The Ada Weekly News (Ada, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 19, 1918 Page: 2 of 12
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The Ada Weekly News
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Old timers In Oklahoma insist a
good cotton and corn year follows a
lainy winter The winter seems to
be starting in hopefully
o
That the soldiers from Pontotoc
county did their part In the drive that
put the Huns out of business is evi-
dent from the casualty lists Scarce-
ly a day passes that does not find
the name of at least one from this
county on the list proving that the
boys trom here were in the thickest
of the fighting
o
That a period of business prosper-
ity will soon be ushered into the
United States is the opinion of some
of the leading men of finance and big
business Whether or not there will
b£ a slump in the prices of necessit-
ies is a matter of opinion about as
many opinions being given as there
are individuals giving them The
tact is there is a shortage of food
and materials of commerce in Europe
and the citizens of that continent will
look to America for them The de-
mands ought to keep things moving
-o-
Recent press dispatches stating
that Williamson county Texas has
voted dry calls to mind the tribula-
tions of the saloon men of artlett a
town situated about equally in Wil-
liamson and Bell counties During
the past twenty-five years prohibition
has prevailed most of the time on
one side of the line or the other but
only once before on both sides at the
same time As a consequence the
saloon men have had to move across I
the street every little while depend-
ing on which side went dry Now both
sides are dry and they must move)
somewhere else
We are rather curious to see how
candidates in Oklahoma will manage
their campaigns among the ladies
now that woman suffrage is an ac-
complished fact It will never do to
ignore these new voters and the prob-
lem o fhow to w'in them will be a most
perplexing one to many of the men
candidates Then when the women
demand a share of the officers their
men opponents cannot afford to say
the mean things against them that
they have been 'accustomed to say of
their opponents and that will mean
that many of them will have little to
talk about
o
Once more the Red Cross appeals
to the generosity of the nation to
provide means of caring for the sol-
diers and providing them with some
of the comforts of lie The army of
occupation will be kept in Germany
for many months to come and the lot
of the soldiers should be made as
easy as is possible for the American
public to make it There is nothing
too good for these valiant fighters
who have faced death in all its forms
on the battlefields of France and the
public should respond liberally and
cheerfully to the call But for these
soldiers we might be facing the pros-
pect of German rule and slavery and
now is the time to let them know
that we are not unmindful of our
debt of gratitude to them
o
('Ol lnVT KEEP HIM OUT
Speaker Champ Clark was once
thrown out of the church He was
always a devout member of the
Chiistian church but shortly after
he located in Pike county he fell
trom grace It came about in this
way: There was a steamboat exclu
sion one night starting for Louisiana
The young statesman was on the ex-
cursion There was dancing on the
boat and Champ Clark was one of
those who danced all night The fol-
lowing Sunday the matter was
brought up in church The fact that
Champ Clark had danced all night
was duly related to the congregation
and a motion was unanimously pass-
ed excluding the future congressman
from fellowship in the church It
was all so sudden that Clark was
completely dumfounded He picked
up his hat and walked out feeling
very much injured and disgusted He
sat down on a log to think it over
In about an hour 'he noticed that the
preacher was getting along toward
the end of his sermon and Clark
knew the minister would soon be
calling on sinners to join the church
Soon the final exhortation began and
the “doors of the church” were
thrownbpen to all who desired to en-
ter the fold To the amazement of
the congregation Champ walked
down the aisle and gave his hand to
the preacher Champ was taken back
into the fold within an hour after he
had been ejected He was out of the
church and in again In the shortest
time on record — Paris (Mo) Mercu-
ry FREEDOM OF THE SEAS
Writers and statesmen are divid-
ed on what the expression “freedom
of the seas" actually means Just
what President Wilson meant when
lie said the sens must be free In peace
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and war has never been explained by
him Just what he will demand when
he discusses in the peace conference
this one of his fourteen peace points
is yet a problem as he has neijer giv-
en any indication of his interrela-
tion or the force with which he Will
attempt to drive home his points
That the seas have been free in
peace for a hundred years no one
familiar with history and more es-
pecially English history would ques-
tion The president therefore know-
ing history as he does and knowing
that the world has nothing to fear
from the British navy in peace time
most certainly must have meant that
the seas must be free in war as well
as in peace Just why he used the
exact language he did use remains
yet to be explained
The worries of the British that
Wilson will demand the disarma-
ment of the British fleet are ground-
less we believe President Wilson has
always been especially successful in
his interpretation of American opin-
ion That American opinion is op-
posed to interference with Britain’s
navy is as evident as was America’s
desire to enter the war in defense of
our rights on the seas
No brothers of the British Isles
and the British colonies America is
not against your navy We believe
that the effectiveness of the British
fleet should be kept up and America
has nothing to fear from you our
kinsman The seas will be free in
peace as they have been in the past
In war right and justice will triumph
as it has triumphed in the immediate
past
o
THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT
A swanky young soldier was
watching with amusement the efforts
of his fellow privates to ride a re-
fractory mule No one of them could
stay on its back for two seconds
At last the amused looker-on ap-
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proached and brawled:
“I say let me show you how"
“Come on then!” said the soldiers
Let’s see you"
The youth sidled up to the mule
swung himself upon the animals back
wrapped his legs beneath its body
and took a firm hold on the reins
The mule made a slight effort to dis-
lodge him but the man stuck An-
other slightly more strenuous effort
by the mule also failed Then laying
liis ears back and taking a deep
breath the mule shot his heels into
the air at an angle of 65 degrees and
the young man was propelled to the
ground
He slowly arose to his feet screw-
ed up his face into a smile and said:
“Now that’s the way boys! When
you see $e’s goin’ to pitch just get
off” — Chicago News
o
In view of the fact that Ada keeps
up with the procession in everything
else what about getting on an aerial
mail route? The government is con-
sidering the establishing of one be-
tween Dallas and Tulsa and perhaps
other points and Ada should be on
some route The next step will be
the establishment of aerial passenger
service and then one may enjoy a
trip above the clouds as he makes a
speedy trip somewhere Another five
years will certainly see hundreds of
such passenger routes and many will
own their planes and take joy rides
through space rather than in an auto
on the ground
o
WORK AT THE ROOT
Many of our law makers at Wash-
ington are attempting to plan a way
to give all the discharged soldiers
and sailors an opportunity to find
work The aim is laudable Our
boys deserve every consideration and
we favor any plan that will make
their lot easier and their future ca-
reers more successful We do not
agree however that artificial jobs
should be created or that a labor cri-
sis is likely to conie as a result of
a couple of million boys being turn-
ed back to civilian life
For many yeara preceding 1914
we had been receiving and assimilat-
ing approximately one lnillion Euro-
pean immigrants a year In 1914 the
immigration suddenly fell off and im-
mediately we felt a labor shortage
Since 1914 there have been a surplus
of jobs and a shortage of men to fill
them When we declared war and
thousands of young men began to
leave their Jobs to fight the labor
shortage was the more intensified
To put it differently the United
States is Bhort approximately four
million European immigrants if
things had gone on aB they were in
1914 If under normal times we
could have used four million more
men and women in our industrial
life we certainly can use now the
few millions of American boys who
have temporarily left their employ-
ment for the battle fields The thing
we need to protect the boys ns they
come home is not the creation of
new Jobs but the protection of these
men from competition with the cheap
labot of Europe We need an immi-
gration law ao strict that few Euro-
peans will be able to filter through
We would not upbraid our law-
makers for past immigration laws
We needed the Immigrants to build
up the mighty West We do not
need the Immigrant now as we have
plenty of labor for present needs and
probably for all future needs In ad-
dition we must be more considerate
of whom we permit to enter ' the
gates of the United States and permit
to become citizens of this great na-
tion We cannot help recalling with
a bit of regret that we permitted the
Hun agents the anarchists and a few
other brain-fogged Won’t Workers to
enter this country The quicker we
decided to keep out this kind of cat-
tle th? better the United States will
be America for Americans should
be our watchword for the next two
or three centuries Keep out the for-
eign surplus and the labor supply
and wages will take care of them-
selves o
There is a broad difference between
the spoken and printed word The
circumstances under which a word is
uttered the tone of voice and facial
expression map change the meaning
altogether but when it stares up at
one in cold type it is different A
remark innocent enough when
spoken takes on a different hue and
becomes a serious matter Even the
writer on an editorial or important
news story wants to see how it looks
in type before putting his O K to it
and having it placed in the columns
of the paper
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Obituary
Just as morning dawned Debem-
ber 15 1918 the angel of the Lord
came and robbed a home of its moth-
er truly an ornament that can never
be replaced
Mrs CL C Shaw died December
15 1918 Dr Shaw her husband
has served his country in France
since July
the pain the mad burning pain I
almost rebellious in its throes that
surged through my heart when I
knew she was dead Not dead as my I
heart said yet it was true Emily the
mother of three sweet children hadiPrase wo's may bring
broken the shackles of life and wend- I wko sits in the oriental chair
ed onward upward to rest on the of KinS Solomon wields the sceptre
josom of God Oh what a home 'of an autocrat When he seizes the
where death awful and unwelcome savel it is his to wield as a tyrant
had entered and robbed it of its joy if he will or as sage counselor and
its light seeming to 3ay to the liv-1 triend Within his scarcely restrict-
ing “Pass under the rod’’ "My God jed power is abundant opportunity to
my God why hast Thou forsaken j oppress to harass and if not to actu-
me” seemed to burst from the lips of ally take life itself he can destroy a
the grief-stricken children man’s good name and make him a by-
It happened that He dealt harsh- word in the streets
ly with us but He forsake her To you Most Worshipful Master
whom we loved? No “Come unto: who have lulfilled the exacting du-
me ye weary and I will give you ties of Master of Ada Lodge' for the
rest” In the hand3 of God she was past year we owe great graitude
but as a little child tired and long-i No mark of tyranny no sting of
ing to rest in the Savior’s arms scorn no heart crushed by undeserv-
Would we snatch her from the holy 'ed punishment mars the memory of
peaceful rest of heaven? Would we your reign Having taken upon
call her to earth where daily we yourself the obligation as Worship-
stand to be tempted? Would we J f ul Master inspired by the memory
oh would we as much as we loveian(j traditions of all those great men
her take her from that eternal home of all age8 who have 8at In the Ea8t
of God s handiwork fully conscious of the dignity of that
It is hard to remember that on Qf have ac quitted your
‘“ self with great personal credit and
nave the light of the household re- $
moved yet we “sorrow not as those WJ
who have no hopes” for in that bright
world where parting is not known
we shall meet her She was not only
loved by those near and to her by the
ties of kindred but by all who knew
her and while our hearts are bowed
in sorrow because she is not with us
we murmur not for heaven has but
claimed its own One more link has
been added to the chain which draws
us homeward One more name re-
corded in the Book of Life
Angels that had been brothrs and
sisters reached out their tender
arms and drew closely to them the
sister wafted heavenward to kneel at
the feet of the Holy King Yet a lit-
tle longer to fulfill the mission of
life and mother will come to her
child will receive the pressure of af-
fection from her angel arms and
brothei-3 and sisters and precious
children will ere long step through j
the sun-set gates to be welcomed by
her
Then we shall know thee as thou
art Then we shall know why an
unerring Providence so suddenly “be-
reft us — so suddenly tore in twain
the cords that bound thee to earth
Then we shall see thee shall know
and shall love with the knowledge
and affection of those that are with
you and the angels — One who loved
her
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PARIS -Dec 17 — Sec’y Lansing
was in conference this morning with
a number of members of the Ameri-
can peace conference delegation in
an effort to organizd the working
force The secretary met each indi-
vidual separately and began the as-
signment of duties to various mem-
bers of the American group Lansing
said it was clearly impossible to do
anything but preliminary work be-
fore the holidays although there
might be Informal conferences
M F FWIllE
PRESENTING TESTIMONIAL OF
' IODGE TO KETHUNO WOR-
SHIPFUL MASTER
The following eloquent address
was delivered at the A F A A M
Lodge Saturday evening by M F
Manvllle in presenting a Bible to
John Thrasher the retiring Worship-
ful Master as a token of apprecia-
tion by the Lodge for his faithful
work during the past year whioh
was the most strenuous in the history
of the lodge due to the war The
Lodge ordered the address spread on
the minutes published in the News
and a printed copy framed and hung
on the walls of the Lodge room
Worshipful Master
Brethren :
On the banks of the River Nile
stand ponderous monuments ’reared
to commemorate dead kings The
succession of mighty Pharaohs is
marked by the pyramms each a
sepulchre for departed royalty Up-
on his accession to the throne of
Egypt each new Pharaoh commenced
the building of that pyramid which
at his death should house his own
remains The sceptre that rules by
force must build its own monument
Such is the immutable law of the
Great I Am The mighty pyramid of
Cheops is not a memorial to a great
king who thought in terms of love of
sympathy or the well being of his
people it Is but an entry on the scroll
of time marking the passing of a
taskmaster a slave driver and a
tyrant
He who would deposit something
in the archives of lime that shall
serve as a memento of his virtues and
not a perpetual reminder of his
faults must seek some more lasting
material than stone piled up under
the lash or bronze moulded by a
slave for cry of flesh and blood will
come wailing down the corridors of
time as a malediction lon’g after
the plaudits of a servile court has
uie yiauuus ui a scrvm? court ua
$!! awav The kins who has ruled
l®? awa3f- n0 u8 ea
t c? anj Judged with mercy
‘akea his Place “ the ilent halls °f
death content with that meed ot
The burden of the war was greater
than we had ever dreamed or could
anticipate Men were suddenly call-
ed to leave their friends home and
kindred sought membership in the
greatest brotherhood the world has
ever known We know how severe
and exhausting was the task in addi-
tion to the other manifold duties of
your high office It was a great
honor to you sir to have been Master
of a Masonic Lodge in the year of our
Lord 1918 during the great war But
a far greater honor is that no duty
was left undone by you that might
give comfort aid or succor to those
chosen to go to the field of honor in
Europe
For this reason your brethren the
members of your Lodge sought some
memento some sweet reminder that
in coining years would cause your
heart to swell with pride that you
had commanded the esteem respect
and affection of your fellow crafts-
men Gold silver bronze and stone
were alike considered but all were
thrust aside as unfitted and inade-
quate and I in behalf of all the
Masons within this jurisdiction pre-
sent you— a Book Therfeln you may
read “Of making many books there
is no end and much study is a weari-
ness to the fle6h" but you may also
read there this command “Search
the Scriptures for in them ye think
ye have eternal life”
Within the covers of this book are
the maxims of the wise Solomon our
first Most Excellent Grand Master
the matchless poems of David and
Isaiah you may follow the faultless
logic of Paul founded on the simple
narratives of the Gospels
There you may read of Enoch who
walked and talked with God and
knew not death of Moses the great-
est law giver the world has ever seen
who was gathered into the lands of
his fathers we know not how the
poet says:
“On Nebo’s lonely mountain
Just this side Jordan’s wave
In a vale in the land ot Moab
There lies a lonely grave
But no man knows that sepulchre
And no man saw it e’er
For the angels of God upturned the
sod
And laid the dead man there"
You may read of Elijah the holy
man of God who fought the hosts ot
llRal defied the powers of kings and
bowed not his head except In
obeisance to his God And while he
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walked by the way the Heavens
opened and a great chariot came down
and bore away that holy man
Elisha the faithful follower of the
prophet standing by saw the hoofs
of the celestial steeds strike fire from
the ground as they spurned this
earth the angelic driver was incan-
descent with holy light and as they
mounted the Heavens every buckle
boss and knob scintellating with
celestial fire and with coruscations of
iridescent flame flashing from hub
spoke and felloe the Heavens open-
ed and received him
There you may read the simple j
philosophy of that greatest of all I
Teachers He whom the common peo- 1 th® Associated Press
pie heard gladly and who tasted death I LISBON Dec 15 — (Sunday) — The
that all men might live He it was body of Dr Sidonio Paes Portugal’s
who declared the first great com-1 late president who was assassinated
Lord thy God with all thy heart
with all thy soul with all thy mind
and with all thy strength and the
second is likely namely this thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself"
This book sir we present May it
I bring joy to you and to your house
hold inspiration to your mind and
peace to your soul
WILSON ADDRESSES
FRENCH CITIZENS
(By the Associated Press)
PARIS Dec 16 — President Wil-
son delivered an address today at the
city hall where the ceremonies had
been arranged for The prsident re-
plied to greetings extended to him in
behalf of the United States and de-
clared whatever influence he exer-
cised whatever authority he spoke
with he derived from the people of
the United States saying “We have
merely established our right to full
fellowship of peoples here and thill-
out the entire world who reverence
the right of genuine liberty and just-
ice" The president concluded hi3
address 'by saying "Your welcome to
Paris I shall always welcome as one
of the unique and inspiring experien-
ces of my life Permit me to thank
you from a full heart"
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BULGARIA REPORTED
(By tht Ansockated Press)
BERLIN Dec 17 — Revolution has
broken out in Bulgaria according to
information received by the Lokal
Anzeiger via Hungary
Peace
The war is over but the treaty of peace has not
been signed On or about December 12 the peace
conference will begin in Paris This will be the most
important gathering in history The map of Europe
will be re-made new states will be set up monarch-
ies will be destroyed and a peace of justice and
equality will rule the world Your children will ask
you about this conference as long as you live
The one way to know the results of this confer-
ence is to keep up with the proceedings from day to
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KILLING OF PRESIDENT MAY
PR FAB PIT ATE SERIOUS CRIS-
IS IN NATION
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was taken today to the Belam Palace
to await funerl ceremonies Mean-
while the Portuguese government
continues in office under Dr Ossorto
Castro minister of justice while
both Chambers of Parliament have
been called today to discuss the qaes-
tion of a successor to presidency The
murderer was killed by the crowd
while another man suspected by
complicity was arrested The gov-
ernment has Issued an appeal to all
officials asking them to maintain or-
der as a deep undercurrent of ex-
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PRISON AT ODESSA
STORMED BY I10B
(By the Associated Press)
ODESSA Dec 17 — Serious riot-
ing occurred here last night when the
elements opposed to the Ukraine
stormed the city prisons Five per-
sons were killed and 800 prisoners
liberated
NEGRO DIVISION WILL
NOT BE DISCHARGED
WASHINGTON Dec 17 — Assign-
ment by General Pershing of the ninety-second
division negro national
army for early convoy home has
been cancelled In making this an-
nouncement the war department
gave no explanation but the opinion
here is that the division will be used
to reinforce the American occupa-
tional army in Germany
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