The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 156, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 8, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XIX
ARDMORE OKLAHOMA. TUESDAY EVENING APRIL 8 1913
NUMBER 15(5
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R DIRECT VOTE
NEW AMENDMENT TO THE CON-
STITUTION IS THE SEVEN-
TEENTH ADOPTED.
CONNECTICUT FOR IT
Vith the Adoption of the Amendment
By That State Today it Became a
Law No Legislation by Congress
Will be Necessary.
Hartford Conn. April 8. The pro-
posed amendment to the federal con-
stitution providing for popular elec-
tion of United States senators was
ratified by the Connecticut general
assembly today.
To Issue Proclamation.
Washington I). ('. April 8. -The
direct (.-lectio n of Unit 3d Statts sena-
tors lv popular vot3 became a pro-
vision of the constitution today by
Connecticut's ratification as thirty-
six s'ates have approved. As soon
as the governors of the approving
staTes formally notify Secretary Bry-
an he will Issue a proVani.ttion in-
ii..u'.i."i:)r! the change.
The Seventeenth Amendment.
Washington April. 8. The new
amendment to the constitution for
the popular ejection of United States
senators is the seventeenth to be
adopted. It reads:
"The senate of the United States
shall bo composed of two senators
from each state' elected by the peo-
ple thereof for six years; anj each
senator shall have one vote. The
electors In each state shall have the
qualifications requisite for electors of
the most numerous branch of the
state legislatures.
"When vacancies happen in the rep-
resentation of any slate In the senate
the executive authority of each state
shall Issue writs of election to fill
such vacancies provided that the leg-
islature of any state may empower
the executive thereof to make tempo-
rary appointments until the people
fi'l the vacancies by election as the
legislature may direct."
The amendment primarily transfers
the power of electing senators from
the state legislatures to the people
at the polls. To effect this change it
was necessary to alter the machinery
for the filling of vacancies In the Ben-
ate. Tor more than sixty years pro-
posals have been made to change
the constitution so as to provide for
the direct e'ection of senators. It.
was'not however until June 24 11)11
that the senate was iii'luced for the
first time in its history to give its
consent to the change. On that day
It voted to submit to the states the
proposed amendment. The resolution
to submit had already passed the
house in a somewhat different form
I'.efore adjournment of the session
ilurh houses agreed to the language
to be emp'oyed and the resolution
was deposited with the secretary of
state May lfi 1 rl 2 for distribution
among the stales.
The origirfai theory in establishing
the choice of senators was that they
representC'.l the states where as the
members of the house represented
the people t'f their districts. It was
because of this theory of the state as
a unit that all states large and small
were given equal representation in
the senate. Rhode Island having the
same number as New York or Penn-
sylvania. In the theory of the con-
stitution framers this entity of the
state was thus ma'de more distinct
under the federal system and the
state legislature was regarded as the
suitable medium for expressing this
state entity. Later it was contended
that state entity would still he pre-
serve if the people of the state in-
s:ead of thelegislature chose the
senators and this view has now been
accepted as the basis cf th c k w
system.
Call 2H and I will call for and de-
liver all tubs tea kettles and small
sodering at what it will cost you to
send it to the shop. Papa has the
shop and I want the experience.
S-4t JENNINGS BERRYHILL.
SENATORS
A Beneficial Rainfall.
ArJmore and vicinity was visited
last night by a most beneficial rain-
fall. For a "time the gathering clouds
and rolling thunder seemed to threat-
en a heavy storm of wind and many
of Ardmore's citizens sought their
cyclone cellars In fear and trembling
notwithstanding the fact that this
section Of the country has never been
visited by a destructive storm.
Fortunately the windstorm did not
materialize although the rain fell in
abundant quantities. The rainfall in
Ardmore a mot ' 1 to nine-tenths of
an inch and tt nornlng everything
looked bright j? refreshed. It is
said that both ' h and west of this
city for a com "ablo distance the
precipitation w " nuch heavier than
it was here. J?
Taken as a jl thing Carter
countv ha3 hac
.ty of moisture
this spring and t ."sent rain leav-
es the ground in J" cry pink of
condition for the growi. of the oat3
and corn crops which are already in
the soil.
Dressmaking at reasonable pricos.
Good work. Mrs. Samples and Owens
i;il D street N. W. Phone 702.
8-3
ARTICLES OF TODAY TO BE COM-
PARED WITH THOSE OF 100
YEARS HENCE.
Oklahoma City Okla. April 7. On
April 22 Oklahoma's natal day the
Ladles' Aid society of the First Eng-
lish Lutheran church of Oklahoma
City will bury a century chest In a
vault to be constructed on the church
property and to be opened on April
22 2013. There will be placed in the
chest things of today for comparison
with things 100 years off. Among
them will be a woman's dress hat aiH
accessories man's apparel copy of the
present laws photographs In fact
a multitude of matter that will ex-
hibit life business government or
anything else of this date.
The Indian whose blood is rapidly
being diffused with that of the Cau-
casian and in. the approaching cen-
tury probably will be left only as a
trace Is not to be forgotten. As rep-
resenting the first settlers of the
continent and original inhabitants of
Oklahoma and from which much of
the local tractijon comes IMrs.
George (1. Sohlberg president of the
Ladies' Aid society of the church
will gather much In document pic-
ture and dress. Mrs. Michael Conlan
of Oklahoma City a descendant of the
Kolsoms and Colberts of the Choctaw
and Chickasaw nations has written
to Senator Kobt. I... Owen as repre-
sentative of the Cherokees for a
greeting to the people at I he chest's
opening. Mrs. Conlan will also fur-
nish a copy of the Bible the Lord's
Piayer in Choctaw and Chickasaw.
The prayer was translated by Rev.
Israel Folsom. The chest will also
contain a picture of Julius Folsom
said to be the only living member of
the Choctaw tribe who accompanied
the exodus fiom east of the Missis-
sippi to Indian Territory. Julius Fol-
som Is an ancestor of Mrs. Conlan and
Mrs. Thomas iW. Hunter of Hugo.
Greetings will he obtained from
Governor Johnston and Gov. Locke
of the two southern tribes from the
Indian members of the legislature
together wi'h their photographs
Congressman Charles D. Carter and
William Guy of Sulphur an ex-governor
of the Chickasaw nation.
Carfylt't Idea of Love.
Love is not altogether a delirium
yet it has many points in common
therewith. I call it rather a discern-
ing of the infinite in the finite of the
Ideal made real Carlyle.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Now Orleans April S. The
weather forecast for Oklaho--ma
for tonight Is fair and
colder with frost in the west-
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CENTURY JEST
WILE BE Bli
WOO EXTRA VOTES GIVEN FREE
WITH FIRST FOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS
TURNED IN Bl EVERY CONTESEANT
GRAND STARTING OPPORTUNITY TO ALL CANDIDATES Fl RST
LIST OF NOMINATIONS WILL BE PUBLISHED TOMORROW NOM-
INATE YOURSELF OR A FRIEND TODAY AND GET INTO THIS
GRAND RACE FOR POPULARITY AND WIN A BIG PREMIUM
EQUAL DIVISION OF TERRITORY AND PRIZES TO EVERY LADY
IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA.
The interest in The Ardinoreite's
great double automobile premium
and gold contest is growing steadily
and to make things hum during the
next few days we are going to give
free CO 000 extra votes with the
first four subscriptions for one year
each to The DuilyArdmoreite new or
renewal by mail or carrier. This
is done to give the early starting
contestants in the race an incen-
tive to commence hustling for 'vote
right from the very start of the big
campaign.
This is one of the best opportuni-
ties of the contest to get an extra
bundle of votes and every candidate
should take advantage of it. Tho
early work is what counts In a
contest of this kind and the earlier
jou get started the better. All
your friends as soon as they see
you are in the contest will com-j
mence at once to save and give you i
their votes and subscriptions.
There is still plenty of time to
The Senate "Unconvertible"
Just a word to the "tin bridge"
gang.
It might have been easy for you
to go down to the forks of the
creeks and induce unsuspecting
farmers to believe your vituperation
and abuse against Sidney Suggs but
there is not a member of the sen-
ate who regardless of his personal
ideas along the lines of highway
Improvement will believe you.
You have been telling the farm-
ers that .Sidney Suggs was drawing
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS A
YEAR from the state treasury and
doing nothing In return.
Every member of the senate knows
that Col. Suggs has not drawn a
single cent from the state treas-
ury but that on the contrary he In
his enthusiasm and faith in the leg-
islature had advanced the state
nearly SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS
in order to keep open the highway
department.
You might have got some o theso
fanners who do not know and could
not know any better to believe that
Col. Suggs was Incompetent did not
know anything about read building
but every senator in the legislature
knows that no man has made a clos-
er and more practical study of tho
road situation as it exists in Okla-
homa than Col. Suggs.
As a matter of fact Col. Suggs
knows TOO MUCH about tho road
and bridge situation to suit these
tin bridge men. He knows and has
already published the fact that they
and not more than a dozen of
them at that are getting something
like TWO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
from the treasury of the state every
year.
Therein lies the opposition of these
men but thank God the senate can-
not be hoodwinked by them.
Col. Suggs will be highway com-
missioner for another two years. If
WON'T PRESENT CHARGES.
Charges Made by Oklahoma City Man
Returned to Him by Vice President.
(Washington D. C April . Vice
President Marshall has declined to
present to the senate the allegations
charging a western sena'or with im-
proper conduct and announced that
he had returned the written charges I
to the author Jim R. Jacobs. j
Miss Sinclair has opened a kinder-!
garten in the Annex to the Presbyter-1
inn church. Hours 9:3u to 11:30 a. m. j
She is a recent graduate from the Kin"!
r.erparten Trainii g School. Parents!
are invited to visit the kindergarten. I
Phone 236. !
send in jour nomination and join
the prize winners. Nominations will
bo received for a limited time yet
and anyone ran nominate any eligi-
ble lady either married or single
ami-with the first nomination re
ceived the nndidate will get 20000
votes free as a starter toward tin
w inning of any premium In the larg.:
list of awards.
Just two contest districts the
city of Ardmore District No. 1 and
all outside territory District No. 2.
Sixteen grand prizes equally ' divided
eight for each district. Any can
di.late can get subscriptions rnd
votes in any of the districts
and anyone may vote for any can
didate anvwhere. Get interested
and join in the fun. Its costs noth
ing and there is profitable pleasure
lor everybody. Call on telephone or
write the contest editor and loam
more about the great circulation
campaign.
the legislature does not make prop
er provision for the department of
highways so it can save the tax-
payer thousands of dollars each
year and Inaugurate a proper system
whereby taxpayers can get adequate
return for his money. Col Suggs will
make a direct and personal appeal
to the people for support and will
continue to be a thorn In tho side
of these tin bridge men and by
sheer force of his personality he will
educate the people up to his Ideas
of .permanent construction and rid
the slate of this octopus whose chief
aim is to sell to the various coun
ties and townships inferior cheap
alleged steel and corrupgated bridges
and culverts for which they get an
Immense profit after allowing even
as high as thirty and forty per cent
commissions for the salesman.
Col. Suggs is urging competent
inspection of nil such construction
where none now exists. Ho Is urg-
ing that every township has some-
hod v on w hom to call for expert help
when it comes to difficult drainago
and construction iiroblems. Col.
Siiiics is advocating an engineer in
every county who shall make such
plans as might bo necessary and he
is also advocating the adoption of
stat. standard plans which embrace
every factor of safety and value
for money expended.
The tin bridge outfit object to Col.
Suggs' ideas and really we are con-
strained to say that wo can hardly
blame them but at the same time the
senate of Oklahoma can hardly be
expected to stand for a continuance
of methods which according to the
stale examiner and inspector allow-
ed one bridge concern to have a
monopoly on bridge construction in
ONE COUNTY to the extent of more
than FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS. The senate has already
spoken a:id is "UNCONVERTIBLE."
MICHIGAN WOMEN LOSE.
By More Than Forty Thousand Mich-
igan Declares Against Suffrage
Detroit Mich. April S. Incomplete
returns from over half the s'ate show
a majority of over forty thousand
a-ainst woman suffrage. The most
on'husiasflc supporters admit defeat.
Lssrnsd In th Law.
Tramp (while the young magistrate
helplessly turns over the pages of
his law book) "Please allow me to
assist you pape 317. the third eectloo
from the bottom. Fliegonde Jilaet-
t'.r. Stop and read tSe Want Adi.
Thought Work of Incendiary.
The Ardmore if ire department wan
called to G street and First avemi"
southeast at four-fifteen this morn-
ing in response to an alarm turned
in from that corner. The fire was
in a house between G and 11 streets
belonging to a negro widow woman
naincl Sarah Peet The woman is
in Texas at present on a visit to
relatives and no one was supposed
to be occupying the house. It is
thought that someone set the housa
on fire. Tho loss of the house was
complete.
Police Court This Morning.
The police department of Justice
was not Kept very busy this morn-
ing. Two Chocks who ha-l over-indulged
were assessed the customary
fine of seven-fifty each and one while
man who had partaken in over-abundance
of the kill-me-quii'k which Is
vended in this city In violation of
the rules and laws and regulations
of our Uncle Saniuel w ill donate sevca
fifty in either coin or labor. A ne-
gro who sought to demolish his af-
finity will have a hearing this after-
noon. ENGLISH POET DECLARES UNI-
TED STATES CAN DISSOLVE AR-
MAMENTS OF WORLD POWERS.
Philadelphia April 7. America
alone can dissolve the tremendous
armaments of Europe and turn the
nations of the world to peace. This
was the assertion of Alfred Noyes
the English poet In an address be-
fore the Ethical society in this city
yesterday. "Each nation Is at present
maintaining a great army and navy
because its neighbor is'' declared Mr.
Noyes.
"The future lies with America. Let
her lift the s.ubliine torch of peace
above the world and the nations of
Europe w ill turn their eyes to it. To
America will go the homage and rev-
erence of all ages."
"The game of half-witted children'
"A stupendous modern financial gam-
.ble" "A mathematical problem of
slaughter' and "A thing absolutely
without the faith of the people' were
some of the terms applied by Mr.
Noyes to war as practiced in Europe
today.
"The great green table" was the
subject of the poet's address. "Seated
aiout it" he said "are the nations
of the world spending hundreds of
millions of dollars on a dread thing
while the peasantries starve.
"Today war is promoted mainly by
the greed of land. The present sys-
tem is against nature. It is anomaly
which will end either in disaster or
in the final establishment of perma-
nent peace."
Mri. Perry III.
Mrs. N. E. Perry of Gainesville
is reported critically at the home of
her daughter Mrs. Newt Whitforl
in this city. The. aged lady has been
ill for some time hut only for the past
two weeks has her condition been
cc nsidered da:iiTerous. All ten of
her children are her at t.l bedside.
In addition to Mis. Whi" ''d. Mri.
Mr.ttie Petty an J Ji-.i Pen- of this
city th( following are .i;'e: Mrs.
Johnnie Collins and Miss Abbie Per-
cy from Yoakum Texas; Mrs. Callie
Williams Fort (Worth; Mrs. Lee Wil-
liams Manguni and Misses Grace and
Pink Perry and Thomas Perry from
Gainesville.
Painful Accident.
Carl Lyons one of the employes
in tho construction work on the new
Christian church building met with
an accident yesterday afternoon
from which he suffered a broken leg.
Mr. Lyons was pushing a wheelbar-
row u;j the incline from the street
to the second story of the structure
when a Cleat on the Incline is al-
leged to have given way precipitat-
ing hltii tti tho ground. The mail
was removed to his home and a phy-
sician called in who reduced the
fracture. He is reported as resting
easily today.
Stop and read the Want Ads.
Stop and read the Want Adi.
ID
I PEACE
W AH
E
STANDING UPON ROSTRUM OF
SPEAKER OF HOUSE Hi READS
MESSAGE.
FIRST SINCE ADAMS
Galleries Were Packed With Nation-
al Figures Cabinet Members and
Representatives of Every Nation
in Washington
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Washington D. ('. April 8. Pres-
ident Wilson stood on the speaker's
rostrum in the hall of the house to-
day and personally read Ills message
to congress lie is the first presi-
dent since John Adams to exercise
this privilege.
The galleries were packed with na-
tional figures. Mrs. Wilson and
daughters and several cabinet mem-
bers and their families were present.
The diplomatic galleries probably had
representatives of every nation. A
moving picture machine preserved a
record for the government archives.
The president began thus: "I am
very glad to have this opportunity to
address the Ivvo houses -directly and
verify for myself the Impression that
the' president of tho United States Is a
person not a mere department of the
government hailing congress from
an isolated Island of jealous power
sending messages not speaking nat-
urally with his own voice and that he
is a human being trying to co-operate
with other human beings in a common
survjice. After tikis experience I
shall feel quite natural In all our
dealing with one another."
Tariff for Wednesday.
Washington D. C April 8. The
house democrats assembled In cau-
cus after the president had read his
message. Tariff discussion went over
until tomorrow while committee and
organization were considered.
The progressives drew three al-
lotments. Representative Murdock
was appointed on the ways and
means committee; Chandler on rules
and Woodruff on accounts.
The imposition of "compensatory"
duty on flour or the remval of all
duty from wheat will be one change
recommended in the. new tariff bill
by some of the senate democrats.
The plan of the Underwood hi:! to
make flour free while wheat retains
a duty will be attacked by the sen
ators of both parties.
Vast Cave Found In Utah.
Ogden Utan April 7. With what
appears to be prehistoric hierogly-
phics carvf.l on its wall a mammoth
cave rivaling the fanuus cave In
Kentucky has been discovered.
Thomas Whitaker a rancher made
the discovery. He will head a party
of University of Utah professors on
a tour of investigation.
The cave is located in the moun-
tains near Promontory Point fifteen
miles from Ogden and has probably
never been visited by wnite men as
the surrounding country is a bleas
desert .
The front chamber Is 75 by lln
yards broad 13 feet high and the walls
bear pictures of Indians crudely
drawn. Thc.e is an Indian legend
current that a great battle was fought
years ago between two tribes near
the point the vanquished having per-
ishc'l In a mammoth cave.
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It Washington D. C April S. 11
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Easley, John F. The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 156, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 8, 1913, newspaper, April 8, 1913; Ardmore, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc153596/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.