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ARDMORE, Sept 27 BULLETIN! Scorch among the ruins was progressing methodically tonight, the workers

centering their efforts on the tangled mass of lumber and bricks which had been a department store, where it was feared

fit? bodies of many girls and women shoppers and employes would oe found.

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TULSA. OKLAHOMA. Tl ESI) AY. SEPTEMBER

12 PA (I KS

THIRTY-ONE BODIES DUG FROM MASS

OF LUMBER AND DRICK; FEAR MANY

WOMEN SHOPPERS ARE STILL BURIED

Three Generations of Women Who Arc Devoting

Their Energies to the Suffrage Cause in United States

PROPERTY LOSS WILL EXCEED

HALF MILLION; MANY BLOCKS

OF MAIN STREET IN RUINS

Army of Several Hundred Rescuers

Di- Into Debris While Frantic Rel

atives Await the Results

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Charles Smith, former policc

mini.

M. E, Miring, drayman,

. c. Gould, huckster.

Breston , Blase, Santa l"e fia -mini.

Ruben Warren, farmer.

lllliini Mull, up anil -"ii.

Tom Gllkey.

Henri Carpenter.

"Shorty" Twyford.

Milton Taylor,

it. Mm-. Santa r'o flagman,

Unidentified white woman.

Unidentified Indian.

Unidentified white boy.

I'Ik' bodies of five unidentified

noaroca have been recovered.

10WN UNDER MARTIAL LAW TO PREVENT

LOOTING; MANY MIRACULOUS ESCAPES

Hospitals and Homes Filled With Hun

dreds of Wounded; Physicians and

Nurses are Rushed to the Scene

DUMBA WILL LEAVE !

HERE PERMANENTLY

Austria Advises

Recall Won't Be

of Absence

Penfield

Leave

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17. Dr. Con

stanttn T. Dumba, Aaistro-Hungarlan

ambassador to the United States, will

be formally recalled by Ins govern

ment, according to assurances given

American Ambassador Penfield at the

Vienna nffioi'.

Mr. Penfield had been Instructed to

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Ar NCe & LATCH XfoPFSTr tUJABerrt CADY STAHTON MS Afrr S7r7TS Hi TCH.

This picture, which was taken about twenty-five years ago, is Interesting In that it shows three genera

Hons of New fork women who have t n active In the suffrage cause. The) are. left to right! Mrs. Nora

Blatch de Forest, Mrs, Elisabeth Cady Stanton and Harriet Stanton Match.

NEW fOBK, Sept. 27. Three eltlei In this stats are to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the birth

of Mrs. Elisabeth Cady Stanton, the flrsl suffrage Worker In the state ol .w Vmk, during tin- coming month.

The first celebration win occur al Seneca Palls on October 8, it was there that she oalled together the first

women's equal rights convention on July 19 and 10, 1848,

The hundredth annlversarj of Mrs Stanton's birth will i elebrftted In Johnstown, N. Y.. her birthplace

,.n the evening of October '.. Among the speakers will be Mrs Margaret Btanton Lawrence, Mrs, Harriet Stan

ton Blatch, the two daughters f Mrs Stanton, and Mrs. Nora Blatch de forest, daughter of Mrs Blatch.

on nctnhor :m tin. Wiimi.n'M Political union m New v.,rk eltv will hold :i celebration In honor of Mrs, Stan

'ARDMORE, Okla., Sept. 27 At least fifty persons

were killed and it is estimated two hundred others were

injured dangerously, this afternoon when a 250-barrel

tank ear of gasoline standing near the Santa Pe freight

office in the business district exploded. The terrific

force of the explosion shook down many buildings and

threw burning gasoline in every direction. A few min

utes later Ardinore was at

At 8:30 o'cloi k the fire

eit v was under martial law

make- clear inf.il-mall.x that "leave .,f , 'n oy larwe rinneB in urn vr pitrKa in me eveiniis """ " ", ' " i, V i ,

.Mrs. narri.'t ."sianinn iii.imii is ii pr.'s.'ni in i...no"n. win-if biiq w.-ih it" v.'-i- ikh i..,- iwiivi "

ie mercj of scores oi t ires,

were under control autl the

Erivate homes were imme-

absence" for Doctor imnia would

not satlafy the request of the United

'States in its formal note asking for

the recall of Doctor Dumba, While

discussing the situation with Aus

trian officials Mr. Penfield was a.l

vlsed that the wishes of the United

States would be compiled with,

A note on the Subject Is being pre

pared and Immediately upon Its re

eeipt safe Conduct home for Doctor

Dumba will be arranged and the in

cident, ro far as the United .states, is

concerned, will be closed. Until for

mal notification of Doctor Dumba's

recall is received, state department

officials will make no announcement.

Charge H'AffaireM Barclay, of tho

British embassy, called on acting

Secretary I'oik at the state di-p ot

her late husband, she will return for tho annlversarj celebration

HIUEUUS INFERNO NAME RECEIVERS SCHEME 0ISCL0SE0

SMOKE ANO FLAMES FOR KA I Y RAILROAD BY OUTSIDE PAPER

ii.t.t.t toil.iv .no! hitor ih,. si'.'ivtarv

ifltolv thrown oiieii to f ie lllllirei and SCOl'es Ol lliell stated that the nece?sari Information

e smoldeiiug

were WOrKlUg lOUlgui in i in Miioniei i ug ruins uiuug

Main street in search for additional victims.

Among the buildings destroyed were the railroad sta

tion. Swift - Co.. Pennington Wholesale Grocery com

pany, Whittington hotel, Maddin 6c Co., dry goods, and

Dewit Cigar company. Not a building on Main street

escaped damage either as a result of the force of the

explosion or of the fires following. The publishing

plants of the Daily Ardmoreite and the Statesman were

badly damaged.

School Buildings Wrecked.

All school buildinirs. business houses and residences

which would assure Doctor Dumba's

unmolested passage could be arranged

by wire In a few hours If Vienna's

official acquiescence to the American

request for his rei all should arrive

In time.

Ardi

am

e Is a 'itv of ll I

Groans, Declares

Oil Operator

Missouri, Kansas A: Texas Muskogee Opponents of Gas

Railway nes Into

Receivership.

Scheme Lacked Mouthpiece,

DESCRIBES DISASTER COULDN'T MEET DEBTS APPEALED OUTSIDE

White-Sinclair

Enjoin Sale of

Valuable Tracts

Bpeeisl to Tho World.

HOUSTON, Texas. Sept. 27. n

the application of 1' J. White and II.

I'. Sinclair of Tulsa. JuilHe J. I . liar-i

Heart Rending Scenes En- Officials

acted by Frantic Wom

en and Children.

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ECLAHOMA CITT, Sept. jr. "At

." o'clock this afternoon Ardinore

wa.l a hideous inferno of smoke and

(T.ameS of pungent odors and blood

and groans.

Such Ih the description of the s.lua-

Line Pile An

swer Admitting Lack

of Finances,

Power of The World Mas

Been Adequately

I lemousl rated.

ST. U i H

railway

ve- in the district court .Monday tlllI1 at the farter county capital Oy

Kranted an InjunetioJi restraining J. ' v V Mlllmrn. an oil onerator here

! II I I i ' : . Ilf II ' ' :tlltl l-eliV Mil I .t- ..,.; . . , l. ,...1 mA l.i.il.li.iir

Wltlllll twelve DIOCKS ol tile DUSUiess tlisirici near evi- u t o trom iransiernng WB0 rrtyed In Oklahoma Cltj Moi

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. - it ilieir illieresis in iiie easi nan ui hh

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I lAkvlvaiiJi vivij nutuvn m iuv i i.os i uoies on tense, cum pi isi oh u ie ui t

is acres in canuco ,si.u or m ii

dence of the explosion

city was shattered by its force.

Two workmen were busy repairing the tank at 2:30

o'clock this afternoon. Suddenly one of them struck it

with a hammer. A spark from the blow ignited funics

escaping through a small leak. There was a terrific ex

plosion, followed ly many smaller ones. The workmen

were blown to pie. es. The shock shattered the Ardmore

railroad station used by the Santa Fe, Frisco and Rock

Island railroads. The Rock Island freight station and

f cores of other buildings quickly took fire from the fly

ins Liauid,

'I he flames spread rapidly until all Ol .Main Street I waa not consummated.

, ,. frii ? I ti iX. In reKard to the suit

appeared a roaring furnace, thirty hviu'iit cars m tne .Monday that Messrs. u

Santa Fe railroad yards were destroyed. The pall of

pmoke hanging over the whole city prevented rescuers

from l"iuir effective work.

Many Deeds of Heroism.

At the store of Maddin & Co. scores of u'irls were

working and was feared tonight some of them lost

their lives-

Deeds of heroism were many. A woman waiting at

I day evening direct from the stricken

Ilie scene, .Mr. .tuinurii snu,

(Continued On Tago Nine.)

MEXICAN ATTACK IS

AWAITED ON BORDER

III no ( hie to I'ale of

Hoaslng United State

LOUIS, Sept. .'7. The "Katy"

system, embracing tho

Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway, a

Kansas corporation and the Missouri,

Kansas Ac Texas railway of Texas,

today went Into the hands of a re

ceiver. .

Ti.is change affecting a system with

an aggregate mileage of more than

J, $00 was brought about by Independ-

M

I SKOUKK, Sept. n Whatever

1 1 ti ome of iiie municipal

ggg election i" Muskogee today, it

mint be admitted that the eleventh

hour interest In the matter was

aroused almost solely through the eol-

imiis of The Tulsa World

Unable to get any puMleity through

the local press, except as paid mat

ter, the opponents of the I50,000

Cruz, and also in 12S acres in tho

Alamo tract In Mexico. An applica- i

tlon for a "writ of mandamus to re- I

quire Desorla to execute an assign-1

merit to the plaintiffs was not acted

upon.

While the value of the property is;

not given it Is known ,to Involve mil-1

lions of dollars, especially In view of ig ,.,.lU

lot-ill ,,-, ci ooi I II I . , ' imhiiiih ,u

the petition the plaintiffs' entere.! into;

a contract for the purchase of the ' uwilryinan.

'l per cent interest of I i. z and the;

10 per cent interest of Desoria In the

l.os ('holes lease for which Ihi'v were. Illli WM I I.I.I-:. Texas. 'Sent 27.

I to pay 20o,ooo undir separate terms Elxpectancy of attack tiy Mexicans was

They allege that a well came In about ! apparent today by the United States

September 2 with 25,000 barrels ' military patrol aonK the Rio Grande

daily output, but that the contract ; above here, -where nearly all the re- :

i rent Mexican attacks on troops , i

Desorla stated I taken place. Today passed without.

lute and sin incident but with the troopers picii, i-

clair had agreed to put up a Specified lint ' It is nearly timo for them tol

amount for an op'.lon on his inter- ihoW up again.

est, but that they failed to do so and' Major Edward Anderson of tho I

abandoned the proposition. A well I Twelfth I avalry said that search for1

canio In about two weeks ago and ' n lles around the Progreso crossing of I

was reported producing m.UOO bar-I the Hlo Qrands had shown no clue to.

cnt orders filed in tho United States I bond issue reached the public here

district courts at .St. Louis and at tbouts through The World and im

Datlas and was a result of ,i friendly I mediately an awful howl went up

greement between certain creditors I about outside influences trying to

and tin- management of the two com- "butt" Into our local affairs, f es-

panles thai comprise the "Katy"syS'

tern. Charles k. Bchaff, president of

both roads, was named sole receiver

of each.

As a result of the court orders today

four the great rail -a a v systems cm

terday s Phoenix earned many col

umns of advertising discussing the

gas question! which it unquestionably

would not have had If the bond ad

VOCateS had had their way and slipped

tho thing through quietly, without gll

necting the middle west with Texas i mg 'Uu opposmon a clianco t

gulf ports are now in the hands of 'hear. I. unquestionably publicity

the fcderV, c,,urts the Itock Island I Ihrouuh Tho Tulsa World does the

system, the Missouri I'aclflc-lr in

(Cdntin.icd On Page Nine.)

(ConUnued On Page Seven.)

rels dally, ono of tho largest In tho

country.

Poser,

Little Minnie came In from tho gar

den with soiled, clammy hands and

jerplexed eyes.

"Mamma," ahe propounded, "why

does clod keep on muking toadstools

when the toads won't sit on them, 7"

B h 'iitfe.

the missing Twelfth cavalryman,

Hlchard J. Johnson of Mount Morris, I

N'. Y. Major Anderson sal 1 it Seemed

certain tiiat Johnson either was killed

and his body thrown Into the. )',lo

Grande Of that he was carried piis

oner to the Mexican side. If ail

other avenues of search fall to clear

Johnson's fate, It Is probable that the

C'arranza authorities will be asked to

sau.u fur 11"! ua hg Mjgjgs a sidii

"oaMMUxrn mxo

"The "Community sing," with

Edward K reiser at the organ,

will be held at f'onveiitlon hall

tonight, beginning at s o'oiock.

This la tho first "Community

Sing" ever held In Tulsa, and It

is expected the Attendance will be

large. Mr. Kreiser Is among tho

foremost organists In the middle

West and lie Is giving the sing aj

a liurbar gift to Tulsa. Inclement

weather during Durbar week ne

cessitated postponement, ah the

old-fashioned SongS will bo sung,

and everybody will be expected to

participate In them

buslnc

l'alkacy of Scheme,

Instead of the opposition coming

from outside sources, as was Claimed,

it most be pretty evident now to

I ftrybody that there ,re one or two

men In Muskoge who see the utter

fallacy of this scheme. Apparently a

gqpd many "niggers in th wood pile"

'iavo been scared up, and unless the

colored population comes to tho res

cue and votes for the bonds it Is by

,io means certain that they will carry,

notwithstanding tho strong "frame

up" to put them over. It is about

the only timo that the colored man

in Muskogee gets a chance to cast a

oallot and have It counted when ho

Ifl voting bonds to be paid for by him

self and other taxpayers later on,

and, therefore, he Is counted upon to

louragaoualy "come to the aid of the

city."

Everybody will be given the "rush

AMONG THE WANT ADS

it yen ii.iv i,t bants ksyi

mi lieu fuel Uu'iii l.y ri'rt'hi'ii tin.

iMiifled Adi toetv-

PKIt; K V I V H 1' E NTS

TELLING BLOW

DELIVERED BY

ALLIES IN WEST

(iff

I.'IIIS I l'lr;itr. ;lt ' cl'V

tin iii Western The

ater of Battle.

ANGLO FRENCH ARMY

HAS 23,000 PRISONERS

iereesl righting of Wai

France; Little ( 'hange

in the Mast.

in

LtiNDox Bept. 27. (It:t7 p. m.

The great offenaive of the French

and llrilish forces luminal l.oili Amm

Of tl II. ow loml ,,l Die ( lei nui n no.

Oilions on Die western fpnnl hua nul

tackened, but General Joffre's after

noon bulletin reported no new- out

standlng success,

The Hriiisii official statement told

i" lei lj of he i j Iosm s inflicted on the

Qermuns northwest of llulluch, where

heavy Oerman countcr-utiucks were

c arried out during the course of tho

day.

Berlin maintains that by means of

counter-attacks the allien drives have

been checkod with heavj loss, but as

the Oermani make no claim of inn

ing the ground taken from them, tho

Indications are the allied e;ain on J-'at-

urday and Sunday have been gener

ally maintained and at some points

improve , and that the fighting has

reached the Mate of vicious attack

and counter-attack which may per

sist for weeks,

IS.000 Prisoners Taken.

II Is estimated that the prisoners

captured by the allies during the rush

"III reach a total of more than

twenty-three thousand, but this is off

sel to some extent by the German

claims that nearly seven thousand

French and British fell Into their

hands,

Denied fun her news of Die rcut

battle, Rngland li awaiting develop-

incuts with an eagerness not equalled

Since the critical days when Die Her

mans fell back from the nates of

Paris in the meantime the public

Is warned to expect heavy losses and

that the Germans, already two million

string from the coast to the Swiss

frontier, ma) throw reinforcements

Into Die line for a struggle the like of

which even this Moody war has not

yet seen.

Optimists also are reminded that

the Qormans are likely to put tho

most dependence on their second ami

third line defenses rehimr noon ma

chine funs ami

men to Ie Id t Ie

means that a dlffli

the allies.

Is i- in banged.

The rjcjiliiie, in Die eastern theater

has brought no important change,

bui England regards the position of

the Russian arms as improving daily.

which strengthens the hope here that

German) d ue noi weaken her seven-

hundred-mlle front In order to fill Din

gaps ill I he w est.

The Bulgarian situation remains

ohs. lire, resting as it did last week on

the of) repeated assurance of Sofia

that Hie COUntl") intends merely tu

maintain an armed neutrality.

MOTIONS OVERRULED

IN MUNDAY TRIAL

ompar 1 1 . elj f( w

fronl line, which

cult task is before

lrl RRI8, 111 S. pi. 11 Two mo-tioii-

made.bv the del. -lis. in Die trial

of (' it. afunday, charged with con

piracy to wreck the ii Baits .street

Trust and Sav ings bank ol Chi. ago,

were overruled loda In Judge

Ntough.

I The first motion was to strike from

I the files the record and supplemental

recid of formet actions in the case

because of omissions. The second

motion w is to direct Die clerk of the

I criminal court of Cook county to

furnish Die clerk of the circuit court

jof Morris with a true and correct rec

ord of the case '

After the motions had been dis

posed ,,( the selection of i jury was

I begun,

PRESIDENT WILSON

WELCOMES G. A. R.

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WASHINGTON, Sept. -President

Wilson welcomed to Washington

tonight Die Grand Army yt the

public. It was the first day of the

forty-ninth annual reunion of the

men who wore Die blue. Lieutenant

Colonel David 1' Palmer, the commander-in-chief,

and his staff called

on Die president The president give

a cordial greeting prophetic of next

Wednesday when he will review tho

remnant of the union host that made

I'.nnnsvlv am avenue historical In

1S.

Tonight the old soldier.- fr.iterni7.ed

with Survivors of the Confederacy,

man) ol whom have come by spadaj

invitation to join in the fiftieth anul

i isjiv Ol Vniein. an pcaia.