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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-31
RING ROMANCE OF
YESTERYEkR TOLD
Was Given Prcferment BY
Benefactor But End
ing Was Sad.
(By TIM)

No..
lby IIM)
The time was the early morning OF
a winter In 1889. The place was a
country road i'm Yorkshire, England
old Sol had not yet risen to dispute
the supremacy OF lne Bilueu 'Do,l Iioo,
Ml'yu' llu,is li,i me @ 49, 80 Nv ros,,iaonos
n ,,a noats cox, unon a coach and
"a 80" pJs' 'I c,o|torod Psu,g,ly dopn Tho
fro2en road The vehicle was A
,,'''' .'o"g'' ,sr,t, dro,,,,, h,, ,u,o VOC
6V,seUtS SreO nrSns "i." ana anita oyIda"t7v
,,,n ot,,,,,,aoo ~ norsons ~ cnaI,tv
Wy 'TnsP%So tha ceoob hundied IN fnrs bar
s, ,t,rL,,d u,i,L - drNv,s,. sn,iio op
han,inss. a,d cnrtcrt n,as won,an
~ ,.a,a hco,,ty Ercct on tho hov.snat
sa 80, .io,,t ~ q n,an claa In the mi
frr,r ~ n coacLman bandsoma fal-
Low ,yor,hy 10 nIav tho rnIa ~ Tehu
to tba gnddass of tba charIot
MIL Nor r,ilc sned the coacb along
tbe Iorei, lana Tbe Iadv ~ the
coacn was Mrs Richard Sykes the
young and beautifnl second wife OF
Inc Samous md wealthy Hull mer-
rhant In his old ave- the man of
n,rh p,orev had taIeu to himself
his Feminine treasure tbe loveiiest
rirl I'm ali Yorkshire and had in
Stalled ber In fine mansion AT
Sledmera Thare sba had at her com
nand all ina Iuxnrias tbot wealth
could nroyide with servants ever at
her beck and call. Yet she was not al
ways happy.
Sykes Jealous.
Old picbord svlos u,os taaIoua or
II nor thnt at least extremelv careful
He reornd the effect that association
with voung snd ELEGANT men might
ba,e ,nNn mo beart or bia hrida So
Dscsrher shut his NAV mn in the
rastIa and forbade her IN narticinate
in mo social festivitjes of the country.
sida
As, man with great business inter
ests Mr. Svtas Vas often called to
Tondor ana other c,tias and was fire.
n,,entIv ahsart FOR weeks A. such
zines ba entrusted his traasure to
trusted servants. who we're supposed
to sward her u,itb assIduous cars hut
~ tha ,,a,,snt tha,r r,oster,s hacly
,,.as t,r,ad gaHa tbe ,,nung woman
So. i,rart,, Sar ,omns beart cra,.ed
SS ~ ,I,ht -, ,,,estion NfaSon,a
S,.i.a, u,as ret,,r,irs, Sron, a. haiI baId
-, ,,,arsIo,, 90, S,tins distaTt ,ror,
20. ,,'n njiSaS ann,,c,Ie Sba bnd
$50 ~ ns
,ha IL, ond a., ~ sr,aii boprs re-
srs;,, ,ba roSfara5 oscort 81 r,ap,.
,3,,,,i o'is p,tia,,o,, ~ sat ont nT
,,e rS.,',,, Ge,V,,'o''' Ie,'r,,,.
'"e '''"'"
summed Proficrs.
MY coachman is quite protection |
~, tuv sSs Svi'',, -, 49,, I, 80
,,.e', Nn" ""u ul'eiv go ~ so 'ac,
~ nyIne L,' Cu...' s.S,..,., ,9 ~,
'"'sp'"NeH' lut Nto' 10 0'e, T''sO''' Wy
'la" .', u" Ilt DON W%s I i.o' ui,'S s,aI, |
W" i"'uoTS '''''ese' Mt.osJ LAM
10 LnT Pus'nS"C ,'',, p'oi.s''P o'
OF Nshlre none ua'eu 9lspult
lHuns NIeIthSo8 t h3u enleIeu tue
employ OF hlCuaIu oHHes as s'du'e
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-31
Cleaned" Thrcc.

Grabbing the big horse pistol az his
side. Stevenson fired az one Of the
horSemen. and that gentleman topped
from his saddle While Mrs Sykes
screamed in wild fright, the two re-
naming highwaymen hlazed away at
the brave CoaChmau. \ bullet grazcd
his arm. but it only aroused youug
Stevenson 20 greater fury. He Slashcd
the horses OF the highwaymeu until
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
Suppress Fake Newspapers

One OF the various problems with
which the German authorities In
Belgium have to struggle 10 the sup
preston OF "hy-by.night" newspa-
pers inimical to the German cause.
which are printed in France. Eng.
land and Holland and smuggled
into the country. says Brussels
dispatch.
The latest OF these is the Courier
de Ia Meuse, a newspaper published
I'm Holland. Copies Of II seized In
I.icge recently bore date two days
In advance Of the day when the
seizure was made and contained al
legged news dated ahead ~ and ~
hours. The stories" we're exclu-
sively reports OF German defeats
and contained tales OF enormous
German losses.
Though the news" In these pa
pers In over and over again proved
TO he false. the Journals still ind
ready sale. and their dispatches
are given the same credence as the
recurring rumors. based on distant
cannonading. that the French, Eng
lish and Belsians are approaching
Brussels once more.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11

logothete was g prehistoric animal
or some kind Of fossil.
Reference 10 lexicons. however. re.
veaIed right away that the logothotes
were not persons afflicted with hook.
worm. They were auditors OF nc.
counts, 'chancellors" or "chan.
celIors OF the Patriarch OF Constan-
tinople" during the Byzantine EN-.
pire.
Prof. Paul Shorey. OF the Uniyer.
sity OF Chicago, threw some light on
The significance OF RooseveIt's
thrust. He said:
The use OF the term by the ex.
president is az a loose synonym and
not a technical simile. In literature
has been used to express a mere
rhetorician-a man OF words rather
than actions.
Comparison OF modern condL
tioDs with those OF the byzantine
empire In generally made to express
a downward .rend. The Byzantine
rule OF Constantinople l. assumed
TO have been weak and degenerate
although historians differ as to facts
on which this assumption IL based
l-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
DJyoRIAL PAGE
One She Will Not Change

wedding ring of platinum costs iour times
as much as a ring of gold.
Russia produces IS per cent of the world
supply OF platinum and since the war has re
stricted the export Of this noble" metal from
Russia. the price has advanced considerably in
this country.
While platinum is the most popular and ex'
pensive Of settings for gems. woman proves
very conservative about her wedding ring.
She likes. and will have the same kind OF a
plain gold circlet which preceding generations
Of brides have fancied.
In a time when the percentage Of divorces
to marriages is constantly increasing. and when
feminists often refuse TO put on the wedding
ring at all. It Is a comfort to note that all the
'just average" little brides continue TO honor
the marriage traditions as they are enshrined
in this most ancient emblem OF matrimony.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
A Battle At Sea

The death throes OF great bat
tleshlp are vlvidly described by Z.
Ashmead-Bartlett who was aboard
the Swiftsure with the British feet
in the Dardaneiiss when the Ger.
man submarines appeared and sent
two torpcdoes into the Triumph
last May. He writes in the Lon
don Telegraph:
We were at lunch In the ward
room when signalman entered
with his cap in HIS hand and went
up to the commander. saying: Beg
pardon. sir. The Triumph IS listing
This news 49, uerbolt
apd every, Y the
quarter deck aeN, , .gstrue.
The Triumph seemed TO be strug-
Cling against some horrid invisible
monster which was dragging IL
slowly over. Elsewhere things re-
mained the same. Our guns were
bombarding the Turkish positions
and theirs were lelsurely respond
ing on Gaba Tepe you could see
the other warships keeping their
customary stations. while all around
us at the entrance TO the straits
lay our transports and warships and
those OF the French. The thought
involuntarily occurred, Whose turn
will come next
I'VE watched the dying struggle
OF the Triumph In silence. Then.
suddenly, she seemed to grow weary
Of the hopeless fight against the un-
seen forces and exactly eight min
utes after being struck she gave a
final roll and turned upside down.
For half an hour we watched her
noating bottom upwards. and then
suddenly she gave final plunge
and disappeared beneath tho waves
amidst boiling surf and clouds oil
steam"
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11

Friend. is your democracy OF this
brand?
Do you really feel your kinship
with your fellow-men?
Do YOU fatter yourself on some
fancied superiority. or do you frank
ly recognize that in The sight OF
God all other men are precisely on
the same footing as you?
II this is not your sort OF democ-
racy, beg of you to try to make II
yours without delay. Never was the
world in greater need of the true
democratic spirit than II is right
now.
Look at the hell across the At.
lantic. Carnage. murder. rapine,
oceans OF tears. horrors uospeakable
all because false philosophy OF
life. perpic J doctrine OF per-
sonal spperio .ty. has iriven men
like sheep to he slaughter.
Cultivate true democracy. Prac-
tice IL in your own life. Preach II
TO your friends. For through the
extension OF the democratic point OF
view. and only thus. can the poets
glorious vision be realized:
It'll the wnr-drum ;hrobbed no
longer. and the battle flags were
.urled In the parliament OF man. the
fede-psin- OF the world"
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
Pointed Paragraphs

What can't be cured should be
insured.
1t Is harder to save a penny than
II Is to earn 1t.
II you have occasion to criticize
a mule. do II to his face.
An ignorant wise man Is less dan.
gerous than an educated fool.
An ignorant man IL usually igno-
rant OF the fact that he is ignorant.
Poets are born-therefore their
ancestors should be held reeponsi.
BILE.
Some women speak much to a
mans heart and nothing to his
mind.
Few OF the wives who drive their
husbands TO drink have to use
whips.
A good dinner may transform a
bitter memory into a pleasant for.
gettery.
When n man isn't willing to prac.
tice what he breaches, 4 Is time Ia
quit preaching.
The man who can accurately de.
scribe woman's dress made a mis-
take In not being born dress.
maker
The look OF intelligence assumed
by young lawyer as he tackles
his first case 10 apt TO cause the
presiding Judge to lose confidence
in himself.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
Supporter Of Preparedness 10 Foe
OF MIlitarisn

Supporter OF Preparedness 10 Foe
OF MIlitarisr
To the Editor Of The Times:
have been a reader OF your paper
good many years. do not always
agree with you, but give you credit
for honesty. can't see why you
are opposed to the country prepar-
ing to defend itself
Your view would be all right II
the millennium had dawned and we
had entered into everlasting peace.
but mankind seems TO have the in
stinct for war IL always had and we
have got to accept conditions as we
find them. n the United States had
been prepared in 1851 with an army
Of 100000 at the disposal OF Prest
dent lincoln, there never would
have been a rebellion. At any rate.
the first battle OF Bull Run would
have ended all.
Henry Ford and his lark" will
amount TO about as much as the
"Children's Crusade" under the
leadership OF Peter the Hermit.
Old Bismark, the man OF blood
and iron, will continue to rule Eu-
rope. or the German element OF it,
until the spirit Of miIitarism. which
he brought into existence. In destroy.
ed. Otherwise look out for Teu-
tonic world. s. p. GOODMAN.
Quincy. Mich. Dec. Z. 1915.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
Let the People
Rule-and Write


Irade League Asks Fair Play
To the Editor Of The Times:
May we ask your attention TO the
persistent attempt which represen-
tatives OF the National Retail Dry
Goods association are making 10
misrepresent the character and pur.
poses OF the Stevens standard price
bill. which has received the endorse.
ment OF practically all organized
business In the country: the secre-
tary OF that organization and its
travelling officials are being repeat
edly quoted In the trade press as
making statements which have no
justification in fact.
Such statements, among others.
are:
!. That large number OF re-
tailers are opposed 10 the measure.
Complete disproof will be found
In the enclosed ,eafet entitled.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11

FORWARD.
A thousand creeds and bAttle-cries.
A thousand warning social schemes.
A thousand new moraities,
And twenty thousand thousand
dreams.
Each on his own anarchic way,
From the old order breaking free
Our ruined world desires, you say.
License. once more. not liberty.
But ah. beneath the struggling foam.
When storm and change are on the
How quietly rssSi the tides com. home.
And how the depths OF sea-shine
sleep;
And we who march toward a goal.
Destroying only to fulhlt
The law. the law OF that great soul
Which moves beneath your alien
We. that like foemen meet the past
Because we bring the future. know
We only night to achieve at last
A great reunion with our foe;
Reunion In the truths that stand
When all our wars are rolled away;
Reunion of the heart and hand
And OF the prayers wherewith We
pray;
Reunion In the common needs.
The common strivings OF mankind: /:
Reunion OF our warning creeds
In the one God that dwslls behind.
FGrw.rd!1zvhss use in ian: word::;
There will be breaking up OF swords
When that new morning makes us
Alfred Noyss.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
Gains Medal At rs

One OF the soldiers who recently
received the war cross is Corp.
Charles Surugue. former mayor OF
Auxerre. 7eyear.old volunteer.
who has been AZ the front from the
beginning OF the war. A citation
In the orders OF the day says that
the aged volunteer has participat.
Cd as sapper ard miner in all the
work OF the trenches, night and
day under the encmy's IRE without
once weakening"
Surugue Is veteran Of the war
OF 1870; he had received the red
rosette of the Legion of Honor be
fore the war.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11

Words and phrases often are used
without any clear underst anding Of
their meaning. The word demo
cratic" is notoriously thus used.
There are many people who pride
themselves on betng democratic
when actually they are nothing Of
the sort. In many cases they might
far more Justly be described as au-
tocrattc.
Really to be democratic II Ii not
enough TO believe theoretically In
the fitness Of men TO govern them
selves In a self-organized commun-
ity. There must be a living, fer
vent conviction OF the essential kin
ship OF all men.
Your true democrat regards all
mon as his brothers. He recog-
nizes. Of course. thai men ure dit
ferently conditioned by force Of
heredity, environmeu, ard training.
But he holds himself In nowise su.
perior or inferior TO others on that
account.
What he is and what they are Is
wholly the result of good or bad
circumstance. Good circumstance
may have made him a prosperous
merchant. Bad circums stance may
have kept his neighbor around the
x. ~p4d clefs
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
LOgofheie? A Bit Mild for
TR.'s Ripping Vocabulary

His president wilson's) elo-
cution Is that OF a Byzantine
ogothete-and byzantine logo
thetes we're not men Of action.
Extract from Theodore Rooss-
velts Criticism OF President
Wilson's Address 10 Congress.
From the Century Dictionary and
Logothete one who audits ac-
counts. Properly. an accountant:
hence. an officer OF the Ryzan-
tine empire. who might be (s)
the public treasurer. (b) the head
of any Administrative department.,
or tcD the chancellor Of the em-
Pire.--Tn the Or. .Ch.. the chancel-
seal OF the PLtriarch OF Con-
stantinople.
From the Encyclopedia Britannica:
Logothete. an accountant; Le., one
who accounts. calculates or ratio
Cinates
There was a rustllng OF diction.
aries and a twisting OF tongues as
folks groped .or the meaning ot
Colonel Roosevelt's latest term nj
Observation-Disclosures logothete.' -
The awesome term overshsdowed
"muckrsker," nature faker" aid
the rest OF the famed Teddyisms. No
where did II seem known whether q
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
BY Webster

Who's behind the Stevens bill?"
2. That the Stevens bill will pre-
vent seasonal" sales.
This Is conclusively answered In
the enclosed reprints from the Dry
Goods Economist and the Editor and
Publisher.
3. That the Stevens bill will pro-
hibit cash discounts.
The Stevens bill permits cash or
any other discounts which are made
uniform TO the trade and give equal
treatment TO all buyers.
4. That the Stevens bin Is un-
constitutional on the ground that II
is class legislation.
The Stevens bill Is permissive.
not mandatory; its privileges are
open TO all manufacturers and dis
tributors alike. In its passage con-
gress will merely exercise Its con-
stitutional power TO regulate COM
merce between the states; Il will
be specific declaration OF public
policy which must. under the con-
stitution. govern the supreme court
in it's interpretations OF existing law.
3. That the Stevens bill Is intend
ed for use on all merchandise.
The language of the bill specin-
cally restricts its privileges TO trade
marked branded products: It's sole
purpose. as plainly indicated by It's
language, is 10 deprive dishonest
advertisers. who do not possess or
who are not content TO rely on their
own good will and reputation. OF the
power to use standard articles OF es-
tahlished worth and stable value.
She der sails for by
as "b~. fJurs and deceive
,ue +. I1iic and t. hjura and destroy
smaller competitors.
We believe your sense OF fair play
will prompt you 10 give these en-
closures your careful attention.
AM. FAIR TRADE LEAGUE
EDMOND A. WHITTIER, Sec.
New York. Dec. 3, 1915.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
Doldiers in European War
d Acquiring Taste for Meat

u n,ailo have been used for food for decades
u ~ Danube countries. Some kinds Of song
f1rs have bssn almost exterminated in Eu'
-. "a account Of their food value. These
- eviAsnoss a the scarcity Of meat in the
~ = tAe common people Of Europe.
N thers Win BE- big demand there after
~ ~ns ar Sod ~ beef. economists say.
4 ~ so3diers 81 I'll the armies are receiving
uGkk n thslr daily nations than they have
~ oolsss n ~ thsaf lives.
<quV oeuu1slng tases Tor meat which
or1sy evUr into peace timss.
( ~ 6cnnni1sts ars warning ~ al
~ ~ hvee nsat prices IN this
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11

1tt,u Alo. ~ -
circumstance. He should thank God
for the qualities inherited from HIS
ancestors. for the favoring training
ne received in his youth, for the
stimulating environment In which
he was reared.
Buff he, be truly democratic
he will not on this account look
down on the clerk, into whose life
some retarding influence has come
He may pity the clerk. he certainly
will not despise him.
And. just because he recognizes
beneath the accidents Of circum-
stance the essential kinship OF him
self and his less fortunate neighbor.
nc will regard him fraternally.
He will try in imagination TO put
himself in his neighbor's place. He
will sympathize with him In his
hopes, his fears. bis ambitions, his
defeats. his sorrows. And. by his
attitude toward his neighbor. as
we'll as by his vote. he will try TO
make the world better place for
all men.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
KEEPING IN SIGHT.

..In the case of the presidency. ! think the
office should seek the man"
II hope there Is no harm, however" stated
tho receptive statesman. "in standing around In
a disnifIed attitude along the route the office
seems inclined to pursue in doing It's seeking
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
A HOME STAYING TRAvELOGUE

The butcher had accidentally got locked in
one Of his own cold storage compartments filled
with wienies.
at Ia lust like being lost In the arctics," he
,rused when the realization OF his plight set
tied down upon him. 'If relief expedition
doesn't reach me III be just like any other polar
traveller in distress-rll have to eat my own
dogs Judge.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
GETTING PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE

What became of that rascally young son Of
the Blowers"'
"I understand he is to take a course Of ethics
In one of our modern penologic institutions"
"There And heard he had been sent TO jail
Cleveland Leader.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
"MANY INVENTIONS"

Doctor Macnamara states that the board Of
invention has received proposals from some s..
900 inventors. many OF whom have sent In sew
aral different proposals. The proportion OF pos
sibly useful inventions 10 small-London Times.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11


ssssaonsdment of the censorship on films
,fkxt are to be shown in the innumerable
'xhn houses.
Formerly the police department had a
asor and . projection room where all
Aims proposed to be shown were inspect
'ed md passed upon.
With the establishment of the recrea-
Hon commission the censorship of thea
torJ was made part of its duty and
! then the board Of estimates, with a
fupidity that would be marvelled at in
u my other body, cut out the small appro-
rRiation that was necessary for censor
3 hip Of films.
The result is that many film houses
& are presenting bills which are unclean
and Objectionable.
Y. The recreation commission should in
\ cInde in its estimates for next year ar
q appropriation sufficient to care for th'
csnsoring Of every film proposed to b.
h 6hown in any house in town, big or little
And the board of estimates shoulc
take note now that the decent people o
y ne town WIN expect them to keep thei
kands of that estimate, regardless o
what petty political strings may be pulle'
. have It cut out.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
THE UNIQUE JOHN ID.

II observe" said the fiend. that Mr. Rocke.
feller says he owes much OF his success 10 golf .
1T was my notion" said the lowbrow that
most men owe much OF their golf to success" "
ST Louis Republic.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
The Public Should Give
Its Support to These
Volunteers For Decency

III That the entire city press, and, for that
natter. that the entire decent popula-
NJ Of the city would pledge it's whole
oulsd support to the efforts of the
f(fCi]ance committee appointed for the
9xpose Of eliminating indecencies from
teotxical performances was a foregone
keIusion.
Defxoit naturally is as decently in
nod and clean minded as any big city.
Its amusements do not have to be vul-
Hut when the desire of the theater
nager to pull extra dollars into the
k office becomes so great as to lead
u into putting on shows, or films, that
GNo "a Immoral tone there is that strain
e. human nature that brings a ready
pcnse:
Xhe first duty in holding within
ndg the desire of theater managers
III the moral tone of their theaters
E extra dollars at the gate, lies with
o police.
k y sad commentary either on our
togn of city government or on the
cokS Of our city government, that it
culd Be necessary for any committee
nitizens TO interfere In order that
ootrical performances may be held
hin the bounds Of decency.
kat condition seems to be with us,
B #oWever, and the only thing left, mas
~eh - It seems to be established that
o moeal welfare Of the town must
loeked after BY volunteers, is to give
oeo volunteers support so complete
)H6t theater managers will realize that
~ people Of the city will not stand for
ipdecencies even II the police will.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
BE DEMOCRATIC

H. AppiNGToN BRUCE
Of
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
From Another Point of NeU
Appreciation.
By c. T. S.

Thanks to the motorman and conduc-
tor of the Hamilton car that crashed in
to another Hamilton car on Grand River
ave., for having packed us in so tightly
that nobody was knocked to the floor and
no women had room to fall in faint.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11

A gasoline famine threatens, according
to an expert, unless the price of it goes
up. They seem never to forget to wish
our old friend John d. merry Xmas.