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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
CUBA PLANS WAR FARMS.
Agricultural Zones System to BE Estab
lished on Island.

Christian Science Monitor: Details of
President Menocal's plans for increas-
ing the war resources of Cuba, follow
ing his appointment of a Cuban coun-
Gil of national defense, show that the
island republic will establish at once a
system of war farms and agricultural
zones, supervised by the council,
wherein the cultivation of needed food
stuffs will be supervised by the Cuban
government.
This step is expected to solve Cuba s
food problem, and to release steamers
for the transportation of the sugar
crop, which is expected to be the lar
gest in the worlds history.
1t is also possible that armed Cuban
forces, both military and naval, will be
provided soon for service in the war,
under the councils direction. A fund
of 100000 has been placed at the coun.
ellis disposal, and branches will be es
tablished throughout the republic, un
der the leadership of the provincial
governors and the mayors.
The council plans to take a census OF
all aliens and will make it impossible
for any alien enemy to enter the island
The importation and export of food
stuffs is placed in the hands of the gov
ernment, as well as trade in petroleum
and its products, coal, sugar, bags and
other necessities. Labor conditions will
be studied, and action taken to stabil
iZe the labor market and to maintain
equitable working and wage conditions
President Menocal intends to see that
the Cuban planters are provided with
all the fertilizer they need to install
the new system of war farms. He says
in his decree announcing the system
that first consideration shall be given to
the products of the soil, and to indus.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
THOSE GUARANTEES.

The pro-German pacifist Gronna, con
scientious-objector-W peace-at-any
price LaFollette, feel-sorry-for the-devil
crowd of imitation Americans are howl
ing for this government to accept
statements emanating from tie Pots
dam palace. They think We should
work for peace right now and take the
word of the kaiser that he won't dc it
again.
Just suppose for an instant that his
crowd held claims against the assets
OF a bank which had failed fraudulent
ly. Suppose the bank men were put
on trial in the court and it was proved
beyond all possible doubt that they had
sequestered funds, had misspent other
funds, that they had accepted deposits
on the eve of failure. when they knew
that the bank doors would never open
on the morrow. Would they then ask
the court to dismiss the case against
the officials upon the presentation to
the defrauded of promissory notes by
the accused?
or suppose that this gang of semi
traitorous, altogether foolish and deind-
ed abusers of privilege, should take red
handed some brutal wretch who had
amused himself by cutting off the
breasts of their mothers. Suppose this
devil in human form had pleaded to
the court that his act was one of ne
cessity and that he had acted as cir
cumstances compelled. Would they pc.
tition the court to free the fellow and
allow him TO retain the knife with
which he had committed the acts?
Would they If they knew he would re-
main a close neighbor?
The pacifism of LaFollette and Works
and Gronna and a host of others is
based on the premise that they feel
safe from any personal attacks; that
IL they had reason to expect that this
enemy whom they aid would touch
them they would be the loudest howlers
for police protection, 1. e., navy and
army.
Because Belgium and Poland and
France and Serbia are far away. be-
cause they have neither kin nor friends
there. because the war has not touched
them personally, they decry all attempts
on the part of our country to subdue
the evil force responsible for outrages
such as the world never knew before.
This gang. and gang Is the only fit
term for them, bears such a close re-
semblance TO the ancient crowd which
held the garments Of them which slew
Stephen. consenting unto his death"
that 1t is impossible to separate them
morally. The law says that the man
who watches n murder without at
tempting to stop II. Is particeps Grim
inis. he is an accessory to the murder.
This bunch of moral polyps that rant
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
THE TUNA ANGLER

American Angler: Southern Califor.
MIA. and Santa Catalina Island in par
ticular. has produced two game fishes
pre.eminent In the annals OF the worlds
sport One Is the leaping tuna; the
other the swordfish. The tuna Is game
for the well conditioned athlete. The
man who takes a large one with the
rod must be an athlete. He must be
ready for continuous round Of from
one TO four hours. keyed up to the
highest excitement. as IL he gives ir
and tries to rest the tuna rests twice
as fast. To obtain the full enjoyment
Of tuna angling the rod should be OF
sixteen ounces. the line No. 2l and the
fish should not weigh more than 20C
pounds
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
PIE LOVERS PARADISE.
Sight in Portland Makes Heart of a
Real New Englander Happy.

Washington Star: When you go to
Portland. Me-, you will hear that it is
the cleanest city on EARTH that Long.
fellow is remembered there by stat
ue and that the potatoes exported from
its wharves if placed end to end would
girdle the universe twenty times.
Take in all these sights and then
visit the lunch room in the railroad
station.
And then you will see the greatest
exhibition of pastry on earth. 1t will
overwhelm you, stupefy you and. if you
have tendency that way, will start
you on a career of dyspepsia by the
stupendous weight of the suggestion
laid out before your eyes. You will
see pies by the bale, by the basket. by
the barrel-a feast for some down east
Gargantua that stupefies the imagina-
ton and leaves one powerless TO de-
scribe fifty and aptly the great frontier
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
Chinese Farming.

World outlook: Nothing goes 10 waste
on the Chinese farm-not even the
weeds. According to the farmers ideas
there are good weeds and bad weeds.
The good weeds are put into compost
heaps and return fertilization to the
soil. The coarse weeds with woody
stems which will not easily rot are cut
down and allowed to dry until the son
of the family has time to rake them
up for use as winter fuel Nowhere as
in China do the dead rob the living. Mil
lions of graves are scattered over the
fields, their location directed by the
complicated rules of feng shut. In some
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
HAVE COLOR IN CHEEKS
Be Better Looking-Take
Olive Tablets

lfyour skin is yellow-complexion pallid
tongue coated-appetitep poor-you have
bad taste in your mouth-alazy, no-good
feeling-you should take Olive Tablets.
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets-a substitute
forcalomel-were prepared by DR.. Edwards
after II years of study with his patients
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are a purely
vegetable compound mixed with olive oil
You will know them by their olive color.
To have a clear. pink skin. bright eyes,
no pimples, a feeling of buoyancy like
childhood days you must get at the cause.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act on the
liver and bowels like calomel-yet have
no dangerous after effects.
They start the bile and overcome consti.
patton. That's why millions of boxes are
sold annually at 10c and 25c per box. All
druggists. Take one or two nightly and
note the pleasing results.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
AN EXCEPTION

New York World: My principle is
to let every detail of ones life be open
to ALL"
We'll, wouldn't you make an excep-
ton In favor OF mosquito window
screensr'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09

tries that assist In domestic and foreign
production. Betterment OF Transports.
tion facilities and communications. and
freight economies by railways and
steamship lines. are other matters for
which the council will provide.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
FRIENDLY ADVICE

Passing Show: First Boarder-I can't
think how it is you manage TO fare so
well here. I've industriously made my
self pleasant to the landlady and her
daughters. and yet I'm half starved.
Second Boarder-Try the cook.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09

An interesting feature of the cam
paigne In Massachusetts was the choice
OF Matthew Hale. Progressive state
chairman. as Democratic candidate for
lieutenant-governor Besides his Demo
cratic and Progressive supporters, he
also had the nomination of the Prohi-
bition party.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09

II may seem paradox. but one
weakness of the suffragists this year
is lack of opposition-organized party
opposition. Both national parties are
now officially on record In favor OF
woman suffrage. and the leaders In all
political camps are for II.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09

One of the interesting allegations
made by Mayor Mitchell of New YORK
in his campaign for reelection was
that the Friends of Peace" was or
ganized by Henry Weissmann of Brook
lyn. president of the German-American
National Alliance of New York. and
Albert Sander, confessed German spy,
now serving a two-year sentence In
Atlanta penitentiary, and that the or
ganiza tions comprising it are OLeary's
American Truth Society, the American
Women of German Descent, the Ger
man.American Alliance of Greater New
York, the German Catholic Federation
of New York, un-Irish American So
cieties. and the United Austrian and
Hungarian American societies.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
Similarity.

Boston Transcript You say CRATER
makes you think Of n corkscrew?
Like a corkscrew he has pull. but
it's on account OF his crookedness.'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
WATER CONSUMERS NOTICE

Water bills are due and payable on
the first. IL not paid by the tenth.
water will be cut off and penalty of
800 charged. e-3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09

mark the first time In the fiscal year
1917.
There are In the United States nearly
2, 500. 900 natives OF Germany, and more
than 100000 persons OF German des'
cent.
II the United States adopted the same
vigorous military calling.up standard as
Germany she could raise an army OF
/ 1000. 900 men.
The largest surplus from postal rev.
enues In the history Of the government.
50 900 900. has just been paid into the
treasury by the postoffice department
More than $50 toy factories are now
operating In the United States, turning
out great quantities OF such toys as
were formerly made in various parts OF
Europe.
The combined resources OF the nation.
al banks, savings banks, state banks
and trust companies of the United
States at this time exceeds the sum OF
$37, 900, 100000.
Only about q per cent OF the tilable
land of the country Is actually under
cultivation. Sixty per cent Of the total
area of the continental United States,
or / lac, 100000 acres. is tillable. or ca
pable of being cultivated.
Bad roads cost this country 10000.
backer, highway economist in the Unit.
ed States office of public roads. Ac-
cording to his figures, our annual haul
age is 100000 tons, averaging S
miles.
According to the last annual reports
of the Indian superintendent. the To-
tai Indian population of the Cnitod
States as of June 30, 1916, was 535,753
distributed in the different states. The
states having the largest number are
with Al ,436.
The federal statutes provide that any
minor children living in this country AT
the time their parents take out natu-
ralization papers shall by this act be-
come naturalized citizens of the Unit.
ed States. 1t is not necessary for them
to take out naturalization papers them
selves after they become Of age.
National banks are Incorporated un.
der the national law, and are subject
to supervision by the national treasury
department, through the comptroller of
the currency and the federal reserve
board The capital is supplied by indi
viduals. and the stockholders of each
bank select its officers Their deposits
are not guaranteed by the government
Tho most noi.herly part of the United
States. exclusive of Alaska and Ger
tain Arctic claims, is in latitude 40 de
, grees % minutes So seconds north, Ion
gitude a5 degrees IA minutes 3S sec
onds west. This is the most northerly
part of curious,y detached portion
of the state of Minnesota. located north
west of the Laks--of the Woods, anf
separated from the rest of the state by
the waters of that lake.
The original declaration of independ
| ence is preserved in the state depart
! ment at Washington. The document
written on parchment in a bold hand
and bearing the original signatures
was deposited with the department OF
state when the government was organ
lied in 1889, and is still there. though
sealed in steel case to preserve it
from light and air, on account of the
fading text and the signatures, some
Of ,,.lni inI, In,. l.ono,,,o
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
Political Observations.

General revision OF the charter was
the paramount issue In the Detroit cam
paign.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
DAILY ARDMoRETTE
National Facts and Figurss

Imports OF raw materials into the
United States passed the $i,Ooo,0o0,OoO
mark the first time In the fiscal year
1917.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09

There are In the United States nearly
$500. 900 natives OF Germany and more
than 1900 900 persons OF German des'
cent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09

sections OF the country more than one.
sixth OF the tillabe area Is covered
with graves.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09

About the only man who has kept
absolutely aloof from politics this year
is President Wilson. At the executive
end of the national capital party lines
not merely, but party talk has disap
peared. Only in the cloakrooms OF
congress has party rivalry and party
machination flourished. but congress
is always essentially political.
This was the fusion forecast of the
vote for mayor of New York: Bennett
Rep) 10000: Hilquit (sbcialist) l50,'
900; Hylan (TammanyJ 100000; Mitchell
0susionJ 0000 This would give
Mitchell a plurality of 10000. Four years
ago Mitchell received 35S,000 votes, COM
pared with $4,000 for Edward f. Nc
Call, Tammany nominee.
Unbiased observers of political events
are of the opinion that the new Nat
ional party, which was formed recently
by delegates. self.appointed, who met in
Chicago, will be a useless wheel in the
political coach. They see no crying is
sue calling for the organization and
predict that while il may serve. as
brief asylum for the discontented, II
will soon go into the political lumber
room of history, where II will occupy
little space.
The grave problem facing Missouri
Democrats in the next campaign is the
attitude the Democratic state commit
tee will take regarding United States
Stnna "a nd .IDmaS
A Reed and several members of con-
gress who opposed the war policies OF
the administration The Democratic
state committee will meet in the near
future, when this problem will be dis
cussed.
Officers of the New York Woman
Suffrage party have given out no es
innate of the probable increase in this
years vote for the state suffrage
amendment, over the vote in 1915, but
feel confident that the increase will be
great enough to secure the passage OF
the amendment. Only five counties
gave majorities for the amendment in
1915. The total number of votes cast
in the state in 1915 on the amendment
was .277 ,227. of which 544,457 were for
and 732,770 against, the majority in op
position being 1888.
Cheers for La Toilette, Kisses for
Colonel Roosevelt and Samuel Gompers
and red flags were conspicuous fea
lures of the big Socialist mass meeting
in New York on the eve of the may
orally election in that city The meet
ing is described as a gathering of rep
resentatives of more races of the worlc
than one will see in a whole week on
the celebrated bridge of Galata and as
a babbe of foreign tongues and broken
English. And not a man or woman
in all that motely crowd is in sympathy
with the United States in its war for
democracy. In all countries except
America the Socialists are loyal to their
government In this they are un
American-Pro-German
One of the interesting allegations
made by Mayor Mitchell of New York
in his campaign for reelection was
that the Friends of Peace" was or
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09

II the United States adopted the same
vigorous military calling.up standard as
Germany. she could raise an army OF
1 900 900 men.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09

The largest surplus from postal rev
enues In the history Of the government,
s9.OOOOOO has just been paid into the
treasury by the postoffice department
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09

More than $50 toy factories are nov
operating In the United States, turnin,
out great quantities OF such toys a
were formerly made in various parts o
Europe.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-17
SOx SHOW
UP like
WIN N N Frs
Kid Gleason Gets Credit
For Making Them a
Real Team.
UNITED Press Leased wire.)


NEW YORK, April 17.--Kid
Gleason, the veteran strategist
and trainer of the White Sox can
be blamed for the whole thing
today. Gleason is with the White
Sox again. He is specialist
who develops pitchers and things
into real fine ballplayers. Refer
ence to the first weeks crop of
White Sox box scores tells the
rest of the story.
Clarence Rowland has never
been able to snake more than Or
binary efforts out of a sterling
pitching corps. Since the season
opened this year, Cicotte has
turned in a no-hit, no-run game
and Urban Faber just marked up
two-hit pastime.
With the White Sox hurlers do
ing this kind Of work, the fu-
ture looks dark for about seven
other America league clubs un.
less the rival Kid Gleasons get
busy.
Gleasn will do something else
for the White Sox besides maxi
ing the pitchers pitch. He's q
fighter. He can't understand any,
thing else in a ball game. He'll
teach those ballplayers to fight.
The Boston Braves have proved
the value of knowing how to fight
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-17
of
Comedy Songs
Makes Big Hit

It isn't often you see a per-
former who can improvise words
for music as fast as the tunes
are suggested to him. But this
is what Bob Hall does at the Pan
tages. Hall opens his act with a
song touching on the other num-
bers of the program. Then he
gives q popular ballad. Next he
sings about members in the audi
ence, and then he tops the act by
asking the audience to suggest
songs. He furnishes his own
words for any music suggested,
and fairly stops the show.
On Alfonzo Zelaya, an unusu-
ally clever pianist who plays all
manner of music, from the diff
ficult classics to the syncopated
melodies that are popular today,
has another act that makes a ire
mendous hit.
Niblo's talking parrots are a
whole lot funnier than some
comedians-andt the au-
diences appreciate the fact.
Thalero's comedy circus of d.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-17
IS
FOR AIR
CORPS
Outcalt Offers Big Bowl
To Guards For
Training.

The Tacoma speedway may
hc used as a course for ex-
perimentaI flying by MEN,
bcrs of the Home Guard
aviaticn corps.
Vice President ID. ID A.
OUT alt sent "a letter ID tho
home guards yesterday af-
tcrnoon turning over the big
bowl and the field inside as
n flying ground, In case the
air corps is organized here.
The speedway would be a
splendid place for flying.
Amateur aiimen would have
little difficulty starting and
alialiting on the smooth sur
face Of the track, and there
is sufficient space in the big
field for all manner of ma
Mowers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-17
PEOPLES Store Team
Will Dance Tonight

The Twilight league season
opens early next month and the
members of the Peoples store
team are ready for the opening,
they declare. This team finished
last season tied with the Carstens
players for first honors, but Will
not be satisfied with second hon.
ors this season, they say. They
will start right off the reel win.
ming games and will keep it uR
they say.
Manager Rancipher wishes to
herewith extend an invitation to
his many friends to meet the boys
at the dance tonight. This dance
will be the last before the opens
ing of the season. All money de-
rived from the affair will be put
into the baseball benefit fund.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-17
BY Billy CAIRNS

Louie Rancipher, manager OF
the Peoples Store baseball team in
the Twilight league, and has
squad of diamond experts will
while away the happy hours ON
the ballroom floor at Fraternity
hall, I'LL Tacoma avenue, to-
night.
1.-THE boys have been working
hard to dispose of their tickets,
and the affair should be big sue
cess" said Manager Rancipher
last night.
1.-THE committee in charge Of
the dance has engaged the services
of a well-known orchestra and is
prepared to give everyone the
time of their lives" said one of
the committee.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-17
Series Begins

Although they have had prac-
tically no opportunity for team
practice, the Lincoln park high
school freshmen and sophomores
started the season this afternoon
with regular game. School au-
thorities do not wish to delay the
season by waiting longer for the
interclass contests. Games will
be played on Whitman grounds
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-17

minutive ponies, monkeys dressed
as jockies, and riding dogs, is a
welcome novelty.
Lots of nonsense and new mu-
sic are provided by the Fe-Mail
Clerks" company of chorus girls
and comedians.
The thriller of the bill is the
axe-throwing act of the Tuseano
brothers. Georgia Yantis wears
stunning costumes and sing nice
ly. "Patria," with Mrs. Vernon
Castle, completes the bill.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-17
Errors Costly
For Freshman

Five errors by Stadium fresh
men were responsible for their
losing the first interclass game
of the season to the juniors yes
terday afternoon, 4 to /. Meth
er team was in good shape, ow-
ing to lack of practice, but Coach
Post decided that the series
should start with the first nice
day. The game went seven in
nings. Score: r. II. f..
Freshmen ........... b
Juniors ............. b i
Batteries-Aller and Monzngo,
Griffith; Hall and Doucette, Cum
Minis.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-17

him a "tin horn" and he be-
comes enraged. The pair play,
and the rancher loses all. There
is fight in the dark, and the
rancher is killed.
The gambler goes to the ranch,
and takes charge of it. The
daughter of the dead man ar
rives, and becomes quite inter-
ested in the card expert until a
"greaser" tells her that he killed
her father.
The gambler is sent away, but
comes back in time to save the
girl and her cattle from the viii
famous Mexican, and convince her
that he is innocent of killing her
parent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-17
Realistic Train Wreck Is
One Feature of Metro PLAY

thrilling log drive and the other
spectacular features in this big
Metro wonderfully of Harold
Lockwood and May Allison.
Mr.. and Mrs. Drew in a COM
edy and Hearst-Pathe news pio-
lures are the added attractions.
Lionel Barrymore in 1.-THE End of
the Tour" comes Thursday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-17
STEELE KNOCKS
OUT REYNOLDS

hard boy to beat, and the
battle was even for three
fast, slashing rounds. In the
fourth Steele's science pre-
vailed over Reynolds
strength. A straight left,
followed by a flashy right
cross sent the Ellensburg
champ to the mat. He was
still dreaming when the
referee finished his count.