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!, O. of Kansas Declares Divide nd.

NEopEsHA, Kan, Jan. 2l.--The Stan
dard Oil Company Of Kansas to-day de-
clsred the regular quarterly dividend of
SO n share and an extra dividend OF SO n
share, payable February IL. Stock books
will not he closed.
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about $500, 900 liabilities. The percent
ago OF failed banks liabilities in 1898 to
ali national banks liabilities In 2.39 per
cent. From April, 1917, to April. 1918,
the percentage of failed national banks
liabilities to all national banks liabill-
ties was .0oi per cent.
Mig Decrease In Depositors' Losses.
In thirty-three years prior 20 July.
1914. the average percentage OF losses
70 depostors of failed banks to all ma
tlonal banks deposits was twenty-eight
-thousandths OF per cent. During
the past four md one-half years the
average percentage has been reduced to
three one-thousandthe OF 1 per cent
The gross earnings OF the national
banks for the year ended July. 1918,
amounted to sSl3.ee7.0o0, an increase
of s29s.373.o00, compared with tho year
ended July, 1914. The net earnings for
the year ended July, 1918, were $2l2,-
382, 900, the greatest on record. and ex-
ceoded by moro than 363 ,0o0,o 900 the
earnings for the year ended July. 1914.
The Comptroller points out that this
increase In net earnings took place de-
spite the losses and shrinkages in Sc
curi:les incident to the war period and
despite tho reduced interest rates which
have been brought about in the past
few years.
The average earnings on capital stock
for the last fiscal year were l9.53 per
cent.--the greatest on record. Tho earn
ings on capital and surplus were 100
per cent. In forty-nine years from 1859
to 1913 the national bank earnings were
1881 per cent. on stock.
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ASSOCIATED GAS AND ELECTRIC
COMPANY

NOTICE OF ANNIAIl MEETING.
- Exchange Place, New York City.
January is. 1919.
NOTICE rs HEREBY GlvEN that the
annual IneetIng of Tho stockholders Of
PANY VIII be held at the ONCE Of tho
Company, IS Exchange Place, New York
city. on wednesday. Jsnrarv 80, 1873, at
~ O'Clock noon. for the election u directors
for the ensuing year and for tho trhnssc-
ton of any and all business that mag come
before the meeting.
T. ". MoFFAT. Secretary.
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LOST--rss. BOOK -. 1915 Of II" Cnst-
ham & FheE,I National Bank, io5 L. 81
Street, y Y. PaymeLt EtoPpei Please
return booS 10 banA
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New Note Issues.

During the year ended October 81,
1918. the Comptroller issued S26O.l55,14o
national bank notes, $l,7Sl,66g,72O In
Federal Reserve notes and s62.2s4, $50 in
Federal Reserve Bank notes. The cur
rency bureau redeemed in tho same pc.
The sun., 1919-01-22

pend railroad
at prices o regular fun lot
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08
JOSEPHINE TEACHERS
TO ASSEMBLE MONDAY

The Josephine county teachers
training school will begin three
weeks session next Monday, August
IL, at the high school building.
commencing at a. m.
County Superintendent Alice VI.
Bacon has spared no effort to make
this school a success. She spent
three weeks at the Humboldt state
normal school, studying the latest
approved methods of instruction In
elementary grades, and brings back
with her Prof. Jenkins of that school
to be one OF the instructors.
Teachers salaries have been ad-
vanced the past year and school Of
fcials are demanding that better
teaching be done. They have a right
to demand this, and any teacher who
fails to fit herself to do better
teaching cannot expect to be consid-
cred as progressive.
This school takes the place of a
three days institute and all teach
ers of rural schools in Josephine
county are expected to attend. While
designed especially for teachers, any
one wishing to avail themselves Of
the instruction given will be re-
ceived.
An enrolment fee OF 81 is requir-
ed by the law. No other charges will
be made except for material used.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08
Personal AND AM. LOCAL

+. A. Terry, representing the
Equitable Savings and Loan Associa-
ton OF Portland, is In the city.
Join the Elks--
Carmen Powder" Sabin has 1t.
d. "a Jones and James Manuel, ac-
companied by C. II, Ernst. stanton
Rowell and Al Martineau, went to
Medford last night where Messrs,
Jones and Manuel we're initiated in
to the Elks lodge, Four Medford
citizens also Joined the lodge at the
meeting.
Willard storage battery service
station, Sl4 North Sixth ST. i7ti
DR.. NJ. R, Britten and family, who
have spent the past month in Ions
Beach, and other California points
returned last night, having made the
entire trip by auto.
willard storage battery service
station, 314 North Sixth ST. 17ti
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08
OBITUARY
Sarah A. stringer

Sarah A, Strlnger died at the
home OF her daughter, Mrs. 4. l..
Johnston on North Second street,
August I, 1919. The deceased was
born in Perry county. Ohio, January
M, 1S47. She crossed the plains by
OK team in 1864, landing in Linn
county. Oregon in October, 1864.
She was married to William Stringer
at Lebanon in 1865. She leaves to
mourn her loss four sons and four
daughters: Mrs. Nina Winner, of
Fort Klamath; Mrs. A. l.. Johnston,
Mary r. Stringer, Mrs Eva Burrows,
S. B. Stringer. j. W. Stringer. ]. C.
Stringer and \. S. Stringer all Of Jo-
sephine county.
She also leaves two sisters and
two brothers, David Daniels. of
Butte Creek, Mrs. Elizabeth Watts
and Mrs. Laura Hathaway of this
city.
Mrs. Stringer was an active church
worker, belonging to the First Meth
odist church and leaves many
friends to- mourn her loss
The funeral services will be held
Saturday at the Newman NJ. E.
church at IL O'Clock, being conduct
ed by Rev Melville T. Wire.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08
AVOID INTERNATIONA ALISM
SAYS GENERAL WOOD

Santa Fe. n. NJ. Aug. S.-"The
armies of America" declared Ma
jor General Leonard Wood. in a
speech following the comforting of
a medal by the state of New Mexico
at the capitol here yesterday, will
never go to war at the mandate OF
any foreign nation, nor group OF ma
tions.''
General Wood urged national pre-
paredness as a steadfast policy. de-
claring lack of it is mot humanity.
but brutality"
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08
Band Concert Tonight

The regular Friday night band
concert will be given tonight at the
railroad park. There has been a
fine program arranged by Director
John H. Williams 1t is respectful
ly requested that those who hear
the concert from their automobiles
do not start their engines to chug-
ging while The Star Spangled Ban
ner is being played by the band.
such acts are as unpatriotic as
standing with your hat on in a thea
ter during the playing of our ma
tional air.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08
Bishop Hughes Coming

Bishop Matt. S. Hughes of the
Portland area Of the Methodist Epis.
copal church will visit Grants Pass
op Monday evening, August Is. and
will speak in Newman church. Blsh-
op Hughes is very fine speaker and
and an eminent man in religious
circles. He is to make a tour OF
Souther Oregon. speaking also in
Ashland. Medford and Roseburg.
The general public will be invited
to hear him. He resides in Portland
and his area consists OF the Metho-
dist churches in Oregon, Washington
and parts of Idaho.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08
POSTAL EMPLOYEES WANT
30 PER CENT WAGE RAISE

Washington, Aug. S.-President
Wilson was asked in a letter pre-
sented at the White House yester-
day to recommend to congress an in
crease of 80 per cent in the wages OF
postoffice and postal employees of the
country to meet the high cost of liv-
ing. The letter was presented by a
delegation headed by Frank Morri.
son, secretary of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08

Ger, who has Just returned from two
years service overseas in the army,
were married at the Grants Pass ho-
tel at 4 O'Clock yesterday, Rev. G.
NJ. Cline officiating. Only relatives
OF the bride and groom were pres
ent. They left in the evening for
trip to Eugene, where they will
probably make their home.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08
After the Diggers--

W. II. IMaris, OF the biological sur
vey, or bureau, is in the city today
looking over the valley in company
with c. ID. Thompson, county agent.
Mr.. Maris is interested in rodent
control work and Is making special
efforts to eradicate diggers and go
piers from government owned land,
which is not reached with poison by
the farmers.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08
baptist People Picnic

Members OF the ladies' society OF
the Baptist church enjoyed a pleas
ant afternoon at the park yesterday,
their husbands Joining them In the
evening for picnic diner. All re-
ported havlg had n Jolly time.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08
Grain on Cow Creek

II. Jones. who was here the first
OF the week looking over prospects
with a view to bringing his thrash
ing rig here, estimates that there
are In the nelghborhood OF 5000 bu-
shells of grain to be threshed In this
vicinity. Glendale News.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08
Denison Burns the Road

DenisOn Burns the Road
J. II. Denison and Jessie M
Smith OF Grants Pass arrived at the
Hotel Holland at 10 O'Clock last
night having made flying auto trip
from Arbuckle, Cal. which place
they left Wednesday morning. This
time is considered noteworthy as the
distance Is 29s miles. .Medford TrIb-
une
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08
Ball Team to Brookings-

Ball Team to Brookings--
The Grants Pass baseball team
VIII go to Brookings next Sunday to
play team at that place. The bali
game viii be preceded by a big cele-
bration Saturday and dance Satur-
day night. Ernest and Lon Fry, two
OF the mainstays of the Grants Pass
team' expect to go from Brookings
to San Francisco, where they will
remain indefinitely
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08
Lawn Social at wnderyille-

The Ladies aid of wildervile will
1--WE a lawn social Saturday night.
august Q. at the home OF Mr.. and
trs. Sheehan. Peaches and cream.
and cake will be served. 80
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08

Constipation upsets the entire sys-
tem-causing serious illnesses to the
human family. Don't worry-Hollis-
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea will drive
out constipation. regulate the bowels,
tone the stomach, purify, cleanse.
Without fail give 1t a thorough trial.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08
DIR. Stricken Appointed

DIR. Fred's d. Stricken has receiv,
ed his appointment as medical ex-
aminer for Josephine county of all
service beneficiaries coming under
the bureau OF war risk Insurance.
This work is in charge OF the U. S.
public health service The Doctor
has received his examination blanks.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08
RumInage Sale at a1s @ ST.

Left over clothes. shoes and some
additional things will be reasonably
sold Saturday at p. m at the Sal
vation army hall on e street.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08
Trip TO Crater Lake

A. b. Cornell, accompanied by MIR,
and Mrs. j. G. Incl, and Mrs, NJ,
Barton of Des Moines, Iowa, return
ed last night from n trip to Crater
Lake Mrs, Barton is a guest at the
Incl home, but will leave this even
ing for points north.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08
win Preach at Provolt--

Or, J. A. B. Fry, OF Berkeley. Cal,
who has been holding meetings at
the Williams Methodist church will
preach at Provoh Sunday afternoon,
August 10, at $40 o'clock. Service
in grove near the o. II. Fields ranch
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08
Excursion Rates to Coast-

Grants Pass to Crescent City. by
easy riding cars. for $3.50. Grants
Pass and Crescent City Stage com.
pany. Phone 26. 7itf
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08
Marriage License-

A marriage license was issued at
the county clerks office to Il. Il.
Carlson and Nellie G. Holman, both
of Wolf Creek.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08
Office Open

| will be in my office ready for
work Monday morning, August IL.
DR.. NJ r. Brtiten. 40
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08
BORN

HolAi+-To Mr.. and Mrs. BENJAMIN
H. Hull, Wednesday morning, a
son.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08

Married Yesterday
Miss Arie Gotcher. OF Williams,
and Rowland ID. Anderson, OF pla-
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-08

Dancing Party
Waldorf Hall Saturday night "a
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-23
AMERICAN MARINES
LAND NEAR FIUME AS
ITALIANS ADVANCE

Rome sept, 92.-Amcrican marines
have been landed at Buccari, a small
town ON an arm Of the Gulf of Quar-
nero, about ten miles southeast of
tiume, says a dispatch to the Mer-
sagero, one American ship is in Fiume
harbor, according to the adyices, but
the anchorage is considerable distance
from the city.
General Badogli's ultimatum to the
a'Annunzio soldiers giving them until
Friday night to leave Fiumc is said
TO have been modified so that the time
limit would expire last night an ad-
ditional IS hours being given.
t'iume is closely invested but in
spite Of this fact. numbers of volun-
teers have managed to elude the Vigi-
lance Of the guards and have joined
the forces Of Captain Gabrielle dan
nun2io in the beleaguered city, accord
ing to reports received here. Personal
friends Of Captain d'AununZio have
sent word to him they have sent sup
plies to the city and express the hope
that ships hearing the stores may run
The blockade.
Reports reaching this city from
Fiume state that food for 10000 per
sons must be- distributed there daily
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-23
MERCHANT MARINE TO
Be GRADUALLY SOLD
TO PRIVATE OWNERS

Washington, Sept. pa merchant
marine policy contemplating gradual re
linquishmcnt to private operation of the
larger vessels of the gOvernment-built
fleet and immediate sale Of the smaller
vessels has been formulated by the eX-
ecutve committee of the national mer-
chant marine association returned today
by Edward b. Burllng, chairman of
the committee,
Recommendations of the committee, it
was said, will be sent into the associa-
tion heads council Of forty-five mem
bers, for adoption and presentation to
congress as a proposed guide in the en-
actment of legislation.
Believing that the immediate sale of
all ships to private operators is mot
only undesirable but Impractical the
committee recommends that the large
steel vessels be sold only as the devel-
opment of private firms might warrant,
with the sale Of such ships confined to
American firms and made at current
world market prices. Immediate dis
posal Of the smaller vessels is recon-
mended however, without restriction as
to purchasers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-23
BODY OF MRS. SPEARS IS
FOUND AT CORPUS CHRISTI

Mrs. f. II. Anderson, whose sister.
Mrs. Ethel Spears and little daughter,
Virginia Spears, were victims of the
storm at Corpus Christi, went to Dallas
today in response to a message stating
that the body Of her sister had been re.
covered and would be taken to Dallas
for burial. The body Of the child has
not been found
Mrs. Anderson received word that the
body of a small child had been found
and buried; that the body was nude
when found and could not be identi-
fled. An attempt will be made to get
permission to remove the body from the
grave to determine whether or not it is
that of little Virginia Spears, who was
swept away with her mother.
Mrs. Anderson was almost prostrated
when the definite news was received
She had not known before last Thurs
day that her sister was in Corpus
Christi and had hoped against the
possibility that she had been a victim of
the storm.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-23
TH|RTY-S|X MEMBERS
OF WORLD WORKERS"
FACE TRIAL TODAY

Wichita, Kan, Sept. 22.-Everythng
was in readiness in federal court here
today, for the calling to trial Of the
case against SO members of the Indus
trial Workers of the World, who are
charged with disloyalty.
Especial interest attaches to the trial.
however, from the fact that a blanket
Indictment in connection with the case
charges that the organization to which
the men belong is a disloyal one and
has for its purposes The revolutionary
overthrow Of the United States govern.
ment."
Samuel Amidon, of the Department of
Justice, has been appointed special as.
sistant to Fred ID. Robertson, United
States district attorney for Kansas in
handling the prosecution, while attor.
neys for the defense include a number
Of eastern attorneys.
The defendants were arrested two
years ago for alleged disloyal activities
in the Kansas and oklahoma oil fields
and have been in Jail the greater part
of the time since. This is the third
trial which they have faced. i'm the two
preceding instances the Indictment hav.
ing been quashed on technical grounds
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-23
CO-OPERAT TION IS An
ESSEN T|AL NECESSITY
SAYS SAM'L GOMPERS

New Orleans, Sept. 22.-Co-operation
between managements and workers in
industries and the gradual abolition of
abnormal conditions brought about by
war, viii eventually bring about the
increased production of commodities
which the world needs now, President
GOmpers, of the American Federation Of
Labor, told the Associated Advertising
Clubs of the World, in a paper read
before the annual session here today
High wages, Mr., Gompers defended as
one factor in high costs which would
eventually lead to improved methods
and progressive machine productions
while a settlement of peace terms he
cassed as a fundamental requirement
before the world can resume its orderly
processes.
Until definite terms of peace are
agreed to by the leading nations of the
world Mr.. Gompers said, mo country
can return to normal Industrial condi-
tions. Credit is essential to a revival of
industry. Credit can only be arranged
upon definite political surety"
Prompt ratification of the pending
peace treaty, he said, was an absolute
necessity.
THAT treaty is not perfect" he re
marked, "but it is our only constructive
suggestion for dealing with some of the
things which cause wars"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-23
CAPITAL AND LABOR
WILL SPEAK At BIC
AD CLUB MEETING

New Orleans, La, Sept. 22.-The an
nual address of the president of the or.
ganization, William c. darcy, of st.
Louis, and the opening of a triangular
discussion between Samuel Gompers, as
the representative Of labor, Festus j.
Wade of st. Louis, who viii speak in
behalf of capital, and Congressman
Champ Clark Of Missouri. who will ad-
dress the convention from the point of
view of the consumer, We're features of
the opening days program Of the fif.
teenth annual meeting of the Associated
Advertising Clubs Of the World, which
began here today.
Surface indications point to n fight
between Indianapolis. Ind, and FL Pa
so, Texas, for the next convention. The
next place Of meeting will be selected
tonight.
A number Of delegates from Mexico
and other Latin-American countries are
attending the convention.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-23
DEPARTMENT MAKES
REPORT ON THE PER
CAPITA LIVING COST

Washington, Sept. 22.-Charlotte. N.
c., and savannah, Ca, had the lowest
average cost of food per year for white
families, with incomes from $1,000 to
$1,000, in southern cities, according to
analysis of food budgets gathered by the
bureau Of labor statistics in the cost of
living survey for 191S1919 just made
public by the Department of Labor.
Nnety-one cities in various parts OF
the country were listed.
The average annual expenditure for
food by all families in all cities listed
was S5ll, while Fan River, Mass. stood
at the top with 1924. The southern cit.
les included:
Charlotte, $685. Dallas, Texas. $552;
New Orleans, $780, Houston, Texas,
$3.50; Corsicana, Texas, $533; Atlanta,
S525; Little Rock, Ark, $523 Memphis,
S4S7, and Savannah, $427.
The bureau points out there is weak.
ness in the comparison in that families
concerned differed somewhat in income
and greatly in size In Charlotte the
families average 3.75 equivalent adult
males per family while in Savannah the
average was 2.SS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-23
UNITED STATES COURT
CONYENES At ARDMORE
MONDAY, OCTOBER 9TH

The criminal assignment for the Oc-
tober 1919. term Of the United States
court for the eastern district Of Oklaho-
ma, will convene at Ardmore Monday.
October 9Th, Judge Robert L. Williams
presiding.
one hundred and two cases are set
down for trial at this term, which is
scheduled to end October 18th.
This will he the first appearance Of
former Governor Robert l.. Williams
as 70 federal judge. During recent years
Judge Ralph e. Campbell has presided
at all federal court terms.
Several Carter county citizens are
named as defendants at this term, the
principal offenses being violation Of
the liquor and antinarcotic laws.
Two are slated for failure to register.
and one for harboring a deserter from
the United States army.
Vendors of liquor to Indians are
among the numerous cases set down
for trial.
Deputy United States Marshal Hig-
night states that this section is devel-
oping quite a lot of moonshiners since
the prohbitory law went into effect,
July l, and it is going to keep the Off
GERS busy to forestall them, it seems
that, law or no law, there will always
be some who will make the wet goods
and there are also those who will lend
encouragement to them by purchasing
it. 1t is a ticklish proposition, he says,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-23
WIFE WHO SAVED HER
HUSBAND PERISHES IN
THE SWIRLING FLOOD

Corpus Christi Texas, Sept. .2-
Saved by his wife, who later perlshed,
W. NJ. Heidelberg, torn and bleeding
was among the refugees brought in to
Corpus Christi from across Neuces Bay,
the sole survivor of "a family Of three.
swept out into Nueces Bay when the
tidal wave carried away their home on
North Beach.
Trapped i'm the wreckage of his fall
ing home just as he showed his wife
and 12year-old son through a window
to safety. Heidelberg was released by his
wife. The three climbed upon the roof
and We're plunged into Nueces Bay at
terrific speed. Near the center Of the
bay their refuge was caught in the vor-
tex formed where the tidal wave met
the flood waters of the Nueces river,
which was roaring into the bay.
"Once in the vortex he said, "it
seemed nothing could live. Wreckage
Of all description was being hurled in
every direction by the angry waters.
Scores of times we We're forced to
plunge into the water to escape the fly
ing debris that literally filled the air.
AT length my wife became exhausted
and was carried away; then my little
boy was lost in the swirling waters. I
was poWerless TO render them any aid.
How long / remained i'm this whrl-
pool l do not know. Finally l gave
up all hope, and slipped into the water.
When returned to my fun senses, I
found myself on top Of a piece of wreck.
age and eventually was rescued"