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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-02
ECHO OF PATRICK CASE
ALLEGED ACcoMPLlcEs OF AL
BERT 7. PATRICK TO FACE
CHARGES OF PERJURY

New York. March . Special.
Charged with perjury and forgery as
the alleged accomplccs of the noto-
rious Albert r. Patrick in his swiud.
ling operations, David l.. Short and
Morris Meyers were called for trial
today before Justice Bowling in the
supreme court. seven years after the
commission of the crime. Attorneys
for the defense have asked for more
time to prepare their case, but this
application was denied by Justice
Bowling
Albert 7. Patrick IS now serving a
life sentence in prison for the muir
der Of William Marsh Rice, an aged
Texas millionaire, in 1901 Short is
charged with having drawn up and
attested a fraudulent will disposing
OF Rice's property Meyers was a
law clerk in patrick's Office who wit
messed the signature purporting to
be that of Rice on the will.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-02

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cauot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh Is blood or constitutional
disease. and I'm order 10 cure 1t you
must take internal remedies Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly ON the blood and mu.
cuous surfaces Hans Catarrh Cure
is not a quack medicine. II was
prescribed b. one Of the best physi-
clans In this country for years and
is a regular prescription. II is com.
posed of the best tonics known. com.
bincd with the gcst blood purifiers,
acting directly on the mucuous sur
faces The perfect combination OF the
wo ingredients Is what produces such
wonderful results I'm curing Catarrh
Send for testimonials free.
+. J. CHENEY 4 co. Props.
Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, price Zoe
Take Halls Family Pills for con
stipation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-02

mittCe. II calls the Aldrlch financial
bill "A makcshft to be viewed with
suspicion and it urges that congress
should not adjourn without giving
effect 10 the presidents rccomUcnul.
tions ON the employers liability law.
what this organization stands for
may lc judged by some OF its mem
hors note. Mark Twain Everett
Colby. L. G.. Hency GOV. Folk John
Mitchell and Mayor Brand Whitlock.
It an organization So thoroughly free
from any partisan political purpose
is willing to dcuouucc this congress
as a do nothing body, the people
might accept tine charge as true.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-02
(By willis j. Abbott

Washington, March Special
The news from Ohio that the con.
tion of the republicans of that state
which IL is eXpecte dwill be con
trolled by the friends of Secretary
Taft, will endorse Governor llarr
for the senatorship, i, both intcrc
ing and important Nearly a year
ago the supporters of Taft led by
his brother. the we'll known owner
of public service corporations in Gin
cinnati announced that they intend
ed to eliminate Senator Foraker
fIom politics The announcement did
not take very well i'm Ohio or i'm the
country at large. People remembered
that Senator Foraker entered public
life i'm 1879, after having done good
service in the civil war in which ne
enlisted as private. Observers of
politics recalled the fact that ne had
been the Judge OF the superior court
of Ohio governor of Ohio. chairman
of four state conventions in his
state, u delegate at large from Ohio
60 six republican national conyen-
tions and finally a senator of the
United States. Every position which
Senator Foraker has held has been
one to which he has been elected
lie has never taken political aims
from the hand of a beneyolcnt su-
perior.
Senator Foraker is as far from be-
ing a democrat as the north pole
is from the south Yet he challenges
the admiration Of democrats or any
other type of political observers be-
cause of his frankness, his courage
and his combativeness. He is 10 Taft
what a sword fish is to a jelly fish
He is the fine fighting cheyalier of
republican politics, and when the re-
publican party in Ohio sets forth 20
drive him out of public life. il will
drive away from the polls many OF
its voters If this action is taken
Ohio will be emphatically a doubt.
ful state, for the Foraker men fol-
low their leader with much of the
personal enthusiasm that in the dem.
ocratic party men follow Mr. Bry-
an. If Taft shall be nominated with
the aid of the heavy hand of the aI-
ministratiOn there will be a certain
amount of III feeling But, If after
nominating him, the Taft people not
content with that ignoble victory
proceed TO put i'm nomination a can
didate for senator Forakers seat,
the republican party might just as
well forget all about the electoral
vote of Ohio It will never be cast
for their candidate.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-02

DeWitts Little Early Risers,
small safe, sure little liver pills.
Sold by w. BFrame.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-02
lNTERSCHOlASTlC
Track and Field Meet for High
Schools Set for April IS.


Norman, Okla, March Special
The date for the interscholastic field
and track meet to be held at the
University has been settled definite
ly. 1t is April 25.
For the past three years the High
Schools of the state have met in
athletic ontests on the Uuicersity
grounds. Twenty schools on an aver
age have competed and several have
sent delegations when they had no
teams, The university provides tro-
phies and medals, arranges the pro
gram and grounds and assists the
schools in every way possible to
secure profit from the meeting. SUI
per.ntendents and principals are invit-
ed to a special meeting on Friday,
April "a.
Printed rules and information will
be mailed to schools applying for
the same It is desired that the press
of the state assist in making the
date and purpose of the lnterscholast
ic meet known.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-02
Race Suicide

as President Roosevelt calls it is
not nearly the menace TO increase
in population that deaths among IN
fants are. And eight out of ten OF
these deaths are directly or Indirectly
caused by bowel troubles. McGco's
Baby Elixir cures diarrhoea, dysen-
terry, sour stomach and all infant all
ments of this nature. Just the thing
for teething babies.
Sold by +. j. Ramsey.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-02
Wormology

should be studied by every parent.
If your child is nervous, fretful
starts in its sleep, is pasty faced,
has rings under its eyes, always
seems hungry, is not gaining weight,
you can be sure the trouble Is
worms. Whites Cream Vermifuge is
an absolute cure for worms. Is it's
own purgatiye.
Price 2jc and SOC.
Sold by +, j. Ramsey.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-02
A aNrroW escape.

Many people have a narrow ESCAPE
f,om pneumonia and consumption as a
result of cold that hangs on. Foley's
Honey and Tar cures coughs and
colds no matter how deep seated
and prevents pneumonia and con
sumption Refuse substitutes Sold by
all druggists d&w
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-02
Evidently Saw Things.

Honolulu, March Concerning the
reported presence of four supposed
warships OFF Oahu nothing has been
learned, and it is now believed that
the report arose out of the existence
of a mirage or peculir cloud effect.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-02

Foley's Orino Laxative is sold un-
der a positive guarantee to cure
constipation, sick headache, stomach
trouble, or any form of Indigestion.
If it fails the manufacturers refund
your money What more can any one
do. Sold by all druggists. d&w
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-02

Decide in your own mind the kind
of home you want, the location, the
price you want to pay and the terms
desired, then come 70 us. We will
be able to give you what you want
at very low figures.
l3tf neutrality-suspicious. Co,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-02
Ohio Democrats for Bryan.

Kent, o., Mar. 2.-Special.-T
first congressional district convention
ever held in Portage county Is that
here today. William j. Bryan was IN
dorsed for president by the conyen,
ton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-02
See Warships Ghosts.

Honolulu March Some unknown
warships have been reported seen on
the horizon off the north end of
Oahu just before sundown last night
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-26
AGAIN THE WAVE

Still discussing the matter Of 'the wave,''
the Prohibitionist needs to be warned against
the notion that some mysterious power, some
force from without, has relieved him, or is
about to relieve him, of his responsibility for
the progress of the Prohibition reform, and
that, instead of pushing forward to the bat
tie, the time has come for us now to ''stand
still and see" some wonderful salvation.
We do not believe that there is any serious
danger that any considerable number of our
Prohibitionists will fall into such an error,
but such a notion seems to be in the air and
we must guard against its finding Judgment
where it will work pernicious results.
In point of fact, the Prohibition wave, up
to the present time, has not accomplished any
great, lasting result for the progress of the
Prohibition reform, save as it has opened the
way for the Prohibition party. For decades
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-26
REFORM AND CONGRESS

The International Reform Bureau, which
serves most excellent purpose in keeping
up an agitation in Washington in behalf Of
moral measures, in a circular letter which
will probably reach many of our readers la
ments the fact that, up to the present time,
practically nothing has been done byCon-
gress in the way Of recognition of the great
wave of interest in the Prohibition question
which has swept the country. A mass Of
bills intended, most Of them, to protect Pro
hibition territory from the interstate traffic
in intoxicating liquors, lie buried in com
mittees, many of them in the hands Of the
judiciary committees, which have been 50 or
gained as to assure their suppression, and
the Reform Bureau appeals for what it calls
photographic sharpshooting'' for the purpose
of stimulating action upon these measures.
We have no quarrel with anyone who de-
slres to engage in an operation which the
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-26
THE NATIONAL PRoH1B7T7oNfsT

its future, while the growth of local Prohibi-
ton territory is almost as steady as the sum-
mer growth Of the corn fields.
Yet it will not do for Prohibitionists to get
the idea that the fate of the movement can
be entrusted to the ''wave" The battle (if
we may so mix the metaphor) the battle
against the liquor traffic is far from won
yet. The liquor business, alarmed for the
first time in decades, is rousing itself to fight
and for the first time is beginning to appreci-
ate its own tremendous power. If it were
true that money can do everything, the Pro-
hibition cause would be hopeless, for the
brewers and distiller's dirty dollar is in the
field with great power. The men who for
years have enjoyed the ill-gotten gains of the
liquor traffic are in no disposition to let this
wealth slip through their fingers. They will
fight for it; they are fighting for it with the
utmost desperation and with the use of the
foulest means.
It is time when devotion, courage and
heroism are needed as they have been needed
but seldom in all the worlds history before.
1t is true that "truth is mighty" and all the
rest of those adages of similar character that
have come down to us are also true, but it is
true, as we'll, that Truth never wins save as
she has champions who are willing to adven-
ture for her to the last desperate limit of
daring deed and bitter sacrifice. It is not by
'waves" that human progress in the past has
made its way, but by heart throbs. Great
causes have not ridden to triumph upon spas
modic movements. They have marched to
victory with the short, hard stride Of fighting
men, and enthusiasts have bridged the
chasms in the way with their bodies, and the
adamantine walls of opposition have melted,
not before eloquence and applause, but at the
alchemy of the blood of heroic sacrifice.
The laws of progress have not changed
whit. We must not forget that. If the Pro-
hibition cause is to win in the near future,
there must be such service and such sacrifice
on the part of some of us as we have little
dreamed Of
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-26
Chicago, March 26, 1908
THE "WAVE"

THE "WAVE
"Why," writes a correspondent, 'are we
hearing less about the Prohibition wave?
Has it reached its height and begun to re-
cede, or is it sweeping on?'
For our own part we have not been con-
scious that the Prohibition wave is occupy
ing less of public attention than formerly,
although, when we come to think of it, it ap-
pears that the movement has lost something
of its spectacular character and begins to be
recognized in somewhat more businesslike
aspect. The public now understands that the
great uplift in Prohibition sentiment in the
closing months of 1907 was not mere effer
vescence, not passing spasm of feeling, but
mighty forward step that had its logical
causes, that came in accordance with fixed
and easily understood laws and that marks
definite epoch in the progress of the Anglo
Saxon race. A "wave," perhaps, we may
continue to call it, but it is not like the sea
waves which we know; rather one of the
great continental waves of geological history
that lift mountain tops cloudward.
The movement is by no means at its height,
although we have become so accustomed to it
that we cease to greet its advance with fire
works and oratory. Since the middle of
1907, Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma and Mis-
sissippi have become Prohibition states, while
perhaps almost an equal area of territory has
voted out the saloon by local option. Large
as these accomplishments seem, they are al
most equaled by other successes that are the
practical foregone conclusions of the near
future The doom of the saloon in the state
of North Carolina is written. In the Ian
guage of the old dispatches, ''Its all over ex-
cept the shouting" In Tennessee the liquor
traffic will find it very difficult to hold even
the central citadels of which it has felt so
sure, beyond the next meeting of the legisla-
ture. Something is likely to happen in Ken
lucky. Louisiana is powerfully stirred. The
mighty bulk of Texas heaves with agitation
and in at least half dozen other states the
liquor business is seriously concerned about
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-26
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Entered as second-class matter, Nov. &c, 1907
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The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-26

March s6, 1908
we have been engaged in task that has
seemed very much like assaulting mountain
walls Of rock with pen points. The indiffer-
ence and scorn of the American people, their
absolute refusal to listen to our contention
have been enough to appall the stoutest The
Prohibition wave, which in reality was only
the yielding Of the public mind to our per-
sistent agitation, has left open to us thou
sand gateways that were closed before; and
the road of Progress stretches straight before
us, with every barrier down or weakened and
ready to fall.
This presents to us crisis. Not an hour
when we can afford to wait to see what great
things will happen; not time when we are
to hope for something from without, but a
crisis in which, rallying all our powers, draft
ing to the service every resource which we can
command in the present or mortgage for the
future we must ourselves 60 forward.
Whether the Prohibition wave is to be the
final end of the drink traffic in America and
we are to see in the near future the redemp
ton of the Republic from the alcoholic curse,
or whether the movement is to be stayed and
perhaps recede, depends, in large measure.
almost wholly, upon the campaign of 1908, as
the Prohibition party shall fight it. What
the ballot box says on the evening of the
third day of November in this present year
of Grace, will be almost the ultimate word in
the matter. The real progress of the move
ment, the real success of the "wave" will be
definitely measured by our vote as it shall be
recorded there
If there are enough Prohibition ballots
cast on the third of November to make it
clear to every American citizen that the Pro
hibition party is a factor which must, here
after forever, be reckoned with in American
politics, the wave crests will be lit with the
light of victory; but if, on the evening of
that day, it shall be found that only hand
full of American citizens have stood true it
will require no prophets ear to hear the rip
ping of the wavelets as the tide recedes for
another long period Of waiting in shame and
sorrow. 'Rtt Hs
And all this depends not merely upon Gus, .
but upon YOU, the individual Prohibition
lists to whom this message will come sshit
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-01-03

top of his speed. Behind him were
the Indians. who had planned it that
way, thinking We would hesitate to
fire for fear Of killing our comrade.
That was just what happened, and but
for Il strange circumstance the band
would have been upon us before a gun
was fired. Thirty c. forty yards in
front of Us was a Shaky SPOT in the
ground. We had noticed it in walking
around. but had given it no special at
tentiOn.
As the Indians reached the spot in a
solid body the earth gave way, and all
went out Of SIGHT in an instant. \
crust of earth about thirty feet square
went down. and when We rushed out Il
was to look down into n hole twenty
five feet deep, with the Indians lying
in 4 hudd-e Mt tie bottom. Two were
Killed by rEe t1!i ani two others badly
hurt. White the soldiers neck was bro
ken as he landed at the bottom.
We made the Indians sen up their
weapons and their dead and injured.
When all were out we realized that the
colonel a the fort would o thank US
for bringing in a lot of troublesome
prisoners to be cared for and that we
must make some other disposal of
them.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-01-03

Nowhere else except the Pecos Val
ley can the farmer nave splashing
fountains and blue grass lawns, just
like town folks" The Advocate saw
a sight at the comfortable home of
c.. F. Erb, Monday, that would almost
give a dry land farmer nydrophobia.
In front of the house is a lawn of
blue grass. Hose was connected from
the big artesian well and a spray of
crystal water was thrown for fifteen
feet in the air. Grow? Why, of course,
things will grow. AS well try to stop
the stars in their cours as to head
off that blue grass.-Artesia Advo-
cate.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-01-03

Little Bear and all the rest of the
living and ~unWOunded were tied to
trees, ana, cutting a generous supply
of switches, we took turns at the ia
therly act" and did not rest until each
one had been soundIy licked. There
was as much bowling and wailing as
If the veteran warriors had beer so
many boys, and all felt the degrade
ton rs Beeuly as the pain.
When the performance was over the
redskins were cast loose and told to
take their dead and wounded and clear
out, and they Obeyed the order very
willingly We left without exploring
the pit. but six months later some men
who were prospecting for silver camp
ed near the hole and explored it. They
found it to be the doorway of a big
cave leading into the mountain, and IN
the cave they discovered the skeletons
Of q hundred Indians and about fifty
pounds of silver ornaments. The en-
tire find was old to an eastern college
tor the sum of $4,000. NJ. QUAD.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-01-03
A Trap For Indians

Copyright, 1904. by T. C. McClure.l
A sergeant and six men of US were
out on the hills to the south of Fort
Benton cutting telegraph poles for an
army line. On the third day a private
named Brisbane vas left in camp to
act as cook, He had been instructed to
fire his musket in case he saw Indians,
ed for camp at 3 o'clock with a feeling
that all had one we'll,
We reached it to find the man MISS
ing. His musket had been left behind,
II nothing about the camp had been
disturbed. For an hour we expected
his return at any moment, thinking he
had wandered away but when night
came and passed we We're sure that the
Indians had had something to do with
his disappearance. 1t turned out so.
While he was out after berries during
the afternoon Little Bears band had
bounced upon him and made him cap
tive.
We heard nothing of him or them
until about sunrise next morning. We
were about to set out on a search
when he appeared at the mouth of the
valley with an Indian beside him.
Brisbane had been stripped of all his
garments, and the blood of a hare had
been daubed over him until he appear
ed to be wounded in q dozen places.
The Indian with him could understand
English very well, and the captive had
been told to say AS our attention
was attracted he called out:
Sergeant, the redskins captured me
yesterday, and l have a message for
you. They say if you will come out and
surrender yourselves they will hold US
for ransom and treat US well. If you
refuse, they will attack h camp and
wipe you all out. There are bou thir-
ty Indians in the band"
Jim" called the sergeant when he
had recovered somewhat from his sur
prise, ARE you talking dead s~quare?'
No. The force consists of only elev-
en- men. There are six of you, and you
can stand them off for a week"
But how can we save your"
There Is no way. Make ready for a
row and fight to the last. 1t serves me
right for not being on the watch yes
terday. Goodby, boys, and do the best
you can and tell EN- at the fort how it
was with me-"
He turned and was soon hidden from
view, and we at onc began pTepara-
tons for defense. We could be ap-
preached only from the front. and the
six of us felt ourselves a match for
double the number of Indians. For
half an hour we heard nothing more
from them. Then from a point down
the valley anne walls and cries of pain
and distress, as though the captfye
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-01-03

"ScoId not, dean brethren, bu talk
of things which are pleasant, and in
stead of rebuking the liar, commend
his goodness to The poor. and instead
of silencing the ,backbiter, praise his
subscription to the soup kitchen. o,
liars, thieves, and ~sIanderers, let us
live together in peace, and say nothing
about falsehood, stealing and calum-
ny."-Vicar Bray.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-01-03

The Register-Tribune editor is a
friend of the under dog. all right. His
error lies in the assumption That
everybody else is against him. His
disposition has been soured and mis-
understanding stunted by hatred and