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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27
OIL and GAS NEWS

Robert Watchorn, president OF the
Samoset Oil Company, left last nigh
on a business trip to Oklahoma City.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27
THREE MORE BODIES

Austin, Tex, April 81
Three more bodies of flood vic
tins were found today, all be.
ing unidentified negroes. This
makes seventeen bodies recov-
cred here.
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27

A general movement has been start
ed in St. Louis to establish the "protO-
col agreement" in the garment trades.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27

international Switchmen will cree
as5O 900 headquarters building in Buf
falo. n. Y.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27

j. r. Sivalls of the firm of Black,
Sivalls and Bryson, passed through
here yesterday en- route to Strawn,
where he has a contract to build a
l6OO-barrei tank in that field.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27

Hugh l.. Sturm and w. M. Cook, are
in Tulsa on business.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27

j. +. Crosbie will begin rigging up
Wednesday on No. Roy NJ. Johnson
in section 6-4-3. Lamb & Walker built
the rig and the drilling will be done
by Hivick Oil Company
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27
Smiles.

II we cannot strew life's path with
howers, wrote Charles Dickens. we
can at least strew 1t with sm.'es.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27

Max Westheimer and Lawrence c.
Hivick left here yesterday for Strawn,
Texas, where they are drilling a we'll.
They have sold 80 acres surrounding
their drilling well to the Guffey peo
ole for $1,000. These two men went
from here with power of attorney to
transact business for the Big Seven Oil
Company. Members of the Big Seven
Company are Max Westheimer, L. c.
Hivick. George Cox, Dave Daube, Will
lie Munzesheimer Ralph r. Cole and
c. t. Sykes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27

The body of Mrs. Jim Sivalls who
died at Bartlesville, is now being ia
ken to the old home at Woodville O.,
for interment. Her husband is a
member of the tank building firm of
Black, Sivalls and Bryson, and is one
Of the most popular men about the
fields of Oklahoma and north Texas
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27

r. f. Maloney returned yesterday
from Oklahoma City where he went
to be present at the races. Mr.. Malo-
ney is preparing to drill "a well in
section 26-4-3 and is being delayed in
moving machinery on account of the
muddy condition of the field
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27

Wild Cat Jim well in 1922 near
the town of Graham in this county,
has "A showing of gas, and a number
of persons have recently visited the
we'll More interest than formerly is
being manifested in that section of
the county.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02

losses were recovered, although there
is still a margain OF loss as compared
with the close of last week.
Just a fair clearance is reported by
dealers of stockers and feeders for
the week. Market has been irreg-
ular i'm that the right good leshy
feeders and the attractive grades of
yearlings and heifers have been held
nearly steady, while discounts
amounting to a full quarter are quo
ted on the inbetween and plain classes
for the six-day period.
Week end hog trade showed fur
Their reaction from the low time
Thursday, advance over Friday being
pegged at a dime. Top for the day
landed at $7.15, while the bulk of
sales ranged from $6.10 a $50.
Bullish conditions have existed all
week in the sheep trade and advance
on both matured stock as well as
lambs figures from 40 a 60c. Supply
locally has been very light.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02

The volume or gold coming into the
couItry during May was $31. 10000.
In May. 1914, II was 81, 755,062. Dur
ing the past May gold anne In at New
York to the amount Of $13, 403, 935, and
at Ogdensburg to the amount of $13.-
516.S03. The receipts Of gold from
Canada during the eleven months end
ed with May were SCI, TAO, 122. and
from Great Britain in the same period
$1.953, TAG. Canada's transfer Of gold
to this country during May was $14,-
494,5 36, as compared with S1,045,917
the same month last year. France sent
us In May. this year. $11.500.000 of
gold, having sent us In the preceding
ten months of the fiscal year but $52,-
026. Our export Of gold to all coun-
tries In the eleven months ended with
May was $631, 720. The total import
OF gold from all countries for the elev-
EN- months Of the fiscal year ended with
May was $119,227,015.
The grand balance of trade for the
eleven months ended with May, 1915,
IL OF interest to those who desire to
take a broad view of the trade situa-
ton. The total exports for the period
named were 81, 0,041, 1924 as compared
with $2,207, 507, 101 for the eleven
months ended with May, 1914. I'm
ports were down to the end OF May,
1915. S1,516,475,600 and for the same
months the previous year were l .736.-
396,207. The total of exports and i'm
ports for the eleven months ended
with May this year was $4,016,516 524,
and the total of exports and imports
for the same months ended with May,
1914. was $3,943, 903, 30S. giving an In
crease for this year over last In the
grand total of foreign trade, including
both exports and imports, of $72,613.-
216. While this year exports have in
creased by $500. 534,S23 in the eleven
months, imports have fallen Off by
$219.921, 607. At the same time the
balance OF trade for the eleven months
ended with May, 1915, had reached the
enormous mount of 1888 ,567 1924 and,
as is well known, with the balance for
the following month of June, passed
the billion mark for the first time In
the history of the country.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02
SIOUX CITY LIVESTOCK MARKET

Sioux City, Aug. Usual light
Saturday supply of cattle, around 500
head, market in all branches nominal
ly steady with the previous day.
Weeks receipts have been on the lib
eral order, 5000 head, an increase
over last week, and about double the
number that arrived the correspond
ing time a year ago.
Trend to fat cattle prices the fore
part of the session was downward,
and up TO Wednesday a decline of 25
a Ace vas reported on practically all
grades of beef steers and she stuff.
Falling off in supplies towards the
close made it possible for sellers to
get better action and part of the early
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02
COPS TO MEASURE SKIRTS.
Atlantic City Bathing Dresses Must
Come Within Three Inches of Knees.

One thing of the utmost Importance
for the future guidance of summer
girls in Atlantic City has been settled
definitely and beyond recall. 1t re
lates to the minimum length of the
bathing skirt. Chief Surgeon Bossert.
director OF the bathing beach. pro-
mulgated an order so explicit that
neither summer maids, propriety police
nor beach guards can fail to under
stand precisely what 1t means.
Every bathing skirt worn upon the
Atlantic City beach must not be short
er than three inches above the knee
of the wearer," says the ukase.
1t applies with equal force, Beach
Director Bossert said, to tall girls and
short sisters. A tape measure has been
added to the equipment OF beach head
quarters.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02
COAST LINER SINKS BARGE
Collision In N%arragansett Bay Is With
out Casualty.

Providence, r. L., Aug. 2.-The Colo
NAL line steamer Concord, from New
York for Providence, was in collision
with the barge Exeter In Narragan-
sett bay In a thick fog. The barge
sank. No n was injured and after
taking aboard the crew of the Exeter
the Concord. which was not damaged.
completed It's journey.
The Exeter, owned by the Philadel-
phia and Reading Coal company. car
ried 1900 tons OF coal.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02

New Haven, Conn, Aug. 2.-The
Winchester Repeating Arms company
has announced a reduction in working
hours from fifty-five to forty-eight a
week, an increase in wages for piece
work employees, so per cent bonus for
overtime and 10 per cent bonus for
night work.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, July 31.-Wheat-July,
$1.36; Sept, $1.04A; Dec, $1.04B.
Cash close on track: No. / hard. ST.
ass; No. l Northern, $1.29% GLASS;
No. 2 Northern, s1.24% 91.41$; No. 3
Northern, $1.173s 91.37%; No. 3 vel
low corn, 7S@7shc; No. 3 white oats,
46Q47c; fax, s1.59A.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02
MORE MARINES FOR HAITI
6attleshlp Connecticut Sails From
PHILADELPHIA.

Philadelphia, Aug. 1.-The battle
ship Connecticut, with 655 marines
aboard. sailed from the League island
navy yard for Haiti.
The Connecticut, under command of
Captain Burrell. will pick up 200 more
marines at Norfolk and then will sail
direct for Port au Prince to assist
Admiral Caperton in preserving order.
The marines, many OF whom saw
service at Vera Cruz during the Amer
lean occupation of the Mexican city
last year, are commanded by Colonel
+. X. Cole of the United States ma
rine corps.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02
Ex-SECRETARY OF NAVY ILL
General Tracy Served Under Presl-
dent Harrison.

New York, Aug. 2.-General Benja-
min Franklin Tracy, e~ighty-fiye years
old, who vas secretary of the navy in
President Harrison's administration,
is reported seriously i'll at his home
here. He has been a prominent law
yer here and was long connected with
the Republican party.
General Tracy was injured in an au-
tomobile accident on Decoration day
while on his way to Brooklyn to re-
view the G.. A. X. parade.
The nature of General Tracy's pres
ent ailment was not divulged.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02
Russians Sink Turk Ships.

Petrograd, Aug. Another Rus
sian raid on Turkish shipping in the
Black e Is officially announced.
Russian torpedo boats shelled Shile.
near the Bosporus, thirty-four miles
northeast of C~onstantinople, and sunk
a large collier and forty-seven sailing
Aims.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02

Chicago, July 31.-Wheat-July, ST.
0SA; Sept, $1.05A; Dec, s1.06%.
Corn-July. 1850; Sept, 73%c; Dec,
39Ac. Pork-July, $13.40; Sept, $13.-
10; Oct, $1S.S7h. Butter-Creamer-
les, 25c. Eggs-14@17c. Poultry
Springs, 16Q17c; fowls. 12Rc.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02
South ST. paul Live Stock.

South st. Paul, July 31.-Cattle-
Receipts. 250; steers, $5.00Q9.50;
COWS and heifers, $475Q7.50; calves,
$4.0069.50; stockers and feeders,
$4.25@7.50. Hogs-Receipts, LOO;
range, $5.7507.20. Sheep-Receipts,
200; lambs, $4.75@S.O0; wethers, $4.75
@5.75; ewes, $2.00@5.50.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02

London, Aug. 1.-The following Of
fetal statement was made public:
ut is officially announced that two
prisoners who were charged with
espionage were tried by general court
martial on the 18th and 18th. They
were found guilty and sentenced to
death, and the sentences, having been
fully confirmed, were carried out"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02
ON THE RIGHTS OF NEUTRALS
British Note 10 Be Delivered to Am
bassador Page Soon.

Washington, Aug. 2.-Ambassador
Page has advised the state depart.
ment that the supplemental British
note will be delivered to the embassy
at London within a day or twos~
The note goes fully into the rights
of neutrals at sea and within block
ade lines. Ii will be a long note and
go thoroughly into the phases of in
teTnational law involved.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02
ST. Paul Grain.

ST. Paul, July 31.-Wheat-No. l
Northern, $1.292s GLASS; No. 2
Northern, $1.24# @1.41%; No. 2 Mon
tana hard, S1.24% 41.26ss; corn, $50
7S1ac; oats, 46047c; barley, 66473c;
rye, $1.01@1.02; flax, $1.59A.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02

Detroit, Aug. 1.-THE steamer No
ronic, owned by the Northern Navi-
cation company of Sarnia, Ont, went
aground in the Detroit river opposite
Belle Isle. Tugs made several unsuc-
cessful efforts to release it. The No
ronic, with 125 passengers aboard, is
bound for Detroit from Lake Superior
portA
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02
Earthquake Shocks Registered.

Cleveland Aug. 2.-Earthquake
shocks lasting from S:52 to 1882 p.
m. were registered on the seismo-
graph at st. lgnatius' college here.
Father Odenbach estimates the dis.
turbance was probably somewhere in
Japan.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02
TEN THOUSAND SEE NEGRO
BURNED AT STAKE.

Temple. Tex, Aug. 2.-Ten
thousand frenzied men and
women roasted Win Stanley,
a negro, to death In the pub
lie square. Stanley was sus-
pected of the murder of three
Grimes children.
Arrested near Bolton with
two other negroes Stanley told
conflicting stories as to how
he came by a pair of Grimes
trousers. Just before the mad
dened throng dragged him in
TO the public square pyre
Stanley is said to have con-
fessed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02
01~~M Dyspepsia
~@ Tablets

will relieve your Indigestion. Many
people in this town have used them
and we have yet to hear of a case where
they have failed. We know the for
mula. Sold only by us-25c a box.
Frank q. Smith
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02
CHICAGO Live Stock.

Chicago, July 31.-Cattle-Steers.
$6.20@f0.25; COWS and heifers. 1925
69.25; calves, $7.50@11.25. Hogs
Light, S7.05M7.70; mixed. $6.25@ so;
heavy, $6.05@7.00; rough. $6.O5Q6.20;
pigs. $6.50a7.40. Sheep-Native, $500
m6 90.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, July 21.-Wheat-On track
and to arrive, No. l hard, S1.456s; No.
/ Northern, $1.443s; No. 2 Northern,
$1.393s @1.403s. Flax-On track and
to arrive. $1.57A.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02
BURGLAR ROBS WOMEN OF
TRIP TO FAIR.

Camden, N. j., Aug. Cali
fornia viii have four less visi-
tors this summer. Mrs. Sarah
Senner made preparations to
leave for San Francisco with
two granddaughter and a
niece. She drew $1,000 from
the bank for the trip. but a
burglar stole the $1,000.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02
Morgan Fully Recovered.

New York, Aug. apparently full
" recovered from the effects of the
bullet wound inflicted by Erich Muen.
ter several weeks ago, j. p. Morgan
was at his summer home at Glen
Cove. l.. l., having returned from a
two weeks cruise on board his steam
yacht Corsair.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02
Her Peanuts Were popa.

The mysterious "plumed lady" of
Cleveland. who handed peanuts to
friends she met In her strolls, has been
sent to the workhouse for distributing
cocaine In peanut shells.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02

Pittsburg. Aug. 2.-Harry X. Thaw
has started on an automobile trip to
the Pacific coast by way of Chicago.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02
EXPORT TRADE
SHOWS BIC GAINS
May Shipments of Products
to Europe Were Large.
MUCH GOLD COMING HERE.


of Iron and Steel Was Sent Abroad
During One Month-Bill For Oil
Amounts to s12,soo,ooo, For Flour SO
100000 and For Leather se,5oo,ooo.
Official figures of foreign commerce
for May tell a story with which the
American business man has become
very familiar during the past six
months.
There has beer a large increase In
exports OF all lines of goods that are
required as war supplies, such as iron
and steel products. packing house stuffs,
wooden goods, chemicals, cottonseed oil
and cake, all metal goods except cop
per, leather goods, automobiles and
trucks. cotton goods and refined sugar.
Some of these articles, as sugar, for
instance, are not classified strictly as
var supplies, but are in demand be-
cause of the shutting off of German,
Austrian and Russian supplies from
countries like England and Turkey
that import all the sugar they CON
sumo.
The falling off in foreign trade dur
ing May appears directly in pig copper,
which Is Is per cent less than In April:
boards and planks, 80 per cent less;
agricultural implements. 80 per cent
less; electrical apparatus, 10 per cent
less. and naval stores, 30 per cent less.
The principal increases, as shown in
round figures, are given In the follow
ing table, the comparison being with
the exports of May, 1914:
NJ tare NJ. foT4
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02
The CHARM
OF MOTHERHOOD
Enhanced BY Perfect Physi-
cal Health.

The experience of Mothcrliocdi5 a try
ing n to most wou1eo and marks dis
tinctly an epoch in their lives. Not n
oma in q hundred 10 prepared or un-
derstanls how TO properly care for her
self. OF u nearly every woman
nowadays IA medical treatment at such
times, but many approach the expert
ence with an organism untitled for the
trial of strength, and when it is over
her system has received a shock from
which it is hard TO recover. Following
right upon this comes the nervous strain
of caring for the child, and a distinct
change in the mother results.
There is nothing more charming than
a happy and healthy mother of children,
and indeed childbirth under the right
conditions need be no hazard to health or
beauty. The unexplainable thing is
that, with all the evidence of shattered
nerves and broken health resulting from
an unprepared condition, and with am.
pie time in which to prepare, women
will persist in going blindiy to the triGi.
Every woman at this time should rely
upon Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, a most valuable tonic and
invigorator of the female organism.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02

H you want special advice write to
Lydia 4. Pinkham Medicine Co. Conf.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by a
woman and held In strict confidence.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02

In many homes
once childless there
are now children be-
cause of the fact
that Lydia <. Pink
hams V Vegetable
Compound AXE s
women norm
healthy and strong.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02

GeEni .sAtuaSy .l,s -er ffln
SNE JACK ACEE
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-08-02
Lake Steamer Is Grounded.

1. + 1. + + 1. + !. !. + + 1. 4. I. 1. /.
, 1915-01-23
Censored a Jam0ico J

London, Jan. 20th.-A Zeppelin air~hip
reached Kings yum Mt eleven o'clock on
Tuesday night. A telephone message having
reached the police from Yarmouth, they
promptly got into communication with Sher-
ingham, but just, as the connection was made
bombs were being dropped into the latter
place. The Kings Lynn police knew then
that their town was in line of attack aud took
what measures were possible. A certain
amount of lighting made the town a visible
mark but the Borough engineer promptly
cut off all the electric lights, thus render
ing the work of the German invaders as
difficult as possible. The Zeppelin heralded
its approach to Kings Lynn 10y dropping a
bomb presumably at Snettisham, where
Queen Alexandra has q bungalow. The re-
port was plainly heard ana within a few
minutes The machine was over Kings Lynn.
The night was dark and therefore it was i'm
possible to detect the visitor, but the l0is0
of the engines being audible it was %coujec-
tured that it was flying low. Such Of the towns-
people as bad received warning took to the
cellars Of their houses. For ten minutes the
airship cruised over the town and dropped
five bombs, by which a hydraulic engine on
the quay was wrecked and two houses were
demolished, while a third caught fire.
Numerous windows were broken and several
huge holes made IN the streets. A family
consisting of father and mother, q lad and n
baby lived in B%entipck Street the yonth
and the baby were ia bed and the parents
, 1915-01-23
Censored ut Jnmaica.)

London, Jauunry 20th-A despatch from
Paris states that the Ministry of Marine III "
statement says that the French submarine
"Snphir', wi had taken a position for
observation purposes nenrer the entrance to
the Dardanelles, has left to rejoin The French
naval fol ces in that vicinity.
Foreign newspapers announce that the
"Saphir'' was sunk and that part of her crew
were picked up by Turkish boats.
A Berlin wireless despatch said two days
ago hat the "Saphir" had been sunk by the
, 1915-01-23

T,,E;.b o,tiua,v while sba was IRVINE 10 en-
tLn n,r I.,,altos I,t.r dasnof.h from
R.,liu .oid NINA consat tt4 destruction of
~ ,Sanhun
dalnatcb from s bostonol states that
pn..;on to,noa, h,ot. .ntar4d the B,v Of
S;,o,a - ma R,ook Saa and sank the INK.
,b ssta,n,ar uGaorgaao and three sailing
vessels TIE crew Of all he four vessels
,y.,a .ovad
TLa .,Doiv Eawsn rorresnondent nj Pptro-
o,od sfotas hat the Turkish cIulser "B,es-
Inn ~ error bomb,,dea me Turkish posi-
tione a. Timan il tha B)o.E sen LjIIng
z 600 nersous rhe "Br esla0" left unaware
III fine sanoLta,ino of her Allies
Reuters despatcb from Amsterdam
s,otes tnnt Cardinal Observation-Disclosures to each
Priest IN his Diocese. secretly distributed
lv snecia) couIlers. snid: "On January 1T
soldiers forced their entry into the VIcarage
and soiz-d nv pastoral letter Contrary to
INV Fni.c ,naI 0rda, tbrx nrohIbted the
r.aduro Of the letter before the conolega-
tions threatpnino fine most severe punish
mant which wnnI3 have been iuH cled ON
fine yicars of the parishes. They did not
snare my own d~ionltv for ON January Pad,
early in'tbe mo1niug. received an order to
anneor that same morning before the Gov
ernor- General 10 answer for NV letter and
next day / was forbidden to attend service
- H.. t,nIt4dlaj OF Antwerp. FINALLY was
not allowed to move about freely. or to cul
ON other Bishot IN Belgium. Your and my
own riobt4 me tLux violated. aud as citizens
of B4Iojum rs y Pps,or ana a member of
tbe Holy CONGREGATION of Cardinals. l
STRONGLY protest AGAINST il. However Others
may iternr4t II. tbis experience has proved
that nv Pastoral lettel has not caused uny
dancer or rebellion: on the contrary. it has