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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-10-19

other nations which have been select
ed.
This delegate body meets once Il
year, or as often as is required. In
this league council, which is held as
often as is required, each nation has
just one vote; and all acts which might
effect the sovereignty Of nation or
any act of the league, except those
laid down 10y rules of procedure, must
be unanimous.
Please get that clearly.
What Unanimous Consent Means
Any action that amounts to anything
must be unanimously approved. You
say But then we cant do anything
1t is hard thing to get bunch of
folks to agree on anything"
| don't know about that. | have
been at the head of great university
boards ana church boards, and you
know they are usually a contrary
bunch 1t has always been my policy,
when laying anything before those
boards, to be- sure that the vote would
be perfectly unanimous. You can do
"a good deal with unanimous consent.
But to get back to this subject
the league IS to elect Il permanent sec
rtariIt to be established at Geneva;
Geneva being neutral ground among
the nations Of the league If for any
cause a disturbance arises between two
nations OF the league, the secretariat
calls 4 meeting of the executive coun-
sci, ana if IT can find a unanimous so
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-10-19

in tbe world that are so selfish and 50
unwilling to sacrifice their rlsh' ~
do as they please that they VIII "0'
have babies. don't think that any
of them live in Oklahoma. | said there
are such couples in the world.
There are some men who come 10
these United States in search ol lree
dom. and they are SO jealous OF thaI
freedom and 50 enamored OF II thaL
thcy will not take out naturalization
uancrs and swear allegiance to the stars
and stripes and abide by our laws pu1
stir up trouble for us and hoard poiilpS
in cellars for the destruction OF Am
erican society. There are some men
who are so boastful of their freedom
that they will not abide by the laws
Of any land and prefer to live IKE ralS
in the alleys and dives of the cities ol
away from society in the caves ana
crevices Of mountain Businesses, with
their hands against everyone.
Does America wish to be the outcasI
among the nations of the world? Does
she want to become the thug and the
theft among the other nations, the out
law?
In the name of God, what is it that
these men want. to do that they can
not 10 under the agreement to enter
into the League of Nations? Is the
annexation Of Mexico the niger in TN"
woodpile? DO they want to annex
Canada in the north and bring that
power under our rule and make one
big republic of the whole of North
America? What is it that they want
TO do? Make aggressive warfare?
Those are the only things which they
cannot do under the covenant OF the
league. The balance of the American
people / will venture to say, do not
want a foot of anybody's soil.
Defines Monroe Doctrine
Here is another objection that has
been advanced The argument Of this
objection is that the Monroe doctrine
will he mfrmgcd What is the Mon
roe doctrine? Let us be sure OF the
premises and not get ourselves mixed
as to what the Monroe doctrine con
tains. The American people nave
championed the Monroe doctrine-we
nay not know what it is but we are
ready to uphold it-ready TO fight for
II if necessary. | am casting no re-
Continued ON page I'D
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-10-19

To declare war for the United states
are one Of two things they are either
ignorant people, or they are liars who
are partisan for political reasons are
trying TO pull the wool over your eyes
Mr.. Wilson is charitable when he calls
them ignorant men; he chooses the
lesser Of the two alternatives.
The league provides for progressive
disarmament and for total disarma-
ment after "a while. To ask Great Brit.
ain TO scrap her great navy with the
Irish question still unsettled: to ask
France to diSband her army with Ger
many still threatening her on the
north; to ask China to send home her
million and a third men, would be mere
fOOliShncss. France would not be safe
without guard on her frontiers There
will be a council of experts to advise
ana suggest what ought to be appro-
pirate and safe armament for each ma
tiOn. You say they will not disarm?
There would be no nation that would
care to be looked upon with suspicion
BY the rest of the world, and there
would be few with the courage to defy
the judgment of these experts. With
the eyes Of the world on her, it is quite
likely that any country would be glad
to obey the dictates of the council
Aboishes Secret Diplomacy
The league provides for the abolish
ment Of secret diplomacy. That means
that there will be 40 more Of the old
style of diplOmacy-no more meetings
of two kings on a bridge at midnight,
to decide whether nations shall 90 to
war or nOt--nO more old diplomats
meeting in a hunting lodge in the
mountains at night to decide the fate
Of the sons of those nations In other
words there will be no more cards up
sleeves nor slipped under the table. no
more making Of secret treaties. but
only a straight forward diplomacy with
all he cards ON the tabe-tha only
kind Of diplomacy Uncle sam knows
about. We have no diplomats i'm this
country boys brought up to serve their
country i'm the capacity of diplomats
as they are in Europe we do not know
the meaning Of diplomacy as Europe
practices it. Uncle sam has always
said. "Now. gentlemen. that is what
intend TO DO, and here is what | want
YOU to DO and they generally do it.
He even spits on his hands, and says,
There is my proposition You can take
it or leave it," and they generally take
it They win continue to do it i'm the
League Of Nations because Uncle sam
will hc the most powerful member of
them all-because he is the father of
it
The league undertakes to restrict the
prOvident manufacture of munitions Of
war. and no giant corporation like
Krupp's in Germany can dictate TO
governments; no more shall great fam
lilies dispose of the destinies of en-
pire. Dupont declared an S5 per cent
dividend per annum during the war. No
more will corporations dictate to leg
satures. Considering that So per cent
dividend. it would require lot of con
fidepce i'm the honesty and reliability
of tine other fellow for us to believe
that these factories did not have some
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-10-19

t ! nave rlAtU lIlt MOlltls anu | ltll lOu
ladies and gentlemen, no German or
| German ally has shipped from any
port to any port without the consent
Of the English government since Aug.
CUTS IA, 1914. care not which Of your
great newspaper editors and senators
has criticized and misunderstood Great
Britain. ne is out Of step with the pro
gress of his time, ana he has a crouch
France can say, 81 won the war and
saved the civilization Of the world
With my matchless French IS. with my
General JOffre and with my Marshal
Foch I stcmmed the tide and halted
the Germans, saved Paris and thus the
world and she would tell the truth
Italy can say, 81 guarded the back
door of France when there was no one
else to guard it, / held back the Aus.
TRANS when they We're attempting to
sweep into France from the back way
and when the attention of the French
was engaged elsewhere. / saved the
world and won the war And she
would bee right
Even poor Russia, the country we
have about abandoned and east aside
in her dire Distress lost more men
in the war than even Germany herself
W" should extend to Russia the ut
most sympathy and the greatest eco
nomic aid Of which we are capable
America can say II won the war
/ with my five divisions / stomed the
tide. They had never been i'm battle,
never had Il taste of battle, but they
sI,pI .it..Iftsf thp. (,4ruI.,u4 ami saved
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-10-19

The Ardmoreite is pleased TO
present below the text Of the great
address delivered at Convention
Han last Thursday night by Dr.
Burris Jenkins, editor and publish
er Of the Kansas City Post, pastor
Of the foremost Christian church
in Kansas City, former college
president, author, lecturer and Am
erican patriot.
Thanks are due to Mrs. Juanita
SmallwOOd, an Ardmore stenog-
raphor, who took" the speech as a
self.appointed task in shorthand
practice. She states that this is
the first time she ever tried to
take speech in shorthand, and
adds after the quotation from the
beautiful poem "In Flanders Fields"
the naive confession: This Is all
! have of it,
We believe that Dr. Jenkins and
those who heard him will admit that
the Stcnographer got the gist Of
the address verbatim. Editor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-10-19
Senograpc Report of Eloquent Speech of Dr. Burrs Jenkins
In ArdmOre in Defence of League of Nations Presented Here
For Perusa and Preservation Valuable Human Document

tions and he asks by what authority
the president attempts to make such
pact.
The armistice authorizes the presi-
dent to do this. When we put our
names to the document a year ago
next month, the nth Of November, we
authorized and pledged the govern
ment Of the United States to promot-
ing u league of the free peoples Of
the earth. 1t was not born in the brain
Of General SHUTS, nor was it born in
the brain of a foreign secretary of
England. An obscure and humble sec.
retary made the first draft of it, but
we do not even remember the secretays
name, for it was not originated i'm the
brain Of the secretary. who put it
into print? His name came over the
wires some time last winter--March.
think but no one cares to remember
his name, FOR he was not the father of
the document; neither was it born in
the 2Oth century, nor the 18th, nor the
18th. Away back in the l7th century
it began to be born. When the colon
lists first came over and settled this
country, the English in New England,
the Dutch in New Netherlands, the
French in Canada, the Spanish in Flor
ida, with French and Spanish salted
and pcppcrcd through them all. this
League of Nations was born. They all
started fighting for place i'm the sun
they fought over the Connecticut
river ANA other rivers QuarreIlng
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-17
Heads of Labor
Unions Exchange
Caustic Messages

Chicago. June 17.-Negotiations De-
tween the Association OF western
Union Employees and the Order of Rail-
way relegraphers to have the latter
organization rescind It's order against
handling commercial business on rail-
road wires was brought to an abrupt
end today with the announcement that
the order would continue In force.
T.. A. Manion, head OF the railroad
telegraphers. questioned the aims OF
the association of Western Union En-
ployes.
Il would suggest employees OF the
Western Union who. thru lack OF
knowledge of principles Of labor union
efforts. stand squarely In the path of
progressive men and women who seek
betterment Of labor conditions, affili-
ate with your craft" said Manion's
telegram.
The so-callcd Vaccinations of any
corporation could not parallel the au-
tocratic tenure Of your communtCa-
tion," was the reply of the association,
which represents so per cent OF the
Western Union employees. according to
its officers. 1T Is Il good policy when
confronted by two evils to choose the
lesser one and that will go long toward
explaining why we are not affiliated
with the organization you mention"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-17
Mayor Wins in Recall Elec.
t;on BY Large Majority
in Light Vote.
l. w. w. SENTIMENT
PROV.s 700 STRONG
Short p I'd ~ Mayor by Majority
Lar y nan That Accorded Him
v sSfirst Eisetsd-Final Returns
En-prsaehsr Mayor 2,toe Maj.
or. y over Carney, Railroad Engineer.
Candidate Of Opposition.

Sioux City. June 1.-THE voters Oh
Sioux City yesterday endorsed the ao-
ministration OF Mayor Wallace VI.
Short. retaining him In office at the
recall election by vote of almost :
TO !.
Final returns give Mayor Short
majority OF approximately 2.ios. whieh
Is more than h. received at his election
in April. 1918. II. T. Carney. rail-
way engineer. ran against Short.
The recall election grew out OF the
friendliness of Mayor Short for the ].
w. W. and was brought to crisis
when Short welcomed the delegates TO
the agricultural section OF the l. w. w.
when the national convention was held
here a few weeks ago, and which was
dispersed by the county sheriff and his
deputies.
Was. the recall petition was .circu-
lated IL was believed that Short would
be retired from office. az the petition
was freely signed and sentiment ap-
peared to be against the mayor. This
sentiment seems to have undergons
considerable change. altho the vote
cast in Mondays election was light.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-17
STRIKE LEADERS
UNDER ARREST
Government Police Officials Arrest
Canadian Agitators-Mounted Police
Raid Strike Headquarters - Find
Radical Literature in Quantity.

Winnipeg, June 17--Two strike lead :
ers were arrested in their homes here
early today and transported in auto
mobiles to some place in the country,
presumably Stormy mountain. by gov
ernment officials. Other arrests are re-
ported to have been made in Calgary
and other western points at the same
time.
simultaneously with the arrest of
the strike leaders, the Royal Northwest
Mounted Police. raided the labor temple
from which the strike has been con =
Quoted. Considerable literature Of a
bolshevik nature was seized. The po-
lice broke down doors and windows
during the raid.
The. official list Of the persons ar
rested includes r. B. Russell, Rev. WILL
liam Ivens, r. +. Bray, George w.
Armstrong, alderman John Quinn. and
A. A. Heaps, and four Russian agita-
tors The arrests and raid were made
between and fo'clock this morning.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-17
LINN STRONG FOR
PAVED HIGHWAYS

County Casts Large Vote in Favor Of
Better -Roads-vote Almost Unani.
NOUS in Sone Of Cedar Rapids Pre-
einets-country Vote About Evenly
Divided.
Cedar Rapids. June 1T.-Beginning
with the latter part Of this year, and
forever and ever hereafter. travel over
the principal roads Of Linn county will
be good all the year round. At the
special election yesterday the voters
OF the county approved the proposi-
ton Of the board of supervisors to
pave a number Of the most important
roads at once.
The vote was decisive running
about ten. to one, to forty to one. In
favor Of the proposition in Cedar
Rapids. slightly ahead in Marion, and
breaking even. 1t rs. thought. in the
rest Of the county, altho the returns
from some Of the rural precincts were
slow in coming in, The big vote in
favor OF the proposition in Cedar
Rapids was surprise and delight
In one precinct. the Eighth. the vote
was 500 yes and only 16 no.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-17
President May Depart
Within a Week If Ger
many Signs Treaty.
WILL DEVOTE THREE
WEEKS TO TOUR
President to investigate Opponents Of
League Of Nations to Hear His De-
fense Of Covenant Rather Than
Friends Of Theory-First Efforts viii
Be to Convince Senators and Secure
Their Support to League Constitution.

Washington. June l7.-President
Wilson hopes to leave Paris for Wash =
ington on June "a or % II the Ger
mans sign the peace treaty.
Immediately after hi arrival in
Washington the president will address
congress. After clearing up pressing
official business he will start on his
Swing around the circle" early in
July.
1t was said at the White House to-
day that the president expected 10
spend three weeks on his speaking
tour. explaining the peace treaty and
the league of nations covenant. The
| itinerary has not been announced. but
he expects to visit the principal cities
over the country.
The president has made known a
desire that his audiences during his
tour be composed largely of opponents
of the league of nations plan rather
than its supporters. He also has in
| formed White House officials that he
| might discuss the league covenant In
public addresses during his visit to
| Belgium this week.
Should he leave Paris a week from
| tomorrow the president should arrive
in Washington about July 3. He will
present the revised draft OF the peace
treaty to the senate and will discuss
| the treaty and league covenant in an
address to the joint session OF the SEN
ate and house.
| Senate Begins League Debate.
| The senate fight over the league OF
| nations entered a new phase today
with the debate on the resolution OF
Senator Knox, former secretary OF
state. proposing that the senate for
mally express unwillineness to accept
the league covenant as 1t now Is In
terwoven with the terms of peace.
The debate is expected to last fol
many days and to develop some OF the
bitter passages yet produced by the
treaty fight.
! League supporters before the debate
| began claimed they had enough votes
to defeat the measure.
To End Wire Control Speedily.
Immediate action by the house on
legislation ending government control
of telephone and telegraph lines wa
| uefiueu OH touaS py the nouSe ruio'
! committee in making the amended
senate measure an order of a specia
| business. A final vote in the house be-
fore adjournment today was planned.
The bill as amended by the house
committee proposes the return of the
wires at the end of the month ir
which the act Is approved by Presiden,
| Wilson instead of forthwith" as pro
posed in the senate bill and would con.
tinue government fixed rates for 81,
| instead Of three months.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-17
STORY COUNTY VOTES
TO STAY IN THE MUD
Defeats Proposal to Pave Primary
Highway system-Bsttsr Roads Dc.
feated by 800 Maiority-First Of Six
Counties in State Voted on Question
to Defeat Prohibitior.

Ames, June 17--Story county defeat.
ed the proposition TO hard surface
roads by a majority OF 500 at a special
election yesterday.
Story was the sixth county In the
state to vote on the question OF hard
surfacirg the primary road system un-
der the new state law and with federal
aid, and was the first county among
this group to defeat the proposal
story will thus lose Ats share OF feder-
al aid fund and some other county will
benefit thereby.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-17
FLY NEY YORK TO SEATTLE.
Army Planes viii Map Out Aerial
Route Between Oceans.

Washington. June 1.-THE army air
service announced today that four
planes of the Curtiss J. N.-4 type soon
would start on transcontincntal
flight from Hazelhurst Field, Mineola.
y. Y. to Seattle, Wash. The flight will
/be for the purpose OF mapping out an
aerial route between the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-17
Would Amend Insurance Act.

Washington, June 17.-Amendment
Of the war risk insurance act to per-
NIT payment of insurance to depend
ents OF men who died in service be-
tween the time Of induction and ex-
animation Of army physicians at de-
mobilization \camps was urged In the
house today by Representative Mel
son. republican. of Wisconsin.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-17
BoIsheviki Attack Train.
IBy Associated Press.l

Vladivostok, June IA band OF
seventy bolsheviki attacked train.
including American hospital and mail
cars. near Spassk. north OF Vladivos-
tok, last night. They compelled the
train to stop by loosening the rails.
Shots were fired into all the Cars and
one Russian was killed. None of the
Americans was injured.
The attacks occurred on the section
of the road guarded by the Japanese.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-17
Boo sters Get Sox Pitcher.

Chicago. June 17.-George Payne,
right handed pitcher OF the Chicago
Americans, was released to the Des
Moines club of the Western League
according to announcement today.
Payne came to the White Sox from
Marshalltown. Iowa. In 1917 He was
a sergeant in the United States army
overseas.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-17
MEXICAN OFFICIALS SILENT.
Accept Claim That Raid Was Made 70
Protect Americans.

Toy Ns5ONIdNtu 7 FosssI
Mexico City. June 16.--The Mexican
government has nothing to give out
for publication regarding the crossing
OF American troops from FL Paso into
Juarez. according to a statement made
tonight at the office Of General Juan
Barragan. president Carrapza's chief
OF staff. The tone OF official dispatch-
es seemed to indicate that Mexican OF.
ffcials on the border accepted tho
American claim that the attack on the
villa forces by American troops was
for the purpose of protecting American
lives across the frontier.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-17
Tho Weather.

Iowa-Partly cloudy and unsettled
Tuesday and Wednesday; continued
warm.
Range OF temepature at Marshall-
town: Monday, So and 81; Sunday, SIS
and 6S; June l6. 1918. 100 and T3 AT
this morning. 81: yesterday, II.
Rainfall Monday. .o4 Of an inch.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-17
Dubuque Iron Workers Out.

Dubuque. June 1.-THE Dubuque
Boat and Boiler works, one Of the
largest plants OF the kind In the
middle west, Is closed today as the re-
suit Of a strike of the iron workers.
who are demanding a 10 per cent wage
increase. About 200 men are affected.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-17
FLY FROM GULF TO CHICAGO.
Two Naval seapIanes Alieht in lak'
Michigan Ending Trip.

Chicago. June 1.-Two navy sea-
planes completed a trip from New
Orleans to Chicago today when they
alighted in Lake Michigan at 1o:sC
o'clock. The final leg was from Peoria
where unfavorable weather forced an
interruption yesterday Of their flight
from New Orleans.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-17
URGE IRISH RECOGNITION.
Labor Federation Adopts Resolution
I'll Favorinq Irish Republic.

Atlantic City, June IA resolution
urging congress to recognize the Irish
republic and recommending that rep
resentatives of the Irish dcpubl!c be
given hearing at the Paris peace
conference. was adopted today bv the
American federation OF Labor. In con-
vention here. The memorial plnced
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-17
MASON CITY POLICE QUIT.
Quit When Action on Request For Sal
ary Raise In Rafuaad.

Mason City, June 17.--Members OF
the night police force here. which in
cludes seven men, turned in their
stars and equipment and quit last
night. They had asked for raise in
salary on June l. and claimed that ac-
tion had been promised prior to last
night.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-17
Phone Workers Out in California.

San Francisco. June 17.-Telephone
operators. linemen and other electrical
workers thruout California went on
strike at 8 a. m. here today, according
to union leaders. All the principal
cities in the state were affected.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-17
Nav Appeal to Wilson

New York. June 17.-Probabilty that
the telegraph strike situation would
be placed before Presidnt Wilson in g
telegram from the American Fedora
ton OF Labor was announced today by
Percy Thomas. deputy president Of the
Commercial Telegraphers Union.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-17
x. c. BUILDING coLLAPsEs.
One Killed. Two Dying and 100 In
;ured Whom Hut Falls.

Rrest. June 17-One American SOL
dier was killed. two are dying and over
100 others were injured as the result
of the collapse Of n Knights OF Col
umbus hut at Pontanezen last night
while a boxing match was In progress.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-17
ALLEGED BRlBER NOT GUILTY.
A. Gross Acquitted in Federal Court in
Dodge Bribery Case.

Des Moines. June 17.--Alexander
Gross, OF Denver, Colo, was found not
guilty In federal court today on
charges of conspiring to defmud the
government. Gross, Arthuer koener.
of Washington. d. c., J. Rhoade OF
Norfolk, Va, are charged with at
tempted bribery in connection with the
purchase OF salvaged army goods at
Camp Dodge. The cases OF Koener
and Rhoade will go to the jury late
today,