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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
American Sailors Lost.

London. June s.-Three American Sur.
vivors from the British steamer Man.
chester Miller. torpedoed on June 5,
have been landed. They are Joha
Hayes. Boston; John Morris. Brooklyn,
and Third Engineer Farrell. OF PhIla.
delphia. Two American hremen. Ash.
ley and Daniels. lost their lives when
the Manchester Miller was sunk. The
vessel was laden with cotton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
MEXICAN MINISTER AT BERLIN
HURRIES HOME; WHAT FOR?

Berlin. June 9.-The Vossische Zel.
tung denies a report that DIR. Almares
Harris. the Mexican charge daftaires.
has been recalled. DR.. Harris Is re-
turning to Mexico. but the paper says
his trip Is on private business and he
will return within three months. Dur
ing the absence Of the diplomat. Mexi-
can affairs viii be looked after by the
Austrian charge d'affaires. The MeNi.
can military attache viii remain in Ber-
lin.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
DEAD BODY BABY
KEET IN WELL
SCENE EIGHT MILES SOUTHWEST
SPRINGFIELD ON FARM AND
AT DESERTED HOUSE.
PARTLY OECOMP0SED
Body Wrapped in Woman's Black I'm
derslirt and Bound With Wire-Dead
Probably Two or Three Days-Pris-
oner Suspects i'm Danger of Lynching

Springfield, Mo-, June 9.-The body Of
Lloyd Keet. IA months old son of j.
Holland Keet. wealthy banker, was
found today in a well on the Crenshaw
farm, eight miles southwest of here,
according to reliable reports.
The body was wrapped in a woman's
black underskirt
The body was partly decomposed and
apparently had been in the well two or
three days.
Officials hurried at once to the Cren-
shaw home after learning that th IN.
by's body had been found. %
Paul ODay, county prosecutor, iden.
titled the body as that of the, Keet child
Fearing possible mob violence the
prisoners held here. have been taken
hurriedly out of the city, their destina.
tion not having been announced.
Probably Was Drowned
Death apparently had come to the
baby from drowning. There were TO
marks upon the body except a slight
bruise on the face, probably sustained
when the little form was thrown into
the well.
The body was wrapped in what was
believed to have been the same quilt
and blanket as that in which the baby
slept at the time Of disappearance.
Then, a woman's skirt or petticoat Of
black silkaline was bound around the
blanket and around that was colle'.
oil wire. The body was discovered
floating on the surface of the water
Simmons actually recovered 1t with a
long pole
Information which resulted in finding
the body was obtained by Nanny Sim
mons and Edward Conklin. local bust
ness men and friends of the wealthy
father With detectives. they went T.
the Crenshaw farm and instituted a
minute search Of the house and grounds
The house previously had been search
ed, but no signs were found to indicate
that It had been used by the alleged
gang, officials said.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
Goyernment TO Rescue.

Pittsburgh. Pa, June s.-offcers ~
the bureau OF mines stationed here to-
day received word from the district
engineer at Butte that probably one
hundred had perished In the accident at
the Spectacular mine.
Rescue car number five. which be.
longs In that district. has been at Bill.
lngs. Mont. and has been called to the
scene as has car number 2. which Il IN
Colorado.
The mining interests at Butte are
credited with having one OF the best
rescue organizations In the country and
Il. with the assistance OF the trained
crews from the federal cars. are relicl
upon TO hurry the work Of rescue at
the mine.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
AUSTRIAN CABINET
TO BE ANTI-GERMAN

Amsterdam (via Londom June "a
Budapest dispatch says that King
Charles has entrusted the formation Of
a new cabinet to Count Moritz Ester
hazy.
Count Moritz Esterhazy, who sue
ceeds Count Tisza as Hungarian pre-
mier, is affiliated with the liberal ele-
ment, which, under leadership of Court
julius Andrassy, has been generally
credited with anti-German tendencies.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
GEN. PERSH|NG
KINGS GUEST

London. June 9.-General Pershing
was received this morning at Bucking.
ham Palace by King George. He was
presented TO the king by Lord Brooke.
commander OF the Twelfth Canadian
infantry brigade.
General Pershing was accompanied
to the palace by his personal stan Of
twelve officers. After the audience. the
officers paid formal call at the United
States embassy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
Find Petrined Oaks.

Fremont. Neb.. JUNE s.-Petrlfod
trunks OF oak trees have bSen found
thirty feet underground In sand pits
here A theory advanced Is that the
trees were buried several centuries ago
when the Platte river cut It's channel
through here. There are now no oak
trees In the Platte river valley except
transplanted specimens.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
TWO HUNDRED MEN EACH
WEEK WANTED FOR AVIATION
Government to Call Large Number for
Flying Corps.

Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, June 9.-More
than 300 men attending the officers
reserve training camp here had signi.
fled today their willingness to enter the
aviation service of the United States
army.
The call for volunteers issued from
Washington yesterday said that 200
men a week for an indefinite period
would be taken from the fourteen
camps throughout the country for spec
ial training in aviation.
II is expected that the men chosen
win be those whose youth make them
better fitted for aviation than for com.
manding large bodies of men.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
PRIORITY FOOD SHIPMENTS
BILL FAVORED IN SENATE

Washington. June 9.-Discussion OF
the governments priority shipments
bill neared the end in the senate today
and a final vote was expected by to-
night Although there is considerable
opposition to the measure. It's passage
was believed TO be assured. The bill
would authorize the president to com
pei priority OF shipment for foodstuffs.
fuel and other necessities during the
war.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09

Washington. June s.--with only a
week left in which to subscribe to the
liberty loan. subscriptions must come
at the rate Of 500 10000 a day to make
up the total OF s2.oOO,ooo 900.
The daily average OF subscription has
been only $4,000. 900. The treasury with
It's subsidiary federal reserve banks and
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
Germans DenY Viciory.

Berlin. via London, June 9.-The Brit
ish were unable to obtain any advantage
in the fresh fighting last evening on
the banks Of the Ypres-comines canal.
and the Douve lowlands in Belgium.
says the German official statement is
sued today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
CONSP|R Tracy To
SPREAD ALARM
FALSE REPORTS OF NAVAL BAT.
TIES AND ALLEGED
LOSSES BY U. S.
DANIELS DENOUNCES
Secretary Declares Organized Scheme
Exists to Poison Minds of People and
Cause Distress-Says No Disastrous
Facts VIII BE Hidden.

Washington, June g. - Persistent
false reports Of naval battles and dis
aster to American and entente forces
have reached such a point Secretary
Daniels has concluded there is an or.
ganized conspiracy to alarm the Amer
ican people. Today. the secretary is
sued the statement:
"The country is being poisoned by
rumors Of battle and disaster that are
without the slightest foundation. Re
ports from the commandants Of naval
districts, kilograms from newspapers
and letters from individuals have forced
me to conclude there is an organized
conspiracy to distress the people of the
United States.
among the most persistent Of these
false reports is one that in a naval en-
gagement between the German fleets
and the combined fleets of England ana
the United States. sixty English ano
American ships were sunk or disabled.
among them the Pennsylvania and tho
Texas
Another Wild RumOr.
"In elaboration Of this falsehood.
there is the alleged rumor that hos
pitals at the Atlantic coast naval yards
are filed with crippled sailors and ma
rines and that various hospitals Of New
York City are crowded with wounded
men.
1T is being rumored widely that 4
passenger arriving on one Of the Hol-
land-American line steamers has stated
that his vessel passed through the
battle area after the engagement ann
that the sea was thick with floating
bodies
"All Of these outrageous falsehoods
are accompanied by the explanation
that Washington authorities are in a
conspiracy with the press to keep the
truth from the people.
Fleet Not In Action.
mo such engagement has taken
place. The American fleet has not
been in action. No ship has been lost
There are no wounded sailors or mar.
ines in any hospital.
"The declared policy of the navy De.
partment is one OF absolute openness.
II disaster comes no effort viii be made
to minimize II. The people OF the
United States are asked to trust in
this pledge. and TO aid in stamping out
the campaign OF rumor that is so plain.
ly the product Of disloyalty."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
Hydroplanes Bomb Summarizes,

Paris, June 9.-Offcial announcement
is made that naval hydroplanes station
ed at Boulogne have recently made sey.
eral attacks with bombs on submarines.
Boulogne is on the French coast near
the eastern end Of the English chan.
mel II is one Of the principal ports
for traffic between England and France.
Extraordinary precautions have beel
taken TO keep submarines from these
waters.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
Missouri River Flood at CIImax.

Kansas City, June 9.-With stage
Of 1855 feet the Missouri river is thought
by weather bureau officials to have
reached its crest today. The Kansas
river also is at flood stage here, but
neither stream has damaged more than
a few abandoned shacks near the dikes.
Low farm lands nearby. however, are
reported to have been submerged.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
Churchill Not Appointed.

london, June ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of
appointment Of Colonel Winston Spen.
Ger Churchill as chairman OF the Brit
ish air board appears to have been pre-
mature, II not incorrect. The announce.
ment was made by the semlofflcial
press association, but is now denied by
the Post and the Times.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
FruIness Attack on French.

Paris, June 9.-Germans made four
fruitless attacks on French positions
along the Chemin des Danes last night
according to an official statement issued
by the French war office today. The
attacks were delivered in quick succ y.
sion northeast OF Cerny.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
steeI Corpornilon Renori..

New York. June s.-The untitled ton.
mage OF the United States Steel corpo-
ration on May ai was ii.sss.5si tons.
according to the report issued today. n
decrease Of 2ss.4s2 tons from the April
30 figures. which were the highest In
the history OF the corporation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
Redmond's Brother Killed in Battle.

London. June s.-It was officially re-
ported here that William II. X. Red
mond, member OF parliament for the
east division OF Clare. and a brother
OF John Redmond. leader OF the irish
Nationalists In the house Of commons.
had been killed on the battle front in
France.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
Russian Commander Relieved.

Petrograd (via Londonl Juno 9..-Gen.
eral Gurko's request for permission to
resign as commander Of the western
front has been answered by an order
from Minister OF War Herensky, reliev.
ing him OF his command ana apro'nt.
ing him general OF division.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09

Washington. June s.-Predictions for
the week end beginning. June 10. issued
by the weather bureau today for the
plains states and upper and middle Mis-.
sissippl valleys are Cooler Monday and
Tuesday followed by normal tempera.
ture. Occasional showers are probably
the first half Of the week. Latter half
generally fair. For western gulf states
warm and generally fair.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09

81. Joseph. Mo. June 9.-Miss Ruth
Law who made flight from Lincoln.
Neb., to st. Joseph. Mo-. yesterday af-
ternoon in the interest OF the liberty
bonds, at sos o'clock today started a
flight from hereto Kansas City. I'M
mediately after ascending. she encir-
cled the city and "bombarded" the bus
mess district with "bobms" then headed
southwark at a lively clip.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
Liberty Bonds Must Sell at Rate of
100000, 900 Daily If Total Subscribed

their thousands OF qualifications into
the nations money stores was set work
ing at top speed today TO gather IN
promises Of participation IN the loan.
J. p. Morgan 4 Co. have subscribed
for s5o.000.ooo worth Of liberty bonds.
Il was announced today. OF which Drex.
el a Co. the firms Philadelphia house.
subscribed sio.ooo. 900.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
WEATHER FORECAST

For Ar'imore and vicinity: Tonight
and Sunday fair. warmer Sunday.
oklahoma; Tonight and Sunday fair,
warmer Sunday.
East Texas and West Texas: Tonight
and Sunday fair. warmer Sunday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
Arteries Of Nations Life,
TORNADO AT KUSA
TAKES TWO LIVES

okmulgee. Okla. June s.-Reports re-
oeived here carly this morning said
that two persons were killed and sew
eral were injured bfta tornado which
struck Kust last night.
One woman was injured here in a VI
olent windstorm.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
New Emphasis on Home LIE.


Dayton. Ohio. June s.--The Baltimore
q Ohio railroad Friday bought the main
line OF the Cincinnati. Hamilton a Day.
ton railroad from Cincinnati TO Toledo,
twenty-one miles. for ss.s00.o0o.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
AVIATOR MISS RUTH LAW
BOMBARDS AMERICAN CITIES

Kansas City. June 9.-Miss Ruth Law.
liberty bond aviator, landed at Swope
Park here at 1OlO o'clock this morning.
completing a trip from ST. Joseph. Mo.
OF an estimated flying distance OF IS
miles In 5S minutes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
Trenor nj Cairo.

Cairo. Ills. June 9.--An earthquake
lasting several seconds was felt here at
7l5 this morning. No damage has been
reported.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
Xatchful Waking.

indianapolis Star; Patient-what
would you recommend for somnambu.
llsin7
Doctor-well. as q last resort you
might try insomnia.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09

Memphis. Tenn. June 9.--According
to reports received today from Kerry.
Vile. Tenn, fourteen miles north OF this
city. two persons were killed and five
hqeses destroyed by n tornado which
swept that section last night Several
others are missing and 1t is feared were
killed
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
MANY LIVES LOST
IN BUTTE MINE
AS RESULT OF UNDERGROUND
FIRE, TWO HUNDRED MEN
MAY HAVE PERISHED.
RESCUERS ARE FO|LED
Accident Comes In Speculator Copper
Property and Flames Spread to the
Diamonds Levels-All Lower Portions
Filled With Smoke.

Butte, Mont, June with IS known
dead and 1877 men missing as the result
of a fire which broke out in the Specu
lator copper mine last night, Butte
wrestled today with the worst mining
disaster in its history.
The blaze originated late last night in
the lower level OF the mine, starting
from broken power cable that carried
electricity to the underground pumps.
Lower levels quickly were Allied with
smoke and gas.
There were AIS men on the night
shift. OF these, 213 escaped through
levels connecting with other mines.
The gas spread to the Diamond mire
and took a further toll Of life in that
property.
Helmet men, mine rescue crews and
safety first squads from all the mines
in Butte undertook to penetrate the
gas filed workings Of the Spectator
the Diamond and High Ore mines in
the hope Of finding the larger body o.
miners today was given up.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
RAILROADS STRIVE TO MEET
NATIONS WAR REQUIREMENTS
Management Of c. NJ. & st. =. Sends
Vital Suggestions.

Chicago, June 9.-The Chicago, Mil
aukee and ST. Paul railway has ser,
IcsJ TO each OF its superintendent
o.. "oct.. -estions as to how best to
aid the sy~~D = in its efforts to IN
crease the =. transportation
units with eXistn. lnts, forces OF
skilled and unskilled labor, and sup
plies Of fuel and equipment which can
not be increased because the demand
for all these far exceeds the supply
The letter says. in part
I'VE are as patriotic as any other
body of good citizens, and the oppor-
tunity is welcomed to serve the nation
and accomplish results by conserving
fuel supply, and i'm getting more ef
ficient use and increased mileage out
of locomotives and cars that are avail
able.
Not Sufficient Material.
There are not sufficient men, cars
engines or other facilities in the couh.
try to move the additional traffic ere
ated by the war.
at is important then that greater
determination be made to accomplish
more with the facilities that are now
in service Superintendents must make
use Of every facility at their command
to bring about better loading and han
ding of cars. Trainmasters, roadmas-
ters. trainmen and agents who travel
over a division must have knowledge
OF what is required in the use OF cars
and work with the shipper and the
consignee to accomplish results.
Train dispatchers, yardmen and car
men must bring about an improvement
In prompt handling Of cars at terminals,
and superintendents should select 4
committee to receive and offer sugges-
tions to make improvement, as there
must be no let.up on the part OF the
railway or the public during the war.
Those responsible for releasing equip
ment loaded with company freight
must not permit OF any delay. A car
should not be used for moving company
freight when the shipment can be made
In a way car.
Arteries Of Nations Life,
president Wilson, has said: Lee ine
say that the railways are the arteries
OF the nation's life and that upon them
rests the immense responsibility OF soc
ing TO Il that those arteries suffer M
obstruction Of any kind. no ineffclency
or slackened power
III these suggestions are put into
practice the efficiency and supper; ol
the company cannot be questioned by
the special committee on natiopal de
fense."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09

Butte, Mont. June 9.-One hundred
and fifty men are reported dead and no
hope Is held out for the recovery Of 200
others trapped underground by a fire
in the Spectacular copper mine near
here early today.
Out Of 425 men in the mine at the
time the fire broke out, more than two
thirds are unaccounted for.
Twelve bodies have been recovered.
The fire began on the 2400foot level
and communicated quickly to other lev
els, cutting off all escape from men on
lower levels. Dense smoke which pour
ed from the shaft retarded rescue work.
Miners from adjoining properties or
dered up from under ground as a pre-
caution, went to work as rescuing gangs
aiding national guardsmen who had
been called.
Because of smoke and danger. the
rescuers were able TO do little until ar.
rival of safety first cars from Red
Lodge and Colorado Springs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-09
Few Make Escape.

W hA lililk va AAAtA NfAh6NA NoAAiN al NAhAO
20 permit men on the upper levels to
escape. They Immediately formed res
cue parties and attempted TO go down
the shaft 70 the men who are, Il Is
thought. entombed. Tie effort. were
fruitless.
One hour after the outbreak OF the
fire, l.. ID. Frink, superintendent; NJ.
ID. Corners. foreman. and n. ID. Brawley,
geenral manager OF the Granite shaft
owned by the North Butte company.
declared they could account for 213 out
Of AIS who were in the shaft when the
fire started
John Coffemetten and John Boyce,
who were the first two men to be taken
from the shaft alive. told OF sustaining
their lives by cutting the air hose and
sucking air by turns until the rescue
party arrived. They were on the 700
foot level at the outbreak OF the fire
Fire Caused by Carbide Lamp.
According TO miners who escaped, the
fire originated from the flame OF car
bide lamp.
The escaping men were ordered to re
port 10 the timekeeper as they emerged
from the mine; two hundred and clever
men had 30 reported soon after the res
cue work started. out OF the four hun
drel and fifteen who went down in the
night shift.
Two men who were working on th'
7OO-foot level reported that forty-eigh
had perished on the level where the!
worked. they alone being saved.
Safety First Experts Called.
All ambulances In Butte and all ply
sicians in the city were summoned I.
cooperate with national guardsmei
rescue parties. Every safety first ex
pert in the district has also been sum
moned and Il Is estimated that within ,
few hours 22O safety first men. traine,
to mine rescue work. viii be at TN
Spectator and Granite Mountain
/ shafts.
The Spectator Is a tramway min,
and runs through Granite mountain.
Men equipped with safety helmets 4
withstand the effect Of smoke an
fumes entered the speculator shaft first
but were compelled to retire soon nj
ter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-04
SOCIETY FOR MENTAL HYGIENE,
organization in Every County Is Urged
by Dr.. Hill.

Organization in Every County Is Urged
by Dr.. Hill.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Dec. AT the quarterly
conference of the board OF control in
stitutions heads, held in the boards Of
fees at the state house today, Dr.
Gershom Hill. formerly superintendent
of the hospital at Clarinda, but now
operating private sanatorium in Des
Moines. urged the organization OF a
society for mental hygiene in every
county in the state.
The chief purposes Of society for
mental hygiene are" he pointed out,
ito work for the conservation of mental
defects in all their forms and relations;
to obtain and disseminate reliable in
formation concerning them: to help
raise the standards of care and treat
ment: to help coordinate existing
agencies, federal. state and local; also
TO organize the ninety-nine counties of
Iowa into working units
The conference will continue turnout
Wednesday. 1t is being attended by
the heads of the various institutions
under the board of control as we'll as
others interested. Other papers on the
program follow:
Symptoms Presenting Pulmonary
tuberculosis" DR.. H. V. Scarborough,
superintendent Of the state sanatorium,
Oakdale: Some OF the Preventable
Causes Of Mental and Nervous Dis
eases, by DR.. C. F. Apologize, super
!ntendent of the Mount Pleasant state
hospitals; Report Of Amoebic Dysentry
in Northern Climate" DR.. George Dono-
hoe, superintendent Cherokee state hos
pital: The Phenomena of Altered
Function in the Absorbent System Of
Man" by DR.. E. T. Jarvis. state hos
pital for irebriates, Knoxville; Auto
genous Vaccination as an Adjunct in
the Treatment of Pyorrhoea Alveo-
laris," Dr.. F. r. Nice, independence
state hospital.