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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22
W AR VIEWS OF
OF II Err EDITORS

70 gather up such a force indiscrimi-
nately by the volunteer system might
re" lily result in an irreuievable mill.
,ary disaster.
This is war in which the army it.
self is only one Of the Inits. Agri.
culture must be carrie on without
interference. The essen Il industries
must be safeguarded IN their man
power. Transportation must not be
interrupted.
The selective-draft system, by
which all the men between the ages
of nineteen and twenty-five are called
into the service of the country, ena.
bles the government to raise an army
without weakening its economic re-
sources. Under that policy men who
ought to be on the farms can be kept
on the farms Men who ought to be
in the factories can be kept in the
factories. Men who ought to be on the
railroads can be kept on the rail
roads. Ths army can be made up of
men without wives or dependents, Of
men taken from the non-essential in
dustries. At the same time, the shirk.
ers and slackers can be compelled to
do their share either in military or in.
dustrial service.
II is system under which the idle
sons Of the rich must bear their share
Of the common burden along with the
sons Of the poor.
1t is the only system under which
the right man can be sent to the right
place
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22
THE VACANT LOT GARDEN.

Mayor W. II. Roberts IL very likely
the first municipal executive to issue
IA proclamation calling upon his con
stitucnts to turn their vacant lots into
gardens in which to raise produce in
an effort to meet the demand for
economy In food stuifs. And the mayor
has made the city the first to contrib
ute garden space to the householder
who has mo land OF his own" 1t is
required by the proclamation terms
that wherever parkways are unsodded,
the most adjacent resident shall be
permitted to put In seed and raise
his crop
Compared TO the intensive methods
Of other countries there Is a tremen-
dous waste OF soil possibilities in the
United States We have prided our
selves on our grass plots at the eN-
.ponsc OF not our own pocRetbooks
alone, but also to the cost Of our neigh
bors The fast increasing demand has
not kept up with the supply and higher
prices have been the natural result
School pupils have been for some
time making gardens and the majori-
ty OF the houscholdors are so engaged
or about to do so. II is not too late
TO begin now Every available foot OF
ground should be used.
And, as Mayor Roberts proclaimed.
he who is rich in land should tender
his unused ground TO his less for.
tunute neighhor
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22
TOLL OF SUBMARINES
Two Hundred and Twenty-six Lives
Taken Through Activities of Ger
man Craft

Following is a detailed statement
Of vessels sunk by German subma-
rines, showing the number of Ameri.
can lives lost in each sinking:
British ship Falaba Torpedoed
March rs, 1915 Cwarned); l American
lost.
British ship Lusitania. Torpedoed
May 7, 1915 (nO warning); ia Amer
leans lost,
american ship Gulflight Torpedoed
May l, 1915 (no warming; Ameri-
cans lost.
British ship Armenian. Torpedoed
June 2S, 1915 lordered to stop; tried
to escape); 90 Americans lost.
British ship lberian Sunk July 81,
1915 tried to escape; stopped by
shell fire.; Americans lost
British ship Anglo-Californian Sunk
July 4, 1915; Americans lost
British ship Hesperian. Torpedoed
September 4, 1915 Cno warning)
American lost.
British ship Arabic. Torpedoed Au.
gust 10, 1915 (no warning): 8 Ameri-
cans lost.
British ship Persia. Believed to
have been torpedoed. Sunk December
30, 1915 tno warning) 2 Americans
lost.
Italian ship Ancona. Torpedoed No
vember 3. 1915 (no warning); 7 Amer.
leans lost.
British ship Englishman. Torpedoed
March q, 1916 (nO warning); 6 Am
orleans lost; more whose nationality
is doubtful
British ship Cabotia. Sunk by gun.
fire October 90, 1916; American lost
British ship Marina. Sunk by gun.
fire October 2S, 1916 (warned); S Am.
orleans lost
British ship Russian. Torpedoed De.
cember IA, 1916 (no warning); II Am.
orleans lost.
British ship Eavston. Sunk by shell
fire February 8, 1917; American
lost; other whose nationality is
doubtful.
British ship Vedamore. Torpedoed
February 7, 1917 Cno warning); 10 Am.
orleans lost.
British ship Turino. Torpedoed Feb
ruary Z, 1917 (no warning): Ameri
can lost.
French ship Athos. Torpedoed Feb
ruary %, 1917 (no warning); l Amer.
can lost.
British ship Laconia. Torpedoed
February 26, 1917 (no warning): S
Americans lost.
Norwegian ship Siostad. Believed
torpedoed March ., 1917 (no warn.
ing); ! American lost.
American ship Vigilancia. Torpedo.
ed March l6, 1917 (no warning)
Americans lost.
American8hip Healdton. Torpedoed
March 2l, 1917 (no warning) Z Ameri.
cans lost
British ship Crispin. Torpedoed
March 29, 1917 tho warning): 6S Am.
orleans on board, killed. Is missing
Total, 226 American lives lost.
On the Lusitania there were also "a
children born of foreign parents ON
American soil.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22

prisoners. These men are not like
those captured earlier in the war.
There is no longer the show Of bra.
vado and OF sureness that was shown
by earlier prisoners. The Captuerd
men are hungry, discouraged and
shattered They have lost their nerve
and present a pathetic spectacle Their
manhood seems to have been bat
tered out of them. No human being
could live through what they have
lived through and maintain their nor
NAL reason. And if these prisoners
present a fair sample of the condi-
tion of most of the German troops at
the front in France, the army of Won
Hindenburg is mo longer competent.
1t is made up Of men on the verge Of
insanity.
Far back of the front other condi-
tions are noted that are significant.
In spite of rigid censorship the infor-
nation continues to leak through the
lines that industrial Germany is a
hotbed of revolt Whether this tend
ency will find expression in a revolu-
tion or not is problematical 1t seems
exceedingly doubtful whether the Ger
man people dare to make a serious
effort at revolution. But the situation
does indicate beyond all doubt that
there is growing unrest and dissatis
faction among them that cannot but
work TO the embarrassment of the
kaiser and his official coterie. 1t is
not the same Germany that followed
so joyously when the glittering army
marched through Belgium 1t is not
the same Germany that went so conf
IDENTIFY into the war. The seeds of
doubt OF the emperor's infallibility
are surely bearing fruit. Germany is
distressed, worn and weary and it is
becoming harder to force the people
TO sustain the war. Peace may be a
long way in the future, but the Ger
man people are losing their confidence
in the staggering boastiul and auto.
cratic government
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22
A GIRLS EDITORIAL ON THE
GREAT WAR.

The student paper of the univer-
sity, The Daily Texan. was recently
turned over to the young women of
the institution for one day. The
copy for the entire paper was writ.
ten by young women. The leading
editorial, written by Miss Dorothy
Renick of Waco, Texas, contained the
following remarks on the war: "In
the heart of every woman of the uni
yersity there is prayer. Some of
us stifle the prayer; others ignore It.;
a few refuse in their hearts to ac.
knowledge its existence; others hide
II in a torrent OF so-called war en-.
thusiasm. Tha, prayer is for peace.
Every woman in America who real
ICES the situation. every university
girl who has brother. a sweetheart,
or a friend who may become food for
the kaiser and his military machine,
cries out in soul-rebellion for peace.
But peace is not mere military
inaction, nor the cowardly lodging
of issues. Peace must have as its
substrata the firm bedrock of right
and justice and human charity. We
want a whole and entire peace, peace
that is eternal because It rests on
truths that last always. No country
ever entered war with more disin
terested motives than those with
which the United States now enters
the world conflict. We have nothing
to gain, much to lose. We fight for a
principle; we stand for an interna.
tional right, the freedom of the high
seas. We stand opposed to militar
ism, We fight that fighting may be
done away with forever and ever"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22
WAR VIEWS OF OTHER EDITORS.
Essentials for National Safety.

Essentials for National Safety.
Manufacturers Record: % The
opposition to conscription for the
army amounts in reality to opposition
to our success in war with Germany.
Il Is, moreover giving strength 10 the
efforts of the coward and the slack
er to hide behind the men whose high
sense of patriotism calls them to the
Colors.
The only fair and honest stand for
the country is TO place an equal burd.
en- upon all. To depend upon volunteers
would be to put a premium upon
slackers and throw the whole burden
of the army's work upon the brave
for the benefit of the towards and
slaCkers.
(2) For nearly three years we
have hidden behind the British fleet
and enjoyed boundess prosperity and
kept in safety because that fleet
made II impossible for Germany to
invade and Oyerrun our country. We
have made billions out of the st.ug.
gle of the allies, and as a nation we
have been slackers, letting others pro-
tect US Common decency and our
own safety alike demand that we give
to the allies Immediately the aid Of
our financial strength by furnishing
them with at least a few billions Of
money to help them maintain the
fight. Their defeat would mean our
destruction.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22

WHY NOT DRAFTS" FOR FOOD?
Guthrie Leader: II will require
food to win the war. While drafting
soldiers why not draft the farmers and
cause them TO cultivate no less than
l2O acres out Of every leo acres. Then
let the government supply them seed
at big discount There is a lack Of
farm help. Thousands OF enlistments
fail because prospective recruits fail
in examination, physically all right,
but trifle near-sighted or too tall
for the weight regulations. Why not
draft these rejected men and place
them on farms.
In the south larger cotton acreage
is impeded by the colored laborers
leaving the cotton fields. Why not
press them into service for a period
Of three years?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AND THE TOLL ROAD

The Board Of County Commission
ers were surprised to note the insin.
uations in an editorial OF The Ardmor-
cite stating how they had opposed the
toll road to the oil fields. Although
we did not think this road could be a
success no one would have been more
pleased than this board to have seen
it succeed.
We do not believe that Carter county
can have too many roads of a perma-
.nent type and the distribution of traf-
iic that this road would have caused
would have been a material help to
prolonging the life OF the highway to
be built by the county.
We were not aware that the public
wanted the Commissioners to abandon
building public roads in the direction
Of the field, but always assumed that
the toll road was to be cooperation
TO take care Of the immense traffic in
that direction.
The failure Of the project only means
tnat the roads built by the county will
have to be of a more expensive and
permanent type to Withstand the traf.
lic by itself and this is certainly no
reason why the board would have.been
against the toll road
We feel that our attitude was mis-.
understood and the fact that person
can not see the feasibility OF a project
does not mean that he is openly against
It,
The Ardmoreitc is entirely wrong
when IL announces that the county
commissioners are against anything
that will give better roads anywhere,
any way and at any time, so long as
The public welfare Is taken care of.
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22

In the near future, all restaurants
which pass the inspection Of the city
health officer will be awarded cards
showing that they have clean bills
Of health. Patronize these places,
thus giving your support to the new
city administration. which is working
hard 10 make Ardmore the cleanest
city IN the United States.
"Clean up and keep cleanl"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22
THE sELEcrIvE DRAFT.

New York World: The principle OF
the selective draft, which the admin.
istration has adopted, was born OF the
bitter experience OF the British gov.
ernment in this war II would be
easy enough for the United States to
raise a voluntary army. We doubt II
any practical difficulty would be ex.
perienced in recruiting 100000 men
to serve until the end OF the war. bu,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.

The Ardmoreite submits in this
column communication from the
public. Those who submit matter
for this department are requested
to sign their names and addresses,
which may or may not be printed
No anonymous communication
will be given attention.)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22
sherman (TexD Register

II all the world Is not against Ger
many today Il is not Germany's fault.
Few nations have been left without
cause to hate the kaiser's government.
The great majority OF our German
American citizens, while they love
their native land, for which they are
to be commended. have no regards or
respect for the plutocratic government
OF the kaiser
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22
THE CLEAN UP CRUSADE.

Clean up and keep clean!"
But I'm not dirty" some people
might say.
Maybe you're not But how about
that neighbor OF yours? Why not
slip easily mp to his side, and give him
little clean up talk.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22

MeSopotamia is first heard Of in
Scripture as the country where Ma.
hor and his family settled after quit.
ting ur o. the Chaldecs The Mesopo.
amia OF the Bible, Syria between the
two rivers the Tigris and the Eu.
pirates, Is a tract nearly goo miles
long and from 20 to 250 miles broad.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22

sherman lTeNl Courier:
II We want a good war slogan, there
is no trouble about finding one In the
Spanish.American war II was "Remem.
hcr the Maine,' Now it's Remember
the Lusitania!'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22

Natal has a new industry-the dis.
ulling from molasses spirit that "a
expected to rival gasoline as motor
fuel at a rate of 100000 gallons a
year.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22

Kansas city Journal:
Stalwart Young men who have been
soldering on their jobs for years are
now rushing into the marital moose TO
escape being soldiers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22
Bartlesville Examiner:

bArteSNllle examiner,
In the war preparations one o. the
first things TO do is 10 route Gen
Apathy and substitute Generals Econ.
omy and Efficiency
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22

McAlester News-Capital;
II you want TO start a fight get into
an argument with "pacihst'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22

Lawton Constitution:
II Is said that figures won't lie, %
but It beats the deuce how many liars
around this town can figure.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22

sH Is The Ardmoreiie's job de.
partment phone
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22

Massachusetts, women will not be
permitted TO vote on recommendations
submitted to the electorate OF the state
10y the coming constitutional conyen.
ton. The supreme court. In an opinion.
declared that that body had no authori.
ty to define the word people" in the
act providing for the convention as
meaning both men and women, and no
power at this time TO amend the act
or take other steps to permit women
TO vote.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22

Il looks as II congress is in for a
prolonged and indefinite session. There
are many indications that II will not
get away In hurry, but will continue
In session as long as there are foreign
policies to be- passed upon and Ques.
uons of domestic importance In con.
nection with the war to De considered
We are enlisted for the term OF the
war as one OF the members OF the
house phrascd H.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22

Colonel Bryan, having expressed
Willingness to serve as a private, it
has been suggested he enlist under
Colonel Roosevelt.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22

Prohibition viii become effective in
New Hampshire on May /, 1918.
The man now most talked OF for the
Republican nomination for President
in 1920 is Governor Whitman Of New
York.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22

Not a single vote recorded in the
house Of representatives and not a sin.
gle vote in the senate against the
SIOOOOOO,OO0 appropriation. All Of
which goes to show that there are no
Republicans or Democrats and no poll.
tics in this country when patriotism is
the issue
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22

Suffrage for women In Pennsylvania
.is still in the dim future. The pro.
posed suffrage amendment to the state
constitution was defeated in the lower
branch of the legislature, lacking three
votes OF the number necessary TO pass
H. Subsequently the bin was subject.
.cd TO parliamentary procedure which
effectively killed 1t as far as the pres.
ent session of the legislature is con.
.cerncd.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-22
LICENSE AND iLLlTERAcx.

LICENSE AND iELfTERACY. ~ ~
- One of the claims Of the defenders
of the liquor traffic Is that prohibition
states have large percentage of illit-
eracy than have license states. They
proceed to prove 1t by grouping to
gether the. license states having, the
best showing In this respect, and
against these they group Southern
states such as Georgia. Mississippi
and North Carolina, having a very
large eolored population. The illiteracy
In these states comes to Us as a relic
Of slavery days, and existed there in
even a large percentage before the
adoption of prohibition e,o,y
Comparing the New England states,
we find that Maine-with prohibition
has the lowest percentage Of Hit
eracy OF any with the exception sof
Vermont, and Vermont had no licensed
saloons for so years previous to May
/, 1903. and last year had license in
only II towns. If prohibition promotes
illiteracy, then, the most illiterate
states in the Union ought to be Maine.
Kansas and Vermont. On the con-
trary there are only four states In the
Union where the percentage of Hit
erncy Is lower than In Kansas, while
Maine and Vermont present the most
favorable showing Of the New England
states,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-22
SALOON DEAD ENEMY or LABOR.

T.
Organized labor should be opposed
to the saloon because the Interests of
the saloon are always. epposed To the
interests Of the s&orlzingnaan0 I'd,
hs The way to fad 'qutiwhetbeIypr not
organized. labor cap, afford to stand for
the saloon is to find ont what organ
Led labor Itself Htahds' for, Affd' then
see how tE6 saleSa comesiupido its
standards. adsnofc sem 81 vca
Organized labor, helieyes, ..inn better
Jobs for the workingman. In gfeaterI
aefliciehty ih'i fntfehsAiuxascA in theI
abortion of child Lahore IA the dignity
pns lsievAtiens& YppHHEnlbbo9sosd, and In
the preservation Of the home.
The safoon breaks everyone or these
standards. Charles Stslxle;i. -.
et!P f'fiH ,+-----<s--vtr-ta. .ss.f
,As DESTRUCTIVE AS. WHISKY.
ID Doctor, Struampell. a German physi
ologist Of high standing. does fibt toll
'epates for a. moment .'tlfe suggestion
TINT beer is less, ot a.. social ,enem
than vtlier liQuar1, He, Eaya;o.
NsNndfdns ID more erropeNQs HQm tn
physican's staMapniptt than to think
/ tzlMiAisling ahe deetruGtive f{iscrs
alcoholism by substituting. beer q
other alcoholic drinks. or that the vi
tins Of drink are found only In tho
countries where whisky helps the pc
Pile OF low grade Of culture to f0rg
their poverty and misery"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-22
rhe Psychological Moment.

you seem to be talking straight
from the heart these days."
Il can't help It," replied Senator Sor-
ghum. "And maybe my lack of eau
ton Will be all the better for me. The
most successful politician In the world
II the Nam whog Knows inst when 70
forget al about politics"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-22
Temperance
issNOfeSa
Conducted by the National Woman's

Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.)
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-22

Crystal Springs-The canning fac.
tory, owned and operated by. the
Truck Growers association. is in op.
Grafton Mrs. A. W. Howard. who 80
ably mauased. last year, H. superip
tending the canning this yeas.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-22

Biloxi.-The mayor and board Of al.
dermen Of Biloxi have adopted reso-
luton authorizing the issuance OF $22,-
900 worth Of bonds for the construc.
ticn Of an anaex to the Central high
school building and Improvements Of
other schools Of the city.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-22
MAKE THE MAP ALL WHITE.

o my comrades, have you heard the
glorious news that's going around,
Therell very soon be no saloon on all
Columbia's ground.
There's wave of Prohibition rolling
up from every strand
And all the states it mandates
straightway become dry land.
Maine is at the head, for she has led
for half hundred years,
And Kansas great and North Dakota
stand among their peers
Georgia next and Oklahoma won
place among the free,
Alabama. Mississippi, North Carolina,
Tennessee.
West Virginia, and Virginia too, and
Colorado's white.
Arizona then, with Washington, and
Oregon's all right.
Arkansas and Iowa came next, with
Idaho for mate,
And then came South Carolina, the
old Palmetto state.
Then Michigan, who speeded up, Mon
tana great and grand.
Nebraska's rolling prairies and South
Dakota land.
Then along came Indiana, the Hoosier
state so dear; 49, . =
And Utah also said good-by to wtis-
ky, wine and beer 10 9mos bas
New Hampshire next, the Granite
state, then sounded liquors doom,
She stefnly told John Barssyeorn. r'.for
ga you we have no roomg g psG
The District Of, Columbia, on old. .Per
49,. tomac's Shore
Where stands our nations capitol, will
see saloons no more. ne 1@4r' ESQ
And shining Ger tliea polar stars Alas
ka's golden light, see ,s.c
And all the states will follow till we
make the map all white. EN-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-22
INTERNATIONAL
SUlYDAS01OOL
LESSON

(By u. o. SELLERS, Acting Director Of
the Sunday School Course In the Moody
Bible Institute of Chpago)
Copyright, 1917. Western Newspaper Union>