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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-07
IFrom IuIsa SaturdaY Night.l

sea. 1t was here that we had our
,lr't ScummageS with the Marines.
y on know a sailor doesn't like "a
Marine. Here the sailor pulled
down hi, hat TO one side and threw
ont q look like a chunk OF shrapnei
with winch TO express hi, opinions
oi the Marines.
You know thcy fuss all up I'M
their Sunday-Go-to-Churcb clothes
like they we're ma,oucradinq and
then they tell MS sailor, what TO do.
And. do YOU know. we have 10 do H..
We'll. we had GOOD time thouqb
before we were educated TO their
abilities. There was am eating house
charging enlisted men >l25 for a
steak just big enough 10 use as a
piece OF bait for perch and the sail
ors decided 10 run the proprietor out
OF town. A bunch OF the sailors,
who as is commonly known are not
eiieminate, raided dhe place. oh-
tanned all the food they wanted for
nothing tore down the shack and
sent the proprietor space eating
down the street with his shirt tail
Tapping in the wind like a pcnnant
on a racing car. Well. lust as VIC
were putting few final strokes to
the picture there appeared about a
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-07
4 COMPLETE MODERN HOME FOR SALE

| will sell furnished or mfurnished my home at
1923 Stanley Boulevard, southwest Thoroughly
modern, six large living rooms, bathroom, instan-
taneous heater, two halls pantry, front and back
porch, screened in sleeping porch with curtains, new
double garage and servants room, rOOmy hen house
and chicken yard, garden fenced separately bearing
fruit trees fine shade trees, lot 75xl40 feet south
'front.' One-half block from pavement.
Phone 928-will show the place any convenient
time Terms if desired
HOMER ADAMS
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-07

Work your eyes and ears over
time, but give your tongue an oc
casional holiday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-07
AMERICAN ACES WHO ARRIVED. e.
HOME ON ADRIATIC

The leading American flyers
who have returned to the L. ;.
From left to right, Lieut.. +. +.
Baer, Capt Eddie Rickenbaclier,
premier "Ace,' officially credited
with 20 enemy planes, and Capt.
Douglas Campbell. Insert, Major
Meissner, the % years Old Brook
%%z> Iyn Ace"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-07

NUT COAL SO TON. ARD
MORE OIL MILL. PHONE 80.
40
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-07

some OF the most ignorant men, ethically speaking
o be found anywhere are visible i'm the United States
euate without the cooperation OF binoculars
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-07

N THE ARDMOREITE yesterday appeared an ar
ticlc by Mrs. 5. II. Butler OF this city, beginning
with couplet which must have been written by
that supreme optimst, Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-07
FORTY-sEvEN HIGH SCHOOLS
UNDER SMlTH-HUGHES ACT
Virginia Taking Kindly to New System
of Vocational Agricultural
Education.
Especial to The Times Dispatch

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
BLACKSBURG. VA. Dec. 6.-Since
the passage Of the Smith Hughes act
by Congress and the subsequent ac-
ceptancc OF its terms by the Virginia
Assembly in 1918. forty-seven high
vocationai agriculture have been or
ganized in all parts Of Virginia replac-
me, the eleven congressional district
were in operation. Forty-two of these
schools are for whites and five for
negroes For the most part these de-
partments are already well organized
and arc conducting most valuable work
State.
Among the forty-seven men in charge
OF the work in these schools are num-
bered twelve graduates OF the Virginia
polytechnic institute. two graduates of
four who have had from one to four
years training at Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and seventeen who have re-
ceived summer school Instruction.
total OF thirty-fve (35) who have re-
'ceived instruction at the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute.
Especially good work is being done
by the twelve graduates of the institute
and those graduates of other insttu-
lions who have had a year or more at
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. a
j; b. Roller. Apple Grove High School
Alternately r. nj 5ef coua APooTstto1 High School
w. w e stiles: Chester High School. chcs-
J: A. Waller. Driver High School. Nam
". /. HarEis. Lebanon High School. Rus
sell County Va.
Prince William County, Va.
w. j. Price. MT. Jackson High School
Shenandoah County. Va
d. Gale. Sparta High School. Caroline
r. 6. IIutcheson. Wakefield High School.
q: = Baker Varina High School. Hen
w. $. Newman. Windsor High School,
+: Z. Kirby Woodlawn High School Car
roll County Va ' S
r.. p. Wall. BrownsburE High School.
RGckb:idEe. County. Va
niRs n; NLnstoe. Dnwiddis High School.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute feels q Just
pride In the splendid services being rem
| dcrcd the state by these man
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-07
RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH: SUNDAY DECEMBER 3, 1919
"a 'Se ia IN Saeflneo ths people responded

to its call. 2 :, 's ' % potisueu
Nanking, and Annoy are two prorre..
tive Chinese buildings doing eff,c'ant
and nnd ID de !, Pins general community
sent ssnt,, one Of the Annoy secretaries TT to
sa ad,n. in tho Far Eastern olympic
% Prosperous Associations.
Thus the work OF the association
goes on. and in u land which a few
years ago was the scene OF the RoSer
uprising, when the white man was =.
foreign devil" and his progress tho
machinations of the self-same fond.
Statistics give but poor resume Of
the great work. Yet, In twenty-eipSt
city 81 10 associations in China there are
Lo,ISo active native members who.
adSm a H the last year. have given ;455..
wv tor the support OF the work. Tour
81 eao these associations have more than
s.yOo members, and thirteen Of them
nave more than 1000 members.
The men who have gone from the
united states to bring enlightenment
20 the Chinese through the Y M. g.
~ have had useful lives. Few have.
peen buster than they. Few Eroups
OF men have deal with larger prob
lems anywhere. The New China has
welcomed them and has given them
poundiess opportunity to carry out
their program.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-07
GET LETTERS FROM FRIENDS
Eastern Poland People Hear for First
Time In Years From Relatives
in America.

people in Eastern Poland are receiyinr
news of loved ones in tho United States
Tor the first time in years. Some have
mao no communication with husbands.
sons and brothers on the other side OF
the Atlantic for as long as five years.
American relief workers in the old
war zone have been besieged with re-
quests to please send this letter to
america. to such an extent that the
American Red Cross has opened q spe-
cial bureau to handle matters OF this
sort. Every Red Cross worker in Pc.
reau. Tho American uniform ia TINS
coming to mean chance for commu-
nication with the United States to pco-
pie in many remote regions where reg
established. Letters are sent by cour-
Ter to Warsaw, where postal reEula-
lions are compiled with and the let
tiers forwarded
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-07

outposts OF the. provinces. to put aside
the old and reach out for the new. It
Is In bringing Christian and Ameircan
innuences to assist in this great task
that the Y. n c. a. has found it's field
for labor.
In Pcking, the capital. tho. Y. NJ. G..
a. WORKERS have ready access to the
Presidents Office, to the Cabinet room
; and TO the various government boards.
INNS access ror n,,, Is used construGtivey'
The President has continued his gem
erous gift of $4,000 annually to the
n PaHin eommittse and $4,000 TO che
after after Official Investigation Of tho army
work OF the "Y' for the Chinese regi-
anu appreciation.
Z. nj. G. A. Worker. in China.
Just whit the Y. NJ. C. A. is doing
IN emma may be best shown by typical
instances or work done in several cities.
In PSking the association has pro-
progressive Chinese an opportunity to
serve in free schools for illiterates, in
the prisons of the city and in the orr
phanage and slave refugees which have
poem opened in recent years. Plans
are oeing made to enlarge this service
greatly and TO include school for the
training OF social workers.
ing, given. by Baltimore friends. is n
beehive Of useful activity. TO make
II more accessible to the people the
~ ". hoI HAS Dullts great horse
road from the end Of tho Bridge Of
Icn Thousand Ages to the main gate
OF the building. Officials and bust
ness men now come by carriage or
automobile. who formerly, had to use
the low sedan chair This has made
1T more than ever one of the outstand-
ing public buildings of Foochow.
purinS the past summer the build
ing was the headquarters for the
tight against cholera
Help for Chinese Poor.
The Tientsin Association. has opened
hut for service in n poor section Of
the city. much like the huts serving
the Chinese laborers in France,
schools. motion pictures, talks and re-
creation arc provided to many groups
both day and night. Tho government
schools for illiterates have been given
pig impetus from this center.
CnaDgs Is a typical outpost as
ISOLATION. Yet, in the past wear II
has carried out the largest financial
project Of any association in China.
raising $4,000 In one month for the
purchase of building site.
conditions for money-getting could
scarcely have been worse as ChanEsha
has been the. center of civil war and
repeated looting. But the good name
Of the Y. NJ. c. A. had been built on
Its varied and useful service, so with
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-07
CHINA HAs28ACT|VEC CITY !
YIN. G. A. ORGANIZATIONS
Is Largo Factor In Helping Chinese
Government In Its Progressive
Efforts.
CHINA EDUCATING MASSES
New Phonetic System of Writing
Chinese Is Basis OF Teaching
Making Once Difficult Language
Easy to Master.

New republics have a tendency to
LOOK to America for guidance, and
Enina is no exception. Officially,
through representatives of the gov
through her great trading firms, China
mas turned her almond eyes eastward.
and the sleeping dragon OF the ages
mas begun to awake in earnest.
Nov is the day OF responsiveness,
inc inc ttme TO press the advantage, the
Hollis A. Wilbur. secretary Of the ma
tional committee Of the VI NJ. C. A. Of
China. The Y. NJ. c. A. has been
Workins In China for the last twenty
years and through twenty-eight ac-
tive e,o city association, and. because OF
close touch with the constitutional
government and more than 200 native
ShlneSe secretaries, Is able to get be-
low Inc surface and know and feel
nat actually is going on.
Stamping Out Hliteraey.
-, One Of the most far-reaching steps
stamp out illiteracy among it's back
ward millions" adds Mr.. Wilbur. aThis
rs OF utmost Importance to the coun-
Try IN extending communication be-
rWSsn men and in creating a proper
tenn of writing Chinese, devised by
inc government. is the basis Of the
teaching. With this an illiterate man
can DC taught to read and write un
b enr norIndsy in NJ about twenty. half
mad large pact i'll promoting this
government plan, its principal activi
ties along this line having been de-
voted to teaohing groups OF leaders.
VINO IN turn formed groups Of their
Mr.. Wilbur points out that the
awakening in China Is national. There
Is Il growing tendency, even into tho
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-07
LARGE MILL ADDITION
Denim Production Increased 10000
Yards Daily-One Hundred Tene-
ment9 to be Built.

=, GREENSBORO. N. c., Dec. e.
The installation of 1000 new looms
at the White Oak Cotton Mills by the
proximity Manufacturing Company for
the increased manufacture OF denims
w, WI necessitate the building of about
lov more tenement houses in the mill
Vliinge Tor the accommodation OF the
addltiona! operatives and these are
to be built at once.
This addition 10 the factory will in
crease the daily product of denims fully
voUo yards. The total expenditure in
cident to.the making the enlargement
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-07
Buys 300 Acres as Home
for 100000 Prize Hogs

WAUKEGAN. ILL.,. Dec. 6.-Joseph
r. Sexton. local manufacturer. today
closed deni for the purchase Of n
300-ncre farm for which he paid
100000. The property formerly was
owned. by William Scott Keith. late
ChtcnTo lumber dealer. sexton will
use the farm for the raising OF Her.
ford cattle and Duroc hogs. OF which
he has u S20O.00O stock. which have
been among the FIRST prize Winncrs
at various shows.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-07
COTTON MILL BOUGHT
Lyacburs Overall Makers Acquire Cot
ton Factory In Which to
Make Own Material.

Special to The Times Dispatch. j
LYNcHBURG. VA. Dec. 6.-The Blue
Buckle Cotton Mills. inc, has been
organized l,ere with Alexander Long.
Rock Hill, $. c.. as president and A.
D. Barrow, OF Lynchburs. vice-presi-
dent The mill was recently bought
by the Jobbers' overall Company here.
and the company. formed to back 1t
The mill. which is a largo one ana
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-07

Quay Wall at Navy-Yard.
NORFOLK, VA. Dec. 6.-The Navy
Department has contracted for the
building OF quay wall at the navy
derstood that the work will be com
menced at once. -.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-07
big wood-wori,inr PLAN,

Z GREENSBORO, ". C.. Dec. 6.-The
Fuller Lumber Company, lately incor-
paid in. has been organized, and the
plans for establishing here complete
plant, with planning mill,
been announced.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-07
Miinon-DolI.r Hotel

W1NsToN-S N. c.. Dec. e.
ICED her@ has not completed all Of the
details. 1t has been definitely decided 10
puild, equip and operate million- d OIL
L. Stoddard. famous architect Of New
York. has been engaged to furnish the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-07
$50, nnnking House.

WILSON, y. G, Dec. 6.-The Plant
ers Bank of Wilson, has decided to
build IAN np-to- date banking house at
a cost OF $4,000 or more The build
Ing is to be three stories, the upper
stories to be offices Of various kinds.
a Greensboro concern has the CON-
tract.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-31

Is an straight as a perfect soldier
and in general build looks like a
splendid athlete.
In the long ago. adclina Patti.
greatest Of opera singers. was also
the greatest woman billiard player
OF her time. Wherever she went on
her tours Of this country she took
with her a billiard table. In her
suites at the hotels Nha always had
IN. table set and Nlco'ini. her hus.
ba nj, played with her daily.
Whenever possible she engaged
Jacob Scharfer or som. othsr expert
10 come to her apartments and
teach her the secrets OF masses and
drives She became mistress Of
the game. ratt claimed that bill
iiards was part Of her life. that IL
gave her just the exercise ahe need.
cd. and that her girliah form. which
TASTED long after other prima don.
mas had grown fat. was due TO her
marches around the billiard table.
Patti became such an expert that
she could average to 10 at baik
line. No other woman could then
approach her AT tina. game. Miss
Haywood can do twice az well an
that 80 II Patti was the greatest
woman billiardist Of the old.n time.
Miss Haywood Is certainly the most
brilliant woman player OF the pres
ent.
Miss Haywood has received offers
OF large salaries to play exhibition
billiards a. professional. she has
refused. one reason being that she
has plenty OF money In her own
name and her father h a very rich
man
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-31

A new billiard star has come out
OF the East. no; Napoleon like
ives. nor wizard like schaefcr. but
modern Joan OF Arc. young
woman n you please. with wonder.
full eyes and hands and those other
attributes which so 20 make up the
.masterful player.
Katherine Haywood. coming from
one OF the old families OF Phlladsl.
phia. has been beating the best of
them at the billiard table. Tom
Foley. who has seen all the experts
from Phcian. the first champion. TO
those OF the present day. pronounccr
Miss Haywood the greatest woman
bililardist In the world and Hkilifui
enough 10 give battle q the very
best experts. He says there are
only half dozen men profcsnionals
who can beat her
She II 80 young. too. 10 In love
with the game. 40 skiilful ard prom
ising that some day. perhaps. che
will establish a precedent and wrcN,
the championship from the men
players. Miss Haywood has been in
Chicago 10 sec the Do ORC. kicck.
hefer championship games and 20
take some lessons from Wine
Hoppc's father.
Like all great biliisrilsts. Miss
Haywood began playing the game
early. She was ~ when her father
bought an oid.fashioncd sin pocket
table. lie and his daughter played
on II until her skill attracted the at.
t.ntion Of the billiard exp,rts. One
Of these gave her lessons on mod.
ern table. but she soon knew more
than he. She IL now 80 expert that
nh. can average eight and ten a,
the balk line game and haa made
runs OF 100.
Introduced to the game at "a. Miss
Haywood at 81 Is n finished player.
Her father. II he wished. might
point to the splendid carriage OF his
daughter 10 prove that t.lIiArds Ii n
healthy exercise for women. for she
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-31
SEATTLE TRAP
SHOOTERS WIN
IN WIRE MEET

The Seattle team IN the Northwest
wire trapshooting tourney defeated
the BcIlingham outfit yesterday by
count OF f22 TO 100. A sharp wind
held down the Seattle mems score.
The scores were as follows:
Scnttie--Mait Crowsman. 25: c. l..
Tcmpleton. 70; Il. X. Van Week. 20:
II. X. Scale. 20. and r. Kaynor. a.
Total. 1si. q. A. Conklin and L. s.
Barnes also turned In marks OF "a for
the teicgraphic event.
Bellingham--Gcorgo Miller. "a: Ar
mold Hathbun, "a: w II. Anderson.
"a: iDr. II. w. Spratley. ~. and Jack
Converse. "a.
II was Bcllingham's first defeat OF
the season.
DIR. c. l.. Tcmpleton tied l.. NJ.
Fisher. n professional. in the regular
club shoot with count of 10 out OF
so targets.
The scores:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-31

~leewpy" Laionde. the Montreal
npeAin. deserves great deal OF
ceunit for his work In the gruellins
thir6 period. He was the individual
star Of the visiting squad. Jack
Wa1ker was the big boy for the Sc
akSlo mem
walker scored two OF the Seattle
ronln uuAssisted after sensational
dnaheu down the rink. Foys,on
scored the first Seattle marker In the
f1rst period
II the final period just before the
Cnmndiens scored the winning tally.
Nnlker broke his skates and Foy-
sion went to the bench with a badly
in1ured leg. This broke up the Sc
netla teams play and Macdonald
acueed the fatal marker soon after
eheir departure from the Ice
Eastern Rule . Joke
ma game was another rough at
III. The Eastern penalty system Is
1pke- When man " kicked OFT
~ ~ for rough work another play
= s put in his place.
With this system In vogue the
uonyers can get away with most any
1hinx without materially weakening
1no6r respective aggregnticns-
# risk Patrick. Coast league prcxy.
- III that he intends to make an
- M % have the puck title series
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-31
Sox Regulars
Doun Scrubs
at Taft Camp

TAFT. Cal. March 3i.-Ifolding
the Yannigans 10 two biDgies while
his teammates were running up i6
waliops on bowman. Walter Malls
hurled the Seattle regulars 10 an
easy victory over the second team
hare Sunday afternoon. The final
score was II TO . with the regulars
leading. Marshall spanked IN. ball
out Of the lot for emo OF the two hits
on the doughty southpaw's delivery.
nnd the other blow was q two base
Cfferie by Strat,on.
Bowman hurled great ball In the
fourth. nth and sixth frames. but
~ the other sessions the regulars
rung ~ their hitn easily.
fnfleldef Slshoff. who arrived In
camp Saturday. played right field for
the YannlganH.
Thc boa rcols foiioya.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-31
HERMAN AND
PARK ANNEX
PRIZE COIN

VANCOUVER. u. C.. March al
Rolling sbs each. Johnny Park and
Charley Herman. both members OF
the Dclmonico No. team. of Van
couver. II. c.. split first and second
money In the singles event. In the
Northwest bowling congress. which
closed AZ the Pendcr alleys. here, las,
night.
Perry. Of Tacoma. finished third
with ss2. and Mckay. OF Vancouver.
u. C., rang up 62e.
Kiatt was the high man OF the Sc
attic contingent. with clio. lie land
ed In tenth place.
The scores follow:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-31

Frenchmen, With Backs
to Wall, Stage Heroic
Rally and Cop Ice Tilt
BY LEO II. LASSEN

With Seattle leading goals to o. Les Canadens staged
brilliant rally in the final period of the fourth of the
worlds puck series and rang up three counters tying the
score After Is minutes of overtime play Jack Macdonald
Canaden spare slipped by the Seattle defense and sailed
the rubber into the nets for the winning goal The final
count goals to with the Fasteners the long end
The game under Eastern rules.
The series is tied up in knot and another game
win be necessary to decide the worlds puck honors The
deciding mix Of the series will be played Tuesday West
cm rules will govern the play.
For two periods the Seattle outpayed the visitors
and registered three counters Seattle followers count
R the title surely when the teams skaed the
ice for the final period But the Eastern ice kings using
their superior weight and being the esher team of the two
broke thru the Seattle defense and the
counters to knot the
In the final period the Seattle team took unnecessary
chances to add and in the closing period
when the Canadens staged their big rally the local used
woman defense which proved fatal II the Seattle squad
had played the defensive in the final period the ice
would be
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-31
GOLF IS TOO
DELICATE IF
WIFE CADDIES

SAN FRANCISCO. March al
Golf Is entirely too delicate a game
for man TO play when his wife IL a
caddy.
Mahlon Dolman. advertising man.
liz being sued for divorce. his wifc's
grounds being an allegation that he
left her alone Sundays. and refused
to allow her TO even go TO the links
where he spent the day.
IL was suggested that Doiman lot
his wife accompany him MS caddy II
he disliked playing against her.
Impossible" was his Mortified re
ply. Hitting a golf ball Is n deli.
cate matter. Imagine some one max
ing a trite remark as you were pols-
ed to swing. II would throw you off
your game. Well. that's just about
what a mans wife would do"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-31
De ORC EASILY RETAINS
THREE-CUSHlON TITLE

DETROIT. Mich, March 3i.--
Hanging up 100 points while his OPP
ponent, Gus Copulos. Michigan cham.
pion. was ringing up %. Alfred DE
ORC, worlds three-cushion king. cas-.
lily defeated the Michigan player in
their three-day match which ended
here Saturday night.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-31
SIR THOMAS Upton
VISITS SHAMROCK ~.

NEW YORK. March 3i.--slr
Thomas Upton went to Brooklyn to.
day to Inspect his yacht. Shamrock
~. which has been lying in a ship.
yard there ever since the outbreak
Of the war in 1914 ended plans for
the cup race. Sir Thomas arrived
here yesterday on the Aquitania. He
will spend some time making plans
for the next race In 1920. Sir
Thomas said he probably would
bring HIS newest Shamrock over
next spring to engage in trial races
whit the challenger.