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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-29
TRAGEDY IN
HOUSTON, TEX.
TULSA MAN
FORMER TULSA OIL OPERA IOH
sLAsHEs HIS WIFE's THROAT
WHILE IN HOSPITAL - TAKES
POISON HIMSELF.

Houston. Tex, Jan. 2S.-Mrs. Lo'
rena Beresford Snyder, wife OF Ward
NJ Snyder, formerly of Tulsa, Okla
and son of n. S. Snyder, wealthy
banker and oil man of Pittsburgh. was
killed by her husband in her room at
a hospital here Thursday morning
her throat being cut from ear to ear.
Her body also was mutilated with
huge jackknife. Following the killing
which occurred behind closed doors OF
the room while the attending nurse
was at breakfast, Snyder dissolved
several bichloride tablets in "A glass
of water and drained it, He is not eX-
pected to live.
Mrs. Snyder is said to have been
formerly the wife of a vocal teacher
of the Sherwood studios Fine Arts
building, Chicago, and was divorced
from him about three years ago. Her
former husbands name is said 10
have been Beresford, and in a state
ment made at the hosD''7l at which
Snyder is lying, he saio that he paid
for the divorce She has three children
a boy of about four yeaIE of age, in
Houston, and two children in Pitts
burgh.
Snyder. after recovering conscious.
ness at the hospital attempted to tell
why he killed his wife, but his tongue
was so swollen he could not be under
stood.
Mrs. Snyder was taken to the sani-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-29
Beware Of Oincmenrs FOR
Catarrh that Contain Mercury

CdNdITU lUdl SOUNdln Mercury
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enter
ing ii through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they will
do is ten fold to the good you can
possibly derive from them. Halls
Catarrh Cure. manufactured by +. ].
Cheney & Co. Toledo, O., contains no
mercury, and is taken internally, act.
ng di. ectly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. In buy
Ing Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you
get the genuine. II is taken inter
lally and made in Toledo. Ohio, by
=. ]. Cheney & Co Testimonials
rec.
Sold by Druggists Price 75c per
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for con.
,tipation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-29

Tulsa, Okla, Jan. 2S.-Snyder for
several years was an oil lease broker
in Tulsa. He was here the last time
two weeks ago.
Some nine years ago Snyder married
a Sapulpa girl, although he had wife
and family in Pittsburgh When the Sa
pulpa wife learned her husband was
a bigamSt she prosecutes him in the
federal court and Snyder served a
iong jail sentence.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-29
meet Me at the Golden Gate"
COLDS ARE OFTEN MOST SERIOUS
STOP POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS

The disregard of a Cold has often
brought many regret. The fact of
sneezing, coughing, or a fever, should
be warning enough that your system
needs immediate attention. Certainly
loss of sleep is most serious. 1t is a
warning given by Nature. 1t is
mans duty to himself to assist by
doing his part Dr. Kings New Dis
covery is based on a scientific analysis
of colds. soc at your druggist. Buy a
bottle today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-29
Shops Had to Be TacQcd.

TN the later Stuart times" says
Macaulay. the houses Of London were
not numbered. unG there would, in
deed. have been lit.le advantage In
numbering them, for OF the coachmen,
charmen, porters and crrard boys OF
the city, very small proportion could
read. It was necessary to use marks
which the most ignorant could under
stand. The shops were, therefore, dis.
by painted or sculptured
signs, which gave a very gay and gro-
tesque aspect to the streets.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-29

cialism is growing in this state, and
it was openly asserted in the caucus
that if measures that the people de-
sire are not given to them the social
lists may be here in two years with
votes enough to pass them.
Former secretary of state Ben F.
Harrison proposed in a bill Wednes-
day afternoon to increase the number
of supreme court justices from five to
seven.
The house voted by 73 to u to re-
peal the mortgage tax law passed by
the 1913 legislature.
Taking of dying statements by ply
sicians from injured employees at the
instance of employers is forbidden by
the bill of Judge j. T. Dickerson, Ak
lahoma City, reported favorably by
the committee on practice of medicine
Wednesday afternoon. The bill is de-
signed to prevent physicians from be-
lllS dStlltS III ottui poS-
sible evidence in damage suits.
Cost of Office Leases
resentative Ewing of Guthrie, which
the house adopted, the board of affairs
reported to the house Wednesday al
ternoon that the states office leases
on the Mercantile and Lawrence
buildings cost $1,52O.7O and $1,139 a
month, respectively. The leases ex-
pire July /, 1915, and were awarded
by competitive bidding, the board says
The document was referred to the ap-
propriations committee for its guild
ance in making provisions for office
room, with Mr.. Ewing seconding the
motion.
Favorable committee reports were
made to the senate this afternoon on
house bill No. $50 by Mr. Ramsey,
prohibiting pool halls in unincorporat-
ed towns and villages; senate bill by
Mr. Austin providing for election of
boards of education in cities of the
first class; by Mr. Fields changing the
dates of teachers examinations; by
Messrs. Edmondson and Barrett en-
ploying a clerk for the county super
intendent; by Mr. Peebly of the house,
for the attendance of school children
in the districts other than in which
they live; committee substitute bill by
Mr.. Lemon of the house, relative to
school district boards; by Mr.. Ryan,
relative to salaries for county asses
sors; by Messrs. Killam, Chase and
Others, providing for the committing
OF orphans and the court to keep
record of it; making appropriation for
the Eastern, Oklahoma Hospital for
the Insane; providing for appointment
of the board of agriculture; providing
penalties for wife desertion; repeating
the law as to reasonable doubt.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-29
Coid-BIooded.

"These lifeguards are a great pro-
tection," :aid the matter-of-fact young
man. Surely" buzzed the coy girl,
"a strong swimmer like you has no
fear of drowning" None, whatever.
But if girl stubs her toe and tmag-
ines she's going to sink, it's better for
her to be saved by professional res
cuer She isn't so likely to get her
gratitude mixed up with her senti-
ments."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-29
WARD SNYDER DIED TODAY.

Houston, Tex, Jan. 29.-Ward NJ
Snyder, the oil man who killed his
wife yesterday in a hospital and
then took poison, died this morning
The bodies are being held for Pitts
hug relatives.
Before dying, Snyder said he killed
his wife because she told him she
wanted divorce in order to marry
someone else, who is now on the
stage.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-29

Lame back may come from over
work, cold settled in the muscles of
the back, or from disease. In the two
former cases the right remedy is BAL
LARD'S SNOW LINIMENT. 1t should
be rubbed in thoroughly over the af-
fected part, the relief will be prompt
and satisfactory. Price Csc. SOC, and
$1.OO per bottle. Sold by Bomar Drug
Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-29

IL Really Does Relieve Rheumatlsn.
Everybody who is afflicted with
rheumatism in any form should by all
means keep a bottle of Sloan's Lini-
ment on hand The minute you feel
pain or soreness in a joint or muscle,
bathe it with Sloan's Liniment. Do
not rub it. Sloan's penetrates almost
Immediately right to the seat of pain,
relieving the hot, tender, swollen feel
ing and making the part easy and
comfortable Get a bottle of Sloan's
Liniment for 25 cents of any druggist
and have it in the house-against
Colds, Sore and Swollen Joints, Lum-
bago, Sciatica and like ailments. Your
money back If not satisfied, but it does
give almost instant relief. Buy a bot
tie today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-29

El Paso, Texas, Jan. 2S.-Carl Dal.
ton, arrested following the fatal auto
mobile accident of Wednesday morn.
ing, in which Walter Williams was
killed, was held on a charge of homi-
eide today and his bond was fixed at
81 500 He was released on bond being
made
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-29

Gainesville, Texas, Jan. 2S.-A San
Ia I'e dining car, which was being used
by a construction crew caught fire and
was destroyed this morning. A switch
engine rushed the car down town from
the yards to the fire wagons but too
late to save it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-29
Biliousness and Consultation Cured

If you are ever troubled with bill
BUSINESS or constipation you will be in.
terested in the statement of r. I. Err
win, Peru, Ind. "a year ago last win
ter | had an attack of Indigestion fol-
lowed by biliousness and constipation.
Seeing Chamberlain's Tablets so high
ly recommended, | bought bottle of
them and they helped me right away"
For sale by all dealers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-29

The liver loses its activity at times
and needs help. HERBINE is an ef-
fectiye liver stimulant. II also purifies
the bowels. strengthens digestion aud
restores strength, vigor and cheerful
spirits. Price soc. Sold by Bomar
Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-29

Rev David II. Cooper, of Detroit
Mich, will preach at the Broadway
Baptist church Sunday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-29
Caucus on Usury Law

In the house democratic caucus prac-
tically the whole forenoon was passed
in discussing the Glasco usury bill
The democrats have apparently ar
rived no nearer to an agreement on
the sort of usury law they want to
enact than they were at the beginning
of the session.
The caucus, however, is determined
to pass a usury law. 1t is one of the
measures that they seem to be conf
dent the people want. and not to en-
act would be to make socialist votes
at the next election. There is fear
among majority party leaders that So
New Britain herald., 1915-10-27

people get. Our business men have set it for them. We have comment ed repeatedly on the mean and stupid discriminations made against aliens by the statutes of many states. In law matters the immigrant encoun- ters, first, a police officer who does not understand or sympathize with him, and second, a police magistrate put in for political reasons. In New York city recently five garment work ers-Auspitz, Sigman, Singer, Stup- nicker, and Weidinger-were accused of murder, jailed tried. and acquitted. The case against them was little bet- ter than a frame-up. Leading New York papers, such as the Times. Tribune" and World" commented at length on the kissing in court when the verdict was announced. They had no word of the fearful injustice which had imperiled the lives of the inno- cent. Is this sort of cruel stupidity at the bottom of the whole hyphenate problem? Is it a high time that we began to see that the immigrant Is neither a joke nor a nuisance, but uhman being.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-27
D. MCMILLAN Ia9-2Ot-2OJ MAIN SrRFEl

until evening his eye is upon the clock-if he is human
 Then to the real home-lets say a little cottage with a lot of vines around it and an ice card in the win dow and the evening paper curdcr upon the porch steps. There is an odor of something good to eat wreath ed abut the place, and within he can detect that indescribable sizzling sound of cooking-real cooking. The kitchen door bursts open; he is con- scius f having been most ruthlessly, and vehemently kissed-then she Is gone and the door snapped behind her! His wife!
 Presently the sizzling ceases and the door is once more pushed open by touch of her dainty foot and she appears carrying a capacity cargo of plates, platters and bowls with every thing that a hungry man could wish for without being consigned to sty. Her cheeks are rosy and her eyes are happy but anxious as she watches 10 see if he does justice to her e1ort. Justice! In a twinkling he IS gong around an ear of corn as cooper goes around a barrel and horrlDIe massacre of other dainties progresses IF the meantime. Genefally She pauseS until he is well under way before com mencing her own operations-tor she i. his wife and the chances are she wouldn't enjoy that dinner unless he did.
 This is no anti-suffrage argument. but can any one imgine big clumsy stevedore of a man come lunging out of a kitchen with anything fit to eat l,n him gplfp ('nIIl6 you, or any one else, sit opposite him and began at him and revel in home because it is home and dinner because it was built there especially if it were built by him ? Would you feel tempted to reach across the table once in a while and squeeze his hand and later to don an apron and help him wash the dishes, meantime keeping a steady eye on that plump round arm and dimpled elbow-which he hasn't
 Not much!
New Britain herald., 1915-10-27
PORTING THE GARRISON
 PLAN.

8om a staunch antagonistic posi-
 MT. James Hay. of Virginia,
 man of the House Military Com Re, has been won over by Presi-
 Wilson and now promises his
 support to the Garrison plan for enlargementr and betterme ent of United States Army. This is the \ pleasant news of a fortnight to f who have been apprehensive of welfare of the Garrison plan. It
 been known all along that Sen % Cham mberlain, head of the Milf & &Committee in the senate, would
 his unqualified assistance to any pnable plan for the betterment 3ur land { forces; but MT. Hays bects of so doing were always in t. In fact. it was reasonably sure
 he would join the Bryan men in kress and wage war on any plan
 might be advanced by the genial etary of War with a view of en-
 ing the value of the standing
 Secretary Garrison's plans
 not, as yet, been made fully pub
 Some of the salient features
 been set forth but even from
 no one can devine just what
 be asked of Congress when that
 convenes in December. It is vn among the elect, however, that
 stress will be laid upon the or kation of a continental army of Rn soldiers and that the students
 merican colleges and universities be prevailed upon to undertake ary training in the summer 3bs which have been set up | 3lghout the nation. Ample provi- l 1t is said, will be made for the | bnshment and maintainance of | zerous other camps. These men, trained and drilled to the proper l Hard, will form part of the na- | NJ reserve of which the National | I'd will be the first line. 1t is Ived that MT. Hay and Secretary Bison have agreed on the advis- |ty of federal pay for the mem of the National Guard and the |nized militia. It is to be hoped a safe and sane program of de- E is put through at the coming lon of Congress. Now that the Eison plan has the support of MT.
 the prospects for its adoption looming larger on the horizon.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-27
How Hyphenates Are Made.
(Collier's Weekly.)

The United States is getting aware Of the problem presented by those of other lands who are among us but rot of us. President Wilson has made some strong speeches on the subject
 patriotic associ a tions are being form ed, and pains are taken to make the naturalization formalities more sin cere. These things are all good, but the test of daily contact is still cru cial What sort of a deal does the newcomer get here? The fake officials on the dock, extortionate cab drivers, cheating money lenders, fraudulent en- ployment agencies, and deadfall boarding houses are the least of the evil Our two miserable failures in dealing with the immigrant are those of industry and those of law. Law renee Paterson, Ludlow, Little Falls, among many others spring to mind as typical of the industrial centars where the newcomer is overworked. underpaid tyrannously treated. and then blamed for lowering American standards of living. The American standard of living is what these
New Britain herald., 1915-10-27
Eating at Home,
(Omaha World-Herald.D

When a real man has been married to real woman long enough to for get the honeymoon, he suddenly be- comes aware of the fact that a res taurant is about as pleasing an e es- tablishment as jail or a dentiS's studio. He wonders how he managed to exist before the clergyman con graduated him with one hand and accepted a crip new bill with the other. Too full for words, he gaZes across the wreckage on the dining room table, and in the glowing eyes of his wife he finds a tonic that would enable him to digest a ton of coal had she seen fit to set such a dish before him.
 Dinner at home becomes an event ir his daily life that increases most steadily in importance. As he bat ties desperately in some chophouse at noontide, he loathes the lackeys who heave the smelly stuff in his general direction, and he gobbles his tasteless luncheon through sense of duty more than anything else. From then
New Britain herald., 1915-10-27
Trolley Mail Cars Going. (Philadelphia Press.)

Replacing the trolley mail cars in this city with automobiles is a step in the right direction toward improv- ing the service. The white United States mail trollies that have been in operation for years past transferring mails to carrier stations have never been dependable. To the patrons of trollies going to and from business they have always been a menace. In- variably one of these little white cars cars blocks up a street car line for five or six minutes while loading or unloading at a station.
 A glaring example of this can be seen every night at the Penn square station, Fifteenth and Market streets. Twenty-second-stre station, Twenty second and Market streets, and West
New Britain herald., 1915-10-27
A Course in College Life.

Brown university is requiring all her freshmen this year to take q course in The Aims and Meaning of College Life" She has been in the university business for 151 years; so, if experience counts for much, the course ought to embody some prac- tical hints. But is century and Q half long enough to uncover the truth? We wonder. Probably no two pedagogues would teach that course the same way. Any good professor can preach little daily sermons on college life, but to make science of that Efes aims and meanings is another matter. We should like to see Henry Seidel Canby of Yale or Robert Wen ley of Michigan or Dean Briggs of Harvard take a whack at the job, hut something tells us that even they would never agree upon what are, say ten most tival principles. When Wood row Wilson was president of Prince ten he was once quoted as declaring that the most important part of col lege life was the time from the last class on one day to the first on the next. Is this a fact or merely an epi- gram? Abe Martin observes that most of the studying is done after a feller gets out of college. Is this, too. only a half truth?
New Britain herald., 1915-10-27
RasebaIl's Birthday.
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.)

Cleveland Plaln-DealeF.D
 It may interest. the baseball fans to know that their farovite game has passed its seventieth birthday. 1t was on September 23, 1s45, that the earliest baseball club was formed.
 At the start it was called the Base Lall club, but a little later on took the name of Knickerbocker club.
 The rules of the game have not been preserved, but fundamentally they were like the present ones. The bound catch was sanctioned and the pitching was really pitching, not throwing.
 Because of the heavy batting one of the early rules declared that the club making the first twenty-one runs should be given the gamo.
 The Knickerbockers played on a vacant lot in what is now lower New Hoboken and marked out a diamonu on the Elysian fields. For a time the nino was the whole thing in the new sport It was the model. the pattern, to which the other hines, as they were called, looked up.
 Then something happened.
 The New York nine in the summer of 1846 went over to Hoboken and beat the Rnickerbockers at their own game and on their own grounds. 21 to l.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-27
HONESTY.

What has happened to the man who was quick to pay his debts, who looked askance at anyone who failed to meet his financial obligations?
 What has happened to those who pre- mulgated the doctrine, Honesty is the best Policy? Has modern day ethics been the despoilor of that sound old principle, pay as you go? Judging from the information sent out from Washington about those who bor
 rowed money from the federal govern ment to get back from the war zone of Europe after Inc first days of battle there is something wrong with the mental fabric of many of our cit
 izens. And the worst part of it all is that some two hundred of these per- sons who were given a helping hand
 by Uncle Sam are from our own New
 England. These people, coming from
 d land always held up as the acme of
 honor, were caught abroad when the
 European War broke out, were placed
 III SuCI d pOSllioh lAdI IiSy Souio iioe get home Their credentials were not
 recognized, the hotels and public houses refused them admittance. And, as a last resort, they called upon the American consuls and borrowed
 money from the American govern
 ment. Because of this aid they were enabled to get back to their native hearth stones without mishap. More than a year has elapsed since they ,, borrowed this money and still they lave not paid it back. The federal government announces that it will prosecute all delinquents in order to reimburse the national treasury. This is perfectly proper; but it is deplor- able that such action is necessary. It is to be hoped that when legal action is brought it may be found that the
 persons who have failed to make good their credit have been forced by nec-
 essity to forego payment,-that is, that they are honest, but have no money
 with which to pay. Otherwise we may
 believe that the character of some of
 our native born Americans is not what it should be. It is a fact that per
 sons of foreign birth who received aid at the same time have already met their obligations.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-27
Mir. Mclicn, an AII-ArOund Witness.
Springfield Republican,


 MT. Mellen, bored but still rather cocky, seems willing to testify for either side. The government already is disappointed in him and warns the court and jury that the former presi- dent of the New Haven is hostile witness"
 The defense will probably call MT. Mellen as a witness of its own. He looks good to the defense. Did you read about William Rockefeller shak- ing hands cordially with MT. Mellen, and cOnversing amiably with him, when the trial began? If the goV- ernment does not get the double cross' in this business, it will be be- cause its attorney is an exceptionally smart man.
 MT. Mellen was the original villain in the New Haven melodrama. but very cleverly he secured personal i'm testifying freely before the interstate commerce commission. The United States attorney-general of that day. MT. McReynolds, protested against the immunity bath for the New Haven's president. but MT. McReynolds was howled down by an indignant press.
 The sequel will be worthy of the movies if Mir. Mellen. saved from prosecution himself by making a clean mission rescues the brother directors by convincing the jury that the gov ernment's case is punk.