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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-24
IN OUR SCHOOL
BY Paul est
Wednesday.
Fatty Bellowcs roat uu the bulletin
hord this nioarnug:


Fatty bellOwes roat un the bulletin
poIu TINS modrniug
NOilSS
I'e"He II amy body Is lhihNlhs
ooo"l SlNNlhg me ahl4 thrlslmuaS
PreoslsitS VIII thay ID" sure a maih 1t
SUMMING 10 etc no matter Whnl my
inu'tler says
Allreu belloNe>. I~'Wlrr. Seat =.
h''a Jalhlel ~rhH % l"hli hi'h i"
tuO II oul, y SHE Nrd he ought To ne
aNn''lned OF himself aII he lhluh~ "r
p'lhg MS slnmmlrN She ~cd she
'oudeht See how amy body could
want lhlhgS To cir nlllheumrrSrsh.
uIly christmas, nS II that was all he
Eol ne Wouldenl nave anything leIl
TO remember the hollrrday with rat
~ says he doant know ahowt that he
cnWse last christmas didenl he have
Il Nlnmmick AXE Tor y WeuhS Ia help
nm remember the day
fhl COuldent hess' No Nunder
fhll NisgleSWorlh tohld iol Haynes
ne N"ulu tell hlm what Ne was gong
10 CIV him II Bol would tell him the
sam, 50 Bol Sed, Wei VIII tell You
the ferst letter II is ~ That started
PM 10 gessing, a he grssed EVERY
thing he could nuts new skails new
harmonicker, &rr hut Bol srd no. 1t
waent. Flnully BIOL ront II ON his
slait. X II was nil"
For ns smart Il person as Hol he Is
a dlsgraicc to the school In spelling.
the rest of rs being pritiy good at it,
\ PlesNmt Call.
The school had very plrssuht
rall from Mister Ahhrrrromhy, which
is one Of the school rommltty today,
he dropping In To malk a Spcach ahowt
Christmas. u WAS very fine, being
the Nnim one he maid last we're. Then
h" asst sum questions nSting whnt
'hrlStmuss was for y EN brigham
red bccnwSe thnt "ls IN" day th" Pil.
grums through the ten overheard.
Mister Abercromh' ~'d he was pos
illvrll Serprlsed Tor minister's son
! 10 max Nu'h ml7ialk' " s" are we
Better brush up "n l"rr m~lI\ LN.
say We, next time Mister Abhrrrrom-
by calls
Andy Stlil Alter HIM
Andy Anderson is sun ON the lralr
! OF SANITY claws, hr not PWile h'I'nN
! ing Wh'nIher lhnN are one or not
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-24

Many a man fails 10 get rich he
cause he thinks It's mp to him To run
the country Instead of his own NJ
fairs,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-24

M man knows the day or the houp
when one Of his old love letters vii
turn up aud take full out his hap
pint'Ss
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-24

on Peter, Peter Rabbit.
Pray tell us, was II right
with Buster Bear so timld
To give him such u fright?
II you should ask Peter that. su,
pect that he would tell You that he
thinks 1t was NOT only right but one
Of the smnrtest things he ever has
done In the first place Peter is very.
very sure that any one ns big and
strong aud with such great teeth and
long claws ns Buster Rpnr has no
business 10 bc timid And I'm the
second place Peter thinks that 1t was
perfectly all right, because 1t was
done for the benefit Of ALL the llt
tie people In the Green Forest. and
not Just to frlghten Rustrr. Peter
wouldn't do anything like that.
What Buster Rear thinks about It
Is another matter very likely And
then, again, when he considers how II
all came ne mny agree with Peter.
Anyway when Peter with the dog at
his heels stnrtrd straight for the wlr
NJ fallen trees under which Buster
had been irving to take II nap In his
snug bed ~ lenvcs Buster didn't know
Just what tu do lie didn't know that
peter knew that he was there. 80 he
let him know with u deep. angry
growl The very sight NJ Peter made
him nngry, because YOU remember.
Peter had called him u coward only
II night or two before. aud had kept
calling him II coward until Buster had
worked himself into terrible rage.
Now, when he heard ihnt drcp. au.
cry rrowl, Peter hoped that Buster
was Just ns angry ms the last time.
You scc he Thought that II Buster was
angry enough he might forget 10 he
afraid. So he paid no attention to
Bustcr's grnwl hut clawcd In nm.
der The fallen trees at place where
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-24

was eaten few would participate In
it With any comfort
plnttshurg Barracks, y. Y. Is the
destination of the Thirticth. Its tie.
pnrture win leave the Preside " Snn
Francisco, u brigade post. deserted
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-24

Next story How Christmas Came {,
the Green Forest
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-24
Shaving Sets at Half

About ten of them-mirrors on stands
cups and shaving brushes, choose at half
price tonight
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-24
FAMILY HEARS NOTHING
or ARREST IN MEXICO

Kansas city Dec. p. None Of the
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-24
liOssIIn

Tomorrpr thnv win oanlv be q Iluel
school Sum Of the frllcrs was going
10 hook iock, hut a large box arrived
today 4 thay are roomers thnr Will
hr sum prrssuuts galve out We dc.
serve them. SAY Wpl
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-24
CelIuloid Novelties, l9C

Puff boxes, soap hoXes, hair receivers and
a variety of other tricks-clearaway at l9c
tonight Bargains
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-24

For the dining table or mantel-rcgu-
Iarly ~, reduced to 39c A gift to the
home indeed
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-24

A miscellaneous group, formerly up to
Sl9j Your choice tonight at 25c. Great
values
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
REALTY TRADING SHOWS
lOPER CENT INCREASE
Brokers Close $50 Deals-Harry
Wardman to Erect 100000
Five-story Apartment
ROW OF HOUSES IS COMPLETED

Realty trading showed a marked in
crease last week. the net result being 10
per cent higher than the sales Of the pre-
csding week
The brokers succeeded in closing 80
deals Included in the weeks trading
were 215 lots and parcels of real estate.
Tuesday was the banner day of the week,
having thIrty-two sales to its credit. FRI
day ranked second. with thirty-one deals
and Thursday was close at hand with
twenty-nine trades. There were twenty
three sales concluded on Wednsday,twen-
tyon Monday and fifteen during the half
day Saturday.
Harry Wardman has taken out a per-
nit to erect a fve-story apartment at
1871 Clifton street northwest. to cost $780,
900. The building will be Of brick and
concrete.
An attractive row Of homes has Just
been completed by Charles L. Tankersley.
builder, in New Hampshire avenue north
west, between Otis street and Spring
road.
These homes are built Of red press
brick, white stone trim, colonial porch
front, two-story porch in rear. The lots
are twenty feet front b. an average
depth Of about ninety feet, with frontage
on New Hampshire avenue and rear
yards fronting on Rock Creek Church
road. Each house is fully equipped.
These homes will be completed within
a few days when the erection Of an
additional group Of five will be begun on
the remaining lots. One Of the houses
has just been sold. and negotiations are
pending for several others.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26

feet wide at the passing place for ships
and there is a 1900 foot breakwater.
The canal is greater in its dimensions
than the original Suez Canal or the pres
ent Manchester Canal.
The toll rates will range from SS for
mOtorboats and other little craft to S1OC
for trading ships OF $50 to s99 gross tons
and 10 cents per gross ton for merchant
vessels of more than 1000 gross tons
The successful completion of the Cape
Cod Canal Is due principally to the en-
ergy Of three men-August Belmont.
financial backer; William Barclay Par
sons, the celebrated engineer, who super
vised the work for the Cape Cod Con-
struction Company, of which Mr.. Bel
mont is president, and Frank A. Furst, a
Baltimore engineer, whose concern did
the actual excavating.
Those who think of the construction of
a canal as digging away a lot of sand
are much mistaken. The builders en-
Countered hardpan and bOulders left by
glaciers, according to biologists, which
proved almost as hard as solid rock
There were five previous abortive at
tempts to cut across Cape Cod.
At Cape Cod the Arctic current meets
the Atlantic current and a dense fog il
the result. on Pollocks Rip there are
Lux hours Of fog annually and 21!1 yes,
sells have been wrecked here. The dan
gers of this fog were fully realized by the
dlscoVerers and settlers of the cape.
bartholomew Gonold Of whom little is
known, first sighted the cape in 1862. In
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26

mated that 1000 sister students can
De accommodated. The site touches the
Catholic University on the northeast
and is separated from II by the Met
ropolitan branch of the Baltimore and
ohlo Hailroad. The proposed projec-
Aon OF the Mcmillan Boulevard would
run along the northern border of the
grounds and the Sisters College
grounds would bound II on the south,
The rolling country on which the site is
situated lends itself ideally for the erec-
uon OF residential section and an
academy and reservation, separated
by small hill, the site for acadanic build
ings. A winding campus will enconpass
the whole, and the residences win be Sit
uated SO as to reach them by the same
approach as the academic group of build
ings- In the most prominent point OF
the campus the model for sisterhood. the
Virginia Mary. in statue, will stand.
The residences will be picturesque IN
structure. The Spanish mission arcbI-
lecture will predominate, while the Itaj-
Ian renaissance will be the type used for
the main and academic buildings by the
architects, F. v. Murphy and w. B. Ohm
stead
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
Ditch Means First Step To.
ward All-in-land Waterway
from Maine to Florida.

1870 the Pilgrims settled here, and three
years later We learn that a trading busi-
ness had been established between this
English colony and the Dutch Of New
Amsterdam.
Capt. Miles standish. among others,
avoided the dangerous fogs OF the cape
by navigating his little boat UP the
Scusset River to its head and then trans
porting the tiny craft across the inter
vening land TO the Monument River. The
people Of the Massachusetts colony in
1876 had experts to go over the ground
and consider the cutting of a canal across
the cape, but decided the work was too
great.
In 1887 another committee reported on
the project. and In 1895 a disgusted his
torian speaks OF the place through
which a canal has been talked of this
forty years"
George Washington sent a committee
under an engineer named Machin to re-
port on the canal and its usefulness to
the States in case Of war. but It was
found to involve tremendous private
bodies or individuals. He examined the
ground time and again. and in 1913 the
United States Senate had surveys and re-
ports made on a canal to accommodate
the largest war vessels.
The first actual digging took place in
1870. but was almost Immediately aban-
doned. In 1883 excavators took out a
million cubic yards of earth. Then the
work stopped. Nothing more OF impor-
tance was done until 1909 when work
started on June q This was a little over
five years ago.
Eight powerful dredges one Of them
the largest in the world, and eight tugs
were employed, in the work. The plant
used was worth a million dollars. The
builders are proud OF their record of no
life lost in the course of the work.
There are two highway bridges over the
canal. one at Boone and the other al
Sycamore. They are longer than neces-
sary, for provision is left to widen the
canal to 800 feet. 1t may be enlarged SO
as to accommodate the biggest vessels
afioat
The distance from Boston to New York
by way Of Long Sialdn Vineyard and
Nantucket sounds is 334 miles. The dis.
tance by Long Island Sound and Cane
Cod Canal is only 264 miles. This differ
ence in distance, however. does not do
full Justice to the saving in time accom-
plished by the new waterway
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
Dream of Pilgrim Fathers
300 Years Ago Realized at
Cost of $I2,000,000.

Next Wednesday there will be opened
across the long arm of Cape Cod. Mass,
a waterway which probably will accom-
mOdate more tonnage than the Panama
Canal for a good many years. This will
surprise many. for the Cape Cod Canal
work has been done without much blare
of trumpets or Congressional oratory.
But it is a most notable achievement,
and puts much nearer the realization the
dream Of an all inland waterway from
Maine to Florida
The freight now rounding dangerous
Cape Cod and its shoals every year
amounts to 2, 10000 tons, and practically
all this is expected to take the new,
shorter, and safer route. The canal cost
about ST., 90, 900. The Panama Canal. cost
ing S4CO, 900, will have but 10, 500. 900 tons
annually, il is estimated. The great new
barge canal in New York State which
serves to bring the grain of the West
from Lake Erie to New York City. is
costing 800, 900 900, and its prospective ton
mage is but 100000 tons.
So II is difficult 20 see why the Cape
Cod Canal was not constructed before.
1t has been discussed since shortly after
the Pilgrims landed in the vicinity. It
hung fire for almost 800 years, but now
it probably will be self-supporting from
Lle SIdIl
Vessels from ports all along the coast,
as far South as Charleston. S c, will
use the canal going to and from Boston.
Twenty-Five thousand craft a year now go
around Cape Cod, but at a fearful loss in
f1oundered and wrecked ships and with
extra charges for insurance. The average
delay per round trip for barges and
schooners going outside is calculated to
be nearly four days.
This means 10 cents a ton loss in money
or the 100000 tons of coal and lumber
carried by sailing craft and tows Steam
ers carry an additional 100000 tons, on
which nearly the same proportional
amount willNbe saved by the new route
The length Of the waterway is eight
miles in land cut, while its length from
thirty-foOt water in Barnstable Bay on
the northeast to thirty-foot water in
BuEzard's S Bay on the southeast is thir-
teen miles.
1t has a minimum depth at low water
Of twenty-five feet and is in no place less
than 100 feet wide at bottom. 1t iss 300
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26

Beach. The popular resort 10 situated
on the broad waters Of the historic
Potomac River, about seventy miles
from Washington and near enough to
the bay to make the salt water bath
ing excellent. The steamer st. Johns
is now maintaining a daily schedule.
excepting Mondays, leaving at Q q. m.
from the Seventh street wharf on Sat-
urdays. special weekend trip Is
made, leaving at 1880 p. m. and again
Sunday morning at a. m. An excel
lent cafe is maintained on board the,
steamer for those wishing dinner while
aboard. while the shore dinners to be
had at the beach are excellent. Salt
water bathing. fishing. Grabbing. and
boating are some OF the amusements
offered at the beach. A large dancing
pavilion Is located over the water with
a we'll directed orchestra. On Mondays
the St. Johns makes its regular forty
mile moonlight trip to Indian Head
and return.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
HURRAH HI! SIGMA CHI!

The Sigma Chi Fraternity Of George
Washington University gave q banquet at
the Ebbitt House yesterday afternoon
which was largely attended by the active
and alumni chapters. College songs and
speeches enlivened the proceedings
Among those present were DR.. Robert
Farnham. past grand consul of the fra
ternity;- Herbert A. Meyer, private sec
retary to the Hon. Franklin K. Lane;
Hon. Lafe Pence, Wayne johnson, Will
lam Kemper, William Woodman. NJ. B.
Clagett.' Henry W. Zeh. Jay Halls, Har-
old Acker. William Harper Morgan, Ed
ward c. Kemper, Nat T. Worley, WILL
lam Flood. @. Sydney HILL Peter Valaar.
c. b. Hamilton, William Webb, Roy
Penix, W. r Gregg. Harry Maxwell. Jay
Keegan, R. W. Patterson, Parke CALI
her, z. Hurst. Handy, Melvin Fischer.
Lee Brown, Harold C. King, l. p. Crutch-
field. r. F. Mitchell. George e. Strong,
Raymond Richards. Logan Morris, Julian
Thomas. Henry Kimball. and chauncey
Landon.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
D. C. PYTHIANs WIN PRIZE.

The drill team of Washington Com
mandery, No. 1, Military Department of
the Knights of Pythias, yesterday was
announced as winner of the third prize
Of 500 in the competitive drills of the
International biennial encampment of the
Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, at
Terre Haute. Ind
The Clinton, Ind, team won the first
prize Of 81, 900 In the class A drills; Eaton
Rapids. Mich, won the second prize of
$50
Otto Sonntag, Of Washington, was
awarded the prize for best FIRST sergeant,
EriEe. so, was given to Washington.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
Cape Cod Canal Will Open Wednesday
ITS TRAFFIC WILL BE TWICE THAT OF PANAMA
Means Great Saving to Coast Trade
Facts About Cape Cod Canal.

Thirteen miles long and be-
tween thirty-five foot depths in
Rarnstable Bay and Buzzards
Bay.
Dimensions greater than orig
inal SueZ Canal.
Talked Of for three centuries.
Sixth actual attempt to cut
across the Cape.
Cost&12, 900. 900 compared with
s4oO. 100000 for the Panama Canal
and 500, ,OOO,o 900 for New York
State barge canal
Estimated annual tonnage 25,-
900, 900 against 1o,600, 900 for Pan
anna Canal. and 4.000,o 900 for new
Erie Canal.
Men who built canal: August
Belmont, fnancier; William Bar
clay Parsons. engineer. and
Frank A. Furst, contractor.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
DOMICILED CITY FOR
THE YELLED SISTERS
Institution for Worshiping Women
Started with Breaking of Ground
Near Catholic University.
WILL BE READY In THE FALL

a university city for the veiled women
Of the Catholic religion has been started
IN the District near the Catholic Univer-
sity. with the breaking of ground for the
first two habitations. residences for the
Sisters of st. Mary. of Lockport, N. Y,
and another for the Sisters of Divine
Providence. of San Antonio, Tex, to oc-
Apy while they are attending the Sis
tiers College.
1t is estimated that with the academy
buildings, chapel, laboratories, and the
private residences to be erected by the
different orders Of Catholic Sisters whose
commandments attend the college, the
cost Of the whole sisterhood Village will
be upwards of 100000
Twenty-Five communities OF Sisters
will build. though only tthe two resi-
dencss already under way will be ready
for occupancy this fall.
The modelled city win cover a tract
of nfty-seven acres and It is esti.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
''PLUCKING BOARD" CENsURED.
House Committee Defends Record
of Commodore Vecder.

A severe censure OF the Navy Depart
ment 'plucking board is embodied in a
report filed in the House yesterday by
the Committee on Naval Affairs. The
committee deals with the case Of Com
modore De Wit Veeder, who was re-
moved from the active list al the in
stance OF the 'plucking board" The
committee charges that Commodore Wee
der was retired illegally, and that the
board that ''plucked'' him left on the
active list an officer less efficient in every
way, one who had lost a ship and one
who was addicted to the excessive use OF
intoxicants.
The committee pointed out that Com
modore Veeder had been graded excel
lent l97 times. very good % times and
times as good"
The report intimates that Admiral
Sperry was instrumental in forcing the,
retirement Of Commodore Eeeder.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
POSSES SEEK TRAIN ROBBERS.

New Orleans. July Exposes secured
the swamps east of here today for trace
OF two armed bandits who held I'd the
New York limited flyer OF the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad about midnight
and escaped after shooting and killing
Thomas Eglin, brakeman. and robbinS
the conductor and a passenger Of s23. So
far no trace of the bandits has been
found
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
IRISH TROOPS DOUBTFUL,

Special Gable to The Washington Herald
London. July Elm view of the Irish
crisis London papers attach great signif-
canoe TO the visit of King George today
by Gen. Sir 4. PagCt. who commands the
Irish troops. The interview. il is under
stood, was to consider the doubtful atti-
tude OF the Irish troops. An attempt to
land arms OF Waterford this evening
was made, but a warship chased the ves-
sci away.
At Birmingham the police seized 5000
rounds Of rife ammunition consigned to
Ulster.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
MAsoNs MOURN RICHARDSON.

Masons through the world are
mourning today the death of James
Daniel Richardson, sovereign grand
commander Of the Scottish Rite Ma
sons, Southern Jurisdiction, who died
Friday at his home in Murfreesboro
Tenn.
Mr.. Richardson was once duly elect
ed Speaker of the House Of Representa-
tives His service in that position only
lasted between four and FIVE weeks, as
he was merely chosen to occupy the
chair during a period when Speaker
Crisp was Ill. That was in 1894. In
the latter years Of his service he was
Democratic floor leader in the House,
and in two Congresses. the Fifty-sixth
and the Fifty-seventh, he was the can
didate of his party for Speaker.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
MAY BUILD NEW POOL.

The Commissioners are considering the
probable location of a swimming pool in
the southwest section of the city for the
use OF colored persons and turning the
pool now used by them over to white
women. The great attendance Of the fair
sex on ladies days has forced the
Commissioners to discuss the feasibility
Of either enlarging the present bathing
beach or providing separate places for
whites and negroes.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
THURsToN's HANDS FULL.

school Head Hopes to Finish Re-
vising Study Courses This Week.
Ernest L. Thurston, superintendent OF
schools, hopes to finish revising the
courses of study In the high schools some
time this week and get the pamphlets to
the printers. The new courses will meet
the demand for practical work, and will
be simple and definite. Authentic. geo
graphy, history. and English are the
studies that have been changed.
The English courses at McKinIev
Manual Training School and at Business
High School, which have heretofore been
the same, will next year be radically
different. Miss Sarah E. Simmons is the
head Of the department of English in the
high schools
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
PLAN STREET SAFETY OUTING.

Women and girls, as well as men and
boys. are to be given an opportunity to
engage in the athletic sports which are
to be provided by the Street Safety As
sociation Of the District on its first an
nual excursion to Marshall Hall, August
I. Prizes will be given those gaining first
or second place.
The committee on athletics comprises
A. J. Driscoll (chalrman), Edgar S. Mar
tin, Daniel W. Edelin,. J. Clinton Hiatt.
DR.. Benjamin F. Gibbs, and William F.
Peabody
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
NEVER FEAR, SNO0KEMS."
Hnir-cuttinE Gauge Makes Kiddies'
Visit to Barber n Pleasure.

Among the most recent inventions
which have attracted attention for use
fulness is the haircutting gauge invented
by S. Nicholson. of 651 L street southwest
This practical device is calculated to allay
the fears Of fond parents when children
from the age Of ''SnOokems'' to the age
when curls and long hair are shorn or
are put in the BARRIERS chair for their
summer trimming.
1t Is a simple yet effective idea for in
dicating to a nicely just where the barber
is to bob the youngsters locks, and II is
claimed that even an inexperienced per-
son can make a workmanlike job of chill
dren's haircutting with its aid. 1t elimi-
mates the danger of accidental injury
when a nervous child is in the chair and
enables the mother to do the little ones
hair trimming at home
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
MUST TAKE so-MILE TRoT.

Seven army officers will start their
ninety-mIle riding test Of three days to-
morrow, instead of next autumn, when
the big ride comes on. They will report
to Mai. Reuben 8. Miller, Of the Medical
Corps. in the morning.
They are Col Henry o. S. Heistand.
Col Harry L Rogers, Lieut. Col. Clint
c. Hearn, MAI. James Candy. Maj. WILL
lam r. Smith, Maj. Charles Crawford.
and MAJ. Herbert A White.