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DAILY CALENDAR
«£. SL 45V& 4SL MS
7:10 6:17 1L-07* 6:47 (£
Foracaat: Fair tonight and tomorrow;
warmer tomorrow.
««.lw».tsrevrfc v m-to noonu
Moon nets $:2S p. m.
The News
IN At
VOL. ii, NO. 123.
rULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF
THE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1917.
ONE CENT.
WOMEN CRY FOR BREAD; STORM N.
CITY HALL
PROPOSE BILL
WHICH MAY
AVERT WAR
VAUGHT. JOHNSTON ARE
GRIDIRON PLOTTERS
President Ed S. Vaught of the
C. of C. and Attorney D. I. John-
ston, chairman of the gridiron
committee, are the arch conspir-
ators who are framing the shots
and jabs for the soft spots of
- the city’s leading citlsens at
| Wednesday night's annual ban-
| quet at Auditorihm.
i Vaught and Johnston have un-
I dertaken (he task of finding
• something new in gridiron stunts
1 They .....
FUNSTON TO
LIE IH STATE
IN IKE ALAMO
BULLETINS
fto;
as
By United Press.
Washington, Peb. 20.—Secre-
tary of State Lansing and At-
raey General Gregory today
asked the senate judiciary com-
mittee to pass immediately a bill
which would give the president
power to handle the present in-
ternational situation without re-
course to war. j _
The bill empowers the presi-i Twslv* men on a C. of C.
dent to employ the land and! committee. Supt. J. A. White-
are keeping their plans j By United Pit**.
quiet and promised Tuesday to i San Antonio, Texas. Feb. 20.—
spring something for the ben?-- The body pf Gen. "Fred” Fun-
fit of those living in glass! ston, "the flghtlngeet man of
houses. A big attendance is as-
sured by the advance sale of
tickets.
COMMITTEE PROBES TO
LEARN SCHOOL NEEDS
naval forces of the nation to
"enforce compliance with, and
ford, President E. T. Lane of
the school board, and the superin-
prevent violation of, obligations1 t ^m f 4Ch^0l bulWtagB be-
of the V. S. under the laws of ' an investigation of
. , crowded ward schools to deter-
llriefly such a law would mlne ^ size of bond issue
mean that the nresident could11 neoded for fichool additions.
The committee met at C. of
employ this country's army or
navy in engaging in any trade
or commerce with any belliger-
ent country so long as interna-
tional law, a* understood and
agreed to by this- government,' is
not violated-
If this hill passes it is un-
derstood the president will not;a bond ^
go before congress at all, unless i ____
some act should occur which i UNION SOI OIFR ACT
would force him Into a request! umuN ^LDltR ACT
for a declaration of war. *
Spy Bill Passes Senate.
C. headquarters early in the
morning and started in cars for
the round of ward schools.
The committee will meet with
the school board Friday night to
discuss its findings, and later
will adopt a recommendation for
Says Higher Ups
Could Tell of Plot
Hy United Brett.
Washington, Feb. 20. Secretary
of Commerce Ked field, comptrol-
ler or the currency Williams. J.
P. .Morgan and a host of bank-
ers, all over the country can
prove by their testimony a con-
spiracy by the federal reserve
board to turn over financial
interests to Wall Street, Hep.
Lindbergh, .Minnesota, told tiie
house judiciary committee today
discussing his impeachment
Richest Youth World
Enlisted at $4.65 a Day
^ 1 'R
Hi
. unable to pay the price demanded
• f°r onions, put her shoulder te
his inches’’ in the army, will lie__________
in state from 3:80 this after- cbarge6 ag*fn«t the board
noon until nightfall in the Alamo
—the very spot wnere "Davy”
Crockett and his Texas heroes
perished mors than three-quart-
ers of a century ago.
The general’s body was re-
moved from an undertaking es-
tablishment to his quarters in , . _ . , ....
the lower post at Fort Sam ?elgl a“ ef i«xPed1t!°n
Berlin Says Whitlock
Is StUl On Job
Berlin, (via Sayvllle), Feb. 20.
— ‘‘American Minister Brand
Whitlock, at Brussels, continues,
together with his staff, the work
Houston tSUs morning.
Funeral services will be con-
ducted there late this afternoon.
At their conclusion ths body will
be taken to the Alamo.
After lying In state until dark
declared a statement issued to-
day hy the official Gei-man press
bureau.
Two Killed and
Eight Injured in Fire
the body will be taken to the |l!‘‘ 1 ',r' **■ ,
Southern Pacific station, where! ®T 'or*c> 20-—'Ml's. Ad-i
it will be placed aboard a pri-. Cnaver, 33, and her sifter, !
viate car and forwarded to San Elisabeth Graves, 42, were!
i
N LUXURY AT
Ib.rtfVO A DAV
Vincent Astor
gave ]8Crajn,|1!ng for the potatoes sad
balk. 1 OTllons The contagion of the
fight for food spread and soon
ON OUTV AT
$063 A DAY
Sperial to The \ries.
Now York, Feb. 20.—Vincent Jacob, in 1875, the Astor for-jthe hall.
| BULLETIN.
I By TJnile4 Prett. -------. ,____________ „
Washington, Feh. 20. —In jthe Pushcart a“d ^pped it over,
i the fa-e of serious food rioting j Scramble For Food
1 in New Yors city, and despite i In * moment Hundreds «|
gi-nve food shortages thru out | w'om*n. wvre on thetr knee*
the country congress ‘
every evidence to<lny of balk-
ing at an appropriation for _ —----
government investigation of caM*, WPrft 111 ^ "treet, the
s1 tiring prices. Unless the ! bffidlers fleeing. Kerosene wan
president personally exerts !thmwn on of the carts an*
pressure, the investigation • 884 <» Ore.
urged two weeks ago by him ! l-ater two thousand residents
seems doomed for the scrap ! °* on8 oi^tr-ict assembled in maaa-
Ihwu. I meeting to hear the peddlers’ slda
: * - j of the case. One man declared
By Cnited Press. | he made but 20 cents on a barret
New York, Feb. 30.—Crying |of potatoes that cost him HO.
j “We want bread, we want bread,” j The dealers charged they wore*
more than 300 wor—
beaded, scantily dad — their
warmest garment being shawls
thrown about their shoulders
: —stormed up the steps of the
■ city hall here today, demanding
relief from Mayor Mitchel from
the high cost of food.
! Some declared their families; anY more. »«pw« probable,
i were starving. | Commissioner of Weights and
j Most of the women carried I Measures Hartlgan planned today
babies, their faces showing the ‘t0 "end fbruout the union letter*
1 pinch »f hunger. j «n?lng that food shipments t#
For a time there was greatest i c*,y 4,8 increased,
confusion about the building. All! Prices of foods, not onTy hi the
of the women demanded to see'Pushcart, but In every section of
the mayor. Police reserves were j *ba c'4y« have advanced t remen -
called and arrangements finally “®U*‘Y. Difference in the prices
of some vegetables is, shown In
the following:
women, bare-! allowed to purchase at one tlmw
from only two ears of potatoes,
when 11 were on the tracks.
A boycott In which women sf
these districts will agree to buy
no more onions or potatoes until
the price goes down and In which
dealers will agree not to purchase
I viving son of (he original John made for a committee to enter
Francisco where on Saturday he burne<i to death: Miss Della Far-! Astor, richest young man In the.tune amounted to about $100,-1 Within
? * ! 1 P A » .1 ii a ir .ii ii'/vul /i knn L, I I £ A OA nos I Aflll ii ii Ik IV’i l.l.j w» 1 ll voo r J hv t b #> FI ref
i ley, 60, and Herbert Kelly are world, has left
_____ _________ ___ _____ | bolievetl to be (l>ting and
a little girl friend in tiie lobby of othe? persons had narrow escapes a day tramping aiouncl
the St. Anthony hotel when be whcn ftre aW8Pt a three-story i Hirer bridges and helping guard ,30ns.
_ V ,, -- * M V n .. .. . a. ____ a .1 til o m ln/i m • L/1 f. r. I K1 a aka nbis i ’111,
a few minutes after
will bo burled at the Presidio.
Gen. Funston wan piaying with;
a $16,439 per1000.000.
six ’day Income and is earning $4.65 1892, it
Mnut beans
Within 16 years, by the first hundred appeared, a I Spinach
had been more than crowd of thousands had gathered j
! demonstration.
__, , Governor Williams’ reputed
fhe administrations espionage gUpj,ort was not sufficient to
DEFEATED IN HOUSE i ffiS. *“ “ j *»«»“*
before «>,<. <••> x-j 1 American Dies
The huge throng i Cauliflower
Potnto»s . .
bill passed the senate today, 60
to 10.
save the Union Soldlera’ Home
Shortly before this he had . _ .
eaten dinner. He hod recently *n Berlin
had an attack of acute indlges-: l:u Cnited rr^te.
bill from defeat In the house i!,on; he ate abstem-
____ ___________ BerUn, Feb. 20.—George t , . , .
It la aimed to arm the jus-! Tuesdav" lu ! iouely last night, his death Is'Atwood, secretary of the Ameri- b®Lnf the great-gra-ndson of the
tice department in preventing, The the vote was largely on i bea®ved b*v® h®®1* due lo a <an Chamber of Commerce, and Jobnifao?b_1A^tOTv^®d;
what is now believed to be a party lines, with Democrats ^“ilar attack. j“ native of Massachusetts, is ®J* or ln
widespread, organized system of against, Representative J. C. I F'ew m®“ w®pe 1B01'e popular dead here after three days IU-j_,
obtaining information relating to Smith of Alfalfa county, repuh-! w*th officers and men of the nw«-
them from possible cranks. j The larger part of it came waited patiently for word from
! Astor is ensign In tho U. g.' .from the rise in the value of their representatives who had en-
r.avii militia at annual pay of Manhattan real estate, in which; terod the building.
the fortune was heavily invested, l The Leaders,
By 1910, the collective fortune I The women were headed hy
of the Astor family was eetimat- Mrs. Ida Harris, president of the
ed at $450,000,(100. j Mother*’ Vigilance League, and
—Vincent Astor's fortune—he is Marie Gant, known aa "Sweet
of Massachusetts ""is ®r ol 4bo Astor form no. himself! son of Col. John Jacob Astor, Marie.” They came from the
* ’ A.K .. kiilnkna _ A.1.1 m — P *U. fBt 4 „ n I x iUah uJ ne RlliWAI
! $1700 a year or $4.65 a day.
1 It is ceti mated Astor draws
g I more than $16,000 a day for
His funeral will be heldiof Waldorf, Germany.
. j...__ l A ... A* Iha rlojfh a# i.Vin a
of a German butcher' a victim of the Titanic disaster Rutgers Square tenement district
-is believed to bit in the neigh-: where pushcart peddlers have
the nation's defense and produc- ilcan, one of three G. A.’ R. "vet- ranks than the ehort "Fighting Wednesday, Interment being in a
tion capacity. erans In the house, opposed it Fred,” who died suddenly last Berlin suburb.
So thoro has the bill been from the start, declaring the fed- , night. 1 —r ~-
made that it has aroused Sen. eral government pensioned Union! ‘ A prodigious worker, ai-my of- D,I Urug dwindle .
Cummins and others to denounce, soldiers and provided them with ! ficials said today, hi* place will Is Run to Earth? |
its opponents contend, that every homes. He announced himself ■ be a difficult one to fill. J By I nitcl Press.
American is a spy. for Confederate Homes and Con-: It was this tirelessness and- Dallas. Texas, Feb. 20. Logan1
The Justice department is federate pensions. close application to duty that Pennington and Grace Granger!
known to hove information .. J4 >*<I been planned to eetsd- caused the general’s death. lletaro under arrest here today.I
with participation in a!
drug swindle in which
At the death of the single sur-lborhood of $100,000,000.
PAVOR PUBLICITY
OP INCOME TAXES
s-howiug the UR. the p»-* three ",b Soldiers’ Home'bad become, gceatly weakened by-charged
years, has been a hotbed for j somewhere ia western Oklahoma. 'the steady grind of detail, but gigantic
conspiracies against foreign conn-! • gain BAiPn n A cere
tries. Frequent Mexican plot* I LAWU BOARD PASSES
have been uncovered. In nearly! BUCK TO GOVERNOR
been steadily raising prices until
the women declared they are now
utterly unable to feed their fam-
ilies.
“We are starving, we want
bread,’’ was the constant cry
raised by the women as they
surged about City Hell.
.*(te tb.
th to 4*0
. 40c lb.
$« to 3*a
.25c ib
* to
He
.15 crib.
7 to
8u
. 15c ca.
7 to
»«»
10c o«.
B to
7o
. . 25c ea.
*0e
, .lOclb.
4c
to
Embargoes Hold
While Prices Soar
By Vnitnl Prat.
Chicago, Feb. 10.—The freight
car congestion and shortage,
characterized a week ago as the
worst in history of railroads, re-
mains practically unchanged to-
day.
Nearly every embargo clamped
on by eastern and western roads
continues in force, being lifted
only In special cases or to take
care of local conditions. Mean-
time food prices are soaring.
\ye*tern roads stilt refuse te
accept, shipments billed east, aal
all cases the government was
powerless thru lack of laws.
Four members of the school
land commission—the whole
board except for Governor Wil-
liams—signed a letter to the sen-
ate, read Tuesday, denying
j charge made by Senator E. M.
Ameri- Kerr of Muskogee last week, that
The income tax publicity bill• pony accounts be brought forth,'steps of the building before they
wse iiit. Ktl^lin^ ! In Te^^n"s "r ™ !£» Xte ** **** bjr i were noUc6d' They swept up the
Walking quietly across the Hall i the Santa Fo and other trane-
Park tho women were at the vary!continental lines are holding np
make no complaint and to sas. Missouri and other states aro
steps en masse. The doors were
stick at his work just the same, alleged to have" been bilked "of ?esp1.te vi?,ent obJe,'t,an volr,‘,,l Ko^rs in th® bous* °*>Ject®d! banged "hut in their faces. Wild
Ambassador Seeks
Anstria's Attitude
By l nil'll Press.
Amsterdam, Feb. 20.
an Ambassador Penfield at Vien-!the board would rather leave the
na, has asked the Aiistro-llun-1 school fund in the banks than i
sarian foreign office what atti-jloan it to farmers. I
ude that government is taking' The letter declared the reason!
Pershing in (Tntige. 1 thousands of dollar*.
Major Gen. Pershing, just back m--
from Mexieo, assumed temporary' May Indict British
charge of the Southern depart-i Consul In California
ment today, in place of his late Hu t mtut Pri.ss.
ob4e4- i San Francisco, Feb.
by the oil
Plan Military Honors
For Dead General
By Cnited Press.
county congont, led' io the income tax, asserting that! cries and imprecations followed.
I by Millionaire member Rogers, $50,000,000 had been driven: A swarm of police reserves
of Tulsa. j from tho state by it in the last ‘ and plainclothes men appeared.
The law, fathered by State Au- year. Ho said this class of eapl j They drove the women down
, ditor Howard and approved by ■ tal whs responsible for the build-j from the stop«.
t he governor. pro\caes that in- ing of the Tulsa and Oklahoma j Addresses Women.
20.—That eonie tax records may be open to: City \. M. C'. A. projects. tie: Marie Ganz then mounted the
A. Came- ell official’s In any way involved mentioned B. B. Jones, Oklahoma' steps and addressed the women.
ln
shipments in western cities in aa
effort to clear the Chicago
yards.
“Merely a matter of ’passing
the buck,* ” one official said.
“The eastern roads aro the cause
of western congestion. If they
could handle their business, we
would have no trouble.”
,an indictment against . ------ _______...
, 51 f)SP’ , »nifch eon-sill-gen©ml jn tli© tax coll-eotion, and a tftrln- • OSty, a.s on^ rich man wh-o main- She urged them to remain
! Jinia«A0IA<l.‘-.rA0n'^PJrac.^r Kent clause provid*©s that a d1»-|tained his property interests out-] the street and especially to do
>n submarine warfare, dispatches I for uelay in passin* on loan ap-j?°I,y1of A?en* FuJTtetl>n w<n bo bur* torney Preston soon, was reported
"oin the capital declared today. | nlicatiops was the 191.* act. of!!?1* national cemetery ait this afternoon. Preston himself \
Mis Inquiry was specifically the legislature putting tills work!*”* Pr**™° be,r®. acco^rding to (refused to confirm or deny the
whether or not Austria had with-} under 2_be attorney general’!* i J. • report,
drawn its assurances in the An-
q_n ^ ~ K ,g lo'trkt court may issue order di- ^ide of Oklahoma because of the! nothing
San Francisco. Feb. 20.—The be sought by U. S. District At- reeling that all private and com-j income tax. '
ijint would give
Help Fanner, Says
Housewife President
By Cnited Press.
New York. Feb. 2fl.—^fdblllss
the the young men of America for
the farms during the
cona and Persia submarining*.
U. S. Will Brine
1000 Americans Home
By Cnited Press. 1
Washington, Feb. 20. — This
government will shortly ask Tur-!
key to obtain safe conducts Horn
Austria and Germany for
office. The 1915 change was one I ^ranlxldn Bell, commander of the
favored by Governor Williams. A \ ” ®8tern department of the army,
bill returning it to title exam-1 An tr<x>P* at the posts around
iners under the land office Is San Francisco bay will parttci-
pending.
PAWNED DEED TO
pate in the military ceremonlee.;
General Bell announced that ]
Funston’s body, in charge of one
ESCAPE RECORDING °r ,U* s,aff ofw<’<^8- wIn arrive
A new one has been found by i h®r,® Friday morning. Interment I
I will be at the side of Funston'*!
SENSATION FOR
COUCH TRIAL?
Chin Whiskers He Saved
Prove Omen of Wealth
Aleck Gordon, who checks up'
passage of the 1' S n.val stolen goods and pawn broken- ,ttle so?1, *1cArthur F'-n
passage or tne 1 . S. niAdi i.olliei ~,Dortl( a, rfaHnn ,ston. who died some years ago.
Caesar and the gunboa t Deai p.° . . .P°llc®. W°?n‘
Moines to Bleriit, where about
1000 Americans are
ransportation home.
A deed for a local house and!
'Tbere’ll be n aensnMon when
was prostruted the <uhcr side of the John Couch
ACCIDENT FATAL
10 WILL CROSS
Mrs. Funston
lean, for which the owner wrasj
ciiaj-ged exhorbitont interest.
Gordon explained that the own-j
(Continued on Page Three.!
er probably sought secrecy about
, the loan by get&g to a pawn
shop, where no demand Is made
that mortgage* be recorded.
BILL MURRAY WONT
W1H _ _ „ i GET JOB FROM STATE
Will f. Gross, son of F. A.' _____
Iross of the Gross Construction! "Alfalfa Bill” Murray will
Co., died Tuesday at 3 a. m. not compile the debates of the
from complications reaulting • constitutional convention desgitte
irom the amputation of his right i Ills threat to burn' the steno-
leg, following his injury in an graphic notes if not employed by
accident on the new Oklahoma!tbe state at $4000 a year.
News building, Jan. 30. Young' The house killed a bill for this
Groes’ brother. Orlando was Purpose in about three minutes
killed in the accident. i Tuesday. Durant, its author,
1 himself made the adverse mo-
saw the temper
Hopes for Will Gross’ recovery j t’,m*elr ““ie
at first were high, following the'"on- wb8n he
operation at St. Anthony’s the:of ..,b® bo'1*8-
week after the accident. The18bort 4® *<*>! with
right leg had been shattered just I *’ 116 3ai(i afterward.
above the ankle. ! GLENN CONDON BEATS
hie decree
fare.
More than two weeks
now passed wit hoof an
No iycenm bureau could fill' *ct”—'»ut offlcisxls are inclined
~ .“«v~^ tite mUht ^ du#
He as engineer for hi* father’r I
instruction company on The'
News’ building. He fell 30 feet
with his brother and two w-ork-
THE LYCEUM BUREAU
name be used.
i County j&ilers call Couch the
I "model” prisoner. "His actions
I are those of a perfect gentle-
man,” eaid Jailer Bruise.
1 Since publicity of the case has
I died down, Couch road'* but lit-
|t>. He spend* much of his
time playing cards with fellow
j prisoners.
That Couch may get out of
1.1*11 (teems to excite fear, one
Jailor sadd. He asserted that
Mrs. Mary Cene.h. sister of Nellie
Dunn, one of the double murder j
victims, who asked that every!
; effort be nude to give the d*-ath !
| I’cnaltv, called up the jail and
BY ROBERT J. BENDER. [inquired If Couch was not down
United Prcee Staff Correspondent1 to"n rtd'ng in an auto. She
Washington, Feb. 20.—Ameri- 8aid someone thooe-ht she -*»eog-
ea’s real danger of an actual aiz8,l Couch. Another woman
clash with Germany cannot be alro csl.ed up to ask If the pris-
romoved until Gte Kaiser revoke* 0,1
ANXIOUS OVER
AMERICANS IN
DANGER ZONE
A handful of chin whiskers
preserved in n box since 1904
were exhibited Tuesday by C.
K. C’oke. stage manager lib-
erty thiater, a* the magic omen
mat bus brought him fovtun
13 y-ars after saving a man's
life in a railroad accident at
Kankakee. 111.
Cloke ha* received word
that he has betti awarded
12 s,0O0 from the enisle of
iii'am Gotaikin. millionaire
cattleman of Kankakee, who
died April 21. 1915. Here is
how it happened
Cloke was railorading in
Illinois Ip 1904. He was
brakeman on a train out of
the oid man. who wag Hiram
Goodkin. then Si years old,
and our of the rich men of
Kankakee. Goodkin was so
. police an excuse to arrest them, work on
j With this the crowd cheered and summer.
| "Sweet Marie" and Mrs. Ilnrris If necessary, to meet needs of
j were admitted to the building as New York and combat the r*p-
\ r^pre^ontatives of the women. Idly Roaring food prices dig up
HarrU declared j*h© repre- i Park an<^ make It ft
Rented no political organization j truck warden,
or any kind L, T”T„
"I represent, no one but moth-1 *Jrf: ^’l,la[' ’f*.' ’ r«._x »x_
ers.” she said. "My husdand is Housewives League, to-
a w atrtimaker.
, . ,.____ day. With fhe serious sftu*-
I Children and we just manage to: *ionf^UPr?Jts',hj,nPP,3r *® the ,0r*
jrjif A iOYI K lent ntnaw met nnro '
. „, ......... tenement die-
i Who een’t'g*t along VirmcTo ‘7^'mlrt^rondUtons * wm
with tears in their eyes and ask no<v a ^frtntic duty,
me what to do. Wo were prom- an, ]irepanng an appeal
ised a public school In wliicti to
Kankakee, and one ilrv
tiain jumped the tia'k.
old man was pinned under a
r»- and Cloke *ni' to his
reaeuc . He saved the old
nun's life. But he lost a
finger in the act and also
pulled out a handful of the
old man's chin whisker*
Old Man Gravtiil.
He quit r.-'llrc-'M":' t> it dr-
snd wend to Kanaakee with
the brakeman a cheek for
$■<10 then. Cloke saved Hie
chin whiskers.
Cloko came to Oklahoma
City two years apo. He heard
in 1915 he had been mad.< a
beneficiary of Goodkin’a will,
but sett I'ment Of the estate
[ was held up In the courts.
I Goodkin was a bachelor, 94
| yea.ii old when lie d.esl, md a
I strut r and aunt "ere Ids only
j llvmg he’atlves.
Last week the glad news
b * came that the estate was ?et-
• Joke received his
to the colleges of th« country,
hold a prolest nieet’ng next Tues- u,.glng that college students, e«-
day !!> that time, tho, hundreds peeiall.v, volunteer for farm eer-
would be starving, so we defer- i vice,” she said,
mined to march down here to "One cause of food shortage
see him." and high prices is said to be lack
Mr- Harris was to’d that the ■ qf farm labor and consequent
mayor was not In his oTfice but sub normal production If that
is the case, we should see that
the farmer !s given assistance.”
tied and
$2S,00n.
Me liao resigned gt the Lib-
erty arid is negotiaHcg for a
moving picture house a' Dr ;m-
j right owned hy Manager H W. .
i Mi Call. Cloke also has signed | Square to march to Olty
I a eon tract for the purchase of
i a slx-cyllnder auto. Ho Is no
I married. Hi* parents llvP In
Vnlnut. Ks n-
ANTI-JAP LAW AGAIN
PROPOSED IN IDAHO
wa- promised that, he would
me'* them later today or tomor
row.
At n on a delegation of women
had gathered i.i front of police
headquarters demanding 1 <» *<»<■ ■ —. --
Cornmiss oner Woods. M the f!v fn,ffd
same, rime the police rccetv I H(>,^ eq.—TUe
, 'vot'd that 20"” additional worn- ,,,ah„ .,^,,-).Iire today has be-
| on were forming In Rutger* ,„ ,, ,v., ;i tt.e pioblem of *li«n
A s»»rl«»us outbreak w.ih
j \vb**n Mari© Ganz
WIRE CORES
r* tel «ft*-.r th* main body
women had b* on <]!f»parsed
been 1d«n?:f1©d w!*th ag1',* *
and ^ po'fcw c
THIS YEAR THAN LAST S, /'v d'"'-’e w ‘ ,
MARRIAGES ARE LESS
for submarine »ar-
out on * acaffoid at the top of
h°l8L Th° £Caf,oidi Friday night he
Will Gross was married and
livtvl at 1305 IVest Seventh-9t.
Funeral services will be at the
_ a . . _ War hasn’t seared voung «ti-
______ ■ an Antonio. Texas, 'ire ZPtl9 jQt4, marrying a* a incans
causes $100,000 loss. of escaping first call info ?«.-
1DOESNT KNOW CITY HE —The Btenmer Madison go’s -Ire.
b*v*’ LEFT BACK IN 1893 ra,,*b‘I in nets around harbor of From Jan 1 fo Feb 20, T;i
overt _ Hampton Hoods Take* hours 'ear, 1 ■' a < oup'es were marre:
i , to g“f lier free The oorr<v*poT.ding perad >h
— ---------—. rwenty-four v-ear* ago :n dark -—French capture man\ prison- f r sh' w» hut l 4u couples
Tulsa-eo repiresen-, ,B®r® to tb® fact Ul®t th8T® was times of the pan.lc of lh9S, Harry «-* in surprise ra:d no:t!i or
•eent opportunity for commission L. Hanley loft Oklahoma Citv Fliroy GUARDSMEN PAID
addressed »'<* w»ch *n *ct. then to any pur- because the town bal rone to —• T'm very much Shocked by -
Hall preclr
home of to. parent., 400 E«t “f. '^.n* ^
Sixth-st, Thursday afternoon at
3. Rev. I. Frank Roech officiat-
ing. Interment will be in Fair-
lawn.
peso of Germany.
Today, however, there are at
Mothers’ club. Sunday morning
he ».pokc at Harrl*on-av Congre-
gational church: earlv Mondav least iwo
merchantmen
legislation before the Men’s dub ’**t«1 80n*-
of the First Baptist church, and ’»«»• and Rocheetei.
smash.
Gen. Funston s death,” «a1d 'ta l.
He never la Id eye on the rr,v-* r,rn Ta-onard Wood
unarmed Amcrban again until ye*t«iday. tm! when jejrtm-ot of the art
In Gormany’s he first saw It he thonr t his
They arc the Or-j eyes ited He oould not un-
Both carry; dcTs'and the transformafion from
at 8:30 he was toastmaster for! American crew*. Both bear oar- a "blowed up” village to a groat :«p*«<i
the banquet given by President • *°®* held contraband by Ger- prosperous city.
Kroutil of the Yukon Milling com- jmany. Their safety from now
one of our ablest officer* ’
—-Havana reports the Cuhan
revolution has practically c«l-
■\dj. r.*n
nxmandor noon tmgan
He was n«■ or a I
’ wa«
K irp Tueriiar after-
paring ! or*
?■; i ft r*tr* n, 5 2 * * « •
oted br the Ic^ilatuff
in Lawrence build
then ir
r u->: i v.g wonn
wacLon wbiek**<
Pm-'iC acti(
fool in Vow
mand<»d today
he a i-’il to Dr
I lan i ownership.
:,ai.. v.sti—dtv Sea. W. A.
trod need a b<’l idea*
■ i>, to the otiA recently passed
!.v t ■ h- ,se. b-it killed id t.fco
> -p ■«.! o n:..tests from
.!: • .n 7 o hal is a mad.
■ .m- •>, r.-;vg- i to ! •* buy-
bet i in Poone-
-.' '•♦xa of the
cn . •,,!■:; ., w! bog-.n tn-
VAPSITY AUD’TCRIUM
BILL PASSES HOUSE
pany.
I
^j^OLONS WILL WORK , COMPENSATION BILL
There’ll be no Washington. IS NEARING ACTION
birthday holiday ln the legisla-
until definite word of th*lr ar- place."
rival will be subject of the Mve- prs*w-d him«ci»
Jaet crazy s’oit
is the wav H m ey ev-
—Indiana legislature
toe favorable report on suffrage hi'.!
Kan«ns and Texas !es-*s|a
The state senate Tuesdav or-
dered the workmen’s compense-
• ->n hil! out of committee and to
the .-alendar
The hi!» * «cheduieri for t*
official Inters**.
I did not think (he town or
'" 'id * le*t tur»« eulogixe Ger F !r
In the meantime, it hi pointed state wmiM ever «m-.ur» to any-
out that Germany has achieved. th:nc
lure
The senate Tuesday directed
Democratic Caucus Chairman
F ikel to express the bed) * re-
gret* that It couldn't attend the The bill * «chedu;eri for t-| rears o' \mero»n •kippe"*
Young Men*# DemdVrv.' lens':* *trst inning In *he house Wedre«. she has cut down on tr*4a v
ennvoetten at tlmwnec Thursday. * Lu aC-moon. ail tea.
In part at least, one o£.the mam
object* of her submarine block-
ade. She ha* kept American
*hipe in Atrerl-an port* d- e t 1
#‘Td tha* ynap
a
nf
dkr»n r*+
b^Tiko hero fa4!«*J.
R;
perish#* ’
batlilog
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bf* c * tohitv v
rtL '
k !!# 4 T’.
ro^G wsil
II £;
jfj.j
C7btcog*>
' Omi f«l.
resolution*.
—Berlin statement says "It
must be repeated that whoever
-oprr-
' bis of! c-e
ng.
tbout 394) have be»n mtistero '
*4<,P.S o-.-t, making toti! to be pa d nrj >
about $7 5 • • Th- remn-p • - <
the $3.S,,'>- 1 -inariated wDi
aid at Ft - ' v Fit
miry com** homo
put
v.-ieo strir
WOMEN VISIT JAfL
t t'i'iS OF SHIP
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Parker, G. B. The Oklahoma News (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 123, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 20, 1917, newspaper, February 20, 1917; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc860241/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.