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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27
Secretary West Back from City

Secretary of the Ardmore CONNER
citl Club Felix X. West, returned
this morning from Oklahoma City
where he appeared before the govern
or yesterday, with others, in protest
ing against the approval by the gov
ernor OF the Muskogee State Fair
bill. Mr.. West states that a dele
cation consisting of over one hun
dred persons was present and pro-
tested against the measure receiving
the governors signature. A delega-
ton was also present in the interests
of the bill. from Muskogee. Mr. West
presented the protest signed by SOU
thern Oklahomans. All the names
to the protest Lad been embodied in
one sheet. making a strip Of paper
several feet long. Mr.. West stated
that Governor Cruce has taken the
measure under advisement and will
take no action in the matter until
next Tuesday, April /.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27
FREEDOM FOR MONTGOMERY
Former Cashier Bank of Pittsburg
viii Be Free Tomorrow

Pittsburgh, Pa, March 27.-Will-
lam Montgomery, former cashier of
the Allegheny 9Ntional Bark of TITS
burg will be a free man tomorrow,
or as soon as he car save after
midnight tonight. One of the last
acts Of President Taft was to CON-
mute Montgomery's sentence upon
recommendation of the physicians in
Leayenworth prison, Kansas, where
he is Confined. 1t is understood Mr..
Taft further believed that Montgom-
ery's sentence of 10 years for CON-
plicity in the wrecking of the bank
was excessive. 1t was pointed out
to the executive that Montgomery
lost heavily in the failure and that
he suffered financial losses larger
than many of the directors and other
officials CT the institution.
Montgomery was sc ltenced Novem
ber %, 1908, by Judge James S.
Young. September 26, 1909, he was
transferred from the Western peni-
tentiary in Pittsburgh to Leaven-
worth. He was arrested in May,
1908, on charges of embezzlement and
misappropriation of funds. More
than $1,O0O,O0O was lost by the bank.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27
Accused of Duping Rich Men.

Columbus, Ohio, March 27.-Anoth-
er case resembling that of the late
Mrs. Cassie Chadwick comes before
the United States Commissioners Of
flee here today when a hearing is
given to Mrs. Emma Boutwell,, who
has several aliases. She is charged
with having mulcted wealthy men in
a half dozen cities out of thousands
of dollars within the last few months
through intimations of possible ex-
posure.
The postoffice inspectors and city
detectives declare that Mrs Both
wells alleged operations extended to
indianapolis Ind; Detroit, Mich;
Cleveland, Ohio; Wilkes-Barre, Pa,
and several other cities.
They assert that Mrs. Boutwell,
wrote her alleged victims claiming
to be in delicate health and demand
ing money for an operation. Under
another name she is alleged to have
written claiming to be sister of
Mrs. Boutwell, and representing that
the latter had died from the effects
of an operation. From 5000 to $500
was asked to pay burial and hos
pital expenses.
Later, under still another alias, it
is alleged, she sent in bills repre-
senting herself as nurse" claiming
TO "know ALL" and threatening trou-
BILE unless money was sent to pay for
her services "in caring for the late
Mrs. Boutwell,"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27
N COMBS REFUSAL
STARTS AGITATION
MOVEMENT IN FAVOR OF MEN
AT FOREIGN POSTS TO BE RE.
LIEVED OF EXPENSE.

Washington, March 26-Wm. F.
McCombs' declination of the office of
ambassador to France on the ground
that only man of large private
means could keep up the expensive
establishment which custom seems to
rcCure, has started an agitation that
may result in provision by the Unit
ed States government to enable its
Ambassadors and ministers abroad to
maintain their embassies and lega-
lions with proper dignity. witnOat
the necessity of going deep into their
OWE pockets. Already members Of
congress are beginning to realize
how President Wilson is hampered
in his selection Of men of mere abil-
ity than wealth foi important diplo
matte positions, and tie suggestion
growing out of Mr., McCombs' declin.
alton is bearing fruit.
There was talk today in official
IlICito llliL lilN Ntulu oCllu
q message to congress advocating
legislation that would enable poor
men of the intellectual calibre re-
quired to accept diplomatic posts in
foreign countries where the standard
of living and entertaining set for
ambassadors or ministers requires
heavy expense. 1t goes without say
ing that should the president trans
nit such a message his views would
find many supporters among senator's
and representatives who heretofore
have been Indifferent on the subject.
AS far back as 1884 President Ar
thur recognized the importance OF
this government owning IS diplomatic
and consular buildings abroad. He
mentioned the subject in letter to
congress. A year later President
Cleveland backed up the suggestion
in his annual message and in Janu-
ary 1890 President Harrison advocat-
ed the idea. Again in 1898 and in
1896 President Cleveland commented |
on the matter in his annual messages
Of those years.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27
PARCELS POST Law
PUZZLES BURLESON
SOME DECLARE THAT UNCLE
SAM HAS MONOPOLY ON PACK
AGE TRANSFER.

Washington, March 26.-An inter-
probation of law, which, if sustained,
would take away from the express
companies of the country all their
business in packages weighing less
than eleven pounds, is puzzling Past
master General Burleson and the le-
gal sharps of the postoffice depart
ment. Some interpreters of the par
eel post law, constituting that statute
in connection with the postal clause
of the constitution, maintain that it
has the effect of giving the govern
ment an absolute monopoly of the
handling of parcels within the limit Of
size set by the law.
Under the constitution and the ac-
cumulated statutes and the action OF
the courts, it is unlawful for any pri-
vate individual or concern to compete
with the government in the handling
of mail matter, that function being
particlarly reserved as a monopoly
for the government. This law, those
who have raised the question in the
department claim, automatically cov-
ers all of the activities of the post
office department and therefore
would cover the parcel post service.
The assistant attorney general for
the postoffice department has pre-
pared an opinion which it is said
holds that the law does not give the
government a monopoly on the handl-
ing of packages.
Postmaster General Burleson is 60
ing over the matter carefully and is
inclined to act with caution. 1t is
probable that he will refer the ques-
tion to Attorney General McReynolds
for an exhaustive investigation of the
law and that the opinion will be laid
before President Wilson for his
views.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27

With the ohio river subsiding, the
states death list this afternoon is be-
Iieved to have run over two thousand
The property damage is estimated at
cre hundred million dollars.
In Dayton alone, the property loss
is fifty million and lives lost one thou
sand.
At Delaware, the known dead are
fifty-three. Sidney reports one hun.
dred dead and Tiffin fifty.
The first at Dayton is now unde'
control and practically ended, accord
ing to a telephone message to the
governor from Dayton.
One hundred lives are believed to
have been lost at Pqua, according te
message from the prosecuting attor.
ney of Miami county.
The governor has proclaimed a ter
days holiday to protect negotiable pa
per.
West indianapolis has been declar
ed under martial law and state
troops have been rushed to that dis.
trct, ordered to shoot vandaIs.
Thousands of homes have been
abandoned in Logansport. That Town
is also under martial law.
The crowded foreign quarter OF
Dayton. where thousands are believ.
ed dead and dying, is still beyonc
reach.
Minimum estimates of the loss oi
life in Ohio and Indiana this morn
ing we're fifteen hundred. Others
were as high as four thousand. The
fire menace continued in the Ohio
flood district. Dayton is still burning
and appealing for dynamite with
which to destroy buildings in the
fires path.
Billiards added to the terrors OF
the exposed refugees. Relief meas
Ires have been perfected in many
cities and carloads of provisions are
being rushed as fast as transporta
ton is provided.
Western Pennsylvania is facing
grave floods. Sharon and Newcastle
report fifteen feet Of water.
In Indiana, the deaths are estimat
cd at from two hundred to two thous
and. Measles and whooping cough
are reported in West indianapolis.
Five babies have been born in a
church filled with refugees at Dayton.
One baby was born in boat, while
its mother was being carried to safe.
ty. Such incidents are common.
Cincinnati is now endangered by
the rising Ohio and its tributaries.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27
SAY FRUIT is KILLED.
Walter Colbert Believes Many Peach
Trees are Killed

w. p. Poland has boasted for
many years that the fruit crop of the
Chickasaw nation has never been a
failure. The Old Chief is changing
his tone today and says at least the
greater portion of it is gone.
wv. F. Warren says he examined
some peaches and found the fruit
killed.
Walter Colbert says not only the
fruit 81 killed but some of the trees
have also been killed by the severe
cold after the trees had budded.
Arthur Walcott said the fruit was
dead and if the trees lived the people
might consider themselves fortunate.
Oats, he says, are safe and the al
falfa crop will not be hurt. But Mr..
Walcott concluded that the loss of
the fruit was very light to suffer
when compared to what others are
suffering in many section of the
United States.
H. T. Hunt was asked if the de-
struction of the fruit crop would in,
terfere with the building of the bas-
ket factory. His reply was that the
factory would be built. The manu-
facture Of peach baskets was only one
part OF the enterprise and that the
factory could be keut busy building
egg crates and crates for shipping
potatoes, melons, berries and vege-
tables.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27
GREAT ACTIVITY
IN OIL FIELDS
MlD-CONTlNENT COMPANY LO-
GATED NEW WELL TODAY IN
SECTION I

The Mid-Continent company, an oil
producing company of Oklahoma City
has entered the Ardmore field and
its representative, G. B. Stone, is
here this week arranging to sink a
well on a bunch of leases recently
secured through l.. w. Cruce. The
first we'll will be sunk in northe' t
quarter of section |. &
Scores of oil men are in the civ
now and the greatest activity pre-
walls. A vast section of Carter coun-
tv now looks like a real live city.
Men are building temporary houses
for living quarters, carpenters are
building new derricks in every direc-
tion, new machinery is being hauled
to the field, new pumping plants are
being installed and the oil is flowing
into Ardmore through the pipe line
twenty-four hours every day. Oil
trains a mile in length are leaving
the city and the railway companies
are feeling the influence of the added
business which the oil field is bring
ing them.
The field today has a demand for
more drllers. Those here cannot
meet the demands of companies who
have the money to pay for sinking
wells. One contr acting driller is
sinking ten wells and is not able to
take care of the orders that are COM
ing to him.
A supply house is one of the ne
cessities. Long waits are experience
ed because orders for supplies must
be sent to supply houses at Tulsa.
A manager of one of the big hard
ware firms of the city said today that
he had felt the demand for oil well
supplies and that he would put in a
stock of oil well supplies that would
meet the demands of the oil men.
Another necessity is an interurban
railway to Oil City. That demand
will be met. A promoter who Is
here today from Oklahoma City says
that funds can be easily secured for
such a line and that ne will at once
organize a company to connect Ard
more and Oil City by interurban.
Every day brings new oil men here
every day records big deals in leas-
es in the field. every day witnesses
new contracts for drilling and every
day the area and Importance of the
field is growing.
One company has sunk 73 wells
and more than 95 per cent of these
wells are producers. Such a record
has never been equaled in any other
field. Ardmore and Carter county
has not yet begun to dream Of the
wealth they have in the oil and gas
fields.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27
Garrison to Ohio.

Washington, d. c., March 81
Secretary Of War Garrison will leave
here this afternoon for the flood dis
trict to take personal charge and
represent the president
Supplies from Canada, for the SUI
fer ers, will be admitted free of duty
by McAdoo's order.
President Wilson this afternoon is
determined to go to the flooded dis
trio. if he can do any good. He will
await word from Secretary Garrison
who goes to the scene this after
noon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27

Jim Carruthers, the old darkey
known to so many white people as
the squirrel peddler, died at his home
in this city yesterday. He had gone
through a siege of pneumonia and
the physician attending him had dis
missed the case. A stroke of paraly-
sis seized him and life lasted but a
few hours. Carruthers earned his live
lihood by killing squirrels and sell
ing them to his white friends.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27

Victor Williams and four other
men drove from Loco yesterday into
Ardmore through the snow. lie says
the roads were very slippery and
bad at different places and he and
his companions suffered intensely
from cold, but that Buick machine
never failed to pull a single time and
the trip was made in very good time
considering the falling snow and the
bad roads.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27

Following are the high school prize
winners in the essay contest on
More Beautiful Ardmore.
First - Bertha Forbes second -
Anna Anderson; third - Dorothy
Smith.
Following are the grammar school
winners: First-Jennie Lee Smith;
seconi-Devie Clowdus; third-Floy
Peterson.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27

After two nights of horror during
which hundreds clung to housetop5,
calling for help until their voices
save way dozens perched in branches
of trees, many lost their grip froul
cold and dropped into the water.
The lifeless form of man can be
seen still hanging in a tree He was
frozen while signaling for help. The
looting of yandals added to the hor
ror.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27
VICTORY CROWNS
BU[GAR ARMY
TERRIFIC FIGHTING - ADRIAN
OPLE IN FLAMES - CHATAlJA
YIELDS.

Mustapha Pasha, March 6.-The
fortress of Adrianople was taken by
the Bulgarians this morning, after
fighting of the most terrible charac.
ter since Monday. Flames are de-
vastating the city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27
Fire in Southeast Ardmore

The fire department were called
out at $3.50 this morning in response
to an alarm turned in from the corner
Of d street and Fourth avenue, SOUTH
. st. The building, occupied by a
y 70 woman named Edmonds had
- from a defective flue and one
of =. gables was burning merrily
whel| boys arrived. A liberal ap-
plicati { the chemicals soon put
out the IS. The damage to the
house wa . ~ sman-to the furni.
ture ard household good-none.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27
Turks Yield ChataIia.

London, March 26.-After two
days desperate fighting, Chatalja
has fallen into the hands of the Bull
garians, according to a telegram re-
ceived tonight by the Bulgarian lega-
tion in London.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27
Fifty Known Dead.

Peru, Ind, March 27.-Although the
high water precludes a search of the
flooded district, the authorities this
Afternoon asserted that there are 100
missing, with fifty known dead.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27
Two Fifty at Hamilton.

Hamilton, Ohio, March 27.-The
l.aKevieW Hotel in the residence Sec
ton of this city collapsed today. There
we're fifty persons in it and ten bod
les have been recovered. 1t is be-
lieved there are two hundred and
fifty dead here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27
Returned from Dentists Meeting

DR.. A. e. Adams returned this
morning from Oklahoma City, where
he has been as a delegate to the
meeting of the State Dentists Asso-
citation which has been in session in
the capital city for the first part OF
this week.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27
Turk Chief Commits Suicide

London, March 26.-Shakri Pasha.
the Turkish chief in command of
Adrianopfe, committed suicide after
the capture of the city, according to
news agency dispatch from Sofia.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27
Cincinnati Faces Flood.

Cincinnati. Ohio, March 27.-With
MuskinGum. the Scioto, the two Mi
amis ana Licking pouring millions of
gallons Of flood water into the Ohio
river. Cincinnati faces the worst flood
in her history. The water is creep
inE INTO the lcwlands this afternoon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27
HUNDRED FIFTY.
-FOUR At OMAHA
TWO MORE VICTIMS OF TORNADO
BRINGS oMAHAS DEATH LOSS
TO THIS FIGURE.

Omaha, Neb,, March 27.-Two tor
made victims died during last night,
bringing the city's total deaths to one
hundred and fifty-four.
Forty-two victims are reported
from Council Bluffs and adjacent cit
les.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27

]. B. Smith, an oil man from Du-
rant, is making his headquarters in
this city now at the Wilmington
hotel.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27
Attention X. of P's.

Work in rank OF Esquire tonight.
Let us have good attendance. Wis
iting knights invited.
WM. F. BOURLAND, C. C.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27

Chicken dinner by the Christian
church ladies Saturday, % cents, in
Newman building, next to Whitehurst
grocery.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27
'OH|O DEATH LIST NOW TWO THOUSAND
PROPERTY DAMAGE HUNDRED MILLION

IN DAYTON ALONE THE LOSS
THOUSAN LWES-REPORTS
WEST OF CO LUMBUs, RECEIVED TODAY, lNOL
CATE ONE THOUSAND LIVES LOST THROUGH
FROM COLD, SU RVlVORS DROP TREES
POINTS REFUGE D DROWN
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27
Attention Rebekahs.

Regular meeting Of the Rebekah
lodge will be held tonight at 1880
o'clock. A full attendance is request
ed. /,
SALLIE LEE,
Noble Grand.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27
FREE TO OKLAHOMA LADIES.

The Ardmoreite's $3.50 Double Auto
mobile Contest Will Be Attractive
Just think of it! Two 1913 COM
pletely equipped five-passenger tour
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27
Birth.

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. S.
Whitsett, on West Broadway, a son
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27

Want ads get retults Read them.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-03
TENTING upon
THE old CAMP
GROUND AGAIN
ARMY OF Blue and GRAY
They Meet Upon the Field of
Gettysburg

Gettysburg, Pay July 2.-Ffte en
thousand veterans of the war between
tie states sat in the sweltering heat OF
the big tent on the Gettysburg battle
field yesterday and joined in the
opening ceremonies of the first day
in othe semi-centennial celebration.
The doctors of the regular army, the
Pennsylvania department of health
and the Red Cross looked with appre-
hension upon the swelling crowd of
old and feeble men that jammed the
aisles, climbed over the seats and
tried hard to look comfortable in a
temperature that had left one hun
dred behind hours before.
Col. J. NJ. Schoonmaker, chairman
of the Pennsylvania battle anniver-
sary committee, presided, and the first
address was by Governor Tener, of
Pennsylvania, who welcomed the men
in blue and the gray
Secretary of War Garrison followed
with the Grafton of the day. Then
came addresses by Judge Alfred Z.
Beers, of Bridgeport, Conn, COM
mander-in-chief of the Grand Army
OF the Republic, and General Bennett
H. Young of Kentucky, commander-in-
chief of the United Confederate Veter-
ans.
Secretary Garrison reached camp
at noon. He motored from Baltimore
ard arrived on the heels of Major
General Leonard Wood chief of staff,
| S. A. The secretary will spend
several days here, and inspect the big
city from end to end. He was TT
first notable of the administration to
arrive, and the battery of artillery
that has been waiting anxiously 10
unlimber got it's first chance to thua-
der out a salute.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-03
TO SHOW CONDITIONS
INTOLERABLE In STRIKE
Explanation to Be Offered
for Militia at Augusta

Atlanta, July Representative |. f..
+. Beck, of Carroll county, who offered
the resolution in the house calling fo-
legislative investigation of the ev-
ents surrounding the calling out of
troops during the street car strike
trouble in Augusta, says he has mora
than so important affidavits from
Augusta people declaring that intoler-
able conditions prevailed there during
the period in which the military was
in charge and martial law prevailed
These affidavits he is not ready to
make public yet and will not until
there has been action on his resolution
calling for a joint investigating COM
mittee If his resolution is finally
adopted he says he will make some
startling revelations.
1t is understood that Representa-
tive Beck has been busy on this mat
ter for several months prior to the
converting of the legislature and that
he has written hundreds of letters to
various persons in Augusta and also
that members of the house have re-
ctived communications from him on
the subject.
The Carroll member feels very
strongly about the matter and holds
the view that the military was guilty
of wrong doing in shooting down GER
tain citizens
He expects to make a hot fight to
get his resolution through.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-03

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