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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26
WHAT WILL YOU DO?

Editors Note-Inasmuch as every
mail brings into the editorial office
Of every newspaper in this broad and
fair land Of the free and home of the
brave land pluribus unum. long
may it wave). tons and tons Of space
grating propaganda from every de-
partment Of the national government,
we feel that we can, with apologies
to none demand Of both Mr.. Cox and
Mr.. Harding that they each and sew
eral. as old newspaper men, declare
their intention in this matter by say
ing if they will, in the interests OF
harmony and peace and sanity, see to
it that the nightmare of departmental
newspaper propaganda be cut down..
Dear Mr.. CoX--and Harding, too
we ask you each what you will
do? We ask you both question
plain-What will you 90 to ease
the pain, to help the man whose
mental strain has sought relief
for years, in vain? We ask
you, Cox, and Harding, too,
will you or won't you please
come through and give us answer,
briefly told, but couehed in lang
uage fearless, bold, when you, the
man from Ohio, take up the reins
to make things go, will you, as ed
itors tried and true call forth your
clans in a review-your cabinet
members and the heads Of this and
that, department heads--and say
to them. to each and all, TO the
biggest stick, to the clerlIlet
small, Now, boys if you'd hold
your jobs cut out the CUFF of
brainless slobs and cease this
worrying of the press, this caus'
ing pain and deep distress to edit
ors throughout this land, to edit
ors on every hand by sending
roams and reams Of slush, each
reamlet marked Released, Please
Rush.
We ask you, Cox and Harding,
too, we ask you each what will
you do?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26
CORES POOR SOLDIER
boy" NOT THE AUTHOR
Of (|N)FAM0US LETTER

Oklahoma City, July 26-The fol-
lowing statement is made with refer
ence to an open letter purported to be
signed by one Thomas +. Chase Of
Bartlesville, Okla, making certain
derogatory statements with reference to
Scott Ferris and his official record
in congress. also claiming to have
deposited $1,000 in the American Ma
tional Bank at Oklahoma City to be
turned over to some charitable in
stitution upon certain conditions;
Chase Did Not Write Letter
Thomas +. Chase is not the au-
thor of this letter. He has resided
in Oklahoma only few months ana
is not even eligible to vote in this
state. In politics he is republican.
He is employed by a republican oil
company at Bartlesville, that is back
ing Gore.
Chase is unknown at the American
National Bank. He has no deposit
there.
Day Wrote Check and Letter
Jean p. Day, millionaire oil man
Of Oklahoma City-a Gore man--has
his personal check attached to copy
of the Chase letter. The bank claims
It is holding these two documents
only as matter of accommodation.
The letter itself is the worst sort
of fraud. There is no way to secure
either the check or the money as
the entire matter is being handled
by Gore men.
Thomas H. owen, vice president OF
the bank and head of the banks trust
company, is Cores campaign man
ager. He is using the good name and
reputation of the American National
bank to give some degree of re-
spectability to underhanded campaign
methods which have already been de-
nounced by patrons of the institution.
One Thousand on a String
Upon informing an official of the in
situation now holding the check that
the Ferris campaign managers desired
to submit to him evidence disproving
the allegations made in the Chase
letter, and to fully comply with the
terms of the document, they were
informed that the bank has no au
thority to turn over either the
check or the money upon such com
pliance. The entire decision as to the
turning over of the money res;s
with Jean p. Day, the depostor OF
the check, another Gore manag Al
referee, judge, court and all. He has
no intention Of ever giving up tbs
forfeit money under any circumstance
While perhaps the bank itself is Il
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26

Homer that Broke Up the Game,
And then he Busted another Homer
that same p. m. and incidentally
busted a Worlds Record.
And that's Just what will happen
to You In your Daily Game of Bust.
ness or Profession when you Think
you Needn't Worry about your
Rival, because he's a Busher and
you're Shooting 'em Over to him 50
Fast he Can't See them.
Put all the Stuff you've Got on the
Ball every Time you Let Drive, for
the Other Fellow nay be a Kauff.
laying for Grower.
The Second Part OF this Discourse
is from Bennie's End of It And
the Wise Tip-of is this:
The Harder they Knock. the
harder YOU Try-and you'll Get
There.
Bennie Stayed With Them. He
Ground his Molars, and frightened
his Grip and Swung Hard, and the
Net Result was that he Dashed not
only one Homer but Two and
Crashed into the Hero Glass.
Your Uncle Bill doesn't String
Along with this New Thought Stuff.
but he does believe that If you
Want to Do a Thing, and Want
Hard Enough, a>S Keep Trying,
you'll DO It. (12)
Stay in there. and Scrap it OutI
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26
Editorial
of the Day
DUST IN EYES OF THE VOTER
(Mnskogee Phoenix)

(Muskogee Phoenix
Cores campaign managers continue
to make capital of the poor lamented
Chase letter, written by an ex-soldier
now employed on n pipeline construc-
ton gang, who declares he has placed
in the American National Bank Of
oklahoma City 81 1000 to be paid to
disabled soldiers or charities when
Congressman Scott Ferris complies
with conditions Of the challenge.
The bank does hold such a check.
1t is not signed by Chase, but by
an oil millionaire, who is backing
Gore. Many oil men are for Gore.
lie saved their swollen fortunes from
the excess profits tax. 1t is more
than gratitude measured in terms or
value received for this one" come
across"
The Phoenix has received belated
telegram from the bank stating that
ii holds such check to be paid
when terms of the challenge are met.
For several days before the Phoenix
iitlu ItDtdNtiiy tiNu ny NN'SPhSi' SA'N'
telegraph TO get a statement from that
institution.
This Chase letter is nothing more
nor less than n bit of political Chi
cane of the sort familiar to most
people. Political challenges are easy
to make. They are framed, as is
this Chase letter, like the old saw:
Answer yes or no, will you stop
whipping your wife?"
Gore will no doubt bring forth
more of this sort Of campaign bunk.
He must throw dust in the eyes OF
the voters, he must blind them that
they cannot see his own infamous
record.
But they will not be mislead. They
will stand fast by the issue Of Ameri'
canism VS.. Slackerism.
Perhaps it was his own organization
Of heroic volunteers" to which Sena
tor Gore referred when he said: II
will ask the senator if he thinks an
army Of conscript slackers will be
equal to a patriotic army OF yolun-
teers."
X. +. ECHOLS
For Corporation Commissioner
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26
SENATOR, PLEASE EXPLAIN

Just at the time when Woodrow
Wilson was negotiating with Germany
to induce Germany to stop sinking
American vessels with its Uboats
Gore voted TO surrender our rights
upon the high seas by voting to warn
Americans to stay off sea-going YES
sells This was serious embarrass-
ment to our government which was
making every sacrifice to keep out
of the war. Such action encouraged
Germany, because it induced the
German kaiser to believe that America
was not behind its president. Senator
Gore never lost an opportunity to
encourage Germany.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26
FALSE. IN ONE THING,
FALSE IN ALL!

Readers of the daily newspapers
win cali to mind that within the last
few weeks, Mr.. Gore, junior senator
from Oklahoma, issued vitriollc
circular and a series of letters, pub
lished in the Gore Subsidized press,
in which he attacked the editor Of
The Ardmoreite and the veracity Of
this paper, his attacking article bear
ing the caption, False in one thing,
false in all"
Readers Of the daily press, and
those who have attended Gore speak
ings, also, will bear in mind that
Gore has ever failed to establish the
assertion as a fact, that The Ard
moreite is a liar, that he has never
answered the interrogatories which
The Ardmoreite propounded that his
professed answers We're a series of
half-truths and slilful evasions, such
as the evasions practiced by the Ok
,ahoma draft dodgers who are today
loving Gore, caressing Gore, shouting
for Gore and kissing the hem of
Cores stained and besmirched sena-
torial toga.
Readers of the daily press who
have kept up with the Gore campaign
and who therefore know Of the adop-
ton by him Of the slogan, primarily
used against The Ardmoreite but later
made to apply to every paper in Ok
lahcma which is not a Subsidized"
Gore sheet, the slogan, FALSE IN
ONE THING, FALSE IN ALL" ap-
preciate the fact more and more
each passing day, the now prima facia
fact that Mr. Gore could not possibly
have adopted q more fitting slogan,
that MIR. Gore could not possibly have
pinned q more fitting emblem upon
the lapel of his coat, that Mr.. Gore
could not possibly have found a more
suitable motto to weave about his
coat of heraldic arms, to emblazon
upon mis- well-stained escutcheon.
FALSE IN ONE THING, FALSE
IN ALL" Truly a boomerang hurled,
With anathema and vindicuveness from
the hand of Tom Gore against the
head Of the editor Of The Ardmoreite
"A boomerang which has circled
gracefully through the air and, return
ing, now smites the head Of the one
9ho threw it, the one whose political
history has proven him false in all"
false to all.
Those Of Ardmore's and Carter
county's citizenry who heard Mr.. Gore
speak at Ardmorc's Convention Hall,
last Friday evening, will call TO mind
that in his attacks upon Scott Fer
ris, the pretty man." the graceful
dancer" to whom he referred so sar-
castcally, he spoke with the Gore
voice vibrating with suppressed Gore
emotion, with Gore tears trembling,
unshed. but seemingly ready to pour
forth for the poor soldier boy %
whose barred breast showed the marks
If German bayonets, whose naked
orso bore the scars Of German bull
iets, and told Of the letter which
his poor soldier boy" had addressed
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26

Over in this supreme court judicial
district it is hard matter to esti.
mate correctly which is the best
handshaker, Andrews Of Pauls Valley,
or Bailey of Chickasha. Saturday
Pailey, to our own personal knowl
edge, was leading the happy hand cor
test by three. But tnen re met
Bailey four times on that date and
only met Andrews once.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26

If Mr.. Gore made Liberty Loan
speeches in the east which brought
in millions of dollars, and wrote cheer
ing letters to Oklahoma slackers, he
certainly must have led n sort of DR..
Jeliyl and Mr. Hyde existence during
the war. But that was all made clear
and explained away when Mr.. Gore
promised the editor Of The Ardmore-
ite a nice, clean, sunny padded cell
in nice, new, sunny insane asylum.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26

We are told, and have been told
ever since our earliest boyhod, that
a woman will never make a good poll
tician. That may be true, but we
have money TO bet that woman
makes the most hustling, rustling,
busting, won't-take-no-for-an.-answer
candidate that one may meet up with
in this or any other country, in this
or any other state in this great, big
United States.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26

The rail workers asked for a raise.
The board gave them half Of what
they asked and now the rail compan
les pass the buck and notify Mr..
Public to come across with increased
freight and passenger tariffs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26

be absolved from any responsibility
in furthering the ends Of a cheap
political scheme, it Is true that Thorn
as II. owen, vice president OF the
institution, Gore manager, is using
the bank connection and the good
name Of the institution to give color
and responsibility to a cheap pohdcai
scheme.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26

We heard a fellow ask, few even
ings ago, where he could connect
with a bottle of "choc." Now, Just
this side of Tishomingo, what sort
Of stuff is "choc" anyway?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26
II. T.. ECH0LS
For Corporation Commissioner


Omaha, Neb., July 26.-Two infants,
about two days old, were found at the
bottom of an abandoned cistern here
today. Doctors say both will live.
The second baby was discovered an
hour after the first one was found.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26

- UT OF the Jamboree OF Things
Il that were Torn Loose in the
~ late Worlds Series, there
are few Lessons that can be
speared as We Plant Ourselves in
the Comfortable Rocker and Think
II Over.
A little Double-edged Sermon can
be Grabbed from the Third Game
and the Dolngs OF Bennie Kauff.
The First Part Of it goes particu-
larly for Clcotte and Danforth, Of
the Sox, and in General for You, Me
and the Rest of the Folks. Mean
ing this: Don't say the Other Guy
Is a Boob until the Game Is Over.
Switching the language, don't Un-
derestimate your Opponent or COM
petitor until you have him beaten
all the way Through.
They gave Bennie the Raspberry
In Chicago. A Pal Of Mine said:
Il don't know what that Kauff
Does for Living; he seems to be
Merely Hanging Around Ball Parks. "
And another piped up:
at wasn't Cicotte's Shine Ball
that bothered KauS; 1t was Ben
MES Shine Bat"
And poor Bennic was Up There
eleven times Swinging like Gate,
and Missing them ALL
But they got Careless with the
Little Fellow. and he Busted One
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26

deserted the sanctum and taken to
the stump and as a political speaker,
armed with a supply Of keen wit and
loaded to the muzzle with vitriolic
language, of the most Chesterfieldian
kind, he ranks with the best.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26

Speaking OF restaurants. We are
still in doubt as to what year in the
early part of which was born that
"spring chicken" we connected with
at the regular Sunday dinner.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26

Little Fellow. and he Busted One.
to Scott Ferris making certain deroga-
tory statements therein relative to
Ferris official record in congress. Mr..
Gore, those who heard him will also
call tc mind, told Of the one thousand
dollars which, Mr.. Gore alleged, this
poor soldier boy" had deposited in
the American National Bank, of Okla
homa City to be paid to some chari-
table institution when Mr.. Ferris
answered, if answer he could, this
letter.
Those who heard Mr.. Gore will call
to mind that he pictured to them
this poor soldier boy" who had barred
his breast to the shot and shell of the
enemy, who had gone over the top"
for Ferris, the pretty boy" who
had returned a poor truck driver"
to beard the lion in his den and pin
the iron cross Of infamy upon the
breast Of Scott Ferris, the man who
has had the temerity to enter the
race as an American, against Tom
/
substantiating the statement that
Mr.. Gore has fittingly adopted the
slogan, False in one thing. false in
ALL The Ardmoreite calls attention
to the statement, under "a McAlester
date line, which appears in another
column Of this issue, in which one
lean p. Day, oil operator and lead
ing spirit in the Gore campaign, has
acknowledged that he wrote the letter
purporting to have been written by
the poor soldier boy" the poor
truck driver" the battlescarred vet
eran who is now eating bread each
morsel Of which is sweetened by the
sweat Of honest toll, the sweat Of
which Mr.. Gore loves to sing: the
boy Thomas T. Chase, who is said
20 fellow that vocation Of honest and
! honorable labor over which Mr.. Gore,
at each six-year period, sheds so many
overflowing buckets of crockodile
tears: the boy Chase whose hands are
calloused and stained showing him
to belong to the ranks Of labor, to
that class over whom Mr.. Gore raises
his hands in hypocritical benedicuon
whenever he goes out cunning for
votes-and that the "boy" Thomas
r. Chase Of Bartlesville, Okla, never
ponned any portion of the letter over
which the False in one thing, False
in ALL" candidate has kicked up such
a hell-a.bulloo and has sought, with
his usual slilful Misrepresentation
TO create pro-Gore, anti-Ferris senti-
ment, nor deposited the one thousand
dollars, or any part OF one thousand
dcllars in the American National
Bank, at Oklahoma City, as per Cores
statement,
Truly, we repeat, Mr. Gore found
a fitting slogan when, in his attack
on the editor Of The Ardmoreite, he
shouted forth to the voters Of Okla
hcma, FALSE IN ONE THING,
FALSE IN ALL"
Yes, false in all. False to the in
terests of the people Of Oklahoma,
false to the Democracy of Oklahoma,
false to the people of the union, false
to the flag under which he lives
false to tho boys, "the poor soldier
boys" who went cover there" and
gave their lives for world liberty;
false to the memories Of the sons Of
American mothers, false to the dead
over whom he sheds his hypocritical
tears, and false to the living whom
he maligns and seeks to ridicule.
FALSE IN ONE THING, FALSE
IN ALL"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26
w. q. w.

Protect your families by paying your
July Woodmen dues before first day
Of August. Your policy may be worth
less If you fail.
c. Boone Taliaferro, W. o. w. Clerk
25-S
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26

Jack Hyde, Of the Healdton Herald,
is known far and wide as one Of the
most rhetorical and iconoclastic cdi-
torial writer's in all Oklahoma. Recent.
ly, we understand, Editor Hyde has
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26

We don't care so much about the
open shop fight in Texas, but we are
in favor of the Oklahoma fodder fac
tories adopting flat scale for their
customers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26
Oklahoma State
Press

Edgar Bronson Of the Ell Reno
American, secretary Of the Oklahoma
Press Association and conceded to be
the best dressed editor in all Oklahoma,
takes umbrage at being constantly
referred to as an "old bachelor" and
defends himself by saying some of
the worst ones are young"
George Evans of the Chickasha Ex-
press thinks HIS country is fast COM
ing into the limelight. He intimates
that Rush Springs is within the con-
fines of the county, only 20 miles
from Chickasha, and in addition 20
being the home of "Battle-ax" Golver
has fair oil prospects in allegiance.
1t was George Evans of the Chicka-
sha Express who recently intimated,
when one of the club women of his
city underwent an operation wherein
her tonsils were removed and all her
teeth extracted, that the lady would
possibly recover, but that for the
time, at least, she was positively be.
yond speech.
Editor Brightwell of the Grady Coun-
ty Star, announces the arrival at a
local store of six glass trousers
cases" Now, Just what is trousers
case and why should it be of glass?
The Enid News says that an Okla
homa City minister who was so mod
est that he compelled n store keeper
to remove an "indecen." wax model
from his show window, has broken into
the temple of fame as a correspondent
in an alienation-of-wifes. s.affection case.
The editor Of the McAlester News-
Capitol, after due and careful con.
sideratlon and careful and prayerfIl
study, has arrived at the conclus on
that. as n book Of most intrinsic
merit and real worth, "the bible Gomez
first"
Luther Harrison Of the Ada News
gives organized labor this lit Of in
formation for careful Digestion
Speaking Of political Warwicks there
is Dorset Carter who Is managing
Cores campaign and fighting for the
open shop in Oklahoma CITY at the
same time"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26
Two Tips From Two Homers
By BILLY SUNDAY
(Famous Evangelist)

Copyright, 1917. by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26

Editor Brightwell of the Grady Coun.
ty Star, announces the arrival at a
local store of six glass trousers
cases" Now, just what is trousers
case and why should it be of glass?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-26

No business can grow bigger than
the man at the head of it.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-11-19
Boyhood Visions

When I was q boy about II Year,
oid my work was that Of herdins
cattle on a prnirie m Central Iowa,
ana at noon each day ! drove Tn.
hard 10 water In a ANAL creek
which ran thru our arm
A short distance from tho ford Of
the ervek where tho cattle drank
was an OAK tree. under which I gen.
orally alto my lunch.
One day when I was ritffnx toward
the creek ! saw . woman walking
along tho bank OF tho stream and
when she, was opposite tho tree ahs
walked acroa. the stream did not
think much of this as thcre were
rocks IN The creek at that point and
most any on. could haVo crossed,
bu; when I rode up 20 tho tree I
could not find anybody and there
was no place for any one To hida
eeaL
When 7 rot home srta my
parents about n and my mother said
Il WIS all Imagination. but I; bother.
81 my mind and was always the
foremost Of my thoughtn.
One morning. nine years hirr. my
mother WINS not 20 b found at homo.
40 after notifying the neighbour. a
search was begun. and Tn trying 20
think Of whore she might have gone
the thought came To mo Of what 7
had seen at the creek. 10 taking
como % the nrighbor boys with mo.
we went 10 IN. creek. and there lay
my mother dead In the Very rpot
where had seen the woman crpns
the stream J. IL r.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-11-19

ease about the matter. but thoro ap.
peared 70 be no solution.
On the next trip tho Same signal
was again given at the Identical spot
where tho train had been wrecked.
All the crew were now greatly wor.
rlcd. believing that the spirit OF The
cypress messenger WAS giving the
stop signal At the fatofui curve
On tho return from tho second trip
The old crew was taken on and an
entirely new crew put on the run. ns
there had been so much time lost nj
this curve But the new crew ct.
perienoed the same experience az the
curve by this time officials began 10
take notice OF the affair. They sant
detectives out with tho old crew 20
solve the mystery. The general sur
mise at this time was that tho dead
erpreas messenger was giving the
signal
This had gone on for some time
when now express car was put in
place OF the old ono The stop signal
was not received any more, ana the
crew as well aa tho officials and
esory ono on tho limo were greatly
relieved The belief In that the trou.
hlcd spirit OF the express messenger
was taken with tho old car and al.
lowed 70 roat Ia peace. GAG.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-11-19
COMMANDER.
CHOSEN FOR.
CALIFORNIA.
Capt. H. J. Ziegemeier WIN
Boss New Flagship Of
Pacific Fleet

WASHINGTON. Nov. is.-capt
Henry Joseph Ziegemeier. chief OF
naval reserve affairs In tho bureau
Of navigation In Washington. has
been selected by Secretary Daniels
90 command the superintendent
California when she goes into com
mission In January.
Capt Ziegemeier Is q rcnnsyi-
vanian by birth. but q Californian
~ adoption. he says lie has held
many important commands during
his - years Of sea service.
Capt xiegemeicr viii NO 90 san
Francisco early An January 20 await
the completion OF the California
When commissioned the California
WIN replace her sister ship. the New
Mexico. as flagship OF the Pacific
f1eet