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Arms Wanted for Home Guards

Washington, Thursday oct, 25,-A
bill authorizing the war department to
issue rifles pistols and machine guns
TO the states for home guard defense
was introduced today by Senator Har.
rison, democrat, Mississippi, who said
the legislation was designed as part Of
q plan 10 protect communities against
violence Of radical elements.
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with their efforts to entertain their Wis
iting brethren, and feel that they have
added another success to their previous
efforts
There was not hitch in proceedings
anywhere and everything worked as
smoothly as could be wished.
The ladies who furnished the lunch
cons are to be congratulated, according
to committee report They had abun.
dance and 10 spare of the finest of vi
ands, and the visitors were treated to
= real feed while here.
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Kansas City, Mo, Oct. 25.-Quaint
dishes of another day-persimmons that
will pucker the mouth, and old-fash-
ioned pie-will be served at dinner No
vember by pioneers Of Kansas City
and nearby points, in commemoratlon
of the centennial of steam navigation
on the Missouri river The atmosphere
of pioneer days, when the first steam
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-10-26
WOMAN ACCUSED OF BUTTER
FRAUD EXTRADITED BY HOBBY

Austin, Texas. Oct. 24.-Extradition
of Mary f. Rodgers charged with con.
spiracy TO defraud the Ohio Valley But.
ter Company Of Sl4.71G, on Aug l6,
1917. in Pittsburg, Pa, was granted
by Gov, w. p, Hobby. today. The wo-
man is under arrest in Houston.
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boat. part Of the Yellowstone expedi.
tion, puffed up the Missouri. will per
meate the banquet hall. Music will con
slst Of oldume songs The Missouri
Valley Historical Society will be the
host j, b. White. president OF the
society, will be toastmaster.
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DID YOU

Know the Agricultural Department says
allowing cattle to feed Oh the second growth
cane will surely kill them. At the present price
of beef, you better waste the cane.
Bankers Ed Sandlin and Olin Wolveron
must have worked the Shrine committee with
their threat of making all notes due if the sand
was made too hot for they were allowed to carry
a pail of water on their journey. We know
some less fortunate
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-10-26

Watch for Ringers, ReYall lc Sale
soon. 23.8
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With
MILLER TIRES

You only need
The Benson signal., 1919-03-29
!
AMERICAN TROOPS PREVENT
CLASH WHILE FUTURE OF 1
\ GREAT BALKAN PORT IS 4
BEING DETERMINED =
BY LLOYD ALLEN,
Special Staff Correspondent.
Copyright. 1919. Western Newspaper Union.)

IUME.-Jammed with allied troops,
mainly Italian infantrymen, and with
it's harbor crowded with warships
Fiume, once the property of Austria.
one of the fine deep-water ports on
the Istrian peninsula opposite Italy,
was veritable volcano during the
early peace conference days.
The great war had started in the
Balkans of which Fiume is q part.
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A Good pecov.

An officer of the medical department
was paying his first visit to the front
line trenches. A corporal from Mis-
souri, was standing on the fire step en-
gagged in the pleasant pastime OF
sniping at whatever there was to snipe
at. The doctor wandered by an open
lOophole in the parapet.
"Crackw came from q German
sniper across No Mans Land.
"Whang-plooeyw The bullet came
whizzing through the loophole and
with a naughty thud splashed mud
right on the doctors new trench coat
"Bang!" replied the corporal's rifle
Deep silence reigned for ten seconds
Then the doctor picked himself up
from his hands and knees and asked
"Did you get him, corporate"
"NO, SIR" replied the corporal, "but
If you'll just walk by that loophole
again I'll sure get him next time"
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PLAYED HIS CAME
Bolsheviki Easily Fooled by Amer
lean Business Man.
Revolutionists Unable to See That
They Were Being Led On When
All Their Extravagant De-
mands Were Acceded To.

DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler tells q
story about how an American bust.
ness man solved the bolshevist prob.
lem in Petrograd, at least as it applied
to his affairs. The Columbia univer-
sity president says he has it directly
from the American concerned Here
it is:
An American, head of a large firm
in Petrograd, branch of an American
business house, was sitting in his Of
fee pondering on how he could close
up the business and discharge his Rus
sian employees without causing trou.
BILE. The revolution had precluded
all chance of doing more business.
AS he was thinking over this prob
lem the door opened and three Of the
employees entered.
"We have decided" said the spokes-
man, ''to apply the soviet principle
to this business"
"All right" said the manager, that
seems to be the custom here: What
do you want me to do?"
"First, we want you to double our
wages"
'All right. Everybody would like
double wages"
"Then we want a month instead of
two weeks vacation a year"
"That's fine; myself like months
vacation"
'And for the months vacation we
want the pay double again"
"Now, I never thought of that. But
now that 1 do it's true that on vaca-
ton it is nice to have. a lot of money,
Wen do that, too"
''Now that those things are decided
we must tell you that we won't need
you as manager any more"
II certainly never thought of that.
But am responsible to the stockhold-
ers in the United States. This will
never do"
"We thought of that, too-about the
stockholders. So we have decided to
elect manager and to have him sit
here with you and tell you what to
do"
"Now, that will be fine. ThatS all
right. You do that
SO the manager was elected and he
occupied a desk next to the American
and told him what, to do. At the end
of the first week the wages were
doubled. The soviet manager pre-
sented a memorandum to the Ameri-
can manager.
whats this?" said the American.
"This is my bill for my salary as
manager" explained the Russian
workman.
"No, can't pay that. You see,
am paid by the stockholders in Amer
lea. I am elected manager by them.
You were elected manager by the
workmen here in Petrograd. You
must be paid by them."
"Oh, nOw
ooh, yesw
The men struck at the order Of
their soviet manager.
And the American closed up the of.
fees and returned to America.
His problem had been solved with.
out any disorder and with only the
loss Of an extra weeks wages.
The Benson signal., 1919-03-29
Shapjnu Steel.

Repeated quenching tends to change
the shape of steel. In recent expert
ment, q small tank of water was heat
ed by raising to redness soft-steel
cylinder 3.5 inches in diameter, and
then plunging it into the water. After
800 quenchings the metal was found to
have been shortened three-fourths of
an inch, with corresponding increase
In width. The steel contained O.O5 per
cent Of carbon, OO1 of silicon, O.S of
phosphorus, O.O5 Of sulphur and 0.45
f manganese. us.,
The Benson signal., 1919-03-29
New Work for Disabled Soldiers.

A British diamond corporation has
established a diamond-cutting factory
at Brighton, England, and has ar
ranged for instruction centers in vari-
GUS parts Of the country where dis.
abled soldiers can learn how to trans
form rough diamonds into finished
gems. Before the war practically all
Of the British diamond output, which
means practically all of the worlds
output, was shipped to the continent
of Europe to be polished. Proprietors
Of the new factory already employ
several hundred ex-fghters and claim
to have proved that they can do as
good work as the men on the continent
who have devoted their lives to the
diamond-cutting trade.-Popular Me
chanicS Magazine.
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Not Overly Pleased.

II don't know that I'm particularly
pleased with the fact that women can
vote"
you're not. Why?"
"The wife insists on knowing whom
l intend voting for"
"Well, what of that?"
II find it's just another cause for an
argument"
The Benson signal., 1919-03-29

AFTER CLOUDS COMES OUNbHINMs\
AFTER DEsPoNDENCY COMES JoY.
AFTER SICKNESS COMES HEALTH
AFTER WEAKNESS COMES STRENGTHN
In the spring when you're call
in"-fagged out blood thin, il
you will turn to Natures remedy,
a tonic made from wild roots and
barks, which has stood fifty years
as the best spring tonic-you will
find strength regained. No need
to tell you it's DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, put up in tablet
or liquid form, and sold by every
druggist in the land. . After q hard
winter-shut up indoors, your blood
needs a temperance tonic, a tissue
builder and blood-makersucha hasthis
Medical Discovery" of Dr.. .Pierce's.
Kansas City, Kans.-"About the only
medicine I have ever given my little boy
is Golden Medical Discovery. He never
was very strong and would become run.
down very quickly, would suffer loss oil
appetite. I would give him the Golden
Medical Discovery and it always built
him up in good health. have also given
this medicine as spring tonic; for such
Golden Medical Discovery has no equal
AIRS. Geo. Maui. 1912 N. 18Th st.
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.4LLLED ANlD A1E12hC4X MR.
.1hloJ GZlARlIn0 hyA28OR O(<2U/7f

The argument used by the
Italian officials everywhere. for
final possession Of Fiume. is
based on the declaration tnat
Fiume is as much a part oI
Italy, as far as character of pop
ulation is concerned, as Venice.
or Milan, and that, therefore, un-
der President Wilson's doctrine
of self-determination of peoples,
the city. by an election and con-
sent Of it's inhabitants, should
become a permanent part OF the
Italian nation.
During the peace conference
Fiume had probably the largest
: and most literally assorted, po-
lice force of any town IN Eu-
rope.
There was an entire division
of Italian infak.ry there, COM
manded by Gen. Di San Mar
zano. 1t was this contingent. en-
tering the city November IL.
1918, that gave the Italian inter-
national council, and the strong
ly pro-Italian board of alder
men, the authority to discourage
the aspirations Of some Croatian
troops (Jugo- -Slavs) that had en-
tered the town Immediately aft
er the Italian-Austrian armist1ce
was signed, endeavoring to start
Jugo-Slav regime at once.
General Tranie commanded a
regiment of French and Serbian
soldiers. There was also a regl'
ment Of British soldiers there, in
charge of Brigadier General Cor
don, with Sir Thomas Picton as
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pies, endeaVOred to
seize the city and keep
the Italian residents
from setting up a form
of local government,
Italians in Fiume said.
That was early In
November. By the mid
die of January, when
| visited the city with
the first party of news
paper men permitted
In, the region after the
cessation of hostilities,
the JugO-Slavs had not
lost hope of finally
owning Fiume; and
t b e II Italian s there.
backed by a division Of
infantry, had not lost
one whit of their en-
thusiasm for retaining
this port for their own
nation. Street clashes
we're frequent between
The Benson signal., 1919-03-29
Important 10 Mothera
Military Precedent.

Stella-But do you still wear his
ring?
Bella-Yes, uniforms may be worn
for three months after engagements
are over.
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and for time, while the peace conference was
getting down to business, it seemed altogether
possible that there would be a final fare-up in
Fiume before the European battle flags were
finally furled.S
Before theNWar had actually ceased-before Aus
tra had signed armistice with the Italian su-
preme command-trouble started in Fiume with
tie evacuation of the Austrian officials who had
governed the town. Two or three days before the
armiStice was signed the Croatians, representing
the Jugo-Sav state being formed of Balkan peo-
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STRANGE SPECIES
OF FLOWERS IN
FRENCH TRENCHES

strange phenomenon is to he
seen at present on the battIefelds of
France.
Flowers, not known within living
memory. are breaking out on the
SCARED surface and in shell holes
and dugouts.
Botanists have become interested
in the discovery of the plants, which,
it is believed. have sprung from
seeds buried in the depths of the
earth for decades past. A we'll
known botanist in London, discuss
ing the phenomenon. said:
There is evidence that seeds may
be buried for a large number of
years awaiting the time of germi-
nation.
1T is known that seeds have been
buried for upward of sixty years
without losing their power of germi-
nation. Seeds of corn and wheat
buried with Egyptian mummies
thousands of years ago have been
planted in the twentieth century and
haye terminated in the ordinary
way. ',l.t
1T is quite possible that strange
Towering plants-that is. strange to
the local inhabitants-are now flow
ering in the French battlefields.
The heavy shell-fre which has torn
up the earth may have created con-
ditions for their growth after lying
dormant so long. STRAY Stories.
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Don't refuse to run the race of life
because you are handicapped. In
stead. let your handicap be as a spur
in your side TO urge you on TO more
speed and effort and thus enable you
b. win out
II you have a defect OF mind. or
body, or character. turn ii into a viz
tue. There is some excuse for people
being victims to weaknesses that they
do not know that they possess. but
there is none for them not correcting
a fault of which they are conscious.
Yet how often you hear men and
women say that the reason they have
not succeeded. or the reason they have
DO friends. or the reason their mar
riages have been failures, is because
they lack education. or they have
high tempers. or they are eXtravagant.
or they can't keep house or make a
living 1t is a shameful confesson
for any normal human being to make
because anyone with an ounce of grit
and intelligence can jolly well make
themselves over if they want TO. ana
can camouhaSe a Diemish so success
fully that the general public will not
perceive il.
When we speak OF woman being
pretty. We mean just the general
pleasing effect she produces upon the
eve. and it is quite as often a matter
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By E. C. DRUM-HUNT.

The only attendants were Miss
Geraldine Hall who was one OF
the last winters debutantes, and
Mott Brennan, of New York.
1nasmuch as Brig. Gen. William
Carroll Rafferty,, u. S. A. and Mrs,
RAFFERTY,, parents of the bride. and
Mr.. and Mrs John Van Antwerp
Cattus of New York and Bay Head,
n. j.. parents of the bridegroom
were pleased by the engagement
which had existed several weeks
before it was announced, they
were at loss yesterday to under
stand the elopement. A formal
wedding had been arranged for
next autumn.
Mrs. Cattus was introduced to So
ciety in New York two years ago
by her mother. who has made her
home in the WaIdorf-Astoria Ho-
tel, while Brig. Gen. Rafferty, has
been absent on military duty. She
is granddaughter of Mai. Gen
Judson Fitzpatrick. who. after his
service in the civil war, was Minis
ter to Denmark. and Ambassador to
Austria Hungary. She is the sis
ter of Lieut.. William Carroll Raj
ANANg yAss y. ~ " iAp SCI NNN ~
| France with the aviation section
of the Signal Corps and now is d
student in Columbia University.
MRS. THOMAS p. GORE
HOSTESS YESTERDAY.
Mrs. Thomas P. Gore, wife of SEN
ator Gore, was hostess at a lunch
con at the Capitol today, when hel
guests included Mrs. James A. Reed
Mrs. William J. Macdonald, of Pas
adena. Cal; Mrs. Allen Porter, OF
Kansas City; Mrs. Joseph Ponder
and Miss Margaret Hays, of Dallas
Texas. all of whom were at the
Capitol to hear the President speak
Miss Margaret Young. of Okla
; homa, who was the guest for some
time of Mrs. Gore. has returned tC
her home. accompanied by the lat
ter's little daughter. Miss Nina Gore
Lieut.. Thomas Henry Healy
Forty-sixth Regiment. c. n. c.. with
the regulars of the American army
abroad. has surprised his family ant
Washington friends by sending
; them full details of his marriage tC
/ a French girl. He is the son o.
Building Inspector and Mrs. John p
HeaIy. of 1899 U street. and is q
I Washington High School and George
Washington University graduate
. and was well known as an athlete.
The marriage of Lieut.. Healy tC
Elizabeth Perrisson. daughter Of
Maj. and Mime. Perrisson. of Paris
the former a member of the Legion
! of Honor, took place in Paris OF
| June 10 and was accompanied by
considerable pomp and ceremony.
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FRIDAY, JULY II. 1913.

Copyright. 1879 b. the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndiczts.D
This should be a fairly fortunate
dag. according to astroloGy. Jupi-
ter. Saturn and Uranus are all III
bcnefic aspect.
1t is a most suspicious time for
initiative whether in bushes or
politics.
Business continues subject to a
rule making for high prices but
general prosperity.
Merchants. manufacturers and all
who buy and sell have the forecast
OF great gain.
Inventions and adaptations or
changes that insure Increased pro-
duction from agriculture and manu-
featuring are indicated and thes,
will bring about new phases of CO.
operation.
The seers predict that govern
ment i'm the United States has un-
dergone peculiar transition mat
viii make il more than ever the
concern of the people.
Honors for the President and his
Cabinet will be bestowed at some
ceremonial to take place in Wash
iuGton, astrolorers foretell.
Those who read the stars see
written in the future supreme
tests for the country. but all the
signs are good. making for growth
and progress.
Reactionary forces are said to be
at work as a result of wars prog
rsss and, these will be strongly en-
phasized during the coming
months.
The turn Of the wheel of timf
backward will probably affect fash
ions as well as manners. Victorian
modesty of speech and dress is
prophesied.
New interest in home and all thai
pertains to the household is prog
nCsticated by the seers. who fore
tell success for those who build and
seek to be stable and permanent.
Crops should be so abundant that
farmers will profit greatly, accord
ing TO the stars that rule the fer
tility of the earth. but there may
be some serious losses.
Forestry and the cultivation of
desert lands will next occupy the
public mind. it is predicted, for
there is sign making for new in
terest in pioneer life.
Persons whose birthdate it is have
the forecast of far wanderings and
much prosperity.
Children born on this day are
likely to he trustworthy, CunsCi-
entious and in every way reliable.
They may be self-wiIlsi. but they
usually prosper.
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TANNING MY HUSBAND
Nv KATHLEEN FOX.

Copyright. 1873. b. the Mcclure Newspaper
syndeatel
Immediately our relations became
impersonal. save that at every oppor-
tunity Crittenden tried to surmount
q ladder of gifts.
''Bess," he began one night at din
ner. II saw a gorgeous oriental rug
in a window today. I'd like for you
to see it. and, IL you want 1t. we'll
get it,"
That would be a nice thing for the
house." said.
II didn't mean TO buy 1t for the
house." he replied impatiently. Il
wanted to buyft for youi" Z
oh" l exclaimed. but quite with
out enthusiasm. But 1t would be
for the house anyway"
He looked at me steadily for a mo-
ment, his face impressive. Yes.
suppose so,' he said, half heartedly.
A feature of the new life we were
living was the establishment by mu-
tual consent. though unspoken, Of my
own personal independence. / came
and went as 1 chose. Crittenden COM
mented not at ell on the fact that 1
frequently reached home from a
horseback ride long after his arrival.
Sometimes he looked at me as though
displeased when ] cantered in on Pc
gasus just in time for dinner, but he
managed to refrain from commenting
on it.
] saw Betty down town one day
and she told me they wanted to an
nounce the engagement. 1t was late
In April and they were to be married
in June. l made a suggestion.
Let me give you a luncheon, Betty
and announce it then said, eagerly
That is sweet of you. Bess. to want
to do that for me- cried Betty hap
PLY and it was so decided
told Crittenden in the morning
that l was to entertain a few friends
at luncheon at home. but did not ever
explain that il was in honor of Betty
He asked one question.
rs that girl coming?''
Elizabeth Harding" I exclaimed
'Oh, yes. by all means. Elizabeth
CTO BE CONTINUED)
THE stars incline. but do not compel. -
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of harmonious colors and artistic
fabrics as II Is any regularity of fea.
ture Of the lady herself
Aho the homely girl must study tho
general art Of pleasing by agreeable
and sympathetic manners. She must
read and study ard make herself en-
tertaininE, because she must depend
upon her brains and not her com
pleNIon as a passport TO popularity
1t has been said that most Of the
great things in the world have been
done by inValids-that is by people
who had to husband their strength.
and treat their stomachs with respect.
and tighten the burdens on Their
hearts. and nurse along the human
machine to keep IL going. The point
j. that il can be done. and that. In
reality. a chronic complaint Senerally
adds 10 ones length Of DAYS instead
of cutting them short because 10
rouses the fighting spirit in its victim
and makes him OF her determined u
live in spite of il. But IL all depends
on the individual and his or her spank
in overcoming a handicap.
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This summer, the woman has the
opportunity to be her own true self
and can be just as beruffled and as
feminine as she chooses, for all true
feminine things are the fashion
This, year no woman can possibly
make the excuse, that she has moth
ing to wear" aSthe fashions arc not
only feminine. but there is great lati-
tude given, which enables the woman
to make over the things in the treas
ure chest
This came to me when / viewed the
model shown today. because of the
embroidered bands which trim the bod
ice and the skirt. We have all seen
ether days when we used just such
hands to decorate our frocks. This
dress is made OF white net and the
bands are also of white net. embroid-
cred. but the same design might Le
most successfully carried out in either
white organdy or net with bands OF
embroidery on fine Swiss. -
This model has the rounde ed meek
line and the short sleeves required
of the newest of the summer models,
as wei as the wide sash OF ribbon.
The oyerskirt is bloused over the fosln-
dalton. which is decorated with ruff
ties of fhe net This SAME sort of dec
Grafton IS added below the waistline.