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OKLAHOMA CITY
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VOLUME V.
Carrying the Full United Press Telegraphic Report.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. JANUARY 10, 1918.
NUMBER 183.
President Wilson Favors Woman Suffrage
MEATLESS DAYS UNITED STATES MUST ! THE AMERICAN ARMY -i
IN NORMAN CONTINUE WAR WORK
Are Not Oberved in "The University BY CARL D. GROAT,
City" as Should Be—l". S. Tubbs1 (United ] ... ,
Very Timely and Pertinent-Sugges-! ^ ashington, Jan. 10.—America's
tion to the Food Commission—Why war work the next few months will
Not "Order" the Observance? determine Germany's attitude toward
The following very timely and per-|cials here adviced today.
tinent statement of facts as regards ! If we go in with all our strength
meatless days in Norman was sent earnestly, enthusiastically and whole-
to Food Commissioner Stratton D.
Brooks yesterday by Mr. U. S. Tubbs.
It speaks for itself, and certainly is
not creditable to our citizens, nor does
it add to the fair name of our "Uni-
versity City" that such a state of
affairs exist. Mr. Tubbs writes:
Mr. Stratton D. Brooks,
Food Administrator,
Norman, Oklahoma.
Dear Sir:—
As you no doubt know, I am in the
grocery business at Norman, Okla.,
and the people have been asked to
observe a Meatless day. Now I am
very sorry to say that there are
heartedly—it will do more than anv
thing else to bring early peace, the
experts said. On the other hand, if
America slows down under the
thought that peace is near, the tale
will be far different, officials believe.
Meantime, Germany may appear to
yield as far as possible to the Lloyd
George and Wilson terms. The extent
to which she camouflages certain sec-
tions will measure just haw badly
she wants peace.
This is how officials prophesy the
next steps in this mighty maneu-
ver which has already laid the foun-
dations for peace:
(1IY UNITED PRESS)
Washington, D. C., Jan.
10.—No
THE WEATHER
army of similar size in the history of ♦
very few of them who do observe j 1 Germany will answer the terms,
that day as a meatless day. | accepting some, appearing to accept
Last Monday, I had my meat cut- ] others.
ter call up some of the other mer- J - She will continue a west front of-
chants dealing in fresh meats, sug- j tensive this spring and summer. If
gesting that we close our shops on j ^a" finds her without a big victory
meatless days, as you no doubt i to her credit she will then set about
know it would be very detrimental forjin earnest to negotiate peace,
one-man to close his shop when all! 3 Russia will do—what? If Lenine
he rest are open. My sales of meat Iand Trotsky permit frank publica-
on our last meatless day were larger | t'on the Wilson message in the
than on any other day in the week. Russian press, that will mean a long
and this does not show very much pa- j stride toward swinging Russia back
triotism. to the allies. If they try to suppress
Now, Mr. Brooks, I wish to suggest j '<■ totally or partially, it will mean
that it be made an ORDER and notify are not to be trusted and that
a REQUEST to sell no meat on meat- Wilson's doctrine must be spren'1 h-
less day. A few people are patriotic I American propaganda, slowly
in this respect, bat as my sales show' As fnr ,ho United States its jw.
for the last meatless day, there are1 sition is:
great many that fail to observe it. j "Our aims have been stated; take
Personally 1 am very fond of meat jthem or leave them." Hence, it will
and also I like to see a big business ■ ))roceed with its plans for war, while
in my shop, but I feel that if I am jat the same time, it spreads in Rus-
permitted to stay in this Glorious j s'a an<^ so far as possible in Austria
Country of Ours and live on the fat!aml in Germany its appeals to liberal
of the land and sleep in a nice warm : m'nds to cut loose from militarism
bed that I should be perfectly willing i and j°in the new congress of nations,
t) give up one day's meat business where all are equal
for the sake of the Sammies and
Tommies.
Now, Mr. Brooks, I do not mean to
dictate or try to tell you how to run
this food campaign, I am merely sug-
The state department is waiting to
ascertain how the government con-
trolled German press is permitted to
deal with the Wilson message. If it is
printed with deletions or mis-trans
'—uiirieiy SUJJ- ucicnuna ur Illis-irans-
gesting and telling you what I know httions, the message will then be put
a d the way I feel about the condi- over to Germany by the air route and
c in \Tn >u.<« I Qt
tions in Norman.
\ ours, very truly,
U. S. TUBBS.
great snow in kansas
j ' * A few high grade ladies coats to
go at just half. Several medium price
j ladies coats at half price.—Rucker's.
the w .rid has ever been raised, equip
ped or trained so quickly as the pres-
en American army, Secretary of War
Baker today told senate miliirry
probers investigating his department.
I ointing to the fact that in nine
months all branches of the army have
grown from 9,524 officers to 110,856
officers and from 202,510 men >'> 1,.
428,650 men, he answered his critics
with a broad outline of work accom-
plished—a work which he held showed
the "splendid effectiveness" of the
American people.
American accomplishments, he said,
are such as to depress Geerman morale
"when the Germans realize that the
American democracy has neither
blundered nor hesitated, but has ac-
tually brought the full power of its
men and resources into completely
organized strength against their mili-
tary machine."
Health in camps is rapidly improv-
jing; the clothing shortage is practic-
ally met, the death rate is lower than
in civil life; further increments of
the army "can be adequately equip-
ped as rapidly as those already in
training can be transported," he de-
clared.
All this, he added, has been accom
plished without serious industrial dis-
location; the spirit of the army is
high; it is well fed; all kinds of guns
are available "for every soldier who
can be K°tten to France in the year
1018;" and "great programs of new
instruments of war have been form-
ulated."
Baker did not answer criticisms in
.ittail in his preliminary statement.
for the onlanar.ee department he
pointed to lack of experts available
and to the tremendous expansion re-
quired at the start of the war.
The war council, he announced, will
add army officers and men from civil
life from time to time. Reorganization
of the ordnance branch is well under
way while the quartermaster branch
is undergoing shifts in which army
men and civilians will be utilized..
It was anticipated, too, that Baker
would take occasion to discuss his
plans for centralization of purchases
and supplies. As for the council of
national defense and war industries
board, he felt they had filled import-
ant niches.
Baker asked the co-operation and
advice of the military probers, but
without apolopy for shortcomings, he
said, in conclusion*
Oklahoma City and Yicinitx .
< loudy with snow and u cold
wave and hi«h northerly winds
tonight. Minimum temperature
I*our to twelve degrees. Fri-
day probably fair and contin-
ued cold.
I he House \A ill Vote Today Upon the Susan 1>.
Anthony Woman Suffrage Amendment to
the Constitution, and It Will He Adopted.
THE RIG BLIZZARD
By L. C. MARTIN,
^ (United Press Staff Correspondent)
.. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—With President Wilson's influent*
detinitely behind it, the Susan B. Anthony suffrage amendment
would be voted on by the house this afternoon.
Jubilant suffrage leaders today declared the president's open-
advocacy of their cause made victory sure. The president's de-
(itv i vinn nurce, ;tinite support was thrown to the pending amendment when he
Chicago, Jan! m.-The big blizzard 1 Rf0J .<|e,egat,on ol unti"suffrage Democratic representatives to
now centered over Texas, while prac-
tically certain to create suffering and
industrial loss as it moves eastward
across the country, will save millions
of dollars worth of winter wheat,
weather bureau officials predicted to-
day
It was his first decisive public stand in favor of congressional
action on suffrage. W'hile he has always been thoroughly in sym-
pathy with the suffrage movement, he has repeatedly told suf-
frage leaders he regarded it as a matter for the states to settle.
The immediate result of the president's action was a promise
I by the twelve representatives who visited him to support thi
The storm with its accompanying! am.endtnent- Suffrage leaders said today it undoubtedly would
zero temperatures is be in- preceded ?™ing many more votes to them. Representative Jeanette Ran-
by a heavy snow fall, which not onlv1 .^publican member of the house suffrage committee,
will protect the wheat from free-,in.', -I ^ W"' haVC m0I*e tha" U (1<)Zen VoteS aboVe the tWO-thirds
but is providing needed moisture to ! m|U1Tefj- ^ .
many sections. This is particularly ^ ,'lcan caucus urged Republicans to "fall in line."
true in parts of Kansas and Nebraska ' Several southern Democrats have been won over in the past
where there was a seven inch snow!W ' suff,ra?e Naders claimed today. Breaking the solid south,
fall today, was regarded as the sutlragists hardest task.
Now that the president has come out definitely in favor of
congressional action, suffragists will invade the senate immedi-
ately after the house vote, no matter which Way it goes. The
senate resolution is a separate measure and on the calendar.
Grain experts, following the last
government report, showing the great-
est winter wheat acreage—and the
roorest condition—in history, declared
that heavy snow falls probably would
give the country a high record winter
wheat crop.
Indications today were that the
blizzard might pass south of the great
lakes region, either following the At
FRENCH WAR AIMS GOAL COMBINATIONS
DOOBLED PRICES
(BY UNITED PRESS) • i
? „ vnc j-i!-! Paris, Jan. 10—Minister of Foreign j
lantic coast line, or turning northward' Affairs Pichon this afternoon or to- 'BY UNITED press)
w„„ne °hi° river Val,e>'- WhiIe this morrow,' will speak in the chamber of Washington Jan. 10,-An illega
would save Chicago and vicinity from , , ... ,, j combination of coal operators in cen-
the serious effects of ,,„nti,„, v,„ <'eput.es, outlining t ranee s war aims.! trai states'doubled and trebled fu*
according to authoritive information j prices there, Attorney Frank W. .Mc-
Allister of Missouri declared before
the serious effects of another heavy
snowfall on top of the recent record
precipitation, the entire northern part
of thik section will experience zero
temperatures, beginning tomorrow.
This condition will last several days,
as the storm moves northeastward in-
to Canada. Reports from various parts
of the country today indicated that of-
ficials and citizens are hurrying prep-
arations to combat the expected inter-
ruption of traffic in the storm's path.
tcdaj.
It was stated thai the foreign min-
ister would follow exactly the lines of
Premier Lloyd George of England,
and President Wilson of America, in
baring to the whole world the exact
aims France has in continuing the war
and the only term? on which she can
I make peace
^ e can now see the entire situa-
Hand Mills \ifj HnnvAr : The international ™sh needs arc
willis .Via Hoover substantially supplied. The technical
corps have been expanded and reor-
ganized on industrial and efficient
lines. The co-ordination of all inter-
national needs with our purchases has
been effected. An agency exists to
prevent conflicts and to adjust those
which cannot be prevented.
"By the co-operation of all inter-
ests and all people in the country, the
nation is now organized and set to
its task with unanimity of spirit and
confidence in its powers.
that branch today. The snow is report- j's sa'^ to be excellent in cakes and j ^ore has been done than any body
ed as being still heavier west of this muffins- Ma"y state that they prefer' d t0 believe Possible. That thei e
pcint. ! kafir flour to wheat flour " ' '.laJe been> here and there, errors of
judgment and delay goes without say-
ing; but I should be wanting in frank-
, At the opening of the session of the
British Navy Shakp-imi chamber of deputies today, Deputy
_ll. oii<mi-up D,lschHnel> spoal-inu., he saj(1) in thp
the senate coal investigating commit-
t.;e today.
The combination, he said, worked
through bureaus each of which kept
its fellow members informed daily
as to prices to be charged.
Operators of the southern Illinois
field which supplies St. Louis, he
said, comprised one of those bureiun-
Another included operators of south
western Kansas, Arkansas and Ok-
lahoma supplying Kansas City am
"!\ I xrn:i) cress) |same name of the deputies, pledged vicinity.
London, Jan. 10.—England's longj'hat the chamber would support the| McAllister testified
were \ io-
(HY UNITED PRESS) ' !
Salina, Kans., Jan. 10.—With nine
inches of snow on the ground before j Fable has recorded that the hand
noon, the fall continued heavily driven i miI1 ground salt and made the sea
by a wind which js drifting the snow > sa'ty> a"<i today hundreds of Oklaho-
badly. 1 rain service is badly interup- ma PeoP'e are solving the wheatless
ted. Union Pacific train No. 104 was j day b>' us'nK cornmeal and kafir
reported "somewhere" in the west. Ajflour ground in small hand mills,
new train under that number was j These miiis grind all kinds of grain
made up here and sent east. Gasoline I a3 fi|ie or as coarse as desired.
motors on the branches are snowbound J People using these mills report that
and steam trains will try to buck the meal made from corn grown in Okla-
drifts. The Plainville branch Is snowed [homa is very sweet and delicious and
under and there will be no trains on j |s of a superior variety. Kafir flour
J kafir flour to wheat flour.
"his method makes practical the
rEA AND COFFEE l practice of economy and thrift in
PHI? R \ RII/C! ''very home, and aids greatly in sub-
l V/IV I5/\niinstituting other foods for wheat that
i is so much needed in Europe.
..ess were I to omit my own estimate
of the real unselfishness and intelli-
gence with which my associates, mili-
tary and civilian, have applied tliem-
(HY UNITED PRESS)
Chicago, Jan. 10.—Babies in Chica-i Chieao-n n- m u ~ . IT . . ' —~ "ri"™ uiei
go's "little Italv" denrivn.t t ; .u ' S' OIlve1' "lebrat- selves to this undertaking and the re-
by high prices^ being fed tea a j ™ " *«'
w.; Nelson, vis.t.ng nurse, ride. The car was wrecked and both! Massing
, - | —*-••• v vnc j "itoinoici L^sLiiieci that invest a
*' pec ted ad m irali ty shakeup was to Ilestitution °f Alsace-Lorraine and | nations conducted by hin. ,011'vi
be announced in full detail today. Pre-1 sustain the armies in the field to this '
Iiminary statements declared the whole] en<h
naval policy hereafter will be admin-1 Am>d a storm of applause, he said
eloquent tribute to President Wilson's
speech.
Glory to all the allied nations,"
Desehanel declared, "glory especially
tr the United States, which from
Washington to Lincoln and Wilson has
aculed new light in universal morale,
—Bovs Suits i"s slle bas a(lllo(l new stars to her
" ouits worth the money at fj.ltr
Kucker's Closing Out Sale !
1 \ ictorious r ranee will not have
istemi by a general staff, divided
into three general divisions—govern-
ing home waters, overseas and trade
protection. Each department will he
headed, it was stated, by naval offi-
cers of proven qualifications. The
change is a revolutionary one.
Vnother (w rmm IWo.,* " v:l,"iuished people; she will
nilUMier Ixermail lieteat,oppose her invaders with an inflexi
fatherland
Limit on<
inv i xri i i) piii ss)
London, Jan. 10—"The most im-
portant event in the economic war,'
is what the London Daily Mail today i
called the capture from the German
of 257 secret recipes for German dye:
which had been offered the govern-
ment. The' formulae, it was stated, |
onlv!' tUtt' r th® Ge"nan dye moM-1 Mr' Chas- D. Martin, son of Mr. and
Snts hav T ,0 thC,Mail- BritishlM«- S. K. Martin, and Miss Emma
lVe bee" workmg for two, Grimwood, a charming young high
him that the combination?
li:ting the anti-trust law?
( Today the committee turned to the
private consumer and learned from
Mrs. A. G. Bunker, Norwalk, Conn.,
Wife of a navy surgeon in Europe,
that for two weeks, she has been try-
ing to get coal while a dealer, "a part-
ner of the fuel administrator in the
real estate business" with four hun-
dred tons on hand, refused to part
with any of it.
Sixty three Iowa towns are suf-
fering from lack of coal and "some-
body is making a pile of money out
* V 10 '""IVIIIK a ])J
I ' heart—a heart inflamed with the' of the people's dire necessity"
I one passion that France is to save the cording to a telegram submitted
supreme yood of oui
I justice."
,! —75c Brooms. 50c.
"! Rucker's Grocery.
to-
m a run-grim wood
were seriously injured.
coffee, M
declared today
"The babies down there have al ,
ways been hungry," said Miss Nel- j Chicago—Rev. Albert J. McCart-
son, "but since last October when the i nc>' was under arrest today charged
price of milk was put up. they have j with throwing snowballs at stree t
been more hungry. ; cars when they ran past him. He said
We are finding babies from a few I he was in a hurry to preach a fun-
months to a year old wholly deprived !era' sermon
of milk. They are always hungry and j
are being fed tea and coffee, which ! St-
figures to show the Ameri-
can progress, Baker sugested to the
committee, inferentially, that they
had dwelt on details which, though
important, obscured the bigness of
the task done.
"The death rate in our forces in
the United States," Baker said, "from,
mid-September to the end of Decern-1
years to jyet the formulae.
THE WAY TO DO IT
, school girl, were married at Oklanoma ] f ,
! City on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 1917, byl."?
' the county judge of that county, and """
] returned home last evening. The bride
j is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M.
i Grimwood of Route 5, and the young
j couple have a host of friends to wish
| them every happiness. They were ac-
Stanley Rosenblatt, I "™panietJ t0 Oklahoma City by Owen
manager and assistant manager, re-1 "bson'
spectively, of a local automobile sales j
Iconcern, under a law prohibiting the j New York Mrs. Maude A. Ander-
j changing of factory numbers on auto- son is a confirmed FJetcherizer, ac-
|mobiles. cording to her husband. He told a
Managers are not allowed to sell judge in his suit for divorce that she
when he
111) r.VITED PRESS)
Chicago, Jan. 10.—Texas is in the
throes of a flivver famine, according
to the police.
They explained the arrest of Harry!'
P Johnson and
by i day, signed by Frank C. Pierce, sect
|tary of the Iowa league of munici-
palities.
| 1 he town of Coburg, the message
said, had been without coal since .Vo-
| vember 25. Wood cannot be secured
and thousands of families are out of
fuel.
A budget plan of coal distribution
g hiehl18. worke<1 out by the fuel ad-
clahoma i""!'Strat,0n- Its obJect is to bring
— . I'uel saving to the point where it will
e production. Under it, in-
dustries classed as most dealers an
unfairly big profit on coal and sugar.
The senate military investigators
Planned today to get speedy action or*
Senator- Chamberlain's bill creating a
munitions ministry.
bulletin
■ .« ocpiemDei 10 tne end of Decern-1 Managers arc not ajjowe(| t() scjj jurtjre in his suit for divorce that
her, averaged 7.5 per thousand and is' "ut tbeir territory by the flivver "te a note, words and all, when
aire] slightly less than would have been the!comPa"y- Th<'se men are alleged to found it was brimming with love.
via-1 death rate of men of the sun-,. ...... have bouirht new ears her.. ,.Vm ...ro,i
, , , , | Pi ul—,Answering questiona
are absolutely devoid of nutrition." ! questions, a youth now in the <vi., Idoofh t - u u , "" "" ""
— I tion service said life ,= . aT,a; I lcath ,rate of ">en of the same ng. at have bought new cars here, changed
-"Kids" have soles. We help you he has invested in his busine*r ! A ^I , tfce "nmbers' anfl s°ld them in Texas, ( beland, Ohio-'What's this?"
keep them straight. Doc's Shoe Hos-! that the stork was "the mems " 'lenths (luc' t0 "busies where dealers are so far behind in b"''' a KUes.t at the hotel Statler here,
pital. ' sel bv which he he means or ves-1and its complications (pneumonia thelr ordft's that bonuses are paid. when a waiter shoved a card towards
trv ente''ed th,s coun- chiefly), the rate, was about two perl , ■„
GEOLOGY SUPPLIES MOVED ; thousand per year and Baker heid out' « to h . Suchroe,ler'
' ' I 'he hope that with improved clothing1 , , ® ""-eatene.! to shoot any-; tak
isn't and health conditions the 7 5 nte'I?"6 n,r the ka|ser's picture from
would be lessened. Ibls home' ls Jail in default of Dallas, Texas—On Chew, Chinese
(IIV I MUD PRESS*
Petrograd. Jan. 10.—Brest-Lit-
* v sk telegrams today renorted in-
dications of a satisfactory conclu-
sion being reached as to trans-
fer of peace negotiations to neu-
tral .soil
germany moving troops
T. , . I Tarrytown, N. Y.,—Water
he geological survey is moving supposed to have that effect bu-
supplies from the print shop building j William Van Winkle swears he pulled
him after his bill had been paid. "My
thrift card, sir," said the waiter. "We
our tips that way."
Turning to the ordnance branch, he j
on
r.MI'ED PRES-,
Berne, Jan. 10.—Closing of the Ger-
man-Swiss ami German-Holland bord-
♦ is (or a month, which was announced
I "...c, .a i„ jnii mi ucibuii or "«"« , ic « —un unew, i ninese— 0f Hr'o-e''im"""1' ' orciunner
510,000 bonds. The picture came down. American, claimed exemption because v„ „ °P mo^eniuits in Germany.
Lr n, ...:i i. , .. l'No Pissengers and freight will be
the law building:. The rooms''va'cated j tho°ugh7 waTfro^en" ThP'P° P°intc'1 t0 the necessitV for'devcdop-! Philadelphia-Stuff^ Mclnnis first' i'n Chi,n^Th"'' tw" chil<1™ who live hamlled on^railroads
I tW0 ' to reports published here to.lay, li en, here," he countered. Ruckers
crossing thos
011 all dry goods at
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