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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20
THRIFT STAMPS IN BRIEF.

A war savings stamp is the prom
ise OF the United States government
to pay S. to the holder thereof on
Jan. /, 1923.
A war savings certificate is the
government certificate given to you
when you buy your first war savings
stamp and to which you attach that
stamp and all future stamps bought
until the certificate is hlled-20 al
together.
The price OF a war savings stamp
is $4.l4 in March, and the price in
creases one cent per month until the
end Of the year. The difference be-
tween S4.l4 and SIS represents inter
est at 4 per cent, compound quarter
ly to date OF maturity.
A thrift stamp costs 25 cents and
is offered to those who wish to save
in small amounts until they have
enough saved with which to pay for
war savings stamp. When YOU
have affixed 10 of these stamps on
your thrift card you can exchange
1t tor a war savings stamp, as eN-
plaincd on the thrift card.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20
THE MEN WHO CAME BACK.
Copyrighted by the BritishCana-
dian Recruiting Mission.

BY Scrgt. Major !. X. Falconer
OF Canadian Black Watch
I believe il you're going to be
killed you'll be killed at home as
well as on the battlefield. And ii
YOU are over there in the thick OF
it you'll escape, if only by a hairs
breadth, il it isn't time for you to
get yours
For instance, take one morning at
Wolverghem: 1t was just after
stand down and we were in our
dugouts preparing our breakfast,
All of sudden we received a rally
OF rihe-grenades from Fritz. | went
out with Nick Neyill who was with
me in the dugout, to see ii anyone
had been hit While we were going
round the trench a rife grenade
went through the roof OF cur dug
out and spoiled our breakfast. 1t
would have spoiled us too, il we
had not decided to step out to see
what was going on on the outside
A month or so later we were
transferred to the sector in front OF
KENNEL Hill, better known as
"Bull-ring.' We we're warned by
our intelligence department that
Fritz would make a raid on us i'll
the morning. SO we prepared. Our
bombers went over the top OF our
trench and took up a "watchiul
waiting position just inside our
wire. They lay down as comfort
ably as possible in about four inches
of snow. This was a night in Feb
ruary 1910.
At two-thirty that morning Fritz
came over, numbering about sew
enty strong, and believe me, our
bombers gave them the hottest re-
ception they had had in a long time
Very few OF them got back to their
own lines. Outside OF those who
we're carried back, never to return
we succeeded in taking two prison
crs. Those two were very glad to
lind themselves safe and sound alter
seeing the fate OF their comrades.
The Hun artillery made the re-
mainder of that trip pretty warm Tor
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20
OLD CLOTHES TO SELL.
By Theodosia Garrison
of The Vigilantes.

Old clothes to SELL Old clothes to
sell.
She has put aside today
The rose-hued irock that became
her well,
The laces and girdles gay,
The ribbon She wore to bind her
hair,
The rufflcs and iurbclowS,
The trmkety shoes She was wont to
wear;
Old clothes TO scll-old clothes!
Old clothes to sell, Old clothe, to
SELL
My lady has done with these
With raimeut OF careless souls that
dwell
In the House OF Oyer-easc.
She puts on the good gray garb, in
stead,
That the faithful worker knows,
Or the linen white with the cross
OF red,
Old clothes to sell-old clothes!
Old clothes to sell! Old clothes to
Selll
Let the rag-man take his due,
Since the sober gown has its tale to
tell
OF vigilant hearts and true.
Never was queen more nobly dressed
Than the woman today who goes
In the garments of service that gives
its best;
Old clothes to sell-old clothes!
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20
THE Blind.

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:, tho ,,orlI +. th,, nj , .onnrfrnt
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,av. a. cool -. do a,,. r,n,Lar ~
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,,an;nnlat;on
Tbere !. after all opIv , small
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Kind Vonr obsory;na Hind norso,
knows Inv his smell fh,+ tho Grass
IS grow;nq Green or that tbc leaycs
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20

Americas long drift toward war
and her long preparation after war
atcually came, probably were fac
tors that worked against all imme-
diate and spontaneous realization
lv the nation OF all that the war
meant-thc shock OF it had been abb
sorbed by degrees. 1t would not
be correct to say that i'm first year
Of our participation, now drawing
to a close, there has been lack OF
interest. but there was lack Of i'm
agination-thc picture OF war had
not been etched on the American
brain.
A change in our outlook upon
the war is now to be noted, we
think. Our mental preparation, like
our physical preparation, has been
long, but is now showing results,
We are beginning to live and think
war. With American troops in the
trenches, with American guns Jon
ing in the allied orchestratlon, with
losses to attest the spirit OF sacrl-
flee that is now the nations, we
have come to realize that the war
is not an incident or a detail OF our
lives, but everything in our lives
and in the nations life
We have not merely sent an
army and a fleet to fight war tor
us, as the old absolutist kings used
to do when wars were royal adven-
lures. We have enlisted ourselves
as a nation to prosecute a war
whose success touches the welfare
Of all the peoples OF the earth. Our
armies and our fleets are just a part
of our mobilization Tor that war.
Back Of them is a mobillzed nation,
or one fast becoming so. MoblIized
industries, modified saving, mobl-
lized homes and individuals who
are mobilized mentally physically,
morally. That is the psychological
attainment OF war that America
is now reaching.
This process will be a continuing
and deepening one as the war goes
on. 1t will be a slower one than
was experienced in France and Eng
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20
SHALL WE STARVE?
BY MARK SWAMI OF THE vIGILANTEs.


We need the biggest staple food
output in the coming season the
United States has ever produced. If
we don't get it, somebody is going
hungry.
The farmer says we're not going
to get it. He says he's going to pro-
duce only so to IS per cent OF last
years output. He says he wants TO
raise big crops, but he can't do it
because he cant get the labor to
plant and cultivate and harvest
them.
ii the statement Of our needs is
correct, and what the farmer says is
true, there is trouble ahead.
The army question is a big ques-
ton. SO the coal question; so is the
ship question and the railroad ques-
qtion; but the food question is the
greatest OF ALL and ii we don't an
,wer ii, ii We don't face it, and eN-
anime it, and solve it, all the others
viii subsequently possess only an
academic interest for us.
Everybody knows there is Il iood
shortage in the world at the present
time. Some countries are rationed,
some are face to face with hunger
and in our own country. where Su-
perabundancc has alway, existed un-
til now, we are feeling the first touch
Of the icy finger Of Famine. while
the high cost OF living is rapidly
climbing to the top round OF the
ladder.
Our people, our allics, our army
and navy depend on us ior food. to
say nothing of certain neutral ma
tons. Ii we are short. what /, go-
ing to happen? We have to depend
ON what we take out of the ground
and the farmer has Given us fair
warning that he cant take il out
We'd better listen to him. lie say.
much of his labor has been drafted
He says much OF it has been attract
ed bv high wages in munition fac
tories and other interests. He point,
cut clearly he has the land and tn,
machinery. but not the labor
Thi, is no time for debate. some
thing ought to be done Something
must be done. And unless if is done
right and done quickly it will be too
late, ior the planting season is near
" here and the farmer can plant but
once wear.
This problem is so vast and so in
tricate that it cannot be settled b,
any individual or orouo To deal
with it an immediate. WIDESPREAD nm
derstanding of the necessity must he
aroused-and the resulting actiyit,
must be social and governmental
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20
OPEN N0STRILS! END
A COLD OR CATARRH
How To Get Relief When Head
and Nose are Stuffed Up.
Observation-Disclosures


Count fifty! Your cold in head or
catarrh disappears. Your clogged nos
tris will open, the air passages of your
head will clear and you can breathe
freely. No more snuhling, hawking,
mucus discharge dryness or headache;
no struggling for breath at night,
Get a small bottle of Elys Cream
Balm from your druggist and apply
little of this fragrant antiseptic cream
i'm your nostrils 1t penetrates through
every air passage Of the head, soothing
ana healing the swollen or intlamed mu-
cous membrane, giving you instant re.
lief Head colds and catarrh yield like
magic, Don't stay stuffedup and mis-
cradle. Relief is sure.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20
COLD STORAGE.

Boston Transcripts Il under
stand that Wibbles married a cool
million"
Yes, and he's complaining now
because he hasn't been able to thaw
out any of it."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20
WORTH KNOWING.

Newly fallen snow is highly radio
active.
In Norway books are said to be
most favored as gifts.
Chewing gum is becoming popu-
lar among the Chinese.
1t is estimated that there are go
100000 sheep in the world.
Two-thirds OF the earth's surface
is covered with water.
Fur seal pups are born about the
first Of August every year.
British investments in South
America are valued at $5,0OOOOO,
600.
Russia lacks about 10 degrees of
reaching half way around the globe.
The human brain is radioactive
and emits a faint glow under GER
tain conditions.
The last United States census
gives the number of foreign born
as 3,5l5,SS6.
In Central Park, New York, bac-
terra are found to the extent OF
l,500 every cubic foot.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20
THE INCOME TAX
"a Parted Partnership"

partnership organized July 1918 and in 1917 one OF
its individual members sold his interest therein and retired
he to determine the OF gain profit derived from the
transaction which is returnabe for income purposes?
From the selling price should be deducted the capital
he has actually invested in the partnerships and the differ
reported under gross income
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20
SIDELIGHTS ON WAR NEWS
The German war debt now
amounts to $27,250,000,000.

The German war debt now
amounts to $27,250,000,00O.
Texas has loyalty law which
makes it a felony for any person to
speak disloyally o. the flag ~ OF the
army and navy.
According to Herr SegItz, a So
cialist member of the Bavarian low
cr house, 100000 Germans already
have been killed.
A British soldicr, discharged T.
er being gassed at the from, choked
to death while citing 4 pie" Of
meat on his returr home.
Gen. Sir Herberc Plumer, in com
mand OF the British forces in Italy
is one of the III. e 'uns,' he being
but feet ) inches tall.
Irwin Cobb, alter spending
night on the American front under
the range OF the enemy fire, gays:
There IS nothing funny about Ills
war.
Military training and service IN
France are compulsory and uniyer-
sal. The period OF active service
in times of peace was, shortly be
lore the war, increased to three
years.
Reliable tigureS show that 50 per
cent OF the United states army are
Catholics and - per cent OF the
men IN the navy and % per cent
OF those IN the marine corps are
r,
Inc japanese h"'lon was 'he uL''
10 IecoS"'ze 'Ae true Va'ue Oh the
IneuiC"I oiIiCer III ''Ihc o! war
'na' ms place was at the front o.
any army 10 reNehI disease as wen
as at the rear 10 cure
National feloresta'Ioh no" is be-
ing gwen serious consideration IN
England among other schemes pro-
posed ior rehabilitation after the
var. It has been proposed to plant
L||ooOO acres OF trees.
In 1915 the number OF births in
Germany was l,4i6,OOO; in 1916
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20
WILLIE UNDERSTOOD.

Boston Transcript; $50 your
father threatened to spanl; you, did
he"
Yes; he said il | made such a
noise playin automobile I'd be turn
ed turtle fore | knew it"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20
SHRAPNEL


time in France, but we ial so lar
TO h(ar ne mas been invited to swap
N''IIs with IIndenburg.
for you. Buy war savings stamps.
The skipper OF a British trawler
bopsts of putting a submarines eve
OUT by smashing the periscope with
a shovel That's about the next
there are plenty OF fre-caters train
ing to sail on our new ships who'll
be willing to try that.
Those new American merchant
men, Sinnamahoning Sisladobsis,
to be torpedo-proof, all right. What
enemy would have the nerve to fire
at such names?
Speaking in the senate in support
of legislation to increase the price
OF wheat, Senator Norris Of Ne
braska took occasion to express
the hope that the present war would
bring general disarmament and the
establishment OF a lasting peace.
This will be a miserable world for
the Huns, when they cannot muir
der somebody or poison wells.
Spend, but spend wisely. Save
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication of AL
news credited TO 1t. or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein.
All rights Of republication OF special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20
Political Observations.

Now comes Chauncey Depew,
former United States senator and
OF the very aristocracy OF the Re
publican party, and says: Let us
support the president with every
power we possess. This is no time
ior partisanship aud pickering.
Hamilton, Jefferson, Webster and
Lincoln are the iour greatest con-
structiye statesmen America has
had, but il anyone of them were to
undertake the task that today con-
fronts Mr.. Wilson, it would break
him down. We want Mr.. Wilson
to continue TO be our president;
therefore, we should not harass
him
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20

Senator Chamberlain, sponsor OF
the war cabinet and munitions di-
rector bill, who has been suffering
from a physical breakdown since his
savage attack ON the administration
some weeks ago, is out Of the hos
pital and is now seeing things from
a different angle 1t is given out
that he will no longer oppose the
Oyerman bill to empower the pres
ident to consolidate and coordinate
executive departments, an admins
tration measure, and that he now ia
yors giving the president greater
p 1wcr than the bill proposes. Doubi
less what the Oregon senator has
heard from home has brought about
a change OF heart
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20
THE WAR REACHING HOME.

Ardmore. Wednesday, March 20, 1913.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20

The question ha, been raised as
to the validity OF the federal pro-
hibition amendment, on the ground
that the resolution providing for
its submission to the several states
ior ratification or rcection, was
ior ratification or rejection, was
atiycs by less than two-thirds Of the
total membership. The vote in the
house Dec. L by which the amend
mcnt wa, adopted was 2S2 to l2S,
or eight more than two-thirds Of
those voting. The total member
ship OF the house not reckoning va
cancies, is ABS. OF which t@o-thirds
is POO, or eight more tlt~a the num-
Der voting ior the amendment in
December.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20

Thousands OF enemy aliens grant
ed suffrage in ten states upon de-
claring their intentions OF becoming
citizens after six months to one
years residence, will be deprived OF
this privilege if a bill introduced in
the house OF by Representative
Henry B, Flood, chairman OF the
committee upon foreign affairs, is
enacted. Mississippi is one OF these
states, and about 10000 aliens who
now vote would be affected by the
bill. Other states where aliens have
the right TO vote for president and
other offices are Alabama, Arkan-
sas, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Ne
braska, Oregon, South Dakota and
Texas. In all these states are thou
sands OF Germans and Austro-IIun-
garians.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20

Those new American merchant
men, Sinnamahoning, Si5ladobsis,
Skancateles, and Shawangunb ought
to be torpedo-proof, all right. What
enemy would have the nerve to fire
at such names?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20

The United States has llrcady
loaned to the allies $4,940, 100000. OF
which $2520O000J0 was to Great
Britain.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20

Secretary Baker is having 4 good
time in France, but we iml SO lar
to hCar he has been invited to swap
visits with Ilindenburg.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20

The number OF casualties in the
volunteer and regular armies OF the
United States during the Civil War
lS6l-65, as officially reorted in 1906,
was: Killed in battle, Of ,562; died
OF wounds, 34,727; died OF disease,
1929. Total, 279,376.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-20

Money saved works day ard night
or you. Buy war savings stamps.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-16
Miss Calder Marries
Naval Lieut.. r. C.. Lee

Miss Elsie Frances Calder, daughter
of United States Senator William Mus
grave and Mrs. Calder. Of 551 First
Street, Brooklyn, became the bride of
Lieutenant Robert Corwin Lee, U. S. NJ,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Lee, of
Blackford, Idaho, last evening. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Or. John c. Rauscher, at the Twelfth
Street Reformed Church, Brooklyn.
The maid of honor was Miss Sarah
Murphy and the bridesmaids were Miss
Marion Calder, Miss Magdeline Harlo,
cousins of the bride; Miss Helen Hal
bert and Miss Alice Kenny.
Two little cousins of tho bride, Miss
Ruth Harlo and Miss Janet Baxter,
acted as ribbon girls.
The best man was Paymaster Tucker
Gibbs. U. S. N while four naval lieuten-
ants, all classmates of the bridegroom,
and two civilian friends acted as ush-
ers. These were Lieutenant Merwin
Bennion, U. S NJ; Lieutenant Regina d
Venable, U. S. N; Lieutenant L. H.
Failing, U. S. NJ; Lieutenant Walter E.
Brown, U. S. NJ; H Murray La Mont
and William M. Calder, jr., brother of
the bride.
Among the prominent men present
were Jacob A. Livingston. chairman of
the Kings County committee; Public
Service Commissioner Frederick J. H.
Kracke, Judge Marcus Campbell, ex-
Borough President Louis H. Pounds of
Brooklyn, Judge Lewis j. Fawcett
State Senator Charles F. Murphy and
A. G. Calder, father of the Senator.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-16
American Red Cross
Aids Swiss Chapter
Appropriates SIPS, 600 to Help
Work of Organization
in That Country

The war council of the American
Red Cross, it was announced yesterday,
has appropriated S125,000 as a gift to
the Swiss Red Cross. The money is TO
be used for relief work among the peo-
pie and soldiers of Switzerland and for
Allied troops and civilians in transit
from Germany and Austria.
tive of the American Red Cross in
Switzerland. has informed the war
council of the burdens that the war
has placed upon the Swiss organiza
tions and the difficulty of raising
money for the purpose there because
of war conditions. Less than 100000
has been raised in that country so far
for relief work, and the Swiss Red
Cross is anxious to establ sh tuber-
cular hospital for Swiss soldiers.
In addition to sentimental reasons
for supporting the Red Cross in the
place of its birth. the war council
pointed out that Swiss physicians had
made great sacrifices to examine AL
lied prisoners in Germany and Austria
who were candidates for repatriation,
and soon might be called upon to zen
der similar services to Americans
Thousands of Allied nationals are being
cared for in Switzerland.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-16
Public Asked Not to
Buy Platinum Jewelry

WASHINGTON, June 15.-The whims
of fashion which have created great
demand for platinum in jewelry have
not yielded to the national needs as
readily as had been expected. the Blu
reau of Mines announced to day, in
making d renewed appeal to the peonle
to release this precious metal, so that
the american war machine may go
ahead at full speed"
The bureaus announcement said that
aside from the large amount of plati-
mum in the form of manufactured jew
elry, there is less than 25 per cent Of
the normal stock of manufactured
platinum in the country available for
war needs.
AS this metal is necessary in the
production of nitric and sulphuric
acids. in the manufacture of nitrates
from the air, and for gun mechanisms.
magnetos for airplane engines. con-
facts for telephone and telegraph in
struments, and many other war uses,
officials are apprehensive as to the fut-
ure supply.
Consequently they ask the public not
to purchase any platinum iewelry either
during the war or thereafter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-16
$4,000 Staten islanders
In Flag Dav Parade

Twelve thousand men, women and
school children took part in big Flag
Day parade on Staten Island yesterday.
Although the event was celebrated
throughout the country on Friday,
Staten Island postponed it day to take
advantage Of the Saturday half holi-
day.
Fifty-seven Staten Island Naval Mi
litia survivors Of the President Lin
coin, the transport sunk by U-boat
while returning from Europe, were in
line. The parade started from Living
ston and ended at Port Richmond Park.
The militiamen were followed by
1000 schoo! children and members of
the Home Defence League, Knights of
Columbus, Red Cross, Boy Scouts and
women,s organizations. At Port Rich
mond Park. patriotic addresses were
made by Thomas Brown, Municipal
Court Justice, and Murray Hubert,
Commissioner of Docks and Ferries.
Calvin D. Van Name, Borough Presi-
dent, accepted q flag in the name of
the city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-16

that of the "Red and Blue Turner's" a
Czecho-Slavok gymnastic corps Of small
boys and girls, dressed in treman's red
blouses and short gray trousers or
kits.
The programme after the oath of
allegiance included military drills by
the American Guard, the Sienna
Scouts. the Greek-American Scouts, the
Yorkville Naval Marine Scouts and the
United States Boy Scouts; demon
stration of first aid and signalling by
the Boy Scouts Of America; gymnastic
drills and dances by the Camp Fire
Girls, the Czecho-Slovak gymnastic
groups, boys and girls Of Our Lady Of
Good Counsel School. and, finally, the
formation Of human flag by the
Yorkvil]c parochial schools.
Prizes were awarded to the best
drilled groups by jury consisting of
Captain P. Walch, F. Z. Brook, Captain
f. Petain, Mrs. Carl H. Hackert, Miss
R. Manning, Miss Mary f. McKcnna
and Miss NJ. de G. Trenholm.
After the ceremonies there was an
ice cream riot