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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-01-04
New Uniform AdOptcd.

After several months Of deliberation,
a committee composed of officials from
the War Department. Scout officials.
and others, finally adopted new uni.
form for Boy Scouts. Slight changes
are made. which make it much better
and more seryiceable uniform. Instead
Of abolishing the coat entirely, as was
predicted, the collar was changed from
the army style TO regular roll collar,
pockets are made larger, Stanley pock.
cts at breast bellows pockets az the
sides Shirts are to be OF either cotton
or wool ana both shirt and coat will
bear, just above left breast pocket,
the words "Boy Scouts Of America" in
red. Breeches remain the same except
that they also will be available in cith.
~ cotton or wool Woolen stockings
VIII br worn instead Of legGins ior
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-01-04

RATED QUILTING COTTON lOc
POUND. OH. MILL. limo.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-01-04

Scouts Scout officials will wear leath.
er legPns. Hat has a slightly wider
and heavier brlm. While these regula-
t!cns have been adopted. no uniforms
cr this type will be available until az;
er July, 1920. and wearing Of them in
preference TO the old style win no, le
compulsory until January, 1922.
Scouts who have hesitated to buy
present style uniforms in anticipation
Of the change, may now go ahead and
wear the old style for there is plenty
Of time to wear il threadbare before to-
new regulation is available
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-01-04
Bov Scout Activities in Ardmore

have been unselflsh and have helped
someone. Arrangements are being made
to have the daily good turn as q sub
ject for sermons in each church Sunday
evening February S.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-01-04
Do a Good
Turn Daily

quarters, and get information on the
subject which will enable them TO dc.
termIne whether or not they have the
time and the ability to undertake The
work
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-01-04
Tie Oath.

Every Scout should take particular
pains to memorize the oath and prac
tice repeating 1t in unison with others.
and don't be a bit backward about say.
Ing ii "out loud so All can hear.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-01-04
ARDMORE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Health Department.

NrdlnOrti pklt. ------i9--
Dear Parent:
"A medical examination has recent
ly been made of yolT child-----------
at school From this examination We
lind that the child has the following
defects:
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-01-04
Buy DIRECT FROM OWNER

BY DIRECT FROM OWNER
TO tCRES or LAND. 10 IN CREEK
BOTTOM. 20 UPLAND, 20 IN Al.
FiLFA, l.? MILES WEST, ~
NILE SOUTH OF CONFEDERATE
HOME, $li0 PER ACRE. OLLIE W.
lNDERTON. OVER FRAMES DRUG
STORE. PHONE $50 3l.lO
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-01-04
Mss OLIVE CONN
SUBMITS REPORT FOR
MONTH Of DECEMBER R

The Oklahoma tuberculosis Asso-
citation is planning to devote a part
OF January meetings with the boards
Of directors throughout the state ac-
sording to Il letter recently received
- Miss Oliyo Conn public health
nurse.
The purpose Of the meeting win BE-
to lend assistance in planning the
work of 1920 and in carrying out the
provisions Of the program for the
year.
a meeting Of the Ardmorc aSsocia-
ton is called for Friday afternoon,
Dec. l6 Time Of meeting to be an
nounced later.
Ftllowing is the report Of Miss Conn
FOR the month of December:
During the month Of December,
Dr. Il. o. Early examined 81 school
children, found that onoffth Of that
or throat. the majority having dis
eascd tonsis and adcnoids.
"Dr. pongal Alcl>cllar examined 932
children, finding one half the number
with dccayed teeth.
About 100 letters have been mailed
70 parents indicating th" defects found
and asking parents to take children to
their fJmily physician or dentist
Have talked to children in AN the
grades Of the first and second ward
schools. asking them to tell their
teachers when they have had defects
rcmedied. a. it q impossible for me to
visit all the homes. will try to visit
the home, where parents are unable to
pay for services Of physician and dent
ist, and hope it will he possible to oh.
tain help for these patients later.
"Dr. G. W. Sain has given us an
hour every Wednesday and Saturday,
except December -. for Free Baby
Clinic. Am sorry to report that only
four mothers and babies have attended
during December VIII continue Baby
clinic during January.
at is gratifying to know that
number OF children took advantage Of
the holiday season 10 receive treat
mont for the defects. Following is
the form Of letter 10 all parents:
ARDMORE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Health Department
"ArdmOre, Okla. ------le--
Dear Parent:
"A medical examination has recent
ly been made of yoT child-----------
at school. From this examination We
lind that the child has the following
defects:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-09
VOLUNTARY TRAINING
 PROPOSED FOR THEl
 SENATE ARMY BILL.
Compulsory Plan is Said to be Facing Certain
 Defeat

Washington, April s.-Facing cer- tain defeat, senate supporters of compulsory universal military train ing today retreated from pressing the adoption of their plan of four months training of all youths as a part of the army reorganization bill. With this change of front, ad- vocates of training shifted their tactics in an effort to obtain accept ance of system of voluntary train ing.
 It is expected that vote will be taken on the voluntary training sub stitute tomorrow. There will be no direct vote on the compulsory plan, if the voluntary training substitute tomorrow. There will be no direct vote on the compulsory plan, if the voluntary plan is adopted.
 Supporters of the compulsory training features expressed their opinion today that it's defeat meant the virtual "wreck" of the entire measure. Senator Wadsworth, re- publican, of New York, in charge of the bill, said provisions for reducing the regular army to 210,000 men within the next five years would not be practicable with compulsory train ing rejected.
 Debate today was confined entirely to the training schemes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-09
ALLIES, IN EFFECT, CENSURE FRANCE FOR
 SEIZURE or CITIES
Declare French Acted on Own Initiative in the
 Matter
ACTION HAS CAUSED
 DELICATE SITUATION
British Disclaim Any Responsibility and Say U. S., Belgium and Italy Too, Advised Against
 Action

London, April S.-After long con ference the French ambassador Paul Cam bon, had with Premier Lloyd George today and full discussion of the Franco German incident by the cabinet council, at which the French view was fully explained to the
 B1ltish ministers, an authoritative statement was issued to the effect that France acted entirely on her own initiative in deciding to occupy German towns; that Great Britain, the United States, Italy and Belgium were all opposed to the plan and that Frances action has caused delicate situation.
 The matter is under discussion of the British and French government and the hope is expressed that the situation may be eased The state ment recltes various eXpedients sup.- gcsted for dealing with the Ruhr situation, among them the sending of allied officers with German troops to supervise the German with drawal. Another alternative was that the decision should be left with the German government, with the stipulation that unless the status quo was sufficiently restored, the al- lies themselves would occupy Ger man points to enforce their demands,
 The statement proceeds:
 The German government appears to have acted precipitately and France to have responded by adopt ing a plan which was only intended as last resort method, and even then to have been the affair of the allies and not of any one of them 
 Great Britain, Italy, Belgium and the United States. it is declared, all felt that the task of restoring or der should lie with Germany and all were opposed to their regular forces being called upon. except as at last resort to undertake what are virtually police duties. It is point ed out that France feared some ul- terior motive on the part of Ger many, and doubtless acted in good faith, but, adds the statement, "the result is that the respon- sibility for her action cannot be shared by the allies as a whole and certainly there is no intention on the part of the British government to allow British soldiers to act as police. between hostile German fac- tions and incur all the odium of such a position, to say nothing of it's risks"
 The statement concludes:
 of. and when, Frances suspicious of Germanv's ulterior motives and deliberate Haunting of the terms of the peace treaty become accomp- lished facts, the allies would doubt less be prepared to act instantly and vigorously in concert to vindicate the position and respect for the pro- visions of the treaty. But for the time being it may be taken that no British soldier will participate in the occupation cities in the neutral .one."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-09
MAS WINS $7,5(D
 VERDICT IN ACTION
 AGAINST A. }. ROSE
Brought Suit to Recover on Alleged Broken Agree
 nlent

] Stanley Maas, cotton buyer, doing business as Maas brothers, was award
 ed verdict for $7500, the full amount asked, against A. D. Rose, Lake Farm
 planter, in circuit court yesterday.
 Maas sued alleging that Rose con-
 tracted to sell him 100 bales of cot ton on November 1, 1919 for an aver age price of 45 cents. On that date,
 he charged. the cotton was not deliv- cred and has not since been deliver
 ed. He asked $7,500, representing the
 difference between the price of 100
 bales at 45 cents and the same num-
 Der of bales at 60 cents which he al
 legged was the market price for the grade he was to have received iron,
 Rose on that date.
 The suit was the second action de- cided at this term of court growing out of cotton contracts alleged to have been broken when prices scared last fall. In an action decided in favor of the plaintiff several weeks ago Ziba Benntt was awarded S24,- 900 against Mrs. Mary Moore. A motion for a new trial in this case was filed.
 Misses Louis and Margaret Davis, of Rutherford, Tenn, both teachers, won a verdict in combined action against the board of school district No. 24, Watson Chapel, receiving S159.5G and S248.75 respectively. The teachers claimed that the board dis missed them without cause, breaking contracts which had until the close of the present term to run. School directors testified that the young la dies. dissatisfied because they were unable to obtain suitable places to live, threatened to resign and that the beard accordingly released them at once so that other teachers might be employed. Miss Louis Davis ask ed for S340 and Miss Margaret Davis for S318, each amount representing the amount they would have received had the contracts been fulfilled. The jury in finding for the plaintiffs de- ducted the amounts which they have received since their discharge from other school districts for which they have been teaching.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-09
Lone Bandit RObs
 Mail Car Despite
 5 Clerks On Duty

Kansas City, Mo-, April 8.-The mail car of an Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe train. Chicago to Kansas City was robbed by bandit between Lexington Junction and Kansas City tonight.
 The bandits boarded the train at Lexington Junction, which is 30 miles east of here. Entering the mail car fourishing revolver, he forced four of the five mail clerks to lie face downward on the floor and forced a fifth to bind them. He then bound the fifth man himself and proceeded leisurely to rife the registered mail.
 No estimate of the amount obtain ed is available.
 No inkling of the robbery was ob- tained until the train reached Kan sas City, when the five clerks were found bound.
 The bandit left the train at Shef- field, an industrial suburb of Kansas City.
 Motor cars of police armed with riot guns were sent immediately to the spot where the bandit left the train and are proceeding to search the adjoining woods. Other detach- ments of police are watching all roads leading into the city from that district.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-09
KEEPER WILL. BE::
 BROUGHT BACK HERR:
 PROBABLY TONIGHT
Former Army Major Valves Right of Extradition
 to State

Phillip J. Keiffer. former majo in the United States army and camp adjutant at Camp Pike, will be returned to Pine Bluff probably this evening to answer charges of per jury filed by attorneys for his first wife, whom he divorced here on March 27. Keiffer was arrested yes terday in St. Louis on information furnished by Sheriff c. M. Nichol. He waived rights of extradition and expressed a willingness to return. He was turned over to Deputy Sheriff George Rison of Pulaski county yes terday evening at St. Louis Rison and Keiffcr started back for Pine Bluff last night, it is believed
 keiffer, it is alleged, gave false testimony in obtaining divorce from his wife, Mrs. Beatrice Keiffer, here. In bringing the action in Jef- ferson county, it is claimed, Keif- fer represented himself as being a resident here when in fact he was not resident. Mrs. Keiffer, short ly after the divorce had been grant ed, filed q motion here to have the decree set aside, claiming that she had never been notified that the ,ac- tion was pending.
 Shortly after obtaining the de- cree here, Keiffer went to Benton where he married to Miss Ruth All- bright, Little Rock stock actress. Since the motion to set aside the decree was filed here by Mrs. Keif- fer No. 1, the actress-wife of the major has been ill in Little Rock.
 Yesterday when interviewed by Deputy Sheriff J. L. McBurnett, she expressed the opinion that Keiffer was innocent of any wrong doing and said that she intended to stand be- side him until the present matter is cleared up.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-09
Seek to Obtain Barge to Operate
 From Pine Bluff

The Pine Bluff delegates to the Mississippi Valley Waterways con vention and the Mississippi Valley Association convention, to be held in St. Louis Arpil 19 to 21, will en- deavor to secure one or more gov ernment barges to operate between Pine Bluff fand points on the Mis- sissippi. In the event this can be arranged, Pine Bluff will be the state distributing point for maufac- tured products of the north, since industrial plants are shipping more and more by barge.
 Three more delegates announced yesterday are: Stanley Dreyfus. R H. Stearns and S. A. Land. This leaves only three more reservations and when these are taken, the list of delegates will number twnety.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-09
(nants Wildly as | Landlords Lose

|ew York, April s.-Rent cases m New York courts this week ;n, .he passage of the anti-profi- 1f measures today passed the thousand mark.
 Ia .ttctlon of rents to 25 per cent Ead 'nan those paid year ago P P such joy among 500 tenants hva9 ha1hS court that Justice Robit- r ioke his gavel in maintaining tha;n. th.s Who hxd been ordered out ld no. apartments because they andl not pay the increases sought andiords howled with plee an- Seo the judge, and hissed land
 when eviction proceedings
 dismissed. Babies who with .nhoInefs and fathers crowded |din ene perspiring judge, added to
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-09
OFFICIAL PROBE: ()F $1,O0O,000 p LANE
 FIRE AT DALLAS
Aviation Depot and Thirty Planes Totally De-
 stroyed

Dallas, Texas, April 8.--An official investigation has been ordered to de-
 terminc the origin of an early morn
 ing fire at aviation repair depot, near
 here today which destroyed five of the main buildings, more than thirty army airplanes, several hundred lib- erty motors, and much other army property, with an estimated, loss of more than S1,000,000 The inquiry, ordered by Major D. B. Neatherwood, depot commander will be conduc ted by Lieutenant C. w. Terry, post ad- jutant.
 The fire, discovered by a sentry, started at a shipping platform, and burned fiercely for an hour before being brought under control by army fire fighters at the repair depot and from Love field. The buildings de- stroyed were the supply warehouse, paint house, boiler house, vulcaniz- ing house, and quartermaster depart ment. Officers said the buildings were filled to capacity with planes, motors and other supplies. The lum- Der sheds containing large amount of ash, hickory and walnut also were destroyed. Ninety thousand yards of fine Irish linen used in repairing airplane wings and valued, officers said at $4.50 per yard, also was lost, and valuable machinery irreparably damaged.
 Among the airplanes destroyed were several which had seen service over the German lines in France. Two were Germsn fokkarc 1vh;ch hod just been repaired and were ready for a return flight to their home station at Americus, Ga. Hundreds of lib- erty motors, Major Neatherwood said, would have to be junked, the heat having twisted them out of shape and melted all their bearings.
 The aviation repair depot was es- tablished in August 1917, and has been repairing airplanes from flying fields in the south and southwest.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-09
Penitentiary Has
 5 Cents in Bank

Little Rock, April s.-The quarter ly report on state finances, made Wednesday by Hogan H. Oliver, state auditor, showed the penitentiary has 5 cents to it's credit in the bank. The penitentiary commission hopes to swell the exchequer in the near flu ture by cotton sales.
 The general revenue fund has a total of $366,202.88 to it's credit. The common school fund has $61, ,83S.59 and the Confederate pension fund has $26,704.42 The states sinking fund has $43,917.42. In all funds, inL cluding funding bonds and coupons, the treasury showed total of $4,- O12,0O1.72, of which $983,358.66 was in cash.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-09
No Withdrawal Plea.

Paris, April s.-Reports that Great Britain and the United States had called upon France to withdraw her troops from Frankfort are entire ly without foundation, it was. an- nounced in an official note issued today.
 "Certain agencies inspired by Ger many" reads the note, spread the report in Germany and some neutral countries that England and the Uni ted States had summoned France yesterday to remove her troops from Frankfort. This report, which evi- dently was intended to be misleading and which produced certain effer- vescence in the newly occupied re- gions yesterday, is absolutely with out foundation"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-09
Larkin Wants No 'BOurgeoisie' Jury
 to Try His Case

New York, April S.-Attempts on the part of James Larkin, Irish labor leader to bar "bourgeoisie" from the supreme court jury which is to try him for criminal anarchy and obtain the selection only of "proletarian' talesmen today again delayed prog ress of the trial. Larkin is acting as his own attorney.
 Justice Weeks repeatedly rebuked Larkin during the examination of talesmen, when the latter insisted upon questioning them as to their investments and social beliefs. At the end of today's session only two jurors had been tentatively selected.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-09
BELGIAN READY.

Brussels, April 8.-King Albert prel sided today at cabinet council at which it was decided as token of friendship to France and of solidity with the allies, that Belgium be pre- pared to send detachment into the Ruhr region.
 Washington, April 8.-So far asl can be learned here, the state de- partment's action in regard to the Ruhr incident has been confined to the expression of an opinion that the German government should be permitted to send into the Ruhr val. ley any reasonable number of troops necessary to restore order in that section and maintain it's supremacy.
 That position was clearly stated by the department about 10 days ago
 in answer to an inquiry from the German government as to the will-
 ingness of the entente powers and America to allow such force to go into the disturbance country. The French government was fully inform ed of the American position and 50 far as can be learned, while they have been some conversations, on the subject between Ambassador Wallace and Premier Millerand 1t Paris, there has been no change in the position of the United States.
 The American view has been that the whole issue turns upon the ques- tion of fact as to the extent of the disorder in the Ruhr district and ability of the Ebert government to maintain its control there with the small force of gendarmerie permit- ted by the terms of the armistice and peace treaty. In the course of the "converzp<ons" between Ambassa- dor Wallace and the French foreign office, it is understood, that the lat- ter set out sthe French view that no conditions existed in the valley tO justify the entry of large force of German regular troops, which, in fact, was calculated to add to the < disorder sl.sS
 Moreover, the French governmeu< was very apprehensive that, in thoik the red forcs in tn Ruhr v vally would effect permanent iI~ jury upon the coal mines from which the French expected to draw heAv- fly for several years. < the state department Wednesday x oresumabl to reinforce the statenlent < which Premier Millerand had md X to Ambassador Wallace. No 0l1F ,ouncement has bsen made n to tn 2. 'esult of this conference, but 5e x that so far thete N x ,Aen no change in the att1tud4 2 he state department. sis1'ss sB
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-09
Memphis Population
 Placed at 162,351

Washington, April 8.--Population statistics announced today by the census board includes:
 Johnson City, Tenn, 12,442, an i'm crease of 3,940 or 46.3 per cent over 1910.
 Memphis, Tenn, 162,352, an in- crease of 1,246 or 23.8 per cent.
 Brockton, Mass, 66,138, an increase of 9,260, or 163 per cent.
 Auburn, N. Y., 36,142, an increase of 1,474, or 4.3 per cent.
 Marshalltown, Ia., 15.730, an in- crease of 2,357, or 17.6 per cent.
 Vallejo, Cal, 16,853, an increase of 5,513, or 4S.6 per ceat.
 Richmond, Cal, 16,843, an increase of 10041, or 147.6 per cent
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-09
SUMMERLIN TO MEXICO.

Lerado, Texas, April S.-George T. Summerlin, charge d'affairs of the American embassy at Mexico City crossed the border here early this morning on his way to Washington. MT. Summerlin arrived in New La redo opposite here at dawn and left at a. m. for the north. Special res ervations were arranged for quick trip to the capital but nothing was learned as to the import of his visit. He has been in charge of American affairs in Mexico since the resigna- tion of Ambassadors Fletcher nearly two years ago.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-09
BARBARE JAW BROKEN.

Shreveport, La., April S.-The left jaw of Walter Barbare, shortstop of the PittsbuAsh Nationals was brok- en when he was struck in the face by thrown ball while at the plate in Wednesdays game between Pitts burgh and Shreveport of the Texas league. Barbare will leave today for Pittsburgh, Manager Gibson amour ced,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-09
TAX PAYING PROGRESSING.

With two more days in which to pay taxes remaining, belated tax pay CTS yesterday continued to swell the fund pouring into the office of Sher- if and Collector c. M. Nichol. The office is being kept open at night for the benefit of taxpayers. Sheriff Nichol said that the rate of payment was progressing favorably and that large amounts being sent in by mail would be checked and receipts clear ed and returned to payees at an early date.
 Many women are paying poll taxes.