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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-08
INJURED FllER STILL LIVES
surseone Hold Little Hope for Baron
Won FlQyelmessy.

Allentown, Pa, Sept. 7.7-Lieutenant
Baron Ngyelmessy. the Hungarian
aviator, who fell from a height Of 500
feet at the Allentown fair grounds
during demonstration Of aerial war
fare and sustained q fractured skull
and 81 broken leg when, bis. machine
struck telegraph pole. Still is alive
at the Allentown hospital. but his
chances Z for icecovery are slim, the
surgeons say. i
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ROM the spot on the river bank
where the camp had been pitched
the great gray wall of the peniten-
l. tiary, with its ominous looking SEN
try boxes in the corner turrets, could be
plainly seen.
Weaver had growled and grumbled
about the camping place and the prox-
unity of the gloomy old prison from the
was overruled three to one. Harrington,
who had fished the river for five years and
was the originator, mainstay, and anna
teur guide of the trip, declared the spot
ideal from every viewpoint, and he was
enthusiastically upheld by Hollis and
Reynolds, who knew the feel of lead
pencil far more intimately than that of a
fishing rod.
"That COMPOUNDED prison gives me the
creeps every time | look at it," Weaver
said, as they sat around the fire on the
second night
"Dont look at it, Hollis cheerfully
suggested. "That's the obvious way out
of that trouble, Billy
al cant help it," Weaver rejoined, jab-
bling tiercely at his pipe bowl with twig.
"The place seems to have fascination
for me. When you fellows went away this
afternoon thought was going to sit here
and do whole lot of reading and give this
lame hoof of mine chance to rest up; but
every few minutes found my eyes wan
dering from the book over to that wall, and
I'd sit there wondering about the fellows
inside it and what they were doing and how
they We're feeling about it. It's fierce!'
81 wonder if any of them ever break
OUT" Hollis said musngly.
ooh, once in while" Harrington re-
turned; "but they're nearly always caught
within day or two. I've lived ten years
within thirty miles of this prison, and I've
heard of but two attempts at escape in
that time"
"Did they get both of 'em?" Hollis
asked.
al think so. know they got one,"
Harrington returned. "He came so near
to putting it over that it almost seems
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member of that hunting club, and he
happened to own the cap Dancey was
wearing. The next day Dancey was back
in the chair shop, and four convcts were
fitting iron bars across the mouth of the
sewer at the river front"
ing at the glowing embers beneath the
cracking logs. "He should have got
away. He was entitled to it after making
try like that"
though nothing!' answered Weaver.
"What are you talking about? The man
was convicted criminal, serving SEN
tence after having had fair trial. never
had any patience with this mawkish SYM
pathy over convicts. If they hadn't
broken the law, they wouldn't be where
they are, and they're getting no more than
they deserve, as a rule"
ayes, that's all very well, Harrington
said, "but somehow the disposition of
nearly every man is to help an escaping
convict to get away-he's poor hunted
wretch that's just managed to squeeze
out of a hell on earth,-and it goes pretty
hard with the average man to help put
him back there"
Weaver sat up and glared around at the
trio defantly. "Well, it wouldn't with
met" he declared. 81 wouldn't take any
chances on my own safety, understand,
but if had gun near me I'd hold it right
on any convict that saw trying to escape,
until an officer got to him. Why, I'm
amazed there can be any question in your
minds about it,"
Harrington rose, knocked the ashes
from his pipe and kicked the loose embers
of the fire into glowing heap. swell,
let's call it day he said. "I'm afraid
that lame foot of yours has soured your
angelic disposition, Billy. I'm going to
turn in"
Weaver was forced to play home guard
at the camp again the next day, when a
I.~--
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" FRANK X. FINNECAN
illustrations by Harry Townsend

shame he didn't make it, He was sent
down into the prison sewer one day with
six other cOnvicts to clean it. You may
be sure none of the guards went down in
there to watch the gang and this Dancey
decided to make a break for it by crawling
through sixteen-inch pipe to the river.
when the gang came up at six O'Clock
and was found to be one man shy the
officials didn't know whether Dancey was
off in the woods or stuck in the sewer half
way along.
zone of the rules of the penitentiary is
that the big siren whistle shall be sounded
when a prisoner escapes, and everybody
for miles around is expected to be on the
lookout for him. But the warden hap
pened to be in bad with the prison COM
mission just then, and he didn't want any
hullabalOO about an escaped convict es-
pecially as there was a chance that Dam
cey might be damned in the sewer; so he
didn't have the whistle sounded.
"They wasted an hour or so fooling
around, and in the meantime Dancey
was making his way through the woods
toward Douglasville, about seven miles
from here. There's hunting clubs shack
on the river about mile out of town;
but the season hadn't opened, and nobody
was around the place. Dancey broke in.
got an old shooting jacket and a pair of
khaki trousers out of locker, took a cap
off peg where some one had hung it
three months before, and was fixed He
chucked his prison outfit into the woods,
strolled into Douglasville, and waited for
a freight train"
"HOW did they get him." Reynolds in
terrupted.
well the way they got him shows on
what small incidents big events often
hang" Harrington said, lighting his pipe.
"The freight train came along and Dam
cey swung onto the caboose. The con-
ductor happened to live in Douglasville.
He opened the door a moment
after Dancey got on, and
= thinking he might he n neigh
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now: they'll be after me any
minute. | just got out of that
hell over there-you'll have to
help me get away, Billy. You'll
have to, do you hear? Never
mind about what's over and
done: let bygones be bygones.
You'll have to get me some
clothes instead of these cursed
rags-that's what | was creeping
up here through the bushes for.
And then | saw you sitting here
alone, and knew it was all right"
His words poured over one
another in torrent. Weaver,
slowly recovering from the first
shock, looked at him fixedly.
"What did you do that brought
you behind the bars at LAST" he
demanded.
"Oh, never mind about that
now, Billy the fugitive pleaded,
glancing over his shoulder.
"There isn't time! They may
miss me any minute and get after
me. Don't be afraid" he went
on, watching the hard light in
his brothers eyes. at wasn't
murder. 1t was only a mining
stock deal-and at that | wasn't
guilty. The other fellow got away
with all the coin and left me
holding the bag"
Weaver suddenly caught
hint of the panic that was in his
brothers tone and manner.
"Come into the tent" he said
shortly. "You'd better be out of
sight, anyhow"
The young fellow darted under
the canvas like a gray streak, and
Weaver followed him stumb-
lingly. His mind was in a whirl.
What to do? What to do?
"You've got something here
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long tramp after
cartridges was
on the program.
The trouble
some foot that
had kept him
close to the tents
for two days
served warming
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He opened the door a moment
after Dancey got on, and
thinking he might be a neigh
Dor who wanted to ride a few
miles invited him inside.
Dancey stepped inside, and
then things began to happen.
The conductor not only lived
in Douglasville, but he was a
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that roaming through the woods was still
out of the question, and he faced the
situation cheerfully, with couple of
books to console him.
When the others were gone he shifted
the rustic seat Reynolds had fashioned
from boughs and branches and settled
himself to read in a comfortable spot under
a big pine.
The breeze that presaged the coming of
evening was family stirring in the woods
behind him when Weaver heard sound
that brought his mind back from the Bou-
levard Michel and focused his attention
on the bushes at his right. There was
movement there, slight rustling and
stirring that betokened the presence of
something alive. He had placed shot
gun beside his chair in the faint hope that
a partridge or squirrel might blunder
within range. Now he noiselessly laid
down his book and picked up his gun,
keeping wary eye on the bushes.
1t would probably be partridge. he
thought, as he brought the gun to bear OH
the spot and sat motionless, waiting.
What joke it would be on the trio of
hunters who had walked miles in search
of birds if he could only bring one down at
the tent door!
The rustling of leaves and branches
continued for few seconds. Then the
bushes parted, gaunt, gray face sur
mounting a shapeless coat looked out
at him, and strangling, unhuman voice
gasped:
"Don't shoot, Billy! It's Harry!"
WEAVER started to his feet, trembling
with the shock of surprise that sick
ened him to the soul. Under the prison pal
lor of the face before him he recognized
his youthful brother, the one crooked
branch of the family tree.
"Harry!' he whispered hoarsely. "NIy
God, Harry! What are you doing in this
fix? A criminal! A convict"
The other darted forward the instant
the gun was lowered "Are you alone
here?" he demanded, peering round at the
tents. 81 haven't time to tell you about it
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13
A CHRISTMAS elFT.

Ardmore and Carter county bid
fair TO got Christmas gift in the
shape of two more oil fields
We am recognize that so far the
top of the ground has been but mere
" scratched, and all OF us feel that
beneath the surface there is still un-
bounded wealth, trying to burst from
its prison bonds The indications at
Fox and Graham are good, hut only
prcsage what we might expect from
many other sections of the county.
When Tulsa first became an oil
city. as Ardmore is today, oil was
miles away. Now it is in her back
yard. 1t will be the same with Ard
more.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13
Bomb Makers Book Found

san Francisco. Dec. IA twenty
five page typewriter instruction book
on bomb making was found Saturday
in room occupied by J. w. Schweit'
ger when he was arrested by secret
service men for alleged attempted
coun;erfeiting. Coin molds were also
seized. Schweitzer. who claimed to be
a writer using another name, said he
came here from Baltimore seven
months ago. He said he had made
no bombs. and knew nothing of such
work. On the bomb making instruc-
tion book was written. when YOU
have acquired the information herein,
pass it on TO another rebel" according
to secret service men.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13
THE WAR PENDULUM

The war pendulum still swings
Not as vigorously as Il year ago, per
haps, but stll swinging, first to the
entente and then to the Teutonic al
lies. Right now it seems to be on
the German side again, this time be-
cause poor little Serbia has been
overwhelmed, her doughty people
driven out, and her property conlis-
Gated.
1t is the fortunes of war, and, after
all, only an incident, We in this
peaceful United states often ask our
selves: When will il end? Not until
other victories are won, and other
battles lost; not until the walls of
Europe, already calcimined with hut
man blood, are dyed a still deeper
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13
CHRISTMAS BENEvoLENcE

The spirit of Christmas is on us
again. The leayen is at work ana
misery and woe is being mellowed
by the prevailing feeling which IKE
smallpox, is so catching at this time
Dickens "Old Droege' lives ior'
ever Thank God the leaven oil
Christmas is also as everlasting.
None will be forgotten in Ardmore
this year Already Christian inhu'
ences are at work to provide for the
little "window-lookers' and The Ard
moreite does not feel that it has to
do more than just call attention to
the fact that willing hands are ready
to do the work; the ways and means
as usual will be ample.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13
GREEN BUGS DAMAGBE WHEAT
GROWTH OF PEST ALARMING

Oklahoma City, Okla, Dec. l3,-The
green bug has been appearing in
alarming numbers in wheat fields all
over Oklahoma The experts of the de
partment of agriculture attribute this
condition TO the wet weather of the
past summer and the late fall ana
omen winter up to this time. THIS
weather has been conducive to growth
of the wheat and to life of the bugs
The report from the department is
that the green bug has made appear
ance i'm Tennessee. Texas, Oklahoma,
Kansas. and New Mexico and that the
menace to the coming wheat crop Is
very grave,
Farmers are urged by the depart
ment of agriculture to watch their
fields carefully for spots where the
nest is abundant and the wheat plants
change to a red or yellow color Such
spots or areas should be Immediately
plowed under and rolled, or If straw
is abundant, this should be spread over
the spots and burned The danger of
a serious outbreak in the coming
spring will depend upon weather con
ditions between this and April l.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13
EXPLOSlON.PRoOF OIL CAR
DESIGNED BY FRISCO PEOPLE

Tulsa, Okla, Dec. 1.-An oil tank
car designed to be explosion proof
Is being shown here by the St Louis
a san Francisco Railroad company.
The tank to hold the volatile oil is in
sections patterned after the gasoline
tanks in large motor yachts, and all
of the bolts are on the outside of the
tank. minimizing the possibilities of
gas and oil secping through bolt holes.
The explosion of a car of oil at Ard
more, in which forty-four persons were
killed. suggested to the designers of
oil cars.
The capacity of the car is 10000 gal
Ions or 100000 pounds, and it has
been tested to a pressure of six pounds
to the square inch. 1t has n total
length. outside of thirty-three feet and
measures in every way up to the Unit
ed States safety appliance standard.
The car is known as the sectional
safety first tank car" and as fast as
the cars can be manufactured, they
will be used to replace many of the
tank cars that now are being used by
the railroad 1t is stated that the re-
fning companies which operate their
own cars may adopt models similar
to the one just put in service by the
Frisco,
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red; not until Europe's fertile fields
bathed in the tears of her women
and children, are more saturated; not
until the pendulum swings itself out
Its movement is already weaker, but
still shows no great signs of running
down.
But sooner or later its stroke Will
be shorter, its momentum less, ana
then il will stop. And after that
no human mind can portray what Will
be left. nor words describe what its
future will be.
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An Inspiration.

A magazine whose class of litera-
ture is an inspiration in the home,
and has been the turning point for
the better in many a boys life. Order
any magazine you want through Mrs.
John F. Easley. phone Gal, and save
the trouble. and leave part of your
money at home 1913
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13

Material changes in the existing
grades of bitumnous coal in the Mis-.
sissippi River valley, which will allow
railroads to make lower rates on all
through traffic than on traffic to in
termediate points, have been ordered
by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13

After January l, railroads entering
New York City will reduce the free
time allowance on freight billed to the
seaboard for export from thirty to tif-
teen days. 1t is estimated that $4,000
cars loaded with freight are standing
in and around the city and that the
amount of material awaiting export
is five times as much as that which
the available ships can carry.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13

Elmer Lovely, a member OF a boys
potato club in Presque Isle, Me. made
a profit Of $500 on four acres Of po-
tatoes. the largest sum made by any
one boy. although others made more
in proportion to the amount raised.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13
PASTOR UNDER ARREST

Strong Feeling Against Minister Held
on Serious Charge.
TeXarkana, Texas, Dec. 13.-F. 7.
Stillstreet. preacher. was arrested
here today, charged with criminal as
sault upon a 13-year-old girl. He is
being closely guarded because of the
public indignation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13
Not to Be Fooled.

Tell me, moo, Jamie, what was the
most wonderful thing you saw when
at sea-"
4 think the strangest thing | saw
was the flying fish"
moo. laddie, dinna max a fule o
yer mither Wha ever heard o. fish
fleein'?"
Another strange thing | saw when
crossing the Red sea. We dropped
anchor. and when we raised it again
there was one of the wheels OF Phar-
oah's chariot entangled on it,
"Ay, laddie, I'll believe that. we've
scrinture for that ."-Tit-Bits.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13

\ marked increase in California
travel prior to the holidays is notice
able from the fact that it has been
necessary to add extra sleeping cars
every night to the regular equipment
of the Overland Limited train leav-
ing the Chicago & Northwestern Rail
way passenger terminal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13
In Need of a Stove.

The ladies of the Benevolent So
ciety have urgent need for wood
or coal heater and anyone who has
one to donate, please call Mrs. Ju-
lius Kahn or Mrs. J. r. Pennington.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13

Heartburn is l symptom OF indiges,
ton. Take a dose OF HERBlNE in such
cases The pain disappears instantly.
the bowels operate speedily and you
feel fine. vigorous and cheerful Price
soc. Sold by Bomar Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13

officials of the Norfolk < Western
Railroad announces that the company,
the Baltimore & Ohio and Chesapeak
will adhere to a decision reached by
their Representatives in New York
last month to increase rates on coal
shipments from West Virginia mines
to western points. The date of the
new tariffs has not been fixed. A max
imum advance Of Is cents a ton will
be proposed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13

Attorneys for the receivers of the
Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad
have filed motion at jefferson City,
Mo. for a rehearing and modification
of the recent ruling of the state pub
lie service commission authorizing a
limited increase of passenger and
freight rates by Missouri railroads,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13

LEGISLATION affecting the railroads
and the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion in the opinion of administration
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13
CASHIER PLEADS GUILTY
Texas Banker Enters Plea of Guilty
to Embezzlement Charge.

Fort Worth, Texas, Dec 13.-John
T. Adams. former cashier, today
pleaded guilty to four charges of en-
bezzlement from the Keller State
bank, and was given two years in
each case.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13
1O1nl

STOCKHOLDERS MEETING - The
regular annual meeting of share
holders of State National Bank of
Ardmore, Oklahoma, will be held
on Tuesday. January II, 1916, be-
tween the hours of 10 O'Clock a. m
and 4 o'clock p. m, at its banking
office, for the purpose of electing
directors to serve the ensuing year,
and the transaction of other busi-
ness. Dated at Ardmore, Oklahoma
December 10, 1915.
HAROLD WALLACE,
-O-1m Cashier.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13

\ SHAREHOLDERS MEETING-On
Tuesday, January II, 1915, between
the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and
$3.50 o'clock p. m, at its office in
the city of Ardmore, Oklahoma,
there will be a meeting of the
shareholders of the First National
Bank of Ardmore, Oklahoma. for
the purpose of electing nine direc-
tors to serve for the ensuing year,
and to transact any and all other
business that may come before
such meeting.
Z. L. ANDERSON,
lO.fm Cashier.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13
STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS

STOCKHOLDERS MEETING - On
Monday, January 10, 1916, between
the hours of 10 a. m,, and $3.50 p.
M, at the offices Of the association
in the Guaranty Bank Building in
in the City of Ardmore, there will
be a meeting of the stockholders of
the Peoples Building &, Loan Asso-
citation of Ardmore, Oklahoma, for
the purpose of electing fifteen direc-
tors and to transact any and all 9th
er business that may come before
such meeting,
1O-1m G. p. SELVIDGE, Secy.
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LOST AND FOUND.

LOST-L.ast Thursday, in northwest
Ardmore. gray overcoat Return to
Ardmoreite and receive reward. 1872
LOST-Gold bar pin with turquoise
matrix setting. Finder please phone
Mrs. Fowlkes, at 73S or 500, and re-
ceive reward. lS-o
LOST-Bill book containing Sl1 to
500 Reward if returned to F. f
Butler. Ringing, Okla.
LOST-Between WoOdford and Ard
more. gray cover for Ford car.
Return 20 Joe Williford at Wood
ford or Ardmoreite office, Ardmore.
1s-s
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13

Chicago. Milwaukee and 1t. Paul
Railway agents report that every avail
able freight car is being utilized to
handle the largest and most valuable
shipments ever carried over the line.
II is said. the St Paul is doing a big
ger business than ever before in the
history of the road, and an army of
men is employed in caring for the in
creased traffic.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13

STOCKHOLDERS MEETING - The
regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Ardmore Nation
al Bank of Ardmore. Oklahoma,
will be held on Tuesday, January
II, 1916, between the hours of 10
o'clock a. m. and o'clock p. m,
at its banking office, for the pur-
pose of electing directors to serve
for the ensuing year, and the trans
action of other business. Dated at
Ardmore, Oklahoma, December 10.
1915.
p. D. MAXWELL,
1O.1m Cashier.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Buggy, horse, harness
and saddle. Phone 376. 1-tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13

1t is learned that all southeastern
railroads have filed new tariffs with
the interstate commerce commission
asking increases in freight rates, at
almost all points, effective January /,
1916. All chambers of commerce and
boards of trade in the southeast, join
in a protest against the increase and
will ask suspension pending hearings
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13

Liven up your business-try the
Want Ads.
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l0.fnl

STOCKHOLDERS MEETING - The
regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Guaranty State
Bank of Ardmore, Oklahoma,
will be held on Tuesday, January
II, 1916, between the hours of 10
o'clock a. m. and o'clock p. m,
at its banking office, for the pur-
pose of electing directors to serve
for the ensuing year, and the trans
action of any and all other busi,
ness that may come before such
meeting.
E. E. CHIVERS,
1O-1m Cashier.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-13

TIE GEORGIA STATE SAVINGS
Association, the best loan PROPOSE
tiGn in the city. No stock invest
ment required. E. E. Guillot, Agent.
zS-1m
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FOR RENT

BOARD AND ROOM-At 321 South
Mill street. Phone 562. 13tf