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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07
.FR{EL|NG ANNOUNCES
FIRST PLANK IN HIS
CANDIDACY PLATFORM
SENATORIAL ASPIRANT BELIEN ES
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Is
OF LIMITED POWER

Oklahoma city, Aug. C. S. p. Free
ling, attorney general, who formally
announced, late Saturday afternoon. his
candidacy for the democratic nomina-
ton for United states senator to sue
ceed T. p. Gore, was for seven years
county attorney of Pottawatomie coun-
attorney general. His home is at Shaw
nee.
For several months my friends have
urged me to stand as a candidate for
the democratic nomination for United
States senator, but for several weeks
many conditions prevented Il serious
consideration of the matter, although
any citizen should feel honored to rep
resent Oklahoma in the upper house of
the national legislature" said Mr. Free
ling. For the next few months mat
tcrs Of vital Importance to all the peo-
Pile of Oklahoma will be presented for
solution by the attorney generals office,
such as the suit to determine the boun-
dairy line between Oklahoma and Texas,
the fixing of telegraph and telephone
rates since the properties have been
released by the federal government, an
investigation concerning monopolies
within the state in articles of comfort
and necessity; and these problems, so
vital to all, must be determined and
solved, regardless of the senatorship
and its splendid opportunities for serv-
ice But, after a careful survey of the
situation, I can readily see that within
Il few months these matters will be ad-
iusted and consequently a relief from
the pressure of the present will result
and, therefore, | have determined to be
a candidate, subject to the August. 1920,
primary"
When pressed for a statement as to
at is impossible at this time to state
fully the platform Of principles upon
which | shall ask support. However,
the campaign | shall frankly
state my views upon every question in
which the American people have an in
terest and with which the senate has
to deal The great question, of course,
now before the senate and the Ameri-
can people is the League of Nations,
but the covenant of the league will be
adopted or rejected by the senate long
before the campaign for the senatorial
nomination begins.
while il is impossible to outline a
full platform for consideration by the
people of the state, | shall state that
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07
The Ardm0reite'S
FREE FORUM
HAVE YOU \ son?

/ Have you a son who is just about to
start out in the world with nothing but
a little education and about four years
hard work ahead of him at a boy S
wages? VIII he have a chaince to see
the world while he is learning a trade
during those four years? VIII he re.
ceive pay which is equivalent to what
the average young man is earning at the
same time?
We would like to have the parents of
these young men call at the enrolment
office Of the University in Khaki at the
L. $. Army Recruiting Station, 40 -
East Main street, Ardmore, Okla, and
have a talk with the sergeants there
and see the great opportunities that are
offered to young men.
The late war has taught a lesson in
regard to reaching the soldier along
certain lines, and that is mechanics ex-
pert mechanics and the army now has
opened the University in Khaki where
siTty-eght different trades are taught
to men that have a little get-up in them.
If your son goes into a shop to learn
a trade it will take about four years OF
the boys life, at a boys pay and about
four-ffths of the time in sweeping the
shop. running crrands, odd jobs. keep
ing out of the bosses way and hanging
around the workmen getting trade
terms. At the end of four years he is
a first-class helper, he calls mself
mechanic They all do. The boss made
money on him.
In the University in Khaki, a man is
taught as fast as he is capable of learn
ing and trade is learned i'm from five
and one half to nine and one-half months
and a man is thoroughly learned. He is
a first-class mechanic and he is accu-
rate, as n the army a mans life may
depend upon the work turned out by the
mechanic, and his work has to be ac.
curate.
If your son cnrolls in the University
in Khaki the Government will hold him
to the work until he learns, and is a
first class and expert mechanic, no mat.
ter what line of work he takes up.
We want the parents 10 call ON us
ana have talk with us. Just see for
yourself We want YOU to feel that your
son is going to college instead of the
Old peace-time army.
1t will cost you nothing and it does
not obligate you in any way You do
not have to let your son sign any papers
until YOU are satisfied that he IS go
ing to better himself The ages are from
Is to - years. Those under u bring
their registration cards, birth certifi-
Gates or call and get an affidavit to fill
out. The enrolment office FOR the Uni
versity i'm Khaki is at the L. $. Army
Recruiting Station, Ardmore, Okla.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07
ALAS! POOR PROGRESSiVES!

{ & T LEAST TWO opportunities have been
L given to the republican congress to move
?, Though still firm in the belief that they rule
the party, some way or another they are stlll
minus the control and have monopoly on
nothing but ieers and rank ingratitude. The
. situation in the lower house Of congress is an
: example.
The defeat of James K. Mann and the elec-
, ton Of Frederick II. Gillett to the speakership
} was hailed as "progressive' victory. But
that was all Mann lost. His lieutenant, Mon
dell of Wyoming, was chosen republican floor
leader, Mann stalwarts dominate the steer
ing commttee' and the committee on rules,
and head all the other important house com
mittees. Mann himself had to be recalled from
Chicago to rescue his party from the state Of
Legislative and general helplessness into which
it had fallen.
Just prior to the last incident the ''pro
gressives" thought the time propitious for an
enlargement of the party steering committee
in order to accommodate a larger representa-
ton of their element. The reactionaries OPP
posed the plan, naturally, but seemed able to do
nothing. Lacking the courage to deliver the
punch that would again put the ''progressives'
down for the count they sent for Mann. He
came, and down went the ''progressiVes' amid
the war cries of the "Old Guard
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07
@ The Editorial Page of The Daily Ardmoreite . /
"COPS" MISSING CHANCES

MO ONE envies the plight of the So
L called progressive republicans nowadays
toward a reduction in the cost Of living with
out at the same time mpairing the wages OF
workers or the fair profits of producers. The
Federal Trade Commissions reports on the
packing industry, which is charged with an at
tempt to restrain trade and monopoiZe the
production and distribution of staple foods
and Governor CoX's attack on eXploiters and
profteers in Ohio, give inspiration and occa-
sion for a congressional inquiry and remedy If
the republicans really wish to legislate for the
entire country instead Of acting or emitting to
act for the behoof Of special interests.
There is u general feeling that the present
expense of living has outrun any fair ratio to
the cost Of production and distribution. There
is a conviction that those who supply the pub
lie need for food and clothing and other com
mOdities are manipulating and profiteerlhg
without conscience or curb.
The people look to the republican congress
for action that will correct the conditions OF
which the Federal Trade Commission and Gov
emor CoX-among thousands-are complain
in. There can be no escape from this duty to
the people without ncurrng the odium Of in
difference to the country's welfare or the guilt
of collusion with the profteers The demo
Gratis have shown the way. Let the republican
ma jority suit its acts to the necessities.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07

at places they are almost sheer for
300 to 400 feet
Seen ut morning, at midday or at
midnight, the Six, this matchless en-
trance to hidden city. is unquestion
ably one of the great glories Of an
clent Petra. Along its cool, gloomy
gorge file the caravans Of antiquity
from Damascus and the East, from
the desert, from Egypt ana the heart
of Africa. Kings, queens, and conquer
ors have all marveled at its beauties
and its strangeness. Wealth untold
went IN and out Of il for centuries.
and now for over thirteen hundred
years it has been silent and deserted.
Carved in the face Of the cliff,
half revealed, half concealed i'm the
growing shadows. is one Of the larg-
est. most perfect, ana most beautiful
monuments of antiquity -Pharoh :
Treasury. Almost as perfect as the
day it came from beneath the sculp-
tors chisel, fifteen hundred or two
thousand years ago; colored with the
natural hues Of the brilliant sandstone
which added am indescribable element to
the architectural beauty; thanked and
surmounted by the cliffs. which had
been carved and tinted in turn by
the powers of nature: approached by
the mysterious deficit is almost over
pOwering in its effect"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07

countries bordering on the Mediter-
ranedu for even Tyre and Sidon deriv-
ed many of their precious wares and
dyes from Petra.
The Rock City was always to these
regions and peoples what Rome was
to the Romans and Jerusalem to the
Jews. ilorites Edomites, Nabatheans,
and Romans have all rejoiced and
poastcd in the possession Of this unique
stronghold and most remarkable city
of beauty.
THE entrance to the Rock city is
the most striking gateway 10 any city
ON our planet. II is a narrow rift
or dctile, biseCting a mountain Of
many-hued sandstone. winding through
the rock as though it was the most
plastic Of clay This Six, or defile.
is nearly two miles long. Its general
contour is a wide semi-cirCular swing
from the right to the left. with i'm
Vulnerable short bends. having sharp
curves and corners in its general
course.
The width of the Six varies from
twelve feet at its narrowest point to
% VI ~ lt'A 1T Oiii'i pleiptS. W ilti Z
the gloomy walls actually oVerhang
The roadway and almost shut out the
blue ribbon OF sky. it seems narrower,
and perhaps at many points above the
stream the walls do come closer than
- feet The heights of the perpen-
dicuar side cliffs have been estimated
at from POO to 900 feet. Heights. like
distances. in this clear desert air are
deceptive. but after many test and oh
ser,ations We are prepared to say that
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07
Petra, Whose Rock Palaces Have no Tunnels

Washington, -. C.-"ThUugh Turkey
vii. be uismembered and pushed out
Ct Europe. the Ottoman Empire prob
ably will continue i'm control Of some
Of the sacred ~hrines and most pre-.
cious history spots of Asia" says a
bulletin from the National Geogruphis
Society.
For example there is the Rock
city of Petra, known as the safe de
post OF caravans euroute with precious
wares to Tyre and Sidon.-which also
contains 'Pharohs Treasury. "
The bulletin quotes from a commu
nication by Franklin +. Hoskins de-
scribing Petra as follows:
The Highlands east of the Jordan
river are streWu with ruins marking
the rise and fall of successive civiliza-
tons Semitic, Greek, Roman. Chris
tian. Alohammedan. and Crusader.
These ruins have been preserved for
the modern explorer by the tides of
nomadic life, which have swept up
from the Arabian desert: but at the
southern end OF this mans land,
deep in the mountains OF Edom, lies
one Of the strangest. most beautiful.
and most enchanting spots upon this
earth-the Rock City Of Petra. It's
story carries us back to the dawn of
human history.
In the days of the Nabatheans.
Petra became the central point to
which the caravans from the interior
Of Arabia, Persia, and India came
laden with all the precious c-mmOdiues
OF tine East. and from which these com
moditiss were distributed through
Egypt. Palestine. syria. and all the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07

the first article in my confession of
faith is to maintain this republic as it
was formed and outlined in the consti.
tuition of the United states; that the
federal government is one Of limited
power; that it exercises only those pow
ers conferred upon it by the state and
the power not thus conferred is re-
served to the states or the people.
During the stress of the great world
war the people of America, In response
to the requirements of the situation and
the requests of our great president, sur.
rendered to the general federal gov.
ernment many of the dearest rights of
the state. Now that peace has come
ii should be the desire and the demand
of every good citizen that the powers
properly belonging to the states should
be renouncel Immediately by the Ma.
tional government and reposed again
in their proper sphere, with the SOY
ereign states of this republic The ne
cessity of this return of power 10 the
states is demonstrated in the distress
occasoned by the high cost of living
lHIOuSIOul inc HdllOll. III liHlt VI NtI
the federal government fixed the price
of necessities and the states, Yielding
to the necessities of the stress of war
have failed to enact legislation to pro
tect their people in this regard. respect
fully leaving the entire matter to the
federal government.
The state of Oklahoma may today
prosecute monopolies in commodities Of
comfort and necessity. but the belief is
generally prevalent that, after all, it
is a matter for federal control. | shall
insist, therefore, that the states shall
again be in reality supreme over local
matters ana that they shall again eXcr-
else without restraint the powers orig
inally retained under the constitution
of the United States and that we return
at once to the simplicity Of old-fashioned
Jeffersonian democracy"
Il believe this is a government of
political parties; that there is just room
enough in America for two political par
ties, and | shall, with all the strength
and ability at my command, oppose
every organization and political party
which is tainted with anything un-
American. / shall oppose bolsheVism,
sabotage and the /. w. W. as organi-
zations, whose principles, if ever made
on American soil, would sub
vert and destroy the sublime princi-
pies and destiny of our republic, max
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07

Yesterday a well-known Tishomingo resi-
dent had 300 pounds Of Ardmore ice shipped
to his home for which he is said to have paid
a dollar a hundred. Some time ago an up-to-
date ice plant was built at Tishomingo, but as
the promoter set charge Of 60 cents a hun
dred pounds for his product, nobody would
buy, so the ice plant really never got start.
Tishomingo is not large city, and local ice
plant should be welcomed by the people. Now
Tishomngo's tongue is hanging out. She has
the unused ice plant she is paying dollar a
hundred for ice shipped in and can't get
enough; and very probably Tishomingo, which
refused to pay 90 cents for home made ice,
feels like 80 cents.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07
PUTTING PROFiTEERS ON
BLACKLIST Is SOLVING
THE Ii. {. l.. IN FRANCE

PaI.s. Aug 5.-The plan recently
adopted 10y the French food ministry
to reduce food prices is working sue
cessfuiy in some Of the French cities.
Reductions i'm some foodstuffs vary
from - TO 80 per cent.
local committee has been created
representing both the dealers and con
sulners. which determines fair prices
and accredits dealers who accept the
prices specified This results in practi-
cal Jlacklisting of unfair dealers by
public opinion without any formal leg
ielatiou.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07

War Risk Insurance Bureau officials are
enlisting the cooperation of five hundred
thousand volunteer workers to present to serv
ice men the benefits to be derived from contin
uing their Warrisk insurance. The government
sells this insurance to the service men at cost
which is about one third lower than it can be
purchased from the old-line companies. The
government pays all the expense of operation,
giving the service men the protection at cost
as one way Of showing its appreciation for their
war service. Forty billions of such insurance
held by four million men will have a profound
ly beneficial effect on the social and economic
life Of the nation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07

An evangelist now evangeling at Ada said
in sermon Sunday morning: "If hell was mis-
sonary territory and could get there to
preach, | could depopuate it in five minutes. y
Taken by and ALL that's Just about the siliest
remark any preacher ever permitted to escape
from his lips in an off moment. We reckon he
means that he'd convert the devil to his way
of thinking and induce the old hell-keeper to
leave the burly gates unlocked. But maybe he
didn't mean anything at all, except to say
something sensational.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07

Perhaps the numerous congressional in
vestigations" into the conduct of the war are
after all only designed to satisfy republican
curiosity as to how the democratic admnstra-
ton could achieve so magnificent success III
spite of the G.. O. P.'s persistent opposition.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07

Vegetable Compound toohighly, and you
may publish my testimonial as it may
be the means Of helping some other
suffering woman. Mrs. IRENE KING,
105 West Campbell Street, lola, Kansas.
The great number of unsolicited tes-
timonials on file at the Pinkham Lab
oratory, many of which are from time
to time published by permission, are
proof Of the value of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, in the treatment
Of female ills. ......
Every ailing woman in the United
States is cordially invited to write to
the Lydia f. Pinkham Medicine Co.
(confdentiaD, Lynn, Mass, for special
advice. 1t is free, ready to bring you
health and may save your life.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07
Big Sugar Crop Forecast

Washington, u. C.-The Bureau of
Crop Estimates of the department OF
agriculture forecasts sugar production
for the 1890 season at 1,10s, 900 short
tons This is ~ 500 tons more than the
average production for the preceding
six years and fore casts the passing OF
the sugar shortage.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07

loIi
..D''r.a declares war on Russia
British and German naval engage
ment in North Sea, English cruiser
strikes mine and sinks l3l lost-U.
:. Naval censor placed in charge OF
SayNille Wireless plant, Long Island
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. wife ot the
president, dies at Washington.
1915
Russians retire from Tvongorod.
north Of Warsaw; whole army in
peril-Allies alarmed by Warsaws
fall-U. 5. Senator Chamberlain APP.
peals for force of 10000 men -EN-
plosives repeatedly for.' g.
trans tlantic ships
1916
New Italian off,a
British make further ba.us 40 AiaI-
tinpuich and hold pJzi,rrcs ridge
French win at Estrec5-k Kaiser re
turns to western front, MaN.min-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07

Jim" Mann won't enlarge the Steering
committee Of the house Of representatives, he
announces. The republican majority in that
branch Of congress has found the present num-
Der and personnel of the Steering committee"
able to furnish more trouble than the leaders
could settle.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07

Senator Penrose is again in print with a
promise of economy" in governmental eX-
pendltures. If the country could only cash re
publican promises, the national debt would be
paid every Saturday night
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07

The first thing the republican majority in
congress knows the people will begin to de
mand an investigation Of the investigators who
are spending time and money to discover why
wars are expensive while at the same moment
one set Of republicans in the senate is oppos-
ing the League Of Nations and inviting further
conflicts
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07

BY the way, the "uXury tax is one factor
in the high cost of living, and the president has
repeatedly urged its abolition. The republican
filbuster prevented its repeal last March and
the republican majority in congress continues
it in force.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07

Has it been noticed that the republican Gin
vestigations" begin with liberal appropriations
which go in part to pay salaries to experts, "
clerks and other employees who are chosen by
reason Of their partisan pull?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07

There is something harder to establish than
a league of nations-that is a concert among
its senatorial opponents
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07

year. l had pans IN
back and stomach,
in fact all over me,
andwas all rundown.
A friend of mine was
cured of the same
trouble by Lydia e.
Pinkham's Negeta-
bic Compound. |
took it and it gave
me h e alth and
strength and made
q new woman Of me.
oapnOf oroiea 1,o,,r
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-07
after SUFFERING
4 WHOLE YEAR
MRS. King Was Made Well By
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.

lola, Kansas. -" was a constant suf-
ferer from female trouble for about a
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-03
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE.

Chicago, April Corn shot sky
ward in price today nc a bushel,
impelled chiefly by announcement
that owing to scarcity of wheat the
United States food administration
would purchase instead for liberated
countries of Europe. corn flour and
other substitutes and that neutral
countries buying in the United States
would be debarred from acquiring
wheat or wheat flour. Trading in
corn was on a big scale, and there
was a nervous close at .43sc to So SC
net advance, with May $1.57B to
$1.57Hs and July $1.45% to STAG.
Oats gained 2Bc to 2Bc and pro-
visions soc to 81.
In the face of a general rush for
ownership of corn, holders refused to
sell until all high price records for
the present crop had been far eX-
ceeded. The extreme advance was in
the May delivery.
Oats jumped with corn and other
cereals.
Upturns in provisions were stopped
only by the maximum limit. Reasons
for the bulge lay in the strength of
corn and hogs.
Closing prices:
Corn-May $1.57B;. July, $1.45%
Oats-May, 67%c: July, 66Ac.
Pork-May, $47.30; July, $44.55.
Lard-May, $2S.SO; July. $2S.35.,
RibS-May, S26,15: july $1,000,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-03
For SAIE--Eurnitul
FOR SALE-Ranches

FOR SGTE 81 f~S'Se IA ScTe
ranch. 6h miles northwest Of Moriarty
N. M. SO miles east of Albuquerque j. d
WInefield ana WAat slower Phone 144nM
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-03
NOTICE FOR pRIIc,TIoy

department OF the Interior. U. S. Land Of
ice at Santa Fe n NJ. March 81, 1919
Notice is hereby given that Vicente Lopez
OF Abeytla n. NJ. who, on January 16 1915
made homestead entry No. 022501, for N "a
NEA, SWh. NEA. NWA sen, Section
~, Township an, Range CIV, New Mexico
Principal Meridian, has filed notice of in
tention to make three-year Proof to es-
tablish claim to the land above described,
before United States Commissioner, at So.
zorro, Socorro county. ~ NJ on the 9th
day of May, 1919. Claimant names as wit
nesses: Antonio A.. Chavez. OF Abeytia, n.
NJ Jose D. Chayezs OF Abeytia, N. NJ: VIM.
Melton. Of Abeytia, N. M; Eulaiio Torres.
Of Abeytia. N, M. n Y NV
FRANCISCO DELGADo. Register.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-03
NEW YORK MONEY.

New York, April Mercantile pa
per, unchanged; sterling 60-day bills
ass; commercial 6O-day bills on banks
457 "; commercial 60-day bills
456 u; demand, 461; cables, 462.
Mexican dollars-Unchanged
Time loans-Steady, unchanged.
Call money-Easier. High. per
cent; low, 4 " per cent: ruling rate,
4 Y per cent; closing bid, Az per
cent; offered at Az per cent; last
loan, 4 Y per cent.