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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-25

Manicuring for Ladies and Gentlemen
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-25
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crs and were assured that they would
not have 10 go into he trenches. al
/ though at times they may be COM
I PEELED to work in the danger zone.
/ ThS are primarily wCodmen. and
lighters aftcrward. if necessary. This
/ has been the experience OF the Ca
madam Lumber Jack Regiment. which
ON several occasions has had 20 work
while German shells screamed nearby.
and on one or two occasions they have
left their work in the forests long
enough TO take in some German spies
who were found lurking In the vi
cintty OF bridges whore they were
preparing lumber for rebuilding.
To Fellow Example or Canadians.
Tho Canadians carried their own
machinery into the forests of France
and, as the accompanying photographs
show. have opened up regular lum-
Der camp in the heart or that dew
astatcd land. Here one finds the
pastoral peace and hum of the saw
mill such as is found in our great
Mort Invest. They have already opened
tho way and the American regiment
will follow and DO its bit" IN repair.
ing the vandalism of the Germans.
our regiment viii carry it's own ma
chinery and set mp great saw mills in
woods. Others viii fell the trees and
drag them to the mills. The best pos
sibio American made machinery will 1
be used, and as the lumber mills of 1
our Northwest are far in advance of I
the natives OF France will be I
astOnished at the rapidity with which
the necessary iuEber will be turned
out. our regiment will convert the
available timber behind the battle
lines in France into railroad ties,
trench timber. mine props. bridge
timbers. lumber and cord wood needed
In the military operation OF the British
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out and manufacture the timber with
high efficiency but also to avoid waste
and leave the forests in good shape
for future reproduction. This Is the
reason for selecting mainly trained
foresters as officers OF the regiment.
Men Enthusiastic.
Our regiment, like the Canadian
regiment, will likely have its tree fell
ing contests in which there will be
great rivalry and zest added to the
work. "You may rest assured" said
one o. the men. There will be moth
Ing slow about the American lumber
jacks. We will keep the French and
Canadians busy watching our work.
We are expert when IL comes TO fell
ing the giant trees of the Northwest.
and those little saplinSs over there
will be easy"
The men will live IN . car
their work, have their own G. rcss
men--in fact. have all their own
equipment brought with them from
the United States. Several French
forcsters will be present and will like
IS got scme new points on forre'-y
from our men.
The regiment is made up Of six
OF one hundred and sixty
four men each, aside from battalion
and rcgimental STATS. drivers and
officers. The men of
the regiment are skilled woodmen. be-
ing recruited from logging crews.
skilled aXmen, sawyerS. tic hewers.
skidders. teamsters and blacksmiths
sawyers and engineers will |
man the portable sawmills which !
form part of the equipment while |
suitable helpers for various activities |,
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Recruited ~ Forest service.

Tho recruiting Tor the rank and file
Iot the regiment w.,, done mainly by
the forcsie-s In different parts OF the
country. who went on sin hunt for
the best men. rs n was desired that
me "hol" regiment be composed Of
/ picked woodsmcn. So far only one
regiment composed OF two thousand
I men. Is needed. and this has beer
iillod. although names are being uiacod
on The waiting lis In case another
regiment should be needed. Enlist
ment Is for tho period Of the war only
and the pay is excellent. extra wages
being paid while the men are on
foreign soil. Horsoshoers, stable men.
mes men. saudicT-. waroncrs, buglcrs
ana cooks were also necessary to com
plctc The outfit Pay began from the
date or enlistment and travelling cy-
penses were furnished by the Govern
ment. from the place of enlistment to
The training camp. There is little real
training 10 be done rs far rs the actual
"orS Of The regiment in France Is con-
r'rncd. FOR they arc all experienced
lumber men and hardened 10 their
outdoor lie. but while in France they
must be under military disciphlc. ,on-
sequcntly they must learn infantry
drills and how to live Ike the Ameri. !
can soldier under arms.
Men between The ages OF eighteen T,
and forty were selected and were sub |
jected to the same physical examina- /
tion as required FOR other military I
service. As the outdoor lie keeps I
men physically ht. few were rejected /
and present fine body or healthy /
vigorous men. They are receiving .
their military training at the Engi- .
neers Camp on the grounds Of the |
American University near Washing
ton. and will be ready TO take their
places in FraIce in q short time
The men were not enlisted as fight
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WHEN FRENCH
TOOK zEPPEL|NS
or ABSORBING INTEREST rs OFF,.
CItL ACCOUNT or GREAT CAP
TuiE or GERMANY'S FINEST.

Washington October "a. Gcrmanys
prcumably lost the half Of her total
effective fleet Of supcrZcppelins as "A
result of the raid October 20, over En-
Gland, according to official cablcgrams
received here
Al France Is eNultant over what the
dispatches declare 10 be the greatest
defeat administered ia AN air fleet since
the beginning OF the war.
The qualification Is more intense be
cause II Is now known that the Ger.
innn raid was an attempt to carry out
fearful threat Of vengeance made four
days before.
ON that occasion. the German gov
crnmcnt sent out warning To both
France ana England of dire punish.
mrnt to follow what the Germans de.
rlarcd 10 DE unwaiTanted and inhuman
attacks by British and French ayiators.
upon peaceful German towns.
krprisals were threatened in an off
cal German communication. which in
part reads:
For every brick which falls from
peaceful German homes. whole rows Of
buildings VIII be overthrOwn in Paris"
When First One Falls.
The official French report of the at.
tpmptcd German raids Is as follows:
The first Zeppelin was brought down
ui 81 Clement on the borders Of the
toicst of Mondnn, ten kilometers from
Luncv!llc. 10 was seen at 6.2o "A. m.
lr an attack by the French aircraft
guns the fourth shell struck the out. 1
side envelope ana the zopplin caught
tire, II remains IA mass of metal and I
irdm rubber aud broken propcllers
Five dead bodies. horribly mutilated. |
were found near the Zeppelin Others |
must be buried under the ruins. which 1
ftill are smoking.
There could not have been any |
bombs left In the Zeppelin. az no ex.
plOsi0ns were heard.
The apparatus had four propellers.
AT about e.20 y. m Zeppelin Las WAS 4
forced by our aviators 20 come Ia earth |
near Bourhonne les Baines II IL In.
fact The commanding officer and n |
men were madc prisoners (this Is the
airship referred TO in yesterdays cable
,iispstch)
"A little later the third Zeppelin. the
L5o. came down at Dammartin near
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ZTH fi.N ONE REMEMBERS how
n n careful The Germans are in
kN2 the preservation and beauty
W. ~ their trees and now trees
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ETN flN ONE REMEMBERS how
n careful the Germans are IN
VN q the preservation and beauty
W. of their trees and nov trees
GRO 'fon protected by law In the Ger
man E'ap.rd. Il seems strange that
wherryCT the Faiser's soldiers have
zone in Fnince during the present
war. when the trccs arc no longer OF
use 10 them. they have 81 nycd them
with almoa devilish g.. especially
~ they were fruit trees -oos which
.'a.n bStre fruit for years and formed
Daft o. tho living OF the French
p-asants. During one OF the "mastcr-
j. ietrcats' 90 the Huns they de
i'roych a whole section or fruit trees.
i-,ylng the Gno old orchards n mass
OF ftumps. many OF which they hacked
Oft 10 the very roots Even the young
trees were snwed of enc mutiiated In
such o manner as 10 bs completely
ruiood. Later perhaps the United
States Forest Service viii assist In tho
rnfrtiiting Of this section. but at pres
eni T. must deal with the needs OF
man.
Tbo ruthless hnnd of tho German is
ittn cFtrJ JWHtFc an invuutU france,
for railroads and roFidoncos OF non
comoatants followed the wny OF the
trees. While the destruction OF rail-
roads In war Is sometimes Justified.
nothing can excuse or explain the
ruthiosS tearing down or burning OF
tho hcpns or helpless women asd
children who have no part In the
conflict. Everywhere are found the
marks of cruelty and barbarism
thought to have been dead centuries /
ago.
Some OF these damages will be in !
. measure repaired by an American |
ycesmont recruited by the Forest Serv- !
Ice OF the United States. " viii be 1
j,noun aT the Lumber Jack Regiment |
;fnIa thc fact that II wtii 'be composed
- i0"n who nrc expert woodmon, and
'9 dufS wi'i bc 70 'nkc lumber out OF
iNo Wrfrr' forests f0r various pur-
poses.
Commanded Ey q. :. Engineer
Tho reE,u.o;.t W. rs2; r.9cd a. tho
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-25

Alaska has gone beyond any other
state or territory of the union. in the
Limitation of the hours of labor. n re.
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shall not exceed eight hours within any
one calendar day, except in cases when
life or property is in imminent danger"
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cent act providing that "a period Of en-
ployment for all wage earners and sal.
airy earners in the territory Of Alaska
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| Montigny Leroi and two officers and
II men Of her crew were captured. Two
Of the crew were slightly wounded
Sails Without Ballast.
"Thc Zeppcllns crew detached car
which they entirely destroyed The
Zeppelin without ballast went off with
four men. From the declaration Of the
prisoners this Zeppelin left Gutenberg
for London. october 19. but was unable
to reach the English capital.
Two Ieppelins. entirely destroyed.
were attacked by our aviators and by
our anti.aircraft guns and came down
In the valley Of the Saonne. alighting in
the region OF Sisterton. The crews, az.
ter having burnt their Zeppelins at
tempted 10 escape. but were taken pris-
toner's.
1.-TWO other machines were seen I'm
the South, one landing at La Range in !
the lower Alps. The other was seen by !
the aviation center ut Frejus drifting |
towards the sea in "a vertical position |
aud disabled.
Five Probably Lost.
Thus probably the Germans lost five |
OF their Zeppeins. which were all OF the ,
new type from 234 to 244 meters In
length and carrying seven and nine en-
gincs with from 1900 to 1000 horse
power"
Summing up the extent OF the dis.
astcr To the German air fleet the re- 4
port says that Germany all around
probably has constructed 100 Zoppelins
of which 10 were destroyed before the
war. The losses officially reported by
the allies were six In 1914: sixteen in
1915; % for 1916 and three for 1917
Thus a minimum of 66 Zeppelins
have been destroyed. 10 which must bp
added half "A dozen more lost by acci- :
dent aud IN experimental trials De.
Quoting machines loaned 10 Bulgaria.
Germany now has on the western front
)nly 20 superZeppelins The great
'st air fleet concentrated against En-.
gland In Belgium and northern Ger
many has never amounted 10 more than
lC Zeppelins.
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Read the want ads.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24
HYMEN HUSTLED

On account of the slack demand for
marriage licenses, Judge VIM. q.
Smith had about decided that he and
his family would be shy Christmas
turkey. However, Cupid has been
busy and suddenly gave his old col
lege chum, Hymen, bunch of orders.
Sunday, in his Office, Judge Smith
welded two couples-Miss Susie
Hayes, teacher in the Webster high
school, to Mr.. Paul A. Tompkins,
merchant and postmaster at Lisbon,
and Miss Effie May Hooks, teacher IN
the Sumterville- school, to Mr.. John
F. Hayes, first assistant teacher IN
the Oxford school.
This morning, Judge Smith also
tied in wedlock Mr.. Andrew Book
and Miss Katherine Patcher and Sat
urday he issued licenses to Robert
Franklin Turner and Sarah Emory
Nichols, to Harrison Woodwork
Massie and Jessie P. Shortridge.
So the Judge and family will prob
ably have turkey.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24
COMICAL COMEDY CHAPS

Headed by that comical clever
prince of black face comedians,
Charlie Gano. the comedy end of J.
A. Coburn's Greater Minstrels who
appear at the Temple on Tuesday
night is this season stronger than ev-
er before. Gano's ability as a funny
man, singer, producer and general
cut-up, is in class by itself, while
his sauve, corteous good humor and
personality has made him host of
friends off the stage as man and a
gentleman. Others in the black-face
lineup are that son of old Virginia,
"Tom" Post, of the tango trombone
solo repute, Jimmie Russell, Nate
Mulroy, Simons and Simpson, and the
popular Tommy" Lynch, he with the
Celtic vocabulary behind the burnt
cork, with the persistent patter in
voice and feet. All are clever dancers
and entertainers. The fun is fast,
the end songs great and the dancing
feature of the big first part open
ing. A splendid orchestra, in. which
Mr.. Kent Gage, harp soloist, is an
added feature, is fine auxiliary in
producing a first-class enjoyable per-
formance. Everything is new from
the parade to the close of the last
act in the show
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24
SHOULD NOT INDUCE
Us To SLACKEN
Teuton Peace Offers, Says Secretary
Baker, are Only Made to
Gain Time
ASSOCIATED Press)

Washington, Dec. 24.-Germany's
newest peace propaganda is viewed
as a forerunner to an offensive in the
west unless a German-made peace is
accepted by the Allies of the United
States and Should not for a moment
induce us to slacken our preparations
for war;" says Secretary Baker in his
weekly review of the military situa-
tion. "The Germans realize that
within short time our armies will
form a part of the principal body of
fresh strategic reserves remaining
available on the battlefields of Eu-
rope Our armies constitute the re-
serves of victory.
The secretary's review points out
that the fighting morale of Italy may
be relied upon omatter how inten-
sive the German peace campaign be-
comes.
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kers turned loose this week, has the
appearance of French general.
Wes is classed as farmer and is
making preparations for a bumper
crop of cotton and other staples for
1918.
ed Mr.. Stanbrough's beautiful home,
fronting Silver Lake.
Available land for farming another
year around the fort is about ex-
hausted.
Mr.. N. A. Farris slaughtered eight
hogs yesterday at his farm. You
should get him to show your the Ten
nessee act on liver stews.
C. j. Baxter and Wess Waldror,
have brand, spanking new autos. All
they want now is a hard surfaced
road and they will pull off some
stunts that will make a slow to act
county commissioner pull off his
shoes and run.
Mr.. W. T. Buck Jr and two sweet
little daughters, Marion and Helen,
are expected soon on a visit to Mr..
Bucks afther, Mr.. ]. E. Wagnon.
Our old friend, Mr.. Matchett, is at
home for a wild hog, deer and turkey
hunt in the scrub. He says that when
he left Lake Okeechobee they were
shipping carloads of fresh pumpkins,
rattlesnakes and ten-pound mud cats.
If Mr.. Carroll could see young
Matchett playing in the sand with
his Ford, he would give him an agen-
cy for the Maxwell
| suggest that the editors of the
Star and Banner come out on New
Years day and examine the larders
and smokehouses in this community,
and then turn in about dinner time
at the home of our young, white
haired farmer "Mr. Cameron" and
see the three and four-pound turnips
shove the hegshead and corn dump
lings around. After dinner, ask hirn,
in gentle way, what his neighbors
think about Fort Mccoy getting on a
boom.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24
POSTOFFICE NOTICE

The delivery and stamp windows
will be open tomorrow christmas
day. from s to 10 o'clock a. m. All
mail will be received, distributed to
lock boxes and dispatched to trains
as usual. City carriers will make one
delivery before noon. Persons expect
ing packages by mail will oblige US to
call at delivery window for them be-
tween 8 and 10 o'clock a. m. as we
have not force enough to deliver all
parcels post packages tomorrow.
R. F. Rogers, Postmaster.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24
CHRISTMAS SERVICES AT
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH

The Christmas services at Grace
Episcopal church vii be as follows:
On Christmas Eve there will be
"Midnight Service" which will begin
at~11:30 Monday night. This will be
largely of musical character. At
midnight the celebration of the Holy
Communion viii begin. The music
throughout the service will be of
Christmas character and will be spec
tally interesting. On Christmas day
there will be celebration of the Holy
Communion at 10 a. m.
Everyone is invited to these SER
vices, and all seats are free. Try to
be at the beginning of the Midnight
Service.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24
SAD EXPERIENCE FOR A SISTER
Arrived at Camp Wheeler Only in
Time to Help Lay Her
Brother Away
Tampa Tribune)

Macon, Ga, Dec. 22-There was
only one death at the base hospital at
Camp Wheeler during the past twen-
ty-four hours, Luther B. Mcclure, a
private in Company A, 122nd Infan-
try. tuberculosis was given as the
cause
The first burial here since the Dixie
division was formed took place this
morning, the body being that of Pat
rick Mclaughlin, who died on Dec.
19 of pneumonia.
Mclaughlin was born in Capetown,
South Africa, and had lived in Eng
land and Canada. His sister, Miss
Charlotte Mclaughlin, came here
from Saskatoon, Sask., today in re-
sponse to a message that her brother
was seriously i'll at the base hospital.
She left her Canadian home Mon
day morning. She had hoped to be
with her brother on Christmas day,
but found him dead
The body was buried in a local
cemetery with full military honors.
Enlisted at Tampa
Patrick Mclaughlin enlisted in
Company G of the Second Florida
regiment at Tampa, and went with
that company to Camp Wheeler,
where the regiment became the 124th
Infantry. He had lived here about a
year and half and had no relatives
in this section.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24
A LETTER FROM THE MAYOR
Ocala, Fla, Dec. %, 1917.

Ocala, Fla, Dec. %, 1917.
To the Citizens of Ocala:
With our nation at war, and the
conservation of all our resources so
imperative, l take this means of sug-
gesting to our people that the cele-
bration of this Christmas season be
in keeping with the one great object
in view-the winning of this war.
The use of fireworks at the Christ
mas season is not only noisy, bois-
ferrous method of celebrating the an.
University of Christ's birthday, but is
dangerous to life and property, is con-
trary to our city ordinances, and more
than all, it is this year un-
patriotic.
l ask your cooperation in reducing
this waste to a minimum during this
Christmas season.
Respectfully,
j. E. Chace, Mayor.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24
MARION COUNTY HOSPITAL
APPRECIATES MR.. MUNROE
Ocala. a.. Dec. "a. 1917.


Mr.. T. T. Munroe, Ocala, Fla:
Dear Sir: 1t is with special pleas
ure that the staff of the Marion
County Hospital Association takes
note of your continued and unselfish
interest in the affairs of the institu-
tion which, taking shape as a child,
(twenty years ago) of the lamented
DR.. Sam Potts Eagleton, has become
a lusty adult under your fostering
care.
We are fully sensible of the fact
that without your fine executive abil-
ity and business capacity, its present
success could not have been attained
With greetings of the season to
you and your loved ones, we are,
Yours very cordially,
The Medical and Surgical Staff Of
the Marion County Hospital Assn.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24
SEC'Y BAKERS SIDE
Of THE STORY
In Regard to the Training Camps
May Put Different Light on
the Subject
(Associated Press

Washington, Dec. 24.-The testi-
mony of Secretary Baker and the
commanders of training camps in the
South before the Senate military
committee will, in the opinion of
many, throw an entirely different
light on conditions so far pictured.
The administration, it was said to-
day, had absolute confidence the tes-
timony of Secretary Baker would re-
suit in generating his department of
charges that information from camp
commanders would strengthen the
position of the department in the
public mind.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24
FORT MCCOY

N1CSOys AGCs GOs-4 AG
ing together of the old and the new
year will be celebrated Monday night
beginning at 8 O'Clock with minia-
ture naval engagement with the Ger
man forts on Silver Lake. The little
U. S. boat Helen, carrying the U. S.
colors and manned by captain and
three gunners will attack the forts
with Roman candles and high explo-
sives. The forts will respond in
like manner. Those wishing to par
ticipate must come prepared for the
fray. There will be dance to follow
at some convenient place.
Mr.. C.. w. Wiandt had wonderful
success at the sale of his personal
property near Eureka, many items
bringing more than their original
cost.
Mr.. A. o. Harper is having grand
success with his fernery, not being
able to fill orders.
Mr.. J. S. Grantham sold his store
lot property this week to Mr.. ]. E.
Wagnon. This is a good location for
bank some day.
NIL M ~ L dII1S VI near w lIIS1ASS-
ter, Tenn, has purchased Mr.. I. M.
Hinson's farm near Eureka. Mr..
Farris made a good selection, as this
is considered one of the best farms in
Marion county.
The families of Messrs. Evans and
Farris are quite an acquisition to our
churches, Sunday schools and COM
munity.
Mr.. J. E. Wagnon has sold his
store property to Mr.. Evans of South
Carolina, retaining the cottage and
lots recently purchased of Scarborough
& McQuaig.
Mr.. J. w. Stevens bought the cozy
little home on Florida street former
ly owned by Mr.. J. M. Meffert. Mr..
Mr.. J. V. Tarver sold his home on
Rentz avenue to j. E. Wagnon. This
property has been renovated and is
now occupied by Mr.. N. A. Farris and
family of Tennessee.
Messrs. J. M. Atkinson and M. N.
Cowart will be at home for the holi-
days.
uAIs 0hOOuys IAC IuopCSGOI LUZ GHC
East Coast Railway. was business
visitor here this week.
Think about six carloads of cross.
ties for one days shipment out of
Fort Mccoy for the East Coast. This
looks like business for some road.
You ought to see Mr. Sid Taylor
laugh since the railroad quit. His
face looks like the letter M.
One of our accomplished teachers,
Miss Ida Vause, leaves today to
spend Christmas with home folks at
Palatka.
Mr.. C. C. Hilton and pretty daugh-
ters, jamie and Doris, leave Sunday
for holiday visit to Mr.. Hilton's
daughter at Jacksonville
Miss Donnie Proctor, the cultured,
much loved teacher at the Griner
Farm school, will spend Christmas
with her mother, Mrs. c. J. Proctor
near Eureka.
Mrs. Anderson of New Mexico and
Mrs. Bower of Missouri, will ccupy
Miss Jessie Clark's residence for the
winter.
Mr.. John McLin's brother and
niece are here for the winter.
Mr.. H. M. Hutchinson, one of our
enterprising merchants, has purchas-
Mr.. West Stevens, with his whis-
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24
EXPLOSION IN MACON
ASSOCIATED Press)

Macon, Ga, Dec. 24-The explosion
of gas pipe in the basement of the
Hotel Dempsey early today fatally
injured Policeman John Alexander
and John A. Truman, proprietor Of
the pool room. The explosion was the
result of fire which started in the
pool room. Both men were on the
sidewalk in front of the hotel and
were blown high in the air.