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PAGE EIGHT DAILY ARDMOREITE MORE MISERY DEALT MKTS, I'NOKK SKW MANAtiKK. I 1KB SUNDA1 M.VTIM I slrs Split Ih.iihle Bill With the I .iirue iMdor. Kailnuider Take Two from Tw in Hellnuui Win for Itrtmn h Stealing fen Muskogee. Okla . Aug. IS Calbert new ninnager of the Mets. started out by winning the first game from the Ar.lmoreiten. J to 1 The local line-up was shifted completely. Although the grounds were slow, from a haafl rain In the morning, the contest was fast. The score: Alteon oo ix oooino Muskoicee 010 001 10' J 11 0 Batterhw: Kaufman and Crittenden; Voll and Nee. Iteni-on .V. r'nrt Smith 4-5. Denlson Tex., Aug. IS. The Rail roa Ian took two fast games from the Twins yesterday. & to 4. and 6 to 5. Both games wt-re won by spectacular final frame rallies The scores: First game: Fort Smith ...020 000 000 004 01 len:son 030 000 001 015125 Batteries Sewell and Lourcey; Poi son. Kinney and Coe. Sec mil game: 1: Smith 022 010 05 81 Denison -- til 100 J 6 10 2 l: f.u : .- McCloskey and Hi!-.- Win ters. Poison and Merritt. Coe. Sherman Tulsa 2. Sherman. Texas, Aug. 13. The Hrr arm took the second game of the apM from the 1'ro.lucers yesterday when Hellman st'le home with the winning run. In the ninth Inning The (intent was a hurlers' battle between Hltt and Pearson, with the breaks with the local man. The aeon: Tulsa out" 10O 001262 Sherman N 020 001370 Batt-r -- tiitt and Banner; Pearson and Smith. Dowie. Oklahoma t it ?-'.': M. AhMer 3-1. Oklahoma City. Aug. IS. Yesterday's double matinee between the Boosters and Miners resulted In a split for the twv. contesting clubs, the visitors win ning the first. 3 to 2. and dropping the second, a seven-inning affair, 2 to 1. all sr. ires in the final game being made in the seventh Inning. The scores: First game: McAlester -- 111 000 00ft 3 80 Oklahoma City 101 000 000252 Batteries: Falrcloth and O'Nell: Smlthson. Walkup and Hayes. Second game: McAlester 000 000 1130 Oklahoma City 000 000 2265 - Ma-'. '' '. Kr if Smoke ( liarle- Hk Fourth i.ir SPECIAL AH mot MLB HJPraM Ml ( 1. ior- and hind 50c and 75c Values 23 CENTS iH H l.DIF' sil l. STII.I. OV J. W. Krueger "Tht 6ho Fitter" BAKAM SHOES ( 11 I'KH r T DIIAYOKTH'S J' fine cnquet aets for c I big 10c toilet paper for 14c 1 pint Mason fruit Jar. dox 54c 1 quart Mason fruit jars dot fc Vj gal Mason fruit Jars, dot Mc 10c test white fruit jar rubban 7c tOc big No. :H cans kraut lie k N t ma toes for lfc 1 can finest hominy for lc ISc pkg spaghetti for tc 1 pkgs Faultless starch for 2c . , i. . u-s k i'sud for lie 30c Jars Wilson preserves for lc Ladies' fine gauae vesta. 2 for... 15c Ladies' summer under vesta.. 10c Large bottle ammonia special c Ply swatters, cloth bound. 3 for. -10c Bniajr made bread, cake and pies. The Dll WOKTH COMPANY K4 V Main St Phone 104 M lbs Pane Sugar for 12.51 DANCING ELECTRIC PARK Monday, Wednesday Friday, Saturday nights Good Floor, Good Music Pavilion for rent to Lodges and Private Parties Tuesday nights J. S Daniels Floor Manager Phone S or 1089 i BASEBALL CALENDAR STANDING. Western Association. W. McAlester 80 Muskogee 73 Sherman f- 67 I t. Smith 65 lenison 65 Oklahoma City 3 Tulsa 61 Ardmore 49 L. Pet 48 .625 57 .562 1 63 .515 65 .500 9 ill 68 .481 70 .466 1 79 .383 ! 32 .669 44 .452 54 522 52 .519 63 .509 52 ,491 55 .438 70 .110 42 .618 1 41 .610 52 .536 SS .527 51 .505 te 449 62 .388 70 355 National League. New York 65 Philadelphia 52 Cincinnati 59 St. Louis 56 Chicago 65 Brooklyn 49 Boon - 43 Pittsburgh 31 American league. Chicago 68 Boston 64 Cleveland 60 Detroit 67 New York 62 Washington 48 Philadelphia 40 St. Louis - 39 RESI LTS YESTERDAY. Western Association. At Oklahoma City 2-2. McAlester 3-1. At Sherman 3. Tulsa 2. At Muskogee 3. Ardmore 1. At 1 Vinson Fort Smith 4-5. National league. At St. Louis 0-6. Cincinnati 7 At Chicago 3. Pittsburgh 2. Only two games scheduled, American league. At Detroit 8, St. Louis 0. At Cleveland S. Chicago 4. Only two games scheduled. Southern league. At Memphis Kirmlngham 3. At Chattanooga 5, Atlanta 4. At New Orleans 0-11: Mobile 4-1. At Nashville 9. Little Hock 4 Tea- lvt;iie At Houston 0-5. San Antonio 6-1 At Dallas 3-. Fort Worth 4-0. At Waco 3-3. Bhrereposl 0 3. (, Ml- TODAY We-teni s-im iation. Ardmore at Muskogee. Tulsa at Shennan. Fort Smith at Denison. Only three games scheduled. BOXING MATCH ON LABOR DAY NIGHT I ffl NBA I i I ivis Neal Allison, lightweight champion j contender, has been matched to box Jack Reed. Australian lightweight, at Putnam Park, the night of Labor day. Allison, who Is well knowfl In Ard more, has never been able to get a match here with anyone who could en tertain him. but as both hoys ar re garded as clever boxers, the promoters of the match are promising a fast bout HI .INI. DhAOID OK IOiMN i Waterbury American: A whaling ship hasn't been seen In New York for years but a big Norwegian ship named Thru- I. arrived there the other day with Iff 000 barrels of oil taken from 217 whales The old-fashioned way of whale catch , Ing has gone out of use. The Tbor Is I simply a mother ship, and four steam I trawlers chase and capture the whales I and bring them to the Thor for the 1 work of cutting up and trying out to Im- done There Is no romance in the modern game. IIK KIDNT (' KK TO KIDK Everybody's Magazine In a small southern city the first airship eshlbi oon was about to be held. A largv . ow was on hand, among them bring an old negro man The aviator In . I - machine for the last time ii- eal 'a M I 'tis nttfj and Ml Hojri anarln above the crowd. The old negto gated ipward very thoughtfrlly for a minute and then was heard to ex I claim "Sho thing day don't need no Jim Crow cara on dem thlnga" Map y h - 'v 1 err w.:ti A I J v L S --Si : I ' tits fix... V , . - Coplc Service Map shows change in three years Solid line represents Oeimar. 's greatest advatfte; dotted line, present battle j front. rni 111 11 1 rnrp 111 I ll Ll I I l -I I LMLII1 nLLLULJ mm mm DENIES t.K M I VISTENI I 01 nil SENT H K USER lo riHIDKM WILSON Berlin. Aug 13 Via Amsterdam The aamUkfttdai Neddeutsche All mlene Zeitung denies the existenc of th !.-.:. im alleged by James W. U raid. the former American ambassador at Uer!in. to have been sent by Em-pero.- William to President Wilson in August. 114, when the 'ierman emeror la 'luoted as having asserted that Bel gium's neutrality, "had to be violated by (iertnany .on strategical ground." The alleged telegram which has reaihel Berlin bv way of Switzerland has the emperor saying that King tiforke s-:.t :.irr. w -r.i th.-oiuh ti.. m: peror's brother. Prince Henry, that Qreat Britain would remain neutral if war bioke out on the continent involv ing (Sermany and France and Austria and Russia. The Nord Deutsche Alle gemeine Zeitung aaya: "We are In position to declare that no such telegram from the Kmiroi ex ists It Is true that Mr (Jerard was given an audience on August 10. 1S14, m order to giv- him an opportunity of placing President Wilson's offer of med- I mm n OfRtSal Hi id "The president's i-ersonal message to the .mp-ot was i I fii-m the of ficial head of one of the powers which signed The Hague convention, and said: '1 feel It to be my right and my duty I in accordance with article HI of the convention to declare to you lr. a spirit oi iruesi nieiKiMiip that I would wel come any opportunity to act in the in terests of Kuiow-an ieace. whether now or at any other time tha might Is? bet ter fitted, to render you and all con cerned sei , ., winch w..ald give me satisfaction ' "This proposal was made at the time ii the armies of both sides had al ready criisseil the frontlei and when It seemed out of the question to rail a halt to vrnts The emperor could. therefore, only have his thanks convey ed to President Wilson for his offer. and threby remark that while the pros ent moment was too early for media tlon by the neutral powers, the preai-l dent's friendly proposal might later be returned to Kmpen.r KxpUined.' Tha; emperor then conversed for aome time further with Mr. Okward and explained to him the events that led up to the outbreak of war The emiror particularly pointed out the ambiguous and disloyal attitude of Great Britain which had destroyed all hope of a peaceful agreement Mr. Gerard's statements in hi me misjis appear to be a reprodu. tion of this conversation Jf the press In en emy countries sees revelatlona In them that only shows they are ignorant of the German's white book, which In es sence, sets forth the same events. "Possibly during the conversation the emperor wrote a memorandum for the ambassador so that he might not an nounce anything to Washington that would be Incorrect In that case, it would have been a matter of record des tined to assist Mr. tierard'a memory, but It would not he a communication from the emveror to President Wilson." Another Paper Relieve It Trwe. The Cologne (Saxette says there is no apparent reason to doubt the genu menesa or the emperor's telegram as published by Mr Gerard The newspa per says It cannot see how Its contents can serve as fresh proof of Germany's Of The Western Front guilt, as it only gives new evidence of the l ur.nins and ambiguous policy fol towed b lireat Britain in the days prior to the outl,;i-ak of the war Th- news-; in I -i- fu.:l;-r sees in the Gerard rev ..itlons a:. "ther nio.e in a plan to ex ploit the Stockholm conference in favor of the entente by putting the question of resKinsibillty for the outbreak of the war and then pressing the socialists into the position of being the accused art ies. An Unusual Piano Sale The .1 W Jenkh.- Bom Music ,-.,m- pany. who oerate fourteen large music .-ie inr"ii.rno:ii tio- souinvv-si. nave, combined their entire stocks of used and slightly used pianos and players into one gigantic sale, putting on sale ' at one time some IJ5M pianos, and In i orflat that SIi; i Mtomer anywhere In their entire terrltorv can select anv , desirabto rpak-of the lot.' they ship anv mane, electe.l sol.wt tr. knnmvsl. and extend v.-ry romf rtable terms of sy ment. where pavments are desired. An appui I unit: is offered in this sale: far folks who wish to economize A c implete list of tha makes, and prices of pianos on sale may be obtained by addressing Mr. Homer L Boyd, at Ard ra who i local representative for the Jenkins Music oo.-niany. . Rl HELPS MMtMIU.I. MM Madi'.l. ikla . Vug. 13 Speclalt I Marshall county was visited by a soak I ing rain Saturday and yesterday. Promt leports coming In from all parts Of the county the precipitation was ge-i.-i al. t'orn wlil be gr.-..t!y helped and eard.n truck, which had almost died out. will be revived. Pall gardening will tw d ne on a big scale it; this county as 1 re sult of agitat; . of the county defense I. . -ue. Cotton never looked bettor or nvre promising for a bumper cr.u. KITTY 60QD0N In llll HKI.OKI 1 Ml KrV Tonuirrow hoi sk prrrwps Ire Hi lit ity THK V.KV ton. 1 Thurda KMHUtlM SI JNK I KK The W iM-ld's Koremost 4 hlld Arlreses in "TWO I.ITTLK BM Today if", J J MORE (OMMlsM(iN FOK OKI.MIOMINS Washington. Aug. 13. Commissions I ...... . fth. " Dl I amiiiiru IV inr piuiirin u I inr i oil ivi- lej, Kan., training camp, announced by the adjutant iteneral, included the following Oklahomans: James L. White. Elk City, second lieutenant: Manley E. Michaelson. Bar tlesville. captain; Henry Clark Farrell. BartlesvHle. first lieutenant; William J. Dancer. BartlesvHle. second lieutenant. John R. Reeve. Iiewey. second lleuten- j ,,nt Rutherford I! Butts. Muskogee. I lieutenant. George B. McClellan. ' Enid, second lieutenant, John M. Hough-1 I land. Tulsa, captain; Ridley G. Mcla tosh. Eufaula. second lieutenant BtY ward I Re.il Ada. second lieutenant;! 'Adrian M. Lindsay. Kingfisher, second' lieutenant. Charles G McCaleb. Bartles-j ville. second lieutenant: Charles W, , Ma- Wat,s- t'onJ "'utenlint: Earl N Murphy. Vinila. second lieutenant. 'Chester P Iavis. 'iuytnon. second lieu-1 t.-nant HoU-rt M l.i.i". .Iu-k'.--hr.-t lieutenant George s Berry Jr.. 7 iKt -i :. ; 1.. :!(' ' I em 1 ' K. e- nan. Okmulgee, second lieutenant. I , Chic .to has a like tonnage larger than the combined foreign tonnage oCll the ports of Boston. Philadelphia. Bal timore ard 1 lalveston PRINCESS TO-DAY l III II I I DOROTHY PHILLIPS "The Piper's Price" -..o , uisemellt (oming Thursdav l II NMSi. n The Oklahoin.i outlaw will be here in person with a siv-reel ver sion of the MTTRIVU KVKNINI. POM sOK "HK.VTIM. II t K" Mr Jeuainc sill lecture at eS4 h -liionin of tin-, gr.-at feature. THEATORIUM Today Kirl Chapter the Surprise Serial I IIK MAI (.HOST" Fea4urmg KDDIK POI O This story was published in I he "Salurilav Evening Pot." COUPON This I ..upon Is good at The Theafnrium on Monday. uguM I U with one mid ad J We Have Drafted Skilled labor and modern machinery and methods to produce the highest quality Dry Cleaning in the Southwest. Our service is unequaled. Al TO DELIYRBT. We Make Old Hats New BUCHANAN S DRY CLEANING PLANT. I'hone i The best equipped and only Dry A STRATEGIST. Boston Transcript: An Englishman was run down and the doctor told him I he needed a tonic, recommending a glass of stout after each meal. The patient said he had a barrel of it in his cellar, but unfortunately his wife insisted on all members of the household being teetotalers during the w I "Since your health Is I must find some way to prejudices." said the doc teetotalers during the war concerned you to overcome her doctor, and the pa tient departed. A few days afterwards the doctor re ceived a visit from the man's wife "Doctor," she said, "I'm so worried about my husband. I'm afraid he's going to have a nervous breakdown. He's de veloped a perfect dread of Zeppelins late ly and keeps running down and hiding in the cellar." AIRMEN I sk OXYGEN HELMETS. Dundee Advertiser It Is estimated that the airplanes which carried out the great raid on the metropolis were flying at an altitude of 15.000 feet; and experts are of the opinion that the airmen were 1 equipped with oxygen helmets similar to those worn by the troops as a protec tion against gas. This altitude is often I exceeded, of course, but the question has arisen as to how long a man can remain at such an altitude without loss f faculties In lst)2. it will be rememlier- The Southwest's Most Important Piano Sale A combination sale of all stocks of used, . slightly used and shop worn pianos of the four teen Jenkins Music Stores are now on ipecift sale 1500 pianos to select from. Practically every make of piano known is represented in this sale. For example: A used $350 Brinkerhoff, like new $195 $375 Clough& Warren, refinished like new, extra good 175 . S.i'(i Baldwin, would pass for new 275 Upright old style Camp & Company 65 Upright Kingsburv i 125 Harvard 135 Fischer ISO Cable 185 Good as new Kurtzmann 275 Good as new Elbum 275 Good as new best style Kimball 200 A $500 Vose for 235 A $1100 Steinway Grand, used but in per fect condition 750 A $600 Steinway Upright, like new 405 A $450 Vose. like new 295 A 660 Auto Player, good as new 395 A slightlv used $600 value Harwood Player 425 A brand new Conroy Player ' 385 A slightly used $550 value Klburn Player. 375 Etc., etc. If you ever expect to own a piano, call or write our local representative of the Jenkins Music Company I Mr. 1 B who can 1 I tail of an Homer L. furnish you with y piano in the sale. PRESERVE AND SAVE YOUR COUNTRY Thus month is the time to preserve and can everything you possibly can get hold of. You not only should do it for your own protection but you owe it to your country. Gas Is The Best Fuel for this class of work and a modem gas range will not only do it quicker but cheaper than any other fuel. Get A Gas Range and stop using that old wood stove with a gas burner in it. You will save the cost of a new range in a very short time. Phone 168 or call at our office. CONSUMERS LIGHT and POWER COMPANY 102 West Main St. 105 West Main ('leaning Plant in Southern Oklahoma ed, two daring baJJOnlSt C0XWU and Olaisher set out from Wolve hampton with the intention of seeing how hi,'h they could rise. Wrhen 21.000 'feet was reached Coxwell had a difficulty in ob taining his breath, and shortly after ward Glaisher could scarcely make out the barometer. He afterward discov ered that they had attained an altitude of 30,000 feet, but soon after lost control of his limbs. Seeing that they were la imminent danger of collapse, Coxwell made an attempt to release the valve line, but fell back into the car, com pletely losing control of his hands. Only after working the valve line with his feet and teeth did he ucoaaJ In loosen ing it, thus causing the baliaun to de scend. During this a cent an altitude of 3700 feet was reached. It would be interesting to have the excellences of airmen when at great altitu !es. Hani to Hear Airplane t S-i. Scientific American: Whi it is wide ly known that an airplane c. in be heard for some distance off on Ian ' n water 1 the lapping of the mVM KD I the whis tling of the win l through the rigging and superstructure of a iraaaa nnk.' It almost impossible to hear 1' rower plant of an apuroaehing seiplne until It Is almost overhead. Hence the sub marine plying the surface Ins slight warning of an Impendln lea ne at tack until It Is often too lata I Weapa. Boyd, at Arnn r complete descriptions in de- Phor '68