The Oklahoma News (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 146, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 17, 1917 Page: 4 of 10
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WE OKLAHOMA NEWS—Pagc l
Published at III-1S W. Oran«-tr..
Oklahoma City. hr Tbo OklshoB*
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on* Walnut 7090.
Nswo Compaqr.' Entered aa second-
msiL Phot *
a. a PARKER Editor.
M. O. CTUOTEM.
Boalaaaa Manaaar.
year. Hi a Ktatka
1 year. Hi a
IIMi 1 Month
SENATORIAL COURTESY.
VITAL BILLS
PUT THRU IN
LAST HOURS
WILLIAM J. BRYAN
Tha Ptxth Oklahoma iegis.u
”*• tUul mrt!<m “PEACE” PORTRAIT OF
’v.’hax waa oace the Spaar anU-
dls-t-tmlEAtica !u burin* bUl Tran
: r.->" tritely postponed by the
htr-Hf rterr. i: appeared in a
oot'K«r.'n report In gutoa of a
bill g.rir.g the corporation oom
m.a<on ur s-tHoOoai over grain
eievarora
rrmhanra Appropriation.
Th# » ic . <-pe that Gov. Wl!
.Tin woo 1<1 -“lent, reused flna.1
*do?> >t: of a reduced appraprla-
• .on for ‘ e Toirkawa unlvn-aKr
preparatory amool whose
.n 'he po-^auent fund apportion-
—IN THE—
economic*, from Adam 9m:'r *o ’"u'e roar.: a:--
:he present time, that the e.t- reury of the C.
________ . ______ in jrer.1 MU were vetoed by the
I continuous teflon (or £0 ho-.:- roverao. early in the week.
By Invoking "senatorial cour-, in- ousul ........
teey,” Gum Shoe Bill” Stone j tore adjourns.! iIm d.e at 5 P
has defeated the natlon-w'd* de-jm. Friday a*-er har.ng beer. ’-
meed thef be be denoeed from I cont 0 ous session (or .0 ho
rVairman.hiP o( The sen.iej,,TrZUT. SufElnis.
committee on foreign relations. • hour*. ::-.# house ... '••"on and grain exchangee, and
“Guir Shoe Bill" will be bored, rollicked and then dwl.- l- :<v^red by .-* Inoletend oneailee
found ’n the lame vitally !m-.'led until Speaker Pa n Ne*b.-t the floor, to repeal the anti-
M1„,M _.S.B , alone remained -vh-n no bro itr.t -roketwhop Hr
portant posit.on . en ong. gavel down fo. the last Mme. A'hen the ronet* refused
convenes lor the extra aeaaloD *ena*e by unani- 'v.m'orsn'^, the house agreed
- —----- ta.ked and main- the original senate bill commer
f
April 16. mo-ia consent, ____
This means that the president , ta!n#d well c er a
. . .... I J . \ - .
and bit cabinet olther will hare not.f:ed —
to deal with tbe senate in all had *u1t’ U«t>t.-Gor. Trapp put
quorum titr.l, r:* .z.ng anl gaa l#a?#3 <,n
that the other bramh e-a'e school Lands. As finally,
lac
matters concerning foreign r<ia- ; jn
l.ons thru an avowed enemy of nigh’, the leg-LJa'ure d’J this-
administration'a policy or I>ire>c;ed subrr.i s.-,n of wom-
had quit. Lieut.-Gov. Trapp put • ' me ?■ s tbe present j
the motion o adloum. .ease* ho.ders g* into the open
hours a'tsr m d- rra.-yet and -• -■ i for their leastts
not deal with it at all
They probably wii! adopt the
latter policy. aa it would be un-
aafe to do otherwise.
How can th* s«nat* expect
that the president or his ad-
risers can bar* any confidential
relations with "Gum Shoe
Bill”?
Th# "mm *ho«" peraon al-
an suffrage to th* voters at
the 1916 general election,
1 ncreoewd th# supreme court
to nine justice# and carved the
state info nine Independent
die* riots.
Kecrea’ed the si.preen* oocrt
eommlwcon with *r.x members
to serve until January, 1919.
Passed the ll.O-'O.Of gen-
eral appropriation b'ii.
Passed :be $300,000 general
deftciener Wil.
tVhen the legtslature entered were the peddlerra" bill and
hof. ;.-~-e-w,~e right. »- the
#vp:rat:on of the current .'-year
periods.
Probably <■>.« most Important
measure* pawd t>y the “gtsla-
f:-e ue'o-e th* citing night
were:
The attorney general’s enforce-
ment act. dlrwc.-^sl at lax county
•.ff.clsi#, the bone-dry’ bdil by
. orguson and the ardm’i-nistration
meavre cr-ating revolving funds
a! t «'a:e fen*: and edu<a’ on*l
Ir.et n.tione
Two vital bill* which 'ailed
berehip -= - : June at the close of tha
- f.vocui i.mv, ias. ice e.i- reu*ry o; cce *. . . was an- Amer.can City Bureau member-
EDITOR S \f ATI, I change valce, or pcrchatlng noun-el Saturday. campaign.
Power of money decreases la Bradbum will J- in Clasyr-n A- — --O———
inverse ra’lo to its- increase in .Co., res! es:^*e firm, Mur N>w Telephone Directory has
been delivered. If you have
rPolitical Advertisement.)
ready has "leaked” one import-
ant nary secret and there can on last night, the euffrag* <he workman * compensation
be no auurmnce that he will and court question* hung in t o amendments, including state in-
sot "leak” another at the first 1 balance.
Ip%ipl
The Suffrage Nsue.
*$$sruBity
no mesul proeosae. of the ! t0 tit bo»*> * ’tho 'even: believed
•urar.ee.
App-siprlat! ons
• rw*aa sa o»r j --un. m, ... «»5-
Oou fere^« on cu If race reported 00.^00 »e:e mmde,
• CCrr-sa-!r.g
HBators who pat "senaiorlai ;Dj rocommending that the sen- The governor and legislature
•ourtosy" atoad of national we!- ate'a literacy teot and specla. elec-, converted tr.e iie.ena agg.c « hool
faro at this critical timo are G<*a pro riel cn* be af cep- <-'! by mto an orphans home and gave
beyond the understanding of as house. The house p-omptly the Broken Arrow aggii, school
_____ .. rejected the report an 1 threw to the e^hoo! district cf that
common foil. tlla amendment back into con- city.
femes. | -—-
- A“‘8 *" ,o“ SESSION EMPLOYES
1/
Just consider for o moment:
Hero Is n man who by tbe
Horrst accident of seniority
"William S'.&v.yat*
_ Quantity. if* was formerly ;-_h
i watt TO K90W. It has been frecuently ?'a <?d taiiers' association and was
The writer has lived here since tha*- more thsn one billion dol- chosen to tho C. ,»f C. posi'ion
1119. lax* in goid has come to this--
Why bow -hst the city owns country ss a result of the war.
1 the water plan!, does the email This would decrease the ex-
conoumer pay a» much as when change value of monev in the
owned by an ind:vidua'? Why is exact ratio of one billion dollars
the large ccniumcr, < rich man . . to the total amount in circula-
te one to get cheap water? I tion at the beginning of the war
do not like the sliding scale. -As the nominal value of
When the people voted $400,000 money is fixed by law, any de-
for the boulevard, was only crease In its exchange value
for the man who could afford musrt react upon the commodity
aa auto? Wagons are ordered for which it is exchanged and
to stay off. The man who has th# pries, of that commodity
heavy hauling an d likes'to use a goes up—we are forced to pay
good road helps to pay for it. * greater nominal money value
The city re?os'«d to help the for it.
"Yellow Mule’’ ge* a line into Wages do not »o resdlly re-
the city or come orer the Classen spond to the increase !n prices,
car tracks Ye- the people »ev- for they are fixed by custom or
eral years ago voted a large sum contract, so that decrease ‘.a the
of money for North Hast Park value of money falls heavily upon
and hav« r.o way to get to it. fhe head of the wage earner,
except the rich who own cars. And this ie the cause of unrest
and agitation during times of
apparent prosperity
i
-.vas not received a copy call PBX.-
p.ifi.
And p>ase don’t charge ?5c per
day for '•ach child who want? to
fish ■ n cur lake.
Why isn’t the Classen Rail- Bl P.eno. Ok?a.
way Co. ordered to extend their . -
lite to : he park, instead of Ask-
ing the people to buy a new jiark
(Fair Grounds!. which never
would be as good a play ground
for picnics? __
A SMAIX CONSC-MBR AND bum
TAXPAYER.
W. J. WELLS.
BRADBURN RESIGNS TO
GO WITH CLASSEN CO. J
Resignation of Harold T. Brad-
as secretary of the rea!
HIGH COST CAUSE.
Editor News:
I have read many articles on
the cause of H r. of L.. but
there is one factor whjoh I have
f‘bV'^pgmteki;TREAsrRER srH001' b°aw>
(Political Advertisement)
CHAS. H. PHELPS
PKMOCRAT
for
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(Political Advertisement) » EEE
tm the most Important po-
„. __ .. .both hoceee. hereeif earo.ed it
***** $■ the senate. early Saturday morning and saw
He uses that position to #m- that the pen with wh'..-h Lieut.-,
barren the president In the Gov. Trapp etgned the document
midst of n grave national crisis.
Then he give* aw«y an im-
portant navy secret which he
has obtained because of his po-
sition.
Ho 4om everything in His
power to make It appear to Ger-
many, which Is threatening ns
with war, and to all tbo met of
tho world, that tho United
States Is dlTtdsd la its a’.ltgt-
snee to the president
Ho lsodo o successful fll’bns-
tsr which prsvsnta a nlas-
tsaths majority of his fsllow-
osastors from vottag to oaouia
tho presldoat la hts detormiaa-
tloa to total American liras
f^d ohipo oa tho freo oceans.
And iHHsdlotely following
tho flaal act In this nn-Amerlcsn
rssord. hefors ths wsvs of
rlghtosns popnlar pmtsst has
• Taashod Its erost, hts fsllsw-
i' ssaators rsappolnt him to ths
*•’ Position h# has bsfoalod, for ho
Wttse rosSon than
ns given v> 3vn. Tucker, «ho
introduced It endigicaily.
Sen. J Elmer Thome? and
GET BELATED BONUS
This portrait of William Jea-1
ningv Bryan, to hang in the office
of the secretary of state, shows
the peace advocate holding a
document supposed to be labeled
“Peace Plan." The portrait spell-
ing is "IVa. <« Plan": The artist,
Irving Wiles of New York, will
(house this before the portrait
Ls hung.
BOB EVANS
it
oen. j timer inoms? ana of the leg(s:a;ure * r————
Sen. F*ed E. Tucker of the sea- keP’- In ruspense for 4S member o* tin? commlrtee. and
ste conferees, agreed with the ?®"r* *a<1 *!»♦«». r.ot 30 m'cu'es late to return ftvjrn the houa-
three house members to support • 9*-or* '•“*> adjournment Sstur- th# house haa sd'orirned sir.e
straight-out suffrage submission, morning, given- ■
but st tbs general election in •T«r7 on*
‘ach and , die
eui at vae general election :n —» $1 e day honor- Thc.re was u'ter Ft’.ence it
19U rather than the August prl- “rl“tn- ■mounting to »74 apiece was taken for granted that th-
mary. The two eenatora named , A dozen clerks. Janitors and unsigned bi-ls sere dead. Vo
had a senate Democratic cancus J^enographera bad been allowed one knew »hn* th»y were <■*
called which voted. 21 to 10. to * • \ la ■ resolution drawn of how great importance
bind tbo mejorlty members for ^ 7 In the week but not final!)- Then Thomas spoke _gx!n, ex-
the new plan When the fon. Pasoed. It developed Friday night pio. u.ng lhat in the see?.ona’ Jurt
fereaoe report came In eoon after, s«“ator Snyder, Oklahoma after e-atehood. fc:lis ha<l lieen
U was adopted unanimously. ’ -x7. called It up to add more enrol>d and signed afer *h«
There waa eome formal debate aarae* Other soions added still adjournment waiving the rnn-
I* the bouse, hut the vote lor mo,r*‘ aal!1 «T*T employe was atitutlonal requirement for sig-
tor tho revised amwndment end s*“a‘or J. E!mer Thomas nature in open nssion. Me
mtbsalarton form wee overwhelm- ■<J<Iio« the last Custer and ap- voioeri the belief that this could
.frnn the resolution, be done again and Trapp hur-
Goremnr There. 1 it. . r ? food-vote. riedly put the motion to adjourn
In th* meantime, conferees on _ 1 -a"*r in the night, in Thomas’ sine die.
the supreme court bill were hope- ■*>»»ace. Sr.yder ca^ed up the
■ lives* ,___1 rMGlnffRfl >) • /d It ...
DEMOCRAT
for
COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY
• GUARANTEES SERVICE FIRST
A SQUARE DEAL TO ALL
UNDER OBLIGATIONS TO NONE
FAIR TO ORGANIZED LABOR
J. C. WALTON
s DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
| Commissioner of Public Works
= , which has to do with th# engineering departments of the city.
— A 1°*' of the reasons why you should vote for hits:
! ,Hs ,has ,a tehin-’-a! a? well as practical training in general
; municipal utility Aigineerir.g.
Boost For the Anti- 1
Machine Candidate 1
vuyruuo couiT DXil nopr-
taasly deadlocked. Gov. Williams, ’ r®*°,atloB _ I'»<1 it reconsidered
__________ . Asset Aese.
I* It surprising that tbe coe-
Ddtaee which th* people uasd
to have ta tbe senate has been
reduced to'tbe vantsblng point?
who spoilt most of th# night In *n<1 P»*»od. When Thomas re-
ble capitol office, entered the *?P**re4 he made a bitter effort
eonference and was pr»sent when kavo the president pro tern
a report was prepared dividing *n(1 ••cretary d reefed to Iseue
the state Into nine overlapping no warrants, but failed. 10 to 14
districts, each oomptdsdng kit but ---
, one county. To this the etroag-
‘Wenatorla! eet Hen of the bouse demurred
i emphatically and tbe report was
fHE INAUGURATION.
Every tong years, with a bar-
tartc and senseieH display eieae-
ly Imitated from from corn
tloa otromonfet la n monarcbf-
tel Haatry. wo bavo la Waah-
lactaa what U called th* ta.
augaradon of a president.
■"ta <»r trataemen and
hoarding house keepers of tho
Hfttal. nobody earn about this
stUy thing.
Now tho tradsamsa are trying
hard to have tho date changed
to laH April or Hay, because la
entry Harcb tho weather to liko-
I? to to oold and sons persona
•ad asHo dsllars any bo kept
oway.
•at an a matter of fleet, March
4. to too lata and not too saily.
One trouble with tbe way we
•*» aar gosnrameat find now
to that there to fhr too much
**■>• totont tho on *f the
•aatae aad getting it to work.
A coagroH elected tn Kovem-
*ar •* one jssar usually begins
•a tat Ja Psrents* of Uo next.
•tooted fn Hovom-
aot take office until
rejected, new conferees being
Banned from both bouses.
The second report recommend-
ed tho bouse substitute for the
original senate Mil. with a few
shaagH, trine districts. The sen-
ate adopted the report with
slight eppostOoti and the house
put It thru with a rush.
Ownnteetan BUI.
Awaiting action on the oourt
Mil, the supreme court coaunto-
Slon act had been pending flaal
disposition oa tho asnato calen-
dar for weoka. When tho way
waa Dually open, tbo MU could
SENATE GETS REAL
THRILL AT FINISH
In The
Promotion
of Health
IBOB EVANS
iUlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllirillllllllllllllllllllB
He hae ces.gned and installed municipal utilities in 200 cities,
___ such a? electric light and power plants, waterworks £v=tema'
— dam?, sewerage system?, sewerage disposal plant?, etc.
He ha? h*er. recently appointed to act as consulting engineer
in the supervision cf making survey?, estimates, plans and speclfi-
; cations for a s)?t#m of hard surface road* to cover Carter County.
He has designed utility plants ?nd ?y?tems for a great many
of the larger Sta-e Institutions, which hare been successful.
He has been successful in his business.
He employs h-nureds of men and directs them,
if- has been one of the first to make substantial contribution*
towards securing indv.str’es for the betterment of Oklahoma City.
F?e is a taxpayer
He has proven to he fcoreet and fair with his clients, business
associates and employes.
He has been a resident of Oklahoma City for a period of 14
|T=
* He i# a loya'. Democrat
A real thrill was thrown late •
tJm little senate chamber gsth-1
ertng Saturday morning at B, |
wearied aa they were, when Ben.
Robert Burns. Oklahoma City, Hi
the gavel was about to fail for]
iHt time, announced excited-
ly th*t "10 or 15 bills, en- >
•Pwarod bat not signed" had been
round ta a committee room
A Haste
It is imperative that you
kaep •
THE STOMACH NORMAL
THE BOWELS REGULAR
AND THE UVER ACTIVE
not be tot'ind.' it eeemed for » aoSn!T,fu* -*®“®*2** Ju-t i
That a what I’ve been afmJd 1
or. Hid Lleut-Gov. Trapp. "Ths
oommRtee had better hurry back
to tbe house and tell them we're
■d ready to gait."
■j&.-Sa't ^ s^ssLrtssi
that the legteteture must
----without extending the
Ufa of tbe eomateslaa, but H
fteaHy dtoeorsswd la • sen-
ate pigeon-hole and given the
tooehea
on the genera! ap-
Tothat End-TRY
HOSTETTER’S
Stomach Bitters
tooth pernsd quickly.
Ctoe of tew aewepeper Mils
•My to travel the way thru
----- wh the providing
ter publication of arguments on
Initiative questions la dalllro.
CHILDREN HATE
PILLS, CALOMEL
AND CASTOR OIL
** topto feverish, <*>*-
STTFATKD, GIVE '^CAIJ-
fornia mrnvr ok
FIOS.”
•T have nettled
mat sharp tame of
$*Uc. They can't
W abeat ft tor
-- tatato^ta tar yean,
to ether eematry wtlh a dam-
todgad thin way.
* having the ro-
toh ta April or
nee It eet tor-
•• Niitaii j, at the
ftBaSsncr
Leek back at year childhood
Son. Remember th* "doss’’
mother Insisted ee—castor ell,
telenet, cataartlee. How you
hated them, hew yon fenaht
*Hlta ta? Lng them.
with ear ohtldrea IDs differ-
-t. Mothers whe din* to the
•W form of physic eimplv don’t
nallze what they do. The cMl-
drsaNs revolt to well-founded.
Tbolr tender little ’Insides ' are
injured by them.
» jsmr child’s stomach, liver
■f**2* ®ted cleansing, give
•*>? Selous "California Byrnp
J* F’ta” Its action ta positive,
but geatle. MllUona of mothen
’Trait laxa-
-----jaw cafldrea
tha liver and bowels aad
. _toe atom ach. aad that a
ttetaaaafui given today saves a
child tomorrow.
Aek your druggist for a 60-
at botUo of -California Byrup
g toga." "M«h ha* fall dire©-
Mena far babies, children of ell
ages aad for growa-upe plainly
•• **to. bottle. Beware of
tesfsdts Mid bare. See that
to la mae# by
■■fee* nay
(Political Advertisement.)
The Man Who Has Made Good
JUDGE J. T. HIGHLEY
>• »
I am applicant for re-slectlon De
yen think my experience is worth any-
thing? I am mating a fight for a re-
dnctloa of th* insurance rates and have
increased the sffiri.ncr
“ rrV^*f*nm#ct »• .. extent
»■ entitled to a rata equal
rtty th* Md the
T* *T# UkWl tow«rds lowering
the rates. 1 am confident win be mccessrul.
tlon and think our*informa^n water-dira proposi.
TOXr.a=S'
SSavSS^'wa rasas
^*r3S£=V;Ev”
Wvtgbt and Measure, and Fir# Fiwr.^ion p ^ J
give tba public the be*' poeslM# eervir# ’ °
*
Our ioperfmeate bars eared the tsxnarnra «n,
cans ta lavemigata tha wadltia
to any tax-
How often you wish:
If only the days were longer!
How often you wish, when reading
Tirr/w'i ”‘Tj "“v“ ,,rju,.Iie la!r.v talcs to the
kiddies, and think of washday approaching—that a fairv mierht
come to help you with your wash!
Let the New State Laundry
Be Your Fairy
Vew State Laundry service—oc a pound rough-drr—will
add 1-/ to votir free time—one day a week.
Could a fairy do more than take vour family wa*h awav
and return it to jtm
fresh—
crisp—
snowy whits
■nd promptly—
and all that at 6c a pound for the rough-drv?
NEW STATE LAUNDRY
C. F. HEIDBRINk, Mgr. Tel. Walnut 321-322
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