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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-08
NEGRO MUTINEERS
CAN BE EXECUTED ON
ORDER OF MAJOR

san Antonio, Nov S.-Thus far, moth
ing has been deduced TO prove that any
one of the sixty-three defendant negro
troops on trial for mutiny and murder,
actually fired any of the shots. 1t is
pointed out. however. that this will not
be necessary to establish mutiny. Dis
obedience of orders in camp the night
of the riot and establishment of the
fact that individual soldiers raided the
ammunition tents and left the camp in
defiance of orders would be sufficient
TO sustain the mutiny charge it is said.
In the event of the death penalty be-
ing recommended by the court the de-
partmental commander. in this instance
Major General John w. Ruckman, has
power to inflict the death penalty, ac
cording to the law. In peace time ii
would be necessary for the President
of the United States to approve the
death sentence, but the law says this
is not necessary in time of war
The departmental commander how
ever, should he so elect could submit
the findings for approval of the presi-
dent.
Resuming Taking of Testimony.
J. ID. Dixon, who lived within a few
blocks of the army camp. said he heard
firing and went out of his house. He
encountered three negroes who covered
him with their guns.
Il asked what was wrong" Dixon
testified. and one said "a lot of these
white people have got it in for US and
we are not going TO stand for it"
Dixon said he went back to his house
and heard firing as he entered the
door.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-08
HOFFMAN AND TOBIN CLAMP
LID ON LATE EXEMPTIONS:
OKLAHOMANS SEEK RELEASE

Camp Bowie. Fort Worth, Texas. Nov.
S.--Fiftcen hundred more men are
needed TO bring Camp Bowie up to the
strength OF a division-27. 900 men.
Relatives and friends Of oklahoma Sc
lects just transferred here from Camp
Travis are making repeated efforts to
secure their release by deferred granting
Of exemptions Every day civilians go
to Brigadier General Roy Hoffman AID
Major Tobin. adjutant. but are politely
and firmly informed that nothing can
be done.
"Since the government has passed the
sol iers' insurance law there is no rea-
soa for cxdnpting a man because he
has dependants." said General Hoff-
man.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-08
SEEK TO AVOID
COAL SHORTAGE
OPERATORS OF BITUMINOUS COAL
MINES TO FORM PROGRAMME
CAR SUPPLY WORRIES.

Washington, Nov. s-Directors Of
the National Coal association. repre-
senting bituminous coal operators with
a yearly output of 250,OOO.OO0 tons. met
here to frame a comprehensive pro-
gram for dealing with the threatened
coal shortage.
Primary consideration will be given
to- cooperation with the railroads to
obtain an adequate car supply and
quicker movement of cars when load
ed.
Reports from eastern and middle-west-
ern coal fields indicate that the car
shortage has reduced the output Of
these mines to from two thirds to three
fourth of their capacity.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-08
ALIEN ENEMY WAS
FOREMAN IN SHIPYARD

Savannah, Ca, Nov. s-Conrad Mo-
haupt. an unnaturalized German. COM
ing within the full meaning Of alien
enemy. was found here by federal
agents employed as foreman Of car
penters at the Terry ship building plant
Mohaupt held permit to reside in
Brooklyn. When examined by officers.
he stated he was out Of work in Brook
lyn and had TO come to Savannah
when offered the place hers. He has
been ordered by Washington to return
to Brooklyn where the case will be dis
posed OF.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-08
STRIKERS ARE CHARGED
WITH BLOCKING INTERSTATE
COMMERCE, AND ARRESTED

Hattiesburg. Mass. Nov. S.-Eleven
striking car repairers and inspectors
of the Gulf and Ship Island railroad
were arrested here by a United States
marshal on the charge Of having inter
fered with interstate commerce. The
charge was made by United States At
torney George, under the act of con-
gress of August 10 and is the first
warrant Of the kind issued in Missis-
sippi.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-08
BRITISH LOSE ONLY
8 SHIPS PAST WEEK

London, Nov S.--A marked decrease
in the British merchant ships sunk dur
ing the last week is shown in the ad-
miralty report last night. Only eight
vessels of more than 1900 tons were
sunk by mine or submarine and four
vessels under that tonnage. No fishing
vessels were sunk.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-08
PINE BLUFF TELEPHONE
OPERATORS WORRY BUSINESS

Pine Bluff Ark. Nov. S.-A union
Of girl employees of the Southwestern
Bell telephone company in this city
has been effected and officers were
elected. 1t is said that more than 30
OF the 81 girls employed here have al
ready joined the union Business
men are such disturbed over rurnors
that a strike is imminent
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-08
WEATHER FORECAST.

For Ardmore and vicinity: Tonight
and Friday fair.
Oklahoma: Tonight and Friday fair.
West Texas: Tonight and Friday fair.
East Texas: Tonight and Friday gen.
orally fair.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-08
Charles Pardridge Dies.

Chicago. Nov. s.-Charles w. Pardri-
dee. multimlllionaire. owner Of depart
ment stores and a generation ago
famous for spectacular deals in grain,
died here aged AZ years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-03

He denied heatedly the accusation or
the Tammany candidates that his ad-
ministration had been controlled by
the malefactors OF great wealth
lie pointed out instances, particular
IN i'm the three-year fight for proper
food legislation, where the administra-
ton had undertaken things for the or
dirarv citizen where the interests OF
some big business had been involved on
the other side lie deplored the Tam
many opposition in the Legislature to
proper food legislation until recently.
lie cited his negotiations with the big
coal dealers, which resulted in the
break i'm the price of coal on the New
York market at that time.
These things ] cite to you as evil
dence that the city government has
been intimately and sincerely con.
cerned for the welfare and comfort OF
all the citizens Of this big city. This
evidence is better than mere denial,
but. my friends. let denial be added.
This administration has been con-
troIled by no ore. and this is one rea-
son why Mr.. Hearst is against 1t to-
dav. This administration has been an
swerable neither to Wall Street nor
to big business, ror to political bosses.
l. has been answerable and has an
swered only TO the people of the city
themselves, as | am answering to-
right"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-03
Is Indictments
For Primary Fraud
Expected To-day
Four Democratic Election
Inspectors Said To Be
Among Accused
By BRIGGS

Twenty-Five election inspectors prob
ably will be indicted to-day for alleged
frauds in the Mitchell primary.
Four of these probably will be Demo-
Gratis, who will be indicted for failure
TO sign the result list" showing that
they canvassed the ballots in conjunc-
ton with the Republican inspectors.
This constitutes a misdemeanor.
The other twenty-one are Republi-
cans and they, it is said. will be in
dcted for both felony and misdemeanor
under Sections 100 and 751 of the penal
law. it is predicted. These sections
relate to erasures of ballots and acts
tending to corrupt the election results.
Assistant District Attorneys Olcott
and Wallace, in charge of the investi-
cation of the primary frauds. said last
night that the Investigation thus far
has been confined to districts between
the 14th and 18th Assembly districts.
They estimated that before they com
plete their work two hundred indict-
IneDLS may Dt ItlAi utu. Htot " ~ III
clude many Democrats, who violated
the primary law by failing to canvass
the Republican ballots as well as their
own and 10 sign the result sheets.
Mr.. Olcott and Mr.. Wallace said they
were satisfied with the manner in
which Mr.. Bennett had aided their in
vestigation by giving them evidence in
his possession in districts numbering
above the 10th Assembly District. They
said Mr. Bennett was using his evidence
IN those districts for tabulation in
preparing his aifidavits. but that he had
promised to give it 20 them when he
can spare it. They said they wrote to
Abraham S. Gilbert. counsel for Mayor
Mitchell for evidence and received a
courteous reply that he did not have
any to give them.
II was said that the grand jury would
probably not require more than half an
hour to-day to make its report on the
evidence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-03
Woman Slain, Boarder
Shot; Assassin Flees
BeIgians, Recently Arrived
Here, Victims of Mys-
ferrous Attack

Shortly after o'clock this morning,
mn unknown assassin crept into the
apartment house at % West 162nd
Street and shot and killed Mrs. Char
lotte Van Touchke, thirty-fve.
After firing two bullets into the
sleeping woman, the murdered turned
his revolver on Harry Vantewegak, a
boarder, who lived in the same apart
ment and shot him in the head. Van
tewegak is in Lincoln Hospital where
the doctors say he cannot live. The
murderer escaped.
Mrs. Van Touchke has been separated
from her husband for some weeks. II
was said at the apartment house that
he attempted 10 commit suicide about
five weeks ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Touchke and Want
ewegak are all Belgians and came TO
this country together shortly after
their own country was oyerrun by the
Germans. Although prosperous in Bel
GUM, they have found it difficult 70 &C
custom themselves TO the ways OF the
New World, and have been forced 20
earn a living as best they could.
Thepolice have been unable thus FAR
10 secure trace Of the murderer, and
the only clue is the word Of pedes-
trian, who said he had seen man run
out of the basement a few minutes be-
fore the murder was discovered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-03
Perkins Criticises Foes;
Hits at D0iryn1en's League

George W. Perkins on hearing yes
terday that his appointment by Gov
crnor Whitman as chairman of the
State Food Commission had been re-
iectcd by the state Legislature, issued
q statement sharply crticisIng the BIZ
partisan combination at Albany, which,
he said, represents the very worst
element In the food traffic in this
state Tie also took d fling a. the leg
islatOrs representing the Dalrymen's
League interests.
Mr.. Perkins was IN. but this did not
hinder MIN from hitting back at the
men who had turned him down at Al
bany. lie also wrote District Attorney
Swami q letter expressing the opinion
that the Dairymcn's League had VIC
lated the Doune.iy antitrust act.
"The upstate Republicans said they
were against me because the farmers
and the Dairymen's League were OPP
posed 20 me- Nr. Perkins stated. "lf
that be true. 10 would be interesting TO
know on what grounds the New York
Citv Republicans and the Tammany
Senators based their objections. for
their constituents are consumers, and
" the producers are against me the
consumer should be for me. The
Dairymca's League is against me-bit-
terly against me. Ny opposition to
their methods has been open, constant
and vigorous. In my judgment, what
they are dong is not only immoral, but
illegal, and the ten Tammany Senators
and three New York City Republicans
by their votes to-day sided with the
Dairymen's League, and in so doing
grossly betrayed their conetituents IN
- -. ,fttr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-03
Soldier Held for Death
OF Naval Man in Fight
Two Other Privates, Oues-
toned by Coroner in Gum
Case, Released

A coroner's jury in Brooklyn recon-
mended yesterday that James Duffy, a
private in the ODD New York Infantry.
be held for the death of Henry c. Gum.
gunner's mate in the navy. who was
killed in fist fight on September %
Gum was attached to the battleshiD
Recruit, and was strolling through
Brooklyn with n couple of prospective
seamen, when a member OF the 23d
Regiment hailed them.
According 20 the evidence in the Cor
oner's hands. the soldier tried to per-
suade one of Gums companions to
enlist. and in response 70 his answer
that he was thinking Of enlisting in
the navy, exclaimed. "To hell with the
navyl" Gum made the obvious retort
and the encounter followed.
Before the inquest began Coroner
Senior and Assistant District Attorney
Verify exonerated Fred Mullin. an
other soldier who was with Duffy. The
jury placed no blame upon Private
Thomas Tully. who also struck Gum.
Duffy, Mullin and Tully. however, have
been held by a magistrate for the grand
jury. A request made by the Assistant
District Attorney that Coroner Senior
include in his charge that men in uni
form were not beyond the law when
they were guilty OF assault or insult
was denied
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-03
Equitable Home
Heads Tax List

The tax books, opened yesterday
show that the Equitable Building at
100 Broadway. still tops the list IL
is assessed at S25,OO0,00O
Other Office buildings the valuation
Of which exceeds 100000 each arc
the Whitehall Building. 9 Battery
Place. S6.2O0,OO0; American Express
Building, 60 Broadway, S6'Soo'ooo'
Stock Exchange. s Broad Street 30
200 COO: J. P. Morgan & Co. Broad
Street. s5.1OO,OOo; Mutual Life lnsur-
ance Company, % Nassau Street
$4,000. 900; lii Broadway, S6oOo'oVo'
IFS Broadway. s5.200.00o; City In
vcsting Building, los Broadway, So
5000; Singer Building. l49 Broad
way. 100000; Hudson Terminal
so Church Street. S7375,OOO; Western
Union. 1876 Broadway, S6,5OO,ooo'
Woolworth Building, 229 Broadway'
50. 500 900: Fifth Avenue Buidlng,
Fifth Avenue and Twenty-third
Street. S6.5OO.0OO, and metropolitan
Life. Twentv-third Street and Fourth
Avenue. S12,500.000.
or hotels, the McAlpin and the
Fillmore arc the only ones TO exceed
the $4,000. 600 mark. The former Is
assessed at S9,45O,OOO and the latter
at SS.7OO.OOO Banks also have only
two representatives in the S5,OOO'ooo
class. The Bankers Trust Company
at | Nassau Street. is assessed at
S5.SOO.OOO and the National City Bank
at IS Wall Street, at S5,5O0000. Apart
ment houses only approach that mark
in the Apthorp. at Broadway and Sew
enty-ninth Street. which is assessed at
S3,150.000
Altman's department store is as
sessed at s13,45O,O00 Lord & Isylor,s
at S7.3O0.OOO; r. II. Macy & Co. at
S6.9OO.OOO; Gimbers at $6.63O,OOV. and
Stern Brothers at S6,000,0OO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-03
Woman F aints as
She Tells of Jilting
Mrs. Gladys iced Wade, SUI
ing Dentist for $50, 900, Col
lapses in Mothers Arms

Mrs. Gladys Teed Waldo. collapsed ID
the arms Of her mother IN Che Napren'
Court yesterday. following her ree's'
Of the way she alleges Dr. FRANCIS u !.
Griffin. dentist, li.tea her, Shs
now the wife OF Raymond J.. Na.de'
instructor iu a Sc4rsga.e hig1 ,chootf
Mrs. Waldo Is suing Dr. GrHlh !"
$4,000 for breach Of promise.
She is twenty-oue. and atmiUea a
the stand that there had rot been ~
Of a courtship before her marriags
Mr. Waldo. md
They were out walking. and ne sos
gested that she DO something dAun,
"What Is IT," asked the young ~oIi,sI
and the high school Instructor iyPi'
Lets get married And they u's,
She contends that there was 10 I'M.
impulsiyoness about Dr. 6ridln d" .s,sf
ing her. She waited two years a.
his frst promise. she says ..sA
DR.. Griffin says he never prom ~.
70 marry her. Justice Gieset,SS, Mrs
planned at the trial YESTERDAY "a ~, ,he
Wade did not prsjud ce any by
might have had 90 sue Or "''"''
marrying Mr. Waldo. ,,oo ys.
DIP. BENJAMIN A Greiper OF ~ ned
llsth Street. also a dentst Nao o.
YESTERDAY Tor $50 900 for bre4sh
promise By Mis-. Bertha KEN. -" he.
arrested by Deputy Sher,H N.s..bt leave
cause Miss Klein feared ne ~. n 200.
the state, and gave = poh1 W.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-03
Mayor Varies Brooklyn
Address by Outlining
Details of RockaWay Deal

The Mayor did not arrive at the
Academy of Music in Brooklyn until
1890 and then he was compelled 10
wait twenty minutes until Borough
President Pounds had his full say 10
the big audience. After the Mayor had
stood 40 to four or five minutes Of
solid cheering and flag waving, some
leather-lunged voter persisted IN
shouting, as Pounds going TO support
Mitchell. We want to know"
Mr.. Pounds, with some show OF tenn
per, jumped up behind the Mayor,
shook his finger at the interrupter and
told him that if he had listened be-
fore he would have learned that he.
Pounds, was going to support the
present nominee and John Purroy
Mitchell heads the ticket"
An uncompromising declaration Of
LOYALTY to the Mayor in this campaign
had come earlier in the evening from
Controller Prendergast, to the voci-
ferrous satisfaction Of the great gath,
ering. And sitting on the crowded
platform. in silent proof of their al
legiance, were such influential Repub-
leans as i. J. II. Kracke. Commission
er Of Plant and Structure; Eugene
Travis, State Controller; Richard
Young, president OF the Montauk Club,
and County Chairman Nass.
Livingston Not Present
"Where is CALDER" cried voice, as
State Senator Thomas c. Whitlock,
chairman Of the meeting. was talking.
Il am not an authority on that ques-
ton" the Senator, who is a Democrat,
replied. II was explained privately,
however. that Senator Calder was in
Washington. Only Jacob Livingston,
of the five powers in Republican poll
tics I'm Brooklyn, was unaccOunted for.
To his Brooklyn audience the Mayor
varied the speech which earlier in the
evening he had addressed TO an over
flowing Cooper Union meeting by in
Guiding in IL a defence of the Rock
away Park purchase. He had the undi-
vided attention of his hearers as he
went over the history of the transaction
step by step, beginning as far back as
1904 and bringing II down TO date, with
frequent reference 10 manuscript
which supplied him with exact dates
and figures.
Mr. Prendergast had prepared the
audience for this part OF the Mayors
speech. While the Controller was
speaking a voice had cried out, How
about the Rockaway desl?"
Promises to Tell All
"Now, my good friend up in the gal
lery." said the Controller, who has
Just asked about the Rockaway thing
has probably been just seething with
anxiety TO get that out of his system
since this meeting opened. Now, don't
be afraid. You will hear all about
Rockaway.
There isn't anything about Rock
away. far or near; about Dreamlsnd
by the Sea, about the marginal rail
road. or the classification yard in South
Brooklyn, that John Purroy Mitchell
and William A. Prendergast are not
ready TO tell everybody. You observe
that the judicial officer who should
have asked them to tell all about it at
least a month ago has been strangely
derelict in asking them 70 come for
ward"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-03
Poor Little Rich Boy lntrusted
Care of His Mothers Brother
Three Years Legal Battle for Custody of William e. Lee
Heir to 81, OOO, OO0 Ends When Court Names Herman
Crossman of New York as His Guardian

WHITE PLAINS, n. Y, Oct. 2.-The
three-year legal battle for the custody
of William Crossman Lee, "the poor
little rich boy OF White Plains" ended
yesterday when Supreme Court Justice
Tompkins awarded the boy to his moth
ers brother, Herman Crossman, OF
New York.
William Mills. jr., is the father OF
the boy, who will inherit about $1,000
600 left by his grandfather. William
Crossman. a Manhattan coffee broker.
The fight for his possession followed
the death of his mother. who married
7. Frederick Lee after divorcing Mills.
Mr.. Lee had taken the boy to the
home OF his mother after the boys
death, when Mr. Mills, who had remar-
ried, brought an action to have the boy
turned over to him. De Witt Ii. Lyon,
of Port Chester, was appointed guardan
of the boy by Surrogate Sawyer, OF
Westchester County. Shortly after the
boy disappeared, and the Lees charged
that he had been kidnapped.
An array Of legal talent has been in
volved in the different court proceed
ings, as there have been hearings not
alone in the Surrogates Court, but in
the Appellate Division and the Court
Of Appeals. The latter court finally
sent the matter back to Justice Temp
kns for hearing on An original order
that he had made
Justice Tompkins in his decision
says:
"The order heretofore made by the
court at Special Term. giving the GUS
tody of William to Emma Kenyon Lee,
was proper at tho time it was made be-
cause of the friendly and affectionate
relations then oxisting between the boy
and Mrs. Lee, who had been mother
TO him since infancy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-03

after the making of that order the
boy was forcibly, and without authority
of law, taken from the custody of Mrs.
Lee by the general guardian appointed
by the Surrogate's Court. and since
then he has been away from Mrs. Lee.
and BY means of improper influences
he has been taught to dislike her. and
at the last hearing in White Plains ex-
pressed disnclination TO visit her.
This feeling on the boys part, how
ever, WAS not genuine, but fictitious,
and the result of undue influences.
This was made perfectly obvious at the
recent meeting Of the parties at my
chambers, when the boy and Mrs. Lee
when apart from all others. manifested
the strongest affection for each other.
when he is left alone, and not UNI
duly Influenced against her. he mani
tests a fondness for Mrs. Lee that is
highly commendable, in view of the
motherly attention and care she has
given him and the affection she has
for hims
The boy ought to be encouraged n
visit Mrs. Lee and TO resume these
friendly relations that existed until he
was forcibly taken from her custody.
"Thc general guardian. Mr.. Lyon, has
done very well by the boy since he was
takeH from Mrs. Lees custody. and the
boy is now in Hackley School. where he
is contented and making good progress,
and all agree, | think. that he should
be left there until his graduation; but
his personal custody and the responsi-
bility should be given to one Of his
blood relatives, and, after very careful
consideration Of all the circumstance.
and with an eye single to the welfare
Of the boy, and, at the same time, hav-
ing in mind the interests and rights
of the paternal grandparents and Mrs.
Lee. have decided to give the legal
custody of William to his maternal
uncle, Herman Crossman."