Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 310, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1918 Page: 4 of 14
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OKLAIIOMA CITY TIMES THURSDAY MARCH 28 1918.
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Social Leader Hides Her Identity
REVAL IS SILENT
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Chrg. Purchase Today Friday and Saturday Will Be
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German Reports of British Dc
Huns Trick Peasants Into Giv-
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By OIOIOI T. BTE.
(Keciprocai Hew Serrlee.)
LONDON. March 2rt A (iermen
officii! bulletin say the English ere
barn Ing French villages before moving
ovt of them. There m nothing the
(crtnint left that was worth destroy
ing in ill Ihii areai irra after their
retreat of 1917.
( have juit returned from a tour of
the whole cnunlrjr between Arras anil
Perot ne including the flritlsh llinden
burl line it Croisilles the British hit
tic positions cloie to St. Quentin and
tha prepared position in the rear
wheel the Hun it now getting his pun
ishmcnt and the only Inflammable
atrncturet I taw in all title ajisly coun
try were tome temporary huti occupied
by American ergtneer.
Germai Gbaitly Joke.
.It it one of the ghastly jokes of the
German! to refer to thcie I renih vil
lages ai if it were possible for the
British to level them any lower into
the dint than German clock-mines and
torches had long ago redured them
walls characteriitic thoroughness. Thii
il l corpse country: villages ire notli
ing more than continuation of the
havoc that merit your eyet for miles
There ire no walls standing. Thoie
point! that ire named on military mi
' ire nothing more than formrr Inca
ejons and you would not know you were
paiung i village of the paM but lor
sign pott that helpi to give direction to
i : . i I t . i i
military travelers. I inouio nave in
eluded these sign posts among the In
flammable material alto the thousands
and thousands of crosses that mark the
graves white for Itritnh and black for
. the Germans. It is a terrihle resur
redioa that has enme over this awful
region i raging new battle on the field
of the old not yet old enough to have
fleeted Its skeletons. The r.ermans
laid away their dead under Mark
crosses bearing "Rett in Peace"; now
their shells ire ripping up these hat-
tie graves dusting the faces f the
freshly killed with the pulverised decay
ol the sacrifices nl last year.
Peroaae Not Worth Bunlne.
Peroirae is 'not burnahle at leas! the
lew fragments of wood in its tumMrd
wreckage ire not worth burning It is
splendid example of German f r i fit -fulness.
Once beautiful 1'eronne is
now only the shell of town. A com-
pact stolidly built place of akout
500X1 inhabitants before the war I
found it provided shelter only in its
cellar vaults. There was not i house
in Peronne that escaped (he demoniacal
destruction of the I inn.
None of Town Rebuilt.
Nona of it has been rebuilt iinlrs
' yon can call it reconstruction to hoard
up the sides of two demolished houses
to arovlde club and rest quarters for
British officers. There was alto some
repiir to the ineient citadel. A Or-
man shell had wrecked tower of the
old fort ind some of the brick occa.
sioflally felt down into the entrance arch
of tha eitadel. This had been re-
paired by road worker during niny
day the fort is of no value In mili-
tary way; the British used its ancient
assembly halls and even bake ovens
for. sleeping quarters and I believe
there was i blacksmith shop off one
corner of an irregular inner court. The
moat around the citadel formerly fed
by the Sorome has been drained for
year. A few Tommies were down in
the reservoir it practice when I was
there.
Needs No Ixhumlnf.
From the parapet on top the walls
curiously left intact as the German
war. lord beld all things military to be
sacred one has I good panorama of
this rtlic of a city this Pompeii that
needs no exhuming to revert its wasted
lorm standing out in the twentieth
century is a monumental victim of the
Tolcaaie devil In man.
Almost due east of Peronne Is Roisel.
If yott read of the fierce fighting there
Saturday and Sunday you probably
hid a vision of the enemy sending his
masses into streets flanked by hcSiscs.
Roisel li in rather large type on the
war mip. When I was in Roisel
Roisel was not there not even its
treet There was in unbroken series
of ihell craters many of them linked
together. An aerial photngrpah ol
Roisel would compare favorably with a
telescopic photograph of the moon. 1
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"Marjorle Stelner" no that's not her real name. It's the professional name
h this Tenas soriety leader assumed when the went mi the Mane to hrln the
soldiers crippled in fighting for her country "over there." hrllirr her name it
Smith or Jones In Christian Tndeavnr rirrles back in her home ntv. she Mould
do credit to any fit it class iiiuiksI comedy.
"There will be no Marjorie Steiner emblaronrd in electric lights on Broad-
way" said this tlar of the Follies Militaire. when asked if the would continue
theatrical life after the company composed of soldier and Truss amateurs com-
pleted lit tour of the southwest. "As soon as we have raided funds for a hospital
lor crippled soldiers I intend to go back to my home hie and my Red I ross
or
Nfrs. George L. fonle. who It in chame of the seat talc far (! "IV.III.c
Militaire" rrMrls that tickets are bring sold rapidly and that there is a possi-
bility that the linuse may be sold out in idvanre. The innntinrcmcnt tli.it all re-
ceipts would go to the establishment of a hospital in the lonilmrst omnlr!
reports of tbr surrrss of the company in its Trxas annearanie bat ri-rA i
markaMe demand for seats line.
f surrounding agony in brief. The few
bricks not blown to smithereens hsd
been used by the Missourians to fill up
hrll gulches so that supply truiks
ight drive up to the camp.
rorth of Peronne you go through the
same monotony of ruin that I have de-
scribed in endless stretch of mutilated
country once resembling the rolling
hills of fowa Missouri or Illinois even
more fair because the tirrlrsi diligence
of the French peasant had every s'liiare
foot under careful cultivation. Now.
nothing but massed soil serried rivulets
trenches that show tip like seabhv
scars from a distance I few scattered
coils uf barbed wire and crosses and
crosses.
Bapatime was not as large as Peronne.
but the Germans did as well as thev
could with- Haiiaume. considerine its
sire. Where the town hall was. there
nothing but a vacant lot. It was in
is town hall that the Hun planted a
clock-work mine which exploded when
the inhabitants took cover from a bom
bardment by the retreating Germans
Two hundred men and women indud-
iiK the mayor went up with the bricks
and mnrtar and came down metamor-
phosed into the material that overlays
tins pattie section.
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25 WOMEN REGISTERED
IN CLEVELAND COUNTY
NORMAN. Okla March 28 -(Sue-
cial.) One hundred anil twenty-five
women of Cleveland county have regis-
tered for government positions in the
registration of women now going rn.
In addition many others have rexit-
tered for hontrl work. Kegistratinn of
women students in the I'uivrrsity of
Oklahoma has fust been started.
- w.a s.
Woman Labor Not
Wanted Until All
Idle Men Work
WASHINGTON. Manli 2RThe
national ronfcrciue of the women's
committee of the national council oi
defce has adopted the pnliry of dit-
rouraRing the industrial employment of
women until idle men are set to work.
Members of the conference aisert that
there are 50.IHIO unemployed men in
New York and reports show that other
citiet have comparatively lariie ntim-
hrrs. 'J'he delegates to tbe conference
here yesterday decided no emergency
had ariten for day nurseries ami the
employment of mothers with dependent
children should not be encouraged.
Christian Science lecture Auditorium
Suiulav. March .11 J p. m. (Adv.)
Noonday Luncheon
Special attention
to committee
ntetlnge. Tables
reserved.
LEE-HUCKINS
to Roisel because it was the tta
tioa of eome American engineers. Their
dugout were in the lee of a little hill
at the edge of which were fragments of
a gr factory consistine of a ureal
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By The Associated Preis.
MOSCOW Monday March 25-
I'rince Henry of Prusiia brother oi
the Orman emperor and one of his
torn have arrived at Kev.il. Ksthonia
They were ((reeled heartily by the Ger
man population but the I'sllionunt re-
fused to partmiiate in the lecetitioil
The vitit is attributed to a desiie to
create pro derman leeling in the llaltic
provinces.
I he tiermaiis are busy collecting and
exporting breadstuflt from the I'skov
dittriet northeast of Dvinsk. At I'enh-
ortkaya near I'tkov forty members of
German iletarhmentt requisitioning
bread were killed by the peasants
Itrulges were drstroved by the peasants
who also harrassed the Gentians by
carrying away the bread and destroy-
raits anil waKom
Germans tricked many of lb?
peasants Into I nknv by announcing
they had an abundance of bread ani
tugar which would be sold cheaply
The Germans seiied tlie carts an I
hortes of the peasants but told no
food.
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One Hundred Tear Ago Today.
1 HI H Gen. Wade Hamilton famous
Confederate leader governor of South
arolme and I'nited States tenalor
wirri at ( harletun S. C. Died at Co
lumbia S. C April II 11.'.
Seventy-Five Yeara Ago Today.
1K4.I CominiKlare David I'ortrr. dis
tinguished American naval officer of
the war of 1HIJ died in I urkey. Hunt
in llostoM I eh. 1 I7HI).
Fifty Years A0 Today.
ItVift barl of Cardigan who Ird the
famous ihaige of the light brigade at
ll.ilaclava died in I'nglaiid. Horn there
Oct. In. 17V7.
Twenty-Five Years Ago Today.
IK"J Gen Kdinund Kirby Smith fa
mous Lonlcdrrate c(Hiinanier died at
Sewanre lrtin llotn at St. Augustine
la. May 16 1RJ4.
One Year Ago Today In the War.
March JH. 1VI7 Conlerciue of der
man and Austrian emperors presumably
on possibility of averting war with the
L niteil Stales; Hntish on western front
pushed Germans two miles in twenty-
nir hours capturing several more vil
lages.
tfll a -ry t-. i s . t. - J"wwr-
Friday and Saturday Are The Final
Shopping Days For Easter
Ant those who have waited till the elevenlb hour to provide Easter garments fabric and accessories will rind
Konbaugb Blown' splendidly ready to serve them.
After Easter Silken Weaves of Exceptional Beauty
r r I'm fa..
superior quality ana Attractively marked
81-inch Striped Pongee
IJ.00 Yard.
All silk dress weight pongee in
natural tan shade grounds with
striped designs of variout colors
Very nrw for Spring and Sum-
mer dresses. ANn splendid pat-
terns for men's shirtp.
Shantung Pongee Yard
79e It JJ and 11.30.
All-silk imported Shantung
Pongee in the natural tan shade.
Ideal for dretses suits separate
tkirtt ami men's shirts. Cumrs
.'4 to A inches wide. And are
excellent Values.
in-lnch Gingham Plaid Silks.
Eatri Value at Yard 1 1.95.
Are displayed in an unusually
laige assortment of the brtt pat-
terns of the season and the inlor
toinliiiMtions are little short of
wonderful. Very stylish for tep.
araic skirts dresses and trim-
mings. Worth f.'5tl a yard; spe-
cial at yard 11.9).
SMnrh Silk Shirting.
Yard 11.19.
Silk shirtings worth to fl.JO a
yard. Regular tub silks liber
silks and Japanese silk cords in
l broad assortment of excellent
pattern that are also suitable for
dresses and blouses
At Korabaugh-Brown' Silk Shop Ma In Floor West Room West Aisle.
33-Inch Black Velvet
Yard tl SO.
Good quality costume velvet
much in demand for the new
sleeveletj jarkelt. separate skirt
and trimmings. A very rich jet
liljik finish.
40-Inch Chiffon Velvet.
Yard 15 50.
A beautiful quality ind finish
all-silk chiffon velvet in black
ami sport shades of rote and
bright blue Just what you detire
for i sleeveless sport jacket. Suf.
ficient width that one length
manes me jacket
Dinnerware
Open Stock Designs
41-plece 6et In Mayflower pattern ivory band
w ith bum li of dainty pink roses ami hairline of g'dd
on edge; handle dishes gold touched llie set $14.
Breakfast and Luncheon Sets Of .18 pieces. IMue
slathcd pattern; gold lurid edges and handles. The
set 112.48.
42 piece Set Dei orated with double gold band de-
sign. The set of 4.' pieces for (0 9J.
Dinner Plates Gold band design. Set of six for
75c.
Soup Plates (iolil band design. Set of six for 60c.
Odds end Ends of China 8c for choire of an en-
lire table of various dishes plales soups berry
dishes meat platters and others. While they last at
choice 8c each.
At Rorahmigh-Brown's Chini Department
Thiid Floor East Room.
Flower and Fruit Baskets
at Half Price
An taster Sale of a special grouping of fruit
baskets' and flower baskrls. Many ornamental and
fancy shapes. Choice of showing at just halt regular
prices.
At Rorabaugh.Brown's Third Floor.
26 -Piece Silver Sets Extra
Special $10.00
Community l'ar Plate 10 year guarantee In
beautiful IIKIDAI. WRl'MIl and VI-.KNUN I'AT-ITKNS-SIX
I ORKS. SIX KMVI"S SIX TAHI.E
Sl'OONS SIX IKASI'OON. ONE I'GAK SIIKLL
AND ONK HUTTI'H KMbK-in poplin lined imi-
tation oak chests The rhoice of sets while a limited
(jiiantity lasts for (10.
At Rorabaugh-Bruwn'a Third Floor East Room.
Sherbet Dishes Gracefully stemmed plain shapes;
pressed glass; set of fix 60c.
Cream and Sugar Seta C lear glass optic design;
the set 35c.
Third Floor t Rorabaugh-Brown't.
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Stafford, R. E. Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 310, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1918, newspaper, March 28, 1918; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc170633/m1/4/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.