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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-02-08
HOOKS NAME IS
DROPPED FROM LIST
TAFT CUTS HIM OFF AT ElEV-
ENTH HOUR-SECRETA MA
GEL TO GET THE PLUM.

Washington, d. C., Feb. :. Federal
Judge William c. Hook of Leaven-
worth. Kan, will not be elevated to
the supreme bench by President
TAFT This much was decided by the
president Wednesday, following an
eight hours conference with the at
tomeys of his cabinet. 1t is declared
that the place made vacant by the
death of the late Justice Harlan
will likely 80 TO Charles Nagel of
st. Louis, now secretary of COM
merce and labor
President Taft's decision relative
to Judge Hook came at the eleventh
hour. He mad decided early Wednes-
day to appoint Hook, but called in
his avisors for final conference.
Judge Hook $ decision against the
negroes in Il pin crow case ap-
pealed to him from Oklahoma courts
was given as the immediate cause
of the presidents decision, both Mr.
Taft and Attorney General Wicker
sham agreeing that he had gone too
far in this case. The case was one
of no great Importance, involving only
the petition of negroes of Oklahoma
TO the state corporation commission
to compel the railroads operating
lin crow" cars in Oklahoma to fur
nish dining and sleeping car facil,,
ties for the blacks.
This is the version that came from
, the white house 1t is believed, how
ever. that this is not the true cause
o. the adverse decision in the mat
ter of the Hook appointment. 1t is
declared in official circles of Wash
ington that The president was finally
influenced by the activities of the
oklahoma corporation commission,
the Oklahoman and the corporation
commissions of California and seV-
eral other states in making his final
decision.
President Taft is expected to send
the nomination of Mr.. Nagel to the
senate within a few days. United
States Judge William Hook of Kan
sas. uutil Tuesday was most promi-
nently mentioned for the vacancy
is said to have been eliminated
from further consideration at an
hours session of the cabinet We'd
nesday. All of the lawyers in the
cabinet except Mr.. Nagel We're pres
cnt and atterward it was learned the
president had made clear his intention
of appointing his secretary of COM
merce and labor.
The report was so generally credit
ed Wednesday night that rumor was
busy with possible successor to
Mr.. Nagel in the cabinet Louis
Marshal of New York and Oscar Ro-
senwald of Chicago were mentioned
among those who will be considered.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-02-08

G.. X. LEENAN.
Clerk.
CHAMPION & CHAMPION.
Attorneys
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-02-08

We OFFER One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case OF Catarrh that
can not be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O
We. the undersigned, have known
F. ]. Cheney for the past fifteen
years and believe him perfectly hon
orable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out
any obligation by that firm.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo O
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter.
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system
Testimonials sent free. Prices. ~
cents.
Take Halls Family Pills for con
stipation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-02-08
MISCELLANEOUS.
Notice of lnte nton to Fund.

Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day Of February, A. D. 1872,
Graham Township, in Carter County,
State of Oklahoma, will proceed be-
fore the District Court of Carter
County, 10 make a showing and ask
said Court to hear and determine
the amount of outstanding legal war
rant Indebtedness, and to sign the
bonds to be issued in payment of the
same.
All persons interested my be pres
ent at the time said proof is made,
to demonstrate against the issuance
OF the same
R. A. GORDON.
Trustee, Graham Township.
Attest: Sol F. Kimbrell,
Township Clerk. 6-1Ot
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-02-08

II blamed my heart for severe dis
tress in my left side for two years,
writes w. Evans, Danville, Va, but |
know now it was Indigestion, as Dr.
Kings New Life Pills completely
cured me" Pest for stomach. liver
and kidney troubles. constipation.
headache or debility. 25c at Ringer
Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-02-08

Henry Lloyd is not taking orders fer
the home laundry, but represents out
of town interests. He does not take Or
ders for us. All our wagons bear our
name and are the only ones authoriz-
ed to haul for us. Phone 575 and We
will send wagons out. We are equip
ped to handle your business, we are
giving good service and respectfully
ask you for your patronage
EXCELSIOR STEAM LAUNDRY.
G.f
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-02-08
dbr DaiIu AronlorrlIf.

Entered at the Postoffice at Ardmore
as Second,Class Matter.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-02-08

Feed ARCO, mixed feed for
horses and COWS; put UP in 1OO-lb.
sacks, delivered in barn for 80 cts.
cwt. This is carefully prepared
feed manufactured by the Ardmore
Oil & Milling Co. 16f
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-02-08

"To be able now to have feet that
never ache. never get tired, Dlistered,
swollen or chafed, or have corns, cal
louses or bunions, is a glorious rec
ompense for all the other aches and
pains one suffers in the winter OF
life. TiZ makes the feet feel young,
and young feet make you feel young
all over.
1--WE tried many things for my poor
old tired feet, for those bunlons OF "
years. and for those corns that have
added wrinkles to my fase. I've tired
plasters, powders and salves-and
nothing has ever given the relief
that TIZ has. My feet are now strong
and vigorous, they never get tired
or swollen, | have no corns, callouses
or bunions any more-they are boys
feet on an old man
TIZ gives instant relief and cures
all foot troubles. 1t operates on a
new principle, draws out all the pois-
onous eXudations that cause foot mis-
cries
Don't accept a substitute. An ell
derly man especially has mind of
his own: see that you get TIZ.
TIZ. - cents a box, sold every
where. or sent direct, on receipt of
price, by Walter Luther Dodge &
Co.. Chicago, III. Recommended by
all Drug Stores, department and gen
eral stores.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-02-08
"T|z Reminds Ne Of
Ny Barefoot Days" "
"My Feet Never Get Sore, Tired or
Chafed Now, Because ! Use TIZ."

"TIZ makes you feel like a boy
again. Nothing would hurt my feet
in those days, even when Id run
around barefooted with Rover, over
rocks and pebbles and sticks.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-02-08

Feed ARCO, a mixed feed for
horses and cows: put up in 1OO-lb.
sacks, delivered in barn for 90 cts.
cwt This is a carefully prepared
feed manufactured by the Ardmore
Oil & Milling Co. 1911
New-York tribune., 1912-01-08
THE B1LlNCE or NATURE.

The report of the really extraordinary
achievements OF the Audubon Society In
protecting bird life and promoting It's
restoration and multiplication Will De re-
ceiyed with widespread gratiticatlon'
Many will be glad simply because tlleS
disepprove the destruction OF living
things and particularly detest tne
cruelty which often is attendant upon
bird slaughter. Others will rejoice DE,
cause they love birds for their beauty OF
form and color, the grace of their move
mont and the music Of their song. Stlll
others, who care less for these things
will be gratified on the practlcal ana
utilitarian ground that birds serve val
liable purposes in the economy or nature
and should therefore be preserved IN
order that those purposes may ne ful-
filed and that the balance may he kept
true among the different elements or the
world.
This latter thought is worthy OF more
than passing attention, and of more than
il commonly receives, in respect of other
things than birds. but certainly in re-
spect of them The vital need or true
balance among the constituents OF air
and water. of SOIL Of food and what
not else IS recognized and inculcated
Similar regard is had TO the proper hsl'
ancing of studies in education ana or
industries In the development of a COM
muuity or state. The man OF cne iuea'
the farmer with one crop, the state win
a single industry, are looked upon unta-
yorably as not well fitted to endure eraer-
gencies and vicissitudes. 1t should not
REQUIRE a dizzy fight Of Imagination 10
perceive the equal application OF the
same principle TO the world OF nature.
Indeed. this is already in a measure ner-
ceived. The ideal territory must be
yariegated, with due proportions OF hill
and plain. Of land and water, OF opeu
field and forest, ..- g-.. ... s..
( Then If this principle applies to topog'
raphy and to fora it may reasonably be
supposed to apply TO fauna as we'll az
least to some degree. 1t is perfectly well
known that certain insects, as earth
worms and bees. perform labors when
are quite indispensable TO the fertility
of the land and the prosperity Of its
occupants. Also 1t is known that some
are necessary for the destruction OF 9TH
ers of a nodous character. So with
birds. The almost inexpressibly enor'
nous number of injurious insects which
they destroy suggests the plague Of In
sect life which would affiict the world
we're they destroyed or greatly reduced
in numbers, and until we can find Some
other method Of keeping the insects with
in bounds It is economically Incumbent
upon US, for our own good, to let nature
maintain the balance with birds.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-08
MnNEY IND BUSINESS.

Renorts received from the leading
trade centres reflect a strong tone in the
,ndustrial> situation and confidence In
business circles about the future. Inc
general course OF business is OF an en-
couraging character, but operations con-
tinue to be conducted on a conservative
basis. and there Is no disposition on the
part Of consumers TO make heavy for
ward commitments. although the actual
volume of orders for future delivery Is
much larger than 1t was few weeks
ago, especially those received by the
iron and steel companies. In the month
of December the record Of pig iron sales
and Of finished steel materials Va most
satisfactory, and II the results in the
current month are equally favorable
there wifi be little complaint In the
trade. "The Iron Age" estimates on
partial returns pig iron production i'll
1911 at 23,750,000 tons, which compares
with the high record of 27,303,O00 tons
in 1910 and with 25,795,000 tons in 1903,
while it reports that stocks at fur
races were reduced in 1911 by about
100000 tons. against an increase in the
preceding year of 100000 tons or more.
The turn Of the year has been marked
by distinct change in money rates at
all the financial capitals, although IN this
city the change has not been so marked
as that reported abroad, owing to the
fact that the local market was under nc
actual strain at the end Of 1911. The
easier conditions that have developed in
Europe are likely to continue for some
time to come, while there Is no imme
diate prospect Of firm quotations for ac-
commodation here, as bank reserves are
heavy. as currency is moving to this
point in volume and as the mercantile
and stock market demands are not large
enough to make any impression on rates
for loans. Bank clearings for the first
week of the year approximate closely the
total reported In the corresponding time
In 1910, small contraction being al
most wholly due to the falling off in the
exchanges in New York; a decrease Of
more than 35 per cent in this city repre-
senting lighter operations OH the Stock
Exchange rather than reduction In
general business. For the last year
there was decrease of per cent in
clearings from 1910. of per cent from
1909, but an increase of % per cent over
1908.
In the textile markets conditions have
naturally been quiet following the holi-
days. buyers as a rule devoting the
New-York tribune., 1912-01-08
PREVENTION OF FIRES
To Be Accomplished by Making Them
Improbable and Unpopular.
TO the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Fire Commissioner Johnson, in his
report 10 Mayor Gaynor, asks a further ap-
preparation OF 100000 for fire prevention
purposes. very splendid request. 1t is
to be expended in a cause that will have the
approval Of every person who realizes that
1t Is the peoples money being expended to
save the people cost because every dollar
that is paid for fire waste comes out Of the
peoples pocket The fire insurance COM
panies are merely trustees OF the peoples S
funds. which they accept in the form Of
premiums and pay out to the insured after
fire occurs. Although the fire prevention
bureau Is an excellent provision, II must
not be overlooked that the fire evil has
tentacles reaching into the peoples pocket
that the fire prevention bureau in its pres
ent inception. as understand II, will not
touch.
In European countries the man upon
whose premises a fire occurs is a mighty
unpopular fellow. In fact, they even go so
far In some countries as to penalize him
legally for having fire. In the United
States (although / have under consider
alton at this writing New York City IL par
ticularJ the man who has fire is not only
popular. but finds II profitable in a ma
jority of cases. A very great proportion OF
the fire waste is due to absolute criminality
or criminal negligence.
The fire waste OF the city will not be ma
terialy reduced until the people are edu-
Gated not 10 have fires--in other words, to
realize that TO have a fire is both unpopular
and Improbable. This can only be done
by an expenditure OF sufficient money to
make the fire marshals office Of some ac-
count, TO put in 1t well paid and we'll trained
fire Investigators and 10 run II in full
collaboration with fire insurance company
adjusters. Some Of the money asked for
can be diverted 10 a reorganization Of the
District Attorneys Office TO such an extent
that special department is provided which
will give proper attention to fraudulent
cases. either on the part Of hrebugs or
those whom they employ.
The Are insurance companies themselves
should be urged not 10 pay any loss until
sixty days after the fling OF the proof Of
loss in accordance with their contract Of
insurance. J. c. n.
New York. Jan. s. 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-08
IDLE MEN AND YOUNG TOILERS.

The approaching date Of another ma
tional conference on child labor--the
eighth-attracts attention to one Of the
least creditable anomalies Of Our modern
industrial system. The extent to which
young children are employed in manu-
featuring, mining and other occupa-
dons has been reduced considerably In
the last few years by prohibitory leg
islation and by strengthening the school
laws, but it Is still great, and much
greater than it should be. There can be
no concealing the fact that multitudes
Of children in the United States are thus
being worked, to their serious detriment,
physically, mentally and morally.
Meantime what Of the men, who are
supposed to be the workers and bread
winners? A great many men are con-
stantly idle, not alone through strikes
and lockouts, but through an over
crowding of the labor market. There
is thus presented the strange spectacle
Of men unemployed while small chill
dren and women do the work. Doubt
less industries are far more extensively
crowded with women than with children,
and perhaps no less perniciously. 1t is
a common complaint of young men that
they cannot get employment because al!
the places are filed with women and
girls, who work for lower wages than
men can afford TO do, and an ominous
racial effect is thus being produced In
the discouragement of marriage and the
founding Of families. But that Is a far
more difficult matter to deal with than
child labor. 1t would be exceedingly
radical legislation which should forbid
women Of age to engage in any honest
occupation in which they had an oppor-
tLnity.
The propriety of closely restricting
child labor, even regardless Of the
wishes Of the parents and of the chill
dren themselves, is generally conceded,
and the need of 1t Is increasingly ap.
parent. 1t will not serve TO say that the
work must be done and therefore the
children must do 1t. 1t can be>done by
adults. Perhaps In that way IL will cost
more, but that is not after all the chief
consideration. 1t would be monstrous to
say that the children must be sacrificed
for the sake Of cheap production, no
matter whether that cheapness meant
more profits to the employers or lower
cost to the consumer. So long as men
New-York tribune., 1912-01-08
POSTAL POSSIBILITIES.

The appointment of a director ot lhe
nostal savings bank system and the or.
ganization of a special bureau OF the
Postoffice Department TO have charge OF
that work are a reminder Of the great
and speedy success of this latest new
feature of the postal service. 1t is not
vet fifteen months since the first post
office was opened for the receipt OF saw
ings. Now there are thousands Of them
and deposits are pouring in at the rate
Of a million dollars a week. A year or
two ago many persons deprecated the
founding Of the system on the ground
that it was not needed and would not
succeed. The fact Of its great success
in other countries proved nothing, they
said, since conditions were so different
there from what they were here. To-
days reports show how wrong they were
and how likely the system is to prove
even more successful here than in most
other countries.
The incident is another illustration of
the folly of suggesting that America is
UluHIbuI
cannot do what they are doing. A
further example was given In the rural
free delivery system. It is now In only
its fifteenth year. Opposition TO and
criticism. Of it were intense and wide
spread, and predictions were plenty as
blackberries that it would be a failure or
would entail an enormous deicit every
year Its growth has been colossal, from
So carriers to IL 900, from 1,S43 miles Of
routes to all but a million, and from a
yearly cost Of S14.S40 to S37000,OO0; ;
more than that, from cost for each
mile of less than S17 to more than S37
and for each carrier from $3.50 to 5000.
Yet with all this increase Of expense the
enormous growth Of the system has heen
coincident with a decrease Of the trsd di-
tional deficit in the department, until
now it has disappeared and been re-
placed by surplus.
In these and similar facts there ought
TO be encouragement to Americans TO
believe, in an elaborated adaptation Of
Sam Patch's immortal apophthegm, that
this country can do some things as well
as some other things, and as well as
some other countries. The arguments
which have been advanced against the
parcels post, for example, have been
in large measure similar to those against
free delivery and savings banks There
is reason for believing that they are
equally unfounded and that the estah-
lishment OF that much needed system
would be successful and not less produc.
tive Of benefits to the public than those
which have been achieved by these other
tardily adopted reforms and improve.
mpnts
New-York tribune., 1912-01-08
Ah1 052 l.02e. COO l,475 5,s4s

Totals ......... ADJ ,Oo2 It5zo'o" i'''''"'O
Some Of the facts of high social signif-
canoe In this table are as follows:
/ Greater New York in 1855 was 1888 per
cent foreign born; in 1910, 40.42 per cent.
. The population of greater New York In
Is55-s07 775-was less than half the NUMBER
of foreign born living in New YORK IN
1910. the latter's numbers being, In 1910,
l,8269OO.
2. Every nationality in New York has
made substantial gains since 1855, with the
exception of the Irish, which. between lso
and 1910 fell off 10 the extent Of 2,57S per-
sons. and we're only 10, sos more In 1910 than
in 1856. Although the Germans from l@o
TO 1910. decreased TO the extent or f'SSe
persons. there were 157ST more Of them IN
New York in 1910 than in 1855, while OF
Irish there were, as above stated only
sos more. Canadians increased fvefold;
English. Scotch and French, over 100 per
cent; Norwegians, sixtyfold Swedes over
fortyfold: Danes. fifteenfold Swiss, nine
times.
The increases OF New York's foreign
born from Canada and Northwestern Eu-
rope, from 1865 to 1910, numbered 329,015, but
from 1900 TO 1910 losses from Germany ana
Ireland were so large as to leave net
loss. 1900 to 1910, OF 21,775 persons from
Canada, Great Britain and Ireland, Scan
dinavia, Switzerland, Germany and France.
g. Between 1855 and 1910 New York added
10 itself from Southern and Eastern Eu-
rope, from Asia and Africa. Central ana
South America and Atlantic and Pacinc
islands 11i6,S33 persons, and Of this total
es7.757 persons. or 59.9 Der cent, were added
TO New Yorks population In the ten years
1900 TO 1910 The Austrians IN New York
in 1855 mum bered less than 400 persons; IN
1910 they numbered 1920. There were no
Hungarians tabulated in the study OF the
population of 1856 there were 1890 IN the
federal census OF 1910. In greater New
York in 1856 there were only 1890 Russian
born people In 1910 there Were 1880 OF
whom 2a7.772 were added in the ten years
1900 to 1910
g. OF the whole population of greater
New York in 1855 Canada and Northwest
ern Europe supplied Az per CENT In 100
22s per cent, and in 1910, only l6s per cent
New-York tribune., 1912-01-08
THE GOVERNORS BLINDNESS.

There Is a somewhat plaintive tone Of
annoyance and inability to comprehend
the general criticism of his administra-
tons civil service policy in Governor
Dix's remarks on that subject in his mes
sage to the Legislature. If the Governor
and his advisers ever care to compare
his glowing promises before election and
the performances since, that inability
may cease And if he wants specific
instance there could not be better than
the case Of the eight supervising factory
inspectors which Mrs, Nathan, president
of the Consumers League, recalls in
letter to The Tribune printed yesterday.
In July Of last year the Legislature
passed and the Governor signed bill
creating eight places in the State LABOR
Department at $500 salary apiece. The
appointees, TO be known as supervising
factory inspectors, were intended to have
broad experience and definite knowledge
which should especially equip them to
investigate factory conditions and to
watch over and safeguard factory work
ers. Obviously the best way to get the
best men for such places was by com.
petition; yet the Dix Civil Service Com
mission classified them as exempt-that
is, served notice to the politicians Of the
Tammany brand that eight fat jobs were
at their mercy. SO many protests were
made that before the Governor had ap-
proved the commissions act the case was
reopened. in October. Along in Novem-
Der the Governor told inquirers that no
rehearing would be necessary, as the
places were to be classified as competi-
tive rather than exempt. The commits
sion has not yet formally declared them
competitive, and though money fer sal
aries has been available since October
of last year no appointments have been
made.
These places were created as a result
Of the report of the wainwright com
mission, which investigated employers
liability and factory conditions. Reor-
ganizatlOn of the factory inspection bu-
reau of the Labor Department is badly
needed, yet has been held up in this fash
ion, while the working men and women
and children are not receiving the care
and protection which the state pretends
TO give. Why? Is it merely case where
the commissions political friends hope
that through long enough delay they may
be able to grab these jobs, as they did
all the Jobs in the Office of the State Fire
Marshal? Is it just natural incompe-
tence on the part of the commission?
Whatever the cause is, 1t does not speak