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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-03-16
ENGLAND TELLS
HOW BLOCKADE
WILL OPERATE
VIII Cut the Arteries OF Sea
Commerce To and From
Germany.
GORDON OF SHIPS
TO SHUT OFF TRADE

Proclamation IS Signed rs
the King and Issued From
buckingham Palace ami Il
Avowedly a Reprisa
Against the German Sub
marine Blockade $40 No
Prohibited Naval Areas
Defined.
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May &c INrERNEp.

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excans Must Behaves President Changes Policy Towards
PENSACOLA WEATHER

Temperature S1sterdays
hieaest. ca degrees soss .
eat - 6eareea.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-03-16

First. no merchant vesgsei which
sailed from her port % departure after
March I. 1918. shall Be allowed 20
proceed on her voyage 70 any German
port unieHs this vessel receives .
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-03-16

The offers ~ these two rewards
began u enlsyen the PensacoIa polio,
department. ard All trains wer,
watched Ohcers @eer stationed 3
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-05-05
Neighborhood News.

Two boys IL years old, while
scuiiiing. broke out a plate glass
90xl0S inches in Frederick that
will take about $65 to replace.
One Of the gins at Frederick
did not close down until May l.
A little boy ut Davidson was
badly burned by the explosion of
a gasoline iron.
A cave burned at Davidson and
the loss on the contents was a.
bout $500. 1t is thought the fire
started from an incubator.
w. M. and c. s. Huntley of
Rush Springs each was given
$1,000 damages against the Ger
man American Insurance Co. on
a charge Of libel. 1t seemed the
company had accused them of
setting fire to some property.
The filrn in n moving picture
show at Rush Springs caught fire
and the people made a lively
scramble to yet out.
The merchants of Walters re
port that they are doing good
cash business now because of the
cotton warehouse erected there
last fall which enabled the far
mers to hold their cotton.
Because the Frisco took off one
train each way, a Jitney car liz p
has been established from Gin
on through Cordell, Hobart, Sny.
der. Frederick and to Davidson.
Some miscreants threw eggs at
n. II. Stallard. the socialist speak
er, after he had spoken at Berlin.
The public schools at Cement
closed last Friday.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-05-05
Mistletoe Pickups.

Every one welcomes this warm
sunshiny weather after 30 much
rain.
Fred Stauffer and wife were
visitors at the Millard Richard
son home last Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Seanor was called
to northern Oklahoma last week
to the bedside Of her aged grand
mother. who is very sick.
Charley Sperling and wife
were visitors Sunday at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Manning. who
live north OF Elgin.
There wasn't any singing last
Sundey as so many of the class
attended the singing convention
at Hulen.
Miss Lizzie Dotson entertained
a number of relatives and friends
last Sunday, it being her birth
day. Among those present were
DR.. and Mrs. Gamble of Elgin,
Misses Blanche Richardson and
Christine Scheetz, Clayton Myers
Jesse Townley and Ernest
Scheetz, and J. T. Dotson and
family.
School will close here next
Friday; there will be an enter
tainment Friday night.
A number Of the pupils have
quit school on account Of the
small pox
Miss Decker took dinner ut the
T. A. Spencer home last Sunday.
Quite n number from this dis
trict attended the closing exer-
cises at Cannon Friday night.
Jesse Townley, who has been
attending school at this place for
the past four months, returned
to his home Monday. Jesse will
go to Edmond the last Of this
month to attend the summer
normal.
Mrs. Tom Sper'ing has the
sm all pox at this writing.
J. r. McCraw and wife visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Mundell. who live
on big Beaver, last Sunday.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-05-05
County News.

Mrs. Martha A. Lewis of Law
ton will receive $27, 800 from the
Federal Life Insurance Co. on a
policy held by her husband who
was killed on the railroad at
Chickasha.
Ground for the new postoffice
building at Lawton was broken
Monday.
j. C. Nelson, a private at Ft.
Sill, was sentenced to one year In
the penitentiary on n charge OF
bigamy.
The Indian payments are being
made at Lawton this week dur
ing which 800 Indians will be
paid about S75, 900, or 1913. 80 per
capita.
Sunday the sheriff made a haul
of IL quarts of beer and several
quarts Of whiskey at Gray Ca
ble's rooming house in Lawton.
The herd of buffalo in the For
est Preserve has been increased
with nine calves.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-05-05

Jess Cable OF Fletcher was a
caller here Sunday and inform
ed a representative Of this paper
that he has bought the dray line
in Fletcher and has gone into
the draying business.
He also stated that he returned
from Oklahoma City a few weeks
ago and soon after broke out
with the small pox. All of his
fathers family and the family
of Ed Roll then had the small
pox catching it from him.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-05-05
Local News Items

S|~TFVTE'T"vs%VV
Mrs. r. Stone was business
caller in Lawton Thursday.
c. M. Wolcott and family were
callers in Lawton Saturday.
Let the CHaMpIoN do your
job work. Prices reasonable.
c. f. Price and wife were pas
sengers to Lawton Monday night.
Cash paid for cream, butter
and poultry. j. E. Byrd. adv.
Jess Mccoy from Richards
Spur visited Sunday with Lafe
Hail.
j. NJ. Kinds went TO Lawton
Tuesday to get some dental work
done.
Charlie Eads and wife came
Friday for a visit with rela-
tives.
Arthur Lewis of Sterling visit
ed over Sunday with w. j..
Greer.
Miss Alta Hoffer returned
Thursday from a visit in Oklaho-
ma City.
X. V. Hoffer left Sunday even
ing on a business trip to Snyder
and Frederick.
Mrs. Lille Cremer and son
Clifford returned Sunday from a
visit at Lawton.
Plants by the thousand in FL
gin, Mays7, IA. and p, at 5 p.
m. Matt Cain adv.
w. w. Brunskill and E. II.
Buckley were business callers in
Lawton Monday.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-05-05
Post Office Schedule.

Pouches locked for trains as
follows:
No. 10 at $40 q. m.
No. 9 at 1910 p. m.
No. 112 at $40 p. m.
No. 407 at 500 p. m.
FRONT DOOR or OFFICE
Opens at $3.50 a. M. except on
1sSundsys.
Closes mt 1880 y. m. or later eX-
cept Sundays.
GENERAL DELIVERY WINDOW
Opens s a. m. Closes 6 p. m.
Sundays and Holidays open from
1915 to i.15 p. m.
II. p. WErTENCEL.
Postmaster.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-05-05
How To Lift The Mortgage.
Women's Contest.
Letter No. 2.

Ever since the children of Is
rael mortgaged their hemes to
buy bread, il has been serious
question for the farmer to know
how to lift the mortgage. | have
been a farmers wife for 36 years
and will try to tell what / think
is the best way to lift the mort
gage.
No farmer should try to farm
more land than he can farm
well. He should follow diversi-
fed farming and rotate crops.
He should keep enough stock
and poultry to consume the great
est part of his grain and watch
the markets closely for the best
time to sell his proc =. BY
using a silo, cream separator
and incubator he can care for
more stock and poultry than by
the old methods. Always sell
direct to the consumer, if possi-
Bile and always have something
ready for market. Have a good
fruit orchard and garden and
sell your surplus fruit and vsge.
tables. Can enough fruit and
vegetables for home use and
some to sell.
Have good shelter for all stock
and farm tools. Keep nothing
but good stock And poultry.
Feed we'll and use them kindly
and you will soon find they vii
lift the mortgage for you.
Mrs. A. +. Kephart
Wellston, Okla.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-05-05
Methodint Church.

Sunday school every Sunday morn
ing at 10 O'clock.
Preaching services every first and
fourth Sunday morning at II o'clock
and every second, third and fifth Sun
day night.
Prayer meeting every Thursday
night.
kpworth League every Sunday
night.
Ladies' Aid meets every two weeks
on Thursday afternoon.
Choir practice every Fridav night.
ID. l.. HlNCKLEY, Pastor.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-05-05
Advertised List.

The following list of letters re-
main unclaimed in the Eloin,
Okla. postoflice May /, 1915.
Crane, Miss frankie
In calling for the above please
say Advertised" "
II. 2. WsTTENGEI.
Postmaster.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-05-05
Publia Sale.

Mrs. Mary E, HainIine will
hold public sale of her house
hold goods at hor home in Elgin
on Saturday, May Is, 1915, COM
mencing at 2 p. IN. sharp. As
she expects to leave the state,
all goods offered will be sold.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-05-05

It will not be surprising if
some of Lawton's citizens are
on hand with goose quilts md
cold drink straws when Sheriff
Richardson pours out that booze
tomorrow.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-05-05

| will take your subscription
to any paper or magazine
published, at regular SUBJ
scription prices and send
them in without any extra ex
pence. H. P. Wettengel.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-05-05
Way TO Shine.

The only way to shine. even In this
false world Is to be modest and un-
assuming. Faisehood may be thick
crust. but in the course OF time truth
will And a place to break through
kuslin.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-05-05

c. F. Brandon and family
were business callers in Lawton
Saturday.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-05-05
DIRECTORY.

District Judge .. Cham Jones
CQMANCHE COUNTY OFFICERS.
County Judge ....... r. j. Ray
Count. A,+,-,s, y Orr
Cou,tv Clark Cborla Critcher
co,r+ C,o,L a Co,,tor
Co,,,, Traos,,-o, - por,ar
r. c. n.s 1o,,ott C.oshu
ShariT .... Thos Richardson
courtv sp,.vevor 4 Jov,er
County Assessor q r. Gordon
CoIrNyy cOunIss,oNFRg
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mist Ne . lake Ta,madge
met No ! D.v;s
rrcyN crry OFFIrF1e
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F,c,N pocrOEr,Cu
caTrier Route e n BuckIey
Carrier Route 2R r Laslev
Carrier Route 3 ~ John Cost
Substitute Carrier. III. L. Cremer
LODGES.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-05-05
Ggin, HAY S
SUBSCRIPTION;
ADVERTISING RATESf

Otaplay ads. ~ l2cents per incb fos
each insertion. Discounts gwen on
large Ads. All Advertising Waiter rum
until raid and ordered oW
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-05-05

Miss Ophelia Greer returned
Monday nigh, from weeks
visit at Cement.
Frank Eads, who has been Wis
iting here for q week, went to
Lawton Monday.
e. r. Wolcott has been on the
sick list since Sunday with symp-
toms of appendicitis.
Floyd Higgins came from Ce-
ment Sunday for a few days
visit at the Greer home.
T. r. Bennett and wife. son
Monta and Miss Linda Crawford
were in Lawtou Saturday night.
Mrs. ia. Vaughn of Ok!aho-
ma City came today for a visit at
the home of her son, Byron
Vaughn.
j. II. Harrison and wife came
dewn from Cyril Tuesday for a
short visit before leaving for the
state normal at Edmond.
w. f. Weems of Blue Noun
tain, Ark. came Monday even
ing for visit with relatives. He
is the father-in-law of Baxter
Ribelin.
DR.. J. F. Gamble, wife and
children and Miss Cleo Harney
left Monday on four DAYS
automobile trip to Mustang, Ok.
lahoma City and Norman.
Jess West and wife, Mrs. 7.
Ryan, Misses Cleo Iiarney and
Elena Rose, and f. H. Buckley at
tendedgths school exercises at
the Cannon school Friday night.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-05-05

j. II. Harrison and wife came
dewn from Cyril Tuesday for a
short visit before leaving for the
state normal at Edmond.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-05-05

Mrs. E. Stone was q business
caller in Lawton Thursday.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-16

mems families during strikes. Rr9baF
bly, never known publicly. All that
would be avoided - stop to realize
what that means-had we had prop
er arbitration laws and reasoning
power enabling us to operate intelh-
gently under the law.
Stop to realize what it would have
meant in the Colorado strike war, ter
ribIe in its results, had intelligent
arbitration been compulsory on the I.
demand on the part of the employe.
So in other great strikes and lock-
outs, like at the Colorado mines, if it
had taken five years to gain a little
advantage it would have been better
than the war and no gain, destruc-
ton of communities. 1t is a step
backward in the march toward free
dom for the working class.
G. A. Walters letter in The Day
Book is one that awakens serious
thought. I would suggest that we
at the present concentrate on obtain
ing. a proDer arbitration law as sug-
gested in my letter in The Day Book
Of July 8. This would allow, what in
sufficient business there Is gong on,
to continue interrUptedly.
Does not the adjustment Of prices
of living. necessities as compared to
Dossession or means come under the
duties of the Q. S. department of
commerce and labor?
If sol would suggest that The Day
Book take up short campaign to
rally the people to present the ques-
tion before said department, Also 1
would suggest that The Day Book
take up a campaign for preparation
and enactment of an arbitration law
and election of an arbitration board,
as spoken of in this and my letter ins
The Day Book Of Julyg8.
The arbitration board should have
power to recommend adjustment of
prices of living necessities to proper
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-16
AN ARBITRATION Law

AN ARbI ] NE lOiN Law - 1u6
car men struck two days and we all
agreed that we did not want the
strike, so we got together on arbitra-
ton. Thereby we narrowly escaped
great inconvenience, loss of money
and dangers; doubtlessly loss of life.
This same result would have been
had without the two days strike had
we had an arbitration law, cOmpul-
sory on demand Of one party, either
employer or eInploye, and had we had
ability necessary for arbitration. The
strike did stir up the public feelings,
the thoughts Of the city council and
mayor so that it became more easy
to start arbitration. This would not
have been needed had the car mems
union, been used to think and speak
in the line of arbitration.
Look at the great carpenters strike
and lockout, where hundreds and
thousands were or were threatened
to become involved, and where great
sans Of money and time were wasted,
not to mention great suffering and
DELAY in finances bought and used
that hit some of the poor working
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-16

Some belong in salt water and some
in fresh water. And one species of
dogfish males the great lakes its.
habitat.
The dogfsh is the swell dresser"
Of the fish family, having handsome.
coat of hard, gIstening scales. But
fine scales don't-make fine fish-the
temper of the dogish is far from
sweet and he bites and acts up so no
good fisherman has any respect for
him. When he's hooked, however,
he's a pretty good sport and puts up
a fine fight for liberty,
AS food the dogfsh is no more pop
uIar than if he were just plain dog
instead of dogfsh- hungry fishermen
who have tried it say that dogfsh
fry has much the same flavor as
baked cotton batting or stewed saw
dust. But the dogfish isn't altogether
a useless beastie" has a very
good liver-that is, it's good for oil
and the oil industry is quite impOr-
tant wherever the dogish abOUnds.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-16
GOING DOWN!

Gabe-He says he is a descendant
Of a great family.
Steve-Yes, and he is still descend
Cincinnati Enquirer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-30
The Bronx.

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ApTn %. ats. Inland Holding Co. 5O7 l. Tire
sRyAsI Az RVS 100 2 A,du. st; s1loq A%
1881 St: April 2S mtg $4,000. atty. Alen
BRYANT Az. I4lS - 2oIloo; Mary Enst TO
Hirsch 30 " l4oth 81. April &c tmtE $4,000 :
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-30
INCORPORATED AT ALBANY
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-30

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-30
GAS
EXTRA DIVIDEND
One. Quarter of One Per Cent
Added President Cortel.
yOu's Statement.

In addition TO the dividend Of ~
per cent, which has been paid quarter
ly by the Consolidated Gas Company
since December. 1910, an extra divi-
dcnd OF one-quarter Of per cent was
declared yesterday, making the total
dividend, payable June Is, TO stockhold-
ers Of record on May IL, "a. per cent
President George b. Cortelyou. in ex-
PLANTATION Of the increase in the divi-
dend. said:
dividends at the rate Of 3 per cent
and 10 per cent per annum were paid
before the price of gas was reduced. in
1906, to so cents per thousand cubic
feet. Immediately thereafter the divi-
dent rate was reduced to per cent. In
December, 1910, it was increased to 6
per cent per annum.
"lf, az many recent decisions indi-
cate, the rate Of 8 per cent per annum
on capital invested in public utilities
is deemed fair and reasonable. then the
stockholders of the Consolidated Com
pany arc entitled 70 recover the diff
ference between that rate and the rates
actually paid since June. 1906, incu-
sive, which difference amounts in the
aggregate TO 81 per cent. against which
would be credited the extra dividend
Of onequarter of l per cent about TO
be paid.
THE value placed upon the assets
of the Consolidated Gas Company by
the United States court in the S0-cent
gas case exceeded the value at which
they were carried on the company
books 70 the extent OF over $l5,000,000.
Obviously, therefore. Che company is
under-capitalized and therefore a 7 per
cent dividend on its outstanding cap
ltal stock amounts TO a much lower rate
of return than per cent, upon the
actual value of its properties.
ut will probably be surprise to
many TO know that more than three
quarters of the dividend of the Con-
solidated company is derived from its
investments in other gas companies and
in electric companies, and that less
than quarter of 1t is derived from its
own gas business"