The Oklahoma News (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 91, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 12, 1918 Page: 4 of 9
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Published »t th» n«w
Kin Building. <07-409
W. Grand-av, Oklaho-
ma City, by The Okla-
homa New* Company
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Walnut 7000.
The Oklahoma News
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OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED
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AS TO HOLDING OUT
while their enemies must endure alL
the terrors of winter in the mountains i
with their supplies dependent upon;
their ability to keep "pen adequatt
transpnrtat i"ti
passes. Indei
'Continual From Our I*u*t Ih*ue)
“When in* callfsl w«* were drawn
A
of
Cad'ana long ago planned for.a retire
presell
s war
A Rood deal is poinR to depend upon
power of endurance against the rig1 t's
of winter, and even the most rahid
German tacticians must admit that
the present status is more lavorahle t"
the allies than ever before.
Last winter and winter betot'e it
was the entente soldiers who 1m«! >"
stand fast in mud, slush and water
of the lowlands. This winter these
soldiers hold all the highlands on the
450-mile front from the North Sea ;<•
Switzerland, barring a few small sec mined by < .crman pn«p.agaiuia
tors, and it is the (‘.crman soldier wh<> It tin
must endure the musk-rat existence, going t<
Over in Ttalv the Italians hold the troops,
comparatively comfortable pi a i " s, I comes.
ijf>on o
4*11*1 •Slt
|»<t hmc<I
there v
“By 1
and am
wo
par i-le In f<»ur cornfMiuos. '
. I to uttention, while ! 1
lown the I in«*. ti^kiiin if
ro ally complAint*.
» suit* w.ui the commandant 1
..... .....!*• r German officer *'
tliru blizzard-swept |Tm; .^roiiv I'Hivati: -
it i* said that General | 1,1 Tlu: nokioi.k kkoimi"
- - • ' *1 came out with the original *-x '
pt-diiion u > force, and wtu In tl.e I
retreat from Mon*, but was f i«»t «’ »I *
turd <11G.1l October. mu
Tht* Cirman soldiers who « al-
lured me treated me quit** "*il
ill effects upon the morale ot m attend "to
forces which u;i. being stcadov under our w.-un-ioi
ment to tin'
as first rlav
foi hidden t"
line "f the 1’iavo
strategy, hut was I
ive because of t he j
he morale of hi*,1’
he furniture con*
U with two l i.*n»
«.f drawers and
■ i « :..4.r Home "f tl
ti as many a- ■ e\
• r» <*ms are fairly
t apjatar to Ik- uvei
\ Urge room wm
• l.ritifh prisoners,
tf.e ltussian pri
• re furnished at the
o-e with a piano, an
m l u-ed as anteroom
nteroutn. however, never
|«»|>ular, as t lie
\ referred tlieir own
« amp* ’ other end the devil was raking out
ich. a the cinders.
i t *b!e M\ .story is drawing to a close
'' tc’n' The h».*4| :* i‘ train. hearing its
l'*- *'ul human freight. ; issot thr. Namru.
itut do [.iege. llrussfts, anil Antwerp to the
I>Utch frontier.
All who could do so looked eager
ly out of the window for the mo
into
t-n Ik
I row iit^il
.el aelde for
and another
oners
The lim-
it- h
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I had Ju>t handaged up the leg
."'[of a man in the Cheshire Kegiment.
,'illiccl hues hold, • .ermanv i-tvi,.. tu.t nor in* foot blown off
have a lot of "well seasoned"!when “» "1<? Rrlwn'r* were ora.r«-t I
thefre mont when they would pass
prisoi.erb* ex frf*dom
d card tables.
The train slopped at a small sta-
tion right on the front.er, and #01110
formalities were gone thru It
started again—there was a German
sentry there was a Hutch sentry—
we were over. Hurrah!!!
Cheer after cheer rang out from
that Ion* line of prostrate men.
My story is told.
I am Kick in my own home now:
otic 4cii.sc, before spring
and al".ut. There were also two tennU* from my solicitor#; 1 have torn
t.T built by tlie officers.
While the British attitude toward
the Dardanelles lias been pretty well
understood, open and definite declara-
tion for international control i* some
thing a bit new in war aims, as we
remember matters.
WHEN THE TURKS LET GO
her so-called de
tact..
flirting wiJi separate peace
At the beginning of the war, when j never before, the
vernment
UI M'|i»u ait: jifiitt: prnpnsi-
lions, internationalization of this most
important outlet
sounds better.
Certain it is that, when peace conies
and the world plunges into trade as
to the rear.
“A Herman officer came up
01.1. rot US bolt) to net track. t.ut I .
nut that tlie ChMhlru man
w.us Ha. l.a.lly wounded to bo niuv.-d |
without help. He ordered me t" t
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off leer J
livmis rooms,
warmer.
To** French had no anteroom,
alt ho 1 think they could have se*
cured had they desired it.
The ground# outside the building
were very «ma!i, altho Just before
».ft a field w.u* thrown open, I and a# l conclude thin record the
,. the officer* could kick a ball postman bring* me a letter It in
oi>en. and find an account. The .
TL*- picture doe* not #et*m an un- | irony of fate closes the chapter:
t-.int one. and 1 do not th'.nk -To services rendered in connee-
4. officer# imprisoned there ever 11km with tlie death of Captain |
Nobbs!" i Kor
work n» head of the -Auxiliary lin*
mar#:on Suffolk home,
i.t urn i*ark \n ickliani market, the
}1(.ss (if Hamilton has recently
ten cited by military chief*.
Tlie due he#* i* widely known a«
< r icU shot and during horse
ider.
her untiring and unselfish
THK EXT).
find skeliton of mam
LOST IN MINE IN 1839
/I, / nil 'I l‘ri ,4.
I,.plln. Mo. .Ian. 12.—Minna
. '. itiinu out i.n old rh-.ft at (lalena
K;,n. diwovered u »k4ileton which
h. ^n identified a, that of Ivan
I'lrimrtnn. a mine operator, whr
dis.ippeared Hie nlulit of tieoember
I 1 v .c, idem Ifleat ion wan mailt
possible thru I he findinir of a key
rim; with r.irinston'a name eri
tved Oli It.
GIVE BANANAS TO POOR
I III, I niliil I'rin
I to spin, .1.111. 12—Two million ripe
I .a lianas weie offered by the United
' l-'rtiit (-0 toniulit to the paid ad
ministration of Maryland for dis-
irllaitlon nmoiis tlie poor.
A telecram from the offiee of
the company here to Herbert
Hoov -r. national food admlnlutra-
! tor. raid that the Hteamalilp Vika
had arrived at lialtlmore with IS.-
Don laincheH of tlie fruit, which,
owing 1.1 I lie faet that the veHeel
was held up a week by ire In
Chesapeake bay. had berome
and when
railway station* school children li
induced tla- C.erm in author!- j
to grant fa\ or* to ltritlih of-t
threw tlilnka at uh.
"We were
Turks will have tol^^n.
Cousin Nicholas Romanoff was otu- U-1 go <.f tlu- Dardam-l'os, and it will
01 ibc operating allies, it was generally j be safest t<> tile new free states of the
conceded that control of the Parda- east and most advantageous to great
nclles was to lie part of Russia’s share Russia's delayed development t have
in the spoils of war. With Russia I control of the Dardanelles participated
breaking up into independencies and | in by the big, powerful nations.
but in*
diers nliouhl he
. away.
I 1 Kent to
was MfVt-ral times
: working purlieu, and
sum* t im*‘ - t retite
A philosopher is a fellow
made the best of a few things
mess of a whole lot.
that's
and a
Some more winter sports—
Holding the skein while the women
folk wind it up into a ball.
Borrowing coal from the neighbor.
Lending coal to the neighbor.
Talking about the gas bill.
Hugging the radiator.
Butter is selling at $2.25 a pound in
Berlin. We don’t know why but we'll
wager the Berlin grocers tell the cus-
tomers it’s on account of the war.
A Chicago councilman, discussing
the cabarets, says it's about time to
put up the bars. What’s a cabaret
without a bar? .
f the eastern world .....
,v,.,-«. paraded "ii the platform and t:-
...
officer#, for instance, on sign-
Riven nothlllR P. eat. Iiir a parole, are allowed once nr
latinn we appealed t" twice each week to Ri> for a Ions
who rpnke Knitllnh; country walk In company with only :
said that unly Herman snl on.- Herman officer; and this priv- |
fed, and turned III-;-.- I* at at any rate worth an
equal amount of consideration be- ]
Hameln l.aser I Ins shown toward the Herman of- ,
Kent out with fleers in England.
we wero i was very much impressed with |
I very nmglily, es- the fair and bystematlc handling of
. ,.,-ially When there ’was only uin our parcels, letters, and money,
under’officer in .'hurl!- «l us. ladters are distributed oach mnrm !
"About IDO men were taken away Ins. I'arrels arrive on Mondays
from the laser in tlie early part of and Thursdays, and a list is made
work in a factory, hut out and sent round the same aftei- I
it was a munition noon, from which each prisoner !
only the fast ones-if you understand
months' imprisonment. 1 know this appears at an appointed hour the I
f„r a fart,1 because 1 have spoken following day to receive hla par-,
u„, lm.n They were very badly cels, which are opened by t.ie l.et
t,-cited and one of them is In bos- man censor in his presence.
. , ' , insane." i The charse made to the prison-
Till’ STo’liv (M- l-niVATK--ers for food was 47, marks per
or’ Till' MIHDimSl'.X ui'.ni- month. We were afterward* In
MKNT TOhh Ml-', IN IU.KN- | formed that by a new regulation
*111 'UST CAMP. the charge, by some international,
■j Wlla »t Soltau Lager for a long arrangement, had to be reduced to
time before we came here. We used 30 marks per month. And the corn-
one loaf of black bread
Report lias it that McAdoo intends
to order a 11 the fast trains taken oil. It
tin* war to
when they found
what we are trying to say—are drop-
lied there won’t be nianv changes in
i t lie schedules.
They have barred silk underwear at |
U. S. army camps. First tiling you
know a soldier won't be allowed to
keep a valet.
tlie onlv tiling congress has
: . . . ;onlv food tie Rot
lit to investigate IS Its own ,.„frei, fol. breakfast, und the
About
not seen
action in exempting congressional sal
.-tries from the war income tax.
mandunt explained that for this ,
d-.v C 11.s) between 10 men. The | sum he could only supply the same
} " wa* some sort of : ration which the men received, but
In R'-t
same would continue to supply the old
ration if the officers would volun
It is rumored down east that the
next shortage will be of oil. We hope
it isn’t one of those psychological
shortages, like the coal shortage.
TIicre’s to be a national Thrift Day
next month. We’ve been thinking
over the ways we can save on that
day and have finally decided to tip no
waiters.
Chicago Chinamen who have been
called before the food administrator
for selling chop sucy on Meatless
Tuesdays arc puzzled. They sa\ they
don’t know what to put in it. Did
they ever know?
And what difference what they put
in it so long as nobody knows?
^,„BUr*o«rwtTwr «ar«.y agree in continue paying 43
undrinkable, some thin washy stuff, marks, and extra for their bread -
occasionally wo got some potatoes. ! which, of course, they did
. ... th(. earlv part "f the war j This ration consisted of Unit.-
th-re were about 60 of our fellows tlon coffee for breakfast and no
work In a munition factory, j food. A plate of washy stuff called
there and saw soup, for dinner, followed by some
Mont to
Hut when they got
If some less efficient congressmen
we could mention would follow the ex-
ample of patriotic Royal C. Johnson
and join the army, the war ought to
speed up.
President Wilson played golf during
the worst glaz" storm in the history |t»ld them that: ir d“hn^1 muf Tn7nZ afterwards one feels
[ \\y i • . . • thov would l»t* Hliot. linn uu.> . , _____,
of Washington. v* ant neat mir presi m;ule ;l s
dent for surefootedness-
joke, either.
what they had to do, they refused, j sloppy mushed potatoe s, and some
They were Hue; led with all kinds 1 times green stuff; and for supper,
of things t" make them work, and - more sloppy potatoes,
then they were lined u,. against a To satisfy ones hunger on a
will and a number of German 1 cold day yvith such food -which
^•.•:lod lnUf,...... Of them, and tnd
! made
-and that's noibrought
tho lie* had never had a meal.
Prisoner# were allowed lo receive
ns many letters as they were lucky
A Christmas dinner in Berlin cost
$50. That’s not so much—when you
stop to think wlmt German money is
worth.
show of loading, and
their rifles up to the
Hlmtild^rs When our men still re* ....... • , ,
taken into a build- enough I" J,..ve sent them; and
three in I here does not appear to he any re-
three strlction as to the length ot the
wild, “and
starved, 1
for
<;nly t*‘11 you that
on »1»«*
What has become of the old-fash
ioned girl who used to knit silk neck-
ties? (Or did she crochet ’em?)
Many passenger coaches, we read
in the newspapers, are to be converted
into freight ears. And there are many
that can he converted into freight ears [they wore found >urud m
; •. « . ,11ft, ’ flour, KiuwiiuT ;it their fingers.
without a $»Tcat deal ol change.
--* ! rn.MTKIl IX.
Free .VI l.ast.
After having lu'en in daily
jpectation of
| fused they were
j inand lucked up two
| a room, and left there for
o.; four days xvitlioiit fooG or walev arp a„„wprl to wrlt(.
011' ""i-'.'i " p'l-iv-'iti' ’ - ' if he was Idlers of four pages each, and four
qUlte^Mire „f this statement and postcards cacti month. All Idi.-rs
the length "f time, as the men are remaned by.......
would I*** reduced to ;i state of ah*
solute starvation.
••I ain «iixitt* sure about it.” he . , . ,
ill,, being whether invisible Ink had been used.
staff of censors
in tho camp. Outgoing letters .ini
, 1»
tcards aro held for 10 days, with |
vi»*\v uf ascertaining, l hel’eve.
baseballs. Huh! Sht/never had a team ownership. Maybe the horrors are onh
that was deuce high, anyhow.
La Follettc will now take bis place j sa-''
in the investigators’ frying-pan. Say.!
we hope he doesn't get scrambled up'wh
with Hoover, Baker and Daniels.
I was passed for England!
I had waited for this moment for j
three long months; I had no occu-
pation of an> kind, and spent most j
of my time lying on my bed or sit-
ting on an uncomfortable chair be*
voyage to England, fore tlie firo, In hourly expectation |
of the door opening to tell me of
me a fit * f the blues. my freedom.
As the door was olo-ed and bolted At 7 o'clock on the following eve
horrors of pOVCmtlUMl* I behind me. 1 felt like one who was ning motor cars, each with two
losing liis freedom forever in the trailers*, went toward the station,
, t ^ , dungeons of a mighty fortress. j filled with totally disabled soldiers,
psychological, as Doc (^nrfield WOlllcM Osnalmu'k ramp is part uf li rav* ' enroute for EiiRland.
ulry barracks, and the accomnioda* ; Even their captors thought it was j
lion, therefore, is what one would not worth while to keep them.
I expect in English barracks, and j War is a monstrous machine of j
quite suitable for soldiers. ; the devil. At one end tin* manhood
The rooms are comfortable; there of* Britain was pouring into its i
Is <i small stove with coal provided, fiery cauldron- and here at the I
I Constant Reader—Yes, the railroad!
presidents who are praising lhe gov
I crnineiit's action in taking over the|my univ.a at o*n:iiuuik camp bov-
ilines are the same ones who used to
Italy bans importation of American point out the
What has become of the old-fash
ioned man who used to yell, "Social
ism!" Every time there was talk
was old uncle l’ierpont Morgan I;
o asked, "Can you unscramble an
| egg?" But the Russians are showing
i how to do it.
COMEDIES OF THE CAMP
King George has given a medal to
fj.'t North Dakota woman for knitting.
the government taking over the rail We don't know what lie gave to her
roads?
- husband.
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Before the war #omo people here]a certain path
took trips across the sea each year. I feet in a single track there. (And
A sort of charm tho old world; you know that's saying something.) j
We could get both {Street car, we had to peg against
* the wind.
held; the landscapes' beauty there
excelled. A vague ambition poor
men nursed, to cross the pond— stand
When Warren K
In Georgia the bootleg stuff, la I
Snyder didn't lulreo» ls ca^e^ "White Lightning.' |
#ee Europe fimt. And then U*
boats, gray and gaunt, deterred the
Aimless ocean Jaunt
But compensation comes this
year, the foreign climates traveled
here. While hut a little while .i«o,
Italian .sunshine was aglow, hist
Thursday evening seemed to reek
with ltussian blizzards, hard and
bleak. And now with shivering feet
And scalps we view on Tenth, tlie j
#now capped Alps. About the c.ipi* !
up ill
court, Judge Oldfield 1,1,1 that’s a tnlsnomer because light
reprimanded him. Snyder stood up, I nhig is said never to strike twice
| in the same place.
# • •
When tlie Woman Suffrage j
nmendmeni passed the house, it
was voted for by two sick men, J
and many 111 representatives.
Not her words, there was quite a j
bit of sufferage.
• • A
WAR ( AMOKS. ,
j Etta Stake, a young girl, conk
! In a trench lunch room, was dec-
And near the city!buck* |ier capita. Our* was do Witti the cider of the Irish
but was later called down again.
• • •
ETC., ETC.
Notice: 1 am In the market for
liecans. raw furs and hides and
second hand sacks. 1 also do sow
dames .Meadowcroft.—- Adv. j
iti Nowata Daily Star.
• • •
Mike Donnelly says tills snow is
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tol there lay the whitened lands of , worth $r»,000,000 to tho city. Fifty
old Norway.
water tanks, a g’arier glides in posited in
Winding banks.
And even those who can’t afford jor it will liquidate
to cross the pond, or pay their
board on high class ships, can see
the sight of Alps built up
over night.
snow hank, hut Wednesday Inst for mu* il’cdj
j we re afraid to give a draft on it, f(q. briivtM’y and violence in dealing
j with the edibles. .Mum SGilv, in ‘
an effort to outdo the young lieu i
! tenant who licked a stamp, heat ,
• two eggs, and then whipped u pint j
1 of cream.
kW9H* —*~ • -•
^>4^«’,*^*4.».'^*| 4**U.
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However, the men who say they
here, 1 like blizzards don't seem to bo
overly anxious to get out and kick
around in them.
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No reflection on tho government,
but the publication of plctiiren of
Oil theae Red Croxa nureea look* to
Ua like a recruiting acheme.
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The number of enlistment* nl
way* Jump! right after n front
page out of "Qlrt Salta t’or France"
Muff.
a • a
The men with big feet won ap-
preciated rather than laughed at.
Juet after the 'alluard. Hla foot-
, prints were ao convenient.
* e •
Butgiwe'd Ilk* lo know who made
Headline suya: "C’lilneae quick to ,
learn value of Athletica." Connie
Trade: fi-piiaaengei M.„.k should i\li|% i.ite that.
Will trade for ti i ____ . _
NO (WI SE ASSIGN El).
; For Sal# or
j Overland car.
far ST„,^dfrnAr ^Ing one-third of output
Neva. USED BY GOVERNMENT
« • •
A chicken Inches high Is the Mills of Oklahoma City are sell
pride of, the Chicago poultry show. ' mg to the government one third of
Bight here in Oklahoma City they their output each month. This
are often as high iu» $1 I amounts to approximately 10,000
• • • barrels of flour each month going
The car company did nobly dur i from Oklahoma City to training
Ing the blizzard. Notwithstanding j camps and cantonments,
the fact that after waiting 45 min*1 Since Sept. 1 the mill* have
utea for a Broadway or Bhartel I been doing till#. ,
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"Yea, air, tlila la tlie tnllcat hot cl In thla aecttnn,"
Aviator: "Can you fix up u room on tli' roof?"
1 pital into which she |i.,a converted‘anl-dd.. thru regular clu.nnola.
‘‘Now
Let’s
Talk It
Over”-
\\'e must lock facts square in the face.
The Price of your wearing apparel is certainly
advancing—
—hut fortunately, business com tions arc
EXCELLENT—have never been better—
—plenty of work for in all—the laborers
wages arc commensurate with his work in most
eases, but—
PRICES—
ON EVERYTHINGCONTINUF, UPWARD
Winh our 19 years of buying and selling experience we can see no
promise of a decline in the near future either—therefore \vc advise you
with every assurance—TO III Y—TODAY—your hall apparel.
Don’t wait later to hear, “I told you so.”
AN INVESTMENT NOW IN ONE OF THESE
SUITS OR OVERCOATS AT FROM $25 UP
will certainly prove—
and
SENSIBLE PURCHASING FORESIGHT
Splendidly tailored l.y STEIN-1!LOCI I, SOCIETY BRAND
other*, every garment offered you now means—
TRUE CLOTHING VALUE—
and when you see tluir future price wi'll regret not Inlying two of
each at the present prices.
The Commercial Economy Board of National Defense having
lonjr ago assumed control ut prices on wheat, coal, steel, etc.,
now takes over the nation’s wool supply.
“LISTEN”—
In a letter to the Garment manufacturers of the U. S. last Sept,
this hoard wrote that the nation’s wool shortage necessitated theil*
conserving the present supply tor the Army and Navy, suggesting
cotton-mixed fabrics and fabrics containing re-worked wool fur the
civilian’s clothing. And you know this is—
UNCLE SAM’S VOICE SPEAKING
as well as forcing the issue at this time.
That a wool-famine is imminent none can deny—we’ll realize its
true meaning when we buy our hall suit.
BETTER BUY NOW
while these last—you’d rather save than be sorry.
MOTHERS—
—for vour purse and ynir HOY’S SAKE—look to his
outfitting NOW .
It's the opportune time to get liis apparel before
the advance in prices in boys’ togs that will he as
noticeable—even more so than on the men's, later on.
Our B. & M. “Boys’ Quality” Shop
can supply his entire wardrobe at a saving worth con-
sidering.
Accept This Sincere BUY NOW
advice from a store that has always merited your coufidencc-
to guide you right—
that wants
“YOUR STORE OF 19 YEARS O F RELIABILITY’*
#85/
fJ0S.
^ BARTH&MYER
snTis main street.OKLAHOMA C/TYL
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