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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-24
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The caste Tor the high school play
has been completed and Miss WilSin'
son is getting everything iu readiness
for the eighteenth Of Apri,, when the
play Will be given, and promises that
5, viii SO the bes, play ever put on
bv the high school. Anon the lead
ing characters are. Geneueye Nj
yoche. Harold Ditzler, Lillian Duston,
Coda Bowman. Leland McNeese, Hell.
en- Sayre. Royce Kruger and Walter
Drew.
Rain has halted the work on
grounds and gardens. but that will
90 gleefully on as soon as fair wealth
er comes again. The teachers Of the
grades are planning TO make their
plots OF flowers excel anything seen
on the high school grounds before.
Moot congress had its regular ses-
sion Friday Several measure were
finally disposed OF. Fewer pupils took
part ,han a week ago. when no fewer
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-24
UNITED STATES HAS fORT|F|CAT|ONS
BUT NOT ENOUGH MEN TO MAN THEM

cel,eut mil.i.r, training These men.
j, is pointed oo, by the chief OF stan.
leave the service q. time when ~ 81
have gailcd their greatest efficiency,
and owing 20 the lack OF the y ces'
-arg laws. are los, for all time 10 the
army Set-ra, OF the European ma.
tious have provided for ree-rb corps
TO which organization all soldiers are
attached after their term OF enlist
men, has expired. For instance, in
the German army. after a soldier com
ple,es his required ,erm OF enlistment
he is transferred to - second re,
serve corps where lie serve, eight
wears By this means soldiers after
receiving military training are perma-
uen,,g connected with the army and
subject TO call at any moment
Busadier General William Croz.er
probably Will again appear before the
committee on military affairs OF the
house. and urge congress 10 increase
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-24
BIOLOGISTS CALL HALT ON ENORMOUS,
WASTE OF OUR NATURAL GAS SUPPLY

Naslua'rn. Mayca :5--Ihe was 7
OF millions Of dollars worth OF nat
n'al vas which is going on each year
in The petroleum. felds or the country
may be stopped in The near ntmc
by plan made public today by the
Federal Bureau OF Mines. Briefly,
Ike plan as outlined by the oil eX-
Per,s OF the bureau is TO take the So
called wet gas" found in all The oil
fields and obtain from it a liquefied
gas that can be used for illummating
purposes. This liquifed gas, which
Is a Dy.product Of the natural gas,
IS held under high pressure in steel
containers and can be shipped to lo-
calities that do no' have gas sys-
lem. In this way, small towns. ho-
t"ls and country estates may haze
the advantage OF gas illumination
a. 4 fair cost, This gas, it is
thought, Will also prove an excellenr
illnminant for lighthouses and light
ships and other public works of a
similar nature that must be located
At distance from commercial
supply OF gas.
irving c. Allen, the oil expert, in
discussing this by-pgoduct of natural
gas says; The possibility OF hand
ling this liquified gas In The way
that P!ntsch and Blau gases are
handled opens new field of com
para'!vely great importance in the
natural gas industry and should add
materially 10 the investments made
in the so-called natural gasoline
industry.
There is no difficulty nor secrec,
n the production and use Of the
'iNuited natural gas product. The
third or fourth stage compressor
product must. however, be treated
as liquifed gas, and no attempt
should be made to handle it as on
oil
This product of natural gas is
equal in quality 10 any OF the SINH
lar manufactured gases. it is very
clean and pure and can be handled
IN the same way as they are. The
containers can be easily transpol.-
ed and the turning Of their valves
makes a supply of gas available.
The highest economy in its use TO-
Illuminating purposes Will be attain
ed with inverted burners provided
with mdntles. burners of this type
hein- especially adapted for gases
OF hish heating value.
DR.. l. G. White, State Geologist
OF West Virginia. in referreing to the
waste of natural gas in the United
states said recently, At this very
minute, natural gas. the purest
form Of fuel, ideal in every respec,.
seIl-'ranSportirns, is passing into the
air rom uncontrolled gas wells, from
oil wells from giant flambeaus, from
leaking pipelines. and many other
methods OF waste are not less than
one billion cubic feet daily and
probably much more The record /
OF waste of this hes, and purest fuel /
is national disgrace. The heating
value OF billion cubic feet of sat.
mal gbs is equivalent 30 thai
of one billion bushels of coal. /,
There can he no doubt that for every
barrel OF oil taken from the earth .
there have been wasted more than !
ten times its equivalent in heatins |
power, or weight even. of this best
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-24
Saturday.

N-S York legislature scheduled 10
adjourn sine die.
Mrs Tat holds last Of her Lenten
musicale, at the White House.
Annual meeting of the American
icatemy OF Political and Social
Science opens at Philadelphia, Pa
King George will watch tue run
ming OF big steeplechase at Aintree.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-24
Notice Of Application for Parole.

Thirty days from this date, | will
make application 10 the Governor Of
the State OF Oklahoma for a Parole,
from conviction in the District Court
OF Carter County, Oklahoma, for
Manslaughter, in 1909
The grounds upon which I will
make this application is, that am
not guilty. .
This the 2Oth day of February.
1912. JOHN R REEVES.
21.lm
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-24
Nineteen Miles a Second

without jar, snock or disturbance.
j. the awful speed of our earth
space We wonder at such
ease OF natures movement, and so
do those who take DR.. Kings New
Life Pills No gripping. no distress.
just thorough work that brings good
health and fine feelings. CSC. Ringer
Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-24
Notice Of Stockho;oers' Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that the an.
nual stockholders meeting OF the
Ardmore Industrial company. of Ard
moer Okla, will be held at the Off.
ces of the company in the city OF Ard'
more, Okla, on Friday, March 29th,
1912, at four O'Clock, p. m. for the
purpose of electing board of direct
ors, and the transaction of such 9th,
er business as may properly come be-
fore the meeting.
Dated this 9Sth day of Februar, :.
1912.
W. B. JOHNSON,
Attest: President.
w. P. POLAND,
Secretary 2Slm
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-24

Of all fuels: and that much nor.
than halt OF this frightful waste
could have been avoided by proper.
care and slight additional expendi.
lures in oil production"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-24
A. & N. COLLEGE NOTES.


" ~ * NJ OOIIe"e NJ 60 ''
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I" % . . . . . .
Senior Civil Engineers are finishing
the line Of levels from the govern
mrut bench mark 70. Ripley They are
"nt bench mark at the college for fu-
ture work. Those doing the work are
Harry Freasei Thomas Duck. Hugh
Hobbs and 4 orgc Tongue.
The first baseball game OF the year
for the \ n NJ College team was
F. G II O l. : T W O
played Friday on the local field with
the Kendall college Of Tulsa.
for the spring term Saturday after
noon The following were chosen
President Guy Reid: yice-prcsident
Emmett Hale. secretary, Ava Shaw.
treasurer. O. Il NOlcs. editor. Ofred
Drummond
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Ih' J. VI. {. \. Association install
ed I'- oiilDr' Tor this term Friday
hiShl
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Thursday.

san Francisco will vote on bonds
for proposed civic centre to include
q municipality owned and controlled
c pera house.
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TRY SOME FRESH SHRIMP.
CITY FISH MARKET

Jersey Lily IS the flour for No
Sold only by Brady & Brady.
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Try SOME FRESH SHRIMP.
CITY FISH MARKET.
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g RIP
H..a4iA.. IL l,aalrI,
Conservation Of health.

There is room for improvement in
the treatment of disease and ting
conserving of health q
Seventy meets these con-
ditions in the treatment of Grip and
Colds. because" Seventy-Seven'' goes
direct to the SICK spot. without dis
urbing the rest of the system.
\ small vial Of pleasant pellet 5,
fits the vest pocket At Drug Storef
2jc, or mailed.
Humphreys Homeo. Medicine Co..
Cor. William and Ann Streets, New
York.
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SMOKED HERRING, WHITE FISH
AND FRESH MkCkEREl.
CITY FISH MARKET.
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Rev. llsley, pastor OF the Presbyter.
ian church of this city addressed the
Cosmopolitan club on the subject OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-05
HOUSE

Passag. of tho congressional redis-
tricting bill and defeat Of the measure
TO require local trcasurcrs to make
statements OF the financial conditions OF
their offices were the events Of yester-
day mornings session in the House of
Delegates,
From the Committee on Rules Judge
Williams offered resolution provid-
ms that ut afternoon sessions uncon-
tested Senate bills should first DO given
the RICH, OF way on each day. 1t was
agreed to.
MIR. Cox presented Il joint resolution
from the snme committee which pro-
vides that beginning Thursday. the
HouHo shall consider only Senate bills
and the Senate only House bills In
addition. each body may act on It's
own bills which have been amended by
the other and upon conference reports.
1t was adopted and sent 10 the Senate
Conference Committee MINED.
On motion OF Chairman a. 81. Bow
man. Of the Committee on Finance, the
HOUSE insisted upon its amendments
TO the general appropriation bill and
asked for committee OF conference.
Later. Messrs. Bowman. Baker. OF Ches-
terfield. and HARDWOOD were named as
the conferees.
There was some debate over a motion,
on Insurance and Banking that the
Senate bill revoking the cha tiers Of
insurance companies which take their
cases into the Federal courts be recon-
mitied. Mr.. Moncure opposed r.co,n-
initial. and Mr.. Montague favored II,
es did Mr.. Rutherford. who said 1,
was bill for penaiizing companies for
exercising their constitutional rights.
Captain Baker promised 10 report the
bill back wi,hou; delay. as Il was
merely 10 hear another party. ana the
bin waH sent to the committee
Senate bill No. &c. providing that
partnership real estate shall be treated
As personal property. was opposed By
Msssrs. Watts. Cox and Williams. and
advocated BY Mcssrs. White, OF Rock
bridge. and Lunsford. II was intended
10 subject PROF -rty bought by partners
In trade 10 the debts OF the concern as
personal property. The opposition said
II changed the established rules of de-
scent. and II was rejected. 20 TO IL.
Tobacco nh Pn.scs.
Another discussion was had over the
Senate bill making IT n inisdemeanor Il
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-05

, ruled by the Attorney General years
ago that Il was the duty OF the treas
| urer 10 received the poll tax for any
! person, by whomsoever rendered.
other people, as rule. have no way
Of finding out who has paid the poll
tax OF another. Seldom. II over. is a
grand jury called upon 10 Investigate
tn evil. whlrh. though known TO eX-
| ist, goes unchallcngcd. while its de-
moralizing effects multiply
Tho Constitutional Convention knew
well enough that every poll tax law
previously in force in Virginia had
been ueed AS means Of corruption
For that reason 1; required the pay
ment to be made six months prior TO
the general election for which the pay
Inent qualified the voter. This six
months prepayment did not apply TO
primaries, which may now be held at
any time dictated BY the within or
sinister purpose of "A party committees
nnd so It Is possible for the poll tax 10
be paid to qualify for primary only
few weeks before the primary Ia
held-at the very heat of the canvass,
when the temptation 10 pay Il cor
ruptly Is greatest.
The Supreme Court of Appeals has
neid. very correctly. that special cleo
lions, such as those on local option
etc. are not included in tho term cleo.
this connection. Therefore. IL is pos
siole for the poll tax 10 QUALIFY a voter
for local option election 20 be paid
the month before the election occurs,
~ the very hottest period of the con-
test. when the temptation to way II
corruptly Is tho strongest
Therefore. In nlne-tcnths of tho
state. where the primary decides who
shall be elected. and In local option
elections all over .hc State. the six
months prepayment plan. relied upon
by the Constitutional Convention to
remove the temptation for the corrupt
payment OF the poll tax, Is imperative.
1t Is strange that the convention
should have been guilty OF such an
oversight; because its members seemed
TO be honestly opposed TO the corrupt
payment OF poll taxes But IL seems
stranger still that the Legislature
should have allowed this evil to run
rampant for ten years. unless Its mem
hers have been In favor OF the con-
tinuatlon OF this corrupt practice.
IN 1905 q series OF three bills were
introduced In the Senate with the
view OF reducing this evil TO a mini
mum. They were put 20 death ~ the
Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections. and never saw the light OF
day. 1t Is anticipated that similar
fate awaits the pending measure.
should Il have the good fortune of
being passed by the House, which
seems somewhat remote contin-
Rency
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PURGING REGISTRATION LISTS

Along the same line are the Jordan
Byrd bills for tn" purgat!on OF regis
tration lsts, which have passed the
House Of Delegates and are now be-
fore the Senate Committee on Priv
leges and Elections.
They have been very carefully pre-
pared, and arc designed TO allow only
really Ike men, residing n the State
and otherwise qualified. to participate
In special, regular and primary cleo
tons
The trouble at n-esent is that vast
number 0. names are carried on the
registration lists belonging TO per-
sons who by reason of death and
other disabilities. are not capable OF
exercising the franchise. These names
furnish q strong temptation to fraudu-
It has Been charged that In some
sections lists. such as these. supple-
mented b. sufficiently extenslv O.
graveyard. will enable an astute and
alert political leader to roll UP any
desired majority in favor of his can
didate. In primary elections. In which
the contests are heard by party COM
mlttces (Which are likely 10 be blind
partisans OF certain candidates.. this
class OF fraud may be carried 10 the
limit and no court have the right to
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amount he owes. and will do SO. But
such methods should no longer be per-
mitted."
Explains Difficulties.
Judge Williams, on the other hand,
thought II would be Impossible for
county treasurers to comply with the
bill. The tax tickets are divided out
among deputies. he explained. and as
they go about the county they collect
partial payments from men who hold
small warrants from men in install
| mcnts. AT no particular time could the
| treasurer tell just what had been paid.
The Gillian amendment was carried,
as was one offered by ). II. Evans. OF
Caroline, requiring only general re-
ports OF assets and liabilities and not
detailed statements. An amendment
offered by Mr.. Bell. putting in a penalty
for failure TO report, was lost by IS TO
SO.
Hugh "A. White wanted TO put in an
| amendment permitting the Auditor to
call for money In the hands of local
! treasurers a any time, but as tho prev
ious question had been called, this was
out OF order.
Bin liz Defeated.
Then the roll was called and result
cd follows:
Ayes-Baker. OF Chesterfield; Bell.
/ Borden. Chalkley, Christian. Cox.
Dreamer. Earman. Fitzhugh. Gillian.
| Houston. 1vey, jennings. Love, Martin.
Milstead, Montague. Moscley. Radford.
Rolston. Templeton. Terrell. Throck-
morton, Watts. Weaver. White, of Al
bcmarlc; White. OF Rockhridge, and
Speaker Byrd--2S.
Noes-Banks. Brewer. Browning.
Buck Coleman. OF Norfolk: Curtis.
Evans Flanagan. Fulton, Grant, How
erton, Kent, Kinsey. Land. Lunsford,
hot Muc Stn
tard. Norris. Old Oliver. Page, Rakes,
Rev, Richardson. Roberts. of Mecklen-
burg; Roberts. OF Washington, Robert
son, Row, rutherford. Smith. Spes-
sard, Stephenson, of Bath; Stephenson,
of James City; stratton, ,rabb, Tate.
Taylor Tiffany, Utz. Walton, Webb.
Williams. Wise and Wissler-&7.
A good many questions were asked
regarding the Senate bill to permit
cities to levy license tnxcs on water
companies, gas companies and light
heat and power companies. The Legls-
lature of 1910 took these companies
] from their former status and placed
them under control of the State Cor
| poration Commission, to pay per
cent. OF their gross receipts to tho
| State as public service corporations do.
In doing SO. the cities were deprived
of tho right TO Impose license taxes.
Tho Senate had made a maximum
charge by cities OF 1-2 of per cent.
! as the citys tax, and some members
were s6licitous about the Iilstead
bill permitting heavier tax.
| Tho truth ls mighty and must pre-.
vail" said Mr.. M!lstead, In discussing
the bill. In view of this fact, he agreed
| to dismiss his own House bill and to
pass the Holt bill as 1t came from the
Senate, which was done
RedistrictinS Settled.
| The congressional redistricting bill
was taken up. AS amended by the
Senate. Charlotte and Halifax counties
were taken from the Sixth District and
put In the fifth, and Mr.. Jennings In.
quired as to how this squared with the
action of the House Democratic caucus
| which decided that all districts should
preserve their existing lines
Everybody looked % the Halifax
ldelesation. and Joseph stebhips. IN,
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revise rhs zeturns and correct the in
justice. Thus. honest candidates are
put at a disadvantage and a premium
Is placed upon professional election
crookcdness.
1t seems Incredible that any ono
should object to the removal OF the
names OF dead men from the rcgistra-
ton books: set obiection was made
In the House. and may even make Its
appearance in the purlieus OF the Sen
ate, should the bill get through the
Senate Committee on Privileges aud
Elections. which has not yet been pro-
claimed as rabid for election reforms.
The press OF the State can do much
toward bringing these matters to the
attention of the public. and iha public
can do much by exacting of candidates
explicit pledges of support for meas
ures which Will place all of our cleo
tion laws on a plane with the best
considered statutes OF other States.
The election Is the mouthpiecs through
which the people speak. II IL is
clogged. their voice will inevitably be
stifed. II II continues to be clogged,
after the fact has been pointed out,
II Is the peoples own fault. and they
must accept the. penalty OF their own
Indifference. which is to have but
slight control of their government.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-05
LEGISLATIVE COMMENT
BY LEWIS II. MACHEN
POLL TAX CORRUPTION

On the calender of tho House OF
Delegates. with an adverse report by
tho Committee of Privileges and Flee
tions. Is a bill 20 prevent the payment
OF tho poll tax of another. II is do
signed to curtail the practice. which
has become. as common az coughing.
OF paying the poll taxes OF voters in
order To secure their votes for n Ger
tain candidate or set Of candidates.
In most Of such cases 1t Is merely an
oblique bride. II bribery is IL good
ana wholesome thing for the State, all
OF tho laws now bn the statute books
be repealed. II 1t Is bad and Grim.
inal thing. then poll tax bribery
should DC forbidden By law
The Constitutional Convention had n
hne opportunity TO dispose OF this
question by using In ono line two
words instead OF one. l; wrote into
the Constitution that the poll tax
should be personally" paid by the
voter. That language left the matter
ambiguous. IL 1t had said II should be
paid I'm person" by the voter. there
would have been no trouble. Tho
courts have held that q personal pay
inent meant a payment by the voter
with his own money When 1t Is sent
through the malls. or By q messenger
there Is less reason TO believe IL is
the voters own money than when 4.
is pnid In person. when one man
sends check TO pay the poll taxes of
n hundred voters at once there is attn
less certainty that the money comes
from tho several voters. When he
goes TO the treaeurer's Office on the
last day on which poll taxes may be
paid in order to qualify voters for
the next election, examines tho lists
ana payn several hundred OF them in
a lump. 1t Is pretty certain that he is
using the corruption money OF come
person or combination, and that the
poll tax is not being personally paid"
When many of the voters whose poll
taxes have thus been paid en- masse
come into the treasurers office later
and express surprise that some one
else has already paid their poll taxes
for them, there is no longer any doubt
that the poll tax payment is being
used a g the avenue for the vicious ex-
ponditure OF money TO influence cleo
lions.
This is thing that has been going
on wholesale in Virginia for the ten
years that the new Constitution has
been operatives; yet every effort to
have the nuisance abnted by the Legis-
laturc has been fruItless.
II must be remembered that 1t was