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The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-12-06

Congressman Connally jumped on
undertakers as showing an undue
anxiety to secure the return of the
bodies of American soldiers killed
in France.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-12-06

James D. Mcdowell, mayor of
Vincinnes, has refused an offer of
more than 400 Knox county strink-
ing miners, who volunteered to go
to the country and cut wood for
those out Of coap as result of the
nationwide walkout in the industry.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-23
| O The Editorial Page of The Daily Ardmoreite O
WHERE CHAMBERLAIN is RIGHT

CENATOR CHAMBERLAIN is happier in his
- demand that the court martial crimes
against American soldiers be punished than he
was in his declaration early in the war that the
war department has ceased to junction. Inc
Oregon senator demands that simple justice be
done in the cases of the soldiers who have re
ceived unreasonable sentences. The public SEN
timent of the nation is with the senator in this
"The stories coming to me-" said Mr. Cham
berlain in the senate yesterday, many OF them
being verified, of outrages committed against
young men through the instrumentallty OF the
court martial are SO horrible that some leglsla-
ton ought to be enacted promptly to obtain re
lief. The fact that the clemency board has
reduced the sentences in the aggregate from
2S, 900 years to 600 years is proof positive
that the sentences were out Of all proportion to
the crimes committed. These 6,7O0 years ought
to be wiped out or placed at an irreducible
minimum"
Mr.. Chamberlain added that the crueties
of the Spanish Inquistion were not mark to
some of the crueltes practiced by courts mar
tial of the American army. Now that the war
lis over, the American people Will demand that
these wrongs be redressed We had about
200 900 commissioned officers in the army at
the time of the armistice, nearly all OF whom
came from civilian life Naturally many of the
courts martial were made up of these near
civilians.
The few thousand West Pointers cannot be
charged with responsibility for the unjust SEN
tences against many Of the soldiers who now
are serving time in prison The man from civil
life dressed in little brief authority, is re-
sponsible largely for the outrages, but back of
him stood the old army system of court martial
against which Lieutenant Colonel Ansell,
whose resignation was accepted yesterday by
Secretary Baker, thundered so effectually.
The whole system needs revising. Amer
lea will not stand for the Prussian system Of
military brutality.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-23
ARDMORE BOY SCOUTS

n AYEEDED in Ardmore now is paid eXecu
l Y tive for the boy scout troop. Volunteers
without pay have been carrying on the work
which has grown to such proportions that nc
man can afford to CTevote sufficient time to II
at his own expense. This city is large enough
to maintain a boy scout troop with some eff
ficient man in charge whose whole interest is
centered in the welfare of the boys.
The boy of today is the citizen Of tomorrow
That is trite trusm, of course, but none the
less important because it is so obvious. There
are many citizens of today who would be con-
siderably better citizens more useful to their
families and to the community, more satisfac-
tory to themselves, if they had enjoyed the
privilege of systematic boy scout training when
they were growing up. They "iust growed' in
many instances, and some Of them-some of us,
let us put-didn't grow exactly in the right
direction altogether.
There can be no disputing the fact that the
boy scout movement is well worth while. If
you have and doubt, ask some of the parents
of boys who have belonged to a scout troop
for few months. The boys of Ardmore are
entitled to their chance. They should have
every benefit that can come from efficient
handling and training
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-23
Booze Terror of Old Indian Territory Now
Is Busy Helping to Make Old John Bull Dry

had a dozen half pints concealed
underneath them. This occurred
at Prague in Lincoln county. The
woman was seen near the Oklahoma
Territory border every day. carrying
a cooing infant on one arm and the
baby's clothes in a basket on the other
Because she appeared every day ano
always walked along the path that led
into the woods aroused Brannon's sus
picion and he followed her, only to see
her deliver the bottles to the waiting
Indians.
1t was also the fighting parson
who arrested two well-dressed women
in a hotel at Stroud. Both protested
their innocence. They laughed at
the preacher and then became indig-
nant, but Brannon was persistent. On
the tops of the corsets worn by the
women We're snugly hidden away sew
eral half-pint bottles and these women
also found their way to the crowded
prison at Guthrie.
Her Skirt Too Tight
Bustles were frequently used at
that period by the women for con
ceallng liquor stores, and one Usage
Nation offender had a belt which she
wore around, her waist but underneath
her skirts. Strings We're attached to
the belt and a bottle of whislley at
the end Of the string. 1t was her Gus
tom also to walk through the woods,
evidently enjoying the green trees.
flowers and running brooks, but when.
ever an Indian appeared a string was
cut, a bottle of liquor dropped to the
grass and the woman walked uncon
cernedly on. 1t developed that the
woman had sold the liquor ahead Of
time TO the Indians and had collected
in advance.
The days of tighter skirts brought
woe to one woman at Pawhuska who
had been a persistent bootlegger. she
was not only good looking and always
stylishly costumed, but she was clover
as well. When one Of Johnston's men
finally apprehended her, she was quite
Indifferent, laughed at him and main
tanned she had never been an offender.
The officer believed he knew better.
lie was sitting across the room from
her while they talked, and forgetting
herself she crossed her knees. 1t was
necessary for the tight skirt size wore,
then a new style, to be raised con
siderably. making a prominent hosiery
display, and the officers quIcX eye
caught instantly the imprint Of a half
pint bottle which was inside her stock
ing. He secured the bottle immedi-
ately as evidence and the woman did
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-23

runners. men who bad before avoided
arrest continuously, were forced to put
forth every effort to combat the wits
of the enforcement officer and his men.
The campaign was in progress all
the way from the Kansas boundary to
the Red river and included also the big
pasture domain of the Kiowas and
Comanche and the country of the
Osages.
Among the bootleggers of that period
who had been the most successful were
women. For a long time they escaped
official notice ana even after they We're
under suspicion their strategy was such
as to fool even the smartest of their
trailers. 1t remained for Johnson and
his crew, however, to make determined
campaign against the woman bootlegger
and they were highly successful. In
that campaign there was no portion OF
a womans apparel provided she was
considered an Illicit liquor seller. that
was held secret by the enforcement men
and the campaign developed the fact
that there was no portion of it that was
not used for secreting bottled goods
In corsets and in hosiery, in bustles
and skillfully concealed underneath pet
ticoats. women who were all smiles and
sometimes faultlessly attired, attempted
to run the gauntlet in order to get
fancy price for "A few bottles of liquor
1t was a great game, one of intense in
terest to Johnson and his assistants.
They were ever on the alert and they
kept the federal jails at Guthrie and
Muskogee filled to overflowing with of
tenders awaiting trial and those serv-
ing their first offense terms. These
jails have been known frequently to hold
one hundred and fifty men each.
Had GunnysaclI i'm River
There was one woman. back in 1906,
who was a puzzle to the enforcement
people for a long time. The officers felt
certain she was a bootlegger. but all
searches of her home and person and
the/ district round about failed to reveal
a cache. She operated in the Usage
country near the town of that name
and not far from the Arkansas river
Finally Johnson designated one man
who was to do nothing but watch this
particular woman. Within a short time
he was successful and appeared at
Guthrie with the offender. He had seen
her row a boat to a shady nook near
the rivers bank and pull gunnysack
filled with bottles of whisky from the
bottom of the stream.
1t was the fighting parson" who
discovered the neatly attired woman
with a basket OF baby clothes who
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-23

This being the sea serpent season, and Ok
lahoma having no sea, the old John Wilkes
Booth story turns up again. This time the Tulsa
World fathers the fake. The slayer of Presi-
dent Lincoln is said to have committed suicide
at Ell Reno, Okla, some years ago, according
to the old story that bobs up every now and
then. He was working as house painter, un-
der an assumed name but of course he was
John Wilkes Booth-why, he said so himself,
don't you know. The same story carries the
statement that Dr. Samuel Mudd, who is known
to have set Booths fractured leg when the as
sassin was fugitive, was hanged as an accom-
plice AS matter of fact Dr.. Mudd was
sentenced to Imprisonment in the Dry Tortugas
for six years. The rest of the tale is of a cloth
with the misatatement regarding Dr.. Mudd's
fate. The Tulsa World should know better
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-23
THE "TRY-OUT" COURSES
FOR DISABLED SOLDIERS

Washington, July 22.-The federal
board for vocational education has found
the receiving stations at which men are
given "try-out" courses very satisfac-
tory. Men with severe disabilities ne
cessitatng a complete change of work,
or men whose knowledge of English is
very limited and who before enlistment
had no recognized trade, or others
whose age, temperament. or habits are
such as to require special training all
constitute types for whom the receiving
stations are used in order TO determine
the most suitable courses for their train
ing.
There are at present over a thousand
men in receiving stations taking try
out" courses. The men are in earnest
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-23
sixty days. and paid 500 fine as a re-
Day of Real Sport


| suit.
Day of Real Sport
Those We're the days of real sport
according to the officers who worked
under "Pussyfoot Johnson The chase
was ever warm, the game was plenti
ful and the salaries were good for
pre-war days. In one of the Usage
nation towns watermelons sold fast
in the summer of 1905, at several dol
lars per melon. The redskins crowded
around and purchased melons, no mat
ter what the figure asked, and after
officers ascertained that each melon
contained a pint of whisky.
on one occasion horseman rode
rapidly into an Usage camp near Big
heart. From his saddle hung several
sacks of whisky The Indians had
been playing cards on a blanket on the
ground but Immediately all of them
sensed the liquor. The horseman gave
orders for them to throw all their
money on the blanket, and when he
thought there was enough he relin.
quished the sacks, caught the blanket
by its four corners. mounted his horse
and spurrcd him to a gallop, making
safe getaway.
Saddle horns that We're hollow.
aXles that were made of steel would
hold several gallons of booze, and
horse collars that would give forth
liquor whenever a sufficient amount
of money was in sight We're but a
few of the subterfuges worked by the
bottleggers during the time that
"Pussyfoot" johnson was the chief
in the two territories. But he made
good and was used later all over the
United States whenever the federal
government needed an expert.
Johnson has already gained the
name of "Pussyfoot" in London, where
it is said the people in general do not
look with favor on the campaign to
make England dry and where Il major
ity do not believe that the fight is one
of sincerity. If London will listen
to Oklahoma, however. they may soon
awaken at least to the sincerity Of
''Pussyfoot" Johnson.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-23

One is inclined to wonder just why the pres
ent republican leaders in the senate, several of
whom were in official life when Germany
gouged China on the Shantung proposition,
didn't make strenuous objection at the time.
The crime went through without republican
protest But now that Japan's taking over Of
Shantung has bearing upon the restoration of
peace, these same republicans see i'll it the
crime of the centuries.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-23

Martial law at the national capital, which is
threatened as result of the race riots, would
not be happy advertisement for this govern
ment abroad. The Europeans simply could not
understand it-they would take it for granted
that the United States is an unstable affair like
their own governments.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-23
UNDER Tie IMAGINARY
STATE HOUSE DOME
BY CHARLES II. ADAMS
Staff Correspondent

Ed L. Speer, mayor of Durant, was q
visitor at the executive offices yester
day
Governor Robertson left this after
non for Woodward. where he will be
the principal speaker tomorrow at dc.
ferred Fourth Of July celebration and
reunion.
w. r. Briggs of Woodward, state
senator from the Woods and Woodward
counties district, was Il state house Wis
itor yesterday.
r. II. Wilson. state superintendent Of
public instruction, left last night ON %
trip of inspection of the state normal
schools. He will visit the Northwestern
Normal at Alva today. the East Central
Normal at Ada Thursday. the South
western Normal at Dwant Frid3y and
Central Normal at Edmond Saturday.
Sergt. Lafe Short, brother Of George
w Short, assistant attorney general
arrived in Oklahoma City yesterday after
nineteen months service in France.
Sergeant Short was one OF the first ma
tional army men drawn under the So
loctive draft act in Oklahoma. The con
tngent with which he went to France
was used as replacement unit and he
Immediately became u member of the
First division Irregular army upon his
arrival overseas The liberty medal worn
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-23

by Sergeant Short bears four stars, .tes
tifying TO participation in four major
offepolyes.
c. c. Chllders, superintendent of the
state school for feeble minded. Enid.
was a caller at the office of the state
board Of affairs yesterday. Mr. Chill
ders was secretary of the senate during
the Seventh legislature.
James B. Gordon, wcl known Meal.
ester attorney, transacted business with
state departments yesterday.
Despite protests made by members of
the board of affairs. work was resumed
yesterday on the construction of a gas.
oine fl,ling station just opposite the
north entrance to the state house.
Plans for the Improvement of the cap
itol district contemplate the acquiring
of about twenty acres north Of Twenty.
third street and thereby avoiding the
invasion Of business institutions or 9th.
er buildings that would detrart from
the beauty Of the district.
Col, Il. NJ Sneed, state commissioner
of pensions, spent Sunday at his home
at sulphur.
J. ". Klyser. member Of the state
board Of affairs, returned yesterday
after an over Sunday visit with his
e. 9. Htf-s IL.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-23
Colorado Ex-Governor Dead

Pueblo, Colo, July 21,--Iames Brad
ley Orman, former governor of Color
ado and a pioneer in western railroad
and irrigation projects died here today,
aged 60 years.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-23

w. f. Johnson, known everywhere in
the old days as "Pussyfoot," and now
given that name again in England
where he is the dry envoy from the
United States, was the foremost liquor
foe in Oklahoma and old Indian terri.
tory for considerable term of years,
and his name was one that always
struck terror into, the hearts of the
whisky seller in Indian country. 1t was
before the days that oklahoma became
prohibition state. at a time when dry
regulations We're enforced only on In
dian lands, but the work that Pussy
foot" Johnson did had great result
later in bringing prohibition to the
fortysixth state.
Johnson came to Oklahoma as a rep.
resentative of the federal government,
following the first appropriation that
was made 10y congress to enforce the
rules against the sale of liquor TO In
dians. Oklahoma Territory was wet,
with saloons in almost every town and
city, but Indian Territory was kept as
dry as possible through the efforts Of
United States officials. Along the bor-
der between the two territories the
liquor traffic was active always and
from the border towns the bootleggers
went into the former Indian nations and
into the Usage nation. which was then
q part of Oklahoma Territory, and fire.
quently secured prices for goods that
rival those obtained at the present time
under national prohibition.
1t was to break up this illegal liquor
sale among the Indians that Pussy
foot" Johnson was selected during the
last Roosevelt administration. and he
was given a force of men who were
picked because of their nerve and ex-
perence. Among this number was Rev.
c. c. Brannon. a Methodist minister for
merly located at Medford Guthrie and
other Oklahoma towns, who has ever
since been known as the fighting par
son" because of the assistance that he
gave Johnson. Brannon later went to
Minnesota with Johnson, when the gov
ernment started a similar campaign on
the Indian reservations i'm that state,
and so far as known he is possibly i'm
England now with the first prohibition
enforcement officer that country has
experienced.
Was an Expert SmelIer
II was said at the time and long time
citizens in Oklahoma viii remember,
that "Pussyfoot" Johnson was the most
expert smeller that the bootlegging ele-
ment Of that day had ever known. His
nose. they declared, was simply mar
velous, and the most experienced line
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-23

What has become of the oldtme pullet of
frying size that you could buy for fifteen
cents? Must be the chicken that tried to cross
the road right in front of the Ford chariot.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-23
1914

l91i
Concern in Berlin. over likelihood
Of Austro. Serbian clash; slump ON
Berlin Boerse; Vienna Bank fails,
due to heavy selling orders from ST,
Petersburg; Sir Thomas Lipton's
Shamrock Fourth. challenger for
the Americas cup, sails FOR Unitea
states.
1915
Third Lusitania note sent to Ber.
lin; Warsaw thanked; U. $. exports
showing huge increase; total of iron
and steel for May announced as S26,
1000, explosives $S,G23,345.
1916
Russians pierce Hindenburg's line
on eastern front; take 1900 prison.
ers; drive at Riga.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-23

We have on hand full line of trunks,
suit eases and hand bags. We will be
pleased to show il TO you. We can suit
you. The Popular Price Store. 22-3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-23

Senator McNary of Oregon, welcome to the
ranks of the anti-robins
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-23

While in town stop in front of our
windows You viii see display of
trunks, steamers, hand bags, suit cases,
etc. The Popular Price Store. 22.3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-23
By GENE BYRNES

and are really trying to select voeations
for which they are fitted.
one young fellow cheerfully gave up
his desire to become a business man,
upon finding bookkeeping, salesman
ship and allied subjects distasteful to
him. He promises to be n success as a
telegrapher. Another whose expert.
ence and disability clearly untitled him
for his selected vocation of forestry, has
decided after a try.out. course that show
card writing and window trimming is
the work he wants \ fair trial of the
courses generally convinces the disabled
men of the suitability or unsultability
of the chosen trade
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-23

We operate our own mills and can
save you money Cornwell & Chowning
Lbr. Co. III
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-23

You owe it to yourself to get our
prices Before you buy; we will save you
money; we own our own timber, mills,
etc, and still have the right price.
Cornwell < Chowning Lbr. co. III
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-23

James 3. Gordon. wcll known Meal.
ester attorney, transacted business with
state departments yesterday.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-06-28
STATE NEWS.

Flandreau-Work was commenced
on the Flandreau-Egan highway by
forces of men in the employ of the
construction company which was
awarded the contract. The highway
will be graded as near a level as
possible, so there will be a practi-
cally level road between the two
towns. Several graders are on the
line and are in charge of regular
grading crews.
Pierre-Fishing is the order of the
day at the state capital and state
officials, Pierre business men and
others are competing with the boys
and girls of the city to see who can
take the longest string of fish from
the lake on the capitol grounds. The
lake has been repeatedly stocked in
recent years by both the state and
national governments and is now
filled with bull heads and other
same fish.
Mitchell-The peace and quiet OF
three or four years in Mitchell has
oNNh piohth ioi III lnt past Nv u
nights four house robberies have
been reported to the police. In each
OF three cases the robbers obtained
one pair of pants. one gold watch and
a small sum of money. In the fourth
case only money vas taken. The
cash loss will not exceed 500. The
police thus far have been unable to
find a | as to the identity of the
robbers.
Pierre-Fred Shaw, state superin-
tendent of instruction, has announced
the appointment of Prof. Fred K.
Smith, former head of the North
dakota School of Science, at Wahpe-
ton, as the new man at the head of
the high school inspection work in
this state. j. s. Clark. of Faulkton,
fas been selected as assistant super
intendent, in charge of the depart
ment of city and graded schools.
Those positions grow out of the new
educational law of the last session in
which the educational department is
given closer supervision over the
schools of the state.
Washington Springs-This city is
facing a water famine. The springs
from which the city has always
drawn its water supply apparently
are exhausted. The Commercial
club. after engaging engineers to in
vestigate the situation, has recon-
mended to the council that two res
evoirs be constructed and that needed
main extensions be made, with an
improved pressure. 1t is estimated
that these improvements will cost
$4,000. A special election for the
approval of such an undertaking.
probably will be called in the near
future.