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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-20
Contributed by Edwin Milton
Royle to the National Security
Leagues campaign to Patriot
ism Through Education.

1t is almost impossible for us to
conceive OF nation of Seventy-siX
millions OF people every individual
part OF perfected war machine.
But tho war is Germany'S chief in
dustry, treachery is her supremest
art.
\ back fire has been built in ev-
cry enemy country, in every neutral
country. The Teuton is fire wor-
shipper and Arson is his God. Rus
sia was betrayed and aSsaSsinated
from within and behind even before
her millions were sent to a pre-
pared slaughter. Rumania was be-
trayed from within and from behind
by those who maSqueraded as her
friends. Greece was hamstrug from
behind. France sleeps uneasily be-
cause masked Toe is in her bed
chamber. England dare NOT turn
her back upon the allies OF William,
the homicidal maniac, those alleged
friends OF Ireland who stoned our
sailors in the street, OF Cork Even
before the war Italy swarmcd with
the crawling insectiyora OF German
spies.
And do We escape Are We in
peril, deadly peril; We no sooner
put out one blaze than another is
started. Millions in property val
ues, priceless quantities OF food
stuhs for starring world, destroy
ed: many lives lost and more threat
ened; and, worse than all, the ply
steal and material calamity, the
sources OF our courage and our
righteous wrath, are undermined,
a,phyNiated.
Let lis be frank and look the sit
uaton in the face. Our soldiers
are eager, our youth unspoiled and
willing to die to make the world 4
safe place to live in. What can WE
do who are too old, or unfit, to fight !;
We can give our money. We have
given it and we will to the last cent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-20
AMERICA AWKAE

if need be. That's the easiest thing
we can do. We can send our boys
forth with our love and our prayers,
and. above all, we must see that they
are not betrayed from within and
behind. We must take care OF those
who are building back fires in their.
rear. We must, without either tear
or hate, recognize that millions of
foreigners have come to us who
have taken all the best we have to
give and who return to us only sus-
picion and hostility. All of Ger
man name and extraction are not
our enemies, thank God, but we.
must recognize that thousands Of
men are either actually disloyal OF
loyal only for the moment. They
must stand up and be counted. We
must take into account those al
legged lrishmen who are the sup
porterS and hackers OF those who
nsulted and stoned our sailors in
the streets OF Cork.
We must obliterate societies OF
organized crime like the J. W. W.
We must drive out OF public office
and public lie those who, like La
Toilette, weep over the restriction
Of free speech and are dry-eyed over
the assassination OF our women and
children. We must not be afraid
to rerounizp and praDDle with those
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-20

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-20
DENATURING NEWS.

The German press is up to its
old tricks, on a bigger scale than
ever, feeding denatured news to the
German public,
There were some signs Of deycl-
oping independence on the part OF
various newspapers a few months
ago. The government, fearing that
.he subservient press might get out
Of hand, adopted a new method. \
great syndicate is said to have been
formed Tor the purchase OF all the
important newspapers and news
agencies in Germany Il works
through the cooperation OF the
military leaders, the miitaristic
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-20
GERMAN PROPAGANDA
AFTER THE WAR
Germany Planning More Vigorous
Campaign for Germanism.

CdAAl III N4NA llldlllollAs
BY Hermann Hagedoru OF the
Nigilantes.
Mr.. IIagedorn is an American
citizen OF German blood, the
author OF "Where DO You
Stand" call to his race in
America. The son OF German
parents, he has himself lived in
Germany, and speaks with an
authority which cannot be qucS-
toned - with an insight and
prophecy for which every loyal
American should be grateful.
The Germans are far-sighted
people. They have way OF keep
ing just about two jumps ahead OF
the procession. Here we are Just
beginning to understand their tricks
OF war propaganda, and, 10 and be
hold, they are already talking sol
emnly OF the propaganda they in
tend to conduct as soon as peace
is signed
zone OF Germanys most impor-
tant tasks, after the war, will be the
national education OF the rising
generation OF Germans in foreign
countries, which must be much more
influenced from Germany than has
been the case hitherto"
That sentiment appeared in the
course OF an article on the intelli-
gence service in a magazine pub
lished in Germany and called "Das
neue Deutschland 1t is ambigu-
ously phrased. What does the writer
mean by national educationj" 70
whom exactly does he refer in
speaking OF the rising generation OF
Germans in foreign countries - Is
he thinking OF the sons and daugh-
tiers of German citizens in foreign
parts Or is he thinking OF the
children OF citizens of other nations
who happen to be OF German ori-
gin;
The writer's phrasing is vague.
But it is not hard to discern hi,
meaning. There must be more ma
tional German-American Alliances,
for the furtherance OF Teutonism,
he means; there must be more wan
dering lecturers preaching the glo-
ries OF kultur; there must be more
Gelman-language newspapers and
he says it frankly-"German news
papers edited in the native language
OF the country
There We have the pleasant pros
pect.
When this war is over the German
government intends to resume hei
campaign ior the conversion o.
America to Germanism. She in.
tends to use the German American
societies, the German language
newspapers, the German churches
the American schools as she ha.
used them in the past. If She can
she intends to split the American
/ people into German Americans an(
other Americans, so that. when sh,
wants to strike at us again. we ma,
be weakened by division within.
Those things Germany intends.
Let the American people conside
this. Especially let that part OF tn,
American people which is of Ger
man origin consider it. German,
has used them in the past for he
her own selfish ends. Germany in
tends to use them again in tn
future.
Are COMMUNICATIONS willing t.
let Germany consider them mer
pawns in her game of world do
minion?
Germany does not love them. TIL
German government wishes to us
them. That is all.
Are they willing to sacrifice tn
trust and confidence of their Amer
lean neighbors for the privilege Q
being German junker's tool?
That is one of the questions whic
the German-Americans may have t
answer after the war. They will d
well to be thinking it over near
while.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-20
Shakespeare Up to Date.

Tit-BitS: An American lady at
Stratiord-on-Ayon showed even
more than the usual Amerivan fer
yor for everything Shakespearian
She came across. She had not re
covered when she reached the rail
way station, for she remarked to a
friend as they walked on the plat
form:
ITO think that it was from this
very platform the immortal bard
would depart whenever he journeyed
to town"
81 Nwwr -h;B ISL Inn ri hm
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-20
ALEXANDER THE GREAT.


ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
Christian Science Monitor. Most
urople urobaby know more about
AIcxander Of Naccdon a, the con-
oneror oi q horse than As conoueror
of an empire The reason /, that
,hc story of Ruccphalus reads bet
fer I'm a ,choolbook than that Of mn
,crupulou, appropriation of other
pcoplc', countries The monarch
,ubducd fine war CHARGER through
E;ndnc,, and understanding. but
laNIe,snes,. ,cI6,hnc., and cynical
cruelty were fine essential coucomit-
amt, of the ,ubiugation of the ma
lion, by the sword.
\lexander, career wa, meteoric.
He wa, gone from the scene OF hi,
universal conquest, by tine time he
was tbirty-two. Napoleon wa, near
Nv three time, as long on the field OF
aggressive human action. vet the
Maccdon youth managed to change
and direct the history OF the world
to nm extent that wa, denied Napo-
leon Alexander ran through a Sc
rie, of exploits so extraordinarily
brilliant and resplcndent that the
world is still lar from weary of the
story. His success was due to the
geographical position of his country
as we'll as to hi, genius. or his cool.
calm. far-sceing character. combined
with hi, enthusiasm, and his pleas
ing manners. NIacedon Law between
the civilizations Of Europe and Asia.
At his hand. ON the Asiatic side.
within easy reach. were vast domiu-
ions. gorgeous palaces. great cities.
enormous armies; and he set out to
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-20
Selfish Advantage.

Boston Transcript; Hc-Nour
bills are awfully heavy again this
month, my dear,
She-Wcll the nerve Of you OBJ
iecting to my bills when YOU know
it is papa who pays them.
Ile-That's just it! How can
have the cheek to ask him to meet
any of mine when you're touching
him np alI lhe lime.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-20
Took Her Advice.

Argonaut A housekeeper, go
ing from home for the day, locked
everything up, and, for the grocer's
benefit, wrote on a card:
"All out. Don't leave anything"
Thi sshe stuck under the knocker
of the front door. On her return
she found her house ransacked and
all her choicest possessions gone.
To the card on the door was added {:
Thanks. We haven't left much.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-20
This No Time for the Last.

Boston Transcript: Professor
Cat agricultural school - What
kinds OF farming are there?
New Student-Extensiye, inten-
siye and pretensive.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-20

Dogs now are essential to various
belligerent armies. They usually
are divided into six classes, watch
dogs, patrol dogs, ambulance dogs,
pack dogs and lia,on dogs
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-20
NATIONAL FACTS.


corporoiion inrom. t,v ,,. in
rruded in the Payne \ldricb t,r;T
I'm lgOg and au amendment IN the
con,titutiou anthor;z;uo , t,v nm
nriyatr income. ,yas ratified IN 1oI5
. I'm IgI3at,v an nriy,tc income. wa.
passed Inv couorc.. and this has
Since been increased q. , war meas
urc There was no income fay from
1904 to 1900
Children Of forcion p,rept, horn
i'm America are. under tbe four-
tion ,of rhc ,nitcd States naive
horn citizens \rticIo XIV section
l. of fhc constitution saw, that "\lI
person, born or narnraiilcd in thc
United State. and subject to the
Jurisdiction thereof are citizens OF
the United State, and of the STATE
wherein they reside"
Martial law. +. an order tbat. sroer-
,cdc, civil hv muuicin,l or State
lu /. NOT a written Ioyy When in
time of extreme neril to thc stare ar
muuicipaIir,. either from without or
within. the general safety cannot he
ton, or ,hr nrblir wcltare demand.
fine ,dorti,, and .,,..,,,;,r ~ 40.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-20

Cheers for the living, flowers
for the dead summarized each ma
tons tribute to its soldier. The
graves are scattered over France,
Each soldier is buried out far from
where he fell.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-20

Since the war started Great Brit
ain has added 100000 Jews to her
empire population in Palestine, Mes
opotamia and East Africa.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-20
SIDELIGHTS ON WAR NEWS.

More than 1000 new ships OF all
cla,se, have been commissioned by
the navy since the was was declared.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-20

In enc year from a regular force
OF about $1,000 officers and men, the
United States navy has grown to-
approximately 100000 with practi-
cally 100000 in the regular service
for manning warships and guns.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-20

OF esus Christ OF Later Day saints,
propriate S25O,OOO for Liberty bonds.
"Cheer, for the living, flowers
for the dead" summarized each ma
tion's tribute TO its soldier. The
graves are scattered over France.
Each soldier /, buried ont far from
where he fell
In enc wear from a regular force
of about $4,000 officers and men. the
United States navy has crown to,
approximately 100000. with practi-
cajk 100000 in the regular service
for manning war,hips and guns
Shells from the ayegare trench
mortar can be followed with the ut
most ease even with tbe most nm,
of this. are able to fell about where,
the guns NAV be and accurate re-
turn fire is made easier.
1t is reported that the long range
guns with which the Huns are bom-
harding Paris can throw 4 shell for
distance Of 1870 kilometers 800
than that on March % il required
exactly 1888 seconds for a she'll TO
reach Paris.
Constantinople is now the most
expensive city in the world in which
to live. A two-pound loaf of bread
costs $5; meat is 81 a pound. flour
IS5: potatoes So. butter S16 and
cents apiece; chickens are 50 each.
and shoes from SlOO to 5000 a pair.
4 mans suit costs from 5000 tn
$780,
81 stated on this floor when the
espionage bill was uD-and wac
criticized for making evtrovaq,nt
spies in this country" said senator
/ Overman. 81 am here TO saw that
| believe that instead Of loo 600
there are 100000
The new German tobacco" is \
blend OF dried hons min verbena
fennel. wild oats heather and hi,
rushes, colored with extract Of ell
derberries. fruit skins and pern,n
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-20

Shells from the avegare trench
mortar can be followed with the ut /.
most ease, even with the most uni
trained eye. Belligerents, because,
of this, are able to tell about where
the guns may be and accurate re-
turn fire is made easier.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-20

1t is reported that the long range
guns with which the Huns are bonn
harding Paris can throw a shell for
a distance of l50 kiIometers 800
niles. Firing a shorter distance
than that on March % it required
exactly l85 seconds for a shell to
reach Paris.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-24
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L&1 CARRIE QM III

OF hauling that is beyond the ca
pacity OF the parcel post, enabling
farmers and gardeners to get their
milk, poultry, eggs, vegetables
fruits, etc, to the city markets far
more readily and economically than
ever before. Exemplifying the eff
fective use that may be made OF
such trucks, the case is given of a
Maryland farmer who hauled COZ
bushels of grain over a nine mile
route and loaded it on the cars in
one day, while in the same time two
men with a six-horse team hauled
only 100 bushels over the same
route.
This service, however, presup-
poses one great essentlal-good
roads. Country highways, which
have never been any too good, have
been much damaged lately by heavy
truck hauling for which they were
never intended. The nations roads
need to be virtually rebuilt to take
care OF the traffic they will have to
stand hereafter.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-24
The Common Lot.

Or the wind blows, east. west. nort'
or south,
| saw my wood and | shut m,
mouth;
| shut nv mouth and frown on fun
The play can wait till the work Il
done.
The lazy clouds loaf down the sky
And a whistling wind comes stroll
ing by
And stops to tell where the fishing
good
But | bow my back and saw my
wood.
An endless road and winding
stream,
And a witch bird singing the wan
derer's dream,
A misty grove where the fairies
Turk
But what have those to do with
work
There is no dream, men are not
free
While the Hun haunts earth or all
or sea:
So we bend our backs TO sword and
saw
Till the world is free from the
kaiser law!
Chicago News.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-24
TWO VIEWPOINTS.
BY Amelia Josephine Burr
of The Vigilantes.

A German soldier in his journal
wrote:
He Was French Boy Scout-a
little lad
No bigger than my Hansel. He
refused
To tell ii any of his countrymen
Were hidden thereabout. Fifty
yards on
We ran into an ambush. Well, OF
course
We shot him-little fool Poor lit
tie fool
Thinking himself hero AS he
stood
Facing our guns. so little and so
young
Against the sunny vineyard green, |
thought
What wasted courage Tor the child
was brave,
Fool as he was. The pity
Here they came
A sudden shrapnel, and the writing
stopped.
Did | write that; OF God--did |
write that?
Mine-they were mine, the FOLLY
and the waste.
Now the keen edge OF death has
cut away
The eyelids of my soul and | must
bear
The perfec, understanding OF the
dead.
Now that know myself as ! am
known,
How shall my soul endure eternity
God. God, If there be pity left for
me.
Send to my son the child that |
despised
A messenger to burn into his soul
While still he lives, the truth ! died
to learn
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-24
The Woman,s Part

lives of women and children across
the seas. innocent lives sacrificed
to the relentless war god!-moth-
ers, potential and actual--the moth
ers who would have replcnished the
standing armies of the world-and
blameless little children who were
the hope of the future.
Then let us work, sacrifice, give,
in memory of their sufferings and
the unspeakable anguish in which
they groped and bled and starved
to death. do not speak of re-
paying slaughter with slaughter
vengeance is the Lords part -
speak OF giving as if we were lay
ing a "spyig OF rosemary for re-
membrance' on those hundreds OF
little pitiful, uncoffined bodies, that
their more fortunate brothers and
sisters may be saved, fed, clothed,
sheltered and educated.
Whoever loves a child loves his
country; whoever helps child
holds a stake in the future of his
country; whoever saves a child
sits on the seat with the builders
of cities and the prophets of last
ing peace.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-24
LUXURIES.

There is a theory that those who
can afford it ought to keep on buy
ing Injuries as usual, because that
gets their money into circulation
keeps business good and thus helps
to win the war. The theory is ex-
tended to Justify the continued pro-
duction and distribution OF luXuries
ior similar reasons.
1t is an appealing idea. But it Is
fallacious. The best economic au-
thorities seem to agree that this is
no time even for the wealthy to in
dulge as usual in costly nonessen-
tials. SO far as getting rid of their
money is concerned, that can be ac-
complished just as easily and more
advantageouSly in other ways. In
stead OF spending as usual, for in
stance. they may invest their normal
luxury money in Liberty bonds, or
give it TO the Red Cross. or use it to
hnance essential industries.
As for the luxury industries them
selves. they deserve sympathy. be-
yond question. Some of them are
pretty hard hit by the virtual ban
placed on their business. 1t is in
evitable, however. that in 50 great
an economic readiustment as is now
,oing on some interests should SUI
Ter undeServedly. Just as the resi-
dents OF invaded territory in France
suffer undeservedly. The saving
factor in the situation Is that in very
few cases need the loss be more
than temporary. There is so much
necessary work to be done, there
are so many essential things TO make
and sell, that almost any business
man can soon adjust his plant or or
ganization and handle new, neces-
sary lines Of goods on profitable
basis.
The same argument applies still
more strongly TO the workmen en-
ployed in the luxury trades. Their
labor is the chief consideration.
There is definite quantity OF man
power in the country. The nation
cannot afford to have any OF 1t vast
ed in ways that do not count toward
the winning of the war. The luxury
workers can easily find other work
no less remuneratiye.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-24
.%!.yx;S!Iss; .%!.y;Ss; - H. q
:SJuNEEls O.
THE RENEGADE.

Victor Ottman, writing in the
Berlin Lokal-Anzeiger, takes our
German citizens severely to task for
the part they have played in the
war He is absolutely disgusted
with them because they did not
champion the German cause more
iorcefully previous to our deciara-
ton OF hostlities Their propaganda
work, he finds, was woefully weak
and half-hearted
Why did our Germans fail to sup
port their fatherland morally he
asks. He can find no answer, un-
less the contemptuouS explanation
that Tor decades German em ga
ton to America mostly consisted OF
people OF very low education"
There was time" he laments.
long, long ago, when one could
hope that Germans in America,
without detriment to their duties as
citizens. might have accomplished
something for Germanism and kul-
tur. This dream must be regarded
as definitely dreamed out
There WI time when German
Americans really did accomplish
something along that line. But it
doesn't seem to occur to Herr Ott-
man that that was time when Ger
many represented something that
sane and loyal German-American
could promote in good faith.
1t isn't the German -blooded
American that is the renegade. Its
Germany.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-24

lieved the damage was done between
2 o'clock this morning and daylight
as the edifce was intact late last
night. Entrance to the church was
made by prying open side WINDOW
Furnishings were torn from the
wall, an American flag and service
flag containing "a stars were tori,
to shreds, electric light shattered
and the pews and pulpit hacked with
axes. A large bible, hymn books
and Sunday school literature were
badly mutilated. An electric chan
delier containing 90 bulbs was
found in heap on the floor. a
piano was also destroyed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-24
THE RURAL MOTOR EXPRESS

The motor truck i beginning 20
be as useful to the farmer as it IS to
the city business man. 1t j. becom-
ing a side-partner with the tractor
in meeting the farm work problem
The food produced by the tractor Is
marketed by the truck.
The Highways Transport Com
mittee of the Council Of National
Defense points out the great value
OF trucks for this purpose at the
present time. Many farmers are
using their own trucks. Oftener
several farmers club together. buy
ing and using large truck in com
mon. because none Of them need it
all the time.
Rural Motor Express lines are
rapidly being organized throughout
the country. They afford long need
ed facilities to many a handicapped
farming community. They take care
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-24
ST. LOUIS CHURCH
WRECKED BY HUNS
Twenty Thousand Dollars Damage
Follows DenunCiation OF
the Germans.

St. Louis, June 24.-The interior
of the Hammett Place Christian
Church here was found to be
wrecked Sunday morning when the
congregation assembled for the reg
ular Sunday services. German sym
pathizers are thought responsible for
the destruction, as the pastor, Rev.
w. G.. Johnston, has recently been
vigorously denouncing Hunism and
as vigorously upholding the cause
of the allies. Damage to the church
it was said, exceeds $4,000.
Federal authorities have been
notified of the depredations and an
vestigation will be started immedi-
ately. Mr.. Johnston said he be-