The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 74, Ed. 1 Friday, January 1, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME TWENTY-ONE
HOME EDITION ARDMORE OKLAHOMA FRIDAY JANUARY 1 1915.
4 :00 P.M.
NUMItER 71.
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TLEIP SUNK
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4E FORMIDABLE WAS SUNK
THIS MORNING IN THE BRIT
ISH CHANNEL.
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SEVEHJV-QNE SAVED
Sntish Light Cruiser Picked Up
Seventy-One Survivor and It It
Believed Other Members of tho
Crew Were Rescued.
London Jan. 1. The British bat-
ip Formidable was sunk this
morning In the British channel eith
r by a mine or submarine according
to an official bureau announcement
"Svi .ity-one survivors were pick
ed up by a British light cruiser and
It in jssible that others may have
been rescued hy other vessels" says
the statement
The Formidable acting as
flagship carrying high naval officers.
Tho vessel was built in 1S98 and
.carried twelve-Inch guns was heav
ily armored was of fifteen thousand
tons diirplarement and had a crow of
750 men.
The exact location of the Formida
ble has not been revealed but It is
believed that she hai been In the re
cent lighting against the Helglnu
coast where German submarines have
been trying to attack the allied war-
ships. It is feared that the loss of life
Is about seven hundred.
JEWS IN BRITISH ARMY
' NUMBER OVER 3000
Ijomdon Vtc. 31. (Correspondeneo
of tho Associated Press.) Lord Kit-
chener has given his consent to thj
formation of a Jewish battaliou al-
though there Is still some opposition
to tho movement on the part of the
Jewish leaders who say that a Jew-
ish battalion would intensify tin
tendency to regard Jews as aliens.
There are now over 5000 Jews in
tlie Ifritish army. The casualty lists
disclose wounded Jewish soldiers in
many of the regiments at the front
including- some of the famous old
regiments like tho Black Watch. A
fair showing of Jews Is also made
in. the royal navy.
Last Night Very "Wet."
New York Jan. 1 More than 200
all night licenses were granted by
Mayor Mitchell for last night's New
Year's revel. Mayor Gaynor's limit
was 40. Not 1n many years has
there been tuich conviviality in the
hotels and cafes. s In order to show
no favoritism the mayor granted
licenses to all whom the police pass-
ed favorably upon as conducting
orderly places. This will in a meas-
ure make up for the 'lean" Christ-
mas due to the slock exchange closed
by the war arid the lack of Christ-
mas cheer. The new year was
started ofT with the liveliest sort of
;i boom witli a hope for better Christ-
ivi purees In 1915.
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No Celebration in Berlin.
; llerltu Jan. 1. There was no New
itv. celebration here at all.
Cotton Belt Depot Robbed.
Axtell Tex. Jan. 1. Purglars got
seven hundred dollars in the robbery
of the Cotton Pelt station here last
night.
Quiet New Year in London
Umdon Jan. 1. The New Year cele-
bration was diminished but much like
former years here.
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8 FATAL TRAIN WRECK. a
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Ixmdon Jan. 1. Ten per- 8
tt sons were killed and many XX
' iX injured In a train collision
' tt near here today.
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Mine on Full Time.
Calumet Mich. Jan. 1. All of the
big mines in this district resumed
operations today. Several have been
working only part time because of
the war influence upon business.
Pre'ident Awakes at 3 a. m.
Washington. Jan. 1. President
Wilson arose at 3 o'clock this morn-
ing to touch tho button that con-
nects with the wires that will start
the wheels going in the Panama ex-
position at San Diego Cal. Owing
to the difference in time this will
start the exposition with the be-
ginning of the uew year on the Pa-
cific coast.
SOUTH-BOUND FREIGHT TRAIN
DER fy5:- AT ARBUCKLE THIS
MORNING c TRAFFIC IS DE-
LAYED AS Rtwcej
A south-bound Santa Fe freight
train was derailed at Afbuokle le-
tween lUrwyn and lougherty thi?
morning at 1 o'clock. The cause of
the wreck is not known. No one
was Injured.
Twelve cars which were loaded
with wheat and oil were derailed and
the track torn up for some distance.
Traffic wan delayed about eleven
hours trains being detoured over
the Frisco and Rock Island tracks.
lssenger train No. 5 due here at
1 o'clock thin mom lug. did not ar-
rive until this afternoon. North-
bound train No. 6 was also detoured.
AMENDMENT OF PRESENT REVE
NUE LAWS SO AS TO EXEMPT
STORED COTTON WILL BE REC-
OMMENDED. Oklahoma City Dec. 31. Amend
ment of present revenue laws so as
to exempt from taxation for the year
1913 all cotton that is held in stor
age by farmers for better prices will
be included In tlovernor-elect 1L L.
Williams' recommendations to the
legislature according to information
obtained from a thoroughly reliable
source Wednesday afternoon.
The amendment recommended will
provide that all farm products so
long as they are held by the pro-
ducer whether on his own premises
or elsewhere shall not be subject to
taxation for the year of 1!15. Cot-
ton will be practically the only farm
product affected and the exemption
will apply to that product only so
long as it remains in the hands of
the producer according to the pro-
posed recommendation of the governor-elect.
Thousands of bales of cotton have
been stored in Oklahoma since thai
market became demoralized as a
result of the European war. Most
of it is stored in bonded warehouses
but title to it still remains in the
hands of the producers.
Farmer members of the legislature
who called on the governor-elect
Wednesday discussed th proposition j
with him it Is understood and he j
gave them his assurance thHt he ;
would recommend the exemption of I
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THIS MORNING
T
EXEMPT FROM
TAXATION ALL
STORED COTTON
cotton from taxation and use his.beeo a lull ui the fighting on most
Influence to ee the exemption grant-
ed through proper legislation. He
also assured his callers that he would
recommend and stand for other j
tilings designed to help the fanner j
during the depression brought about
by the war.
Don't worry; a want id will h?lp
you.
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F
C 1 0
NTHEv LLAGEDFSTEINBACH
Official French Statement Says that French Troops Arc
Slowly Forcing Back the Germans Who for a Time
Threatened to Overwhelm the French With Their
Heavy Artillery but Advantage was Finally Won by
French Gunners Six Violent German Attacks in
Meuse Region Repulsed Yesterday Constantinople
Fears Attack by Allied French and British Fleets
German and Austrian Embassies there are Trans-
ferring Archives to Asia Minor and Foreigners are
Preparing to Leave Turkish Capital before Bom-
bardment Begins.
PARIS Jan. 1. Foot by foot an ofiicial communica-
tion says the French are making progress in the village
of Steinbach Alsace half of which the Germans hold.
The German heavy artillery there threatened to ov-
erwhelm the French in this village yesterday but the
French batteries finally won the advantage.
French aviators yesterday dropped bombs upon the
railroad stations at Metz and Arnaville.
Yesterday morning in the Meuse region the French
repulsed six violent attacks intended to recapture the
German trenches.
In Argonne the Germans captured some French
trenches.
Near Craonne the French artillery demolished the
German trenches.
The Belgians have repulsed the German attacks on St.
Georges.
To Bombard Constantinople.
ATHENS Jan. 1. It is reported that the German
and Austrian embassies in Constantinople are transfer-
ring their archives to Asia Minor fearing an attack by
the British and French fleet:'. -Foreigners are also re-
ported preparing to quit Constantinople.
Russians Occupy Carpathians.
VIENNA Jan. 1. An official report says that the
Russians now occupy the ridges of the Carpathians and
are fighting hard but the the Austrians have everywhere
stopped their advance.
Many German Prisoners
Itcrlin Jan. 1. The army headquar-
ters' summary shows that Germany
at the end of the year has 8138 of-
ficers and 577875 men prisoners of
war.
The clviliuns and prisoners taken In
Hiusian Poland are not Included.
The prisoners Include twenty-eight
generals. More than half of the prls-
oners are Russians.
Aviators at Dunkirk
Paris Jan. 1. It is reported hen
that four German aeroplanes again
bombarded Dunkirk on the north roast
of Fiance yesterday.
English Trench Captured
lierlln Jau. 1. An ofticial repori
says that the Germans yesterday cap-
tured one Knglish trench in Belgium.
The mist prevents operations in Po-
land today.
Lull In Fighting.
London Jan. 1. The new year
finds belligerent Kurope. after five
months of war fighting as sternly as
at the beginning but seemingly with-
out prospects of immediate big vic-
tories which the combatants have set
as their task.
The Austrians have been driven
out of the greater pan of Galicla
again and according to a Vienna
stat?ment the Russians have crossed
the Carpathians for the third time
but In Poland where the more Im.
mutant battle is In nroeress the nr- !
mies of the Russian and German em-
perors are still fighting for the banks
of th rivers which Intersect the
country between th upper Vistula
and I'illca rivers
in Flanders and France there has
of the front disturbed occasionally j
however by artillery fire infantry I
attacks and counter-attacks. The i
French last night announced they hail I
carried half of the village of Stein-1
bach in upper Alsace which while .
of little or no importance itsell
utands at th foot of a hill which I
commands a large part of the sin
rounding country. It is in this re
T
g!on as in the vicinity of Noyon and
between the Argonne Tldge and the
Meuse that the French have been
pushing their offensive with the great-
est force and where they rlaim to
have made the most progress.
Along the Belgian coast the fight-
ing Is confined to artillery bombard-
ments. Westendo and many other
"We towns which long ago were
deserted by the civilian imputation
have been made the target for shells
of the allies.
Waltish bay a llritisli possession
on the coast of German Southwest
Africa which the Tiermans took at
the commencement of the war has
been retaken by the I'nion of South
Africa forces while the Australians
have annexed Ilougalnvlll? Island
another of the Solomon islands over
which flew the German flag aud
about the lust of the Gorman islands
In the PacifK
HE LIKES ARDMORE
Largest Traveling Man in State May
Make Headquarters Here.
The Dodson Saddlery Company of
Dallas which has not kept a salesman
in Oklahoma for several years has
sent a man here for the 1915 business.
The representative of the company
here Is J. A. Walker of Greenville
Texas. Mr. Walker stands six feet
three and weighs 310 pounds. Ho la j
the largest traveling man In the state
anJ whilH llc arRe- lle is v'r" nHW- j
Me has a fund of strength and health j
and good humor and the men who sell I
leather goods will remember him af -
ter seeing him once lie will go over
his territory before dec iding where
he will loente but the pretty streets.
K00(1 schools the natural gas. and j
'ie companionable people of Ardmore
appeM to him and he is thinking seri- j
ously of naming Ardmore as ills head-;
quarters w ithout looking further. Mr.
Walker left today to visit Overbrook I
Marietta and Thackerville and will i
be back in Ardmore1 tomorrow. j
i
A Want A4 tofl will rant thai j
room tomorrow.
Arkansas Child Labor.
Little Hook. Ark. Jan. I The
child labor law restricting child Ia-
Ur in tills state goes into effect to-
day. Children of school age will not
be permitted to work excepting by
seclnl lcrmlfMilou.
Cotton Mills Full Time.
Augusta da. Jan. I.- Cotton mills
in the south have all had orders
enough to keep them on full running
time up to today. They hiid been
running on much army duck. Orders
after today are a little short but
it is expected will pick up for spring
output which it late because of con-
servatism. LAST APPEAL AGAINST THE
PROHIBITION DECREE FAILED
THURSDAY WHEN PETITIONS
WERE REJECTED.
Petrograd Jan. J. The last i-
('nl against Russia's prohibition de-
cree failed Thursday when the Pet-
rograd and Moscow city officials re-
jected the petitions to authorize the
announcement of the sales of tiecr
and light wines.
The order abolishing bevr and wine
sales was issued without previous
notice late one afternoon and was
effective the next morning. The re-
sult was that no on? had an op-
portunity to lay In private wine and
beer stocks. liven denatured alcohol
hihI vnrnlsh of alcoholic compounds
are prohibited from sale.
THIS ACTION OF PACKERS IS
BASED ON GREAT BRITAIN'S
SEIZURE OF MEAT CARGOES
SENT FROM CHICAGO.
Chicago III. Dec. 31. Shipment of
all food supplies from Chicago to
Kurope were cut oft today pending
the settlement of the controversy be-
tween the United States and England
.over the seizing of cargoes of meat
shipped by Chicago packers valued
at r.i"oooo.
This fact became public today in
the wake of the disclosure that the
packing industries of the middle west
were responsible for the note penned
to the irritish government by Presi-
dent. Wilson. Ko word had been
received today concerning reparation.
"It would bo futile to consign food
stuffs to foreign port1! under present
conditions." said Alfred 1'rton attor
ney for the packers. "There Is noth-1
ing In International law to prevent
the shipment of nieata direct to the
belligerents but the risk Is too great.
In times of war the rules of inter-
national law are too frequently Ig-
nored to make shiliniiiB safe. The.
lu.ok hfu .. tllkpn BI..4. on
. . T1)p wh(0 .
mi mve Wn onISM by t;u.
nlixpr.
UoMrt McMiin.is. attorney for Swift
& c) sal(1 that h nrm was prepar-j
f.d at anv time to show that Uie seiz-1
as " not legitimate. "Four of I
th( fivf carKM.s are In the irritish
prj7e court." he said "and this usu-
aly involve a sale of the goods
or KOUds were held on suspicion
HM reasons must be furnished why
they should not proceed to their
destination."
m. J. Sulzberger of Sulzberger &
Sous said:
"The goods taken into port by Ilrit-
ish warships were our property by
every right and there appears no
I reason w by their passage should
PROHIBITION
IN flEALITY
III RUSSIA
SUSPENDED
ALL EUROPEAN
SHIPMENTS
AMERICAN NOTE
IS PUBLISHED
BRITISH NEWSPAPERS YESTER-
DAY PUBLISHED FULL TEXT OF
AMERICAN NOTE
SOLUTION EXPECTED
ome of the Britishers Who First Re-
garded the Note as an Ultimatum
Have Changed Their Opinion Pa-
pers Say America Does not Appre-
ciate Difficulties.
I-omlon Jau. 1.--The publication
last night of the lull text of the Ameri-
can note has dispelled any Irritation
caused by the previous summary of
It.
Some Englishmen who regarded it
as an ultimatum have now changed
tiieir opinions.
Some of the newspapers ay that
the United States does not fully ap-
preciate the itrltish difficulties but
that a satisfactory solution can bn
made.
Italy Likes Its Tone.
Rome Jan. 1. The American note
produced an excellent Impression here.
Made Public Last Night.
Washington. Jan. 1. By a mutual
agreement between the state depart-
ment and the Pritish foreign offlcs
the full text of the note Hent by the
United States to Great Hrltaln insist-
ing on an early Improvement in the
treatment of American commerce by
the Jlrlilsh f lm was made public
here last nbrht
have been Interrupted. The action
is unwarranted by fact or precedent
and calls for redress. The goods
wens not contraband and were bound
for neutral pons in neutral ships.
Wo can only wait and see what an-
swer Kngland is going to make and
hope that our government will inter-
vene in our Iwhalf."
DUM DUMS WON'T FIT GUNS.
Bullets Protested by Germans Not
For Allies' Rifles is Report
Washington Dec. 31. State de-
partment officials have practically
completed their investigation of char
gen made by the German ambassador
Count Iternstorff that dum dum bul-
lets were being supplied from the
United States to the armies of the
all let. An answer to Count von
IVemtitoriT will be made within the
next few days.
The department's investigators
have reiiorted that the samples of
dum dum bullets submitted by tho
German ambassador as having been
made in the United States would
not tit any rifle being used by th
allies.
State department official! also
have been informed by an American
diplomat just hack from. Kurop
that he found no ground for charges
that Hclgiana have been mutilated
bv German soldiers.
Health Conditions.
Physicians reKrt that health con-
ditions in the city are fairly good.
There are no contagion diseases ex-
cept whooping cough which has
t.ocn raging among the children for
some we-ks. No efforts are made
to iiiarant.ue such cases and thero
are no serious cases of this com-
plaint With the first freeze the
few cases of f-ver made quick re-
coveries but pneumonia came and
at this time there are more pneu-
monia cases than anything else. A
far as Is known there are no serious
cases in the city.
Moving Here from Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Kepley and
their little daughter are Ardmore vis-
itors today. They are from San
Antonio. Texas but cbii'5 here from
Oklahoma City where Mr. Kepley
has business connections. They are
making plans to locata ia Ardmore.
Mr. Kepley is interested la oil hold-
ings lu Curfr coun'y.
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