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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02

Washington. Oct. 2.-Amalgamation
of liberal elements of all political parties
in new organization to be planned at
a conference Of leaders in Chicago Wed.
nesday was discussed with President
Wilson yesterday by Matthew Hale,
Massachusetts Progressive leader. The
president is much interested in the
movement. it is understood. and en-
poets to keep in as close touch with
the developments as his heavy duties
will permit.
Mr.. Wilson was told that number of
Progressive. Democratic, Socialist Pro
hibition. labor and agricultural leaders
and single tax advocates at the Chicago
conference viii discuss forming lan or
ganization TO enter the 1920 campaign,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02
SEVERAL RAILROAD STOCKS
MAKE RECORD DIVE
Liquidation Due to Foreign Interests
New York Central Falls.

New York. Oct. New low records
were made today on ;he New York
Stock Exchange by several important
railroad stocks. The liquidation was at
tributed to foreign interests.
Chicago. Milwaukee and st. Paul com
mon dropped to 81 Is. its minimum
quotation since 1895. and the preferred
dropped to IS. which is considerably
under its low record for more than 20
years.
Baltimore Ohio. once a popular
stock on the Berlin bourse. fell TO SO.
its low record since 1900. New York
Central at "a 1-2 registered its minimum
for about s5 years.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02
M|D.CONT|NENT
OIL men CONFER
IMPORTANT MEETING ON AT KAN.
SAS CITY WITH STANDARD
PRESIDENT IN ATTENDANCE.

Kansas City. Oct. 1.-Two hundred
and fifty representatives of producing
and refining companies of the mid-conti.
nent oil fields are meeting here today TO
determine the manner in which the pro-
duction and refining of oil in America
shall be systematized for the duration of
the war.
II Is said that the operators present
at the meeting control approximately 80
per cent of the oil industry in the Unit.
ed States. both independent and Stand.
art interests being represented. The
principal speaker will be A. c. Bedford,
president of the Standard Oil Company.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02
WEATHER FORECAST.

For Ardmore and vicinity: Tonight
fair. cooler: Wednesday fair; probably
fair Thursday.
Oklahoma: Tonight fair. cooler; We'd
nesday fair. probably fair Thursday
East Texas: Tonight fair. warmer in
portheast portion; "Wednesday fair:
probably fair Thursday.
West Texas: Tonight fair. cooler
except in southeast portion: "Wednesday
fair.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02
BRITAIN BORROWS FIFTY
MILLION MORE OF L. 5.

WASHINGTON. Oct. "A further credit
of $50. .OOO. 900 to Great Britain has been
extended by the American government
This brings the total advanced to Great
Britain thus far up to sl,12o,OOO,0OO, and
the total advanced to all the allies up
to s2.456, ,400.00
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02
JOHN L. SULLIVAN
AIDS IN ROUTING
SALOONS, FROM TOWN

Milford. Conn.,. Oct. 2.-The success
full campaign for no license waged this
year In Milford. which resulted in the
swing over of the town from the wet
column for the first time in ten years.
was marked by the appearance of John
L. Sullivan, former worlds champion
heavyweight prize fighter, as an advo.
cate for the drys.
Sullivan spoke here about two weeks
ago, and today many credited him with
assisting to score the knockout admin
istered to the liquor interests.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02
GERMANS CLAIM GAIN.

Berlin. Oct. 2.-via London-A por-
ton Of the fighting ground at Polygon.
on the Flanders front. to a depth Of
500 meters. was captured by German
troops from the British yesterday. army
headquarters announced today. The
gained ground was retained
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02
CONFEDERATE HERO
HONORED IN NAME OF
u. S. ARMY CAMP

Washington. Oct. 2.--General orders
made public today at the war depart
ment. show that the concentration camp
at Hoboken, n. j., has been named
Camp Merritt In honor Of the late
Major General Wesley Merritt. who
commanded the expeditionary forces
sent to the Philippines In 1908.
The camp at Newport News had been
named Camp Stewart. In honor OF Maj.
Gen. j. f. B. Stewart. the famous cav
airy leader Of the Confederate army.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02
ENTENTE MAY BUILD
STEAMERS IN CHINA

Shanghai. Sept. 2.-By Mail)-Chi-
nese newspapers have discussed very
generally the suggestion that the allies
may build wooden ships in China, using
timber from the Philippines. The idea
has met with great favor China has
an unlimited supply of labor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02
PENNlANT WINNER PLAYS
IN EXHIBITION GAME

Cleveland, Oct. 2.-The Chicago White
Sox. American league pennant winners
and the Cleveland Nationals. play an
exhibition game here today. Tonight
both teams leave for Chicago for an
exhibition game tomorrow.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02
Pays si.5o for Cotton Picking.

Shreveport. La. Oct. "A record
breaking price of si.5o per hundred
pounds. nearly three times the usual
price in past seasons. is being paid by
some planters In north Louisiana. par
'ticulariy In the Monroe section. for
cotton picking.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02
Kentucky Miners End striI,e.

Lexington. Ky. Oct at is semi
officially announced here that an agree
ment between striking miners and coal
operators i'm southeastern Kentucky and
northeastern Tennessee had been reach
ed and that the mines would resume
work within no less than five days. Be
tween II 900 and $4,000 men have been
idle in these fields for about six weeks
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02
RUSSIANS ADVANCE MILE.

Petrograd. Oct. 2.-Russian advance
detachments in the Riga region yester-
day broke through the German lines
and pushed forward for a distance OF
one mile. saws the official statement Is
sued today by the Russian war office.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02
Soldier Takes Own Life.

San Antonio, Texas. Oct 2.-Private
Herbert B. Webb, battery A. -344th field
artillery, at Camp Travis. committed
suicide by cutting his throat with
razor yesterday afternoon in the battery
barracks. Webb was drafted into the
army at Rusk Texas.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02
Court House is Burned.

Corinth. Miss. Oct. Fire of UNI
determined origin here early today de-
stroyed the Alcorn county cQurt house
causing a loss estimated between $780,
900 and $4,000. The loss is partly COW
cred by insurance.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02
FIGURES FOR CONDITION SEPTEM-
BIER sS SHOW LOSS OVER aug
|sn UST e5 OF $4,000 BALES.
GOA PER CENT NORMAL
Storms, Drouth. Boil Worms and Other
Pests Cut Congratulations Condition
lis 6., Texas So. Arkansas Glow
est in List Is Alabama. IS Per Cent.

New York. Oct. Cotton rose APP
proximately s5 bale in the market
here today as a result of the govern
ment's crop report. indicating a yield OF
only 12.0i7 900 bales
Active and general buying sent De
cember contracts up to 24.S7. or lol
points above last nights closing figures.
Washington, Oct. THE 1917 cotton
crop was forecast today as l204LVoo'
equivalent 500 pound bales by the agri-
cultural department, basing its estimate
on the condition of the crop September
%, which was 60.4 per cent of a normal.
A yield of 1888 pounds of cotton per
acre was forecast.
Condition by states September 25.
was:
Virginia. So North Carolina, 63;
South Carolina. 81; Georgia, 81; Flor
ida. 81; Alabama, 55 Mississippi. 63:
Louisiana. 50: Texas, SO: Arkansas. 6S;
Tennessee. 65 Missouri. 76: Oklahoma,
62 California, so; Arizona, 81.
Analysis of Conditions.
Deterioration during September over
almost the entire cotton belt caused a
loss of 452 900 bales in the prospective
production of cotton. and leaves the
1917 crop at 12.047, 900 equivalent 500
pound bales.
The department of agriculture in its
final condition report of the season,
today announced a decline of IA points
in cottons condition during the month.
caused principally by boil worms and
weevils. Cool weather. drought. she'd
ding. wilt. blight. lack of potash in fer
tilizer. and. in the eXtr ame eastern belt.
storm damage also caused loss.
Picking of cotton is general and is
being pushed, except in the northern
part of the belt.
Pickers Are Scarce.
There is plainly the report says.
"a scarcity of pickers in many Sec
tions. This is attributed to a migra-
ton of negro farm hands during the
winter and spring, the volunteering and
selection Of men for military duties,
cantonment work. and the heavy de-
mands for labor i'm saw mills, cotton
factories and kindred industries
throughout the South With favorable
weather at prevailing prices for the
staple. no cotton will go to waste in
the fields this year.
Boil Worms i'm Oklahoma.
I'm northern and eastern Texas, Okla
homa and Arkansas boil worms caused
serious damage" the report says. I'm
the entire weevil-infested area, now
embracing all or portions of the states
Of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louis.
lana, Mississippi. Tennessee. Alabama
Florida and Georgia, great. damage re-
suited from weevil activity.
Rains fell over much of the drouth
stricken section of Texas and plan:
growth was stimulated, but a matured
top crop in that section is extremely
doubtful
Much OF the crop along the northern
border of cotton production will require
late frost to reach full maturity"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02

Paris. Oct Heavy artillery fighting
is in progress all along the Aise front,
especially in the Craonne sector. Two
German attacks We're repulsed by the
fire last night. today's statement says.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02

The death of Lieut.. Vosse was re-
ported unofficialy from Amsterdam last
week. He was said to have been killed
In fight with his fiftieth adversary.
The lieutenant was credited in German
official reports with having brought
down AZ airplanes up to September 10.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02

London. Oct Five attacks by the
Germans along the Ypres-Menin road
and at the northeast corner of Polygon
wood have ended in complete failure,
the war Office announces.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02

London, Oct. 2.-Nearly 1000 prison
ers were taken by the British army in
Mesopotamia which captured Ramadie.
it is announced officially.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02
BODY OF GERMAN
AIR HERO FOUND
IN BRITISH LINES
by the Associated Press,

British Headquarters In France and
Belgium. Oct. 2.-The body OF Lieut..
vosse. the famous German aviator, has
been found In the British lines. The
lieutenant was killed In combat with a
British airman. He died fighting de.
terminedly.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02

British Headquarters in France and
Belgium, Oct. "A German air man
has dropped bombs on two hospitals be
hind the British lines. Three British
nurses and some wounded soldiers were
killed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-02
A|RMEN BOMB ;
GERMAN TOWNS
FRENCH AVIATORS RENEW AT
TACKS ON STUTTGART. AND
ASSAULT TWO OTHERS.

Paris, Oct. 2.-The German cities of
Frankfort orton-the.Main, Stuttgart, Treves
and Coblenz, were bombarded last night
by French aviators in retaliation foi
German aerial attacks on French cities.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-20

every possible crack and crevice in the
bin. From this observation, he conceived
the idea that if the pile were removed
into the open and properly fertilized,
the "murphies" would grow and produce
their kind. His success with the expert
ment was described at considerable
length in agricultural journals with the
result that the plan has been adopted by
a number Of Vermont gardeners this
year. Mr.. Lane has followed faithfully
the directions laid down by experts who
examined the first crib gardens in Mis-
souri,. The crib is built as each layer is
placed and planted Generous quantities
Of fertilizer are used and TO keep the
dirt and fertilizer from falling out Of
the pen as the layers were placed, old
straw and leaves were drawn up against
the crevices
One Of the important sdjuncts Of the
rack Is the moisture tester, q piece Of
timber By I inches which Is placed in
the center Of one side Of the crib, about
two feet above the ground. After the
potatoes Rad been planted three weeks
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-20

labor and with the lessons learned from
the experiment he hopes to harvest a
bigger yield of tubers next season. In
a rack which has inside measurements of
and feet, with height Of 6 feet,
there are IL layers with 80 hills in each
layer. The layers are six inches deep
and all told there are 3s4 hills of pota-
toes. Mr.. Lane suspects that the loan
is somewhat heavy near the interstices,
but the top of the crib is alive with
healthy potato plants and a number of
plants which are nursed in the lower re-
cesses of the rack have shot through the
interstices and are in a fourishing con
dition. Thus il develops that while
some Of the sprouts have found their
way through the openings between the
Stats which form the sides and ends Of
the crib, the majority have penetrated
the entire mass Of earth and bear their
leaves well above the top Of this IN
usual garden.
The originator Of the rack system OBJ
served that in the spring potatoes in his
cellar sent out their shoots through
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-20
KAISER'S LETTER CONCEALED
MICH

| In his letter to Won Bethmann- Holl.
veg, expressing his regret over the resig-
nation of his chancellor for eight years,
Emperor William of Germany was very
careful to conceal the reasons for the
resignation and, therefore, the world out
side of the central powers is just about
as much in the dark in regard to the
matter as ever. The emperor's letter
was more or less perfunctory sort Of
document, such as any official of any
government Wight receive from those in
higher authority whether his work had
been good or bad. satisfactory or UNI
satisfactory. To be sure, the emperor
expressed in it his regret over the sever
ance of relations of long standing; but
that, too, was more or less formal. In
the absence of any stated reasons for
the resignation there will, of course, be
general speculation as to the facts in the
situation. There is one indication which
may point to the conviction that Won
Bethmann. Hollweg realized that Ger
many was reaching the end of her rope
and that peace must be sought sooner or
later. That indication was the protest
which came up from Austria against the
resignation of Won Bethmann- Hollweg,
coupled with which was the assertion
that change in chancelors at the pres
ent time would be a grave step to take.
Austria, be it known, desires peace and
desires it very much. 1t might be taken
for granted, then, that Won Bethmann-
Hollweg represented the German faction
which realized that further prosecution
of the war would bring Germany nothing
but more woe, position which is dia-
metrically opposed to the Prussian war
lords idea that the way out of Ger |
many's difficulties is for her to fight till
victory comes and then claim indemnities I
to meet the cost of the war. The sudden
injection of the crown prince, a fire.
eating war maker, into the crown coun-
ell, at which the resignation of Won Beth
mann Hollweg was decided upon, is an
other indication that the ex-chancellor |
was out of favor with the war party. |
That being the case, the German govern
ment's def to the world is war and still Il
more war. Meanwhile the people as rep
resented by the Reichstsg are slowly
coming into their own.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-20

There is no slight satisfaction in the
knowledge that one rumor- monger of ma
tional untruths has been caught and is
in a position to take the punishment he
deserves. That rumor-monger is the fell
low who told the story of a United
States naval hospital being filed with
wounded Americans, who received their
injuries in great naval battle. There
was not a single element of truth in the
statement, and the wonder is that the
spreader OF the story could find so many
dupes among the enlisted men OF the
United States as to believe that there
had been battle at all. There is rea-
son why the government should deal
sternly with Charles E. Knapp, who is
under arrest at Passaic, N. j.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-20
The Late George c. Unaerhill.

With the interment to-day Of George
c. Underhill, figure unique in Rutland
business and political life has passed
OF undoubted sincerity. vigor Of speech
and independence Of action. Mr. Under
hill occupied a niche practically his own
in this community. Unquestionably he
was one Of the best informed marble ex-
perts in the history of the industry. Per-
haps had he possessed a little more fine
ness or tact he would have met VITA
greater Advancement politically, but a.
Il was he doubtless served a useful pur-
pose In stimulating citizens 10 greater
regard for their civic duties and obliga-
ns.-Rutland News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-20
RAISING POTATOES IN CRIB.
W. A. Lane of Perry Street Is Trying a
Novel Method.


War time gardens on Perry street have
for their most conspicuous features three
different devices for raising potatoes and
the amateur gardener who does not make
it a point to visit the vegetable patches
of w. A. Lane, W. H. Goodfellow and
II. A. Gould will miss the inspiration of
experiments which bid fair to fulfill the
present promise of maturity. Credit for
giving the Missouri idea" try-out is
due Mr.. Lane, but his near neighbors,
while they have not used the rack meth
cd, are growing potatoes in manner
that differs radically from methods gen.
orally adopted. Mr.. Lane has a crib full
of thriving potato plants and may yet
harvest the AZ bushels which sgricultur-
al experts claim may be raised in the
rack Mr.. Gould has resorted to the
plan of dropping his seed potatoes on the
turf and covering them with a LAYER Of
lawn grass and Mr.. Goodfellow has a
barrel with the slaves 50 intensified as
to permit plenty Of air and sunshine as
well ss moisture to reach two LAYERS OF
potatoes and a good crop is a foregone
conclusion in each instance. The barrel
method and the plan Of covering the seed
with grass has been tried out before in
this vicinity, but il remained for Mr.
Lane 70 give the crib idea its first dem
oustration among gardeners here in the
city.
Although complete success has not
crowned his efforts, he i confident that
The yield will repay him wei for his
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-20

The discovery of an alleged plot to
spread disease incubation throughout the
United States by means OF court plas-
tiers, which had been subjected to germ
contact, brings to attention novel pos
sibility along the line of an attack on
the United States by our enemies in this
war. The story of the discovery of
germ-infested plasters sold or distribut-
ed in parts of Missouri is only partly
substantiated, as yet, but there are some
elements of truth about the discovery
that are likely to put the people of the
United States on their guard The sales
men of these plasters are said to be per-
sistent in their efforts to get their wares
placed in the homes of the districts Wis
tied and when the people do not buy
the plasters the statesmen make dona-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-20

just as soon as the suffragettes who
are congregated in Washington to pes
ter the president are accorded no more
notoriety when arrested than is given to
the regular police court grist they will
desist from their work, Notoriety is
what the suffragettes are looking for,
the idea being that the publicity given
to their "martyrdom" spreads the propa-
ganda which they represent, Therefore,
if the notices of the arrest of the women
are confined to mere items buried in the
police court news, there will be little in.
centive to become arrested. The advo-
Gates who are making progress toward
the REIMBURSEMENT of women are going
about their work in a more dignifed
way.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-20

The extent to which Russia is infested
with spies is indicated by the proposal
to remove the capital of the country
from Petrograd to Moscow in order to
get rid, if possible, of some of the
leeches. Undoubtedly all Europe was
likewise infested with German secret
agents at the outbreak of the war; and
the same thing applies to certain ex
tent to the United States. There are
evidences now and then that the United
States has not yet got rid of some spies
from official positions, while others are
roaming at large over the country.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-20

The new chairman of the Republican
state committee, j. Rolf Searles of St
Johnsbury, is an enthusiastic sort of fell
low and, moreover, has had some train
ing in partisan politics by reason of his
connection with the state committee as
secretary. He should be in position
to carry along the work which Judge
Stanley C. Wilson laid down when he
was appointed to membership on the SUI
preme court bench of Vermont.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-20

Now that the authorities of the Uni.
versity of Vermont have recommended
that athletics in the institution be
dropped for the time being because of
the war, it will be possible for the stu
dents to devote all their time to military
drill. From the opening of the college
year rigorous military regime should
be established and all male students in
the university ought to be put through
a hard course in preparation for war
service.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-20

ton of their wares, trusting that the
plasters viii be put to use. Ii goes
without saying that plasters of this ma.
ture, when applied TO wounds, become
agents of communication TO the bodies
of the persons to whom the plasters are
applied. Briefly, that is the alleged plot
to attack the people of the United States.
IL is almost too devilish to be true; but
the people of the United States would
certainly be on the safe side by refus-
ing to deal with people of this sort who
are so anxious to unload their goods.
The better way is to trade with home
merchants and get reliable goods.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-20

The Russians are not making any APP
preciable advances in Galicia at the pres
ent time, but they are keeping quite a
force of Teutons busily occupied, who,
otherwise, might be endangering the
Italians or the Franco British lines in
other sections.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-20

the timber was removed and the garden
er, by inserting his hands in the aper.
ture, was able to determine the mois-
ture. Copious supplies Of water have
been used. Potato vines in Mr.. Lanes
crib grow toward the sides as well as to-
ward the top as they seek the nearest
way to the light
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-20

Uncle Sam is occupying the unusual
position of refereeing a scrap between
two of his citizens while our allies are
feeling the pinch of food shortage be-
cause of the scrap.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-20

There has been great deal of backing
and filling at Washington over the draft
method. We are new to the game.