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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-22
At Hobart.

Hobart, Okla, March 21.-The plant
of the Interstate Compress company
and 1900 bales of cotton stored in
the sheds and on the platforms burn
ed here Tuesday afternoon, entailing
loss of a half million dollars. Fif-
teen box cars on the railroad SiGings
near the compress, waiting to receive
cotton, were destroyed. The loss on
the plant is covered by insurance. The
fire was discovered about the press
at 1920, and famed by a high wind.
spread rapidly. The fire was under
control in 40 minutes. A large part
of the loss was covered by insur-
ance.
Sparks from the burning cotton
were carried one and three-fourths
of a mile to a straw stack, which
was burned. and one-half Of a mile to
@ quantity oG cotton seed, which was
burned. At the time of the fire the
wind was blowing at the rate of thirty
miles an hour
The Interstate Cotton Compress
company is made up principally of
Oklahoma and Texas stockholders. t
was announced here Tuesday that the
compress will be rebuilt.
Among the cotton purchasing COM
Tuesday was the Japan Export COM
pany. which had 5000 bales of cotton
burned. II is believed that three
fourths OF this cotton was insured.
The origin of the fire has not been
determined There had been no fire
in the boilers Tusday, and no fire in
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-22
Glass of Hot Water
Before Breakfast
a Splendid Habit
Open sluices Of the system each
morning and wash away the
poisonous, stagnant matter

Those Of US who are accustomed &c
feel duh and heavy when we arise
splitting headache, stuffy from a cold
foul tongue, nasty breath, acid stom
ach, lame back, can, instead, both
look and feel as fresh as a daisy
always by washing the poisons and
toxins from the body with phosphated
hot water each morning.
We should drink, before breakfast.
a glass of real hot water with tea
spoonful Of limestone phosphate in
it TO flush from the stomach, liver,
kidneys and ten yards Of bowels the
previous days indigestible waste,
sour bile and poisonous toxins; thus
cleansing, sweetening and purifying
the entire alimentary tract before
putting more food into the stomach.
The action of limestone phosphate
and hot water on an empty stomach
is wonderfully inyigorating. 1t cleans
ouI an lhc ooul i'llh'llIdtioho, SdoeH,
waste and acidity and gives one
splendid appetite for breakfast and
it is said to be but a little while until
the roses begin to appear in the
cheeks. A quarter pound of limestone
phosphate will cost very little at the
drug store, but is sufficient to make
anyone who is bothered with bilious
ness, constipation, stomach trouble,
Dr rheumatism a real enthusiast on
he subject of internal sanitation. Try
t and you are assured that you will
ook better and feel better in every
way shortly.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-22

house, and he knew how to deal with
that body. Those who wanted to see
Champ Clark elected president ar
gued that he could control congress be
cause he was well acquainted with it
and that there was danger in placing
man in the White House who by
actual experience had not come in con
tact with congress Tb| argument
possessed much mer 1t has been
offset by the fine heL, of Presi-
dent Wilson. Z 90 been remarkable
that he has held congress with him at
this time. Some big questions have
been before the country, more or less
excitement has prevailed foreign coun-
tries have had their lobbies to carry
out their points in American legisla-
tion and the wonder is that congress
and the White House have been so
nearly a unit on big questions. II is
probably not due so much to the per
sonal popularity of the president as it
is to his broad grasp of questions of
state and his lucid manner of placing
his views before congress and before |
the people. He has held the country |
together, our interests have been ce
and it seems almost like he is |
another Washington who has been Civ
en- us to guide our feet at a time |
when the paths have been dark. The
loyal American citizen ought to sup
port Woodrow Wilson without regard
to party afliliation. These are times
when the man who seeks party ad-
at the risk of disruption of
The country becomes a criminal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-22
YOU CAN'T FIND ANY
DANDRUFF, AND HAIR
STOPS COMING OUT
Save your hair! Make it thick, waVy,
glossy and beautiful at
orce.

Try as YOU will, after an applica.
tion of Danderine, you can not find a
single trace of dandruff or falling
hair and your scalp will not itch, but
what will please you most, will be
after a few weeks use, when you
will see new hair, fine and downy at
lirst-yes-but really new hair, grow
ing all over the scalp.
\ little Danderine Immediately
doubles the beauty of your hair. No
difference how dull, faded brittle, and
scraggy, just moisten a cloth with
Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair taking one small
strand at time. The effect is i'm
mediate and amazing hair will
be light, fluffy and wayy, and have
an appearance of abundance; an in
comparable lustre, sofness and lux
uriance, the beauty and simmer of
true hair health.
Get 25-cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any drug store or
toilet counter, and prove that your
hair is as pretty and soft as any
that it has been neglected or in
iurod by careless treatment. 4 %
cent bottle will double the beauty of
Your hair.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-22
FEATURE OF ADMINISTRATION

The defeat of the Kahn bill in con
gress which proposed to go beyond the
recommendation of the president in the
equipment of the army. illustrates an
interesting feature of the Woodrow
Wilson administration. The hold that
he has on congress and the manner
of holding his popularity with the leg.
islatiye branch is not short of being
remarkable. 1t was said of Mckinley
that he and congress were always on
good terms for the reason that Nc.
Kinley had had a long service in the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-22
FIRE DEMON
OVER RCOUNTRY
YESTERDAY
PARIS, TEXAS, HAS TWO-MlLLION-
DOLLAR LOSS, MCKINNEY LOSES
HALF MILLION, HoBART'S LOSS
HALF MILLION - OTHERS.

Paris, Tex, March 21-Fire start
ing near the Paris compress shortly
after ) o'clock Tuesday dfteln noon
swept northeast to tie heart Of The
city and up to o'clock Tuesday
night had destroyed twenty.seyen
blocks of residences and busine ss
buildings, with an approximated loss
at that time of $2,O0O,OOO.
The flames made a clean sweep of
the southern portion of the city, a
burned path three and four blocEs
wide extending to the public square,
where a large open space arrested
the course of the fire temporarily.
On that square is situated the Mer-
rick hotel, four-story structure
costing $150,000. At S o'clock the
building was doomed.
Palatial residences in the fashion
able part of the city, smaller houses
in the factory and mill districts, and
substantial brick buildings were razed
by the fire, which was famed by
brisk south wind.
Fire Department Helpless.
This section has been without rain
for over fifty days and the frame
buildings were consumed as tinder.
The Paris fire department, semi
volunteer organization, with apparatus
far from being capable to comba; such
a conflagration was powerless to
stop the onrushing flames. Scarcity
of water was also an impediment.
Just how the fire started was not
known at an early hour Tuesday
night. The compress, with hundreds
of bales of cotton, was first consumed |
The fire then spread to adjacent resi-
dences, built closely together, and of !
light frame construction.
1t is eighteen blocks from the COM
press to the center of the business
district. This distance, somewhat |
over a mile, was laid in ruins In less
than an hour, the flames leaving in |
their wake a path from one to three
blocks wide. A total of twenty-seven
blocks comprised the burned area in
the residence district.
Sweeping almost due north the fire
reached the public square, on which
large buildings face. In these are
located the exchanges of two tele-
phone companies and one telegraph
Telephone girls were forcd
to flee from their posts in danger of
being swept into the flames.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-22
TAKE CASCARETS IF
HEADACHY, BILIOUS
AND CONST|PATED
Best for liver and bowels, bad breath,
bad colds, sour stomach
Get a 10-cent box.


Sick headache, biliousness, coated
tongue, head and nose clogged up With
a cold-always trace this to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food in the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in
testines, instead of being cast out Of
the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches
the delicate brain tissue it causes con-
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick.
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and pos
ons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet, breath right,
complexion rosy and your liver and
bowels regular for months.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-22
,rdmore, Wednesday, March %, 1916.
,Ilis hIrlss~
CtIfnlta1f9gsslD l
-AhlnAIJ

The Durant Democrat tells of a
man in that town who has disgraced
himself forever. He got job and
went to work.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-22

Admore has a man who claims to
be one hundred thousand dollars
ahead of the oil game and he man
aged to get ahead by declining to
make any investments in oil lands.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-22

the office where employees were at
work.
March 2, 1910, a cotton compress
on the same site was destroyed by
fire, 2,4OO bales of cotton being con-
sumed and the loss totaling 100000.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-22

1 want to trade my San Antonio,
Texas, property for property, land or
merchandise in or around Ardmore.
You can get good trade from Henry
Flynn. 1913
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-22
Keep Your skin Clear and Healthy


There is only one way TO have a
clear. healthy complexion and that is
TO keep the bowels active and regular
Dr. Kings New Life Pills will make
your complexion healthy and clear.
move the bowels gently. stimulate the
liver. cleanse system and purify the
blood. \ splendid spring medicine
25c AT your druggist
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-22

Ringers one-cent saie soon. Watch
for date i5tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-22

Ringers one-cent sale soon. Watch
for date. 15tf
Evening journal., 1916-03-25
RIsHOP,s APPOINTMENTS.

Bishop Kinsman announces the fol-
lowing appointments in the Episcopal
Churches of Delaware for the re-
mainder Of Lent:
March 23-26-Christ Church, Mil
ford.
March 2s-st. stephens. Harring-
ton.
March 26-29-st. Pauls George
town.
March 29-31-Dover.
March 31-St Martins, Hartley.
April Trinity, Clayton.
April 2-St. Peters. Smyrna; st.
Mary's, Townsend; St. Anne's, Middle
town.
April 4-6-st. James, Philadelphia.
April 9-Trinity. Wilmington ;
Bishopstead for st. Johns. Whining
ton; Emmanuel, New Castle.
April 11-13--St. James, Philadel-
phia
April 13-Pitman. New Jersey.
April 16-Immanuel. Wilmington
St. James. Stanton; Old Swedes, Viii
mington; St. James, Newport
April 20-Trinity. Wilmington.
April 21-Carney Point
April 23-Calvary, Wilmington: St
Johns. Wilmington; Calvary, Hill
crest.
Evening journal., 1916-03-25
The Exposure of National Shame
From the New York Tribune }

United States; the history of the not
remote past supplies a suggestion that
must be rejected until il is officially
confirmed.
II the army had dirigible balloons,
they should be with Pershing, for the
practical aid they could give and for
the training their crews could gain,
from exercise in the field. But the
army has no dirigibles, or il it pos
sesses them they are hidden away
where they can be of no use. Occa-
sionally we see a photograph OF a gas
bag in shed, with descriptive mat
ter assigning it TO the army. but that
It has ever left the builders hands is
not recorded. The country does know
that the army aeronautical school has
been savagely attacked in the Senate,
and that no pretence of defence has
been made for il.
Man for man. the army equals any
Of its size in the world But how
many men does it count to a regiment?
What Is the number Of. soldiers, re-
corded as individuals and not by or
ganizations, under Pershing's COM
mand? How many bayonets, not COM
panies or regiments. are in Panama
How many organizations can today
put their nominal peace strength in
the field? We hear of a regiment, and
set it down for a thousand men; it
marches of. full strength, with 6S5
rifles behind its Colonel During all
the recent talk OF war from men high
ly placed, the necessity Of prepared
ness, the terrific dangers of the ma
tion's foreign relations. the army has
been far below its authorized peace
Ystrength. and no person in authority
has moved to bring it up to the num-
Der provided by law.
An army of untitled regiments, day
light machine guns. aeroplanes that
keep the ground: a wireless that is
either non-eXistent or fit only to be
the toy of a child; are there more dis
closures like these to be made?
The navy. "ship for ship" the peer
OF any? With not a battle cruiser de-
signed, building or authorized; with
Evening journal., 1916-03-25

Americans have been told so fire.
quently that the United States army
and navy, man for man. gun for gun.
ship for ship. equalIed, II they did not
surpass, the armed forces OF other
nations, that most Of them believe it.
Is that belief justified? Or have we
been deceived, and lured into a false
confidence in our dependence on those
arms OF the public service to which
we look in time OF peace for the per-
formance OF well understood duties.
and in time OF war for preservation
from disaster in the first attack? What
is the record?
Within a week IL has been disclosed
that the machine gun in use i'm the
army is a daylight gun, its feed so
delicate that in the dark il cannot be
depended on TO function properly. The
aeroplanes assigned to accompany the
punitive force following Villa have
proved incapable; there is talk OF at
mospheric conditions their engines
could not withstand; they we're sent
up without observers or mechan-
icians; and those which survived their
flights. instead OF completing their
oVif fitt do Stuulo nave Deen ordered TO
search for those lich could not keep
the air. Moreover, their number was
pitifully inadequate. and the country
is told that the Government finds it
difficult to obtain satisfactory motors,
In day when the European aero
planes machines OF American inven-
ton, Jme of American construction,
perform as a matter Of course duty
incomparably more difficult than any
that has been put upon ours.
These facts have been divulged de-
spite a censorship more rigid than
has ever been attempted here before.
What the full report will show no
man dares to foretell. VIII il reveal
that transportation was inadequate,
the commissariat unequal to its task,
the quartermaster's supplies OF inn
proper character and insufficient in
amount. the medical stores unsuited in
kind and deficient in quantity? The
answers to these questions will be
given when Pershing returns to the
Evening journal., 1916-03-25
SEE DURBoROUGH,s WAR PICTURES.

nURBOROUGHS German War Pictures will be ex-
- hibited in the Queen Theatre, at Fifth and
Market streets. next week
The presentation Will begin on Monday. It viii
close Friday night
The show will be the greatest Of its kind ever
thrown upon an American screen.
THE EVENING JOURNAL urges its readers to see
the pictures for several reasons, follows:
Frst-Because they are genuine.
Second-Because they arc educational
Third-Because they entertaining.
Fourth-Because they inofensve to nationals.
Ffth-Becsuse they we're made by Delaware man
who, at the risk of his life accompanied Field Mar
shal Won Hindenburg's army its drive into Russia
and took battle which among the most
terrible that greeted the eye on that memorable cam
paign.
sixth--Because THE EVENING JOURNAL was in
strumenta in bringing those pictures here for the en-
tertanment and edihcation Of the people Of Delaware
Bear this all-important fact in mind:
The pictures genuine, and not studio or field
fakes.
When say that not attacking any other
German war pictures that may be shown here next
week.
As 10 them we have made no inquiry to their
genuneness and have purpose OF doing So
SO far as we arc concerned. the people must satisfy
themselves that point.
Our sole desire is to impress upon the public the
al-important fact that matter what the other pic
lures may be- the Durborough pictures, to be ex-
hibted in the Queen Theatre under the auspices OF
THE EVENING JOURNAL genuine in all respects.
and that under circumstances would we approve OF
fake war pictures be palmed off upon the people as
genuine war pictures
II the public wishes to real pictures it will
not fail to go to the Queen Theatre.
Evening journal., 1916-03-25
cARRANnsrAs AND THEIR LoYALrr.

A MEHlCANs should be exceedingly cautions in Civ
"A ing credence 10 unofficial stories relative TO the
froysliy o. officers and soldiers o. General Carranza
such stories traced carefully they doubtless
would lead rule into some villa iunia which has
sinister ends 70 IN aroBsing American distrust
q Czrrzrzz and hs zsu TSs Herrera story is case
n port
I.1E "a Gersrsl CsrrznEs. rsocEuirsd head of the
De tscto Mer.czr GorsrnEsnf has conducfed himself
Ir ciz-ifs1 ar tslpfri rrsnrer. while taking
proper cpiosfe STEPS tc rrcte ss topererrty oftbs
Nsziczn people. re hss pm troops ID fts fec aEsrs
villa ard t1sg are uzrrtrr s-t Sighting fi5s b, sse
rith or Arsricsr troops. Ttst is aif THAT can bs
rzrsrtel q siu s-1 his nziio-sis
VILE iu view % u-ssrfies rciricsl sns social
concifions 10 MEXICO. h Win - rel for ne United
States 70 rsno en01sh troops into Melioo 10 destroy
villa. 70 guard lines - coninuricztion arc 70 deaf
sunDsry vith any zcts - frszchsry ftsf nay be a.
tempted T. also VII b. wsn ~ give ~ Csrrsrzz ard
his followers credit Tor sincerity - purpose uuf tss
commission b. then - rome overt sct r,sssls that
they are not sincere. Certainly they should no. he
tried and convicted in fhc American mind urou re
strength Of CheefoO stories or the deliberately
concocted lies Of villa agents n o. the hiehsrt i'm
portance th-t there shall be feeling of confidence
between tho American troops and the Mexican troops
now in the heid.
Evening journal., 1916-03-25

the Admiral Of one fleet established in
tender as his flagship; with undersea
boats that must be towed. that cannot
submerge, or. having submerged.
reach the bottom and stay there until
the wreckers have crossed a continent
and lifted them to the surface with
chains and tackle; with submarines
equipped with electric batteries Civ
ing off dangerous explosive gases,
and no ventilators provided to clear
the air. with battleships doing the
work of cruisers; with evolutions and
target practice neglected; with it's en-
listed men undergoing literary train
ing in the hours that should be de-
voted to seamanship, recreation or
rest; with dreadnoughts Of problem
atical value in competition with the
modern vessels of other Powers; bed
lam in its civil directions. disgust
among its professional commanders,
and unrest among its enlisted men?
The fatal defect Of the defence sys-
tenn of the nation is not shrouded in
mystery. II springs from political
control of technical subjects. The
educated and informed men. the spe-
cialists whose advice deserves re-
spect, are subordinated to the ignor-
ant politician, the clown in office. A
Daniels pushes aside Dewey. and
muzzles a Fiske. and public opinion
is directed not by the facts. but bv
the special appetites and the job seek
ing ambitions parochial leaders" har-
Dor. Where a general staff is needed
to harmOnize and coordinate two com
Elementary services, a volunteer band
OF civilians Is introduced. inevitably
breeding discord and jealousy. com
plicating still further a situation of
extreme delicacy. and offering a fer
tile field for chickering's and distrust.
A system incapable of any results ex-
cept continuation of prodigious
waste without fruit. incompetence and
failure is fastened on us; and until il
/ is recognized that without coherent
responsible. expert guidance progress
is impossible. we shall blunder on in
the costly and futile course in which
our feet are now set.
Evening journal., 1916-03-25
HILLEs AND UNIFORM PRw,P1vs

THE appeal Of Charles d. Hines. Chairman of the
Republican National Committee for uniform
residential primary law in all the States struck
strong responsive chord in Washington
While il is the Republican marty which hoe ,.,
the initiative in this matter it will receive de-
served credit therefor this is not by any means
partisan matter. Democrats as wen as Republicans
arc sadly preplexed by some OF the complicated pri
mary laws enacted by the State Legislatures and all
appreciate that the tendency of the results in State
which holds its primary early influence States which
vote later must be productive OF atmospheric in
fuence in the latter which is actually nmical to that
free and untrammelled expression OF opinion which
the entire scheme of Presidential primaries is designed
20 promote
II is regarded almost vitality important that
all States which provide for Presidential primaries
should set inc same day for voting il is that all
States should hold the Presidential election itself on
the day; while fairness, simplicity and freedom
from litigation demand uniform Law in all the States.
Evening journal., 1916-03-25
SATURDAY, MARCH rs, 1916.
WLMNCTON's TRADE ExTENsION.

n UR Chamber OF Commerce, under the new leader
~ ship Of William B. Megear. president; Clarence
c. Killen, secretary, and William J. McCorklndrle
chairman Of the Mercantile Section has decided TO
make determined fight for the trade of south Jer-
sey including, Of course. that OF Pennsgrove Penns
VILE Salem and ridgeton. That is wise decision. The
field OF effort also should be extended, quickly
possible it will embrace all Of the State OF Della
the Eastern Shore of Maryland and the neigh
boring counties Of Pennsylvania
II should be borne in mind however. that il our
those sections Il will be the result of persistent ef-
fort and not Of hash-in-the-pan methods Week in and
week be dinned into the ears OF those pros
pective customers that Wilmington is a good market;
that its prices and qualities right: that is easily
Accessibe that its system OF credits as liberal as
hat OF the cities that enjoy their trade and that
when it to service in the stores, by mail. by
express and by freight, local market is unsur-
passed
Another fact should not be lost sight OF by those
who desire to extend Wilmingtons trade zone That
is that it will cost money to prosecute such cam
psgn. and that Mercantile Section that is not prop
ery financed cannot be expected TO produce the re-
suits desired
The practical thing TO do is to map out plan o
needed 10 put II through A restricted campaign in.
teligentiy conceived and properly financed will dc
practical good than a spread-eagc campaign
that starved in its infancy by lack OF financial nu-
trment. ,