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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-02
POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS

LOYALTY is the burning issue Of
the senate contests in the South,
especially in South Carolina, Geor-
gia and Mississippi. The people are
demanding that their senators must
be above suspicion Of pacillSm,
much less pro-Germanism. But ow-
ing to the great number of loyal
candidates, there is danger that the
disloyal candidates may be elected.
In South Carolina there is the pos
sibilitv that the notorious former
Gov. Cole l.. Blease may win the
nomination. which would be equiv
alent to election. In Georgia the
loval vote will be divided among
several candidates, and that makes
probable the denomination Of Scna-
tor Hardwick, who has done every
thing within his power to embarrasS
the federal administration. There
is a similar situation in Mississippi
and Senator Nardaman is likely to
win the nomination.
Theodore Roosevelt is back in
the Republican fold. No Democrat
ever said harder things OF the Re
publican party and the party lead
ers than the colonel, but he is taken
back without being required to
make a retraction or even an apol-
ogv. When in 1912 he was hurting
his anathemas at the party and its
leaders nobody believed he would
ever again be a political bedfellow
OF William Howard Taft and tllhu
Root. But strange things happen
in politics.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-02

National prohibition took another
stride forward when within two
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-02

days the Arizona senate and house
ratified the federal amendment
making the twelfth state to ratlty
O rone-third of the requisite mum
Der. The list is now as follows:
Arizona, Delaware, Kentucky, Mary
land Massachusetts, Mississippi
Montana, North Dakota, South Car
olina, South Dakota, Texas and Nir-
ginia. so far the only rejection OF
the amendment has been made by
Louisiana.
LOYAL Republicans of the First
Wisconsin congressional district
have revolted and nominated Gilt
ford T.. Randall, loyal Republican,
to oppose Henry Allen Cooper, who
has served for twenty-five years IN
congress. and who seeks another
term. Representative Cooper IS
charged with failure TO represent the
patriotic spirit OF the residents OF
his district and to support the ma
tional administration during the
present war.
Former Gov. w. n Ferris Of
Michigan having refused to make a
run for either United States senator
or governor, the Democrats are
casting about to meet the demands
OF the coming federal and state
campaign with some other strong
personality at the head OF their
Slate. Prohibition will be an issue
in Michigan, although the state IS
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-02

As a result OF the refusal OF for
mer Gov. Charles S. Deneen to
contest for the Republicanmomina-
ton for senator in Illinois, friends
OF Judge Kenesaw NJ. Lands and
Congressman George +. FoSs are
urging their claims. Neither, as yet
have reached a conclusion. Mean
while. Mcdill Mccormick and May
or Thompson are each making
an active campaign for the nomlna-
tion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-02

Repeal OF the primary system IS
one of the big issues in the New
York campaign. There can be no
doubt" says The Sun, that the di-
rect primary is playing hob with
the old system OF government by
parties. which, with all its faults,
has heretofore worked better than
any other scheme contrived by the
mind OF man for the same purpose.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-02

now dry" and there will be a stifi
fight between the 'drys' and the
"wets" for control OF the legisla-
ture.
The evening herald., 1918-06-06
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-04
FocH,s DRIVE FOR PEACE.

The allied armies just now are put
ting up the, greatest argument for
peace that has been made since the
gument that the Huns can understand.
They must realize by this time that
the only avenue left for them is to
comply frankly with our conditions
before asking the cessation of HOSTILE
ties OF seeking negotiations around a
council table.
The Prussian machine must of ne
cessity be thoroly beaten before it can
negotiate. It contemplates nothing
but the use of force in its own plans
and therefore it is likely sooner te
become amenable to the arguments
being put forward by Marshal Foch
President Wilson's recent announce
ment that our minimum aims have
been so clearly and frankly stated that
there is nothing to discuss does moi
appeal to old fashioned ideas of di-
plomacy. The Huns cannot realize
that the president means exactly what
he says but they can understand Foch
The best answer to German peace
propaganda is sinking more U-boats
sending more men to France, speeding
up our work along every line, and q
heavy subscription to the fourth lib.
erty loan. Peace must mean the tri.
umph of right and justice, the defeat
of Germanism, not a truce with it, moi
a compromise with it.
Our soldiers in France are glorious.
ly doing their part toward victory; the
liberty loan subscription must show
them that the people at home are do,
ing theirs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-04

ments will be sent across this fall. One
of the friends who helps Mrs. Walsh
with her work is an old lady who has
two sons in France. She is all alone,
waiting patiently for their return, and
in the meantime she is turning out
scores of pink and white wooden baby
caps. Mrs. Walsh's grandson, who
before the war was called the richest
child in America, is also much, inter-
ested in his grandmother's workroom.
He likes to play with the different col
ored spools of silly, and occasionally
he stands very still and acts as model
while some young society woman pins
a little refugee girls dress on him.
In addition to making clothes for
European refugees, the Walsh work.
rooms also turn out huge quantities of
wooden sweaters, socks and quilts for
American soldiers. With all four of
the sweater machines going. 100
sweaters can be made a day. while as
many as fifty pairs of Woolen socks
have been turned out by the six stock
ing machines in one day. The quilts.
being somewhat elaborate affairs, lined
with wooden padding and covered with
fowered-cretonne centers and plain
borders, require considerable time.
Everybody is invited to work in the
Walsh residence-even the chauffeur
and butler. Mrs. Walsh herself works
there from nine o'clock in the morn
ing until seven o'clock at night. Her
friends have no regular hours. but
drop in from time to time whenever
they can get away from other war du-
ties. Mrs. Walsh believes that the
war will last for five more years. Her
residence will continue to be a dress
making establishment. she says, dur
ing this period, and for five years af-
ter the war when. shef believes. there
will be an even greater need for
clothes. THE people over there" she
asserts, "are buoyed up at present
with the thought of victory. but with
the declaration of peace, the reaction
will set in. They will need sympathy
before"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-04
HEART AND BEAUTY
= PROBLEMS
BIZ MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: We are two
sisters and our father and mother are
separated. Father supports us. but we
never see him, altho he lives in the
same town. My brother was a soldier
who enlisted with the Canadians and
a few months ago we got word that
he had been killed.
There was another woman who
over and there is no reason why moth
er and father should not live together.
Mother has always wanted father
back, and now that brother has been
killed she gets desperate at times.
Do you think it would be all right
Will not return to mothers?
SISTERS.
There would be no harm in trying
to bring about a reconciliation. Per-
haps your parents are just waiting for
an opportunity to forgive one another.
you want him to come back. Even ii
you accomplish nothing. the effort is
worth while.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I have a lit
tie girl years old Who is complaining
all the time ABOUT headaches Every
day when she comes home from school
she lies around the house instead OF
getting out to play the way other chill
dren to. She does not eat much and
sometimes 1 think I ought to have a
doctor for her. Do you know of a
good tonic I could try?
WORRIED MOTHER
Take your little girl to a doctor at
once. He will find the seat Of the
trouble. Perhaps her eyes are both
ering her and she will need glasses for
her school work.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Is 1t neces-
sary to give present when receiving a
wedding announcement?
MRS. T. H.
No, wedding present is not neces-
sary. Congratulations are enough.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-04

While the use of paper for newspa-
pers has been restricted by the gov
eminent, the government itself labors
under no disadvantages on that score.
Representative Walsh of Massachu-
sets pointed this out recently in the
house, in the course of a speech in
which he declared that the govern
ment printing bills were increasing
with alarming rapidly, and that q
publicity epidemic had attacked the
newly established government boards,
branches, bureaus. commissions, COM
niittees, departments, divisio -,
groups. sections" etc, with results
that were costing the government mil
lions of dollars in increased expendi-
lures. This increase" he said, will,
believe, be more than s5,0oO,oO0 this
year above what it was before our
entrance into war, and may be more
than $40, 900, ooO." The launching of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-04

That was a great scheme of the
kaiser's which contemplated a railroad
from Berlin to Bagdad and the terri
tory along the entire route dominated
by Germany. If he could have put it
thru his name might have stood
among those of the great and hon
ored in history. And he might have
done so if he had not elected to fight
for it, but instead had gone about it
in a legitimate way with due regard
for the rights of other nations. But
the right way was not the German
way and he is paying heavy price for
his error. And his people must con-
tinue to pay, for generations to come.
Just when his plan was in fair way
to realization he decided that he could
whip the civilized world and proceed
ed to try it. 1t was the most sense
less, insane and useless performance
ever undertaken by the head of a ma
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-04

the Official Bulletin by Mr.. Creel has
been followed by the launching OF
whole flock of little government pa
pers. each of which claims to have
field of it's own. tho such real news
as they contain is always published
first in the newspapers. The demands
on the government printing office
have become so great that its capacity
has been overtaxed, and some of the
ambitious editors are forced to have
their work done outside by private
contract
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-04

There is no need to worry about
getting Christmas presents to the boys
tower there" Most of them may be
home by that time. Disintegration of
the quadruple alliance is progressing
rapidly and Germany soon may see
the futility of trying to go it alone.
The Huns are everything that is dis
reputable but they are not fools.
They have played for big stake but
they have lost and none knows this
better than they do. They probably
are beginning to see the uselessness of
continuing to maintain their policy of
bluff and buster and that the longer
they stave off the inevitable the
worse it will be for them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-04
DOROTHY DIX. TALKS
By DOROTHY DIX
Werld's Highest Paid Woman Wdtar:
Poor NIartha.-2.

Let US hope that the fathers and
mothers, brothers and sisters who so
calmly press the crown of thorns down
on poor Martha's brow do not realize
has any intelligence whatever she does
well to look the situation in the face,
and decline the headgear that they es-
TEEN so becoming on her, and show so
little desire to wear themselves.
Let her look down the years and see
herself growing old. She has given up
for others all the opportunities that
her own life held, and when the bleak
days come for her she, herself. will be
hanger on in some household where
she will know herself unwelcome and
unwanted.
We have all seen this happen over
and over again. We all know poor
Miss Marthas who spent all of their
earnings when they were young to
put brother thru college. or give q
pretty young sister the clothes that
would enhance her good looks and en-
and instead. of being everlastingly
grateful, brother or sister begrudge her
even a back room in their big houses.
And we know Miss Marthas- who
turned love away from their DOORS
and refused men who became rich
and famous in order to- take care of
parents who were SO diSagreeabl they
could not ask any man to live with
them and who are foriorn. loveless
and homeless old maids in conse-
quence.
The conclusion of the whole matter
is that martyrdom doesn't pay. 1t is
the terrible tragedy of sacrifice that
times out of a hundred it is perfectly,
utterly useless, and does no human
being a particle of good. For the peo-
pie who will accept sacrifices are the
very ones who need the discipline of
being forced to be less selfish, and
think less of their own personal pleas
ure and enjoyment.
Therefore, I would advise every girl
to refuse to accept martyrdom at her
family's hands. Let her reflect that
she has just exactly the same right to
happiness, and to lead her own life as
her brothers and sisters have, and as
her parents had before her, and that
they have no right to push her into
the shade so that they may monopo-
lie the whole of the sunlight.
Let her remember that it is no
young girls duty to ruin her whole
life. and give up her chances of mar
riage, or Of success in her chosen line
of work, in order that her old moth
er's whim for living in a certain place
may be gratified. or her father have
just the kind of cooking he has al
! ways been used to. Also. let her re-
lAiSHipei ttidt the heaviest load grows
light when it is divided up and laid
on many shoulders, and that if she
| forces her other brothers and sisters
to share in the family sacrifice, no
| one need be martyrized.
So 1 would say to this girl and all
other girls, decline to be the family
martyr. Fight for yourself Dom,
| make door mat of yourself. Re-
member that the fate Of the door mat
| is not only to be walked en- but to be
kicked aside when people are thru
| with If
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-04
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Baked Calls Heart-Seiect a nice
calfs heart, and wash 1t well. Re-
move all the tough portions from the
center. Crumb a slice of bread. add
tablespoon Of melted butter, a half
teaspoonful p. salt. Tablespoonful of
heart, sew up the top and stand it in
a small saucepan. Add boiling water
to half cover, and stew an hour. Re-
move the strings, and brown the heart
in hot oven. Serve with brown
sauce.
Brown Sauce-Rub together-a level
tablespoonful of flour land enc gin
(ene-half ctfp) Of the liqueFdin which
the heart was boiled. stir until boiling,
add a teaspoonfuI of browning or
kitchen bouquet and a quarter of q
teaspoonful of salt. Strain over the
heart, and serve. go ----g
Potatoes-It is wise in a family OF
two to boil six potatoes at one time,
Use two OF them mashed or, plain as
soon as done. Another two may be
used for hashed in cream sauce. and
the remaining two for hashed brown
potatoes. This saves time and fuel.
Tomato Soup-Put one cupful of to.
matoes, slice of onion. half tea.
spoonful of salt. dash Of tobasco. a
level tablespoonful of cornstarch
minutes. Strain. add a tablespoonful
of butter, and serve.
String Bean Salad-Bo1 double
quantity of beans, use one-half hot for
dinner, and put aside the other half
for next days salad. Do the same
with spinach and asparagus. Dish the
cold beans, dust them with chopped
parsley and a very little pepper. Put
saltspoonfuI - salt in a soup plate,
add a teaspoonful of water. stir q
moment. add three tablespoonfuls OF
olive oil. and a half tablespoonful Of
vinegar, Beat well, and haste II over
the beans. Serve at once.
Most Popular Pie-Line deep pan
with puff paste, put in q thick layer
of thin sliced apples. sugar currants
and cinnamon to taste. then a thin
layer Of puff paste. apples, etc, ana
last top cover. Bake longer than
other pies ~
The Useful Whfsk- Broom-A cheap
| soft whisk-broom cleans the bathtub
| more quickly and satisfactorily ana
| with less back strain than my other
| brush. Whisk-broom to clean the
! kitchen sink il also help.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-04
YOUR LIBERTY-YoUR LOAN.

He may be a brawny, brainy type of
perfect maphood-but one small bull
let will end his usefulness to his coun-
try.
1t may be q squad Of picked soldiers
to perform an important duty in No
Mans Land-one well placed shrap-
mel shell will put it out of action.
He may be . highly trained and spe-
ctalized officer, qualified to render an
invaluable service to his regiment-a
hand grenade will terminate his util-
ity.
1t may be costly airplane, piloted
by an lace and carrying an observer
with priceless information-a machine
gun will send it crashing to earth.
He may be an expert in science or
mechanics-a lack of supplies and
tools win render him helpless.
1t may be a submarine, equipped to
send human and material freight to
the bottom of the sea-a single shot
will destroy it.
We speak of manpower in this war.
A man is flesh and bone-he can be
drafted for military use. Power is
what the man is given to be factor.
Power must be bought-and paid for.
The early days \of the war when
France and England lost the flower
of their manhood taught us the ,les-
sons of man vs. man and manpower
VS.. man. As man to man the Hun
hordes were diminutive compared
with the stern British and the rigorous
French. AS manpower to manpower
the German military machine bled
nearly fatally the brave defenders OF
French and Belgian soil
America today has upwards of g.
100000 young viriie men on foreign
soil. These men represent the spirit
and initial strength of our nation
Their spirit, their strength, their
vigor is HELPLESS without the equip
ment to combat Germany's forty years
of scientific and mechanical prepare
ton.
1t isn't only a question of how many
men we send overseas but also how
many men return home.
T What is the answer?
Money, money, money!
Money to protect these men in de-
tense and aid them in offense.
With victory the money you lend
your government comes back to you
and with interest. With defeat the
money you keep from your govern.
ment is useless to you-and with suf.
| fering. ~
The government as a protector, a:
friend. is asking you for a loan.
The world as a handiwork of oul
Creator is asking you for refuge from
| oppression.
! The boys over there as your only
salvation are asking you for safe
return to a safe home.
| Don't think of a fund of $6,00o,.
100000 as stupendous. 1t is glorious
Your failure will be comfort to tbs
enemy and calamity to the boys-an6
to you.
1t is a liberty 1oan-your loan an6
your liberty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-04
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of men IN
Americas Fighting Service

Alonza Edward Seright. a pharma-
cist mate, third class, United States
navy. has been commended for hero
ism by Secretary Daniels.
Seright and Private H. H. Smith of
the United States marine corps were
engaged in petrolizing morquito breed
ing areas near Scott's island. Smith
fell overheard, and Seright swan fifty
feet and dived repeatedly before he
finally located his companion. par
tally embedded in the mud in fifteen
feet of water. After much exertion
apparently dead. but by prompt app1i-
cation of first aid measures, resusci-
tated him &sHl
Seright's mother. AIRS. Louise Sc
right. lives at 1914 Orviile avenue.
Kansas City. Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-04
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BIZ ROY X. MOULTON

If German kulture ever meets
Japanese fanaticism-good night kui-
tur.
The Spaniards have sent over their
influenza. Still sore about that little
misunderstanding twenty years ago?"
The Hohenzollern family tree should
have been sprayed with bug poison
several hundred years ago.
And He Dfd!-He Did!
The German U-boat CAPTAIN
Found life at sea a bore.
He said, Il long to see New York,
1 guess I'll go ashore"
After getting his first check in
Broadway cafe he was doubtless glad
to beat it back to the well known
ocean. A Broadway check is worse
than a torpedo when it comes to
spurlos versenkt
"Great headquarters witnessed the
meeting of the two august sovereigns."
Berlin Tageb1att.
But what will they be in September?
We Wonder.
The Spanish Influenza,
with its sniffIe sneeze cadenza, g..
l. Is; something eet, new to fret about
The king of Spain has sent it,
Just as tho he really meant it.
We wonder If he's neutral
After ALL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-04

Exports of bacon in the first seven
months of this year have been almost
equal to tbs. total BACON exports for
five years preceding the war. The
figures are 736,959,092 pounds as COM
pared with 912, 37o,461 pounds. These
figures may in some measure account
for the fact that local dealers are
asking 70 cents a pound for bacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-04

Both Kansas senators stood loyalty
by suffrage but it was defeated and
the Woman's party has its work cut
out for it. There is little doubt that
the result was due to politics and not
to principle or personal conviction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-04
GLOBE SIGHTS
lFrom the Atchison GlobAI

Give until II hurts the Germans ~
well as yourself.
II you are an exile from the patsr.
nal roof, you must be awfully ''or-
merry"
We don't like any man who says,
DO you think you will ever amount
to much ~
fun" and first thing he knows he has
a world of misery. u
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-04

The surrender of Bulgaria makes
little difference to the United States
We were not at war with that country
in Macedonia. Neither are we at war
with Turkey. whose collapse is ex-
pected at an early date. These are
the wars that the president may fairly
be said to have kept us out of.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-04

These must be busy days for the
Hun retreat expert" The proverbial
cranberry merchant has nothing on
General Won Boehm. Doubtless he
finds much difficulty in covering all
the territory where his services are
needed.