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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-25
REGULAR SESSION
CITY COUNCIL
SHORT BUSY SESSION HELD YES
TERDAY AFTERNOON - CON-
PROMISE JUDGMENT.

The mayor and board Of city com
missioners met in regular session al
the city hall yesterday afternoon and
transacted the city's affairs in a shor:
| meeting.
A few emergency bills were allow
ed by the commissioners and othel
matters on minor Importance disposed
of.
Upon recommendation of the city
attorney a compromise was effected
between the city and the Ardmore
Concrete company, by the city agree
ing to issue warrants in payment of
$4,000 In settlement of a judgment
against the city obtained in the dis
trict court for s2,2S6S6 for breach of
contract. The proposition for a COM
promise was made by the company
at previous meeting and the city
attorney instructed to look into the
merits Of the case and make rec
cmmendation with the above result
A bill was presented to the coun
ell against the city, by attorneys rep
resenting Charley Johns, the owner
of the horse killed a few days ago
by Officer Banks King while running
away ON Main street. The amount
asked for the animal was $4,000 and
the commissioners refused to allow
the claim.
Commissioner Bridgman was un-
avoidably absent from the city last
night, but all other commissioners
and heads of departments were pres
ent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-25
SENATE PASSES
HIGHWAY BILL
ABOLlSHlNG OFFICE OF HIGHWAY
COMMISSIONER AND CREATING
THAT OF ENGINEER.

Oklahoma City, Okla, June 24.-Ff :
ual passage of the general road law,
which aboliskes the state highway de-
bartment, with the emergency clause,
introduction of bill appropriating
$4,000 to fight the grasshopper and
other insects and the submission on
reports from the investigating COM
mttee on the attorney generals Of
flee and the corporation commission,
marked Tuesdays session of the house
of representatives The senate met
at o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
The general road bill was left in
conference at the time the recess was
taken in May, the committees falling
to agree on several of the provisions
of minor Importance. The conference
committee report was accepted, and
the bill passed by the house imme-
diately thereafter. The bill abolishes
the office Of commissioner of high
ways and creates the office of state
engineer, whose duties are to extend
over the road work, irrigation and
other engineering work. The engineer
shall upon request furnish expert in
formation and advice to the various
counties in the matter of construc-
ten of good roads, bridges and irrl-
cation projects. :.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-25
BULGARlA'S WHEAT CROP.
Raise More Wheat During War Than
Ever Before.

Washington, June 24.-Although it
has been popularly supposed that vir-
tually the entire male population of
Bulgaria was engaged in death
grapple with the Turk, nevertheless,
wheat production in Bulgaria this
year promises to be greater than in
1912.
The international institute OF ag-
riculture at Rome announces that the
yield promises to be 67,977,0OO bush e
els. which is 1866 per cent of last
years crop. e-'-'t -'-'-'~
The same dispatch declares that
Italy's crop probably will be 1S9,-
10000 bushels, or 111.9 per cent,
while the crop of India will reach
S5S, ,316,0O0, a slight decrease from
last year, and Japan will produce ap-
proximately 27,O29,OOO bushels, or 1852
per cent.
Less acreage is devoted this year
to the cultivation of the sugar beet
in Both Belgium and France. This Is
offset, however, by increased acreage
in Denmark and Hungary.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-25
Fighting Grasshoppers.

Guthrie, Okla, June 24,-The mill
men of this section of the state ars
coming to the rescue of the farmers
in the Wellston- Warwick portion Of
Lincoln county, to stop the grass
hopper invasion, according to A. c..
Hixon, general agent here for the
Fort Smith and Western railroad. The
mills are furnishing free and ship
ping to Wellston bran necessary for
making an arsenic poison to sprinkle
ever corn, cotton alfalfa and other
growing crops. The merchants OF
Wellston will all close their stores,
when the bran arrives, either tomor-
row or Thursday, and all the towns
people will join witk the farmers in
spreading the bran mixture.
Word from the stricken locality to-
night says there is no let-up in the
grasshopper depredations.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-25
CREW DISSATISFIED
Thousand Employees Of Giant Liner
Protest Against Conditions.

Hoboken, N. j., June PA thous
and members of the crew of the giant
liner Imperator, now in port here, held
mass meeting late last night and
adopted resolutions denouncing work
ing conditions on the vessel, demand
ing better food, better sleeping con-
ditions and a nine hour day. The
resolutions will be presented to the
Imperator's commander.
The protestants include steward
pantry cooks, coal trimmers and fire
men. Speakers who exhorted them
said they had been treated like pigs.
Sixteen hours work a day was not
unusual and the sanitary equipment
was inadequate, it was declared.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-25
School Adjustment Program.

Oklahoma City, June 24.-Rep-e,
sentative Woodard and his associates
of the house of representatives, who
are circulating petitions in initiation
of the school abolishment program,
will make no attempt to have the
question submitted at the special
election August ;. Mr.. Woodard said
tt day that Governor Cruce indicated
he would call a special election, pro-
yided the signatures were not gather
cd in time for the August election,
but the promoters do not want this
to be done. They win ask that the
matter go over until the primary
election in August, 1915.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-25
EXPECT TO ATTACK
JUAREZ TOMORROW
TOWN DEFENDERS ARE PLACING
GUNS-HUERTA's MEN sTARv.
ING--EAT SNAKES.

Fl Paso, Tex, June 24.-Federals
in Juarez are planting cannon in de-
fense of the border port against a
rebel attack.
Pancho Villa with LOO well armed
and mounted men is now at Guzaman.
eighty miles from Juarez, and he has
sent word he will open the attack
not later than Thursday and has
warned all nOncombatants to leave.
villa is reported to have slaughtered
federal auxiliary corps at Casas
Grandes in an all-day fight Friday.
Rogue Gomez, Silvestere Quevedo and
his brother, Simon Acosta, all col
onels under Gen. Salazar, are report
cd killed, but late today in Juarez
friends of Gomez asserted he had es-
capped with his band. Not more than
Fifteen of the 200, it is asserted, es-
capped from the rebels.
Reinforcements from Villa Ahumada
ard Palomas will swell Villas COM
mand to 2,100. Citizens of Juarez have
commenced to move again across the
border. Officials appear to feel that
they have every good reason to pre-
pare for resistance and do not in
tend to be caught mapping.
Juarez is garrisoned by about 1000
federals under command of General
Francisco Castro.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-25
He Wants His Boy.

$4,000 for his capture. Inquire
throughout your neighborhood for
my boy. Roscoe Culley. age 10 years,
Riding bicycle when he left home in
shirt sleeves, check shirt, black hat.
Left Ellendale, Tenn, May 18th, tell
ing his boy friends that he was going
to Mississippi. Dark hair, grey eyes,
slender form and has two deep scars
on left forearm. More than likely
is on a farm.
You will do me a favor that will
not be forgotten il you will help me
find him.
Notify n. D. Culley, Ellendsle, Ten
nessee. Last heard from at Rswlins,
Ark, St Francis county
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-25
TEXAS APPEALS
FOR PROTECTION
WAR SECRETARY GARRISON HAS
CAVALRY TROOPS AT TEXAS
LINE OPPOSITE JAUREZ.

Washington, June 25.-Representa.
tive Smith of Texas appealed to Pres.
ident Wilson today to see that Ameri-
cans in Ell Paso do not suffer from a
threatened battle az Jaurez between
the Mexican federals and constitu-
tionalists, who are steadily advancing
The president referred Smith to
Secretary Garrison, who told him that
two regiments of cavalry would be
assembled at the Texas line within
twelve hours.
Already at Fort Bliss, across the
Rio Grande from Jaurez, there are
five troops Of the Second cavalry.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-25
DOES ANYBODY
WANT A BOY?
PROBATION OFFICER CURTIS is
LOOKING FOR A HOME FOR A
BRIGHT BOY.
Does anyone want a boy?


This is the question that Mrs Cur,
tbs, probation officer, is asking of the
good people of the county this morn
ing.
She has in her charge a youth ol
IS years who possesses good quail
ifications to make a useful citizen
The boy Louis King, is the son OF
a widow residing on North Wash
ington street and he is anxious to
get work and help tighten the load
borne by his mother in the support
of the family. The boy stated this
morning that he would like to go to
the country and make a farmer Of
himself, and he wished to state that if
some farmer would give him chance
that he would do his very best to
make good. He also wanted it under
stood that he did not smoke cigar
cites and would enter an agreement
to let tobacco and liquor alone and
would attend Sunday School if given
a chance.
Mrs. Curtis stated this morning that
there was a boy who only asked a
fighting chance to make something of
himself and hoped to the able to get
him in a home where the right influ-
ence woud be brought to bear upon
him.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-25
HEARING ONCOTTON
LEGISLATION BEGINS
HOUSE COMMITTEE TAKES UP
BALiNG AND TARE PROBLEMS
BILLS PENDING.

Washington, June 24.-Legislation
looking to better methods of baling
and packing cotton for shipping cot
ton in interstate commerce, to pro-
hihit wasteful methods of sampling
AMI unfair deductions for cotton tare
as well as regulations for deductions
for country damage" were taken up
today by the house committee on in
terstate and foreign commerce, IL
Representative Adamson of Geor-
gia, chairman of the committee, de-
clares that congress undoubtedly has
power to regulate this subject where
the cotton is to be shipped outside
the state. Innumerable complaints
have been made by farmers that the
arbitrary per cent tare deduction is
injustice. This is denied by the cot
ton merchants and exporters, who
say that thirty pounds of bagging and
ties is the average.
To settle the long continued con-
troversy between the producer and
the buyer, several bills have been in
troduced to regulate the trade GUS
toms by law. Hearings on these bills
began today before the house COM
mittee.
Col. T. H. Kimbrough Of Catula,
Ga, appeared and made a most inter-
esting statement. He told Of Geor-
gia's memorial to congress to pass
such legislation. Col. Kimbrough
condemned the arbitrary per cent
deduction for tare. He favored law
to require the actual tare to be mark
ed on each bale of cotton at the gin.
false marking to be made punishable,
as would the deduction of more than
the actual amount of tare indicated.
It is expected that a number Of
of cotton growers, ex-
porters and transportation companies
will appear before the Adamson COM
mittee within the next two weeks on
his problem.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-25
Man Leaps to Death.

Cleveland, Ohio, June 24.-Joseph
Puci, 73 years old, of YOUNGSTOWN, to-
day climbed to the top Of the pier
of the new high-level bridge and
committed suicide by leaping to the
pavement 100 feet below.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-25
Indian Bill Re-introduced.

Washington, June Ex-senator Gore
has re-introduced his bill to direct
secretary of the interior to deposit
i banks of Oklahoma the funds
Beg sing to the Indian tribes located
in Oklahoma.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-25
To Deliver Diplomas.

Friday afternoon at one clock
County Superintendent Thurston Will
deliver is or 20 eighth grade diplomas
at the auditorium of the high school
building. The public is cordially in
voted to be present at this ceremony.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-25
Two Shocked by Lightning.

Rush Springs, Okla, June 24.-Mrs.
r. E. Harris and her youngest daugh-
ter were severely shocked when the
house of r. e. Harris of this place
was struck by lightning. The house
caught fire, but little damage vas
done.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-25
Entertain New U. S. Envoy.

London, June 25.-The American
Luncheon club gave a special lunch
con for Ambassador w. II. eaSe at
the Savoy hotel today. All Of the
leading Americans in London we're
present.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-25

The figures In the ballet are CAL
culated to make some expert ac-
countants dizzy.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05
HONEYMOON Of
JIM THORPE To
De WORLD WIDE
Famous Indian and Beautifu
Bride to Have Unique We'd
ding at Carlisle.

Los ANGELES. Oct. 4.-Suggest-
ing rare color print Of Minnehana
from De luxe edition of Hiawatha.
Miss Margaret Iva Miller who inher-
tied her rich COloring and vivid beau
~ from Cherokee ancestors. yeuer-
day h.ushingly confirmed the recent
report that she is to become the bride
Of Jim Thorpe. the worlds greatest
athlete and famous member of the
New York Giants baseball team. Miss
Miller Wil leave shortly for Carlisle.
where the wedding is 10 take place
October Is.
These two descendants Of the origi-
nal Americans-Th Thorpe is of Sac and
Fox descent-wiu enjoy a most origi-
nal honeymoon trip. They viii go
around the world on the baseball tour
which is TO be made by the Giants
and White Sox.
The Indian ancestry IN Miss Mil
ier's case has been almost submerged
by several generations but is pre-
served as a proud tradition. Now and
then in respect to these traditions she
unWinds her masses of dark hair. puts
on a head band with feather a few
beads and pair Of mOCcas sins. and
plays at being princess Of the tribe
Had ii not been for Jim Th0rpe
and his wonderful feats Of speed
strength and skill on the athletic field
at Carlisle this Indian maiden might
have been dispelling care and trouble
from many weary brow. She had
studied to become nurse and was
approaching entrance into that pro-
fessIOn when she sat in the grand
stand at Carlisle one day and cheered
for every victory Of ThOrpe'S They
met that day and that was the day
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05

settle down somewhere in a COW "a.
tie place instead Of making this +r-
around the world. I appreciate w.
fact thar il Will be a great opporrr-.
ty 10 see the world and TO srudv a..
learn things that | would not gel aIs.
where. But If YOU ask me VII, ,
would really enjoy best. it woIII5 b
to have a home l know tha+
means cooking and washing rfsn.-
and working, but there isn't anvtT,--
that makes a woman quite as 1s---
as TO look about comfortable 90.
artistic little home and think thar g.
has done it with her own hands
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05

hTISS MARGARET IVA
IFl MILLER. fair Cherokee
maiden. who viii become the
bride Of Jim Thorpe. the ia
nous Indian athlete. Below is
a picture Of Thorpe. wearing
laurel crown he won at OIym-
PIE games at Stockholm.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05
Suffered for
Five Years

with bowel trouble ana obtained only
temporary relief until a friend recon
. TeuFat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-13
THE COASTER BRAKE
TRUST TO Be PRObED
Must Stand Trial for ViOlat-
ing the Sherman Anti
Trust Law

Buffalo, N. Y, March 12.-The alleged
coaster brake trust must stand trial or
charges of violating the Sherman anti
trust law. Judge Hazel in the United
States court today overruled demurrers
to the indictments.
The indications charge IS individuals
and six corporations comprising the New
Departure Manufacturing company, the
alleged trust, with conspiracy to restrain
trade, the establishment of non-competi-
tive system, the killing off of competition
ard an attempt to monolopiza the entire
trade in bicycle and motorcycle coaster
brakes.
The case is different from any prose-
cution yet started by the government un-
der the Sherman act. 1t Is charged that
each of the six defendant companies
Owned it's own patent under which it
manufactured its own particular kind of
brake. 1t is further charged that to
carry out the conspiracy the defendants
agreed that one of their number should
pretend to take out a master patent con-
trolling the brakes made by all of the
parties and-that each remaining defen-
dant went through the pretense of TAX
ing patent license from the alleged pre-
tended controlling patentee. Under cover
of this alleged pretended patent license.
it is said that the defendant fixed a
non-competitve system of prices and by
joint action blacklisted manufacturers and
dealers to kill competition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-13
SEEK TO EXTEND
THE NAVAL LAW

Washington, March 12.-Secretary of the
Navy Daniels announced today that he
would seek to have the incoming Con-
gress extend the provisions of the law
OF 1903 authorizing the appointment of
two n1idshipmen to the naval academy
every four years by each senator, repre-
sentative and delegate in Congress. This
law expires this year. and unless it is
extended the number of appointments to
the academy will be cut in half and with
in four years the number of midshipmen
will be reduced from 1889 to 533.
''The capacity of the naval academy"
said Secretary Daniels, in a statement
issued today. 'is sufficient without en-
aargement to furnish officers for the line
and staff of the navy and marine corps
in adequate numbers for many years to
come; but if the number of appointments
be reduced the relative cost of educat-
dng each midshipman will increase, while
fhe existing shortage in the navy will
grow rapidly worse. There is little like
lhood of more graduates from the naval
academy than the government will re-
quire. es4 fss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-13
NEGROES BELIEVE
DEVILS AGENT
IN THEIR MIDST

Montgomery, March 12.-(Speeiai)-Ne-
groes living across the river from Mont
somery are in panic over reports that
Seth Shook, a member of their race,
had become the official representative of
the devil, after having returned TO life
and forsaken coffin for the ways of
the world.
Shook TO all intents and purposes was
dead according to negroes. His body
was placed on a couch and made ready
for the final resting place. Shook awoKe,
sat up and evidenced a determination to
see that his funeral was conducted in
the proper way. Friends ran. Shook
shook his fist in their faces and discarded
the death couch.
Shocks most intimate friends have for
saken him and negroes have refused an
offer of S25 to sit up with Shook, who
became i'll sure enough after his expert
ences. Superstitious negroes believe
Shook died, became the representative of
the devil and returned to earth to torture
his friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-13
FEW DEVELOPMENTS
IN INVESTIGATION OF
SUFF RAGE PARADE
Mass of Small Details Elic-
ited-Captain Defends
Action of Washing
ton Police

Washington, March PA mass of small
detail as to the disorder that interfered
with the suffrage parade here on March
8 was ELECTED today by the Senate SUBJ
committee investigating the occurrence
from 81 witnesses. The entire day was
devoted to the examination of witnesses
who occupied the stand but a few min
utes each.
Several men and women who marched
in the parade told the committee of
the trouble and embarrassment caused
them by the crowd, and criticised the
conduct of the police along the line of
march, Among these was Madame Mount
ford, an evangelist, who. in addition to
detailing her experience in the parade, de-
clared she had been roughly used by a
Washington police captain while watch
ing the Inauguration ceremonies the next
day. She said that Capt. James e. Null
hall, in refusing to allow her to cross the
police lines with a suffrage banner, hand
led her roughly and exclaimed:
"You damned women had your day yes
terdayr'
Charges against Captain Mulhall in con-
nection with the incident are being in
vestigated by the police department.
a dozen washington business men who
were organized into a committee of pub
lie order for the Inauguration period, and
who in automobiles, endeavored to aid
the police in subduing the disorder dur
ing the suffrage parade, testified. They
declared that the police had done all
that was humanity possible to handle the
crowd but that the gathering was too
large to be controlled. -
Capt. Henry Schneider. who was in
charge of the police detail at the point
on Pennsylvania avenue where the crowd
was densest and where the cavalry was
finally called on for aid, defended his
men. He declared that he and his Off
GERS worked faithfully in their efforts
to clear the streets
Had you any reason to think" asked
Senator Jones, that Major Sylvester, or
anyone else at headquarters, would over
lcok any neglect of duty in connection
with this parade, or that they wanted the
parade interfered with?'
mol" answered the captain emphat-
ically.
He declared that Major Sylvester had
been emphatic. and explicit in his instruc-
tions to his subordinates, and that while
the men of the department looked upon
the parade in a Tight manner they
had been admonished to work faithfully.
He declared they did so. He had never
heard Major Sylvester speak disparag-
ingly of the parade or the women in
charge of it.
The committee adjourned until Friday
when other police officials win testify.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-13
HISTORIES MUST
TEACH HISTORY
O'Neal Declares Neither
Prejudice Nor Sectional
ism Will Be Tolerated

Montgomery, March 12-(Special)- )-Tiis-
tories must teach history If they are
used in Alabama public schools during
the next five years. Governor O'Neal to-
day announced that he would demand
that the histories adopted by the text
book commission shall teach history eN-
clusively, not prejudice nor sectionalism. =
He is examining the books presented by
publishing companies and will probably
make recommendations to the commits
sion when 1t meets May 90
During the first session of the COM
mission two weeks ago resolution adopt
ed by Camp Raphael Semmes, u. c. ",
OF Mobile urged the adoption of books
that did not teach that southerners be-
came rebels when they began the civil
war and that they were traitors to their
country.
The looks will probably be agreed upon
at the meeting May 20 and they VIII be
used in all public schools during the next
five years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-13
EXCESSIVE LABOR PERIODS II
CHARGED BY FIREMEN

pacity OF the locomotive after II had peen
used a while by the formation OF de-
posit on the superheat unit.
THE superheater is one OF the passins
fads which in practice falls to carry
out its promises. The roads are makins 3
extravagant claims for 1t, and II a flre-
man suggests that he would like more
pay the officials look at him in surprise
and seem to think he ought TO be wiling
to work for nothing just because ne mas
a superheater In his engine, declared
President Carter after Boling's testimony.
David Lainbardt, Pennsylvania rah-
road fireman, told of having to take two
days rations to work because MS run
took up 1e hours. He said he had TO
snatch sleep in a caboose.
John NJ. Dunleavy, New YORK Centrai
fireman. said the heat on his engine was
so great that 1t scorched his clothes.
Guy Turck, fireman on the Erie, saio
he sometimes went 10 or Il hours without
getting chance to eat. When he finaliy
found opportunity he was so fausued ne
could not eat he declared. In the wages
he received, only the fact that he had
an economical wife enabled him to get
along Turck told of being overcome by
heat and of another fireman who died
after having been prostrated -on his en-
gine. The NEARING will be resumed to-
morrow