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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-10-31
HOUSE OF DOORN" UNLuCKI
FOR IT'S MALE OCCUPANTS

Doom, HOLLAND, oct 15.-(By the AS
sociated Ppssl- There is a superstition
at DoSrn, which, because of incomplete
records. is somewhat difficult 20 bear
9at. that The house of Doorn recently
purchased by the former kaise: is un.
lucky. for its male occupants. 1t Is
said that the house has been generally
occupied by widows the men having
died after 4 few years occupancy. The
Baroness Van Heemsua. who soll the
house to the kaiser. was a widow,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-10-31

IN account OF delayed breakfasts at
home.
The Consumers company cut off gas,
from all industrial plants, some time
ago in order 10 divert that supply for
domestic purposes The company issued
statement at the time that the gas
situation was precarious, but said it
would do It's best to furnish a suffi-
cIent supply
The company claims to be installing
"a new pressure plant, and claims fur
ther when this is finished that it viii
live up to its agreement with the pub
lie
However history shows low and in
adequate gas pressure, on cold, damp
and chilly days has always been the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-10-31

father Of whole focks Of excuses ana
drovcs Of hopes for the better, ana
expressions Of good intentions, those
things with which the streets of that
mythical land are paved-that land
which the authors of sunday school
books tell us will never be visited by
good Ardmore citizens. that land which
does not depend upon gas for fuel
Also. as a leading Ardmore citizen
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-10-31

stated when the first breath Of winteF
hit this section local history VIII shuY
that the company had several monlHS
OF very good weather, from the II
Of April to the last Of September noN
months inclusive. in which TO max
the improvements which are said to pc
all that will be necessary to make Tue
flames of Ardmore's gas blaze with
warming in place Of waning heat.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-10-31
Notice

Remember the Halloween Tea at Mrs.
Tom Coopcrs. Stanley Boulevard, Fri
day afternoon from 3 TO o'clock. Ben
eft Third Ward Mothers Club. 292
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-10-31

HOT BISCUITS AND COFFEE FREE
DURING DEMONSTRATION BY FAC
TORY REPRESENTATIVES, OF MA.
JESTIC RANGE. BIVENS. C0RHN 4
FRENSLEN. 29.3
Arizona republican., 1919-10-26
SCHOOL FOR CHICAGO JANIToRs

Chicago Herald and Examiner)
 Chicago's seven thousand apart ment building janitors are to be taught how to fire boilers so as to eliminate the smoke nuisance, and as result flat dwellers will be assured warm apartments.
 Health Commissioner Robertson seized the opportunity the other day in a conference with Business Agents Claude r. Peters and Robert Oster- berg to gain the unions assurance that the cold flat situations of previ- ous years will not be permitted this winter.
 My campaign against smoke is principally a health measure" he told the representatives.
 "We will go the route with you" replied Peters. Any janitor who vio- lates the smoke ordinance or who does not provide sufficient heat will be taken to task, and. if necessary. ousted from the union. The janitor. however, is not always at fault. Some owners buy such poor coal that you can't get any heat out of it."
 More than 1.500 janitors will as- semble in Woods theater soon to hear Doctor Robertson discuss the smoke evil, its damage to health, property and the beauty of the city. The meeting will be a preliminary to a correspondence course that the health department will send to the janitors each week
Arizona republican., 1919-10-26
'B|G SPEEDWAY RACE TRIUMPH FUR YOUNG
 SCION OF MILLIONS

After two disappointing postpone ments on account of indictment weather the big 250-mie automobile race was run on the Cincinnati speedway, Octo- Der l2, 1919. Fifteen cars lined up for the starters flag and were sent away with a flying start on the long grind.
 Arthur Chevrolet in a Frontenac. driving for his famous brother, Louis Chevrolet who was severely burned | when his car caught fire at Sheeps- | head bay several weeks ago. led the | field from the start, but finally was compelled to retire from the race on account of mechanical troubles. A jinx | also followed Gaston Chevrolet during | the afternoon. and after a half dozen stops at the pits finally went out of the race.
 The third member of the Frontenac | team, Joe Boyer. driving the same car that won the inaugural race at the opening of the Cincinnati speedway | three years ago. proved the master | driver of the afternoon, for in a won derful run of ? hours 27 minutes 1929 seconds, averaging 101.S3 miles per hour for the race, he covered the ter rife grind of 250 miles with only one stop, which he made without losing his | position in the race.
 boyer, WnO IS the son or the m1l- | lionaire president of a Detroit adding machine company. and himself mem | Der of the board of directors verified his own prediction of victory, in win ming the Cincinnati classic. Just be- fore the start of the race he confi- | dently announced to his rivals that he would win the race-and then set out to make good his prophecy. Boyer won by altering his usual racing style. In previous races he has always been noted for his furious driving, which not infrequently caused his car to break up," eliminating him from the race But at Cincinnati he set a slower pace and by maintaining it steadily throughout the contest, finished an easy winner.
 Despite the fast time of nearly 102 miles an hour, no accident occurred to mar the afternoons program, the fea- ture of the race being the wonderfully steady and consistent driving of the winner. Joe Boyer. Except for picking up a splinter necessitating a single tire change, his car never so much as hes itated.
 With the next race on the concrete speedway at Providence, R. l. the 1919 racing season will end. This final speedway event of the season will be run on October 25, with practically all of the big drivers contending for honors.
Arizona republican., 1919-10-26
AMeRIcA-poMINANT NATION

tMark Sullivan in Golfers Weekly)
 Great Britain, as respects glory as respects the moral elevation that comes from sacrifice in a fine cause is right now at the peak of her his tory; and one shrinks from admitting that the very sacrifices which brought the glory brought also economic changes which will cause her to lose her position as the dominant nation of the world. But that is so; and to fail to see it or say 1t, is merely indulg- Ing in sentiment and tact at the ex- pense of an important historic fact
 The line of dominant nations is like the line of prize fight champions; they rise, they seize the place, they enjoy the prestige for a period and then new champion comes. Within the last six centuries Portugal had the posi- ton, and Spain took 1t away; Spain held it for more than two centuries, during which she discovered and col onized most Of America; then Spain lost it to Holland, and Holland in turn lost it to Great Britain. Now Great Britain is in process of losing it to the United States
 The singular fact. however is that this present passing of dominance is not a case of an old champion losing tho belt in a final fight against a younger challenger. All the other his toric cases of the passing of domin- ance have been marked by a great war between the two rivals. But in the process by which Great Britain is los- ing her dominance, she and the nation that is taking the prize from her were not rivals, but partners. We did not fight Great Britain for it; Germany and fate thrust it upon us. That is u fact that should make US as modest as it is possible to be and considerate in the exercise of our new supremacy.
 Germany started to seize Great Britain's place in the sun by force of arms; she failed to get it for herself, but she did deprive Great Britain of it. By virtue of the economic changes wrought by the war. dominance comes to America. And when the London Statist says that the United States will be the first of existing nations within the present century" that is merely a way of stating it softly. The feet is that America is the greatest of existing nations today.
Arizona republican., 1919-10-26

Colder evenings and chilly days are soon to cOme---hOW are you preparing to protect your fam fly and insure comfort in your home this winter? The comfort of your wife and children de- mands an evenly heated, well ventilated home in winter, es- pecially so in Phoenix, where the changes in temperature from morning to night are so marked. We suggest that you make a thorough investigation of the Gas Furnace.
Arizona republican., 1919-10-26

The gas furnace has established a new era of house heating in Phoenix. It dispenses with drudgery and dirt, for the fuel is delivered in the furnace when you turn the key. This wonder fully convenient method of heating costs no more than the old fashioned way. The gas fur mace burns no fuel during the warm day, but gives instant heat when required therefore it's economy.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-03
By Haywood Broun

hart. Published by George se Fl Doran 5t'r:
Company. 352 pages. Price. $3.50
Some day an essay will be written
concerning the effect of "The Saturday
Evening Post" on American literature
We think, for instance, that the short
short story is gradually disappearing.
Poe's "Cask Of Amontilado" might very
possibly fail of publication to-day be-
cause 1T is not long enough to break
back into the ads. Mary Roberts Rine-
hart has an unusual gift for narrative
and a sparkling sense of humor, but
several OF the stories in the present
volume are padded. They keep on going
when they would much rather stop.
Moreover Mrs. Rinehart's sense of hu-
NOR does not always keep her alert
to call off sentimentalty before it has
paved the reader and licked his face.
Five of the stories are about hospi-
tails. Here Mrs. Rinehart is on familiar
ground, and the wealth Of detail shows
the hand of woman who not only
knows the thing of which she writes,
but also the way to tell it. And vet
we can hardly believe that the spirit
OF all these stories is correct Every
probatloner introduced seems to be ter
rlbly busy IN getting married to some
lnterne. We speak from lesser knowl-
edge than that of Mrs. Rinehart, but
we believe that she has wifully over
emphasized the romantic atmosphere
OF large city hospitals. We once knew
a probationer, and she wasn't in the
least romantic. She used to come to
dinner and tell US everything she had
learned about exophthalmia and encar-
New-York tribune., 1919-05-03
An Epidemic Cupid
Love Stories,' by Mary Roberts
Rinehart, Tell of Romantic Wards

ditis, finishing up with her experience
IN the surgical ward just before des
sert. IT anybody had said anything
about the heart she would have ex-
plained gravely that it was "a four
chambered muscular bag, which lies in.
the cavity Of the thorax between the
two lungs"
However, the least convincing dis
play of sentimentality in the volume
comes in story which concerns a
subject broader than hospital manners
or procedure. A girl who had been
betrayed comes to a hospital and a
baby is born. The head nurse ascer-
talns the name of the father and in
duces him to visit the hospital. The
baby is thrust into his arms, and when
the little mite begins to cry Justify he
IS entranced and instantly offers to
right all his sins by accepting mar.
riage.
This we hold to be false. We cam
not understand how crying baby
could have such persuasion. Il is rot
intimated in the story that the prom
lse OF marriage was intended by anv
chance to hush the little voungster or
1T might have seemed UNDERSTANDINGS
As a matter of fact anybody who walks
through the streets of New York viii
observe certain houses with neayv wire
screens over the windows. These are
ordered by parents in their calmer mo-
ments IN order to protect themselves
from rash acts during the teethjno
season. Mrs. Rinehart writes we'll. brt
even in her pen there is not enougb
magic to make crying baby seem
romantic.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-03
John Spago and John Reed Discuss Problem Of Bosheuism

majority of the working class organi-
cations and their leaders,"
This is not the reason for the over
throw of the Kerensky provisional gov
ernment, and Mr.. Spargo knows it.
The worker and peasant masses of
Russia seized the power of the state
because SO long as the liberal and
democratic elements of the bourgeoisie"
remained in it there could not be any
end to capitalistic exploitation of the
Russian people. And this was the aim
Of the Bolsheviki, as it is the aim of
all true Socialists and of the worker
masses now rising in red world
tide to sweep away capitalism and
Spargoism at one blow and forever
This book is very clever and very
subtle Misrepresentation of Bolshe-
vism, written with that careful selec-
ton Of insinuations and irrelevant
facts which has distinguished Mr.
Spargo's work in the past, and more
particularly during the late war.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-03

BY JOHN REED
Among other things, the preface to
Mr.. John Spargo's new book on "Bol-
shevism" deprccates the "lurid and
SENSATIONAL stories about the Bolshe-
Wiki published in the American capital
ist press.
"When the same journals that de-
Tended or apologizcd for the brutal
lynchings of l. w. w. agitators, and
the savage assaults committed upon
other peaceful citizens, whose only
crime was exercising their lawful and
moral rights to organize and strike
for better wages, denounce the Boil
sheviki for their brutality and their
/ lawlessness and cry for vengeance
upon them, honest and sincere men
become bitter and scornful."
SO far as | know, Mr.. Spargo's voice
was not publicly raised either in bit
terness or scorn when these outrages
were committed. On the contrary, in
this book Mr. Spargo joins with those
sheviki for their brutality" and claw
lessness although he does it largely
by insinuation, well knowing that the
facts are against him.
Is it not peculiar that these very
journals which defended and apollo
gized for lynchings and assaults upon
workers in America--and who CON
tinue to apologize for them, even in
cite them-now devote columns of edi-
torial praise to Mr.. Spargo's book?
Arguments and Clubs
The American capitalist class, de-
termined to close down industry and
hurl thousands Of working men out
on the streets rather than reduce their
enormous war profits, have been vo-
ciferously denouncing both Bolshevism
and the Russian Bolsheviki govern
ment. They have been publishing huge
page advertisements, depicting Bolshe-
vlsm as hairy armed gorilla with
blazing torch in one hand and dagger
in the other, and retailing the hoary
lies about wholesale massacres and ma
tionalization Of women. But they have
had no arguments against Bolshevsm.
They have had no answer to the work
ers' demand for the full value of their
work-eXcept the clubs Of the police.
Mr.. Spargo's book supplies argu-
ments for the industrial autocrats. 1t
is as a "Socialist" that he speaks: it
it is as a"Socialist" that the capitalist
press eagerly indorses his views, The
natural conclusion is that the Ameri-
can ruling class has no objection to
socialism as preached by Mr..
Spargo.
And why should it? Scientific social
ism, as laid down in the Communist
Manifesto" and revolutionary social
ism of to-day, both involve the aboli-
tion of the capitalist class, the confis-
cation Of their property and the dis
appearance of social classes; and in
industry, production for use only and
not for profit. In other words, so long
as any bourgeois class exists there can
be no socialist commonwealth. The
SOCIALISM" illustrated by Mr.. Spargo
in this book includes Representatives
of the most liberal and democratic ele-
ments of the bourgeoise." Hence, Mr..
Spargo does not criticise Bolshevism as
Socialist but as a bourgeois Liberal,
whose greatest concern is the reten-
ton of a modified capitalist system,
and whose bitterest criticism of the
Bolsheviki is that they are attempting
New-York tribune., 1919-05-03

at different intervals of time, all over
Russia" This is very natural state
ment for an apologist of the Bolshe-
Wiki to make, for the coup detat was
accomplished in Petrograd with a mini
mum of bloodshed. Naturally, the
statement does not correspond to ac-
counts rendered by the other side, as,
for example. in the official reports OF
the Socialist Revolutionary party to
the international Socialist Bureau. In
the latter emphasis is laid upon the
sanguinary character of the Bolshevist
counter revolution in Moscow, Saratov
and many other places. In fact, there
is abundant evidence, of the utmost
reliability, that far from being exact
ly typical Of the whole Of Russia, as
Mr.. Reed claims, Petrograd was wholly
exceptional, just as it had always been
in other revolutionary uprisings. To
insist upon this fact is not to call into
question the truthfulness of Mr.. Reed IS
account of what happened within the
range of his vision, living and moving,
as he did in Bolshevist environment.
The critical reader who is not swept
off his feet by the intensity of MIR.
Reeds dramatic recital will discover
why believers in democratic ideals op-
pose the Bolsheviki. If there were no
other book on the subject, no other
account of the great drama, the dis
ciplined and ordered mind accustomed
to weigh facts with care. would per-
ceive certain fundamental truths. Such
mind would perceive, even from Mr.
Reeds narrative, that the whole Boil
shevist policy from the beginning,
while Kerensky was in office, operated
to assist Germany in her bitter and
brutal campaign; that there was be-
ing developed in Russia the most demo-
cratic system of government in the
world, fulfilling the ideals which for
nearly century had inspired the best
minds of Russia; that the Bolshevist
counter revolution was directed against
the successful realization of those
ideals; that essentially the Bolshevist
uprising was the act of very small
part Of the working class of Russia,
imposing its will upon the vast4major-
ity by brute force-a combination of
Czaristic terrorism and German mill
tarism; that the land question was
beng solved by the peasant Socialist
organizations, whose control of the
Constituent Assembly made ratification
OF their plans certain and left no ex-
cusc for Interference by the Bolshe-
wiki
Bolshevism Called Crime
1t is upon such facts as these, which
Mr.. Reeds volume neither contradcts
nor mitigates, that lovers of democracy
everywhere base their condemnation of
Bolshevism. AS an experiment upon
the living body of Russia, Boshevism
is q crime without parallel in history
and tragic failure. That sane men
should want to repeat it in America is
incomprehensible. In view of the fact
that there is we'll defined movement
in this country to try and bring about
dictatorship of the proetariat" here
in the United States, venture the
prediction that before that movement
goes very far Lenine, for whom Mr
Reed has such unbounded admiration,
will have frankly abandoned it as an
impossible theory.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-03
Spargo Reviews Reed
Ten Days That Shook the World
Seen as Interesting Partisanship
BY JOHN SPARGO

F0RLb." Ry John 10 In Reed. cd Published
by Boni & Liveright. Price 81.
BY JOHN sPARGO
Although we are still far too close
to the event to see it in what Mat
thew Arnold used to call "the dry light
of history" books dealing with the
great revolution in Russia are already
numerous and appearing in a con-
stantly increasing flood. Most Of the
books are descriptive accounts of
phases of the great struggle; few
among those already published are at
tempts at critical cvaluation. To the
former class belongs Mr.. John Reeds
That Shook the World" in which he
describes the overthrow of the Keren-
sky regime and the Bolshevist coup
d'etat as he saw it.
MIR. Reed is confessedly an ardent
admirer and supporter of the Boil
shevki. He was for q brief period
employed in the propaganda section Of
the Bolshevist government in Petro-
grad. On his return to the United
States he was named as an official
representative of the Bolshevst gov
ernment. He is at present actively and
prominently identified with that sec
oIolt VI IHc AIHcIlCdu DOCldllSJ party
calling itself the Left Wing, which
aims at the establishment of Bolshev
ism in the United States His ac-
count is, therefore, to be regarded as
a partisan and semi official account
from the point of view of the Boil
sheviki themselves. Mr.. Reed him
self says: "In the struggle my SYM
pathies were not neutral. But in tell
ing the story Of those great days
have tried to see events with the eve
OF conscientious reporter, interested
IN setting down the truth" But no
matter how hard he might try-if, in
deed, he did try-it was impossible
for Mr.. Reed to write impartiallv of
such momentous struggle in which
MS sympathies were so actively enlisted
on one side. No one can write of the
Russian revolution 'as yet in an i'm
partial manner. There are no ncutrals.
We are and must be either for the
Bolsheviki or against them. At some
future time. when the passions of the
movement have subsided the impartial
temper of true scholarship will be en-
abled to judge fairly between the diff
ferent partisan statements, the apol-
ogies and the critical assaults.
Confined to Petrograd
Within the limits indicated. Mr..
Reeds book is very striking and use
full contribution to the literature of
the subject. Mr.. Reed is skilled re-
porter with highly developed
dramatic sense, which enables him to
seize upon incidents of dramatic value
and write story of vivid interest. He
prefaces his story with a chapter of
very useful Explanations, of the
numerous political parties and groups
in Russia, which add greatly to the
intelligibility of his story. Practical
ly the entire volume is confined to a
recital of happenings in Petrograd. Mr..
Reed claims that "what took place in
Petrograd was almost exactly dupli-
Gated, with greater or lesser intensity.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-03
Swords and Dice
THE GAMESTERS Pv M g pat,ey

THE G.. ,GAMEsTERs. ME BY M. c. Bailey. E.
/. Dutton & Co., New York. s1.75.
Full of rafting dice and flashing
swords, duels and intrigues. sudden
brawls and midnight flights, this novel
is calculated to appeal to every one
who likes a good story Of love and
adventure. True. the author shows lit
tie regard for the virtues of proba-
blllty and consistency; but the lack of
these sober qualities scarcely detracts
from the general sprightliness and in
terest of the narrative.
The story describes the varied and
manifold experiences of Adam and Eve
de Bos, two youthful adventurers who
set out to make a living by their wits
in the various petty German states
which existed in the first half Of the
eighteenth century. They fight and
gamble, make love and make war. res
cue others and fall into captivity them
selves, plunge into perils which would
exhaust the nine lives Of the cat; but
hnally emerge unscathed, and the book
ends with two conventionally hapnv
marriages. Besides the brother and
sister, the author introduces a number
OF other lively charncters-an English
noDleman, whose persistence finally
so1tens the wayward and perverse
heart Of Eve; a devil-may-car Irish
man, equally ready for a fight or a
frollc: several Prussian officers. with
all the disagreeable characteristics
which have always been associated
with their type.
The background for some Of the
most exciting adventures which befalI
Adam and Eve is furnished by the sud
den outbreak OF hostilities between
austria and Prussia, when Frederic the
Great celebrated his accession to the
throne by reaching out and oblirtnelv
annexing slice Of his neighbours ter.
rritory. Throughout the book the nu-
thor is quite successful in maintaining
characteristic eighteenth century at
mosphere OF dash and swagger, courtly
W. Il CHAMBERLIN.