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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-04
by George Il. Bye

II ondon, April 22.-(By MaiD.-The
xf&yish MILDLY subdued the colorations
IN the art glasses of immortal West
minister Abbey. tying all the bowed
heads together with solemn rainbow
strands. The intent of the service was
TO do sublime honor to American sol
diers and sailors who had fallen in
the war. The ceremony of homage,
thanksgiving, almost of beatification,
was under English auspices, yet scv'
eral hundred Americans attended. in
cluding Ambassador Davis. General
j Biddle, Consul Skinner, n num-
A Der of staff officers and many dough-
n boys. Admission was solely by tickets
\ issued by the dean of the abbey through
the English.Speaking Union. The day
I was the second anniversary of Americas 5
association with the allied powers,
OF all the devout celebrants at the
service, perhaps few had remembrances
that We're greater cause for heart-aches
than mine, for | had spent weeks on
the British front with American divis.
particularly the 27th. 3Oth and
I 33rd-where | had seen many of the
hallpwed Yank dead scattered among
equally halowed English dead with
tho corpses of their common enemy
bestrewn plentifully among them.
Visions Of the Recent Past
When the great organ of the Abbey
rumbled with the sttident notes of
the opening hymn and the congregation
raised solemn. humble voices to sing
sufficient is Thine arm alone,
And our defence is sure E. E"
knew the service would be for me
an under-rinning lament, an obligato
to stream of vivid memories. Pic
ture after picture Of Americans in ac-
jtgn on the British front came to me,
~ nning with the arrival of the first
party of Hank officers in Flanders in
the winter Of 1871 artillery officers
who We're going into the forward po-
sitionS of the Epres sector to get eX-
perience in battery commands. They
arrived smiling, a trim lot of young
fellows-mo.p of them reporting at
Baiileul, then not demolished--and af-
ter as courteous and leisurely a recep-
ton as their British comrades would
give them today in Piccadilly Circus,
they We're detailed one to a battery of
all calibres, from Houthulst Forest to
GhcuVelt. a great many Yanll doc.
tors had been attached to Royal Army
Medical Corps units even earlier. and in
the first months of 1918 | found L. $.
infantry officers in the Canadian gas
school near Bailleul, the machine gun
school At Camiers and in other special
British schools. BY the way, that was
the time of origin of the famous Brit
lsh observation, These Yanks are GER
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-04
CEREMONY OF HOMAGE TO AMERICAN
WAR DEAD HELD IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
DESCRIBED BY LONDON CORRESPONDENT
low to her with southern gallantry as

low to her with southern gallantry as
they left.
From Dixie to Illinois
Through the our Father" and other
prayers my thoughts moved from this
temporary Dixie.land in France. dwell
ling for a time and General Reade's
Second Corps headquarters at Fruggs
where statuesque Yank sentries seem
cd always to be standing at salute with
marble rigidity and on down south
ward near Amiens where memories fo-
cussed upon the Illinois 33rd Division,
the first of the Yanks in action on the
British front. You will remember their
first fight on July 1. 1913, when they
We're engaged in a foot.race with Aus
tralians, utterly oblivious to bullets and
barrage, and took Hamel Wood and
Naire.
The men in this fight We're from the
l32nd Scrub regiment with whom |
had the pleasure of living for several
days as the guest of Col. Abel Davis
of Chicago. former Cook county re-
corder. Their very short trench line
was just ahead Of BaizieuX where they
had u tiny cemetery which is still
there; their bivouac was at AIolliens au
Bois where their puptents We're slung
over bomb-proof hollows scooped out
to fit Il body. AS the regiment suffered
losses without adequate requirements,
number OF these doughboy nests be
came tenantleSs
When the congregation sung the an
them made of Shakespeare lines:
Gods goodness hath been great
to thee,
Let never day nor night un-
hallowed pass,
But still remember what the
Lord hath done -
recollections weie forced back to II
moonlight night at Molliens au Bois
when "A weary, tattered company filed
in from the trenches, while German
bombers We're active all around, and
Lieut.. Cope Harveys famous regimen
tai band thundered out with welcoming
and triumphant jazz. That jazz was
the sweetest music those tired fighters
ever heard. l am sure-therefore the
grandest of anthems
Bellicourt of Dazzling Fame
Praise God from whom all blessings
words, ending with:
'Their deaths have sealed the un-
written but inviolable covenant of our
common brotherhood. For their sakes
we raise this day our proud thanks
giving in the great Abbey which en-
shrines the illustrious dust of the max
ers of the English-speaking peoples"
This was followed by The Battle
Hymn of the Republic:"
Mine eyes have seen the glory of
the coming of the Lord.
There was only one fit picture for
me, 4 panorama of matchless deeds,
stretching from Bellicourt where the
Carolina.Tennessee division on Septem-
Der 20 broke and penetrated the Hin
denburg line for tho fiSt time in
the war-the decisive success that took
the heart out of the enemy-on the
Selle river where the Dixie boys, nobly
accompanied by the 27th Division from
New York and English comrades from
Shropshire and other rural English
provinces with whom they had trained,
swept the area clean of living Ger
mans.
The service ended with the congrega-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-04

ton singing the British and American
national anthems-"God save the King"
and MY Country 'Tis Of Thee"-each
appropriately having the same music.
Then n British bugler sent echoing
taps" through the Abbey. This Last
Post accompanied a ceremony in my
memory on either side of "A little by
road south of Montrebehain where
English and American burial parties,
in sight of each other. We're interring
sack.enveloped bodies Of their dear
dead comrades
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-04
E]@@ldlGo,1n
IsVaN T'N1ANf
West Main Street

a number of the towns business and
professional men, having invested al.
ready or ara prospecting in the Texas
oil fields, visited these fields the past
wlak. The following are noted here:
DR.. j. IL. Smith, h. W. Carmichael, IL.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-04
l.. Carmichael. DR.. j. Il. Hughes, j. i,
Richards, w. l.. Sanders

c. IL. Mcdonald and Mrs. Mcdonald
are moving to Caddo. Texas. McDon-
aid blew into Writ with the first oil
WELL cutting the cornstalks on the lot
ON which he built his store. His store
in Healdton was the second here. Now
h, goes on down the line to newer
pastures, res,tirg' awhile at Mineral
Wells on the way. The Mcdonald store
has been rented and will be occupied by
a partnership who will make its an
nouncement in few days.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-04

We guarantee Peptona to give you
Pep and Vim. II II don't. come and
get your money back. II belongs to
you and we want you to have 1t.
RINGER DRUG CO.,
20. The Rexall Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-04
Notice

Why wear soiled ana sun faded
clothes when London with his new
equipment can clean and dye them to
look like new. Hats cleaned and blocg-
ed, new bands. Phone SOL. Auto de-
livery
LONDON,
1-5 West Main Street
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-04

Mayor Langston has by the city
council been directed in an ordinance
duly passed ito call n special election
for the purpose of submitting to the
voters the question of the issuance of
bonds in the sum of $4,000 for the
purpose of constructing n waterworks
system to be owned by the town" The
mayor will name May 20 for the cleo
ton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-04

IL. A. King, claim agent of the Sin
clair Company, with headquarters in
Tulsa, was here Friday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-04

returned from an eXtended visit to rela-
tives at Wapanucka. Taylor is assist
ant to Evans. the railroad agent here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-04

T.. IL. Dorsey. rig contractor of Rang
err who has sold his offices here to Fox
Rig Company, was here on business
Thursday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-04

One visitor that delights the wakeful
lodger in Healdton is the whipporwill
who in the early morning hours comes
close in. and. defying the chug-chug
of these gasoline engines. repeats his
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-04

"whipporwlll," "whlpporwill," as If he
would remind US he still lives and carries
with him the same old melancholy notes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-04

DR.. T.. II. Barker who has been In
Chicago and In Rochester, Mimi, taking
special courses in his profession; will
return home today. lie has been away
six weeks.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-04

j. II. Taylor and family have jus
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-08
AUDITORIUM

His staunch devotion 20 the mem
ory OF dead mother. is the force
which leads Buddy Apperson TO
break with his father in bill Apper-
sons Boy In which Jack Piekford
viii be seen at the Auditorium today.
Ia this feature. Mr.. Pickford plays
"a blue ridge mountain lad. the son
OF Bill Apperson. lOvable old
mountaineer. Some years before the
wife and mother had died. and when
the father marries again. the boy is
so grieved. that ne leaves home. but
= few nous after ne steps from his
fathers house, ne becomes involved
In the big situation Of the story. and
begins TO need the protection of
father as never before There is
said 10 be "a pretty love story in the
piece, telling how Buddy courted a
young mountain girl. and how his
affection for her led hin, into crisis
which came on the night he left his
fathers house. Mr. and Mrs. sid
ney Drew in a two reel comedy The
Last OF the Saxons' and Topics Of
the Day showing many amusing
scenes will be shown The bill will
be repeated tomorrow.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-08
BADEN HOSPITAL
RETURNS TO CIVIL LIFE

WEST BADEN, Ind. Sept s.
After year OF service as a recon
struction hospital of the United
States army, the West Baden Springs
hospital here is practically ready for
its return TO civilian life. Since its
release from army occupation, the
building has been restored and re-
decorated, and the rooms, which
we're used as hospital wards re-
furnished.
The former exercise grounds for
the squads OF cOnvalescent veterans
of the world war and the amuse-
ment pavilion is being converted
into sunken gardens. with winding
walks. quaint pergolaS, sparkling
cascades and an electrical fountain.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-08
THE JOY OF
MOTHERHOOD
Mrs. Phillips Sends an En-
couraging Letter to Elk
pectant Mothers.

West Philadelphia. Pal took
Lvdia Z. Pinkham 5 NegetahLe Com.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-08
ORPHI VI.

Well balanced acts are on nj the
Orpheum for the first half Of the
week. from the acrobatic stunts per
formed in the opening down TO the
time that Spikes Conneu and Gus
Lardner give limitations of George
Washington i'm tho closing act
"On the Mississippi a novelty
the bill. One of the boys gives a
clever imitation Of George Primrose
minstrel man. in his famous dance.
The girl IN this act has good con-
tralto voice.
Most OF the humor is presented
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-08
OIINEK

How II is done in some studios. is
shown in we can't Have Every
thing" the motion picture 70 be
shown at the oliver theater for four
days starting tomorrow. The produc-
ton is based upon Rupert Hughes
novel OF the same name The in
cidents which show the inner work
ings o. a film studio occur when
phOtoplay within "a photoplay is en-
acted The part of Kedzie a film
star is interpreted by Wanda Haw-
ley, and the scenes of the movie
in the making are located i'm
"harem" with the accoInpa niment OF
beautiful girls, gorgeous Costuming,
etc. The story of the picture itself
Is concerned with the rapid life
OF the metropolis today and the part
OF a society woman of blue-bloOd is
interpreted by stately Kathlyn VIII
liam Included in the cast are Syl-
via Dreamer Elliot Dexter. Thurs
ton Hail. Theod Roberts, Tully Mar
shall and other notable players. The
picture Is a reflection of coutempor-
AIRY life and is so deity handled that
IL is said to be thoroughly conyinC.
ing A scene i'm the Biltmore root
garden is said 10 be most effective.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-08

The nine-hole golf course. over
which many OF the soldiers played.
is being made into an 1S-hole course
with a new clubhouse on a hilltop
overlooking the river valley.
The new springhouses and drink
ing fountains, all connected BY
walks through the sunken gardens,
also are being completed.
IN all. scarcely a trace remains
about the hotel grounds Of its one
time oecupants-the soldiers of the
world war who were wounded and
sent here TO be reconstructed and
fitted TO lie Of service 20 themselves
and the communities in which they
live.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-08

boy now, three years old, and I believe
10 was Lydia L. Pinkham Vegetable
Compound that made me so we'll It
is certainly good medicine for every
woman cannot say too much in
its favor, and you may publish my
testimonial" Mrs. IS. PHILIPS.
$3.50 Kincsessing Avenue. West Phil
adelphia. Pa
The reason that thousands Of wo-
men from all parts OF the country
write such letters is that this famous
old root and herb remedy lydia F.
pinkhams Vegetable Compound, has
brought health and happiness into
their lives. once burdcned with pain
and illness
For special advice I'm regard TO such
ailments write lydia r. Pinkham
Medicine Co, Lynn, Mass. The result
Of its many years experience IS at
your service
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-08

by Hinkel and May in their skit.
catching a Car" Mr.. Hinkel has
ttr leHr hH voire and a1 ori
eiuaI laugh which gets over in fine
style
Louis Hart has a novel strong
man act and wins merited applause
for the difficult stunts which he
performs
Weber. Beck and Frazer entertain
with piano and songs, though one is
rather suggestive.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-08
IAS\yIF

The story Of a mans great love
for his mother and how Il acted as
his guiding star through adversely.
is tod in Break the News 10
Mother a human-heart story OF the
great war and its aftermath as pre-
scented on the LaSalle's screen today.
Although the story is the star, a
cast Of excellent and known players
have been used i'm its Interpretation
Raymond BlOmer as the youthful
war hero. Gertrude Berkely as the
mother and Pearl Shepard as the
sweetheart, all do remarkable work
Tomorrow Dorothy Gish is the star
Of Nugget Nell"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-08
SISTERS MEET AFTER
81 YEARS. SEPARATION

WEST BADEN, Ind. Sept s.
After 81 years separation. Mrs. Ben
Plessinger. Of this city. recently met
her sister Mrs. Sarah Sexton, Of
Streator. III. The sisters came 70
this country in 1857 and became
separated Il years later. Their re-
union was also the S0th birthday
anniversary Cor Mrs. Sexton.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-08

June Elvidge. charming picture
star; Nali Valli and Sam b Brady,
both Broadway favor.tes share act
ing honors i'm His Fathers Wife"
today's picture at the Castle It's
the thoroughly amusing and delight
ful story Of "a beautiful and youth
full secretary who marries her aged
employer and OF the complications
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-08

An evening of real diversion is
promised i'm the announced appear
ance Of the DISTINGUISHED comed:enne
MAY Robson in her new comedy
"'Tish" which comes to the Olive
theatcr saturday night.
fish is a dramatization of the
Mary Roberts Rinehart. Letitia
Carberry stories published in the
saturday Evening Post The play
was made by Edward L. Rose whose
ability as a dramatist is attested by
the remarkable success of -Cappy
Kicks" and "Penrod" in New York
this season. In support of Miss Rob
son in "Tish" is most capable
company Of players and the produc-
ton Is adequate in every detail.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-08
LOCAL PLAYBILIs.

OLIVER I'VE Can't Have
Everything" Tuesday. "Wednesday
and Thursday
DTTORICM - "Bill Appcr-
sons Boy" sith Jack Pickford.
LASALLE- Break the News to
Mother
CASTLE Ills Fathers WIFE"
with June Esvidge.
ORPHET~M Vaudeville.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-08

WATCH
SEEING PICTURE IN TOWN
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-08

that arise when his aviator son falls
in love with his step-mother It's.
love story with a new angle and
one that old and young will enjoy
Tomorrow the Select special,
Break the News TO Mother" is the
feature.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-08

pound for five
months before
my baby was
born and il has
made me much
better in health
/ was always
very i'll when
my other child
rem were born.
bat with this one
I had a much
easier time He
Is a bio healthy
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-19
DEAR SILVER.

Do you remember the batte-cry of the cam
paign of 1852 And how Bill Dodson, run
ming for office, was accused of being ''goldbug
and had hard time disprovng it2
A demand for the free coinage of silver at the
ratio of 10 to would certainly fall on deaf ears
today. For one thing there is more money in cir
culation than anybody knows what to do with
and no need to coin more. For another thing, six
teen ounces of silver are now worth more than an
ounce of gold In fact, with silver bullion sellin4
above 81. 30 an ounce, as it has been lately, the
quantity of silver in silver dollar is worth lit
tie than 90 cents-the silver dollar is liter
ally worth more than the gold dollar.
This remarkable appreciation, as a result of
of which the bullion value of the silver dollar has
risen from fraction over 40 cents to over 100
cents, in ten years is partly due to the increased
demand for silver abroad for currency purposes,
but more to the general rise in price levels. With
gold the standard of value, given amount OF
gold, say 90 cents worth, will naturally buy less
silver just it will buy less of other commodities
The silver dollar heretofore has been worth 100
cents in exchange simply because the government
gold. Now accidental Ructuation makes it able to
stand its own feet.
What will happen7 Ordinarily in case oi
this kind the dear money would vanish from cir
culation, being either boarded or melted down for
its bullion value There are laws, however forbid
ding the melting of coins for commercial purposes
and the government could probably discount the
effect of private boarding by turning into cir
culation some of the 450,O00 900 silver dollar.
stored in the United States treasury
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-19
HUSHING UP CRIME.

Some of the good people Of this community
appear to be bit disturbed at the recent wave
of crime that has swept over this secton-not so
much because of the crime itself it would appear
FROM conversation with these people, but because
of the undesirable notoriety given to Americus
and Sumter county because of the condition. They
would have the newspapers say little or nothing
about the crime because of the outside effects of
the publicity, and permit the cases to be handled
IN court just as quietly possible.
Which is about the surest way to encourage
erime that could be devised.
To be sure, Sumter county is not proud of
he recent acts Of some of her citizens But the law
and order loving people of this community do not
want to bring about condition thar would foster
a continuation of this wave Of murder and law
breaking And most of them know when they
give thought to the subject, that only an aroused
public conscience can effectually check outlawry,
and that the only way public conscience may be
aroused is by knowledge of the unpleasant facts.
There is one consolation to those who deplore
the orgy of crime: To not one of these unhappy
affairs has the better citizenship Of the community
been party. Sumter has its sorry citizens along
with the great per centage of moral and highly in
feligent. And the percentage of offenders, after
ALL is wonderfully small, when compared with the
whole body of our citizenship.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-19
PATRIOTIC MOBS.

Wherever the Reds have resorted to violence
in this country. they have been suppressed quickly
and effectively. Their direct action has met
with equally direct reaction quite sufficient for the
purpose of restoring law and order And the big,
dominant fact about this response is that it has
come mainly from the general public
Police, sherifs and others definitely charged
with preserving the peace have done their duty;
that was to be expected. The impressive thing is
that, wherever the monster of Bolshevism raised
its ugly head to strike, private citizens have risen
instantly, masse, to defend American institu-
tions. In Seattle, in Cleveland in Centralia and
elsewhere the criminal fanatics who fancied that
the public would join with them have seen that
public rise and wipe the earth with them.
Mob violence is to be deplored, even in a
good cause 1t is better in the long run to have
justice administered by due process of law. Still
these anti-Red mob demonstrations have had the
satisfying merit of proving the overwhelming 10y
atty of America to its old ideals and the absurdity
of any movement that aims at forcible revolution
in this country.