The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 200, Ed. 1 Friday, May 28, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME TWENTY-ONE
HOME EDITION
AKDMOKE OK LA. FRIDAY MAY 2S 1915
4:00 P.M.
NUMIJER 200.
GERMANY ID DECLARE WAR
Will FORTY-EIGHT HOURS
BERLIN DISPATCHES TODAY INDICATE THAT
GERMAN GOVERNMENT WILL DECLARE
WAR ON ITALY IMMEDIATELY AND TURKS
LATER REPORTS THAT GERMANY DECLAR-
ED ALREADY DENIED.
Jtalians Continue Advance into Carinthia Capturing Fourteen Villages and
Three of the Lower Passes Berlin Admits German Reverses' on the
River San Petrograd Claims Russians Are Now in Possession of
Urumiah which is an Important Missionary Center and Where Twen-
ty Thousand Native Christians Have Been Massacred or Have Dis-
appeared Recently. Paris Claims Important French Victory Last
Night Near Souchez Rome Announces Successful Raid by Italian
Airmen Upon the Trieste Nabresina Railroad Constantinople Claims
Turkish Have Captured TwoBritish Positions.
Geneva May 28. Berlin dispatch..
today say that Germany will declare
war on Italy within the next forty.
eight hours and Turkey will declare
war later.
The indirect reports several days
ago that Germany had declared war
have never been confirmed.
The Italians are continuing their ad-
vance march into Carinthia and have
captured fourteen villages and three
lower mountain passes.
Berlin Admits Reverse
Berlin May 28. A German reverse
on the San river is officially admit-
ted today.. Near Sieniawa the Rus-
sians forced the Germans back on the
left bank of the San capturing six
cannon. This German position is not
defended with strong forces.
Russians Take Urumiah
Petrograd May 28. The Russians
have defeated the Turks and occupied
Urumiah Persia. Urumiah is an im-
MANUFACTURERS HAVE BEEN
OVERRUN WITH ORDERS THIS
SEASON AND SUPPLY IS EX-
TREMELY LIMITED.
The secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce has received replies to a
number of inquiries sent out relative
to prices on peach baskets and In
many cases the manufacturers will
be unable to supply them this season
on account of the great demand from
all over the peach country for pack-
ages. The number of growers already
organized he:' will use about ei
thousand baskets but there will be
a demand here for over twice that
number and the question of securing
them is going: to bother the growers
on account of their delay in placing
orders.
Six weeks ago the secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce was quoted
prices by oiY' manufacturer of $1.35
BASKETS FOR
PEACHES ARE
HARD TO GET
per dozen. Trie lowest quotation he t eie suveu.
has received to his latest query has At about the same time the steam-
been $l.fi.".. w ith the supply limited. er l'rincess Irene which was built last
The secretary wishes to urge upon j .v-"ar for the Canadian Pacific British
every grower the necessity of placing I Columbia coast service and which was
their orders at once if they hope to i taken over by the admiralty at the
have baskets to save the crop. The
fruit crop all over the co'intry is
immense this year and manufacturers
have been busily engaged in supply-1
ing the demand for baskets
crates.
and
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Secretary West stated ihls morning
that the fruit growers in this section
are not giving the attention to this
matter that they ought. He said he
recently wrote letters tp several of
them telling them of the situation
and urged activity but had not re-
ceived a reply to his letter and they
were not present at the meeting of
the growers to help take action rela-
tive to saving and marketing the
crop.
This morning the secretary notified
the local growers by telephone about
the baskets and has called them to
take aonie action immediately.
'eant missionary center. The mis-
o0's mere including tne Amen
1 cani' Oeen in great danger from
attacks .. Turks and Kurds. It
is estimated venty-thousand na
tive Christians i. .ve been massacred
or disappeared in that section recent
ly
The Italian heavy guns are arriving
to bombard the Tyrolean frontier
forts. The Italians have captured sev-
eral hills to the north of Mount Bal-
do near Lake Garda.
French Claiming Victory
Paris May 28. important French
victory is officially claimed near Sou-
chez last night where the French cap-
tured some strongly defended houses
and one of the German trenches. This
morning they captured an important
German fort called Des Quatre Boque-
taux. The French took four hundred
Germans prisoners yesterday and
more today.
French Raid Killed Eleven
Amsterdam May 2S. Geiman dis-
patches report that the French air
raid on Ludw igshafeu yesterday killed
eleven civilians and wounded twenty-three
but did not stop work in the
big explosive factories.
Turks Take Two Positions
Constantinople. May US. Turkish
volunteers have captured two liritish
positions at the junction of the
Euphrates and Tigris rivers iu Mesopo-
tamia in a night attack.
Italian Aviators in Raid
Koine May 28. The war office an-
nounces a successful raid by the Ital-
ian hydro-aeroplanes upon the Trieste
Nabresia railroad. It is believed that
the line Is Interrupted. The squadron
escaped Injury.
Additional territory has been occu-
pied along the Tyrol front. The Ital-
ians have occupied the mountain po-
sitions between Lakes Garda and Idro
and have progressed to the mouth of
the Chilese river. The Italians are
making progress on Carniola and also
Frisuli fronts.
Battleship Majestic Sunk
London. May 27. The ilritish bat-
tleship Majestic another of tlies hips
supporting the allied fleet in the Gal-
lipoli peninsula was torpedoed and
sunk by a German submarine this
morning. Nearly all the officers and
coinmenceiiH nt of the war was acci-
dentally destroyed by an explosion
while at anchor at Sheerness. where
she was undergoing repairs. All her
crew numbering about 2."i0 except
ime seaman aim uesiues seveniy-eigni
dock yard workmen who were aboard
at the time lost their lives.
The' Majestic which was the oldest
battleship of the active list of the Brit-
ish navy is the sixth capital ship lost
by the allies since the beginning of the
operation against the Dardanelles and
the second which has fallen victim to
German submarines w hich recently ar-
rived In those waters.
Submarine Menace Growing
The submarine menace is a growing
one both In the Aegean Sea and home
waters and these vessels promise to
take an active part in the operations In
the narrow waters ot .the Adriatic
where as in the Aegean numerous is-
lands alTonl good shelter.
While the warships are able to es-
cape them in the waters around the
British Isles with the increase in their
numbers the carrying on of sea borne
trade becomes more and more hazar-
dous. The admiralty still believes that the
American steamer Nebraskau. now on
her way to Liverpool bound for Cana-
da and the Danish steamer Hetty have
been sunk by submarines. Only a lew
days ago the commander of a subma-
rine informed a Danish captain that
lie had no orders to sink Danish vessels.
The North Carolina Aground
Washington D. ( May 28. The
L'nited States cruiser North Carolina
Is aground in the harbor at Alexandria.
It is believed that she will be floated
without serious damage.
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JUDGES SORELY TRIED. TALENT
TRAINING AND BEAUTY BRING
JOY TO AUDIENCE AND RE-
WARD TO INSTRUCTORS.
The annual musical contest of the
glee clubs from the font different
ward schools alid the high school
was witnessed last evening by an im-
mense throng of people. Long before
the hour of beginning there was not
even standing room to be had in the
large auditorium of the high school
building.
The program consisted of song cy-
cles. Interspersed with numbers by the
high school orchestra. The feature
most noticeable through ull the even-
ing the note most dominant to any
one who was able to compare the
evening's entertainment with those of
past years was the immense improve-
ment over past performances. It was
indeed a feature to awaken the pride
of any citizen of Ardmore to be living
where our children are given as a
matter of course as a share of our
regular curriculum an opportunity to
acquire musica' knowledge such as
they otherwise might not achieve ex-
cept iu an institution specially de-
voted to the muse of harmony.
No doubt the audience felt just as
Superintendent Richards did in an-
nouncing the winner of the cup and
just as the judges of this musical
contest must have felt before finally
making their decision a hesitancy as
to whom the coveted honors should
go. Their decision was for the third
ward and was cheered by the audience.
The judges were: Mrs. C. N. Wood
Mrs. Arthur Kyle and Miss Floy Alvls.
After the opening march by the or-
chestra the audience was delighted
by a melodious adaptation of the Dan-
ube Wave Waltz a "Song of Spring."
This was rendered by the high school
glee clubs both boys' and girls'. Mrs.
McClintock who lias supervised the
musical program for all the wards
had special charge of this organization
and too much cannot be said in praise
of her absolute control and the splend-
id mass effects achieved.
Much thanks Is also due to Miss
Annie Thompson who accompanied
the glees of the first and second wards
and Miss Noble who accompanied j
the fourth ward glee club. Also to
Miss Lucille Butler who played for!
the Inch school number.
"Hiawatha"
The first ward followed with the
story well beloved of all LongM-i
low's Hiawatha. They were dressed;
in the costumes of the Indian and '
marched in to the beat of the drum.
The warriors bold looked brave In-j
deed in their array of buckskin and j
feathers and the maids might well!
be an Inspiration to aw aken another i
Longfellow to sing of an another Hia-
watha. The principals were: Travis
Hitter as Hiawatha: Velma Barrett as
Nakomis. and Abbott Brady as lagoo.
The music was beautiful and weird
vibrant with Its ever recurring strain
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SAisnsu
IS TORPEDOED
CHIEF ENGINEER OF AMERICAN
STEAMER BELIEVES HE SAW
WAKE OF TORPEDO.
SUBMARINE WAS SEEN
Captains of Schooners Claim They
Saw Submarine in Vicinity Shortly
Before the American Vessel Was
Struck.
Liverpool. May 2S. The chief en-
gineer of the American steamer Ne-
braskau believes that he saw tho
wake of the torpedo just before the
Nebraskau was struck.
The captains of the CrooUhaven
schooners claim they twice saw a
submarine in the vicinity of the N'o-
braskan shortly before she was hit.
The American steamer Nebraskau.
which was disabled Tuesday night
by an explosion oil" the coast of 'Ire-
land arrived here shortly before mid-
night lat night. The captain said:
"I saw no submarine but. am certain
it was a torpedo which hit us.
"Moreover a submarine could not
have failed to see our name and na-
tionality which was outlined in huge
letters on our sides."
The membiTs of the crew of the
Nebraskau were agreed that the ex-
plosion was undoubtedly caused by a
torpedo.
The forward part of the ship is
comply ely wrecked.
Danish Steamer Mine Victim.
Copenhagen. May 2S. The Danish
steamer L'li struck a mine off Stock-
holm and sank yesterday .ihe was
carrying coal from England.
Small British Steamer ' Sunk.
Penzance May 28. The small Brit-
ish steamer Cadeby was sunk by Ger-
man submarine gun fire. All on
board including four passengers
were saved.
Another Steamer Torpedoed.
Liverpool May 28. The Briitsh
steamer Argyllshire from New South
Wales was attacked by a German
submarine today. She called by wire-
less for help and reached a British
harbor. The details are unknown.
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CHAIRMAN STATED THIS MORN-
ING THAT HE HAD A LAWYER
EMPLOYED IF LAW IS WITH
THEM THEY WILL FIGHT.
The ordinance passed yesterday in
which it was sought to relieve the
cemetery board of most of its power
will not be recognized by the mem-
bers according to a statement of T.
i
C. Kridgman chairman of the board j
this morning. He stated that thei
board had employed a lawyer to look j
after their interests and if the law j
is with them they intend to precipi-
tate a scrap with the city adminis-
tration. Mr. Bridgman stated this morning
that the board is not after the job
for the money or glory that was in it.
but simply from the fact that they
are interested in the cemetery prop-
osition and for the further reason
that they did not intend to be bossed
by the mayor and commissioners
when the law had placed the power
of administering the affairs of the
board in their hands.
Just what the next move will he
is problematical but in the meantime
the public is awaiting it.
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OKLAHOMA DRUGGISTS MEET.
Next Annual Convention Will Be Held
at Sulphur.
Tulsa. Okla. May 27. The boot-
legging druggist was bitterly de-
nounced in t' report of .1. C. Bur-
ton secretary of the state hoard of
pharmacy before the convention of
the Oklahoma Pharmaceutical asso-
ciation today. Mr. Burton went on
to say it Is a matter of much gratifi-
cation that the number of such drug-
gists in Oklahoma Is comparatively
few taking the state as a whole.
Eugene W'atrous of Enid member
of the legislature was elected pres-
ident of the association Gus Wo"d-
inansiH of Oklahoma City was re-
elected secretary and It. L. Sanford
of Marshall vice prescient. The nex'
convention will meet in fulphur.
HUMANITARIAN MOTIVES CAUSE
GOVERNOR WILLIAMS TO
GRANT WOMAN LIBERTY FOS
BALANCE OF HER LIFE.
Oklahoma Cily May 27. Finis was
written Thursday morning in the no-
ted Alvcrla It. Gentry murdjr case
so far a.i the state is i ..nci mod
when Cove: net' H. L. Williams
prompted by u humanltar at' motive
granted the woman a po'-manent pa-
role which ghes her libe'My for the
rest of her l'fe.
The trio implicated in the revolt-
ing conspiracy that ended one ni?h!
early in 1!12 of the foul murder of
Thomas J. Gentry an Oklahoma City
business man now has passed out
of the grip of the law. .less Mackey
the self-styled accomplice who turn-
ed state's evidence left Oklahoma
soon after the trials of his co-conspirators
had been concluded. He
was awarded immunity for his as-
sistance in convicting the others. Mrs.
Gentry's brother Maurice Weightman
sent to prison for five years for his
part in the crime was released from
the penitentiary two months ago on
an expiration pardon i'ter serving
about two and one-half years. The
liberation of Mrs. Gentry practically
closes the official record of the case.
Aged Father Pleads.
A pitifuf letter from the woman's
aged father was instrumental in
causing Governor Williams to sign
the parole. Mrs. Gentry is in the
last stages of tuberculosis and has
been at liberty for the last six months
on repeated leaves of absence. She
is expected to live but a few months.
The old father who removed from
Oklahoma City after the disgrace of
his daughter's trial and conviction
had fallen upon him now broken In
health and fortune shattered by the
fight for her liberty pleaded with the
chief executive to grant the unfor-
tunate woman permanent freedom so
he could take her away to die. She
will be placed In a sanitarium in Ala-
bama the father promised. Mrs.
Gentry's father has been engaged in
business in Montgomery Ala. for the
last few years.
Mrs. Gentry was adjudged guilty of
murder and sentenced to life impris-
onment in the penitentiary in 1912
after a hearing In the district court
here at which there was developed
shocking isckening details of a mur-
der plot in which she stood out as
the arch conspirator. Her conviction
principally was the result of the tes-
timony of Mackey. whose illicit love
for her indirectly was responsible
for the determination to kill Gentry.
Her conviction was affirmed only re-
cently by the criminal court of ap-
peals in an opinion written by Judge
Thomas H. Doyle.
Given Much Liberty.
Although a life-termer the woman
has spent little time behind the walls
if the penitentiary. Since the day
when she first was Incarcerated there
she has been granted numbers of
fiO-day and ftn-day respites on account
of her health.
Her father spent a moderate for
tune employing high-priced attorneys
to hanifla her cas. t
.
PERMANENT
PAROLE FOR
IS. GENTRY
ASK AID FOR TRE
POOR IX CANS
MISS MABEL BOARDMAN ASKS
PRESIDENT WILSON TO ISSUE
APPEAL TO PEOPLE.
TO BE ISSUED S
President to Comply With Miss Board-
man's Request Federal Court
Stays Execution of Five Mexicans
Sentenced to Die at Tucson.
Washington May 2S. Miss Mabel
iroardman asks President Wilson to
issue an appeal to the American peo-
ple for funds to buy supplies for the
starving people of Mexico.
The appeal w ill probably lie issued
in the near future.
Stays Executions.
Tucson Ariz. May 28. The execu-
tions of live Mexicans sentenced to
die hi-re toiUiy was stayed at least
until tomorrow by the United Statos
district court's action in reserving
its decision until tomorrow on their
applications for habeas corpus.
7000 Acres of Grain Destroyed
Purcell Okla. May 27. Seven thou-
sand acres of wheat and oats were
totally destroyed by hail Wednesday
evening in the northwest part o
McClain county. Much damage wa
done to farm buildings by wind.
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ROBERT T. DANIEL IS VICTIM OF
APOPLEXY WHILE ADDRESSING
STATE CONVENTION OF ODO
FELLOWS IN GEORGIA.
Fitzgerald Co. May 27. Judge
Robert T. Daniel aged 57 years of
Griffin Ga. grand sire of the sov-
ereign grand lodge Independent Or-
der of Odd Fellows died here tonight
from a stroke of apoplexy late today
while addressing the state convention
of that order. The convention was
adjourned. Judge Daniel also was
a Past Grand Incohonee of the Im-
proved Order of Red Men.
The death of Robert T. Ianlel
grand sire of the sovereign grand
lodge of Odd Fellows of the World
will be keenly felt by thousands in
the l'nited States The onerous du-
ties of this high office will now de-
volve upon Deputy Grand Sire J. B. A.
Robertson of Oklahoma a man emi-
nently qualified Tor the position and
well known all over the United
States and Canada.
FRENCH LINER ASHORE
Champagne Ashore Near St. Nazaire
France All Being Saved
Paris. May 28. The French liner
Champagne is ashore near St. Lazaire
France. The flUO persons on board
were saved. The liner's officers say
that she was not torpedoed. Last win-
ter It was reported that the Cham-
pagne's officers had discovered a plot
to blow up the vessel.
Little Business Helps: 'Want Ads.
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WEATHER FORECAST
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New Orleans. I-a . May 21
Z The weather forecast for Okla-
tt lioma for tonight is fair and
a warmer in the western portion
a Saturday fair.
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