The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-20
Interesting Sidelights On
the Great War.

BASEL. Feb 2O-The latest Ger
man military Instructions for the
evacuation Of all neutrals from Al
SAGE affects 5000 Swiss subjects, A
neutral zone has been created on the
German side near the Swiss frontier,
the inhabitants Of which are still al
lowed TO communicate with SWitzer-
land under certain restrictions, but
all villages beyond this district are
Isolated by barbedwire fences and the
sentries have orders TO shoot at any
person attempting to cross the bor-
der line The market gardeners Of
Neudorf who supply Basel with a
large portion OF It's vegetables, are
thus cut off
BERLIN. Feb. pa German Of
flcer's letter tells how his men
Jumped for joy at the opening OF
bath house rigged up in The base
ment Of building. partly destroyed
by the artillery. Two bath tubs
found under the ruins OF another
house we're Installed and in addition
large swimming basin was built.
with connection to n windmill pump
about two miles distant
"But there is one drawback to our
fine establishment he says. the
shells NJ the enemy continually roar
and explode around H. But we have
grown so bold that we DO not let this
check our impulse TO get clean; we
must have our pleasure In these tubs
even though the French shells crash
and explode around us. The estab-
lishment was opened several weeks
ago and since then II has been used
to It's utmost capacity. Every man
In my company ls happy on his bath
day. although he knows that death
and destruction threatens him while
| bathing"
PARIS. Feb. 2O.-The Third Court
| Martial OF Paris sentenced a Belgian
named stynen to two years imprlson
ment for making the following
/ declaration:
|
than to make peace n she IL al
lowed to annex Belgium and Calais
don't care Zig whether | becom,
a Prusslan or not. The Germans mas
sacred In Belgium because they wer,
fired upon"
The Iudement has been re soTset
on account Of an error OF form ent
tn case will be tried over,
OXFORD. Feb. 2O-The winter
term at oxford university knlwn al
Lent" or Hilary W., never more
cnton or less hilarious,
Here we're 1900 undergraduate
lcf, flr the autumn term but no7
there are only 700 No new stuenti
arrive. for the upper class boys II
the public schools are being taken di
rectly into the army as officers nj
fast as they are ready, or the va
rious colleges which go TO make NJ
the composite whole which Is know
as the university" Corpus Christ
College Ia the nearest empty havlnl
only 20 students left St Fdmunt
Hall has 25. and Trinity College 20
A considerable proportion OF m
students stlil In attendance are m
Rhodes scholars and other men fror
foreign countries. particUlatly IN
Americans, They practically mOnor
olise whatever ls left OF college snort
and they also take the majority r.
the scholastic honors
BERLIN. Feb. 2O.-Thras hundrc
Ardenne horses taken bv thu Ger
man rtmy In the agrl,i 'ura, a..
tri' OF France, are 10 he put up n
sale BY auction In Berlin, with N
J idea Of making them the basis n
new breed Of horses for agrlcultu
raj purposes in Germany, The 10,
eminent circular declares that the
are the most easily maintained an
least subject 10 severe changes OF 81
mate Of any breed known.
The auction list also mentions
number 81 Belgian horses and a fe
English farm horses, which were car
2 tured In France,
CoPENHAGEN. Feb, sos--f. sil
+ bernsen, a native OF Denmark who
[ now wealthy resident OF Oman
a Neb has made the National Museu,
4 the gift OF an ancient building
e Newburg, known M the Lord HE
o Constable Peder Hessers House" tn
y house Ia q brick structure with no,
glng dating from about 1900. a,