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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-27
VOLUME XVII

The final arrangement '0o> been
made and everything is in :. ness
10 make the big picnic that o
held at Lorena Park tomorrow ,
greatest affair OF the kind ever he
in the city. \ day Of entertainment
that will be worth coming many
miles for is arranged and every fea-
ture of the days program will be
good. In the morning there will be
speaking by a number of the best
known orators in this section and il
is probable that Governor Cruce will
be present, however he has not Civ
en- a definite answer as yet, but has
promised to be here il it is possible
for him to leave his office on that
day. There will be singing in the
morning by the Carter County Sing.
ing Convention. one of the largest
classes of the kind in the entire
state. This feature of the entertain
ment alone will be worth your time
to come. In the afternoon will be
the ball game between Ardmore and
Wichita Falls. The visitors have a
splendid team and Ardmore is work
ing hard for the pennant and every
inch of the game will be contested.
The sham battle between the Boy
Scouts under the leadership of Major
Briggs, and the State Guard under
command Of Capt. Hutchinson, will
he another interesting part of the
program. but the one that promises
to eclipse them all will be the dis.
play of fireworks at night. Consider
able care was exercised in the pur.
chase OF the assortment and an ex-
perlenced man will have charge OF
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SCORES
PRESIDENT TAFT
FORMER FORESTER SAYS TAFT
"LEAVES ROOT OF MATTER
WHOLLY UNTOUCHED.

Washington, d. c., July 27.-Gilford
Pinchot, formerly government chief
forester and now president of the
National Conservation Association, is
sued a statement today declaring
thai Taft leaves the root of the
matter wholly untouched in his mes
sage to the senate denying there
could be any monopolization of the
water front at Controller Bay, Alas
ka.
Pinchot opens his statement with
this charge: The presidents de-
fense of his course in the Controller
Bay affair, shows how hard it is to
make a good excuse for a bad mis-
take
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GEORGE PERKINS
MUST TESTIFY
BEFORE THE STEE- TRUST CON-
MITTEE OF THE HOUSE.
ROOSEVELT A WITNESS.

New York. July 27.-George W. Per
kns, a former partner Of J. P Nor
gan & Company, chairman OF the fl
nance committee of the International
Harvester Company and a member
of the board of directors of the Unit
ed States steel corporation will be
tee of the house of representatives,
now in session here.
The committee expects to renew
the probing in the absorption OF the
Tennessee Coal & Iron Co, by the
United States steel corporation. The
odore Roosevelt will be a wiuncss.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-27
MAN AND WIFE RETURNING
HOME FROM DANCE ATTACKED.
MAN KILLED, WOMAN SHOT.
.BLOOOHOUNOS ON TRAIL
Slayer Tracked Into WeIeetka, Where
All Trace Was Lost-Woman, Al
though Shot Three Times, CrawIed
to Farm House.

Weleetka, Okla, July 27.-Shortly
before daylight this morning an un-
identified man shot and killed Roy
Boatright, after shooting Mrs. Boat
right three times, he attacked her
The Boatrights were returning from
a dance.
As soon as Mrs. Boatright regained
consciousness, she crawled half a mile
to a neighbor's and told the story.
The slayer was tracked into this
place. Blood hounds are now being
brought here to take up the trail
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-27
Assessor HILLS AT WORK
Going After Occupation Tax VIII
Has Been Neglected.
X. T.. SHIRER,
General Foremal

w. VI. IIillis, who began his dut
as assessor and collector for the c
this morning stated that about
first work that he would do wo
be to post the books and look il
the occupation tax situation. It see
that this part of the business
been neglected for some time Z
many have not paid this tax.
soon rs the books have been pos
"A man will begin work on the
lection of the tax, and all those v
have not paid will be compelled
pay up. The $500 street tax '
also be due the last of next nor
and the city will realize quite
nice sum from these sources.
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WALL STREET BROKER
VICTIM OF BURGLARS

New York, n. Y, July 27.-Mur-
dered, apparently by burglars, VIM.
Henry Johnson, a well known Wall
Street broker, 40 years OF age, was
found dead on the foor OF his bed
room today at the Iroquois Hotel.
The body was covered with bruises,
a wound over the right eye and finger
marks on the throat and arms.
Clothes were stuffed into his mouth
as a gag.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-27
MISS EMILY STAY OF PAULS
VALLEY OVERCOME BY ALT.
TUDE ON PIXIES PEAK.
SPECIAL GOES UP COG ROAD
Train Carrying Physician Hurries TO
Summit to Give Relief-Young Lady
Was Accompanied by Two Resi-
derts Of Pauls Valley.

Colorado Springs, Colo, July 81
Early today "a special train was sent
up the cog road route to the aid OF
Emily Stay, 17-yearold Pauls Val.
ley, Okla, girl, VINO owing to the
altitude is ill She is said to be in
a serious condition.
Miss Stay was accompanied by p.
A. Vaughn, president, and \. T.
Hecker cashier respectively of the
First National Bank of Pauls Val
lev, on a walking trip to the peaks
summit.
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BANKING COMBINE
WILL Be NEXT

Washington, D. c., July 27.-The
next big investigation to be underta-
ken by the house of representatives
will be to determine whether there is
great banking combine with power
to control credit, exchange and de-
posits, and cause business depression
and panics. This was decided upon
today by the committee.
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BAILEY RESIGNS
FROM COMMITTEE

Washington, D. c., July 27-Because
he does not believe in the senate's
methods of taking testimony in inyes-
legations, Senator Bailey of Texas has
resigned from the committee on priyi-
leges and elections. He made no ex-
PLANTATION to the senate and his res
ignaton was accepted without COM
ment.
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FIVE KILLED AND
SEVENTY-FIVE HURT

Hamlet, n. c., July 27.-Five peo-
pie We're killed and between fifty and
seventy-five injured, many of whom
VIII die, when a Seaboard air line eX-
cursion train from Durham, n. c.,
bound for Charlotte, rushed head-on
into a freight train in the yards here
today All were negroes.
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THE WATER LEAK At CITY LAKE
AND HOW TO OVERCOME

The lake was inspected by gen
foreman, X. r. Shirer, and diyi
engineer, Mr. Rollo.
] enclose herewith report from
eral foreman. Mr.. X. +. Shirer, W
is selfeXplanatory. While the re
is brief probably 1t will be of S
benefit 10 you.
Yours truly,
Z. L. EVANS, AgeI
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In conversation with Mr.. II. +.
Foster, general manager Of the Ard
more Ice, Light & Power Co., this
morning, Mr.. Foster handed us the
following correspondence which may
possibly be of some benefit to the
city Of Ardmore:
Ardmore, June %, 1911.
Mr.. y. L. Evans,
Agent G. C. & s. r,
Ardmore, Okla.
Dear Sir. We would like to ask a
favor of you and your company. If
they can see their way clear to grant
it. You are aware that the city of
Ardmore is entirely dependent for wa
ter supply upon impounded surface
water, and this wgfer is getting rath-
er low, however We think there is
sufficient quantity to last six or eight
months without any rain
This water is impounded by an
earthen dam several hundred feet in
length and about two hundred feet
wide at the base.
Through the base of this dam is a
twenty-four inch pipe with a valve +,
on the end which extends into the
lake.
From an inside examination of this !
pipe. it shows that the pipe is crush ,
ed in several places and that the wa
ter from the lake follows the pipe !
around the outside until 1t reaches !
this crushed place. when It comes |
through and runs the remainder Of the .
distance through the inside of the
pipe. and is wasting approximately,
according to the city engineer, about
O,OOO gallons of water per day.
The request We desire to make Is
that your superintendent OF water
service together with his engineer
stop off i'm Ardmore and visit this dam,
which is only two or three miles from
your station. and suggest the better
way to stop this leak.
The saving of this water may be
perhaps OF untold value TO the city of
Ardmore. as we'll as TO this company,
and directly or indirectly. 1t is quite
likely that it may become n great
benefit to your company.
The writer asks this favor solely
as the manager of this corporation.
as you understand the lake above
mentioned is the property of the city
Of Ardmore. and If this favor can be
we will be glad to meet these
gentlemen at their earliest convent
ence and take them to the city lake
so that they can look over the situa-
ton.
Kindly advise me what success you
have in getting these gentlemen to
come here.
Thanking you in anticipation, we
beg to remain
Yours very truly,
r. Z. FOSTER, Manager,
Ardmore Ice, Light & Power Co.
Ardmore. Okla, July &c, 1911.
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POLICE RAID A
BLACK HAND HOME
BUILDING BELIEVED TO BE HEAD.
QUARTERS OF BAND OF BLACK
MAlIERS.

Chicago. H., July 27.-The police
raided a house here today believed
to be the headquarters OF the alleged
black hand letter writing black
mailers, arresting four men. \ small
trunk full of letters written in Ita,-
ian, We're unearthed and will be
translated
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Cleburne, Texas, July II, 191
Mr.. Oliver Snyder,

Cleburne, Texas, July II, 19l
Mr. Oliver Snyder,
superintendent Building.
Dear Sir: Replying to your le
of June 23rd, and returning attaC
letter from Mr.. II. II. Foster, rela
to condition Of ATdmore lake,
advise that Mr.. Rollo and |, toge
with Agent f. /. Evans and II
Foster, inspected the lake rece
and found that the pipes in the ,
were leaking approximately 80
gallons of water every tive
four hours. This leak can be repa
by taking the pipes out, which W.
be very expensive on account OF
height of the dam. The cheaper
more feasible plan to stop the !
would be to put an expansion ]
in the pipes and concrete directly
hind it for fifteen or twenty feet.
concrete would hold the pressure
the water and prevent the plug fl
being forced out.
Yours truly,
X. L. SHIRER,
General Foreman
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Ardmore. Okla, July 26. 1911.
Mr.. II. f. Foster,
Manager Ardmore Ice light &
Power Co.
Dear Sir: Referring to your letter
of June 23rd in which you requested
that the superintendent of water serv-
ice and his engineer come to Ardmore
and inspect the leak at the city lake.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-27
FARMERS FREE LIST BILL.
Proposed Bill Laid Before Senator
Penrose Today.

Washington, d. c., July 27.-The
farmers free list bill was laid before
Senator Penrose today and made un'
finished business. Bristow of Kansas
announced that he would offer amend
ments to it to be voted on tomorrow.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-27

After q man has been married three
balcony scene makes him weary.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-27

There will be one continuous round
of pleasure at Lorena park tomorrow
Something will be doing every minute.
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The Weather

New Orleans. La, July 81.
The weather forecast for Okla
huma for tonight ana Friday
is generally fair. Cloudy and
warmer tonight in the east
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-27
The Ardnorete Is the Only Newspaper Southern Ok1ah

FARThiHG BROTHERS
Clothing French dry cleaned
and steam pressed. Only
French dry cleaners in city.
Phone 498 Blue.
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Oklahoma Receiving Associated Press Ne,Us Service

Our Foundry is in operation. and
we are making fine castings OF all
kinls, we have a few hitch weights
in stock 10 move quick.
Jones-Eyereft Machine Co.
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The Washington herald., 1911-05-18
TAFTS RAP AT CLUBS
CAUSES SPECULATION
Loeb, Senator Watson, and Martin w. Little
LONESOME Recent designations

Bureau of Insular Affairs Of the War De-
partment, and Capt. Templin NJ. Potts,
U. S. N. chief intelligence officer of the
Navy Department, have resigned from
the board OF governors, and Lieut.. Col
Charles E. McCawley. Of the Marine
Corps. has retired as secretary. These
officers, IT is said. felt that their official
connection with the military branches Of
the government might prove embarrass-
ing II they were called upon. as members
Of the board Of governors, to pass upon
the eligibility Of members Of Congress
for admission to the club.
The statement by President Taft, which
has caused speculation in Washington.
was this:
IT don't mean to say there are not
social clubs and other places where the
small-headed men who occasionally get
into directory manifest their greatness
by using a black ball and shutting out
men of Importance in this community.
] have had 1t happen to friends of mine
Gentiles-who have been kept out of
clubs by men who are not worthy to
button their shoes. and who have no
standing save in clubs"
The Washington herald., 1911-05-18
Road Tolls for Automobiles.

There are two sides to the complaint
that the road tolls for automobiles are
excessive. Even accepting as true the
statement of Washington motorist
who is participating in the Four-leaf
Clover run that he paid S2.3o in tolls
in eight hours, of which 40 cents was
at one gate where lumber wagon was
taxed only cents, it must still be re-
membered that the lumber wagon was
part of the community and that it
used the road many times a day. A
larger assessment frequently recurring
would be practically prohibitive. The
automobile, On the contrary, may not
visit the locality again 1t should not
be forgotten, also, that one automobile,
when travelling at high speed, does more
damage to the surface of a road than a
dozen wagons.
At the same time, the sections which
assess high road tolls will eventually
suffer. They will discourage automo-
bile tourists, who are generally good
patrons of the merchants and hotels
in the towns and cities which they visit
The motorist will shun localities where
the pike owners impose upon him and
will patronize those which treat him
with fairness. There ought to be some
way in which a definite and just sched-
ule of tolls could be arranged.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-18
Criminological Laboratory.

Senator Dillingham;, OF Vermont, and
Representative Graham. of Illinois, have
introduced a bill TO establish III the Dis
trict a laboratory for the study OF the
criminal, pauper, and defective classes.
The main object of this measure Is the
scientific study of the criminal himself,
in order to determine more definitely
the causes of crime with a view to less
ening or preventing 1t,
1t is a curious circumstance that the
study Of the criminal himself has been
almost entirely neglected; and this is
the reason we know so little about the
real causes OF crime-how much is due
to environment and how much to the
nature OF the criminal For it is prac-
ticallv an axiom of science that no evil
can he permanently lessened without
knowing its causes The lawyer studies
books, but not the criminal, although
in medicine the physician studies the
individual
The term laboratory is used in the
braadest sense. Thus studying GRIM
inal in his cell-mentally, morally. and
physically and with instruments of pre-
cision-constitutes a laboratory. A pris-
On or reformatory can be made a lab
oratory. and since the inmates are on
governmental bounty there is no good
reason why they cannot be studied,
provided always that no injury be done
them. For the main object is to benefit
the government by lessening crime, 4
humanitarian laboratory for the good
OF mankind.
As no private institution can have any
jurisdiction over the study of criminals,
such i laboratory must necessarily be
under government control. whether
Federal, State, or municipal. Unfor-
tunately there is abundant material for
all forms of government TO study, which
is as true for paupers and detectives as
for criminals
II1 NOIh VI SINil d ldDOl dlOl udS llO
necessary connection with police sys-
TENS or with criminal law, though the
knowledge and facts made known will
serve as foundation for them to build
upon. 1t will also furnish the basis
for methods OF reform. and in addi-
tion seek through knowledge gained by
scientific study to protect the weak, es-
pecially the young, before they have
gone wrong, and not after they have
fallen and become tainted. which is the
great defect OF most schemes of reform.
As the District expends yearly large
sums for the detection and prevention
of crime, such laboratory for investi-
eating the causes of crime would seem
worthy of trial
The Washington herald., 1911-05-18

memory of Chain Solomon. The man
deserves that honor as much as the rest
of those whom we are wont to look
upon as heroes of our Revolution. 1t
is important to have the sinews of
war or there can be no war, and these
sinews of war were furnished by Chain
Salomon, of Philadelphia, free, with
out thought of ever asking the strug-
Cling new government to reimburse
him or his heirs Where will YOU find
greater or more unselfsh patriotism? !?
He stood by Robert Morris. He was the
stout friend of Kosciusko and of Pulas-
XII, both of whom have monuments here
in this city.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-18
State Insurance for Workingmen.

Mr. LlOyd-George's radical bill for
insurance against sickness of British
laboring men and also for insurance
against being thrown out of work
which at last he has introduced in the
House OF Commons creates no surprise.
Il redeems his pledge of two years ago,
when his elaborate scheme for taxing
the large landowners failed. His plan
to have the government insure work.
men against sickness is patterned after
the system in vogue i'll Germany ever
since the days of Bismarck. 1t is to be
compulsory upon al! who earn less than
$500 year and will affect about fifteen
million workers. They are required to
contribute to the cost of the system.
Each man will pay 8 cents a week, his
employer three more cents, and the gov
ernment cents On this basis. it is
figured out, al allowance of $3.50 can
be made per week for illness during
sAASS III Cast Vi pSIIQd-
nent disabling he will get SI.25 week
during life. So far the idea is alto
gether German.
The attempt to insure against unem-
ployment is, however, novel. The bill
applies only to those employed in the
engineering and building trades, involv-
ing some 100000 men. They are to
pay certain amount weekly, their en-
ployers an equal sum, while the govern
ment IS 20 contribute one quarter of the
total fund. Out of it an allowance, for
a fixed term, of SI.75 a week will be
made to every insured man who loses
his job through no fault of his own.
In strikes and locleouts no insurance is
to be paid
A test of the practical workings of the
plan will be necessary before one can
The Washington herald., 1911-05-18
Flowers for the Editor.

In a moment of floral exuberation,
Charles Marcellus Bailey, of the Hous-
ton Post, shipped to James Calvin
Hemphill, of the Richmond Times-Dis-
patch, a box of grandihora cape jas
mine blossoms. 1t was a token of love
and esteem, a touching evidence OF
Journalistic amenity which deserved
appropriate reply. 1t should have stir
red the sentimental heart of the dear
old colonel into rhapsody His tacile
pen, so apt for lyric strain, might well
have been dipped in altar of roses for
a sweet response.
Instead of this, however, the gift
found Col. Hemphill in critical mood,
First of all, the donor is advised that
the name of the flower is gardenia.
There is absolutely no reason for IN
truding this fact into the occasion ex-
cept for the purpose of declaring that
the name is a recognition of botanlst
named Garden in South Carolina, a
State which Col. Hemphill departed
from and which still fondly claims him
for its own. Then we find ruthless
and impertinent reference to the home
of the donor in these words:
That lazy land
OF feas and niggers, heat and sand,
Was simply fashioned to be damned.
If poetry must be quoted, why not
some sympathetic and congenial lines
And why emphasize the fact that the
flowers have "a funeral odor:" lngrati-
tude, thy name is Hernphill! Why
lacerate the tender heart or Charles
Marcellus Bailey with these painful
thrusts and turn the shafts of rldlcule
upon his thoughtful gift? If we know
the chivalric spirit OF the South, and
we think we do, it will smite with heavy
hand the man vino treats the sweet
gardenia with such scorn.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-18

President Taft's speech here Tuesday
night before a Jewish audience. in
which he referred to friends of his
Gentiles-who had been blackballed
from clubs by men who were not
worthy to button their Shoes" caused
considerable speculation yesterday.
Many persons in Washington were
inclined to connect the reference with
the turning down of William Loeb, jr..
by the Union League Club, of New
York. Others pretended to see in 1t
also reference to the recent black
balling of Martin w. LittIeton, of New
York. by the Metropolitan Club, of
Washington. Mr.. Littleton is not a
close friend of the President. although
Mr.. Taft played golf with him once or
twice in Augusta before the New York
er came to Washington to serve as a
Congressman. and liked him personally.
There have been few changes in the
governing board of the METROPOLITAN
Club since 1t declined to admit Repre-
sentative Littleton and Senator Clarence
E. Watson, Of West Virginia. Brig. Gen.
Clarence r. Edwards. chief OF the
The Washington herald., 1911-05-18
INJURED MEXICAN RELATES
THRILLING RESCUE AT SEA
SenOr Don Jose POsida, with Arm Swathed in Band
ages, Attends Trade Rights Conference at New
Willard and Explains Delay in Arrival

distinguished looking foreigner, with
his arm in a sling. his hand bound up
with surgical gauze. and wearing a
panied expression on his face, entered
the council chamber of the International
Union for the Protection of Industrial
Property at its session yesterday. He
was PROMPTLY recognized as Senior Don
Jose Poslda, delegate from the republic
of Mexico to the conference.
What has detained you, senior. and
what is the natter" inquired his &C
Quaintances.
Then the Mexican delegate related the
cause OF his delay.
Il came north on the steamship
Merida he announced.
'On the day of the accident I was one
of the last to leave the sinking vessel,
and l attempted to debark from the ship
TO a lifeboat by sliding down hawser.
Well, / am not much OF sailorman, so
when / swung loose from the deck of