The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 85, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 15, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XIX
A RDM ORE OKLAHOMA. WEDNESDAY EVENING JANUARY 15 1913
NUMBER 8.5
SOCIALISTS BOLT
IT
STILLWATER
INSIST THAT RUSSELL BILL PRO-
VIDED FOR STATEWIDE MEET-
ING INSTEAD OF DISTRICTS.
DEFEAT FOB RUSSELL
In Campbell Russell's Own District
Tw0 Members of Board Recently
Recalled Were Elected as Members
of the New Board.
Stillwater Okla. Jan. 15 Justify-
ing their action upon the terms of
the Kussell bill which they claim
tailed for a state-wide meeting and
not lor live district meetU ' ' the
socialists led by Ewers Whiv y
Largest Gas Well.
. Kufaula Okla. Jan. 11. With a
daily capacity of from 23000000 to
4OO000iiO feet making it the largest
ever drilled in Oklahoma a gas wel!
was brought in Friday of last week
in 17-11-11 four miles northwest of
Lenna and in Mcintosh comity. The
gas was struck at a depth of 1272
feet and this is the fourth gas well
now In this county.
Forged Money Orders.
Guthrie Okla. Jan. 14. In the
United States district court Monday
Harry Stevens was arraigned before
Judge Cotteral and plead guilty tcrj
issuing forged money orders tnd was
cntenced to the federal penitentiary
it Leavenworth f)- two years. Ho
stole a number of blanks from th
postoiTice at Casteria and enrrio
them to Oklahoma City where he is
sued several before he was arrested
v the postal inspectors. He asked
the mercy of the court and the above
was the sentenc. The evidence was
conclusive.
CRUISER DENVER
SENT TO MEXICO
AMERICANS REPORTED TO BE IN
IMMINENT DANGER AT ACA-
PULCO MEXICO.
ed the district meetings and helu0'
mass meeting this morning. Ewers
White was chosen as their tempora-
ry chairman. Committees on perma-
nent organization order of business
and resolutions were appointed and
adjournment was taken until three
o'clock when ten socialist members
of the board of agriculture will be
elected.
All five of the district conventions
assembled this morning hut only
the first district has finished up to
noon. This is Campbell Russell's dis-
trict and he was present. George W.
HInda pt Westvtlle and George W.
Vincent of Claremore were elected
members of the board of agriculture
from this district. Both of these
men were recalled under tbe Rus-
sell bill and their election was a
triumph over Russell.
BILL PROPDSES
BIG i
Daylight Burglary.
During the absence of the family
jesterday afternoon the home of N
V. Story on Fourth avenue north
vas entered bv burglars and
se
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i of valuable jewelry
taken. " . evidently had n
sweet tooth a Jj consumed a box
of chocolate bon bons had been left
upon the dresser in one of the bed
looms. Entrance was gained to tli
building it is thought by means of
a skeleton key. Deputy Powers of
the sheriff's office was notified of the
burglary as soon as it was discov
ered and is at work on the case.
1
OF
I Willi!
SHOWS ONLY 499 MILES OF IM
PROVED HIGHWAY ON TAX
LEVY OF $3877799.84.
KANSAS HAS PLAN TO PLACE EN
TIRE COUNTRY UNDER COMMIS
SION FORM.
Topeka K:n. Jan. 1.'). A bill was
Introduced in the Kansas senate to-
day by S nator N':x;n which wo 1
place the counties under a commissic.i
form of government the same as the
cit'es and abo i h ail coun'y office
wept the pr bate judge cour.tv a'
to-iiey superintendent of schooU and
three commissioners.
A joint resolution was offered to
day by Robert O. Connor demand
ing a legislative investigation of the
expenditure of tho contingent fund
of state officers and the affairs o
the state charitable and penal insti
Unions.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
All Ardmoreite carriers are sup
plied with whlstles which are blown
to notify subscribers of the leaving
of their paper. If you will get the
paper promptly from your Yards
tioors or boxes the service may be
vastly improved.
JOHN G. SPREKELMEYER
City Circulator.
ANOTHER WHITE
HOPE APPEARS
WESTERGUARD GIANT WREST
LER AFTER HEAVYWEIGHT
FIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP.
Duluth Minn. Jan. 15. Claiming
to possess a reach greater than Jack
Johrson weighing 218 .pounds and
standing six feet three Inches Jess
"Westergtiard the wrestler announc-
ed here today that he was going af-
ter the heavyweight boxing cham-
pionship of the world.
Emil Kank erstwhile manager of
Frank Gotch the champion wrestler.
Is behind the new white hope. ' He
will fight Al Williams at Hot
Springs Arkansas on February 15-
Oklahoma City Okli. Jan. 14. A'.
though $1S77799.S4 was It vied by
taxation for road purposes during the
fiscal year ending June 30 19.2 enly
499 mi'es of Improved highway buih
on established grades were construc
ted during thit period in Ol la om
aveprding to the annual r:.ort o.
Sidney Suggs state bight . v ay com-
missioner. This does rot. ir.c uJe
bonds issued for road and bridge pur
poses.
The report recommends tvat a com
pleta system of m.uirin.; riortj oi;
all ex. emlitures of nmeys for roa .;
purposes shou d le foimul.ttd by the
legislatuie so that ot'f.c a's respon
sib'e for tho e.spcnd'tures w. uid use
tin funds intra effectively.
The rejioit sh.ws that ap;iroximit
'y $ 0 was si etu for rejai s o i
br.dges in the state dur ng ti.e Pat
au. 1 urtt'-s tile cons-lriictU n of c..n-
crcte or a better class cf steel bridg
es so tint t' e maintcn nee cost wou'd
be reduced. It is pointed out th it in
th older counties the amount ex
pended for new bridges Is muci
g e:iter than In the cointl's of lor-
mr Indian Territory where prac-
tieally a'l bridges have leen construe
ted sinca stat'liood showing accord-
ing to tho repoit a raj id deteriora
tion of bridges within a few y-. ars
after constructicn in older counti'S.
Boy Shoots Uncle.
Shawnee Okla. Jim. 14. "Doc
Wages a 11-year old orphan boy m as
today placed in j-ail at Tccumseh
charged with shcoting his uncle John
Suttles who was shot through' the
abdomen with a target rifle and prob-
ably will die. The boy claims that
his uncle made a practive of beating
him up and he had mashrdlshrdlu
him and says that he had made up
his mind to "get him
Dock at Panama Open to Vessels.
Colon Jan. 14. That the tanil
Iwwks are progressing rapidly Is
shown by the fact that tbe dock six
teen at Cristobal for permarent me
when the canal is opened is suffic-
iently advanced in construction to ac
commodate two vessels a day.
Live Duck by Parcels Post.
Terrell Texas Jan. 14. V. B.
Martin of this city today sent by
parcel post a live duck to his sbn
in Oklahoma City.
It cost 22 cents while by-Bxpresa
would have cost 60 cents.
SITUATION DESPERATE
American Vessel Should Reach Scene
in Four Days Two Hundred and
Seventy Bluejackets Carried on
Board Also Company of Marines.
Washington D. C Jan. 13. The
cruiser Denver has been oi de-red from
San Diego California to Acapulco
Mexico wheie a desperate Htu.tien
is reported with American residen s
there In danger.
The Denver mill sail tomorrow an I
should arrive at the Mexico port with
in four days.
Commtindbr Washington of the
Denver has two hundred and seventy
bluejackets and a company of mar-
ines on board.
T
AT KANSAS CITY
STOCK YARDS COMPANY AT
KANSAS CITY COMPLIES WITH
STATE LAWS.
NEVER HEARD OF ROOSEVELT.
T
Change In O ff i c i a I s of Kansas City
Company Follows Recent Reorgan-
ization of the Holding Company
Under Laws of State of Maine.
After Bogus Money Arfst.
Waxahachie Tex. Jan. 11. A dj-
tective agency today te?an work on
the ca-e in which business In uses of
Fort 'Worth Dallas Houston and Wax-
ahachie wore swindled through bogus
money orders and checl.s. The bs-
lief is growing that the same lrtan
who 1 assed the bogus money orders
in the larger cities passed bad checks
here.
Mexican Rebels Raiding.
Washington Jan. 14. Cone em is
felt at the ttite department over
alarming rei orts of the Increased rei-
el actid'y in SJithem and South-
western Mexico. Consul Edgar's at
Acapulco reports that all of Costa
Grande is in contiol of a rebel band
under Julim Fadil'a and that rifu-
gees are pouring In'p A aiwlco from
all dire: tich'. Pacil 1 's men ae
threaten!!!? th city wh n th? consul
se nt this rei ort.
CONTENTIONS OF
CRUCE AFFIRMED
LON FRAME'S APPOINTMENT BY
SENATE ON STATt BOAD Or
AFFAIRS 13 UPHELD.
Ok'iihoma City Okla. Jan. 1 1. Tl e
rule of the UnUd States senate bus-
ta ns tho c n e:.t'ens of (lev. Cr.ice
tint I.on Frame was 'confirmed by
tho senate as member of t e state
l.oa: d tf af airs.
Senator G ' rge Bar foet today ie-
ceived the following teleg a n from
Seimtir Cwen. In answer to ui ianuiry
A mijorl y of thoe vot ng in exe3-
utive session is sufficient to onfirm
Ths point of no quorum mu t be
raised or a quorum is assume 1."
In the Oklahoma senate Fiame r?-
celved twenty-one votes the c inten-
tion here being that It r qui es twenty-three.
A quorum was present and
voting.
Kansas City Mo. Jan. 13.--1C. V.
Thayer of Boston was today elected
president of the Kansaa City Stock
Yards Company. George it. Collet t
of St. Louis was elected vice pres-
ident and general manager of the
company combining the duties of
Colonel C. F. Morse and Kugene
Rust former heads.
Other officers named were F. II.
Bamon Boston secretary-treasurer
and W. II. Weeks assistant general
manager.
The change in officials follows the
recent reorganization of the holding
company under the laws of the state
of Maine.
FOR WET SUNDAYS.
Bill to Permit Saloons to Be Open
Sunday Afternoons In St. Louis.
Jefferson City Mo. Jan. 15. Si n
ator Brogan of St. Louis today in-
troduced a bill in the senate ptrm.lt-
ting the opening of salorn.i in t-'t.
Louis on Sundays between 1 p. m
and midnight.
Would Fly Across Alps.
Geneva 'tSwltzerljnd Jan. 14. Gere
Bieloviticcl the Peruvian aviator tried
to make a start from Brig today in
his projected flight acrcss the Alps
to Italy.
He ascended to a height of fi.000
fet but the strong wind forced him
to descend. lie expects to start aga'n
in three days.
1 CROW CASE IN
SUPREME COOIT
YOUNG WOMAN FROM MISSISSIP-
PI IN $15000 SUIT NEGROES
WERE PASSENGERS.
LOCKE GETS PHILLIES.
Pittsburg Man Announces Purchase of
National League Club.
Philadelphia Pa. Jan. 13. W. II.
Locke of Pittsburg who has long been
conected with the Pit sburg Na
tional League club this afte no n an
nouncd that he had pur hase the
I'hlUdelphla National I e gue club.
He has had an option cn that c'ub
for some time.
FLACK PLEADS GUILTY.
Former Abiline Banker G'ven Inde-
terminate Sentence.
Abi'ne ICan. Jan. 15. Jchn A
Flack pleaded guilty In the district
court b're to 'ay to three counts
chargli g altering the booka of the
Abillns State bank. He was given
indeterminate sentence of from three
to n'ne years. He mill be taken t)
L-nslrg tomorrow.
Washington Jan. 1 4. Probably tbe
most novel "Jim Crow c r" case ev. r
before tli - Mipieme ourt of the I'nt
ted States leaehed it today when t!..
Alabama and Vicksburg Kahioiid con
puny fil- (1 an apt e;il from the verdict
of the Missis-tppi court which award
ed Miss 1 'earl Morris $130(10 for dis-
tress of mind and body caused by l e
ing required to occupy a b rth in a
Pullman car in which three negroes
were riding. The ccurt of Mississip-
pi reduced the damages to $20ii0.
'So case of this nature has ever been
considered by the supreme court.
The case is attracting particular
attention because the M ssisiippi
courts have Interpreted th? "Jim
Crow" law. of that state rs applicable
to interstate commerce as well as to
interstate travel.
They jnstiry the law on the ground
that the "Jim Crow'' hw was enact-
ed to preserve order by serarating the
two races and disturbance ia as like-
ly to occur upon an interstite trtin
passing through tha sta'e as u;en a
local train.
Another point upon which the case
may serve as a precedent In case tf
affirmance. In that state "Jim Craw"
laws securing separate accommoda-
tions on passenger trains means that
separate Pullman car3 must be fur-
nished as weil as separate "passen-
ger" cars.
In the case brought to the court
today 'Miss Morris got on the train
and upon entering the Pullman she
observed the presence there of three
negro men. She at once demanded
separate accommodations which were
refused. She boarded the train at
Vicksburg for New York.
Applicant for Naturalization Hadn't
Even Read About Him.
Belleville. 111. Jan. 1 I. There
at least one man In the Unit.
Mates who is neither deaf dam!)
nor blind who has lived here lonu
enough to apply for full naturaliza
tion and who has never heard of
Theodore Roosevelt. A short tim
aner lie saul lie ilhl not. know any
thing about tile ex-president Judg
( row in the circuit court nt Belle
ville decided he was not qualifiei:
tor all tho privileges of an American
citizen. The man is Karl Koudika a
native of Hungary.
"Who's t ho president of the United
States'.'" Judge Crow aske-.l him.
"Taft."
"lo you know the names eif anv
other presidents'.'"
"No."
"Do you know anything about The-
odore Koosevelt?"
"No."
"Kver read of him?"
"No."
The reason for the refusal of nat
uralization as it appears on the court
records is that Koudlka's knowledge
of the United States history i3 In-
Public Service Commission.
Jefferson City Mo. Jan. 13. Sen-
ator Busby of Carroll county today
Introduced a bill in tho state senate
providing for the appointment of a
public service commission. The bill
is said to have the backing of Gov-
ernor Major.
s
SENATE REFERS CHARGES THAT
THEY HAD BEEN ROBBED TO
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
Washington Jan. 14. An investi-
gation of the affairs of the ' Crow
tribe of Indians by the department
of justice will be recommended to the
senate tomorrow by its committee
on Indian affairs. The committee
early today recommended the pas-
sage of the Townsend resolution di-
recting the attorney general to call
upon the secretary of the interior
for any records necessary to the Investigation.
At a meeting later in the day the
committee decided to modify the res
olutiou so that no direct reference
shall be made to the secretary of
tho Interior. This action grew out ot
charges made by Mrs. Helen Pierce
Gray. The committee declined to
pass on tlie evidence Mrs. Gra
submitted and will suggest that the
entire subject bo put into the hand?
of the department of justice.
Mrs. Gray charged that Crow Jfl
diaii records had been concealed C.
destroyed and that the pperty ol
the Indians had been wrongfully
taken from them.
ROCKEFELLER
IS
IN POOR HEALTH
RICHARDSON TELLS COMMITTEE
FINANCIER IS IN NO CONDITION
FOR STRAIN.
TO DECIDE LATER
The Committee Will Determine Later
Whether to Insist upon Rockefeller
Testifying Before the Money Trust
Committee at This Time.
Washington D. C Jan. 13. C. W.
Iticluirdson. who examined William
Rockefeller the financier as to his
condition at the request of tho money
trust investigating committee report
ed to tho committee today.
1 1 it opinion Is that Rockefeller
could testify for an hour or two but
that it would be a great strain. Ho
said he found the magnate suffering
shaking palsy" anid that one vocal
chord Is practically gone.
Chairman .Pujo of the committee
saiil the committee would decide lat
er whether to insist upon Rocke
feller's testimony.
Annual Election of Officers.
At the offices of tha banic yester
day afternoon the following of cers
and board of directors were-eleitod
to servo as executives of the Ardmore
National bank for tho ensuing year:
President G. W. Stuart; first vice
president C. iJL CamipboU; seconi
vice president R. W. Randol; cashier
P. D. Maxwell; assistant Cishler H.
D. McCollum. Members of the hoard
of directors C. M. Campbell Walter
Hardy R. W. Randol G. W. Stuart
J. R. Pennington P. D. Maxwell and.
C. Straehley. .
EUCT REPUBLICAN
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Annual School Apportionment.
Oklahoma City Okla. Jan. 14 The
board of land commissioners made
the annual apportionment f. r . com-
mon schools. A total of f 54 1590 crl-
lected by the schcol land do artment
and $5413!) collected by the stale
treasurer Is to be disbursed amount-
ing to $1.10 for each schol child in
the state.
FORMER CONGRESSMAN BUR-
LEIGH ELECTED SENATOR OVER
GARDNER DEMOCRAT.
Augusta Maine Jan. 13. Former
Congressman Edward C. Burleigh was
elected United States Sfnator by the
Maine legislature today. The vote
was: Burleigh republican 91; Gard-
ner democrat 82; Thompson pro-
gressive 7. Sixty one vo'.es were
ncc 'ssary for a ciiclco.
Would Abolish Enforcement Dep't.
Oklahoma Citjy Okla. Jan. 14.
Members of the theriff's assoc'at'ori
In session today adopted a reso'utlon
urging the legislature io alxli h the
state enforcement department de-
claring that it was in no way an aid
in enforcing the law. Resolution was
passed thanking the railroads for the
one-cent fare to tha sheriffs. J. K
Long of Wagoner was elected presi
dent of the association. Sheriff Blank-
enship of Ca'do ccunty was liected
vice pres'dent and Charles Buaie cf
Chandler secretary and treasurer.
Money for Carter County Schools
County Superintendent L. M. Thurs-
ton received a communication this
morning from R. H. 'Wilstn state su-
perintendent of eeiucation stating th::t
tho commissioiif r of the land office
had been instruct! d to ("raw a war-
rant on the state treasurer for the
sum of $96.")fi.t0 which is the amount
due Carter county for the first semi-
annual apportionment of school mon-
eys for the ire ent year.
BOB
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Evangelistic Services.
Although the weather was unfavor-
able yet a good sized congregation
was in attendance at the First Proi-
byteiian church last night. Rev. Mc-
Connell preached an especially strong
teimon on earnestness of the thr.'
persons of the Godh ad in s?eHn?
the lost. Do not fail to come tcuil.t.
Stop and read tha Want Ads.
SATISFIES COURT OF HIS INTEN-
TIONS BOND ON SMUGGLING
CASE SURRENDERED.
Chicago HI. Jan. 13. Jack John-
son the negro fighter who was
taken from a Grand Trunk train at
Battle Creek Mich. yesterday upon
instructions from the federal officials
here gave a satisfactory explanation
to Judge Carpenter today of his at-
tempted trip to Canada and was not
surrendered on the thirty thousand
dollar bond covering the Mann
charge. He was given up however
on the five thousand dollar bond
under a smuggling charge and was
given time in which to secure a new
bond.
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