The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1918 Page: 4 of 12
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the enid events. enid. oklahoma. THI'rsday, december 26, 1918.
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CHILDREN 1>IK ROOM
New York Tots Are Found in Pitiable
Condition By Mercy Workers.
New York, Dec. 25,-Aroused by re-
ti!that with Christmas approach-
Side children are "fainting
nnot pay the prevailing high prices
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f milk and staple foods, represent- | - ;es
tive citiiens have organized a commit a. ^
all sh1bpeTngternationalized
ACt^nt0rol-au <Sf ^h^atwi
Paris, Dec. 25.—That the allies
have agreed upon international con-
trol of shipping both on land and
sea was indicated by the adoption
„f an allied flag which will be
carried alongside that of each of the
In some circles it
We to "feed them first and investi-
gBl%" eaTha.fsomethin8 be done for
htr pupfta. who wf" "slowly starving
V« death" was made recently by a
te-Cher to Joseph S. Markus. a bank-
er" who now heads the relief organiza-
ti'n Mr. Markus himself visited
schools hospitals and tenements, and
today issued a statement dealing with
condition! on the East Side.
Of his vist to one school he "ld-
■ In one room there were twenty-
i children A ragman would not
have paid 5 cents for all the clothing
^We" learned most of them came
there without any breakfast. Some
kind people were giving the teacher
a little money every week, and
th-t she purchased some milk and
cereals, preparing gruel over a small
stove in the room. She said with the
high cost of milk now she was not
able to buy much and that several of
the children had fainted right there
in the classroom. Others were too
weak to leave, home and died there.
Maunutrition was the cause—starva-
tion."
death
Former Ambassador to England An
swers Final Summons After l ong
Illness at I'inehurst.
Pinehurst, N. C„ Dec. 25,-Walter
Hints Page, who resigned last Au-
gust as ambassador to Grea^
because of ill health, died here late
Sunday night. ,
Walter Hines Page was editor of
the magazine, The Worlds Woik,
and a member of the publishing firm
of Doubleday, Page & c"-. of Garden
City, L. I., when in March, 1913, Pres-
ident Wilson appointed him American
ambassador to Great Britain.
The presidents selection of an edi-
tor and an author for this post elicit-
ed favorable comment in Great Brit-
ain where Mr. Page was referred to as
"scholar-diplomat" and his appoint-
ment was characterized as an inter-
esting experiment. His selection was
considered in some British circles as
a compliment to the good sense of
the British people who, it was stated,
preferred a man of personality and
achievement as American ambassa_
dor rather than a man of wealth
capable of giving lavish and expen-
sive entertainments.
1"TC"C0CK S..IL FIASCO
"Rankest Sort of Incompetency and
Mismanagement" Charged Against
Post Office and War Departments.
Washington, Dec. 25..—Senator
Hitchcock Saturday charged the
rankest sort of mismanagement and
incompetency" against the War and
Post Otfice Departments in connec-
tion with the handling of mail mat-
ter for American troops abroad. He
said there had been "a miserable
breakdown," and no reasonable ex
planation for it had been found.
The outbreak from Mr. Hitchcock
was provoked by a statement from
Senator McKellar that the over-crowd-
ed condition of the second class mail
in this country was partly responsible
for inadequate service to the soldiers
in France. , .. .
"I am afraid the explanation for
the defective mail service between the
United States and France will hardly
do" said Senator Hitchcock. "As a
matter of fact there is comparatively
little second class mail that goes to
France, and therefore it could not be
held responsible for the failure of de-
livery there. On the other hand, the
second class in this country is very
large, and the delivery of first class
mail in this country is entirely satis-
factory. -
"The failure to deliver mail to sol-
diers and to their relatives is due first,
last and all the time to the rankest
Bort of mismanagement and incom-
petency in the Post Office Depart-
ment and the War Department. It
is one of the things that is causing
this country the most widespread dis-
satisfaction and indignation and no
explanation for it has been made and
none can be made except miserable
incompetency."
GARFIELD OUT FOR
SUPERVISION ONLY
allien countries. ...
is regarded as the beginning of the
foundation of a league of nations.
This belief was held in inter-al-
lied circles following announcement
bv the maritime council that .lOO.Ol
tons of Austrian shipping had been
placed under the trusteeship of Italy
and that alongside the Ha1"*" fla|J
the allied maritime flag will fly for
the first time. It was indicated that
the same action will be taken with all
enemy shipping. Dr. Selvio Crespi,
the Italian minister of food, announc-
ed that the sam erule would be ap-
plied to German shipping.
Italy will act as trustee of 500,000
tons of Austrian shipping now in
Italian ports and distribute it for use
exclusively for war supply and trans-
portation, none to be used for com-
mercial traffic. This agreement was
reached today at a meeting of the al-
lied maritime council.
The Italian flag will be flown from
those ships manned and managed by
Italians. On these ships the flag of
the allied maritime council will make
its first appearance on the seas.
Four admirals, representing the
United States, Great Britain, J ranee
and Italy, whose flagships are in
Italian waters, will take immediate
charge of the disposition of the ship-
ping under the direction of the council.
Edward N. Hurley, chairman of
the American shipping board, thomas
F. Logan and Rear Admiral Benson
represented the United States at the
conference; Giovanni Villa,
of transportation, Dr. Crespi, minister
of food and Admiral Grassi, repre-
sented Italy. A representative of the
foreign office acted for Great Britain
in the absence of Lord Reading, while
M. Clementel, minister of commerce,
Admiral Debion and M. Monet acted
for France. ... ...
The allied maritime council decided
todav that its new flag would be
hoisted for the first time on Austrian
merchantmen in the Adriatic beside
the Italian flag. Dr. Selvio Crespi,
minister of food, discussing the ac-
tion of the council, said:
"The new flag consists of three
horizontal stripes with top and bot-
tom white and center blue. This ton-
nage in the Adriatic will be used
chiefly for relief work. There are
also a hundred thousand tons of Aus-
trian merchant ships in Spanish ports
Which will be treated like those in the
Adriatic. Half of these ships will
probably be entrusted to Spain and
half to Italy provisionally, the idea
being that the countries in whose ter-
ritorial waters the merchantmen are,
or those in closest proximity shall act
as trustees for the entente.
'Thirty thousand more tons ol
Austrian merchantmen in the Black
sea will also be taken over by Italy
while an additional 30,000 tons in va-
rious northern European ports will be
divided between England and France.
"The same rule is to be applied to
2,500,000 tons of German merchant-
men spread throughout the world. Al
these enemy merchantmen will ulti-
mately be divided between the allied
powers and the United States in a
ratio which will be decided by the
peace ponference."
went
child ws
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The greatest day ol all days in the history of civilation. The day
when there came to this world a spirit greater than man. A spirit ol
love and fellowship that caused the gigantic forces of the free loving
nations to resent the destruction of Belgium; that has and will alway
oppose the forces of evil wherever engaged. We wish tor you
yours a Merry Christmas.
HOMESICK TROOP^ ^
Paris, Dec. 25—In order to learn
what proportion of the American
army in France wishes to return
home immediately, what wishes to re-
main in France for a time, and what
intends to remain here indefinitely,
the American army authorities are
now distributing circulars to the
troops. Every effort will be made so
far as possible to give preferential
passage to those soldiers eager to re-
turn at once.
OKLAHOMANS TO BE
FREED NEAR HOME
Washington, Dec. 25.—Establish-
ment of eight major demobilization
districts to which men returning
from abroad will be sent as units for
discharge, has been completed by the
war department. In making up casual
companies for convoy home, army
commanders organized them on the
basis of this new districting, includ-
ing, as far as possible, only men from
one district in each company and as-
signing that company to the port
feeding its district.
In district number 6 are Oklahoma,
Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas.
Philadelphia, Dec. 24.—Government
supervision of public utilities, rather
than public ownership, which he char-
acterizes as "clumsy," was advicated
by Dr. Harry A. Garfield, United
States fuel administrator, in an ad-
dress last night before the American
Academy of Political and Social
Science.
One of the present problems, he
said, in speaking on the subject of the
industrial and financial outlook, will
be to convince the allied nations that
Germany has natural resources, the
development of which are necessary
to the remainder of the world, and
that an economic war upon that coun-
try will not be to the advantage of
other countries.
VKl'ERANS GET BUTTONS
Bronze Insignias Will Distinguish
Men Who Fought.
Washington, Dec. 25.—Bronze but-
tons, appropriately inscribed are to
be furnished to every soldier who
served with the American forces dur-
ing the European war to wear in his
laoel after he returns to civil life. Ihe
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AMERICAN AVIATORS
BRING DOWN 854 HUN
PLANES AND LOSE 271
Washington, Dec. 25.—American
airmen in France brought down a to-
tal of 854 German airplanes and 82
German balloons, against an Ameri-
can loss of 271 planes and 45 bal-
loons, according to a report cabled
by Major Harbord on December 15
and made public today by the war de-
partment. Destruction of 345 of the
enemy planes and 57 of the balloons
had been officially confirmed.
The total casualties of the Ameri
can air service in action are given as
422, including 109 killed, 103 wound-
ed, 220 missing, 27 prisoners and
three interned.
GIRL AND MOTHER
SLAIN BY JAPANESE
WHO KILLS HIMSELF
Hutchinson, Kan., Dec. 25.—Mrs.
Glen Snell and her 15-year-old daugh-
ter, Nola, were murdered at their
home near Laredo, Rena county, while
Snell, a farmer, was absent from
lie returned late at night and found
, . 1 Al A. .i ltf Tnl/BOlcVll
Otto Allen, of the U. S. Aviation
Corps, Raymond, Calif., is home fo
the holidays, visiting his parents Mr;
and Mrs. John "H. Allen, of 566 East
Oklahoma.
Mrs. Wm. Taylor, wife of the editor
of the Enid Daily Eagle, who has been
in the hospital for the past two
weeks, where she underwent an op-
eration for appendicitis, was able to
be removed to her home at 1122 West
Broadway, Sunday, and is getting
along nicely.
Douglas Cullison, flying cadet, is
home on a furlough from Austin,
Texas. He will return to Kelley Field
to complete his student course and re-
ceive his commission. He expects to
sign up as a reserve officer when he
finishes his work at Kelley I leld.
Mrs B F. Atkins, of East Park
street,' has just had a letter from her
son, Franklin W. Atkins, from whom
she had no message since late in Au-
gust. He writes from France that
the men in his company are all look-
ing forward anxiously to the time
they .will be allowed to come home,
but did not know definitely just when
that would be. He asked to be re-
membered to all of his Enid friends, i
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Dickensheets
received word recently from Frank
Gregg that he had arrived safely,
back in the United States. Mr. I
Gregg has been overseas since July]
with the aero gunners. On his ar-11
rival overseas he was stationed in
France and later moved to England i
I and from there he was sent back
across. He is expected home soon
and will spend the holidays here with
relatives and friends.
A letter from San Francisco, Calif.,
states that J. E. McCristy recently
purchased a ?16,000 residence proper-,
ty in that city. This residence is lo-1
cated near Westlake in Alvarado Ter-
race, which is a close-in, high-class
residence section. The McCwstys
will occupy this property as a home
after the holidays. A photo of her
new home accompanied the letter,
which shows that it is surrounded by
beautiful shrubbery and flower gar-1
dens.
Colonel C. Triem, of Garber, ac-
companied by his wife and son, Mas-
ter Everett Triem, visited friends in
Enid, Saturday, and left Sunday for
a month's visit with the Colonel s
mother at La Porte, Iowa. Colonel
Triem owns one of the finest farms
in Garfield county, in the Garber-
Billings oil field which is now in
wheat. The Colonel is a popular and
successful auctioneer and will return
to fill dates as soon as sales begin,
after the holiday season. The Col-
onel recently sold most of the stock
off his farm, in contemplation of this
visit to his former Iowa home.
A TEXAS WONDER.
The Texas Wonder for kidney and
bladder troubles, gravel, diabetes, weak,
and lame back, rheumatism and irreg-
ularities of the kidneys and bladder
in both men and women. Regulates
bladder troubles in children. If not
*g.b,j«saaiiteMS?;0n"m*"
buttons are expe^e .lananese farm hand, wh<
ITH THE JOYS of Victory
Thrilling us: The Blessings
of Peace to gladden us, and the
wonderful example of "our boys
to guide us. This Holiday season
should be pervaded with a Spirit of Rev-
erence and Thankfulness to Him who
Taught us—
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The Enid Milling Co.
Makers of Majority Flour
l^tons are expected to be similar in 'the bodies, and that of MTakasi^i, maU onand
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in the Civil war
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Purcell, F. Everett. The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1918, newspaper, December 26, 1918; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc161494/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.