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VOL', ii, NO. 240.
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MAY ANSWER
LLOYD GEORGE
IN REICHSTAG
By Unit*I Prut.
Amsterdam, July 5.—Greatest
intereit tbruout Germany Is
centered today In tbe scheduled
meeting of the German reicb-
•tag.
Berlin dispatches report that
imperial Chancellor Von Betfh-
mann-Hollweg may seize the oc-
casion to make formal reply to
British Premier Lloyd-George’s
recent Glasgow speech amplify-
ing on the British war alms and
asserting that there can be no
peace without victory.
Of scarcely less interest was
the report of the constitution
committee expected to be sub-
mitted at the opening session,
and the action to be taken on
It. Back in May the constitution
committee, headed by the ma-
jority Socialist, Schiedemann,
made several recommendations
for changes in Germany’s gov-
ernmental system.
Its work at that time was
bailed as immediate accomplish-
ment of the kaiser’s commands
to Bethmann-Hollweg, urging a
re-adjustment of certain in-
equalities. Shortly afterward
' '"vever a certain class of Ger-
: 1 -i radical Socialists of the
L dcbour, Haase and Liebknecht
type discovered that the “re-
forms’* suggested were mere
Shams.
Plan Vitiated.
The committee recommended
that the Imperial chancellor be
made responsible to the relch-
stag in his actions. The move
was hailed thruout Germany as
a great reform step. But the
committee promptly vitiated this
by formally voting that the
reichstag had no power to re-
move the chancellor for any
act of his. Power of apponit-
ment of the chancellor and of
dismissal was retained, as al-
ways, with the kaiser.
The committee, however, did
recommend a complete redis-
trlctlng and reapportionment
plan for representation in the
reichstag. Exactly how this Is
to be achieved Is to be decided
ac meetings of the committee to
be held this month. Germany’s
present system of representation
in tbe reichstag is that devised
in 1871.
It does not permit minority
representation. The constitu-
tion committee has announced
It will change this scheme on
the basis of equal suffrage of
all men.
The German state of Prussia
holds the balance of power in
Germany and neither the reich-
stag nor the constitution com-
mittee can make reforms tihere
without action by the Prussian
reichstag.
The reichstag meeting is
scheduled to last two weeks.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JULY 5. 1917.
J
ONE CENT.
Mile U-Boat Screen Is
check m Set To Catch Our Transports
Flake and Mrs. Keys and their quadruplet daughters.
Demand For Reforms Is
Put Up to Reichstag
BY JOHN GRANDUNS
United Press Staff Correspindent
Berlin, via London, July 5.—
Coincident with the reconvening
of the reichstag today, a score
of the so-called German intel-
lectuals united In a formal de-
mand on the government for
Immediate parliamentary and
electoral reforms, Including
equal, direct and secret suffrage.
What made the manifesto of
particular significance, In the
view of reformers here, was
that among the signers were
such men as Delbrueck, Von
Harnack, Melnecke, Emil Fisch-
er, Troeltsch and others of the
prrely “Intellectual” type who
have heretofore opposed demo-
cratization plans of the radicals.
ARGENTINE DELIVERS
ULTIMATUM TO BERLIN
By United Prrtt.
Buenos Aires. July 5.—Ar-
gentine has served an ultima-
tuiu on Germany.
From reliable sources, it was
learned today that a note just
dispatched virtually asserts that
unless Germany makes imme-
diate indemnification for de-
struction of Argentine ships and
grants assurance against future
attacks. Argentine will break
relations.
Special to The Seta.
Hollis, Okla., July 6— Rob-
erta, Mona, Mary and Leota
Keys, the famous Hollis qnad-
ruplets are entering the third
year of their lives.
Tbe four sisters, born to Mr.
and Mrs. Flake Keys, June 4,
1915, are the marvel children
of the southwest—wonderfully
healthy, kicking, running and
laughing babies.
After their birth, physicians
came from all over the nation
to see them. Physicians are
talking about them yet, and
the further along the kiddles
get, the more of a marvel they
become.
The four have been attrac-
tions at the state fair, Okla-
homa City, for the last two
years and the parents are pre-
paring for a trip there next
September.
War’s Reality Comes Home
To Oklahoma City Slowly
Three months ago today the
U. S. entered tbe world war.
What has been the change in
Oklahoma City?
There’s no change in Okla-
homa City; patriotically, the city
dug up Its change and gave to
Red Cross, and invested in Lib-
erty bonds.
And again, there is no change
in Oklahoma City; no more pep
over enlistments during the week
just closed than three months
and more ago.
Business-as-usual slogan, be-
gun many weeks ago, is still in
vogue, and business is as usual.
Prices in Oklahoma City are
Just as they ryce were, only
more so.
Oklahoma City is as normal
as possible in war time, but
underneatn there is more of the
war feeling than three months
ago.
Older men are figuring on
giving up business and Joining
the officers’ training camp;
they are now drilling and study-
ing at C. of C. hails.
There is more patriotic educa-
tion, too; when Star Spangled
Banner is played, folks stand up
until its’ finished, without the
petulant drooping in seats, the
rule last April.
Oklahoma City is more pa-
triotic than three months ago,
except in the matter of enlist-
ments.
TRIES TO ‘BLACKHAND’
RUTH OUT OF $5<M
An honest-to-goodness black-
hand letter, skull and cross-
bones, ’n everthlng, has been
received by Attorney Charles H.
Ruth, who will turn It to Chief
of Police W- B. Nichols.
“You putta de mun, $509
under de Frisco brig,” com-
mands the writer, evidently at-
tempting to mimic the origina-
tor of the Black Hand society
In Italy. Death by bombing it-
♦he threat if the “mun” is not |
forthcoming.
“I am complimented that any-
one supposed I had $500,” said
Ruth. “Guess I’ll get a gas pipe
and go down to bridge to see if
I can get some money from the
man who wrote the note.”
e.
PASSENGERS TELL OF
ANOTHER SUB SUNK
By United Prett.
An Atlantic Fort, July 5.—The
story of another supposed vic-
torious battle with a submarine
was told' by passengers of a
British steamer arriving here to-
day.
At 7 on the evening of July
26. the U-boat appeared about
500 yards away from the ship
which was immediately swung
around to bring guns into play.
Following shots, clouds of black
smoke rose from the submarine
and it was not again seen.
FIVE WIVES m
FIVE HUSBANDS
Oklahoma City Includes many
ungentlemanly husbands, if five
divorce petitions filed Thurs-
day state representative facts.
Mrs. Susan Leach, alleges that
J. D. Leach ’’acted more like
a beast than a man;” that on
July It he came home drunk,
hit her and "stomped” her, as
a result of which she suffered
a swollen head and other
bruises. Then he threatened to
shoot her, reads the petition.
Mrs. E. H. Mead seeks divorce
from C. H. Mead, allying that
he has an Inflammable temper.
Ida Brockway gives as grounds
for separation, actions of her
husband In coming home drunk
and kicking the door down.
W’hlle he was sick, she declares,
he accused her of laziness, tho
she was ill too. He called her
vile names In the presence of
his parents, who finally took
him away, says the plaintiff.
AMSTERDAM PATROLLED
FOLLOWING FOOD RIOT
By United Prete.
Petrograd, July 6. — Teuton
army chiefs concentrated counter
attacks today to stop General
Bruailoff's offenaive and at one
point east of Bresany the war
office announced the preeaure
of the enemy assault had com-
pelled a retirement.
This Is the first comprehen-
sive count’r-offenslve move at-
tempted hy the enemy since the
Brusl'loff offensive began last
Sunday. Apparently the enemy
did not expect as powerful an
assault and counted on breaking
it down at once.
On the contrary, the revivified
Russian troops swept forward
over all obstacles. The Brezany
sector is being desperately de-
fended hy German and Austrian
forces because It la regarded as
the key to Lemberg, 60 miles
northwest.
Haig “Uppercut” Gains
Belgian Territory
By United Prete.
London, July 5.—Continuing
his tactics of “mixing” his blows
at the Germans, Field Marshal
Haig last night struck success-
fully southwest of Hollebeke In
Belgium.
“We advanced our lines tightly
over a front of 600 yards,” he
reported today.
The new “uppercut” at the
German lines is in that section
near where the British achieved
their great gains at the Messines-
Wytschaete ridge. There has
been but little fighting In this
salient for a week. Hollebeke is
three miles southeast of Ypres.
It la the northernmost point In
the sharp angle formed at Co-
mines by junction of the Ypres
Lille canal and the river Lys.
Silk-Stocking Censors Cant
Suppress Brookline’s Murder
German Attacks On
West Front Cease
By United Prctt.
Paris, July 6.—Active artll-
lerylng in the regions of Moron-
vlllers, Prunay and Hill 304
was reported In today’s official
statement.
The German massed infantry
attacks south of Leon and around
Verdun had apparently ceased In
tho withering defensive fire of
the French.
Vienna Populace Is
WtemccT At Drive
By United Prett.
Rome, July 6.—Reports from
Vienna received here today
stated that an official manifesto
has been Issued in that city in
an effort to allay alarm of Aus-
trians caused by the Russian
offensive.
SAYS ONLY U. S. CAN
PREVENT CHINESE WAR
By t'nitrd Prett.
San Francisco, July 5. — The
one thing that will save China
from a bloody civil war Is Inter-
vention by the U. S., Soo Hoo
Nam Art, editor of Chung Sei
Yat, Chinese dally newspaper,
said today.
He believes “certain other na-
tions” are behind the monarch-
ical movement, centering their
efforts in the 16 northern pro-
vinces of China where the people
are not progressive and not in
touch with outside affairs. He
predicts that the six southern
provinces will resist the mon-
archy to the last.
ARIZONA COPPER MEN
APPEAL TO GOVT.
By United Prett.
Washington. July 5.—Arizona
copper companies today appealed
for government aid in ridding
mine districts in the southwest
of “labor agitators and other
enemies conniving at this coun-
try's defeat.’'
By United Prett.
Amsterdam. July 6.—Am-
sterdam was practically under
martial law today following yes-
terday's serious outbreaks of
food rioters. Military guards
were increased by government
infantry battalions scattered
about in various streets. On
some street corners machine
guns were posted. A general
strike today was estimated to
have affected 10,000 workmen.
Author of News’ Novel Lost
a Son in War Trenches
T OUIS TRACY, author of “The Day of Wrath,”
I novel to he published next week in The News,
^ ■* has reason to know the cost of war. His own
son is among; those who have met death in the battle to
make “the world safe for democracy.” He has reason
to abhor war.
Yet Tracy knows that other cost—the maiming of
innocent chidren, the outrages against womanhood, the
slaying of defenseless men—in short, the payment of
blood exacted by Germany from Belgium in August,
1914.
And because Tracy is able to understand how much
greater the cost of Belgium has been than to himself
or his dead son, he is able to tell the story of Belgium’s
invasion not as a pacifist who, because he abhors the
war, closes his eyes, but as a. far-seeing apostle of that
peace that can come only when Hohenzollernism. the
arch enemy of freedom, has been shackled.
This spirit has enabled Tracy to write one of the
greatest novels of the war. “THE DAY WRATH ”
It will be completed in six installments
CABLE CONTROL
CENSOR’S POWER
By United Prrtt.
Washington, July 5. War
censorship, far broader than the
voluntary plan recently operated
on the newspapers, has been put
into force by Secretary of War
Baker.
Cablegrams from American
correspondents with Pershing's
forces are relayed to Washington
and transmitted to the bureau
of public information, where
they are vised.
The new censorship is a direct
result of premature publication
of the arrival of American con-
tingent abroad while otherB were
.still in the danger zone.
Chairman Creel of the publicity
committee will go to New York
to consult heads of press asso-
1 ciations in an effort to arrive
at a satisfactory censor system.
.Creel disclaims responsibility for
the new censorship.
The government has control
over the cables. This appears
, to be the sole authority upon
which the present censorship is
t operatic* In other words, if a
newspaper or press association
does not submit, the government
, will close down on its cable
i privileges.
BY J. HERBERT DUCKWORTH
Brookline, Mass., July 6.—Thu
self-satisfied pride of aristocratic
and stand-offish Brookline, the
“richest town in the world,” ^jas
received a staggering blow In
the Keyea murder mystery.
Thla Boston suburb of private
parka and mansions, ruled hy
three very select selectmen,
strictly representative of its sllk-
stocking millionaire townsmen,
tried hard to censor all news of
developments in the sensational
and sordid tragedy, hut In vain.
Cultured Brookline now haa a
full-sized, unsolved murder mys-
tery to cope with, the principals
of which are a man of many love
affairs whose young and hand-
some wife was found shot, and
his wife's young and beautiful
rival.
“Suicide” First.
When Pauline Biesenhach
Keyes was found dead In her
home, 79 Kenwood-at, June 19,
Brookline bumbledom said "sui-
cide.” The) e was the “suicide
note” to prove it. But a hand-
writing expert now swears no
woman about to take her life
would have shown so steady a
hand.
Investigation into the life of
the husband then brought to
light the fact that George H.
Keyes was a New England Don
Juan. Here, right in the midst
of Brookline's blue-blooded fam-
ilies a man had been living a
double life.
On reconsideration, too. It
was decided Mrs. Keyes could'
not have fired the two shots
thru her hand Into her temple.
That was a physical Impossi-
bility.
Who. then fired the fatal
shots.
Mysterious Woman.
A “mysterious woman" had
Harriet A. Varney, photagra pher's model, in characteristic
pose, and (below) George H. Keyes.
NEW SECRET
SERVICE IS ON
016 SPY HUNT
By I si ted Prett.
Washington, July 5.—Germany
has placed a screen of subma-
rines more than 800 miles out
in the Atlantic In an effort to
cut America's communication
lines to her troops in France,
according to navy department in-
formation.
Immediate necessity for smash
lng tho German spy menace by
means of which the Germane
were able to attack American
troop transports today caused
the government to order quit*
organization of an entirely new
secret police system, the national
Intelligence service. It includes
operatives of state, war, navy
and justice departments.
They will meet dally, when
Information gathered by each
branch will he placed at disposal
of the entire government service.
In its working the new , body
will be similar to Scotland' Yard
In Great Britain.
been seen by neighbors prowling
around the Keyes home a few
days before the murder.
Then Keyes was closely quiz-
zed. He finally betrayed Miss
Harriet A. Varney, hospital
nurae, who quit her job at 5 a.
m., the day after the murder.
Mlaa Varney for six years had
also posed as “Mrs. Keyes.” Key-
es used to visit her two or three
times a week.
Miss Varney's alibi is that she
arrived in Boston from North
Grafton at 10:15 about the time
the murder war, committed and
lunched later in a Boston cafe
with Keyes.
When inquiries were made of
Keyes he produced a dentist who
said be wan in his office at the
time of the murder.
FITZPATRICK TEACHING
MILITARY WORK AT UNI
Work is under way now in
summer normals over the state
to fit teachelfe to train school-
boys to be soldiers.
Kirby Fitzpatrick, Spanish war
veteran, and applicant for the
second officers' training camp
in August, Is training teachers
at summer school In state uni-
versity, Norman.
“And they’re eating it up,”
said Fitzpatrick, who has 260
in his battalion.
Board of education recently
authorized the president of each
normal to select a military In-
structor. Edmond Is now carry-
ing on drill regularly.
SLUMP IN BUGS IS
EXPLAINED BY CLARK
Monarchy Attempt In
China May Fail
By United Prrtt.
Washington. July 5.—That
the attempt to establish a mon-
archy in China may fall, was
indicated in state department
messages today, saying the north
was not extending as great sup-
port to the emperor as expected.
Some of the leaders who had
been listed as monarchists have
not fallen into line.
SHERMAN SAID IT
By United Prett.
Chicago. July 5. — Frank
Klinger "stuck his nose” in a
war argument. Ignatz Stefano-
v'teh shot the end off.
The noticeable slump from
1916's boom-season, which has
befallen Oklahoma City bugdom.
Is due to the hard, dry winter
which enveloped the country, ac-
cording to Will H. Clark, secre-
tary of Falrlawn cemetery, and
experienced naturalist.
Chirping crickets, flitting but-
terflies. long-legged grass-hop-
pers and pestiferous bag-worms
have felt the pinch. Many other
less prominent, hut active 1n-
i sects, are likewise on the de-
j crease.
1 Intensive fall cultivation also
has done much to lessen the
number of marauders, says Clark.
Lots of the bugB which crawl
into the ground as worms, and
expect to emerge as butterflies,
have been fatally disturbed In
their hibernation. Some were
turned upside down, never again
to enjoy the light of dsv. Others
were lifted so close to the sur-
face that they were frozen, and
still others burled so deeply they
suffocated.
Continued efforts, however,
are needed to keep down the
numbers, declares Clark, for re-
population ran be accomplished
in a season.
rt I t 1 rn n n URDtre »» 1C TUC jrnifT OF
Puddles Tell jthe clothing makers
Where Capitol Chicago,7 rjuily 5.—Men's suits
In 1918 will be Just like the
Iceman’s Been "71,,"^^"..
from the convention of the Na-
tional Association of Clothing
Designers, holding Besslon here.
Next spring's supply of wool will
be short 264,000,000 pounds, ac-
cording to government estimates,
causing a cloth deficiency of
330,000,000 yards.
Designers, to meet this, not
only will make suits more fornf
fitting than ever but will elim-
inate belts, cuffs and—some
suggoated—pockets. That old
maxim—”nohody loves u fat
man” — applies particularly to
clothing designers.
It's going to be as hard to
get into the new state capltol,
part of the time, a« It Is to In-
vade the precincts of the war
department building at Wash-
ington.
Adjutant General Ancel Earp.
made custodian of the capltol
building by the last legislature,
has devised a system of passes
for state officials, employes and,
under certain circumstances,
others. One will have to pro-
duce a pans to gain admission
to the building between 6 p. m.
and 8 a. m., on Sundays and
holidays.
And in the meantime, the ice-
man continues to deliver his
goods thru the marble corridors
in a wheelbarrow, which, not
being intended for an Ice wagon,
leaves a generous puddle of
water on the floor after every
stop.
Rev. C. J. Ralston who came
from Caney to be guide for the
uninitiated capitol visitor evi-
dently doesn't expect to be guid-
ing every hour of the day. He
asked the state board of public
affairs to provide him with a
restroom, only to learn that the
adjutant general and not the
affairs board, was boss of the
building.
denies betrothal to
GENERAL PERSHING
By I 'niter/ Prett.
Pan Gabriel. Calif., July 6. —
Flat denial of her rumored en-
gagement to Major General John
J. Derailing, commander of the
American army in France was
made today hy Miss Anna Fat-
ton at her home here. Publica-
tion of the engagement was
made by a local paper.
General Pershing and the
Pattons have been friends for
years.
England All Praia* ^
For Convoy’s Succeaa
By United putt.
London, Julv 5.—Ail England
rang today with praises of the
American naval convoy system
by which all transports bearing
America’s first expeditionary
army to France landed safely.
As the average Briton sees It.
there are two outstanding les-
sons in the failure of Oerman
submarine attacks on U. 8. ships.
First, It Is held that the sub-
marine menace Is thus proved
conquerable with a sufficient
number of destroyers.
Second, and most important
In the British view, the manifest
preparedness of the Germans for
the troops indicates how thoro
Is the Teuton spy system la
America.
Prlvataly, mv.sy at- thasa today
expressed amazement that the lT.
S. had failed to prof't hy Eng-
land's experience In this regard.
On all sides greatest anxiety
was expressed that the U. S.
had not fully appreciated whai
It means to combat the WUhelm-
strasse secret agents. It was
hoped, however, that this ex-
ample of German efficiency in
epylng would spur the IT. S. into
drastic combing out of enemy
agents.
SPY ANGLE SEEN IN
NEW YORK SUICIDE
CAR PLOWS THRU HOUSE
tty I si ted Prett.
Youngstown, O., July L In
mates of a house at one end of
the South-st bridge were startled
this morning when u Youngs-
town suburban car came plow-
ing thru. The house took fire,
inmates fleeing In their night
clothes. Edward Scully, pas-
senger, died of injuries
FARMERS NEAR HERE
ARE HOLDING WHEAT
With wheat of exceptionally
good quality, and better than
average yields, farmers In this
vicinity are holding for higher
prices, George W. Curtis, vice
president of the IMausifter Mill-
ing Co., believes,
j Yields range from seven to
1 lit bushels an acre, with an
| average of 10 to 12 Quality
j runs high, 59 to 62 pounds per
I bushel. Six pound wheat is
common thl. season, says Curtis.
Last year's crop ran lower
In quality and yield
By United Prett.
New York, July 6.—After cut-
ting deep gashes in his wrist
with a razor blade, Richard
Adam Tlmmerscheldt, known a*
an agent of the Russian govern-
ment and again as representative
of rich German Interests in the
Orient, plunged to death from
the window of his apartment in
Forty-ntntli-et early today.
There is considerable doubt
as to the mans occupation and
In view of the espionage prob-
lem authorities are taking un-
' usual interest in the suicide.
Tho man became an American
| citizen in 1914. He was al-
ways apparently plentifully sup-
plied with money and his apart-
| merits were richly furnished.
COSTS $4650 YEAR TO
TEACH GERMAN HERE
School board members Thurs-
day were non-committal on the
Iilan suggested by Col. Theodore
Roosevelt in a speech yesterday
to bar the German language
from the C. S.
To teach German in high-
school costs about $4650 a year,
it was learned from highschool
1 records Thursday. Four teach
; ers of modern language give the
i majority of their time to Ger-
man.
A fat, good-nat' red old Am-
! erica was sitting before the
[electric fan in the summer of
! 1914, Just about June 28, self-
! satisfied, and centered all in
[local affairs, when it awoke that
I Sunday to learn that the Aus-
trian grand duke, Franz Ferdi-
j nant. and his morganatic wife,
■ Sophia, had been assassinated at
! Sarajevo. Serbia.
“Hum.” said the Corpulent
One, and turned the fan up to
third speed, mopped his brow,
and shifted from the tales of
the Vera Cruz occupation to read
of the Hapsburgs and their sor-
rows
"The assassination threatens
the peace of Europe,’’ said the
story of the murder. And Am-
erica turned the page and got
back to his own rat-killin’.
Here in Oklahoma City, news-
papers carried stories of the
'curse of the Hapshurgs,” how
■Insanity, murder suicide had
made Emperor Franz Joseph's
I family seem marked by the hand
of doom These stories continu-
ed spasmodically for three or
four days, and then Oklahoma
, City forgot Serbia, the atsassina
' tion, Austria, the Kaiser, and all
else international
Hobstuff at Home.
Headlines were blazing forth
' the hotstuff of the Democratic
primary in which Our Bob, J.
P. A. Robertson, Al Jennings,
Chan West. F. K. Herring were
nipping snd tucking. Closer
home, our little city was torn by
a controversy between the Tax
Efficiency league headed by J.
H. Johnston and the city com-
mission daddted by Mayor Whit
Grant
The hotter July waxed, the
less Oklahoma City thought
about a possible war; nobody,
except those few who afterwards
j remarked ‘ I told you so,” and
acted prophetic, thought of Eu-
! rope. But over there, the war
witches were stirring their cal-
dron The kaiser and his brood
were conferring at Potsdam:
Russia was sitting up and sharp-
ening the Dear's claws, and little
Serbia was looking out for a
blow from the dual empire. Yet
this was not half as important,
.it seemed, as the row about
taxes, and polities here al home
Then along came tho murder
j trial of Mme Caillaux, wile of
the French minister, who had
Bhot Caston Calmette, noted edi-
tor of "Le Figaro,” and how
Oklahoma City, along with the
rest of the V. S. did feast on
this morsel of choice French
Rcandal Still the pot of war
i boiled over the fire in the little
Ralkan state, while the German
vulture (or Kultur, was lt?i
hovered near, drinking the fumes
and going madder
Caillaux Trial.
j The Caillaux trial was just
about finished, when the I’nlted
Press put over a little story,
out of Berlin, that set tongues
wagging It appeared Jul 24.
almost a month after th«* almost
forgotten assassination, and was
1 one day before the big break of
war news The story said
"Europe may s^e the begin-
ning of a world war. unless Ser-
bia punishes the a***-sin a of
Archduke Ferdinand, a> Austria
demands
“If war is declared Germany
will do everything to keep it
confined to Austria and Serbia
but should another power Inter-
fere. Germany will promptly do
; her duty as an ally “
This was the beginning; still
America did not get the whole
.meaning. Austria had sent the
ultimatum to Serbia, and lUtle
old Serbia, hacked by Russia
had refused, and war was in the
offing Troops were moving In
| Berlin; Austria wan ready to
, dash across the Serb frontier;
Russia had her army getting
•ready; France was watching,
watching, while the War Lord
at Potsdam planned.
On Powder Ht’K.
Europe actually sat on a
powder keg. and was being awful
careless with mate hen It was
the most thrilling time imagin-
able. with nations standing hack
, ready to fly at each others
throats. To read three-vear-old
archives is to sense a deep thrill
now, but then
America said “Phew! Whut
d'ye think of that?” and re-
narked that there d be no med-
iling, and nailed on
Some lYophcsie*.
Somebody predicted that the
j
j I . S. would roll in riches as ro-
! Bult of the European conflict,
land a few months later kicked
| himself for predicting it, for the
bottom sure looked as if it would
I drop out and leave Woodrow
Wilson without a single thing to
stand on Then the war brides
| began- hut that is ahead of th«
story.
All this happened in July.
' 1914, on hot days such as are
making the mercury run itself
• to death now It was just be-
fore the real declarations of
July 31. August 1. 2. 3 and 4 —
war declarations as thick at
newspaper extras could be print-
ed and the devastation of Bel-
gium That was three years ago
when this nation was wholly
| out of it
Now the nation is wholly in
it, right in the middle of the
conflict that began before we
knew It three years ago. And
here the nation sits, most of 11.
I before the electric fans, and
will not awake to the fact that
soon very soon, casualty lists
are going to be appearing and
they will t»e ail American*.
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Parker, G. B. The Oklahoma News (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 240, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1917, newspaper, July 5, 1917; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc860160/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.