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Casca et,

cascasweet, the we'll known rem
edy for babies and children, Will
quiet the little ones in a short
time. The ingredients are printed
on the bottle. Contains no opiates.
Sold by w. b. Frame. d&w
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We want to do your plumbing. We
have every equipment and only the
best Of workmen. Sprekelmeyer Co.
16.3
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NEWS EVENTS OF THE WEEK..

Washington-Ba Battleship fleet OF
Admiral Evans is due in Callao, Pc
ru, Tuesday. National society of nav
al sponsors will be organized in Con-
tinental hall Wednesday night. Bids
for the sale of two navy department
monitors. the Canonius and the PIN
Ia, will be opened Wednesday. La
Dor editors of the daily press will
meet Saturday to organize a nat
ional labor press league.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-02-16
CURRENTS TOPICS AT CAPITAL
The STATE CONVENTIONS

provincialism Of either north or south
or east.
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Chicago-Governor Hughes OF
New York speaks at the annual ban
quet of the Union League club Sat
urday. Inland Daily Press associa-
ton convenes Monday.
New eans-lnternational Asso-
citation of Master House Painters
and Decorators of the United States
and Canada conyenes Tuesday.
Southern Cotton assoCia-
ton opens annual convention
day.
Atlanta Southun Division OF Sal
yation Army meets Friday.
Minneapolis-Alpha Delta Phi fra
ternity conyenes Thursday.
Albany-Anti-race track hearing
will be held Thursday
Buffalo-Secretary Taft will speak
on Saturday.
napolis-Banquet in honor OF
Bryan Monday
Hutchinson - Kansas democratic
state convention Friday.
Muskogee - Oklahoma democratic
state convention Saturday.
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New Whitelaw Reid. ambas-
sador to Great Britain, sailed Thurs,
day for England. National Motor
Boat and Sportsmen's show opens
Thursday at Madison Square gar
den
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Ardmore Supply Co.

THAT BRIGHT SPOT
w. Main St. Phone 90
p. S.-We are fully prepared 20 do
gas piping for all purposes, and We
know how TO do right.
A. S. Co.
n. B.-We sell good lights and fix
lures.
A. 5. Co.
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Every mother feeis Q

great dread of the pain
and danger attendant upon
the most critical period
of her life. Becoming
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Baby Mine

mother should of Joy ALL but the suffering and
ordeal makes its anticipation
Mothers Friend the only remedy which relieves of the great
and danger of this hour which dreaded as woman
trial made painless but all the danger avoided
Those who this remedy longer respondent
gloomy other distressing conditions
made ready for the coming event. and the
serious accidents the critical
hour obviated by the of Mothers EIn& On MO
Friend. : weight in god, IHHHnHHNH-Hp
m who have used il. SI.oo per VmVoEGSn -
bottle drug Book containing
valuable information Of interest all women will ENSn~
be address free upon application to EvEE0kU
GRAOEiEiD RIaCiSJOR CO.. Atlanta. Ga. y GShuV
New-York tribune., 1908-12-16
PERYERTED HLMOR.

A smile now and then, of the old-fash-
ioned facial kind, is good thing to take. even
though II may be difficult to take the joke
that caused the smile. But the trouble with
much of the humor al large nowadays is that it
isn't at all funny. II may be that this is largely
due to the fact that all the really funny jokes
are beginning to show signs of age, and in
strsiniDg for new ones the wouldbe joker for
gets that the essence of humor is kindliness
Whether. as has frequently been insisted the
development Of the American comic IS re
sponsible for the distorted views possessed by
some persons on the subject Of humOr, OF whether
these perverted attempts at funninesS are
merely outcroppings of the playful spirit which
led some Of the later Roman -emperors to pro-
vide human torches for their chariot races may
be open TO question.
In the papers recently have appeared a num-
her Of articles relating the activities OF those
pests who possess minds disordered that
thev can find satisfaction In the pain that must
be caused to another when he receives a notice
of the death OF relative or friend. In a neigh
borinC city q young man. in specially jOcular
mood removed the Grape from the door where
if had been placed by the undertaken and- at
tached ii TO another door near by. His only
excuse when his Identity discovered was
that he had been sampling too largely some of
the LIQUID refreshment which has tendency 70
obscure the Judgment of ordinarily steady and
sedate men.
New York is having trouble of the kind.
One undertaken complains that he has had, IN
New-York tribune., 1908-12-16
THE WALL STREET COMMISSION.

Governor Hughes in naming commission 70
zsnves1igata Wall Street speculation and suggest
Legislation 10 remedy its abuses has followed
the method he adopted 50 successfully last year
IN regard 10 state banking legislation. 1t Is
superior 70 a legislative investigation because
such a commission as this on speculation and
THAT of last year on banking is made up Of men
with q greater knowledge Of the subject with
(which they have 10 deal than could be found
among the legislators Its members are free,
moreover. from any desire 10 make a sensation
or TO find political capital and their conclusions
viii be sounder than any likely TO be reached
ily q legislative committee
There WAS ample opportunity in the state
hank and trust company situation it ex-
ssted last fau for prodigious sensation. but
the Hepburn commission proceeded quietly
without unsetling such confidence as existed
or disturbing business conditions. already suf-
fcjentlv urecari0us TO frame, from their own
knowledge Of affairs and after consultation
with bankers. really noteworthy suggestions for
the reform Of the banking laws the result
being that this state now has the best banking
code in the country. That was a model which
Il IS evident the Governor intends 10 have this
commission follow. The membership Is strong.
and inspires confidence that its suggestions will
be sane and conservative
Speculation has is uses and abuses; and it
viii be the part Of the commission 10 suggest
legislation 10 end its abuses and incidentally to
teach the public its uses. 1t Will he almost as
much of public gain 10 have the uses Of specu-
latfon made clear as II will he have itc abuses
stopped The legitimate business Of this coun-
try cannot get on without the aid Of specula-
ton The grain dealer. the -four maker, the
rnanufac cturer of cotton goods cannot make fut-
-fIre contracts without having The best advance
Information about what the raw material he
Hx17l require Will sell for when he needs 1t 10
d. fulfil his contract and without being able TO
ts,rotecp hiuself IN the future" market Ths
New-York tribune., 1908-12-16
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
From The Tribune Bureau.I

from The Tribune BursaU.l
Washington Dec Is. - The Italian Ambassador
and Baroness Mayor des Planches planning to
go TO Atlantic City within day so, to remain
for about two weeks. The ambassador has not
been in rugged health this winter and hopes to be
invigOrated by the air.
Baron Rosen. the Russian Ambassador. who has
been absent since April IS. will sail for his post
here tomorrow. He will not be accompanied by
either Baroness Rosen or Baroness Elizabeth Rosen.
his wife and daughter They will remain in Paris
for the winter.
The Swedish Minister and Nine. de Lagercrantz
entertained the members Of the legation staff and
a number Of members of the Swedish consular ser
vice this country who now in Washington
at dinner tonight
The Hon. Mrs. 3. R. James, wife OF the British
Military Attache, gave one Of her pleasant English
teas this afternoon. Her guests were from diplo-
matte official and resident society. Mrs. George
Young. wife of the British second secretary, as
sisted her in receiving her guests and Baroness
Preuschen Won und zu Liebenstein. wife Of the Aus
trian Naval Attache, and Miss Martha Phillips
poured tea.
Alfred Mitchell Inness British Counsellor, has
leased the large house No. 1875 24th street.
The Second British Secretary and Mrs. George
Young are entertaining the father Of the former.
Sir George Young. of England, who will spend a
part OF the winter here
Charles Page Bryan. American Minister to Portu-
GAL who hes been in Washington for several weeks,
left here tonight, returning to his post
New-York tribune., 1908-12-16
.aTBF SLAP AT THE GOVERNOR"

Says THE New York Evening Post" apropos
Of the slap at Governor Hughes involved ID
the appointment of Otto Kelsey as Deputy Con-
froller: There isn't q little politician or petty
boss IN New York nowadays who wouldn't love
"to do something for Otto Kelsey. They just
"eniov making horrible faces at the Governor
ct frfghtens him So Making horrible faces"
would exactly describe such an attempt 10
humiliate or annoy the Governor, if that We're
what il was But can any one imagine that
little politicians" and petty bosses would not
have even a dim suspicion of the chlldlshness
of such proceeding when The Evening Post
perceives il instantly? The slap at Governor
Hughes is so obvious a failure that il is i'm
possible to suppose ii was seriously intended as
such
ANY one possessing the least familiarity with
the usual processes of politics can see other rea
sons for Mr.. Kelsey's appointment. doubtless
controlling ones. albeit prosy and undramatic.
If the Governor had never disapproved Mr.. Kel-
sev as Insurance Commissioner and tried TO
remove him provided 1t understood that
the Governor did not intend 10 reappoint him,
he would doubtless be made Deputy Controller
lust as he is to he now. and for two reasons.
namely because Mr. Gaus would be looking for
an experienced assistant and therefore would
select him as an ex-Controer. and because there
would he the same disposition in the organiza-
ton that there is now to take care Of" Mr..
KELSEY whose term would be about to expire
a disposition so common in political circles as 10
be the occasion Of no surprise.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-16

organization of business into corporations couA
NOT have gone on in the way it has without an
open and active market In which the prices ot
corporate shares were constantly estaonsneu'
and If is speculation which gives to the STOCK
market the requisite activity TO make It's quota
ttons useful.
That. roughly, is the use Of speculation hut
if is obvious that to be of real value these quo
tations must be genuine, the result OF real trao-
ing rejecting exactly the opinion of traders re
aarding the value OF stocks. To use the STOCK
market 10 create fictitious quotations either
above or below the real value is an abuse IN
ether words thousands OF persons all over the
country want 10 know, need to know and have
a right to know what stocks or grain or cotton
futures are actually selling for When in place
of the results of actual sales there are put
before them the results of fictitious sales' III
which one person is both buyer and seller spec
ulation is abused. When such dishonest meth
DDS are used 70 create q fictitious appearance
Of activity on the exchange in order to induce
the public TO come in that wash sale opera
tors can unload" on them. the public is JUS
tilted in crying out for protection IL thls
commission shall succeed in putting an END
10 the abuses of Wall Street while freeing the
pullic mind of some of It's prejudices. 1t may
save this state from such mistakes as Germany
made in its attempts to regulate speculation.
The investigation will be made by sensible,
practical men. It forestalls an Investigation
| hv agitators.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-16
THE CANAL PERCHASE.

The simple facts relating to the Panama
Canal purchase, which we rehearsed in brief
yesterday, and every one of which had been
published again and again, not only in ephem-
eral journals but in permanent and standard
books of reference, We're ample TO destroy the
charges and insinuatiOns which had been made
The Presidents terse and vigorous narrative,
contained in his special message, Corroborates
every item svith unanswerabe force 1t was
the American Congress which fixed the price
which was b. be paid 10 the French company
for its unfinished canal. and which directed the
President to make the purchase if he found
the title good The President obeyed Congress.
He found the title good and he paid the pur-
chase price. 1t was no concern Of his, as he
well says. or of any officer Of the executive
department, TO inquire what the French COM
pany did with the money AS matter of fact
however. the evidence is absolutely overwhelm-
ing that the French company honestly and
eduitabIy apportiOned the whole sum. after pay
ing necessary and reasonable expenses. among
the hundreds Of thousands Of its own stock
holders and the creditors of the former company
to which it had succeeded
A distinguished but somewhat dogmatic pro-
fessor. IN discussing abogenesis. frankly ad
mftted that such thing had never been known
to occur, and was quite incapable of demonstra-
ton: 'and yet" he said, lit must be So for
otherwise we should have to admit the exist
"ence Of Creator" 1t may be that some mis-
guided persons in the present case, while forced
10 admit that there Is not the slightest proof
obtafnabIe or discoverable Of the charges
which they have uttered against their own gov
ernment and its good name. will yet OBJ
stInately declare that 1t must be so, for other
wise they should have to concede that the
American government honest and that its
dealings with the Panama company had been
honorable Truly, dire alternative!
New-York tribune., 1908-12-16
MR. INGERSOLL'S RETIREMENT.

The retirement Of Mr.. Ingersol, chief en-
gineer of the Bridge Department. may or may
not be a tub thrown to the whale on account
of the Greensboro Bridge scandal 1t Is said
Nthat ever since the failure Of the Bridge De
partment to know the condition of its own work
became public through the reports of the eN-
perts that the Greensboro Bridge was being
greatly overstrained, in spite Of the assurances
of the Commissioner that it was all right when
the charges were first made, there has been
much friction between Commissioner stevenson
and his chief engineer. Be that as II may the
retirement of Mr.. IngeTsoll does not change lhe
situation or diminish the necessity for action
by the Mayor to fix the responsibility for the
engineering bunders on the one hand ana 10
safeguard the interests Of the taxpayers IN the
matter of payments for the work on the other
There is no dispute about the fact that some
body blundered in building the bridge. Some
body caused waste of S10,O0O,00O Of the tax
PAYERS money. Who was it? II has also been
shown that sums largely in excess or those
ca lied for by the original contract and the sup
Elementary authorization Of the Board Of Alder
men have been paid. contrary to the advice or
the engineer of the Finance Department, on the
strength Of most astonishing opinion from the
CORPORATION Counsel which ignored the express
terms of the contract which it professed to in
terpret Apparently the Controller was for
long time unconvinced by this opinion, for the
payments were held back many months, but
while the experts were making the examination,
ppnding which the Controller had announced
that he would make payments, the pressure
apparently became too strong and the money
was handed over, thereby perhaps releasing the
contract ctor's bond although responsibility for the
blunders in the bridge as between him and the
Bridge Department has not yet been deter
mined
What is the Mayor going to do about this?
Is he going to take any steps to see If money
can be saved for the taxpayers. or must some
citizen bring a taxpayers suit for the protec-
tion of the people whose interests the Mayor
and Controller are set to guard?
New-York tribune., 1908-12-16
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rrron The Tribune Bureau. J

from The Tribune Bureaul
1,r..h,rgton Dec f5-The President and Mrs
Roosevelt attended the st. Gaudens exhioiuoh AT
the corcoran Art Gallery tonight, and the FIeSi-
dent delivered address. 81,
Mrs Roosevelt has sent out CARDS for SINAI
dance at the White House Monday evening De-
cember 2S -
The President sent special message to CohsIe7S
defending the governments acquisition OF the ran
ANA Canal property and denouncng detractol7'
Senator Warren, chairman of the Senate COMMIT
tee on Military Affairs, conferred Win lii9 -,
dent relative to turning over to universities COi
leSes and Spanish War Veterans camps the ooSo-
lete rifles of the regular army
The President played tennis In the Iaee aL.ei
noon with the French Ambassador. Postmaster zen
eral Meyer and Captain Butt his military AID
Secretary CorteIyou was the only absentee from
the Cabinet meeting
Among the White House callers were Senators
Warren and McLaurin; Representatives Dousia9'
Parsons, Law, Bennett and H r. Burton, o'~'
Senator Agneyy Of New York; Ex-Governor Duroaii'
Father DOYLE Ex-Governor and Mrs Hill, OF Malhe'
Harry Lauder and I'D Pringle, OF Pittsours
New-York tribune., 1908-12-16

C,ox.-nons will undertake Is that Of framing a
ne;y budget and that, il is understood, VIII oe
done on decidedly radical lines. so as TO provlde
greatly increa sed revenue, to meet the cost
of old age pensions and other Radical and semi
Socialist measures witheWt resorting 10 a pro
tectfve tariff There are strong hints that TINS
end will be attained by imposing substantial
tax uDon land In place of the light one Wnlch
has stood unchanged since Pitts time, and, IL
this is done there are those who expect that
the Lords will reject the budget Beyond douol,
that would cause a constitutional Crisis 1Heo-
reticaIIy the Lords have a right to amend or
reject a budget Practically, they do not ex-
erciSe that right. For more than Two centuries
the Commons have claimed the sole power OF
dealing with all financial measures, and have
insisted that the Lords are bound TO accept any
such measure which the Commons pass. To
that the Lords have never assented IN terms,
but SO far as the budget is concerned they have
not disputed It, The last occasion on which
they rejected financial measure passed by the
Commons was in 1880, when they threw out the
bill repea ling the paper tax The Commons con
tented themselves with waiting until the next
wear and then including that measure In the
budget when the Lords accepted 1t without
demur For the Lords to reject the whole bud
get next year would doubtless cause instant
dissolution and an appeal to the country on
the sole issue OF ending or mending the upper
house But we shoulds greatly doubt II the
Lords would pursue such course, which would
be playing into the hands of their foes: unless
indeed they were themselves intent upon
promptly effecting a radical reorganiza ton OF
their house. perhaps on some such lines as those
suggested the other day by Lord Rosebery's $
committee,
New-York tribune., 1908-12-16
THE CABINET.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau-I

from The Tribune Bureau-J
Washington Dec. 15.-The Attorney General was
4ojned here to-day by Mrs. BonaDarte, who VIII
remain until Friday. when they will return To-
gether to Baltimore. Mrs Bonaparte came over
to attend. in company with the Attorney General
the reception at Secretary Newberry's. the Saint
C,audens memorial reception at the Corcoran Art
Gallery tonight and the Cabinet dinner at the
White House on Thursday night
The Secretary Of the Navy and Mrs Newberry
gave a reception this afternoon to the active and
retired officers of the navy and marine corps and
their wives living in Washington. Miss Newberry
was with her parents in receiving section OF
the Marine Band played throughout the afternoon
The members of the Cabinet and their wives were
the only guests except those mentioned. and they
remained with Secretary and Mrs Newberry dur
ing the reception hours.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-16
Il 4nuSemeHfS.
Tn. Red Nil.

ACADEMY-2S-fs-The Red NIL
q Sf.F5s .-N,.,.-
LNF-FTl,AN ART GALLERlES-e 90 e-ExhloinoN-
= .l5-The Man from HONS
Fl.ASCO-o:ls-S s20-The Devil ..,,.-s.-s
RFsOTT- -9.IS-E-1s-A Gentleman ftou1 NlASAs9ifF-
ysTA Vaudeville r,,..tosna
-S.eo-MsIIs-
T-ASINO-S:Ib-siIe- Mischief 80, -.
,TrF~I.E,-S.I-,-The Queen of TIA Moulin Houke
-
sesI-T-S-a.S0- S9o-The World ard E5is VIC
f-T0Fl AsT-SEE-TTe World in Wax
fypIRF--2 .S0-Jsck straw ,
GATETY -2.I5-s:15-Ths Travelling saseAa-i'''-
n TaEr1F->.-2IS-s.I5- James Pa
frsPPTf-E-o :Sa-S. .So-The Patriot
rFRMAN-S S-I5-A Last kHorT
sIkChETT-s -2o--s salvation Sci EeilI-s.,sr..
:; ANN F-TseTETN'S- j Is l5-E-N " euSierzL,
tsr-Ts0T7ys Days-bat-te IN eh7
esiee-F3alIes q Brdand-
s7T-TpeflN--c s.39-Lsdy FretsT1ck-
t[rlrt,K ERBOCKER-S S:l6-she t'rlIla SuNA~-
sTFS7-TSTSy-a a-I5-S: Iva wireless
: y-ry-T-sF-S-1s-IsoVe Watches
sg--Tr--o o-1+,-s.Is-The Blue Mouse.
eF a -a-IH,-s.15-The Pied Ftper:
"a ANFssT~TAN OPERA HOTSE-S-LLstees q go
SFr7TFtaFN0TT OPERA FEotSE--s-SI'- ls.La4o-
~-T-T- AAfSTERT5 sF-2:I5-s-1o-LAttie Memo
WORKS I5-Niss Innocence
- -2O--The Servant IN the t1ous--,
tST NTCrE0T.AS RINK-S -IS-lochey rna'ciL
STRIVES ANT-S -2O--The F4EhtlnE bopt-
7-kTF A~FIS-S.1--The Bows and fSet1E
<7-T-PF-T,-S1 sos -Sa-The Stronger Sex
WFST END. .15-S.I5-The witching Hour
New-York tribune., 1908-12-16

tbe last six months, fourteen fake deaths
renorted 70 him. Aside from the Inconvenience
and EXPENSE TO which he was put, fourteen iaih-
lilies were shocked at receiving call from nm
He SAYS that in cases where these cans came
from crowded tenements it was posiuVely uan-
gerous to go through the halls waking peoPie
ND and asking them who was dead Like INC
chauffeur who tries TO see how near TO Peue'
trian he can come without hitting him. ana .iie
equally funny person who tries 10 see no" Ia iel
he can rock a boat without tipping it over, the
;pdiridua1 who uses death as a basis for his
iokes ought TO have the opportunity OF serving
the state in some capacity without remrnera-
ton for year or so. meantime making a care
full study of the true origin and slgnincance
Of the word whose meaning he has so sadly dis-
New-York tribune., 1908-12-16
PINKNEY WILL FILED.
Most of Big Estate Goes to Nieces
and Nepheus.

The will of Mary G. Pinkney, disposing Of an
estate valued at more than $1,000 in real estate
and more than $1,000 in personal property was
filed with the Surrogate yesterday. Thomas L
Watt Julia Morris and Grace Watt, children OF her
late stepbrother. the principal heirs There IS
one bequest of $4,000 to Mary Vanderpool and two
Of 500 each to William Kenny and James Kelly
''for long and faithful service"
It IS estimated by real estate experts that Miss
Piukney, who ninetynine years old when she
died at the Hotel Buckingham December S. left
real valued from 100000 TO $50 ,000
The executors are Thomas l. Watt and Curtis B.
Pierce. The will executed September -, 1895.
and witnessed by DR.. J. o. Harrington and DIR.
John F. Mccain.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-16
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

IFrom The Tribune Bureau-J
Washington, Dec 15--The Secretary Of War and
Mrs Wright were entertained at dinner tonight
by Brigadier General and Mrs. George NJ. Stern
berg, who invited meet them Major General and
Mrs George L. Gillespie, Lieutenant General and
Mrs. Henry G. Corbn. Brigadier General and Mrs
Anson Mills and Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Foster.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt the guest of honor at
a young peoples dinner given at the Alib Club to-
night by Mrs. Roscoe c. Bulmer, wife Of Lieuten-
ant Commander Bulmer.
Colonel and Mrs. Thomas ". Symons invited
dinner party tonight to meet Associate Justice OF
the Supreme Court and Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Others of the company were Mr.. and Mrs Hennon