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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18

Trustworthy estimates indicate that
the population of Germany today is AZ
least 100000 below what it was when
the war started, and about 900 600 be.
low what it would have been except for
the war.
The military deaths are merely one
item in Il tremendous national mortality
list. They are said to number about
1900 600. There is another l,5OO 600 or
so Of soldiers dead so far as practical
usefulness is concerned because Of in
capacitating wounds and diseases, but
they are not reckoned in this estimate
To the army loss must be added a
considerable civilian loss in excess of
the normal death rate. Hundreds OF
thousands who would otherwise nave
survived have fallen victims to the
hardships of war. The old have died
Off far more rapidly than usual ON.
cial German reports show an almost
universal subnormality of growth and
health on the part of children. Infant
mortality has increased distresslngiy.
There are no figures available for these
items, but they must aggregate many
hundreds Of thousands Of lives.
Added to the army deaths this would
make 100000 or more of actual deaths
due to the war. Normally they would
more than be made up by the excess OF
births. But here comes what is pos.
sibly the most serious part of the whole
business.
The German birth rate has actually
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18
THE GERMAN MIND
BY Harvey O'IIiggins.

tioning obedience. He must be sent to
the attack in mass formations. but he
will go blindly, linking arms with his
fellows, singing solemnly, in state or
exalted meekness. When he is behind
the lines, in safety, he will encourage
himself with hymns of hate. Hatred"
said the philosopher, "is the revenge
of the weak" Caught in his dugout, he
will cry "Kamerad! Kamerad" to his
captors, and when he is taken prisoner
he will he gentle, biddable hard work
ing and happy.
For the same reasons he makes a
perfect spy. He will be humble, in
gratiating, as treacherous as an intimi-
dated child, and servilely free Of any
sense of the obligations of hospitality.
His ambassador in a neutral country
will be a faithful servant, disguised as
a gentleman, gathering servants gos-
sip in a plot to betray his host. His
very arrogance is the arrogance Of the
servant who is proud of his master.
lie will tell you, I'VE Germans fear
only God" because his very religion is
religion Of fear. If he were really as
devilish as he pretends he would say,
I'VE Germans love only God" Elm
feste Burg list unser Gott" All of Ger
many's plundered past is in that line.
Who but an intimidated people, long
ing for a Chinese wall would sing, our
| God is a strong fortress? 1t is this
lack Of real courage that makes him
continually boast of his lack Of fear.
! He bullies, because he has always been
| bullied. He does not understand why
the world will not cringe and he fails
to understand it because he is himself
always inwardly crnging to the auto
Gratis whom he trusts to defend him
fromthe world.
1t is the problem OF this war, first
to break the military autocracy in Ger
many, and then to set free the minds
of the people. Any attempt to punish
them for their crueties will drive them,
hereafter with a new timidity, into the
arms OF some new despotism. They
must be reassured Of their safety in
the world. They must be persuaded to
dare the responsibilities of freedom.
These people, who have never had
revolution in the whole course of their
history, must be first liberated and for
given, and then protected in their free
dom and encouraged to feel self
respect.
1t is a pathetic sort Of problem 1t
is problem that cannot be solved in
terms of hatred and revenge. 1t is
peculiarly the problem Of the American
people, who have nothing to gain from
the defeat Of Germany, but the safety
Of democracy in world politics. and who
cannot establish that safety till Ger
many is itself a true democracy, un-
servile and reassured.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18

Wynncv'ood New Era: Sin and
misery always go together, but sin
comes first.
Tulsa World: God help Albion" ex-
claims IIindenburg pityingly Perhaps
he may see the day when he will be.
lieve his prayer has been answered.
Pauls Valley Democrat; \ good way
to insure the defeat of the German
armies would be to furnish them a
few hundred gallons of bootleg liquor
such as is prevalent in prohibition sec
tions Of the country German liquid
fire is mild in comparison.
Henryetta CTeXas Standard: A real
friend Is one who knows all about u.s.
and likes us just the same.
Madm Record: Ex.Czar Nicholas
could tell Kaiser wilhelm q few things
about divine right.
Clinton Messenger. They are making
the American war correspondents at the
European battle fronts wear gas masks
now. why wouldn't gas masks be good
things for the Oklahoma voters to wear
during the coming primaries?
Stratford Tribune The fool and his
money are the salvation of the shrewd
promoter.
Baruesvile Examiner: "IIotel guests
to get two ounces of bread at a meal"
is the order Tie man with double
chin in the back of his neck will be
able to wear small collars next sum
mer.
Colbert Times: Anybody can be a
starter but nobody gets any ribbons
pinned on him unless he finishes.
Shawnee News.Herald: Pleasure can
be imported, but happiness must be
homemade.
Elk City News: Senator w. ]. Stone
of Missouri did not make his attack on
eN.IreSldent Roosevelt as 4IIeIIu vi
the administration, nor as represen-
tative of the Democratic party but in
order to aid Cum Shoe" Bill stone
in his political efforts to succeed him
self
Wagner Record: Reports from eat
shops indicate that men are about four
teen times meaner and harder to please
about their eating than are women.
Fort Smith (Ark) Southwest Ameri'
can: An army colonel in San Francisco
has sued for divorce on the ground that
his wife has nagged him for twenty
years. One war at time for him.
Salina (Kan) Union: About the only
way some Of fthe soldiers can get theiI
old Jobs back after the war is to marry
the girls who are holding them.
Wall Street Journal: Thrift She
wants but little fdrbelow, nor wants
that little long.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18

dropped below the civilian death rate,
Normally there Is an excess Of births
over deaths Of about $4,000 1t Is
known that since the war began there
has been an average loss of 40 per cent.
Only GO babies have been born where
there used to be 100 Except for tne
war, there would have been by this time
an excess of nearly 5000 900 births TO
Offset the 1000 900 loss referred to
above But as matters stand, this
5000 900 of baby recruits is worse than
nonexistent. We must actually add
something to that 100000 to get the
net loss to Germany's population.
If we reckon, in the total loss, all
these Observation-Disclosures we
see that Germany by plunging the
world into war, has already lost no less
than 5000, 900 lives. And today, with
the constant army loss aud the steadily
sinking birth rate. she is losing faster
than ever.
This mournful truth is one Of the
biggest factors in the present German
desire for peace.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

Engineers estimate that standing four
inches away from the telephone when
talking is equivalent to lengthening
the line 2lS miles.
European factories each week make
about 100000 pounds Of artificial
butter with cocoanut oil as a base.
The Chinook salmon is hatched in
fresh water, and later goes out to sea,
but always returns to its birthplace to
die,
1t is estimated that the money value
of four years at college is $4,000, or
financial return of $4,000 for every
year so spent.
The first American cable across the
Pacific was laid in 1903. 1t extends from
San Francisco to the Philippines touch
ing at Hawaii. Midway Island and
Guam. 1t was 1886 nautical miles in
length.
"Gr1ss widow" is co-r,p,!on.
through me French, OF an ancient Latin
phrase, vidua de gratia" That means,
literally. Il widow of gtace, or a grace
widow The phrase is always used to
refer frl :Herly to u woman wn1 mas
been divorced or parmltted to live atarr
from her husband. Such a womari vas
therefore called a grace widow; thaC is.
widow by grace. or by courtesy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18
RUNNING THE wOHLE WORLD.

Boston Transcript: In many respects
the Russian revolution is moving along
the same lines as the French revolu.
ton, with the difference that the ad-
vance toward anarchy and eventual
breakdown and reaction has been more
rapid in Russia than it was in France
A point of divergence may be found
in the fact that whereas the first actual
clashes in 1891 between the French
proletariat and foreign nations came
from the attempt of the emigres and
the Prussians and Austrians to put
down the revolution Dy invasion, the
Russian revolution has already clashed
with foreign power in several instances
through an actual interference with the
functions of these powers at home by
the boshevik administration. Yet this
divergence is due rather to accidental
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18
Less Hard in Cumberland.

Boston Transcript: With all our
meatless wheauess and sweetess days,
we are yet not so badly off as was
Lewis CAROLS charming little heroine.
Jam every other day. said the
queen to Alice.
"WeI, then" said Alice, I'm have jam
today"
jam yesterday and jam tomorrow,
said the queen, but never jam today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18
BABY BONDS.

A thrift stamp costs % cents.
Sixteen thrift stamps and IL
cents, or Sab, this month buys a
war savings stamp.
The government redeems the
war savings stamp at IS on Jan.
l, 1923.
Your profit is 81 cents, or four
per cent interest, compounded
quarterly.
Buy stamps at postoffices, banks
and patriotic stores.
You are saving money for the
future and helping the govern.
ment win the war.
Begin buying today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18
MORALE.

Before the war few people cared
much about morale-though they had
plenty of it unknowingly. Morale IS
spirit determination, pep And we
have consistently credited ourselves
with having mines Of il. In a long
war, such as the present it is impera.
tive that the morale Of the peoples at
home, as well as the troops, be kept at
the highest point--at the efficiency
point. 1t is interesting, therefore. 10
compare the morale Of the peoples in
the allied countries with the morale Of
those living in the central empires.
The Teutons in 1914 began the war
with tremendous morale. They wanted
war. They were led to believe they
could conquer Europe--"Frauce in six
weeks, Russia in six months. England
in a year" Folks in other nations
considered the Germans must in the
nature Of Supermen--that they couldn't
be stopped. Consequently their morale
was Of the "aspenleaf' order The
turn in morale came with the battle of
the Marne. 1t has been improving in
the allied countries ever since and go
ing to bed rock in the central empires.
a German scientist said in 1914 that
the war would be won by the people
whose nerves were the strongest He
was right
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18

A heavy brain is not always an &C.
compartment of superior intellect.
Brains over sixty ounces in weight are
frequently found in quite undistmgush.
ed people, and even in idiots sixty
ounces has been recorded.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18
WORTHLESS DAYS.

Oh, the day that is workless would
cheer us
II it came when the sunshine is warm
When the blossoms and birds would be
near US.
And no weather sharp prophesied
storm.
But where is the hop OF an outing
With the mercury cruelty low,
When nowhere leaflet is sprouting,
And there's nothing to look at but
snow?
Nothing TO talk OF but weather.
Nothing to hear but the breeze,
Where the icicles cluster together
And rattle around in the trees.
1t is months until spring in her hey.
day
With beauty once more is aglow--
Oh, where is the good Of a play day
When there's nothing to look at but
snow?
Washington Star.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18

An added proof that it's going to be
fine year for outdoor sports: The
French government has ordered 1000
coo footballs for its army.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18

! was in London IN the motor bust.
ness when the newspapers told that
war was declared and that the Ger
mans were marching on Belgium, my
country l lost no time in Offering nv
car and myself to officers in charge
and the second day of the war l was
in Brussels as chauffeur to the Belgium
headquarters.
From Liege we retreated to Ostend.
1t was retreat, retreat At Aarscno,
when we took the town back we saw
something of the atrocities of the Ger.
mans. For instance, there was n
church: lot Of women and children
had gone there for refuge. 1t was
burned down and we found it full OF
bodies of women and children. At
LOuvan from an observation post | saw
them driving our Belgian women and
children and old men in front of their
army They took the city and destroyed
and burned it. Everybody knows abour
that Then we retreated to Malines
where we had four big battles. Twice
We retook it, but the Germans got it
again after terrible artillery lombard
ment
l was at Lierre, near Antwerp, on
oct. s, 1914. We We're then getting re-
Inducements from the British naval
division. There our army was cut to
pieces. After that l was given train
ing at Etampes and joined the Belgian
aviation corps.
one day l was testing a new ma.
chine. I fell 5000 feet. How 1 escaped
was a marvel. | was hurt and dis
charged from the Belgian army. Now
have enlisted again and am going
back with the British tank corps. My
! training in mechanics helps me in that.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18

Indiana will muster into the army Oh
dry states on Ap'H -'
Defeat Of John 7. Adams Tor chaT'
man OF the republican hAlloH"l COM
mittee Is victory Iof ,'eo'E' w.
Perkins, AMI more lhan thaI II Is
defeat tor IN" 'o'd Suaru I''uoh vi
the party ana victory lot lH' pro.
sre@slVe wing
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fine steel Industries. the oil Industry
and of all trusts are the demands Of
the Socialists OF America, made through
a proclamatlon of their national com.
mittee addressed to the people of the
United States.
whether dominantly Republican or
dominanuv Democratic. the Eext con
gress must be supremely American" is
the gist of an appeal of the League Of
! Americanism above partlsanship in the
| forthcoming congressional primaries.
Judging by the record he has made
the Renubhcan national committee has
chosen well in eIecting VIII IL. Hays Of
Indiana to the chairmanship OF the com
nittee As chairman of the Indiana
state committee in 1914 he healed the
breach between the Progressives and
standpatters and won the state Tor
| Hughes in 1916 as well as fighting
tbrough the election of two Republican
/ United States senators.
rress and no words or acts of the
/ citizens Of tho country fustifes the as
/ sertion ny Senator Penrose that the
noonla have LOST confidence in thc Wi.
son administration and that the issue
i'm the next camDaign will be whether
the conduct of the war shall be taken
from II Senator penrose is mistaken:
the people hav, not lost confidence in
the Wilson administration.
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49,, a,,,yro,,a NO., % o,,os+io, for tbe
eto.os and NOT tho govarnmant to set
representatives went on record in favor
of the Susan +. Anthony resolution fol
nationwide suffrage. a few days age
the Democratic national committee de
clared for the same resolution, and thi,
week the Republican national commit
| tee indorsed il.
rhis staternent has heen given on
Tho tha chairman NJ the NIinnesott
nor,oc,-,tic state committee. "If
thrno.cornered ouharoatorial fght de
velons in Minnesota and the defeat o
MOI, ,,bo ar. known to no lnval ia th,
,,o,,a,.,,,art +, tbis crisie Is threatene,
r,a nor,ocrots will evyin, their supnor.
40 ,ho Ioyalt,, candidate" " senator
~ - . -. T.; 60 Ia, oi,,to.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18

Tickle a man and you can sell him
anything Get him sore and he won't
buy under any circumstances
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18
SHRAPNEL.

Thrift week BE not only thrifty but
also Industrious. Enlist in the war say.
ings stamps campaign.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18

600 footballs for its army.
Tickle a man and you can sell him
anything. Get him sore and he wont
buy under any circumstances
Is your name on the list of those who
will help entertain the young Demo.
Gratis next Friday?
The knife and fork are implements
of war In skilful hands they can
further our cause as do rifles on the
firing line. Economi2e by saving food
and doing without the things that are
unnecessary. Buy war savings stamps.
With a little forethought a com.
paratiyely small tract of land may be
made to supply the average family
with fresh vegetables throughout the
growing season,
Good men laugh and men with a
laugh have much good in them. You
seldom hear criminal laugh The
voice with a smile wins
Mark next Sunday with red ink. IT'S
Go 10 church sunday"
The crouch has no use for the world
because the world hasn't any use for
the crouch.
The kaiser should begin practcing
the lockstep
Woodrow Wilson has ended the ship
Yards strike Woodrow Wilson built
a fire under certain union labor of-
fetal who was running counter to the
best Judgment and desire Of the other
union chiefs Of the country in the
matter, and rs a result the aforesaid
recalcitrant union official walked, hur-
ried, got into a run ana called off the
strike in a hurry. Woodrow Wilson
is terror to unrighteousness no matter
in what form it presents itself.
What has become of the days when
the women folks" used to parch the
coffee let it burn, and then kick the
cat?
Sixteen more innocent human beings
killed in London by German kultur
bombs
1t is about getting so in this country
that it takes a basket fun Of money TO
buy chew Of tobacco.
Sunday was a fine day for optimistic
folks. We hope you enjoyed the
weather and didn't knock your neigh
Dor.
General Pershing suddenly appeared
in the American trenches and talked
to the boys and the cooks as to how
they were faring. At one regimental
Headquarters the colonel was absent
but that did not prevent the American
commander from calling for all Of the
trench orders and other official papers
American was there for business, and
that the enemy is now facing one OF
the keenest military brains of them all
The grand dukes and grand duchesses
of Russia are pleading with the com
mon herd to alleviate the severity OF
treatment toward the former car anc
family, and please won't you let then
90 to England or France to live?' This
appeal is a long way from the days
Of the kaout on the bare white backs
of Russian humanity or a shackeC
caravan Of sufferers tramping over
snow fields bound for the frozen horror
camps Of Siberia. But then, the iinl
business on earth was doomed, and tht
booming is on right now.
An official report says American sol
diers have the biggest feet of any
troops in history, all Of which means
that the kaiser's turnip patch is goin}
to get mashed.
Turks are to tunnel under the Bos
porus so they can run quickly from
/ Europe TO Asia, a cablegram says
| Don't hold your breath until the Turk
finish the job, because they will neye
do So The work will be done, but i
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18

The parsee is a unit of distance made
use of by astronomers. 1t is equal to
20 900 900 900 100000 miles, and is the
distance Travelled by light in three and
one-third years.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18

Is your name on the list Of those who
will help entertain the young Demo
Gratis next Friday?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18

The knife and fork are implements
Of war, In skillful hands, they can
further our cause as do rifles on the
firing line Economi2e by saving food
and doing without the things that are
unnecessary. Buy war savings stamps.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18
The Men Who Came Back
Copyrighted by the British-Canadian
Recruiting Mission)
BV Sprgt j. C. Iarche

Sergeant Larche Of the Belgian
forces has brought down sixteen
German planes. His first encounter
was with a squad of German aero
planes coming back from a raid on
London. He brought down his sec
ond near Bruges. His thirG action
was at Calais and at Dunkeruue
where his squadron brought down
seven German FLAMES. In a single
duel win German plane above
Reims Capelle Sergeant Llrche
battled with the enemy plana 10000
feet above the earth. Two ranges
500 shJts-werc fired by Sergeant
Larche. The German plane descend
ed, p,Jiful hU!A. "Once," he says
Il duclied the enemy by turning
oyer-c lpitIlating, you say. When
1 descended / found forty-tvG bull
let's in tie r.ates Of the machine.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18

An official report says American SOL
diers have the biggest feet Of any
troops in history, all Of which means
that the kaisers turnip patch is going
to get mashed
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18

Turks are to tunnel under the Bos.
porus so they can run quickly from
Europe to Asia, a cablegram says.
Don't hold your breath until the Turks
finish the job. because they will never
do so. The work will be done, but it
will be bossed by an Anglo.Saxon brain,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18

With a little forethought a com.
paratiyely small tract Of land may be
made to supply the average family
with fresh vegetables throughout the
growing season.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-18

Nothing that has been done by con
gress and 10 words or acts Of the
citizens of the country iustifies the as
sertion ny Senator Penrose that the
people have lost confidence in the VIII
son administration and that the issue
in the next campaign will be whether
the conduct of the war shall be taken
from IT, Senator PeGrose is mistaken;
the people have not lost confidence in
the Wilson administration.