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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-31
WOMAN IN QUARREL
STAYS HUSBAND
DOMESTIC QUARREL LEADS TO
KILLING OF J. R. LAWSON, A
FARMER AT BENNINGTON.

Durant, Okla. March 3O.-J X. s.
Lawson, a farmer of Bennington, Ok
lahoma, was instantly killed late last
night by his wife, an entire load of
buckshot striking him in the left side
of the head. The killing took place
on the Lawson farm two miles north
OF Bennington, with Mrs. Lawson's
daughter, aged - years, a son aged
~, Lawson's stepchildren and Barney
Stewart present The details of the
killing conflict, the parties telling diff
ferent stories each time,
1t is alleged that the son had bOr-
rowed gun from a neighbor last Sat
urday for the purpose of hunting, and
took it to the Lawson house. The son
went to Bennington Saturday night,
meeting his father and asked for
money to buy shells The father
gave him 30 cents and the son pur-
chased two shells loaded with heavy
shot When he arrived home he plac-
ed these shells in the gun. Sunday
evening after Lawson went to bed, he
and Mrs. Lawson quarreled and he
told her she would have to leave him.
It is charged that Mrs. Lawson grab
bed up the shotgun, shooting her hus-
band through the right hand and left
side of the neck and head while he
was lying on the bed.
Mrs. Lawson claimed that he threat
ened to kill her and was rising up
out of bed to attack her when she
shot, although he had no weapons Of
any kind. The other persons were in
the other room and heard the shoot
ing. They all went over to the near
est neighbor's houses, Mr.. Davis
which was a quarter of a mile away,
Inc neighbor notified the sheriff ana
the wife and son were brought to
Durant Monday night, and held with
out bail awaiting the preliminary
trial.
Mr.. Lawson lived in Durant until
his first wife died, little over a year
ago. He married again and moved to
the farm near Bennington last sprine
Nothing is known of his folks as h
came from Mississippi here 1t has
been known for some time that the
couple did not get along well togeth.
er. Lawson was buried in old Ben
nngton Monday,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-31
GREATEST CROWD IN RECENT
YEARS CROWDED GALLERIES
TO HEAR SPEECHES.
MANN'S WAR TALK
Republican Leader Declares War %
Not Desirable. But it is lrevita
be.' - Representative Humphrey
Says Clark is Victim Of Injustice.

Washington, D. c., March 81
War was urged by Republican Lead
erer Mann in the house today as
one of the main reasons against the
repeal Of the Panama Canal tolls
exemption
lie limited broadly that war might
come with Japan or China. He ar
gued that if the United States now
accepts the construction or rne
treaty as compelling the United
States to charge the same tolls on
its ships as those of foreign ma
tions this construction will be raised
against us in time of war, in such
way that we cannot protect the
canal without bringing a protest
from England or other countries
which will embarrass if not defeat
Us in war"
He pointed ont that England is
now Japan's ally. War" he said,
is not desirable, but it is inevitable
Inc mousse h1d the greatest crowd
of recent years to hear Mann, Clark
and the Wilson supporters close the
repeal debate.
Representative Humphrey, repub-
lican, of Washington, was applauied
when he said Clark today would be
president but for an injustice"
Speaker Clark disappointed those
who we're expecting him to attack
the president. Instead he professed
friendship for Wilson and attacked
those who have been urging Clarks
candidacy for president in 1916. He
said the amazing request Of the
president for the repeal, like the
peace of God, passeth understand
ing
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-31
INTERSTATE COMMERCE CoMMls S.
SION SUsPENDS FOUR THOU
SAND NEW TARIFFS.
ROADS IN BAD SHAPE.
Eastern Railroads Appeal to Commits
sion That Their Financial Condition
Is Serious and Will Hear Final Tes.
timony on Increase in Rates.

Washington, d. c., March 31.-ThC
interstate commerce commission su5'
pends until the end Of July, the fodr
thousand new tariffs filed by railroads,
eliminating the allowances to indus
trial railroads.
These eliminations were to avoid
rebating and were allowed to stand
for the United States steel corpora.
ton and other eastern iron and steel
companies, in whose cases the com
mission has already made an inyesti.
cation.
The suspensions affect only the
roads the commission has not yet in
yestigated.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-31
JURORS ASK FOR
STAY.OF EXECUTION
FOR CONDEMNED GUN MEN UN.
TIL AFTER SECOND TRIAL OF
LIEUTENANT BECKER.

New York, March 3Q.-Ten Of the
twelve trial jurors who found the
four gunner guilty of the murder of
the gambler Herman Rosenthal, have
signed a petition asking Governor
Glynn to stay the carrying out the
death sentence set for next month,
until after the second trial Of Chas.
Becker, the former police lieutenant,
whose sentence was set aside last
month by the state court of appeals.
Counsels for the gunner announced
today that this petition and other doc
umentary matter would be presented
to the governor tomorrow. One of the
jurors who did not sign the petition
was out Of town when his signature
was sought, and the other declined to
make known his attitude
The jurors stated in their petition
that their request was submitted
without, on our part, desire to i'm
peach or impugn the verdict" they
rendered
Every possibility Of error should be
eliminated, the ten jurors pointed out;
hence their request for a reprieve or
stay TO the end that if anything
hereafter may occur or any informa-
ton be procured or during the trial
of Charles Becker be brought 70
light which may rebound TO the bene-
fit of the defendants, they may have
an opportunity at the proper time to
avail themselves Of such development
or revelation"
The four condemned men request,
first that the Judgment of death be
commuted to such term of imprison-
meDt as to the governor may seem
just and proper" and second, that the
execution of judgment be stayed and
be granted until after the
hnal determination Of the Indictment
against Becker.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-31
STREETS AND PARKS
OF New Capitol to Bear Names OF
Commissioners.

Oklahoma City, March 30.-A plan
to elorify the members of the state
capitol commission by creating
streets and naming them after the
commission members, was made pub
lie by W. L. Alexander, Oklahoma
City manager of the two successful
capitol campaigns, Monday.
The plan is to lay OFF a boulevard
from Broadway Circle to the state
capitol grounds. \ II. Classen and
w. F. Harm have already promised
most of the ground necessary for this
new street, according to Alexander,
with a small strip OF land only about
two blocks from Broadway circle, yet
to be secured by the citizens commit
tee under Alexander
This new boulevard will be known
as "Gouding Boulevard" in honor of
Pat J. Goulding of the capitol COM
mission.
A circular street will be made
around the capitol grounds to be
known as Anthony Boulevard" after
w. b. Anthony. The land for this
street is already promised
The land enclosed by this circular
street, bordering on the capitol
grounds will be planted in trees and
flowers and called Douglas Park" in
honor of stephen Douglas, the third
capitol commissioner.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-31
Murder Cases on Docket.

Poteau, Okla, March 90.-Of the
thirty-ive criminal cases on the dock
ct at the April term of court at Poteau,
Okla, four are murder cases. Possibly
those attracting the greatest interest
are the cases of George Snodgrass of
Spiro, who killed carriage-maker on
the streets of that city last month,
and Lige Holiday, the Howe hotel
man, who recently killed Mart Long,
a cab driver, in his hotel, Sam Cor
don and Claude Roberts, are defend
ants in the other cases. Gordon is
charged with ng'implicated in the
fatal riot at a church at Cedars some
years ago.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-31
II ate Dentists Meeting.

Ok 70. City, March 3O.-The sew
enth am a eeting and the third an
nual post 8 re course of the Ok
lahoma State al Association be-
gan its session in this city.
The sessions will 'e until April
I. The election of . /, and other
business matters will b. taken up on
Tuesday, at the evening session.
\ lecture on oral hygiene will be
delivered Thursday night at the high
school auditorium by DR.. Thomas P.
Hinman of Atlanta. Clinics will be
held Thursday and Friday afternoons.
The sessions will close with ban
quet Friday night.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-31
SEMl-oFFiClAL REPORTS REACH
JUAREZ THAT FEDERALs ARE
MAKING LAST STAND.
LOSSES ARE HEAVY
Fighting So Fatal About Gomez Pa
Iaco that Neither Side Can Repeat
Desperate Open Charges-Fiehtins
From Building to Building.

Juarez, March 31.-Confidence in
General Villas ultimate victory was
restored among the constitutionalists
here today by semi-official reports that
the rebels have forced Federal Cen
eral Velasco to last stand in the
Torrecn general barracks.
Today's advices are that the fight
ing is still going on. 1t is reported
that the losses on both sides were so
heavy at Gomez Palacio that neither
side can repeat the desperate open
charges which characterized that bat
tie, but that they are fighting today
from building to building in TOrreon
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-31
DEPUTY is KILLED BY NEGRO.
Virginia Officer Trusted Prisoner
Too Far; Slayer Escapes.

Newport, Va, March 3O.-Deputy
Sheriff Edwin Curtis Of Elizabeth
City county vas shot twice near
the heart and probably fatally
wounded today by John Henry Por-
ter, negro he had arrested in
Hampton for selling liquor on Sun
day. A posse pursued Carter, but
he escaped and is believed to have
boarded a boat for Norfolk.
After arresting the negro, Depu-
ty Curtis had allowed him to go to
his house to get some clothing be-
fore starting for Jail. Carter re-
turned with a pistol and opened fire
upon the officer
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-31
More Negroes Start for Africa.

Weleetka, Okla, March 30.-AIore
than POO negroes, members OF Chief
Sans party bound for the gold
coast Of Africa, have departed from
here for Galveston, where they will
wait for the boat Chief Sam has
chartered. which is expected there
soon, on which the negroes will EN-
bark and 90 to the promised land
The negroes seem to have implicit
faith in Sam and act as if they
really believe they are going back
TO the land their ancestors left years
ago.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-31
Ada Church Calls Pastor.

Ada, Okla, March 3O.-The First
Presbyterian chulth of this city yes
terday extended a formal call to
Rev. Thomas Carey to be pastor of
the church for the ensuing year
Rev. Carey is now at Pawhuska,
Okla, and formerly Of Tishomingo
and McAlester.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-31
MANIAC MURDERS
WIFE AND BABY
HEADS SEVERED BY BUTCHER
kNIFE-THE MAN WAS RECENT
LY RELEASED FROM ASYLUM.

Shirley, Ark, March 3O.-Elijah
Higgins, a farmer aged 50, is in jail
here charged with the brutal murder
of his wife and baby Sunday night.
The officers say that Higgins was re-
Gently released from the state asyl-
um and that they believed the man
killed his wife and child in fit of
homicidal mania.
The officers says that Higgins after
the double killing carried the bodies
of his two victims to the back porch
of his home and severed the heads OF
each with the knife with which he had
killed his wife.
Higgins 9-year-old son, who made
his escape, is said to have told the
officers that his father first lifted the
baby from its cradle and dashed it
against the side of the house, killing
it instantly. He is said to have at
tackled his wife with a butcher knife,
piercing her body eleven times be-
fore she died.
When the little boy began to cry,
he says his father told him, "Yes, and
I'll get you in a minute" The boy
fed to the home of his grandmother
in his night clothes. A younger boy,
about years old, escaped because
it is believed his father overlooked
him.
Higgins is sullen and refuses to
talk
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-31

Oklahoma City, March 30.-John-
son Quinton of Sequoyah county,
who was convicted in the district
court on a charge Of manslaughtef
in the first degree in killing John
Parker must serve his sentence of
twenty years in the state pen
i-entiary, in the opinion Of the Grim
inal court of appeals in affirming
the judgment of the district court
of Sequoyah county.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-31
Asks Part of Ex- Husbands Estate.

Oklahoma City, March 5O.-Mrs.
Mary Wilson of Chicago filed suit
in the superior court today against
Levi Wilson, her former husband
for temporary alimony and division
of property, which she estimates to
be worth 100000, claiming that she
is now penniless, in debt and in
need of medical attention. Mrs.
Wilson alleges that her husband oo-
tanned a divorce from her by stating
in his publication notice that he did
not know her address, while, she
asserts, he knew all the time eX-
actly where she was.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-31
Big Can of NitrogIycerin Stolen.

Oklahoma City, March 3o.-Twen-
ty quarters Of nitroglycerin, enough
to blow up the LARGEST office build
ing in this city, disappeared mys-
teriously here this morning, causing
terror in many parts Of the city
until the empty can in which the
liquid explosive had been kept was
found.
1t is believed that a negro, think
ing that the can contained whishey,
took it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-31
MARIE SCOTT, NEGRO WOMAN,
KILLED YOUNG WHITE MAN
SUNDAY NIGHT.
FOUGHT UNTIL DEATH.
Negro Woman Never Uttered a Cry
When Masked Mob Seized Her
in Cell, Dragged Her to Telephone
Pole and Swung Her Up.

NIuskogee, Okla, March 31.-A
masked mob brushed aside the one
armed iailer at the Wagner county
Jail at Wagner early this morn
ing, threw a rope around the neck
of Marie Scott, a young negro wom-
an, dragged her out and hanged her
to a telephone pole.
The negress killed Lemuel Peace,
young white man Sunday night
at Wagner, driving a knife through
his heart as he passed her house.
The woman never uttered a cry
but fought the mob until her death.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-31
Eastern Roads in Bad Shape

Washington, D. c., March 31.-
Needing the appeal of eastern rail.
roads that their financial condition is
serious, the interstate commerce com.
mission today decided to hear imme.
diately their final testimony in the ap-
plication for a general rate Increase
This testimony had not been expected
until the end Of April
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-31
Chihuahua Rebels HopefuI.

Chihuahua, Mexico, March 1.-The
rebel officers here, although opti-
mistic, announced that Villa is
meeting with stubborn opposition.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-31
TORNADO IN TEXAS

TWO Negroes Killed and Two Others
Injured at Wilmer Yesterday.
Wilmer, Tex, March S1.-Two ne.
groes were killed and two others bad
ly injured in a small tornado here yes
terday evening
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-31
LIFE TERM FOR MURDER.

Slayer of Cincinnati Woman in Chi
cago Hotel Given Life Sentence.
Chicago, IL, March 31.-John B..
Koetter was found guilty Of murder
ing Mrs. Emma Krafe of Cincinnati
and sentenced 70 life imprisonment
He killed the woman with a hammer
in a Chicago hotel after getting
her money.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-31

Tho total foreign trade of the TWEEN
ty Latin american republics for tho
year 1913. was S64.S76,224 or this
amount, $1,325.752,627 represented i'm
ports and s1.53s.123.5o7 exports.
The figures above are complied bv
tho Pan-American Union from original
reports from the several countries For
ianama the figures are partly osti-
mated. being founded upon incomn,ete
returns, and for the Nicaragua and
ecuador they are for the year 1912. In
all other cases the period covered &,
the calendar year 1913
HOW is this trade distributed among
'he principal commercial nations OF the
world, and In particular, what share
mas the United States therein? II
ZINES sometimes. as surprise 10
americans when they are told that the
United states enjoys larger propor
tion or the foreign trade Of the Latin
American republics than any other
country in the world. In 1913 the share
OF the United States was more than
tnree times that OF France. nearly dou-
hle that of Germany, and % per cent
greater than that of the United King
uom; United states, SS034G5S35:
United Kingdom. s643.5S6.3SG. Germany,
S4oi.i22,374: France, s23S,Sl3.453.
Until 1913 the lead on tho ITpitcd
america was due to it's share of Latin
american exports. but the United King
dom has heretofore lead In the volume
CT Latin American imports In Ial3.
Tor the first time. the United States
took the lead in imports, the value of
its shipments to the twenty countries
being S325.S37,345. rs against the
United Kingdom, sa22.22S, O7a: Germany
S2l7,97G.202. and France Sll0.4s43S5
notwithstanding the efforts put for
ward by the British manufacturers In
1914. and particularly since the begin
ming of the war. to maintain their po-
sition In the Latin american trade.
and to capture large share OF the
German trade. II can be predicted with
reasonable confidence that the lead
In this trade acquired first by the
United States In 1913 will not he lost
in 15l4.
In the field Of Latin American cx-
ports the United States In 1913 took
goods to the value OF s477.G2S.5OO the
United Kingdom, S32l .35S.3l3; Ger
many, S1S9.l5G.lI2: France, Sl2S.329,06S.
In Guatemala. Honduras Nicaragua,
Panama. the Dominican Republic. Haiti.
Argentina, Bolivia. Paraguay and
Uruguay, ten countries In all. the i'm
ports from the United States exceeded
the exports thereto. In the remain
ing ten countries. Mexico. Salvador.
Costa Rica, Cuba, Brazil, Chile. Colon
bia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-31
WAR BELONGS TO AUTOGRAPHS

getting very angry with the other at
times and getting over IT again, but
neither of them really having anything
which would be called n foreign policy
in the European sense
On the other side OF the Atlantic
have been all the qualities which De
Tocqueville nscribes to IAN individual
or an aristocracy": definite govern
mental policies persisting from gen.
Grafton to generation. perseverance in
design" measures combined with Sc
crecy" as means for individual peo-
Piles to attain predominant positions"
The most strenuous efforts towards
conciliation. good understanding. kind
ly feeling. between nations have failed
to penetrate beneath the surface OF
things. dispel national suspicious of
each others designs, or prevent the
working out of these different policies
into inevitable war.
The contrast tends to show that
democratic government. for the very
reason that 1t has no specific and pcrs
sistent foreign policies, Is more fan
vorable to peace than the old system
of government.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-31

understand that the proposed cole
bration OF the hundred years of peace
is to be postponed because, at the very
time when we should be celebrating
nearly all of Europe and much of Asia
and Africa arc engaged in the most
tremendous war ever known, writes
Senator Elihu Root, in the American
Review of Reviews.
The coincidence recalls De Tocque
ville's criticism upon democracies. He
said:
Foreign politics demand scarcely
any of those qualities which n democ-
racy possesses: and they require, on
the contrary. the perfect use OF almost
all those faculties in which 1t is de-
ncient. democracy is un-
able to regulate the details of an i'm
portant undertaking, to persevere in a
design, and to work out Its execution
in the presence of serious obstacles
1t cannot combine it's measures with
secrecy. and will not await their con-
sequences with patience. These are
qualities which more especially belong
TO an individual or to an aristocracy;
and they are precisely the means by
which an individual people attains q
predominant position"
The eighty years which have passed
since De Tocqueville wrote have Wit
messed great development of demo-
cratic government and much-increased
opportunity to Judge of It's strength
and weakness.
1t seems now that the very qualities
of monarchical or aristocratic govern
ment which Do TocQuevlle assumed
10 be necessary for the conduct OF for
cign affairs tend to make continually
recurring wars inevitable, while the
deficiencies which De Tocqueville
ascribed to democratic government
tend towards the preservation of peace
OF course, the difficulties of inter
national relations In Europe are vastly
greater than In America, yet there Is
enough similarity to make a COMPARE
son suggestive.
Between the Atlantic and the Pacific
we have two peoples living under es-
sentially democratic government
stretching along more than 5000 miles
OF boundary. and maintaining peace
for hundred years Notwithstanding
many serious causes of controversy,
such, for instance, as the northeastern
boundary, the Oregon boundary, the
Alaskan boundary, the Fenian disturb
ances. the Caroline affair, the fisheries
disputes. An examination of their his
tory shows that what De Tocquevlle
said of democracies was true of both
these countries. and that neither COM
try had any particular policy. Neither
was seeking to attain n predominant
position" through "an important under
taking" through "persevering in de-
sign" or Combining measures with
secrecy" Both peoples were going on
attending to their own business, press
Ing forward their production and trade
and means Of eelf-improvement. each
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-31

vate his tract. But the more important ques-
ton Is: How many Of the city unemployed
are ut for farming, temperamentally?
There are city men who would rather starve
on Broadway than I'LL granaries by the sweat
of their brows.
Since our early forefathers cut paths in the
primeval forest and builded homes with axes
and guns, development of the urban life has
increased the problem of getting more
pioneers, or assistant pioneers to finish the
work In the field. This problem will always
be with us. and to the army Of unemployed
who, by temperament, are out Of the question
IN the country are added hordes of immi-
grants. who are even more untitled.
The Forward to the Land League may
be promising sign Of the times but, until
it has been demonstrated, it can be hardly
much more than that. And this movement
alone VIII only be drop in the bucket of
movements that will rise and fall or partly
succeed before the industrial congestion
problem is solved.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-31
Those Fit for Farms

"A MOVEMENT has begun. fathered by the
SEA Forward to the Land League to push
+ obless and penniless men of the city out into
the farming districts, where hands are
needed. The central idea is the purchase OF
/. $4,000 acres upon which any man who wishes
may leave the city and farm tract with a
COW, seed and chickens thrown in. New York
will first be depopulated, SO far as the excess
s or labor's demand is willing, then Chicago
The movement is Endorsed by the Departments
Of Agriculture, Interior and Labor Each
man who farms tract will get his board
lodging and moderate wage, which in the
necessities of life is more than he can get
in the crowded cities
"a question arises as to how many Of the
jobless are fit for farms. 1t is fact that the
Hyerage city man who is out of lob is nm
Htted for country lie. He couldn't do q thing
useful around the farm. He would have 10
earn from the ground up, and in the mean
aIne, he would be more or less in the way
-sSlcpurse, he could learn. and, of course, a
sition" an get along in the city in average
Ssms eon,eof competition for a mere living
pay sioarth over and plant seed and cult
IL FarrtS IS
p Of thea