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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-28
We cater especially to Sunday din.
ner parties. Service unsurpassed.
NEW RANDOL CAFE.
COMMISSIONERS MEET
Little Other Than Routine Business
Transacted at CITY Dads" Ses-
sion asst Niuht

At the regular meeting of the city
commissioners last night little bust.
ness other than rouCuc matters was
transacted. All Of the commissioners
were present eNaout Commissioner
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-28

The Keyes we'll in section % lslOw
i'm Cotton county near Walters has
been shut in. A late report from there
says that the sand was reached at
2l7S feet. that the drill penetrated Il
to depth of feet and that the gas
production blew the small tools from
the hole and that the production is
about lOOOO,OOO feet The first gas
showing was found at 1860 feet some
acreage about the well is changing
hands The gas is very dry deuotup
that it is not coming directly from
petroleum The we'll i, said not To be-
.on a structure and the companies that
play geology exclusively will not make
pnrchases.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-28

Try the want ads-they pay.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-28

Dundee Petroleum company ON the
Westheimer a Daube farm in section
25-4-3 has a sand at no that is max.
ing a showing of gas Chas. d. Reed
superintendent of the company, went
to the well last night to assist in
drilling it in.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-28

Extension Oil company No. 10 Mob
ley in 24-4.3 is rigging up. No II is
drilling at 600 feet; No II is drilling
at l5O feet; No. 20 Mobley in section
13-43 is drilling at $50 feet a rig is
up for No 19 on the same lease and
rig is building for No. "a.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-28

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series oi gnrgical onprations rbat .y,sre
yery tayinr mon his vitality
Extension oil companv No 10 Nob.
Low in o442 is rirpinp mn No II is
drilling at 600 ceet. M 10 is driIllnp
at $50 feet. No. 2s Nobley in section
12-42 is drilling at 55O feet a rig is
rip is building for No "a
Dundee Petroleum company ON thc
Westbeimer A. Daube farm in section
25-4.3 has a sand at ll7O that is max.
ing a showing of gas Chas. d. Reed.
superintendent of the company. went
TO the well last night TO assist in
F. " Fischer of Oklahoma CITY,
attorney for the Kansas City. Mexico
A Orient Railway company. accom-.
panied by c. b. Cozart of Oklahoma
CITY. is in the Healdton district today
looking over some propositions that
have been made him.
Southwestern Petroleum company is
now with the Ohio Cities Gas com
panv and will make investments for
that company in this portion Of the
state. The Ohio Cities has invested
about $S,OOO,OOO in Oklahoma.
Producers on company No | on the
Kimbrell farm in the northwest cor
ner of section 3O.i2 has a new oil sand
at 1870 feet What it will amount to
is not known The Southwestern peO.
water. but it did not prove to be worth
anything
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-28

DR.. j. W Potter has returned from
sherman, Texas where the Fortuna
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-28

GYPSY Oil company NO . Matte
Morris in section 1928 i'm the Fox
country at the last report was drilling
at a depth OF 1864 feet. The drill had
passed through a lime shell and went
into a dry sand This location is said
TO be- 81 feet higher than the McMan-
Savoy location and no sand is expected
above 400 feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-28

Orange oil company. rChas J.
WrightsmanL in . ls7w has it's water
well completed and has spudded its
oil well which is to be- drilled to a
depth of 1000 feet. This test is eX-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-28

G. II. Windham, who has spent mucl
time here with the Watchorn inter
ests, is at his home in Long Beach
CAL suffering from an attack Of cry
sipelas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-22
ENLISTS AS FOOD SAVER.
Bethel Association to Support Efforts
of Administrator Wilson.

Clarence r. Wilson. food admins
traitor for the District Of Columbia,
addressed the Bethel Literary and His
torical Association Tuesday night at
Metropolitan A. NJ. E. Church. He
answered many questions and told
what had been accomplished by the
food administration. The two most
important were why hasn't the food
administration cut down prices?" and
why can't the people abroad eat the
things advocated for home consump-
ton. namely, corn bread. fats. etc?"
At the conclusion of his address the
audience pledged him its support.
Clarence A. Aspinwall spoke on fuel
conservation as the representative of
John l. Weaver. fuel administrator for
the District of Columbia.
Mrs. Christine Moody Briggs of Dean
wood, D. c., recited an original poem.
THE Negroes Flag and Country" Rob-
ert Blackwell of Chicago sang two
patriotic selections. accompanied by
Miss Jewel Jennifer. A violin selection
was given by Emmett Preston. a SOL
der of the Standardization war.
A. S. Pinkett. president Of the asso-
citation, presided
Among those who took part in the
discussions were Bishop l. n. Ross. DR..
/ A. Wright, Mrs. A. E. Middleton,
Miss Rachel Bell, Archie Pinkett, Mrs.
Annie Lucas and Miss NJ. A. D. Madre.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-22
AIDS 81 FAMILIES Of
men IN THE SERVICE
District Branch Of the Red
Cross Is Active in Relief to
Many Local Cases.

In October, the home service section.
District branch OF the Red Cross. be-
friended eishty-one families Of men who
have gone into military or naval service,
eighteen Of which were new cases. The
office also followed UP references for
seven out-of-town cases.
These figures were contained in a re-
port made public today Of John Dolph.
chairman OF the disbursement committee
OF the home service section.
Effect of the new legislation providing
allotments, compensation and insurance
for members of the new National Army
will not be felt until January. hence there
already is a considerable increase in the
demands upon the home service section,
which is part Of the civilian relief work
now being carried on by the civilian relief
committee Of the Red Cross
After January the financial demands
VIII lessen. but it is expected there will
be an increase in the number Of wives
ana children OF soldiers. sailors and ma
r1nes, who need advice. This is given
through the star OF friendly visitors con-
nected with the home service section.
Much Advice Is Needed.
In, respect to the legislation for allot-
ments, compensation and insurance there
Is much advice needed, since the families
OF men In the service may take the initia-
i've II the men do not Explanation has
to be made to many families in order that
they may gain the fullest advantage OF
the laws provisions.
The workers are seeking to carry out
the injunction of Secretary McAdoo in
a recent open letter to enlisted men
and their families, by urging them es-
pecfally to take advantage Of the In
surance and allotment provisions of
the act.
Office records of the home service
section are filed with human interest
stories. At a meeting this week steps
were taken to provide shoes and cloth
Ing Tor child who had been going
barefoot, because his mother could not
earn enough to provide for her chill
dren.
Steps were taken to remove a child
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-22

Of splendid promise. from q home
whore moral conditions were bad Ar
rangement was made for the wife of
. drafted man who came here with her
husband, and needed hospital treat
mont before she returned home
A grateful letter WAS received from
soften an honorabie diecharse on ae-
count Of his dependent family, but was
unable to pay his fare back to Texas.
Another case assisted recently was
that Of q young corporal in the Regu-
lar Army. He was ordered from
Fort Monroe to help guard a public
building in Washington, and he
brought his wife and two children with
him.
Another child arrived, and the extra
expenses were too much for his pay. SO
home service worker was sent to
help the mother. To complicate mat
ters further. the trunk in which her
clothes had been sent to Washington
was lost. and she had been able to re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-22


The Navy Department today was still
awaiting details of the sinking Of the
American destroyer Chauncey in the
war zone, with the loss Of three officers
and eighteen enlisted men. Beyond the
casualty list and the fact that the
Chauncey was sunk in collision early
Monday morning, the department has
received from Vice Admiral Sims no
information regarding the loss of the
vessel.
The vessel carried lightweight men
besides the three officers who were
lost. and seventy of the enlisted men
were saved.
The officers reported lost were Lieut..
Commander Walter E. Reno. the COM
handing officer; Lieut.. Charles F. We'd
derburn and Ensign Harry G. Skin
ner. jr.
Mrs. Charles P. Wedderburn. mother
Of Lieut.. Wedderburn. who lives at
2034 Columbia road. today still chung
to a last hope that her son was not
aboard the Chauncey when she went
down.
Attempt to Verify.
Mrs. Wedderburn said today that her
son was registered at the Navy De-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-22
Money was provided

cover only SIS. Money was provided
for clothing.
One woman applied to the homo serv-
ice section with a pathetic story of
egeee1 ny t ne 9aet tSat nhe tn
blame for domestic difficulties. and her
husband. when interviewed. was will
ing to assign a full share Of his pay
to her support and they patched up
their differences before he departed.
Mrs. Alice /. Stuart, assistant secre-
tary of the civilian relief committee.
10 to depart soon for France. where
she will take a part in the Red Cross
relief work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-22
Training Schools on Ships for Flee,

A plan for training nearly 100000 sea-
men to man the merchant fleet Of 1900
vessels called for in the governments
shipbuilding program has been laid be-
ard Of Boston, in charge Of the board
recruiting service. It contemplates the
establishment Of schools on training
ships. The shipping board 10 maintain
ing now eight schools for ehips' on
GERS and engineers and one for ship
yard workers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-22

Only married women aged thirty
whose husbands also are entitled to the
municipal franchise are affected by the
unanimous decision Of the British
house of commons Tuesday to extend
the municipal vote to women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-22

partment as being on board tho Al
coma, but that she had received letters
from her son saying that he was AZ
h ainsd to the hsrn tSs
of the Alcoma SO as to learn dednite-
" whether Lieut.. Wedderburn Is on
that ship.
Lieut.. wedderburn. who ,s twenty
lie schools of this city. He was born
in Chicago. In 1906 he entered the
Mckinley Manual Training School
leaving that institution in 1908 to at
He later attended a training school FOR
the Army and Navy in this city. He
entered the Naval Academy at Annap-
oils in 1911 and graduated in 1915. Fol-
lowing his graduation he was stationed
for some time at Manila. He was pro-
noted to lieutenant in July of this
year.
Appointed From Missouri.
Lieut. Commander Reno was thirty
six years old and was appointed to the
Naval Academy from Missouri in 1901:
He was made lieutenant in 1910 and
was appointed lieutenant commander
last May.
Ensign Skinner was a member of the
naval reserves and was born in Balti-
more in 1882 He received his appoint
ment as ensign last May. His mother
is Mrs. Harry G. Skinner Of Mount
Washington, Md.
Honore Martin Claggett, one Of the
enlisted men lost, at one time worked
in Washington. His family lived near
Laurel. Md. before moving to Pooles-
billie. about three years ago. When
trouble with Mexico threatened. Clag-
gett enlisted in the Navy and was one
of the landing party at Vera Cruz.
The enlisted men lost were:
Stanley T. Anthony. electrician. first
class, radio. Bedford, Mass.
Honore NJ. Claggett. jr., electrician
first class. Laurel, Md.
Daniel b. Crane, machinist mate, sec
ond class. Los Angeles, Cal.
Joseph S. Ewart. machintst mate, nrs1
class. Newport, r. l.
Charles A. Goodrich, chief machinist
mate, lakewood, Ill.
Algen H. Guttridge, machinist mate
second class. Cullison. Kan
Henry G. Haman, seaman. BuHalo'
N. Y.
Native Of Los Angeles.
Joseph A. Heroux. fireman third class.
Los Angeles. Cal.
William H. Hampel. oiler, Randville,
Mich.
Ira F. Kopp. gunners' mate. first class
Davenport, Ia.
South Boston, Mass.
Francisco Pagtakhan, mess attend
ant. third class. Olongapo. P. I.
John Rhinehart. chief water tender.
Block island. R. L
John A. Smith, gunner's mate, first
class. New York city.
John Williams Stribling. oiler, War
ing, Tex.
Oswald j. Terkildsen. yeoman. second
class. BROOKLYN. N. Y.
Nicholas H. Wagner, ship hitter, first
class. Fullerton. Nd.
George Wornell. boilermaker. San
Francisco.
The manner In which the rescue was
effected. the fate of the vessel with
which the destroyer collided and other
details are awaited by the Navy De-
partment. officials believe that the
three officers lost their lives in an ef-
fort to save as many OF the men as was
possible.
1t is believed that the destroyer. run
ming in heavy weather with no lights
showing. crashed into another English
or French patrol vessel. That she
foundered rapidly is indicated by the
heavy toll of life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-22

Bout tn only funny thing tn
war has produced is tn girl wear
in a hungry look an a pair O
SI4 shoes.
What's become O TIL ole-time
Teller that used t charge what
ever's right?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-22
Attempt to Verify.

Mrs. Wedderburn said today that her
son was registered at the Navy De-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-22
Express Company Hearing Dec. 2

The Interstate Commerce Commission
announced today it would hold a hear
ing December on the application of
EXPRESS companies for q 10 per cent
. increase in rates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-22
SPECIAL NOTICES.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
To the Holders of the Five Per Cent TEN
Year Gold Bonds of the Chevy Chase to
Great Falls Land, Corporation:


the
H.
Great Falls Land Corporation
andto
Savings Fifteenth street New York
receipt
a
Washington
sAe ANN,e
ARTHUR A. CHAPLIN,
ARTHUR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-22

The salvage steamer SCHROEDER
struck a mine near Folla, Norway,
Tuesday. and sank. The crew of ten
men was lost.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-08-03


London. Aug 2.-Reports from Hol-
land say the Germans are moving
their headquarters east. High Off
cials take this to indicate the kaiser 8
generals feared their lines might be
broken and their forces in Belgium
isolated, and are preparing for their
retreat.
The great offensive of the allies,
said to be the deadliest Of the war.
continued all Tuesday night and
Wednesday through torrential rain.
The world-famed Flanders mud is de-
scribed in official dispatches as a
Quagmire.
Counter blows by the Germans
won back some ground near Ypres. but
this was offset on the Zillebeke and
User canal sectors, where British and
French troops respectively advanced
their lines.
London places the number of Ger
says among the Teuton dead were
many small boys. evidently troops re-
Gently sent to the battle front.
On the south end of the front, along
the Aisne and near Verdun. the Ger
mans continued their offensive
against Gen. Petain's armies. On the
Aisne the French have advanced des-
pite the heavy bombardment.
The Russians have launched a new
offensive on the Galician front and
have won some ground
The weekly London report shows a
decrease in ships sunk by divers, only
IS of 900 tons having been lost.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-08-03
FOREIGN

Balfour defines war aims of sliies.
At Buenos Aires a slight earth
quake was felt.
Germany begins fourth year of war
by talking peace"
The Petrograd Bourse Gazette esti
mates that there will be $50 delegates
at the Moscow conference.
The British cruiser Ariadne. of H.
900 tons. was torpedoed and sunk, ac-
cording to an official statement is
sued by the British admiralty.
The German authorities at Liege.
Belgium. arrested. tried and SEN
fenced to death within three days an
Influential Liege merchant named
Cronert, his wife and their two daugh
ters, aged 90 and IA years. on the un-
proved charge of espionage" accord
ing to an Amsterdam report.
Capt Joseph f. Bernier. the Arctic
explorer, who started on an expedition
in July last year to attempt to rescue
Vilhjalmur Stefansson. who was re-
ported lost in the Arctic regions, is
returning on his ship. The Guide. ac
cording to reports at Quebec from the
north shore of the ST. Lawrence.
Russias women soldiers have
pledged themselves to take their own
lives rather than become German war
prisoners Each woman soldier carries
a ration of cyanide OF potassium to be
swallowed in event of capture. The
members of the women regiments,
now constantly increasing, agreed that
death was to be preferred to the fate
they would probably meet at the hands
of the Germans.
The State Department at Washing
ton looks upon the utterances Of DIR.
Georg Michaelis, the German imperial
chancellor, and Count Czernin. the
Austro Hungarian foreign minister.
with considerable suspicion, and as
game to split the allies. The central
powers calculated to revive the peace
discussion and to force the entente
powers and America to state their ir-
reducible peace terms.
| According to Reuter- dispatch from
| Zurich, Matthias Erzberger, one Of the
| leaders of the clerical center in the
German reichstag. who has just ar
| rived there. declared to the Zuricher
| Nachrichten: IF | could talk with
Lloyd George Che British premier) or
Mr. Balfour British foreign secre
tary) we could In a few hours reach
| an understanding which would enable
official peace negotiations to com
mence"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-08-03
ASSIGNS DRAFT QUOTAS
MASTER LISTS AND REGULA-
TIoNs SENT OUT.
Exemption Board Machinery Set in
Motion by Governor Gunter for
States Conscription.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-The machinery of the Sc,
lective and exemption boards for the
drafting OF Colorado's quota OF the ma
tional army has been set in motion.
according to statement issued by
Provost Marshal John Evans.
The master lists and regulations
have been sent out as received from
Washington and Gov. Julius c.
Gunter has made assignment to
the seventy-five exemption boards
throughout the state the quota ex.
pected to be raised by the respective
counties.
The State Utilities Board has re-
ceived letter from the special COM
n.ittee on national defense at Wash
ington outlining number of sugges-
tions to the railroad companies OF the
state regarding the carrying out OF
tine draft regulations affecting rail-
road employees subject to draft.
1t is suggested the railroads make
complete list of all those who can
bs spared from active railroad service
hose places can be taken by mex
perienced men or by women. Lists
and affidavits are also requested TO
be furnished showing those whom the
railroad companies think should be
relieved from war duty as their serv-
ices being necessary for the operation
OF troop and supply trains and other
duties assisting the public defense
act of the nation
There Is some considerable con-
lecture" said Judge Advocate Frank
West. "as to the percentages that
will be shown by the first reports OF
the local boards OF the probable re-
lection to be expected among the hun
dred thousand registrants OF Colorado
for physical reasons or for depend
ents. A probable rejection of one in
every four is figured on account Of
physical disability. In some localities
this will greatly vary.
1T is rather difficult to figure on
the proposition OF dependents or how
many are to be excused as to indus
trial claims and peculiar results will
be brought out in some districts. Ac-
cording to close reasoners the lowest
rejection figures will come from the
wealthy districts of the large cities or
communities of the state, where men
of good incomes live.
1T is figured that the sons of such
men have had better food, care and
surroundings than the miners. factory
hands or beet field workers, and the
former should necessarily be in bet
ter physical condition
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-08-03
COAL STRIKE THREATENED.
President Urged to Send Home De
portees by Secretary Green.

Indianapolis. Ind. Aug. 2.-Follow-
ing receipt of word that about eighty
members of the United Mine Workers
of America had been deported from a
tent colony at Gallup. N. NJ, William
Green. secretary of the organization.
telegraphed President Wilson demand
ing that the federal government inter-
vene and return the men. saying in
his message: Unless this is done
quickly will favor strike of coal min
ers of the United States until this out
rage is righted."
MIR. Green stated when he made his
telegram public that the men reported
to him as deported were not Industrial
Workers of the World. but were mem
bers in good standing OF the United
Mine Workers of America.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-08-03
Ship $40 900 "Hioh.crader Ore.

Cripple Creek.-Forty thousand dol
lars worth of ore that was recovered
from the band of high-graders con-
victed in Cheyenne July as the re-
suit of their operations in this gold
field was sent from here to the Pueb-
10 smelter, consigned to the Mine
Owners Association. The ore was
taken from the offices of Tony Cuaz.
who confessed to government investi
gators before the trial; Charles Dan
iels and Daniel Mcleod. all in Cripple
Creek. and Frank Cochrane in Victor
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-08-03
Pos.otfiee safe Blown at Piere,

Pierce.-The postoffice safe in the
general store of John E. Schaefer was
blown open and looted. The thieves
took about $50. but SO far as can be
learned no stamps were taken A
considerable amount of currency was
overlooked. The door of the safe was
blown off and considerable damage
was done to the storeroom. The
thieves first broke into blacksmith
shop. where they obtained tools
They left behind them several feet
Of fuse.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-08-03
Thirty Join coIors on Colorado Da,

Thirty Join Colors on Colorado Day.
Denver.-While enthusiastic citizens
lined the streets, cheering the regis
tered army and the Colorado national
guardsmen as they marched by on
their last home appearance, taking
part in Colorado's forty-first anniver-
sary celebration, the Denver recruit
ing stations of the army, navy and ma
rine corps kept steadily at work. In
spite of the call Of the holiday crowds
and the "doings" at City park, nearly
thirty young men celebrated Colorado
Day by joining in one or the other OF
the three branches of the regular
service.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-08-03
Attorney Killed in spjI, Of Auto.

Grand JunctiOn.-Charles Lee Wat
son, prominent attorney, was
thrown from his automobile and in
stantly killed at a curve about TWEEN
ty-five miles south of Grand Junction.
His wife and baby and Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Coe and their baby, all of Grand
Junction. who were riding with him
in the automobile at the time re-
ceived only slight bruises. The party
had been on a fishing excursion and
were returning to Grand Junction.