The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 36, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 17, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME TWENTY-ONE
ARDMORE OKLAHOMA TUESDAY NOVEMBER 17 1914.
NUMBER 36.
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DURING A BATTLE IN GALICIA
WITH RUSSIANS AUSTRIANS
LOST THOUSANDS.
BURIED IN TRENCH
Trench Six and One-Half Feet Wide
and Four Miles Long Used as a
Grave Bodies Laid Side by Side
in Three Layers.
Amsterdam Nov. 17. A Galician
priest writes that forty thousand Aus-
trians were buried in one day in
graves six feet wide and four miles
long. The bodies were laid in three
layers.
These men were killed he says
during a battle lasting only a few
hours.
Another report says that a trench
two yards wide and four miles long
was .used as the grave for the dead
AustriiiiiB the bodies being laid side
by side in three layers.
BIG ELEVATOR BURNED
Southern Pacific Elevator at Galves-
ton Burns. $1000000 Loss.
Galveston Tex. Nov. 17. The
Southern Pacific elevator containing
over 8(100(10 bushels of wheat is burn-
ing from the roof to the ground. It
will probably be a total loss which In
dollars would be about one million.
FOR HEAVYWEIGHT BATTLE
Jack Hurley Signs Johnson and Wil-
lard for Big Battle
London Nov. 17.-Jack Curley an-
nounced today that Jack Johnson lias
signed articles to meet Jesse Willard
for the heavyweight championship of
the world. The location and date were
not announced.
HEBE IS A
PARTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA ARE
MAKING INQUIRIES WITH VIEW
OF LOCATING HOSIERY AND
KNITTING MILL IN ARDMORE.
For a long time there has been agi-
tation in this city about cotton and
knitting mills and now there seems to
be a chance to get one of the latter
according to a letter from Philadel-
phia parties who have written the
chamber of commerce making Inqui-
ries about local conditions and the
chance of interesting the people of the
city in this enterprise.
The secretary of the chamber of
commerce in reply told these parties
that Ardmore would welcome an enter-
prise of that character and if they
were able to convince the citizens
that they have a good proposition
there was little doubt but what they
could get what assistance they asked
here.
He does not state the size of the pro-
posed plant but the very smallest mill
of that character would not employ
less than titty hands to begin with
and from that more as the business
developed. The Chamber of Commerce
through the secretary invited the pro-
moters of this enterprise to visit this
city and show the business men what
they have to offer and what they
would require in return for locating
here promising that if the proposi-
tion looked good that the chamber of
commerce and the business men gen-
erally would give them what assist-
ance was necessary to make it a success.
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FEDERAL AND STATE AUTHORI-
TIES OF NEBRASKA AND MIS-
SOURI SEARCHING FOR MEN
WITH HYPODERMICS.
Lincoln Neb. Nov. 17. Federal and
state officials of Missouri and Ne-
braska are seeking two foreigners
carrying hypodermics who are sus-
pected of maliciously spreading the
'oof and mouth diease among cattle.
It is rumored that they were over-
heard to r ... 4 "lere would not
lie much
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'iff.
Federal Court at Chickasha.
Chickasha Oka. Nov. If.. The
United States district court opened
here Monday with Judge Cotteral
presiding in the absence of Judge
Ralph Campbell w ho has been trans-
ferred for a short time to another
district. A large number of crimi-
nal cases will be heard at this ses-
sion of t'ie court. Most of the
cases involve the charge of bringing
whiskey inio the old Indian Territory.
300 Si'icken After Barbecue.
rami Iii. Nov. lfi. Three hundred
persons woe made ill as a result of
eating at a barbecue at Rosamond
west of l.ere Saturday. It developed
Mcnday and many are in a serious
condition. Physicians have been
working day and night and thus fai
there have been no deaths.
Heads W. C. T. U.
Atlanta (5a Nov. 17. Miss Anna
A. Cordon of L'vanston 111. was
today elected president of the Worn
en's Christian Temperance I'nion.
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CITY TEAMS WERE KEPT BUSY
UNTIL AFTER NIGHT FALL ANS-
WERING CALLS FOR HAULING
OFF REFUSE.
Ye.-tt rdf.y was clean-up day in the
city and the teams were busy until
alter nightfall hauling the refuse gath-
ered from the premises of people
who responded to the mayor's plea
for a clean city. The good work is
going on again today and by the time
the work is finished the unsightly
yards in the rear of some of the busi-
ness houses on Main and Washington
streets will present altogether a dif-
ferent appearance.
The weather up to date has been
good and the mayor stated this morn-
ing that there was no necessity of
having a back yard filled with trash
that is liable to be a breeding ground
for disease and he was going to
make an effort to have all such places
properly renovated peacefully if pos-
sible but if an owner would not obey
he would be compelled to do so.
The health of the city Is good at the
present time very little sickness of
a serious nature being recorded and
Dr. Ilooth the city physician is anxi-
ous to maintain the standard and says
he will do so if the people of the
city will only do their part. Gather the
trash and phone 243. they will do the
rest.
Washington D. ('. Not. 10.--Temperatures
below zero were
reported today from Minneso-
ta and 11 on tana.
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Faris Reports Allies Victorious Everywhere Today and
That (Germans Now Occupy Only one Point of Vant-
age Near St. Mihiel Three German Attacks on Bix-
schoote and Rhcims Repulsed Rain has been Fall-
ing for Thirty-Six Hours in Northern France and
Trenches are Filled With Water Germans Have
Lost One Hundred Thousand Men in Four Days
Fighting About Ypres Where Allies Have Made Ex-
cellent Progress Says Dunkirk correspondent (Her-
man Cruiser Trying to Escape from the North Sea.
Violent Cannonading Heard
PARIS Nov. 17. An official announcement says
that cannonading has been resumed more violently than
over before along the Yser. The allies' artillery has stop-
pod the German attempts to prevent the spread of the
inundation south of Dixmude. The water drove the Ger-
mans out of part of their trenches.
Three German attacks about llixschoote and Ypres
failed. The allies have advanced near those points. Sev-
eral German detachments have been defeated or destroy-
ed in trying to cross the Aisne. Throughout the Aisne and
Kheims there has been heavy cannonading. The French
'lew up several German trenches with mines in Argonne
'ind made several advances on the heights of the Meuse
near Verdun. The French have driven the Germans back
near St. Mihiel so that the Germans now occupy only
cne point in that important position.
German Loss Enormous.
LONDON Nov. 17. The Germans have lost one
hundred thousand men in the L'j: four days lighting in
Flanders according to the estimates of Dunkirk corres-
pondents. The fighting still continues in the blizzard.
The allies also have lost heavily but have progressed
against the Germans especially at Ypres.
Heavy Rain Continues.
LONDON Nov. 17. Reports from northern France
indicate that the artillery battle continues although the
rain has been falling for thirty-six hours and has turned
the country into quagmires. The trenches are being
shored and the bottoms covered with brush.
Operations Against Russia
BERLIN Nov. 17. Army headquarters here an-
nounces that the operations against Russia are favora-
ble but no details are given of the lighting about Verdun
and Cirey. The Germans claim to have repulsed several
French attacks yesterday.
Russians to Engage Fleet.
London Nov. 17. A Copenhagen
dispatch says it is learned from a (jer
man source that a Russian fleet lias
left 1 lelsingfors with the supposed in-
tention of engaging the German lialtic
squadron.
Trying to Leave North Sea
London Nov. 17. The appearance
of the German auxiliary cruiser Her-
1 in off the Norwegian coast indicates
underwriters hero say that she or
some other German warship Is trying
to escape from the North Sea block-
ade to attack commerce on the seas.
American Warship at Vurla.
Paris Nov. 17. An Athens dispatch
says that the American warship Ten-
nessee has arrived at Vurla in Asia
.Minor and stopped the ill treatment of
Hritish. French and Russian residents
there.
North Sea Military Area.
1ondon Nov. 17. Asniit.h an-!
nruinccs that the entire North Sea
w ill be declared in a military area.
All siips there will be searched for
alien enemies on neutral vessels
and oil and i.pper will be declared
contraband.
No Peace Action Planned.
Washington Nov. 17. President
Wilson said today that there is not
the slightest point of any Kuropean
belligerent that it wants peace. The
United States is planning no peace
action whatever until requested by
the belligerents.
To Aid Penniless Belgians.
Washington Nov. 17. immigra-
lion authorities will relax their rules
to aid penniless llelgians. Several
movements to find work for them
in t lie south are umb'r way.
Berlin Sees Russian Danger.
licrlin Nov. 17. (via London).
Germany again is "under the sign
of the Russian danger" to quote the
astrological metaphor frequently used
by the Hermans.
Tne combined German and Austri-
an armies which by a well-timed
.'ind well executed change of front
and with timely reinforcements were
able to sweep through Poland and
to th line of the Vistula threaten-
ing Warsaw and Ivangwod were in
turn outflanked by the masses of
Russia's command and have fallen
back to their own frontiers.
Timid inhabitants of the border re-
gions are leaving their homes for th".
interior. Professional pessimists
draw long faces and a certain amount
of disqiietude is being manifested in
civilian circles in Berlin.
There are many indications how-
ever that the retirement before War-
saw is not that of a beaten army
but of one which realizing that it
had failed in its object of a surprise
campaign promptly changed its
strategic plan and retreated.
Predictions are hazardous but the
great news of the next fortnlgbt may
come from the armies facing on Po-
land's wintry fields. The common
report Is that Gen. von llindenberg is
ready to accept or give battle on
the new ground he has chosen.
The army entrusted with the de-
fense of east Prussia again has a
new command. Gen. von Bellow one
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WEATHER FORECAST
New Orleans La. Nor. 17.
-The weather forecast for
Oklahoma for tonight ami
Wednesday is fair.
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MILLIONS OF DOLLARS COLLECT-
ED AT VERA CRUZ TO BE RE-
TAINED UNTIL STABLE GOV-
ERNMENT IS SET UP.
Washington Nov. 17.- The United
States will hold the several million
dollars customs collections at Vera
Cruz not giving; it to either faction
until some stable government is es-
tablished. Sillimati reported today
that Guiterrez has approved the con-
ditions fixed by Carranza for his
tenement but did not confirm the)
rcort that Villa's depart lire from
Mexico is one of the conditions.
Resume Fighting Today.
Nnco. Arz Nov. Hi. The Mill
and Maytorcna forces resumed their
lighting today. Mrs. A. Krohn wife
of a Southern Pacific railroad of-
ficial here was hit in the head by
a stray bullet on the American side
of the line.
FRANKLIN APPOINTED CLERK
BY GOVERNOR CRUCE
Oklahoma City. Nov. It!. William
Franklin of Madill was appointed by
Governor Lee ('nice Monday morning
to till out the unexpired term of W. II
L. (Swamp Campbell clerk of the su
preme cout and criminal court of ap
peals w ho died suddenly in Tulsa last
week. Mr. Franklin was sworn in and
assu d active charge of the office
immediately after his appointment.
In the recent election Mr. Franklin
vas elected clerg for the four-year
term beginning in January and he was
of the opinion that his election placed
him in succession to the office without
appointment by the governor. The
question was not decided and to re
move all doubt the governor made tin
appointment.
There will be no change made in
the clerical force of the office as now
constituted until after tho first of the
year according to Mr. Franklin.
STILL AFTER
TIE BOOZE
MADE BIG HAUL ON THE EAST
SIDE THIS MORNING. NO OR
DERS TO THE CONTRARY RE
CEIVED HERE HE SAYS.
"That doesn't look very much as if
getting whiskey into this section of
the state was a sinecure" said U. S.
deputy marshal llignight this morn
ing pointing to ten cases of whiskey
that he and his men captured on the
east side from the residence of a
Chinaman and had stored preparatory
to destroying. The booze in question
was located in the residence of the
Chinaman who conducts a restaurant
east of the railroad and who it is all
leged has been dealing in the stuff
previously to this.
The officer took the contraband ar-
ticle and tho Chinaman la charge
and he w ill be given an opportunity of
explaining his actions before the com-
missioner. Mr. llignight stated that he had re
ceived no orders from headquarters
relative to the seizure of liquors and
until he does he Is going about Ms
duty as of ..Id getting it wherever lie
finds the law Is being violated.
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COTTON FUTURES DROPPED SIX-
TEEN TO TWENTY POINTS DUE
TO SOUTHERN SELLING.
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President Declares His Confidence
That Cotton Situation Will be
Worked Out Satisfactorily and
Prices Will Improve.
New Orleans I.i. Nov. 17. Cot-
ton futures dropped about twenty
points today on reports of the de-
clines in the Texas spot markets.
Due to Southern Selling.
New York Nov. 17. On account
of southern selling futures dropped
sixteen points here today.
Hog Prices Drop Too.
Chicago 111. Nov. 17. Hog prices
which advanced fifty cents per hun-
dred yesterday dropped back to nor-
mal today.
Wil'on is Hopeful.
"Washington Nov. ; 17. Preshft-nt
Wilson thinks that the cotton sit-
uation is working1 out satisfactorily
and believes thnt the present prices
will improve lie says that ho will
not interfere with the efTorts ot
southern congressmen for prefer-
ential legislation up to congress it-
self. BRIGHTER
R. L. SCOTT COUNTY FARM
AGENT SAYS THAT HE IS SUR-
PRISED AT THE CONDITIONS OF
THE FARMERS GENERALLY.
It. L. Scott agent in charge ot farm
demonstration work In this county was
In tho city yesterday afternoon and
stated that all the talk of hard times
was rapidly being silenced in the coun-
try where he has been working for
the past two weeks the runners are
beginning to see the silver lining to
what they at first thought was a very
dark cloud and agent Scott says when
cotton gets around nine cents which
ho confidently expects within the next
few weeks Ardmore is going to realize
that the farmers have not sold all of
their cotton by any means. lie states
that every farmer lias one or more
bales in Ills yard to sell and the cot-
ton market from wagons is going to
pick up about Christmas time.
Mr. Scott contrasted the condition of
the farmer today and what it was a
few years ago and says that they are
to be congratulated most every farm-
er has his meat raised this year and
he says that the hog movement Is
taking fast root upon the peoplo who
are going to pay more attention to
this branch in the future.
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ROCK ISLAND FAST PASSENGER
TRAIN DERAILED AT COMAN-
CHE OKLA. TODAY ONE
PASSENGER HURT.
Kort Worth Tex.. Nov. 17 The
Rock Island's fast passenger train.
the Firefly was derailed at Coman-
cbe Okla. today. The engineer.
whose home was at Ohickanha. was
kilb'J- The fireman was injured an 4
ono pusenger was hurt.
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Easley, John F. The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 36, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 17, 1914, newspaper, November 17, 1914; Ardmore, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc154080/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.