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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-25
WELCOMES ROBBERS
At HIS HOME
FEWER SAFEGUARDS AND KIND
Err TREATMENT WILL CAUSE
BURGLARS TO REFORM.

Chicago, Sept. 24.-Henry Neill, sec
retary of the National Probation Lea
que, does not believe in lock and key
to keep out burglars, and has had all
safeguards against the intruder re-
moved from his residence.
IF the right hand of fellowship were
extended to burglars instead of the
kick and threat, the world would Dc
better, the penitentiary would be emp
lied in a short time and there would
be no need of lock and key, bolt and
bar" said Mr.. Neill yesterday.
81 have Just returned here with my
wife and seven children and have tax
en- a residence for the winter. was
shocked and surprised to find iron bars
on all the windows, locks everywhere
and safeguards of all kinds against
the intruder. have had locksmiths
at work all the week taking off these
relics of a barbarous age. There are
no mechanical devices to connect with
the police station, and there are no
locks on the doors.
visitors may enter undisturbed,
but | trust they will do ME the honor
to waken me and allow me to enter
tain them. | am sure / can help them
TO better and more profitable employ
ment."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-25

Red River Improvement NssocIatIoh'
The next meeting of the Red River
Improvement Association will be held
at Sherman, Texas, Nov. 10 and 16.
Congressman Chas. d. Carter is in
receipt Of a letter from Congressman
Morris Sheppard Of TeXarkana urging
that interest in this district be
aroused and a large attendance rom
this section OF the state attend. Con
gressman Carter has replied ASSURING
Mr. Sheppard that he would do every
thing in his power to make the meet
ing success.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-25
Very truly yours,
ODD FELLOWS NEXT CONVENTION
Sovereign Grand Lodge Next Year at
indianapolis

Atlanta, Ga, Sept, 2i.-Indianapolis
was selected as the next convention
city by the sovereign grand lodge In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows this
afternoon, defeating for the honor los
Angeles. Baltimore, Chicago, and sgd
ney, Aus raia, which had made bids
for the convention.
The report of the special committee
recommending the erection and main
tenance by the organization Of tuber-
culosis sanitarium was rejected.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-25

The result in Maine is not by any
means a sure sign that the repuhi
cans are going to lose the next
house. But it does mean that
party will have to make a strong,
vigorous campaign if 1t is to con
tinue to control congress and to
give the president the support nee
essary if the remaining features OF
his comprehensive legislative pro
gram are TO be made into law
Cincinnati Times-Star, owned by c.
p. Taft. half-brother of the presi-
dent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-25
More Bodies Recovered.

Horton, Kan, Sept 24-Six man
gled bodies taken from the wreck on
the Rock Island near Clayton yestcr-
terday, remain unidentified today by
the Rock island officials.
At least sixteen persons were killed
and eleven injured in the accident
and it is rumored that more bodies are
in the wreck, and that the death list
may reach twenty-three.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-25
BIG TOURING CAR WITH SIX PAS
sENGERs PLUNGEs INTO CANAL
NEAR NEW ORLEANS.
THREE BODIES ARE RECOVERED
While Speeding, Car Plunged Through
Fence Into Canal-Resident Of New
York City, Chauffeur and Unknown
Woman Recovered.

New Orleans, La, Sept. 2i.-Six
persons are believed to have been
drowned when large touring car re
turning from a West End Lake resort
to New Orleans this morning ran
through a fence and fell into the
canal.
Three of the bodies have been re-
covered. They are:
JOHN FREEMAN, New York City.
THOMAS DOUTLER, chauffeur.
An unidentified woman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-25

The strong protest (the Maine re-
suit against the Payne-Aldrich tar
if is certain to be duplicated in
most of the other states in Novem-
Der. The people finally have become
aroused to the necessity of sending
men to congress who Rill represent
them. instead of the corporate in
terests. There is little doubt left
that the next congress will be DEM
ocratic.-Pittsburg Post, Dem.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-25

The republican unsettlement which
first became manifest In the special
elections In Massachusetis
and New York carly IN the year Is
here Tin Mainel shown 60 nN deep
ening and spreading until II
threatens revoiuuonsi res1jrst-
ment of party forces throughout the
nation Springfield Republican. Ind,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-25

The great democratic victory there
(in Maine) adds another to the pop
ular expressions of the past indica-
tive of the tremendous growth In
anti-republican sentiment in the
country at largest Louis Repub-
lie Dem.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-25
Yesterdays Cotton Market.

Yesterdays local cotton receipts
was approximately 200 bales, win
prices ranging from IS to 10 12k.
Local receipt so far this season
about ] 800 bales.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-25
HEAD-ON COLLISION BETWEEN
CARS ON INDIANAPOLIS AND
~ DIVISION.
SIX DEAD AND SIX HURT
More Bodies Are Recovered from the
Rock Island Wreck at Clayton, Kan
sas-Numher Of Dead May Reach
Twenty-Five.

Upton, Ind, Sept. 24.-tn a head
on collision on the Indianapolis and
Peru division of the Indiana Union
Traction comp&ny's lines between a
limited passenger and a freight car
today. six persons Were killed and six
others seriously, if not fatally injured.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-25
Gnff Stock Of Goods Sold.

Yesterday the bankrupt stock OF
goods OF the business formerly con
Quoted by E. NJ. Cot was sold to Z B.
Pugh for sS519O. Mr.. Pugh will close
out the stock as soon as possible.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-25
ATTORNEY FORCED TO LIE IN
BED WHILE HOME is RAN
SACKED AND FIRED.
OWNER ALONE IN THE HOUSE
Burglars Removed One Thousand
Dollars Worth of Jewelry, Rugs
and Tapestry Before Setting Chi
cago Suburban Home Afire.

Chicago, H., Sept. 24.-.Bur1 lars
burned tho $4,000 home OF w. f.
Muse, a Ninsdale attorney, early this
morning after stealing $1,000 worth
OF silyerware, jewelry, rugs and Ia
pestry
According to the owners report to
the police he Muse was alone
in the house, the domestics having
gone with Mrs. Muse on a vaca-
ton. Muse claims that he was forced
to lie in bed while the burglars
carried out the plunder and loaded
it in an express wagon and then
set fire to the house
The flames had gained such head
way that they could not be extin-
guished, when finally he could call
the fire department.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-25

The loss of three seats in the
house in Maine could hardly happen
in a year when similar results were
not foredoomed in some other states
counted upon as republican strong
holds Cleveland Leader, Rep.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-25

is the civic pride of Ardmore, were
10 be used in Oklahoma City, would
not our citizens be equally proud of
using a state product, thus "squaring
our word with the deed? And would
We not be fulfilling our duty to the
on put of a sister city?
We believe that if this home product
are lowest bidders they
should have the work 1t should be
your pleasure as well as privilege to
use a material that forms part of our
undeveloped resources, concerning
which much has been written and
spoken by the geological scientists of
our state government and others who
have measured the minero'ogcal val
uos Of the natural resources Of Okla
homa.
Very truly yours,
HOME PRODUCT DIVISION OF THE
CHAMBER or COMMERCE.
H. O. JOHNSON,
Secretary.
September twenty-third, Nineteen
hundred and ten.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-25
The Weather

!: New Orleans, La, Sept. "a !:
:. The weathc- forecast for Okla ::
!: lahoma for sunday is generally :
!: fair and warmer. "
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-25

FARTHING BROTHERS
Clothing French dry cleaned
and steam pressed. Only
French dry cleaners in city.
Phone 496 Blue.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-10-07
Of the photograph On John dilmore's

Of the photograph on John qilmore's
bedside table. The girl Mcknight ex
pected to see in Richmond the next
day, Sunday! She was on her way
back to meet him! Well, what differ
ence did 1t make, anyhow? We had
been thrown together by the merest
chance. In an hour or two at the
most we would be back in civilization
and she would recall me, If she re-
membered me at all, as an unshaven
creature in a red cravat and tan shoes,
with soiled Pullman sheet tied
around my neck. drew deep
breath
"Just twinge," l said, when she
glanced up quickly. Its very good
of you to let me know, Miss West. l
have been hearing delightful things
about you for three months"
From Richey McKnight?' She was
frankly curious.
Eyes. From Richey Mcknight" I
assented. Was it any wonder Nc
Knight was crazy about her? l dug
my heels into the dust
nave DeeI NlSllluS HedI SlCSSOH,
in the mountains" Miss West was say
ing. "The person you mentioned. Mrs.
Curtis, was my hostess. We've
were on our way to Washington to-
gether." She spoke slowly, as if she
wished to give the minimum of expla
nation. Across her face had come
again the battling expression of per
plexity and trouble had seen before.
"You were on your way home, | sup
pose? Richey-spoke about seeing
you," I floundered, finding it necessary
to say something. She looked at me
with level, direct eyes.
NO" she returned quietly. II did
not intend to go home. well, it
doesn't matter; l am going home
now"
A woman in a calico dress, with
two children, each an exact duplicate
of the other. had come quickly down
the road. She took in the situation at
a glance, and was explosively hospit-
able
"You poor things" she said. IF
you'll take the first road to the left
over there, and turn in at the second
pigsty, you will find breakfast on the
table and a coffee pot on the stove,
And there's plenty Of soap and water,
too Don't say one word. There isn't
a soul there to see you
We accepted the invitation and she
hurried on toward the excitement and
the railroad. | got up carefully and
helped Miss West to her feet
"At the second pigsty to the left |
repeated, eve will find the breakfast
| promised you seven eternities ago,
Forward to the pigsty!"
We said very little for the remand
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-10-07
QUEER OLD HAND MILL FOUND
"Quern," as This Implement Is Called,
First Used in America by the
Indians.

Reading, Pa.-Ever since the Israel
ties gathered mama, ground it in
mills, or beat 1t in mortars, or since
the time the Hebrews grew corn and
the Romans pounded the wheat they
grew, we have had in history the up
per and neither millstones. In primi-
tive times the method of grinding and
pounding cereals was all done by
querns. The housewives of Scotland,
who had too far to go to the little
water mills, ground their oats and
corn by hand with those little stone
mills known as querns, and which
were from one foot to one and one
half feet in diameter
In American history the quern was
the first mill that the Indians used to
grind their Indian corn. The photos
of the quern, shown in this article.
are those of the only Indian mill, still!
in existence in Pennsylvania, and they
were picked up on cemetery lot in
cemetery at Lobachsville, Pa, in the
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-10-07
baubles. We were primitive man and

baubles, We were primitive man and
81 ord Ior the
hour vas the deserted farmhouse, the
a.u.o ~ nAcatuold that led Ia the
road. the woodland lot, the pasture
We breexfasted together across the
homely table. Our checrfuiness, at
first sheer reaction, became less forced
as we ate great slices of bread from
the granny oven back OF the house,
and drank hot fluid that smelled like
coffee and tasted like nothing that
have ever swallowed We found cream
in stone jars, sunk deep In the chill
water OF the springhouse. And there
We're eggs, great yellow-brown ones
a basket Of them.
SO, like two children awakened from
a nightmare, we chatted over our food:
we hunted mutual friends, we laughed
together at my feeble witticisms, but
we put the horror behind us resolute-
ly. After all, it was the hat with
the green ribbons that brought back
the strangeness of the situation.
All along had had the impression
that Alison West was deliberately put
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-10-07

Obey valley, where the Indians had
number of their villages.
No one seemed to recognize the his
toric value of the little stones, thou
sands viewing them, with the simple
remark, queer stones" passing on
and never thinking about them any
more. Some time ago a number of
historians happened to hunt old In
scripticns on tombstones several GEN.
turies old in this cemetery, when they
accidentally came across the curious
quern Lifting the same apart, they
recognized this primitive Indian mill
The quern is now in the rooms of the
Berks County Historical society here,
where it is one Of the most important
historical relics on exhibition
The quern is in two parts. and
weighs seventy-f1ve pounds. The low.
er stone is followed out to q depth
of about four inches in which the up-
per or grinder part of the quern fits.
Through the center of the grinder
round hole is drilled, and through this
opening the operator of the ouern
dropped the corn, feeding the mill al
fast as it would grind it. On each
side of this hole was a smaller hole
In which a handle, made either of
wood, stone or iron, fitted, and by
pushing the handles in a half circle.
the grinding operation was completed.
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ting out of her mind something that
obtruded now and then. 1t brought
with it a return Of the puzzled express
sion that | had surprised early III the
day, before the wreck. | caught 1t
once, when, breakfast over, she was
tightening the sling that held the
broken arm. l had prolonged the
morning meal as much as ] could, but
when the wooden clock with the pink
roses on the dial pointed to half after
ten. and the mother with the duplicate
youngsters had not cCpe back, Miss
West made the move | had dreaded.
IF we are to get into baltimore at
all we must start she said, rising.
You ought to see a doctor as soon as
possible
Hush" l said warningly Don't
mention the arm, please; it is asleep
now You may rouse it,
IF l only had hat she reflected.
1T wouldn't need to be much of one,
but She gave a little cry and
darted to the corner Look she
said triumphantly. the very thing.
VIII lHS green StlSdhiSlo . tlTu "P -
a bow, like this-do you suppose the
child would mind? l can pat 50 or
SO here--that would buy dozen OF
them
1t was a queer affair of straw, that
hat, with a round crown and rim
that topped dismally. With single
movement she had turned it up at one
side and fitted it to her head. Gro
tesque by itself. when she wore it it
was thing of JOY.
Evidently the lack of head covering
had troubled her, for she was elated
at her find. She left me. scrawling a
note Of thanks and pinning it with a
bill to the table-cloth, and ran up
stairs to the mirror and the promised
soap and water.
| did not see her when she came
down. | had discovered bench with
a tin basin outside the kitchen door,
and was washing, in a helpless, one
sided way. | felt rather than saw that
she was standing in the doorway, and
! made a final plunge into the basin.
How is it possible for a man with
only right hand to wash his left
ear?" | asked from the roller towel. l
was distinctly uncomfortable: Men are
more rigidly creatures of conven-
tion than women, whether they admit
it or not There is so much soap on
me still that if | laugh l will blow
bubbles Washing with rain water
and home made soap is like motoring
on slippery road. l only struck the
high places
Then, having achieved a brilliant
polish with the towel | looked at the
girl
She was leaning against the frame
of the door, her face perfectly color
less, her breath coming in slow, diff
ficult respirations The erratic hat
was pinned to place, but it had slid
rakishly to one side. When ! real
lied that she was staring, not at me,
but past me to the road along which
we had come, l turned and followed
her gaze There was no one in sight;
the lane stretched dust white in the
sun--no moving figure on it, no sign
of life
ITO RE cONTJNIrEDA
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60 back and make some inquiries.
I've been criminally thoughtless. Your
travelling companion"
She interrupted me, and something
Of her splendid poise was gone.
Please don't go back" she said. q
am afraid it would be Of no use And
Il don't want to be left alone"
Heaven knows did not want her to
be alone. l was more than content to
walk along beside her aimlessly, for
any length of time. Gradually, as she
lost the exaltation of the moment,
was gaining my normal condition of
mind. was beginning to realize that
| had lacked the morning grace of a
shave, that l looked like some lost
hope of yesterday, and that my left
shoe pinched outrageously. A man
does not rise triumphant above such
handicaps. The girl, for all her disor-
dered hair and the crumpled linen of
her waist, in spite of her missing hat
and the small gold bag that hung for
lornly from broken chain, looked ex-
ceedingly lovely.
Then l won't leave you alone"
said manfully, and we stumbled on to-
gether. Thus far we had seen no.
body from the wreck, but we'll up the
lane we came across the tall dark
woman who had occupied lower IL.
She was half crouching beside the
road, her black hair about her shoul-
ders, and an ugly bruise over her eye.
She did not seem to know us, End re-
fused to accompany us. We left her
there at last, babbling incoherently
and rolling in her hands a dozen peb-
bles she had gathered in the road.
The girl shuddered as we went on
Once she turned and glanced at my
bandage. Does it hurt very much ?"
she asked.
Its growing rather numb. But it
might be worse" l answered menda-
ciously. If anything in this world
could be worse, l had never expert
enced it.
And so we trudged on bareheaded
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rYPIS1 IS OF ROYAL BLOOD
Third Lady Of England Proves Her
interest In the Writing Machine
to Be Real.

London.-Even the daughters OF
royalty do not scorn knowledge OF
useful occupations. Often we read OF
pretty and youthful princesses who
have begun the study Of some art,
perhaps along domestic lines, cookery
or sewing, or have finished a course
In nursing, or can show a certificate
test1fying to their ability in some busi-
ness line. The daughters of the late
King Christian of Denmark. namely
the Queen mother of England. the
Dowager Empress Of Russia and the
Duchess Of Cumberland, were taught
to make all their own clothes and,
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under the summer sun. growing
parched and dusty and weary, logged
ly leaving behind us the pillar Of
smoke. / thought knew of trolley
line somewhere in the direction we
were going, or perhaps we could find
a horse and trap to take us into Bal
timore. The girl smiled when I sug-
gested it.
"We will create sensation, won't
we?" she asked. Isn't it queer-or
perhaps it's my state of mind-but
keep wishing for pair of gloves,
when haven't even a hal"
When we reached the main road we
sat down for moment, and her hair.
which had been coming loose for some
time, fell over her shoulders in little
waves that were most alluring. 1t
seemed a pity to twist it up again,
but when suggested this, cautiously
she said 1t was troublesome and got
in her eyes when it was loose. So she
gathered it up, while | held row of
little shell combs and pins, and when
it was done 1t was vastly becoming,
too. Funny about hair: A man never
knows he has it until he begins to
lose It, but it's different with a girl.
Something Of the unconventional stu.
alton began to dawhAon her as she put
ip the last hair pin and patted some
stray locks to place
Il nave not told you my name,'
she said abruptly. 7 forgot that be-
cause I know who you are. you know
nothing about me. am Alison West,
and my home II IN Richmond
So that was It! This was the girl
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furthermore, to trim their hats. The
Empress of Germany holds that a
knowledge of children, kitchen and
church is to be preferred before all
other mplishments
The latest student of royal blood in
the business world is the 13-year-old
daughter of King George, Princess Vic
tOria Alexandra. This little lady, the
only daughter in a family of six, be-
came much interested in the type
writer's in daily use where she resid
ed. There are two lady typists at
tached to the secretarial staff of Marl-
borough house, which has been the
Kings residence, and finally the young
princess declared her enthusiasm and
asked one Of them to give her the
necessary instruction that she might
operate a typewriter. She has learned
to use the machine at fair rate of
speed.
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SYNOPSIS.

Etttsburg with the forged notes in the
bronson case to get the deposition Of
John Gilmore. millionaire. In the latter's
GIRL whom Gilmore explains is his grand
daughter. Alison West. He says her IA
ther is a rascal and friend Of the forg-
er. A lady requests Blakeley to buy her
. Pullman ticket. He gives her lower
eleven and retains lower ten. He finds a
man In drunken stupor in lower ten
and goes to bed in lower nine. He ava
kens in lower seven and finds that his
bag and clothes are missing. The man
In lower ten is found murdered. His
name. 1t develops, is Simon Harrington.
ley's clothes is suspected Blakeley be-
comes interested in girl in blue Cir
cumstantial evidence places Blakeley un-
der suspicion Of murder. The train is
wrecked. Bakeley is rescued from the
burning car by the girl in blue. His arm
= broken
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er of that walk l had almost reached
the limit of endurance; with every
step the broken ends of the bone
grated together. We found the farm
house without difficulty, and l remem-
ber wondering if l could hold out to
the end of the old stone walk that led
between hedges to the door
Allah be praised" I said with all
the voice could muster Behold the
coffee pot" And then / put down the
cup and folded up like a jackknife on
the porch floor.
When | came around something hot
was trickling down my neck, and d
despairing voice was saying, "Oh. l
don't seem to be able to pour it into
your mouth. Please open your eyes"
but l don't want it in my eyes," /
replied dreamily. Il haven't any idea
what came over me. 1t was the shoes,
think; the left one is a red-hot tor
ture." was sitting by that time and
looking across into her face.
Never before or since have I faint.
ed, but I would do it joyfully, dozen
times a day, if | could waken again
to the blissful touch of soft fingers on
my face, the hot ecstasy of coffee
spilled by those fingers down my neck.
There was thrill in every tone of
her voice that morning. Before long
my loyalty to Mcknight would step
between me and the girl he loved !;
life would develop new complexities.
In these early hours after the wreck,
full of pain as they were, there was
nothing Of the suspicion and distrust
that came later. Shorn Of our gauds and
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CTO BE CONTINUED.)
Cold and Aloof.

Lord Curzon, during the visit that
ended in his marriage to Miss Letter
proved very interesting in his cold.
proud way"
The speaker, a Chicagoan. smiled
and resumed:
Gold and proud as young George
CurZon was, he regarded the house Of
lords as colder and prouder. He told
me once that when he asked his fa-
ther if his first speech in the house
of lords had been difficult the old gen.
tleman replied:
Difficult. 1t was like addressing
sheeted tOmbstOnes by torchlight!'