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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-12
CITY
MAKING FIGHT.
WANT SOME cONVENIENCES
FROM THE RlNGLiNG ROAD
APPEAL TO COMMISSION.

A number of citizens arrived here
yesterday from Joiner City and left
today for Oklahoma City where they
will appear before the state corpo-
ration commission in a hearing IN
which they ask that the Ringlins
railroad give them a depot. The
road passes through the town OF
Joiner City, west of Wilson some
three or four miles.
The town is located between VIII
son and the location that has been
selected for the site Of the new town
of Ringlin. 1t is unusual for sta
tions to be located as close as these
towns will be if Joiner City is rec
ignized but at the same time Joiner
City has been established for several
years, the people are not asking for
all the conveniences of a regular
station, what they want is a switch
where cars can be unloaded and
where freight can be received and
loaded. They want the privilege OF
boarding the train at their home
without being put to the inconven-
ience of travelling three or four
miles to a depot. The conveniences
the people are asking for, it seems,
could be supplied with a small in
vestment on the part of the road
and the road would receive as good
a dividend on that investment as
upon any other it makes. This is
the view taken by the people o!
Joiner City and they will urge the
commission to force the railroad to
make some provision for the town.
Those who were here last night to
make a visit to the state commits
sioners were J. b, Talaferro, d. b.
Tipps, w. l.. Southwood. T. II. Tipps,
John Joiner and Jim Allen. Mr..
Allen is from Healdton and the 9TH
ers of the party are from Joiner
City. These men have petitions sign
ed by as many as 500. persons from
Joiner, Healdton, Reck and Orr and
other localities that would De better
served at Joiner than they would
at the stations which the road pro-
poses 10 establish. Many teamsters
in the oil fields have also signed
these petitions because much of the
property for the oil fields can be
unloaded at Joiner and will be much
closer to the fields than when un-
loaded at Wilson. One operator IN
the field who is citizen Of the state
has already gone before the commits
sion, asking that the railway COM
pany be forced to unload his ma
terial at Joiner.
What the result will be is not
known. George Henshaw, a mem
ber of the commission who was
here at the Hewitt investigation, sta
ted that in his opinion Joiner City
should be taken care of.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-12
KATE BARNARD
REC|TES EVIDENCE.
READS AFFiDAVITS GATHERED
AT CORNISH ORPHANS HOME
TO LARGE AUDIENCE.

Miss Kate Barnard, state commits
sioner of charities and corrections,
addressed a large audience at the
Broadway Baptist church yesterday
afternoon and read mass of tesu-
mony obtained from inmates and
officials at her recent visit. Miss
Barnard was introduced by Juuge
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-12

Freeman who recited briefly the facts
that led up to the investigation and
the part he played in the matter.
Miss Barnard first read affidavits
of several of the inmates relative
to the treatment accorded them by
the matron and superintendent, ana
finished by reading the affidavits OF
the matron and the superintendent
The large audience listened at
tentively and it was plain to De
seen that they were somewhat shock
ed at the testimony introduced.
From the testimony produced it is
evident that all has not been well
at the Cornish orphans home and
her plea for assistance to remedy
these matters met with ready re-
sponse from the audience.
Miss Barnard also recited condl-
tions as she found them at the
county farm and stated that for
small sum of money the place could
be made comfortable for the inmates.
The Philathea class of the broadway
| Baptist church, through Miss Daisy
Nichols, pledged themselves to fur
nish whatever was necessary to
make the place comfortable at once.
Miss Barnard, Judge Freeman and
| Mrs. Curtis are TO select commit
tee of five to visit the orphans home
and the county farm from time to
time and report to her on conditions.
4 subscription was also taken 10
take the two children she brought
from the home to the orphanage at
Pryor Creek.
Miss Barnard paid her respects to
the politicians of the state who were
playing the game for their own
benefit at the expense of the poor
and insane, and said that as long as
present conditions existed it was
going to be very hard to improve
conditions very materially. She also
made the statement that under nc
circumstances would she be a can
didate for re- election, saying that
not for ten thousand dollars would
she have the office and be com
PEELED to combat the politicians OF
the state who were more interested
in creating some useless office to pay
a political debt than they were IN
caring for the poor and helpless OF
the state.
At the conclusion of her remarks
Miss Barnard was congratulated by
many of those present for the WORK
she was doing in behalf of the
Door and helpless of the state and
gave her assurance of their hearty
cooperation in the management OF
local institutions. The two children
will be taken to the orphanage ~
Pryor Creek by Mrs Curtis prob,
ably today,
Some question Is involved as tc
whom the title 10 the Cornish or
phans' home is vested in, and Rep
resentative Rexroat who was pres
ent yesterday, told of the conditions
under which the appropriation fol
the home was made by the legisla
ture. He stated at the time the
state refused to take over the home
as state institution from the fac
that it was too remote from the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-12
Jury to himself. The mine crew
is composed almost entirely OF for-
eigners and negroes.
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 ann
use a plaster. 1t is very pene-
trating will not blister and Is very
effective.
T.. ]. Ramsey, exclusive agent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-12
RACE WAR AT MINE.

One Man Killed, Another Wourded
Superintendent Attacked.
McAlester, Okla, Jan. l1.--As a
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-12

Ramsey, exclusive agent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-11
SHIP LEGATIONS TO DURAZZO.
No Suitable Residences for Diplomats
in CAPITAL of Albania.

PARIS. July 4.-Having become an IN
dependent principality. Albania has been
promoted to the honor OF possessing d
diplomatic corps. French foreign once
estimates have made provision accord
ingly. and granted a yearly salary OF
$1,000 TO the new French minister TO
Albania.
There was no difficulty about that; but
a serious obstacle was discovered. Where
was the new minister TO put up! Inc
King. or rather the Mpret. Of Albania mas
so-called palace. which Is the only
house fit to live in at Durazzo.
Italy has happy idea, and france
has borrowed it. A portable wooden mouse
will be sent from Italy to Durazzo and
will be put up there and become the
Italian legation. France will do the same,
and for $1,000 has also bought a portable
wooden house. which will become the
French legation in Durazzo. The Quai
d'Orsay proposed first to rent Tor 800 d
year the piece of ground on which to
put IT up. but on inquiry 1t was found
that in Durazzo the same piece OF ground
which was to he rented for 800 year
could be purchased as freehold for
$500. and this the French government
has accordingly done.
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Sir Ernest Shackleton Tells Of His Plan
for Crossing the Antarctic Continent

our motor sledges,'' said Sir Ernest. We
do not know what the surface may be
on the Weddell sea side. But If it is as
decently smooth as that on the Ross sea
side-from which all previous parties
have attacked the south pole-1 can as
sure you offhand 400 miles straight away
with them
knowing nothing about polar work or
motor sledges, / had perhaps shown a
doubt of his mechanical contraptions.
Talk to Lees" said Shackleton. He
is the man in charge of the motor end
of the expedition and knows more about
them than 1 do. Hi.-Lees.."
of the outer Office. where he had been at
work over his drawings and correspond
ence, and l went out to look over his
plans. To our right as we sat on the
table was huge model of the antarctic.
so far as it is known and drawn to
scale. Dotted black lines across the
white surface showed the routes Of for
mer expeditions. brave little Union
Jack told where Capt. Scott had died.
There are to be five motor sledges,
said Lees lone will have a fifty-five-
horsepower Anzani motor and another a
forty horsepowe motor of the same
make Each is equipped with dual
drive system. When there is no head
wind they will use air propellers, just as
are placed upon aeroplanes.
Sledges rested In norway.
In seven days hard driving in Nor
way these propellers proved thoroughly
efficient. They are especially valuable
during low Temperatures, when the snow
becomes loose as dry sand because OF
the intense cold. When a head wind or
other condition prevents the use of these
propellers a positive drive will be used.
This is a toothed drum attached to the
rear of the sledge although no weight
rests upon it. A system of spring COM
pensations allows for Inequalities of the
surface.
These sledges with thirty horsepower
engine have lowed a sledge weighing 400
pounds. with two men up, in addition to
their own load of six men and supplies, at
fifteen to twenty miles an hour. But on
bad surface the engine power proved in
sufficient. Therefore the larger motors
are now being installed. Two other motor
have been made ready. These will kick
along through the snow, towing one or
two sledges at low speeds. They are
geared to about eight miles an hour All
have variable gear and friction drive.
fifth sledge will be used. but it is as yet a
secret The air propellers are very large.
in order to get the power required. rather
than the high speed of an aeroplane. On
good surfaces the aero motor sledges have
done twenty-five miles an hour with three
men up. upon 10 per cent upgrade.
IF we do seventyfive to lCO miles day
sledGes." said Lees. You see. we will
have continually to be scouting ahead,
looking for a safe route.
When necessary these siedges will be
abandoned and the man-hauled sledges re-
sorted to. of course. But not until neces-
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sary. for the explorers will feel they are
abandoning the comforts Of home when
they say good-by to the motors.
A Clothes Dryer.
Did the boss tell you Of the hot cup
board and the steam cooking plant?''
asked Lees, with a smile in his blue
eyes It's a Yankee trick that ought
to tickle you folks in the states. You
always like clever things
The aero-tractors are air-cooled. In
order to keep the carburetor from freez-
ing, hot cupboard has been built around
the heart of the engine. This cupboard
has been made so large that when the
camp is made at night the Precipitation
soaked Undertaking Of the explorers
may be placed in it and thoroughly dried
out NO one but polar worker can i'm
agine the comfort of this plan. Frank
Marston, the clothing expert. said:
Generally, you know, a man has to
take of his wet socks and put them next
to his skin at night to keep them from
freezing. They never get really dry"
The smaller tractors are water cooled.
1t occurred to some one that the hot
water in the jacket should be used So
that a cook stove vas arranged upon
them. on which victs.ls may be steam
cooked en- route. Even these little
crawling things" as Lees calls them, are
expected to make fifty miles a day in
good going. The sledges are all steered
fish-fashion. On either side f1pper will
be dropped into the snow when it is de-
sirable to change the course. The only
trouble experienced during the Norway
try-out was from vibration. but it is be-
lieved this can be overcome
Mind you" said Lees. motor sledges
are thoroughly practicable. They have
been used in Sweden. though none was
ever made as good as ours
About the New Food.
What is this new food with which
YOU have been experimenting" / asked
of Frank Wild. second in command Of the
Shackleton expedition.
Wild is a slender little man. blue-eyed
and quiet and actually diffldent in man.
ner He seemed apologize in advancing
his claim for the new food. 1t seemed
Incredible that this blond-bearded char
should actually make trade of polar ex-
ploring. He has spent the greater part
of six years in the south polar region
and has hauled sledges by hand for
more than 1000 miles. That may stand
as a worlds record forever, If the new
motor sledges prove practicable in &C
ton.
at is an old food really, in which the
proportions are somewhat differently ad-
justed.'' said he. 1T is a mixture of
pure fat. sugar and meat tibrne. which
gives the required proportions of pro-
TENS, carbohydrates, fats. etc. It is of
a higher calorif1c value than any food
we have yet tried out. Always before.
you know. polar workers have depended
on pemmican. This is just pemmican of
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up in his hand That made three ends
sticking out as one bill was doubled. and
he dropped the two into the waiter S
palm. and that scared individual trotted
back to the dining car conductor.
"Fingy' kept on talking. Soon the
car became aware of another violent con-
troversy going on between the conductor
and the waiter.
THAT is only two dollars, said the con-
ductor.
He gimme three dollars insisted the
waiter.
well. I only got two from YOU
The waiter came back with dollar in
change, taken from his own pocket, and
"Fingy," with a mock flourish said in a
loud tone:
Keep it,
That gave the waiter dollar tip from
his own money. but the car didn't realize
it. Every one. including Cuttings. believed
the waiter was getting dollar tip.
The waiter, however, was not satisfied.
He saw this paragon of political adven-
ture flourish three one-dollar bills; he
felt the three in his own hands but when
he got back to the conductor to hand in
two of then1-lo. one dollar had disap-
peared. So he began poking around I'M
der tables and chairs and grumbling to
the conductor. The mutterings disturb
ed the car again, and the conductor and
.Fingy'' as The Hague tribunal for the
occasion.
There is trouble here over the amount
of money you gave the boy suggested
the dining car conductor TO ''Fingy, with
timidity.
Didn't 1 give him enough said
'Fingy with a face full of innocence,
how much was the dinner
Two dollars, the conductor re-
Piled
Didn't 1 pay So" asked the Buffalo
fan with a worried look.
YES but there's some dispute about
the number of dollar bills you gave the
waiter .
But he brought me back a dollar in
change" persisted .'Fingy-'
Well he says he got 50 from you ana
that j.,
why he brought change back and l
gave him dollar.
The conductor was so far up IN the
air that he appeared to be tinH spech.
he opened his mouth to speak. smut IL
e.in. onened it-but no words came
Deed. boss. I seen yo gimme ~ OUT
when we come to count up, deS OILY
two suggested the waiter
..Oh. lust a dispute over doilar- Vel
,bat's easy Here. boy. Take TINS dollar
And thereupon "Fingy" dived INTO ms
vest and brought out the same dollar ne
had ualmed, and handed it to the waiter
Then he went on talking to Cuttings
And every one in the car thouSht ne
must be the most generous man aiVe "
I'm man 81 for a two-dollar dinner All
except the waiter-he went on huhtilis
for that other dollar. which ne never liau
at all and he'll probably never Know
go, about il unless he reads TINS truth
I'll e,Ie which was told to me by Rep-
tentative Johnson of Washington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-11
PUBLIC BATHS FOR DOGS.
Luxury for Paris CANNES Whose
Owners Have the Price.

PARIS July my lady's dog is
serious factor in society life here An
esta bIishment for dog baths is about to
be opened in one of the most 1ashiohao'e
ouarters of the city. and it is being wide
" advertised by circulars IheY reao
thus.
Electric Cleaning by Hot Air
Special Shampooings.
Perfumed Baths.
Special Scented Lotions
Antiseptic TONES. Toilette.
Warmed Waiting Kennels.
And the prices are in proportion to the
luXuries offered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-11
HEARD AND SEEN HERE AND THERE
By Earl Goodwin.

drifting masses has anchored itself"
roared "Fingy,' as he shook his fists in
Gittins face. The common people have
been uplifted from the financial slavery
in which they were chained, and by the
creation of federal reserve board the
right of the poor man to the credit of
banks has been demonstrated. No longer
will the multi-millionaires of Wall street
be able to say who shall and who shall
not have the blessing of the right to use
little capital"
''Fingy's" face sweled and grew pur
pie. and the waiter lodged around. on one
foot and another, waiting for chance
to slip that check to "Fingy,'' who had
ordered the dinner with grandiloquent
air. ''Fingy'' knew it, too and kept on
yelling. while the diners in the car be-
lieved him crazy.
The waiter started to give the check TO
Gittins. but GittinS refused it:
Give it to him-he ordered IT.. said
he. and the waiter lodged in and out try
ing to land that check where it belonged.
but every time he got near "F1ngy' he
speaker in a manner that was most
threatening. Finally he ducked, shifted.
and managed to land the check beneath
'Fingys plate.
The incident did not stop the political
harangue 'Fingy" picked up the check
and took some dollar bills from fat vest
pocket. As he called upon the political
powers to witness the fact that New
York state was going to do a turn in po-
litical revolution this fall he made it
clear that he had three dollar bills in his
right hand. AS he roared and rampaged
he took each bill from the right hand to
the left. so that every one, waiter in
cluded. saw that there were three dollars
there and nothing else. Then he assem-
bled them all back again in the hand with
the missing thumb so that three ends of
three one-dolar bills were sticking out
in plain sight of all beholders. including
every one in the car And meantime the
waiter was quaking with fear He had
never been so close to wild man before.
AS "Fingy' continued he managed to
PALM zone of those dollar bills in perfect
manner so that one of them was turned
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low went through Ralph's pockets with
the speed of vacuum cleaner and en-
tracted the aforesaid roll of bills.
You fellows ought not to leave me here
without carfare." protested Ralph.
Il amt got a nickel except your money.
and the smallest is a five-dollar bill ]
couldn't think of letting You have that.
returned the honest gunman.
The other chap showed the. gun into
Ralphs ribs a little tighter and searched
Ralph again. He found a dime.
Here" he said. with burst of gen.
crosby, here's carfare- Take it.
He was a gloomy widower. His face
would have been a good Inspiration for a
sculptor intent upon carving a statue of
Hard Luck. His voice had the deep and
cavernous sound of a ghost moaning in
a mountain storm. This is the impress
sion Asa E. Phillips received after buy
ing a little honey from the widower.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips were out in the
country somewhere when they ran across
the widower's house in the woods. On
the door post was a sign Honey for
sale" Mr. Phillips knocked at the door
and the human amalgamation of gloom
answered the knock and said he was the
fellow who was selling honey. In some
manner the brief conversation brought
out the fact that the honey-boy was a
widower. otherwise the Phillipses might
have supposed that it was the whole
world that had died instead of just one
woman.
But you'll be married again." suggest
ed Mr.. Phillips.
"Oh. I couldn't never think of marry
ing again within a year after my wife
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-11
Tent Is Important.

base and wait to he picked up by the
ships.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-11

In spite of his confidence in the motor
sledges' one feels that Shackleton takes
a more personal interest in the new tent
that has been devised by George Marston.
He feels sure that the sledges will DO
the work required OF them-he declare.
that on good surface he is sure OF 80
miles straight away-but he talks with
pride IN his voicelof the tent IL is made
something after the fashion of the brown
canvas hoods one sees covering many
motor boat cockpit The top is support
ed by tent bows OF soft iron. At a dis
lance II makes one think OF the prairie
schooner Of our forefathers.
Il can put up this tent in two and on~-
half minutes in the worst wind that ever
blew. said Shackleton- We have but
to lay this out on the ground heap
snow on the snow cloth that extends frill
fashion around the ground edge. get into
it and lift the bows. The harder the
wind blows the more easily the tent goes
up. A six-man tent of this fashion
weighs but thirty-five pounds. against
sixty pounds for the old style
As for clothing. there is but one
marked departure from convention. I'M
less one notes that little old woman
in one of the North Sea Islands. who
has been knitting undertaking for FISH
ermen FOR years. Will supply most OF the
men of the expedition with her soft and
heat-retaining garments. The new thing
Is in the boot and sock line.
New Boot for Trip.
You know" said Marston. the blue
eyed. plump. squarely built specialist in
polar clothing. a veteran with 800 miles
of hand hauled sledging TO his credit.
there is no life in fur boot. They 60
to pieces after about three weeks OF
marching over snow and ice. and then
a mans feet get frostbitten. That had a
lot to do with SCOTS failure
So that Marston has devised a new
British leather thick soled and big
enough that seven or eight pairs OF
wooden socks may be worn inside. And
here's the especially new wrinkle.
One has a lot Of trouble, said Maj
ston, with drying his socks. They get
soaked with perspiration. you know. So
We will try an idea of mine. I have
had some waterproof socks made. Then
We will slip on a pair of wooden socks
on until the boots are full. In this way
we can be sure OF a dry pair for the
morning, We hope"
somewhere along the way the Shackls-
ton party will pass the spot where Capt.
Scott and his party lie in their mauso-
leum of ice. The feeling has persisted
with the public that all may not have
been told of the end of these courageous
Adventures. But il there be a secret that
Shackleton's party is concerned.
No doubt" said several OF his men.
we will see the tent in which Scott and
his men lie. but We will pass il at a
reverential distance. We shall not in
yestigate."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-11
BETTER LIFEBELTs WANTED.
Desired That They Keep Heads Of
Persons Out of Water.

Foreign Correspondence OF The Star
LONDON. June 24.-Following the EN-
press of Ireland disaster and the state
ment that floating masses were discov-
cred in the water which on examination
proved to be people with heads droop-
ing beneath the surface hanging Imply
in lifebelts." the board OF trade 10
seriously considering a proposal only 70
approve of life jackets which automat-
ically turn the person incased onto
their backs and prevent their heads from
falling into the water. Such jackets
would prevent the drowning of persons
through fainting in the water which is
believed to have been frequent cause OF
loss of life.
John T. Cassell died at his home in
Westminster. Md. aged seVenty-two
years He was a surveyor and a son
of the late David Cassell