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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-12
OKLAHOMA CITY
LIVESTOCK MARKET
Especial to The ArdmOreite)

Oklahoma City, Sept. 11.-Cattle
steady, with 1900 receipts. Beef steers,
$1O.75 to $3.50; grass steers, 81 to $40;
cows. $3.50 to $3.50; heifers, $3.50 to
$3.50; butchr cows, Sc to 1925; Gamers
and cutters, s4.25 to $3.50; vealers $13 to
SIS ;calves, IS to $40; bulls, So to $7.25.
Hogs, receipts, 1000. Market slow
and steady with 1885 the prospective
butchers, $3.50 to SIS; medium to good
mixed, ST to $780, common to medium
mixed, SIG to s16.75; stockers. $12 to
415.5O.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-12
BRATLANO MINISTRY IN
RUMANIA REPORTED FALLEN

Vienna, Wednesday, Sept 10.-The
Bratiano cabinet in Rumania has fall
7en, according to unofficial reports
Sich reached Vienna from Bucharest
lay. Take Jonesou is said to be
orming a new government.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-22
LODGES CONTUMACY

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge continues assaiing the consti-
tuition OF the league Of nations as drafted by the peace confer
ence. He claims to have discovered in it Objectionable features
which put this country at a disadvantage. Senator Lodge is
competent to think and speak for himself, but he should reflect
that the compact was drawn up by the ablest statesmen, diplo-
mats and lawyers OF Europe and America, and perhaps of the
world, and these authorities insist that there is no basis in fact
for the objections raised by the senator, In the face of this
Senator Lodges headstrong opposition amounts to pure ego
tstical contunacy. He assumes to be a greater authority than
the allies are able to muster together, He is more patriotic than
all other Americans, and on him devolVes the task Of protecting
this nation against an alliance that would mean ruin and dis
aster. AT a time like this and in a world crisis this is a dan
gerous and may prove a damaging proceeding. So much
depends on the attitude of this country in the matter of provid~
ing for peace and future tranquility that our leading men should
be careful not to emharrass the president, who needs every pos
sible assistance in the great work in which he is engaged, to
the end that we may render the world the great service that is
due from us, and which we find ourselves at the present con-
tuncture in a position to perform.
What renders the senator's course the more flagiious is the
apparently welLgroundcd belief that he is aetuated by partisan
considerations. Wilson is tue head and front of the Demo
cratic party, and a Reputation of him will be a reputation of
the party which he represents, and give the Republicans easier
sailing in the next presidential election. But to keep the world
in a turmoil and disorder is too great a price to pay for the
success OF any party, and a man OF Lodges prominence should
he the last one we would expect to stoop to such a course
Parochial' politics in world affairs is out OF place, and unbc-
coming to a digniiied statesman.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-22
AND BUSINESS

No one underestimate the power of the business man in
the modern world or in the field OF national legislation. AS an
institution he has come to stay. Above all other men he under
stands the correct way of LONG things. lie has exemplnied in
his own career the Biblical prediction that he who is diigent
in business shall stand before kings. He is the incarnation Of
the present executive spirit, the quntesScnce OF his countrys
vBor and enterprise.
However. praise OF the business man as a factor in the
modern world should not be used as a club to pound the ideal
ism which has made the American spirit what it is today. A
critic OF the president, in a recent interview, referred to Mr..
Wilson as a doctrnnaire idealst, who was as barren OF practical
conceptions as idealists usually are, ldealists conceived this
country. When it became necessary to sever relations with
England over lao years ago, most Of the practical men of that
day fought independence as a Chimera OF traitors and rebels.
IdeaIists wrote the constitution of the United States, and secured
its ratification in a fight which, u%nhappily, has been forgotten
in the blessings of constitutional liberty. ldcahsts and philoso-
piers sat in our early congresses, 1t was the idealism OF Jet-
ferson which laid down the principles Of individual liberty, and
secured TO us an empire many times as large as the thirteen
that gave us the constitutional law. In fact, the majority ct the
great achievements of American craftsmanship were achieved
long before it became necessary to call INTO the national con-
gress business men merely as such.
In this reign Of ideaism the South played a distinguished
part, 1t was adherence to ideals Of culture, gentlcnanliness
and fitness for service which gave the South its grasp upon
American politics for nearly fifty years. The South OF the era
Of Calhoun, Hayne, Clay. Davis, Hampton and a host of others
was simply an agricultural country, whose eminent men were
scholars and gentlemen and patriots.
All honor to the business man! But even in the practical
affairs OF life he is not an infallible guide. F~orty-three years
ago a poor youth bothered Don Cameron, millionaire politician
OF Philadelphia, almost to boH M by trying to sell him stock
in a talking machine In utter ~<asperaton Cameron satircaly
told his clerks to pitch Alexander Graham Bell into the street
If he ever tried to en"t the office again. Bells monthly income
today is more than t Entire fortune of the man who ignorantly
laughed at the telephone.
Back of every ideal { Me practical substance of hope and
faith and enthusiasm for L~.ter things. There is plenty of room
in politics for the ideahst; not for the maudlin optimist who
confuses the possibilities of life, and mistakes the exceptions
Tor the rule in the great game of existence. but for the idealist
VINO believes that out OF experience can be found a better way
OF doing things than they have yet been done; who can saw with
Browning, "A whole is planned the best is yet to be-"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-22
Questions and Answers

r, M.-what division is the eth In
fantry in, have they been ordered
N,1do Not announced, t2) No.
A. /. s.-.What division Ia the 2sth
infantry in, have they been ordered
home, where are they locatedY
A,-They are In the LIST division 10
cation not announced, not ordered
home. -.
r, ]. Me.-1n what division is the
30sth infantry?
Am the nth division.
]. M, HIS the 18th division in the
army of occupation, ave they been
ordered homer
ADD No. (( NO,
Ttixie-what division is the SoTtf
| infantry in?
Il. A.. Tn what division is the
1bsth infantry?
Ain the seth division.
Reader-What division is the Sstf
Ain the Sd division, army Of oc'
Cupation.
Dora-You had better take a Yer,
heavy black pencil and trace the con
again, as the one on hand Is a fttl'
too light, il appears to be a very in
teresting piece, also send a detailed
description OF both sides, be sure th'
tracing is clear,
r. S. F,-The SO3d heavy artillery i:
near st. Mihiel, France,
II. X. Y-The 9a6th infantry Is Will
the s2d division.
X. E-The list, Cd. ID, tth, 9Th, It'll
asth, AID, t2d, 79th, seth, and 90tl
divisions are IN the army Of occupa
ttnn, ..5..
sinking Fund-At present informa
ton concerning China's sinking funt
ID lacking, but will have it for mex
publication If any Is 70 be had, -Eator
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-22

Hon, Joseph Weldon Bailey, ex-Untcd States senator from
Texas, has announced his withdrawal from the Democratic party,
because the party has abandoned its ancient principles. and no
longer stands for individual liberty and states rights, National
prohibition did the business for Joseph Weldon,
Change seems TO be the law of life, and why should not
parties change as well as individuals? Bailey has not escaped
the metamorphosis of time. In the early eighties, when the pro-
hibtion flu first appeared in a viru1ent form in the South, Bailey
was a young lawyer in Gainesville, Texas. He plunged into
the fight, heart and soul, Young, ardent, eloquent and a perfect
Apollo in appearance, he soon became recognized as the chief
exponent of the dry forces in tie Lone Star state, He was for
prohibition, personal, city, county, state and national, and his
speeches during that campaign are still the classics of prohibit
ton literature.
The withdrawal of Bailey will not destroy the Democratic
party. Like the dove sent out from the ark, he will meet viii
difficulty in finding a place to rest the sole of his foot, and
he may have to return. One party is about as strongly
prohibition as another, He might launch a personal liberty
party, and would have no difficulty in having it financed
Wherever he goes or stays he will be a force and an ornament
OF course we hate to lose him, but if he must 60 we can
Only say, Goodbye, Bailey
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-22

HE:

hbs
Though far away across the sea, :
The silver stripe we never see,
For they were the boys we left behind,
Who have never seen the firing line.
We do not think their feet were cold,
For we might have needed many more
So why should they begrudge us this
The little stripe of gold?
The stripe OF gold we do not need,
For the. memories we have are many
indeed,
But we have our doubts II they could
see
That for the golden stripe we have nc
need.
But the first to come were the first
to serve,
And they were the boys with the
American nerve,
SO why then begrudge them OF what
they deserve
The little stripe of gold?
Old Glory we've carried through the
thick OF the fray,
And wen 0 be home to remember
But never aid she fall. we're proud to
say,
For the boy with the gold stripe was
there to stay.
Now as for the hero bold,
We are the boys who faced the foe.
A victory we've won and we're proud
Wen . b returning to the U. s. A
SHE:
Stripes Of gold, you've done your bit.
And to the fact we must admit,
For the silver stripes they did not see,
You win the battles for the free.
Now the praise you really deserve
served,
For great and noble are your deeds.
You who served your country across
the seas.
| Many are the gold stripes Ger whicl
the daisies will grow,
For they were u heroes OF the da!
before;
So now who would dare say they d
y not deserve
The little stripe OF gold?
You are the boys we'll love on sight,
For you are the boys who have Tough
for right;
SO here's three cheers with all gu
might,
To those who wear the golden stripe
Now silver stripes remember the gold
For they. were the boys who went t
hold
Those lines which we're weak, ana the
were brave,
For many Of them have gone to thei
grave,
So open your eyes and be a little JUS
For In those boys we placed our trust
They have lone their duty and don
It well,
And We know Cod will bless them an
you as well,
JOHN r. BOYD
RUE A. ROE
JOHN r. CHUATE
ARNOLD W. RIEBBN
OTWAN NELSON
Memphians and members Of Batter
c. sleth heavy field artillery, SIS
wildcat" division, A. II. f.. st. Bile,
France, Feb. ~, 1919.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-22
Mrs. Wilson Woodrow's Article
BY MRS. WILSON WOODROW,
The world .farnous writer on vital subjects.

when 1t gets tired pounding around
and around the track. Its trainers then
give it change and rest-turn it out
on pasture-until it gets back into form
You are going through a psyche
logical experience. Life has been TOO
easy for you. What have you been
doing all these years of your married
life, from sixteen to twenty-six? Just
pottering around. I would be willing
to wager. You have the best husband
in the world" which means that he
has given you every comfort \ an
evidently not a cause of anxiety to
you. Therefore, having nothing in
the world to bother about, and being
a healthy, normal individual with no
outlet for your imagination, you v
manufactured worries.
Mentally you are In the condition
Of a perfectly we'll person who Is con-
fined to bed, when he wants to get
up and exercise his limbs. You want
to exercise your unused faculties. You
are suffering from one of the cruelest
diseases in the world, boredom. There
Is only one cure for tia real interest
in life and hard work,
Your letter shows that YOU have time
to burn. Occupy 1t. Ask yourself what
you really want to be or do. Perhaps
you have romantic dreams Of the stage,
or OF becoming a motion picture star?
you are MOI young enough. FefnHpS
your ~inclinations lean toward business?
That would require actual business
ability and a great deal of training.
The obstacles must always be consid-
cred.
But when you have decided what
your interest will be-and you need
one--work at It, drudge at it, acquire
proficiency. You viii thus discover
many things about yourself-whether
you have the capacity for genuine con-
%oentration, whether you have the quail
ity of perseverance,, whether you really
prefer to be free"
Yet, why leave your home to make
this experiment? Some hours spent
away from it each day would be good
for you no doubt; but why a definite
break? Your. child needs you, SO does
your husband. Do you imagine that
anywhere In the world you are going
to find an affection like that which
you consider casting aside, anything
that will make up to you for the spon-
taneouH, whole hearted love OF your
W ohild7 Idle dream!
Why do you not &C away for a timer
Why not make q long visit, and by q
change of scene get a truer perspective
on your life? Then when you return
get busy. DO not drift any longer.
Put your time, your thought, your heart
into some work. and YOU will come to
laugh at the discomfort and restless.
ness from which you now suffer.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-22
WAR SECRETS CENTERED
IN One SMALL ROOM

They are taking the lid off war Sc
crets at Washington now.
Even the marvels of the wireless
once guarded so jealously and so zeal
ously by the United states nayy-may
now be revealed without fear Of aiding
the enemy. II Is a fascinating story Of
air wizafdry that Will form II Of the
wonderful chapters OF our war achieve
ments.
For the wireless was one Of the great
weapons Of our war on and as well as
sea. With 1t the government at Wash
ington was in constant touch, not only
with our navy scattered wide over the
oceans, but also with the allied govern
meuts, and with our own missions
abroad,
THAT fact was eommon knowledge.
But until the armistice was signed no
one was allowed TO know that THIS
whole maze of wireless control centefed
IN one little room OF the new navy
building at Washington, In this single
office clicked the keys that Wtrelessed
all our messages across the Atlantic to
London. Parts and Rome, across the
Caribbean to Panama, and across the
Pacific to Hawaii, Guam, the Philip
pines and Japan, .
10 make, this possible the navy had
four monster high power wireless tow
efs--at Annapolis, Md, New Bruins
wick, N. j.; Sayville, l.. l., and Tucker
ton, n J. The first, with its four 500
foot towers-so far the largest in The
worlds a $50 kilowatt station, and
was built by the navy denartncnt The
second Is il Marc0ni station OF 200 KID
watts The Sayville towers also require
geo lilowattS Of current for their opera
tlon. They We're German stations con-
| flscated by us upon the declaration Of
war. The Tuckerton station can use
But Ali four OF them are operated di-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-22
wiceToldTa
MARCH ~, 1908.
10 Years Ago Today In Memphis

MARCH II, 1SUy, .4-,S,-,,
Word came of the death OF "buiy,
smithers, who for 90 years had served
as chief purser Of Lee line. boats.
BY switching patrolmen, nom supuT-
ban beats to downtown districts. CAPT.
John M. Couch succeeded in basglng
nine saloon keepers, who were charged
with lifting the i'd on Sunday.
The trial OF three negro boys, charged
with the murder OF James II, Taylor,
IL years old, was called In the Grim
inal court,
Tim Murphy, assisted by Dorothy
Sherrod, was playing "Old Innocence
at the Lyceum- theater.
Joe Fitzgerald, desk sergeant on the
night shift, was Ill, Patrolfnan Thomas
Gwartney subbing for him.
M. ". Hargrove, a student at the
Memphis Hospital Medical college, was
run down by an automobile near the
college and badly hurt.
In the first major league practice
game Of the season Memphis won from
Boston by the score of Q to o.. Walter
Schmidt, brother. OF Charlie Schmidt
caught for Memphis and the fans took
to his style, Emerson. Quiessor and
Dick, pitching for the Chicks, held the
Red S0x to five hits.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-22
PUBLIC DISCUSSION

+, fot thot. nrodua4a ana .,o, cor ma a.
tor ineir Que and MAKE S2o,Sse y
pro'lts on same. one pouna Of cot
ION tn4t cost rom lpo 70 loe Is con
hnance TO- UP. ,..
Inc manaiaet4reE enhances me yalae
o. one pound OF COTTON $5tho n the 9
Increase IS MS Is that Just ana rlghtf
y u ns~anuiaTtuge naa even ths COY
ton b]iouuCei Fit;"o dor d l,oulu u cos-
ffeheh lace man ne does WIN l5c 70
sUG GoIton ahu the HotEoh mar hna IlS
amy couIa Iye . hltle more oeeehtlEs
man lnsy 20 low Doh you see, ~
o.e woIHhtns man WaS R,oen ~ p =
, e y V" nr ne sorh ~ ,Vnu NE 4 ~ s9' pah mId
'V SHOW y Won ,U'" a '@n,s U OFT Of that
sob ggh IN nroFtfs Ak nne Mound az stcel
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-22

10 The News scimitar,
| wish TO say a few things about
Your watch spring proposition, / cam
not see 1t from the same angle that
the Sclnttar see 1t. The manu-
utacture Of raw material into finished
products enhances the value of the raw
material enormously sometimes" The
manufacture Of an article does not en-,
hance its value so much as Il increases
the profits on II.
The Scimttar says one pound Of high
grade steel when manipulated properly
and converted into watch springs Is
increased In value TO 10000, The man
and skin s2H, 0e 5-quite a neat profit.
SAYS the Seimitar, There it Is, Mr..
Scimitar, $25,995 worth of profits ~,
one pound OF steel That Is going after
profits, DO you wonder at the pig iron
producer wearing ragged oNeralls, aud
his wife and children heinR underfed
and clothed with himscltP can't you
see why plutocracy wallows in fatuessT
Can't you see why a lot Of the puoC
/ have to flee to blessed soun.shop char.
" for existence? Great God, Mr.. Scim-
itar, did the manufacturer render unto
Caesar the things that are Caesars
How many watch springs can the
pig iron producer buy With the few
cents he got for the pig iron that made
the pound OF steel? Suppose the manu-
faeturer had NO other market for the
watch springs only the man he bought
the pig iron from, where would yuui
| S2b,a 3 of enhanced value come from
That brings on lots more talk, Tn,
manufacturer may have TO have for,
eiEn markets to sell his watch sprinS,
in and the pig iron producer may haV,
to help him fight for his markets, toe
How much Is all this worth to tht
pig ron nan2
Oh, We generation of vtpers, who hath
warned you to flee the wrath to come
The poor you have always with you
aud whensoever We will We may d.
them GOOD. ye are doing them Rrea
good when ye q them a few cent
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-22

MY dear Mrs. Woodrow;
please can you help me or tell me
what is wrong?
Il am a woman 26 years old, have
heen married SINCE I was sixteen, and
have a child eight years old,
Il nave a very comfortable home and
a husband that | know Is the best In
the world. ] have so many blessings
and yet, in spite of them all, | am
discontinued.
Il feel so useless, and my life is
so monotonous and empty, | feel stifled,
know | should be satisfied and con-
tented, but the more | try the more
restless and unhappy ! seem to get.
II want SO much to be free and to
get out in the world to sink or swim
for myself, but | have the child to
think Of, and it doesn't seem fair or
right to do so. | feel like a Gagged bird.
Everywhere / turn | find bars pushing
me back, ,s-
~ know every one in this world has
their own problem TO solve, but some-
times others can help US. Must | solve
mine alone, or can you aid ME? Is 1t
give up my home and be free as ! long
to be? Please, Mrs. Woodrow, advise
me II you can"
Let us look at the question from all
sides, and study Its possibilities.
Suppose, for Instance, like Nora In
The Dolls House. you walk out and
3hut the door behind you? There you
are, free, Now what are you going
to do with that freedom? You are out
In the big world, which is quite in
different to the fact Of your either sink
Ing or swimming. The big world asks
but one thing-fesults.
You may have friends who are able
to help you start some undertaking,
but pun only goes SO far, At the
last, you've got to stand on your W
merits, which means your inherent fit
ness for whatever you have under
taken, your capacity for steady, hard
work, your power to meet disappoint-
ment after disappointment and come up
smiling and undaunted after every hard
knock of fate.
1t would be very humiliating, you
know, to "fliv' in your enterprise, and
have to crawl back and knock or the
door you have closed. Your husband
and child would by that time have
adapted themselves to new conditions,
and have learned to do very nicely with
out you, Your return might seem a
rather unwelcome intrusion.
1t Is life you are living, my dear.
I not melodrama.
DO you know what is the matter
with you? You are track sore. That
is an expression used to describe the
moods and tantrums of a race horse
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-22
HE KNEW IT.

1t happened in the German capital
some months ago. Two German soz
cialists were standing talking in the
street, and one, becoming excited, ex-'
claimed. Il tell YOU what, that idiot
of an einpefor-- His discourse was
cut short. : Turning quickly he was con-
fronted by o German policeman who
informed him that he was under ar
rest. What for?" asked the captive,
beginning to weaken.
For uttering treason against your
emperor"
''Oh, but you didn't let me finish. I
was going to say that idiot Of an en-
peror OF Japan
mo. you don't" replied the police
There's only one idiot OF an
emperor. Come along with mein
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-22
WARLIKE MOOD,

Before entering the army this rookie
was a peaceful lad, but rising ut b.is
went against his principles, on this
by the light OF the full MOON, his bunkie
heard him mutter:
ITS clear to me now. Why didn't
/ think Of that long ago."
whats clear to you now ? asked his
tbuszied bunkie.
THE reasons why all the great bat
ties begin at daybreak is because when
a fellow has to get up at that timeSof
day he feels In the mood for fighting
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-22
sssa. assx.s. 10000 *@s8SSNS
Z ACREAGE REDUCTION. y
d =
&s~s~s sSs&sS 500 HS|&s6@ 90

u, Noun e,3,,uo.,
10 Ine news g''tl,,ai ami ,,tutnr en-
teIe WS t 9attt, 'e aeroas n"I th mt'' a hetto.
nelp reu'oe Se{'pn HGFvaaV MA, al nn1nt3
Yer price nay U pau io' 0u' '''' anu
IVY cotton yreues a.,,aroa o -,
Nhen VnCle Ham "G.la.No ma' ~
GetnR2nE nios' every neS'o ~ ttnaer
lNlt,ed STATES N|S ,eh"E w" "'au.e
20 20 ,Wha' ug e"uu, Nn,ei' ne WIZ
notlIled 20 register ouI uoA 'oEne ~
the front ny inc ~hous9tHs 10 NY
camps; tOenSs ~ we o'oNHN, nttI
tlehe'ds ~, FIhh'r, loVEut, oleQ ans
died ter liberty lhNt democracy anu
rtght might RUE nj,
Next came thtllt S%ihlpH a]la ny
the thouSaud,
In came the Rea cross, they bought
sold and wore laS' the same,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-22
WISE BLACK.

There is at least one old negro man
in Accomac, Va, who will not Be fooled
on his Liberty bonds.
our sued old Aecomae county friend
Of a long and honorable life told a Wis
itur how some SHARP boy came round
the ''digglhgs'' ana first offered him sos
for his second Liberty bondas
Said the old man: What fhah Ah'm
gwire sell 800 OF good guv'meht money
FOR sebss
Whereupon the visitor said: well,
Mr., Bonnie, here's going you better.
Here's sl02 for your first Liberty bond
An what foah you gwine Glib me
si6s of good money foah $500 OF good
money ?" replied the darkey. Man,
travel on, fob you al's afristed wild
nnnnfnrfeif mnnRY on YOU