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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-09
BIG BOMBING PLANE
MAKES RECORD FOR
I25-MILE JOURNEY
Flies From Washington 10
Yorktown, Va, in Oh
MiIlufes.

WASHINGTON, Sept. S.-Carrying
Il crew of four men and 1000
pound torpedo, n Martin bombing
plane, fitted with torpedo gear. to-
day flew from Washington TO
Yorktown. Va, a distance of 125
miles, in 64 minutes. Naval officers
declared they believed the flight
established record for planes OF
that type.
The flight was made as test OF
the Martin plane in connection with
its use in tho bombing and torpedo
practice soon to be conducted with
tho old battlcship Indiana as tar
get.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-09
Litter Of Puppies Born in
Plane 10000 Feet in Air
Ony uniycrsnl scr,Icc.l }

PARIS. Sept. S.-The first aerial
birth I'm history In now matter OF
record. t"Foilette,- the pet dog OF
Henri Roget, the French Air Min-
lister, gave birth to nine pupplea
while she WINS dying In her mas
tcr's plnnc 12,00O feet nboYe Rome
yesterday. The puppies and their
mother arc getting along nicely.
Roget Is expected here tomor-
row, coming by mir after U,OOO
miles OF nyinE TINT has taken him
TO raost European capitals. JIo did
not xufier single mishap. His
dog accompanied him NIL the way.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-09
strikers Vote for work.

SCRANTON, PA, Sept. S.-Although
there was no break in the ranks OF
the miner "vacationists" here today,
and the mines were tied up. as tightly
as they have been for the past week.
change is expected tomorrow. Men
employed at the collieries of the
Pennsylvania Coal Company in Dun
moro. at a meeting today voted to
resume work tomorrow. and similar
action was taken by employees of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
men at the Storrs and Cayuga col
lieries.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-09
Charity Lodger Leaves
a Fortune Of $125,000
IDy Associated Press.J

NEW YORK, Sept. s.-whcn
Peter yiodovitch, 05-year-old
charity guest OF the municipal
lodging house, died in n hospital
here todny, Ii was learned that he
wns possessor Of fortune ex-
ccedInS $125,000.
The old mnn's belongings were
said to comprise $5f,OOO In liberty
bonds, 100000 Deposited In Alaska
banks, $1,000 In cash, n $5,OO0
ruby ringy n $4,000 diamond ring,
n 5000 diamond stickpini 5000
gold nugget. and several deeds to
realty in FairbanSes. Alaska.
He was reEfstered at the hos
pttal ~ q nfner, of San Fran
cisco and Alaska. & "a ~ X
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-09
POLES CHECK ADVANCE
OF LlTHUANIAMS IN NORTH
After Some Fighting 200 Prisone rs
Six Machine Guns and 40 Carts
md HOrNea Arc Taken.

WARSAW. Sept. S.-An official COM
munication issued today says tho I'D
vance of the Lithuanians in tho norti,
has been checked. Polish cavalry de
tachments stopped the further ad-
vance of tho Lithuanians after some
lighting. The Poles took 200 pris-
oners. six machine guns. six field
kitchens and forty carts and horses
Polish successes also are announced
on the Lemberg front, the Poles cross
ing the Bug River between Kamionka n
and Strumlyowa, and smashing a red
concentration In tho region OF
Jablouwaka. One hundred and flfty
prisoners were taken.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-09
(By Associated Prcss.)

CHICAGO, Sept. s.-The FIRST
Imp in the transcOntinentnI aerial
mail Hcrvice was completed to-
City of Rudolph &. Page. who
left Mincoin, n. ". at $3.50 O'Clock
this morning after stops mt Belle
fontc, Pa, Cleveland, and mt
Haywood Landing Field. chicago.
lie took ON supply of gns ut
Cleveland. and changed machines
Mt Chicago. II had been planned
to remain In Omaha for the
night, but darkness forced the
aviator down In Iowa City. The
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-09
noiler E.pIosion Kills Two.

CLEVELAND. Sept. S.--A boiler ex-
plosion on the ore carrier. Empire
City, bound down the lake. occurred
tonight when the vessel was twenty
miles OFF this port. Two OF the crew
are reported to have been killed and
n third member of the crew was seri-
ously scalded.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-09
Must Swear Stills Are
Not for Home Brewing
tBy Universal service.)

my DnlScrsnl Scrvicc.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. S.-HeIp!
The *nIe of stills In being re-
strictcd.
As IL the rockcunE OF prices
OF rnisins, hops. yenst. and nil the
other little necessities for the
manufacture OF home dynamite
wasn't bad enough.
Internal Hevenue Commdssioner
"tilInnls today issued nm order re-
auirinE that NIL purchasers of
STILLS hic nf1dnvits that they will
be used only for the dIstiilinE Of
water. Unlcss ruch nnidayfts are
filcd IL will he held that the stills
have been sold for Illicit purposes.
The order was Issucd ms n result
of reports of Erent traffic in Stills.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-09
YOUNG ROOSEVELT SAVES
LIFE BY LEAP FROM PLANE
Republican spclIbiyder Jumps Out of
Machine ns II breaks From
MOoringx.
[By Universal Service. ]

oKMULGEE. OKLA, Sept. s.--A
timely leap from the fusilage OF ar
airplane by Lieutenant Colonel Thco.
dore Roosevelt saved him from in
jury and possibly death today.
Mechanics were turning up tho
plane when 1t broke from it's moor
ings. Just before 1t scared young
Roosevelt lcaped. The airplane
crashed to earth few moments
later.
observation-disclosures Roosevelt. un-
shaken by the incident. entered into
another. plane and made the flight to
deliver campaign speech.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-09
Coal Prosecution to Start,

KNOXVILLE. Sept. s.-The fight
between the coal operators and
United States District Attorney Ken
neriy over recent coal prosecutions
Will get under way in definite form
tomorrow when United States Deputy
Marshal a. A. Seaton will make re-
turn for the seizure Of the records
of l.. o. Scott. the Little Drushy,
Mount Carbon and Big Ben Coal
Companies at Hartman
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-09
'Is Again in Danger.

TULSA, OKLA. Sept. Sc. O.
Lingo and James Kennedy. OF Tulsa
occupants 90 a companion to the
Roosevelt plano, said lightning
cracked about the two planes and
twice the engine OF the Roosevelt ma
chino went dead. short circuited by
the rain on tho trip to Tulsa. Whom
the two machines alighted at land
ing station here Roosevelt's pilot
remarked to him that the entire party
had been mighty lucky"
Colonel Roosevelt was in two ac-
cidents at Joplin and yinlta. earlier
in tho day. He escaped both unin-
iured.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-09
CLEMENCEAU, OCT0GENARIAN
TO CLIMB THE SHiMALAYAS
War Premier of France, InviEorated
by Restfut summer, Will Essay
Difficult Feat.
IBy Universal Service
(Snecial Cable Dispatch,


PARIS. Sept. S.-Georges Clemen-
ccau, the octogenarian war Premier
OF France. invigorated by restful
summer on the Vendean Coast, is to
climb the Himalaya mountain. He
will sail from MarseilIes September
20 for India.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-09
GooD-BY, EXTRACT DRUMKs
Scientist Would Substitute GIycerlne
for Alcohol for Making OF
Flnvoring Extracts.
IDy Associated Pres.,1

CHICAGO. Sept. S.-A method OF
making fiavoring extracts nonalco-
holic was proposed to tho American
Society annual convention today by
DR.. NJ. DeGrote, OF the University of
Pittsburgh. He favored substituting
glycerino for tho alcohol In those
extracts and said glycerine made not
only better but q cheaper extract.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-09
Savannah banker Dies.

SAVANNAH, GA. Sept. s.-Horacs
"A. Crane. a director and yice-presi-
don't Of the Citizens and Southern
Bank. died at his homo here tonight.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-09
FIRE IN NEWPORT NEWS
Army Administration building 4
Embarkation Port Goes
Hin In Snokc.

Embarkation Port Goes
Up in Smoke.
NEWPORT NEWS, VA, Sept. 81
Fire of undetermined origin tonight
completely destroyed the army ad'
ministartion building here. uset
during the war period as headquar.
ters for the port OF embarkation
The loss Is estimated Mt $4,000. s,
Firemen at the scene were mcnaced
in their work by falling electric
wiros. A heavily charged trolley wire
fell to the ground amidst about
twenty people, but no one was In.
iurcd Ls
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-09
Pope Intercede. for Mncswiney.

ROME. Sept. s-The Popo has In
terceded in behalf OF, Lord Mayor
Macswiney. now, in Brixton prison,
London, according to n newspaper
here
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-09
Dozen Additional SHOCK, Fc,,

FLORENCE, ITALY, Sent. S.-A
dozen additional shocks have been
felt In the afflicted region since the
first one, further increasing the terror
OF the population. Fortunately no
fresh disasters are reported Telc-
phonic communication with Massa
Carrara is interrupted.
At Pisa. the inmates OF an asylum
for the insane were terror stricken
and tried to escape, some of them
succeeding. prisoners clamored to be
freed. but were Gained when they
were transferred to large court
yard. where there was little danger
OF the walls falling on them.
UP to O'Clock tonight the number
OF dead reported was so7, although
this is only approximate. for there
are many bodies under the ruins.
From scores of small towns and viii
iases come reports of great destruc-
ton to homes. Some families were
almost entirely blotted out and each
place has It's toll of dead.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-09
CONTINUED on Page Three.5

Every Sunday in September C. & o.
Sunday Outings. s2,4o Round Trip
9Id peint. Brokroe and Norfolk.
Ocean Yiew.-. Adv 4 Z. M
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-09
HUNDREDS KILLED
. IN |TALY'S LATEST
BIG EARTHQUAKE
Many Thousands Injured
and Scores Of Towns
Are Destroyed.
HOSPITALS FULL OF
VICTIMS OF DISASTER
Great Castles Tottered During
convulsion, and Many Thought
End of World Had Come.
Iny Associated press.


ROME, Sept. S.-ltaly is again suf-
fcring from an earthquake disaster.
the extent OF which has not yet been
measured. 1t is known. however. that
hundreds OF people have been killed
and thousands injured.
Many small towns and villages have
been wrecked. and although assist :
ancc is being hurried from all parts
Of the country TO the afflicted area,
there is much suffering for want OF
food. medicines and shelter for the
people. Though not SO great. the
present disaster recalls the distant
tragedy of Messina.
1t is not yet possible to calculate e
how many hundreds are dcad-the list
up to this evening shows close 70
400 already reported.
Many Bodies Under I,uinn.
There are many bodies under the
ruins. and there are injured also un-
der the ruins who have not yet been
reached by the rcscuers There arc
believed to be many thousands of
Injured: the hospitals have already
received about 500 and 900 others
have been taken to other hospitals
near Spezia.
Improvised hospitals composed OF
tents are caring for many others
nobody knows how many. The in
jured md the homeless are thankful
at lenst that the weather keens fair.
but at night 1t is very cold. especially
on the mountain slopes.
All CTasses Join to Aid.
All classes are combining in their
efforts TO render aid. Monarchists
as well as republicans. socialists and
even anf-chists are hocking to the
scene OF the earthquake from the
bigger cities-Spezia, Florence. Luca
and Modena.
Survivors describe the shock ms ter
rifying. The air was flied with
eNohf.S. 'sil'n-s. s..,& 20 olaci: .hat
the sun was lost 10 view.
TT seemed like the end OF the
world" peasants say. The great tow
ers of medieval castles were shaken.
partially destroyed, or scanned ,otter-
Ing to fall. The ducal palace. mt
Aassa. Carrara. which was the sum
mer residence of Napoleon's sister,
was seriously damaged.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-09
,iluax. van AInuedl

II II II 80, you have found al of things
useful but not used. Turn them into
real M Srnoney by putting a,,Sgant ad In
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-09

$3.50 Special BaItimore and Returrt.
River Line. asds l a7a Sas Sdx foss ,s
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-09
CONTINUED on Page Three.5
TO OPEN BOAT LINE FROM
MEWBERN TO BALTIMORE
Vessels Operated ny War Depart
mcnt VIII Stop mt Inter-
mediate Points.

WASHINGTON, Sept. S-Sena,or
Simmons announced tonight that
within short time. the War De.
partment will open regular line Of
boats between Newbern, North Caro-
lima, and Baltimore. including stops
at intermediate points.
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
FERRIS FAVO RS RELIEF;
EG|SLAT|ON PENDING
FOR EX-SERV|CE N EN-

Oklahoma City, March Sl.-Con'
gresham Scott Ferris of Lawton,
Oklahoma, who has been actively in
terested in securing the passage of
relief legislation for the eX-service
men, will use his efforts to secure
the passage Of the bin favored by the
American Legion, which is now before
the ways and means committee or
the house.
In a telegram received to-day by
Horace Hagan, state commander OF
the Oklahoma Legionnaires, Mr. Fer
ris said:
Legion relief bill is a good one,
I am in favor of it, and ] am en-
couraging the ways ana neans com
mittee to report it. / will help with
it in every way. The committee had
its first session for consideration or
the bill Tuesday Command me for
any help | can render IN respect TO
it."
Mr. Ferris recently urged the ways
and means committee TO promptly
report legislation for the benefit or
the eX.service men and authorized
the plan he favored Which is practi-
cally the same as that indorsed by
the American Legion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
Important to all Women
Readers of this Paper

Thousands upon thousands Of wo-
men have kidney or bladder trouble
and never suspect it.
Womens complaints often prove to
he nothing else but kidney trouble,
or the result Of kidney or bladder
disease.
If the Kidneys are not in healthy
condition they may cause the other
organs to become diseased.
You may suffer pain in the back,
headache and loss 0: ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous, ir-
ritable and ma be despondsnt: 1t
makes any one 81.
Rut hundreds OF women claim that
DR. Kilmer's Swamp Root, by restor-
ing health TO the kidneys. proved TO
lie Just the remedy needed to ever
come such conditions
Many send for sample bottle to
see what Swamp-Root, the great kid
ney, liver and bladder medicine will
do for them. BY enclosing ten cents
10 DR.. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, n.
Y, you may receive sample size bot
tie by Parcel Post. You can purchase
medium and large size bottles at all
drug stores. Adv.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
GERMANY LOOKS TO
FRANCE ALONE FOR
LEAVE TO ADVANCE
TROOPS INTO THE RUHR
STRIKE TERRTrORA \
Continued from Page one

Continued from Page one
TO find some way out OF the corner
into which most of them feel they
nave been driven by the govern.
mcnt's measures.
Most of the leaders admit defeat
but many of them are declared 10 be
resolved to pursue a course Of sabo-
taGc with regard to the mines and
possibly one Of destruction of the
factories, if the ReichSwehr really
advance upon them as was threaten
ed in the governments ultimatum.
There has been sudden tighten
ing of tho food restrictions in the
Runr area, which had been relaxed
for a time by the working mems
governing bodies. Some Of the hotels
are refusing TO accept guests even
for room accommodations alone, for
fear they might be obliged to feed
the new comers.
No disorders have occurred in con-
nection with the food restrictions
or the other revolutionary measures,
while the communists announce they
have released 80 members of the
reichswehr whom they had held as
prisoners.
The general situation as regards
The strike was unchanged this even
ing.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
News From Cement Field.

Chickasha, Okla, March 3O.-tSpec.
iaU-The Cement field, IL miles south
west Of here has two new oil wells
practically completed but the fact
that one is covered by the wreck
age OF derrick will delay its be-
ing turned over to the owners as a
completion,
This particular well is the Magnolia
No. /, Medrano farm, formerly the
Fortune) in the northeast OF the
northeast of the southwest OF section
36.6.1O. The well is 1880 feet deep and
with the bit a few feet in the sand,
oil is standing to within 200 feet OF
the top Of the hole.
IL will be necessary to rebuild the
rig before further work can be done
at this location A driller and tool
dresser were seriously injured when
the derrick was wrecked by the re-
cent storm that swept the field. They
were drilling when the wind struck
and despite the fact that the tools
were in the hole, the big rig went
over and they We're buried in the
wreckage.
There is not a great deal OF gas
showing at tnis well, but indications
are that it will be one Of the big
wells of the field
On the east side of the field, the
Calls Belle No. 2, Surbcck farm in
the southwest of the southwest OF sec
tlon 2.5.9 has blown itself into an
oil well, which, oil men believe, will
make $50 barrels day.
The well had been finished as a
gasser and there were hopes that it
would do much toward furnishing gas
for the Oklahoma Natural lines. 1t was
good for about 100000 cubic feet
daily. Yesterday however it was open.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
FIRST LEGAL HANGING
IN KANSAS SINCE 1870

Leavenworth, Kansas, March 60
Robert +. Stroud of Juneau, Alaska,
will be the first man legally hanged
in Kansas in almost so years unless
President Wilson saves him by eXer-
else of executive clemency.
The last legal hanging in this state
took place in 1870 and the death pen
atty was abolished in Kansas in
1907 but stroud was tried and con
vcted in federal court for mur-
der committed in the federal peni
tentiary here and sentenced under fed
eral law to be hanged.
Another unsual feature OF the case
is the fact that he would have escap-
ed with life Imprisonment if he had
not insisted upon a third trial which
resulted in a death sentence. II it IS
carried out he will be the first man
TO be executed in Leavenworth pris-
on.
Stroud was serving a IL year sen,
tence in the penitentiary for the kill
ing Of man in Alaska in u quarrel
over a dance hall girl when in 1916
he attacked Andrew T.. Turner, a pris.
on guard. and stabbed him to death
with dagger which he had made
from a table knife, and carried in n
concealed pocket in his coat. Stroud
asserted subsequently that Turner
had called him name.
For this killing stroud had three
trials. In the first he was found gull.
ty Of murder and sentenced to death
but the court of appeals remanded the
case ON the ground that the trial
Judge had failed to inform the jury
Of its privilege Of bringing in a "qual
flied verdict limiting his punish
mcnt to life imprisonment. In the see
ond trial the jury availed itself Of rhi'
legal provision and sentenced him for
life. Stroud's lawyers felt that they
had gained a victory. but at the pris
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
HICKORY CREEK WATER
WILL P RIO BABLY FLOW
THROUGH A COMPLETED.
PIPELINE ON N ON DAY

Unless some unforeseen circum.
stance interyenes water will be
running through the Hickory
creek pipe line into the city lake
IN the morning Of Monday April .
This is vouched for by those in
position 10 know, who state that
everything would have been fin
ished by this time had the work
not been delayed over the ship.
ment OF some bolts and washers
necessary TO make connections.
The water situation after many
months anxiety on the part Of
city officials and the citizens gen
orally. is about to be settled, as
the Lire will furnish an adequate
supply for everyday use beside
flowing q surplus into the lake
direct.
The lake has been very low for
some time and was getting lower
rapidly as the supply decreased
in volume due to evaporation as
well as to consumption, ana there
was some talk a while back to
discontinue supplying water TO
manufacturing plants.
The mayor and some of the
commissioners spent the after
noon on the line looking over the
situation with the contractor
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31

three years later n baby boy came and
] was troubled again. could scarcely
do any work at all and suffered for four
years. a neighbor told ME about Lydia
4. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
| took it for year or more. Now l
have baby girl and do not have any
female trouble. You can do anything
you like with my letter to help Others"
Mrs j. NJ. BRUCE, r, +. d. 3, Brooks.
burg, Ind.
The makers Of Lydia Z. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound have thousands OF
such letters as that above--they tell the
truth, else they could not have been OBJ.
tanned for love or money. This medicine
is no stranger-it has stood the test for
more than forty years.
Ii there are any complications you do
not understand write to Lydia L. Pink.
ham Medicine Co. (con6dentiall, Lynn,
Mass.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
Bishop in Preliminary Bouts.

W. A. Braun, manager OF Bill Blsh'
op who is scheduled for ten round
boxing match with Sailor Thoms at
Wilson next Tuesday night has his
protege in this city and has him
working out daily with Johnny Lynch
at the fire station gym. Bishop IS
shifty young fellow with punch and
feels confident over the outcome oil
his match with Thoms.
Thoms is rat Wilson where he is
putting the finishing touches on his
training preparatory TO the coming
bout
The public who are Interested IN
the mitt ghme are invited to come
to the fire station afternoons and
watch Bishop in action.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
German,French Negotiations

Paris, March 31.-The direct nego-
tiauons between the French and Ger
man governments, without the part-
clpation Of the other allies, develop
ed in the exchange Of communica-
tions today concerning the question
of the occupation Of the Ruhr Val
ley. are regarded here as of extra
ordinary significance.
Dr. Won Mayer, the German charge,
made his request Tor permission TO
send troops in the Ruhr region to
the French government alone, and
to NJ. Millcrand as premier Of France
and NOT as a member of the allied
supreme council. Premier Millcrand's
refusal of the request, delivered to-
day, is in the name Of the govern
mcnt of the French republic, with
out allusion to the entente powers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-31
TWO MEN ARRESTED WHEN
"CHOC" JOINTS ARE RAIDED

Deputy Gaines and 'members of the
city police force raidad "Choc' joints
situated just outside the city limits
Yesterday afternoon and after smash
ing containers filed with the exhil-
Grating fluid placed two men under
arrest and turned fhem over TO the
county for further action
"Choc" has been flowing pretty
freely in certain sections recently
and the operators were beginning TO
think they were immune when the
blow fell yesterday. The "Choc" brew
eress, in fact al manner Of nome
brews are under the ban and the
police are beginning TO inaugurate
campaign to put: the manufacturers
out Of business.