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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-20

Plains oil & Gas Company, in section
2O-2s-Sw. on the McCown farm. is run
ming the six inch at about 1910 feet.
This well is only twenty feet above the
level where McMan.Savoy reached the
sand in the same section.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-20

Colhoma oil Company. on the Cobb
farm in 1882 in the Oil City district,
is drilling at $50 feet in No. well
The shallow sands here are making
more gas than those in wells / and 3.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-20

Gypsy oil Company No. 2, Bowers.
in section 1924, northwest Of Fox, had
a million feet OF gas at 3is feet. Al
$50 feet it has twentyc.ght feet of oil
sand that would make q ten 20 fifteen
barrel we'll and at $50 water was en-.
tered and the well is shut down.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-20

Czarina oil Company No 2. on the
Czarina Homer farm, in section 3O.3.3,
is drilling at GOO feet No. / ON this
property made 25O barrels.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

The commission appointed by the
provisional Russian government to
investigate the private fortune of the
deposed car has ascertained that the
ex-ruler during the last 10 or IS
years. bought American securities to
the value of many millions of dollars.
The ex-czar is said to have invested
$so,ooo,ooo in the. Pennsylvania rail-
road. $Ioooo,ooo in the New York in
terborough Rapid Transit company,
$4,000 in the, New York Central
railroad and $3,ooo.ooo in the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02
ORDER ROUNDUP
OF SLACKERS
Thousands of Draftable Men" Have
Failed to Register.

Washington. July 3o.-Prompt ap.
prehension of Thousands of draftable
men who have escaped detection and
prosecution for failure to register
was ordered by the Department OF
Justice today. Formal notices were
sent to all United States attorneys.
"When captured, these draft evad-
ers will be registered by their local
boards and assigned numbers. They
will then be subject to the present
call for the first army" the depart
ment order said.
The slackers are 10 be assigned by
lot to the serial numbers of persons
finally exempted.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02
Bathing Suits a wet" Aid?

Brownsville, Tex. July 27.-ls a
soldier in bathing suit soldier in
uniform in the meaning of the federal
law against the sale of intoxicants to
soldiers in uniform? This question
has been asked Department of JUS
tice agents here.
The question arose out Of charges
soldiers have been donning bathing
suits, getting them wet, and then go
ing to saloons to quench their thirst.
Saloon keepers say they are un-
able to distinguish between soldiers
and civilians when they wear bathing
suits. t'. !;
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02
7 Years to U. s. Airman Who
Villified President.

= San Antonio, Tex, July 26-Seven
years at hard labor in the United
States disciplinary barracks at Fort
Leavenworth is the sentence Private
Otto Ludwig, third aero squadron,
stationed at Camp Kelly. must serve
for making disrespectful remarks
about President Wilson and the
American flag, and for threatening to
desert to the Germans If he was sent
to France with the United States ex-
peditionary forces.
Ludwig was found guilty by court
martial at Fort Sam Houston recent
ly and the sentence Of the court was
approved by Gen. Parker today.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02
SECOND CALL FOR MEN MEG.
ESSARY TO INSURE FULL
..- QUOTA
1t is Expected That at Least 10 Per
Cent of Men Accepted by
Boards Will Later be Dis
- charged.

Washington, July 31.-Because Of
the large. number Of exemptions that
are being indicated on the first exam.
nations throughout the United
States, the provost marshal generals
/ office telegraphed out to all local
boards tonight specific instructions
for second call of the "registrants'
in addition to the 200 per cent of the
quota originally ordered out. The
call indicates that government is 60
ing to be very tight on industrial ex-
emptions.
The order reads:
"No board can receive final credit
on its quota for any selected men un-
til word has been received from the
military authorities at the rendezvous
or mobilization camp that the man
has been accepted in the military SER
vice of the United States. Some men
passed by the local boards will be ex-
empted or discharged on approval OF
the district board. .
"Soine will be rejected at mobiliza-
ton camps. The number OF. persons
passed by local boards who will be
discharged by district boards or at
mobilization camps is tentatively esti-
mated at about 10 per cent of those
passed by the local board. There
fore local boards should continue to
call men up for examination until
they have apparently filled their
quota with 10 per cent addition. This
will necessitate drafting 7s5,ooo men
into service.
Local boards have been ordered to
call ZOO per cent Of their quota for
examination. By the seventh day af-
ter this call, if sent out, all claims for
exemption and discharge by men
called will be filed in the local board:
BY examining the number and chat
acter Of these claims and by consid-
ering the number of persons rejected
physically the board can roughly es-
timate the number of men that it will
be. necessary to call to fill their
quotas.
Immediately after making this es-
innate the board should send out .
new cali computed on the experience
of the first CALI This new call should
Be for enough men to complete ITO
per cent Of the quota"
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

The final chapter of the death of
Baby Bolfinger whose life DR.. H. ].
Haiselden of Chicago refused to save
in 1915 because OF the child's hope
less deforrity, was written Saturday
with the announcement of the moth
er's death, due, her husband believes,
to broken heart. The Bollinger
case received additional notoriety
only few days ago, when Baby
Meter, a similarly imperfect infant,
was allowed to die by Doctor Haisel-
den.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02
Governor of Texas and Three Stats
Officers Indicted.

Austin. Texas, July 27.-Gov. Fer
guson today was indicted> by the
Travis county grand jury on nine
counts, seven charging misappropri-
alton of public funds, one diversion
of public funds and one charging en-
bezzlement. c. J. Bartlett, Secretary
of State, was indicted on four counts,
charging misappropriation of public
funds. c. ]. Stowe. State Superin-
tendent Of Building and Grounds,
was indicted on one count. c. @.
Austin, Commissioner of Insurance
and Banking, was indicted on -four
counts. 81
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02
An Aviation School at N. u,

Jefferson City, Mo-, July 76-The
Missouri council Of defense an-
nounced today that an aviati6n
school isoon would be established at
the state university at Columbia.
President Hill of the university nov
is in communication with Secretary
of War Baker, Granging definite
plans for the opening of course 81
study.
Four hundred students are expected
to attend the school at Columbia for
mental training prior to going to the
aviation camp near Sedalia, which
now is under construction.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

A tramp offered to help boy car
ry jug of water to threshers on
the Jones Kramer farm, northeast OF
Hiawatha, kas. Friday morning.
The boy saw the man put white
powder in the jug. Then the tramp
ran quarter of mile west into a
corn field. Sheriff Biddle, and a
posse of farmers began a search for
the tramp and the jug of water was
brought to town to be analysed.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

Quentin Roosevelt, youngest son
of Theodore Roosevelt, has sailed for
France as member of contingent
OF American aviators. it became
known last week Quentin, 20 years
old, has been in training as an aviator
since April and recently was promot-
ed a first lieutenant. His three
brothers are already in active service
abroad.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

Lacking few men to fill up an ar
tillery regiment for foreign service,
Brigadier General Greble in COM
mand at FL Paso. called for volun-
teers from two regiments of other
branches OF the service, choosing
that method rather than arbitrarily
designating the men needed. On the
appeal for volunteers every man OF
the two regiments stepped forward.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

When George J. Gould, jr., young
est son of George ]. Gould, married
Miss Laura Carter at Philadelphia on
July 5 he sacrificed his income from
the Gould millions. As a result of his
income being cut off, Gould is now
forced to earn his own living to run
the three-room apartment which he
and his bride occupy on the East
side in New York.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

Americas gold imports during the
fiscal year ending June 80 totaled
$o77,I76,oa6, as shown in figures
compiled by the Department Of Com
merce.- The excess of imports over
exports was $6S5,ss48o1, against a
net import of s4oa7so.7s3 last year
and $2s,344,6o7 the year before that
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

Running cultivator down rows of
corn and potatoes, Miss Helen Taft,
daughter of ex-President Taft and
dean of Bryn Mawr College is doing
her bit on twenty acres of ground
on the Sharpless estates, near West
Chester. Pa. About twenty Bryn
Mawr girls are her co-workers and
expect to work the tract until college
re-opens in the fall
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

Five thousand negroes marching
to muffled drums paraded Fifth Ave
nue., New York, in protest against
the East St. Louis race, riots. Po-
lice lined both sides of the street.
Mounted police squads rode before
and behind the procession. Many wo-
men and children were in line, car
rying banners with inscriptions of
protest. There were no demonstra-
tions.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

Charlie Chaplin, famous comedian.
Saturday announced that he was
ready for service under the Union
Jack the minute England, of which
he is . subject. calls. Charlie took (
couple of verbal hot shots At Lord
Northcliffe, who, in his London
Weekly Dispatch. called upon Chap
lin. to join the colors.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

Colin w. Claybo,Xpe, Chicago
broker, paid friend $4,000 Friday
for his confidence in the strength OF
the Allies in eliminating the kaiser.
He made bet three months ago that
the kaiser would be driven from his
throne by July 27, 1917.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

The German steamships, the kron-
prinzessin Cecille and Cincinnati,
were placed under the American flag
at the Boston Navy Yard Saturday.
The Amerika, another German ship.
was commissioned Monday. The ves-
sells will be ready for service short
", officials said.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

American troops in France have
chosen their own soubriquet, accord
ing to The Matin, adopting the name
"Amexes." This was formed by
combining the first two letters Of
the word American Expedition.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

A new high record for alfalfa hay
of this years cutting was made at
Cottonwood Falls. kas.. when John
Dunkin. a farmer. got $40 ton for
baled alfalfa. The price is about 40
per cent higher than this variety of
hay brought this time last year and
is treble the price of several years
ago. -
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

The Billy Sunday tabernacle at
One Hundred and Sixty-eighth street
and Broadway, New York. is being
turned into a palace where they'll
dance the ruinous fox trot and the
hellish one-step. The lumber is be-
ing hauled away to the grounds of
the Bronx International Exposition
for that use.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

Emma Goldman, the Anarchist
convicted of conspiracy to obstruct
the Selective Draft Law, brought to
New York from the federal prison
at Jefferson City, Mo, for hearing
on an appeal from the sentence, was
Saturday released on $4,000 bail.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

Rather than fight kinsmen in the
German army, John Coswert, natur-
allied German. threw himself in front
Of moving train at Marion, Ark,
and was decapitated. Coswert had
come to town to learn his draft num-
Der. When he found he was subject
to call in the first quota he jumped
in front of the train.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

If Alexander Berkman and Emma
Goldman, Anarchists, are freed on
their appeal from conviction on the
charge of conspiracy to obstruct the
Selective Draft Law, steps will be
taken to deport them. according to
4 statement by United States lmmi-
grafton Commissioner How.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

After a violent debate the rivers
and harbors bill. carrying an appro-
pr;ation Of $2s,ooo,ooo, was passed BY
the Senate Thursday night by vote
Of 80 to II. The opposing Senators
we're: Ashurst, Gore, King. Pomef-
enc, Shafroth and Smith of Michigan
(Dems.); Borah Brady, Kenyon. La
Toilette and Smoot (Reps.)
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

Mrs. Rena Mooney, music teach
er, was acquitted by jury in San
Francisco Thursday of murder grow
ing out of bomb explosion last July
which killed ten persons. She was
charged specifically with the murder
of Mrs. Myrtle Irene Van Loo, vic
tim. The jury had deliberated since
Monday afternoon.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

Brig. Gen. K. Nj. Blatchford and
Brig. Gen. John Biddle OF the Amer
lean army, with their staffs, have ar
rived in England.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

The little bronze button that will
be worn by those exempted from ser
vice in the new national army, was
being sent out to the local boards
Saturday. Every man rejected will
get one. On the button there APP
pears the word Exempt" above the
national coat OF arms and beneath
that are the words, United States"
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02
Walker McKibber1's.
:. Owing to the fact that J,
THE QUALITY STORE

Courts. Owing to the fact that u
lew more might want to enter that
were unable 10 before che expirasion
of the time set. it has ben decided
to hold the opportunity to enter open
until next Saturday. II any one de-
sires to enter they may do 30 any
time this week. -
= - > -
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-11-20
DIAz LEADS ITALIANS CANNED GOODS SAFE
ALLIED MILITARY COMMITTEE TO
DIRECT OPERATIONS.
General Cadorna Given Place on War
Board-NeW Heads of Latin
Army Named.

italian Army Headquarters, Nov. II
and Italian representatives has result
ed in the creation of permanent In
ter-allied military committee. New
leadership for the Italian army has
been provided.
General Cadorna, who has been In
supreme command Of the Italian army
since the beginning Of the war, has
been given a place on the new COM
mittee.
New heads of the Italian army have
been named. General Diaz has been
appointed first in command, with Cen
eral Badoglio second and General
Grandma third.
General Foch, chief of staff of the
French war ministry, and General Will
son, subchief of the British general
staff, will serve on the inter-allied COM
mittee with General Cadorna.
The Italians continue their retreat
in accordance with the plan of the
general staff.
From the Treviso hills they are
pouring down rain of shells on the
Germans and Austrians, making them
pay a heavy price for the ground they
gain
A dozen bridges have been blown up
on the Livenza river to arrest and de-
lay as much as possible the advance
of the Austro-G Germans toward the
Piave river.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-11-20
An Official Story Teller.

In several of the public libraries Of
Canada story telling TO children has
for some years been special feature.
Each Saturday morning from fifty to
one hundred children assemble at the
library in a room set apart for the pur-
nose and called the "children's room"
The ages of the children vary from six
to fourteen years. At st. John, N. B.,
story telling has been continued now
for three years. This year 1T has been
found advisable to divide the children
according to age and to hold two
classes of half an hour each. The
work has steadily grown In interest,
and the demand for books of a less
trivial type justifies the work of the
committee In charge. During the sum-
mer. when opportunity offers and a
story teller of note is guest of the
city, notice is given to the library, and
it is often possible to have a special
session.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-11-20
ORDER HITS ELECTRIC SIGNS
Director Garfield Will Permit Their
Use Only Between Hours of 7:45
and II p. M.-To Save Coal.

Washington, Nov. 12.-Fuel Admin.
istrator Garfield on Friday issued his
order darkening all advertising white
ways" in the country before z AS D. m.
and after IL p. m. Advertising signs
burning electricity made from coal or
coke may remain lighted only between
these hours.
Coal supplies to industries classed
as nonessential will be sharply re-
duced within a few days.
Industries are now being classified
and those whose products are not
necessary in the conduct of the war
will be supplied with fuel in limited
quantities.
The relieve the coal shortage in Ohio
and Michigan, the fuel administration
will suspend for one day. November
10, the priority order under which most
Of the coal mined in the central field
is going to the lakes for transship-
ing to the Northwest.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-11-20
ALL TO AID DRAFT
WILSON APPEALS TO PATRIOTISM
OF ALL TO ASSIST IN WORK
OF SELECTING ARMIES.
TO CLASSIFY TEN MILLION
Blanks Which Registered Men viii
Fill Out Are Being Forwarded
to Local Boards-To Com
plete Work in Sixty
DAYS

Washington, Nov. 12.-President
Wilson formally put the new machin-
cry for the carrying out of the selec.
i've draft bill into operation Saturday
with the publication of the foreword
he has written to the regulations under
which the second call will be made.
The regulations themselves and the
questionaires which more than 9,OOO,.
GOO registrants will be required to fill
out are being forwarded to local
boards, but have not yet been made
public.
war department officials estimate
that the whole process can be com
pleted within sixty days. This means
That no second call will be made upor
the draft forces before the middle OF
next February, as the period of classi
heation will not begin until Decem
Der 10.
The president describes the new
plan of dividing all registered men not
already modified into five classes, sub
Ject to military service by classes, as
being intended to produce "a more
perfect organization of our man
power"
THE seiective principle must be car
ried to its logical conclusion" the pres
ident said, and he added that there
pust be made complete inventory OF
the qualifications of each registrant In
order to determine 1.-The place in the
military, industrial or agricultural
ranks Of the nation in which his expert
ence and training can best be made to
serve the common good"
The inquiry projected in the ques
tionnaire will go deep into the qualifica
tons of each of nearly 100000 men
Supplementing the presidents cal
to the nation, Provost Marshal Gen
eral CrOwder issued a statement il
which he safl:
"Questionnaires are to be mailed by
the local board to 5 per cent of the
registrants each day. The principal
work of the legal advisory boards viii
thus be over in 20 days, by which time
all the questionnaires should be re-
turned to the boards. Every man has
seven days in which to return his
QUESTIONABLE fully made out The
process of classification will begin
about December IS. Eight days later
the boards will begin the great pro.
cess of classification which becomes
In the words of the president, a ma.
tional war undertaking of such signifi.
canoe as to challenge the attention
and compel the assistance of every
American"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-11-20
NO DANGER OF BoTULlSM IN
PROPERLY PREPARED GOODS.
U. S. Department of Agriculture Issues
Statement Prepared by Bureau
Psychologists.

Washington, Nov. 10.-The United
States department of agriculture has
issued the following statement pre-
pared by the psychologists of its bu-
reau of chemistry and the states rela-
tons service:
There is no danger that the type
of food poisoning kn0wn as Botu-
lism' will result from eating fruits or
vegetables which have been canned
by any of the methods recommended
by the United States department Of
agriculture, provided such directions
have been followed carefully. 1t is
possible that in a number of instances
the directions were not strictly fol-
lowed and that spoilage has occurred.
Of course, extreme care should be
taken to ascertain before eating
canned goods of any kind whether
they are in good condition, and if they
have spoiled they should not be con-
sumed.
''In case of any doubt as to wheth-
er the contents of a particular can
have spoiled, the safest plan is to
throw it away, although all danger of
BOtulism may be avoided by boiling
the contents of the can for few min
utes, since the Bacillus bOtulinus
and the toxin or poison which it pro-
duces are killed by such treatment No
canned goods of any kind which shows
any signs Of spoilage should ever be
eaten. In the cold pack method of
canning given out by the department
Of agriculture, only fresh vegetables
are recommended for canning, and
sterilization is accomplished by the
following processes: Cleansing, blanch-
ing, cold dipping, packing in clean,
hot jars, adding boiling, water,
sealing Immediately and then steriliz-
ing the sealed jars at minimum tenn
perature of PIP degrees Fahrenheit for
one to four hours, according to the
character of the material. Since the
spores of B. botulinus are killed by
heating for one hour at IT'S degrees
Fahrenheit according to Jordan's
'BacteriolOgy' and other recognized
textbooks) there is no reason to be-
lieve that the botulinus organism will
survive such treatment"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-11-20
MILLIONS IN FOOD HOARD
U. S. Seizes Supplies by NeutraIs or
Germans-Hoover to Get
the Food

Washington, Nov. 13.-Seizure of
enormous quantities of German-owned
supplies of every sort, valued in the
millions, by the secret service in New
York, gave a first glimpse into the
manner in which the trading with the
enemy law will aid the United States.
The foodstuffs will go to Herbert c.
Hoover direct. He will sell them at
once to relieve the strain on the food
market and to bring prices down as
much as possible. All other supplies
will be turned over to a representa-
tive of A Mitchell Palmer, receiver of
enemy property, and they viii be sold
by him probably at auction. The pro-
ceeds then will be invested by Mr..
Palmer subject to further action by
congress.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-11-20
UNITED STATES N
WAR CONFERENCE
Participates for the First Time in
Allies Council in Paris.
HOUSE HEAD OF COMMISSION
Board Now In Europe Is Expected to
Urge Adoption of Policy of Great
er Unity in Prosecution Of
Hostilities.

Washington.-The United States is
ready to participate for the first time
In military conference to be held by
all the allies. An American commits.
sion, headed by Col. e. NJ House, chief
unofficial adviser of President Wilson.
is already in Europe, clothed with au-
thority to commit the United States
government to any agreement that may
be reached by the Paris conference.
Colonel House and his associates are
expected to urge the adoption of a pol
icy of greater unity in the prosecution
Of the war.
One of the possibilities is the crea-
ton of a joint war council with SUI
prenle power to direct the disposition
Of troops, to supervise military STRAIT
egg and to apportion munitions and
other economic resources among the
allies.
Makeup of Commission.
The American war commission con-
sists Of the following members:
Col. E. NJ. House, chairman. who
will act as the spokesman of President
Wilson on questions pertaining to the
general policies of the conduct of the
war;
Admiral w. S. Benson, chief of ma
val operations, U. S. N, who will par
ticipate in the formulation of plans for
the employment of the combined ma
val forces of the allies.
Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, chief of staff,
y. S. A, who will give detailed infor-
nation on the extent of military sup
port the United States will be able to
give next year.
Oscar T. Crosby, assistant secretary
of the treasury, who will speak for the
United States on questions of inter-
allied war financing.
Vance G. Mccormick, chairman of
the war trade board, who will assist
in planning uniform policy in admin