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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-18

1t is strange that the generous
hearted American people, who poured
out their riches so prodigally in re-
sponse to every patriotic, every chari.
table appeal. and who accorded such
enthusiastic and liberal support to
every measure and to every group that
helped win the war, should have neg
lected to properly encourage and reward
the services of one of the noblest pro
fessions in the field of human acti-
vities-a profession that in lofty ideals,
in unselfish principles, in sacred re-
sponsibilities, stands side by side with
the ministry of the Gospel itself.
We wish to bespeak, with whatever
power and authority we may have and
with such words as may he granted TO
US. some measure of consideration for
the fosterfathers and mothers Of our
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-18

Grated men and women. No class has
performed their increasingly heavy
tasks more devotedly. more conscien-
tiously. and with less thought of self
No class served their country more
intellectually. more Loyalty, during
the trying and tempestuous times OF
war. day by day pursuing their round
of duty. day by day helping the young
people. and through the children the
parents to see the struggle in its true
light. thus securing the cooperation
of the community in every measure un-
dertaken by the government to win
the war.
Truly they have made the nation their
everlasting debtor Truly had they
not done their work so well this re-
public would not outlast the span OF
generation.
What then have the teachers receiv'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-18
(From The Literary Digest)

children-the school-teachers of the Unit
ed States of America.
There is no class of workers of which
we demand so much We commit into
their keeping the minds, the bodies,
and the very souls of our children in
the tender and formative years of their
lives, and they. receiving these chill
drn, can indeed be said to hold in the
hollow of their hands the future of
America. We expect these devoted men
and women to watch over and care for
our sons and daughters as though they
were their very own. to drill them in
the arts and sciences, TO train them for
business and for citizenship. TO instruct
them in manners and in morals, to do
for them those things which we would
do had we the training and the leisure.
No class has assumed so heavy. so
trying burden and a responsibility
with such Willingness as these conse-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-18

Carter county hopes soon to get into the r.
f. d. class, along with other progressive Amer
lean communities. Our rural mail routes will
be welcomed by city and country-when we
get 'em.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-18

After all, perhaps Boies Penrose won't land
the finance Craftsmanship of the senate-in
which event something like 110,000,000 of
American citizens should hold an extra thanks
giving day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-18

Few men can afford to support a sa
loon and a family.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-18

The moderate drinker of to-day is the
durnkard of tomorrow.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-18

Our esteemed contemporary, The ArdmOre
Statesman, thinks the three city commission
ers who passed the City Lake seining ordin
ance should be permitted to apologize instead
of being removed from office under the recall
method. A great many other citizens who
are signing the petitions for recall election,
think otherwise. And apparently the three
commissioners themselves are not disposed to
bend the knee in apology, since they are re-
ported to have said that they intend to pass
the ordinance over the mayors Veto
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-18

If saloons enchanced the value of
property. real estate agents would ad-
vertise "a saloon on every corner
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-18

sa nj our hands I'm return? They have
received little honor and somewhat less
of nav, Other classes have prospereu'
other classes through powerful orsah''
zations have secured generous wages
The teachers have no spokesman, now
ever, TO demand even the sihp'e JUS
tice of living wage so TO them we
give their petty prewar pntahce' ~
meager. so pitifuly INADEQUATE th"t
II places "a burning brand OF shame ana
disgrace upon this nation.
,rh men and women who are max
ing the Americans of tomorrow are pe'
ing treatd with less consideration 'i,ai'
the janitors who sweep out the pu''u'
ings in which they are employed theS
are earning on the average less '"a''
the wages given to the scrupWoiile'I
employed i'm the public buildings ol
the United States government No,
NAL school graduates receive less Sa'
ary than street sweepers; hish'schoo'
principals and superintendents less imam
section foremen; country school teach'
ors less for instructing the farmer
children than he pays his hired man
to feed his hogs.
In "A certain town of Illinois, Tor IN
stance, the average wages ot flteeh
miners for one month was S2lG WINE
the average monthly salary oi fifteen
teachers IN the same town was 200 !"
another town IA miner, who by the way
was an enemy alien, drew more imam
50 700 last year. while the salary OF the
high. school principal in the same town
was $T65 We welcome with All our
hearts the long'belated recognition that
Is being given to the man VINO WORKS
with his hands We believe that thlS
same workingman will be the first 10
idin with us in asking better pay
for those who teaches his children.
No wonder there are fifty thousand
vacancies in the teaching forces oi
the schools. No wonder the ranks are
being filled with weak men ana win
immature women who merely use the
profession as a stepping stone to some
thing better No wonder there are
thirty thousand teachers in the United
States who have had no schooling be
yond the eghthgrammar grade. Small
wonder indeed, that seven million OF
our school children are being trained
by teachers, mere boys and girls them
selves who have had no professional
education whatever.
When we consider that the 14O,OOo
teachers of America are paid an aver
age of $3.50 a year; when, moreover
we consider the fact that living costs
have actually advanced 1O3 per cent
since the beginning of the war, thereby
cutting the buying power of these in
significant salaries in half, we can
easily determine that only a fool or "A
martyr would choose teaching as
profession, or would long remain in 1t
unless these terrible conditions were
swiftly remedied.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-18

When Samuel Gompers says that 'prohibi-
ton is worse than crime" he is speaking for
Samuel Gompers, not for the great body of
federated workers which he represents so ably
as president. Mr.. Gompers merely expresses
an individual opinion on the prohibition ques
ton, and he expresses it with great deal
more of the soap-boX flourish of assurance
than pertains to most of his public utterances.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-18

Advertise your WANTS i'm The Ard
mOreite.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-18
4 Challenge to Stir

In every community reached by The
Literary Digest there are readers of
foresight, of vision, broad-minded men
and thoughtful women who will see
nay, perhaps have long since seen
the critical and compelling Importance
of this problem. We are directing this
appeal to them. We urge them to com
pare the salaries of their teachers with
the wages of those who are doing work
of equal value. There will be Il chal-
lenge in the facts that will stir the
community TO action.
Let each community invest in schools
so that ii may thereby invest in a
trained manhood and womanhood that
can play their part in the great period
of rebuilding and reconstruction that
lies before us Let each community
set for its goal, as far as is practicable,
a minimum wage of at least $1,000 a
year for the teachers of America. This
would cost the nation perhaps as much
as we spent so gloriously in but one
week of the great war.
We are not pleading merely for the
welfare of some single profession; we
are not pleading for a special class
we are pleading for America; for her
larger, her brighter, her richer future,
for the fulfillment of her glorious prom
| Use. We are pleading for a coming race
OF men and women who shall be quail
| fled TO make complete the work of our
forefathers who founded this nation
and dedicated it to liberty, and who
will bring to full fruition the new vic
tories that we have won in freedom s
cause. We are pleading for wider
teaching of the principles. the purposes.
and the ideals of this nation that all
men shall know her meaning and shall
have equal access to her opportuni-
ties: that the light of Americanism will
so shine that il will flood every home.
every heart. in our great land.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-18
An objectionable Sin

What a crime is this, What an in
dictment What an objectionable SIN
at the doors of an enlightened people
who now find themselves at the head
and forefront of the democracies OF the
world. How can we better prepare for
the great undertakings of reconstruc-
ton than by setting ourselves immedi-
ately to remedying this perilous condI-
ton. In these trying and chaotic times
when the world is beset by unrest, by
anarchy, by revolution, by the devil
brood of appalling evils that follow in
the train of war, we must make sure
that the foundations of our republic
are set on a rock that it may
stand against the flood.
The peace and security of the world
of the future will be in the safe keep
ing of the generation now in our
schools. These boys and girls must
weave up the raveled sleeve" of civil
zaton. Their hands must minister to
the wounds of the nations. Their minds
must meet and solve the difficult ana
crucial problems that VIII be thar
inheritance. Their hearts must be so
imbued with the horrors of war and
with the poverty and anguish that inevi-
tably follow in its wake that they in
their time will enter upon it only as
a last resort in national selfdefense
or in support of some great principle
of humanity.
Never has there been a more urgent
need for high minded, great hearted,
spendidly trained, 100 per cent Ameri
can instructors to drive home the vital
lessons that these times hold. Never
has the future of the nation been so
clearly committed into the hands of
the teachers. And yet thousands of
men and women of ability who would
prefer to teach are reluctantly leaving
their chosen calling, forced by the hard
necessities of their very existence.
The teachers ask no largess at the
hands of fortune. They enter their
profession for servec, not riches. But
they invest years and money in pre-
paration for their life-work and the
knowledge they gain is shared with
others who themselves use it to their
own profit. Teachers, then by every
right in all justice expect a return that
will permit them and their dependents
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-18

Eighth grade diplomas for pupils of
the public schools of Oklahoma are
being prepared for distribution by the
state board of education. The work is
in charge of W. y. Hunt
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-18

w. 5. Spencer of Miami has been ap
pointed chief engineer at the capitol.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-18

The board of managers of the Lang
ston Colored Agricultural and Normal
University met at Langston Friday.
Routine business took up the entire
session tine The board is composed
of r. H. Wilson. chairman; n. c. Fruin,
of Coyle; Charles NJ. Campbell, Guth-
rie; Frank \. Thompson, Coyle and
James \. Wilson, saltwater.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-18

Members of the board of managers
of the state charitable institutions in
GLIDING W. *. Breeding, vice chair
man, start today on an Inspection trlp'
Mr.. Breeding is the father of Mrs, Ed
ward Gait of Ardmore.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-18

A. G. Parsons, state high school in
spector delivered the commencement
address to the graduating class of the
Byars High School Thursday night.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-18

Lewis Terry of Hobart has been
chosen secretary of the State Securities
Commission, which will have the admin
istration of the blue sky law" enacted
by the recent Legislature.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-18

John Phillips of Durant has been ap-
pointed warden of the Granite Refor-
matory.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-12

W on can't blame horning with bid for the
L piped enough Of battles Hong Kong bid, but
only for the apPe laundry The capital Of Tibet has the heathe
fight Willard prefers grab 100000 smackers in
America With that much velvet pinned his vest buy his
greatest fight promoter in the works wooden shoeing it
Holland This cuckoo still suffering from indigestion
tractcd from a he didn't in Paris He's out
Cairo Bombay and Toxic all want to toss eye on the boys be
very recky the big battle and Bombay buhe OF Vegeta
Every burg in the world and frnges popped up
the riot Pompe and that other great sporting ruins New York
d OSo tEe p oce has d to- ag the bg @ But nyne
under 100 gands local station with stops Most the bids are
partial the which stuck in horn for the
heavyweight Reason it's only partial list because they're
only partial towns Let's
Population of 3456S mostly divided between the
village shomaker three dogs Citizens raised mass meeting and raised
and Wiling to pay for them Public spirited guarantee
Watch us grow
spot for big fight Big with population of 2 in its stocking feet
Mayor has Ford that works Fourth Of Uncle Toms Bqnga
Eva wiling referee cGn s 0e sa fight but y W. sS will
wells working, They've lots Of company.
Tankburg Ala: Tankburg bids $3OOOOOO Mayor is reformed
oneoor but city hall has revolving door all round No red
tape Just pitch freight yards and it. Champion checker
hotel to install toOhpicks in south What say3
Doodetown Mont with offer of $6OOOOOo
burg oubd when have bidders If six amt enough
world Even The canaries sing bass Absolutely competition
light shs hegged calf died IS ago Main industries of
poker decks Two Chnk aundre and free water trough
Coma Mich Old Home and citizens
batter and raised bid Of 7OOOOOO for WiIadDmpsey
fight Wire acceptance quick before they get sober Town to
rairo and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-12
'WRESTLE ON The
LEVEL OR NOT AT.
ALI" SAYSLEWIS
Local Promoter Tells PeSek
and Freberg Match Must
Be on the Absolute
"Up and Up."

When making the match between
John Pesek and John Freberg for
the Omaha Auditorium, March q,
Promoter Jack Lewis insisted that
the men must wrestle on the square,
with no time limit Of any kind and
make il a finish match, best two out
of three falls. Whether the wrest-
lers made any protest on the con-
ditions or not is not known, but it
is a we'll known fact that Lewis is
radically opposed to a time limit on
mat matches. He thinks the likeli-
hood OF the performers 'jobbing'
the public is too great in a match
with a time limit and even when the
match was positively on the level,
it doesn't look good if the men go
The limit without fall.
= = When Pesek and Freberg go on
the mat, the spectators can be as
.sured that they are going to see
the best either man can produce.
The match was made with the I'M
Outstanding that it must be on the
square, that one or the other must
gain decisive victory, so the men
will be out for blood when they
.tangle at the Auditorium a week
from Friday night. The match will
probably be a roligh one, as both
then are noted for their rough style
s1f wrestling,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-12
DoehIerS Go Into First
Place in Bowling Tourney

Toledo, March 11.-Bowling on
the first shift of the American
bowling congress tournament here
tonight the Doehler D. c. All Stars
went into first place in the team
standings with a score of 2,752. The
Doehlers had games of $50, 946 and
936, Eddie GAM, former minor
league base ball player leading the
FIVE with total Of 667.
The Sulphur Baths rolled 2,7l4 for
second place.
In the afternoon, Paul Lands,
Ohio state champion of 1919, went
into first place in the individuals,
with 619. Lands bowled 202 in his
first game, pa in his second and
1913 in the final.
The top figure in the doubles, was
not touched today, the highest
two-men count of the afternoon be-
ing l,185, 20 pins below the lead
ers. 1t took the pair of Toledo
amateurs into second place in that
division.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-12

try and Tex doesn't like to travel
on the water, so what good would
the pictures do him? Yet, be not
surprised if that old scrap is staged
in Idaho, after all.
+
One week from today, two teams
of Omaha bowlers will entrain for
the big pin meet at Toledo, o. All
the Gate City bowlers are pulling
for either the Winners or the Brum-
mels to bring home the bacon. The
teams will roll on the 21st, in the
five man events and on the I'D in
the singles and doubles. There are
10 crack bowlers on these teams
and Omahans can look for them to
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-12
Richard Undecided
Where Heavyweight
Bout VIII Take Place

New York, March Lick Rick
ard, promoter of the Willard-Demp-
sey heavyweight championship
fight, returned to this city tonight
after tour of the west without any
definite idea of where the fight will
be held.
He has decided to hold the bout
July 4. and under the contract is
not obliged officially to- fix the To-
cation before May 4. He intimated,
however, he would prefer placing
the contest in the east.
Richard said that under no cir
cumstances would he sell the rights
to the fight, for he expected to put
on the contest himself. Insurance
policies for $4,000 upon each Of the
principals and one of twice that
amount on Richard will be signed
tomorrow.
According to Richard, Willard has
already begun training and reports
a reduction in weight of II pounds
at the end of the first week. The
champions training includes a COM
plete change of dieting. 1t will be
some time before he begins active
ring work.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-12
OMAHA FIVES
IN TOURNEY FOR
STATE HONORS
Three Crack Teams From Big
Schools Go to Lincoln
Today for Cage
Contests.

The big annual tournament for
the Nebraska High School basket
ball championship begins today with
the three Omaha High School quin-
tets and the classy Lincoln five, the
chief contender for the title.
Optimistic reports come from all
of the coaches, each of whom is con-
fident that his men will enter the
finals. Central High plays Geneva,
South High meets Norfolk, Com
merce High encounters Norfolk and
the School for the Deaf boys en-
gage the Scribner crew in the first
round.
Central, South and the Mutes all
are expected to survive the initial
encounter since easy games are
booked. The Lincoln-Commerce
High encounter promises to be a
hard one, which may shatter the
championship aspirations of the cap
ital city boys. Lincoln has the edge
on the locals although its advan-
tages are in no way decisive,
Coach Mulligan has his first string
all in good shape save Art Logan
who will probably be kept off the
floor because of his injured leg, I'M
less things 60 hard with the Cen
tralites. Coach Mulligan will take
the following men with him: Cap
tain Art Logan, Paul Konecky, Leo
Konecky, Herman Swoboda, Ray
Clements, Leonard Mangold, Art
Paynter and Art Burnham. Manager
Marion Adams and Assistant Man
ager Nathan Jacobs also will go.
Coach Patton of South High will
take Volz, Etter, Nieman, Card,
Banner, Morris and Hedgren to cop
the rag.
Coach Evans of Commerce High
has chosen the following flippers:
Merle Kline, Captain Camera, Duke
Levinson, Jimmy Slane, George
Bernstein, Ike Mahoney, Frank
Snygge and Frank Rokusek. Cam
ero. who dislocated several teeth in
scrimmage with South High, is
the only member of the squad not
in first class condition.
The games will be played on the
Armory floor beginning at 1:20
, The combined Omaha delegations
are planning to root for whatever
Omaha team is on the floor.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-12
Sport Shorts
By KID GRAVES.

The Idaho legislature passed
boxing bill for 2O-round bouts last
week and now Idaho Falls, Idaho,
comes to bat with an offer of $685.
900, for the Willard-Dempsey cham
match. The offer was wiz
ed to Tex Richard and an addition
al so per cent of the moving pic
ture privilege was added to the
money offered. The first thing we
know, somebody will offer the next
years output of the mint for this
affair. That $l65,000, offer looks big,
but what would Richard do with the
so per cent privilege of the pictures?
He couldn't show them in this coun-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-12
Championship Wrestling
Match at Bluffs Tonight
Vernon BreedlOve, Feather
weight Title Holder, to De-
fend HonOrS against
Claude SWindeII.

The Council Bluffs auditorium
probably will be filled with Omaha
and Council Bluffs wrestling fans
tonight to see Vernon Breedlove,
featherweight champion of the
world, defend his title against the
little Lincoln marvel, Claude Swim
dell. These two men are undoubt-
eddy the best pair of little fellows in
the world, on the. mat. For three
years, Breedlove's title has been I'M
disputed and he had TO take on
lightweights and even welters to
keep busy at the mat game. Swim
dell has always wanted to take a
flier at the champion, but waited
till he had what he considered
enough experience. Then the war
broke out and he couldn't get his
chance. When the war ended,
Breedlove continued meeting light
weights and welters and Swindell,
hearing of it, made trip to the
ringside at one of these matches and
challenged for a title match.
The champion accepted the chal-
lenge and tonight was settled on as
the date for the match. The men
have been training two weeks and
each reports himself in fine mettle,
Swindell is said to be a real marvel
at the wrestling game, fast as light
ming and a master of nearly every
known hold. Breedlove is about the
fastest piece of machinery seen
around here for many long years
and fans are beginning to wonder
whether either man will have any
advantage in this respect. Vernon
has shown wonderful repertoire of
holds himself. Altogether. the little
fellows appear to be about evenly