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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-07-26
BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE
TO WIFE AND MOTHER

Il was a beautiful tribute that was
paid 20 the late Mrs. Eugena sullivan.
wife OF DR.. G. r. sullivan at her fun.
crl yesterday. Many people we're
here from other sections oi the coun.
try 10 attend the services. Especially
was Lone Grove well represented as
this was The home OF the Sullivan fam.
ny for many years. The Baptist
church whore services were held was
filled TO oyerflowinr and the altar was
banked with flowers Scarcely was
there ever 50 many floral offerings at
a funeral. Dr. r. l.. Davidson. pas.
tor OF the deceased. gave an impressive
sermon. II was beautiful tribute to
q departed wife and mother.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-07-26
BY RUTH NOLAN
- Phone 5SS -
Five O'clock Ten For Visitors.

Five O'clock Tea For Visitors.
Mrs. Iyey Johnson will give a five
o'clock tea, Wednesday afternoon in
her home. 1876 McLish avenue, south
west, in honor OF her niece, Miss Cir
ginia Edwards OF Denton, Texas, and
Miss Crystelle Waggoner OF Wichita
Falls, Texas.
Miss Waggoner is the house guest
Of Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Fairchild, 800
l street, southwest.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-07-26
ANY RAGS LADY,

ANY rags any bones any bot
ties to-day. The big black rag
picker is coming this way. Any
rags lady?"
In order to keep our machinery
clean and in good working order
we are obliged TO have clean cot
ton rags. We will pay cents per
pound delivered or will call for
them and pay cents per pound.
Phone 5
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-07-26
Important Meetings
Scheduled For Week
WEDNESDAY

Ryonis Club: Regular noon lunch.
con session OF the Ryonis Club will
be held Wednesday noon at First
Presbyterian church. Mrs. John
Whiteman president.
Rotary Club; Regular weekly lunch
con session of the Rotary Club will
be held Wednesday noon at the Cham.
Der OF Commerce. ]. r. Dexter. presi-
dapf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-07-26
FREE ADMISSION TO ROLLER
RINK EVER NIGHT. WHITING.
TON PARK AMUSEMENT CO.
ADV.

washingion,-The Bergdoll investiga-
ton ended with no statement from
the congressional committees which
had been directed to fix responsibility
for Grover Bergdolls escape.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-07-26
THURSDAY

Lions Club: The Lions Club will
meet in weekly noon luncheon ses.
sion Thursday at Hotel Ardmore. o.
G Lasher, president.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-20
How JackieS Fought U-Boats
With Mother Goose Rhymes

numbers and letters words were
used 20 desi gnate submarine chasers
when telephoning into the ether.
The commander of one group
named his boats In jingle or phrases.
Three boats constituted submarine
hunting unit One set was known
az "red-white blue" another as corn
meal-mush." and a third as high
low-Jack."
"Quack! Quack! Quack." meant
operate at once"
TO became an amusement with the
Goose and other weil-kn0wn rhymes.
Most OF these parodies had 20 do
with the risky JOB on which they
were engaged. Here is one OF them.
paraphrasing The Spider and the
Fly"
Wont you come into my area -
said the chaser to the sub.
TN treat you just as kindly as
would a tiger cub,
L Will listen TO your motors. I will
catch you without fail.
And then promise 1 VIII put some
salt upon your tail"
Alphabet i'm Words.
The use Of words instead Of letters
for the navy flag signals was follow
ed by the subchaser5 generally. Those
down at Corfu. for instance, guard
Ing the barrage across the Straits Of
Otranto. and chasing Austrian L
boats. had a word for every letter
IN the alphabet.
The alphabet ran thus. Able. boy,
cast, dog. easy. fox, George. have,
item. Jig. king love. Mike. Nan. oboe.
pup, quack. rot. sail. tars, unit, vice.
watch. X-ray. yoke. zed.
''Arble4boyi" was the code to Take
hunt formatiOn--distan 500 yards.
Almost any necessary order or in
formation could be transmitted by
radio-phone by means Of this code.
Here is a typical instance OF how it
worked when a submarine was
heard:
Listener OF Boat No. 1 reports:
Submarine. 90 degrees"
Executive Officer: Submarine 1913
degrees"
Executive reports: 80 Cnumber of
wing boaD turbine 112 degrees.
Executive reports: "3 number Of
other wing boat) submarine $50 de
grees."
Captain orders: Course 1913 de-
grees."
Executive 10 radio: "FOx-unit:
-easy-casti"
Executive to listeners: "Up-tube.'
start Hunt for U-BOat.
At the order "Up-tube," the listen
ing tube IS raised from its position
beneath the vessel: the signal-bOy
beside the mast hoists the cone, the
position OF which shows the other
boats what the engine of this sub
chaser Is doing: the stersman puts
the wheel over, and the vessel heads
for the estimated locality of the L
boat. All this is done in moment
or two.
If the submarine is not located
the captain orders stop" the exec
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-20

utive orders Down tube." The
tube. which extends through the
bottom OF the chaser, is lowered,
and the listener strives again 70 hear
the sound OF the U-boat
We built over 400 OF these little
sub chasers -110-foOt wooden
boats We let the French navy have
90. They all gave a good account OF
themselves. crossing the ocean under
their own power and weatheriEg
storms which made heavy going for
the bis liners.
They served in our coast patrol
and operated IN foreign waters from
bases at Queenstown. Plymouth.
Brest, Gibraltar and Corfu.
There were So based on Corfu.
whose chief duty It was TO guard the
entrance 20 the Adriatic in order 70
prevent the escape Of enemy subs
into the Mediterranean. the most
dangerous stretch Of the long water
line Of communications which the
allies had TO use.
They were part Of the Otranto
barrage. consisting OF mines and
three lines OF patrol vessels-the
first two composed OF British de-
stroyers and the third OF American
subchasers. The Austrians say that
barrage accounted for at least six
U-boats.
Good Work at DurazzO.
Our subchasers distinguished
themselves particularly in their par
ticipation in the attack on the Aus
trian naval base at Durazzo oct. ,.
1913. A dozen Of them escorted tho
British and italian men-of-war.
Drawing the fire Of the forts and at
lacking the U-boats under a rain Of
shells They emerged from the
conflict unscathed.
The following disTatch from the
admiral in command of the British
Adriatic naval force, with which
they operated, gave me a thrill:
II am most gratifed for the val
liable service rendered by u sub
marine chasers. under Capt. c. +.
Nelson, U. s. n. and Lieut. Com. P.
i. Basterdo. L. s. n. whom I took
tho liberty Of employing in an op-
GRAFTON against Durazzo on Oct. 2.
f"They screened heavy ships during
the commandments under enemy fire
also apparently destroyed definitely
one submarine. which torpedoed ~.
~. S. Weymouth, and damaged.
probably destroyed, another subma-
riae. During the return voyage they
assisted in screening II. NJ. S. Wey-
mouth and in escorting enemy hos
Dital ship which was being brought
in for examination. Their conduct
throughout was beyond praise. They
all returned safely without Nasual-
ties. They thoroughly enjoyed
themselves"
Relates Thrilling Experience.
The most thrilling experience be-
longs probably to S. G. 2S, one of the
so we turned over to France. Alexis
Puluhen commanded the s. c. %.
II was manned by French sailors. In
storm on the night OF Jan. 16.
1918, It disappeared. It's sister shirs
weathered the gale. but II was miss
ing when the sky cleared.
on Feb. IS, a month and two
DAYS later. we heard from it at the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-20

Azores. crew and commander safe
and well.
Puluhen tells a story OF danger
and hardship. Their engines broke
down. Drifting helplessly IN the
white-capped sea they kept watch
for some friendly craft. Two steam
ers were sighted that same night
and signaled, but TO no avail The
s. 9. IS was leaking and the pumps
had TO be kept going constantly.
Next day they saw the mast OF a
salvo. but the vessel fed
They tried TO start the engines.
but had no lubricating oil They
used all the salad OF and butter. It
was no use. The dynamo burned
out. The radio would not work.
They took the boats linen and made
sales Of ia fore-and-aft mainsail
a staysail and a '1eg-of-mutton'
sail at the small foremost. The crew
was put on the smallest rations;
drinking water was doled out SO.
catching "A breeze, they sailed east.
They were able TO make about four
miles an hour.
Gets Help at last.
They sailed for a month. They
saw other ships. but no ship dared
to let them get near. Doubtless
they were feared as some new trick
OF the treacherous enemy. soon
after dawn on Feb. Is, Puluhen
sighted land. About noon he recOg-
nized it as Fayal. and hoisted the
signal "YP''-'I need a tug" A tug
came out and towed him into Horta.
The S. c. %, after undergoing re-
pairs. took up it's journey. and a lit
tie later but far better late than
never. assumed It's place with the
other American-built chasers Ia
trolling the French coast. What
better tribute could there be to the
seaworthiness of these little boats
or the heroism and resource Of she
men who manned them2
(Another article by former Sec'y.
Daniels will be printed Friday.)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-20

Numbers may De confused and are
hard TO keep In mind. but a line.
verse. a combination OF words close
IL associated IN familiar lingo cling
10 the memory. The submarine
ehseers csd not have distinctive
names. Ike the destroyers, but were
designated by Numbers c. n.
s. G. 2s. s. c.. 252. and 20 on. Wire
less telegraphy takes numbers accu-
ratelv. but those who use the wire
trouble IN distinguishing numbers
ana letters as do people using the
telephone on land. SO. instead OF
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
The Open Door to Wash
inqtOn's Public Schools
By BILL PRICE.

With our public schools dangerously crowded because
OF the failure of Congress to authorize construction
recent years. it is natural that there should be
opposition to Maryland and Virginia children having
restricted privileges of entrance The opposition is
strongest in those suburban sections closest to Maryland
and Virginia the schools Of which attended by children
from the two States.
In any attempt by the Commissioners the Board
of Education to restrict this outside attendance however
the greatest iberaty should be shown To begin with
most of the children complained of and daughters
of and who work in Washington and who spend
practically all their money here whose associations and
interests lie largely in the District large number of the
parents workers in the District and Federal Govern
ments where their salaries measly low They have
to the nearby country to and for free
dom from congestion and undesirable conditions They
virtually Washingtonians
But general principles the door Of no Washington
public school should be shut to any American child seeking
free education and it should be shut to the young of
those citizens living close to who trade and do business
with This applies with special force to the grammar"
schools There might be argument in favor of change
for entrance to the high schools but matter of broad
educational policy and American fairness the open door,
should prevail in Washington schools
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
HUMANIsMs n
William Athert0n Du Puy-

Here is a story which has gone to the ends
of the earth and which is alleged to have origi-
mated with certain member of Congress from
the State of Michigan who will neither affirm
nor deny the allegation
1t is said that this Congressman was driving
down Pennsylvania avenue in a large and or
nate automobile and that, he approached the
intersection of streets, that OF the cross
ing. the Irish policeman, raised his hand in mag
nificent command that the approaching traffic
halt The Congressmans car didn't quite reach
that quescent stage of entire mmobility until
it had bumped into the back of a flivver just
ahead.
The majestic cop strode Indignantly up to the
what's IT'S ts the idea" ta he said Don't yez know
there are traffic regulations? Gimme your
kelly" said the Congressman meekly
First name" said the policeman with abating
"Patrick, Patrick Kelly" was the reply.
Hay, You" called out the policeman to the
this man to back into"'
Down in the district Of Congressman Ben John
son of Kentucky there lives very learned man
who reads the Congressional Record every day.
There is probably no member of Congress who
knows as well what goes on on the floor OF the
House-unless it be Mr.. Mann of Illinois.
This Kentucky student holds that Mr. Mann
is the greatest parliamentarian of all time. Rep
resentative Johnson believes that his constitu-
ent is right Carlisle, he says, was the master of
them all in his grasp of the really big questions.
Mann, says the student from Kentucky. would
count the seeds in pumpkin.
The verdict in Detroit is that its baby Con-
gressman made good. In the Thirteenth district
last fall man was to be elected to serve from
December to March, and another man was to be
chosen for the two-year term that followed.
Clarence Mcleod, lad OF twenty-four, a former
soldier, was nominated for the short term. He
ran ahead Of everything in the field. Later he
sorry he had not filed for the long term.
When Mcleod got to Washington the door
keepers would not let him the floor of the
House. They asked IL he page and he
said he a member. They laughed at him.
To be sure, he was small of stature, smooth of
face. He might have been eighteen.
Mcleod had never made a speech. He wrote
out, committed it to memory, delivered 1t
every day for a week in his rooms over in the
House office building. 1t was about taking care
Of the service men. 1t went fine when he got
right out front and speld it off, He made sew
eral speeches on the floor of the House He be-
came the fad around Washington, and was often
asked to address audiences. He accepted all invi-
tations. He needed the practice.
He liked 1t in Congress. He says he is COM
ing back II they don't send him next year he
will become the perpetual candidate. The Thir-
teenth district might well reconcile itself to
Mcleod.
Copyright. 1921, by Public Ledger Coz
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
IN war, or any important move
ment, THE LEADER is most

N war, or any important move
ment, THE LEADER is most
= important. Success cannot come
when the wrong man leads.
In such a matter, sympathy plays
no part. If tactics fail, the leader
must be changed.
Labor unionism in America is in
"a dangerous condition, and intelli-
gent trade unionists know it.
Many employers, including great
railroad and other corporations, are
planning deliberately to destroy the
existence of labor unions.
The "open shop" means destruc-
ton of all that labor unions have
accomplished. That destruction is
the aim is frankly and boastingly
admitted by the greatest employing
powers in the United States.
With such a combination and
such plan, if labor unions are not
well led, they will go down.
Mr.. Gompers is an old man; the
excitement of the war, his great
sympathy with England, the coun-
try of his birth; the flattery shower
ed upon him by the profteers and
by foreign potentates in war times
have diminished considerably his
sense of proportion and made it
impossible for him to realize i'm
portant facts.
In thinking about England and
the allies and trying to force labor
union men to vote for the League
Of Nations he forgot trade unienism
and the workers that have trusted
him, followed him AND PAID HIM
nearly all of his life.
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
FRED'S LAST LINE PUZZLE.

Line puzzles continue to interest
the fans, those Of FRED GEILINGER
having a big following. There are
many requests for more of his puzzles.
Probably he'll comply when his mint
bed connects up with something Of a
liquid nature. The fans find the
words of his last puzzle to have been:
Say Bill, It looks as II the mint bed
in my back yard Is expecting company.
III had sherry could have sherry
and egg. IL ! had an egg.
washington Times Heard and Seen"
The fans even took the trouble to
count all the circles to see IL they
were all there, w. b. BROWN thought
IL n good Chinatown puzzle.
Solutions were from PEGGY BEE,
LOUIS A. GENSBERG, w. b. BARK
Err, r. J. L., o. RHINE, LENoRE
JAMES, X. Y. T.. LITTLE EVA"
"BRICK." "GOODY- -GOODY," RAN
DOLPH BELFIELD. Silver Spring,
Md, JOE NJ. w. Mrs. w. II. L..
EAGLE PASS" SQUIRREL FOOD"
CELIA s.. "oMINoT." TERESA CAR
LIN, MACK L. sPARRoUGH, MAR
GARET TURNER, and "CATS-EYES,"
IONA FORD" ETA LoTTA
PRUNEs," ALFRED WYNN. suitland.
Nd
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
4 NeW Fashion
WE have our little fashions in
w ladies' skirts, in pointed

WYE have our little fashions in
w ladies' skirts, in pointed
shoes, in automobiles and in
surgical operations. The fashion
able operation USED to be blood let
ting. Many a man was bled into
his grave by well-meaning doctors.
More recently the fashion was an
operation removing the vermiform
appendix.
NOW the fashion is removing ton
sils, and in New York a special hos
pital has been established to do
nothing but remove tonsils and ade-
noids.
Interesting is the fact that we do
not know why tonsils exist or what
they do. But they are not there
for nothing, and some day tonsilot-
omy will be replaced by better
methods. 1t may be the best thing
now.
A "church for animals" is started
in New York city. The idea is to
preach the truth that all animals are
entitled to life, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness. 1t is good idea
"to champion The cause of animals ,
rights" But if "all life and con-
sciousness are the same," real kind
ness to animals would do away with
them all, that their consciousness
might return here in human bodies
only; no inferior bodies would be
available if all the lower forms were
killed off.
The Washington times., 1921-03-28

usual one for old and young alike.
Contribs and readers of Heard and
Seen are ALL in for the fun There
are so many novel schemes OF nut
decorations space forbids details and
names A "STENO-TEBO CLUB" girl
will wear a peanut with a face on 1t,
dressed in yellow, with bow of pink
and yellow ribbon around it-a pea
nut doll. AL KEMIST'' has fshed
out an iron nut from a bolt and Will
be right there. "SCOTTIE," over st
st. Elizabeth's. is going to be out
with bagpipe, kits and Scottish nuts,
etc.
ready like that above.
II there's anybody not going to cele-
brate they've failed to make IL known.
Those who get cold feet will be
ragged" by those who stick to their
present plans.
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
We TOWNE GOSSIP
Registered U. q Patent ofneA
K. G. B.

DEAR K C. B.-I have observed that a
certain theatrical manager has three sue
cesses running in New York today-all SINH
lar in the fact that they are written by
Americans and are clean.
The most recent is "Dear Me" at the Re-
public, starring Miss La Rue and Mr.. Hamilton.
You have opinions and don't seem to mind
expressing them. Tell me, do you attribute
the producing Of this series of "clean plays"
to reasons Of moral upift or business cupid
ity? In short, are optimistic plays like Dear
Me" done for virtue or dollars?
ELSIE HYDE.
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
Stabbing Poor
Old Woman
WHENEVER you read news
w paper you realize that civil
ization has not really BEGUN

lZatlOn has not really BEGUN
in this world.
You read about the unfortunate
old woman, at village near Sara
gossa, in Spain, stabbed to death by
superstitious villagers who thought
her a witch. How much real civil
ization has there been in Saragossa7
Many so-called civilizations have
passed through Saragossa since
Caesar Augustus (Saragossa is a
corruption of those two names) es-
tablished the city two thousand
years ago. Romans, Visigoths,
Moors, and Christians" have ruled
it in turn and given it their "civil-
ization.'
Ferdinand and Isabella gave the
Moorish palace to the Inquisition,
which there developed a peculiar
brand of civilization. They show
YOU at Saragossa the spot where
Byron's "Maid of Saragossa" help
ed defend the city. They show you
the beautiful pillar on which the
sacred vision appeared to st. James
as he was passing through the city.
There are beautiful palaces and
towers, canals, and traditions. But
the villagers after two thousand
years of Christianity STAB AN
OLD WOMAN TO DEATH, believ-
ing her to be a witch with "the
evil eye"
Whoever knows the world and it's
history knows that those villagers
with their sharp stilettos, stabbing
the old woman, represent with suf~
ficient accuracy more than seventy
five per cent of the worlds popula-
ton, of which about six hundred
millions are white and about thou
sand millions black, brown or
yellow.
In this country and in Europe the
average of intelligence is far lower
than it was in Athens three thou
sand years ago, barbarism has been
rolling in and making itself at home
during three thousand years. How
many other thousands of years will
it take to get civilization really
startedi
But here is a good sign. The Su.
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
Did You Know That

The average whale yields 900 gallons OF oil.
Given plenty of water. a horse can subsist
twenty-five days without fsod.
Some birds, such the cuckoo, and many in
sects like the May fly. always produce a great
superfluity OF males.
There are slightly over a million books in the
library attached to the British Museum. but the
Imperial Library in Paris possesses over two
million books.
Steel melts at a lower temperature than maiie-
abla iron
The Washington times., 1921-03-28

" U w dSfiinR
tonians w n o
follow the G. o.
G. Not only
re thousands
going to wear
n u is Of a |
kinds, fancifully
tied or decorated
w ! t h ribbons,
b u t { h e y r e
going to make
a jolly day of
II all around.
The occasion Is
to be an un-
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
1T MAY BE so.

1T MAY BE SO.
Tho a kiss be amiss,
She who misses the kisses
As Miss without kiss,
May miss being a Mrs.
And he who will miss
The kisses of misses
May miss having the bliss
OF being Mr.. to Mrs
ITO the column of the people, By
the people, and for the people.
writes "IME." And, literally, this
is correct.
silk were her hose,
Short was her skirt
Powdered was her nose,
And she was q nirt
Slim was his tie.
Smsshed-in his hat,
when she caught his eye
His wallet went nat.
I. B. soc.
Teacher--From whence, children.
comes our great supply OF nuts?
JOHNNY guess its through the
Heard and Seen column. ma'am. n
supplies all those in this city.
PHoToPLAY.
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
The Harm, That GOmpers
Is Doing Organized Labor

Everybody recognizes the good
work that Mr.. Gompers has done
in the past, when his mind was with
union labor, when he was content to
be a leader of union LABOR, one
of the workers BEFORE he had, in
his own thought, established him
self as world power, representing
the British Empire in the United
States and undertaking to compel
the workers of the United States
to vote to suit him, and to
suit England, the country of his
birth. He tried to make workers
vote TO TIE THIS COUNTRY UP
WITH ENGLAND AND OTHER
EUROPEAN NATIONS.
You know how thoroughly that
effort of Mr.. Gompers and his two
foreign-born associates was repudi-
ated at the last election. Every
body knows how the United States,
intelligent workmen included, re-
jected the League of Nations.
Union labor needs young, concen-
trated American. Mr.. Gompers
should make room for such a man.
And, failing that, the labor union
with consideration, all possible
courtesy and gratitude for past
services, should pension Mr.. Com
pers, retire him with some dignified
"ex" title, and choose man as the
head of the American Federation of
Labor ABLE TO MAKE THE
FIGHT THAT THE Fedora
TION OF LABOR MUST MAKE
or go down.
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
THE o. g..

The G. o. c.
Is a @. o. glee
To Me,
Yet the Ofnce Goat will say O. G.
IL these contribs miss the G. o. c.
y TRAY.
(The new OFFICE GOAT is not so
fat as you think, with the good con-
tributions coming in.)
The Washington times., 1921-03-28
WHAT KIND OF A FISHs

] saw in the G. o. c. where a con-
trib would stick to II and s until
the fish wear rain coats"
He won't stick very long, because
many FISH wears a raincoat when
he takes a girl out on a rainy night.
CHECK ROOM CHARLIE.