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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-05
published in Daily Ardmorei.e,
April rs, 20, q, g, 30; May ]. 2.
3, 4, and 7, 1879

There is more e>atarrh In this sec
ton of the country than all other
diseases put together, and for years
it was supposed to be incurable.
Doctors prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly failing to cure by
local treatment, pronounced it in
durable. Catarrh is local disease.
greatly influenced by constitutional
conditions, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. HdFs Ca
tarrh Cure, manufactured by Z. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is
constitutional remedy, is taken in
ternally and acts through the blood
on the mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn. One Hundred Dollars re-
ward is offered for any case that
Halls Catarrh Cure fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
+. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, o.
Halls Family Pills for eonstipa-
ton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-05
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

Lack of restraint, due to the fact
that the fathers OF the majority Of
the boys are in military service, is
believed responsible for the rapid
growth OF juvenile crime in Ger
many.
Even the birds and animals OF
England are feeling the hardships
OF war. This is particularly notice
able among the seagulls, who aban-
don the water and enter fields that
:hey may obtain food.
Siam. the little hermit kingdom.
has become so interested in the war
between the entente allies and the
central European powers that it is
preparing to send an aviation corps
or 500 members to aid the allies on
the western front.
The Oldest flag among the larger
nations battling against the Ger
mans. strange to say. is that OF the
United States. The Stars and Stripes
were adopted June II, III. the only
change made since having been the
addition of stars from time to time.
The present Union Jack OF Great
Britain was not adopted until 1901,
while the French tricolor was
adopted in l7o4.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-05
Jackie on Shore Leave.

Soldiers and Sailors are NOT
searching for a o1;ef cyer;nn ,vho.
they come to town" says HMi!s M %',q Nrar',
Wood IIiuman field r,nro.ontat;,.,
of the dcpartmenf of HoaI,b \ \
Recreation Of tbr ,yon,n,s rnn,,r,;, ri,'
tee Of The Corn,iI NJ W1,;on,i o'l''I'', ~,
fense. Women in many c;t;c. faco
the question of how ba5t ta .,,,',eo ,"e
soldiers srJ s,itory 1sta mus nus, -
ideal is nor to ,molo 49, r.nT i''I' .
5evsnapcr mr. even Lnar " -,'3 ~" H., ."
tnre. jjsualh. thew ,y,nt ,o 1'1 dr;No r;o
with speed mr. to d,ncn "';t '.;,1, ~ ", Ui'av .i
hearts ''' "'' '''o''
shore leave is rcIer,1essIy cu+
for the Jackie If he commits tLr
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-05
PAGE FIFTEEN

mates as prepared by the City Engi-
neer are now on file in the Office OF
the City Clerk of said City, and are
open to inspection of all parties.
All bids shall be submitted in
sealed envelopes and plainly marked
in ink thereon, and must be filed by
5 o'clock p. m., Tuesday, May z,
1918, and accompanied by certified
check drawn on some bank in the
City of Ardmore, Oklahoma, pay
able to said City Clerk, in the sum
of One Thousand ($l,0000O Dol
lars. The successful bidder shall be
required to give a Construction
Bond conditioned in the terms of
the law, and also a Maintenance
Bond, conditioned that he will keep
said street in good repair for a pc
riod of five years from the date OF
acceptance of same. and each bond
shall be in the sum of 80 per cent
of the amount of said bid, and shall
run in favor of the City of Ardmore.
Oklahoma. All bonds shall be ap-
proved by the Board of Cohmic-
sioners of the City of Ardmore, r.
appropriate resolutions to be ap-
proved by the Mayor.
Such bids shall be opened ami
considered by the Board of Com
missioners at 8 o'clock p. m. on
Tuesday, May 7, 1918, at the Session
Chambers OF said Board and the
contract will then be let to the low
est and best bidder, who will undes-
take to construct said improvements
and furnish said materials in accord
ance with such plans and speciica-
tons of said City Engineer. No bid
will be considered that does not con-
template the completion of the en-,
tire improvement, and the payment !,
OF all incidental expenses attachedl
to the City Engineers estimate.
Compensation shall be made in
Streer Improvement Bonds at pat
issued and secured as provided by
law. Any property owner may pay
cash for his assessment. and the
City reserves the right to pay part
cash and part i'll bonds for such i'm
provements. The City also reserves
the right to sell said bonds and pay
dll III NdSi iOl SuNIl
The form of the contract the City
will require is now on file in the
Office of the City Clerk, and open for
inspection to all parties. The form
of the bid required can be had on
application to the City Attorney.
The City reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids and re-advertiSe
for bids for such improvements. If
the successful bidder fails to execute
his contract and file his said bonds
within ten days after the letting of
such contract, the City reserves the
right to cancel said contract and fo;-
felt the certified check ACCOMPANY
ing said bid to the improvement dis
trict, and re-advertise for bids for
such improvements.
Dated this the oath day of April !
1913.
(SeaD. G. w. GROOM,
City Cenx.
published in Daily Ardmori.e,
April Is, 26, q, %, 30; May ], 2.
3, 4, 6 and 7, 1879
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-05
College Girls Celebrate "Registra-
ton Day"

G0ucher College at Baltimore,
Md, celebrated April as Registra-
were given an opportunity to enroll
for summer work under the COM
mittee of. the War Council. The
Gouchcr College Weekly reports
that l07 girls pledged themselves to
do at least two months farm work.
While the Land Army attracted the
greatest number OF enlistments.
many signed for clerical. camp and
laboratory work.
Women's food production ON
forts this summer for increases in
poultry. pigs and bees. have been
formed in ten counties in Colorado,
according to the Woman's Council
OF Defense Of that state.
The university cafeteria OF the
6+ pounds less flour than the gov
ernment allowance of a pound and
a half a week for each person,
states the Indiana Daily Student.
Liberty bonds to the value OF $4.-
ers in the Chicago stockvards out
OF the back pay received bv them
when their request for increased
wages was recently granted. was the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-05
In the Olive Class.

Boston Transcript: "Dy you
think" he asked. that you could
learn to love me-"
Possibly" she answered; "but If
| were man I'd hate to think !
was an acquired taste"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-05
That Morning-After Feeling.

Boston TRANSCRIPT: Rccd-Ac-
cording 10 this article Edison saws
that a mans head expands when he
thinks deeply.
Rounder-Must be misprins for
drinks"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-05
New STYLES in Window Boxes

There is new styles in window
boxes.
Mrs. Hugo IIansfeldt of San
Francisco has started it..
Mrs. Mansfeldt has q LARGE music
studio. but She became so interested
in the War Garden Army that She
couldn't stand it to think She didn't
have an inch OF ground to dedicate
to Uncle sam.
So She tore the geraniums and
and nasturtiums ouf of
her long row of picturesque window
boxes and planted onions. radishes
and carrots instead. She hadn't
made this change in her window
decorations for longer than a day
before her ncighbors i'm the SIR
rounding studios began TO follow
the fashion. and now every studio
building IN san Francisco and los
Angeles and hall of the business
houses OF san Diego have miuil-
iure gardens on the window ledges
This sounds like Joke when II
reached New York. The settle
meut workers there caught the ide,
and so have the children of the ten
cment districts. Little lsidor Iacobs
OF Cherry llill and Guido Bacci Ca
iupi OF Mulberry Bend have put ont
an onion garden on a FIRE escapc Of
their respective lromes. and woe to
any stray cat that dares int-pde
upon the sacred precincts of /. ose
gardens.
The service pins for the United
States War Garden Army have not
been sent out from Washington vet.
but when they are lsidor Is deter
10 have one with at least one
star. and If is the consensus OF opin-
ION among the settlement workers
hat he really deserves at least that
much oiiicial distinction.
Men Buy Bonds in Wives Names
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-05

The turmoil Of battle PLAYS havoc
with the smartest clad soldiers. Aft
er a few DAYS stay in the trenches
they emerge disheveled. ursilaven.
their clothes dirty and unkempt.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-05
BATTLE SUMMARY

! lSlllId ulspdlCHCS lOudy Indicate
that the predicted Teutonic drive
against Italy may be about TO begin.
simultaneously there are indications
that the Germans are on the eve
OF renewal of major attacks on
the Franco-Belgian lines.
1t is announced that Emperor
Charles has left Vienna for the
front, presumably the Austro-ltalian
front, and the Vienna war office
statement reports pronounced activ-
ity all along the practicable fighting
line from Lake Garda to the Adri-
attic.
Austria Hungary supplies some Of
the most important items of the
current news, with a critical eco
nomic and political situation off
cidlly conceded to be developing at
home just as her armies at the front
are apparently to be launched i'll 4
new attack ON Italy.
The crisis at Vienna is marked
hy the dismissal of the Austrian
/ parliament by the emperor's order
and the declaration that forcible
measures would be taken TO make
resumption OF its sessions impos-
sible. II statement if is made
clear that the government was en-
barrassed by the divisions in the leg
islatiye body over the crave food
situation and the various racial
grievances in the Austrian border
politics. and desired free hand in
the next few months.
Such drastic action taken in the
face of the unrest throughout Aus
tria- Hungary as the result OF the
vars priyations and the ever re
curing racial differences, will cause
the development OF the situation in
he dual monarchy to be followed
with the kecnest interest.
Conflicting Reports.
Meanwhile Vienna dispatches
having reported Emperor Charles
leaving for the front (prcsumably
Jtalian) and have announced great
Iv increased activity along the
Austro-Italian lines, where re-
newai of the Tcutonic offensive has
long been threatened. The Rome
official statement does not give
like picture OF the front inc activ-
lies. but records intensive aerial op-
crations with entente airmen evi-
IDENTIFY having the better Of eucoun-
tcrs and bringing down fourteen
enemy machines.
The German offensive in Flan-
ders has been held up now for vir-
tually five davs since the enemy
waves last dashed AGAINST the rock
ribbed defense of the British and
French and the Ypres line stood
firm under the attack.
General Won Arnim evidently has
hccn forced into this inactivity by
the severity OF his losses and the
time TO marshal new forces for a
fresh blow
Allies EXPECT Great Attack.
Confidently, however. The enemy
has new troops for even greater
thrust. if he thinks il advisable to
employ them here. and there have
bccn Indications for the last day or
two that he was preparinq TO do So.
One such hint of an jmpendinr
thrust developed Saturday morning
when the German artillery began
violently to pound the Frauco-Brif-
ish lines from Locre to the south
of Npres where the enemvs effort
OF April ~ was made. The BON
bardment was not speedily followed
up bv an attack. however. Ss was
the case last Monday.
Meanwhile there has been
strengthening of allied defenses at
important points along both the
northern and southern sides of the
AIliaJ A-r,,;e- XEy;, C-o,,,,J
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-05
NATIONAL FACTS
AND FIGURES

The first large library TO be es-
tablished in America was that OF
Harvard University. founded in
loss. six year, after the college. In
TuU Yale University also establish
ed a library. These two. are still
among the greatest OF college Ii
braries in this country.
According TO the scientists OF the
geological survey. theer are in the
ncighborhood of SO,OO0.0D acres of
good land in the United States
which Is more or less covered with
water. This. AZ the lowest calcula-
ton. represents a country bigger
than Great Britain and Ireland.
The population OF the United
States Is more than l00.0O0.0C0. The
total population of England. Scot
Land and Ireland a month before
the outbreak Of the war was Off
o-ally estimated al 46.0S9. .24o. The
other countries follow: France. 3D.
60l.S09; Germany. 66I15.OOO; Aus
tria-Hungary. 100000: Italy.
Russia. l75.3l7. 600: China
4lS.0O0000; Japan, 53,6o6,S5s; Ser
bia. 100000.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-05

&. Louis has 974 miles of water
mains, with ll6 $50 connections. The
daily consumption OF water is o.
0GG.O0G gallons.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-05

Men Buy Bonds in Wives Names.
Mrs Peter Oleson, who has been
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-05

Alabama conducted a six weeks
campaign, in its municipal Kitchens.
for proper bread making and new
wheat substitutes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-05

In Delaware negro woman has
been employed to teach food con-
seryation to the negro people. \
small travelling exhibit has been ar
ranged for her, and her work has
been great success.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-05

The university cafeteria OF the
University of Indiana in March used
o+ pounds less flour than the gov
ernment allowance of a pound and
a half week for each person,
states the Indiana Daily Student.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-05

dyS Ncduy IOI EllIcI BtENy.
If one could follow the Red Gross
field director about, he would sec
him rushing hospital supplies TO
meet emergencies on the call of the
medical officers-perhaps equipping
an emergency hospital overnight. as
happened for the civilian workmen
in the navy yards near Norfolk. He
would see him issuing the knitted
goods and the comforts, themselves
good fighters against disease and
distress, which American women
have made for our boys and men.
Meade County news., 1918-07-04
Commanders All German Shops
and Sets the Styles and
sgi,5,gt Prices. M a5
CUSTOMER MUST PAY Cash
Mems Suits Have Been Standardized,
Running in Six Series, Simplifying
the Transaction-Women's
Clothes Will Come Next.

msterdam.-Emperor William is
the greatest merchant tailor In the
world according to German newspa-
pers which have arrived here. lie mas
taken over practically the whole tall
oring business of Germany, for men as
well as for women. The emperor is
running his new tailoring business un7
der the name of Observation-Disclosures
stelle, which means the Empires
Clothing Place.
German newspapers announce the
kaiser's clothing shops are open for
business in all parts Of the fatherland.
Thus the kaiser controls the whole
clothing industry of the nation. lie Is
in a position to dictate the style, the
shade of goods to be used and the
length of the skirts for women. AL
present the kaiser seems to favor DARK
goods for mems suits, for the news
papers say the goods used for the
kaiser's coats are exclusively Of dark
shade. @ it
Formerly It used to be the exclu-
sive privilege Of the military man 10
wear the kaiser's coat, but now every
body practically not only will be privi-
legged, but even compelled, to wear the
kaiser's coat. And the women will not
only wear kaiser coats but also kaiser
skirts. It may be assumed the kaiser
is in favor of short and narrow skirts
to-, OrIo n mQf0riaI
While the k9iser is In charge of the
wholesale department of the German
clothing industry, so to speak, the local
shops In the different cities, towns and
villages are to be in charge of the
municipal authorities. However, the
prices are fixed in Berlin by the kaiser
One cannot buy a hand-me-dowr
early on Saturday morning any cheap
er than at any other time. Nor will
one have chance to buy one leg Of 6
pair Of trousers this week and thu
other leg next week. Bargaining II
yerboten, If the kaiser has his way
No more clearing sales, no more fir
sales, no more bankrupt sales, no NOR
misfit, sales! i, nli irOuf y. li
The German clothing industry hai
been Prussianized indeed, presset
with hot iron into methodical shap'
or a shapeless, methedE Mems suit
have been standardized, running In ST
series, from the letter A to E. All NAL
Germans will soon, know to whic
series they belong They won't hay
to have their measurements taken. Al
they will have to do is go to tn
Meade County news., 1918-07-04
Bestow Praise Upon j r. !. :
u. S. Hospital Units

hind the German lines Of slight moye1 4
ments, but nothing further to indicate
that the enemy is preparing to launch
an attack here, 80 .....,, ,2c,t edI
The recent enemy air raids over
French villages to the rear Of our lines
have only served to incense the Amer
leans and make them more determined
when they see women, children and
old men needlessly killed byVbombs1l
and the lives of American wounded
and sick in the hospitals endangered.
The Bavarian troops which have
Just arrived opposite' the American
sector, northwest of Toul suffered ra.ssf1
ualties Of 80 per, cent, of their effec-
tives while they were engaged, tn the
north of France in the recent 0ifen-I
sive, according to reliable in cofhattpn
received today, Virtually all thesa le
losses were In killed and wounded, as
the BavarlanG, 1t is declared, lost
only one man taken prisonersD bs0y
Leaves of absence again are being
granted In the American expeditionarJ
forces to troops serving 0elsewheFe
than on, the northern battlefronts 1eGj
the Somme and Flanders. "a, In the, case
of organizations which may leave for
that zone all leaves will be au6oraatic'
ally discontinued on receipt OfSordefs
to proceed northward. .,i;.- nroI
An innovation in training recently
put In practice back OF the AhAefiesn'
lines is to have the men. while playing
baseball in their recreation periods
wear their gas masks throughout. the
game, the idea being to get them iaes
! customed to breathing properly In
these protective devices under all con-
| ditions, , ~ ,,-- -. e.
An exhibition game will be played
with Hank Gowdy, the former Boston
star, and other soldiers with big repn,
tations on the baseball field partlcipat-
/ ing. Gowdy, wearing his gas mask,
will catch for one Of the teams and
all the other players will be, similarly
equipped. ~.
Meade County news., 1918-07-04
French and British Officials Com
mend Their Work in 4
PiCardy. t2"
SHELL GRAVES OF YANKEES
Germans Deliberately Tear UP ceme-
tery-BasebalI Teams Play In r
Their Gas Masks as an lnno- 2hi
5d walton In Training. l41rn

With the American Army In, France
The work of the American hospital
units in Plcardy has won high praise
from both French and British officials. !,
By the establishment of non-transIi
portable field hospital only a short dis
tance from the front line, the first< OF
its, kind to be introduced, 1t has been
possible, to perform operations which
seem to be little short Of miraculous
OF 155 cases recently admitted; opI
erations were performed on 11S men,
and the mortality was only 30 per
cent. The doctors say that had 1t not
been for this hospital so near the
scene of action the mortality undoubt-
edly would have. been 80; 0rs9OS'per
cent.
This hospital Is Situated in a pic
turesque bit of country .ltiis sur
rounded by wild flowers. The prin-
cipal building formerly was the couh-
try home of French count, who now
lives In the stable with the countess
1t is said this hospital is one of the
most complete in Europe. 1t is
equipped with every necessity. eurl.
Near the hospital is a cemetery In
which nearly 100 Americans are
buried, O. When all is quiet along the
front and the hospital attendants have
some spare time they pick wild flow
ers and decorate the graves. Many
aged French women also spend much
time in this way. They say this Is
little enough for them to do to sho"
their appreciation of what American
mothers are doing for France 10
Shell American Cemetery. ID.
The Germans have been deliberate
" shelling an American cemetery neal
the front in Picardy. Recently one
grave was, torn up four times. 1t mlal
| be cited in contrast that the Ameri
I cans In this sector few days ag'
took a German prisoner who was NOR
tally wounded. He died and received
a Christian funeral and burial in th'
American cemetery near the front
His grave was marked in the SAM
manner as the others. ate
| Except artillery activity, the Amer
lean front In Picardy has been quie
] for several days. There are signs be
Meade County news., 1918-07-04
CRIME GROWS IN GERMANY
Burglary and Food Thefts Are Con-
stant-Letter Stealing Also
Increases.

London.- Crime continues to In
crease alarmingly in all parts of Ger
many, according to German newspaper
accounts. A conference was recently
held in Berlin to discuss public In
security" t bii,r JlTN adj
Statistics given Of the payment on
account of burglaries had increased
from $4OO, 900 in 1914 to $l,10o,O00 in
1916 and to about $5OOO,Ooo In 1917. z
owing to the constant thefts Of food
in Berlin, an official order has been
issued that no corn or flour is toNbe
moved through the streets after dark.
The theft of letters is reported more
common. d
Owing to the frequent thefts of let
ters at the town Of Mittenwalde. the
postmaster laid trap for the thief.
with the result, according to the Ger
man papers, that his own wife has
been sent ts prison for six months
Meade County news., 1918-07-04
America Fills the Need.

For years 1t has been the custom for
American manufacturers to- obtain
each season o large, number Of Parit
garments and readapt them to the
needs Of American women. Paris has
always taken the lead In suggesting
possible styles. But the war, has
brought American designs to the fore,
although It has by no means served to
discourage Paris artists. Now many
garments wholly, American are being
shown, and the fact has been clearly
proved this country need never In
future play second fiddle, The fact
that fabrics and trimmings are scarce
and that wool, especially, must be con,'
served has probably worked to the ad-
vantage OF American designers and
would-be designers. For simplicity
has been the rule.
Meade County news., 1918-07-04
Kaiser William Is
Now State Tailor

kaiser's shop aAd say: "Hand me
down an A suit"
The aaiser's salesman will know ex-
actly what the customer wants, and
any argument as to whether 1t fits well
around the neck will be superfuous,
And the customer must pay cash, down
for his suit. The kaiser needs the
money No more suits on tick, is the
standing rule. .t tndH
Credit is Abolished.
The Germans no longer can have a
suit made to order, forget to pay the
bill and fail to recognize the tailor
when they happen to pass him in the
street. Nor can they any longer buy
a suit ON tick and hook 1t with the
uncle on the same day, to squander
the illgotten gain in a beer garden.
OF course, the kaiser has given his
new clothing high sounding name
He calls the suits reichsanzuege, mean
ing empire or state suits. The reich
sanzug for men costs from 70 to 1OO
marks. This is about the same price
that prevailed before the war for GUS
tom made clothing.
Whether the women of Germany Will
submit to the styles dictated by the
kaiser remains to be seen. Newspa
pers announcing the kaiser's new de
parture state the measure is first being
applied to mere man, considered more
docile. So If a revolution should
break out in Germany these days Il
may be the German women rebellec
against the kaiser's styles. M