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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-27
Special Assessment Notice of Supple
mental 4 ssessEent-f. No. aEl.

interested that the county court of
Rock Island county. Illinois. on The
18th day of January a. D.. 1919. in The
matter og the above named improve
ment entitled. "In Repetition De THE
city Of Rock Island To assess the cost
of construction of a sewer cn Eleventh
avenue, from west line Of Eleventh
street, to the sewer on Seventh street.
and on Tenth avenue, from the west
line Of Eleventh street ID the west line
af Ninth street. and continuing west
r the alley 70 the sewer ou Seventh
street" ordered The commissioner
heretofore appointed here. ia make and
return q supplemental assessment. as
seasing the amount of the deficit here
as shown by the certificate Of costs
The number of instaIlmeuts and inter
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19
AMERICA NO FLIyYER.

Salina (Kas) Journal: Since the war
began, Germans and pro.German sym.
pathizers have referred to the kaiser's
kingdom as the nation which is a hun
dred or more years ahead of other ma
tons This is more enthusiastic than
| fact
If Santos-Dumont had not monkeyed
with dirigible the Zeppelin would not
have been developed.
The Wright brothers were demon.
strating airplanes before the Germans
believed they were practicable. Indeed,
Germany pinned its faith to the dirigible
until two years ago.
II has developed an American idea
in the U-boat. The American inventor
planned undersea travel before Ger
many thought of dreadnought.
Wireless perfection was due to Mar
conf and American aid in developing
his idea.
In hospital detail and management
America is leading the world. The
Carrel treatment Of wounds is a won
der Of therapeutics The efficient ad.
ministration Of the Red Cross service is
another tribute to the American forte
Of organization. The feeding Of Bel
gium is a tribute to the ability Of Amer.
lean executives.
1t is well to keep these facts in mind.
Although the United States is young
she has accomplished several things.
An the wisdom Of the world is not con.
fined to the boundaries over which the
double eagle flies. The war has proved
that Germany has retrogressed. All
admit that she is 300 years behind other
nations in the conduct Of war. She
has not reached the point where hui.
manity is considered and, like the Ro
man emperors, enslaves her captives
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19
EXPURGATING AN EMPEROR.

Guthrie Leader: Chicago may be, as
Mayor "Bill" Thompson has said "the
sixth German city in the world but
not all the members Of the school board
he appointed are proud Of the kaiser.
The discovery that one Of the text books
euloglzed William the Sudden" as a
man who hates meanness" and as
manly and above board" published be-
fore the wars revelation Of his char.
acter, has annoyed a minority Of the
board and patriotic people of Chicago.
A new book with the page eliminated
is being prepared, but will not be ready
before school reassembles on Labor day.
Anthony Czarneki, a member of the
board, introduced a resolution directing
Superintendent Shoop to ask parents to
have their children tear the page from
their book which was defeated Z to g.,
but another suggestion, much more dra.
matte and promising to correct more
strikingly the impression created by the
old eulogy is meeting with more popular
favor. This is that on the opening day
Of school one Of the first events Of the
program should be to have the children
at given signal, take up this book and
publicly and in unison tear out the Of
Tending page.
Nothing can be imagined more likely
to eradicate the false impression given
by the eulogy than this solemn act Of
expurgation by the children of Chicago
in classes assembled. The effect II
would create throughout the world
would be intense and immense. Object.
ionable publications have before now
been cast into bonfires as a symbol Of
detestation, but even that must seem
insipid before the spectacle OF the chill
dren of the sixth German city of the
world casting the kaiser beyond the
pale.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19
COAL NINE STRIKES.

It's no wonder that coal miners hav,
been striking all over the country. II
may safely be assumed that most OF
the strikers are neither fools nor trai
tors. They are just ordinary men. with
an instructive desire for the square deal
driven TO emphatic protest by the con
sciousness OF gross injustice in their
industry.
The miners know that the operators
and middlemen have been making
enormous profits out OF coal. while the
men who dug II have been making little
more than they used TO- and that little
has been eaten up by the higher cost
OF living II is no use 10 talk patriot
ism" to such men. and urge them 70
keep on digging as usual, to relieve the
great public need. II patriotism means
anything. II means equality OF service
and sacrifice The miners In general
viii be found ready TO 20 as far As
may be necessary In that direction.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19
MARIETTA NEWS NOTES

Marietta. Okla, Aug. 1S.-tSpecialD-
The adage that new broom sweeps
clean is being demonstrated in Ma.
rietta. Earnest Woods, who had been
city marshal for several years, resign.
ed to accept a position in the oil fields,
and Buster McGough has been appoint.
ed to succeed him. The speed law is
being minutely enforced. and many well
known citizens have been arrested as
often as twice in one day. The work
will be kept up until every speeder in
the city will be landed before the mayor
Perry E. Martin, who has been book.
keeper for S. Westheimer & Co. at this
place for the past ten years, has re.
signed and accepted a position with
Buick Sales Company at Ardmore. and
will assume his duties there next week.
Architect Jewell Hicks, of Durant. has
been here this week looking after the
new school building.
Attorney George Culp, of Gainesville
Texas, was here this week attending
county court.
Miss Edythe Cox, Of Tishomingo.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19
WAR GARDENS WIN.

In the general iubilation over our
bountiful grain prospects we have not
given our humble Vegetables the at.
tention they deserve The report of the
department OF agriculture showing the
present condition OF the leading vege.
table crops is surprisingly favorable
Nearly everything in the list is bet.
ter than the average Of the last ten
years. As compared with this stand.
ard ten-year average. potatoes are rated
at los percent, onions l04 per cent. field
peas lO3 percent. tomatoes 1872 l.2 per.
cent, sugar beets l0i per cent and sweet
potatoes a fraction less than that.
Sweet corn. usually considered vege.
table, is not mentioned separately. but
presumably ranks with plain corn at
100 l.2 percent, Not one important veg.
etable mentioned in the departments
general review falls under 100 except
field beams. which are "a l.2 percent OF
the average.
The fruit outlook IL almost as uni.
formly good. II Is pleasant to note that
the genial prune heads the list with a
rating OF l25 per cent, that grapes are
6 per cent better than the average. ap.
pies percent better, pears. raspberries
and blackberries l l-2 per cent better
and cantaloupes l percent better.
Peaches are only percent under the
average.
All these figures. II should be kept
in mind, indicate not the quantity OF
this years crop. but merely its condl
tion the first OF the present month. or
at harvest II II was gathered previously.
In the case OF all the vegetables the
actual percentage OF increase is far
greater than these percentages would
imply because so much larger acreage
has been planted this year.
Thanks TO the efforts OF the nations
gardeners. professional and volunteer,
vegetables particularly will be plentl.
ful next winter. The war garden" has
won.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19
From Other
Editorial Pages
THEY'RE GOING sOMEWHERE.

Tulsa Times; Take orr your hat to
the Oklahoma soldiers now for you may
not see them again for long time.
They are going away somewhere" and
they will be lost to us in a short time.
We shall hear of them Somewhere in
Oklahoma" for a short time then they
viii be somewhere else" and finally
they will be writing TO us from some
where in France"
These young men are the flower Of
the land-the physically fit OF the ma
ton. They are our sons and our
brothers. They are going to fight the
battles Of democracy for us. They be-
lieve with us that democracy has the
right to live and they have taken up
arms for this principle against autoc.
racy. The difference is that they 20 to
fight while the remainder Of us stay at
home. They shame us when we feel
like complaining Of hardships. Let us
not complain.
Look at these young men on the
streets, clean limbed clear of eve and
with the glow OF health on their faces.
A short time ago they were Just the
boys and young men of Tulsa and Tulsa
county. They were at work in offices,
in shops, on the farms and in the fac
tories. Now they are about TO put on
the uniform Of their country and to
take up the arms Of their native land
There will be for them long months of
hard drilling, and the strength they
have will be multiplied. Then they will
go away and in a foreign country there
will be more drilling. more practice and
at last they will be finished soldiers,
ready to do a mans part. Some OF
them will not come back, and that is
the saddest part Their friends and
those who love them most will be left
with but a memory Of them through
all the long years.
The young soldier may not look much
like veteran now, but he is on the
road and there is about him a dignity
he did not have when he wore only the
clothing Of a civilian youth He is our
patriot, our fighter, our best beloved.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

when once their employers have shown
spirit Of patriotic self-denial.
The more the price of coal is lowered
the fewer strikes there wiz be. If the
miners need more pay to provide them
decent living, the government should
see that they get it. But that may not
be necessary. What they need most is
to have steady work. and to get rid
of their ranking sense Of injustice. By
squeezing the profiteers, steadying the
market and providing more Transports
ton, the government should be able TO
accomplish these aims.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19
The ArdmOreIte is on Sale Daily at:
WAR WORKERS AS VOTERS.

In connection with our own plans for
enabling soldiers to vote no matter
where they are located, 1t is interest.
ing to note the provisions of the mill.
tary voters bill recently introduced in
the Canadian parliament.
This bill proposes to create the neces.
sary machinery for taking the votes of
all those who are doing active war serv.
ice soldiers in Bermuda. in England and
In the trenches II stipulates no age
limit. Eighteen or fifty-or younger
or older-a man can vote if he is sery.
ing his country And not men only. The
bill would make II possible for all nurses
and women who have taken active part
in war work TO cast their votes along
with the soldiers. twenty-five DAYS will
be allowed in which the voting may be
done.
II seems only fair that the citizens
who are giving their lives in service
to their country should have a voice
In its elections. In a land where the
majority Of patriotic citizens have Civ.
en- themselves TO war work, the minority
is apt to contain large percent Of pac.
fists and slackers, people uninterested
IN the purpose Of the war or too selfish
TO see anything but their own imme-
diate comfort and safety With the alb
sent patriots allowed to vote as usual,
the balance IS maintained, and the loyal
citizen is able 10 speak for himself in.
stead Of yielding the government to
slackers
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19
DAILY ARDMOREITE

many has worked the strong arm on
Belgium, and, from any comprehensive
view Of the results, the strong arm has
not worked. If armed force could be
supreme, Germany has had her chance.
Her armed force beat down Belgium,
and in so doing peopled the world with
enemies of Germany.
To the outward eye, Germany has de-
feated Belgium but every violent action
has its deadly reaction. To the eyes Of
the future it will be clear that It was
Belgium that defeated Germany.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19
HIS MOTHERS FAITH.
tBy Amelia Josephine Burr
OF the Vigilantes).
Is any cause worth such a Coste

Is any cause worth such n cost?
| know the question-God! 80 WELL
I've asked II when n mate was lost
And life was just dream OF he'll.
But when the doubling devil drums
In every heart.beat-Are you riEhtg
There Is an answer always comes = .
My mothers face. as small and white
And pure and shining as n star
Tears, but no doubts. were In her eyes.
She was as sure as angels are
That God Is King OF Paradise,
AZ sure as that my life was worth
The long inexorable pain
oh mother, you have brought 20 birth
A man-againl
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19
SADDLE AND HARNESS
TRUST SAYS COMPLAINT

Washington. Aug. 1S.-A combination
to stifle competition is charged against
the Wholesale Saddlery association Of
the United States and the National
Harness Manufacturers. association in
complaint filed today by the federal
trade commission.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

What has become of those 500. 900 re.
servists who, Ambassador Gerard was
warned in a celebrated interview with
the German foreign secretary. would
rise in arms against the United States
If she declared war? The American
ambassador, it will be recalled. made
the pleasant rejoinder that II Germany
had 100000 such soldiers in this coun-
try. we had 100000 lamp posts to hang
them on" But the lamp posts have had
nothing to do. All the German reserv.
lists who have taken up arms here are
turning them against the German gov.
ernment
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19
PAGE THREE

| the weekend guest of Miss Lura john
ston.
Mr.. H. Fl. Floyd, Of Whitesboro, Tex
as who will teach science and mathe-
MATES In the high school next year was
IN town yesterday looking after school
interests.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

A curious feature Of animal life In the
deserts Of TIE southwest is that rabbits
quail, squirrels, deer antelope. the
mountain sheep and any number OF
reptiles and insects live at great dis
tances from visible water.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

That North Dakota institution. the
Nonpartisan League, is gaining a strong
foothold in Nebraska, and politics in
that state is becoming more muddled
than ever.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

New York farmers are up in arms
over the proposed appointment by Gov.
ernor Whitman Of George w Perkins
as the states food dictator. They threat.
en- the defeat on next election day Of
every assemblyman who votes for the
confirmation Of his appointment.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

L, Kansas City MOI Journal: Emm;
Goldman, out on bail. explained to re
porters that 1T is too hot TO talk" Il
is the duty of the authorities TO max,
II always too hot for Emma to talk
regardless Of the weather.
Durant Democrat: We might. witt
excellent results, include congress In
the draft. Then they would have tc
obey orders and do something
Chicago News: II word TO the wise
is sufficient, lawyers must consider iur
ors blooming idiots.
Guthrie Leader: No wonder President
| Wilson doesn't want senatorial com.
mittee 70 help him conduct military op.
erations. He is right where he can
see what the senate looks like.
Muskogee Times Democrat: The man
who makes so much talk about early
rising may not have any more reso.
luton and industry than anyone else.
Perhaps his conscience won't let him
sleep any longer.
FIT Smith (Ark) Southwest American.
As for the tax on small incomes. what
real American wants TO feel that he
is not doing his full share TO save the
country? He is willing to do. in propor.
tion' as much as any rich man-and
often more.
McAlester News-Capital After Russia
keeping the Jewish people under foot
for so many years. II is now up TO a
member OF the Jewish race to save Rus.
STA as a nation.
Gainesville (Texasl Register: The ed.
ucation that develops higher morals is
to be sought in preference TO any other
feature OF the curriculum.
Dallas Texasl News: Furthermore. II
someone were TO hug a grass.widow.
would II be a hay press9
Tulsa World Howdy. Kansas Miss
ow resides at Eldorado and Mr.. Elk is
summering at Mcpherson.
Boston Transcript: The pictures OF
some OF the girls who have married
slackers lead us TO doubt the wisdom
of the adage that faint hcart ne'er
won a fair lady"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19
One Better.

Puck; oswald-My dad is preacher.
and when | grow up l kin be good
for nuthin'.
Alan-Aw, dat's nuthin'; my pas a
doctor and when gets sick | kin be
better for nuthin'.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

The voice Of Senator Penrose of Penn.
sylvania can still be heard above the
rattle drums and the roar of guns,
pleading for a protective tariff
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19
U-BOAT Is CRUISING
IN SCHOONER DISGUISE

An Atlantic Port, Aug 18-Warning
OF the presence off the Atlantic coast
OF submarine operating under dis
guise as a sailing vessel was brought
here today by an oil steamer, which
reported receipt of a wireless message
to this effect, while off the Florida
coast.
The Captain of the steamer said he
believed the message was sent from
Bermuda. The warning was:
Be on close watch for strange sub.
marine disguised with tophalf Of
schooner covering"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19
Political Observations.

The Commoner, William j. Bryan's
newspaper, has a new paramount Is.
sue" in prohibition.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

New York fusionists have about com.
pleted the task Of ironing out their diff.
ferences and it now seems probable that
there will be no Republican candidate
for mayor and that all factions will
unite on John Purroy Mitchell as the
candidate for mayor in opposition to the
Tammany nominee yet to be named.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19
Scissors and Paste.

Kansas City MOI Journal. Emma
Goldman, out on bail, explained to re-
porters that 1T is too hot to talk" 1t
is the duty Of the authorities to make
it always too hot for Emma to talk,
regardless OF the weather.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

Pure water is greenish blue, while
pure air Is blue.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19
National Facts and Figures

The United States has an area of
more than 100000 square miles Of coal
fields.
The amount Of gold in the treasury
and in circulation on Aug. l was $3,086,.
2S1,49S, an increase Of 1886, 100000 with.
in the year and Of approximately ST.
3OO'OOOOOO since the European war
started.
Reports Of national savings banks on
March 5, 1917, showed that the banks
had total of 15,739,96 deopsit ac.
counts, which is 1,449,91O more than
on May /, 1916.
Per capita money circulation in the
United States on Aug. l was s46,53.
within year the per capita circulation
has shown the phenomenal increase
Of S7.53, greater than during any similar
period.
The total number Of troops in the diff.
ferent United States wars follows: Rev
olutionary, 3O9, ,791 troops; War Of 1872,
6O5'O46 troops; Mexican war, 1O1 ,2S2
troops; Civil war, 2,S59,132 troops; Span.
ish war, 274,717 troops; Philippine in.
surrection 126,46S troops
Imports Of gold since the entrance of
the United States into the war have
totaled S2O6,OOO,OOO; since the beginning
Of the calendar year $50S, 5000, 900 and
since the beginning Of the war in
Europe, S1,669 100000.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

6S4 is The Ardmorere's Job de
ipartment phone.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

The talk OF william Gibbs McAdoo,
now secretary OF the treasury. for the
Democratic nomination for president in
1920. is growing louder and is now heard
in all political circles. And as a matter
Of fact, nobody but McAdoo is being
seriously mentioned at this time. Not
long ago Champ Clark was regarded as
being In the running. Mr.. Clark's
friends began counting noses right after
the last election and were about to
start an organization in his behalf. But
Mr.. Clark's failure to have his name
called in the vote on the war resolution,
followed by his speech and vote against
the conscription law. is regarded by
shrewd politicians as having come close
TO removing him from all consldera.
tion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

Durant Democrat: We might, with
excellent results, include congress in
the draft Then they would have TO
obey orders and do something.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

Chicago News: II word to the wise
is sufficient, lawyers must consider iur.
ors blooming idiots.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

Seats on the bench in Pennsylvania
are always regarded as political prizes.
When the time for filing petitions expir.
ed last Saturday 1863 were placed on rec.
ord for the fifty.two judicial and CON
gressional places TO be filled this year.
There were IS petitions filed for twenty
six common pleas places s for three or.
phans' court seats and SO for twenty
two associate judgeships.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

Notwithstanding these are war times,
political friends of Gov. Arthur Capper
of Kansas are busy boosting his boom
for the Republican nomination for Unit.
ed States senator In 1920. The fact that
Capper had 10000 majority for COVER.
nor last year. while President Wilson
carried the state is cited as proof OF his
popularity and that he is the logical
man" for the nomination.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

Republicans In congress are in as de.
plorable a condition as regards leaders
as are the Democrats. Representative
Mann, in the house, and Senator Pen,
rose, in the senate, are done for as Re.
publican legislative leaders for the time
being. Neither one from this time on
viii be able to command a bakers doz.
en- in any move designed to cripple the
war preparations machinery.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

The Peoples Council. one Of about a
score Of the pro.German and pacifist or.
ganizatlons in this country, is said to
be sponsor for the resolution calling for
the United States peace aims intro.
duced in the senate by Senator La Fol
lette. Among the members Of the Peo.
pies Council are Miss Fola La Toilette,
the senator's daughter. and Morris Hill.
quit and Algernon Lee, the socialists.
who have twice attempted in vain to OBJ.
tain passports to go TO the Socialists
convention at Stockholm.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

Senator Hollis Of New Hampshire, a
Democrat, is the first New England sen.
ator TO desert the president since war
was declared. In voting against the food
control bill the New Hampshire senator
lined UP with Senator Reed Of Missouri
and Senator La Toilette Of Wisconsin.
The detection Of Senator Hollis is the
first break in New England's senatorial
phalanX The ten Republican senators
from this section have stood solidly be.
hind the president in support Of every
war measure introduced.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

Guthrie Leader No wonder Presiden
Wilson doesn't want senatorial CON
mittee TO help him conduct military OF
erations. He is right where he can
see what the senate looks like.