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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
THE MEN WHO CAME BACK
Copyrighted by the British-Canadian
Recruiting Mission0
BY MAL. j. +. TEMPLETON.
In Command of Detroit Depot of
L. c. l.. NJ


In Command of Detroit Depot of
B. c. K. NJ
our division had hardly gotten set.
tied at the salient" when the mines of
st. Eloi were blown by the British i'm.
mediateiy on our right. Although we
were not in the show ourselves, we
were close enough to catch the over
flow and Fritz succeeded in making life
very unpleasant. The salient, strenu-
Gus enough at all times became the
target for every German gun that had
nothing else to do.
My particular job was to make
rough survey Of several partially con
structed trenches that were being joined
up by our pioneer battalion My work
had been going on swimmingly for sev.
eral nights-one who has been in the
| salient in winter will fully appreciate
| how very swimminG-like the work was
on the night Of March 81, just as
was standing on top" about five yards
from the nearest trench, chatting in
| low tones with an officer who had just
come along, when without the slightest
premonltiUn the blaCkress became
glare of red flame | saw countless mil.
| lions Of red and fiery stars, and that
was all l was conscious Of until far
away 1 seemed 90 hear someone calling
/ i'm great pain. The calls became louder
as mu senses came back and | felt be
meath me a pair Of legs very much alive
and kicking | slowly began to realize
| that | was lying across someone's body
| in the bottom of the trench, and that
| that someone was the officer to whom
| had been talking. He was jammed
down between the "bathmat' and the
side of the trench, and my clumsy eff
forts to get him up apparently only
caused him more pain. | spoke to him,
| but could get no answer.
Remembering the signaler's dugout
about twenty yards along ,re trench, !
ran down and crawled inside and as
was crawling in for the first time !
realized that had been hurt myself.
Two OF my party then found me and
We're sent along the trench to look
after the other fellow. The signaller
| tied me up and was good enough to
! tell me if | did not get to a dressing
station very soon and have the artery
! in my face stopped | would go west"
one Of my own men returned and told
us the officer was a "stretcher case, "
and then we started. 1 had two miles
to go and / assure you | never tray
elled faster on foot in my life. | have
dim recollection of my guide trottins
along behind me- most of the time at
double | still was very groggy and
had no sensation of pain. Somehow we
missed the first dressing station and
had to continue into Ypres itself In
the hands of the medical corps my
troubles were over
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
A DECISION THIS NEAK.

President Wilson is said to be of the
opinion that a decision of the world war
is possible this year. His Idea, appar-
emily, is not that the war will be really
ended this year, with the fun, com
plete victory for democratic principles
and civilized rights to which we have
devoted our lives and fortunes. 1t is
not one war, but many wars. Some Of
them may drag on after the main strug-
gle is finished And the settlement Of
the vast complex issues viii take time.
It may be years after the sound of the
guns has died away that the freedom
of nations is assured and peoples are
left at liberty 20 work out their own
destinies, under the pacific system o,
q world federation.
Nevertheless, the decision may come
this year, in the sense that decisive mill
tary victories and diplomatic victories
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
THE WORLD RnNnLLTInN-

More citizens have listened with
gkepticfsm or alarm i'm mast y,9rs fl,
the hqranpues of snap-boy S9ciaIisr
orators. prophosying au era i'm yhirI.
society will be turned INSIDE down
Now we find a multimilIiopaire coutau.
of industry announcing the same "rego
luton" Charles M. Schwab addressing
an audience of prblic school aIumu, nm
New York saws.
we are al the threshold of ID nev.
social era u is going to come upon MS
sooner than we oyucrt IL is. a social
renaissauce and il is Worldwide II
means thar the man who labo.s WITH
his hands is going TO dominate NOT
merely Russia Germany and tho United
States. but the whole world"
Mr. SchVah doesn't want the chance
He is pretry we'll satisfied with thfnrs
a, the, are Hut he is sura i a.. com.
ing and is reconcuaj to r.
II will he a rpvolutino indeed h,i a
slow and poacofrI one ",rhe tran..a.
tiou from fine old In fine nov. order. will
be so gradual that we Will hardly real
i2e that if has occurred And fl won't
Inc so bad arter alI
"Tbe aristocracv of fine future is NOT
roinr to be am arist,,r9c,- nr vr9r,b
n is roine to he fine ari.-ocrar, or mon
who have done somethir, for fborr
country and for tbe world at larga
When that time cornes wealth will rof
bo The standard uor win b.,.fb bu+ tb,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
THE OLD LADY TALKS
BY Edith Barnard Dcano of The vigilantes

had given him a dog, a valuable ami
NAL, and William and Abbie, and John
and I, too, for that matter thought n
| lot Of that dog. Some O. the neighbors
warned Winiam-He's a mean, sly
beast, and unsafe they said. But the
family just thought folks were talking.
William didn't want TO offend the man
that gave him to him, anyway, by hav-
| ing the dog put out of the way. Be
sides, he was used to Abbie and Billy.
| and while he was never what you would
call a member of the family, the way
some dogs are, we all thought he'd
never in the world turn on any of his
own folks. Well, hot weather came
and the dog stayed under the porch, and
William and John said he'd bear watch
ing; even then they didn't think he'd 90
any harm if they kept an eye on him.
| But one day--our houses weren't but
| across the yard from each other-one
lay | was sitting by an open window at
| my sewing machine, and l heard Billy
! scream out, ana then l saw Abbie run
| out of the house. l dropped my sewing
and | ran, too Time got there-Abbie
was screaming-Billy was down on the
| ground and the dog-Winiam came
| running up, with the two hired men.
OF course they killed the dog. But
| Eydrophobia?"
| "Oh, mother, don't Don't"
The Old Lady's voice was vibrant
with the intensity Of her feeling. i've
got one of little Billy's curls. It's still
soft and babyish and yeller Abbie gave
, 1t to afterwards. They cut his
curls off to put ice on his head. lie
died Of it--of what that mad dog did to
| him. And as | said, Abbie never had
another child
"Oh, | been thinking Of Abbie and
William! But | been thinking Of all
the other mothers and fathers, hundreds
and thousands OF 'em, right in this coun-
try alive today, who are suffering the
same way, or going to suffer, by them
mad dogs that are loose in the land.
Call it a land O. freedom. Is it free
when there's that kind O. danger lurK-
ing anywhere and everywhere. Tncen-
diary fire, twelve lives lost! Relief
ship SUNK so on! dare say those
dogs were watched, German plot dis
cOvered'--more dogs that might have
gone mad! And so it goes! The dog Il
bear watching! Oh, Mary, l wish could
take the hands of all the fathers and
mothers IN this whole country and tell
'em about little Billy, and show them
his little Yelicr curl, and ask 'em to rise
up and say that dog won't bear watch
ing! Oh l wish | could make 'em see
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
WATCHING THE DOG.

,rbo Old rod,, i,o1 hoo, ,,,i,,,, ,.r,,,,,,,
all dav With tIot IooI, of 5on,7 -, har
face which sbo wore whom sbo v,as I,,,.
inc with old ,,,ar,o,io. tha, ,,,o,,Id M,
sta,, daod tTa,, da,,gbto,. n, Io,,, ,,,,+oI'o,,
her orxiouslv and after the dinner
dishes were ont Of the wav and thav
,vera eattIiro do,yr +o tbair r,ordir,,
she said
'ATotber something's trouhlinr Won
toda,,, can do an,tbine, to balno"
The ola LADY qava her an affection.
ate Iool, but sbool, her head No my
dear" she said "Sometbinp road IN
the naner last NIGHT SET me tbinkinp
thought most o. the night and I'm
likely IN think about If a good while
longer guess "
Cant Won forget if. mother"
"Forret2 Forgetting won't helm If
Mary, Not that [ shall ever forget if
even tboueb il bapnened vears and
wears ago. There's some things Won can
manage to nut away from Won. or cover
IN. or rise ND above They are things
that seem to have bappened in the regu.
lar course of nature. as Won might saw.
or ANYWAY they seem to have happened
bv the will of the Almighty. But when
n thing has baDpened because of vour
carelessness or weakness. or when il
baDDened because of some sort of senti.
mert or feeling when Won know it need
NOT have bappened--"
Tba OId Lady clasned her hands and
rocked bacl, and forth. her face working
with emotion. but in q moment or two
she smoke again "I read in the noner
last ri~bt-.s5o ooo OOo DESTROYED nv
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
Scissors and Paste.

St. Joseph NloJ News,Press: Time
was when we called Weyler the
butcher" and thought he was about
the limit. But that was before the
kaiser got into the war game
Beaumont TexaS) Enterprise: Our
hope is that the kaiser has no more
chance than we have when we draw
to a threecard flush.
Guthrie Leader: Does Investigator
Eeney want us to believe he thought
the meat packers are in business to
help the little fellows?
Okmulgee Democrat: The golden sun
ts always behind the clouds, shining
brightly. You don't doubt the reality
of the man you talk to by phone, even
thought you cannot see him.
Gainesville TexasJ Register: 1t would
be easy enough for Il man to be con.
tent with little if nobody had any more
Denison CTexas) Herald: man thor
oughly sacred will hardly ever tell
about it afterward.
Joplin (MoD Globe: A Tennessee man
wonders how in the world woman
can talk a blue streak and knit a sol
dier's socl, simultaneously and not get
the yarns mixed.
McAlester News Capital: If you are
rich, the humane thing for you to do
is to adopt enough French children to
make an orphan asylum.
Wichita Falls CTexas) Tribune: Count
Won LuXburg, now in an asylum in
Argentina has gone violently insane
Buenos Aires dispatches say. The pub.
lie will recall that he put some of his
violent insanity on the cable. but ap.
parently the Berlin foreign office was
equally demented and accepted it as
good diplomacy.
Chickasha Express; Did you ever
notice how many things a woman has
to do even after she is all ready 10
start some place?
Sherman TexasD Courier: The Ger.
mans have nearly three million men
on the western front, but they won't
have the day after our men start on
that drive-not by several dozens Of
thousands.
Bartlesville Examiner: When it comes
to settling a strike and settling the
leaders the kaiser has an unbeaten sys.
tenn. lie sends the leaders to the
front
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
From Other
Editorial Pages
WHY GERMANY DECIDED ON SUB
MARINE WAR

Kansas City (Mo) Times: We have
heard often enough that preparedness
does not keep a nation out of war,
but we have learned now that unpre.
paredness doesn't either The plain
lesson to be drawn from the considera.
tions that decided the German govern.
ment to embark on its unlimited sub.
marine warfare, as brought out by the
publication of the memorandum on the
subject prepared by the German ad.
miralty, is that a determining factor in
that decision was the military weak
ness Of this country.
Nothing was palmer to the German
government than that the illegal use
Of the submarine weapon against neu-
tral shipping, as proposed by Won
Tirpitz, would bring the United States
into the war. The government had to
consider, therefore, the relation of this
certainty to the object to be achieved
that is, the starving of England within
a specified time on this point it took
the judgment of a group Of experts
representing the best knowledge and
opinion in the empire. They were men
who realized Germany's tremendous
stake, who considered not alone the i'm
mediate necessity, but the future re-
lations of Germony with this country
Z consideration involving the whole
commercial structure Of the empire.
The verdict returned by these men
ought to be text for the study of
American statesmen. IT advised that
war with America was not considers
tion to halt Germany for a moment
II attached no more Importance to il
than If the question had been wal
with Portugal These, it must be re
membered were not Pan-Germanist, "a
natical or more jingo views. They
We're commercial, financial, economic
views They were views that calculated
questions of trade and commerce after
the war, Of German industry and for
eign markets. They put all those I'M
portant consideration in the scale and
still found no danger in war witt
America. Said one authority a banker
Bitter feeling in the United States
after the war is not worth considering
because if Germany succeeds she car
dictate terms to assure favored treat
ment for herself" Germany in other
words, would be able to treat the United
States as China has been treated. Ger
many would he able to demand mar
kets, ports, spheres of influence" anc
lictate our tariff laws.
The basis Of these views is plain. II
was knowledge that Germany had notn
inc, =, faar from, 4 Yuari,l ag q military
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10

Here's to the Blue of the windswept
North,
When we meet on the fields Of France
May the spirit of Grant be with you all
As the sons of the North advance,
And here's to the Cray Of the sun
kissed South
When we meet on the fields of France
May the spirit OF Lee be with you ali
AS the sons of the South advance.
And here's to the Blue and Gray as one
When we meet on the fields of France
May the spirit OF God be with us all,
As the sons Of the flag advance,
George Morrow Mayo.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
Frame Says:

If any bank in this town would give
you perfectly new five.dollar bill for
four silver dollars and thirteen cents
in change, people would block the side
walk for a chance to get in, yet this
is exactly what Uncle Sam is doing this
month. The only difference there is,
you own u bill the Government gave
you until January /, 1923. This nets
you little better interest as an in.
vestment 1t is the safest in the
world Buy one today, if you need the
money you can cash them at any Post.
office at any time.
Denver Mud is the only similar
preparation of which we know that has
not taken advantage of the times to
hike its prices. It's cost has risen like
that Of Antiphlogistine but so far they
hold the same retail price. Encourage
them by buying it,
All fine pomades for making per-
fumes are imported, which makes them
very difficult to get, and also very ex-
pensive. On account of this the whole
sale price of perfumes has advanced
from 80 per cent to 100 per cent We
have not yet advanced our prices to
any such amount as this, but before
long will be forced to raise the price,
The moral of all this story is the wise
will buy soon.
couple Of weeks ago we made an
offer Of a SOC bottle of Big Hand Lo-
mon free to the ladies of the Red
Cross If you have not yet called for
your bottle, do so. There is no prepara-
tion on the market that will keep your
hands in such fine shape. You can
accomplish much more work by having
your hands smooth instead of sticking
to the bandages.
Inject Blacklegoids into your cattle
1t is the cheapest insurance that YOU
can get against blaclileg
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
ON TRAIL OF MIKE.
Partner Explains That He Has Fol
lowed WAY Of Powder Kegs Contents.

Partner Explains That He Has Fol
lowed Way of Powder Kegs Contents.
Chicago News: Two Irishmen got
work in quarry. The first job given
them was to pick up all the loose tools,
Presently they came across a keg Of
blasting powder. "Whiskey," said both.
They both tried to get the bung out,
but could not.
"Mikew says Pat.
"Phwat?" said Mike.
You keep lookout for the foreman
while ! 80 into the hut and heat the
poker"
Right" says Mike.
Pat sat on the keg with a hot poker
and bored hole. In goes the poker
and up goes Pat and keg with loud
bang. out runs the foreman who sees
Mike alone.
Where's Pat?" says he.
"Sure," says Mike, "he went out
with the whiskey. l expect he's gone
for the glasses"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
Political Observations.

1t is being observed, of course. that
the states rights states are the first to
ratify the federal prohibition amend
ment which deprives the states Of their
right to regulate the liquor traffic and
places it in the hands of the govern
mcnt
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10

Election, this fall, OF at least twenty
five congressman and three senator's Is
the claim Of the leaders of the new Ma
tional party. This party, an amalgama
ton of the Prohibition party and sev
eral other minor parties, will hold a
national convention in Chicago March
6, and Immediately thereafter will in
augurate an aggressive campaign for
the election of not only congressman
and senator's, but members of state leg
satures pledged to vote for the ratif
cation of the prohibition and woman
suffrage amendments to the federal con
stitutiou.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
SI.ANDERTNG THE SOLDIERS.

beaumont Texas Enterprise: a Kan
Sas preacher who had spent some time
in Europe, recently returned to Ameri
ca and began urging his hearers to i'm
plore President Wilson to use his au-
thority to keep the men under General
Pershing from the "hOrribe influences
which surround them. He told of con-
ditions which, if they exist would do
much to rob our splendid boys of their
strength and power. But we don't be
lieve he knows whereof he speaks, for
General Pershing, who has the welfare
of his army at heart and who makes
it his business to know just what is
happening, sends a message to the
mothers Of his soldiers, assuring them
that their sons are as safe from tempta-
ton as they would be under their own
home roofs.
We know that General Pershing
would not say such thing if he did
not know positively what he was talk
ing about and if he didn't know every
word of it was true.
This preacher is doing much to cause
heartaches among the mothers, wives
and sweethearts of the boys "over
there" If he is not telling the truth
he should be compelled to cease talking.
He tells one story and General Perish.
ing tells another. We choose to be.
lieve General Pershing, and we feel
confident that the American public will
also place the utmost confidence in the
leader of our troops. But many moth.
ers, wives and sweethearts will hear
the preacher and not have the oppor-
tunity to read General Pershing's mes
sage. And it is for the protection OF
these, who already have enough to
make them suffer, that this preacher
should be told to choose another text
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
WILLIE AND THE GOAT.
Germans ReprOach of Belgians Re
minds Colonel House of Story

:
minds Colonel House of Story.
Washington Star, when the Ger
mans reproach the Belgians," said
Colonel House at luncheon in New
York, when the Germans talk about
guarantees against Belgian aggression,
| am strongly reminded of little Willie.
Little Willie ran bowling with rage
to his mamma
"'The goat butted me" he roared.
The bad goat butted me in the stom-
achr
"'Are you sure you weren't teasing
it?' his mamma asked.
"'No, no" walled Willie. What would
l tease it for? ! was only just carvin'
my name on its back with my new pen
knife"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10

Arthur Pollen England's foremost
naval critic, says of Secretary Daniels:
Before the war no cabinet minister at
Washington was more criticised. Since
the war no cabinet minister can point
to greater achievement"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
Pat Mistranslati0n.

Boston Transcript: without vouch.
ing for the Latin we repeat for its
timely interest the story Of the fresh
man who in translating 'Iaec in Gallia
est importantus" made it Hike into
Gaul, it's important"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
Fit Punishment.

The druggist died. and face to face
With Peter at the entrance stood.
said Peter: "Try the other place,
You'n doubtless say it's just az
good"
Boston TRANSCRIPT.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10

A fourcornercd fight for the Repub.
lican nomination for United States SEN
ator is on in Illinois, the contestants
being Mayor Thompson of Chicago, for
mer Governor Deneen, Congressman
Mcdin Mccormick and Maj. e. NJ CHIP.
priiold
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
ARDMORE IN OTHER YEARS
From the Files OF The Ardmoreite.
TEN YEARS AGO.

Ten NEAI(S AGU.
Plotters at Joliet, Ill, made an ef-
fort to wreck a Santa Fe train which
was carrying two cars Of soldiers, but
through mistake placed the obstruction
on the wrong track.
Mrs. VIII Strickland. aged thirty
eight, died at her former home in the
Cheek neighborhood.
Eric c. Cambrel, who intended to
practice law in Ardmore, was found
dead in Fort Worth
Hundreds of fullbood Cherokees were
refusing to accept the allotment of lands
to them.
The corporation commission issued
an order providing that the Santa Fe
could not collect fares from passengers
without providing them with seats.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
ONE YEAR AGO.


Wilson Marchbank and N. e. Jackson
Of New York City were here investi-
eating asphalt beds in this vicinity.
Mrs. Mabel Wilson, formerly proprie.
tor Of the Cordova Hotel in Tulsa pur.
chased the Randol Hotel.
The Five Dee Oil Company was or
ganized with a capital stock of $4,000.
The Vernon Collins Oil Company
brought in a new well in the northwest
corner of the lease in section 1913.
The sand was reached at 1928 feet
Mayor Lasher, Commissioners London
Dewitt and Martin returned from Sher-
man, Texas, where they had been in at.
tendance Of the convention Of the Texas
Town and Planning Association.
FIVE YEARS AGO.
DIR. j. II. Carson, president of the
First National Bank Of Coalgate, died
At his home in Coalgate.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland and Prof.
Thomas Joseph Preston of Princeton,
n. j.. were married by President Hibben
Of Princeton University.
Stephen A. Douglas, postmaster, re.
ceiyed letter from Washington ad-
vising that Congressman Carter had
introduced a bill providing for the pur-
chase of a site for the new federal
building.
Amendments providing for equal suf-
frage We're ready for submission to the
voters of Montana, Nevada and South
Dakota, and Texas had just voted in
favor Of woman suffrage.
President Madero of Mexico had left
the capital city and his whereabouts
were unknown.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10

Each Of the major political parties in
it's 1916 platform pledged itself to a re-
form of existing methods of making
appropriations b. congress and in favor
Of the budget system. But now al.
though tine numerical strength of the
two parties is about equal, and al.
though the president has recommended
the budget system, neither party has
taken any advanced step toward its
adoption and Of putting the business of
the government upon a sane business.
like basis. Congress is joined to its
idols, and shows no disposition to sepa.
rate itself from them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
SHRAPNEL.

SEiNAF NEL.
There is need for fifty women. each
half day, I'm the Red Cross worbrooms
Tag, tag you're IT,
Smile. Those smilcage books viii
make the boys i'm the camps smile.
40 the Tuscania escaped, Carter County
win put her men, efforts and money to
the limit back of every movement to
bring about perpetual safety in per.
DON'T forget to reserve your seats
early, for the Arthur Middleton recital
Ready to provide a school childs gar.
lem.
Thrifty thrift means comfortable ease
100 later years.