Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 28, No. 132, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 2, 1916 Page: 3 of 10
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THREE
A League-Boot Step In
HnaBHMBHHBBa mmm
Soda Fountain Service
This machine (illustrated) cleanses
and sterilizes soda glasses and
spoons at WestfalVs
It is not the- science of curing
(liscHKf but the science of pre-
venting the 8prc;l of (liscaspa
that produces the nrt.iit est Rood
to humanity. THK DA UN ALL
STKAM STKUIL1ZKK w the
greatest germ destroyer and
d incase preventive on enrth
today. It is made for noda
rilintnlnD i 11 I if I J IWiW in.
ill VJ I stalled at considerable cost in
riiir uswlii fnimtnin (hr tbi lllir.
pose of cleansing and steriliz-
ing glasses and spoons. It has
been tested thoroughly with
typhoid fever diphtheria and
other throat germs all of
.which were killed in three min-
ites. No germ can possibly live
in the Ncrilizer. .Nothing nut
live steam is used and you
know steam is the greatest killer known. It has it own
heating apparatus generates its own steam sends the
steam from the generating chamber into the sterilizing
chamber through an automatic valve doing the cleansing
and sterilizing thoroughly effectively.
We have illustrated it herewith. It has a capacity of
80 glasses every three minutes. It insures everyone who
Is served at the Westfall fountain an absolutely pure and
germless glass. It is the most advanced step In soda
water service in the History of Oklahoma City. Let us
show it to you today.
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WESTFALL DRUG CO.
OKLAHOMA CITY OKLA.
Rexall Remedies Huyler't Candies
OKLAHOMA GUARD
BECOMING HUSKY
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Nobody Drops Out of Hikes
Now Returned Man Says
fa '
REGIMENT'S FINE CwM P
Ten Days' March With South
Dakota Outfit Planned.
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HEARD AT THE CRIME CLUB
P.Y 1KANK I KOKST
This Week's Story:
"The Seven of Hearts"
Next Week "THK PINK-
(Cupyrlf HI. Mil. kf Hi Hoc
EDGED NOTE PAPER"
ur Nawspaptr Syndlcau.)
HO I 'VI I I K sat lil'Mk'lit "Si lie's
in it. tun is hr?" iu-rrri Vern-
dale "Look lirrr Mr. Ilrtec
tive we've lud quite rnouttli. I don't
t suppose ynu're a rich man. hut it will
' take eery enpy ynu'se Rot when I
cnmmnirf an action (or sUnHer.
Ynu'e wnrmril ymir wav in hrre in
rlisRiiie. and vim'se ;u nn me of
rard sharping Now Ro-if um've
I finishrd!"
AMinford nmvcl to tlir door turned
the key and thrust it in his pm krt. "I
' haven't tntr" hr aid roidly. "Now
listen to nir " He pullnl out lii
wat li. "It's nnw tni iuiint'S to At
') o'i lock a police raid will hr madr
on ?I4 iranville street ami certain
Jiroplr will hr ihatKrd with assisting
to run a (rainlilniK hoiir Now there's
P"thmij oil r.irlh thai i an prevent vou
to lifit'if ihatKrd as proprietors.
Ion't iiouhlr to drnv il I here will
hr plenty of evidence I hr p;ic r ha
hrrn watched for days. I don't up-
nse a finr of a frw hundiriU -which
s what it will prohahly amount to
will affrcl you very much hut if you're
wie you'll comr off your pedestals and
listen to plain sense. There's another
charge it mv hr in mv powrr tn pre
fer- receiving stolen (foods
"Go nn!t" laughed Verndale. "Ac-
cuse tis of murdrr while you're at it."
"Oh. vrrv well." said Allinford tton-
With a larpe force
of machinists and a
complete equipment
we can handle work
promptly.
Presl Machine Works Co.
303-305 East Grant) Ave.
Oklahoma City Okla.
rhalnntly "onlv you mav as w oil know
that the jewels you had from lady
Helton were not her properly They
wrre stolen from hrr hushand and a
hogm rohhrry arranged to account for
thrir ahsetire"
To rasual ohsrrvrr Vrrnda1r' ap-
pearance remained unrhaiiRed. hut a
slixht distention of thr nostrils showed
Allinford that his shut had told. "I
do not admit that I had the necklace
from I.ady Helton" he said
"Come" said Allinford hhintlv.
"you're not such a fool as you'd wish
me to think Would you expect a jury
to helievf that "' l.ad Heltnti has heen
at dranville stirrt dav after dav for
wrrks on end She had an ample al
lowanre fur nil crdin.irv put poses. She
made over the jewels to you rithrr as
a payment or as security for a Ram
hliiiK drht. If she didn't it's worse for
vou for you had Molrn goods in our
possession for which ynu can't account
'ol mu-l rememher vou have signed an
cxai4 den riptimi of the jewels "
Hiipville w hi.stled a tune Verndale
laid Ins heail on his hand and stared
thoughtfully intm vacancy. "N'nu'ie Rot
me in a rorner" he admitted. "What
ii it yon want me to do?"
"I want vou to return the rtrclaoe"
said Allinford. "No"-at Verndale
would have spoken "don't trouhle to
put tip another hluff It's easy enoiiRh
to see what's happened. I.adv HeltouJ
wanted the jewels returned so that she
miht wear them toninht 'oij refused
and fearful that she would heroine a
nuisance in the future arranced that
they should hr apparently stolen. I'n-
Imkilv for you. she had the same idea
of a hoRiis rohherv. Now "
"If I cive up will vou promise ntr
nothuiK further shall he done?"
"The ho s are Kettirit heavier and
huskier every day" lack Adams told
The Times thin niorniiiR on his return
from the I- ir t Oklahoma regiment's
ramp at San I'.rnito Texas. Adam has
returned with an honorajde discharRe
from the national guard under the mar-
ried men rule and is looking for a po-
sition to start rivil life after two months
servn e in the military.
"All tents are floored every man has
a cot and the mrss halk are equipped
with lu-ti's in -w I he 'i how' is plen-
tiful and Rood and evervhody is RettitiR
along spleiidiitly There is less M(knes
ill camp than anywhere in the rnuntrv
for the same numher of men" he ite-rlarnl
Talet About Storm. !
"The storm" as it is known to ih-
Rtiardsmen was thr livrhrst exprrirncr ;
the men on the hordcr have met and
Adams sai'l that all rffn ts of it hae
pas.rd except in the endless string of
j stories of happenings in it that still go
the rounds of the company streets. The
; camp of thr Oklahoma infantry has
'hrrn rrhuilt and is one the regiment
is proud of.
I "The boyi are (retting in fighting
i trim for sure" Adams asserted. "Not
a man falls out in thr hikrs now
: F.vrry man has improved wonderfully
in physic.il condition and has got the
spirit of the service. The inosipiitoes
which followed the storm are the onlv
drawhaiJs to comfort in ramp"
Two Bintheti Thrte.
Adams was in the machine gun mm-
n.inv and is nroiid of th" fa' t that no
man of that organization has fallen out
of ranks in anv hike. lie left two
hrothtrs in the regiment to jcprexrnt
the family when hr was discharged.
"I was a traveling salesman h-fore
we were railed out and have Rot to
find a joh now to support my family
I stayed on the hordeir as long at I
could and left it up to my brothers to
do the rest of the military service for
the family while I hustled for a liv-
ing Oklahnnuns Fine.
"We think the Oklahoma outfit is the
best regiment on the border ami have
worked to make it so Company M
has gone to do outpost duty on the Rio
('rande for two weeks as a reward for
exiellent soldiering.
"The regiment with the South Da
kota outfit is going on a six-day hike
to Point san?l on the gulf. It will be
a great hike and I was sorry to miss
it" hr declared.
JAPAN FOR PEACE IN
EAST SHE DECLARES
I.ONHON. Sept J. A six-colum;i
article prepared by the Japanese admir-
alty Riving a summary of the activities
of the Japanese navy in the prrrnt war
apprars in the Times this morning. Thr
summary is prrfaced by this state-
ment :
" 1 he nalional polirv of the Japanese
empire has always hrrn the maintenance
of peace mi thr rast. That pohry has
nrvrr imdrigonr any change and never
will. When the action of (iermanv
romprlled our all v. (irrat Hritain. to
drrlare war. the inrrrased movement
of dermao warships in eastern se.'j
bei ame a serious menace to the mte
national trade of Japan. The peace of
the far rat was at that mouirnt in
the gtratrst possible danger. Japan
firtt approached Germany with mod-
erate advice. On the refusal of the
latter Japan found herself unavoidably
involved in the war "
Noonday Luncheon
ffpoeUI Atten-
tion tit Com-
mute Mtlnft
TablM Ktturvtd
LEE
HUCKINS
Wakefidld's
Blackberry
Balsam
Qukkly curei Diarrhoea Dywntfry
Cholera Infantum and all looie bowel
Iroublei in adulti and baluei. No
opium. No npiatet. Ilirmleta.
Dim ton temmmtiiil il. Reventy yean
ttithtml aa fsiuai li cnu tvtrywUu.
I rau't promise Thr gambling
house prosecution will go forward in
nny rase If the nrcklare is returned
however. I doubt if Sir Richard Helton
will prosecute."
Verndale rose crossed the room and
unlocking the secretary took out a red
mororcn rase which lie placed in the
hands of the detective.
"Ves sir" - AlluiRford was speaking
to Meniies "lurk and hluff carried it
through. When 1 heard that the Helton
robbery was bogus I began to get a
glimmering because I had picked up
a matked rard in Vrrndale's rooms.
Then when I heard he had gone to
Granville ttreet 1 began to be more
sure more esperially as I.adv Helton
had heen seen there. The games in
the gambling house were straight
enough it wouldn't have paid to run
anything rrnoked but llopville and
Verndale used to pick tip young fools I
there and carry them off to Vemdale'i !
rooms. i
"I'll own llopville hail me guessing
at first. He! looked regular pigeon
instead of which he was a rook Of
routs? Il wouldn't have done" far Vern
dale to have won heavily at his own
place. Hut no one was likely to sup-
row him in with llopville. As soon as
I wai inre I shook thrm up with my
expotur. After that I bluffed for alt
I wa worth and thev fell for it "
Houston Issues
Grain Standards
WASHINGTON. Srpt 2. - Official
standards for shrllrd corn shipped in
interstate commerce for sale have just
heen promulgated by Secretary Hous-
ton miller thr new grain in standards
act. Virtually thrv are the same as th"
old standards with the addition of a
test weight for grades No. I and No 1
ami the substitution of one testing
srrrrn with round hides 14 M inch in
diameter for screens formerly required
canadianTrainmen
warned not to strike
OTTAW A Srpt. 2 -Ministrr of I a-
bor Carothers today warnrd Canadian
railway workrrs that Ihry would be
liable to prosecution under the indus-
trial dispute investigation art if they
joined with American railway workers
in their threatened strike. Most of
the Canadian worker are affiliated
with the American railway brotherhoods.
"I see by the papert" said Meniies
Inrnnieniiently 'Thai Sir Rupert ami
l ady Helen are going abroad for a
Notice W.O.W. Funeral
Funeral of Sovereign J. A. TurV-
ett at the rrsidrnre 1.M2 W.
15th Sunday 2 o'clock Septem-
ber .1 Woodmen are requested
to meet team ami officer! at the
halt at 1 o'clock sharp.
TOM HOniNF. Clerk.
protracted period"
"Faacllyl" smiled Allinford.
(The end. New story neirt week.)
Use the Want Adi to tff
automobilea '
fer talet of
Labor Day Ball
at the Auditorium
Monday Night Popular Prices.
Meet the crowd there tonight.
FOR THE INFORMATION
OF THE PUBLIC:
The Railroads' statement of their posi-
tion on the threatened strike as presented
to the President of the United States
A strike on all the railroads of the country has been called by the Train
Hrotheflroods for 7 o'clock Monday morning September 4.
This strike was ordered from Washington whilethe Preiident of the
United States was making every effort to avert the disaster.
The Final Railroad Proposal
The final proposal made by the railroads for a peaceful settlement of the cor?
trovcrsy but which was rejected by the brotherhoods was as follows:
() The railroads will eflectlre September i igjfl
ktftp th time of all men represented in thia morement
upon an 8 hour b&sia and by separate account monthly
with each man maintain a record ci the difference
between the money actually earned by him on the
present baais arri the amount that would have been
earned upon an o hour baiis overtime on each basis
to be computed pro rata.
The amounts so shown will be subject to the
decision of the Commission provided for in Paragraph
(c) of this memorandum and payable in money as
may be directed by said Commission in its findings and
decision.
(ty The Interstate Commerce Commission to
supervise the keeping of these accounts and report the
increased cost ef the 8 hour basis after such period of
actual experience aa their judgment appro-res or the
President may fix not however lea than three
months.
(c) In view of the far-reach Ini; consequence of the
declaration made by the President accaptinf th
& hour day not only upon the railroads and the time
of labor involved directly in this controrerty but to
the public and upon all industry it seems plain that
before the existing conditions are changed the wkol
subject in ao far aa It affect the railroad ani Uteir
employee should be invest If ted and determined by
Canuniaaion to be appointed by the President of
such standing as to compel attention and respect to
its findings. The judgment of such a Qjmnuation
would be a helpful basts for adjustments with labor
and such legislation as intelligent public opinion so
informed might demand.
Statement of Executives to the President
In submitting this proposal to the President the fifty railroad executives called t
Washington and representing all the great arteries of traffic made this statement to
him of their convictions:
The demands in this controversy have not been
presented in our judgment for the purpose of fixing a
definite daily period of labor nor a reduction in the
existing hours of labor or change in methods of opera-
tion but for the real purpose of accomplishing- an
increase in ware of aoproiimately On Hundred
Million Dollar per annun or j 5 per cent for the men
in railroad freight train and yard service represented
by the labor organizations in this matter.
After careful examination of the facts and patient
and continuous consultation with the conference
Committee of Managers and among ourselves we
have reached a clear understanding of the magnitude
of the questions and of the serious consequences to
the railroads and to the public involved in the decision
of them.
Trustees for the Public
As trustees for the public served by our lines and
for the great mass of the leas powerful employees (not
less than 80 per cent of the whole number) interested
in the railroad wage fund as trustees also for the
millions of people that have invested their savings and
capital in the bonds and stock of these properties
and who through the saving banks trust companies
and insurance rompanfes. are vitally interested to the
extent of millions of dollars in the integrity and
solvency of the railroads of the country we cannot In
conscience surrender without a hearing; the principle
Involved nor undertake to transfer the enormous cost
that will result to the transportation of the commerce
of the country.
The eight-hour day without punitive overtime
involves an annual increase approximately in the
ERregate of Sixty Millions of Dollars and an increase
of more than so per cent in the pay of the men
already the most highly paid in the transportation
service.
The ultimate cost to the railroads of an admission
in this manner of the principle under contention
cannot now be estimated; the effect npon the effi-
ciency of the transportation of the country now
already under severe test under the tide erf business
now moving and at a time when more instead of less
effort is required for the public welfare would b
harmful beyond calculation.
The widespread effect upon th Industrie of th
country a a whole is beyond measure or appraise-
ment at this time and we agree with the insistent and
widespread public concern over the gravity of th
situation and the consequences of a surrender by th
railroads in this emergency.
In like manner we ar deeply impressed with th
senso of our responsibility to maintain and keep open
the arteries of transportation which carry the life
blood of the .commerce of the country and of th
consequences that will flow from even temporary
interruption of service over the railroads but th
issue presented have been raised above and beyond
the social snd monetary question involved and
the responsibility for the consequences that may
arise will rest upon those that provoke it.
Public Investigation Urged
The questions involved are in our respectful judg
ment. eminently suitable for the calm investigation
and decision by the public through the agency of fair
arbitration and cannot be disposed of to the publi
satisfaction in arv other manner.
The decision of a Commission or Board of Arbi-
tration having the public confidence will be accepted
by the public and the social and financial rearrange-
ments made necessary thereby will be undertaken by
the public but in no less deliberate nor orderly
manner.
The railroads of the country cannot under present
conditions assume this enormous increase in their
expenses. If imposed upon them it would involve
many In early financial embarranment and bank-
ruptcy and imperil the power of all to maintain
their credit and the integrity of their securities.
The immediate increase in cost followed by other
Increases that would be inevitable would substan-
tially appropriate the present purchasing power of
the railroads and disable them from expanding and
improving their facilities and equipment to keep
abreast of the dentands of the country for efficient
transportation service.
In Kood faith we have worked continuously and earnestly in a sincere effort to
solve the problem in justice to all the parties at interest. These efforts were still
in procress when the issuance of the strike order showed them to be unavailing.
Problem Threatens Democracy Itself
The strike if it conies will 1? forced upon the country by the best paid
class of laborers in the world at a tune when the country has the greatest ncccj
for transportation efficiency.
The problem presented is not that alone of the railroad or business world
but involving democracy itself and sharply presents the question whether any
group of citizens should be allowed to possess the power to imperil the life
of the country by conspiring to block the arteries of commerce.
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W. W. ATTKRRIIRY
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