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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-08-02
CROCKETT WILLIAMS, ACCUSED
OF MURDER OF WEALTHY IN
DIAN, SWUNG UP BY MOB
TAKEN FROM THE JAIL
Williams and Two Other Blacks Were
Held in County Jail for Murder Of
johnson King, Wealthy Indian,
Last Tuesday Night.

Eufaula, Okla, Aug. 1.-Crockett
Williams, negro, was taken from the
county Jail by mob and lynched by
hanging this morning. He was accused
of numbering Johnson King, wealthy
indian last Tuesday night, as the lat
ter was driving along the road near
Eufaua, in company with his 13-year-
old son.
Williams, Sam Burnett and Louis
Perryman, all negroes, were arrested
soon after the crime was committed.
Mobs have threatened to storm the
Jail several times.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-08-02

London, Aug. 1.-Unofficial reports
of the mobilization of the German
army reached here tonight.
King George sent an urgent mes
sage to the German emperor this
morning to try to avert war. The
German embassy here said that tend
ed to revive hope" King Georges
message was sent after two morning
conferences with Premier Asquith
when the war clouds were blacklist.
The Italian embassy here said that
the possibility that Italy might turn
against Austria and Germany should
defer Austria from entering into a
general war.
France was reported today as hay-
ing ordered a general mobilization.
The French-Russian treaty makes it
practically impossible for France to
remain neutral. Telegraph commun-
ication between France and England
has been interrupted.
The censorship held back military
news throughout Europe today. Tele-
grams from the continent stopped al
most completely this afternoon. The
last messages were Germany's of
ficial ultimatum to Russia and France.
The German ultimatum said that if
Russia did not stop the mobilization
by noon, Germany would mobilize.
The Japanese announced today that
they would not intervene unless ac-
tual fighting begins in the far east
1t was reported that the German
has left st. Petersburg
German ships throughout the world
were today ordered to seek neutral
ports.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-08-02
Amendments Voted on in November

Associate Justice Bleakmore, in the
supreme court yesterday, overruled
all protests to the West amendments.
but on account of the lateness of the
decision, the amendments will not be
voted on at the primary election, for
the reason that the ballots cannot be
prepared in time, with the exception
of the amendment relative to removal
for drunkenness in office.
This amendment had no protest
filed against it, and it will be voted
on Tuesday. The others will come
before the people at the general elec
tion in November.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-08-02
SUSPEND Their Service,

New York, Aug. Mime big trans
Atlantic lines have suspended service
wholly or partly. The Cunard and
other British lines today stopped sail
ing to continental Europe, but contin-
ued to England.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-08-02
PASTOR GETS TWO YEARS
Found Guilty Of Manslaughter. Will
Appeal Case

West Plains, Mo-, Aug. 1.-Rev. Law.
renee +. Flannery, a Methodist minis.
ter, tonight was found guilty of man.
slaughter in the fourth degree in con.
nection "'.h the death of Olin 7. Nc.
Connel linotype operator. He was
senteno to two years in the peni-
tentiary 8
July g st, after an argument at a
boarding = use, the minister killed Nc
Connell % h blow from his fist.
Flanner, . IL appeal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-08-02
To PROTECT
OUR MONEY
INTERESTS
SECRETARY McADOo CALLS A
MEETING OF CLEARING HOUSE
MEN OF UNITED STATES TO
PROTECT INTERESTS.

Washington, d. c., Aug. Ito pro-
tect the financial interests of the
United States, Secretary McAdoo of
the treasury department has summon
ed to a meeting here Monday, repre-
sentatives of the clearing houses at
New York, Chicago, and st. Louis.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-08-02
Wilson Appeals to MANAGERS.

Washington, Aug. President Viii
son phns to appeal to the patriotism
OF the managers and employees of the
western railroads to avoid strike in
the face of a threatened general Euy
ropean war and the consequent par
alysis of crop moving.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-08-02
Died

Mrs. Naomi Young died at the
Hardy Sanitarium Friday, July 81, at
3: 40 p. m. The remains were shipped
to McCune, Kansas, Saturday, via the
Frisco, for burial
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-08-02
MobiIizina Entire Army.

St Petersburg Aug. 1.-The entire
Russian army is being modified. Re-
serves began enrolling at six o'clock
this morning, singing sacred hymns
and marching through the streets
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-08-02

Tom carp came in Friday evening
over the Frisco from Durant. He re-
ports that rain fell all the way from
Mead into Ardmore.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-08-02
Italy to Remain Neutral.

Rome, Aug. Newspapers here an
nounce that Italy informs Germany
and Austria that she will remain neu-
trail unless Italian interests become inn
periled.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-08-02
CUMMINS AMENDMENT PASSES.
Senate Favors Review Of Trade Com
mission Orders.

Washington, ID. c., Aug 1.-The
senate passed today the Cummins
view of the proposed trade commits
sions' orders by vote of 80 to %.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-08-02
ObRECON Be
GINS MARCH ON
MEXICO CITY

Guadalajara, Mexico, Aug. lob
regon today wired President Carbajal
that he will begin his march on Mex
leo City tomorrow, disarming all fed
erals that he meets on the way
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-08-02

Stock Exchange Still Closed.
New York, Aug 1.-The stock ex-
change is still closed. Conditions
are about normal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-08-02
Wheat Normal Yesterday.

Chicago Aug l. The wheat market
is almost normal today again.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-08-02

Germany yesterday afternoon declared war against
Russia
The entire German embassy staff at st. Petersburg
left there last night The German declaration of
delivered in st. Petersburg at 1903 P M.
Unofficial reports received in Paris last night, said
that Austria has offered to withdraw her troops from
Seva and submit her grievances to international con-
ference
1t is expected that the British banking act will be
suspended in London Monday as financial protection
Reports from Copenhagen last night said that Ger
torpedo boat destroyers operating outside the Dan
sh Sea- tried unsuccessfully to cut the cable commuca-
ton with Russia.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-08-02
WEATHER FORECAST.

y New Orleans. La. Aug. l.
I" The weather forecast for Ok .
T" lahoma Sunday is partly I:
% cloudy. .
q .: g . q q q u .; q q q q ., :: q 9
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-08-02
GERMANY HAS DECLARED WAR
ALL EUROPE MAY Be INVOLVED

Germanys Declaration of War Delivered at ST. Peters
burg Last Night, and Entire German Embassy I'm
mediatey Left for Berlin-UnOfficia Report Says
Austria Would Now Withdraw Troops from Servia
and Submit to Conference.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13
NOTICE.

To all parties wanting to cut
hare grass. : We will pay in
merchandise only, the following
prices delivered at Kenna:
s Per ton baled and loaded OH
cars ~ E! :. s.. 90.
Dried ready to bale at Dur
press per ton. ......., -. $500
green per ton l..........$ 81 .25
Must he cut and handled ac-,
cordihg to specification. -
In preparing the plants they
must be split open, and any
thing that is worth cutting is
worth splitting, and cut off from
the roots above the ground close
up to the lower live leaves and
above all dead or rotten leaves
and there must not be any more
Of the root or bulb left attached
to The plants than is needed
to bold the leaves together, and
all dirt or sand must lie shaken
nut Of the plant before being
baled, and all green or partly
green and wet plants and all
rotten leaves, roots, trash and
waste material generally must
be eXcluded from the bales.
(aO Jones and Pirtle.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13

ically deter mined that civil
war carried to its bitter conclu-
sion" is the solution of the
Mexican problem, and that te-
fore Mexico can resume her full
international responsibility that
it must feel the full consequences
of domestic force" which in
time must be succeeded by
domestic counsel" very
friendly suggestion on the part
of the United States or other
powers has been repudiated by
the country TO the southwest.
Washington has decided to let
Mexico fight it out.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13

Charles Barber has been hav-
ing serious trouble with his hand
for a few weeks past, and found
1T necessary to go to the R. R.
Hospital last friday at Mulvan {,
Kans., where the hand was
anced The latest report is that
ne is doing nicely and will so II
be home.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13

John A. Scott returned this
week from an extended visit in
Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri
and Illinois, and doesn't hesitate
to say that KENNA is the best
place on the map. Hesays that
one should make a trip back to
the old states occasionally Just
to see what one has to endure in
order to live there, then they
would appreciate our climate
here and the easy way most peo-
pie here have Of making a living.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13

Oh tdc prinie minister was that OF
scientific e4perinenter who has ac-
complished his desiAa. The eyes OF
the king were piteouB,
Twenty years l have HAoted," said
the old statesman. His smHe was ac-
tually warm now There was real
benevolenCe in 1t. Twenty years, my
liege. You were necessary to AnconSS
and you cannot say, eire. that ! have
not always served my country to the
best of my ability. Ii is but right
that I take interest for those twenty
years. gave her deatl--gentle, mer-
ciful death. You see, loved her we'll.
sire, and would not cause her pain.
But you--why sire. it may well be that
you will i've twenty years moSe.
Twenty years of a living DEATH sire
No voice to betray the secret you and
| must share between us, no power OF
hand to write out an accusation! l
think that even he who wrote The
Prince" would approve my ven
geance!" 'c
SO the prime minister passed out
Of the chamber to summon the serV-
ants who would bear the king into his
own palace, first emptylng the wine
from the goblet Of the king.
Copyright. by Daily Story Pub. Co..
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

nOn-cOnl +. S. OSl6O
Department OF the Interior, u. s. Land
Office at Fort sumner. y. NJ Jan. 20. 1911.
Notice is hereby given that James +. Burton.
Il Elida, y. NJ, who on July s, 1910. made
additional homestead entry No. GslG0. for
SW14 sec. Twp. $. Range 81 T., " NJ. T..
Meridian has filed notice OF intention TO make
threeyear proof, to establish claim to the
land above descibed, before c. A. Cotfey,
U. S. Commissioner, in his Onlce NJ Ehda,
n NJ, on March. 80, l9l'.
Claimant names as Witnesses:
Pink f. West. Earl Nigus, George w. Rob
ertson, Fred NJ, Robertson, all of ElidaN, NJ
FI5MaO c. c. Henry, Register.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13
Distinction.

"Ah, but you" she said, ''have never
done anything to attract public atten.
tion. The man marry must have
done something worth while-he must
at least, be man whose picture has
been published in the PAPERS"
"Oh, if that's why you have refused
me, it's all right You may as well
change your mind and say yes. I've
had my picture in the paper, all right"
"When?"
1T was last faIl'
II never heard of it. What had you
done?"t
81 stood near ball player who was
receiving an automobile as a prize for
being the best base runner"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13

Mrs. Regina Bechler and her
daughter, Miss Lenora, of For,
Worth, Texas, were h er
Tuesday attending to land
business, returning Wednesday.
They were among the earl,
homesteaders in the Olive vicin-
ity and expect to return to
their claims in the near future
with a view to stock farming
and diarying.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13
DOMESTIC FORCE" AND
DOMESTIC COUNSEL"

The action of President Will
son in lifting the embargo on
arms is far more significant than
the mere act Of feeding guns
and ammunition to the Mexl-
cans. 1t establishes in a mersdre
the policy of the American gov
ernment, which while reserving
its good officers for the benefit
of our troubled neighbors, has
recognized the fact that a mere
change of persoHel of officials al
Mexico City is not likely to ac-
complish much. The United
States government has pract-
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13

Perhaps you think your case
a hard one and a sad one;
Perhaps you think tho race
long one and a mad one.
You may be one of those
Whom Fortune long has sighted,
Or one who sadly knows
What love is. unrequited.
Perhaps you play a part
That is not worth the playing;
Hope may have left your heart
And be far from you straying.
You may be ono whose nerves
Are shaken by disaster,
Or one who daily serves
A hard and cruel master.
Perhaps in gloom you sink ...
Because the sky Is murky;
But cheer up, brother-think!
You might have been a turkey.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13

An exchange gives an illustra-
ion as fellows: a doctor bet n
man a dollar he could not get a
billiard ball into his mouth.
The man won the bet, but the
doctor gos fifteen dollars to get
It out. Another form of adver-,
tisng with the results about the
anne as usual, the advertiser
spends one dollar and gets fifteen
in return.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13

Matte May Wh,on is recover
ing nicely from a very seve :.
attack of pneumonia. H r
mother, Mrs. G. S. Wilson ha
been suffering shis week with !.
slight attack of pneumonia.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13

honor from his royal master.
When the late king succeeded to
the throne there were three who
knew of this passageway. The king
was one; Giovanni StrozZi was an
other, and the wife of Giovanni Stroz-
ri was the third.
Now, in those days and in the half.
savage little countries upon which the
Carpathians look down it was pre-
eminently the duty of prime ministers
to find out the secrets of other people.
So 1t came to pass that once the
king, coming all unattended, passed
through this secret passageway, and
entered the boudoir of the Fair lady
who preferred a handsome young king
to a rather elderly prime minister.
And the king, finding the lady wait
ing for him, indeed, but quite dead,
hastened with all stealth back to the
royal palace,
Strozzi, it was declared by his en-
emies, held that all true statecraft
was embodied in Machiayelli's
Prince This had been told the
king and it increased his respect for
his minister. Moreover, when he read
The Prince" quite through and abb
sorbed all of the chapters on the
rights of vengeance and the best
methods Of obtaining the same, it
made him just little bit afraid The
face OF Ser Giovanni was always a
smiling mask and one could never
guess what knowledge his fertile
brain might own.
Thus for time the king feared
little and then less, and then not at
all.
And in the due course Of time,
thanks to the willy diplomacy of this
model prime minister whose devo-
tion to his country and his royal mas
ter was the talk OF the chancelleres
of Europe, the many troubles of An
coma came to an end. This took twen-
ty years. and the king was very tired
of being a king. So he consulted with
his prime minister and decided that
he would abdicate in favor OF his son.
In these later years the secret Of
the passageway had been discovered
by very discreet ard devoted lackey
i'm the service of StroZzi and was, of
course. duly reported by the prime
minister to the king. So ii was nat
ural that it was now used by the
two,
On the eve of the day upon which
d. the abdication was to be announced
TO the people. the king came through
the passageway and talked long with
his prime minister. This was in the
room which Strozzi called his library.
The king noted that it contained hut
two volumes One of these was The
Prince; sthe other purported to be
the secret history of the Medici, He
remembered that the Medici had been
very skillful in the art OF administer
ing poison and the iuxtaposition of the
volumes was unpleasant to his nerves.
IIe noted with pleasure that tonight
the smile of the prime minister had
in it less of that chill for which it was
noted
Talk of the future leads ever to
talk OF the past, and they drank much
wine. But presently, the king es-
sayed to rise nd found that he could
not do so. Nor could he speak. His
brain. was quite clear. and he could
hear Strozzi distinctly.
"camplete paFRlysls," the maAnsr
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13

We want you to get our club
of four magazines We sell The
Kenna Record and four big
magazines all one year for only
81 is. Send yourorter today by
phone or mail,
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13

that long?" ~a
He didn't say much. as a matter
of fact, but his wife wasn't there. so
I suppose he thought he would be
wasting an opportunity if he failed to
talk until he was physically exhaust.
ed"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 7, 1914.
BY ] {. JONES.
Diplomatic Clouds. :

TIE most sensitive people IN
the face of the globe are the
Japanese, and it is known to a
few Washington statesmen who
have shared the confidence of
the President that Mr.. Wilson
regards the japanese question as
one of the most serious clouds on
the diplomatic horizion. Japan
is no longer an object of terror
to the American government,
hat it has assumed an attitude
of an offended nation, because
of the restrictions placed upon
it's citizens by America. No end
of explanation appears to con-
vince the japanese that the
federal government is not sup
posed to regulate the legislation
of its seperate states. Congress
has bent its knee to the will of
President Wilson, just as it did
to the demand of former Presi-
dent Taft and Roosevelt, in the
refusal to pass legislation often
sive to the government of Japan
The question was forced upon
the House of Representative.
by the immigration bill, to
which Congressman Baker and
Hayes of California attempted
to add amendments excluding
Asaitics from our shores, Con-
gress appears determined to up
hold its regularly constituted
representatives, and the Repub
lican leader, Mr.. Mann, has stat
ed this position very clearly, in
the following words: "While l
do not have the greatest pride
il the present State Depart
ment, feel that in conductine
our relations with foreign couh-
tries 1 am bound 20 rely, in IT,
first instance, at least, upon the
State Department" !" To a care
full observer this appears a clear
definition of Washington senti-
ment; inasmuch as the most
positive foes of the Administra-
tion have adhered exactly to
this policy in all foreign matters,
including our attitude toward
Mexico. In the Mexican situa-
tion there have been more
reasons for outbreaks of differ
ences than have occurred in IT
lation to any of our other for
eign relations This is because
of geographical conditions; mas
much as three of the states of
our Union border upon Mexico
These states have six Senator,
and thirteen Representatives.
with constituents continually
supplying the II with antidotes
for the relief of Mexico, and ON
own people ON the border,
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13
The Usual Result.

There was a,llttle man and he had lit
tie guni,
His bullets were made OF lead, lead,
lead; t.t
He saw what he thought was deer and
he shot;
That's the reason why his guide Is dead
dead; dead
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13
: sure of That Much.

'Who was 1t wrote Distance Lends
Enchantment to the We've"
Il don't know, but I'll bet he never
sat on the gable end Of house and
watched a ball game that was goin
on two blocks away"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13

way leading from
his own royal res
idenee TO the pal
ace OF the Strozzi.
Probably only one
man knows of it.
He is very old,
half mad, almost
VIII o lily childish,
and lives in a di-
lapidated o | d
castle somewhere
up in the Carpa-
thians. His name
Is Giovanni, he
C o III es of the
branch of that
princely 7 family
which fled from
Italy in the hf-
teenth century
and took service
with the reigning
house of Ancona.
History says he
was prime minis
ter of Ancona
and that his serv-
ices TO the state
won him much
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13

G. H. Wear returned last Sat-
urday from a few weeks visit
tn Texas.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13

Mrs. B. w. ewlin is on the
sick list this week.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13

Many cases of severe colds
his week which is very unusual
or this meek pf tn woods "
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13
MAKING THE MOST OF A eooI
CHANCE.

"At the banquet
last night Sniggs.
ley talked for an
hour and three.
quarters"
"HeaVens! How
did he ever find
enough to say to
keep him going
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13

j. P. White was up from Ros-
well this week on business.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13

w. B. Scott was in Roswell
Ills week on business
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13

There is no school this week
IN accound of Mrs. Newlln's
severe cold.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13

f. L. Smith left yeste' day fo
an extended visit with h i
daughter in Oklahoma.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Mrs. E. E Lee is much better
This week.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13
AANNNNNNNNNXNxNNxNNxN%XNN
WAITS TWENTY YEARS
BY w. w. HINES.

He who rules in Ancona today
knows nothing of the secret passage
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-02-13

The Record one year for sl.Oo