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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04
D DR|FT|N 6 SHOWS WITH
BITTER WINDS SWEEPING
FROM MOUNTAINS EAST;
RAIL TRAFFIC bL D OCK Ed

Chicago, March 4.-The worst storm
Of the winter today swept from .ne
mountain states toward the middle
western states. accompanied by snow
and greatly lowered temperature, cr.u-
p!lng wire communication and rail.
road traffic. The disturbance spread
south and east with diminished ther,
momcter readings and rain.
High winds drifting snow and A
temperature that fell from 80 to IS
degrees TO zero within few hours,
today and isolated number OF
eastern Colorado md Nebraska towns
Sleet and snow preceded the storm
developments in Kansas, 1estcrn Mis-
souri,, Arkansas. Oklahoma and norcli
ern Texas, whore sprlng.like weather
had prevailed.
Weather predictions were that o..
we're cold in the Rocky Mountain ana
plains states would continue today aud
tonight with increasing intensity ana
temperatures. would fall decidedly TO,
morrow in the south Atlantic and east
gulf states.
Storm warnings were ordered lis
played on the Texas coast east Gull
coast from Mobile TO Carabell AID
on north Pacific coast.
Railroad service in southwestern
Colorado, demorallzed by snow block
ade fog several days, virtually was
abandoned in some sections when
nn CT cf NTnNr L.
and southwestern Colorado towns -.
ported the storm was the worst cS
perenced for 30 years.
Only one train had entered Durango
Colorado. in IL days and no train
had moved at silverton in 13 days.
Relief parties on snow shoes. today
sought TO carry supplies to passens.
ers stranded on trains snowbound nuar
Cumbres Pass, Colorado
Snow in the La Plata mining district
In Colorado today was reported u
TO 90 feet deep.
Railroads received reports that
heavy damage had been done in the
by earth and snow slides
end by huge boulders which had
toppled over canon rimrocks to the
tracks.
Street car service in towns in tho
storm swept area was interrupted
Or abandoned. Crews with snow ploNs
were attempting to keep clear their
track on railroads running to the
west coast through the northern plain
and mountain states, but all trains
were delayed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04
UNADUL TERATED NERVE
FAILED To WIN THIS
REPORTER IN ERV|EW

Oakland Cal. March 4.--Mary Pick
ford, motion picture actress who was
divorced in Mindcn, Nevada, Tues
day from owen Moore, successfully
eludod mterviewers here today after
she had played hlde-and- seek game
with them all the way from Reno.
Nevada.
With her mother and n maid. Miss
Pickford left the train here, entered
It closed automobile, which had been
waiting for the party and drove
swiftly away in the direction OF san
Jose.
One reporter who boarded the train
at Sacramento succeeded in reaching
Miss Pickford's compartment, but was
told terse!y by the actress that she
had nothing to say and was bowed
out into the corridor. No member
Of the party left the compartment
from the time they boarded the train
at Reno until they left at the Six
teenth Street Station here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04
4 l30NORE BASKET BALL
TFAM EXPECTS TO SWAT
OAK CLIFF FRIDAY EYE

Or Friday night, March r, In the
"Hlsh School GYM" OF Arlmore. viii
hc played one Of the BIGGEST basket
hall games OF the season, between
tho best quintet Of Oklahoma and the
best Of Texas.
The Ardmore team has been doing
fine and has defeated some of the
lest teams in and ont Of the state,
pau's Valley. McAlestcr Ada and
Gainesville. They are going TO du.
Ip'icate this victory Friday night when
\rey meet the Oak Cliff high school
Of Dallas, Texas.
Oak Cliff likewise has n powerful
team, having defeated Central High
of Fort Worth, Mckinney. and other
classy teams. This promises to be
a fast and hard fought game. We
need your support and expect to see
"U' there.
Following are the lineups: Oak
Cl!ff-Riddlc. Ross and Hargraves,
forwards; Turner. center; Compton,
Gill, captain, and Mcclure. guards.
Ardmore; sullivan, Dulaney and
Skinner. forwards; Prater, cap ain.
center mansfield. Colbert and Doak,
guards.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04
AMERICAN BUSINESS MEN
WOULD FOSTER FRIENDLY Y
RELATIONS WITH MEXICO

Mexico City March 4.-Declsion to
organize 4 great trade excursion to
the United states and to open as
soon as possible an international eX-
position for foreign goods in tn 8
city was reached by the federation
uf American chamber Of commerce
in session here yesterday. 1t was
also decided to inauguratc in spe-
cial moving picture service, for the
purpose of exhibiting technical and
commercial films throughout the Unit.
81 states
Encouraging reports have been re-
cetv,d regarding pru McXicpn sen
;iment being spread in the United
states delegates who recently attend
ed the United States MpXican trade
conference in this city, ana 1t is de
clarcd the Americans were greatly
impressed with the county andj with
commercial opportunities south OF the
Rio Grandc. Address at the fedora
ton meeting have pointed cut that
the projects determined upon would
prove the stability of the Mexican
government and business firms here.
increase commerce between Mexico
and the United States, help eliminate
misunderstandnes and bring about
closer relations between the two re
publics
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04
\ Very Dangerous Crossing.

Another number has boon added to
the long list OF fatal grade crossing
accidents that have marrcd the stl:o
in the past. not a few Of which have
occurred in Ardmore, and there is n
movement started to prevent any mIro
such as occurred in this city early
Wednesday morning
The movement took rather concrete
form Wednesday afternoon when oci.
ci9ls bc"an dCving into law tonnes
with a view Of putting n stop 10 this
sacrifice and If they are able there
will be some method devised In re
future to prevent a re-occurrcnce Of the
accident that snuffed out five young
lives Wednesday, at the gradc.crossine
Of the belt line ut McLish avenue and
/ street, southwest.
one public official who yields con.
siderable power in the city and cou1-
". but who did not desire to he
quoted at this time gave Il blind IN.
terview' in which he said.
There Is some drastic measures nc
cessary to prevent a re.occurrencc or
this dcporahlc accident and for ono
am going to soc what can be doro
about il.
II am Of the opinion that Ardmors
has reached that stage " It's exist
ancc when railways should no longer
he permitted to maintain n menace to
our citizens: There arc means Of
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04

| Funeral services for Miss Iva BGall.
one OF the five victims who met dcath
! Wednesday morning when the truck,
/ in which a party OF ten were ridiue
was crushed by a freight car Of Il
/ o. y. NJ. & L. Railway train, at the
belt line crossing on McLish avenue.
were held this afternoon at O'clock
at the home of her brother, l.. c.
Bcall. ana Mrs. Beall. 9l6 D street,
northwest, conducted by Dr. Crayton
5. Brooks. pastor Of First Christian
church. Burial was made at Rose HE
cemetery
Mis-. Beall is survived by her mothel
Mrs. Gil billiard Of Hewitt. an uncle,
Dock Cook, OF Oklahoma city, both or
whom We're here To attend the funeral
and her brother, who resides here.
Two other victims of the tragedy
Miss Hester Bridges and Bailey Nor
ris, were buried yesterday afternoon.
Funeral services for Miss Bridges
We're conducted ut o'clock at tho
home Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
X. Bridges, 1924 West Main street. con.
Quoted by pr. c. G. Weith, pastor ot
First Presbyterian church. The body
was then taken to Lone Grove tHe
former home Of the family for burial.
Miss Bridges had been making nc:
home with her brother. Dad" Bridges.
at Wilson. and was In charge OF n
millinery establishment at that place.
She is survived by her parents, three
sisters Miss Dad Bridges, Mrs. Annie
Garrison. both ot Ardmore. Mrs. H..
A. Rove, of Hickory, and five broth.
ers, Leroy, JEFF, Almon and win Of
Ardmore, and the brother at Wilson.
The body OF Mr. Morris was taken
to Ringing for burial tie was o
brother Of the late c. G. SHADY Mo-.
ris. who vas president Of the Wilson
state bank. at the time Of his death
fow weeks ago
Tho bodies of Ike Eimbrcll and a's
niece, Miss Lucille, We're taken TO Wi.
son this afternoon. whore services
were conducted at o:3O o'clock, at tho
Christian church Burial was made
at Hewitt. Mr. Kimbrcll was the son
of Mr.. and Mrs Dick KImbrcll Of
Hewitt and his niece was the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. ed KimbrcI. who I've
at Wilson.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04
ITALIAN PREMIER SAYS
EUhOPE'S BANKBOOK IS
FAST ENTERING THE RED

London, March 4.-Europc is IA
danger Of permanently losing the DO
sit!on she held in the world before
the outbreak Of the world war, says
Premier Nitti. of Italy, in an inter
view printed by the Manchester Qua,
dian today. He points out that Europe
is no longer u creditor but is On
the debit side of the ledger.
Public order in Italy is good, he
says and If that country could get
her minimum requirements in coal,
foodstuffs and raw materials she
would be able TO reconsttute herself
economically. Tho success Of q large
number Of socialist deputies in the
last Italian election. he says, may
make his work more arduous but It
will not DE disadvantageous to the
country because the present parliA-
ment, "is representative of all politl.
cal currents in Italy, and that is the
best safeguard against revolution"
only bricf allusion to the Adratic
problem Is made in the interview
eve shall find way OUT says
the premier, land we and the JugO
Says will he friends.
What after MI i. Italy demanding
in the Adrlatic? She wants strips OF
territory the population OF which is
OF secret treaties. The pact of Lon
less than the Italian casualties in the
war. DO not confuse issues by talking
don was concealed only because Of the
necessities Of the war and at any
rate those who might complain are,
after all, the Italian people.
"Therc are possibilities OF revolu-
tlon and these possibilities threaten
us all. The tension must be relaxed
How can the vanqui.hod pay indemnit.
les, unless their productivity Is re-
stored by ALLEGATION of raw materials.
1t is great thing we are not going
to suffocate the Turk but will helD
him to his feet like any other ruin
ed people"
Premier Nittl expresses strong cor.
viction in favor OF restoring normal
with Russia, adding: "There
should be no more meddling with the
affairs Of one country by
another"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04
Mexican Murderer Surrounded

Mexico City, March 4-Manuel Con-
7ales leader of the band which shot
and killed August Morrell formerly
American consul at Manzanillo In
Feb. 20. has been killed by pursuing
government troops. according TO semi
official statements issued here last
night. After the United States en-.
hassy here had made representations
asking that every effort be made
to punish the guilty persons, the
military commanders In the states Of
Jal!sco and Colima ordered out mo-.
bile columns in pursuit OF the BAN
dts. One OF these columns encoun-
tered n band Of outlaws in the vi.
cln.ty of a ranch owned by Mr.. Nor.
rill near Las Paalmas In addition
to the leader II Is stated number
Of the bandits were killed and that
many were wounded during the fight.
ing.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04

Questions such ~ have been pro
pounded above will be before the state
Corporation Commission Saturday
morning. in this city.
city Attorney /. II. Mason states
that the hearing win he held in tho
county courthouse and as far as ne
knows now the time viii be 10 o'clock
Saturday morning March 8.
The people of this city are request.
ed TO be present at the hearing.
Gas consumers have a right to kno'y
in detail what the gas company Is
asking for and they also have a
right to know the position that has
been taken by the city and its grounds
for resisting the request of the sas
people.
The Saturday hearing will be OF 1t
terest to the people OF the city. They
are reminded of the date OF the hea :.
ing and asked to be present.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04
Do You Want the Details of the
Proposition Of the Consumers Light
And Power Company? Then Attend the
Commission Hearing Saturday Morning

Would you like to know just what
the proposition OF the Consumers
Light and Power Company is in de
TAIL which it has taken up with the
state Corporation Commission?
DO you believe that you could be-
convinced that the company should
have an advance in its price for gas
that it might be- able to drill we!la
in the gas acreas of Carter county that
n more plentiful supply could be
given the people of this city?
DO you want the gas company to
get the gas first before it asks tor
an advance in price?
Has the gas you use been advanced
as your meat and bread have?
These are questions that Ardmore
is vitally interested in
This city wants to be fair to l!s
gas company and it wants its gas
company to be fair to the city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04

with the internal government Of the
people and operates to punish them
by heavy fines, Imprisonment qnj
forfe'tures, thus preventing applicd
tion for licenses for the sale OF non.
intoxicating beverages, which is author
lied under the laws of the state.
Complaint is made that the act re.
stricts the price OF physicians for the
state and the operation Of its penal
correctional and charitable Institutions:
that the state has not concurred IN
the amendment and that ii the act IS
enforced It will nulliry the rlght or
the state to regulate its internal at
fairs. II IS claimed the act is not
appropriate to enforce the prohibition
contained in the amendment. which
is expressly confined to intoxcat-
ing liquors.
In conclusion the complaint declares
that if the amendment is valid th9
right Of congress to legislate under
II Is restricted to matters relating
20 "the external concerns Of tna
United States and within the peculiar
domain Of the federal government TO
regulate commerce among the states
and that the state alone has the pow.
er to enforce the act within its
7wn borders"
Tho ropcal measure was offered
wv Representative Eagan, democrat,
Eew Jersey, as an amendment to
the legislature. executive and judi.
c.al appropriation measure, ana Speak
nr Gil'au nvnrrtlod point cr order
@-3inf; g. N' Ia@.n also proposed
elimination from the brl oi an ap-
urpriatIon OF ?i5Jj,OoO TO- enforc-
.ng the dry act. Both proposals
were defeated on one roll call.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04
CONGRESS MAKES FIRST
CHANGE IN RESERVATION

Washington. March 4.-Alal.ing its
first change in the republican rcscr-
'ations to the peace treaty which
were adopted last November, the Son
ate voted today. on motion Of Sem
0tor Lodge. Of Massachusetts,, the
'epubllcan leader. TO strike from the
Sl2Gntung reservation all direct ref
erence TO Japan and China. The
change. worked out in the recent bi.
partisan conference had the approval
of democratic leaders and was ac-
copied. GO TO ., Senators Reed, demo-
crat, Missouri, and Sutherland, re
nublican. West Virginia, voting
against it.
Senator Lodge told the senate that
the modification had been suggested
by democratic members OF the hi
nartisan conference, and did not
change the meaning OF the reserva-
ton, "one iota," 1t had been thought
more civil" he said, to omit mention
Of Japan and China by name.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04
Railway Men Meet.

Chicago, March 4.--Representativcs
' OF nearly 100000 railroad workmeu
comprising members OF the United
Brotherhood Of Maintenance Of Way
employers and railway shop laborers
met here today to discuss formulation
Of n new wage scale. Twenty four
general officers and lac general char
men representing union men working
FOR 1873 railroads were in conference.
officials Of the brotherhoods declar.
cd the fnen need some relief against
the hlgh cost Of Living.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04

State Rights, the Primary Issue
Of the Civil War, Argued By Anti
Pros of New Jersey in Effort to Have
United States Supreme Court Declare
The Dry Amendment Unconstitutional

Washington, March 4.-The state
of New Jersey. through its attorney
general, Thomas +. McCran, today fl
ed in the United States supreme court
suit seeking to have the prohibition
amendment declared unconstitutional,
and TO prevent enforcement Of the
Volstead Act. The suit is directed
against Attorney General Palmer ana
Daniel c. Roper. commissioner Of n.
ternal revenue.
The bill sets forth that the amend
nent was improperly drawn; that n
q statea the legislatures nave not
ratified it, Us provided by their stare
constitutions, and that there is no
power In congress to propose q con-
Nitltutlonal amendment regulating the
habits and morals of the people. 1t ro-
cites further that the amendment "a
4 legislative and not a constitutional
matter, ana that as such it was in.
properly passed.
1t is charged that the amondmcn.
centrali2cs authority without the con.
sent of the people Of Ncw Jersey, md
that It IS a violation OF their sovereign
rights The Volstead Act. having been
enacted under authority Of the amend.
mont, the petition says, is null and
void.
i is claimed that tho Volstoad Act
IS Illegal because "by daprecating au7
IN large uea'us' destroying the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04
BOLSHEVISM DOES NOT
REGENERATE The HUMAN
HEART GORKY OBSERVES

Stockholm, March bitter dlsap-
pontmont with tolshevism is express
ed H. an article recently published oy
yNaXim Gorky, the Russian radical,
'occa riding TO Hesngfors dispatch to
tAe Tdnirgen Of this city.
The revolution has not been follow.
ID BY spiritual revival" the article =
sail to declare. aud has proved Itself
unable TO make men more honest.
Men In power now are Just rs bru,tl
a5 those in authority under the i'm.
per'al regime md send as many -
prison, BolsheviN leaders driven by an
btion are po' ,ormlng experiments Ip-
on living people, especially the working
classes"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04
FORMER AMEHICAN CONSUL
TO BE EXPELLED FROM MEN.
ICAN REPUBLIC FOR ALLE'.
ED INTIMACY WITH BANDITS

Mexico City. March 4--W. o. Ten.
Pins, former United States consular
agent at Puebla, whose permission
to act in the capacity was recently
revoked. is TO be expelled from Mex.
leo in consequence of his alleged deal.
ings with rebels according to insist.
ent reports here.
The United States embassy has
handed a new note to the Mexican
foreign office relative to charges pre-
ferred In an interview by julio Mitch
ell, prosecutor Of the state OF Pueb-
Ia. which involve procedure followed
by the embassy during the progress
Of the Jenkins case
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04
MEXICAN DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR WARNS CHOLUS TO
BEWARE FAKE AMERICAN
CONTRACTS FOR WORKMEN

Mexico City March 4. - Mexican
workers are going to tho United
States in large numbers and the exc.
dus is becoming alarming, according
to press advices from northern states
Serious danger TO numerous indus
tries IN that region through non
use and through large areas OF farm
land through lack OF cultivation Is
apprehendcd.
Jalisco 10 especially menaced. &c.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04
WEST VIRGINIA REFUSES TO
RECONSIDER ACTION ON
Federal. SUFFRAGE BILL

Charleston, w. Va, March 3.-The
West Virginia senate yesterday re-
iected the resolution to reconsider
its action of Monday when II defeated
the woman suffrage ratification
amendment by vote Of 6 to l3. The
action was considered final and it was
said no further attempt would be
made to ratify the amendment at the
special session Of the legislature.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04
ALLEGED PRO GERMAN IS
ON TRIAL BEFORE COURT
MARTIAL FOR OESERT|ON

New York March 4.--Grovcr Clcve.
land Bcrgdoll, 4 wealthy young Phil.
aiclphia resident. who eluded federal
draft officials Tor nearly two years,
faced general court martial at Gov
olnor's Island today, He is specifically
charged with descrtion under the
Fifty eighth Article of War. Army Of
ticers said the outcome Of the tr!a.
VIII have an important bearing en-
10000 other draft lodging cases
throughout the country.
Harry Weinberger. who defended
Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkmen
and other radicals, Is counsel for the
accused.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04
AMERICAN CONSULATE AT
ZURICH WAS BOMBED

Zurich, March A bomb exploded
last night under the porch OF the am
erican consulate here. seriously dam
aging the building but inJurlng no
one. Police authorities are believed
to have secured clues rs to the guilty
persons.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04
GULF, TEXAS AND HUMBLE
COMPANIES BOOST PRICE
COASTAL CRUDE TO S2.50

Houston, Texas, March 1.-The
Gulf Pipe Line Company an.
nounced today it would pay $3.50
n barrel for coastal crude. an
advance Of 25 cents. The ad.
vance affects all fields in south
Texas and southern Louisiana.
The Texas Company ana Humble
Pipe Line Company have met
the advance.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04
BOX CAR ON FIRE IN
RINGLING RAILWAY YARDS

A box car on the Ringing railroad
that was standing on the tracks
rear G. street northwest caught fire
rom some cause at one o'clock to-
day and called for the service OF
he fire department to extinguish
hc flames. But little damage re
suited
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04

cording to reports, which asserts az
a typical instance that 81 workers.
have recently left the small village
Of San Diego do Alexandria. The de.
partment of labor has issued state.
mcnt warning MeSicans 10 beware
Of fraudulent contracts. by which. II
Is alleged, many Mexicans have been
swindled in southern United States,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04
Holds President Responsible

Washington. March 4. - President
Wilson and Attorney General Palmer
were charged in the house today
with direct responsibility" for the
high cost of sugar by Representa-
tive Campbell, republican, Kansas
urging adoption Of Il resolution for
investigation Of the latters approval
Of II cents a pound clarified, for
the Louisiana crop.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04

London.--George Lansbury. former
socialist member OF parliament, de-
clared in n dispatch from Moscow to
The Herald, that the Polish peare
terms were entirely unacceptable to
Russia.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04

Brussels The chamber OF dcpu.
ties adopted the first article Of n
III granting suffrage to all citi.
4ens- including women.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04

elphia--Jimmy Wilde, Brit.
lsh flyweight champion outfought
Patsy Wallace of Philadelphia In six
fast rounds.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-04
Another Washington designation.

Washington, March t.-.Lester II.
Woolsey, solicitor OF the state D.
partment resigned today, his res!gna.
ton to take effect on April !. os
earlier.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-01-08
Where tho Steak Went.

One rainy day walked into cafe
teria. selected my dinner. and just as
I stood at the checkers desk the party
In front of me took step back, knOck-
Ing the tray from my hands and spill
ing the entire contents on the floor.
thought as | looked at the unfortu-
nate mess that failed to see the steak
which had been on the tray. but sup
posed that 1t had fallen under chair
out of sight. A waitress stepped up to
me and told me to select my dinner
over again. which ] did, with every
one In the place watching me. | bolt
ed the food rs quickly as could and
went out into the rain once more,
when upon opening my umbrella the
piece of steak which had failed TO see
in the restaurant fell from it.-ChicagO
Tribune.