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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-27
WILSON GIRL IS
FIRST IN ORATORY
MABEL WEEKS SCORES HIGHEST
HONOR IN LAST NIGHTS
CONTESTS HERE.
ARDM0RE SECOND
10 Shelton, Of Franklin School, Next
Honor-Rchard Norman Ardmorc,
First; Raymond Harris, Wilson, Sec.
ond, in Boys Division.

Winners were announced at the ora.
torical contest held at the High School
building last night as part of the
Carter county educational and athletic
meet which began yesterday and will
be continued today and tomorrow. Pre-.
liminary contests i'm oratory for diyis-
ions A and b, including the Seventh
and eighth grades and the High school
commenced this afternoon at the High
school
Last Nights Winners.
Last nights winners were: Division
~ third and fourth grades; girls, first
place, Mabel Weeks, Wilson, second
place, Jo shelton. Franklin school.
Ardmore Boys First place. Richard
Norman, Franklin school, Ardmore,
second place Raymond Harris, Wilson.
Division h, first and second grades:
Girls, first place Estelle Foster vii.
son; second place, lmogene Anderson,
Franklin school Ardmore. Boys
First place, NatriCe Akers, Woodfora.
second place Lyle Tanner, Lone Grove.
Division e, fifth and sixth grades:
Girls-First place, Buena Seay, vii.
son; second place, Josephine Cor.
man, Jefferson school Ardmorc Boys:
First place-Wm Payne, Lone Grove.
second place Charles Ringer. Wilson.
Spelling contests for the grades from
the first through the fifth grades be.
gan at two o'clock this afternoon Con.
tests from the sixth grade through the
high school will be begun tonight at
: o'clock Saturday morning at Q
o'clock a written contest will be given
to select one representative To the
state spelling contest to be held AT
saltwater. Contests in arithmetic for
the seventh and eighth grades and IN
penmanship for selecting one repre.
sentative to the state penmanship con
test will be opened at $3.50 a. m. Sal.
urday.
Field Meet Tomorrow.
Tennis prelimnaries we're schedule
for today. Finals will be started a, ,
a. m. tomorrow. All other field events
VIII commence at p. m. tomorrow
afternoon, at Wilmington park. All
contestants in the athletic meet ara
asked to 20 to the High school build
ing tomorrow morning to be weighed
and to get their numbers.
All teachers are requested by Coun.
" superintendent l.. NJ. Thurston Ia
be on the ground and see that the rep
resentatives from their schools arc
present and that they are ready to en-
Ter the events when called
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-27

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-27
Associated Press Report

DAILY ABuNORETE
covers news OF the world
five lours after press time
OF any other paper circulat-
ing i'm Southern Oklahoma.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-27

The house resumed debate under a
plan to remain IN session a. lya,, par.
of the night and to dispose VI the bin
by 6 p. m. tomorrow If possible
Chairman Dent closed the argument
In favor of the volunteer amendment
The Washington herald., 1917-11-16
SEEK WILSON'S help
|. in war RELIEF WORK
Jews Make Appeal in Behalf of
Brethren Abroad.

The special committee Of the joint
distribution committee of New York
called on President Wilson yesterday
afternoon to discuss matters Of Jewish
relief.
The committee consisted of EXAM
bassador Henry Morganthau, Abra-
ham I. Elkus and Oscar Strauss.
julius Rosenwald. Judge Julian w.
Mack, DIR. Cyrus Adler, Jacob H.
Schiff. Judge Otto Rosalsky and Alex
ander Kahn.
This committee took up with the
President the advisability of sending
relief. clothing and food to the Jewish
and Christian inhabitants Of the
Polish and Rumainian territory un-
der German control.
Since the entrance Of the United
States into the war such relief was
discontinued because 1t was feared
by the allies and by the United
States government that these funds
would fall into the hands Of Ger
mans.
Means were suggested whereby the
money could be made to reach the
proper authorities who would distrib-
ute 1t to those in dire need of such
relief as it would give them. The
President exhibited interest in this
matter. indicating that he will make
such arrangements as are consistent
with the policies Of the government
The Washington herald., 1917-11-16
Eight ARE INJURED
when CARS collide
Passengers. However. Refuse Hos,
pital Treatment.

Eight persons received minor IN
juries at 4:45 yesterday afternoon In
the evening rush when a misthroWn
switch caused Car No. S73 OF the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company, to collide with Car No. 4S1
of the same line, at Massachusetts
avenue and North Capitol street north
west.
Those injured are: Alice F. Null
Ian, 1881 Irving street northwest; Her
bert L. Adams, iii Euclid street
Oscar Glenn, 924 Fifth
street northwest; Katherine Newman,
101 North Carolina avenue southeast;
Sarah Cannon, 101 North Carolina
avenue southeast; Mrs. Watson Carr,
2226 Nichols avenue southeast; Charles
Greenley, ia Howard road southeast,
and George A. Keough. 61s Alabama
avenue southeast.
All Of the injured refused hospital
treatment.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-16
PUBLIC WEDDING
PLEASES CROWD
AT FOOD SHOW
Private William Noblet and
Miss Mabel D. Urban
Are Principals.

Amid the approving cheers Of sew
sral thousand spectators and the
rafting hearty ''rah rahs" Of the
bridegroom's soldier companions, one
OF the prettiest public weddings ever
held In the city was solemnized at the
Food Show IN Convention Han yes
terday evening.
Private William Duross Noblet, OF
the Army Medical School, and Miss
Mabel Dewey Urban. his neishbor
bride. bravely blushed under the fire
OF the thousands Of eyes fixed upon
them as they filed their way through
the various food booths to the i'm
provised altar. Here Rev. Preston
A. Cave, pastor Of the H street Chris
dan Church, Sixth and H streets
southwest, performed the ceremoney
Leading the bridal pair was little
Miss Thereta Scheaffer, as cupid ac-
companied by Margaret German anc
Mary Dunworth.' flower girls; Miss
Elizabeth German, rose hoop, and
Timothy Dunworth, ringbearer.
Private Noblet was accompanied to
the altar by sixteen other members
Of the Army Medical School, who
under the leadership Of Sergt- Worm
were there to do honor to their com
panion.
Vernon Tew acted as best man fol
Young Noblet while Faith Elliott wal
the maid Of honor.
Tonight District Food Administra
tor Clarence L. Wilson will be tn
principal speaker at an unusually in
teresting session Of the Food Exhibi
ton. Herbert Hoover, National Foo'
Administrator, will be present but will
not make any remarks.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-16
REVISED CASUALTY
LISTS PUBLISHED
First Lieutenant and Five Privates
Added to Original Report.

The War Department has received
the following corrected list of the
casualties resulting from the German
raid before daylight, November .,
upon the salient occupied by COM
pany of American infantry. This re-
vised list shows our losses to have
been killed, IL wounded and IL miss
ing.
The addition to the original list OF
wounded: First Lieut.. William H. Nc
I.aughlin and five privates are men,
toned. One of the latter, Private
William P. Grigsby. was originally
listed as missing. Private Dewey ID
Karn. previously listed as missing
has been accounted for and is no long
er among the casualties. The name
as Private - Reckon unidenu'
fed, previously on the missing list
does not appear on the revised list.
The wounded are reported as doing
well.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-16
100000 AID GIVEN
CHINA FLOOD VICTIMS

The American Red Cross 10 adminis-
tering relief to the sufferers from the
recent Tien-Tsin flood. which swept
over 1900 square miles of territory.
made 100000 persons homeless and
wiped out crops and other property
to an approximate value of $1o0, 900 900.
Relief funds to the amount. Of S11,-
900 have been appropriated for use
through a committee of Americans
of which Minister Paul c. Reinsch La
chairman. with Roger Green. OF the
China medical commission of the
Rockefeller Foundation. a. executive.
Immediately on receipt Of the FIRST
advices of the disaster the Red Gross
authorized Mr.. Reinsch to draw for
$4,000 through the State Department.
Later authority was given to draw
$4,000 more.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-16
WAR SAVINGS
DIRECTORS At
THRIFT DINNER
.McAdoo, Burleson and 9th
ers Eat Meal Costing
$1.50 a Plate.

Directors Of the war savings cam
paign gave . real demonstration Of
thrift last night when they sat down
to dinner at $50 a plate instead Of
cne that ordinarily might have cost
S6 a plate in official circumstances.
Secretary McAdoo, Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson. Robert F. Herrick,
Basil P. Blackett, OF the British treas
ury, and Frank A. Vanderiip and State
directors of the campaign sat down
to a dinner of soup, chicken, two
vegetables and ice cream. After
they had smoked their init OF one
cigar per person they talked on finan-
cling the war.
"valor alone Is not going to destroy
the Kaiser and military despotism," "
said Secretary McAdoo, as he finished
his ice cream, I'VE must have organi-
zation back Of II. Every man in this
country must be q patriot and every
man who in these times does not feel
In his soul the fire CT America Is not
an American, is not 4 patriot.
Mr.. vanderlip Talks.
1.-THE work you have undertaken In
organizing a countrywide campaign
to bring to the attention of the
American people the value Of invest
ing their savings in War Savings Ger.
tificates. which are obligations on the
United States Treasury bearing inter.
est at the rate Of 4 per cent per an.
mum, is one of the most vital and
essential parts OF the great financia
operations in which the government
must engage IL the war is to be sue
cessfully prosecuted. Victory can bt
won only by the valor Of our sol
diers, combined with the intelligent
use of our resources"
Mr.. Vanderlip finished his one cigal
] before talking. Then he said:
You gentlemen are the representa-
tives Of the Secretary of the Treas
ury in bringing to the attention o
] every man, woman and child in tn,
country. the tremendous service h,
can render the government in thes,
critical days. especially the investo
of small means"
The Washington herald., 1917-11-16
TWO LIVES ARE LOST
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
abaft the engine room and sealed the
ships doom. so that the exhibition by
the German submarine Of firing ten
shots at the wallowing vessel was a
piece Of wantonness.
Names and next Of kin of the five
members of the naval gun crew
known to have been saved. as COM
piled from the Navy Departments
records, follow:
Edwin Norton McCausland, chief
boatswain's mate, father, Harry Nc
Causland. st. Johns, New Bruns-
wick, Canada.
Warren Brown Thompson, seaman
second class; mother, Mrs. Julia
Thompson. Imlaystown. N. ].
Thaddeus Hyatt Fellows, seaman
second class; father, Harry E. Eel
lows, 1872 Clay avenue, New York.
William F. Eisenhardt, seaman Sec
ond class: father. John Edward Ell
senhardt, 2S14 Gravier street. New
Orleons.
William FOULS, gunner's mate sec
ond class; mother, Sarah Grasswick,
479 West 18th street, New York.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-16
DEFENSE LEAGUERS
ENTERTAIN SOLDIERS

The Home Defense League Of the
Sixth precinct last night gave an en-
tertainment for the soldiers and SAIL
ors ut Gonzaga Hall. Al street north
west. The entertainment was divided
into a musical and humorous pro-
gram, and dance with refreshments.
Francis ]. Hurley. q sergeant Of the
company, presided. Rev. Father
Sweeney, chaplain Of the company,
and Odell s. Smith. assistant director
Of the league. also spoke. More than
/, 500 people were present.
This was the second Of a series OF
entertainments to be given by the
Sixth precinct company according to
the program of the District War Ser
vice Commission.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-16

To Cure Cold In One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets
Druggists refund money il it fails to cure. Z. w
GROVES signature is on each box. SOc.-Adr
The Washington herald., 1917-11-16
PRINT PAPER REPORT.

Production of print paper in the
United States the first ten months
Of 1917 Is shown by statistics made
public by the Federal Trade Com
mission to have been 1,0s4,s91 tons,
as compared with LOS, ,e47 tons in the
corresponding period last year. Prices
paid in October for news print paper
averaged $50 to s32.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-16
Wife of Indian Dies
After Attending Dance

Fort Yates, N. D.. Nov. B.-Mrs.
Red Tomohawk. wife of the Indian
policeman who is said to have killed
the famous Sioux chief. Sitting Bull.
danced herself to death on the Stand
ing Rock Indian Reservation, near
Cannon Ball, according to word re-
ceived here. Reports indicated that
Mrs. Tomahawk. who was 60 years
old. participated in an Indian dance
last Sunday night and overtaxed her
self.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-16
CHURCH SAVES COAL.

Greenfield. Ind. Nov. 15.-In an ef-
fort to save coal and electricity the
time of evening services of the First
Presbyterian Church here has been
changed for the winter. The usual
hour for evening service is half-past
I o'clock. Hereafter the Sunday even
ing sermon will be delivered at 4
o'clock in the afternoon.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-16
"Dips" Get Twenty-Five Lasbes

wilmington. Del, Nov. 15.-Twenty-
five lashes and six years imprison-
ment each was the sentence imposed
today upon Charles Miller, Harry
Gold, and Charles Harrison, Of Phila-
delphia, who pleaded guilty to pocket
picking.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-16
WANT NORTHCLIFFE TO SERVE

London, Nov. 15.-The Globe says
that great pressure is being brought
on Lord Northcliffe to enter the gov
eminent, which. II adds, ''he alone
Il deemed capable OF bolstering up"
The Washington herald., 1917-11-16
GOVERNMENT EXPERT DIES

Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 15.-John w.
SinseI, chief internal revenue agent
of the Philadelphia district and one
of the governments noted experts,
died here. He was 90 years old. Mr..
Sinsel had been connected with the
Internal Revenue Bureau % years.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-08-26
Live Stock Market

National Stock Yards, H., August
23-Today's Receipts:i Cattle 800;
Hogs, 1000; Sheep, 1900.
CATTLE-Steers over 900 lbs.
broke Is to 25c per cwt. this week.,
with lighter classes fully soc lower
than our last report. Cows and mix
ed stuff declined 50 to 75c, while
calves and yearlings are selling about
as good as they were a month ago.
QUOTAT!ONS-Good to choice
gras steers SIS q 50; medium to coed
81 q So; common to medium SIS q
$3.50; fat cows, 81 q IS; medium So
q 81; cutters $3.50 @ Sc; Gamers
$5.25 a $780, yearlings Sc; heretics
$7; veals 50 q $12. Heavy bulls
$3.50 q 81; light bulls Sc. Good to
choice stockers and feeders 1925 a
S.; common to medium $6.25 a ST.
HOGS-The market opened very
slow and weak, with best hogs soc
lower than early yesterday At thai
time choice hogs $50 TBS. were selling
from $3.50 q $40; mixed hogs 16C
lbs. up SIS q $3.50; 12O to $50 ID
pigs SIT q SIS; 80 to 115 ID pigs $15
q $17; pewee pigs 81 q $14; best
rough hogs $3.50 @ SIS; habitat
roughs $14 @ $14.50 At the close the
market was Use to 81 lower than yes
terday and late good 1870 to 210 ID
hogs were selling around $1S,25, with
best heavies around $3.50. Prospects
are not good for balance of week.
SHEEP-his trade has been very
active this week, sheep showing
strong tone and lambs fully CSC pei
cwt higher Good to choice lambs
$15.75 @ $16.25; medium to good
$15.25 q $1575; common to medium
$14.5O q $15.25; culls $11; fat sheer
$3.50 q 1915; bucks 81; choppers
$3.50; Gamers $3.50.
National Live Stock Commission Co
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-08-26
NEW STOCK
YARD PLANT COMPLETED.

aNaldossaA GA "a EE''ie -vailus
pleted it's plant in this city and is
ready for business, furnishing an en-
terprising and facilities for handling
the immense cattle and hog business
that is so rapidly developing in this
section of Georgia. The new plant is
fully equipped with every device and
convenience for grading and handling
both cattle and hogs. 1t is located
on two railroads, with loading pens
for each road. In the free section
there are eight. pens each with ca
pacity of ore carload. A Quarantine
station is also provided, with a capac-
| ity for handling an entire trainlCad of
stock, with modern dipping vat in
cluded n the equipment. This quaran-
the station is surrounded with a six
foot solid board wall and fifteen-foot
al government requirements. This is
the only quarantine station for stock
between Jacksonville and Montgom.
cry, and it is expected that a large
amount of business will be handled
here in interstate shipments. The
entire stock yard will be under the
direction of government inspectors
and every requirement of the state
and federal laws is met So much i'm
portance is now being attached to
cattle and hogs in this section that
this new enterprise has very mush
needed and it is fitted up to serve a
large territory.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-08-26
NEGRO RIOTERS TO BE
MOVED FROM HOUSTON

Washington, Aug. 24-Negro regu-
lars who engaged in last nights riot
ing at Houston will be moved at once
from that city Secretary Of War Ba-
ker announced today. After calling
on eScretary Baker, Senator. Shep-
pard of eXas, will recommend to- the
war department that no negro troops
be sent into the Lone Star State. Sec
rotary Baker informed him that a
message from General Parker said
troops were being sent in from all
directions and that the situation was
well in hand.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-08-26
iNNES WIFE BEGINS
THREE YEAR SENTENCE.

Atlanta, Ga, August 25.-The last
chapter in the strange disappearance
of the famous helms sisters, of Allan
ta whose case created a nationwide
sensation a few years ago, was writ
ten when Ida May lines, the wife of
Victor e. lines, went from Atlanta
to the Georgia state prison farm al
Milledgeville, where she arrived yes
terday to begin serving a three-year
sentence on the charge of larceny af-
ter trust
Her husband, the celebrated Port
land, Oregon, lawyer who seemed to
(exert a sort of hypnotic influence
over women, is now serving a SEN
tence of seven years on the Fulton
county convict gang on the same
charge, he and his wife having been
tried separately.
When Lois and Beatrice Nelms
went to San Antonio, Tex. three years
| dSO, Ilicy ulOppSu Oul VI olSiil az
completely as if the earth had opened
and swallowed them. lnnes and his
wife were tried in San Antonio on a
charge of murder, being accused of
kiiimg' the girls in their cottage and
disposing of the bodies by multilation
and acid. They came clear because
the prosecution could not produce the
! bodies or any trace of them.
Innes and his wife were brought
back to Atlanta and tried in the Full
ton superior court on a charge OF lar
cency after trust for their successful
Vaccinations in separating Lois
helms from her money and property.
Following the conviction of lines, he
appealed his case and the supreme
court turned him down. Mrs. lnnes
was then tried and convicted. The
beginning of her sentence was delayed
more than a year pending an exami-
nation into her physical condition, it
being claimed that she had tubercu-
losis.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-08-26

| wish to announce that on or about
September 18th, | will open a first
class funeral department with office
and display parlCr at the Watt
Holmes Hardware Store.
| have had built a modern motor
funeral car and in connection with it
| have every modern appliance for
the home, church and cemetery. enab-
ling me to give to my patrons the
very best of service. Our stock is of
the latest designs and a large as
sortment TO meet the requirements of
all. If | am favored with a portion of
this work | shall try to merit the
confidence placed in me.
Entering now in my goth year of
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-08-26

the profession as Embalmer and Fun
cral Director, with experience in both
large aud small. cities enable me with
our modern equipment to. give to
those who may need it a service sec
end to none in The care and prep
aration for burial lifting the burden
OF all arrangements from the family
looking after all detail matters sys-
tematically
shall personally respond promptly
10 your calls, at all hours, day or
night, city and country.
Respectfully,
CORDELE FUNERAL CO,
G. r. OVERTON, Mgr
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-08-26
statement.

Acting on this statement Tie Ger
man government is urging its people
TO continue the war two years more,
declaring if it is done Germany can
not be defeated, because the coun-
ir!ca at war with her win not endure
the hardships which the Germans are
wiling 10 undergo.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-08-26
SEE WORLDWIDE FOOD
SHORTAGE IN TWO YEARS.

Washington, Aug 24--Two more
years OF war will reduce the entire
world to the same shortage Of food as
now exists in Germany according to
scientists Of that country who have
compiled statistics to support their
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-08-26

Gold coins on the average lose /
per cent of their weight for every six
teen years that they are in use.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-08-26

One iron mine only has been discov'
cred in Egypt which was worked by
the ancients.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-08-26

The lngestion of wood alcohol may
produce blindness.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-08-26

Norwegians are manufacturing peat
block fuel.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-05-03
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

WHEREAS, Katie A. Clark of Nadi-
son in the County of Somerset and
State of Maine. by her mortgage deed
dated October H. 1906 and recorded in
Somerset County Registry of Deeds
Book 277. Page 594, conveyed to Ma
tilda NJ. Hayden certain. lot or par
eel of land situated in Madison afore-
said with the buildings thereon con
tanning one acre on the East side of
Scion and bounded by, beginning at a
said road North of the buildings;
thence North 10 degrees East 10 rods
to stake and stone; thence Southerly
at right angles and parallel with the
road 16 rods to stake and stone;
thence Westerly at right angles to the
road and thence Northerly by the East
line of said road to the bounds begun
at.
Also another lot of land situated in
more or less, bounded on the North by
land of Henry Merrill; on the East by
the road leading to Scion; on the South
by land of Lester d. Corson and on the
West by land of Henry Merrill; and
WHEREAS. said mortgage was duly
assigned by said Matilda NJ. Hayden to
Charles Spear, the Undersigned, by as
signment dated November 6. 1911 and
recorded In said Registry Book 3Os,
WHEREAS. the condition of said
mortgage has been broken NOW
THEREFORE, by reason of the breach
of the condition thereof / claim "a fore
closure of said mortgage.
Dated at Skowhegan, Maine, this
26th day of April A. y. 1917.
Sw18 CHARLES SPEAR.