The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 72, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 30, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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ARDMORE OKLAHOMA TUESDAY DECEMBER 30. 1913
VOLUME TWENTY
NUMBER 72.
I GEL STORES
INTO BANKRUPTCY
BIG NEW YORK CORPORATION
GOES TO WALL AS RESULT OF
POOR CHRISTMAS TRADE.
Siegel Stores Corporation Did A"
nual Business in New York and
Boston of Forty Million Dollars
Other Stores Not Affected.
New York Dec. 30. Six enter-
prises controlled by the Siegel
Stores Corporation In New York and
Boston were thrown into bankrupt-
cy today in friendly proceedings.
These concerns did an annual
gross business estimated at forty
millions but it is reported that their
Christmas business did not meet their
expectations and they were hard
pressed by the curtailment of the
banking credit.
The failure had no effect on the
stock market.
The companies involved are the
Fourteenth street store of the Simpson-Crawford
Company; Henry Sieg-
el and Company bankers; Henry
Siegel and Company wholesalers and
the Merchants' Express Company of
New York and the Henry Siegel Com-
pany of Boston.
Siegel Cooper and Company of
Chicago is not affected but instead
declared its business was highly
prosperous.
Henry Siegel and F. E. Vogel have
pledged three and one-half millions
toward the protection of the deposit-
ors in the Siegel bank which was
run in connection with the Four-
teenth Street store. This bank will
liquidate.
Schmidt Jury Still Out.
New York Dec. .'10. The Hans
Schmidt jury is still out today.
Chireno Tex. Has Fire.
Chireno Tex. Dec. 30. A seventy-thousand-dollar
fire destroyed nine-
teen business houses here today.
BODY GUARD FOR MOYER.
Miners' Official to Have Personal
Body Guard on Return to Calumet.
Chicago 111 Dec. 30. When Chas.
H. Mover president of the Western
Federation of Miners returns to Cal-
umet a personal body guaivl will ac-
company him including his brother
S. F. Moyer chief of police of Boone
Iowa.
WILSON RESTING TODAY.
On Advice of Physician Transacted
No Business Whatever Today.
Pass Christian Miss. Dec. 30. On
his physicians advice the president
today transacted no business whatev-
er devoting his entire time to rest
and recreation.
ISSUES TWO REQUISITIONS.
Oklahoma City Dec. 20. Governor
Cruce issued two requisitions Sat-
urday for men wanted in Garfield
county. H. H. O'Haver alias F.
Jones is accused of a charge of
grand larceny. It is alleged he ap-
propriated thirty-five bushels of
wheat from Frank Parker.
Jeslie G. Craft is accused of grand
larceny it being said that he took
an automobile from Joseph H. Rob-
erts valued at $2.1.10. Both O'Haver
and Craft have been located in Brim-
ingham Ala.
OWEN INVITED TO SPEAK.
Oklahoma City Asks Him to Discuss
Currency Act.
Oklahoma City Okla. Dec. 29.
Vnlted States Senator It. L. Owen
will be the chief speaker at the an-
nual gathering of the Oklahoma
Chamber of Commerce durlng Jan-
uary if the Senator's engagements
permit him to be here. The event
will be an evening dinner and the
Senator has been requested to speak
on the currency legislation.
FRIENDLYPRDCEEDINGS
RETURNS FROM VIRGINIA.
Government Farmer C. W. Cranford
Will Visit Cato Sells at Muskogee.
C. W. Cranford government farmer
has returned from a visit t) his old
home near Mount Vernon Virginia
While In the east he visited Washing-
ton City and talked over his plans lor
Indians with the proper officials. Mr.
Cranford has done a very useful work
with the full bloods in teaching them
agriculture he has led his Indians to
take the greatest number of prize
at every place exhibits have been
held and his office has been of gn at
service to the Indian who wants to
work on the farm.
Mr. Cranford states that many of
his Virginia friends are thinking of
moving west and some of them hive
their i yes on Oklahoma. Mr. cran-
ford and Col. S. A. Mills of the In-
dian ofl'.ce here will go to M :skcgeo
next Saturday to meet with the In-
dian Commissioner Judge Cato Sell.
S
TO OKI OS
COUNTY COMMISSIONER TAL- .
FERRO STATES THAT WORK IS
TO BEGIN AT ONCE.
Chairman J. B. Taliaferro of the
boani of county commissi jners was
in the city one day last week and
stated at that time he was i jir.e to
begin dragging the roads fr:n Anl-
more to the oil fields as soo.: as the
weather would permit. His plm was
to station men and teams ever;- two
miles with a heavy steel rail an J
thoroughly drag the road lh has
secured the necessary rails for eno
purpose and now that the weatln r is
brightening has in all probability be-
gun the work. This will be renvoi
with delight by all who hive busi-
ness at the oil fields as the reads
leading there have been impassable
for some time.
BOSTICK MUST HANG.
Confesses Murder and Hold-up of
Train. Makes No Defense.
Los Angeles Cal. Dec. 29. Ralph
Fariss alias John Bostick on his
own confession was sentenced here
today to be hanged within ninety days
lor the murder of Horace E. Mon-
tague a passenger agent on Doc. I
when Fariss held tip a Southern Pa-
cific train at 101 Monte Cal.
Fariss was arraigned in a justice
court held to the superior court ar-
raigned there before Judge Craig was
tried and sentenced in two hours and
eighteen minutes. He wtiived all
rights and made no defense.
Though the proceedings heclung to
the name of John Bostick which lie-
longs to a llakersfield California man.
who once worked where Fariss was
employed. He was sentenced under
this name but within an hour when
Sheriff Hainmill of Los Angeles coun-
ty tokl him that his parents were
coming from Bakersfield to see him
he revealed his identity.
"Dont let them come he said. "I
am Ralph Fariss and I have made
trouble for them all my life. I can
not see them now.
Fariss said bis father is James
Fariss a railroad man who has been
In the Southern Pacific employ at
Bakersfield for twenty-five years. He
also told the sheriff he had married
a girl at Marion Iowa.
Fariss was picked out of a crowd in
San Francisco several days ago by A.
E. Colen who with his brkle was a
victim of the train robbery. He was
carrying a watch which had belong-
ed to the flagman of the train and
when Sheri Hammel started south
with him he made a confession ad-
mitting also an attempted train rob-
bery at Richmond Cal.
Fariss Is to be hanged at San Quen-
tin penitentiary.
COLONEL THOMPSON FINED.
Plea of Nolle Contendere in Connec-
tion with Patton Cotton Corner
New York. Dec. 3). Col. Robert M.
Thompson who was indicted with
Patton. Scales and others for the
1 :(; cotton corner pleaded nolle con-
tendere today and was f!::td four
thousand dollars.
W I
F
S
1 W
AS THE YEAR NEARS ITS CLOSE
CHEERFULNESS IS NOTICE-
ABLE IN WALL STREET.
New lork Dec. 20. As the year
draws to close there Is a wide con-
trast to the gloom and pessimism
that overshadowed it for nearly
fifty weeks and students of busi-
ness and finance are more cheer
ful today than they have been since
the first day of 1913. The feeling
of cheer that had its birth in bank-
ing circles a little over a week ago
when President Wilson made it
clear that he stands willing to meet
half-way the alleged violators of
thu Sherman antitrust law seems
to he more permanent now than It
was at first thought to be by the
Wall street wiseacres. The market
held up well during the week al-
though many cross-currents were
produced by heavy profit-taking 'but
that Js always to be expected after
such long periods of unrest and de-
pression. "The bad money conditions in
Europe also for the past year were
bound to be reflected here hut as
It was explained by an astute fin-
ancial judge today this is being
rapidly discounted and the next
movement now must como in busi-
ness circles. While business has
not responded to any significant de-
gree to the spirit of optimism no-
ticeable in Wall street the general
belief is that it can be expected to
do as soon as the currency bill is
put into operation and peace in the
financial world has been restored
completely. Toilay's Washington dis-
patches brought cheer with the in-
dication that much less so-called anti-trust
legislation will be attempt
ed than had heretofore been gener-
ally expected and that the Adminis-
tration is desirous of having a short
session of Congress leaving the com
munity free to adjust itself to ex
isting laws rather than to look to
Washington in constant dread of
still further legislative enactments
dealing with general business.
"A respite of this kind would
greatly be welcomed by all busi-
ness and if the program is carried
out along the lines now being fol-
lowed much will have been done
to dispel the feelings that import-
ant business ventures are lo he
kept under harrassment from Wash-
ington. The President's ability to
carry out his sound policies of con
structive business legislat'on have
been proven; his desire to co-operate
with financial institutions during
the hours of their peril an J his
di termination to stand out against
feints and bluffs of would-be vio-
lators have gone farther than all
other of his acts to rellev the
long existing stagnation said one
banker today.
"Just what effect this attitude of
the President will have so far as
it bears on big business It is vet
difficult to say but some bankers
are of the opinion that he 'is more
willing to hear their side of the
question than they thought during
the first months of his administra-
tion. '
In describing the' conditions that
have elsted for the last year many
writers tonight term the last twelve
months as unusually perplexing but
wind up with optimistic prophecies
for business during the next twelve
months. Money Is naturally close
but this is explained by the heavy
disbursements something like $250-
Ooo.Oimi that must be made on the
first of the year.
Land Lessees to Meet.
Guthrie Okla. Dec. 29. State Sec-
retary Hyde and State Treasurer
Paris of the Oklahoma School Land
Lessees' Association will meet in
convention with Payne County les-
sees at Stillwater next Saturday to
consider what action they will take
to prevent the State Land Commis-
sion frcm giving oil an I gas leases
i n their lands held under agricul-
tural lease. They maintain that the
State board is without such author!
ty. The lands In dispute include i
some of the most valuable in the big
Cc-lrng oil field.
GUARANTY COM
VICE PRESIDENT HAMON HOST
TODAY. ENTERTAINING BONUS
COMMITTEE.
When the west-bound train over
th Oklahoma. New Mexico & Pacific
Railway left the station this morn-
ing a private car was attached ca:-
rying the bonus committee and oiler
citizens of Ardmore who are quests
of Vice President llamon today.
Under the terms of the contract hi
tered into bi tweeti John Kingling and
the citizens of the city at leas' 2i
miles of the railroad must be com-
pleted and in operation before ihe
first day of January lull or the U-
nus guaranteed thin would he tii-
teited. The road lias been completed
for 2."' miles and Mr. Hamoi invite J
the committee to take a ri le over 't
as his guests. Evt ryi lni.r was pro
vided for their comi'ji't and they
spent a pleasant day wit.s t ie man
who by his persisVuitcy and energy
made the road lies.-.;!);-3.
Ar:ljng at Wilii the party fat
down to a dinner that had been pre-
pared for them and they do say thai
it had anything that Fred Harvey ev-
er spread beat a mile.
Wilson that hustling little city was
indeed a surprise to the members of
fho party who had never visited it
previously. Four lumber yards are In
operation supplying lumber to the con
tractors who are working with all
speed to complete buildings under
contract several well supplied stores
a hotel and many dwellings are al-
ready built and many more are uuvler
construction. The roads are getting
passal.de once more and this morning
over 100 teams left Wilson loaded
with supplies for the oil fields. With
the advent of pleasant weather re-
newed activities will be noticeable in
the oil district. Every train which
leaves this city over the Iiingling road
carries car alter carload of oil well
supplies for the field and the coining
season will be one of great activity in
developing it.
After dinner at Wilson today th
party were conveyed to the end of the
line. The following gentlemen left
Ardmore this morning as the guests
of Vice President Hamon:
John It. Dexter Charles von Weiss
J. It. Pennington E. E. C.uillot J. E
MeCarty J. R. Taliaferro of I-one
Grove C M- Campbell J M. Baird
Wm. Balrd C. P. Van Denberg Col.
Sidney Suggs Roy M. Johnson.
The party will arrive in the city
tonight at 0 o'clock and if they don't
thoroughly enjoy the day It will not
he the fault of Mr. llamon as he is
not in the habit of overlooking any-
thing good to serve his guests whe'i
he essays the role of host.
F
FRISCA'S FUNDS EXHAUSTED
WHEN CITY TOOK OVER CARE
OF THOSE OUT OF WORK.
San Francisco Culif. Dec. 30.
The city's funds for feeding the un-
employed have been exhausted.
When the city announced that it
would pay one dollar and fifty
cents for four hours' work it is al-
leged that nearly one thousand men
flocked to the city including) rail-
road laborers who quit regular jobs
to take the city's money.
AUSTRIAN DUELIST ADMITTED.
Immigration Officers Force Him to
Give Bond to Gain Admission.
Washington D. ('. Dec. 30 F.mil
Zerkowitz the Australian duelist who
was held up by the immigration au-
thorities in New York was today or-
dered admitted for one month under
live hundred dollars bond.
English Mills Closing.
1 liackburn Eng. Dec. ''. Eighteen
woa i''g mills have closed because of
ihe slump in the cotton trad--. ();h-
-rs are pn paring to close.
EEDING 0
MUCH CITY
BURNED TO DEATH.
Mother and Child Burned to Death
Near Claremore.
I'laremoro Okla. Pec. "9. --As the
result nf pouring kerosene into a
stove of burning worn! Sunday after
noun Mrs. Lew Hawkey and small
child who lived a short distance
from Inola twelve miles south of
I'laremore were both burned so
severely that death resulted in a
few hours -according to word re-
ceived here Monday. When he oil
struck the burning wood an ex
plosion occurred throwing th(. burn
ing fluid over the two persons. The
woman her clothes aflame ran out
in the yard endeavoring to exting
uish the fire. A neighbor came to
her rescue but too late as the fire
had already burned her to such an
extent that death was the result.
WANTS TO LOCATE
T
LETTER ADDRESSED TO COM
MERCIAL CLUB ASKING FOR
PARTICULARS ABOUT Slff
W. M Gilbert of Fulton. Mo has
written the secretary of the r. imm " -cial
club asking for information in
regard to locating a foundry 'icre.
Mr. Gilbert suites that he has a
plant at Fulton Missouri but wantf
to get near a gas and oil held and
if the- conditions warrant v ill mov
his plant to Ardmore. The matt' r
will be taken up with him nr.d
necessary information ghen and
an
to
effort will be made to iihlne
locate.
him
NORDICA ON STRANDED SHIP
Tasman Ashore in Papua Gulf Has
Many Notables Aboard.
Brisbane Australia Dec. 29 -The
Dutch steami r Tasman is ashore on
Bramble Cay Gulf of Papua accord-
ing to a wireless message to Thurs-
day island. The Tasman is in a dan-
gerous! position and steamers have
been dispatched to hi r assistance.
The Tasman carries numerous pas-
sengers including Mine. Nordica Al-
va Adams of Colorado and Thomas
G. Stalismitli of California commis-
sioners of the Panama Pacific expo-
sition who have been touring Aus-
tralia in Ihe interests of the expo-
sition. HOUSTON OPPOSES PLAN.
Head of Agricultural Department
Wants No Bureau of Marketing
Washington D. ('. Dec. 30. Secre-
tary Houston of the department of
agriculture opposes the establishing
of a bureau of marketing. He says
that better results can be accomplish-
ed by co-ordination of the work in his
department.
OPPOSES CONCRETE. CELLS.
Katt'
Barnard Would Enjoin Use of
Material in Reformatory.
Oklahoma City. 1'C 29. In a re
ply to a written request of Miss
Kate Barnard state commissioner of
charities that the attorney general in
stitute action to enj io the erection
of concrete cells in the new prison
building of the Granite reformatory.
Smith C. Matson assistant attorney
general declines o talk any such
action at the present time.
Matson states to Miss Barnard
that there is no law in the state
prescribing the kind of cells to be
used In the state prisons.
TAGGART CARRIES INDIANA.
In Democratic Conventions Yesterday.
His Men Were Elected.
Indianapolis Ind Dec. 30. Thomas
Taggart won a sweeping victory in
the district conventions over the state
yesterday. Every man elected to a
chairmanship was a Taggart sympa-
thizer. QUEEN MOTHER SOPHIA DEAD.
Widow of the Late King Oscar Died
in Stockholm Today. Aged 78.
Stockholm. Sweden Dec. ::n.--The
aeen Mother Sophia of Sweden
widow s.'f the late King Oscar who
died in 1 'lied here today ag d 7v
O il FEDERALS
mm
AGAIN
LAST NIGHT'S PANIC AMONG
FEDERAL TROOPS CAUSED BY
SKIRMISH REBELS.
United States Soldiers Force Fleeing
Federals Back Into Rio Grande at
Presidic and Capture One Hund-
red Who Were Washed Ashore.
Presidio Tex. Dec. 3il. The fed-
erals and rebels resu d fighting at
Ojinaga this morning. Daylight de-
veloped the fact that last night's
panic anions the Ojinaga federals
had been caused by skirmishing
eighteen miles from the Ojinaga fed-
erals who have ben uneasy because
of the lack of pay and became ter-
or stricken at the sound of firing
Five hundred of the federal sold-
iers Jumped into the river aiming to
cross Into Texas but tho United
States soldiers stationed on th(. Tex-
as side forced four hundred back
without leaving the water and cap-
tured one hundred who were washed
ashore later sending them hack.
The fighting yesterday began at
Mulato which is twenty-seven miles
east of Ojinaga about 4:30 in tho
afternoon. A desperate battle ensued
there the artillery f're of both arm
ies being destructive.
About four thousand are engaged
on each side the rebels sllgihtly out-
numbering the federals. As the reb-
els ope iff d a desultory fire within
sight of Ojinaga this morning the
federals retreated to their innermost
trenches apparently withe tit ulti-
mate hope of winning.
.Before retreating today the fed-
erals made several brief stands at
points within a few miles of Ojinaga
Prom the American side of the river
the federals' chances appeared slim.
It. is reported that the rebels have
received reinforcements today which
will enable them to greatly out-
number the rebels. It Is rumored
that the rebel orders are to show
no mercy to captured federals and
to summarily execute Generals Oro-
zoo Salazar Rojas and AJanis.
Oil Well Brought in.
McAlester Ok. Dec. 29. An oil
wel was brought in by the Pennsyl-
vania company eight miles from Caly
in in Hughes county. This is twen-
ty miles from McAlester and ten
miles east of Allen where oil waa
struck two weeks ago.
Oil Strike by Priestley Reported
Atoka. Okla. Dec. 29. It is report-
ed that George C. Priestley has made
a good strike of oil in Atoka County
about eight miles west of Atoka
where he has ben drilling for the
last three weeks. The present well
Is located in section township 2
south range 10 east which Is near
tlie !Mth meridian where moijt of
the large oil fields are located.
Givens and Zevely of Muskogee
(Ida. liave been acquiring a number
of leases on this section within the
last few weeks and they now have
their rig timbers on Uie ground and
t is understood they will commence
drilling within the coming week.
Textbook Case Continued.
Oklahoma City. Ok.. Dec. 29. The
mandamus case involving the validi-
ty of school textbook educations set
for hearing today was continued un
til Wednesday on account of the
meeting of the Stale Par Association
The Court granted State Superint 'ti-
dent K. H. 'Wilsim permission to f.le
a separate answer on his own be-
half. His attorneys stated that In
the answer they would rais the
claim that the attempted rejection of
all bids for textbooks by the present
Board of Education last May was ir-
regular and illegal for the reason
that the members had not then tak n
th- oath of office.
Trades Council Meets Tonight.
Tin re will be a mvting of the
Trades Council at Labor lla:! :ei.; j'r
.(t c.'cVck. All numbers requested to
be present.
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