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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-15
SNOW
THROUGHOUT
OKLAHOMA
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1906
THE STREETS OF THE CITY
ARE COVERED WITH SNOW =
SLElGhlNG PARTIES PLANNED.

Snow, which began falling early yes
tcrday morning, covered this section
for about four inches before night and
today sleighing parties improvising all
kinds of vehicles is the popular sport.
This is the first time that the
ground in this section has been GOV
cred with snow since February, 1906
at which time the city rake was frozen
over and skating parties enjoyed the
fascination Of ice skating.
The Benevolent Society reports that
Notwithstanding the severe weather,
they have received no complaints, and
every one of their charges are well
provided for.
Several people had the misfortune
to slip on the sidewalks today, but no
serious injury has resulted, and the
festive small boy has been indulging
in the time-honored sport of trying to
knock the hat OFF the head of some
dignided person with a SNOWFALL.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-15
HEALDToN NEWS

llealdton, Okla, Jan. 13.-After our
spring like weather, winter has hit
us hard and the cold is felt. Still
looks threatening and prospects of
snow.
New Heald;on seems to be all the
60 Many houses are going up and
the demand still seems good for lots.
Good deal of material still coming
into the fields and lumber in the new
town.
All feel the effects of the cold SNAP
after such nice weather.
Mrs. NJ X. Ingram of Oklahoma City
returned home after visit to daugh.
ters.
Henry Davis has been quite i'll in
Aydmorc was able to come home yes.
terday.
Henry Davis who has been quite
i'll in Arlmore was able to come home
yesterday.
J. W. orme on sick list latter part
OF week.
Ch,ld of Aryn Mcknight which has
been quite in reported better
Mrs Sandln and daughter Of Ard.
more are here in interest OF W. o. w.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-15
" You've Got the Goods.
(Monotype JournaD


You may know the pinch of famine.
You may know the clutch of debt
There may be but little lamb in
Any fricasse you get.
All the dubS may try to flop you,
Any trick to lay you low,
But they cannot really stop you.
If you've got the goods to show.
They may knock you down and
trample
On the wares you have to sell.
They may hand you out a sample
OF little bit of IL!
They may turn on you and thunder
Back, you lobster, to the woods"
But they cannot keep you under
II you've really got the goods.
True, its hard for you to suffer
What You know you don't deserve.
But 1t rather makes you tougher
And it sti8ens up your nerve.
Let EN- slam, and damn, and flout YOU
Bear it all as best you can,
But the world can't do without YOU
If you've got the goods, Old Man!
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-15
NOTICE OF SALE OF OIL AND GAS
LEASE

state of Oklahoma Carter County.
IS. In the County Court. Probate
.9iS St
Notice is hereby given in pursuance
OF an order of the county court of
Carter county, state of Oklahoma
made and entered on the nth day of
January, 1917, the undersigned guard.
ian VIII offer for sale and sell at pub.
lie auction to the highest and best bid
uer an oil and gas mining lease on
the 10Th day of January. 1917, at 10
o'clock a. m, the following described
lands situated in Carter county, state
OF Oklahoma, towit: Northwest quar-.
ter of Ae southwest quarter, section
H. township 3 south, range | west,
containing 40 acres.
said oil and gas lease will be sold
on the Following terms and conditions.
towit; Cash upon consrmation of
lease and delivery of same to purcha.
ser. '' VIZ"
Said sale to be held in the county
court room OF Carter county. Oklaho.
ma, Mt the time above stated.
Dated this llth day OF January. 1917
MANUEL ID. DAVIS,
i'-o' Guardian.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-15


formerly carried on Sundays. Mhen
the "six.working.days" divisor was
adopted in 1873, mail transportation
was confined almost entirely to week.
days and the railroads contended that
congress, IN 1907, refused to change
the "devisor" to include Sundays as
working days in averaging the
weight Of mail to be the basis for
payment of mail carriage.
Having accepted contracts, although
under protest, and having carried the
mails under the new seven.day devisor
plan, the government contended that
the railroads were not entitled to re.
cover additional compensation in the
courts. The railroads were not then
required, as prescribed in compulsory
legislation last year, to carry mail
offered by the government. During
the fouryear period in question. the
government contended, the railroads
could have refused 10 transport the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-15
a TULSA BANKER DIES
w. !. Gordon, Stricken Saturday, Sue
cumbs Following Operation.

Tulsa, Okla, Jan. 14.-W. |. Gordon,
vice president of the Exchange Nation.
al bank of Tulsa, died at a local hos.
pital today after an operation for ap.
pendicitis.
Mr.. Gordon was attending to bust
ness as usual Saturday. He was taken
suddenly i'll and was removed to a
hospital. At 2 a. m. he passed away.
Mr.. Gordon was a son of a Presby.
terian minister and devoted>to church
work and the uplift of the community.
Funeral arrangements have not as
yet been announced, but the burial
will be held in Tulsa, Surviving him
are a widow and two children.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-15
bOND|5SUE
SEEMS To DE:
TIED Up NOW
ALTHOUGH INDICATIONS POINT
TO FACT THAT VOTES CAST
FAVOR 1T, SUIT FILED THIS
MORNING.

From what can be learned about the
vote cast Saturday in the county
bond election it is apparent that it has
carried by a big majority, some boxes
in the county are reported to be close
and in one or two instances precincts
have rejected the proposition. How.
ever the canvass Of the vote by the
board of county commissioners Wed.
nesday at the court house will reveal
that the proposition carried by at least
J to l. But the bond issue is going
to strike a snag as there was filed in
the district court suit to enjoin the
board OF county commissioners from
disposing of the bonds
The style of the suit is o. II. VOL
verton ct al VS.. board of County Com.
missioners, and he petition sets forth
that o. II. Wolverton, j. B. Spragins
and Sherman Joins are the plaintiffs
in the case.
They allege in their petition as tax
payers of Carter county that they have
the legal right to ask injunction
against the board Of county commits
sioners from selling the bonds, and
set forth their reasons In a lengthy
petition which reads in part as fol.
lows:
THAT on the fourth day Of Decem.
her, 1916 the board passed resom.
tion that it was advisable to issue
bonds of the county in the sum OF
100000 for the purpose of building
and maintaining permanent highways
in the county, these bonds to bear in.
torest at the rate Of per cent. and
to run 25 years Plaintiffs in their
petition allego that the market value
of these bonds was at least Sl.O2 on
the dollar, that the market value of
the total sum was at least s204.0OO.
they further allegc that the board was
offered that price for the bonds by
a reputable and reliable company and
refused the same but are entertaining
an offer for the issue at premium
of per cent or a total sum of S2O9..
600, they allege that in SO doing the
county is losing $1,000 by the trans,
action.
Finally plaintiffs pray that pending
the termination of this action that
the board of county commissioners be
enjoined by the court for selling the
bonds for less figure than S2Ol.OO
and that on final issue they be perma.
nently enjoined from selling the bond
issue for any less that the largest
bid. Potterff and Gray are acting for
the plaintiffs The county commits.
sioners will be in session here Wed.
nesday and they will probably file
their answer to this suit.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-15
MAYOR NAMES
DELEGATES To
ROAD Meeting
sosToNfWlLL ENTERTAIN HUGE
GATHERING OF PRACTICAL
ROAD BUILDERS DURING THE
NEXT MONTH.

Mayor James NJ Connolly of Bos.
ton, Mass, has issued an invitation
to Mayor Lasher of this city to be
present at the meeting of the Ameri.
can Good road congress that convenes
there February so and also to name
three delegates to accompany him. In
this connection the mayor has named
Col Sidney Suggs, S. A. Apple and
Charles Won Weiss.
This congress and convention will
bring together great gathering OF
men from all parts of the country
who are officially employed or en-.
gagged in the practical and scientific
construction and maintenance of pub.
lie streets and highways. The fore.
most experts in road building and
paving from every part of the United
States and Canada have been invited
to attend this congress. The papers
ant discussions ut the convention are
sure TO be of great value to those
engaged in street and road building
and maintenance.
In connection with the congress
there will be held large exposition
of Machinery, materials and methods
used in highway work. one of the
largest and most important of It's kind
ever held in the country.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-15

mails II dissatisfied with the seven.
day devisor computation. Although
they might have so refused, the rail.
roads replied that refusal would have
disrupted business and social condi.
tons in the country and that the re-
duction in mail pay resulting from the
seven-day devisor was, in effect.
forced upon them by the government.
The test cases were twice argued
before the court, in April 1915 and
again in December 1916, former Sec.
retary Of War Dickinson. who repre-.
sented the government in the Steel
Trust prosecution, being among the
railroads counsel.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-15
CANINE TT
AND DICC5
ARE Gull TY
SUPREME COURT DECLARES THE
MANN WHITE SLAVE ACT is
NOT LIMITED TO COMMERCIAL.
lzED VICE.

Washington, Jan. 15.--lnterpreting
the Mann white slave act, the United
States supreme court decides that
prosecutions under the law for the
transporting cf women in interstate
commerce is not limited TO CONNER
cialized vice, and includes personal
immoral escapades. The conviction
OF Ere Drew Caminetti and Maury I.
briggs Of Sacramento, Cal, was af-
irmed by the supreme court.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-15

circle. They are having quite a sue.
cessful time. Mr.. Young is also here
working up interest in W. o. w.
Miss Lucille Ormer spending week
end in Ardmore.
Very little interest taken in bond
election today.
c. II. HEALD.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-15

With the cotton market practically
closed here the records of the county
weieher show that total of 1868
bales were sold from wagon with but
a few bales left in the country to be
yet marketed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-15

The Presbyterian Missionary So.
ciety will meet at the home of Mrs.
Joe +. Williams, First ave and d
street southwest tomorrow afternoon
instead of at Mrs. Hal Cannon. as pre-.
yiously announced
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-15

Wilda Racheal Hannah, the infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Han.
nah. of Apache died here Friday morn
ing, Jan. II. Mrs. Hannah is at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. l..
r. Mason.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-15

l. Il. Thayer, travelling representa-
tive of Marshall Field 4 Co., of Chi.
cago was in the city today visiting
with his old friend Jess Madden of
the Madden Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-15
STREET STORIES
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District court convened for the non
jury term this morning, several cases
are to be heard by the court at this
session.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-15

Ardmoreite want ads pay big re
turns.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-15

Il. b. Reid left last night for Chi
cago. St Louis, and Grand Rapids.
Mich, where he will spend three
on a buying trip.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-15
PERSONALS
q n y u 81 - II u & {, d n q q q o

G. NJ. Henley left Sunday afternoon
for two weeks buying trip in the
eastern market places.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-15
DEWEY IN VERY WEAK
American Naval Officer Slowly Sink.
ina-Physieians Fear for Recovery.

Washington, Jan. Is. 49, Admiral
George Dewey's condition is very
weak and the doctors express fear
that his once great vitality NIGH, fail
soon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-15
RAILROADS ARE
REFUSED PAY

Continued from Page one).
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-15
100 LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR RENT Furnished rooms at 222
a street s. W. Mrs. Englc Phone
llVl. lJ.u
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-15

SEVERAL USED PIANOS For sale.
easy terms. See Homer l.. Boyd.
phone green SCI l5.3
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-03-14

we he bought the stock
the fntIn Cldr
VIII be andg ~ "o o'"S
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-03-14

Ladies' Muslin Drawers, all daintily 0v
trimmed tt, with lace, regularly SOC value. LAC
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-03-14

About 1000 other things too numerous to men,
ton will be closed out at less than SOC on the dollar
New Britain herald., 1917-02-08
Despatch From Capital Says Country Is
Point of Severing Diplomatic Relati|
With Austria Ship Own
Told, in Effect, They May Arm VesI

rted into war until their is no
puted evidence of violation of 4
can rights by destruction of AND
ships or losses of American liv|
violation of international law.
hope that Germany would modif
campaign of ruthlessness has
ished and there is no doubt here
it will be only a matter Of hour
days before an American is sui
American lives are sacrificed.
only effects of the destruction d
California has been to quicken
preparations the government is
ing for the expected eventuality.
Other reports today from c
F'rosten the sinking of the B
ship Eavestone says that the shiI
sunk without warning.
New Britain herald., 1917-02-08
All Americans Reported.

London Feb. s, 1:18 a. m.--The
German government will require guar
antees that Count Won Bernstorff. for
mer German ambassador at Washing
ton, and the men on German ships in
American ports will be permitted to
leave the United States before allow
ing Ambassador Gerard and other
Americans in Germany to depart from
that country. according to the Copen-
hagen Politiken as quoted in Reu-
ter despatch from that city.
This information, the Politiken says
is collected in a telegram sent by AM
bassador Gerard to the American le-
cation at Copenhagen. All Americans
In Germany, including those captured
by the German raider in the south At
1antic and taken TO Germany on the
Yarrowdale, are said to have been de-
tanned as hostages.
An Exchange Telegraph despatch
from Copenhagen gives the same re-
port regarding the detention of Amer
leans in Germany and adds that Am
CONTINUED on Eleventh Page.)
New Britain herald., 1917-02-08
GULF BETWEEN GERMANY AND u S. WIDENS;
GERARD is VIRTUALLY PRISONER IN BERLIN;
OFFICIALS HOURLY EXPECT CAUSE FOR w
Washington Fears for We Reports Showing Kaiser Be B Bent Breaking Promise
Peace Almost Swept Away DEVELOPMENTS Submarine Opened
AUSTRIAN BREAK
EXPECTED SOON

Washington, Feb. s.
Austria had not as yet
withdrawn or modified her
note adhering to the Ger
man submarine campaign
it was stated officially to-
day at the state depart
ment.
The possibility that, a
break with Austria also
can be avoided virtually
has been given up.
New Britain herald., 1917-02-08
AMERICAN Liners
ARE Held IN PORT
st. Louis and st. Paul May Be
Sent to Sea DefensiVely Armed
NINE VESSELS ON OCEAN
Six Arc in Danger Of Being Sunk BY
Mines or TOrpedocs-BritishC Consul
Advises Women and Children to
STAY Ashore.

New York, Feb. S.---Otficcrs of the
American line today debated whether
they should send their passenger
steamships to sea without protection
or arm them with guns after the man
ner of the British and French liners
The decision of the federal govern
ment not to offer advice to private
persons as to whether their merchant
vessels should risk the German block
ade and not to provide any convoy has
left the steamship line still in doubt as
to it's future course of action.
Pending q decision the company has
announced that the sailing dates Of
the steamer St. Louis and st. Paul
now at New York, have been indein-
itely postponed.
The ST. Louis has on board 5000
sacks of mail, which will remain there
for the present unless the postmaster
general decides to send them by one of
the British liners. No mail has left
New York for Liverpool since the de-
parture of the liner Philadelphia. on
January 81. In addition to the sacks
on board the st. Louis, 1000 more for
Liverpool are awaiting at the New
York post office. Much Of the mail
tered and very valuable.
Advice to Women and Children
While the British government has
made no move to restrain ships that
carry the British flag from Drawing the
dangerous submarine war zone, the
British consulate here has advised all
women and children to refrain from
going aboard British transatlantic
ships unless through dire necessity
j The steamship Ryndam of the Hol-
. land-American line, which left here on
/ January 80, the day the California
sailed, has turned and is on her way
| back to New York. She was bound
p; for Rotterdam and due yesterday at
Falmouth. She carries $50 passen-
gers, of whom % are Americans. 1t
! is believed that the Ryndam was
warned by the Dutch admiralty when
she reached the edge of the war zone.
1t is expected that she will arrive by
February 10.
Nine Vessels ut Sea.
Nine passenger liners flying flags of
the Entente and also of the American
line and Holland-American line are on
their voyage between New York and
European ports today. All but three
of these ships are within the possible
danger of submarines or mines.
In addition three British passenger
ships from New York are due to have
arrived but have not been reported.
il is possible word of their arrival has
been withheld on account Of the recent
orders of the British authorities
Nearly all have Americans on board.
New Britain herald., 1917-02-08
GERARD HOSTAGE
OF GERMAN GOVT.
HOLLAND DECLINES
TO SUPPORT AMERICA
Spain Also Understood to
Have Decided Against
Joining: League.

Washington, Feb. S.-The Neither
lands government, through the Amer
lean legation at The Hague, has for
mally declined to accept President
Wilson's suggestion that 1t follow the
course of the United States and break
off diplomatic relations with Germany.
Information to this effect was re-
ceived here today from Holland.
1t was also said in the dispatches
that the Netherlands government has
made a protest against unrestricted
submarine warfare and at the same
time negotiations had been opened
with Great Britain for tho reductions
of its mine field. The Dutch govern
ment plans to have the British field
and the German danger zone, which
now overlap each other, so contracted
as to make q closer path through
which its ships may pass.
Washington, Feb. S.-Spain's note,
which 1t is understood, formally de-
clines to accept President Wilson's
suggestion that she break off diplo-
matte relations with Germany, was re-
ceived today at the state department,
but not made public.
London, Feb. s, 1926 p. m.--The
Bolivian minister Of foreign affairs,
says Reuter- despatch from La Paz
tody has announced that Bolivia has
decided to support the attitude Of the
United States in the crisis with Ger
many.
Montevideo, Feb. S.-President
Viera and his cabinet held a confer
ence today to consider the position
to be taken by the government re-
garding the new phase of the Euro
epan conflict The newspapers of
Uruguay approve the stand of the
United States.
Lima, Peru, Feb. S.-The Peruvian
government today instructed its min
lister at Berlin to make written
claim on the German government for
the sinking of the Peruvian sailing
vessel, LOrtOn, which, according to the
official British account of her sink
ing, was torpedoed inside Spanish ter
ritorial waters on Monday while on a
a voyage from Callao, Peru.
New Britain herald., 1917-02-08
TOrDcdOcd Without Warming.

New York, Feb. S.-Official cable
advices that the British steamship
California was torpedoed without
warning were received here today by
the Anchor line. The names of 13
persons listed as missing as received
follow:
Second cabin, Mrs. E. Smith, Edna
Smith and Mrs. Kidd, Calgary, AL
berta; j. w. Anderson and son, Van
couver, b. c., (Mrs. Anderson was
savedD; Mrs. w. O'Donnell and chill
dren, of Philadelphia, three O'Don-
nell children appear on the ships
passenger list); Nwil Gullkes, New
York city; Miss Madge Roberts, To-
ronto.
Steerage, Mrs Margaret Little and
one child, N. Y. Ohree other little
children apparently saved); Miss An
ME Forbes, Toronto.
Some of the passengers, according
to Consul Frost, are missing, includ-
ing two women and several children.
The survivors were landed at
Queenstown last night. John A. Lee,
of Montgomery, Ala, said to be the
only American on board, is supposed
to have been a member of the crew.
Mr.. Frost's message said that Cap
tain John l.. Henderson of the Cali
fornia was quoted as saying that his
ship was sunk by submarine, which
gave no hail and no warming before
firing two torpedoes from a distance
Of 800 yards
A message received by the Anchor
line says: "Advices indicate 100 sur
viVors" The agents were also in
formed that cable despatch from
coi1 hot ho Il
been lost and forty persons had been
injured.
Left New York Jan. 30.
The California sailed from New
York for Glasgow on Jan. 80 with a
crew of 1916 and 316 passengers. AL
though many of the passengers were
listed as coming from cities in the
United States officers of the line eX-
planned that all of them were either
British or Canadians.
The ship carried a large cargo for
the British government including war
supplies. When she left here she was
armed with a gun at her stern.
The California is the first large
steamer to fall victim to the new
German unrestricted submarine war
fare. She was a steel twin screw
steamship Of S,662 tons gross, 470
feet long, built in Glasgow in 1907.
Her sister ship, the Caledonia, was
sunk off the Irish coast by sub
marine on Dec. -, 1916.
Entire Family Slain.
1t took the silent grief of John NJ
Little, Englishman, to bring keenly
home to the officers and clerks of the
Anchor line offices today the loss of
the California.
Modestly, almost efficiently, Little,
a spare, slight man, asked for news
of his wife and four children, steerage
passengers. The latest cable, he was
told reported his wife and one child
missing-the others had been saved.
But the wife and baby" he plead
ed, 'can't YOU give me 4 word OF
hope?"
No one dared reply. Tears welled
from I.ittle's eyes and rolled unrc-
STRANGELY down his cheeks. The bus
Ting activity stopped and heads were
bowed.
Strengthening himself with an eff
fort, Little squared his shoulders and
~ Continued on Eleventh Page
New Britain herald., 1917-02-08
GUN FIRED IN DIET
Three Shots While Count BatthN
Is Speaking to Hungarian Assoc
Alcohol Is Blamed.

Amsterdam. via London, Feb
$50 a. ma Reuter- despatch I,
Budapest says that during a speec
Count Theodore Batthyanyi in
Hungarian diet three revolver s
were fired from the gallery.
Nobody was hurt and after som'
element Il man was arrested s.
made a confused statement and
apparently intoxicated. The c
continued his speech with rer
that he must not be disturbed by
fans.