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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-07
Paregoric AS Dope.

As a citizen OF Ardmore, | want
to say: While you are cleaning up
the city, breaking up the dirty dives
and "choc' joints, and trying to
get rid OF the dope fiends, before
YOU can get clear OF the dope fiends
YOU will have to stop your drug
stores from selling paregoric. for
that is one OF the worst dopes that
can be had. | know from expert
ence in my own home.
This trouble has been going on
for five years. The one ! am
speaking OF first taking laudanum,
then morphine and then heroin. and
after prescriptions had TO be from
doctors to get these. he began tax
ing paregoric. know it is some
thing that will ruin homes and lives.
Still, anyone can go to the drug
stores and buy as much as they want
and twelve ounces OF paregoric has
lust the same effect on this person
as twenty grains of morphine. And
still they say there is no law against
it. If there cant be a law against
this. then you might as well let
them sell whisky or anything else
! don't think that the people that
made this Harrison drug, law real
lied the effects paregoric has on
people. Because it is considered 4
baby medicine. mothers give it to
their babies to make them sleep.
They also give whisky to make them
rest. While ten drops will make a
one-year-old child go to sleep, three
ounces will make u man drunk. 1T
is not a simple medicine; it is a
dope. The man | am talking about
can stop taking it for two days and
he will be bedfast, and he is a
healthy man every other way.
Ardmore Resident.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-07
WOULD NAIL u. S. FLAG
ON THE. KAISER'S DOOR

Kendallville Gnd) Standard
News: When Carl A. Shirk OF
Monroe left for the war Saturday
morning, May IS, 1913, he carried
him with strong hunting watch
case in which is tightly sealed a
small United States silk flag. This
flag was purchased in Berlin in
April. 1914. by DR.. c. c. Rayl. while
he was studying surgery in the Ger
man capital.
On one side OF the watch case is
engraved these words: Contains
u. s. flag bought in Berlin, 1914.
Take back to Berlin and open, and
on the other side Sealed in Mon
roe, Indiana, by DR.. {. c. Rayl. and
started for Berlin with {. A. Shirk,
May 25, 1918"
Inside the case is the flag and a
small, thin sheet OF paper with the
following words:
The United States flag in this
case was bought by me. DR.. c. &,
Rayl, in April, 1914, at Hertzog' S
store near the kaiser's palace in
Berlin. sealed it in this case and
presented it to Carl A. Shirk. OF
Monroe, Indiana. who left for the
war on May Is, 1918, with these in
structions
Take this flag and nail it on
the east door OF Wilhelm's palace in
Berlin, Bill will probably not b>
at home, but ask no questions and
nail it up good and strong. Then
have your photo taken under it,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-07

Don't destroy anything about the
palace, as the president. whom the
German people will soon afterward
elect, may want to live there
Should this case be lost by Mr..
Shirk, it shall be the duty OF any
other American who finds ii to
carry out the above instructions.
Signed in Monroe, Indiana. L. 5.
A., this 25th day of May, 1918.
"DR. G. {. RAYL."
Mr. Shirk says he is going to nail
it on Wilhelm's door without fail.
If he does, Adams County will give
him reception he will never for
get when he comes marching home
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-07
Stop Corn Agony
In -Four Sec onds
Use "Gets.It"-See Corns Peel Off!

The relief that "Gets-Ip gives
from corn -pains-the way 1t makes
corns and calluses peel of painless
ly in one piece--is one Of the won
ders of the world. The woman In
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-07
NECESSARY TO KEEP
TROOP MOVEMENT SECRET

Washington, June The fact
that an attempt was made recently
to wreck a troop train in Illinois
was made known by the committee
on public information here as an
example OF the necessity for keep
ing secret the movement Of troops,
A statement calling on newspapers
to refrain from publishing facts re-
garding train schedules and the ad
vance movement of troops was is
sued by the committee. The state
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-07
BOATS OF STONE.

Speaking OF concrete ships. some
body has dug up the story CT an
old Buffalo judge, with An irascible
temper and a fluent tongue. who IN
timzted to a disagreeable lawyer
that he ought TO be "afioat on the
sea Of death in a boat OF stone. with
oars OF lead and sails OF iron, with
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-07

In Nebraska, as in Indiana, there
was marked contract between the
resolutions adopted and speeches
made by the party leaders at the
state convention. The former were
splendid examples of loyalty to
country, the latter typified the old
IDEAS Of standing by party and
country, but party first.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-07

Patriotic citizens, everywhere, re-
gardless OF their political affiliations,
are hoping that Senator John Sharp
Williams of Mississippi will with
draw the announcement he made
some time ago that at the close of
his present term he will retire from
public life The countr ycant well
spare his services at this time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-07

the wrath OF God for breeze and
hell for the nearest port
Nearly all OF those picturesque
specifications seem to be fulfilled
now but the result isn't so disas-
trous as his honor expected.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-07
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.

The Ardmoreite submits In this
public. Those who submit matter
for this department are requested
TO sign their names and addresses.
which may or may not be printed.
No ANONYMOUS communication
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-07

he thinks and does" and the most
uncompromising in his partisan
OF any man who has occupied the
White House since the days OF An
drew Jackson
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-07

ment calls attention to paragraphs
one and five OF the governments
request for secrecy, revised card OF
January !, 1918.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05
Thrilling Story of TraWler Skip
per's Exploit.
Third Blow of Fiaillike Implement
Puts Out U-Boat's Eye and Al
lied Crew Escapes.

London-When ones vessel is In
danger from enemy submarines any
thing will do as weapon of defense,
as is shown by the story of captain
of q British trawler who used coal
shovel with good effect against a Ger
man-U-boat The trawler, according
to the story told by one of the crew,
was in the North sea in q stiff breeze
when the skipper saw a perlscOpe
crawl through the breaking surface OF
the sea about hundred yards OIL.
There was no gun aboard and the traw-
ler's best speed was less than eight
knots.
at was situation to dismay most
men," said the seaman. Our skipper.
however, has fighting spirit. A touch
of the wheel sent the trawler's blunt
bows pointing at the submarines
whaleback, and we wallowed menac-
ingly toward the pirate.
''The U-boat swung round to avoid
| the impact and the sides of the traw-
Ter scraped along the sides of the sub
marine The periscopc still was well
out of the water but was beginning to
slip down as the submarine dived.
"The skipper bawled for hammer,
crowbar, anything that would hurt.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05
SPOTS SUBMARINE
ON BED OF OCEAN

commenced to steam toward each
other.
AS the pairs of vessels met, their
wires simultaneously engaged them
selves under the U-boat's bow and
stern, and commenced to work their
sinuous way between her hull and the
sea bottom.
Then the strange thing happened.
Two round, black objects seemed to
detach themselves from her hull and
float surfaceward, to hover a second
and then to commence bobbing down
the tide
"Minelayer, eh?' called the sea-
planes observer.
That's it, lad" came the telepAoned
minute"
Then the trawlers crossed their de-
pendent cables and thus held the u
boat in kind of wire cats cradle. She
seemed to suddenly awake to her
danger, for with bound she tried to
disentangle herself from the meshes
which held her. But it was no use !;
the trawlers had been too long at the
game and the submarine was doomed.
Got him." signaled the seaplane.
Thanks" responded the destroyer.
The End of the U-Boat.
| At flag signal from the destroyer
the port foremost trawler and the star
board after one clipped small red
tin of high explosive to the bar-taut
wire, and allowed it to slide down till
it touched the U-boat's hull
1t was the Seaplane's turn to wave a
flag, and Immediately there followed
the fall of two fists upon two firing
keys; the uprising of two gray mounds
Of water and a rlImbiing, muff1ed ex-
plosion.
The seaplane circled twice above
the patch of rising oil, ascertained
that Fritz had been destroyed, and
notified the destroyer. Then, with nel
observer slipping drum of cartridges
into his machine gun, she sped on after
those objects bobbing down tide.
burst of rapid firing-and the frs
of the devils eggs, its buoyancy Cam
Der punctured, sank with a gurgle
the second gave better show, for i
exploded grandly-and harmlessly-a:
the bullets reached it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05
SAVING THE INJURED

I've sure got TO hand it to those
men with the Red Cross on their arms.
They all worked like dogs in that hell
out there. They seemed to have but
one idea-to do their duty-and appar-
emily cared nothing for their own lives
while doing it. They were game right
to the core"
In this connection it may be said
that there are certain number of
men who wear the Red Cross whose
names are on the casualty list If any
one has thought that Red Cross
worker goes out on battlefield only af-
ter the firing has ceased and brings in
the wounded, this statement by a SOL
der will correct the wrong impression.
Stretcher-bearers work under flre-and
the Germans have not hesitated to fire
upon Red Cross workers.
The knowledge that the Red Cross
workers will be at his side almost as
quickly as he falls wounded, to take
him to the first-aid station and subse-
quently to the hospitals. has given
great comfort to the American troops.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05
SeapIane Has important Part in
Hunting Down German
U-B0atS.
SHARED With STEEL ROPES
Enemy Is Given Five Minutes to Rise
and Surrender, Then Is Blown
Up-Vivid Description by
English Writer.

London.-One of the methods by
which, as the first sea lord, Sir Eric
Geddes said recently, the submarine
menace is being ''held," is wildly de-
scribed by writer in the Liverpool
Journal of Commerce.
A seaplane had spotted a subma-
rine lying on the sea bed. Instantly
the observers finger commenced to
tap a key. Ten miles away a long,
lean destroyer and four squat trawlers
detached themselves like pack of
hounds working covert, and FASTENED
to the kill. Meanwhile the seaplane
circled around. When the surface
ships arrived, her instructions, deliv-
cred by wireless, were curt and pre-
ciSe
Acting upon them the trawIers sta
toned themselves at the four corners
OF a wet quadrangle, while the de-
stroyer kept her guns ready to talk to
Fritz should he appear above the sur
face.
The trawlers at the corners got out
their sweeps-long wire hawsers, with
heavy kite" in the center to keep
their bights down on the seabed-and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05
"PIG BANK" CLUB LATEST
Government Announces New Plan to
Encourage Increased Food
Production.

Washington.-Nearly every little boy
or girl has seen those small banks
made in the shape of pig. But the
department of agriculture is the latest
to announce real pig bank" club.
BOYS and girls In a Missouri town
dubbed together last May. The 81
members of the club each gave note
to the bank, in order to buy a pig
each.
Every boy and every girl promised
70 look after their respective porkers.
The cost Of food and weight increases
If the pigs were carefully recorded.
Prizes were offered on the following
basis: Tho hest pig for market pur-
noses, 80 points. The best daily gain,
&c points. Net profit, 30 points. The
es: record and story Of methods. 20
oints.
When The pigs were delivered to
:, members In May theysweighed on
average 1914 pounds and cost $13.01,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05
RAISE FISH IN BACK YARD
President of National Aquarium So
ciety Sponsor for Latest In Con-
servation Of Food.

ST. Louis.-If you want to help Uncle
Sam win the war raise fish in your
back yard. The new food conservation
scheme is going to be tried out here
with the slogan, Keep ten fish in your
back yard"
s. Chichester Lloyd, president of the
National Aquarium society, is sponsor
for the idea and suggests 1t be adopt
ed all over the nation. Lloyd in his
back yard last year raised 10000 fish
in three 500-gallon pools.
With little care the average city
dweller with back yard space can
raise all the fish he needs for his
table. says Lloyd. Many types Of the
finny tribe are eatable at the end Of
the iirst season, he declares. The Ger
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05
FOOD COSTS 9 CENTS MORE
Student Who Has Been LIVING on %
Cents Day Finds He Must
Pay More.

Greensboro Pa.-Roy r. Mumma OF
Jeanette, Pa, who. while student at
Carnegie Institute of Technology has
been living on % cents day, has had
to increase his budget. He is now liv-
ing On 80 cents a day.
Since he graduated from Tech last
June Mumma found job, saved $500,
took unto himself wife and has just
been accepted as private in the radio
mechanics branch of the aviation serv-
ice.
Mumma's diet program includes
bread, milk, cereals, cocoa, rice. pea
nut butter, fruit, eggs, meat, gelatin
oleomargarine and even pie.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05
SHOVEL Is HIS WEAPON

One of the crew thrust a coal shovel
into his hand and he scrambled on the
bulwarks and leaned over, two of the
crew hanging on to his coat so that he
wouldn't fall overheard Backward
and forward he swung the heavy scoop
at the fragile periscope, and the third
blow reduced 1T to fragments.
"The submarine commander, hearing
the noise and wondering what new and
horrible device the enemy had invent
ed, crept to his periscope to have a
look, but all was black. He was blind,
and the trawler got away in safety"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05
Red Cross Is Doing Heroic Work
in France.
GEORGIA Soldier Says, "They All Work.
ed Like Dogs in That He'll
Out There"

Neutrality-suspicious. the nerve OF
those Americans" evidently was the
order given to the German soldiers
facing the sector held by our boys IN
France, and gas shells and all other
methods were used. Completely re-
nu,sed as the Germans were, the test
must have been anything but reassur-
ing to them!
A correspondent talked with some
of the American soldiers wounded in
the attack. One youth, whose home is
in Savannah Ga, and who looked to
be not more than eighteen years old,
made the following highly compliment
tary reference to the American Red
Cross stretcher-bearers and ambulance
drivers:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05
.DESERTER RETURNS TO FIGHT
Says Country Needs More Men as He
Surrenders to Police at Con-
neIIsviIIe, Pa.

Connellsville, Pa.-Saying the "coun
try needs more men," William V. Cur
ry of Marysville, KY, gave himself up
to Police Lieutenant Thomas Melon
aid as deserter from the United
States Marine corps.
Curry says he ran away from his
division at Newport News, Va, in Au-
gust, 1916. Since the outbreak Of the
war with Germany he said that, he has
been constantly tortured by remorse,
and when he heard Of the sinking of
the Tuscanfa he could stand it no long
er. 'The country needs more men,"
he said, "and I might as well be back
if Uncle Sam will have me-"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05
Doc Kills Wildcat.

Monrovia, Calcium, the Airedaile
belonging to Ben Ocerturff, fire war
den for this district, has demonstrated
cats. Chum attacked and in five min
utes killed a wildcat that stood as tall
as the dog, though not as heavy. The
Airedale, following his master on a
trapping expedition near Deer Park,
Flushed bobcat, and chased it into
pile of brush. He went in at dis
advantage and killed the animal.
Chums owner believed he would at
tack a mountain lion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05

stored and brought to light in this
age, none is more gladdening Of fruit
full of divine promise and confidence
than this-that man is the master of
thought, the molder Of character and
the maker and shaper of condition.
environment and destiny.
AS a being of power, intelligence
and love, and the lord of his own
thoughts, man holds the key to every
station, and contains within himself
that transforming and regenerative
agency by which he may make hllnself
what he will.--James Allen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05
INDEED, YES.

Mistress-Susan understand that you walk
out with young man; hope he is respectablef
"Oh, yes, ma'am; and he is Frenchman and
can't speak no English"
'Then how in the world do you manage your
cotIrting, SusanT
"Law, ma'am, isn't the kissin' and huggin' the
same in every language?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05

veals the fact that the female hornbill
helps her mate wall her in. They
build the nest inside hollow tree.
Then the female climbs In and lays
her eggs. Her mate brings mud and
sticks which she helps arrange into a
strong barricade, leaving only q small
hole through which, as the weeks pass,
her mate passes food to her mouth. a
persistent naturalist in Damaraland
dug female bird out of her tree nest.
AS reward for the laceration Of his
hands by her sharp bill he found q
miserable, half-famished. featherless.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05

withered-looking bird. She had been
melting while Matching her eggs.
VERY probably" writes the ingeni-
GUS traveller, "the female bird knows
she looks like Sam Hill with her
feathers Off and tells her mate that
ne must shut her in, making the hatch
Ing period her excuse. It's a clever
wife who slips into the closet to take
on her switch
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05
S-S-S-SURRENDER?
C-C-CERTAINLY NOT!

New York.-About to be re-
jected at recruiting headquar-
tiers of the Marine corps here
because he stammers, Soils Sol
ONION O'Hanna said:
"L-l-look here, d-d-d'you
w-w-want a t-t-talking m-m-man
or f-f-f-f1ghting m-m-man?
I'm a f-f-f-dghting m-m-man,
b-but I c-c-an't g-g-get my words
out Q-q-Q-quick enough to
s-s,s-say s-s-s-surrender If the
whole d-d-d-d G-G-G German
army's on t-t-top o. me-"
The recruiting officer was
greatly impressed and took the
case under advtsement.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05
FOXY BIRD IS MRS. HoRMBILL
Her Retirement During the Noting
Season May Be for More Than
One Reason.

When we were Achoolboys we read
with interest about the strengthening
hornbill which lived In India and
Africa and walled its wife In tree
when she was ready to hatch her eggs.
Recent studies Of these birds, Of which
there are half dozen varieties, says
tho library of Natural History, re-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05
PHOTOGRAPHS OF LIGHTNING.

Nothing is easier than to make lightning pho
tOgraph itself All you have to do is place the
camera facing the part of the sky in which the
storm is raging and open it as for time ex-
posture. After the first flash close the shutter at
once and develop the plate in the usual way OF
course it is not certain the flash will come Just
where the camera is directed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05
indian Chief Enlists.

San Francisco. Cal.-Cbief Bert
Newman, who, by the Indian laws, Is
next in line Of succession as head of
the Piute nation, Is today full-fedged
member Of the Coast Artillery Corps.
U. S. A.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05

on basis of pork at $3.50. When
sold, September %, they averaged 25O.5
pounds and brought $3.50 per 100 at
auction, making the average sale price
$47.35 each.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05

man carp is said to be the most popu-
lar and 1t is pointed out is habitue
Of every back yard in Germany.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05
Public Must Aid bu Re-
leasing Trained Workers
for Army Service :; ::

HE GROWING demand for nurses for
service with the American army is
creating problem which eventually
must be solved by the civilian popula-
ton of the country.
Every city and town in the country
is affected by the unparalleled call for
nurses, for upon every community
there rests the responsibility of releas-
ing as MANY nurses as DOSSible for
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05

{ Name Glorious Power.
OF all the beautiful truths pertain
ing to the soul which have been re-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05

According to an ancient German
legend the fall of the house of Hohen-
zollern will come when the statue of
Christ on the Cross" relic of the
seventh century which stands in
Kaysersburg, decays. The statue has
been tasty decaying in the past few
years, and since the war the authori-
ties have been continuously repairing
the damaged parts because of the eff
feet of the destruction of the, statue
would have on the people familiar
with the ancient legend.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-05

Bridgton IN. ]. glass factories BOW
employ many women.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-08-22
CHAPTER xxvI.

/, All Quiet ~ on the Western Front.
At brigade Headquarters I happened
10 oyerhear q conversation between our
q. o. O. general officer commanding)
and the divisional commander. From
this conversation I learned that we
were to lombard the German lines Tor
eight days, and on the first OF July the
!''big push" was to commence.
In few days orders were issued 10
that effect, and It was common prop
erty all along the line.
On the afternoon Of the eighth day OF
our "strafeing," Atwell and were sit
ting in the front-llne trench smoking
tags and making out our reports OF the
previous nights tour of the trenches
8; ,1svhich we had to turn in to headquar-
tiers the following day, when an order
was passed down the trench that oid
s pepper requested twenty volunteers 70
10 over on trench raid that night TO
tn and get few German prisoners fo p
information purposes. Immediately
volunteered for this job. and shook
bands with Atwell, and went to the
Gear to give my name to the omcers 10
Sharge Of the raiding party.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-08-22
tTo BE coNr1NuED.I
g kn2ons Old In New y; z, York,

In Bruce Barton's novel, 'sThe Max
ing Of George Groton," the author
says: mo one IL old in New. York.
They drain in every year from all
parts of-the country-millions Of men.
young and vibrant. They stay and
work, and grow into middle age; and
then suddenly they vanish. One may
walk for blocks on Fifth avenue or
Broadway and hardly see anyone over
fifty. Where do they go to? No one
seems ever to die; no funerals clog
the traffic. There are plenty OF fu-
nerals, Of course, but you don't notice
them as you do In little town. ]
have wandered for hours ia the big
woods, wondering where the birds go
when they die; and never yet have
run across the body Of dead bird.
What becomes of old birds? What be-
comes Of old New Yorkers7 These are
twin mysteries to me. I cannot unravsl
them"