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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-17
THE FOLLY.

A few more vaudeville acts Of the
present quality and II will he up to
Manager Tull to increase the seating
capacity OF the Folly theater There
will be complete change Of yaude.
willie tomorrow afternoon, but I'm the
meantime there will be two more per.
formnnces Of the present bill. The bill
which closes tonight Is the talk uf the
town. People who know real vaude
vile when they see II declare this hill
to be positively the best ever present
ed the Oklahoma City public for ten
cents. All the acts are from the big
circuits and there Is not an act that
would not make good M n headliner.
The net OF the American Florence
Troupe, sensational acrObatS is by
far the best OF the kind seen In this
city since the days Of the Barnum and
Balyey circus when the members OF
this troupe entertained and thrilled
thousands with their marvellous feats,
hFew acts are superior TO the musical
net of BertOn and Kerr, while the
sketch by Griffin and Emmett Ia pleas
Ing In every way. The la CroiH are
exceedingly clever IN singing, dancing
and musical and the picture program
embraces the best feature and comedy
pictures money can produce.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-17
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home on Thursday and Friday, for II
they stray into the Lyric on either of
those days and see the inlmtablc
Charles Chaplin they win laugh
, themselves into fits On these two
dnys only Colonel Killjoy will be the
guest Of honor at the Lyric He has
been especially invited by Manager
SlnOpoulO Colonel Klllioy viii have
complete charge Of festivities. II Is
expected that the colonel win forever
lose his title on either Of these days
for Manager Sinopoulo expects him 10
snap every hrnss button Off his uni
/ form and bust his sides with i'm.
moderate laughter. Charles Chaplin
/ Is the original COnspirutor against the
blues. Runaway June" will be ON the
serial and readers of The Times
should not fail 10 attend. Runaway
June ~ quite the most interesting pie.
ture serial ever offered local theater.
goers II packs the Lyric nt every
performance. Working with Charles
Chaplin means that those Interested
should come early to insure seating ca
Ipaclty. Those who arrive late aud are
disappointed are reminded that com
lpletc show begins at $3.50 p. IN. Mar,
tin Johnson win make his last appear
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-17
INSURGENT IN HOUSE
Representative Ball Says Efforts Are
Being Made TO Force Legislation
by Means That Are Unfair.

insurgency ma, developed In the
house with Representative T.. A. Bnll
of Rogers county MS the leader. Ball
has announced that he will make nn
effort tO secure uu amendment to the
rules permitting the committee Of the
whole 10 select h. own chairman, tax
Ing this power uur NJ the hands VI the
speaker Bull, In speech ON the floor
accused the organization of trying To
force through legislation In Witch It
was interested. through the speaker
and the chairman " the committee N
the whole selected by him lie de-.
clarcd that hr dr-plsed such methods
and would attempt to have the rules
changed so that majority NJ the
membership of the house could control
lts deliberations ou bills
Late yesterday afternoon the gencr.
al revenue measure was passed
through the house committee NJ the
whole II Is practically the same as
the general revenue bill of the 1913
session which wa, declared by the
supreme court TO have been unconstl
tuuonal because uf "A mix.up over ad-
journment. The bin leyies a . per
cent gross production tax on oil aud
hal of one per cent tax ON lead
and zine. these leyics to be IN lieu Of
all other taxes. II Is figured that
the viii will bring in over $1,000, ,OOO
from the oil and gus industry alone
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-17

British It had been waglng Il victori-
Gus contest and only gave way when
the tremendous weight OF the great
Republic was thrown into the adverse
scale. Germany, 1t could urge. might
fight all Europe, but can't expect to
fight all the world. with SO plausible
nm excuse for surrender the Huhcn2ol-
lerns might keep their throne and the
rruSsianS retain their hegemony
TN another way war with Amer,
lea might prove useful to the rulers
OF Germany When the time comes
TO treat for peace II would be- very
much IN their interest to have nm
American plenirotentIary at the con.
ference table From the European al.
lies they need hope for no Indulgence
"All the allies have q terrible score
10 settle with Germany and they In
tend 10 be- paid In full hut America
has not and is not likely to have IN,
same motives to harden her heart a,
have the European states.
This would suit the dlplomatlst,
NJ the Wilhclmstrassc very we'll. in
deed. America would make ~ very
convenient shock m-orhcr porhnp
might even be- used as lever {,
wrench the victorious coalition u,un
der, or at lcast to obtain easier term,
for the ynnQulshed
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-17
THE EMPRESS.

''lf the old philosophers were right
md laughter is wealth, then the play,
The Million Is well named" The
above was the comment Of nm eastern
dramatic critic after viewing an ad-
vance showing Of the four part Fa.
nous Players production Of the
broadway success, The Million" In
which Henry W Savage In associa-
tion with the Paramount corporation
win present Edward Ahele at the En-.
press Thursday III " a rollicking
mystery farce with plenty Of splendid
settings Aheles scores great hit In
the production, his part calling for six
distinct characters, LeBaron, the
crook with the police always at his
heels, the second hand Jew clothing
merchant OF the Bowery, the grand
opera singer, the newspaper reporter
the waiter at the roadhOuse aud the
blond girlish cabaret singer He dis.
plays wonderful mimic talent In get.
ting away with all these rules. ON
the new vaudeville bin opening
Thursday viii appear the Dalto frees
company Happy Hoollgnu' tumhlers
I'm comedy nCrOhatiC act
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-17
GERMAN STRATEGY.

Military experts are not forcshad
owing Germanys success In overcum.
Ing the allies The average lnyman IL
unable 10 see final victory for the
PruSsian arms The kaiscrs troops
are fighting under pressure that will
grow stronger rather than weaker.
with the approach Of mildrr weather
There will be- no breathing spell, and
the drain upon the empires food sup.
ply, upon It's Industries and upon the
very flesh and bone Of its people win
continue n the allies maintain their
strength.
Does the present attitude Of Ger
many IN It's declaration that the YES.
sells Of neutral nations may enter the
English channel and other prescribed
waters only at their peril give intima
lion that the emperor and his advisers
finally realize the ineyltable2 Have
they purpOsely sought cover by pre-
sentlng situation which they knew
would be- lntolerdhlc 10 the United
States, causing the latter to proccc,
n manner that would give Ger
many excuse for opening negotiation,
for peacel
Sidney Low, one Of Englands best
Informed puhllclsts believes that this
late move by Germany was deliberate
ly planned, and says
suppose the Washington govern
ment could be- induced to declare wal
against Germany The military an,
naval position Of that country would
he no worse than II Is for American
dreadnaughts would only be- super
fluous addition tO the British Rnt
French battle fleets aud the Amerl
can army, even II II could he sent {,
Europe, Is too small 10 count. hut th,
German government would gain som,
substantial advantage It would b,
able TO save It's face with its own sub
jects and might acknowledge lneyit
able defeat without provoking domes
dc revolution II could point out tina
nrainst the decadent' French, the bar
earous Muscoyites and the detestabl
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-17
HAIL, ZELEUCUSl

Statesmen and law makers In Okla
homa are lucky bunch They should
he thankful that they are not living
In the Athcnign days described In that
portion of roltrr's "Grecau Antiqul.
ties" dealing with the civil govern.
mcnt of Athens. In which appears the
following
"No man without great deal Of
caution aud thorough understand
Ing Of the former laws and constitu
uons burst presume to propose a new
one the danger being very great II II
suited not with the customs and lncli
nations Of the people; Eudemus, u
CydIathenian, Is said to have lost his
life on that account, being made
sacrifice TO the rage OF the multitude
mot much unlike this severity wa
the ordinance Of Zeleucus, the 'LocroIr
law giyer, by which 1t was appointed
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-17
AMEND THE BILL.

Pending In the state senate is hin.
No. 33I. by senator Barrett for the
establishment " travelling libraries
lat puhli. expense. The Times /, mot
unmmdfuI of the merit, of the trurl.
lung library. aud would he plruspd 10
see the people NJ Oklahoma I'm the on.
Ioyment of it's benefits. But II Is DOS.
sihlc that the pending bin oyrrshoots
the murk, and that senator Barrett
has not given il- provision. such
scrutiny as prudence u legislation rr.
uurrs
The hlI i'm the opinion NJ The
Times should not add to the number
or commissions and boards that al.
ready burden the state and oppo-r
themselves as hludraurr, rather than
a- nlds In the transaction of the puh.
Iic business PropcrIy II tnr trpyr
ling library system is ro hc cstan
Dlshed. It's affairs should be directed
and administered by the state bourd
of education Thus the travelling o.
hrury would become part NJ a unuing
business. and the cost NJ "a srpnrut,
commission could be- avoided
The proposed commission. under
the provisions Of the bill. &, given cu
trrly too much freedom In the rm
.rloymcul of clerks and nss,tnut. M,
number being at the discretion of Tn,
commission. This Is the sort of thin.
that has led to extravaganza IN puhll,
office in Oklahoma. While IL Is ru,
that the oklahoma free library com
mission, rs 1t is called Is limited h
It's expenditures to $1,000 ycnr. vel
there is usually an easy way to re
around such corners, aud create def
Dlcnclcs.
Regardless uf what the practice ma,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-17
THE OVERHOLSER.

Merely Mary AIMS success was
,Iil In comparison with the really trc
|mrndous hit being made this week by
/ little Emma Bunting In her portrayal
OI "Sulomy Jane one Of the most
powerfully dramatic plays that the
Oyrrhulser thcntrrs records reveal,
/ An immense audience Tuesday night
greeted the lovely little star with nc
claim giving her such cordial rccep.
| tiou Hs few players are accorded. Miss
/ Bunting perhaps because Of having
. played one performance Of the piece
/ this week and thus being refreshed
/ in memory aud strength, seemed to
fairly outdo her own marvellous abil-
Iity Tuesday evening She was superb,
her art being discriminating and nc
/ curute ana immcasurnbly strong. She
was warmly applnudcd I'm the sec.
uud act when she kissed her apparent.
. y doomed sweetheart farewell she
raiser the spectators 10 bllssful agony
with kiss Of such soulful and long
drawn-out intensity that sigh was
audible throughout the playhouse
There Is Il sweep and grandeur ana
human power in "Sulomy Jane that
none uf the Bunting attractions hith
crto given have been able to present
Its scenic equipment is magnificent
The company Is excellent and most
appropriately cast "Sulumy Jane is
biz hit. Throughout this week, al
night and at Saturday and Sunday
matmecs Miss Bunting aud her able
players viii give the Bret Tlarte story
OF early California, and next week sh,
will commence the production Of hcl
superior rOHd attraction, Help Want
ed" oklahoma city having been se
lectcd for inauguration NJ the tour
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-17
FRENCH PESSMISTIC BELIEVE
GERMAN FINANCIAL EXPERTS

BERLIN, via London, Feb. 1.-THE
present decline In French rents Is at.
tracing much attention In German II.
nanclal circles
The press points out that for the
first time in history French 3s have
fallen below German three having
lost ls points In year, while the
latter have decreased only eight The
inference drawn here IL that the Ger
mau people are optimistic over m,
military outlook while the Fhencr
have become pcSsmiJtic.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-17

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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-17
CLUBBING EACH OTHER.

The present campaign Of the rail
road for permission to increase their
rates for the transportation Of freight
and passengers * question of too
great importance to be lightly cousld.
cred by the public, merely because the
requests are made By public service
corporations, which considerable
portion OF our population look upon
as natural enemies. The plea for an
advance In rates Is being pressed by
rollrnnd employees rs we'll as 10y the
companies. II II should be- true that
this activity among cployc- is bnsed
upon hope ~ higher wages, there re.
mains nevertheless, the fact Of wheth
cr or not the situation Of the railroads
themselves is such as to justify Il
change IN rates.
The Times conlr~scs its inability to
express dcflutyc opinion. Nor does
The Times believe that there Is sin
gle member Of the oklahoma lcglsln-
ture who Is qualified To give expert
advice. Nor that the legislature ns q
whole is capable Of solving the prob
lem In the absence of requisite Iufuu
nation j. l.. Coss. % railroad om
plQye at Hallcyvilc. presents this ar
gument in behalf Of the railroads
Twenty years ago a telegraph OPP
orator at way station received from
$50 to $40 a month and he youId gr,
board and room for from $40 To 81
month now such u position pay.
from S55 to $50 month and bour,
and room for the man increased near
ly 100 per cent This being the cas-,
why should not the railroads be- nl
lowed fair figure for handling trans
pOrtation; They have had to incrras,
the wages In this particular case. The
boarding house man has increased MI
rate Of board by reason Of having {,
pay more 10 the grocer and butcher
The farmer Is today receiving NOR
for his crpH aud stock than ever he
fore aud paying less freight rates ol
II and when he wants 10 make d
or lOOmile trip, II In the ylciuit
where good roads prevail he vii
more than likely take his automobil
with all his family and make II au,
not patrouize the railroad, the building
Of which near his farm more thai
likely Increased it, value 30 per cent
Until there IL central, authoriDu
tive source providing means by whicI
actual facts may be ascertained It (
useless to expect other than iu,Scu-
confusion from the haphazard and nm
Intelligent methods that now prevail
In these attempts by incompetent per
sons To solve the perplcNlng problem
that are so continuously creating pub
He unrest Neither the people nor IN
railroads can win by the stone ng
practice Of clubbing each other Int
helpleSsuess
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-17
THE METROPOLITAN.

The home coming" Of the Carter.
Robinson stock company brought
with them that splendid comedy pro
duction "A Widow By Proxy which
was exceptionally well played to
large aud enthusiastic crowd last
night Miss Robinson showed sur.
passing ability and rendered an excel
lent stage presence, despite the fact
that she was suffering from severe
cold Manager Frank Carter North,
who Introduced himself as being
Frank Carter by which name he
would he known In the future, that
being his real name, announced Effie
Shannon's greatest Offering, "Her Lord
and Master" as next weeks prOduc.
tlon Appreciation of Miss Robin.
sons return is evident by the crowds
appearing for seats, and the manager
promises value received for Oklaho-
INA City's support II is evident now
that the Oklahoma City audiences are
also going to be well pleased with tho
acting Mr. Moody, the leading man,
who plays opposite Miss Robinson
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-17
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

| hereby announce myself M can
didate for Commissioner Of Public
Property, subject to the Republican
primary. II r. BRADSHAW,
ADV present Supt Of Streets
! hereby announce myself as can.
didHte for Commissioner NJ Public
Property NJ oklahoma City subject
10 the action " the Republican prlm.
AIRY. ~
GEO HESS.
| hereby announce that ! win be a
candidate for the office Of Commits.
sioner NJ Accounting and Finance, sub.
ject to the Republican primaries March
18th, 1913. HENRY ELLIOTT.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-17

nnccs today SO win Miss DeFOgi,
Bath Brothers and the Capitol City
Trio New vaudeville beginning
Thursday afternoon
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-17

Boys do you want wheel? You
can get one for nothing. A fine
Worlds bicycle with coaster brake.
Full details In THE TIMES Monday
night.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-17
THE LYRIC.

Hccr your sons and daughters at
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-30

ones were left orphaned. Vance Ed
isOn cared for them tenderly.
He said nothing to anybody con-
corning a disappointment he sus-
tanned during the week after the fu-
neral Anxiety for the children
caused it. AS for himself, Vance Edi-
son was too soulfuIly unselfish to
covet riches. Aside from a few curl
osities that he had gathered up in his
travels, the chest his uncle had
brought him contained nothing of in
terest or value.
The old salts wealth must have
been a phantasy, Edison decided
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-30
"Where on Earth Did You Get a Ma
Iacca Finder?"

Then he set himself to work to block
out the future. He found that the
added expense Of the two children
would take all the surplus he could
earn, unless his college salary was
increased
This particular afternoon, as he
watched his lovely neighbOr with the
two little ones his spirits. sang low,
indeed. He loved her with a fervOr
he dared rarely contemplate. Before
his uncle had come he had more than
once decided to tell Nela of his af-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-30


= =
BY Justine NeItnor
. Copyright by w. G. Chapman.)
"GOOd-by to my dream of dreamsl"
sighed Vance Edison, Sadly.
He stood at the window of the plain
house he called home. Its bewilder-
ing attachment was the radiant gar
den. There the captivating scene
fascinated his vision.
A lovely girl of 10 sat on a rustic
bench between a gOlden-haired little
maid of four and a rOsy-cheeked lad
two years her senior. The little ones
we're adjusting a wreath made up of
pansies and fOrgetmenOts across her
faXen hair-a happy, laughing trio,
and yet it made Vance Edison's
heart ache, for in the combination
lay his distraction.
The young lady was NeUa Burt, the
daughter of a widow, his next-dOor
neighbOr. Both she and her inva-
lid mother found a true friend in the
young college professor. His life was
very simple and humble, yet bright
and merry were the hours they spent
in the garden that was the pride and
glory of the place.
Then the father of the two chill
dren came along. He was an uncle of
Edison, a sea-faring man. He had
been compelled to give up his ship on
account Of failing health. He had
taken his mOtherless children from
an asylum where they had been put.
He had come to Edison's home, car
Tied on a litter.
Dear boy" he said, bluff and
hearty, but his voice woefully thin
and piping, 1--WE brought my chests,
the children and myself to the only
relative can claim in the world. I'm
a dying man-three months more the
doctor gives me. I've a little saved.
Tomorrow l shall give it to you. /
want you to adopt the little ones, ed
10 E, IL
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-11-26
Mr.. McAdoo's Merchant Marine.

To replace the shipping which leg
islation of the party in power has ef-
fectively wiped off the sea. Secretary
McAdoo has two suggestions.
First, to promote commerce with
countries where traffic is insufficient
to support a steamship line, ships shall
be built by the government and be
operated by government owned com
pany in order that the administration
may be free from the necessity of in
trusting them to deserving Democrats.
Second, all other classes of ship
ping, excepting that on the great
lakes, which is specifically excepted
from all government favor, are to be
provided by building ships at the gov
ernments expense and leasing them
to the fortunate, or more likely. to the
influential, at rates far below cost.
which should be as highly remunera-
tive to the charterers as costly to the
government
The argument for this plan of spe-
cial privilege is that the Democratic
congress and the Democratic presi-
dent are unwilling to pay a subsidy.
but will turn over to favored people
for less than they are worth millions
upon millions of dollars of ships built
at government expense.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-11-26
Democratic Standpatters.

For some time the Democratic
party has been lambasting standpat
Republicans. Indeed, it is in full con-
troll of the government today as the
result of campaign waged by it on
the issue of standpatism. 1t sought
and obtained power on the allega-
ton that the Republicans were behind
the times, and refused to catch up.
Out with the standpatters!
At present there is the spectacle of
Democratic standpatters. There are
men who refuse or are unable to see
the change that has come over the
world in the past fifteen months. Be
cause they voted for the Underwood
tariff two years ago they feel barred
from voting to revise it now Be-
cause they could see no need for a
larger army or navy two or even one
year ago they feel barred from voting
for an increase now. AS they are in
Office on the strength of a cry against
standpatters they should get a move
on
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-11-26
MUST CHANGE LAW /
Need for Increased Revenue Is
Apparent.
Even the Democratic Leaders VIII Be
Compelled to See That Tariff
for-Revenue-OnIy Policy Is
Harming the Country.

If the Democratic party does not
see its way clear to reverse itself and
restore protection in anticipation OF
the end of the war, the least that can
be done is to permit a revision that
will vindicate the party's tariff-for-rev-
enue-only doctrine The existing law
does not raise the revenue needed by
the government
What the party means by tariff
for revenue only has always been
shrouded in mystery. No definite sum
has ever been fixed as the maximum
that should be raised from customs.
Presumably the theory is that BE-
yond certain point tariff will
cease to provide revenue because it
becomes prohibitive. Presumably also
an effort is made to discover at what
point the revenue-producing results
are at the maximum
Certainly that would seem to be the
logical way of making tariff for rev.
nue. only, but the fact that sugar and
in the list, were made free of duty
would seem to indicate that there was
to be a certain amount of free trade
on the side.
Whether the Democratic party in
| tended to make a tariff for revenue
only or some other kind of law. the
fact remains that 70 per cent of all
goods are now coming into this coun-
try absolutely free of duty, according
/ to the statement of the secretary oil
commerce This despite the fact that
sugar, even now, is producing an an.
| nual revenue of at least 100000.
Strictly from the Democratic stand
point, it must be admitted that the
tariff is not, producing the revenue
that might be expected from it. Ii
view of the needs of the treasury
surely there should be no hesitanc,
in revising the tariff to the maximum
revenue-producing standard.