The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 79, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME TWENTY-ONE
TURKEY REFUSES TO ADM
On Other Hand Turks Claim to Have Defeated Scatter-
ing Bands of Russians on the Persian Frontier
Where the Persians themselves fought the Russians
French Claim More Victories About Steinbach and
that Important German Position of St. Mihiel is now
Threatened Zeppelins and German Aeroplanes are
Driven Away from Dunkirk Berlin Says Weather
in Poland Still Interferes with Operations There but
that German Progress Has Been Made in the West-
ern Argbnn Forest Bryan Demands Proof of Ger-
man Ambassador that American Firms are Sending
Dum-Dum Bullets to Europe.
LONDON Jan. 7. Turkey has not yet admitted her
great defeat in Caucasus with the destruction of two en-
tire army corps but instead in an official statement to-
day described the victories of the Turks against small
Russian detachments on the Persian frontier where it
is claimed the Persians also fought the Russians. The
total Russian losses ..there are three hundred says the
report and this has broken the Russian morals.
French Claim More vk'1""7" 's'c.
Paris. Jan 7 An official tatpmpnr '
French artillery yesterday silenced the Germans ak
eral points stopped the fire on the mine throwers in Bel-
gium and drove the Zeppelins and aeroplanes away from
Dunkirk. The wet weather has stopped the heavy fight-
ing. In Alsace about Steinbach the French have made
more gains endangering the important German posi-
tion at St. Mihiel.
Bad Weather in Poland.
BERLIN Jan. 7. An official statement says that
the Germans made progress in the Argonne forest. The
weather is still bad in Poland.
Tell of German Atrocities.
Paris Jan. 7. The French commis-
sion aptiointed In September to exam-
ine the charges of German cruelly re-
ported today saying:
"There never has been u war bo-
tweon civilized nations o so savage
and ferocious a character. Pillage
burning ravishing and murder are or-
dinary practices of our enemy."
'' Not Arrested for Letter
Umdon Jan. 7. The German mili-
tary government in ltelglum formally
denies that Cardinal Mercier the J!el-
gian prelate was arrested for Issu-
ing a letter advising Belgians that
they don't owe allegiance to Germany
or for any other cause.
- ' Ask Germans for Proof
Washington D. C Jan. 7. Secre-
tary JJryan today told the German am-
bassador thut if he can furnish proof
that American iirms are shipping for
bidden war materials such as dum
dum bullets that Wilson will use his
influence to stop 'such traffic.
American Ship Tied Up
ICsbJerg Denmark Jan. 7. The
American ship Carolyn carrying cot-
ton to Germany is held up here una-
ble to get a pilot who dares to try to
run the German mine fields.
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Terrrble Slaughter of Turks.
London Jan. 7. A dispatch to the
London Morning Post from Petrograd
says:
The Russians have destroyed some-
thing like BO.OOfl men trapped in the
iorrlble fastnesses of the Caucasus
ranges where under German com-
manders they contested the sover-
eignty of Russia on Russian soil.
Two Turkish army corps have been
slaughtered and all that remains of
them is a few hundred prisoners.
At Pari-Kaniysh several marches in-
side Russian territory a Turkish army
had been engaged for over a week in
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DEFEATAT RUSSIAN HANDS
a stubborn conflict with the Russians
who barred the approach to Kars. No
details of the fighting have yet reach
ed me beyond suggeRtive accounts of
the terrible cold which recently set
in on those mountain heights.
The Turks were the attacking par
ty. Scores of miles away from their
base they are reported to have been
very illy provided to meet such ter-
rible weather. For the last three days
and nights a battle lias been In pro-
gress which lms now ended not mere-
ly in the total defeat but the annihi-
lation of the Turkish army.
The best army corps In the Turkish
army the 'Ninth normally stationed at
h;raerunii d the invasion supported
by another army corps drawn appar
ently from Van. Neither now exists.
TliP entire command of the Ninth
corps was taken prisoners by a single
company of a Russian regiment which
sufficiently indicates the condition to
which the corps was reduced.
Surrounded on all sides crushed by
the overwhelming lire of mountain
artillery Maxims and rifles the Ninth
army corps has been deliberately de-
stroyer. Its commander Ished Pasha;
the dhisional commanders with 100
other officers are prisoners. The ar-
tillery Maxims ammunition stores
and the entire train of this corps have
fallen into the Russian hands.
The Tenth Turkish Army Corps al-
though not (tiite annihilated is seek-
ing to escape in the inhospitable hills'
hotly pursued by native hillmen. j
This striking victory coincides with
the success achieved at Ardahan. re-
ported yesterday. The Turkish forces
have been thoroughly dispersed and
are flying in all directions with small
chances of ultimate escape.
The losses here are also enormous
aud here again as on the Ilzura. the
Siberian corps have greatly distin
guished themselves. One s'liiadron I
charged the Turkish infantry and cut
two companies to pieces while anolh-j
er squadron cut their way through the!
Highlit Constantinople regiment and
captured its standard.
Except for scattered bands of fugi-
tives Turkey no longer has any armed
men on Russian territory.
As this incursion into Russia was di-
rected by German commanders in-
deed. Sanders Pasha was reported to
have visited F.rzerum In person to ar-
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ARDMOKE OK LA. THURSDAY JANUARY 7 1915.
SEVENTY ARE
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ALL INJURED IN YESTERDAY'S
SUBWAY FIRE AND PANIC WILL
RECOVER.
ONE WOMAN IS DEAD
Many Miraculous Escapes as Hun
dreds Passengers of Two Subway
Trzin Fought to Gain Freedom of
Streets Above.
M'w lors Jan. 7. Seventy persons
are still in hospitals today from yes-
terday's subway accident. All how
ever will recover. The death list
still remains at one being a woman
wno died in an ambulance en route
to a hospital.
The accident was described by the
police as"tho worst in the history of
subway. For a time the authorities
considered blowing up sections of the
street on either side of the scene
of the accident to let fresh air into
the tube. As it was gangs of men
were set to work with tlaine blowing
pipes blowing lioles In the concrete
while others worked with pickaxes.
Fire Chief Kenlon said when his
men entered the two trains they
found many of the passengers In
their seats unconscious others lyins
in the aifiles and everywhere was
evidence of a terrillc panic! The
lloors were strewn with hats and
torn clothing. Still other passengers
were found lying on the ground by
the tracks.
Two hundred persons in all were
taken to the Polyclinic with one
exception uone had been fatally in-
jured. As the result of the accident the
city was last night in Uie throes of
a transportation blockade without
parallel in Its history.
Tile hundreds of thousands of pas-
sengers the subway ordinarily carries
were diverted ta the elevated and
surface systems and when the home-
bound rush begau neither system had
adequate facilities to acconimodato
the tremendous crowds. There were
no subway trains at all running to J
Brooklyn and a dense mass of hu-
manity concentrating at the Brook-
lyn bridge prolonged the rush hour
period for two hours in a struggle to
board trains and cars.
The inann.?einent of the.Whterbor-
biig'h Rapid Transit company was not
prepared to guarantee that a normal
schedule would be restored todiiy.
SIX YEARS AGO HUNDRED TWEN-TY-FOUR
OUT OF A THOUSAND
CHILDREN COULD NOT READ
AND WRITE NOW 17.
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Washington Jan. .7 Out or every
one thousand children in the I'nited
States only fifteen are unable to read
and write between the ages of 12
and 14.
j Oklahoma shows the most rapid
decrease In illiteracy of these ages
J Oklahoma had 124 such children six
years ago to tne thousand and now
I nas oniy seventeen.
Stone Cornice Fall1.
MadiU. Okla. Jan. C. A part of
the stone cornice on the Marshall
county court house building now un
der construction in MadiU. fell to j
the ground Tuesday afternoon. The.)
continued rains of the past several
days prevented the mortar from set-
ting or hardening and when the
false work was removed from under
the s'one. the cornice gave way.
IN HOSPITALS NOW AT JUAREZ
OKLAHOMA IS TWO DOLLARS
DECREASING MEAT IS
IN ILLITERACY NEAR REALITY
VILLA'S ARMY
ARMY OF EIGHT THOUSAND MEN
BEGAN ARRIVING IN BORDER
CITY TODAY.
Four Mexican Gunboats on Atlantic
Coast Said to Have Declared Them
selves Neutral During Present Re
volution.
i:i l'aso Texas. Jan. 7. Villa's
troops began arriving in Juarez today.
It is reported that eight thousand are
coining. General Villa himself is due
to arrive touighL
Gunboats to Be Neutral
Washington I). C Jan. 7. The Gut
ierrez agency here reports that four
Mexican gunboats on the Atlantic
const have declared themselves neu-
tral and have retired to a quiet cove
off Yucatan to await the results of
the present revolution.
State department dispatches how
ever indicate that possibly these gun-
bont movements indicate that a trans-
fer of the Curranna headquarters is in
progress.
THREE KNOWN DEAD
Storm Sweeps Coast of Florida and
Georgia Doing Much Damage.
Jacksonville Fla.. Jan. 7. Three
persons are known to be dead and
many injured besides an immense
property loss as a result of last
night's storm along the Florida and
Georgia const.
ARIZONA LAW IS ILLEGAL
Anti-Alien Employment Law of Ari
zona Dtclartd Unconstitutional.
San Francisco. Cal. Jan. 7. The
federal court here has declared un
constitutional the Arizona anti-alien
employment act. The net requires a
largo percentage of laborers on any
job must be American citizens.
Big Real Etate Deal.
J. K. McCarty has purchased the
Frank Pcttltt property comer of
Mill street and Second avenue and
will remodel the building and erect
a liftccn-room rooming house thereon.
Mr. .McCarty traded a valuable farm
west of the city for the property.
CHICAGO MARKET LACKED BUT
HALF A CENT REACHING THE
TWO DOLLAR PER BUSHEL
MARK TODAY.
j Chicago. III.. Jan. 7. Two dollars
j per bushel for wheat the wild dream
J of only the enthusiasts who expected
I it to come true was within half a
cent of rf ality today.
On one. grade of wheat one car-
j load of Durum wheat sold to Italy to-
i day on a basis that figured includ-
I ing cost of delivery at destination
I $1.99 3-t per bushel.
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REPLY IS FRIENDLY
London. Jan 7. The. reply to
the American note accord-
ing to reliable reports will be
conciliatory promising to do
all possible to avert a delay
to American shipping.
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TO DISPOSE
Voted Unanimously in Favor of Shutting Down Field.
Mr. Franklin Thinks Case Analogous to Hold-up on
the Streets. Legislature is Being Looked to for Aid
At a Critical Time. Resolutions to Encourage An-
other Pipe Line Adopted.
The producers of oil in the llealilton
field met at 2 o'clock Wednesday after-
noon in the commercial club rooms at
the county c ourt house. Thu room was
fified there being a good attendance
of producers.
Wirt Franklin president of the Pro-
ducers' Association acted as chair-
man and Mark Kirkpatrick secretary
of the association kept the minutes.
Object of Meeting.
Mr Franklin stated the object of
the meeting to be to give considera-
tion to some correspondence which
had passed recently between the pro-
ducers and the pipe line people and
to determine what shall he done with
reference to disposing of the produc-
tion of the lield. He recounted the
tentative proposition reported in the
oil columns of the Ardnioreite a few
days ago. in which the producers' nsso
cintion through Commissioner Hen
shaw made a proposition to accept
40c lor oil provided the pipe line would
run not less than l.'.OOO barrels a day.
lie ulso read a reply from Col. Greer
attorney for the Magnolia Pipe Line
Company in which it was stated that
the company could not roil that much
oil that it did not have storage facili
ties to care tor it and spoke of the
purchases the company- is making in
the Gushing field. In this correspond
ence Col. Greer did offer to run 12000
barrels a day for three months begin-
ning February 1 at 30c a barrel sub
ject to the duties Imposed upon the
line as a common carrier. This meant
that if the price was reduced to 30c
and no one offered oil to be carried
through the lines that the company
would take 12000 barrels a day.
After stating the object of the meet
ing Mr. Franklin expressed his views
of the situation confronting the pro
ducers. He sahl the concession to sell
oil at 40c was concession enough that
in his opinion the company would not
take any more oil at 30c than they
would take at 40c. There is no place
on earth now where oil is selling as
low as 30c. Gulf coast oil worth much
less than llealilton oil Is selling above
this price. We must show the Mag
nolia people that we cannot be Intinii
dated. This case is analogous to hold
ing a man up on the street and taking
his money. lie favored the field re
maining ns It is with f0c oil even but
little of It Is being taken. Mr. Frank
Ifn said the lield was In a deplorable
condition now but the situation Is a
temporary one. dishing fell off re
cently 00000 barrels In one day. The
old Held there is falling off rust. The
legislature is in session now nnd thu
speaker expressed the belief that the
corporation commission would be giv-
en power to conserve the oil and stop
the waste and put an end to such
low prices. He said the bill now being
prepared would serve to protect the
oil men from one another iind would
end the system of "hogging" which
had been practiced to some extent.
Attorney Johnson Talks.
W. It. Johnson was called for and
responded. He agreed with Mr. Frank
lin that the price should not be re-
duced to 30c. If the producers break
over now it will discourage the legis-
lature thut w ill 'soon he at work on a
remedial measure. A meeting "will be
held Thursday night In Oklahoma City
Mr. Johnson said at which time the
new oil bill will be redrafted. The
corporation commission the present
governor Hnd the Incoming governor
are giving the bill their support. He
said the independent producers in
the Gushing field had eighteen millions
of barrels in storage such firms as
McMan and White & Sinclair are stor-
ing their oil instead of selling it cheap
they are looking forward to better
prices and Healdton producers can
follow Uieir example and not take
their oil out of the earth until there is
a demand for it. He illustrated the
oil situation by the conditions which
now control the price of cotton.
A certain amount of oil ts required
to be held In storage the pipe lines
NUMBER 79.
OF OIL AT 30 CTS.
need sixty millions of barrels for this
purpose and when they store mor
than that amount they require the
producers to build the storage by de-
ducting the cost from tho price of oil.
Healdton producers have stood this
condition three months and none of
them have gone broke we can con-
tinue to do the same thing by co-operating
with one another. The new leg-
islation 'will permit only such oil as
there Is a demand for to bo brought
from tho earth and that will to some
extent control tho price. The oil men
need protection fro mthemselves and
In 30 days the price will be getting
better. Oil will go to 75c a barrel
f'very contract we have ever made
with the pipe line people has been
broken. They 'come with a very pret
ty story to show us how they cannot
handle the oil. Oil should be kept. In
the ground where nature put it un-
til there is a market demand for it
After the legislation now being pre-
pared Is law there will be no more
"hogging" in the Oklahoma oil fields.
Position of McMan
C. H. Clark superintendent for the
McMun Company was called for. He
stated that the McMan and Corslcana
companies operated Jointly in the
Healdton Held their production now
is 13.r00 barrels. The McMan people
havo no 30c oil they would rather not
sell an; oil for as low as 40c He could
not tell Just what the Corslcana Pe-
troleum Company would say but be
believed that rnmnnnv huM th nm
opinion as the McMan people bold. He
said tho production at Gushing was
on the decline and the oil situation
looked better. He also spoke of the
Prairie people paying Sue In the Gush-
ing field when other purchasers wero
biiyiug oil at 39c and said the pipe line
people were not to be condemned for
their action. The producers have bro-
ken the market. It we can't protect
uuinuiri-n n 13 uuftllL w RU MU I tft uie
oil business said Mr. Clark.
This country produced In 1913 ap-
proximately 248000000 barrels. In 1914
the production is estimated at 294000-
000. That storage of 18000.000 at
Gushing is a mere drop In the bucket.
We can afford to wait There are
many leases in the Healdton Held that
will not show any profit whatever if
the flush production must be sold at
30c.
Rcbt. Watchorn's Views.
Frank Harper secretary of the Dun-
dee and Samoset Companies was call
ed. He stated that he understood
what opinions Mr. Watcborn held and
he favored a shut down in the field
rather than t-ike 30c and personally
Mr. Watchorn would rather close down
the field than to sell for 40c but he
would stay with the producers if they
dosed a deal to sell for 40o.
Other Companies Represented
Uiwrence Lee of the 1911 and th
1914 companies said his people had
not sold their storage oil for 30c and
they would not now agree to sell
their fresh oil at that price. He favor-
ed a shut down lu the field rather
than reduce the price.
G. A. Ramsey of the llayou and oth
er companies -favored a shut down
if all would shut down. He gave ex-
pression to a grievance In that some
of his neighbors had been taking oil
out of the ground for a series of
months and he said lie was feeling
sore over the conditions that prevail
now.
II. A. Simpson of the Ardworth and
other companies said his people had
no 30c and no 40c oil. His people will
stand with the producers and close
down the field rather than reduce the
price.
Walter Critchlow of the Dundee Co..
says he believed: tne neia snouia oe
shut down as an encouragement to the
legislature which will be giving consid-
eration to a new oil conservation
measure within a short time.
Dennis Fitzgerald of the Coline Co..
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