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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
Make 1t the Rule of Your Life to
DO Something for Ardmore Daily

The most progressive and wonderful
period in the worlds history has
brought to Ardmore advantages that
1t has never had before.
The sensational production OF oil in
Carter county is attracting the atten.
ton of the producers in every state
OF the union. They are here today
and more are coming.
Within the next six weeks the non.
ulation Of this city will increase 5000
people, II any means can be provided
whereby this many people can find
homes here. There are men here now
by the hundreds, who have their fam.
lilies in other cities where homes can
be obtained. They will bring them
here as soon as homes can be secur.
ed.
The new Hotel Ardmore will prob.
ably be able to throw open It's doors
TO the public about the middle Of
May. The management has opened a
few of its rooms and every one is TAX
en- as fast as It Is made ready for
occupancy. There are enough home"
people here who are homeless" to I'll
a hotel like that and the management
may have to make prohibitive rate
for local people so that the oil man
and the travelling man may find a
home when he comes to Ardmore.
Another hotel OF the same size Is
needed The new hotel was built at 4
cost Of half million dollars and an
other institution OF the same proper.
tons will be needed before it can
be completed. even II arrangements
to start work had been made ut this
tme.
II Ardmorc would reap the full
benefit Of the new life that has come
TO this city it must take care of its
visitors. Homes must be built, larger
hotel facilities must he prepared, va.
cant property must be transformed
and made lnhabitable by the building
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
MISSISSIPPI AN D
DELAWARE RUNNING
NECK AND NECK TO
Be TH|RTY-S|XTH"
STATE RA T|FY|NG c.

Dover, Dell March 3l.--A vote on
the resolution for ratification Of the
proposed suffrage amendment was
expected to be taken in the lower
house of the Delaware legislature TO-.
day. The resolution was reported out
on its merits" by the house commit.
tee on revised statutes yesterday. The
senate will take no action until the
lower branch has disposed Of tn,
measure.
Increased activity in the camps
OF both the suffragists and those
opposed to ratification was noticed.
today Suffrage workers made urg.
ont appeals for favorable action on
the resolution, pleading with the law.
makers not to permit the Mississippi
legislature to rob Delaware Of the
honor Of giving the final vote ncces
sary 70 make the amendment a fed
cral law"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
COMMITTEE AND MINERS
CONS SLIDER 4 TENTATIVE
WAGE E-SCALE CONTRACT

New York, March 31.--The sub
committee Of miners and operators
appointed to negotiate new agrec.
'neut for the bitumlnous coal miners.
met today to receive for considora.
ton tentative contract cmbodying
the award of President Wilson's coal
commission.
The contract. which was prepared
hy a special committee consisting of
William Green, international sccre-
tary OF the United Mine Workers.
ana p. H. Pcnua, secretary of the
Indiana Coal Operators Association,
would continue in effect up to and
including March 81. 1921, if adopted.
1t provides for an average increase
of 81 per cent including the II per
cent now in effect under an award
made by Fuel Administrator Gar.
fiolc. 1t also provides an eight hour
day and calls for the appointment
Of n commission Of minors and OPP.
orators, "to study diff'rcutials as TO
working conditions. wage earnings,
production costs and competitive re-
la.ions as wen as the chcck-off syS.
TEN Of collecting dues for the United
Mine Workers or America"
The award &C this commission after
its investigation would become part
Of wage agreements ia the districts
affected"
Tho schedule Of WAGES provided by
the tentative contract is as follows:
The mining prices for mine.run
coal, pick and machine, shah hc ad.
vanced "a cents per tom all day
labor and monthly mer (the advance
to monthly men to he based on an
average Of the usual number If days
he is required to work month"; eX-
cert trappers and other boys advanc
ed 81 per day. Trappers and boys
receiving less than mems wages adj
varced SO cents per day. All yard.
age, dead-work and room turning ad.
yanced 20 per cent.
Immediately upon presentation Of
the tentative contracts the nine
workers representatives were expect
cd to move an amendment giving the
day laborer monthly men an advance
Of $l.@j per day instead Of 81 as
provided by tho commissions award
They contend that the 35 cents extra
is necessary in order to make the
average increase Of the day men
equal to n raise Of n per cent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
WAS ST. LOUIS GIRL A
MORAL De CEN ERA TE"

ST. Louis. No., March 3l.--Attempts
to show that Ursula Frederick 1j
years old shot and killed her step.
father, Joseph IT, Woodlock. while
he slept, will he made ~ the state,
1t was announced.
Prosecutor William o. Reedcr as.
serted he would produce witnesses
to prove Woodlock feared for his
life at mis- sterdaughter's hands.
The trial was resumed in juvenile
court today after n recess granted
Monday to give attorneys time to i'm
vostigate the characters of venire.
men and prepare challenges.
-Four years ago, the girl, then 10
years old, shot her father, Thomas
T.. Frederick. TO death. but was ex.
oneratcd by coroner's jury when
IT was alduced she fired in defense
Of her mother.
The girl has maintained that sho
had shot Woodocl to protect herself
from n criminal assault.
There We're no witnesses to the
shooting" declared Prosecutor Reeder
but the physical facts in the case
show that Woodlock was murdered
while asleep. When found on thc
morning Of last April II, he was "
ing in bed in n natural position on
his left side. Two bullets entered in
back Of his right ear, piercing tho
brain and causing instant death
"lf he had been embracing n'r, as
she has asserted. it would virtually
have been impossible for her to shoo.
him in the back Of the head"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
.A MI NIC|P Al LINE.
MEANS |NTERURBAN
CON n ECT|ON WITH.
SOUTH OKLAHOMA $
OIL TERRITORIES

If success ever had secret 1t is
all wrapped up in the one sentence
Use what you have"
The Creator has given us en- un.
limited amount Of electricity, when
gasoline and coal are exhausted stll
this wonderful product called electric.
iiy win be here to do all the service
for man that coal and gasoline do
now.
Ardmorc has an opportunity to use
electricity to establish an electric riil.
way system and out of such an cy.
tablishmcnt will grow an intcrurban
to the oil fields, out of such owner.
ship will come the harncssing Of the
Washita, which has been the dream
Of town builders for years.
Nothing ever came to any man who
sat and said he could not. Nothing
over came to city that did not
have pluck enough to so after things
and DO them.
If We claim nothing we viii have
nothing. If We claim everything as
our right We will at least get a
part of them.
No city was ever built without
means Of transportation. The most
modern, the least expensive, the most
reasonable means of transportation
are given us by electricity.
There is a common belief prevailing
that the street car line cannot he
operated except at a loss. The writ
er operated the Ardmore line, as re-
ceiyer for something like six months.
The track was in horrible shape, the
cars looked so bad that people would
not get in them except in emergencies,
and during the period Of that opera.
iion every man received his money
for labor, every piece Of machinery
that was bought or repaired was paid
Tor, all the express were paid and
there was money left out of the re-
ccipts Of operation.
When the line is extended the
Ardmorc street car system win pay.
When it IS built into the wards which
now do not have any line it will in.
crease property values more than cost
of construction work. Under munici.
pal ownership extensions can be made
for half the cost when built under
private ownership. Under municipal
ownership there will be no taxes. Its
ownership win lead to bigger and
better things and by owning the road
in common we can make it pay all
its expenses and have as our profit
the service which it will give to the
people, and the increase in value II
viii bring to property owners.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
BARE FEET LATEST
STYLE IN AUSTRI.l'S CAPITAL

Vienna, March 3l.--A society com
posed very largely Of professional men
and others whose incomes now are
about the smallest in the country, has
been formed TO encourage barefooted.
ness among the people. They announce
they will shortly being to appear
shoeless in public. Other dress re-
forms along lines Of economy are also
contemplated.
The organizers say their action
is not only one Of necessity, because
Of the prohibitive cost of footwear,
but is also a protest against the
profiteers who are fattening on the
misery Of the country.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31

The republican party has two great
crimes that will forever condemn it
IN the history OF the nation. The
first crime was in conferng iull
citizenship upon the black man at
a time when he was untitled for
such citizenship. That crime created
sectional ana race hatred, and the
black man was made 10 suffer most
from the crime when he was not
entitled to have done so. The crime
and the burden thereof should have
been borne by others.
The next crime is in the present
time and consists in the opposition
and temporary defeat OF the cove
nant of the league of nations.
TO make the league of nations
plain so that every man may under
stand it might be compared to the
constitution of the United States.
When the thirteen original colonies
perceived the necessity Of forming
n union they linked themselves to.
gether with the constitution. Men
Like Patrick Henry bitterly opposed
such a union. This orator declared
that Virginia should never sacrifice
her sovereignty. lie felt that his
native country would lose its identity
II II became part Of a union OF
states.
But the wisdom of the constitution
has been verified hundreds of times.
If lt were not for tho federal govern.
ment of all the states that come from
IL adoption Of the constitution. Ok
Nhoma and Texas would bc ut war
TO-DAY over the boundary line. But
os L is there is no thought Of war.
there Is no thought Of hatred be-
tween oklahoma and Texas. We dwell
as brethren should, while the federal
government, through the courts 1t
has established. settles tho question
involved in the boundary dispute.
Under the league of nations, the
nations of the world viii become as
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31

OF homes and cottages, new additions
must be brought into the CITY and
the man who helps to care for tho
new people is doing the greatest ser.
vice To his city
IL was the opinion OF the late Char
les BeSaw. OF the BeSaw Tire and
Rubber Company, that the rubber in
dnstry alone would add $4,000 people
to the population Of this city. Th!s
plant is now in operation, It Is one
or the best rubber tire factories in
all the union. 1t has the very latest
machinery, 1t has every equipment
that modern science can give to such
an institution and It has a large
number of workmen busy at this
time.
The plant has only started to grow,
Ardmore owes It to itself to give th!,
institution every help 1t needs to get
1t started properly. When It once gets
Its markets in operation It will no,
need the help OF anyone, but until
such time 1t does need the help OF
those whom it will afterward en-.
rich.
The Ardmore-Akron plant Is making
progress every day and will soon
open for business. These two plants
will give room and furnish employ.
ment for thousand or more worl,
men. As all packing plants like to
congregate in one city. so do the
rubber tire plants like to do tho
same thing. and there will be half
dozen more of these concerns located
in Ardmore within the neyt few
years.
Tho industry Is growing as fas.
as the automobile Industry is grow.
ing and the country must have moro
Of these plants and they had as we'll
be here as In any other part of the
world
Make II the rule OF your lifc to DO
something for your city every day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
Delay in Adoption of Covenant is
Another Crime of Republican Party

the states of the union. They will
havc common tribunal whore their
differences can b. settled without re-
sort 70 the sword.
Had It bcen claimed for the consti-
tuition that It would have eliminated
wars among the colonies. or the
states that succeed these conolcs
that claim would not have been jus.
tilted because this country did have
n war that involved the strength or
the constitution We would not be
justified in saying that the league Of
nations will be Il panacea for war;
but 1t can he claimed in a logical
reasonable way that 1t would result
in fewer wars and when il grows
and develops as the constitution has
grown there will be time when it
will eliminate war,
Tho league Of nations ought TO bo
adopted in some form, and then let
1t grow rs circumstances arise which
neCcssitate growth. Let the proper
DEVELOPMENT come rs there is need
for development and whom that is
done the world shall have made the
same progressive step that tho colon.
les made when they adopted the
constitution Of the United States.
The only principle that stands in
the way Of the adoption of the
league Of nations may logically be
classcd as party hatred, or class
hatred which grows out Of envy. Tho
republican party does not want the
democrats to hive credit for that
forward step. Had Mr.. Taft been
president instead Of Mr.. Wilson, the
republicans in the senate would have
been for the league. If that is on.
titled to be called q principle 1t Is
The only principle that stands in tho
way of the covenant.
Again we repeat that the delay Of
the adoption Of the covenant is the
only one big crime Of the republican
party.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
EN- GLISH STATESMEN IN
GE-OLD JOWE8IN GS ON
"HOME-RULE QUESTION"

London, March 3l.-IIerbert II. AS
quith in the house OF commons yes.
terday described the Irish home rule
bill rs a "cumberous duplication and
multiplication of institutions and Of.
fees adding that from the view
point Of efficiency there is nothing
TO be said for It.
Mr. AsqWth recalled that in 1914
he gave a pledge that ireland should
have one parliament and declare that
he added 20 that viewpoint. lie dis
agreed, he said, with those vino be
iIevcd there could be no constitU-
restored ana asser,ed that the root
Of the trouble could not be gotten at
until there was a wide reform in
the government system.
The substitution OF this bill for
the measure on the statute books,
Mr.. Asquith continued. took from the
Irish what the majority Of them
wanted in one form or another, and
attempted 10 force on them some
thing the great majority dIslikod ard
would always refuse to accept. lie
advocated amending the 1914 home
rule act, en!arslng the powers of the
Irish parliament and executive so as
to give them to all mtcnts and pur.
poses the status Of a dominion.
Mr.. Asquith said he still favored
the cNpcdioncy Of county option for
NHh / y. MI ftY
son, the Ulster unionist leader. ask.
ed the speaker if he favored county
option for tho south of Ireland Mr..
Asluilh answered in the arfirmatlvC.
"Then we can have n Sim Fein
county" retorted Sir Edward. Pre-
mlcr Lloyd George changed his plans
for entering the debate, deciding not
to reply until tomorrow to Mr.. AS.
quiths attack upon the bill. Andrew
Bonar Law, the government leader,
followed Mr.. Asquth in the debate,
declaring that If the Liberal leader
proposed to amend the eXis g law
as he had indicated, his roposal
would be ccndcmned as unanimously
by the representatives Of southern
Ireland as the present bill.
The government leader said that
the bin was rot the result Of a free
choice on tho governments part. 1t
recognized that when the last of the
peace treaties was signed the exist
ing law for Irish home rule would
become effective. This would have
meant that Ulstor would be forced
to join the Dublin parliament.
There were four alternatives, said
MIR. Bonar Law. The first was to re-
peal the home rule act; the second
to establish dominion homo rule; the
third to give self determination to the
irish people, which would mean an
Irish republic, and fourth, to give
Ireland the largest measure OF home
rule compatible with national socur-
NY and the pledges that had been
given. Tho last, declared Mr.. Bonar
Law, was what Il was intended to
give through the present bill.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
RETAIL MERCHANTS WILL con
TINCE TO CLOSE AT 6 +. NJ.

At a meeting of the Retailers AS.
sociatlon this morning II was decid-
ed that inasmuch as the majority Of
merchants had not concurred in tho
movement launched to close all stores
at D o'clock. the regular hours main
tained heretofore from n. m. to G
p. m. would continue. 1t had been
planned to open the stores at n. m.
and close at with the exception OF
Saturday in order to give the clerks
an extra hour every day through the
week.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
MOTHER AND FIVE CHILDREN
MURDERED IN THEIR BET

Elk City, Okla. March 3l.-With
their heads badly crashed and their
throats cut, ti.e small children o.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Cowart, were
found dead early today in tent
in which they had been making n
temporary home, three miles south or
here.
The wife and mother lay beside tho
children with her throat badly slash.
ed. An axe. razor ana butcher knife.
all blood stained, were found In the
tent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
BIG TIME COMING TO
THIS MASSACHUSETTS TOWN

Woods Hole, Mass, Mae 31.-Mem.
bers of the White House staff were
here today arranging for the arrival
of President Wilson and his official
family about June l3. At the request
of secret service men who are repre-
sentiJg Secretary Tumulty, real estate
agents and other citizens made a sur
vey Of the town with a view Of OBJ
tanning accommodations for severa,
hundred clerks and administration at.
taches.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
TEXAS WOMAN KILLED
HUSBAND AND SHOT Sci #

Dallas. Texas, March 3l--J. r.
Bright, n Dallas attorney, was shot
and instantly killed early today as he
lay In bed at his home. His wife who
police say did the shooting through
extreme Jealousy was found besl ic
him, probably mortally wounded.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
Goodbye Mr. Hoover, We Dv Your Political Complexion!
Former Food Administrator Will
Accept the Republican Presidential
Nomination if the G. 0. P. Agrees
To "HooverNe" " its 1920 Platform

san Francisco, Cal. March sl.--
Herbert Hoover today has placed him
self before republicans OF the coun.
try, an ayowcd candidate for their
presidential nomination. though a r..
ceptive one only. In a telegram to
the Hoover republican club OF Cali.
tornia, he announced last night that
recent developments in the peace
treaty situation, "stagnation" in ad.
Justhent Of the country's economic
problems and urgent representations
concerning the situation in California.
had lmpelled him to confirm the ac
ton my republican friends have al
ready taken without consulting me-"
The former food administrator roltcr.
atcd his declaration that he would
rot seek the nomination, declaring he
would accept 1t only III II Is felt the
issues necessitatc it and It Is de.
manded Of me"
Classifying himself as naturally
"'''I"''h Nlu llc independent elc.
mcnt OF the republican party" he de.
clared that as conditions precedent
TO his support Of that party in the
coming campaign It must adopt a "for.
ward looking, liberal constructive
platform on the treaty. and on our
economic issues. propose measures
for SOUND business administration OF
the country, be neither reactlonary
nor radical in its approach to our
great domestic questions and be
backed by men who assure consum.
nation of these policies"
Mr.. Hoover declared for adoption
OF the peace treaty, including the lea.
que Of nations covenant, with reserva.
lions, Safeguarding American trad,
ton and interests" as opposed to the
extreme view against any league at
all. He added he stood as far from
President Wilson's extreme position
on participation in purely European
affairs" as he did from complete re,
lection OF the league.
Des Mones, Iowa, March 3i.-Or.
ganization of clubs in all parts of Iowa
to support Herbert Hoover for presi.
dent viii he started here tonight NJ
o meeting Of persons Interested in his
candidacy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
Gcorgians Favor Third Term.

Atlanta, Ga. March 3l.-The name
Of President Wilson has been filed
with the state committee as can.
didatc for the democratic nomination
for president in the primary TO be
held April 20.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
GERMANY LOOKS TO
FRANCE ALONE FOR
LEAVE TO ADVANCE
TROOPS INTO RUHR
STRIKE TERRITORY

Berlin, March 81. Government
troops in the Ruhr rcron have been
pushed forward, the time limit fixed
IN the ultimatum from the govern
ment to the workers there having
been reached, says q dispatch TO the
Abendblatt.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
Strike Leaders in Conference

Dusseldorf. March 3O.-The revo-
lutionary leaders in the Ruhr district
have been in secret session, virtually
for SO hours, and at
six o'clock tonight were stir trying
CONTINUED on page 81
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
French Refuse Permission

Paris, March 31.-Thc request Of
the German government that it be
permitted to send troops to the Ruhr
district, in the neutral zone near the
German border has been denied by
dte government Of France.
Tonservations over the German re-
quest have been in progress between
Premier Millcrand and Dr. Won May.
er the German charge laffaircs IN
Paris. NJ. Millcrand Yesterday indi-
catod he would give the German
charge an early ronlv and it was
harded TO Dr. Won Mayer today.
The reply read. "Rnplyinc to your
note Of yesterday, l have tho honor
to confirm to you the conditions to
which the government Of the French
republic desires to subordinate it3
eventual authorization to permit Ger
man troops to crJcr the Ruhr val
ley.
Such on authorization which
would constitute dcrocation Of an
ticlcs 43 and A of the treaty Of Ncr-
saillcs, could b. justified only hy i'm.
pcratva ana evident rccossity. Tnc
commission charged with the control
of tho execution Of the protocol OF
August q. 1919. has expressed to mo.
as informed you in cur ccnvcrsa.
t!or Yesterday its formal opinion,
confirmed also from other sources,
that military Intervention in that re-
Rion at present would be useless as
we Is dangerous"
fhus, circumstances do not permit
mo ut this point 10 grant the rcQuetf
OF vonr government / must. there
for1. reserve my definite reply to the
rroDoeiton which you made NE yes
torday."
Premier Millcrand concluded by. cy-
pressing the earnest desire Of the
Frcrch government to do everything
~ inconsistent with the defense of
FHcnch interests to facilitate the
task Of the German government.
Berlin has evidently been under
the impression that permission wouli
be granted Germany to use troops for
the purpose Of restoring order in the
Ruhr region, under certain condi-
tions and fer limited period.
Berlin dispatch on Tuesday stated
that m announcement had been made
10 the national assembly by Premier
Mueller that France had abandoned
her demand for allied occupation Of
tic neutral zone and had consented
10 grant Germany from two to three
weeks to employ a strong force in
the disturbed Ruhr area At the
same time Paris advice5 reporting
thr conversations between Premier
Minerand and DR.. Won Mavcr indi-
Gated there had been no positive de-
cision in Paris, as to the German re-
quest to employ troops, and also that
the question Of guarantees to be Of
fcrcd by Germany for the withdrawal
Of the forces required further conSid-
GRAFTON.