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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04
APPROVES TWILIGHT SLEEP"
American Writer Asks Another Trial
of McthOd.

"The Truth About Twilight Sleep"
by Hanna Rion (Mrs. Frank Yer
Beck) is the title of a book addressed
10 American mothers in the hope that
they will insist that American physi-
clans recall their rejection of the Frei-
burg method Of painless childbirth.
The author has conducted an investi-
cation in the various hospitals of Ger
many and England, wherever "Twi-
light Sleep" is practiced. Her book is
complete with numerous scientific re-
ports from = physicians Russia,
France. Hungary. Germany, England
and the United States
The medical men Of this country
several years ago experimental with
the Freiburg method of painless child
birth and definitely rejected it as
either inefficient Of dangerous. de-
bending on the strength Of the scopo-
lamin- mOrphine injection. Since then.
as q body. our physicians have refused
to have anything TO do with twilight
sleep.
Mrs. Yer Beck urges that the sue
cessful use Of scopOlamin- morphine I'm
.lessening the pains Of childbirth de
pends on a rigid following Of the
technique evolved by the German doc
tors. Yet, she insists. American ex-
perimenters simply judged the drug
alone, as sf IL were not necessary to
accompany 1t with the highly i'm
portant technique OF the Germans.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04
NON -COMBATANTS
ENTER OLYMPIAD

NEW YORK, April 3.-Recent cor
respondence between prominent
athletic authorities Of this country and
Germany indicates that the German
Olympic committee has not aband-
oned the idea of holding the Olympic
games in Berlin in 1916. So far as
can be Judged from these letters 1t
appears 10 be the plan OF the German
committee to stage the meet accord
ing TO the original schedule but to re-
strict the entries to such nations as
are or were on friendly terms with
Germany at the time the communica-
tions were written. The attitude of
the International Olympic committee
on this plan for restricted entries is
not mentioned but II is doubtful n
that body would sanction such a
scheme.
That such plan has been under
consideration is shown in the Follow
ing para graphs from a letter written
by Or. Walter Eitsen, secretary OF the
Berliner Sport club, to friends in the
United States:
up to the beginning Of December
IL was not possible TO get clear view
of the condition facing us. At that
time we received two letters from
Baron de Coubertin of Paris In the
first one, addressed TO the minister OF
foreign affairs, the president OF the
International Olympic committee
stated very Loyalty that. according 10
thin, the present complications aris-
ing from the war would be no reason
for not holding the. games in Berlin.
In the second letter. to Carl Diem.
personally. the president Of the
French Sporting association assured
the German committee OF his un-
diminished esteem, repeating his Of
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fetal communications and expressed
his desire that all German people with
whom he has become acquainted and
whom he held in high esteem should
live through the hard times of the
moment, so that. once the great strug-
gle was over, the mutual work might
be continued with the same vigor and
success.
Though we all applaud this noble
sentiment, and agree with IL, never
theless. we have our doubts as TO its
success. But for this reason we hope
that the European war may not affect
the pleasant understanding existing
between our American sporting friends
and ourselves, which was sealed by the
negotiations carried on in the sum
mer at Lyons and Paris, and we still
surely expect to receive the visit OF
our American friends in Berlin IN
1916"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04
Wizards Only Chance Is
His Wonderful Physique;
Their Records.
Data on Chiefs.

< TncSo WeaSurements OF INC ChaW-
pion We're made Just before Johnson
met Jim Flynn at Las Vegas, a. NJ.
July 4, 1912.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04
MUSKOGEE BOWLERS
FINISH UP SEASON

Special TO The World.
MUSKOGEE. April 3-The pin
tumblers of the Muskogee bowling
league will hold an elaborate banquet
at the Hotel Sewers Wednesday. The
banquet is an annual affair.
The Muskogee league closed its
1914-1915 season last week. The high
score Of the season was 259. TWO
years ago a perfect score of 900 was
rolled and last year the high score
was 29O a handicap tournament dur
ing the first week in April will close
the bowling season in Muskogee.
Next year local 'bowlers are plan
ming a tournament for the champion
ship Of the state for fiye-men teams.
two-men teams and singles. Both
Tulsa and Oklahoma City are looked
upon as possessing expert bowlers and
a tournament between these two cities
and Muskogee would create statewide
interest.
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Becoming Discouraged

Around the corner came a motor
cycllst head down, everything whiz-
zing.
He hit the street car amidships and
crumpled up like a pine shaving.
They lifted him TO his feet and the
conductor busted him off.
He looked around In a dazed fash
ion. Then he saw the car.
Il haven't been able TO do it yet"
he muttered.
do what2'
Knock a street car off the track"
Then he staggered away dragging
the wreck after cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04

NEW YORK, April 8.-For the
fourth time since he won the heavy
weight championship from Jim JEFF
fries in 1910, Jack Johnson will de-
fend his pugiistic title at Havana
Cuba tomorrow on that date
less willard the most formidable
among the white aspirants for the
worlds premier ring honor, will meet
the negro i'm what is scheduled as a
forty-fivc round battle for the cham
piOuship In his long career as a
pugilist, Johnson has never faced an
opponent of the huge physical proper
tions Of Willard. Because of his ad-
vantage in weight, height and reach,
as well as the ten years difference
in their ages, the followers of Willard
hope to see his youth and endurance
triumph over the superior boxing
skill and ring experience Of the
champion It is this meeting be-
tween master pugilist and gigantic
novice that lends interest and uncer-
tainty to the battle. willard, shorn
of his physical advantages, would be
but a manikin in the hands of the
negro, who has learned every trick
of boxing known in expert ring STRAIT
Cgy during mis- many years in the
squared circle.
Although Johnson's ring career
antedates the present century by few
months, his prowess as fighter did
not bring him into prominence in the
heavyweight division until ten years
ago and then his standing did not
give much promise of championship
possibilities. At that time he began
meeting men of his own color, such
as Sam McVey, Joe Jeanette. Black
Bill, Walter Johnson and others,
whom he defeated, in several in
stances decisvely. His two winning
battles with Joe Jeanette at Balti-
more and Sam Langford at Chelsea,
Mass, In 1905, however, demonstrated
that he would have to be reckoned
with by the best of the fighters.
white or colored, with championship
pretensions in the heavyweight class
Jcffries Retires.
At that time Jefferies had retired
from the ring, having handed the title
to Marvin Hart Tommy Burns, by
defeating the latter and also Jack
O'Brien, who claimed the champion
ship, assumed the worlds title in
1907. johnson meanwhile was plod-
ding along, incidentally knocking out
Felix and Lang in Australia and end
ing the comeback propensities Of Bob
Fitzsimmons in two rounds in Phila-
delphia and an eleven-round knock
out OF Jim Flynn at San Francisco
the same year-1907. In December
190S, johnson had the better of
Tommy Burns at Sydney, Australia.
when the police stopped the bout in
the fourteenth round. This placed
the big Galveston negro right at the
top of his class and while no one was
willing to recognize him as the
worlds titleholder, johnson went
right on fighting successfully, fin
ishing up with the Knockout of the
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04
ROLAND CICNI

NEW YORK, March 2O.-Madison
Square Garden is the Mecca for roll
Ter skaters and fans from the world
over since in the next two days all the
various championships will be de-
cided and to top off the sport there
will be a 24-hour race.
Roland Cioni Of NQrristown, Penn.
winner Of various championship
events. is entered in the 24-hour race
and is regarded as a strong contender.
Last year he was teamed with Willie
Blackburn. who was hurt and forced
out of competition.
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Inside Country Newspaper Office.

Inside Country Newspaper Office.
David Grayson, famous as the au-
thor of Adventures in Contentment" h"
is presenting new story called
''Hempfield," now being published in
The American Magazine. In the
March issue Mr.. GraysOn comments
as follows on "a country newspaper Of
flee.
"a country newspaper office is one
of the most democratic institutions
in the world. The whole force. from
proprietor down, works together and
changes work, The editor is also
compositor, and the compositor and
office boy are reporters. No one poses
as having any very superior knowl-
edge, and il sometimes happens that
printer comfortably drawing his
regular wages, is better off for weeks
at a time than the harassed proprie-
tor"
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late Stanley ketChel in twelve rounds
at Colma, Cal, on October 16. 1902
1t was then that the negros pro-
nounced ability and recognized clev-
erness stung Jeflrles into action. The
hig Californian's Self-enfOrced retire
ment ended abruptly and Jeffries re
entered the fistic arena again TO de-
fend the title This seemed to suit
Johnson perfectly and the great
match for Jhe worlds champions
was quickly arranged with the result
that Johnson scored a decisive victory
over Jeffries at Reno, July 4, 1910.
From that time to the present john
bon has been the undisputed cham
pion heavyweight Of the world. Dur
ing the past five years he has been
called upon only three times to de-
Tend the title.
His fight with jim Flynn at Las
Vegas, ~ Mex, was stopped in the
ninth round by the authorities and
Johnson was declared the winner. In
Paris, France, the bout between the
champion and Battling Jim Johnson
was called n draw and last year he
gained the referees decision over
Frank Moran in a twenty-round bout
which also took place in the French
capital.
Willard a Giant.
Jess Willard, who was born in Pot
tawatomie county, Kansas. twenty
eight years ago, is a giant in stature
standing fully 6 feet inches with
ont shoes and when in good condi-
tion for a bout turns to scale at 235
pounds. -Four years ago he was first
seen in ring fight when he lost on
foul to Louis Fink in the tenth
round of bout at Sapulpa, Okla, but
within six weeks from that time he
Knocked out Fink In three rounds at
Oklahoma City. He followed up with
five knockouts ard two ten-round
winning brackets on points during his
first year of fighting in public, 1911.
Five Rnockouts and two no-decision
contests gave him a clear record in
1912. The two no-decision bouts were
with Arthur Pelky and Luther Me
Carly in New York city and I'm each
Willard had the better of his Oppo-
nents The big Kansan also scored
two of his five knockouts in the east
at New York and Buffalo, his victims
being Soldier Kearns and Sailor
White. out of eleven fights which
he took part in during 1912, willard
lost only one. This was to Gun
Nbtl 0iiillu III twenty -ullt lOullhS AA
San Francisco Smith was the best
man that Willard had met in his ring
career with the possible exception Of
Carl Morris, whom he defeated in a
ten-round go at New York. Last year
Willard met Tom Mcmahon in ten
round no-decision bout and scored
Knockout over Dan Daily in nine
rounds at Buffalo and George ROdel
IN six rounds at Atlanta. Ga.
Wizards powers Of endurance are
unquestioned, but he lacks aggres-
siveness and skill. These disadvan-
tages. however. may have been REM
cdied by strict attention to the coach
ing Of his handlers and what he has
learned from his sparring partners in
training. He has three distinct ad-
Vantages over Johnson I'm youth.
height and reach. the possession of
which. combined with a splendid con-
stitution. make Willard the most for
midable opponent that has been
matched against Johnson during his
entire career in the prize ring.
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1t was after the distribution OF
prizes at a Sunday school
well, did you get a prize?' asked
Johnnys mother.
mo" answered Johnny. but ! got
horrible mention - New York
Times.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-19
QUANTITY NOT
The MAGIC WORD
Says Richard HI. Scott, Vice
President of REQ Motor Car
Company

I'VE have heard SO much about
quantity production and its effect on
quality and price. we are liable TO get
distorted perspective and to overvalue
that one factor in manufacturing,
says r. II. Scott, Vice President and
General Manager OF the REQ Motor
Car Company.
Mr.. Scott might claim. did not a
natural modesty prevent, TO be the
oldest manufacturer in the automo-
bile DISTINGUISHING the term manu-
facturer, of course, as distinguishing
1t from simply building or making au'
tomobiles.
Beginning at the very beginning
with Mr.. X. Z. Olds. who was then
the head of the Oldsmobile company
making the still famous little curved
dash runabout, Mr.. Scott could tell
many interesting stories OF the days
when the young industry vas merg-
ing from the chrysalis Of experiment
and developing into what II was des-
tined to be, the second most import
ant industry in the world. He could
tell you how, when II was announced
that four thousand OF the little curved
dash cars would be built, those who
believed the story marvelled, while
the still greater number only laugh
ed, because they considered 1t but the
vaporings of the advertising depart
ment.
But that's another story.
Just now let's learn some interest
ing facts about quantity production
and its influence on quality and price,
from one who knows and has proven
his right to be considered an author
ity OF the first class by his success.
When you argue that only by
making the most OF any commodity
can you produce the best quality, you
are stating great truth up to GER
tain point. And IL is a very certain
q very definite point. Beyond that
II no longer holds true-the efficiency
curve reverses," says Mr.. Scott.
For example. the principle when
applied TO automobile manufacturing
holds so long as the fig. tool and FIX
fure Item can be absorbed. AS soon
as you have reached a quantity where
these special tools must be replaced
The Detroit times., 1915-01-19

must. of course, have their pronts.
Taking, however, concern Ike
REQ or others that come under the
same classification. which makes eV-
cry part that goes into the car ana
whose chassis has passed the experi-
mental stage and been brought up 10
an accepted standard so 1t Will form
the basis for many thousand more,
will say that every economy can Do
effected. every last ounce OF efhciency
obtained. in 5000 cars.
TOO many manufacturers make OF
| quantity production a fetish. II can
not accomplish all the things claimed
for IL, and on the other hand. II Is
very dangerous guide TO him who
follows It blindly To use another
simile. II Is a two-edged sWord-it
cuts both ways
Like every other. great principle,
that OF quantity production may be
oyerworked The assertion that only
by making more OF any article can
YOU make them better and cheaper
holds up 10 a certain point. Beyond
that the efficiency and the economy
curves reverse And beyond that point
the quality curve Is liable 10 take
radical downward trend.
THE reason for the downward trend
OF the quality curve is not so easily
explained as the reason for reversal
OF the curve OF economy and efficien-
cy in production. though that same
cause has an appreciable influence on
both these also
"Id call II the human equation
4, Dp xkx on NJ
TO believe IN its potency, but ! firmly
do.
Its influence becomes apparent
or the absence OF e. | might say-iust
as soon as a plant grows to such pro
portions that II gets outside the scope
of'the directing head Just as soon as
he must obtain his information at sec
ond or third hand, from spies or
subordinates, just SO soon does the
quality OF the product begin. TO deter
iorate and the service TO customers
become a term rather than an actual
ity.
"But that IS another and a longer
story. Suffice II TO say that. knowing
the mental processes OF the men In
the shops and realizing that, 'effciep-
CIV engineers and their kind 10 the
contrary Notwithstanding you never
can make a machine out OF man and
IL YOU could you'd be the loser. the
REQ plants will never be permitted
TO grow so big that ! cannot walk
through them at least once=every day
and see what is going on there, know
every superintendent and foreman by
name and every workman by sight at
least.
From the foregoing you must not
assume that the REQ Motor Car Com
pany limits its output 10 five thousand
The Detroit times., 1915-01-19
JIFFY PRIMER HELPS
IN COLD WEATHER

Printing the motor in cold weather
is often difficult when using gasoline
alone. A mixture OF gasoline and
ether starts the motor quickly when
IL IS so cold that gasoline is slow TO
vaporize. Commercial ether can be
bought from large druggists for about
80 cents a pound can.
The Jify Primer consisting of a
small brass tank, handsomely finished
In nickel, is specially constructed for
using mixture OF gasoline and ether
II is connected with the intake mani
fold by small copper tube by means
OF solderless compression connections.
Operation OF the primer means sim
ply turning the needle valve and al
lowing the priming mixture To drop
into the intaE> manifold, whence IL Is
drawn into the cylinders The Crary
Company. 66o-652 ~oodward-ave.. De
troit. make the lily Primer The
price is $3.50 sent prepaid or they
install II on any motor free OF charge
at their service station
The Detroit times., 1915-01-19

things would have to be equal-the
ability OF the organization, the exper-
lence, purchasing power of the COM
pany and factory facilities of course.
Nor could the minimum production
cost be reached in 5000 cars II that
was all the cars OF that model the
concern ever expected TO make.
Il am assuming that the designs
has been perfected to point where
that chassis is likely to continue stan
dard for several years without more
than detail changes or refinements.
Nor, think. would IL be possible
for a mere assembler OF parts TO at
tain that point OF economy, for the
reason that the parts-maker, being
sure only OF an order for the first g.
600 sets. must charge against-or. as
we say in factory parlance, absorb in
the cost-of those parts all expert
mental, special tool cost and other
items Then, too, the .parts-makers
The Detroit times., 1915-01-19

because worn out, you cease 10 reduce
cost by quantity production.
Il would say that the point OF max
imum economy in manufacturing mo-
tor cars is reached at about 5000
cars"
Just a moment. Mr. Scott" inter
posed the interviewer DO | under
stand you TO say that any concern
manufacturing five thousand automo-
biles can incorporate just as much
quality and sell the car at just as low
a price as q concern making. say one
hundred thousand cars per annum?"
"No-not precisely. First. other
The Detroit times., 1915-01-19

and. as he had last been seen in the
vicinity OF Molsheim and Luneville,
a region which saw some of the heav-
lest lighting, IL was thought for long
time that he had been killed Now 1T
develops that he was made prisoner
after particularly fierce assault, IN
which his entire company had been
surrounded tie has as companion IN
his misfortune another 500-mile race
veteran. Robert r. l.. Crossman,
mechanician to Guyot in 1918, who
was captured some time age. The
pair will undoubtedly look forward
to the 1915 indianapolis eeHteat with
more than the usual longing To be
present
The Detroit times., 1915-01-19
ROBERT LAZY is
WAR PRISONER

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. l9 Robert
LAZY who rode with Rene Thomas in
the Delage that Won the 1914 Indiana,
polls 500-mile race. has been captur.
ed by the Germans, according TO adj
vices received here from rrnnce. and
viii probably remain a prisoner until
the end OF the war LAZY disappeared
shortly after the start OF the conflict
The Detroit times., 1915-01-19

cars per annum. On the contrary, It
viii run TO nearly four times that this
year. ! used the figure five thousand
only as indicating the point al which
! believe maker can attain the mini
mum cost. Beyond that he can main
tain the maximum OF quality just as
long as he can give the factory per
sonal supervision"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-03

stars in the pleasant paths Of the va
rieties. But IL vas great for them
while ii lasted
Miss Bergcrc's eyes sparkled. LAS
first aid to the injured there has never
been anything ike vaudeville. Think
of what It has done for the halt, lame
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-03

and the onnd or the profession. Flu,
they have squeezed that goose too
much who laid the golden egg.
You have me as an authority" she
went on, land who should know IL not
me? ! was one OF the first to uc-
cumb to the lure Of the two a day. I
found the pastures green and the
waters cooling.
1T was fifteen years ago. AZ that
time I was what is known as a stock
leading woman. spoken OF as a may
be- or a conner on Broadway. Vaude-
VILE was unknown either to h legiti-
mate actor or actress. 1t vas a neb-
ulous region and populous. but the
Inhabitants were vague n fitting
and unknown to fame. For an actor
with any position at all to enter
vaudeville was only n thing-ar-
tistic suicide. No one had heard OF
n ones doing II. 1t was out OF the
J question"
IT was playing Madame Butterfly
at that time In the one act play David
Belasco made from John Luther Longs
story. The idea occurred simulta
neously to Mr.. Belasco and myself tina,
there was a large public waiting FOL
Madame Butterfly outside the thea.
tres Of broadway. We only whispered
II at first. then We grew graver an'
spoke OF II in definite accents. Peopl,
threw up their hands in horror. but
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-03

thirty minute c a real show, and II
took years to get vaudeville theatres
on the road to endure these innova-
tons without grumbiing. All! Ohio.
I often wondered what would have
happened to me If | hadn't stayed in
vaudeville-but no doubt twill all be
the same In a hundred years"
please revive Butterfly SOM
time"
Miss Bergere shook her head.
"Never. People do not want to weep
any more, and besides that ! do not
believe I could play her again. Moth
ing would be the same.
THE part possessed me when !
played 1t first. II WIS the greatest
thing [ ever did. Other things have
been more popular with the crowd, but
this was the big, supreme effort OF my
life. | do not old 'this to my credit,
Something strange, something psychic
came into my being at that time and
never left me during the two years ]
acted poor Cho Cho San. Call II what
you like-possessIon. II you will-but
all the time I acted the deserted Jap