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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-23
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GREAT BRITAIN SHOULDERS THE
LOAD,

Bartlesville Examiner: Announce
ment is made that Great Britain will
assume the responsibility for the allied
cause until the United States can put
its full power into the field
Russia is out, France is weakened,
Italy is hard pressed and America is
not ready. Germany and Austria can
put 60O.O 900 soldiers from the east
front into the west line since Russia has
quit. There is no source Of man power
left to the allies save the British EN-.
pire so the British lion is calmly pre-.
pairing to send another half million to
the front and announces that it IS able
to hold the line until America IAN get
ready to take up larger share OF the
load.
To those who have sneered at Great
Britain the empire points to the seven
and half million men now engaged
in all branches on land and sea and to
the ability Of the empire to assemble
another half million Of able-boded fight
ing men, without raising or lowering
the age limit, to meet the additional
troops Germany has available.
Germany is making capital Of the de.
cision for America to send food in place
of troops for TIE present. Germany is
| saying that it is a sign of our weak.
ness and a proof of our unwilingnes>
to fight Germany would be gloating
over what it would term the sure star
yation of our allies if we reversed the
policy and rushed troops and held back
foodstun. Either way the German press
would make capital of it, What we
must do is to accept the decision Of
the allied council and give preference
to the thing that they decide is IT,
most needful and hope that we can
speed up shipbuilding so that our grim
ally will not have to assume furthe
burdens after it takes responsibility fol
the allied cause in the west this year
II there is next year to the war
and we are not more than ready tC
meet any condition that may arise w,
will pay dearly for the lack of prepara
ton Secretary Baker takes pride in
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-23
THE PLAIN FOLKS SEE.

Ft. Smith (Ark) Southwest American
UrCn getting off the Reel frying-pan |
Fond Administrator Hoover made this |
8 sITfCant statement, amOnS"t Others:
"Cne Of the gratifying thio@s ohlIt
this lob is the hundreds ipon hundred
pf letters we receive from the pain
reCpl" in which they not only show that
.hey understand what we arr trying TO
Co. Lut also seek to send alolG the on
couraging word"
If the United States senate hal 70 20
home for reelection every year, instead
of every sixth year, it might have
clear conception c: the plain peoples
sizeup Of Washington proceedings.
The Investigations at Washington
have thus far shown up administration
errors. Weaknesses and scandals, but
the exposures that stick out Of the
mass of testimony and hold the under
standing of the plain people are these
Hoover may have arbitrarily cxer
cised authority that really was not his.
But he gave us comparatively cheap
sugar and -four when the stage was set
| for ferocious extortion by refiners an6
millers. If the plain people were on a
short allowance of sugar and flour, il
was because the allies got our sugar
and flour. and they're fighting our fight.
Baker had the task Of making us a
nation of warriors, of upholding the
morale of the allies, of raising, feeding
Transporting, training. arming, clothing
more than a million Of soldiers in the
raw. He performed wonders, He did
not produce perfection. Even his biz
gest accomplishments must be held Sc
cret, as a war measure. He, too, may
have exceeded authority but look at
what he did!
Daniels went to building ships and
things before he had authority or even
the money for them. Te violated prec
edent and scissored red tape. 1t is q
mighty good thing he did SO.
1t is these things that the people SEE
and feel--the grand results. 1t is Wash
ington that frets and stamps over tn,
formalities, the details, the violations o
precedent and technicality!
Hoover upon taking his job, said ht
expected to be the best hated man il
America. He will he. Profiteers are
good haters, The plain people under
stand and have volunteered for selec
tive servce-man, woman and child.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-23

Canadian humanity-has higher ideals
to defend than those represented by
Wilson, Lloyd George and other bust.
ness politicians"
This isn't very clear when il comes
to the ideals of Canadian humanity,
but it is evident that The Zeitung thinks
Halifax has been suffering horrors of
war, in which it is very much mistaken.
Halifax has undergone terrible dis
aster. The suffering in its wake is al
most beyond words. But is is very far
from being such horror as has come to
cities occupied by German armies
Where people were homeless, injured
hungry, there were no German bayonets
to prod them into further misery. There
were no lustful Huns to take advantage
of weakness. There was no despair at
the prospect of future woe. There was
tender mercy to feed the hungry, care
for the sick and wounded, helpful CO.
operation on the part Of two countries
to rush supplies and start rebuilding at
once. Before the peace articles are
signed Halifax will be well on the way
to rising stronger, finer and happier
than ever before.
Oh, no. esteemed contemporary, Hall
fax knows nothing Of the terrors of
German war.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-23
Ardmore, Wednesday, January 90, 1918.
THE FATE OF THE RAILROADS.

The presidents of the big railroad
systems are worried about the status oil
the properties they represent They
want to know more definitely what the
government is going to do with them.
The law under which the roads passed
into public control provides that
this control shall continue until the
end of the war and that congress shan
then determine what disposition snail be
made of them. The railroad presidents
want congress to determine the matter
now, deciding just how long the present
regime is to last after the war, ana
whether the roads are then to return To
their former private management or
whether there is to be public owner
ship and permanent government con-
troll. And in any case, they would llhe
to have more details.
The only answer that can be given
at this time and for some time to come
is that nobody knows what IS gong TO
be done with the railroads, or What
ought to be done with them. The gov
ernment has taken charge OF them pe-
cause a great public emergency maze
that revolutionary step necessary. inc
war drove us to it. The war has driven
us to many drastic steps, and VIII uIlVe
us to many more before we get through
And so will the conditions we shaI nave
TO face when peace comes.
For the new peace will not be a du'
plicate of the old. This war changes
nearly everything. The economic CON
ditions in which we shall find ourselves
when the struggle is finished Will pe
different from anything we have ever eA'
perienced We do not know what they
will be. We shall have to wait and
find out.
Moreover, the public attitude viii be
different. Even if we assume that lu-
ure business conditions can be fore
told, we cannot tell now what we snail
want to do then, what policies we shali
favor with regard to our public utilities
and our big Industries.
The only thing to do is to wait meet
ing emergencies as they arise from mo
ment to moment, as intelligently as
possible, and trusting to events TO sho"
ms the way in the future as they have
in the past. Whatever happens, we must
travel with the current Of events aho
not fight against it.
So the railroad men are wasting theT
time in asking for definite assurances
of future public policy If they simply
settle down to the immediate practica
task of operating their lines to me
hest of their ability, they may trust the
fnture TO take care of itself. OF one
thing they may be sure-neither gov
ernment nor public Will treat them oi
their properties unfairly.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-23

cause he takes in too much territory
with his worries.
sulphur Democrat; The coal short
age has done one good thing, if moth
ing else. 1t has made naughty New
York go TO bed early.
Colbert Times: There is always II
chance to be mistaken. Your wise no.
tions OF today may seem mighty foolish
next week.
Guthrie Leader; The next few months
probably will see some Of the most
violent fluctuations the king industry
has ever experienced.
Muskogee Times-Democrat Much is
said about our war aims, but the most
useful kind is the aim Of the artillery
men at the German trenches.
McAlester News.Capital: Uncle sam
evidently believes it better to let the
children cry for candy than bread, if
either alternative has to be undergone,
but the sugar shortage is not quite
that acute.
Bristow Record The sabledsh is the
latest article of diet suggested as Il
means of evading the high cost of liv-
ing. Every time one of these scientists
hears Of new animal we are told TO
begin eating it.
EI Reno Democrat: Everybody with
the exception Of some pacifsts-is
agreed that the quickest way to peace is
20 win the war
IT. Smith (ArlS) Southwest American.
Prominent modistes tell us that styles
for men and women just naturally trend
now toward the military, and can't be
helped but a few arrests and punish
ments Of civilians for affecting military
dress may change the trend abruptly
/ Joplin NloD News-Herald. Some men
/ who were born in cellars have risen
in the world high enough to live in
sarrets.
Council Bluffs uowu NonpareiE We
have Increased the postal rates in an
effort to stop the Mailed Fist
Chicago Tribune: I'm Russia the bat
tie is to the swift-tho side which frs
reaches the telegraph office.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-23
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.


Iron lmoeddeo IN co"f'''' mas Oee"
found to be Tree from fuS' "l''' "'o' q
than iorty-hVe years
Tree nails or wooden pms uSeu III
shipbuilding must De OF locust ="
eucalyptus. The nIacN IocuS' VIII ~
the particular species used
The worlds Iinesl prone S'alu"'S -
cast Ill s''iiu lOu''' ''' ,,,. ,l
twenty per cent aIuh'ha'
In HelgoIahd the 9aOo''' 'es'ii' o'
g O'Clock ON saturday e'e"'"E' WIZ,
the church bells are runs' ana 'e"S'7
on the following oay at 'ne same ''0u'
By mere waste caused oS oo'''S w
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-23
TEN COMMANDMENTS.

/. Thou shalt have no other coun-
try before America.
2. Remember the war tax and pay
it wholly.
3. Six days shalt thou have meat
and sweet but the seventh day thou
shalt taste them not.
4. Honor thy country's flag that thy
days may be secure in the land which
its stars and stripes have given thee.
). Thou shalt not kill the young
spring lamb.
c. Thou shalt knit nothing save
sweaters helmets, wristlets, scarfs and
socks.
Z. Thou shalt love thy soldier as
thyself.
s. Thou shalt not waste.
8. Thou shalt not bear false witness
against the Red Cross.
10. Thou shalt not covet candy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-23
HALIFAX AND HUMANITY.

The koelnische Zeitung Cologne
Times) draws morals from the disaster
at Halifax 1t expresses satisfaction,
naturally enough, that the munitions
did not reach the theater Of war to be
used against the German people "in
their struggle for freedom and inde-
pendence." And it continues:
From the point of view of humanity
the event is regrettable, but we hope
that the effect will be salutary, since
an irrefutable object lesson will thus
bring the terrors Of war home to a
place where people felt themselves com
fortably secure, far as they are from
the guns. Canada is getting war eX-
perience at the front and also at Hall
fax. We hope that its lesson may open
the eyes of the v'arlike section of the
people to the fact that humanity-even
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-23
4 PRAYER IN WARTIME.
BY Theodosia Garrison Of the
Vigilantes.

Help us to keep the faith through Ger
tain days
When the old habit Of long Incidence
Calls US to saunter on its easy ways
Help us to keep the faith through GER
tain hours
When the hand falters and the courage
fails
And nothing but the CRIME of toll
seems ours.
Help us to keep the faith through Ger
tain nights
OF doubt and apprehension when we
lose
Sight Of that hope which is the light
Of lights.
Help us to keep the faith that rose in us
With the first promise that we made 10
help
A wounded world to that goal glorious
Through toll, through sacrifice, through
very death
Ielp us to help our souls to keep the
faith,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-23

Major Fortescue left college to
join the Rough Riders at the be-
ginning of the Spanish war and was
wounded at San Juan Hill. He has
seen service in the Philippines and
witnessed the siege of Port Arthur
as military attache with the Jap
anese army. As a correspondent Of
The London Daily Telegraph he was
with the Belgian French. English,
Russian and Turkish armies in the
field He is the author of AT the
Front With Three Armies" Russia,
the Balkans, and the Dardanelles,"
and What of the Dardanelles?"
Morale will win the war So soon as
,ur hopeful citizens discover them tc
be but of local effect, money, machine
guns, aeroplanes, submarines. mustlcd
Gas, men, munitions, cannon, food,
ships, sink, one by one, below the hori.
Yon of public interest as decisive fac
tors" New tactics, new techuilU2, her
aided as certain to overcome the innate
strength of trench defense, are tried.
only to be quietly abandoned when some
serious military effect is discovered The
tanks, perhaps the ttiumph Of technique
and material, lie wrecked in the path
Il the tank cannon Each new material
alemen. meets its m itch.
Not that the mater iol elements do not
constitute a vital and valuable proper.
ion of war effort and effect 70 be
p.ecise, such elements constitute TWEEN
ty-tive per cent Of the tactical value .;
a"y fighting organization. Add to the
quality and range of the soldiers rite
II te worth and weltherproofneSs of his
shoes the quality ana regularity of his
'dtiOn, the warmth of his clothes, tho
| protection afforded by his gas mask The
technique of his rife grenal4 add tC
these he Thousand and one article,
| furnished from ordnance, quaCtermastel
aud conmissary stores; include the re
| s ITS OF Liberty loans, food cJnserva
ton, airplane construction and ship
| Lu.iding-still - per cent Of our wa
value is lackino This arbirtl > csti
r1i.te is not mine-it is borrowed iron
Napoleon.
!
var expert Of lhcm all empt asze tn
preponderating influence of morale. Re
icing his maaY afiirmations - figure
Ec divides a nations fighting value thus
Men and mGtG.dl resources 2j pc
"ent
Morale - peg 2crr
What then, As Iais abstract. illusir
luality?
Have we as much, or more, Or less Q
il than the Germans?
DO we rely too much on our unlimte
natural resources and too little or ou
cG'tivateG spiritual resources? Moral
IS thns of the soul. 1t is the bride
child of thinking and feeling. 1t grow
in doing. 1t is individual and colectiv
1t IS never constant. 1t varies wit
wind and weather, with fair news an
foul. Particularly, it is volatile benin
the lines. Weak it cannot resist III
| N~~~O~-~~rN~~N-~|N~~-~J~~
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-23
THE MEN WHO CAME BACK
Copyrighted by the British-Canadian
Recruiting Mission)
BY CAPTAIN Joseph Pringle, NJ. C.,

BY Captain Joseph Pringle, NJ. T.,
OF the Cameron Highlanders, who won
the military cross at Ypres, as re-
corded by Chas. d. Cameron.
The most striking thing l saw in the
war was the complete collapse OF Ger
man conceit
our first German prisoners seemed
to think they were to be prisoners only
until rescued. The officers seemed to
think the earth was too lowly for them
to tread on.
Now they come in downcast and sad,
but eager to see their own snare IN the
hopeless task come to an end. a hops
less task they know it is. The officers
will admit that there is no chance, no
possible chance, for Germany to win
or to make it a draw
The story of some German surrenders
shows an utterly abandoned hopeless
ness on the part of some of them. There
are authentic instances Of 500 men sur
rendering to so, or of one man bringing
in dozen prisoners, or even twenty
and in one case fifty.
The Germans have lost hope since
they have found out how fatally they
have underestimated the free peoples.
The whole war is a story of frightful
misiudgment Of other nations on the
part of the Germans. They came on
with an overwhelming army At times
we were outnumbered ten to one. They
came on with fun equipment Of weap
ons, with tremendous preparations
They saw themselves in Paris or in
I.ondon-but what they did not count
on was the character of the free peo
pies of the world.
They expected to terrorize us all
British and French. And everything
they tried only spurred every Tagging
one to fresh efforts.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-23
4 VICTORY RECIPE.

Most everybody is telling us how to
win the war. Every man or woman
with a hobby is working it for all IT'S
worth. Most of the suggestions are
good in their way, but partial and 1rag-
mentary. About the best thing OF the
sort we've seen is a little eXhortatlon
credited to Mr.. Hoover, the food ad-
ministrator:
"Go back to the simple life Be con
tented with simple food, simple pleas
ures. simple clothes. Work hard pray
hard play hard Work, eat, recreaIe
and sleep. DO it all courageously.'
That's sound common sense. 1t deals
with fundamentals. 1t pretty nearly
covers the whole ground. And its value
isn't confined to the war. Faithfully
followed, it would mean victory in our
present undertaking, and success in all
undertakings.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-23
sIDELIGHTS ON WAR NEWS.

Great Britain has purchased more
than 10000, 900 horseshoes since the
war started.
In many eating houses in Germany
fat separators have been installed 10
separate all grease from dishwater'
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels is SAID
10 have received something like 4O,OOo
suggestions for eliminating submarines
The kaiser's hair has turned snow
white since the Va" started. HIS race
is tanned and wrinkled. lie wears his
moustache shorter.
Since the beginning Of the war Great
Britain has granted more than 10000
pensions to the mothers Of unmarried
soldiers killed in action.
Butter is selling in Berlin at S2.2o
per pound, sugar at Sc cents per pound
ham and bacon at sell per pound and
American soap at five bars for $ll2.
Many officers and men are returning
to England suffering severely from
shell shock and other ailments con
tracted in the trenches. The peculiar
nervous condition in which these men
find themselves in difficult to treat.
Every household in Italy saves all the
odd bits of paper. These are soaked il
water and kneaded into balls, then pu'
in the sun to dry. They will serve tC
give a little heat later on. Walk dowr
a fashionable street in Milan and yol
will see pyramids Of these paper BALL
in the balconies Of the houses of IN
rich.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-23
ALFALFA.

They're using it for breakfast food,
They've tried out and found it good,
1t leads them to a cheerful mood.
Alfalfa.
1t is one of the safest bets,
They're using it in cigarets.
An appetite for more it whets.
Alfalfa.
They make campaign cigars Of it
Tobacco they use not a bit.
With patriots it makes a hit.
Alfalfa,
Tulsa World
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-23
MORALE
By Granville Fortescue of The visilantes)

insidjoue attacks of an enemy with
hundred thousand spies, yes hVe huI
dred thCuand spies whose speech anu
thoupht poison our whole country as
crlminally as a surreptitiously launcheu
GAS attack. Then, how are we 10
etrenqthen our morale? OF the army
shall not speak. Morale is the lallh Vi
the soldier. But you, who read TINS, my
citizen brother, who cheer as the soluleIs
march past, who rise when the orchestra
plays the star Spangled Banner VINO
insist that even heaven-born Boston Is
part of the United States and shall 90
likewise, what is the true quallty Oh
your morale?
Examine your conscience and see II
you are ready to make the sacrifices
made by Belgian, English and French
mothers and fathers.
Does your pocketbook nerve twinge'
as though racked with sciatica, every
time it is touched for war loan, or a
Red Cross contribution? If so, you
need a system of exercises to strengthen
your morale. Are you resentful when
meatless and wheatless days are sug-
gested? What selfish schemes to balk
I Mr., Hoovers plans have passed through
your mind? Let no citizen think the
food restrictions do notapply to him. If
each Of our hundred million inhabitants
cuts down the Jumps of sugar he or she
uses in the daily cup of coffee or tea by
one, for but one day, the national plane
Of morale is raised one degree for that
day If we simply think of the food
saving demanded by the present emer-
gency in terms of Lent, we solve the
worlds food problem. War is Lenten
time; time Of fasting, resolutions-and
prayer.
Does your morale weaken with the
cold when the janitor reports the fur
mace out for lack of coal? Would you
rather run your thousanddollar electric
sign night after night than save the
coal SO burnt for munition plants? If
so, remember the front line trenches
are not steam-heated and that shell
shortage means death to the men in
those trenches. Yet. these are but the
minor tests of morale. Small, indeed,
the spirit that cannot rise above them.
1t is when greater sacrifices are de-
manded that the true state of the ma.
tion's soul will stand revealed. Mother,
must you give your son? What is the
spirit of your giving? Wife do you lose
your husband? Think Of the wives of
Belgium and France. Children, do you
miss your father? Remember the or.
, phans of war.
So each sacrifice on the altar of our
country wounds our soul. Not only
comfort a warm home and bounteous
meals, must be forsworn, but with brave
E hearts our mothers and wives must give
> all that is nearest and dearest to them
! And as is the strength of their spirit in
$ this giving, so is the strength of the
=. soul of the nation.
l Thus morale is another word fol-
/ strength Of soul. And the war will bt
1 won by the nation with the Creates
e soul
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-23
HOOVERITIS.

Each paper, book and magazine
Sprouts upward like geyser
Recipes for saving things;
We're growing thin and wiser!
We salt down beans, dehydrate green's
store up foods like a miser
We're going to preserve the world
And also can the kaiser
Edith Gooding.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-23
TWENTY YEARS AGO.

f. j. Ramsey and VIII wIggs were
contemplating the removal of their
drug business to Davis.
n. d. Hubbard received news that
his nine-year-old nephew, Fred Schel
of NARROW, had been shot by a man
in a saloon. The boy was walking
along the street.
Miss Laura Witter became deputy
United States clerk.
Cotton receipts at Ardmore were re.
ported as follows: For the day. CS
bales, and for the season. As, ,423. To
that date 1885 bales had been com.
pressed here during the season. Cot,
ton was quoted: Good mlddling. s.
strict middling, 5-S; mlddllng, 1874,
low middling, 4 Sc good ordinary. Az.
Thirty.three licenses to wed were is.
sued during the week in the Chickasaw
nation.
Work was begun on the construction
Of the Santa Fes big water reservoir
north of town.