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

"the shot fired at Lexington echoed
round the world" but if you would
realize what it really was that has
gone smashing through the ranks
of royal autocrats, upsetting the
thrones OF tyrants everywhere, and
| leaving union in its wake, like one
OF the great war tanks on the
fields of France, sit down and give
the American Declaration of Indc-
pendence thoughtful reading from
first to last, and you will discover
yourself to be within the walls of
an arsenal of moral dynamite, of
high explosive power, sufficient to
demolish every royal throne on
earth today. And it is doing that
thing before our eyes at this very
hour. Read the latest news from
London, and note how not France
alone but Great Britain is making
common cause with America in cell
ebrating the anniversary of Ameri-
can independence.
Note how George ". Great grand
son of George III, is preparing
himself to open the American ball
game in Hyde Park and think of
the tremendous significance of that
single fact. Or, if you would realize
how far and how rapidly the world
has Travelled in political progress
under the leadership of America
since the days of 70, turn again to
this document and note what it says
Of George III, as follows:
"The history of the present king
Of Great Britain is history of re-
peated injuries and usurpations, all
having in direct object the estab-
ishment OF an absolute tyranny over
these states, to prove this yet facts
be submitted to a candid world
Here follows a lengthy Indictment
% separae counts, each
embodied in short, sharp, crisp
sentence that has the snap and ring
If a Springfield rifle in it and it
loses as follows:
He has abdicated government
lere by declaring us out OF his pro-
ection, and waging war against
IS.
"HIe has plundered our seas, raw
ged our coasts. burned our towns,
nd destroyed the lives of our peo-
lie.
He is, at this time, transporting
lrge armies of foreign mcrcenaries
o complete the works of death,
isolation and tyranny already be-
un with circumstances of cruelty
nd perfidy, scarcely paralleled in ,
ne most barbarous ages, and to-
ally unworthy the head of civil {
ed nation. s
"He has constrained our fellow 7
tzens, taken captive on the high |
eas, to bear arms against their a
ountry, to become the eXecutioners Q
their friends and brethren, or Il
, fall themselves by their hands. r
ale has excited domestic insur- i.
ction among us, and has endeav- |,
ed to bring on the inhabitants Of t.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07

our frontiers the merciless Indian
! savages, whose known rule of war.
fare is an undistinguished destruc-
tion Of all ages, sexes and conditions
'In every stage OF these opprcs-
sions we have petitioned for redress
in most humble terms; out repeat
ed petitions have been answered
only by repeated injury.
"A prince whose character is thus
marked by every act which may de
fine tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler
OF free people.
I'VE therefore, the representa-
tives of the United States OF Amer
ica, in general congress assembled,
appealing to the Supreme Judge OF
the World for the rectitude OF our
intentions, do, in the name and by
the authority of the good people OF
these colonies, solemnly publish and
declare, that these United Colonies
are and of right ought to be free
and independent states. And
III lile SuppOll "a lIlIo uNNlol d'iOH'
with a firm reliance on the protec-
tion of Divine Providence, we mu-
tually pledge to each other our
lives, our fortunes and our sacred
honor
Behold what God has wrought
the nations of the earth
during the last l+2 years: for today
% OF these nations are standing
shoulder to shoulder on the plat
form OF this declaration to make
the world safe for democracy" as
against brutal form Of autocracy |
that outrivals George Ill in its un-
Speakable cruelties so far that It
leaves him out of sight.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
HARK|N 6 BACK To
GEORGE THE III AND
THE DAYS Of '76
(By James G.. Patterson)

We have no means OF knowing
what may have been the impression.
made on others by Thursdays OBJ
servance of Independence day, but
the "stay at homes and shut ms
of Ardmore could not escape the
feeling that we had arrived at a
safe and sane observance of the
day. There was Sabbath quiet
ness pervading our municipal at
mosphere, inviting sober thought
and which was far more IN keeping
with the temper of the times, and
the awful seriousness OF the crisis
through which the civilized world
is passing now than were those
noisy. meaningless outbursts of ear
splitting explosions which have
marked the customs OF the past.
Those native born Americans who
can go back beyond the civil war,
to their childhood days, well re-
member that the chief point OF in
terest on which their thoughts were
made to center on the Sunday
school pcnics and similar gather
ings on the Fourth OF July was not
the booming of the cannon or the
explosion OF Chinese fireworks, but
the public reading of the Declare
ton of independence or possibly its
oral delivery by some boy who had
committed it to memory; accom-
panied by other declamations of a
patriotic character such as Patrick
Henry's Sink or Swim, Live or
Die, Survive Of Perish Give My
Hand and My Heart to This Vote"
or that broadside which he fired
into the bunch OF Tories in the
Continental congress when he said,
Caesar had his Brutus, Charles |
MS Cromwell and George lll' (when |
he was interrupted by the cry OF
Treason, Trcason'O but lcveling
his finger at them, he hurled def
ance in their faces by repeating
what he had begun to say-"Caesar
had his Brutus, Charles | his Crom
well, and George II | may well prof
it by their example. If that be trea-
son, make the most of it..
The fathers and founders of this
republic were men who had gone
through the furnace of civil and re-
ligious tyranny in the old world
had suffered for conscience's sake
knew the value of civil and religious
freedom and hence were FULLY quail
fled to found here on the shores of
he new world what has been right ,
y termed the "Asylum oi civil and t
-cligious liberty the oppress-
ID of all nations. I
1t has been truthfully said that {
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
Wireless to Italy.

London Chronicle: The an
nouncement that Italy and the Unit
ed States have recently been con-
nected by wireless telegraphy de
serves more notice than it has re-
ceived. This achievement probably
makes back number of the great
wireless station at Nauen, near Ber-
lin, which has been so useful to Ger
many, and which, when the war
broke out, claimed to be the most
powerful in the world, with an effec-
tive range OF bytween 5000 and
6,000 miles. From the nearest point
in Italy to the United States trans
Atlantic station at Arlington, near
Washington, is not less than 6,2O0
miles, and to send an ineligible
message across that distance might
be more than even Nauen could ac-
complish. Owing to the hostility
between the other waves which
carry wireless messages and sun
shine it is always easier to send
messags long distance in northerly
latitudes than in those more south,
and the power required to cover 4
given distance increases with near
ness to the equator. The wireless
route between Rome and Arlington
is for a good part of the way at
east 800 miles nearer the equator
han that between Nauen and the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
HUGE POWDER PLANT OPEN
Production of Two Factories Equals
Capacity of All Others in the
United States Combined.

Washington, June l2.-Operation
OF the government new powder
plant near Charleston, W. Va, was
begun yesterday, two months ahead
OF schedule. The Nashville, Tenn,
plant started work week ago. The
two plants cost $l2,00O,000 and OF
ficials say they will give the gov
ernment a powder production equal
to the capacity of all other Ameri-
can plants combined.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
THE COMMUNITY PHONE.
War Eliminates Gossip Over the
Rural Lines and Central Has
New Answer to Rings.

Indianapolis News: The war ha'
about eliminated gossip over rura
telephone lines in the Owensvillt
community. The old familiar an
swer from central that the line
busy has been crowded out by an
swerS OF this kind:
Cant ring EN-. They are out
soliciting for the Red Cross
You'll find 'em at the Red Cross
work shop"
Mrs. Farmer is helping put up
hay. Call later"
Haven't been able to ring 'em
all day. They are out at work
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07

blood in his veins would have done
had he been there in my stead-I
consigned to the uttermost depths
of perdition the sour of the brute Of
Prussia whose diseased ambition
brought to pass this thing and a
million things like unto it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07

Boston Transcript: Griggs--
Isn't that the same suit you had last
year?
Briggs-Yes, and it's the same
suit you asked me last year if it
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07

United States, which fact consider
ably adds to the achievement OF
the Italian and American experts.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
THE TEA HOARDER.
Every Englishman Works as Pri-
vate Detective and Very Fact
Makes Hoarding Rare.

Washington Star; Sir Frederick
f. Smith was discussing at a New
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07

wasn't the same one | had the year
before.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-09-14
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE GIVEN
 x BEFORE JUNEAU PEOPLE

one must have been praying" And General Foch, the present command er-in-chief of the Allied Armies has made the statement that I've shall be saved by prayer"
 Now the Christian Scientist knows that the prayers which heals a sick man or a sick nation cannot be a mere petition or application, nor can it be prayer of blind faith. It must be a prayer of joyous con fidence in the certain triumph of right, a realization of the all-power and production of God, good-such a prayer as Jesus prayed at the tomb of Larazus, when he said Father, thank Thee that Thou hast heard me, and I knew that Thou nearest me always!" Against the power of such a mighty realization the gates of hell cannot prevail, and at this critical hour Christian Science warns us not to lean too much on 'horses and chariots," but to look to Him and "be saved, all the ends of the earth"
 The whole message of Christian Science, its message to this sad world, to you and to me, may be summed up in these two verses from our hymnal
 God made all His creatures free; Life itself is liberty;
 God ordained no other bands
 Than united hearts and hands. So shall all our slavery cease, All Gods children dwell in peace, And the newborn earth record Love, and Love alone, is Lord.
 Christian Science Hymnal, D. 159)
 Old papers for sale at The Empire office. Second and Main streets.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-09-14
FARMERS GET
 CASH THROUGH
 SULzER-RIGCS
Thousands of Actual Cash to Farmers of Territory Throuuh Efforts of
 Officials.

Approximately $15,00G in actual cash was put into the pockets of the farmers of Interior Alaska dur ing the past two seasons trough one accomplishment of Chas. A. SulZer, Delegate from Alaska. That mon ey was for potatoes grown in Alas ka and sold to the United States army, for use at Fort Gibbon.
 For many years the farmers of the Interior had attempted to secure the contracts for these potatoes, but each year they were turned away without consideration. They were not even permitted to bid on the contracts. In the summer of 1917 another attempt was made to ob- tain consideration but without sue cess. The contracts were awarded to dealers in San Francisco
 Then, in desperation the farmers of Interior Alaska took the matter up with Mir. Sulzer. Without de- lay he went to the chief quarter master of the Army. He explained the situation fully to that officer and within an hour telegram was sent to San Francisco, abrogating the contract for the potatoes. At the same time a wire was sent to the post quartermaster, directing him to buy the potatoes in the To- cal market. The contract was final ly awarded to the Tanana Valley Agricultural Association, the farm CTS receiving $90 per ton for their product
 This year, the quantity of pota- toes wanted was much larger, the number of draft men having in- creased the command greatly, and the farmers were not called upon even to compete with the Outside growers. They were given the con- tracts and are now delivering the spuds to the Army.
 Friends of MT. Sulzer point out this is but one illustration of the results obtained by him whenever any matter for the benefit of Alas ka was brought to his attention.
 To the growers of the Interior it is also a matter of interest that Governor Thomas Riggs, who is working in complete harmony with the Delegate, was responsible, when he was member of the Alaskan Engineering Commission for the or der directing that all potatoes and vegetables needed by the organiza-
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-09-14
GREATEST JEWISH
 RELIGIOUS DAY TO
 OCCUR ON MONDAY

Tom Kippur, the Day of Atone ment, which will occur Monday is the most important day in the Jew ish religious calendar It is the day of atonement, the day for the expia- ton of sins, and is one of the several holidays that follow the Jewish New Year, which, this year, occurred on September 2, and was the beginning of the year 5679 September g oc- cured the Fast of the Guadallah. The Feast of the Tabernacles will occur September 21, and September 26 will take place the Feast of the Eighth Day. The next day is devot. ed to Rejoicing with the Law.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-09-14
'''sL' m ..

John Randall Dunn, member or
 the Board of Lectureship Of The
 First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass, delivered a lec- ture on Christian Science Thurs
 day evening at Elks' Hall. MT. Dunn was introduced by Mrs. Mill
 dred M. Bunting, First Reader or
 Christian Science Society of Ju- neau, who said, in part:
 You have been invited here this evening to hear the truth about Christian Science And after all, It is the truth, or facts about anything that we really want, and that we are entitled to have-not hearsay, nor mere personal opinion colored perhaps by prejudice or ignorance. Christian Science is the religion or Jesus the Christ, the great Teacher and Saviour of mankind; and be- cause it is, it brings healing healing of sickness as well as sin. It raises the standard of thinking, therefore of living"
 MT. Dunn spoke in part as fol- lows:
 sThe question is asked frequently these days, How does the Chris ton Scientist stand at this crisis Is he one of those 'peace-at-any- price men, or is he a loyal sup porter of the Government?
 If you find a student of Christian Science who tells you that he can not support the Allied Governments in their stand for righteousness, you have found one who has not as yet awakened to the great fact that II a man is loyal to the ideals oi Christian Science he cannot help be- ing loyal to the ideals of democracy for, try as he may, he cannot di- vorce the two. The Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science has written that Christian Science stands for the inalienable universal rights of men," and is essentially democratic" (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany D. 254.) She has also stated as an article of her political faith that she believes in supporting righteous government (page 276) And gov ernments actuated by more right eous motives than the governments of the United Kingdom, France Italy and the United States, could not be found. Again Mrs. Eddy writes, "If our nations rights or
 honor were seized, every citizen would be soldier and woman would be armed with power girt for the hour" (Page 277)
 So you will find practically every student of Christian Science at this
 hour Loyalty doing his duty as a good citizen either on the battle front or at home, supporting the government loans, contributing to war relief and camp welfare activi tfes-in short, striving to be in every sense of the word humanitarian but when he has done his material "bit" he realizes that he has only
 just begun to serve his country and his fellow men. For one thing alone can save the stricken human race
 and that one thing is prayer Sc the Christian Scientist knows that
 daily he must spend consecrated
 moments praying for the healing oi the nations, if truly he would helr
 in the solving of earth's problems
 Did you hear that when the news
 of the defeat of the enemy at the
 Battle of the Marne in 1914. was re
 ceived in England. Lord Roberts
 said: "Only God Almighty could have done this!" General Kitchener reading the dispatch. said: Some
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-09-14
SERIAL O2757. United States Land Office, Juneau, Alaska Aup 5 1918

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that John Rustgard, of Juneau, Alas ka, assignee of Martha Goad, widow of Charles Pinkney Goad, has filed in the U s. Land Office for Juneau Land District, at Juneau, Alaska his application to enter, under and pursuant to Section 2306 of the Re- vised Statues of the United States, a Soldiers Additional Homestead, the following tract of land. situated on the northeasterly side of Gastin- eau Channel, adjoining the shore thereof, and approximately one-half mile Southeast of the City of Ju- neau, in Latitude 58' IF 30" North, Longitude 1340 23' West. in the Territory of Alaska, designated as U. S. Survey No. 705, and more par ticularly described as follows, to- wit:
 Beginning at Corner No. l
 Meander Corner; at line of or
 dinary high water of Gas
 tineau Channel; not set; thence
 North 0.19 chs. to Witness cor
 ner to Cor No. l MIG; whence
 U. S. M. M. No. 1 bears South
 IF 40' West 5S02 chs. distant, and Cor No. Sur. No. Ill s. A. H. of c. w. Fries bears South 520 O3' East 4153 chs. distant; 1915 chs. to Cor. No.
 2; thence West 1.90 chs. to Cor.
 No. 8; thence South 7.64 chs. to Witness corner to Cor. No.
 Meander Corner; 8.70 chs. to Cor. No. 4 MIG; not set;
 whence Cor. No. 1 Utah Lode Sur. No. SAP bears North 43'
 or West 7.68 chs. distant; thence meandering along the line of ordinary high water of Gastineau Channel South 45' 15' East 120 chs; South 60'
 30' East 1.21 chs. to place of beginning.
 Containing an area of 1.81 acres.
 Magnetic declination 31' 50' East.
 U. s. M. M No. is brass plate set in concrete on. extreme North end of Juneau Island.
 A duly authenticated copy of the plat of said Survey No. 705, to- gether with a notice of the said ap- plication to enter, was duly posted at a conspicuous place upon said premises on the 3rd day of August, 1918.
 c. B. WALKER. Register
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-09-14
Standard Fire proof Chimney Blocks in All Sizes Carried in stock. CONCRETE PRODUCTS
 MFR. co.
 Willoughby Avenue
Homestead Notice.

Homestead Notice. Department of the Interior, United
 States Land Office. Juneau. Alas
 ka. May 29, 1918.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Fred Peterson, whose postoffice address Is Juneau, Alaska, has filed notice of his intention to submit final three year homestead proof in support of his Homestead Applica- tion No. 02715, for the land em- braced in U. S. Survey 75, situated on the north end of Douglas Isl. and, Alaska and in Fritz Cove, Lat 58' IF 28" N, Long. 134' 4O' w.. described as follows:
 Beginning at Cor. No. 1, MO. on line of ordinary high tide, said cove, whence U.SL.M. No. 75. F. s., bears N. 50' 48' w. 18.49 chs, thence meandering CD S. 66' 45' E.. 2.5O chs. (2) N. 45' 2O' E. 491 chs. to Cor. No. 2 MIG, thence N. 65' 56' E., 14.07 chs. to Cor. No. 8, thence S. 23' 47' E., 69.19 oh. to Cor. No. 4,therce s. 66' 16' w. 1927 chs. to Cor. No. s. thence N. 24' 2 w.. 69.14 chs. to Cor No. l, the place of beginning. containing 1888 acres, Mag. Var. 31' 10' B.
 Said proof will be submitted by said Peterson and two of the follow ing witnesses: .Endel Brown. Jo seph Gpjnks, Thomas Thornton and John Green all of JSnean, Alaska on September 30. 191S.
 c. B. WALKER.
 Jga Reg.ster.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-09-14

tion should be bought in the local market This policy of the Com- mission resulted in many thousands of dollars remaining in Alaska that otherwise would have gone to peo- pie on the Outside.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-09-14

Old papers for sale at The Empire office. Second and Main streets.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-06-26

Some one entered the rolling
mill at this place and did not do
anything, except relieve the mill
of about 200 pounds of the very
best quality of flour.
|. Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Akin, of
near Sparksville, entertained
some OF their friends last Satur-
day afternoon. The music was
furnished by the Akin band, as
sisted by A. B. Henderson and
L. C. Hill, of our city. Those
present said that the music could
not be excelled and the evening
was delightfully."- spent. Y
si1lz
Mr.. James G. Flowers, the
well.known hardware man, of
st. Louis, Mo-, is spending a few
days with his relatives in our
city. Mr.. Flowers is looking
fine and we were all glad to see
him.
There will be erected near
this place, during the fall season
two school buildings. We under
stand that Messrs. Henderson
4 Rowe have the contract for
building these houses. Both are
men of experience along this
line and we take it when they
are ready to turn the keys over,
the patrons will be pleased.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-06-26

At the Democratic State Con-
vention, of Indiana, held last
week, Gov. Rawlston, Launched a
sentiment insfavor of President
Wilson for the third term. When
Wilson's name was mentioned
the Conventionswent wild. I'm
der ordinary conditions, there is
a pronounced sentiment against
the third terms president Grant
failed of nomination for the third
term, but at that: time politics
was running high, and a combi-
nation defeated him. In Will
sons case the situation is alto
gether different, as there are no
politics in these war times. AS
an evidence of this fact many of
the most prominent Republicans
of the nation, including former
President:aTaft, have endorsed
Mr.. Wilson's war policies from
the start, and they are standing
by him to-day. We do not be-
lieve that Mr.. Wilson wants to
be elected to the Presidency for
the third time, but on account OF
his superiorI..knowledge of the
war it may besthat.the twill be-
come formable for reelection,
and if the sentiment Sshould be
strong enough throughout the
United States to retain him, he
could only escape the nomination
by fatty: refusing to accept
such an offer. HeEis Comman-
der-in- Chief of the American
army, and nexts to him stands
Secretary ofaS..War sBaker, of
Ohio, who through whom the
President, is directing the af-
fairs of this bloody contest.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-06-26
Charlotte, N. c.

June, IA, 1918.
The Adair County News,
Columbia, Ky.
Again while thinking of my
old Kentucky Home and friends
that | may never see again, but
I hope to meet all of you again
and have a lot of experiences to
tell you about how we went
lover the top" and Stayed Ger
mans by the wholesale.
We finished our course in In
dianapolis the 7th of this month
and the next day, Saturday, we
were given a picnic out at Gar
field Park by the Chamber of
Commerce, in honor of our leav-
ing and we sure did appreciate
this picnic, as we had bunch of
people, civilians. out to help US
with our good times and helped
us so much by giving US cigar
cites, fruits, candies and ice
cream and everything good i'm
aginable.
We left Indianapolis Tuesday,
June 18th and went by the way
of Cincinnati, Lexington, Dan.
vile, Somerset, Burnside, Knox
vile Tenn, Ashville, N. c., and
then to our camp, Charlotte or
Camp Green, N. C, Herschel
Taylor and / are bunking togeth-
er and we have had some time
since we enlisted.