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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24
ATHLETIC MEET
CLOSE At HAND
COUNTY SCHOOLS TAKE LEAD IN
ELLlNG-CONTEST IN AIH-
LETlcS AND oRAToRY SOON.

The Carter County Athletic meet,
spelling bee and oratorical ana eX-
preston contest will be held in Ard
more, beginning the 4th of April. On
Friday night, April 9Th, the spelling
contests will be held. All day Sat
urday will be devoted to the athle'
contests. On Saturday night, A. 8
9Th the oratorical and expression co
tests will be held.
The first of these contests were
held last year. They were partici.
pated in by the city schools, by Har'
grove College and by nearly all of the
schools in the county. 1t has ever
been that the country schools turn
out the best spoilers, and since the
contest last year the pupils of the
city schools nave been taking a great
er interest in spelling. The contest is
one in which district schools are
compared with one another and in
which the district school is compared
with the city school. The result has
been closer feelings of friendship
among the teachers, the pupils come
in closer contact with pupils of other
schols and they learn the result OF
their own training when compared TO
the training other children get. Par
ents in every district are anxious
for their school to win the victories
and the people of Ardmore take
very keen interest in the outcome.
The meeting this year promises to be
more important than the one held
last year.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24
Estimates Run High.

Kansas City, Mo-, March 24.-The
number of deaths are estimated at all
the way from one hundred to eleven
hundred as a result of the terrible
tornado which last night swept
Omaha, turning a great section of
that city into mass of debris. The
city was cut off from the outside
world. The Nebraska governor and
state militia hurried to the scene to
prevent looting. Hundreds are re-
ported to be killed and an immense
amount of damage done to towns and
cities about Omaha. One report says
that Omaha is burning.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24
Wide Path in City.

Chicago, H., March 24.-One hun
dred was a conservative estimate of
the dead in the Omaha tornado last
night, according to the best available
reports received here at six o'clock
this morning. At that hour the AS
sociatcd Press received the first di-
rect message from Omaha. 1t was
filed apparently before midnight and
placed the dead at one hundred and
the injured at three hundred. These
figures correspond to the dispatches
from Lincoln. The message said the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24
DYNAMITE FOR
THE KATY FLYER
FIVE STICKS AND A FULMlNAT-
ING CAP REMOVED FROM
SWITCH FROG

Dallas, Tex, Mar. 23-Five sticks of
dynamite and a Illuminating cap were
removed from a switch frog on the
Missouri, Kansas e Texas railroad
near Dallas last night just before
the southbound Katy Flyer passed
that point. Two men were seen to
drive UP to the track about six miles
out of Dallas. j. w. Pate, who says
he was sitting near the crossing
shortly after 6 p. M, declares he
overheard the men say:
1--WE will put it in the frog and
then drive west"
He says they went to the switch.
worked over Il minute and then
drove away. This happered ten min
utes before the Flyer arrived Pate
weit to the switch, removed che dy-
took a nearby red lantern
and tagged the train. The Flyer
stopped a few minutes and then
brought Pate into the city with the
dynamite and the cap. The train
man said he saw buggy appar-
emily driving away some little dis
lance from the railroad No eVplana-
lion of the incident has been dis
~ovarad
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24
FORECAST SAYS A
WEEK Of STORMS
TEMPERATURE WILL FLUCTUATE
GREATLY-BECOM COLDER
RAIN AT END OF WEEK.

Washington, March 23.-Abnormal
storm activity and marked fluctua-
tions in temperature will prevail the
country over during the coming week,
according to the Weather Bureau ex-
perts.
"a storm, central Sunday, over the
Rocky Mountain region" the bureaus
weekly bulletin says, 'will move rap
idly northeast, accompanied by shift
ing gales; it will be preceded by
rains and much warmer weather
at the beginning of the week in the
eastern and southern states and be
attended by SHOWS in the northwest
ern states and along the northern
border. 1t will be followed by decid-
edly colder Monday and Tuesday
over the middle west and the south
west and Tuesday and Wednesday
generally east of the Mississippi river
Another disturbance of widespread
influence will develop in the far west
about Wednesday or Thursday, move
eastward, attended by rain, in south
ern and probably snow in northern
districts and throughout the great
central valleys Thursday and Friday
and the eastern states Friday or Sat
urday. A general change to consid-
cradle higher temperatures will pre-
cede this disturbance"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24

The Associated Press offices III
Omaha. Nebraska, (By telephone via
Sioux City at noon. report that reli-
able estimates place the number OF
dead in Omaha at ninety, with two
hundred and forty injured.
Over one hundred and fifty resi-
dences were completely destroyed,
while two hundred and fifty others
are badly damaged.
The financial loss will be hundreds
of thousands.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24
Butter-fat and Milk Station.

DR.. w. NJ. Martin stated to an
Ardmoreite reporter this morning that
all arrangements have now been per-
fected for handling cream shipments
cut of Ardmore. DR.. Martin states
that a receiving station has been es-
tablished in the rear OF the Johnson
Drug Company's store and says he
is authorized to pay thirty-one cents
per pound for butter fat.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24
Many Indian Victims.

Terre Haute, Ind, March 2/.-With
the known death list at sixteen, mes
sengers from southern Vigo county
this morning brought word indicat-
ing that the toll of last nights tor
nado in this county will reach fifty.
It will probably be some days before
the exact fi'rlres are known. The
PROPERTY loss will exceed half a mil
lion dollars.
Later developments brought the list
of known dead to twenty-four.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24
Will Graft Pecans at Springer.

o. X. Darden came in from Lone
Grove this morning and will go out
to Springer this afternoon, where he
will grarf the buds Of the cultivated
pecan tree upon a number Of native
trees in the pecan grove belonging
to Robert +. Scivally.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24
Surgeon to Scene.

Washington, d. c., March 24.-Sur-
geon General Blue of the public health
service ordered Surgeon Cobb of the
marine service at Chicago, to hold
himself in readiness to go to Omaha
to assist in preventing a spread Of
disease which is likely to follow the
tornado disaster there.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24
Death of an Old Citizen.

]. f. Mcclure died at his residence
three miles south of Ardmore yester-
day afternoon at the advanced age
of seventy-four years Interment took
place in Rose Hill cemetery at 43O
this afternoon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24
Going to Shawnee

Alex Thielander, who was the fore
man in charge OF the brick work on
the Ardmore High school building
and who had charge later of the con-
struction work on the Christian
church building now under course of
construction in this city, will leave
tonight for Shawnee where he will
have charge of the construction of
the large parochial school which the
congregation of that city are build
ing.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24
Gone to Trenton, Missouri.

Roadmaster F., E. Warren of the
Rock Island, has been transferred
from this division to Trenton, Mo.
The many friends of this gentleman
in Ardmore, as well as the patrons OF
the division over which he had super
vision, hope that the transfer will be
only temporary and that he will be
returned to this division in the near
future.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24
Three Missouri Victims.

st. Joseph, Mo-, March 2i.-The
village of Flag Springs, north o:
here, is reported to have been de-
molished By last nights tornado and
three of the inhabitants killed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24
Afternoon Tea.

Mrs. Rob Poland will entertain on
Tuesday afternoon, April 1st, with a
tea in honor of Mrs. Williamson OF
kentucky, Miss Elizabeth Simpson
and the wedding guests to the Simp-
son-Gregg wedding. Invitations will
be extended the latter part of the
week.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24
Loss Twelve Million.

Chicago, ILL.,, March 24-The West
ern Union has been advised by its
Omaha office that the tornado dam
age there will be over twelve mil
lion dollars, and that more than one
hundred lives We're lost.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24
Rain Storm in Wisconsin.

Fondulas, Wis, March 2i.-Follow-
inging the worst rain storm in this
city in years. occupants of one hun
dred homes are marooned by the
floods and the river is still rising
No deaths have been reported
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24
Ten Dead at Yukon.

Lincoln. March, 24.-Ten persons
are known to have been killed in the
tornado at Yukon and the village of
Berlin is reported wiped out.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24

greatly distressed at the news re-
ceived from Nebraska. Can | help in
any way?"
Director Bicknell of the American
Red Cross rendered the services of
that organization.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24

storm broke at 6 o'clock last night
and swept strip six blocks wide
and eight miles long.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24
Wilson Wires Reurets.

Washington, D. c, March 24.-Pres-
ident Wilson telegraphed to Mayor
Dahlman at Omaha today: 81 am
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24
TORNADO SWEEPS THROUGH OMAHA:
HUNDREDS ARE DEAD AND INJURED

PATH OF STORM THROUGH OMAHA WAS SIX BLOCKS
EIGHT MILES LONG, LEAVING MASS OF DEBRIS PROPERTY
IN OMAHA ALONE is ESTIMATED AT TWELVE MILLION
DoLLARs-LATEST REPORTS NUMsER
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24

Copyrlgh by
~ the south This
designed
Mr. w.
architectural treatment setting
the exposition the
he o
The Washington times., 1913-03-29

knights Of Columbus temple Ii to be q
big success. according to present indi'
cations. The baby show il the star at
traction. of course, but there will be the
usual musical entertainment and other
things, not to mention the luncheon
served today at noon.
The program for the matinees arrang-
ed for next Monday and Tuesday after
moons for the benefit of the flood sun
crers is announced as follows:
Cuno Rudolph. president Of the Board
Of District Commissioners. will be the
principal speaker. Judge Ashley NJ.
Gould, Of the District Supreme Court,
will make an address. A number of
Senators and Congressman will be pres
ent and make short talks. Represen-
tatives of the Chamber Of Commerce,
the Board of Trade, the Retail Mer-
chants Association and other civic Or
ganizations are expected to take part In
the program. Musical and other enter
tainment features will be provided from
the talent of the local theaters.
The committee having this program in
charge includes: Thomas ]. Donovan,
chairman: Frank L. Hewitt and Walter
D. Nolan. In order to make the re-
ceipts as large as possible a uniform
admission will be charged at the door,
This amount. with the brotherhood of
Man." collection is expected to provide
a substantial benefit fund for the needy
IN the afflicted district.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
EXCURSIONS
THE ELECTRIC LINE
TO BALTIMORE

Every so Minutes
Every Day
Reduced Rates
Every Saturday and sunday
ROuND-S1. .2S-TRIP
Including Washington City carfare
Good returning until Monday midnight
Eastern shore Of Maryland
via Annap0lia.
Claiborne. st. Michaeis, EastOn, Sails
bury, and all points On b. c. 4 A.
Ry., to Ocean City.
Leave WashinEt0n SI10 .. m., 1906 D. N.
Saturday, sos p. nj daily
except Sunday.
New Service
To Cambridge and Oxford
Leave Washington. .0sO5 or I ,OS D. m.
Arrive oxford. 4:30 q. m.
Arrive Cambridge. $500 q. m.
This service makes close connections
for Tilghman's Island. Greensboro
East New Market. fredericksburg. and
Seaford. Del.
Only service leaving Washington late
in the evening and arriving early next
morning.
Statcroom berths reserved at ticket
office. Ask agent for full informa tion.
Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis
Electric Railroad Company
18th and New York Avenue
Bond BuildinxD
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
Children in Flood
Will Be Considered

Consideration of the needs of the chill
dren in the Ohio food disaster Will oe
taken up at the meeting Of the Wom-
ans Democratic Study Club this after
noon in the New Willard
The club will give Browning reading
on Monday night, and all women iden-
titled with philanthropic work will be
invited to attend. Browning's Cry OF
the Children will be rendered, and a
discussion of ways and means for help
ing the food victims win be invited.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
Eagles and Friends Eat
200 Barrels Of Oysters

Washington Eagles made an impress
sion on the supply and demand" Of
bivaIves last night when more than 400
members of Local Aerie, No. Is. and
their friends, at the oyster roast Of the
Aerie. cevoured more than go barrels of
oysters.
The roast was given tn defray the
expenses Of the Eagles A@fching Club
of this city at the coming convention
OF the Eagles Of the United States to
be held In Baltimore In August.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
BABY SHOW PUTS
JUDGES TO TEST
Kirmess Officials Have Task
With Fat, Lean, Large, and
Small in Contests.

Judges of the Baby Show at the
Knights of Columbus Kirmess matinee
today will be put to the test, according
to announcements made Of the entries
thus far. There are fat babies and
babies not so fat. There are big babies
and little babies and cute babies and
but there are also about twenty of the
finest specimens Of babyhood in the
world already selected.
At any rate the special matinee
arranged for the benefit of the new
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
CumInins Gets Data
On Stock Sales Bill

Senator Cummins today returned from
New York from an investigation into
questions connected with the subject Of
short sales Of stocks and food and agri-
cultural products.
He introduced q bill to impose a tax
on short sales on the exchanges at the
last session. He intends to bring II up
again In the special session In the form
of an amendment to the tariff and in
come tax bill.
While in New York he obtained much
data on the subject. but at the same
time found much opposition to his plan.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29

A Confirmation Of This Story VIII
De Found In TOmorrow's
Issue of The Times.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
Elections on Local Issues.

Municipal elections involving import.
ant local issues will take place during
several other large cities. Forty cities
and towns Of Wisconsin will vote on the
anti-saloon question. while the voters
of Fargo. n. D., Racine. Wis. Durham
N. c., and several other places Will bal
lot on a proposal to adopt the commits
sion plan Of government.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
Financier in Jail.

NEW YORK. March z.-Frenzied fin-
ance was discovered at Riverhead,
L. l., jail when Joseph Hartigan. .
painter, told an investiga ting commit
tee that ne hired trusty for 81 per
day and charged the county Sc.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-02-17
Resumes System" Inquiry.

New York, Feb. 1.-THE grand jury
resumed its inquiry today CT police
graft.
Although it has been hunting po-
lice corruption since the disclosures
of the Becker trial, it has failed t.
find the necessary links of evidence
to indict higher officials.
At almost every turn the investi-
cation is said to have been thwarted
by a criminal police ring. In num-
Der of cases the jury was just about
to catch the man higher up" when
the necessary witnesses were sud
denly silenced or driven into hiding
District Attorney Whitman has
made such progress in his cases
against the police however, that the
grand Jury expects to have an easier
time from now on.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-02-17
UNUSUAL LOVE TANoLE.
Now Three Stand charged-Abduc
ton, Bieamy and Perjury.

tlOHt D'9dTnt anu ECTJuTJ.
Fairview, Okla, Feb. 16-The usu-
ally quiet little town of Fairyiew is
all agog with excitement over a SEN
sational case which promises to bring
into the courts some of the more
prominent residents of Ringwood
near here, on charges of a more or
less serious nature. 1t was all caus-
ed by the love affairs of a young
man. who had heretofore been rath
er inconspicuous about the commu-
nifty. The action is not confined to
| Ringwood alone, but extends to Fair
view, okla, and Canadian, Texas,
and the principals in the exciting az
fair are now gathered back in Fair
view once more.
Last Sunday morning. Arthur Rog
crs, a young man who has spent most
OF his time in Ringwood, telephoned
Ollie Goodwin, residing near this
town, that he, Rogers, was coming
Monday after Vicy, the 17-year- old
daughter of Ollie Goodwin Mr.. Good
win objected to the threatened mar
riage, and it is claimed Rogers, be-
ing refused his first love, went to
the home of a resident by the name
of Shrader and asked for the hand
Of his daughter, Cora, in marriage.
The Shrader girl Is said to be
but II years of age, but it is stated
her mother had no objections to her
marriage to young Rogers, and she
promptly ordered team of mules
hitched to the wagon and came with
the young people to this place where,
it is alleged, she swore the girl was
16 years of age and gave her con-
sent to the girls marriage to Rog-
ers. The marriage was performed.
Girl Under Fifteen.
County Judge Madison, who per
some misgivings, and was not sat
isfied with the mothers statement
as to the age of the girl, so started
an investigation to learn for him
self the age of the girl In the
school enumeration records, it is |
stated, he found that the Shrader
girl is under 10 years of age, so he |
telephoned Mrs. Shrader and notified
her of his find and when the we'd
ding party returned to the Shrader
home, Mr. Shrader met them at the
gate and told young Rogers of Judge
Madison's orders annuling the mar
riage.
Rogers left the young wife at her
parents home and he went to the
nome of Earl Flack, his brother-in-
aw, where he remained over Monday
hight. Tuesday morning. Flack and
Rogers went to the Goodwin home,
where Rogers got Vicy and the trio
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-02-17
Breathes Life into Dead Baby.

After a family phy ysician had pro
nounced dead baby born to Mr.
and Mrs, Joseph Rafetz of No. 33g
East One Hundred and Nineteenth
street the husband telephoned Sgd
enham hospital, and DR.. Harry Fried
responded. He sought to induce res
piraton by various :heans and was
unsuccessful after an hours effort.
I'm sorry" he said "but | can
do nothing"
The mothers tears reused him TO
renewed efforts. He breathed into
the baby's lungs, and a half hour
later, when the physician was almost
exhausted, the baby began to cry.
That was Thursday night Last night
DR.. Fried called at the Rafetz house,
and both parents embraced him. The
Laby was squalling Justify.
Little Josephine will live, the ply
sican assured them.-New York Her
aid.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-02-17

drove to Cleo. From that point, Rog
ers is alleged to have purchased tick
cts to Alva, at which place they
arrived too late to see the Off =
ciating Judge, so purchased tickets
to Canadian, Texas, where, it Is
claimed the young couple were mar
ried.
Quarantine Does Not Stop Them.
On the return trip, they were stop
red at the Texas Oklahoma line and
asked for their health certificates,
They had none, having forgotten
about the quarantine. and had to ge.
of the train. 1t is claimed they
walked distance of eleven miles to
the nearest point in Oklahoma, where
they boarded train again and on
Thursday arrived at Enid.
Things had happened at Fairview
since their departure. Earl Flack,
Rogers brother in law, had been ar.
rested on charge of assisting the
young couple to get away and faced
the charge of abduction. At Enid
Mrs. Rogers No. left her husband
and went by rail to Ringwood, where
she was taken in custody by a dep
uty sheriff to be used as witness
against Flack. Rogers is said to
have walked to Ringwood and from
that point went to Flack's home,
where Mrs. Flack Immediately pounc.
ed upon him and hauled him over to
Fairview Friday morning to help lib
crate Earl Flack.
Many Charges Faced.
AS the matter now stands, it ia
stated, Flack faces a charge of alb
duction; Rogers a charge of bigamy,
and Mrs. Shraders mother of Rogers
first wife, who was taken from him.
a charge of perjury.
Vicy Goodwin now denies tina, !
she and Rogers were married, it il |
declared and it is probable a court |
proceeding will have to be held TO
unravel the seeming mystery of this
most unusual of unusual love tan.
giles.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-02-17
Had No Time.

Miss Specs-"Charles, did you ever
allow your mind to pierce the secrets
OF the universe, to reason that this
dull, cold world is but the sepulchre
OF ages past. that man in all his glory
Is but the soil we tread, which every
breeze watts in an overshifting maze
to be found and lost in an ininity OF
particles-the dust Of centuries. re-
united and dissolved as long as time
shall endure?" Charles-"No-o, | can't
say have. You see, I've had to earn
my own living. Stray Stories.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-02-17
Where "Yiddish" Comes From,

The Hebrews who live in Germany
speak the German language, using
among themselves peculiar dialect
called "Yiddish" that term being It.
self corrupt form of the German
word Yudisch Russian Hebrews also
use this language, while by a curious
chain Of historic events Turkish He.
brews speak Spanish. Printed Yid.
dish shows an Interesting combina.
tion OF languages, the words being
essentially German, but printed in He,
brew aracters.-Christian Herald.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-02-17
CHICAGO TROOPS ON BOARD.
Hilarious Cries of "Off to Mexico
as Soldiers Started.

Chicago Feb. 16.-There were hila
rious cries of "Off to Mexico" as foul
companies of Fort Sheridan soldiers
boarded two special trains at 10 a
m. today and started for Fort Sill
Okla They belong to the Nineteenth
Infantry and are now under orders tt
repair to the Oklahoma Military Res
ervation for schooling in musketry
Practically every officer and enlisted
man in the command hoped and half
believed that they should be sent to
Mexico to protect United States in
terests before they again saw the fort
on the lake shore.