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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1915-06-18

has been that should ana Will awaken the
people OF the action 1t is full Of lessons to
the state. The Senate has II members who are ia
vorabe to county option possibly more than that
1t only takes 70 votes to pass bill.
Early in the session the county option bill was
introduced by Senator Pervier OF the 37th district.
1t was sent to the license committee. There are IS
members on this committee, and eight of them are
favorable to county option. The chairman, however,
is active leader of the wet forces, Senator Eteson
from the sd senatorial district, which is in Chicago.
The fight for two committees, such as has been
established in the House, dry committee and the
other wet committee, necessarily dropped in the
first part of the session owing to the strenuous
test to Senators Austin and Baldwin, two dry
Senators from Cook county, lasting for weeks,
which finally was successful The committee, how
ever having cear-cut majority for county option
was considered safe by Senate leaders, it not
believed the liquor interests would ask Ettleson to
overrule the majority of the committee.
Etteson Throttes Committee Action
Senator Ettleson, however, decided that he would
legisate chairman OF the committee and refused
call the committee together when the dry members of
this committee were in Springfield. He held only one
committee meeting during the entire session, that
when he knew that two of the eight dry members of
the license committee were absent One other meet
ing was called but when he saw that the eight mem
bers present he refused to assemble it. Other
bills were reported from his committee from time to
time by maj ority of the members signing a petit
ton. Taking this precedent, the eight dry
bers signed petition requesting that Mr. Ettleson
forthwith report the county option bill the Senate
for consideration He refused to this petition
signed by majority of the members of his commit
tee. lust one thing remained to be done, rule of
oH
take any bill from committee. Such resolu-
ton introduced and was on the calendar for
action, The Lieutenant Governor, however carefully
to it that the order of resolutions was never
reached. The county option resolution still stands
the calendar.
O'Hara Joins Daley and Ettleson
The wet leaders of the Senate are John BARLEY
corn Daley of Peoria and Senator Etteson of Cook
With the Senators all present these two men could
not prevent the vote the county option resolution
providing a member of the Senate could get recogni-
+Ia iar+av T.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1915-06-18

The wet leaders of the Senate are John BARLEY
corn Daley of Peoria and Senator Ettleson of Cook
With the Senators all present these two men could
not prevent the vote the county option resolution
providing member of the Senate could get recogn-
ton from the Lieutenant Governor. 1t became nee
essary to accomplish the purpose of the liquor inter
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-09
Alec'sAdventures
In India
THE WHITE PEACOCK

Alec had often lonsed to add a pea
cock to his pets, so one day he set
out with the intention of procuring a
young one or a couple Of eggs of the
bird. There was a village some ten
miles from the British army station
which was famed for its peacocks.
and the bird. which is sacred to the
goddess Saraswati-the Indian Juno
and is greatly reverenced all over In
da. was held in particular veneration
IN This locality and worshipped as a
village deity.
Many hundred years ago. when their
ancestors were looking for a site for
4 village they were guided in their
wandcriueS by peacock of the Jungle
and, after they had passed through
miles of unHromisinG country, the bird
led them TO "A place on the banks of
n stream that made an ideal SPOT for
a village. The bird continued to stay
with them. but in the building of the
village n stack of hamboos fell upon
it and killed it
This was a most unluCky thing to
have happened. and for years the VII
laSe suffered in consequence. until at
last the small community begged
holy man to come and remove the bad
luck of the village. After much fast
ing and money spent in prayers this
WAS done. and the goddess Saraswati
was appeased. One morning a snow
white peacock was found In that VIII
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-09

key. There was a scowl on his red
face. Look ye, you rebel spawn, they
say your father calls himself a colonel
under Mr.. Washington. Some day
shall come and take ye aboard to
serve his Majesty. and introduce We
TO his Majesty's faithful servant, the
cat" The boy. stopped. and then
started as if something burned him.
'Oh, daddy. If we could only
The same thought leaped like an
electric spark between them-brave
father and gallant boy. No need of
words. Eye flashed ii to eye. To cap
ture and destroy the Tartar.
Col. Lockett lay quietly at home
during whole week. Scarcely soul
seemed to know of his coming. But
Jack took long rides. to his mothers
wonderment. by night and by day
through the country. At last she
learned with terror of the enterprise
afioat to cut out the British shiE and
she made the boys father promise
that Jack should not go with the
boats.
NO. no. he said TO the agonized
lad. You are my faithful Iieuten-
ant ashore, but must stay behind from
the attack. Should aught happen TO
you, what will come to your mother
and sisters when | am gone" Poor
Jack bit his lip in silence Twas
a hard strain on filial obedience, for
his hot young blood had tingled with
the thought of what was to come.
large barn stood in lonely place
about three miles from the Lockett
house. One night many n horse was
hitched TO the trees of the adjacent
wood. lantern-lights twinklcd through
the crevices. and every few minutes
little groups came up and slipped
through the barn door. When all had
gathered. the tall form of Col. Lock-
EFT arose in their midst, and the roll
was called to see that none was there
except those apprised.
t"You know what you've come for,
friends and neighbors." said he. Its
not too late for those to withdraw
who fancy the hazard OVERLOAD For
half-armed countrymen. to storm a
royal ship seems heavy odds of fail
ure. But courage on one side and
panic on the other will right the
scales. And there are no better wea-
pons than yours for hand-to-hand
fight \ pitchfork with a short han
die, scythe set in stick. make the
best of boarding pixies. We need no
firelockS. The ship must he taken by
surprise. and carried with a rush. The
decks once swept and the matches bat
teneu GOWN ana sne Us ours Tnere
is no moon. and the air and sky be-
token great snow-storm brewing.
When that comes. whether tomorrow
night or later. we attack.
He proceeded to tell off the boat
crews. appoint the officer of each di-
vision. and give careful instructions.
Then each went his way fired with the
of a gallant deed to be done.
The next night there was thick,
MINDLESS snow storm, and the white
of flakes blinded cyesiCht bet
ter than the blacklist black. An hour
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-09
~ WIDE AWAKE E4GB RbdS9 AND GIRLS III

lage. and the inhabitants. In the full
ness of their joy at this good omen,
raised a temple to the goddess liberal
ly decorated with peacocks. ana above
the altar. carved in pure white mar
BILE. they placed the divinity on her
favorite steed-a peacock.
Then the luck of the village Inn
proved. and plentiful harvests. health.
and prosperity reigned ever after.
Since then there have always been a
couple of white birds in the temple.
while hundreds of their commoner
brethren flock thithcr at noon every
day and await, a gorgeous assembly, to
be fed by Saraswatis priest-the pref
test sight in Morbagh, the garden of
peacocks.
Now. Alec and his faithful Tippoo
had never heard of those matters, ana
il is even doubtful if the knowledge
would have really prevented Alec
going to Morbagh after young pea
cocks. for he never enjoyed an ad-
venture unless there was at least
spice of danger in il. OF course he
knew that natives have sometimes
killed an Englishman for shooting a
peacock. and resolved TO be careful.
Taking his old musket and plenty
of powder and shot. the boys set out
Instead of taking the usual road the
boys tried short cut, which lay
= flow
ing at the bottom.
When il was nearly time for lunch.
droninE overheard made them look
up. and they beheld one of the largest
hives of bees they had ever seen-one
of those that commence beyond the
memory of an old man. a colony that
grows with every year. until each
pendulous mass of bees looks as large
as the body of buffalo. 1t was the
large rock bee. a sting from which
will madden more than the poison
of ten hornets. The bones of moro
than one animal lay bleaching in the
sand-a silent record of the vengeance
of the bees. The boys looked and WON
dered and did not slack their pace
till they were fully mile beyond that
place of dread.
Now the air began to fill with the
cries of the peacocks On the dead
branch OF a mangoe Tree, a magnif-
cent bird with a seven-foot tail was
sitting. his colors glowing like jewels
in the sun: and a great longing seized
Alec to have such a stuffed specimen
in his little museum at home. Just then
the bird took flight. and forgetful of
all caution Alec fired and brought it
down
oh. You fool man." said Tippoo.
"Wot you done that for: Now we get
killed sure
hastily; we will hide the bird under
these bushes and take it home at
dusk"
Nevertheless. he was far from feel
when he looked up he fancied he saw,
for moment. figure watching them,
but it vanished instantly and he could
not lie sure it was not an animal
They emerged from the nullah into
the fleldlands about the village. and
were struck by the numbers OF pea
fowl they saw all making toward the
village. for it was about noon and
feeding time.
Then they went toward the temple. /!
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-09
How Jack Luckett
Won His Spurs
A Story of the Rovolu-
tionary War.
BY &. T.. FERRIS.

! When Jack Lockett. at the end of a
cold January day, logged the last arm
full of fagots into his fathers house OF
Long Island Sound, in Connecticut. ane
sat down at the. smoking supper table
he exclaimed:
| Il feel as if I couldn't eat thing
hungry as l am mother, when / re-
member daddy at Valley Forge. They
say that Gen. Washington himself
has scant rations, and men die every
day from hunger. whatll be the enc
of it all?"
PERHAPS the stories belle the truth
there hadn't been a word from the
absent soldier for months). said the
mother, trying to keep back the tears
But look-look, Jack, at the win
| dow" with almost shrek. "Tha,
| face. What is it,
The cold had begun to coat the
glass with crystal veil. Somebody
stood out there. and by melting the
frost with the breath. now looked in
on them with shadowy features and
mouth at the apparition. Then. with
a wild whoop, and a spring which all
most upset the table. he yelled, why
don't you see it's daddy come home?"
and executed war-dance of joy to
the door.
Col Lockctt was almost eaten up
by his wife and children before he
was permitted to retaliate on the saw
DRY dishes of the supper table. He
had been all day in an open boat on
the water and without food since day
break.
Twas unsafe to cross the enemy's
lines by land" he said. To get
through even as far as Sandy Hook
was a narrow shave of capture. So.
then, twas off uniform and on fish
erman's suit. lent me by kind heart.
who also gave me a cast in his dory
to the Great South Bay. Thence
across Long Island to Glen Cove. an:
twas easy there to find a sail-boat to
fetch me home over the Sound"
And you didn't know Of the Brit
ish ship Tartar lying of the place
here?" said Jack. with wonder and
alarm.
Not till too late. And having thus
ventured, twould have been cow
ards job to have gone back" answer
ed the father. with smile.
face as white as the snow without.
But" said Mrs. Lockett. with a
you're not in uniform. Should you
be taken?" Even the youngest Of the
children knew what that meant, and
they shuddered with the vision of him
they loved standing with the fatal
moose about his neck.
Tut, tut. good wife," quoth the
Colonel. gayIy. These be but soldiers
risks. and trust me, the hemp you
fear is not yet spun. And now, Jack.
about the Tartar. Does she trouble
the country overmuch?"
The boy. just turned fourteen.
clinched his teeth. Tits brazen
jackanapes, that Capt. Askew. His
boat parties do much mischief There's
scarcely a ham left in the place from
the Christmas killing. Only two days
since I met him staggering on the
beach. and he threatened to impress
me on the Tartar for powder-mon-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-14
Italians Still Gaining.

London June lin the three
weeks that have elapsed since the
declaration of war by Italy on Aus
tria the Italian forces have been
making slow but steady progress. The
Italian efforts for the time being are
being directed mainly at Trieste,
with the peninsula of Istria, in which
lies Pola, Austria's chief naval sta
ton, as their great objective.
The Italians already have occup ed
important strategic points along the
Isonzo river, which they nave cross
ed, and for several days :attle OF
really large proportions has been n
progress in this section of Austrian
territory.
From the Italian side it is reported
that PLAYA has been occupied, but
this has been denied by the Austrian
war office. Pola has been visited by
an Italian airship and according to
unofficial reports, the arsenal has
been almost destroyed by bombs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-14
HARVEST BEGAN
IN { Ar lest
YESTERDAY
MOWERS AND BINDERS WERE IN
OPERATION ALL OVER THE
COUNTY - GOOD WEATHER
WILL BE WORTH MUCH.

Yesterday all over this section,
binders and mowers were in opera
ton, cutting the wheat and oat crop,
despite the Sabbath. The grain in
this section is ready for the harvest,
and with a few days of good weather
much OF it will be in the shock. Ii
the weather does not interfere for a
few days, it will be worth many
thousands of dollars to this section
of the state, as the acreage is the
biggest in its history, and the crop
is exceedingly good.
Every farmer who has grain to har-
vest is rushing the work as rapidly
as possible in order to get it all in
and stacked before rains injure it
in any manner. The heaviest acre
age lis about the Glenn and Woodford
communities.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-14
CLASS CON-
FIR N { D At
TEMPLE EENET TIL
RABBI FOX OF FORT WORTH OF
FICIATEO AT IMPRESSIVE GER
EMONlES YESTERDAY - MANY
OUT OF TOWN VISITORS.

Yesterday at Temple Emeth in this
city, Rabbi Fox of Fort Worth Of
ficiated at the confirmation of class
in very impressive manner, The
temple was appropriately decorated
for the occasion, and many out of
town guests were present.
Those who received the rights of
confirmation were Julie and Lucille
Kahn, Marguerite Robertson, and Leon
Daube. The following out of town
visitors were in attendance: Mrs
julius Kahn of Tulsa; Mrs. Max
Kahn and daughter of Coalgate; Mrs.
Goldman of Tulsa; Sam West and
Hobart Joseph of Fort Worth. The
parents of those confirmed kept open
house for the out of town visitors
yesterday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-14
BOY KILLED
IN RAILWAY
WRECK SUNDAY
FOURTH WARD BOYS WE'RE TRY
ING TO GET TO MARIETTA TO
PLAY BASE BALL WHEN THE
WRECK OCCURRED.

As a result of railway wreck in
which nine cars attached to south
bound Santa Fe train were derailed
and thrown into the ditch four miles
south of the city about nine O'Clock
Sunday morning, Howard Wagner,
age Is years, who with four other COM
panions, was stealing ride to Mari
eta. where it is said they were to
play ball with the Marietta boys, was
instantly killed and his four com
panions badly shaken up, but not seri-
ously hurt. Nine cars were derailed,
large crowd of sightseers were soon
on the sene, but kept at safe distance
from the wrecked tanks as they fear
ed an explosion might result to the
gasoline standing in pools about the
wrecked cars. For a time it was re-
porter that another boy was missing
but nothing of the kind was found to
be the fact when an investigation was
made. Traffic was delayed for some
time but a track was laid around the
wreck and trains came through on
time today Last night the train and
wrecking crew coming to the wreck
from Cleburne, to which was attached
thes uperintendents car, was wrecked
between Sanger and Valley View, and
the superintendent and the cook in his
private car were severely injured. A
track had to be laid around this
wreck also to facilitate traffic.
The funeral services for the Wagner
boy will be conducted from the resi-
dence of his grandfather, W. T. Per-
due, on C St, S. E., this afternoon, by
Rev. w. T. Freeman of the Carter Ave.
Methodist church, with interment in
Rose Hill cemetery.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-14

Chicago. IT,, June t4.-What is said
to be the greatest street car strike the
United States has ever known, began
here at 4 o'clock this morning when
fourteen thousand motormen and con-
ductors quit on the surface and eIevat-
ed lines because they were refused
wage increase.
For four hours, not a single car
moved Then a southside elevated
train made a round-trip, and it was
then announced that attempts would
be made to run trains with strike
breakers and guards every fifteen min
utes on the elevated lines, but the sur
face lines made no attempt to operate
cars.
Police and private guards are sta
toned over all the company's proper
ty, but no disorders occurred this fore
noon.
The Chicago elevated and surface
lines together have 1910 miles of track
and collect three million fares daily un-
der normal conditions.
The entire city is affected and thou
sands walked, while every means of
transportation was tried, including BIZ
cycles and roller skates.
The strike was ordered at midnight,
when the men were directed to finish
their runs and return their cars to the
barns. The strike was called after an
all.day conference over the question
of increased wages, which the men in
sisted must be guaranteed before ar.
bitration could be considered.
All police furloughs were recalled,
and all available men were gathered
at the police stations during the night
for guard duty.
The president of the elevated lines
announced that no attempts would be
made to run cars on surface lines be-
fore Tuesday.
Fifteen hundred girls employed as
operators at the four downtown eX-
changes of the telephone companies
are quartered at hotels in the loop dis
trict in order to be near their work,
and will stay at the hotels until the
strike is ended. Floors in some of the
hotels which had been closed for the
season, were reopened and prepara-
tions made for a rush crowd.
Other concerns made arrangements
for automobile transportation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-14
TWC-CENT FARE
CASES TAKEN
Up IN JULY
BOTH RAILROADS AND COMMITS.
SION READY FOR TRIAL - CASE
HAS BEEN sURDENlNG DOCKET
SEVERAL YEARS.

Oklahoma City, June l2.-lt has
been definitely arranged between par
ties and Judge f. a. Youma15 of the
federal court that trial of the l-cent
city July -, the date that was ten
tatively agreed upon several weeks
ago 1t is the plan OF the state
to have the remainder of the cases
of the railroads taken up at once upon
the courts resuming. This will re
quire probably two weeks. Follow
ing that, the cross-eXamination of the
railroads witnesses by the state will
be undertaken. That may require
another week. 1t is believed that
this much will be all the court can
accomplish at the July hearing and
that the case of the defendants will
be deferred until the autumn-prob-
ably September.
Both the railroads and the corpora
ton commission claim to be prepared
for the finish of the case this summer
and fall and it has become probable
that this cause will start on its way
to the supreme court of the United
States some time this year. 1t has
been on the docket of the federal
court for several years and has be-
come a sort of landmark in the annals
OF court matters of Oklahoma.
The state is preparing for its de-
fense by expert analysis of the ex-
hibits of the railroads and otherwise
by analysis of costs and divisions of
expense as advocated and shown by
the railway companies in their for
mula upon which they depend for a
theory that will defeat the 2-cent fare
provision of the Oklahoma laws on
the ground that it is confscatory. The
state appropriation for this course OF
investigation made by the recent leg
islature was $4,000.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-14

Rome, June Alt is officially an
nounced that the Italians have occu-
pied the Corthinan town Of Valentino
and from TonaIe to Carnia, all OF the
Austrian attempts against the posi-
tions which the italians captured, have
been repuIsed.
Friday night, the Italian artillery
cut the railway from Goriza to Monfal-
cone.
The Austrians seem to be bringing
up reinforcements and are offering
heavy resistance.
Italy has decided, on account OF the
poverty and wretchedness of the in
bhabitants in the district just conquer
ed, to give the families of the Italians
servlne in the Austrian armies in these
d stricts, the same allowance as the
families Of the Italian soldiers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-14
Heavy German Losses

London, June 14.-Whie the Ger
ma MS claim to have captured sixteen
thousand prisoners, meanwhile captur-
ino Cyerlawa and Sienawa, the Rus
Ian press dispatches claim twenty
Thousand Germans were killed in this
fighting.
Heavy fighting is reported in nor
then France. The French assert that
they captured a position near lorette'
but admit that they lost part OF
their outer entertainments near Sou
chez.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-14
Buildings Destroyed.

Kennett Hudson of the Hudson
Houston Lumber company, made a
trip to the fields today and reports
that the following houses burned ear
ly this morning at Writ:
Scriyner Bros Grocery.
Ardmore Cafe.
Anderson building (vacant)
Tom Sagar's tent, in which cold
drinks were handled
HudnalPs meat market
S. X. Little's restaurant
Jake Kathary's store and pool hall
McDonald's Confectionery.
Collins Confectionery.
DR.. Smiths drug store and rooming
house above.
Miller's tailor shop.
The Miller shop was torn away
and change in the wind blew the
flames back over the burned district,
and saved other buildings from de-
structton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-14
Bic LOSS
BY FIRE
At WRIT
OIL FIELD TOWN SUFFERS FROM
EARLY BLAZE - ONE-THlRO OF
THE BUILDINGS IN TOWN ARE
DESTROYED.

Fire which started at $3.50 this
morning in Scrivner Bros store at
Writ, destroyed about one-third OF
that town. The buildings were OF
pine and were destroyed in a hurry
Besides the Scrivner store, the fol-
lowing places were burned: Ardmore
Cafe, John Catharys pool hall, vacant
building, meat market, b. II. McDon-
AIDS confectionery, Owl cafe, vacant
store, Meningitis drug store, a
clothes cleaning parlor and Collins
confectionery.
The loss is estimated at about S4,'
600 Scriyner Bros, Mcdonald, and
Mcknight carried a small amount OF
insurance. Two of the parties whose
buildings were destroyed awarded
contracts Immediately for the con
struction of new buildings, and most
of the burned houses will be replaced
by new ones. The Scrivners, in
whose store the fire started moved
to Writ from Maysville.
A runner was sent to Ardmore tc
get dynamite to raze some of the
buildings in the path of the flames
but the explosive was not used. The
flames were on the north side of Mair
street, and did not cross to the soutt
side.