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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-25

Kfngfish. tailors, trout and hardheads
were included in a list of fish landed
at Point Lookout by a party of anglers
on week end outing. Members OF the
party were Frank B. Grove, Aubrey
Grove. Albert Gaddis and Nick Grove.
They motored to Curley's in the aft
ernoon. and early the next morning
they were fishing off the point at the
mouth of the river.
We caught fish until we became
tired of pulling them in" said Nick
CroVo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-25

Scores of trout weighing more than three
pounds and numerous large hardheads
were included in a catch made by five
sportsnen who flshed Deep Point and the
vicinity Of Hog Island near Solomons Is
land. this week
We kept the hotel supplied with fish
while we were there" said Detective Jas
z. Armstrong, in explaining the size OF
the catches.
Those who Were in the party with ARM
strong were Assistant Corporation Conn
sci Ringgo'd Hart. Lew Thayer, W. W.
Deal and William Neumeyer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-25

Twenty-Five pounds of catfish was the
result of a few hours fishing at Great
Falls Thursday morning by Joe Gillian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-25

Samuel L. Rogers. director of census:
Starke Grogan, Z. II. Hartley and A. J.
Hirsch We're members of a week end
party at Rock Point.
They made a killing" was the in
formation received about their trip"
landing more than 300 fish before dim
ner time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-25

Rev. A II. Zimmerman. in charge of
Tent City at the Falls, made a successful
catch of catfish Wednesday. when he
pulled in forty five. Rev. Mr.. Zimmerman
reports that bass have stopped biting at
the Falls because Of the muddy water, but
there are plenty of catfish.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
several looters have been shot. The pres
ident Of Guatemala has ordered the in
AMERICANS URGED TO
EAT IRISH POTATOES
EVERY DAY IN YEAR

Washington. Dec. 31.-The Irish po-
tato on every table in America. every
day in the year. is the object of a cam
paign begun today by the United
States food administration. Grocers will
be asked to inaugurate a potato day"
each week. selecting whatever day is
slack in deliveries and making a special
price. Fairly regular purchases are to
be urged on the public. so that distribu-
tion will eq'ial everywhere for the next
five or six months, relieving railroad
congestion and encouraging production
of a larger crop next spring.
Improvements i'm potato-growing
methods are being studied by the de-
partment of agriculture. Germany plants
twice as many potatoes as the United
States and gets more than twice as
many bushels per acre.
"Germany's wise use OF potatoes helps
her to hold out against the allies" the
food administration says in urging that
the enemy's own methods be turned
against him
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
MONUMENTAL EDIFICE AT PADUA,
CONTAINING TITAN FIRES
GOES. N FIRED.
MASSIVE DOME BURNS
Thick Walls and Copper Roof Save the
Main Structure and Paintings From
'ipesiructton-Ssas Erected A. ID. 1850
TO Commemorate Noted Event.

iNdua. Italy. Dec. 30.-The ancient
monumental Carmini church OF Padua,
containing frescoes by Titan and Cam.
pagnola, was the center of vast con.
hagration last night which lighted up
the skies for miles around. The fire
started from incendiary bombs dropped
by enemy airplanes In another raid
which scattered widespread destruction
and death.
The dome of the massive church
burned throughout the night. making a
majestic spectacle, but the solidity Of
the ancient walls. dating from 1850. and
the copper roof saved the main struc.
ture and paintings from destruction.
The bomb hit the outer edge of the
dome, which soon was a fiery furnace,
rising many feet in the center of the
city.
One building was pierced from top TO
bottom and torn to pieces by bomb
which buried four persons. three Of
whom were children.
The church of San Valentine and the
ancient palace We're partly wrecked
Other private buildings also were struck.
While destruction OF property was
great, reports of the loss of life was
not as severe as on Friday night.
The Carmini church was erected to
commemorate the end Of the brutal ty-
ranny of one Of the Hohenstauff chiefs,
who raided northern Italy 700 years ago.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
Favored Nation Clause.

London. Dec SIN addition to the
points set forth in yesterdays advices
from Brest Litovsk regarding the pro
visional agreement between the repre-
sentatives of Russia and the central
powers. another clause is included. the
precise meaning of which is not clear.
A Reuter- dispatch from Amsterdam
gives the clause thus:
1T was agreed that both legally and
economically one country should not be
treated less favorably by another than
any third country which cannot appeal
to treaty rights"
The German wireless version of this
clause reads:
ut was agreed that respecting all
rights of intercourse and enonomic re-
lations none of the countries which Is
a party to the peace arrangement shall
be treated less favorably than any out
side country in respect to which treaty
rights do or do not exist"
This probably is, in effect. the Ia
miliar "most favored nation" clause
which usually is included in treaties.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
Joe FORD KILLED
At HEAlDTOA
BERT TUCKER HELD As RESULT
or SATURDAY NIGHT
SHOOTING.
FORD's GUN FAILED
slain Man leveiIed n Forty.Fiye ut
Tucker. but the Gun Hung Fire
Ford Said TO Have Threatened Bud
tsailew.

Joe Ford. formerly OF Ardmore. was
shot and killed at Healdton Saturday
night. Bert Tucker is held In the
county jail In connection with the
Killing.
Bud Rallew, deputy sheriff at Heald.
ton. brought Tucker here about 8
o'clock yesterday morning He went
back 20 Healdton and on returning to
Ardmore today he told the story of the
shooting.
He said Ford. Tucker. himself and
several other men were in a room on
the ground floor Of rooming house in
the outlying district OF Healdton be.
tween midnight and O'Clock Sunday
morning; that an argument arose and
Ford told some OF the other men TO get
him. Ballew, out of the house.
He said that Ford told the men that
IL they did not get Ballew out of the
house he would bump him off" when
Tucker replied that if he undertook that
there would be some more dumping
off"
Then. he said. Ford drew his gun, a
as. and levelled II at Tucker. but the
gun hung fire. Tucker drew his gun
and fired. A bullet struck Ford in che
right breast and remains in the body
The range Of the bullet was not de.
termined. but 1t was Of large calibre and
death quickly followed.
Tucker is in Jail and refuses TO make
statement. County Attorney Hardy
and Sheriff Garrett are making an in
vestigation OF the case. the latter hay
ing gone to Healdton yesterday.
The manner in which Ford's gun
failed is peculiar. II has not been dis
turbed from the condition in which ii
was found. The hammer stands at
about half cock, cannot be removed
either way and the cylinder will not re.
volve. II Is a regulation Colt, appar.
emily in perfect order. and what CAUSED
II to hang in this manner the officers
cannot determine.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
RUSSIAN STRIFE
WORRIES Hun

Petrograd. Dec. 80 (Sundayl.-An IN
terview with Admiral keyserlingk, a
member of the German delegation
which arrived in Petrograd last week
Is published by the Den. In reply to a
statement by his interviewer that the
bolsheviki constituted only one party in
Russia and were not recognized by u
majority OF the people, the admiral
said:
"That is matter of your Internal
politics. which in nowise concerns us.
However, Germany would not wish to
conclude peace with only one party.
That is why we insisted that the dele
gates from Ukraine be admitted to the
peace negotiations at Brest Litovsk.
I'VE have not declined to hear repre-
sentatives of other nationalities in Rus
sia. even of other parties. We under
stand that durable peace is attain
able only when factional passions IN
Russia have been allayed. Therefore.
however much we desire peace. we
await the re-establishment of order.
The German admiral denied that the
question of peace was bound up with
the Russian constituent assembly.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
CIVIL WAR RACES
IN EAST SIBERIA
TERKUTsK Is CENTER or MUIR
DER or CIVILIANS. INCLUDING
WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
TOWN is SET AElRE
Red Guards Of Beisheviki on Ons Sids
and Cossacks on the Other, Arc Fight.
Ing In Streets and Over Wide Area u
Country. Is Report.

Pekin. Dec. 80. tSunday)-Civil war
is In progress at Irkutsk. In eastern
Siberia on the trans-Siberian railroad.
and In the surrounding districts. The
town was set on fire by Red Guards
after they had murdered the French
consular agent and three other French
men.
The bolsheviki continue to receive re-
Inducements and ammunition from
Krasnoyarsk. The Cossacks are offer
ing determined opposition to the Red
Guards. The Siberian railway guards
are outnumbered and are being killed
or driven from their posts
Communication with Petrograd has
been cut off. i.
Bolshevik uprisings have occurred at
Tchita and Verkhne-Udinsk. both Of
which towns are on the trans-SiberiAn
railway. ssf.tI
Harbin is quiet with the Chinese in
fun control.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
DATES FOR OKLAHOMA COTTON
GIN HEARINGS ANNOUNCED

Oklahoma City, Dec. 3i.-C. W. King.
assistant attorney general. after a con-
ference with members of the State Cor
poration commission. has announced the
first of the hearings conducted by the
state into operations of cotton ginners
and cottonseed OIL millers win be held
at Lawton Jan. Ia.
The hearing will be conducted by
series. one series OF hearings taking
place in a certain part of the state each
week until hearings for that section are
finished. So far as at present deter
mined. other hearings will be as follows:
Altus. Jan. Is, for Jackson. Tillman.
Harmon and the southern part Of Kiowa
counties: Mangum. Jan. IS. for Beck
ham. Washita and the northern part
OF Kiowa; Chickasna. Jan. is, for Grady,
stephens and Caddo counties.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
BRITAIN To REPLY
TO PEACE NOTE
WILL ANSWER AUSTRO.GERMAN-
RUSSIAN INTERROGATION
WITH "REASONED" REPLY.

London. Dec. Si.-The Manchester
Guardian says il is the intention of the
British government, when the Austro-
German terms of peace are presented
officially to return serious and rea-
soned reply. Premier Lloyd George has
arranged to visit France, according TO
the newspaper. to confer with Premier
Clemenceau on this subject.
The Austro-German peace terms re-
ferred to are those presented by the
representatives of the central powers at
the negotiations with the Russians at
Brest Litovsk. These negotiations were
interrupted for ten days to give the en-
tente allies opportunity to state whether
they would join them. The principal
point I'm the Austro-German outline or
peace terms was the acceptance of the
Russian formula OF no annexations or
indemnities.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
FIFTY TELECRAPHERS
WANTED AT ONCE
TO co TO FRANCE

st. Louis. Mo. Dec. S1.-Fifty telegra.
pliers. who are either under or over
draft age, are wanted to go to France
within the next three weeks with a spe-
cially organized signal corps railway
battalion. the war department an
nounced today.
The men are to be recruited from
the St. Louis district, and First Lieu
tenant II. Hall T. Glessner arrived to-
day from Chicago TO take up the work.
Experts will have opportunities to Sc
cure non-commissioned offices and
chances to win commissions, according
10 Lieutenant Glessner.
The railway battalion will have for
its function the keeping up of commu-
nications along the French railways.
The can for experts TO join the Per
Shing forces is urgent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
FEAR Of 0RAF 7
BRINGS TRAGEDY

Muskogee. Okla. Dec. 3l.-Fear Oh
the draft is believed to have prompted
Charles T.. Logan. farmer near NC
Lain. to kill his wife and baby as they
slept Saturday night, set fire TO the
house and then cut his own throat
according 10 Officers who returned here
from the scene Of the tragedy.
According to the officers. Logan dieu
kneellng beside a couch, ana IN MS
hands. il was said. were found chsrreu
bits of the QUESTIONABLE when ne
should have filed saturday.
The theory that the Logan iaihi'
was murdered by someone else has Vir'
fually been abandoned, according TO the
officers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
POLITICAL BALANCE IN
HOUSE UNUSUALLY CLOSE

Washinston. Dee. 3i.-fiow close the
political balance In the house will be
when congress- re-convenes on Jan. ]
~ shown bc this summarf made by
South Tiimble. clerk of the house:
Total membership. 4S5: Democrats.
Ell: Republicans, 2os; independent
group. q: vacancies. =.
The vacancies are by designations OF
Representative Fitzgerald. Griffin and
Bruckner Of New York and Adamson of
Georgia: deaths OF Representatives
Batilrick Of Ohio and Martin OF Illinois;
and absences ON army service OF Repre-
sentatives Johnson. South Dakota: la.
suardia. New York. and Helntz. Ohio.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
All Gulf Coast States Cold.

New Orleans, Dec 31.-Below freezing
temperatures We're reported i'm all the
gulf coast states last night and early
today. but none equalled the unusually
low temperatures reported all over the
district Saturday night and Sunday
morning The mercury registed 81
above during last night and 2S at Nicks-
burg and in the trucking sections OF
Louisiana eastern Texas and western
Florida.
The weather began moderatng today
and the forecast was for fair weather
and continued cold tonight, but warmer
tomorrow over the gulf states.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31

Chicago. Dec. 3l.-Traffic on Ameri-
can railroads passed the $4,000 900 900
mark during the last year for the first
time in history, according to figures
compiled By the Bureau OF Railway
News and Statistics. made public to-
day. The figures are based on official
returns to the Interstate Commerce
commission for the first ten mo2ths OF
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
Coldest in Many Years.

Washington, Dec. 31.-The intense
cold has not been equalled in the terri
tory south of New York along the coast
since Dec so. 1880
Canton. N. Y. reported the lowest
temperature at 8 o'clock this morning
of any point in the country. 1t was 30
degrees below zero there. During the
past "a hours. the coolest was 40 de.
grees below zero at Mortified, VT. ac-
cording to weather bureau reports.
Through the south. the range was
from above at Raleigh to "a at Miami
Fla, and New Orleans, Jacksonville and
Atlanta reprted 1S and Mobile, 2S.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
GREAT GAS WELL NEAR
ADA NOW RUNNING WILD

Ada. Okla. Dec. 10.-The gas well of
the American Oil Refining company,
brought in few days ago in section
17-4-6 broke loose yesterday The roar
can be heard six miles away. and
100000 cubic feet or gas is escaping
daily. Great efforts are being made
by the oil company, to shut 1t in.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
CONSCIENTIOUS DIRECTOR
TO WAR is SENTENCED TO
TEN YEARS IN PRISON

st. Louis, Dec. 31.-Robert W. f..
FRANKIE. Jr.. who failed to go to Camp
Funston when he was called in the Sc
lective draft, has been dishonorably dis
prisonment at nard labor in the mill
tary prison, at Fort Leavenworth. Kan.
FRANKIE was convicted by court mar
tial The young man said he did not
respond to the draft call because of con-
scientious objections to war.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
RAILROAD TRAFFIC IN AMERICA FOR
1917 PASSES FOUR BILLION MARK

the year. and on estimates for the last
twc.
Gross receipts for the year are placed
az s4ISs. .227.Is5. a gain of s45I SOS. .43s
over 1916. but despite this increase in
business there was decrease of ssi.
ST6.15S in net. The net income for 1917
was s1022. .74l ,ss2. Advance cost OF
fuel and supplies. together with in
creased wages. Il blamed for the slump
In net income
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
100000 HOMELESS
|hClJATfHALA CITY
MANY LIVES ALSO GO OUT IN CON
TINuED QUAkES-AMERICA
To SEND HELP.

Helena. Mont, Dec. 3l.-The foreign
colony in Guatemala City is safe, loss
of life caused by the earthquakes there
having been confined to the native pop
plation. according to q cablegram re.
ceived here last night from Guatemala
by A. Il. Spriggs OF this city. The
message was from mir,ing associate Of
Spriggs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
Estimate I.OOO Dead.

New York, Dec. 31.-An estimate that
900 persons died in the earthquake
ruins at Guatemala City is contained
in a telegram received here from the
Central and South American Export
company's manager at San Jose, Qua
temala, who returned to San Jose from
Guatemala City yesterday afternoon
The message reads:
The legation and American consu.
lates are badly wrecked. Forty per
cent of the houses in the city are de-
molished: most of the others have col
lapsed and are uninhabitable. The peni-
tentiary, asylum and ministerial build
ings are all wrecked The postoffice
and large churches are demolished.
Martial law has been declared, and
several looters have been shot. The pres
ident Of Guatemala has ordered the in.
habitants of the city to leave.
Terrific earthquake shocks continue
at intervals of about five minutes. The
death toll is estimated at one thousand
All telegraph wires in the interior are
again silent"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
EUROPEAN AUTOCRACy FEELS 0M|N0US
PR[SSUREFR0MbfL0W TR0TKY CLAIMS
BOLSHEVIK CHIEF ALLEGES DEMOCRATIC POSITION OF
RUSSIAN ELEMENTS BEGINS TO WORK ON MASSES
IN GERMANY, AUSTRIA AND OTHER
MONARCHIES OF FORCE

London. Dec. 3l.--The bolsheyik gov
long letter from It's Petrograd CORE
spondent. dated saturday, which pur'
ports TO substantiate the view that the
bolshevik revolt was managed by Ger
many and that The movement is essen
TALLY anti.national and anti-Russian.
The letter says:
1T is notorious fact and has been
proved by documents In possession OF
the Kerensky government that Ger
many commissioned Lenine and gave
him money to go to Russia to sow dis
satisfaction i'm the Russian army"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
AMERICAS EXPORTS MORE
THAN DOUBLE IMPORTS

washington. Dec. si.-America's ex
ports were estimated today AT me oe.
partnent OF commerce TO have passeu
the Sc 900. 100000 mark in 1917. new
high record. Imports were less than
81. 900 900 900. and the trade balance IN
favor of the United states probably VIII
he morc than ss15o0oo.co0.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
TRY TO kiu Counter Revolution.

Petrograd, Dec. 80. tSundayl.-The
commission appointed to prevent
counter revolution today raided the
premises of the Union for Defense" of
the constituent assembly. About a
dozen arrests were made.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
Ned Cross Is Busy.

Washington, Dec. 31.-Still without
detailed information Of the earthquakes
which destroyed Guatemala City. costing
many lives and leaving 100000 home
less, American officials today prepared
10 send aid TO the stricken sister repub-
lie.
Red Cross officials conferred with
navy officials as to the supplies TO be
sent forward on American warships or
dered to a Guafemalan seaport.
While the American diplomats are
safe. archives of the legation and con-
sulate are believed TO have been lost.
as the buildings are reported 10 have
beer shaken to the ground.
ForeiEn Ceisny Escapes.
Unofficial advices indicate that the
lfqEsisn es1erfy ESCAPED without LOSE of
Four earthquakes apparently nave
shaken Guatemala City. Records on
the Georgetown university seismological
observatory INSTRUMENTS, here show the
first shocks were felt Christmas night
shortly after midnight A, second series
of shocks came about a. m. December
%. Further shocks were recorded Fri
day, December 2S, at 4:23 p. m. but the
heaviest shocks came at 5:57 p. m, Sat
urday. December 20. 1t appears that
this last disturbance was the one which
caused the most damage. s,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31

Brest Lituvsk, Friday. Dcc. 2S.-'Nia
Berlin and London. Dec. i-Provi'
.ional agreement on a series Of imror-
tant points. including liberation of war
prisoners and resumption of commercial
relations. was reached today by The dele
gates of Russia and the central powers
i'm discussion OF issues which, in the
event of a general peace. would have TO
be settled among the nations repre-
scented n the negotiations here.
The provisional discussion was ter
minated today. the basis of an agree
ment adopted being reached under the
reservation that it is TO be examined by
the governments represented by the
delegates.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31

Washington. Dec. 3i.-Some modera.
tlon beginning tonight OF the cold wave
was forecast today by the weather bu-
reau for the country from the Ohio
valley eastward. The cold wave is now
passing to sea.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31

For Ardmore and vicinity; Tonight,
fair, warmer; Tuesday, fair.
Oklahoma; Tonight, fair, warmer In
western portion. Tuesday, fair, warmer.
East Texas: Tonight, fair. frost TO
coast; Tuesday, fair. warmer.
West Texas: Tonight, fair. warmer,
Tuesday fair.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
A. Before War.

In respect Of treaty relations, an
understanding was arrived at regarding
the restoration of the situation as 1t
existed when the war began.
1t was provided that certain laws
adopted during the war shall be can
celed and that those affected thereby
shall be restored to their previous rights
or Unidentified.
The rules in regard to payment OF
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
U. S. Naval Vessels to Rescue.

San Salvador. Dec. 31.-Guatemala
City. capital of the republic of Qua
temala. has been destroyed completely
by an earthquake.
Many persons were killed in the dis
aster, some in their homes and others
in the streets.
The theater, which was filled, col
lapsed. There were many casualties
among the audience.
Everything is in ruins. United States
naval vessels have been ordered to give
assistance.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31

New York. Dec. 3l.-Below zero
weather for two days, resulting in pri-
vate houses and apartments, consuming
thousands OF tons of coal above their
normal requirements. has made such
deep inroads in the surplus supply that
today coal famine Is impending in this
city.
Across the Hudson river are thou
sands of tons of coal. but the severe
weather made its transfer TO distribu.
tors a matter of extreme difficulty.
Coal merchants kept their places
open as relief stations all day yesterday.
and many of them all night, to accom-.
modate applicants who We're allotted
amounts from fifty pounds to a quar-.
ter of a ton. -~-...-.
Hundreds Of men and women waited
hours in the long lines to obtain even
this scanty supply. Crowds become so
large in front of two North River relief
stations that police reserves had to be
called to maintain order.
To further increase the seriousness Of
the coal situation, the coal teamsters
threatened to strike for higher wages.