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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-26

Mcllau No. . Woodworth is report
ed to be making about 600 barrels a
day. 1t has held its production well
and is a paying proposition. This
was at one time the biggest well in
lhe field.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-26

Westheimer * Daube in their Offset
to the Corsicana Petroleum Cos. dry
hole in 32-3-3, are drilling at a depth
of $50 feet, and it is stated that they
viii sink a deep test here, if it is re-
quired.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-26

The Tecumseh Oil Co. is making
good progress away over east of the
field in section lis. Their drill is
at q depth of 500 feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-26

The Mutual Benefit 40. . on the
Mullen lease in the northeast of {.
one location north of their No. !,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-26

missed and the company is sinking
u deep test
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-26

e. A Holley of Sugier has been
here the past week and made a trip
10 every portion Of the field He was
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-26

NIcNan No. 3 Woodwork in 5--S-5.
is abou, if"1 feet deep. The hole IS
crooked and is oay.ns badly and very
poor process is being made. This is
The wen where the early sands were
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-26

NcNan on Company In the west
part OF Sis ON the Walker lease. is,
at D depth of 1913 feet. and have or
derei the well plugged The COM
rluy has q nifty acre lease there and
whether other tests viii De drilled in
that locality is not known.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-26

The Safe Oil Company. southwest OF
town. is skidding the rig. The tools
could not be recovered. and a new
hole will be spudded. The company
states that they have the best OF
equipments. and If bad luck is avoid
I'd they will have a test made with
m ten days after the new well is
spudded in.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-26

The DuAri Company IN the south
west OF 9--3, is drilling at a depth
o. 200 feet This company has made
.ood time on its well.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-24
ONE ROYAL TITLE IS EARNED

No more han one swallow makes a summer does one king of obviously practical utility convert the seasoned democrat into a lover of monarchi- cal government. Even the most in durated and implacable contemner of royalty, however, though he may re- fuse the thrill visibly as he reads about the doings of Belgium's ruler, must in common decency confess that Albert is conducting himself at this late day in way that gives him the same adequate treason for being" that originally led to the establish ment of his class.
 Perhaps Albert's present eminence as a soldier and a man owes some- thing to the snobbish willingness, from which hardly anybody alive Is free, to see large the acts of crown wearers and to feel delighted surprise when they play well roles in which common mortals of equal competence get no applause. Perhaps he profits. too, from the fact that rather less was expected of Belgian king than of any other, and even more from having had a predecessor who-but Leopold is dead, so let him sleep. With all allowances made that preju- dice against kings can suggest, it re- mains true that Albert has proved his right to leadership by efficiency, his claim to privilege by service.
 Unquestionably the policy of resist ance to violation of Belgium's neu- trality which he inspired or approved has brought upon that country dread full losses of life and property, some of which, at least-nobody can tell how many-might have been avoided by the opposite course of submission to superior force. But there is Higher Expediency than that of the immediately and materially expedient, and this King Albert was wise enough to choose. There is his great est achievement, vastly more credit able than going under fire with the courage that common soldiers are shot for not having, or his demon stration of military ability that may or may not exceed that possessed by several of his generals.
 As a result, Belgium is ruined, but it is a magnificent and reparable ruin, and that country is never again to be regarded as a negligible factor in the problems of Europe.-Ex.
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FEATS WITH THE CAMERA.
Difficult to Snap Fast Moving Objects
 at . Given Point.

Difficult to Snap Fast Moving Objects
 at . Given Point.
 Only an expert, and he only after much practice, can take a photograph of a rapidly moving object at a pre- determined point-for example, an ex- press train with the cowcatcher just at a white chalk mark on a he or a baseball at the instant the bat strikes it.
 The reason for this is twofold: First, there is a certain appreciable time be- tween the mental decision to do a thing and the actual doing of it; sec ond, 1t takes Q certain appreciable time for the impulse given by pressing the button or squeezing the bulb of a camera to travel to the shutter and open 1t. The latter may in very fine camera be only one-fftieth of a sec ond, but even the fiftieth of a second in train going 100 feet a second would mean difference of two feet
 c. Fl. Claudy in an article in the Camera says that not more than once in four attempts will even an expert catch the precise instant he is seeking. The average man snaps his camera at the moment the ball is striking the club or racquet and by the time his shutter has worked the ball has gone. A tennis ball travels nearly mile a minute when struck hard. That is ninety-six feet second, so in lag of one-tenth of a second between the pressing of the button and the opening of the shutter the ball will move near ly ten feet, and ordinary cameras work no faster than this. So one need not wonder if even experts fail.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-24
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1914.
LIGHT ON BATTLE PSYCHOLOGY

A question frequently heard now adays from people who have been reading one of the more detailed ac- counts of the battles taking place in France or Austria is: How can hu- man being endure without going mad the dreadful sights and the almost more dreadful sounds, the constant expectation day and night for weeks of violent death, the agonies of equal ly prolonged hardships that mark these colossal struggles?"
 The inquiry is natural enough, as is the implied disbelief of those who make it that they could not them selves long stand such frightful strains. And not all the soldiers on either side do stand them, for there have been not a few references in the dispatches to men thus driven insane, while a considerable number of letters from those newly at the front have been printed that showed tue writers then shaking in the grasp of just such horror as we at home subsequent experience of the great think we would feel if there The subsequent experience of the great majority. however, is presumably that recounted by Russian soldier in one of the Petrograd papers.
 He says that the roar of battle no longer troubles him any more than did the incessant city sounds with which he was familiar; that he is so wonted to the spectacle of fields strewn with dead and dying that it now excites in him no strong emo, tion; that the dangers which fill all his hours have no more effect on him than the petty perils of ordinary life. He can even see not little to admire in the ebb and flow of bat tie, and all his standards of what men should and should not do havs for the time being at least, been changed
 This is not evidence of an acquired callousness, or even of wars brutal izing influence; it is simply an illus tration of the fact, known to every psychologist, that to any stimulus continuously or frequently applied hu- man nerves soon cease to react, or
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-24

delegate in Congress, one member of the senate and four members of the house of representatives in the legis- lative assembly of the Territory; and,
 Whereas, pursuant to the require ments of said acts of congress the Common Council of the incorporated Town of Valdez, in said Third divis- ion, by resolution duly adopted in regular session on the Fist day of September, 1914, divided the territory embraced in said town into two vot- ing precincts as follows, to-wit:
 Precinct number 1; including that part of said town lying easterly of the middle line of Alaska avenue.
 Precinct number 2; including that part of said town lying westerly of the middle of Alaska avenue.
 And at said meeting the Common Council by resolution fixed the poll ing place of precinct No. at the Council Chamber at the Town Hall on Broadway; and the polling place of precinct No. 2 in the ground floor room of the Fish building on West Mckinley street.
 The following named persons were designated by the council at said meeting to serve as judges and clerks of such election:
 Precinct No. Judges: H. M. De- lano, Tom Hunt, Louis Rosenthal. Clerks: H. M. Conrad and H. P. Sul- livan.
 Precinct No. 2-Judges: Con Low ney, T. E. Wikidel, Frank Hayes. Clerks: Ross Hockey and Frank Mil lard.
 Dated September 2S, 1914. E. E. RITCHIE, Mayor. RANDALL E. ASHBY, Town Clerk.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-24

react only weakly. Every doctor de. velops, and to be of any use must develop, a like modification of sym pathy as regards the sufferings of his patients, and the nurse who faints at her first operation soon views them with a composure superficially much like indifference. The Russian soldier shrewdly notes, too, that he now views as commonplace deeds that formerly would have stirred him deeply as noble or heroic. He has
 come to expect such things from everybody, instead of seeing them as exceptional and exciting.-Ex.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-24

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Notice of Election.

Whereas, pursuant to acts of Con- gress providing for the election of a delegate to congress from the Ter ritory of Alaska, and members of a legislative assembly for the Territory of Alaska; such election is required to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 1914, at which election the qualified voters of the Third judicial division of Alaska are entitled to vote for a
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-24
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Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-24
Did His Best.

"A woman came into the hospital the the other day, and she was so crosseyed that the tears ran down her back"
 You couldn't do anything for her. could you?"
 "Yes: we treated her for bacterial Pittsburgh Press.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-24

G. o. Reinke, the watchmaker and jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug Co.,. All work guaranteed.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-24

ALASKA as a storehouse, should be 7 unlocked. One key to it is sys- tenn of railways. These the govern ment should itself build and adminis- ter, and the ports and terminals it should itself control in the interest of all who wish to use them for the ser- vice and development of the country and its people.
 PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-24
Perry's
$12
Fall
Suits
and
OVerCOatS

Unless you've seen them,
you can't appreciate the
cloth-VaIues, the workman
ship, the character of cut,
style and making in them,
and only S12-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-24
TOPERS TREMBLE AT
MAYOR RIDDLES TALK
OF AWFUL JAG LIST"
Even Prohibitionists Are
Dumfounded at His Pater-
nalistic Stand Against
Liquor.

ATLANTIC CITY. n. j.. Sept. "a
Torn between grim sense of duty and
a kindly desire to save many of his
friends from terrifying incubus, Mayor
Riddle, who several days ago dunn
founded shore prohibitionsts by declar-
ing Atlantic City should have an off,
cial Jag list" today resolved to leave
the question of its establishment to his
associates in the City Commission.
Director OF Public Safety Bartlett
and others OF the ruling board do not
feel so strongly upon the subject as
the thoroughly aroused Mayor, and
doubt was expressed today as TO whether
topers, whose frequent reappearances in
court stirred the Mayors paternaIistic
sense. have anything TO fear. The lag
list can be created only by ordinance.
The Prohibitionists, whom Mayor Rid
are for 1t to man. Saloonists say the
proposal is Socialism running amuck.
Mayor Riddle wants il distinctly under
stood that his blow at the liquor mo-
nopoly is not aimed at Philadelphians in
the slightest degree, Many of them agree
with him that Atlantic City should be
open on Sunday and he would not lose
their good will Furthermore, under the
New Jersey law the official "jag lfst''
can apply only to those holding voting
residence I'm the city STRANGERS can
drink all they see it, while natives eve
them thirstily.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-24
NEW JERSEY POLITICIANS
DISPLEASED BY PRIMARY
See No Improvement in Conditions.
Wittpen's Defeat Blow to His


TRENTON, N. J.. Sept 24.-The pri-
mary system of this State. which had
another test in the election last Tues
day, Is being severely criticised today
through the state, many politicians and
voters being of the opinion the system
has not improved conditions over the old
nominating conventions. 1t is pointed
out that one effect of the primary method
has been the almost complete disorgani-
zation of parties and the creation of such
bad feeling in the race for nominations
that legitimate campaign work is made
ineffective Most of the asprants for
Congress in Tuesdays election. it is said,
We're men of low standing and mental
ability.
The failure Of the Hudson County fac
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-24

ton, led by ex-Mayor Fl. Otto Wittpenn.
of Jersey City. to nominate a majority of
candidates for county offices in that
county, is interpreted by politicians as
being equal to his elimination as a pos
sible candidate OF the party to succeed
Governor James F. Fielder.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-24
THREE WAR WRITERS cAPTIvEs
Ambassador Herrick's Aid Sought to
Obtain Release.

PARIS Sept, 24.-Ambassador Herriclx
was appealed to today to assist in sf-
forts that are being made TO obtain the
release of three American correspondents,
Messrs. Grundy Williams and Smms
who were arrested Sunday for violating
the rule prohibiting correspondents at
the front
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-24
OLD MAN PLUCKY PATIENT
Lets Physicians Sew Up Injured
Hand Without Anesthetic.

andrew Gartone. 70 years old. is one
0i the pluckiest patients that the physi-
vans at the Samaritan Hospital have
treated for some time.
,, ms right hand was ripped from the
eA 20 the small hnger today by =
saw while he was working at the mil
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-24
GERMAN GENERAL oUsTED
GENEVA. Sept.

-@@HN@f ~ sept -.
Reports reaching here from Berlin de-
clare that the Kaiser has dismissed Cen
eraI Won Deimllng. the commander of the
German extreme left In Alsace.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-24
LOCAL FIRE RECORD

1o:sS-t+l Manton st: Morris Rosen-
nurg '''''.'''.''''.-'..,,-. Trifiing
1:26-Red Lion road and Rustleton pike;
barn, owned by Samuel Foster. $4,000
o;bs-TulIp and Venango st dump. :, Trifing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-24

OF Martin Walrath, Park and Glenwood
avenues Gartone coolly stopped the ma
ohinery and started for the hospital He
refused an anesthetic while the physI-
clans sewed the wound
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23
BOYS OF THE BLUE AND THE
GRAY WILL MINGLE TODAY
ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT OF ALA
BAMA G. A. r. WILL BE OCCA-
SION OF FORMER ENEMIES
MEETING AS FRIENDS

The annual encampment of the depart
ment of Alabama, Grand Army of the
Republic. will be held today in Birming-
ham and federal veterans from the sew
eral posts of the state will be In at
tendance.
Gen. Washington Gardner, commander
in-chief of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, is in the city and will make two
addresses, one before the meeting of the
department this afternoon and the other
at the camp fire to be held tonight at
the auditorium OF the Chamber of Com
merce. when the grizzled heroes of the
blue and the gray will be mingled to-
gether in social enjoyment and recount
the history of the past
Judge A. O. Lane and James Wealth
erly, city commissioners, will bid the
veterans welcome and extend to them
the hospitalities of the city. The address
of General Gardner will follow Cart
John G. Smith, commander of Camp VIII
cox, and Maj. S. IL. Nowlin of Camp
Hardee, Confederate Veterans. will make
addresses. j. S. Mcneil, commander of
the Sons of Veterans. G. A. r.. and the
Rev. Mr.. PEBBLES of Ensley will also
speak.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23
JAMES MITCHELL
WILL ARRIVE TODAY
Man Who Financed the Ala
bama Power Company To
Be Here Several Days

James Mitchell, representing Sperling
& Co, who financed the Alabama Power
company in its developments here, will
be in Birmingham today and will be one
of the guests at the Press club opening,
The visit of MIR. Mitchell to Birmingham
at this time, it is said, is for the purpose
of closing up some details in connection
with the vast expenditures that have
been made in this district by his company
He will be here several days, it is un-
derstood
While no announcement was made, the
general rumor is that Mr.. Mitchell will
take up some of the problems presented
in connection with the charge recently
made by T. II. Friel that the Alabama
Power company and the Birmingham
Railway, Light and Power company have
a power monopoly in this district. The
charges of Mr.. Friel, it is known, have
worried the officers of the Alabama Pow
er company, as they are averse to criti-
cism. 1t is believed that Mr.. Mitchell will
endeayor to straighten out the matter If
possible while in this section. He will
pay a visit to Ocamr~ while here and
will look position in this
dist~ t lie by his COM
rial purposes.
estrcl U sa pine announce
ins - asA with the Mus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23
LARRY" SM|THD|ES
AFTER LONG FIGHT
AGAINST BIG ODDS
Popular Young Man Had
Been Blind Since Being
Shot Through Temple
February Z, 1911

). Lawrence C'Larry') Smith died last
night at o'clock at the residence of his
father, r. s. Smith, Broad street, Elyton.
Members of the family attribute his death
TO gnnshot wounds received at the hands
of Homer b. Hudson, Birmingham
Railway. Light and Power company con-
duetor, on the night of February Z, 1911.
Mr.. Smith had been totally blind since
the shooting and for the past several
months has been slowly sinking. The end
came last night For time after the
shooting Mr., Smiths life was despaired
or, but by what was regarded as one of
the most remarkable fights for life In the
medical annals of Birmingham, partially
recovered and was able, in a measure.
to resume active life.
Mr. smith was 80 years of age at the
time of his death He is survived by his
father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs n 9
smith; three brothers, Frank w Alhert
W. and Jack Smith. and by two sisters.
Miss Grace Smith and Miss Lucy Smith.
Funeral services VIII be conducted from
the residence this afternoon at 3 o'clock
with interment in Emwood celneterx,
Inc following will act as pallbearers:
Pryor Piumlee, George Watkins, Hubbard
Smith, Ray Smith, DR. w. w. Long and
Or. Alfred A. Walker. The Rev. S. r..
Lester, presiding elder of the Albertyille
district of the Methodist church. win offi
ciate.
The wounds to which the death of Mr..
Smith is attributed We're received ON the
night OF February 7. 1911 Mr. Smith
boarded a Highland avenue car dowr
town and at Arlington avenue became in
VOWED in an alteration with the con
ductor, Homer B. Hudson, over the failure
or the car to stop at the station AT
which Mr.. Smith wished TO alight Blows
were exchanged and the shooting fol-
| lowed.
Mr. Smith was struck by a bullet in the
right temple. the ball putting out bott
eyes. He was also struck in the thigh,
lie was hurried to an ipflrmary, where
desperate efforts were made to save him
| As stated, he recovered in a measure
| but never fully regained his heath The
coming end had been foreseen and while
great shock to his family and many
| friends in Birmingham, was not unex-
pected. Mr.. Smith was one of the best
known and most popular young men in
| Birmingham and news of his death Will
| be source of keen sorrow to many
Homer b. Hudson, the street car con-
ductor, was subsequently acquitted of
| criminal guilt in connection with the
| shooting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23
CRIMINAL COURT
DOCKET THIS WEEK

A double header" docket is set for
the week in the criminal court and
both Judges viii be engaged In the
trial of the cases set in the first at,
vision. Among the cases are non -capi-
tai felonies, vagrancy, violation OF rev.
cnue law, keeping gaming tables and
using electric bells in connection there
with.
Judge Fort will organize the juries
for the week this morning In the first
division. The following docket is set
for today:
Roscoe Little, carrying concealed pis-
to1.
Sam Masino, alias, violation revenue
law.
Charles d. Vincent, vagrancy.
Everett Quinn. alias. vagrancy.
Everett Quinn. alias, violation rev.
cnue law
Oscar w. Freeman and Charles w.
Freeman, using electric signal.
Walter Lacey, N. ID. Lacey and c. O.
Jones' using electric bell.