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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19
ENGLAND AFTER THE
|. w. w.

TT. Smith (Ark) Southwest
American: Every informed man in
this country is to an extent famil-
lar with the 81. W. W." Industrial
Workers of the World. Very many
less however realize what the or
ganization is and has been seek
ing to do all over the rest of the
civilized world, and especially
among the allies OF the United
States in the world war. The Lon
don Times, issue of Feb. %, de
votes a column editorial and an ex-
haustive article from an English
labor source, giving a history of ac-
tivites of the |. W. W. in Australia
New Zealand and in England it
self.
The article gives the history OF
the |. W. W., as an industrial un-
ion" as opposed to craft union
ism In other words, industrial
revolution with sabotage as its CHIEF
weapon. The article says: "Thc
!. w. w. was founded in Chicago
in 1905. 1t obtained its support
chiefly among the polygot aliens
who had found a home in the Unit
ed States" The article then sum
marizes the history OF its attempts
to block war preparation in thi:
country.
Documentary proof is quoted
showing that records, documents
correspondence and checks, founC
in its headquarters, proved that Ger
man money had been plentifully
supplied for |. w. w. activities. Tn,
step OF the propaganda from Sal
Francisco to Australia and New
Zealand is then described. 1t wa
in the latter country definitel,
proven that the operative hcadquar
tiers at San Francisco and New Zea
land was directed through and Of
ficial in Berlin. In the year 1911
a $,5O0,0U series OF fires were def
initely traced to the |. W. W. Th
Sydney headquarters were raidet
and documents, correspondence
etc, covered London, France, New
York, Vancouver, Cape Town ant
the whole of Australia. The lead
ers were convicted of treason, tn
|. ". w. declared an outlaw ant
sternly suppressed.
Now, according to the Times
England is being purged of the
w. w. and the men rounded up b,
Scotland yard, and to be deported
include several nationalitics includ
ing men from the United States.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

political freedom in lS4S 1t repre-
sents what we might call the "cul-
ture OF freedom a spirit OF dem
ocracy which, although we Ameri-
cans like to think OF it as typically
American, really belongs to no
country in particular, but is COM
mon to men Of free aspirations ev-
erywhere.
Whatever may be the merits OF
German kultur this is manifestly
an unfavorable time for pressing it
upon Americans. Its good features
can be better assimilated in a calm
er era, We are pretty well satisfied
today with our own type OF civiliza-
tion, our own mode of life, our own
public and private ideals. 1t may
be stupid Of us, but that's the sit
uation and any element of our citi-
zenship interested in any other sort
Of civilization may as well recog-
nizc it.
But with the culture of freedom
Il it's another story. The war has
given that 4 powerful forward i'm
pulse. 1t is the spirit OF the age.
And no true friend Of Germany can
perform a better service than to
help introduce it in the Fathcrland.
1t is sadly needed there And the
time is ripe. BY joining in the move
ment to carry democracy to Ger
many our citizens of German ORR
gin will perform the finest possible
service to both countries.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19
FRIENDS OF DEMOCRACY

And are we (rcrman-AmcricanS
rot to be permitted to have any
national organization Of our own "
ask some members of the German
American Alliance, hurt by the dis
favor into which that organization
has fallen, and apprehensiyc that
congress will kill it off by rcyoking
its charter.
1t goes without saying that no
fair-minded citizen has any objection
whatever to seeing his German fel-
low citizens associated in any or
ganization consistent with Amcri-
can ideals. And fortunately there
is in existence, and rapidly coming
into prominence, an institution adj
mirably suited to taking the place
of the German American Alliance.
1t is the Friends OF German Dem
ocracy
1t is surely nothing against this
new organization to say that it is
devoted to culture rather thar
"kultur." Its founders are mer
imbued with the spirit OF Gen. Sic
gel. Carl Schurz and other German.
Americans OF honored memory who
fled to this country after their un'
successful attempt TO give Germany
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19
HAVE IDONE MY DUTY?"

The battle had been raging fierce
" for hours when at last there came
lull in firing. The fighting Ca
nadians had given the enemy the
worst of it from the start, but, VIC
torious as they were, they wei
coined a few moments OF quiet. Still,
there was no rest for them. Out
there on the open level field, within
full sweep of those Teuton guns
were several of their comrades
wounded, perhaps dying.
"Who will drive an ambulance out
there and bring them in?' the col
onel called out.
Not one chance in ten thousand
of doing the :ob and getting back
allve and whole, they all koew-but
they were true soldiers.
Ready" !"
1t was a Canadian youth scarcely
seventeen years old and who had
seen but a few months of service
who was first OF two score OF sol
diers to sprn gacross the line anc
salute the colonel.
Like i veteran driver this you'll
took the wheel and sent the motor
ambulance out IN that open field
bullets singing past his ears, shell'
filling about him
Twice he went out and twice hC
came back carrying wounded com
radeS to safety behind the lines. a
third time he went out with the am
bulance to the place where the las
OF his wounded comrades lay. Thcr
one of those awful shells ex
ploded.
Tenderly they bore his maimeC
body on a stretcher back of tn,
lines. The surgeons shook thei
heads. The colonel understood.
MY dear boy, you have only ;
few minutes more of life; have yot
message to leave?' the officer sait
as he bent over the youth.
Have / done my duty
That was all this young her,
wanted to know.
The look of soldierly pride on tn
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19
The Tragedy.

This is, to my notion
one of life's chicfest sorrows:
To see a perfectly good person,
an amiable, loyal friend,
and upright citizen
who is otherwise clear headed
adopt a wrong premise as the
basis
OF his thought and conduct
and persist in it
despite your arguments and
pleading.
infatuated with his delusion,
he goes on and on,
further and further astray
making a monumental and
spectacular ass of himself,
in his own misguided way
Instead of in the way you advise
Chicago News.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

colonies face was assurance enough,
and with a smile the young life went
out.
1t was Lieut.. J. D. Sharman o.
Quebec, a wounded Canadian oficcx
home to recuperate, who related the
incident to a Kansas City audience
a few days ago. The lieutenant was
an witness-the Canadian youth
was eomrade of his.
Have | done my duty p That Is
Just what our own soldier boys are
asking "over there" at this very time
Have you done your duty? Are
you doing your full duty? You sub
scribed to the first Liberty Loan.
You subscribed to the second Lib
erty Loan. SO far you have done
nobly and patriotically. But are
you going to let it go at that Are
you going to subscribe to the third
Liberty Loan and see the boys
through-through to victory?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19
From Other
Editorial Pages
CONGRATULATIONS TO
LABOR.

P6tSburg Leader; The hearty
congratulations OF the American
Defense Society to the American
Federation OF Labor, representing
American labor, for its share in the
battle for world democracy, has a
better sound to American ears than
carping criticisms of certain organ
izations OF employers interested in
the rapid production OF profitable
war materials, fearful OF their diyi-
dends. The acknowledgement by
the Defense Society that the bur
den Of the struggle is borne by Ia
Dor, not in one, but in many ways,
is a compliment, not only TO labor,
but TO every American.
Labor has displayed many faults,
but lever and less injurious to the
common welfare as an organized
representative of the nations pro-
duct:Se power than the factors not
of labor, but supercritical OF the
workers defense Of their privileges.
There could have been no de-
tense of democracy without Ameri-
can labor. When the labor OF 9th
er nations broke down, American
labor leaped into the breach and
held the line steady. Without labor
the war for democracy would end in
disaster for free peoples And Am
ericar Labor leads.
Labor has made the war for de-
mociacy possible, labor is sustain
ing the war, labor will make victory
for democracy not simply poSsi-
bility, but a certainty. Labor de
serves the congratulations OF the
American Defense Society, and
apologies from those who have
abused and condemned it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

And in the meantime the world
wide Associated Press leased wire
runs into The Ardmoreite Office,
from New York City via Kansas
City, into Dallas, Fort Worth, San
Sntonio, Houston, Galveston, to
City of Mexico. The New York end
is fed from the transatlantic ca
Bile, and world war news comes siZ-
cling hot into The Ardmoreite Of
flee hours ahead of morning papers
in Oklahoma or any other state.
Not only does the Associated Press
leased wire from New York feed
into The Ardmoreite office, but
the network of wires over America
brings all news of interest from ev-
cry state in the Union; and we
are sure YOU have appreciated these
valuable features in this paper, hours
ahead of Othersmcdiums.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19
SIDELIGHTS ON WAR NEWS.

The whole world now recognizes
as a fact that United States gov
ernment bonds are the safest and
best investment in all the world.
Washington hears that butter is
selling III Berlin at S225 4 pound,
sugar at So cents a pound, ham
and bacon at $2ll a pound and
Ivory soap at five bars for SLIP.
Potato butter is one of the latest
food wrinkles" in England. Four
teen ounces OF potatoes are mashed
and two ounces OF butter or mar
gerine are added to this.
1t appears that while Secretary
Daniels was concerning himself
about a moral and abstemious navy
he was not overlooking the need OF
big and efficient navy.
Chinese nurses, according to sol
diers who have served in the
Orient, are more proficient, and it
is possible that before the war ends
many OF them will be seen in the
hospitals on the western front.
One of the British ships making
regular trips through the mined
zones was saved by seaguIls. The
birds perched ON the mine and their
assembly attracted the captains at
tention. The mine was avoided.
There is a great demand for pen
nies i'll England just now. The ha'
penny fares and ha'penny newspa-
pers have disappeared. There is a
cry for larger number OF bigger
coins.
President Wilson and Secretary
OF War Baker pronounce the word
"cantonment" alike, and their pro-
nunciation of it is recorded as "pre.
ferred" by Century's, Webster's
Worcester's and Fernald's 1917
editions. They place the accent or
the first syllable and slight the 90
in the second and the "e" in the
last syllable, thus: Can-t'n-m'nt.
At the time of the battle OF the
Marne, France had 100000 men If
arms. After more than three year,
OF war she has an army OF 2700,00C
men. In September, 1914, the out
put OF shells in France was l2,0t
day. At this time the production
is 100000 shells per day. In l9l.
25,000 women were working in tn,
munitions plants. One year ago tn,
number was H5,00O. Today it i
almost 100000.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

and David Lloyd George, is not be-
lievable. There is nothing for the
allies and the United States to do,
it is thus seen, but to gather all
their strength as quickly as posi-
Bile for a test OF endurance; for
that the war is finally coming to
this now seems inevitable, unless
something big is to happen this
year ou the west front. Germany
must be made to see that she is
living as President Wilson has
said, in a world that is dead and
gone, when she counts upon carv-
ing up nations and acquiring prop
erty by the sword.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19
RELIEVES THAT
WHEEZY COLD
Proper time to check a cough IS at
the first symptom. Don't Delay.

Ii you are still ncglecting your
cough, the sensible thing is to stop
taking chances and begin taking DR..
Bells Pine-Tar- Honey.
Treatment with this effective bal
sam remedy should give you quick
relief You will notice its soothing
effect on the air passages from the
first dose. AS its name implies, it
contains ingredients proved to allay
inflammation quiet coughing and
tickling in the throat, and to loosen
and expel the phlegm. Don't lose
time from your work. At all drug
gistS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19
SOME WOMEN "FIRSTS."

Mrs. Ellen O. Grady appointed
by Mayor Hylan, is the first woman
deputy police commissioner OF New
York City.
Miss Elsie Kaden, twenty years
old, was the first woman in the
United States to be sworn in Tor
the railway mail service.
Miss B. Bennett Burleigh, an
English girl, was the first woman
war correspondent, and as such
takes high rank.
Mrs. Frances c. Axtel OF the
United States employees commits
sion was the first woman ever named
by the president for such federal
commission.
Miss Frances Hawthorne Brady
OF Washington, D. c., was the FIRST
woman to be appointed as aid to the
! United States director OF railroads
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19
HIS LUCKY DAY.

Boston Transcripts Hello, Jones,
can you lend ME a FLYER"
No, thank heaven I'm in luck
today"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

The last temple OF peace on earth
has closed with the ending of the
Central American Court Of Arbitra
tion-and all looks dark. But bet.
ter days will come in the morning
Aviators' pay continues high
Why not? They are in a high oc-
cupation.
Don't you wish it had been you
who unearthed that iron pot in
Ohio containing $ll5,000i oh, but
what's the use? Let's buy d few
acres of blue sky stocks and make
fortune in our mind.
Trotzky now has trotted out at
the head of a new commune in
Russia. Has he set gang OF work
men to build a guiIotine: If he
has he had better look out, as some
of those friends of his might make
him the first victim OF its crashing
blade.
Unsinkable ships are getting
thick the bed OF the ocean.
And in the meantime Queen vii
helmiua's Dutch people would do a
whole lot 10 Uncle Sam and John
Bull ii these Dutch people were not
hogtied.
Did YOU hear the birds singing il
Ardmore this morning? Well, they
sang, and it was carol OF JOY for
which no charge of s. seat was
made,
MIR. Solomon said When the
whirlwind paSseth, the wicked is nc
more; but the righteous is an ever
lasting foundation
That air raid over Germany struck
terror TO the inhabitants, diSpatche,
say, the panicky people crying "IhC
Americans have come! The Amer
leans have come" This is a proof
that the Germanic nations fear the
western world despite the fact that
they have been told constantly by
their rulers that America was a
toothless dog. When tons OF bomb.
began to rain on those red tiles il
Deutschland then the spasmS began
They who Scoffcd and laughed ir
dcrision at the murder Of helples:
children and women in England
France and Italy are now getting
some OF the death broth they brew
ed themselves, and ii is only begin
ming.
Those American surgeons who
have taken the bray out Of thos'
army mules sent to France have
Just taken the most precious qualit,
/ imaginable from Mr.. Mule. Wha
/ is lie to mule if he cannot cracl
the atmosphere with a bray,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

DR.. Aurelia II. Reidhardt was the
first woman college president in the
West. She is president OF Mills
College at Leona Heights, Oakland,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

Dallas (Texas) Industrial Rec
ord: Every man expects To get TO
heaven and he will be awiully dis
appointed ii he happens TO meet
any of his former neighborS there.
Kansas City (Mo.) Times: Isn't
it 4 little inconSiderate of the ltal-
ians to locate their hospitals where
the German airmen have to fly
three hundred miles to bomb them
Dallas (Texas) News: Another
difference between a farmer and an
agriculturist is that the latter would
look for velvet beans at millinery
store.
Bmghampton (N. " Press:
Folks who say a man is his own
worst enemy generally turn in and
help his enemy.
Milwaukee News: Now that
whale meat is pronounced fine some
public advice giyer will. trot out
some suggestion about every one
raising a couple of whales.
Toledo (Ohio) Blade You can
stick thrift stamps without getting
stuck.
Columbia Is. c. State: Even
ii the airplanes are the eyes of the
army, military parades still remain
fine spectacles.
Chicago News: The wise mar
makes hay while the sun shines but
the fool sows wild oats by electric
light.
Philadelphia Inquirer: So far as
pocketbookS are concerned, no egg
can claim today its yolk is easy fol
its burden is light.
Philadelphia Record Don't cry
over meatless days. There was :
banquet of whale in New York las
week, and nobody blubbered.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19
Scissors and Paste.

Dallas (Texas) Industrial Rec
ord: Every man expects to get to
heaven and he will be awiuliy dis
appointed il he happens TO meet
any of his former neighborS there.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

Young Hays, the new chairman
of the Republican national commit
tee, won't find it as easy a task as
he now thinks it will be, to con-
vince the American voters that the
way to win the war is to elect a
congress hostile to the president.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

Kansas City (Mo) Times: Isn't
it little inconsiderate of the ltal-
ians to locate their hospitals where
the German airmen have to fly
three hundred miles to bomb them
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

AwatorS' pay continues high
Why not? They are in high oc
cupation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

Don't you wish it had been you
who uncarthed that iron pot in
Ohio containing $ll5,00O? Oh, but
what's the use? Let's buy d few
acres of blue sky stocks and make
a fortune in our mind.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19
SHRAPNEL

The last temple OF peace on earth
has closed with the ending of the
Central American Court Of Arbitra-
tion-and all looks dark But bet
ter days will come in the morning.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

John +. Mcintyre, on the lace Of
the returns, was elected over las.
A. Delehanty as Judge OF general
sessions by $40 votes at the cleo
tion in New York City last No
vember. A recount of the ballots
shows that Delehanty wa selected
by S26 majority. In only one dis
trict did the account coincide with
the original count. 1t is charged
that the ballot boxes were not prop
arly guarded while in storage pend
ing the recount.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

Almost every day We read in the
newspapers that Senator Reed OF
Missouri has attacked Hoover or
some administration measure. Mis-
sourians, at least are wondering if
the senator will ever find anything
that this administration has done or
proposed that he will defend.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

Dallas (Texas) News: Another
difference between a farmer and an
agriculturist is that the latter would
look for velvet beans at 4 millinery
store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

The vigorous action OF the gov
crnment in indicting Victor Ber-
ger is highly commended by the pa
triotic people OF the country. The
fact that he was a candidate for a
nomination for United States SEN
ator on the Socialist ticket in Wis
conSin and would probably claim
political oppression" did not de
ter. The government laid the heavy
hand upon him-and more power
to the elbow behind it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

The vote in the senate on the SUI
san L. Anthony resolution still
hangs fire. A canvass by suffrage
supporters shows advocates OF the
resolution are short TWO votes of the
necessary two-thirds, but they claim
the support for its adoption will be
obtained when the measure is called
before the senate.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

Former President Tait has ex-
pressed himself as being ready TO
do anything in my power" to ad-
vance the interest of his party so
long As those interests "do not con-
flict with those of the country
Which means that Mr.. Taft consid-
ers the winning OF the war the par
amount issue and that ne favors a
subordination OF politics and politi-
cal ambitions to that issue.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

Bmghampton (N. " Press:
Folks who say a man is his own
worst enemy generally turn in and
help his enemy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

Old-timc politicians, sensing the
growing sentiment for the adoption
OF the national prohibition amend
ment, are predicting that the thirty
sixt state legislatures necessary to
adopt a federal amendment will rat
ify it within year. SO lar the
legislatures OF eight stateS-Missis-
Maryland, North Dakota, Montana,
sippi, South Carolina, Kentucky,
Texas and Virginia-havc ratified
the amendment.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

Those American surgeons who
have taken the bray out Of those
army mules sent to France have
just taken the most precious quality
imaginable from Mr.. Mule. What
is lie to mule if he cannot crack
the atmosphere with a bray,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

Milwaukee News: Now that
whale meat is pronounced fine some
public advice giyer will. trot out
some suggestion about every one
raising couple of whales.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

Columbia Is. c. State: Even
ii the airplanes are the eyes of the
army, military parades still remain
fine spectaclcs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

1t appears that while Secretary
Daniels was concerning himself
about moral and abstemious navy
he was not overlooking the need OF
big and efficient navy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

Chicago News: The wise man
makes hay while the sun shines but
the fooI Sows Wild oats by electric
light,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19

Potato butter is one of the latest
food wrinkles" in England. Four
teen ounces OF potatoes are mashed
and two ounces of butter OF mar
gerine are added to this.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-05-25
GLAD TO TESTIFY
Says Watoga Lady, "As To VIVA,
Cardui Has Done For Me, So
As To Help Others"

Watoga, W. Va.-Mrs. S. W. Caldwell,
Of this town, says: "When about IS years
Of age, suffered greatly Sometimes
would 60 month or two, and had
terrible headache, backache, and bearing
down pains, and would just drag and
had no appetite. Then :. it would last
... two weeks, and was so weakening,
and my health was awful.
My mother bought me a bottle Of
Cardui, and began 10 improve after
taking the first bottle, so kept II up till
took three. IL gained, and was well
and strong, and owe ii all to Cardui.
] am married now and have 3 children
E. Have never had to have doctor for
female trouble, and just resort 10 Cardui
II ! need tonic. | am glad 10 testify 10
what II has done for me, so as 10 help
others"
II you are nervous or weak, have head
aches, backaches, or any OF the other
ailments so common 10 women, why not
give Cardui trial2 Recommended by
many physicians. In use over 40 years.
Begin taking Cardui today. II may
be the very medicine you need.
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