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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
House to Pass
Bill lI1suring
Soldiers To-day
Democrats Plan to Invoke
Special Rule and Close
All Debate

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1O.-The sol.
diers' and sailors insurance bill prob.
ably will be passed IN the House 10.
morrow under g special rule. Deba,,
dragged to-day TO such an extent tia.
not an amendment was reported, and
tonight. when Representative Madden,
of Illinois, Republican, objected to
meeting early tomorrow, the Demo.
Gratis planned to invoke a special rule
and close all debate.
Only one major administration amend.
ment will be offered before the final
vote. Representative Adamson, o.
Georgia, will seek, at the request OF
President Wilson, to substitute limi.
OF $4,000 on optional insurance poll.
cies for the $4,000 limit now IN the
bill.
Speaker Clark and Representative
Gillette, OF Massachusetts,, acting Re.
publican leader, spoke on the measure
to-day. The Speaker Endorsed IL IN
equivocally, while Mr.. Gillette criti-
cised the optional insurance feature.
Applause swept over the House floor
and through the galleries when Speaker
Clark defended the bill as the best
measure brought before Congress since
the declaration of war
zone of the objections 70 this bill
he said, SIS that the government is ia
Bile 20 find itself in the hole as a result
of it. | don't know whether il will put
the government in the hole or not, ana
| am not very much exercised about
that. ] am In favor of making the SOL
diers that go to Europe as comfortaofe
as possible, both physically and men-
tally. | don't want them TO have 70
worry about their families back home.
II they are willing to risk their lives
we ought 20 take care OF them.
~ am in favor Of insurance" he said
az think in time everybody in the coun'
try will have insurance Of some Hnd.
! never have been able 70 save any
money, and | have carried insurance
because | wanted 10 keep my wife ahg
children out OF the poorhouse And
want TO fix il so the wives and children
of these soldiers won't have 20 90 "
the pOorhouse"
Mr.. Gillette said that instead OF is'u'
ing optional pension policies the ,g9yy..
eminent should put all Of i,s syailap1,s
funds in allowances, 20 be equa"!
shared by all that need help.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
Mitchell Urges Closer
Ties With N.Y.Farmers
Municipal Cold Storage
Plants Will Abolish Mid
dlemen, Says Mayor

SYRACUSE, Sept. 10.-Direct active
cooperation between greater New YORK
and upstate farmers 20 insure far
prices TO the consumer and the pro
Queer is the aim Of Mayor John Purroy
Mitchell Of New York City, expressed
to-day in an address a. the New York
State Fair Grounds here.
In Mayor Mitchell opinion, the goal
toward which ne is striving can be
achieved by permitting the City Of New
York TO handle its own market prob
lens independent OF outside reguls-
ton.
IF we can defeat the boarding, price
kiting, malicious middlemsn," he said.
"by going out into the foods producing
areas and buying products when the
farmers are prepared to sell them at
prices they are prepared 10 accept as
fair, TO pay for them with city money,
put them i.to cold storage and hold
this store as club over the middleman
when he attempts artificial price boost
ing We will have accomplished great
dpal -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
Women Clamor
To Hear London
Murder Trial
Law" To Be De-
fence in Staying OF
Pseudo Count

LONDON, Sept. 1O.-Crowds OF curl
Gus women and others clsmored Tor
admittance to Old Bailey this morning
when the trial OF Lieutenant Douglas
Malcolm for the murder of Anton
Baumberg, a pseudo count, began. The
case, which has been characterized ~
"a drama of passion" Is the first here
in which the "unwritten law" is ex-
pected to be the sole defence, and -
the most sensational in London in
many years.
A coroner's jury returned a verdict
Of "justfable Homicide" after hearing
Lieutenant Malcolm's plea that he killed
Baumberg in defence OF his wife's
honor" A confession by Malcolms
wife TO the effect that she became at
tached TO Baumterg while her husban
was at the front, is expected 10 play an
important part in the trial.
Apparently anticipating that the "un.
written law" would be the defence
counsel for the prosecution. X. d. Muir
after tracing the story Of the tragedy,
said:
"No one in this court ever advocated
the unwritten law There are three
courses open to the jury. They may
find the prisoner guilty Of wilful muir
der, or OF manslaughter, or not guilty
if in their opinion the prisoner com
mitted homicide in necessary self-de,
fence.
an the popular mind the prisoner
had provocaton OF a most moving kind
which any man could have had, but Il
5 not the sort of provocation which
tho law recognizes as being capable OF
reducing murder 20 manslaughter."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
Scott May Get
Active Command
Chief of Staff Probably
Will Not Be Retired
This Month

WASHINGTON, Sept. TO- - With
Major General Hugh l.. Scott, chief Of
staff Of the army, reaching retirement
age this month, speculation has begun
at the War Department as TO whether
he will be retained on active service
under the wartime emergency provis-
ions of the law and continue in Office
Secretary Baker declined to-day TO
say what course he contemplated.
There are indications, however, that
General Scott will pass on TO the re-
tired list, although he may be asked TO
continue on active duty and undertake
some special work.
In this event, Major General Tasker
II. Bliss, assistant chief Of staff and
acting head of the army when General
Scott was with the Root Commission
in Russia, may be appointed chief of
staff, although he too, will reach the re-
tirement age in a few months and
probably would be succeeded by q
younger officer.
General Scott has not tesumed all of
his duties as chief Of staff since his re-
tum from Petrograd General Bliss
continues to exercise most Of the func-
tions of the office, possibly because
there are many aspects OF the expan-
sion of the army with which General
Scott must famiiarize himself again
because of his long absence.
II is known that General Scott would
welcome an active command in the
field. On account of mis- distinguished
services on many occasions and the
known high regard for him entertained
by President Wilson and Secretary
Baker it appears probable that an effort
will be made to crafty his wishes
should il be determined 20 relieve him
of his staff post.
The pressure upon the chief of staff
will become increasingly heavy as
American forces abroad are enlarged
and when they are holding portion of
the western front great physical vigor
will be required to endure the strain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
Arrested for Robbing
Fiancee, Kills Himself
Bailed Man Jumps to Death
on Eve of Trial for Grand
Larceny

Stephen Kopka, who was to have been
placed on trial in The Bronx County
Court to-day on a charge of having
robbed his fancee. Miss Lizzie Han
carik, of 81 West Street, on the day
they were to have been married, com
mitted suicide last night By leaping
from a second story window Of his
home, at III West Fifteenth Street. He
died en- the way TO Bellevue Hospital.
Kopka was under 81 300 bail on
charge Of grand larceny in connection
with the robbery Miss Hancerik is said
TO have been waiting az the church for
him on August Q last. when q messen-
ger arrived and informed her that
kopka had been injured in an automo-
bile accident. The messenger offered TO
accompany her to the hospital 70 see
him, and on the way Miss Hancarik was
robbed OF s270 By several men, Kopks
among them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
Seventh Regiment Off To-day
After Parade in 9Th Avenue
Unit VIII Leave With Signal Corps and Engineers Train
to Join the Twenty-sevenh Division at
Camp Wadsworth

affairs and say goodby 70 friends and
relatives.
This latter ceremony will he re-
enacted to-day along the route OF
march and at the terminals. The 'th'
commanded by Colonel willard FISH
will leave its armory, Park Avenue ana
sixty-sixth Street, at 1850 o'clock ana
march west to Fifth Avenue. and down
that thoroughfare to I"enty-thifu
Street. The regiment will cross the
North River on the Twenty-third
Street ferry. ga, n;
To.day's detachment Of the 2'th d.
vision is the largest 20 leave for spar
tanburg. The 7th numbers more tnah
1000 officers and enlisted men. and
III. Signal Corps and Engineers IRAN
about 500. Tho military units Of inc
27th. already in Spartanburg' incluae
the 22d Engineers, the division head.
quarters. with its train. the supply
and ammunition trains, the held nos,
ni,al and ambulance companies; INC
field bakery and the military police
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11

are also needed in considerable num-
Der, according to Colonel Chatheid'
This is due to the fact that regiments
have been enlarged under the ne"
army organization scheme.
Adjutant General ]. T. Kerr yester-
day addressed a communication TO all
the officers in the recruiting service
explaining qualifications for voluntary
service.
Volunteer Rules Explained
"Men registered under the selectlve
service law, who have been called for
examination and rejected by their local
boards because of physical defects or
EXEMPTED. are eligible for voluntary
enlistment" General Kerr states
Resident aliens. registered and draft .
cd who have not taken out their hrst
napers. also are eligible. Applicants
who have been exempted because OF
industrial occupations, however VIII
not be accepted"
Colonel Chatiield said that the situa-
ton WAS such that sooner. or later
every ablebodied man Of draft age VIII
be called. $40,
"The sooner we can get these men
into the service the sooner the war
will he won" he said. For this rea-
con VIC are looking nov for every able
bodied patriotic citizen OF military age
who can 90 into military service
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
BUSINESS CARDS
CARPET CLEANING

CAREFUL CARPET CLEANING Co-.Cletn. y,
conpr.ssed air steam. hand or on floor, 1881
Broadway i2l East iSth 81 COE & BRANDT
Tel l3Z-3sth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
DIAMONDS
TYPFVRITERS

DIAMONDS BOUGHT ard SOLD for cash; sdrc
free BENNETT us Broadway. third floor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
Regular Army Men, Minute
Men and Mayors Com
mittee Aid Campaign
Iron Horse in Service
Qualification for Voluntary
Enrolment Explained by
General Kerr

4 new drive 10 All the gaps In the
Brooklyn regiments of the National
Guard was launched yesterday. 1t is
70 be q weeks campaign, in which the
regular armys recruiting service, the
Mayors Committee on National De
fence and the Midday Minute Men will
participate.
The Iron Horse, which figured in the
recruiting campaigns of several weeks
ago. was recalled into service yester-
day. II will ply back and forth through
the streets Of Brooklyn and Coney ISL
and, picking up young patriots who
have not yet been drafted. The Iron
Horse, tractor with two wheels and
trailer. bcdecked with placards and
carrying a band and leather lunged re-
cruiting scrgeants TO address the
crowds. is expected TO pick up enough
men to raise the 23d, 14th and 47th
regiments, Of Brooklyn, up TO war
strength in about a week.
Army Seeking Musicians
Colonel W. II. Chatfeld, in command
Of the army recruiting headquarters,
$50 Broadway, said that the army need
ell musicians for the regimental bands.
The bardsmen rank as non-commis-
stoned officers. and promotion with in
creased pay comes faster in this branch
Of the service than any other. But
plain. ordinary fighting men, privates'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11

Relief Fund, such moneys as all can
afford, 70 the end that the obligation
Of the fraternity may be met in full
measure when call is made upon II.
A million dollars would he mono too
much. and it is we'll within the ability
Of our fraternity in this jurisdiction 70
raise this sum-
To Open Masonic War Branches
OF particular interest TO Masons
were two other resolutions adopted.
One provides for the establishment Of
Masonic lodges on warships and IN
training camps, cantonments, and on
the battlefield In France or elsewhere.
Another permits New York Masons to
visit Masonic lodges in France, and
allows French Masons sojourn'ng IN
this jurisdiction 10 visit lodges here.
This sction was taken after the re
ceipt of letter from the Grand Lodge
Of France. asking for tho resumption
Of Masonic relations between the two
jurisdictions. These relations were
severed some years back
~ WIS also hilN'uNNN" NIlnN wv
York Consistorv will build a theatre
for the National Army men at Camp
Upton. IL is TO cost $4,000
Ii was the first time in more than
thirty years that the Grand Lodge met
save at its annual communication IN
Hay. The Grand Lodge room was
decorated with flags Of the United
States and her allies, and the presence
Of many Masons in tho uniforms Of
officers OF the army and navy lent a
martial air TO the scene.
The manner IN which Masons re-
Sronded 20 the call to the colors may
be understood by the fact that the
bulk Of .hc thirteen officers Of one
lodge are now m the service, and a
snccfal d'srcnsation had 20 be granted
nv the Gra-d Master 70 enable the
lodge 20 continue with its work pend
ing the next annual election Of the
lodge.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22
JUDGE HARRELD INTO
HOMAOKLA COMPANY

Judge j w. Harreid, former presi.
dent of the Apple-Franklin Oil Compa.
pany in the Healdtun field, whose in.
yestment of $25 netted the stockhold-
crs $25000O, making one of the most
remarkable investment records ever
made in the oil fields of the state, has
become associated with the Homaokla
oil Company a Delaware corporation
with capital stock of $5000,0OO
Judge Harreld will be a director in
the company and will also be a mem
Der Of the executive committee.
The HomaOkla Company is in posi-.
tion to become one of the big oil pro
duCing concerns of the state. II has
as its president w. J. Milburn, of
Oklahoma City, who made reputa-
tiOn as an executive in the Black Pan.
ther Oil Company. f. julius Fohs, of
Tulsa, is vice president of the compa.
ny. He is a geologist of national repu.
tation and has made a million out of
the structures he has discovered and
Is still a young man. Some of the
other members of the company are DR.
Simon FleXnor, of New York; j. NJ.
Burk of Tulsa, president of the Pan
American Refining Company. Gubser
a Means, of Tulsa, of the Humphreys
Petroleum Company, and another
member is the attorney of the Edison
interests in Chicago The company
has acquired production in the Head.
ton and in the Newkirk fields of the
state
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22

feet a sand was found that was thirty
eight feet thick and that the produc
zion is good for more than 800 barrels.
Other oil men who have seen the well
recently are well pleased with the nice
showing 1t is making and from reports
received this well is by far the best
well that has been drilled in that area.
Oil men are giving some thought TO
the Pugh sand found by the Carter
Oil company in the southwest corner
Of 1S-4.2 but so far, It is impossible
TO form an intelligent idea of what IL
will amount to, or in which direction II
will go. The Offset to the south, drill
ed by the Southwestern, had ten feet
Of barren sand at 1856 just four feet
above the Pugh sand and the same
well at 1872 had a sand that made an
oil showing. II is now fishing at 2060
The Offset to the west of the Carter
well, being drilled by the Nyanza Pc
troleum company, had a sand at 1870
II Is not a regular oil sand, but a sandy
lime that made a showing. and might
make well If II were shot The
showing was rich enough to indicate
a we'll The next interesting well in
this locality is Pugh No 2, which ought
to be down near the level Of the sand.
II is located east Of the well in which
the Pugh sand was first found. These
are about the facts, and the men of
the fraternity can draw their own con-
clusiOns.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22
IMPROVING DWELLINGS
Many Ardmore People Preparing for
Life Out Of Doors During
Summer Months.

With the approach of the summer
months and the necessity of making
the exterior of the home habitable and
pleasing as well as the inside, many
Ardmore people are planning and
making Improvements to their homes.
Arch Wynn, city building inspector,
issued permits for three such i'm.
provements yesterday, and one permit
for new home.
j. r. Williamson has begun construc-
tion on residence on Stanley boule.
mately S3.5OO.
II, Hammond is making extensive
Improvements on his residence prop.
erty, at Sixth avenue and ID street.
w p. Young, Sixth avenue and Carter
street, southeast, also is making con
siderable improvement and Byron
Drew, 403 + street, southwest. con.
templates moving his barn and carry.
ing out other extensive Identification
work
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
LATE MRS. THOMPSON

Funeral service for the late Mrs.
o. b. Thompson We're conducted at St
Philips Episcopal church at o'clock
Friday afternoon by Rev Duncan Nc
Rurer of Pauls Valley assisted by
Rev, F. w. Golden-Howes. lnterment
was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Thompson formerly resided in
this city, and was the mother Of Mrs.
S NJ, Davis, who was with her at the
time Of her death, which occurred in
Oklahoma City She is survived by
her husband, DR.. o, b. Thompson,
and two daughters, Mrs. S. NJ. Davis of
this city and Mrs. Sidney Bagwell of
Oklahoma City.
Mrs. Thompson was born at Platte
City, Missouri, and was married to Dr.
o. b. Thompson forty-nine years ago.
For a time they resided in Des Moines
Iowa, and Fort Smith, Arkansas.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22

Current literature in the English
and history classes of the ArdmOre
high school enlivened the course and
keep the pupils in touch with the
movements and the best l.terature of
the day. In the English classes the
short story found in clGent maga-
zines is studied along i the recog-
nized classics. In histC ~, the events
Of the day are studied ith reference
TO great movements OF the past and
their influence on the present. Regu-
lar periods are devoted to the use of
this literature.
The domestic science class of the
Ardmore high school gave a six
o'clock dinner Friday evening to Su.
perintendent c. w. Richards. Princi.
pal c. Fl. Woodruff the members of
the Ardmore school board and their
wives. The dinner was served in the
dining rooms at the high school build.
ing. All the members of the senior
class who are taking the course in do.
nestle science and several of the 9th
er members served the dinner. under
the direction Of Miss Eleanor McPhee.
ters, instructor.
SIX high school girls have already
indicated their intention of enrolling
IN the Normal training class to be
given next year Their names are
Huby Wilson, Jesse Lee Hayden, Al.
pha Bell Clark Bonnie Duston, GLADYS
Holland and Ruth Warren. There are
twelve students enrolled in this years
class.
The part that Ardmore high school
is going to take in the county meet
to be held April 2G, q and 2S has been
the subject of several talks in assem-.
bly, this week by Principal c. H.
Woodruff Ardmore high school has
taken the lead in various events in
past contests and is expected to show
old time form this year.
Fourteen boys and twenty-seven
girls make up the roll of the senior
class this year The places of honor
held by the different members of the
class will be announced soon. Sew.
eral members have signified their in
tention OF teaching school after grad
uatiOn.
High school was dismissed at 2:20
Friday afternoon out of respect for
Mrs S. VI. Davis, whose mother, Mrs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22
CURRENT EVENTS AT
ARDMORE HIGH SCHOOL

o, B. Thompson, was brought here for
burial from Oklahoma City.
Miss Daisy Nichols, visiting teach
er, acted as study hall teacher this
week in the absence of Mrs. S. NJ.
Davis.
Florence Redfield has been selected
to represent the Ardmore high school
in the county spelling contest. Bonnie
Duston will contest in girls reading
and Lorenz Love in boys defamation.
Representatives have not been chosen
yet for tennis and the field events.
All the pictures and the cartoons
for the Criterion, the high school an
nual, have been completed The lit
erary sections are rapidly taking
form.
New equipment for the manual
training and science departments have
been ordered
Little interest has been shown in
athletics since schedules for games
were broken at the time of declaration
Of war.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22
FIRST ONE TO DIE
UNDER u. S. FLAG

Paris, April III Edmond c. c. Ge.
net Of Ossining, y. Y, the American
aviator whose death was officially an.
nounced today, was the first American
to die in France fighting under the
American flag.
Genet, who was a grandson of Cit.
izen' Genet, French minister to the
United States in revolutionary times.
was killed near Ham while escorting
Sergeant Raol Lufbery.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22
SPANISH WAR VETERAN
FAVORS CONSCRIPTION

Otis NJ. Smith. who saw service in
the Spanish-American war, and stands
ready to 90 again, is heartily in favor
of the presidents conscription idea.
That will eliminate politics from
the volunteer army and It will resolve
itself into the survival of the fittest,"
said Mr.. Smith "The little schemes
and plans that are now on foot are
purely political and instigated by those
who would all be officers, If they could
get by"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22
GOOD ORDINANCE
FOR ANY TOWN

All able.bodied persons who loiter
about the streets OF Maysyille and are
without visible means OF support shall
be deemed guilty OF misdemeanor and
upon conviction shall be fined in any
sum not greater than S250O. THIS is
the gist OF an ordinance put into
effect in Maysvlle recently.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22

The famous Wilson club in st. Louis
is broke and has gone out of busi-
ness. Two reasons for the clubs fail
ure are given by members. One is the
removal to Washington of Brecken.
ridge Long, the first president and
principal financial "angel," who is now
third assistant secretary of state. The
other is the utter route of the Demo.
cratic party in the recent municipal
election and the split in the party
that followed DR.. John II. Simon's
charge that he was defrauded out of
the Democratic mayoralty nomination
by money spent in the downtown
wards.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22
FlFTEEN-CENT LOAF
AT WICHITA FALLS

Wichita Falls, April 2l-The fifteen.
cent loaf Of bread has made its ap.
pearance here The same size loaf
that sold for five Genes ,wo years ago.
retailing at a dime, will be sold for
fifteen cents starting today Bakers
say the ten cent loaf is no longer pos
sihle with flour retailing at $3.45 per
sack
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22
For Sale.

100 acres in fee, Sec 26, 3 south,
3 west, in Fox field. Also 5000 acres
favorable oil territory, located within
3 miles of Petrolia, Texas, oil field.
VIII give same for test well. Also
have 5000 acres commercial oil and
gas leases located in jefferson and
Cotton counties for sale. l.. W. Tar.
kenton, Waurika, Okla. 11.Gt
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22
BAD COUGH? FEvERIsH? eRlPPY?

You need DR.. Kings New Discovery
to stop that cold, the soothing balsam
ingredients heal the irritated mem.
branes, soothe the sore throat, the
antiseptic qualities kill the germ and
your cold is quickly relieved DR.,
Kings New Discovery has for As years
been the standard 'emedy for coughs
and colds in thousands Of homes. Get
a bottle today and have it handy in
your medicine chest for coughs, colds,
Group, grippe and all bronchial atfec.
tions. At your druggist, soc.