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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
coMMUTEs SIX SENTENCES
Arizona Governor Saves Six from
Gallows

Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 1.-THE gov
ernor commutes the sentences of six
men, who were to hang December 10.
The governor had issued the COM
mutations just before he proclaimed
the new law which takes away his
power of Communication.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
THE CRAVE
FOR EVIDENCE
To SATISFY
OFFICIALS OF PONTOTOC COUNTY
HAVE NEVER BEEN SATISFIED
AS TO THE DEATH OF MARK
LANCASTER. ExHUMED BODY,

- q z IL --
on the fifteenth day of August, 1913,
Mark Lancaster, well known in this
city died at the Hardy sanitarium and
the body was prepared for burial by
Undertaken Bridgman. At the time
of his death Lancaster was under In
dictment for murder in Pontotoc coun--
ty and was out on $4,000 bond pend
ing his trial.
Some time after his death some en-.
terprising citizen of Ada asserted that
he had seen Lancaster and conversed
with him somewhere in the far west
and that the man buried here was not
the Mark Lancaster wanted in that
county The agitation once started,
vas soon magnifed and the officers of
the county forfeited the bond in court,
and the bondsmen were up against the
proposition of losing 100000 or produc-
ing satisfactory evidence that the
Mark Lancaster wanted there for mur-
der was really and truly dead. This
they endeavored to do over year
ago, but as they had failed to provide
themselves with the necessary papers
prescribed by law, they were forbidden
to open the grave and returned to
Ada to take the matter up in due legal
form.
Yesterday they arrived from Ada,
taker Bridgman who buried the man
and who had made affidavit that he
was personally acquainted with Mark
Lancaster, a boy that was born and
reared in this city and that the man
and only Mark Lancaster. This same
affidavit was sworn to by the sheriff
ter, by the attending physician, DR..
Hardy, who had known Lancaster
SluCt lHt utlS vi MS Dlilu, anu ny SCN-
eral other substantial citizens. But to
no avail. The citizens of Ada, or at
least some of them, refused to believe
the statements, and the grave must
be opened before they would be salts
fled. They rested their hopes manly
upon DR. Enloe, formerly of this city
who had done lot of dental work
just prior to the death of Lancaster
and who asserted that he could identi- |
fy ii. Yesterday, when the grave was
opened, DIR. Enloe made the examina- |
tion and stated that he found what he
went for, and was satisfied that the
man was the real Mark Lancaster.
In the party from Pontotoc county
were beside DIR. Enloe, Judge Tom d.
district judge of Pontotoc
Sheriff Duncan, assistant cOun-
ty attorney A. NJ. Croxton, and W. p.
Besides the Undertaken
Bridgman and his assistants from this
city, were Sheriff Garrett, County At
torney Hardy, J. S. owen, and George
Noland
County Attorney Hardy stated yes
terday after the examination that the
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
GERMANS DEFEATEDAND IN RE-
TREAT FROM MOVE ON WARSAW

PetrOgrad Reports that not Only Have the Three Ger
man Columns Been Thrown Back from the Advance
Upon Warsaw, But Two German Columns Adyanc-
ing from the Northwest in Two Places Have Been
Pierced by the RusSans-French Reports say that
the Germans are now Retreating in Disorder from
Warsaw-BefOre Germans and Austrians Could
Unite Their Forces Russians Had Defeated Them
Berlin Says Germans are Holding Their Own-Pars
says Germans Have Been Driven Out of West Bank
of the Yser in Belgium.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
THREE BADLY BURNED.
United States Attorney at Fort Worth
Wife and Child Burned.

Fort Worth, Tex, Dec. 12.-United
States District Attorney James c.,
Wilson, his wife and their eight
year-old son, were painfully burned
this morning The boys gown caught
fire from a CRATE.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
Seized River Boats.

Amsterdam, Dec. 12.--Local newspa.
pers declare that the Dutch have seiz-
ed fifteen river boats carrying pro
visions, which they charge the Ger
mans were trying to smuggle into Bel
GUM
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
SNOW SAVED THE WHEAT.
Heavy Snow Through Wheat Belt Of
Southwest Saves the Crop.

Kansas City, Mo, Dec. l2.-The
heaviest snow of the season fell to-
day through this part of the south
west, which saves the winter wheat
from freezing.
A drop in the temperature is the
forecast for the southwest, with prob
able temperature of 10 above.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
Mexican Killed His Sweetheart.

New Orleans, La, Dec. 12-lgnacio
Tijira, a Mexican, shot and fatally
wounded his sweetheart downtown
here today. He was himself fatally
wounded in a pistol battle with three
policemen. One of the policemen was
wounded.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
Two Years for Theft.

Houston. Tex, Dec. l2.-Frank Ray
was last night sentenced to two years
Imprisonment for stealing locomo-
tive bell.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
One Power Prevented Truce.

Rome Dec. 12-The Vatican an
nounces that the Popes efforts for a
Christmas season war truce failed be
cause of the opposition of IA certain
power"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
Germans Driven Out.

PARIS Dec. 12.-An official bulletin announces that
the Germans have been completely driven out of the west
bank of the User in Belgium More brilliant heavy ar
tilery victories the Germans claimed. French
cannon destroyed half dozen German batteries incud-
ing the big calibre aviation gun on the Meuse. The
French have dynamited block house and blew up sever
al trenches in the Meuse district.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
CAN'T MOVE ITS SHOPS.
Texas Central Temporarily Enjoineo
From Moving Shops.

Ennis. Tex, Dec. 12.-District
Judge Hawkins last night granted a
temporary injunction against the
Houston & Texas Central railroad
from moving its division headquar
ters and shops from here to Mexia.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
Officer Hidden in Trunk.

London, Dec. IA German army
officer was discovered Ia n huge trunk
consigned TO Rotterdam.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
WANT REFUGEES RETURNED.
Mexican Authorities Desire Return
Of Refugees.

Washington, Dec. l2.-MeXico is
trying to secure the return to Mex
leo of the thirty nine Mexican refu-
gees, who fed to Galveston with the
United States. They promise them
a fair trial.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
WANTS MANY AIRCRAFT.
Naval officer Urges Appropriations
for Two Hundred Aircraft.

Washington. Dec 1.-Two hundred
aircraft for the navy alone was rec
ommended to the house naval com
mittee today by Captain Bristol, chief
of the navy's aeronautical bureau lie
said they were urgently needed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
German Barracks Destroyed.

Copenhagen, Dec, 12.-The great
barracks near Kiel, Germany, have
been destroyed by fire. The origin is
a secret
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
Marriages Ri.

l.. C. Million, banker at McAlester,
who owns royalties here, was in the
city Friday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13

Spencer Cox, after spending a day
or two here with l.. II. Keller, has
returned to his home in Tulsa.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
WEATHER FORECAST

New Orleans, La. Dec. "a
The weather forecast for Ok
lahoma for Sunday is unset
tied and colder in the western
portion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
Berlin SAYS. Army is Holding.

BERN, Dec 12-An official statement says that
the Germans are holding their in Poland and about
Cracow. .. .mg ,~
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13

Don't worry; a want ad will help
'ou.
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New-York tribune., 1914-11-24
PASSPORTS INVALID
WITHOUT PHOTOS
American Embassy in London
Enf0rceS Order of State
Department.

London, Nov. 23.-The American EN-
bassy announced to-day that hereafter
American passports must bear the pho
tographs of the persons 70 whom they
are issued, in accordance with the re-
cent order OF the State Department al
Washington. PASSPORTS now outstand-
ing must be submitted within two
weeks TO the embassy or to the Ameri
can consulates 10 have photographs at
tached and officially stamped, or they
will be invalid.
This order is designed to prevent
the misuse of American passports in
the belligerent countries of Europe
Carl Hans Lody, the German spy re-
Gently executed in the Tower of Lon
don, was the bearer of an American
passport. A passport also was in the
possession Of the man known as Horst
von der Goltz, or Bridgman Taylor.
row under arrest here under some
what similar circumstances. The pris-
oner has admitted that he is not an
American, although born in San Fran
cisco. He is of German parent, ge an
was reared in Germany. He serve
in Mexico on the staff of Francesca |.
Madero as a major. and later tried to
enter the German army, but was re-
jected. He obtained money from the
American Relief Committee in Berlin
and Rotterdam on the strength of his
American passports. made out in the
name of Taylor. An investigation is
being made of the manner in which
lie obtained this passport.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-24
POSTAL AMENITIES
EASE WARS STRAIN
French and Germans Ex-
change Newspapers and
Notes in a Mill.
rBy Gable to The Trlbunel

Paris. Nov. 24.-"Le Temps" pub
fishes an amusing account Of a Franco
German postOfiice eXtemporzed in a
mill half way between French and Ger
man trenches. The mill was searched
about fortnight ago By a French
patrol, and nothing was found in 1t
except a pile of German newspapers.
These papers were taken ard sent TO
the General Staff. and the same night
they were replaced by several French
journals.
The next day the patrol returned and
found the French newspapers had dis
appeared and had been replaced by
another lot of German newspapers.
The exchanges went on for five days,
and on the sixth day with the news
papers a letter was found from Ger
man officer, reading:
your newspapers are very interest
ing. but we do not believe a word Of
what they say, as they are in fiat con-
tradiction Of all our news"
The French reply was:
"By all means do not believe our pa
pers Perhaps you will have more con-
fidence in an American paper"
This letter, with an American paper
and two letters which young Prussian
officers had been allowed TO write, was
placed in the mill and duly disappeared.
The French reply seemed 70 have taken
the wind out of the Germans sails,
and for four days there was no ex-
change of spondence, but on the
day "Le Temps's" correspondent wrote
communication had been restored and a
fresh batch Of German newspapers had
been found.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-24
POE WRITES OF BATTLE
Ex- Princeton Football Player
Gets Fire Baptism as Orderly.

Baltimore, Nov. 23.-"Johnny" Poe,
famous cx-Princeton football player
and soldier of fortune, who recently
enlisted in the British army, has oeeh
promoted and is now m orderly for
colonel. His mother, Mrs. John =; roe
has Just received n letter from "Jonh-
NY" lie writes that he is In the lZtn
Battery Of the heavy brigade, hoyai
Garrison Artillery, and says;
"Our battery has been In action for
the last five or six days. am one Oh
the colonel's orderlies, so ride afouhn
from one battery 20 another: we Dll-
let in houses and barns, and thus III,
we have had plenty to cat and go9d
place to sleep. The heavy. brigade,
fights away back from the infantry
have had a few shells burst near me-
and in most cases was well under cover
Shrapnol shells have an unpleasant
sound as they 20 by.
ave were given a splendid reception
by the natives when we frst arrived
There were plenty Of fruit. cigars,
cigarettes, crackers, beer and choco-
lates given US. In one town the monks
gave us beer.
"Seldom do we see a newspaper.
When | was working | never forgot
the day Of the week or month, but
mere | am often far of in both
New-York tribune., 1914-11-24
WHITNEY HOSPITAL
IS IN OLD COLLEGE
For Present at Juilly-
Bacon American Am
bulance Member.

Paris. Nov. 23.-Mrs. Harry PAYNE
Whitney's flying hospital is located
for the present in the College OF JUL
ly. famous institution dating from
the sixteenth century, in the town @ OF
Juilly, not far from Compiegne. Dr.
Martin and his seven assistant sur
geons, all of New York, and hfteen
nurses to-day were setting up the nos
pital of 900 beds. This is one OF sew
eral auxiliary units of the American
hospital in the field. Robert. Bacon
former American Ambassador 70
France. arranged with the French mill
tary authorities for the site.
MIR. Bacon to-day vas elected mem
ber of the American ambulance board.
A report submitted shows that the cost
for each patient per diem in the Amer,
lean ambulance will be less than ~
francs. as all the services Of the stan
of upward of three hundred surgeons,
nurses, orderlies and managers, are
given free. There are now 800 patients
In the hospital. General Fevrier, chlef
sanitary inspector Of the French army
SAYS it is one of the best hospitals IN
Europe.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-24
SWISS NEWSPAPERS
WARN THE GERMANS
Ready to Die to a Man Rather
than Have Territory Invaded
as Belgium Was.

London, Nov. 23.-Sunday Swiss pa
pers draw special attention to an arti-
Gle of the "Vossische Zeitung," which,
dealing with the rights and obliga-
tions of neutral powers, declares that
neutrality does not entail the neces-
sity for a state to take up arms against
belligerent which wishes TO cross its
territory. On the contrary, a neutral
state should only resort 20 arms In the
event of either of the belligerents en-
deavoring TO treat it or its territory as
vassal or conquered.
State papers here seem to think that
this article is not so much a belated
EXPLANATION of Germany's violation of
Belgium as a warning to Switzerland as
TO the line Germany would take with
her if the necessity arose. They state,
however, that if Germany imagines
that the Swiss will show themselves
any more pliable or obliging than the
Belgians she Is making a grieyous
mistake, and that notwithstanding what
happened TO Belgium the Swiss would
Gle to a man rather than allow Ger
mans to ride rough-shod over the
country.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-24
LESSON FOUND IN
TENNESSEE INCIDENT
London post" Expert
Says 1t Teaches Need
of Large Navy.
GBy Cable to The Tribune. ]

London, Nov. 24.-"The Morning
Posts" naval correspondent says: "The
Tennessee and the North Carolina are
two men-of-war of the United States
navy charged BY Secretary Daniels
with maintaining the prestige of the
United States in Turkey. As might
have been expected, the firing by
Turks upon a launch of the Tennessee %
in the harbor Of Smyrna is stated 70
have been a mistake, or, rather, a
warning to the launch that the port
was closed.
"As a matter of fact it was the busi-
ress of the port authorities 20 warn
neutral ships by signal or word of
mouth before firing. The captains Of
the Tennessee and North Carolina are
charged with a somewhat delicate duty.
The Turks, divorced from British naval
guidance, have no clear appreciation Of
the law of nations, and the Germans,
who prevail just now in Turkish coun-
sells, own no respect for il at all. At
the same time Turkey is so weak in
naval force, especially since the Goeben
has been damaged by the Russian fleet.
that the two powerful American
cruisers should exert considerable
moral influence on the situation at
present.
"0f little moment in itself, it serves
TO illustrate how necessary it is that
neutral power should possess suf.
ticient naval force adequately TO en-
force neutral rights. Advocates of dis
armament in this country before the
war-since it began they have pre-
served a certain reticence used 10
argue that because in any future war
Great Britain would be neutral she
could safely reduce her fleet, but apart
from the fact that it is not alway4
possible to remain neutral, since in
practice war can be forced upon any
country, il remains true that a neu-
trail power is charged with the protec-
tion of its subjects, and the only ef-
fectve protection must ultimately con-
sist in an armed force on the sea and
land. A battleship, for instance. com
mands a good deal more respect than
gunboat."
New-York tribune., 1914-11-24
Turks Continue to Advance
on Russian Black Sea Port

Berlin, Nov. % (by wireless 70 Say
Vile, n. Y).-Oflcial reports given out
in Constantinople and reaching Berlin
to-day relate the continued successful
Turkish advance upon Batum, the Rus
sian port on the Black Sea. All the
territory between the Turko-Russian
border and the River Chursk is in
Turkish hands, while Turkish force
in the southern part of this territory
has taken Artwin.
The Turks declare that the English
losses at Shatt-el-Arab amounted TO
750 Cead and several thousand
wounded.
The report is reiterated that the
Turks have reached the Suez Canal at
FL Kantara, after defeating the Eng
lish in a sanguinary engagement at a
point thirty kilometres (aDOut eighteen
miles, to the eastward of the canal.
The English fed after leaving many
dead
New-York tribune., 1914-11-24
DOUGLAS RIOTERS
HOPED TO ESCAPE
Ready to Seize Vessel in
HarbOr and Seek Neu-
traI Country.

London, Nov. 23.-"The Manchester
Guardian" referring to the riOting last
Thursday in the alien detention camp
on the Isle of Man in which five Dris-
oners were killed and twelve wounded
says that this outbreak was due not
merely to discomfort with the food and
treatment given them, but was part of
a desperate plan of the prisoners to
escape from the camp with the ulti-
mate hope OF seizing a vessel in the
harbor and making their way to some
neutral country.
The dining room of the camp, where
the trouble occurred, gives acces
through the adjoining kitchens TO the
only part of the camp inclosure not
protected by double circuit of barbed
wire. The prisoners employed m the
kitchens were aware of this condition.
The prisoners on Wednesday went on
a hunger strike. This rapidly devel-
oped into an angry demonstration
against England. The prison comman-
dant succeeded in quieting the disturb
snce but not before the Union Jack
ad beer torn down.
The mutiny began Thursday, the sig
nal for the outbreak being the throw
ing of "A chair through a window. The
prisoners, instead of making for the
main doors leading from the dining
hall, all rushed toward the kitchen
doors. Only six soldiers guarded these
doors, and this half dozen men were
attacked by $500 men. The prisoners
desisted, however, the moment volley
was fired into their midst.
The correspondent of "The Man
chester Guardian" expresses the belief
that the prisoners hoped TO secure
enough arms TO hold the guards at bay
until the sailors in the camp had time
TO get possession of a boat in the har-
Dor. The medical officer at the camp
assured the correspondent that the
food was sufficient, but it was admitted
that a certain consignment of potatoes
was bad, and that some of the tents
leaked. Many prisoners in this camp
are men of title and wealth. They were
allowed TO purchase their own food
and they enjoyed course dinners. This
was another source Of discomfort. The
captains IN charge of the divisions of
prisoners were chosen from among the
educated aliens, and it is not believed
that they had any knowledge of the up
rising.
Extra guards have been placed on
duty at the Isle of Man camp, and the
number of prisoners permitted in the
dining room at one time has been re-
duced
New-York tribune., 1914-11-24
DIES FOR FRANCE
BY COMRADES GUNS

Paris, Nov ga semi-Oficial state
ment given out to-day says:
"The other day in Belgium q Ger
man column was advancing 70 siis'i
the forest of Brie, defended By de-
tachment of zouaves. Our men no
ticed that before them the Germans
forced a zouave prisoner and az ih
same time they heard cries Of "S'''
firingn For an instant our rlHemc
and the men in charge Of our maenll'
guns hesitated. Then from the Gerri,,i
ranks they heard the voice Of as
zouave prisoner, who called TO them
Shoot, - - lt. l..
"Then there flashed out from if'
ranks Of the zouayes a general o.
charge of rifles and machine guns
This ire laid low the assallants OF m'
7ouaves. and with them fell the he'o'
soldier whose devotion made L pos
sible for his countrymen 10 cheeSma"
the ruse of the enemy. D..
"If the name of this brave man y
unknown. at least his regiment VIII ts. Ie.
tain forever the remembrance o. li'
sacrifice. which is equal TO any o. ~ ".
most courageous personal inc'Ss''
recorded in our glorious history
New-York tribune., 1914-11-24
COSSACK DERIDES
GERMAN CAVALRY
Horses Good Enough, He
Says, but the Riders
Easily Fall Off.
lbs Gable 10 The Tribune. ]

Petrograd, Nov. 23.-- Here is Cos
sacks story Of the fighting on the East
Prussian front:
"The German cavalry we saw
precious little of. They don't use cav
airy 70 scout as we do, but keep it for
charges. We would 90 out scouting IN
the usual way and hardly ever came
upon any German scouts, but often
enough knocked against trenches full
of men.
1T was one Of these times | got shot.
I received FIVE bullets, one in my right
arm and the rest in my clothes, but my
horse was not touched. Their horses
are good enough-not as spry as ours
but still good horses. Only their tei-
lows come off if you catch 'em with
the butt Of your lance or jolt 'em with
your elbow, and once off the German
trooper is disarmed, for all his arms
are on his saddle.
"We don't fall off even when shot dead,
for our horses bring US home TO our
lines, while German horses left rider
less come after US themselves. We got
q lot Of likely mounts in that way In
our little affairs. You knock your man
off and finish him., and his horse turns
to 20 after the others, but comes at a
word and goes off with us.
Sometimes we stalked villages that
we found the Germans had entered
We always waited a couple Of hours,
when they were sure to be half intoxi-
Gated. 1t is now our regular rule to
give the Germans time to drink them
selves silly before entering villages and
houses where they are spotted.
"The worst is, you can't hit 'em over
the head. Their helmets and neck
pieces turn under any blow, and you
have TO get 'em below the best you
~an "
New-York tribune., 1914-11-24
FABSRl MAKES DENIAL
Unaware of Report His WIZ
less Is Aiding Germany

Ernesto G. Fabbri, brother Q. o. t !,
sandro Fabbri, owner Of an 60 s,il
Bar aHrbor. Ne. upon which u I'd - a
a powerful wireless plant was .,gesr
a means of communication &c sri
German agents in this cogh"9 u tss
ships at sea. denied kno|ledse
Al the town home, IS East oi'1 y = ,
Mr.. Fabbri said his brother was - sr.
hunting trip in the South. he y. fros
aware, he said, of reports eoHlhs 3, ss.
Bar Harbor that the wireless ~ 40 fcs.
being watched by agents OF w, ~, nsd,
ernment as the result Of a profess Re.
by Great Britain that intoImisa...iss var.
earding the movements OF brl'.s' Ger
ships was being transmltteu
many from this country. 81, ,hsr
II is said the brothers were a. N,ss
estate at Bar Harbor when tns nss,,s,.is
German Lloyd liner kronPri..s sis,
Cecilie put IN at the haroor tns" bssi
her cargo of gold after hurf!'He
from European waters.