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Some Odd Incidents.

the yard. Among the guests were Pay.
master George p. Aud, Passed Assistant
Surgeon Ansey Fl. Robnett and DR.. and
Mrs. Cowlss. DIR. Cowles II . gentjeman
Of the best social standing and . second
cousin Of Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt.
Against DR.. Cowles Aud felt he had Q
grievance. and the sight Of the physicia1
at the ball was unpleasant to him. Not
withstanding that he himself was present
through the courtesy Of = mutual friend
and. according to our social laws, on ~
equal footing with DIR. Cowies, he ap-
preached him and said:
"You Will please leave this place ana
not return. You are not wanted hsres
And In this instance. also. there was
no appeal DR.. Cowies. civilian guest
had been commanded to leave the
house by Aud. q military guest ana
there was nothing for him to do but
to obey. Aud was upheld by the author
tiles at Washington. DIR. and Ars- AmeAs
through whose Indulgence both men we're
present, had no hand In DR.. Cowle's
election.
On Easter Sunday. two years ago. there
was a dress parade at West Point
which was attended by mothers. Sis
tiers. sweethearts and friends Of the
cadets. II was . bitter day and many
of the women were loaned overcoAts
by the young soldiers. Cadet Ayers
threw his coat over the shoulders OF
Miss Emily Ayres. his sister. and
co 81 the sss Colonel Charles @
listed man to direct the women to re-
move the coats. All the frightened
women obeysd save Miss AyreI
horse. realizing how very, very different
some things are In the army, and know
ing full well the trouble that was immi-
allow me to remove the coat my dear
Miss Emily?" The old colonel knew she q
have to take 1t on. anyway. no matter
Colonel Ho~.s ordsrsa W.
spomaey NE: x .vosd 5ns rs
Ayres' death.
AT the sensational trials Of T. Jenkins
Hans nn:,, and Peter G; Hams for ths mYrdsr
revealed much OF the woman's aide ek
OF Mrs: Lewis b. chandler. vile q a
posures. The woman oiled hsrssif II !
hotel In Omaha. BY her Side was found
note aseribinE her sct % one q thsss
The method Of melting out Justice Tor
not melting It out a. some have clatmsdl
to Offenders Of the moral q cFiEainel
martials are strictly private ana every
EFFORT Is made to keep the crimes 81 soi-
a Tss es s.s g. Ss.a ssss i sssN; Ss
. OF the United States Marine CorpA wa
an illustration Of this.
sutton met his death IN squabhls
! with brother OFFICERS. The Coroner claimed
, It was suicide. Hts mother stoutly main.
Sands y Two other q" oesrs cnd Il
I Ing waa had. The hearing, hoWeyay
: presented the peculiar spect4cle ~ Qxl'
tons sho.t selnS e a, tsist ses iSls|&|
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world because at the court martial inquiry into
the curious death Of Cadet Sutton atsAhna polls
when certain of his fellow cadets were believed
to have beaten him to death, that IN officer
should have testified that An officers word Is
always taken before a privates"
Dear souls! Why~should you have been sur
prised. Some said that this was unfair.
that In any industrial establishment a superin-
teudent would not be. prima facie. truth-t teller
and his workmen all liars. But Is the army an
Industrial establishment?
Here Is q body of men who useful mainly
because of the. discipline. Where would disci-
pline be IL every private could constantly be run
ming to headquarters making complaints. or II
an officers word. except. of course. in fragrant
Instances, were not taken for TRUTH
ION the word of officer and gentleman
Is good saying. There 10 reason for this al
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~ course it's different in the army. Why
] shouldn't 1t be3 Ono of the nrst things q
~ young army matron has drilled into her Is
this-you have to meet the coloneps wife
whether you like her not And the same holds
the post 10 concerned
mention this because It seems to me to hold
the keynote of much OF why life Is different In
the army. Every woman will know what l
mean. II you the wife OF civilian you
meet whom you please and when you please. and
whom you don't please you do not meet or 1t
least not often But at an army post you have
to meet them all the time aud the effect Of
steady companionship with a woman or women
you detest, and OF men you may detest as heart
lily. 10 demoralizing.
It IL q cumulative poison and apt to break out
all at and badly. unless q woman Is very
hard headed indeed. And II she Is that kind she
10 probably the one that makes the others break
out
To this condition, unavoidable and necessary.
I ascribe such cases that OF Mrs. Claudia
Haines, whose husband. Captain Haines. shot
down and killed William E. Annis a civilian.
Mrs. Haines probably bored to distraction
by conditions Perhaps she should not have
been. do not know. But Captain Haines
acting according to the army code when no
killed the man whom he at least thought had
led his wife away.
Not long ago Mrs Lewis b Chandler. tho wife
Of q lieutenant at a Western post. killed herself
In q hotel at Omaha. BY her side was found
scrubbed that verse from Omar which runs:
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They inseparable from the type OF patriot
ism that makes a man dedicate his life to the
defense of his country. And the feeling that
every true officer has toward his post as his
home Is natural the feeling every true
man has for the place that is his home. No man
would wish to have any unworthy persons intro
duced among his family. and he would resent
such intrusion by election.
No civilian. have heard It said, would
think Of taking a private quarrel into the home
Of his hostess and fighting 1t out there with
another guest That. they say. would be gross
breach of hospitality quite agree with them.
But suppose 1t had been his own home and some
had come In whom he was quite sure should
not be there. Would he not be justified in
asking that person to leave and not to return?
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"HE conditions so clearly set forth
In the statements OF Miss
Hasler and IA Captains Wife, "
and demonstrated by such real lie
dramas in army and navy social cir
cles as are mentioned on this page. are
continually furnishing novelists and
with some OF their best
plots.
Captain Charles King. U. 8. A.. has
founded a whole seriss of novels upon
the natural results growing out OF
those conditions. Quite a number OF
native American plays owe their sue
cess to effective portrayals Of conflicts
between loyalty to the army code ana
unauestioned Individual rights.
Augustus Thomas's drama. Arizona,
IN a powerful exposition Of this point.
The young lieutenant hero suffers un-
Just punishment and degradation by
the order of his colonel rather than
cause embarrassment to the colonePs
wife, explaining conduct that was
wholly proper and chivalrous.
A brief analysis of recent celebrated
cases reported In the newspapers suggests
why the operations Of the army and nav'
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-13
BY MISS DOROTHY HASLER.

p ONOR ana gallantry the two stronge*t
n bonds Of the United States army and
L \ navy. Navy and army officers always
protect a woman's honor. They feel It their
duty to protect the wives and children Of their
brother officers Just as they would their own.
They quick to defend any woman who, by
association, becomes a part of their CIRCLE. 49,
An army post Is a small and a necessarily ex-
elusive community So is the navy station.
Every one IL bound to all the others more or less.
Irrespective of individual antipathies. They
have to be. because the army is organization.
and Is the navy, and each post Is closely
knit little community. bound by mutual interest
and by discipline.
without that high ideal OF ga1lantry and honor
what kid Of army navy would we have?
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are the natural ones
to meet 1t with.
there is no trouble.
But the moment she
begins to apply
civilian standards
or turns an ear to
civilian r 9 m Q d l o
look out for trouble.
1t Is like putting .
mustard plaster to
a wound. The plas-
ter Is all right
where II belongs.
hut It does't belong
there.
In the outside
world. In America.
at least. the main
thing that deter
mines rank Is mon
ey. In this respec,
the army Is far
ahead of the out
side world, Money
doesn't count at all
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there. A captains wife may be weight
ed with gold and the coloners wife be
poor as a church mouse. but she outranks
Ny Lady Midas. Where would discipline
be in the army life Of the posts? The
proposition is plain. And 1 believe I
know that in proportion more women do
scandalous things in civilian circles be-
cause of the disparity in fortunes than
they do In the army because of the neces-
sity Of meeting unpleasant women. or
women below their class but above them
in rank. >~''
It's all a question Of standards. II
was Kipling who said:
"For the colonels lady
And Judy OGrady
Are sister under their skins"
Substitute army code and civilian coda
for skins and you have the real situa-
ton.
Much comment was caused In the civilian
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-13
BY A CAPTAINS WIFE.

"Ah, love- could you and 1 with Him conspire
To grasp this sorry scheme of things entire.
"a Would we not shatter 1t to bits and then
Rebuild 1t nearer to the hearts desire?"
She probably suffering from the same
complaint-too much system.
You see II we are to have army discipline
is necessary In small community such a
post, this discipline enforces certain rules OF
living upon ALL There cannot be discipline
where there Is constant wrangling. where every
woman Is ready to fly at the others throat, or
where ostracism of any member be carried
on. No matter what one thinks, must make
believe" to live In harmony And suppression Of
anything Is apt to work out badly
Into this small community men and
Of all kinds. Army men almost uni
formly gentlemen. but all army mems wives are
not ladies'. They taken from many differ
ent classes. The only distinction that can be
recognized in military life is rank and this IL
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"He shot Annis down.

And II that person had refused. would
he not have been justified in ejecting
him from his own home? ! certainly
think so.
Well. the whole army and navy
organization Is the home OF every
officer in It, The Chelsea Marine
Hospital was as much the nome
Of DR.. Robnett as his own quarters.
Therefore his action regarding Dr.
Cowles was perfectly reasonable ana
right and had not an element OF dis
courtesy in 1t toward Mrs. Ames. the
wife of the officer in charge there. You
cannot fit the standards that prevail
among civilians to the standards that
are the necessary outcome or military
life,
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mics He VIII give that life cheerfuily whom the
necessity arises. why should they not honor him3
so you see ali these things have mentioned
which seem SO unusual and wrong to the civilian.
are really the natural and only logical outcome
Of the conditions among which they rise.
Let the army follow out It's code. 1t is based
on sound reason. And let the civilian follow his.
But the two won't mix. Witness the fate Of Mr.. An
mis- and the discontinue OF DrCowies. of Boston
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properly So Discipline demar IS
It. But the wife Of iieuten-
ant may be Of Infinitely better
class than her husbands
colonel's wife. Still she Is out
ranked. At once there IL an
anomalous situation. so far as
the standards of the civilian.
are concerned.
Again. the majors wife may
be vulgar, ill-bred. illiterate--I
have known such. And the cap
tain's wife may be q very cul-
tured lady indeed. Yet she 10
'outranked. There Is another
anomaly. What Is to be donef
1t all looks very curious to the
outsider. but there is no reason
why the conditions should work
hardship. 1t Is the logical out
come of the military com.
munity.
The soldiers wife should be
. good soldier. As long as she
meets the situation according
to the army standards. which
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code in connection with soc'a' r,,sr.
vites so much attention from
of novels and plays.
Take. for example. the case OF Dr. hd-
ward s. Cowles. prominent physiclsa
of Boston. and his treatment Al the
hands of an officer al Q military bali a.
the chariestown Navy Yard. DR.. How
ard e. Amas. medical inspector OF the
yard. was sivinG = ball In his honaA IN
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well al all the other apparent
Inconsistencies to the civilian
In army life.
The same emotion would
make that officer storm an en-
emy's fastness. knowing GER
tain death lay ahead for him
In England Tommy Atkins Ia
honored always. Why? Be-
cause he Is a life standing be.
tween the people and their ene-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-12
REAL ENEMIES OF POPULAR GOVERNMENT

7AREG.Y do We hnd anyone openly defending those
IRl who have been guilty OF wrongdoing high
INl places. But numerous enough those who in
- directly approve wrongdoing by condemnng the
who the mask from the face OF the hypocre In
public Office hypocrtes who have a but brought the
entire public service under suspicion.
II s given no man to sit in judgment his fellows
Yet an men must be measured hy sentiments and
preachments Here in oklahoma there is an editor an
able editor. too who processes patriotism and honesty
yet who perss;enty and consistently opposes promn
champion honest government cnort that now
being made has been made in the past to bring JUS
tice those accused OF wrongdoing.
This editor does not openly applaud the rogucs; that
would be too crude. ne does openly and yciousy
the who have rorurs up public
inspection. that the thing. He app
plies the eplthet muckraer 10 every man who seeking
raise standard OF the public service honestly
about ferreng wrong. His defense OF the criminal
consists IN charging the prosecution with crimes equally
grave.
An instance is at hand in the Gore This editor
who by the way but type prevalent throughout
the Republic does undertake to dsproye the grave
charges made by Gore, Not bit OF It, What he does
dc give great prominence to the scandalous stories
against relating to an entirely different
subject, and he draws the conclusion that be
condemned ior making public the corruption high poc.
that professional eQuet demanded that should pro-
tcct his fellows.
The policy" Of this editor Is laid bare in this quota.
uon from recent editorial with reference 10 the Cor,
But these things have uncovered many
times before and after the noise subsidies they viii on
as yore. only Senator Gore has been a little NOR,
dramatic than Of the other muck.rakers and made
little bigger fool OF himself"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-12
VALUE or \ COUNTY FAIR

El HE CITIZENSHIP Of Tulsa should understand thar
it is almost impossible o,erestimate the value OF
/ successful count, fair TO Tulsa and Tulsa County
~ Industries Something has been said from time
90 time Of the dr-raolp of having conventions
meet Tulsa. And convention, ore a good thing Tor a
t,sn.
Hul 400 of the conventions that Tulsa possibly sr,
cure n % single year w balance tho good effects OF
single successfully conducted county fair. Far which
reason bcn.o,rs every citizen OF the cu to take per
.anal Interest fair which opens August 20 con-
unar. for a week
There ls every indication that this the hrst annual
tlr De- going 10 be success both point OF exhibits and
attendance Much none, has expended b, the man
ar,menr io make t such 10 The beginning 10 hoped
aud believed OF greater THINGS that the second attempt
$500 b.. flr better nasmueh ss the management viii have
entire Year t prepare and the experience % season
90 gid,
The vra',h OF opportunity presented 'or Tulsa bee
the exhibit point for Eastern Oklahoma should
NOT boz overlooked with proper buildings the grounds
and the management has already gone far mi, drec-
ton with premiums enough attract exhibitors
Tulsa speedily become the scope ts exhibits
and the number of its patrons rbe rival Of oklahoma
city which mas several years the start
Lct tho We'll known Tulsa spirit demonstrate itself in
behalf OF the first annual fair everyone fully understand
Ing that here is Institution making we'll worth
fostering
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-12

THE DAYS BEST STORIES.
...,...................
Two Stories Of Roslnnd

Edmond Rostand, author Of Chan
tecler. is one Of the most charming OF
men. but h. admits to two antipathie,
He hates undue Imiliarity and hates
the ministerial officer known in France
.as "a "huissier"- corresponds 90 q
haiin in the old days Of arrest for
debt, The other day at the wedding
of Monsieur Jean Coquelin a youne
man walked mp to NJ Rostand, clap
ped him en- the shoulder, and oX-
claimed. well, old chap ! am glad
to see you; How are YOU, my dear old
pal ."
My dear old pal" said Rostand
very Quietly-"Who are YOU
The other day a friend Of Rostand's
called on him for subscription. Its
really charitable" he explained. we
want tn pay the burial expenses of O.
poor devil OF o hailin who
What exclaimed Rostand, "a bait
IN How much '"
"Oh. about SlO.' his friend said
Here are 500" said NJ. Rostand.
Bury two baiins"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-12

"Dcy never could keep de rainbow
n his place said Brother Dickey.
"ontel dey tied a bag % gold ter each
END an even den de rainbow couldn't
stay dar fer ag k1se ol Satan seem
dat he had money ter burn. sot fire
ter each end o. de rainbow anu runned
away wild de gold, which he soon put
.in de mcltiu pot
But de story o. de- rainbow bein'
weighted dowU wild gold had done
gone too far an people an over de
alrth set ter sarch fer IL.
De young mems come q runnin' de
.ol' mems lmpcd on de- way ter il: de
blind come feeling fer It; an ever
time dcy got ter Nhar rey thought Il
wuz it wRn't dar at an, de rainbow
dllus promisin dat Il would sho' be
dar ue next time dcy passed dat way
Fer Wen il comes ter maxim prom
Iscs rainbow Is mighty nigh ez bad
cz politics party out o. office an
Wpntin ter get in
81 reckon 70 must be hekasA de
rainbow come rum de Promise Land.
Anyhow he In De promise business
TIL de end a. time an de WOrl be-
licNc an he sayr though Wen it goes
.arter him he done gone some'rs else,
an de angels is skIppin' nope wild him
DE mos 90 de runnn' arter him Is
dcrc by de- p.,iccs fellers. what hopes
ter git de gold ter pay der campaign
expenses
"Howsomeyer, ef de rainbow kept
all his promises we'd ever one be de
millionaire cla,'s an we'd never know
IL.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-12

\ cavalry sergeant had endured the
stupidity Of a particularly hopeless re-
cruit for days The rookie having
more Hagrlutly dsregarded instruc-
tions than ever one morning. was ad-
monlshed thus by his disgusted SER
Ceant.--
Don't ever dare. YOU numbskull. to
come at the horses from behind with
out speaking to them first, II You do
they'd bee kicking az that thick head
o'yours. and then soon therell be half
the mounts In the squadron gone
lame"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-12

Dear Friend-Tm indebted TO You for
the kindness YOU have shown;
When another comes 10 WOO you and
to claim YOU for his own
Let your gladness be unblghted hy
regret concerning me;
BY another I'm delighted since your
letter sets me free
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-12

Dearest may thus address you'-
am ! not forgiven vet;
] was cruel TO distress youi all 1 said
then ! regret;
Tell me that ! am forgiven; sadly,
humbly. repent.
To dispair | shall be driven n you
DO not soon relent.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-12
COLLECrs 81 .sGe .7ae.gT.
Indian Agents Kelsey Issue Yearly
Rcnurt from MuskOgce office.

Muskogee Okla, Aug. il-Accord-
ing to the report of Dana II. Kelsey
United States Indian Agent issued to-
day. the Indian office at Muskogee
collected s2.562.736.27 and dishurscd
t2.1S3.9GAG7. during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1910. The receipts
include royalties collected on Indian
lands and the sales Of restricted In
diung
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Dear Sir-Ive received your letter,
1nd I've thought the matter over,
But ] think IL may be better II we
correspond no more;
] forgive YOU very gladly; let thIS'
therefore. be the end:
Think not that treat YOU badly
shall remain your friend.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-12

Dear Jack-Its on aid. Old story-its
an ancient one indeed:
Helen doubtless deemed IL hoary when
Paris came to plead;
Every lover has employed IL Since Eva
found out how 10 sin;
But long use has not destroyed H.
come and WOO me dear-you win.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-12

Congressman Crcager carried his district In the pr
mary by s'w than three thousand votes according
To hgures just given out and alleged be official fs
red every county excepting Okmulgcc. which carried
b, Mr. stanford, and Tulsa ana Washington which we're
carried b, MI Daniels, Daniels majority in his home
county was 9lg
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-12

The plain intent of the supreme court decision to
dN the capital of the Guthrie until the contest
vas finally settled An honest man n III" govesapy.s
',dr would hayes construed saved the FUR
thr expense and annoyance instead maintaining dual
I,,puh
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-12

4 boy who seems 20 have the maxi
ing of great lawyer in him Is cred
tied with the following question
Pa, suppose q man who was di-
yorced from his first wife, then mar
ried another woman and she dies. and
then he married the first one over
again, would she be his third wife "
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-12
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

~ am so unfortunate she said
Impr,ssiyrly and yonndcntally, las to
possess the gifts of dlyining exactly
what everyone thinks ~ me"
He ubseut-m.ndedlyl THAT s,
unfortunate indeed
4 mother of four daughters. one of
whom had Recently been married, corn
cred an eligible man in the drawing
room
And which of the girls do you
most admire, might ! acN?'
The married one. was the prompt
reply.
She-Can YOU suggest name FOL
this lovely Great Dane puppy I've hac
.given me?
Hc-Why not call him Hamlet
my dear
MANY q man. remarked the home.
grown philosopher. spends his court
Ing days in telling q girl that ne &
unworthy of her and his married llf'
in proving It.
The Sunday-school class was sing.
INK, II want 20 be- an angel"
Why don't YOU sing louder. Bobby =?
I'm singing ns loud as ] feel eN'
planned Bobby
"ThSy say that when an ostrich Il
surprised he hides his head in th'
sand.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-12

Regardless NJ other consequences the McMurray con.
tracts dead And that Of itself ample Justification
fnr the investigation
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-12

senator latollclte should manage 'omc way to get
Joseph Cannon into Wisconsin for series speeches
fore the primaries are held
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-12

The banking department of the state administration
has been removed to oklahoma CITY In the of time
the whole state goycmmcnt may gct to oklahoma civ.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-12

Murdoch Madison and Bristow three OF the few
members o the congress with enough spare time their
hands To helo their follows In distress.