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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-15
COTTON PAY MENT
PLEASING TO ALL
British Give $500. 900 Installment on
Cargo Taken I'm Route TO Sweden !;
TwentySiN Ships Detained

NEW YORK, June Is. Bankers and
marine insurance companies were
pleased by udylces from London that
the British government had paid an
lnstulmeui NJ more than 100000 on
cargo NJ cotton en route 10 Sweden
on the steamer Marie. In April Great
Britain detained IN all 20 ships, car
rylng 2OOOOO bales Of cotton, valued at
Sl9,OmOOO Drafts drawn against
these shipments were discounted by
bankers aud trust companies In New
York They full due within IL few
days and anxiety had been expressed
over the possibility of loss from delay
IN Grent Britain paying for the cot.
ton.
Most of the cotton seized and taken
to British ports was consigned 10
Holland, Sweden or Denmark The
British order lu council directed that
It be- disposed " In England at the
contract price.
In order to expedite payments for
the cotton the law firm Of Harrington,
bingham and EnglRre OF this city,
representing marine insurance inter
ests and shippers, proposed To the
British foreign uffice that proofs of
shipments aud prices should be- sub
mltted to Sir Courtney Bennett, the
British consul general here and that
he should cable his findings TO the
foreign office.
The offer was accepted and In.
ltial payments. n II stated have been
made earlier than the bankers had
hoped.
At the office " law firm II
was said that they expected that all
the detained cotton win be dealt with
under this plan within the next few
days To safeguard the shippers
against law suits by consignees who
fail to receive their cafgoes the law
firm has arranged with the foreign
office that payments made on the de.
tNlned cotton should he considered as
on account This was Intended 10 leave
the way open FOR claim by the cot
ton shipper against the British gov
ernment for any damages which the
court might award to the consignee
In Europe
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-15
SMALL CHANCE
TO GET REFUND
When Money Involved Was for Tax
and County Has H. Court Advises
That Payer Kiss II Goodbye

In affirming the Judgment uf the
Grady county district court In the case
of T. II johnson VS. Grady county. the
supreme court today handed down q
decision which affects cases In many
cuuutic, NJ the state where suits are
pending asking that the county com
mlssioncrs refund certain taxes that
had been paid on Indian lands. The
court holds that section II NJ chapter
52 of the REVISED statutes, which per
mlts county commissioners 10 refund
taxes, Is void
The same point Is involved In this
case which appears In those suits In
MANY counties VI the east side Indian
lNnhs were tuNcd after statehood aud
the United States supreme court de.
cldrd later they should not hc taxed
The tax money was paid In many In
stances and following the decision ot
the United States court attempts were
nude to have the money refunded The
decision NJ the Oklahoma court IL that
where this money was paid voluntarily
the person paying the tax practically
waived any right tn come In later and
ask that II hc returned This de.
clslon win probably settle this point.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-15
AUTOMOBILES COLLIDE
Five Persons Injured, One Rather
Seriously, In Spill nj Fourteenth and
Dewey, Last Night

Five persons were injured Monday
evening when AN automobile, driven
by DR. Z, w. Townsend was struck
10y Il machiue driven by Joe Lewis,
aged l0 nt the intersection Of Four.
teenth street and Dewey avenue. The
Injured were all IN Dr Townsend's
car The party consisted NJ Dr aud
Mrs Townsend, Mr. and Mrs. W s.
Spencer and Mrs larnel Mrs.
Spencer was the most seriously hurt.
as she received Il broken collar bone
and probably a fractured skull. Mr..
Spencer and Mrs. larnell both sus.
tained broken ribs aud are severely
bruised.
nr Townsend was driving south
when the ear driven by Lewis
crashed into him He states that both
he aud the other members ~ his party
tried to signal to the otherf driver.
hut that the speeding west bound
driver never looked In their direction
until n collision was unavoidable. DR..
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-15

had been shot twice through the
heart. Beside her, his left arm under
her neck and his head pIllowcd ud
her breast, lay Hussenius. In thu
grip Of hls right hand, which was
tucked between the two bodicS. was
AN automatic pistol. three chambers
empty. There was bullet @crd ln
his temple.
Husscnius. 81 his frlcnly told the
police. was born In Swedel. He was
a graduate Of Stockholm university.
lie was the son NJ nuhlenpn. and
two years ago had a quarrel with his
family which resulted IN his coming
tn this country He was about thirty
years old
Anna MalmQulst was music
teacher aud lived with her widowed
mother, Mrs Ebba Kuhm and three
brothers In Brooklyn Recently she
suffered nervous breakdown aud
was treated for three weeks In sOnl
tnrlum.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-15
DOG ROBBER
CAMP BROKEN
Bench Legged Duo End Career
OF Outlawry With It's Toll OF
Chicken Life And SwatCheS
POLICE TEARS OF APPRECIATION

Bite me, you bench legged mongrels.
Just bite me once"
So commanded officer Younpblood
to two uncertal" looking bulldogs In
house In Packingtown this morning a,
he advanced into the apartment where
the dogs had taken up their quarters.
Instinct Of the officers drawn reyol.
yer warned the dogs not to accept the
lnyllatlon and they were securely tied
TO await the arrival Of the patrol
wagon.
After the arrival Of the hoodlum
wagon another difficulty arose. Who
was going to lift the grim looking ami.
mails up into the car? The officer de
clarcd that either dog would Just ~
soon tear II leg OF man us look al
hin, and both stendfastly refused tu
bulge. 80 q. Y Moon, the owner of
the dogs was called on for assistance.
and the ordinance breaking CANNES
were duly placed In the seat usually
occupied by vags and drunks.
The playful propensity which the an.
lmals possess for killing barnyard
fowls aud pet rabbits has brought
them aud their owner into police sta.
tlon several times Moon said that he
had given the heQsts AWAY, and was
no longer responsible for their orgies.
II Is snld In the complaint that the
dogs Killed eighteen hens for one wo-
man Yesterday besides several rabbits
geese, guineas and other small animals
One peaceful acting cat was also
slaughtered, the hilarious dogs chasing
her Into her owners home aud taking
her life at the very feet " her ms
tress. Officer Ionngblood testlfIps
thar the dogs work with system, and
that he recently counted thirty five
rabbits, most Of them pets, which the
dogs Ind killed and piled up In twu
equal piles Az grand finale, they
pursued one woman into her home last
night, II is said, making of with much
Of her raiment. and dragged most Of
the clothes from T. A. McAllister ~
he rnced for home and safety. II IS
said by the officer making the doggish
arrest that only vest adorned hls
person az he sprang through the door
aud shut the hungry beasts outside.
The dogs were turned over 10 Ollle
Estes, official animal receiver. for
summary execution, In spite ~ the
pleas made by several Officers who de
clared TINT they wanted pets.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-15
List of accredited Second
ary Schools in Oklahoma

The following list of accredited
secondary schools In oklahoma Is
taken from the 1918 bulletin Of the
United States bureau VI education. An
accredited school means one which IS
equipped to prepare students for col.
leges that require fourteen units for
unconditional admission \ unit rep.
reSents years study IN any subject
IN a secondary school, constituting Ii
quarter " full years work,
The admission requirements In
Oklahoma, In affillntlon with the state
university. are IL units. The list ot
accredited secondary schools follows:
Alus High school
Auadurko High School
Ampaho High Suhuul
ArlmOrr High school
Atokn High school
Bartlesylllr High school
beaver High School
blackwell high school
Carmen High school
Chandler High school
ChecoJuh High School
chelsea High School
Cherokee High Srhuul
Chlcknsha High school
Clnrmorr University Preparatory
school
Cleveland lugh School
tiintoh--iiiFh S.h""l
Cuulgatc High School
Cullinsvillc High school
Copnn High school
Cordcll Chrl1lun college
high school
Gushing High school
Custer city High Syhuul
Dewey High school
Duncan High school
ER City High school
~ Reno High SCHOOL
Enid
High school
Phillips University lilgh school
Eufnun High School
FuirfN nigh School
Frederick High School
uenry nigh School
Guthrie
High School
Methodist University Academy
Guymon High School
Iienncssey High school
Hobart High Srhool
Holdenvlllv llirh School
Hollis Hlgh school
Kingfsher
Hlgh School
Kingtishor College Academy
Lawton High school
Lexington High school
Lindsay High school
Madlll High school
Mhngum nigh school
Marietta High school
McAlester High school
McLoud High School
Miami High School
Mountain View High school
MI
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-15
Young Baron and
Girl in Suicide Pact

Frederick j Hussenius snid 20 bt
Swedish baron aud member Of Il
noble family in his native mud, Il
family from which he was estranged
and his sweetheart, Anna MamQuist,
y, were found dead In each others
arms In Central park, New York.
Dawn was just glimmering thr, ugh
the trees when Patrolmnn John Fla
herty heard three shots from the
broad stretch of lawn east OF the
West drive In the park, ut point
opposite Sixty yfourth street. Under
the dropping boughs Of linden tree
the policeman found the couple
clasped In each others arms.
The girl was lying on her bacl; and
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-15
Plumbing Ph. Wal. $50 Taylor Bro.
ADV.
GRECIAN KING VERY WEAK;
IMPROVEMENT SATISFACTORY

WASHINGTON. June i6.--The gen.
eral condition " King Constantine Of
Greece continues satisfactory, accord
ing TO bulletin received at the lega
ton here today. Ills majesty Is still
vorr weak
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-15
NEW YORKER is PRESIDENT
or LARGE ST. LOUIS BANK

ST Louis. June 1b.--John q Ion.
sale ~ New York, today was elected
president NJ the National Bank of
Commerce " st. Louis. The bank has
a capital NJ SlOOOO,OO0 Mr.. Lonsale
was horn in Memphis and for time
lived In Hot Springs, Ark.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-15

Iuwusends car was turned completely
over piuung the occupants beneath
He lives nt go West West Eighteenth
and the Spencers live al 81 West
EIghlpenih.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-15
10 Drive Out Malaria
aud Build Up The system

Take me Old standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC You know
what you are taking rs the formula Is
printed ON every label showing It is
Qulume and Iron IN lnstelcss form
The Quiulnc drives out malaria, the
Iron builds up the system 30 cents.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-15
HAS PROVEN POPULAR
Offer Of Bargains Wins Quick Re-
spOnse-Ask for Your Cash Checks
at Stores Named Below

The exceptional offer announced by
The Times has aroused no little In
terest among the churches, lodges.
clubs, organizations and many peO.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-13

them to the front to defend the coun-
try from invasion, and the British
skilled workers went on strike for
higher wages Russlas factories were
ample for supplying million men,
but inadequate for ten millions
France Is aroused and has now
more than six hundred thousand
workers trying to repair the blunder
made in the first days Of the war
Lloyd-George is trying 10 arouse
Great Britain to sense of the dan
ger the country is in, and may be
able to do So Russia has neither the
great factories nor the skilled work.
ers necessary TO supply munitions TO
her vast armies. Her campaign must
break down unless she can get sup
plies through the Dardanelles.
Il Is reasonable 20 believe that
Germany will make a supreme effort
during the next three months TO break
through the French defeuses, and it
is not unlikely that drive such as
she made against the Russians in
Galicia would succeed Her armies
are within less than fifty miles Of Pa
rls. and have every symptom Of re-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-13
MAKING THE MOST OF II.

Every day Is q fresh beginning,
Every day Is a world made new"
Tho preparation for living Is al
ways going on. ana one OF the argu-
ments that life does not stop with It's
apparent ending, is the fact that prep
aratlon for more aud higher living is
always proceeding, even up to the
last DAYS Of mortal life. when some
OF the greatest questions of all are
still IN process Of solution and some
Of the deepest lessons are being
learned ana are being burned into the
consciousness. II 1t is a fading aud
disappearing consciousness. why, in
the language OF the poet, waste all
that precious wood to form it's cross
4 recent writer speaks of the hui
man error Of the notion that educa-
tlon is something bought and sold,
something begun on one date and
finished on another. The elderly per-
son sees very clearly that the whole
course OF life has been an education,
and that the process IS going on with
greater CELEBRITY than ever, as the days
shorten ana the afternoon sinks Like
Brownlng's grammarian, he feels that
he must hurry a little more, that is
all, Time hastens
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-13
HAIR IS CRAY;
YOU LOOK OLD.
Look Young by Darkening Gray Hair
With Q-BaD - No Dye
Harmless.

II your hair is gray. faded. wlspy.
thin, prematurely gray. or streaked
with gray, you will look twelve or
fifteen years younger il you darken
your gray hair by shampooing your
hair and scalp few times with Q-Ban
Hair Color Restorer. II Is not a dye,
but acts on the roots. makes gray hair
healthy. turning your gray hair TO
beautiful, lustrous, soft, natural dark
shade, darkening your gray hair and
entire head of hair so evenly that no
one need suspect you use Q-Ban. Be
sides. Q-Ban stops dandruff, itching
scalp and falling hair, promotes its
growth. makes hair and scalp clean
and feel fine aud always darkens gray
hair Try it at our risk. Only soc
for a big 7-cz. bottle at Butts, Inc,
Albuquerque, ~ NJ. Out-of-town folks
supplied BY mail Call or write ask
ing for Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-13
The Famous Eden Musee of NeW York
to Vanish Into the Realm of Memory
Place We All Visited Our First Trip to Metropolis to
Pass Away Under the Stress OF New Business
Conditions in Americas Greatest City.
(Ne,o York IVorId.)

I doubtful, including the collection
of dummies the furnishings of the
place and a nine-year lease at $4,000
a year. X. g.. Holloman, the presi-
dent Of the company is the largest
creditor. His claim is $1,000. Mi
chael Coleman claims SS.2Sl ON the
lease; A. Pagenstecher, Sl,sO0 on 4
loan, and others demand smaller sums
for electric lighting, advertising, ser
vice and % on.
Lasted Thirty-two Years.
The Mdsee was thirty two years old
on February 23 last In its prime II
was famous as an originator of new
entertainments for New York. The
first moving pictures were shown
! there IN 1898, when the Passion Play
| was presented by the film. The first
| Hungarian band the town ever heard
played there as far back as 1855, be-
ing brought direct from Budapest
And il was fashionable to have oneis
figure in wax on exhibition, too. There
still stands In the Musee images OF
Cornelius Vanderbilt, jay Gould, Lily
Langtry, Gen Joe Wheeler, James G..
Blaine, Minnie Maddern Fiske and
others, all made from sittings in per
son.
Fame or notoriety-either was suf-
ficient TO cause a wax figure TO be
placed in the Musee. Some Of the
figures, Ike the place itself, had their
ups and downs. When the vogue of
he original of a figure passed, the
dummy was sold Admiral Deweys
image was perhaps one of the most
popular On the day Of the Dewey
parade. record crowd of 1i,SQt per-
sons paid TO enter the Musee.
Yet, four years ago the admirais
figure was sold-get this, please
along with the image of or Doc Cook,
the Arctic explorer. And together the
wax admiral and the wax Doc Went
to the sidewalk outside sixth ave
nue. clothier's shop, where suits
labelled Mere S2S-now $l4" were
hung upon them.
The figure Of Abe Hummel, after
his conviction, was shown in stripes
behind bars. Friends Of the little law
yer, however, brought pressure to
bear to nave il removed, 50 after q
few weeks ii was melted down and
turned into Harry orchard the In
former the man who testified in the
famous Haywood Meyer trial IN
Idaho.
Comedy and tragedy the old Musee
has seem
Constant Thys. little old German,
for more than quarter of a century
was the designer of the figures Hero
or hobo, he turned them out, in
startling likeness to the originals.
just before Christmas. four years ago.
he made a massive figure of SANTA
Claus, for the kids TO look at and be-
lleve in during the holiday season.
n hope il viii make them all hap
py, he said, gazing upon his finished
handiwork and dropping the last toy
into Santa's bag. And then little Con
slant fell back and died with a
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-13
THE GLORY OF WAK.

In the course of her study of war
conditions in Flanders for the Satur-
day Evening Post, Mary Roberts
Rhinehart. the American novelist, Sc
cured the following story from Lady
Decies. who went over from England
10 act as a nurse:
Il went TO. the British consul at
Dunl1irk and asked him where | could
be most useful. lie said to 80 to the
railroad station at once.
Il went to the station. The situa-
ton there was horrible. Three doe
tors and seven dTessers were working
on four-hoH shifts.
AS the wounded came in only at
night that was when we were needed.
/ worked all night from that time on.
My first night we had LOO men.
Some of them We're dead when they
we're lifted out onto the stone floor Of
The station shed. One boy flung him
he fell and he died in my arms. He
had diphtheria as well as being
wounded
THE station was frightfuly cold
and the men had to be laid on the
stone floors with just room for NOV
ing about between them. There was
no heat of any sort. The dead were
lald In rows, one on top of another, on
cattle trucks. AS fast as man died
they took his body away and brought
IN another wounded man..
Every now and then the electric
lights would go out and leave us there
in black darkness. Finally we got
candles and lamps for emergencies.
we had no surgical dressings. but
We had some iodine. The odors were
fearful. Some of the men had not
had their clothes off for five weeks.
Their garments were like boards. It
was almost impossible to cut through
them. And underneath they were
coated with vermin. Their bodies
were black with them frequently.
In many eases the wounds were
green through lack Of attention. One
man, | remember, had 10. The first
two nights | was there we had no
water. which made it terrible There
was pump outside, but the water
was bad At last we had little
stove set mp, and | got some kettles
and Jugs ana hoiled the water.
we were obliged to throw the BAN
dages in a heap on the floor and night
after night we walked about in blood.
My clothing and stockings were stain
ed with blood to my knees.
After the first five nights ] kept
no record of the number of wounded;
but the first night we had 1,lO0 the
second night 900; the third night $50;
the fourth night, 2,0e0; the fifth night
] SOC"
Read Lady Decies' account again.
writes Mrs Rinehart 'and try to
pace vCur own son on that stone floor
on the station platform Think of
that wounded boy. sitting for hours in
a train and choking to death with
diphtheria Read that account again,
and then cry for war the next time
the national pride receives what it
an affront. Cry for war
If you darelN
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-13

stamp that adorns the wrapper II
but represents to them the cost of
Transporting and handling by the gov
eminent Few indeed realize that the
postage stamp is a modern contri-
vance, and that It's great aid 20 mod
ern life has played a remarkable part
in the worlds development during the
asst three-quarters of a century
1t was in 1s4O that Rowland Hill,
an English schoolmasteg. stirred all
Europe to laughter by declaring that
James Chalmers and himself had de-
vised q system whereby a two-sheet
letter could be sent from London to
Edinburgh for cents and yet leave
the government a fair profit on the
transaction At that time tn. fee was
"a cents for that distance for a two
sheet letter Such an idea seemed
ridiculous to the public. which had
looked upon the sending of commun-
catiCns as an expensive luxury. And
80 the Joke went around and the poor
laughed with the others at the idea
If any means that would place them
on par with the aristocracy.
Hill persisted despite the ridicule.
He worked diligently on his schedule,
and when the time was ripe he flash
cd the system on parliament and the
public Hill offered proof that was
incontrovertible that the actual cost
10 the government for carrying each
letter averaged only small fraction
of a cent. He proved that the ex-
pense OF hiring men to figure out pos
tai rates on the system then existing,
based on distance and the number of
sheets, was greater than the profit
gained, and he urged the adoption of
a flat rate for all letters under GER
tain weight, no matter how short or
long journey they were 10 make. He
originated the idea Of pasting a label
on every letter TO show that the cost
had been prepaid to the government,
and pointed out that this would save
the expense and time of collecting at
point Of delivery, which custom was
then in general use.
The idea sprung by Hill and his
friend. James Chalmers, gained
friends after the first roars of laugh
was pressed by not few big thinkers
Of the time TO acopt the system. And
so, on May 6, 1870, postage stamps or
stamped labels" as they were called
at the time, were inaugurated. on
tie first stamp was profile picture
of the young Queen Victoria. The ef-
feet on the postoffice WAS instantane-
Gus. Within Two years, and they
were panic years at that. the business
Of the postoffice nearly trebled
The postage stamp came into use IN
the United States in 1St7, seven years
after Great Britain had adopted It.
Five and ten-cent stamps were the
first American postage stamps. and
they carried the heads Of Franklin
and Washington. -Four years later
the letter rate was lowered to 3 cents
and in 1888 to cents Before the
postage stamp was adopted. the pos
tai charges were more moderate in
the United states than in England.
our rates wore cents for 30 miles or
less; u cents up 10 $50 milesg 1S&
cents up to 400 miles, and 20 cents
for every distance over tnat.
Hill, the discoverer of postage