The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 194, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 23, 1918 Page: 2 of 4
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on City Property and credit each month on your
dividends.
Have plenty private money to loan on City
Improved Property.
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PHONE 50
7*/i East Main Street
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GOVERNMENT
OWNERSHIP
Washington, Jan. 22.—With the
question of government ownership of
railroads swaying it in its considera-
tion of the pending railroad control
bill, the senate interstate commerce
-ommittee, which resumed hearings
on the bill today, had before it a new
plan for solving the railway problem.
The plan, advanced by Former Sen-
ator Bristow, member of the Kansas
public service commission, contem-
plates the organization of a national
■corporation to absorb the railroads
and operate them under government
direction.
Bristow, who told the committee
that the present method of control
would not work because many roads
would be excluded, proposed the na-
tional corporation, directed by a board
nf nine named by the president.
Under his plan, stock in the new
corporation would be exchanged at par
for railroad stock at its market quota-
tion and stock not exchanged could
foe forcibly exchanged through con-
demnation proceedings.
Stock in the new corporation would
be nonvoting.
The directorate would handle all
matters of operation, including wage
questions. Hates would be fixed by the
interstate commerce commission and
learnings of the corporation would be
limited by such rate fixing to dividends
•of four to six per cent.
"With the physical railroad proper-
ties behind it," said Bristow, "I would
rather have this stock paying four per
• cent than government bonds paying
ithp same amount."
TROTSKY'S POSITION
(BY UNITED PRESS)
Petros; rad, Jan. 23.—One para-
graph in Foreign Minister Trotsky's
formal report on the Brest-Litovsk
proceedings today had this forceful
description of the situation:
"The revolution cannot live in an
atmosphere of deceit and falsehood.
At this given moment the revolution
may not be in a position to repud-
iate annexationists, but it will not
humiliate itself to call black white; it
will not cover up brutal annexationist
pretensions with the fig leaf of de-
mocracy.
"The Brest-Litovsk pour parlers
make it clear nothing more can be de-
manded from the Germans."
Fern Payne, stenographer in the
registrar's office was called to her
home in Noble county, by the death of
a brother.
Miss Vivian Brengel of Perry, who
is a graduate of an Illinois music col-
lege, and who last spring graduated
from Oklahoma University, has taken
the position as piano instructor left
vacant by the marriage of Ruth Ann
to Dr. Fred S. Hathaway.—Orange
and Black, A. and M.
Hubert Straham Ph. C. '15, was a
pharmasist in good standing at Has-
kell, Okla., when he was drafted into
the army service and placed in a car-
penter shop. He is now in evacuation
hospital No. 12, Fort Riley, Kansas.
It is doubtful wheather he will be able
to get work as a pharmacist, because
when the government needs a carpen-
ter or a man to carry a pick it has to
use any man available.
Rochester, Minn.—To provide en-
'sertainment on workless Monday
hereafter, Main street is to be closed
.to traffic and devoted to horse rac-
ing and athletic sports in subzero
weather.
Ivan L. Burger Ph. G, '18, who with-
drew a short time ago, has passed ex-
amination for entrance into the avia-
tion service, and is evpecting to be
sent to Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex-
as for training. He is now at his
home in Oklahoma City.
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Chicago.—Charles Weejrhman and
nis well known bankrool will hear the
Cubs for another year, as a result of
Tuesday night's election. He was
elected president by Adolph Spielman,
who, as secretary, held the proxies of
ill the directors and stockholders.
CARTER'S
CANDY'S
CLEAN
Pure, wholesome candies that
build heat for your body. It
is not unpatriotic to eat candy
now as the government con-
trols sugar at its source and
allows candy makers only
what can be spared. You can
eat all the candy you can buy
and still be patriotic.
Carter's Nickel Store
Trade here and save Nickels
EXPERIENCE OF
GREAT BRITAIN
NOTE—The United Pre* ' recently
asked its London office to find out
exactly what had been Great Britain's
experience in the matter of supplying
her troops immeditely after the out-
break of the war. The idea was to find
out for information of the American
public whether that nation had en-
countered the same difficulties as
America, as to uniforms, equipment
and supplies which have been aired at
recent congressional investigations.
The following is the first of two
stories in reply to this query.
C. F. TEEL Optomitrist
I have moved my office from over Barbour's
Drug Store to a suite of rooms over the Univer-
sity Theatre, where I am better prepared to take
care of my many customers, also new ones.
I have all the latest equipment for the testing
of the eyes anil guarantee to please you.
If your glasses are not giving satisfaction or
your vision is not good, call and see me.
C. F. TEEL Optomitrist
Over University Theatre.
By LOWELL MELETT,
(L'nitcd Press Staff Correspondent)
London, Jan. 23.—America can take
consolation and incidentally learn
many lessons in outfitting troops, in
Great Britain's experience.
Asked by the United Press today
how long it had taken the government
to catch up with the army's demands
for uniforms, the British general in
charge of that department answered:
"We were on top of the demand by
July, 1915," then he added with a rue-
ful, reminiscent smile, "it was on top
of us until then."
Asked how the difficulties had been
overcome, he replied:
"'By darned hard work."
Great Britain's trouble was like
America's. Her standing army, not
much larger than America's, she was
called on suddenly in 1914 to equip an
army of millions. The army clothing
department, in charge of four officers,
employing fifteen hundred men, had
to grow. It is now in charge of fifty
one officers and employs six thousand.
There was no difficulty in provid-
ing for the 180,000 regulars first to go
and the famous First Hundred Thous-
and were likewise well fixed, but of
something like a million men in train-
ing camps many had to drill for
months in their own old clothes.
By December, 1914, the first uni-
forms manufactured for the new army
were delivered. They were of blue
cloth. Khaki had not been obtainable.
None of the men went to France in
the blue; by the time training was
completed there were sufficient num-
bers of the brown uniforms. The blues
were then passed along to newer re-
cruits.
First deliveries of uniforms were
made by the Manchester Co-operative
Societies at twenty-one shillings each
(about $5.25). Meantime other con-
tracts were let for khaki. Deliveries
of these began in April, 1915.
So it was between eight and nine
months after England entered the war
that the first fighting uniforms manu-
factured as a direct result of her en-
tering were ready. In three more
months a supply sufficient for all
needs had been assured.
Until March, 1917, the government
simply bought at the best price it
could, price usually being less of a
consideration than quality and speed.
Since then the entire trade has been
under government control from raw
wool to made up material.
"The chief mistake we made," the
general explained, "was in not get-
ting the trade together at the very
outset, finding out what each manufac-
turer could do and telling him to do it.
Of course we were handicapped for a
long time by not knowing how much
of an army we could raise. Now that
we have control of the trade all diffi-
culties look comparatively small.
"On demand now the army could
get between eight and nine million
uniforms a year. Nineteen million
have actually been issued since the
war begun. Prices have grown. The
blouses now cost $4.26 against $2.34
] in April, 1915; trousers $3.24 against
$1.64; coats $8.82 against $5.76.
"Other clothes gave the government
less trouble, with the exception of
socks. It was necessary to buy all the
socks in the United States and Canada
before the problem of producing them
here was solved. Getting shirts and
underclothing was comparatively sim-
ple."
In distribution of clothing and
equipment the general said the one
principal lesson learned has been to
avoid over centralization. On this is-
land alone there are fifteen great re-
ceiving, assembling and dispatching
depots.
Newcastle Notes
John Dye took dinner Sunday with
his brother Clarence and family.
Mr. John Echols was confined to
his bed at his home last week. He
is up and about this week.
The young men of this community
are receiving their classification, all
single men being placed in
Class A, regardless of other qualifi-
cations.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bar-
rett, formerly of this neighborhood,
now of the Ten Mile Flat is ill in an
Oklahoma City hospital with appen-
dicitis.
Miss Lena Fischer of Purcell is in
the University Hospital at Oklahoma
City where she has been confined for
more than a week, suffering from ap-
pendicitis. An operation was per-
formed and the young lady is re-
ported as recovering. She formerly
resided with her parents on the R.
B. Binford farm at Norman, Route 1,
and has many friends who wish her a
speedy recovery.
Mrs. A1 Rice spent Friday after-
noon visiting her Mother, Mrs. John
Echols.
C. B. Dye and son were business
visitors to Purcell, Saturday.
Mr. and Mfs. Elmer Echols and lit-
tle son, Lorn, came in from Gotebo
Saturday for a visit with Mr. and
Mrs. John Echols. They go from
here to Moore, for a visit with Mrs.
Echols' parents.
Miss Maggie Woods has been ill
but is now much better.
Patrons of Route 8 have had to do
without their mail for several days.
Mail has been delivered to most of
the patrons since last Tuesday. New-
castle people on their way to Nor-
man last week, were obliged to dig
through 'snowdrifts.
Mrs. Ida Echols and children were
guests of her mother, Mrs., John
Echols, Sunday.
Miss Marie Slajer has had to fore-
go her usual week-end visits home,
on account of bad weather.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Dye and
daughter Viva, Miss Willie Hall. Tom
and Chas. Hall and Flake Rieheson,
Elbert and Harve Echols were among
the Newcastle folks who were in Nor-
man, Tuesday.
Jim Robison made a trip to Nor-
man Wednesday. He is wondering
how Norman got along without his
Saturday visits.
Bob Walker has rented his farm
and moved to Sulphur, hoping a
change will benefit his health.
J,
Items From Hico
The South Gale school is progress-
ing nicely with Miss Downie Alexan-
der a3 teacher.
Everett Davis and Luther Wynne
were guests at the Harrison CoIIett
home on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jones are re-
joicing over a little girl, who came to
their home on Saturday, Jan. 19th.
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Gill were Sun-
day visitors at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. France on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hopkins are mov.
ing this week to the place known as
the Haston farm.
A very enjoyable time was experi-
enced at the pie supper at South Gale
on Friday night. There was a large
crowd present and Miss Downie Alex-
ander was voted the cake for being
the prettiest girl in the community.
Some of the girls voted Travis Jones
the prettiest boy, saying he is a real
sporty fellow.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Martin are here
from Washington, Okla., visiting with
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Moses.
Joe King made a business visit to
Norman on Friday.
MisV Mollie White was a Sunday
guest of her sister, Mrs. Martin Dif
finbeard.
Orville Williams is improving his
house and will move into it this week.
Mrs. Jennie Blanchard has been
here the past three weeks visiting re
latives, and also visited Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. France.
Ransom Haskins has bought a span
of mules, and everybody says they
are fine ones.
Chicago. — Mister Kabenawwoy-
wence arose from the nice soft floor
in his room in the Lasalle hotel today
and sallied forth to give the village
the once over. He didn't sleep in a
bed because it's hard to break the
habits of 130 years. Kalcen-etc.,
which is Chippewa for "Wrinkled
Meat" came to Chicago from his
home in Cass Lake, Minn., to attend
the automobile show. He took a bath
last night—the first in three years—
and admitted he may take another if
he lives to bo 133.
Dublin—Declaring they wanted
weapons "for the next rebellion"
twenty heavily armed and disguised
men raided several houses near Gal-
way and seized all arms and ammuni-
tion, according to reports received
here Tuesday.
WORK ALL NIGHT
REPAIRING MOTOR
In order that the university build-
ings might be heated Tuesday in time
for classes, five men were forced to
work all night on the motor that
operates the big fan. Starting at 5
o'clock Monday evening, Professor
Morrow, Bennie Schultz, university
electrician; B. P. Stockwell, mach-
inist; Ralph Kline, university mechan
ic; and Tom B. Ferguson, worked un
til 5 o'clock Tuesday morning, locat-
ing and repairing a grounded wire in
the motor.
STEWART RESUMES CHARGE
OF HIS ENGLISH CLASSES
Mr. Randall Stewart who has been
confined to hi3 home in Tennessee on
account of illness, for the past month
will resume his classes in English
tomorrow.
UPSTAIRS
H. G. Greenman
The Men's and Women's Tailor
Desires to announce that he has moved
upstairs over his former location —first
stairway east of the S. K. McCall store—
where he will be pleased to see his cus-
tomers, and guarantees good work at
most reasonable prices.
SPECIALTY—A specialty is being
made at present of silk and woolen
dresses for ladies. Particulars given on
application. Finest and latest patterns.
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S. H. WARREN
NORMAN, OKLA.
Collector and Salesman for Singer Sewing Machine Company
Phone 34
Headquarters: Norman Music Co., No. 219 East Main St.
L. C. GILES PHONE 59 W. C. WEIK
OFFICE—First National Bank Bid
Giles-Weir Investment Co.
Norman, Okla.
WHOLESALE FARM LANDS. INDIAN LANDS A
SPECIALTY.
Money to loan on improved farms. District Mana-
ger and Inspector for Alliance Trust Company, Dundee,
Scotland; Investors Company, Edinburg, Scotland, and.
R. E. Holms & Sons, Winsted, Conn.
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S. D. Morgan
NEW AND SECOND-HAND GOODS
215 West Main. Phone 622
If you have ANYTHING to sell or want to buy
ANYTHING, don't fail to call at this store, where
you will be given a "SQUARE DEAL" in every
way.
FINE LINE OF NEW FURNITURE AT PRICES
THAT ARE VERY LOW. Repairing of furniture,
putting up and repairing stoves, furnishing parts
for stoves, etc., a specialty.
TELEPHONE 622 AND LET US TELL YOU ABOUT IT.
FIRST FACULTY
RECITAL FRIDAY
Professor G. F. Schmidt and Pro-
filer Charles r\ Girard will give a
recital Friday evening in Recital
Hall. This is the first of a series of
programs to be given by the faculty
members of Fine Arts during the
coming semester, The program will
be as follows:
Variations Serieuses... -Mendelssohn
Mr. Girard.
O Souverain, O Judge, O Pere... .
Le Cid Massenet
Mr. Schmidt.
Love Duet From Faust Gounod
Miss Alberta Bragg and
Mr. Schmidt.
Fantasie Bach
Nocturne Chopin
Minatures
Album Leaf
Spring Song
To A Dead Violet Girard
Oriental Holbrooke
Mr. Girard.
Within My Heart a Song I Found
Bungert
Swing Low, Dweet Chariot
Burleigh
Mr. Schmidt.
Allegro Saint-Saens
Mr. Girard.
Eiland Von Fielitz
1. Silent Woe.
2. Frauenworth.
3. Sprays of Roses.
4. Secret Greetings.
5. On the Shore of the Lake.
6. Child Voices.
7. Moonlight Night.
8. Dreams of Roaming.
9. Anathema.
10. Resignation.
Mr. Schmidt.
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NEWCOMER'S CLUB
The Newcomer's club will not meet
this week. The next meeting of the
club will be held February 5, 1918.
APPLICATION FOR PAROLE
STATE OF OKLAHOMA, COUNTY
OF CLEVELAND, ss.
To Whom it May Concern:
This is to give notice that I, Arch
Hawkins, will on the fifteenth day of
February, 1918, apply to the Honor-
able R. L. Williams, Governor of the
State of Oklahoma, for a parole.
ARCH HAWKINS,
By his attorney. J. C^. A. Harrod.
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