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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04
SMITHS TALKS
ON PROSPERITY

Not long agoso am told by reliable business man-an Okla
hOno City who is credited with having intelligence and with
being fairly patriotic and possessed with good business ability actu
ally made the assertion that have need for greater city
water snpply. lie said. so | am told in substance
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04

War picures taken BY pcrmissIou q,
King Albert n the Overholser Wei
nesday and THURSDAY.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04
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square yokes Of lace In rows and
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also, finished In beading and RIB
bon.
Evening star., 1915-08-07

jamin Harrison selected him for the
portfolio of Secretary of the Navy at
hfty-nine years of age.
At sixty-three the general resumed
his private law practice. His fame
had become international. He acted as
counsel for Venezuela in the dispute
over boundary lines between that coun-
try and England in 1899.
He was one of the counsel for the
defense in the celebrated trial of Henry
Ward Beecher when the famous divine
was sued for 100000 by Theodore TIL
ton for alienation of his wife's affec-
tions. The trial lasted six months and
the jury disagreed
When He Lost Wife and Daughter.
The tragedy Of his life was the fire OF
February 8. 1890. which destroyed the
home he occupied on I street while serv-
ing as Secretary Of the Navy. The gen
erals wife and his young daughter, Miss
May Tracy. were both killed in the fire
Mrs Tracy was killed by leap she
took in an effort to escape after she had
delayed too long in assuring the safety
of her husband.
He was blinded in one eye while still
a young man when a mob Of lawless
pupils in a lumber town upstate alta cked
him for whipping boy.
Evening star., 1915-08-07
Mental Misery of the World.
,m the Providence Journa

From the Pr0SlueuCe JOuIudi-
AS the war goes on there is no light
ening of the gloom of the world IN
emotional men, whose temper or train
ing has made them intensely practical,
f1nd II impossible to shake off tho sad
ness of spirit which the great struggle
has produced Mankind is bewtldered
by the woe that has befallen II. IL
cannot regain its alacrity OF MIND ano
heart. And how fares it with US, who
are not within the zone of battle?
Alike across the vision OF the rich
and the poor among us, the man who
carries his dinner pail to work In the
morning. the merchant at his desk, the
woman in her home performing her
household tasks, the traveller on the
train, the sportsman, fishing rod or
golf stick in hand, the driver on his
wagon, the judge in his courtroom
comes that fearful picture of pltiful
rasping in the last struggle against
death. the bravest and the best of Eu-
rope pouring out their life blood in the
filthy trenches, their minds distorted
by terror and the agony OF wounds,
cursine, sweating, fighting on.
through disease and disillusionment, to
the end of the journey.
And then comes another picture, and
the tears blot out the blood. For, from
tens of thousands of homes in that land
of England whose beauty is like bene-
diction. from once happy France, from
every corner of Germany where a brief
wear ago all her people lived in peace
and contentment. from the vast ex-
nanse of Russia with her simple hard
working peasantry rises the cry OF de-
spair.
Evening star., 1915-08-07
Bow Scouts in Wartime.
the Dundee Advertiser.

Fin the Dundee Advertiser.
At the outbreak of the war 529 scouts
in Dundee offered their services as mes
sengers, etc. and the military. naval
and civil authorities gladly accepted
their services. They were utilized as
officers orderlies, cooks and coast
guards, while a large number acted as
messengers at the various recruiting
offices. the Royal Infirmary, the Red
Cross depots and military headquarters
large number are still employed col
lecting books for the navy, clothing Tor
the Belgians, at the naval air station.
the Card Rest and assisting at the
Soldiers Canteen. Broughty Ferry.
The most important duty undertaken
by the scouts is that of coast watching
under admiralty orders. In all l,300
scouts aer engaged at this work at the
various coast guard stations on the east
coast from John O Groats to Ports
mouth. Since the outbreak or the war
Dundee scouts have supplied the sta
tions of Ellie. Fifeness, Buddon ana
Tentsmoor at different periods with
patrols of eight men each. and are stlli
doing SO. Considering the modernity
Of the movement, very fair contingent
has been contributed to the active
armies in the field. The total number.
as far as can be ascertained to date. is
9 scoutma sters. II assistant scoutmas-
ters and 227 scouts.
The chief scout has instituted a war
service badge for scouts who have per-
formed twenty-eight days service or
three hours a day, and eighty-seven
scouts in Dundee have been awarded
the badge up to May 10. A scouts de-
fense corps has been formed. and
scouts between the ages of fifteen and
seventeen are being trained Oft military
lines, ready in case they may be need
ed In the defense of the country. The
total numbers for the city are now Is
scoutmasters. 25 assistant scoutmasters
and 664 scouts, being a nincrease of 253
since last year.
Evening star., 1915-08-07
Births Reported.

The following births have been re-
ported to the health department in the
last twenty four hours:
Daniel ]. and Ruth V. Moffat, girl.
Chester and Anna NJ. Morrill,, boy.
Frank S. and Mamie b. Hemmick
girl.
Carroll E and Lena NJ. Hinson, girl.
Louis F. and Susie Beavers, girl.
Thomas A. and Nora Crook, girl.
William F. and Agnes NJ. Doyle. girl
Barney and Ray Epstein, boy
Harry r. and Dora B. Girton, boy.
Ralph W. and Mary f. Hills, boy.
Dennis A. and Annie e. MacInerney
girl.
Dennis J. and Mary f. O'Connor, boy.
David and Lottie B. West, girl.
Henry and Cora Hardy, boy.
Thomas and Jennie Johnson, girl.
Abner and Amelia McMurtie, girl.
william Il. and Pollie A. Young, boy.
Evening star., 1915-08-07
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued te
the following:
James E. Higgins of Greenville. N. C..
and Florence v. Reiter of Kaiser. W
Va.
John E. Saunders of this city and
Pearl NJ. Skinner of Marbury, Md.
Luther G. Kirk and Mabel E. Ander-
son.
Isaac N. Elsea Of Bluemont, Va. and
Lucy K Larrick of Middletown. Va.
Bitter H. Grover and Erleane v
Kerns, both of Rectortown, Va
Goodwin De Lilly and Beatrice Berry
Charles f. Galloway of Aulander, N
c., and Mabel Dillon Of this city.
Joseph A Connor and Mary c. Far
rell.
Rubin Gordishefsky and Alice Shrei-
ber.
, Casper L. Craig and Lillian B. Weir
ich.
Samuel f. Owens and Annabe1 Owens
both of Annapolis, Md.
Edgar X. Davis and Ina I. Baker.
Cecil Hartley Abbott of Richmond
Va, and Margaret Friend Cherry OF
Chester, Va.
Bernard Johnson and Margaret Jen-
kinS,
Evening star., 1915-08-07
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been re-
ported to the health department in the
last twenty-four hours:
Haley ]. OBrien. 36 years. 1927 R
street northwest.
Dorothy Kirk. 1 year, Children's Hos
pital.
Elbart E. Richmond, 81 years, POP
18th street southeast
Anna NJ Neale, SO years. Government
Hospital for the Insane.
Alfred Newton, 60 years. Washington
Asylum Hospital.
Rose Gibson. GA years. 33O5 Sherman
avenue northwest.
William H. Crews, e5 years. 1902 Car
rolburg place southwest.
Robert Kelly, 54 years, Freedmen's Hos
pital.
Lucinda Powell, "A years, Tubercu-
losis Hospital.
Cecilia Brown, 40 years, Freedmen's
Hospital.
Dorothy E. Hall, month, 30 G street
northwest.
Evening star., 1915-08-07
Was in Auto Accident.
Talents Undimmed by Age.

Gen. Benjamin Franklin Tracy. law
yer, soldier, 5urist and statesman. stood
prominent in the public eye for more
than sixty years. At the age Of eighty
three he argued a case before the su-
preme court Of New York with bril-
lance undimmed by years.
Some people have called me the
father Of the fighting navy" he had
said recently. Il won't deny It. I be-
lieve / am. I tried to take the Navy
Department out of politics and I be-
lieve 1 succeeded"
He referred to the days when he
served as Secretary Of the Navy under
President Benjamin Harrison.
"At that time" said Gen. Tracy, "the
cruiser Baltimore was the largest and
strongest ship we had, and she was
only a protected cruiser l saw the
necessity of building ships which could
fight if they had to-"
Whats the use of building a ship
that can't run away from a ship it
can't whip?" demanded the Secretary
in his appeals The phrase has become
historic
He won the public. AS a consequence
there appeared three new types Of
Evening star., 1915-08-07
Dandelions.
From the Chicago Post.

From tne ODlCABV ooe'
The proper treatment OF dandellons
continues to be the topic OF earnest dis
cussion in the rural press of Kansas
Some phases Of it we have noted here
from time to time. A gentleman who
rejoices in the simple name of Tom
Thompson is quoted in an exchange as
eurresttng that the only certain
method of getting rid of the dandelion
is to make it an object of careful cul-
tivation. Prizes should be offered for
the finest specimens and for the door
yard flower bed that makes the choicest
showing. Congressmen should be in
duced to send packages of dandelion
seeds to their constituents. The re-
suit of this. thinks Mr.. Thompson, will
be that nature, resenting these special
attentions, will develop some sort of
bug or pest absolutely fatal to dande-
lions. There is good precedent for the
hope. -
Evening star., 1915-08-07
MAY BESTOW RED HAT
ON ARCHBISHOP IRELAND

ROME, August THE next con-
sistory will be followed by a council
Of bishops. at which Pope Benedict
WIN create several new cardinals, says
the Angenzia Nazionale.
Archbishop Ireland of St Paul, Minn.,
ana Mgr Beccaria, private chaplain of
King Victor Emmanuel Of Italy. 1t Is
reported, will be among those added to
the college Of cardinals.
Evening star., 1915-08-07
BURDEN OF WHITE WINGS
SHOWN TO BE EXCESSIVE
Commissioner Newman Propels Re-
ceptacle Cart Along Street and
Ascertains It's Weight.

Commissioner Newman knows how it
feels to be white wing" The other
day the Commissioner pushed one of
the new receptacle carts a hundred
feet along 14th street and convinced
himself that the life of a street sweep
er is not an easy one. AS a result
manufacture of the new carts, which
are considerably heavier than the
ones now in use. has been ordered dis
continued until the return to the city
August "a of J. w. Paxton, superin-
tendent of the street cleaning depart
ment.
That the new carts are too heavy and
impose an unnecessary burden was
the statement made to CommiSs oner
Newman recently by William NICK.
CLAYTON of the Federation Of Citizens
Associations, who has been fighting for
better living conditions for the white
wings" for several years.
Carts Weigh 23O Pounds Each.
The carts weigh 23o pounds, as COM
pared with 120-pound vehicles now in
use. They carry four bags weighing
from rs to 100 pounds when filed
whereas the carts now being discarded
carry but one bag.
With the return of Supt. Paxton the
situation will be gone into thoroughly
and it is possible that the order dis
continuing the manufacture. OF the
heavier carts will be made permanent
In the future white wings" will be
provided with ice water while at work
S. A. Kimberly has offered to supply
the street sweeping force with small
pieces of ice to go in their water buck
cts A recent order prohibiting the
white wings" from attaching any
articles to the outside of the carts will
not apply to water buckets, 1t is stated.
Evening star., 1915-08-07
FAvoRs SWISS SYSTEM.
Military Preparedness Urged by
Rear Admiral Peary.

PORTLAND, Ne, August 7.-The
adoption of the Swiss system of mill
tary preparedness for the United States
was urged by Rear Admiral Robert E.
Peary in an address here yesterday. He
supported President Wilson's idea of a
citizen soldiery, as expressed in a mes
sage to Congress last December.
1--WE also need aeroplanes, subma
rines and battle cruisers of the largest.
swiftest and heaviest armed type"
should be prepared only for defense.
There Is no defense SO effective as a
vigorous offensive
Evening star., 1915-08-07
HOW TO CARE FOR BABY
DURING SUMMER MONTHS

thwest-Conference hours. Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday, 3 to 4 o'clock.
Noel House. 1888 Kramer street north
east-Conference hours, Tuesday, to 4
o'clock. Physicians and nurses are in
attendance
Baby hospital camp in Rock Creek
Park, for sick babies under two years
of age. with or without mothers; ar
rangements can be made for older chill
dren. In order to make arrangements 8
for care of babies and children at the
camp call telephone Main 992. West 334
or West 3.6.
Evening star., 1915-08-07
CAPT. NEwToN's TRAVEL Bnls
Member Of Amphitheater Commis-
sion Rides at Government Expeusa.

Capt. Charles w. Newton, the only
member of the commission for the
erection Of the memorial amphitheatsr
at Arlington who is not a resident OF
the District of Columbia-his home
being a Hartford. Conn.-can travel 70
and from this enterprise at government
expense so long as the commission
authorizes such movements.
The controller OF the Treasury,
George f. Downey. decides that Com
missioner Newton may travel at gov
ernment expense from his home to the
memorial for the purpose OF overlook
ing the progress of the work, in the
discretion of the commission. The COM
mission as an authorized agent must
order the travel
Evening star., 1915-08-07
0steopaths Seek Recognition.

PORTLAND. Ore. August IA de-
mand on the federal government for
recognition, equal to that now accorded
the allopathic school was voiced in a
resolution adopted by the American
Osteopathic Association as one OF the final
acts in its annual convention which closed
last night Earlier in the day the con-
vention had adopted resolutions declaring
for national prohibition and against war.
and had selected Kansas City as the place
FOR holding next years convention.
Evening star., 1915-08-07
DIED.

BAYLOR On Thursday. August g. 1918, q.
S.ss,s1 kasssf r.ssr gsan VII n RAY RaIoR
the late Jane Baylor and Elizabeth Wallace
+. BRADLEY. beloved husband of saiie
Funeral from his late residence. on Monday.
August .. at O'Clock pm. Interment
Oak Hill cemetery.
GREEN suddenly on Friday. August g. 1915.
Earl. GREEN OF S35 Virginia avenue south
west. beloved Of Frances Green and the
late Thomas Green.
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
the residence Of her son. Henry Il Hswi!ns
Interment Monday. August o, Leesburg. Va.
HELwIG. Suddenly. on THURSDAY. August g.
1919 ;v in R,d Doylestown s u Pa. KAT KATHERINE
Harry H. n. Helwig.
Funeral saa,, Monday pm from 1923 s,h stree.
Rock Greek cemetery. Private. Sc
snse cs MEssA IS Anfqs! EsrEs JARVIS
ID. c.. on August g. g.
KERN. On Friday. August 6. 1915. at 2:so
EnRGE t his hSTf; SFkx s ,s street h no1th.s.,
Funeral from his late residence at 8 O'Clock
Sunday afternoon Friends and relatives In
LANGToN On Friday, August 9. 1915 q. San
Francisco. REBECCA ELIZABETH. widow
Of Alexander Thomas Iangton and daughter
| in her eighty-frst year.
MADDOX. On Friday. August 8, 1915, At l2:4s
pm. after lingering illness, HYLAND
MADDOX, beloved husband of Marion Mad
Funeral from his late home. e41 Q street north.
west, Sunday, at pm. Interment at Con.
gressional cemetery. %
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs-Th. member. Of
at the Castle Hall, pythian Temple, Saturday
evening, August Z. 1915, at O'Clock to arrange
for the funeral of our late brother, HYLANb
Attest: WILLIAM p. wEEKLEY. G. c.
II. P. WILEY, K. R. s.
| MOORE. LIZZIE B. MOORE, the beloved
widow Of Douglas F. Moore and daughter Of
life suddenly on Thursday. August s. 1915.
Funeral sunday at l o'clock from the First
Baptist Church, corner Sherman avenue and
nson snds
at Payne's cemetery.
NEsHANIAN. On Friday. August 9. 1915 at
MAMIE NEsHANIAN. in the thirty -..cs:i
Notice Of funeral hereafter.
| RICHMOND On Thursday. August s. 1915. at
3:25 pm. EBERT E.. beloved husband Of
Lura F. Richmond.
| Funeral from his late residence. 202 18th street
| southeast. Saturday. pm. Relatives and
friends invited to attend. fCohoes, n. Y,
papers please copy -
SMITH. On Saturday, August 4 1918. At s:3S
am. her residence. 1913 Lamont street
northwest LILLE AGNES SMITH tnee
Taylor, beloved wife of the late Arthur B.
Smith.
Notice Of funeral later g.
sTEPToE
Tho Ladies' Reaper Society is requested 70 At
tend the funeral Of Sister JANE STEPTOE
Sunday, August g. pm. from St. Luke's
Church, corner 18th and streets northwest.
BY order Of the president, v. TINNEY.
In Memoriam.
CORRIDOR. Sacred the memory of our
dear wife and mother, EMMA v. CORRI-
DON, who departed this life one year ago
today, August Z. 1914.
Gone. but not forgotten;
Never shal her memory fade.
Sweetest thoughts forever Hnger
Around the grave where she laid
BY HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN.
PARSONS. In memory Of mother. Mrs.
JOHN PARSONS Matte B. Allen. who died
ELIZABETH AND JOHN
Evening star., 1915-08-07
HARMLESS X-RAY FOUND.
Physicians Witness Demonstration Of
Charles Stanley's Discovery.

NEW YORK. August 7.-Physicians
from several Of the leading hospitals of
this city discussed with interest today the
discovery of what was described as a
harmless X-ray. Fourteen physicians had
witnessed yesterday demonstration Of
the new ray by Charles Stanley, an cleo
trician, who claims to have discovered the
ray, and who asserts that it eliminates
the danger heretofore said to surround
the application Of X-ray. Mr.. Stanley
held a bulb with the ray burning in his
hand for an hour to show the physicians
that It produced no harmful effect.
Evening star., 1915-08-07
Swedish Queen Accepts Honor.

BERLIN, August Z. by wireless tele-
graph to Sayville.-A dispatch from
Karlsruhe to the Overseas News
Agency says:
Queen Victoria of Sweden has writ
ten a letter to her brother. Grand Duke
Frederick of Baden, gratefully accept
ing the high honor conferred upon her
in eld ting her majesty as honorary
member Of the Red Cross Association
Evening star., 1915-08-07
Mai. Pullman to Head Committee

Finding his business requirements would
not permit him to attend to the duties Of
the office, Richard Sylvester, formerly
major and superintendent of the metro
politan police, has resigned as chairman
of the citizens public order committee in
charge Of arrangements for the national
G. A. R. encampment to be held in this
city in September. Chairman Guide Of
the citizens committee today announced
that he has asked Maj. Raymond Pullman,
Mai, Sylvester's successor as superintend-
ent of police, to serve as chairman Of the
committee, and that Maj Pullman has ac-
cepted.
Evening star., 1915-08-07
Ferdinand Sulzberger Dead.

LONDON. August 7.-Ferdinand
Sulzberger, the New York meat packer.
has died in a sanitarium at Constance,
Germany. according to the Amsterdam
correspondent on the Exchange Tele-
graph Company.
Evening star., 1915-08-07
United States against the European
flood of cheap products.

United States against the European
flood of cheap products.
Progressives Renew Allegiance.
ALBANY, n. Y, August George
w. Perkins and twenty-eight other
progressives from various parts of the
state a a closed meeting here yester-
day adopted resolutions pledging un-
swerving fealty to their party and urg-
with conditions in other parties to
come into the progressive camp.
Mr. Perkins in an address insisted
for peace by changing the tariff and
also prepare for war.
Predicts Business Depression.
If the war were to stop now, he in
sisted. Europe would flood this coun-
try with products OF cheap labor and
great business depression would fol-
low The progressive party, he con-
cluded. is the only one that offers a
plan looking to preparing this country
to fight the battles Of the Industrial
marfs in case of peace. or the battles
OF guns and men in case of war
Frederick NJ. Davenport, who was
progressive candidate for governor last
fall, issued statement explaining his
reasons for returning to the republi-
can ranks. He declared that in this
state. state as well as in California. Wash
lngton.. Kansas. Illinois and Pennsyl-
Vanla, the time was ripe for union of
the progressives with the progressive
republicans.
Evening star., 1915-08-07
IS NOT YET REPORTED
TO THE DEPARTMENT
Suggested Dissolution or Reorgani-
zation Of National Capital Life
Insurance Company.

The insurance department of the Dis
trict has received no official informa
tion of the action of the stockholders
committee of the National Capital Life
Insurance Company favorng dissolu-
tion or reorganization OF that COM
pany.
Supt. Charles F. Nesbit of the depart
ment, at whose suggestion the stock
holders met recently to investigate the
status of the corporation. is out of the
city 1t is not likely that his depart
ment will be notified of the commit
tees action until after it has been dis
posed Of by the stockholders. who Will
soon be brought together for another
meeting. 1t is stated.
Estimate Made by Committee.
According to the report of the COM
mittee, copies Of which have been sub
mitted to the stockholders. IL the com
pany should dissolve now subscribers
would receive no more than so cents
on the dollar.
Should the majority of the stock
holders express a desire to proceed
with the company" reads the report
I'VE recommend that a good, practical
insurance man be selected. to be paio
reasonable salary, to operate the
company; that we collect the subscrip'
tions of stock already subscribed and
procure local capital for sufficient te
make up the 100000 that would give
the stockholders a good. clean com
pany with the required capital stock
and if we can procure, as we believe
we can. local men Of financial stand
ing and integrity to put up sufficient
money to bring the capital up to the
required amount under the law, we
would have no difficulty in obtaining g
license to do business, and the com
pany could, we feel. operate on a sue
cessful basis, but we decline to recon
mend this unless the majority Of the
stockholders desire this be done.
Evening star., 1915-08-07

The Brazilian ambassador, who came
to Washington to attend the conference
between the Secretary of State and the
Latin American diplomats, left this
morning to join Nine. da Cana at
Heron Hall, their place at West End.
n T
Evening star., 1915-08-07

Telephone operators in Egypt are re-
| quired to speak English. French. Ital-
ian, Greek and Arabic.
Evening star., 1915-08-07
To Participate in Services.

Ensign and Mrs. Robert Henderson Of
Greenville, Pa, will participate in the Sal
walton Army. services at o'clock tomor-
row night at $50 Pennsylvania avenue,
it is announced. They are en- route for
Birmingham, Ala.