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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-30
Faith Not Weakened.

Thirty years at Broadway. and Full
ton and Vesey streets. and intimate
acquaintance with men In multitudes
SO dear to Jesus Christ have not weak
ened my faith one jot In the truth as II
has been revealed to US in the Catholic
Church
AS l said in the foreword OF the
short history OF $50 years of 81. Paul's
Chapel through the long years and uni
der all changing conditions. st. Pauls
Chapel has ministered to the people In
holy things In n spirit OF loyalty TO
Jesus Christ. the great head OF the
church and the Saviour of the world II
has been true to the doctrines OF the
Incarnation and the Atonement. and TO
the Holy Scriptures as the revealed word
OF God. It has taught the evangelistic
faith and the apostolic order OF the
Catholic Church.
"1n an age OF science and business
II has stood for miracle and mystery
In an unspiritual age II has stood for
things holy and divine. And so. please
God, shall II continue to stand Other
wise / would rather see its walls crum-
BILE In dust The same is essentially
true OF the vicar-elect. Or. McComas
otherwise he would not have received
the appointment
DO we then really believe in angels,
or course We do. And In this way per.
sonally I believe in them. They have
In large measure been driven out Of on,
great universities and other seminarie.
OF learning, out OF our public schools
out Of family life. and in far too great
way out of our churches.
1--WE have in far too many WAYS
treated them with cold hospitality In.
Vnt o,,th - h.. t.sI A.
the Hebrews asks. Are they not min.
istering spirits, sent forth to minister tc
them who shall be heirs of salvatlonY
They love US, therefore, In spite OF
our treatment of them. and I will tel
you OF two Of the countless ways IN
which I believe they are showing theIi
love for U.S.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-30
LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.

HIEHest temperature. 70. Mt : P. N.
Lowest temperature. SO. at 1:l6 a. N.
Average temperature, 90.
Observations yesterday at United States
weather Bureau stations showing atmos-
phcric conditions in the various cities:
Highest veloc-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-30
Gives Way TO Youth.

81 am retiring because in these
strenuous war times | am sure that the
work of the chapel, with all lis magnifi-
cent opportunities. will be done better
by a younger man. The work is sure
TO take on new life. There comes time
when IA man must, consciously or I'M
consciously, favor himself in large
and varied work like this. or he must
keep on tempting Providence and break
in health and strength prematurely. be-
coming thence useless to himself and a
burden to others Hence / am to be
vicar-emeritus of this well beloved
chapel"
In the course OF his sermon Or. Geer
said: ~ feel much favored and blessed
that my retirement, so to call 1t, falls
on the feast OF 81. Michael and All
Angels. For It gives ME a good excuse
for registering my utter want of con-
fldence in the unpoetcal. cold, comfort
less and wholly false. materialistic,
scientific thinking of the day, modern
thought as It is so called, which empties
life Of so much of its glory that 1t makes
II hardly worth living; which weakens
the power OF love and gives the lie to
Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the world.
and to the greatest minds and hearts
the world has ever known or ever will
know.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-30
DIR. GEER'ENDS 80
YEARS VICARATE
st. Paul's Venerable Minister
Retircs to Make Way for
Younger Man.
HE CLINGs TO ORTHODOXY
Believes Gods Angels Made
Possible Delivcrance of
Palestine From Turks.

The Rev. w. Montague Geer. d. D..
retired yesterday after thirty years of
service as vicar OF st. Pauls Episcopal
Church. Many American and British
officers were present when the vener8-
bic leader delivered his farewell SER
mon, after which he took his place near
the entrance OF the old chapel to shake
hands with hundreds of old friends. Four
sons of the vicar were represented by
stars on the service flag Of the church.
The farewell sermon was plei OF
orthodox Christian tenets The angefs OF
God. he said, had lowered over he
British troops in Palestine and the Al
lies on the western front to afford
Divine protection to our men and to
their cause.
In a large measure the final sermon
was devoted to the place that st. Paurs
had played in history DR.. Geer disposed
Of his own leave taking in "A brief. per-
sonal statement, quite apart from the
sermon. in the course of which he said +:
ITO avoid any mieconception on the
part OF any person who may be In
terested. I have decided to make brief
statement OF facts. ] feel that per-
sonally / have always been treated with
every consideration and great gener-
osity by the vestry. ! am not now be-
ing retired by the vestry, but in ac-
cordance with one OF their ordinances
am retiring wholly Of my own free
WILL without hint or suggestion from
any one. Yet I do not want to retire
have a natural and whole dread
of retirement In such times as these
nor am 1 retiring because want a
rest. And, please God, / do not intend to
overindulge myself In such an illtimed
luxury,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-04

There are many kinds oftalking machines and sound reproducing
machines. but there is only one instrument that really sings;
the rest Of them give an imitation Of singing. just as you or /
might give an imitation of a dog barking.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-07
OUR WAR FOOD PROBLEM

Washington Star: America
food situation today is serious. An
enormous crop of wheat and corn
raised last year proved inadequate
because Of the lack Of transporta-
ton. An untold quantity OF cereal
products was lost on this account
The consequence is that there is to-
day a shortage of grain foods which
cannot be made up out of current
supplies and there will be no relief
in new supplies for some weeks
In another part OF The Star today
is an article which tells the tragic
story Of this wastage Of grain prod
ucts during the fall and winter, due
to the breakdown Of our transpor-
tation system. Nobody can esti-
mate the loss to American farmers
Nobody can estimate the conse-
quences in terms of a handicap on
the productivity OF our farms dur
ing the coming season. This, how.
ever, is not to be rated altogether
as 4 disaster. 1t is bad, but it /:
perhaps a preventative warning
We have had our lesson. The rail
roads are now in better shape thar
before Tor coping with the tremen'
dous burden Of freight that must
be hauled to provide food sufficient
for the reeds of four nations. The
only question today is whether the
experiences OF the past few month.
will be put to use in correcting
faults in co-ordinating facilities, il
insuring an adequacy of transport
for the farmers, the millers and tht
dispensers of food products,
The immediate duty of the people
is plain. They must stint them
selves. They must sacrifice to tht
end of oking out the relatively scan
ty supply until the new crops arr
available. If the farmers OF tn,
country lack the means, through
losses incurred in the railroad break
down OF the fall and winter, to plan
the acreage necessary to yield th'
crops that must be harvested ii th'
people OF this country and the al
lied nations are to have enough tC
eat, the government must finance
them. This is war work, as impor
tant as tie raising OF armies and th
providing of munitions. Last yea
the farmers did their best. Thi
year they must do as well, with gov
ernmen. aid il necessary.
Ii there is a disposition to com
plain OF privation in the hom
through the wheat shortage, tin
thought must be kept yividly &C
tiye that others have suffered in
finitely worse, that farmers hay
been ruined by the weather and tn
lack OF railroad cars, that million
of people are deprived OF suillcien
food abroad because OF the wal
The priyations felt here are triilini
by contrast. We have enough o
lifegiving materials here. We cal
subsist upon them even thougl
they are strange to our taste an,
perhaps unpalatable.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-07
THE EMPTY COAL BIN.
BY GEORGE Z. BOWEN
of The Nigilantes.

Editors have thundered, state Of
ficials have proclaimed, army men
have sworn and shouted, citizen pa
triots have pleaded the cause OF hui
manity.
Yet America has slept on. Not
all America-but much OF it.
| heard a man say: What shall
| do? What shall | do? My house
is cold, my children freezing. What
shall | do
l replied: at has been done for
you! Not shell-shock, cut coal
shock. The eyes OF your mind are
open. Take a look at Europe, You
won't go to sleep again"
The old proverb was right: Zone
touch of torture makes the whole
world win-over the Hun"
No coal, eh?
Neither has Italy or France.
Nor anything else, for that mat>
ter.
But coal is the least part OF it.
Consciousness is more than coal;
conscience more than either.
Thank God for the empty coal
bin
What an eye opener it is
Gives us a chance to see our
selves as the kaiser wants to see us.
Gives us a startling shock OF full
awakening.
The man | met was a decent fell
low, an average citizen-good job,
home and family; prudent, popular,
pushing-and all that.
But he was satisfied.
Because he was sound asleep to
the actual meaning of war-our part
of tour finish, if we leave our
part undone.
He's a changed man.
He's thinking-and feeling.
His great education i'll prepared
ness, his vision of sympathy, his
thrilling gift of patriotism, his new,
vitalizing sense of personal respon-
sibility came out of his empty coal
bin.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-07
GERMANY FIGHTS ON,
THOUGH BANKRUPT.

Dallas News: If the notion that
Germany's power of endurance is
limited by its financial resources
were as popular now as it was two
or three years ago, we could derive
a good deal OF hope from the state
ment that its public debt has mount
ed to 124000,000,000 marks. This
is only little less than SIS, 100000
900. The interest on that debt must
exceed the total OF national eXpend-
itures before the war and that
charge, plus the pensions and cost
of government after the war, will
probably exceed the national incre-
ment for many years after peace
shall have been declared. If, then,
the fixed charges already incurred
exceed what the people Of the ma
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-07
From Other
Editorial Pages
SHOCKING MOTALITY LISTS

Tulsa Times: Americans have
yet the hardest part OF the war to
undergo-the shocking mortality
lists that will come to US in the flu
ture. We know that there is to be
great battle on the western front
in Europe, whether It is to be a
drive by Germany or whether it
comes from the other side. In any
event the American Soldiers-our
boys-will be in it. There will be
long lists of dead and wounded
This is going to be hard 10 bear
and there may be times when we
shall feel that this country should
not have entered the war. There
are some who feel that way about
it now, deep down in their hearts,
although they are saying nothing.
When the long lists OF dead and
wounded and missing come to us
the burden is going to be much
greater than it has been in the past,
although for some time it is hard
enough. Americans have been
killed and there is mourning for
them in their homes. Some have
died OF disease and there will be
others who will go the same way.
Prisoners have been taken from
among the Americans by the heart
less and ruthless Huns. There is L
we'll authenticated story in Tulsa OF
Young American who was taken
prisoner and who asked to send his
watch back to his family. lie was
permitted to send it, and with the
regulation card, telling that he was
war prisoner in Germany.
Inside the watch in the place OF
wheel that had been removed, he
concealed a tiny note to his mother
in which he told her that he never
expected to see her again. And
he told why. lie said his nose and
his ears had been cut off by his
captorS
There will be long and shocking
mortality lists, but finally We shall
defeat the demons who do such
things; and we shall rest assured i'll
the future that they will never come
to this country, bringing with them
the hellishness they practice there.
We shall pay the price, but we shall
claim the reward, which will be lib
erty for America and for the world
Why talk OF peace and why end the
war now while Germany is unpun-
iShcd
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-07
TALES OF FOREIGN TOWNS.

Rome has a new bridge across
the Tiber which has a span of 32S
feet, the longest reinforced concrete
arch in the world
Montreal claims to have the larg-
est -four mill in the British empire,
with a capacity OF 5000 barrels
day.
Monte Carlo before the war was
a mecca for rich Germans in whom
the gambling fever ran rampant.
They no longer are to be found
there.
Honolulu has had notice served
on it by Brig Gen. John P. Wiser,
commanding the department of Ha-
waii, to rid the city of vice condi-
tons.
Paris has established museum of
the horse, presenting a complete
history of the animal from the earli-
est known period to the present
day.
Jerusalem Jared badly at the
hands OF the Turks before they
driven out by the British. The Jew
ish population was reduced by dis
ease, starvation and expulsion to
$4,000, or about 40 per cent.
Kut, Mesopotamia, the scene of
the British Mesopotamian army's
greatest reverse, after lying for
many months city of the dead,
abandoned by even its native popu
lation, has gradually been rebuilt in
the last six months, and is now a
thriving town Of nearly as great
population as in days of peace.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-07
THE MEN WHO CAME BACK.
Copyright by the British-Canadian
Recruiting Mission.)
Rv Lieut.. w, G. Hamilton.
Nf the Canadian Black Watch.

OF the Canadian Black Watch,
You can't tell from looking at Il
fellow what he's going to do. On
the steamer going over, there was a
little fellow, named Eddy-last
name was Eddy. lie was a quiet,
paid faced boy very, very slight,
only seventeen. lie looked as if a
whiff OF wind would blow him
away. This youngster was always
so meek, so polite in his way of talk
ing to the oficers-"Please, sir, may
| do this p 1t was always please
sir" this and please, SIR that. He
looked and, at those times, acted as
if he had no fight in him at all.
One day, by some chance, his
boxing ability was discovered. There
was another man in the battalion
it was the 23rd-who was 40 or so
pounds heavier than Eddy, a man
who was quite a good boxer. / said
to Eddy: How about boxing So
and-so? Would you like to?
"Yes, sir, how many rounds" The
same very quiet, very polite re-
sponse. "As many as you like, sir,
or shall we make it a Knockout ?
he obligingly queried. They start
ed in and Eddy went at it as quick
as 4 flash. He knocked that chap
out in about the seventh round.
1t was the same thing when we
reached the trenches and went into
action. The same quiet, police boy
he went quietly about his work, but
such work. lie always had an arm
ful OF bombs. He was a bomb
thrower and he went into an at
tack, when he once was at it, like
Jury.
| got glimpses OF him in action
chasing big Huns with bombs, and
he made every move tell. A
wound rom which he must have
been in agony seemed to make no
difference to him. He got it in his
right hand, which was badly
smashed up, but he carried on,
throwing bombs with his left hand
| just as successfully, and he kept at
it until the action was over.
This was at the battle of Maple
Copse in the Ypres salient, on June
IS, 1915. Through all that heavy
fighting, in the midst Of the roal
and the crashing of bombs and shell
when every minute might easily
have been his last, that kid kept hi.
head, and l suppose he finished doz-
ems and dozens of Huns. | recon-.
mended him for the military medal
which nc received later. The last
time | heard of Eddy he was bach
with the same battalion doing the
same splendid work. 1t just shows
you can't go by looks in this game
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-07
LET HIM LIVE

As long as flowers their perfume give
SO long I'd let the kaiser live
Live and live for million years
With nothing to drink but Belgian tears,
With nothing to quench his awful thirst
But the saltcd brine OF Scotchman's curse
would let him live on a dinner each day
Served from silver a golden tray,
Served with things both dainty and sweet,
Served with everything but things to eat.
And I'd make him bed of siken sheen,
With costly linens TO lie between,
With of down and filets of lace
And downy pillows piled in place.
Yet when to its comforts he would yield,
1t would stencil with the rot OF the battletied
And blood and bones with brains OF men
Should cover him, smother him. and then
His pillows should cling with the Gotten cloy,
Cloy from the grave OF soldier boy,
And while Gods stars their vigils keep,
And while the waves the white sands sweep,
He should never never, never sleep.
And through all the days, through all the years,
There should be an anthem in his ears
Ringing and singing and never done
From the edge OF the light to the set OF the sum-
Moaning and moaning and moaning wild
\ rayaged French girls bastard child.
And I would build him castle by the sea,
AS lovely castle could be,
Then | would show him ship from over the sea-
As fine ship could be,
Laden with everything good TO eat
Yet scarce does she touch the Sivered sands,
Scarce may he reach his eager hands
Than a hot and heish molten shell
Should change his Heaven into hell,
And though he'd watch the wave-swept shore
Our Lusitana would rise no more.
In NO Mans Land" where the Irish fell,
I'd start the kaiser a private hell;
I'd lab him, stab him, give him gas;
In every wound I'd pour ground glass
I'd march him out where the brave boys died
Out past the lads they crucified,
In the fearful gloom OF his living tomb
There is one thing I'd do before was through
I'D make him sing, in stirring manner,
The wonderful words OF THE Star Spangled Banner "
-Comanche Reflex.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-07

force of metallurgists can be set to
work Immediately on the changes
that must be made to reduce our
low grade ores, so that geologists
may obtain and test ore samples,
and so that engineers can proceed
with the development of mines. He
wants to apply to the problem i'm
mediately the most expert talent in
America, and tap these latent re
sources without delay.
There should be no hesitation in
voting money ior such a purpose,
1t is equally desirable for war and
peace.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-07

]
anoff never had the busy time Citi-
zen Trotzky is looking forward TO
for the next few months.
FL Reno Democrat; Sunk with
out a trace applies with cheering
significance to U-boat.
Idabel Democrat Record: Many
man gets the best of fight be-
cause he hasn't the nerve to run
away.
McAlester News-Capital: II hap
piness is = matter OF habit, very Jew
have the habit.
NARROW Review: Keep up with
the wagon. Change your old views
and habits for new and better ones
when YOU find them and be always
on the lookout for them.
Lawton Constitution: If some
men proited by all their mistakes
they would soon be millionaires.
Chickasha Express; Mr. Hoover
has another assistant Humble Mr..
Kafr is going to help solve the food
problem and win the war.
Cherokee Republican: There are
two kinds OF patriots. Those who
are seeking to get in Class ! and
those who are seeking to get on
Page /,
Kansas City (Mo) Star: Farm
ers who object to receiving city
boys as help on their farms seem to
forget how graciously the cities
have been making room for retired
farmers all these years.
Joplin iMo.) Globe; Ii things
get really tight in this sugar famine
we can, OF course, buy candy and
melt it into sugar
Tulsa World: There is one thing
to be sad in favor of Turkey. Turk
ish cigarets do not come from there.
Shawnee News-Hcrald: Some
time ago a man by the name OF
Hughes ran for president OF the
United States. We have forgotten
his first Ilamc, but he is now one OF
New York City's ten thousand at
torneys. May he live long and
prosper,
Fort Gibson New Era: Don't
Judge a man by his size. The big
gest fiddle in the orchestra plays
the fewcs; notes.
Muskogee Times-Democrat: Hats
off to little Rumania With Boil
sheviki to the right OF her, Teutons
to her lett and cut off from her al
lies. She decided to live or die for
the causa. She'll be pretty dead, il
civilization doesn't recognize her,
after this war.
New York World; Cheats never
starvc ir an avaricious country.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-07
OUR OWN WAR MINERALS.

A ship saved is a ship built. Sec
retary OF the Interior Lane has a
plan whereby he says. We can turn
TO military use a large number OF
ships now engaged in unnecessary
commercial service. And incident
ally we can develop valuable min
eral resources yet untouched, and
so far toward completing the eco
nomic independence of the United
States.
The idea is to produce all our
own "war minerals" instead OF inn
porting them. Secretary Lane in
sists that it can be done. We are
now getting from various parts OF
the world 100000 tons a year OF
nitrate, pyrite, graphite, manganese,
tin, mercury potash, tungsten, an
timony, chromite, etc, used in man
ufacturing explosives and other
war materials.
1t takes ships to bring them, and
it takes ships to carry the fuel and
supplies we must take to the mines
that produce them, and to carry the
products we must export in eX-
change for them. And many OF
those ships are lost. The voyages
are long, and the unloading imposes
an added burden on our congested
ports.
American mines can produce all
of these minerals" says the secre-
tary, providing they are given the
necessary assistance by the federal
government
He has asked congress to make a
special appropriation so that large