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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
Enemy Bombs Venice.

Rome, Monday, Feb. 25.-During
air raids Sunday night, a semi-of-
fetal announcement says, enemy
airplanes dropped u bombs on in
habited places at Venice, thirty on
Mestrc and Ave on Castel Franco.
Two persons were killed and nine
injured at Venice and three were
killed at Mestre. All were civilians.
The material damage was slight.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
RICH YOUNG PACKER
ASKS EXEMPT|O
FROM ARMY DRAFT

Chicago, Feb. 26.-Nelson Morris,
chairman of the board of Morris &
Co., packers, 20 years old and un-
married, has asked exemption or de-
ferred classification.
No information as to his grounds
was obtained from the board. Mr..
Morris, when reached by telephone,
declined to discuss the matter.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
Americans Learn French.

Washington, Feb. 26.--The Uni
versity of Paris is preparing a spec
ial court for Americans to learn the
language, literature, art and history
of France, the bureau of education
announced today. No diploma will
be given, as it is merely intended
to meet the immediate needs of
American students.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26

by flying timbers, and other wreck
age, died as they stood.
The pitiful manner in which mem
berS of families died one by one was
graphically described by survivors.
Families Are Taken.
Three-year-old Betsy Mum, the
daughter Of John S. Mum, manag-
ing director of the line, was swept
overheard before his eyes. The
child's nurse had been drowned in
her berth. Mum was swept to his
death n the group on the bridge
deck A d Butter, an architect of
th' - who was going to Florida
is wife, was supporting her
4 st the rush OF water when one
. ,c, towering above all the Others
Iatched her from his arms. He
was carried along helplessly in the
torrent, bringing up i'll a tangle OF
wreckage. Bruised and enmeshed
he was unable to eXtricatc himself
and perished miscrably.
One of the most remarkable tales
OF the survival of the strongest re.
lates the way in which Major Mi
chacl Sullivan, commander of the
New Foundland forestry battalion,
and Ralph Burnham, cadet OF the
royal flying corps, fought back death
literally with their bare fists and
brought through with them a naked
Spanish stoker. Major Sullivan and
the young subaltern contrived to
shelter themselves in the upper sec
tion of the bunker through which
ashes from the stokehold arc emp
tied into the sea. There, for 70
hours, they maintained themselves.
Beat Each Other.
They nearly perishcd with the
cold and to keep warmth in their
bodies beat each other Justify with
their fists.
Into their precarious retreat creps
one Of the Spanish stokers, stark
naked and nearly dead from the
shock of the icy water after the ter
rife heat OF the fire room. He was
too numb to fight for his own life.
SO the major and the cadet fought
for him. From pummeling them
selves they took to pummclling the
stoker. Securing a tarpaulin, they
wrapped it about him and, though
nearly exhausted themselves, they
kept up the PROSTATE stoker's cfrcu-
lation by unceasing exertions. They
brought the stoker through, but he
lies at hospital here seriously i'll.
Burnham was badly frost bitten and
Major Sullivan was seriously Grip
pied when flying wreckage crushed
one of his legs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
.VON HERTLLNG IN THIRD
MEAMNGLESSPEACETALK
WEATHER FORECAST

For Ardmore and vicinity: To-
night fair, warmer; Wednesday
fair.
Oklahoma: Tonight fair,
warmer; Wednesday tair, warm
er in southeast portion.
East Texas: Tonight fair,
warmer in northwest portion;
Wednesday fair, warmer.
West Texas: Tonight fair,
warmer in north portion; We'd
nesday fair, warmer.
Local Temperature.
Maximum temperature yester-
day 80 degrees minimum last
night 81.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
TOUCHES ON FOUR
PRINCIPLES As
SET BY WILSON
GERMAN CHANCELLOR AL
LEGES THEY COULD BE
BASIS FOR FARLEY.
but HAS RESERVATION
Declares the Four Points Must Be
Recognized by All States and Peo-
ples-Knocks Italy, Great Britain
and France.

Amsterdam. Feb. 26.-The central
powers intend to give Self-goyern-
ment to the provinces of Courland
and Lithuania, Imperial Chancellor
Won Ilerlling declared in hi, adj
dress tc the reichstag yesterday.
The prospect OF peace on the
whole eastern front is now within
practical reach, declared the chan
cellor. The world, especially the
neutral world is asking if the gate
is not open to a general peace, but
France, Great Britain and Italy still.
1t seems, are completely unwilling
to listen to the voice of reason and
humanity.
From the beginning, the ertente
has pursued aims of conquest. 1t is
lighting for the delivery of Alsace-
Lorrain to France. | can add aoth-
thing to what previously had been
said-thcre is no Alsace-Lorraine
question in the international seLse."
The operations of central powers
IN the east the chancellor said,
were being carried out with the sole
ann OF securing the fruits of the
peace with Ukraine. He added:
We do not intend to establish
ourselves in Esthonia or Livonia."
Had Freed" Poland.
The chancellor asserted the cen
tral powers had freed Poland with
the intention Of calling an inde-
pendent state into existence. The
constitutional problem involved
still was being discussed in its mar
rover sense, he said, by the three
countries involved
Our war aims from the begin
ming were defense of the father
land, maintenance OF our territorial
integrity and freedom OF our eco
nomlc development" said the chan
cellor.
Our warfare, even wherever it
ma be, must be aggressive in ac-
ton, defensive in aim. lay spec
ial stress on that just now in order
that no misunderstanding NAV
arise in regard to our operations
IN the east Their sole aim is to
secure the fruits of our peace with
the Ukraine"
Agrees With Wilson.
i can fundamentally agree with
the four principles which, in Pres
ident Wilson's view, must be ap-
Piled in a mutual exchange of views.
and thus declare with President
Wilson that a general peace can be
discussed on such a basis.
only one reserve need be made
in this connection: These princi-
pies must not only be proposed by
the president of the United States.
but also must actually be recog-
nized by all states and peoples.
But this goal has no, yet been
reached. There is still no court OF
arbitration established by all the
nations for the preservation of peace
in the name of Justice. When
President Wilson incidentally says
that the German chancellor is speak
ing to the tribunal of the entire
world | must decline this tribunal
as prejudiced, joyfully as | would
greet it if an impartial court of
arbitration existed and gladly as
would cooperate to realize such
ideals.
unfortunately, however, there is
no trace of similar statements on
the part of leading powers of the
entente"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
CUBA INTERNS GERMAN.

Havana, Monday, Feb. 25.-Ju-
Eus Messer, a German mining en-
gineer of Santiago de Cuba, was
arrested by federal officers today
and interned in the Cabanas fortress
charged with espionage and propa-
ganda among laborers in an effort
to interrupt the handling of the
sugar crop.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
REED DENOUNCES
COAL ADMINISTRATION
PLACES SHORTAGE AND THE
RAIL TIEUP ON GARFIELD
AND HIS ASSISTANTS.

Washington, Feb. 26.-Responsi-
bility for the coal shortage was
placed squarely on the fuel admin
istration by Senator Reed of Mis-
souri, today, in a Statement of
facts" submitted to the senate sub
committee on manufactures as a
basis for a report of its recent in
yestigation of the fuel situation.
Senator Reeds statement was not
the report of the sub-committ &c,
which Investigated the food and
fuel administrations, but a state
ment of his individual conclusions
on the facts.
Makes Dire Prediction.
"The chaos now existing in the
coal business" the statement said,
must give place to stability, or we
will in the near future be confront
ed by coal shortage of the most
disastrous character"
For this reason, Senator Reed said
there should be an immediate an
nouncement Of prices and contracts
which will be allowed to replace
Continued on page 81
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
LOSS ON FLoRIzEL WAS 1oz

Montreal, Feb. 26.-The death list
Of the wreck OF the Florizel is given
at l02 in a report from the Cape
Race agent of the Marconi Tele-
graph Company, received here. The
total number saved is reported at "A.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
Hours of Agony and
Death on Wrecked
Dominion Liner FzonzeZ

St. Johns, n. F., Feb. GEOGRAPHIC
stories Of rescues from the wrecked
liner Florizel and further details of
Sundays disaster were related to-
day by survivors who are recovering
here from the terrible hardships
they endured before they were saved
by small boats from the New
Foundland steamer Prospero.
When Captain Martin of the
Florizel reached here he was in such
state of collapse that he could
make no statement.
Members of the crew said the mis-
take in reckoning which brought the
Florizel head-on into the coast, 20
miles north of Cape Race, when all
hands thought She was we'll out
sea as she turned westward :,
Halifax, was due to running y
out the patent log. The heavy a.
forming an icy crust, or ne
natives term "slob,' as it the
sea, made it impossible to- sc the
log to register the steamers prog
ress against the storm. The steam
ship, therefore, was navigated BY
dead reckoning and, as frequently
happens in this region Of shifting
currents and battling winds, the cal
culations were off and the Florizel
went the way Of other brave ships
in the graveyard of the North At
lantic.
Waves Trap Many.
Many of the passengers were
swept to death half clad in less than
fifteen minutes after the steamer
struck the rocks. Dozens Of passen-
gers trapped below decks were
drowned in their berths or at the
foot of the companion-ways by cas-
cading seas which filled the saloon.
Directed by officers and crew who
never for a moment forgot the best
tradition of the sea in looking after
their passengers, those who escaped
from the saloon, sought safety on
the bridge deck. Two hours later,
a giant wall OF water Numbered
upon them Wrenching the structure
bodily from its base and engulfing
thirty men and women.
A short while later, 20 persons,
clinging desperately to the roof of
the smoking room, met a similar
fate The stout construction OF the
wireless house saved most of the
survivors. Thirty-two persons piled
into the wireless room, packed so
closely they could neither sit nor
lie down. They we're without food,
water or adequate clothing. They
were often engulfed by boarding
seas. Some Of them badly injured
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22
JAKE STALLS FACE
HAMMOND NEXT SUNDAY

Next Sunday Hammond viii play the
Jake Stalls in their third game OF the
City League,
This is the team that was formerly
managed by Artie Hoffman, in fact the
club was in his charge when they de-
feated Henning in the earlier part Of
last season. The same battery that
turned the tables on Hammond last
year will again do the heavy work next
Sunday. Don" Hamilton is the pitcher
and Brown. who is we'll remembered by
most Of the fans because Of the fact
that he caught few games for Ham
mond near the close Of last season. Will
be on the receiving end. other familiar
faces on the team will be Fielder. who
played third base for Hammond in the
opening game against the Ideals and
Schwind. the shortstop. who worked this
same position for the locals after KAY
anagh left the club toward the end Of
last season. Beech. who was a star
with East Chicago in the old Northern
Indiana League. will play second base.
Taking the team all in all they are q
pretty evenly balanced club and that
they can hit was proven last Sunday
when they pounded Mack. the Albany
Park pitcher. who held Hammond to a
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22
RING GREATS To BOX
FOR RED CROSS FUND
Present Day Old Time Stars
Volunteer Services for
Show in Gotham.

NEW YORK, May 22.-Present day
and old-time boxers rallied 70 the cause
Of the Red cross and humanity and viii
play ace cards at Madison Square Car
den Friday night for The benefit of the
campaign fund. So many boxers have
volunteered that it has been impossible
to book them ali. as il was decided at
the start that all bouts would so ten
rounds.
Almost every boxer who offered his
services asked to be matched against
the best men available and some Of the
bouts viii bring old rivals into action.
Some Of the old-timers who offered
their services but VIII not be seen in
action because time will not permit, are:
Jack McAuiffe. Young Corbett. Patsy
Haley. Joe Bernstein. Young Critic.
Freddy Welch and others.
The following bouts have been ar
ranged; Ted kid" Lewis. welterweight
champion, vs.. Jack Britton, Frank Mo
ran vs.. Bill Brennan. frankie Callahan
vs.. Willie Jackson, Johnny Dundee vs..
Eddie wallace. Harry Greb vs.. Gunboat
Smith. Jeff Smith vs.. Augie Rather, Bat
Ting Lev1nsky vs.. Jim Cofey, Jack
Sharkey VS.. Joe Lynch
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22
TIMES MAN
ENROUTE TO
GERMANY
Irving Chayken, Baseball
Scribe Heads His Letter
in a Novel Way.

Think these u s. hoys are not cock
sure of winnins7 Well. read "Izzy"
Chaykens latest letter:
In France. Enroute to Germany.
April q. 1918.
Friend Perryi
yesterday. while under the avalanche
of heavy fire. and while We We're giving
the Hun a retaliatory there came to us
a little baseball news. We were happy
TO see that they were i'll at It. the
scores indicated that the season had
just started, with Cleveland and Detroit
other Getting baseball news on the
line in No Mans Land is some task
but the ". 6. newspaper, the Chicago
Tribune, reached US and when a few
copies were distributed the boys jumped
in wild fashion. P. A. even the war
does not affect our memory brain. and
how some Of US would enjoy seeing
Johnson's hoof.
I'VE have also learned that IN the
United States they have the clocks an
hour ahead. Well. France has the same
thing only the French started in earlier
than April A scribe who seems to
know his business tells us that IL would
take a mathematician TO estimate the
number Of youthful fans and players
who are now assisting in the worlds
greatest game with various regulated
balls. not the Spalding kind either. The
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22
HAMMOND FEAT HERWEIGHT
LEAVES FOR ARMY TODAY
Richard Seibert Will Apply
for Position AS Boxing
Instructor in Service.

Richard z. siebert. the Hammond
featherweight with twenty-four profess
sional fights to his credit and undis-
puted champion Of his class in Wiscon-
sin for several years. left today for the
army. Richie will apply for position as
boxing instructor. In the past year he
has increased in weight to 1913 pounds
and states that his career as feather
weight IS forever ended.
Freddy Andrew. Jimmy Cole. Al Cum
mings and many other clever boys went
down under Riches punches Siebert
won twenty round decision over Ray
Dorey Pacific coast champion. and in
1916 won the featherweight champion
ship of Wisconsin from Jimmy Cole at
Minneapolis. Hammond fans saw him
in action at the Moose Hall in 1914 when
he fought Battling Barney.
Siebert has been employed as moving
picture and spotlight operator at the
Orpheum Theater which now has six
stars in its service flag.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22

absence OF SO many fans and the Yanni-
gnns who in by-gone days received the
headlines OF the sporting pages must
have east certain gloom on the own
ers, but I note still that t. Cobb. John
McGraw. Walter johnson and Eddie
Collins are stu drawing their usual
salary.
Well. 2. A. 1t is great and when the
season is over six months hence and the
Giants and White Sox clash again for
tho high honors. we viii probably be
there TO see them fight it out. perhaps
the bloomy kaiser will get interested
in the national game and he viii call
quits for the rest of his cussed days.
"Over here the boys are playing two
games. one on the sporting line, the
other in the war association Of which
nearly every country Is represented. Our
team in the artillery training. some
where in France has the following to
say: we have players on our team who
represent the baseball sphere from Sun
ny Texas TO pine clad Canada and are
chock full OF pep" sounds good. eh P. A.
ring Lardner had better copy this
and B. L. T. no doubt will blush for
sometime.
Respectfully
IRVING C."
"P. SIN regards TO my finding out
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22

few blows. for = hits and seven runs.
According 70 reports from outsiders
at last Monday nights meeting the
Stalls should have defeated Albany
Park only for a bad decision by the
umpire which decided the game against
them. Hamilton had struck out seven
men. kept the hits pretty well scattered
and until the eighth inning was leading
TO 5. It was in this frame when with
two down and the bases full. tho Jump
called a ball on q batter when HamiI-
ton apparently had the man struck out
and he followed with long hit scoring
the winning markers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22
HERE'S NEW KIND
OF GOLF TOURNEY

HONOLULU, T. H, May 2.-CBy
MaiL)-A golf tournament in which
participant who can tell a good story or
sing a good song has fine chance TO
win first honors is new wrinkle intro
duced into sports here. Particulars are
indefinite, but such as are given out are
rs follows:
They are going to monkey around
at Moanalua on Sunday morning and
the men who carry not tales viii he out
OF luck. as the official monkey tourna-
ment Will be staged under the auspices
Of the Darwinian committee OF the
Honolulu Golf club. You won't have to
throw a bah over your left shoulder
and you can play a cornet or sing an
aria from Lucia on the putting green"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22
BLAIR AND HEINTZ
FIGHTING FOR u. S

Two of Hammond's most not
ed athletes are fighting for
Uncle Sam.
Spot Blair. who holds the
state records in the dashes and
who is the fastest Splinter ever
turned out by the middle west.
is a second lieutenant in France.
Fred Heintz, one of the best
football players the county ever
had, is an officer in the U. S.
Marines, stationed at San Juan.
Cuba.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22

from Russia with his wife. Mcintyre
left America twenty years ago for
France. He recounts many interesting
experiences. having been subjected to
Zeppelin raids on various occasions. as
well as being among refugees forced 10
fee before the advancing armies of the
Germans.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22
MOGRIDGE ABOUT TO LEAVE Y4NKS;
YET PITCHER KNOWS HE'S THROUGH

Another veteran pitcher is about
20 sever his connections with the
New York Yankees, and the staff,
which has been badly crippled since
the opening Of the season, becomes
weaker as result. George
Mogridge, who has been a member
of the club since the latter part of
the 1915 season. has decided to retire
from baseball and will leave in few
days to take up a position with the
Bethlehem Steel Company at Spar
rows Point, Md
Mogridge received an offer some
time ago to take a position with the
Bethlehem company and learn
trade. The southpaw confided to
some of the Yankees that the offer
did not amount to as much money as
he is drawing down from the Yam
KEGS, but he decided that in view of
future prospects and the uncer-
tainty Of lasting any long time in
baseball he should accept.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22


all the home boys. I have started a
search through Floyd Gibbons OF the
Trib and Homer Watson Of the n. Y.
Herald who are going to assist me in
locating the boys from Lake county
who are over here. I expect TO get re-
suits in a week or so and viii send you
the names as soon as I get them. VIII
try TO mention a word about each man,
and you can fix the rest. the home folks
I am sure will appreciate to find some
thing being mentioned about their brave
boys and the weekly letter which I viii
try 10 send you should take the people
by storm. providing 2. =. that you fix
letter in your own style with added cor
rections etc.
Feeling great and always out OF the
way when a Hun shell bursts
Best wishes.
IRVING"
o. X. j. f. Houlihan. Chaplain - T. A.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22
JOCKEY ARCHIE
MCINTYRE ESCAPES
FROM WAR ZONE

SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. May 22-
Archie MCINTYRE. known to followers of
racing in its heyday a generation ago as
the jockey who rode for Lucky Baldwin,
recently arrived here after escaping
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22

Milwaukee soldiers of the selective
service act in Glass Ia will be given
opportunity. beginning May "a to OBJ
tain points on all the work Of the sol
diers in camp by attending classes at
the Y. NJ c. A, which will be free.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22
MAROONS SLAM BALL,
BURY PURDUE, 1873

LAFAYETTE IND. Nay 22.-Chi-
caso overwhelmed Purdue on Stuart
Field here yesterday afternoon, 10 to 3.
The BoiIermakers played fairly good
ball UP TO the fifth. but then the team
went up. The Maroons touched Mills
of Purdue for thirteen hits. HinlzIe of
Chicago pitched fairly good ball and
was backed UP by errorless support In
the fifth filming. with two down. Chi
cago scored six runs. With two down
and three men on bases, Elton stepped
into a three-base bingle. which he scor-
ed on Davis error at the plate.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22

Sanctioned BY the Lawn Tennis Asso-
citation, the New York Lawn Tennis
Club will stag mixed doubles tourney
for husbands and wives. beginning June
IS. For many years the English asso-
citation awarded a championship title
for similar event.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22

The island OF Jamaica is anxious TO
have an American soccer team play
there.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22

Miss Fanny Durack. the worlds
champion girl swimmer. of Australia,
who is expected TO arrive IN San Fran
cisco early next month. will tour the
east
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22

The final soccer game for the Ameri-
can Football Association challenge cup
will take place IN Pawtucket, r. L. Sat
urday. May IS.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22

Freshmen are likely to compete IN the
annual intercollegiate track and field
meet at Philadelphia. May 81. and
June /.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22
MACEDONIAN LEAGuE.
Yesterdays Results.

Brooklyn, /; Chicago. 0.
New York. .: st. Louis. 0.
Cincinnati. Z; Boston, 4
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh. rain.
Games Today.
Brooklyn at Chicago.
Boston at Cincinnati
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh.
New York at St Louis
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22

Our boys are making sacrifice:
over there. What sacrifices are
your making for the Red Cross
over here?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22

Two of Baltimore's foremost rowing
organizations. the Ariel and Arundel
Boat Clubs. may meet in an interclub
regatta this year.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22

The annual year book Of the National
Association Of Amateur Oarsman will
not be issued this year or until the war
ends as there are no championship or
other district rowing races to be re-
corded
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22
Sanctioned BY the Lawn Ter

Columbia university viii add boxing
TO its athletic activities in the fall
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-22

New York A c. will hold track, base
ball and boxing Journeys for the sol
diers sailors stationed in the vicinity Of
the metropolis.