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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-09
PRIZE WINNING EASY ABOUT THE
SANTA f DEMONSTRATION TRAIN


: vile, Kan
Seyenteenth-Stanley Sharp, New
Kirk, Okla.
Eishteenth-Es Esther Dunham, Guth
rie, Okla.
Honorable Mention Bethel Cald
well Maramec, Okla; Lucille Soren
son, Burlingame, Kan; Neva Ritter
lola, Kan; Edwin PAUL, Pueblo
Colo. Violet Brown, Las Animas
Colo. Roy Mcneil, Pueblo, Colo
Minnie Winters, Princeton, Kan;
Frank Ripe, Alva, Okla; Carl Con
nell, Hutchinson, Kan; June Wright,
La Lande, y. NJ; Roy Feemister,
Hereford, Tex
The committee on awards was com
posed Of l.. l.. Kienne, managing ed
itor of the Topeka State Journal;
Philip Eastman, managing editor of
the Topeka Capital, and Albert Mac
Rae, of Chicago, editor of the Santa
Fe Employees Magazine
There were written for this CON
test 5,1O2 essays, in 372 schools. AS
every school determined its local
contest only 372 essays were sub
mitted to the judges.
This is regarded as the greatest
essay writing contest on record
President Ripley authorized a prize
of $50 for the best essay: $25 for
the second, and $40 for the third
There are five prizes of s. each for
the essays which rank from fourth
Ito eighth inclusive, ten prizes of
$50 each for the essays which rank
from ninth to eighteenth inclusive
The judges said that the essays gen.
orally were exceptionally good.
Commenting on the character of
the essays, J. f. farrell publicity
agent of the Santa Fe, who arranged
the details of the contest, said: The
fact developed in the contest that
the school teachers over the coun.
try have adopted the newspaper
styla of English. and are teaching
it to their pupils. The teachers
may not realize it, but that is the
case, just the same The contestants
as a rule got down to their subject
without any preliminary fine writ
ing common to the old style Of Eng.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-09
CFrom Santa Fe Red Ball)

,From Santa Fe Red Ball)
The prizes offered by President RiD-
lev of the Atchison, Topeka * Santa
Fe Railway company for essays about
the value of the Santa Fe demonstra-
tion train from an educational view
point, have been awarded, as fol-
lows
First-Lora Roberts, Amarillo, Tex.
Second-IIarold Payne, Belpre, Kan.
Third-Elinor Elder, Harper, Kan.
Fourth--Wilbert II. Fuller, Empo-
ria, Kan.
Fifth-Lillis Combs, Fawler, Colo.
Sixth-Hazelle Powers, Perry Okla.
Seyenth-Helen Robinson, Holly,
Colo.
Eighth-Lila Blanche Robe, Pu-
eblo Colo
Ninth-Clarice Brady, Watrous, \.
NJ.
Tenth-Maurlce G. stubbs Of La
Junta, Colo.
Eleventh - Blanche sappenfield,
Stafford, Kan.
Twelfth-Gailord Smith, Florence,
Kan.
Thirteenth-Ida Casey, Trinidad,
Colo.
Fourteenth, Joe Williams, Usage
City, Kan.
Fffteenth-Harold Lentz, Halstead,
Kan.
Sixteenth-Leila English, Macks-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-09
PAGE THREE

serving railway officials and citizens
at the train, learn the high regard
in which the people OF Amarillo
hold their fayorite railway, the Santa
Fe, and the good will and cordial re.
lations between this city and the
road that has done so much for her.
Such relations We're evidently strength
ened Al every point of the trains
journey
The demonstration train will long
linger in the minds of the school
children 1t has started the educa-
tion Of a million and halt people
upon the development and possibili-
ties of the best railway in our pro.
gressiNe country.
LORA ROBERTS.
Amarillo, Texas.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-09

safety; but best of all is the per.
sonnel of the employees, for they get
the safety habit
The service of the Santa Fe sys,
TEN is among the best OF the world.
There are modern eating houses.
The trains are run on time. The
employees are very considerate, and
their esprit de corps" and loyalty
and efficiency remarkable The cour-
tesy of those in charge of the dem.
oHStratioH train, with the public and
many questions, was an educatiye les
son, but observation since has shown
that this obtains on all Santa Fe
trains.
This great system, as well as other
American railways. will continue to
improve in the future. ORGANIZATION
is being improved and details are
being worked out every day, to save
labor ana time More miles of track
are being built still better to serve
various parts of the country and
make them more desirable for habi.
tation
The demonstration train was cdu-
catye in that anyone who had never
thought of the matter could. by oh.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-09
e HOld:lI~pU
An Oppressive Trust.

Before the Coffee Roasters' Association, in ses-
sion at Chicago on Thursday, Thomas j. Webb,
OF Chicago, charged that there is in existence a
coffee combine which is 'the most monstrous i'm
position in the history of human commerce."
There is very slight exaggeration about this
statement II comes very close to being literally
true There is coffee combine in Brazil from
which country comes the bulk of the coffee used
IN the United States which is backed by the gov
ernment of Brazil and financed by it, which COM
pels American consumers, as Mr.. Webb said ''to
pay famine prices for coffee when no famine
exists"
The worst thing about this is that the consum-
ers of the United States have been compelled to
put up the money through which this combine.
to further cinch them, has been made effective
There were formerly revenue duties imposed upon
all coffee entering the United States. Those taxes
we're denounced imposition upon the people;
as taxing the poor mans breakfast table, and the
like. The taxes removed. Immediately
thereafter Brazil imposed export duty upony
coffee up to the full amount of the former customs
taxes in this country. The revenue which for
merly went into the treasury of the United States
was diverted to the treasury of Brazil. The poor
mans breakfast coffee continued to cost him the
same old price.
But this was only the commencement. The
"valorizaton' plan was evolved in Brazil.
Through this plan the government, using the rev.
enues derived from the export duties for the pur-
poses, takes all of the surplus crop in season of
large yields and holds it off the market, thus
keeping the supply down to the demands of the
market and permitting the planters to receive
much higher price than they would otherwise
nave done.
The United States consumes more Brazilian cof-
fee than does the rest of the world. We are the
best customers Of Brazil, and Brazil buys little
from US. Now Brazil is promoting, financing and
maintaining trust designed, and working effect
lively for the purpose, to compel American con-
sumers to pay an exorbitant price Tor the coffee
they use. What is the remedy?-.Seanle Post, In.
I9 1911.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-09
IONA \ NUBI.NIS,
Amarillo, Texas.

Mrs A. Il Tabor. of Cridcr Mo.
had been troubled with sick headache
for about five wears. when si.a began
taking Chamberain's Tablets. She
has taken two bottles Of them and
they have cured her. Sick headache
is caused by a disordered stomach
for which these tablets are especially
intended Try them, &c, Wen and
stay well Sold by all dealers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-09

Standard statistics Of the coffee trade
show falling off in sales during the last
two years of over two hundred million
pounds. Authenticated reports from the
Postum, factories in this city show q
tremendous increase in the sale OF Postum
in like period of time.
While the sales of Postum invariably
show marked increase year over year, the
extraordinary demand for that we'll
known breakfast beverage during 1911 is
very likely due to public awakening to
the oppression of the coffee trust.
-, Such an awakening naturally disposes
the multitude who suffer from the i'll
effects OF coffee drinking to be more re-
ceptive to knowledge Of harm which so
often comes as result of the use of
the drug beverage, coffee--Battle Greek
Epening NepS-Dec. 19. 1911.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-03-28

of friends and relatives to mourn his
untimely death.
What the passing of this young man
means to those who are near and dear
to him cannot be expressed in words.
From early youth he made his own
way in the world, in various kinds of
work, enlisting and serving as a mem
Der of the United States navy, on the
battleship New York, which was the
flagship of Admiral Sampson. In 1904
he was sent to the Marine Hospital at
Seattle, from which he was later dis
charged, it having been discovered
that the fatal disease had its grip up
on him. He returned to Vinita, where
he made his home for time, going to
Colorado in December, 1909. where he
has since lived. For the last six
months his health has rapidly declin-
ed, until its close. In this time the
boy had fought his way up to an honor
dblC 1OuAl6 lldnAllOOh- <tiHlNON al luC
changes, experiences, and storms that
came upon him, he still bore up, face
to the front, a fighter until the last.
And this is the end of it. In the prime
of a promising young manhood he has
fallen in the front of life's battle, leav-
ing as an inheritance to his family a
name that is unsullied by dishonor,
and memory that is respected by all.
In all, Mr.. Thompson journeyed with
us q years, and three months and 27
days. At about ten O'Clock Sunday
night, he came to the parting of the
ways. He was not afraid He very
calmly arranged his affairs, and spent
much time writing postal cards to his
friends and relatives. AS the end
drew near, he realized it fully; he
calmly told his sister, two brothers,
and mother good bye, and then drift
ed out beyond our voice and sight, .
trusting in that One who once lovingly
walked and talked with men, leaving
the rest to journey on alone.
We lay away such one as the sold
diers bury their dead He was wound
ed in the conflict, but he stool firm
until the end, The march was long
and rough, and his feet grew weary
but he still pushed forward. Clouds
gathered, but his faith faltered not
He was a soldier, fighting a good
fight" and who kept the faith" The
old flag was wrapped around the cas-
ket, the boys gave last salute. and
the body was laid to rest under the
moaning pinion trees.
In view of all that he has been to
us. only with greater reason, we clasp
our dead to our heart, and exclaim,
with Evangeline, Father, we thank
thee" His spirit has gone to that
land where the rainbows never fade.
May the Great Master of all give rest
to his tired body, and peace to his kind
heart RANDOLPH COOK.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-03-28
Ladies Of the Maccabees Meet.

The ladies of the Maccabees met at
the home of Mrs. William Meeks, on
North Foreman street, Wednesday aft
ernoon, to prepare the materials, and
sew upon the pretty things, they are
making for the fancy work Easter
bazar, which will be held on Satur-
day, April 9th, in some Wilson street
business house. The goods sold at
this bazar will include bonnets, aprons,
collars. and some pretty articles Of
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-03-28
THE PUBLIC FORUM

This department in the Daily and
Weekly Chfeftain will be for the use
of correspondents who wish to discuss
subjects of interest to intelligent read.
ers. The Chieftain is not responsible
for the various views hereunder ex-
pressed. All Communications should
be brief, pointed and courteous. The
long-winded disquisition viii be slower
in getting published. and the short
article will get the most readers.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-03-28
4 PLAY WITHOUT A NAME
At THE GRAND TONIGHT

Even the heavy rain that was falling
last night did not prevent large
crowd from attending the third nights
performance of the Harrison Theatre
company at the Grand. The play as
has the two preceding ones, was differ
ent from any seen here before. The
Signal Fire is the title to this inter-
esting frontier military play. 1t is
fro mthe pen of Mr. Chas. Harrison
who also played the leading role last
night. In this pla yagain the author
has shown an intimate knowledge of
the true life of the frontier.
The scenes are laid at western
military post where there is only a
handful of Uncle Sans men, The In
dians are on the warpath, and on the
verge of an outbreak. Capt. Owens.
and Chief Eagle Eye are good friends.
Col. Blair is an enemy of Capt. Owens,
as they are rivals for the hand of Gen.
Humphreys daughter, Edith. Col.
Blair goes as far as to have Capt.
Owens court martialed and sentenced
to be shot. Miss Edith informs Eagle
Eye and he saves Capt. Ovens 1t is
a good story well told. The scenic eff
fects are great and the comedy is rich
and wholesome.
Tonight they present Chas. Harri-
sons latest and best, three-act farce
comedy, yet unnamed" $1,000 to
name
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-03-28
The Passing of James T. Thompson.


Jas. 7. THOMPSON, son of Riley
Thompson, formerly a resident of Vim
ita,-and well known in this community,
passed away at Trinidad, Colo, on
Sunday night, March Gath. 1912. He
had been seriously i'll for some time
with tuberculosis, and his death was
not wholly unexpected He was laid
to rest in the Odd Fellows Cemetery
near that city, on the following Tues
day, funeral services being conducted
by Rev. Butler, of the Baptist church,
of which the deceased was a most
worthy member, assisted by the writer.
The pail bearers were veterans from
the local Spanish American War post.
A large number of friends and rela-
tives were present, thus speaking of
the high regard and esteem in which
the deceased was held in the com
munity where he has made his home
for the last two years. He leaves a
wife, one child, father, mother,
brothers. sisters, and great number
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-03-28

fancy work as were ever shown in
Vinita.
A fine covered dish luncheon was
served at one O'clock, and though the
weather was terrible. but with lunch
ing, chatting. sewing and singing, all
enjoyed royal good time.
The lodge members present includ-
ed: Mrs. II. NJ. Smith. Mrs. Fred
Woodward. Mrs. J, W. Jackson, Mrs.
n. V. Pearce, Mrs. John Wise, Mrs
Thomas, Mrs. e. Conrad, of Tulsa, and
many others.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-03-28
'OTED FOR BRYAN
AND KERN IN 1903

/ Washington, d. c., March Is
Especial. )-In Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa
bnd other states the opposition that
Is spending SO much money to defeat
the nomination of Governor Wilson
kor the presidency, has sought by many
evices to make it appear that the
New Jersey executive did not vote for
bryan and Kern in the 1908 campaign.
sThe charge was first made in Okla
1homa and in response to telegram
ri the part of Senator Gore of that
State, Governor Wilson promptly wired
That he did, vote for Bryan and Kern
|in 1908. When Governor Wilson ex-
posed this falsehood the opposition
put out q story in Texas and other
.states to tie effect that somebody had
an affidavi. from some election officer
Somewhere in New Jersey, which
would show that Governor Wilson did
not vote in 1908. No individual as
sumed responsibility for this charge,
which was circulated anonymously
like most of the attacks on Governor
Wilson.
The canard about Governor Wilson's
vote has been set at rest for all time
by the Trenton Evening News, which
sent the following telegram on the
subject to Frank l.. Mayes, the editor
of the Pensacola Journal:
During the campaign preceding the
nomination for governor in 1910, the
Times published a statement that the
records on file in the Mercer county
clerks office showed that Governor
Wilson had not voted in 1908 A sub
seuuent investigation disclosed the
feet that this information had been
obtained from an incomplete record
that had been inadvertently placed on
file by the election officers of the first
precinct of Princeton. The complete
record as shown in the correct poll
ing book, disclosed the fact that Gov
ernor Wilson had voted in 1908 and
that his name was duly checked off
by the election board. This record
showing that the governor did vote, is
now in the hands of the county clerk
of this county, who is a republican
There can be no question as to its ac-
curaey. The election officers placed
the incomplete record on file by mis-
take. It was simply part of their
outside records and was unofficial
The election officers are willing to
make affidavit that they remember
Governor Wilson being at the polls
and voting. When the story first ap-
peared the governor made the em-
phatic declaration that he had voted
in 1908 and says he voted for Bryan
and Kern.
Charles H. Gallagher is the only
member of the democratic state COM
mittee who stood by the deposited
chairman, James r. Nugent, in fight
ing the governor He has been unable
thus far to get democrat of any kind
to stand for delegate against the gov
ernor in this district and he dare not
stand himself He is entirely dis
credited, politically, here.'
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-03-28
WEBB A MARTYR
TO THE CAUSE

Muskogee. Okla, March 2S.-oner.
ing himself as a martyr to the cause
Of "bootlegglng willing TO be sacrl-
feed upon the altar Of the federal
courts to determine whether or not
the sale Of intoxicating. liquors may go
on in eastern Oklahoma without inter
ference from the United States gov
ernment, Charles Webb has SURRENDER
ed himself into the custody Of the mar
shall and has gone to jail.
1t is the oldest case of martyrdom
the officials Of the court are able to
recall Webb was the first man in
dicted in eastern Oklahoma under the
decision Of the United States circuit
court of appeals sitting in ST. Louis.
lie went to jail that he might file a
writ Of habeas corpus and thus deter
mine whether or not it is a violation
OF the federal laws to sell liquor in
eastern Oklahoma and whether or not
the federal government has jurisdic-
tion in cases such as his.
Webb was arrested shortly after the
decision of the ST. Louis court by
United States officer of vinita just as
he was receiving seventeen gallons Of
whisky, which had been shipped to
lrim from Joplin, Mo.
The Facts Correct.
The application for writ was filed
yesterday morning and the case was
presented to Judge Campbell yester-
day afternoon. The attorneys for the
government and for Webb agreed that
the facts as presented in the applica-
tion for writ were correct. Judge
Campbell Immediately held that the
court did have jurisdiction and that
under the decision of the circuit court
1t was unlawful to sell intoxicating
liquors in eastern Oklahoma. So
Charles Webb. who surrendered before
his time for the sake Of the cause
he represents is, indeed, a martyr and
under the findings of the court he must
now remain in jail.
Webb set out in his petition for a
writ of habeas corpus that he had been
arrested unlawfully by the United
States officers and that he was being
held in jail without authority of law.
He declared that he was arrested in
Craig county, which is a part of that
country or territory known as the
Cherokee nation, that is rs miles in
width and 125 miles in length, that
there has not been at any of the times
mentioned in the Indictment. any I'M
allotted lands ner Indian country in
that nation.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-03-28

nominee the democrats ought to win
hands down. All Of the western states
which now have democratic admins
trations viii be safely IN the demo
cratic column il the Chicago conven-
tion declares Taft the nominee. Even
Taft's own state of Ohio win be in
the doubtful column.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-03-28
For Good or for Evil?
eenIuses MOI Good companIons.

The wife OF Charles Dickens is re-
ported to have once said: Il suppose
the world needs few geniuses, but
it's dreadful fate to have to live with
one Of them Mrs. Carlyle said the
same thing in substance great many
times.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-03-28
On LIfe,s Journey.

We are not made to be good In this
world, but to try to be, and fail and
keep on trying; and when we get
cake to say, Thank Godl" and when
we get buffet to say, "Just so; we'll
Louis Etevenson.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-03-28
Beware Of Fits Of Passion.

The very instant you perceive your
self in passion shut your mouth and
keep it shut until your blood cools.
This advice. If always followed, would
save many life of bitterness and of
deep, incprabe anguish.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-03-28
Not for the Crouch.

my imagination is as keen as the
next MANS" said the Crouch. this
morning. but don't believe l ever
saw the time 1t was powerful enough
TO make a row of KS in letter stand
for osculation."
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-03-28
He Spoke Too Late.

This is Maclyn Arbuckle's story
and by way of giving proper credit It
should be added that Mr. Arbuckle
has Just made something better than
good with a new sketch In vaudeville.
Mr.. Arbuekle found four negro por-
ters engaged in poker at a hotel in
which he stopped recently. AS Mr..
Arbuekle has won money at poker
oh, yes, two or three times he has
won money at poker-he stopped and
looked on. BY and by along came a
jackpot The ante was a dime. "Only
30 cents on de table," said the dealer.
who's shy? I'm In" I'm in," said
the second man. I'm in," said the
third man. Dat CROOKED dime is nah
pocket-piece. I'd know it anywhere"
The fourth man slowly produced 10
cent piece and shot it to the center.
"Ah know very well All was in, too,"
said he, "but you-all out-talked me-"
For Good or for Evii9
So surely as the day and the night
alternately follow one another, does
every day when II Yields to darkness,
and every night when it passes into
dawn, bear with 1t its own tale of the
results which 1t has silently wrought
upon each Of us, for good or for evil.
William Ewart Gladstone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-10
MEETING OF AUXILIARY.
White Ribboners Entertained by
Miss Conkey and Mrs. Chalmers.

Miss E. A. Conkey and her sister. Mrs.
Chalmers. entertained the members of the
Mount Pleasant Auxiliary Of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union In their
home. 1000 18th street. yesterday after
Mrs. Fred Beall led devotional exercises.
Mrs. Emma 8. Shelton, District presi-
dent, told of encouraging Developments in
the agitation for q curfew law In the Dis
trict, and outlined the provisions OF the
Works bill for the restriction Of the liquor
traffic in the city.
Mrs. Lindley D. Clark. superintendent
of public meetings. reported an all-day
institute held in the Emmanuel Baptist
Church and q meeting at Central Union
Mission Sabbath afternoon.
Mrs. w. ]. Cawthon. chairman Of the
committee on drinking fountains, an.
nounced that the District organization is
planning to erect a handsome fountain in
OF Frances E.tWtllard In a down.
town section. IL
Mrs. Theresa A. Williams, a District
secretary. spoke on parliamentary usage
and announced q birthday anniversary
party at the w. C. T. u. building April
10 at o'clock. Two new members were
received.
Delegates to the quarterly convention to
be held Thursday morning at 1890 o'clock
in the Anacostia Methodist Church were
appointed. as follows: Miss Ella Lever
ing. Mrs. c. H. Hall. Mrs. Wolcott. Mrs
Eichelberger. Miss Irene v. Banes. Mrs.
A. E. Weeks and Mrs. r. A. Dellett.
The hostess entertained with musical
selections and was assisted in serving
refreshments by Mrs. A. B. Carly and
Mrs. Dellett.