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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-07

essence OF Christianity itself, and
there is such a multitude Of ways
whereby the process can be further
ed, the wonder is the public has been
SO tardy in becoming aroused to its
,responsibiities-and its opportunities
AS for the humble part the Saliva
ton Army shall play in this cause
during the coming years, it will con-
sist simply of q strengthening and
expansion Of our present social and
religious program Of undertakings.
We desire to cooperate Loyalty and
heartily with all kindred agencies
and we pray Gods richest blessings
upon all worthy agencies working
for the advancement of mankind and
Of His Kingdom.
The Salvation Army began work in
Ardmore January 3, 1920. At that
time Lieutenant Colonel George Wood,
Of Dallas, and Adjutant Robb con-
Quoted the formal opening and Cap
tain Nobbs was stationed here in
charge of the work. Since that time
1872 people have been converted as a
result of the work Of the local group
and while only 27 Of those converts
have joined the Army, the balance
have affiliated themselves with diff
ferent churches in the city. One Of
the purposes of the Army is to lead
people to realize the Importance OF
living Christian life and then let
them 60 to the church Of their choice.
Captain Nobbs' main work is among
the girls and she has personally ac-
companied to their homes in other
towns 22 girls who had acquired
wrong ideas Of life. Salvation Army
workers are at all times ready to help
any person In need or distress and
pays particular attention to the mat
ter Of assisting girls to find positions
Of the right sort, and lodging in
places where they will be surrounded
by clean environment.
In one week just closed the local
organization placed six girls in homes
In the city, gave 72 beds to needy
people and have taken care Of three
women with children where the hus-
band had neglected to provide for
them. In addition to taking care Of
these three families they succeeded
in locating the men who had desert
ed. Captain Nobbs states that the
doors Of the Salvation Army Home
here are always open to strange girls
who come to the city and that advice
and help will always be given.
The work Of this post Is a fair
example Of what this organization is
doing over all the land to help make
individuals better citizens, to help
them find their place In the commu-
nifty and the nation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-07
THE YOUNG WOMEN's
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

What does II mean to be good
American This is the question which
the Young women's Christian Asso-
citation is asking OF foreign born and
American women and girls whom IL
reaches in every part Of the United
States through its activities in one
thousand one hundred and fifty-three
centers. In seeking to teach this
answer. the association recognizes that
women. young or older, of other
races. other countries, are intrinsi-
Gully the same sort OF beings as are
the women born In our own land,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-07
Making America Fit

MAKING Amo81c3 Cit
BY DR.. Thos. f. Green. Director the
Speakers Bureau. American Red Cross
No nation ever die dof old age.
Decay and destruction are the results
Of detective civilization.
The declaration of independence
guarantees three things: These are
life, liberty and the pursuit Of hap
piness. They are written down as
"unalienable rights" bestowed by tho
Creator. A civilization that fails to
safeguard them Is defective.
Strangely enough, the first Of these
rights is the one least guarded. Twen-
tieth century civilization takes inf
mite care and spends countless treas
ure to safeguard property. It has
concerned itself little with the pro-
lection Of life itself. Last year one
million two hundred and fifty thous-
and people died in the United States
Of sickness. The toll will be the same
for this year. Probably two-thirds Of
that death was unnecessary. It was
caused by preventable sickness and
avoidable disease. It was the result
Of defective civilization.
One Of the most interesting Of all
the reports covering our service in
the war is that Of the provost-marshal
general relative to the selective draft.
Upon the records Of that department
ara written the war histories Of nearly
twenty-four million Americans. Some
Of It makes q record of patriotism
to which the nation looks with great
est pride. Others q record Of neglect
and delinQuence that makes the nation
bow In shame.
Never in the history Of this or any
other nation has more valuable and
comprehensive data been assembled
upon the physical, economical and in-
dustrlal condition Of people. It is
the first and only record Of the man
power Of this nation.
OF the first two and q half million
men seven hundred and thirty thous-
and, or 2s.1 per cent were rejected
on physical grounds.
Up to the time of tho Armistice
35h per cent Of the men examined
were rejected as physically unfit for
military service.
Stranger still, is the report OF the
surgeon-general, that Of the men of
draft age 20 per cent proved absolutely
illiterate, unable to either read or
write any language.
That out Of our large population
we were able, In spite Of these marks
of decadence, to assemble q large
and efficient force and perform our
part in ending the war was our happy
good fortune.
But the revelation Of war was start
ling. The challenge Of our national
pride was clear. Nations are subject
to the law of inertia. A nation can't
stand still any more than an atom.
Everything in this world must either
go forward or back. And nation
surely is turning backward that Is
content to have 35 per cent Of its
young manhood physically insufficient
and to lose half a million Of Its peo-
pie every year by preventable disease.
Under It's charter the American Red
Cross Is called upon not alone to fur
CONTINUED On page 81
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-07

The American Red Cross, the Boy
Scouts Of America, the Salvation
Army and the Y. w. c. A., organi-
zations which have or will soon es-
tablish local organizations in Ard
more are doing specific work along
lines of Amerlcanization. From the
various national headquarters OF these
organizations special articles have
been received for this issue, each Civ
ing the organizations aims along
the subject. In addition articles from
local headquarters OF these organi-
zations are submitted, giving specific
cases OF work done which resulted
in making better citizens.
Aside from this phase OF work
which is being done in Ardmore to
create a better type of citizenry, let
us not forget that each church,
each Sunday school. each educational
institution, the civic clubs and various
organizations Of that type are doing.
In their own way. work which re-
suits In Il better type Of American
citizenship.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-07

Learning by doing, the Ardmore boy
scout finds that the good citizen puts
his shoulder to the wheel and lends
his personal service to the work IN
hand-he has found that he judges
the good citizen of the community
not SO much by his success in BUSH
ness as by his ability to work for the
good of the community.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-09-10
Sultan To Lead Troop.

COnstantinOple.-Su MOhammed
VI must lead Turkish troops person
ally against the Turkish Nationalist
in Anatolia to prevent dissolution of
the Empire, it has been decided. The
Sultans army does not exist virtual
ly, but the allies are willing to per-
nit the organization of a Turkish force
to cooperate with the Greeks in at
lacking Mustapha Kemal's armies un-
der conditions guaranteeing them
against desertiOn to the NatiOnaliSts,
which took place when AnZavour
Pasha attempted to lead the Sultans
troops.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-09-10
Woman Notary Named.

Raleigh, n. Ex-Governor Thomas
w. Beckett performed his first official
act under the nineteenth amendment
to the Federal constitution when he ap-
pointed Mrs. Nolan Knight, of Ashe-
vile, to be Notary Public. Mrs
Knight was appointed by Governor
Craig in January, 1915, and the North
Carolina Supreme Court decided that
the appointment of a women was I'M
constitutional.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-09-10
Pistol CARVING Blamed

Louisville, Ky-Blaming "the pres
ent orgy of thievery, hOld-ups and win
dow smashing throughout the country
on pistol carrying, retail jewelers. of the
Unitel States, in resolutions adopted
at the final session of the American
National Retail jewelers. Association
called upon Congress to enact laws
prohibiting the manufacture, sale or
importation of pistols and revolvers
for private use.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-09-10
Four Killed in Kentucky.

Paris, Ky.-FOur persons were killed
and an equal number injured seriously
when in two railroad accidents in this
vicinity. The engineer and fireman of
q Louisville and Nashville freight train
lost their lives when the train was de-
rallied near Mullins Station. A little
later two other persons were killed
when wreck train en- route to the
scene bore down on bridge crew at
Elgin.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-09-10
Coal Order Opposed.

Cleveland, O.-Representatives of
the Cleveland and Akron Chambers of
Commerce were on their way to Wash
ingtOn to appear before the Interstate
Commerce Commission at special
hearing on the coal situation. They
will seek notifications of Order No. 10,
by which 1000 cars have been shipped
daily through these cities for the lake
trade in the Northwest, on the ground
that the order threatens the winter
supply of the Ohio cities.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-09-10
Refuse Differential Rate on Coal

administration of the Ohio Pub
lie Utilities Commission in refusing to
permit railroads to retain the relative
differential between Ohio and West
Virginia coal rates, in figuring the in
creased rates, which became effective,
will save Ohio consumers about
100000 annually, according to w.
d. Mckinney. Secretary Of the South
ern Ohio Coal Exchange. The in
creased rate for Transporting ohio coal
to Ohio points becomes 500, but it
would have been $226 had not the
Utilities Commission ruled against the
railroads.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-09-10
REDS FLEE TO GERMANY
Sixty-Five Thousand BoIshevik SOL
diers informed BY German
Authorities.

Berln.-SiXty-fve thousand Bolshe-
vik soldiers have crossed the border
into Germany, according to the For
eign Office. These, together with the
10000 Russians who are still in Ger
many as prisoners of war, make a
group Of 245,OOO Russian soldiers in
Germany.
peace or war now depends entirely
on Poland" was the comment of Wig
dor KOpp, Soviet emissaly here.
ITO show our willingness and our
desire for peace we nave dropped the
demand for a Polish wOrkingmen' S
militia, but if Poland now refuses to
accept our conditions, at least as Il
basis for peace, and makes new de-
mands upon us, there will be nothing
for Russia to do but to continue the
war with all its resources"
KOpp characterized the Russian de-
feat as "a failure, but not debacle."
He declared that the war in Poland
was local in character, and that a re-
verse could not be construed in any
sense us Il defeat of Russia.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-09-10
Turkish Force Catherine.

Paris.-The National forces of Mus
tapha Renal Pasha are reported to be
concentrating in the vicinity of Eski
Shehr, Asia Minor, according to adj
vices reaching the French Foreign Of
flee These advices say that clashes
already have occurred between the
British and Kemalists a few kiIometers
south of Ismid, while the Greeks have
been attacked by the Nationalist in
the vicinity of Demirdje. There were
casualties in both ARRAYS.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-09-10
Leoion Offers Alien Pan.

New Y0rk-A plan for assimilating
the nations alien population and bring
ing it into immediate association with
American institutions was submitted
to officials at the Ellis Island Immigra-
ton Station by the Americauiam Com
mission of the American Legion. The
legion proposes to establish hcadQuar
ters in New York. using lis many pos;
headquarters throughout The country
as branches, to carry on Americaniza-
ton work among immigrants.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-09-10
Mail Contract Awarded.

Observation-Disclosures mail service
between the United States and Cuba
will be naugurated this fall, A. S.
Burleson, Postmaster General, said, in
announcing the award of the first con-
tract for the dispatch of foreign mail
by airplane. The contract, made be-
tween the Government and the Florida
West Indies Always Company, calls
for daily transportation of mail be-
tween Key West and Havana for one
year, from October 10.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-09-10
Fires Rauinu In Russia

StOckEolm.-A dispatch to the It'd
ningen from Helsingfors Finland, says
terrible fires are raging in Russia. En-
tire towns and villages have been
burned. In VolOgda province alone 500
houses have been destroyed and $50
persons have persisted. Tens of thou
sands of acres of forest lands in the
Moscow district are in flames, and
enormous peat hogs are burning in the
government of Vladimir.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-09-10
OPERATING ON
own RESOURCES
Federal GUARANTEE ON RAIL
ROADS TERMINATES
SHORTLY.
Deficit Costs Uncle Sam 500, 000, 900
Monthly-ouestion of Ability to Pay
Under Increased Freight Rates In
terests Traffic Experts.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-Railroads of the coun-
try will begin operation on their own
resources after having cost the Gov
eminent approximately $10O,0OO,OOO
monthly for the six months in which
their earnings were guaranteed by the
transportation act. The carriers will
be allowed further aid from the Gov
eminent only through loans from re-
volving fund which the act created.
Earnings of the roads will fall about
$6O0,O00,OO0 below their standard re-
turn for the period since March 1, &C.
cording to estimates by the Bureau of
Railway Economics. Fewer than half
a score Of lines have produced revenue
sufficient to equal operating expenses,
which does not include the fixed
charges of interest, taxes and divi-
dends. Definite figures on the cost to
the Government of the earnings guar
antee provisions of the transportation
act will not be known for several
months or until the various systems
are able to complete the mechanical
task of balancing books and giving
detailed figures.
Most all of the roads, however, have
indicated already to the Interstate
Commerce Commission and through it
to the Treasury that they will have
money coming to them rs a result Of
the guarantee The Treasury has re-
ceived dozens of certifications for adj
vances under the guarantee within the
last 10 days and more are expected,
Secretary Houston said. If the roads
do not ask for an advance against
probable deficits they must wait for a
final compilation Of the sums the Gov
eminent owes them. OF the 1,194 lines
of consequence in the country G67
pOSal for a division of the surplus
above the standard return and guar
antee of earning should the revenues
fall short. All of these accepting the
proposal will be entitled to a final adj
juStment of accounts by the Treasury,
and the payment, where the revenues
were low, of the guaranteed amounts,
among tne lines NOT accepting the
guarantee proposal were the Southern
and Pere Marquette systems. Neither
of these have earned revenues eQuiva-
lent to the amount which they received
under the guarantee, according to Ju-
Illus X. Parmelee, Director of the Bu-
reau of Railway Economics.
In the first four months of the guar
antee period, March, April, hIay and
June, railroad revenues topped actual
for operation only once.
The March revenues represented a net
return Of $13,O00O0O, while there were
deficits of 29,7O0OOO in April, $11 $780,
900 in May, and $7,5OOOOO in June.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-09-10
Lioness Attacks Bow.

Beach, n. D.-Harod Eidell narrow
ly escaped death when he was attacked
by liOness at carnival here. The
boy craWled under the animal tent
while the attendants were at lunch
and as he was passing the cage in
which the liOness was kept the animal
reached out and began ciaw!ng him.
A large portion of his scalp was torn
from his head and he wa: c!nwed
severely about the neck and shoulders
Two shots were fired at tie lioness
before she released her hold.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-09-10
Girls Victims of Fire.

DundaII, IreIand-Two sales girls
and one salesman were burned to
death in stores of two Protestant
Unionist tradesmen, in Dundalk The
buildings were set on fire, and like
wise the homes Of the owners of the
stores were burned. Other clerks in
the store were able to make their es-
cape. The fire spread to adjacent
property, including the Ulster Bank,
which was damaged. The assertion is
made that the fires were started in
reprisaI for the destruction of prop
erty of Catholics in Lisburn and Bel
fast
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-09-10

LondOn.-With the Soviet Minister
of War, Leon Trotzky, in personal
command, the Russian forces in the
area of BreSt-Ltovsk and GrodnO have
braced and now are attacking the
Poles, according to dispatches re-
ceived here. The Russians have also
Stiffened their residence on the south
zip Of the line in the region of Lem
berg.
The word that the Soviet war chief
had replaced Leon TOukachevSki, Com
mander in Chief of the field armies,
who enjoyed the soubriQuet, 1.-The Rus
sian NapoleOn,' came from BolShevik
prisoners just taken. The displace-
mont was made, according to the prls-
OnerS, because the General failed to
take Warsaw after having it prac-
tically within its grasp. The Polish
delegation reported 1000 additional
Red prisoners taken, and also some
artillery.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-09-10
Machine Guns Used On Troops.

Lima, Peru. - Reports received
through official channels from the Pc
ruvian frontier state that serious mu-
TIMES, resulting in the killing of Il
number of persons, lave taken place
within the last few days amOpg $4,000
Chilean troops reported to be cOnccn-
trated in Tacna and africa. The mobil-
iZatiOn reported is for the purpose of
removing from Santiago and NaIpa-
raise troops which were favorable TO
the presidential candidacy of Arturo
Alessandri, nominee of the Liberal AL
lance. The reports state that the
troops are clamOring to be returned to
their homes. Machine guns were used
during the disturbances and many per-
sons were killed and wounded, the adj
vices state. Various steamers arriving
during the week at Callao, Peru,
brought more than 700 Peruvian refu-
gees from Chile.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-09-10
union INTERESTS
we're BETRAYED
DELEGATES SAY, SENDING WARM
ING TO WILSON, WHO MUST
ACCEPT MINORITY REPORT.
Or Order New Hearing, Mine Workers
Add-Three Days Allowed For Final
RuIing-Labor Officials Barred
From Meeting Place.

WilkeSbarre, Penn.-ActiOn that
amounts to a general strike order to
175,0O0 union miners of the anthracite
coal field was taken by 800 delegates
of mine locals after a bitter session
that lasted throughout the night. Pres
ident Wilson received direct warning
of the complete failure of his wage
commission to reach satisfactory set
Element of the differences existing be-
tween the operators and workers. Of
ficials of the United Mine Workers
who entered into the agreement to
have the wage commission were ruled
out of the hall and told they had be-
trayed the workers interest; officers
of the United States Department Of
Justice, headed by Charles Ramsdell,
were informed that no threat of en-
fOrcement Of the Lever act could deter
the mine workers from protecting
their own interests.
At the end of the meeting tele-
gram was drafted and signed by a
committee of five men. 1t informs
President Wilson that he has three
days in which to sign the minority re-
port Of Neil Ferry or throw out the
entire case of the miners and order
a rehearng. ''The minority report of
Nj. Ferry is the only one that can be
accepted for the promotion of peace"
is the practical warning of the tele-
gram. An answer on or before Sep
TENDER l is required; otherwise all
mine workers will refrain from work"
The delegates, it is claimed, repre-
sent the real power of the United
Mine Workers, since they are the in
Structed agents of the cOlliery locals
and the men directly in touch with
the entire labor movement. They open
ly declared during the stormy protest
session that their officers had out
lived their usefulness and can not be
regarded as representing the real in
tereSts of the rank and file"
Press reports alone have Indicated
to the miners that DR.. William O.
Thompson and William COnnell, ma
jOrity members of the Federal Wage
Commission have settled upon II per
cent us Inc IndAllllulu wage increase.
The minority report of Ferry is for
81 per cent. President Wilson is the
only one empowered officially to pub
lish the findings of the wage commits
sion, and thus far he has refused to
confirm newspaper dispatches. Action
is to be taken as a final hope to force
the President to reject the reported
basis of settlement The 300 clamOr-
ing men who gathered in Union Hall
Cheered their spokesman, who said
IL q offer of a II per cent increase was
less than could have been obtained by
direct conference between the men
and tho operators.
The raSt the men expected from the
Presidents commission is % per cent, |
and they have agreed, it is said, that
adjustment can not be made on a
lesser offer. No doubt is felt here of |
the ability Of these delegates to throw
the mines of the anthracite region into |
idleneSS.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-09-10
Officials Hunt Kidnapped Americans.

Mexico City.-Search for American
and British subjects kidnapped by Pc
drO ZamOra, JalescO bandit, during
his raid on the town of Cuale, August
20, has been ordered by the War De-
partment. General Rafael Buelna,
commander of a force of cavalry pur-
suing the outlaws, continues to follow
their trail, and it is declared the ban
dts are demOralized and in flight.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-09-10
TWO Trainmen Killed.

Canton. O.-Two trainmen were
killed and three others were injured
seriously and are in Mercy Hospital
here as the result of a rear-end COLI
sion in the west yards of the Pennsyl-
vania Line, near Alliance.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-09-10
Massacre of 400 Armenians Reported.

Paris.-Dispatches from COnstanti-
nOple report the massacre of 400 Arme-
mans by Kurds in AnatOlia. The
kurds shot the men, but the women
and children were locked in a church
and burned to death, the dispatches
say.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-09-10

Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, O.-An
emergency battalion composed of 1G
officers and 453 enlisted men, under
command of Colonel Samuel Burk-
hardt, Jr., and Major Roy AshbroolI,
left Camp Sherman over the Norfolk
and Western Railroad for Williamson,
w. Va.
The troops were armed with regula-
ton riot equipment, including machine
guns, rifles and One-pound cannon.
Five motor trucks, one ambulance and
number of motorcycles also were
loaded on fiat cars and taken with the
troops.