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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-11-20
NEWSP PAPER RIGHTS
IN SUPREME COURT
ATTACK BEGINS ON NEW LAW
PERTAINING TO POSTAL REG
ULATIONS.

Washington, NOV. l9.--The open
ing attack uron the constitutional
ity of the sections of the recent
postal appropriation act requiring
newspapers to give postal author
tiles access to their circulation
books and publish the names Of the
stockholders and bondholders, as
well as to label paid political arti"
cles as advertisements, was made
today before the supreme court or
lhe United States in printed brief
filed by Robert C. Morris and q. b..
Plants, on behalf of the Journal OF
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin
of New York. The case is set 70"
oral argument on Dec ,.
The attorneys for the newspaNe"
contend principally that the sec
lions violate the constitutional liJ-
erty of the $4,000 newspapers, mag
azines and periodicals published
throughout the United states.
Unlike public service corpora
tions, the newspapers, the attor-
neys claim, possess no elements
which give the government a right
to regulate their business, excep7
in so far as the public morals or
public welfare Is concerned.
absolutely no authority can he
found for a contention that the pro-
visions complained of in this act
were enacted for the public bene-
fit" declare the attorneys. Meth
er the government nor the public
at large can be benefited by the
knowledge of the private business
affairs and the financial condition
of the owner OF newspaper. On
the other hand, the provisions OBJ.
iected to in the act are more than
unreasonable in their demands
upon the owner of newspapers
they are perniciously inquisitorial
They strike dopr private rights aId
invade personal freedom II d des't oy
lrivate prCpcr.v in the they ruin
Il. , publication If it re'rses to met
their arbitrarl 1emaH:j for ruin
would rurely ilow the denial o;
,,r;,y Of tbn ai1
IN the act individual injury is
inflicted without any corresponding
benefit to society. If the corpora
ton is doing business upon borrow
ed money for which it has issued
its notes or other obligations, 1t
must publish to the world the hold
ers of such obligations, to the an =
noyaLce of such lenders and the en-
dangering of its credit. 1t must
show the vulnerable spots in its fl
nancial armcr to the benefit OF its
competitors and enemies. Banks and
other large financial institutions will
refuse TO loan its money Tor lear
they will be held out and advertised
as supporting or controlling its ed
itorial or political policy. Nor are
these fanciful objections. To the
business man they are real and
alarming"
The attorneys warn lawyers. doc
tors and other professional men that
if this act is upheld congress may
equally require them to publish and
disclose the names of their clients.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-11-20
wilma to Do ANYTHING.

A little girl, now a famous artist,
long ago was caught using her crayons
on Sunday, AS the forbidden Joys
were taken from her she sobbed out:
Mamma, do let me have them. I'll
draw church n-a-a-graveyar
II you Will"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-11-20

Don't waste your money buying
strengthening plasters. Chamber.
lain's Liniment is cheaper and bet
ter. Dampen n piece of flannel with
1t ard bind it over the affected parts
and it will relieve the pain and
soreness. For sale by all dealers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-11-20

That the ancient Romans knew
how to works lifts is the latest discov.
cry reported from Rome in connection
with the Palatine excavations. Pre-,
Romulan remains have been found, in.
cluding IL ancient lifts. One of the
latter, which descends into the earliest
known city, is now being cleaned and
put into working order for the Arch,
geological Congress.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-11-20
Sample Bottle of Swamp-Root
Free BY Mall.

Send to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bing-
hamton, n. Y. for a sample bottle,
free by mail-it will convince any
one. You will also receive book
let Of valuable information, telling
all about the kidneys. When writ
ing be sure and mention the Ard
more Daily Ardmoreite.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-11-20

Is your husband cross? An irrita-
bic. fault finding disposition is often
due to a disordered stomach. A man
with good digestion is nearly always
good natured. A great many have
been permanently cured of stomach
trouble by taking Chamherlain's Tab
let's. For sale by all dealers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-11-20
Her Experience,

Mrs Bacon-'I understand one can
learn different languages from the
monograph" Mrs. Ebert - We'll,
since our neighbor got his / know my
husband has used language l never
heard him use before"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-29
AVIATORS SAY AEROPLANES WILL
Be CAVALRY OF THE FUTURE
81 ARNoLp kRucKMAN.

NEW YORK. February 2O.-Culonel
Walter S. Schuyler, U. S. A., noted
Indian fighter and military critic, re-
Gently declared in a lecture at Kan
sas City that the usefulness of the
aeroplane in warfare was vastly over.
estimated. In substance he declared
that the fighting mans new hope was
practically useless in real war
The cavalry officers assertion has
aroused a storm of opposing views
among the men who make areoplanes
and go to the skies in flying machines.
It has been believed by aeronautical
experts almost since the birth of the
heavier-than-air flying machine, that
the fundamental practical utility Of
the aeroplane would be its usefulness
by the army and navy.
Indeed, Wilbur Wright, Henri Far
man, Louis Bleriot and Glenn H. Cur
tiss have almost unanimously main
tanned that many years would elapse
before the new medium of locomotion
would have any practical application
in the business of the world except
as a fighting machine. In this view
they have been strongly supported
by many notable military critics in
all parts of the world
/ One Of the most strenuous critics
of the censure passed by Colonel
Schuyler is probably Charles X. Hayn
llton. The little aviator, who made
the round-trip flight between New
York and Philadelphia, is probably
one of the most skilled pilots IN
America. He is sailing shortly after
the holidays for Europe It is be
lieved that he has been engaged by
the Italian government to join it,
foreign aerial legion active at thu
present time in Tripol.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-29
Was a cavalryman.

u have heard about Colonel Schuy-
Ter" said Hamilton. Il know be has
a splendid record as an Indian fighter
and as an officer in Cuba and the
Philippines His criticisms upon nil
itary matters are always looked upon
with respect by military people.
But it should be remembered that
Colonel Schuyler's first experience IN
the army was as a cavalry officer His
love is for the cavalry brnach. Nat
urally his opinions are slightly col
ored by his viewpoint Go where you
may, you viii find that the cavalry
men are almost unanimous in decry-
ing the aeroplane. They hook upon II
as a new-fangled toy that cannot 5s
developed into anything practical
Like an ostrich, they stick their
heads down in traditions and decline
to see the aeroplane as it it really is.
you can't blame the cavalrymen
for having this prejudice. 1t Is al.
first law of nature, self-protection.
This is the reason. So soon as the
aeroplane Enthusiastically demonstrates
it's complete usefulness in warfare
the cavalry will almost totally lose it's
present exalted prominence. AS a
matter of fact, the aeroplane will re-
luce the cavalry branch to a lower
level in military alignment than the
infantry.
THE cavalry has always been
proud of it's prerogative. But with
the advancing state of military sci
ence it has gradually lost its promi-
nence In the days preceding the
modern artillery the battle largely
depended upon the dash and skill OF
the cavalry. The army without the
Continued on page eleven.l
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-29
WAS
POOL PLAYER

SPOKANE, Wash, February s.
When members of his flock discovered
that Frank q. Whitman, pastor of the
Hope Congregational Church of New
port, Wash, played in the public bill
lard halls, they complained to the
congregational ministers of Spokane
and asked for an investigation. The
hearing disclosed that the preacher
was the champion pocket-billiard
player of the town and business men
threatened to withdraw their support
from the church if he was removed.
The investigating committee recon-
mended that pastoral relations be con-
tinued and twenty-four new members
were added to the church rolls.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-29
FIERY HANDS
WORK MIRACLE

LONDON, February 2O.-A story is
reported from Herne Hill, near Lon
don, of the miraculous recovery of
Dorothy Kerrin, a girl Uwenty-one
years old, who since the age of four
teen had been gradually losing her
health and for over five years had
been bedridden.
The girl was first taken to sani-
tarium at Reading, but was sent home
no better after nine months of treat
ment. She then contracted measles
and gastritic tuberculosis and was adj
mitted to st. Bartholomew Hospital
for nine weeks.
After being refused admittance to
the nursing home and being sent to a
home for incurables, she was brought
home in an ambulance two years ago,
Since then the patient has been get
ting gradually worse and a fortnight
ago she went blind and deaf. Miss
Kerrin has been attended by twenty
eight doctors, all of whom pronounced
the case hopeless.
Sunday night she suddenly recov-
cred her sight and hearing and got
out of bed, declared she was free from
all pain, and has since walked about
the house apparently in the best of
health.
She explains her remarkable cure
as follows:
81 saw circle of fire and it seemed
to have two hands. The two hands
took hold of my hands. The hands
were warm. l heard a voice saying,
Dorothy, your sufferings are over. Get
up and walk The hands then made
my hands touch my eyes and l found
myself sitting up in bed and able to
see my mother and father standing in
the room"
The story is corroborated by father
mother and neighbors, in addition to
highly qualified medical authorities
Further investigation of the remark
able case is to be made.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-29
NEW TELEPHONE
IS EXHIBITED

SAN FRANCISCO. February I'll
Managers of half dozen of the largest
hotels in this city, together with rep
resentatives of two of the leading hos
pitfalls, were given the FIRST public de-
monstration of the workings of the
Telephone Herald.
The Telephone Herald is Identical
with the "Telefon Hirmondo," or talk
ing newspaper service, which has been
in operation in Buda Pest for many
years and which has more recently
been adopted in London, Paris. Glas-
gov and Berlin. From a central plant,
where there are an orchestra, singers
and speakers, there is lent into the
homes and Offices of subscribers an
unbroken program consisting of news
and amusement features, from 8
o'clock in the morning until midnight.
The sounds are reproduced by spe-
cial instruments and conveyed over
wires leased from the commercial tel
NphOiAO " hSlNbA oPh NoAApuhA19s 10
apparatus in the home or Office con-
sis;s merely of pair of disc receivers,
which are taken from a hook at will.
The California Telephone Herald
Company expects to make arrange
ments to reproduce extracts from per-
formances given in concert halls, the
aters and even sermons delivered by
prominent clergymen. Arrangements
have been made with number Of
hotels, where the receivers will be
hung in the lounging rooms; with two
Of the leading hospitals, where the
patients will be furnished with a me.
dunn of amusement, and with several
stores that win offer the Telephone
Herald to patrons in the rest rooms.
The hotels, hospitals and business
houses that have ordered the service,
together with a list of more than one
thousand private subscribers, has en-
abled the California Telephone Her
aid Company to begin operations at
once
The company is backed by syndi-
cate of San Francisco business men.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-29
SCALE
IS IN HAWAII

BERKELEY, February 2O.-Prof. H.
]. Quayle, expert for the University
of California on the scales which af-
fict fruit trees Of the state, today is
sued his fourth bulletin, dealing with
the purple scale.
The bulletin is a thorough study of
the pest. Quayle shows that the pur-
pie scale is prevalent in Europe, Ma
deira, West Africa, Mauritius, Ceylon,
Japan, Australia, Tasmania, New Zea-
land, Fiji, the Hawaiian Islands, Ber-
muda, China, the West indies, Para
quay, and in Florida, Louisiana, Col
orado and California.
The scientist writes that the pest
came into California from Florida in
1869, with two carloads of orange
trees, which we're planted in Los An
gees and San Diego counties without
fumiga,ion, and that the purple scale
has hold in Ave counties-Los An
geles San Diego, Orange, Ventura and
Santa Barbara.
Quayle says in extent Of damage It
ranks below the red, yellow or black
scales, but is most serious because the
hardest TO combat.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-29
PRESIDENT TAFT URGES PASSAGE
OF EMPLOYERS LIABILITY ACT

from injuries, for which the railroad
would not be liable under the common
law, is a denial of the due process of
law which is enjoined upon Congress
by the fifth amendment to the Consti-
tuition in dealing with the property
rights. This question the report takes
up and in an exhaustive review Of the
authorities makes clear, as 1t seems to
me, the validity of the act. 1t is suf-
ficient to say that the argument of the
commission is most convincing to
show that the police power of the gov
eminent exercised in the regulation Of
interstate commerce IS quite sufficient
to justify the imposition upon the in
terstate railroad companies of the liza
bility for the injuries to its employees
on an insurance basis.
"The third objection is that the right
of trial by jury, guaranteed by the
seventh amendment, is denied AS a
matter of fact. the right is preserved
in this act by permitting a jury to
pass on the issue when duly remand
ed, in accordance with the limitations
of the act"
President TAFT then alludes to the
alleged iniquities attending personal
injury litigation. He declares that
perjured testimony, emotional juries
and badly constructed laws limiting
liability have tended to hamper the al
ministration of exact Justice, while the
heavy expense of litigation has rem
dered it almost impossible for the poor
man to command his rights. In refer
ring to the conditions because Of this
form of litigation, the President says;
Courts cIocged by Suits.
"The administration of justice today
is clogged in every court by the great
number of suits for damages for per
sonal injury. The settlement of such
CONTINUED frcm page eleven.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-29
BOY STARTS TO
BURN A FORTUNE

ATLANTA HIGHLANDS, N. j., Feb
ruary 2O.-Young Simon Paddock, Of
this town, is back from Syracuse in
his quest for the $4,000 he thought
his uncle Simon had left him to
spend. He comes back a happily sur
pr'5ed lad. He reports his uncle LETT
him an annual income of $4,000.
The young mans plans to rival the
meteoric career in Broadway of the
famed Mr. McDevitt, of Wilkes-Barre,
Pa, are already under way. He got Il
few hundred dollars advance on mis-
fortune in Syracuse from his uncles
executors.
He came home paying for news
papers with dollar bill s and giving tips
on his meals equal to the full amount
of the checks presented to him. The
boy does not drink, and the utmost
devilishness that suggested itself to
him was the purchase of two boxes
of 25-cent cigars.
Might as well get used to smoking
these" he observed when the crowd
at the postofice removed one of them
from his mouth and examined the gilt
hand.
If Paddock's information is cor
rect, his uncle left an estate amount
ing to 100000. The income of a
million of it is le1r to young Simonis
father, who is incurably i'll at the Me-
mortal Hospital at Long Branch.
First thing the boy did after he had
got through shaking hands and an
swering questions around town was to
go to w. N. Shedeker, an automobile
agent, and order a $4,000 car. Then ne
went to Harry Richmond, for whom he
once worked, and hired Richmond as
chauffeur at $50 a week
1T may seem like high wages, but
Harry was good to me when he was
boss and I want to get back at him, u
said the new-made plutocrat.
Until two weeks ago, Paddock was
employed as a chauffeur by DR.. Irwin
Matter. He also worked as handy man
for Richmond, whom he has hired as
his chauffeur
viii Burn Up the Town."
I'm going to burn up this town fol
q few days" said the youthful spender
"and then I'm going to take Norman
down to see New York. Any one who
wants to come along is welcome. The
; more the merrier. l never had SC
much money before. and I'm afraid
| won't know how to spend It,"
He left imperative orders with Rich
mond that he was not to sleep Longer
than 10 a. m, or work later than 8 p
, IN. Then he gave him $50 bill al
j part payment on his first months sal
airy of $780,
Next he bought seven boxes Of the
CONTINUED on page twelve)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-29
FIVE GENERALS
WILL TESTIFY

NGTON, February 90
Aroused by the disclosure that papers
containing serious charges against
Major Beecher b. Ray, protege OF
President Taft, we're removed from
the files of the War Department and
hidden until the charges were out
lawed, the Helm investigating com
mittee has determined to probe the
Ray case to the bottom.
General Tasker H. Bliss, command
ant in the Philippines when Ray lett
the islands to work in Chicago, in the
political interests of President TAFT,
was served with a subpoena today.
He viii appear before the committee
on Monday.
Following General Bliss will come
General Arson l.. Mills, now com
mander of the Department Of the Gulf,
who vainly pleaded that Paymaster
Ray be tried by court-martiai for con-
duct unbecoming an officer and gen.
tleman
The third witness, it is said, will be
General Ainsworth, from whose files
the Ray records were mysteriously re-
moved.
General Culver C. Sniffen, who, as
the official records show, opposed the
return of Ray to Chicago from the
Philippines, and over whose head the
order giving Ray permission to go to
that city, was issued, will also be a
witness.
81 am in favor of going the limit in
this investigation, no matter where the
trial may lead" said Representative
Diffenderfer Of Pennsylvania, a mem
Der of the committee, today.
would you consider summoning
former President Roosevelt, during
whose administration some Of the Of
lenses charged against Ray are said
to have been committed?" Offender
fer was asked,
Speaking for myself, and not for
the committee, I am in favor of sum
moning everybody who is in a position
to know a single material fact"
General Clarence E. Edwards, chic
of the bureau of insular affairs, II
whose desk the missing records in the
Ray case were found, held two Ions
conferences with Secretary Of WA
! Stimson today.
Following these conferences 1t was
admitted that the records will be SEN
to the Helm investigating committee
The expose will have the effect o.
blocking Major Rays way to promo
ton. He is now the ranking major II
the pay department Of the army.
Paymaster General Chas. II. Whip
pie is about 10 retire and Colonel Geo
r. Smith will succeed him in that i'm
portant office.
Lieutenant Colonel H. S. Wallace
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-29
WAR IMPOSSIBLE,
DECLARES JORDAN

SAN FRANCISCO, February 2t-
Speaking to the students and almuni
of the Murison School in the st.
Francis Hotel yesterday, David Starr
Jordan declared that another interna-
tionaI war is impossible. Civil wars,
he said, must and will take care of
themselves, leaving only imperial
wars as the great problem that CON
fronts the world.
international war" DR.. Jordan
said, lis not possible because every
great nation is too heavily in debt
The scepter has passed from ahe
hand of rulers of nations to the great
unseen empire OF finance. There S
no possibility of a war between Ger
many and Great Britain because each
nation is ruled by the great organiza-
ton of finance and war positively
cannot be made to pay. There is no
danger of war between France and
Germany for the same reason. Not
withstanding this, Great Britain is
spending 100000 a day defending
herself against Germany and Ger.
many is spending 100000 a day de-
Tending herself against England.
There is absolutely no possibility
of war between the United States
and any other nation, although this
country is much better prepared to
go to war than any other country.
There are two factors which preclude
the possibility of the United States
going to war. One is the great tan.
gled net of commerce and the other Is
the fact that no other nation can pos
sibly get along without our good will
and yet the United States goes along
paying out $4,000 a day for smoke
less powder alone and millions upon
millions of dollars annually building
new battleships. This is inspired 10y
two things; fear of other nations and
so-called patriotism, which is part
vanity and part ignorance.
Japan, $1,OOO,OOO,OOO poorer than
before the Russo-Japanese war, could
not possibly raise funds to finance an
expedition against any other nation
especially the United States.
I'VE are going to have a few more
imperial wars, that is wars between
strong nation and a weak one, but
they will gradually decrease because
they cannot be made to pay. Public
opinion holds the key to the situa
ton; and no ruler would dare de
clare war against the public opinion
of his subjects"
|
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-29

WASHINGTON, February 20.-Pres-
ident Taft today submitted to Con.
gress the report of the employers liza
bility commission and the commits
sion's proposed Employer liability
and workmen's compensation bill, ac-
companied bv a message urging the
enactment of the measure, which is
the most advanced piece of liability
legislation yet presented.
The President sets forth hat the
proposed law not only would insure to
employees of railroads engaged in in
terstate commerce quick adjustment of
their claims for justice, but also
would relieve the courts of a vast
amount of work and enable them to
administer judicial affairs with greater
dispatch.
II sincerely hope that the act will
pass" says the President. II deem it
one of the great steps Of progress
toward satisfactory solution of an
important phase of the controversies
between employer and employe that
has been proposed within the last two
or three decades"
The main provisions of the measure
are sketched in the message, and Taft
takes up and disposes of three objec-
tions advanced by its opponents.
TN the first place" says the Presi-
dent, "the question arises whether un-
der the provisions of the commerce.
clause the bill could be considered to
be a regulation of interstate and for
eign, commerce. That seems to be al
ready settled by the decision OF the
Supreme Court in the employers liza
hility case.
Fifth Amendment Not Violated.
The second question is whether the
making of these remedies exclusive
and the compelling of the railroad
companies to meet obligations arising
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-29
EREEl EREEll FrEEl!l

Edward Earle will give free tests
to all who call from l to p. m, for
one week only. in order to convince
them that he possesses psychic power.
Skeptics invited. Grand seance Tues.
day evening, s p. m. No. 7S2 Kinau
street. Phone 1918.
S@@v&9>3 9SS9
win be advanced to the RANK Of COO
mel, and Ray was eligible for the posi-
ton made vacant by Wallace.
II was stated at the War DepaIt-
ment today that President Taft will
hesitate about sending Rays name to
the Senate for advancement at pres
emit