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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-12-09

tWu.-co I'm the pas' eight months. Is
tnr guest Of her mother Mr. !. y.
Hum.u mI old friends BOO the city,
spending tN, week with \Ir, j 4
lu".Hm
Il
IM N..-Hhorhuud Crp.hrt club was
curwHu. Wednesday hy Mrs. G. T..
IIidpm.. who had ALSO 70, guests
Nlm,- Nna banner and Cotucn The
nfrwr". nu- spcut with urrdlcwork
The ..N.vH meet In two weeks with
Mr. 4 pu~',rvailr zoo 1901 Lin.
VuuI boulevard
n
TUr l,tIA luh was entertained
Wrlu.-HlSsA1 MIR, Thcodorr Fuch.
ucr. NJk'E Hamharh being an adj.
ditlouS.s05H High score was made
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-12-09

the city The rooms were beautifully
decorated with l"-rs ana carnations
ln red uul white wd Nh" hostess was
assisted Boo entertaining her guests 10y
Mn ihlhhuI uf lhl'agu, Mrs Ellls
thadwiyh and Mis-. \nua knight An
Informal program That gave much
pleasure was rendered 10y Misses Edna
luulluu aud Sadie anderson, who de.
lighted with readings ANA Mrs j. VI.
Gayle who's" sweet voice always is
Il pleasure. Mis- lirlrn Louise Wolcutt
accompanied 4 dainty luncheon wns
served 10y the HOSTESS and the guests ~
the o,uslun numbered NOR" than fifly
nearly ulI OF whom were visitors to
the city
Mr. and Mrs W l Plckard have
gone TO New London, la, where they
will sprud the holidays with their
daughter
Mrs. j \ lhltlrnham was hostess
"Wednesday lo lhr Auction club, the
Nous" being bright WIN christmas
tiou> for the floral oiornmcnt Mlnia
turc Christmas flower baskets were
given on the cut lo Mines W. l. Maui
PIN, Harry Young d. I. cornish and
with the club members were Mines. J
e. nulnney l. J. owen, II ". Gipson
aud tlell Rouurr NJ san Francisco.
High score, were made by Mines
owen and W T lohh. The next reg
ular meeting will be- January I with
Mrs J. e. Cornish Arrangements
party which the club will give To
number W pnor children. Thursday
December % Mrs ]. 4. MrClelland
most generously offered her home and
win furnish the tree and Mrs. n. DE.
witt Allen win have charge Of the
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-12-09

The regular meeting NJ the ladies
Aid soclrty Of the Wesley Methodist
church will be- held Friday ut | o'clock
with Mrs Ramsey nj 1907 West Tvcn.
~ third street A large attendance Is
desired to make arrangements for the
bazaar
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-12-09

Mr.. Fred Reed WAS hostess Wedncs.
duy lo the Isis club, serving luncheon
ut | 80 u'rlu-k High score was made
hy Mr. Luther Jenkins The meeting
next Wednesday viii hr with Mrs NJ.
II Rhodos Mt lOll West Twenty.third
street
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-12-09

MIR and Mrs George Mount, who
have been visiting for the past month
I'm Mnum Wells, Tex, have returned
home
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-08

An old goat also likes young leaf
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-08
THREE CHINAMEN BURNED
 AND SIX MORE INJURED

Word has just been received via Wrangell of serious fire at the Shakan cannery. Wednesday or Thursday morning.
 The Chinese bunkhouse and some smaller buildings adjoining it were destroyed and only by hard work was the cannery itself saved.
 Three Chinamen were burned to death in the bunkhouse and six were badly burned or injured by jumping from the second story win dows of the building onto the rocky beach twenty-seven feet below.
 The origin of the fire is still in doubt, though there is an uncon- firmed rumor afloat that there had been trouble between the Fili- pinos and Chinese and that in re- venge the Ftlipinos had saturat- ed the bunkhouse with gasoline and set it on fire.
 The injured were taken to Wran- gell on the gas boat Winifred fo, medical attention-Progress Min CT.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-08
Gases Deadlier
 Than Chlorine
 at U. s. Command
RESULTS ARE POSSIBLE, SAYS DR. ELLIOTT.

SAN FRANCISCO.-If the United States is ever involved in war chemical experts of this country can devise a gas far more deadly than the chlorine mixture now being used by the Germans. said Dr. A. H. Fl liott. of Flushing, N. Y, at the closing session today of the Inter national Gas Congress.
 The genius of the United States, he said, could easily perfect sev- eral varieties of gas a thousand times more disastrous on human life than that which is now being used in Europe. If war is a mat ter of annihilating the enemy, we can do it with results that would be terrible and startling.
 For instance, arsenuretted hy- dregen and hydrocyanic acid can be made into gas which would eXterminate large bodies of men almost instantaneously.
 The country, however, can well rely on Mir Edison and the syn Gicate of citizen inventors to pro duce in an emergency terrible en- zines of war that would enable the United States to hold a fair hand with any enemy that might invade our shores"
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-08
CAPTAIN BRUNN, OF
 STEAMSHIP DISPATCH, DIES.

KETCHIKAN, Oct. 19-Capta.n Brunn, commander of the steamer Dispatch, died here last night from pneumonia, contracted while on the bridge for five days almost contin uously when the steamer Mariposa sunk.
 The Dispatch was the first to an sWer the distress signal of the Mari oosa, and reached the scene within two hours after the accident. Soon after the accident cold rain set in and Capt. Brunn contracted severe cold. He was urged to go to hos pital but persisted at his work in aiding the officers of the Mariposa In getting the lines from the wreck to the shore to prevent the steamer from slipping into deep water. He was one of the best known Alaskan pilots.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-08
MAIL LETTERS SENT OTTS|DE
 JET RESULTS
MAGAZINE DELIVERY HERE TO BE FACILITATED, SAYS
 lESLiE'S WEEKLY.

That the letters and circulars regarding the inefficiency of the mail service to Interior Alaska sent Outside by the citizens of Fairbanks at the instigation of the Fairbanks Commercial club are getting results, is indicated in the statement contained in a letter received during the week b. the secretary of the club from John A. Sleicher, of the Leslie-Judge Publishing company. So far the only result obtained is in favor of Praeger. the second assistant post master general of the United States, having decreed that magazines di- rected to news stands shall now come as second class mail matter. when before they have been classed with catalogues and other adver- tsing matter.
 However although small, the con cessiOn of the postottice department :, one step in the right direction for while it does not rebound to the benefit of the majority of people, it means that more mail will come over tht trail this year than has heretofora been dispatched. Therefore, the fight for a better mail service to the interior is to be continued by tho officers of the com arcia1 c1l,h who believe that the department may eventually be shown that Fairbanks is worthy of receiving all of her mail all of the time
 In his letter to the commercial club, Mir. Sleicher states that he re ferred the matter of mails to interi- or Alaska to the Washington cor
 -pondent of Leslie's. That indl. vidual immediately called upon the second assistant postmaster, with the result that he was able to r. port the increase in the service.
 Numerous citizens of Fairbanks are continuing to receive the as
  that mail conditions of the interio,' will be taken up by them. The Fairbanks Commercial club therefore urges that the people keep sending the circulars which have done the work to all publications which they receive or are supposed to receive,
 Among those sending assurances on the subject to The Citizen l., c. A. Watts, editor and publisher [ of The National Mizpah Eastern Star magazine, of Winthrop, Massa = chusetts, which has a number of sub scribers in Fairbanks. MT. Watts, who has been prominent business man of Boston, Mass, for many years, states that he will take the matter up with congressman and senators from his state and do what he can to further the plan of action.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-08
PROGR Ss.

Strange electrical appliances have
 superseded steam, The old-fashioned sailing vessel is
 an antiquated dream. We have the horseless carriages that
 run without a hitch, And women who wear silk stockings
 that never saw a stitch. We have our wireless telegraph and
 sail OCT land and sea, We play machine pianos and never
 touch key. Old-fashioned inflammation is ap-
 pendicitis now, We are eating creamery butter that
 never saw COW. Progression is our motto; modern
 times have come to stay. But, thank heaven. we are making
 Hay" in the same old-fashion-
 ed way.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-08
Why 0rienta|s Prefer Chopstcks to the More Recently Invented Knives and Forks

1 The Japanese call their eating i implements "hashi.' The word also means bridge" but it must not be inferred that the origin of the bridging the space between the plate and the mouth
 Japan and China. While the people of these countries can manipulate them with the most marvellous deXterity and precision, they are most baffling to the fingers of a for eigner The Oriental becomes ac- customed to them from infancy.
 It may seem puzzling to Ameri cans to be told that chopsticks serve the double capacity of knife and fork in the hands of the Orien tai, but it is so, nevertheless. There need, of course, be no special diff cuIty in the ha5ni doing in place Of a knife, except in the case of hard substances, like meat. It would naturally be hopeless to face a tough piece of steak or recently-k killed chicken with hashi; but the Jap anese obviate any such awkward circumstance by having all meats cut up by the cook into portions of proper size for the mouth, whl. such edibles as fish and vegetables are broken between the hashi with out serious difficulty
 The Japanese can manipulate even raw oysters from the shell with hashi, an ordeal in which even the most expert foreigner will probably be discomfiteu There is an Ameri- can woman in Tokyo, an old resi- dent of Japan, and quite accus- toned to Japanese food, who still recounts with evident regret ar occasion when she was obliged 10 abstain from plate of delicious fresh oysters set before her at big Japanese banquet, simply fo- fear of exposing her futile efforts to take them with chopsticks; while from the plates of all the othe' guests the bivalves disappeared a. readily as if picked up by birds.
 Chopst cks are as various IT Japan as tableknives and forks are
 in Western countries. Some ale sc,and, others square. others, again heXagonal Some are made in tapering shape, while others are the same size at one end as at ths other
 The material from which they are made also varies. There are chop sticks of gold, silver, ivory and wood, most of them being of the latter material as the cheapest and most cleanly. Those in gold and silver often have the handles made of red sandalwood, ebony, or ce dar.
 Each member of the family has his or her own hashi, which are used eX- clusively by them. The hashi used by guests are usually of wood, and are never used again, the guests always being treated to a brand new pair
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-08
oREACHER'S SON SENT
 TO CELL FOR FIVE YEARS

LOS ANGELES.-"Youn man, jail, so l won't put any further hindrances in your way. You may spend the next five years in Fol som prison. and if you come be fore me again, I'll make it fourteen years Thus did Superior Judge Willis yesterday sentence M. E. Cornell, said to be the son of a local preacher. Cornell is accused of having cashed worthless checks. en a five-year suspended sentence.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-08
TWILIGHT SLEEP
 LITTLE ONE DIES

The baby girl born to Mrs. Fred Miller Friday afternoon under the twilight sleep method died Sun day morning. Dr. J. G. Anderson, called to a case ct Mile 34 and was calle dto a case at Mile 34 and was not present at the time of the baby S death.
 Dr. Anderson says that the death of the child resulted from inactivity of the kidneys, and was in no way connected with the twilight sleep Seward Post.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-08
. (, Q 9 . 6 . 6 . c 6 q 6 D 6
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.
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Judge Bunnell has decided ia Quinn vs Bockhorst. The men were partners on Pedro creek prior tC 1909, and Quinn was suing for re payment of funds which he stated had been paid out by him for Book horst at that time. The court al lowed the plaintiff the sum of $1 ,149 The original suit was for s2,500.
 A little daughter made her ap. pearance at the home of MT and 1 Mrs. A. J. Nordale last Thursday evening.
 Charles Anderson. of the Halt Way house, on the Tolovana trail s a recent arrival in the city. He | is suffering from blood poison iu one of his fingers, having taken cold from a cut sustained several days ago.
 Fred Carter ran his automobile off the Fairbanks end of the Tur- ner street bridge Friday afternoon, crashing through the railing and l hitting the telephone pole standing there. Two women were in the machine, but neither they nor the driver sustained injury when the machine went through the railing to , the ground two feet below, next to the fence on the waterfront The | machine. however, was taken 70 the shop for repairs.
 the Outside on Saturdays outgoing automobile. He is going to Mayo Brothers to have an operations for stomach trouble performed. Mrs Van Raes was also operated upon this week in Seattle
 ! F c. Aarons, of the Fairbanks Gold Mining company, was a pas senger for the Outside on the auto leaving Saturday morning. He will go direct to London. He expects to return here in the spring and again l assume the management of the Fair banks creek dredge
 The drug stores of Fairbanks aro to observe new open hours until further notice. They will close at 9 o'clock every evening except Sun day, when they will close at 6 o'clock.
 w. A. Kirby, the lineman of the local signal corps office, leaves to- day for a trip of inspection of the telegraph line between Fairbanks S and Rapids.
 w. H. Woodbridge, trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of E. A. Williams, is suing the United States marshal and Mrs. Dora Williams for the possession of a diamond valued at S1,50O. It is alleged that the stone was attached in less than four months from the time that F. A. Williams went into bankruptcy and that the attachment is there fore void.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Womans Civic club of Fair banks will be held this evening at the federal building. Several mat ters of importance are to come up for discussion.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-08

The chopsticks used by the co il. mon people are made of cedar or willow, the willow being usualL round and the cedar square. Those of cedar are of two kinds: War - bashi and komochibashi, the for mer so called because the hashi are split only halfway down, and the user splits them the rest of the way for himself. being thus convinced that he is using them for the first time; while the lat ter are much the same as the for mer, only that toochpick is in- Cluded The hashi made of bambo are for kitchen use, or are painted or lacquered for table use, and can be washed and used again.
 The standard length for chop sticks is s inches. but some are perial household hashi of willow are preferred, the length being 3 inches. In the Imperial family the same hashi are never used a sec ond time, and so willow wood is the most convenient.
 The making and selling of chop sticks is quite a business in To- kyo. there being several wholesale houses which supply millions q year. It is said that more than one hundred millions are used in To kyo annually.
 In recent years attempts have been made to produce hashi by ma chinery, but success has been only partial, most of the people prefer ring those that are handmade. The wood is prepared and blocked out in the rural districts, and the hashi are finished by the city dealers.
 It is an interesting question whe- ther hashi will ever be supplanted by the Western knife, fork and spoon. It is noticeable that when Japanese are served foreign food in restaurants the knife, fork and spoon are often placed beside the plate for use if desired and in most cases they are used. The Japanese take soup from a bowl and drink it directly from the bowl as Occiden- tals drink tea, so that spoon Is not really necessary But there are preparations and dishes for which the spoon is obviously more adapt ed than the chopstick; and in the presence of a real beefsteak the knife and fork are sheer neces- sity.
 If foreigners cannot manipulate chopsticks in a style to the man. ner born. neither can Japanese so use knives and forks. But many Japanese, especially those of long residence in foreign lands, acquir, almost a perfect mastery of Western table implements; and in this re- spect may be said to show more care and assiduity than the average foreign resident of Jepan does in regard to chopsticks.
 An old goat also likes a young
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-08

turned to his work at the Heilig mill on Fairbanks creek. after spending the past ten days in town
The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-08

Fred Enroth, of Cleary, who has been very i'll during the past week, is reported to be recovering nicely.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-14
FRENCH ATTACKS REPULSED
In WOEVRE. SAYS BERLIN
Germans Admit They Lost Ground,
But Later Regained Positions.

BERLIN. April A.
The French have renewed their furious
attacks against both sides OF the German
wedge in the St Mlhiel region. the war
Ofice announced this afternoon.
The French onslaughts have been most
violent on the north side of the wedge,
between Maizerey and Marcheville. east
of Verdun The War Office admitted
that French infantry penetrated the GER
man positions along narrow front
near Marcheville Reinforcemcnts were
brought up and the Germans recaptured
the positions by an equally violent as
sault.
other strong attacks In this region
broke down before the French reached
the German wire entanglements, German
artillery tore great gaps I'm the advanc-
ing lines of the enemy, causing unusually
heavy losses.
on the south side Of the wedge, extend
ing from St Mihiel to pont-a Mousson,
the French evidently have been greatly
reinforced. In three separate charges
the enemy attempted to take strong GER
man positions in the Ally Forest south
east OF St Mihiel There was desperate
hand-to hand fighting in this region, but
the enemy was finally rcpulsed. The
French made several attempts TO mine
the German positions in the woods, but
without result.
on the high road leading from Essey
to Firey west of Pont-a- NJ Mousson. am
other French force spent itself In an at
tempt to gain ground The Germans had
erected barricades along the road, and
their rapid-frers dealt out death from
behind these fortnCations.
Fighting has been resumed In AlsaCe.
southwest of Kolmar. The French were
repulsed in an attack on Schnepfenrieth
Hill.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-14
BRITISH CABINET PUTS
LIQUOR UP TO PEOPLE
Asquith Announces That Com
mons Must Decide on Prohibi-
tion Measures for People.

LONDON, April 1.-THE British CABINET
will take no action to prohibit the SAFE
of intoxicating liquors. After severai
conferences the Ministry has decided TO
leave the liquor question TO the people
through their representatives in the
House Of Commons. Premier Asquith
made this announcement today.
when Parliament reassembled this AFT
ernoon. the liquor question and rumors OF
an early peace were uppermost in the
public mind. There were all sorts OF
rumors that Premier Asuuth would have
important announcements to make on
both subjects.
The Cabinets position on the liquor
question was quickly made known. Par
lament had scarcely gone into session
when n member queried the Prime Min
lister on the result of the recent liquor
discussions The Premier replied that the
Ministry had reached the conclusion that
the Commons, and not the Government,
should decide matter of vital interest
to the British people.
In response to another query Secretary
of state for the Colonies Harcourt in
timated that the Government would con-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-14
GERMANS DROP BOMBS
NEAR FRENCH PRESIDENT
Airmen Shell Dunkirk - Poincare
Meets King Albert and Gen. French.

Meets King Albert and Gen. French.
PARIS, April 14.-News OF bold Ger
man attempt to lombard Dunkirk from
the air while President Poincare Of
France was visiting the French base hos
pitfalls in that city was received here to-
day. Taube aeroplanes attached to the
German squadron which bombarded
Hazebrouck. Poperinghe and Cassel at
tempted to attack Dunklrk, but were
driven back by hot fire from the English
high-angle guns, Projectles were drop
ped on the outskirts of Dunkirk
German air scouts had evidently re-
ported that high officials of the French
Government were visiting the northern
and of the battle line. which resulted in
a burst of aerial activity.
While i'm Dunkirk, President Poncare
distributed a number of gifts and decora-
tons among the injured French soldiers
The President visited Furnes, where he
met King Albert In the north he also
met Field Marshal Sir John French. the
British commander whom he congratu-
lated warmly upon the splendid victory
at Nueve Chappelle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-14
TWO ALLIED WARSHIPS
DAMAGED BY TURKISH
FORTS IN DARDANELLES
Cruiser and Torpedoboat
Hit by Shells, Asserts
Constantinople - British
Admiralty Silent = De-
fenses Bombarded.
LONDON. April Il.

bONDONt Aplh ~
Two allied warships were severely dam
aged by fire from the Turkish forts In
the bombardment of the Dardaneues on
Monday. according to dispatches from
Constantlnople today passed by the Press
Bureau as without confirmation Brit
ish cruiser, the Turkish War Office an
nounced, was hit by several shells and
torpedoboat was damaged.
The Admiralty has issued no statement
regarding the bombardpent. The official
statement from Constantinople and unoii-
cial reports from Sofia and the Island of
Tenedos indicate that the attack was
resumed on a larger scale than has been
developed since the sinking of three allied
battleships on March is.
The Turkish War Ofice announced that
several allied ships entered the strait and
participated in the bombardment. The
attack was entirely unsuccessful, accord
ing to the Turks, the land batteries fore
ing the retirement Of the fleet early In the
evening.
A Dedeaghntch correspondent wired to
Sofia that Allied warships engaged I'm a
heavy bombardment of the Dardanelles
forts on Monday The attack was most
violent at about > D. m, according to the
Dedeaghatch dispatch which added that
the roar of the big cannon could be
heard for more than 10 miles
dispatch from the Island of Tenedos
mentioned only two warships as partici-
patng in the Monday attack. The Brit
ISL destroyer Renard ran past the Turk.
lsh forts at high speed, penetrating ten
miles inside the strait, according to the
Tenedos dispatch The battleship Lon-
don followed, drawing most of the fire
Of the Asiatic batteries. those on the
European shore remaining silent. The
Triumph bombarded a battery on Satur-
day but drew no response, according to
information at Tenedos.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-14
PRESIDENT PREPAPFy
REPLY TO GERMANNoa
U. S. Answer to Bernstorff. !,
tack Will Depend Upon 81 \
cial Status of Criticism E

WASHINGTON. April H. p.
Wilson today personally was A..
the preparation of the reply o, ~. !
ernment to the note of the csrmss
bassador, Count Won BernstorS I.
ing the neutrality Of the United ~. W.
One of the first things the ~,
wants TO learn is the source ~ ~
man memorandum. He has bsa
official thus far to show whethsr lvN1
emanates from the Berlin Fo,.,ue w ue|
flee. from the German Emparnss1sa q
quarters or from Count Won p.nt nt'
the German Ambassador personsiiy