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The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
BUILD SHIPS
And WIN WAR,
GENERAL CRY
Army Of Workers Now Be-
ing Raised for that
Purpose.

Coincident with the opening yester-
day OF the investigation into the Hog
Island shipyards scandal, which has
delayed the production Of vessels.
came two Official and urgent cries
for ships from the State Depart
ment and from the Food Admins
tration.
The formal statement from the
State Department reads:
ITO crush the menace modern Ger
many has become we must have in
Europe as soon as possible a million
American soldiers.
1T will be useless to build up and
train with infinite care and large
expense the great armies which the
United States is preparing unless we
first Of all have the ships to carry
them over there and supply and
equip them until their presence has
at last spelt victory.
AN army OF trained workmen to
build ships must first be raised In
order that American shipyards be
supplied with their full quota Of la
Dor. You do not have to carry q
rife to do your utmost for your coun-
try in this grave crisis. A man
who has helped build a ship can
have everlasting pride in the know
ledge that he has helped undermine
the structure of autocracy. II we
have the necessary ships we will
have won this war"
Mr.. Hoover's plea reads:
Transportation Is Key to Situation.
THE problem of getting food to our
soldiers overseas and to the soldiers
and the war workers of the allies and
their women and children, includes
not only the finding of the food, but
the finding OF the ships in which to
send it No amount of increased pro-
duction, decreased food use or gen.
eral food substitution and saving will
help unless the ships are available for
sending the saved food over there"
The English, French and Italians
have all been crying for enormous
tonnage from this country. There
are now at work in the shipyards 221.-
761 men. The greater number are at
work in the steel shipyards, 1926.
Edward n. Hurley. chairman of the
United States Shipping Board, Is seek
ing to raise an army of $4,000 volun-
teers to be called upon within the
next sixty days.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
DON'T Be BILIOUS,
HEADACHY, SICK
OR CONSTPATED
Enjoy Lifel Liven Your Liver and
Bowels Tonight and
Feel Great.
Wake U p with Head Clear, Stomach
Sweet. Breath Right
Cold Gone.

and bowel cleansing you ever expe-
rienced. Wake up feeling grand, your
head will be clear, your tongue clean,
breath sweet, stomach regulated and
Your liver and thirty feet Of bowels
active. Get a box at any drug store
now and get Strengthened up by
morning. Stop the headache, bilious
ness, bad colds and bad days. Feel
fit and ready for work or play. Cas-
carets do not gripe. sicken or incon-
venience you the next day like salts,
pills or calomeL They're fine!
Mothers should give a whole Cas-
caret any time to cross, sick, bilious
or feverish children because It will act
thoroughly and cannot injure.-Ady.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
RED CROSS PLANS
WIDER ACTIVITIES
Extension of Relief Work Author,
lied by War Department.

Red Cross aid and comfort is to be
extended materially in training camps
and cantonments throughout the
country. in accordance with an order
just issued by the War Department.
The Red Cross now has authority
to erect Red Cross houses for con-
valescent patients at the base hos
pitals in all camps and at the gen.
eral hospitals. subject to the approval
of the commanding officer. Red
Cross field directors will be stationed
at all mobilization points to provide
practical help for those soldiers who
are worried about their families at
home.
Canteen service stations will be
established to furnish refreshments
to soldiers travelling through the
country and to supply treatment to
the sick en- route.
A representative Of the Red Cross,
with the status of commissioned Of
ficer will be stationed in each camp.
He will be required to wear the
regulation Red Cross uniform and
insignia as approved by the Secre-
tary of War.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
SHIP STRIKE
TO TERMINATE
BY AGREEMENT
Contending Factions Reach
Settlement When Work
ers Yield on Main Issue.

Elimination Of the main issue OF
contention between the United States
Shipping Board and the International
ers, recently on strike, was effected
late yesterday and a basis OF agree
ment arrived at for final settlement
today.
william l.. Hutcheson, president of
the brotherhood. in conference with
Charles A. Piez, general manager of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
and other fleet and labor officials,
capitulated on the closed shop issue
that had threatened to prevent any
meit.
last night seemed confident that COM
plete accord would be attained at the
conference today with the Shipbuild-
ing Labor Adjustment Board.
Whether Mr.. Hutcheson will sub
scribe to the adjustment board con-
tract that all other shipyard crafts
have signed could not be predicted
in view of his contention that he
an agreement; but the officials Of
the Shipping Board do not believe
that the matter of signing that
agreement will obstruct the expected
settlement.
1t was indicated that a separate
compact might be made with the
woodworkers that would satisfy their
needs without making such conces-
cessions as would give them any ad-
vantage over the crafts signatory to
the general agreement.
In this connection. 1t my be noted
that the vice president of the wood
workers did sign the general agree
ment. but his signature was re-
pudiated by Mr. Hutcheson, who
denied that his subordinate or himself
had proper authority to do SO.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
New York Longshoremen
Launch Another Strike

New York. Feb. 20.-Nine steam
ships of the Southern Pacific Steam
ship Company, and thousands of
tons of freight were tied up today
when about 1000 longshoremen
went on strike for the second time
since returning to work February
II.
The men demanded more wages
and better working conditions. Labor
leaders say the strike was called
because of the inactivity of the ad-
justment committee of the Shipping
Board.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
RICH MANS GIFTS
BENEFIT COLLEGES

New York, Feb. 2O.-The will Of Gen.
Horace w. Spencer, former President
OF the Bank OF California, one time
mayor Of Oakland. Cal, and for many
years trustee of Columbia University,
was filed for probate today.
He died at his home here on jan
uary 81, aged SO. His will disposes Of
an estate valued at $500. 900, and Co.
lumbia University and Barnard Col
lege are residuary legatees under the
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
BARRETT and LLOYD
Named DELEGATES
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Men for National Council.

John Barrett, director general of
the Pan-American Union, was yes
terday appointed delegate to repre-
sent the Washington Chamber of
Commerce at the sixth annual meet
ing of the United States Chamber of
Commerce, to be held in Chicago,
April 10, IL, and IL.
President A. Leftwich Sinclair
also named James T. Lloyd, former
Representative from Missouri, now
a director in the local Chamber of
Commerce. as a national councillor.
The meeting will take place in
the Chicago Auditorium. and will be
attended by councillors and dele
gates from coast to coast.
Both Mr.. Barrett and Mr.. Lloyd
have been extremely active in the
work of the Washington chamber.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
CITIZENSHIP SOUGHT
BY THREE RUSSIANS

Three Russians and one Irishman
applied for naturalization yester-
day. The applicants are: Michael
James Hanley. 55, Irish. 1885 Oates
street northwest; Abraham Leon
ard. merchant, Russian. 1901 L
street northwest; Isaac Kirksteine,
56, tailor. Russian, 1880 Fairmont
street northwest, and Harry Gimon,
SO. carpenter. Russian. 1910 Sixth
street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
New York Will Greet
Camp Upton Soldiers

New York. Feb. a.-Some 10000 sons
Of New York all clad in national army
khaki are to arrive here tomorrow
and Friday from Camp Upton to par
ticipate in a Washington's Birthday
parade and various entertainments
have been arranged for them.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21

were received by the War Depart
ment last night
They are:
Sidney w. Bernitt, OF Marshfield,
Greg.
Eugene W. Snyder. of Rimrock,
Wash.
This brings the total number OF
those officially declared lost up 70
12s. Survivors TO the number OF
1873 have been recorded. Seventy
three men aboard the transport re-
main to be officially accounted for.
Granite contains nearly an food
necessary for many plants.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21

instrument Among the large specific
bequests were:
Columbia University 10000 in sd-
dition to over 10000 previously CIV
en-. Barnard College $4,000 for
scholarships for girls, Chinese girls
not to be excluded.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
POSTPONE W. R. & E. HEARING.

Postponement of the formal public
hearing to consider the valuation of
the property of the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company, from
March to March IL. was announced
yesterday by the Public Utilities Com
mission.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
Two Additional Victims
Of Tuscania Disaster

The names OF two more American
soldiers who lost their lives in the
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21

To Cure . Cold In One Day
Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QUININE Cab
lets.J It stops the Cough and Headache and
works Oh the Cold e. w GROVES .isnature
sn each bon. sec-Adv.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-17
SHOOTING DOCTORS.

Ii has been decided that the sur
geons and stretcher-bear,rs OF thJ
American army shall no longer wes-
the red and white brasslrd whicn
indicates their noncombatant char
acter. The reason i easily guess
ed. That humanitarian symbol
makes too good a target for Hun
marksmen.
1t is established beyond doubt.
SAYS the New York sun. that Ger
man sharpshooters have been deco
rated for hitting the noncombatan.s
engaged in aiding the wounded
There l. no question OF the TACT
that the shooting OF men engaged
solely in the work OF mercy has be-
come a common practice OF the par;
Of German troops. \ captured Ger
man officer is said TO have confess
ed that the medical men OF the
American forces have been marked
Tor death.
It's all a matter OF PruSsian eiii-
cheney. As that officer explained,
the Hun leaders figure that the
death OF one army surgeon equals
the loss OF 800 soldiers. and stretch
er-bearer counts a. much as 10 IN
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-17
SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS.

examinations at the end of the
school year have long been the bug
bear OF pupils and teachers alike.
Their prolessed purpose is to de
termine whether the pupils have
made enough progress in their stud
ie, to be advanced to the next grade
or, ii it happens to be their last
wear. to receive diplomas, Many
educators have always maintained
that the plan is absurd, because IN
nearly every case the teacher al
ready knows whether pupil ought
to pass. Ii there were to be any eX-
aminations at all, they argue, only
those whose standing Is in doubt
should be examined.
Along with this logical argument
there has always been the powerful
objection that formal examinations.
when given so much weight in de
termining pupil, standing, do
much mental and physical harm to
the boys and girls. They make the
conscientious ones overwork at a
time when they are tired out already
with the years grind. ln many cases
they cause nervous breakdown.
In nearly all cases they involve a
severe strain.
There has lately been a natural
reaction against this venerable in
stitution. Various cities are this
year. for the first time, abolishing
the final examinations entirely IA
the grade and high schools. Hence
forth the pupil, promotion is to be
determined by his daily work. sup
plemented By informal tests Civ
en- at intervals throughout the year.
1t would be-a fine thing II this plan
were made universal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-17
CARTER COUNTY HARD
ROADS

Probably Tor the frs. time in it;
history serious effort is being
made this year TO build hard sur
faced roads in Carter county. and
II is pleasing to say that so far the
work has been rather successful.
Along some OF the roads there
has been found sufficient gravel to
surface the road after it has been
properly graded, and as these roads
are used they generally improve
steadily but it will be necessary
within a year, as deterioration sets
IN as soon as a road is opened, and
maintenance must begin,
Other roads are being surfaced
with crushed granite, and the indi-
cations are that they will prove Il
great Improvement over anything
that has ever been had before; but
they will also need attention and
must have ii ii they are to last for
any period.
1t is understood that the COM
missioners are considering the ar
rangements OF having a man EN-
ploNed who will look after each
section of three to five miles, or,
what seems practicable, TO keep the
roads dragged and i'll good shape,
In view OF the heavy traffic over
many OF them this action will be
needed 10 preserve them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-17
GRADUATION UNIFORMS.

In a college that has always
pridcd itself on its respect for aca-
demic atmosphere. one OF the old
est collegiate traditions has been
swept away For the first time, the
senior class will not wear the cap
and gown on commencement day.
All the graduates will be dressed
III the uniform of militarr cadets.
The innovation is typical OF the
change that has come about in
American colleges. They are on 4
war basis. To their everlasting
credit, it should be recognized that
they put themselves on that basis
voluntarily the moment the United
States entered the war, and have
ever since maintained spirit OF
patriotic helpfulness and prepared
ness.
In the college mentioned the NUM-
ber of men who will march up III
khaki to receive their diplomas is
small. That is because two-thirds
OF the class are already wearing
Uncle Sans full uniform. That is
the case in nearly every institution
OF higher learning.
Most students old enough or
strong enough enlisted as soon as
we declared war. Many OF them
were in France as Red Cross as
siStants before that. Those who
are left are nearly all undergoing
military training. They have enter
ed zealously into every sort OF war
activity i'll their local communities,
such as selling Liberty bonds, rais-
ing Red Cross funds, stimulating
enlistments. etc. And along with
this abnormal activity, they have
carried OF their college studies
about as usual, in order to lit
themselves for the big work which
they know will be expected OF edu-
Gated men hereafter.
If any American institution has
justified its existence in this trying
time. it is the American college. Il
any type OF American has proved
MS worth. it is the college student
whom a cynical public has so often
lbuSed and ridiculed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-17
THE SPORTING SPIRIT.

In Brand Nhitlock's 5 articles on
Belgium, in EverybodyS Magazine
there is an Illuminating commen-
tary on sports and their influence
on character.
Almost as much has been said
of German discipline as OF German
organization, writes Mr.. Whitlock,
There is, OF course, much OF both
in Germany, but the discipline is
mostly OF the military kind. There
seems to be litt. selt-discipline.
There are no sports in Germany,
and the sense OF fair play is not
developed; the idea OF playing the
game, does not exist 1t is said
that German schoolboyS see moth
ing out OF the way in 'snitching, in
informing, and are encouraged to
do So
Doesn't that explain numberleSs
things that We haven't been able to
understand in the conduct of the
Germans during this war. They
have no sports. Their young mer
do not play the vigorous giye-and-
take games that develop strength oi
mind and character along with
strength of body. There are no ma
tional sports like baseball or foot
ball. There is scarcely any tennis.
There are no college track meets.
There is little athletic competition
Of any sort. Instead OF sports. they
drink beer and sing. or take walks.
Those pastimes may be well enough
in their way. but they don't develop
the sense OF fair play that has be
come instructive with the two great
outdoor sport nations she British
and the Americans.
We and our British friends have
h-en accused OF being spcrt crazy.
The Germans particularly have crit
icized us for wasting so much time
on athletic games, when We might
be training our minds. We may
have overdone II. but the results
speak for themselves. In the su-
preme game OF War. the sporting
nations right clean. Il . the ma
tion without sports that has done
the dirty lighting and SCI the
standard OF this war at its lowest
mark since Europe first rose above
sheer Sayagery.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-17

fantrymen. It's economy of am
munition and effort, then, to kill
these men instead of the fighters.
And this may help to explain why
German gunners fire on Red Cross
ambulances and why German air
men bomb military hospitals and
torpedo hospital ships. Very likely
1t isn't the wounded soldiers they
want to kill; its the doctors and
their helpers. The military value OF
a nurse isn't expressly given, but a
slain Red Cross nurse is probably
reckoned, in Prussian arithmetic, as
equivalent to at least 20 or 50 fight
ing men killed.
In this, as in everything else in
volvlng a question of fairness, JUS
tice, manliness and decency, the
Prusslan overlords reckon wrong.
They cannot see that outside OF
Germany there is a different set Of
morals, and different system OF
military arieametic. For every doc
tor or nurse or stretchcr- bearer shot
down by cowardly foe. a thousand
men rush to arms. And 50 in this
matter, a. in all others, Prussianism
invites its own doom.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-17
THE OATH.

| will not drink from German cup,
Or eat from a German plate;
| will not deal with a German man,
Az foul with German hate.
III use no drug with German name
That's grown on German land,
III eat no food and drink no beer
] made by a German hand.
| will not use a German tool
Razor or knife or saw
| will not trade with German shop
That lives by a German law.
| will not sail on German ship,
Where German songs are sung.
| will not breathe, where Eod :
clean air
Is soilcd By German tongue.
I'll not forget those awful deeds
To girls and little boys;
No more I'll hang on Christmas
trees
Those bloodstained German toys.
| will not take Germans word
Hell break it ii he can.
There is no love in German heart
Or faith in German man.
Thi, /, my oath. When war is done
I'll swear to keep ii true;
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-17

1t is cus,omlrv Immediately aft ~
being sworn liz fer new senator %
be presented L The president by his
-Cllea.ue. This custom was vio
lated. however. N the case of VII
rev. me new 5'nator iron: Missouri
lie was not Resented by Senator
Kecd. but instead by Democrat
NJtiobal Comlditteemar from Mis-
souri, fdward i Goltr.. Mr.. VII
Aev /, the first United States sena'
t,f f.om Missouri TO cross the
Threshold OF the White House III
many day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-17

Although the German-American
Alliance has been for years a pow
erful ally of the Republican party in
New York state, it has been put ont
of business by an act of 4 Republl-
can legislature approved by Re
publican governor. The reason Is
that it has been discovered since
the war with Germany that the
alliance is a German and not an
American institution. while the Re
publican party is an American or
ganization.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-17
POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS.

There is strong smell OF Social
ism on St. Paul's garments. In an
election for mayor the other day
the Socialist candidate received TO-
200 votes Of the total OF 81, AT, his
vote being the largest ever polled
bv Socialist in St. Paul.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-17

The new National party is the first
10 place ticket in the field in Min
nesota. The candidates are; O. o.
Stageberg, Red Wing, governor; g.
d. Haggard. Minneapolis, licuten-
ant-governor; {. l.. Johnson, An
Okla. secretary of state; l.. a. 81
monson, Duluth, treasurer, and Ere
mont X. McManigal, ST. Paul, au-
ditor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-17

Formal announcement Of the can
didacy OF former Governor Charles
S. Deneen for the Republican nom
ination for senator in Illinois is eX-
pected any day. His entry into the
ring will make the fight three
cornered one, the other contestants
being Medill Mccormick, at present
congressman-at-l large, and Mayor
William Thompson OF Chicago.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-17

an this war there is no partisan
ship. We must not let partisanshp
enter our land now" What a con-
trast is presented by these words or
Representative Mann of Illinois, for
years the Republican house leader
to those OF Senator Sherman OF
Illinois. who in vitriolic speech
the other day characterized the
members OF the administration as
"howling dervishes and economic
fakirs."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-17

Notwithstanding his war record
Senator Hitchcock OF Nebraska has
been made chairman of the senate
committee on foreign relations,
which at this time is the most i'm
portant OF all congressional com
mittees. This is an illustration OF
how the rule OF seniority some
times works.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-17
Charitable Surmise.

Baltimore American: Aren't You
suspicious OF Miss Flirty's symmet-
rical eyebrows p
"Well, don't think they're as
black as they're painted"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-17
OF Course.

Boston Transcript: She -- In
afraid III have to send my pet cat
to the hospital. ! wonder what
they charge.
He-So much purr, suppose.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-17

The political surprise OF the year
was the defeat OF James {. Dahl
man. known as the cowboy mayor
of Omaha. Dahlman has served Il
wears as mayor, and he was regarded
AS invincible. His defeat, II IS claim
ed. marks the end OF machine rule
i'm Omaha.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-17

That the Nonpartisan League IS
growing in the West is now admit
ted bv most OF the politicians, and
they fear that in some states 1t WilI
hold the balance of power. In Col
orado the league is going to sup
port woman, State Senator Agnes
l.. Riddle OF Denver, tor United
States senator.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-17
"See 'Gets.lt' Peel
OF This Corn. "
Leaves The Toe as Smooth as the
Palm of YOnr Hand.

The corn never grew that Gets
1t" will not get. 1t never irritates
the flesh, never makes your toe sore
Just two drops of "Gets-It" and
presto! the corn-pain vanishes.
Shortly you can peel the corn right
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-17

Sinuk Mary is the richest native
woman in Alaska