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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20

the opening of the Cherokee strip in
1891 and established a store at Ros-
cCe, now in Major county, but at that
time within Woods county. He serv-
er four years as deputy sheriff under
Clay McGraff sheriff of Wood county,
and later served two terms as sher-
if.
Pat" Oates became known to the
people of the southwest as a brave,
efficient peace officer. He devoted IA
good deal of his terms as sheriffs to
the running down and capture Of
horse thieves. He was seriously shot
in one fight at Roscoe and later kill
ed three horse thives in a single
handed battle.
At the cOnyening of the second le-
gislature Oates was appointed d assist
ant sergeant-at-arms. When Warden
Dick was appointed Oates became the
tiIet deputy warden
At the time of his death he was 43
years old. A wife and two children
survive him.
Board to Make Probe.
The state board of prison control
will meet in McAlester Tuesday morn.
ing for the purpose of making a thor
ingh investigation of the causes that
led up to the riot in the penitentiary
DR.. A. X West of Oklahoma City, the
chairman of the board, left for Meal
ester Monday night, and will meet A
V. Shelton, Okeemah, and Paul Jones
of McAlester there 1--WE propose tC
stay in McAlester and investigate ev
cry angle of this occurrence until We
are satisfied where to place the
blame" said DR.. West Monday night
Until make personal inquiry | do
not wish to make any statement"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20
DESPERATE AFFRAY
At PEN|TENT|ARY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

fugitive convicts had been killed, a
half mile out on the farm.
The three men gained entrance TO
the front offices by asking to see
Frank II. Rice, parole officer. They
had obtained a revolver in some way,
and Immediately upon entering the
prison lobby, demanded the keys to
the prison. Jack Martin, turnkey,
was the only prison official there.
Although unarmed, he grappled with
the men, hoping thus to gain time.
Lane, throwing the gun to Martin S
cheek, fired, inflicting a flesh wound,
and obtained the keys to the front
door. Not daring to leave in the
face of the armed guards outside,
however, they entered the deputy
wardens office to seize Miss Foster
and use her as protection.
In the Warden's Office
In the warden's office were Godfrey,
Judge Thomas and Miss Foster, the
warden's stenographer. Almost the
first shot fired from the inner office
penetrated two doors and killed Drov-
er on the opposite side OF the hall.
He had been developing photographs
and was shot through the heart just
as he emerged from the vaults. Oates
was sitting in the room where Drov-
er was killed. A boy rushed to the
door and shouted "They are taking
the keys from the turnkey" adding
when Oates started for the inner door,
don't go in there they've got guns"
Il have, too" replied Oates and as
the men, after a struggle with the
turnkey, started to close the door lead
ing to the inner offices, Oates fired,
but missed
The return fire instantly killed Mr..
Drovcr, in the rear of the building.
Lane fired at Godfrey, killing him in
stantly. Judge Thomas, who had been
sitting in the warden's office, rose
and was shot and instantly killed by
Reed.
Oates ran into the Bertillon room,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20
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The streets of the city that the
recent rains put in such a bad con
dition, SHOW not the slightest OF
mud and the ruts at present, owing
to the drag that the city purchased
some time ago to use on the streets
The drag seems to be a success
ana the mayor stated yesterday tina,
it would be good thing for the
county to use on the roads during
the dry weather and get them in
better shape.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20
A Good Plaster.

Meritol White Liniment is a splen.
did application for Sore Throat,
Cold of the Lungs, Group and Pains
in the Chest. Saturate a piece Of
flannel cloth with the Liniment and
use a plaster. 1t is very penc
trating, will not blister and is very
effective.
F. ]. Ramsey, exclusive agent
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20
Use Two as Shields.

The prisoners then came out of the
front door and Lane and Reed brand
ishing a gun, held before them Miss
Mary Foster. Kuntz, unarmed, held
Frank II. Rice, the parole officer who
had both hands tied up. His hands
were behind him. C. b. Woods, a
guard, rushed up to them as they un-
locked the gate and stood few feet
from the men and fired two shots,
which were returned instantly by
both men, one shot striking the of.
fcer in the right arm, the other in the
left shoulder
Kuntz had been wounded in the
fight in the inner office, presumably
by deputy Oates, but, assisted by the
others, all three passed out the gate
and levelled a revolver at two guards
in the elevated tower in front of the
penitentiary, used as an arsenal. Both
men threw up their hands, being un-
able to fire on account of the girl
and parole officer, both of whom were
being held in front of the convicts,
and were forced to jump to the pave
ment, leaving their guns in the tow
er.
The prisoners, still using the girl
as a protection, got in the buggy and
drove off across the prison farm. 1t
was a half mile from the prison that
the three convicts We're killed r. J.
Ritchie, keeper of bloodhounds
mounted was the first to overtake
them. A crack marksman, he shot
Reed in the forehead as he looked
back around the body of Miss Foster
The shot barely missed the girls
cheek, but was deadly in its aim, and
she and Reed fell from the buggy to-
gether. Two more shots in quick sue
cession finished Kuntz, who was al
ready wounded, and killed Lane Rit-
chic was not even wounded.
Warden h. w. Dick, with Paul II
Jones, member of the prison board,
were out on the farm when the rou-
bic occurred Deputy warden L. NJ.
Fry was out on the lawn in front of
the prison. Seizing a gun from the
guards at the arsenal, he rushed TO
the prison door at the first sound of
shooting, but being warned by guards
above that the convicts themselves
had charge of the keys, with doors
locked. he ran around to the side en-
trance, only to arrive after the con
victs had gone. During the time be-
tween the going of the convicts and
the arrival of Frck from the inner
entrance the entire prison was open
for all convicts to pass out, but not
another attempt to escape was made.
Several of the convicts, in fact, as
sisted the officers at critical periods.
Judge Thomas was here to confer
with a client, Frank Haikey, charged
with murder. He was former feder-
al Judge at Muskogee, former con-
gressman from Illinois, and a member
of the Oklahoma commission who as
sisted in preparing the Harris-Day
code of laws.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20

County commissioner James Talia-
ferro stated this afternoon that he
was going to inspect the drag used
by the city on the streets and if it
was demonstrated to him that the
machine would do all claimed for it,
he would have the other commission
ers agree to secure one or more to
put on, the roads of the county,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20

The government cotton statistic
ian for Carter county has made his
ginning report for 1913 up TO Jan
uary /, 1914, The report shows that
the ginnings up TO that date amount
ed to 20,465 bales. During the same
period last year the county ginned
81 S6S bales
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20

n. NJ Gooiing, VINO recently came
here from Los Angeles, CAL has
Pcrchased through :. e Bagby a
home at the corner o! tn ayeHue
and b steef, northwest This hcme
is located in one of the most favor
ed resident 3'c,iols II the city. The
purchase was made from the Ard
more Loan ana Trust 90.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20
Fixin' For II.

Ye ken, next Sabbath is the ami
versary O. a lad that has stirred the
welkin' frae Ayr to Aberdeen. An
WI no forget the fac that it's be
comm O. a ye blitherin' Scoth, tae
get thegither, an swear allegiance tae
the man that put yer hame name in
history. Moo dinna ferget it, send
yer name to Sam Baird, president O.
the Burns Club. or tae Dave Nisbett
secretary O. the same, no later than
Thursday. or better, jes' ca an see
us, an we'll dae what's RIGHT. Dinna
ferget it moo. SCOTIA.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20

The park board OF the city are
justly proud of the Wilmington park
in southeast ArdmOre. Workmen
have been busy during the past
week cleaning up the ground, burn
ing the grass and leaves and the
dead limbs that have fallen during
the winter and with the advent OF
spring the flower gardens in the
park will fake it indeed an attract
i've spot.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20

LADIES NOTICE-We do expert
work in shampooing, scalp treatment
manicuring and facial massage
Thompson G Rappuie, 20 p St, S. w.
Phone 945. 17-1m
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20

The offices of register of deeds and
of county clerk have become con
solidated and it is reported that W.
b. Frame, who is now register of
deeds VIII become a candidate for
this office. 1t is also rumored that
Joe Moore and Shelton Tyer will en-
ter the campaign for this office.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20

If for any reason w. r. Bleakmore
should not make the race for county
attorney this year, there is prospect
that J. R. Mason and Guy II. Sigler
will measure noses for this office.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20

Fred Haynie, district clerk, will
announce his candidacy within a few
days for the office of court clerk,
which is a combination of the offices
of district clerk and clerk of the
county court.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20

also accused of a like offense in
connection with Dalton, will be Civ
en- u preliminary hearing in a few
days.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20

Wanted, travelling statesmen. Acme
Implement Co.. Wheeler Building
Phone 273. 4-tt
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20

Tom Dyer has returned from Sprin-
ger, where he did house moving for
Byron Drew, Robt F. Scivally and
Buck Gardner.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20

Pictures a. the ThestoriVr are the
newest shown in krdmore. 20-2
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20

Miss Pauline Higdon, teacher il
the first ward school received no
tce this morning that her ratnel
had died at their home in Dallas
Texas, and left Immediately for that
place to attend the funeral. No de
tails were given.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20

Mayor Roberts was pleased this
morning when he came to his Once
to find that there was nothing for
him to do in police court The may
or has been suffering from IA severe
attack of la grippe and is not feel
ing very well and it is perhaps well
that no culprts were on hanc r0r
him to pass judgment on in his
present condition.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20

Charles Rollins has presented the
commercial club with a fine col
lection of purple top turnips that
will be added to the county display.
Sheriff Garrett left this morning
for McAlester with Jim Fletcher an
escaped convict, who was sentenced
from this county some time ago for
one year but who made his escape
and returned here.
The board of county commission
ers are is sessios today TO adjust
some tax cases that have been re-
ferred to them.
The preliminary hearing of Frank
BROWN, charged with being an ac-
cessory with Ynaul Stevenson in kill
ing negro baby at dance in
the northwestern portion Of the
county last November will be heard
before Judge Freeman this after
noon. Stevenson vino is accused of
the actual killing, is still at large.
]. 3. Dalton, who is in the coun-
ty jail, charged with uttering bad
checks, was given a preliminary
hearing and bound over to the dis
trict court. Ollie Benson, who is
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20

January the uwenty-fifth is the
155th anniversary of the birth OF
Robert Burns.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20

Tonight the Knights of Pythias
will install officers and hold an in
formal dance at the castle hall.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-01-29

At once. Experience not nee
essary. Apply to Mr.. David
9. Silverman, Mgr. in charge.
Sale begins Wednesday, Feb.
4th at 9 a M, and lasts for
10 days only
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
HimmeIberger Leading
in Billiard Tournament

That Charles Himmelberger is one
of the best in position to win honAs
ors in the metropolitan billiard tour
nament is evident by his record to
date. With victory over Il. A.
Unger, the scratch man, by a score
of 200 to ISL, at the Metropolitan
Academy last night, Himmelberger
is showing the way in the tourney
with record of FIVE victories and
one defeat. Charles had a handicap
of fifty points, and, despite this, he
averaged better than his opponent,
making mark of 1929 for fifty
eight innings. He had high runs of
fourteen and ~. Unger averages
47-57, with high runs of fifteen, thir-
teen and twelve. Unger has now won
two games and lost three.
The tournament match Monday
night will bring together P. c. Poi
rier, who has won two games In FIVE
played, and G. II. LaRue, who has
record of four games won and one
lost. They will be handicapped seven
ty points apiece.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14

ton, and that Manager Pollock has
turned down all offers.
Welsh is a very clever boxer-there
is no doubt of that-and the writer
has always been one Of his admirers.
Still, / agree with Morgan that
Freddy has been ducking the fellows
who figure to give him bit of trou-
BILE, among them Jack Britton. Welsh
has overplayed the Ritchie thing. and
is due to show us something worth
while or lose considerable OF the popu-
larity he enjoys in this country. The
announcements made the other day
that Gil Boag is to open his new
Manhattan Sporting Club with ten
round bout between Welsh and Young
Joe Shugrue is pleasing news to the
fans. Evidently Manager Pollock has
arrived at the sensible conclusion that
followers of the game will appreciate
less talk and more action from Welsh
in the future.
But because he has not been play
ing the big time" don't let any one
con himself into thinking that Welsh
is not great little boxer. I can't
think of any fellow in the business
who figures to outpoint Welsh in a
limited round bout unless it is Packey
Mcfarland.
Young Shugrue is more of a tighter
than a boxer. He keeps plugging
away all the time and takes whatever
punishment that comes hts way like
y major owen Moran made Joe look
rather amateurish until he began to
play for the Englishman's body. Then
owen slowed up and finally had to
throw up the sponge at the end of
the seventh round.
Shugrue, ] think, will make great
reputation for himself before he is
through with the ring. His boxing
is improving every time he starts.
He is a boy who learns something in
every engagement. and with his great
endurance and furnishing powers
ought to make a star over the twenty
round course.
Welsh will probably outpoint Shu
grue in a ten-round exhibition, but
It is a sure thing that the Jersey boy
will be lighting hard to the final bell
Mccoy and Carpenter to Meet.
Kid Mccoy and Georges Carpenter
are to meet in Paris next month for
the heavyweight championship Of
Europe" With Sam Langford, Joe
Jeanette. Frank Moran and several
other younger men over there. and all
snoilne for fight. it would seem that
the promoters COulu nave LFdHleu UP
; methlnG better than this for the
entertainment OF the French sports.
Kid Mccoy was a great fighter ten
or twelve years ago. but like those
who were contemporary with him his
ring days are over. The X d tried to
prove to local sports several years
ago that he could stiil fight some,
and IA s. -7-e- e. - -1-o { me was so
tiful that he announced that he has
decided ~ ~ ~. al time. ] sup
pose. though, the chance to grab a
few thousand looks good TO Mccoy,
and if the French are willing to stand
for it, why. I suppose it is no bust
ness of IN ne to protest.
Still, such matches do not help the
game any whether staged in Paris,
New York or Hong Kong. Friends
may be glad to learn the KID has
been o,i,san this chance to earn a piece
Of money but it's pretty tough for
a once great fighter like Mccoy to
have to take beating for the sake
Of few thousands
JAMES J. CORBETT.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
Match Game Arranged
in 1872 Balkline Billiards

A match game of 1,0o0 points 1872
balkline Billiards has been arranged
between David McAndfess. jr., of
White Plains. N. Y. and Lewis M,
Crane. of this city. to be played in
four blocks of $50 points each. The
first block is to be played "wednesday,
February Is, at White Plains; the
second block, Thursday. February. 10,
at Newark; the third block, Wednes-.
day, February %, in Newark. and the
last block, Thursday, February &c, at
White Plains. The games in White
Plains will be played at the Court
Bowling and Billiard Academy and
in Newark at Cranes Essex Billiard
Hall.
These two players have met before
on two different occasions, both times
Crane proving himself the super or
with the ivory balls and he is quite
confident he can do so again, as he is
playing much better billiards than he
did in his recent match with Charles
S. Beldon. In practise game last
night Crane made a high run of So
points, and was in better form than
he has been at any time this season.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
Casters Ratify Change
in Club Constitution

The ratification of a change in the
constitution Of the Newark Bait and
Fly Casting Club was the chief bust
ness transacted at the meeting of that
organization, held in Achtel-Stetter S
last night.
The revision does away with board
OF tWenty-one trustees, Who formerly
held Office, and puts the control of the
clubs affairs instead in the hands of
G board Of ten trustees, four of whom
are the officers of the organization.
These officers, who We're elected at
the recent annual meeting Of the or
ganization, are: President, David 7.
Abercrombie; viee-president, Arthur
J. Neu; secretary Louis Darling, and
treasurer, William Cooper. The trus-
tees chosen last night are: For three
years, Charles T. Champion and r. r..
Snow; for two years, Robert c..
Klemm and Kenneth f. Lockwood;
for one year, Cheslar Robothsm and
James L. Donaly.
-Four new members were chosen,
making the membership about 125.
The membership is divided into three,
namely. active. associate and hon
orary. The active membership is lin
tied to fifty and only these have the
privileges of the clubs lake.
President Abercrombie gave an il
Illustrated talk last night on various
matters connected with outdoor recre-
alton. It is the purpose to have the
clubs meetings hereafter devoted to
social subjects, leaving the business
to be attended to at the meetings OF
the directors.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
FIGHT MAY Be OFF
WITH THIS SETBACK
Mcfarland and Gibbons Both
Ask Big Guarantees to
Meet in Ring.
LITTLE LIKELIHOOD OF go"

The ten-round bout scheduled to
take pace between Packey McFar-
land and Mike Gibbons at Madison
Square Garden on March 9 will not
come off on that date. Whether
bout between these premier boxers
will ever be held may be decided to-
day at a conference between Billy
Gibson, manager of the Garden A.
c.; Mcfarland and Eddy Reddy, the
manager OF Gibbons. Both boxers are
said TO be eager for the match, but
several things have cropped up IN the
last two or three days which viii
prevent it from taking place on the
date specified. The new proposition
Is to have the men meet at the Gar
den during the latter part of March,
but no exact date has been fixed
upon.
This is the second postponement of
the match between Mcfarland and
Gibbons. The date OF. ginally set was
February -, but the directors of the
Garden A. c. called it off because it
fell on holiday--a day not suitable
for boxing in New York city-and the
date of March 9 was then selected.
The stumbling block to the consum-
nation of the match for March 8
developed during the last two days
and was due to a cash between the
pr ncipals and the Garden A. c. Of
fcials relative to the amount of
money that was to be split up among
them.
When the change in the date was
announced early In the week Nc
Farland came to New York from
Chicago. and after a talk with the
gate receipts. But the recent cold
snap so affected the attendance at
the bouts held at Madison Square
Garden on Lincoln's Birthday that 1t
set Packey thinking, and he held out
for a fiat guarantee of $4,000. He
notified the directors to this effect
yesterday
Gibbons then entered the arena with
a like proposition, saying that if
entitled to a sim lar amount because
he was the equal of the stockyards
champion as drawing card.
With guarantee of $4,000 staring
them in the face the directors of the
club refused the demands of both
boxers, That ended the conference
for the time being, leaving the prop
osition of the match, as one of the
mana gers of the Garden A. c. said,
"up in the air.
1t is known, however, that Eddy
Reddy, manager of the st. Paul
middleweight, wired to ST. Paul last
night frou, Nav ark that the match
was practically off.
Kiebler in Another Draw.
Soldier Johnny Shaw, of Fort Ham
ilton, and Fred Kiebler. of Irvington,
engaged in ten-round draw at the
East New York A. c., of Brooklyn,
last night. Shaw's superior inf1ghting
throughout the contest enabled him
to hold Kiebier even.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
MAC GREGOR BEATS
$
DIVING CHAMPION
Local YOnngster an Easy Win.
ner Over MacAleenan in
Fancy Dive.
RESULT CAUSES SURPRISE

Malcolmn .MacGregor, al locst.
youngster, surprised the COLLEGIATE
swimming circles last night when he
defeated Arthur Macedonian the In.
tercollegiate and National A. A. u
diving champion in the fancy-divdA
event of the dual swimming meet be-
tween Columbia and Yale at the dual
swimming meet between Columbia
and Yale at the Morningside Pool.
New York city. He won the event
easily.
L. Reyes, of Gale, plunged 70 feet IN
the plunge for distance event to win.
He had covered II feet when the time
limit expired, but kept under water
until he had reached the full length
of the tank. q
L. Roberts, of Gale, showed winning
form in the century dash. He was
hard pressed by r. Mayer, team
mate. but managed to win by inches@
in 50 LIS seconds. The summary:
Fancy Dive-Gon by nj. MacGregcr,
Gale, with 175 points; T. II. Barrett,
Columbia, second, with 156 points, A,
McAleenan, Yale, third, with 1904
points.
Plunge for Distance-Won by Reyes,
Gale, with II feet; Smith, Columbia
second. with 66 feet; Kent, Yale, third,
with 651a feet.
100-yard Swim-Won by Roberts.
Yale; Mayer, Yale, second; Coope, Coz
lumbia, third. Time SO is SECONDS.
200-yard Relay--Won by Yale with
D. Sommers, G. MARI, C. Schlacht and
p. Branton; Columbia second, with
II. Sutcliff, F. Coope, II. ROGERS and
j. Martus. Time, l minute As 1-5 sec-
onds.
220-yard Swim-Won by ]. Gould,
Yale; Mosie, Yale, second e. Sutcliff
Columbia, third. Time, 2 minutes
80 AS seconds.
50-yard Swim-Won by G. Schlacht,
Yale; D. Sommers, Yale, sc. ond; Mar
tue. Columbia, third. Time 271s Sec
onds.