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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-11

OfficialS OF the Sparks Oil and
Development Company, from Coal
gate, Okla, are in HArdmore today
to buy string OF tools for the test
this company is to make in section
80 2s2w. The derrick is complet-
ed, and drilling will be begun as
soon as the tools can be obtained
and moved in. Among the members
of the company here today are l..
Murray, president; Sam Maxwell,
vice presidents John Hickman and
Doctor Saddler. directors. Scott
Sparks of Graham, another member
OF the company, met the party here
this morning.
The Oklahoma Wilson Oil Com
pany, OF New Wilson, has been or
ganized, with lease holdings in sec
tions q, 2 and %, 4s2w, and the
announcement is made that test
will be drilled in one of these sec
tions.
An important meeting is being
held today in Chicago wherein Ok
lahoma will be represented in a con-
ference with the traffic committee
OF the railroad administration for
the purpose OF adjusting the freight
rates OF Oklahoma and the South
west. Among those who will rep
resent Oklahoma at this confer
ence are j. II. Johnston, secretary
Oklahoma Cotton Seed Crushers
Association; Campbell Russell, cor
poration commissioner; II. l.. Ben
nett, corporation rate expert; w.
'. Hardy, traffic manager Okla
homa Traffic Association; H. G..
Struble. traffic manager Hale Hal
sell Grocer Company. McAlester. 1t
is stated that MIR. McAdoo has
agreed to an adjustment OF Okla
homa freight rates with a view to
placing this state on an equality in
that respect with other states.
w. b. Hassett has gone to Tulsa
on business connected with the I'M
perial Refinery. He expects to re-
turn to Ardmore Wednesday or
Thursday.
Roy NJ. Johnson and S. A. Ap-
pie have returned after business /
trip 10 New York and Chicago.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-11
Summer Diarrhoeas

can be controlled more quickly with
GROVES BABY BOWEL MEDI-
CINE and it is absolutely harmless.
Just as effective for Adults as for
Childfen.-(adv.)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-11
WILSON WARNS
AMERICAN LABOR
CONTINUED from page y

any time, but at this time justice
is of the essense Of national de-
fense, and contests for any sort OF
advantage that at other times would
be justified may now jeopardize the
very life OF the nation"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-11

St. Paul, Mimi, June ll.-Dele-
gates attending the annual conven-
tion of the American Federation
of Labor here today got down to
real business which probably will
keep them in session for two weeks.
Indications were that many ques-
tions to be brought before the con-
vention would bring about spirited
fights.
The federation now has a mem
bership of more than 100000, ac-
cording to the annual report OF
Frank Morrison. secretary. During
the past year, 355 ,044 members were
added. There are 27.735 local un-
ions in the federation, the report
said.
St. Paul, Mimi, June ll.-Work-
ing men of the United States will
be satisfied only with peace
brought about by the complete
overthrow of the German military
machine, according TO President
Samuel Gompers. who made the
address yesterday at the
opening session of the annual con-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-11

Roy NJ. Johnson and S. A. Ap-
pie have returned after a business
trip 10 New York and Chicago.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-11

w. b. Hassett has gone to Tulsa
on business connected with the M
perial Refinery. He expects to re-
turn to Ardmore Wednesday or
Thursday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-11
O | l.
OIL PRICES

June 10. 1918.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-27
AMERICAN BOY HERO

From the New York Telegram.
 It is one of the fortunes of war that wholly necessary regulations must keep in obscurity the name of the 16-year- old soldier who, when sent to the rear by his colonel after he had received a severe wound in the arm in the battle of Chateau Thierry, stopped on the way and captured 30 German soldiers He must have been a proud lad indeed when he marched down to the dressing sta- tion, useless and shattered arm dang ling at one side and 30 crestfallen Huns marching before him.
 Whatever his name, we can all at least feel thrill of pride in the tact that he is an American and that he is one of the great army of 4,0O0,000 or o,ooo,000, or as many million as neces- sary, who will convince the Kaiser and his cohorts. that they were badly ad- vised when they were told that Ameri- can soldiers would be nothing but can non fodder" The exploit of the un- named l6-year-old lad is only one more or many instances which prove that the American soldier under all circum
 If you don't believe us, ask some of the Prussian Guards
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-27
Next Peace Offensive
 Is Doomed to Fail

M NEW peace drive" is expected GA to be launched at an early date by Germany, following her reverses on the western front Further con- sessions will doubtless be made, put IGermany's leaders are not yet willing tc offer terms acceptable to the al- lilies. Germany has not been defeated She is still strong. Her battle ardor
 nay be cooled, but rather than sur render the spells cf her fours years of fighting she will make desperate stand against all the resources we and
 our allies in Europe can bring to bear against her.
 Warnings have been issued against insidious propaganda for hastily formed peace which will defeat all
 the objects for which the worlds dem- ocratic nations are fighting. A peace by compromise would leave Germany las a menace to the future security of the world. Unless she is forced Ito give up every foot of territory wrested by force and make substan- | tial reparation, along with her allies, there will be another great war.
 The peace offensive" will not suc- ceed. It has been discounted in ad- jvance When the German armies are
 driven back across the Rhine and Ger
 man people face the possibility of an
 allied invasion, Germany of her own volition may offer terms that prom jise repentance and restitution -and the people of Germany will have a voice in the matter. But the time for this has not come. The Kaiser and his military leaders hope to save
 their faces, to hold on to a consid-
 erable share of the loot and to main tain autocracy at all costs.
 The "Potsdam gang" is not in sufficiently chastened frame of mind
 to make any peace proposals cma-
 hating from it worthy of serious con- sideration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-27
KIssLEss COMFY

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Where will the uplifters end their ef- forts to ameliorate social conditions and promote the unhappiness of the human race? Coney Island, that longtime ex- empiar of the joie de vivre, is the latest to feel the weight of the restraining hand. Atlantic City has suffered the propriety of wearing a wrap over a bath ing suit has been indelibly impressed upon it's moral consciousness. So with ,other resorts, high and low, where Mrs, 'Grundy is perpetual chaperon. But it lis singular that Coney Island, of all places. should be the first to feel the ban upon kissing. Such is the stern de- cree of the police who guard it from contamination. Four persons were ar rested on Sunday and six times as many warned because they indulged in this pernicious habit. You may still hold the hand of your best girl when you sit on the beach with her; but if you kiss her, and policeman happens to be looking, it's ''the cooler" for you. In this case the arrested ones were locked up, though they tried to assert their rights as engaged couples. The courts will have to decide to what extent a ring on the third finger of the, left hand conveys osculatory exemption.
 The New York health department has already cautioned the amorously in- clined not to kiss except through g handkerchief" This, however, is a mat ter of health and not of morals, though there are those who deny that any other germ than the bacillus amoris is com municable by the lips. It does not ap- ear that u handkerchief would to any degree moderate the transports for bidden by the Coney Island censorship Kissing per SC is the evil to be exter- minated. The world will watch with curious eyes a crusade against human nature itself. But then, as the hero of a Bab Ballad says, Isn't human natur' 'low?" Nothing more clearly proves that than the absolute failure of the up filters to change it. The Coney Island police are sure to have their work cut out for them, especially on these moon- light nights by the sea, when the earth herself is clad in Dian's kiss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-27
LUKE M'LUKb SAYS

Alter mother has hunted all over the Kitchen Tor the box of corn starch she suddenly remembers that she left it on the dresser in her bedroom last time .hs dolled up to go out.
 Can you remember when there were no cash register cans back of the bars and the bartender wore a bigger diamond than the boss? Them was the happy days.
 IT you want to see disgust with a big
 D, just get the expression on the face or woman who has been married about lo years when she is watching the ac- tions of a couple who have been married about 10 hours,
 II father runs up to the corner for a minute after supper and stays four hours that is all right. But if father elects to stay home after supper and mother runs across the street to see neighbor for a minute and stays half hour, that's ali wrong.
 Thirty years ago the styles were de signed to conceal the fact that women had legs But nowadays the styles-oh. go ahead and finish it yourself
 The average man is no damphool. Every man in crowded street car will get up and offer his seat to woman who mas baby in Ter arms. But if the baby hap pens to be a poodle, the woman would have long stand.
 If the children are sick, mother knows that she can make them better by worry ing over them. And when they are wei she knows that she can keep them from getting sick by worrying over them. Some men are always month behind the rest of the world. They do not star, wearing straw hats until July and do not shake the straw lids until October When there are two clocks in the houss woman is always calling up the steie phone operator to find out which clocs is right.
 , If you want to get reputation as [ brilliant conversationalist. just do all tn, listening while the other fellow does al the talking.
 And any mother can tell you that ai long Nas a boy is we'll his Ahoes are no going to wear well. Our idea of a busy man would be on' who is too busy to smoke. But we havs never found one that brsv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-27

 That German general who ran out of a cave few leaps ahead of the British, without either suspenders or boots, couldn't very we'll throw up his hands and yell "kameradp' without losing his trousers.
 christy draws ravishingly beautiful Red Cross nurses. It is just as well that all Red Cross nurses don't look that way. There is no use adding the bangs of love to the other pains a wounded soldier suffers
 It is stated that German officers can- not refer to the submarine campaign without gesture of impatience. It's a subject that probably draw deep and mighty paths from old Won Tirpitz.
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 German poets who once sang agreeably of the Rhine little dreamed that some day American soldiers might camr on it's shores and wash their feet ain it's sacred waters.
 French villages. and towns are being recovered with surprising rapidity It will take a much longer time to restore them to a semblance of what they used to be. If you get mad, chew toothpick or piece of straw says a contemporary. will help somewhat to keep your shirt on.
 The Dons must have labored long over their latest protest to the German gov errment, in order not to commit them selves too far. * E # It's rather early yet to regard the fate of Germany as sealed. However, ex- ports have already deciphered the writ ing on the wall.
 # # #
 Being within striking distance of the old Hindenburg line, it naturally fol- lows that the British will soon strike it.
  The reelection of Senator Bankhead seems to meet with the approval of even the critical eastern press # ,. # Its a long time between retreats, is something no German general says to another these days.
 M * # Trotzky's predilection for the short and with the allies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-27
SF " v Saving Feature of Stamp Campaign

6TlHE government needs the money
 N being raised by the sale of War Savings Stamps, and the people need the lesson in thrift that the campaign brings with it.
 The two billion dollars sought by this method-the small savings of the |many-may seem great sum, and it is, but this is a great country; great in population and abounding in pros- |perity.
 The treasury department has re- Iceived about six hundred million dollars in cash, and the pledge cards will probably mean several hundred thousand dollars more. The cam Ipaign is well organized and canvass ling work will continue until the two |billion-goal is reached. If the savings habit is urged sys- tematically from now until the end lof the year the savings fund will go over the top. There is scarcely man or woman that cannot save something lout of his or her wage or income every day. And with the practice of self denial in order to invest money in Stamps and Baby Bonds the investor lis accumulating savings that com pound interest.
 No matter how many Stamps you have bought, buy more. Let this be the Alabama slogan and the state's quota will be easily raised.
 There are two endless mysteries in | life-the sea and womanS' says thought ful poet The bard knows whereof he I speaks. The sea makes one seasick and woman makes one heartsick, ones out 1 ward appearance in both cases being much the same.
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 Even if the long-distance lombard ment of Paris had been still going on, it is probable that there would have been just as many .people-more than half a million-lining the banks of the Seine to see the across Paris swimming con- test.
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 Dancing academies have been placed among the nonessentials. Yet. there will be a great many officers travelling about after the war is over and they will be seriously handicapped if they don't know how to dance.
 * *
 The Senate would not be improved in tone if it merely lost vardaman to gain Blease
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-27
Paris Orchestra on
 Patriotic Mission

THE Symphony orchestra of the N Paris conservatory-the oldest orchestra in Europe and one of the greatest-comes to the United States this fall for a limited concert tour with greetings of the French republic.
 While it embodies the highest ideals of musical art, it's mission is largely patriotic. Its visit to America is in no sense commercial, for after pay ing the actual expenses of the or chestra the proceeds will be donated to ths>Red Cross.
 Owing to the large number of mu- sicians employed in the organization the cost of each performance comes high, but the audiences will be such as to tax the seating capacity of theatres and auditoriums, and sub stantial sum should be realized for the noble society which IS to be the bene- ficiary.
 Birmingham should have the op- portunity of hearing this famous orchestra and at the same time show ing its appreciation of Frances splen- s did achievements in the war.
 Several prominent business men have been invited to meet members of the Music Study club in a confer ence at the Chamber of Commerce this afternoon for the purpose of con sidering plans for financing one or two concerts in Birmingham. If 2 hAll F theatre can De secured there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-27
A POLITICIAN REBUFrED

From the Kansas City Star.
 In one of Bill Hackney's early day cam paigns, according to the Winfield Courier, he met man driving a pair ot donkeys drawing sled on which was a barrel of water. Are you a voter? asked Bill "Yes." T am candidate for the legislature. and if I am elected we can have better times. Now what dc you consider your team is worth:' Sixty five dollars" answered ths stranger Times are hard" said Bill but if I am eelcted, we'll change all this and your team will be worth twice as much.'' "See here. stranger" said tha driver of the donkys. If I had that bar rel of water in hell 1t would bring thou sand. G'day.r
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-27
JIM HAMS FRENCH

From the Atlanta Journal.
 French official statement says that Hon. Jim Ham Lewis, of Illinois. In quoting Premier ~Clemenceau on the early end of the war, meant we'll but is not acquainted with the '.nuances" of the French lan- guoge, The senator probably learned his French in Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-27
MERE INADvERTENCE

TTUIII tHe EOuStOn Post.
 lnasmuch as that ss50, 100000 airplane mess happered at the time it did, we feel sure It was the result of inadvertence, Tor nothing but inadvertence could cause anything like this under a democratic ad- mlnlstratlor Besides, who knows tha. if a republican administration had been In power the wastage and graft would not be at least seven or eight hundred dolla IS more?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-27
HELPING THE HoHENzoLLERNs

From the Chicago News.
 Paul Leach's stories concerning the manner in which some merchants have been growing rich by profiteering at ths expense of the soldiers in sthe army towns indicates that the Kaiser has com petent assistants in greedy men and women or this side of the Atlantic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-27
Wherein Our Education Has Been Neglected

M UR hearts are with our allies, yet NJ many of us here in America are not sufficiently familiar with the flags they fight under to recognize them at glance. A serious riot was precipitated in New York yesterday because some Jewish Red Cross work CTS raised in an uptown street white flag, bearing a red triangle in it's center. Shots were fired. Soldiers, sailors and civilians fought in the melee and the strange flag was de- stroyed in bonfire. It had been mistaken for the bolshevik standard.
 Shortly after President Wilson de- clared war on Germany Birmingham business man, born in France, hung French flag in front of his estab- lishment and was subjected to great deal of annoyance by hot-headed pa triots who mistook the tricolor for the flag of Germany.
 Thanks to numerous parades in which the flags of our allies were shown, we know more about such things now than we did 12 months ago, yet how many of us would be able to distinguish between the na- tional emblems of Japan and China !?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-27
Men Willing to Go

T wishsto thank The Age-Herald for the article in a recent issue setting out the need for first-class men for the Red Triangle service in the Army Y. M. c. A. branch for overseas york; said Prof. W. c. Griggs, recruiting secretary for this phase of the Young Mems Christian association work in Alabama.
 E Already quite few splendid young men have signified their willingness to go if they are found fit to undergo the physical and other requirements which are by no means easy to stand"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-27
HEART Q. THE WORLD

By Sara Beaumont Kennedy. Heart Q the world heart O the world. o France,
 You hold it in your hollowed palm: It came on roar of battle blast Singing the great -Homeric psalm.
  There England lays her scented rose, There Africa's golden sands are poured, And India. mystic of the age, Gives the splendor of her hoard. There Canada that sleeps in snow Has left red drops of patriot blood, And far Australia sent her gift of faith Across three oceans rolling flood. And there we went; our far-flune naes Cleaned all the winds for songs ot love. Our shield undinted and urxxA5li&d. We hold your bleeding 9seaes ahops For with it's thrc1osux psaase Of sessee, With all it's @aiaAs Aene Enfnrlcd. l Tor hold aa<e eansarsa bird Heart A gssa c France.
 HeNr4 q hn world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-27
DARN THE KAISER

From the Baltimore American.
 The telephone girls of Massachusetts are accused of eating 30 tons of candy month and matinee idol in San Fran cisco has been arrested as slacke". This war is getting to be very hard on the women
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-27
Enjoyed JunaIuska

put in part of my vacation at our great Methodist assembly grounds at Junaluska. N.~C.," said pr. James A. Duncan, and in spite of the fact that the magnificent hotel of which we were all so proud was burned, the attendance was good and the accom- modations much better than had been hoped for.
 The location of Junaluska is very beautiful It is in the heart of the fla nous Asheyille district"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-27

should be no hesitation touching the matter of guarantee. The French high commission in this country, which is arranging the tours, has listed the principal cities for the itinerary. Birmingham stands out conspicuously as one of them. With most of the cities included in the ten tative schedule contracts have all ready been closed.
 This city is known far and wide as a music-loving community; and still more has it's reputation gone forth as an intensely patriotic center. Birmingham simply cannot afford not to fall in line in securing the Paris orchestra, no matter what may be the size of the guarantee required.
 It should be safe to assume that today's conference will result favor ably to the proposition in question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-27
cApablIaMdAanteH

K AGED BRETON WANTED HIS TEA From the New York Evening Sun. London.--(By mall )-Fifth inning score to 2--bases full. two out and twe strikes of the battsr-
 Two tkousand cheering s-~s suhsides
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-27
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BEGINNING THE DAY-Ah, Lord, my mind is at times like beIfry, darkened and hOrrid with its owls and bats. What miscr- able imaginings fill it! Oh, help me to throw 1t open to Thy pre- cious light and air: And gladden. it with the wings of d0ves!-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-27

into tense silence, 2O00 pairs of eyes searching every move of every player. not to miss the hidden ball trick or snap throw to first.
 The Navy pitcher carelessly~ kicked 2 little dirt out of the groove, eyed the corners and hitched his belt.
 He tugged at his visor.
 He flickered his right hand and the runner slid back to first
 Just then a little old gray-haired man with funny chilblain feet waddled out through the fringe of the crowd and up to the plate.
 He said something to the batter. who grinned. The catcher threw back hiJ head and roared through his mask
 The little old man waddled away and the crowd took one laugh before settling down to tenseness again.
 Whizz! The ball streaked. bat whifred and the inning was over
 What did the ground keeper have to say?' asked the pitcher as she and his battery mate walked in to the bench.
 Why, he wanted to know when we were going to stop for tea" said the catcher.