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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-27
WHEN ATROCITIES COME
HOME.

McAlester News-Capltai: The
French and British airplane raids,
ordered in a final desperate effort to
stop the German practice of bomb
ing defenseless towns, is producing
results. Until lately the German
people seem to have given their en-
thusiastic approval to the Prussian
baby killing" But after a few al
lied raids modelled on their own,
they began to see light.
A few days ago a party OF mayors,
representing the principal Rhine
towns, assembled at Berlin and called
on Generals Ludendorff and Hin
denburg, demanding that they stop
the air attacks on open enemy
towns. The mayors did not urge
mercy, humanity, justice or interna-
tional law-possibly because they
Judged that such arguments would
have no effect on their hearers. They
only pointed out "the reprisals that
we're certain to result, with the dan
ger of destruction of many German
monuments and historical relics, not
to mention the loss of civilian lives,
which might lead to unrest and
strikes" Considerable damage has
already been done, they said, and
they we're afraid that American in
tervention, increasing the number
of aviators, would expose the Rhine
towns to further bombardment.
The gentle Hindenburg is said to
have replied abruptly" meaning,
we take it, with characteristic
snort and roar. He informed the
trembling mayors that the accounts
concerning damage and loss of lives
were exaggerated on both sides"
He declared that the Rhine towns
were not in any danger, and the air
war must continue as before.
The mayors, however, according
to the Dusseldorf Zeitung, returned
home "unSatished and uncon-
vinced." They probably thought
they knew more about it than Hin
denburg did. And they were right
Well hear more from those burgo-
mosters, and from the people they
represent, in spite of the abrupt"
Hindenburg.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-27

things. They demand food and
warmth and care, yes. But that IS
not enough. Babies in orphan asy-
lums are far more likely to die than
babies in homes where there is less
material comfort. It's been proved
over and over again that babies de
mand love if they are to have tlelr
full chance to grow.
More than that, babies demand
hope. Some one must want them to
liyc2 Some one or two people must
give them that concentration Of
faith and hope and love which has
so far been found only in the Sc
curity OF permanent marriage TX
ceptionS there are-aunts or grand
fathers or foster parents, who give
that. But sheer physical mating
without any spiritual urge back OF
it?
No, Wilhelm Hohenzollern. you
are wrong again. Some things can
not be produced by mechanical ef-
dciency. Babies are one of them.
You can get them born that way,
but you cannot raise them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-27
THRIFT.
Emerson Hough, author of "The
Man Next Door')

Emerson Hough, author of "The
Man Next Door')
Young man, | don't want to hurt
you. | want to help you. am
older than you are and have paid
for what | offer free.
Our house OF Life is made in three
stages: Youth, when we lay its
foundation; middle age, when we
build; old age, when the roof be-
gins to leak and the walls to sag.
Age cannot get away from youth.
Youth cannot escape from age.
The money you did not invest yes
terday will never bear you any in
terest.
The intention you had last week
to begin saving something before
long will never bring you any divi-
dends.
What you were going to do has
no value in the world.
What you have done will grow,
will bear interest, all your life-one
way or the other.
The hen that sits on an empty
nest matches nothing, no matter how
much she cluckS.
The farmer who has no seed in
his sack raises no wheat, no matter
how much he pretends to sow.
Youth is seed time. Middle age
is harvest. Old age ?-Ah, then it IS
too late. Only the granaries, filed
or empty ARE of interest to old age.
A cent planted by Adam and COM
pounded now would reach from here
to the sun with a boardwalk of
gold planks.
But as no eggless nest ever raised
single chicken,
So no unsaved cent ever grew
into a dollar.
We owe thrift to our country.
We owe thoughtfulness to our
God.
Thrift stamps give you the habit.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-27
THE MEN WHO CAME BACK.
Copyright by the British-Canadian
Recruiting Mission.)
By Capt. ]. L. T. Shun,
OF the Fifth Royal Highlanders-
Canadian Black Watch.

On the morning of the ninth OF
April, we were assembled on the
edge of shell craters. The heaviest
barrage fire, | believe, which had
been used up to that time was loosed
on the Germans at Nimy Ridge.
The attack started at the signal
of one big gun. For two hours and
twenty minutes we advanced Is
yards at time. This barrage would
pour into a German trench for from
three to twenty minutes, then sweep
onto the next trench, and we would
go on to clean the trench from
which it had just lifted. Everything
was calculated to the minute.
Our battalion advanced over a
front of $50 yards, a distance of
l,l50 yards, in 75-yard lifts, to the
crest of the ridge, which is l20 feet
above sea level, and overIooks the
territory occupied by the Germans.
At 7;50 we had the crest and were
never driven off.
The Germans abandoned their
usual tactics of making 4 counter
attack. 1t took them six or eight
hours to reassemble, and all their
attempts were smashed by artillery
fire. We didn't have to do any more
fighting.
We took quite number of pris-
oners. They happened to be Ba-
varians, the kaiser's favorite troops.
This talk of Canadians refusing to
take prisoners is not so. When the
Canadians and Germans come to-
gether the Canadians in every IN
stance do nothing but fair fighting,
Here is an illustration of it: One
of our Canadian corporals declared
before the attack that he would "kill
everything that crawled." His ma
jor asked him after the attack:
Did You get upon the top"
eyes, sir"
did you take any prisoners?"
"A few, sir"
81 thought you weren't going to
take any prisoners"
We'll, you see, sir, we came to a
dugout that had lot of Germans in
it shouting 'Kamerad.' They said
they were trench mortar men"-and
if there's any man a Tommie can't
stand it's the men who serve the
trench mortars, they're nasty things
and you know, sir, it's pretty
hard thing to shoot man down
when he hasn't any gun"
This is war against PruSsian
militarism and junkerdom. Most of
the men are going at it in that spirit.
There is no feeling of revenge or OF
layin gwaste Germany as France
and Belgium have been laid waste.
| sometimes think the best way TO
make a man fight would be to take
him to France and show him the
devastation Of places like Arras and
Ypres, and the little villages which
were inhabited only by non-combat-
ants.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-27
PRESIDENT WILSON A
LEADER.

NARROW Review. Americans can
be proud of the leadership of Presi-
dent Wilson in all phases of the
war. The British labor party has
practically accepted him as their
mouthpiece for the statement of war
aims and peace principles, and his
every utterance is received with re-
spect and accorded great weight by
all of our co-belligerents,
Some time ago President Wilson
made a speech setting forth our war
aims in fourteen specific points, to
which both Germany and Austria
made reply. The allied council re-
Gently convened in France, however
and declared for prosecution Of the
war with vigor. Premier Lloyd
George before parliament made the
same assertion, declaring that while
the tone of the two chancellors dif-
fered, he was not certain there was
a difference in substance.
President Wilson, however, has
surprised everybody by making an
open reply to Count Czernin, which
includes an offer to discuss peace
Just as long as the Teutonic leaders
have the nerve to carry out their
discussion in the sight of the entire
world, and their own people. Our
president has drawn a skillful line,
showing that the military party in
power in Germany is the only OBJ
staclc to a just and lasting peace.
He clevcrly accepts Austria protes-
tations of good will and points out
to the Austrians that their support
of Germany, as an ally, is being used
by the German autocracy to further
aims which the world has agreed are
unlawful.
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ribed in detail in the following

| scribed in detail in the following
letter:
prague, July %, 1917.
Ny Dear R: | am back
again at Prague. Ny leave expired
the 18th May, but l did not return
till the 10Th, as | felt no pleasure
in returning. There were great dem
onstrations at Pilsen in the course
OF this week. The worst was on
Monday. The women rushed
through the streets like mad and
awaited their husbands when they
left their work at the Skoda fac
tories.
"'They Joined their husbands and
the crowd marched in different
bodies through the town in various
directions. In an instance the iron
shutters of the shops were driven
in, the windows were smashed, and
everything in the windows was car
ried off. The provision shops, the
dry goods stores, the boot shops,
the restaurants, and even private
house, were bombarded with stones,
completely wrecked and plundered.
A Jew appeared at his window,
showing pastry mockingly to the
crowd, and laughed at them, and
called out, You would like that,
too? The crowd burst in his doors,
sacked his house and carried off ev-
erything except broken table. The
cellar OF wine merchant was also
plundered. The crowd seized
hogshead of wine, women and chill
dren drank the contents, and then
rushed drunk about the streets.
"'The soldiers charged the crowd
with fixed bayonet, and opened fire
on them. They fired in the air with
a view to re-establishing order with
out bloodshed, The following day
the martial law was proclaimed, but
the crowd continued to destroy ev-
erything; two regiments of foreign
troops were brought in. When these
arrived, the authorities had suiIi-
cient troops at their disposal.
1.-The greater state of siege was
proclaimed within the Skoda fac
tories. The authorities tried to force
the wOrkmen to resume work at the
point of the bayonet, but the at
! tempt failed. The men refused to
work if their demands are not grant
ed. The riots will break out afresh
in spite of the courtmartial. Tho
workmen have had enough of the
present conditions. Neither tram
ways nor railways are running, as
the crowd tore up the rails. l could
not return to Prague for that rea-
son, and was very glad of it. 1t
was really very interesting to see all
that, though, of course, one ran the
risk Of receiving bullet or bayonet
wound.
At first | was little afraid, but
later on laughed with pleasure.
The streets are extremely interest
ing, Just like the moving pictures.
All the streets are covered with
broken glass, broken shutters, etc.
Many houses have all their windows
broken, and smashed. | returned to
Prague today.
Best regards.
crosse"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-27
THE NEEDED INFLUENCE.

When your feelings are hurt and
there seems lump
In your throat, that you swallow
down;
When your heavy heart gives an
angry thump,
And the world wears sullen
frown,
Then it's up to you to be mute, and
stand
Aside, while you're seeing red;
The one who is needed to lend a
hand
Is the man with level head.
It's hard to be cropping in the dark
In 4 long mysterious maze;
But it's far too easy to fan the spark
That enkindles passions blaze.
The mind that aches with reSentful
thrill
Into error is swiftly led;
Our faith must wait on the patient
skill
OF the man with the level-head.
Washington Star.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-27
HATS OFF.
BY Pauline Worth Hanlin
of The Vigilantes

A foreigner who witnessed a pa
rade of soldiers on Fifth avenue,
New York City, was shocked that
our men stood with their heads
covered when the flag went by. A
woman standing near him tried to
explain that to the present genera
ton war is a new thing and our men
do not realize it is the proper thing
to do.
The foreigner answered, "But
how can they help but uncover their
heads? They are not saluting a
bunch of red, white and blue bunt-
ing! They are saluting their own
wonderful country They are sa-
luting the blood of heroes They
are saluting Libert, Justice, Truth
and Right
When the next flag came by, off
came all hats whose owners were
within hearing of the foreigners
voice.
Why not, always?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-27
THE WHOLE CAUSE AT
STAKE.

Muskogee Times-D m o craft;
There are serious delays in ship
building, according to Washington.
When you say this, you might as
we'll say that we're helping the
kaiser lick England, France and
Italy, for this is what such delay
amounts to.
Practically all ship construction
in the country is for the govern
mcnt, but the yards themselves are
operated as private enterprises.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-27
BABIES AND POLYGAMY.

What happens when a govern
ment urges polygamy to raise the
birthrate is told by the Rev. lgna-
thus Kinast, a German who has been
touring Germany for six months,
and since his return to Switzerland.
has been publishing the results Of
his Investigations.
a vigorous campaign is being
waged in many districts, he says, by
the authorities, with Bear a Child
for the Fatherland' as its slogan.
Never mind just now the effects
of this promiscuous mating upon
the adults Immediately affected and
upon society in general. Give your
attention to the babies.
81 was credibly informed" says
Mr.. Kinast, that in Munich district
alone there were 1900 such illicit
marriages, resulting in $4,000 babies
since the last two and half years,
while the authorities were moi able
to save the lives of more than 1000
babies, SO far begotten by this
methodp
Talk about waste! Was ever pro-
duction of anything on earth con-
Quoted with such disregard of plain
rules Of business efficiency?
Eighteen thousand times human
beings have gone through long
months of discomfort, of the hard
work of carrying a heavy weight
with aching muscles, have gone up
to the gates of death as surely as
any soldiers in the trenches and
they have to show for it-four thou
sand babies, most Of those under
nounrished, weak, subnormal. Sew
enty-eight per cent of the total
product has been lost.
Babies are curiously exigent little
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-27

There has been no uniform scale OF
wages in the yards, and strikes have
been frequent. 1t has been the prac-
tice of one yard to hire away the
men from another yard. 1t has not
been possible to shift men from one
yard to another as it became neces-
sarv in order to maintain top speed
Strikers tied up two of the big yards
because they couldn't get double
pay for working on Lincoln's birth
day. Riveters are not driving all
the rivets they could, because held
down to a maximum by union rules.
In short, our most important
proposition-ships in time-is held
up by Just the conditions that ut
terly demoralized our greatest in
dustry, the railroads, The cure for
ship construction paralysis is that
which we applied to the railroads,
after their management became so
rotten that we couldn't get food,
coal or anything else and our heroes
in Europe were likely to starve. To
cure is to commander And the
time to apply that cure is not when
the patient is ready for the under
taker.
We have got to launch all the
ships we possibly can, in the short
est time possible. Private operation
or interest should not be permitted
to interfere with this for an hour.
If there is any interference by union
wage or work regulations, the gov
ernment, and the government only,
should adjust matters.
Congress should give President
Wilson full power and the president
should exercise that power, fully. II
we delay, quibble and fuss and don't
get plenty OF ships, in plenty OF
time, we'll pay for it with the life
blood of tens of thousands, and,
probably, finally get good licking
to boot.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-27
LONGEVITY OF CUSTOMS.

London Chronicle; The longev-
ity of customs is curiously illustrat-
ed in the case of Lord Forester, the
fifth baron, whose death is an
nounced. King Hal took an ances-
tor of Lord Forester so deeply into
favor as to grant him leave to wear
his hat in the presence" The right
became an heirloom, and as one of
the trifes of etiquette to be re-
membered on occasion by officials
of the court. The Foresters were
originally of Waiting street, and had
charge of the Wrekin forest.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-27
Ardmore, Wednesday, February 81, 1911
WHY THERE ARE I. w, WIS.

Nelson Morris, out of the vast eN-
perience OF his twcnty-six years, and
an income big enough so that the
price of shoes isn't exactly matter
OF concern to him, testified on the
witness stand in the stockyards arbi-
tration proceedings that three pairs
oi shoes per year is too much tor q
workingman's child.
The sum of 81 2SS per year is
plenty Of money to live on, said Mr.
Morris. Twenty dollars year per
child is too much to spend on its
clothing.
Mr.. Morris, chairman OF the board
OF directors OF Morris & Co., is un-
doubtcdly well-yersed in the budget
ing OF a family. He probably has
discovered by experience or by read
ing the womens magazines, that
childrcn's shoes cost only-well,
what do they cost?
\ woman with three children re
ports that three years ago she could
buy good shoes for the four-ycar-
old for Sis per pair. For this
child, now seven, she cannot get
shoes worth buying for less than
$3.50. For the child now three she
has to pay Sis. What does she
mean by worth buying'? She
means shoes that will wear "at least
four months She can buy cheap
Shoes still, but they 90 to pieces ut
terly in six weeks. She cannot af-
ford to buy shoes which will not
wear.
This woman says she calls $50 a
wear per child a comfortable allow
ance ior clothing. That is, allows
her to get one good winter coat
every two years, which can be
passed down from one child to the
other and will wear at least four
years. She could cut it down to $50,
but that would be pretty close TO
the edge-thcrc would be no warm
leggins for winter in that; it would
mean lcaky rubbers and all-cotton
underwear instead OF part wool.
Mr.. Morris, of course, is deeply
interested in having the new genera
tion of his working force grow up
without showing any effects OF
under-nourishment, under-garbing,
UNDERLYING in general.
As a matter Of fact, Sl,2SS is not
the average wage in his plant. That
is only $500. Most Of the Morris
employees get less than that. The
Morris company made last year
S5.4Q0,00O, far more than ever be-
fore
Nelson Morris is Young. He can
be forgiven his ignorance OF the
price of childrcn's clothing But he
can not be forgiven his insolence
toward the human race. Who is
Nelson Morris to decide that for the
child OF any other human being two
pairs Of shoes is enough or too
much? Who made him a dictator
over human affairs? Who gives him
the power tC issue sumptuary legis-
lation-that bugbear of all dcmocra-
cies. Well, lets be fair. We did.
We ordinary folk who are too lazy
to think things out. 1t is we our
selves who permit the Nelson Nor
rises of the country to flourish.
IN the face of that kind OF arro-
giant disregard of the needs of hu-
manity, one understands perfectly
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-27
UNREST I'm ENEMY COUNTRIES

The following documents, she'd
ding light upon disturbed conditions
in enemy countries, have been com
municated the committee on pub
lie information by Serbian official
who received them from the Serbian
general staff at Saloniki:
in letters found on Austrians
taken prisoners during the recent
operations on the Saloniki front
(Ohrida Lake sector), are numerous
details relative to the disorders
which took place in Bohemia last
summer.
According to a letter dated June
II, 1917, a great labor demonstra-
ton took place at Brunsberg, in
Moravia. The workmen on strike
pillaged the warehouses. The mill
tary had to intervene. There were
Il people killed.
AT Schlan, to the northwest OF
Prague, there were troubles caused
by famine. A letter dated Aug. 5
1917, gives the following details
The women OF Schlan went in a
body to the subprefect and declared
to him that they were starving. The
subprefect told them to help them
selves as best they could. AS q
consequence, the women went into
the field and carried off the beans
While they were doing so, they were
fired upon. Two women and two
children were killed, three seriously
wounded. Many wounded sue
cumbed later to their injuries. Many
things are happening here which
you can hear only on your return.
an another Bohemian town (thC
letter does not contain any indica-
ton of where it is dated from anc
bears the date of Aug. II, 1919 q
strike, it is stated, had broken out
On Tuesday last a great demonstra-
ton took place (says the writer)
but it passed off peaceably. All the
workmen and workwomen Of the
factories, about 5000 in all, indulged
from 1890 in the morning in dem.
onstrations before the town hall, the
prefecture, and the Labor Exchange
There the result OF the negotiations
was communicated to them ,an(
they returned to work
This state OF things forces the
Austrian authorities to keep troops
in garrison in all the towns in the
provinces, especially in the parts in
habitcd by the Slays. We have here
troops in garrison (is stated in {
letter dated from Kralup, Aug. Is
1919. There were recently numcr-
Gus riots on account of which we
are undeh strict surveillance. Ir
another written July /, 1917, from
Gitschin, it is stated We have here
in garrison the Ninetieth Polisf
Regiment, which has replaced The
Magyar troops. Among them there
are many Czech soldiers, who are
much more amiable and much more
intelligent than the Magyars, anc
they do not insult our girls.
The most important events, il
seems, took place in the Swoda CUR
factories at Pilsen. These are de.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-27
QUALIFIED.

Life: "Here's an office seeker
without foresight, imagination or
any other qualification, but with a
strong political pull. What'll we do
with him ?"
That's easy; make him chairman
of the board that passes on new
military and naval Inventions"
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BABY BONDS.

A thrift stamp costs rs cents.
Sixteen thrift stamps and 13
cents, or ;4.13, this month buys a
war savings stamp.
The government redeems the
war savings stamp at IS on Jan.
/. 1928.
Your profit Is 81 cents, or four
per cent interest, compounded
quarterly.
Buy stamps at postofflces. banks
and patriotic stores.
You are saving money for the
future and helping the govern.
ment win the war.
Begin buying today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-27
WHEN SILENCE IS GOLDEN

Pearson's Weekly: Mrs. Bod
kin-Don't interrupt your father.
now, Clara; he's busy.
Clara-What is he doing?
Mrs. Bodkin - He's trying to
thread a needle.
Clara-Will he succeed?
Mrs. Bodkin-No; but he'll say
something presently and you needn't
stay to hear it.
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THANKFUL.

Boston Transcript: "This is the
last time | shall bring this bill" said
the enraged collector.
Thanks, " replied the impecunious
debtor. "You are so much more
considerate than the other fellow;
he said he was going to come again"