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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-03

Figures may not lie, but they will
not convince boy that summer vaca-
tion days are longer than winter days
at school.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-03

LOST-Sunday night. Jan. 1, be-
tween Broadway Methodist church
AMI residence of George II. Webb.
grey squirrel collarette. Finder re-
turn to G. H. Webb's for liberal
reward. "a
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-03
REGULAR SESSION OF OKLAHo-
MA LEGISLATURE BEGAN IN
OKLAHOMA CITY TODAY.
HASKELL SENDS HIS GREETINGS
Governor Will Send Message to Okla
homa Law Makers Body Next Sat
urday, Which Will be a Review of
His Administration.

Oklahoma City, Okla, Jan. 3.-The
regular session of the Legislature
opened here today.
Governor-elect Lee Cruce will be in
augurated governor next Monday.
Governor Haskell today sent brief
message of greetings TO the legisla.
ture. but made no recommendations.
He will send a message to the legis-
lature next Saturday which will in
clude a review of his administration.
The house met in caucus this
morning on appointments and or
ganization. Many bills are to be in
troduced ahead of the anticiated ap-
portionment legislation.
The supreme court moved here
from Guthrie today and is now To-
Gated in church building.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-03
PITCHED BATTLE IN LONDON
BETWEEN BAND ON MURDER.
ERS AND LONDON POLICE.
MANY POLICEMEN WOUNDED
Outlaws Barricaded Themselves in
an Empty Brick House and Re-
pulsed All Attempts to Take Them
Officers Try to Smoke Them Out

London, Jan. S.-There was tense
excitement in the east end today
because of pitched battle thept
between the police and a band OF
supposed murderers, who are believ
ed to be the slayers and friends OF
the slayers of the three policemen
recently killed by anarchistic bur.
glars.
The murderers seized and occu-
pied a four-story empty brick house
in narrow Sidney Street and used it
as fort. Armed with magazine ri
files they kept up a calling fire from
the windows on hundreds of police
men.
Before surrounding the house, the
police anticipating trouble, formed a
danger zone and held the populace
back.
A detachment of sixty men with
four officers of the Scots Guard from
the tower as reinforcements attack
ed the building. 1T is impossible to
determine the number of besieged
as they fired with great rapidity.
The police piled straw about the
building and set it on fire to smoke
the outlaws out.
Home Secretary Winston Churchill
came to the scene late this after,
noon and risked his life crossing
the danger zone.
A band of nurses is on the scene
caring for the wounded police and
spectators who We're hurt by spent
bullets.
Soon after . o'clock the roof of
the house fell in, carrying the an
archists down amid The flames. Just
before the supports gave way, one
of the desperadoes attempted to das
from the building, shooting in every
direction, He met a volley from the
soldiers and staggered back into the
house, then a fiery furnace. Six dead
bodies have been taken from the ru-
ins. Several iiremen, police and spec.
tators were seriously wounded i
the battle.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-03
FIRE DEPARTMENT
HAS A BUSY DAY
ANSWER THREE CALLS IN BIT
TER WEATHER AND PREVENT
DAMAGE IN EACH INSTANCE.

Last night about eleven thirty
o'clock the fire department respond.
ed TO a call sent in from East Main
street to extinguish a blaze that
was caused by an overneared stove
in the wholesale produce house of
Dawson Bros. A quick run was made
and the fire extinguished with very
little damage. Earlier in the evening
the department was called to extin-
guish a blaze in an outbuilding at
the corner of Broadway and d
streets, northwest. Very little dam
age. The first call of the day was
to the corner of A and Ninth avenue.
northeast, where a grass fire was
threatening to set fire to the ad-
joining buildings.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-03
WITH THE TAP
OF THE GONG
TONIGHT AT THE ROBSON lO-
CAL FANS WILL WITNESS BEST
BOXING CONTEST SEEN HERE.

Hey?
When the tap of the gong sounds
at Robson opera house tonight the
curtain will rise upon one of the
greatest boxing exhibitions that it
has ever been the good fortune
of ArdLlOre sports TO witness. Take
it from us, there will be some live
ly stepping .boCf some tapping on
the noodle and maybe so.ao but
who can tell what is liable to hap
pen?
The boys, Battling Minor and
Young Ketchell, who are to show in
the wind-up, have been training
faithfully for the past week and
both are in perfect physical con-
dition for the go this evening.
These boys have fought to a draw
once before and tonight they are 60
ing to try and unite the draw.
Kid Pulliam, the local hope" will
probably be in Young Ketchells
corner.
O'Rourke and Helmic, who are to
don the mitts in the semi-windup,
are both good boys and will no
doubt work hard for a decision.
In addition TO the above good
card the manager has arranged for
three good preliminaries, between To-
cal boys of the ''Mistah Johnsing'
hue.
The manager wishes us to state
that anyone who sees the mill and
is not satisfied or feels that he has
not received his moneys worth, to
please call at the sox office and
get his money back.
The preliminaries start at S:45
and there will not be a dull moment
until the last round is over. Come
out and see some good work in the
ar of self-defense.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-03
GOVERNOR NAMES
HOME TRUSTEES

Governor Haskell yesterday ap-
pointed the following old veterans
as a board trustees of the con
federate Home. and it is the con
census of opinion that he selected
as men TO fulfill this trust the best
board that could have been named
HALEY of McAlester, Sneed of
Lawton. Todd of Mangum, Blanton
of Rickey, Rodgers of Checotah,
Threadgill of Oklahoma City and
Bruce of Ardmore.
Messrs. Bruce, HALEY and Sneed
were appointed for the long term.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-03
EVERY CITY OF THE SOUTH
WEST RELYING UPON GAS FOR
FUEL SHIVERED TODAY.
CHARITY SHELTERS HOMELESS
One Thousand Homeless Men in Kan
sas City Were Fed and Sheltered
by Charitable Institutions There
Last Night.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 3.-With
temperature ranging from l6 below at
Dodge City Kansas, to zero in north
ern Arkansas, the southwest is to-
day experiencing the coolest wealth
er of the winter.
Temperature of ten below is report
ed at Topeka and Kansas City and
both these cities are suffering from
inadequate gas supply.
One thousand homeless men were
fed and sheltered by charity here last
night.
In southern Oklahoma, the temper
ature is reported the coolest in ten
years.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-03
PRISONER HANGS
HIMSELF IN CELL

Hutchinson Kan, Jan. 3.-Walter
Lough, alias Fred Brandon, aged %,
an inmate of the state reformatory
mere, committed suicide in his Gel
last night by hanging.
His father is a Methodist minis
ter at Auburn, w. Va
The prisoner was sentenced two
years ago for burglary in Harvey
county, Kansas.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-03
TWO BANDITS ROB HUNDRED
PASSENGERS ON OVERLAND
LIMITED OF VALUABLES.
NEGRO PORTER IS KILLED
Black Resisted the Robbers and Was
Shot Dead-Two Robbers Escaped,
But Heavily Armed Posse is In rur-
suit.

Ogden, Utah, Jan. 3-Two bandits
held up the Overland Limited on the
Southern Pacific at Reese just west
of here last might, robbed one nun
dred passengers of money and jew
elry to the value of $4,000, killed a
negro porter who resisted and wound
ed two other persons.
Leaving the railway tracks, they
started across the country. Coming
upon two other persons they made
them turn over their valuable.
A heavily armed posse is now in
pursuit.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-03
lz&![E%NI{3
MILLION DOLLAR
FIRE IN LITTLE ROCK

Little Rock, Ark, Jan. "a fire
which started early this morning
destroyed a block of business build
ings and caused damage estimated
at s1,000,000. The fire was hard I'd
control on account of the high wind
and low water pressure
And whatsoever a man seweth. that
will he also find it easy to rip.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-03
Lady Maccabees.

The Ladies of the Maccabees are
requested to meet promptly at 2:3O
tomorrow afternoon as there is much
business to be transacted and a
very important office to be filled.
therefore a full attendance is de-
sired.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-03

JOSEPHINE CARR, L. c.
FANNIE B. GOFF, r. C.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-03
BANK GUARANTY LAW
IS NOW RECOGNIZED
SUPREME COURT DECLARES OK
lAHOMA, KANSAS AND Me-
BRASkA LAWS VALID.

Washington, ID. c., Jan. 3.-The
fight against the policy of a state
guaranteeing bank deposits met d
reverse today when the supreme
court of the United States held as
constitutional the bank guaranty
laws of Oklahoma, Kansas and Ne
braska.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-03
Twenty-One Below.

Salina, Kan, Jan. 3-The tenn
perature here was 81 below zero this
morning This is the coolest in
five years.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-13
WARR|NER ON
THE STAND TODAY
Man Who Made Accusations
Against Cooke Appears
in Trial of Case

Cincinnati, June 13.-When the
trial of Edgar S. Cooke, charged with
embezzling $4,000 from the Big Four
Railway company. was resumed to-
day it was ordered that Charles l..
Warmer, who made the accusation
against Cooke, should take the wit
ness stand. Warriner, who is serving
six years sentence in the Ohio peni-
tentiary for having taken $643,000
from the Big Four while acting as
treasurer in this city, was brought
here to testify in the case.
Warriner, in his confession, said
that while he was treasurer he made
an investigation of Cookies accounts
and found that he was short $4,000.
Cooke was the bookkeeper for the Big
Four at the time. Being short in his
accounts at the time, Warriner feared
IL he reported Cookies shortage an in
vestigation would result in his own
exposure. He kept silent regarding
the matter until it became known
that he himself misappropriated large
sums of money.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-13
NEW ELEMENT IN
CHICAGO MYSTERY
Wife of School Principal Sui
cided According to Jury
Further Investigation

Chicago, June 13.-Carbolic acid,
taken with suicidal intent, caused the
death Of Mrs. Matte B. Minard, wife
Of Charles w. Minard, principal of a
Chicago public school, according to
the verdict Of the coroners jury late
yesterday.
In explaining his mysterious alb
sence from home, Prof. Minard testi-
fed that he had gone to Wisconsin on
business, and that he had made efforts
to notify his wife before his departure
He also testified that his wife brooded
over the death of 12-year-old son,
who died about ten years ago, and
believed that she drank poison while
mentally depressed.
Neighbors found Mrs. Nlinard dead
Sunday morning, her face turned to-
ward the street down which her hus-
band usually came home, and the
night light still burning. It was the
first night in twenty-five years that
the professor had remained away from
home without notifying his wife.
No one could locate Mr.. Minard until
he suddenly appeared, saying he had
been in Wisconsin on business. He
refused to throw further light on his
movements.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-13

and last for several hours. Mrs. Taft
unhappily will not be present for the
physicians still wish her to avoid ex-
citement. Miss Helen Taft will stand
by her fathers side. to receive the
guests.
ALI the members of the presidents
family and Of Mrs. Taft's family-she
was Miss Helen Heron Of Cincinnati
will be house guests at the white
house during the celebration. Aunt
Della" Torrey Of Milbury, Mass. will
be among the specially honored guests
On the afternoon of June. 10 the
president will be the guest of the Gin
cinnati chamber of commerce at a
luncheon at the Chevy Chase club.
This will be the third silver we'd
ding celebration Of president of the
United States and his wife, President
and Mrs. Grant celebrated their twen-
ty-fifth anniversary on Aug. %, 1873,
at their cottage at Long Branch, and
President and Mrs. Hayes held a levee
at the white house New Years eve,
1877. to celebrate twenty-five years Of
married life. President Hayes and
President Taft were both married in
Cincinnati. The father of Mrs. Taft
was one of the few guests at the Hayes
wedding.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-13

Washington, June 13.-The recep-
ton which President and Mrs. Taft
will give on June 10, the twenty-sixth
anniversary of their marriage, prob
ably will be the most largely attended
function ever given in the white
house. More than 5000 invitations
have already been sent out and each
day the president is suggesting more
names SO that the lowest estimate is
that 1000 will be invited and that of
these at least three-fourths will at
tend. Refreshments will be served
and there will be dancing in the east
room and an Overflow" garden party
In the white house grounds.
The guest list will include friends
and acquaintances of the president and
Mrs. Taft from all parts Of the coun-
try. Practically everybody in official
life in Washington has been invited
and invitations have been sent to per-
sons who have entertained the presi-
dent on his trips throughout the coun-
try. to members of the Republican ma
tional committee, to the official mott
flcation" committee which informed
the president of his nomination, to
prominent clergymen of all denomina-
tions. to some we'll known editors and
to hundreds of others.
The reception will begin at 9 o'clock
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-13
ABANDON TARIFF
Protectivs Theory Attacked BY Dem.
ocratic Congressman. So

Washington, June 13.-An attack
upon the protective tariff system by
an American manufacturer who claims
to have studied labor, and manufac-
turing conditions in many countries
of the world held the close attention
of the house of representatives for
two hours Monday.
Representative William G. Redfield
of Brooklyn, the new Democratic
member, a manufacturer Of machin-
cry and long connected with the ex-
port trade, declared to the house that
American manufacturers are aban--
doning the protective principle as un-
necessary as they develop a more
scientific management of their own
plans as now carried out in the more
advanced American factories.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-13
Gayley, Before House Commit
tee, So States at Hear
ing This Morning
DIFFERENT C0nDERnS were
GIVEN BUSINESS APP0RT|0NMENT
Failing to Secure Such Allotment,
They Shared in General Profits
Prior to 1901-Hearings in Steel
Trust Case Resumed Today.

Washington, D. c.. June 13.-In-
vestigation of the United States Steel
corporation was resumed today by
the Stanley steel trust committee,
with James H. Gayley, former vice
president of the steel corporation, on
the witness stand Gayley testified
in the inquiry last week but was re-
called to relate more facts concern
ing the negotiations between the
Carnegie Steel company and the trust
at the time of its formation, and more
concerning the operations of the cor
poration when he served as its first
vice president.
Assertion that the formation Of
United States steel corporation in
1901 had put an end to combination
and agreements in the steel industry
was made by James Gayley today.
Gayley, in telling of conditions ex-
listing before that date, denied that
such combinations or agreements ex-
listed in the steel trust today. AL
though at first opposed to the plan,
he now thoroughly approves the un-
derstandings reached between the
steel manufacturer at conference
dinners inaugurated by Judge e. H.
Gary, head Of the corporations.
'Gayley said that prior to 1901 there
were agreements by which manufac-
turers were apportioned certain
shares Of steel business, and those
who failed to get their allotted share
were taken care Of with a proportion
of general profits.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-13

given rides about the country by Mil
ton automobile owners.
Driving at high rate Of speed, the
car suddenly swerved from the road
and crashed into telephone pole.
The pole was broken in three pieces.
Miss Koppang evidently was thrown
against the pole. her skull being
crushed and her neck broken.
MIR. Koppang, when assistance ar
rived Oh the scene, was still con-
sctous, but had a broken wrist and
was in very bad way, while the two
girls were practically unconscious
They were all lying at the side of the
machine in heap. The accident oc-
Cured only short distance from
q farm home.
Mr.. Koppang is a we'll known real
estate man Of Milton, having resided
here many years. He will recover.
as will the two girls who were in
jured.
The breaking of the steering gear
was responsible for the accident.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-13
Lumber Trust Probe Is Bringing
Forth Facts Relative to Business

Kansas City. Mo-, June 13.-Lumber-
men of this city gave additional testi-
mony today when the hearings of the
states custer suit against the alleged
.un,ber trust was resumed. Judge
Robert NJ. Reynolds Of st. Louis, COM
missioner before whom testimony is
being taken, said the hearing here
probably would continue for three
days.
A. tho behest OF the Southern Lum-
her Manufacturers association, the
Long-Bell Lumber company, which
controls thousands of acres of timber
land, curtailed its yellow pine output
33 1-3 per cert during six months OF
1904 So testified r. A. Long, presi-
dent of the company.
This curtailment, the witness assert
ed, was not effected with the purpose
of raising the price Of lumber, but to
avoid losses by depreciation and need
less insurance and other expenses. At
that time, said Mr.. Long. there was an
over supply Of yellow pine on the mar
ket.
Have Price Committee.
Mr.. Long also admitted that the as
6OCldIlOu dppOAuLOu q P11S0 llbL COA1s
mittee and adopted its reports at an
annual and q semi-annual meeting.
The use of this price list by dealers
was not mandatory, averred Mr.. Long,
but was for their guidance in making
sales.
Incidentally Mr.. Long asserted that
If the public would cease its "prosecu-
tion and persecution Of the lumber
trade and permit its dealers to. act
together, twenty per cent Of the tim
ber that now goes to waste would be
saved.
Charles 8. Keith, president Of the
Central Coal and Coke company, was
another witness. He covered prac-
tically the same ground as did Mr..
Long.
The hearing is being conducted by
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-13
One Was Killed and Three Were
Injured In Accident At Milton
FATHER AND TWO SCHOOL TEACHERS, OTHER OC.
.g# CUPANTS OF AUTOMOBILE, IN BAD con.
- DITl0N=sTEERING GEAR BROKE.

Milton. N. D.. June 13.-One killed
and three very seriously injured re-
suited from an automobile accident
two and half miles from this city
last night about $3.50 o'clock. The
dead:
MISS BERTHA KoPPANG, Milton.
aged 26.
The injured: Karl Koppang, Mil
ton, N. D., wrist broken and extern
sively bruised.
Miss Flo McNiben, Hannah, N. d.,
arm broken and severely bruised.
Miss Emma Andrick, Edgeley, N.
D., extensive bruises and probable in
ternal injuries.
The terrible accident happened
while Mr.. Koppang and his daughter,
together with the two young ladies,
were enjoying drive in the country.
The teachers institute of the county
was opened here yesterday and quite
number of the teachers were being
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-13

John Atkinson, assistant attorney gen
eral. The suit was brought in 1908
by Governor Herbert s. Hadley, who
was then attorney general. There
are about forty defendants.
Explain why the production of lum-
Der was curtailed 1913 per cent in
1904" Mr.. Long was asked by one of
the attorneys for the lumber dealers
when it came to REORGANIZATION.
"The lumber trade was found to be
In q demoralized condition." he re-
piled. "The production was far in
excess Of the consumption and as a
natural result there was slow de-
mand for fast accommodating surplus
OF product. The way to correct that
condition was to lessen the produc-
tion. That was what any sensible
dealer would have done. There was
no use continuing. the piling up of
lumber for which there was no mar
ket."
THE market price was down, was
1T notf'
EYES,"
"was the production Of lumber cur
tailed then to control and raise the
prices?"
4neT0 were many reasons Tor cur
failing the production, especially Of
yellow pine. which our companies pro-
duce. 1t meant the piling up Of lum-
Der that we could not sell and putting
into 1t the cost Of labor. which was
about 81 to So q thousand feet. That
investment naturally would lie idle
and would not be good business. It
would mean the increase Of taxes and
insurance from $4,000 to $4,000 q
year for each mill.
yellow pine timber depreciates
rapidly. Good business demands that
1t be produced no faster than It can
be marketed. It was not to control
or advance prices that we curtailed
the production. 1t was to avoid heavy
loss by depreciation and needless in
surance and other expenses"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-13
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CARRIED DEED TWENTY.
NINE YEARS IN POCKET

Fargo, N. D., June 13.-After
possessing a warranty deed for
thirty-eight acres Of land north
Of this city for twenty:nine years.
}, during the greater part Of which
time he carried 1t about in his
pocket. John Hoffman yesterday
filed the instrument with Register
Of Deeds Fraser Of Cass county.
The deed conveyed thirty-eight
acres Of land in section 13, town
ship 142. range 40, from James P.
Power to James Hoffman. The
consideration for this property,
which lies on the Red river. was
$342 or Just 50 an acre. The land
is now worth over $50 an acre. 4
The deed was worn and soiled,
the edges being worn through, 30
that 1t was necessary to have
them pasted together with oiled
paper. The warranty deed was
made out on March II, 1882.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-13
LITTLE GIRL IS
ACCIDENT VICTIM
Neck Broke9 3 :, Fall From
Wagon on VIII ,hs Was
Riding With Her scr

Grafton, N. D., June 13.-M. g
Louise Lowoon, aged 10 years, was,
instantly killed this morning when
she fell from a lumber wagon in
which she was driving with her ia
Their. The girl was on her way to
school, while her father was going to
Hensel to purchase lumber.
The horses took fright when short
distance from the city and she was
thrown to the ground, her neck being
broken. ..