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The Washington herald., 1919-12-10
TO GREET CINEMA STAR.

Representative F. H. La Guardia, OF
New YORK. and Mrs. La Guardia will
De guests of Miss Dolores Cassineili.
lhe cinema star, at Loew's Columbia
Iheater tomorrow night, where Miss
Cassineili. who is an Italian by birth.
win appear in person to greet Wash
lngton admirers. Mr.. and Mrs. La
Qua rdia will he accompanied by Gen.
Emilio Guglielmotti. military attache
OF the Italian EMBASSY. and Gen. NJ.
&. Buckley. military attache of the
american Embassy at Rome. who is
on leave OF absence from his foreign
post.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-10
FIRE PROTECTION
IS UP TO OWNERS
Lessee Not Responsible, Is
The Decision by Judge
Hardison.

The liability Of owners Of build
ings for the construction of fire es-
capes and other protection required
by law to prevent confiagrations was
fixed by Judge Robert Hardison in
the police court yesterday. He hand
ed down a decision in the case
brought as a test by the assistant
building inspector against both les
see and owner OF the building 1907
First street northwest. leased and
occupied as the Emergency Home
The Washington herald., 1919-12-10
THIEVES READY
!. FOR COLD WAVE
Clothing Favorite Loot as
Drop In Mercury Is Pre-
dicted for District.

Acting in anticipation of the pre-
dicted cold wave. the thieves OF the
District yesterday began a campaign
for more clothes.
si5 suit. the property OF Joseph
Hamline. 1874 Second street north
west. was stolen from a tailor shop
at 1904 First street northwest.
John Mayor. 2ll r street north
west. reported the theft OF a SOC
oVercoat from his home.
Clothing valued at $40 was stolen
when thieves entered the home OF
The Washington herald., 1919-12-10
20 Missing on u. S. Ship.

Twenty men of the crew OF tn
Shipping Board steamer Liberty Glow.
which struck a mine of the north
coast Of Holland on December ). are
still missing. according to advices 10
the State Department yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-10

rae M.n's stere-omeial weather
Repsrt-RaiR or snew.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-28
FORMER ARDM0RE MAN
MADE HEAD Of HOME
FOR White CHILDREN

Oklahoma City, June 27.-W. +. Gil
mer, formerly a resident OF Ardmore
whose home IL In Oklahoma City, has
been chosen by the state board Of man
gers for eleemosynary institutions tc
be superintendent of the West Okla
homa Home for White Children, locat
ed at Helena, TO succeed A. b. Dood
resigned. The appointment is effec
tive July /.
Gilmer, who has been away from
Ardmore about eight years, at one
time was proprietor of the Randol
Hotel and was "A member of the house
of representatives in the Second leg
islature, with John II. Wayne. repre-
senting Carter county.
In 1910 Gilmer was a candidate for
the democratic nomination for state
auditor, in opposition to Bill" Cross.
Cross was nominated. but died two
days later and his place on the ticket
was filled by the democratic state com.
mttee with the name of Leo Meyer,
who was chosen at the general elec.
ton. Gilmer for several years has
been resident of Oklahoma City and
has devoted his time to the work of a
travelling salesman.
The Helena institution formerly was
state agricultural school and when
converted into an institution for the
education and care of orphans came
under the jurisdiction of the state board
of education. At the last session of
the legislature a law was enacted which
placed this institution, with several
others of u similar nature under the
Jurisdiction Of the state board of
managers for eeemosynary institu-
tons. The board comprises: l.. p.
Henderson, secretary, Tecumseh; q.
II. Funk, Edmond; w. *. Breeding
Lexington, vice chairman; II. NJ. Carr,
Pauls Valley, chairman, and Mrs
Jcannette Crosby. Weatherford.
The board, at its meeting yesterday
and Wednesday. also appointed Rob.
ert l.. Ewing to succeed A. *. Cos.
sam as superintendent of the state
training school for white boys, located
at Pauls Valley.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-28
$685. 900 FOUND BURIED IN
BACK YARD OF TREASURY
EMPL0YE AT WASHINGTON

Washington, June 27.--Secret service
agents of the treasury department are
said to have struck a veritable gold mine
here in prospecting in the back yard of
Charles ii. Turnbull, trusted employee
In the macerating room of the treasury
department They unearthed more than
$4,000 in redeemable treasury notes
buried in tin cans and other receptacles
several feet below the surface of the
earth.
Thousands of dollars in partly mutt.
lated notes also were reported by the
agents to have been discovered hidden
in the walls, under carpets and in every
conceivable manner, waiting TO be ren.
dered negotiable again by u process Of
piecing together.
Turnbull was charged with embezZle-
ment of the notes in an indictment re.
turned by the grand jury and when
taken into custody last night, police
said, they found on his person several
thousand dollars in notes freshly ap.
Turnbull recently had eX.
pressed the intention of resignng in a
short time, other employees are said
to have told the police.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-28
THE WORLDS MOST BEAUTIFUL CAPITAL
is WASHINGTON, SAYS VISCOUNT BRYCE

Washington. June 27.-"What goe
on in Washington furnishes grist fo
the nations newspapers all the yea
round, but just now Washington, tn,
city, itself IL getting unaccustomed pub
licity on two accounts" says bulletir
from the National Geographic Society
Senator sherman of Illinois want,
to move the capital to some midwest
ern city. Citizens of Washington, ap
parently oblivious of any such consum
nation, are waging a national publicity
campaign for representation In con
gress'
Aside from these political issues, the
bullatin states. Washington probably
has never been such magnet for visit
ors as now and those who are coming
as well as those who have gone will be
interested in the following comparison
OF Washington with other world CAPT
tails written by Viscount James Bryce
former British ambassador to the United
States:
ut is impossible to live in Washington
and not be struck by some peculiar
features and some peculiar beauties
which your city possesses.
mo European city has so noble a
cataract in its vicinity as the Great
Falls of the Potomac-a magnificent
piece OF scenery which you will, of
course, always preserve.
Vienna has some picturesque coun.
try, hills and woods and rocks within
a distance of % or 80 miles. London
also has very pleasing landscapes of a
softer type within about that distance /;
but l know of no great city in Europe
Except Constantinople) that has quite
close, in its very environs, such beau
tiful scenery as has Washington i'm
Rock Creek Park and in many of the
on the north and also on the south
side, with the broad river in the center
and richly wooded slopes descending
boldly to it on each side.
You have not a beautiful arm of
the sea at your doors, as has Constan.
tinople, nor the magnificent mountains
that surround the capitals of Rio ia
neiro or Santiago de Chile, nor such
n bay, or rather land-locked gulf, as
that of San Francisco, with its splendid
passage out to the ocean: but those are
very rare things, of which there are
few in the world. AS capitals go, few
indeed are so advantageously situated
in respect to natural charms as is Wash
ington.
Take eBrlin. 1t stands in a sandy
waste, perfectly flat. with here and there
Il swampy lake or pond and u sluggish
stream meanders through it. Parts of
the environs have, however, been we'll
planted with trees, and this redeems
he city to some extent. 1t has become,
through the efforts of the government
and its own citizens, an imposing city
out the environs can necer be beautiful,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-28
L|TERACY Of F|L|P|NOS
UNDER j. s. TUTELACE
REMARKABLE SHOWN c

Washington. June 27.-Seventy per
cent of the inhabitants of the Philip,
pines over ten years old are literate. as
shown by the 1918 census, according to
q cable just received by the war de
partment firm ViceGovernor Yeater at
! Manila.
OF the estimated population of 10 500,
600, 1OOOO000 are civilized Christians,
| while 500 900 represents the non. Chris
tians or socalled wild tribes. The lat
ter, however, are included in the popula
ton of which 70 per cent are literate.
The percentage of literacy in the Phil
ippines, as shown by the census Just
completed, Is almost as high as that of
| some of the southern states of the Tn.
| ion, higher than that of Greece, Italy.
Portugal, Roumanla and Servia. 1t is
also higher than that of any of the new
countries whose independence is being
recognized by the allies.
1t is pointed out there is every reason
for the literacy of the Philippines to be
still higher within the next few years,
through the action of the Philippine
legislature at its last session in voting
81, 900 900 pesos to extend the education
al system SO that schools will be availa-
BILE to every child and youth in the Phil
ippines.
Between 1912 and 1918 the total mum
Der of children in school increased
from 100000 to 5000, a gain of "a
per cent in six years. The number of
intermediate pupils grew to $1,000,
gain of 100 per cent. The number of
high school students reached 10000,
gain of 202 per cent.
The Philippine Legislature. composed
entirely of Filipinos, now supports 400
schools, with a teaching force of 12.303
teachers. All instruction is in English
and will continue to be if independence
is granted. A large number of addi-
tional American teachers are to be EN-
ployed and sent to the Philippines with
in the next year. All of the expense of |
education is being paid by the Philip |
pine government.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-28

because nature has been very ungra
cous.
Take Petrograd. Petrograd has O
splendid water front facing its grant
river, the Neva, with its vast rush OF
cold green water, covered with ice IN
winter and chilling the air. and seeming
to chill the landscape in summer. That
however, is the only beauty Petrograd
has. The country IL flat and In many
places water'ogged. owing to numerous
pools and swamps. 1t has no natural
attraction either In its immediate OF
more distant environs. except the
stream of Neva.
Paris, again has some agreeable
landscapes within reach, but nothing at
all striking. nothing nearly so fine in
the lines of its scenery as the hills that
inclose the valley in which Washington
lies, and no such charm of still wild
forest as Washington affords. The
Seine, too. is stream not TO be com.
pared to your Potomac
The same thing may be said of Mad.
rid. 1t stands on a level, and the noun.
tains are too distant to come effectively
into the landscape, and its only water
is wretched little brooilet called the
Manzanares They tell story there
about remark attributed to Alexandra
Dumas when he visited Madrid. He
was taken to the lofty bridge which
spans the ravine at the bottom of\which
the rivulet flows. The day was hot and.
being thirsty. he asked for glass of
water. They brought him the water,
and he was about to drink, when look.
ing down and catching sight of the
streamlet, he said, No, take it away;
give it TO the poor river; it needs a
drink more than | do"
"Then there is our English London,
which stands in II rather tame country.
1t is true that there are some charming
bits of quiet and pretty rural scenery
in Surrey and Sussex, within Il distance
of from 20 to 80 miles, and there are
pleasing beech woods covering the
chalky hills of Bucks. Yet nature has
done nothing for London comparable to
what she has done for Washington.
The Thames, although it fills up pretty
well at high tide, is nowise comparable
for volume or beauty of surroundings
to your own Potomac"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-28

than In looking over the possibilities
Of this great state.
Arriving at Healdton he was intro
duced TO Miss Hadden Roberts. sister
OF his chum. II was u case of love
at first sight and the young soldiers :
furlough drew to an end all too soon,
But love, We are told laughs at lock-
smiths, laughed at the stern god OF war
and refused 10 be thwarted by his de-
cree. Thus 1t was that Miss Hadden
went 10 Camp Dodge, as previously
arranged between herself and her sol
der sweetheart Upon arrival at the
camp she was met by her soldier boy
and together they went to the Y. w.
c. A. ana We're quietly married
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-28
New Chairman Chosen.

Oklahoma City, June 27--At the meet
ing of the board of commissioners for
the adult blind, held in the office OF
the governor yesterday, Governor Rob
ertson announced the appointment of
the Rev. /. Frank Roach of Oklahoma
City as u member of the commission.
Mr. Roach was chosen chairman. Chas.
w. Lawson, Muskogee architect. was
selected as secretary. Other members
are II. .. Cullin of Ada. +. c. Slack of
Edmond and IL. 5. Emerson of Brit
ton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-28
Venus and Mars

A beautiful little romance which
started in this booming land of oil
eliminated at Camp Dodge, La, a day
or SO ago, when Miss Hadden Roberts,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Roberts, of
the Hotel Arthur, of this city, was
welded to Bob Carol, one of Uncle
Sans soldier boys who has returned
from overseas duty, but who has not
yet been discharged from his country S
service.
The romance, which has drawn to
such happy ending, had its induction
some few weeks back. when Private
Carol accompanied his chum, Private
Roberts, to his home in this city.
Young Carol was on a furlough
and saw no better way of spending it
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-28
MELON MEN WANT BETTER
SWITCHING FACILITIES

growers are complaining that they are
not afforded adequate facilities for
loading and switching cars. One formal
complaint has been filed with the state
corporation commission. The style of
the case is A. n. Murphy & Son of
Rush Springs vs.. the Chicago, Rock
Island x Pacific Railway Co. The pc
tition recites that the work of loading
will be greatly handicapped and the
safe marketing of the crop imperiled il
the railway company does not improve
its facilities. The petitioners ask that
siding 1000 feet long be installed at
Rush Springs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-28

adJutant general. Art l.. Walker fol
lowed carp and later was appointed
conservation officer for the Healdton
Oil and gas field. Joseph ID. O'Brlen OF
Oklahoma City was the fourth secretary
and he was succeeded by Chester w.
Westfall, n product Of the state school
or Journalism at Norman. who served
to the close of the Williams admins.
tration.
Colonel Leecraft resigned from the
board of affairs to enter the democratic
primary last year and was elected state
treasurer. carp now is in business for
himself in Oklahoma City, and Walker
has resigned to return to private bust.
ness. OBrien is u newspaper reporter
covering the statehouse for The Okla.
homan. and Westfall is secretary Of
the Kay County Gas Co, AIarland
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-28
HEALDTOEN
MRS. 3. LOURANCE
Correspondent
EUGENE RAY. Agent
Full Carrier Service
Soldiers Returning Home
Full Carrier Service

Many of our soldier boys are coming
home. Scarcely day passes without
bringing one or more of the lads who
have seen service on Flanders field
Roy o. Prichard is back after nine
months service. He was with the
S57th Infantry, 9oth Division. Young
Prichard was reported missing in ac'
tion after the battle of September IL.
This was the fight in which so many
American lives were lost.
He was in the front trenches, was
one of the 13 survivors of his com
pany, was gassed once and was at
one time in IA position cut off and iso'
lated from his command at which time
he and his companions went for several
days without food, or until allied air
planes flew over their place of en-
trenchment and dropped supplies TO
them. He was IN the front trench
when the armistice was signed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-28
GOV. WILLIAMS SECRETARIES
SCATTERED AROUND IN OFFICE

Oklahoma City, June 27.-With the
resignation of Art L. Walker. chairman
of the state corporation commission,
only one of the five former private Sec
retaries to Gov. Robert l.. Williams
remains in the state house. Col. A.
N. Leecraft OF Colbert, Bryan county,
was the first of Williams secretaries,
serving about Is months, when he Or
ganized the state highway department
and shortly afterward became a mem
ber of the state board of affairs. ANGEL
carp served about a month in the ex-
ecutive department and was appointed
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-28
"kentucIxy Dew" for EurOpe

Louisville, Ky, June 27.-With the
expectation that congress will strike
out of the wartime prohibition enforce
ment bill the clause which prevents
expectation of whiskey, liquor deal
ers in Kentucky have under considera-
ton plan to ship their surplus stocks
to Europe after June 30.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-28
lost CycIOps" Mystery Deepens

Graniteville, s. c., June 27.-AIrs.
Annie Ramsay, mother of Otis Ram
say, a seaman lost in the mysterious
disappearance of the United States col
lier Cyclops, said today she has re
ceived no word from her son, reported
recently in Columbia. The Columbia
report stated that Il telegram bearing
the sons name had been sent Mrs,
Ramsay from New York saying he was
safe
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-28
HealdtOn Personals

Miss Mary Downing has gone to
Chicago whore she will attend school
Mr.. and Mrs, j. II. Pate of Ardmore,
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A,
a. Strange.
Joe Lawrence has returned to his
home In this city following week or
ten days spent in Ardmore and Wichi.
Ia Falls, Texas.
Miss Annie Yates OF Tacoma, Wash,
Is visiting at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Otis Folsom.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-28

corporation, with headquarters at Ponoa
City.
Governor Robertson has appointed
two secretaries. Henry Wood, former.
ly city commissioner of Muskogss, re-
signed to become state highway com.
missioner and was succeeded by Fl. X.
Christopher of Henryetta, who was
chief clerk of the house of representa-.
tlves In the Seventh legislature.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-28

Sergt. Odes l.. Ratcliff, Company
c., 3l5th American Train of the Goth
Division is at home after service
of IA months.
Sergeant Ratcliff went into training
at Camp Nichols, La, was later trans
ferred to Camp Jackson and after only
II days artillery training was sent
. overseas.
His transport made a quick trip
across the Atlantic and in 20 days
, from the date of sailing he was ''over
there" and ON his way to the Spanish
frontier.
Sergent Ratciff was only 80 kilome-
ters behind the front trenches when
the armistice was signed and his was
the first company to enter German
territory.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-28
Texas Sergeant Gets ID. s. G.

Washington, June 27.-The war de-
partment announced award of the dis
tinguished service cross by General Per
shing to Sergt. Claude Z. Cavene Of
Bess May, Texas
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-28

Frank Prickett is home following u
service of eight months. He was with
the 142d Infantry, seth Division.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-07-04
RAIL WAY RATES
TO Be ADVANCED
Public Treasury viii Be Relieved
of Burden Of Meeting Deficits
In Earnings.
EDITORS POLL IN CONGRESS.
Heavy Vote for Return Of Roads
Arouses Interest at the Ma
tional Capital.

Washington.-The national poll on
the railroad question by 5000 news
paper editors throughout the country
has aroused great interest at the ma
tional capital. With SO per cent. of
the editors giving 1t as their impartial
opinion that the public favors an early
return Of the railroads to their own
ers and only IL per cent. favoring Gov
eminent ownership or operation, the
members Of Congress of both polit-
Ical parties propose to provide speed
lily for the legislation to make It pos
sible to restore the roads to private
management before the end Of the
year.
In Congress there II q general agree
ment that the following steps will have
to be taken before the roads are re-
turned to their owners:
1. An advance In rates to meet the
greatly increased cost of labor and
materials In order that the Public
Treasury may be relieved OF the bur-
den of meeting monthly deficits and
the roads made self-supporting The
Director General of Railroads states
that the increase In rates thus far Is
about rs per cent. AS compared with
an increase In operating costs of from
so to 30 per cent.
2 Greater naturalization of public
control of transportation single
public control In the Federal Govern
nent In place OF 40 masters In the diff
ferent States, with conflicting laws
and regulations.
3. Legalization OF consultations and
common use of lines and facilities
whenever In the public interest.
T. Assurance through an act of Con-
gress that in the future the Govern
ment will approve of rates for freight
and passengers that will not only be
fair to the public, but fair to the roads,
and that will yield sufficient income
on capital to attract the $3.50, 100000
to $1,000, 000,0 900 of new capital need
ed every year for the expansion of rail-
road facilities.
How the States voted In the nation
al poll Of editors on the question Of
the return of the railroads to private
management is shown by the following
chart That the railroad question IL Z
comparison issue Is plain from Q
study of the table:
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-07-04
lnThe@
q a q q n
SOME CHANCERY COURT D0INGS.
At The Iuns Term 1918.

DEGREES were given several seek
ing divorces, viz:
Annie Gibbs VS. w. M. N. Gibbs
(whites) Complt. to be allowed name
of ANNE Berry restored.
John McMilon VS. Lorene McMill-
on. negroes
Isaac Wade VS. Spicy Wade(whites
A. b. Kittrell VS. Helen Kittrell.
Louvenia Cochran VS. Rema Coch-
ran
]. l. Roberts VS. Verde Roberts
(whites.)
Olivia Bryant VS. Ernest L. Bry-
ant.
Bonnie Warren VS. Arthur Warren
(negroes), $25 atty. fee and all costs
VS. Delft.
Delisha Thomas VS. Robert Thomas
(negroes) $25 and all costs VS. Deft.
d. W. Ball VS. Florence Ball, Deft.
to pay all costs.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-07-04
the JONATHAN PICNIC LAST SATURDAY.

The editor had the pleasure of at.
tending the barbecue at Jonathan
last Saturday. The weather and car
didates were both accommodating.
TIE latter were. merciful and did not
speak long. The representative
seekers used the most time, the 9TH
er fellows being very short in their
talks. and the rains kept off until
both dinner and afternoon speaking
had been fully concluded. There
was plenty to eat of that nicely cook
ed barbecued meat and bread to go
with it, and water at the school
force pump to wash it down with
and cooling eats and drinks at the
stand being run to help out on the
expense. So 1T made a happy and
restful occasion. The crowd was
peaceful and socially inclined and
the Herald man was made to feel
good by several pieces OF business
which came our way,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-07-04

An interesting article by Marvin
Ball on the Mississippi Soldier Me-
mortal was submitted last week, but
we were simply loaded to the gun
wales and hurrying to get out to go
to the picnic as is the case again
this week and besides the drive has
past over 10 this county as the plan
of the committee was to raise it the
first day or so. Greene County 5 quo
ia only being $500 and we assume
they succeeded. We will handle all
contributed stuff that has live news
or pertinent topic value up to our
capacity for getting same in type;
after that we have to. give room to
that submitted in plate form.