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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-01
SUPERSTITION RUN MAD

CEVERAL NEWSPAPERS IN OKLAHOMA
~ recently have printed very vile screed
purporting to be the history of an alleged let
ter written by Jesus of Nazareth after his
crucifiXiOn and to have been found underneath
a stone at the foot of the cross. The alleged
letter itself is printed, along with the sckening
story that unless one into whose possession a
copy of it comes shall publish it to the world
all sorts of calamites will befall the holder
The alleged letter is a sickening screed of
blasphemy, such as the gentle Saviour never
could have uttered; it is thing, in all its tenor,
who~taught human brotherhood and the guar
dian fatherhood Of God it reeks with infamous
curses, hateful arrogance and egostic as
sumptions beyond belief.
The mind that conceived that letter and
the silly tale surrounding it surely must have
been of the basest sort imaginable. If a SER
pert had intellect, that is about the sort of
conception which might be expected from the
serpent, provided the serpent were sufficient
ly Shiny and vile. But we have no intention
to seek to bruise the head Of the serpent, (which
IS innocent in this instance. The unspeakabe |
insult to the Christ was conceived by some
-wo-legged crawler through the slime of su-
Derstition, whose soul of pinhead size must
10 mighty big task of evoluting beforesever
t may stand at the foot of the Throne naked
and unashamed.
We should like to mention the names,of the
Oklahoma newspapers which have sgiven:space
o the infamy, but our sense ofhdecency and
If charity forbids We beg to express the
nope however that other editors will refrain
rom carrying on the outrage.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-01

the afternoon and evening of Friday
Mays. The speakers were, John Bur
roughs, who gave a trenchant analysis
of man and poet based upon his twenty
nine years of intimate friendship with
him; Dr Samuel McChord Crothers
who emphasized the deeply religious
character of his work and said that
he had received the spirit of the old
Hebrew prophets; Edwin Markham,
who showed that he was as he claimed
to be, not only the spokesman OF
American democracy. but in himself
the embodiment of that democracy;
Louis Untermeyer, who called Whit
man the great llberator of American
literature from it's old world of aristo-
cratic shackles of tradition; Thomas B..
Harmed, who as intimate friend and
literary executor. from personal knowl-
edge refuted the ISLANDERS which have
ever pursued Whitman as they have
all great innnovators; Prof. William
Lyon Phelps of Yale. who explained
why II had taken Whitman so long
to win the recognition which his gen
ius merited; and Arthur M. Howe.
editor Of ''The Brooklyn Daily Eagle"
u post held by Whitman in 1886 and
Az who~spoke on whitman as an ed
itor.
Whitman centenary celebrations
have or are TO, be held. this month by
Vassar College, The Poetry Science of
America, the Whitman Fellowship and
several western universities. THE
Brooklyn Eagle" which Whitman ed
ited in 1s46 nd.'47. win issue on the
the centenary day itself,
a special Whitman number. On this
day also n literary pilgrimage to the
poets birthplace at West Hills. Long
Island. VIII be conducted under the
auspices Of Brooklyn Institute. After
a talk by DIR. Richard tsurton at the
house in which the poet was born the
party will visit the little schoolhouse
in which he taught. as also the Whit
nan oak.
Virtually the entire literary press
s paying its tribute to Walt Whitman
n more or lessed marked degree. "The
North American Review for May had
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-01
HERE'S TO YOU, WALT!

WHEN WALT WHITMAN wrote the state
w that he was not contained between his
hats and boots he epitomized his own phioso
ply of life, his religious beliefs, his serene anc
sublime faith in the Eternal Justice AT many
other places in his writings, upon almost every
page we may find similar expressions of the
Whitman faith.
Walt Whitman was the worlds foremost
Believer. He believed in all things, in the bad
as well as the good. He accepted all things,
he rejected nothing. To him everything was a
necessarily part of the whole and the whole
was divine. Never was human soul braver
than his for he lived and died absolutely with
out fear Never was human mind more free
of superstition, of cant, Of creedal littleness.
Never was any writer of words more honest
caidid, sincere.
Walt Whitman was the voice of all The
past centuries, speaking in the nineteenth to
the twentieth and beyond. 1t is idle to say that
this man or that man-poet, philosopher,
statesman, scientist, priests greater or great
est. Whitman for instance, believed in the
equal greatness and happy destiny of all hu-
mans, and that none will be cast as rubbish
to the void when God has made the pile COM
plete''-to quote from Tennyson, another poet,
of very different sort whom Whitman fer
vently admired. We may be permitted, how
ever, to hazard the aSSeveration that the past
ages contain no seer or prophet surprising
Walt Whitman in spiritual insight; and as to
the essential poetry in his writings, his big
book bulges with poetic beauties which show
very happy contrast to the undisputed prosy
ugliness therein.
The poet of democracy Walt Whitman is
called and so he was and is and must continue
to be. Perhaps that simple statement EN-
braces all Of what Whitman means to the
world, and perhaps it is not sufficiently mclu-
sive to the minds of some Of US Nobody can
read Understandings his "Leaves Of Grass
without feeling that this humble printer, small
town editor, carpenter, volunteer r-nurse,
concretely in a thousand passages
throughout his works the absolute spirit of the
thing we call democracy. Two generations ago
he grasped and gave utterance to the concep
ton of the principle Of equal rights. Walt Whit
man removed democracy from an abstraction
to a concrete conception. The world just
now is proceeding along the lines indicated by
the Camden seer.
Walt Whitman as the present age knows
him was born one hundred years ago yester
lay. His own belief was that he was but pass |
ng through one of his innumerable ncarna-
ions; and what he believed of himself he be
ieved of all men and all women.
Whether you accept him or reject him, S
Walt Whitman indubitaby belongs to the ages l
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-01
THIS IS AN ALTOGETHER UNEXPECTED
NOMINATION. WE HEAR SECOND!
From The Idabel Democrat.Record)

Now that The Daily Oklahoman has declared i'Sel
Independent newspaper, we move that the demo
cratic party endorse The Daily Ardmoeite OF Ardmore as
their official state paper.
The Ardmoreite is a humdnger and its democracy IS
not questioned The party needs paper that Ii can ue
pend upon in this and the Daily Ardmorelte would MI
the bill nicely 1t is not subsidized paper ana we
don't believe it could be purchased from other than us
principles. would be democratic newspaper 800 days
in the year. and knowing this the democrats of the rank
and file the state would be more willing to TALL IN line
and stick to the party.
Bert Love is making mighty good paper out Of The
Ardmoreite and is entitled to the support of the party
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-01
HOLD GERAIAN GOLD IN
BELGIUM FOR A TIME

Paris, Thuit5day, May 29.-Economic
experts with the different delegations
ut the peace conference are making a
close study of the disposition to be made
of the gold which the Germans are pay
ing for food supplies. This gold is being
shipped into Belgium, and stored in the
Belgian Natiolal bank. Realizing there
would be a general disturbance of world
credits if this gold should be taken TO
the United States economists have adj
vanced u plan to hold the metal where
it is, as security which will be gradual
~ redeemed by shipments of commodi-
ties TO various parts of the world.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-01
WALT WHITMAN CENTENARY is
OCCASION OF HIGH HONOR TO
GREAT POET OF DEMOCRACY

of West Hills
known fame
and
did
about volunteer nurse
the
appointed clerk in of the government
Of the
he
N Of paralysis and an in
valid until is DEATH n
a the worlds poet
OF
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-01

Senator Robinson of Arkansas expressed
it very well indeed when he said that the re
marks of Senator Reed of Missouri on the
League of Nations were Totally unimportant" +"
AS matter of fact most of the things said
and done by Jim Reed of Kansas City since
he got the senatorship as a consolation prize
for his throw-downn for the governorshp of
Missouri have been totally unimportant Mr.
Reed perhaps issthe most nearly totally unim-
portant person in the senate.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-01

The Ardmoreite appreciates the unexpect-
ed and altogether unlimited tribute from
Editor w. X. Barrett of the Idabel Democrat
Record, reproduced on this page This office
has no personal acquaintance with Mr.. Bar
rett, so the compliment is cut from whole
cloth. To1be accepted by even-one of our
editorial5brethren as the foremost democratic
daily newspaper in Oklahoma is of course
pleasing to The Ardmoreite, even though we
make no such, claim as to party premiership
in state journalism. There are many good
democratic papers in Oklahoma. But as to be-
ing the official state party organ" this news
paper at present writing has no aspirations in
that direction. Democracy means freedom of
expression, for one thing, and to be truly
democratic we must continue to be free. We
have no objection, however, to the great demo-
cratic party of Oklahoma, if it so sees us, re
garding The Daily Ardmoreite as the fore
most exponent of democratic principles now
published in state.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-01
Whitman Centenary Celebration

Seldom is it the fortune of a great
man either living or dead TO receive
tributes so sincere, impressive and au'
thoritative as those which were rem
dered to Walt Whitman. both as man
and poeb, by a distinguished group
of speakers at the Whitman centenary
exercises held at the Academy of Music
under the auspices ON the Brooklyn
Institute of Arts and Sciences during
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-01
DIR. Anna ShnM. LII

Springfield, H., May 51.-The con-
dition of Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, who
became sick following her hrrival
Thursday, when lshe was tcheduled
to speak before the state peace con-
vention was reported as improved this
morning.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-01
UNDER THE IMAGINARY
STATE HOUSE DOME
By CHARLES II. ADAMS
Staff Correspondent

w. c. McAllister, secretary of the
state election board. went TO Olllnulgee
Saturday on u business errand.
Representative sgd Wheeler of Kings
ton, Marshall county, member of the
house of representatives, was a caller
at the executive office yesterday.
Col. r. ". Sneed. of Sulphur. super
intendent of Platt National Park, who
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-01

Whitman ever received. The basis OF
the story about the tomb is this. some
enterprlsing stone masons persuaded
the old man that for a few hundred
dollars they could build on his ccmc
terry lot large and handsome family
tomb Whitman, with hi, strong love
of his family and innocence of business
dealings, allowed them TO 20 ahead.
Before Mr. Harmed heard Of the matter
the stone masons had consumed $1,000
of the poets small savings and the
tomb was still unfinished. Then they
coolly presented bill for $650O TO
complete the work Whitman, at this,
turned TO Harmed for advice. Harmed,
who is a lawyer, took the bill and call
ed upon the masons. He says he told
them what he thought of them, the
tomb was finished and they never got
their money. He concluded: What
happened | alone know and after !
am gone no one will know
Compared TO Hebrew Prophets
Dr. Samuel McChord CrotherS, the
esssayist, made the chief address at
the Whitman centenary exercises. He
said that Whitman had received the
best spirit of the old Hebrew proph-
ets--that his Song of the Universe
was his confession Of faith-that like
John Ruskin he protested against soul
less matcrialism, but unlike Ruskin,
he put his idealism into the world as
he found it instead of barking back TO
an unre:overable past. He has been
accused of glorifying the ordinary man.
This he did not do, but he did glorify
the potentialities of the ordinary man
what he is capable of becoming.
"Niagra of American Letters
Edwin Markham, speaking at the
centenary exercises, said; Walt |
Whitman was the Niagra of American
letters He was the only great liter
ary figure of hs generation who was
OF college bred and library fed" He |
went on to say that his concept was
the huge one-"to express American |
democracy" He regarded himself as
a typical embodiment of our democ- /
racy. Hence in expressing himself he
expressed American democracy. Like
the forces of nature themselves he was
neither modest nor immodest.
Father of American Language"
Louis Untermeyer, poet and author
Of "The New Era in American Poetry"
speaking at the Whitman centenary
exercises, said. walt Whitman came
with u double,barresed challenge to
lristocratic literature He brought
- o,,. litarott,,.. 1amorr-ir, of +bonf,bt
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-01

ernor Robertson, which will welcome
the S6th division at New York. Mr..
Schevitz will also go 10 Atlantic City
where he will attend the annual meet
ings of the conference on social work,
the National tuberculosis Association,
and will also attend the American Med
ical Society's convention in Washing
ton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-01

Representatives Porter Newman and
j. b. Smith of Durant, Bryan county's
members of the house of representa-
tives. were state house visitors Friday
md Saturday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-01

William Cordell. reading clerk of the
senate in the recent session of the leg
islature, was one of the speakers at the
annual banquet of the Chandler high
school alumni. Friday night.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-01

the Oklahoma Tuberculosis Association,
was added to the party headed by Gov.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-01

Mrs. f. b. Frazier of Vinita, Mrs. NJ.
X. Tfdwell of Miami. Jesse Watts of
Nagoner. and Eli Admire of Oilton.
have been designated by Governor Rob
ertson as additional members of the
state delegation to welcome the return
ing Goth division.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-01
Father of American Language"

Louis Untermeyer. poet and author
of "The New Era in American Poetry"
speaking at the Whitman centenary
exercises, said, walt Whitman came
with Il double,barresed chNlenge to
aristocratic literature. He brought
to our literature democracy of thought
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-01

Capt. J. W. Harris Of Chickasha, form
eriy superintendent of the state Con
federate home 1t Ardmore, was cap
itol caller yesterday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-01

becomes commissioner of pensions, un-
der the new Confederate pension law.
effective July l, was u statehouse Wis
itor yesterday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-01

an article entitled THE Answer" by
Edith Franklin Wyott.
The May issue of Poetry edited
by Harriet Monroe, was "A Whitman
Centenary number. THE outlook for
May had Il centenary article by Ed
ma Davis Roming. "The Literary Dl-
gest' also paid its tribute.
Evening star., 1919-04-08
SCHOOLS TO GET FIRST VIEW.
Arrangement for Presentation of
Federal Motion Picture Films.

>Through an arrangement just made
by the community center department
of the local public schools, Washing
ton will get first showing of motion
picture films produced by the new
federal motion picture service of the
Interior Department
The first presentation of some of
these federal films will be at the meet
ing of the Park View Citizens Asso-
citation in the Park View School to-
night: w: H. Dudley of the bureau of
visual instruction of Wisconsin and F.
w. Reynolds will be demonstrators.
The films depict activities of the
Army, Navy and various government
bureaus. Shortly after the signing of
the armistice the President authorized
the establishment of a division of ed
ucational extension as part of the
United States bureau of education
This division will assemble all films
made OF government activities and
will distribute them for exhibition
through the state departments of edu-
cation.
Evening star., 1919-04-08

urged that if such an appointment is
made that the appointee be a bona
fide resident of the District of Colum-
bia. Several members discussed the
large number of traffic cases which
are now brought before the court.
The association went on record in
favor of the removal of the tracks of
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company from 14th street and New
York avenue to 14th and F streets to
18th and streets by way of H street.
1t was explained this proposal was
made by the Connecticut Avenue Cit
liens Association. and has since been
approved by the Federation of Citi-
zens' Associations, which has referred
it to the various associations in the
city.
A resolution was adopted urging the
Commissioners to improve Lincoln
road from Florida avenue to Glen
Evening star., 1919-04-08
, MAI. il, MAYER KILLED.
Was Leading Marines in Expedi'
finn Ao.ainst Randits in Haiti.

Maj. John L. Mayer of the United
States Marine Corps. formerly sta
toned in this city, was killed in
Haiti last Friday morning while lead
ing a force of marines in punitive
expedition against native bandits in
the hill country in the northern part
of the island near Mirafiora. Infor-
nation to that effect has just been re-
ceived at marine headquarters in this
city.
Maj. Mayer was a resident of York,
Pa, and received an appointment as
second lieutenant in the Marine Corps
in November, 1912, after previous
service in the Navy. He recently was
promoted to the grade of ajor. Miss
Julia Mayer, sister, is resident of
York, Pa.
Evening star., 1919-04-08
Dressed as Woman; Is Punished.

Having brought discredit on the
military service by appearing on the
streets of Louisville, KY, in Decem-
her last in a woman's dress and in
company with a woman in the uni
form Of an officer of the United States,
was the charge on which Second
Lieut. Samuel ]. Sharpless, Field Ar
tillery. recently was convicted by
ourt-martial and sentenced to be dis
missed. President Wilson commuted
the sentence to a reprimand, restric-
tion to post limits for six months
and forfeiture of $50 a month. Of his
pay during that period. unless dis
charged i'll the meantime,
Evening star., 1919-04-08
ARMY "MARKING TIME"
o. TO SWAT THE FLIES

An energetic campaign for the ex-
termination at Army camps and sta
tions OF the common house fly will
be waged this summer. A statement
today from the Surgeon Generals Of
fee gives in detail instructions being
sent to camp surgeons for their
guidance in the work. 1T shows
practically every size and design of
trap will be used at every station in
addition to liberal quantities of fly
paper and "swatterS."
The instructions authorize the ap-
portionment of each of these among
the various buildings at every camp
and cantonment. Particular atten-
tion will be given to kitchens and
messroomS.
Evening star., 1919-04-08
BOWLING GOES TO PRISON
TO BEGIN 12-YEAR TERM

ROCKVILLE, Md, April S.-Ralph
T. Bowling, the ar-old
Washington youth who was convict
ed in the circuit court here last week
of second degree murder as a result
of the killing of Mrs. Elizabeth Beck
with, sixty eight years old. in her
home near CoIesyilIe. this county, the
afternoon of December 20 last, was
yesterday afternoon taken to the Mary
land penitentiary by Sheriff William L..
Aud to begin the twelve-year sen,
tence imposed by Judges Peter and
Worthington Since his sentence he
has maintained the same Indifference
which has characterized his demeanor
since his arrest and winch was
marked throughout the trial.
Evening star., 1919-04-08
ANOTHER POLICE COURT
JUDGE IN TRAFFIC CASES
North Washington Citizens Would
Also Like to Have Him a Bona
Eide Resident of the D. C.

The appointment of another Judge
for the Police Court to handle the
trafhc cases was urged by the North
Washington Citizens Association at
meeting last night at the home of
Gen. Charles H. Ourand. the presi-
dent.
In this connection the association
Evening star., 1919-04-08

wood cemetery and also v street
from North Capitol street to Lincoln
road.
The retention of the land in Piney
Branch valley from 10th street to
Rock Creek Park for park purposes
was also urged. The secretary was
directed to communicate with the
District Commissioners in this mat
ter.
c. w. King was elected secretary to
succeed Peter w. Pritchard.
Evening star., 1919-04-08
Boss No Longer.

From the Boston Transcript.
Il suppose you own the house you
live in
II used to-
sold it, eh?"
No; got married"
Evening star., 1919-04-08

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