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on top of the pudding and eye the
roasted pig In families WHO are to do
everything possible to make this fhoH-
day one that the American guest Wili
always remember.
Invitations poured in to the Inter
national Y. M. G. A. Hospitality
League from many farms outside OF
London, too.-from Devonshire, where
riding and shooting were offered from
Scotland and from Ireland
ST want two boys for the whole OF
their leave one Irish woman writes.
II am going to give them the KIND OF
Christmas by boys would have liked,
If they had not been killed In France
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Christmas Cheer for
Yanks Over There

Correspondence Of Associated Press.l
: LONDON. Nov 21-If your son IS
IN France or England at Christmas
time you needn't necessarily feel that
he Is losing al the Joy OF LIE. Per
haps he is going 70 have the oppoE-
Unity to real English Christmas:
Invitations have been Issued to as
many American soldiers and sailors
as possible IN France tl1ro1e1 Y. NJ
r.. @. secrefarieS there, and those in
iSesanIES ma on les ID Ips IN England
800 = q e tlign q .
= I g en- VIII : 8 teri -
- l5i = II "a Is s..
on An on emil das
n6r6 fI ~ ch ele Id1 5gf11lne
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Aero Letter Reaches
Here By Usual Mail

Today Trevey Nutter, secretary OF
the Fairmont Business Mems Asso-
citation. received a letter from the
Aerial League of America, congratu-
hating him upon his appointment as a
member of the committee OF aeronau-
tic aairs Of this city.
The letter carries an aero mail rub
Der stamp impression. while the gov
eminent postage stamp is that Of an
aeropIane thereon. The probabilities
are that It was the design OF those in
charge to mail the letter by aeroplane
a portion Of the way from Chicago, brit
It was necessary to use the regular
mail service because OF no flight AS
result the mail had been marked as
IL 1t had been carried by aeroplane.
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REcEsIRAHoN OF BIRTHS.

announcement that, the women of the state mean
renew their- fight for act requiring registration
o 5rthsand deaths especially births, which viii be
some show of respect by doctors and mid
10 havesbeen expected West Virginia ought to
law and It to be hoped that when the time
friends of the measure will make the kind of a
which viii focus the attention of not only the
q tie Legislature but of the people of the entire
theisubject
s stands attempts to secure registration of
and deaths by paying fee Of IS cents for each
penalty of SO provided for failure to register,
trne IN which to perform the duty given.
any: physician was ever compelled to pay the ten
s. fact has escapted attention. Yet there are
nan m thecouse of every year when the regis
iso1sof births IS neglected.
al injustice to the child and to the mother. and
time that some steps taken to see that every
s taesplace m West Virginia fully and prompt
SszisfeTed The club women of this county should see
before the Marion county legislators start for
they are fully acquainted with the desires of
aeIEs m this vitality important matter.
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rURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 81, 1913.

5eE5sbe alihe United States of America as govern
ds people. By he people. for the people. nhose
e4s me deIned from the consent of The governed:
seracy IA republic, sovereign Nation Of many
ssper Slatss perfect Union. one and uBcp@0bLe.
upon those principles of freedom. equality. JUS
nd humanity for vcI1 american patriots sacrificed
sS and fortunes therefore believe is MP duty
q rs country to Iove Il; TO support its Constitution; 10
obs to respect its flag; and TO defend il against
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

CHICAGO, Dec. 19.-[Editor The
West VirSintan.l jim our opinion, the
acid test of popular government Is ap-
preaching. BY a cooperation never
equaLled, VIC have. helped to win the
greatest way In history. This crisis
has brought,cur people from all walks
Of life together; for. a common purpose.
We must keep together. It vii not
do, to relax our EFFORT nov we have
problems before US second only In
importance to winning the war and II
will require the united effort Of all
| cur people in patriotic service IL We
are to win TIE victory OF peace. We
must build up a new civilization in
which individual qualities VIII play a
larger pars-the rating Of a man must
be based upon what he Is and does,
and not upon whose son or grandson
he chances t. be, or the amount Of
money he has.
We face future that calls for stout
hearts, clear heads and vigorous man
hood. The war has saddled Us with a
very heavy burden, and to meet 1t
successfully demands an increase Of
our ma1-p0wer and the necessity to
maintain It al the maximum. Indeed.
after ord crly conditions are established
the most Important Of Americas assets
is nan-power. How shall this be built
up? Tho way is open and easy-Mnt-
tary Training OF the youth OF the land.
our years: experience has demonstrate
ed the necessity for this and made
our duty Clear.
We have put through our training
camps over two millions Of our young
men. AMI we know what It has done
e., II Ir0V1I5 boTSI In OUaP.
state the bece6ts. They have learned
personal hygiene. how to care for their
bodies aad to ward of disease: their
mentality has been speeded up, their
shoulders squared and broadened,
their lung capacity, on the average.
nearly doubled. They now stand erect.
with muscles hard as nafls-they are
TT and ready for any undertaking re,
curing courage and endurance They
have learned obedience to authority,
one of the greatest lessons for our
youth to learn and surely needed by
most OF them; they have Increased self
respect and proper consideration for
the rights Of others. and have acquired
keener appreciation Of the duties
and obligations of citizenship.
The touching Of elbows in the train
ing camps OF boys of al nationalittes,
from all parts Of the country and from
all walks 6s life, and training them
without distinction. will prove to be
the real melting pot that will Amer
icanfZe QUE citizens of the future and
create a coHmon bond Of sympathy
and undertaking that should keep
our people together and to destroy.
or at least. minimize. class dfStinc-
ton Every boy IN the land will be
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named in honor OF James Wood (the
son of Col. James Wood, the founder
Of Winchester, Virginia., who had
been elected governor of Virginia De
cember /, 1856 William Lowther was
the first sheriff of the county and John
Stokely the first clerk.
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booze across the line In automobIles
near Marttrsburg was made under di5
rectton OF United States MaEshan
Smith
Wonder II this Is the Same United
States Marshal Smith who has Ids; Of
ice in tho court house IN Faitmout2
If It Is, why does hesgo an sthetway
across the state to IND aqtomobl ls
IbootlegseEss
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JOHN ]. MITCHELL,
VICTOR. F. LAWSON,
q p RIPLEY,

: ; - = ?" 'O'IHUS- ID. tlLCVSESI+4sAN'44A' !.
NOTE-The above is from some
OF the foremost men in the country.
Mr.. Mitchell Is president Of the Illinois
Trust and Swings Bank. chicago: MI,
Lawson Is publisher Of the Chicago
Daily News; -. Ripley Is the prest.
dent OF the Sante Fe Railroad, and
Mr. Mccormick Is president OF the IN
ternatfonal Harvester Co. i
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ree0nI1 IDS that : % see
arb on be IEItedi % ma what
psrt Of the $50 300. 900 tie ccneractors
should pay hack.
THIS Is new way Of saying. mot
guilty, but pay the costs.
London Dispatches say President
Wilson. wae IS TO be guest at Buck
ingham palace next week. VIII be the
first presidensto be an overnight guest
there.
But he probably wont be the last un=
less Kfnk George is going to give up
entertaining.
Presidents are going to be a whole
lot more numerous in the future tnan
they have been in the past
And kinks are going to.be fewer.
But Of course Il Cousin. George does
the kinks he could put up represents
tives Of the. masses
Judging by the way things have been
going over there for the past two years
the masses probably would not like the
simple living IN the Kinks establish
ment
Guy pinched last night had ID
quarts of barrel whiskey and one
Quare OF "deYfl brand"
Took the latter along probably so
| that the Is hoodoo would not get him.
But then he must have left his rab-
bit foot at home
Man can't be too careful these days
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headquarters indicated that 100000 people had
swered the Christmas Roll Cali These figures will be
greatly in the final statements Of but
they show conclusvey what the American people think
Of the Red Cross. It is a privilege which public
spirited American or woman should deny them
selves to belong to this great organization.
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Carl R. Cray. who was president Of the Western
Maryland railroad when the governemnt took the
roads, and who then became director OF the division Of
operations In the railroad administration, resigned
and will take long rest No one is more entitled to
a vacation The task which Mr.. Cray undertook was
tremendous and he discharged the duties of it
With splendid success.
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AS sharp reminder that conditions have not been
standing still IN the while the world has had its In
terest centered the war In Europe comes the an
nouncement that japanese hnacier has been appointed
financial adviser to Chinese government This is
post which many years always hell by Eng
lishman.
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ndlaihas TaeticaI Iroropolg q 5lte pn1s
duetl01 and j1te mus have ben Io1g
has s1sesIeTatLa .e4
feet
~ tlsSe s5norts have more
than doubled The Report Of the British Com
- after the war calls ttention to the severe
competition of the Indian 5ute manufaetureEs
weaving industrys Of India has taken place IN
the past three years, especially the last year y
Production rose nearly so percent above the
normal pre-yyaI. .ayeraRe reaching the enors
NOUS amount of more than 500ee0.0Q 700 yards
The number Of looms has increased to 14e,80O
ors26 per cent. In the twelve months from
April, 1913, the quantity Of cotton goods pro-
SIuced In Indian mills was 66O5576,000 pounds
81. yarn.and 381, 4O4, 900 pounds OF woven
goods Coarse yarns decreased and me and
medium yarns increased American long sta
pie cotton is now being introduced into India.
which will tend oincrease the product OF me
The development Of electrical undertakings
IS uprogresstrg rapidly. and electrical power
is being introduced and IS looked 1ory89I t 70
Company of Bombay is the largest undertak-
ing OF is kind In India: and when completed
of the machinery for these electrical develop
nents come from the United States
Iron and steel workings and engineering IN
dustries generally have received an impetus
from the war. Brass and gunmetal work Is
manufactured. and.a steel plate mill is being
projected, with facilities for making an kinds
of structural steel
Labor VIGOROUSLY cheap both India and Japan ane
the Japanese SHIPS which subsidized by the goyernen
and maintained on scale so low that they have Away
been considered unfair competitors the carrying trades
VIII be prepared to handle large commerce these con
dtions on top of the fact that the factories m thu
east must find new outlets for Their products now MAKE
their possible competition with the products Of American
factories serious which congress cannot srapP
with too SOON We do not expect that the present con
aess will do anything, but the next one, winch will b'
Republican m both houses ought be prepared to act
soon az II can get ORGANIZED. i-s
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President wilson, who might have strengthened his
fore he went Just why he was going Europe gave
interview to reporter Of London Times which is
called explanation Of his purpose but the average
American reader viii be Just much IN the dark after
reading 1t as he before A. great deal of effort is
being made to create the impression that
slons Of opinion In this country regarding the Peace
conference that open the Interpretation Of being
critical him liable weaken Mr.. Wilson'S posi-
ton over there but while the American people can see
the necessity for support Of the President, they ind
themselves handicapped because of lack of clear
understanding OF what he stands for
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ND DANGEROUS COMPETITORS.

more or less familiar with the idea that the
War has changed the political map of the world
and we look forward to the tune when we will be
eso see what the arrangement looks Ike when It Is
S out before our eyes different colored blocks But
so well acquainted with the fact that economic
quite profound. and. as far as the immediate
future Concerned, important. have taken
economic balance and that this country par
eal emerged from the war with some keen competitors
&fis were only possible rivals when the war began.
Two most important of these India and japan,
coming along fast and will loom large as soon
unrest there be quoted so that industry
MY chance 10 develop with some reasonable guar
apee security. Even before the summer of 1914 we
feeling the effect of japanese competition IN certain
aoan then was, comparatively speaking, poor
Che war made Japan nch, and the natural effect
ctleneJv wealth to stimulate production OF goods
lfersnto world trade. What has happened m
.ld 10th m the following extracts from article
rubllhed by The American Economist:
1ndustEal expansion in India became
naaFled as to induce the British Government
to increase It's restrictions on hotations which
had been provided in the Indian Companies
AetEofs 1913. This act became effective on
6E1E II, 1914; yet IN 1914-1915 there were
Sgantzed 112 companies with an aggregate
dthorized capital Of about $14,000,000. In
1915zI916 and 1sl7-191S there were 27S
e6IIIpanfes formed with aggregate author
yea capital OF about 100000 There was
steadyaincrease in the average size OF the =
anizationS. Altogether more than S192E- *
10000 have been invested in Indian indus
psat1ttons during the four years OF the =
Among the first Institutions developed were =
hose forthe tanning Of hides. During 1913
India exported .s32, BOO, hundred-weght
hides and skins and $4,000 hundred.
OF leather, valued In the aggregate at
6IuEs$52 GEO. 900. OF this amount the Unit
to6k $1,000, 900 worth. Now there
good demand, for all sorts Of leather aFti-
N India including shoes. The tanning
growing rapidly.
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Lord Northc1e the British Journalist whose ,aillty
to gauge the trend of thought the British isles has
world. came out yesterday statement advocating
open diplomacy the settlement Of the questions grow
ing out Of the war This is right in line with the
American desire and Northclne's advocacy Of 1t Is
most encouraging what States and Great
Britain want in matter of this kind likely to be
aceompIished
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'CERMANYS NEW FRONT.

WAY of here m The West Virginia hills we do NOT
w know lot about what IS somg,on IN Germany, but
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.INew York to chicago By air man to
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-23
BITS OF u. S. LANGUAGE.

Paterson On. j. Press-Guardian :
Can you speak the language OF
the United States?" asks a card car
ried by the members of the Ameri-
can Protective Association. We
don't know whether we can or not,
but well do our best to reproduce
a conversation we heard on a street
car yesterday.
"Wheurjyego las night"
"NownrS. Stay dnt home"
81 seen Marry Pickford in a
swell play. Jim come overn picked
me uppin the Lizzie
"Heeza live one, ainty? ;"
"Buhlieve me"
"Goan out t'night ?"
Huh, huh Hean Coraz goantuh
Cert 5. Jye ever go over there ?"
"Uhuh. Slong. Gotta gittofi
neXttop.'
"Slong."
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TWO TEXANS DEAD
IN MARINE LIST
ONE WOUNDED-TOTAL OF Is OF
ALL STATES DIE OF
WOUNDS.

Washington. June 22. - The marine
corps casualty list today contained 81
names, divided as follows:
Killed in action. 4; died Of wounds
Is; wounded severely. ~.
Died Of WOUNDS received in action:
GEORE 3. SELLERS. Moscow. Tex.
ROY A. TROW. Trinitf, Tex.
Wounded in action. severely:
JOHN NJ. WORRELL. Colorado. Tex
Others on the list follow:
Killed in action:
Lieuts. Clarence w. Smith. Decatur,
IN; Hascan +. Waterhouse. Oakland.
Cal; Drummer Charles w. Price. At
lantic City. N. j.; Private Isaac Boone.
Boone. Stokesdale, N. c.
Died Of wounds, received in action:
Corporals Geo. G. Christensen. SAM
Anna, Cal; Benjamin Perry, Jr., Be-
thesda. Nd; Privates Godfrey w. An
derson. Proctor, Mimi; John S. Ttchi-
son. Oakdale. Ill; Claude C. Bemusdaf-
fer. ST. Louis, MINI; Alton l.. Dunfee,
Boston. Mass; Steve Halblaub. St.
Louis. Mo-; Aloysius Leitner. Holstein,
Wis: Harry c. Myers, Mclean, H.;
Charles E. Nelson, Salt Lake City; Ken
meth l.. St. Clair. EglestOn Va; Ed
die Il. Small. Toledo. Ohio; Charles A.
Towson, Washington. ID. c.
Wounded in action severely:
Sergts. Moss Gin, Perry. Mo-; Geo. b.
RoGn, Pattison. Miss; Privates Thomas
B. Grassland. Mobile. Ala; Alfred Err
Lakeland. Mich; William B.
Flanagan. Conception Junction; Ray #.
Geiger, Cincinnati. Ohio; Hans johnson,
Hylles. Norway; Adolph II. Johnson,
Ind. Harrison Moon. Elwood
City, Pa; John n. II. Phlegar. Russell.
Kan; Water F. Terry, Brookly n. Y.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-23
DISLOYALTY IN THE SANG
TUARY.

The conviction for disloyalty of a
member of the Cleveland board OF
education is as impressive and sal
utary, in its way, as was the SEN
tence passed on Rose Pastor Stokes,
Here is man who. charged with
the solemn duty OF guiding the ed
ucation OF city's children, and
molding them into good American
citizens. publicly set them a trait
orous example. His influence would
have been bad enough in any cir
cumstanceS. In a time when our
national ideals are threatened and
our national strength is put to a
fiery test, his conduct was intoler-
able.
Ten years in federal prison will
give this renegade citizen plenty OF
opportunity to reflect on the error
oi his ways. II will be a whole
some lesson to all his brethren who
have not yet learned that it is pos
sible to hold Socialist principles
without being traitors to their
country. and that if it were not,
country would still come first. More
important still. it will protect boys
and girls from the pernicious effect
OF sneering, sneaking disloyalty in
the very sanctuary oi Americanism,
our public schools.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-23

school year and no less than two
hours at least twice week. 1t is
necessary only for group of ten
or more people over 10 years OF
age to request night school instruc-
tion ~in the English language and
fundamentals of American govern
ment in order to receive such train
ing.
The state superintendent is now
urging the schools to make every
effort to interest local residents and
voters in this opportunity in their
various communities. Many young
foreign n-born residents have already
sought instruction. There are too
many others, however, who through
indifference or ignorance, have new
cr tried to replace their native
tongue with the English language.
The schools are there. The laws
make them available. Publicity is
what is wanted. The problem is
about the same everywhere. An i'm
portant phase of all Americaniza-
tion work is the arousing of the in
terest and enthusiasm of the peo-
pie for whom it is meant. We do
not wish to ram Americanism down
their throats. Wo do want to show
them its value and to open the way
for them to become wholly Ameri
can in speech and customs as well
as in love of freedom.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-23

ham d. Simons, Chicago; Samuel Sny
der, Napa. Cal; Benjamin C. White
South Hadley, Mass. Domvick Zee
cola, New York city.
Died Of Disease.
Died Of disease: Privates James Col
Inns, Lancaster. England; William Cor
nellie, Homestake, Mont; John J. Dono
hue. New York city; Martin C. Lacy
Munhall. Pa; Eugene l.. McWilliams
Shelton. Neb.; Martini C. Lacy. Nun
hal. Pa; Eugene McWilliams, Shelton
Neb.; Edco Ruffln. Spring Grove. Va;
Joseph B. Thompson, Fort Scott, Kan.
Roy Van Valkenberg. Kerhonkson. n
Y; Argyle Zeimerscheide. Mora. Mo.
In Accidents.
Airplane accident: Sergt. sam Nj.
Campbell, Admission. Ala.
Accident and other causes: Corpo.
raj Aaron S. Harris. Birchvale. Cal. !;
Privales Thomas l.. Bailey, Erskine
Mimi; Charles w. Brown. Atlantic N.
j.; Raph Damone. New York city ;
Charles F. Duffy. New Haven. Conn. !;
Frank T.. Gael. Chicago; Louis 3. Klee-
Ger, Woodville, Miss: Giovanni Muscle.
tro, Ballston Spa. N. Y; James Scan
Ian. New York; Herman Spielberg, Chi
cago.
Wounded Severely.
Wounded severely: Capt. Mark w.
Clark Atlanta, Ca. Lieut.. Samuel
Smith, Danbury, Conn; Corporals
Charles II. Barckley. Rosemary. N. c.;
Richard A. Moses, Clio, Ky; Peter Pol
chnski New York city; Roy Reynolds
Ontario. Ore; julius l.. Schlosses. Chi
cago: Privates Clarence f. Ennis. Rug
by. n. D.; Sammie Bell, Pensacola,
Fla; Jacob j. Bowman. Lebanon,
Tenn; Beraldo Belbeato, Pachina,
Italy, Hayward Denis, Troy, S. c.; 10.
seph f. Erect, Hanover. Pa; Harry J.
Hougesen, Escatawpa, Ala; William ia
cobson, New York city: Clair w.
Knepp, Curwensvile, Pa; Walter +.
Kyle. Columbus, Ga; Shelby D. Lee,
Calhoun City, Miss; Sam. r. Lucas,
Kershaw. $. c.; Harry NJ. Mathis. Gin
cinnat; Edward n. McAleer. Spring
field Mass; Guy McCluskey, Bessemer.
Mich; Martin j. May. Avis, Pa; Her
bert Y. Miner, Bradford, Mass; John
Paradis, Worcester, Mass: William c.
Parker, Macon, Ga; Albert Hipberger.
Bellevue. Ky; James NJ. Ross. Ham
mond. Wis; Erling Sletten. Westby,
Wis; Ray NJ. Stanton. Meosic, Pa;
James r. Waller, Deer Lodge, Mont;
Ernest C. Wilcox. New Britain Conn;
William G. Williams, Butte, Mont; Carl
G. Wolff. Belle Fourchs, S. D.; Nicholai
Yushik, Cleveland, Ohio.
Wounded degree undetermined: Cor
poral Henry II. Johnston, Indianapolis;
Private Orville w. Barrows. Miles City,
Mont.
Missing In Action.
Missing in action: Lieuts. Guy ID.
Tibbets. Bennington. n. H.; John A.
White. Jr. Duncan, Okla; Corporals
Edward j. Curtis, Rorbury. Mass. Peter
j. Mccormick, Roxbury, Mass; Harry
f. McWhirk, Dorchester. Mass; Pri-
Yates Clanley Bagor, Chicopep, Mass.
George w. Braham, Springfield. ILL.,:
Michele Cerelli, Baltimore. Md; Edward
:. Cermak Chicago: Edward +. June,
Boston; Edward Lutz, Buffalo, n. Y:
John Rade, Youngstown. Ohio Michael
Riley, Boston: Francis Il. Rooney, Seat
lie. Wash; Gaspar Ventimiglia. Brook.
yn.
Prisoner: Lieut. Wlferd V. Cas-
grain. Detroit. Mich.