The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 235, Ed. 1 Friday, July 7, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME TWENTY-THREE
JECOND PHASE OF
BV THE
ARTILLERY DROUGHT UP TO NEW POSITIONS AND ARE
AGAIN BATTERING GERMAN DEFENSES AS FAR
NORTH AS LABASSE.
British Long Range Guns are "helling German Positions Again
and Until the Infantry rs the German Trenches it is
Uncertain Where Next . ks Will be Launched Cap-
ture of German Trench ""housand Yard Front East
of LaBoisselle Officially An .j ed and British Have Re-
sumed Offensive East of Albv "lermans Launch Heavy
Attacks on British Near Anci Eastern Front Gen
eral Retirement of Germans Alb -4 'hole Front as Result
of Triple Defeat of Teutonic Foi Riga Kolki and
Baranovichi Sectors Wireless Re- Trom Rome Says
Germans are Moving westward along Vhole Front There.
The second phase of the great bat-
tle on the Somme has now begun.
Artillery has been brought up to the
new positions and are again battering
the German defenses -fhe bombard-
ment extends as far northward as La
Basse and Armenterlcs and according
to the latest unofficial advices is par-
ticularly intense.
The British 'long range guns are
shelling the German positions and un-
til the infantry agarn leaves the
trenches it is uncertain where the
next attacks will be launched.
The capture of a trench on a 1000-
yard front east of La Boisselle is of-
ficially announced. The British have
resumed the offensive on certain sec-
tors east of Albert today. At the
same time the Germans launched
heavy attacks on the British near
Ancre.
The Russians have begun a tremen-
dous offensive on Riga front where
the artillery is destroying the German
trenches says the Exchange Tele-
graph from Vienna. The Germans are
said to be helpless against the Russian
artillery.
A wireless from Rome says word
has ben received there from Petro-
grad that in consequence of the triple
defeat in Riga Kolki and Baranov-
ichi sectors the Germans have begun
to move their whole front toward the
west.
The result of the neavy engage-
ments in progress last night north
and south of the Somme was not un-
favorable to the Germans Berlin an-
nounced today.
The salient of the German line in
Volhynia says another Berlin com-
munication projecting toward Osar-
torysk has ben abandoned under su-
perior pressure from the Russians
and a new defense line selected. This
apparently confirms the Rome wire-
less regarding the withdrawal of the
Germans.
British Steamer Seized.
Berlin July 7. An official an-
nouncement was made today that the
British steamship Lemstris has been
held up by German warships near the
English coast and seized as a prize.
The statement savs the Lemstris was
eld up by a portion of the "German
high sea forces."
Lillie-Maxwell.
"Wednesday July 5 at the First
Presbyterian church Oklahoma City
Miss Lena I.illie of tills city and Mr.
J. C. Maxwell of Tulsa were united
in marriage Rev. Phil Baird officiat-
ing. After an extended bridal tour
they will beat home to their friends
in Tulsa where they will reside.
Mr. Maxwell was interested in the
oil business when they became ac-
nnainted and is a vnuns hnsiness
man with bright future. Miss Lillie
for a number of years was account-
ant for the Pioneer Telephone com-
pany of this city and has a host of
friends who are sending cosgratula-
tious. Sent Federal Experts.
Washington July 7. The general
service board of the United States
public health service decided today to
send representatives to New York to
assist in combattng the infantile epi-
demic there.
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GREAT URiVE
ALLIES HAS BEGUi
INFANTILE
PARALYSIS IS
EPIDEMIC
HIGH DEATH RATE REPORTER
IN NEW YORK THE DISEASE
WORST IN ITALIAN QUARTERS
WHERE IT ORIGINATED.
New York July 6. The average of
one death an hour was maintained
today by the infantile paralysis epi-
demic twelve children dying of the
disease beeween ten o'clock last
night and ten o'clock this morning
in the five boroughs in New "York
City.
During a period of forty-eight
hours there were 178 ease reported
of which 102 occurred in the last
twenty-four hours in or near the
seat of the epidemic i;i nrooklyn. I"
oSie Brooklyn hospitil today there
were 22j children victims of the di-
sease. The officers of the Heal'i Ilepait-
ment were besieged today by men
women and children mostly foreign-
ers who demanded medical advice.
At one time those wilting for nn
audience with the doo'ors formed a
fine which extended for nourly a
block.
Major General Leonard Wood to-
day ardered what is vir;nal !y o iu:ir-
antine of Governor's Island because
of the epidemic. 13 the command-
er's orders no children are to be per-
mitted to visit the Island and the
soldiers there will not he permitted
to visit their families until further
notice.
The epidemic hastened '.ha depart-
ure of thousands of fairiliea who usu-
ally leave town for th.' summer. Es-
timates made by the Health Depart-
ment of the number f children who
have been taken out of the city sirce
the epidemic beca.u? serious run
high as 50000 but thir- i.i Mie season
when the city population is us-ua'ly
reduced by the summer exodus.
Over 500 Cases.
Thus far 524 cases of the disease
have been reported to Board of
Health and 12G persons have died.
It is most prevalent in the Italian
quarter of the southern section of
Rrooklyfi where the paralysis made
its first appearance.
High mortality continued to be the
striking feature of the epidemic ard
the death toll has reached approxi-
mately that of the entire epidemic of
1007 when 2.D00 cases were reported.
Although fifty-nine new cases and
twenty-five deaths were reportel
yesterday the Health Commissioner
said the outlook was "i lutle en-
couraging" and there we-? fewer
true cases reported than .i sonv
previous days.
An order of the Healh Commis-
sioner excluding children under il
years of age from moving . picture
shows went into effect todny. .
Epidemic Spreads to Newark.
Newark N. J. July C The epi-
demic of infantile paralysis re;"?ned
Newark today. George Whi'n -meer
3 years old. is dead and ano l-.er bey
is in a serious condition.
Newspaper advertising is good advertising.
ARDMORE OKLAHOMA FRIDAY JULY 7 1916.
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Charles Patlie chevalier of the Legion of Honor head of the great
motion picture houie bearing hi name and one of the largett manufactur-
ers in France was the pioneer in the film business. He was the first man
to stage a play before the camera the first to mechanically color films and
. the first to transfer news events to
duttry owes him a debt which cannot
CATTLE TICK
THIS YEAR
LACK OF INTEREST AMONG MEN
FAILED TO SECURE THE RE-
QUIRED NUMBER OF PETITION-
ERS.. ALL FAVOR IT.
On account of lack of interest
among tre cattlemen of this county
there was not enougl nignatures se-
cured to the petition asking that the
work be taken up for the county
commissioners to act upon the ques-
tion legally therefore the matter will
have to be deferred until' another
year. Many of the cattlemen were
sorely disappointed over the turn of
affairs and they were heard to re-
mark that they would install dipping
vats of their own before they would
take chances on loosing cattle by the
ticks. The petition should have been
presented to the board of county
commissioners last Monday but the
board has been in session every day
since and when the petition finally
was handed in it was found that it
lacked the required nuniger of names
to make it legal.
Nothing further can be done in
this matter until another time but
many private tanks will be construc-
ted in the county.
NEW YORK SUN IS NOW
OWNED " BY MUNSEY.
New York July 6. The New York
Kvenlng Sun and the Morning Sun j
now apperr under ownership of j
Frank A. Munsey and the New York j
Press owned by Munsey was discc.-i-
tinned and absorbed In the Morning i
Sun.
The Evening Sun which depends
exclusively on the United Press for
its afrency news is a financially suc-
cessful paper having shown the high-
est ptrcentace of gain of any New
York pnper in the last few years.
Nfither the Press with an Associated
Press franchise nor the Morning
Sun with its own service was self
Biippcrting.
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THE MERCHANTS ARE READY
FOR THEIR EIGHT DAY CO-
OPERATIVE RAILROAD FARE
REFUNDING SALE.
The Co-operative Railroad Refund
Fare Sale commences tomorrow :nd
nil of the merchants are ready for
the out-of-town and city shopper.
One local merchant who has made
elaborate preparations for the sale
was thronged Thursday as shoppers
did not read the date carefully.
It looks as though it Is going to
be the greatest week in the historv
of merchandising in the city. Al-
ready scores and scores of out-of-town
people have signified their intention
of slopping off at Ardmore during
the next week.
Organization Complete.
The Refund merchants are thoro-
ughly organized and readv for busi-
ness. Each one is plentifully (-up-plied
with slips and all w".l take
pains to give all the n"c( ssary in-
formation to the out-of-town traders.
It is urged that every shopper
h.rve every item purchased catered
on his trading slip. It make-? no dif-
ference how small the nmctint it
must be remembered that there sre
thirty merchants partftcinatlcg and
every conceivable article can be pur-
chased and credit given on the re-
fund. There is nothing left nov but for
the shoppers to. come to Ardmore
prul inrike their purchases and some
of the greatest bargains offered will
be on display. The iwrrhr.nls are
strenuously advertising the wej'k of
sale ard it is not saying to luifh
to infer that under the prem: con-
ditions with merchandise going up
every week that clearance soles
until after the war will be few and
far between.
Infantile Paralysis in Newport.
New Port R. I.. Julv C Two
cases of infantile ;ui-al. -is liivi? r.p-
peared in this city the Coarit
Health announced today.
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sale to begin
saturday
GULF STORM CAUSED LOSS OF
MILLION AND COST MANY LIVES
SEVENTEEN NEGROES SAID TO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN
BELOIT ALABAMA IN TORNADO WHICH ACCOM-
PANIED STORM FROM GULF.
Tugboat Rushed to Assistance of Schooner City of Baltimore
Which Was Dismasted in Thick of the Storm Two Miles
out Message over Railroad Wires from Mobile Says at
Least Three or Four Persons Killed There During Wednes-
day's Storm and Heavy Loss Sustained by Shipping Con-
cerns Norwegian Steamer Freda En Route to Progresso
Mexico Driven Ashore on the Alacran Reef in Gulf Cap-
tain and Crew Being Saved Weather Bureau Says Storm
Has Spent its Fury and is Now Moving North and East with
Diminishing Energy.
INDIAN MAN
INS BIG SUIT
ON OIL LAND
RAYSON WESLEY LANDS THAT
WILL GIVE UP A QUARTER OF
A MILLION IN WEALTH SOLD
FOR $10000.
This morning in district court Ihe
case of LoulHa 'Wesley vs.'TIunvsoii
et al. was up for final hearing and
resulted in a victory for the plaintiff.
This was one of the most Important
suits ever tried here as it invclwd
some of the richest deposits in the
Ifealdton field and is n di.-ninet vic-
tory for Attorney J. I?. Moore and
Geo. V. Short counsel for the plain-
tiff. The land involved is situated
in sections 3 and 10 and consisted of
130 acres. Leases had been secured
from the allottee prior to his death
by the Gates Oil company and othe
by the Gates Oil company and other
companies in which it was stipulated
that ose eightr of the oil secured
was to go as a royalty to the lessor.
At the time the contract was made
there were six producing wells on the
property producing 2100 barrels of
oil daily the royalties from the six
original wells was bringing in ap-
proximately three thousand dollars
per month. V. II. Thompson secur-
ed from Louisa Wesley alleged to
be old and incompetent Indian an as-
signment of this royalty for the pay-
ment of ninety dollars per month
for ten years and a cash bonus of
three hundaed dollars.
The court found this morning
that the consideration was grossly
inadequate that iouisa Wesley yas
wholly incompetent; and that the
terms of the contract were never ex-
plained to her by the interpreter or
any one In her behalf that there was
not a meting of the minds as be
tween her and Thompson that she
did not know what she was doing
when she executed the contract and
if she had any Idea at all she
thought she was making a lease he
further found that the county court
did not comply with the mandates
of the law in that the order was
mado without taking any testimony
and the deferred payments were not
secured by mortgage as required by
the statutes.
In view of the fac) that there were
six producing wells and six others
in course of drilling and that 90
acres of the land was in proven ter-
ritory the court held that the prop-
erty at the time of the assignment
was worth at least fifty thousand dol-
lars. The property today is considered
some of the most valuable in the
Ilealdton field.
The suit has attracted widespread
attention among the oil operators all
over the state on account of the value
of the property and the terms under
rfhich the assignment of the royal-
ties were secured.
Thomas Norman of this city was ap-
pointed by the court last November
to take charge of the money obtained
from the sale of oil from the Wesley
lands and as a result he has about
I21.O00 in rash to be turned over to
the departmeut to her credit.
Ardmorelte Want Ads will seil tbat
article you have tor sale.
NUMBER 235.
New Orleans La. July 7. Wednes-
day's tropcal storm sweeping the Gulf
coast has taken a toll of one million
dollars' loss to farm products in Ala-
bama. Mississippi Louisiana and Flor-
ida and a score or more of lives ac
cording to the first authentic reports
since the wire commonlcation went
out.
Seventeen negroes are reported to
have been killed at Beloit Ala. In a
tornado which swept that place.
In response to a wireless a tug boat
rushed today from New Orleans to the
assistance of the schooner City of
Baltimore which was dismasted in
the thick of the storm two miles out.
No further news of the steamer's
plight has been received.
The Norwegian steamer Freda en
route to Progresso Mexico was driv-
en ashore on the Alacran reef In the
gulf during the right of June twenty-
ninth according to a cablegram to-
day. The captain and crew were re-
moved. Much Damage In Mobile.
Seluia Ala. July 7. A message re-
ceived from Mobile over a railroad
wire says at least three or four per-
sons were killed in Mobile during
Wednesday's hurricane and that much
damage was done to shipping and
water front property.
Storm Losing Its Energy.
Washington July 7. The tropical
stor in which struck the gulf coast
Wednesday appears to have spent
Itself. The weather bureau reports
today indicated that the storm center-
ed over northern Mississippi with a
tendency north and eastward but
that its energy is diminishing.
FORMAL ACCEPTANCE GIVEN TO-
DAY TO ARREDONDO HIS REP-
RESENTATIVE IN WASHINGTON
VILLA EVACUATES JIMINEZ.
Washington July 7. Formal ac-
ceptance of Carranza's plan of settling
the Mexico-United States differences
by direct negotiations was given to
Arredondo today.
Villa Evacuates Jiminez.
El Taso Tex. July 7. The Villa
forces have evacuated Jiminez and
railway communication has been re-
stored to Mexico City according to
a message received by a Juarez of-
ficial today. The C'arrancistas are
reported in pursuit of the bandits.
TWENTYTWO INFANT VICTIMS.
Infantile Paralysis Claims Twenty
two More Victims in New York.
New York July 7. With the city
state and federal authorities fighting
the disease the epidemic of infantile
paralysis showed little sign of abut-
ment today. During the twenty-four
hours ending at 10 o'clock this morn-
ing twenty-two more children died
nineteen of the number being in
Brooklyn.
n. A. Simpson and Max Westheimer
botli of whom are completing an in-
teresting well each in the fields were
at Healdton yesterday and returned
here last night.
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Easley, John F. The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 235, Ed. 1 Friday, July 7, 1916, newspaper, July 7, 1916; Ardmore, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc154567/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.