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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-14
GOES HUNTING FOR ICEBERGS.
Destroyer Seneca Chases Terrors of
the Seas to Blow Them Up.

the Seas to Blow Them Up.
The United States derelict destroyer
Seneca departed from Halifax. y. s.
recently on an iceberg hunting expedi-
ton. She carried guncotton with which
TO destroy the big masses of ice found
in the paths of transatlantic steam
ships.
Before departing on the cruise the
Seneca was informed by wireless that
several big icebergs had been seen ia
the steamship lanes
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-14

Base OH balls, by Kidder, by Davis
>. Hit by pitched ball, Phillips. Hits,
off Kidder 3, off Davis >. Umpire, w.
NJ. Sparks. Time In, 35m.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-14
Councils Oversight.

Only recently the council members
of Il New Jersey town passed an ordi-
nance forbidding inhabitants from
shooting off revolvers when fires broke
out. Whether they could shoot them
at other times wasn't specified. What
other means of fire alarm were sug.
gested is not remembered.
New York is not without its legal
gems of unconscious humor. II must
have been a humorist who suggested
this paradox of the New York ordi-
nanceS:
NO person shall ride upon the back
of any vehicle without the consent Of
the driver, and when so riding no part
of the persons body must protrude be
yond the limits of the vehicle"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-14

Sound travels farthest as music; the
most telling form Of truth is poetry.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-14
We Advertise

because we have the goods to advertise.
II we had nothing we would say moth
ing.
We have all the latest improved special
machines for laundering shirts and col
lars, which not only proIongs the life Of
your linen, but gives ease and comfort
to the wearer. Our New Prosperity Col
lar Moulder is giving great satisfaction
and our customers are beginning to tell
their friends about it,
Do not wait to be told but try It out
and see what 1t does, as no one can af-
ford to have their collars laundered in
any other way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-14

. And many a homely woman ,presjdes
over, a happy. home. - s.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-14
A New Measure.

If he happened TO he walking very
fast in the opposite direction on would
run right across. lodging automobiles
and wagons and everything else. Now.
if policeman We're in sight he'd collar
you before YOU got across. march you
back the way you came and then hale
you before q magistrate For whatg
For attempting to cross the street when
not at corner That is the new Wash
inSton ordinance.
Still this rugged law probably claims
fewer victims than the one enforced
i'm Wilkesbarre. Pa. If man is caught
splitting on the pavement there he is
fined. Other towns have such regl-
lation. but Wilkesbarre actually en-
forces it. The police regularly arrest
breakers of the ordinance The Off
cials of some other cities may indeed
enforce the law once in awhile but
WilkeSbarre keeps the custom up and
earns quite a revenue thereby.
\ special constable does nothing but
look out for spitters. 1t is poor day
when a dozen travelling statesmen are
not initiated to the Wilkesbarre ordi-
nance and made to dig up fines. Min
ers speaking no English frequently
/ fall. and legend has ii that some pros
/ porous miners have paid the fine many
/ times over without ever understanding
what it is for.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-14
National League.

YESTERDAYS GAMES.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-14
President Wilson Violated One
of Them.
SOME "FREAK" ORDINANCES
Walking Across Street Between
+ Crossings is Misdemeanor In Wash
ington-Many Other Cities Have Un-
usual Provisions, Some Funny Ones,
In Their Code Books.

President wilson broke the Jaw III
Washington before he had been resi-
dent of that city long enough to get
acquainted with the peculiarities OF its
municipal code.
OF course he did not intend to do so,
and what he did would not brand him
rs a malefactor of any degree in the
average persons mind. He simply
started to walk across a street between
crossings and did not know until in
formed by a friend that he had VIC
lated one of the city's freak" ordi-
nanceS.
1t seems strange that city of mag
nificent distances like Washington
should have an ordinance compelling
the man who wants to step across the
street to walk all the way 10 the cor
ner in order to carry out that innocent
purpose unless he has an automobile
at his command to ferry him over.
Still not all cities can afford to make
! fun of Washington's ordinances, Or
where is the city without a freak ordi-
nance on its books: 1t may seem diff
\ ficult to match the oddity of this par
4 ticular ordinance. For instance. sup
/ pose you We're in the capital and saw
/ your best friend or maybe even the
congressman from your district tearing
most natural thing in the world of
course. would be for YOU to go over
there and greet him. wouldn't it:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-14
American League.

At Chicago:
Chicago-Philadelphia, rain.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-14

~ ASEBALL the national game,
* and Tyrus Raymond Cobb, one
~ - Of its most brilliant stars and
therefore a national hero, re-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07
HcDoFcso

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T.he f4fuers afe sooY, all done
man are DlosIn2 'orI
anottrr cfOD.
J. r. Brysnt has Do1gh, the Qlo
~ tbi4 place and has moYeI ne
'4.ceDt hD1se formerly occuD.ed by
". T. CorDer IN N tLc lota north
u tbe gib, where he MN ieside %
he future.
w. J.. Gorber win move hlg On.
1ne ard boller ~ Klmore IN the
near future, There he viii erect a
yew Kin plant IN time for the ncz,
,OiiOn crop
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07
OUIkINE2 R0I PAPE'S
BEST FOR BAD COLD
1887 C-SE D -t1E5 C---
CCEr- -N- EN-s >7E
MISERY.

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2. Pz1sE C1l1 Cg-2gzrt axe,
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lag soTe tkrozt, rgnriaZ u tse 1oBe.
tasco1s catarrhal discharges, syre-
refE. E.isless srd rhe3u-stlc tEin=-.
Tske mis- wonderful ConDogn5 az
directed Ylta tas knowlsdgs that
there Il nothing else IN tae word
which 1.ll cJTe yO-r cold q end
C1D2e uisery - promptly and with
u, z.y ot5er assistsnce or bzd a.
ter-eaects - = Z5-cert package n
PaDes Cold CDmDo5ud. which IN
druggist csn s1DDl,--zccept 10 Sub
~ qulnIte. Beionys
20 every home Tastes nice-act-
gently
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07
A Girls Wild Midnight Ride.

To warn people of fearful forest
fire in the Catskills a young girl
rode horseback at midnight and
saved many lives. Her deed was
glorious but lives have often been
saved by DR.. Kings New Discovery
in curing lung trouble. coughs and
colds which have ended in con-
sumption or pneumonia. 1T cured
me Of a dreadful cough and lung
disease" writes w. r. Patterson,
Wellington, Tex, after four in our
family had died with consumption,
and l gained 81 pounds" Nothing
SO sure and safe for all throat and
lung troubles Price soc and $1.OO.
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by
Ringer Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07
"eiIlI" Sunday TaoernacIe.

Columbus, ohio, Jan. THE tab
ernacle erected espdially for
"BiIly" Sunday, the baseball evan
gelist, is about completed and the
notej preacher hopes to start re
yiyal services IN the tabernacle this
week. Tonight was the original
date planned, but the building Ia
not quite ready The revival will
last six weeks and BILLY" Sunday
predicts a mighty upheayal in the
ranks Of sin" in this city The tab
ernaclc was erected under the direc
tion Of the Railway Y. VI. &. A
Columbia.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07
GOOD RohDs NOTES.
II {. :: u . {. II u Il :. :: u u u !. u

Every county that has in 1t an ac
tive good roads organization is i'm
lroving the roads.
Maintenance, Maintenance, Main
tenance. Your roads will go to pieces
without it,
Those wko oppose the early i'm
stumbling block in the way of prog
ross.
Better roads should be the slogan
In every community
Get busy with your legislature for
better road laws.
Every state should have well or
GanzCd road association.
out Of your road associations.
All the people demand is "A dollars
worth with reasonable profit to
the contractor.
The Improvement of a road enlarg-
eS the opportunity of those engaged
in any kind Of business contiguous
10 ii.
The southern states are construct
ing many roads by the use OF convict
|: bor
Automobile license fees paid to
state should be credited to a state
road maintenance fund and expended
under the supervision Of the state
highway department.
Every state should designate a sys-
TEN of inter county roads to connect
all important commercial centers and
then provide funds for their construc-
ton and maintenance.
The county as the unit in county
and township road work with com
petent superintendent in each county
Will be money saver and road i'm
Wover.
Everybody says, "Our road money
has not been wisely expended in the
past If this is true, and The Ard
noryite has every reason to believe
that it is true. then why don't every
l~iy wake up and demand some sys-
tom that will get a dollars worth o,
road for 4 dollar?
A., sAA g 4, ,,,tA Al
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07
William Doyle Dead.

Willie Doyle, aged %. died yester-
day afternoon at O'Clock at the home
Of his mother Mrs. NJ. f.. Doyle,
Third avenue, southwest. The young
man Lad been Ill for the past few
EontAs Of tuberculosis. Owing to
the Weather conditions no definite
arrangements for the funeral have
lccn made
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07
Peace.

Nothing 81 tho world is worth the
lOEs ~ ny p"zce even the fadl.B
which thou hast committed SHOULD
only humble aud not disquiet thee
God H. full 0i Joy and peace and hep.
pinese. Endcayor then " obtain a
continually joyful and peaceful spirit.
j. TerEteegen
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07
Water Notice.

City water rents are now due and
payable at my office in the city hall.
Dclinquents will have their water
foe charged for turning on again.
VI. VI. GRIFFITH,
est Collector.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07

Mrs Z. T. 1ator. " Cride-. Mo.
had heen troubled Eith sick head
achr for about fire yearg. vhe3
zhe beoan taking ChamDeriain'g TAB
lc's She haA taken tTO bottles "
hem sDI they have cured her Sick
heacacbe ig cautcd By j disorderef
ftomach TOR whlch these tablets are
especially intonced Try them, get
vel and stay well Sold By all
drnYYlffF
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07

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-a.ef ~ III .Ip---- T1srs az 3
.su ~ y cz->l1z-el tor -os Cox
sa<z.ey ~ t.s acc-,,--z-lcus r,---
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07

A case of fighting which VAS con
tinucd yesterday morning cane up
trial this morning in the police court.
Judge shelton fined one OF tie tight =
icsts' ten and the other five dollars.
No other police business marred the
glad zero weather.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07

John Craft, president of the Ala
bama Good Roads Association, says
III the past, and in many instances
at the present time there is an un.
business-like slipshod method in the
expenditure of road money by the va
rious counties of the state. The peo-
pie would not permit nor would they
spend their own money in the care
less way they permit the money for
road construction to be spent. 1t is
criminal to neglect roads and not
maintain them after they are con-
structed"
StOD and read thp Want Ads
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07

The cold wave has even put a dam
cr on the marriage license business
In this city Marriage license clerk,
Miss F'rcda Grunert, says this Is the
lirst day In many moons that the
rtammering swains and blush!ng
brides-elect have failed to show mp in
search of life happiness requisitio I
! npcrs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07
PRAYER Service Postponed.

On account OF the severity of the
weather and the poor heating apparat-
uS Of the Christian church the unil
prayer service to be held in that
church building tonight has been post.
pCned
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07

lie Cors and tobacco to raise money for
national highways is now being dis
CT ssed with much favor. When the
editor of Better Roads" advocated
it in speech in Washington, D. c.,
Last January, he was criticized ev-
erywhere, abused many places and
generally branded as a crank"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07
Governor Wilson's Last MESSAGE.

Trenton, N. j., Jan. 7-Governor
Wilson sent his last message as
chief executive of this state to the
Legislature, which opened today. 1t
takes up almost every plank in the
democratic platform for the state
and covers it thoroughly.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07
CondItlons 70 Fear,

or ono thing NO may DO certain.
that -ur times Of sorrow and diamay
arc but tho natural signs that we are
mounting faBt-wo need not fear
thcml What we have rather 10 fear
are tho times when wo rccllne In In.
iolcnt cOntent.--A. G. Benson.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07

Th city commissioners win hold
tlcir first regular monthly meeting for
the year 1913 tonight Many bills y T..
omc ZIP for approval.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07

Robert NJ. Dillard of Ardmore has
been appointed chief deputy assessor
by County Assessor j. S. GARRISON.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07

Foreman Moore has full force Of
the street gang at work this afternoon
clearing the snow and ice from the
sidewalks IN the business section Of
Ito city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07
A Frisco Wreck.

\ wreck ahead of the Frisco pass
cuger near bennington prevented the
arrival of the regular trains TODAY
The wreck must have torn up much
track and occasioned a considerable
delay for the reason that the road re-
sorted to the detouring OF its trains.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07
;, !, {, II II :, II II :, ;: :, II II II ,
WORKERS CoNTRAsTED.

u - Il
u The laggard drones IN tho u
u rut q
u Tho aggressive worker forg- :,
u os TO tho front. q
u The laggard seeks no chanc- :,
Il cs for advancement. ana is :,
u content to hang on to his Job q
70 without striving for offlcicn- 8
u cy and recognition. 9
u Tho aggressive worker .
81 keeps In touch with opportun- 8
y ity and is alive to chances Tor
. bigger. better things.
q The lagSard does not know 8
q ~ the offerings OF the Want 8
% Columns, /:
u The aggressive worker de-
q pcnds upon the Wants TO pro 8
u vide increased responsibility :
u and added earnings.
u The wants are for the ag-
C gressIve.
=
, ., ., ., ., .. .. .. - 2. ~ n ~ 2. :
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07

stop and read the Want Ads.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07

Stop and read the Want AdsN
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07

An increase of the internal tax OF
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-07

Every county that has in 1t an ac
tive good roads organization is i'm.
lroving the roads
The Washington herald., 1913-03-16
RAILROAD DENIED
CROSSING RIGHTS
Maryland Court Holds Against Wash
ington, Westminster, and Gettys-
burg Company.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Hyattsville, Md. March ia decision
denying the right of the Washington.
Westminster and Gettysburg Railroad
Company to exercise the right of en-
inent domain in crossing Columbia Ave
nue. at the extreme western limits of
this town and also over the tracks of
the City and Suburban Railroad Com
pany at Randalltown. just outside the
southern limits of the municipality. was
handed down by Chief Justice Hunter
Boyd in the Maryland Court of Appeals
at ANNAPOLIS this morning.
The question of the right Of the WASH
ippton. Westminster and Gettysburg
Railroad Company to cross Columbia
Avenue and the tracks Of the City and
Suburban Railroad at grade has been in
litigation for nearly three years. and the
decision rendered to-day means that the
company, IL the road is constructed. Will
have TO take the tracks overhead or un-
derground.
The Washington. Westminster and
Gettysburg Railroad Company was Or
ganized by a number of Washington and
MARYLAND capitalists, and considerable
money has already been expended in sur
yeys and grading. The claim Is made
that IL the company is compelled to place
its tracks at all crossings underground
or overhead the expense will be such as
to practically mean the abandonment of
the project.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-16
RAILROADS TO MAKE
|, CUT IN DIVIDENDS
Prsidest MelIea, Of New Have., Says
Boston and Maine Loss Must Be
Borne BY Stoekholder,.

New Haven. Conn. March ia state
ment was made by President Charles s.
Mellen. of the New Haven Railroad to-
night. admitting that the dividend Of
the Boston and Maine must be cut. and
that similar action is expected by the
New Haven system. President Mellen
admits that the New Haven Railroad has
lost about 81. .0o0. 900 of the 81, ,00o. 900 1t
paid for the Boston and Maine in the
recent stock shrinkage. The New Haven
has shouldered the loss until the present
time. but is now preparing to turn over
part of 1t to the Boston and Maine share
holders in the shape of curtailed divi-
dends.
From other sources II has been learned
that the officials Of the New Haven Rail-
road are prepared to recommend that
the directors reduce the dividend rate
from to s per cent The next dividend
to be paid will be the usual quarterly
rate of 2 per cent. This will be de-
clared at the May meeting and will be
disbursed in June
Judge Heaton Robertson. a director of
the railroad. said: IF the persecution of
the railroads Of the country is not stop
ped every one will be in receivers hands
within few years. and the New Haven
Railroad will be one of the last to go.
Railroads cannot continue to earn divi-
dends with increased expenses and nc
increase in earnings"
The Washington herald., 1913-03-16
YOUNG VINCENT ASTOR
SEES PANAMA CANAL
Worlds Richest Yosth Awest1uek By
Wenders Of Big Diteh-Weuld Give
Wealth for Goethaps Triumph.

Colon. March 15.-vincent Astor. son Of
the late John Jacob Astor. and the rich
est young man in the world, inspected
the Panama Canal to-day. As he pro-
eressed through the mighty wonders Of
human workmanship his awe and ad-
miration increased when he suddenly
stopped and exclaimed:
'If / could have been the builder of
the Panama Canal I would be the hap
piest man on earth. What is mere wealth
compared with the power to combat the
gigantic forces Of nature and to rear such
mighty works as these?
He congratulated Col Coethals. the
Panama Canal builder. time after time.
and 1t was plain to see that in the eyes
of the richest young American Col Goe-
thals was a hero upon the highest
pedestal that the Imagination could sum
mon to its view.
Young Astor. accompanied by his
friends and attaches of the United States
Engineers office, looked at the powerful
gates and the huge steel locks and all
the other wonders that go to make up
the mightiest engineering feat Of the
worlds history.
The Astor party will sail for Cuba to-
morrow.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-16
GOVERNMENT BUYS
NAVY TONS OF SUGAR
Contracts Call for Over One Million
Pounds to Tickle Sailors
Palates.

The sweet tooth of the sailor is some
thing that has rassed into proVerb. The
man afioat has an irresistible craving
for things saccharine, and to provide for
both the Quantitative and qualita tiVt
satisfaction of this longing necessitates
no little work and care on the part of
certain officers in authority at Wash
ington. Enormous amounts of sugar,
candies. cakes, and like items are pro-
cured every year for the purpose of tick
ling tn. discriminating palate of the
man-o-war s-man.
As an illustration, a contract was en-
tered into last week by Paymaster Gen.
T. J. Cowie for the delivery of more
than 100000 pounds of sugar to the
naval service in the near future. And
II will be necessary to duplicate this
order in about three months.
The placing of this large order is an
example Of the increased interest mani
tested by contractors and merchants in
securing Navy Department business. by
reason of the number of contesting bid
ders. The departments proposals call
ed for the delivery Of more than 100000
pounds of sugar. and six bidders COM
peted. Competition was keen. The
prices quoted by the six bidders varied
but slightly. as they were figured on a
close margin. The award was finally
made to Francis H. Leggett & Co. at
s.0i2 per pound.
At the opening of bids on September
II, 1872, a contract was awarded for about
see. 600 pounds of sugar at seiSZ19 per
pound. At this opening there were only
three contestinS bidders.
The Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
was very much gratified at the increase
in the number of bidders at the opening
last week. as ii is the bureaus desire
and policy to encourage and widen in
terest in navy business to the greatest
possible extent. The bureaus efficient
system. which permits of the prompt
awarding of large contracts, offers a
very attractive inducement to reputable
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