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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
CONTEST ON
WITH A RUSH
ALL ARE BUSY
MORE INTEREST PAST TWO DAYS
THAN EVER BEFORE. MANY
WHO HAVE BEEN IDLE, NOW AT
WORK.

Yesterday was the first day of the
diamond ring period in the Ardmore-
ties Golden Gate-Automobile Contest,
and marked the beginning of what ap-
pears will be the most actively con
tested period in the great premium
getting campaign. Several of the
young ladies have been to the Ard
moreite and examined the beautiful
gem and have pronounced it all that
it has been advertised. This added in
ducement is proving a great incentive
to work, and together with the beauti-
full weather which prevails, 1t Is a
safe prediction that during these next
fifteen days in which the ring will be
awarded to the contestant who shows
the highest count on subscriptions,
the most efficient work of the contest
will have been done. The contestants
who are organizing their friends to as
sist them. realize the tremendous ad-
vantage to be gained by concerted ef'
fort.
In fourteen days from now, the win
ner of this valuable premium will be
not only the recipient of most yalu-
able reward for her work, but will by
reason of the votes secured during this
period be more than eligible to win
ming the grand prize of automobile,
at least one of the distict trips to the
Great Panama. Pacific exposition. On
ly few weeks more remain in which
to work in the contest, and every con-
testant is urged to make the best
of the psychological moment in which
to turn the tide of the campaign to
their side of success as winners. In
the last analysis the winners will be
those who have devoted the most
time, the most intelligent enthusi-
astic and persistent effort. No fac
tor in a contest is quite as import
ant in placing your standing at the
top of the list as the application of
every precious moment Your success
in a very large measure will be de-
pendent upon the value you place up
on the next fourteen days
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
DISAPPEARING PEACH TREES
OF COLORADO ORCHARD

Some of the Colorado fruit grow
ers on the eastern slope of the Rocky
mountains have adopted an ingen-
ious method for protecting their peach
orchards during the winter season.
The plan, which has been found to be
meritorius one, consists of bending
the trees down to the ground cover
ing their branches with hay or straw
and then burying them under about
two inches of soil, in much the same
way as blackberry and raspberry
bushes are cared for in cold climates.
Although in the past the peach trees
in this section suffered much damage
and frequently were killed outright
during the winters, by this method
of culture they are surviving severe
weather without difficulty and beor-
ing good yields of fruit. The method
is fully explained in the March Pop
ular Mechanics Magazine.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
Attack on DardaneIIes Resumed.

LONDON March 2,-Whe most of the reports
agree that the Dardanees bombardment halted by
the mist, reports claims that it renewed yes
terday forenoon.
An unnamed Russian admiral has joined the allied
fleet.
The batteries of the two forts guarding the
est portion of the straits reported to have been de-
stroyed.
British collier reports that submarine rose for
yards distant last and that its torpedo missed the
collier by only few feet The collier thereupon rammed
and sank the submarine.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
CARNEGlEl ROCKEFELLER, VAN
DERBILT,AND OTHER WEALTHY
AMERICANS TO BE KILLED.
BOMB HURLER CAUGHT
Frank Abarno, aged Twenty-Four, Ar
rested by Detectives, as he Hurled
Bomb at Altar of ST. Patrick's Ca
thedral-Beginning Of outrages.

New York. Mar 2.-An anarchist
plot to murder Andrew Carnegie, the
Rockefellers and Vanderbilt, and dy-
Mantle Wall Street banks and terror
ize this city, vas nipped in the bud
by detectives today, when they arrest
ed Frank Abarno, aged "a, just after
he had hurled a lighted bomb at the
altar of st. Patrick's Cathedral, while
eight hundred worshipers were in it
this morning.
A detective who had gained the an
archists confidence and discovered
the plot, knelt beside him, when the
bomb was thrown, preventing his
throwing other bombs, while other de-
tectives leaped to the altar eXtinguish-
ing the bomb.
The police say that after the de.
struction of the cathedral, other out
RACES were to occur rapidly.
The bomb was made mostly of
round iron knobs wrenched from
iron fences in front of the homes of
wealthy New Workers. Detective
Baldo, who revealed the plot, was
himself detained under arrest at
headquarters.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
Mines Are Sanitary.

McAlester, Okla, March Con
sidering the fact that practically all
of the coal mines in the McAlester
field are located upon leased lands
the Indian owners after the mines
are abandoned, sanitary conditions
in the home life of Oklahoma miners
is comparatively satisfactory, accord
ing to Joseph II. White, sanitary
engineer, with the bureau of mines.
who has just concluded general
survey of the McAlester field. Mr..
White is collecting data from all
mines in the United States.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
BERNHARDT is DOING WELL.
Physician in Charge Of Actress Says
Daily Bulletins Will Cease.

Bordeaux, via Paris, March DIR.
Denuce, who is in attendance upon
Madame Sarah Bernhardt, whose
right leg was amputated last week.
said in his bulletin today that the
condition of the patient continues ex-
cellent and that hereafter the usual
daily bulletin will be omitted.
Madame Bernhard continues to
receive a large number of messages
daily. Many of them come from
friends in the United States.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
HOUSE COMMITTEE lNVESTIGAT-
ING COLORADO STRIKE, ALSO
CRlTlClZES ROCKEFELLER.
MANAGEMENT WAS BAD
Committee Charges Colorado State Mi
lita with Acts of laWlessness and
Moral Acts Unfit to be Published in
Committees Report to the House.

Washington, d. c., Mar. "A
scathing arraignment of the Colorado
militia for its treatment of the strik-
ing miners and their families, is con-
tanned in the report toda1 of the
house committee, which investigated
the Colorado strike.
Referring to John ID. Rockefeller
for disclaiming responsibility in the
Colorado field, the report says
"The absentee owners and direc-
tors cannot escape moral responsible
ty for the conditions in the proper
ties where they are interested.
THE percentage of fatalities in
Colorado, is larger than in any other
state" the committee says. This
shows that something was wrong with
the mine management"
The report also criticzes Rockefel-
Ter sharply as follows:
"He may win the strike by starva-
tion under false banner of liberty
for the workingmen, but we do not
believe he can maintain peace under
such conditions as exist in Colorado"
The report charges the Colorado
militia with lawlessness, also immoral
acts, unfit to print in the report. The
report declares that men were thrown
into jail on slight provocation and
not given a chance to prove their in
nocence.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
BAD FIRE LAST
NIGHT ENTAILS
A HEAVY Loss
HARDWARE STORE OF T. X. kEAR-
NEY GUTTED AND STOCK DE-
STROYED BY FIRE LAST NIGHT.
ORIGIN OF FIRE UNKNOWN.

Fire entailing a loss of approximate
ly 100000 on stock and building was
the result of last nights blaze in the
hardware establishment of r. X. Kear-
ney on East Main street.
The fire was discovered about mid
night in a vacant room upstairs, at
116 East Main street, in the rear of
the rooms occupied by the Eagles
lodge, and before the fire was under
control, the vacant east half of the
building, which was unoccupied down
stairs, and the west half which was
occupied by Kearneys hardware store
and automobile establishment, was
completely gutted, and the stock of
hardware practically destroyed, as
well as warehouse that extended
from the main building to the alley in
the rear. There was some delay in
getting the alarm to the fire station
and this delay had a great deal to
do with the final result of the fire. Sew
en- lines of hose were laid, and the
pressure was anything but satisfacto-
ry. An elevator in the store fell and
came near catching one of the fire
men who was at work under it at the
time.
The upper rooms over the
hardware store were occupied by Den
mis- Fitzgerald as a cotton office, and
his effects were total loss.
Insurance was carried on the build
cordng to a statement of Mr.. Kear
ney. Fortunately there was very lit
tie breeze stirring last night, or the
fire might have been far more serious,
situated as it was in the heart of the
business district The patients in the
Rose Croix hospital which is next
door to where the fire occurred, were
moved to Johnson's drug store until
after the fire was under control and
the slight damage done to the plaster
in some of the rooms of that institu-
tion caused by an explosion of gas
could be repaired.
The Eagles lodge was also without
insurance and their loss is estimated
to be about seven hundred dollars.
J. G. Lynch, night engineer at the
flour mill, while assisting to remove
patients from the Rose Croix hospital,
fell down the stairs and severely in
jured his knee. John Varnell and Ben
Scott, two operators at local picture
shows were first on the scene of the
fire and rendered valuable assistance
in removing the patients.
C. T. Skies and C. p. Smith. whose
office for the Western Rig and Lum-
Der company was located in this
building, succeeded in saving their
typewriter and some other property,
but the majority of it was consumed.
P. p. Kearney lost about two thou
sand dollars worth of tools and auto
accessories, which were in the shop
on the second floor of the building
He carried no insurance on this prop
erty. Only one auto was in the
building at the time, and this was
saved
Mr. Kearney stated this morning
that he would rebuild and resume
business as soon as the loss could
be adjusted.
This is the biggest fire that has
occurred in this city for a number
of years.
Another Break in Wheat
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02

WASHINGTON D. c., March 2-Presdent Wilson
announced today that the United States will send note
to England inquirng what will be used to enforce
the blockade Of Germany.
Wilson said Yesterdays note outlined only the very
general terms of the blockade, without defining the
means of making it effective
The President said, mo nation has the right to
change the rules of warfare because methods are
changed
He said the United States would continue to try to
make the belgerents respect American shipping, car
rying on-contraband He said he believed there was
no danger to the United States neutrality.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
Canadians Capture Trench.

London, March 2-The British of
fetal report says yesterday morning,
the Princess Patricia's Canadian light
infantry captured one German trench
with great dash, killing eleven oc-
cupants and driving out the others,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
SFFS M DANGER To AMERICAN
NEUTRALITY IN EUROPEAN WAR

President Wilson Declared American Neutrality is not
Endangered-Will Continue Efforts to Have Bel
lgerents Respect American Shipping Carrying Non
Contraband- No Nation Has the Right to
Change the Rules of Warfare-Wil Send Note to
England Enquirng what Means will be Used by the
Allies to Enforce the Blockade OF Germany Aus
trans Said to Have Executed Two Hundred Civil
ians at Stanslau, Gaicia, recently, Charging Of
fenses Against the State-Hundreds of Prisoners
Arriving in Lemberg with Frozen Legs-Germans
Claim to have Repused French in Champagne, with
Heavy Losses.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
Weather DELAYS Attack.

London, March 2-The attack of
the allied feet on the Dlrdanelles
has been interrupted The ,ffc:dl
Information bureau issueu a state
.ntrt Monday saying thai the opera
tons were being ds:ayei hy bad
Weather.
The statement follows
The operations in tia Dardanelies
ar" again delayed o. unfavorable
-.cf ther. A strong ,reasterly gale
is blowing, with rain and mist,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
GOVERNOR NOT TO INTERFERE.
Mexican to Be Hanged Tomorrow for
Implication in Murder.

Austin Tex, March 2.-Governor
Ferguson has declined to interfere in
the case of Federico Sanchez, under
sentence to hang in the Live Oak
county Jail at Oakyille, March 3, for
implication in the murder of County
Jailer Harry Hinton last December.
The governor has had the case up
for consideration for several days.
The principal grounds for asking com
mutation of the death sentence to
life Imprisonment was that Sanchez
was under seventeen years of age.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
ADJOURNMENT PLAN LOSES
Senate Defeats Resolution to Adjourn
March Thirteen.

Austin. Tex, March 2-The SEN
ate today defeated the resolution to
adjourn the legislature March 13.
There is now talk of running the
session until April IL, to complete
action on platform pledges. All nor
NAL school bills will be withdrawn
in favor of new bill favoring a
central, west, south. and northeast
Texas normals. The Katy compro-
mise investigation resolution was
reported unfavorably. The punch
and chicken salad Injunction hearing
has been postponed until next week.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
SENATE MUST
{ D n SID { R
COL. SUCGS
BEFORE GOOD ROADS BILL WILL
PASS. 1T MUST BE MODIFIED
TO RETAIN HIM, OR THERE'LL
BE "NOTHING DOING"

"The good roads bill in its present
form is never going to pass the SEN
ate until an amendment is made re-
tanning Col Sidney Suggs the present
state highway commissioner, in of
flee" said county commissioner Jas.
r. Taiaferro this morning, who has
been in Oklahoma City for few days
and was a frequent visitor to the
house and senate while there.
81. as citizen of this county, de-
sire to go on record as being in ia
vor of the sentiment that would re-
tain Col Suggs in his present posi-
tion. Just why some of the legisla-
tors have it in for the Colonel is more
than | am able to figure out He has
done more in the interest of good
roads in Oklahoma and Indian terri
tory, without pay and without praise
than any man in the southwest, and
just what they want to eliminate the
only practical man the state has, for
this position and put in a theorist, is
beyond me, but | want to tell you that
the senate is not going to do it, and
Col. Suggs is going to be the state
highway commissioner of Oklahoma. +"
Mr.. Taliaferro stated that Kelly
Brown, our representative from this
county was a staunch advocate of Col.
Suggs and was doing all he could pos
sibly do, to see that he was given a
square deal by the legislature.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
Austrians Execute Civilians.

LEMBERG, Galcia March 2-When the Austrians
recaptued the town Of Stanslau, Gacia recently they
executed two hundred civilians mostly of Austrian brth
charging offenses against the state
Hundreds of prisoners are arriving here, many with
frozen legs. All except the Germans in rags
The prisoners here include Turks. The Russians
warned the Stansau victims before evacuang that city,
to flee but they refused The Austrans arrived there
with prepared lists for those to be executed
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
Executions Occur Daily.

Manila, March 2.-Singapore steam
ship passengers report executions
there daily as a result of the mutiny
of the Indian regiment of the British
army. 1t is reported that hundreds
of mutineers are still at large.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
Rheims BOmbarded Again.

PARIS, March 2-An official statement says that
Rheims was bombarded again yesterday with fifty
Shells In the storm all day yesterday, the French ad
vanced about Perthes. The French also made small
gain in the Vosges.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
tsGsl
Plan for New Canltol.

Plan Tor New Capitol.
London, March 2.-The flags of
Great Britain and France now are
flying at the entrance to the Darda-
nelles over the Turkish forts reduced
by the sea power of the allies.
While it would appear to he fact
that the allied fleet has reached Cha
max, fifteen miles from the Medit-
erranean entrance to the straits, the
British press warns the public not to
expect the immediate fall of Constan-
tinople. Nevertheless the operations
of the British and French warships
against the sea defenses of Constan-
tinople are creating a tremendous
stir in the near east Brusa, in
Asiatic Turkey, has been selected
by the Turks as their new capital,
in case it becomes necessary to evac-
uate Constantinople. The Germans
in Turkey, it is declared, wanted the
Turks to move to Adrianople.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
NO EXTRA SESSION
President Wilson Says No Special
Session Will be Called

Washington, d. c., March 2.-Presi-
dent Wilson said definitely today that
he has abandoned the plan for an ex-
ira session Immediately after March 4.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
Racing Bill to Governor.

Little Rock, Ark, March 1.-The
senate today passed the bill re-es-
tablishing racing. 1t now goes to
the governor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
German DiriqibIes DESTROYED.

Paris, March "A French official
note announces that four German
drigibles were destroyed recently.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
French Attacks Repulsed.

BERLIN, March 2.-An official statement says the
Germans repulsed the French attacks in Champagne in
fictng heavy losses The Russian advance toward East
Prussia has been checked.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
Another Break in Wheat.

Chicago. H., March May wheat
broke to 1.41 1-2 today on the ru-
pors that Turkey will seek peace.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
Houston Plan Unconstitutional.

Houston, Tex, March 2.-The dis
trict court today declared the Hous-
ton plan OF taxation unconstitu-
tional.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
WEATHER FORECAST.

New Orleans, La. March ..
The weather forecast for
Oklahoma for tonight and
Wednesday is rain; warmer
tonight; colder in the western
portion Wednesday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-02
EIGHTY MEN ENToM6E0

Hinton, w. Va, March q
Eighty miners were entombed
by an explosion today. There
is small hope of rescuing
them.
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Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 18??-1940, 1915-09-17
LIGHTMd KILLS
TWOFINE HORSES
BELONGING TO SAM W.
VANRIPER.
WERE STANDING NEAR TREE
No Other Damage Reported
From Tuesdays Storm
Local Rains.

Two large horses belonging to
S. w VanRiper were killed by
lightning during an electrical
storm at this place Tuesday
about 4 o'clock. The two horses
we're standing under a tree near
the w. V. Frazier place, about a
half mile east of town, when the
storm passed over. The tree was
was struck and torn to pieces
and both horses instantly killed.
The storm was nOtaccompanied
by rain at this place, and there
was but little wind. Between
Washington and Hope there was
a heavy rain, also a heavy rain at
Saratoga; there was only light
sprinkle at Hope.
Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 18??-1940, 1915-09-17
JONES-GOODLETT

Mr.. w. ID. Jones Jr. and MS
Ollie Goodlett, both of Ozan, we,
married at the Baptist chufskS
Ozan Wednesday evening at "a
o'clock, Rev. j. T. McNevf<fe
Beech Street Baptist arch,
Texarkana, officiating. AArge
crowd witnessed the cereLny.
]. S. Conway Jr. acted as pest
man and Miss Ozelle Gooett,
sister of the bride, was brie's
maid. The wedding march 'as
played by Miss Ruby Conwy.
Mr.. Jones is a son of W.O.
Jones, one of the leading mr.
chants of Ozan, and the bride
the accomplished daughter of
f. Goodlett.
Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 18??-1940, 1915-09-17
HOUSEHOLD SHOWER CIV
EN- Mr.. And mrs. RAMSEY

One of the most enjoyable So
cial events of the season was par
ticipated in by forty or more
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Ramsey Wednesday evening, the
occasion being household show
er given Mr.. and Mrs. Ramsey.
The forces were organized at the
store of Johnson & Co. and the
gifts were placed in a profusely
decorated wheel barrow t 20 b e
conveyed to the Garner residence,
where the young couple are oc-
cuDying rooms. On arriving at
their destination, the crowd as
sem bled in the hall and the heav-
ily laden heel-barrow was rolled
in and the gifts presented by
Hon. L. F. Monroe in a humorous
5-minute talk. Mr.. Ramsey re-
sponded in an apDreciative man
ner. after which he and his bride
of week opened the numerous
packages, cOntaing many useful
household necessities.
Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 18??-1940, 1915-09-17
FORMER COUNTY CITIZEN
DIES IN TEXAS

r. T. Holcomb, aged 70 years,
died at Orange, Texas, at the
home of his son, E. M, Halcomb,
Sept. 4th of paralysis of the brain.
He was a former citizen of Hemp
stead county, having resided at
Hope for many years. He is sur
vived by K. NJ. Holcomb, of Or
ange, Tex, William Holcomb of
the United States army station
at SanAntonia, Mrs. John Bowen
John Holcomb and Miss Mary
Holcomb, all of Orange, Texas.
Mr.. Holcomb will be remem-
bered by many people in this
county, especially in the vicinity
of Hope.
Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 18??-1940, 1915-09-17
COUNY CITIZEN
DIES IN SERVICE.
FROM INJURIES RECEIVED
IN EXPLOSION
OFF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
Victim Was Son of Frank
Bell, Fulton Plantation
Foreman.

Mr.. Frank Bell of Fulton re-
ceived news from Washington,
ID. c., Monday that his son, Ewell
Bell was killed in an explosion
on board battleship off the Phil
pine islands.
The young man enlisted about
eighteen months ago, and was
assigned to one of the battleships
of the Dewey squadron that ser
we'd at the battle of Manila Bay,
on which he was serving as sec
Ond gunner's mate. 1t is under
stood that the body will not be
sent home for burial.
Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 18??-1940, 1915-09-17
One HUNDRED
BALES GINNED
AT THE TWO LOCAL GINS
TO DATE.
COTTON PRICES ADVANCING
Local Cottonseed Market
Goes To $1,000 Per
Ton.

Up to last night the two local
gins had turned out 100 bales of
cotton, which is a small increase
over the receipts up to the same
time last year, and cotton is now
rolling in at a lively rate.
Buyers are paying,11 cents for
short cotton and from IL to Is
cents for staples. About fifty
per cent of the cotton brought in
is being sold as soon as ginned.
DR.. T. j. Garner. independent
cottonseed buyer, announced
another advance of S1.00 per ton
on seed Wednesday, and other
buyers here are meeting this
price. Seed are selling locally
today at 5000 per ton. The
first car of seed were shipped
out. Wednesday morning and two
or three more cars will be ship
ped this week.