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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-17
.FRE| CHIT CON GEST| ION IS
STILL CAUSING RAIL ROAD
OFFICIALS MUCH WORRY

Washington, May 1.-THE nations
railroads, swamped with business, and
not yet on their feet after the long
period Of federal control, turned hope
fully to the government today for re-
lief.
With reports from industrial cen.
ters showing several hundred thou
sand cars held up at functions and
in transit because of insufficient equip
ment and labor. the interstate COM
merce commission clothed with broad
powers under the new railroad law.
as expected to heed the appeal of the
carriers and take charge Of a situation
admittedly grave.
Although desperate efforts have
been made in the last week to clear
up the tangle Of freight railroad Of
ficials said there was slight hope of
early Improvement The great need
at the moment is TO clear the tracks
of non-essential shipments, and open
the way for the free movement of
the necessities of life.
So great is the traffic congestion,
sANNCAAiht " ANHpA - anu NOlllplttAilNS
from many quarters that there is i'm
mediate danger of wholesale closing
Of big industrial plants and the con-
sequent cut in production.
Should the commission find, on the
strength Of reports laid before it by
the railway executives that the emerg.
ency justifes it, orders taking over
virtually complete control of the
movement of freight, probably will be
issued today. The first step would
be the issuance of priority orders
for shipment of coal, for which there
is crying need at many points, food
and perishables. The use of cars would
be limited to these commodities, but
railroad men said they were more
concerned with the problem of NOV
ing and unloading upwards of 100000
cars that have caused the congestion.
The process Of curtailing passenger
service has been surrendered by the
roads so as to expedite freight move.
ment, but officials said this would
be done only as a last resort.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-17
CON FEDERATE CAMP HELD
BIG N EET|NG yESTERDA Y
(ContrIbutedl

Tho Confederate Home Camp held
Il splendid meeting yesterday morn
ing at 10 O'Clock at the Home.
The election of officers resulted
as follows. Col. Jim Story, command
er; w. r. Simmons, first lieutenant;
r. A. Mccain, adjutant; Sam Jones,
color bearer; Rev. j. r. Masters,
chaplain. All dues were paid In
full.
The members of the camp pledged
all aid within their power in making
success of the coming reunion.
The old boys stand ready to do
everything in their power to assist
the people of the city in the work
for the reunion.
The following were elected dele
gates to the state reunion to be held
in Ardmore, June 9, 10, II. Col.
Story, w. II. simmons, II. A. Nc
Cain and Gen. John Gait.
The camp passed II resolution to
meet every Sunday in each month
at 10 a. IN.
Tho inmates were sorely disappoint-
cd when the Methodist minister and
choir failed to come out yesterday.
Brother Green preached for the Home
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-17

1900 TONS She cost about twenty
million dollars, and was built and
placed in commission in three years
Captain Carl Y. 'Vogelgesang. U. s.
Navy, is her Commanding officer and
Commander Ralstn S. Holmes, U. s,
Navy is her executive officer
Seeing the World.
Although the Idaho was commits.
stoned at the navy yard at Philadel.
phia only a year ago her crew has
had an opportunity TO see great
deal of the country. Her trial trip
shake down"-cruise was made to
Cuba. She returned to New York and
then made a splendid cruise to Bra.
zil with the president of that coun.
try as a guest of the American gov
ernment. Returning to Hampton
Roads, Va, she joined the Pacific fleet
and made the famous trip to the
Pacific coast as member of Ad-
miral Rodman's fleet. She cruised up
the Southern California coast and
her crew was given a chance to take
shore leave at nearly all the ports
She then went to San Francisco where
the fleet was reviewed by the Secre
tary of the Navy, and thence to Seat
tie, and the great Puget Sound Navy
Yard at Bremerton, Washington. The
Idaho is now in Southern California
taking part in the manoeuvers Of
the Pacific fleet.
Just another proof that men enlist
ing in the navy today have every
opportunity for travel learn a trade
and better themselves for positions
in civilian life.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-17
Shipping Improving

V. Il. Goshorn of the Goshorn Mo
tor Company, has returned from Ok
lahoma City, where he purchased u
carload of Oldsmobles.
Mr.. Goshorn reports that shipping
conditions on the Olds Motor Works
are somewhat improved and that his
company will not he called upon TO
drive ears and trucks from the fac.
tory for the present.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-17
Startling Figures.
RAIL ROAD BOARD TODAY
BEGINS ITS He AR|N \ GS.
ON WORKERS DEMANDS

Chicago, May Il. - Railroad adj
vances should be granted 10 many
rail workers TO permit them TO meet
the high cost of living, the Associa-
today in their opening statement be.
fore the railroad labor board.
Il. T. Whittier, chairman of the con
ference committee of rail managers
Of the executives association told
the board that some part of the
wage demands being made by 2,000,-
coo railway employees probably would
be found to be justified by the raise
in the cost of living.
Agreement Of the railroads them-
selves that at least q part Of the
men should have more money is ex-
pectcd TO go far toward eXpediting
early settlement of the controversy
which eliminated last month in the
series Of strikes by dlsgruntled en-
ployes.
Demands now before the board ag-
Il year, in addition TO billion dol
lar advance during the war and
$300,OO00 600 advance in the two years
prior to government control, accord
ing TO Mr.. Whittier. He presented
figures to show that the railway pay
roll had increased from 39j per cent
Of the gross earnings of the roads
in 1915 to 53,6 per cent last year.
1--WE appreciate fully" Mr.. Whittier
Z hxr
some employees in the last five years
have not been commensurate with
the Increases in the cost OF living.
Chicago, May 17.-IIearlngs on the
wage demands Of 100000 railroad
workers, were begun here today, with
representatives of the railroad man
ayers appearing before the railroad
labor board A statement signed by
the heads of seventeen railroad unious
was issued Last night declaring the
question of breakdown Of the
/ transportation system of the nation
rests with the railroad labor board
Both the railroad managers and
representatives Of the railway en-.
ployes expressed confidence that the
/. board would arrive at just and
equitable decision with all possible
/ speed,
1--WE appreciate also that there are
| other employees receiving rates which
cannot be considered at all law in
an absolute sense, yet which do not
compare favorably in some locali'
ties with wages paid similar occu-
pations in outside industries and we
further appreciate that the discrepan-
cies are such that the railroads can
not under present conditions in sucn
localities hold these employees for their
very necessary work, unless some
increases are given.
"Wo cannot, of course, hope to
compete with outside rates, cent for
cent per hour, nor should this be
considered necessary"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-17
OIL NEWS
Writ Franklin Drilling Reports of the
Hewitt Field

Thompson B-No l in section 81,
4s.2w, is spudding in; No. is drill
ing at $40 feet; No. is spudding.
Thompson A-No. is ccmenting the
S Il inch casing at 1855 feet; No. 5
IS drilling at 1855 feet; No. is
drilling at 17l0 feet; No. s is drilling
at 1910 feet.
Shellenberger No. in section 16,
4s~2w lis waiting for the cement to
set at 2Oo7 feet; No. 3 is drilling at
q feet.
Mcclure No. l in section A. 4s.2w,
is shut down for oil at $50 feet
The Rau Consolidated oil Company
No. /, on the Correl farm, in the
center Of the north line Of the north
east of the northwest quarter of Sec
ton 90 3s-lw, is abandoned. This
we'll is north of the Hewitt pool and
is very close to the Kiowa Gem Oil
Company, who found a producing
sand from 9j2-67 feet and started
off at 30 barrels. on the Colbert farm
in section 2l, 3s-1w.
The Ranger 1911 Oil Company No
] in the northwest corner Of the
southwest Of the northwest quarter
Of section "a, 4s.2w, found a sand
from 6SO.7OO feet. and is producing
80 barrels per day.
The Owl OIL Company No. 7, on the
Billy farm in the southeast corner
Of the northwest Of the northwest
of the northeast qua.ter of section 8,
Ss-5w, is making barrels from a
sand 10OG.25 feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-17

Daisy Bell No. !, on the Stroman
farm, in section %, 4s.2w, lost the
hole after they had shot the well in
an effort to side track the tools. They
have been fishing tools for about sew
en- weeks. and could not get them
oct. They are going to move the rig
to another location and start an 9th.
er hole.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-17
Abandon Search for Murderer

Greenvine, Ills May II. -- The
search for Harvey O. Beasley' chars
eel with the murders of his wife ana
two boy babies, vas abandoned teIn-
pcrarly today. Sheriff j. W. WI.
son expressed the belief Beasley hai
eluded the posses. Sherift Wili'i'
Meokin, of Webster City, Iowa, where
the alleged murders were committed
last Sunday, is expected here iate
today and Sheriff Wilson said the
search probably would be renewed
following Meekln's arrival.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-17
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR SALE-GooA fresh milk cow
see j. ID. Benton, or phone 2o5o.
17.6
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-17

FOR RENT-Furnlshed room mod
ern house for months, 215 b ST.,
S. W. lf-3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-17
Super-Dreadnaught "Jdaho.v

OF the great super-dreadnaught fly
ing the American flag and plowing
the seven seas, the L. S. S. Idaho is
one of the most prominent and most
efficient. The Idaho is one of the
latest additions TO Uncle Sans first
line of defense; she takes a leading
role in the war games played by the
newly formed Pacific Fleet.
The Idaho is the best in gunnery.
Early in this year her gun-pointerS
established a record for ships of
nine buls.eyes out of some thirty
shots at q distance of 10000 yards
nearly twelve miles.
When we consider that it is prac
tically impossible TO see the target
with the naked eye at this long
range, the palmer we can see the
eXpertness OF the "men behind the
guns" These monster 14-inch guns
hurl a projectile welghting fifteen
hundred pounds at a distance of %
miles when extreme elevation is
maintained. In order to fire at this
great distance aeroplanes are utilized
to direct the gun-pointers.
Startling Figures.
The owner Of u Ford automobile,
provided he had the space in his
tanks, could drive his machine 10000
600 miles on the lubricating oil car
ried in the tanks of the Idaho. One
million, three hundred thousand ga
Ions of lubricating oil is a'ried
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-17

FOR SALE-One dress form practi-
oally new. Phone 924. l1-3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-17
NOTICE

The statement appearing in Sun
days issue Of the Ardmoreite that
Gus Key was owner Of the pool hall
in the rear of the First National
Bank was erroneous.
am the proprietor Of that place
and when visited by the officer re-
Gently in search Of punch, boards he
found none as none have even been
permitted there.
LEN DOWNARD.
Use Ardmoreite WANT ADS and
.ket results.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-17

ana good number enjoyed his ser
mon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-17

Read Ardmoreite WANT ADS.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-05
Moscow Negotiating for
Business With America
Martens's Former Secretary
Heads Bureau to Aid u. S. and
British Trade Representatives

MOSCOW. Sept. 4 .(By The Asso-
cisted Press>.-Santeri Nuorteva. who
until recently was in the United States
as secretary to Ludwig C. A. X. Mar
tens, Russian Soviet Ambassador to
the United States" has been placed in
charge of recently organized depart
ment of the Foreign Office, the object
OF which is to furnish assistance and
information to representatives Of
American and British firms desiring to
do business in Russia. This depart
ment, in cooperation with the Supreme
Council of National Economy and For
eign Trade officials, will deal with
commercial and political problems aris-
ing from trade relations with Great
Britain and the United States.
An important deal for construction
Of refrigerating apparatus is reported
to have been closed with the repre-
sentatives of Chicago packing con-
Germ who is now in Moscow. Negotia~
tions are said to be almost completed
for the sale of large quantities of
manganese and furs in America.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-05
Motor Service
Will Link 500
English Towns
Automobile Association to
l. q un c b Commercial
Transport System Extend
ing From Dover to Wick
600 Clearing Houses
Project Is Expected to Rele-
gate Railroads to Position
of Secondary importance

From Tho Tribune's European Bureau
LONDON, Aug. 18.-A scheme where
by 500 towns in Great Britain are to
be linked in one commercial moto,
transport system soon is to be launched
by the Automobile Association. The
area covered will be between Dover
and Penzance, on the south coast, ia
Wick, in the north Of Scotland. Abou.
900 agents will act as clearing houses
registering requirements Of local man
ufacturers and traders, providing re-
turn loads for vehicles and thus elimi
mating dead mileage and economizine
in running costs.
Hitherto only large centers had
clearing houses, but under the new
scheme outlying districts and all ex.
listing organizations will be linked fol
the same purpose.
Captain Montgomery. who is respon-
sible for the scheme, says that it will
provide Great Britain with a road
the world, and one that will relegate
the railways to position Of secondary
Importance in transport services. II
will not only speed up and reduce cost
of transport, but will reduce railway
freights and enable goods to be car
ried from door to door.
Reduces Freight Rates
Loss of time in sidings will be elm
mated and farmers and others in re-
mote districts will be able to get their
goods collected, or delivered, by ap-
plying to the nearest agent. Although
during the war some of the more i'm
portant industrial centers as Leeds
Liverpool or Manchester, were linked
up by motor transport and several OF
the services are still kept up, their eff
forts are mainly local and thus of ben.
eft only to small areas.
my intention" says Captain Mont
gomery, "is to have service wh;cl
shall be of national benefit, and which
will, by reducing the cost Of freight
age, tend to lower the prices of food
stuffs and the costs of living. Th,
New-York tribune., 1920-09-05
Renegade Americans Promoting
Bolshevik Movement in Mexico
Agtators Find Fertile Field During First Stages of
Propaganda, but Encounter Rebuff When Mexi-
cans Discover Religious Principles Endangered
BY George E. Hyde

encouragement Of industry In all its
ramifications. It also aims at the de-
velopment Of strong national feeling
as an insurance Of the future peace Of
the country.
Deportations Likely
There is no question that the ideas
OF many government officials in the
present government and of those who
are likely to be officials in the next
are not by any means conservative.
They make no effort to hide the fact
and are rather inclined to be proud
OF it: They are not in sympathy with
bolshevism, however, and do not hesi-
tate to say so. It is not improbable,
therefore, that in the near future a
considerable number of agitators who
are wanted" in various parts Of the
United States may appear on the in
ternational bridges headed north.
General Plutarco Elias Gales has
been credited with being one of the
most sympathetic Of all government Of
nclais to the Bolshevist movement.
Foreign agitators have looked to him
as q friend until recently. They found
out their mistake when they started
to carry on propaganda in the army.
When this was called to General
Calles's attention he simply said:
i! thlS ooeS not stop l am likely to
send some Of these people to a warm
place where there is no government.
soviet or otherwise"
Army Discipline Lax
Discipline in the Mexican army is
not very high at the present time.
Most of the forces have been cam
paigning almost constantly for the
last ten years, and continued cam
paigning will destroy the discipline Of
the best troops in the world in a short
time unless particular precautions are
taken to whip the men back into shape
at frequent intervals. The individual
Mexican soldier, however, owes and
renders an obedience to his immediate
leader which has made many observ-
ers wonder.
On the floor of the new Mexican Con-
gress there is group which has come
to be known as the "sovet." 1t is the
extreme left faction of the Liberals,
and is strongly socialistic in it's ten
denotes. The leaders of this faction
have been strong in the condemnation
of the seditious propaganda, and have
not hesitated to say so. Many Of them
have been inclined to be proud of be-
ing called Bolsheviki, but when they
came up against the real thing they
fastened to go on record against it.
There is another group in Mexico
which pleased to call itself the parlor
Bolsheviki. 1t is made up of some of
the most intelligent of the younger
New-York tribune., 1920-09-05
Revelry RACES
AS Unrest Runs
Riot i'm Europe
Situation i'm All Countries.
Economically and Politi-
call y, Is Worse Than at
Any Time Since 1913
England Faces Big Strike
Many Other Troubles Also
Beset Country, Including
Possible War i'm Ireland
By Arthur S. Draper

From The Tribune's Exropeon Bu,enx
Copyright. 1920. New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, Sept. 4.-The European
situation is more unsettled TODAY than
at any time since 1918, not excepting
the weeks Of the German revolution
or the perilous days when the Bolshe-
vlki were on the outskirts of Warsaw.
roiltlcs and economics are so confused
tEat 1t is almost impossible to say
whether the unrest Is due to a desire
to seize control of the machinery Of
government or simply an effort Of the
masses to change Industrial conditions.
The English industrial situation is
case in point. Within the next few
days the country will learn whether
its life is to be disrupted by a national
strike Or whether q compromise will
be reached between the coal miners and
the government. The miners seek a
reduction in the price of coal, which
will reduce the cost Of living, and an
increase in their own wages. The first
sympathy of all classes, but national
feeling is all against q strike because
OF its .paralyzing effect on industry
generally.
Fierce Battle Of Words
Robert Smillie and some other Brit
ish industrial leaders are working not
only for better labor conditions, but
for greater influence in political af-
fairs. A few Of these leaders are real
revolutionists, who would have change
IN the government, but the majority
believe they must obtain their claims
through constitutional methods.
Unquestionably, there is much labor
agitation in Europe to-day of a po-
Etical rather than an economic nature.
To date the salvation Of Great Britain
has been the spirit of compromise ex-
listing in all classes. Fierce battles of
words have been fought, but solution
of industrial problems has been gen.
orally found without resort to violence
or the destruction of the economic life
of the nation.
In the last few months have vis-
tied France, Italy, Germany, Czecho-
Slovakia and Belgium, and have had
opportunity to compare conditions in
those countries with life in England.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-05
British Women Lead Men
AS Frequenters of Bars

From 1ke 1Ttouws'S EHrope1a EWrsaH
LONDON, Aug. 20.-No one 10 so
anxious as American tourists to
express an opinion Of England. They
are uneasy until they do 80. Here is
list Of eighteen different impressions
stated to the writer by as many diff
ferent individuals on what struck them
in England:
l. The average London policemas-
doesn't know the streets in another
district than his own.
2. The number Of middle age men
in the streets of London is greater than
in New York.
5. The number Of women compared
with the number of men in the. streets
OF London at midday is greater than
in New York.
4. The open-air forum at HYDE
Park is the only place in the world
where anybody can speak on any SUBJ
ject.
s. The number Of English women
who wear woollen stockings is con.
spicuous.
6. London has fine materials for
cloehes, but poorer tailors than New
York.
7. Men have to order coat shirts in
orcer to get them; Englishmen don't
wear them.
in public bars when they are open in
England.
9. Tho Englishman takes more
lelcurc than the American. A man Of
moderate means plrys Cclf three times
week and frequently takes Saturday,
and Monday as holiday.
10. There are more silk hats on the
business streets than one would find
in America.
IL. The statues on the street are
all realistic life size ones. Edith
Cavell is the sole exception and even
this is dominated by her realistic
figure.
T.. The baggage always must travel
with you in England.
l3: English newspapers are more
detailed, and present discussions of all
phases of subject.
IA. British Parliament works harder
than the Congress of the United States.
Is. The King from day to day fol-
lows a schedule against which an
American millionaire or the American
President would revolt.
16. There are no stoves or radiators
in London houses.
II. Men smoke in the subways In
England.
1S. Finally. all join in saying Eng
land is wetter than America.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-05
The Week Abroad-News of DEVELOPMENTS IN Euro

elements Of the new regime, and many
OF them hold high Office in the govern
,ment; A magazine is soon to be issued
by this group expounding advanced
ideas" in a serious and literary vein.
This group also has been strong in its
condemnation Of the foreign agitation.
Government to Act
From all appearances there is small
fear that Bolshevism will 30 far in
Mexico as such. With a population SO
largely illiterate. however, much harm
may be done before a check is put to
present agitation unless the govern
ment acts. So far as the government
itself is concerned the task is relatively
easy, since the majority of the agita-
tors are foreigners and many of them
are criminals. Also, few of them came
into the country in the regular way,
and they can be expelled for violation
of immigration laws. It is probable
that this course of action will be
adopted in many cases.