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Valdez daily prospector., 1914-04-18
COROOvA ADMITS
 ROAD i IS BLOCKED
Wrlt Steea Wires for the First Tin,e of Blockade on the Cant
 Run" Railroad.

naily Prospector, Valdez. Alaska. CORDOVA, April 1s.-+For the sec ond time this season the Cordova rail road is blocked. High winds and drifting snow have stopped tranlc; expect trains will be running next Tuesday. The heavy snow will make :nterior trails good.
 WILL A. STEEL.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-04-18

JUNEAU. April 1S.--!The barge America. in tow of the ocean going tsg., the. sTateosb, sailed from Kstch7-. ;l} ikan on April 10th. The custom of acials here do not. fear for the safety of the boats, as they have not yet had time to reach Valdez.
 The barge left Seattle on April 4th, reaching Ketchikan on the 10th, af- ter six days. and at the same rate of speed would not be due at Val deg until the 2Oth. or even later if delayed by storms.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-04-18

LONDON. April 1S.--It is gener- ally believed here among the diplo- mats that the English government
 will make no representations to the United States regarding the Mexican
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-04-18
NORTHWESTERN
 REPORTS AMERICA Wireless Operator on Steamer in
 Communication With Tatoosh and Reports All o. X. ~ >

Just as. the Prospector goes to press message was received from
 cqSd9ya stating that the g,Ki wireless : op5; orator on the steamer, Northwestern had been. in cemnannisca tion with the Tatoosh last night and that the Ia toosh had reported she was all right,
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-04-18

': .A6assAal Brenneman will return on
 the boat tonight.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-04-18

', Exs,tyissad'>. ,tBGbSsyS .,. =. Al ,the clAA hOlse: Esasral e 2 dise',s. sion at sp. m. Spnday.sexsniAs.- .+'
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-04-18

.<.A@bassdance at Moose hali tonight
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-20
MADE IN THE u. S.

Made in Germany" is trade
mark known and translated into the
language OF every country of import
ance, and many others OF which one
seldom hears. The phrase has reach
ed into every portion of the globe
and must be credited as a stamp OF
good quality at surprisingly low
price Apparently our own exporting
manufacturers have been quite indif
ferent to the cumulative value of EN-.
phasizing the fact that their goods
were made in the United States. Now
that Great Britain. which prior to the
war was an enormous consumer, has
put the ban on everything Made in
Germany" and is so strongly encour.
aging the use of Made in England" "
it has occurred to our manufacturers it
Some are using Made in America, -
but to be OF the largest value We
No other country has ever been the
worshiper Of anything and everything
foreign. from clocks to counts as the
United States We have believed and
to this our retail merchants have
largely contributed that because an
article was imported it was therefore
greatly superior to our own make. OF
many articles it was and still is true
that the imported is actually better
than the homemade On the other
hand, millions of dollars worth of
goods made right here in the United
States have been fraudulently sold as
That customers have gone
IN buying and using these homemade
goods for several years, proves their
excellence The manufacturers guilty
OF this deception are now paying the
penalty and must commence anew to
educate the public up to an apprecia.
ZION of what they have liked under an
other name 1t is quite time we
learn the excellence of our own prod
lcts, and begin to rate ourselves at
our real wOrth.-H. H. Windsor, in
the January Popular Mechanics maya
zine.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-20

Meet Me at the Golden Gate
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-20
Ford Sterling Very Sick.

Patrons Of the TheatOrium the past
few weeks have missed the funny face
Of Ford Sterling. and many questions
have been asked as to why he does
not appear
Several weeks ago Mr. Sterling
took a business trip to New York, and
on his return to Hollywood, Califor-
MIA, where all Sterling pictures are
made. he went back to work and con
tracted severe cold, which later de-
yeloped into typhoid-pneumonia.
The latest reports from the attend
ing physicians states that there is
very slight hope OF his ever recover
ing. Movie" fans will all be sorry to
near OF this, as he was one of the
most popular comedians appearing be-
fore The screen.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-20
IF YOU EAT, SEE W. J. LANE.


Two weeks after the wedding she
burst into her mothers home. crying
like a child. John and / have quar-.
relied, she explained between sobs
What's the trouble" inquired his
mother-in.lsw Why. II said
.hought it would rain today. and the
brute said, ! don't believe it will. -
iun
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-20
FARNUm IN THE vIRGINIAN"
At the Royal Theatre Friday, Dec. 25,
christmas Day.

Thousands Of people throughout the
country have read The Virginian,
and thousands OF others have seen the
play and read the book. To these
especially the announcement that it
will be shown on the screen, will be
good news To those who for any
reason have not read the book or
seen the play. We say, "go to the Royal
Christmas Day and see this picture. "
1t is in full reels and Dustin Far
mum is in the title role. 1t is pre-
sented in the magnificent style that all
Paramount" pictures are, and that
means 'pefect,
On Thursday christmas EyeD as
an added attraction the Royal also Of.
fers Birth of the Star Spangled Ban
ner," a patriotic picture. This is In
addition to the regular program for
that day Thursday the feature will
be Making of Bobby Burnt" a Para
mount" picture in reels.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-20

Since the government war tax went
into effect there are more pennies in
circulation than ever known Hereto,
fore coppers were the most despised
OF coins, but now everybody is anxious
to have a few of them in their pock-
cts for convenience sake This is es-
pecially true of those who send tele-
grams or use suburban phones to mott
fy their wives that they have been
kept in town by special meeting at
the club" The one cent satisfies the
government toll for all sums over Is
cents. The telephone company had
hard job on its hands in re-arrang-
ing its system to meet the require
ments OF the new law. Ever coin box
telephone in the city had to be altered
TO make slot that would register
the cent. Then together with this was
the special preparation required for
billing regular subscribers correctly
for the taxes on their messages of 10
cents and over and the extra bookkeep-
ing demanded to keep tab on the gov
ernment toll.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-20
BANNER WEEK AT
MAJESTIC THEATRE

The past week was the best week
in point OF attendance this house has
had since it has been under the pres
ent management This proves that
if pictures Of merit are obtained and
the public is notified OF the same. they
viii respond The MAJESTIC had pack
ed houses both Thursday and Friday.
and the same will, no doubt be true
this week. as splendid pictures have
been booked for this week Friday.
christmas Day Across the Pacific"
viii be the attraction and it is a good
one Today In the Name Of the
Prince OF Peace" in four acts is the
feature Following is a short synop-
sis of the plo-:
Waldo. son Of Baron Won Kraft,
comes home from college and finds a
-eception in progress All OF the rooms
are occupied. and Waldo braves old
Legends by offering to sleep in a room
which is said to be haunted.
His sister and her girl friends decide
to play a prank on him. They borrow
skeleton from one OF the medical
students nearby and place it in the
room
Waldo leaves his sweetheart to 90
upstairs. He comes face to face with
the skeleton and the shock causes him
To lose his mind The girls in fright
tell the Baron OF their prank and its
Result As the Baron goes up. the
boys door opens and he comes down. |
with staring eyes, and his hair white !
a snow. The boy does not recognize !
his father and the agony in his face
crushes the father and the thoughtless ,
girl The girl tries to atone for her |
sin by retirement to a convent
War is declared between Germany !
and France. and the father leaves to !
the Baron is brought a French spy |
The Baron changes clothes and imper. !
him to steal important infor h,
nation. The convent of St Agnes is !
taken by the French as a fortfication.
The Baron is caught as spy in the
His daughter recognizes him
and tries to give him message but
is discovered. They force Ler to swear
on the crucifix that he is a German,
and his execution is ordered
The Germans find out about the
Baron and attempt to rescue him, but
arrive too late. The spirits of the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-20

"A hundred gallons of liquor charged
against him for II months. Getting
down to cases, each and every one OF
us has consumed about SO quarts OF
the stuff for whicn the first American
traded the richest country in the
world. Divide the number of quarts
in the year by the number of weeks
in the year and We find ourselves
liable to account for a trifle less than
two quarts week. According to the
Broadway restaurants they get 20
drinks out of quart OF booze This
ment books for five drinks and n cou.
pie of swallows a day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-20
Who Drank Your Booze.

You drank twenty-five and a quar-
ter gallons of liquor last year. What
You didn't do any such thing Well
then. some one went south with your
portion of liquid refreshments with a
stick" in them Some one with an
arithmetical turn of mind and more
than a drinking interest in the JOY
water business, has taken the trouble
to figure out the latest government
figures on the subject. The answer is
that each and every person in the
United States has almost quarter OF
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-20

ward, who is member of the Cry
stal Oil company will return by the
first of the year. Judge Gait will
return for the Inauguration of Gov.
Williams, He has been placed on
the governors staff and will be in
full uniform for the Inauguration.
Mrs. Gait will probably remain long
er, as her mother is not well
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-20

Children take BALLARD'S HORE
HOUND SYRUP willingly because 1t
tastes nice. There isn't a better rem
edy anywhere for children's coughs,
hoarseness and bronchitis. It's a good
medicine and easy to take Price 25c..
50c. and s1O0 per bottle. For sale by
Bomar Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-20
CANDY, NUTS, FRUITS. W. j
LANE,
Christmas in Georgia.

Judge and Mrs John l.. Gait. their
two sons, Edward and Freeman. and
their little daughter Florence. will
leave here today for Georgia, where
they will spend the holidays. Ed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-20
Lost His Father.

W. l.. Bachtel received a wire yes
terday, notifying him of the death of
his father, II. ]. Bachtel, which oc-
CURED Saturday morning in Wichita,
Kansas, Deceased was 6S years of
age, and had been in i'll health for
some time.
Mr.. Bachtel lost his wife and his
father within the same week.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-20

heroes slain in the conflict are seen
rising from their earthly bodies with
arms outstretched on the way to that
land where WAR" is unknown.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-20

Mr. Merchant: Give your employees
standard magazine as a holiday gift.
Order over phone 641. 1873
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-08-14
A Railroader's Prayer

An old railroad worker was
converted and being present at a
meeting at which there were
many inquiries, he was asked to
lead in prayer. He hesitated for
a moment and then in a clear re-
sounding voice, said: 'Dh Lord,
now that i have tagged Thee,
lift up my feet from the rough
road of life and plant them safely
on the decd of the Train of Sal
walton. Let us use the Safety
Lamp known as Prudence; make
all the Couplings of the Train
with the strong Link efLoxss and
let my Hand-lamp be the Bible
and Heavenly Father. kssp al
! Switches closed that l>pd OF a
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-08-14
THOSE CRAFTY
MISSOURIANS

Missourians from the SHOW me
State" have added to their repu-
tation for craftiness. They were
strong for the tariff when Dem
ocrats were being elected on the
primary issue of that much dis
cdssed subject, but now that the
Wilson tariff has played such
havoc with American industry
and is directly charged with the
industrial depression, loss of EN-,
ployment and general hard times
Missourians have quit talking
tariff and the whole hound dog"
pack has gone barking headlong
after another issue. This time it
is good roads,
Even Congressman ShacklefOrd
one of the craftiest of those from
the Champ Clark State and who
was a member of the Ways and
Means Committee which made
the Democratic tariff law, has
withdrawn from that Committee
and has taken the Craftsmanship
of the Roads Committee. 1t is he
who is leading the Missouriansjn
Ull hue and cry on the good roads
/, POSITION. But they say the Mis-
% uri voters are demanding to be
h, MN the reason for this sudden
Ina uge, SO the Missouri Congress
nen are doubtful of their crafti-
less.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-08-14
KNOCKERS PLEASE
READ AND TAKE
NOTICE

In every city there are always
a great many persons who are
never satisfied with anything and
whose main purpose in life seems
to knock and run down what
some one else has done or is try
ing to do, and this is especially
true of municipal government,
which is usually a favorite tar.
get.
Few of them ever stop to think
that their responsibility is proba-
bly, as great in this particular re-
gard as that of any one else and
such mightremember with profit,
if there are any of them in Bar
bourville, the following jingle
from the Milwaukee Health
ologist:
why don't they keep the streets
little cleaner"
You ask with deep annoyance
not undue;
why don't they keep the side
walks little cleaner"
Did you ever stop to think that
they means YOU?
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-08-14

have been less free from corrup-
ton than the general elections,
but the time seems to have come
when kentuckians can hold pri-
mary election decently and in
good order with practically no
complaint from any quarter about
padded returns or stuffed ballot
boxes.
1t may be that there was fraud
practiced in some localities. If
so it is to be hoped that the courts
will deal with it,. The more eff
fectively they do this the sooner
will all primaries be free from
the suspicion of unfairness.
Yes, 1T is true, we had clean
election, as we did in November
1913, there is no reason why We
should not always have just such
elections, let every man run on
his merits. if he is qualified and
makes a good officer he is deserv-
ing of our suffrage, if he is not he
is not entitled to anything and
should not be supported just be-
cause he is a rich man and can
buy his way into office.
The grand jury did its whole
duty and returned many indict-
ments, which their report shows.
If all the judges of this Com
monwealth would instruct their
grand juries to indict all who use
money and liquorin the elections
we would soon have clean politics
aud not until then. Will they dc
it?
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-08-14

the Sidings; especially those
with Blind End. Oh Lord, if
it be Thy pleasure, have every
Semaphorre block along the line
show thy White Light of Hope,
that | may make the RIM of Life
without stopping; and Lord, give
us the Ten Commandments for
a Schedule, and when l have
finished the Run on Schedule
time, and pulled into the dark
station of Death, may Thou (the
Superintendent of the Universe)
say, We'll done, thou good and
faithful servant, come and sign
the Pay Roll and receive your
check for Eternal Happiness "
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-08-14
THE CHURCHES
Christian Church.

Thei e will be preaching at the
court mouse next Sunday morning.
The su bject of the sermon will be
Goods Love for the World" On
account, of the prOtracted meeting
now in progress at the NJ. E. Church,
South, there will be no evening SER
vice at tine court house.
You, are cordially invited to attend.
Nv Lyon, Minister
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-08-14
FIFTY YEARS AGO IN
KNOX COUNTY

4 I often think back of the old
times, fifty years ago, when ouI
fathers and mothers were here.
The menfolks cleared the land
and plowed it With old home
made pillow. stocks, hickory pins
for fals-colters; they also wore
their tow shirts and flax pants
and moccasins made of rawhide
leather. Mother and grandmoth-
err sits by the old wood fire. place
baking big fat coon, or wild tur-
key and sweet potatoes, in the
old ire oven, while the little
girls and boys are out hustling
some white oak bark from the
old rail fence to help mother and
grandmother bake the coon and
potatoes. Right close by set the
old spinning wheel and the old
cloth loom. Some of our little
girls and boys are out trapping
for snow birds to swing up around
the old log fireplace.
Then you could step out and
hear the old deer hound coming
around the leading ridge with
another deer for the old men, and
this meant more bark for the girls
and boys to hustle, then You
could see those good old men
starting out with their stink
bait" to course up a bee tree,
carrying with them an old bucket
and churn to bring the honey
home in, and there would have
to be rag smoke to keep the
bees from getting in bed with you,
then you could step out and hear
the old COW bell on the big noun
tain as the old COW stood picking
on the peavine and the little
boys had to take their chances
with the snakes to bring the old |
COW down. And where are the !
good old people now? They are |
lying in old thrown out grave
yards grown up with bushes and |
briers. There should be some |
law passed to protect these old |
country grave yards, the writer
knows of one grave yard, at the
forks of Sinking Greek, which |
has been plowed down twenty |
years ago.
Now l will close, let me hear
from some old lady or gentleman
on fifty years ago.
j. Il. Hammons.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-08-14

M. E. Church, South
All are invited to worship with us
during our revival services.
Robt F Jordan. Pastor
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-08-14

The results ofths Kansas Sena-
torial primary is record evidence
that this will be Republican
year." said Representative Camp.
bell, OF Kansas, when asked what
he thought Of the vote. at is par.
ticularly good evidence that those
who voted the Progressive ticket in
1912 are noImally Reffublican. I
know in my State of Kansas those
who'voted for Roosevelt in 1912,
did so, not because they had left
the Republican party, but as a pro-
test against what happened in the
Chicago convention.
There will be a slump from the
Progressive to the Republican party
this fall and in 1916. not because
those who voted the Progressive
ticket 10 1912 are not just as pro-
gressive as ever, but because they
Will have no protest to make and
can vote with the party to which
they feel they belong"
Thousands of war claims amount.
ing up in the millions may make
heavy drain upon the Treasury, If
the amendment of which Oscar I'm.
derwood, Democratic House leader,
is the author, is forced through.
Mr.. Underwood's amendment is
the first instance in fifty years
where the barrier of loyalty to the
Government. which has always
been the basis of all war claims, is
absolutely shattered.
So far as the Democratic leaders
is concerned. the flood
gates are thrown open for the fling
OF hundreds of thousand of Confed
crate war claims. 1.-THE Democratic
leaders policy is approved. it may
mean the payment of millions of
dollars to the South. And il looks
as though it might be, since Demo.
Gratis, South and North, followed
MIR. Underwood in his break over
the loyalty bars like sheep.
Republican Leader Mann fought
valiantly against the establishment
OF this unusual precedent 10 the
House. but he was swept away by
the Democratic current.
The particular claim was shat OF
Antcnio Q. Lowell and heirs.in-law
OF Confederate General Quitman for
Federal occupation OF lands owned
by that General, in the crop year Of
1865. The United States Court OF
Claims rejected the claim because
the owners OF the land tailed to
establish their loyalty TO the Gov
eminent. The Standing Commit tee
on War Claims likewise rejected il,
but the Dsmosratis leader put 4
through.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-08-14

Concern has been expressed by
those who see the possible drain on
the Treasury that this precedent may
create. lest, immediately after the
coming elections, thousands of 9TH
er such claims may be considered
and allowed, regardless OF the 10y.
atty or disloyalty of the claimants
during the war. Minority Leader
Mann called attention to th,s dang
err, but he was ignored by the Dem.
ocratic majority.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-08-14
M. E. Church

Sunday School at 9 80 a. M,
A. NJ. Decker, Superintendent.
Services at the usual mo rning hour,
subject: Contrast between Peace
and War" No service in the evening
Prayer injecting Thursday evening,
All are cordially invited to at
tend these services.
ST Kelley, Pastor,
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-08-14

Apply a cotton cloth wet With
BALLARD'S SNOW IMMINENT
20 all wounds, cuts burns. sores or
blisters. aud note its wonderful
healing power 1t Is prompt and
very effective. Price Csc, soc and
81 per bottle,. Sold at J. Frank
Hawn's Drugstore, Barbourville
IKy.-Apvt.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-08-14
Probing the Primary

A special term of the Knox Cir
cult Court is being held at Bar
bourville for the purpose of in
vestigating the recent primary
election. Campaign workers for
all parties are to be summoned to
testify.
There were few indications of
fraud in the recent primary As
a rule the election passed off
quietly in the cities and in the
country. No particular charges
of fraud have been made. The
special term of court in Knox
county was called in advance OF
the primary. Doubtless the call
| ing had some effect and the cleo,
ton was fairer in consequence
than it might have been other,
wise. 1t may be that there will
be nothing for the grand jury t.
do and if so the county is to b'
congratulated.
The courts are taking SO mucl
notice of election conduct tina
many of the evil practices of tn
past are hong eliminated. Tn
buying ard selling of votes
much !, on mon than it was
few years 20. The primarie
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-08-14
DEATHS.
BAKER.

Mrs. Elijah Baker, OF Middlesboro,
daughter of J, T. aud Rebecca King,
of this city, died at the home OF her
parents Tuesday, August 18th. The
Advocate and many of its readers
deeply sympatfrize with the bereav'
ed ones in their irretrievable loss.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-08-14
A REQUEST

Our correspondents are REQUEST
ed to send in their matter not
later than Wednesday OF each
week. As we cannot get thess
nsl>krs in when received On,
rAsrsday. or Friday morning;