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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-17
RETAIL BUSINESS FINE;
INDUSTRY LESS ACTIVE
BY I. A. FLEMING.

The retail business of the nation is
excellent in general and for the holt
day season. There seems to be more
money for the shopping season this
year than ever before. 1t may be ac-
counted for chiefly by the savings
and by assets accumulated by the in
stallment buyers of liberty bonds. who
have been liquidating their holdings
in this city and elsewhere for weeks
past on very large scale, and have,
therefore, ample funds on hand.
Then, too, labor. has received larger
wages than ever before. and is in po-
sition to purchase on a more liberal
scale and a better class of goods.
The aggregate of the Christmas
trade will be, in all probability, the
largest Washington ever has known.
Despite the encouraging talks of
Charles NJ. Schwab and other big men
in the industrial field, conditions are
by no means satisfactory. Govern
ment cancellations on war orders are
being sent out daily and the great
steel mills are slowing up, while the
fresh orders are not being booked in
an encouraging manner. The cut in
prices announced as effective Janu-
airy l has not tempted orders as ex-
pected. and the threat of lay-off for
la Dor is in the air.
Credit restrictions are still in effect
and in all probability will remain effec
tive for months to come. although some
large bankers are making efforts to ex-
tend the bill acceptance operations in
the interest of bringing rates to a point
where we can hope to compete with
England and Europe in the matter of
money rates.
Foodstuffs are the only commodity on
which present high prices may be ex-
pected to continue, for their is a sur
plus demand the world over.
The wise men talk of the good times
after readjustment-but REIMBURSEMENT is
in the air and not an accomplished fact.
eliminated before the happy after-read-
justment period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-17
CURB STOCKS.

Quota furnished by ". B. Hibbs & Co.
Bid Asked.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-30
How British Sailors
Kill UBoat Under Sea

gled and squirmed about in fran
tic endeavor to escape, but it was
useless. Not loophole was there
to be found, and at length, realizing
the helplessness OF her plight, she
ceased to struggle. This fact was
duly wirelessed by those on board
the airship to the destroyer below.
Trapped securely, the enemy vessel
could still rise to the surface did
she so desire and, to give her an
opportunity to do so, the British
craft now waited for several min
utes. She preferred to lie still; and
so, at a tagged signal from the de-
stroycr, the starboard foremost
trawler and the port aft one attach
ed a tin OF high explosives to each
OF the cradle wires and allowed it
to slide downward until it rested
upon the U-boat's hull. Then those
in the airship tagged a signal and
upon this the trawlers two firing
keys were pressed.
Followed then the uprising of
geyser of water, and when the trou-
bled ocean became calm, of the sub
marine there was no trace other
than an extensive patch of oil
upon the surface of the
sea-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-30
We War With Devil Controlled
Rotten-Souled Despicable Nation
AS the BOOK OF oooN

Our war is with a people which
seeks enrichment by destroying 9TH
ers. a people which is ready to muir
der in order to rob, people when
encourages the rapist in order 10
frighten others into abject terror
and subjection.
Our war is with people who for
years gladly upheld these doctrines
looking forward eagerly to the day
when through murder and outrag-
ing and pillaging without end the
wealth of the world would be poured
into their laps.
This is the devil-controlled, rot
ten-souled nation which clutches at
Our throat as for four years it has
clutched with its blood-dripping
hands at the throat of all civilization.
Make no mistake, the honor OF
every woman in America-your wife
your mother, your daughter-hu.
man liberty, and Christianity itself
will depend upon our breaking the
clutch of the beast and strangling
him to death in Europe,
On to Berlin, for Germany must
be DESTROYED!
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-30
Huns Looted Rich Homes In
Beautiful Chateau Thieny

mirable pictures. The furniture was
of exceptional elegance, and inn
pressiye mirrors and charming stat
uettes were numerous.
To-day there is nothing that has
not been destroyed. The tapestries
have been hacked TO pieces, the pic
lures slit from corner TO corner, the
leather and other chair coverings
have been ripped and all the deli
quate marqueterie and their ire
placeable examples OF craftsmanship
of past centuries have been smashed
Legs have been torn off the tables
and used in further work of destruc-
tion. There Is not mirror which
has not been broken and the glass
and china flung at them lie in frag-
ments before them.
The costly carpets have been
soiled and rent in every possible
way, and inkpots flung at silken pa
per on walls. This vengeful fury
has been carried even to the extent
of smashing nurseries and doll
houses. The manner in which beds
and rooms have been deiiled is diff
ficult of description. 1t would seem
the work of lunatics."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-30
SONG OF THE SUMMER
WINDS

Up the dale and down the bourne,
Der the meadow swift we fly,
Now we sing, and now we mourn.
Now we whistle, now we sing.
By the grassy-ringed river.
Through the murmuring reeds we
sweep,
Mid the lily leaves we culver.
To their very hearts we creep.
Through the blooming groves we
rustic,
Kissing every bud we pass,
AS we did it in the hustle
Scarcely knowing how it was.
Down the glen, across the noun
tain.
Der the yellow heath to roam,
Whirling round about the fountain
Till-ts little breakers foam.
Bending down the weeping willows
While our vesper hymn we sigh;
Then into our rosy pillows
On our weary wings we HE.
George Darley.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-30

1t is not the kaiser and his clique
alone which have thus thought
themselves into this hell OF moral
rottenness; they were not the only
would-be hooters; they were not the
individual rapists; they merely en-
couraged their people to give tree
rein to their passion for wrecklng
womanhood as ruthlessly as they
wrecked cathedrals and churches.
The sacredness of womanhood
and childhood was no more to these
Germans-these fends of He'll
than the sacredness of cathedrals'
which they delighted to destroy that
they might gloat over the accom-
plishment of their Hell-born deeds.
As they thought in their heart so
they became, SO they are, and so
they promise to remain.
These are the people we are fight
ing Our war is not with kaiser
ism and Prussianism only.
Let us not deceive ourselves.
Our war is unto death with a na-
ton trained for years to make war
its business in order to loot other
nations.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-30
British Wireless Service)

British Wireless Service)
London, July 30.-Evidence has
accumulated that during their brief
stay in the Marne salient, the Ger
mans have been indulging again in
wholesale acts of vandalism. In a
message sent from French army
headquarters, Reuters correspond
ent gives details of their conduct,
while in possession OF Chateau
Thierry.
The Germans were in the town for
some time and apparently thought
they would remain there indecnite-
ly. When they found they would
have to give it up, they apparently
determined to take the only VEN
geance in their power. The injuries
which have been inflicted on the
town are such as could not be the
result of shelling. the correspondent
points out, as those houses which
suffered most were entirely unin-
jured by shell, shrapnel or bullet.
These houses" he says. were
magnihcently furnished. the walls
hung with costly tapestries and ad-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-30
Ardmore. Tuesday. July 30, 1918.
BELGIUM'S SUFFERING AS
SEEN BY WHITLOCK.

! Here is what Hon. Brand Whit
lock, United States minister to Bel
GUM, who had the opportunity OF
seeing for himself the horrors in
flicted upon Belgium by Germany,
= has said in the course OF recent
copyright story he is writing OF his
own experiences. Read it and see
what would have happened in
America II the allied armies and
fleets had not saved US from SIM
liar fate. Read it:
Little by little, scraps of news
began to filter in concerning the
German outrages being perpetrated
in the outlying towns. Uhlan be-
gan to be a name synonymous with
devil homeless and aged peasants
were daily arriving with more tales
and testimony OF terrible things,
mutilated children were described 10
mortified groups, tales of little boys,
youths and full-aged men being lin
ed up and shot by the hundred came
from different villages at the same
time, until the limit OF horrors seem
ed to have been accomplished. But
the ravages of fire and sword grew
from day to day. Belgium saw
death by every means known to
scientific and efficiently brutal op-
pressor. But the grand old heroic
spirit only seemed to grow strong
er with the pangs OF hunger and
savagery Of civil and military law.
With the imperial PruSsian flags
flying from her flag -staffs, her
streets filled with staggering Off
GERS, her walls lined with posters
forbidding this and that under pain
OF death, her food market empty,
her banks being robbed, staggering
under enormous levies of millions oi
francs, her sons and daughters be-
ing murdered, burned, tortured and
ed off into captivity, all that made
life endurable, much less desirable,
had been taken. But the Belgian
spirit never failed, it never will;
hey may kill and murder her sons
and daughters, but until the last
one dies, Belgium remains uncon-
luered, untouched in spirit and all
hat contributed to her immortal
and valor that made her
break the first treacherous attack
md save, thereby, the civilization OF
he world"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-30
DALLAS FAIRS CLOSING
OKLAHOMA'S CHANCE

Oklahoma City, Okla, July 30
Announcement of the patriotic ac-
ton of the State Fair of Texas, Dal-
las, in complying with request OF
the war departments to permit its
grounds to remain an aviation con-
centration camp, leaves the Oklaho-
ma State Fair and Exposition the
undisputed leader OF southwestern
agricultural expositions this year.
As a consequence OF the total
of the Dallas fair, and
further because of the early dates
of the Missouri State Fair at Sc
dalia, the greatest exposition both
from the standpoint OF attendance
and exhibits ever held at Oklahoma
City will be witnessed here between
2l and 2S.
Numerous exhibitors in south
ern Oklahoma have shown cattle
and other products annually at Dal-
las, principally because that fair
was closer than the Oklahoma State
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-30
Editorial in Manufacturers
Record)

Germany for years thought lust
of world power, lust of wealth to
be looted from others, and lust of
its bestial nature, and SO Germany
has become what. it thought in its
heart, land of looters, of robbers,
of outragers.
Germany is realizing in its own
life the fearful fruit of its crimes,
and now it is encouraging immorali-
ty in order to increase its birth
rate. 1t is planning to make its
private-life a breeding farm to pro-
duce livestock to be classed as hu-
man beings, but human beings
brought into existencethrough lust
merely to increase the number OF
its people.
The records of human history
show nothing so degenerate, moth
ing to match the crime of Germanys
thinking and nothing to equal the
fearful degradation of immortality
which has come as the inevitable
fruit of Germany's life.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-30

London, July 30.-(British Wire
less Service)-A seaport which has
arisen out of the war-hunting Ger
man submarines by airship-is de-
scribed in The Times. The writ
er's story concludes with telling
how the crew of the U-boat appar-
emily preferred death to being cap
tured.
One of the crew of an airship
spotted a submarine lying on the
bed of the ocean, in fairly shallow
water.
The wireless spanked" reads the
account of The Times, 'and soon
away on the horizon there appear
ed a little destroyer, followed fat
astern by four squat trawlers. all
racing toward the spot above which
the airship cruised around.
The destroyer came up first, of
course, and it was not long before,
guided by wireless instructions, her
guns were trained in readiness to
greet the unSuspecting U-boat
should it bob to the surface. 1t
seemed ages to the impatient crew
before the trawlers arrived, but
things moved rapidly once they were
at the scene OF action, for they
knew their job of old.
"W Working in pairs they approach
ed their victim from opposite direc-
tions, steaming toward each other.
Between each pair a strong sweep
was stretched and allowed to hang
in a huge loop that it might traverse
the seabed. The vessels met and
crossed each others tracks immedi
ately above the doomed craft. The
sweeps of either pair engaged the
U-boat fore and aft simultaneously
and held her in gigantic cradle.
Thus far the German boat had
shown no signs OF alarm although
those within her must have heard
The churning of the trawlers' screws.
Now she suddenly seemed to awake
10 the menace that threatened her. "
The article goes on to describe the
late of the submarine. "She wrig-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-30
GALLUSES IN BATTLE.

Many readers have been puzzled
. by 4 detail mentioned in recent dis
patches from Paris, describing the
victorious American advance. When
our troops charged, large numbers
of Germans hurried toward our
, lines gripping their trousers, hag-
gard and mad with terror
1t is quite comprehensive that
hey should be "haggard and mad
with terror at the fury and relent-
sessness OF that Yankee attack; but
-Shy grip their trousers with such
dramatic frenzy? Thereby hangs a
;.ale which adds note of broad
:lumor TO the tragedy OF the battle
..ield.
Fritz, as il happens, does not
support his neither garments with a
belt, as our soldiers do. He wears
IN old-fashioned pair OF suspenders.
That dependable contriyance gain
ID transient fame early in the war,
when correspondents noted with
swed admiration that every pair of
German trousers was equipped with
:wo thoroughly efficient sets of sus-
bender buttons.
Teutonic breeks are built very
aeamy. so much 50 that the galluses
are extremely essential TO Fritz's
comfort and composure. The French
aoting that fact, some time ago hit
apon the clever plan OF removing
he captured Germans suspenders;
:he prisoners would then march to
he rear very meekly, with both
,ands occupied in an engrossing
ask that LETT no opportunity for
mischief.
Before that, the cry of Kane
:ad, with hands held mp. had been
NE token OF surrender. Fritz quick
4 learned how 10 make his good
nth and harmlessness utterly un-
niStakable. When he decided 20
urrender, he would throw away his
wn suspenderS. and then use his
yeaponless hands TO hold up his
aggy trousers.
. 1t must indeed be an epic sight,
5 a Paris newspaper remarks, 10
&c a lot of scared Huns posing III
nat attitude. No wonder our boys /
topped. in the midst OF the fight
lg. and stood roaring with laugh
tr-
To such a pass has the proud and
rezded German army come. after
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-30
all its triumphs! Wen catch the
kaiser in the same plight before we
get through.
A WIDE DIFFERENCE.

what a difference" says the
Wall Street Journal, between the
sons of Roosevelt and the kaiser
crowdH
Yes, the difference is the differ
ence between fighters and takers,
between honor and dishonor, be-
tween the upholders of virtue and
the destroyers of virtue, bet"een
men OF courage and honor, who led
into battle, heroes ready to die, n
need be, for humanity, and brutal
towards, who drive into slaughter
their brutalized slaves-in brief, the
difference is the same as that be-
tween heaven and hell.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-30

Fair and Exposition. In addition
the Dallas Fair drew a fairly large
part of its attendance from the bor-
der counties of Oklahoma. These
exhibitors and fair visitors this year
will attend the Oklahoma State Fair
and Exposition instead.
On the other hand. many north
eastern Oklahoma exhibitors and
citizens, attended the Missouri State
Fair, but were unable to be at Ok
lahoma City because of the fact that
the dates of the two expositions
were so close to each other. The Ok
lahoma State Fair and Exposition.
then, will get a larger percentage of
this attendance and these exhibits
this year than in any year of its ex-
istence.
Luckily the Oklahoma State Fair
and Exposition has erected many
new buildings this spring, and the
flood of additional entries and Wis
itors may be easily cared for.
Reading, Pa, posts a night guarl
around its city hall to prevent visits
OF supposed German spies.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-30
WE HAVE JUST BEGUN TO
FIGHT! ON TO BERLIN!
Manufacturers Record

Glorious is the news from
France! Every heart beats quicker
as we read the story of the heroic
work of American soldiers as by
the side OF our allies they battle for
civilization. With their blood
American soldiers are sealing the
compact OF the forces of heaven as
they fight against the forces of
hell. All honor to the superb work
of these men! On bended knees
every American should give thanks
to the Almighty God that he has
led our men and the men OF our
allies on to victory.
But let us not for one moment
think that the struggle has yet
been won. There is a long and
bloody road which, with our allies,
we must travel before our flags
float above Berlin. To the million
American soldiers now i'll France
we shall have to add many millions
more before the combined armies
are strong enough to battle their
way across the Rhine and to Ber
lin.
This is a time for elation over
what has been achieved, but it is
not a time for glorification. We
shall suffer many hardships and
doubtless many reyerses. but this
fact should only stimulate us to
do greater things and to prove that
the nation is worthy OF the heroic
men who on the battlefields OF
France have given their lives for
the salvation OF the world from the
power OF the fearful barbarism OF
Germany. We shall need to throw
into the contest still greater
strength, Because Germany will re-
double its efforts. and, knowing
that complete defeat would mean
The utter destruction of all their
power, the military leaders OF Ger /
many will, without limit. sacrifice ]
every man.
Our task is only begun. We have
made a good beginning, but all that
we have done IS but a beginning,
and a small one At that, as COM
pared with the work that is ahead
OF us.
"On TO Berlin!" should be the
cry throughout Amesiea, and until
the Stars and Stripes and the flags
OF our heroic allies float over Ber-
lin and the palaces of the whole
Potsdam gang We should never
halt nor for one moment listen TO
any word of peace from Germany
or in behalf OF Germany.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-30
MURRAY SPEAKING DATES

William II. Murray, candidate for
governor, will fill the following en-
gagements to speak in this locality:
Healdton, Sunday night, July 28,
at o'clock patriotir address.
Wynnewood, 10 o'clock a. m., on
Monday morning.
Marietta, 3 p. m, Monday after
noon.
Ardmore, 9 O'Clock Monday night.
Convention Hall.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-30
ENGLISH EARL ENDS LIFE.

London, July O.-Thomas Fran
els Anson, the third Earl OF Lich-
field. director of the National Pro-
vincial Bank OF England and the
Bank of Aus;ralasi, was found dead
today in the grounds OF his estate
at Shugborough Park, Stafford.
with a gunshot wound in the head.
Lord Lichfield was born in 1856.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-30
LIBERTY BONDS.

I am paying the highest market
price for Liberty Bonds See me If
you want to sell. ]. M. Miller. lib
East Main St. Phone 1888.
25-l0 d & W
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-20

all: everything is a question OF quick
and reliable delivery. On the prompt
WORKING OF tho automobile equipment
depends the efficient supplying Of the
army with munitions and food; mod
ern army without the service OF thous-
ands OF automobiles is quite unthink-
able.
This enormous demand OF the war
has been filled by the American auto
mobile industry. filed with quiet. UNI
assuming efficiency. Our automobile
factories have shown that they could
be depended upon to do what the gov
ernment required. Passenger cars and
trucks, as well as machines built ac
cording to extra specifications for par
ttcular classes of service, were turned
out by thousands. Many factories arc
now turning out Iirplancs. airplane
parts and motors. motors for diricibles
and boats, as we'll as boat parts. All
these types of machinery could not
be manufactured in the quantity and
with the promptncss which the war
necessitates except for the efficient or
Sanization and the intense loyalty OF
the automobile industry.
One apparatus which bids fair to
play an important part in the war
is the Liberty motor. combining light
ness and strength in such a degree as
10 make the engine most scrviceablc.
both for fast automobiles and flying
craft. The building OF Liberty motors
Is part OF the war work OF many auto
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-20
HEAVY WAR TASKS PLACED
ON AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY

Ever since the day when tho words
England expects every man thi; day
10 do his duty" were first spoken. II
has been principle that in wartime
each citizen must do his bit" This
is especially true Of the present war
not only in tho case Of individuals, hut
likewise OF corporations and entire
industries.
From tho early months OF the Eu-
ropcan war automobiles have played
~ important part in its operations
Automobiles were needed for transport
Ing food. munitions. hospital supplies
construction materials. and what not
a"'i the automobiles exported by
america TO the powers with which we
are now allied wcro an important fac
tor In all developments OF the different
European battle fields.
Bu: ii is since the entrance OF Ameri-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-20

mobile factories. The recent stroke
OF the British at Cambria proved tho
great value and possibilities of tanks
armored tractors of the caterpillar
type. To fight tho war to conclu-
sion. tanks will probably be used on
an evef increasing scale. for they save
expenditure OF both artillery and hui
man lives.
These are the most direct tasks
which the war has put before our au-
tomobilo industry. 1t is n set OF huge
tasks. enough to occupy all tho ca
pacity Of the industry; yet there is
plenty OF other work IT must do. AS
the war goes on more workers will
have to be transferred into the active
military and naval service; they will
have to be withdrawn, not only from
the Industries. but also from the arms.
But as tho farms arc. In Il way. the
very basis on which all our national
work must stand. the work of the farm
must not suffer: II must 20 on even
with a lcsscncd army Of farm laborers,
yet with increasing production