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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
OLEO PROBERS
TO PUSH WORK
Federal investigators Will Not let lip
on Prosecution Of IAwbreakers
Though Frauds Have Stopped

WASHINGTON, June -. With II
preliminary report on an investigation
before him today showing violations
Of the OleOmnrgarine law extending
over ten years since the enactment or
the law and resulting In the loss Of
many millions Of dollars IN revenue to
the government, Secretary McAdoo an-
nounced that although fraudulent
practices Of this character probably
have been checked the inquiry would
he continued with all vigor Treasury
officials, II was said were determined
TO bring every lawbreakcr To Justice -
The investigation was conducted by
Commissioner Osborne Of the internal
revenue bureau. II was sweeping In
character with qualifications In many
pnrts of the country. The commission.
pr's report reviewed how vlolators Of
the oleomargarlne tax law had de.
frauded the government out Of at least
$27 ,0O0,OOO due In stamps aud special
taxes. Among the more important
results Of the investigation were:
Recovery Of $4,000 In unpaid
taxes, with prospects OF further very
large collections
Conviction since January Of forty
yiolntors Of the law. twenty Of
whom were given prison sentences
Assessment of fines aggrcgating
s14s,OOO, IN addition to the recoyeries
actually made.
The report shows, according 10 a
statement issued by Secretary Nc
AdoO that since 1902 more than POO,
0O0,00O pounds Of colorcd oleomargs
rme have been manufactured and
fraudulently sold as uncolored olea.
ut IL believed, said the statement
that large proportion Of this pro
duct reached the consumers as butter
This amount represents more thar
twice the average yearly consumption
OF both cOlored and uncolOred OleO
margarine by the people Of the Unit
ed States since the present law wen
into effect
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
PAIR NABBED AT
A BANK WINDOW
CaddO Sheriff Pulls Coup al Local
Money Counter, Acting IpOn Word.
ing OF Mysterious Letter

Mystery was In the air at the state
National bank this morning shortly
after the doors opened. Sheriff John
Cochran VI Caddu county softly enter
ed aud held II whispered consultation
with the cnshlcr Following the cOun-
ell. the officer withdrew to point Of
vantage, whence his eagle eye could
spot each client as he approached the
rnshiers window.
Finally his waiting was rewarded.
ana he unlouded heavy chain und
gently gathered couple NJ necks into
his grasp. After few moments Of
,qulrming protest the owners uf the
ncchh decided 10 submit 10 the law,
aud securely chained together were
mnrched 10 the city jail
According 10 the sheriff. an elderly
business man Uf AuHrlnrku recently
lost some valuable notes Yesterday
he received polite letter from two
gentlemen IN Strengthened circum
stances, notifying him that II would
afford them grrut pleasure to return
the notes, providing he saw III To send
/ II hundred dollars to II hnnk IN Oklu
homu city 10 reward thrm for their
| trouble.
J The money arrived this morning In
/ company with the sheriff The two
men were arrested after they had oh
tnlned the money They gave thcIi
names rs X o. Donncll aud g. r.
Connnrd The trio attracted much ut
tentlon a. they marched up the street
10 await the interurhan for FL Reno
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
REPUBLICAN CLUB
Despite Hot Weather Membership
EYinces Live Interest In Local
Politics and Prosperity

At the last meeting N the Rcpub-
llcan Prosperity club. held Friduy,
James f. Dcymr und Claude Thorpe
were elected vice presidents. The club
adopted It, constitutions The principal
idca- touching ou the policy uf the
club are as follows:
To promote the teachings and cause
of the Republican purity uud To incul.
caic II spirit Uf patriotism In the minds
N the voters at large
10 work ut all times In the interest
NJ success and harmony both Ia local
aud untiOual politics.
FuctiUnHl differences. private grisv.
nuccs aud Objectionable personalities
viii at all times be- prohibited In the
club
The club membership Is open to all
individuals over Is years of age who
are In sympathy with the policies ot
the party
The club. during the hot weather
win meet on the first aud third Fri
dny " each month. The next meet
ing viii be held at the court house,
july |,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
War at a Glance

-Four more vessels have been sunk
10y submarines and In the case Of one
Of them the British steamer Carl.
brook thirteen men Of the crew are
unacrountcd for The Carlsbrook.
which was engaged In trans. Atlantic
trade, was sunk by gunfire from
German submarine A large Turkish
steamer aud two Turkish sailing YES
sells were torpedoed IN the Black sea
10y Russian submarines.
A press dispatch from Athens re.
ports great activity In the allied fleet
at the DardanelleS, from which II Is
assumed general attack On the
straits Is planned Fighting ON Gal
lipoli peninsula Is being carried on
vigorously, with offensive movements
on the part " both the Turks aud
allies hut neither side has been able
to break the deadlock The Turks
made nh attack last Wednesday but
are said To have been rcpulsed, coo
men being captured.
Advlces from Austro Hungarian
headquarters In Galicla attribute the
/ recent decided successes of the Austro-
German forces to their great superior.
| lty In artillery.
The fall " Lemberg IL expected I'm
n day or two. An official dispatch
from Petrograd comedies the Russian
retirement from the Grodeck lakes.
west NJ Lemherg On the Dnicster. II
is said, the Austrinns were driven back
from two villages with heavy losses.
and on the remainder NJ the front
they have made no further progress.
The battle ~ PLAYA, on the Isonzu
front, Is still In progress. the Aus
trian making repeated efforts 10 drive
back the Italians across the river An
offlclal communication from Rome
says the attempts have failed. Else
where along the Italian front less i'm
pOrtant engagements are occurring
with small successes claimed by the
Italians
Wireless dispatches from Berlin re-
port the battle which has been In pro
gress In the region " Arras, North
France, aS one ~ the great conflict,
" the war which may decide the fat,
" France LOSSES NJ both the Ger
mans and the allies are described n,
fearful and one stretch " field from
Arras. eight miles toward the Bclglnl
border ls said 10 be- covered with
COrpses
The official French and German
statements ~ today give few detail
NJ this battle The Paris announce
msnt comedies that the Germans cap
turpd section " trench nj one puin
, hut asserts they were repulsed else
where. The Rcrlln statement men
z tlons no important fighting In thl
. district yet.
4 In AlsHc there was heavy flghtln
: along the valley ~ re Ercht rive
E and the French assert that their line
p were pushed farther northward. tn
r Berlin communication says the GeI
= man positions were transferred 10 IN
+ eastern bank of the river.
An unofficial dispatch from Berli
says the Russians have been defente
along their line In front VI IyemberI
! GR,icin, and are now fighting for tim
In or,ler 20 save their guns and othe
7 war material, According 10 this ~,
] patch the AustrlnnS and Germans or
ten miles from Lemberg.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
CELEBRATIONS CURTAILED FOR
PRINCES MAJORITY BIRTHDAY

LONDON, June 1.-The Prince Of
Wales will attain his majority tOmor
row. AZ the request Of the king there
will be- no public celebration " the
event, The address ~ congrNtulatlon
prepared by various clvlc and patriotic
bodies win be forwarded to him at the
trout.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
TRIAL ASSESSMENTS
Valuations On Tentative Basis Reached
Against ~ Public Service Corpora
tiOns In State

Tentative assessments were placed
against twenty eight public service cor
pOratiOns In the state today 10y the
state board of equalization and July q
named as time when hearings will
be given by the different companies Ia
show cause why their assessments
should be- lowered from the figures
proposed by the board.
Some Of the larger concerns are the
Choctaw Railway and Lighting com
pany Of McAlcstcr $1,000. 600: Chlckn
sha Gas 4 Electric company. S75O,OOO
ComanChe Light aud Power company
Of Lawton Sl5O,OO0; Continental Ca,
COMPRISING company Of Lenapah
N740OO; Gushing Electric Light and
Power company 100000; Gushing Ga,
company, 100000 Enid Electric com
pany, S75O.0OO.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
REDUCING CLAIMS
Local Frisco Agent Cites Figures
Showing How Road ls Attacking
With Promise Of Success

II G. Mills, local Frisco freight agent
returned last uight from Tulsa where
he has been attending convention II
Frisco Officials Mr.. Mills reports the
condition Of the road 10 be- very salts.
factory
In the present year which ends July
I, 1915, about $2OOON less win have
been paid In damages than last year
This Is saving of ~ per cent and Is
due 10 the improved methods In trans
portntion, both freight and passengers.
Last yenr there were $1,000 more
claims filed against the road than this
year.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
4 y = Il 4 Il 4 Il Il 4 n r y = +
ITALIANS CONTINUE GAINS
IN FIGHTING ON BORDER

GENEVA. June r. The Tribune
prints the following dispatch from
IAihaCh
"The Italians the night " the 9th
gained ground twelve miles north Of
Gurlgln. while southeast ~ PLAYA they
captured two forts and several trench
-.
along the lsonzo the artillery duel
seems to have turned 10 the advantage
W the Italians and the Austrinns are
hceinnmf to bring up heavy guns from
the eastern front
"a council of war was held at LAT
bach on the evening of the 10Th Arch
duke Eugene. cOmmanderin.Chief Oi
the Austrian forces operating against
Italy Is expected to arrive on the Go
rIyio Tripst front on the 13rd
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
EXPECTFLEET ATTACK
Allied Ships Near DArdanelles Show
Activity; Seven Hundred Turks Are
Captured

PARIS. June 22.-AlthOugh opera
tions on the Gallipoli peninsula have
assumed ot late the aspect OF siege
warfare. local attacks and counter at
tackS continue, says Hayas dispatch
from Athens dated Monday Fighting
was particularly Intense last Wednes'
day when the allies repulsed Turk
lsh attack aud took 100 prisoners.
The allied trenches at the southern
extremity Of the peninsula the dis
nptch states. are four miles from Sed'
dul Buhr aud form II square near Avl
Buruu.
Great activity ss been noted In the
allied fleet. leading Ia the belief that
general attack ON the straits Is i'm
muput
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
GREAT ENGLISH LOAN
INTERESTS STOCK EXCHANGE

LONDON, June 22 2-The new war
loan which in substance gives the chan.
cellor Of the eXchequer blank check
up to $1,000 ,OOOOOO was the sole topic
OF conversation ON the stock exchange
today The new issue is likely to dry
up dealings In standard securities.
Consols and home rails today virtually
were msnlnble The old war loan im.
proved from 09 rs TO % ON the con
version scheme.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
PANAMA TO AID IN WAR
AGAINST SALE or DRUGS

PANAMA, June 30 The aid " the
Panama government has been prom.
lsed by Minister of Foreign Affairs
Lefevre to Brlggen Edwards In his IF.
forts to stamp out the use of habit.
forming drugs among solders on the
lsthmus President rorras will be ask
ed TO issue n decree making effective
In Panama stringent regulations
against the sale of drugs.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
Official Reports
ITALIAN

ROME, June 22-The following Off
cinl statement was issued last night:
There Is nothing to report on the
Tyrol Trcntlno frontier except small
engagements In Carnia we continued
our fire against Malborgeth. During
the night of the 10Th and Dist the Aus
trlans renewed their vain attacks on
Frplkofel
In the eastern zone Of Monte Nero
operation, started on the 10Th were
carried 10 successful conclusion ON
the 10th
by repeated and persistent night at.
tncks against the positions conquered
by MS on the left bank of the Isonzo
at PLAYA the enemy ls trying to throw
us back on the right bank His efforts
break, however
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
NO NEW PEACE EFFORTS
BEING MADE BY WIISFON

WASHINGTON, June %. President
Dllson revealed today that all offers of
mediation In Europe the United states
had made publicly or semi.puhlicly
have been disclosed aud no new efforts
were being made. Foreign govern.
ments generally, he said. were aware
Of the desire Of the United States Il
do anything possible to assist In bring
lng peace.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
AMERICANS SUPPLY ENGLISH
WITH LEGS FOR SOLDIERS

CHICAGO. June - England is
looking to America 10 supply It's
crippled soldiers with artificial legs
II became known today with the an.
nouncement that Chicago firm had
forwarded Il shipment and was work.
Ing on another large order.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
SIX CASES IN ADJUSTMENT
THIS SUMNER ny HIGH COURT

WASHINGTON June % Only ak
cases win be under advisement by the
supreme court during the summer re
cess, record for that tribunal "
these cases, one concerns the constitu'
tionallty ~ the Webb law and anoth.
er the validity Of the Oregon mini
mum wage law,
About 500 cases not ready for nrgu
ment, however are on the docket
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
ONLY ONE ROY KILLED,
NOT TWO As REPORTED

An item telling of the death by
lightning of Claude and James Barnes
pseveral days ago, was not wholly cor.
rect The bows were at their uncle's
place IN Garfield county They went
10 the barn early In the morning dur.
inr thunder storm A holt ~ light.
Ming came and killed Claude, rs, and
seriously burned James. aged 10. The
narents NJ the boys now live In Okla.
homa City, md James win recover A
horse standing In the stable several
feet away from the hoys was killed
bv the same flash NJ lightning
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
FRENCH SENATE CONSIDERS
BILL REGULATING GRAIN

PARIS June IA hill has been
submitted To the senate investing civ.
II service Officers with the power ~
reQulsitlon for provisioning the civil
population during the war creating a
committee 10 consider market cond.
lions aud prices fixing the total
amount 10 be spent for buying wheat
and flour at S4OOOOOO0. This figure
already has been reached The bill
would fix the maximum price at
which wheat may be sold 10 the mill.
ers In order that the price ot bread
may not be- increased.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22

Dunklrk, on the French GOast. was
hombarded yesterday by long range
German gun as was done several weeks
ago At that time the German gun
WAS said TO have been located by an
aviator aud silenced. In yesterdays
attack several persons were killed.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
ITALY NOW OCCUPIES
TWICE TERRITORY ASKED

ROME, June 22,--The assertion Is
made by newspapers OF Rome that the
Italian army occupies $500 square
miles OF ''unredeemed territory" twice
as much as Austria offered Italy for
remaining neutral.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
SEVEN YEAR OLD
GREETING RECEIVED

Is PHILADELPHIA. June - -
y \ Christmas greeting mailed In
Is New York seven years ago
q. reached II, destination only yes
,t trrday. The letter was sent 10y
z. H. G.. Pearson To his wife who
IS NJ that time wns In Allentown,
q pn. Mrs. Pearson received no.
* ticr few days ago from the
x Allentown postoffice that a let
e ter was held there and upon re
= cript she found 1t was the one
y sent by her husband on Decem
X hcr .. 1908. The mlSslve con
. tnlncd but one pustmnrk, that
s. Vt hrt New York office, aud the
Sc postal authorities are at a loss
e to explain this delay,
y
. q y y 4 y Il n Il Y Il y y & y
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
SLEEP BRINGING
DRUGS BANEFUL
Don't Combat Insomnia with Arh-
fiCial Means, Is Advice
OF SaVant.
PROPER TREATMENT RYGEINIC


II you are troubled with n persist
eut Inability to sleep, here * IL bit uf
advice | want ~ give YOU.
ION no account try To cure your
slecplessnrss 10y the use uf sucnllcd
SopOriflcs, or slrcp producing drugs
nm well aware that mnny physi
Cluns still prescribe drugs 10 their IN
somnia patients lmt the practice Is
bad one, aud It's hurmfulncss Is be-.
ihg increasingly recognized
In ever grrntcr numbers leaders "
III" medical profession Hro indorsing
the POSITION taken by the author VI
prllr ESSAY uu slrcplrssurss cUntrlh.
utcd 10 one ~ our lending medical
Journals IhS author. himself a uruc.
ticng physician. says cmphatIcnlly:
Avoid Narcotics
MY Watchwurd Is, Avoid nnrcot.
les Place your reliance on rational
general treatment on hydrothcrnpy.
suggestive Therapeutics
Drugs are only palliative They
cannot cure They should never be-
used for nuy lruuh ~ time aud Hs II
Is especially difficult lo prevent these
pHlicnts from hrcumin, drug huhitucs,
II IS usually wiser a. dispense entirely
with their use
IN these few sentences The case
against sleep producing drugs * ud.
mrably summed up
IN fact such drugs du not really
produce sleep Whut they produce *
wcunsniou~uc~s, Il very different mut
ter
They ARE uoisous nnd the only rem
son they do not klll Is that their lis.
crs do not take heavy enough doses ~
them
Nervous Irritability
Usually. however they take heavy
enough doses 10 renct badly on the
nervous system. Nervous lrrimbillty
being thereby increased. ns increasing
difficulty IN getting sleep Is expert
cucrd
This leads 10 grcntcr use ~ the
drugs I'm question, with the pnradoNi-
cYl result that the more they are tax
en- the grcntcr Is the difficulty IN
sleeping
What doctors call yhlous circle
has been srt IN motion In the end,
many insomniucS find That Instead II
having been cured ~ their slpeplesS.
ness they have become nervous wrecks
and in additiuu have acquired II sny
ish drug habit They cannot exist
without their fnvorlte drug
Result Of Mental Condition
As II mnttrr OF fact, In nine cnses
out NJ ten slecplcssncss Is the result OF
q. mental condition This means that
It. treatment should be- by menta
means plus hygienIc and dictrtic
measures whenever these ARE found
advisable
Treated thus special attention he
ing paid ~ convincing the patient that
he really can sleep NJ his own ncurd
there are comparatively few cases Of
insomnia that viii prove ohdurntr.
But there nrr no eases thnt can bI
cured 10y the drug process Rear this
in mind, nud Insist that whatever else
your physician may do Tor YOUR In
somnIn he must not flll YOU with pois
unous, neryc.dcstroyIng, wlllenfeehlinl
drugs
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
DE WET SENTENCED To SIX
YEARS IN PRINON AND FINED

BlOEAIFoNTHlN. Union Of South
Africa. via London, June ~. Sen.
tence Of six years imprisonment and
a fine Of slD0o0 was Impo-ed today
an General christian De Wet. oue Of
the leaders ~ the south Afrirau re-
hellion against the British govern
ment who was found guilty yesterday
VI treason On eisf N>>wp
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
WILLIAM RAND. PUBLISHER.
DIES IN NEW CANAAN

NEW CANAAN, Conn, June o.
William II. Rand, for many years head
Of the printing and publishing house
NJ Rand. McNany aud company, died
here Inst night at the home Of his
daughter. Mrs Henry W Chappell He
had been IN for some time.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22

PARIS. June -. - Announcement
was made here that the French postal
service is handling mali In ninety
townv uttd- vitiuvrs IN AtsaCg. M Or
which now bear tHc Names they had
e. Y five years ago.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22
DAINTY SUMMER DRESSES
AT $500

white Embroidered Noilc4, lace
trimmed. tinted ground yoil,-s with
floral designs; ylci ducks IN black
aud white, corded hati.tr, polka dots
urgandy collars and cuffs
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-24

An Autobiography
Recorded by Ethel Lloyd Patterson.

My mother stared at me

My mother stared az me.
Beth she said, Il don't know how
You will end II You don't stop wool
gathering You are not IL child uuy
more you are seventeen. You cant
be- utterly ignorant NJ the world"
looked at her blHukly why. I'm
deed. could / not have been Certain
ly she had never talked to me rs a
muther should talk tu her daughter
And Tor over O year | had been shut
M completely from even the girls ~
my owl age | believe my blank %,
preston annoyed mother She laughed
]ueryuusly.
We'll" she said lightly. trying tp
Introduce an element NJ archness into
hat she was saving. don't You want
Ia hear what Charles said to your
father"
i guess 3d." | answered YEARLY
What was II all abOutY
My father stopped In his walk.
rnmmed his hands into his pockets.
and looked ut me very hard. here
came II tenderness into his eyes.
why Kit" he said TO my mother,
u believe she Is only R baby This
seems Ike nonsense To me"
Don't be- silly, Ed" rebuked my
mother. let me manage this. Beth
always has been sullen. She's Just ON
one Of her high horses now
She turned 90 me quickly. You're
% Nt1.ar Hlrl 90 .La .uNN HNAIy,,. ,.y
viii have II I'm cold English. Charles
went 10 your father today TO ask II
he could marry YOU W course, we
had never thought NJ r. You seemed
su Young and father aud I have been
so busy with Important things we
really didn't realize Charles had been
coming to seq YOU 50 much.
when he spoke To father today
father looked him up, and really,
Beth. YOU might do much worse He
Is a pretty nice Young fellow and his
father has II " the best law prac.
tees In the city or course. you
Know he Is In the office with his
father And 49," she ended trimph.
antly, your father told him II was
all right. ~ course. you can't marry
NJ once II win take a few months
to get O some clothes, hut after
that she stopped
My eyes must have been very wide
My throat felt dry and queer, tried
To speak and finally | managed
"But ! don't want Ia marry Charles
mother Why We never even thought
Of H. | don't think he wants to mar
~ me Why my voice rose and be
gan to tremble, II KNOW | dom
want TO marry him. why, mother
We never v thought Of H."
My mother elapsed her hands 10
gether IN an eNasperated way.
Beth" she said, are YOU reall,
half witted or are you just a yery
/ wicked girli'
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-24
AMERICANS IN MEXICO

The New York Herald makes no
apology for It's action IN publishing
the text Of the suppressed cuhlegrums
that have passed between the Amerl
can colony In Mexico and the secre
tary Of state Says the Herald with
II 'pitless publicity Is no mere pc
litcal shibholeth These cablegrams
are published because the American
people have n right 10 know, and
should know. the reasons that make II
impossible for their fellow country
nen now In Mexico to leave that coun
try IN response to the repeated sugges.
lions Of the government at Washing
ton.
While the conditions revealed In the
communications sent by the American
colony at Mexico City through III,
minister for Brazil has been vaguely
understood, the censorship at the Mex.
lean capital and at Vera Cruz has
been so rigid that the facts have com,
out only In piecemeal In this CORES
pondence the high points are so clear