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THE OLDEST DAILY NEWSPAPER IN INDIAN TERRITORY ASSUCIA rtu 'Hfc'n Re.H , ... it lH. LOCAL NEW R5T. 9 For Picnics and ttarbecaes J $ THE ARDM0REITE 1 . JOB ROOM FOR 1 i GOOD PRINTING i Solomon's Very Best Bread t In Any Qunuity. " VOLUME XIV ARDMOR1C, J. T. WICONKSDA Y KVKX1XCI, ,1 VIA' 21. Iliiu. NUMJ5HR mm moretie, ; FacKed and Jammed With oap;cr lmytirs lias been our store all day taking advantage of the extremely low prices marked ;3"r entire stock. OPEN ....Continues for If you were among the hundreds that wc were unable to wait on today, will say, COME DOWN EARLY TOMORROW and get your share of these wonderful bar gains, before it is to late. Never in the history of our business have we cut the price so deep, but we are determined to set the pace; selling you high-grade mer chandise cheaper than ever sold in Ardmore. I Thousands of Dollars of Merchandise Going' at j LESS THAN COST I ! MAKE US PROVE IT IMI IIII Mill 111 I ARDMORE'S LARGEST STORE 1 HELP! HELP! I We want more Sales People. Ap- ! ply at once. ALL NIGHT COURT REFORM SEEKS TO AID CONDI-1 TION OF PRISONERS BEGIN SESSIONS AUGUST 1. Associated Press. New York, July 23. Tln nit night court, n now feature of New Yorl: life, will begin Its Besslons Aug 1. Magistrate Whlt.nau, who was Instru mental In having tho legislature cre ate the now court, will preside at the opening session. Tliu tlireo prin ciple reforms that tho new court will bring nbout aro these: First Abolition of tho professional bondsman evil. Second Chocking tho "shakedown" by pollro of persons arrested at night. Third Knd tho suffering of a night's lmprisouuient in n filthy po lice station cell by persons whom n magistrate may admit to bail. Oil Lease Changes. Washington, I). C, July 23. ActliiK Commissioner Lirabeo of tho Indian bureau, has now regulations for the Issuance of leases for nil lauds In the Indian Territory. Tho principal change from the old requirement U tho omission of tho requirement that each lesseo shall bo ablo to make a financial showing of $1,000. Instead tho lesseo Is required to secure a certificate concerning his flnaucl.il ability from the officer of a bank und tho manager of a well supply house. Kills Hit Young Bride. Camden, N. J., July 23. Following n qunrol, Mrs. Alice Ilruce, aged IS, years, a bride of several weeks, was shot and killed at hor home here today by her husband, Frederick nruco, who then fatally shot himself. Ilruco quaroled with his wlfo be cause she remained away fromxhoir.o until late at night without bis consent. sale 9 More Days.... illliiiiShllnrtf--"-''-ri,riliTI THE MYSTERIOUS "C. C." THE ARDMOREITt RECEIVES LET- 7 ER FROM MUCH SOUGHT. AFTER PARTY. To tho Ardmorelto: (lentlemen: I met your reporter this morning and be Is a very nice young man and I would have Intro duced myself to him, but there weie several bitting In front of .Mr. Ilyrd's store talking about me at tho time. Tho guess made by that young man that works on the back chair at Mr. Itobert's barber shop was not correct I visited tho Model as 1 said I would and wns waited on by ono of the young lady clorks and was eyed very close by tho little fat follow In there. I will wear a brown suit of clothes tonight. I had a talk with Mr. J. II. Cham plon. a lawyer, today. Saw Police Judgi Calt and tho chief of police but tho mayor was absent. I had no mall at tho po.U olllco today. C. C. will arrive Monday night at 'i p. m. I will write you dally. I heard Mr. Ileo say It was Coca Cola. He Is wrong. 21 HBP'tKSKNTATIVB OK C. C. Woods County Case. Ardmorelte Special. Guthrie. Ok., July 21. Attorney Noah, In chargo of Woods county's case against tho constitutional con I vntlon, arrived In (luthrle last night ! lie stated that the Injunction is ready to bo appealed to tho United States court. It Is not definitely known when tho appeal will bo filed, Attorney Noah 'dnilts action hangs on tho confer in ce which Is to take place hero this week, Tho appellants, he declares, are willing to tile bond to any amount GOVERNMENT WANTS MEN MUST HAVE NERVE AND KNOW FORESTRY CONDITIONS. FOREST RANGERS POSITION Good Jobs That Come Under Civil Service Protection and Where "Dook" Education It Not Ab solutely Necessary. Uy Associated Press. Washington, 1). C, July 23. The civil pen Ice examination to be held today for the poalton of forest ranger In tho United Stales forest irgervo service afford an excellent opoprtunlty for nung men to get a start In a new profession sultnblo as a life business. The profession of expert forester Is rapidly assuming a high mportauce In this country and no better opportunity to learn It thoroughly can be found than In tho government service. The position of forest ranger offers the ad ditional nilvantagn that a man can earn a living salary while learning the business. The forest rangers are tho men who nrtlvoly patrol tho different reserve i and protect them from fire and d"t redatlon. The pay for the beginner Is $720 a year. Out of this salary he Is required to furnish bis own horses and feed them. Hut tho policy of the ih partment is to promote the men who show an aptitude for tho work ami thus the salary gradually goes up until the best rangers get as high as $1,100 a year. They llvo In cabins In the woods nnd nro allowed to hnve their families with them If desired. A candidate for ranger must be In good health and able to take rare of himself nnd horses in regions remote from settlement and supplies. lie must have knowledge of trail build ing, construction of cabins, riding packing, etc., and must know some thing of surveying, estimating and scaling timber logging, land laws, min ing nnd live stock. And in Arizona and Now Mexico ho must nlso know enough Spanish to do business with Mexican users of tho national for ests. Working under the direction ot tho supervisor (he ranger's duties In clude patrol to prevent first and tres pass, estimating, surveying nnd mark ing timber, supervising of cutting, and similar work, all of which a man thor oughly familiar with forested regions and posesslng a fair education ought to fulfill. Hxiierlence, health and sound knowledge of forest conditions are sought by the government rather than book education. From ranger the pro motions lead to tho poslton of supT visor with salary posslblltles running up to $2,000. STRIKE IN ORE MINES STEEL CORPORATION IS GIVING THE MATTER SERIOUS AT ATTENTON. By Associated Press. , New York, July 21. Tho strike of workmen In the ore mines uf Iuk Superior fields, is receiving serious attention by officials of the United States Steel corporation. President Win. K. Cofrey has the handling of the strike under his hii norvlsloii nnd the announcement Is made that tho corporation will stund out for what the officials consider common Justice in Its light with the Western Federation of Miners. Officials nssert that the organiza tion has outlawed Itself In disregard Ing the terms of Its own resolutions It U stated the program adopted Is to light without compromise. Uy Associated Press. Superior, Wis., July 21. As a result of tho Btrlko Iron mines laborers are leaving the range In large numbers, many foreigners nro buying tickets to old homes In Kurnpo. See or Write Ui for City and Farm Loam. Drew & Ramsey, 111 North aihlngton Ardmore, I, T, Children's ulglit driBses nre ofton bawl gowns. MAC ALFORD SHOT BY HIDDEN FOE ON A PUB LIC ROAD. FEUD OF LONG STANDING Alford Was Recently Acquitted of Murder Charge and Was In Buggy With a Friend When Rifle Shot Ended His Life. Muskogee, I. T., July 21. Fulling In the same road, at the Fame time ot day and meeting death In the sunn manner as tho mvi vhoin hi- wan v (ntly accused of nitirih'riiv. .due Al ford wiib nssasslualed this afternoon. Mac Alford was on his way to IiIk fnrm from Porum. A friend was riding In tho buggy with blm. As thoy tienr ed a clump of bushes a rifle shot was heard and Alford pitched owr on his face, dead. Cicero Davis, a wealthy rnttlemnn of near Porum, I. T., was nsMisslu.U ed on the afternoon of September II. 190(1. Mae Alford was trailed win. blood hounds and arrested, resulting In tho longest nnd hardest fought trial In Die history of the Western district. He wns twice tried for murder and was acquitted both times by n Jurv In the United Slntes court here. A fend of several years' standing bad existed between tho Davis broth ers nnd Mac Alford. Olllcers will have for the scene of tho crime to morrow. RAILROADS BREAK IN GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN TRYING TO KEEP RAILROADS FROM ENTERING BIG PASTURE. Ardmorelte Special. I.awton, Okla., July 2L Although every effort has been made by the government to prevent the railroads from entering the "Dig Pasture," re cently opened in the Klowa-ComaiiCh" Indian country, for the purpose el building towns, thus hurting the pro gress of government villages, the I-aw-Ion, Wichita Falls and Northwestern has stolen a march and will open the first railroad towiislto in the pasture next Monday at a town which It hat christened Kmerson. Tho quarter section which the cor poration secured It a dead Indian al lotment. The restrictions havo been removed nnd the Interior secretary has approved the deed which Is now recorded nnd already tho land has been platted. Lots nre to be sold at public auction. REQUISITION HONORED NEGRO LOCATED AND WANTED FOR MoRDER OF WIFE SEV ENTEEN YEARS AGO. Ardmorelto Special. (luthrle, Okla., July 2L Governor Frantz yesterday honored a requisi tion from Governor lloch of Kansas for Joff Mercer, a negro, under nr rest at Oklahoma City, for wife mur der seenteen years ago, Sheriff I). K. Ilowden will return Mercer to Kansas to faco a charge of murder In the first degree. Tho Kansas City ofllcers have been close on Mercer's trail at various times since 1S90 but were nev er able to locate him until last week, when he woi arrested lat Oklahoma City under the name of George Webb. The negro claims he Is not Mercer, stating Ills homo Is In Oneida, Kas, Demi and Pops Win. fly Associated Press. Lincoln, Nob., July 21. Democrats and Populists of Nebraska won the light -for fusion on their tlckots ut tne llrst direct primary election on September 3, Tho supremo court to day ordering a mandamus to compel tho secretary of slate to permit fu slop candidates on ballots. Subscribe tor tho Ardmorelto. FEAR CLASH WITH JAPS AMERICAN AND ORIENTAL SAIL ORS TO MEET IN BREST, BLUE JACKETS MAKE THREATS An Old Grudge Exists and the Boys Will Not Be Allowed Bhore Leave After Japanese Ships Ariue. Ily Associated Prow. Brest, July 23. The Jaimnose squadron la exported to reach thin port tonight. This delay In arriving Is generally attributed here lo a desire of the Japanese commander to mak as short as possible the Unit the American ami Japanese uarshipi will be together In order to reduce the clianii-s of any untoward Incident be tween the sailors. Sailors from the American cruisers Washington anil Tennessee now hero seem to hold a grudge against the Japanese on ac count of a fancied grievance at James town, and there has been some tin oni oning talk In cafes frequented by Am erican bluejackets, Hear Admiral Charles II. Stockton, In command of the American vessels, has decided to grant no shore leave after the Japa nese arrive. American officers are preparing to treat tho Japanese visi tors with great cordiality. They will he shown every courtesy and enter tained nt dinner on board the Ameri can tlngshlp. Paris, July 23. The rirost corre spondent ot the F.cho do Paris says that It Is generally believed that the postponement of the arrival (here of (lie Japanese cruisers in due to a d" slre to nuild meeting the American warships, which might posslhl) be wanting In cordiality. CAR MEN ON STRIKE TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED GO OUT ON ROCK ISLAND STRIKE ORDERED BY CHIEF. ltoek Island, 111., July 23. An order has been Issued by Chief Carman 1'. I, Iloumus railing a strike of the Carmen's Union of tho entire Hock Island system. The order nlfectH 210" men. According to advices received here, tho order has been generally obeyed. Tho principal shops are locat ed at Chicago and Sllvls, III.; Morton. Kan.; Shawnee, Ok.; nnd Cedar Hap Ids, Iowa. Tho Issuo Is tho reinstate ment of I-:. A. Dunn, painter and mem ber of tho union nt Sllvls, who was discharged on an allegation that he removed his Jumper and overalls be foro tho whistle blew. Shawnee, Okla., July 23. Closo to 200 carmen employed In the Hock Is land shops of the Hock Island railroad here walked out at noon today, strik ing through sympathy for a fellow workman at Mollne, III,, who wns dis charged for removing his overalls nnd Juniper before the whistle to stop work was blown. The railroad refused tho reinstatement of tho workman, who claimed he had not worked In his Jumper that day. It Is announced that nil shopmen on tho Hock Island system will be or dered out, Tho strlko mny -spread to other unions In tho railway service. NOTORIOUS HORSE THIEF OSCAR McGEE ARRESTED AT SHAWNEE PRISONER DENIES HE IS MAN WANTED. Ardmorelto Special. Guthrie, Okla., July 21. Advices from Shawnee toll of tho nrreat of Os car McGco. alleged to bo a notorious Arkansas horse thief. Tho capture was made by Sheriff Francis of To cu'jseh. Tho prisoner dontoa ho Is tho man wanted. Arkansas ofllcors will nr- rlvo In Shawnoa today. REPUBLICANS IN FRANTZ AND Ardmorelto Special. (luthrle. Ok . July 21 Governor Frantz stated l.nt night to iiewxpuper Ineii Mint he would lose no time In Issuing the proclamation for the elec lion for (lie ratlllcatlon ot the constl tuttou. now that the documents have been filed with the territorial nec tar) This means that tho goxerner Is anxious to t i:lii his aiiii.il cam p.ilKli at the In ad of the republican IK k.-t The parchiui n' c-ja of tt con H D ARROW CLOSING FOR DEFENSE BITTERLY ASSAILS HAWLEY Ily Associated Press. Dulse, Idaho. July 21-Claronc Harrow this morning began the clos lug address of tho defense to the Jury in tho Haywood rase. The court room was crowded. Parrow In tho opening declared that defendant Is In Idaho ns an alien, brought fifteen hundred miles from Lome Into n comrnuuliy nnd befoie t Jury which does not view life or Industry as the men accused of tho murder of Slouneiiberg havo been taught to look at It. Darrow nsked no compromise. "This murder was cold-blooded, deliberate nnd cowardly In Ihe extreme." said ho. "If this man sitting In his otllco fifteen hundred miles away employeu an assassin to do this cowardly act then you ought to hang him by the nock until ho Is dead. For God's sake, FROM ILL FATED A FEW MORE SURVIVORS LAND By Associated Press. Astoria. Ore., July 21. Tho steamer George W. Kldor arrived bore this morning bringing a number of surviv ors of tho ill fated Columbia. Among those wore tho following; II. It. Kwart, Oklahoma City; Fred Hogers. Knld. Okla.; C. K. Mayhew, Knid, Okla.; Dwlgbt Gasnor, Lead, S. I),; Henry Kunst, no address given; Jay Hrothortou, Indian Territory town, not known; Kflle Gordon, Indian I or rltory town not known; J. C. Orr, Schuyler, Nob.; Joseph h. Kun, no ad dross given. There woro pitiful scenes when It was learned the Klder had picked up none ot tho Columbia's life boatB or rafts. Indeed slio had not sighted any of tho missing rafts or boats and had READY FOR CONVENTION BITTER FIGHT IS EXPECTED AT TULSA BETWEEN FRANTZ AND ANTI FRANTZ FOLLOWERS. Tulsa, I. T., July 23. Kverythlng Is In readiness for tho Hopubllcau state convention August 1 and a great crowd of visitors Is expected. Tho prospect of a bitter fight on tho stylo of tho recent Muskogee convention ni tweeu tho Frnntz nnd antl-FrauU crowds adds zest to tho comlug meet ing. Tho Frnntz crowd, who favor a tick et, will without doubt capture the con vention. Frnntz now has two-thlrdi of tho delegates' pledges to him for governor and ho will bo named for governor on tho first ballot If not by acclamation. Dr. S. I). Hawley ot Tulsa, who has been mentioned for first place, may bo nominated for lieutenant governor. There is a bunch of seekers after every other place on tho ticket. Tho big tent, which will bo used n n convention hall, is hero and up. It has a seating capacity of 8,000, ample for tho occasion, Tho delegates will bo placed In a seml-clrclo in tho front of tho tent At tho right of tho speak ers' staud will bo the pross box. A BAD WAY HAMON FACTION tiithm and Ihe election ordinance arn Ih mg Mewed b scores d,ill Many alterations In the original documents an- noticeable, Knowing the amend monts recen(l adopted by theionveii tlon. HopuhllrHim prlvntely do not deny they an "In n had way," ns a result of the big lead In campaigning i rured b th ir rh.il- Strenuous cf fort- an- being made In Ihe capital to t.t'ch up Ihe differences netween tho l-'i.iii'' and Hamuli , action- men, do not compromise. If you b" Hove the story that has been told against this man, beyond all reason able doubt, then take him nnd ham; him. Ho haB fought many n fight against tho persecutors, who are hounding him Into this court. Ho hat fought them on the open battlefield and bo Is not n coward. If ho ha-4 to die. ho will die ns he has live,', with' his faeo lo the foo. Hill Ilaywod Is either Innocent or guilty. If lm li'i guilty, I have nothlcg to say, hut men, this Is n ense of Orchard from beginning to enJ. There Is nothing nt all left In ev'denco without him." Darrow launchel Into a lengthy, bit ter denunciation ot Attorney Hawley. He assailed him ns a nlred mtn. actu ated by no other motive, than to get i.ionoy of the stjte n Idaho, that he might build another nddltlon to hit house, COLUMBIA picked up none of tho victims after leaving F.ureka. All night long nn oager throng watched on tho docks hero for tho ar rival of tho Kldor. Hundreds of per sons came from Portland and various towns In Oregon, and' Washington to greet loved ones. Among tho crowd, however, were sad faced relatives, hoping against hope, that their dear ones would como on tho steamer, tiioer upon cheer was given when tho stunner landed und touching scones of Joy weie enacted when tho sur vivors landed and were embraced by waiting relatives. Happiness was mixed with tho grlot of those who at last turned away, knowing those they sought woro noc there. which will bo fitted up with every conveniences for the nowspaper men coming. The Klks' club has been given over to tho press as a place to do their writing. To care for tho great crowd com ing tho Commercial club has purchas ed 2,000 cots, which will bo set up In sleeping tents and vacant buildings. Tho Frisco hns donated tho uso ot ten Pullmans aud with thirty hoteU and practically every homo In th'J cllv thrown open. It Is bolloved a crowd of 20,000 can bo accommodated. Express Companies Seek Compromise. Ily Associated Press. Lincoln, Neb., July 21. Flvo ex press companies today offored to re duco their rates fifteen por cent nnd tho railroad commission took tho mat tor under ndvtsemeuL At the Alrdome, Tho Virginia Jefferlos Co. contin ues to please, nnd last night the com pany rendered the bill Cnmllle. Mls-t Jefferlos wns at her best notwithstand ing tho fact that often during t!) performance some people who do not know what paying attention Is, Inter rupted tho lady, Tho bill tonight will bo the Spider and tho Fly. It's a wondor tho tight squeezing In Wall Street doesn't excite tho envy of tho corsot trust.