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An Eight-Hour Day

All
@. rs there ldqo In the state OF
Indiana limiting the number Of
hours man mag 1DOrk l0ho is re-
Sponsible for other mems Hvesg Is
there ldlo stating hoto many
tt1eIUe-hour days a man thus enl-
ployed may loork conSecRtiUelyg
A. The Indiana law has various
provisions with reference to labor.
One of them is: Eight hours shall
constitute legal days work for all
classes of mechanics, workingmen
and laborers, excepting those en-
gagged in agricultural or domestic
labor, but overworR for an extra
compensation by agreement between
employer and employee is hereby
permitted" The law says, also: mo
person under sixteen years of age,
and no female under eighteen years
of age, employed in any manufacture
ing or mercantile establishment,
laundry, renovating works, bakery
or printing Office shall be re-
quired, permitted or suffered to
work therein more than sixty
hours in any one week, nor more
unless for the purpose OF making q
shorter day on the last day OF the
week, nor more hours in any one
week than will make an average of
ten hours per day for the whole num-
ber of days which such person or
such female shall so work during
such week." There are further pro-
visions as to posting notices with
reference to the number of hours
and as to the employment Of chill
dren and women, and there gro still
other provisions with respect to
dangerous machinery and With ref
crenco to safeguarding health and
personal security.
The Ladies' Shares
Q. A man residing In Inc state Of
California dies and lcd0os 20 1oil,
and he has a child 6y his first 1rfc.
What part lciU she recciUe md ,1hat
part aUiH the Gccond aOife TccciCc-
the one he aods living loitb at the
time OF his death? And toiH the
frSt qoife roceiDe cnything at cH?
she has the child 1oith .er and is li0-
ing in the state Of Missouri.
A. In view of the fact that there
is some conflict in the authorities,
and in view Of the further fact that
your question is not sufficiently ex-
plicit, an answer thereto cannot take
a positive form. 1t may be said in
general, however, that the doctrine
of community property prevails in
California and it has been held that
the wife ''has no proprietary right
during marriage, and, on her hus-
bands death, takes her moiety by
inheritance" Upon divorce, the wife
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-08
Pepper Talks
By GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS
Settle II

Deal in Definites. Know the time
and Place of Things. And build
upon them Do not allow Indefnites
and Misunderstanding and Mis-
judgments 20 crumble away your eff
ficiency, put streaks of darkness into
your Happiness and stick crutches
underneath your arms. Deal in
Defnites.
Settle II.
How many of us remember the
story in one of our first school
readers of the Old Gray Rat whose
Decision could not be brought into
play as he meditated all alone in that
old tumbledown barn, not knowing
whether he ought to leave or stay.
Every other rat had left, fearing
calamity, but this Old Gray Rat
stayed and stayed until finally the
building collapsed. crushing and
burying him in its ruins.
Settle 1t.
If your Mind Is Unsettled, If your
Positives and Negatives are brought
together in deteriorating conflict,
there is nothing under the sun that
can make you valuable to yourself
and to other people, excepting to
Settle, once for all, in one way or
other. the trouble that causes the
friction. You can't work Positively
when something Negative is gnaw-
ing at your vitals. Resolve to-
Settle II.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-08
Current Poetry
Il Couldn't Be Done

Somebody said that it couldn't be
done,
But he, with a chuckle, replied
That maybe it couldn't" but he
would be one
Who wouldn't say so till he'd
tried
So she buckled right in, with the
trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried, he
hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the
thing
That couldn't be done, and he
did it.
Somebody scofred: "0h. you'll never
Go that,
At least no one ever has done it,"
But he took off his coat and he took
off his hat,
And the first thing we knew he'd
begun it;
With the lift of his chin. and a bit
of grin,
without any doubling or quib-
He started to sing as he tackled the
thing
That couldn't be done. and he
did it. aS,a.s .4 b
There are thousands to tell ypu 1t
cannot be done, n
There are thousands to prophesy
failure;
There are thousands ospoint out to
you, one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you;
But just buckle in with a bit of a
grin,
Then take off your coat and so
to it;
Just start in to sing as you tackle
the thing
That cannot be done," and youn
do it.
BY an Unidentified Aathor,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-08
EArE oE rHE MAnERos.

Meyican dispatches announce that
I the Cararnza government has con-
fiscated the estates OF the Maderos
Before the flight Of Diaz the Madero
family had properties in Mexico Of
an estimated value Of S70Qa0Flqs
francisco ]. Madero VISA the leader
Of the uprising against Diaz. He
wan and be became president. VII
lai Tor ght' his battles Carranza was
trHqkling timerserver .E.as
Nadero became president. He
was assassinated ard Huerts sue7
ceflts3 lfhlF, H4ff4ssf "a aIafta
Thea Carranza and Villa and ire
s'frHf9sH ANsSerra Called stt tIrs c-ig
tfrpnration ,og0 F'ienta Now. Ger,
~arza is in the saadle in Mew~o VII
Ia has been braided as an outlaw hv
re Americen government Huertq Is
evrg in iail and the Maderos have
foe~ deHnc'io7 Of tNeir rossess'o~s
~ the rew idol G. tho Nev,can roau-
looe
It rust he conceded thet trr't &c
f'-arrer than fiction even under
-.-~ sries
This is the Carranzp Who h"s
r'~a~~a - wre~1 s4-''-'ss-pf'c7
to rs5tc,t tie property rights Of all
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-08
DiAHETEs 10 condition in
i Which the body fails to

n
- metabolize, or utilize in the
normal way. glucose. the blood sugar
derived from sugar, starch and pos
sibly other food elements. IFa
1t occurs at all ages, more often
. in males, sometimes running in fam
lilies, is probably more frequent
among the wellrto-do classes, and IL
is certainly very frequent among
Hebrews and very rare among
Negroes.
The disease may be experimentally
produced by removing a portion Of
the pancreas, or "sweetbread," Of
an animal Studies of such animals
have already taught physicians how
to cure most cases Of diabetes, as we
shall explain in later talk. The
pancreas, in health, supplies to the
intestinal canal several ferments, one
of whicS converts sugars and starch
es into glucose or blood sugar. The
pancreas also supplies to the blood an
internal secretion" which is essen
tial for the utilization Of blood sugar
for the needs of the body.
Diabetes Is now believed to be due
to some inherent or acquired defect
of the internal secretion function of
the pancreas. For some unknown
reason the cells of the pancreas which
elaborate the internal secretion fail
to do their work thoroughly.
Rapid advance in our knowledge
of the ductless glands pituitary at
base Of brain. thyroid in neck. supra
renal Gaping each kidney, spleen,
and in one sense, the pancreas itself)
is being made these days through
laboratory and animal experimental
tion. And among other advantages
accruing to the human race from
these Investigations we are now
able to number the practical con-
troll of diabetes in the majority of
cases. In the near future it is quite
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-08

their baseball games and their repu-
tations for it. Wealth enables man
to stop worrying about rent day and
the price of coal; on the other hand
it makes him worry about Congress,
the bank reserve, the tax levy, tho
meanness of the attorney-general,
the price of automobile tires and
the continued good health of T.
Roosevelt.
In fact, there are so many worries
connected with wealth, that it would
hardly be worth having If it were
not for two things-tne envy of our
friends and the fact that we don't
have to envy them.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-08
NV EALTH Is rare and blissful
wv condition Of man, in which

he doesn't care what happens
j to the cost of living. 1t is the most
delightful form of arithmetic known.
You subtract expenses from income
and have ANYTHING from pianola to
a trip to Europe left over.
Just how much the remainder will
be, depends on the locality, however.
In New Hampshire man is wealthy
if he doesn't have to chop his own
wood. In North Dakota a man is
wealthy If he has to buy an automo-
bile in order to ride down to his
barn at milking time.
In France man Is wealthy If he
has stocking full Of money. In Ire
land a man is wealthy If he has any
stocking at all.
In Arkansas a man is wealthy IL
he can buy store tobacco. In New
York City a man isn't really wealthy
until the department Of Justice has
held special session on him.
In America it is more popular to
be wealthy than it is to be wise or
healthy or good or famous. This is
because it ise very easy to become
wealthy in this country. 1t is so
easy that great many people who
are strictly honest get wealthy in
spite of themselves. But it is still
easier the other way.
Some people achieve wealth by saw
ing their money; some by making it
impossible for the other fellow to
save his. Some get wealthy by in
venting new machines; others by
inventing new evasions. Some get
wealthy by guesswork on the Board
of Trade; others prefer cinch meth
ods with a City Council. In Iowa
men get wealthy by growing two
ears of corn where only one grew
before. In New York men achieve
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-08

GennAh soldiers are making their
stenth advance on Riga. Riga Fmust
he hard nut 10 crack. The Rus.
slams are not running In the Riga ter
lritory, When they do run it is In
gtne direction Of the invaders. Now.
.it IS said that the Germans have
not made a net gain of a foot Of
.froand in France since April 1t ap-
ueers 70 be the world against the
Ger1'anic countries and their Turk
'i~h and Bulgarian allses Napoleon
fought the world and lost.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-08

Japan has become a party to the
agreement not to conclude a sep
arate peace France, Russia, Great
Britain and Italy previously were in
the agreement. Lord Kitchener said
fifteen months ago that the war
would last three years. lie hasn't
revised his opinion.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-08

eGermany is to build 5000 more
aeroplanes. but we needn't worry,
remarks the Hartford Times. we
have got twelve" That isn't the
worst Of it. Suppose France should
take notion to build 5000 more Elf
lfel lowers AGAINST u.s.
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Crackers

Crackers are divided into two
general classes: Fire and edible.
Nobody eats firecrackers except
goats.
Kids are very fond of firecrack-
ers, also. eAi4 .saNDM
Edible crackers are divided into
great many Classes, none OF
which the advertising department
will allow us to name.
One popular kind of cracker
makes a fine cornerstone for a
welsh rabbit.
A welsh rabbit founded upon
one of that kind of crackers is a
mighty temporary structure.
In England crackers are called
biscuits.
They do that for the same rea-
son they call pies, tarts.
If English people lived in this
country and ate more pie they
would not have had war declared
against them by anybody.
Piety and peace go hand In hand.
Bent's water crackers are to be
used next year as. armor for sub
marines. They are called Bent be-
cause they cant be.
These are eaten at with various
kinds of cheese.
And when one of these crackers
has been toasted, 1t Is no delicacy
to offer to a toothless man, except
as souvenir.
A toothless person can never be
called crackerjack.
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What's the use" desparingly asks
HID N. Ys World. after quoting a pub
|te Yotler giving out weird ideas about
|ihe significance Of the Monroe Dos
trine. ~The political ignorance OF
the average educated American is al
most a gift. 1t could not be ac-
uuired.p
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Matter OF Religion

Matter OF Religion
The man had been talking two
hours, and his audience had grad
ually dwindled down to few.
The weary ones on the nearby
park benches were trying to sleep
despite the oratorical noise.
eWhere shall | CO." walled the
orator, "to get my rights-where
shall l go to get justice?"
"You tell i'm, BILL" said one OF
the benchlwarmers. "I'm a Univer-
salist." h.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-08

Asqu.th excuses the Gallipoli cam
baign by saying thatit was of value
to hold 100000 Turks there But II
lii took anfe4uai number Of Allies II
was not a great achievement mathe-
and + the Allies could
have leen busy elsewhere to greater
than the Turks could, it
was Aota great feat OF strategy eth
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-08
Vest Pocket Essays
WEALTH
BY GEORGE FITCH

the same result by planting fiat
buildings on last years cornfelds.
Wealth Is so highly esteemed that
a great many people trade their
stomachs for it. others trade their
nervous systems, their vacations,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-08
FIasT PRIZE FOR
OKLAHOMA APPLES

sholyane. wash. oct 20. IBIS
Ltr J. A. F'arGuharson, Guthrie, OKLA;
heceut our heartiest congratulations
on winning first prize in Southern
States Special with score of ninety
nine three-quarters points Of a pos
sible one hundred. Premiums viii be
sent to you in few days Hoping
you will exhibit with us again. Ma
'ional Apple Show
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You noticed that IT was the doct
ors and not J. p. Morgan himself
who signed bulletin the day after
he was operated on for appendicitis
reporting that he had had "a very
4comfortable day. N @
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tn general interest o be through these columns; not
addressed
inddHdI diagnoses Ad
William this
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1.-THE need cf an extra session must
be urgent indeed. when the services
!. of that able and august statesman, o.
]. Logan are impressed to tell why
an extra Is imperative.
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OfAginO,nA9in
,.STRlCKLAND w -GluuLANo
W -


Can there be aught that more pro-
vokes 2. man
Than to be sitting at his desk,
engaged -
With some tespAaid and bufiness-
getting plan IA
BY which dis bad-ttade-gfief
might be assuaged-
Sitting like that--we'n leave de-
tails to you---
When all at once the telephone
breaks out =
In one long ring as IL 'twould ne'er
be through,
And you grab up the dinkus
I while you shout
"Hellahl Hel-LAHl"-to hear, like
gentle breeze,
Fair Central's voice: Wrong num-
Wfs ber. 'Scuse me, please"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-08

Roumania has decided to help save
Serbia after she has already been
saved by the Allies. This Is to show
her superabundant good will.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-08

Ohio announces quietly but none
the less certainly, that she Is not
ready to join her neighboring states
IN the bootlegging trade.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-08

in Mexico ard the ciyil and religious
rlghts uf. all the people.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-08

moreover, an extra session could
relieve Alexander OF the aggie boards
Morrlil fund
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-08

N The recent elections show that
women, as of yore, must watch and
wait.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-08

"A PiZen Partisan
tHear about that Russian deli
catessen-keeper down street?
"What about him?" 4u
"He won't sell any limburger
cheese to a customer unless he
calls it 'limgrader. eFT
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-08

There may be some summer and
early autumn occupation that beats
sitting inside a screened-in porch
and making snoots at the flies that
shiver on the outside and beg to
get In, but we are right straight
from Sedalia. hN t6et ~
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Health Talks
The Nature Of Diabetes
BY WILLIAM BRADY, MD.

possible that we shall witness the
conquest OF this hitherto battling
disease.
Before we take up our readers
queries let us utter just one of those
unorthodox slanders for which this
contumacious confnn Is SO In
famous. Which Of the "new, schools"
the non-medical systems OF healing
In modern times. has given the
world a great invention that has
met with universal acceptance as a
remedy or a prophylactic against any
particular disease? Which has pro-
duced a Pasteur, a Lister, Carrel,
a Koch, Flexner or Grille?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-08

The ohio voters took Bryan at his
word and didn't pity him. s.is
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-08

Just one worry after another. NOW
we face the do-your-shopping-early.
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A Letter From the Car

"A Letter FROM tne IZar
Underthebedovitch October 15---
Dear Offaginsky-1 had more bad
news from my army yesterday. A
report came to my ears that the
boys had been getting rough with
Won Hindenberg' party. This In
spite of my careful teachings in
hospitality. / had told them to re-
member always that we had plenty,
more towns and all the trenches
anybody wanted to dig, but that
we couldn't have a new Won Hin
denberg every day. l must get
word to the front of the German
army, which is in the immediate
vicinity of our rear, to pass the
word along to any of our boys that
they overtake, that this rough stuff
must be cut out. Somebody will
get hurt one of these days and
then who would tell his mother?
Hoping you will make this ex-
planation public, sc as to clear my
skirts of any intended violence, I
am, yours for more speed,
Nick Romanoff.
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Peoples Legal friend
BY E. X. BRANsON

takes title to one-half the common
property. A valid marriage is pre-
requisite and there are varying
statutory provisions. Among other
things, the statute provides that
upon the death Of the husband, one
half of the common property goes
to the surviving wife and the other
half is subject to the testamentary
disposition of the husband (that is
a disposition of it by willy and, In
the absence of such disposition, goes
to the descendants equally, IL such
descendants are in the same degree
OF kindred"
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Now Listen At This!
Dear Offagin-Did the Germans
equip their U-boats out of their
sinking fund?-F. X, Oil City, Pa.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Baby Should Have No Tea

DaDy onOtuu nave NO ioo
Our baby, seventeen months old,
takes milk, tea and sugar, but does
not seem TO gain ioei0ht. Please dd-
vise me tohdt to feed him.
Answer-Stop the tea till he is at
least twelve years old. Give him oat-
meal cruel, meat broths, milk, rice
and fruit juices.
Hot Air
Here's question you ought to be
able to dnsi0er definitely, qerites ID.
w. r. graphically. Which Is more
hygienic for dioellin0, steam heat
or hot air?
Ansioer-Hot air, Of course. A
steam heating plant works best when
ventilation is a wee bit below quail
fications. A warm air plant is most
effective when ventilation is perfect.
Chilblains
Please ten me qohdt to do to pre-
pent and relieUe chilbldinS.
Ansioer-Send in your stamped,
addressed envelope for letter Of
advice.
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ka!!,ap9ho}9
hE1. BY S "a
..yz jay E.HouseN ~

Eph Wiley considers this the top
note in self-restraiEt: Eph knows
preacher who once went to Ober.
ammergau to see the Passion Play
and refused to write anything about
it for the newspapers when he came
back.
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Old papers for sale at The Leaoer
hffice.
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We asked the young lady across
the way If she believed in conscrip-
tion and she said she supposed some
such plan was necessary TO keep
some OF the eager young men from
going to war when they were needed
more at home.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-08

Finnigin Filosofy
Th' man that hates dogs will
stand a lot o. watchin'.
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A boy doesn't SO much mind going
10 cchool. The fact that he must
wash his hands before he starts is
tho phase OF education that annoys
him.
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.And Vet Bryan is very much allYe.
siWhat's a New York constitution
between Friends
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Joe Schott says that in Germany
a man is as good as woman. In
this country man occupies a posi-.
tion slightly inferior to that held
by the dog and trifle SUPERIOR to
that of the canary.
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Mr.. Branson will be glad to answer all
questions. II your question is of general
interest II will be answered through these
columns If not, it will be answered per-
sonally II stamped, addressed envelope Is
enclosed. Address all letters to e. r
Branson, care Of this newspaper.
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They freed the black slaves long
ago, but for some reason the far
mors' wives have never had the bene-
TT CT cn emancipation proclamation.
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The average mans idea of good
music is that furnished by a male
quartette.
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HE DAILY LEADER
nY LESLIE q. NisLAck

{ubllshed from The Daily Leader build
,nk west iiarfIson avenue and entered
aHthe Guthrie postofsce as second class
matter.