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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
NO BIDS FOR OIL LEASES
Arkansas River Bed Holds No Inter
est for Spectators

Oklahoma City, Okla, March IL
When the newest oil discoveries near
Muskogee were made, a few weeks
ago, the school land commissioners de-
cided to offer for lease the Arkansas
River bed in the vicinity of the oil
field. Bids were to have been opened
this week after due advertising. The
date for opening them, found no bids
on hand People have lost interest in
the great speculation of Oklahoma
now that the price of oil is so low as
to make the drilling of oil wells an
extra hazardous venture even in prov
en- fields. Some day the river bed
near the Muskogee oil wells will be
in demand, but that must be after oil
reaches a better price level
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
BILL MURRAY
AND OUR KATE
HAVE A CHAT
LIVELY DEBATE IN THE HOUSE
kATE'S STORIES DENoUNC-
ED UNTRUE CONDITIONS
GOOD, SAID MURRAY.

Oklahoma City, March l7.-Con-
gressman Bill Murray and Miss Kate
Barnard enlivened the St Patrick's
day session of the house by lively
encounter.
The congressman, former speaker
of the Oklahoma house, and heredit-
airy enemy of Kate and her depart
ment, denied Miss Barnards charges
that the Indians of Oklahoma are
being systematically despoiled. With
out mentioning names, he said such
statements were lies.
Miss Ka-e got the floor and made
speech in which she reiterated
her charges. She said there is a
combine to rob the Indians, and il
reaches from Oklahoma to Washing
ton. She then went out and sent a
telegram to Commissioner Sells, ask
ing for an investigation of Indian af-
fairs.
In her speech Miss Barnard urged
that the federal probate attorneys be
allowed in Indian minor cases in
state courts.
II don't come here as Bill Murray
does, to stick you in the back" Miss
Kate declared.
Congressman Murrays speech was
long and interesting and he devoted
considerable time to outlining the
Indian situation He thinks affairs
are progressing satisfactory, despite
distprbers. He said he was making &
survey of Indian conditions at the
request Of the department
The plan to build a government
pipe line from the oil fields to the
gulf he characterized as a dream thai
never would come true.
Murray closed with an observation
upon Mexico. He said that unless
the United States intervenes soor
and restores order European nations
will come in and take charge of Mex
leo.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
NEW COURT DISTRICT
Texas House Passes Senate Bill for
New Court at Beaumont.

Beaumont, Tex, March 1S-The
house today passed the senate bill
creating the ninth judicial district
with court at Beaumont.
The house joint resolution to di-
vorce the state university and the A.
& NJ. failed by three votes in the SEN
ate today.
The house committee which investi-
gated the charges that representative
Byrne was offered fifty dollars to vote
for the optometry bill, reported that
the charges were without foundation
No action has yet been taken on the
report. Byrne is dissatisfied with the
findings. The house today passed the
senate bill allowing corporations to
contribute to chambers of commerce.
The child labor bill has been with
drawn.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
FRANCE WILL
BUY CAR CO
Of THE DAC|A
OWNERS OF SHIP PROPOSED THE
SALE TO FRANCE. VALUE OF
COTTON CARGO $75o,0oo. SHIP
LEFT FOR PRIZE COURT.

Paris, March 1.-THE French for
eign office, it is understood, has de-
cided to buy the cargo of cotton on
board the steamship Dacia, which was
seized by a French cruiser and taken
into Brest, while on a voyage from the
United States to Rotterdam. The cot
ton is valued at about $750,00O, and
1t has been proposed by the owners of
the vessel that the French government
purchase the cargo.
The disposition of the ship must be
left to a prize court, but the official
view is clear. The French law, it is
pointed out, does not permit the trans
fer of a ship belonging to hostile
country to a neutral during war. The
Dacia belonged formerly to the Ham
burg American line, but she changed
her registry and became an American
ship after the outbreak of hostilities.
Captain George Macdonald, master
of the Dacia, arrived here today and
ii is his intention to remain until the
prize court proceedings are ended.
William G. Sharp, the American am
bassador, had several conferences
with foreign minister Delcasse at the
foreign office recently when NJ. Del
casse expressed the desire of the
French government in applying regu-
lations against contraband to give as
little inconvenience as possible to
American interests,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
FREEZING WEATHER EXISTS
IN CENTRAL FLORIDA

Washington, Mar. 17.-Killing frosts
with temperatures around the freez
ing mark, were prevailing tonight in
northern and central Florida, Missis
sippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana
and the Carolinas, according to re
ports to the weather bureau.
One report said temperatures had
been registered as low as "a degrees
1t several points in northern Florida
today and probably would go below
the freezing point in the northern
Carolinas before morning.
Rain in eastern Texas was reported
to have been followed today by heavy
frosts in that region.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
THAW FILES NOTICE
OF AN APPEAL

New York, March 17-Counsel for
Harry X. Thaw today filed in the
office of the county clerk notice of
an appeal from the decision of su-
preme Justice Page refusing to grant
a motion to return Thaw to New
Hampshire, whence he was extra
dited to stand trial for conspiring to
escape from the state hospital for the
criminal insane at Matteawan.
This notice of appeal, it was be-
lieved by Thaw's counsel, automati-
cally would prevent their client be-
ing returned to Matteawan until the
appellate division has reviewed the
motion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
COCKTAILS OPPOSES APP
POlNTMENT OF PANAMAN

Panama, March 17.-Major General
George Goethals, governor of the Pan
anna Canal zone, has sent a cable mes
sage to Washington, protesting
against the appointment of Jorge Boyd
as the Panaman member of the joint
land commission, to succeed his faith
er, Federico Boyd, who resigned on
account of illness.
General Goethals informed Wash
ington government that it is his opin-
ion Boyd should not become a mem
Der of the commission as he is attor-
ney for a number of claimants.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
Dervishes Control Sudan.

Berlin, March 1S.-German mer-
chants recently returned from Egypt
say that the Deryishes now control
the whole of the Sudan and parts OF
Nubia. They describe the fight last
November in which they say the
British lost two Thousand men and
number OF officers, and say the
Senussi tribesmen destroyed an Aus
tralian camp near the pyramids, kill
ing two hundred.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
ASK JAP AN FOR
MODIFICATION
Of DEMANDS
U. S. ACTING INDEPENDENTLY OF
OTHER POWERS IN ENDEAVOR
TO INDUCE JAPAN TO AMELI
ORATE DEMANDS.

Washington, d. c., March 1S.-It is
stated officially that the representa-
lions of the United States to Japan,
concerning the latter's demands on
China, are entirely independent of any
other power.
While the strictest silence is observ-
ed by the officials in Washington, they
have been endeavoring to influence
Japan to ameliorate her demands, so
as to present an infringement of the
rights of the United States.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
INDIAN FUNDS ARE LOW
Failure of Indian Appropriation Bill in
Congress Causes Retrenchment

Washington, March flowing to
failure of the Indian appropriation bill
which carried an emergency appro.
priation of $4,000 for the Muskogee
agency until July l, fifty employees
will be given furloughs until the end
Of the fiscal year. Gabe E. Parker,
superintendent of the Five Tribes, ar
rived from Muskogee today for a CON
ference with heads at the Indian bu-
reau about the character of the work
that can best be dispensed with.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
LANDLORDS
WANT FAMILIES
WITH CHILDREN
PAT NAGlE TELLS FEDERAL
LAND COMMISSION THAT THE
OKLAHOMA LANDLORDS WANT
TENANTS WITH CHILDREN.

Dallas, Texas, March 1S.-That the
landlords prefer farm tenants with
many children, and in one case an
aged farmer without children was
evicted from an Oklahoma farm be-
cause young farmer with many chill
dren was available, was the testimony
of Pat Nagle of Kingfisher Oklaho-
ma, before the federal commission to-
day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
RARE JEWELS
CARRIED OUT
Of NJ { X|C0
IN A COMMON SUIT CASE BY
CATHOLIC PRIEST, WHO SAYS
GEMS ARE OF GREAT AN
TlQUITY.

New York March ia kings
ransom in jewels, blazoned in the
royal eagles of Spain at the time OF
Charles ", the most powerful mon
arch of the sixteenth century, lies
under guard at the customs house
here, awaiting appraisal,
The gems, set in gold on white
and purple robes and mounted on
two golden crowns, were brouGh'
into New York by Catholic priest
clad in shabby clothes, who fled
from Mexico City a month ago and
made his way to Vera Cruz and sail
ed aboard the steamer Montevideo
Tie Montevide6 reached New York
March G with this priest and six 9TH
er fugitive priests, who had been
banished from Mexico by General
Obregon.
From the depths of a battered suit
case, the gems and robes were tum-
bled out upon the dock for inspection
by the customs authorities. They so
dazzled the inspectors that they were
hastily put back into the suit case.
Under guard, they were taken to a
safe deposit vault where they were
locked up and special watchmen de-
tailed to guard them. Rough esti-
mates placed their value at from
100000 to 100000
This rich prize, it is said. lay
in the Cathedral of Mexico City pre-
sumably for centuries. An arch
bishops robe of purple is the chief
article of value The robe is of silk
and apparently of great antiquity.
The entire design is done in gold,
in which the gems are mounted, and
the robe is very heavy.
From the double eagle design the
customs officials believe there is
truth in the priests story that the
robes were sent to Mexico in the
sixteenth century.
Next in value to the archbishops
robe are two gold crowns mounted
with diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and
sapphires. Some of these gems, it
is said, are as large as hazel nuts.
Several smaller clerical robes, in
purple and white silk, some of them
spangled with gems, complete the
lot. The priest declared them. it is
said, at 100000
Late today it was announced that
John L. Hecht an authority on an
tques, had appraised the vestments
as worth 100000, and that they
would be returned to the priest who
had brought them here
The identity of the priest also was
made known. He is Father Saotas
0ucros.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
Death OF z. v. rvrnueck

f. " Hornbeck. age 63 years, died
suddenly of heart failure, about noon
today, at his residence, 1914 Third
avenue, N. E. Mr.. Hornbeck had not
been in good health for some time,
hut the end was unexpected. Deceased
is survived by a wife and one son.
Stanley Hornbeck. an electrician of
this city. No arrangements have been
made for the funeral.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
PRESIDENT SELLS COTTON
Sends Proceeds to Oklahoma for the
Benefit Of Charity.

Washington, March 17.-President
Wilson today sold a bale of cotton
and sent the proceeds to charity in
Oklahoma.
During the Buy a-Bale of cotton
movement, the president bought sew
eral bales, and one now is in storage
at Boswell, Okla II, II. Conway OF
Paris, Texas, offered to buy it at
1Oc pound, and today the president
accepted his offer and directed that
the proceeds be sent to charity
in Oklahoma, to be selected by Sena-
tore Gore and Owen.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
Death of p. w. Arnold.

p. w. Arnold, age 49 years, who re-
sides at II street and Third avenue,
N. E., was found dead in his bed this
morning. Heart failure is attributed as
the cause of his demise. Funeral SER
vices will be conducted from the fami-
ly residence tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock, with interment in Rose Hill
Cemetery. Deceased is survived by
a wife and several children.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
German Embassy Protests.

Washington, March 1S.-The Ger
man embassy today protested to the
United States against the warrants
of arrest served yesterday on the
German consul and his secretary at
Seattle, Wash, charging them with at
tempted bribery by securing informa-
ton regarding ship builders. The
embassy here claims that the arrests
are in violation of the consular
treaty.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18

BERLIN March 1S-An official statement Say:
"Hordes of the Russian Imperial militia gained cheap
victory bv invading most Of the northeast of East
Prussia They plaged and burned villages and estates
In retaliation the towns which occupy on Russian ter
rtory were compelled to pay large sums OF money and
for each village estate, which the Russians burned,
we will burn three"
"The Russian attacks between the Pisa and Orzyc riv
ers continue without success did those northeast Of
PrzasnysZ.
In the west the Germans repulsed the French at
tacks in Champagne" .......
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
R0TH Russians AND GERMANS
tn P|LLACE AND BURN NOW

In Retaliation for Russians Burning and Pilagng Town
Of East Prussia. Germans say they Will Burn Three
for Every One Destroyed by the Russians-lnvaslon
of Northeast Prussia by Russians Said to Have Been
Cheap Victory, According to German Statement.
RepuIse of Russians in East and French in West is
Claimed by BerIin-Britsh Claim Germans Have
Lost Eighteen Thousand Men at Neuve Chapelle,
Which has been Reduced to Ruins by the English Ar
tillery-Bodies of Two Thousand Dead Germans
Were Found in One Section AlOne-Belgians Con-
tinue Progress Yser-Gern H., Warned to Leave
Italy. 7cu g.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
Orders German to Trial.

Bangor, Me, March 1S.-United
States Commissioner Reed today or
dered Werner Van Horn tried for
unlawfully transporting explosives
The commissioner refused the plea
that it was a matter for the state
department to handle
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18

eminence to their gains, which are OF
some Importance.
The French and German official
communications, however. are so
contradictory that it is difficult to
decide whether any change is being
made generally in the dispositions
of the two armies.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
Allies Suspend Operations.

PARIS, March 18.-The Athens correspondent of
Havas, in dispatch dated yesterday, says the opera
tons of the allies at Smyrna in Asatic Turkey have
been suspended temporarily. The Turks, profting by
this respite repairing their damaged batteries at
Smyrna and Dardaneles 1t is said there are one hun
dred and eighty thousand Turkish troops west of Con-
stantnople one third of whom the Gaipo PENN
sua.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
Belulan Firm is Fined.

Brussels, March 1S.-A local firm
was fined five thousand dollars today
for violating the order of the German
governor of Belgium. prohibiting the
paying OF creditors in England.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
Beluians Continue Success,

Paris, March 1S.-The Belgians
continue their progress along the
User river. There is nothing new
today in the Champagne district
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
lull in Fiqhtinq Reported.

London, March 1S.-A lull ap-
parently is following last weeks
heavy fighting along both fronts, for
no reports today speak of important
engagements
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
Heavy German Losses Reported

of ruins thcky strewn with bodies by the British bonn
bardment, says eye witness in an official statement
The bodies of two thousand Germans found in one
section of the village 1t is believed that the Germans
lost eighteen thousand men at Neuve Chapele.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
Germans Warned to Get Out.

PARIS, March 18-A news dispatch says the Ger
mans in the Italian Riviera have been privately notified
by the authorities to leave Italian territory Immediately
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
FEDERAL SUITS DISMISSED.
Federal Authorities Unable to Make
Case Out OF Suit.

Boston, Mass, March 1S-The
United States district court today
dismissed the federal suit to dis
solve the United States Shoe Ma
chinery Corporation on the ground
that it is monopoly in restraint
of trade.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18
THE WEATHER.

New Orleans, La, March is.
The weather forecast for
Oklahoma for tonight and
Friday is unsettled with prob
ably rain in the eastern por-
ton; colder Friday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-18

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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-02-25
INDEX OF The CHARACTER
Ono Should Always Be Able to Judge
5oy's Mind by the Contents
Of His Pockets.

The contents of boys pockets are
g pretty good indication of the boys
character, and any mother who
studies them carefully will find food
for thought in plenty.
The boy who loves Nature will fill
his pockets with pebbles, shells, bark
of trees, bugs, worms-in short, with
anything that he desires to study.
One boy of my acquaintance went to
school with couple of snakes in his
pocket, but to his great sorrow the
reptiles were taken from him.
The boy with a mechanical turn of
mind will be pretty apt to treasure
in his pockets good, sharp knife, a
six-inch rule, pencil and some bits
of wood, wire and twine. He will
also be apt to have half a dozen
queer contrivances, the result of his
inventive genius.
The idle, thoughtless hoy will put
anything and everything into his
pockets, without regard for "rhyme
or reason" Articles wholly worth
less will predominant.
The teachers in our great public
schools realize clearly that to know q
boy one must first know his pockets.
They have made some astounding
discoveries, some pathetic ones, and
some that were tragic indeed.
Maternal love ought to make a
mother wiser than teacher. From
even a boys pocket she should be
able to gather inspiration for his bet
terment.-Exchange.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-02-25
MAKES FOR MINERS SAFETY
New Detector Of Fire Damp Said to
Have Been Tried Out With
Success In London.

A new fire-damp indicator was
recently demonstrated in London,
which will give increased protection
to the workers in coal mines. 1t is
based on the well-known principle
of catalytic combustion resulting
from placing platinum black in GER
tain explosive gases.
The device is in the shape of a
torch with two differential thermo-
electric couples connected in series
with a sensitive galvanometer. Each
thermo-couple is embedded in a bead
OF porous material, one of which
beads is impregnated with platinum
black so that in the presence of fire.
damp it will become heated above the
other and generate thermo-clectric
current which will defect the galva-
nometer.
In order to make the platinum
black as sensitive as possible, each
bead is heated by a resistance coil
to the required temperature. As
both of the beads are heated alike,
there is no DETECTION of the galva-
nometer under normal conditions.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-02-25
AERoPLANE POLICE SQUAD.

The Los Angeles police force is to
have an aeroplane squadron. It's
purpose, however, is not to amelio-
rate traffic congestion in the air
lanes. The point is that recent ex-
periments made by a professional
aviator in tracking fugitives over
rough country in the vicinity of the
city proved SO successful and supe-
rior to the old methods that the Los
Angeles police believe the PROPOSE
ton to be very practical one. The
bold, bad villain in Los Angeles will
in the future not only his-s-st twice,
peering to right and left, but will
also send several penetrating glances
toward the sky before proceeding
with his deviltry.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-02-25
FAIL TO ACHIEVE RESULTS
Large Industrial Concerns In China
Seldom Make Money for Men
Who Originate Them.

Though generally adroit in launch
ing an undertaking, the Chinese are
people very poor'in bringing it to
a final success. The number of ma
tive industrial companies promoted
in China in the last dozen or more
years has been very great, but ex-
tremely few of them live today to
show any favorable financial results.
All these modern companies in China
start with plants of the latest and
most approved type, employing for
eign experts, who are generally as
sisted by Chinese newly returned
from abroad with store of scientific
knowledge. But as a rule they sell
dom reap profits from their enter
prise. 1t is not that the experts are
incompetent, nor that their outputs
are of an inferior quality. They are
overtaken by deficits that interfere
with their work, and by contracting
loan after loan they sink lower and
lower into the quagmire of debts
with no hope of ever getting out of
1t, In their desperation the promo
tiers abandon their work, and in
many cases the officers run away.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-02-25
FIGHTING FOR AN IDEA.

There is great deal more CANA
raderie between soldiers and officers
In Russia than anywhere else. GAS a
rule" writes Mr.. Stevens, "the rela-
tons between officers and their sub
ordinates are quite paternal, and an
officer when addressing a soldier calls
him Little brother Friend Little
pigeon, and the soldier in turn calls
his commanding officer Little fa-
ther' or Brother The Russian SOL
dier will fight with incredible devo-
tion for an idea, particularly if it be
religious.-Manchester Guardian.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-02-25
KNOW LITTLE ABOUT CLOUDS
Scientists Admit They Can Only ouees
as to the Manner of Their
Formation.

Many scientists have told us how
clouds are made. Most of the text
books on physical geography tell all
about them, but it is all guesswork.
Clouds are mystery. 1t is true
they are composed of moisture float
ing III the air, but how did the mois-
ture get there?
1t is held that particles of mois-
ture are eyaporated from the earth's
surface by the heat of the sun. This
moisture does not form into clouds
Immediately. Indeed, the passage
of the moisture from the earth to the
upper air is quite invisible. 1t was
formerly supposed that this moisture
was condensed by the cold of the
upper air into rain droplets, which
formed the clouds.
But scientists hold that the tiny
particles must have something to
condense upon. They used to tell
us that the moisture collected upon
dust particles to form into raindrops.
Now they are practically agreed that
it is something else, but they don't
know what.
Anyway when these drops get
large enough they accumulate into
vapor, forming clouds. When the
droplets get too large and heavy to
float in the air they fall to the earth
in the form of rain, and this is about
all we actually know about Clouds
The War Cry.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-02-25
PARTED.

"My wife used to be a great chum
of Mrs. Spenderby, but Pm afraid
they will never again be as friendly
as they used to be-
"You are pessimistic, Why not ?"
"Spenderby has prospered so much
in recent years that he has bought a
limousine, while l have never been
able to buy anything more than a
runabout."