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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
BERLIN'S INSINCERITY.

st. Joseph (MOD News-Press:
President Wilson has the opportun-
ity to demonstrate by an analysis
of what has just happened in Rus
Sia the insinceTity OF Germany.
Chancellor Won Hertling's effort to
draw a distinction between the aims
Of the United States in the war
and the aims of Great Britain,
France and Italy isn't fooling any
one outside of the central empires.
When Count Hertling says that he
"can fundamentally agree with the
four principles which in President
Wilson's view must be applied in a
mutual exchange of views, and thus
declare with President Wilson that
a general peace can be discussed
on such a basis the German chan
ccllor uses words which are calcu-
lated to mislead the German people
into believing that their present
government is really desirous of a
general peace, but the allies mis-
guidedly block the way. AS a mat
ter of fact, every one of the four
principles enunciated by President
Wilson have just been hagrantly
violated in actual practice by Ger
many in Russia.
World domination was Germany's
aim and ambition when it precipi-
tated the war. 1t expected to
achieve that aim by conquering and
practically anneXing Serbia, Bel
gium and northern France and by
reducing Austria-EIungary and Tur-
key to a state of yassalage. Now
Germany may be ready to modify
the means, but its goal, its funda-
mental design, remains the same.
If Berlin really desires peace on
the basis of reason and humanity
as these terms are understood by
civilization generally, the powers in
that quarter know how to move in
that direction. When Belgium is
restored, when Poland and Serbia
are set free and when the stolen
lands of Russia are evacuated, then
we may begin to believe in Ger
many's sincerity. Until then the
fight must go on to the finish.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
EARTHQUAKES.
By Theodosia Garrison
of The Vigilantes.

There was once a man who ig-
norcd an earthquake. Between a
morning and night the greater
portion OF the town in which he
lived was demolished but, as his
own house remained standing, he
viewed with complacency the mis-
fortunes OF others
announcement, but merely tempo
rary,' he would smile.
"Busincss as usual was his fa-
vorite mottos, and his conviction
that what you did not choose to
see would never pain you was often
on his lips.
1t was a great relief to his neigh
bors when one day a tottcring pile
OF bricks which he had preferred to
regard as a wall in good condition
fell on him and destroyed him.
Barring the few remaining ig-
norers of earthquakes, America is
fully awake at last to the disaster
that has shaken a world, and to the
fact that the leaping flames in Eu-
rope have strength and fury enough
to reach and set fire even a land
across the sea. 1t is, | believe, al
most an accepted fact that there is
nothing to think about, work for,
write for, but to the end that this
war shall result in such triumph
for democracy that generations 70
come will name the horror in. Eu-
rope today "Thc Holy War" as well
as THE Last War"
TO work for this is not voluntary
it is compulsory to any one with
a brain and a heart and two hands.
| read recently a tale of a person
who was too true an artist to
write propaganda"
And l thought that it would be
to the everlasting rcnown of every
artist in the world if he would take
and transpose by a single word the
sentence that glori6es the statue OF
Nathan Hale and have for his own
motto
81 regret that have but one art
to give to my country"
incidentally, the moral of the
earthquake fable is that it is ridicu-
lous to avoid the obvious.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
THRIFT BY BORROWING.
BY Bolton Hall
Author of "Thrlc Acres and
ihrr

l-lDtl e.
Money in the bank can be en-
ploycd only when some Of the people
went to supply goods and when
working people can buy goods, If
people cannot buy food and clothes,
however hungry they may be, no
ore will borrow money from the
bank in order to make more food or
clothes.
That it may be profitable to make
more OF such things, the people or
some Of the people must be using
up more and more things all the
time.
But if everybody saved more and
more all the time, who would use
up the goods?
If saved up capital is used to
produce only such things as fru-
gal workers consume, the difficulty
Of finding buyers would be greater
than it is now; for there would be
less for the rich to spend money on,
and the poor would have less to
spend than they have now.
is Mr.. Coffin says: "Waste is
bad, but undiscrim.nating economy
is worse 1t is only on waste or
wlstcful expenditures that we can
aif2rd to economic.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
From Other
EDITORIAL Pages
GERMANS WANT TO QUIT
POISON GAS.

Topeka (kan.) Capital: Major
General Maurice, discussing the ef-
.forts now being made by the Ger
man government to have a Geneva
convention for the arrangement Oh
4 mutual agreement to discontinue
the use Of asphyXiating gas, reports
th>t the allies would be glad to come
% such an agreement-"if it were
possible to get any guaranty that
Germany would be bound by any
agreement to do likewise.
Should the allied governments en-
ter into a convention with Germany
to quit the use OF poison gas, what
would happen can be easily pre-
djted, The military authorities OF
the German empire agree and the
German rules of war as taught by
the general staff to officers of the
German army declare that in time Of
war it is the duty of the army to
Violate agreements, if such agree
m1ntS are contrary to German in
tcrest The expectation of a Ger
man offensive this spring will be
i9ihlled, according TO reports from
the western front, now at any mo-
ment, and Germans have done a
good deal OF boasting about a new
poison gas prepared for use this
spring. 1t is consistent with Ger
man ideas OF honor to agree to abol-
lsh gas, induce the allies to do so,
and themselves break the agree
mcrt.
The impossibility cf disseminating
the use Of poison gas, introduced
by the Germans in violation Of then
{ oli.ting agreements concerning civ
'iized methods Of warfare, because
nobody in the world will believe
he word Of the German nation or
truSt its solemn oa.h, suggests the
OF the future arrange
mcnt Of of peace terms. Who is to
,r'rst any utterancc from Berlin ?
While the kaiser and military ele-
mcnt rule Germany President Will
SON long ago was jnfallibly right in
declaring that negotiations are idle.
The only peace with the German
pee pie SO long as Trey are ruled by
the military class ald Hohcnzollern
dynasty is a peace dictated and en-
.orced by the sword.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
THE MEN WHO CAME BACK.
copyrighted by British-Canadian
Recruiting Mission.)
By Sergt. R. E. Bulger
Third Battalion Queens Own To-

by OGISl. N. II. DulSCl
Third Battalion Queens Own To-
ronto Rifles.
CONTINUED from Yesterday
Say, Dick, if | get mine | want
YOU to send my stuff to my moth
er." lie gave me her address and |
remembered. But | have not seen
| Jerry since that night
"Bang~ went a bomb, and we
knew then that the major had let
Ihy. Further concealment was i'm
possible. We sprang up with a
fiendish desire to give Fritz hell. No
sooner had the bomb exploded than
with a murderous rattle their ma
chine guns opened up and that gave
MS the information we wanted as to
their positions. "Bang!' went an
other of our bombs and by their
yells OF pain we knew we were get
ting home
BY this time several Of my pals
had fallen Two OF their guns had
been sent west" and we went after
the other two like wildcats. We
were filled with an unholy desire to
kill and destroy. Were not those
hcllish weapons responsible for the
deaths of so many of my comrades? !?
Now after two failures, two prcyi-
Gus attacks by our regiment having
been beaten back with great loss to
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
CHILD FINANCIERS.

The Thrift campaign has brought
the child before the public as a
financial agent. That the child be
encouraged to buy thrift stamps as
a patriotic measure is good. Any
thing Tor which people work and
save, or which they share, becomes
peculiarly their own. Whether it
be the sick kitten in the barn to
Whom he gives part OF hls milk, or
the country at war to which he
gives his penny the moral effect
upon the child IS good.
AS to the methods by which he
obtains the money! very little La
Dor IS good for child Light tasks,
interfering neither with his health,
MS schooling nor his normal amount
OF play 40 not hurt MN. Nothing
Will teach the real value OF money
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
AN EDGE OF STEEL
BY ]. H. HANFORD.

,>leaves are come and gone upon the
trees. that half million will be side
by side with Pershing's handful at
the front. Long before that time
another half million will have lett
their work and play for the hustle
of the camps.
More and more the war comes
home to us. The battle line, that
cutting edge in France, is not a ret
mote and alien thing; it is becom-
ing, it mas become, our flesh and
blood. 1t is CLOSER to us than
breathing and dearer than hands
and feet" Vibrant currents Of SEN
sation and energy pass from us to
it and from it to us. The nerves of
our whole being begin to throb in it.
More and more the war comes
home. Il is no longer the stranger
that is within out gates 1t i'm
peratively demands admittance to
our inmost thought.
These are the times that try
mems souls wrote Thomas Paine
in l775, and the words leap fresh
into our hearts today. Where is
the man so dull that he can not see
it? Departures, sinkings, casualty
lists, thrusts from unexpected quar-
tiers, reverses, disasters, new loans,
new labors, new sacrihces-we shall
know them all.
And we shall meet them-as
France Las met them2 1t is impos-
sible that we should finch. To that
high call to dedicate to the cause
of liberty and right "our lives and
fortunes, everything that we have
and everything that we are we
shall respond.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
WHERE THE LANE TURNED.

He riz, one mornin', an heard 'em
say:
"a gold mines BLOWN the dust yer
way,
An its here whar the long lanes
took a turn -
Then the oxmobile he throwed
aside
An rid all 'round-like the rich
folks ride;
An he sot his table les so fine
The sun warn't bright as the silyer's
shine.
Which is jes' what you an I would
do,
For its money that makes the old
world new.
But the new, rich joy-ride throwed
him high,
Till he hit the hilltop under the sky;
An the house he built, with the
shiny dome,
Wuz long ways from Home,
sweet Home!"
An he said: Its finer l use ter
feel
When I rumbled 'roun' in the OK
mobile!
An miss the joy that use ter
wait
On the click O the latch at the old
hCme-gate;
An they jes' amt nuthin' in money
to burn,
An it's here whar the lane takes
the Old Home turn!"
Atlanta Constitution.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
Why So Costly An Exhibit?

Chicago News: A certain mil
lionaire presented to his native city
a fine collection of stuffed birds
and animals.
The attendant, escorting a visit
or through the silent halls, noticed
that he was yawning and ventured
to say:
perhaps you are not aware, sir,
that this is one of the richest taxi
dermist exhibits on earth. Yes, sir,
this collection of stuffed animals
and birds is worth hundred thou
sand pounds !"
as that so1" said the visitor.
What the dickens are they stuffed
with? :"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06

Tn France the men are wrought
to an edge of steel, and the women
are line of fire behind them
An edge of steel-a line OF fire.
The image of a nation energized for
war! But this is France. And we,
the men and women Of America,
and are we, too, of steel and fire ?
Fine as our national temper has be-
come, it falls far short of this. The
war is too remote. No cannon thun-
der at our ports. No ohostile air
planes hover in our skies.
In a trench or two along the bat
tie front there lie and watch a few
to whom America is home. They
have already suffered. They have
paid their first toll in prisoners and
in blood. Others behind them hear
the roar Of distant guns. Still more
are on the sea, conscious of the
vague presence of an enemy be-
meath. Ar home busy preparation
goes on among half million to
whom the war is still far away
a thing heard of, waiter for, not yet
seen.
And the rest: The hundred odd
millions OF men and women in their
homes In the main, we go on the
even tenor of our way. We eat
enough as yet; we work-a little
harder than last wear. we take many
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
ONE YEAR AGO.

Automobile owners met to con-
slider plans for the annual car dis
play in connection with the spring
styl show.
Warning was gi,en prospective
candidates for city offices that they
must register by March 9 or the
statutes would bar them from the
race.
Capt. VIM. II. Hutchinson pre-
sided over a meeting of Ardmore
Post, American Military League.
Tie post had so members enrolled.
The organization of an Ardmore
Lions Club was advocated.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
WHAT GERMANY WILL DO.

Tulsa Times: Germany will at
tack or be attacked on the west
front and that will be done in a
very short time. Germany must win
in this drive, if it is made by Ger
many or not at all. Germany is
trying to throw scare ahead OF
any attack that may be made.
Information is given out that
Germany has monstrous tanks in
which the Huns will ride in safety
over the trenches and into the lines
of the enemy. A new kind Of gas
will be thrown and men will die by
thousands and hundreds of thou
sands. The Germans give it out
that they have new methods of war
fare and that when they make the
attack they are sure to win.
If the Germans know of any
thing diabolical they will put it into
use. There is no doubt about that
part Of it. The only question is
about them having anything that
can not be met-and stopped-by
the armies of the entente and Amer
leans.
All indications point to an attack
in a short time and the fighting will
not be Of short duration. 1t may
extend throughout the summer and
there is no doubt about it being the
most sanguinary battle ever staged
on the face of the earth. To say
there is no danger of Germany
breaking through would be to make
statement not borne out by the
facts. One thing is certain, though
that as soon as it is humanly pos
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
ANOTHER BATTLE HYMN
VERSE.

I can see the kaiser's finish
In my little book of stampsl
! can see the frightful ending
For the hosts of German scamps
! can back up with my savings
All the boys in all our camps!
For thrift will win our war!
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06

German women who are engaged
in heavy tasks thrust upon them on
the farms, in the mines and fac
tories, have abandoned the skirt,
which was first officially adopted,
and have donned bloomers and
CATERS
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
ONLY KIND OF STAR SHE
KNEW.

Chicago News: The stage struck
damsel was dining with her latest
sub" at a fashionable restaurant.
"Do you see that old gentleman
with the long white beard"
yes" answered the patron OF
musical comedy.
"Thcy say he has discovered a
number of stars"
"Golly,' said the fapper, "He
doesn't look as if he knew a dressing
room from a telephone box"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
Every Little Helms.

Boston Transcript: Hobo Cat
kitchen odor)-Did you tell de lady
| was practically barefooted in all
dis snow?
Maid-Yes. She says she hasn't
any old shoes, but here's a pair of
shoestrings, you poor man.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
SIIRAPNEL


Roosevelt has lett the hospital
" iEhi-preicrabIy the latter,
IT,dt Is as good as courage II
coupled "I'h a serNceabIe back
bone.
he kings are Numbering now.
me- ruler oil Austria tells the ruler
tam portions OF his territory to the
'amshacAIe Austrian empire and
agree to Ratification OF hls bound
aries or DE crushed and his throne
l7hg about these kings in such go
'ngN ON rs tins, Is that the 'pcople
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06

Won Hindenburg's boast that "by
next April will be in Paris" has
given the allies no concern. Two
years ago the German crown prince
promised that he would take Yer
dun in a few days. One year ago
Tirpitz and other German leaders
promised that the U boats would
reduce Great Britain to starvation
in six months.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
Scissors and Paste.

FL Reno Democrat: A club for
e%-kings in Europe is an after-war
possibility. The only objection that
a regular king could have to join
my such an organization is that the
kaiser might get in.
Guthrie Leader: Russian editors
seem to have retained their sense of
humor in a critical situation as few
Il On could. They are advising the
government to fight the German in
yasiou.
Idabcl Dcmocrat-Rccord; Any
business is better than loafing, but
lois Of men don't know it.
McAlester News-Capital; The
kaiser will never know what mans
Jch it is to run the whole world.
NARROW Review: "Win the war
by wearing soft shirts college
professor advises us There are so
many ways OF winning the war that
we hope the old American way of
wailoping the other fellow will not
be altogether overlooked.
Lawton Constitution: If the war
goes on much longer they will soon
be- teaching geography in the schools
bv wireless.
Chickasha Express: In so com
PICK a thing as human nature, we
mast consider it hard to find rules
Cherokee Republican; The gov
eminent has Communicated the sup
they do not arrange for the export
OF any OF it until they have used a
considerable quantity on German
agents who are fomcnting discord
and preaching scdi,ion.
Kansas City (MoD Star; Ger
Sam is pretty nearly through count
ing one hundred.
Fort Smith (Ark) Southwest .
American: Someone is bringing f.
out a book claimed to have been
bat We would give almost anything
to hear the comment OF Mark Twain
it, the flesh upon such a PROPOSE .
ton.
sqairms every time war stamp is
Lpaght.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06

earns, the money from which he
does his saving, he should be help.
ed to see that system in his saving
is the surest road to the accom-
plishment of his object. Incident
ally he is learning patience and
working at a mark. SO he should
be taught to save regularly, but il
fair proportion to his income. WHY
expect child to save 50 per cent
Of his money, for instance2 DO hi,
elders do this? 1t will not endear
saving to him, and it is bad practice
The just apportionment OF his in
come is the hard reward of years
Saving to buy thrift stamps Of
fcrs three objects in one. 1t pre-
sent, good reason for saving
money and a good reason for part
ing with money. Moreover, the
money once SO saved and spent be-
comes bread cast upon the waters,
returning for future use after many
days.
THE PERSISTENT RECRUIT.
Walter Davidson, 3 years old, a
factory worker in an inland town,
has just sailed from New York to
Nova Scotia, a yc,y happy young
man He isn't going to be married.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06

The United States produced
about 6,946,000 short tons of salt
last year, the geological survey has
an increase of about 9
per cent from the previous year.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
WOMEN IN OTHER LANDS.
Japanese women make excellent
dentists.

Japanese women make excellent
dentists.
German women particularly, and
German people generally, have a
remarkable gift for tears. They can
weep on any occasion and for any
reason, says psychologist.
In Prussia, Westphalit, Saxony
and Bavaria the number of suicides
in 1917 increased by 10 per cent
over the previous years, and Is per
cent OF the suicides were women.
Under the recent decision of the
British house of commons, only
married women, whose husbands
are entitled to municipal franchise,
are entitled to the right to vote in
municipal matters.
The women of Siam have legal
status with men. They are the legal
head of the household, and no busi-
ness transaction of a married couple
is valid without the signature Of the
wife.
In order that all work and no
play shall not make Jill a dull girl.
social supervisors have been sent
to France with those woman con-
tingents who are engaged in tasks
behind the front.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06

Commissioner Slaughter was ex-
hibiting the first of the buffalo
nickels shown in Ardmore.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06

I'll Reno Democrat: A club for
eN-kings in Europe is an after-war
possibility. The only objection that
a regular king could have to join
my such an organization is that the
kaiser might get in.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06

a marriage license was issued to
l.. Hicks and Miss Babbie Tharps,
both of Orr.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
ARDMORE I'm OTHER YEARS
From the Files of The Ardmoreite.
TEN YEARS AGO.

TEN YEARS AGO.
Miss Eudora Meek and Robert
Watkins were married the previous
night.
Dan Painter, accused of the muir
Gel of Ira Johns, was placed on
trial in the district court.
The bankrupt stock of the Grand
Leader Store was sold to Jacob
DoId Packing Company.
A marriage license was issued to
w, II. Scott and Edra Butler, both
of Fox.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
FIVE YEARS AGO.

Corbet Sands, assistant ticket
agent at the union station, Ard
more, was promoted to the position
of Frisco agent at Okmulgee.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
THE OLD RELIABLE.

TIL, worker, in amy cause may
be divided into three classes
There are the first enthusiasts,
who are seized by the wave, sport
gaily on top OF the flood but soon
become Wa,crloggcd and sink to the
bottom.
There are the hardly persuaded,
who cling to the shores Of radi-
ton and If they yield to the stream
at all. drag anchor all the time, in
fear lest they be carried away.
Lastly there are those steady
craft, the old rcliablcs, whose course
is a calm, mid.trcaio one, disturbed
neither by wild enthusiasm NOT ham
pered by old tradition. These are
the ones that carry the freight to-
its destination.
New, when the real strain of the
war i, upon the land, thc first day,
OF cNtrcme enthusiasm are over,
and all the old tradition, are ,hak-
ing. This !, the time for every
man and woman to become one OF
the old rellablcs, whose steady hold
ing TO the course means the final
delivery OF the goods.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
TWENTY YEARS AGO.

The telegraph carried dispatch
telling of an earthquake at Meal
ester.
Cotton was quoted at 5 7-16 cents.
a comparison of cotton receipts
showed Denison's total 20,4l3 and
Ardmore's 4S,4l5 bales.
\ Key West dispatch stated that
a Spanish diver had confessed he
had been paid $4,000 to place a
mine under the U. S. battleship
Maine.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06

Guthrie Leader: Russian editors
seem to have retained their sense of
humor in a critical situation as few
Il cn could. They are advising the
to fight the German in
yasion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06

ldabcl Dcmocrat-Rccord: Any
business is better than loafing, but
lois of men don't know it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06

Mr.. Solomon said: Bread of
falsehood is sweet to a man; but
afterwards his mouth shall be filled
with gravel"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06

McAlester Ncws-Capital: The
kaiser will never know what Il mans
jch il is to run the whole world.