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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24
STRONGEST LOCOMOTIVES
Is AMERICAN BUILT

New York Times: Once more has
American genius demonstrated its su.
premacy in the railroad field, this time
in the production of the most powerful
locomotive in the world; not a freak
built for spectacular purposes but the
first of standard type of giants of the
rails constructed for a definite purpose.
II is capable of developing 1000 horse
power, and was designed and built by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
and the Westinghouse Electric and Man.
ufacturing Company.
This monster capable of exerting as
much power as a string Of trolley cars
over half a mile long, draws its current
from a wire no bigger than that used
by a trolley car, or about the size of a
lead pencil This is made possible by
the use of the high voltage alternating
current system.
The important field for this engine
will be for hauling the tremendously
heavy freight traffic over the Allegheny
mountains from Altoona to Johnstown,
Penn including the famouse Horseshoe
Curve, a distance of approximately forty
miles. The freight traffic over this di-
vision runs as high as 100000 tons a
cay. In capacity this locomotive ex-
ceeds by more than so per cent the
LCwer of the large electric locomotives
in the transcontinental service, popular
ly called the largest locomotives in the
world.
The locomotive has been sent to Phil
adephia, where il is being placed in
initial service on the electrified por.
tlon of the Pennsylvania main line eX-
tending west from Philadelphia to Pa
oil. 1t is built in one unit. There are
two trucks, each having six driving
truck are mounted two powerful electric
motors taking current from the trolley
wire and supplying mechanical power
through a gear wheel to the drivers.
The total weight is 260 tons. length 76
feet Although this weight is compact
the engine is said to be much easier on
the track and roadbed than the steam
locomotive because the weight is cush.
ioned and the running gear is perfectly
balanced for all Speeds
The control has been applied to such
perfection that power can be exerted
gradually so as to enable the engine
TO start a train without jerk and ac-
ouire the speed of twenty miles per hour
with heavy train in about two min.
utes This speed is fixed as desirable
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24
THE SOLDIERS FEET.
shOd in Well Fitting. Naturally Shaped
Shoes, They Present Object Lesson.

New Haven Journal.Courier: Look at
the shoes the soldiers wear and take a
lesson to heart. They are not poioteG
shoes They are not very narrow shoes
Yet they look we'll. The army shoe Is
modelled 10 III the natural foot: in civil
life our feet are perforce modelled 10
III the unnatural shoes. And when our
feet happen 10 be unwilling. or when
we insist upon keeping them natural
the shoe dealers simply look paired
about II and refer us to the orthopedic
department upstairs or In the rear
where deformIties are specially fitted
There is one important feature about
the natural foot and n natural shoe
which cannot be too much emphasized
The foot has an inward bend. an angie
of abduction, which makes It strong.
II you take a natural shoe and hold II
up before you and look at II from the
under side and draw a chalk line ex
.actly blsecting the shoe from toe to
heel, that line viii not bend outward.
Il win not be straight line II the shoe
is naturally shaped: the line viii show
a marked inward bending. II II does
not do so the shoe is vicious appli.
ance TO wear and you may expect foot.
strain. TO say nothing Of bunion and
painful Morton's neuralgia and all that.
The only reason why extremely point.
ed shoes are fashionable is because the
shoe makers sell them that way To
an eye with an iota Of art appreciation
IN Il a pointed shoe is monstrous
thing.
When the pair OF shoes are placed
side by side on the floor 30 that the
heels and soles touch. there should not
be a fingers breadth Of space between
the tips OF the toes.
F1atfoot begins usually In early life.
Little girls Of ten to fifteen commonly
exhibit a tendency TO turn the toes out
when walking lowing TO their faulty
shoesl. and this bad walking posture
places undue strain upon the arch, 30
that pronated foot results, and mothers
say "she has weak ankles" There l.
fatigue and pain in the legs, sometimes
IN the hip and back. which nothing
viii relieve but natural shoes and per-
haps temporary correction Of the faulty
posture by plaster dressing Of the feet
and legs.
The height Of heels is Of far less i'm
portance than their width. II the heel
IL too narrow. as French heels arc,
there Is poor balance and greater strain
upon the muscles OF the feet and legy
II is n sad sight 20 see 30 many young
women ambllng along on their narrow
heels, listing far OF the plump line.
ankles knocking together. toes turned
out-and 90 think what a world ~
trouble some foolish mother or father
Is storing up for that young womaus
future by permitting her 10 wear such
unnatural shoes In her developing
years.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24
DAILY ARDMOREITE

difficulties Of the curious Greek politi
cal situation many tines and each time
he has emerged victorious. In his latest
and greatest battle, that with the king
he has been called upon to exhibit that
firmness, that self.restraint, and above
all that power to wait, which are the
characteristics of a great statesmen.
His grasp of world politics has, indeed
caused him to be regarded in many
countries as the first statesman in Eu
rope. His craftsmanship is, however
fortunately of the intensely democratic
kind, unadulterated by any wish to
substitute King Stork for King Log.
1t was not for nothing, in short, that
he was christened Eleutherios.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24
From Other
Editorial Pages
MEXICO NEARLY NORMAL.

San Francisco Chronicle: According
to reliable sources of information, con
ditions in Mexico are now more nearly
normal than they have been at any
time during the past seven years. Pur.
poseless revolution has come to an end
while the larger bandit organizations
have dwindled down to small predatory
gangs preying upon the little loot that
is left in the sparsely settled areas.
Villa. once dignifed by the title of
the Napoleon of Mexico" is now more
aptly described as "a Jesse James, me-a-
1y an outlaw, with handful Of follow
ers" Zapata is not even mentioned as
among those also conducting bandit op-
erations.
The revolution in Mexico died the
natural death that comes TO all move
ments with no other purpose than the
personal profit of leaders and followers
who are too Internally lazy to work ana
who welcome lawlessness as a conveu-
lent cloak for this criminality. 1t was
not that the Villistas ran out of fire
phrases, but that their poverty-strickon
dupes ran out Of the food and funds
with which to support them, while the
more sensible portion Of the population
began to realize that any government
was better than no government at all
With peace broken only by such Grim
inal raids as call for armed police more
than organized armies, Mexico should
soon regain her position as a producing
nation. She has enormous natural
wealth and limitless possibilities. the le.
velopment of which Is solely a matter NJ
securing TO industry the fruits Of its
labor Much Of Mexico's resources is
in a form which at the present mo-
ment is Of greater money value than
ever, and with the wheels again in mo.
ton the country should soon be produc-
ing abundant wealth for all who are
willing TO labor.
America welcomes the prospect 6i
Mexicos return to prosperity and na.
tionality.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24
AMERICA TO HER ALLIES.
0By Theodosia Garrison OF the
Vigilantes).

dBy Theodosia Garrison OF the
Vigilantes).
| send my men in khaki.
With singing on their lips
My engineers and artisans.
My captains and their ships:
But yet another sending ID.
Shall greet your lifted glance,
When the eagles iof America
Are on the wing TO- France.
tFt sHt
My fierce white eagles.
They shall gather In their might.
In hundreds and thousands
They shall q fcle fpR the flight
With wings that bear the lightning
With eyes that pierce the night.
My soldiers and my sailors
Shall prove their wrath and will,
My engineorsaand artisans
Shall serve you OF their skin;
But yet a greater service
The four winds shall advance,
When the eagles OF America
Are on the wPg to France.
My fierce, whHe eagles
They shall gatAer for the feast.
Like a swift cloud OF judgment
They shall turn them TO the East
And God shall steel their talons
For rending OF the beast.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24

for the grades and curves which Will
be encountered when crossing the noun
tains.
An interesting feature is the fact that
the engine will handle these enormous
trainloads, owing to the design of the
motors, at constant speed. whether OPP
Grating up or down grades. When go
ing down grade the motors automatical-
l. become generators and return power
to the line, and at the same time obvi-
ate the use of the airbrakes, which are
simply held for emergency use and for
bringing the train to full stop
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24

r. y. McReynolds, of Oklahoma City
Eas transacting business here today.
c. W. Herd, f. L. Hunnicut and II. T.
Blount, of Milburn, were here today.
D. w. Baldridge, Of Tishomingo, was
in the city today on business.
r. L. Davis. of New Wilson, was in
the city today.
Mrs. c. b. Taylor and daughter lisa.
belle, Of Greensboro, ~ c.. are the
guests Of Mrs. Taylors brother, f. z.
Marion, S02 Birch street
Mrs. Neal Cross and daughters,
Mignon and Rachel, have returned from
Bowie, Texas. where they were the
guests for two weeks Of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. II. Cross, father and mother Of Neal
Cross.
Harold Katz of the Palace Garage re.
oeived two cuts about his right eye and
severe cut on his right hand when
the car he was driving went through
the fence five miles this side Of Wau-
Iika last night.
This morning Sheriff Garrett return.
ed from Writ, where he and several of
his deputies worked last night, bringing
IN several said to be addicted to narcot.
les They are now in the county Jail
awaiting a hearing. Included in the
crowd were six women.
Farmers who own silos are not going
to take chances with the corn crop in
many localities and are cutting 1t and
converting il into ensilage. With pros
pective 81 wheat the acreage OF wheat
will be increased and that of corn re-
duced. j. S. Alverson, of Glenn. one of
the pioneer wheat growers Of this sec
tion, is preparing for a much larger
crop Of wheat next season.
Volunteer enlistments for the navy
of drafted men may be continued until
men are notified by local boards to re-
port for physical examination and lists
Of drafted men are posted. according TO
telegram received today by Chief Elec-
trician Winans Of the Ardmore navy
station. Charles +. Musgrave and
Claude C. Mclaughlin. both Of Ardmore,
are the latest army recruits.
j. II. Nichols. a negro, was picked up
by the police Saturday and fined for a
minor offense. He was assigned to the
work gang because Of non.payment of
fine Yesterday afternoon. while the
overseer's attention was centered else
where he made getaway but was cap.
tured, after a hard run by the officers.
six miles southeast Of the city. He now
wears a ball and chain and will have
several days added TO his original sent.
ence.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24
SCISSORS AND PASTE

FL Reno Democrat: Coarse work by
most Of the German plotters precludes
the idea that they are connected with
any sort Of secret service.
Cement Courier: II you can't say
good word for your town, hold your
peace and let others do the talking.
II does not do any good TO speak I'll OF
the town or townspeople. But the town
which all its citizens speak well OF Is
bound 10 prosper.
Nliburn News Automobiles and NOV.
les may finally put baseball on the bum,
but playing 20 the grandstand will con-
tinue a favorite American custom.
Renfrew's Alva) Record: The gen
eral who viii win the war has ALREADY
been officially named. He is General
Economy.
McAlester News-C Capital: The govern.
ment might be- able to finance the al
lies by Communicating the salaries OF
some Of the movie stars.
Talihina Tribune: To publish a news
paper Is one thing, and to print
paper" is another thing.
Cbickasha Express. The reason why
this department has not urged gen
eral offensive against flies is because
II has been too busy swatting the kaiser
Waurika Ndws-Democrat: DO not
let the Red Cross spirit dwindle away
II should be agitated more and given
greater financial support now than ever
Muskogee Times.Democrat The fact
that a legislator is very jealous Of the
rights OF his state does not prove that
he is irrevocably opposed TO a federal
appropriation.
IT. smith tArk) Southwest American;
II war deprives you Of choice cuts or
tidbits. remember that abstinence makes
the heart grow fonder.
Gainesville Register: Dog days are
here again and every dog is bowling
and barking nightly as usual without
muzzle on or bearing a tag, indicating
the regulation tax has been paid.
Tulsa Worlds Let the American
army come" SAYS a German paper All
right. neighbor. they're coming.
Guthrie Leader; Hlndenburg Is leav'
ing the celebrated line 10 look after
itself while he assists the kaiser IN try
ing 70 hold down the lid.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24
PREPARE WACO CAMP FOR
MICHIGAN-WISCONSIN GUARDS

Waco, Texas, July 9i.-Between six
and seven hundred men have begun
work on construction of Camp Near
thur in preparation for national guards
men Of Michigan and Wisconsin which
are to train here. Blueprints OF the
proposed aviation field covering six
hundred and forty acres adjoining the
army camp were completed and yes
terday forwarded TO Washington.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24

The so-called Arabian numerals. the
characters. 0. /. ?, 4 4. 8. 6. Z. s and 2.
were borrowed from the Arabs along
with the decimal system OF notation
from the Hindoos.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24

The common asparagus is a native Of
southern Europe, where it grows on the
banks of rivers, in meadows and bushy
places, in sandy soils.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24

China sends thousands Of tons Of pea
nuts abroad each year and so does In.
dia. q
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24
POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS.

Senator Reed of Missouri is now re-
ferred TO as the "wapish and litigious
senator.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24

There have been all sorts of predic.
tions as TO when congress viii adjourn
but VicePresident Marshall expresses
the opinion that it will not be before
October l, although there are only
three really important measures to be
considered These are the food control
bill, the aviation bill and the war rev:
enue bill. 1t is the wind squad" Mr.
Marshall declares that is delaying ad
journment.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24

Mayor William Hale Thompson OF
Chicago has broke loose" again. In
his last pronouncement he declares
himself opposed to sending United
States troops to France to aid our a.
lies in the war with Germany, and
intimates that majority of the people
Of the United States are opposed to
the war. And this same man only las;
year aspired to the presidency and Is
now a candidate for United States sen
ator.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24

I'VE are prepared to state" says the
st. Louis Republic, that in his present
attitude Senator Reed does not repre-.
sent ten per cent Of the peol- 4 Mis-
souri,, exclusive Of alien enemies and
traitors"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24

Representative Victor Heintz Of Gin
cinnati will be the next member NJ con
gress to leave the house for serv,.c IN
the army. Representative he.ntz Is
the adjutant Of an Ohio regiment OF
the National Guard, with the rank OF
captain. His regiment will mobilize in
August for war duty, and Mr. Heintz
will Join the colors. While he will not
resign his seat in congress, his salary
as a member OF the house viii cease
automatically. He will leave the ques-
ton Of whether or not his seat should
be vacated 10 the house itself.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24

FL Reno Democrat: Coarse work by
most Of the German plotters precludes
the idea that they are connected with
any sort Of secret service.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24

II would be a most unfortunate thinS
for the country II politics should take
the form OF an attempted hindrance 10
the government in the prosecution Of
the war, as now seems probable. !.
would be the worst sort OF politics
The war is on. The government is
committed. The president as command
er.in.chief Of the army and navy is re-
sponsible for activities, and entitled 70
a square deal. There is no reason WIN
he should not get IT,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24

R. L. Davis of New Wilson, was in
the city today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24

Mrs. c. b. Taylor and daughter lisa.
belle, Of Greensboro n. c., are the
guests of Mrs. Taylor's brother, f. T..
Marion, 302 Birch street.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24

II is gossip at Washington that the
president has been discussing the ad'
visibility Of treating the suffrage
amendment as a war emergency meas
ure and asked for data which would
throw light on the question Of wheth
er it would be likely TO pass congress
with the necessary majority If he
should add II TO his war emergency
program. Advocates Of the amendment
declare that a canvass Of the house
and senate will show enough votes TO-
II 10 insure its passage in both houses.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24

Mrs. Neal Cross and daughters,
Mignon and Rachel. have returned from
Bowie, Texas. where they were the
guests for two weeks Of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. II. Cross, father and mother Of Neal
Cross.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24

Who is the administration leader in
the senate? Not Stone OF Missouri.
although he should be by virtue Of his
position as chairman of the committee
on foreign relations. Who is the ad.
ministration leader in the house? Not
Clark of Missouri, who should be by
virtue Of his position as speaker.
Indiana Democrats are facing huge
task party organization, but State
Chairman Greathouse viii open head.
quarters at the capital and proceed
TO accomplish the task. To
lack OF organization last year is at
tributed the disastrous defeat of the In
diana Democracy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24

Mnburn News: Automobiles and NOV
les may finally put baseball on the bum
but playing TO the grandstand viii con
tinue a favorite American custom.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24
CITY NEWS AND VIEWS

r. y. McReynolds of Oklahoma City.
Eas transacting business here today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24

Tulsa World. Let the American
army come" SAYS German paper. All
right. noighbor. they're coming.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24

Renfrew's Alva) Record: The gen
eral who viii win the war has already
been officially named. He is General
Economy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24

Harold Katz of the Palace Garage re.
oeived two cuts about his right eye and
a severe cut on his right hand when
the car he was driving went through
the fence five miles this side Of Wau-
Iika last night.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24

Guthrie Leader; Hlndenburg Is leav.
ing the celebrated line TO look after
itself while he assists the kaiser IN try.
ing 10 hold down the lid.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24

d. w. Baldridge, Of Tishomingo, was
in the city today on business.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-12
GERMANS To MAKE
PEACE PROPOSAL
CENTRAL POWERS WILL ADvo-
CATE mo VICTORY" END OF
WAR, lT is PREDICTED.
Surrender Of Belgium and French Ter
ritory Without Indemnity Is Plan
Agreed Upon by Germany and
Austria-Huneary.

Amsterdam. - The Deutsche Tage
zeitung of Berlin says It learns on
good authority that Germany and
Austria Hungary have agreed to make
another peace offer to the allies.
The offer will have as its basis no
territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT, the sur
render of Belgium and French terri
torial acquisitions for payments in
money and no Indemnity on either
side.
There Is growing displeasure in
German parliamentary circles against
DR., Karl Helfferich ewing 70 Satur-
days events in the reichstag. The
General Anzeiger Of Dusseldorf pre-
diets that DIR. HeIfferich will resign
the vice chancellorship in few weeks,
If not sooner.
Chancellor Michaelis. I'm an address
to the reichstag main committee on
October 8, as reported in Berlin dis
patches, replied to the charge that Of
ficiais had undertaken propaganda for
the new fatherland party. which is
carrying on movement in favor of
German peace
The chancellor laid down the prin-
ciple, which applies to Prussian Of
ticials as well as those connected with
the imperial government, that all are
free in their political belief so long as
the empire is not endangered thereby.
AS regards the army, the chancellor
said, all political propaganda will be
excluded.
Vice Admiral Won Capelle, German
minister of marine, announced in the
reichstag, on October 8, that plot had
been discovered in the navy to form
a committee of delegates on the Rus
sian model and to paralyze the fleet
so as to force the government to make
peace. The guilty parties have been
arrested and have received their just
deserts, the minister added.
Admiral Won Capple attempted to
link the radical socialists with the
plot.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-12
Some satlsfactlon.

At a ball given by Lord Derby In
Canada, writes Douglas Sladen, /
watched his A. %. g. taking an impor-
tant politician, whom he should
have known perfectly well, to intro
duce him to his (the politician's) own
wife, a young and pretty woman, who
considered herself one of the lions of
Canadian society.
The situation struck me as a prom
Using one, SO listened to hear what he
would say:
Mrs. Pm" he said, "may / introduce
Mr.. Um-um to your
She looked up at him with an
amused smile, and he continued quite
blissfdlly:
Hes stupid old buffer, but I'll
get him away from you as soon as I
can"