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THE OLDEST DAILY NEWSPAPER IN EASTERN DISTRICT MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS-ALL THE LOCAL NEWS FIRST. We enter to yity Upr CreHin Bakery Bread Try tho Now Process Cream Loaf. JOHN N. IMRIE Phone, 258. We t-uarnUee l'ronipt SSxJ'tf, mmmtilt. V Ardmorc Steam Luuntlry TKLEI'IIONC NO. 10 VOLUME XV ARDMOKE, OKLAHOMA MONDAY EVENING JUNE H, li)OS NUMBER 8 ll wmm WESTHEIMER BIO JUNE WHITE SALE Launched this morning is proving a great suc cess and tomorrow should be still better, as the many satisfied customers who bought to day will tell their friends about it. We are making a leader of l' inc Embroider ies at HALF-PRICE, and the ladies who get this line are indeed fortunate. Every line of White Materials go in this big sale, and the poods vou want are here and for less than you can get them elsewhere. Keep Coming and We Assure You no Disappointment. HITCHCOCK WITHDRAWS TAFT MANAGER OF NATIONAL COMMITTEE. IS SERVING ON A PROXY New Mexico Man Showed Up In Chi cago and Hitchcock Withdrew Opponents of Taft Are Pleased, Ellis at Washington. Chicago, 111., June 8. Frank Hitch cock, Taffs managor, did not meet today as a member of the national republican committee, tno New Mexi can member, whoso proxy Hitchcock had hold, having arrived. After a conference- with friends Hitchcock decided to withdraw, des pite tho fact that ho received a tele-. gram from the national committee man from North Dakota asking Hitch cock to represent him on tho com mittee. The "allies" aro Jubilant ovor tho withdrawal of Hitchcock. Tho hearing In tho third district of Florida contest today resulted In s ... V fry lir W. 308 East Main I & D RUBE'S t'.k' committee seating tho Taft dole ga"on. Tho contests from tho first, sec ond and third districts of Georgia were also decided In favor of tho Taft delegation. In tho first Kentucky district Taft delegates also wero seated. Wade Ellis at Capitol. Washington, 1). C, Juno 8. Wado Kills, attorney goneral of Ohio, ar rived hero today with tho proposed platform which will ho presented to the commlttoo on resolutions nt tho republican national convention. After conferring with Mr. Taft lie departed for Chicago. ANARCHIST PLOT FAILED LISBON POLICE BREAK UP PLAN TO BLOW UP ROYAL FAMILY ON JUNE EIGHTEEN. Lisbon, Juno S. The pollco havo frustrated a big plot hatched by tho Society of tho Ulack Cross to blow up with bombs tho 'royal family a' tho religious feast to bo hold Juno ISth. They seized tho correspondence of the nuarchlsts, which rovealed tho plans. DoWltt's Witch Hazel Salvo. It Is especially good for piles. Ho euro to get DeWltt's. Sold by W. 13. Fratno. d&v A-dinorelto Want nds Get Hesults r 1 W. J. LANE THE UP-TO-DATE GROCER still continues to be in the lead for everything that is to eat. While others complain of dull business and discharge their help we continue to do a good busi- ness. If you are not our custo mer you should give us a trial and be convinced we are the grocerymcn and must have your ness. J. LANE PROSPECTS BRIGHTENING INDICATIONS ARE ALU LINES WILL OPERATE TOMORROW. SANTA FE HAS FOUGHT WELL I And After Continuous Night and Day Work for Tvo Weeks Success Comes to Them Rock Island ! Resumes "Nils Mornlnn. Should nothing that Is unforeseen happen within tho next twenty-four hours through train service will bo resumed on every railroad lino that runs Into this city. Tho trouble on the Hock Island caused by the recont j iise that tied up trains east of hero and It.indolph for tho past thirty-six bonis has been fixed and train serlco oer that line wns resumed this morn ing. i- first train coming In about 10 "link Hi's morning and leaving s iorilv .ifter noon for the east with tlK jiepial ear for veteran on rout to 11 itnlnghnm, Ala., to attend the reunion K'i.e'lntendent A. II. Copley of th" Uock Island tamo In on the train from Tishomingo and stntod thai the I Hue was open for sorvlno all the way io uKianoma uity. tho Uock Island suffered considerable damage on tho Fond Creek and Knld branch of tho road and more troublo Is anticipated. On last Saturday tho tracks of tho Hock Island cast of hero In tho vicin ity of Tishomingo wero about four feet under water and part of tho track washed away. Tho Santa Fo has made an arrange ment with tho Hock Island to tine tho Hock Island tracks east to Halleyvllle, and thence to Oklahoma City, until tho line north of hero can bo repair ed and train sorvlco on tho main line resumed. Should no further rlso occur north of here In Washita river tho Santa Fo LiexporO to havo 'tho lino open for re sumption of train service not later than tomorrow night. Tho trouble this tlmo lay In tho same Tilaco that It did bofore, In tho llttlo canyon. Hoports wero rccolvod from tho sta tions north of here that wator had about all receded In tho llttlo canyon nnd that tho large forco of hand-) wero at work repairing tho track. The local agent stated that in all nioba blllty train servlro as far north as Wynnowood would bo resumed today, ami through porvlco by tomorrow night Tho through train sorvico would liavo In all probability been resumed this evening, but for tho fact that anoth'"- rise occurred In Washita river last night and waBhed away what repairs had been mado. Tho Frisco has suffered tho Ioat or any of tho roads by tho last flood and train Bervbo though crippled to a great extent has not been stopped, although for a t me late Saturday aft ernoon things looked btm foi that J-A.FOLGER6? COFFEE. that busi- Phone 247 V line on account of the washout of the A lesworth bridge. Washita Falling Again. Herwyn, Okla., Juno S. There was .i sl foot rlso in Washita yesterday ift. innon and last night, which wash td out .til of the cribbing and repair mat had been done on tho Santa Ft ti.iikN between here and l)oiighort. Tmiin. however, the water la fulling null Ind. cations tl a: tho ooudltioiia will now rapidly Improve. The Stint h F has a very large foiee uf haada at work on their track In th canyon north of here and it ,s li" li-ed that the tia k from hero t DoiiRhtrty will be repaired for traffic by loiilaht. when the enllre force will be put to work In little canyon, If the water 1ms fallen HiUMrleitlly to jter uilt work there. Today the water Is still over the truck nt that point and no work can bo done until the high water subsides. Receding Near Kingston. Kingston, Okla., June S. Kingston has been without train service for three, days, other than the Frlsoo'a train on the A. & C. from Ardniore, which wns forced to use th Flatter cut-off boeauso of the condition of tho bridge iutoss the Waahlta at Aylea worth. For the past few days the water ha been aa high In the Washita near hero as during tho- Hood ot two weeks ago. Tho water wn over the railroad bridge at Ayloswoith. but has subsided rapidly today anil tho Frisco expects to be able to uso It again by tomorrow night. The bridge aeroaa tho Woshltn on the main lino, north of Hnndolph, Is still out of use. but It Is thought service across It and tho Hod Ulvor bridge of tho Frisco and Katy roads will bo open for tratllc by Wednosday. This will give us through service again, both north and routh. Canadian Bridge Gone. Guthrie, Okla., June 8. It Is re IKirted hero that two spans of tho Santa Fo bridge across South Cana dian nt I'urcell wero washed out Inst night and that tho entlro struc ture is threatened. MURDERER OF SHERIFF GARRI SON IS STILL AT LARGE. HEADED TOWARD GUTHRIE Member of Hunter's Gang Stabbed a White Farmer to Death Last Night Governor Haskell Offers $500 Reward. Guthrie, Okla., June 8. Alf Hunter, alias Jim Kingsbury, the regro slayer or Sheriff Garrison of Oklahoma City, Is still nt largo and Is bollovod to be making his way east along tho Cim arron river bottoms to this city or Ok lahoma City. Additional posses nre working northwest from Seward, while others aro following down both Mdes of tho Cimarron. Another murdor lias boon laid at the door of Hunter's gang of negro outlaws. At Temple last night Gay 11 Kavton, a negro member of tho gang, stabbed Sidney Smith, a farm er wIioho homo was soven mlluti south of this city. Smith died this morning. Tho news thnt Hunter. Is bollovod to bo headed this way has added to the excitement bore. Governor Haskell has announced that ho will offer a reward of J500 for tho capturo of Hunter. Funeral of Garrison, Oklahoma City, Okla., Juno 8. Tho funeral of G. W. Garrison, who waa killed by Alf Huntor near Hitchcock Friday ovonlng, will bo hold hero this afternoon under tho auspices of tho various MuboiiIc bodies of this city of which ho was a membor. Tho' remains reached this city yes terday afternoon. Fresh fish and dressed chicken or cry day ut tho Cold Storage 7 2 ALF HUNTER ELUDES POSSE TO OPPOSE THE ADVANCE IN FREIGHT RATES ON CREAM AND BUTTER. MAY BE A BUTTER FAMINE If Manufacturers Fall In Their Fight Before the Interstate Commerce Commission Against the Pro posed Increase In Rates. Washington, I). C, June S. Sixteen of the largest manufacturers of but ter In the United States wilt open a light against U10 proposed advance in freight rates on cream and milk before the Interstate coiiiniercu com mission Wednesday. The average increase in tariffs is from Oti 2-:l to 125 per cent. A butter famine is promised should the butler manufacturer fall In their tight against the freight Increase. SCHOOL LAND BILL WHAT SPEAKER MURRAY HAS 1 TO SAY REGARDING DILL HE SAYS WILL DE RATIFIED. Guthrie, Okla., Juno 8. Speaker Murray, who constituted ono of U10 committee f cloven on tho part of tho petitioners In tho proposed bill by Initiative petition for tho sale of tho school lauds, had this to say) today upon being iwiked what ho thought of tho bill. 'Good bill and I bollovo will bo ratllled by a largo vote." And upon being asked why bo thought It would bo ratllled said: "It Is drawn fairly butween all elements of Interest. It protects tho property rights of tho lessees In tho Improvements placed upon the laud, and given tlium tho preference right to buy at tho highest public bids, and compels all laud to be sold at public outcry. On tho other hand It protects the school children and the general public by giving a fair, full opportunity for nil bidders ami thus to bring what It is worth. It further promotes that broader public policy of encouraging homo ownership by limiting tho amount to ICO acres by compelling lessees not residents of tho stato to movo to the land and mako resi dence for two yoars, and by com pelling all of tho unimproved laud to havo actual residence of two yonrs prior to procurement of title. Again, it prohibits persons having more than ICO acres of land from buying. This last clauso absolutely prohibits tho largo land owners from acquiring nny of tho public lands, and then to safeguard this principle and prevent land speculators from carrying out schemes mod In the settlement of Western Kansas and Western Toxas by tho use of 'dummy squatters" upon tho land by prohibiting any pur obasor from selling tho land for Ave years to any porson having more than a section of land. This last clause, togotlior -with tho residence clauso nnd tho requirement that it shall bo cultivated and improved, aro safeguards never before put Into a bind bill nnd promotes speculation n the lands prior to their sale bv making It n ponltontlnry offense for nny of thoso largo lesseos to trans fer or attornpt to transfer their lease-hold Interest to othor pcrons for tho purposo of giving a prefer ence right and securing n bonus for that preference right. Tho largo les see, and thero aro somo having as high as twenty-seven sections, will simply havo to roturn nil 1 ,0 land to tho stato hold by him ovor an3 above ono quarter soctlon, nnd all citizens, whether ho glvca his con- Wo want your work and you'll bo ylad you guvo It to us. Excelsior Steam Laundry I I 1 tent or not, will have an opportunity (to go upon tho land to secure a quarter Motion for themselves with out imylng him for a supposed right. It also provides for tho protection of the b-aseo who may make a con tract, after the passu ge of the act. in lils preference right to lr. This clause will enable any poraon to move to the lamia and start lilm a (hnu and In protected In thnt homo (and will open up nn avenue for I thousands of homeless citizens to he- come Inline ownera. Such 11 bill, be ing fair to all ami promoting such I broad public policy la bound to be runnel uy mo people. You ran trust to success when you nre right upon the proposition. I have the snnio faith In the Intelligent) nnd patriot ism of the people prevailing at the polls now that I had Inst fall when thu constitution 11 submitted to thorn. They ratified It notwithstand ing It was a partisan question be cause It was right and because tho people believed In right legislation. NO PARDON FOR BILLEK GOVERNOR REFUSES TO INTER CEDECONDEMNED MAN BREAKS DOWN WHEN TOLD. Springfield, 111., June S. Governor Dlneeu today 011 recommendation of the state board of pardons decided in.t to Interfere In the ense of Herman lilllok, who is under sontunco of death In Chicago for murder. Tho execution la expected to take place next Friday. Dlllek Dreaks Down. Chicago, III., Juno 8. When tho news of the decision" that the par don board had taken was told to Illllek today he collapsod nnd cried blttorly. "Well, If they aro going to hang me, let them go ahead," ho said, drying his eyos, "I m ready.'" TIME CARD TO DENVER. Special Train From Oklahoma to Den ver Convention. Guthrie, Okla., Juno 7. W. T. Held, secretary of the coinmlttoo ar ranging for the special train to carry the Oklahoma delegntos to the Den ver democratic convention, bus ro Helved the otfioinl time card from the Hock Island railroad, showing that the special will start from McAlrstor at 1:20 p. m. July 3, going via Okla homa City and tho Hock Island through Kansas. Tho delegation will spend the fourth of July In Lincoln, Neb., to pay Uh rospoct to William J. Ilryan, arriving thero at 11:10 a. m. and leaving for Denver at -.Mf p. m arriving In Denver at 8:20 a. m. July 3. Sleeping cars will bo attached to tho train at McAlostor, Oklahoma City, HI Hono, Knld, Tulsa nnd Guth rie. Tho round-trip ratos from Okla homa points vary between $20 and $30, according to distance. From Hugo tho rate Is $.10.45 and from Ardmoro and Madlll $27.85. When you need to take something tnko It promptly for tho stomach, but take somethlni: vou know lu rntinbii. sometlilnir llko Kodnl for it VHni-wlri and Indigestion. Kodol Is pleasant to mite, 11 is reliable and Is guaranteed to give relief. It Is sold by W. If. rramo. tf&w Who Shoes Your Horse? Some people are careless about who does their horse shoeing but suppose your horse could talk he would insist on your being particular. We know how, we never slight our work. If vou have never brought your horse to us, try it one time and let us show jou how particular we are. AL. KAW RIVER OUT OF BANKS KANSAS CITY PREPARING FOR AN OVERFLOW OF STREAM. TWENTY FEET ABOVE NORMAL And Continues to Rise Residents Along River in Argentine and Ar mourdale, Kansas, Have Al ready Moved Out. Kansas City. Mo., Juno S. Tho Knw river continues to rlso with In dications of being out of Its banks within the next twenty-four hours. Tho gunge shows tho wator la twenty feet above normal. Thero has been a rise of 0110 foot slnco yester day afternoon nt I "clock. Several hundred families living along thu river district In Armour- dale and Argentine, Kansas, havo already moved to blghor parts of thoso cities. Rising Rapidly at Topeka. Topoka, Kun.. Juno 8. Tho govern ment wonthor gunge In tho Knw river here showed 2C.7 feet tills morning, which Is a rlso of sovon Inches In three hours. Tho situation from tho upper Kaw, however, Is moro favorablo. Wnmego roportB tho rlvor stationary. At Man hattan there Is a drop of ono Inch, and a fall of ono foot at Junction City. Tho weather servlco predicts a pos sible rise of ono foot moro hero dur ing the day, but tho rain Is over In the Kaw valley. While conditions nro serious In North Tojmkn today with tho lower portion undor water, tho wator has not yet renchod Kansas Avenuo In tho heart of tho business district. Tho railroads report much trouble. tho Snntn Fo nlono being excepted. At noon tlioro was a break In tho river bank five hundred ynrds wido at n big bend of the stream 11 mile and a half west of North Topeka. This water apponrod to bo about four feet deep and was swcoplng down Into North Topot.a In n stream at Unst five hundred yards wldo. Through a break In tho Union Pacific railroad embankment tho water Is flowing across Gordon street In a rap Id current and was soon two nnd three feet deep In many of tho houses. ONE KILLED, MANY INJURED SERIOUS RIOT OCCURS IN EM- PIRE COAL MINES AT SOUTH BELLAIRE, OHIO. Whcollng, W. Va., Juno 8. A riot by coal miners occurred today In tho ICmpIro mines at South Dellalre, Ohio. One man Is reported killod and a numbor Injured. Illvons, Corhn & rrcnsioy have a enr of new barbed wlro. 1 RICE, 19 Broadway