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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11

| Washington. March ll--Indications
! that the Navy Department withheld
sending an available American naval
craft to European waters carly IN
/ the war, because of desire to Keep
| the main body of the nations sea
strength intact for possible eventual.
tiles were contained in Admiral Sims
testimony today before the senate com
mittee investigating the naval con
duct of the war. lie read a cable.
gram from the navy department, dat
cd July 10. 1917, containing an ou.-
line OF the departments policy anl
declaring that while a successful ter
mination Of the present war must el.
ways bc the first allied aim. and
viii probably result In diminished ten,
sion throughout the world, the futurN
position of the United states must
in no way be- jcopardi2ed by any
dsnterratiou OF our main lighting
feet"
Tho same cabegram Admiral Sims
said, contained this statcmnt:
The navy department announces as
It's general plan of action the follow
| ing; Its Willingness to send it's minor
fighting forces in any number not in
compatible with homo need, To any
field of action deemed advisable ly
/ the allied admiralty council; its un-
/ Willingness As a matter Of policy jo
separate any division from the main
/ fleet for service abroad although i.
| is willing to send the entire battle.
/ ship fleet abroad to act as unit ty
/ cooperating when the emergency is
| deemed 10 warrant IT,
With regard to this message, and
statement of policy Admiral Sins
said, 1T was the first definite state
ment of policy / had received. arr.v-
/ ing few days over three months
after we had declared war"
The astounding features Of this
| policy were. however that while 1t
stated our intention to cooperate II
the fullest degree, still such co-opcra.
| ton was conditioned, first upon an adc-
I Quate defense of our own waters. and
next upon the future position Of the
| United states after this war was
finished. said the admiral.
II am wholly unable to conceive OF
any war policy particularly in q
world war of this nature, which was
certain To exhaust all Of the particl-
pants with the possible exception Of
ourselves based upon the require.
ments OF any possible future war
a message received from the navc
department, dated July >, to the effect
that several small vessels were b.
ing sent to augment his forces. "ndi-
Gated that they were at last beginning
TO realize that there was a war be
ing fought in European waters. lo
clared Admiral Sims.
On July 80 Admiral Sims testlhe J.
he sent the Navy Department re-
view Of the discussions of the allied
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11

Bonds TO Pay Soldiers Not Feasible
Washington, March ll.-A bond
issue Of 81 500 900 600 to pay adjust
ed compensation to former service
rlen might result in disaster" Sec.
rotary Houston today told the house
ways and means committee, consld.
ering soldier relief legislation.
Increased taxes to extend aid to
former service men was suggested
by the secretary, rs "the least harm.
full way" but he said the proposed
expenditure Of two billion dollars
would lie a serious one for people
to confront at this time"
An attempt 10 sell bonds and place
other paper on the market at exist.
ing rates Of interest would be diff
cult. he said.
Il don't know If We could float
bonds ut n higher rate Of interest. -
he told the committee. III such
bonds were floated il would tend to
decrease values Of present obliea.
tons"
Fprthor credit expansion which
has been factor In the upward
trend Of living costs would be ineW-
table if another bond issue We're APP
proved. he said.
I'VE are doing what We can by
prudence to bring about normal con.
diuons of affairs, but ! can't pre-
diet when we will return to the pro-
war state" Mr.. Houston continued.
The proposal TO float additional
bonds would set up grave situations
which | am not sure We could
handle"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11
FOUR SUSPECTS UNDER
ARREST FOR KANSAS
CITY B A NIX ROBBERY

Kansas City, Mo-, March 1l-Ofll.
GERS and employees Of the South Side
Bank, scene Of a frustrated bank rob.
berry here yesterday when Glen VI.
Shockey. cashier, was killed in u pis.
tol fight with four bandits, were sun.
moned to police headquarters today
TO look at four men arrested last
night, in an attempt to identify them.
The four men and two women were
taken by the police In n semi.oXclusve
residence when the men and two wo.
mon, with u physician, were attempt.
ing TO remove the fourth man. wound.
ed through the left hip by bullet,
to n hospital.
One of the bank robbers was known
to have received a wound in the reg
ion of the hip. as they were entering
their automobile in fleeing from the
shots of the bank employees.
Additional arrests were expected to.
day by the police in connection with
the sensational attempt early yester.
day to hold up the South Side Bank.
in which Glen NJ. Shockey, cashier.
was hil led and several persons wound.
ell. This announcement was made at
police headquarters. Four men and
twc women are being held in connec.
ton with the case.
Officials and employees of the bank
Will MT appear at rt;ice headquarters
until late today in eH attempt 10
identify the four men now under ar.
rest, 1t was said at ro!ice headquart
ers. 1t was explained that those con.
nactoG witt the bank had been up all
night working with tie police O.,
the case. Other witnesses of the at
tempted holdup, however, were sum.
iaoned to the police department today
to look at the men under arrest in
an attempt to identify them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11
ST. LOUIS TEACHERS
DEMAND 30 1-3 INCREASE

St. Louis. March Instantaneous
ly with the announcement the high
school teachers Of st. Louis will union-
ize and affiliate with organized labor,
Il demand was made today on the
school board for 80 1.3 per cent
pay increase effective at the. begin.
ming of the next scholastic year.
Charles f.. Zimmerman chairman OF
the high school teachers committee.
states that approximately 90 per cont
Of the high school teachers would
unoniZe and affiliate with the central
trades and labor union as the result
Of vote at meeting Of represen.
tative committee of teachers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11
HEAD or ILLINOIS FEEDER.
ALTON ATTACKS POLITICAL
WAYS AND PKOFIrEEkS

kansas, City, Mo-. March
Establishment of cooperative
stores. was urged before the hi.
cnnial convention of district II,
United Mine Workers Of America,
which includes aKnsas miners, by
Duncan Mcdonald, president Of
the Illinois Federation of Labor,
today. Ills address dealt with
proftcoring and the cost Of liv.
ing.
I'VE are sending the men who
complain Of high prices to jail"
said Mcdonald, and are sending
the men who make high prices to
congress"
Every one who wants any
change in present day conditions"
continued the speaker, lis called
a bolshevist. The time is coming
when we all will be proud to be
called bolshevists.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11
INITIAL PLANS WORKIN G
OUT FOR THE EXPANSION
CAMPAI GN FOR ARDMORE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Announcement was made this after
noon that the Ardmore Chamber Of
Commerce win at once carry out its
plans for an expansion and reorganiza.
ton campaign.
The details of this effort will be in
charge of j. c. II. Foster. one of the
campaign directors of the American
City Bureau OF New York. Mr. Foster
will arrive in Ardmore this evening or
early Friday. His associates will be
L. w. pcpuy and Walter Parcelle.
Mr. Parcelle arrived in Ardmore Tues
day evening, coming from Atlanta, Ga.
where the Chamber Of Commerce
has just been expanded to more than
1000 members. Mr., Dcpuy also comes
from Atlanta, while Mr.. Fosters last
campaign was in Americus, Ca, which
with white population of about 5000
now has a Chamber of Commerce of
more than 500 members
Mr. Foster and his assistants are
men of long and wide experience in
the expansion OF Chambers of Com
mercc. Their organization does nothing
else than this class Of work. 1t has
been in the field about seven years
and at the present time has campaigns
in progress in nearly n score Of cir-
les all over this country. Last winter
Mr.. Foster spent several months IN
Canada where number Of the old
Of ftspv .r,,., |
into modern Chambers Of Commerce.
From Ardmore he viii go to Hamilton,
Ont. to direct the reorganization OF
the Board Of Trade Of that city.
The first step in the Ardmore cam.
paisn will be taken at a meeting
OF the directors of the Chamber O.,
Commerce, which will be held very
soon after Mr.. Fosters arrival. Al,
this meeting the details OF the plan
will be presented and discussed, for
though Mr.. Foster and his associates
will undertake the development Of .hc
machinery for the campaign, Ard
more men viii at all times be advised
with.
a suitable headquarters for the
campaign force will be necessary a.
once. In the preparation of the ma.
terial for the undertaking the em.
ployment Of several Ardmore steno-
graphers win be required, consil /
cradle quantity Of supplies will be
purchased here and in all respects
this will be a strictly Ardmorc un.
dcrtaking
Until MIR. Foster has consulted with
the directors Of the chamber and
other citizens. it will not he possible
to fix any Of the dates of meetings
or other outstanding features of the
campaign. This, however, will he a
matter which will be decided within
a day or two after the first gathering
Of the directors. In any event, Mr..
Parcelle thought the entire cam
paign period will not occupy more
than four weeks. This will be follow.
ed by u brief "installation" period. -.
called. which will give Ardmore
Chamber Of Commerce second to none
in tho etate
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11
NEW POLITICAL PARTY
ORG AIMING AT ST. LOUIS

st. Louis March 1l.--A new poll.
tical party, with the Committee of
Torty-eight" as its nucleus, will have
candidates for president and vice
president in tho forthcoming nation
nj election, il was announced here.
Paul Harris Drake of Bostcn, di-
rector of the Forty Fighters" said
the proposed party would be com
posed of Liberal" organizations. such
as the American Labor Party, and
various farmers societies. Candidates
will be selected ut national conven.
tion to bc held probably here. next
June, he explained.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11
LOVE WAS ATTEMPT TIN G.
TO A ID HIS ASSA|LANT.

In the brief statement made of
the unfortunate affair yesterday,
in which Lorenzo Love, Jr. was
injured seriously the news story
red that the trouble occurred in
the rear of the "Smoke House"
which is pool hall and cigar store
on North Washington street
This led some of the readers TO in.
fer that Lorenzo Love was in
this place when the trouble oc.
Cured, which Is not true. tIo
was working in his fathers cot
ton office upstairs in an adjoln
ing building and saw a man lying
PROSTATE upon the ground be-
meath his window. and at the rear
of the building in which he was
at work. Tho boy went down to
try to render help to the pros.
trate man and 1t Is stated that his
efforts to get him away in au au
tomobile wherc he might be taken
care of, resulted in the trouble
which may cost him his life.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11
Appointment Held in Abeyancc

Washington, March 1.-THE coufir.
nation Of the appointment Of Colby
n successor to Secretary Of state
Lansing, has not yet been made and
may be said to be hanging in the
balance Hearings are being held
before a joint committee Of the house
and senate and no authentic informa.
lion is forthcoming.
The hearings, which have been
executive, it was indicated, would be
continued and some members thought
IT might be several days before any
action was taken on the nomination.
Although it was said that no decls.
ions had been reached, senate action
still was possible by Monday, when
state department officials hold that
the tenure Of Frank l.. Polk, as act
ing secretary will expire.
Senators on the committee main
tained silence regarding the nature
Of the testimony heard and declined
to divulgc tho names of witnesses to
bc called IN the future or to discuss
the subjects on which they would be
questioned.
The witnesses heard today included
J. +. Trevor who was in charge Of
army intelligence In New York dur
Ing the war and Victor Praeger, who
was stenographer in the New York
Intelligence bureau.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11
SIOUX CITY BALL TEAM
TRAINS AT MIAMI

Miami. Okla, March 1.-The Miami
chamber of commerce this morning re.
ceiyed word from C. W. Andrew, presi.
dent of the Sioux City baseball tcam
OF the Western League, that the cldb
would hold its spring training here.
The date for report Of players has
not been set but is expected during
the last week Of March. Several eXhi-
bltion games have been matched here
before the season opens.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11
MISSOURIAN RUNS FOR
SENATE ON WET TICKET

st. Louis March ll.--John c. Hlg.
don, n local lawyer, today formally
announced his candidacy for the dem.
ocratic nomination for United States
senator. lie asserted he would make
the race on n wet platform. lie Ia
the second democrat 10 announce for
the office. Breckinridge Long. third
assistant secretary Of state having
made known his candidacy a month
ago. Mr.. Higdon was defeated for the
nomination Is months ago. when he
ran to fill the unexpired term of the
late Senator stone.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11
DEPARTMENT or AGRICUL-
TURE SHOWS MUCH GRAIN
IN HANDS or FARMERS

Washington March II. The
amount Of grain on farms March /,
was announced by the department
Of agriculture as follows:
Corn 1909, ,O9J 900 bushels. or 37.04
per cent Of the 1919 crop, compared
with $50. j.2G9, 600 bushels, or 34.9 per
cent year ago.
Wheat, lG5539 900 bushels or l7.G
per cent compared with l2S,703. 600
bushels, or 14.0 per cent year
ago.
oats, 422Si5,0 900 bushels, or 33.9
per cent compared with 5sO.25i ,OOO
bushels. or 3S.4 per cent year ago,
Barley, SS,Ol0,O00 bushels, or 22.9
per cent compared with Sl,74G.OOO
bushels or $40 per cent year ago
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11
A9!JoS p2Mols!I

Chicago, March ll.-pr vii
.s!lI dickson bead Of Chica'
ychopathic laboratory, to.
day declared that dccadcnco of
tho nation can only result from
the asccndcucy gained hy women
in affairs.
"Thc women have secured the
drop OF the men," said Dr, Hick-
son. "The nation has put it's
head in the moose of Puritanism,
and degeneration of individual and
national fiber is inevitable
"Dr. dickson said prohibition
is typical of the modern Puritan
ISM" and added the cffemina.
tion Of man already is noticeable"
he declared.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11
Storm Warnings Posted.

Washington. March l1.-Southenst
storm warnings were ordered by the
weather bureau at IL o'clock this
morning, for the gulf coast from Pen.
sacola to Carrabelle, Fla. The disturb.
ance was reported over northwest
Kansas moving east. Fresh to strong
southeast to south winds tonight
and Friday were indicated for tho
coast.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11
Peace Time Army Bill

Washington, March 11.-An au-
thorized peace.time army of 2S9,OOO
enlisted men and 1890 officers, was
approved by the house. which by a
vote Of 10 to 25 refused TO plend
the army reorganization bill, 80 as
to fix the maximum strength at
100000 men and 1i,200 officers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11
AMERICAN SUGAR CORPORATION
SHOWS INCREASE OF $4,000, 900

Washington. March 11.--Net earn.
ings of the American Sugar Refining
Company, for 1919 aggregated SIS $50,
Gl9 against s12,5S7,4S7 in the proceed
ing year, according to the annual re
port Of the company issued today. The
volume of business for 1919, amount.
ed to 5000, 100000, an increase of about
500, ,000,0 600 over 1918, but the opera:-
ing profits according to the company's
statement, remained at about PEI
cent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11
BOARD OF AGR|CULT TURE
ISSUES PAMPHLET THAT
TELLS ABOUT OKLA VOMA
FARMIRG. lNVAE CEMENT

The state bu<-l OF agriculture has
had printed Il booster pamphlet that
is being sent cur all over the United
St,tCs telling of the success OF Oh.
lahoma farmers in 1919.
The pamphlet gives detailed in
voice Of farm products and contains
the following interesting 1919 facts.
THAT Oklahoma's crops were worth
Sj47 ,7jS 900
That Oklahoma ranks 10th among
the states in the value of all crops.
That the acre value of Olllahomas 3
- leading field crops exceeds the
estimated acre price of its average
plow land.
That for each OF nine leading
field crops the acre.incomo far ex
cceds $4,000.
Oklahoma exceeds the average for
u. S. for the same crops.
That Oklahoma receives more dol.
lars per acre from each of the nine
leading crops than was received BY
the various states that lead in total
production Of these crops.
Thot Cklahoma's average plow lanG
is estimated at one.half the average
Of the u. S.
That the crop value of 1919, is
nearly four times the crop value in
1907 statehood year.
That Oklahoma farmers paid for
farm help one-tEird moro per month
than the average paid in sixteen
states comprising the South Atlantic
and South Central groups.
That the value Of crops alone was
moro than double the value of oil
and gas.
That half the farms are under oil
lease.
That from oil and gas leases. roy.
altics and bonuses, land owners re-
ceivcd $50 1000 600 last year.
That from Oklahomas soil and
beneath it were produced last year
Sl4I19j,0 600.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11
With Senator's DisresardinS Leaders
Plans, Disputed Article Ten Remains
In Status Quo; Labor Committees Named;
Soldier Compensation May Bring Disaster

Washington, March 1l.-Senate
action on Article Ten was deferred
again today while the leaders
sought to bring order out Of the
situation resulting from yesterdays
break up in the compromise nego.
tiations.
Republican leaders We're under.
stood to have indicated that they
might accept with certain changes.
the substitute article ten roser.
walton adopted by the mild reser.
vationists.
Among the democrats the com.
promise advocates continued ac-
lively at work.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11

Charleston.--T West Virginia leg,
lslature ratified the federal woman
suffrage amendment, becoming the
thIrty.fourth state to do so. Senator
Jesse Bloch, who made hurried trip
from California, cast the vote which
broke the deadlock Senator A. r.
Montgomery an antl-suffraglst was not
permitted to vote. his seat having
been declared vacant,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11
Quaraniines Against Texas Cotton

Baton Rouge, La, March 1.-The
Louisiana department Of agriculture
will declare quarantine against the
entire state of Texas on cotton seed,
cotton seed meal and hulls. rs precau.
ton against the spread Of the pink
boll worm recently discovered in
Cameron parish, La.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11
Cotton Markets

Tho attention OF the readers
of Tho Ardmorcite, is called TO the
publication of the Cotton Market
reports. These reports are ro-
celved over the wire daily from
New York and New orleans mar
Rets and are being published In
connection with the daily news
for the benefit Of our readers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11
No More Money TO Europe

Washington, March 1.-The allied
governments will receive no further
loans from the American govern
ment, Secretary Houston has an.
nounced. ..-..
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11
Boards FeTsonncls 10 President

Washington March II. - Labor's
nominations to the railroad labor
board, the wage board Of appeals,
On which the public will have repre-.
Sentation, were submitted today to
the president There We're 10 names,
from which the president will select
three to DC sent to the senate for
confirmation, along with three from
the railroad executives and three rep
resentiug the public. The railroad ex.
ecutives have not yet completed their
list, nor has the president selected
the public group.
The snUp crafts, one Of the three
groups into which the 16 labor
unions were divided, named only
two mcn.
None Of the names was made pub.
lie, but it was learned that the shop
crafts chose a. d. Wharton, prosi-
dent Of the railway employees de-
partment Of the American Fedora.
tiCn of Labor. and b. NJ. Jewell, who
during the time Mr.. Wharton served
as a member Of the railroad admin
istrations wage adjustment board,
acted as president of the affiliated
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11

ST. Louis-Thc Standard Oil Com.
pany of Missouri. filed suit in FED.
ora district court to cnjoln the state
petroleum inspector from inspcctin.,
its products or entering premises Of
the company in Missouri.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11

Rev. Ethelbert Talbot, bishop of
the Protestant Episcopal church at
Bethlehem, Pa, recently suggested a
plan for the merger Of the twenty
two leading evangelical church de
nominations in America. He believes
this would stop rivalry which has
cost Americans S500,000,000. His
plan was discussed at the convention
Of the nter-church council on organic
union in Philadelphia recently. The
associated churches would adopt the
title, The United Churches of
Christ in America"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11

Lawton, Okla. Three persons slight
ly injured and a dozen houses wreck
ed by tornado.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11
EVEN LITTLE SAN SALVADOR
JOINS or LEAGUE or NATIONS

San Salvador. Republic Of Saliva
dor. March iO.-rho congress Of Sal
vndor today ratified the executive
decree under which Salvador becomes
a member Of the league OF nations.
y list Of the neutral nations in
Vtod to become members Of the
league Of nations, cablcd from Lon
don on Wednesday,, showed that ali
but two Of the 10 nations. non-sig'
natorics oi the Versailles treaty. in
vited to become original members
Of the league, had definitely accept
c1. These two nations, the list
showed, were Salvador and Vene'
gueln
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11
Ne GRO MURDERER WHOSE
TRIAL COST SIX LIVES
in RIOT At FRANKFORT
KENTUCKY, IS EXECUTED

Eddyyille, Ky. March ll.-Pctrio
Einbroush alias WIN Loctott, con.
victcd slayer Of Geneva Hardman.
and confessed slayer Of four other
women, died IN the electric chair
at Eddyvile prison AT 4:S2 this
morning
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-11
Bonds TO Pay Soldiers Not Feasible

unions.