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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-14
BONUS PLAN FOR
TOBACCO MEN
OFFICERS OF AMERICAN TOBAC
co COMPANY TO RECEIVE TEN
PER CENT OF PROFITS.

New York, March l3.-EXecutiye of
ficers of tht American Tobacco com
pany will participate to the extent OF
10 per cent in the profits OF the com
pany whenever they are in excess OF
those of 1910.
This is the main feature of an
amenment TO the companys ; bylaw S
passed by the annual meeting of the
stockholders today.
The officers to receive this bonus
will be Presirent Percy Hill and the
vice presidents of the company. The
p. LOrillard company passed similar
amendment to its bylaws at the meet
ing Yesterday, and the liggett& My
ers company took the same action
Monday. The American Snuff com
pany shareholders also ratified sven
an arrangement earlier in the month.
These three companits We're former
ly subsidiaries of the American To-
bacco company, but became 'inde-
pendent" concerns as a result of the
antitrust decision of the United
States supreme court in the famous
tobacco trust case. The bonus is of
fered as an induCement 10 the officers
of the companies to use their best ef-
forts toward increasing the business
and profits of the companies.
All of the four concerns into wlicn
the tobacco trust" was div l"l have.
If IS understood, increased ;ne;r bus-
mess considerably sil," he dls>olu-
ton.
Wall Street considers tha new E@n-
us plan for officers an extraordinary
proced dure, and ii is regarded IN some
quarters as a final movemerJ 10 dis
tribute among controlling interests
some of the profits of the old trust
that was dissolved by the courts.
Oliver H. Payne, p. A. b. Wedner
and G. d. Widener have resigne@~as
directors of the American Tobacco
company, and action on these yacan.
cieS will be taken at today'S annual
meeting, which is being held at the
headquarters of me corporation in
Jersey City.
While James b. Duke has retired
from the presidency of the American
Tobacco company. it is believed in fl
nancial circles that the Duke and Ry-
an interests are Still paramount in
the company.
Former President Duke, il is under
stood, Nntends in the future TO give
his entire attention to the affairs OF
the Briish-American Tobacco com
pdny, in which he holds "A controlling
interest, and he has gone 10 London
to make plans for increasing the cap
ital stock and extending the trade
OF that concern.
FinanCiers accept Mr. Dukes asso-
citation with the British company as
a tacit announcement that he will
attempt TO control The tobacco trade
of the world through the British com
pany. which cannot he reached by the
sherman antitrust law. This COM
pany, il is expected, will become an
international tobacco trust, and il al
ready has plants in all parts of the
world.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-14
Stubbs Protests to Taft.

Topeka, Kan, March 14.-Governor
Stubbs has sent telegram to Pres
ident Taft, protesting against the al
legged use of federal patronage to
cloak primaries in the state OF Kansas.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-14
Announcements
Register Of Deeds.

The Ardmoreite Is authorized 10
announce VIRGIL JOHNSON as Il
candidate for Register of Deeds OF
Carter county. Announcement Is
made subject to the action OF the
democratic voters at the state PR
mary TO be held August {, 1872.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-14
YOU WILL QUIT

CuSsiug the plumber and gas filter
when You get us to do your work.
Wa make tin roofs and ANYTHING else
made or tin besides do all kinds of
plumbing work HOFFMAN, Plum
ing and Sheet Metal Co Phone ~.
"a West Main slim
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-14
"TIz Reminds Ne Of
Ny Barefoot Days!"
my Feet Never Get Sore, Tired or
Chafed Now, Because | Use TlZ."

"TIZ makes you feel like boy
again Nothing would hurt my feet
in those days, even when I'd run
around barefooted with Rover, over
rocks and pebbles and sticks.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-14

west and set together in party
harmony and nominate whom We will
and We will elect him. Stop cater
ing and bowine and toadying to
any one section and nominate. on a
straight, square and fair lHllot at
the democratic convention at Balti
more. the choice of the majority OF
the democracy and the east viii then
understand the west and, if they az"
true followers of jefferson, viii elect
him
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-14

Mr.. Morsan will he interested to
learn that he made $4,000 600 on the
steel trust organization. Trifles of
that sort he doesn't bother to carry
about in his mind
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-14

TO CURE p COLD IN ONE DAY
rake LAXATIVE BROMO Quinins
Tablets. Druggists refund money II
Il fails to cure E. W. GROVES siS.
nature 10 on each box. s5e.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-14

Big business always Shudders
slightly when | speak of it, says the
Colonel. The Colonel mistakes a sup
pressed chuckle of amusement for
shudder.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-14

Texas wants to demonstrate that
She can whip Mexico without and as
SistanCe from Uncle Sam.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-14
LOST AND FOUND.

LOST-Scottish Rite doube-eaEle
watch charm. Ten dollars Will be
paid for its return to Gem cafe.
2S-tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-14

La Toilette will stick is the latest.
but only in the hope that something
will turn up.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-14

Taft is willing TO confirm he the
DRY that his spear knows no brother.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-14
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Seven room house, all
modern Improvements and barn,
lot 15S feet by zoe feet on West
Broadway. $1,70O cash, balance
time. Also whole block with 5
rooms, modern, with arm, and D
room box house, $500 cash. X.
A. Fox, Phone 465. lin
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-14

Usually man is a poor Judge OF
his own importance.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-14

FOR SALE-Chickasaw Lake stock
will sell share in the Chickasaw
Lake club and share in the Chick
asaw Power company, for $2eO,
about one-half the amount of cost
to date. ". S. Forrest, 202 Main
street. lit
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-14

FOR SALE@Jersey COWS and heifers
fresh; Old Trusty and Cypress in
cubators. good as new. Felix D..
King. Phone &C. 13tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-14

Ardmore. Thursday, March "a, 1872
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-14

W. =. POLAND,
Secretary.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-23
OH, LIZZIE, we're
YOU A G-G-UEST?
Isn't Ivan-g-line the R-r-r-eal
Thing on The E-e-eats?
Uh=Huh! He Bel!

SAN JOSE, Jan. 22.-Facetiously in
vited ito discuss woman's rights" at
''the uptown house of Mrs. Ivangeline
Treadwelr' under feminine names, Sc
business men of San Jose were sur
prised this evening, after gathering
in local cafe, to be marshaled into
large empty store in st. John street.
Tables and chairs appeared after the
guests had gathered. and the board was
laden with glittering silver and glass.
An elaborate dinner. each course
brought in automobiles from hotel
several blocks distant. was served and
several hours were consumed in
merrymaking.
Ivan Treadwell, local cafe pro-
prietor and well known in San Fran
cisco. was the host. The printed In
vitations were unique, each containing
list of all the guests invited. The
benedicks of the party were dubbed
.'mesdames'' and the bachelors misses"
The fire chief was invited as Edith
Haley, and Kitties, Wilhelminas,
Rachaels and Maggies were affixed to
other guests.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-23
MONEY TO FIGHT PEST
TO BE APPROPRIATED
California congressman War on
Mediterranean Fly

JpeClQi DtSPulH u HC Nuitl
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Congress-
men Hayes and Kahn of California to-
day appeared before the house COM
mittee which has been working on the
agricultural appropriation bill and
asked for an appropriation of $4,000 to
be expended by the department of ag-
riculture through the bureau of ento-
mology for the purpose of investigating
and eradicating the Mediterranean fly
in the Hawaiian islands. The Califor-
MIA members pointed out the danger
to the mainland If the fly should get
into orchards in the United States.
1T is a miserable pest" said Kahn,
land 1t would Immediately destroy the
value of our fruit crop"
He then told the committee the con-
ditions that exist in Hawaii as he had
seen them. Members of the committee
seemed deeply impressed with the
statements of the Californians. Be-
fore adjournment this evening, on mo-
tion of Representative Hawley of Ore
gon, it was agreed to insert in the ap-
preparation bill an item of $4,000 to
wipe out the pest.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-23
WHISPERING Cash
NOT Under TABOO
But if Ii Rattles, or You Sneeze,
You Will BE Eyicted
From Customs

Don't sneeze. Don't rattle your
money Don't shuttle your feet. Dom
let anything drop. except your voice
These are some of the new regula-
tions in the, main room of the custom
house.
The babb1e of the voices of the clerks
and the customs brokers and the inces-
SAINT din has so aroused N S. Farley
deputy collector of the first division
that he posted the order yesterday
which was read with awe by the visit
ors TO the governments building.
The order reads:
l have to request that customs
employees. importers, brokers and
other employees. masters and all
others will endeavor to make as
little noise as possible. There is
no necessity to sneeze, as some do,
like a war whoop, nor to ring
telephone bells long time. nor to
call to one another in loud voice
to do this or that, nor to slam or
drop books on counters or desks,
nor to scrape the feet on the floor,
nor to drop coins on the floor, nor
to make many other noises that
can just as we'll be avoided. None
of you would make these noises in
a bank or public or private office.
and / hope that you will be as con-
siderate here.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-23
JOHN WE'LL SUCCUMBS
AFTER WEEKS ILLNESS
Former State Treasurer Dies at
Sacramento Home

Especial Dispatch 10 The CALI
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 22.-John We'll.
former state treasurer and pioneer
business man Of this city. died here this
afternoon. after a weeks Illness of
pleurisy.
We'll came to Sacramento in 1854 and
engaged in the manufacture OF vinegar
with his brother. He went to the
Sierra mines In the early Sos and dur
ing his residence in Sierra county was
supervisor for year. In 1879 he was
elected state treasurer on the repub-
lican ticket and held the Office for one
term.
Since then We'll has resided here and
has been proprietor of the Sacramento
Glass and Crockery company. A widow
and three children survive him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-23
BOND DEAL FOR FRESNO'S
NEW ROAD TO BE CALLED
Interurban Line Is Ready for
Ties and Rails

FRESNO, Jan. 22.-F. S. Granger and
w. d. Mitchell will leave tomorrow for
New York to close a bond deal that
means the construction of an electric
interurban railroad from Fresno to
Kingsburg and Sanger. The Fresno
men will be away about month and in
other material necessary for the con-
struction. Rights of way have been
secured for the entire distance. and the
line has been graded and is ready for
ties and rails. Bridges are all in. The
railroad will be 33 miles long and will
cost approximately s1,250,000.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-23
BOYS OF CITY
TAUGHT TO BEG
George Hurdley Is Held in Sac
ramento Jail Following
Charge
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

Especial Dispatch 10 The Call
SACRAMENTO. Jan. 22.- George
Hurdley is held in the city prison pend
ing an Investigation of charge that
he taught three San Francisco boys to
beg and brought them to this city with
him for that purpose.
The three boys were taken into Gus
tody also, and are held awaiting the
arrival of their parents. The boys gave
their names as William Doran. II years
rigan, IA.
Doran says his father is San Fran
cisco policeman, Mullen says his father
is coal dealer, and Harrigan says he
resides at 34S Church street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-23
EXPLOSION ON STEAM
SCHOONER INJURIES TWO
Accident on Charles Nelson Off
Cape BIancO

SEATTLE, Jan. 22.=Two men were
severely scalded by an explosion on the
steam schooner Charles Nelson, from
San Francisco for Seattle. when it was
off Cape Blanco, Ore, last Saturday
morning.
The steamer was blowing off her
tubes. and back draft caused steam
to become mixed with gas from the
furnace.
James Bryant was burned about the
head and arms, but is recovering. Ray
mond Fier, fireman. was burned on
the body and his condition is serious.
Fier was taken to hospital when the
schooner arrived here. The vessel was
not dana ged.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-23
MRS. HENRY HUTT is
IN CITY OF DIVORCES
Artists Wife in Reno Presum-
ably to Seek Freedom

RENO, New. Jan. 22.-Mrs. Henry
HUT, accompanied by her year old
son, arrived here today, presumably to
establish residence for divorce. She is
the wife of a New York managazine
illustrator of prominence. Her where
abouts is at present unknown, but ac-
quaintances residing here confirm the
fact of her arrival. Mrs HUT recently
which brought out an answer from the
artist revealing pecuniary difficulties.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-23
ASHES OF OLD MILL HID
BODY OF MAN IN PIT
Search Reveals Corpse That
Shows Foul Play
TSpeciol Dispotch 10 The Call

Especial Dispatch 10 The Call
murdered. buried head down in a pit
after which the overhead mill was fired,
the body of man was found at the old
Santiago MILL near here. today. A card
in his pocket read. Matte Pubcic, 553
West Second South street. Salt Lake. >
A watch bore the mark of a Brigham,
Utah. jeweler. His shoes had Brigham
mark. A cabin supposed to have been
occupied by the man also was partially
burned A newspaper found on table
fixes the time of the crime probably
prior to December 20 last.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-23
LAFOLLETTElS
OUIZzEDBY new
YORKAUDIENCE
PinchOt Presides at Mass Meet
ing in Carnegie Hall, but
Roosevelt Isn't There
Wisconsin Senator Tells Where
He Stands on Some Popu-
lar Questions of Day

NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-The political
atmosphere in the east was further
change dtonight by the first appearance
in this section of Senator Robert NJ. La
Toilette of Wisconsin since he an
nounced his candidacy as progressive
republican" for the presidential nomi-
nation.
In connection with the senator's COM
ing there wass political gossip to the
effect that Colonel Roosevelt also might
appear at the Carnegie hall mass meet
ing which La Toilette addressed and
possibly lend assistance to his boom,
butthe colonel was not present. In
stead he attended a dinner of several
prominent leaders in charity work.
Clifford Pinchot, a close friend of for
mer President Roosevelt, who has been
regarded as a stanch Roosevelt lieu
tenant, appeared with Senator La Fol-
latte and presided at the meeting. lie
presented the senator "as the candidate
I support for the republican presiden-
fia1 nomination"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-23
ALL RECORDS FOR RUN
TO SEATTLE ARE BROKEN
Steamer President Makes Trip
in 48 Hours e Minutes

SEATTLE, Wash. Jan. 22.-The
steamship President, which arrived
from San Francisco just before noon,
broke the record for steamships be-
tween that city and Seattle by cover
ing the distance in 4s hours, 2s min
utes, from pier to pier. The former
record. also held by the President. was
two and a half hours slower. The
President was favored by fine weather
All the way.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-23
Death Risks Did Not Matter

When Abrams had recovered suffi-
ciently from the effects of the attempt
to kill himself with the inhalation of
emergency hospital permitted the off,
cials to interview him. At first he
declined to talk, but when confronted
with the circumstances which pointed
strongly to a guilty knowledge on his
part he unburdened himself and told
how he schemed to get the Insurance.
money, amounting to $4,000, which
would be due in the case of completes
loss by fire. He said that he was hard
pressed for money, a mortgage of $1,000
on the premises having caused him to-
worry to such an extent that he de~
cided to resort to arson to raise funds.
In telling of the crime. Abrams did
not show the least concern about th9
lives of the 10 persons who were sleeps
ing in the flats when he applied this
match to his extensive system of alco-
hol and benzine receptacles in the upper
story of the building where the Roudaa
lived.
Il didn't stop to think about any
people, he said. Il wanted the money!
I needed it and I set fire to the places
When / saw that it was a bungling job
and that they had arrested Mrs. Rouda
for it, decided to commit suicide T
took gas and I'm sorry it didn't kills
me-"
AS Abrams tells of the arson plans
and the way he executed them, he had
been arranging the details for several
weeks. First he purchased $50 paper
cartons of quart capacity in a deli-
catessen store at Union and Franklin
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-23
JAMES ID. PHELAN SELLS
HIS 1000 ACRE RANCH

CHICO. Jan. 22.-James D. Phelan of
San Francisco has sold his ranch of
$500 acres here to New York syndi-
cate. At one time 1t was announced
that Phelan would subdivide the tract.
1t is understood that $40 an acre was
the price paid.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-23
BURGLAR TWAIN ARE
SENTENCED AT REDDING
D;soofch TO The Call

Especial Dispatch to The Call
REDDING. Jan. 22.-Judge Barber in
the superior court today sentenced Fritz
Kackin to IL years and his burglar
partner. Henry Bell. to six years. both
to San Quentin. Kackin had served two
years In Folsom for previous crime.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-23
GERMAN MAKES RECORD
FOR A DURATION FLIGHT
UIich, With Two Passengers
Up Z:z:45
Especial Gable to The Call

BERLIN. Jan. 22.-The worlds rec
ord for the duration or flight In an
aeroplane. carrying the airman and
two passengers. was beaten today at
Johannisthal by Engineer g. l. Ulich.
who in his Harlan monopiane stayed
in the air 2 hours : minutes and 45
seconds.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-23
THE TRAINMEN INJURED:
Engine PIowed Through Car

The heavy engine. drawing a solid
train of steel sleeping cars. plowed
half way through the private car
Four other occupants-Byron B. Curry
secretary to Vice President Melcher;
Thomas B. Busbee. local attorney for
the Rock Island at Little Rock, Ark,
and two negro porteds escaped with
bruises after being buried in the de-
bris They were sleeping in the front
end of the car.
The Investigations in progress are in
charge of the coroner of Marion coun-
ty, the state board of railroad and
warehouse commissioners and the Illi-
nois Central railroad. Witnesses were
examined by a deputy coroner and the
inquest was continued until Friday to
enable the crew of the engine of the
limited to testify.
The deputy coroner expressed the
opinion that the responsibility lies be-
tween Stuart and Flagman Henry j.
Broecker of the express. who lives in
Chicago.
The bodies of the four victims were
mutilated. Their arms were torn off
and the top of Harahan's head was cut
away. The car was reduced to junk.
The officials were sleeping in the rear
of the train. Investigation showed the
dead had been killed instantly.
Friends of the officials took the body
of Harahan, Melcher and Peirce to Chi
cago. wright's body was taken to Mem
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-23
Why Wait?

Change your old style eye
glasses now
Get "Equipoise +" the eye
glass of perfect balance
Holds on securely with a
gentle pressure
And-on and off with one
hand-simply use thumb
and finger
Then why wait?
California Optical Co.
W. D. Fennimore J. W. Davis A. R. Fsnnimors
181 Post St., San Francisco
1921 Broadway, Oakland
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-23
INVESTIGATION
Of |. {. WRECK
ALREADY begun
Death of Harahan and Other
Officials Prompts Rigid
Inquiry
Engineer Unable to Stop Flyers
Rush Before 1t Ground
Lives Out

~ ENTRALIA. ILL.,, Jan. 22.-The
state, the railroad company and
Y J the coroner tonight began sep
arate Investigations to fix the
responsibility fo rthe rearend collision
of the two Illinois Central passenger
trains at Kinmundy early today, in
which four men-three of them high in
railroad circles-were killed and three
trainmen injured The victims of the
wreck were sleeping in private car
of wood construction attached to train
No. 25, the New Orleans Express, when
the engine of train No. 8, the Panama
Limited, crashed into the car.
THE DEAD:
james II. Harahan of Chicago, former
president of the Illinois Central.
Frank MeIcher, second vice president
of the Rock Island, whose car was
crushed.
e. b. Pierce, general counsel of the
Rock Island.
EIdredge Il. Wright of Memphis vice
president of a Rock Island bridge COM
pany, and a son of Luke E. Wright.
former secretary of war.
THE TRAINMEN INJURED:
Robert stuart, engineer.
C. j. Burt. fireman of the limited.
Jesse Gilbert, fireman of the express.
The trainmen were taken to their
homes in Champaign. Bert has frac-
tured skull, Gilberts hip was broken
and Stuart is suffering from concussion
of the BRAIN
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-23
Awoke Covered With Debris

Busbee. telling of his escape from the
car, said:
Il retired only few minutes before
the wreck and had hardly fallen asleep
when was aroused by terrific crash.
When / got my bearings, l found my
self and Curry, who was asleep in the
upper berth of the same compartment,
virtually covered by debris.
I'VE assisted each other to arise, and
managed to make our way out of the
car at the forward end. A crowd had
gathered by the time we got out and
we searched the ruins of the private
car, finding the bodies of Mr.. Harahan,
Mr.. Melcher, Mr.. Peirce and Mr.. Wright
lying in the debris. They were badly
mutilated.
THE compartment in which Mr.. Curry
and l were sleeping was in the forward
end of the car, and to this fact we
probably owe our lives. 1t is marvel
Gus that we escaped"
Curry said that he went to bed about
1o:45 o'clock and had been sleeping
soundly long time before the crash.
Broecker, testifying at the inquest,
said he was riding on the next to the
last car of the express, and that when
IT stopped at Kinmundy, 2s miles north
of here. for water he ran back with
his lantern and block and half to
the rear, gave the onrusing limited a
signal. He testified his signal was an
swered by the engineer by two blasts
of the whistle.
Train Could Not Be Stopped
Stuart, it was said. applied the
brakes, but the train was going at too
great a speed to be stopped and the
fngine crashed into the private car.
The force of the collision was so great
that the standing train, with brakes
locked. was showed 20 feet ahead.
Passengers on each train escaped
with slight bruises. caused by the sud-
den stopping of the trains.
Conductor John H. Brainerd of Chi
cago of the express corroborated the
testimony of his fagman. At Efiing-
ham, he testified. he told the flagman
that the limited was less than 10 min
utes behind and to make quick run
TO the rear when the train stopped at
kinmundy for water.