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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-01

PincBney sent her home and told the
neighbOrs to mind their business?
Oh, deah, no, how distressing"
Mrs. Anna Beck: 81 have had ner-
vous headaches from the crying of
that baby. I am sure it cried every
evening and every morning. Yes, I
am a widow. How long? I do not
see how that is material to this case.
Yes, had a child, but it never cried,
, dear no. The other babies in the
building is only one. 1 have
lived there IA years and I should
know, and that one doesn't cry. The
sick one that has been there two
years? No, l do not know. The
janitor's wife told me-etC., etc."
The mother Of the baby, Mrs. Col
da Wilson: "The baby doesn't cry
more than other babies; it is a heal
thy child. I fed it regularly and
sometimes when it is asleep 1 go out
for my groceries and leave it, and /
did go downtown on one occasion
and left it in charge of the janitor's
wife. These women have complain
ed since the baby came"
The court: Discharged"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-01

RUSS RETREAT HALTED-BIG
AUSTRO-GERMAN LOSSES
Petrograd.-Russians have halted
their retreat in GaIicia. The grand
duke is forming his forces along the
Bug and the emilia Lipa and is pre-
pairing to give battle. Austro-Ger-
man attempts to force this new line
have been repulsed with heavy losses.
Admitted the Slavs continue to fall
back on their own territory, north
and northeast of Lemberg. But east
and southeast of Lemberg grand
dukes armies not only are blocking
enemy's further advance, but are
smashing at Austro-German lines in
succession of counter attacks.
Rome.-Montenegrin troops have
invaded Austrian province of Bosnia,
occupying mountain village of Vout-
cherO. Montenegrins continuing
their offensive, driving noTthward
through Southeastern Bosnia.
NAthens.-British cruiser and de-
stroyer raided Asia Minor coast on
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-01

Tuesday, sinking several Turkish
sailing vessels and steamer and de-
strOying telegraph station and sew
eral houses at Alzanof.
Petrograd.-German torpedo boat
sunk in Baltic off Windau Monday.
German squadron of 1 battleship, 4
light cruisers and seveal topedo boats
put to flight afte Smelling Windau.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-01

Water will boil without fire. After
five hours of constant and rapid stir
ring with a paddle boiling water was
produced at Johns Hopkins univer-
sity,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-01
UNREALITIES

Why it is that a banker on the
stage always has muttOnchOp whis-
kers?
Why does the stage lawyer always
carry his papers in his hat? A real
lawyer never does that.
why is the stage reporter always
distinguished by big notebook. A
real reporter never carries one
Pittsburgh Post.
The Washington times., 1915-12-05

The freshness and charm OF frst i'm
pFessiona. often Loaf IN more laDored
ed thoughtful productions, are usually
The Washington times., 1915-12-05

Bradley are Indifferent to the woes Of
Belgium, Poland. Serbia. and the
French war orphans whose pathetic
needs are being confused with legitimate
claims in the workings Of fashionable
charity organizations. out she has al
ways had the Old-fashioned idea that
charity should begin at home
From 10 in the morning until in the
evening the Bradley home will be open
for a sale OF Iancy articles. all donated
by the mistress of the house and in
tended to supply the wants of Christ
mas shoppers. There will be a strinGod
orchestra playing for dancing ell after
noon.. when tea refreshments will be
served.
The saleswomen will be recruited from
the smartest social circles with prac-
tically tho entire debutante body in at
tendance throughout the afternoon.
The affair is bound to be a tremendous
success, IL only because the general
public is anxious to see the inside of
Mrs. Bradleys truly wonderful house.
.'''''. =
Great preparations are under way for
Rachael Perrine's debut in Trenton next
Friday. AS Rachael is a frequent visl-
tor here, and her mother, Mrs. Louis
Pcrrine, really a WashinFtonian, her
bow to society is Of no little interest to
Washington people. Colonel and Mrs.
Perrine will give a large reception for
her, which will be followed by a dance
at the Country Club the same evening.
Mrs. .Perrine was Addic Slack. daugh-
ter of the late Major William Slack, of
the Marine Corps, and her brother
| willie Slack'-his name was always
run into one word-was at one time
| Washington's Beau Brummel. He was
| charter member of the Metropolitan
and the Chevy Chase Clubs. and, one OF
the founders of the Bachelors" that
most select of cotillion clubs, whose seal
of approval was enough to stamp a de-
| butante az a success. The Stacks lived
! for many years in a fine old house, since
torn down. in the then aristocratiC
neighborhood Of Eighteenth and
streets. In her girlhood Mrs. Perrine'
! particular chum was May Clagett, now
: Mrs. George Howard Margaret Perrin
! Mrs. Howards daughter, and Rachael
| Perrine are also close friends, and
! Rachael is to visit the Howards later
in the winter. She will doubtless have
wonderful time, for Margaret is plan
ming a number of parties in her honor
/ and many of her mothers old friends
will welcome her.
Mrs. Porrine went to Trenton to live
at the time Of her marriage and there
she holds the samo enviable position
that she had here. She comes to Wash
Iington every year to visit the Howards
and her niece, Mrs. Leonard L. Nichol-
The Washington times., 1915-12-05

found in sketches and particularly Is
this true of the very charming coilec-
ton to be exhibited by the Washington
Sketch club at the Shelby Clarke Eai-
leries beginning tomorrow and cohtlnu-
ing until December 16, This. coterie OF
clever painters, which came together
every Monday evening during the win
ter, has turned out a fine lot of sketch
es, many of them views of our own
city and its environments. picturesque
spots which we pass every day and
fail to appreciate in passing. The sub
jectS include many quaint European
scenes and sketches OF interesting
things and places all over this country.
AS for mediums, they are legion; oil
brush and palette knife, water color,
crayon. chalk, pencil, pen and ink, all
have been used as the spirit moved and
opportunity demanded. All are priced
at a modest figure.
This is only the second exhibition OF
the club, the first having been held Just
about a year ago From the quality
of this exhibit and the success or the
last. an annual repetition would seem
to be assured.
This club was organized about ten
years ago in the old + street studio
of Miss Mathilde Mueden, now Mrs.
Leisenring. One of the moving spirits
at that time was the late James henry
Mosher, the famous Acquarellist Col.
Chester Harding, a clever landscape
painter and one time Engineer Commis-
sioner of the District, was also keenIy
Interested. The club now meets at Miss
Bertha Ferries studio in Seventeenth
street. 1t has no officers except d
treasurer, though its membership COM
prises about thirty-five artists.
-
Though Mrs. Thomas +. Walsh is ex-
pected in Washington before long, and
though she has engaged apartments at
the Willard, the proverbial little bird
has whispered in my ear that she will
not be here long Shc has taken house
, in New York for the season. Last sea-
son she leased the I,othrop or rather
the Luttrell house looking down Con-
necticut avenue from It's intersection
with Columbia road, and there she
planned to entertain extensively; but
the dun social season here was not to
her liking, so she did not carry out her
| full program. She feels-theTe's that
garrulous bird again--that New York
offers a better field for her social en-.
ergies-an ans so.
Not only America first. but Washing.
ton first, Is the motto Of Mrs. Bdsor
Bradley, Of New York, Washington, and
Tuxedo, in the reopening Of her Dupont
circle home and its famous theater ball
room on next Tuesday in aid OF thu
local poor. 1t is not that Mr.. and Mrs
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A Chronicle 81 j
cCociety" a

son. jr, Mr.. Perrine is a director Of
the Pennsylvania railroad.
-
An echo Of the past summers mill-
tary camp at Plattsburgh is the Ma
ton Rifles Association, formed by a
number of the men who took the course
Of training and a few others who plan
to make the camp next year. Murray
Cobb, Reginald Huidekoper, Reynolds
Hit. Horace Westcott. Spencer Gordon,
Cotton Smith. Basil Miles. Randolph
Mason, James Hopkins, Edward Morse
and Phil Pratt are the members Of the
building association, who trot out to
Fort Mysr to the rife range every Sat
urday afternoon for rifle practice. The
Government signifies its approval Of the
enterprise by furnishing an army Of
fieer as instructor. The men provide
their own rihes, but do not wear uni
form.
Mrs Volney Chase Is not ! Captain
ChuSe's second wife and the stepmother
OF the two Chase debutantes. Elizabeth
and Suzanne. as was suggested in
recent weekly periodical. AS matter
Of fact it's all the other way round.
Mrs Chase, who wns Miss Susie Brown,
married the two brothers. the first an
amy officer, There were three children
by this marriage. the two debutantes and
an older brother, Lieut.. Nathan Chase,
u. s. N. Mrs. Chase and Captain
Chase, whom she married long after
the death of her hrst husband, have
but one son. Volney. jr.
! Last evening ItLe young peoples dan
cling class which Mrs. Woodbury. Blair
organized several winters ago had its
regular meeting at the Playhouse. This
year Mrs, Arthur Lee and Mrs. Elkins
The Washington times., 1915-12-05

arc playing propriety instead Of Mrs.
Blair. The members OF the elass-they
are about the "happer" eRe-haVn a
beautiful time; In fact, each meeting is
a party.
Another dancing class or club was
formed this fall by. Mrs. Gibson Fahne-
stock and meets every other Friday
evening at her house. The dancing Is
always followed by an elaborate supper
There are about twenty couples, all
slightly older than the members OF the
other class and most Of them Margaret
Fahnestocks particular cronies. LILLIAN
Hendrick is a member. Margaret and
Adelaide Tuttle. also Bob Chew. Larkln
Glnzebrook. and lots more OF the boys
and girls you know.
-
lob Imtrie. soldier OF fortune and
society man, has gone or again in
search Of adventure. Whenever there II
anything stirring in any part Of the
world. there Bob IL always to be found I:
and his friends have wondered that he
he has managed to keep out OF the
European struggle 80 long. For months
he has been anxious to see service with
the allied armies, but hesitated to give
Up htb tlAAsSHhhipS 30 ne mas unaIly
compromised by enllstlng for four
months with the French ambulance
corps. He prepared an elaborate out.
fit and sailed from New York last week
expecting to go straight to the front
Bob IA a lawyer by profession and has
practiced OF and on both in Baltimore
and Washington; but he will not stay ir
one place long enough to become 9
shining light at the bar,
| d
With all due Difference to the debu-
tante parties. one Of the prettlest tear
of last week was given by Mrs. John
Heath at her apartment in the Ontario
in compliment to Pauline and Katherine
Wheeler. who. with their mother. Mrs.
Peter l.. Wheeler. of California, have
taken an apartment at the Cairo for
the winter. Mr.. and Mrs. Heath and
their son. John Heath, who has recent
ly passed his examinations for tho
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might mean; they were merely instItut-
ing search for a very handsome pearl
and diamond ring which Mrs. Charles
Howry lost. Soon after the guests were
seated at the table. Mrs, Howry took
the ring from q dainty reticule she car
ried, remarking that she dubbed Il her
dinner ring, as she only wore Il at tue
table. It was too large for her fihger
and she feared that II might be lost.
She had scarcely finished showing the
Jewel to her neighbors--it was a lovely
thing, a butterfly design Of pearls and
diamonds set in platluum-when the
ring slipped from her finger. Thereupon
several gallant gentlemen went down
on their knees 70 hunt for II. Unfor-
tunately the ring eiuded their search In
some crack or Granny, and, so far as
know. It has not yet been found
As last week was given over to brides.
so this week the debutantes held the
center of the stage, position that will
be theirs by right until the coming OF
Christmas brings home from boarding
school the college lad and the lassie
whose revels have the right OF way
| over more formal entertaining during
the holiday season. Four debutantes
there have been in the week. Helen
Blodgett on Thursday. Margaret Read
on Friday. and two on Saturday for
good measure. Ellie Le1eune and sallie
Beecher, who was presented by her
aunt. Mrs. Hugh wallace.
Helen Blodgett's tea was given at
home. as ell debutante parties would
be. methinls. had add debutantes as
large and luxurious home az the
Foraker house in Sixteenth street.
! where the BlodRetts live. The whole
town was invited and there was an
awful crush. but everybody had a good
time and the dinner and dance for
yohng people which followed were as
Jolly as possible. The only fly in the
ointment was the fact that "the cous-
ms could not he there. Daisy Peck
and the two Porcher girls 1t seemed
strange without them. for ever since
Continued on Page Twenty-onS)
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diplomatic CORDS and is on the waiting
hst for an appointment. ore also Call
foinians, although they have lived
abroad for manV wears. They were in
WASHINGTON most Of last winter. re-
turning to California for the simmer
months. and now they Dlan to remain
here until their son R0ts his appoint-
ment. They will accompany him to his
now post, wherever II may he.
For the tea. flowers were used on the
tnhle. Of course, and a verv few cut
flowers about the drawing room, moth
ing else. Deorations in the formal
sense Of the term would have been as
much out OF keeping as paint on the
lily, 80 distinctive, decorative ana per-
fectly appointed are the several rooms
OF Mrs. Heath's apartment, one room
is done in German style, another II
French and a third italian in feeling,
and all are replete with curious and
beautiful things picked up during a
long residence in ''furrin parts"
-
Although the world and his wife, moi
long back from their summer outing
arc Just comfortably settled IN theil
winter quarters. yet some forehandeo
folk have already made their plans fol
the warm weather. Commander and
Mrs. Roscoe c.. Bulmer-he is at set
and she is established here with hei
mother, Mrs. Poor. for the winter-hav'
engaged cottage at jamestown for th'
season, as have DR.. and Mrs. @. Brown
Miller, who make their home at l15O X
street. Admiral Frank r. Fletcher anC
Mrs. Coffman, widow Of Rear Admira
Dewitt Coffman, have also leased sum
mer homes at Jamestown; and MAJ
Adams. who has opened her house II
New Hampshire avenue this winter fol
the first time in two years. has takeT
very charming cottage at Bass Rocks
Mass.
-
Some of the guests at Mrs. Delo'
Blodgetts dinner at the Chevy Chas'
l'Club on Wednesday evening found
themselves under the table. Under
! stand me, Susan. 1 don't mean what
The Washington times., 1915-12-05
Multitude Of Pretty inexpensive Gifts to Choose FrOr
Travelling Cases

Ladies' or Gentlemen's Travelling
Cases; ebony or Partisan ivory
fittings; leather case; GO IN
regular $500 value. SDCSOO
$500 Cd m
The Washington times., 1915-12-05
Gilt Edge Cards

Gilt-edKe Correspondence Cards.
in holly boxes; "a sheets and O1N
"A envelopes. AS
Gilt-edRe Cards. in fancy Xmas
Soionss SSTSs; "a 'l'''.,,In sheets and "a en- &c
Poinsettia Box Paper. 4S sheets
%t,oDss St Dsoer and IS en-. SIC
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-30
To Drill Near Ardmore.

The Ardmoreite has received the
following written proposition which
revives the proposition talked of in
Ardmore some months ago with ref
erence to hanging up a purse to en-
courage well drilling near the town
The notice says, Party will begin
drilling test well within ninety days
within a radius of Is miles of Ardmore
on condition that $4,000 be given in
event a producing well of paying
quantity of oil be brought in; it be-
ing understood that nothing is to be
paid to the drilling company in event
Of dry hole. 1t will not be neces.
sary for money to be placed, but only
that a good note acceptable to any
bank in the city be given and that it
be paid promptly upon the completion
of pay we'll"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-30
OIL and GAS NEWS

, greater proportion of crude than they
are entitled to take, that such excess
! i've taking is unfair and is a viola
| ton of the oil act.
Count 4 alleges that oil Is being
placed in steel and in earthea stor'
age and that the most valuable con
stituents are being wasted on account
of evaporation and seapage.
Count makes the charge specific
It alleges that on Friday March 49,,
and prior and subsequent to that date
that the wells of the w. & f. Oil Co.,
in sections and D. in the Healdton
field were pumped, that the produc-
ton was placed in storage, that there
is no market for the oil produced
that the lands of Bayou and 1911 Oil
Companies and other properties are
being drained.
the five counts sets out its prayer. |
asks that an order be made citing the
W. a. +. Oil Company to appear before
the commission at some convenient
time and place, preferably at Ardmore,
to show cause why 1t should not be
proceeded against and that notice be
given to others similarly situated, to
appear at the same time That upon
hearing. an order be promulgated set
ting out rules and regulations for the
taking of oil from the sand so as to
prevent unfair taking of oil by any
ompany and asking for an order to
ascertain the production of the Head
,on pool and also the production
ach individual lease. The prayer al
o asks for an order that will prohibit
he storage of oil in the field.
The state corporation commissio
'as made an order setting the case for
earring at Ardmore on the 9th day of
April,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-30
TURKEY To
STOP LANDING
Continued from Page One)

Kept up their fire and some of the
boats were riddled with bullets.
The captain of the trawler Ottile,
whom the commander of the submar-
inc told of the sinking of the Aguila,
went to the rescue and picked up
three boats containing nineteen of the
crew. The fourth boat, which con-
tanned the other members OF the crew
could not be found, and it is pre-
sumed that she foundered. On their
arrival at Fishguard several of the
crew wore bandages. having been
wounded by the fire from the sub
marine.
Another Dutch steamer, the Am
stel, of 495 tons, has been blown up
by a mine off Marlborough Head, but
her crew was rescued.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-30
BUSINESS
MEN ORGANIZED
LAST NIGHT
FORM CREDIT ASSOCIATION FOR
MUTUAL PRoTEcTIoN-ELECT
OFFICERS, AND WILL MAKE
ACTIVE CAMPAIGN.

Last night, at the rooms Of the
Chamber of Commerce, a business
mems credit association was organ
lied and officers elected for the en-
suing term.
The object of this association is
for mutual protection among mer'
chants and professional men, protec-
ton against bad check artists. and
people who contract debts which they
never intend to pay.
]. w. Kruger was chosen as presl-
dent, NJ NJ. Johnson vice president,
c. Il. Ringer treasurer, and for the
present the secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce will act as tempo
rarv secretary. Nine charter mem
bers were enrolled last night. On
Friday night special meeting will
be held and new members taken IN
The founders of the association
are pledged to mutual protection ana
new members can only be admitted
upon the recommendation of one of
the members. The dues have been
fixed at two dollars per month. A
the meeting Friday night, more of the
details of the organization will be
worked out, and an active campaign
to get every business man in the
city to join will begin.
The president will appoint COM
mittee to draft suitable bylaws to
govern the association
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-30
FILING OF COMPLAINT
Allegations that w. 6 F. Oil co. Has
Violated New Oil Law.


The first hearing before the corpora
lion commission in the state under the
new oil regulation bill, will be heid III
Ardmore on the 9th day OF April Ill
the district court room at 10 O'Clock
in the morning.
on the 26th day of this month the
Ardmore Oil Producers Association
fled charges against the W. a. +. On
Company and others. similarly stu
ated. Specific charges are filed only
against the one company. but the com
plaint is made broad enough to include
all other companies that may be vioiat-
ing the terms of the new law passed
by the last legislature.
The complaint and the order citing
the defendants to hearing Will, up
on the order of the state board OF al
fairs, be published in full in the col
umns OF the Ardmoreite, about one
week prior to the hearing.
The complaint begins Wlth the Slate'
ment that the oil regulation bill is be-
ing violated in the Healdton field ana
then sets out five specific counts as
follows.
Count | charges that crude oil is
being taken from the producing sands
a, time when the market price is not
equivalent to the value Of the oil.
Count 2 alleges that oil is being pro-
duced in manner that constitutes
waste under the terms Of the bill,
and that production is in excess OF
market facilities and in excess of rea-
sOnable market demands.
Count alleges that W. g. +. Oil
Company and others are taking
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-30
Try to Be Moe thankful.

Thankfulness is an unfailing spring
of happiness. A thankful person Is
never habitually grumpy. Only un'
grateful people are incorrigibly sullen
Even in a somber mood one can dis
sipate gloom by thinking Of his mer
cies. If you think you can say i
thank you" with a very wry face, try
it. The act of ronomcing those words
pulls the face into smile. Many Of
us could increase the measure of our
happl .Ness by deepening our capacity
for gratitude.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-30
The Poetrv Did II.

Il won't pay one cent for adver-
Using this week" declared the store
keeper angrily TO the editor of the
country paper You told me you'd
put the notice of my shOepolish in
with the reading matter" And didn't
do it," inquired the editor. No
sir" roared tn ~advertiser No, sir,
you did not! You put 1t in the col
umn with a mess of poetry, that's
where you put it,"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-30
Billiard Tables Rest on Rock.

Billiard tables, supported on SOHO
rock are among the novel features OF
! 56-room concrete residence located
archipelago in Puget sound. Each Ia.
bic rests on massive concrete base
which extends through an opening in
the floor and has its footing on bed.
rock, and is therefore as solid and as
free from vibration as ii it were a
part of the island itself.-Popular Me
chanics.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-30
Japanese a Patient People.

Impatience among the Japanese is
thing you will rarely observe as you
travel through their strange and beau.
tiful country. If. on the other hand.
you yourself, in touring Japan, might
upon occasion grow somewhat i'm
patient. you will only become the
quiet laughing stock-behind your
back-ot the little Japs themselves.
An hour. or even a day, more or less
In this oriental country is of little ac-
count, and matters cannot be made to
move any the quicker because Of any
irritabllity.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-30
Triumph OF Mutes.

II was but the other day when the
triumph of the deaf and dumb faced
me. 1t was a ship just starting from
Southampton to Canada. You know
the unheard shouts during the last
hour from TIE shore. There were two
men. deaf and dumb, talking quietly
with their fingers to the brother on
land, who could reply. They were the
only three that could talk freely
among the unhcard tumult.-London
Chronicle.