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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12
CASE AGAINST
HUTCH|NS DROPPED
AFTER PRELIMINARY HEARING
THE DEFENDANT WAS DISMISS.
ED FROM CUSTODY.

Yesterday afternoon Thomas Hut
chins, who was charged with killing
his brother-in-law, Clarence Seely las
week was given a preliminary hearing
before Judge Freeman, and the de
fendant was discharged by the court
af.er listening to the testimony intro
duced
The defendant was represented by
w. B. Johnson and James H. Mathers
while county attorney Bleakmore and
assistant Hardy appeared for the state.
From the testimony introduced it ap-
pears that Hutchins acted in self-de-
fense and that the deceased had at
his life on several different
occasions.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12
Indian Will Appeal Case

Stilwell, Okla, March 11.-Manifest.
ing no interest in his fate, John Corn.
tassle, fullblood Choctaw, Wednes.
day was sentenced by District Judge
John H. Pitchford, of Tahlequah to die
in the electric chair. This is the first
death penalty ever imposed in MUIR
der case or any other criminal case in
the first judicial district of Oklahoma
since statehood. Friday, May 22, was
set as the date of the execution.
Counsel for Corntassel will appeal
to the supreme court, and as result
the governor. probably will not follow
his customary action in committing
death sentences to life Imprisonment
A verdict by the supreme court prob
ably will not be returned until after
Governor Cruces term expires and
this lessons the chances of Corntassle
to escape the death penalty if the YER
dict is sustained.
Corntassle was convicted last Sat
urday for the murder of his house
keeper, Sarah Knight, aged 10, a full
blood, whom he shot and instantly
killed near Westville, two weeks age,
Wednesday. He claimed the shooting
was an accident, but testimony devel-
oped they quarreled because the girl
burned bread she was baking for Corn
tassle.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12
CLARENCE DekNlGhT TELLS
SENATE LOBBY COMMITTEE
OF HIS CONTRACT.
GOOO FEE
Ship Building Company Contracted
to Pay Him One Thousand Dol.
lars and Contingent Fee Of Four
Thousand When Bill Was Passed.

Washington, d. c., March H.
Clarence w. Deknight told the SEN
ate lobby committee today that he
contracted with former Rear Ad-
miral Bowles, president of the Fore
River Ship Building company, for one
thousand dollars and q contingent
fee of four thousand dollars, to work
for toll exemption for American
coastwise ships in the Panama canal
act
DeKnight appeared before the
senate canal committee when the
Panama Canal law was under con-
sideration. He said he never re-
ceived the additional fee of four
thousand dollars when the bilr pass
ed, although he had understood it
would be paid him on passage of
the bill.
He said he did not remember
whether this contract said that the
four thousand dollar fee was con-
tingent on, or for every company
getting a contract to build govern
ment ships, although he remembered
that they did get such a contract.
He said he is still employed by
the Fore River company.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12
TEXAS GOVERNOR TO HOLD
CONFERENCE WITH MEMBERS
OF LEGISLATURE.
AMEND TERRELL LAW
Although Special Session Will Be
Called Mainly to Amend the Ter
relI Law, Other Matters Will be
Submitted to Legislature.

Austin, Tex, March 12.-Governol
Colquitt said today that he will con-
fer with leading members of both
houses Of the Texas legislature be-
fore deciding whether he will call
a special session.
Kennedy laid before the governor
the result of the canvass Of the
legislators on amending the Terrell
law. Kennedy said that not all those
favoring the changing of the law
wanted a special session.
If such special session is called,
it is reported that the governor
would also submit other matters.
Colquitt said that as both the
pros and antis had decided to NOM
mate their candidates for governor,
"this meant a split in the party,
and as both factions seem to favor
amending the law, to do so would
probably reunite the party"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12
Former Caddo Man Convicted.

Durant, Okla, March 11.-Word
has just been received in Durant
to the effect that Will R. Mcbride,
formerly president of the Oklahoma
State bank at Caddo, has been con-
victed in Denver OF fraud and given
a sent rce in the penitentiary. Will
MCBrl> H. -ganized and was the
first preNol of the Oklahoma
State bank ~ lido. About a year
ago age. he was reh. from his 41.. posi- ,
organized the Night a. " bank,
and he was accused of Il auding
an aged miner out of $4,000. Nc
Bride is about SO years of age.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12
Bad Fire at Blue.

Durant Okla, March 11.-Fire of
an incendiary origin yesterday destroy
ed large part of the business sec.
ton of Blue, a little station on the
Frisco, seven miles east of Durant. The
general merchandise store of Tom Al
len. Dr. Fuston's drug store and several
smaller buildings were totally destroy
ed and the Blue hotel was badly dam
aged. The loss was only partly covered
by insurance.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12
LIFE LOST IN HOTEL FIRE.
Clarence Ralston, Aged Forty, Burn
ed to Death at NARROW.

NARROW, Okla, March 11.-Clar-
ence Ralston, aged 40 years, was
burned to death when fire destroy
ed the Parks hotel, two-story
frame structure, here today. A doz
EN- other resident boarders, tran
sients and the family of ]. 7. Parks
escaped by jumping from windows.
The fire started at 80 a, M, ii
is believed, from defective wiring
The loss was $1,000, not covered
by insurance.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12
THREE BADLY HURT IN FIGHT.
One Mans Head Split With Ak in
ARRAY at Minlna Camp.

! McAlester, Okla, March 11.-At
Adamson, mining camp near here,
at an early hour this morning,
there was free-f for-all fight in
which S. G. McAlester had his head
split open with an ak and will die.
Two others were probably fatally
injured, TWO men are in Jail and
the sheriff is hunting for seven
others.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12

man.
Max Westheimer, Westheimer-Nich
OILS Co.
c. r. Hoffer. p. & II. Oil Co
B. A. Simpson, Ardhoma Oil Co.
]. E. Crosbie, Crosbie & Beatty
D. r. Beatty, Crosbie & Beatty
Neils Esperson, Esperson * Davis.
V. Brunaugh, Bess Tucker Co.
T. T. Godfrey, Chapman & Godfrey
]. W. Harreld, Ardhoma Oil Co.
II. c. Potterf. Ardhcma Oil Co.
DIR. ]. B. Smith. 1911 Oil Co.
Mr.. Dodd, 1911 Oil Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12
COMPROMISE ON SUITS
Relatives of Victims Of Shirt Waist
Fire Receive Seventy-five Dollars.

New York, March 12-Twenty-three
suits begun by relatives of some of the
14S killed in the Triangle shirt waist
fire, We're settled yesterday by the
payment of seventy-fve dollars to each
by the company which carried the ac
cident policy for the owner.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12
HEAVY FINE FOR
WATERS.P|ERCE
FEDERAL COURT AT SHREVE-
PORT IMPOSES HEAVY FINE
UPON OIL COMPANY.

Shreveport, La, March 12.-The
Waters Pierce Oil company was
fined fourteen thousand dollars to-
day upon being found guilty in the
federal court of violation of the FL
kins law, making rate concessions
on oil shipments from Illinois to
southern Louisiana.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12
Another White House Wedding.

Washington, d. c., March 12.-
The report that Secretary McAdoo
will wed Miss Eleanor, the presi-
dents youngest daughter, are per-
sistently renewed. The white house
and McAdoo both refused to discuss
IL today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12
Turkish Aviator Killed.

Jaffa, Palestine, March l2.-Nuri
Bey. Turkish army aviator, fell into
the sea near here today with an aero
plane. He swan ashore but died OF
exhaustion later in the hospital.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12
LITERARY TEST IN BILL.

Senate Committee Leaves objsctien
able Clause in Bill.
Washington, d. c., March 12.-
The senate immigration committee
today decided to leave the literary
test feature in the immigration bill
and report It favorably to the SEN
ate. This is the test which Wilson
said would cause him to veto the
bill unless it was eliminated.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12
DESTROY CHURCH PROPERTY
Militant Suffragettes Destroy Mansion
in GLASGOW, Scotland.

Glasgow, Scotland, Mar. 12.-Mili-
tants today burned an unoccupied man.
sion belonging to the Free Church of
Scotland. They left a note saying it
was in revenge for the brutal arrest
of Mrs. Pankhurst
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12
Investigate Future Trading.

Washington, March 12.-The
house rules committee today ap-
pointed committee to draft a
resolution for investigation of trading
in futures on cotton and grain.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12
TEXAS RAILROADS
SUED FOR MILLIONS
STATE FILES SUIT AGAINST KATY
AND BEAUMONT & GREAT NOR
THERN ROADS.

Livingston, Tex, March 12.-The
state today filed suit for $500, 900
penalties for alleged violations of the
safety appliance laws by the Katy
and Beaumont & Great Northern rail-
ways. {
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12
TWELVE DEAD RECOVERED

One Body and Extra Leg Found In the
Ruins Of st. Louis Fire Today.
st. Louis, Mo-, March 12.-One body
and one extra leg making twelve dead
recovered, were found in the Missouri
Athletic Club ruins today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12
TWO BIG STORES CLOSED
Federal Court Orders New York Stores
of Henry SiegeI Closed.

New York, March II. The federal
court today ordered two big New York
stores of Henry Siegel and his part
ners closed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12
Jackson Heads CattIeman.

Fort Worth, Tex, March a.
j. ID. Jackson was today elected
president of the Texas Cattle Rails
ers' association.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12
Wanted at Once,

An honest oil driller Apply to Jas.
H. Mathers, Ardmore, Okla. 1913
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12
ENGLISH WOMEN MISSING.

Two English Missionaries Missing
from Lao Ho kow.
London, Mar 12.-Chinese dispatch
es say that two English women at Lao
Ho Kow. which bandits sacked yes
terday, have been missing since the
raid, both were missionaries.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12
Westinghouse Seriously ~.

New York, March 12.-George West.
inghouse is seriously i'll here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12

Stop and read the Want Ads.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-23
Alabama Negro Farmers.

Negro farmers own or control 81
100000 acres of land in the state of
Alabama alone, or $4,000 more
acres than they controlled in 1900.
The negro farmers of that state have
under their control 3,563,OOO more
acres of improved land than they
were cultivating in 1900. In ten
years the number Of negro farmers
increased 17.3 per cent and now they
own or control one-fourth of all the
farm property in Alabama, having an
aggregate value of s97,370,000, or
1915 per cent more farm property
than they controlled in the beginning
OF the ten year period.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-23


B. w. Miley, who is standing for
reelection to the house, received
cheers when introduced. He thanked
the voters of Fishpond for their sup
port in the past, paid tribute to the
administration of Woodrow Wilson,
and stated that he had fulfilled his
promises to the people. He said he
regretted that no more was accom-
plished at the past session of the leg
islature, but charged it to the faction
al feeling which was then rife in the
State. Said he had not allowed fac
tionalism to interfere with the dis
charge of his duty to the people and
voted according to the dictates of his
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-05
REFORME ED.

The oats that l raise are no longer
wild. and Of debts of honor
none;
The gay red lights, and the long white
sights don't make. nowadays
my fun.
I'm not any more Of the same old push,
the c~oterie, gang. or group,
(The laws Of speed l break. indeed,
when the kidlet has the croup.)
'Tis seldom 1 hear about the boys, Dick
went to the east, you know;
He started with vim, but the life got
him, and he's nary result to
show.
And Harry took up with his fathers
line. after breaking the old
mans heart.
While Tom stuck around until he ran
aground; now he chaufs from
the motor mart.
And Maize is married and settled
down-With her husband I
never was strong.
l called him a dub, now both Of 'em
snub. and show me I've got
in wrong.
From her box at the opera abel guns
he rabble (my wife and me.)
The other day I saw Nell Ray (then
found something better to see.)
I've a perfectly good garage, and a
house all shiny with hard
Woo floors;
There's canned goose grease on the
mantelpiece, and my smoking
rooms all out doors;
Inc yearling wears two-year sizes
now, so we ought to feel con-
tent,
But l look at the lad, and am almost
sad when l. think how the iron
men went.
Late dinners, alas! we pass them UP
we've no glad rags for a dance
For I've outgrown every coat l own;
there's a "V in my old dress
pants;
It's amazing to think Of the things I
believed made life, at twenty
But in the discard. and the old bone
yard. they will stay, now, you
bet you!
In that room upstairs where the light
burns dim is what makes it all
worth while,
Though he just can creep and snozzle
sleep, and pay for care with a
smile,
But hes going to have whatever I
missed-it's only fair that he
should
And I'll save n scrimp so that little
imp may see my place kept
good.
1t amt regret that I'm feeling now
to remOrse I'm not a prey;
I'd a darn good time, and, for every
dime,
10 cents worth along the way:
I've cut it out, because my years don't
listen like twenty-five
God help those ginks with no little
jinks for to set an example to!
Edith Miniter in New York Times.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-05
The "Aaed Man" Myth.

w. A. White in the Emporia Ga
zette: In an accident reported day
before yesterday in the Kansas City
Star. the victim, who is IS years old,
is described by the nimble-footed
runaway chasers employed by Mr..
Nelson, as IAN aged man. No man is
"an aged man" at 6S.
When we were reporting the cap
rices of the grocer's delivery horses
who dashed madly down Merchant
street." or when we were Tipping on
the rear end of a fire wagon as it
went around the ORR on two wheels
to a Darn fire in the west part of town,
or when, we used to hurry over to po-
lice court to write ribald articles about
the "soiled doves" and the light fin
gered gentry" n the DRINKS and
~disorderlies assembled from the city
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-05
Daddy;s Bedtime
c. The Squirrels
OIOI " I'VE a Jolly
Peanut Hunt

ACK and Evelyn had enjoyed a peanut hunt that afternoon at a chill
dren"s party they had gone to. They told daddy about It when be
came home He told them that he had heard of a peanu hunt thu
~ squirrels nee had.
THAT sounds more fun than even ours was" said Evelyn, "for n ALWAYS
thinks Of squirrels enjoying peanuts so much. In fact, any kind Of a mt
makes a squirrel happy"
"a little girl named Polly" began daddy, "Hved near a nsrk Tn +,s
PARK were a great many squirrels. They were principally gray, with great
long bushy tails, and they were very tame. Polly had often fed them nea-
nuts, but she thought tit would be lots Of fun to have a real peanut hunt
together they went to the park.
Each child had a bag Of peanuts and they ran around Iut as cucIIv nc
Iny coula hiding the peanuts and gently driving the squirrels away If they
VEN ner a hnng place. One little girl would sit on a bench 81 the SOUR
reS could come and look inside the bag she held. That gave the others a
good opportunity for hiding them.
When they we're all hidden the little girl threw away her bag.
InereW we're nw ever so many squirrels gathered about and when they
ookeo N saw n peanuts in the bag they were % disappointed, and vet
u@y were sure that they had smelt them and SO did not give vi all hope.
"Ihen n very old fat squirrel found three peanuts hidden under a rock.
ID called to the other squirrels and waved his bushy tail in the air
trying n 70 say There are peanuts If we will hunt for themr
Ano ten 1t seemed to dawn on the other squirrels that it ws a peanut
nunt Ihey "a hunted for nuts before but they had new heard II a pea
nt Unit being given for them. Blu. this certainly did seen to be what all
ness peanuts hidden so beautifully and so heal at hand must mean.
sue a hurytng and scurying as there ws and how the little friends
OF Folly did enjoy it. Polly knew it would be a success, for she vas so fond
1" squfres and thought they were very bright and clever.
IL squirrels didn't stop to eat the peanuts after they discovered hat
mere we're % many hidden. They just kept m getting more and more until
hnaIy they had succeeded in finding them all.
m tney began 10 carry the peanuts to their little homes and thew
NoAeos SO happy, just as If they were free from cares or worries for DAYS to
COME LOT II course, they didn't have to worry abort meals forever N aver
sc long with te wonderful supply they wv had on hand"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-05
FRIDAY, JUNE 5. 1914.
PLENTY OF MOISTURE.

Not for a decade has North Dakota
been so we'll provided with moisture
at this time of the year as it is at the
present moment. The soaking rains
that have fallen over every part Of the
state during the past few days have
brought smiles to farmers and business
men alike. From all sections of the
state the most optimistic reports are
coming in.
The slope country and the north
west corner were visited by a near
cloudburst and in several instances
property damage is reported. This
damage Is so far offset by the good
that has been done to the growing
crops. however, that but little atten-
ton Is paid to it.
Old pioneers of the state, men who
have famed the country for years. say
that there have been very few years
in the history of the northwest which
have held forth such bright promises
for a bumper crop during the first week
In June as does 1914.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-05
MISPLACED

1t is disappointing to find thai
100000 laboring men have signed q
petition asking President Wilson n
extend clemency to Thomas M. RYAN,
former president Of the Structural
r Workers and others who were
convicted in the dynaniting ~conspira-
cies.
SO long as the charges brought
against the men who were tried at In
dianapolis were not proved, it was
right for all the associates of those
men to stand by them; to raise money
Tor their defense: to create as favora-
Bile an impression touching them az
the facts would permit.
Justice for Ryan and others was
the thing to be desired. And 1t does
no appear that they failed to receive
Justice. An upper tribunal has ex.
amined the findings and records Of the
lower court and has decided that they
should stand.
Why, then, the request for clemency
for men who have been convicted @.
q kind of criminal activity, or guilty
knowledge Of that criminal activity
from which every right-minded mar
in the country must shrink with hor.
ror?
The cause of labor is best served
certainly, when all men interested
specially in its welfare stand together
in an effort to insure justice. It can.
not be said to be served, however
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-05
TAFT ANIL SPLIT,

There is an Interesting editorial i
The American Patriot on the Ia
family. The Patriot says:
William Howard Taft, who re-
Gently ran for president of the
United States and whose appeals
Tor support were so eloquent and
convincing that the people all vot-
, ed for the other fellow, is now
confronted with q disunited
family, as we'll as a disunited
political party.
) MI. Taft, when president, vetoed
The Webb bill, over the heads of
h department Of justice exper
on n ground that it was surly
unconstitutional"
! But, behold, his eldest son. Rob-
ert, came u in an article in The
Harvard Law Review declaring
that the measure was constitu-
, uona!, tatly overruling pater
| families.
J Recently, Mrs. Taft publicly es-
poused the cause Of the anti
s~uffragfsts and said things about
women who desire to take part in
n making Of laws under which
, they must live.
= And now comes Miss Helen Taft
espousing the cause of suffrage
and fatty overruling her Ma,
|. All Of this is in line with the
trend Of the times. The old folks
naturally conservative, turn their
backs upon the rising u and
dig In the graves of the past,
The younger ones turn their
faces to the light n bend their
energies toward accomplishment.
In the young lies the hope of the
future.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-05
PROFESSOR ROSS ON GERMAN
INFLUENCE IN AMERICA

The recent revival of old-time in
terest in Miss Alcott's Little Women"
in the staging of the book, recalls how
incOmprehensibIe to youth was JOS
preference for the German professor
with his faulty English, when there
was the gay and debonair Laurie to be
q But reading Edward Alsworth
Ross account Of the Germans in
America in the Century Magazine one
gets a glimpse Of the scholarly, re-
hned and poetic quality of the Ger
mans who came to the United States
in the middle of the Nineteenth CEN
fury seeking liberty and the solid, sub
stanttal nature of those who have
come in more recent years.
All Germans immigrants come with
talr schooling and skill, and are able
TO maintain themselves without help.
They have the smallest proportion of
the population, except Americans, in
the ~almshOuseS, for example, or re-
ceiVing charitable aid. They are wide
Iy distributed over the land, and are
also the most ~pervasiVe immigrant
element in the wide distribution of
their work among trades and profes-
slons. The Germans brought to Amer
lea their intellectual freedom and in
NSPSAAhNACS III SAClidnB0 LOT DOllIlC1l
freedom, and have had a great in
luence over the American tendency to
be moved by public opinion. They al
so helped to break down the Puritanlc
dislike of amusement. They believe in
having a good time in simple and mer-
ry ways. and they have helped Ameri-
can in this. The sturdy German in
dependence is backed, too, by a. SUI
perlOrlty OppOrtuniSm. They vote in
dependently and despise office mon
ger1ng. The Germans mental tendency
is to comprehensiveness and complex
lty where the Latin is content to be
clear and concise. This makes him
seem slower than he really is. Final
ly, the German is conservative in his
reforms. He loves order and system.
In this and in sticking to one thing
TIL he masters it he has been a splen-
did influence on the restless Ameri-
can temperament.