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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-15

appear before the aviators had sue
ceeded in dropping several bombs on
the craft on or near the periscope.
While one airpane returned to the
base for more bombs, the other kept
watch and saw the submarine emerge
after few seconds with a list to port
of 45 degrees. After attempting to
right itself, the submarine again dis.
appeared only to reappear third time.
Its instability, however. increased and
suddenly the observer saw the subma
rine list stlll further and sink, 80 that
even the periscope could not be seen
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-15
SWEDEN SEEKS TO
|. RESCUE HER PEOPLE
FROM RUSSIAN REDS

Stockholm, Feb 15-At the request
of the Swedish government, NJ. Borov-
skyOdovslly, the bolsheyist representa-
tive here will leave for the Aland Islands
today on board a warship to induce the
Russian soldiers there to stop their
acts Of violence against the Swedish
inhabitants.
The Russians also will be asked to
leave the Islands on Swedish vessels.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-15
WACO RESIDENT IS
KILLED WITH Ak BY
UNKNOWN ASSASSIN

Waco, Texas, Feb. 15.-The death
of Clifford Barton eighteen years old,
in sanitarium here late last night
after having been beaten into uncon-
seriousness in East Waco several hours
previously, is puzzling Waco police.
Barton was assaulted in the street
struck on the head with an axe. He
crawled into yard close by. where he
was found unconscious. The car was
standing in the street and near it lay
the bloody weapon.
Barton died without being able to give
an account of the attack.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-15
TURKS TO TUNNEL
UNDER B0SPORUS

Amsterdam Feb. 15.-Tho Turkish
parliament has approved a I'M provd-
ing for the construction Of a bridge and
tunnel across the Bosporus, connecting
Europe and Asia.
A contract for the work has been
warded to a Budapest firm, and it will
begin operations in April
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-15
VERNON CASTLE
KILLED IN PLANE,
CADET ESCAPES
NOTED DANCER DIES WHEN HE
ATTEMPTS TO SWERVE MA.
CHINE TO AVOID COLLISION.
LOSES CONTROL, FALLS
Was an Englishman and Attached to
Royal Flying Corps - Had Made
Many Flights Over German Lines
and Wore the British Cross of War.


Fort Worth IeXas, req, l''--I"p'' u, w..
vernon castle Oh tne E''S"a'' ioy"' ~ ~.
ing corps was NilIeu this mo "i'S - I,la ",4
airpIahe hIleen ii'''es "e'' VI
Worth.
Castle IN trying TO aFoiu o'uo''
s"erEeu Ills i'''0i''''o ,;a,i,t ,,I,,,
tIoI ign ''lo was ~, ,r,orican but
SCH ~ ,,'...,e.i -. tl,a pritisb
was UVi,e - ,,.,,, ,,oo. t,,o ,,rorn6
CaS'ie pi'I'' "''[ c.l,. ..a+ instr,,ct.
anu ne "'I' - -, 80 ,,,l r,or ,,,horo
!ae '',o ..',a.,r ,,,,o,i,. ,idas Had he
,.5 1-le 49, .aar soot ha would not
OoouPtNO -. ,.,i,,.gd 1,,,or ba cav the
u'tlse, VI 81 C'ti, Co,,i,,' ,,Iartoor. ,ybat avl
iis p'''.'l -. ~, Ir,,,,o1r,,D tnrn but
.t'o' . ',.''| %ot..l - rosnood
'''' i'''''. Y.,.
Iaue' ES'"peS i"Ju'' tr,. ,,,,
Inc cauet was ~
injury IS pIach eye .--,..,-uo..
Castle never regalheu co'Sc'oua''es9'
but died IN the llelu nosPl''i' '0"'
sion OF the prHh WAS ''le '"uoe r,,-,...
Castle was at'acneu u '''e l''e''''
fourth royal nylhB co'PS s,ius'., row. 0'.i a,o,,o
The plane was only my iG5I ,,I.. "Drso T,,o
uie sioui.u an a., oou;sion was
plane with which 'ne eo'l'''0' "l
threatened was just rlsils, ,,o on.
The accident ocCu' eu "' ,,o, ti'e ,,'ost
drome at Ben BROOK 'i'eei i''''0' "0''
of this city
Hero of Many Exploits.
Castle had made over $50 flights over
the German lines and was the nero Oh
many exploits in the war zone. H's
work had been especially on the f@h'
ders front and covered period Oh nlne
months. He came TO Fort Worth Ils'
October with Lord wellesley.
New York, Feb. 15-Nernon Caste
had a national reputation as a cancer
His home was here. with ms wire
also a graceful dancer, he attained great
popularity several years ago as teach
er of modern dances.
When the war broke out both OF the
Castles became interested in war WorH
and Mr.. Castle took up aviation. lie
was granted an aviator's puot llcehs'
by the Aero Club of America rep )
1916, after having made a satisfactory
record in test fights at Newport News
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-15
ITALY FEARS ANOTHER RUSH.

Rome. Feb, IA Thursday).-General
Armando Diaz. commander-in-chief OF
Giornale d'ltalia says now that the
eastern front does not threaten the cen.
tral empires, Italy must be prepared for
a new Austro.German effort against It.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-15
Soldier Is Killed by Lightninr.

Montgomery Ala, Feb. 15.-One Ohio
soldier was killed and several others
injured here by lightning striking the
quarters of Battery ID, 134th field ar.
tilery at Camp Sheridan.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-15
GERMANY TO RESUME WAR ON RUSSIA
Sav Empire to Continue Until Peograd Occupied
WEATHER FORECAST.

For Ardmore and Vicinity Tonight,
cloudy: colder. with temperature IA to
20. Saturday, fair.
Oklahoma; Tonight, cloudy; er
with temperature IA to 20 degre y Sat.
urday, fair.
East Texas: Tonight, unset ( cold
err Saturday, generally clou6 q
West Texas; Tonight a. colder
Saturday, fair.
Local Temperat :.
Maximum temperature f,terday. 65
degrees; minimum last 6t, 40.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-15
TWO HANGED IN CHICAGO.

Chicago, Feb. Is. - Edward Wheed
and Harry Lindrum were hanged from
the same scaffold here today for mur.
der
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-15
FROM 30 il 100
BABES BURN TO
DEATH IN NUNNERY
FORTY-ONE CHARRED BODIES ARE
TAKEN FROM RUINS or INSTI.
TUITION AT MONTREAL
FAULTY WIRING BLAMED
Inmates in Place Numbered More Than
One thousand, Including Sick Sol
diers-WorIlmen Continue Digging in
Wreck in Search of More Bodies.
BULLETIN, 1885 p. NJ.

Montreal, Feb. 15.-From the ruins VI
the Frey Nunnery's west wing the
bodies of fourteen more children were
recovered this forenoon, raising to fifty
two the death of the fire which de-
stroyed the institution last night
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-15

Montreal, Feb. 15.-With forty-onc
charred bodies of babies all recovered
from the smouldering ruins Of the wes,
wing Of the Grey Nunnery, swept by
fire last night, wolkmen today continued
their search for other possible victims.
Officials of the institution were TN
able early today to give a list Of exact
number of missing, but they estimated
the probable loss Of life from 80 to 100.
The fire the cause Of which is at
tributed to defective electric wiring.
started in the dormitory Of the nursery,
where there were 40 children, mostly
babies of a few days or a few weeks old.
Nuns and nursing sisters made he.
roic efforts TO save the children.
| The flames and loss of life were con
/ fined to this section Of the nunnery, al.
/ though at one time the entire institu-
| ton was threatened with destruction.
There were more than 1000 inmates
| in the nunnery, including patients IN
hospital for returned ana sick sol.
diers, which was situated directly under
the babies dormitory. An the hospital
patients and many aged bedridden in
mates were carried to safety by nremen
and soldiers.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-05-15
ANIMALS ARE GOOD SWIMMERS
Polar Bear, Who Passes His Time In
Icy Waters, 10 Regarded Best,
Though Not Swiftest.

Nearly all animals are better swim
mers than man and take to the water
naturally. The rhinoceros and hippo
potamus are wonderful swimmers and
divers, while the Indian elephant
crosses great rivers with heavy loads,
London Tit-Bits states.
The elk and the reindeer are first
class swimmers. The elk keeps his
head above water and crosses directly
from bank to bank to avoid turning.
The reindeer, on the other hand, turns
as often as he likes, keeping his head
only little above the surface. But Of
all swimmers of all climes the best.
though not the swiftest, Is the polar
bear, who passes half his time in the
water swimming and diving. His
swimming power Is nothing short of
miraculous If IL be remembered that
the water in the regions he frequents
Is invariably cold and that cold Is nor
mally prohibitive to good swimming.
There are bears that can swim from
twenty-five to thirty miles without
great effort.
One of the swiftest swimming ami
mails is the squirrel. A sportsman on
one occasion, having at hand squir-
rel born in captivity, which had never
seen water, wanted to see If it could
swim and took it with him in row.
boat to the center of the lake. The
squirrel turned toward the bank, head
and paws above the water, back and
tail underneath it, and began to swim
so rapidly that it was with the great
est difficulty that the man recovered it
when it reached the shallow water
near the land.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-05-15
The Ex-Czarina.

I rub my eyes when l read that the
czafna is deeply scheming, intri-
guante who had ambiguous relations
with Rasputin and aimed at the sue
cess of Germany over the country she
had adopted by marriage as her own.
1t is only necessary to cast my men,
DRY back to the time when l was just
entering womanhood and Princess
Alexandra Alix was a girl some ten
years my junior. Certainly l knew
the shy, reserved simple child well
enough to realize that she had not
the mental development for any form
of intrigue. Residence at Bucking-
ham palace under the keen critical
eye Of an august grandmother, an
eye that nothing could possibly es,
cape, did not make for striking indl-
viduality, nor did the quiet simple
lily Of the German home, and the prin-
cess grew up beneath the double bur-
den of surveillance and etiquette
sharing the quiet intellectual life of
an adored mother. Yet she had GER
tain measure Of high spirits, loved
tennis and dancing, and having tuned
her life to play its small part In the
great household orchestra. seemed
happy enOugh.-The BOOkman.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-05-15
Temperament of Camels.

Bearing an innate grudge against all
restraint and all who restrain him. the
camel will use the great strength Of
his long legs TO kick his keepers or the
dogs which guard him in the waste
places, but In the presence of enc
mics, among wolves or other beasts
of prey, he is coward, fOrgets the
very use of his legs and proves his
erratic temper by screaming and spit
ting i'm terror. No camel wants to be
loved, and no one familiar with camels
ever entertains the least affection for
them. They make savages of what
ever people breeds them. The man who
owns and uses camels cannot live I'm
city. he cannot travel the highways
through cultivated country, he cannot
have a permanent abiding place. He
is doomed TO live In deserts ard arid
grasslands, TO follow the paths that
are lined with evergreen thorns, tama-
risks and bitter weeds, TO drink the
saline water ti.at his evil tempered
beasts prefer and 10 avoid the haunts
of men and horses as the h0rseman
circles the deserts, says Rodney Gil
bert In Asia.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-05-15
PRACTICAL USE OF POETRY
Without Verse People Would Go About
Isolated From Each Other by
Chaos of misunderstanding.

If poetry could be in an instant
swept not merely out of print, but
out Of language and tradition, there
would be Babel indeed. We should
go about isolated each one from each
by chaos of misunderstanding, with
no more communication than we could
improvise out Of intellectual terms,
says writer In Century Magazine.
We could suggest nothing, connote
nothing, say nothing but what we
could define. The practical reality of
that loss one may measure by our
proverbial ignorance of certain saw
ages and oriental races whose poetry
Is alien TO our own. Nor is that all
for poetry is not alone our common
repository of past experience, but to
degree far greater than we realize
our source of present action. There
is no need more than to remind any
observer of human nature that man.
kind acts rather upon passion than
upon conviction. Brutus demonstrated
his point in prose; it was a poetic ap-
peal that made the stones Of Rome to
rise and mutiny. We define and de-
termine and decide, and still do moth
ing; but when we begin to feel, some
thing Is done.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-05-15
Evolution Of the Jamn.

DIR. Walter Clark of Philadelphia
has recently made some interesting in
vestfgatiOns to find out how the old
time lighting conditions In his city
compare with those of today, says the
Popular Science Monthly. He has dis
covered that until as late as 1885, only
flickering sperm oil and candles were
in use. Not until the following decade
did the highly improved" kerosene
lamp appear. Gas did not come out
until the period between 1885 and 1875.
And then only the wealthy could use
it. 1t sold at $3.50 per thousand cubic
feet The efficient Welsbach mantle
came out ten years later, revolutioniz-
ing artificial illumination. The pres
ent era began in 1895, when gas and
electricity came into general use-gas
selling at 81 per thousand cubic feet
and electricity at 10 cents per kiI0-
watt hour. Since that time the gas
mantle and the electric filament have
seen vast improvements, so that today
the average family is obtaining about
eighteen times as much light as the
people of half century ago.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-05-15
BOY SCOUT WINS HONOR
g. o. WALES, II, Of Memphis, Sold
More Bonds Than Any other
Scout in Town.

Boy Scouts did valiant service In
selling Liberty Bonds of the first and
second issues. Plans have been
launched for the Scouts to sell many
thousands more of bonds in the third
Issue Out OF the army of Scouts in
America, c. ID. WALES, Jr., II years
old, of Memphis. Tenn. has the dis
tnction of having sold the largest
,IImber Of bonds of the second issue.
Young Wales has just received a
gold medal given by the president of
the National Boy Scouts Council in
New York to the Scout who sold the
most bonds. The Memphis youth,
who is employed in bank, sold 1880
bonds, valued at $445.O00.
Troop 20. Boy Scouts, of which
Wales is a member, won the state
nag given by President Wilson for
selling the largest amount of bonds.
The troop sold $665.O0O in bonds.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-05-15
Tommies Surprise Italy.

Whole battaliOns of Thomas At.
kinses, now that the lOng-expected
snowfall has buried the AustrO-Ger-
mans in deep Alpine drifts, have been
paying visits to the Milan opera house
and receiving immense ovatiOns. By
way Of acknowledgment Tommy gave
the laurel-crowned "Tipperary," and
Ecreated a sensation, as well he might,
lin that sacred mecca Of italian opera.
Flowers were shOwered upon him In
most embarrassing fashion. The rea-
son of this delicate attention may be
the kits, at which the people gaze in
,undisgulsed amaZement. One veteran
peasant exclaimed: "Fancy, women as
well as men go to war in that country,
and yet they look as though they would
make mincemeat of the Germans" Lit
tie wonder that some of these Killed
l"ladies" received not only flowers, but
equally embarrassing kisses.-Chris-
ltian Science Monitor.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-05-15
MOVIE sTARsANO
CAb|NETMEMbERS
! AMONG SPEAKERS
ORATORS FROM EVERY RANK 70
SPREAD LIBERTY LOAN DOC.
TRlNE IN UNITED STATES.
ALLIED ARMIES ALSO HELP
FORMER President TAFT, Governors OF
Many States and Soldiers From
the Front viii Be Among
the Lists.

The speaking campaign In connec.
ton with the Third Liberty Loan will
De one of the largest and most com.
prehensive ever undertaken in the his
tory Of the nation. Virtually the en-.
tire country has been organized along
district lines. Beginning with the Ma
tional Federal Speakers Bureau IN
.he Treasury Department, the work is
In charge of organizations controlling
units from federal reserve districts
down to villages. In some cases the
organization extends into rural com.
munities.
The total number of speakers VINO
all participate in the campaign VAL
rul into thousands. Between 400 and
$40 OF them will receive personal d
rectiOn from the National Speakers
Bureau and about 5000 will work IN.
der the direction of various other Du
reaus. All of the speakers are being
supplied with fresh information in re.
Iation to the loan as it develops.
The personnel of the speakers list
embraces men in almost every walk
Of life, including a former President of
che United States, members OF the
cabinet, state governors, federal off.
sisls and actors and actresses, both OF
Inc silent and speaking stages. Some
of the persons who have agreed TO
make addresses are: Former Presi.
den William Howard Taft, Secretary
AcAdoo, Secretary Lane. Secretary
Daniels. John Burke. Treasurer of the
United States; Maj Gen. Il. K. Swim.
son, Assistant Secretary of the British
War Cabinet; Gov. Bamberger Of
Utah; Gov. Brough of Arkansas; viii.
lam J. Bryan, former Secretary Of
State; Martin E. Glynn, former Gov.
.rnor of New York; Carl Vrooman,
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture;
Clarence barrow, Charlie Chaplin,
Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite Clark,
Mary Pickford, Lillian Russell. Marie
Oressler, Harry Lauder, Alice Nelson
and Katherine Ridgeway. Many the.
strical stars who will be unable 10
geaye their regular work will give Lib.
NS Lodu tdihS III heu VI eHCOTeS.
Many soldiers from the allied
armies have accepted invitations TO
ak. Scores of them from Australia,
England, Scotland and Canada will
speak in various parts of the United
States as the campaign gets under
way. Most of them are injured men.
The preliminary Liberty Loan speak.
Ezg work also is being accomplished
TT larger scale than ever before. BY
shs opening date of the loan more than
500 Liberty Loan meetings will have
aeen held in various cities. Patriotic
meetings have been in progress In
different parts Of the country ever
Ence March IL.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-05-15

: Tadasaburo Yamamoto, one of ia
pans most wealthy men, who has i'm
mense shipping interests, returned re-
Gently from Il tiger hunt In the Ko-
rean mountains. Mr.. YamamOtO had
with him 200 friends and professional
sportsmen who are experts with the
rifle. They left Tokyo on November
Is and established headquarters at
Gensang, small port on the northern
coast of the Sea of Japan. The ex-
perienced sportsmen were distributed
among the amateurs in the party, so
that everybody was given an oppor-
tunity to bag what game was encoun-
tered.
Mr.. Yamamoto and his party re-
turned recently from the hunt after
several successful weeks In the
Korean mountains and has been feast
ing his friends on tiger steaks and
other dishes from the game brought
home.-New York Herald.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-05-15
AMUSING PIECE OF ~NERvE"
How Cool lmpudence Of Young erltIsls
Naval offIcers Relieved Ten
sion Of Situation.

In "Facing the Hindenburg Line"
by Burris A. jenkins, may be found a
number Of incidents in which naval
men prove their GOODNESS and heroism.
Nobody knows all the stories of cool
ness and heroism among the naval
men, says the author. We shall not
learn them till the war Is over, but
here is one that perhaps the censors
will allow to go by. It was told by a
medical officer who was aboard the
Franconia when she was sunk acting
as transport.
aboard. They were sitting in the
smoking rO0m-remember the smoking
lounge In the old Franconia? 1t was
very long, as long as this dining room
and twice as broad. They had just
ordered whisky sodas. Suddenly there
was an explosion and the steel floor
Of the smoking room just buckled up
and burst apart in the middle of the
ship. One of those officers called the
steward and said:
81 ask you to witness, steward, that
we have paid for these whisky sodas
and have not had time to drink them
"Then the rascals went below, got
on their lifebelts, came back again,
asked the steward for big sheet of
fOolscap, wrote out long, I'VE, the
undersigned setting forth that they
had ordered six whisky sodas. for
which they had paid nine shillings,
with sixpence tip, and had not been
allowed to drink them. Thereupon they
entered claim against the British
government for the nine shillings and
sixpence, with accrued interest from
date. Then they walked in a body up
to the bridge and handed it to the skip
per. The old man told me afterward
he never was so grateful to anybody
as to these cool young devils for the
steadying and bucking up influence of
their impudence."
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-05-15
Evolution Of the Wheel.

Naturally, there was first man to
eat an oyster, and there must have
been some heroic pioneer to tackle
every edible article that Is known to
civilization today. High authority has
bestowed eulOgy on the man who in
vented the wheel, and some have gone
so fur as to assert that this yunidenti-
fed genius was the greatest benefac-
tor of the race, but we may doubt IL
the wheel was really an invention. 1t
seems more likely to have been a
gradual discovery, the result of slow.
evolutionary process for which no man
or group of men could claim the cred
it.-Exchange.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-05-15
Easy Solution of Difficulty.

, A pompOus old gentleman upon
reaching his home one evening found
the street blockaded and a heap of
earth piled against his doorstep. OBJ
serving a workman welding his shovel
In a nearby ditch, he accosted pess-
ing policeman and complained that the
laborer was trespassing upon private
property.
"What do yez mean by throwing
dirt on tn gintleman's stepsi" demand
ed the officer.
There's no other place T. throw 1t 7"
replied the workman indlfferently.
swell, thin, In that case, yez had
better dig another hole an throw II in
there!"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-05-15
"Potter's Field"

"Potter's field" the graveyard in
which are buried those who are in
tered at public expense, comes by its
name legitimately. In England and the
continent the clay used to make pot
terry was dug up in long trenches, which
were left untitled. Common consent
soon made it possible for these I'M
slightly stretches of ground to be put to
the useful purpose Of interring the
bodies Of those who were cared for as
a charge upon the country.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-05-15
WHY YOU INVEST IN BONDS
Il is Easier Than to Pay Tribute to
the Kaiser and His War
Machine.

II took you long time to wake Up
to the war, but, now that the ruthless
German war machine is battering at
the gates of Paris and threatening the
line Of communication from England
10 France. you are beginning to
realize that America also is menaced.
Failure TO support the government.
which means failure 10 back the army
in France, would bring disaster and
shame upon every American citizen.
Invest in Liberty Bonds and receive
the interest on your money and final
return Of the principal or you will
pay tribute TO the Kaiser and get moth
log in return.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-05-15
Be the First.

Many a quarrel would come to a
speedy ending If both sides were not
afraid of being the first to make adj
vances. Instead Of being unwilling to
take the first step, you should be glad
Of the chance. Some Of you perhaps,
are little inclined to be enviOus Of
the one who is born leader, who Is
the first in so many things, but there
is no greater honor than to be the
first to end misunderstanding, the
first to say, I'm sorry."-Exchange.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-05-15
When Children Are Cross, Be Kind.

Don't be cross with children when
they are cross. If they are irritable
and pouty leave them alone to their
blues by trying to divert their atten-
ton to some interesting book or game
or toy. Get them outdoors to play or
to walk. Take them for a ride. The
common retort to cross children is In
being cross yourself, but this only
hurts the children and makes them
moody and later respondent.