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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03
TWO CENTS NOW
RAILROAD CHARGE
NEW RATES BECAME EFFECTIVE
AT MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT-EX-
CEPT ON FRISCO LINES.

At 1901 o'clock Thursday morning
the 2-cent railroad fare on four of
the most important railroads in Ok
lahoma became effective under the
recent agreement between Attorney
General West and representatives of
the roads.
The roads which viii accept . cents
mile for first class passenger SER
vice between points in Oklahoma, are
til Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Chill
cago, Rock Island and Pacific, Gulf,
Colorado & Santa Fe and the Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Texas & Pacific. The
new rate will not become effective
on the Frisco until the new tariffs
are arranged according to announce
ment of local officials Wednesday af-
ternoon.
1t was stated by the corporation
commission that word had been re-
ceived from head offices of the F'ris-
90 that the rate would become eff
fettive at midnight Wednesday. C. o.
Jackson, division passenger agent,
stated that lie had received a mes
sage saying the rate would not be-
come effective.
The 2-cent rate will apply only to
passenger service between points in
the state. On out of state business
the former rate is not affecIe ed.
In the absence of new tariffs un-
der the 2-cent rate some confusion
and possibly mistakes are expected
and in a statement issued from the
corporation commission Wednesday
afternoon the travelling public is re-
quested to cooperate with ticket
agents in every way that is possible.
When a ticket to certain point Is
asked for it will be necessary for the
rate of cents a mile, which neces-
sarily must take a little more time
than usual. To avoid inconvenience
and eliminate mistakes as far as pos
sible prospective passengers are re-
quested to call for their tickets as
far as possible in advance of the time
the train is scheduled to depart.
Holders OF refund coupons are re-
quested by the corporation commission
to bear in mind the fact that the in
auguration of the 2-cent rate in no
way affects the coupons. They are
to be held pending the final trial OF
the case.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03
TRIBE WAS BR|BED
TO ACCEPT LEASE
GOVERNMENT ARRESTS PROMI-
NENT MEN AND UNCLE SAM
OIL CO. OFFICIALS.

Enid, Okla, July enlarged with
conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment by influencing the Usage Indian
council to accept bids on oil land
that were not acceptable to the de,
partment of the interior, twelve men,
including officials of the Uncle Sam
Oil company, prominent politicians
and attorneys of both Pawhuska,
Okla, and Kansas City, were ar
rested today on indictments returned
by the federal grand jury which con-
cluded its session here a few days
ago.
The indicted men all were re-
leased on $4,000 bond each. Those
indicted were:
John Leahy, prominent politician,
and his brother w. II. Leahy, both
attorneys of Pawhuska; II. II. Tuck
er Kansas City, president of the IN
Gle Sam Oil company; Albert Wilson,
attorney for the Uncle Sam Oil
company, Kansas City; John Palmer,
Usage attorney; Wesley NJ Dial,
former member Usage council; w.
c. Plumb, Kansas City; A. VI. Com
stock Eugene Scott, w. A. Matthews,
and Ed B. Brown, all of Pawhuska.
The indictments grew out of the
removal Of the Usage council By
former Secretary of the Interior Wal
ter Fisher, when special agents of
the department reported that the
council was bribed to approve leases
Of the Uncle Sam company on 10000
acres of the unleased portion of the
Usage nation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03
WARRANT FOR A
COUNTY ATTORNEY
CHAS. COPE, ATTORNEY OF OSAGE
COUNTY, CHARGED WITH EN-
BEZZLlNG SLIP.

Pawhuska, Okla, July 2.-Charles
NJ. Cope, county attorney of Usage
county is charged with embezzling
SLIP in a warrant now in the hands
of the sheriff of the county. Mr..
Cope left Pawhuska, in June for Colo
RADIO Springs, but a telegram from the
sheriff there this afternoon in re-
sponse to one from the Usage sheriff,
stated that Cope could not be located.
Copes enemies charge that he is
fugitive from justice but his friends
assert that he is on his way home to
answer the charges.
Tke warrant against Cope was is
sued on the complaint OF Warren D.
Oman and charged that Cope, be-
fore he became county attorney and
while representing ]. G. Scribling, a
cattleman in land leases embezzled
SLIP OF Scribbling's money.
The entire county is in an uproar
over the matter coming so soon after
the charges preferred by Cope, who
is a democrat, against the county
judge, sheriff and other republican
officials Of accepting bribes from boot
leggers. In those cases much bitter
feeling has been aroused.
If Cope should be arrested outside
the state and fight the case, il is
doubtful II he could be brought back
as il is said that John Leahy, prom
inent democratic politician who was
this week indicted by the federal
grand jury at Enid, has persuaded
Governor Cruce to refuse TO issue ex-
tradition papers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03
MANY VETERANS DEPART.
Railroads Say Twenty-Five Per Cent
of Veterans Have Gone Home.

Gettysburg, July 3.-The veterans
continue to wend their way homeward
in large numbers. The railroad peo-
pie estimate that twenty-five per cent
of the visitors have departed. Hun
dreds of other veterans, however, are
arriving for the exercises tomorrow
when the president is to speak.
One of the events of the day was
a charge by the survivors of Pickett S
division at "Bloody Angle" held by
the remnants of the Philadelphia brig
ade Under hot sun the men in gray
marched across the field up to the
walls that form the angle. The
"enemy" in blue were waiting with
I. weapons" ready when they met to
cross the wall and shook hands.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03
WHAT IS LIQUOR?
QUESTION TO COURT
WHOLESALER SAYS HIS NINETY
PER CENT ALCOHOL SHIP
MENTS ARE NOT LIQUOR.

Fort Smith, July 2-iWhat is liquor?
Upon this question hinges the de-
cision on one of the most important
cases of its kind that has ever come
to the attention of the United States
court in the wesern district of Ar
kansas. Before Judge Youmans to-
day John Schaap, owner of ap romi-
uent wholesale drug house and one Of
the leading citizens Of this city, was
placed on trial on sixten indictments
accusing him of shipping liquor into
the Indian country of Oklahoma in
violation of the federal laws and
with misbranding the shipments by
labelling them drugs"
The defense contends that the
shipments DO not constitute liquor,
although the government alleges that
they contained from 20 to 80 per
cent.
Three sons of Schapp are each uI-
der sixteen similar indictments, bit.
will be tried separately later. Their
father testified today that they had
no interst in his company, being
merely employees.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03
Pelkey on Stage.

Calgary, Alberta, July arthur
Pelkey, heavyweight pugilist, who re-
Gently was cleared by a jury of man
slaughter in the killing of Heavy
weight Champion Luther McCarty in
the ring here this spring, will for
sake the ring for the time being and
so upon the stage. Tommy Burns,
ex-pugilist and manager of Pelkey,
will tour with Pelkey. Their first
appearance will be at the Lyric thea
ter in Portland Oregon next Monday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03
Notice..

The Oklahoma School for the Blind
is now permanently located at Mus
kogee, Okla. The state has provided
for some Thirty or forty more pupils
than were enrolled last year, and any
person between the ages of six and
twenty-one whose vision is defective
and who is physically and mentally
able to profitably pursue any one OF
the courses taught, is eligible for ad-
mission. The education of the blind
through state appropriation is Icade
absolutely free. Anyone interested in
the school, or having a child without
sight or even partially blind, should
wrote for catalog and information to
o. W. Stewart, Supt., Muskogee, Okla.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03
fALL DEMOCRATIC SENATORS TO
SUPPORT CAUCUS REPORT ON
TARIFF.
TO FINISH TOMORROW
Brief Session Will Probably be Nee.
essary Tomorrow to Complete Odds
and Ends of the Various Seized
uIes.

Washington, D. c., July 3.-The
democrats Of the senate finance COM
mittee met today to frame binding
caucus resolution and clean up the
odds and ends of the various sched-
ules.
The caucus later will endeavor to
complete the work, but it is probable
that another session will be necessary
tomorrow.
The resolution will pledge the SEN
ators to support the bill, introduce
no amendments not approved by tho
finance committee and support none
offered by the republicans or demo-
Gratis who may remain out of the eau
Gus.
All of the democrats except Rams
dell, Thornton and Hitchcock are ex'
pected to pledge themselves.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03

Washington, or rather that part of
it which is acquainted with affairs
in Oklahoma, is still smiling at the
recent statement of alfalfa BilP'
Murray in which he declared that ha
had no influence here in the distri-
button Of patronage, particularly tho
scattering of postoffice plums. But
few weeks previous wnen dispatches
We're sent out from the national cap
ital stating that the influence of con-
gressmen. at-large in the selection OF
postmasters hardly would extend be-
yond the borders of their home coun-
ties, alfalfa Bill' went on the war
path and continued to send out heart
TO heart instructions to his friends
in the state, intimating that his pres
tige and power in a patronage way
was wonderful to behold Alfalfa
Bill' after much humping about over
the rocks Of governmental precedent.
pinched himself and then came the
which weeks before had
been set forth, through the medium
Of newspaper dispatches.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03
OIL MEN HERE
FROM KENTUCKY
BRING SKILLED OIL MAN AND A
GEoLoGlST TO COMPILE RE-
PORTS FOR THEM.

A party interested in the oil fields
If the county arrived here yesterday
afternoon. They are lW. E. Caldwell
of Louisville, e. N. Wilson of Louis
lana r. II. Yates OF Louisville, and
T c. Hall of Charleston. w. Va.
These gentlemen were Joined later
by F julius Fohs, a geologist of Lex
ington, Ky. Mr.. Hall is an expert
oil man, and together with the geolo-
gist will make a thorough examina-
tion of the field and will submit
report to the prospective investors
with them.
Mr.. Caldwell now owns about six
hundred acres in the oil fields, he
thinks a great deal of the proposition
and is convinced that Carter county
has a great oil field, which will be
developed within short time. Mr..
Fohs is a Kentucky boy, who was
reared in the mountains of that state
and who took naturally to geology in
the mountains Of his native country.
From Kentucky he went to the uni
versty of Virginia where he finished
his education and was at once given
place in the state department of geo.
ogy. He was reared in Marian, Ky,
and has many acquaintances in this
city among those here who formerly
lived in Marian.
If his report is ever made public
it will be read with much interest.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03
Nearo's History Saves Time.

East st. Louis, H., July Bart
Thompson will not have to serve
time in the county jail for the limit
of his sentence, for he was released
today in time to celebrate ode glorus
Fo'th." Bart earned his freedom from
Judge Vandeventer by reciting to him
the history of the Fourth when he
.appeared for sentence The Judge
was so surprised that he decided
Bart was entitled to his freedom.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03
SEVEN ICE PLANTS
PUT IN OPERATION
CINCINNATI HEALTH BOARD
WILL RELIEVE ICE FAMINE
THERE.

Cincinnati O., July S.-Seven non
union fee plants were seized BY order
of Mayor Hunt and are being oper-
ated by the board OF health in an
effort to relieve the suffering caused
by the strike. The plants arc now
in charge of striking engineers and
firemen, who were ordered to return
to work by the union officials under
agreement with the mayor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03
REPORT ISSUED
ON COTTON CROP
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
SAYS THlRTY-FlVE MILLION
ACRES ARE CULTIVATED.

Washington. ID. c., July THE area
of cotton under cultivation June %,
was 35.622,O 900 acres according to the
department of agriculture, and the
condition was SIS per cent Of normal.
Under cultivation Missouri had 49,
900 acres; condition SO per cent.
Oklahoma, 2,916,OOO acres; condition
SO per cent.
Texas, 11,732,OO0 acres; condition
sc 6per cent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03
HERO OF THE MINE.
Saved Four Hundred Miners, Then
Fell Unconscious.

Duquoin, H., July -Four hundred
miners were rescued from the Para
disc mine near here which caught fire
today. Charles Mathis, chief engin-
eer, stood at his post a few feet from
the burning coal Chutes and worked
TIE hoist that brought the men NJ
the shaft in spite &C heat that blis-
tered his hands and singed his head,
When the last man was rescued
Mathis fell unconscious. He was TAX
en- to his home in a serious condition.
Twenty mules were left in the mine.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03

JlLTED INDIAN MAID.
Leaps to Death From Suicide Rock
When Lover Forsakes Her.

WHCH IONCT Z OIodNSo i'S''
aker, Col, July 2.-Zanaida,
n d. Chief Whispering Pine, Of
the 3. reservation. and girl Of
unusua e, n committed suicide to-
day by 8, from Suicide Rock
stone MOI of legendary fame
which has be- y scene OF many
grim tragedies artbroken In
dian maidens.
Zanaida was courtt ? by many on
the young braves of the tribe. Among
her suitors were Conconino, not hand
some but true hearted and upright,
and Elk Tooth, debonair and upstand-
ing, but tickle.
Girl-like, Zanaida fell in love with
the handsomer man, and the day for
the ceremony was set. Elk Tooth
suddenly deserted her for another
girl of the tribe, and, broken hearted,
Zanaida sought surcease in death. The
dead girl was found by Conconino
Crazed with grief, he carried her
back to camp.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03

Frank Cook of the Excelsior laun-
dry has a number of workmen en-
gagged in making improvements about
his home The building is being NOV
ed nearer the street, porch is being
built almost entirely around the home
and sleeping porch is being con
structed on the south side. The i'm
provements will cost about $1,000 and
will change the appearance Of his
home very much.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03
Beer PolIutes River.

Mendoza, ILL.,, July 2.-One thousand
and eighty-one barrels of beer were
poured into the Mendoza river yes
terday because of the failure of To-
cal brewery to pay the government
tax upon it.
Thousands of fish were killed by the
LIQUID and the farmers were forced
to drive livestock away from the
stream.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03
PROOF THAT HE DREW RESOLU-l
TIoN FOR INVESTIGATING TIE
STEEL TRUST FURNISHED.
MARTIN TEST|F|MONY
Head Of the So Called Anti Trust
League" Furnishes Proof of State.
ments Made by David Lamar to the
Sneate Committee.

Washington, D. C., July 3.-Confr-
nation of David Lamars claim that
he drew the congressional resolution
under which the Stanley committee
investigated the United States steel
corporation, was given to the senate
brioery committee by Henry b. Mar.
tin, head of the so-called trust
league"
Martins testimony was less grip
ping and less startling. Lamar's tes-
timony of yesterday was corroboratei
by and supplementary on several
points.
He testified that Lamar drew the
steel trust investigation resolution,
that he, Martin, induced Representa-
tive Shipley to introduce it. He did
not tell Stanley that Lamar had used
the resolution before its introduc-
tion in dealings with the Rinanciers
and protested that he knew nothing
Of Lamar's telephone impersonations.
Persistent questions by the senators
failed to make Martin divulge what
the antitrust league" was or who
composed 1t. He declined to give the
names Of the members or tell of the
disposition OF thousands of dollars
said to have been spent because he
said they would Suffer the anger CT
the trust, who would ruin, blacklist
and secure their discharge from en-
ployment.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03
Called Meeting.

Ardmore chapter No. II r. A. NJ,
will meet tonight at s o'clock in called
session. Work in the Royal Arch
degree All members are urgently re-
quested to be present. Refreshments.
G.. H. BRUCE, C. p.
JOHN l.. GAIT, Sec.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03
Greeks Won the Battle.

Salonika, July 3.-T0he battle be-
tween the Greeks and Bulgarians,
which begaJ Wednesday, was a COM
plete victory for the Greeks, according
TO official reports.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03

The farmers who have been build
ing the Mount Ida Ouachita Valley
and Hot Springs railroad are so busy
with crops that road work is tenn
porarily suspended.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03
TO DECLARE WAR
ON BULCAR|ANS
SERvIA PREPARES TO BEGIN
HOSTiLITIES AGAINST BUlGAR.
IAN GOVERNMENT

London, July 3.-Nar is to be de-
clared by Servia against Bulgaria at
Askup, for which place King Peter
and Premier Rachitch departed from
Belgrade this morning.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03
Mobilize Roumanian Army.

Bucharest, Roumania, July 3.-King
Charles has ordered a general mobili-
zation of the Roumanian army.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03
Christian Church Attention.

Members will meet at new church
= Friday, 8 a. m. to prepare basement
for Sunday services.
NJ. S. JOHNSON.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.
Wealthy Springfield Woman Burned
in Her Home Last Niaht.

Springfield, Mo, July 3.-Miss Hat
tie Bryant, aged 40, was burned to
death in her home near here last
night when lamp tipped over, firing
her bed clothes. She was reputed
wealthy and lived alone.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03
Water Power Sites

w. I. Smith, who spent several
weeks in Tennessee this summer and
who observed the water power created
on the rivers in that state Is very
anxious to see the towns of this state
get busy on the work of harnessing
the Washita. He says we have just
as fine power here going to waste as
Tennessee is using. Cars are run,
homes are heated and lighted with
the power and energy created by these
waterfalls and southern Oklahoma has
the same advantages along this line
that the older states are enjoying.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03

Our store will be closed after 10
o'clock Friday, July 4, and no deliv-
cries will be made. Phone your or
ders this evening for fresh groceries.
WILL C. SCRIVNER.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03
WEATHER FORECAST.

New Orleans, La, July g.
The weather forecast for Okla
homa for tonight or Friday is
unsettled with scattered show.
ers.
70 3. :: /. :: - .. :; :; :; (: .
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-03

Stop and read the Want Ads.
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-04-17
CHILDREN SERIOUS
LY INJURED
By Dynamite Explosion
at Norridgewock
This Horrible Occurrence Happened
Tuesday Night. School Children
Found Explosives In Street

Three children of Selden Rowe of
caps Tuesday night in the road while
on their way home from school and
as the result of an investigation of
their findings after they reached
home, they sustained serious injuries.
1t seems they tried to open the caps
with butcher knife which was fol-
lowed by an explosion, Guy aged nine
years, had both hands badly mangled,
while Bartelle, aged eight, had parti-
cles blown into his face and it is
feared he will loose the sight of one
eye. Derne. the other boy, five years
OF age also sustained severe injuries
in his hand. The butcher knife was
broken into three pieces and parti-
cles of the dynamite went through
both the side board and window.
AT nearly the same time the small
son of Silas Higgins put dynamite
cap in the stove in the school house
and in the explosion which immedi-
ately followed, he also was injured
so severely that ii is feared he will
lose one eye.
AS these serious accidents happen
ed near Dodlin Quarry, 1t is thought
some one working there dropped
these caps in the road. Physicians
were hastily summoned and the pa
tients are reported as being as COM
Portable as could be expected at the
present. The accidents were indeed
serious catastrophies to the several
small children concerned.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-04-17
A NEW POSTOFF|GE
ABOUT 1916
According to Present
Indications
4 Vigorous Campaign Might Hasten
Matters However

A recent circular issued by Sher-
man Allen, Assistant Secretary of the
United States Treasury Department.
gives information indicating that
Skowhegan will not get its post office
building for three years. 1t seems
that the buildings are provided for in
order which lots for same are pur-
chased by the government, and there
are already on file, titles to lots pre-
viously acquired, which will occupy
the department of public buildings
for three years TO come. IT IS not
necessary that Skowhegan should ac-
cept this delay as inevitable and a
vigorous campaign might hasten mat
ters, although the statement seems
clear enough that we must wait our
turn. In this connection it should
be noted that rumor is current, of
late, that the lot at the corner OF
Water street and North avenue is
not large enough to meet the govern
ment requirements. This, also,
should be looked into as delay in per-
fecting the title would further post
pone the erection of building.