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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-18
(By The Associated Press)

As the Allied defensive in Macedonia continues to develop the impression growing that operation of major propor ons has begun there The front is almost shut the world and except for official reports there few details known. It appears however, that the attack which was launched Sunday gaining important ground east of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-18
BELGIAN GOVERNMENT
 REFUSES PEACE OFFER
Declines Proposal of Germany for a Separate Peace After Consultation With Other
 Allied Nations

Paris Sept. 1S-The Belgian government after consuta ton with the Allies according to the Petit Parisien has decd refuse without elaboration the reported offer of sepa rate peace made by Germany.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-18
Hun SURRENDER TERMS
 OF AMERICAN TROOPS
Men of American Army Give Hearty Approval of Pres dent Wilson's Rejection of Austria's
 Peace Proposal.

With the American Army in France, Sept. 48-(By The Associated PressThe American Army received the of President Wilson's reply to AusraIungary peace note with grim approval.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-18
PERSH|NG SENDS
 CONGRATULATION
 TO LLOYD GEORGE

London, Sept. 1S-In reply to the message sent by Premier Lloyd George to General Pershing, congrat- ulating him on the American victory in L L)rraine, in which the Premier, who received the news on his sick bed, declared 1t was better aud in finitely more palatable than any physic," the American commander has sent the. following telegram:
 "Your congratulations are deeply appreciated. It shall be the endeavor of the American army to supply you with occasional doses of the same sort of medicine as needed from now until the fina! victory has been attained. ] trust this will find you fully recovered from your illness"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-18
(By The Associated Press)

Field Marshal Haig two months from the day of the AL lied offensive the Marn has begun closer investment of St. Quentin His troops attacking northwest of the city with the evident intention of oufanking it on the north
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-18

French troops maintained their gains.
 The statement reads:
 South of the river Disc there was artillery activity throughout the night.
 Violent counter attacks by the enemy in the region of the plateau suits. The French troops maintained their gains.
 ''In the Champaigne and in Lor- raine we executed a number of raids on the German positions and made prisoners"
 British Headquarters in France, Tuesday, Sept. 17.-Via Monteal- Reuter's) s)-The Germans are in their defensive positions near St. Quentin and the Fourteenth Reserve corps has been ordered not to give up one foot more of ground. A captured docu- ment, signed by General von Morgen, dated Sept 10, and addressed to the Fourteenth corps, says:
 Hitherto owing to military req sons, we have allowed the British to occupy desolate enemy country. Now however, you have taken up strong defensive positions. Not one foot more of ground is to be given up'
 After exhorting the men to defend fatherland the document adds:
 "You are more than a match fol
 (Continued on Page 8.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-18
PRESIDENT NAMES AMBASSADOR

Washington, Sept. IS - John W. Davis has been selected by President Wilson to succeed Ambassador Page at London.
 MT. Davis is from West Virginia.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-18
Marshal Haig Begins
 Closer Investment 0n
 North Of St. QuentiI

Intends to Outfank This Important Position Germans Have Been Ordered to Hold Positions At All Costs and Not to Give Up Another Foot of GrOund-Huns Launch Counter Attacks But Are Beaten Back
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-18
The Weather Report

For this city and V- cinity: Generally cloudy to- night and Thursday, probably rain; little change in temper ature.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27
kits IN ITALY.

Christian Science Monitor: Whole
battalions of Thomas Atkinses, now that
the long.expected snowfall has buried
the Austro-Germans in deep Alpine
drifts, have been paying visits to the
Milan opera house and receiving i'm
mense ovations. BY way of acknowl-
edgement, Tommy gave the laurel
crowned "Tiperary" and created a sen
sation, as well he might, in that sacred
Mecca of Italian opera. Flowers were
showered upon him in most embarrass-
ing fashion. The reason of this dell
cate attention may be the kits, at
which the people gaze in undisgulsed
amazement one veteran peasant ex'
claimed, Fancy women as well as men
to go to war in that country, and yet
they look as though they would make
miucemeat of the Germans"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27
A CRAZY DIPLOMAT.

Count Spurlos Versenkt LuNDurg
crstwhile German minister to Argcn
tina. appears in new light in recent
Berlin dispatches. The German gov
crnment seeks to explain and mitigate
his diplomatic offenses by saying that
he is insane.
The Berlin statesmen have discovered
it strangely late in the day There
isn't any Indication that they consid
cred the count crazy at the time when
he was using the Swedish government
as a Prussian Catspaw and sending the
insolent messages whose publication
alienated Argentina, shamed Sweder
and shocked the world. The German
government at the time took him, ap
parently with perfect seriousness, ad
ministered no rebuke, asked no en-
barrassing questions, and answered
his messages in kind.
We have no quarrel with this ver
dict of insanity. Unquestionably Lux
burg is crazy. But what Berlin over
looks is the fact that there is nothini
exceptional about his case. He doesn'
SldIl dlullts iAN - a ~ iANeAA 1 NlA N''N "a
tativo of the Prussian system SO fa
as we have been able to observe, al
Prussian diplomats are crazy.
Certainly all that have had anytime
TO do with us, officially or unofficially
have been crazy. Their acts were abso
lutely unqualified to produce the ei
fects they expected. They showe'
themselves wholly unable TO com
prehend the working of the mind
they dealt with, to grasp the psychoI
ogy of the nation they sought to influ
ence. They were possessed of like,
ideas" and held to them in spite o
everything.
We might go further, and say tina
the whole German government is al
flcted with LuXburg's malady. Tn
present attitude Of the Berlin foreigl
office reminds one of the familiar luna
tic asylum story in which one inmat
remarks Of another: THAT man imag
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

London Chronicle; A Canadian army
medical board was in consultation on a
soldier whose disease had baffleG the
regimental doctor. Unusual symptoms
rendered diagnosis difficult, and led to
an earnest discussion. The Iatient mo-
mentarily forgotten, was listening in.
tently, ard presently, forgetting all else
in the intensity of his interest sur.
prised the doctors and himself by a
spontaneous utterance expressing strong
agreement The astonished doctors be.
gan to rebuke the soldier for his breach
Of discipline, but were presently amazed
to learn from his rather reluctant an
swers to their questions that he was
an eminent surgeon from the western
states who from love Of adventure had
enlisted in the ranks. In civil life every
Coctor on the board would have thought
it privilege to be the pupil of this
voluntary private soldier
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27
Colleciinr Chinnsn pnnl.s

Oriental News and Comment: The
100000 or so volumes of Chinese works
now in American libraries are only
small part Of what should be secured
IN order TO give any adequate idea Of
the stupendous intellectual activity or
lne greatest and Oldest nation of the
Orient There never was a time more
favorable for the purchase of old
Chinese books at reasonable prices. and
Il not purchased and stored in our fire.
Lrool and worm-proof Libraries many or
them will be lost forever The quantity
of Chinese books now being thrown on
the market is so large that no single
library can hope TO buy more than a
lIthe Of what is offered Under these
conditions it would seem wise 10 follo,v
IN the literary field the old adage. diyid.
ct impera, Each library, after securing
such general works as it needed for its
own special requirements, could speciaI.
ize on some one field of Chinese Htero.
ture and by continued purchases become
the leader in that branch.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27
SMALL HOUSE.

London Chronicle: The Dolls House. y
South Audley street, which has been
acquired by member Of a well known
New York family, now fighting in
France, is the smallest house in May.
fair but not the smallest in London,
This distinction belongs to No. 10 Hyde
Park place, one of a row Of houses on
the Bayswater side overlooking the
park, built over passage six feet wide
between Nos. and II. Although it has
street door guarded by an iron gate,
there is only one room in the house.
This architectural oddity was built
about fifty years ago by an old lady
named Jupp. who lived at No. 8, for oc-
cupation BY one of her servants. She
had a number placed on the street door
and so endowed it with a separate eX'
istence as a house.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27
LEARNING STOKING.

r,,,., r-o,,sos scbon1s are attacking
,.l ao,l nrohlon, of tbe domestic con.
u,s :, rou yay The Kansas
'.u'liv, .'.,,..i -, c,I,ooo l.. to,cbinc home.
- t,,,,,, g., ,,so coal IN the fullest
.',,,,,,oao oyoiding an unnecessary
,o, 80 1,,' T,i, canrso or instruction is
49,, -. aar,..,,,rlapca
,,..., ,,..,...... o.,,ooi
Ihe Na'S'S ''',''','''' ''''','', ,...,.,,,.,
has gone s'e' 'ui ''''' '''''' 3 - ..,-,.'..
ing Il Sci'oo, Ioi J''''''', ,.'nI I ,i..ss.
tenders inc P"P''' -. ..,l....i.
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27
Scissors and Paste.

Chickasha Express: Is the copper
shortage going to call for pehnilesS
day.
St Joseph CMoJ Nev,s-Press: The Mis-,
souri, mules in France are TO be treated
with kindness instead of profanity
They'd better be careful or they'll spoil
the mules.
Kingston Messenger In the game
Of life a good deal depends on a good
deal
Wynnewood New Era; When a woman
takes a man into her confidence he Is
ID against the worst kind Of confidence
game.
Guthrie Leader 1t is coming out
gradually that Count LuXburg, the eX'
moment of Spurlosyersenki, is only eX-
peruy crazy,
Chanute Ean) Tribune With but
TWO picture shows a week, no prayer
meetings. and only one lodge night a
month the members of some Chanute
families may get acquainted with eacn
other before spring
Washington Times; Ham Smith Is
quoted as saying that coalless days have
been practiced 50 assiduously by some
people in Washington that the Carried
order is a mere picnic
Bartlesville Examiner: Lots Of funny
things happen but the funniest are
some Of the political things that we are
asked to take seriously
El Reno Democrat: Considering the
shortage Of sugar, it would seem advis'
able that the farmer should decide to
raise cane.
Iawton Constitution; When this coun.
try rounds up the alien enemies, will
that also include LaFollette?
/ McAlester News Capital: The govern
ment can't very well collect the ten per
cent tax on a jazz band performance.
/ 1t isn't an entertainment, it's punish
ment
Drumright News; Austria Is Upset
says headline, Austria has nothing on
/ the rest Of the world. Every country
has pretty well lost its equilibrium.
jerks Enquirer: Living is becoming
so expensive that it will soon be placed
on the luxury list.
Mill Creek Herald Covetousness is
the one sin many man is guilty OF
without knowing it.
Atoka Jeffersonlan: With a man an
effect must have its cause; with a
woman it must have its because.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27
NATIONAL FACTS AND FIGURES


The United states government uses
nearly 100000 incandescent electric
lamps a year
United states smeltcrs in 1916 turned
out l,92S,OOOOOO younds of copper, an
increase Of 80 per cent over 1915.
The farmers of the United States
have been allowing $500. 900 600 in real
money to escape from their pockets
each year because of poor roads. accord.
ing to the testimony of experts.
The census bureau Of the United
States estimates the average death for
males is thirty-nine ana twotenths
years; for females forty and srx-tenths.
This basis is made on all causes.
Each of the 3OOOOOOO workers IN the
country loses approximately nine days
each year due to sickness. This is a
wage loss of more than $500 600 600. and
does not include the loss suffered by
industry.
The United States production of rice
in 1914-1915 was 1.OG4. .2Oj 900 pouncs.
with per capita consumption of II "a
pounds. The 19l619l7 crop was 1881
$4,000 pounds, with per capita con
sumption Of 1888 pounds.
Profits Of the postonice department
for the fiscal year ending on June 80.
last, amounted to more than $4,000, 600;
and that sum has been paid into the
| treasury department as a contribution
to the general fund.
The money in circulation in the
United States per capita has steadily in
creased every year. In 1850 it was bu,
S12O2; in 1860 it increased to $13.S5; in
1870 to $3.50 in 1880 to $19.41; in 1890
to $22.S2; in 1900 to $26.95; in 1908 to
S34.S1, and dtoday it is $4S.76.
At the present time the United States
holds approximately $4,000 900 900 OF
gold. France has $1,4OOOOOO 900; Eng
land has SGOO,OOO,OOO, and Germany IS
reported to hold a like amount. sta
tistics show that the total amount of
gold available is about $7OOOOOOO0o.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27
PROVE THEM UP.
BY Chester NJ. Wright of the vigiIante

BY Chester NJ. Wright of the Nigilantes
(NIr. Wright is editor Of the American
! Alliance for Labor and Democracy and
what he writes represents the views OF
organized labor in this country)
Perhaps the Germans that you know
| look innocent. Perhaps you have known
them for years Perhaps you have found
them square and honest. Perhaps you
believe they will play the game straight
now.
TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED
| TODAY!
Perhaps the innocent-looking enemy
alien that you know was ordered to be
! innocenlIooking.
Perhaps the jovial enemy alien that
you know is joyial as u part Of his Job
for the kaiser
He may be on the level-and he may
be Matching a plot to blow up muni-
ton plant or poison a regiment of sol
diers.
Move don't want any anti-German
panics in our midst. We don't want to
go crazy We don't want to lose our
heads and persecute the Germans in our
midst
But we DO NOT WANT TO TAKE
ANY CHANCES.
We want proof for every German who
remains q subject OF the kaiser.
Enemy aliens hold many posts Of
honor and trust among us. Many of
them wIl continue to be honorable and
worthy Of trust But in a row of 100
the 99th may be the kaiser's agent,
ready to go the limit for his brutal boss.
He's the one that has to be guarded
against
And if the 100 have to prove up in
order to reveal the 99th--well prove
them up!
And if the Germans among US are
really desirous of playing the game
straight with America they will want to
prove up. They will want to show their
honesty and their love for the land to
which they came to escape autocracy
If they don't WANT to it's time to find
out WHY,
Bernstorff used to be called an honor
able man. When he went away we
found out that he was the master plot
ter Of them all.
This is not the time for guessing. 1t
is up to every enemy alien to erase the
word enemy by his own conduct
And every American should recognize
as an ENEMY alien every one who has
not by his own conduct erased the sup
position that he is an enemy,
We must be strict We must be on
guard! PROVE THE Up.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27
SAVE COAL AND HEALTH.
Scientist Asserts Cool House Is Better
Than Overheated One.

Than Overheated One.
Washington Times: Are you going to
save coal?
Are you planning to keep the house
warm but conserve the coal supply too?
asks Ira $. Vile, NJ. d., associate editor
American Medicine and member New
York City board Of education.
You are planning to keep the house
warm.
An appeal to patriots to save coal has
been made.
You are a warm-blooded creature.
Your body temperature is always the
same, regardless Of climatic conditions.
Your food, clothing and activity are
heat producers as well as heat con
sumers.
Clothes favor or retard the dissipation
Of body warmth
Fatty foods increase your heat re-
sources.
Muscular activity generates heat for
the body
You enjoy the sensation of heat. You
sit near the CRATE, in front of the stove,
over the register, on the radiator.
Coolness is more stimulating than ex.
treme heat
Most people overhead their homes, Of
| fees, shops and work rooms, especially
during the winter months.
To overhead a home is to waste coal
Keep the highest temperature of your
| homes and work rooms seventy degrees
If you are strong, vigorous, active and
healthy, siXty-fiye degrees is a wiser
! temperature in which to live
Old age is more susceptible to cold air
sld feels reduced temperature more thar
does youth.
Hot rooms are depressing and enervat
ing. Theyy induce headaches, menta
dullness, physical deterioration.
If you feel cold, insulate you radiat
ing surfaces with adequate and proper
clothing.
Don't make coal take the place OF
warm underwear, heavy dresses or suits
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27
THE MEN WHOCAME BACK
copyrighted by the British.Canadian
Recruiting MissonD
BY Lieutenant S. NJ. ScObie.
First Western Ontarlo Regiment

by Lieutenant S. NJ. ScObie,
First Western Ontario Regiment.
One night / was out in charge Of
a patrol on the Belgian front. The
three of us were crawling cautiously
forward, examining our wires, when we
heard some one approaching. We fired,
exchanging a few bombs, aiming as best
we could in the dark, but fortunately
we missed our marks. Just then there
was a flare-up from the German
trenches, and we recognized Canadian
uniforms. | called to some one to come
forward, and asked who they we're &C.
NJ. r. Patrol" was the answer. / asked
who was in charge.
Corporal Scobie."
"Scobie here" / said He advanced
and we looked each other over. It was
my brother l had fired at. / had not
seen him for eleven years.
At the age of sixteen 7 left home.
Was railroading around Calgary and
Medicine Hat part of the time. I have
six brothers in this war, and | knew
some Of them were in England or
France, but / did not know where.
III tell you the biggest day I had
over there. The day after l found my
brother in No Mans Land, we went back
Of the lines. There were four of US.
We found an Estaminet and near there
the boys ran across some chickens. You
should have seen one of them coming
around the Gstaminet with his coat but.
toned over a hen, the white feathers
falling to the ground as he opened his
coat My brother seldom laughs. but he
laughed that day. We made a chicken
stew ana had a big feed
Giyenchy-June 10, 1915, was about
the worst fight / was in. 1t was the
day the first Canadian battalion took
back Ducks Bill Our battalion pro
! tected the right flank Of the British divi
sion. At three minutes to six we blew
a mine, placed at the point that looked
Ike the bill of duck 1t was Just forty
yards from our front line. They wen;
over the top but could not advance. and
there we had it alone-a frontage Of 15O
Yards We went through three lines OF
German trenches and held them for tv,c
hours. Then after heavy casualties We
lad to retire But we cleared a lot of
German companies Off the man that
night.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27
ONE YEAR AGO.


Walter S. Gilbert, who had befriended
an English boy, made an orphan by the
European war; discovered that his pro
tege had decamped, taking with him a
suit case and other articles, the property
of his benefactor.
The State National Bank purchased
the Mullen building on Main and Math-
ngton streets.
Robert Cox, a messenger boy, was
killed by an automobile driven by Capt
j. w. Harris, superintendent Of the
Confederate Home.
Robert l.. owen, United States sena-
tor spoke at the City hall
FIVE YEARS AGO.
Richard Roberts was on trial for wife
murder.
The state senate was holding up the
highway bill, objection to ITS passage
being made by Senator Dutton.
]. p. Dickinson, known in Ardmore,
was convicted at San Antonio Of using
the mails TO defraud. in connection with
the promotion of the Collins Wireless
Telegraph company
Joy riders broke into the Ritter
garage and appropriated a new auto
mobile The car was found north Of
the city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

One sun.ray is not very powerful But
by using glasses that concentrated the
sun-ray Alchimedes was able to set IRE
to the Roman ships during the siege
Of Syracuse.
SO what food one woman can save III
her home may not seem much, but
the saving effected by the concentrated
woman-power Of the country is tre-
mendous.
TO save daily one-third Of an ounce
or two level teaspoonsful Of butter for
every one in your family may seem too
innnitesimal an economy to bother with
for instance. But multiply this saving
by the 10000 600 kitchens in the coun-
try. and you will see the tremendous
saving effected by the concentrated
woman.power Of the nation.
But to some it may seem an enigma
how to save even these two teaspoons
full of butter a day.
1t is better to save this amount by
substituting other fats in cooking rather
than by economizing on the butter used
on the table. While an adult may
suffer no injury from the latter econ
omy. butter should be given freely to
children at the table. They require the
peculiar fat substance it contains for
their growth and health Hundreds OF
children abroad especially in Poland on
a diet which did not include proper
substitutes, have died or become per
manently stunted i'm growth because
;hey have had to do without butter fats
for an extended period of time.
We must do our best to save the rest
Of these children from a similar fate
by exporting butter to these countries
in larger quantities than ever before.
The allies are asking for three times
as much as they did at the beginning
of the war.
We can supply them this if no butter
IS used throughout the country. Al
ready chefs and cooks in hotels and
public institutions are eliminating it
from their dishes, and the up-to-date
housewife is now discovering that but
ter is quite unnecessary in cooking.
If you have been in the habit of
putting generous lump of butter into
a dish now and then Just to make it
tasty" forego this habit now.
Never serve more than one fried dish
/ a week,
/ Always substitute chicken fat or veg
etable oils, for butter in cooking.
Make as little pastry as possible and
make all your pies with only one crust
Never put both gravy and butter OF
your potato.
Use peanut butter jellies, cheese and
fruit buffers on bread for adults in
stead Of butter.
DO this much for the sake of saving
hundreds of little children from death
or worse-a life Of stunted growth anc
i'll health.
The following is a butterless recipe
for chocolate cake, and besides it uses
rye flour and takes no sugar:
Devils Food Cake-Rye Flour.
Onefourth cup vegetable fat, ! cuT
.molasses Ia teaspoon soda, 3 table
spoons milk, egg yolls, . squares
chocolate, ! l.6 cups rye flour, IA tea
spoon salt, . egg whites, 3-4 teaspoon
vanilla.
Melt the fat and add it to the molasse'
and soda Add the milk, the wel-beater
yolks and the melted chocolate. Sift the
flour, the baking powder and the salt to
gether, and add them gradually to thu
mixture. When thoroughly mixed folC
in the stiffly beaten white and ado
the vanilla. Pour the cake into a wei
CREASED pan.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27

ines he's Napoleon The poor fish.
Why, I'm Napoleon
The simple truth is that the Prus-
sian ruling class is crazy, and has in.
fected the majority Of the German
people. That's what made all the trou.
BILE. The German war is Il paranoiac
war, for an immoral, irrational and i'm
possible purpose. The allies war is an
undertaking on the part Of the sane
part Of mankind to put a national mad
man in straitjacket