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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-08

made Thursday to be payable not
withstanding; the receipts of any
part shall not bear further punish
ment by custer proceedings, and il
any complaint shall be made as to
any violation of this rule, the same
shall be considered and determined
by Attorney General West for the
state and c. II. Parker of Enid for
the defendant, and in case of dis
agreement they shall call as umpire
any justice of the supreme court
of the state. whose determination
of the matter shall be binding upon
the company.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-08
CASE OF RUDOLPH FRANCkE
AGAINST COMMANDER PEARY
CALLED IN BERLIN TODAY.
COOKS TESTIMONY NEEDED
Francke is Suing Peary for Ten
Thousand Dollars in Return for
His Collection Of Furs and WaIrus,
Which Peary Required For Passage

Berlin, July S.-The provincial
court, which is hearing the case .
Rudolph Francke against Commodore
Peary, the explorer, to recovet $40
600, today ordered Francke 20 pro
duce DR.. Cook as a witness.
Francke, who was associated with
Cook in his north pole exploration
demands $4,000 in return for his
collection of furs, walrus aud nor
whal teeth, which he alleges Peacy
required of him to surrender in con
sideration of taking him back home
from Etah
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-08
Attorney Asp Withdraws.

Guthrie, Okla, July Henry E
Asp cf Guthrie. chief counsel for Gov
c. n. Haskell in numerous private
cases. including Haskells defense OF
the federal indictments against him
charging Muskogee town lot frauds
has announced his withdrawal as an
attorney for Haskell in all cases, sev
ering all connections between them
Asp was formerly prominent in re-
publican state politics and a member
of the constitutional convention.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-08
Records Were Broken.

Bethany Plains. Rheim, July s.
Two aviators broke the records for
$50 kilometers at the meeting here
today. Robert Latham covered the
distance in two hours, one minute
and six seconds, and afterwards Bel
gian Olielagers did it in one hour,
fitty-three minutes and twenty sec
onds.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-08
WOODMAN ACCEPTS
WILL POST SIDE BET
MANAGER FOR SAM lANGFORD
ACCEPTS JOHNSON'S OFFER
WILL POST $4,000.

New York, July Joe Woodman,
manager for Sam Langford, tele-
graphed here today that he accepted
the reported offer of Johnson to
meet Langford for $4,000 side bet.
and asks that Johnson post his
firfeit for a match on his arrival
here Monday. Woodman wires he will
telegraph the deposit to bind Lang
ford's end as soon as he learns that
Johnson's money is up.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-08
RESUME CASE OF
PORTER CHARLTON
PRISONER LIKELY TO BE SENT
BACK TO JAIL AWAITING DE-
MAND FROM ITALY.

New York, y. Y, July S.-New Jer-
sey's legal machinery was set in mo
ton again today in the case of Por-
ter Charlton, who confessed to the
murder of his wife at Lake Como,
Italy.
There was every indication how
ever, that Charlton, after being given
an adjourned hearing in court would
be taken back to prison to await a
formal demand from Italy for extradi-
ton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-08
VIOLATION OF STATE ANTI
TRUST LAW is ADMITTED AND
COMPROMISE EFFECTED.
CONTENTION OVER THE MONEY
Concern is Restrained From Entering
into Any Contract or Agreement
in Restraint Of Trade, or in Fixing
the Prices of Oils.

Enid, okla, July THE case Of
the state against the Waters-Pierce
Oil company came to a sudden end
ing Thursday when stipulations were
approved by Judge Huston accepting
a compromise affected by the attor-
neys in the case. After many hours
of conferences between attorneys for
the state and defendant company,
the last one lasting several hours
| "Wednesday night and continuing this
morning, an agreement was reached
shortly before noon and Judge Hus
ton opened court and was asked by
Attorney General West to approve
the terms.
The terms as appro-7d fixed the
penalty to be paid the state by the
oil company at $4,000, restraints the
concern from entering into any CON
| tract or agreement in future in re-
straint of trade or in the fixing of
prices of oils, although the latter
stipulation is withheld from the pub
lie by agreement. The reasons given
by Attorney General West for with
holding from the public is that it
has to do with the private business
of the oil company.
The matter to whom the fines
should be paid and the percentage of
penalties to be allowed to ex-County
Attorney Huett and County Attorney
McKeever was left to Judge Huston,
who will announce his decision later
Attorney General West contends that
large part of the fine should GO
to the state, while the concensus of
opinion of local lawyers is that
Garfield county should receive all
West filed the Intervening plea on
behalf of the state after statehood
and long after the first suit was
filed by Huett
The defendant company is to pay
all court costs. The fine is to be
paid in nine months. The second
stipulation confesses a violation of
the antitrust law of the state of
Oklahoma and provides that they
shall pay a fine of $4,000 and pro-
vides that no further forfeiture in
this action shall be made on ac-
count of the matters embraced in the
pleadings of the case taking from
the corporation the right to do bus
mess in the state, but it shall re-
strain them from further violation
Of the antitrust laws.
The third article of the compro-
mise sets forth that until regulation
by the state corporation commission
or until it shall be finally determined
that the corporation commission has
no power to make such regulations.
the Waters-Pierce company shall
maintain uniform prices upon petro-
leum products in Oklahoma through
out the state and all its stations in
the state with reasonable compare
tives prices for eupion, prime white
oil, engine naphtha and gasoline to
be determined by a consideration of
actual cost at the refinery. reason
able average profit, drayage, market.
ing and distribution expenses and
inspection, and in addition a vari-
ance for actual competition.
The Waters-Pierce company agrees
to give its customers the lowest
prices and best oil possible from the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-08
Two Dead on Track.

Tulsa, Okla, July Gabriel Emar-
thla, aged u years, and Mooney viii
son, hged -, Creek Indians, were
found cut to pieces on the railroad
tracks eight miles south of here.
The coroner is investigating their
death, as there is a suspicion the boys
were murdered and thrown on the
track to conceal the crime.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-08
Humphrey Appointed.

Oklahoma City, July John d
Humphrey of Bristow was appointed
Wednesday by Governor Haskell as
member of the state board OF
pharmacy to succeed L. d. Bunk Of
Nowata. who had finished serving
one year on the board
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-08
FREIGHT BY AEROPLANE.
Aviator Contracts to Transfer Ma
chinery Arizona to Mexico.

Douglass, Ariz., July DIR Arm
strong has contracted with A. NJ.
Williams, an aviator of this city,
to convey placer mine machinery
from Douglass to a property in the
Chihuahua mountains in Mexico. Dis
tance about 300 miles. This is
probably the first contract made call
ing for the commercial use of a heay.
ier than air machine.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-08
AMEND CONSTITUTION
RED|STR|CT MISSOURI
PRESIDENT OF MISSOURI BAR
ASSOCIATION FILED APPLICA-
TlON FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS.

jefferson City, Mo, July S.-.Iudge
John w. halliburton, of Carthage
president of the state bar association
filed in the state supreme court today
application for a writ of mandamus
to compel the secretary OF state II
place the constitutional amendment,
prepared by the republicans for redis-
tricting the state into senatorial dis
tricts, on the official ballot
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-08
DEPENDENTS OF THE VICTIMS
OF THE MARR MINE DISASTER
GIVEN CASH RELIEF.
COMMITTEES REPORT PUBLIC.
Total Cash Relief Of Hundred Forty
One Thousand Given Families of
Miners Who Lost Their Lives
Greater Part by Public Subscription.

Pittsburg, Pa, July S,-The depend
ents of the victims of the Mari mine
disaster at Jacobs Creek in December,
1907, have received chsh helief 20
the extent of 100, according 20
the report of the committee made
public today.
OF the 23S men in the mine at the
time of the explsion, only one es-
capped.
Public subscription provided $97,
062 of the relief funds.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-08
GOVERNMENT REPORT
ON THE WHEAT CROP
SPRING WHEAT'S CONDITION FAR
BELOW THAT OF SPRING AND
WINTER WHEAT.

Washington, ID. C., July S.-The
government crop report on the condi-
tion of spring wheat is GIG, the con
dition of spring and winter wheat and
spring wheat combined, 1875. condi-
tion OF winter wheat Sl.5.
The corn average is l14,0S3,OOO and
the condition S5.4
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-08
CUT OFF SERVICE
TO BUCKETSHOPS
WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH
COMPANY DEPRlVES BROKER
AGE COMPANIES OF SERVICE.

Rochester, y. Y, July S.-The
Western Union Telegraph company
has cut off the wire service in
several brokerage offices here.
The companies deprived of the
wire service are known as bucket
shops.
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WEATHER FORECAST.

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FARTHING BROTHERS
Clothing French dry cleaned
and steam pressed. Only
French dry cleaners in city.
Phone 496 Blue.
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second prize will be given in this department each
the best papers of letters submitted in the contest
by boys and girls of public school age
prize will be dollar in cash. with the usual sub
scpton alternative desired and the second prize will be
handsome book
Contributions from $50 800 words in length,
side of the paper only signed with ad
dress grade and be entirely original and the work of
the person who signs and submits it.
Papers for competition addressed Aunt Laurie,
Herald Junior, The Herald. Los Angeles. Cal
"A Visit the Land of the Gingerbread Man. Stories
on this subject be this office not later than Thurs
day. April IA, for publication April "a.
Topic "A Dream of the May Day Queen" Describe some
dream you of your girl friends might have either
the night before the night after the crownng OF the Mayday
queen.
Any ancu may be used but the story must be orig
na every respect and received at this office not later than
Thursday April 2l, for publication May l.
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YOUNG ARTISTS CONTEST

Special prize drawing-Lucile Davenport, 3lS North
Matthews street grade TO- L. A. high.
First przeHelen Howell III North Avenue Sixy-six L"
A. high, grade IL. -
LIMERICK CONTEST
prize-Heen Minnch 30 grade Olive street school,
624 Gladys
Second prze-Haze Peterson age r. grade AS, twenty
eighth street school, 1176 East Thry-fourth street
Honorable mention-J. Hazel Keller, 40 Edgeware road
grade 3D. Olive school, 14 Harold Burrows Ewanda
school, Ewanda Call May Palmer San Pedro Cal, IL years.
grade Arthur Mobiles S24 East Twentyseventh street.
Twenty-eiglth school, grade AS
CURRENT TOPICS CONTEST
prize-Vera Murphy 1910 East Seventh street Long
Beach.
Honorable menton-Arthur Noble 824 East Twenyseventh
street Twenyegth school, grade A8 end Catherine f.
Baird 20 East Ocean Long Beach, Long Beach high
school, grade 9.
YOUNG WRITER'S CONTEST
First prizeWalace Phelps 1l12 Pasadena Paa-
dena grade g. Garfield school.
Second prize-Kenneth Murdock Chino grammar school,
grade 6, Chino, Cal.
Honorable mention-Marion Banbury H2 North Vernon
Pasadena grade Pasadena high school, Pansy Wooey
210 Marposa Olive street high school, grade B9 Leo
Longsreth 22W East Fourth street. grade BIO L. A H. 81 and
Elsie Wnkler Twenty eighth street school grade 5.
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eRANDMA's, JINGLE

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Long ago, when 1 was a very little
girl, l had a dear, good grandma
When night came and the stars
peeped from behind their curtains,
grandma would take me on her lap
as she sat in her great armchair and
sing me to sleep.
She sang many different songs ana
would make up verses and sing them.
There was one song she sang most that
was kid and t. Grandma seemed TO
like kid and l" better than any other
one
This was not really a song, but
grandma always sang her stories.
We would sit before the fire and she
would sing:
"As | was going over London bridge
l found a penny and bought me klu'
Kid won't go.
See, by the moonlight,
'Tis most midnight
Time kid and L were home hour and
a half ago."
SLEEPY, dear" she would ask.
No | would answer drowsily, Go
on"
went along a little further an met
staff.
Pray staff beat kid.
Kid won't go.
See. by the moonlight,
'Tis most midnight,
Time kid and were home hour ana
a half ago."
SLEEPY, dear?'
MO-
Then she would go on to tell how
she met a hatchet. Pray hatchet hack
STAFF; STAFF won't beat kid; kid won't
CO." and so on. Every time she nm
ished a verse she would say
"Sleepy, dearf and l would answer
more drowsily than ever, NO. until
finally | was asleep.
l have never heard the end but
once. That was when / was not very
sleepy and stayed awake until IL was
done. That was so long ago that 1
but family remember. but after she
had met a dozen or more things and
they wouldn't do what she wanted. she
at last met one that would. rms
made the others do what she had
asked until it came to the hatchet,
which hacked the staff which beat the
kid. Then the kid went home before
midnight.
This story which grandma told so
long ago taught me never to buy KID
for q penny.
1854 East Ninth street. Ninth street
school, grade BS.
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is RESCUED BY SoUAW
AFTER WANDERING ALL DAY
QHONoRABLE MENTION)

Dear Aunt Laurie:
" E WE'RE sitting around the fire.
w place with anxious faces, wait
ing for grandmother to begin
her story. Finally she began by say
ing:
"A long time ago, when 1 was a little
girl, we lived in Indian Territory. One
day l strolled into the woods, and. los
ing my way, strayed farther and far
ther from home. Near sunset l hap
pened upon an Indian camp, and while
standing among the trees staring at the
inhabitants l noticed an old man ap-
preaching me. l started on a run, and
after running a good ways | dropped
on the cool grass beside a stream and
cried myself TO sleep.
when / awoke l found myself in a
strange-looking room, which was low
and smelled of smoke. While l was in
specting the room an old wrinkled face
was thrust through a slit in one of
the walls, and l recognized the old
woman from whom l had run the day
before Her face broadened into a grim
smile upon seeing that 1 was awake
"Mumbling some queer words which
/ could not understand, she disap-
peared. Soon she reappeared with a
bowl of porridge, which she sea down,
and then made her exit.
IT did not even touch the food, but
lay and cried all that day. After sum
set l was reused by a queer chanting,
and peering out through the slit l saw
many Indians sitting around a fire,
smoking and singing.
1.-The next day upon awaking l beheld
the old woman standing over me. She
took me by the hand and led me
through the forest
After walking for about an hour we
came upon a clearing and a house
which l recognized as my home When
/ turned to thank the Indian she was
gone, and l hastened to find my pa
rents"
Yours respectfully,
LEO LONGSTREETH,
2207 East Fourth street, Los Angeles;
grade BIO L. A. high school.
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THE OLD FIREPLACE

Dear Aunt Laurie;
My grndmother used to tell me many
stories. One of them was about THE
Old Fireplace"
When my grandmother was a little
girl the people had fireplaces so large
that children could go up and down in
the chimneys There was one in her
house. and when there was no fire in
1t she used to go up in the chimney
and hide when she and her brothers
and sisters were playing hide and seek.
One time a negro girl who worked
for them became angry and went up
there to hide. Grandma called and
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THE LITTLE CALF

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Grandma tells us a lot of stories
about when she was a little girl and
lived on a farm way in Maine. The
farm was on a small lake. The story
l like best is THE Little White Calf
with Red Ears"
Grandma's father had several COWS
and little calves.
One day in May he built a fence
across one end of the pasture, to make
a small pasture for the calves. where
they would learn to eat the young ten
der grass, daisies. buttercups and
clover blossoms. The calves pasture
ran down to the lake.
Little dog Trusty always brought the
cows in from the pasture at night to
be mil6ed and when the calves were
turned into the pasture he thought he
would bring them in too, But it
frightened them and they all ran for
the lake The little white one with red
ears ran on into the deep water. He
bawled and struggled to get out.
Grandma and her sisters cried on the
shore for fear he would drown. But
their father and brother Joe ran for
a boat near by.
1t was a cold windy day and the
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TERROR IN BARNARD

Dear Aunt Laurie:
One day when I was at my grand
mothers house I asked her to tell me
story OF when she was a little girl.
She told me that she used to play I'm
the woods and in the barnyard.
She had some guinea hens which
would squall at night If they We're
disturbed until some one would go to
see what was the matter
One night the chickens were roost-
ing in tree, when a noise was heard
on the grounud. Then they began to
squall. When day broke they were
in bunch on the barn roof. Some of
them flew down to get the bread
crumbs which she threw out for them
to eat. CHARLES PRUDEN.
Sawtelle City school, grade 6.
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white calf went farther and farther
away from shore. When they reached
it they pulled him up cold. wet and out
of breath. When they got to shore
they carried il to the basement of the
barn where ii was nice and warm.
They rubbed it good with some dry
cloths and wrapped it up good in a
quilt and gave him some warm milk.
After a while he was returned to the
pasture with the other calves.
BERNICE d. SMITH,
Vale Vista ranch, San Fernando, r.
f. d, Box 130.
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UNCLE MAKES AN ERROR
ABOUT HIS VISITORS AGE
;H0S0R...BIH is.sEs;ssss;;TEIoN}

Dear Aunt Laurie:
HNHE story l am going to tell hap
pened several years ago. l was
Il on a visit at my aunt's, who lives
in New York.
We were all sitting at the taole
eating a little lunch when boy came
up the steps carrying note addressed
to my uncle. My uncle tore it open
and eagerly read it. After all the
grown folks had read it they told us
the telegram was from very distant
relative who was sending his daughter
to New York and would like TO nave
her stay at my aunt's house.
She would arrive the next day, ac-
companied by an elderly lady.
Il wonder If she is little or big?"
asked my aunt.
such a question: Any sensible per-
son could see by this telegram that IT
is very young child"
My uncle's words were taken for
granted, and so preparations were
made.
The next day dawned warm and
bright, and my uncle, aunt and cousin
went to meet the young guest. They
had hired a nurse who also went with
them. She was carrying toys of every
kind and my cousin was pushing go
cart.
Inc TRAIN dTTlNeu just dS tiiSS en-
tered the depot A young girl about
1S) came up to them and very politely
said, Mr.. Winkler?'
My uncle was so confused that he
hoped from one foot to the other.
My aunt's face changed from red to
white. My cousin was so ashamed that
he kicked the carriage into a corner.
The guest pointed at the go-cart and
asked what it all meant. After she
was told they all broke into a jolly
laugh. ELSA WINKLER.
Twenty-eighth street school, grade 5.
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QUEER GHOST STORY

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Grandmother often used to sit with
me in her lap at twilight. She usually
told me fairy stories, one night she
did not get through with her work
until late, and l was just over sick
spell. Grandma told me ghost story
that night.
Once there was a very poor little girl
whose mother worked hard for her
living, for the little girls father was
dead. Mary (or that was the little
girls name) went into the woods one
day and fell asleep She soon awoke
to find a whole ghost family around
her The father ghost of the family
said to her, Little girl, you have been
so good to your mother during all of
these long years that / will place a
ring on your finger" BY this time the
little girl was well over her fright
and accepted the ring with much joy.
Then he said: "If you ever wish good
wish it win come true by taking this
ring off and putting il on your finger
again. While doing this you must
make your wish" Then all of the
ghosts kissed Mary on the forehead
and disappeared.
Mary ran home, overcome with joy,
and told her mother. They soon had a
grand palace to live in and servants
to wait upon them by the wishing of
this ring. GLADYS WATERBURY,.
Sawtelle school. grade g.
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THE DRUMMER's STORY

Dear Aunt Laurie:
My grandmother often told me sto-
ries of fairies and when 1 went to bed
/ sometimes dreamed about them
Once there was little boy whose
name was Harry, who liked to play a
drum. When war broke out he went
as drummer, although he would rath-
er have been a soldier So one day
when his drum was broken with a
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tomahawks, but didn't kill him.
Grandma ran out in the back yard, but
when she saw them coming for her she
ran into the forest. She saw big
hole and ran into it, and when the In
dians had gone it was dark, and she
had to wait until the next day to go
home. GLADYS TURNMIRE.
SaWtelle school, sixth grade.
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INDIANS RAID HOMES

Dear Aunt Laurie:
How well do I remember when my
dear old grandmother used to take me
upon her knee and tell me this story
that | am going to tell to you.
When grandmother crossed the plains
the Indians would attack them.
One time they came to her house and
jerked the baby out of her arms.
They tried to kill the father wi h
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called her. but she did not answer.
When it was time to get supper she
came down, but her skin was so black
that no one could tell where she had
been. she got some SCOT in her eyes,
though, so did not go up there again
very soon. RUTH LARSON.
SaMtelle city school, grade 8.
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and don't lose your temper, as Win
ter E"
KENNETH MURDOCH,
Chino, Cal; Chino grammar school,
grade 6.