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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01
JAPANESE WIRELESS AT TOXIC
CATCHES DISTRESS rs. o. S."
CALL.
WORK OF PIRATES
Reports from Formosa Say That
Chinese Pirates are Responsible
for Vessels Plight Wife Of
Governor General on Board.

Toxic, May 1.-The steamer 81
IBERIA, carrying eighty passengers, is
sinking near the Island of Formosa
today. The japanese wireless
caught the Siberia's IS. o. s." calls
off the Island of Kiushiu this morn
ing.
The Siberia sent repeated distress
signals, which finally became indis-
tinct and died cut. The Siberia was
ashore about six miles from the
Formosa mainland.
A Japanese warship is now hurry
ing to the rescue. The passengers
included Mrs. Francis Burton Har-
riscn, wife of the governor general
of the Philippines.
Alarming reports from Formosa
tonight declared that Chinese pi-
rates are reported TO have been re-
sponsible for the wreck of the ST.
IBERIA. She carried crew of two hun
dred.
Other passengers included w. B..
Beard school teacher of Waxaha-
chic, Texas, G.. NJ. Egan, governor of
Batanes Province, Philippines.
The Siberia's exact position is given
as Samashana Island, a small rock
bound crater, surrounded by danger
ous currents of south Formosa. The
steamers crew is Chinese, with white
officers. The vessel carried four hun
dred steerage passengers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01
$1,000 Fire at NARROW, Okla.

NARROW, Okla, April 30.-Fire from
an unknown cause started in the up
per story of the Rexal drug store yes
terday. 1t had gained considerable
headway before being discovered, but
was put out before the building was
entirely burned. Loss en- building IS
estimated at about $1,000, loss on
stock of drugs $1,000, and damage to
F. L. Rankin's jewelry store is prob
ably $1,000, all of which was partly
covered by insurance.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01
Mental treatment

Chicago ILL.,, May 1.-Chicago's psy-
chopathic laboratory, the first institu-
tion of its kind in the United States,
was opened today, DIR. William J.
Hickson, of Vineland, N. j.. is at it's
head. 1t will operate as an auxiliary
to the courts, and attempts will be
made to determine whether prisoners
and accused persons may not require
menta. treatment as a substitute for
punishment.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01
Alleged AssaiIant Killed.

Madill Okla, April 30.-G. w. Pot.
ter, aged about GO years, died in the
custody of the officers in Madill on
Thursday morning from gunshot
wounds received at the hands of Tom
Matchen at the home of the latter
near this city Wednesday night 1t
rs charged that Potter a rowing la
borer had been employed by Matchen
and that he attempted to assault an
l1-year-old daughter of his employer
The child complained to her father
who shot the alleged assailant.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01
Confers With Mediators.

Washington, May 1.-Representng
the Huerta government, Spanish Am
bassador Riano today conferred with
the Argentine minister here, deliv-
ering a message for the mediators
The contents are unknown. Rianos
message has inspired more conf
dence in the mediators, who are re
ported now working on the actual
proposals for submission to the Uni
ted States and Huerta.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01
Commercial Club Formed.

Madill Okla, April 30.-A Chamber
of Commerce was organized in Madill
last night with a membership COM
posed of all the representative busi-
ness men of the city. A. p. Marsh,
mayor, was selected as president. The
organization will Immediately begin
a crusade in advertising Madill and
Marshall county. Over fifty merchants
real estate dealers and bankers came
into the organization as charter mem
bers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01
Americans Can't Get Out.

Washington, d. c., May Consul
General Canada at Vera Cruz re-
ports that there are fifteen hundred
Americans still in Mexico City un-
able to get away because of the lack
of trains. These are mostly new
arrivals from the territory about the
city. Canada has asked the British
aud Brazilans to try and get re-
lief trains.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01
Fort Worth Out-Grows Houston

Fort Worth, Tex, April 30.-Fort
Worth has a population of 94,494,
nosing Houston out of the third place
of Texas cities, according to the es.
Inmates of experts in the census bu.
reau at Washington.
The population of San Antonio is
estimated at 1906, Dallas 111,9S6,
and Houston 1922.
In 1910 the United States census
gave out the following population sta.
tistics San Antonio 96,614 Dallas 92,.
l04 Houston 7S,S0O, and Fort Worth
7s,$f2. -
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01
MILLIONAIRE MINE OWNER HAS
PLAN TO END THE COLORADO
STRIKE TROUBLE.
MORE TROOPS ASKED
Governor Ammons Today Telegraph
ed Secretary Of War for More Ma.
tionaI Troops to be Sent to WAL
senburg.

New York, May lit was announc-
ed at the Rockefeller Offices today
that he hopes soon to devise a plan
to relieve the Colorado situation to
the extent at least of relieving him
self of the hostile criticism.
Mourners today marched in front OF
his office, but Rockefeller, who is
somewhat i'll, remained at home trans
acting his business by telephone.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01
Osaqe Schc lastic Statistics.

Oklahoma City, April 30.-A re-
cent count shows that there are S97
children of the Usage tribe of school
age. Of these 443 attend the public
schools of the county, 81 girls are
a Caholic sisters school, 6i at
tend the Usage boarding school, Isl
Usage children attend school out
side of the county.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01

Grandtield, Okla, April 30.-While
the Grandfeld baseball team were
engaged in practice game, Grover
Teeter was struck on the head with
a bat which had been thrown by a
batter. ]. b. Mathews broke his
leg below the knee.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01
SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS AD-
MINISTRATION BILL TO THE
SENATE COMMITTEE.
EVE COMMISSIONERS
Not over Three of the Commission
ers to be of One Political Party,
and Salary to be Ten Thousand
Dollars per Annum.

Washington, d, c., May 1.-The ad.
ministration's interstate trade com.
mission bill was reported to the SEN
ate committee today by the subcom.
mittee.
II would provide five commissioners
at salary of ten thousand dollars
yearly to each member and not over
three of the commissioners to be of
one political party.
The commission would be empow-
cred to investigate corporations.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01
Carranza Warts Oil Protected.

chihuahua, May 1.-General Car
rama Is determined to try and pro
tect the immense oil properties al
Tampico owned by foreigners, most
ly British. He has so telegraphed
the British ambassador at Washing
ton today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01
ATTEND THE REVIVAL.

You may say Il don't like evan
gelists." Yes, but Thomas is diff
ferent Hear him at First Christian
church Sunday and every night next
week
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01
BILL REPORTED FAVoRABLY.
Shafroth Measure Puts Suffrage
Question Up to States.

Washington, April 3O.-The SEN
ate Woman Suffrage committee to-
day voted to recommend favorably
to the senate the Shatroth consti-
tutional amendment requiring a
state to vote on womax suffrage
when per cent of the voters petit
tion for such a vote.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01
NORTH POLE INCIDENT
Resolution Calling for Vote of Thanks
and Medal to Dr.. Cook.

Washington, April 30.-The North
Pole discovery incident was revived
in the Senate today by Senator Poin-
dexter who produced a joint resolu-
ton expressing the thanks of con-
gress to Frederick A. Cook for the
discovery of the north pole ,on April
p. 1908, and authorizing the secre-
tary of the navy to present him with
a $500 medal
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01
Special Candy Sale.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, one
pound box of the finest candy in Ard
more for 34c per pound. Ringer Drug
Co., THE Rexall Store" II
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01
Special Candy Sale,

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, one
pound box of the finest candy in Ard
more for 34c per lb. Ringer Drug
Co. The ReXall Store. IL
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01
ATTEND THE REVIVAL.

You may say 81 don't like evan
gelists." Yes, but Thomas is diff
ferent. Hear him at First Christian
church Sunday, and every night next
week
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01
Special Candy Sale,

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, one
pound box of the finest candy in Ard
fore, for 34c per pound. Ringer Drug
Co. THE Rexall Store" IL
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01
SHOT AT COUNTY JUDGE.
Attorney at Koutze Shot at Brother
Of CONGRESSMAN Dies.

Koutze, Tex, May bryant Coe,
an attorney, fired shot today at
County Judge w. W. Dies. brother Of
Congressman Dies. The shot went
wide.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01
British Cruiser to Scene.

Toxic May 1.-The British cruiser
Minotavir is reported to have reached
the Siberia late tonight.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01

Try a Want Ad.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01
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The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-17
" N Morgan For
Supreme Judge

Moscow. Idaho Attorney William
NJ Morgan, democratic floor leader
In the eleventh session OF the Idaho
legislature and an ex mayor OF Mos
cow. Friday Issued this statement
at is my Ibtention TO be a osndi
date for the nfflce of justice Of the
supreme court Of Idaho The legis
lature. during the session Of 1919 90
amended the election laws that the
offices Of district judge aud justice Of
the supreme court are entirely non
par,izau, aud it seems TO me TO be
but fair to be public, since no pol
itical party is 10 fut-reto make Itself
responsible fer Ehe candidacy Of those
Sho desire election to such offices
that candidates announce their in
tention far enough head 80 that the
ruhlic may fully investigate their
qualifications
81 earnestly hope the voters will
familiarize themseles With the prnvi
islons Of chapter 50 of the session
Laws Of 1913 aud particularly tha,
portion Of sail cnapter which appears
upon pages 352 and 35s"
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-17

their mrket largely from home grown
stuck.
They expect TO commence work on
their new slaughter house within a
very short time. They have written
State Food Inspector Wallis for
speoihoations aud these vert received
the latter par. of last week, and they
intend to build 1t 30 az to meet all Of
the requirements of the state Law
and will have when completed one Of
the best aud most sanitary slaughter
houses to be found anywhere.
The building of slaughter house
here will be an incentive to small
farmers of this vicinity to raise fat
stock as 1t will afford them a local
market
This and the building of the cream
cry here Is hound to do muen for the
cattle raising industry Of the st. Joe
aud st. Mariss valleys.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-17
Hodges Would
Cut Expenses

Mayor Hodges of Boise has been
mentioned a number of times In con
ieotion with the republican n6mina
tion for governor and it is under
.tood that he has the bee In his
oonnet very strongly
From a statement which he has
given out Ia Boise It Is evident that
ne is paving the way to Announce his
candidacy and expects Co gain the
domination by promising 10 reduce
taxes
The following is the statment:
''raxatiou In this state has almost
reached the confisoatory point and
the people must have relief. says
Mayor Hodges "rhis question II
the one Issue Ia state politics today
aud the voters are 10 no mood for thi
indulgence In 2littering genralitls In
reference to the solution of the vex
ed problem by politicians Instead
they are going TO insist that a speoh'
way be pointed out to accomplish
material reduction In our taxes hl
these who ask their support for stat'
offices
Visionary schemes of eliminstini
taxation by the sale Of cur timber
lands and kindred hobbies are alb
surd We will have to 60 about th'
matter Ia a more practical way W.
must 10 some pruning and cut dowl
the cost OF running our stala govern
menl Our state is young aud sh'
haf been going too swift pace fo
her sire 9Th Our state government
is top heavy aud we must take ava,
from the top IA order that the fouu
dation may suffice
''Ibe cost of maintaining our stat
educational aud charitable institu
tiols. for instance, Is beyond al
reason. Why. the average cost o
educating a child In one of our stat
Institutions is s400 each admiuis
trative term, with its parents payin
for its board. clothes and Ia ncidenta
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-17
Mrs. POIaCk
Secures Divorce

Mis-. Margaret Polak WAS granted +
decree of absolute divorce from her
husband Gustav Polak by JudgeWood
In the district court for Sboshone
county Saturday. She Was also per
mitted to drop the name of Pol
and assume. her former name OF Mar
gRIet Ailsie Espy.
The divorce which was granted on
the grounds of ornel and inhuman
treatment on the part Of the hus.
hand, ends a somewhat peculiar mar
riage venture.
Mr.. aue Ars Polak became ao-
qualnted tt166gh a matrimonial ad
vel tisement aud he went to Alabama
on the ltreugh of this advertisement,
married her and brought her tC
this city
They did not get along we'll to
geiher from the first and 1t Was only
short time before their matrimonial
troubles we're common property. Al
one time she had him arrested for nor
support but the case was settled b!
his agreeing to pay her a dollar
day.
They lived separately and Le finAll.
quit by selling out bis business here
took what money he could raise and
left town without informing anyone
where he WAS going, aud she has no
heard from him since
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-17

expenses The cost Of maintaining our
state aay Iums ls ls5. 55O. and 1t this
sum te divided by the number of IN
mates 1t Will be Seen that the average
cost Is outrageous The pruning
knife must be used freely II any meA
sure ot rsllef Is secured
Then we have too many needless
departments In our state government
We must abolish some OF them
favor the abolition of the a,ate tax
dommlssinn, the state educational
commission. the state insurance
commission saud the state board of
health The frst two have served but
1ne nufpose that of affording sal
aries for certain gentlemen at the cost
of the Taxpayers
1.-THE work of the third could be
thrown to the pure food department
with nome increased help So Tar as
he work of the tax commission is in
volved what little good It has accom-
plished could have been done by tue
state equalization board
"rhere are too many offices In the
state Tor the states ability to pay for
hem In this way nearly $40. 600
could be saved the state each admin
lstrative term Cutting down the ca
pense Of our state edaeeti4nal and
charitable institutions Would prob
ably more than double thil amount
Looking after the stated business
within the state involvss&- deal OF
necessary travel, but 1t Ia plain that
there is too much iuuketing, out
side Of the state at the states ex-
pense, doing 10 good and serving
no purpose but keeping certain in-
dividuals In the llmeliRht The
amount which can be saved In this
way will be no small sum"
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-17
County Division
Prospects Bright
VERY LITTLE OPPOSITION IN THE NORTH
Says T. R. GeTdeS Prominent ReaIeSale Man
And Politician Of Occur dAIene

L r. 3erdes. one OF the most pro-
nlnent real estste men of Occur a.
Alene wss Ia this city Friday aud Sat
urdsy On business lie IL counted
as one of tho leaders In that cit? and
is prohti ly as we'll acquainted with
public sentiment ~ any other man
there
Speaking of county division said
that there was hut very little feeling
against It there and great many we're
leartly 10 favor of it "Most of the
opposition TO It CONES from the
lawyers, he said. "Some of them
are not saying anything but the most
II them make no secret OF their op-
position but II will have very little
fleet as the people generally under
4tand that It comes from purely
,elfish motives There Is a great
ieal of litigation from the south end
II the county they would not R.t II
the county WAS divided"
My idea', said he, is that II a
committee should be appointed,
uonsistig of one each from It MarIee
Occur d'Alene, Harrison, Post Falla
Rathfdum. Spirit Lake. Plummer,
Fernwood aud other Ilaces In the
county to agree upon oouuty linea
here would be very little opposition
Ia the county"
We from the north end realize that
there Is Lound to be friolion between
The two ends as long as II remains
undivided The south end will con
tiuue to think that IL Is not getting
it's share while the north end will
think he south is getting more than
ts share and thus bound to create
hard feelings which hurts in busi
ness way'
"We realiz, too, that there are
questions constantly coming up 10
lew sections Of the south end that
have been settled IN the mouth end Of
o he county for ten years and we be-
lieve that you should be left to deal
With them"
1--WE know that you are greatly In
iced of roads in the south end
they will have to be built and the
county will have TO pay for building
mem, aud from a purely seIi~h mo
live mBny Of us helieve tht we Of the
lorth end Will be better Oft financial.
ly to let the south end go and then
build their own roads
''Taking all OF these questions into
consideration / believe II a division
line can be agreed upon you of th'
south end will find very little oppos
zion e. the division coming iron
the north"
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-17
Cruise
Timber Land
TO COST ABOUT $4,000
Commissioners Complete Arrange.
mentS And Let Contract

News comes from Oueur d'Alene
that the county commissioners have
u'dered cruise TO be made of all
timber lands In The county fIr assess
ment purposes They are asking
the timber companies to cooperate
with them aud to submit the estl-
mates which each of them have on
their particular lands
Some three years ago, f E Wonna-
colt, the assessor at that time started
IN under the direction of the com
mlesioners to have these land cruised
aud did considerable work This esti
mate has been carefully preserved
and Is available at this time
Besides this at the time the Occur
d'Alens reservation WAS thrown open
to settlement it was all oruised under
The direction Of the United States
government aud these figures are
available for tire use of the county 90
that there is already quite a start Ia
wards obtaining the required infor-
matiun rs nearly two thirds of the
tim her lands of the county are on
ihe reservation
It is anticipated that the work still
to be done will cost about eight
thousand dollars but when completed
it will be of a permanent nature
The landa are all to he classified
and the reports which will contain
the kinds of lands. the amount ant
Kind of timber, distance from logginl
facilities ETC., will be filed aud vii
form the basis Of future assessment
Each land owner will he required
TO submit a report each year of wha
has been cut, or destroyed by fir
aud all that It will be necessary 70
the assessor TO do will be 10 verif
these reports
It would seem thai this is the onl
practicable method TO obtain fni
and equitable assessment aud nearl
if not all OF the counties OF North
ern Idaho are putting 1t into sffec
this season
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-17
Form Creamery
Corporation

A meeting of those who had sub
scribed the funds for building the
creamery here, was held Saturday
afternoon at the Kootenai Inn aud q
corporation was formed.
The name decided upon for the
company was the st Marles Creamery
incorporated, and the capital sto k
was fixed at ten thousand dollars.
The following we're elected officers
of the company for the ensuing year:
President, j. A. Ferguson; Vice
President. Steven Ducommon seoie-
tary and treasurer. j. n. Landeryou.
The following we're chosen as
members of the board of directors; j.
A Ferguson, Stephen Ducommon,
John Kuber, Paul Ronhet, g. Ian
de-you, Edward Renfro. Charles Leaf
aud John Helsing.
Practically all Of the Stockholders
we're present and participated in the
meeting. At the Uiose they we're
taken down 10 view the creamery.
The building ia completed aud the
machinery is being installed. On
the whole the stockholders were we'll
pleased with the building and the
machinery.
Some fault was found with one Of
the piers. The foundation was put
In In the water and the cement does
not seem to have properly cured ai
yet and there was some talk OF
having this torn out aud replaced
The matter was settled by Mr.
Peters, the agent for the oonstruc
tion company agreeing that the com
pauy should give a two year main
tenance bond.
This was satisfactory TO the stool
holders aud IL Ia presumed that th
bond will be Forthcoming.
The creamery will be ready 10 star
making butter in about two weeks.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-17
KOOtenai County
Trustees Meeting

The regular annual trustees meet
: ( for Kootenai County, will be
held in Occur d'Alene. beginning
Monday, the 3Oth day of March, at
the hour of ! 80 p. m.
County Superintendent of Schools
Ee bers In sending out notices of this
meetiug says:
''Every district In the county
should De represented by at least one
trustee. All should come prepared
to discuss the question of School
Revenues. Ihls will he made the
principal question OF the meeting
The questions to be decided under
this general topic aye, "What ls the
Best Method OF Raising the PuollC
School RevenueY Shall It be by
Special District Taxes. by a County
Tax, by a Stale Tax. or by two OF
more Of these methods Lomblned:"
''There are 73 one teacher schools
Ia the county, twelve two teacher
schools, three three teacher schools,
and uine schools employing from
four TO fifty two teachers eaoh What
ould be a reasonable reveaue fol
eacn Of these seventythre one teacher
schoolsf What would be reasonable
per capita revenue for the schools
Of KootenRi County In consideration
Of the fact that the law provides tina
10 district shal be considered rs hs7
ing less than twenty-five ueusul
puLilsY There are thirty four dis
trlct In the county which fall 10
the class Of district to be credited
With twenty Eve children for th'
purpose of apporti 1ning school fuDdl
Trustees are requested TO pro
pose questions for ciscussion at thi
meeting. These questions should b'
sent IN to the County Superintendent
by March twenty first II possible.