THE ROGER MILLS SENTIN EL
tt NERVOUS
bmowii
MU Kelly Tell How Lydia
1 E Pinkh&m’s Vegetable
Compound Restored
Her Health
Newark N J— “For about three
gear 1 offered from nervous break
down and got so
weak I could hardly
stand and badheoa-
aches every day I
tried everything I
1 could think of and
was under a phy-
siclan’s care for two
yeara A girl friend
cad used Lydia B
tPinkham’s Vege-
table Compound and
she told me about
lit From the first
I day I took itlbegan
'to feel better and
'now I am well and
kable to do most any
kind of work X
have been recom-
mending the Com-
pound ever since and give you my per-
mission to publish this letter’— Miss
Flo Kelly 476 So 14th St Newark
NJ
The reason this famous root and herb
remedy Lydia E Pinkham'a Vegetable
Compound was so successful m Miss
Kelly’s case was because it went to the
root of her trouble restored her to a
normal healthy condition and as a result '
her nervousness disappeared
New Hampshire was the first state
Co establish a railroad commission'
STOP TH08E 8HARP SHOOTING PAINS
"Femenina” Is the wonder worker for all
female disorder Price fioo and 30c Ada
Necessary
! “Riches have wings" “They need
iem to keep up with the cost of living"
—Detroit Free Press
' ' 80ft Clear 8klna
Night and morning bathe the face
With Cuticura Soap and hot water If
there are pimples first smear them
with Cuticura Ointment For free sam-
ples address “Cuticura Dept X Bos-
ton" Sold by druggists and by malL
Soap 25 Ointment 25 and 50 — Adv
From Way Back
Country Uncle — Gosh 1 What Is that
there thing?
City Niece— A folding bed uncle
Country Uncle— Then I'll camp out
on the floor I could never sleep
tan din’ up
More Data Wanted
He (after the proposal)— Fm getting
$2000 a year Now dearest what is
the least you think you can live on
yearly?
She — Well how much credit can
you get? — Boston Transcript
Talks Too Much
“Sir you do me a great wrong to
call me an addlepate Ton have no
scientific Instrument for gauging my
train power”
“I don’t need a scientific Instrument
' for that purpose sir You have an
Instrument yourself that gives you
way”
“‘What Is that?’’
“Your tongue" — Birmingham Age-
Herald Not 80 Foolish ‘
' The members of a certain local ex-
emption board shrugged their shoul-
ders cynically when a young man ap-
peared before them limping conspic-
uously and asked for exemption on
the grounds of physical disability
"Fell down on the Ice and hurt
yourself I suppose" one of them sug-
gested “No" said the candidate flushing
“I lost one leg at the battle of the
Somme"
Then there was a large silence —
New York Tribune
‘GHpUNuti
A srOOD
A Conserving Food
The recognized value
of
Grape-Nuts
8 a a "saving food for
these serious times rests
upon real merit
Unlike the ordinary
cereal Crape-Nuts re-
quires no sugar little
milk or cream and re
quires no cooking or
other preparation in
8 serving
A trial is well worth
while for those who
sincerely desire to save
“There’i a Reason
WISCONSIN IS STILL LOYAL
In a hard-fought contest Congress-
man Irvine L Lenroet the American
candidate won the republican senator-
ial primary In Wisconsin over James
Thompson the German-LaFollette
nominee'
WAR SCHOOL AT DONIPHAN
No New Division Will Occupy Camp
When Gen Wright Movee
Washington— Camp Doniphan now
the training quarters of the Thirty-
fifth division Missouri and Kansas
national guardsmen will become the
chief field artillery training school of
the army when the present division
moves out according to plans of the
war department
While plans are aa yet immature it
was admitted that when Gen Wright’s
division goes out no new division will
come In the entire camp te be used
in the future for artillery practice and
the training of field artillery offloers
ThlB wlU make Camp Doniphan the
principal artillery training camp in
the United States second Jn Import-
ance only to Fort Monroe the training
camp for the coast and heavy mobile
artillery
The new plan la expected to greatly
reduce the number of men L training
RUSSIA GIVES UP GHOST
Soviets Agree to Brest-Lltovsk Peace
Terms
Moscow — Russia has bowed to the
central powers The terms of the
peace treaty submitted by the Ger-
mans at Brest-Lltovsk have been
agreed to by the all-Russian congress
of soviets by a large majority In
spite of opposition of an important
element of the Russian people
President Wilson’s message of sym
patby to the Russian people was re-
ceived with marked applause when It
was read at the opening session of
congress The congress immediately
voted a resolution of appreciation
British Casualties For Week 3562
London — The British casualties re-
ported for the week ending Thursday
numbered 3562 They were divided
as follows: Killed or died of wounds —
Officers 53 men 822 Wounded or
missing — Officers 148 men 2539
Senate Votes $250 Wheat
Washington— The agricultural ap
proprlation bill with the Gore amend-
ment increasing the 1918 government
guaranteed wheat price to $250 was
passed by the senate It now goes to
conference between the two houss
w here there will be another fight over
the wheat price The vote was forty
nine to eighteen Besides raising tho
guaranteed price the Gore amendment
provida that It shall be based on No
2 Northern instead of No 1 and also
makes it applicable at local elevators
instead of at the primary markts
Shoot Each Other To Escape War
Houston Tex— Because they tried
to escape military service by shooting
each other in the leg two Illinois sol
dlers at Camp Logan will now Berve
the government in a different capacity
for the next fifteen years without pay
at Leavenworth prison The two men
Sergeant Claude E Mason and Private the maximalists are growing in power
Roland V Pye of Company M 132nd
infantry were found guilty following
a court-martial and the sentences have
been approved by General Bell com-
mander of the Thirty-third division
Fort Worth Cleaned Up
Fort Worth— Martial law has been
inaugurated in Fort Worth in what
is declared to be the most sweeping
anti-vice crusade ever undertaken by
a city of the southwest In raids upon
rooming houses hotels and immoral
resorts more than 300 men and women
have been arrested during the last
few days Eighty are confined In Jail
150 are out on bond and as many
more are under detention as material
witnesses before the federal grand
jury now in session here
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
HOLDS ESPIONAGE IS
VIOLATION
PASTOR RUSSELL’S LAST SHOT
Describe Patriotism A “Narrow
Minded Hatred of Other Peo-
ples" and War As “Work
of 8atan”
Washington — Because “The Fim
ished Mystery” a Bible study text
book describing patriotism ‘‘as a cur-
tain delusion” and a “narrow minded
hatred of other peoples” and war as
“a work of satan” distribution of the
book was forbidden by the department
of justice acting under the espionage
act
Thousands of copies of the book
have been seized in many states but
it was not until now that the depart-
ment decided to prohibit its distribu-
tion District attorneys were notified
to prosecute any dealers or other per-
sons selling or offering the book for
sale or for distribution
The book purports to be the post-
humous work of the late Pastor
Charles T Russell and was pub-
lished in- Brooklyn by the People’s
Pulpit Association with which are af-
filiated the International Bible Stu-
dents Association and the Watchtower
Tract and Bible Association It was
compiled by Clayton J Wadsworth of
Scranton Pa who has been arrested
on a charge of seditious writings He
prepared the book since the war start-
ed and to Inserted derogatory refer-
ences to America’s cause in the war
The department of justice ex-
plained that it wculd not have taken
action against the book if it had been
written before the war or if all the
material had really been that of Pas-
tor Russell who died In 1916
Texas Ruesellites Are Under Arrest
Temple Texas — Fred Wismar a lo-
cal' Russellite preacher and William
Frodeman R H Little and Robert
Naiamtth of Belton were placed un-
der arrest by Sheriff Smith acting un-
der instructions from the department
of justice at - Waco The prisoners
are charged with circulating “The
Finished Mystery” and other litera-
ture The men arrested are well
known and prominent citizens
GERMAN SPIES CAPTURED
Quartet Will Be Deported te France
For Prosecution
New York— Four persons claiming
French citizenship but whom both
American and French authorities say
have been intimately connected with
German espionage activities In the
United StateB were arrested In their
handsomely appointed suites in prom-
inent New York hotels by agents of
the department of Justice They will
be turned over to immigration author-
ities for deportation to France
The four spy suspects have been
under surveillance for several weekB
but not until two ot them a woman
styling herself Mme Desplna David-
orltch Storch and an associate desig-
nated as Baron Henri de Bevllle de-
parted for Cuba one week ago after
a mysterious two-day Junket to Wash-
ington did the authorities consider
their apprehension advisable
The other two suspects are known
as Mme Elizabeth Charlotte Nix and
Count Robert de Clarimont Count de
Clairmont the authorities say was
frequently seen in the company of Ed-
mund Rousselot Castlllot erstwhile
$15-a-week clerk who posing as the
Marquis de Castlllot opened negotia-
tions with J P Morgan £ Co several
weeks Bgo for a loan of $50000000
for King Alfonso of Spain of whom
he claimed to be a personal represen-
tative HUN PRISONERS AT LARGE
94000 In Eastern Siberia Reported
Trying to Get Guns
London — A message to Reuter’s
from Toklo states that the Japanese
war minister speaking in the house
of representatives stated that there
were 94000 German prisoners east of
Lake Baikal and 60000 west of that
point Those in the east are beyond
control and are trying to get arms
A’ thousand non-bolshevikt under
General Semenoff are opposing the
maximalists east of Lake Baikal The
entente allies may support General
Semenoff but his force is weak while
and are obtaining arms and ammu-
nition Should the German prisoners
become organized and support the
maximalists a Berlous situation will be
created
Owen Says Spies Tap U S Wires
Washington — Charging that German
spies are constantly tapping telephone
and telegraph wires used by the war
department Senator Owqn ot Okla-
homa introduced In the senate a reso-
lution calling on the department to
furnish information concerning what
measures were being taken to combat
it The senate passed the resolution
without debate The department was
asked particularly to report on avail-
able mechanical device designed to
prevent wire-tapping it any such are
available 1
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News j
No tes I
John G Pollock of Orlando who
contracted tuberculosis in the army
has been admitted to tbe general hos-
pital at Fort Baynard N M y -
Baker Brothers’ glass factory at
Okmulgee has closed down for tbe bal-
ance of the year under the orders of
the United States fuel administration
About 225 men were thrown out of reg-
ular employment
George W Adkins a long time resi-
dent of Woodward County Civil War
veteran Jn Quantrell’s command In
Missouri during the Civil War died at
a hospital at Woodward after having
suffered a long time with dlabetls He
was 67 years old
The four Baby Bond or Thrift banks
located at TulBa Oklahoma City Du-
rant and Ardmore are merely the
forerunners of many more to be es-
tablished in Oklahoma according to
George W Barnes state director of
the national war savings committee
Mr Barnes believes there is room in
Oklahoma for fifty such institutions
and is encouraging their organization
in every town of consequence -
An Immediate crusade against vice
and tbe establishment of a quarantine
of all persons afflicated with social
diseases in Oklahoma City and other
Oklahoma towns visited by soldiers
from Camp Doniphan Fort Sill is de-
manded by the war department bb a
condition to permitting men from the
army camp to continue to visit those
cities
Rev D E Dilts J A Blanscet and
R P Graston all members of the In-
ternational Bible Students Association
and adherents of Pastor Russell were
fined in police court ot Frederick last
week for eellnig and circulating
"The Finished Mystery” A dray load
of copies of this took and of other
literature of their religious organiza-
tion was confiscated from the Dilts and
Blanscet homes
H M 8plawn S T Flowers and
M G Langford Indian booze agents
have been Indicted by tbe federal
grand jury and are under arrest for
conniving with bootleggers operating
between Wichita Falls and points in
the Oklahoma Indian country and per-
mitting a wholesale traffic in liquor
They are charged specifically with ac-
cepting a bribe of $2000 from B M
Hardy of Wichita Falls the money be-
ing still in their possession when ar-
rested The six winners in the University
of Oklahoma beauty contest were:
Marguerite Potters Indiahoma first
Mildred Marr Tulsa second Blanche
Cooley Norman third Lucile Wag-
ner Monett Mo fourth Pauline Staf-
ford Oklahoma City fifth Eurith
Holt Olustee sixth These six girls
will each be represented by several
photographs In the beauty section of
the Sooner the ptudent year book
which goes to press within a short
time MIbs Potter is a sophomore-
Following investigations conducted
by good roads clubs in Beaver and
Texas counties on public expenditures
in highway building it is probable that
an official Investigation will be made
by tbe state examiner and Inspector
The Beaver County Club has already
filed a request for such an investiga-
tion Fifty thousand dollars has been
expended in Beaver County and ap-
proximately the same amount In Texas
County during the past year It Is
alleged that results do not measure
up to the expenditures
“Founders’ Day” was observed at
the Oklahoma Baptist Orphans’ Home
near Oklahoma City by breaking
ground on the site of two new build-
ings to be erected on the orphanage
grounds tbe boys’ dormitory and man-
ual training building and the “Half-
Orphans’ ” Home
Oklahoma will experience no more
llghtless nights for a time at least
according to an announcement issued
by P A Norris state fuel adminis-
trator which stated that the fuel con
dition which assumed Berlous propor
tlons during the past winter is Buch
that there is sufficient coal available
for all purposes and that illumination
may be resumed
Gabs E Parker commissioner to tbo
five tribes J George Wright super-
intendent of the Osage agency and
Dr John J Rutiege of the bureau of
mines have been appointed by Indian
Commissioner Cato Sells to appraise
the coal and asphalt lands in the Choc-
! taw and Chickasaw nations under an
action of Congress of February 8 1918
The appraisers must complete their
work in six months after which the
mineral lands will be offered for sale
Ed Baker former county judge of
Blaine County W H- Wlsdon former
agent and superintendent of the Chey-
enne and Arapaho Indian agency at
Cantonment and Ernie Black inter
preter for the tribes were arraigned
before Federal Judge Cotteral on
charges of conspiring to defraud the
government They entered pleas of
not guilty and each was released on
bonds ot $3500 Baker and others
whose names are Unknown got own-
ership to vast Indian lands as a result
ot a conspiracy with Wlsdon and
Black
Healdton olf has advanced to $148
and Cushing to $225
An Elks lodge will be instituted In
Woodward March 29
Gladys sevenyear-old daughter ot
Mr and Mrs A McCullough of Collins-
ville died of rabies 1
The first War 8avfngs bank in south
western Oklahoma was opened in Al-
tus March 27
The ' little town of Cory fourteen
mlleB northwest ot Wayonka was com-
pletely destroyed by fire last week '
Rev W L Daniel of Frederick re-
cently called by the Rlngling Baptist
congregation as pastor has accepted
the calL ' (
Corporal Lewis A 8lmone
Reno has been decorated with
war cross by tbe French government
for heroic conduct on the field of bat-
tle rlnformatlon has reached Tulsa Jrom
reliable sources that the Santa Fe
Railway company is about' to start
work on its $2000000 terminal Im-
provements there at once -
q
Whether the federal reserve branch
of the Kansas City parent bank shall
come to Oklahoma City or Tulsa was
put directly up to the bankers qf the
state last week when the federal re-
serve board at Washington demanded
that a referendum be taken for the
purpose
v
STATEHOUSE BREVITIES j
There it still a surplus of labor for
all kinds of work In Oklahoma accord-
ing to reports of applications at the
state free employment agency '
Chlckasha will probably be the first
town in Oklahoma in which 6-cent
street car fares will become effective
Tbe advanced rates approved by the
state corporation commission will be
charged after April 1
Filing for state offices will begin
April 28 and close June 16 according
to announcement made by Joseph S
Morris secretary of the state election
board- Candidate for county officers
may begin filing May 7 and the filing
time closes July 6
The railroads have already re-established
the three-cent fare in Okla-
homa ' Attorney General Freeling
plans to have the corporation commis-
sion establish' a 2V4 cent fare in the
near future which would re-open the
whole matter on the new basis nd
probably establish this fare till it could
again be threshed through the courts
Industries at the state penitentiary
were operated at a profit of $12422175
In the seven months ending January
31 The total earnings were $438-
32973 and the total expenses $314
10798 Tbe twine plant at the prison
showed the greatest profit for the pe-
riod turning in $7015259- Two In-
dustries the printing plant and the
dairy showed losses in operation
Seventeen boys in the state train
training school at Paul's Valley are
to be let out at once to responsible
farmers who will use them them as
farm hands If the boys make good
on the farms it is the intention of
the board to parole them The action
of tbe board was taken to help relieve
the shortage ot farm labor it was said
and at the same time to give the boys
a chance to work their way to tree
dom
Ed Boyle state mme inspector won
his petition for a restraining order
against the state corporation commis-
sion and A L Walkei chief conserva-
tion agent before Judge John W Hay-
son at Oklahoma City when the state’s
demurrer to the petition was over-
ruled by the court By this decision
Walker is restrained from oil and gas
inspection in the state of Oklahoma
and from interfering in any way with
the duties in oil and gas work that
were done by the state mine inspect-
or’s office before Walker was appoint-
ed by the corporation commission in
1916
Fred Parkinson date examiner anl
inspector is in favor of a substantial
increase in the valuation of railroad
station property and will make such a
recommendation at the next meeting
of the state hoard of equalization As
far as the valuation on railroad prop-
erty per mile It probably Is at aIalr
figure but station property Is too low”
Mr Parkinson said “The railroads
shouldn't object to an equitable valua-
tion for with their increased revenues
from new passenger rates they will be
able to pay it”
At no place in Oklahoma is the preo
of gasoline baaed on the quality of the
product and many of the widely adver-
tised brands of gasoline which com-
mand a higher price are in reality at a
lower price according to testimony
given in the state's suit to fix the
price of gasoline Tulsa get the best
gasoline in the state and Newkirk the
poorest according to Cross’ testimony
Based on an arbitrary price of 20 cents
a gallon Tulsa gasoline would be worth
2222 cents and Newkirk gasoline 1798
cents according to the engineer’s
figures
There are more than a million
pounds of binder twine at the Me-
Alester penitentiary ready for ship-
ment -and by the time the harvest
season opens two million pounds will
be available The state board of af-
fairs has fixed tbe price ot this binder
twine at twenty-two cents At this
price It is estimated that the state
will make $75000 to $100000 on the
twine 'The price of binder twine as
fixed by the food administration tor
the harvest of 191 Is twenty-three
cents for carload lots ot more than
20000 pounds
YOUR SICK GUILD
IS COilSTIPATED!
LOOK AT TONGUE
HURRY M0THER1 REMOVE POL
0N8 FROM LITTLE 8TOMACH
LIVER B0WEL8
GIVE -CALIFORNIA 8YRUP OP
FIG8” IF CROSS BILIOU8
OR FEVERISH
No matter what alls your child a
gentle thorough laxative should al-
ways be the first treatment given
If your little one Is out of sorts
half-el ck Isn’t resting eating and act-
ing naturally— look Mother I see If
tongue la coated This is a sure sign
that the little stomach liver and bow-
ala are clogged with waste When
cross Irritable feverish stomach sour
breath bad or baa stomach-ache diar-
rhea sore throat full of cold give a
teaspoonful of “California Syrup of
Pigs” and In a’few hours all the con-
stipated poison undigested food and
our bile gently moves out of the lit-
tle bowels without griping and you
have a well playful child again
Mothers can rest easy after giving
this harmless "fruit laxative” because
It never falls to cleanse the little one’s
Over and bowels and sweeten the stom-
ach and they dearly love Its pleasant
taste Full directions for babies chil-
dren of all ages and for grown-ups
printed on each bottle
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups
Ask your druggist for a bottle of "Cal-
ifornia Syrup of Figs " then see that
tt Is made by the “California Fig Syrup
Company"— Adv 1
Too Much
A playwright and an actor were fat
conversation when the former who
has been none too successful of late
exclaimed gloomily:
“People will praise my work after X
am dead”
“Well" said the actor In a consol-
ing tone perhaps you are right but
don’t you think It’s a great deal of
acrlflce to make for a little praise?"
—Everybody's Magazine
WOMAN’8 CROWNING GLORY
is her hair If yours Is streaked with
ogly grizzly gray hairs use “La Or
ale" Hair Dressing and change It la
the natural way Price $L00 — Adv
Too Late
Ellen — “Cheer up old top you’ll get
her yet" Lee— “You’re always look-
ing on the dark side"— Panther
The man with a good appetite never
wastes time speculating on the ele-
ments of war bread
Inflainatioii 4 Swellings
ef 11 kino In ltveetock eu be
jriekVrrodiioed by ulas ca Iuvn
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Bant’ Salve formerly called
Hunt's Core la especially com-
pounded for tbe treatment of
Itch Ecsema Blue worm and
Tetter and la sold by the drop-
flat on the strict guarantee that
the purchase price 75c wlU be
promptly refunded to any dlasst
Lfied customer Try Hnnt'eSalve
at our risk Your local druggist
or direct by mail from
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