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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04
MAKING A PROTEST FOR NEUTRALITY

Residents Of Oklahoma City propose 10 hold Il
mass meeting and protest against the sale OF war
munitions TO the belligerents, on the ground that
it will help to bring the war to a close that much
sooner To every man who attends the meeting
and takes part in it must be accorded his right to
do So There is very little probability Of such ac-
ton having any result, however
In the first place there is the question Of con
gress having the right to establish an embargo ON
arms and ammunition 1t is a question Of such be-
ing within its constitutions right 1t has the right
TO regulate commerce, but at once the question OF
its power to suppress it arises.
Two members of congress are agltating the ques
ton in the lower house They are Congressman
yollmer and Bartholdt, both Of Teutonic blood and
one an open partisan Of the German cause. In II
recent speech Nolmer practically admitted that
what he is trying TO secure is legislation for the
benefit of the nation he tavOrs, which is not de
pending upon the United States for It's krupp guns
or the shells with which to feed them
This brings us to the point of being convinced
that these two members of congress are not making
a plea for peace, but plea in behalf of Germany.
And ii there was any real ground for their as
sumption il might be reasonable, but both Nollmer
and Bartholdt know that such an embargo Us they
propose would have no effect At least they should
know that such would be the case.
Me power to regulate commerce with foreign
nations is delegated in the same section and IN the
same words that delegate power to regulate com
meree among the several states. The question OF
congress being able to prohibit interstate com
merce arises right there.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04
AFRICA IN THE WORLDS FUTURE.

There will come q time, in the natural course
of events, when the war will be over and the Euro
pean nations must set about repairing the rayages
that have been wrought and rebuilding the ruined
industries At the same time, while this is being
done, source Of food supply must be found
The questions of where the nations will get
their food is large one, Naturally we expect
that they will turn to the Americas for it, ~ they
are beginning to do now, but there is another cont
nent that must be taken into consideration. 1t
Is Africa
Africa is bare and old and flat and mysterious
but region of vast possibilities. 1t has known cen
turies Of inOntion, but it is the last great geo
graphical division to be redeemed, and Europe is
not unaware of its importance The awakening OF
Japan is likely to be repeated in the of Africa
of North Africa particularly, which is half as
large as the United States, has comparatively
virgin soil and is but few hours from European
ports.
At this distance we do not realize how Africa
is bcIying its old name. the Dark Continent With.
in generation ownership Of the continent has
changed hands Europe now owns Africa France
Belgium, Portugal, England and Germany posses,
three fourths of its l2OO0OOO square miles of ter
ritory The natives hold Liberia and Abyssnla
some 100000 square miles in all.
Frances African holdings are twenty times it
own area, and France has spent threequarters o.
a billion dollars in public improvements since he
occupation. Seven thousand miles of railroad hay,
been built and the 700 posoffices in French Afrct
handle 7O000,0O0 pieces of mail annually Mod
ern education is replacing the old Ptolemaic the
ories taught by the famous NIosem university a
Cairo, and the burnoused Arab is learning to dodg
automobiles
Millions of dollars worth Of improved machin
cry is imported every year Land values have al
Nanced beyond the price Of boom towns" in tn
United States and the Sahara is found to be a
susceptible to irrigation as CALIFORNIA; goldel
sands
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04
LIFE IS AWFUL ON A DESTROYER

There are no comforts on board a DESTROYER
There are not even possibilities Every cubic inch
Of space is crammcd with clicking, humming, bur
nshed machinery. The mir is compound of oil
aud heat. AT half speed one holds by stanchiOn,
Tor the steel arrow shivers like tuning fork One
shouts in conversation. At full speed one makes
signs. A destroyer rolls and dives in Il sea that
would not bother fcrryboat In half a gale sleep
is quite impossible Sometimes half the men are
sick-no matter how sturdy they may be.
That was told 10 Herbert Corey, the American
correspondent who went 10 the European war for
The Times and other newspapers,
For time the destroyers patrolled three days
ON and three days off For three days no one slept
and few ate As winter came this task was often
impossible Longer time in port was gwen the
destroyers for the men we're breaking up under
the pressure This meant that fewer boats were
on watch--and eventually the Germans slipped
through But there had been no complaint from
the men
"SO-and-so has been transferred to a cruiser,
one heard After three days on a destroyer at sea
he seemed no longer quite responsible He gave
foolish orders Afterward he could not remember
them.
That happened in peace times-when the most
destroyers had to do was to circle about the war
ships they now help protect The transferred man
has been mentioned in orders since the war began
for bravery in action combined with a certainty
and celebrity of thought that saved lives II gives
one an idea of what life on destroyer in war
time must be-
But no one has told Of IT, There have been
no letters in the papers The navy is tight.lipped
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04
SOME REAL FIGHTING IN MEXICO

According to the news that comes from Mex.
ico Carranza and Villa are now engaged in ac.
tual warfare and not the moving picture stunts
they have sometimes done in the past Their forces
clash wherever they meet and there seems 10 be
II disposition to fight il out for supremacy.
The problem OF what 10 do with Mexico IL al
most too much for anybody in this country ex
cept the iingoes They would have involved the
United States In war with the republic TO the
south of us long ago had they been able TO con
troll the affairs of this country.
While it is true enough that the limit OF pa
tlence has been reached many times whsn Amer
lean citizens were killed in Mexico, st the course
pursued by the administration has In q great meas
ure met with the approval Of the people general
IT, At times II has appeared that there should
have been more fiImnsss on the part OF the Wash
ington government, but at no time has the great
mass OF Americans desired a war with that country
II can be said for President Wilson that he has
avoided war at all hazards, He has been kind Ia
the MeScans when II must have been difficult Ia
show them kindness There have been times
when any other president would have plunged the
country into war; but the patience OF the presden,
held out
The theory that the people Of Mexico would
eventually settle their own affairs has been one
that called for patient waiting II is condemned
by some and approved by others, and doubtlcs,
every man has a right to his opinion At any
rate there IL still the hope that the fighting must
certainly cease some time
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04
puBLIcITY AN AID TO BUSINESS

For a number Of years James j. Hill of the
Great Northern railway was nearly alone among
the men Of big business who believed in and prac-
tlced full and frank public discussion Of business
subjscts
He did not appear as the apoogist and de-
fender Of those who made an III use Of their posi-
tons ~ leaders In great corporations to deal un-
Justly by the people He preferred to tell the truth
about business aud let his testimony work the ef-
feet Of informing the public even II Il were slow
process
The result OF the missionary work done by such
men HILL Farrell Of the United States Steel cor.
poration, President Fairfax Harrison Of the South.
ern railway, Judge n IL Gary, President Clark Of
the Lackawauna Steel company ia seen in iuster
view Of the business institutions that are winning
American supremacy In world trade and in fairor
treatment Of the transportation interests Of the ma
tion. Na
free people like publicity in public affairs The
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04
is IN FAVOR OF DISCRIMINATION

Charles II Sheriff., former minister to Argen-
tina, has lived abroad long enough TO know how
business men feel in South America and in q re
cent address he argued strongly for the removal
OF the handicap of treaties which forbid our re-
leasing five per cent Of the duty that is collected
on goods imported as long as the imports are made
under our own flag
II was the law Of the country for many years
prior TO 1896 that goods coming in American bot.
toms should have preference in the custom house
and that preference made the trade attractive
enough to give American boats about nine.tenths
of the carrying trade of the United States
When that preference was given up we began
10 lose our proportion of the freight until Il has
fallen now to about seven per cent of it.
Sheriff. shows that every treaty provides for its
own termination by a years notice on the part Of
either side to it, He therefore holds that we
ought ny matter of duty to give notice Of abroga.
tOn of those treaties with view to giving a pref.
erence to our flag, and there can he no complaint
on the part Of any nation when that course is taken
by the government
Other nations get around the difficulty by sub.
sides Sometimes it is excess pay for carrying
mails, sometimes it is preference between mem
bers of the empire All adopt some system for
the encouragement and defense of their marine.
We appreciate now as we never have before
how much the country is handicapped by not hav.
ing an abundant ocean marine
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04

source of corporate existence is in the people and
they have right to know much about the actual
work and needs and conduct of their creatures.
The old notion that the public may be ignored or
even I'll treated by the big corporations is ended
forever
The splendid leaders Of business who 90 before
the public with their facts and arguments for just
laws relating to business merit cordial congratula-
tions over the change in r,liey that prompts them
to show the public what is needed for the general
good in circles Of industry, small and great alike.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04

"SpoOning" IL not crime, accord.
Ing to the decision Of Putnam Cotir-
o., n. Y, grand jury
While eating saner krAut IN a res
tanrant the false teeth OF q st. LOUIS
man slipped down his throat and the
surgeons can't locate them.
A moral wave has struck GRANVILLE,
XIV. BY ordinance the girls Of the
town are prohibited from wearing
hloomprs and the boys from showing
their arms and shoulders while play
Ing ball.
Mrs Ne,tle Foster Of Akron, ONO
.uIng John W. Foster for divorce
charges that In twsnty-rlx years she
Inns only had one hat and that cost
hut Sl ~. she paid for the hat, ahe
n, ,erts, from money raised by picking
hurries
The fact that he was sentenced To be
hanged on Friday. the thirteenth day
of the month. amused Joseph MILO
convicted Of murder In North Dako'
"a court He chuckled when the
lndse nentenced him TO hang by the
necR until dead" on Friday August
10, 1915.
Chief Of Police Peeso OF Junction
CITY, Kan. In making q record as u
ehisar" For the last month ne mas
carried a pedometer In his daily Walks
over town. and st the end OF the tmr,
Ity.day period he found that ne mo mo
covered As miles an average OF IN
miles daily.
In pleading guilty OF burglary jas.
Kelly Of Loo Angeles said Never in
nv life, your honor, have hau
enough 10 eat. have ,apewOrm "
has mnde me the pest " every boaru
ins house ever pstronixed. II made
NJ me n homeless wanderer. II finaily
drove me 10 steal
One Missouri turnip raised In hef'
,nolds county made soup Tor 4s0 des-
,,tpte men, This giant Of the rnrden
weighed half an ounce more than ten
rcunds and measured ~ IL inches IN
circumference. six turnirs ON eShi'
h,,,on IN Tennessee weighed thirty
four hounds and two ounces.
"I am keeping the h,rs. your honor
because DO not think another wu'n
ain has any rigm to 70 shcrrhnE with
my husband and receive presents N
furs from Hun" said u New Yorh
" cman who wns being sued for the
fnrs by her husbands affinity The
lcrt agreed with the wife and sh'
kept the f,rs.
A plnlnfIeld. n. J., man ordered oy
aters. He swallowed the first 0ns
whole, hut chewed the second one, anf
his teeth crunched on something hard
(which proved 10 he eighteen pearls
fourteen white and tour black ones
'Six OF them are worth from ss0 d
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04

some time, aud that also the Other
kind, which goes On forever, Is cen
sOred 10 much that 1t seldom gets Int
the newspapers.
The men of our acquaintance who
would conduct themselves properly
should they succeed In getting int
the new Eden that IL to he establish
ed, can be counted on the fingers Of
Cne hand
And while It saddens us 10 make
the announcement they are all 20 old
that we fear they viii not add much
To the attractlyeness Of the place.
hut we wonder n the women who
find the gates wide open for them and
warm welcome awaiting them In the
new abode win cease TO pity them
selves after they get there
Also II II will be possible for then
to quit gossiping about each other IL
such a place az that!
But we feel sure that the actor who
thinks the women In the audience nr'
onyying the actress who kisses him n
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04

Notwithstanding the tremendous
losses the combatant nations have sus.
tained, 1t is believed that they have
large reserves still ayailable. Ger
many can without question put 1900
900 troops In France, 1,00O,0OO; Rus.
sia at least 100000. All these are
trained troops. Behind this Russia
has inerhaustible resources OF IN.
trained men. France, outside Of m.
tive troops, has relatively few. Aus
tria, her first line being exhausted,
viii probably be the worst off Of oil.
England expects t0 place 1.OO0OOO
fresh troops In the field early In tho
coming year.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04

the play win never get anywhere near
the front gates, and to tell the truth
we are glad he Is 10 be shut out
And the man who pulls the covers
aud snor0s aud wraps himself In the
blankets aud refuses TO follow Misc
TOdd's directions for healthful sleep.
Ing might AZ well give ~ hope ai
once.
The tuition In the school of expert
pnce IL just A. high as ever, but still
I good many automobiles are being
sold.
We do not think. though. that the
l'ool OF Oblivion will be entirely empty
even after all the members u the lee
stature come out
n IA even possible that some Of
hem will have 10 he helped befor,
hey succeed In reaching the surface
Also the druggist who will adver
llse II properly ought to have a larg,
ale of thoe remedies that are rood
for burns, scnlds and ahraslons IN,
wNt morning after the dollar ban
Quet.
A good many people are finding ouI
that they can vet almost anything BY
advertiAlng for H.
Some men even get their wives II
that way, hut that lsn't an argumen
that advertising pays
Neither IL Il an argument IN fsvo,
~ matrimony,
And We don't know Of any. either.
RICHARD y, GRAVES.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04

their wives say or read In the news
papers and even then they are fire.
quently deceived, especially when they
get hold Of some Irwin Cobb Or Sam
Blythe dope.
Those rlpples that may he seen ON
the pool now and then, we take 1t, are
being made by the members Of the
legislature Il who are making prepnra-
tiOns to come to the surface
And there is some satisfaction In
knowing that Colonel Stafford will
follow his usual course and neither
approve nor oppose any eugenic lesis-
Triton that may be offered.
Next to his prOwesn In game OF
golf. the cOlOnel's ability to remain
perfectly neutral Is his most distin'
gushing feature.
After the new Eden has been es-
tfbllshed, however, almost any WON
ap can prevent her husband from en-
tpring into that hllssful abode by
telling just half Of what she knows
about him.
And In nine cases out Of ten she
doesn't have to tell that much II she
desires TO have him arrested.
There is some more satisfaction In
knowing that the kind Of war Gener'
al sherman spoke about has ~ end
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04

II must impress observers Of the foreign war
that the troops which must undergo the winter
hardships Of the campaign will be In Indifferent
shape In the spring and that the war will turn
upon the question of which side can bring M the
most and best fresh troops at that time.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04
PEANUTS N THE RoAsTER

Every woman believes that the
things she knows by intuition are Just
as absolutely true as those she reads
In her Bible.
That being the case, II does seem
that some women ought to, know by
irtuition that they would not have
tssn any better off had they married
the other man, but they never do.
Every woman knows u lot Of things
by intuition, but she never gets q hint
o. anything like that.
And sometimes there IL reason tO
believe, II we may be excused for
making such all intimati0n, that intu-
iti0n Isn't as accurate as It might be-
Men do not get their information In
that way, preferring to depend on
what they see with their eyes, hear
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04

Probably no woman ever hated n
man for being IN love with her, but
many woman has hated n man be,
cause he was Indifferent to her
charms
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04

Surely II must he a great Christmas week ror
the Belgians with Germany insisting upon tbe
payment Of s70000000 war tax from that do.
vastated land
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04

500 each. Now he IL wondering what
WAS In the first oyster.
An order have been issued by Rear
Admiral samuel MCGOWAN, paymas.
ter.general, barring the use Of sus-
TENDERS by men employed In the pay.
masters department who remove their
coats and waIstcoats.
Abe Attell, former featberweight
champion pugilist, whose wife has
sturted divorce proceedings, announc.
cd that he will contest the case be.
cause the charge made was cruelty.
II would not have made contest
against any other charge" he said.
nut ] am going TO show that n
prizeflRhter need not be a brute In his
family"
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04

Fine feathers do not pay the butch
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04
STRANGE THINGS THAT HAPPEN

"SpoOning" IL not crime, accord
Ing TO the decision Of Putnam Co,in
o., n. Y, grand Jury.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04

A moral wave has struck GRANVILLE,
Ky. BY ordinance the girls Of the
town are prohibited from wearing
hloomers and the boys from showing
their arms and shoulders while play
INC hall
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04

While eating saner krAut IN a res
tanrant the false teeth OF n St Louis
man slipped down his throat and the
surgeons can't locate them.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04

And we don't know Of any. either.
RICHARD =, GRAVES.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04

A Plnmfield, n J., man ordered oy.
aters He swallowed the first one
whole, hut chewed the second one, and
his teeth crnnched on something hard
which proved 10 he eighteen pearls,
fourteen white and four black ones
lSix Of them are worth from sso ts
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04

And In nine cases out Of ten she
doesn't have to tell that much II she
desires 10 have him arrested.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
Friday; January s. 1915
SENATOR LEE LIKELY TO RUN
FOR GOVERNOR

A special dispatch from Balti-
more to the Washington Star
says
Senator Lee is thinking ser
iously of entering the race for
the gubernatorial nomination.
An announcement by Mayor
Preston of his intention of stand
ing for denomination will be ac-
cepted generally by the Lee
people throughout the state as
presaging the gubernaNorial can
didacy of Senator Lee.
AS the situation exists it is
either Preston or Lee for the
democratic gubernatorial nomi-
nation, with strong indications
that their friends will stand
pretty close together.
Those close to Senator Lee say
that the nomination does not ap-
peal strongly to him. They say,
too, that he stands ready to ad-
wise his friends to line up back
of Mayor Preston for the guber-
material nomination. If, howev-
er, the mayor does not care to
make the fight Senator Lee will
do it.
Hence the belief, that an an
nouncement Of Mayor Preston's
mayoralty candidacy indicates
Senator Lees purpose in regard
to the gubernatorial nomination.
Representative Linthicum is a
gubernatorial candidate. Those
active in politics would not, it is
said, want to do anything to hurt
him. but the necessity of look
ing out for themselves would be
sufficient reason for doing what
seemed to be the best thing.
They would feel confident that
Senator Lee would receive more
support in the counties.
Mayor Preston's candidacy for
the gubernatorial nomination is
the other alternative. In some
localities, notably the eastern
shore and Frederick county, the
mayor would not, it is thought,
run as strongly as Senator Lee.
In any event, the Lee people
are confident that either the
senator or the mayor would go
through the primaries with win
out in the general election.
They seem to be ready for
either alternative.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08

zation ranks, but his personal re-
lations with most Of the organ
ization people are pleasant and
few of themtdispute his strength
in Allegany and Carrot counties.
With help from Congressman
Lewis he might become formid-
able in the Sixth district very
easily and be in a position to
make powerful claims for the
nomination if the candidate for
Governor comes from the city or
Eastern Shore.
Mr.. Rays friends are cautious
in discussing his ambitions, but
it is believed that he thinks the
nomination of Comptroller Har-
rington for Governor to be likely
and sees an opportunity to get
the COMPREHENSIVE if the can
didate for Acknowledgement
comes from the city. The same
reasoning would apply, of course,
if Judge Albert Constable or any
other Eastern Shoreman were
nominated for Governor.
For years Mr.. Ray has been
one Of the leaders in Prince
Georges and of late has been
looked upon as the head of the
organization forces there. He
has been a close friend of Sena-
tor John Walter Smith. Back
in 1904, when Senator Smith was
defeated for the Senatorship by
the late Isidor Rayner, Mr.. Ray,
then member of the House,
stood strongly for Smith. When
Governor Crothers was elected
| in 1907 and Senator Smith be.
came the State leader, Mr.. Ray
was rewarded with the Speaker
ship of the House. He also has
been intimate with Arthur P
German and very friendly with
the city people.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
ATTORNEYS SALE
OF VALUABLE
IMPROVED Real ESTATE
OF VALUABLE

IN MARYLAND PARK, SEAT
PLEASANT DISTRICT, PRINCE
GEORGES COUNTY, STATE
OF MARYLAND.