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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-27

Washington, June 26.-Except for
the addition Of new names, practi.
cally no change has been made by the
Knight board in the original list of
recommendations for award of war
decorations. members of the board
said today. The board was reconvened
by Secretary Daniels more than six
months ago to reconsider its recon-
mendations after the medal awards
controversy between Rear Admiral
Sims and the naval secretary which
resulted in a senate investigation.
The boards second report was sub
mitted to Mr.. Daniels just before he
left for San Francisco to attend the
democratic national convention and he
has not yet thoroughly examined it.
When he reconvened the board, the
secretary said he would transmit the
second report to the president with.
out amendment.
Members Of the board said that
in the new list they had followed
their original recommendations with
regards to officers whose ships were
struck by torpedoes or mines. each
case having been decided on its merits.
OF the 10 officers in this group only
six, four of whom saved their ships,
We're recommended for the Distin-
guished Service Medal, on the original
list.
Secretary Daniels changed these
awards so as to give each officer
whose ship was struck a distinguished
service medal. Much of the medals con-
troversy conferred about this action by
the secretary.
Although Mr.. Daniels added approx
imately so names for award of the
distinguished service medal and more
than 100 for the navy cross. many
of these, it was explained today, by
members of the board, were officers
and enlisted men who engaged in
postwar mine sweeping operations
and whose claim for honors did not
come before the board when the first
list was prepared. Practically all of
these have been added to the second
list it was said to save others whose
records We're available for the frs;
time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-27

confirmed by the board and the bonds
| filed.
Contract Between City and u. s. JONES
The proposed contract between U.
S. JONES and the city OF Ardmore
covering water rights at Hickory
creek was brought up for hearing
again last night and resulted in its
being accepted by the city with some
slight notifications suggested by th5
city attorney.
The contract which is perpetual in
its nature gives to the city the right
to use water from Hickory creek for
the pipe line, to erect dam and
make such other improvements as
deemed necessary for the purpose of
furnishing an adequate water supply
to the city.
The contract specifies that the city
shall pay for the water at the rate
of two cents per thousand gallons
with maximum and minimum figure
set of 100000 gallons per day. In
other words the city agrees, for the
privileges embodied in the contract
to pay to U. S. JONES the sum of
sl5 per day for water rights. The con-
tract specifies that the city may use
as much more water as necessary
without additional cost.
Commissioner Young was of the
opinion that the city could not enter
into such contract and vigorously
opposed its passage until such time
when it could be more thoroughly
discussed and understood. He is of
the opinion that the contract was not
a contract at all but a franchise
that should be submitted to vote of
the people before the city officials
bound the city in any contract that
was perpetual in its nature.
The question was finally submitted
TO q vote with the result that Corn
missioners Wilson and Carter voted
for the contract and Commissioner
Young against the proposition. u ma
jority of the board being in favor Of
the contract Il was ordered accepted.
Commissioner Young stated that he
expected his next step would be 10
institute injunction proceedings against
the fulfillment of the contract and
some lively skirmishing is looked for
before the question is finally settled.
Reports Of various departments were
read and passed upon and regular
bills against the city were audited and
allowed
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-27
New Orleans and New
York Cotton Markets

New Orleans. June 26.-The ten
dency was lower on the opening of
the cotton market today, except on
July but after declines of to 9
points ON the new crop months, the
market braced up, recovered and ad-
vanced to levels IL to As points higher
than the final prices Of yesterday
July at its lowest was still Is points
over yesterdays close. At the end Of
the first hour of trading, July was at
$780, Much of the demand came
from shorts who wanted to cover
over the week end.
New York. June 26.-The cotton
market opened at a decline of to Z
points under the continued selling
encouraged by favorable weather
map and favorable trade advices
There was trade buying of July, how
ever as well as considerable selling
for the week end, and prices soon
rallied from 80 to 1910 for July con.
tracts and from 32.S5 to 1913, for
October or about 8 to Is points net
higher
The worlds visible supply of Ameri-
can cotton is now below last years
figures, according to week end re.
ports but statistical features attracted
little attention in this mornings
market.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-27
leading Churchman Dead

Philadelphia, June 26.-The Rev, Or.
William Henry Roberts, for 10 years
state clerk of the Presbyterian gen.
eral assembly, died in hospital here
today. He was 76 years old.
At the last session CT the assembly
held in this city recently, he appeared
in a rolling chair and made an ad-
dress in which he turned his office
over TO the moderator and executive
committee. He was afterwards made
state clerk emeritus and his salary Of
$4,000 year continued.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-27
MYSTERIOUS HEADLESS CORPSE
FOUND TO BE NEGRO WOMAN

st. Joseph, No, June 26.--The body
of the headless woman which was
found floating in Lake Contrary
June l6, was identified today as that
of Mrs Bernetta Coleman, a negress,
% years old, of st. Joseph. The wo-
mans parents said that she had left
their home June 10, saying she was
going to a private hospital.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-27

their pre-convention battles, but lef,
the outcome still in doubt.
W. J. Bryan, formally opened his
fight for a prohibition platform plank
After his election by the Nebraska
delegation TO the resolutions commit
tee, he made long and vigorous ad.
dress at a luncheon OF the Common
wealth club on prohibition and other
platform questions. He declared the
democratic party must be saved from
the liquor interests" and predicted
utter rout for the "wets."
Democratic leaders favoring mod.
fication OF the Volstead law coz
fined efforts to quiet work among
state delegations. Several claimed
large accessions to a wet or at leas,
damp declarations. Other leaders. how,
ever, declared the platform would be
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-27
Expensive Bogus Check

Shawnee, Okla, June G.--Eli Austin
and Frank Pinkney, two negroes, were
sentenced to serve four years In the
penitentiary by Judge Leander G. Pit.
man, in the superior court here this
afternoon. The negroes We're charged
with, and entered a plea Of guilty to.
passing a bogus check on the Nc.
Cloud, Okla, State National Bank for
slb.S5. The sentence amounts TO one
year for each $1.01 received.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-27

paramount issue before the demo.
Gratis, he said declaring his special
purpose here was to have a dry
plank Incorporated in the platform
an essential to party victory in No
vember he declared.
The vets were encouraged by "o-
ports from southern delegations that
hopes Of the prohibitionists for a
solid south" for prohibition lecla-
ration were unfounded. They declared
that the unit rule could not be in
voked on all southern delegations anG
that many southerners were r,aGy
to vote against the prohibitionitss.
Mr.. Bryan told his audience to.
day he sought his place on the reso-
lutions committee especially 60 fight
for dry" plank
I'm not sure we're going to have
any fight" he continued, but on the
wet question which probably Will come
before the convention, every man will
have the chance to go on record.
We're going to have roll call and
I want every delegation polled. so if
any democrat wants 10 turn the party
over to the liquor interests his folks
at home win know it,"
Mr., Bryan said he would welcome
a minority report from the resolutions
committee if necessary, to bring the
issue squarely before the convention.
Rattles Dead Bones
"When were through" he contin-
ued, "the country will know whether
the democratic party will be the chat
tel property Of the brewers or whether
theyu be out of business never to
raise their black flag. There will be
no lodging the issue, no skulking
around as at Chicago. If the demo
cratic party isn't willing to speak out
after the supreme court has withered
every argument of the vets, it ought
to dissolve"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-27
LITER" From Old indian Territory

Lcavenworth, Kansas, June &c
Charles Reed, life term convict in
the federal penitentiary here who es-
capped Thursday, was captured late
today. near Potter. Kansas, according
to information received tonight by
prison officials.
Reed was sentenced from the old
Indian Territory. in 1906 for first de.
gree murder. Originally. he was sen.
fenced TO be hanged.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-27
If SHE CHARGES TOO MUCH
FOR MILADY'S HAT SHE'S
4 PR0FITEERING WRETCH

Washington, June 26.--Women's
hats, plain or adorned, are necessi-
ties Of life under the meaning of
that term. as used in the Lever
act. Howard Figg. special assistant
to the attorney general ruled today.
Mr.. Figg's ruling was in reply to
an inquiry from the National Retail
Milliners' Association as to whether
womens hats come within the
range Of the act under which the
department of justice is authorized
to pros ecute for profiteering in
necessities.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-27
Genrgia's Palmerites Seated

Auditorium, San Francisco, June 26.
The democratic national committee
voted today to place the Palmer dele
gates from Georgia on the temporary
roll of the national convention.
The vote was announced as unani-
nous. 40 for Palmer and four not
recorded
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-27

narrow the situation down to the real
contenders
NO democratic candidate comes with
any such showing OF pledged strength
as was brought to Chicago by WOOD,
Lowden or Johnson, but as at Chicago
the situation ut the opening revoves
ABOUT rivalry on issues rather than
Tor the moment on candidates.
"Wets Cannot Ravish Democracy"
VETS and "drys" today continued
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-27
Committee Working Hard

The democratic national committee
plunged directly into the Georgia con
test when it met today. Each faction
was on the ground early holding
conferences and making last minute
plans for the battle. Clark Howell lead
ing the Palmer group. and former
Senator II. W. Hardwick. head of the
opposition forces. were conspicuous by
their activity.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-27
James Ardmore Reed

As this contest was being heard,
friends and opponents Of Senator
james \. Reed, who claimed a seat as
a delegate from the Fifth Missouri
district, were also busy lining Up their
forces. The national committee plans
to hear the Reed case after the Geor.
gia contest was decided.
Although only 2S votes were involv.
ed in the Georgia case, the Palmer
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-27

Adrian, Mich.-Richard A. Waits.
adjutant general at the trial of the
Lincoln conspirators, died.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-27

silent on prohibition and were WORK.
ing toward that end.
Me Und Der Democracy"
Mr. Bryan asserts there will BE- 10
compromise on the prohibition ques.
ton. He said that while ain open figh,
might be avoided, he would force a
record vote, both OF states and dele
gates If The liquor question was
brought up in the convention. 1t is
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-27

Here is the vice president of the
United States He comes from lndi.
ana, and agrees with the balance Of
the democracy that the republican
ticket is like weak tea--nelther strong
nor invigorating. Mr. Marshall is nc
.used of having a leaning toward
moist modification of the Volstead
| Act. ..
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-09
uNDERTAKERs WIN
Continued from page I

"A rate not TO exceed three dollars per
hour for tive-passenger vehicle and four
dollars per hour for seven-passenger
vehicle may be charged for vehicles hired
by the hour. A rate not 10 exceed six
dollars may be charged for a hyc-pas-
senger vehicle and eight dollars for a
seven-passenger vehicle may be charged
for each venicle employed for funeral
services within the. city of Wilmington
provided, however, that each undertaken
may possess and use one vehicle for funeral
purposes for which no license fee shall be
required.
Continuing in his opinion, Judge Hast
ings holds, "the defendant is an undertaken
and in this instance had hired the car of
another undertaken. The theory of the
offense is that in view of the ordinance
which permits each undertaken to possess
and use one vehicle without license, he
was permitted to hire a vehicle from an
other undertaken and that said vehicle so
hired was exempt because IL belonged to
and was used by such undertaken. In
the first place, that provision of the or
dinance which reads: Provided, however,
that each undertaken may possess and
use one vehicle. for funeral purposes, for
which no license fee shall be required,
is in violation of the latter part of section
81 OF the charter which reads as follows.
Council shall not have power To pass
an ordinance exempting any individual
from the operation Of any general or
dinance or municipal regulations. In
this ordinance, the Council undertook TO
discriminate in favor of the undertaken,
which, of course, cannot be done This
was decided in the case of Gray VS.. the
mayor and Council of Wilmington, re-
ported in Marvel, at page 257.
''The important question in this case,
however, is the validity of that portion
of section of the ordinance first quoted
above"
In TIE latter part of the decision, the
court explained at length the difference
between fare and passenger, holding that
the ordinary meaning of the word fare
used in this connection is the 'transporta-
tion of passage for which money is paid
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-09
CHILD FATALLY
BURNED At HOME
Three Year Old's Clothes Catches
Fire From Stove; Cannot
Survive.

Left alone in the basement kitchen OF
219 Poplar street with her baby sister
Victoria Mcnto, aged 3 years, walked so
near red hot stove that her clothes
touched it, causing them TO blaze and
burn SO rapidly that doctors at the Della
ware Hospital say il is impossible for her
To survive.
She and her sister, who Is about a
year older, had been left alone in the base
ment while their widowed mother went
out on an errnnd. Shortly aftcrward Mrs
Girardo Nigro, who lives at 200 Poplar
street, hurried to the front Of the store
to answer the sisters call for help.
Hearing her crying "fircP' she rushed
into the basement from which smoke
was then pouring and seized Victoria by
the arm Dragging her TO the fret floor,
she tore the carpet from the floor and
wrapped the child in il, but the carpet
began TO burn.
Tearing the clothes from the baby's
body she carried her toward the street,
meanwhile calling for help A passerby,
hearing the cries and seeing the smoke.
ran TO the fire house Of the Washington
Fire Co.
The fircmen drove to the place and found
that the baby had almost succumbed 20
her burns. Placing her in the apparatus
fast as they could. After brief examina-
ton, the doctor placed her in the chill
dren's ward but said he did not think she
could 1--we much longer. Her mother bad
not returned TO the house at o'clock.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-09
CHARGES CONGRESSMEN
WOULD REJECT BONUS
Chairman Of Ways and Means
Committee Insists on Pressing
Hearings on Soldiers Relief.
By Associated Press to Every Evening

Washington. March 9.-Charps that
members OF the House Ways and Means
Committee were "endeavoring to kill
bonus legislation by delay" were made
today by Chairman Fordney when the
committee resumed hearings on soldier
relief legislation.
Il am ready to begin business now"
the chairman said when members suggest
ed hearings be postponed until after the
legislative committee of the American
Legion has met on March 22 to give further
consideration TO soldier relief plans,
IL don't want to crowd this measure
but we know the attitude of former ser
vice men, the chairman continued. Every
offc> who bad good pay doesn't want a
bonus. I he privates who suffered finan-
cial losses are Overwhelmingly In favor
of some relief plan"
Representative kitchin, Democrat,
North Carolina, said treasury department
officials ought to be heard by the COM
mittec before any plan WAS worked out
Chairman Fordncy replied that the atti
tude Of treasury officers WAS well known.
"But we want 10 get their statements
into the record, Mr. kitchin replied.
The committee decided TO call Secretary
Houston, Assistant Secretary Leffngwell
and Governor Harding of the Federal
R,serve Board Thursday.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-09
u. S. BOMBING PLANE
Continued from page ].

All told ~ bombs were dropped over
the channel, about 100 yards apart, run
ming IN a straight line down toward the
bay. These tornbs weighed 80 pounds
each. They tore holes in the ice about
% feet in diameter, but did not crack
the ice nor cause IL % move The ma
chine carried four bombs and when they
were dropped returned each time % the
proving ground for q new supply. At
noon, when the plane had dropped its
thirteenth bomb and the ice was still in
tact, IL was announced that it would
return this afternoon and keep up the
work until something happens
After the blasting has reached Concord
Point Light, below Havre de Grace,
from which point the river is oren, II viii
return 70 the Pennsylvania railroad bridge
and blast on up the river, with the hope
Of opening the channel shove Port De-
posit and starting the imprisoned water
down through It's usual course.
Hundreds Of persons we're attracted 20
the shores while the sir,hip was working
What they saw was Interesting. but the
only noise that reached the shore was a
roar.
II the blasting does not complete the
Job the Baltimore city Ice boats, annapolis
and Latrobe, Will he brought here 20 try
to complete the making OF the channel.
Two young men from Havre de Grace
pushed a boat out over the ice tins morn
ing and explored the hoses IN the ice made
by the bombs.
RIVER FROZEN OVER ALL WINTER
For the first time IN many years thc
river has been frozen over all winter On
December IL IL froze from shore 20 shore
and has remained that way I'D 20 tins
time. Usually there are breaks IN the
winter when the ice goes out, releasing the
pent-up water, lew ice forming after
ward, but that didn't happen this winter
There was no break.
No serious washouts were reoorted
along the railroad line and traffic Is being
carried on under normal schedule. The
gorge Is heaviest across the river ss the
Port Deposit wharf OF the Colchester
Steamboat Co. and extends above the
railroad bridges
At Safe Harbor, further up the river.
water was reported to be running IN the
town proper at a depth Of from fourteen
TO twenty feet. Further up stream there
are numerous local ice ans, especially In
the district between Wnghtsville and
Harrisburg.
At the WrightsvilIe ralroad bridge
1t was feared yesterday that the structure
would be torn away, as the ice was within
q foot OF the orders. Last night a report
stated that the Jam there had broken and
that the bridge was sti.l intact. Another
gorge at Peguea WAS holding back higl
waters from above, and threatens great
damage II II breaks before the Jam at
Port Deposit is opened.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-09
MOVE TO WIDEN
CITY STREETS
Ninth Arranged for, Washington
and Front Soon to
Follow.

The city's growth is receiving the seri-
ous attention of the directors of the Street
and Sewer Department ms evidenced by
the legislation that was passed ut today's
meeting and measures that were intro
duced for future improvements.
Ninth street was by resolution adopt
ed, ordered widened from French to Madi-
son street. From building line to building
line the width is To be 55 feet, with a
street width of 81 feet.
Resolutions calling for the widening Of
Front street from Poplar To Church to n
width of 60 feet and Washington street
from Eleventh to Fourteenth TO a like
width were passed at first and second
readings A resolution calling for the
grading of Thirty-sixth street was adopted
Plans for the paving of Broome street
from Thirteenth street to Delaware ave-
nue. were filed.
The Central Labor Union sent COM
munication protesting against the polu
tion of city water through the contamina-
tion Of the Brandywine was read. 1t
was stated that the matter had been ut
tended to and arrangements made In the
future to guard against repetition OF any
such contamination.
The difficulty in collecting sewer liens
was discussed and IL was decided to seek
legislation through the Legislature that
would remedy this difficulty.
Contract for printing records OF the
department were awarded to Mercantile
Printing Company at $3.50 per page. The
Star Publishing Company's bid of 81 per
page was the other bidder?
G.. G.. Garrettson, of the Electric Hose
and Rubber Company, asked the directors
10 do something relative to the condition
of Twelfth street that enters Marsh road.
The recent storm flooded the road until
il was two feet under water. Thus flood
lng happens about twice year, and Mr..
Ga gettson said his company was willing
to pay part of the expense, more than
their share, TO have the road fixed up by
paving. Just now the company is unable
to receive or ship freight over the road.
The directors visited the road after adj
journment.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-09
COUNTY HUND S.
Balances Reported at the Meeting of the
Levy Court Today.

In the first part of its session today
The Levy Court trdnsacted q small
quantity of miscellaneb bus business.
Treasurer Lippincott reported that the
county has current fuh hds amounting to
s22S, ,262.01 and q miscellaneous roads
account of S527.74. He also reported
the following funds fot the maintenance
Of dirt roads: Christidna hundred, $685.
6l5.61: Mill Creek. S5,576.9i: White
Clay Greek, S5, 16S 43; Fencader, So, 035,-
Is: New Castle, S6.0a4 95; Red Lion,
S4,525.36; st. Georges, S5,01S.77; Appo-
quininink. s2,sl4.64: Illackbird, So, ,667,-
81; Brandywine, s10,0d3o3.
The court transferred $500 from un-
appropriated funds to THE account OF the
Seventh district
After Passing miscellaneous bills the
court recessed until npbn
On reassembling the court accepted the
return of the commission appointed by
Judge Herbert J.. Rice to assess damages
for opening the Hillcrest road, in Brandy
wine hundred, and directed that warrants
be drawn as follows: \. B. White and
Caroline B. White, 500; Wilmington
d Philadelphia Traction Company, Hill
crest Realty Company, Margaret Wier,
Samuel Biddle, L. q. Hackett, B. j.
Schwartz, Ernest T. Kimberley Spring
field Company. Julia S. Wright, Brosius
d Smedley Company and George Pote,
6 cents each; Charles n. Townsend and
Mary Z M. Townsend, 6 cents; Walter NJ.
Cartwright and Elsie Cartwright, cents;
n. l.. Creger and Bessie w. Creger, g cents;
Robert j. Cross al 1d Emma d Cross 6
cents; Melvin w Btashears and Mary E.
Brashears, 6 cents.
During conference with Judge Rice
the court authorized him to appoint some
one to transcribe the indiees In the Office
of the recorder of deeds