaben un6 gar nt4t 10 lid)er
morer Oh SEN Yropbe5einnget, nit
melden iie sic internationally @olerte
unterbalten lieBen, au9 @rfIanng
belbieben fem miir6e.
&eute iin6 sic fommen6en gretg'
niiie, bon metden man oamals
lpro6, @eididte getporoen. sic ltno
ettpas an6erS ausgefaaen, als man
Sen aniierten g0lfern periproden
bate. Die propbe5eiten Siege lino
ausqebIieben. @enigitens fir Die
Mliierten. Sic baben an Der Somme
l1n6 Dor gerbl1n ei11 paar Sunoert.
ta1leno Mann %begraben miiien, Elm
paar Sunoerttaulen6 Mmn in 60
li5ien, elm poar Sunoerttauieno IN
@umdnien, am Sion5o uno In Ma3e'
oonien. 9ofiir baben tie an Der Com,
sic @uinen BON Elm paar 5nbeno
5erlt0rten Sort ern in ibren 8elib &C.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18
9aS ~&atemaponoIat mmo
Die Gtnmauoerun6S=
fra9e.
9es Mn>ualts Mnbretp S. @bipmam
Sbatigfett auf bieiem @ebiete
bprbil6ltd.

l1nlan9it lit unter 0em Gitel uMe.
morial Of Mn6rep s.. Sbipman" 6e1
2ebenSlauf 6es Seem Dorfer Mntpalts
tSbipmm beroffentIi6t tpor6en, 6eI.
fen &batigfeit un6 8emiibungen I'm
6ie gintpanoerer I'M 2aienapoitolo1
gero6e5u %borbil6li6 unb ein5ig 6o1te.
BEND genannt tuer6en fo11nen.
@eboren in Sairfar Co., 8irginia
I'M Sabre 1857, begb er ii@ auf Mn.
ratben ei11es getpeienen 0iterreidi.
iden Sffi5iers na6 Ser allbefonnten
GIT @eorgetomn BEL @aibington Dor
oen Seiuiten geleiteten gr5iebungs:
ami talt. MlS 5olge 6ieies Nrtfentbal.
teS lit eS tpobl gu be5ei9nen, 6oB Ell
ebenio mie feline @ltern CUR fatboli-
iden Stride 5uriidfebrten.
Ra66em er 6as &olegium abiol=
biert batte, febrte er nod girginio
5uriid un6 mur0e 3eitungSberausge
Der. &ier tpl1r6e er nit einem 80b=
mert befanrt, Ser i'm nit ieiner Mfut=
terlprade befonnt mahte> 6eren
&enntniB linn iebr 511 itatten fam,
ais er bal6 6ara1f cine Steue in Ell
11em @rubenbetriebe lit Ohio a11=
11abm.
Ma6 gldn5en6 be%itan6enem @ra=
mer1 apur0e er Steuerbeamter in
Seem Sort. @abren6 6ieler Gienit=
5eit betrieb er 6as &edts1tuoium,
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18

3tpei Geiertage, 10 ruiriert man 6en
Mrbeiter nit WiBiggang, na6oem
man i'm eben nit Mrbeit eridopft
batte."
ye5iiglid Ser ginfiibrung Der
fran50iii9en @epolution, sic betannt,
li9 ltatt Ser @ode bie Detabe ein-
fiibren tpoQte, fdreibt @batem1.
brianb: uMan tpeiB aus @rfabr11ng,
6aB Dem Mubetag Der finite Sag gu
nabe, Ser 5ebnte aber all5uferne itebt.
Die 59redensregier1ng, Die 6ob in
5rmfrei6 allmadtig tpar, bradte eS
oennod nidt 6abin, 6aB Ser 8auer
5ebn Gage matchmaker, oie gan5e
Defa6e, arbeitete, meil eben oie Sir,
%beitsfraft 6es Meni6en nn6 m1d), mie
man oas tpobl ieben tonnte, 6es Gbie,
res fir cine 6ermaBen ununterbro6e=
ne Mrbeit nidt ausreidt."
@batem1brian6 fat &edt. Mn6 Die
glrbeitSfraft 6es Sbieres rei6t 1ur
fir feds Gage aus, au@ fir 6as
Sbier bat @ott MIR ie6s M%rbeitStage
geidaffen!
Cine groBe 2on6oner Droi9fenge=
Ielliduft madte einmal Sen 8erlu9,
einen Ebeil Ser @ferbe ie6s, eine11
an6eren iieben Sage arbetten gu lai>
fen. @as par 6ie Solge? Dfe @rite<
rem bra6ten a~Qer6ings tpabren6 Ser
nadlten @oden ettpas tperiger Sc
minn. Mber Sic 2ebteren, 6ie 8fer6e
obne Sonntog, tpa1r6en bieI i6neQer
'front.' rtn6 m1Bten meit friiber abge=
tban tper6en; 6aber entidloB ii@ Die
@eieui9aft, Sen Sonntags6ienft tpie=
Der ab5ufteQen.
DaB 6ie Sonntagsrube ein 8e6urf=
niB ser men16liben Matur lit, er=
iiebt man audi gan5 Ieidt aus 6em
pirtbidaftli9en Sorti6ritt iener
9Gn6er, BEL 6enen Ser @onntag alS
beiIig gilt. Mn ser Spibe oes tpirtb=
i9oftliden Gorti6rittes fteben gera6e
iene 2dr6er, IN 6enen tpir Die itreng=
lte gonntagsrube fin6en, tpabren6
oie @oblfabrt ser @olfer inn &iidf-
gang lit, mo am @onntag %gebdmmert
miro, tpie ont @erftog! Das reiddte
8olf muB perarmert, tpen11 es itttlid
erfaut, per1 eS iogar an Ser eige=
men, menidli6en Matur frepelt!
2ur11m iino 6ie Mer5te a11snabms=
los fir sic @onntagsrube. Sic baben
itatiitii@ no6gemieien, bob 9erieni=
&c, Der ii6 ant @onntag <be gonnt,
fem 2eben 6urdidnittlt6 tint Elm
.5iebentel bober bringt als Ser Ser
ddter 6es SonntagSgebotes. Sic
baben na6gemieien, 6aB gar @iele it,
fo1ge 11na11sgeiebter Mrbeit nerbe1r=
'front.' uno leiit1ngsunfabig mer6en
un6 6aB Mande aus 6em glei@en
@run6e inn Srrenba1ie en6en. Sic
baben na6getpieien, 6aB sic Cont
tagsarbeit 5ablloie Manner Dor Ser
Set ms @rab bringe, lire 6rauer
5u @ittper, 6te &in6er 5u @aiien
mQGe.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18
9ic romti@e &onferen3.

@en11 sic auiierten Staatsm6nner
nrtt ibrem 2atein gu @n6e iin6, font
men ite 5uiammen INN oariber gu
beratben, mie ite sic @elt mber ibre
&otbloltgfeit am beiten td1iden fon-
1te1t. Nab sen groBen Mieoerlagen
6es Sabres 1915 famen tie 5uerit in
2onoon, bann in Haris 5ulammer.
9ie leiteroen 9taatsmdnner iammt
Sen Seerfiibrern. Sn 8aris mnroen
sic Yldne entmorfen fir Sic gro BEN
Offeniioen oes 3uriidliegenoen Sab
res. Man tbat, ols menn man oaS
9didlal ser @elt beitimmt batte,
modte ein midtiges @elidt utto er'
sing iid IN mebr o6er meniger &C.
beimniBbonen Mnoeutrngen iber
fommenoe grobe greignilie. Iber
man m11bte gang genau, oab Sen
&%erridaften nidt balb 10 mobl gu
@lttbe tpar, tpie tie iih 51 geben iltd)=
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18

tpur6e 1881 Seem Sort &edtsantpalt
nn6 blieb als folder tbdtig bis gu iei-
nem 5o6e> Ser ant II. Sftober bort
gen Sabres erfolgte.
Sdon als Singing 5eigte er gro-
beS Sntereiie fir frembe Spra6en;
er lernte 9euti@, Stalieniih Spa-
mild; au6 6ie b0bmiihe, rutbenif6e
nno fDriide Sprahe tparen ibm ber-
traut. 9ie &enntniB bieier Spraden
fam ibm iebr gu itatten, beion6ers
mabreno ieineS langen MufentbaItes
in Seem Sort, mo- er ole feline freie
3eit 6a5u bertpen6ete, SEN gintpan-
6erern, Defenders Den aus DEM fernen
Often @uropas, 6ur9 &atb un6 Tbat
bei5uiteben.
@ortpiegeno maren es sic @ntbe=
men nn6 Die @Drier, fur5 sic
griedii6+fatbolii9en nnierten, 6enen
er beionoere Mufmerfiomfeit un6
CUNT idenfte. Ct tpar bilfrei9 tbd=
tig BEL Ser @run6ung Ser griedii9-
fatboIifden ct. @eorg's!@ir@e in
Seem gorf int Sabre 1895. @r rietb
Sen &utbenen 5u, NIT ibren @obltbd-
Observation-Disclosures 1i@ BEN uunite6
Catholic @orfs" an5uidlieBen. @r
tpar ser @al1ptberatber bes rutbeni-
l6en 8iidofs Srtpnsfp, ols bieier
1897 ms 2an6 fam. Seinen 8emii-
bungen lit es 5n ber6anfen, baB Ser
l1frainiide Gbor gu elmer @r0Be bon
200 Mitglie6ern mgetpadien lit. Ils
Eroteitantet Ben griediiden &itus
miBbrauden tpoaten, Inn sic unerfab-
renen &utbenen n1f lire Seite at
5ieben, entlarpte er redt5eitig tire
Mo1e nn6 betpirfte, 6aB 6as 8olf
getparnt mur6e.
Mebnli6es Sntereile bra6te er Sen
Spriern entgegen. Mn6eren @intpan-
6erern fudte er nenigitens 6abur4
5u belfen, 6aB er in 3eitidriften n1f
6eren Notb lire fatboliihen 2an6s-
Ieute o6er sic @atboltfen 6es 9an6es
uberboupt aufmerfim madte.
Mit ieinem Sobe lit Dem 9oien-
apoitolat Elm itarfer &aimpe entriilen.
l1ebrigers giebt es, nidt o1ein
in Seem Sort, ion6ern fat in alien
groBeren gtaoten 6es gar5en 2n16es,
sdooren bon @migranten, sic sic
belfen6e San6 6es fatboliiden 9aien,
zines nod Ser Mrt 6es ieeligen Sbip-
man, erbeiiden?
Mber tpie tpenige tpi6men iid bie-
fer Mufgobe! M11r tpenn es flor lit,
6aB Mn6ersglar1bige unter ibnen als
Eroielptenmader tbdtig iinb, bort
man &lagen, tpdbren6 es fir getpobn
Iih beiBt: @er bot it9 benn nnierer
ongenomn1en, als pir ms 9an6 TO-
men? Got.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18
2itt peribieoene
Sabre. PERUNA
Mtabte MIDI 9eimm5

Srau eliiabetb @eutber 1902, IL. ctr.
". vs., Waibin9ton, 8. g., ibreibt: r@s
1naebt mir Wer9ntigen, Yeruna als cine
oor5l9ltbe Me6i5in fir 8atarrb unb Ma<
8enbelebmer6en, MORAN id mebrere Sabz
re lltt. tnoo1iieren gu fbnnen. I'D ttab,lt
e. netf9teoene Wonate. 1ttto am
Gnoe tener 3ett fano t@ aus. oab
tatettte 0efattobett ber0eiteut ,par,
n'to fettoem babe id uttd1 por3ii9s
!td) 9efnblt. Sb nebme e8 1eBt, tpenn
1db mir cine @rtaltun9 5uge5pgen babe,
uno es betreit bal6 bas Spitem bon irz
9eno tneleben tatarrbalii6en Meigun<
gen."
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18

Sen beriaumten M1tgenbIid bringt
fem @unid 5uriid.
Mls 6es &omponilten Gernan6o
Naer erite Sper v@irce" NIT grfolg
in @ene6igN oufgefubrt tp11roe, NOR er
gera6e 5ebn Sabre alt.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18
ES 1T meiu
3unerIab
bel eiuer
Grfdltun9.

splde, pelhe fliTige Webi5inen nibt
nebmen tuollen, t5nnen jett 3eruna
gablette 9aben
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-04
SWAPPING THINGS.

To the long list of days To- celebrate
Lisbon. Ohio. had added 'dicker day"
II has been adopted az a feature of a
| community fair. ON the appointed day
everybody In town who has something
he'd like Ia swap II supposed Ia bring
II 10 the public square. Anything from
"A pix To a piano" Is the motto Prob.
ably real estate goes. too. II produced
In the form of visible evidence Of own.
ership.
That's getting back Ia first principles.
The beginning of commerce was barter.
People traded things they didn't need
for things they did need for thousands
of years before money was invented.
And the instinct of swapping still sur.
wives In normal souls. though obscured
by the process of modern business.
What Keen delight "A boy takes In
swapping one possession for another.
though he gains nothing by the ex.
change. The professional horse trader
a type now almost gone was merely a
hoy who didn't lose the swapping in.
stinct as he grew up.
Its one OF the finest games in the
world-just swapping Every town
ought to have "A "diclSer day" where
everybody could indulge unushamed in
"A natural and wholesome sport con-.
bining recreation with business. and
incidentally renewing his youth
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-04
IRISH TOWN BANKRUPT.

Dublin. Sept. 1S.-tBy Mail.S Sligo,
an important town in the west of Ire.
land with about 10000 inhabitants. is
bankrupt. The town hall has been
seized for a debt. the sheriff's balins
are i'm possession of the municipal build
ings. and the local officials have been
refused access to their documents and
books. \ government inspector who
visited the town reports that the condi.
tion of affairs is due to "A lack of pru.
dental business-likc management such
as has not come under motive in any
other locality in the British Isles He
finds that no effort has been made TO
collect taxes, the defaulters on taxes;
including several members of the local
government. Minor municipal employees.
including workmen of all kinds. have
been so long without wages that they
have al lceased work
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-04
CAMp MORALS.

The general in command of one of the
army cantonments was annoyed by the
sale of liquor to his boys" in the adj.
Joining city. Unable 10 get satisfactory
action from the municipal authorities,
he announced that unless this practice
was stopped he would place the city
under martial law and shut up the sa-
looms. Whereupon the saloonkeepcrs
and the city administration sat up and
took notice, and reformed accordingly.
The commander wasn't bluffing He
had the necessary power under war
department regulations, and was pre-
pared to exert IT, He has stopped the
selling of drinks to his troops. and has
also eliminated gambling and other
forms of vice
II is a sample of what As being done
i'm all the army camps to protect the
young men quartered there. Those
camps are clean, hygienically and NOR
ally. Their environment is clean. too.
at least within a five-mile radius. In
most cases the cleansing power the gov
ernment goes farther than that. II is
a great satisfaction to the folks at home
to know that their soldier boys, far
from being exposed to the traditional
evils of barrack life. are safer from
temptation than they we're in their own
tOWns.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-04
The ArdmoreIte is on Sale
RESTORING" BELGIUM.

The tentative offer FOR the restoration
of Belgium put forward by Chancellor
Michaelis has quickly been appraised
at its true value. Cleverly as the pro
pasal was wortled. the offer was "A trans
parent sham that deceived nobody. Its
hollowness is all the more evident in
the light of revelations made by former
Ambassador Gerard I'm his book, My
Four Years in Germany" Mr.. Gerard
reports conversation he had last Jan
uary with Won Bethmann.Iiollweg, Mi
ohaolis' predecessor.
What are these peace terms To which
you refer continually" asked Gerard
Are the Germans willing to withdraw
from Belgium
Yes replied the chancellor but
with guarantees"
What are those guarantees
we must possibly have the forts of
Liege and Namur. We must have other
forts and garrisons throughout Belgium.
We must have possession of the railroad
lines. We must have possession OF the
ports and other means of communica-
ton. The Belgians must not be allowed
TO maintain an army. but we must he
allowed to retain large army in Bel
GUM. We must have commercial con
troll os Belgium"
II don't see" remarked the American
ambassador, that you have left much
for the Belgians, excepting that King
Albert will have the right TO reside at
Brussels with a guard of honor"
I'VE cannot allow Belgium TO he an
cutpos. OF England" protested the chan
cellor
II do not suppose the English. on the
other hand" remarked Gerard coolly,
wish il to become an outpost of Ger
many espe cially as Tirpitz said the
coast of Flanders should be retained
in order to make war on England and
tmeric2
That just about tells the whole story.
ethmann-Hollweg's statement fits in adj
mrably with that of Michaelis. IL is
more detailed. but the same in sub.
stance. Mr. Gerard's reply shrewdly
tips off the whole crooked game. and
shows of what special interest the mat
ter is to the United States.
Quite aside from the consideration
of justice to Belgium. which demands
complete. unequivocal restoration of
Belgian independence. with payment
for all damages done. it is clear that
we cannot tolerate such terms. We can
vantage point from which to send forth
er piratical air and sea navies against
England and America
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OUR IMMIGRANTS MONEY.

The Pennsylvania railroad has taken
"A Liberty Loan census of it's employees.
II finds that 80 per cent OF its foreign
born contributed to the loan. TO "a per
cent of natives. That is To say. the i'm
migrants gave Uncle sam their money
Just about as cheerfully as those who
were born and bred AmericaBy.
The racial roll of foreign-born inves-
tors is an interesting document in itself
There are fvrty-two nationalities repre-
scented. The Scotch won first honors as
-bond-buyers. with percentage Of 65.
The Canadians came next with 80 per
cent. Forty-three per cent of the Irish
were represented. SO per cent of the
Russians and Poles. 32 per cent OF the
Italians and Germans and 27 per cent
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| ton for patriotism. he having been Iona
| active In q. A. X. circles.
This N one of the most significant
OF all the recent spy disclosures. and
its import should not be- lost upon the
American people.
AZ the risk OF seeming over'insisteni
on this subject. the Beacon has Ions
argued that even the most patriotic
may be made tools OF the shrewd Ger
man propagandist. The sharper the
hook. the more ailuring must he che
bait. The effective German agent does
not swagger about the country, lauding
the kaiser. lie must use more subtle
ways. He must play on humanitarian
motives and approach his dupes through
attractive economic issues, through
fiattery or appeal Ia hobbies or selfish
ness possibly through politics.
MIR. Darling was sincerely patriotic,
Al the better for the proplgandist,
who IL not at all concerned about mo
t,ves 80 long as he gets results.
Perhaps only a small proportion of
the iupes are Ia the pay of the German
government. They may even be bitter
~ opposed TO Germany. as was Mr.. Dar.
ling. That does not prevent their being
tools, and all the more effective tools
because being presumably above suspic'
ion.
Every public movement should be
carefully scrutinized In this critical day.
First OF all. what Is the character Of
its leaders? What are their past align.
ments. history and tendencies?
What effect does the propaganda OF
these leaders have? Does II tead To stir
up class hatred labor troubles or hin.
drance of production? Does II tend 10
discourage enlistments or compliance
with the draft law?
Does their talk minimize the winning
OF the war and magnify immaterial
tugaboos, such a. an imaginary straw
man manufactured by cynical Prussian
agents. or "eniangiing alliances?" Does
IL tend to create friction among the al
lies? Does II deplore the restriction
of reasonable speech?
Does II exert pressure for peace when
peace with the present German gov
ernment could only mean temporary
truce and future greater wars?
An those who Join in public or semi
public movements these days should
profit by Mr.. Darling's example and
subject them to careful analysis.
So skillful is the German In psychic
warfare that even the most patriotic