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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-27
I'LL Trrnimcnt OF The lcM 5

The Jews ji!ae the Armcnians, have
been persecpted for centuries and aft
or all - said and done by the Peace
Conference there is little doubt there
will be outbreaks of that type from
time to time. However, it is certain
there will be some provision against
the harming of innocent people mere
ly because they are OF another race.
The Poles arc peculiar people for
they seem 10 dislike other nations OK
cept themselves. During the time they
were under the Russian government
they refused to speak the Russian
language or to study 1t at school
They were forced to use IT in transac-
tions with the government They We're
always sullen and no matter what fav-
ors Russia offered 20 them they made
no effort to conciliate the Cars Court
and even refused to recognize him as
the car. but spoke of him as the
King of Poland. They claimed that
they were loyal only to Poland and
were continually prating about what
a great nation they had been.
Early History
Polish history processes to go back
10 the fourth century, but its history
up 10 the tenth century is too leg
endary to have much value and even
at that period there was little of in
terest. Not until Sigismund l, sur
named the Great, came to the throne
in 1896 was the country raised to
prosperity. This ruler was generous
and was well beloved by his people
and he brought about harmony among
the turbulent mobiles. He, however,
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became involved in q war with Rus
sIa and lost Smolensk. His son sisis-
mund II reignod well and finally the
Polish land stretched across central
Europe from the Baltic Sea TO the
Dnicstcr with its west front less than
ninety miles from Berlin and its east
crn border about $50 miles from
Moscow.
The land has always been the hot
bcd oS intrigues and many European
countries looked upon its rich land
with covetous eyes and in 1772 it be
gan to shrink in size. Then came the
second partition when five millions
of Poles were bluntly told that they
were to consider themselves Prussian
or Russian subjects according to the
new frontiers drawn by the treaty.
Poland was rendered helpless and fell
a victim to Prussian and Russian
trickery. Before they had recovered
there was a third partition. Then the
great Kosciusko, the most chivalrous
figure in Polish history came to the
front. He soon reached America
and fought under General Wash
ington, where he displayed such
military ability that he became a Gen
eral. He returned to his native land
in 1888 and started revolution. The
common people rallied about him but
the cause was lost although he made
a gallant fight having three horses
killed beneath him. He was finally
taken prisoner.
Warsaw had become the seat OF gov
ernment of the country in 1850 and
was the scene of Kosciusko's fight. a
terrible battle whore soldiers. civilians.
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of yellow fever SO they gained no help
for Poland.
They at last settled down as an un-
happy people, the three parts of which
were ruled by Austria, Germany anu
Russia. They suffered humiliation
from each one and were known as the
saddest people in Europe.
Divided Between Nations
Then the great war came which
threw the great armies of Europe IN
conflict on the d.smembered soil of
Poland. The Poles were Slavs but
thcy owed allegiance to three nations
and were drawn into these armies.
Finally they concluded that if some
fought with each army they might
in some way gain recognition. Russia
made the biggest play for them by
promising them a certain freedom and
the Car even sent a religious address
to them which caught many and they
tried to fight against Germany with
the Russians, but the retreat of the
Russian army left them an easy victim
to the Huns who devastated Poland as
they did Belgium, destroying hundreds
Of villages.
Battles At Warsaw
A part of the campaign was fought
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-27
WHERE THE LAZY THRIVE

Perhaps. among the happiest people
in the world, are the Ekoi. of South.
ern Nigeria. on the equator. Hero
they pay no taxes. and a few weeks
labor will supply them with food,
clothes and home for year. thanks
to the fruitful land. These people
have a superstition that little children
love sweet words. kind looks and gem
tie voices. and If the family into
which they have been reincarnated is
quarrelsome, they will forsake the
earth until the chance offers to return
again amid more peaceful surround.
ings. Dancing Is one of their main
occupations, and. on all great fes-
'ivals. the chief societies of men.
women and children come up 70 the
station to give a series of danceS
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every implomen: Of agriculture as wei
as everything else in the hope OF starV.
ing the people.
The land is productive but the peo-
pie have no farming implements ana
they are so weak from lack OF FOOD
that they cannot even work II they
had the machinery.
Warsaw, the largest city, Is oeaut-
fully situated on plain on the Vistuia
River. The main part OF the city Is
close to the river, and houses are
quaint and many are very old. The
city has always been an intellectual
center and many of our finest singers
and musicians have called Warsaw
their home.
Pitiful Condition
The Socialists have appeared but
they are not making any attempt TO
feed the women and children who
stand about begging for food. Mum
bers of children are going blind
through suffering with trachoma, the
dreaded eye disease. There are also
several thousand i'll from tuberculosis.
Both of these diseases are from lack
Of medicine and proper food.
The old Jewish market, where
great part of the foodstuffs were
handled is almost empty, as few can
get any food to offer The once beau
tiful boulevards, built in imitation OF
the Champs-Elysess of Paris, show lit
tie of their old time splendor. Beggars
are everywhere.
The Catholic church predominates
as a religion, but there are more than
100000 Jews about the city, both
Poles and Jews have little food and no
work. Poland's plight is pitiful and
it may be many years and only after
much suffering that this chrysalis of
nation may come into the sunshine.
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puluue Trains In Mexico

Pulque, the national drink of Mex
.co, is made from the juice of the
maguey plant, large tracts of which
are cultivated outside the City of Mex
leo. AS a rule there are about eight
hundred plants to the acre. The juice
is extracted by the poems. 1t is
shipped into town in long trains much
like our milk trains here. The white
liquid tastes like yeast and the con-
sumption IS so great that it is equiva-
lent to two quarts day for each per-
SON
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-27
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LSE2x1e L@e SSHc2C7
Birds Are Among the Great
est Friends of Mankind
1t Is Estimated That With
out Their Help All Plant
Life Would Disappear In
a Few Years.

Copyright, 1919, Inc Iutefhatlonai SNhulC''e'
NJ o you know that the birds stand
Abetween you and starvation?
This is a scientific fact, for 1t Is
~ asserted that the earth in fc"
years would be eaten bare Of food
crops, grass and other vegetation by
destructive insects If 1t We're not for
our friends and protectors, the birds,
which devour these bugs and beetles
by the billions and thus hold them in
check. Birds are the first lieutenants
In every cleanup campaign. Some o.
them even eat mosquitoes, and any
thing which helps to get rid Of these
suckers deserves a vote of thanks from
humanity. Birds protect the farmers
crops upon which we depend for our
main supply OF foodstuffs; they eat
borer worms. larva and other Injurious
enemies Of the trees: and they attack
the moths. caterpillars and various
bugs that invade the fruit orchard.
Take the case of the late Frederick
the Great. 1t is reported that one day
he saw q flock of sparrows peckins at
some of the cherries among his trees.
In an outburst of passion he Numbered
out command that every small bird
In the neighborhood be searched out
and killed. He would have no more
of such destructiveness among his
cherry trees. Within two years the
trees were bare of cherries but they
were producing a fine crop or cater
pillars. Some efficiency,
Eat Own Weight in Bugs A Day
Birds as a rule are omnivorous eat
ers: and sometimes in a single day a
bird will eat more than its own weight
oc bugs. Stomachs of birds have been
found TO contain more than fifty varie-
ties OF insects. While the number Of
individual insects IN a stomach has
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-27
A Sketch Of the Pitiful Con.
dition of That Country
Now So Much In the Pub
lie Eve.

~ NE of the nations which passed
"a Aout of existence as the result Of
Tie policies OF the Hohenzoiierns
w. of Prussia. the Gap1burgs oi
Austria and the Romanoffs OF Russia
was Poland. a sympathetic world
listened 10 the sad story OF !ts dis
ru2t.on end many expressed the hope
that .he time would come whom that
once proud and happy people "oald
he united under "a Government Of their
own. They had felt che hand or op-
preston and suffered all the ignominy
Of a conquered and despised nation.
Their history, If II can be called his
tory, during the last hundred years
should have taught them 10 be con-
siderate and merciful TO those in dis
,ress and to hold out a helping hand
to a people struggling for existence
and for the mere right 10 live IN
peace. But now chat they have gained
their freedom and their right to live
as a separate and Independent nation
has been recognized, one of the first
acts to be connivcd at or at least toll
Grated Is the harsh and unjust treat
ment of the Jews.
During the pogroms of long ago one
was led to believe that they were
brought about through the instigation
of the clique about the Car. and those
of Kiev and Kitchinoff no doubt had
such an origin, but the most recent
ones have occurred in Poland. 1t
seems that whatever may happen
there the Jews are in some way drawn
into the melee and a number killed
and there have been many outrages
against this race since November Z.
1918. These have consisted of looting,
assaults, burglaries and fighting. Jews
applying for permits We're robbed and
tocged. Their religion was even
ridiculed land many houses were burned
10 the ground.
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Senators Reject
Wilson'S Pact Plea
Continued From Page Ono

Continued From Page One
the United States by refusing to Join
the league of nations not only would
endanger its own safety. but would
break faith with it's associates in the
war.
Senator Moses. of New Hampshire,
a Republican of the foreign relations
committee, in an address demanded
radical changes in the treaty. He said
that while the league covenant was bad
enough the treaty is infinitely worse
McNary Supports Treaty
Supporting the league of nations,
Senator McNary urged that it be ac-
eepted without any such amendments or
reservations as would "alter the splen
did purpose of the covenant or weaken
1t so far as it affects our duties"
The Senate, said the speaker. could,
without harm, adopt certain "reserva-
tions in the form of interpretations. 4"
but should not endanger the covenant
by making reservations that would
vitally affect important features. Ar
ticle Y. he said must be unimpaired,
because it was "the pillar section" of
the league.
81 am stoutly in favor" said Mr.
McNary, ''of the principle embodied in
any effort to insure the permanent
peace of the world, and | am willing
to accept the covenant Of the league of
nations contained in the peace treaty.
"The Senate could, without postpon-
ing the day of the ratification of the
treaty or requiring its resubmission to
the other nations, by a resolution, place
its Interpretation as to the meaning
of articles in the league susceptible to
one or more meanings.
THE constitution of the league is not
the final and unalterable judge of the
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was reported to have been shot from his
horse while patrolling the street. A
marine sergeant was shot in the neck by
negro. and Patrolman Herman Glass
man was wounded in the leg by negroes
speeding by in an automobile.
Late in the night thc negroes dis
pcrscd ms mobs and numbers Of them
took possession Of high powered auto
mobiles. in which they raced through
the streets. pumping bullets from auto
matte weapons at all whites who hap
pcned within range II is believed that
numerous casualties. resulting from
this indisrriminatc firing, have not beer
reported to the police.
The noliCe learned that call for an
organized demonstration against negroes
has been circulated among soldiers.
sailors and marines in and around
semble mob Ht Ninth and Pennsyl-
vania averfue. march to negro sections
and ''clPan them out.
CavaIr, man Kills Two In Auto
Two negroes in an automobile were
shot and instantly. killed by q United
States cavalryman on patrol after they
| shot his horse from under him at Sev
cnth and NJ streets. Northwest. a negro
section. at A o'clock this morning
The police said the negroes had been
driving their automobile wild about the
streets. shooting promisCuously at white
pedestrians.
They passed tho c8valryman and shot
at him, striking his horse. He was
thrown by the. wounded animal, but
arose Immediately and. firing at the
machine. made two direct hits. instantly
! killing the negroes.
Policemen in an automobile pursuing
| the lawlrss negroes arrested two negro
women who were in the machine.
Negro Killed; Another shot
During riot near n motion picture
! theatre near Fourth and y streets.
/ Northwest. Randall Ncale. colorcd. was
shot and instantly killed His friend.
! Robert BrNaGuS. was shot fatally.
George Dent, colorcd. was struck by
an unidentified white man in street
ear near Seventh and g streets. The
whites jumped from the car. Dent
stood on the back platform and cmpticd
his pistol into n crowd of white mon
and women. shooting Albert Finleyson
| in the left hip and Ernest Gioyanettc
in tho foot Dent in turn was shot five
times and fatally wounded by Detective
! Sergeant SCrivcner. ChaunCey Eoldc
ridge and William Sullivan, both white.
+ were cut by flying glass when rn" of
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Dents bullets broke a plate glass win
dow.
James Richards. white. sixty years
old, was badly beaten by gang Of
negroes, who escaped.
Citizens armed with repeating rifles
were aiding the police in natrolling the
streets Riot calls nt the rate nf one
every five minutes are coming to police
headquarters from all sections Of the
Citv.
beginning at midnight squads Of ma
rinrS carrying rifles rode up and down
Pennsylvania avenue ami other crowded
thoruughtarr~ in motortruCKs diSpcrs-
ing crowds.
Negro Saved From Lynching
Several score Of police and military
reserves were required to prevent the
lynrhing "f two negroes who opcucd fire
upon white men in the street from the
window Of n garage at Eleventh aud +
streets. Northwest. The crowd sur
rounded III" building and. spurrcd by
shouts "f Kill the niggCrS' Lynch
'Cm had started to rush the building
when III" police arrived and arrested
the negroes.
In statement today tho Board o'
commissioners tho governing authority
of th" District Of Columbia. said that
at no time last night was tho situation
beyond tho control of tho authorities.
and that with the aid of tho military
and th" go operation Of citizens the ro-
lice world remain in control. The state
mCnt follows:
"With the police arrangements to hc
mad" tonight if tho authorities can
have IN" go operation and assistance Of
law abiding citizens. tho Situnton will
b" kept in hand
At II" tim" last night was tho city
at tn" mercy Of the moh The violence
which occurred was sporadic in char.
actor and most of tho shootingS and
other "utragCs took place whore small
crowds "r no crowds at all w"ro gath.
CrCd The largo crowds and what might
property he termed mohS wcrc Dispersed
by tho police and tho provost guard
without great difficulty and with hut
fow injuries
Tho provost guard continues n as
>'>' tho police authoriticS and will con
tinuo so to 10 with augmented forces.
Plans, ar" being made for increased
patrols. Sufficient reserves will ho
maintained 70 be thrown whcrovcr they
may ho needed It may be necessary 10
closo some streets to vchirular traffic
Tho civil authorities arc in complete
charge of tho situation and tho mill.
tarv will continue TO assist thcm
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the best it could in regard to the Shan
tung issue" he said Let Japan be
given the opportunity to make good her
promise to right the wrong. originally
committed by Germany. before we
undertake this severe and improper
criticism of her" "
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GEORGE A. NOLAN DIES
Stricken by Apoplexy-5ody Taken
to Home Of Bryn Mawr Relatives

George A. Nolan. fifty five years
old. died in the Polytechnic Hospital last
night of apoplexy.
He was picked up at the corner of
Thirteenth and Walnut streets, where
he was stricken. He rpomed at 1900
Locust street
The body is now at Bryn Mawr, at
the home of relative.
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from which she was firing indscrim-
inately into the street.
Detective Bernard. W. Thompson was
seriously wounded by Scgress in the
same section Of the city.
Reserve squads Of police and provost
guards were being rushed through tho
streets of the city all night in answer
to riot calls. Army motortrucks were
stationed at the precinct hcadOuartors
with squad of men armed with auto
matte rifles assigned to each. More
than forty five riot cas- we're turned in
AT once precinct alone between the hours
Of and | o'clock. and others re-
spondcd to almost an equal number.
Will" in the minor disorders Of
Saturday and Sunday night crowds OF
white men assumed the aggressive last
nights riotng was marked by general
preparedness on the part of the negroes
who, during the day. purchased hun
drcds of revolvers Early in the evening
they formed into crowds in their own
sections and attacked white men where
ever found The first casualty occurred
when Patroman !. G. Bum. who was
attempting 10 place negro nn0Pf hr
rest. was shot in the shoulder. Bum
is rcputcd to he the best shot on the
local police force and has participated
in n number Of national matches.
shortly after the satrolman was
wounded, n negro. riding on the back
platform Of street car. opened fire
with an automatic revolver on n crowd
of white men. women and children.
woundng four Of them. two seriously,
before he was fclled by seven bullets
fired by an officer who succeeded ir
boarding the car close to him. Although
each bullet took effect. tho negro was
said to be not fatally injured.
, Later. in another locality. negro
who hourishcd n revolver in an at
tempt to hold up street car. was fclleC
by marine using the butt end of his
gun and was fatally shot when he got
/ up and attempted to escape. Two
negroes wcrc later fatally shot in the
northwest section Of the city. one after
he had shot and seriously wounded tive
white men.
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worlds opinion Time opens the way
and presents opportunity for all needed
amendments. Within this league will
ripen new code of International law
and justice that will guide the nations Of
the world by the path that leads to
peaceful settlements Of all International
disputes that will avoid controversies
that result in war.
Let this country be committed to n
step in the direction Of everlasting
peace. and it is my sincere belief that
the league Of nations is the greatest
step the world has. ever taken toward
peace; therefore I shall support the
league, as it is the hope Of the world -
johnson Defends League
Our commerce extends to the limits
Of tho entire globe. said Senator John.
son. of North Dakota. defending the
league. Have you ever considered
tho position of danger Ne would he in
il the great commercial nations enter
this league and we remain aloof? WHY
should We not be regarded with cnmitv
and suspicion? Our great commercial
interests. rich lands, favored geographi
cal position. would soon place us in
position Of standing alone The tim.
might come when there would he n
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frmation Of tho prcdictior that this
treaty was to no written in disregard
of rho old order of tho balance of powCr
/ and with no element of national COM
morcia greed. AIT the elements of
greed. national suspicion and jealousy
are only too evident in almost every
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Marine Shot In Neck

One Of the most seriously wounded in
the list of casualties was Private Albert
Luck, marine corps, who was shot in
the neck hv negro near tho Treasury
building. An unidentified cavalryman
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Riots Bring Call
for Martial LdlC

onUnued FROM rage bne
for the good women Of the land. Tho
present district government is unQu"s
tionnbly incapable from weakness, in .
efficiency or timdity to deal with the
situation with the firm hand required.
All the resolutions wore received for
reference in the usual way.
BY request of the police all merchants
and pawnshops today ceased selling fire
arms. There is no law in the capita
governing tho sales. and the merchants
voluntarily acccdcd to the request o
the police. There was a rush Of citizens
today to buy arms The negroes anC
rioters demonstrated in last night
scenes and the previous disturbances
that they were we'll supplied.
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Another Woman Attacked

Today'S first police report told Of
another white woman assaulted and
injured by negro at Capital Heights.
suburb to the northeast Of the city.
Tho negro who had loitercd about the
woman's house all yesterday was first
scared away. and then. hiding behind
a hedge. seized her as she passed by late
last night. The woman was virtually
disrohcd in her struggle with her as
sailant. who escaped after she, had
scratched and bitten him badly.
This was the seventh attack on white
women by negro men in and near the
District Of Columbia within two weeks
From trolley cars and swiftly moving
automobiles negro dcspcradocs in par
tics, singlv and in pairs rained revolver
shots into groups of whites whenever
they found them. and all night there
was scattered firing from houses in
which negroes. terror stricken. but not
uuplled. had barricadcd themselves.
Several Of the injured were reported
fatally hurt this morning and at least
200 yiotors were under arrest. The
dead include Detective Sergeant Harry
Wilson. shot through the heart hv
negro girl when he entered a house