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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-24
PARCEL POST BUSINESS
LARGE DURING YEAR
GROVER c. RAILS IN CHARGE
OF DEPARTMEE & ILLS OF
REMARKABLE 7. AsE

According to figures < Ned by
Grover c Ralston, parcel : y clerk
at the post office; the "a G tins
July 1st, has indicated \ :. y in
Icrease in the parcel post business al
the Guthrie office Figures taken
from an actual count for 10 days at
an average season of the year. and
made the basis for an estimate for
the entire year. would indicate that
a total of 44,542 parcels were mailed
at this office for the year, an in
crease of n per cent over the esti.
mate for the previous year
The largest increase in per cent
of parcels mailed has been in the c.
O. D. parcels. The increase n C. o..
ID. parcels mailed from this office
over the number mailed Tao previous
year, shows gain 81 -5 per cent,
which is considered remarkable in
crease, Figures taken trom the num-
ber of insured parcels. dispatched
and received, shows that there were
10 per cent more parcels mailed at
this office, than what were received
For delivery here from other offices
thus showing that the Guthrie mer-
chants are increasing their out of
town trade. and that the citizens in
general are taking advantage of the
ABILITIES offered by the parcel post
iystem
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-24
Battle Raging near Warsaw.

London, July a. ~ On the battle
fronts near the Warsaw triangle. is
raging the most important battle
since the Marne. The battle is in
tense. Both Berlin and Vienna claim
gains. Petrograd admits some re-
treats NO indication yet of the ulti-
mate outcome.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-24
VIOLATION OF AMERICAN
RIGHTS MEANS TROUBLE
SAYS "1LLEGAL AND INHU-
MAN ACTS ARE MANI
FESTLY INDEFENSIBLEv

Berlin, July 2t-,CVia London) -
The few officials of the foreign OF.
flee who have as yet seen the latest
American note to the German gov
ermment concerning Germany's sub
marine warfare, which was delivered
to Herr Won Jagow, the German for.
eign minister by Ambassador Gerard
asked to be excused from comment
ing on 1t Hntil they had had an op-
portunity for digesting its contests
carefully.
Herr Won Jagow took the document
and made direct report upon it to
Dr. Won Bethmann4IIollweg the Ger
man imperial chancellor. The note
probably will be published in Ger.
many some time tomorrow. It was
sent this afternoon to the foreign of.
flee manifolders, who made a num-
ber of copies of it. The work OF
translating into Germany then began
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-24
CORN YIELD IN STATE
THIS YEAR WILL Be HUGE

The corn yield in Oklahoma this
year will exceed by more than 80
million bushels the yield of 1914, ac.
cording to a report issued by the state
board of agriculture today
"The corn crop last year brought
the farmers about $39,5OO.00O. This
year the farmers will realize approx
mately $65, 100000, or s27,OO0,O0O more
than last year."
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-24

Washington, d. G., july "a. Follow
ing is the official text Of the latest
American note to Germany regarding
submarine warfare, which was deliver
ed to the foreign office at Berlin today
by Ambassador Gerard:
Department OF State, Washington.
July 81, 1915.
THE Secretary Of State to Ambas-
sador Gerard:
You are instructed to deliver
textually the following note to- the
minister for foreign affairs:
THE note of the imperial German
government dated the Sth of July,
1915, has received the careful consid-
GRAFTON of the government of the
United States, and 1t regrets to
be obliged to say that it has
found 1t very unsatisfactory, be-
cause it fails to meet the real differ
ences between the two governments
and indicates no way in which the ac-
cepted principles of law and humani-
ty may be applied in the grave matter
in controversy, but proposes, on the
arrangements for partial
suspension of these principles which
virtually set them aside.
THE government of the United
States notes with satisfaction that the
imperial German government recog.
nizes without reservation the validity
Of the principles insisted in the sew
eral communication which this gov.
ernment had addressed to the imperial
German government with regard to
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-24
.PADEN WELL WILL Be
DRILLED IN MONDAY

George McGregor, who has just re-
turned from Paden says the oil well
will be drilled in next Monday. ]. S.
York, conservation agent for the cor
poration commission, so informed his
department at Oklahoma City last
night.
Oil men throughout the state are
awaiting with great interest the drill
ing in of the big Paden well.
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PASSENGERS WERE MOST
LY WOMEN AND CHILDREN
TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED ON
BOARD WHEN DISASTER
OCCURS; MANY TRAP
PED IN. CABINS
BULLETINS O'CLOCK.

II is rumored that grand jury in
vestigation of the EastIand disaster
will be had. The death list continues
to grow. Blow pipes were used to
force holes in the steel sides of the
ship to recover bodies in the state
rooms. An attempt was made to mob
the captain after his arrest. Six hun
dred and seventy-nine bodies were re-
covered at two o'clock.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-24

London. July 24.-The Russian
ship Rubonia, was torpedoed and
sunk by a German submarine today.
The crew landed at Orkney Islands.
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Continued on Page Eight.)
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-24

Classified want will sell,
trade or rent II. There are
bargains In want section.
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Continued on Page Eight
The Clio messenger., 1915-12-10
ADVANTAGES OF FARM YOUTH
Real Country-Bred Boy Realizes But
Slightly Great Value of Home
Training-Does Work Well.

The boy reared on the farm, who
has acquired the farming art by doing
everything that has to be done on the
farm, and who knows how to do it 80
well that 1t almost does itself, has n
great advantage over the boy who a;
college has to learn the art as well ca
the science. 1t would be good thing
for every town-raised boy who attends
an agricultural college to hire out fol
two years to a good farmer. Expert
ence will teach him things that will bo
of inestimable value to him, says Wal
lace's Farmer. Here is an example:
One Of the city men" graduates was
hard at work recently milking cow
while his farm-educated friend easily
MIXED three. When he was told tc
put harness on a horse, he was not
able to tell the front of the bride LoI
the top of any collar from it's bott0m
He did not know what trace was, noI
its office; and hold.back straps were
merely feathers that had to be wound
up out Of the way somehow. The real
country-bred boy realizes but slightly
the great value of his own home train
ing.
The Clio messenger., 1915-12-10

Germany has employed many inge-
nious devices in the great war, and
surely one Of the most unique Is that
of employing carrier pigeons for TAX
ing military photographs. Some years
ago the camera employed for this pur-
pose was exhibited in Germany. 1t
was invented by Doctor Neubronna,
and was a wonderfully light instru-
ment, weighing only 2ls ounces. The
lens was only Pinch focus. and the
photograph produced measured ia
inches square. One of the models
could take eight pictures in succession
on film, while another consisted of
two distinct cameras. The lens of one
pointed forwards and the other back
wards when. the carrier" was in
fight. In each case the exposure
mechanism consisted OF a rubber bulb
containing compressed air. by the slow
escape of which through a minute
aperture lever was operated to re-
lease the shutter at the end OF an In
terval of time which could be deter
mined in advance.
The Clio messenger., 1915-12-10
f23E}gnsM! f2a3}8gIgEcEy.
NlN WlHR
epvypfcssr Nr~euvee
snnrNss~ ssreesrsJ<J
MARY ELLEN.

Mary Ellen's mother died when she
was a baby, and her father, who went
on long sea voyage. took his little
girl to live with his two sisters. who
were maiden ladies and lived In the
country. Aunt Susan and Aunt Han
nah loved Mary Ellen very dearly, but
they were not used to children, and
when Mary Ellen was old enough to
want pretty dresses they could not
understand why a gingham apron with
long sleeves and buttoned in the back
was not the proper thing for her to
wear to school, and they thought her
hair braided and tied at the very end
much more sensible than having 1t in
curls around her shoulders.
Mary Ellen had black eyes, and
sometimes they would flash with anger
because her aunts dressed her in such
a quaint style. This summer, how
ever, they had bought pretty colored
material for her dresses, and the
aprons were laid aside. She also had
a pair of tan shoes and stockings to
match. Mary Ellen wore them on
every possible occasion, but her aunts
called them her best" and she did
The Clio messenger., 1915-12-10

the wonderlands OF the modern toy
department wants what you did. The
little girl stops before the baby doll,
wide eyed. still with desire. The BOY
stands flooded with happiness before
an ark In which Is every imaginable
creation. You remember what small
thing your own was. fourth the size!
But his Joy Is no greater than yours.
He pushes toward the rocking horse.
you ran your own across the floor to
the imminent danger OF total destruc-
tion to persons and furniture that
might stand in the way. But Christi
mas day was your day. The day when
"don'ts" were not and you we're king
or queen in your kingdom OF toys.
You pass on to trains and there
again electricity is running them. Yoa
pulled them yourself.
Then you catch the look on the face
of your boy. He Is watching the huge
engine move slowly. smoothly along. ie
passes under infinite tunnels and
bridges and over made hills that pre-
sent intricate difficulties Of passage!
Your tunnels were of chairs and the
I le in your kitchen made splen-
did bridge to cross.
He turns to you. the child OF this
twentieth century. His smile is be1
attic. He wants it-that train. He
never wanted anything 30 much be-
fore. He never will again he ID
sure.
And as you move away you smile, q
little sadly, little gladly. You are
proud to be able to make him so
wonderfully happy, this child Of yours!
but you are sure, too. that he is no
happier than you were these same pre-
Christmas days, those years before.
The Clio messenger., 1915-12-10
BIRDS HOLIDAY DAINTIES
YeiIow-Lee snipe Travels Some 5000
Miles for Christmas Dinner
Robins Like Holly Berries.

The yellow-leg snipe travels a mat
ter of 5000 miles to get his Christ
mas dinner. 1t is pretty nearly the
longest journey made annually by any
living creature. and the object OF It
seems to be to procure certain dain-
ties in the way of aquatic insects and
crustaceans appropriate for holiday
fare.
One might say, however, that the
most appropriate of Christmas din
ners is eaten by the robins which at
this holiday season feed largely upon
the berries Of the holly-particularly
upon the berries of kind of holly
called the black alder, which are as
bitter as quinine.
Another bird which has an interest,"
ing Christmas is the mocking bird.
He is a planter of the mistletoe ber-
ries and mistletoe berries contributes
largely to his Christmas dianer. Be-
ing particularly fond OF them he incl
dentally, though without intention.
carries the seeds to tree branches
where they promptly fasten them
selves and sprout. In this way the
parasitic plant is widely propagated
in Texas, which Is the principal win
ter resort Of the mockers. ~
The canvasback duck breeds in the
far North, from Minnesota to the
Arctic circle, in the interior. But tho
call of Christmas turns 1t southwark,
and it spends the holidays along the
southern Atlantic coast, from the
Chesapeake to Cuba. 1t feeds on vari-
Gus aquatic plants, but the piece de
resistance of it's Christmas dinners 10
wild celery-a succulent, water veg
etable which gives to its flesh flavor
highly appreciated by the epicure-
The wild Canada goose goes all the
way to Mexico in winter, spending
Christmas among the lakes in that
far southern latitude, where nutritious
grasses and water plants are plentiful.
The Clio messenger., 1915-12-10
DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Brings Tender Memories Of
Years Ago.

In these strenuous shopping days.
writes Louis James, have you caught
yourself remembering suddenly, in all
sorts of queer, unexpected places, all
sorts of queer, half forgotten things?
Have you remembered how these days
before Christmas are the wonderful
days in the life of the child, more
wonderful days, perhaps, than any
that are to come?
You know that yourself You can't
help recalling how time went by those
days before the great day. You re-
member how each day seemed some
how more wonderful than the one be-
fore, each day a prelude of real joy
to that first marvellous moment Of
Christmas morning, when, after a
night of little If any sleep, you scram-
bled up and stood breathless on the
threshold Of the room which had been
forbidden you all those interminable
hours that went before.
The child you take with you through
The Clio messenger., 1915-12-10
NOBILITY OF THE NATIONS
by Lord Rosebery, Famous
British Statesman.

"A nation cannot be as noble as a
single man in It can" said Lord Rose
berry.
| would say a single man cannot
hope to be as noble as a nation can.
A nation is capable of an accelera-
tion-a momentum Of moral action.
The nobility that is in single man.
a nation can raise to an nth power.
One man who pulls himself together
and loves or one man who pulls him
self together and hates, is impressive.
A nation that pulls itself together and
loves-is sublime.
Even a nation that pulls itself to-
gether and hates all over with one
mighty heat of hate, IL sublime. Ev-
cry man in Germany who is singing
Lissauer's chant of hate and fighting
England with that chant of hate-has
ten times as much hate in his one
single heart than he would have IL
hates everybody else's hate on top OF
his own hate. One stick of wood in
a fire may be hot--but it is hotter
with three more-and still hotter
that one stick-with three million
more.
1t is absurd to says nation canno:
be as noble as single man can. II
is a defiance of psychology and of the
laws OF dynamics in the human heart.
Gerald Stanley Lee in the Mount
Tom Magazine.
The Clio messenger., 1915-12-10
Surprise Candy Box.

lect some nice, firm, rosy apples and
cut off the tops. Remove the inside
of the apples, scraping as much of the
skin as possible, but letting the fruit
keep SIS shape. Fill these apple boxes
with any kind of candies. Put the lids
on and place the apples on plates be-
fore your guests. Some may attempt
to cut the apples with knives; in that
case the lid will spring off and dis
close the candies; others will take a
good bite and the result will be quite
as funny.
The other illustration shows q minia-
ture Scout tent which can keep a dish
The Clio messenger., 1915-12-10
Q Newspaper Syndicate.l
OTHER PEOPLES MONEY.

Rich mems sons and inheritors OF
wealth have succeeded, have risen
above their unfortunate environment.
and. aided by other peoples money.
have at times accomplished great re-
suits; but the large majority of men
Of mark. men who are recognized as
leaders in their lines. reached their
goal through their own endeavors and
wholly without financial or other as
sistance.
A close study Of conditions proves
beyond doubt that comparatively few
men have succeeded except by their
own personal endeavors.
So much is self-work necessary for
self-advancement, that sensible and
practical men Of wealth invariably
subject their sons to hard training. In.
stead of placing them In responsible
positions, at the start, they require
them to learn the business from the
bottom up, even though it may be nec-
essary for them to carry the dinner.
pals of labor and wear the overalls Of
subordination.
Practically every railroad president
began as brakeman, or occupied
some other menial position. He was
good brakeman before he was con-
ductor; a good conductor before he
was the superintendent OF minor d.
vision, mastering each round as he
progressed upward.
Nearly all of our great merchant
princes began as Office boys, swept out
the store, and carried bundles.
1t is an economic fact. not subject
to exceptions, that no man can sue
cessfully or profitably manage any
kind Of business, or any class OF In
dustry, unless he understands from ex-
perience the details Of his vocation.
There is no way under the sun of
accomplishment whereby one can ef-
fectively and profitably command
workmen. who are doing that which he
does not understand or cannot himself
do with some proficiency.
Many great men have been born
with silver spoons in their mouths,
but their success is due to eating out
Of common crockery dishes, with iron
knives and forks, at uncovered tables,
where they come in close contact with
the fundamental subbottom Of labor
from which, they progress until they
are able to command men doing what
they themselves have done.
Nothing can be accomplished with
out experience. Even ability itself is
valueless unless 1t is developed by ex.
perience. Seeing other people dc
things is not sufficient. To under
stand how to direct. you must have
been directed. To command, you must
have been commanded. There Is no
other way. Theory, great as 1t is
without practice. is worth less than
practice without theory.
If you begin at the bottom, you may
work up. If you begin at the top, you
will topple over.
The Clio messenger., 1915-12-10
said. She picked up her basse. anu

said. She picked up her baGkcs anu
started for home.
Mary Ellen went into the room
where her aunts were sitting, and
went up to her Aunt Hannah. Aunt
Hannah" she said, II have been q
very wicked girl" Both aunts looked
at her with surprise, but Mary Ellen
kept on with her story, and told them
everything about the shoes, and that
before she found that the shoes were
gone from the tree she had been trou-
bled because she had deceived them.
Il will work every day wedding the
garden" she said, until have earned
enough money to buy another pair Of
shoes. You need not have the boy
come again this summer" and then
she sat down and cried.
Her aunts knew she was truly re-
pentant when she offered to weed the
garden, for it was work that she very
much disliked, and they felt that it
would be severe punishment. but
they told her how wrong it was to
deceive them, and Mary Ellen prom.
ised never to do so again. Aunt Han
nah took the tongs and poked up the
tree as well as down, but the black
shoes and stockings could not be
found, and what became Of them al
ways remained mystery.
The Clio messenger., 1915-12-10


not often escape their watchful eyes.
The Sunday school picnic was to
take place soon, and Mary Ellen
wished to wear her tan shoes and
stockings, but few days before the
picnic she heard her Aunt Hannah
tell Aunt Susan that MARY Ellen
must wear her black shoes to the pic
mic, for she will spoil her tan ones
on the stones and briers."
Now, Mary Ellen knew when her
Aunt Hannah said thing must be
done there was no use asking to do
anything different, so she did not make
any complaint, but the day before the
picnic, when her aunts were in the
front Of the house, she went out the
back door with something folded in
her skirt. She walked down the road
a short distance to an old hollow tree,
then she stopped and looked around.
There was no one in sight, and she
took from her folded skirt the tan
shoes and stockings and put them in
the opening. The next morning her
Aunt Hannah gave her a basket of
lunch, and Mary Ellen started for the
picnic.
II am surprised that Mary Ellen did
not put on her tan Shoes said Han
nah. "I expected to have time with
her getting her to wear her old ones"
Perhaps she thought they would be
spoiled in the woods" said Susan.
"She is getting to be real careful OF
her clothes, I think"
Meanwhile Mary Ellen had reached
the tree where the tan shoes were hid
den; she took them out and sat down.
Then she took off the black shoes
and stockings and put on the tan. The
black ones she put in the tree, and
continued on her way to the picnic.
When Mary Ellen was out of sight q
tramp who had been watching her
came out of the woods. He went to
the tree, took out the shoes and stock
ings and put them in his pocket, and
the first place he came to he sold
them. But Mary Ellen was uncon-
scious OF all this and was soon with
her friends at the picnic grounds. She
had nice day, and not until she left
the girls at the village did she think
about deceiving her aunts, then her
conscience began to say: MARY FL
len, you did wrong and you know 1t.
You have deceived your aunts and 1t
is just the same as telling q wrong
story. You better tell them as soon
as you reach home. You will not be
comfortable until you do"
Mary Ellen tried to still the little
voice by saying: We'll, they might
have let me wear the shoes; IL would
not hurt them" But the voice said: :
Look at the scratches on them"
Mary Ellen rubbed her hands over the
shoes but IL did not take off the
scratches, and on the toe Of one a lit
tie piece of leather had been cut by
sharp stone.
BY this time she had reached the
low tree. She set down her basket
and reached into the tree. Her eyes
grew big with surprise, and she looked
frightened. The shoes and stockings
were not there She felt again, but
could not find them. What should she
do? The tears came to her eyes, and
then the little voice again spoke to
her. Tell your aunts at oncey 1t
The Clio messenger., 1915-12-10
A Sad Omission.

Dorothy was so homesick at her first
party that the hostess mother suggest
ed tnat 1t would be better for her to
go home. Dorothy gladly accepted the
idea, but a few minutes later, answer
ing a timid knock at the door, the
hostess mother found Dorothy bathed
in tears.
well, Dorothy, am glad to see you
again. Did you decide to come back?'
"No, MN, / f-f-forgot tito say
ha-had such nice me!"-Christiaa
Register.
The Clio messenger., 1915-12-10
Eda Seeks to Know.

Five-year-old Eda was walking with
her mother one day, and, finding il Off
ficult TO keep up, she said: Mamma,
are you n stepmother?"
mo, DEAR" was the reply. WHAT
made you think I was?"
Because you take such awful long
steps," replied Eda.
The Clio messenger., 1915-12-10
Mistaken Idea.

What is your objection 10 sport
shirts? You must admit they're com
fortable."
"Yes, but the fellows who wear them
seem to be so thoroughly convinced
that they look handsome In the dog
goned things"
The Clio messenger., 1915-12-10
No Rest for Him.

"This extravaganza has got TO stop"
said the head of the family wrathfully
you are spending money faster than
can make It,"
IF you'd stick TO your office instead
of going out to play golf every after.
noon perhaps you could make money
faster" replied his better half.
The Clio messenger., 1915-12-10

Of popcorn nice and hot. 1t is made
on long hatpin with some stiff white
paper, and a little pennant or flag
flying above. The tent fits over the
plate. The pin holds it in place while
the popcorn can be eaten from the
opening in front.
The Clio messenger., 1915-12-10
NOVEL "STUNT" FOR A PARTY
Apples followed Out and Filled With
Candy-Scout Tent Keeps Pop
corn Nice and Hot.

One of the illustrations shows you
a nice little apple stunt" for a young
peoples party on winters night Sc
The Clio messenger., 1915-12-10

With joyful heart. on dainty toes,
Her eyes ashine, each cheek rose,
Well laden with her presents goes
The Christmas maid.
In Santa's task she claims q share,
And bears her gifts with thoughtful
care,
While Love attends her everywhere,
A willing aid.
Oh, Santa, take friendly tip,
Unless you want to lose your grip,
Don't let her make another trip
In all your days.
For she's a vision, so complete,
So captivating, fair and sweet,
That she has got you surely beat
a hundred ways.