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Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-08-03
BRIDE HOME FROM
TRIP TO FRANCE

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug. g.
Somewhere in France is a sergeant
in the American army who was mar
ried just before he left the United
States and ventured to take his bride
with him on the transport which car
ried his regiment overseas. She went
with him as soldier. dressed in reg
ulation khaki and with her hair cut
short.
Today the young woman returned
from France, her effort to pose as a
Sammy" having failed Her husband
it was said aboard the steamship, was
a member of regiment formerly sta
toned at Arizona.
The vessel also brought back the
body of soldier who died on the trip
over.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-08-03
REVEILlE.

WHAT sudden bugle calls us in the
w night
And wakes US from a dream that We had
shaped,
FlinRng us sharply up against fight
We thought we had escaped?
TT is no easy waking, and We win
No final peace; our victories are few.
But still imperative forces pull US in
And sweep us somehow through.
SUMMONED by a supreme and confident
~ power
That wakes our sleeping courage like q
blow,
We rise, half shaken, to the challenging
hour,
And answer it-and go.
Louis UntermeyeE
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-08-03

the revolutionary government of that
country as a man of power. The ad
ministration of the affairs of Russia
is in the hands of Prince Lvoff and
his associates-mostly able men. 1t
was essential to the success of the
mission that their attitude toward it
should be friendly, and friendliness
could best be secured by sending
them an ambassador broadminded
enough to comprehend the problems
which perplex the Russian democ-
racy and sufficiently experienced as a
statesman 10 offer wise advice in the
effort to solve them. When he select
cd Elihu Root as such a man Presi-
dent Wilson made no mistake. Prince
Lvof's utterances leaves no doubt
on that subject New York Sun.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-08-03

THE Cuban government has uuahi-
mously passed bill providing an is
sue of bonds in the sum of $4,000
900 to he used in carrying on the
war against Germany. That amount
would barely last Great Britain day,
but to little republic like Cuba it
represents considerable addition to
the national debt and the spirit which
prompted the decision will not pass
unappreciated by the United States
and the allies.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-08-03
THE MEDICAL CORPS.

The MEDICAL COHPS.
THEIR countI:"'s need Is more to them
Il than personal demands;
There is no law to send these men to serve
in war torn lands;
They freely go, they gladly go, with heal
ing in their hands
WHAT Is the sacrifice they make? a
w life's achievements lost;
The barriers that blocked success by wea-
ry stages crossed,
They cast the hard won prize aside, nor
stop to count the cost.
T THINK the surgeons, more than most.
L are truly great Of soul;
Their charities, if told, would fill a lengthy
SCROLL
Their daily, countless kindnesses make
more than bodies whole.
GOD speed the ships that bear the food
~ we hasten overseas;
God bless the men who fight to save our
threatened liberties
God knows the surgeons who enlist are
not the least of these
Beatrice Barry.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-08-03
"BlaCkie" Found Guilty

John D. Annis, better known as
"Blackie" was this morning tried
on the charge of assault and battery
committed on the person of Mrs. A.
C. Mercer and was found guilty. The
trial was before a jury in the court
of Commissioner N. l.. Burton and he
assessed a fine of SIS on the guilty
man. Annis was arrested late last
week after a complaint had been
sworn out by A. C. Mercer, husband
of the injured woman.-Juneau En-
pire,
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-08-03
New Alaska Coal Veins

CORDOVA, Aug. 3.-Three new
veins of coal have been opened to
a width of fourteen feet at the Clark
Davis mine in the Boring river fields.
The Alaska Anthracite railroad, I'M
der construction from Katalla to the
fields, will be completed and haul
ing coal to the market in September.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-08-03

THE kaiser has been kind enough
to Uncle Sam to awaken him to the
imperious necessity of building
merchant fleet for pastwar as well
as war purposes.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-08-03
FORMULATED
AGAINST TEXAS GOVERNOR

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 3.-Charges
designed to form basis for impeach-
ment against Governor James Fer
guson for alleged embezzlement of
state funds were filed in the House
hre today by Speaker Fuller
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-08-03

Lady Decies, who before her mar
Rage to Lord Decies was Vivian Gould,
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs George ].
Gould Of New York. has Joined the
Scottish WOmen's Hospital contingent
The contingent is going to ROumania
for service.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-29
NATIONAL FIBER.

There is a class of well meaning
people who seem to imagine, in spite Of
experience, that a good cause Is bound
to win because it is good-that Provi.
dence viii see to II that virtue tri-
umphs, if need be, without any human
help. General Pershing said something
the other day that ought to make these
lazy optimists sit up and take notice.
The righteousness Of our cause" he
said, cannot decide this titanic conflict.
Il Is the fiber the grit, the nerve of
the civilian peoples which will decide
it. The side which. lasts the longest.
the side which endures, is the side
which will win-and which will give
its character to the future of civiiza.
tion. The quality of national fiber will
decide this war and decide the future
of the world"
There's a challenge worthy of our
mettle! Are we a nation of impractical
dreamers, or nation of doors? Have
we the absolute courage of our convio-
tions? Are we ready to go the limit for
what we believe in?
Preachers and poets for centuries
have praised truth-telling and pledge
keeping, the sanctity and inviolability
Of property, the wickedness of armed
violence and conquest, the blessings Of
peace, the right of individuals and ma.
tions to life liberty and the pursuit Of
happiness. And what avails all their
eloquence when Prussian savagery
marches forth?
Have we steel nerves along with our
soft hearts and sensitive consciences?
Have we stiff backbones? Have we the
national fiber to endure to the bitter
end? We must have, in order to win
and make the world fit for Americans
to live in.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-29

of great nation for the wrongs done
weaker nations, of the horror aroused
in our hearts by the deliberate savagery
of Prussian warfare, Of the fear we
have corle to entertain for the future
of Christian civilization, of our fear for
the permanence of democracy, of con-
Germ for our own safety If the German
government is permitted to carry out
its full designs.
II is upon such stuff as this in the
Cologne Gazette that the German peo.
pie have been fed for three years. They
seem to believe it, by dint of incessant
repetition. When viii they learn the
truth?
Apparently there is only one way Of
getting the truth into Germany. That
is by driving it in at the canon's
mouth. The editor of the Gazette tells
his readers, in the same article, that
America will be able neither to collect
nor to send next year the gigantic
armies of which the allies dream" He
ridicules our war preparations as
cheap bluff" and assures the German
public that if it holds out Just this one
more winter" the allied governments
viii have to confess TO their swindled
peoples" that they have lost.
When we win, and not before the
Germans will know that their states
men and editors have lied to them about
us, and that their whole war has been
based on lies.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-29
PREPARATION FOR BELGuM

The York Tribune: There is a single
sentence in the message of the pope
which must doom the entire proposal.
so far as the American people and the
American government are concerned.
In the matter Of Belgium this is writ
ten:
IF for certain cases there exist par.
ticular reasons, they would be delib-
Grated upon with justice and equity,
but these pacific agreements, and the
immense advantages to be derived from
them, are not possible without a recip.
rocal restitution of the territory at pres.
ent occupied
Consequently, on the party Of Ger
many, the complete evacuation of Bel
gium, with the guarantee of her full
political, military and economic indie
pendence toward it,"
1t comes down to this, then, that
after three years in which Germany
has wreaked her viii upon a helpless
people, upon a people invaded in de.
fiance of justice and right abused with
out regard to the laws of humanity or
Of civilization, plundered both as to
public property and as to private re.
sources, that empty shell which is Bel.
gium is to be evacuated by Germany.
and this is ALL
The German soldiers and the German
officers who stole the honor Of women
and the lives Of children We're followed
by those commercial agents who striped
Belgium shops Of their machinery. the
very bells Of the churches have been
taken away TO make German ammunL
ton; nothing that could be useful to the
German government, whether it be
money or property has been left. All
the tangible wealth of Belgium has been
swept into German Golfers; the slaves
who have been driven in chain gangs
to Germany have been worked to the
point of exhaustion, and then, broken in
health and starving, thrown back upon
Belgium to die.
What would it mean in the world if.
today peace were to be restored on the
basis that the German army should go
home, leaving behind it a desert and a
ruin, and for all this wrong. wantonly
wrought upon Belgium, there should be
no restoration and no restitution? What
of justice, what Of right, what Of hui
manity. is there in such a proposal?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-29
AS SEEN FROM COLOGNE.

The Cologne Gazette, semi-official
organ OF the German government. sets
forth Americas reasons for entering the
war as follows:
First. Americas hopes Of doing a
brilliant business In tine restoration OF
Europe after the war
Second, her desire TO save the loans
already advanced 20 the allies.
Third. the desire to miitarize Amer.
lea.
Certainly Amerlcaat.war would never
recognize herself from this description.
But II ls given with absolute seriousness.
Just as II has been given by other Ger.
man newspapers. at the dictatlon OF the
German government
There is no hint Of the bitter wrongs
suffered by Americans, OF the citizens
murdered by German ruthlessness. Of
the property destroyed unlawfully, OF
the rights denied. OF the national honor
flouted, OF the overpowering sympathy
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-29
TEACHERS FOR SOLDIER novs

Iopeka, Kan. Aug. 3i.-Kansas
young men who have enlisted I'm the
Kansas National guard or are taken
INTO the first drafted army may have
special school instruction and CORE.
spondence study in any subject now
provided In the curriculum OF the trni.
versity OF Kansas. Arrangements ara
being completed by the university 20
furnish instructors TO the traln,n,
camps at Fort Riley and Fort snl Okla
TO teach French, railway engineer,ng
electrical engineering, bridge buildins
carpentry and other subjects TO the
Kansas soldiers. II desired the mi
Versity VIII furnish instructors in home
economies, TO teach the camp cooks
now TO prepare meals for the soldiers
ana practice the economies OF the home
In the army kitchen.
In reality the university win es,,h
iish sort OF branch at the two train.
ing camps. II win provide for eorro.
spondenoe instruction and arrange 20
have instructors direct from the uni.
versity pay frequent visits to the camns
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-29
Our Other Army.
(By Melville Davisson Post
Of the Vigilantes)

Every man is a soldier in this war.
He holds his yard of front. He stands
somewhere in the line between Civiliza-
ton and the rape Of the Prussian Hor.
ror That line does not run from the
sea to the Jura only, 1t is a web over
every foot OF the American republic.
1t runs through every office. every
workshop every field every factory.
Wherever man is standing today, on
allied territory, he is standing in n
trench. He is a soldier with the obli.
cations Of a soldier. We have divided
our army into two divisions; the divis.
ion that is to assemble all our fighting
energy, and the division that Is to as.
semble all our Industrial energy.
We have got a mistaken notion. There
has been no selective draft The men
have merely been divided. And. let
us not deceive ourselves. This division
has not placed on one class Of our men
any obligation Of patriotic duty that
does not also equally remain on the
other class.
Service everywhere must be under
the same ideals We cannot have two
codes Of honor. We cannot hold the
fighting division Of our army to the
rigid standards Of a noble patriotism
and let the industrial one go loose. If
onc man among US gives his life with
no thought of gain, shall not another
give his goods? Shall the man who
gives to the service Of his country the
most valuable thing he has, give il un.
der a harder condition than the man
VINO gives thing that is less valuable?
Shall one man ask no profits for his
life, and another exact ii for his coal.
his cotton and potatoes; his iron and
ships? Who has drawn a line of de.
marcation between these two men, that
one shall act upon ideals fine and noble
and the other go free from them?
Let us stand up and look the situa-
tion in the face Are those Of us past
thirty years thereby exempted from
the obligations Of an elevated public
service? Does a fiat foot excerpt US;
or a defective eye; or a protruding alb.
domen?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-29
INTERN THE OBsTRUCrIONIsTs.

III there be no precedent for such ac.
tlon: II there be no present procedure
by which II can be accomplished, The
Daily Ardmoreite suggests that con.
gress Immediately take such action as
may be found necessary, not only to
curb but TO restrain, detain and intern
the obstructionists who are so grossly
misrepresenting their respective con.
stituencies.
The civilian has been enjoined to
keep his mouth shut" while these men
who seem TO think they are made Of
finer clay. are permitted TO obstruct the
administration policy; to misrepresent
the people who sent them to congress
and are continuing their pettifoggins.
peanut politics tactics with impunity.
By what virtue Is there extended to a
man who has gained more votes than
some other man, the privilege OF stand.
ing upon a pinnacle Of selfappraise.
ment and crying; MY principles, my
honor, viii not permit me to support
the win Of the people; what is honor
to the man who refuses to carry out
his trust?
The Ardmoreite proposes that Reed.
OF Missouri; Stone, Of Missouri: LaFol-
lette Of Wisconsin; Hardwick OF Georgia,
Gronna Of North Dakota--yes, and Gore
Of Oklahoma. shall be removed from
their places OF trust that they have so
ignobly deserted, that the win OF those
whom they have so grossly misrepr,.
sented be given consideration and that
they, each and every one Of them. shall
be deported to some military reserve.
tion at which are stationed men Of tn
national guard. now units OF the feder Il
ormy, ana men OF the National army
those selected men who shall fight OF
battle for us-and there be detained for
the period OF the war.
Oklahoma only offers a safe detention
post when The Ardmoreite suggests TT.
Sill We shall not be proud o; our de
tanned guests. our only regret viii be
that Company f. l1lth Engineers. is not
located there, so that we might hear
Sergeant otey detail the police squad.
Prisoners Reed. Stone. LaFollette.
Hardwick. Gronna, Gore. proceed with
the work Of making clean Company L
street"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-29
FAREWELL APPEARANCE
IN "HUMBUG" SHOW

Farewell tours: positively the last
appearance" is the way they are billing
their part in the sawdust ring OF the
Chamber Of Commerce bands Sc Ranch
and Humbug Circus" that il 20 be
staged September Z. Other positively
last appearances have been billed be.
fore this, and a trusting public has
found itself stung and bitten and all
that sort Of thing when return en-.
gagement OF the last appearances"
comes around In the next local show
but anyway II is Mayor Roberts last
appearance and those who have tears OF
sorrow. or gratitude TO shed should
come early and shed them at. the big
show.
In view OF the high cost OF living
the mayor announces that he fears
neither eggs nor vegetables. during his
act. which is said to be hummer"
Remember the big free street parade
VIII traverse the principal business
streets on the morning OF September I
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-29
Az REXOIR.
Adieu, Until We Meet Again.

Company +, 1l1th Engineers, former
ly Company b. Oklahoma Engineers.
but always to us, "the All.Ardmore
company" has departed Our sons our
brothers, our fathers, our sweethearts,
have left us to join the world forces
lighting for world democracy. Their
stay at Camp Bowie, Ft. Worth, is
only for brief period, for those finish,
ing touches that will make them Uncle
Sans soldiers in verify
We who stay at home will, in spirit
be with those who go to the front
Theirs 1t is to fight and conquer, ours
to remain and "do our bit" that they
may go into the fight with that whole
hearted spirit which has ever marked
the United States soldier.
Fort Worth shall welcome and cheer
them as we would have done had they
remained here before the final depart
ure. 1t is fitting that our nearest mo.
hiliZatiOn camp shall be their host.
Texas and Oklahoma have much in com
mon and we bespeak for Company f a
warm welcome and pleasant stay in
the neighboring city.
During this temporary camp. as II
shall be when our boys 10 to join the
forces overseas, Ardmore will fondly
cherish her sons in service. We are
proud that Ardmore is your home; we
shall watch your every movement with
confidence and love. We know that
when you return to us il will be to the
accompanying strains of victory and a
work well done.
Captain Patterson. men Of Company
+: Ardmore bids you God-speed. May
your victories be rapid and thorough,
that you may hurry home to us.
We shall not say goodbye, or even
farewell
Au revoir. boys,
Take keer Of yourselves"
Adieu, until we meet again!
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-29
From Other
Editorial Pages
PEACE WITHOUT PUNISHMENT
WOULD BE PREMIUM UPON CRIME

Manufacturers Record: The more des.
perate Germany's plight becomes the
more bluff it will put up; the more it
offers peace on its own terms, the more
the traitors in congress who represent
Germany and not the United States will
perjure themselves and work against
this country and for Germany.
The sentimental neurotic degenerates
among women who flood a murderer's
prison cell with flowers and scented
notes viii have many imitators who
will seek to save Germany, the inter
national rapist and murderer, from just
punishment for its crimes.
Millions of men have been killed, mur.
dered, because of Germany's fight to
conquer the world; hundreds of thou.
sands of women have been outraged by
her brutal officers and privates; inno-
cent babies have died in numbers too
great to be recorded; fathers and
mothers and wives have gone to un-
timely graves in the awful agony Of
suffering through the sufferings Of
their loved ones. But weakmlnded de-
generates men and women. led by Ger.
many's lecherous traitors to America
and to civilization, will struggle to save
Germany from defeat and punishment
Let such people be branded now as
the accomplices of the rapists and the
murderers, the-favored friends Of bar
barism run rampant; and let every hon
est woman and decent man forever shun
and ostrasize every degenerate man or
woman who under the false cry Of peace
joins in the effort to save Germany
from paying the fun penalty of its hell.
born and hell-guided work.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-29
He Only Wanted Facts.

Tit Bits; They were having an argu-
ment as to whether it was correct to
say of a hen she is setting" or sit
ting" and not being able to arrive at
satisfactory conclusion. they decided
TO submit the problem to Farmer Giles.
My friends" said he, ''that don't
interest me at all. What want to
known when l hear a hen cackle is
whether she be laying or lying"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-29

Paying his compliments TO Germany's
newest foes, China, Siam and Liberia.
the German chancellor says: I'VE have
made it clear to these countries that
we shall bring them to account for the
damage they have done under interna.
tional law to German interests" Just
how Germany proposes to bring them
to account is something we're naturally
curious TO know.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-29
MADML BUYS THE FIRST BALE.

Madill, Okla, Aug. 2s.-lSpeciaD-R.
8 Noah farmer, living near Madin.
was the first man In this section to
sell cotton ON the streets OF Madrl this
year. The first bale weighed a little
more than 500 pounds and sold for 2sh
cents. j. Il. Mcmillan, cotton buyer
Tor this district, was the purchaser.
The business men OF the city made up
a premium OF $50 in cash and presented
II to Mr.. Noah
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-29

If food Director Hoover should be the
Democratic nominee for president in
1920 not unlikely thing, what would
Senator Reed do?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-29

mo fightee, no votee" is the newest
slogan. The idea is that the man who is
not willing to fight for his country
should not be permitted to vote.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-29

Gates his common sense when he falls
in love.
ST. Joseph (NfoJ News Press: Mean.
/ while. the ideal place for the young
mans vacation is somewhere In
France"
Chickasha Express: Maybe you're
just as good as your neighbor." Maybe
he isn't near as good as you ought
to be.
Lawton Constitution: When oppor.
tunity crosses your path. grab 1t. It
will never annex you.
Duncan Banner: The world war is
scepter for crowned heads. Let 'em
fall.
McAlester News-Capital: Had you ever
noticed that II is usually the fellow
with a full stomach who holds "nothin'
agin nobody?"
Guthrie Leader: II Bernhard was
right that Germany must dominate or
decline. her failure TO dominate might
give clew to the answer.
Cherokee Republican: Germany has
achieved her long.sought ambition to
become known as the international
thug.
Boston Transcript: The kaiser is not
exactly seeking peace. you understand.
but II any Nobel prize is TO be awarded
this year he wants to have a claim on
file
Tulsa World: Some men conduct
themselves in such a manner that II is
apparent they favor an agitation to let
the women win the war
Muskogee Times. Democrat: Campers
should look out not TO set fire TO the
forests. II is good thing to clean
up when breaking camp. but don't feel
that Il is necessary to hide live embers
in the underbrush.
III Reno Democrat: a South Caro-.
lima poet sings: Il wish were a boy
again | want to go bare feet" Let
him be patient, The next raise in the
price OF shoes will probably accon,mo.
date him without the necessity OF re.
We ting the current OF time
Shc, man CTeNasl DcNOcrau lllian
Russell tells the girls that II they would
have beautiful mouths they must not
kiss. II is a cinch II they l.avn't beau.
titul mouths they won't be kissed. 80
there YOU are Lillianl
FL Smith tArkl Southwest American:
Worry may be, as the Episcopal bishop
OF kentuvk said In New York the other
day worse than drink. but Il Is harder
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-29

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conversational French and in working
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