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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-02
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tlons for use are enclosed in the package.
This home made syrup effects a saving
too, OF from two 10 three dollars a. com
pared with labeled cough medicines. -
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clergyman, Rev NJ Ross Dayton.
Ohio, testlfles that after having been a
slave 20 tobacco "a years, he got rid NJ
the habit enusely IN few days, greatly
Improving his health.
QUIT TOBACCO. GAINED SO LIS.
Everybody In Mangum, okla, II talking
about the hlg change IN Al Reeves, he
put on 20 lbs In healthy flesh since get.
Ting rid of tobacco hunt through the
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-02
NEW MOSQUITO FLEET
England Assembling Steam Fishing
Trawlers 10 BE Used for Mine
Sweepers and Big Ship Protectors.

YARMOUTH England, Feb. a.
The nickname II Mesquite Fleet" ap-
piled to the nayys torpedo flotilla
should be given 10 the steam fishing
trawers, OF which the government Is
assembling n large number for the
tGree-fold purpose OF mine sweeping,
protecting battleships from submarines
and operating In the shallow waters
Of the Belgian coast agains the Ger
mans, More than 800 Of these boats
were requisltlonel the last week and
thousands already are out.
TrAwlers still continue their Origi.
nal duty Of Seining for menaces to
shipping, ~ enormous quantities Of
mines are still strewn about.
Following the German raid ON Scar.
borough and the Hartlepools last
month, as many as 1900 mines were
picked MP I'm one week Many boats
have been lost boz this work more
than has been officially announced.
These German mines, with their hrist.
ling contact points, often explode In
the news The, have enough weight
attached to their cables TO sink them
about four feet under the surface, ~
they run with the tide tn the shallow
er water where the weight strikes
bottom and anchors
Nothing is so effective against sub
marines as Gordon NJ traWlers
around a fleet The submarines must
come close lo hc effective and they are
easily detected boy the trawlers on
rising ~ the surface to use the perls.
cope There Is also the chance N get.
ting IN shot at what the navy calls
"tln whales
A large fleet n trawlprs will soon
take part I'm the Belgian coast opera.
tons and SOME already are there
They carry four uulckfircr guns of
small CRllhrc The boats. by sailing
In close under the lee OF the sand
dunes, Increase the general volume NJ
fire and help prevent the enemy's
guns from taking base along the
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-02
A RELIEF CONFERENCE
lmpOrtan, Meeting IL Being Held In
berlin Regarding Shipment Of Food
to Belgium and Poland.

BERLIN, Feb. 2. Herbert c.
Hoover, chairman Of the American
Belgian relief committee, has arrived
In Berlin Tor mn important confer
ence with the German government. So
important are these negotiations that
II may be- upon them depends wheth-
or American relief measures IN Bel
dum can be continued or not
with Mr.. Hoover and Dr Wickliffc
Rose aud Ernest Blcknen, who have
been investigating conditions I'm Bel.
gium and Russian Poland on behalf
" the Rockefeller foundation and the
American Red Cross These two
Americans are In Berlin 10 consider
the establishment Of relief organl.
znti0n IN Poland.
\ condition tu the undertaking IL
the pledge Of the German aud the
Austrian government not 10 requlsi.
tlon from the inhabitants any food.
stuffs whatever for the use of the
German and Austrian armies in PO.
land. There is good reason to believe
thar these pledges will be- given but
II they are not, the relief measures
for Poland as at present planned will
have 10 be abandoned
In the event that the two govern.
ments conclude to assent to the proposal
that they requlsltion no fo0dstuffs
from the people, grain could be i'm
ported into Poland from Rumaula and
the price would be comparatively low
II this plan OF relief for Poland sue
ceeds, an executive committee win b,
established with Julius Kuttmaches
as chairman.
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shore and making a direct target ~
the big monitors and cruisers.
Very few fishing boats are now left
In Yarmouth out OF its once great
fleet and these are allowed to fish
only off small strip Of coast More
over, II is difficult to man these since
practically every able bodied fisher.
man Is IN the navy 10 which he be
lOnged as a reserylst
The government pays liberal rem
tai for the boats II It were not for
this and the pay Of the men now in
the navy, there would be great want
| In all the coast towns
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-02
VERSES QUOTED
IN DIVORCE CASE
Daredevil Joe" Tracy Said 10 Have
Written Of Incense and Shrine to
Fair Defendant.

NEW YORK. Feb. 2.-Dlscovery
that the soul Of poet might lurk
within the loly OF the winner Of the
Vanderbilt cup was made by Justice
Cohalan. In the supreme court, yester-
day, when he received verses accred
lied 10 Daredevil Joe" Tracy, CORES
pondent In divorce action begun by
Francis WoOdhul Coles, Jr., OF Tar
rytown, n Y, against Fannie Collins
coles. Justice Cohalan reserved de
ci,lou on the action and said nothing
of the poetry.
Tracy wrote 10 Mrs. Coles Il is said
4 go 90 concert, party. ball;
What profit Is In these {,
III alone against the Wa
And try TO look ut east
Tho incense TINT X mine by right
They burn before her shrine
Aud that's because shes twenty nine
And ! am thirty nine
Some one remarked that Tracy must
have collaborated with Mr. Kipling
But Mrs Coles In flight Of four
liues. Is said 10 have conveyed tu
Tracy the following thoughts:
'lo llades' datmhs to Heaven above,
while night time follows day,
! follow thee on wings of love,
Forever and for aye"
The married life " Mr.. and Mrs
.C,lrs was only little longer than her
lccm II is said she disappeared
twenty four hours following the cere-
mony In 1906 That same year Tracy
won the Vanderbilt cup and the news.
Ipapers told of black eyed girl" who
Iwntchrl him sweep under the line Il
winner aud shouted Good boy,
| Toe w
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-02
OLD LOVERS MARRIED
W, J, Harding Was Married To-day to
Womsn Who Was His Sweetheart In
the Days Of Their Early Youth.

A marriage which IL the consum-
nation Of love Of half a century was
authorized today by the issuance Of
license by A. u. Bockoyen, clerk OF
tie county court, TO W. J. Harding aud
Mrs. NJ J. Templln. Back In the
school days Of nearly fifty years 70
these two were sweethearts, but N T.
Templin the rival Of Harding, won the
hand and heart and the disappointed
one lost all trace OF his former love,
A few weeks ago Harding, who is
now 06 years old chanced to meet the
dream Of early days ON the streets ~
Agra, lie knew nt one that he could
not be mistaken as TO the identity and
the conversation which followed re-
vealed the fact that the husband had
been dead for several years and that
the two survivors had lived not many
miles apart, neither knowing OF the
others whereabouts.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-02
Society Euents
Harriet Dunn Bentley.

the Fowl Mrs. owen gave est James
az Represented IN Art and the sub.
ject Of Mrs. John jacob Merrill was
st. Phillip In Legend and Art" Mrs
Baker served tea at the close uf the
lesson The meeting February lj
win be with Mrs. Gus Elbow
Mrs Finlay Scrugg~ entertained the
Tpto Date club Monday afternoon.
additional guests being Mines VII
liam Walker ~ Galveston, and Mrs
J. T. Armstrong. Top score wa, made
by Mrs. Phillip Winter Mr., A. -.
Snodgrnss will be hostu-- lu two
weeks
The Stoddard club met Monday ~
tcruOOn with Mrs jules Bloch Pa
pcrs we're given by Mr. ! W. Urban.
sky, on The South Coast " France"
by Mrs. Morris Baer ON "Garrour Val.
ley :" by Mrs lien Barnett ou "Nor.
mandy and Britton' and by Mrs l.,
Flieg on The Inner Life N Napo-
leon" The club will meet next Mon.
day with Mrs Ben Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Field Graves an
nouure the arrival Of baby son Sat
urday at their home ~ SuG West
sixth street, whom they have named
Richard Lewis Graves
Mrs Edwin l.. Dunn arrived this
afternoon from Muskogee for visit
with Mrs r. NJ Campbell and other
old friends In the city.
Mr. aud Mrs. Sam Miller of the
Emma Bunting Company will be- the
dinner guests this evening Of Mr.. and
Mrs william Ribble Mrs. Miller Is
known as Miss Marie Hnrcourt In the
company and is an old friend of Mrs
Ribble
Mrs Charles Newell and baby. who
have been the guests for several
weeks Of Mrs. Newell mother Mrs
A. II Vance, left today FOR their home
In Denver.
Mrs. Frank O'Banion was hostess
Monday to the Leisure Hour club,
Mrs Monroe Chestnut being an addi.
tionnl guest The afternoon was spent
at finch The hostess WAS presented
with the club spoon Mics Ruth
O'Ranion assisted her mother Mrs.
George Samson will entertain the club
with theater party February l5
Miss Blanche ClaRgett entertained
the Bachelor Maids Monday afternoon
having also as guests Mines, James
Fitzpatrick, James Sharpe and Misses
Orline Bass and Myra Wilson. Top
score was made by Miss Ethlyn John
son. The club will meet next Mon
day with Miss Laura Enochs
A most delightful dancing party
WAS given Monday evening by Mr.
and Mrs. A. s. COnncIlee In compli.
ment 10 their niece, Miss Dixie Con
nellee, Of Eastland Tex. Punch was
served throughout the, evening with a
supper at midnight. The guests were
Messrs. and Mines. Charles A. THUS,
Walter e. Dean. Charles w. York. W.
Gore Hagar, John y Graves, Charles
L. Connelee, Mrs Walter c. Short of
Fort Sill; Misses Ruth Bailey Adele
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public


Those institutions which
serve the public, whether con
Quoted by public or private en-
terprise, are something all are
alike interested in.
Modern living conditions are
such that we all require a
greater or less amount Of sery-
ice.
The druggist service is
something that touches all and
the quality Of such service is
always the prime consideration
We are now and have for
many years been giving expert
service, in selling the people
Of this city their needs in the
drug.line and whether il is the
simplest little item or the most
intricate prescription, the same
pains-taking care goes with it.
We are always glad to add
a new customer to our list,
better try us the next time you
need drugs, or things in the
drug.line.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-02
BIBLES GIVEN HOTELS
GideOns Dedicated Them nj Meeting
and Several Addresses Were Made
at Travelling Mems Banquet.

Two hundred and fifty Bibles were
today placed I'm the lee Hucklns no
tel and are being placed in every no.
tel room In the city This Is the
work Of the GideOns, an association Of
Christian travelling men who are very
active In Oklahoma now.
These Bibles are the ones dedicated
for the purpose at meeting held
Saturday night at the First Methodist
church. The funds for the purchase
Of the books were raised recently by
the Gldeons themselves and collections
for that purpose were taken In many
" the churches. At the meeting Sat.
mday night. State President II. n,
Olinger was the presiding officer. The
gathering had business session, al.
tended by many residents OF the city
who ure In sympathy with the work
The banquet was served by the women
of the different churches.
Rev George McQuiddy, pastor Oi
the haywood Christian church, de
Ilvered an address on "The Crime OF
Crowding the Bible from the Public
schools" J q. Masters, principal Of
the high school. spoke on the influ
ence OF the Bible In the school. and
Judge A. N. Munden addressed The
audience on relation between the hi
bile and the law.
Travelling Men" was the subject
of a short talk by Rev, Phil c. Baird
pastOr of the First Presbyterian
church. Other addresses were giveI
BY Rev II, A. Chase, pastor Of tn,
First Methodist Episcopal church, d
Il. Welty Of Oklahoms City and Jo
eph Schrelber, travelling man from
! El Reno.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-02
Smoked Cigarettes
For 22 Years
Habit Was Running Him
But He Conquered 1t in
Three Days, Easily

The portrait below Ia that " Mr. =. J..
BiTagaray, WeI known citizen NJ
Livingston, Montana who knew that his
ne was being ruined through the per
nlclous habit " cigarette smoking, yet
could not find anything to stop II aud
solace the nervous craving until he got
the remarkable book that cnn now he
obtained free
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-02

When a man can't dodge an argu-
ment with woman by agreeing with
her what's the user ..
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-02
TURK DEsERTERS DESCRIBE
MARCH THROUGH DESERT

CAIRO, via London, Feb .2-M.
though there has been no further
fighting In the Suez canal district a
number OF Turkish deserters have
surrendered. They have given graph.
lc descriptions OF the march from
Jerusalem by way Of Beersheba and
IEl Arish, near the boundary of Egypt
and Palestine. They say they were
provided only with meagre supply
Of provisions and were compelled to
buy food at high prices
A wounded soldier told Of being or.
dered to climb telegraph pole and
cut the wires When he refused, say.
ing climbing was not part Of sol
dIer's duty" the officer IL said to
have cut off one Of his hands with a
sword.
A lot Of good examples are set that
never hatch out.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-02
FROM The WIRE

W ANlll.Nh lbaNt - -, I th. - ne
supreme court has declined to review
the decision OF the circuit court Of
appeals hi test ease involving more
than S2,l5OOUO claims for damages
against the Louisville aud Nashville
railroad for alleged forged bills of lad.
Ing issued By Knight, ianccy aud
company The lower court had held
the railroad not liable.
WASllINGTON, -. C., Feb. 2-Tho
Louisville railroad commissions order
requiring rntlrOuds tu establish tnriff5
for switching ears In the state, wheth.
cr they were loaded for shipment out
NJ or into the state, was annuled 10
day by the supreme court as an iu.
reference with Interstate commerce.
MINNEAPOLIS MINI. Feb "a
suggestion that the combined fleets Uf
Germnny and the United States could
curb Great Britain IN her arrogant
policy Of controlling the sens, was
mndr here In an address by Dr
Bernhard Dcinhcrg, formerly the
colonial secretary of the German en-
pire.
Through far flung line Of naval
'slntlOns, Great Britain, he said, made
the worlds shipping dependent upon
her will and through fortified points
In Canada and island POSSESSIONS con
trollcd the entrance to the hnrbOrs "
the United States.
WASHINGTON, y. C., Feb. New
tnrltfs proposing increases In pusspn.
ger rntcs from Chicago 10 the enstern
boundary uf Colorado have been filed
with the Interstate commerce commits
sion by most NJ the railroads I'm west
crn territory II is believed they pro.
pose an increase ~ about uur-half
per cent II mile The Increase would
| affect rates I'm the territory between
the southern boundary ~ Colorado.
extend cng to the Mississippi river
and to the Canadian border
RALEIGH y. C., Feb .. - Cotton
farmers throughout the state we're
urged 10 curtnil their crop 80 per
cent this wear and officials VI other
cotton states were urged tu recon
mend like action In their states by
II resolution passed today by the upper
house of the North Carolina general
assembly. Similar resolution was pass
ed by the lower house last week
ROANOKE, Va. Feb . The steam.
cr Iynorta, carrying NIrgniu's con.
trlbutlOn for Belgium reached Ruttrr
dam yesterday, according to dis
patch received IN Roanoke The voy
age from Norfolk was described us
eyentful.
CHICAGO. Feb 9 Work " fum
eating the stock yards was rushed here
today In the hope of finishing opera.
tions and receiving governmental sane.
! tiOn to resume shipments of live stock
| by the middle of the week. The new
/ federal quarantine covers nearly halt
Of the state and shipments for I'm
mediate slaughter declined In volume
In consequence.
Ell PASO, Tex, Feb D. Elfego
Bnca Of Albuquerque, former speaker
" the New Mexico house OF representa-
tlves and once republican candidate for
congress, held here yesterday on a
charge Of murder IN connection with
the death by shooting of CelestinC
0tero, also known AZ Dr. Pedro Aheta
Otero received his death wound after n
pistol duel in which Baca said h,
first was shot through the coat.
The shooting occurred I'm lonely
part NJ III Paso's Mexican quarter.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-02

A lot Of good examples are set that
never hatch out.
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table discussion on what Venezuela
Needs Most The club viii meet
Monday In the library.
The Ladies' Aid society " the Put.
nam Heights Presbyterian church will
meet "Wednesday at 2:3O with Mrs.
Albert Bayes at 1907 North Ames ave.
nue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-06

in Topeka. She is staying at the Vir-
GINA, and will leave soon for Cali
fornia. Mrs. Fargo is the daughter of
the late Col A. S. johnson of Kansas
pioneer days, and she was made a
charter member of the Society of Ma
tive Daughters organized in Topeka
last week. She has lived abroad a
great deal since she left Topeka first
her home in Dresden, Germany. She
expects to return to Germany at the
close of the war.
Il T. -
club who went to Tecumseh to attend
a picnic Monday were: Mr.. Justice
and Mrs. w. A. Johnston, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. w. Rankin, Judge and Mrs. DeWitte
Lucia Q. Case, Mrs. Sadie Clark and
Mrs. Virginia Whitaker. Mrs. S. J.
Crawford accompanied the club wom-
en- to Tecumseh.
were among the speakers of the after
noon. Mrs. Johnston spoke on the
Evolution of the Flag" She has an
interesting collection of the flags of
the world, and with them she has a
standard notched so that the flags can
be inserted into the side of the pole.
During the progress of her speech she
builds up tree of flags, as she gives
their story.
Music, racing and contests, with
dancing in the evening, were features
OF the entertainment at the picnic.
j. j. S$
The following account of a concert
in Los Angeles, interesting to Topeka
people, since it was given by Topeka
musicians, is from the Los Angeles
Times:
This evening at the Hotel Ingraham
Ethelyn Harrison will present the sec
ond program in her series of Sun
day evening musicales at the hotel.
For this concert she has secured Miss
Sara Kouns, soprano; Miss Nell
Browning Wing, pianiste-three art
lists who have just arrived in the city
for the biennial at the close of their
spring concert tour.
The program they will offer COM
prises solos, duets and piano numbers
as follows:
Song of the Flowers Puccini
(From Madam Butterfly
Miss Nell Kouns, Miss Sarah Kouns.
Etude Arensky
Miss Hazel browning Wing.
I'm doux lieu Alfred Delbruck
Chere Mutt A. Bachelet
Miss Nell Kouns.
In Autumn MoSzkoweld
Danse Negre Cyril Scott
Miss Wing.
DepulS ue Jour CndrpentOeT
Miss Sarah Kouns.
The Last Wish Anton Dvorak
The Parting Anton Dvorak
Miss Sarah Kouns, Miss Nell Kouns.
The Los Angeles Examiner gives an
account of an entertainment for the
"Fairyland'' opera people by the Ebell
club of Los Angeles, in which Mrs.
Harmon Ryus, formerly Miss Celeste
Nellis of Topeka, is chairman of mu-
sic. The item is as follows:
'-Fairyland,' the American prize
opera by Horatio Parker, which is to
be given it's premiere here next Thurs
day night, was given heartiest well
come by the Ebell club last Thursday,
when Ethel Graham-Lynde gave
lecture upon it's construction and pur-
pose She was assisted in the inter-
probation by Mr.. Paul Eisler, pianist
and assistant director, and several of
the soloists.
Mrs. Harmon Ryus, who has pre-
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alton as evidenced by the jacket with
it's epauiet straps, the high buckled
collar and the vestee with frogs of cord.
Bolero and girdIe are hand embroid-
cred in old pink and corn-flower blue
and the velvet bands match the blue
tone.
Miss Lillian Martin will leave Thurs
day for California to attend the ma
tional conclave of the Sigma Kappa
sorority. She was chosen as delegate
from the Kansas University chapter,
to which she was elected last fall. She
will be accompanied by Miss Ruth
Litchen. of Leavenworth, a represent
alive of the a1umnae. The conclave
will be held in Berkeley. Miss Mar
tin and Miss Litchen will go to Den
yer, and there they will meet the
Sigma Kappa special. From the con-
to attend a house party which will be
given by the Sigma Kappa girls of
that place.
Miss Martin will visit the fairs OF
San Diego and San Francisco, and viii
visit in Los Angeles. On her return
she will stop in Salt Lake City and
Colorado Springs.
Mrs. w. D. Ross entertained her
bridge club this afternoon at her home
in Fillmore street.
j. j. 4.
Following the swimming party to-
night at the Y. W. c. A. the girls are
invited to a social hour in the parlors
of the building. There will be music
and refreshments. The association
makes a special arrangement for
swimming on Tuesday night. The
pool is open to women and girls who
wish to come, at a rate of ten cents,
which includes the swimming privi-
lege, the showers, suit and towel.
- u p
Mrs. A. J. Mackey gave a picnic
luncheon Monday at her country home
near Gage park. Those present were:
Mr.. and Mrs. William Metzdorf, Nj
and Mrs. F. F. Prescott, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wayne Horning, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Padgett. Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Jack,
and their family, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Mrs. w. r. Kercher and their family.
70 - =
Mrs. Nellie Johnson Fargo of Dallas,
Texas, is visiting some of her friends
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Youthful, Wrinkleless
Skin Easy To Have

You who desire to regain a youthful ap-
pearance will do well to make the ac
quaintance of the two simple but valuable.
prescriptions here given.
To make an effective wrinkle remover,
mix an ounce of powdered saxolite and a
half pint witch hazel. Battle the face in
the solution-immediately every wrinkle is
affected. 1t acts wonderfully on sagging
facial muscles. also, the lotion possessing
remarkable astringent and tonic properties
To get rid of an aged, faded, freckled or
discolored complexion. buy an ounce of
common mercolized wax at any drugstore
and apply nightly you would cold
cream, erasing this mornings with soap
and water. This will slowly absorb the
undesirable surface skin revealing the
meath. There's nothing to equal this
treatment facial rejuvenator.-Adv.