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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-22
PHYSICALLY FIT

Philadelphia Record; one OF the pop.
ular fallacies which the present war is
likely TO dispel is the very common one
that the young American OF 1917 is.
from physical standpoint. inferior to
his father and forefathers and that he
viii be no match FOR the peasants and
workingmen who compose the kaiser's
armies. In view OF the widespread in.
terest in athletics and the greatly i'm.
proved conditions under which the aver.
age youth now grows to manhood II is
rather curious that such an idea should
be generally prevalent but there is no
doubt that II exists City life is sun.
posed TO have softened the fibre OF our
young men, and cigaret smoking is de.
nounced for stunting the growth OF
many. The results of the. physical ex.
amnations under the draft are showing
the absurdity Of these ideas. While tho
standards fixed seem to many persons
unduly high-certainly far higher than
IN any previous war-the registered
men summoned 70 the test are rener.
ally showing the percentage Of phvsi.
cal fitness expected The results vary.
OF course, according 20 the character
OF districts, but 80 far as the phvsioal
showing is concerned the examinations
reveal no occasion Tor any deem sollei.
tude as to the ability OF young America
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-22
TIME TO STOP THOSE RIOTS,

Just how long is the capital going to
stand for the disgraceful conduct Of the
picketing suffragists and the naturally
indignant mobs that are daily rioting
over the Objectionable banners unwisely
borne to the injury Of a good cause?
The country is weary of the picketing
women and their heroics. It cannot en-.
tirely blame the wrathful patriots who
try to rout the misguided suffragists
from their stand before the White House.
And yet, the public is weary Of their
rioting, too.
The whole business is not only dis.
graceful and annoying. It is dangerous.
These wrangling crowds form an excel.
lent screen for attempts at assassina-
tion. As the New York World points
out NO fort, no ship, no factory for
war material so demands guarding as
the home Of the president" And still
the local police authorities fail TO clean
up the situation. still the suffragists 20
on in their crazy way. insulting the
nation, injuring the cause they profess
to be serving, and giving a distinctly
ugly impression of conditions to the
rest Of the world.
Isn't it about time for order to be
restored at the gates Of the White
House? II 1t is necessary to send
United States troops there to do it, let
them get busy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-22
From Other
Editorial Page.
On THE FRONTIERS OF
DISLOYAITY.

Youths Companion: 1t is perhaps tot
much TO expect all citizens to be pat
lotto, and 1t is certainly too much {
Xpect all citizens to be wise An
ince, Of course, office holders are onl
iitizens not widely different from the
voters they represent, we must not be
90 much astonished to find that ther,
are in positions Of authority at Wash
ngton men who are foolish small
minded and sometimes unpatriotic
some Of them are in congress, some OF
he most conspicuous Of them are ir
he senate. They make use of thei
abilities and their privileges 10 hamper
lelay and Obstruct the conduct or tho
var. Some Of them do so because they
opposed the war in the first place ana
lesire il to be unsuccessful; others be.
cause they wish to win the good will of
certain classes of voters who they be-
ieve are unfriendly to the war; otners
because they speak for particular IN
terests for whose prosperity they are
more solicitous than they are for the
honor and security Of the nation
There are" as one distinguished sena.
tor has declared, too many men prac-
ticing law in the senate"
There are officials in administrative
posts, too, who deliberately leopard the
success of our war preparations by ted.
ious chickering's with men whose CO.
operation is essential to the discharge
of their duty. The most charitable rea.
tbaf rfra
is selfish determination to have their
own way, whatever evil may result to
the cause of the nation.
The spectacle of those men laboring
perversely for personal ends or for the
ends Of a class or of the enemy, when
the opportunity lies before them to
serve their country at a great crisis in
its history is undeniably discouraging.
They do harm, and it is well that their
fellow citizens should keep their of.
fenses in mind But, after all. they
can only annoy and hinder the nation.
they cannot defeat its will The sin
cere and steadfast patriots in congress.
in public office, in army and navy, as
in every calling and profession of pri.
vate life, are vastly In the majority,
and they will carry the war for democ-
iacy through TO a successful issue. We
shall have the revenue legislation and
the food legislation, the necessary war
supplies and the necessary merchant
ships-not quite so soon as we ought
to have them, but soon enough we
may be sure, to disconcert the enemy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-22
SOLDIER, REST THY WARFARE
DER

Cincinnati Times.Star: KILLED in ac.
ton is fitting description OF the end
OF Charles Fleischmann, member OF the
United States aviation corps. who on
Thursday, fell in a hydro-airplane dur.
ing a trial flight off Long Island. A
man OF about % years and with a career
OF great happiness and prosperity open.
ing before him. he offered himself TO
one OF the most dangerous forms OF
his country's service. Having passed
through severe preliminary training. he
was soon TO be permitted 10 undertake
an authorized flight. His enthusiasm for
service prompted him to anticipate the
event In the informal flight OF Tuesday
afternoon. Instead OF somewhere among
the clouds in France, whore he had ex.
pected to serve his country. the moment
OF sacrifice came during the prepara.
tory training. But the dedication OF
his life TO his country was the same as
II Mr.. Fleischmann had gone over the
top never to return, or had fallen be.
fore a Taube. The great ultimate ad.
venture was in behalf OF the colors.
II is a grim coincident that Julius
Fleschmann, who did so much In be.
half OF the Red Cross In Cincinnati
should be the first Cincinnati father to
feel the tragic touch OF war. The event
makes even the eloquent words OF his
speech 0t the Red Cross meeting IN
Music hall seem inadequate. Your
boy is my boy, and my boy is your
boy" julius Fleischmann's boy is
now completely his eountry's.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-22
A SCHOOL LESSON.

Chicago Is unquestionably patriotic
but we fear that Chicago lacks "A sense
OF humor and an appreciation OF satire.
The board OF education has ceremonious.
" torn out OF 10000 schoolbooks a page
eulogizing Kaiser Wilhelm. and pupils
and their parents have unceremoniously
torn the same page out OF some 10000
other copies previously distributed.
Now the children will no longer be
in danger OF absorbing treason. sedition
and moral obliquity along with their
lessons. They will be saved from read.
ing how. when the kaiser was at school
and an obsequious professor tipped him
off to the nature OF the Greek quiz he
was going 10 have on the morrow, so
Wilhelm could brush up on the ques.
tlons and get by without flunking. VIII
helm publicly gave away the game 10
the whole class and shamed the profes.
sor More important still, they viii be
guarded from the moral drawn In that
horrid lcsson-that anybody who as a
youth. could do no manly thing as
that must have In him the making OF
"A fine brave. honorable man. Thus
they viii be saved from believing that
Kaiser Wilhelm Is another George
Washington.
II may be just as well to have that
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-22
SANTA FE INTENDS
TO MAINTAIN EFFICIENCY

The Earth: With the view of reliev-
ing the public mind Of any erroneous
impression that service on its lines is
20 be seriously curtailed because OF the
war, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
hallway company makes this announce
ment:
II Is the intention of the Santa Fe
% maintain the efficiency of its serv.
ice' passenger and freight, and to give
patrons as much notice as possible of
any temporary changes which may be
necessary on account of military emer.
gencies."
continuing, the announcement SAYS:
The Santa Fe, several months ago. co.
operating with the Railroads War
board at Washington, made plans for
meeting the requirements of the gov
ernment in transporting troops and war
freight promptly, and it has been able
to do so to date without seriously dis.
turbing business conditions, although
owing to the continued heavy travel. IL
has been impossible to discontinue anv
OF the through passenger trains. In a
NN'f +iAfN'AAANNo NllNlt nave DttI console
dations Of poorly patronized branch line
trains, but in all such cases the COM
pany was particular to see that the
communities concerned did not suffer.
While every indication is that the trans.
portation needs Of Santa Fe territory
will be met, the company asks patrons
to exercise patience when, in the stress
Of an emergency, the service Is not 100
per cent
Having the backing of all the rail.
roads and the government, and also the
cooperation Of most shippers, the war
board has greatly increased the capacity
of the country's transportation facilities.
mainly in bringing about heavier freight
car loading. Many shippers volunteered
to load cars to capacity, or nearly so;
others, upon request, promptly agreed
to increasing their loading; still others
promised TO do the best they could. The
spirit manifested by the shippers, gen.
orally has been fine for the greater use
Of existing freight equipment is the out
growth Of friendly cooperation on the
part Of the railways and their patrons,
rather than by force of law.
AS a result Of the unity Of action on
the part Of the carriers, every available
freight car in the United States is in
use. Once a week there is a redistribu-
ton of cars among the lines which need
them the most, regardless Of ownership.
thus eliminating waste This has helped
in increasing the efficiency
Of the service. On May l the country
was short 100000 cars On August
the shortage had been reduced to 49,.
776."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-22

bear the strain Of war quite as well
S the soldiers of Great Britain, France,
iermany and the other belligerent ma
ions Reports from France are unani
nous in their praise of the fine ply
ique Of the regulars under General
'ershing's command.
Some interesting observations on this
Joint appear in The Louisville Courier
Journal, whose editor, Colonel Waiter
on, an old Confederate soldier, probably
las vivid recOilectiOns of the weediness
If many Of the youngsters who fought
m the civil war. He says in part
A Washington report says that OF 72-
)14 men who offered for the officers re-
serve, 5l,S3S were found on preliminary
examination by civilian physicians, ply
sically satisfactory. A higher percentage
Of physical fitness probably never was
shown by an equal number of appli-
cants for military service. a few centu.
ries ago, when any able-bodied man was
considered fit to bear arms the entire
1874 would have been, physically, ac-
ceptable Less than 1888 would have
been physically sound. As late as the
civil war when Confederate officers
made the requirements for the cavalry
service ability to ride a horse and fire
a gum and the standard Of eligibility
for infantry service ability to walk
and carry gun" more than 51,83S of
these men would have been acceptable.
but that five-sevenths Of them can pass
up'to-date preliminary examinations
shows that the blood, the bone and the
Drawn Of the breed have not run down
during period Of peace.
No one need worry about the physical
fitness or courage of the young men
Of 1911 1t is a safe bet that in no
war in which the United States has ever
engaged, from the revolution down to
the present. has the youth Of the coun.
try ever shown as great physical fitness
or as ardent patriotism.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-22
GERMAN MORAL BANKRUpTCy.

New York Evening Post: After three
years Of war we hear great deal about
German man-power being exhausted.
There is renewed talk about German fl.
nanCes being at the point Of collapse.
That Germany's food supply is failing
everybody knows; that many Of her in
dustries are ruined. is not denied that
her shipping and commerce have SUI.
fered blows from which 1t will take
a generation to recover, is admitted by
German business men. Ii is not strange
that they are reported TO be urging
peace as an imperative necessity If any.
thing is to be saved out OF the wreck.
But Germany has TO mourn today a
greater loss than any Of those mention.
ed. She has lost her reputation. She has
squandered her moral assets. At a time
when she needs to CAN up all her re-
serves Of good faith and confidence
she finds that they have been wasted
Nobody believes her Nobody trusts her
Upon the German government the dis.
agreeable evidence that II is morally
bankrupt is being pressed from every
quarter. This is the indisputable truth
which stands out in the reception
throughout the world Of the latest peace
proposals by Germany. They meet with
almost universal skpeticism and suspi.
cion.
II is Germany herself that has taught
the world TO distrust her. A long course
Of lawlesness heaped upon duplicity. OF
brutality intermingled with deceit. has
made every utterance Of the German
government suspect. Hence the amaz.
ing the painful unanimity with which
public men and the press In all bellig.
erent and neutral countries have looked
upon the repeated peace proffers OF the
German authorities as merely a snare
for the unwary, whom are they trying
TO trick now? What new betrayal are
they preparing? For what fresh burst
OF ferocity is all this a mask? such are
the questions everywhere provoked by
the German official advances in behalf
Of peace. Germany ostensibly holds out
an olive branch, but prudent statesmen
insist upon examining il to see II Il
does not conceal a dagger.
Thus is the fated and terrible punish.
ment Of Germany already beginning.
She is reaping what she has sowed. Her
rulers have brought the good name OF
their country into disrepute, Their face
value. Every governmental move by
Germany is closely scrutnized to see II
some treachery is not wrapped up in IT,.
IL is as II the word German" had now
become the international trademark
Tor double.dcaling
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-22
ONLY REHEARSALS.

Tulsa World: The horror of bombing
cities and killing women and children
seems awful to US over here. and IL
looks to us as though war could NOT
get more horrible than il is. But Ber.
nard Shaw says that this is to be the
coming method largely and that Eng.
land, not as reprisals but 10 impair
the morale of the enemy must come
TO the point Of doing the same thing.
lie says the occasional raids from which
England has suffered are not real war.
rare, but simply experimental rehears.
ais made in testing out the efficacy of
warfare in the air We have looked I'D.
on aircraft as principally a scouting de.
vice. am arm of the service that render.
ed II impossible for one army TO keen
any secrets from another and made de.
ceptive tactics impossible. This has
been brought down 10 a fine point in
the Flanders campaign, the airmen ipp.
ing armed with cameras with which
they took pictures of the enemy lines
TO be studied at leisure i'm the safety
OF headquarters But IL is well 10 re.
member that there are fighting planes
as well as observation planes. and MANY
thrilling encounter has taken place
far above the level Of the ground.
We cannot agree with Shaw that
any method Of warfare that takes its
toll principally from noncombatants is
honorable warfare The Germans. OF
course, have not waged war honorablv
Ihey went on the intensely practical
idea that whatever injured the enemy
in any way was legitimate warfare The
enemies Of Germany are too higb.mind.
ed TO accept any such doctrine or 10 put
II In practice as a means Of retaliation
Unavoidably some noncombatants must
be killed and injured in wars practice
at the best, but that such injury is
justified as a means OF impairing a
peoples morale is unthinkable. Ma.
tions are not conquered by acts Of bar.
barity, but are rather thereby more
deeply aroused to punish the authors OF
such crimes. The object OF legitimate
warfare is TO cripple the military eff.
cheney Of the enemy. Before a war is
won his defenses must be pierced and
the bayonet pressed against his brains
and stomach. Blows and not pinpricks
win wars.
II remains. however. a fact that air
service must be chiefly relied upon to
add TO the power OF the armies in this
war before a decision can be reckoned
as being in sight; but II is air service
that destroys the fighting machinery
and the producing activity OF the enc.
my, putting It's fighting efficiency In
bad shape and hindering the production
of its war supplies. rather than trying
90 terrorize It's people by slaughterlng
women and children or sinking unarm
ed ships This is a war In which we
have entered the lists in defense OF hu.
manity, and we cannot afford to On
ploy or endorse any form OF barbarity
II innocent people are killed or wound.
ed. IL must be as few as is consistent
with attaining legitimate objects. and
not done with direct intent. That the
air service is the branch which will
decide the war we agree with Mr.
Shaw. but the warfare in the air will
be conducted with a high.minded regard
for humanity and justice.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-22
LITTLE MEN IN GREEN.
BY Edward Williston Frentz Of the
Nigilantes.

In silence soft they listen.
But not for tuck Of drum
They wait no pleading bugle.
But only one word, Come"
And rank on rank. in billions,
With crowded bayonets keen,
Shall rise, implacable and sure,
The Little Men in Green.
They bivouac in the dooryard,
They camp in every field
They number as the star-dust,
And mighty is their shield
word will set them springing
From every eager sod,
\ host no man can number,
lnvincihe as God.
Then sink the potent plowshare,
And lay the burrows wide.
For they're Jehovahs trenches.
And there His hosts abide
Can man withstand his Maker?
Shall hate its victory CLEAN
When Freedoms soil hath marshalled
Her Little Men in Green?
Put in the homely plowshare,
Thrust deep the sturdy spade:
a child's weak hands. unaided,
Shall arm n new brigade;
Tall grenadiers in tassels
From Illinois wide plain
Shall fight for famished Poland
And help to free Lorraine.
On wide'blown Northern prairies
The wheat shall bare it's blade.
The cotton toss It's turban
In every Southern glade:
And bearded oats In armies
Shall set their lances keen,
And all shall answer. Coming.
Your Little Men In Green"
The grandsire and the grandson
Shall labor side by side.
The dewy dawn shall greet them,
\ star shall be their guide:
The soil shall not be barren
lhat righteous wrath has plowcd,
Nor Freedoms sod turn sullen
Till sloth her sun becloud.
What matter though the weakllng
Withhold his futile handr
BY Bolgium's murdered millions.
Wen mobolize the landl
'Tis God Himself that rms us,
And mortal hath not seen
The legions that can stand against
! His Little Men In Green.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-22
JAPANESE MOTIVES.

Most Americans somehow, are nat
urally skeptical about japanese profes.
sions of friendship. After every courte-
Gus pronouncement from Toxic they sit
back and wait to be Shown" This dis.
position is in evidence, just now, with
regard to the assurances Of whole.
hearted military cooperation given by
the special Japanese mission now visit.
ing this country
But this time. at least, the sceptics
may be wrong.
II need hardly be remarked that any
expression Of increduity just now Is
neither good taste nor good policy. The
public will do well 10 take our Japanese
visitors at their word, giving them full
credence and respect until the time
comes TO translate their promises into
performance.
Quite aside from considerations Of
courtesy and wisdom In our behavior
toward representatives OF a government
that has great power to help or hinder
us, we may be mindful Of the fact
that Japan herself has a good deal to
gain by full and friendly cooperation
with us.
She sees the United States today de.
veloping its tremendous military re-
sources and organizing its whole politi.
cal, industrial, commercial and social
life for greater national effectiveness.
She cannot help but see that with our
growing army and navy, with the huge
merchant fleet we are building, with the
new energy we are putting into every
phase Of national development and
with our rising prestige in world-affairs.
we shall soon be far more than a match
for her In war or peace.
What is more natural than that so
intelligent nation as the Japanese
should decide to clinch our friendship
now. while they can, by the rather con
genial method Of helping us whip Ger.
many?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-22
GOVERNMENT INSURANCE.

Very likely some details Of the govern.
ment war insurance bill are open to
criticism. But regarding the general
plan Of furnishing life insurance policies
TO our soldiers and sailors at low prem
ium rates, and paying allowances 10 the
legitimate dependents OF men In the
service, there is no ground for condem.
nation.
The granting Of allowances TO de.
pendent wives. children. fathers or
mothers, is already an established policy
among our allies. and Is no more than
just-it is a drafting OF the country's
wealth TO take care Of the family bur.
dens dropped perforce by drafted men.
And the insurance system. with It's hon
orable and businessllke principles. is an
obvious improvement over the old. un.
scientific military pension plan with It's
liability 20 political abuse. It's wasteful.
ness. It's uncertainty and delay.
The pending bill. as Secretary McAdoo
sums II up, gives compensation, not
pensions; Il fixes amounts definitely in
advance instead Of holding out the mere
chance OF gratuity after conclusion Of
peace. Il saves the dependents from
want and gives them the necessaries OF
life while their men are at the front.
II deals with its heroes literally for the
sufferings that result from their disable.
ment on the field Of battle. And II they
die. Il makes just provision for the loved
ones who survive them"
In the face OF these merits, the OBJ.
jections OF private insurance companies
need receive small consideration.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-22

lesson missing from the schoolbooks, be-
cause there is always a possibility that
some pupil may lack ordinary young.
American intelligence. But as far as
the majority are concerned, their pa.
triotism and morals were probably safe
enough from contamination.
Willie Hohenzollern in his schooldays
really did such a thing and If it was
really such a miracle of juvenile right.
eousness as the storyteler represents
it, is 1t likely that the average American
child could fail to contrast good Willie
at school with the mature Wilhelm tax.
ing the meanest advantage any great
sovereign ever took of little nations he
was in honor bound to protect?
"A good boy gone wrong"-what a
chance for a teacher to point a moral
The honorable schoolboy, now grown to
manhod, with the power for vast good
in his hands, running amuck, robbing,
cheating, numbering on an unparalleled
scale, and making the world a desola.
ton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-22

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