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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02
HOW WE FED GERMANY.

There is said to be a commission
from one Of the small neutral countries
near Germany on the way here 20 pro.
test against the hardships II will suffer
II the Wilson embargo to neutrals is
enforced. Its protestations may well
be taken with grain OF salt
Carl Ackerman, IN the Saturday Eve.
ming Post, says there are four reasons
why Germany il not exhausted by now.
They are: Norway, Sweden, Denmark.
Holland. Everyday passenger trains
run from Holland into Germany. For.
merly they were carrying vans for
smugglers bat now everything Is TAX.
en- away from travellers. even cakes
Of soap. When the train reaches the
Dutch border station passengers are
not permitted 10 go into the railroad
restaurant 10 eat one more hearty meal
before proceeding TO Germany. II is
'verboten' But In the freight yards
are trainloads OF feed being shipped into
Germany with official sanction. There
are carloads OF meat. vegetables. cheese
and butter. Even the official German
food buying company, the central Elm.
kaufgesellschaft sends It's white and
black trains into Holland TO receive the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02
Caesar VERSUS Kaiser.

Philadelphia Public Ledger: The
amazing activity OF Italian warriors in
the Alps seems to continue the tradi-
tion Caesar set when in winter cam.
paigns he defied the snowcad noun.
tains in order to hold or TO extend the
frontiers of the empire. The Caesar
who bridged the Rhine was a brother.
in.arms to brave Cadorna. The Roman
legionaires who live for us in the pages
Of the commentaries seem TO have their
reincarnation In the men who station
their guns In the eagles aerie and con.
vey their wounded over wire ropes
across yawning abysses Who said Ital.
ians were degenerate scions OF the an.
cient heroic stock? The war has shown
the world no sturdied warriors than
these. With the forces of nature her.
self arrayed against them, they have
removed mountains, and in their prov.
ess II is as though Caesar himself were
on earth again to defy an finally sub
jugate the German warlord who has
assumed and disgraced the name the
great Italian wore who ruled the world.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02

food which Holland permits to be ex.
ported. The Dutch motto is stop the
man with a cake of soap but ship food
by the trainload'."
His experience in Denmark was some
what similar. III | desired to eat ham
or bacon in Denmark it would cost
about forty cents a pound, because it
had been imported from Chicago But
if | wished to take smoked meat across
the Baltic | had to buy 1t of the court
packer who could grant export permis-
sion. He charged 81 a pound for Danish
goods. The Copenhagen merchants,
through the Danish government, had
food imported from the United States
would be re-exported to Germany, but
no pledges were given regarding food
produced in Denmark The result was
that the Danes ate American food and
sold everything they raised to the Ger
man food department for one hundred
per cent more than the American goods
cost. The process required little effort
and paid enormous profits"
The more one learns of these and
many other processes in the conduct of
the war, the more one realizes that
Uncle Sam is a mighty lenient old gen.
tleman. He has stood for more abuse
Of his good nature than seems cred
ible. But he has his limits. Like Cousin
Egbert of Red Gap, he "can be pushed
just so far" The limit of pushing has
just about been reached. Your Uncle
isn't going to stand for much more of
this monkey business-nor should he,
by heck
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02
THE KAISER LOOKED ON.

Kansas City MOI Journal: When the
Russian deserters fled in wild disorder
from their trenches in Galicia. allow
ing an almost unobstructed field for the
Teutonic advance, at one small sector
the fighting continued stubbornly. The
German troops could not understand
why, in the midst Of the general panic,
one portion Of the enemy did not run
away but fought on desperately. II
was only after a considerable number
Of German soldiers had been captured
by these plucky Russians that 1t was
discovered the heroic Russian fighters
were women, members Of the famous
Command Of Death" That was the
first engagement in which this regiment
figured and the women covered them
selves with glory. Yet even their glor
! ious sacrifices. their splendid courage
and their dauntless determination failed
10 stop the panic Of the male troopers
But that gallant stand will remain for
ever a challenge and proof Of WON
ans devotion and patriotism.
While the German regiments were
pouring shot and shell into the fleeinp
] Russians who did not even turn for a
parting bullet. Emperor William IL /,
reported, sat on his horse on a hill-a
safe distance away, Of course - and
watched the slaughter. Probably the
/ show could not have been more spec
tacular had It all been staged for his
individual benefit, and il is equally prob
able that his highness reveled in the
sight Of the sweeping victory. For since
the beginning Of the war the kaiser
has been running hither and thither in
search OF dramatic settings that would
glorify his personal vanity.
II will be remembered that early Ia
the struggle the emperor arrayed him
self lin shining armor" and took a posi-
tion upon a hill in Lorraine 10 see hi,
| legions capture Nancy and put the in
habitants to the sword. He was sur
rounded by the crown prince and IN,
princelings OF his royal household. 10y
the guards OF honor and with the splen
dor and panoply Of militarism. All about
him were the white plumes Of his III,
guards and the radiant uniforms OF tn,
Hohenzollern hussars. As the kaiser
sat and watched the battle before Nancy
he was full OF confidence. But as houl
after hour passed and still the German
troops failed to enter the town. IN,
plumes dropped and gloom settled upor
the princely host. Nancy did not fall
A year later similar scene was en-
acted before Verdun. The crown prime,
had made all arrangements TO TAX,
the great French fortress with on,
overwhelming charge. IL was to be ,
grand and spectacular sight. and agaii
came the kaiser I'm shining armor
with the attendant guards and relatives
Verdun was only four miles away Th
crown prince explained that the Bran
denburgers would first enter Fort Dou
aumont and then the emperor woul,
proceed majestically to receive the sur
render, But Verdun was not taken
and the royal party went back mortihe
to headquarters.
There have been few, very few. Oh
portunities for the royal posing whlcl
is such an impressive and importan
part Of kingship. II remained for III
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02
NO NORTH, NO sOUTH-AMERICA

St Louis Post Dispatch: The south
ern states are soon to be invaded again
by the greatest force Of United States
soldiers they have seen since the mid
die sixties. Their own sons are rising
in arms, this time not TO resist the in.
vaders but to join them in the training
camps The only rivalry there will be
between northern and southern com.
mands will be a fraternal struggle to
see which can fit themselves best and
quickest TO uphold their common cause.
The very nomenclature of the posts
is significant of a united patriotism
which is glad to forget old quarrels
and hide old scars. There are Camp
Lee and Camp Grant; Camp Beaure-
gard and Camp Mcclellan; Camp Cor.
don and Camp Sherman; Camp Logan
and Camp Wheeler.
Missouri and Kansas boys whose ia.
theirs fought each other and hated
each other with a hatred that passes
understanding, will fraternize in Ok.
lahoma at Camp Doniphan, named for
that illustrious soldiers who. in the
Mexican war, led from Missouri an
expedition whose line of march was
to surpass in distance the historically
famous one over which Cyrus led his
10000 Greeks.
North and South got together pretty
well in the little brush we had with
Spain. But for the permanent sol
dering Of damaged American relation
ships, the handicraft OF Butcher Wey
Ter was as nothing compared to that
of the German kaiser
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02
From Other
Editorial Pages
MICHAELIs SPEAKS \ TRUE wOR1

WI NniLi1iO 81 EltlNo Il lhN II w OhD
fl. Smith (Ark) Southwest American:
Chancellor Michaelis, the new puppet
premier put up by the reactionaries
and military satraps who surround the
kaiser, made his maiden speech as gov
ernment leader in the reichstag the
other day. II was all stale stuff Parrot
like he repeated the old German lie
about the sword having been forced in
to their hands. Without a blush he
aped Bethmann-Hollweg in palliating
the submarine warfare.
And then he spoke this sentence:
What our troops have accomplished
in three years is Unprecedented in the
worlds history
Their deeds are indeed written in let
ters of fire and of blood on the pages
Of the worlds story. They are indel.
ible, They will remain for all time to
tell Of Germany's shame and of Ger.
many's crimes. Nothing can ever wipe
out the record.
1t was German troops that invaded
and overwhelmed peaceful little Bel.
gium, laid waste its fields and farms.
ravaged its cities, enslaved its men.
starved its children and outraged its
women.
II was German troops that made Of
northern France a desert, that pillaged
beautiful old churches and dwellings
and that. beast-like, repeated its Bel
gium offenses against innocent hu.
mans.
1t was German troops that murdered
Edith Cavell
II was German troops that, under the
false claim Of reprisals shot Belgium
men held as hostages.
II was German troops that wantionly
and drunkenly killed and wounded lit.
tie French children.
1t was German troops that stole ma.
chinery from Belgian factories leaving
nothing behind but the gutted walls
over 100 years ago English children
shuddered when the name Of Napoleon
was mentioned and looked upon him as
an ogre who devoured tots. But Napol.
con warred only upon men. lie warred
upon them when they were organized
| IN armies
The kaiser and his troops war upon
men, women and children, upon sold
| iers and civilians, upon living things
and inanimate things alike. The name
Of Germany has been everlastingly
! dragged down. The reputation Of the
German soldier has been fixed forever
Napoleon did not earn all the terrible
things that were said about him. The
kaiser and his armed servitors have
earned more than can be said about
them. There are things too terrible tC
be expressed in language
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02
"HEP TO HAM"

Chicagoans are wondering how any
one could possibly take seriously the
reverberations Of j. Hamilton Lewis
he Of the pink whiskers and glorious
raiment-in the L. S. senate. They
say they are Hep TO Ham"
A good many other Americans are
also hep to Ham. And they are slowly
getting hep to a good many more OF
their esteemed senators and represents
tives. There is every chance in the
world that at the next election time a
good many Of these will do the hopping
but 1t will be hep-hep out of the
marble halls where sit the members OF
our legislative bodies.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02
A WAR LITANY.

From all boil worms,
From all potato bugs.
From all grain.eating rats,
From all bird.killing cats,
From all food spectators,
From all cabbage worms.
From the |. W. w,
From all locusts.
From all pacifst and notoriety-seek,
ing nuisances,
From all cut worms.
From all dry rot,
From all senators and representa-.
tives who obstruct legislation,
From all slackers.
From all weeds.
From all women who wall
From employers who seize upon pa,
triotism" as an excuse for expressing
labor.
From harpies who take advantage OF
the preoccupation Of the public to prey
upon the interests OF all consumers.
From all spies and poultry lice,
From all cattle ticks and traitors.
From hog-choera and picketing suf
fragists,
From employers who try to evade
enforcement Of child labor laws,
From all ignorance Of the grave situa
tion in which the country is involved
From all Indifference 10 the needs OF
America and her allies.
From these and all the rest Of the
kaiser's friends who are not being
fought so vigorously as they deserv,
because their attacks are too insidious
oh Lord, deliver us.
For courage.
For self.control.
For selfdenial.
For perseverance 10 the end in cour
age. self-control and self.denial.
For stiftened backbones,
For brotherly love,
For a realization that rich and poor
high and low. capitalist and laborer
soldier and stay-at-home. young and
old, the future generation as well as
the present one all hang together, that
advantage 10 one Is advantage to all
that nothing Of good can be accom-
plHHcu NANn"ut Nit"l o'iS' VI hi"NH'i
ly love and the stiff backbone that
enables people to bring their ideals tC
realization.
For peace which is lasting and en-
folds all nations,
For victory which means the better
ment Of all mankind.
For strength TO conquer all enemies
10 the rights OF men, at home ant
abroad.
We pray thee, OH Lord
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02

kaiser 70 go to Galicia and witness
his soldiers laying about in a mob Of
frenzied Russian deserters. as a sight
to feed his majestic vanity. But it is
inconceivable that even the kaiser
must have shared the humiliation OF
his troops when he discovered that some
Of the very flower of his legions were
captured-by women.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02
National Facts and Figures

1t is estimated that there are 300 600
BARRIERS in ,he United States, and that
they use 179,OOOOOO eggs in shampoos
annually.
The Flat River district of Missouri
produces 81 percent of the metallic lead
of the United States. Arizona produces
nearly one-third Of all the copper mined
in the United States
The average American soldier who
will go to the front, experience shows,
will weigh 1856 pounds; will measure
8 feet 1852 inches in height and will have
chest expansion of inches.
In recent years the United States has
established a protectorate over Cuba, a
virtual protcctorate over Haiti and has
acquired the ownership of the Philip
pines, Porto Rico, the Panama Canal
Zone and the Danish Islands.
Latest compilations on the subject
show that there is one motor-driven We
hicle to every 20 persons in the United
States. A year ago the proportion was
one to AZ persons. According TO the lat
est statistics, there are 3,547,73S cars
and trucks in the country.
Production Of sugar in 1916 in the
United States, not including external
possessions, was 2,0260O0000 pounds;
imports from Hawaii amounted to 1877
100000 pounds; from the Philippines, to
217,OO0,OOO pounds; frob Porto Rico S5O,-
100000. From foreign sources, 5,416,000
pounds were received.
Net cost per pound of raw sugar, de-
| livered in the United States not includ-
ing duty. in 1.719 cents for sugar from
Cuba, 232S cents from Porto Rico 2.697
cents from Hawaii, 1915 cents for Lou
isiana cane sugar, and 3.74 cents for
beet sugar produced in the United
States, f. o. b. factory.
Domestic coinage in the United States
for the fiscal year 1916 amounted TO
| s37 ,2O9,O62. This was represented by
| 154 4523,524 pieces enough to supply one
piece to every man, woman and child
in the United States, its possessions, and
in Great Britain and Ireland. Eight tons
Of copper were used in alloying the
gold
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02
Her Exnensiye Medicine

Cleveland Leader: A West Side physi.
clan hung little ring with a pearl in
II on the family Christmas tree as a
present for his youngest daughter. One
day last week she poked her head tear.
fully into her fathers office. Papa"
she sobbed, papa. I've lost the little
pill out OF my ring"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02
THE HARVEST.
BY Ruth Wright Kaufman.
OF the Nigilc-4cs.

Gather the tears Of the women and
plant them
Deep in the breast Of our nation. like
seeds.
Through the slow, growing days, tend
them, and grant them
Power Of purpose and power Of deeds
Gather the tears Of their love and their
pity;
Plant for harvest Of courage, each
one,
Reap from the ranches. and reap from
the city;
Here is my husband" and Here is
my SON.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02

Gus aspects Of the l. W. W. plotting is
that it has succeeded in joining with
it other elements which hitherto have
been considered at least semi-respecta-
bic, on the common ground of pacifism
and anti-war sentiment
With our varied population, it is not
at all unlikely that one of our greatest
wartime perils comes from within. 1t
is time TO clean house.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02

Punch: Rector's Daughter-How
splendid Of Joe Jarvis son TO volunteer
for that very dangerous job. I'm so
glad he got the military medal.
Mrs. Mullins mot to be outdone,-Yes.
miss, And my boy could have got II too
Il he'd cared 70 have taken the risk.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02
The Means To the End

Cassells Saturday Journal We'll. we
must economize, Mrs. Skinner. and then
there will be an ample supply for ALL"
I'm doing my best. sir. II every.
body stinted themselves as much as I
do we should all be in clover"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02
SCISSORS AND PASTE

Washington Star: A great deal of
the advice concerning war food sounds
encouragingly like a progra mfor dgdo?
encouragingly like a program for dodg-
ing dyspepsia.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02

Jack o'Lantern: Guide dn Shakes.
peare's home townl-An' them you see
in that Jail are 'ardened criminalsl
Tourist-Ah, The Barred OF Avon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02

Jordan, the one river Of the Holy
Land, has a course Of little more than
200 miles from the roots Of Anti-Leba.
non to the head Of the Dead Sea. Not
a single city ever crowned the banks
Of this river.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02

The prophet jeremiah was confined in
the pillory Jeremiah xxx, 26). which
appears to have been a common mode
Of punishment in his time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02

Tulsa World: We believe the Mis-.
souri, judge who sentenced a man IS
years old TO forty years in the peniten-
tiary should have tempered justice with
mercy and announced only life sen.
tence
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02

Ancient Hebrew prisons contained a
special chamber for the pillory This
was termed the house Of the pillory."
GI Chronicles xvi, 10l.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02

Tulsa World We believe the Mis-
souri, judge who sentenced a man rs
years old to forty years in the peniten-
tiary should have tempered justice with
mercy and announced only a life sen.
tence.
Sapupa Argus: If a girl don't offer
TO lend you her umbrella when ii is
raining and you start for home. after
spending the evening with her, old top,
your name is mud
Muskogee Times.Democrat: You nev-
er know how many military experts
the country has until you drop into the
grocery store Saturday night.
FIT. Smith (Ark.) Southwest American:
The new German chancellor regards
the entrance OF the United States into
the war as unimportant. Evidently the
censor is depriving junkerdom of the
news.
Guthrie Leader: The senate can find
as many ways 20 waste time as a sec.
ond division team can to lose games.
Bartlesville Enterprise: Any married
woman will readily believe that the
trouble started when Adam came in
with one Of Lilith's blonde hairs on his
shoulders. Lilith. you remember. was
| tho tppfuap hafora Eva
Commoner: Colonel Roosevelt appears
to be as consistent as ever The one
half OF his speeches that he does not
devote 10 telling the mistakes Of the
president. as he views them. he CON
sumes in castigating those who criticise
the government.
Wall Street Journal: Queen Sophia
Of Greece is the first member Of the
Hohenzollern family to have the ex-
before the title, but will probably not
be lonely long
Newark N. j. News: The voting age
Of Englishwomen has been fixed at
thirty There is little likelihood Of a
stampede TO a polling place that has
been made a confessional.
: san Francisco Chronicle: Count See
bach. OF Berlin. says: 1T is in vain
TO desire to win Americans with civil
tiles and sentimentalities." Never heard
the submarines called that before.
Oshkosh OYisl Northwestern; The
kaiser's wrath over the dethronement
Of his brother.in.law, the king Of Greece,
makes II plain that the allies had very
good reason for insisting on this step.
New York Post: A Mexican paper OF
pro.German stamp. called La Defensa,
having proposed a war to regain Cali.
fornia and Texas. and an American
officer with Prussian point OF view
having proposed seizing Mexican oil
wells. we can call II even.
Bennington Tribune; The Maker took
what was too mean for the scorpion and
rattlesnake and bundled It together and
made Il the town knocker.
New York Sun: II is not true that
United States money is refused in the
counting room OF the Staats.Zeitung.
Wall Street Journal: Turks say all
they want Is the right to exist, but
the Armenians said Il first.
Florida TimesUnion; Emma Goldman
and Alexander Berkman should be sup
ported by the United states for the rest
OF their natural lives.
Normau DemocratTopic: The Oh
Woman says she is willing to make
soup from the potato peelngs and re
boil the coffee grounds but she'll be
dad.bamed II shell stay away from the
picture show TN the Old Man cuts OUT
his Star Navy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02

II is not likely that the apples on the
apple tree as we know them were the
tree or fruit mentioned in the Bible.
Most modern writer's maintain that It is
either the ounce or the citron. as being
more in accord with passages in Scrip
ture. (Canticles II. 3: viii. 5; Joel 1. 70:
Proverbs XIV. II; TX Canticles ii. 5:
vii. 81.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02

Sapulpa Argus: If a girl don't offer
to lend you her umbrella when it is
raining and you start for home. after
spending the evening with her, old top,
your name is mud.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02

With respect TO the term translated in
the accepted version degrees" a great
diversity Of opinion prevails. The most
probable is that they were pilgrim songs
sung by the people as they went up to
Jerusalem.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02

In Exodus the "embroiderer" is con.
trasted with the cunning workman"
The art Of embroidery by the loom was
extensively practiced by the nations of
antiquity. The Egyptians and Babylo.
mans were noted for IT, Embroidery
with the needle was a Phrygian lnven
ton of a later date.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02
BIBLICAL.

The book Of the Bible called Leviticus
is so called because it relates princi-
pally to the Levites and priests.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02

Ethiopia was described by the Greeks
and Romans as the country which lay
to the south OF Egypt. Shortly before
the birth of Jesus a native dynasty OF
women holding the official title of can
dace held sway in Ethiopia. and even
resisted the advance of Roman arms
One of these is the queen noticed in
Acts viii 27.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02

Cheese is mentioned only three times
in the Bible, and on each occasion under
a different name in the Hebrew dob X,
10; 1 Samuel xvii. IS; II Samuel xvii,
29) 1t is difficult TO decide how far
these terms correspond with our notion
Of cheese.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-02

Muskogee Times Democrat: You new
er know how many military experts
the country has until you drop into the
grocery store Saturday night.