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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-05-28
Dill VIII Not Allow Trolley
Companies to Harass Jitneys

TRENTON, May 2S.-When the war
of the trolley company and the jit-
ney owners reached the Department
of Motor Vehicles, Commissioner
William l.. Dill said: This depart
ment will be the tool of no corpora
ton" 1t had been represented to
him that the trolley company was
harassing the jitney owners.
The Trenton and Mercer County
Traction Company complained that
C. P. Gibson driver of a jitney owned
bv John Van Nest had passed a
standing car. This Gibson denied and
he produced a passenger to corrob-
crate him.
The case was dismissed and then
Van Nest made the claim that the
trolley company is forcing its men to
make it hard for the jitney owners.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-05-28

assist in every way possible. a
charge of this kind is of such char
acter that it is the duty of any mem
ber of the bar to lend his very best
efforts. and I therefore, without
hesitation, consent that the case so
over"
J. Moore White, the defendant, is
charged with failure to turn over to
the city collector moneys collected
by him from defendants who had
fines imposed on them and who were
allowed to pay the same ON the IN
stalment plan.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-05-28
Boy of IA Finds Fathers
Dead Body Hanging in Barn

TRENTON, May 2S.--Elmer Beatty,
forty-three years old, was discovered
hanging dead in the barn of the
State Home for Girls here yesterday
by his son, Judson, Is, when the latter
entered the building on an errand.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-05-28

Three star burner;
easily controlled: Jap.
finish; adjustable air
mixers. large oven;
wire racks.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22
WILL
HAVE ONE BLOCK
" H|TE VI AY
II. E. FOSTER OF AROMORE ICE,
LIGHT & POWER COMPANY,
AGREES TO INSTALL A BLOCK
AS EXPERIMENT.

At the meeting of the city COM
missioners last night, while the white
way proposition was under consider
alton, II. +. Foster of the Ardmore
ice, Light & Power company agreed
TO put in one block at his own eX-
pense as an experiment, if the city
would permit him to do so. The
proposition was promptly agreed to
by the commissioners, and Mr.. Foster
will begin Immediately to install the
necessary lights and standards on
the south side of the block on Main
street between Washington and Mill.
He will erect either four or five
standards as the requirements de-
mand and will leave them in for
sixty days, paying all expenses and
furnishing the electricity, to show the
citizens of the city what they will get
if they decide to install the system
the entire length of main street.
Mayor Mullen has been working on
this proposition for some time, and
has secured the assurance of many of
the property owners that they would
gladly purchase the poles in front of
their property if the city decides to
change the lighting system on Main
street.
Mr. Foster has faith enough in the
system that he is willing to go to
considerable expense to demonstrate
it, and he confidently expects that the
citizens will be glad to adopt it in
the future.
The work will be finished and the
lights turned on within thirty days.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22
ME- ETHOD|STS
To MAKE MANY
IMPROVEMENT
BROADWAY METHODIST CHURCH
WILL EXPEND FROM SEVEN TO
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS CN|
IMPROVEMENTS

The congregation of the Broadway
Methodist church is preparing to
make some extensive Improvements
on the church in the near future It
is planned to spend from seven To
ten thousand icllws in rnlarging
the present edihcr mating mere and
larger class rooms md Otherwise i'm
proving the intorlGr and exterior of
the church
Rev. Welsh, pa5'1r in charge, says
that he has hopes Uf | great future
for the Broadway MctArd,st riu.' h,
and wants the ediiice to be of suf-
ficent size TO accommodate comfort
ably all its members. He begins his
work here with the assurance of his
flock that he has their hearty CO
operation and will no doubt do won
derfu things for the church in this
city.
Church matters We're never so act
i've in the city as at the present time
and all denominations are preparing
to expand to meet the demands of a
growing city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22

London, Dec. 22.-After an
all night session, the house of
commons early today granted
an increase of one million men
in the British army, bringing its
strength on paper up to four
million men.
The Teutons are reported
taking advantage of the moral
effect of the withdrawal from
part of the Gallipoli peninsula
by attempting to again bring
Greece and Roumania to their
side. If the reported capture
of Varna is correct, Russia ap-
parently is losing no time in try
ing to forestall these efforts.
Constantinople advices state
that the British even left their
sick and wounded when they
withdrew from the Gallipoli
peninsula.
Operations on the western
front are badly hampered by
the unfavorable weather, but
the British claim that the Ger
mans suffered heavy losses near
Armentieres when they at
tempt to occupy craters made
by the British mines.
Paris reports twelve hundred
German prisoners were taken
when the French captured
portion of the enemy's positions
yesterday at Hartman's Weller
kopf. An official Berlin state
ment says part Of these posi-
tions were recaptured today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22
CITY COUNCIL
IN RE EGULAR
SESSION WORK
RAISE SALARIES OF POLICE AND
FlREMEN AND PRESENT THE
LATTER WITH NEW RAlMENT,
AS CHRISTMAS GIFT.

At the regular meeting of the Board
the salaries of the police and fire
men of the city were raised five dol
lars per month in all cases where the
men are not already getting the
maximum, and the city voted to pre-
sent each member of the police de-
partment with a new uniform as a
Christmas gift
The salary of the chief of police
was not raised, as he is an elective
officer, and his salary is fixed by
charter.
It was voted to pay off all employees
of the city in order that they may
have Christmas money to spend. The
warrants have all been filled out and
signed.
The question of the white way was
discussed, and it was decided to ac-
cept the offer of II. +. Foster of
the Ardmore Ice, Light & Power
company to install at his own ev.
pense an experimental block of lights
according to specifications in the
hands of the mayor.
Several resolutions relative to paw
ing districts were passed and the
routine business of the city trans
acted before adjournment,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22

Washington, Dec. 22.-The
reply of the United States to
Austria on the destruction of
the Italian liner Ancona de-
clares that the official admis-
sion of the Austrian admiralty
that the liner was torpedoed af-
ter she had stopped and while
passengers still were aboard,
alone is sufficient for the Amer
can demand for disavowal, re-
paration and punishment of the
submarine commander.
Secretary Lansing's second note
probably already in the hands of the
Austrian foreign minister and made
public here today, renews the demands
of the United States and says the de-
tails to which Austria referred in her
reply to the first American communi-
cation are in no way essential to the
discussion. 1t emphasizes that contin-
uance of good relations between the
two countries depends upon the action
of the Austrian government. The text
of the note follows:
"The government of the United
States has received the note of Your
Excelency relative to the sinking of
the Ancona, which was delivered at
Vienna on December Is, 1915, and
transmitted to Washington, and has
given the note immediate and careful
consideration.
"On November 10, 1915, Baron Zwie-
dinek, the charge daflares of the I'M
perial and Royal government at Wash
ington, transmitted to the department
of state a report of the Austro-Hun-
garian admiralty with regard to the
sinking of the steamship Ancona, in
which it was admitted that the vessel
was torpedoed after her engines had
been stopped and when passengers
were still on board This admission
alone is, in view of the government of
the United States, sufficient to fix up
on the commander of the submarine
which fired the torpedo, the RESPONSE
bilty for having willfully violated the
recognized law of nations and entirely
disregarded those humane principles
which every belligerent should observe
in the conduct of war at sea.
-"In view of these admitted circum-
stances, the government of the United
States feels justified in holding that
the details of the sinking of the An
coma, the weight and character of the
testimony corrOborating the
admiralty's report, and the number
Of Americans killed or injured, are in
no way essential matters of discussion.
The culpability of the commander is
in any case established and the undis-
puted fact is that citizens Of the Unit
ed States were killed, injured or put in
Jeopardy by his lawless act
"The rules of international law and
the principles of humanity which We're
thus willfully violated by the COM
nander of the submarine have been
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22
CANE: LAWS
IN CHAOTIC
CONDITION
FOR THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN
CAUSES MUCH CONFUSION =
MAY GO TO COURT.

According to the present state Of
affairs, there will be somewhat of
a miXup in the Interpretation of the
game laws as applied to the state of
Oklahoma this season. and there
seems to be a diversity of opinion as
to when the open and closed season
on quail exists in the state
The law, as it appears on the stat
ute books, says that the open season
is from December first to January
first, but it is contended that this
is an error, that the law as passed
by the Legislature stated the open
season was from December first to
January fifteenth, but that in some
manner was changed before present
ing it to the governor for his sigma
ture, and he signed the bill, making
it read the first instead of the fif-
teenth.
Some contend that this is the law,
while others state that the law as
passed by the legislature is the one
they will be governed by, and will
take the matter to the courts if neces-
sary.
Several well known sportsmen say
they are going to give the game war
den an opportunity of testing the
of the law, and will hunt
quail until the fifteenth day of the
coming month. This will be watched
with interest by many sportsmen of
the state.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22

AGAINST THE
FRISCO R. R.
PLAINTIFF AWARDED DAMAGES
IN THE SUM OF ONE THOUSAND
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS IN DIS.
TRICT COURT YESTERDAY.

Yesterday afternoon in the district
court, the jury in the case of w, f.
St. John VS.. the Frisco Railroad COM
pany returned verdict in favor
of the plaintiff and assessed damages
against the road for personal injuries
in the sum of $l,025.
st. John, who was driving a wagon
across the railway tracks about a
year ago on the Third avenue cross
ing, was struck by switch engine,
his wagon demolished and he was in
jured. He entered suit against the
railway company for $3.50, but the
jury awarded him only the amount
above. No notice of appeal
from the decision has been made by
the railway company to date,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22
Bombardment Was Intellectual

Constantinople, Dec. 22.-An official
statement from the Dardanelles front
says, hostile ships Intellectually bonn
barded until late last night the diff
ferent camps in an effort to destroy
the booty abandoned by the British
when they withdrew. An attack on
the tenth sector of the Caucasus front
was repulsed. Hostile attacks at Ded-
dul Bahr were repeatedly repulsed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22
Varna Taken by Russians.

London, Dec. 22.-The Daily Chron-
icle reports the capture of Varna, Bul-
garia's chief Black Sea port, by the
Russians. 1t says the bombardment
of the Russians silenced the bulgarian
guns and laid the town in ruins. The
garrison suffered heavily. The Rus
slams then, according to the report,
landed infantry and artillery without
loss and in sufficient force to hold
the town against Bulgarian attack.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22
UNITED STATES REVIEWS DEMANDS
MADE IN FIRST NOTE TOAUSTRIA
SECOND NOTE TO THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT RE-
GARDING SINKING OF ANCONA WAS MADE PUB
Lie BY SECRETARY LANSING TODAY

epy to the Austrian Note Says Official Admission
rian Admiralty that the Ancona Was Torpedoed After
She Had Stopped and While Passengers Were Still on
Board Alone Sufficient for American Demand Dis
avowal Reparaton and Punishment of the Submarine
Commander-Lansngs Note Emphasizes to Austria that
Continuance of Friendly Relations Between the Two
Countries Depends Upon the Action of the Austrian
eminent States Holds Austrian Government Re-
sponsble for Act of its Naval Commander Renews
Demands Contained in the First Note Sent Decem-
Der 6th-Sinting of Vessel Termed Lawless Act-Note
Supposed be Now in Hands of Austrian Foreign Min
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22
COMMONS VOTES INCREASE Of
MILLION NNEN IN BRITISH ARMY
ALL NIGHT SESSION OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS WAS
HELD LAST NIGHT BRINGS TOTAL BRITISH
STRENGTH ON PAPER TO FOUR MILLION MEN.

Teutons Taking Advantage of Withdrawal of British from
Galipoli Bring Roumana and Greece to their Side
but Russia Couneractng this by Reported Capture of
Varna Bulgarian Black Sea Port-Constantnople Claims
British Left Their Sick and Wounded in Withdrawal from
GaIlipoli-Operatcns in West Hampered by Bad Wealth
er, but British Claim Germans Suffered Heavy Losses
Near Armenteres, and French Claim Capture of Twelve
Hundred Germans a Harman's Weerkopf-Cologne
Says British Troops Static ID Island of East
ern Mediterranean are Being Seh<h Saloniki-Serbian
Treasury Sent to Paris for Safe Keepsacs
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22
Won PAPsN SAILS
Recalled Military Attache Left Today
for Home.

New York. Dec. 22.-Captain Franz
Won Papen, the recalled German mill
tary attache, sailed for Germany on
the Noordam today. He said he felt
no bitterness toward Americans and
is convinced that Germany's enemies
will be unable to embroil Germany
and the United States in war.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22
GIRL is FATALLY BURNED
Clothing Catches Fire From Burning
Grass on Roadside.

Guthrie, Okla, Dec. 21.-The 7-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Starkey. living twenty miles east of
here, was fatally burned today when
her clothing caught fire from burning
grass along the roadside as she was
going to school,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22

Washington, Dec. 22.-The release
of the thirty Americans detained at
Chihuahua was the condition i'm.
posed on Villa in granting him per
mission to enter the United States.
Villas whereabouts is still unknown
today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22

SAVINGS BANK
IS CLOSED
WITH MORE THAN TEN MILLION
DOLLARS ON DEPOSIT, SAVINGS
BANK DID NOT OPEN DOORS
TODAY.

Pittsburg Pa, Dec. 22.-The Pitts.
burg Bank for Savings, with more
than ten million dollars of deposits,
failed to open this morning. A no
tice tackled on the door says it was
closed by order of the state banking
department.
The greater part of the deposits
was Christmas money.
The depositors included thirty thou
sand school children, who made week.
ly deposits in their savings account.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22
Tired Of the War,

New York, Dec. 22.-Helen Keller
and other blind persons are receiving
uncensored news from the belligerent
European capitals expressing the true
sentiment of the working people over
the intolerable conditions, because the
censors were unable to read Braille's
shorthand system for the blind. Miss
Keller says, European laboring peo-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22
JUAREZ| IS
7 R A n D U|L
AGAIN TODAY
ONE THOUSAND MORE MEXICAN
TROOPS REPORTED ARRIVED
THERE TO SURRENDER TO CAR.
RAMA.

FL Paso, Tex, Dee 22.-Juarez is
tranquil again today after yesterdays
rioting, which resulted in the deaths
of ten MeXicans and one American.
II is reported that one thousand
more troops have arrived there from
the south to surrender to the Car
rama consulate.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22
WILL KEEP SHOPS BUSY
Contract Signed at Denison Today
Will Keep Shops Busy.

Denison, Tex, Dec. 22.-Contracts
were awarded here today which will
keep the local Katy railroad shops
busy for three years. Several hun
dred men are affected.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22
Concentrating at Saloniki

Berlin, Dec. 22.-The Cologne Ga.
zette reports that the British troops
stationed on Imbros, Lemnos and Ten
edos Islands in the eastern Mediter-
ranean have been sent to Saloniki.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22
New DardaneIIes Commander.

London, Dec. 22.-Lieutenant Cen
eral Sir Archibald Murray has been
appointed to succeed Sir Charles
Munro as the British Dardanelles
commander. Munro is transferred to
the command of the first British
army in France, succeeding Douglas
Haig, the new commander in chief of
the British army in France.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22
Serbs Treasury to Paris

Marseilles, Dec. 22.-Eighteen mil
lion francs, constituting the Serbian
treasury, has arrived here on its way
to Paris, where it will be deposited
in the Franco-Serban bank.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22
Austrian Submarine Captured.

Paris, Dec. ga Malta dispatch
says an Austrian submarine has been
captured by two torpedo boats, pre-
sumably Italian.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22

Berlin, Dec. 22.-General Won En-
mich, the conqueror of Liege, is dead
at Hanover, according to the Overseas
Agency.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22
Emperor William ~.

Berlin, Dec. 22.-Emperor William
is suffering from a slight inflamma
tion of the cellular system. He has
abandoned his trip to the western
front.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22
HOUSE REPRESENTS WILSON
Will Visit Europe TO Determine Opin
ion Of Various Governments.

ION OF various governments.
Washington, Dec. 22.-An authori
tative announcement says +. VI.
Houses visit TO Europe is to dis
pense the view of the United States
on general international questions
and attempt to determine the state
of official and public opinion of the
various countries.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22

pies hearts are almost at the break
ing point.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22
TO PATRONS OF THE
PUBLIC sc OOlS

Your children have done ex-
cellent work in the schools
this year. They have also
prepared a splendid program
in their respective rooms for
tomorrow afternoon, beginning
at one o'clock.
! wish to cordially and ear
nestly invite you to be pres
ent at these exercises in the
respective schools to witness
these programmes, observe the
work on exhibition, and join
the teachers and pupils in the
spirit of the season.
Respectfully.
c. W. RICHARDS,
Superintendent
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22
WEATHER FORECAST

New Orleans, La, Dec. 30.
The weather forecast for
Oklahoma for tonight is fair.
Thursday partly cloudy and
colder.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22

CONTINUED ON PAGE FOURJ
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-22

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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
WEATHER FORECASTS
DOING AWAY WITH ILLITERAcY

i Teaching men, women and children 'readin ;,
'ritin an rthmetic or, as educators would put
it, eliminating illiteracy seems to be making salts
factory progress in this country. Statistics COM
piled by the United States Bureau of Education for
use at the Panama Pacific Exposition and which are
worthy of passing notice, show that there were in
1910 in this country twenty-five children out of
every thousand, between the ages of ten and four
teen who We're unable to read and write Since
the number was forty-two in thousand in 1900,
education seems to be having its victories.
Despite the fact that four to five million adults
In this e2untry unable to read and write ind-
eations are that this degree of illiteracy in the
United States cannot last many years longer. The
rising generation is doing its rising in the public
schools, and these individuals when adults will at
least be acquainted with the fundamentals of edu-
cation. Even those who acquire more knowledge
than that which is absolutely forced upon them
by law will be able TO make themselves understood
in writing and to comprehend the written thoughts
of Others
OF the older folks of the present day who cannot
read and write many from day to day leaving
the old world whose educational schemes have
nneant little to them, and are changing the figures
IN the faithful statistics by causing decreases in
the total number of iliterates
There will of course be illiterate immigrants ad-
mltted to the country from year to year despite
proposed literaey tests for them. These persons
will keep the statisticians busy on problems of
addition and multiplication, but will also afford
educators opportunities to spread useful knowledge
among them, to deprive them of the literacy which
is bar to better things.
The estimate of five persons illterate in this coun-
Try out of every hundred is certainly low compared
with Belgium eighteen, Austrias twenty-five,
Hungary S fortythree and Russia remarkable sew
enty is depressing to think that soldiers of those
nations are being deprived of life before they have
ever written thought of their own or shared the
written ideas of others, while the money expended
for military purposes might be sufficient to educate
them and their descendants for several generations
TO come.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
POMEROY'S NEW DEPARTMENT
s. S. Pomeroy Adds New Meat and
Delicatessen Section to Store

Yesterday and to-day were tine open
ing days of new department devoted
TO home cooking, delicatessen, fresh and
smoked meats, fish, poultry, ETC., at s.
S. Pomeroy's new grocery, South Mar
ket square. The new department oe-
cupies large section of the store and
is elegantly fitted up with the latest
and most approved fixtures for stores
of this character. The fixtures include
large refrigerator of oak and plate
glass, refrigerated show cases, count
ers, ETC., of handsome design, also in
oak and French plate glass. The new
department is in charge of c. A. Stout
fer, of Broad street, whose home cook
ing and food products are widely
known on account of their excellence.
There were many visitors yesterday
and to-day, who were profuse in their
approval of the new department and
of the store generally, which is ele-
gantly fitted up and is very modern
in fixtures, appointment and merchan-
disc. The opening will continue to-
morrow. The public is cordially in
vited.