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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-10
LABOR NEWS AND NOTES.

The gold coast colony is said to be
the premier cotton producer of the
world and the cotton raised is Of
very fine quality.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-10

The Ottawa, Ont, Household league
has opened a depot for the sale of
household necessities at cost of dis
tribution.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-10

The unusually large sale of this
remedy is the best evidence we could
offer you to prove its merit 1t is
made of effective ingredients, and
is guaranteed to give permanent re-
lief for rheumatism. We will gladly
show you the formula and explain
its merits to you. Prices soc and
$1O0
i. j. Ramsey, Local Agent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-10

A vote for Will Warren is a vote fol-
an efficient city administration. 1O-1
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-10

Thos. w. Ross and a great cast OF
Broadway favorites in the wonderful
drama of heart interest and stirring
situations" Checkers Theatorium,
Friday, March 18th.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-10

Have you a house or a room you
wish to rent? 1t will cost but thirty
cents to rent it-try the want ads
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-10

Have you mousse OF room you
wish to rent? 1t will cost but thirty
cents to rent it-try the want ads.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-10

A vote for viii Warren is a vote for
a clean city. 1O.1
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-10

A vote for Will Warren is a vote for
greater Ardmore. 1O-1
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-10

All leading grocers handle Berry's
Bread l0tf
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A vote for Will Warren is a vote for
busy Ardmore. 101
The Lamar register., 1915-09-15
The BLACKMAILER
BY II. NJ. EGBERT.

"Hanbury?" inquired the bank presi
dent of his secretary, inspecting the
card which had been brought to him
DO tnow anybody named Hanbury
Jenkins?"
ITS that crazy fellow who has been
trying to see you for weeks past" re
piled the secretary He insists that
his business is personal and conhden
tial."
Does he look dangerous, JenkinsF
mo, sir, but logged as they make
them. In fact, he's such nuisance
that ! thought would ask you If you
cared to see him"
Send him in, Jenkins" answered
Myers. "One never knows. And, ii
he develops symptoms of insanity III
touch the bell under the desk"
Very good. sir" answered the sec
retary.
The man who entered did not be-
tray any symptoms of insanity. He
was about fifty years of age. little
down at heel, with limiting. shabby
clothes. but not the type that would
attempt violence. He paused in the
middle of the room and looked hard
at Myers.
We'll, sir?" demanded the presI-
dent.
Il guess you don't know me-" said
Hamburg. so / may as well tell you
who / am. My wife died last month,
leaving me with a girl eight years
old I've got to provide for her"
Plenty of people are in the same
predicament." replied the other.
But in this case 1t is you who are
going to assist her. l need five hun
dred dollars to get a share in a new
business venture
Its blackmail all right" the visitor
with a smile OF amusement. Nobody
ever blackmailed me In his life. You'd
better not try. 1t won't pay you"
Its blackmail all right" the visitor
answered. taking a letter out of his
pocket. First let me tell you the
name OF my wife She was Miss Con-
nile Stevens"
The president remained impassiye
but his face blanched. Hamburg was
The Lamar register., 1915-09-15

quick to notice it. He uttered a short
laugh.
In that moment OF delay Myers
mind went back to the early days
when he was a copra buyer in the
South seas. He had had adventures
there, he had done things which had
made him eagerly sought after by his
own government. He had amassed a
fortune there. but he had lost the
woman he loved. who waited for him
in America.
or all the bitterness that he had
known. bitterest was the remem-
brance of that night when he had
written a remorseful letter to Connie
Stevens. He told her all-the incident
OF the kidnapping of the Kanakas. the
death of the old chief who tried to
rescue the men whom Myers had en-
shaved. the bloody tale of murder and
theft which had given him wealth.
He was coming back to America, he
said Would she take him in spite OF
his record of crime? In the hot
tropics his sense of right had become
atrophied. He wanted to start a new,
clean life hereafter. Would she take
him as he was?
No answer came. Myers did not
even know whether Connie had re-
ceived his letter; but when he reached
America she was married.
Then he had set to work to amass
wealth. He. too. had married. and
gradually he had forgotten Connie.
He had been happy, after fashion.
He had convinced himself that he had
only acted as white men act in the
tropics. He felt little remorse and he
had been a good husband and father.
Now. out OF the past, this man had
confronted him with that forgotten
letter.
President Myers saw the triumph in
his visitors eyes.
You understand what this means,
he said to Myers. IF were to take
this letter into any newspaper office l
The Lamar register., 1915-09-15
IN OTHER PEOPLES CLOTHES
Individuality Asserts Itself No Matter
How Many Times Garments
May Be Exchanged.

The delicacy inherent in the present
Of a cast-off suit or frock is due per
haps to the subtle clinging of the
giver's self to the serge or silk. 1t is
a strong man who feels that he Is
himself in another mans old coat. II
an individuality is fine enough to be
worth retaining. II is likely to be fine
enough to disappear utterly beneath
the weight of another mans shoulders
upon ones own. Most of us would
rather have our creeds chosen for us
than our clothes. Most of US would
rather select our own tatters than
have another's cast-off splendors
thrust upon us. It is no light achieve
ment, the living up to and into other
peoples clothes. Clothes acquire so
much personality from their first
wearer-adjust themselves to the
swell of the chest. the quirk OF the
elbow, the hitch of the p-joint-that
the first wearer always wears them,
no matter how many times they are
given away. He is always felt to be
inside, so that the second wearer's
ego is constantly bruised by the pres
sure resulting from two gentlemen &C.
cupying the same waistcoat.-From
the Atlantic.
The Lamar register., 1915-09-15

The discovery that oil from the
Devils Claws" a hitherto worthless
weed, can be utilized for food may re-
suit in making it a valuable industrial
product for the semiarid regions Of
Kansas, according to Prof. E. II. s.
Bailey, the University of Kansas food
chemist
Laboratory investigations showed
that this weed, now growing abundant
ly on the waste lands of western Kan
sas. Colorado. Texas and New Mexico.
produces a seed from which an edible
oil is extracted that may take the
place OF olive or cottonseed oil.
The press cake from the oil is also
valuable for stock food, as 1t has a
high protein value.
The Lamar register., 1915-09-15

The requirement for accuracy in
railway watches in particular, and for
others as we'll is becoming more ex-
acting every day. Horologists are at
their wits end to meet them. The
time is surely coming when a purely
mechanical device will no longer suf-
fee to produce sufficient accuracy
What then? Some other force of ma
ture must be enlisted. What will it
be? What else but that mysterious
force. electricity? That wonderful
power which is being harnessed to
tighten mans burdens and minister
to his wants and pleasures. Yes;
wireless electricity is destined to solve
the problem.-Scientific American.
The Lamar register., 1915-09-15

TASTING WITH THE NOSE
Scientist Asserted That Flavor Of Food
and Drink Is Not Through
Sense of Taste.

Sir Ray Lancaster, the eminent man
of science, asserted that the flavor OF
food and drink does not come to US
through the sense of taste. That
sense. he says, can only furnish sen.
sations that correspond to the chemi.
cal composition OF the substances pre-
scented to 1t. These sensations, while
almost infinite in their shadings. ara
few in number. We can distinguish by
taste only sweetness. bitterness,
sourness, and sadness, although the
various intensities of these sensations
are innumerable. The distinctive fla
vor of various foods is not the result
OF chemical action, and 1t not per
ceived by the taste nerves. F1avors
excite the olfactory nerve instead, and
are transmitted by it to the brain. A
person whose sense OF smell is Inn
paired is unable to detect the flavor
OF the food he eats. although he has
the taste sensation that it stimulates
This is an explanation of the effect
that influenza often has apparently on
the taste. but, really. on the sense OF
smell.
The Lamar register., 1915-09-15
Indu,trIou, Turkish Women.

The Turkish women are to be count
ed among the most Industrious women
of the earth They certainly do
vast amount OF work. They make car
pets. screens for doors. workbags,
horse clothing and blankets. A Turk
fish girl makes all the kibitka or tent
domestic carpets and other household
requisites before she is married. II
she gets married without completing
this task It is expected that she will
by her own labor refund the money
which her parents have given her as
her dowry. This dowry usually con
siss of 100 sheep and a certain
amount OF money. which a bridegroom
sither pays down in a lump sum to
he parents of the bride to collect his
riends for a succession OF horse races
md other sports. An important part
to decorate a camel with the hand
-omest trappings. which are sent to
the brides tent On this she goes
forth 10 receive congratulations of her
relatives and friends. II is on this
she is carried away by the female rela.
tives OF the bridegroom. She and her
attendants feign to resist the act by
throwing raw oats at the other
women.
The Lamar register., 1915-09-15
Filipino Myths and Leoends.

The Oldest. as well as the most fan.
ciful tales Of the early people OF the
Philippine islands, are those of the
primitive raconteurs of the mountains
of northern Luzon. The Igorots. the
Ifugaos, the Kalingas, and the others
all have curious myths and legends OF
the origin Of the world and of man
kind on the earth, some that in a way
even follow the Bible story of Noah
and the ark. Whether these stories
really originated in the islands or have
come across the waters from China
and Japan or other lands in older
days, one cannot know, but they have
a very important influence upon these
peoples today, not only in their reli-
gious beliefs, but in their everyday
customs and Neutrality-suspicious.
Grit.
The Lamar register., 1915-09-15

Harry Thompson was very much in
love with a girl. and every time that
she said anything his heart would
jump for fear that she was going to
offer him her hand.
One day he received a letter from
her. In the letter was the following;
81 have a question that | have
waited a long time to ask you, and l
hope that you will not think that |
have a nerve to do so, but it has wor-
risd me SO much and caused the loss
The Lamar register., 1915-09-15

could get five hundred for 1t. They'o
lump at the chance of downing you.
You amt popular-not exactly, in this
town. ! guess you've passed as good
citizen, but the folks don't love you.
Well, then, l offer 1t to you for five
hundred first. l don't want to black
mail I'm driven to it."
NOBODY ever blackmailed me" said
Myers.
Hanbury laughed and opened the
'rtt.'r - began In read
And so. Connie, dearest, | am tell
ing you all my past. l have done
enough to hang twenty men, if they
had been whites instead of Kanakas.
There isn't any government here, but
II Uncle Sam got hold of me he could
put me in his penitentiary for the bal
ance of my life. And though you will
be Mortified. cannot ask you to be
my wife without telling you this"
"Horrifed?" he asked. Say, you
didn't know my wife. What right had
you to suppose that good woman
would marry such a blackguard as
you? tell you. she nearly went mad
over that cowardly letter. I had been
counting her for year, and it gave
me my chance. She never regretted
1t, either. But she didn't know l got
the letter. ! thought 1t might prove
useful some day. And II will. Well,
sir, will you buy 1t for five hundred
or shall sell 1t to the Starr"
Nobody ever blackmailed me-" an
swered Myers. But ! tell you what
I'll do I'll give you an order on the
cashier for five hundred if you hand
over that letter and envelope to me-"
I'll get the money first" said Han
bury. Write: Please pay bearer five
hundred dollars in cash in return for
valuable trade Information, OF which
| am to have exclusive possession.
Finished? Good! Now well go to
the desk and draw"
Five minutes later the two men
were back in the presidents office.
Hamburg handed Myers the letter.
WELL" he said awkwardly, you
won't be troubled with me again.
Good-day."
"Stopl" said Myers. II told you no.
body ever blackmailed me. You think
| paid you FIVE hundred for the let
teri"
Sure" grinned the other.
We'll. you're wrong" said Myers
quietly. That letter was written
from Kanakaland when its short-lived
government was in power. What |
bought was the stamp, Hamburg.
That'a worth "A tbouaapd anyUhara
There are only FIVE in existence-and
the other four are imperfect. Good
dayi"
He touched the bell. and Jenkins en-
tered hurriedly.
TITS all right. Jenkins" said Myers.
Just show this gentleman to the
door. please. and see that he doesn't
return"
Hamburg. looking like a man uncer-
tain whether he has scored a victory
or suffered a crushing defeat, retreat
ed at the side OF the secretary. His
last impression of Myers was OF the
president seated at his desk. coolly
turning over his correspondence.
Jenkins" said Myers. when the
man returned, that fellow tried to
blackmail me. turned him dowS
cold. Nobody ever blackmailed me, or
ever will. BY the way, you collect
Kanakaland. don't know whether
it's worth anything, but 1t ought to be
worth a dollar or two. 1t looks like
Z rare one"
Copyright. 1913. by W. O. Chapman)
The Lamar register., 1915-09-15
Conclusive.

Penelope-Marcellus was in the
olairvoyants room for two hours.
Perciyal-She must have been hav-
ing her future told.
Penelope-Why are you so certain
Of that?
Percival-It would have taken the
clairvoyant two weeks to have told
her past.-Judge.
The Lamar register., 1915-09-15

49, Ar g
OF SO many nights steep that must
ask you it now or else don't know
what will become of me, for every time
that you leave, II comes into my mind
Well, can't keep it in any longer. and
SO here it is: How many times a week
do you shaver"
He did not read any more OF It. His
nerves had got the best of him. He
had received such a shock that he had
to be rushed to a nearby hospital.
The Lamar register., 1915-09-15
Worth Trying.

'T would give anything to be as
strong and healthy as you are" said a
lazy dyspeptic to muscular
friend. BY the way, what do you
live on?"
Nothing but fruit answered the
other.
What kind of fruit2" asked the
|, d,
The fruit of industry was the sig
Aificant reply.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-09-01
NO BODIES FOUND
IN THE F-4'S HULK

Honolulu, Sept. 1.-The hulk OF
submarine F-4, lost in Honolulu har.
bor March 25 with it's crew of TWEEN.
ty-two men and raised and placed in
dry dock, lies exposed to view. The
work of pumping out the dry dock
and raising the shattered and torn
submarine from the waters of the
harbor was completed.
If any bodies remain in the "a
they are underneath debris. Doubt
is expressed, however, if any will be
found. Great holes torn in the sub.
marine, only part of which were pro
tected by mats during the months of
raising operations. allowed the ma
rine creatures with which the waters
of Hawaii swarm to enter, and it is
expected that further search will
merely reveal that the bodies of the
crew have been entirely destroyed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-09-01
CABINET WILL REORGANIZE
Russia Plans to Combat Onward
Sweep of Teutons.

Petrograd, Sept Russia has ia.
ken the first step in a reorganization
of government in preparing to resist
the onward sweep of the Austro-Ger
man forces.
The council of the empire appointed
by the czar approved the bill passed
by the duma providing for an ad.
visory committee with powers in the
administration of army affairs. Mean.
while rumors that a coalition cabinet
is to be formed continue to circulate
In political circles.
The new advisory board will be
formed of members from the duma
and from the imperial council In.
creased production of war munitions
will be it's biggest and most important
task, but 1t will exercise general su.
pervision over assembling OF all army
supplies.
Among the duma members on the
committee will be laborers, engineers
and technical workers, it was offl cial.
ly stated.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-09-01
DO you PLAY BREVET?
Latest Game Combines Tennis, Golf
and Croquet.

Latest Game Combines Tennis, Colt
and Croquet.
Have yoa played the new game OF
breyetr Breget is ii combination game
golf. tennis and croquet all rolled
into one game-that has the thrills of
all and requires the skill and dexterity
If each. says the Springfield Repub-
lican. Ii Is played on the lawn. AT
first 1t looks like a cinch. All you
have TO DO Is to seize mallet or a
golf club. strike "A wooden ball. drive il
around stake or through a wicket.
against q net and then putt ii back
into large hole. But when you come
to try It you begin to feel foolish as
your stroke score mounts higher and
higher, and you are ready TO spend the
rest Of the day trying to beat your
own record.
While there are variations of the
game. it is played generally like golf.
hole for hole, either In match play or
for medal score. II requires balance
and precision Occasionally the ball
has to be jumped into the air from the
net. In the west the game has become
SO popular that tournaments have been
held.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-09-01
PLEADS FOR SHORT BALLOT
Eiihu Root Denounces "Bossism" in
New York State.

Albany, N. Y, Sept. From the
floor of the constitutional convention
former United States Senator Elihu
Root, president, condemned the sys.
tenn of "bossism" and invisible gov.
eminent" which. he said, to his knowl.
edge has dominated New York for
forty years, and pleaded that the peo-
pie be armed with the short ballot,
that they may establish their own
rule. 1t is all wrong, he declared.
that any other rule should exist.
This domination" Mr.. Root de-
olared, in part, has caused a deep
and sullen and long continued resent
ment among the people at being gov
erned by men not of their choosing.
They demand a change The short
ballot plan is a solution, or at least
IL may be the first step that will work
out a solution"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-09-01
ROCK ISLAND SHOWS GAIN
Last Road to Report to Minnesota
Tax Commission.

st. Paul, Sept. 1.-The tax the state
will receive from the gross earnings
of railways for the first six months
of 1915 will be s72,69S.46 less than the
amount received for the same period
OF 1914. according to figures prepared
by j. o. Preus, state auditor
The total earnings of all roads do
ing business In the state were SAL
7S8,119.31 for the first half of this
year, as compared to s43.042. .0S9.53
for the same period of 1914.
The total taxes on these earnings
are s2,0S9, 10000 for 1915 and s2,152.-
104.50 for 1914.
All reports are In the hands of the
Minnesota tax commission. The Rock
Island road reported earnings of $742.-
1910 for the first six months of 1915,
as compared to $737,O64.7O for the
same period OF 1914.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-09-01
Is Offered $4,000 to Enlist
in British Army.
One MAN PUTS UP HALF
Cerman-Americans In Brooklyn Taunt
Theodore Roosevelt by Subscribing
Money to Be Paid Former President
When He Shall Make His Appear.
ance on European Firing Line.

New York, Sept. Theodore
Roosevelt has a small fortune await.
ing him if he joins the English colors.
George Gees, a Brooklyn real es-
tate dealer, will hand over a certified
check for $4,000 If Roosevelt will
shoulder a musket and start for
France. He made the offer and told
reporter that other German-Ameri.
cans in Brooklyn would double the
sum.
This is the second challenge Mr.
Roosevelt has received to go to war.
A group of Milwaukee men, it is
said, offered Ito pay all his expenses
to the fighting line"
Il voted for Roosevelt three times, .
said Gees. When he ran for gov.
ernor OF New York | supported him
and | even went so far as to leave
the Republican party in his behalf
But he talks entirely too much for
me.
Il want TO see him back up some OF
his remarks. | want to see him start
out like real fighting man and if he
does | have $4,000 | shall hand him.
Roosevelt denounces Germany and
even insults our president, our secre
tary of war and our whole admins.
tration. What we citizens should dc
is to let Wilson alone"
Mr.. Gees said that the men willing
to offer the money were representa-.
tive business men. He stipulated that
Roosevelt should not get the money
until he was actually on the firing
line
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-09-01
sixty-eieht Steamers Lost
FOUR PEOPLE KILLED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT

Long Beach, Cal, Sept Mrs
Leonard Holmes of this city is recov
ering from injuries suffered in an au
tomobile accident in which her hus
band and his parents. Mr.. and Mrs
F. l.. Holmes, and the fifth occupant
of the car, William Craig, were killed
The car hurled through the railing o
a bridge, turned over and fell twenty
five feet. Mrs. Leonard Holmes wa.
thrown clear, escaping with minor in
iuries
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-09-01
WILL PAY NO BLACKMAIl
London Papers Oppose Any conces.
sions to Germany.

London, Sept 1.-Geimany's sub
marine warfare Is again the subie
Of editorial comment as the result of
OF the British foreign office on Ger
many's prize court decisions and the
statement contained In Washington
dispatches that German officials have
made II plain their government, as
soon as IL has relieved the strain OF
its relations with the United States
by limiting its submarine activity. will
ask the American government to de-
mand that Great Britain and her al
lies cease interfering with legitimate
neutral commerce and permit the i'm
portation of foodstuffs for the German
civilian population.
The Daily Mail. in an editorial, says
1t finds 1t difficult not to sympathize
With DIR Won Bethmann-Hollweg, the
Gerrian imperial chancellor. in his eff.
fort to extricate Germany from the
difYit ilties OF the war office and the
admiralty, but says that even II Presi.
dent Wilson should lend himself to a
compromise, which is unlikely, Great
Britain could not be q party to it.
"The British foreign Office communi-
cation" the Daily Mail says, shows
that Germany has forfeited all right
to protest against our blockade and
Great Britain has no intention of
sacrificing her legitimate naval ad'
vantage In order to assist Germany
to escape the consequences of her
criminal practices. We will pay no
biackmaii."