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Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-31
DROWNED WHEN CANOE
 OVERTURNED IN SOUND

Branford, Conn. July 30.-Thomas s Mcclure, 24. of New Haven, who re-
 gently returned from overseas, where he was a sergeant in the 102nd Reg iment and who wore two wound stripes on his sleeve, was drowned late today in Long Island sound near Shore Beach, when a canoe capsized John Burke. a companion, was rescued McGuire's body was not recovered,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-31
AUSTRALIAN SEAMEH TO
 ASK AMERICA FOR AID

Melbourne, Australia, July S0- President Lecornu of the seamen's un- ion, the members of which have been on strike for several weeks an nounced today that he would appeal to the United States for assistance, Thus far the strike of seamen has resulted in an estimated loss in wages of :, ,500, 900. The men have declared that they will not resume work until Secretary Walsh, of the union is re- leased and their other demands grant ed. Virtually all shipping in Mel bourne and Sydney has been stopped by the strike.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-31
RAILROAD PERMIT SYSTEM
 EFFECTIVE AUGUST

Washington. July 30.-The permit system devised by the railroad admin istration and the grain corporation for controlling the shipment of this years record grain crop will be put into ef- feet August 1.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-31
Cabled Paragraphs
Strike at Basic is Spreading.

Berne July 3e.-(By The A. P) Street railway car men and other city employees were reported today to have joined the strike of chemical workers at Basic.
 The sympathetic strike, according to leaders, is becoming general. There were parades and demonstrations by the workers.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-31
MONTANA SENATE RATtFiEs
 SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT

r. Helena, Mont. July 3e.-The Mon
 tana state senate today ratified the
 federal suffrage amendment to the
 constitution by Q vote of 3S to l. The house unanimously ratified the amendment yesterday.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-31
OPPOSED TO REFORMATION
 OF ARMS INTO MEXICO

Washington July 30.-Congress would declare itself oppoeed to ex- portation into Mexico of any arms or munitions of war under a resolution introduced today by Representative Hudspeth. democrat. Texas.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-31

Paris, July 30, Division of the German warships among the allies was discussed at length today by the supreme council but no decision was reached '
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-31
VII SON DISCUSSES TREATY
 WITH FOUR REP. SENATOR'S

Tailed With Dillingham;, Harding FernaId and Lenroot-A
 of Them Are Understood to Be Opposed to Accepting the League of Nations In Its Present For-Each of the Senators Indicated That His View Had Not Been Changed Today the President Will See Three Other Republicans
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-31
DISCUSSED THE DIVISION
 OF GERMAN MARSHES

business in the state.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-06

In the District Court OF the United
States for the Eastern District
OF Oklahoma.
In the matter OF w. /. Hamil-
ton, bankrupt. In Bankruptcy, No.
2Ol2.
To the Honorable Presiding
Judge OF the District Court OF the
United States for the Eastern Dis
trict OF Oklahoma.
". L. Hamilton OF Ardmore, in
the County OF Carter and State OF
Oklahoma in said district, respect
fully represents:
That on the 18th day OF Deccm-
Der, last, he was duly adjudged
bankrupt under the Acts OF Con-
gress relating to bankruptcy; that
he has duly surrendered all his
property and rights OF property,
and has fully complied with all the
requirements OF said Acts and OF
the orders of the court touching
his bankruptcy.
WHEREFORE HE PRANS
that he may be dccreed by the court
to have fuA discharge from all
debts proyablc against his estate
under said Bankrupt Acts, except
such debts as are excepted by law
from such discharge.
Dated this 5lSt day OF January,
A. d. 1919.
W. l.. HAMILTON,
BANKRUPT.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-06
THE LAND SHALL BE MADE CLEAN"

Q lNCE the United States was forced into the war
- with Germany there have been many and
marked changes in the exercise OF governmental
functions. Some of these changes, needed in the
cause OF efficiency such supervision food, fix
ing the price and arranging for the distribution OF
fuel; the work or fight" order; the taking OF
the railroads. these and many others showed strong
eanings toward what is known as paternalism in gov
emmcnt.
In its peace work OF trying to free the entire nation
from the of the diseases OF vice which, under
the stimulus of President Wilson and the members
of his Cabinet the United States Public Health Serv-
ice has undertaken, there is no trace OF paerna;m.
The establishment Of free clinics for the treatment
OF venerea disease; the work of caring for the fu-
ture of girls who forced by rigid administration
of laws to give up OF shame; the requiring
Of physicians that they report the communicable
erca diseases to the health authorities just small
poN and other communicable diseases reported;
in these and other endeayOrS the Government is
moved by no sentimental ideas OF paternalism.
Nor is the Federal Government usurpmg the task
of the rciormer. In the suppression OF prostitution
now scientifically recognized the great fountain
source from which yenereal diseases spring, there is
work for the social reformer the preachers the press
BY intensive and intelligent work along reform lines
these agencie, may greatly aid the campaign which
the United States Public Health Service is carrying
on. But il must be understood that the Governments
campaign against vice i, codly scientific the war
that was made ON the rats that carried the blbonic
plague in san Francisco, the determination ol the
mosquitoes i'm Cuba and Panama tIat were discoy-
cred to be the carrier, oi elbow cyce and malaria
There is larger economic than there j, moral
force behind the money that the Federal Government
is cNpcndug to cure men and women injected with
ycuerca disease. What these diseases have cost in
the past in the way of bitter suffering in reduction
cucr I'm incfitcicucy there is no method o EnO\y-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-06

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feed aIono ,be edge
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sunlight song ana the orange tree
Iis no hardship-at least no de-
,paring one-Ior the OEIahoma
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-06
Order for Hearing Upon Applica-
ton for Discharge

The above styled preceding hay
ing been on the lSt day OF February
1910, referred to me as Special
Master to ascertain and report the
facts upon the application OF w.
I. Hamilton, party OF said proceed
ing, for discharge in bankruptcy:
NOW on this 4th day February,
1910, upon hearing the foregoing
petition, it is ordered that a hear
ing be had upon the same on the
10th day OF March, 1910, at 10
o'clock a. m. before me as Special
Master aforesaid, at my Office in
the City OF Ardmore, in said Dis
trict:
That notice OF hearing be mailed
to all known creditors and other
persons in interest, and published
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-06


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guests refuse To come,
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-06

..f
.'."' '' pass over u"u' MaICA ana
i"0. probably surprise many town
folk that ilocks of ught-migrator,
are feeding near r. and have been
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-06
CALENDAR OF CAPITOL
EVENTS

Feb. 4 and 5-Ncw Era Confer
ence OF Presbyterian Church or
U. S. A., at First Presbyterian
church.
Feb. 6, 7 and S--Oklahoma Utili-
ties Association convention.
Feb, II and l2-Oklahoma Retail
Clothiers' Association convention,
Skirvin Hotel.
Feb, 13 and l4-Rotary District
conference.
Feb. Hip, Annual convention OF
Long-Bcll and Minnetonka Lum-
Der Companies.
March 8, I, 5 and 6-Southwest
American Livestock Show; annual
stockmen's banquet night OF March
).
March 25, %, 27-Twenty-sixth
Annual Convention Oklahoma
State Sunday School Association.
>
JERSEY CREAM FEED-PRO-
DUCES MORE BUTTER 40
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-06
EGGS SCORE DROP IN
AROMORE MARKET

Although there is no regular mar
Let in Ardmore ior poultry, eggs,
butter. etc, there is still some ac-
Gyity on the streets in buying
There is one TACT that looms out
prominent concerning ;he poultry
market and that is that scarcely any
poultry bought in Arlmore IS re
sold here but is shipped to the mar
ket in Oklahoma City, Kansas City
and other places and there sold for
from 5 to I cents per pound higher
than the local market would justify.
This morning hens were being
bought for Is cents per pound
roostcrs u cents and spring chick
ems p cents per pound. These will
be shipped out OF the city and re-
port from meat markets this morn
ing showed that very few of them
had any Of the above named on
hand.
At the present time there is
scarcely any poultry brought to the
market, but in the fall there is ait av-
erage of between 700 and 800 pounds
per day bought in Ardmore.
The market for turkeys this morn
ing was "a cents in Ardmorc and
% cents in Oklahoma CITY.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-06

A Tour of the World in the Bur
ton Holmes Travelogues. What
can bring to your home more JOY
and culture and the very knowl-
edge that stamps one as well in
formed than this, the greatest and
only up to date work OF travel to-
day? AZ
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-06
First Ward Mothers Club

The First Ward Mothers Club
will meet at $3.50 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon in the school building,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-02-06
CALL 25e

When you miss your Daily Ard
moreite call 259, the circulator, be-
fore 7 p. m.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-12
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.

The wholesale market prices this
morning ranged about as follows:
EGGS-Strictly fresh, 44a45; average
receipts, "A; southern, 43.
CHEESE-New York state factory.
36a37.
BUTTER-Standard creamery. 49a50;
fancy print, 51a53
LIVE POULTRY-Rooste per h.,
%; turkeys, per h.. 36a3S; chickens.
spring, per h.. isaac; hens, per h., "a !:
keats, young, each, 50a6O.
DRESSED POULTRY-Fresh killed
spring chickens, 3sa40 per Ib; turkeys.
per H., 40a4o; ROSTERS, per 10, 70; hens.
per h., 35a36
PORK-Smal and neat. 20; medium,
l9a20; heavy. 1Sa1s.
GREEN FRUITS-Apples, per bbl,
scale 90; western, per box, 250a4 IS;
California lemons, 4.00a5. 90; grapefruit,
per crate, 5.00a7.0 co. pineapples, per
crate. 4. 50a5.50; California oranges, 4.50a
500; Florida, 4. 25a5.00-
ETABLES-Potatoes, No 1, 2. 75a
900 per standard bbl; No. ., 1.50a1.T5;
western. 230a2.40 per cwt.; string
beans, per basket. 3.50a7.00: peppers, per
crate, 8 o0a600; okra, per quart. 20a25;
radishes, per 100. 2.50a5.00; cucuRlbers,
per basket, 6 00a10.00; eggplant. 8. 50s s. 90
per crate; cabbage, new. per 100 lbs.
T5a2. co; beets. per punch, 4a6; lettuce.
2. o0a4 25 per basket; FlArida celery. 5.00a
6 90 per crate; California celery, per
doz.. i. 5oa2. 90; per crate. TO- 0ea14.00: ro-
maine lettuce, 2.50a3.0o; squash, 250a
$50 per crate; spring onions. 1.50a2. SO
per 100 punches; onions, per 1o0-lb. sack.
) 50a2 rs: spinach. 3.00a4- 90 per bbl;
laIe ? ooa2. 25; tomatoes, Florida, 400a
7 90 per box: peas. 7.ooaS.oo per basket
LIVE STOCK-Sheep. per h., SAT;
lambs. spring. per lb.. Is; calves. per
h.. Is: medium. per h.. 16a17: common.
per h.. 12ala-
GRAIN-Wheat, milling. per bu.. 2 1oa
225: corn. per bu., I.soai.Sa' oats, white.
6Sa69: mixed oats. 65a66
HAY-No. / per ton. ao.0oa 90; No
., 2S.00a29.0o
SEEDS-Red clover. 26.ooa2s.0e per
bu.; timothy, 5.15a5.5 so per bu.; red top.
is 00al7.0 90 per 100 lbs: bluegrass. Soea
$50: orchard grass. 3.o0a3.7s per bu.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-12
MEET THIS AFTERNOON
TO PLAN FOR PARADE
Chairmen of Subcommittee Likely
to Arrange for Welcome to Pres
ident and Soldiers.

Details of the parade OF welcome to
President Wilson and the returning
District soldiers probably will be de-
cided on at a meeting of the chairmen
of all subcommittee on arrangements
at the willard Hotel at o'clock this
afternoon Robert y. Harper, chair
man of the parade committee. will
preside.
The biggest task yet to be complet-
ed is that of raising funds necessary
to defray the expenses of the parade.
Cuno Fl. Rudolph, former District Com
missioner and treasurer for the pa
rade committee, is appealing to every
business and professional man of
Washington to help make the well
come worthy of the sacrifices made by
the District men returning from the
military service.
approximately 5000 was subscribed
10 the fund at the meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce last night. One
of the biggest items of expense will
be for medals, to be presented to each
District man who was in the MILL
tary service during the war.
Mr. Harper pointed out that long
after the men take off their uniforms
they will carry with them these med
ais as remembrances of the apprecia-
ton of the city for their part in the
conflict.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-12
NORFOLK & WASHINGTON
TO REFLECT OLD BOARD

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Norfolk and Washing
ton Steamboat Company viii be held
tomorrow in the boarGroom or the
National Bank of Washington. The
present officers and directors will be
reelected. The directors are Lew
Woodbury., Clarence F. Norment
Oliver Daniel Fraser, Charles J. Bell,
Milton Allies, William &. Pearson and
OdelI S. Smith. The officers are: Pres
ident Levi Woodbury.: vice president
Clarence F. Norment; vice president
and general manager. ID. J. Callahan;
secretary and treasurer, Oden =.
Smith.
Charles J. Bell, president of the
American Security and Trust Com
pany, is making ready to leave Wash
iEgton for his annual ten-day fishing
in Florida.
the Washington Market Company. has
returned to his office after business
trip to New England.
w. NJ. Seay. paying teller of the
Federal National Bank, viii talk on
the Duties of a Paying Teller at
ter of the American I2stitue of Bank
ing Thursday evening. Charles u.
Boyer, note teller of the Federal Ma
tional Bank. will conduct quiz on
"The Duties of the Note Teller
v. B. Deyber Elected Cashier.
Victor B. Deyber was elected cashier
of the Second National Bank at a
meeting of the board of directors this
afternoon.
Mr.. Deyber has been assistant cash
Ter of the Federal National Bank
since January, 1917,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-12
BRITISH MINERS REJECT
OFFER BY Government
Declare Terms Are Not in Reply
to Demands and Propose Fur
ther Proceedings.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. February 1.-THE confer
ence of the Miners Federation of
Great Britain at a meeting at South
port today decided against acceptance
of the terms offered by the govern
ment for a settlement of the demands
made by the federation.
The Miners Federation, which has
SOC. 900 members. wants six-hour day
and a 30 per cent increase in wages.
When the conference met this morn
ing President Smiilie announced that
the committee having the matter in
charge had decided against acceptance
of the governments terms. The gov
ernment's terms were discussed at the
conference this afternoon, after which
the conference voted to reject them.
The conference adopted the following
resolution:
I'VE reject the terms offered by the
government as not being in reply to
our demands and we remit to the
executive committee the duty of lay
ing before the conference a proposal
as to what should be the next step to
press our demands"
A London dispatch says that the
government proposed an investiga-
ton by q committee of the reason
ability OF the demand for a six-hour
day and offered to add a shilling a
day to the war bonus. The railway
men. numbering 100000, demand a
forty-eight-hou week and control of
railways by representatives of man
agements and workers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-12
Controller Williams
Says Published Report
of Hearing Was Wrong
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Yesterdays Star, in reporting the
hearing before the banking and cur
rency committee of the Senate on the
confirmation of the Presidents nomi-
nation of myself for controller of the
currency, in referring to the testimony
given by the only witness who testi
fed against the confrmation--a bank
official by the name of Cooper-you
say:
THE attorneys representing the
controller. the witness said, came to
him and begged him not TO testify.
That statement is wholly incorrect
and is an injustice to me. ! respect
fully ask that you correct it,
The attorneys to whom the witness
referred were his own attorneys-not
mine. When they called upon me
which they did on their own motion
and not at my solicitation Informed
them that Mr.. Cooper's record was
such that l should prefer his opposi-
ton rather than his support.
AS a matter of justice, / ask that
you make this correction.
JNO. SKELETON WILLIAMS.
Controller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-12
OFFICIAL NOTICES.

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE
District of Columbia, Washington, February
II. I919.-Ordered: That the Building Regu-
htions In and for the District Of Columbia Be.
and the same are hereby. amended as follows.
to be effective on and after March /, 1878:
Section I. Definitions Of Technical Terms.
page 1. strike out the words ''or block II
the definition Of Alley Lot ta). Section /.
Definitions of Technical Terms. page 10, i'm.
mediately following the definition Of 'Spire"
insert: Squares tract Of land bounded on
all sides by public streetA" Section 123c.
After the word occupies in the frst line.
strike out the words "a full front Of .
square" and insert in lieu thereof the words
the full frontage OF any side OF square. -
Section 180b. In the next to the last lire Of
the first paragraph strike out the words and
within the same square as Section 161.
Strike out the words 'in the same square ~
the proposed establishment, and in the fourth
line of the second paragraph; insert after the
word used in the hfth line Of said para
graph the words cor proposed to be erected OF
used Section 162. Strike out the word
block" in the seventh lire of the third
paragraph, and insert in lieu thereof the
word square" Section les. Strike out the
words '.or block in lines 4. 9, and 10.
LOUIS BR0WNLoW. W. GWYNN GARDf-
NER, C. W. KUTZ, Commissioners. D. G. 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-12
Discuss Conference Report.

After some difficulties and delay in
taking up the bill yesterday, Chair
man Simmons of the Senate managers
addressed the Senate for about two
hours on the conference report. SEN
ator Thomas of Colorado, democrat,
sharply criticised elimination of his
amendment to tax campaign contri-
buttons of $500 or more 100 per cent
Senator Thomas said that shortly
after his amendment was proposed he
was informed that Chairman Hays
of the republican national committee
came TO Washington and was active
In opposition to it. as was also SEN
ator Martin of Virginia, the majority
leader.
The Colorado senator said Senator
swanson also took a poll of the dem
ocratic side of the Senate chamber.
Senator Swanson replied that the poll
was taken by him at the request of
Senator simmons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-12
NURSES, SOCIETY REPORT.

Work of the Instructive Visiting
Nurses Society during the outbreak Of
influenza last December was set forth in
a report made by Miss Alice B. Bagley.
at meeting held Tues
day at 1413 G street. Mrs. Whitman
Cross. newly elected president, presided.
Miss Rapiey reported that the society
met all calls for visiting nurses by the
use of automobiles, but was over
whelmed by calls for private duty
nurses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-12
Two More Drug Stores Robbed.

Two drug stores were visited by
burglars last night. At Morgan Bros.
21s2 California street a rear door was
forced and $3.50 in cash and several
checks stolen. In the Associated Drug
store at 18th and G streets intruders
obtained SIS. Christians drug store
ar z, aud 18TH streets was robbed of
$500 this week, and the police believe
the three robberies were committed by
the same persons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-12
Senator Penrose's Query.

Senator Penrose asked if the Colo
RADIO senator realized that the House
conferees objected to the retroactive
feature of the amendment and sug-
gested that the Senate conferes did
not desire to destroy or mar its SYM
metry" by altering it.
1.-THE effect of the Pennsylvania
senator's symmetry" replied Senator
Thomas, lis so notorious that it has
often caused the defeat of his bet
ter judgment"
Senator Thomas declared that it
was by 'the joint republican and
democratic action that this amend
ment. which / believe would go far
to purifying elections. has been
slaughtered" He added he did not
desire to compel the rejection of the
conference report, but that he did
desire TO let the country know where
to place che responsibility for the re-
lection of his amendment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-12
Holiday on Metal Exchange.

NEW YORK, February 12.-Metal
exchange closed today
At London-Standard copper, spot.
f79 los: futures. f72 los. Eiectrolytic.
spot. fI00; futures, ESQ. Tin, spot.
1924 t5s: futures, 1923. Lead, spot,
f29; futures, ELS. Spelter, spot. 44S;
futures. f4o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-12
SEES TOO MUCH POWER |
CONFERRED ON ONE MAN
Senator Weeks Argues for the
Abolition of Currency Con-
troller's Office.

Senator Weeks of Massachusetts,
spoke today before the Senate bank
ing committee, which is considering
the nomination of John Shelton Will
liams as controller of the currency. in.
support of his bill abolishing the
office of the controller and vesting its
powers in the Federal Reserve Board
Powers exercised by the controller,
the senator commended. were too
great and too important to be vested
in one man and confiicted with the
authority of the reserve board Even
were the Office not SO important. he
declared Mr.. Williams was "tempera-
mentally unfit" for the position.