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accurate fire Of our well.practiced gun
ners?
Now, if it took ratio of five 10 one
to defeat the Beers, it may require a
greater ratio to crush the Teutonic men,
ace, viz: 10000 900 troops; for Germany
began this world-conflict with fully S.
100000 well-trained, efficient soldiers,
backed by a superabundance of the
most terrible engines Of war yet devised
by man.
So, once again, despite the expensive
lessons of the past have some Of the
largest Of the world powers been caught
unprepared by an alert, aggressive, wide
awake enemy who for long years has
been busy making its citizens-in addi-
tion to its regular army-expert marks
men.
Mans chief weapon today is the gun,
and the purpose Of this article is to
urge the necessity Of every American
man. woman and child learning its use,
and, so far as possible becoming expert
with the rifle. For only so can we sue
cessfully withstand invasion. or be of
material assistance to our allies on the
battlefields of Europe
| To accomplish this result it is not
necessary, Of course, to place deadly
weapons in the hands of the young and
careless. They can get valuable pre-
/ liminary training as marksmen with va
rious kinds Of non-dangerous weapons.
The first and main thing is to train
their eyes and trigger finger, quicken
their wits, and teach them patience,
concentration Of attention, rapid decis-
ion and action.
The Germans have always recognized
the Importance and basic value of we'll
directed firing. and Germany, in this re-
| specify long scientific traning-has
| stolen a march upon her neighbors AS
an eminent authority, a distinguished
French general says: 1T is certainly
practised and exact shooting carried to
its highest perfection, which has con-
stituted the chief superiority of the
German army over its opponents up to
now"
The primal value of precision in
shooting is well exemplified in trench
warfare, where the opposing sides are
so close to each other. and where a
seconds impudent exposure would spell
almost certain death. II is n. uncom-
mon in the present war to meet sol
diers who, in this way, have disposed
Of fifty to two hundred of the enemy
each.
Good shooting, too, engenders consi-
dence in troops-their morale IS i'm.
proved, hence their value is immensely
increased. And. very important, good
craftsmanship means economy of time
and money.
The American pioneers, their sons.
wives and daughters defended their
lives and home by good shooting.
The thing for US living in this coun-
try today to do is to go back to the
habits Of our forefathers in this respect.
and learn the prompt and efficient use
of our chief weapon. the rifle.
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popcorn, and then I'll have a dime: or
you could say If l put cents with
that III have Is cents"
It's the downhill people, the people
who follow the path Of least resistance.
the people who slice off a little. who
never get anywhere in life.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11
Try This for
Fat Reduction
Take Seven Deep Breaths Twice Daily
and Follow Other Simple Rules.

II your weight is increasing. or il
you are already too stout. YOU will be
interested in learning that there is a
method OF fat reduction said by many
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curing severe rules Of starvation diet
or strenuous exercises.
One Of the essential features of this
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ply the needed oxygen to the blood
Tor purifying the blood and improving
circulation and assimilation. Another
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Il is pleasant. simple system Of fat
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Even few days use is likely TO show
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IN weight II YOU wish to reduce ten
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try this treatment Il reduces weight
ctten where all other remedies fail
Adv
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11
UNSETTLED MONEY STANDARDS.

Silver bars sold last week In the New
York market at 95ss cents an ounce.
In Vancouver b. c.. sale was re-
corded at the record price OF Sl02 an
ounce.
The rapid and continuous rise Of sill
Yer is adding much to the perpleNity Of
financiers over the general unsettlement
OF values. our own currency system Is
not threatened as yet. At 95S cents
an ounce there Is only a little more
than 75 cents worth OF silver in our
dollar. Bar silver must rise to $l.29 an
ounce before the metal In the silver
dollar reaches the par value Of the
coin.
That par value. as nearly everybody
knows, is based on the value Of gold
dollar. Silver, under our single none.
tary standard, is merely token money
worth 100 cents on the dollar because
dollar Of II can be exchanged for 100
cents In gold II is not considered
likely that par value will be reached
by silver bullion. II that danger point
should be reached, and passed, the silver
dollar would of course be worth more
than the gold dollar. and there would
be confusion In our monetary system
This very thing has already occurred
In some countries Mexico has a silver
standard. The Mexican dollar is now
worth 75 cents as bullion value, as
against It's normal par value Of 80 cents
In American money. The Philippine
silver peso is worth more than par to-
day. That creates problem In our ex
changes with Manila: but our govern
ment solves the problem with cluh
by refusing to allow the importation Of
Philippine pesos.
IL Is expected that silver viii con
tlnue rising for some time. There is a
tremendous demand for Il for currency
purposes, owing TO the disappearance OF
gold from general circulation In most
countries. After the war there may he
still greater demand. Germany and
Austria.Iungary, which today are prac
tically on a paper money basis. may
make enormous purchases ~ silver "a
validate their paper issues
There IL talk OF several nations re
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11
WANTED: WAR FAKERS.

The war department has issued call
for volunteer war takers. The first
American camouflage company is being
organized and will soon proceed to
France.
For the benefit Of any reader who
may have overlooked this fascinating
development Of present-day warfare,
camouflage may be defined as the art
of military concealment. The use Of
scouting airplanes has made 1t neces.
sary to resort to all sorts of ingenious
devices TO hide operations and equip
ment from the enemy. Whenever a bat
terry is set up 1t must be made to look
like a clump Of bushes or some other
natural object Trenches must be
merged with the landscape Bridges
must be hidden from the peering eyes
up in the clouds. There must be artful
protection for ammunition piles Of.
ficers' headquarters, etc, back Of the
lines.
Many entertaining tales are told of
the cleverness of the French camouf-
lagos. They make dummy cannon to
ones bang away unseen. They hide
trench periscopes i'm old boots. They
make papier.mache dead horses" lined
with steel, lying out in mo mans land"
TO serve as observation posts. They
color uniforms 10 render soldiers in
visible. They paint airplane sheds to
look like wheat fields, or railroad trains
,
the old miracle of Macbeth making
Birnham wood come to Dunsinane-cov.
ering an attack by using boughs to hide
the soldiers.
This is a kind Of game which Ameri-
cans will naturally enter into with zest.
and in which they ought to show rare
efficiency. The call has gone out for
trained iron workers, sheet metal work.
ers, carpenters, cabinet makers, stage
carpenters, property men, plaster mold
ers, photographers, scene painters and
sign painters-men who have not only
mechanical skin but also initiative and
imagination. The stage craftsmen, nat
urally will be looked to for the most
effective ideas and execution. They are
our master camouflage artists in peace
times-why not in war times?
It's a rare opportunity in prospect
that OF decorating the greatest waI
stage in history, with all the resources
OF the United States to back them, and
an audience of millions to appreciate
their work.
How =. T. Barnum would have reveled
in that work!
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11
OUR FIRST WAR SONG

Chicago Journal Who is going to
write the great song Of this war? That
question has been asked a thousand
times since we entered the conflict. and
a crop Of so-called patriotic songs has
made its appearance. But none of them
seem TO have the snap and martial
spirit TO become great We all renem.
Der how the boys marched off to the
Spanish war to the tune Of Hot Time
in Old Town Tonight" That wasn't
very solemn, but il had the snap.
or greater dignity was the first war
song written in America. This was
really a hymn, and was sung by the
colonial troops during the Revolution.
airy war. II was composed and writ
ten by a tanner, named William Bn.
lings, who lived in Boston. This HYMN.
the first evidence OF distinctly Ameri.
can music, has a ring which not a
little sets out the spirit OF 1917. The
first verse Of the war song will indi.
cate its general character:
Let tyrants shake their iron rod.
And slav'ry clank her CALLING chains:
We fear them not, we trust In God.
New Englands God for evermore.
When Billings wrote his war song he
evidently thought that the most i'm.
portant part Of the country was New
England, otherwise he might have in.
cluded the whole land among those
who trust in God. This war song has
been brought 20 public attention by
Dr. NJ. L. Bartlett Of Des Moines. Ia.
who informs us that Billings worked
out his harmonic problems on piece
OF leather just the same way that
Lincoln "ciphercd" on the back OF a
shovel.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11

turning to a bimetallic standard after
the war. The international money prob
lem may be one of the most vital sub
jects of discussion at the great peace
conference to which the world looks
forward.
That conference may go so far as to
attempt the establishment of an "abso-
lutte standard of values"-a standard
that is neither gold nor silver, nor both
together, but an abstraction based per
haps, on the average value of large
number Of commodities taken together
If such standard could be worked
out and universally adopted, gold and
silver would both become mere token
money" and values would not be liable
to continuous and perilous unsettlement
as they are at present.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11
A SURPRISE FROM ROrMlNIA.

Kansas City Journal Every for.
eign mission that comes TO this coun.
try unfolds to MS new point OF view.
II gives us additional facts regarding
the causes OF the war and evidence OF
actual conditions in the war.strioken
countries. In these respects the com.
mission from Roumanian has been no
exception, and although II has been in
the United States only few weeks,
It's members have already given TO
America a volume OF valuable informa.
ton that completes the picture OF WI.
helm as the instgator OF the war. To
his many other crimes must now be
added that OF the assassination OF the
crown prince Of the Hapsburg house
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11
Scissors and Paste.

Milburn News: What has become of
the old man who carried lead pencil
above his right ear?
New York sun; Stockholm" cry
the socialists. stick home" their gov.
ernments all reply.
Chicago News The wise worm
doesn't crawl out until after the early
bird has eaten his breakfast
Guthrie Leader: The Honorable Jap.
anese mission has arrived. as the cen.
sor would say at an American capi.
tai"
/ III Reno Democrat Another way to
waste time is To go back ten or fifteen
years to see how much cheaper things
were.
Tishomingo CapitalDemocrat Occa.
sionally there is a freak candidate who
admits it is the job he wants. and not
the advancement Of any great political
principles.
St Joseph MOI News.Press. The de.
cadence OF the French nation has a
very strenuous way of expressing itself
TO the astonishment no doubt OF the
] enemy.
Dallas News: Probably NJ Kerensky
is not worried half so much over Arch.
angels being ice.bound In September
as he is over the governments being
! hog.tied all winter.
Muskogee Times. Democrat. The neu.
trails should realize that while Uncle
sam is cutting out the middleman at
home Il is only natural that he should
do the same abroad.
Madnl Record We read Of a mule
colt following Ford car through the
streets OF Tishomingo. The colt evi.
IDENTIFY takes after his fathers side Of
the family.
Lawton Constitution: Before YOU
start to abusing the neighborhood.
hadn't you better take little lnven.
tory and see what kind of neighbor
you are,
MEMPHIS Commercial Appeal The
Louisville chap who, when drafted
threw out his chest and cried 10 the
crowd: God help the Germans: they
have drawn me" gave the best key.
note to the country.
Tulsa World: \ Minnesota man
claimed exemption on the grounds that
he was a state officer Investigation
disclosed the fact that he was a no.
tary public \ mans Imagination Is "A
wonderful institution.
McAlester Guardian: The I. W. W
! which appears to stand for In With
/ Wilhelm" must have pretty rank
opinion OF American patience II It fan.
cies It's didoes will get by without be.
ing called and It's leaders Jailed.
Drumrlght News: French drlnmas.
ter says OF the American soldiers now
In France "Thc hardest thing 10
teach them ls not 90 be too brave They
must learn first to hide. Bravery and
human flesh are no good against ma.
chine guns"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11
To the American Poets of Today.
tBy Robert Underwood johnson Of The
Nigilantesl

By Robert Underwood johnson Of The
Nigilantesl
Comrades mine of Muse and Land.
When the wanton war.drum sounded
and the world fell back astounded
At fate so lightly planned
Heralds OF the Right in song.
Were you silent at the wrong?
Comrades mine Of Land and Muse.
When the mailed and naughty giant
Crushed the weak hut uncompliant.
Did YOU falter which to choose?
Did the cult OF Art for Art
Hat the tempest OF your heart?
No, YOU left your JOY untold.
Left Loves pondered rhyme impend.
ing,
Left unpraised the summers blending
Into roadside blue and gold.
what were Nature, Love and Song
In the presence OF such wrong?
AZ each Teuton perfidy
Trembled your swift lines with scorn.
ing
Lowells vision Webster's warning
Made YOU seors OF Liberty:
Others doubted: YOU OWNED
The awful cross OF humankind.
When the dragon, War, is dead.
Though the haunting slain be counted
Like the stars, and grief hath mount.
ed
Higher than the Juugfraus head.
History shall search your song
To ma the measure OF the wrong.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11
Prudent Housewife.

London Opinion Young Mistress
Your master thinks cook ought to boll
our drinking wuer. Tell her to start TO,
day,
Maid-Yes'm.
Young Mistress-And tell her to be
sure not TO burn It..
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Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively
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all news credited TO it or not otherwise
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All rights of republication of special
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4 Fnnlly Affnir.

The Lamb: Father why do they
call the language Of the Fatherland the
mother tongueg"
Because OF the feminine tendency
to monopollze It. my SON"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11
EXPERT UNIVERSAL MARKSMANSHIP
HE NATIONAL YOUNG AND AMERICA AND THE
NATIONAL HOUR.

BY Alfred
Monthly"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11

The New York Anti-Saloon League
has discovered what it calls a plot on
the part Of the trafIickers in liquor to
defeat Governor Whitman for re-elec-
tion as a penalty for the part he took
in promoting the passage OF the local
option bill for cities, and to retire SEN
ators and assemblymen who voted for
the measure.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11

Drumright News: 4 French drlnmas.
ter says OF the American soldiers now
In France "Thc hardest thing TO
teach them IL not 20 be too brave. They
must learn first to hide. Bravery and
human flesh are no good against ma.
chine guns"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11
Political Observations.

God did not raise Washington TO
achieve the Union and Lincoln to save
it on any hapha2ard plan. Nor did He
raise an obscure schoolmaster within
less than decade TO the greatest place
on earth for nothing. Henry Waiter
son.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11

Possibly it is none of the country's
business whom New York city picks for
its mayor, and yet there is nationwide
interest in the coming election in that
city. The country at large is interested
because Of the bearing the result viii
have upon the presidential campaign in
1920
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11

Labor has no real grievance against
the lawmakers this year. According to
a summary Of the labor laws enacted
so far in 1917 in forty-four states, with
few exceptions state legislatures have
maintained or strengthened labor laws
since the country's entrance into the
war. And this has been done on the
correct theory that higher standards
meant productive efficiency in the long
run.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11

popcorn, and then I'll have dime: or
you could say, If l put 2 cents with
that I'll have Is cents"
It's the downhill people. the people
who follow the path Of least resistance.
the people who slice off a little. who
never get anywhere in life.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11

There is promising prospect Of an
exceedingly interesting senatorial race
TO Michigan, the contestants being two
former governors, Chas. S. Osborn and
Woodbridge n. Ferris. In a recent state.
ment Ferris said: There is a certain
man likely to run for the senate and
if he does | shall again forget that |
am a school teacher The certain
man" politicians of both parties declare,
is Osborn.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11

III Reno Democrat: Another way to
waste time is to go back ten or fifteen
years to see how much cheaper things
were.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11

The German vote in New York city
is going begging since William r.
Hearst eliminated himself from the
mayoralty contest. Had he remained
in the fight, his friends believe. the
bulk Of the German vote would have
been cast for him. The only open bid.
der for German support at present is
Jeremiah OLeary, president Of the
American Truth Society. who was
branded by President Wilson during the
national campaign last year as the type
of american whose support he did not
want.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11

Remember the bitter partisan
speeches made by Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts during the presidential
campaign and the harsh things he said
about President Wilson? Lodge has
dropped the harness Of politics and to-
day is a real patriot. No man in con.
gress is rendering the administration
more loyal support than Senator Lodge.
1t is such incidents as this that makes
one view partisan politics with resent
ment.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11

There is not another instance Of the
kind recorded in political history
There is an official in Georgia-or there
was; he died recently-who went nearly
two years without collecting his salary.
This revelation came in the house Of
representatives the other day. when a
resolution was introduced providing
that there shall be appropriated the sum
OF $4,000 to pay the uncollected salary
Of the late Amos Fox. superintendent
of the Old Soldiers Home. who had not
collected his salary for nearly two years
Prior TO his death.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11

Chicago News: The wise worm
doesn't crawl out until after the early
bird has eaten his breakfast.
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Tishomingo CapitalDemocrat: Occa.
sionally there is a freak candidate who
admits it is the job he wants, and not
the advancement Of any great political
principles.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11

Guthrie Leader: The Honorable Jap.
anese mission has arrived, as the cen
sor would say at an American capi.
tai"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11

St Joseph MOI News.Press: The de.
cadence OF the French nation has a
very strenuous way Of expressing itself
to the astonishment, no doubt, OF the
enemy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11

McAlester Guardian; The T. W. w.
which appears to stand FOR In with
Wilhelm must have a pretty rank
opinion OF American patience II il fan.
cies It's didoes will get by without be.
ing called and its leaders Jailed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-11

Dallas News: Probably NJ. Kerensky
is not worried half so much over Arch.
angels being ice.bound In September
as he is over the governments being
hog.tied all winter.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-29
CEIiMiNS TAKE PRISONERS
ON TlIE Rt'MANIAN FRONT

Berlin, Aug. 20, Via London. In the
pituse valley region on the Rumaninn
front. Ttutonic forces stormed hill
positions yesterday. says today's army
headquarters announcement More
than 600 prisoners were taken.
Field Marshal Won Mhckenscn's for
Ce-. the announcement also states
cnpturcd the village of Muncelul AMI
pushed back the opposing forces u
g. northw, sterly direction past seyera
Positions ON both sides of the such
ilza valley Prisoners to the mum
Der of 200 and three guns were
taken