The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-17

The kaiser is to confer with his naval
chiefs on the submarine policy. Oh, for
Daniel who could read the writing
on the wall to Bill
Poison fumes from German shells
| oyer the American trenches Tor three
hours and yet no casualties. The Sam
mics evidently have absorbed all the
precautionary suggestions necessary to
fit them for facing an enemy who re-
sorts to any means in his efforts TO
destroy life,
How many young democrats are YOU
going to entertain next Friday.
That shooting at the Santa Fe sta
ton Friday night was far from good
advertisement OF a city Of law abiding
people. But the police department es'
tablished the fact that law offenders
are quickly apprehended.
Opposition to war gaining strength
/ in Germany" is welcome harbinger
of the approach of the day when Bill
| Hohenzollern will be asking his people
permission to do things rather than
ordering things done.
Mr. Middleton found Ardmore people
the kind that respond generously to the
| best Of offerings in music. And Ard,
more found Mr.. Middleton gracious and
more than pleasing. Ardmore now
| looks forward to the appearance of
Alice Nielsen as the fitting climax to
the city's most pretentious course Of
musical attractions.
Sunday fair, rising temperature, the
weather man says. Thank you.
And that reminds us that it won't
be long before we will have to be pay
ing the plaguey ice man.
The United States Marine band is
practicing on a program to be given on
the steps Of the royal palace at Berlin
1t is Just about getting 80 in this
country that a corporation can't rot
the people without some guy kicking
about it.
Bouquets now sold in Austria are com
posed of vegetables. We suppose a
good-sized wad of sauerkraut goes tc
camouflage a chrysanthemum.
Now is the time to make garden
Buy $3.50 worth OF hoes and rakes, s.
worth Of rubber hose, and $3.50 worth
Of seed-then get to work and reap one
measley mess Of beans-your neighbor.
chickens viii do the rest.
Enemy submarines and striking ship
building workers in America are reduc
ing the tonnage. Just think for Z
moment what il means for $4,000 work
ers on ships to suspend labor for only
one DAY. That certainly is comfort
ing to the Teuton despots.
George Washington hatchets will b,
popular along about Feb % but yo'
had better not go about hacking OF
any cherry trees, Mr.. Hoover will &c
= you.
According to dispatches from Petro
2 grad. General kaledines, Cossack lead
/ er has disappeared again. This tim
e ne may not be back until after dinner
+ Washington officials say Mr.. Trotzky
bolshevist foreign minister, or Russiai
j. foreign minister. II there be Russi
e in fact has the kaiser and his heuct
y men in serious predicament, Th
y Russians won't sign peace pact wit
5 the kaiser Neither will he go to wal
unless forced to do so. Thereby h
puts the kaiser in one deep, dangerou
hole at home, because the German pet
, pie do not want longer TO shoot dow
o the Russians, but on the contrary wan
II peace; and as the kaiser has not bee
J. able to wiring a treaty Of peace ou
q of the Slav the people Of Germany ar
Il sore at their own ruler Mr., Trotzk
u certainly occupies a unique position
world affairs. Without an army I
back him he deties the German en-
~ pire to reach for his scalp or invac
=, his country. And as the kaiser hc
- decided to continue war on Russia tn
~ may be the beginning Of quick en-
" ing OF the aforesaid kaiser and II
remainder OF the Hohenzollern spaw
- not be defeated by Russians, but by
- revolution at home-this is a stror
?. probability this time in the Teutoni
20 Slav mixup.
Z Women section hands employed /
le the Lehigh Valley Railroad on Il
ar Shenandoah.Los Creek branch are {
strike. They received $3.50 for
n. nine.hour day and they are strikir
n for 81. The road had better grant Il
,t raise, as the ladies may soap the trac