Oklahoma State Register (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 13, 1917 Page: 2 of 8
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PAGE SIX
OKLAHOMA STATE REGISTER
American Seen at
Close Range in Paris
Ijondou. Sept. v < Keeiprocai .Wws
Service. From I Queen Anne's Gate,
Ixiudon) By Georjge T. I lye -The beat
picture of the American soldier in
Kurope, an 1 have sen him, is lined u;
for mess, with his knife, fork and
on jabbed -pirate fashion down hb
oiiiK, with a wistful light a;ix>ut it is
ayes and a most forlorn mouth. H<-
has the air of a < -r wader who is about
to ge food and knows thai tie is goitiK
to get Ifss titan he wants.
The American rations, I found on
the lirst visit made to an American
camp by any Ix>ndon correspond on t.
have boon reduced from banqueting
proportions to the simple battle fan
of the French and Kngliah Our buy
grumbled at first, they fold me. be
cause the rumor spread around cajnp
that they wore In a diet squad. The
hare idea of medicos experimenting
with them made thom furk)us. Now j
they are resided, since it Is the act
of a crusader for civilization to deny
his appetite for the sake of others, j
Tlie war menu is necessary because'
of the diffc til ties of trausporti bocauae
tiie Americans should not fare better
than their ullies, and b oca use it bas
ben found the allotted amount of food
Us sutlbei ti Tonights rat iona con-
sisted of a thick mutton chop, one
oiled potato, a spoonful of turnips, a
inch slice of war bread and a
generous cup of coffee
1 1 now l^n getting enough to eat
becaui e I can ihustle to beat the band,"
one artilleryman told tne. and th«n
sighed. ' Hut when 1 think how I used
to punish flood and now, these little
.spoonfuls 1 get; and only one piece of
tread, Goali!"
There is no battling order at meals, j
When mess nail sounds, «■ very body j
scamp:ers for packs, from which the
regulation tins and cutlery are ex-1
tracted. In explaining his shoulder
cupboard to me, one Wisconsin artil-
leryman said that the top otf lys ateiw-
pan when inverted was for ivsert, -but
that he didn't need to Invert it anv
cnore.
After meals eAch soldier must a
tend carefully to his ganbagc. bones
going into one tank, coffee grounds
or tea leans into another, and the
s< rapings into a third The reaourco-
ful (English ana French refine the
grease and gel a powder ingredient.
The tea and coffee Is mad< into chem-
icals.
There was a great protest against
foreign cooking when these men first
went into foreign camp. The mess
was centracfd for completely cooked
and ready to serve, but the Americans
fresh from the Mexican border hung-
ered for the cuisine of their camp
cooks. Probablj tin* wanted some-
thing of home in this region of appal-
ling strangeness. At any rate the
commanding officer, by tactful ar-
rangement, had the meat and vege-
tables delivered uncooked and the men
< .eered at the sight of the smoke and
the smell of aromas from their com-
pany kitchens They have enjoyed
home eookiug since.
Our boys frequently meet allied de-
tachments. and the hobnob like col-
legc classmates or rather like old
women over a back fence. I think my
tin st experience at the camp, was to
hear two Americans describing to
about eight Tomcnies their remarkable
adventures chasing Villa in Mexico
It mattered not that the Englishmen
were just from the front, with trench
mud still in their hair.
Nothing mattered but that eight
very tired warriors were listening to
a doit I> lobar re led narrative from two
lively foreign comrades, and were list-
ening eagerly. Their sympathy knew
no limit when they heard of the heat
the bottomless sand, the scorpions and
tartintulas of the Mexican campaign
and finally of Villa's escape.
I found nothing but a satisfied spirit
among the men, particularly because
teivy are the tlrst Americans on the
Job. Quite a nuuiiber gave me cards
on which was printed with a flourish,
"First American Expeditionary Force."
That describes the sentiment. They
are plentifull> supplied with Ameri-
can newspapers in which they read
of the progress of drafting with great
interest. When they si oke of the six
hundred thousand in tihe cantonments
•back home, tlierr faces took on smiles,
rugged smiles. They knew they had
a backing as mighty as the mightiest.
1HJK VOTK \N ItlHIlT NOT
IS K \VOIt, KOOMJKVKLT SAY'S
l> SimtUiK KPRKCII.
Ileal Democracy Provides lor Kii-
joy incut of Right for Ooing Out).*'
Oyster Hay, N. V., Sept. x Women
are entitled to the vote as a right, and
not as a favor, Colonel Roosevelt told
a gathering of about five hundred suf-
fragists and their friends, who mo-
tored to hi* home at Sagamore Hill
this afternoon. He -declared himself
most emphatically in favor of woman
suffrage and was heartily applauded
when he said
"On the whole, the citizen to whom
i will pay the greatest deference as
doing the most indispcnsible of all
duties is t < mother. 1 will put her
ahead of every other human being. To
deuy the mother the vote scorns to be
somethi.-.4 so proposterous (hat our
descendants will Jail to understand
how we could <all ourselves self-gov-
erning and democratic and yet deny
it
This is the only meeting dealing
with any matter not direcLly connected
h the war at whi -b I have eon-
1 tn p . k to all." said the col-
uel, in opoiing his address 'I con-
sented In this case because l wished
to see this war put through to a suc-
cessful conclusion at no maximum
< ost. I wish to see eve in tnan and
every woman iu this country d< vote
every ounce of his or her strength
to the end and when 1 wish that de-
mand to 'be made uikmi every one I
wish correspondingly justice to 1*
dope every one.
During the last three years we
have been in the nabit of thinking
about what 'democracy' means, and I
believe that as we grow wiser we will
steadily come to the belief that ou
the oue hand we must in a democracy
suffer no injustice, and on the other
hand we must do no Injustice. In other
words, democracy must ibe a type of
lolltical organism in which overy
right enjoyed is conditioned upon a
duty performed and every duty i>er-
formed oieans the corresponding en-
joyment of a right.
"I wish to state wit'h .ill the em-
phasis in my power that if either man
or woman refuses to do his or her
dutr. 1 hold that they have no right to
the prlviledge of duty I do not put
it on the ground of s. x. I sa> that it
should be given to her as a right
People say that if women ure given
the ballot they will fall to perform
their other duties As I notice that
the average man who is most apt to
i say that is ti e individual who Is not
particuluar of th< duty performing
himself.
i "People have said to me that we
must not have women vote because
I they would he pacifists The lx>rd
knows I despise a pacifist and I have
made no especial • ffort to dissemble
my feelings about that. But I hav.
failed to notice that among them the
shirking sisterhoods of pacifists out-
numbers the bleating brotherhoods ol
pacifists."
join HAIM.IM'Oin SINUS S \\
SON ti.
Manufacture of Whisky Is Stopped
Through Food Itlll Provisions.
Washington. Sept, s Tonight a.
11 o'clock whisky manufacture c ased
in the United States, under provision
of the food e oot.ro I law and t he mil
lions of bushels of grain heretofore
used in .making that form of drink
will be diverted to food
Distillers may continue ciianufactur-
ing alcohol for commercial purposes
and many of them hav arranged for
this work, others turning their dis-
tilliiu plants for manufacture of
yeast vinegar and other products
Stocks of whisky in the con tr\ un-
doubtedly are larger than they ever
a\e been Distillers have he u work-
ing at utmost capacity and import
have been larger than ever Officials
estimate the quantity of whisk'., in
bonded warehouses to be about 190,-
000,00t> gallons
IW VOU WANT
Good health,
|tiao> nl«vit
6ouno Slic .
NAnjR^
COMPOUND
COFFEE
ASK YOUR GROCER
*. I I UNI V. VI \ I K DIS fKIlM TOR
Ilex ."is, Oklahoma I it). Ok la.
jjp • *i ** Pte\ ► : ^4 +\ Ml I*
*THE HOME GUARD ^
^ "o
M By EARL REED SILVERS. ^
When the Itahwny Dome Guard was
organized Dor'* Brown was inclined to
be critical.
"It will never do me any good or
you, either," she told Pete Alberts, oue
of the high privates in the rear
ranks. "I don't see why in the jvorld
you wanted to join."
I didn't want to, exactly," Pete
hastened to assure her. "Hut I fel,t
that the city needed protection.
"Humph! A lot of protection you
could give us. What do you have to
do?"
"M\ especial duty is to guard the
approach over the Kast Milton avenue
bridge," Pete explained with dignity.
' As si ion ns a summons comes 1 am to
seize my revolver, cjub, badge, flash-
light and whistle and beat it to the
bridge. Then 1 am to refuse to let any
one enter the city until I receive or-
ders from police headquarters.
Doris smiled ever so fuintly.
"Why did they give you the Milton
avenue bridge?" she asked.
"Because it's only live minutes from
my house. And they probably knew
that I had an especial grudge ugainst
someone living on the other side."
"I suppose you mean Jlitl?"
"You supposed right. An- you going
to let me come to see you tomorrow
night?"
"I can't; someone else is coming."
"Jim, I suppose."
"You supposed right," Doris smiled
mockingly.
When Pete went home that evening
he smiled happily. Something seemed
to tell him that he was going to see
Doris within twenty-four hours. To
be perfectly frank, Pete had received I
inside information that the llome|
Guard was to be called out the next
night, and a plan had entered bis mind ;
which argued ill for Jim Stone.
The inside information proved to be
correct, for at exactly 7 :.'M) of the eve-
ning in question Pete received a tele-
phone call t<i report at ouce at his
station. Il« seised bin gun und other
paraphernalia and Joyfully departed
upon his mission.
It was a' dark iftght and the bridge
was hidden in the shadows. For 20
minutes Pete sat upon the iron railing
waiting for someone to upproach.
Finally his patience was rewarded.
"Halt!" he cried.
The approaching figure halted.
"What's up?" he asked wonderlngly.
"Fm a member of the home guur«l
and I've been Instructed not to let any
one puss until I receive further orders.
You'll have to go back."
The light of understanding came
suddenly to the cluglonged party.
"Oh, hello, Pete," he said. "I'm
Jim Stone."
"I don't care If you're President Wil-
son. You can't pass," Pete said.
"But you know me. I'm not a Ger-
man spy or anything."
"I didn't say you were. Hut I'm a
police officer now, and orders are or-
ders."
"You're crazy. Pete," he exclaimed,
irritably. "You're not supposed to hold
up people you know."
"That's for me to say;" Pete took a
step forward. "You'll have to go back
home," he announced.
"Hut I've got an engagement, I tell
you '
"Where?"
"That doesn't concern you at all.* I
Pete wondered for a moment.
"It looks rather suspicious to m«V' j
he announced finally; "you want to go J
into town but you won't tell me why."
"If I tell you where I want to go
will you let me pnssj?" be asked.
Pete shook his bead.
Jim thought evil thoughts. Finally
he spoke again.
"Are you still going on with this
farce?" he demanded.
"Yep."
"I suppo I'll hyvo to go buck then?"
"Yes, 1 guess you will."
Without a word Jim Stone turned
around and retraced his steps home-
ward. Pete breathed a sigh of relief.
He waited anxiously for ten minutes, |
i.ud then a figure appeared from the I
direction of the town. It was the
squad sergeant.
"All right," he announced. "You kin
go back now. Every member of the
squad reported."
Pete nin all the way home, and when
he had recovered his breath he picked
up the telephone.
"Give me 106-J," he said.
Doris answered ills call.
"No," she announced, "Jim hasu't
come, and it's nine o'clock. If you;
hurry right over you may take lila
place."
i Peter hurried right over.
(Copyright, 1917, by the Met Mure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
Tore Holes in Roof.
A story of a hailstorm which swept'
through part of Indiana comes froin j
George Hobson, a farmer, six miles
west of Columbus, «nys the Imliunnpo* j
lis News.
"I do not expect Anybody to believe
what I have to say," declared Hobson,1
"and all 1 wish is that yon could have
been at tny house and seen those hall* •
Atones, so you would know 1 am telling
the truth. I don't ftuy the hailstone*
were as large as hen eggs, because
they were several times larger. They
seemed to have fro/ u together whlla:
coming dowu, and masses of Ice struck
my house and It# my yard that were as
big us the crown of my hut. If there
Is one hole In the roof of my house 1
there ure a hundred, and some of j
them are so large you could drop a |
brick through without it touching thv
edges,"
WILSON IN II HI G1IKS.
St. Ixxiis Globe-Democrat.
j The other day the president of the
rtilted States, on foot, marched down
j Pennsylvania avenui In Washington
j at the head of a procession of the Dis-
trict of Columbia menu < rs of the Nat-
ional Army. It was a striking illus-
11 ration of democracy l>\ one who, by
virtue of his office i« the supreme
hca(| of the nation, and who is anmed
at this time with authorities unknown
j to us whon at peace. A no less strik-
ing and inspiring Illustration of true
democracy was shown at Saratoga the
I following evening when Charles Hu-
ghes, Mr. Wilson's opponent for the
I presidency, addressed the Am* rican
Bar Association In support of the war
power of the nation and of t e cor.icen-
I tration w ithin the president's hands
of the authority necessary for its suc-
cessful prosecution. No one has given
It artier support to the administra-
tion in this emergency, no civilian has
I personally worked harder for the com-
mon cause, than the Republican! stand-
ard-bearer of last year. Not a word
of partisan criticism has come from
j his lips. As tlie chairman of the Dis-
trict Hoard of New York City he ha*
j labored day and night for weeks in the
J creation of the National Awn . He is
an American first.
His Bpeeen at Saratoga was a pow-
erful and eloquent exposition of the
I power of the government to make
'war under the constitution. "We are,"
; he said, "making war as a nation, or
ganized under the constitution from
which tho established national au-
thorities derive all their powers either
in war or in peace." "Ours," he said
again, "is a tignthng constitution. Its
tranters did not contrive a spec-
tacle of Imposing Lm potency." I
! gave to the government full
power to wage war, and "the
did not contrive framers did not con-
trive a spectacle of imposing linpo-
tency." It gave to the government
full power to wage war, and "the
power to wage war Is the power to
wage it successfully." He reminded
the opponents of strong war measures
that a nation which could not flgtit
would be powerless "to secure the
blessings of liberty to ourselves and
posterity." As to the powers of the
president he said. "The prosecution of
war demands in the highest degree '.he
promptness, directness, and unity of
action in military operations which
ali% e can proceed from the executive
The exclusive power to command the
army and navy and thus to direct and
control campaigns exhibits not au-
tocracy, but democracy, lighting ef
fectivel.y through its chosen instru-
ments. and in accordance with the es-
tablished organic law."
The attitude and action of Mr. Hugh-
es, as Uie head of the party opposed to
Mr. Wilson, arc remarkable evidence
of the esstwiial unity and unalterable
democracy of the American people,
and his argument is unanswerable.
and Gas company, in which, nine
were injured, three probably fatally
The three who may die are Ij. H. Mc-
pherson. foreman; J. U Salle and
<Uv)rgje Paroher. Others injurtx* are
C. W. Tunnell, Hob Perrick. G Neal.
Phillip Mack'y. J. 1). <Sdnunons, O S.
Hufford and E. Parker.
WEATHER Hl ltKAL.
Forecast for the Week Beginning
Scptermer 1017.
West Gulf States:
The
rathe
. w ill be generally lair except showers
j will occur between Sunday night and
{Tuesday in Texas; cooler in th*- inter-
ior early in the week with Reasonable
temperatures theroaftr.
M
\>. srsPKI'TF/l) OF I N.I I'll \ TO
YIN*).
Drumright, Okla.. Sept. 9. Inves-
tigation was begun this afternoon to
determine whether Industrial Work-
ers of the World caused the explosion
yesterday afternoon on the Polly Der-
Plains States and upper an<! Hhtdle
Mississippi Yaliej : The weather will
'be generally fair; moderate teinpei-
atures will prevail during the first
half of the week with somewhat warm-
er during the second half.
H. C. FRANKENFIELD, Forecaster
Saw Your Money to DITY A GOV
KItNiMENT BOND of the SBOOND
LIREJRTY I/)AN
SALE
225—HEAD
WILL BE SOLD
Guthrie, Sept. 21, '17
AT THE
Cimarron Valley Fair Grounds
High-grade
Shropshire
AND
Registered
Pure-Bred
REGISTERED
BULLS
COWS
HEIFERS
BOARS
RAMS
Sale to Begin, 10 O'Clock a. m.
There will be Herefords, Hoi-
steins, Shorthorns, Jerseys, Cattle;
Poland-China and Duroc-Jersey
Hogs.
Everyone interested in good stock
should attend this sale.
SALE TO BEGIN promptly at
10 o'clock a. rn., Sept. 21, 1917.
Bankable notes accepted.
Aucts., O. F. HURTandPEARLE LONG.
Lo^an County Breeders fkftn
H. G. FARQUHARSON. Secretary,
Write for Descriptive Circular of Stock. Guthrie, Okla.
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