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The Washington herald., 1915-01-12
Love Wife FACES .
. TRIAL FOR LIFE
Prosecutor Asks Grand Jury
to Indict Mrs.
Rogers.
SEEKS POISON BUYER
Attorney Believes Woman Was Not
Actual Purchaser of Mercury
Tablets.

New York, Jan Il.-Whether a second
party had anything to do with the pur-
chase Of the bichloride of mercury tablets
with which his wife" Mrs. Ida Sniffen
Walters. killed her two young children,
is one OF the chief questions before the
Bronx grand jury, which took up Mrs.
Walters case today. District Attorney
Martin will ask for an indictment for
murder. first degree, against Mrs. Walters
today.
One of the most important witnesses is
a druggist, A. Di Belli, at whose store,
1881 Boscobel avenue. Mrs. Rogers said
she bought the poison. Di Belli was sub
poenaed today to produce his record book
of poison sales.
II the district attorney succeeds in get
ting his indictment, Mrs. Rogers. who is
under police guard at the Lebanon Hos
pital, where she is recovering from the
poison she took when she gave it to the
children. will be arraigned without de-
lay.
To Be Correspondent.
1t was announced today that Mrs. Caro-
line Giddings Rogers. Rogers legal wife
and a sister Of Prof. Giddings, of Co
lumbia University, has definitely decided
| to get a divorce. Emory J. Buckner has
J prepared the case, and Mrs. Walters win
be named as correspondent
Prosecutor Martin admitted today that
the chance of getting a first degree in
dictment or an indictment for murder
in any degree, was slight. He said pub
lie sentiment seemed to be strongly in
sympathy with the woman, and that he
himself did not relish the task of prose-
cutting her for murder. He said, how
ever the circumstances of the crime de-
manded energetic prosecution.
Mr.. Martin has forbidden Rogers to
see the woman for the time being. He
thinks they should have no opportunity
to confer, now that Abraham Levy.
criminal lawyer. has been retained to de-
fend Mrs. Walters
Woman to Plead Insanity.
1t has been pretty well established
that the defense will be insanity Al
though nothing definite has been an
nounced, this has been reported by per-
sons in the confidence Of the principals
in the case.
The attitude of Rogers toward the
woman is still problem. With a law
yer's knowledge of the value of silence
to one who is in trouble, he has refrain
ed from making public statements.
If the grand jury indicts, Mrs. Wal
ters may be married to Rogers be-
fore she is brought to trial There is
no legal bar to the ceremony being
performed if the present Mrs. Rogers
com esinto court. 1t is said that Mrs.
Caroline GiddnGs Rogers will begin pro-
Ceedings this week.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-12
THIEL IS NOMINATED
AS DEPUTY TREASURER
Secretary to John Burke Will Succeed
George Fort, Recently Made
Assistant Treasurer.

President Wilson yesterday nominated
Frank J. T. Thiel as Deputy Assistant
Treasurer Of the United States, to sue
ceed George Fort, who was confirmed
Friday as Assistant Treasurer. Mr.. Thiel
is private secretary to United States
Treasurer Burke.
Mr.. Thiel was born in Fort Wayne, Ind,
thirty-nine years ago. In 1894 he was
graduated from the Fort Wayne Business
College He has been in the Treasury
Department since 1906, when former
Treasurer McCIurg selected him as his
secretary.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-12
Rlackistone Heads Section.

z. d. Blackstone was elected chair
man of the florists section OF the Re-
tail Merchants Association at a meet
Ing held at the association headquarters
last night. Routine business of the
section was transacted.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-12

Guthrie Entertains Expo. Envoy.
Tokyo, Jan n.-American Ambassador
George W. Guthrie today gave a fare
well luncheon to Admiral Baron Chigeto
Dewa, special Japanese envoy to the
Panama exposition in San Francisco.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-12
TAKE Town after
NOTWITHSTANDING
French Efforts Crowned with
Success at Perthes-les-
Hurlus.
LOCATED NEAR RAILWAY
Victory Here Makes Up for Failure
to Advance at Other Points,
Says Correspondent.
rahIe tn M rn.hinrtnn Hrrald

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
London, Jan. ia special correspon~
dent of the London Times sends the fol-
lowing dispatch from point behind the
allies center.
AN exceptionally hard months work
has just been crowned triumphantly BY
the capture OF Perthes-les-Hurlus.
The history of the taking of this viii
lage. situated about half way between
Rheims and Verdun, illustrates admir-
ably the determined effort the FrencR
are making throughout this district ana
the difficulties by which they are be-
ing confronted.
Now that the village Of Perthes has
been captured and the French positions
made good around the place II is reason
able to expect that a further advance
will be made and that the line at this
point will be pushed forward until 1t Is
more level with those of the other ad-
vances which have been proceeding
around to the north of Mesnil-les-Hurlus
and Beausejour.
Great stores of guns, ammunition anC
other provisions fell into the hands o
the French at Perthes.
The French have established themselve
upon a piece Of comparatively dominating
| court-Aprement Railway line a its near
est point
VIII Halt Supplies.
Their advance here and in the neigh
borhood Of Mesnin and BeausejouT
II maintained. must mean that be
| fore long a considerable section Of th
zone will be completely under the fire o
the French guns and thus will be rem
| dered useless for the passage of sup
plies.
| Undoubtedly it is on account OF it
| geographical situation near the railwa!
and its consequent importance that TIT
French communiques have given Perthes
| lesHurles such Importance.
This success, goes far to Compensat
for the less profitable operations else
where. Not, indeed, that the French any
where have had a serious setback.
In the Rheims regions, to the northwest
of that city, they have had the better
of the exchanges in the intermlnable ar
tillery duels and the fact that they were
announced recently to have advanced tc
Bac, may be taken as indicating that
they have now crossed the Aisne River
and the Marine Canal
Between Rheims and Perthes, however
the situation is not materially improved
l am told on first rate authority thai
Cernay-le- Rheims which lies between
the city of Rheims, Berry-au-Bac anC
Nogent-le-Blesse, now has become no
man STAND" but a direct attempt to dis
lodge the Germans from these heights
from which nearly all the recent seriou.
damage to the town has come. has beer
fruitless.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-12

Queensland is estimated to have 40ooO.-
coo acres OF forests as yet uninspected
and unreserved.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-12
Hand Print Found.


Mrs. Hughes and her father had lived
at the Virginia home for about two years.
1t is a pretty house-a two-story light
brick structure, with a yard shaded by
fine old trees. and eighteen acres Of farm
land. which slope down toward the river.
which can be seen from the windows of
the house
The police have been furnished with
the descriptions of two young men who
got on an electric car at Clark station
Saturday night about 1890 o'clock. One
is described as tall and with light hair.
and the other as considerably shorter,
with dark hair and dark mustache. The
descriptions were furnished by John
LoVelace, conductor, and Mrs. Vincent
Powers, passenger. The two men in
quired repeatedly as to the location OF
Clark station, asking that they be let
on there. Both alighted at the station
and walked toward the Hughes house.
Mrs. Powers said they talked with a
peculiar accent, and that she thought at
first they were Jews.
The print of full hand was found YES
terday on the glass pane to the from
door of the house. The pane was re-
moved and the print was photographed
hand print also was discovered or
bar to the fence at the northwest cor
ner Of the yard. The board was removed
and the print photographed.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-12

and dresses, together with two silver mir
rors, a silver hairbrush, a pair Of military
brushes and a silver clothes brush. and
then fastened the straps tight. The suit
case was so full il would NOT clnse
The Washington herald., 1915-01-12

National Thea
ter, Frid n y,
Jan. 10, 4i30.
Pricesi S2.5O,
3 20 o, Is o =,
S1.OO. ID OK e :,
5000.
On sale a Z
DrOOps', 1 st h
and G.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-15
ARDNORE
LOOKS GOOD
To OIL MEN
INVESTMENTS HAVE ALREADY
BEEN MADE AND A WONDER
CITY is THE TALK AMONG OIL
FRATERNITY.

Oil production in southern Okla
homa is creating more interest than
any other oil area in the United
States. Outside of California, Okla
homa is the greatest oil state in the
union and at this time Oklahoma is
the busiest state in oil production,
due TO the federal government shut
ting down operations in California
in series of suits. The fields are
newest here in Oklahoma, the pros
poets are brighter, geologists have
reported that the Fox district looks
like a field that will be as great as
Gushing ever was, and naturally there
is an intense interest being taken
in this locality. The prospects are
that vast amount of work lies
ahead of the driller Some parties
were here this week from another
state and made a contract to drill a
well to a depth of $500 feet. On
account of some titles TO lands that
must be cleared up, the location is
not given to the public but the rig
has been ordered in and contract
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-15
FIRST TRADES
DAY WAS VERY
SUCCESSFUL
MERCHANTS DID GOOD BUSINESS
AND THE COUNTRY PEOPLE
WERE GIVEN SOME GENUINE
BARGAINS.

The first trades day inaugurated
by the Retailers association, was
most successfully carried out, and all
the merchants who entered into the
agreement to give genuine bargain
made good, and a large crowd of
people from the rural districts appre-
ciated the generous spirit of the mer-
chants, and made liberal purchases.
There were really more people in
town today than were expected. This
being the first day of the kind held
in this city, the people from the rural
districts were not aware what it
meant to them, but no doubt the
next day advertised will bring a much
larger crowd to town than the first
one did. All merchants in the agree
ment state that they had good days
business, and were more than salts
fed with the way in which the day
was conducted by the secretary of
the Retailers association.
Another day will be decided upon
at the next regular meeting of the
association, which will be held this
week at the rooms of the Chamber
of Commerce.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-15
MRS. 7. 8. BOOTH
PASSED AWAY
YESTERDAY
AN ESTIMABlE WOMAN DIED
TUESDAY EVENING AFTER LIN
GERlNG ILLNESS - THE CITY
MOURNS HER DEATH.

Yesterday afternoon the citizens of
the city were shocked at the an
nouncement of the death of Mrs. Ir.
Il. S. Booth, which occurred at the
family residence on West Main street
at 5:15 o'clock, after lingering i'll
ness.
Deceased had been an invalid for
number of years, but the end was
unexpected by her immediate family
and friends. The funeral services
will be conducted from the family res
idence this afternoon at o'clock by
Rev. j. w. Burns of the First Chris
tian church. with interment in Rose
Hill cemetery. The pallbearers will
be Doctors McNees, Hardy, Cox, Best,
Roadway and Conine.
Deceased is survived by her hus-
band, two sons-J. E. and Otto, and
one daughter, Bertha of this city.
Besides the above, relatives here to
attend the funeral are Miss Rather
inc Booth of Paris, Texas, niece of
the deceased DR.. w. e. Booth of
Paris. Tex, could not come on ac-
count of sickness in his own family.
Emma Roland Booth was born at
Mount Enterprise Rusk county, Tex,
September 26, 1859. She was married
to DR.. T. S. Booth at that place and
shortly afterward removed to this city
which has been their home for q
years. She was a devoted wife and
mother, and the entire community
mourns with the bereaved family cN or
her loss. She was kind-hearted and
generous. Her many acts of charity
We're known only to those who were
beneflciaries of her bounty, rs she
practiced the Bible injunction 20 let
not her left hand know what the
right hand doeth. She will be missed
in this community, and the beautiful
floral offerings sent in by loving
friends this morning attest the esteem
in which she was held by all.
The hrdmoreite, together with the
entire citizenship of the city, extends
sincere coincidence to the bereaved
family in their dark hour of sorrow
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-15
LECTURE HERE
TUESDAY At THE
AUDITORIUM
BlCkNELL YOUNG OF CHICAGO
WILL DELIVER A FREE LEG
TURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
IN THIS CITY.

The local Christian Science Society
has arranged with Bicknell Young to
deliver a free lecture in Ardmore at
the high school auditorium at 500
o'clock p. m, Tuesday, December 21
Invitations have been sent to churches
in surrounding towns and large at
tendance is expected. Mr.. Young is
one of the most noted members of the
board of lectureship of the church.
While in Kansas City, a few weeks
ago, he delivered six lectures in sue
cession and at the request of the bust
ness men he addressed them at a
noon-day meeting on the subject of
religion in business.
The local society opened a reading
room at 12412 West Main street few
months ago and since that time a
number of copies of Science and
Health, with Key to the Scriptures,
the text book of the church, have been
sold, and widespread interest is being
manifested in the work here. 1t is said
of this church that it is the only one
which has an average attendance of
80 per cent of the membership at the
mid-week meetings.
A general invitation is extended to
the public to hear the lecturer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-15

London, Dec. 15.-The Bull
garians are definitely declared
to have stopped the pursuit of
the allies short of the Greek
boundary, according to an Of
fetal Greek statement today,
which denies Tuesday nights
reports that the Bulgarians had
crossed the boundary line of
Greece.
Unofficial accounts of the al
lies retreat fail to confirm the
reports that the allied lines
were cut in two by the Bulgars.
The Turks are still claiming
the advantage in the recent
fighting with the British in
Mesopotamia.
The sinking of a German
submarine off Varna, and Of
Turkish torpedo boat by the
British in the Sea of Marmora,
was reported today. The re-
port that the Turkish cruiser
Sultan Selim had been sunk,
has not been confirmed.
Greek socialists are calling
for Intervention, says an Athens
report.
Berlin claims that the Ger
mans brought down four allied
aeroplanes in France today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-15

for the drilling will b3 awarded before
the end of the week, and drilling
will be begun within a short time
The location is to the north of the
Gypsy well and it will be the most
interesting test in Oklahoma when it
is started Marietta parties have also
contracted to drill a well to a depth
of 1000 feet in that locality, and
these wells will be watched with
much interest all over the country.
With the prospects that a great Oil
field is to be opened up that will
make many fortunes, it is only natu-
raj that there should be much inter
est felt Oil men from a dozen states
have invested here. Some big prices
for prospective oil lands have been
paid.
Ardmore must keep on the lookout
for its oil supremacy. A gooG road
from Milo to that section of the
country is badly needed or will be II
a field is opened. An oil man who
has been in the business for years,
and who knows as much of the game
as can be gathered in a lifetime,
states that there is every reason to
believe that Ardmore will grow into
as good a town as Tulsa has made
He states that the fields here are
longer lived than the fields there,
and he has already made some in
vestments in Ardmore property and
expects good returns on his money,
A Houston, Texas, operator said the
surest chances to make money in
this country lies in Ardmore real es-
tate investments. He says the prices
asked here now will seem so small
that the people will smile at them
within year from now. This feeling
of optimism for Ardmore among the
oil fraternity is being reflected by the
people of the city, and options on
real estate are being taken, and
few purchases are being made.
There is every reason to believe
that Ardmore is taking on rapid
growth now that will make it one OF
the wonder cities of the state.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-15
AUSTRIA WILL
PAY INDEMNITY
FOR AMERICANS
GENEVA SAYS 1T is GENERALLY
BELIEVED IN VIENNA THAT
AUSTRIA WILL GIVE SATISFAc-
TloN ITO UNITED STATES.

Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. 15.-It is
generally believed in Vienna that
Austria will give the United States
satisfaction and pay indemnity for the
loss of American citizens lives, when
the Ancona was sunk by a submar-
inc, according to a dispatch received
here.
The note from the United States
created a profound impression in the
Austrian government and political cir
cles. says a dispatch, and it is re-
sented by the minority.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-15
UNION DEPOT
T0BE MODERN
STRUCTURE
PLANS CALL FOR A BUILDING
ADEQUATE TO NEEDS OF THE
CITY FOR MANY YEARS TO
COME.

Part of the plans for the new union
station have been made public. and
show that the building will be ade-
quate TO the needs of the city for
many years to come. The location
will be- further north of the old site,
and the express office, as it now
stands, will be removed to make room
for the main building. The park in
front of the old building will be- en-.
larged and made an attractive spot.
and, taken altogether, the new build.
in. and site will De one Of he at
,rdctive places 0; :no city.
There has been much speculation
as to the intention of the S@nta Fc
in regard to a station and freight
house here, but so many matters ere
being adjusted by the company that
they have had no time heretofore to
make their intentions public. The
citizens of the city may rest assured
that the company will build a depot
that will be a credit to the city, and
will be located where it will serve
the greatest number of people with
minimum of inconvenience.
Work on the new building will
probably not begin until after the
first of the year The plans for the
freight house call for a brick and
concrete fireproof structure, which
will be erected on the site Of the
building destroyed by the recent dis
aster
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-15
TO AID LUMBER INDUSTRY
Canadian Government Will Fit Out
Ships to Help Lumbermen.

Washington, Dec. 15.-Canadian
government aid to the Pacific coast
lumber industry, by fitting out twenty
ships is planned in bill to be pre-
sented to the British Columbian par
lament, according to advices reach
ing here today The bill will have
the government support, and such a
fleet would more than triple the eX-
port facilities for the Canadian Pa
cific lumbermen.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-15
Bic SHORTAGE
IN INTERNAL
REVENUE DUE
TREASURY DEPARTMENT ESTi-
MATES SAY THERE WILL BE A
SHORTAGE OF EIGHTY MILLION
DOLLARS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

Washington, Dec. IA shortage
of more than eighty million dollars
in the internal revenue will result
at the end of the next fiscal year, ac-
cording to treasury estimates, unless
congress extends the emergency rev.
enue bill as reported fayorably today
and House Leader Kitchin declares
ii will pass by the end of the week.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-15
SOUTH NEEDS
PROTECTION
Of Bic NAVY
SECRETARY DANIELS IN SPEECH
AT SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL
CONGRESS, URGES NEED OF
LARGER NAVY.

Charleston, S. c., Dec. 15.-Secre-
tary Daniels tocuy, IN a speech here
before the Southern Commercial con-
gress, declared that the south needs
the protection of an adequate navy.
The principal crop of cotton, he
said, must largely be sold abroad.
and declared that our future merchant
marine must be backed up by the
navy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-15
CROPS WORTH
FIVE AND HALF
BILLIONS
FIGURED AT DECEMBER PRICES,
THIS YEARS FARM CROPS ARE
MOST VALUABLE IN HISTORY
OF COUNTRY.

Washington, Dec. 15.-This years
principal farm crops are worth five
and one-half billion dollars at the
December prices, according to de-
partment announcement today.
The value exceeds last year by
more than half a billion dollars, and
is considered the most valuable in
the history of the country.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-15
.BU[CARS STOPPED PURSUIT At
GREEK BOUNDARY LINE TODAY
GREEK STATEMENT DENIES LAST NIGHTS REPORTS
THAT BULCARIANS HAD CROSSED THE LINE INTO
GREECE, WHILE PURSUING RETREATING ALLIES

Todays Reports Also Fail to 'rm Reports that bulgars
Had Cut AngloFrench Lin. "s Two-Turks Claiming
Advantage of Recent Fighting Ht, British in Mesopo-
tamia-Last Nights Reports that l. d 'ans Were Con-
tinuing Pursuit of Allies Greek I. r, Indicated,
Report Proved True that Next Big Battle Would Likely
Fought in Greek Territory-Itaans Continue to Ham
mer Away at Austrans in Gorilla Territory and Town of
Gorilla Itself has been Subjected to Bombardment Aus
trian Officers declaring Italian Artillery Fire the Most
Severe of Any Experienced During the War; -
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-15
KING CONSTANTINE ILL
Has Influenza in Mild Form-Physic-
ians Recommend Rest

london, Dec liking Constantine
of Greece has influenza in a mild
form. with symptoms of fever, says
an Athens dispatch today. Complete
rest for the king has been recon-
mended
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-15
FORD PARTY IN ENGLAND.
Oscare II Arrived Safely at kirkwall
England, Today.

Kirkwall, England, Fec. 15.-The
steamship Oscar II bearing the Ford
peace party, arrived here today.
This means that the ship is being
detained for investigation by Eng
land.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-15
RoBBER SENTENCED.
Pal Of "Red" Kelly Given Similar
Sentence at Dallas.

Dallas, Tex, Dec. 15.-Dave Widen
er was today sentenced to ninety-nine
years for robbery with firearms. lie
pleaded guilty yesterday with Frank
Red Kelly, who was given similar
sentence yesterday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-15

Austin, Tex, Dec. 15.-The consti-
tutionality of the pool hall law was
again upheld by the court of crimi-
nal appeals, in case from Mcclellan
county.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-15
ARREST MEXICAN SWINDLERS
Thirteen Bandits Arrested for Swim
ding of More Than Million.

u7'TTg OF WUTe THdH WT''ToT''
Galveston, Tex, Dec. 15.-The au-
thorities at Mexico City have ar
rested thirteen bandits, who swindled
the public out of more than million
dollars by representing themselves
as army officers, according to a
cablegram received at the consulate
today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-15

Liven up your business-try the
Want Ads.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-15
WEATHER FORECAST

New Orleans, La, Dec. 15.-
The weather forecast for Ok
lahoma for tonight is rain or
snow in the west and rain in
the eastern portion; colder ex-
cept in the extreme south
eastern portion. Thursday fair
and colder.