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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-25
VARSITY SUMMER
SCHOOL SESSION

Norman, Okla. May 25. lSpcciaU ..
Although the war will prevent that
unprecedented increase in the enroll.
ment In the summer session of the
University of Oklahoma expected
months ago, present indications are
that the attendance will excesd that
.oi any previous year and pass the one
thousand mark
Or W W. Phelan, director of sum.
mer school work is authority for the
statement He declares that the mum.
Der OF women who will attend this
years June and July term will be- lpr
greater than the number of preyiou
years, and that there will be almost as
many men as In former years. Enroll.
ment last year reached 95l. Prcpa.
rations have been made this year to
care for at least one thousand with
adequate facilities 10 care for PERHAPS
half as many more.
Practically AN work obtainable dur.
ing the regular winter term Is pro.
yided for students IN the summer timo
the work being given under the regu.
lar university Instructors Special
courses are also arranged to meet the
particular needs of the school mon
and women OF the state. In addition
TO this, special work is being offered
this year In field geology work and I'm
engineering
Three of the best known lecturers
in the country nulD bppu nbt4{p.I o.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-25

The following is from the editorial
Ipauos Ui the Gainesville Register.
"The city council and the Chambcr
| of Commerce should take the lead n
efforts TO suppress the shipping oI
casInghead gasoline through this CITY.
These appeals hould be- made To the
state railroad commission at once. The
time to act is now, for we can not telI
what day may bring forth. II is for.
tunatc indeed that our city /. still
intact after having come so near bci :.
devastated by exploding gas last Fri.
day. only the high winds blowing at
the time that explosion took place ip
the Santa Fee yards prevented holo.
cuu-t similar tu that experienced d.
Ardmorc nearly two years ago The
results of the explosion last Friday
were disastrous enough TO cause us
90 take steps Immediately To prevent
another occurrence from similar
source and which in oll probability
would bc many times worse To our
people and property In this city. Some.
thing must be- done To avoid even such
possibilities. and the quicker the bet.
ter IT We are To be- governed by the
logan Safety First"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-25
WHEN TORPEDO HIT
SURVIVORS TELL GRAPHIC STORY
OF SINKING OF TRANSPORT.
English Soldiers Line Up On Deck anu
Shout Jocular Farewels and Sirg
War Songs as the Vessel Is Goinu
Down.

London May 20 Survivors of the
torpedoed transport Transatlantic. who
are now In England, say that the YES.
sci was struck by the first torpedo ri
ten O'Clock In the morning The shi,
was greatly damaged. but the engine
were uniniured and the captain tried
TO reach land several miles distant.
in the hope Of beaching the vessel.
\ quarter of an hour later second
torpedo hit the engine room and the
snip was brought To standstill aud
began to settle
The first torpedo Is believed to have
killed a large number OF men. while
the second caused the death of most
of those in the engine room and wreck.
ed the machinery put out the electric
lights and tore away q large part of
the side of the vessel. 10 also struc,
q loaded boat, blowing it TO pieces.
All the boat, We're rapidly lowered.
the nurses aboard embarking first. Tac
soldiers who We're lined up ON the
deck shouted jocuar farewells aui
sang "Tipperary' and other soldier
songs.
DestrOyers raced 10 the rescue and
worked cnergetically until crowded 10
capacity with survivors, many OF whom
were injured.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-25
NEGRO WOMAN is
FORCED TO SURRENDER
MARJORIE WETHERLY

Chicago, May 25.-MarjorIe "El.
bridge Wctherly 10 years old. who
has been the subject OF many contro.
yersies I'm the courts during the last
two years through efforts OF NANNY"
Jackson, negro woman, to retain pos.
session OF the child, Is on her way 10
Dixie today In company OF T. +. Leak.
a cousin, of Montgomery Ala.
The negro woman claims that Mar.
lorics mother, before she died in
Montgomery fourteen years ago. plac
ed the child In her care and she kept
her until about two years ago. when
the juvenile court here took posses.
sion of her Nanny Jackson ap.
piled 20 higher courts and the case
Is now pending In the Illinois supreme
court
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-25
War Summary


Austrian official statements. supple
lneh'lhE the announcement from
Rome, indicate that n" Italian often
si'e IN the Julian Alps amt on the
IafS" plateau steadily Is growing IN
importance ana extent Italian Cen
eraI 'ardoha Is apparently making "a
supreme effort for a decision and
me brilliant success be- has attained
mas aroused higA hopes.
IiaIlah commander is apparently fol-
loving the AnsIo.French tactics of
STRIKING mighty alternative blows at
hi, enemy Hanks The rear of his
guns already can DE heard in Triesf
oul the wilderness of volcanic rocks
ana caves NhIrh hes between makes
RAPID advance under the most tayora-
o.. circumstances a practical imp0-si-
oilil}. Ihe most advanced Italian
posts are scarcely more than ten
miles from the great Austrian naval
O'7e. Duj inns distance is not io ho
compared "Ilh an eId"! extent lu am
open country.
i."Il ''oN Us struck at time when
p''.'l."I conditions n Au7lIa-HunHa.
ny nave reached am acute phase Res.
Isla.' "l count IIS1d. iron Man
the ouaL monarchy and siamDh
"a var OF pah-uermanI-m and lmhc-
" ana the reported assembling of
Hs'Iiah parliament, a step bitter.
III Dl iht puItaucIaiF since the
"' 'ah OIL the war ana us bitterly
''N.'hled Tor by the democratic
readers. Ihe TWO events give decided
color TO the numerous reports that
Ih' young emperor, Charles. has dem
o'rlic Ieanlnss and mas consequent
~ mas opposed the Junker meeting
III berIlh
HlshIy significant indication of the
austrian emperors position comes in
,he report mat he has summoned
,ouH' AIoeIi Appony ana julius An.
grassy TO am audience. Both men have
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-25
WHAT MEANS THIS2
JAPAN WITHDRAWING VAST SUM
OF GOLD FROM AMERICA.
Causes Much Speculation in Washing.
ton, as Amounts Are So Large That
They Are Not Accounted for by Bal.
ance Of Trade.

Washington May % Japan is with.
drawing gold from the United States
at a rate which has caused consider.
able interest and some speculation as
10 the meaning of the movement Ap
proXimatcly S3j.OOU. 900 has been
Withdrawn since January /, and other
Withdrawals are expected in the fu
turc.
Officials here feel that the move
ment Is not fully accounted for by the
balance OF trade. The possibility that
some Of the other allied governments
are paying their munitions bills Ia
Japan with gold In this country made
available by the extension of credits
by this government has been discuss
ed, but II is believed that this con
tIngcncy likewise could not account
for the strong current of gold ship
meni westward
The gold supply at san Francisco
from which shipments to Japan ar,
made has at present reached a point
whore the government has decided
lhdl lh' cost OF transferring gold
across the country properly should b,
borne by the interests intending "a
ship D. out of the country I'm addition
the retention here OF the increased
gold supply largely accumulated dur
ing the war Is regarded as highl,
desirable and its expectation is dis
couraEod
Treasury officials say existing law.
have mo- power 10 prohibit the cyporta
lion of gold The law provides that
this shall be- done In Washington. and
the redemption OF such certificates al
snbireasurics iu the past has been
purely for the convenience of bank
ers Should the heavy export move
mcnt Of gold continue Do is possible
that the government may discontnu,
the redemption OF certificates 40 sub
treasures and redeem them only at
Washington
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-25
MORGAN CAMP TO
MAKE FINAL PLANS
FOR MEMORIAL DAY

Complete arrangements for memori.
al exercises June 3 will be made az
called meeting OF John II. Morgan
camp United Confederate Veterans to
be held az the court house Sunday az.
tcrnoou at o'clock Reports are to
be made by the committees assigned
To different features of the exercises.
j. M Hoard, commander OF the camp.
asks AN members 10 Dee present and
especially the chairman OF each cox.
mittee.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-25
WAR ON U.BOATS
DESTROYS MANY
SUCCESS AGAINST sUBSEA CRAFT
RESULTS IN IMPROVEMENT
OF FOOD SITUATION.
LLOYD GEORGE BUSY
Premier Declares Heavier Blows Have
Been Dealt Submerslb,es During the
Past Three Weeks Than During the
Entire Period Of War;

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-25
NORWEGIAN WORKMEN
DEMAND NO MORE
FOOD BE EXPORTED

London, May % An Exchange Tclc.
graph dispatch from Copenhagen re-.
ports that ChrIstiania Norway. work.
men laid down their tools yesterday
and marched TO the parliament build.
ing where they presented q resolution
demanding prohibition of the cxportl.
tion of provisions and the seizure of
.all ship. necessary 10 furnish food and
raw materials for the country.
They also demanded that no German
slip- bo permitted 20 enter Norwegian
poris ON the ground that the ships
carry food from the country.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-25
WEATHER FORECAST

Ardmore and vicinity Tonight un.
settled, local showers; Saturday gen.
orally fair.
Oklahoma-Tonight unsettled: local
showers, cooler in extreme northwest
portion Saturday fair except show.
rrs in extreme east portion, cooler.
East Tonight and Saturday
unsettled. probably local showers.
West ToNas-Touight generally flir.
cooler On north portion, Saturday gen.
orally iuir cooler Boo north ana west
portion
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-25
MEAT CARDS TO BE
ISSUED IN PARIS

Paris, MAY ga decision 10 intro.
duce meat cards at AN early date Is
understood to have been reached al a
conference just held by Premier RiboL
Louis J. Malyy minister OF the interior
and Maurice Niollette. minister Of sub.
sistence. Maximum prices will be- fN.
ed to prevent boarding and speculation
and severe penalties win be inflicted
tending 10 hinder fair distribution o,
meat
The meat card will give the holder
a right TO obtain q fixed quantity aud
10 buy for a certain sum.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-25
STUDENTS TO WORK
AMONG SOLDIERS

Norman, Okla, May 2G.-Six Uni.
yersity of Oklahoma students will do
Y. NJ. c. \. work among soldiers zoo
Fort SILL according to the state sec.
retary. The men are: Otto Brewer.
for the past year president of the v.
VI. G. A. +. X. Witcher. former gen.
eral secretary and now STUDENT iu
the school of medicine while prepar.
ing to become medical missionary:
.C. II. Black. Earl Brown and Carney
Dean They will assist Frank y. Stcp.
.er now general secretary of the uni.
versity y. NJ. G. A. who has been
delegated TO work among the soldiers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-25
GERMAN SOCIALISTS
TO FIND THEMSELVES

Copenhagen tyia Londonl May %
The Berlin Norwaerts announces that
a national German socialist convention
has been summoned for August 6. a;
a place not yet decided on. The con.
yention, II permitted, will be the first
Of It's kind held during the war and
will 20 far toward settling the vexed
question as to whether the radical or
regular organization represents the
wishes OF the masses OF the party.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-25
Can't Identity Murdered Woman.

Mobile, Ala. May 90 The identity
OF the woman found yesterday morn.
ing in Chickasabuguc creek today still
was unrcycalcd The police detectives
and members OF the shcriffs forces
worked continuously throughout the
night running down possible clues
There are two women missing in Mo.
bile and Officers are making every eff.
fort 10 locate them
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-25
Relief Ship No, Sunk.

London, May % Statement credit.
ed in dispatch last night from Hagen.
sund, Norway TO an officer of tho
Norwegian steamer Vibran that a
Swedish ship engaged in work of the
Belgian relief commission was sunk
May Is, although 1t held a German
permit to sail, was denied today by
the commission
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-25

''''f' 'N'''fN ''ieNl hNiNN lNdANo DTQDs
New York. May %. Rejecting an
optimistic feeling over the success re.
ported to have been attained in the
last two weeks In combating the sub.
marine menace, war risk insurance on
outbound vessels 10 the United King.
dom showed a marked decrease today
IN the London market, according to 10.
cal underwriters.
A general reduction Of about 80 Is
per cent from the higher quotations
OF early May prevailed and in some
instances reduction of fifty per cent
was recorded
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-25
The Daily AEdmOreite

Delivered at your
HuME 0R OFFICE
80 cents a Month
or IL cents a Week
81 a Year after june /
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-21
UNBRInLEn LIBERTY.

Tulsa World The difficulty which
some people have in recognizing the dif.
ference between liberty and license can
have no greater lesson than the late ex-
perience OF Russia. II may be argued
that this is am extreme case because
the Russians had experienced such "a
sudden and complete reversal Of estab.
lished and rovglel Institutions as 20 up.
set the morale of almost any people.
although even 40 that they have not
realized the extremes experienced by
France in tine era of her thr0es 0f re-.
birth Yet the lesson is the same. for
liberty 90 be genuine and beneficial 90
an people must be subject 90 limits and
restraints. The greatest good Tor the
greatest number does not permit the
full license OF the individual 90 do as he
pleases The failure TO recognize these
limitations is lust the difference be-
tween free government and anarchy.
Too much liberty IS Intoxicating and the
SOLDERING up process is too often painful
and bloody
The United states has made the
mistake OF being over.lenient with d.
censc, IN the fear Of curbing liberty too
much We have nourished vipers in our
own breasts Co sting US when we were
most vulnerable The time OF patience
Is about over Uncle sam is getting
angry with his unruly children and a
session In the national woodshed is in
order. The Russian situation. and be.
fore that the French revolution. present
extreme examples of the sort OF disor.
ganization some Of the pacihsts and eN.
treme Socialists would bring about IN
this country f they had their way. The
same problem came up back In the six.
ties and Lincoln was moved to meas.
ure the danger with that quaint phllos.
ophy characteristic OF the man. He said
IL has long been question whether
any government which is not too strong
for the liberties of the people can be
strong enough 20 maintain itself"
The truth Of Llncoln's assertion is
deeper than appears on the surface. He
spoke In plain words a political axiom.
and he followed the speech by taking
NANfAAN NNNANA AA AAif fiNtl lhtNNN OF WAT
in order 90 make possible permanent
freedom under an enduring government.
although In doing So he sometimes ap.
peared TO b, oncroaching upon individ.
ual liberty The principle OF democratic
government is that each citizen must
yield a. certain portion OF his liberty Tor
the common good OF an. II he asserts
the extreme limit OF his liberty he be.
comes menace to the general good. An
over-emphasis upon liberty makes Il II.
cense, and license means anarchy.
Thus Il is that occasions arise when we
have TO give up more than usual Of our
individual privileges In order that the
national entity may be strong enough
TO endure. Without the strong hand of
government We have no assurance OF
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-21
CAST OUT FALSE PROPHETS.

The Vigilantes heartily commend to
their readers the following paragraph
from a recent article by Gustavus Oh.
linger, of Toledo Ohio, who has during
the past three years been one of the
most vigilant fighters for straight Am
ericanism
Let our German-American friends
cast out the false prophets in their
midst. renounce forever kultur and all
its works, and turn to the life-giving
principles which underlie our govern.
ment. They are dishonest counsellors
who would urge them to be silent and
supine in this hour Of our countrys
peril. In countless churches through
out this land congregations daily repeat
the Apostles Greed. No believer has
ever suggested that this frequent itera-
tion was reflection either upon his
faith or his piety.
Let our citizens Of German descent
by word and deed, pledge again and
again, their devotion TO their country
and its ideals. Their isolation and es-
arrangement will cease and America will
be for them what it should be for every
one who seeks its shores-a homeland
of the heart and Of the souls aspira-
tiOn
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-21
PAGE THREE

Ann street., near the Unitarian Meeting
House. The degree to which the Port
land amusement-seeking public had
been educated to pursue excitement
may be judged by the fact that it turn.
ed out in great crowds to see the uni.
corn, or one-horned rhinoceros. the
eassowary, the gnu, or horned horse,
and pair Of kangaroos.
-Four score years ago the United
States was still, to all intents and pur-
poses, confined TO a narrow strip of
country along the Atlantic seaboard.
although its interests were gradually
becoming more intimate with the inter
ior. The nation was still living to it.
self, trying to find itself, and bothering
itself as little as possible with external
affairs; but then, as now, 1t had a
keen relish for the personal side of pol.
tics, and, judging by the old newspaper
files, 1t was concerned more with men
than with measures. as it is disposed
to be even In our advanced times.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-21
REWARDS FOR AMERICANS.

The German military authorities at
last are taking official notice of the fact
that the United States has entered the
war and has an army in France. Here
tofore the only sign of recognition has
been the informal bombing of American
Red Cross hospitals. But now the Ger
man commanders are openly admitting
the presence of American fighters and
urging their own troops to special ac-
tivity against them.
From a diary written by. a Prussian
sergeant. it is learned that the general
commanding one of the German army
divisions in northern France has prom
ised to give, to any man who brings in
the first American, dead or alive the
iron cross of the first class, 500 in
cash and fourteen days leave of alb
sence.
It's a tempting reward. If it is made
a standing offer. all along the front that
our troops will occupy it may be a fine
stimulant for German courage and en-
terprise.
If any of the Germans, however, ex-
pect to win fortune and fame by cap.
turing Americans alive, they're destined
for a rude awakening. There may be
many Americans killed, but there will be
mighty few captured
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-21
ONLY TWO CLASSES OF PEOPLE IN
AMERICA.

Manufacturers Record: Why should
any one be surprised at the revelation
Of Germany's periidy in the matter Of
diplomatic fraud when cable messages
were sent from the Argentine through
Sweden that Argentine ships should be
sunk and no trace left behind?
Diplomatic history probably shows no
such degree of cold-blooded perfidy. but
what of that?
The worlds history shows no such
record Of black crimes as have marked
Germany's course since the beginning Of
the war.
1t is not conceivable that there could
ever have existed, outside OF Hell itself.
and II is almost a slander upon Hell 20
mention it in such a connection, such
lying, treachery, deceit, murder raping.
enslavement Of men and women as Ger.
many has shown since it deliberately
trained its people TO prepare for world
domination.
Why should we now be shocked al
anything which such devilish activities
Of mind and body could bring forth? We
are nBhtlng thls desperate desDOtic pow
er and in final life and death grapple
And yet our own country is fun Of Ger.
man spies, Of pro-German men and wo
men, processing 10 be decent. who are in
thought and deed allied to these activi
ties which rcek with the sulphurous
odor Of the lower world
There are now only two classes OF
people in the United States. on one
side stand men and women OF honor and
decency and patriotism. haters Of Ger
many and It's methods. and on the other
side men and women who by favoring
Germany ally themselves as friends and
coworkers Of liars. murderers, rapists
and thus make II themselves coworkers
with and coparners IN all the hell
born and hellgu.ded work Of Germany