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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-13
VOLUME XVSl

John c. Mulkey was here today fro
Mulkey purchasing alfalfa seed to add
to his grazing acreage on the Wash
ita and was very busy getting his pur-
chases of farm machinery and seed
together. He has sold his stock Of
general merchandise at MulEey to his
brother, Jim Mulkey, and he will de-
of his farm. He will SOW three hun
dred acres to alfalfa. Not all of 1t
will be sowed this yea, but the re-
mainder will be seeded next fall and
next spring.
Mr.. Mulkey said there was some
good things brewing in his section Of
the country, that some prospectors
and surveyors had been going quietly
through the country locating an in
terurban line between Ardmora and
Sulphur. Mr. Mulkey feels that the
road cannot well miss his place as it
offers the best opportunity for cross
ing the Washita and passing through
the mountains. The distance from
here to Sulphur Is a little more than
thirty miles, the country along the
route is largely fine bottom lands and
the road would not miss Oil Springs
very far. Oil Springs attracts many
visitors every summer and will make
a nice watering place with railroad
connection. It is also known that oil
exists in that country, the Standard
Oil people have holdings in that coun-
try and it may mean the development
of the oil lands there. This proposed
line will pass through the land where
an oil we'll stood forty years ago and
where the Indians confscated the oil
machinery and drove the drillers from
the Indian Territory.
G. L. Anderson in speaking of town.
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SECRETARY OF WAR DICKINSON
SAYS NEGLIGENCE OF MEXICO
ALONE WOULD CAUSE 1T.
TROOPS SENT FOR NEUTRALITY
On Account Of Immense Length of
Frontier, Dickinson Says Many
Troops Are Needed-War Secretary
Goes to Panama This Afternoon.

New York, n. Y, March 13.-'I do
not believe that there will be any
movement of our troops into Mexico" "
This was the statement here today of
J. NJ. Dickinson, secretary of war,
who plans to sail for Panama this af-
ternoon.
There can be no excuse for inter
vention," continued the secretary of
war, unless Mexico proves negligent
in protecting the persons and property
of foreigners. Such negligence, in my
opinion, would have to be firmly estab-
lished before such steps could be Ia
ken. There are no conditions now
existent to give us such warrant. In
order to maintain neutrality, it has
been deemed necessary to send troops
to the border on account Of the inn
mense length of the frontier"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-13
SUPREME COURT IN UNANIMOUS
OPINION SUSTAlNS CoNSTlTU-
TIONAllTY OF LAW.
MILLIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT
Approximately Twenty-Five Million
Dollars Annually Assured to the
Government, as Result of Today's
Decision of Supreme Court.

Washington, d. c., March 13.-The
corporation tax provision of the Payne
Aldrich tariff act was sustained today
as constitutional by the United States
supreme court, the courts decision be-
ing unanimous. Thereby a source of
income of approximately $25,000,000
annually is assured to the government.
The fight against the constitutional
ity Of the corporation tax began al
most Immediately after the enactment
Of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law of 1909,
of which it is part. During the long
days of wrangling in congress over
that measure, President Taft originat-
ed plan to raise part of the revenue
necessary for the running of the gov
enment by imposing a corporation tax.
He is said to have made the first
rough draft of the proposed law and
to have asked the department of JUS
tice to perfect 1t.
Scarcely fifteen years before, the
supreme court of the United States
had declared unconstitutional the In
come tax measure enacted by congress
in order to have valid tax, the error
of that law had to be avoided. Finally
the attention of members of the house
and senate were called to the propos-
ed corporation tax as a constitutional
measure. 1t was urged as preferable
to another income tax which, 1t was
argued, probably would be declared
unconstitutional and as under the cir
cumstances better legislation than an
Inheritance tax. When the tariff bill
was in the senate the corporation tax
provisions were inserted as an
amendment to the Payne bill passed
by the house, They remained there
and became a part of the tariff act.
The constitutionality of the tax was
attacked from all the points from
which any tax possible of enactment
by congress could be attacked. Prom
inent among the objection to the law
was the argument that the tax was a
direct tax, not apportioned, according
to the constitution. Some dubbed the
tax "a corporation income tax and in
valid for the same reasons that the in
come tax was declared unconstitution-
a! in 1855. Others claimed that 1t was
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Dickinson to San Antonio.

Washington, D. c., March 13.-
Secretary of War Dickinson, upon his
return from the inspection of Pana-
ma, will review the "maneuvers di-
vision" of the troops now moblizing
at San Antonio, Texas.
After Dickinson has completed his
inspection, Major General Leonard
Wood, chief of staff, will go to San
Antonio. 1t is intended by the war
department, it developed today, to
change officers now in command of
the troops, in order that the whole
staff may be given an opportunity
to assume field command of large
bodies of soldiers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-13
HAMON OUT FOR MAYOR.
Interesting Fight Expected In Lawton
Campaign.

Lawton, Okla, March PA sensa-
tional city campaign of almost nation
al interest and a rehash of the Gore
Hamon McMurray affairs with touch
of local coloring which threatens even
to heighten the effects is promised in
the announcement Saturday that Jake
l.. Hamon will be candidate for may
or in the republican primaries.
Hamon was candidate in the last
citf campaign and was defeated by
only twenty-three votes. 1t is believed
he is seeking the office at this time as
an endorsement in his fight on Senator
Gore, since the blind senator lives
here. Democrats feel that lannon's
election would be slap at Gore. Re-
publican leaders advised against his
entering the race.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-13
Red Mems Pow Wow.

Several of the members of Washita
Tribe No. 80 Improved Order Of Red
Men left this afternoon for Oklahoma
City to attend the state great council
session of the order which convenes
in that city tomorrow morning.
The representative from the local
tribe is Mr.. Aynmer Moore. Other
members are X. d. knight, !. Boyer,
H A. Kembel and d. T. Nisbett.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-13
NIGHT CLERK AND FIVE PA
TRoNS OF HOTEL LINED UP
AND ROBBED BY TWO MEN.
ROBBERS MADE THEIR ESCAPE
Night Clerk Forced to Open Safe and
Pour Seven Hundred Dollars There
in Into Bae-HoteI in the Center
Of the City.

Ogden, Utah, March 13.-The Reed
Hotel in the center of the business
district, half a block from the police
headquarters, was robbed by two
masked bandits early this morning.
The night clerk and five men were
lined up against the wall. While one
of the bandits covered the guests with
his weapon, the other compelled the
clerk to open the safe and pour seven
dollars into bag.
The bandits escaped without leaving
any clue.
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Texas as a Target.

Washington, March 13.-Tn readi-
ness to face her baptism of shot and
shell just as she would be if steaming
to face a foe, the battleship Texas
will leave Hampton Roads this week
on her mission to serve as a target
for the ships of the battleship fleet.
None of the equipment of the Texas
has been removed for the test and all
her engines and guns remain in place.
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building propositions said there was
nothing else that built towns so rap
idly and so solidly as interrurbans.
Letters have been received by the
Ardmore Commercial Club and by the
Sulphur Commercial Club asking what
their towns were willing to do and
promoters have been going through
the field.
A line of road from here to Sulphur
would develop a vast field of fine agri-
cultural territory and would be prof
table line to the builders.
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Oil
Maybe i'm Line

tax on state franchises and hence
was an unconstitutional interference
with the sovereignty of the states.
Another line of objections was based
Oh the argument that as an excise tax,
IL was not uniform but contained un-
constitutional classfications. The pub
hcity features of the returns were at
tackled as taking private property
without compensation. To all of
these objections, the department of
Justice, through the last solicitor gen
eral, Lloyd w. Bowers, at the first
hearing, and through his successor
Frederick w. Lehman, at the second
hearing, made answer,
After the argument of the fifteen
C"ses, the court took up three other
cases involving the tax. In these the
principal controversy was over the in
terpretation of the law. The leading
point was whether the tax was to be
imposed on Boston trusts" organic
ed to hold real estate, but not incor-
porated. The Boston concerns con
tended that the tax should be assessed
only on concerns organized under the
statutes of the United States, states
or territories. The government argued
that business concerns organized un-
der the common law were included
within those meant to be taxed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-13
FISHER BECOMES
SECRETARY INTERIOR
SHIFT OF OFFICIALS AT INTER-
IOR DEPARTMENT OCCURRED
THIS MORNING AT 10.

Washington, D. c., March 12.-The
responsibility of the secretaryship of
the interior shifted shortly before
10 o'clock this morning, when Wal
ter L. Fisher took the oath of Of
flee as head of the department, sue
ceeding Richard A. Ballinger, re-
tired
The new secretary spent the morn
ing receiving the heads of the bu-
reaus.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-13
STREET CAR COMPANY AT OKLA.
HOMA CITY TO ATTEMPT TO
RUN CARS THIS AFTERNOON.
THOUSAND ARMED DEPUTIES
Although the Labor Element Has An
nounced That 1t Will Not Interfere
With Traffic, All Cars Will Garry
Armed Guards.

Oklahoma City, Okla, March 13.-
After a tie-up of more than week,
traffic on the Oklahoma City stree
railway is expected to be resumed
late this afternoon.
Although the labor element has
announced that it will not interfere,
a force of 1000 armed deputies will
guard the first car run.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-13
MISSOURI MILITIA
To Be RECRUITED
AOJUTANT GENERAL ORDERS EV.
ERY COMPANY IN STATE TO
MINIMUM STRENGTH.

Jefferson City, Mo-, March 13.-F.
NJ. Humboldt, adjutant general of the
Missouri national guard, today issued
orders that all companies of the
state militia be recruited to their
minimum strength of forty-eight men
each. There are ninety companies
in the state
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-13

Harold Wallace went to Oklahoma
City last night to attend the meeting
OF the committee of the Oklahoma
Bankers association. A report on the
guaranty fund will be read to the COM
mittee there today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-13
THREE THOUSAND IN FREDERICK
Population Of County Seat Of Tillman
County Announced Today.

Washington, d. c., March 13.-
The statistics of the thirteenth cen
sus, announced today, included Fed
erick, Okla, with 3,027 in 1910, as
compared to 2,O36 in 1907.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-13

One of the things calculated to
drive a man to drink is to arrive
at a meeting place ten minutes late
and find that the other fellow isn't
there
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-13
sToRK EXPECTED BY TEDDY.
Theodore Roosevelt and Wife to Cei-
ebrate Arrival of GrandchiId.

San Francisco, Cal, March 13.-A
new generation of the Roosevelt
family is expected soon. The ar
rival of a child az the home of
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., here is
looked for early in April Colonel
and Mrs. Roosevelt expect to be
present to celebrate the arrival Of
a grandchild.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-13

Col. A. V. Doak, who has been in
Washington, d. c., for some time on
business, returned Saturday night.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-13
Births.

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Will Majors
daughter.
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Lieutenant Offley of Oklahoma City
is in the city inspecting the local re-
cruting station. E
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The Weather

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The Washington times., 1911-12-22

II mot now and then thus spectacularly
rejointed, II may be doubted without
reflection on their sincerity that both
these volunteers would nctk find them
selves more useful in their respective
executive and legislative capacities
than IL they undertook the hardships
of an invasion of Russia by way of
Alaska. In fact, their martial ardor
must have come from a similarly &C.
tuated, If contrary, habit. Senator
Hepburn, having been born too late to
enlist, is almost the sole survivor Of
those who continue to fight the Con-
federates; while Governor Mann, hav-
ing been forced to lay down his arms
by the surrender of General Lee and
his army, is among the most eloquent
of diminishing rank and file who
positively refuse to accept the verdict
upon which Appomattox set the seal.
Now, the danger of war having
passed, all should be serene. It is the
will, and not the act, that counts the
more. Senator Hepburn and Governor
Mann having stepped forth fellow sol-
diers glorious to the same drum beat
and under the same flag, who says
that even the memory of the civil war
can much longer endured
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contributing editor. and be congratu-
lated upon being able to obtain the
services Of q man Of such wide expert
ence. and great reasoning power. as
Andrew Jordan Green.
In reviewing the many papers he has
published, 1t II worthy to note how he
avoids such minor questions as Cheap
er Cas-" the Treaty with Russia, - uni
versal Transfers,' ETC., and boldly
takes issue with correspondent as to
whether the word grateful appears
in the records of the Continental Con-
gress.
It would be but a futile effort on my
part to attempt to criticise his power
full articles on the "pernicious foreign
ers," who still persist in working hard
and minding their own business. 1t was,
to say the least, educating.
His most recent communication to the
world, in which he boldly calls to &C
count the governor Of Virginia for at
tempting to aid q consumptive prisoner.
was brilliant. Most men would have
permitted sympathy to sway their judg-
ment but not SO Mr.. Green. He calmly
dissects the why's and the wherefores
before rendering his decision.
that his name should be included In the
list Of the worlds greatest men, for II
he does not lose that book in his library
his name will be placed beside that OF
John Thurmond in the Hall OF Fame
his works being the equal. II not great
or, than Harlequin DR.. Faustus;" -,
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THINKS PRESIDENT
WILL BE REELECTED

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
The Democrats have been Growing
ever since 1910 about their great VIC
tory of that year. whereas 1t Is prob
able that not one In 1000 Of them have
compared the vote Of said year with
the vote OF 1908.
II they had they would remember
that 1910 was not a Presidential year,
and consequently full vote was not
cast.
The usual disappointment among office
seekers resulted in many Of them stay
Ing al home, and many of their imme-
diate friends did likewise.
These fellows have bad time to cool
OF (all except Garfield and Pinchot),
and our Democratic friends will find
1912 a different proposition from that of
1ol0 -
The elections this year are far from
encouraging to the Democrats
The Republicans had the best of 1t in
New York, New Jersey. Maryland, ..e-
braska, and Massachusetts,. while the
Democrats had to be content with re-
gaining Kentucky. which they have had
to fight for during the past twelve
years.
As to Ohio. the new mayor of Cincin-
natl says his victory was not a Demo
cratic victory at all.
SO. looking at the situation impair
TALLY, there Is no good reason why W.T.
liam Howard Taft should not succeed
himself. BLAINE NEWPORT.
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ALL SHOULD RESPOND
TO ST. NICHOLAS GIRL

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
We should respond abundanuy to the
call Of the good. Kind st. Nicholas Girl,
who has shown us the need and suffer-
ing Of the poor in our midst. She Is
deserving of all we can give her that
she may bring comfort and some happi-
ness into their lives at this Christmas
time. I shall send her as much as my
limited means will permit But oh. how
I wish was one of the millionaires.
80 that I could give aburdantly. for
would rather give than receive. They
who revel in luxury know nothing Of
the horrors Of poverty.
Right here is the proper time to ex-
press my views on the neglect Of the
aged. We have them with us always,
as we do the poor. Why are they not
properly provided for? :.
Every State, not city. should make 1t
duty to provide an institution for
them the same as for it's insane and
criminals. A beautiful institution with
comforts and all modern conveniences
and entertainment for them-music,
moving pictures, little individual flower
gardens for them to cultivate II they
wish, SO they will not feel thew are
castaways. left to be lid Of as soon as
death can claim them. God bless the
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LAYING THE GHOST OF CIVIL
WAR.

-Jingoism,' of course, is perennial in
the breast of men, and inevitable in
expression. 1t is state of mind, q
habit of thought, form of expression.
i'm fact, it is sometimes not more than
10 way of phrasing opinions really
peaceable. In the discussion of the
Russian treaty question it was to be
expected that one set of resolutions
and one set of speeches would be heat
ed, another cool. Yet 1t was all mat.
ter of temperament. None Of it spelled
war or the desire for war, however
much it may have smelled of it.
1t remained, in fact, for the decla'
ration of war to come at banquet OF
the New Jersey Society in Philadsl
phia, from two gladiators of faith op'
posing one another's directly in all but
this. Senator Hepburn, of Idaho, and
Governor Mann, of Virginia, neverthe
less touched shoulders at the table and
prepared to march at a moments no
tice. According to the Senator, the
occasion was one which called for the
Star-Spangled Banner, the roll o.
drums, and a host marching to con
quest under the emblem, "Our Consti
sutton, Our Flag, and Cannon.
While not to be outdone, Governor
Mann formally rendered his services
rnd offered To head q Virginia regi
ment at the very earliest call to arms
Touching evidence that this may b
pr . reunited country that no on
you'd know had ever been divided wer
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MAN OVER FORTY
Is STILL EFFICIENT
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Theorists and Missionaries are Insisting
that man, when he reaches the age OF
world and should be put out OF the
way, after the fashion Of disposing Of
a useless old hose. An observer Of
practical conditions in everyday bust
conclusion. As a matter Of fact, many
OF the most forceful and useful men Of
the day are far beyond the age limit
set up by the theorists. This Is espe-
the record is available for comparison.
Take the United States Senate, for in
stance (the most efficient legislative
body in the world), and 1t will be found
S ea 81 o ninssy.t% W 'a sss nearly ty
years of age. Thirty-five are over sixty,
eighty. The Oldest Senator Is eighty,
three These men rsprs' sSs the Ses.
i've States, and it would Be foolish to
in business ability. Their advanced
syss them ma o.
A mans abilities should not be rated
age. Some men at sixty, orsseventy-
Ave or eighty, even, are better pre-
served and more efncient man osneIs
efficiency depends altogether on person
ality. -. - ,.a,.-
But why Is It that old ana maci sS
AGAINST in the business world? ls It not
due TO the avarice Of employers? Boys
and girls are preferred in commercial
houses because their services can oe
demanded by old and experienced men.
And how is this condition affecting SO
ciety today? It 10, In one way. deprdS
ing the heads of families Of the oppVS,s
s,,nnort Of those dependent upon them.
with the result that serious fami's
hardships are experienced. ,,. ~
This Is one Of the greatest c,.sv and
ca1Is FOR the serious consideration @. OF
every thinking man and woman TOT
a remedy must be applied. q. ..
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American veterans. those who were
wounded or disabled should and be-
lieve do or will get q pension accord
ing to their disability. There must be
some who served in the Spanish
American war who are In the prime
Of life. 1t would be hardly fair to
give them 81 day Just vet. They
should await time with patience as
we have done for forty-six years
since the war ended. Then II found
worthy they should be as Justly en-
titled to the same pension as we are
now trying to get-N Q day. stated
In my letter of the 12th inst. that
thought the Sherwood service PEN
sion bill does some Of US an Injustice.
] think SO still. AS I said before. I
lost two brothers in the civil war
was there myself; was too young to
be accepted until the last year Of the
war. when l enlisted for three years
or during the war, and served until
after the war ended. Had the war
lasted for three or even ten years
from the date OF my enlistment I
would have had served untilfthe war
was over. SO you see / did my part.
A VETERAN OF THE CIVIL WAR.
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prophecy, however well fulfilled. This
truth, that no one seemed TO have
learned more perfectly, William j.
Burns now makes the mistake Of
ignoring.
Up to the moment when the Nc
Namaras made confession Burns was
the ideal detective, in that his plans
had no other chronicler than their full
fillment. His record was one Of in
vestigation and pursuit Of obscure
crimes and criminals, about which the
public knew nothing until the mystery
was solved and its authors brought to
book. As result, Burns methods took
the tinge of infallibility. Like the
gambler, his successes were celebrated,
his failures unknown. Only now he
seems to forget himself in his pride,
to talk with the suggestion of wild.
ness, to risk doubtful promise. At
the moment when his greatest feat
might be left to hymn his praises, a
human conceit seems ready to try to
exaggerate them.
Mr.. Gompers' position during the
last few weeks has not been happy
one. He committed himself as thor
ougly to the effort to clear the Nc
Namara brothers by pronunciamento
as Burns has now committed himself
to the contention Of Gompers' criminal
knowledge of their guilt. But just as
the McNamaras' confession directed
suspicion, at the man who had tried
and acquitted them in advance, so will
Burns find himself embarrassed by
having laid himself open to as
cgregious error and injustice to the
opposite effect. 1t cannot be doubted
that Gompers' influence with the great
body of generally honest men whom he
heads was greatly weakened by his
stubborn refusal to look at the facts
in the Mcnamara case. If any one
thing could restore him to his former
power it would be exactly the chance
of martyrdom that Detective Burns
appears to be offering him in abuse
yet unsupported by evidence.