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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-01
PROMINENT
|NAS0NS ARE
IN THE CITY
RED CROSS OF CONSTANTINE.
BRANCH OF MASONIC ORDER,
MEETS HERE TODAY AND TO-
MORROW.

Several prominent Masons are in
the city, guests of l.. H. Love, and
=, the annual meeting of the branch of
that order known as the Red Cross
of Constantine, will begin here today
and continue through tomorrow. The
visitors were entertained yesterday
at the Rod and Gun club lake by Mr..
Love, and they enjoyed the sport of
fishing, as well as a fish fry after
the catch.
The out-of-town Masons registered
here are: DR.. Reeder of Tulsa, past
grand master; Perry Freeman of Nc
Alester past grand master; Hal Null
drow, formerly of Tishomingo, now of
Norman, past grand master; -
Hoag of Oklahoma City, grand lee
turer; w. H. Fuller and A. U. Thomas
of McAlester: George Dudley of Tish-
omingo; Sam Calhoun Of Oklahoma
City; c. S. Lippingcott of Knoxville,
Tenn; o. L. Connor of vinita, grand
secretary, and A. E. Monroney, grand
master, of Oklahoma City.
Last night the Scottish Rite Ma
sons of this city entertained the Wis.
iting Masons at a banquet at the
Masonic Temple. where over two
hundred Masons we're present. Be-
fore the banquet, the third degree
was exemplified by the local Masons.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-01

ed completely over, and threw the
people in a heap.
Men, women and children were
piled in a frantic mass, and those
on the bottom, at least four of them,
even had they not been injured 9TH
erwise, were drowned in the shallow
water of the gulley.
A standard, from the side of the
truck, was driven through the center
of the body of k<sx Mckay, and his
death was instant This standard had
to be sawed in two by firemen sum-
money from Dallas, who, with police
men and others, hurried to the scene
of the accident.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-01
SIX KILLED,
FOURTEENHUR
At DIAL | AS
BIG AUTO TRUCK, LOADED WITH
PlCNlCkERS, PLUNGED OVER
FlFTEEN-FOOT EMBANkMENT
LAST NIGHT.

The Dallas News today contains
the following:
Six persons were killed and prob
ably fourteen others were more OF
less seriously injured, one possibly ia
tally, when an inward bound truck car.
rying a load of picnickers plunged
from an embankment on the Orphans
Home road last night.
The dead;
FAITH CULP, II years old, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry V. Culp,
POI Collet avenue.
FRANCES PAYNE, 22 years old;
daughter of Mr. and Mrs F. T. Payne,
4o11 Harry avenue.
PHOEBE BALLINGER, 7 years old; ;
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. j. E. Bal
linger, Munger Place.
ROBERT IRVING CORPENING JR.,
II years old; 1872 Reiger avenue.
ROSCOE HAMILTON, "a years old,
AIS Reiger avenue.
ALEX MCKAY, 81 years old, Tenth
street, Oak Cliff.
The injured:
d. F.. Parker, AIS Live Oak street;
very serious.
j. o. Humphries, slightly injured.
Tyson Payne, slightly injured
Mrs. ]. E. Ballinger, slightly in
jured.
l.. A. Elmore, driver of truck, slight.
ly injured.
Maurice Peterman, slightly injured
Lauretta Peterman, slightly injured.
Miss Blanche Gamble, shoulder
broken.
Yancy Lewis Jr., slightly injured.
Mrs. r. S. Hamilton, AIS East Side
avenue, seriously injured.
Miss Earl Henry, hip broken.
w. C. Hornbeck, Sunset Hill, SER
iously burned by gasoline.
A. V. Mannan, slightly injured.
Mrs. Leta Moon, 1910 North Peak,
fractured shoulder.
Six killed and dozen or more in
jured, some perhaps fatally, as the
result of plunge by a two-ton truck
off a fifteen-foot embankment, just
west of White Rock Creek, about
three miles east of Dallas, at 1925
o'clock last night.
Practically all of those killed were
members of the Mozart Choral club,
which had gone to the Orphans Home
early in the evening, to participate
in an entertainment given for the
benefit of the children.
The point at which the accident
occurred is a dark, lonely spot.
shaded by the heavy trees along the
creek The dense shadows cast by
these trees across the road make it
difficult for even an automobile light
to penetrate. The embankment drops
off sheer ten feet and at the bottom
runs little gulley filled with water
eighteen inches in depth.
The truck with its passengers
plunged over this embankment, turn
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-01
BANKERS HAVE
A GREAT TIME
At THE CLUBS
VISITING BUSINESS MEN WERE
WELL TAKEN CARE OF BY THE
LOCAL BANKERS HERE YEsTER-
DAY.

About forty bankers, and those in
terested in banks, from the surround.
ing counties of Love, Johnston and
Marshall, were entertained by the
local bankers, directors and employees
yesterday, for the purpose of creating
a better feeling between the various
towns in their business relations, and
for the further purpose of getting
better acquainted with one another.
They succeeded most admirably, and
when the guests departed last night,
they all declared that they wanted
the meeting to be repeated as soon
as possible, and were reluctant to
leave
Yesterday morning the guests were
taken to the Chickasaw Lake club.
where a fine barbecue had been pre-
pared by the only old time darkey
who knows the exact combination of
fire, meat and seasoning, likewise
bountiful supply of fish was pro-
vided, and fish fry was also part
of the feast, with all the necessary
side dishes to make it most enjoy
able.
The mayor of the city and sheriff
took charge of the party, and were
masters of ceremonies and nothing
the guests could suggest but what
they were furnished with.
After dinner had been served, they
were taken to the Dornick Hill Coun-
try club, and watched Harold Wallace
get defeated at game of tennis by
Charley Morris of Marietta. They
afterwards encouraged Mr.. Wallace
to hit golf ball from the tee which
he never did, although he was given
credit for some great efforts.
From the Country club they were
taken to the city lake. where they in
spected the waterworks system of the
city, and pronounced it a great insti-
tuition.
They were shown the Rod and Gun
club lake, where the remainder of the
day was spent by those who desired,
in fishing.
Altogether, the day was a pro-
nounced success, and will no do'.bt
result in a great deal of mutual
benefit to this city and to all the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-01
Occupy Austrian Villages

Udine, Italy, June 1.-ltalian troops
are invading the Austrian province Of
Trent from the east, and have occu-
pied thirty seven villages surrounding
Cortina in the Ampezzo valley. This
army is sixty miles northeast of Trent
and is operating simultaneously with
the Italian armies invading the prov
ince from the south and west.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-01
ZEPPEL|NS OVER
LONDON AGAIN
MONDAY NIGHT
NINETY BOMBS DROPPED ON LON
DON LAST NIGHT BY FLEET OF
ZEPPELINS, KILLING FOUR PER-
SONS AND lNJURlNG OTHERS.

London, June 1.-Zeppelins last
night dropped ninety bombs on Lon
don, killing four persons and injuring
a few others.
No public buildings were damaged.
Several million Londoners slept
peacefully through the raid, unaware
of the Zeppelin attack.
The dead are two children, one man
and one woman, in the Zeppelin raid.
Several fires were caused by the
bombs. Anti-German rioting broke
out again today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-01

Athens, June --latest Constantin-
ople advices say that the battle crus-
er Sultan SeIim, formerly the German
cruiser Goeben, has been virtually dis
mantled.
The British submarine raid off Con-
stantinopIe and in the sea of Marmo-
ra, caused a condition of panic in Con-
stantinople.
There is said to be strong current
of opinion in Constantinope in favor
of opening the straits and negotiating
for peace.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-01
Will Confer with Wilson

Washington, ID. c., June 1.-Presi-
dent Wilson will confer tomorrow
with Miss Mabel Boardman on the
Red Cross plan of using the Mexican
border army posts as depots for the
collection of food for the starving
MeXicans.
Miss Boardman has asked the pres
ident to place an embargo on export
ing of arms into Mexico and foodstuffs
from that country.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-01
PANIC IN C0NSTANTINOP[E
CAUSED BY ALLIES SUBMARINES
STRONG CURRENT OF OPINION IN TURKISH
CAPITAL SAID TO FAVOR THE OPENING OF
THE DARDANELLES STRAITS AND NEGOTl-
ATING FOR PEACE.

Goeben Osman
Tyro Capturing
Aus
City Tenn
oefenses, Check Italian Ad
TrentItaI. fyance has
Becoming Again
Queude-Itaans Troccupied Thirtyseven
tran Villages n Ampezzo Valley.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-01
Italians Continue Advance

Rome, June 1.-The Italian COM
mander announces that the Italians in
Austrian TyroI continue to advance,
capturing the important height of Zug-
ma, which dominates Rovereto, an i'm
portant Austrian city about ten miles
from the border. Zugna is six miles
south of Rovereto.
Ii is believed that the Austrians in
tend to try and use Rovereto's eabor-
ate defenses to check the italian ad-
vance on Trent. The other Italian in
vasion eastward toward Trieste, has
been checked by the floods.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-01
Most of Injured to Recover

Dallas, Texas, June All except
Mrs, Roscoe Hamilton are expected to
recover among the fourteen injured
here last night, when big auto truck
was overturned killing six men, wom-
en- and children.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-01
Bic ARMY Of !.
UNEMP PL0YED
LEAVING ENID
DISMISSED FROM FURTHER PA
TROL DUTY THERE TODAY
MAYOR REQUESTED TROOPS.

Oklahoma City, Okla, June Com
pany X of the national guard was dis
missed from further patrol duty at
Enid today. The troops were called
out at the instance of the mayor there,
to disperse jobless harvest hands. Five
hundred unemployed left Enid today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-01
Serbians Active Again

Nish, Serbia, June IA Serbian Of
fetal announcement says the Serbians
fought a small successful artillery en-
gagement with the Austrians near Ca
pinova. This is believed to mean, the
Serbians' re-entry unto the fighting af-
ter five months of quiet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-01
DISCUSS SPECIAL SESSION
Senator Kern, Democratic Floor Lead
er, Discusses Question with Wilson

Washington, ID. c., June SENATOR
Kern, the democratic floor leader, dis
cussed the question of an extra session
of congress in October with President
Wilson today. The president said, no
decision was reached.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-01
PRESIDENT WILSON TO MAKE
PUBLIC STATEMENT ON MExI-
CAN AFFAIRS TOMORROW.
EMBARGO ON ARMS
Miss Boardman Asks President to
Place Embargo on Exporting of
Arms to Mexico and Foodstuffs from
that Country.

Washington, d. c., June 1.-Presi-
dent Wilson announced today that he
will likely defer making public his
statement on Mexican affairs until to-
morrow morning.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-01
Austrians Dropping Bombs.

Rome, June Austrian aeroplanes
dropped bombs in the southern Italian
night. One person was killed and two
injured.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-01

London, June 1.-The Russian bark
Montross was sunk by mine in the
North Sea last night. The crew was
saved
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-01
Confederates With Wilson

Richmond, Va, June l. The Confed-
crate, Veterans reunion here pledges
support to Wilson in these perilous
times.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-01
Heavy Turkish Losses

London, June IAN official state
ment says, Turkish prisoners captured
a fortnight ago in DardaneIIes, said
the Turkish losses have been forty
thousand.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-01
Japs for Military Increase.

Toxic, June 1.-The diet adopts
the bill for a bigger army and navy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-01
WEATHER FORECAST

New Orleans. La. June l.
The weather forecast for Ok
lahoma for tonight is increas-
ing cloudiness; Wednesday un-
settled.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-01

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07

l.
nothing for me 20 40, ne said TO MN
self. but VA. here for the person VINO
is to TAX off my lead
FinooIa Came with Enchanted Rod.
Just as he said this Finoola came up
70 him. She asked him what he had 70
do that day. He told her, and she said;
81 can do this, too, for you. Eat now
and will go back to my fathers house
and search for the enchanted rod she
left him bread and wine and meat, and
went away. He had just finished hrs
meal when she came back, and he saw
she had the enchanted rod in her hand.
She struck the water Then the stones
began 10 pitch themselves out OF the
lake. and no sooner did they hop on
the ground than they began to build
Themselves into the walls Of the Castle.
"On YOUR soul" said Finoola, do not
tell my father that | did this for you.
The Castle was there. as before, when
the King OF the Black Wilderness came
10 the son Of the King OF Ireland He
was astonished to see the walls stand
ing high and strong and the Prince
playing ball against them. 81 see"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07

said he in vexcd tone, "tha; your task
for to-day Is done"
'Its done, and done easily" said the
Prince.
"Tve One Other Task" said the hing.
"Wcl, I've only one other task Tor
YOU" said the King Of the Black vii
derness. 81 won't give it to you now,
for I'll have to spend the night think
ing over il, for this must be a hard
task. Go now" said he, "and rest your
self in the fork o. the tree The
Prince climbed up into it, hoping that
Finoola would come and bring him into
the comfortable chamber. But that
night she left him atone, for the King
Of the Black Wilderness remained
awake, thinking of the hard task he
would set the King Of Irelsnd's son the
next day.
What task did he give the Prince,
ancient man?
That's new story. and can only he
told on new day, little lad. Go TO rest
now. and when you sleep on your bed Of
feathers think of the son Of the King
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07
Ruby, the SnOW-White
Bunny, Tells Her Story

with three glass windows, where
| could see out all day long, and a
nice rug in the bottom to keep me-
warm.
Nv mistress had beautiful room
with a green rug the color Of grass.
She always let me out three or four
times day for an hour or two at a
time, and fed me twice a day nice
thick piece Of bread, carrot and,
what ] relishcd above all, little
bunch OF parsley. For lunch ] was
given more parsley, which made a
third meal. She never gave me
water. for, you know, that would kill
bunnie, and she loved me too much
for that.
was very naughty, but she never
scolded me, for. she knew it was
only 2 Dummies way. Well, as | said,
she always let me run out on her
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07
Bv GAYNE h. NORTON.

wv ALTER was very excited as
w he waited for the evening
train. upon which his father
came home every night. The train
pulled into the station and stopped
with an exhausted sigh, and Walter
ian to the end OF the platform, where
he saw his father getting of the
train. But his greeting this evening
was not the usual Hello! Dad"
Hardly had he caught his fathers
hand before he queried: Say, Dad,
what good are turtles, anyway? Fred
and | caught big fellow in our
cabbage patch this morning, and
we've watched him almost all day
and he hasn't done a single thing
that is useful"
Walters father loved the out
doors and he was delighted to see
that his boy did. too, He seemed to
know Just how to answer all Wal
tcr's questions, and for hours they
would walk through the woods just
watching and talking about the ami
mails and birds, so, perhaps, the
question was not really much of a
surprise TO him.
Walter Must Find Out For Himself.
Turtles? Why. let's see. Surely,
they do something worth while. re-
piled the man, "and they would teach
US something, too, if we would only
learn. You think it over tonight
and see if you can't reason it olt for
yourself, and tomorrow after churci,
tell me what you've discovered"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07

to take the stones out Of tho lake and
build them into the castle again. 60
and sleep now in The place You we're
last night"
The Prince climbed into the fork Of
the tree. but when the father was
asleep Finoola came out OF the house
and brought him into the chamber
where he was the night before. Then.
when the sun was about TO rise She
Weakened him, and he went outside and
climbed into the fork OF the tree again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07

m. Nd 80 the Kings son had not
"A 10 sleep in the fork OF the
tree. after all, ancient man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07
Bv PADRTAC CoLUM.

r.. Nd so the Kings son had not
"A 10 sleep in the fork OF the
tree. after all, ancient man ~
no. little lad. He slept as you did,
with a quilt such as your grandmother
made. with red and black squares upon
II over his bed. But at the rising Of
the sun, when the King Of the Black
Wilderness went 70 it, he was in the
fork OF the tree. Come down now
said the King, until show you the
task ! want done to-day
He took the Prince 20 Castle that
was by the side of lake. Take every
stone that is in the Castles walls
.sid nc. "snd put them into the lake.
and have the work done before the sun
goes down this evening. If you cannot
DO this you must lose your head
The King Of the Black Wilderness
went away, and the Prince started to
take down the walls Nothing could
he harder than the task that had been
given 10 him. For the stones were
Joined so firmly that no pair OF hands
could take one from the other. The
Prince sat down 10 consider, and | can
tell you ne was in great trouble. Well,
when he WAS sitting there, Finoola, the
daughter Of the King OF the Black vii
dcrncss. came up TO him.
What makes you so sorrowful:" she
asked him.
stones Thov Themselves Into the Lake.
lie showed her the work he had TO
90. and told her he would have TO lose
his head II the task were not carried
cut by the evening. Finoola said: 81
can do this for you Eat, and then
shall make the stones of the Castle
throw themselves into the lake"
She gave him bread and meat and
wine. and when he had eaten she drew
out an enchanted rod and struck the
walls Of the Castle. In minute each
and every stone dashed itself into the
lake "Do not tell my father that l
cid this for YOU said Finoola. Then
she went away from him.
When the sun went down the King
OF the Black Wilderness came TO where
the son OF the King Of Ireland was. Il
see you nave done your first task said
ne. land think YOU must be right
when YOU say that YOU are a great en-
ohsnter. But have two tasks for you
,Ill,' said he. Tomorrow youll have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07
WHY THE EDELWEIsS CAME !

I ONG ago, long, long ago, when
| the flowers first woke up TO
life on this earth each chose
where IT would live as it chose also
the color Of its petals.
Il will cover the ground and make
the bare soil gay with green blades
cried the grass.
Il will live in the fields" laughed
the daisy.
II. tool" cried the buttercup and
the cornhower and the poppy in
chorus.
Give me the ponds and the lakes"
the waterlily called,
And let us have the banks o.
streams and the marshes" the COW
slips. rises and jack-in-the-pulpi,
begged.
we love the shaded ferny wood
land spots" lisped the shy little VIC
let. and the forget-me-nots.
And we love best to be petted in
gardens" declared the psnsies and
sweet william. the hollyhocks and
roses.
So all the pleasant places OF the
earth we're taken--sll the spots
where moisture. warmth. nourish-
nent were best.
Only on the bleak mountain places
there were no flowers.
There is not enough food there,
cried the daisy and the buttercup. b.
1T is too cold" declared the wood
land flowers.
"One cannot grow without pet
ting" the rose and the hollyhocks
pouted. mo, we can't go up there
% make the rocks beautiful. Let the
gray moss 60"
The Gray Moss Went TO the Mountain.
So the gray moss went. II went
where no flower had yet been able
70 bloom. up higher and higher into
the clouds where the rough. ragged
rocks were covered with ice and
snow.
Away soove the clouds, high up, Il
stoosed short in smazement, for
thsle i came upon li,tle star
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07

green rug, and sometimes she would
leave me alone for a while.
81 Ate Big Hole in the Rug.
One day she came back and found
! had eaten big hole in her rug,
and one afternoon, wher sat on
her lap, I ate holes in the front OF
her dress. She thought was very
good and quiet, but when she found
out what | had done she thought it
time for me to go to bed.
She said: "Oh. Ruby, what a
naughty one you are" and she gave
me a nice supper and put me to bed.
But the next day / was taken back
TO my New York keeper. She told
the man that she found no fault with
me. but that house was no place
for Dummies.
SO | am now waiting for another
nice home, which l hope to get soon,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07

A. the rising Of the sun the King OF
,he Black Wilderness came 90 him and
said: "It's time for you 10 be setting
about the task OF to-day
"Im in 10 hurry" said the King OF
Ircland's sol. 81 can do tina. task at
my case"
But, / car tell you. he was FAR from
being at MS ease when he went to the
lake and looked down into the water.
II was so deep and so BLACK that he
could SC, nothing at all. There's
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07
MOUNTAIN

some blossom to brighten these soil
udes."
And didn't they asked you to
come?' inquired the moss.
No" said the little flower. Il came
because | loved it-and there was
need Of me"
Little girl, little boy, remember
this. The edelwciss is closer to the
stars than the daisy or the buttercuP,
TIE iris OF the rose. Those who have
courage. like it. have found it grow
ing gladly in IL home. They have
called it noble white. That is its
name. edelweiss.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07

shaacd flower, white like the snow
about il. warm ard living with its
heart OF soft gold cascd in a woolly
blanket. keeping warm and living -
the blcakness to make the noun
tair's desolation bloom.
oh" cried the gray moss, no"
cane you here? The flowers SAID
there was no warmth or moisture
OF nourishment so high above the
CLOUDS! Who are you"
And the little star-shaped flower
nodded in the chill wind. Il am the
edelweiss," it SAID. 81 came here
quietly because there was need OF