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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-30
NEW LODGE TO HOLD
FIRST MEET TUESDAY

First meeting OF the new blue lodge
Of the Masonic order organized In
this city. and known as the Bruce
Lodge. U. D., Is scheduled to be held
at the Masonic Hall on Tuesday night,
at 7:SO o'clock. The lodge has been
named In honor of the late George
Henry Bruce. secretary of the local
Masonic orders foe number OF years
and who was also high priest OF Ard.
more Chapter No, II for l6 years
prior to his death.
The dispensation OF the new lodge.
which Is the second OF It's kind In
Ardmore. Is dated January 9s, and
has personnel OF 25 charter mem.
bers The officers are II. X. Medford.
worshlpful master; ]. W. Davis, sen.
ior warden. Freeman Gait, junior war.
den: Jessey Kinney. senior deacon. Dr.
Robert Keith. Junior deacon; o. W. DE.
veney. treasurer: U. S. Forest. secre.
tary: Earl w. Heath, Tyler. Gabe
Newman. senior steward: and u. e.
Waggoner Junior stweard.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-30
Amage to Wireless Plant
Prevented Announcing
Death Which Came
From Heart Trouble.
BODY ARRIVES AT
MONTEVIDEO ON SHIP
"Quest" Was Anchored Off
South Georgia Island When
End Came.

BUENOS AIRES.-More than three
weeks elapsed between the death Of
lSir Ernest Shackletop, the British
explorer, and its announcement to
the world, made yesterday when the
body arrived at Montevideo. The de.
lay, La Nacion's Montevideo cores
pondent telegraphs, was ascribed by
Captain l.. Hussey, who accompanied
the body as due TO a series Of wireless
mishaps.
Sir Ernest died aboard the steam.
ship Quest on which he was making
another Antarctic voyage while an.
chored off South Georgia Island on
January 5. His body was taken to
Montevideo on the first leg of the
trip home aboard the Norwegian
steamship Professor Cruvel.
Captain Hussey bore death GER
tificate, which reads: II, Alexander
Macklin, certify to my best knowledge
and belief that the cause of death was
atheroma in the arteries of the heart"
Before death he had not suffered an
Infectious or contagious disease"
This certificate was signed by DR..
Macklin as surgeon of the expedi-
ton. The body arrived at Montevideo
in a hermetically sealed zinc shell,
covered with wood.
Captain Hussey told La Nacon's
correspondent that the Quest arrived
at South Georgia Island with her
main wireless plant out Of commission
due to damage by heavy storms dur
ing the voyage. which otherwise. was
uneventful. Sir Ernest had been in the
best of health through the trip. The
day before his death, he landed on the
island TO supervise the purchase OF
provisions and returned 10 the ship
apparently well. After supper he went
10 the cabin and talked with his com.
panions.
At 1880 on the morning Of Jan. 5. he
felt sharp pains in his back and called
tho doctor who had hardly begun pre-.
pairing remedies when the explorer
died without uttering another word.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-30
CARVER'S FUNERAL
SET FOR TUESDAY

OKLAHOMA CITY.-Funeral serv-
ices for Judge w. A. Craver, well
known politician of Bartlesville. who
died here Sunday afternoon following
an operation performed Friday have
been tentatively set for Tuesday. AT.
ter the funeral mass which will he
held at a local Catholic church. the
body will lie in state at the capito,
for u few hours before being taken
to Bartlesville for burial.
Judge Craver was the republican
representative from Washington in
the lower house OF the state legisla-
ture In 1917. 10. and 81 sessions
and during his first two terms was
his party's floor leader. For a num-
Der OF years he had been actively
identified in politics Of the state and
at the time of his death was n member
OF the law firm OF Carver and Heyl
Of Bartlesville. lie was So years old
and had been in i'll health for more
than "A year.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-30
SHERIFF FACES
CUSTER Charge
At NJ ALESIER
Officials Refuse to Discuss
Being Drawn by Attor-
ney at Request of Coun-
ty Commissioners.

McAlester Okla.-Charges of miscon.
duct in office form the basis of custer
proceedings being drawn today by
o. II. Whit, Pittsburg county attor.
ney against Sheriff William S. Sand
ers, under orders from the board of
county commissioners. Whit said
late Monday that the petition in the
case will probably be filed Tuesday
morning.
Whit refused to discuss the charges
that he will file against Sanders. Mis-.
conduct in office will be alleged. how.
ever, he declared. Beyond that moth
ing is known Whit spent several
days at Hartshorne recently gathering
evidence to be presented at the hear
Ing of the charges.
j. w. McMurey, chairman Of the
board Of county commissioners, has
signed the order directing the county
attorney to proceed with the custer
action. Whit said.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-30
CHAPTER |

CHAPTER |
IT was Il land OF splintered peaks,
of deep, dry gorges, Of barren mesas
burnt by the suns OF a million torrld
summers, The normal condition of II
was warfare. Life here had to pro.
tect itself with tough. callous rind.
Only the fit survived.
Around the campfire the drivers
of the trail herd sauatted on their
heels or lay sprawled at indolent
case. The glow Of an untempered
sun and the sweep of parchod winds.
out Of the soft shadows OF the
summer night boy moved from the
remuda toward the campfire. lie
was lean, sandy.haired young fel.
low. his figure still lank and untitled.
As he sat down on the wagon tongue
the stringiness of his appearance be-
came noticeable.
a young man waved a hand to
ward him by way Of introduction
Gents OF the ID Bar Lazy II outfit.
Mr.. David Sanders. formerly OF Ari.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-30
STAGE Is SET FOR
CITY ELECTION

Everything is set for voting on the
water and market bond issues Tues
day. There is only one Foting place.
AT the City Hall. The hours are from
n. m. to p. m. II
Every taxpayer is eligible to vote.
In the matter of the water bond is
sue an emergency lis declared. The
Board of Directors Of the Chamber Of
Commerce and the Retail Merchants
Association have endorsed both the
water and the market issues.
The following persons will conduct
the election. w. C. Gardner and Mrs.
Kenneth Hudson, judges; George
Corhn and Mrs. Walter Young,
clerks.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-30
COMPANIES ASK
REFUND OF TAXES

Three suits against the county trea.
surer of Carter county for tho re.
covery OF taxes. alleged to have been
Illegally collected, have been filed in
the district court by the Consumers
Light and Power Company. the Ard
more City Gas Company. and the
southern Oklahoma Pipe Lime Com.
pany.
Six causes of action are set for
the Consumers Light and Power Com
pany whcrein the following judgments
are asked: s2Si.Se: s1LSs, sl6i.1l.
si77S: si2O5; sS52SC.
Two causes OF action are cited by
the Ardmorc City Gas Company. sums
FOR SIS and ss3.95 nre asked.
The Southern Oklahoma pipe Line
Company asks judgments in the sums
Of s25 and $3.50.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-30
Oil Well Shooters Blown to
Atoms Sunday Afternoon
W h en- Magazine Ex-
plodes; Windows, Two
Miles From Scene Are
Shattered.

HEALDTON, Okla. - All business
houses here including the railway ex.
press and telegraph offices will close
and drilling was suspended on all
wells this afternoon between the hours
of / and 3 o'clock in honor of the
memory of Charles Vandell who was
killed here Sunday afternoon when the
magazine of the Independent Nitro
glycerine Company blew up.
Funeral services for Vandell were
conducted during the time at the
First Baptist church, Rev. Leon Julius
officiating.
Nothing of Vandells body has been
found and it is evident he was in the
magazine at the time the explosion
occurred and his body was literally
blown to atoms and the parts instan
taneously incinerated.
A hand, one foot and a part of the
torso of Hardy Oglesby, Vandell's
companion, were found and identified
by ring on one of the mutilateC
fingers. These parts will be shipped
to Ogleby's former home in Louis
lana, for interment.
Charles Vandell and Hardy Oglesby
professional Gil well shooters, wer,
blown to atoms at 1857 o'clock Sun
day afternoon when the magazine o.
I Inhonnn1nnt
pany, located south Of Healdton blew
UP. Vandell was manager of tn
company and was recognized as on
of the most careful oil we'll shooter,
| in this section. He came here from
Ohio several years ago and had fol
lowed the hazardous profession fo
years in the oil fields there befor,
coming to the southwest territory
None will ever know how the acciden
happened or what detonated the sew
eral hundred quarts of nitroglycerin,
which were in the magazine
The force of the explosion tore III
trees by the roots and scattered plat,
glass windows in the business section
Of Healdton, two miles from the sit,
OF the magazine. Windows wer
smashed and furniture overturned ant
broken in the residential district
nearest the scene of the explosion
whne numerous people were more ol
less injured by flying fragments o
shattered glass. Both Vandell ant
Oglesby were married.
Nandell is survived by his widow
Oglesby is survived by his widow anC
three children. Vandel's father re
sides at Lawton. Mrs. Nandel has {
family history filled with tragedy A
number of years ago her father. &
mining superintendent, was killed II
mine explosion in the east and latel
her only brother was blown to bits by
shell explosion on the western from
while in overseas service. Vandell
was thirty-3econd degree Mason.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-30
OWLS BRING PREDICTION
OF MORE SEVERE WINTER

BEDFORD, Maine,--Backing up pre-.
dictions of n severe winter, hunters re.
port an increase in white owls. The
white owls, nimrods say, inhabit re.
gons where the thermometer fingers
below zero most OF the winter. When
he comes south he is following the
arctic weather.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-30
BUSINESS HALTED
in RESPECT TO :,
IN BLAST
Armed Guards Enforce
Quarantine at Farris

ANTLERS. Okla.-A quarantine
against Farris township in AtOka
county. where several cases Of
small pox are reported to have de-
veloped, has been declared by
health officials of Pushmataha cOun-
ty. Armed guards have been
placed on the county line to en-
force the quarantine, according to
DIR. II. s. Patterson, county health
superintendent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-30
DODGES COP AND RUNS INTO
SUBURBAN POLICE STATION

CHICAGO.-James Miller is in
Jail today because he made
costly calculation when trying to
escape from q policeman. He lan
into 4 friendly looking doorway
TO get away from his pursuer and
found himself in a police station
where a dozen patrolmen awaited
him.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-30
NEW PIPE LINE FROM
HEWITT TO LOUISIANA

MUSkoGEE. okla.-A preliminary
survey for the construction of pipe
line from Hewitt and Hoaldton oil
fields to Baton Rogue, La, distance
of perhaps 1SO miles has been com
menced by the Oklahoma Pipe Line
Company. according to an official
here. No plans for construction have
yet been made, by the company and
the fact that survey Is being made
does not necessarily mean that such
line will be built
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-30

Byron and Amorita, in onrthern Al.
falfa county, have been connected 20
the electric power plant at Kiowa.
Kansas. by an electric transnission
line. and both are now lighted by elec.
triclty.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-30
Revenue Derived From In
comes from Sale of Leas-
es Of Restricted Indian
Land is Questioned.
OKLAHOMA WILL BE
HEAVY LOSER, SAID
Ruling Came in Case Brought
by E. A. Gillespie Against
The State.

WASHINGTON-A tax imposed by
Oklahoma upon income derived from
the sale Of oil and gas produced un.
der leases upon restricted Indian lands
was held unconstitutional today by the
supreme court.
The case was brought by f. A. Gil.
lespie, against the state Of Oklahoma
where such Indian lands are a large
part of the state, and was advanced
at the request of the state, based upon
the large sum of money involved. 1t
was contended in opposition to the
tax that il was unlawful burden up
on federal agency and would affect
the value Of the leases.
OKLAHOMA CITY.-Several hum
dred thousand dollars will be lost to
the state of Oklahoma each year as
the result Of the ruling of the United
States supreme court today declaring
unconstitutional, a tax imposed by the
state upon income derived from the
sale Of oil and gas produced under
leases on restricted Indian lands, ac-
cording to C. w. King. assistant at
torney general, who handled the case
| through the. courts.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-30
MyOpiiniion Is

Every day The Ardmorelte questions five
parsons on = subject Of general interest
Tho answers are published with the names
Of those interviewed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-30
WEATHER

Tonight and Tuesday partly
cloudy. colder; cold wave, tempera-
ture to is in north and 10 10 rs
in south portions.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-30
PROGRESS

An oil well supply house employs
ON the average of seven men.
Twelve such houses are preparing
10 locate here. Not such a bad
boost for the city, is it?
Evening star., 1922-04-01

ner and there they clung to each
other in silence and waited.
So it happened that as Farmer
Browns Boy drew near the sugar
house all was silent Outside the
door he stopped and listened. Not a
sound was to be heard from inside.
That is queer" muttered Farmer
Browns Boy. There was certainly
racket enough in there a. few min
utes ago. i expected to find this
door open. I closed it when 1 left
early this morning, but / don't see
how anybody could get in without
opening the door. unless / failed to
latch it and it swung open. But here
it Is. closed and latched.
Twice he put his hand UP to open
that door and twice he hesitated. He
didn't know what he expected to hnd
in there and it gave him a queer feel
ing. Finally he lifted the latch and
threw the door open. As he did so
he stepped back. All was still. No
one came out of that open door.
Cautiously Farmer Browns Boy
peered inside. MY land of Goshen!'
he exclaimed as he got his first good
glimpse of the inside of that sugar
house.
Copyright. 1922, by T. W. Burgess.)
Evening star., 1922-04-01

sanitation is of critical Importance
locally. and should he a matter of
grave national concern.
Fight i'm Rural Districts.
Our federal public health service
in its fight on typhoid fever infec-
tion after prolonged and intensive
work in cities tbegun on a large
scale in Washington. D. c.. in 1906 is
now concentrating-+tS efforts in the
rural districts. With the very small
appropriations made by Congress for
rural sanitation it is doing the best
it can in cooperation with state and
local authorities to advance rural
health work of a reasonable business
like sort for the prevention of
typhoid fever and other readily pre-
ventable diseases and for the pro-
motion of health Through the de-
velopment of reasonably adequate
local health service in our rural dis
rricts typhoid fever infection may
be attacked successfully in its last
principal lines of defense in this
country, and after that some historian
with a sense of relative values may
write an interesting chapter on The
Conquest of Typhoid Fever in the
United States
tNoie-Furthcr information regarding the
causs tion and prevention of typhoid fever
may be found in Public Health Bulsetn No.
69, which may be obtained free upon request
TO the surgeon general. public health service,
or at the Office of The StsrJ
Evening star., 1922-04-01
AT "THE HOLE IN THE RAT
CHEESE.r

n A ERRIAM LINDSAY felt very
!" like the little, old lady who
moaned. "Iawk a mercy on
me, this can't be l." She
rather doubted that her own little
dog would know her IL he could see
her.
For she did not look at all like her
sweet. little. domestic self on rainy
spring night, when a greasy fingered
waiter helped her remove her rain
coat In a down cellar" Greenwich
She had left home early in the
afternoon in demure. brown jersey
dress. with schoolgirlish collar and
cuffs; but over this frock, Fred Kirk,
who loved theatrical effects. had
thrown gay brown-and- orange
cousin, Cecil Leland. She was wear
ing also an enormous rope of brown
Glove beads whose elusive eastern
odor both allured and repelled her
She played with the beads nervously,
fingers.
Under her brown lashes she was
watching this curious place to which
CeciIy had brought their party Merry
mad happily forgotten the dabs of
rouge and upslanting eyebrows with
which Fred Kirk had overacce ntuat-
ed her delicate features. she was de-
hsntfully unconscious how much at
tention her youthful prettiness was
attracting in this place. so filled with
sophisticated. ugly women.
Inc walls had been painted 4
hideous shade of yellow, on which
strange gray circles had been stencil
ea. The place was lighted with tall
plumbers candles thrust into the
ancient gas fixtures. 1t rejoiced in
the absurd name of THE Hole in the
Rat Cheese"
On a tiny. elevated platform at the
rear. young woman violinist was
svokins eerie music from a violin
Say hungarian tunes for the most
part, alternated with American dance
music The food in the place was
,hostiy spaghetti and unpalatable
looking stews, the dishes were thick
and the tables boasted no nanery
smoke Will
merriam felt very long way from
her clean, sweet little home. Even
neI cousin Cecily looked strangely
sAotic In these weird SURROUNDINGS
Ceciiy was sometimes very homeIv
ana sometimes very pretty; this was
unmistakably one of her nrettv
nights She was wearing long
dangling. jade earrings that gave her
rather foreign air
me Two men who were their es-
corts looked almost untidy to Mer-
ram, who was used to smartIv-
sroomed men folk. They weren't
s5actIy unshaven. but they had man
liestiy not bothered to comb their
rumpled hairs or change their linen.
and their clothes had evidently moi
VISITED a tailor's for many moons.
lney looked pale and unhealthy to a
outdoor lives.
Evening star., 1922-04-01
Brides Will Be Brides
By Lucille Van Slyke.

Tred Kirk. whom she had met late
that afternoon, she found rather
amusing, but distinctly annoying.
ne mad a rude way of putting his
nand on her arm, of reaching out to
tuck her bronze curls behind her
pretty ears. Whenever she pulled
away from him, he would wink at
Cecily: Little Old Touch Me Not"
he called her
The other man was silently aloof.
ly, he never spoke unless he was
spoken to, and then as briefly as pos
sible.
Cecily was enjoying herself i'm
mensely. She ate copiously, drank
cup after cup of very black coffee
and danced between courses with
Fred Kirk, who somehow or other
managed to dance, in spite of his de-
formity.
Merriam did not want TO dance. and
Arthur Mallory announced bluntly
that he couldn't. So the two of them
sat In silence a great deal of the
time.
Only once did the gloomy sculptor
rouse himself He pulled out an as
tonishingly clean handk
poured water on il and extended il
toward Merriam.
Wash that paint and smudge Off"
he commanded irritably, lit looks all
wrong on you"
Merriam felt abashed and young.
To her surprise she found herself
meekly obeying him, shuddering a
little as she caught glimpse of her
self in the wee mirror in herepurse
She was bored and unhappy. She
wished very much that she hadn't
come She knew that her beloved
John would hate her to be in such
sordid surroundings:
He shouldn't have gone fishing for
three whole days she thought. an
grily. He just shouldn't. | had to
do something naughty-and it's SO
stupid
1t seemed to her increditabIe that it
was only 10 O'CLOCK. She felt as
though she had been in the place for
ages. All around them folk were
drinking freely. some from TASKS
and some from bouillon cups the un-
tidy waters brought. Don't know
how they get away with it," Mallory
groWled in answer to her question.
They don't all the time. They've
been raided two or three times this
winter Hole is a good name for this
joint"
He stirred uneasily when the oteh-
erS came back.
Lets get out" he suggested alb
ruptly.
But the other two ordered more
coffee and clamored for one more
dance.
The air grew more and more stiff
ling newcomers were crowding in.
the violinist was fiddling madly.
Suddenly from the kitchen came Il
prolonged scream. Lights were over
turned, guests began scrambling over
chairs and tables.
Police, Police" cried shriIl
voice.
Merriam's heart went cold with
dread. She sat perfectly still, sick
with fright.
Another episode of this story in
Moudny-s
Evening star., 1922-04-01
LI1TLLE LI1TLLESoRlEs
Farmer Browns Boy Returns
BY THORNTON
No txkk 50 pleasant is the end
Will not an added pleasure lend.
-Fa rro or Rrau,n'a Row

Will not al added pleasure lend.
Farmer Browns Boy.
Farmer Browns Boy whistled mer-
rily as he tramped through tho Green
Forest. He was on his way back to
the sugar house. The sugar season
was about over. He and his father
had taken most of the sugar and the
sirup home. There was only a lit
tie remaining at the sugar house to
be carried home. There was still
some sirup In the evaporator to be
drawn Off into cans When this was
done he would have the job of thor
oughly cleaning the evaporator and
putting things in order IN the sugar
house. Then IT would be locked up
until the next year. Farmer Browns
Boy always enjoys the sugar season.
1t means hard work. but there Is
lot of fun with it. However, he was
glad that this season was almost
over. for II had been long and hard.
Soshe whistled merrily as he tramped
through the Green Forest.
As he drew near the sugar house
he abruptly stopped whistling and
stood still: There were strange
noises mol coming from the direction nc. OF
tering Of tin and strange little
squeals and cries and the sound of
things being knocked about. Such
look of surprise as swept over the
face of Farmer Browns Boy. Now,
what under the sun does this mean?"
he exclaimed. and started to run
toward the sugar house.
Now Sammy Jay had discovered
those two little Bears when they en-
tered the sugar house and he had
been hanging around ever since to
see what would happen. Sammy never
misses anything. if he can help it.
When the Merry Little Breezes
slammed that door Sammy could have
hugged himself for joy. Those lit
lte Bears are trapped"' he exclaimed.
Just wait till Farmer Browns Boy
gets back"
OF course, Sammy heard the racket
going on in that sugar house, and,
although he couldn't see, he could
guess just about what was happen
ing in there. He was so excited that
he couldn't sit still. When he saw
Farmer Browns Boy coming Sammy
screamed warning. The little Bears
inside the sugar house heard that
warning. They knew that some one
was coming. They stopped racing
about. They sought the darkest cor
Evening star., 1922-04-01
MICHIGAN IN THE THR0ES
OF YEARS WORST STORM
Great Damage Caused by Ice and
Snow in Lower Part of
State.

DETROIT, April 1.-The beginning of
April found much of lower Michigan
covered with ice and snow, the result
of a forty -eight-hour storm that proved
the most disastrous of the past winter.
Today the weather bureau held out
the promise of clearing skies and a
cessation of the freezing rain and snow
fall and thousands of werkmen began
the task of untangling telegraph and
telephone wires that had been all but
useless since Thursday morning.
Railroads were the only public serv-
ices not almost completely paralyzed by
the glaze.
With Detroit all but isolated from
other cities Of the state the full extent
of the damage was not known. today,
but it was estimated normal commune
cation and transportation service could
not be restored for days.