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THE TULSA WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
VOLUME XX
TULSA, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1918.
NUMBER 37
[Much Being Accomplished
v Toward Rebuilding Towns
Of War-Stricken France
To rebuild war-stricken France will j in a way to conserve the sap, pre-
3 be a herculean task when peace once ; venting the death of the roots, and
more settles upon the land. But even i then treat with grafting paste till the
y”' jL
\G KNOTS is PART
OF JAP’S EDUCATION
Backers Say He fair a in Ne-
braska, to Succeed
Norris.
LINCOLN. Neb., Jar,, i 6.—William
it is part of a polite education in
Japan to lytderstand the art of knot
tying. In that land knots take the
place of buttons, hooks and eyes, |
buckles aiul other devices of eivlliza-j
lion for fastening the complicated
clothing of today. The Japanese do- i
pend upon cords and knots instead, '
which is an equally satisfactory way j
and permits of more artistic effects.
Hut the knot lias much greater slg-;
niflcance in Japan, in fact, each knot j
has some special meaning many of]
Story Told By
Germany Says Army and
Navy Need Food Most.
Reports From Task .Undertaken by Council of
Defense Embraces Every
Phase of Agricultural Work.
While the big guns of the western OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan.
1 6.—To
New York’s Experience W.th
Hunger and Cold Leaves Suf-
fering Throughout City.
NEW YORK, .Jan. 15.—Fate has
played no favorites since New York
has found itself in the grasp of one of
inclination to make the race for the
nomination in the primary and
the weight of the mailed fist has all over the evacuated regions these
cruelly fallen, and whose homes have | rescued stumps are seen with their
either been torn by sheljs or burned crowns of budding grafted boughs,
to satisfy the invaders’ lust for de-1 The region which offers the least
'strqction. ] difficulty for reconstruction is that
This preliminary or emergency over which the German army passed
work is being done by the Society of | at the moment of their invasion of
Friends of England and America, : France and following the battle of
whose religion will not permit them j the Marne. Here they had not time
to fight, but who are straining all to destroy systematically, or they had
their energies to restore as far as j not perfected the science, and some
they may the living conditions in
France to something near normal. j partly habitable. The purpose, ‘ac- j willing to remain quiescent, not be
In one war-ravaged village there cording to John Moffat, executive sec- cause of newborn regard for Bryan,
had lived a happy child with father ! retary of the Federal Council or Allied j but because he Is looked upon as pre-
and mother, old grandmother, and War Charities here in New York, is to ; ferable to Norris, and the only demo-
baby brother, in a comfortable red- i restore certain villages as models for j crat in the state who can defeat the
roofed cottage. Now, says a writer in . the surrounding regions—centers to present senator.
the World Outlook: j work from. American farm machin- I Norris, a militant republican at the
‘‘Father was somewhere at the ery is to be taken to France to replace . time of his election, and still nomin-
front, the cottage was burned, and j the old hand labor—American factory: ally affiliating with that party, was
the lonely, frightened, half-starved equipment, too, for the-hand labor has elected partly by democratic votes,
family of four had taken refuge in a been fed into the maw of the Great some of whom are loyal to him at this
corner of the cellar. When Marie War-Lord, and never again, probably, i time, but he forfeited the support of
saw the men in gray she took courage, will France follow' its slow, plctur- i most of them, along with several in-
esque methods of manufacture and fluential republicans, when he op-
commerce.—From the Literary Di-I posed President Wilson's wrar policies,
gest. j The antagonism aroused at the time
! he lined up wdth Senators La Follette,
Stone and others has in a measure,
| disappeared, and it is generally con-
]lp -yjjj secure tjlP republican
which wrote their earliest history in , Knees by a far more powerful enemy ] l.v estimating the food situation in I Rich and poor have suffered.
willingness to make a fiaht for eiec- a s,‘rles of knots- This was based upon i starvation.
Hnn fttet the mmdnntion has been I the Sllme Principle as that behind the | I,r Germany today some twenty tnll-
tion aftei the nomination hieroglyphics of the Ogyptians, and ; llon people, directly active in Iho
M1 Members of that nranch in thejOU1' °"'n modern writing, it is easy al mV and navV' a llke number in the
democratic n-irtv in Nebraska who ^ 10 see tViat 11 knot could have quite as rural districts and eight million
have nearly always stood behind “The j much meaning as the figure of an ant- j Wealthy folks are living well, but
Commoner” in his political ambitions, mal Tied oneway it might Indicate there are twenty million more who
are enthusiastic in urging hist candi- victory and tied another it would sig- arp without the pale—the old people,
____ _________ .___ _________ dacy. and part of the element which !’Jify defeat. It was simply a question j the infirm, the children and those
livestock remains, and the houses are in recent years has opposed him, is of adopting a certain kind of knot as ! " ‘lose wages are small—who are
the Image of a particular thing. And|*d°wly starving.
ail languages, written and spoken, are I Nor months they have had barely
merely a collection of images. J enough food to keep body and soul
A Japanese sending a holiday gift!
to a friend knots the cord in a cer-
This is the story told by meagre
She 'lad heard of the wonderful
things done by those quiet English-
men with the red star and the black
star on their sleeves.
“Moreover, she was rich. She had
six sous and was therefore In a posi-
tion to undertake a real estate nego-
tiation. And she was tired of the
dark, damp cellar where grand’more
coughed all night, and there was no
furniture, only rags to lie on. So, with
her six sous clasped tightly In her
hand, she stole forth and sought the
men In gray.
“ ‘Sir.’ she said to one who met her, > ,
‘could you, build a cottage with a llv- ! tveqUf'St OI
tain way, signifying well wishes, af. [reports which have come out of the
foelion. i funeral wream would be ‘central empire within the past year,
(led with another kind o' knot, mean | 'fell of Suffering,
lng sorrow, sympathy And ever | These stories put together tell a
step between the two cases illustrated !tale of suffering and hardships which
would require a particular Sort of I will force an ally peace unless Russia
knot. So the study of this, quaint art]comes to Germany's aid through sep-
ia by no means so easy us it might arate peace,
seem
America, above all to help win the! one Instance two women In apparent-
war- ’he.se are the objects of the , ly good circumstances were found
patriotic farm census which Is being j dead In their apartment. Death was
due to exposure. They could buy no
fuel.
Several deaths by freezing have
been reported in colored families. A
few deaths have been reported among
the poorer white classes also.
The death rate front pneumonia
has been exceptionally large. Hun-
undertaken under the direction 'of
the Oklahoma State Council of De-
fense. It is a big task, It will cover
the entire state. Oklahoma Is the
first state to undertake such a work
on this scale. When the task Is com-
pleted tt will be one more Indication
of the patriotic and progressive spirit
of Oklahoma farmers.
And here are some of the things j ‘.Td'"feet ‘have b^rSortS?8’ The
the 1'arm Census will do: ,u 1 .
surtering among the poorer classes.
It will not increase
the farmer.
the taxes of
with no fuel and
be
zero weather, can
It will not decrease prices for farm ' ^'cLvTnment "hu >r ti 1 th d
HD CLUB Hi DIVE
Y. M. C. JL PUBLICITT
It will not result In any farm pro-
ducts being seized by the govern-
ment.
What Farm Census Moans.
For the prosecution of the war and
the conserving of American resources,
termination to obtain coal failed to
•solve the problem. Railroad facili-
ties have proved inadequate and
frozen rivers prevented transportation
by water.
Inadequate supplies of coal were
lng room, kitchen, and bedroom for
grand'niere,^maman, my mother, and
me? muld ‘you do it for six sous?
See, i have the money.' She opened
her hand and showed the coins: 'Is It
enough?’
"The tall
ceded
nomination for a second term. He has
already announced his candidacy.
The men who have started the
Bryan movement say frankly they
have no positive assurance he will run,
and in fact they think it would re-
___ quire a practical clearing of the track
0 to induce him to announce his candi-
hecretary l. R. dacy. He has hitherto refused to
been obtained from a hundred sources
and gives the readers a clear insight
as to what starvation of a nation real-
ly means—its suffering, hardships and
misery of mind and body.
In all the cities of Germany today
the misery from lack of food is visible
in every face. , ______ __________ ____ _______, ____ ... ... ____
All are suffering from want of fats i remainder are owned hv the occu- | Don denied the poor and robbed the
resources are. This Is what the tinu<!f1 Prohibitive prices
Farm Census will accomplish. Ok- ] w,erf‘ l’11''1 for oH “'oves, as the supply
lahoma is one of the greatest agrl- " 'jas also proved inadequate,
cultural and food producing slates Meanwhile, provisions were limited,
in the Union. There are in Oklaho- and prices, in many Instances, prac-
ma 194,784 farms. Of these 99,000 ! tically prohibitive. Heartless profit -
[In round numbers nro rented; the|.PPrH' regardless of government dicta-
Buchner Will Receive irnme-
enter the senatorial race, and has
diale Attention by Members. j££".^?.nSn" «K,
» place that he would never stand .in
“What’s the matter with local Y. M. their way. Some say he has changed
C. A. publicity ? What all around Dlan his mind and has a longing to be in
Friend never smiled.T would vou suggest to keep the Y. M. a position to aid the president in a
Week Set Aside for Parents to
Study Boys, Their Needs
and Their Surroundings.
better
cessities in it, and when everything
was complete the man in gray col-
lected the four sous with the formal-
ity of a large building transaction.”
This is but an incident in the work
of reconstruction in France, which Is ' f Wednesday-
divided into two classes: permanent t v ? V
and temporary,
has been made under the
‘Quite enough,’ he said seriously. l+n C. A. constantly before men and boys practical way and give the lie to the
fact, I think it can be done with four 0f this region and particularly before charge that he is at heart opposed to
sous. We will build the cottage, and those who are daily coming into Tulsa the Wilson administration,
we will see.’ j in great numbers?” There are plenty of democratic can-
“Marie got her cottage—a com- j These questions were asked of didates for the places, but only one
fortnble shelter with beds and all ne- t rrtember.s of the Ad club by C E of prominence, who has steadfastly
...u................... liuchnpr secretary of the Tulsa Y. M. 'lieen aligned with the Bryan wing of
C. A., at the luncheon of the adver- i Party, That is Lieut. Gov. Edgar
Using men in the private dining room ] Howard, who will become governor
of the Hotel Tulsa Tuesday noon, and as s°on as the federal govern-
will be answered by those persons be- nient decides t0 acf®f,t th*Je™ C*s^r
‘ e next Wednesday. j war of Gov. Neville s Eleventh Ne-
.mv v ,, n .. braska regiment. That is expected to
Scarely a beginning > f and Lt The Yd club is ‘come early in the new year' Howard
former i , * * 0 ‘ " (lu> lf several weeks ago announced he would
head, although many agencies, includ-j ®° a paklic servant- Hence, we come ,)e a can(jidate for senator, but since
lng private individuals, the Red Cross, ] to yau ror latlon of a |)aldlc Pr°h- the Bryan movement has taken form
the French government, and local of- lera’ *lr- t' hrhner said. “It matters he j,as aeclarecl his willingness t6 step
ficials in the ruined territory are] pot whether your criticism he good or agjde
looking ahead and planning how the , had. \\ hat we want is your honest , Among the anti-Bryan Democrats
devastated country-can be repaired i opU'lon, and your suggestions for bet- there are.no lack of aspirants, and. Jf
and built up after the war. ■ ferment, for there is nothing that can- a condition precedent is thal all mher
But in the meantime the people n°i ho improved upon.’ ; candidates get out of the way it is
/ must be furnished with food and shel- E\ery member of the Ad club is safe to predict it will not he done. Af-
ter, and made whole. Under this lat- ; asked to send his letter setting forth torney General Willis E. Reed has
ter head some of the seemingly sim- ! his ideas to President E. A. Wilcox of i long aspired to go to Washington, and
plest things have become the greatest j the Ad club. The three best letters his ambition remains unchangial. re-
need. For instance, when the French will he selected by a’ committee, and gardless of Bryan or any other candi-
and Belgians Were driven out of their : the winners will receive annual mem- date. Former Gov. Morehead is an-
■* homes without warning, hundreds of berships in the association. other ' man bent on running for the
them left their "eyes” behind them, The paper, “Preparation of Retail senate. While lie does not belong to
or else their spectacles or glasses were 1 Advertising Copy,” read by H. H. Hor- the Bryan wing'of the party, he has
broken in their wild flight. And so it 1 ton, business manager of The Demo- always been friendly with the leader,
happened that not only discomfort trat and The Times, possessed many aml wa» indorsed by Bryan in his sec-
followed, but in the majority of eases salient points and helpful suggestions. 011 d race for the governorship. He
actual helplessness resulted. But the That the daily newspapers have been ia expected to enter a vigorous pro-
which condition produces an inces-
! sant gnawing, because the stomach
; has no reserve food.
Community kitchens have been
I built in Berlin aqd other cities, and
] it is upon these that the poor de-
I pend.
! Here one can liuy a soup consisting
acquainted , of per cent turnips, an almost in-
visible piece of meat and a trace of
grqase for six cents.
A piece of black bread costs 1 cent.
Vegetables give bulk, but a half hour
"Fathers, get
with your sons.”
“Sons, get better acquainted with
your fathers.” This excellent advice
will be given freely during the week
of Feb. 11 to 17 by Tulsa pastors and ... .. , ,
leaders in boys work. For during after °"£ 18 '
that week the observance of Father 1 Morals Affected,
and Son week will be general over I Hunger and war have affected the
the entire United States. , morals of the people.
Fathers, in the rush and hurry of \ Soldiers and their wives are freed
business, have neglected their boys, i from all moral restraint and illegiti-
They have decided the boys will get macy has increased 25 per cent in
along all right, somehow, without ] Berlin, still more in Bavaria and is
questioning. But, as boys’ leaders constantly on the increase,
point out, father doesn’t usually know : The theatrical offerings literally
how son is getting along or how he is!run with blood and reek with morbid
taking care of himself. It will be i details.
the duty of those fathers to virtually j It is impossible to buy any neces-
pants. There are 13,100,000 acres j wealthy,
under cultivation and 21,000,000 acres , Vanity was frozen out and ear-
under farm control. To ascertain the j muffs became popular. The supply
resources and the needs of these 1 Boon was exhausted. One Broadway
farms Is a huge task, the size of which 1 merchant sold more than 4,000 pairs
ran be appreciated from the fact that j in five days. Woolen gloves also
500 hooks, each containing 450 names ] were at a premium.
—225,000 names in all-will be sent! In one Instance a mother huddled
out by the council of defense.
The actual taking of the census
will be done by tile county assessors,
aided by several assistants in each
county as a patriotic service. It
should he emphasized, however, that
neither ’ this Information, nor other
information acquired during the ]
course of the census will or can be
used to Increase taxes. The lnforma- |
tion Is collected solely for the bene-
fit of the government and in order to ]
ascertain the needs of the farmer
in order to fill these needs.
Information To Be Acquired.
The facts which will be collected
in regard to every farm in Oklaho- |
her children beneath a pile of rags
! In a bed and then shot herself rather
Lhan see them starve. The husband,
i sick and weak, was fruitlessly search-
ing for work. Within a stone’s throw
of the scene was a charity organiza-
j tion with a fund of $700. The wife
: was too proud to tell of her plight.
Sand Springs Has Gain of 300,
Bringing Total to 1,300 for
.......... First Term of 1918.
I A statement will also he made of _
the amount of seed of every kind I ' ... ,, , .
needed for the snrlnir of 1918 Where , a * lp resuming of the school
neenea rr>r tne spring oi i. i*. wnere , work ln iS j Springs after the two
there Is a surplus of seed on hand,' p
_______„ ................. ......ma will be: the name and address of
“take a week off' and spend it away ] sity of life in Germany today without ! the farmer, the acreage, whether ten-
from business cares and with the sons I producing an official card. ] ant or owner, the 1918 acreage now
who are soon to lye the men of the; So carefuly are the authorities of ; ln or to *lp planted for wheat, rye,
nation. the slightest loss that a heavy fine oats, barley, corn. kafir, cotton,
During the first three days of ] is imposed for bringing a dog into ] broonfeorn and potatoes.
Father and Son week in Tulsa, there j a room containing food for sale,
will Jig aiMlW iJi MiUich. Uui..image; i (hills and Crows Eaten.
Tu,c,h * as PORi*lble! Seagulls and crows have been of
with the boy. taking him to appro-, fered for salp in the Berlin market. I'T' Vn V ""TT "m,T" in". ,,,tnu’ I wppka <"liristmas''holiday season there
prlate shows and giving him some whlle geese Bold for as hlgh as $40 Ith'*'"ll1 be noted This will be one wer# l 800 stuaem8 enrolled in the
“regular fellow” counsel and advice. , e |»f 'be most valuable featu-es of ! different branches and grades of h«
practic ng what he preaches. 1 udn’ . .. , ,, . census. It will facilitate the d stri- ,,“if. ' “ Ktaaes or the
On Sunday. Feb 17. special ser- : Sugar brought from » to $2 a Dution of seed where it Is most need- | puii £ T .
mons on intimacy and comradeship ] J’ v^had * lth ^ " ' ' C n0t | pd- 11 wil1 '’“able purchases to he Miller ’ if an Increase of aproxlmatehr
between fathers and sons will be de- t0 ke ha<J’ w . . I made Intelligently for the entire state, onoover the««^,,»rioa l„f!iIty
Hvered by every pastor in Tulsa. And 1'‘''en at th<>se PJlc“ a P^chaMr h wiI, afford „ market for the see- , ”h,n^ close toTooo^ studenis were
the fathers will be asked previously muaf produee a card and receive only tions which have surplus seed and re- enrolled ’ students were
to attend these services together witii bis allowance, except in case of fowls neve1 the deficiencies of the farmers] A, th„ Drpspnf ,imp v,„.,
the boys. and game, which only the rich could .who are short of seed. branch of ikTi„,i *1 ?
Local leaders of Sunday school . kuy- j One of the most valuable features (.ja] woro ' 1 ' 1 1 nel
classes and in other lines where there j animals must be registered /ith I of the census will be the aid which
is regular association with boys, de-l(bp government two weeks after birth, [it will give in solving the farm labor
____t ______- a
Friends appeared in the hour of need. ! ;rjed and proven far Superior to mag- test ftgalnsl getting out of the way. j clare Father and Son week will ma-1 antl heavy penalties are exacted for J problem.
^ P and down behind the lines they ^ sazincs of national circulation as ad- : notwithstanding some of his friends terially assist in solving the boy prob- failure to do so. Every part of the amount of
wpnti ac°bmpanied by oculists who | yertising mediums was conclusively bave told him he will have no chance i lem which has become serious lately
fi,,„n .no pltte(1 against Norris. Morehead I In many sections of the country.
fitted the people with glasses. The
writer in The World Outlook says:
proven by Mr. Horton with facts and . , ,
figures obtained from several national ts P°Pularb’ supposed to be the choice .
“Somehow, in a story of reconstruc- . advertibers v. ho have trled all melhods ; of Senator Hitchcock, who is quoted] VICTIM OF GERMAN RAID
tion in Francee one finds oneself com-
ing back constantly to the men in
gray. Because they plunged into it
at the very first. The English Society
of Friends, not willing as their bulle-
tins say, “to rest comfortably upon
their exemption,” hastened to the
overtaxed, there being
an Insufficient number of Instructors
,rul sz
home Isiu..allor to,.J hoo.l »lilch h, will n.id for ] SnS?‘unte.'ih,1?*
Not Dying ol Hunger. the 1918 season, Ihe number of men ; rPPt suiiervlsion of I’rof T p K11
People are not dying of hunger ln I and the month in which they are body, has reached an enrollment'of
Germany, but there is a vast differ-I needed. The time statement wil! al- j 72 students This department teaches
---- 1 i 1 — ......*« 4 I Ui> chilli' for 11' ho t f/\e 01 no.nb 1 U n 1 , . .
of publicity. ;l* sa>in« rormer governor would | ENEISTS IX RED CROSS f once between meals which contain | s«> show for what form of work the ; bookkeeping, stenography commer-
Methods* similar to those used in the be ,a mOK.t S* collleaguo’ ' CHICAGO, Jan. 15.—Miss Victorine only sufficient calories to sustain life j extra help is required, whether for : eial arithmetic, and in fact gives a
editorial department of up-to-date jany eyent Hitchcock can be counted Van Dyke, whose home was destroy-land those which you sit down to every thf wheat harvest, cotton picking or , complete course in commercial work
o * --------- upon to smother the Bryan boom if vvhpn th* oniuhmi I"an------ 1 — • - *
Bryan
| it is possible.
One argument brought forward in
half of these sailed in September, the
rest are going as circumstances per-
mit. A few are having trouble with
their draft boards, which are hesliat-
tng over their claims of exemption.
“At least 4.000 men, not all Quak-
ers but of all religious persuasions,
are engaged in the war zone now un-
der the War-Victims’ committee of
the Friends of England. In the Marne
they have built groups of houses at
Sermaize and I’argny—24 huts in the
former village, housing 78 persons, 14
brici: huts at Heilts-le-Maurupt; und
so on. At Sermaize they relAiilt the
roadway, dug wells, and laid down a
thorough drainage system. Their of-
fer of
newspapers were strongly reconi
mended by Mr. Horton for advertisers, i
____________ -...............The plan would include reporters su^^l^^oSo^h^^r;-
war- stricken regions with portable ] eol'? readers and editors, who would body gPl |>ehind Bryan Is that demo-
houses. with food and clothing, and i wr|tp and assemble news in an inter- cratic leaders are not very sanguine of
hospital-supplies. They are co-oper- ' ustihr fashion before sending it to the SUPPPSS jn the next Nebraska election,
stir.g with the Civilian Relief com- printer. While he would get some Republican
mittee of the Red Cross. , ' The late preparation of copy is the votes, particularly among those who
“American Friends were slower, but ! cause of much unproductiveness and arP enthusiastically espousing the
over 100 young men have been in a source of worry to* the printers,” president’s war policies, the fact re-
training at Haverford, Pa. More than j *ald Air Horton "Copy for afternoon mains that the democratic party is in
papers should be in the day before a minority in the state, and unless it
the advertisement is to appear; for is Bryan the republicans will line up
morning papprs it should be ln the of- pretty unanimously for their party!
flee two days previous if possible, and candidate whoever he is.
for Sunday papers it should be sent in A new factor that has sprung up
not later than Thursday.” In Nebraska politics that Is worrying,
Tliq commercial club and chamber the leaders of both old parties is the |
of commerce secretaries of the state farmers’ union. Six hundred I.an- i
who were here to attend the organl- caster (Lincoln) county farmers are;
zation meeting, were at the Ad club reported to have paid $16 each for;
In a body as guests of the Tulsa Cham- membership in the new Non-Parlsan i
ber of Commerce. league, and if that ratio holds good ■
____In the other counties of the state the ,
CITY PRISONER DECIDED S^r Comics.0 andTwrn
HE NEEDED A NEW HAT takp a miracle to keep the union
from controlling the state house, as
ed when the kaiser’s army crushed I day?
Belgium and who escaped from Ger-1 Reports from Bremen state that
man bondage and came to Chicago, I households of two to four persons are
Is on her way hack to her war-j only allowed 1H quarts of milk each
broken country to aid the Red Cross. | week. In Breslau each person may
Her mother Is in Belgium and her | have but one egg very month,
two soldier brothers are prisoners in In Germany today everything Is
fflUT-SS1 J5S.*5^=“ £ i ^JSSTSJrSXff-jsSZ
ne P ] and other branches, has been taxing
German prison camps.
United States Aviator
Killed at Dallas, Texas
fer of movable houses was accented >f,.mb).r of nuUl| Rcbs Bel well as the delegation that is sent to
by the French minister of (he interior. °* (-ang KoDS tscl. con s
and he has aided them in obtaining glims of One I’lcce of Headgear with the exception of a few men
timber supplies. These movable' ami Makes Khcr])0. Bryan among them, the old parties
bouses were for the Ardennes, and the -- are so short of real leaders that no- :
•Mtat-uction camp was opened in John Doe. as he was booked at the body as yet has proposed a program
Jura, near Dole, where the wooden police station and known on the chain that will prevent both of them from
frain«H are stored and. transported gang, may have had a lot of sympathy K°lng into the ditch Some of the
to the ruined districts in the north. ; for thp frPPZing Belgians, but he re- old party men who have a dread of
Twenty-six centers for reconstruction tained a little of that sympathy for possible wild-eved theories on the
work were established by the Friends himself. The Belgians might be com- I'art of ,hp Farmers’ Union are begin-,
icfore the end of 1916. and between p0ned to vvork jn tho snow but they n'ns t0 talk a fusion of the demo-
September 1915 and June. 191,'K4f® j didn’t have anything on John when pra's and republicans to prevent a too
m m ' P°rMOn?' ,gere4 : ,hp foreman of the chain gang started vl" fnt Kstrain °n the state government
L v Jni v/ Hie prisoners out in the. wintry blasts w hl'ev,hp war }* These conserva-
the Marne, and the Meuse. Vegetables f ~ . , h h a,,zen others tivpB hel,eve the safety of the state-
were cultivated; rabbits and chickens | “a™attl, W(P k at Uo,:al automobi!e government should give more concern
raised; farm Implements and rented | £« Jowori.^local aulomob« than ,he SPnat0rshiP. and If there is
at a low cost to the peasants.” lspiav room wneia a carload or any |mprPs8|n), nf candidates Bryan
The work of the devastating Invader olothlng had been stored, ready for 8h0U|d ),e a8ked to be a candidate of
ln the destruction of trees has been ! Rn'Pmen‘ Europe. an(J two part|es for thP governorship, i
told. When the pursuit was so close, .?ev®ral hours he labored tying the They he is about the only can-
that the Germans could not stop to pld hgts. clothes and shoes into dldate wll0 could comnland enough
fell the trees they contented them-1 bundles, all the while wondering why nf tjjP radieai vcde t0 carry the elec-
selves with cutting off a circle of hark | these things were being sent out of, tion. In support of this argument
in such a manner as to destroy within the country, when he was compelled i thev say:
a short time the life of a fruit-tree to get along with summery togs. The "Have you heard of a senator land- !
that might have been yielding for a ! temptation became so great, that he : ing )n the White House any time in
half century. But the Ingenious seized the best looking hat within recent years? Woodrow Wilson was
French met this vandalism success- ] reach, pulled it dowm on his head, and I governor of New Jersey. Theodore i
fully. Says the World Outlook. ! dived out of the door. Hat and man i Roosevelt was governor of New York. !
“The French armies, hard on their completely disappeared and search William McKinley was governor of!
tracks, would bind up the wounds—, tor the “meanest man” brought no
first with a special grafting cement, | results.
and, when the supply of that gave ——---- j that case it might not be beneath his
out, with tar, and finally with loamy, HEAR LEASE CASE. 'dignity to be a candidate for the office
clay. Red Cross ambulance-drivers The entire day Tuesday, was taken of governor of Nebraska.”
and up in the United States district court, j Whether it be senator or governor,
'-ving testimony in the assignment of the present prospect is that Bryan can
subordinated to the vast military ma-
chine on the western front. The Ger-
man worker, man, woman or child,
must do only that which the govern-
ment permits. He lives, eats, sleeps
and dies according to governmental
regulations.
This is what hunger means to a
nation. This condition will never
;come to America or her allies If every-
one does his or her part now. But
, even this country r ay face just such
' hardships lf we fail today to heed the
warning not to waste.
Census Of Breeding Stock. jits teachers to the limit, according
The breeding stock of the state , to the Instructors, who are In some
will also be carefully tabulated. This Instances teaching many more periods
will tend to prevent the killing of during the day than the usual work
animals which would ultimately be demands, ln order that the great num-
more valuable as breeders. In Ger- ber of students may be taken Into
many In the early part of the war
and high prices for meat led to an
Indiscriminate slaughter of animals,
especially pigs. Later on this was re-
gretted by both the producer and con-
sumer and has been a source of
gTeat detriment to Germany. The
the classes.
The severe cold of the last week
has ln no degree hindered the at-
tendance in the Sand Springs publia
schools, as has been the ease In many
other schools ln the district, accord-
ing to Superintendent Miller. Tha
PATRIOTIC LEAGUE TO
GIVE AN ENTERTAINMENT
... „ , -------- tke entire country.
A Pageant Will Be Given at High will help win the war.
School Auditorium Friday 1 -
Night, January 25.
Farm Census will enable Oklahoma 1 school has plenty of gas for heating
to avoid this mistake. j purposes, and In every respect, the
It Is hoped, and confidently expect- ' school rooms are made comfortable
ed, that the farmers of Oklahoma vr .ll j for the scholars.,
cheerfully akl ln making the Farm ! It Is understood by school author!-
Census a success. Oklahoma will be ties ln Sand Springs that a school cen-
the first of the states to conduct this j sus Is to be taken in the near future
work on so complete and thorough : and according to J. W. Boone, head
a scale. The farm census will add of the Sand Springs branch of the
to the efficiency of the farmer. It ; Tulsa County Human Society, Who
It ; will take the vensus ln this city, there
j will be enrolled approximately 2,000
students of school age in Sana Springs.
1 The last report of the school system
JAMES
James F. Dick. Jr., of Tarrytown,
Br>an. In our opinion, is Y., who was killed while making
fail J,n.! an aeroplane flight at Dallas. Tex-
MAN FINED $15 AND , ...........
..........—- I rnGTQ IV THVUT r’icir ^an(* Springs, which shows an en-
Under the auspices of the Parents ____ ao stutIents, and a
And TpAPhf*r*M nilfnnf*6 an pnlArtnln- _ 11 1 Oi instructors US of thd
ment and rally will be given at the Bert '{ ;"ards UruwH Assessment for schools first report in 1912, when 21
High school auditorium Jan. 25. fur Alleged Stealing of Wagon students were enrolled and one teach.
400 members of the Girl* Patriotic Spring .Seat. £ emP'<?J'ed to instruct the Sand
league of Tulsa, composed of the --« ‘ jjf .Pu,®, schools, mark.-, a
girls in the seventh and eighth grades Fined *15 and costs. Such was the schools i^Oklahnma^1 b> ^ ** any
of the city schools. I sentence Imposed by Justice Ed War- i Oklahoma.
TTnder thr title, Th»* American ren in th© case of Bert Richards, TULSA u fli liK diifvi. vtcd
geant0n|n^1|M0rc<^rl°llcMe8* and chat‘*ed w,th *.,ea]lnK. a s,PrlnK wafon j ‘ AT SCOTTISH RITE MEET
geant, including court scenes and seat from a neighboring farmer, after; rr'THHig- r.„ ,. ■«. ,
tableaux will be presented by a com- hearing' Tuesday * iHKtE, Jan. 15.—The class of
pany of flrls under the direction of Two other cases aaainst Richards pand‘datpa taking the Scottish right
*• .......* Th' £ « ■> “ “ M £sjs
some hay and a gang plow belonging numbers 430 Th« etaM with rwi . i
to other neighbors were dismissed for ZT”lemLers^“wi^T and
NOW LIABLE TO DRAFT of «1* ■« show he had pur- the coZory numM up ward
__ chased the things. A fourth charge , 21 000 v U
AUSTIN. Texas. Jan. 16.—Governor a«ainat thp dpfpn.lant filed by neigh- " The ladles were entertained today
Hobby has revoked the commission * r, ar*n^ him with by a reception, musical and tea and
of 400 special rangers which were Is- 8,t,*!a,l.n* another plow, was continued tonight two musical entertainments
sued by former Gov. James E. Eergu- t 1 Jan‘ Hvy the best talent In the southwest
son. Just prior to his impeachment. ‘ wprp Put on for all the visitors. Tulsa.
SOOl ON l\sl I.ATOHS as usual, has the largess single dele-
ADDS DOTS AND DASHES, gallon.
MARSHFIELD, Ore., Jan. 15.--
Mrs. G. Hollow. T^te court scene
provides for eight speaking parts
HUNDREDS OF RANGERS
It ia alleged that in many cases these
commissions were Issued to political
friends of Governor Ferguson. By
being made special rangers they were
exempt from being drafted.
and stretcher
often bandage:
carriers assisted,
from their store
t ha i been found
of
against
jnes ob-
nd that
by the
rust for
ha
th«
th
.... ....... _. -------,---- DENY NEW YORK STORY
as, on Saturday, January 5, met his] or KJOTTEUS’ NERVES
death Just twenty-four hours after j SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 15—Seattle
writing a letter to his parents tell- knitters and Red»Cros« workers con-
ing them of his exceptionally fine I tradict the statement of a New York
Trouble that has beuet a new line of MARRIED IN CORN FIELD
Boi
_>ects to get into real actio
i. Dick was a graduate of the
tglon, (N. Y.) public schools,
twenty-two yeras old and had
i at the camp just five weeks.
pi
to it.
‘ver, th'
We
sday
i l day
ter
trograd.
versitj
squ:
th© W
©ntern Union Telesrraph com- *
AFTER RIDE IN FLIVVER,
pany
between Eugene,
Ore., and |
DANA. III., Jan. 15.-— Arthur Low
Marsh!
field since It was
constructed
and Mollle Oaborn shattered precedent
a ud w 1
bich has been a pur
:zl© to elec-1
near hero when they were married ia
trtrfan:
S, is believed to
hav© been
the middle of a cold, bleak cornfield.
solved.
It has been found
that where j
They had obtained a license in an
the wl
Ires run through a
4.300-foot!
ators hav© i
adjoining county and were all ready to
©resent prices.
i
mimnkin ani th© fodder in the shook
a pathway lull of stubbies.
JMBER
4
save
its bea
air gets
jant and
once
M
Beautify
using a
sly to h
l.'ful hair
free from
| inexpen
■g hair an
few cents
plton's D
#res reco
is direct*
Jhere wtil
jndnnciy;
yt incopn"
Mry as I
kce of
jyour r
lout two
■ee new
J first—ye
‘■outing o
jnderine
|e hair g
ft and cu
'■er fails t
We how
jally Is, m
iDanderin
bugh you
rand at a
oft, gloss
yv momen
twaits ev
|DY Wl
ACRE
§r
Lr, Feb.
^pointed
|6nse are
' mlating
in ii> this
f mee(tB
.ration 5
Snants is
tvery kl'
farmcBB
era hav
t tractc
uneraHy
Ingempn
*u plenifi:
J otheg
> beenl
.depat
V
‘maclili
\ will b
l \he^-
mn H?
/it i *
a
§*n
ctio.n
cou™.
the is
tihe mov
nose are
/.the 47
,’y. Two
.tight at
atings he
,• til ter.
OASTS
ER IN
if J. M. S
Jr Bob mi
jie roped
■< game
a ke J ess
around f
t probably
l )f the U
measure
t |rs 307 po
! 8 inches
s the b
aen he
must sto
Idewise t
: pass thr
s a mine
ojlln di
id the 5
ago he
irlntende
incolnvlll
»nt of te:
rebuildi-
/s is rega
f sort of
(tes modi
X.e!f, whic
f physical
VARIED.!
ad. Feb.
■rns of s’
produced
en made
000.000 y
This will
aits to b
6-pence,
>ard blanj
*nd JvO
tel will sre
et for rei
yard.
MIAMI
’.4.—ME
bank-
I at $o9.j
II be iqc
(ling, a t
T compiee
nd A etr
Welch. Cf
d of tbs
ne tire
ted the *f
ars wil'
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Smith, Vernon L. The Tulsa Weekly Democrat (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 1918, newspaper, January 17, 1918; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1075821/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.