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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-19
SEEKING BOLD
DAYLIGHT ROBBER
FARMER HELD UP, BOUND,
GAGGED AND ROBBED
NEAR COUNTRY CLUB.

A hold-up out OF the ordinary
came to the attention of the local
officers yesterday afternoon. w.
p. Stokely 4 farmer residing be-
tween Caddo creek and Springer
was going north on the road above
the standpipe and about due west
of the Dornick hills, when he was
held up by a man who stepped in
front OF his team he was driving
and, presenting a pistol, made him
get out of the wagon and go with
him about 200 yards from the road
into pasture. There he was
gagged, his feet bound together
with wire and his hands tied with
binding twine, and was robbed OF a
sum OF money amounting to be-
tween $40 and $l2. He was left ~
ing on the ground and the man de-
parted, going toward the street
railway tracks. Later Stokely freed
himself and went at one to the street
railway and came to the city to no.
THY the officers. Stokely'S team
ran away when the robber fright
ened them and running into a bridge
broke the wagon.
Stokely described the robbcr
wearing blue serge suit OF cloth
ing and black hat. Sam Harris, un-
dersheriff and L. l.. Seglcr chief OF
police, went to the place where the
robbery occurred and found evil
dence to cerify Stokely's story.
They also learned from persons in
that vicinity that a man answering
the description of the robber had
been seen by them going toward the
street railway No further trace Of
him was found.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-19
81 FOR EACH SCHOOL
CHILD IN LIBERTY BONDS

Oklahoma City, Sept, lS,-An-
nounccmcnt was made here recently
by A, NJ. Mckinney, secretry OF the
state school land department, that
one dollar for each child OF school
age in Oklahoma, will be interested
in Liberty Bonds during the Fourth
Liberty Loan drive. The money
will come from the home ownership
fund according to Mr., McKinney'S
announcement
With this investment completed
Oklahoma will own Sl,l9l000 in
Liberty Bonds.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-19

Thedford, Bardley, Mo; Oscar r.
Turner, Emberton, Ky. Enos Il, Fra
zier. South Fork, Ark,
Marine Corps Casualties.
Killed In Action-Pvt. Benjamin +
Lane, 81, Louis, Mo,
Died OF Wounds Received In Action
--Pvts John T.. Hail. St Louis Mo-
Frank V. Lease, Gazette, Mo.
Wounded in Action tSeverely)-Pvt
Fred l., Challis, Atchson, Kan.
Missing in Action-Sergt, Claude NJ
Barham, Nacadoches, Texas; Pvts
Frank C. Buford, Memphis Tenn;
Fred Luter Bigges, Ark,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-19
What Will Reichstag Do?

London, Sept. lS.-It is rumored
in Berlin that when the reichstag
meets there will be another peace de-
monstration similar to that OF July,
1917, according to an Amsterdam
dispatch TO the Exchange Telegraph
Co. 1t is said that the terms OF a
peace resolution are being drafted by
the majority leaders in consultation
with the imperial chancellor. The
reichstag will convene November ).
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-19
REFUGEES FROM RUSSIA

Stockholm Spet. lS-Auother
party OF refugees from Russia, num-
bering 500 persons. and including
90 American and British civilians.
arrived yesterday at lIaparanda. In
the party were 400 Italian soldiers
and officers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-19

an operation for the grating OF a
portion OF skin to her niece and died
under the operation. MIR. Downs is
manager OF the Cook Paint Co.,
100 East Main street. lie was with
Mrs. Downs at the time OF her
death.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-19
SKIN GRATING OPERATION
FATAL TO MRS. d. c. DOWNS

Mrs d. c. Downs OF Ardmore
died Monday morning at st. Paul's
Hospital, Dallas, Texas and was
buried yesterday afternoon at her
former home, Fort Worth, Texas.
Mrs. Downs was called to Dallas two
weeks ago on account OF the serious
illness OF a niece, who had been
severely burned. She submitted to
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-19
Attended Underwriters Convention

Harry Kessler returned on the
AT Santa Fe yesterday afternoon
fro mthe east. Mr., Kessler attend
ed the New York Underwriters
convention in New York City, and
the 100000 club convention in New
London, Conn.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-19
BOLSHEVIK SUCCESSES

Amsterdam. Sept lS.-Bolshevi,
successes in the valley OF the Wig,
river and along the Kuban coast o
the Black Sea are reported in Kie:
dispatch to the Nord Deutsche All
gemeinc Zeitung The Bolshevi
troops are said to be advancing ives
OF Tzaritzin, and to have occupie
the town OF TuapSe in the same re
gion. Further west there has bee
successful fighting by the bolshevik
in the ncighborhood of Stavropol. 3
Ardmnreite Mnnt Ads hrinp resnlts
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-19

Ardmorcite Want Ads bring results
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-10
new COLUMBIA RECORDS

Irving Berlin. like everybody else.
is doing It these days. By which
cryptic remark is meant that he Is
getting up at o'clock IN the morning
&c the tune OF reveille up at the army
camp at Yaphank. l. I.
But the army couldn't eradicate
IrvinE's habit of writing Americas
song hits before breakfast and to
prove It he wrote his now famous
How I Hate to Get Up in the Morn
ing" And then Arthur Fields. the
American song bird. who also has
been among those present when the
buEIer made the well-known welkin
ring, has added his share and sung II
for Columbia records nv being
played IN Columbia shops In Wash
inEton. Dance records play An i'm
portant part In the November Column
bia offerings. a. well as several new
ballads Of the sentimental variety.
tho melody OF which gives . tug at
the heart strings. Witness Roses of
PIcardy," sung by Charles Harrison.
Back the Fighting Men with The
Fighting LOah.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-10
MUSIC USED TO
BRACE UP HUNS

II is no secret that today music Is
doing more to brace up the German
civilian class than anything else.
Great as are their losses, horrible
their toll Of men, and fearful the
sights Of thousands OF crippled SOL
diers, the German still gains courage
from the sound Of his orehsstrAs and
bands.
It would be an interesting expert
ment 10 take away every expression
of music from the German civil popu-
lation and see what would happen.
Without doubt, the fall in their hopes
and desires would be 50 great as to
completely demoralizs them in their
spirit of warfare.
Some time ago Frederick Earl War
rem, an American singing teacher
who had made his home n Berlin. re-
turned to America together with his
wife He made the astounding state
hsnt that IN the face Of starvation
and misery the like Of which has
never been known IN that country.
Germany was. II snyth!- spending
more money on music a. - ever.
They are tired" he said, very
tired Of the war, but they cay they
prefer to continue rather than to be
beaten. But while the food and other
conditions are 90 disconcerting,
amusements and especially the must
cal field show an activity that seems
marvellous. One cannot understand
where these people get all the money
they spend on concerts and the opera.
For Instance. the Nikisch concerts
with the Berlin Philharmonic, which
were, OF course, resumed this season.
proved such an attraction that the
first OF these concerts given In the
Philharmonic, which has = seating
capacity Of 1900, was completely sold
out two weeks in advance. The Wine
gartner concerts, as well as the Royal
Symphony concerts, AZ the Royal
Opera under Richard Strauss have
also been resumed this season. The
Royal Opera is playing TO packed
houses nightly. ana when we left Il
was preparing = production new to
Berlin, the Ring des Polykrates.
should say that this astonishing m1-
steal activity IN Germany during such
times as these typifes as nothing
else can that music u the life Of q
nation"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-10
FIND CHILD PRODIGY

The remarkable wonder child
achievements Of Willy. FerrerO. the
seven -year-ofd conductor; who. al
though he cannot yet read - score.
has memory and powers OF rsrcep-
ton so extraordinary that he knows
work by heart after he has once
heard II played by an orchestra and
once on the piano" has brought home
TO a London writer the fact that in
FAINT prodigies are q plant indigenous
almost exclusively in the world Of
music.
The point, OF course. Is that, AL
though we have these mature young
poets, writer's or artists, Milla'@ was
exceptionally talented as a child, but
few artists with the brush a-hleve
fame before their twsnties."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-10
MOVIES DEVELOP
MUSICAL TASTE

It is one of those pa=adoxes rot in
frequent In the world of the theater
that one Of the most important re-
suits OF moviegOing has been the de-
yelopment in the public Of a taste for
good music. We all remember me day
when the best motion picture pal
ace" had at least one piano, " per
haps a piano and violin. to assist the
creeps up and down the spine at the
most villainous parts OF the play, or
to Iull US to sweet dreams when She
was about to fall into His arms.
Some times there was at the piano
some young student with real taste,
whose knowledge of musical litera-
ture enabled him or her TO improvise
and to string together Chopin noe
turnes, Faust" the "RakocEy"
March, Debussy and Tsohaikowsky as
the scene or the inclinations OF the
lmproviser demanded. But now the
managers OF the chief motion picture
theaters have got beyond the expert
mental stage. whether their audi
encss know II or not, the managers
know that what attracts many people
to their theaters IL not the play, but
the music.
And so they have employed frst-
rate conductors, and orchestras which
are ranked by those who have heard
them with the symphony orchestras
whose performances receive the law
ish praise Of the pundlts of musician
criticism. Strangsst OF all. for those
who despair OF the musical taste Of
the American public, the motion pic
ture audiences seem 70 enjoy the
very best
The conductors are enterprisins,
too. They are not held, By the terms
OF endowments. to any period Of mu-
sic. They can wander far afisld. and
they frequently perform the new as
well az the established. In one even
ing It is not at all unusual 20 hear
played by one OF these orchsstras
pieces by Stravinsky, Ssriabine.
Liszt, Wagner. and Verdi II is, OF
course, often a hodge-podge. And yet
there IL perhaps less bowling and
scrAping to: the ghosts OF musical re-
spectabiIityl by the orchestras OF mo-
ton picture theaterS than in many
theaters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-10
MUSIC REEVES
OLD MEMORIES

Have you ever realized the power
that music has to carry the memory
back years and years until the Illus
ion Is 50 realistic that when your
mind returns to its immediate sur
roundings you realize with start IL
was only a day dream-that you were
not actually and physically where
your thoughts were?
A few bars from one OF the old
songs carries you back to the old
home. You see the fields. the river.
the Gould kirk" in the hazy distance.
You almost feel the evening breeze
on your cheek and hear the familiar
sounds-the lowing OF the kline and
tho bleatlng OF the sheep You're
living again those dear old days just
a. wildly as you did long ago.
or the strains OF an old waltz re-
mind you OF your first dance years
and years ago. You live over again
the days before the dance when you
were go busy getting everything
ready-And then the great night ar
rived. You remember your entrance
into the brilliant ballroom. You saw
all those Oh friends whom you
thought you had forgotten until now.
Then the excitement and the pleasure
ard the wonderful dances-the peo-
PIE you met or inc MIST tLiAio oAN
the faces you =nw for the last time.
All this recalled BY just a few bars
OF music.
This IL one OF the reasons why
music has such a great hold on PEG
pIs--aEd Why its charm never wearies
why some music no matter how old,
no mater how familiar OF Oft heard,
is ALWAYS new. It Is a necessity that
there should be such music in every
home, and thanks to the ingenuity
that made possible the talking ma
chine ard 'hc player plano. the music
ally uu:ra.aed are not dependent upon
their sIr.~i aud tutored friends for
this ri-s-tu-.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-10

from nearby stations will be used.
Another interesting point Is that, II
there are not enough volunteers, ell
gible men will be sent as IN the case
Of the regular service.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood said re-
Gently IN a talk before the men Of his
command at Camp Funston. Fort
Riley Kan:
ITO the ordinary person II sounds
odd when you tell him every soldier
should be a singer. because the lay
man cannot reconcile singing with
killing. But when you know the boys
as / know them. you will realize how
much Il means to them to sing. There
isn't anything in the world, even let.
ters from home. that will raise q SOL
dier's spirits like g good, catchy
marching tune.
81 have seen men toiling for hours
through the mud and rain. every one
OF them detected, spiritless, tired and
cold, wet and forlorn, cursing the day
they entered the army, transformed
into a happy, devil-may-care frame
OF mind through song.
We hope every man in training will
be q singer, because when he gets
to France the hours In thu trenches
and back Of the lines will be long and
Greary. We desire hin. to be happy
and eare-free and 10 hsln keep his
comrades that way"
NueIeus Of National school
Mics Frances F. Brundage, execu-
tive secretary OF the national COM
mittee on army and navy camp music,
writes:
I'VE can we'll forget that We have
never had an official recognition OF
the arts. II there has never been q
national theater or opera we have
now a national singing army and our
National Music School Is building
itself In wonderful ways"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-10
FOE SAVED PIANO
IN QUICK RETREAT

Territory may be gained and terri
tory may be lost but 1t seems music
must remain forever with the armies.
Over the cables from the battle
front comes the important news Of
the successes OF the allied forces and
the progress being made Bt our troops
over ground being rapidly left by the
retreating Germans. Mighty little Is
left In the way OF consolation for the
Germans; but with IL all they have
the knaek Of making the best Of hard
times Typical OF this. fact Is an
amusing instance N the Bhape OF a
passage from the official German
wireless service just issued from
Nausen. This bulietin insists that
the German -troops evacuated the st.
Mihiel salient in good order and
saved war material
"All installations OF value, includ-
ing lighting apparatus clothing.
stores, pianos. and musical instru-
ments were brought away in good
time"
A piano was saved, but $50 square
miles OF ground were lost and Is. 600
prisoners and Ill cannon we're left
behind.
faded spirits and nerves respond to
nothing so quickly as they do to mu-
sic II Is OF such paramount import
Ance to have its stimulating Influence
ever present among the fighters. and
especially among losing fighters, that
the commanders do everything pos
EibIe to keep In their midst such mu-
steal instruments as their forces are
fortunate enough to possess. And this
explains full we'll why special men
ton in q wireless Is made OF the fact
that musie's -bTacing influence Is still
with them
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-10
CHANTY MAN WILL
LEAD SEA SINGERS

The recent appointment OF our Of
acIal "chanty-man." to organize the
'nginE among the sailors Of the new
American merchant marine, indicates
that music is to receive a. much en-
couragement In this branch OF the
service as has already been Accoroed
II in the army and navy.
The man selected for the post IL
Stanton X. King. who adds TO per
sonal qualities OF leadership q wide
knowledge OF the old sea songs thar
once accompanied American vessels
and sailors to all the ports OF the
world.
Inspired Morale.
These songs. or chanties, not only
frightened social life on shlpooard.
but even more important, they helped
the crew considerably in getting
through the rough and heavy tasks
OF the day and night IL was the
chanty-man's lusty voice leading the
sailors chorus that insured teamwork
and dispatch when the men were
Weighing anchor or pulling on ropes.
Chanty singing went out Of fashion
when sailing ships gave way 70
steam. But the cargo carriers now
building again demand men who can
reef hand and steer" and for them
elianty singing Is to be revived. 1t i
expected that many new sea song
will be written. but IN the meantime
such famous old ones as "Shenan-
doah" and Bound for the Rio Gfan1e"
will do very we'll, and viii probably
be among the hrst the boys VIII
learn.
Use Russian SOnGs.
The Russian boat songs 50 popular
In this country q short time ago
really come under the classification
Of chanties. They were sung In uni
son by the rIvermen Of the Volga and
the Don. to cheer themselves at their
work and facilitate "a long pull, a
strong pull, and a pull together The
songs OF the American merchant ma
rine. when they come to be written
will serve a similar purpose, out they
will undoubtedly be marked by a
brisk energy and enthusiasm rather
than the accomplishing melancholy
OF eastern Europe
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-07
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Holland, Indiana
Mr.. 9 f. Brooks, Marshall, Mich.
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AIiddletown, y. Y.
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