The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 126, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 3, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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HOME EDITION ARDMORE OKLA. WEDNESDAY MARCH 3 1915.
4:00 P.M.
NUMBER 126.
VOLUME TWENTY-ONE
THINK ALLIES WILL
FROM BLOCKADE OF GElNf M
London Newspapers Express Belief that England Will
Not Recede from Blockade Despite Germany's An-
nouncement Last Night Agreeing to Withdraw
Practically All the Features of Her Submarine and
Mine Warfare Which Endangered Neutrals Brit-
ish Declare that the German Submarine Blockade is
Ineffective and that Germany has Nothing to Gain
bv Continuing the Blockade Russian Trans-Caucasian
Army is Driving Turks Before it Cutting off
Turks' Route for Reinforcements and Supplies from
Constantinople Which Isolates a Large Section of
Turkish Territory British Observers Express the
Opinion that Germany and Austria are Playing a
Losing Game Against tu.? Rssians' Entire Front.
""'ortci Society-
LONDON March 3. London newspapers do not
think that England will recede from the blockade despite
Germany's announcement last night agreeing to with-
draw practically all the features of her submarine and
mine warfare which seem to endanger neutrals provid-
ing the United States' suggestion for supervision of food
distribution to civilians is agreed to by England.
The British papers argue that the German subma-
rine blockade is ineffective and that Germany has noth-
ing to gain by continuing the blockade while by appar-
ently making concessions to the American note Germany
really assures civilians a food supply.
British military observers are practically unanimous
in the belief that Germany arid Austria are playing a
losing game against the Russians along the entire front.
Driving Turks Before Them.
Tif lis Caucasia March 3. The Trans-Caucasia
Russian army driving the Turks before it has reached
the river Khopachas in Armenia. This cuts off the
Turks' route for reinforcements and supplies from Con-
stantinople and isolates a large section of Turkish territory.
French Claim Gains.
PARIS March 3. It is officially announced that the
previous reports of French gains in the Champagne re-
gion have been confirmed. Many German first-line
trenches have been captured.
Drop Bombs Upon Warsaw
WARSAW March 3. A German aviator dropped
bombs upon the residential quarter today. No casualties
Report Fleet Repulsed.
BERLIN March 3. Constantinople reports that the
allied fleet yesterday unsuccessfully shelled the Darda-
nelles for three hours and was then forced to retreat by
the successful fire of the Turkish batteries. Another
fleet shelled the Turkish positions in the Gulf of Saros
without success. Turkish aviators successfully bombard-
ed the allies' fleet.
Fleet is
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ships at the Dardanelles.
Russian Forts Silenced
Iterlin -March 3. The Cologne Ga-
zette says the German artillery lias
demolished two of the Russian forts
at Ossowetz and silenced their guns.
Antivari is Bombarded.
London March 3. Five Austrian
warships yesterday bombarded Anti-
vari Montenegro destroying some
stores sinking the royal yacht and
killing one civilian.
Forty-nine Thousand Prisoners.
Petrograd March 3. Up to the
middle of February the Russians
Ind captured forty-nine thousand
Turkish prisoners.
French Aeroplane Captured.
Berlin March 3. An official re-
port says a French aeroplane with
motor trouble descended in the Ger-
man line north of France yesterday
and was captured. The French at-
tacks in Champagne "have been
without any degree of success." The
Russian attacks about Grodnoplock
and Przasnysz have failed except for
one action which drove back the
Ornian vanguard.
NOT RECEDE
Big One
allies have fifty-two war
Washington Feels Encouraged.
Washington March 3. Adminis
tration officials are encouraged by
the unofficial German reply of last
night yielding largely to the Amer-
ican note and think that it is pos-
sible that Germany's stand may in-
fluence England similarly.
Submarines to Dardanelles.
Geneva March 3. Newspaper re-
ports say that six Austro-German
submarines left the Austrian naval
base with several torpedo boats and
destroyers yesterday for the Darda-
nelles. They were last seen off the
Island of Corfu.
Battle Raging in Carpathians.
London March 3. The Russian ar-
mies are now engaged In battles
along virtually the whole eastern
front. In north Poland having been
enabled to resume the offensive they
are slowly pushing the Germans back
to the east Prussian frontier. In
the Carpathians and In eastern Gali-
eis they have been engaged for sev-
eral days In resisting fierce and re-
CONTIXUEDX PAGE FIVE
AGED WOMAN TELLS OF
MERITS OF CHOCTAW BEER
McAlescer Okla. March 2. Fran-
ces Trione 75 years old an Italian
widow at Krebs came to the defense
of her son Charles Trione In county
court Tuesday and assuming all blame
for a "Choctaw" beer party held at
her home July Hi. last obtained an
acquittal for the defendant. County
officers raided the Trione home on the
night of July 1C. They found a niYni-
ber of Italians drinking and discovered
in different receptacles 26 gallons of
"Choctaw" beer. The beer was her
own. not her son's Mrs. Trione testi-
fied and had been made for the spe-
cific purpose of entertaining friends
in celebration of her seventyllfth
birthday anniversary.) It was that
celebration that was in progress when
the officers interfered she said. The
aged Italian woman gave expert testi-
mony as to the value of the "Choctaw"
beer as a beverage. She makes it regu-
larly she said by using a mixture of
water malt sugar and hops and
drinks on an average of a gallon a
day.
That is why she is sprightly at seventy-live
she said.
PRESSURE TO
BE HEAVY
COMMISSIONER FRALEY STATES
THAT THE STATEMENT THAT
PRESSURE WAS UNSATISFAC-
TORY IS NOT TRUE.
Relative to the statement contained
in yesterday's issue about the fire in
the T. K. Kearney building which
stated that the water pressure was
anything but satisfactory Commis-
sioner Fraley stated last night that
it was all a mistake. He said that
at 10:3n o'clock the pressure showed
the maximum of 72 and at 12:30
after the fire was under way and six
strings of hose M ere drawing water
from the mains the gauge registered
08 while the gauge at the pumping
plant showed 98
The maximum as stated is 72 but
insurance companies only require mat
the pressure be CO so the commis-
sioner resented the statement that
the pressure was unsatisfactory.
Mr. Fraley stated that Ardmore
whs recognized by insurance compan-
ies as one of the best equipped to
fight fire of any city in the state and
was often referred to In this con-
nection by representatives of big
companies.
KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE.
Lockhart Texas Man Pinned Beneath
Car When It Skidded.
Lockhart Tex. March 3. -Alex
Goth an automobile dealer died here
today of injuries received in being
pinned beneath his car when it
skidded in the rain-soaked road near
here.
LAND RENT BILL.
Governor Is Spectator at Debate In
House On Bill.
Austin Tex. March 3. The house
is today debating on the land rent
bill. Governor Ferguson was a spec-
tator. Representative Bagby fainted
at the end of a speech favoring the
bill. A bill prohibiting electioneering
was favorably reported to the house.
WEALTHY INDIAN CHARGES
HIS WIFE WITH BIGAMY
Sapulpa Okla. March 2. Young
Avant. a member of Oklahoma's
wealthiest Indian family whose father
founded the town of Avant today
caused the arrest of his beautiful 16-year-old
wife who before her mar-
riage was Lonnie Angel. Avant says
his wife was married before and that
her husband Is living.
Avatt says that Mrs. Avant mar
ried C. J. West an oil man several
months ago. She got a divorce. Un
der the Oklahoma law a woman must
not re-marry until six months after
a divorce has been granted. Avant al-
leges that his wife married him two
months after the decree had been
eranted her. She Is held In the coun-
ty jail on a charge of bigamy.
GAUGE SHOWED
SE
NATE N ALL
NOT SESSION
TWENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLAR
RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL IS
PASSED BY THE SENATE.
Vice President Marshall Was Gotten
Out of Bed About Five O'Clock this
Morning to Help Form Quorum for
Passage of Bill.
Washington 1). C Marcli 3. The
senate passed the $25000(100 rivers
ami harbors appropriation bill at 6:37
this morning after an all-night ses
sion and then recessed until 11:00
o'clock today.
Vice President Marshall was gotten
out of bed to help form a quorum for
the passage of the bill about 5:00
o'clock this morning.
Tuesday's developments practically
sealed the fate of the ship purchase
bill administration leaders agreeln
that it would be almost impossible
to act on the conference report in
the senate after it is disposed of by
the house. Some of the democratic
senators asserted that the measure
probably would not appear in the sen
ate again while others thought it
might be offered at the last moment
when all essential measures had been
cleared away.
The bill was shunted aside Tues
day in the house and returned to con-
ference on a point of order made by
representative Mann the minority
leader who contended that the con
ferees bad exceeded their authority
in increasing to three years the peri
od to elapse following the close of
the European war before the Weeks
naval auxiliary provisions should be
come effective.
The .Weeks bill would have gone
into effect at once as It passed the
senate originally while the house
amendment provided that It should be
enforced with the expiration of the
proposed shipping board two years
after the close of the war.
Speaker Clark sustained the point
of order and a further conference
with the senate was requested to make
the report conform to the rules.
Tuesday night the Houses prompt-
ly agreed to the conference report on
the naval bill with a provision direct-
ing the secretary of the navy to re
port to the next congress plans for
four naval vessels based on the Euro-
pean war experiences. Reports on the
military academy and the diplomatic
and consular bills also were agreed
to.
Plan Continuous Session.
Washington March 3. The sixty-
third congress plans to hold twenty-
four hours' continuous session before
it ends its existence tomorrow at
noon. There were deadlocks at to-
day's conferences on the rural credits
and mail pay items and the leaders
believe there is little chance for the
passage of the ship purchase and the
Philippine bills.
Fire at Brownwood Tex.
Hrownwood Tex. March 3. Fire
did fifteen thousand dollars' damage
here today destroying the Queen
theatre and several business build-
ings. GENERAL SCOTT TO UTAH
Will Try to Effect Capture of the
Piute Indians.
Washington March 3. Ifrigadier
General Scott chief of staff of the
army went to Utah today to try for
a peaceful settlement with the Piute
Indians.
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QUORUM
CONVICTS TRANSFERRED FROM
MINNESOTA TO LEAVENWORTH
Leavenworth Kas. Marcli 2. In
charge of twenty guards and deputy
United Slates marshals 13 3 federal
prisoners who have been eonflned in
the Minnesota state penitentiary at
Stillwater today were brought to the
federal prison here increasing the
population of the local institution to
1300 the largest In its history. The
party came in a special train of live
cars.
The government's contract with the
state of Minnesota for the care of its
"overflow" prisoners expired today.
The additions to the big prison here in
the meantime had been completed.
The train today was backed into
the prison yard eliminating possible
trouble from unloading In the city.
There are only two life termers in the
bunch and several twenty-year men
while the rest have not less than five
years. All the men wore of the first
grade In the Stillwater penitentiary
and consequently were assigned to
that grade here.
GUMES TOBAY
PER CAPITA PAYMENT PROVISION
ADOPTED BY THE SENATE AT
THREE O'CLOCK THIS MORNING
HAS PASSED HOUSE.
In the United States senate at
three o'clock this morning the con-
ference report on the Indian appro-
priation bill was approved by a vote
of 33 to l.". A wire to this effect
was received early this morning by
Erret Dunlap signed by Senator Gore
and Congressman Carter.
This means that the Choctaw In-
dians will receive a payment of $200
and the Chlckasaws will receive a
payment of $100. The smaller pay-
ment for the Chlckasaws Is due to
the fact that last August the Chlcka-
saws received $100 each while the
Choctaws received nothing nnd this
payment will even up matters with
reference to the members of both
tribes of Indians.
Men like John Sharpe Williams and
Senator Vardamnn lined up against
giving the Choctaws their payment.
These men wanted the Indians Btill
In Mississippi to share in the distri-
bution of the funds of the tribe. A
powerful lobby was maintained to de-
feat the Choctaws. John Sharpe Wil-
liams is very shrewd he Is a man
well trained In legislative work and
a victory over Williams means some-
thing. Many of the strong men of the
house and the senate joined with
Williams in the fight. There was a
sprinkle of Indian sentiment coupled
with a threat that If the money was
paid out that suit would be brought
against the government to recover
funds alleged to be due the Missis-
sippi Choctaws who remained at
home.
There was also an element in this
state which hoped to see Williams
win in his fight. This element is
made up of the applicants for citi-
zenship who still hope to get on the
rolls and they very naturally do
not want the tribal funds paid out
until their names are enrolled and
they get what they claim is their
share.
One of the most notable victories
ever won by Congressman Carter was
In the fight for this bill In the lower
house. Democratic Floor Leader Un-
derwood who Is an Alabaman a
close neighbor to Mississippi took
the Williams side of the question and
this forced Charley Carter to take
the floor leadership In the house.
Carter won and then the fight was
transferred to the senate and the
report reaching here today shows
that Senators Gore and Owen have
won in the senate.
DYESTUFFS SCARCE.
Cotton Mills Have Only Few Days'
Supply.
Washington March 3. Tprcscn;a-
tlve Metz told the president today
that the United States textile n.Mls
have only a few days' supply of dye-
stuffs on hand. These dyestuffs come
from Germany. The cotton mills will
be the main sufferers.
GOOD NEWS
FOR INDIANS
FROM THE MINE
THIRTEEN BODIES HAVE BEEN
RECOVERED SO FAR FROM W.
VIRGINIA MINE.
OTHERS ARE LOST
Little Hope Remains for the Miners
Still Entombed in the Coal Mine
Most of the Men are Foreigners
With a Few Americans.
Hinton W. Va March 3. The
bodies of thirteen miners have so far
been recovered from the Layland
mines of the Nuw River and Pocahon-
tas Coal Company seven miles from
CJuinlniont yesterday.
Many of the others are believed to
be dead. It is believed that 161 men
are still in the mine.
From outside evidence the force of
the explosion must have been terrific.
The stone arch over the main entrance
of the workings was destroyed win-
dows within a 300-yard radius were
broken and the explosion was felt for
miles around.
A. II. Cooper who was delivering
groceries to a house within seventy-
five yards of the mine entrance was
blown against a telegraph pole and
killed.
The first rescue party which pene-
trated the mine found bad slate falls.
They reported the air courses good.
Company ofllclnls refuse to give out
any Information concerning the acci-
dent. Most of the entombed miners
are of foreign birth but there also a
large number of Americans.
TRUSTEES Of
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SECOND BIENNIAL REPORT OF
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
SHOWS THAT INSTITUTION IS
IN GOOD SHAPE.
The second biennial report of the
board of trustees of the Confederate
Home has been submitted to the
governor and to the state legislature
and shows that the appropriation has
never been exceeded and that there
is always a balance In favor of the
state at the end of each biennial
term.
In submitting their report the trus-
tees ask that the legislature make
an appropriation of $10000 for the
next biennial term. In asking for this
amount the trustees cite the high
cost of living which has sent prices
upward during the past few years
until the present appropriation will
be Inadequate to take care of the ever
Increasing numbers to the home.
The report shows that there has
been admitted since the home was
opened in June 1911 131 persons
of this number 21 were wives and
5 widows of old soldiers; 21 deaths
have occurred among the Inmates of
the institution; ten have withdrawn;
two sent to the asylum and three
have been dismissed.
The board pays a high tribute to
the physician. Dr. J. C. McNeese for
his care and efficient service and
also lavish praise of Mr. and Mrs.
John Gait former superintendent and
matron and upon the present super-
intendent and matron J. C. Ijams
and Mrs. Mai L. Haydon.
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Easley, John F. The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 126, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 3, 1915, newspaper, March 3, 1915; Ardmore, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc154166/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.