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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-01
MEXICO GRA n I Nc
LAND To JAZZ PANESE
CREATES CONCERN
AMERICAN EMBASSY INSTRUCTED
TO REPORT FACTS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE
LITTLE JAPAN" FEARED
California Senator viii Urge Senate
and State Department 10 act against
Concession---NreaS Said TO Be Granted
is Land Formerly Given by DiaA 10
Otis Company of Los Angeles.

san Francisco, March 3l.-Dlre't
diplomatic representations to Mexico
and Japan to prevent the establishment
of land grants to japanese within
Mexican borders. because of their
military and industrial menace, are
TO be urged on the floor of congress by
United states Senator James d. Phe-
Ian. according to an announcement
by the senator here today. He Will
make a direct plea to the state depart
ment also, he announced.
while Mexico is well within her
constitutional rights in granting this
kind, It will form little Japan right
on our borders" Senator Phelan said.
This will increase the danger of a
Japanese invasion of California, which
is a very attractive country for them.
1t would create base of supplies and
would be a propagating ground.
"Already we know that the japanese
are coming over the border from Mex
leo. The Japanese fishermen at san
Pedro and san Diego maintain a large
fleet of high.powered motor boats and
it is suspected that the japanese are
coming in also by that means.
"A large Japanese colony in Mexico
would be a military and industrial
menace
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-01
wnnl nre Moral CondltIon. OF Our Cily

Are YOU satisfied with the con
ditlons as they now exist? Are
they what YOU want them to be-
Are YOU willing that your children
must face the many temptations
which walk our Streets DO YOU
helone to that class who think We
should cover up AN the defects Of
our city affairs because TO air them
would hurt the town? DO YOU
think more of our regulations
than our characters, more of our
commercial success than moral
development Of the boys and girls2
The man who is willing to cover up
the plague spots, and keep silent
about the evils which exist is an
enemy rather than a friend to the
city. on the other hand the one
who lifts his voice to reveal the
danger that threaten the youth of
the city is the city's best friend
TO say an Is we'll when all is not
well is "a dangerous policy which
means failure. Therefore, when !
which face our citizenship | re-
gard myself a friend Of the city"
Dr. CraytOn $. Brooks, pastor Of tn
/ First Christian church, in speakin
/ Of the fire today, stated that h'
speaking for his church, would gladl
/ help to contribute to reward for tn
apprehension of the frebug I'll
. First Christian church and the Pre-
/ byterian church among others hay
put on watchmeu. Most Of the churchC
of the city have been left unlocked an
unguard d.
The fire In the Baptist church W;
set In the carpet that covered the 70
uum. II burned out the back IN
center of the rostum. left nothing
the piano. which occupied a place ther
hut frame of steel and a dangliI
curl of wires, consumed the porter
that. sheltered the haptistry, al
scortchod and blackened the whole
terror of the building. The exact met
od and means of setting this fire cou
not be learned, but at the foot of
stairway leading TO the basement
, the back of the baptistry was fou
the remains of an abortive attempt
q set the stairway on fire. a bun,
! Of half charred papers and f
. Drowned spots on the lower steps q
4 the only results. The third atten
n was made few PAGES from the sa
Continued on page @
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-01
Pistol roling Again.

In the police court this morning II.
II. Lacher was rned $25 for carrying
pistol and Paul Whitlaw was fined 81
on a charge OF lighting, One man
charged with the theft of small amount
Of money was discharged, investigation
showing that he was not guilty,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-01
-FOUR GERMAN SUBMARINES
START FOR UNITED STATES

Harwich, England, March 3l-Fout
German submarines, conveyed by the
United States submarine tender Bush
nell left here today for the United
states,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-01
Weather Forecast

Ardmore and oklahoma: Tonight
and Tuesday partly cloudy moder-
ate temperature,
East Texas and West Texas To
night and Tuesday generally fair.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-01


Washington. March 3l.-Thc Ameri-
can embassy at Mexico City was in
structed today to make inquiries con
cerning the report that the Mexican
government has granted agricultural
concessions to japanese in Lower Cali
fornia. and to report the facts as
quickly as possible.
No official information has reached
the department about the concessions,
and surprise was occasioned by the
dispatch from Mexico City yesterday,
quoting Gen. Amado APuirre under
secretary of development and agricul-
ture. as saying they had been granted.
The American government is interest
ed both because Of the apparent sue
cess of the japanese in obtaining a
long.sought in Lower California and
because Of the tract Of land involved
was developed and is claimed 10y an
American company whose rights We're
declared forfeited by the Mexican gov
ernment in 1917.
The land, upwards Of million
acres. below the California border, was
granted by the then President Diaz
to the California and MeXicon Land
Company of Los Angeles Of which the
late Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, pub.
Usher of the Los Angeles Times, was
the leading figure. # was desert land
with nothing growing on it but sage
brush cactus and ChapparcI. The soil
however. was rich, i'm places so feet
deep. formed by deposits for genera
tions by the Colorado river 1t pro
duced nothing for Mexico and the eN
pense Of putting water on the land wa,
so great that no one in Mexico woul,
undertake it,
The American company spent NOR
than 81 100000 in irrigation work befor
the tract was productive one of tn
requirements Of the concession was tina
the land should be irrigated. Anothc
was that it should be settled with farm
ers and ranchers. Both these require
ments are said to have been met by IN
American company.
When DiaZ was deposed and the rev,
lutionary period begun, the America
settlers We're driven from the land b
revomtionists Livestock was stolen an
several settlers were killed For Nv
years the land was uncared for, an
then the company found that Iapane,
settlers were willing to take up farm
and cultivate them. The Japanese wei
protected by the McNicans, whatev'
party of revolutionists were in pow,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-01

Paris. March 3l.~-A resolution of
protest against the acquttal of Raoul
Villain, who shot and killed the social.
list leader. Jean Jaures in 1914, was
adopted yesterday by the federal so.
cialist congress for the department Of
the Seine The federation was direct
ed to inquire into what action should
be taken by that body.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-01
Arrivals of Troops
And Sailings From
Points In Europe

New York. March 31.--National army
men Of Arkansas, Louisiana and Miss.
issippi returned today on the steam
ship Alaskan, originally destined to
Newport News. but diverted TO New
York
These troops comprised the field and
staff. Second and Third battalions head
quarters company supply and medical
detachments, ana companies T., to NJ.
inclusive, AZ officers and 1881 men
of the 34Gth infantry S7th division.
After goins TO Camp Merritt y. L,
these arrivals will be distributed among
Camps Dix, Grant Upton Dodge Tay
lor and Pike. The Alaskan brought ll.
together 2,2l6 troops, Of whom about
200 were casuals,
The troops on the Alaskan came
home in command Of Maj. r. T.. Butter.
field of Little Rock, Ark. Some of them
We're from Louisiana and Mississippi
of the Second and Third battalions of
the 34Gth infantry, Seth division ina
tlonal army They left the United
/ states in command Of Col w. r. Welch
who was promoted To hrigadiergenera
and attached to General Pershing'
stan Arriving i'm France last July
| they had been ordered to the front lines
and We're to have gone into action 80
| yember %
With more than 5000 men and ofh
GERS of the 9lst division national arm!
from Washington, oregon, California
Nevada. Utah. Idaho, Montana and wy
omingl, the steamship Siboney arrived
Gom st. Na2aire.
Washington, March 3l.-Among arm
units announced today as assigned T.
early convoy were all organizations O
the 35th division missouri and Kan
sas), with the exception Of the field al
tiuery, sanitary squad number 10 an
sales commissary unit No, 9.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-01

Berlin, via Copenhagen, March al
Ernest Daumlg, president of the execu'
tive committee Of the soldiers and work.
ers' council of Greater Berlin, was ar.
rested yesterday. lie is suspected Of
having been a leader of the January
disturbances with Georg Ledebour, who
has been in jail several weeks. Daumig
is an independent socialist.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-01
Hot Off the Wire

Basle, Switzerland, March 3l.-The
Hungarian government is reported In
Vienna dispatches to have sent an ul-
ttmatum to She C2echo Slovak gov
ernment This action, it is stated, was
taken because of the concentration of
Czecho.Slovak troops and a rumor that
there would be general mobilization
in Bohemia in the near future.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-01

Toxic, Thursday, March a. The
American consulgeneral at Seoul made
an inquiry recently into the arrest Of
Koreans in the employ of Americans
and charged with being connected with
disturbances growing out Of the in
dependence movement in Korea, accord
ing to Seoul dispatches. The consul
general asked the authorities to Justify
these arrests and received the reply
that the men had been taken in custody
as Japanese subjects in accordance
with the law.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-01

Our officers invite you to open Saw
ings Account in this Institution and
deposit therein those small sums that
are so apt to "sllp through the fingers"
GUARANTY STATE BANK
ArdmOre Oklahoma
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-01
Red Cross Clothing Campaign
March oath to 31st

For those who STILL SUFFER over
seas Lend your assistance today.
GUARANTY STATE BANK
ArdmOre, Oklahoma
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Where Women Rule

\ little village exists ON the Cape OF
Shima, in japan, the name Of which in
japanese means the Settlement OF
Nymphs." Woman in this village is
the predominant partner. The chief
industry is pearl fishing. and it IS the
women who are the fishers. The men
stay at home and do the housework.
From the age of four girls are taught
20 dive. and the craft has always been
jealousy kept in the women's hands.
Recently some Of the men became
discontinued and started TO practice
diving with the idea OF themselves be-
coming pearl fishers. The women.
dreadlng The intensified competition.
ordered the men 10 discontinue their
diving. and as the men refused Il boy
colt was declared against them. The
sexes have been at war ever since, and
finally The women expelled all the
men from their homes and underi6ok
in their clumsy, lnexpert fashion 10 dc
The housework for themselves. The
men have petltioned parliament 1oi
their rights.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
ONE OF WARS GREAT DEEDS
Crossing of st. Quentin Canal by Brit
ish Troops Conceded 10 Be
Remarkable Exploit.

Probably one of the most remark
able exploits OF the war was the cross
Ing of the St Quentin canal hy n
brigade Of South Stafford and North
Stafford (British) troops in the course
Of the advance on Cambria. The
canal is landmark in the country
for miles around because Of its dimen-
sions, and just where the crossing was
effected The waterway runs for some
distance between very steep and high
banks covered in some parts by dense
low brushwoOd. That the crossing
was made by such n large number of
men ami so cXpedltiously is a remark
able tribute to the determination OF
the men and TO the forethousht of their
commanders. II Is related that their
commanding officer had sent down to
4 channel port aud had lad sent up TO
the line for the occasion an the life.
belts OF one Of the wellknown cross.
channel steamers. 1t was this measure
Of precauuon which was the means
Of enabling many men TO cross before
foot-brldges could be constructed and
which was the main contributing fac
tor IN the success of the operation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
What esrmans Must Do.

Under the title Conquest and Kul-
tar" the committee on public infor-
nation issued n compilation of quota
lions from German writer's and speak
crs, including the kaiser himself,
TO show the Teutonlc worship OF
the war god and greed for world con-
quest The pamphlet, compiled by
Profs. Wallace Notestein and Elmer L.
Stoli of the University Of Minnesota.
assisted by faculties Of their own and
other universities, has foreword by
Guy Stanton Ford, saying:
NO peace can ever make of Ger
many fit partner for league OF honor
until the German people have driven
out the spirit which inspired these NJ
terances In their name"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Y. NJ. C. A. Casualties.

TO carry on It's work with the a. Il.
Il. the Y. NJ. c. A. has had more than
three thousand secretaries in Europe,
supplemented by more than one thou
sand French civilians. These have
been operating about fifteen hundred
huts and stations in the sectors held
by American and French troops. Up
10 August I there had been more than
tfty casualties, eleven of whom were
killed while on duty, according 10 The
Atlantic Monthly OF the ministers
engaged IN the worl, four have met
death while serving at the front aud
many others havo been permanently
injured.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
ADVANCE NOT GENERAL ONE
Religious Publication Points Out
Strong and Deporable Contrasts
Existing in Alaska.

The native Alaskan OF today Is be-
coming in some sections. an intelll-
gent and progressive factor in The life
Of the territory. Recently daugh-
ter of the llydah tribe made appIica
ton for United States citizenship. and
after examination was pronounced
qualified TO exercise lntelligcnuy the
duties of an elector--lhe first native
woman of Alaska to receive citizen
ship. Her father is siaunch elder
Of the Hydaburg Presbyterian church.
All through southeastern Alaska, na-
tiyes are taking up homesteads, organ
izing villages upon sound civic prlnei-
pies, reading the daily papers, putting
telephones and electric lights into their
homes-ln Il word, are proving the
value Of Christian citizenship.
But there is another side to the pie
ture and the contrast between the
unchurched and the Christian Alas
kans is distressing. Scores Of villages
in the Bristol bay region live where
no Protestant missionary has ever
been, and the one Greek priest who
had ministered TO the needs of LOO
people is now dead. The revolution In
Russia has cut off the support Of Rus
sian missions in Alaska, leaving the
spiritual deStltution and physical
wretchedness Of large numbers II
these people wholly unrelleyed.-The
Home Mission Monthly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
CHINESE is MADE BISHOP
Ceremony, Unique in Records Of the
Anglican Church, Performed
at Shanghai.

For the lrst time in the history of
the Church Of England in China, q
Chinese bishop, in the person Of the
Venerable Archdeacon II. G. Shen, has
been consecrated. The ceremony took
place in the Church Of Our Say ior, Dix.
we'll road, Shanghai. before number
OF distinguished guests. The tltes fol.
lowed the ordinal Of the churches Of
the Anglican communion.
The new bishop was presented in
due form by Doctor Molony, bishop Of
Chekiang, aud Doctor Norris, bishop
OF North China, who were assisted ~
Doctor Graves, the presiding bishop,
In the laying Of the hands Bishops
Roots and Huntington Of the Ameri-
can church. Bishop lliff Of the Church
Of England and Bishop White of the
Canadian church, All these bishops
are also bishops Of the Chung Hna
Shang Kung Hui.-Canton (Chin,)
Times.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Tao. Saved tho situa,lon.

Tile newly created English hlrh com.
mission In Siberia, Sir Charles Eliot,
has served la official capacities In
Russia Turkey, Bulgaria. Serbia, Mo.
rocco and the United States. Ills msk
in Siberia IS a delicate one. but tact
is Sir Charles strong point
When vice chancellor Of Sheffield
university Sir Charles created umusc.
meut by a remark he made at uni.
yorslty dinner. "Of the chongcs Of the
past year." he said, "the one which
strikes me most and plcases ne most
is that every day rs take my walk
In the university corridors SEQ young
ladies walking about IN gowns" Aud
there he stopped but the ronr OF laugh.
ter caused him To continue. In aca-
domic gowns, which look most pic.
turcsQue.'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
HONOR is GIVEN TO ITALY
Pisa and Venice Proved 20 Have Sent
Explorers to River Niger Four
Hundred Years Ago.

The director Of the French school in
Rome, Monsignor Duchesne, has sent
the president Of the Royal Italian Geo
graphical society a letter which ac-
companies brief note, most interest.
Ing to us, regarding the discovery Of
the narrative of q journey In central
Sudan at the time when the republics
of Pisn and Venice had stipulated
with the sultan Of Maghreb FOR special
treaties In which he conceded 20 the
Italians the right 10 pass through CEN
trail Africa on the Niger.
The letter says:
u write to inform you of an inter-
esting discovery made by Charles de
In R0nclere, curator Of prints in the
national library Of Paris and author
Of important books on the French
navy. The discovery restores TO Italy
the honor Of having visited and de-
scrlbed the African regions OF Tnat
and the Niger four centuries before
the explorations Of Rohlf and Challie.
the first a German and the last a
Erenchman."
The account given of Tuat IN 1441
is signed By an Italian by the name OF
Antonio Malfanic and is directed 10
the Genoese Giovanni Mariono. DE
was the first Christian 10 penetrate
to that oass.--Itallan American News
Bureau.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Work of Bureau Of Standards.

One OF the many new undertakings
OF the bureau of standards IS an inves-
tlgation Of magnetic compasses, in be-
half OF the naval observatory, the joint
army and navy board Of specifications,
and the shipping board. The bureau
proposes to develop standard method
Of testing compasses and TO prepare
Specifications for the purchase Of COM
passes by the government \ special
form OF magnetometer has been de-
yised for the determination of mag
netic moment and rotation test for
pivot friction is being developed The
bureau expects to test several thou
sand compasses in the course Of the
present year.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
NO DlMMING YANKEE SPIRIT
Soldier in Midst Of Stern Duties Of
War Found Time to Play Little
Jokes on Dad.

The Yankee spirit in the midst Of
the carnage aud travaiis of war is
exempliled In letter written two
weeks before the signing Of the armls-
tice TO Edwin G. Brandenburg, for
mer president of the Washington
board of trade. by his son. Sergt.
Milton +. Brandcnburg, who has been
in France year. Dark forebod-
ings flashed through the mind of the
father as he read through the epistle
until he came to the last sentence.
The letter reads:
81 dislike very much TO have TO
write this letter TO you, but the time
has come when | must ask your adj
vice on a matter Of great Importance
to me, the complication of which has
caused me nights Of restlessness and
many day OF anxiety.
you will understand when l tell
you that many happy home has been
wrecked, and In fact even human
lives upset by similar troubles. and
that is why | haven't written you
about it before, but now ] feel that
you should know ut once, as it means
such a great deal to me.
Even though am in France, dare
not communicate the state of my
mind to any of my friends here, so
so 70 you. I know l am asking a
good deal Of you, hut your loyalty
more than warrants it and am go
Ing TO ask you ana expect you to tell
me from deep down in your big heart
if you think that JEFF will ever be rs
tall as Mutt?"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Non.combatant Tanks.

Not all army tanks are destructive
Of human life. Those Of the sanitary
corps are dangerous only to germs.
The necessity Of Graduating these
from the drinking water of the sol
dlers has been met by the organization
of publication units or mobile water
trains. These consist Of number OF
heavy motor trucks. each Of which is
a complete filtration plant in itself, In
Guiding a laboratory for testing. They
arc equipped 10 both filter and ehemi-
cally purify the water, which may be
pumped up from river bed or any
convenient source. Attached to each
train are number OF staple tank
trucks used Tor storage 81 tranSpor.
mtion OF the purified wafer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Did His Part. ANYWAY.

The day Of the peace celebration at
Chicago the school children, acting OF
their own volitlon, formed n parade
land carried out a program, which In
Guided singing patriotic songs, after
which they took up collection for
the united war work fund. Buddy
had kept pace with the older children
IN everything singing when they sang.
whether the songs were familiar to
him or not. When he told about It
that evening his mother asked /:
What was it you sang?' "Oh, ]
don't know what we sang" answered
Buddy, still enthusiastic over his part
In the celebration, but sang Just
the same"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
LOSING DELIGHT IN BEAUTY
Writer Bemoans "Dearadatlon Of the
Arts," Which he Asserts Is
Going on Today.

All the arts but one, says Layton
Crlppon In his book, CLAY anG Fire"
show degradation today, IN many
cases degradation 50 great that they
have virtually ceased to exist. We
have not only forgotten how to make
beautiful things, but we have even
acquired an instructive dislike Of beau.
tlfpl things. They seem to have be-
come offensive to Us.
There was recently one curious
little Instance to which / am tempt
ed 10 refer, showing as It did. that in
our present state Of degradation
beauty is not only ignored, but has
actually become offensive, causing in
Stlnciiye dislike. The ST. Gaudens
ten and fve-dollar gold pieces were
undoubtedly the noblest coins produced
IN any country IN 200 years. within
couple OF months the American pub
He had howled them out OF circulation.
"Thc explanation was afterward
made that the coins were disliked be-
cause the relief was inconyeniently
high, but the original outcry was
against the design and only the de-
sign OF these exquisite examples Of
die emitting. But America has no mo-
nopoly Of this instructive hatred OF
beauty II was exemplified in the van
dalism that was common all over
Europe. the destruction OF ancient and
glorious buildings, usually without
valid excuse"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Dreadful malady.

"Seaslckness,' said Lieut.. Sydn0r
Harrison, the novelist, us dreadful
thing. 1t will unman even the dough
boy.
4 doughboy on a transport bound
for France. was seasick. His corporal,
20 Get him out on deck in the fresh
air, reused him from his seesiclS stu.
por one morning ana said:
"Comc on, JacSl Up with you
We've been torpedoed and the shipm
sink In ten minutes.
"Ten minutesY groaned the dough
boy. Then he added with a great
gulp:
"Con't you hurry her on a bit
corpT"