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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-19

BASEBALL MEN AT DURANT.
Officers Elected and Committees
Appointed.

Durant, Okla, Dec. 19.-Iepre-
sentatives of the clubs composing
the s-Oklahoma league met
here yesterday in pursuance to a
call of President ohnson.
C. o. Johnson of Durant was re-
elected president and R. NJ. Finley
of Denison ws reelected secretary
for next Year. Sherman, Denison,
Bonham and Dnrant were represent
ed here, while Wichita Fans
and Ardmore were represented by
proxy. Texarlana and Paris, which
towns had clubs in the East Cen
tral league last year, are seeking
Jerths in the TO league for 1913.
!, is understood that Hugo, Gaines
e lie and Mckinney will also make
'ication. Committees were ap-
= ed which will report back at
y 3. citing to be held in Sherman.
SUI January -, at which time
the uit for 1913 will be decided
upon
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-19
Hanraty Loses Again.

McAlester, Okla, Dec. 1S.-The
trial of the case of Pete Hanraty
against B. A. Enloe Jr., Judge X,
c. Allen Of Muskogee, presiding
was decided today in the district
court in favor of the defendant
Pete Hanraty was the first mayor
Of McAlester under commission
form of government and recalled at
an election held last April. refused
to give up his office and brought
quo warranto proceedings to try the
title to the office, with the above
result. Judge Allen holds the re-
call provision of the McAlester char
ter constitutional The case was
appealed to the supreme court.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-19
DIRECTORY FOR 1918.
Contains Nearly Five Thousand Ind :
viduaI MINES.

The Ardmore directory for 1913 IS
ready for distribution by TIE publish
ers, Polk and company, of Sioux City,
Iowa.
The directory contains 4,53l indl-
vidual names and shows a popula-
tion of nearly fourteen thousand souls.
In addition to the individual direc-
tory the book contains complete
directory of the county and city Off
cals, the judiciary and the federal and
military.
Ardmore is shown in this volume TO
have one Confederate home, two hos
L.tals, or sanitariums, four banks with
gross capital stock of $311, 900; 33
public buildings and halls, besides one
| Carnegie library, six public school
buildings, two colleges and one paro-
chial school building and the confede-
rate home building. Also it is shown
that we have one Commercial club,
one G. A. r. Post, one Confederate
Veterans camp, four newspapers, one
daily, two weekly and one semiweek-
ly, (tke last named being a negro re-
ligious publication), three railways,
one street railway system, four tele-
graph and telephone companies, five
theaters, two cemeteries, two asphalt
companies, one paint factory, twenty
two secret societies one planning mill,
cne broom factory, four lumber dea, e
ers one cut stone and monumental
| works, four wholesale and retail lum-
Der establishments, two ice cream
factories, one candy factory one cigar
| factory, one wholesale cigar firm, one
wholesale fruit and nuts house, two
wholesale groceries, one compress
thirteen building and paving con-
tractors, three plumbing establish
ments, two garages, five wholesale
cotton dealers, three cotton gins. one
COllOH Sttu OlI Out liOul
two grain elevators, two large dress
goods emporiums, nine retail
drug stores six retail dry goods
stores. two general stores, six furni
ture stores, five gents furnishing goods
and ready-to- clothing stores,
fifty-five retail grocery stores, four
sheet metal working establishments,
seven hotels, two Wholesale meat
houses, thirty-seve insurance COM
panies having agencies here, seven
dentists, eighteen doctors, forty-four
real estate dealers, fifty five lawyers
and preachers enough to Christianize
the entire community presiding in
the pulpits of sixteen churches.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-19
MEMPHIS MAN DEcAPlTATEO
WIFE WITH A RAZOR AND Es-
CAPPED TO VACANT HOUSE.
POLICE REPULSED
Two Police Officers Shot by Boehler-
Drug Clerk Was Shot by Mistake
Victims Little Daughter Told
Neishbors Of Crime.

Memphis, Tenn, Dec. 19.-After de-
capitating his wife with razor last
night, Adam Boehler escaped to a
vacant house where a squad OF pollce
and citizens this morning attempted
10 capture him..
Well supplied with ammunition, ne
repulsed the attack, shooting two po-
licemen, wounding one of them Sc
rously.
Spalding Parsons, drug clerk,
was shot by mistake by one OF the
besieging party.
The first news of the murder OF
Boehlers wife came when her four
year-old daughter walked into a
neighboring house with the an
nouncement, Papa has killed mamma
Mrs. Boehler recently sued for d.
vorce.
Boehler finally was shot to death
81 the officers after he was parity
overcome with formaldehyde fumes
forced through holes cut in the walls
of the building where he hal barrl-
caded f'ntfh
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-19
Twenty three-Skiddoo!

The famous grandfather's clock,
which Struck twentyfo as he en-
tered the door with his young, blush
ing bride on his arm and stopped
short. never to go again, when the
old man died was a giddy and fool
ish piece of clock work when com
pared with the clock in the dome OF
the Carter county court house. Sew
eral nights ago this clock began build =
ing up reputation as a striking ma
chine. 1t has kept valiantly at work
ever since, until last night when it
reached the maximum number OF
strokes by tolling forth twenty three
nj the mysterious hour of midnight.
Today, at high noon it repeated the
dose-twenty- three again. This can
not be an accident. Neither can it
he a coincidence. 1t can mean but one
hing-"Twenty- y-three-Skiddoo' for
the unreliable time piece.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-19
FlNANClER AGAIN CALLED UPON
TO TESTIFY BEFORE lNVESTi.
eating COMMITTEE.
DEPOSITS 100 MILLION
Upon Entire Board Of Directors OF
the United States steel Corpora
tion and Subsidiary Companies.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 19.--J.
Pierpont Morgan on resuming the
stand before the money trust in
vestigating committee today placed
the approximate deposits OF his
banking firm at s100,000,000. e.
Asked if he named the entire
board of directors of the United
States Steel Corporation, he admit
ted that he passed on it and that
he approved the prices at which
subsidiary companies went into the
organization.
Morgan estimated the amount Of
securities marketed by his firm at
one million dollars a year.
There could be no money trust.
All of the banks and money in Chris
tendon could not control money. The
question of control Is personal as 20
money and credits declared Morgan
when Uttermeyer asked him if he did
not feel his vast power. Morgan,
didn't admit vast power and said h.
did not feel vast power. "Td rathe!
have combination than competition,
he said 81 like compe tition but ]
like combination better. Control =
important Without it you cannot do
a thing"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-19
Big Corporation Deal.

McAlester. Okla, Dec. 1S.-The mu-
nicipal utilities corporation today pur-
chased a controlling interest IN the
Choctaw Railway and Lighting COM
pany, owner of the city street railway
lines and interurban from here to
Hartshorne. Russell Paine of Mobile
Ala, was elected president, the other
officers remaining unchanged Vice
President Fischer said this means ad-
ditional capital, immediate improve
ment of the property and possible ex-
tensions. B. r. Stevens remains as
secretary and general superintendent
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-19
CHEER
HOMES Of POOR
ONE MAN GIVES $500, ANOTHER
FEEDS FOUR FAMILiES-CRiP,
Piled BOY is REMEMBERED.

Christmas charity work is better
organized this year than it has ever
been before and more work along
this line will be done this Christ
mas than has ever been done be
fore.
The churches of the city have
taken the work in hand and have
become active in seeing that many
homes are supplied with good din
ners and the children with toys.
Probation officer, Mrs. CARTS. gave
to each church the names of about
six families whose wants were look
ed after Thanksgiving, and each
church has retained these names
for Christmas giving.
Dr. Gray, pastor of the Broadway
Methodist church, called at Mrs.
Curtis office this morning and
asked for the names Of five addi-
tional families. His Sunday school
has divided the work by classes,
each class taking the names OF
families and DR.. Gray called to get
them.
One wholesale merchant asked for
the names of four families whom
he desired to supply with all the
necessaries and luxuries for a big
Christmas dinner.
One fraternal organization of the
city will purchase an invalid chair
for a little crippled boy and will
fit him up with good clothing be-
sides contributing many toys to
the children.
Another citizen has given 500 to
the poor He has requested from
Mrs. Curtis through Chief of Po-
lice ID. Il. Booker that he be fur
nished the names of four destitute
and worthy families whom he will
give $25 each.
Many children of the city have
gathered their outgrown toys and
have left them with Mrs. Curtis for
distribution.
II has been Mrs. Curtis business
to acquaint herself with the poor
of the city, she hears all their
complaints and all their troubles
except those few who allow their
pride to stand between them and
relief, and she is we'll equipped to
distribute gifts Of toys, books, coal,
groceries, clothing and any person
who feels charitably inclined may
leave such things with her as they
desire to have go to families of de-
serving poor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-19
Chickens and Bugs in Parcels Post

Washington, Dec. 19.-Within the
past week Postmaster General Hitch
cock has been called upon to set
tie one Of the most puzzling ques-
tions that have arisen during his
term of office, Certain postmasters
of the country through single rep
resentative have asked him to in
struct them if IT, will be necessary
to handle live chickens, geese
ducks, bugs and other crawling things
when the parcels post law goes in
to effect on January |.
The law says the packages may
weigh up to eleven pounds and
there are any numbers of chick
ems, turkeys, etc, that come with
in that limit, even when porperly
lacked and Grated.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-19
Knights TempIar Elect Officers.

Ardmore Commandery X. 7. elected
the following named officers at their
regular meeting Tuesday night to
serve for the ensuing year:
Tom Frensley, f. c.
Henry Hunt, Generalisslmo.
T. n. Coleman, Master of Palace.
George Erickson, S. w.
Will Roberts, ]. w.
C. r. Gray, Prelate
A II. Palmer, Treasurer.
G.. II. Bruce, Recorder.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-19
GOETHALS WILL
ACCEPT POSITION
TAFT TO NAME CANAL BUILDER
GOVERNOR OF PANMA ZONE,
UPON HIS RETURN.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-President
aft has received assurances that
Col George Goethals, builder Of
the Panama Canal, will accept the
post of governor of the Panama
Canal Zone. His nomination will
probably be sent to the senate af-
ter the presidents return from Pam
ANA. 1t was said today that Lieut..
Col. W. V. Judson. Engineer Com
missioner for the District of Col
umbia, has been favorably thought
OF for a high post in the zone gov
ernment by the president.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-19
MINE DISASTER
KILLS FORTY.THREE
BLACK DAMP CAUSES EXPLOSION
IN GERMAN NINE. SERIOUS IN
JURY TO OTHERS.

Dortmund, Germany, Dec. 1S.-A
disaster which cost forty three lives,
besides serious injuring many other
coal miners, was caued by an explos-
ion of black damp in the Achenbach
mine. near here, today.
Forty three bodies have been
brought up and seven men are miss
ing.
Four rescuing parties worked un-
der dangerous conditions. A call has
been made for all the physicians in
the neighbohood, indicating that the
number of injured is large.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-19
THREE MEN BLOW SAFE AND ES-
CAPE IN AUTOMOBILE WITH
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED.
ROBBERY At TULSA
Katy Agent and Crowd at Katy Sta
ton in Tulsa Robbed by Lone Ban
dit at an Early Hour Today-lined
Crowd Along Wall in Station.

Oklahoma City, Okla, Dec. 10
Three men blew the safe in the bank
at Jones, Oklahoma, this morning.
and escaped in an automobile with
eighteen hundred dollars.
A charge of nitro -glycerine blew
out the bank front and damaged ad
joining buildings.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-19
TAFT PARDONS CAPTAIN.
Captain Of Unfortunate Steamboat
General Socum Pardored.

Washington, ID. c., Dee. 19.-Presi-
dent Taft today pardoned Captain Van
Setback of the steamboat General SlO-
cum. which sank in 1904, with a loss
of 1,030 lives. Van Setback has been
Out on parole for some time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-19
Nothing Stirring in Police Court.

Owing to the absence of the police
judge there were no cases tried IN
the police court this morning. Sew
eral defendants, together with their
Witnesses, were present, ready for
trial, but Judge Shelton was detained
il the district court so the cases Were
continued.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-19
HUNDRED KILLED
IN FIERCE FIGHT
REBELS AND MEXICAN RURAL
GUARD CLASH AT HUEJUQUIllh
TOWN SACKED.

Guadalajara, Mexico, Dec 19.-One
hundred rebels, forty rural guard ana
many townspeople were killed in a
fierce battle at Huejuquilla yester-
day. The town was sacKe.. Ly the
rebels who committed many outrages.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-19
Robber Got TWO Hundred.

Tulsa, okla, Dec. ia lone ban
dit, masked in a handkerchief lined
up a crowd at the Katy station here
this morning, robbed them and th1
agent of 5000 and escaped
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-19
KEARNEYS B|PLANE
IS WASHED ASHORE
PARTS OF MACHINE AND CLOTH.
ING OF AVIATOR TELLS OF
TWO DEATHS.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 1S.-Frag-
ments of a hydro aeroplane and clo-
thing, which were washed ashore and
promptly identified, proved TODAY
that Aviator Kearney and his report
er companion, Chester Lawrence, met
disaster soon after they started last
Saturday on their proposed flight owe
the ocean to SaG Francisco.
The circumstances surrounding
their death probably always will re-
main a secret of the sea. They may
haze died within & few hours after
.hcy vanished Satl rday afternoon in
tie mists off Point Firmin. or they
may have clung to their fragile craft
all through stormy night and the
next day, Judging from the position
of the wreckage which gave today
they>died a short distance rom shore
aid in all probability their bodies now
rest in the tanguled morass of the
kelp beds near Redondo Beach. The
wreckage of the hydro -aeroplane was
found today at Fisherman's cove, four
miles south of Redondo beach, by
Paul Banzhaf and two companions,
who conducted an Independent
search.
Find a Wing Pontoon First.
The wreckage consisted of a five
foot wing pontoon, companian piece
O. the pontoon which was recovered
Sunday, floating five miles off Re-
dondo beach, and fragment of a
wing tip. Nearby the searchers pick
ed up a shirt and vest.
Charles Day. who built Kearny's
aeroplane identified the pontoon and
the broken wing tip. Glenn Martin,
who undertook Sunday the dangerous
hydro aeroplane flight in search Of
Kearny. declared that the vest was
Part of the clothing Lawrence wore
when he boarded the aeroplane with
Kearny for the i'll starred flight
Search for Eodie Now.
The shirt and vest were ripped and
torn, indicating the haste and des-
peration with which their wearer had
cast off impediments for his battle
with the sea. The pontoon was bat
tered and dented, and the condition
Of the fragmentary wing tip also gave
evidence of having been battered by
the waves.
The revenue cutter Mccullough
started this afternoon to further
search the seas where the unfortun.
ate aviator and his companion are
believed to have lost their lives.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-19
HOUSE ADJOURNS.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 10
The house adjourned today
for the holiday recess until
January 2.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-19

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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-08-02

SOCIALIST
COMING

Emil Seidel, former mayor of Mil
waukee, and at present candidate
for the vice-presidency of the United
States on the Socialist ticket, is an
nounced to- appear in Bemidji, Sun
day, August IS.
- Emil Seidel was an unknown shoe
maker when ne was elected mayor
of Milwaukee two years ago. In the
last election, he was defeated by a
combination of Republicans and Dem
ocrats although his vote gained sew
eral thousand over that cast when
he was elected. Impartial obser-
vers have declared that his rule of
Milwaukee was good and many of the
changes he inaugurated are being
continued today
Mr.. Seidel is now on a campaign
tour and will probably speak on po-
litical issues to his Bemidii audi
ence
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-08-02
Found Working on Farm and Was
Ready to Board Train for Escape
When Arrested.
MAY FIND OTHERS NEAR
Report Says "Gyp the Blood" and
Lefty" Lewis Have Been Tracked
to the Same Vicinity.

New York, August 2.-"Whitey''
Lewis, one of the four gun men want
ed by the police as the actual muir
derer OF Herman Rosenthal, gam
bier, was arrested in the CatskiIl
mountains this morning and was to-
night being taken to Kingston, New
York, to be lodged in the county
jail. This was announced at police
headquarters by Inspector Hughes,
who said three of his detectives had
located Lewis at Fleishmans, N. Y.
summer resort forty-six miles from
Kingston. After searching the re-
gion for nearly two weeks the detec-
tives found Lewis working on a
farm, Inspector Hughes said, and to-
day arrested him just as he was to
board train at Fleishmans to make
his escape. The prisoner will be
brought to New York on an early
train tomorrow.
It was reported at police head
quarters tonight that Lefty" Lewis
and "Gyp the Blood" two of the al
legged murderers still at large, had
been tracked to the same vicinity
and their arrest would soon come.
News that at least one of the fugi-
tives had been trapped was received
with great citation at police head
quarters tonight because of criticism
directed toward the department for
failure to arrest the fugitives charged
with the actual killing. With the ar
rest of Lewis the police now have in
custody two of the four alleged as
sassins, the other "Dago" Frank, who
is now in the Tombs, a fellow pri-
soner of Police Lieutenant Charles
Becker, who is charged with insti-
eating the gun men to kill Rosen-
thai.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-08-02
PUTS OUT CALENDAR,
Register of Deeds, j. 0. Harris,

Register of Deeds, j. o. Harris, has
issued a Beltrami county calendar
for the use of men Interested in
county affairs. He has had 1000
copies printed and if necessary will
provide more. Distribution of the
calendar will start next week. It
is printed on heavy card board and
contains the names of the county Off
GERS, board of county commissioners,
district judges and the names and ad-
dresses of town and village clerks.
1t also has statement showing the
acreage of taxable lands, average
assessed value per acre and average
rate of taxation by townships in Bel
trami county. The calendar shows
the months of the year 1912 and also
tells when real estate and personal
taxes are to be paid.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-08-02
CHURCHES LOSE REQUESTS.

Fargo, n. D., August Mrs. H.
F. Chaffee, Thomas and Walter Reed
have been appointed administrators
to divide the estate of the late H. r.
Chaffee, lost on the Titanic. The
estate will be divided under North
Dakota laws, one-third to the widow
and the rest equally between five
children.
Effort was made by Mrs. Chaffee
to prove missing will which is al
legged to have made Plymouth Con-
gregational church of Minneapolis
and the International Sunshine So
ciety of Minneapolis beneiciaries, but
without success. There was no testi-
mony as to the amounts supposed to
have been left.
Testimony was given that Mr..
Chaffee was at work on the provi-
sions of a will on his return from
Europe but that it was doubtful if
1t had ever been formulated or any
exact amounts fixed for the Minnea-
polls institutions.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-08-02
LAKE CLEAN OF LOGS.

A crew of men from the Crookston
Lumber company has been kept busy
picking up stray logs on the lake
for several weeks with the result
that the shores have been picked
clean twice. The double boems are
holding the logs in the ponds and
extra heavy chains are keeping the
booms from breaking. The work is
done by the Crookston Lumber com
pany and it is paid for each log of
the Bemidji Lumber company that
it picked up. The lake is freer from
dead heads this summer than for
many years past. ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-08-02
Big Summer Party August Is.

Alumni of the Bemidji High school,
graduates of 1912 and members of
the 1912 Chippewa staff have band
ed together to give a summer party
in the city hall the night of August
16. The party will be informal and
the men are expected to dance in
shirt waists. A committee will trans
form the hall into a fairy land, the
floor will be waxed and thoroughly
polished, the best music possible will
be obtained and handsome souvenirs
will be given to each couple present
Any money that will be made from
the party will be used toward pay
ing off the deficit of the 1912 Chip
pewa. It is expected that a large
number of summer visitors will be
present for the dance.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-08-02
MILITIA MAY BE PAID
Pepper Bill as Reported to House Pro-
vides $195,269 for Distribution
Under Proper Conditions.
GUARD MUST KEEP UP STRENGTH

Washington, August 2.-The an
nual amount to be paid to the Min
nesota National Guard under the mil
itia pay bill just reported to the
House by Representative Pepper of
Iowa, is $195,269, if proper condi-
lions are complied with.
e. The organization must be kept up
to the minimum strength, and nc
men must lose pay due to non-at.
tendance at drill or other duty. I'm
der the same conditions the South
Dakota Guards would receive So
1872, North Dakota $54,395, and
Montana $46,6S9.
Commissioned officers of the state
militia are entitled, under the bill,
to receive a percentage of pay re-
celved by officers of similar rank in
the regular army. Fifteen per cent
OF the pay of enlisted regulars will
be paid to enlisted militia, contin-
gent upon their attendance at not
less than forty-five regular drills
any one year, with a proportionate
amount for attendance at a smaller
number of drills. -
Regimental officers are to be paid
i've per cent of regulars, company
officers to get ten or fifteen per cent
according to their duties Officers
doing larger amount of work to
receive proportionately higher pay,
$500 being paid to colonies, $3.50 to
captains, 5000 to first lieutenants,
$l7O to second lieutenants, and s135
to enlisted men per annum if they
attend the required number of drills.
On the question of whether ma
tional guards can be put on foreign
soil in time of war, the bill provides
that the militia must first become
part OF the regular army. After
that no question will be raised as
to such right, thus meeting the cues
ton in this respect that was raised
not long ago.