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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-30

Ok sALb--14o acres. All unuer uiten: n,
improvements; about half in timber and
nifty acres in meadow, balance cultivated
land nine miles south. Address Z. W
Hunter general delivery, Albuquerque, N. M
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-30
Wall Street
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/ - "'SNesiNS JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED WiRkl
4 New York. Dec. 29.-With call
money Jumping from II to 25 per cent
ana back TO 10 per cent and s to S -
:, her cent bid for short time loans the
7stock market TO-DAY experienced an
''olhet general setback iff-which many
recent gains were wholly relinduished.
~, The SITTER money tendencies occas-
Toned little surprise despite last Sat
liGaN favorable bank statement.
IN conservative financial circles 1t
was Freely predicted that the early
weeks Of the new year would Witness
further advances in interest and dis
count rates with attendant stiffenlng
OF quotations for commercial paper,
Other developments which gave mo-
mentum TO the days extreme declines
OF TO . points Included Int puDilea-
tlon OF numerous unfayoPable state
lhenls OF railroad hearings for Novem-
Der and further unstable conditions in
foreign exchange
Metal shares were relatively strong
with few specialties, notably Amer
Jean WOODEN the entire list rallving
irresularlv in the final dealings when
shorts covered hurriedlY in United
states Steel and a few other leaders
Sales 1.225.000 shares
Bonds were hestitant on the changes
shown BY speculative rails. Liberty
and International issues also incliAing
slightly downward. Total sales. par
value. 3S.250.000 Old United States
bonds unchanged on call.
Closing pfipacs
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-30
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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-30
FOUND
FOR SALE--Ranches

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us North Eleventh
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-30
TYPEWRITERs

TYPEWRtTER5--Al makes overhauIed and
repaired Ribbons for every machine
Albuquerque typewriter Exchange. phone
sfl ts9 South Fnur,h
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-30
PERSONAL

WRITE for "Diet and Climate in Tubercu-
losis," q pages very interesting. p. T.
N-'Fnu nav sS9 San Rarnadina raitf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-18
Is An Amateur

Ann Arbor, Mich, Dec. 17.--Profes-
sor Albert Porta, who is generally
credited with having predicted the end
Of the earth today made no such flat
statement, according to information re
ceived in university circles here.
Porta, who is said to be an amateur
astronomer, at present living just out
side Los Angeles, predicted early in
July, according to the information,
that beginning about the middle Of
December and continuing until the
middle Of January, there would be a
series OF terrific storms, earthquakes.
and volcanic eruptions. The opinion
is expressed in university circles that
these forecasts have been strongly
enlarged upon in the telling, until the
end of the world prediction was at.
tributed to Porta.
President Harry 3. Hutchins, Of the
University of Michigan, stated that
Porta is not now and never has been
u member of the faculty at Michigan.
I'VE have not been able to discover"
said Dr. Hutchins, that he was ever
a student here" 1t is understood here
that Porta, number of years ago,
was a professor in the University of
Turin, Italy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-18
CLOSE WATCH ON OLD
WORLD FAILS TO SHOW
S U|C|DAL INTENTION

Washington, Dec. 17.+Experts who
keep the weather under official sur
veilance for the government scanned
the heavens and weather reports in
vain today for any sign that an aileg-
ed solar conspiracy between the plan
cts Neptune. Jubiter, ct al, was about
to produce storms which would bring
the world to a sudden end
The best tho weather men could
make out of the signs as they read them
was that low pressure areas off the
north Atlantic coast and in the far
northwest had combined to bring low
temperatures generally throughout the
country, except along the southwestern
border.
The outlook for tonight and tomorrow
the official forecaster said, was for To-
cal snow storms in the Great Lakes
region and fair weather elsewhere east
Of the Mississippi river.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-18
t EDE RA T|ON HEAL
OPPOSES CUMMINt
BAIL ROAD BILL
ASKS WITHDRAWAL

Washington, Dec. II. Protesting
against enactment of the CumminS raii
road bill, now before the senate, sam.
uel Gompers president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, and represen.
tatyos Of the railroad brotherhoods, to.
5ethcr with spOResmen for some farm
'rs' ORGANIZATIONS, today urged Chair
man Cummins of the senate interstate
commerce committee to withdraw the
measure and give government opera.
tion Of the roads fair and thorough
peace tmc test
Tho brotherhood representatives an.
nounced that they planned TO go to the
White House during the day to urge
President Wilson to use his Influence
against passage OF the bill.
Senator Cummins said he had no
authority to withdraw the bill, but ex
pressed his intention Of laying the re
quest before the committee. Mr..
Gompers declared that organized labor
wanted the government TO retain CON
trol Of the railroads Tor two years for
the purpose of testing out the best
method for their continued operation" "
Referring to the anti-striking pro.
vision Of the bin, Mr. Gompers said:
Il do not know whittier we are
drifting and on that point l am appre-
hensiye This PROPOSAL is filled with
the gravest consequences. 1t will not
stop strikes, but will make respected
citizens law breakers
The injunction against The coal min
ers, Mr.. sGompers declared, did not
produce an ounce Of coal.
"lnjuncuons cannot make men
work. ne added, and it is well to re
member that il men cannot get jus
ticc in other ways they win stop work
and laws which seek 10 prevent that
cannot accomplish their purpose"
Senator Cummns replied that he ful.
ly agreed with the statement that peo-
pie could not be made to work by in
junction.
George =. Hampton, managing direc-
tor of the Farmers, National Council,
declared that the people of the country
and the senators and representatives
did not understand the railroad bill.
The senate. he said, was attempting
to rush 1t through because of the be-
lief that the president would turn the
roads back January /. a twoyear
time extension was what the farmers
wanted, Hampton said.
Fred j. Chamberlain, head OF the
Washington state grange, asserted that
federal operation of the roalroads had
failed because men in the service
were not loyal to the government, "but
TO interests that desired to get back
to the roads, Four-fifths Of the peo-
pie Of the country, he declared, opposed
to rushing through the Cummins bill
H. Il. Willis, representing the Broth.
orhood OF Locomotive Engineers and a
number of other speakers pleaded fol
the two year control extension and de-
feat Of the Cummins measure.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-18

Charlotte, N. c., Dec, 17.--Additional
and almost complete returns eary to.
day from yesterdays special election in
the ninth North Carolina congress onal
district did not materially change the
result which showed Clyde Il. lIoey,
democrat, winner over his republican
opponent John NJ Morehcud. for the
seat in congress made vacant .y the ar.
pointment of i. Yates webb 10 a led
eral judgeship. Hoey still cllinod a ma
jority of about 1000 while Morrhead
conceded his defeat by about 1900 ma.
jority.
Two years ago Webb democrat re.
ceived q majority Of I.152 oy-r the re-
publican candidate. Tho league Cf ma
tious was an issue in the clec-ion yester.
Gay Hoey advocating and Mocehead ops
posing the pact as proposed n the NcqCe
treaty.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-18
ARDNOREITE FAMILY DINNER
TO BE EATEN AT THE FIRST
CHRISTIAN CHURCH, EARLS

The Ardmoreite Family Christmas
Dinner for employees and their wives or
husbands--one wife or one husband to
each employe who possesses one-and
for the specially invited guests from
Oh. of town and the ladies who will
s ng at the Round Table. will be at the
i !rst Christian church.
There is a Dining hall Of amp.e size
In the basement. About Is plates viii
be laid. and it IS to be q regular turkey
dinner WITH AL the Christmas fixings
served by the Womens Union of Inc
church at $50 D m, ThursdaY.
Next Christmas season. il the Ard
moreite gets these 5000 new subs1".b-
ers now being pursued. maybe the
whole Round Table will be .n5..,d 10
dlne-but we're moi promising, y)u un
derstand.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-18
AN OKLA HOMA INDIAN
MODEL FOR TYPICAL
AMERICAN S OIL D | { R

Washington, Dec. 17.-Otis W. Lead
er, Choctaw Indian, Of Calvin. Oklaho.
ma, who was with the artillery force
which fired the first American shots in
the world war, has been selected as !
model by the French artist. DewarreuN.
for portrait OF Il typical American
soldier
Leader, who trained with the famous
Blue Devils when he went to France,
was almost continuously under fire.
having engaged in the major operations
at ChateauThierry. st. Mihiel and Ar
gonne. At ChateauThierry he was eli,
ed for lighting with the infantry for
three days after the entire gun crew
to which he had been attached, had
been killed. During the engagement he
succeeded in capturing two machine
guns and IS prisoners.
Leader is now taking vocational
training under the direction Of the fed
cral board and still is under treatment
for mustard gas burns.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-18
APARTMENTS DE LUXE FOR
FORTUNES FAVORITE SONS

New York, Dec. 17.--An all-million-
aires apartment house sixteen stories
high to cost S4,OOO,OOO will be built
shortly in the exclusive Central Park
west section of the city, it became
known today, when u lease on the
property for 21 years at an aggregate
rental of more than $2,OOO,OOO was
signed by a syndicate of bankers.
Apartments in the. proposed building
will range from 90 rooms and 10 baths
to II rooms and Z baths. A staff of
trained servants to relieve tenants Of
housekeeping burdens will be main
tained and u restaurant will be oper-
ated that will take up the greater
part of the ground floor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-18
GRAND JURY WILL.
CHARGE Of
{ D | | US|ON IN
THE COAL STR|K {.

Indianapolis, Ind, pcc. l7.--Members
of the special grand jury summoned
by United States District Judge a. T..
Anderson during the coal miners strike
today reported to the court to begin
their investigation of alleged, violation
of antitrust laws, and the Lever fuel
control act By coal miners, operators
and dealers. Several witnesses have
been subpoenaed and, it was stated,
the inquiry win he pushed as rapidly
as possible
Determination 10 conduct the inves-
legation resulted from charges that op-
orators had entered a conspiracy to
limit tho production Of coal that they
We're joined in a similar conspiracy
by some Of the miners.
Attorneys Tor the government have
stated that the grand iury's mvesti-
CATION WIl not be confined to Indiana.
hut Will be nationwide in its scope.
II was pointed out that i'm conspiracy
cases witnesses may bc summoned
from any section Of the country with
out regard to federal court districts.
The grand jury investigation follows
by day, further continuance Of
charges oC criminal contempt against
cighty-four officials Of the United
Mine Workers Of America. With one
exception the hearing Of contempt
charges went over until such lme
as the government or attorneys for
the defendants see fit to brig the case
before the court.
The exception was the case OF Al.
exander Howat, president of the Kan.
sas district Of the mine workers, who
is charged with continued violations OF
the federal court injunction by further
ance Of a local strike in Kansas Ho-
wat has been ordered 10 appear IN
court Monday morning.
D. \. I'rampton, Mobcrly. Mo-, an
other miners official also is charged
with continued violation OF the injunc
ton because OF action similar to that
OF Howat but no formal order for his
appearance before Judge Anderson has
been issued, 1t WAS stated today that
he would be requested to appear next
week AMI, that II he did not forma
action would be taken to obtain his
presence In court.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-18
INQUEST ON BODY Of
BOY WHOM OFFICERS
THINK MOT HER SLEW

Atlantic City y. j., Dec. E.-An
inquest into the death Of five-year old
James Blake, whose body was washed
ashore in Vcntnor last Sunday, win
be held tomorrow night and should the
evidence warrant, q commission OF
Ilenists probably will be appointed 10
inquire into the mental condition of
Mrs Esthor Miller Blake, the boys
mother, who is charged with his mur-
der.
DR.. l.. Il. Souder, county physician,
said today that after q thorough in
yestigation he was convinced Mrs.
Blake is unsound mentally. "l think
she is suffering from deluiional in.
,sanity and that she has been mentally
unsound for several years" the doctor
said
Prosecutor Gaskll said he would not
press the murder charge against Mrs.
Blake. But" he added, If she makes
any admission we will be compelled to
accept it. She may be the victim of
q mania on some scores. but there is
reason to believe that on other things
she il rational"
The condition OF Mrs. Blake who
is under police guard at the city hos
pital, was somewhat improved today
Mrs. Blake has changed her story OF
being attacked last Friday night by
two negroes who then kidnapped her
boy She told Dr. Souder yesterday
the kidnapping story must have been
"delusion.' She still denies that she
threw the child into the ocean from
the Ventnor pier, as alleged by the po
lice
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-18
ROAD BONDS BEATEN
IN ALL BUT TWO Of
COUNTY TOWNSHIPS

Incomplete returns from the va
rious precincts OF Carter county,
= where the road bond election was
held Tuesday, show that the bonds
were defeated in all but two Of the
townships, Lone Grove and Hewitt.
The majority in Morgan, Berwyn,
Ahers, Wilson, ana Graham town
ships seems Ia be against the is
suing Of bonds.
The vote was exceptionally light
throughout the county, those who
were either opposed or Eor the
bonds, developed a spirit Of don't
care and stayed away from the
polls.
The official count will be finish
ed as soon as all precinct boxes
nave been delivered to the county
election board which is uncertain
on account Of bad condition Of
roads.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-18
I RIAL OF HARD
B OILED OFF |CER
BRING S EVIDENCE
CRUELTY TO ME- n

New York, Dec. l1.--Nctcran5 from
the first line trenches LETT criminal
Investigation headquarters in lie Mnus
crying from injuries they had receN-
cd while undergoing examination ac-
cordlng to testimony given q Cover.
nor'5 Island today at the cour. mar
tial oi capt. Kari ". Deter. former
commander OF the 3OSh military po-
lice company, charged with cruelJy
to prisoners.
Sergeant William Howat Of the
Seventh field artillery. stationed at
Camp Taylor, ky.. veteran OF tho
First division. who after the arms
ticc served as a desk sergeant in tie
BLACK Hole of Le Mans testified hc
nld seen soldiers called before the
board comprising Captain Detzcr
ana SerFcants l.. ). Madden and Frank
J.. ioyt, and return with eyes black.
eued aud lips cut.
Describing methods of examination
by the board Howat said:
'lt was a pretty tough examination.
Men We're brought i'm and they tried
to make them confess to things they
never did
In cross examining Howat who
halls from Verona, Penn, Lieut.. Thom
u3 J.. Hoffernau, defense counsel. as
serted hc would cndeayor to show that
the sergeant bore malice against the
captain for tho "nefficiepcy" rating
he had received.
The witness denied he was sore
because of tins mark
Lieut. Col William /. Culberson, Of
nnsboro. Texas formerly inspector
general in the lie Mans troop area.
who conducted the investigation which
led to charges being preferred against
Deter, took the stand and testified
that the investigation had been made
ON complaint OF a corporal Johannes
Pctsdlcr, who, according TO the cot
oncl. had been the victim Of shock
ing brutality" Major William i. kei.
ly, judge advocate, then introduced in
evidence n iOo-page report presented
by the witnesses.
Major Kelly stated today, that ow-
ing to train schedules being upest
during the coal shortage. Individual
gu,cinmcnt witnesses from Texas had
Aecn delayed and the prosecution ,el.,
be unable TO rest its case for several
days
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-18
QUIT Id N s To
MEET PRE- ES|DENT
Of COMPANY WHO.
| D v { RE D H. C..L.

Lawrence, Mass, Dec. l7.-Lawrence
streets in which were staged the tex.
tile strike riots of 1912, we're the scene
# different demonstration here to-
day, when thousands of mill workers
eft their spindles and looms to greet
William NJ Wood, president of the
American Woolen Company Masses
Df mon women apa children, with
ont order. hui all N',tN friendly iutert,
welcomed the company's head.
President Wood came ns an apostle
Of lower living costs. lie came TO con.
fer with the chamber OF commerce In
connection with his demand that the
prices Of necessaries in the retail
stores ne reduced. He had announced
that unless such mark down was
made he set up u general store Mt
which American Wooden Company en-
ployos could buy at cost all necessarles
from hardware to clothing and from
soup to nuts
The operatives who greeted him to-
day are receiving the highest wages
in the history of the> textile industry
and in some cases their appearance
showed corresponding improvement.
The women in the crowds included
many wearing fur coats. Others repre-
scented the pmched. thinly dressed OPP
cratiyc of other years and many had
come out of the mills in their working
clothes. but most Of them men. women
and children made the occasion 4 holi-
day. wearing their best and cheering
the company head.
Machinery in the mills was stopped
as no one remained 10 operate the
plants.
After a brief speech, MIR. Wood pro-
cceded to the conference with the
merchants while workers drifted back
to the mills.
1t was estimated that about 1000
Of 10000 employees Of the mills were
in the streets.
The business men of the city pro
| tested at the conference against the
charge that they had been profiteering
by advancing prices each time that
mill wages were raised. Prices charg-
ID by local stores, it was said, com
pared favorably with those in stores
in nearby cities. Figures were quoted
IN support Of these statements.
| President Wood, requesting that all
the statements which the merchants
could make to prove their contentious
| be submitted to him in writing said
| his information that local prices were
unreasonably high was 'voluminous'
and was specific as to places. Prices as
| well as prices and names, only in New
York, he said, on the face Of figures
are living costs higher than in Law
renee. To the request Of the Chamber
Of commerce that Mr. Wood make pub
lie the figures, he replied that he wish
ed first to compare them with the iig'
ures submitted by the merchants them
selves.
II was agreed 10 draw up Il statement
in behalf of the business men which
will be presented to President Wood
The conference was adjourned without
! immediate result.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-18
ON ACCO j n 7 OF
SLOW SCHEDULES
{ Nd Of WORLD.
DID NOT ARRIVE

New York, Dec. i7.--Astonishmcn
was expressed by the superstitous
when the earth did not come to an
end today.
The ominous position of the planets
had been well press-agented and some
astrologers and persons verscd in witch.
craft had maintained that at the pre-.
else moment when the major leaguers
Of the solar system formed themselves
in straight line, with Neptune, sat.
urn, Jupiter Mars, Venus and Mer.
curry, on one side Of the sun and IRA.
nus on the other. the earth. which had
moved four or five solar PAGES to the
front OF the line, would behave like
a one-horse shay.
Astrologers have predicted the end
OF the world on somewhat similar oc-
casions for centuries. As early as 1856
the world escaped one of their threat.
ened cataclysms.
Disappointment at the escape did
not prevent Stoffler from predicting a
universal deluge for the year 1254-a
year, as it turned out, which was dis
tinguished for drought
Mother Shipton, witch" OF Tudor
times, was credited with being equally
sure that four hundred years after
her time-in 1881 to ae eXact-the
world would come to an end The pre-.
diction caused much agitation in Eng
land, when the date she set arrived.
Thousands Of persons deserted their
homes and went out into the fields to
await annihilation.
Various religious cults have made
a speciality in more recent years OF
specifying an hour as the earths last,
setting forth Scriptural or pseudo.
scientific arguments in support Of their
contentious.
Prof. Albert +. Porta. a mcteorolo-
gist is given credit for first thinking
up today's catastrophe.
The end of the world" hoax col
lapsed today. But many Of the super
stitious here who, according to minis
tcrs, had quietly prepared for eternity
by increased church attendance still
awaited the vast gales and other phe.
nomena which the tale of the scien-
tific prediction forecast.
Refutations OF the world annihila-
tion idea as eXpounded by Edwin b.
Frost, superintendent of the Williams
Ray Wis, observatory; Prof Forrest
G. Moulton, OF the astronomical depart
inent of the University Of Chicago and
Prof. Philip FOX, who explains the
heavens to Northwestern university
classes, still were read with degree
Of skepticism by the moro euilible
ones.
They're IN good if it don't happen"
they held, 'and no one viii be left to
indict them il il does"
Mr.. Frost said that for a month let
ters have been pouring into his office
seeking inside information. He hoped
he had relieved one woman's appre
tensions when lie mailed her 4 special
delivery statement OF the truth in
reply to her statement that she had
mot eaten since she heard Of it, Ills
Inquiries came from all over the coun.
try and from England.
The conjunction Of the planets may
possibly have some slight effect upon
the weather, but no serious disturb
ance can possibly result" said Prof
Moulton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-18
AMERICAN AVIATOR
To ATTEMPT FLIGHT
AROUND THE WORLD

San Francisco, Dec 17.--G. NJ. Cor
den, a Portland aviator, announced
here tonight that he proposed to start
out from san Francisco before Febru-
airy in an attempt to fly around tho
world.
Gorden said he would use a sea.
plane. Honolulu would be his first
stop, he said, and his route from there
would be via Japan, Hong Kong, Sin
gapOre Colombo. Bombay, Alden and
Port Said, across the Mediterranean
to Lisbon. then side trip to Paris
and London and back, and then across
the Atlantic via the Azores to New
York, thence to Central America and
home by way of San Diego.