The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 305, Ed. 1, Monday, May 31, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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Ardmoreite want
ads will make
your business go.
mimm p;ti DOING LVEHYOOUY
Jones' Machine Shop
Mouth Mill St.
VOLUME XV
xVRDMORE OKLAHOMA MONDAY lCVKNINCi MAV 'M 11)0!)
NUMBER .'ID.')
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A Special Show' of
Neiu Wash Good?" .nd
White Goods Tuesdu
On our recent trip to market we bought
over a thousand pieces of new wash goods
and white goods the last shipment reached
us today. We are now able to show you
the most extensive line ever opened in the
city.
We believe it is now possible to please
every woman m our trade limits.
June 1st marks the beginning 'of sum-
mer and sheer goods will be in demand.
Youll find what you want at
ZEPPELIN
HAS MISHAP
AFTER BREAKING ALL RECORDS
GERMAN BALLOONIST MEETS
WITH AN ACCIDfcNT.
CRASHED INTO
A TREE
Only Forward Part of the Balloon's
Machinery Was Injured However'
and He Will Proceed on Aerial Trip
This Afternoon.
Ulm Germany. May 31. -The Zeppe-
lin airship on Its return to Frieditcu-
fihafen from llltterllold ran Into a
branch or a tree at a railroad station
between here and Shutlgnrrt at 10
o'clock this morning.
The forward compartmont of the
balloon was damaged but now her-
lously has not been determined but It
Is piesumed that the airship will bo
able to continue on to Frledriehshufen
us thu machinery In all compartments
except the forward one appeared to
be Intact.
The vessel had been in the air a
trifle over thirty-seven hours and had
broken all recort for sustained night
In a dirigible balloon.
The accident occurred when the ves-
sel came close to thu ground for man
euver. The rent made when thu
craft struck the tree was later found
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MONEY MONEY MONEY .i
To loan on farm property In 11
any county In the State or tt
Northern Texas. Money ready
as soon as title Is perfect.
I pass iiimiii all loans and the
title. Huslness strictly prl-
ate I loan to Freedmen and
pay out the day application
Is made.
GEO. R. FISH
Noble Building
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$100000 TO LOAN
On improved Main Street property at 8 percent
3 to 5 years. We loan on unproved residence
property to be paid off in monthly payments of
$17 per 51000. Also farm loans at 8 per cent.
GORMAN BOGIE & DOBBiNS
to be only slight anil the workmen will
have It repaired by tonight.
Count Zeppelin explained that ho
did not continue on to Ilerlin last
n 1 Klit because the airship hud lost t
jotue Ran and ho thought It wiser to
Hurt on the return trip to Frledrtcu
ilmfen.
The airship coered about SaO miles
In Its voyage.
GOES TO SERVE SENTENCE
F0RMER MISSOURIAN CALLS AT
PRISON TO BEGIN SENTENCE OF'
TEN YEARS FOR MURDEK.
Jefferson City Mo.. May 111. While
In Oklahoma .lames Prltehett of Cam-
den county. Missouri read an Item In
a newspaper saying that the Missouri
supremo court had alllrmcd thu ver-
diet finding him guilty of the murder
of ronstnblo Manes at Hlchland Pul-
nskl county two yeats ago.
Today he arrived at the state prison
here mid said he was ready to begin
his ten-year-terni.
RAILROADS FILE DEMURRERS.
Five Missouri Railroads File Demur-
rers Which Would Oust Them.
Jefferson City. Mo.. May III Five
additional railroads including thn
Frisco. Kansas City Southern Hock Is-
land and Milwaukee today tiled de-
murrers to the suit of Attorney Gen-
eral Major by which It Is sought to
oust Missouri trunk lines from the
state for violating tho anti-trust law.
"Memorial Day" Correct.
Washington May 31. This l.-
Meniorlal Day. and not Decoration
Day as Itl s sometimes erroneously
called uccordlng to the first of the
officials of tho Grand Army of the
Republic
"It Is noted that some comrade-i
will persist In calling this day set
apart for decorating the gravos of
our deceased comrades 'Decoration '
Day' " says the officer. This Is an
error. We understand how easy it
Is to err In this matter but re-
member comrades that Memorial
Day Is the proper designation and
the people should be educated to so
name It."
Marcus M. llrlght a banker of Fort
Worth. Is In tho city visiting with his
mother. Mrs. It. II. Alvls. j
TORNADO HITS
TEXAS TOWN
ZEPHYR IN DROWN COUNTY
STRUCK DY STORM WITH AP-
PALLING LOSS OF LIFE.
THIRTY DEAD; MANY INJURED
Path of Death and Destruction Left
By Storm Lightning Starts Confla-
gration in Stricken Town List of
Dead and Injured.
The Dead.
T. T. Cnliler. county clerk of llrown;
Mrs T T. Cahler and two children
an S-ycnr-old boy. and Infant daugh-
ter 1 year old of Hrownwood.
C. 1). Ciibler aged !" years ot Zep-
hyr. Mrs. Artie Hart aged and son
Hobert Hurt meed f yean of Zophyr.
Miss Gertie Huston aged of Zep-
hyr. (ilhhs Cloyce. 2 years old son of
I'vif Cloyco. of Zephyr.
Cloyce aged 1 year daugh-
ter of M. F. Cloyce. of Zephyr.
Oscar Ware aged Ii! of Zephyr and
two sons. Hardy aged 10 and Frank
aged S ot Zephyr.
Miss Jessie Ware aged in of Zop-
hyr. G. G. Simmons wifo and two child-
ren Miss lfertle Simmons aged 21
and West Simmons aged 12 of Zep-
hyr. H. F. llrown nnd wife ot Zephyr. .
Mrs. W. A. Uamsay. aged GO and
son. Ollle nged 1.1. of Zephyr.
C. M Carter aged 40. wife aged 35
and Glover Cartor. nged 12 nnd 3-ycar-old
baby or Zopliyr.
Captain Collins aged 30. or Zephyr.
Kuby Campbell nged 3. of Zopnyr.
Rodney Campbell an infant of Zep-
hyr.
''hese latter are the children or Mrs.
Fob Campbell who was seriously In-
laied. The Injured.
Fror. Skinner ruts bruises nnd In-
jured Internally; serious.
Mrs. Skinner and rour children
painfully cut about head and body. I.m-
clllo Skinner has splintered thigh: ser-
ious. Fred Skinner broken ankle in-
ternal Injuries; serious. Others not
scriom..
Mrs. Captain Collins palnni: cuts
nnd abrasions; sorlous.
Hubbard Keating nnd wife painful
cuts and bruises; not serious.
Mrs. D. Cabler serious cuts nnout
neck limb broken and suffering from
shock; serious.
Mrs. Oscar Ware bruised almut
head and body. Internal Injures; son
mis.
Infant child of Mrs. Oscar Ware
badly crushed by flying timbers; will
die.
W. II. Hicks cut about body and
shock; no sorlous.
Mrs. W. II. Hicks ribs brokon badly
Injured Internally; serious.
Miss Virginia Hicks slightly cut
and bruised by flyins timbers; not
M'llmis.
Gunder Hicks Jngged cut In neck
SAME DAY AND NIGHT.
1'nlesn night calls are for
more than nine blocks the
price for cab calls will be 'J."e
the xHine as day prices.
Sixit cash required lor every
call. Good horses safe drivers
ARDMORE TRANSFER CO.
Tom Carter. Manager
I'lmnes "o and 71
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i. 'in flyitiK timber; n-rious.
Di W S. Wrenn llmtw oroken ant!
' bs crushed: very serious.
V Wrenn cut aud brttlMd; not
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M'" lloh Campbell badly cut about
I. :.d by timbers and i rushed under
tc i.e; serious. "
Mettle and Hertha Campbell. 2-year-old
children of Mrs. Hob Campbell
seriously bruised nnd Injured Inter-
nally; ery serious.
Carl Iteuson leg broken Internal In-
juries; serious.
Itamsuy crushed under house;
serious.
Will Itnmsny slight cuts and brulso.3
not serious.
T. .1. Hanks and wlr cuts and
bruises: not sorlous.
Two-year-old daughter of T. S
Hanks one leu cut oft at thigh; prob-
ably fatal.
Mrs. Cloyce wife of teachar lit
Zephyr school limb broken internal
Injuries; serious.
The ahovo comprises tho list ot
those most seriously Injured. Many
others to a total of sixty-seven have
minor hurts.
Hrownwood Tex. May .10. A cy-
clone of awful fury struck the little
village of Zephyr In the eastern por-
tion of llrown county at 1 o'clock Hun-
day morning and left 11 vtUh ot death
aud destruction seldom parallelled.
The death list has reached a total of
thirty-two and tho number of serious-
ly and filially wounded uill n n h llfty.
A score arc more or lens Injured.
The storm funned half a mile soutu-v-st
of Zephyr and wi-pt down upon
the village cutting a wide swath di-
rectly through the residence and busi-
ness section. Nearly fltty houses were
totally demolished.
Mghtuliig struck 11 lumber yard and
started a conllagratloii which destroy-
ed one entire business block. No ef-
fort was made to light the lire as the
care of dead and wounded lctluis de-
manded all attention.
A section hand rode a hand car to
Iti own wood nnd ;r .id the alarm.
Within two hours the Santa Fe was
speeding 11 special train to tin scene
of the storm with nine surgeons and
fi score or Ifrownwnd citizens.
Hundreds oT persons directly In the
storm's path saved themelves tiy tak
lug refuge In storm collars.
More than a dozen bodies were hor-
ribly mutilated.'
County Clerk Thad Cabler and wife
and two children who had gone to
.ephyr to spend the night were kill-
ed. The big stone school building aud
two churches were swept from the
face of the earth.
Hy daylight sixteen surgeons were
working among the wounded.
Hrownwood hurried her second re-
lief train at noon today loaded with
tons of provision clothing and neceN-
snry articles nnd forty nnrnrr.
At dusk tonight three porsons are
still unaccounted for. Two children
were found (lend late this evening fvo
miles out from the town having been
JIown thnt distance.
A speclnl train will likely loavn
Zephyr tonight for Templo carrying
the more seriously injured to the hos-
pital. Hhe storm was son yards wide and
swept tho earth for only a short dis-
tance probably less than a mile its
fury Is considered the most terrlllc of
any cyclone over seen In this section.
J. I. CIIngmnn K K. Klrkpntrlck and
nine surgeons who formed the first
relief party out of Hrownwood. found
a terrible scene awaiting thorn. The
hillside at Zephyr was covered with
debris of all kinds bodies of dead ani-
mals and human beings Tho scene
wns dimly lighted by the burning
buildings nnd the cries of thn wound-
ed roue above the sound of elempnta
which threatened n second storm .
A hog roaming tho debris-strewn
streets was killed whllo attempting to
devour the body of an Infant.
Hodles were found twisted about
trees and In overy concelvnble shape.
People stalked the streets almost nns-
cd crying for their lovee; ones.
Residences which escaped tho awful
storm were turned Into hospitals
where were carried tho bodies of dead
and wounded.
1 One storm house collapsed on a fam-
; II v of nine without serious Injury to
j any.
Hrownwood with splendidly or-
I gnnlzed relief work has the situation
well In hand. '
Hx-Senator Hurton. of Kann.it .
eompanled by Mrs Hurton spent Stir
day In the city with their daughter
Mrs Glenle Mitchell.
A KILLING
AT SPRINGER
JOHN REEVES SHOOTS JOHN FIN-
I trv Tr hn atu uitu nnnni r?
barrel shot gun.
QUARRELED ABOUT RENT
Reeves Who Rented Land Troni Fin-
ley Says He Shot in Self-Defeiuc
Reeves Coming to Ardmore to Sur-
render.. .
SprtiiRer Okla. May 31. ilohit
It coves shot and Instantly kilted John
Mil ley at !i:30 this moruliix at Hooves'
home one mllo northwest ot this
place.
The weapon used was 11 doublo-uiu
rided shot-nun nnd death was Instan-
taneous iff
Tho two men are said to havo had
previous trouble due to differences
Hliotit the settlement of the rent for
the plHce on which Iteeves was living
and which Iw rented from I'lnu-j.
Iloth men have families. They have
resided In this section for some time
Flnley coining to Springer evenil
years ago from GUI county Texas.
Iteeves went to Ardmore this after-
noon to surrender to the olllcers there.
He I'fltiKcd to make any statement
oilier than that he "had to do It."
Norrls Filed Petitions.
Guthrie Okla. May :!(). Joseph 1!. '
Norrls chairman of the republican
state committee today llled Willi tun
secretary of state petitions containing1
2S(no signatures asking for a referen-1
duin election on the Taylor election
law enacted hy the last leglslaturo
Mr. Norrls expects to have between
li.AOO and 100(10 more signatures to
file with the secretary about nint .
Under the Initiative am: referendum
law only about I l.liini signatures are
icqiitreil. Chairman Norrls urged all
persons who have uullled petitions on
hand to complete them and send them
to him Immediately.
President at Unveiling.
Gettysburg. Pa.. May .'II. President
Tart today made tho principal address
at the unveiling of the monument
erected at Gettysburg In momory of
tlx regular soldiers who participated
In the famous battle. Miss Helen
Taft. daughter of the president uuovll-
ed the memorial. Two thousand reg-
ular troops and thousands of veterans
or the Grand Army took part In thn
exercises.
This Is tho first monument crocten
at Gettysburg to tho regulars ot tho
Union Army whllo nearly all ot tho
state troops have memorials of some'
sort.
New Newspapers.
Guthrie. Okla.. May IK). Senator
Richard A. Kllliips rather f th.
state prohibition law lias stalled a
democratic newspiper at Cordell. lie
with three other citizens has Invent-
ed (.'(100 In the business. It is un-
derstood thnt llllliips Is a candi-
date for governor.
The announcement coined from
Pauls ValleyMhat Miles I.asater. who
was h member of the constitutional
convention will assume editorial
charge of the Paulrt Valley Demo-
crat and that Senator Hlair of ln-
AVynnewood Hnunor has annexed
the Mnysvlllo News.
Convict Scales Stockade.
McAlnster Okla.. May I!0 -At 2
o'clock this morning Krnest Hook a
convict sentenced to state prison ror
tlvo yenrs for larceny from Tulsa
scaled the stockade and escaped tunld
i hower of bu'le-H from the guards.
The ('.) lost the trail at the railroad.
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FOR PICNICS
I'se Crown Soda Waters and
famous Crown Candles. Ask
your dealor for them. Have
no other. Made In Ardmore.
CROWN BOTTLING 4 .
MANUFACTURING WORKS.
M. J. HAYS. Manager
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TAFT DELIVERED ORATION AT
veiling of monument on
FAMOUS BATTLK-GHOUND.
GettysluiiK. Muy -!1 In tuemor)
of tin- remilurly enlisted men in the
United Htatea army who guv up
their liven or fouRhl in the GiHIys-
burx campolttn of 'r.i. will be prMt
tinted In granite on th- famous bat
ilefleid todsy. when monument
ereeted by coiinreMs Is unveiled In
the presence f Tuft.
The president arrived here nt 10
today mid this afternoon will deliver
an oration at the monument after
-which the tall shaft will be tin -
veljctl l his diiiiKhter. Helen.
THE GAS SITUATION IS
READY FOR THE PEOPLE
COMMITTEE CALLS FOR A MASS
MEETING TO PRESENT PLANS
THURSDAY NIGHT.
Well they're teady the gas com -
mlttee. and have plans and details
nil r ly by which they WW rd-
more can get and offe.- 1mlur.1l 311s
to faetorhM i. cl.e. a- ..th.r cities
A. C. Harwell W. P. Poland aud
.. II. Sprnglus who wore appointed
at the mass meeting to get next
to the gas proposition have announc-
ed that they havo the matter ready
for tho people and havo asked that a
mass meeting be called for Thursday
atleruon at ."! o'clock at t!i court
room when they will have the-(iroje
osltlon ready to submit to those
present. 1
They hae not given out their
plans in detail preferring that they
shall be heard first hy the people
and then taken up In earnest. lOach
of the three gentlemen Is enthu-
siastic over the proixisltlou that
they have decided upon aud say 1
there can be no failure If their 1
plans are carried out. A number of
gentlemen who are versed In the
matter will be on hand with Infor-
inatlon and other data and the hall
will be started rolling that will get
Ardmore cheap gas nnd mak It the
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factory city r Oklahoma.
Tho plans will doubtless call for
a company to undertake t:io project
aud before the matter has oven
been made public there havo been
ouerH or stocK sJlDscrlptlons that
run Into tho thousands of dollars
The while town will be given a
ehanco at 1t Thursday afternoon nnd
every public spirited citizen Is urged
to attend and find out what will
be done for something Is surely go-
Ing to happen In gas. There are
some surprises In store for the
Thursday afternoon's meeting for
each of the committee says so. The
business men will be asked to close
their stores and go to the court
room to take part in this most vital
of enterprises
Too Busy Chasin
STOP IN THE MAD RUSH LONG ENOUGH TO THINK OF
THOSE AROUND YOU. ALSO CULTIVATE KIND FEELING AND
SYMPATHY FOR DUMB ANIMALS. DON'T YOU KNOW YOUR
HORSE SUFFERS AS WELL AS YOU FROM A CRAMPED
POORLY SHOD FOOT? DO YOU BLAME HIM FOR BEING
ILL?
BRING YOUR HORSE HERE FOR HIS SHOES. WE STUDY
THE SCIENCE OF PROPER SHOEING. EVERY SHOE IS
MADE TO FIT. WE KNOW HOW.
A1 M. Rice
19 BROADWAY
i SANTA FE
IN A WRECK
California fast mail wheck
mohnino-o-
ED AT PEABODY KANSAS Tl- l j
ONE KILLED.
CRASHED INTO FREIGHT CARS
! Engine Baggage and Mail Cars of
Passenger Train Went Into Ditch
and Postal Clerk Thompson Was
Instantly Killed.
Topeka Kan.. May 31. Santa Fo
j pnssetiKer train No. It. west bound
w wrecked at PealHidy this morn
j lug.
j mtal Clerk I. C. Thompson
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1 The wreck iwna caused by a w reel
of a frciiRht train oil the oast Ismail
truck In front or thn oncoming par
Monger train.
The engine liftgRHK nnd mall cars
of the passenner train went Into Mie
ditch and Postal Clerk Thompson
was Instantly killed.
llrnkoman K. Perkins and Haggage-
man Travis wore slightly Injured.
The train Is known is the Call
1 fornln Fast Mall and loft Knnsa
I ")' t nlKt. composed
"f "m"' clillr mr
nnd three sleepers
j pVi j Mj Mort(m ))f Wchlta Funs.
1 and one of tho prominent ministers
j of Texas Is In tho city spending a fow
I wl'h his dnughter Mrs Oscar A.
Shumiito on North Washington street.
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innk0 quick loans on good
farms and city property for 5.
7 nnd 10 years. Heforenco to
any bank In Ardmoro as to
our reliability.
DIU5W & IliMSEY.
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