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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-13
INTERNATIONAL FRIEND
SHIP.

\ French girl LETT the beauty OF
thc friendship OF two great countries
for each other. She wrote about IT,
and her words found their way into
a Red Cross bulletin. and finally
a translation OF them was posted
in a conspicuous place in 4 public
library.
This is the translation: There is
! river in France 50 narrow that YOU
can talk across ii. Birds can flv
over it with one sweep OF their
wings. Great armies are on either
bank. but they are as lar apart as
he stars in the sky. as lar as right
and wrong.
There is great ocean. Ii is so
vide that sea gulls cannot ily across
it without rest. Upon either shore
there are great nations. They are
so close that their hearts touch"
The libraian, appreciating the
words, put them up where all could
read then watched TO see their Ell
iectupon library patrons.
A good many people paused TO
read idly. They went on with
thoughtful faces. Teachers copied
the words to take to their class
rooms. A French woman translated
them back into her own tongue.
Pupils from the school read the lines
and seemed 10 accept them as per
sonal message from I fellow pupil.
Everyone who read the little quo
tation was touched. The warmth and
glow of a more intimate interna-
tional friendliness spread through
the community from that little clip
ping on the library wall.
Friendliness IS spreading through
the world. too. Great oceans can
no longer separate nations that love
justice and honor. Only the nation
that has turned her back on those
things will find herself fearfully re-
mote and alone on her side oi the
narrow stream.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-13
OUR WAR AIMS.

1t would be a fine thing If Ameri-
can war aims. as set forth BY Presi-
dent Wilson in his Fourth OF July
address. could be printed in attract
i've form. and hung up in every home
and every place OF public assemblage
in the United States. A frequent
and careful perusal OF them would
serve as an education in the basic
principles Of government for those
who have never given thought 10
such matters. Ii would help all 10
hold clearly in mind the big things
for which We are fighting
First: The destruction Of sny
arbitrary power anywhere that can
separately. secretly and OF its single
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-13
WHAT DID THEY
ship's Joker Gets Into Trouble
When He Plays Prank on
Baseball Fans.

Judge: All ships have baseball
teams. During the warm weather
outside of routine aboard ship base
ball is the absorbing topic. :.
We had just come into port and
the teams were waiting to go
ashore for the national pastime'
They were all on deck near the
gangway when the ships Joker
came running aft.
"It's all off. fellows! No more
baseball during the war" The boys.
turned around in amazement. Al
last someone said: "Why" !"
Holding up newspaper the Jok-
er replied; "The senate has passed
bill 27O32l, which says no more
strikes will be called during the
war"
The captains yeoman reported
one absentee next morning.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-13
WAKING EN- UP.

From a British journalists de-
scription OF the American Fourth
Of July baseball game in London
we abstract the following passage
The noise of megaphones was
going every two minutes. The
Americans yelled, whistled and
reared, according to the megaphonic
instructions. A stand full OF Ameri-
can sailors sang. "W hat the he'll do
we care to tune that was sad
and far away, melody for grand
mother nodding over her fire.
Bands played, but you could not
hear them. Thousands OF people
eept up the yell, hundreds kept up
he shrieks, fifties kept up the shout,
scores swung ear-splitting rattles,
and dozens rang dinner bells, till
,ou might have thought there was
10 such thing as a ration book.
''In the midst OF this din. every
body standing up and changing
seats. invading the ground and get
ing immensely excited, the cinema
.ograph men looked as if they were
pursued by bees. and the camera
men, as ii wasps, were after them.
And in the midst OF this bewilder-
ing scurry the king came down from
his box and did the right thing
very naturally and nicely and every
obdy was immensely pleased
Then the game began.
We were further informed that
groups of American soldiers in the
bleachers yelled: "What's the matter
with King George; :" and that that
royal parsonage was visibly pleased
/" hear the roaring assurance. He's
all right !" Also that a Pittsburg
gentleman who assured the London
Journalist that baseball Grams into
ten minutes all the nervous tension
OF a three days cricket match was
undoubtedly right.
Our boys certainly woke EN- up
in old l.unnon on the Glorious
Fourth. They're waking EN- up
right along, for that matter. And
IL, very good for our brave, loyal
and somewhat lethargic allies.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-13
@VER HEREA

choice, disturb the peace of tht
world; or if it cannot be presently
destroyed, at the least its reduction
TO virtual impotence.
Second The settlement of every
question, whether of territory. ot
sovereignty, of economic arrange
ment. or of political relationship
upon the basis OF the free accept
ance of that settlement by the peo-
pie Immediately concerned, and moi
( upon the basis Of the material in
/ terest or advantage OF any other ma
ton or people which may desire a
different settlement for the sake Of
its own exterior influence or mas
terry
"Third The consent of all nations
to be governed in their conduct
toward each other by the same prin-
ciples OF honor and OF respect for
common law of civilized society that
govern the individual citizens Of all
modern states in their relations with
one another; to the end that all
promises and covenants may be
sacredly observed. no private plots
or conspiracies ched, no selfish
injuries wrought with impunity, and
a mutual trust established upon the
handsome foundations of mutual
respect for right.
'Iba acta l,l ltcb ~, of II
organization OF peace which shall
make it certain that the combined
power of free nations will check
every invasion of right and serve
to make peace and justice the more
secure by affording definite tribu-
nal Of opinion TO which all must sub
nit and by which every interna-
tional read , stment that cannot he
amicably agreed upon by the people
directly concerned shall be sane
toned"
There is no question that this de-
claration expresses the matured
opinion of the nation. The presi
dent has merely put into precise and
polished English the ideas that
nearly all Americans who speak OF
write have uttered over and over
again. They might be put bluntly
as follows:
First, militarsm must be de-
'troyed.
Second, all peoples shall freely
determine thei own fate.
Third. governments must act as
,quarely nd decently as individuals.
Fourth. there must be an armed
eague of nations to enforce peace.
There is nothing in these state
nents to occasion any surprise in !
America. they are a. natural as the
lir we breathe They are a part OF
our politi,a al atmosphere. We are
surprised only when we discover
hat they surprise certain other ma
ions and races. which have not
rayeled so far along the road OF
political evolution. Eventually. we
10 not doubt, they will be accepted
very he e. This principles on
which our own government was
ounded will be recognized and ap-
died, as our forefathers believed
hey would, Throughout the earth.
That is what ", are fighting for,
generously and confidently, in this
econd American Revolution. which
$ world-reyolution.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-13
Hard Boiled Sergeant.

Judge At a regular Saturday
morning inspection, private was
not wearing his belt.
First Sergean-Haye you belt
Private-No. sir.
First Sergeant-You report 10
the quartermaSter-s for =
new one. and don't forget to tell
him to charge you for the one you
lost. III stop this carelessness.
Private-All right, top, but |
loaned you the belt about two
months ago.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-13

maries on September 3. Ii is now
believed the candidate for COVER
nor, who is expeced, will be picked
at a conference OF upstate leaders at
Syracuse on June 9. will be either
Alfred F.. Smith of New York City
or Harry c. Walker, mayor OF Bing-
hampton
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-13
Wonderful News.

Harper's Magazine; With an
air of great Importance the small
boy OF Sunday school in Belfast
impaired this happy fact to his
teacher:
The devil is dead he said SOL
EMMY. -.
What makes you think that"
asked the startled teacher.
Dad said so" exclaimed the boy.
81 was standing in the street with
him yesterday when funeral
passed. and when dad saw it he
SAID, Poor devil He's dead !"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-13

The Vatican. including a number
of connected buildings, erected at
different periods, covers a space OF
l.l5lx767 feet and has 200 stairways
20 courts and 4.422 rooms. No
statement has been made OF the
number OF servants employed there.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-13
POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS

The decision of the supreme court
OF Indiana holding the prohibition
law of that state constitutional, is
the elimination of thirty-four years
of agitation by the Prohibition par
ty. The next drive OF the party will
be for legislature that will ratify
the pending prohibition amendment
to the federal constitution.
Representative Meeker of Nilsson
ri rises to remark that he has never
seen "win-the-war" line from the
! Anti Saloon League anywhere at
any time; that the league has never
yet sent resolution OF support to
the president since the war was de-
clared, and that it is using the war
as an excuse for stirring up trouble
now.
Speaker Champ Clark has been
invited to address the Nebraska
Democratic state convention to be
held at Hastings July %. and an
invitation will be extended to Sen
ator John Sharp Williams to attend
the convention and deliver key
note speech. Should these two big
guns" accept their invitations, party
leaders say the convention will be
the "rousingest' convention ever
held in the state.
An informal conference OF New
York Republicans called by United
tSatcs Senators Wadsworth and Cal
der will be held in Saratoga Springs
July l8. 1t is expected that great
deal OF political medicine will be
mixed at this conference which at
this time has the hue and COM
pexion OF an anti Whitman affair.
Former Presidents Roosevelt and
Taft will be at the meet and, it is
understood, will bury the hatchet
some more.
These questions are bein gsent by
w. {. Shupp, state superintendent OF
the Missouri Anti-Saloon League.
to each candidate for the United
States house of representatives on
both the Democratic and Republic
an ticket; 81. Will you give your
unqualified support to either the
ones wartime prohibition amend
ment or the Barkley bill covering
the same subject? 2. Will you sup
port either OF these measures in
case the president does not make
any recommendations bearing upon
them :"
Chairman Hays OF the Republican |
national committee believes in tax
ing time by the forelock, and there
fore is already gathering a 1920
presidential campaign fund. In let
ters he is sending out to party lead
ers he says: I'VE are asking num-
Der of persons like yourself. with !
the same interest in the Republican
party and the country, to give ST 900
each. In these letters it is set out
that the necessities OF the moment,
touching the subject matter OF the |
etter, are urgent and that I'VE need
funds at once
New York Democrats will meet
at Saratoga Springs on July q at
noon for the purpose OF adopting a
platform for the fall campaign as
well as for consideration OF the
makeup OF the state ticket to be
submitted to the enrolled members
of the party at the nominating pri
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-13
Dissatisfied with Returns

Boston Transcript; 1T pays to
be honest
But not enough, apparently to
suit some people.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-13

Every Chinese junk has an eye
carved on the bow in order to see
where it is going.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-13

The Rev. Charles Mcfarland,
chairman OF the recent army chap
lain board. is a Protestant OF the
Congregational denomination.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-13

More earthquake shocks occur at
night than in the daylight hours.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-13

Congregational denomination.
The potato was ,rst introduced
into Spain by Hieronymus Carda,
a monk in 1883; into England by Sir
John Hawkins and Sir Francis
Drake in 1868 and into Ireland by
Sir Walter Raleigh in 1886.
The first submarine boat OF which
history makes any record was built
by Dutchman name Van Driebel
in l640. The boat was built in
England with money said to have
been advanced by King James |.
The Arabian Nights stories were
translated into English from the
Arabic by Antonio Galland French
savant and traveller, who died IN
Hl5. He obtained them in their
original form during his visit to
the eastas an attache OF the French
embassy at Constantinople.
Our forefathers lived without
sugar till the thirteenth century,
withoy. coat till the fourteenth,
without butter till the fifteenth,
without tobacco and potatoes till
the sixteenth, without tea. coffee
and soap till the seventeenth, with
out umbrellas and lamps till the
eighteenth and without trains. tele-
graphs, telephones and gas till the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-13
THINGS WORTH KNOWING

The human voice is produced by
forty-four different muscles.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-13

New York Democrats will meet
at Saratoga Springs on July q at
noon for the purpose OF adopting a
platform for the fall campaign as
we'll as for consideration OF the
makeup OF the state ticket to be
submitted to the enrolled members
OF the party at the nominating pri-
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-01-03

believe there were two objections rails
ed to the maintenance Of this action
which were sufficient to prevent a re-
covery. The first Is that plaintiffs
have been guilty OF laches in having
waited nearly eight years, with oppo:-
tunities at each annual meeting Of the
stockholders to question the validity
or good faith of the contract now at
tackled, but never indicating any OPP
position. theretU until this late day
and allowing the officers Of the COR
poration to continue to perform the
agreement No stakeholder made any
being paid, though the alleged grounds
of attack upon the contract existed at
all times. This is not case of an
agreement secretly or surreptitiously
made, but any claim or concealment
was disavowed upon the trial and no
contract could well have been made
openly and fairly made known to those
interested as stockholders. 1t would
be manifestly unfair to allow minority
stockholders to remain silent and take
for a period Of years the profits Of
contract which he claims afterwards
to have been made in fraud of his
rights, and then to seek to avoid it
when, for reasons outside the contract
itself, 1t has ceased to prove SO at
tractive to him. This unfairness has
repeatedly led the courts to refuse
relief where the lapse Of time was
much less than in the case at bar, and
in cases where the period was from
two to four years. (Shedon V. Eek
meyer Co., 80 N. Y. 6O7; Farmers Loan
& Trust CO. V. Bankers & Merchants
Telegraph Co., 119 N. Y. Is; Twin
Lick Oil Co. VS.. Marbury, 81 U. s. 5S7;
Hoyt v. Latham, 143 U. S. 553). Fur
thermore, plaintiffs have failed to al
lege, or prove, any demand made up
on the Federal company or it's board
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-01-03

of directors TO bring an action to set
aside the extension agreement This
Is fatal to such an action as the one
at bar. (O'Connor v. Virginia Pas
senger and Power Co., 1s4 N. Y. 46).
Nor is 1t the more general charge OF
control Of the Federal company's af-
fairs by the smelling company suffi-
cient to excuse the failure to make
such a demand. There is an allega-
ton in the complaint that the reason
why this action is brought by the
plaintiffs as stockholders of the Fed
eral company, and not by the Federal
company itself, Is that the directors of
the said company now in office are
wholly. under the control Of the smelt-
ing company and act in all matters
for it's advantage; for which reason
the Federal company is made de-
PENDANT herein But there is no al
legation that the directors of the COR
poration in Office at the time of the
commencement of the suit are the
same as those who had committed the
alleged wrongs; and in fact, at the
commencement Of this action, but
two directors of the Federal company
were men who had been in office
when the contract in question was
made, and neither of these was associ-
ated with the smelling company. So
that there is not present here the GUS
tomary reason for not making a de-
mand upon a corporation which is as
sumed would be futile because the
wrongdoers were still upon the board
of directors and it is not to be assum-
ed they would prosecute in good faith
an action based on their own miscon-
duct (O'Connor v. Virginia Passen-
ger L. & F. Co. supra, at page 81
Bartlett V. N. Y. N. H. & Fl. r. r. Co.,
221 Mass 530).
The judgment appealed from will
therefore be affirmed with costs.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-01-03
A Real Thrill in the Experience of
California Pocket Gold Hunter

my hands slipped off the pole that
formed one side of the ladder, and
gave me nasty fall.
Time seemed to be hustling along
pretty lively with me just then. I was
convinced that my end was in sight,
and wondered DULY if Julian would
gather what was left of me in pail,
or in a basket, and whether he Would
take the trouble to notify the coroner,
who lived some so miles away.
| believe | was still trying to catch
hold of that pole, yelling meanwhile
to beat Sioux Indian and hopping
up and down like squirrel in a cage.
when something came ''flump" down
on my head-the winldass rope. Now,
here is where Beebes presence of
mind came in. Instead tof trying to
hoist me with the windlass he shout
ed:
For heavens sake hang on!' Then
he threw the rope over his shoulder
where the slack came over the drum.
and, using the latter as roller, bolt
ed away down the hillside like run
away horse. | was never hauled up
a shaft so quickly, but | thought il
had never taken so long. During
every inch of that 40-foot ascent | ex-
pected to be riddled from below. |
was afraid that my hold would give
way; / was afraid that my partner
would not stop when | came up to the
Wlndiass barrel and that | should be
jerked from my hold and fall miser-
ably back down that 40-foot hole in
time to meet some hundredweights of
quartz coming upward. | tell you /
did a whole lot of thinking just about
that time.
Ihen, like Jack in box, /
popped out into daylight, felt myself
suddenly stop. swung there for an in
slant and made frantic kick for the
edge. | got my legs hooked round the
Wlndlass standard, grabbed it with nv
S' "" thCh iolieu away i was
not one foot from the edge of the shaft
when those eight shots exploded and
actually felt the air concussion
sweep past the back of my head, like
the rush of train. | was, so thor
oughly panic stricken that | kept on
rolling until | jolted myself against
tree stump. Then ! sat up to look
around.
Beebe was just putting plug ofsto-
oacco back into his pocket. He stretch
ed and yawned like a bored hippopot-
anus in menagerie.
Good Lord" he drawled. 'Pd give
half OF this hole for just one drink and
4 l5-minute interview with the Teller
mat gave me this black eye. Won
der who 1t was? I'll be hanged if I
can recollect just exactly what he
looked like
| may here add that | know inst
what emotions man sustains when he !
-rantically desires to commit murder
And yet-bless his faithful. loyal old |
1eart!-I often think of Julian after
nearly 20 years, and wonder if he is
sun alive, or still chasing the pros
)ectors rainbow He was tremend-
'usly sorry for my narrow shave, but
would have died sooner than own II
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-01-03
WARNING TO THE PUBIIC
AGAINST FAKE PLATINUM
OREGON PLATINUM DEPOSITS
INVESTIGATED AND PROV.
ED WORTHLESS.

The present shortage of platinrr,
and the consequently greatly increas
ed price of the metal bid fair to re-.
suit in considerable increase in tho
domestic production of platinum dpr
ing the coming year, At the same tin,o
while legitimate miners are incraasin.
their production and to some eytert
relieving the eountry's shortage, othar
persons are using the interest aroused
by the present nationwide search for
the metal to make extravagant claims
for utterly worthless deposits and
some honest prospectors are led nv
| false assays, made by inefficient or
venal assayers, to believe mistakenly
that they have valuable platinum do.
posits. Reports of platinum in soma
mythical combinaton-volatile platin.
UNI or colloidal platinum-should he
regarded as sufficient evidence of tho
Incompetence or dishonesty of the AS
sayer.
Oregon Platinum.
During the season of 1917 the eao,.
dgists of the United States geoloeica,
survey, department of the interior
spent much time in visiting platinum
deposits that proved to be worthless.
A notable example is seen in the sun
posed platiniferous sands of the Des-
chutes river, near Terrebone. Ore
which were examined by H. G. Fer
guson in October, 1911. Claims have
been staked for several miles along
Deschutes and Crooked rivers, and as
certain volcanic sands along these
rivers had been said to contain largo
percentages of gold and rare metals.
particularly metals of the platinum
group, Mr.. Ferguson visited the local
tiles at which the sands were obtain
ed and took samples for test and
analysis.
Barren Of Mineral Values.
The material collected, which is ey-
posed in the canyon of the Deschutes
river north of Low Bridge in section
Is, T. IA s., R. IL E.. consists of loose
ly cemented dark volcanic sand and
conglomerate interbedded with basalt
and volcanic tuff. The black basaltic
sand is supposed to have the richest
content of gold and platinum, but
neither in panning the material in the
field nor in the chemical tests made
by the geological survey could any
trace of platinum or other metals of
the platinum group be found. Meth
er was any gold found in the concen-
trates and it is concluded that material
of this type is very unlikely to contain
workable amounts of gold
Warning From Survey.
In conclusion, the geological sur
vey desires to warn prospectors and
investors against accepting at their
face value any statements in regard to
platinum bearing ores and sands that
do not show native platinum when
PANIED. Such material should always
be sent to assayers whose reputation
is above repsoach.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-01-03
LIFE OF A MARINE.
Too Strenuous for Delicate Frame Of
Blacksmith's Helper.

Fearing that the rigors of warfare
would be too much for her delicate
son, a woman living at Fresno, Calf
has written to United States marine
corps headquarters asking that
the young man be discharged
He is too weak and delicate to be
in the service she wrote, she is a
biacksmith's helper by trade, and l
would prefer him to stay at his last
job"
The mother was informed that, for
the time being, her son must remain
marine
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-01-03

There has been a heavy slump in
the demand for grapefruit since pow
dered sugar for sweetening is often
unobtainable.