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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-22
Efforts to Revive BuIIish Spec
uIation Meets Temporary
Success.
LIST IS STEADY, HOWEVER,
WITH IMPROVING TREND
Sterling Exchange Strong and High
er-Heavy Southern Pacific Buy
ing-Closing Strong.

NEW YORK, June 2-Speculation was
active In Rock Island securities at the
opening of the stock market today. but
otherwise trading was featureless. Rock
Island dehentures were slightly higher:
hut the other bonds. which advanced Sat
,,rdav after announcement of the reor-
ganization plan, worked lower. The col
lsterals dropped back to 1as to 291z These
bonds. as we'll as the common stock at
Ia. and the preferred at SA, made new
low records.
The general market was steady. with
an improving tendency among the stand
ard shares.
Utah Copper Highest for Year.
BY rising * to 50, Utah Copper reached
the highest of the year.
Efforts to revive hullish speculation by
bidding up representative stocks met with
only temporary success. Although the list
improved slightly after the opening.
prices were shaded later. and by noon
the average was fractionally under Sat
urday's close.
Rock Island collaterals slumped to 2ss4
before receiving support which carried
them back to SGs,.
bonOS are Irregular.
Another engagement Of gold for export.
amounting to Sl,5oo,0OO. was arranged.
Sterling exchange was strong and higher.
Bonds were irregular
Attention was again directed toward
Washington in the early afternoon with
some hope that one or more of the inn
portant decisions affecting financial in
terests might be handed down.
A sudden squirt of over point in South
ern Pacific followed the decision of the
United States Supreme Court in favor of
the Southern Pacific road regarding some
of the latter companys oil holdings in
California.
There were contrary movements. how
ever. Amalsamated and Western Union
manifesting weakness. The per cent
bonds of the Chicago and Indiana Coal
railway. which last week fell 81 points
today added another 10 points to their
loss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-22
LOCAL STOCK EXCHANGE.

sales-Resular call. II O'Clock noon:
Washington Railway Il, 81 600 At ss1S, q ,0oC
at SO.
Capital Traction 4 at 90.
Washington Railway CON- q At 49, 2 at 81
Washington Railway pfd., 10 at S2k, 20 1t
a2A IS at s215 Is 1T s2N, 1T sok.
Washington Gas Mt rs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-22

The total number of teachers in Illinois
public schools in 1913 was 3O,565,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-22
LONDON MARKET.

LONDON. June 22.-Money was easily
cbtainable and discount rates were steady
today.
The stock market was quiet and fea-
tureless, owing to the approaching set
tte!nent and the Introduction of the home
rule amendment bill. Investment buying
sustained gilt-edged securities and foreign
rails. but the rest of the market was IN
'iiued TO sag IN the absence of support
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-22
Closing Prices.

The American section was equally I'M
interesting and ruled dull and feature
less throughout.
Consols for money. ~ 1l-l6; for ac-
count. I4& PENNSYLVANIA, 81: Reading,
Sil2; L. S. Steel. 631s
Bar silver firm, ed.
Money. il4a1h
Discount rates-Short bills 7-16a2La
three months pa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-22
Money to Loan

Secured By First Deed Of Trust Real Ests -.
Prevailing interest and commission.
Joseph |. Weller, go F St. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-22
FOR CUTTING OF HEDGES
, AND LOOPING OF TREES
Authority to Be Asked of British
Parliament to Maintain Clear
View of Traffic.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON, June IA. - Parliament will
soon be asked to empower local au-
thorities to enforce the cutting Of
hedges and looping Of trees in cases
where the clear view of traffic Is pre-
vented. This Is reform which local
bodies are unable to insist upon with
out getting sanction from parliament
In London. however. the authorities
are being forced to adopt municipal
Topping to insure the safety Of bus
passengers. The other day Lewisham
trees in a road so that motor buses
could get along without having the
top passengers swept Off as the buses
spreading branches.
Kensington Compromises.
Kensington, too. has just removed a
tree which was spreading too far
across the road, but agreed in place
Of it to plant another somewhere else
The local authorities. of course. can
deal with trees actually on the roadside
but seem powerless to take any &C.
ton about those in peoples front gar
A plebiscite has lately been taken by
st. Pancras in North London, to as
certain whether the residents in new
street would care for trees to be plant
ed by the wayside, and all with one
exception voted for tree planting. In
main roads, of course, trees may be-
come a nuisance. for they grow to such
luxuriance in London that the branches
spread over the whole street, and
jeopardize the safety of outside pas
sengers.
Bus Companies Lop Trees.
In some cases the bus companies take
it upon themselves to lop such trees
sending out motor bus with men or
top to carve off offending branches
Though trees afford measure Of pro-
lection to wayfarers, 1t Is remarkable
that they are useless to save the actual
| roads, Experience shows that roads
especially those in the country. which
are. bordered with trees, wear out
sooner than roads which have no trees
by the wayside. The explanation is
that after rain the drops from the
trees fall on the road. and the trees
also prevent the wind from drying uI
the rain after a storm. Consequently
the roads sheltered by trees do not last
as long as those in the open.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-22

For the District of Columbia and Mary
land. unsettled tonight and Tuesday.
probably occasional showers; gentle to
moderate winds. mostly south.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-22

xEx Dividend Today.
Agricultural Chemical Company COM,
/. and preferred of same stock, 112.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-14
Pipe Line President Here.

Dave c. Stewart, president of the
Magnolia Pipe Line company, which
company has in operation pipe line
from Healdton to Fort Worth, is here
today from his headquarters in Dal-
las. He is spending the day with
his brother, c. r. Stewart, and is
meeting some of the producers. He
expects to return tomorrow and prob
ably not visit the field, although he
intended to look over the properties
there when he came, but the weather
is rather cold, and travelling so far by
auto is not very pleasant.
Mr. Stewart says the producers are
selling their storage oil, and his
company is receiving it every day He
says it Is hard to state just what
the oil outlook is at present The
production is very high and the pres
ent demand is not equal to the pro-
duction. When asked concerning the
Fort Worth refinery, and whether
more Healdton oil would be taken
soon TO supply it, he stated that
the refinery was not in operation
yet, but was about ready at this time,
that his company has from 100000
to 100000 barrels of Healdton oil
now in sorage in Fort Worth, and
the operation of the refinery will no,
increase the Healdton runs for some
time to come. He also stated that
his company could buy fuel oil at
Cushing {. o. b. the cars, at &c 4
barrel. that this price was cheaper
than he could buy Healdton oil, and
as long as this condition prevails,
the demand for Healdton crude can
not be very great. Fuel at Cushing
at pc, he says, is cheaper thar
Healdton oil at soc. The Pierce
Fordyce people here, he states, are
buying oil at Healdton for soc, while
his company is paying SOC, and that
his company must compete with the
Pierce -Fordyce Oil association on
the general markets.
This is situation that is hard
for his company to meet Mr.. Stew
art will meet the producers today
and talk over the situation with them
and his coming may result in
out some of the tangles.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-14
President CT Sun Company.

J. II. Adsit was here from the fields
yesterday and met J. N. Pew, Jr., of
Philadelphia, president of the Sun Co.,
and took him to the fields. Mr.. Pew
will look over the Twin State proper
ties, and expects to come back here
today in time to catch a south-bound
Santa Fe for Texas. Mr.. Pew is presi-
dent of one of the big producing and
refining companies in the United
States The company owns refinery
in Philadelphia, and one in Ohio, 1t
is extending its operations to South
America and takes rank with the
largest of oil companies. Mr. Pew is
making frequent visits here now and
it is reasonable to presume that he is
not merely looking over the holdings
as he has good men here who can be
trusted with development. 1t will be
remembered that he purchased a piece
of business property in the early days
of the oil excitement. This company
has nut in skimming plant at Yale
in this state, and it may be that a
plant is being figured on here. The oil
reporter, however has no information
upon which to base any statement and
can do nothing more than draw conclu-
sions. 1t is known, however that the
earlier in the life of the
field was thinking of putting in plant
for the Healdton field, either at Ard
more or at Nocona, Texas. The Twin
State Company operating in the field
here, is subsidiary Of the Sun Com
pany, which has several millions of re-
serve capital, which makes the Twin |
State one OF the strongest companies |
in Oklahoma. Mr. Pew has been in |
England, France, and Germany, since
the war began. He was evidently
ooking after the situation with refer
'nce to petroleum in that country.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-14

Far down in the country where
grand opera methods have not been
applied TO church singing a blessed
Old minister arose and announced the
number of the hymn he desired the
congregation TO sing. He followed
the old custom OF lining out" the
hymn; that Is. he would read line
In a loud voice and then the congre-
gaticn would sing it, The first was az
follows: We praise thee, o God, for
thy power ten thousand strong" The
congregation tried the line and was on
such high key that when ten thous-
and" was reached everybody was up
In screech. I'm afraid that's too
high said the benevolent old man,
too high on the ten thousand
strong" His difficulty was solved by
an old fellow who stood up far back in
the church and exclaimed in a nasal
voice: An right, :hen; bring 1t down
to 900. Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-14
FRAMING COMPENSATION LAW.
Employees and Employers are Trying
to Get Together

Oklahoma City, Dec. 13.-NIuch dis
cussion is ensuing over the camor
that is being made by the labor peo-
pie and many others for an employees
compensation law. Meetings are be
ing held. The attempts to get to-
gethcr are promising, but not con
win agree on the sort of a law they
want. From the point of view of
the employees as represented by the
labor leaders there is nothing worth
while except a straight liability law
providing for state insurance only.
On the other hand, the employers,
as represented by the manufacturers
association and other bodies, are in
favor of a compensation law with
the option of liability insurance, state
insurance, or of carrying their own
risks somewhat as the state of Texas
or the state of New York has adopted
1t is expected that an amendment
to the constitution will be necessary
if the desires of the labor people
shall be carried into effect, as there
is provision that the straight liza
bility law with the state insurance
compulsory would contravene.
While the insurance matter is at
tracing more attention just at this
time than any other phase of the de-
mands OF labor in this state there
is likelihood that much other mat
ter in behalf of organized labor will
receive attention in the legislature
before a compensation law shall be
enacted.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-14

body last September when it fixed
the tax rate based upon the assess
ments heretofore made; that the
newly discovered property which Is
the basis of this added valuation can
only be assessed, if at all, by the
next board Of equalization at its ses-
sions next year.
The board of equalization will meet
again Tuesday on the day it is ex-
pected that the application for writ
will be heard. Whether or not the
writ shall be allowed, the Prairie
will prosecute its appeal to the su-
preme court If there be any occasion
for such action.
c. II. Pittman, the tax auditor who
uncovered the alleged omitted prop
erty Of the Prairie company. expects
TO ask that similar increases be made
in Oklahoma. This includes princi-
pally the Texas. the Gulf and the
Magnolia. These motions may not
be made at once, however, for the
reason that the precedent that may
be set in the case of the Prairie will
be TO greater or less extent bind
ing, in similar cases with other COM
panies.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-14

LET FOR SIX
TORPEDO BOATS
HAS AUTHORIZED
BUILDING OF THESE DESTROY.
ERS AT ONCE - ALL WITHIN
APPROPRIATION LIMIT.

Washington, Dec. 13.-Secretary
Daniels awarded contracts Saturday
for the construction of the six tor
pedo boat destroyers, authorized by
the last naval appropriation bill, as
follows:
Fore River Shipbuilding company
two ships, s795,000, each; Bath Iron
Works, two ships, 100000 each;
Cramp Shipbuilding company, one
ship. $4,000.
The sixth ship will be constructed
at the Mare Island navy yard, which
submitted an estimate of $626iS
for one ship. II will be the first
destroyer built in government yard.
The appropriation bill limited the
amount to be paid for each destroyer
to $4,000, but made no provision
for more than six vessels, conse-
quently the money saved in the
awards Saturday may not be used
for additional construction, but must
be turned back into the treasury.
In this connection Mr. Daniels is
sued this statement
"The average cost of the five de
stroyars for which contract was
awarded Saturday was $500, 900, or
$73,2GS.30 less per vessel than the
corresponding cost of the vessels of
one year ago, or a total reduction in
cost of the five vessels of S3G6(3i1 so
If the appropriation bill had al
lowed the construction of six or more
destroyers for the amount authorized,
it would have been possible for the
secretary of the navy to order seven
destroyers instead of six and keep
within the appropriation. Secretary
Daniels will ask congress to appropri-
ate for destroyers this year as 1t did
for submarines last year, when it
made the appropriation read, Eight
or more submarines" for a given
sum.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-14
No Castes In ServIs.

Servia has come nearer to attalnina
the ideal OF social equality than most
countries. For It is q land in which
there is neither arlstocracy nor middle
class, and in 1900 it possessed not
single pauper. 1t has, however, a.
multitude OF placemen and officials, re
cruited mainly from the peasantry.
The average ServiaL values comfort
FAR more than progress. and Is con-
tent as long as a moderate amount OF
work enables him to spend his eve
nings in the village wine shop, where.
by the way, he generally keeps sober
OF discussing politics he will never
tire, and this, with music and poetry
and dancing, are the passions OF his
life.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-14
Helping the Lawyer.
WE ISSUE VOTES

When a certain North Carolina jurlst
made his first appearance at the bar
as young lawyer he was given
charge by the state solicitor of the
prosecution of man who was accused
of some misdemeanor. Although there
was practically no evidence against
the man. the youthful attorney did his
best, but was astonished when the jury
brought in verdict of guilty" After
the trial one of the jurors tapped the
young lawyer on the shoulder I'VE
didn't think the man was guilty" he
explained, but mt the same time
didn't like to discourage young law
yer by acquitting him"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-14
PRAIRIE OPPOSES INCREASE.
Company Asks Writ Of Prohibition
Against Equalization Board.

Oklahoma City, Dec. l3.-The ap-
plication for writ Of prohibition
that has been fed in the supreme
court against the state board of
equalization on behalf of the Prairie.
Oil and Gas company, will probably
be heard Tuesday. 1t seeks 10 pre-
vent the state board of equalizati tion
making the assessment against the
company on the added valuation that
was fixed by the board Thursday at
$10,5O0, COO This added sum is based
largely upon the value of leaseholds
of the company. The grounds for
asking writ of prohibition is that
the board has no power to act, that
it ceased existence as an assessing
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-14
Patent Grave Vault and Cssket.

ID. b. Vernon and son, and associates
have patented a combination rein
forced concrete and metal grave vault
and casket, and are preparing to place
them on the market. They claim that
their product can be manufactured for
much less than an all steel vault, and
that it is practically impervious to
moisture. They will have samples on
as soon as they can get
them finished
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-14
New Paper for Ardmore

w f. Hornaday stated this mornin,
that the first issue of the new morn
ing paper TO be established here by
himself. will appear Dec. %. unless
some unforeseen accident prevents.
He has rented the Williams buildine
opposite the court house on q street
and will move the plant now located
at Gainesville, at once.
Mr.. Hornaday is an old hand at the
newspaper game and says he has re-
ceived substantial encouragement to
locate his plant here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-14
THE LIVER REGULATES THE
BODY. A SLUGGISH LIVER
NEEDS CARE

Someone has said that people with
Chronic Liver Complaint should be
shut away from humanity, for they
are pCssimists and see through
glass darkly" Why? Because mental
states depend upon physical states.
biliousness, headaches, dizziness and
constipation disappear after using Dr..
Kings New Life Pills. 25c at your
druggist.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-14
Robert Matc horn Here

Robert Watchorn, president of the
Samoset Oil company, the new five
million dollar concern organized to
operate in the Healdton and other
Oklahoma fields, IS here. He arrived
last night and win leave here to-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-14
Moved TO Capltal.

Mrs. William Pfeiffer and son have
moved to Oklahoma City, They left
here yesterday. Judge Pfeiffer will
retain his office in Ardmore and will
remain here to take care of his clients.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-14
OIL and GAS NEWS

The Ramsey location in 9-2-4 has
a good rig built, but no tools have
been moved in. When operations will
start, is not known.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-14

Chas, c. Staiti has gone to Hous.
ton, where he will spend the holidays
with home folks. He will not be in
thes Healdton field until about the first
of January.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-14

Dorsey Bros. have completed a rig
on the Westheim- Nichols property. an
Offset to Wrightsman 4 Foster, the
tools have been moved in, and drilling
has begun. This location is in sec
ton 5-4-3.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-14

Miss Mildred Mckinney sister
in-law of Thomas Whelan, contractor
in the fields, died here today at the
home OF Mrs. Ellen Wallace at 2O7
Second avenue, northwest, where Mr..
and Mrs. Whelan have rooms. The
young lady came here on visit, and
died very suddenly. The remains
will be shipped to her home in Car
thage, Mo. Mr.. and Mrs. Whelan
have made many friends here who
will seriouly regret the sad circum-
stances.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-14

Alexander MacKay of Dundee, Scot
land, who is associated with Mr..
Watchorn in the Oklahoma fields,
sailed last Saturday from New York
to his home, and is now on the high
seas. Mrs. MacKay and Mrs. Mac
Gregory accompany him.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-14
YAQU| BAND
HELD Up A
MOTOR HEARSE
MEXICAN INDIANS FORCE DRlV.
Err TO ABANDON MACHINE AND
BODIES OF THREE AMERICANS
ON THREAT OF DEATH.

ON THREAT OF DEATH.
FL Paso, Tex, Dec. l3.-Not con-
tent with wreaking their anti-Amer-
lean hatred on three unarmed Amer
leans, Rio Yaqui Indians held up the
bringing the bodies of r. L, Dunn
of Pittsburg, Michael Mccormick of
Naeozari and Thomas H.. Francis of
FL Paso, to the border from Churun-
babi Sonora, Mexico, where they
were killed.
Frank Powers, a millionaire CON
tractor here and brother in law of
Francis, went TO the border as soon
as he heard of the deaths of his rel
ative and companions He bought a
big motor truck and sent it at once
to the scene of the murder of the
Americans. The bodies were placed
in the truck and it was running over
the mountain road toward the Amer
ican line when the Yaquls ambushed
it, held up the driver and forced him
to abandon his truck and the bodies
on threat of being executed posse
is now being organized to go In
search of the truck and its burden
of the dead and bring them to the
border
The three men We're murdered by
an ambuscade of Rio Yaqui Indians
Of Villas force in the state of So
nora, who had deserted from the
command at Naco Sonora, and gone
into the hills to rob and loot.
They robbed a stage coach of $50
900 in silver bullion on the same
road.
morrow for his home in Los Angeles
When he will be back in the fields
he does not know, but 1t is likely that
the severest portion of the winter
weather will be avoided by his re-
naming in California.
Mr.. Watchorn stated that he had
noticed in the Oklahoma papers that
he was away from here selling stock.
in the Samoset company. One pa
per said he was in New York and
another said he was in Berlin selling
stock. Mr.. Watchorn made the pos
itiye statement that he never Of
fered oil stock for sale, that If any
of the Samoset stock was sold that |
he would not do the selling. He
further stated that the Samoset COM
pany would not build the pipe line, |
1t will be connected with it, but
different corporation would build the !
line. In speaking of the proposed |
line he stated that the proposition |
was progressing satisfactorily, con-
struction depends upon several things |
which are working out nicely, but it .
cannot be determined at this time
when the preliminary work will be-
gin.
The Samoset Oil company has re-
Gently closed a deal for the purchase |
of a forty-acre lease in the Gushing
field and has two wells drilling at
this time. The lease is part of !
the Cimarron river bed, and has
large production surrounding it. 1t
promises to he very valuable piece
Of property.
In speaking of the general oil situ-
alton Mr.. Watchorn said these over
production periods always have a
final result that is good for the oil
business. The cheapening OF the
product opens new markets, creates
new demands and when the oil goes
up these demands are still to be
met and the oil men need to exercise
patience and wait when periods like
this arise. In his opinion, Healdton
oil is selling now for less than it is
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-14

The Want Ads orrer q good pub
llcity medium for the small dealer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-14

Corsicana Petroleum Company No.
Az Roy Chiffon, will resume drilling
today or tomorrow. The 1871 inch cas-
ing has been set at Ais feet The tools
have been lost in this hole, but have
been, recovered.