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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-01-10
LAST LUSITANIA
POINT SETTLED
BernStOrff COnterS With Lam
sing; Negotiations With
Germany Close Soon.

WASHINGTON, Jsh lO-Count Won
RernEorff and Secretary Lansing had
another conference in the Lusitania ne
gotiutions Monday which both agreed
should bc described az confidential
The ambassador expects to confer
with the secretary again inside Of u
week and not again on the subject
That fact In taken to mean that Ger
many aud the United States have ap-
preached point In the negotiations
where only one more exchange between
Washington and Berlin viii bc necessary
before the long controversy Is ended.
American officials In all quarters de-
scrihed the situation as very hopcnf
Tho administration Is said to take the
position that ~ Germany now has
agreed In all the principal points of the
position of the United States the only
thing remaining to bring the negotia-
tions 10 satisfactory solution IL for
her allies to follow her lead
The impression grows among admin
lstration officials that the nationality oi
the submarine or mine which sank tn,
Persia viii never he disclosed
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-01-10
ENORMOUS SUMS
PAID ON LOANS
Farm and City Mortgages
Liquidated Within Ninety
Days.
OUTLOOK IS EXCELLENT
Broker Reports One Concern
Has Collected Over
$600,000.

That Oklahomn Cily and OkIahomo be-
long ion The "nud.ot. milk and honey"
chm ls attcstcd los tho statement of
Fred S Cum of Cum Bros. oklahoma
CITY loan brokers Who said Monday
that 1is firm bad during the past ninety
days collected ON city and farm loans the
vast SUM OF {6oOOou
Two hundred thousand dollars Of this
amount Wnf paid In nuuldnting interest
urcumulutons ou property IN The city
and farming lands in sections contIgu-
Gus
Realty ownors that have lor several
years been behind with their interest
payments have been coming across 1.
the result Of the return Of prosperity
Occasionod by bumper crops over tho
state. according to tho loan man
u attribute the marked change In the
financial statue Of the city and Stutc tn
the fact that for the pnst two years the
farmers hnvo been blessed with fine
yields OF practically every staple crop Do
declared Mr. Gum
"Diyerslfying al farm activities hns
also played an important part IN the Inn
provcment of conditions MANY farmers
In the cotton section have gotten away
from the one crop idea and hnvc been
raising livestock with great success,
thereby adding considerably 10 the bank
roll
II Is with most r0scutc view that
Nlr Gum looks on the future Of the city
and state II, SAYS that he expects the
greatest era of Development in the hts
tory Of both municipality and common
wealth during tho year Just begun
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-01-10
BIG OIL DEAL CUTS
DOWN OVERHEAD COST

Contamination NJ big deal affecting
three Of the larger oil companies opcrat-
ing in Oklahoma was effected when the
The Magnolia Pipe Line company aud th"
CorsicHnH Petroleum company The Mag
notH Petroleum company Is now iu abso-
lutte control ot the other two CunCerna
Division Manager Thomas Cowdeu "
the Magnolia stated Monday that there
would be no radical departure from the
policy now In force In conducting the
corporution's business In the future.
According 10 Mr Cowdcn the stock NJ
the three organizations WIS practically
owned by the same stockholders and tho
merger was brought about to cut down
overhead expense
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-01-10
CENTRAL NORMAL TO
PLAY NATIVE SONS

EDMOND Jan Special Games
that are expected 10 show the real
strength OF the Nluvr Sons basketball
team of san Francisco which has been
touring the southwest Will be played on
the local courts with the five of Central
normal opposing the Caltiormtus Tues
duy Vnd "Wednesday evenings Of this
week Coach Wanllaud has his men on
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-01-10
LIQUOR CASES TO GUTHRIE

SAM Wr'hcrlg and Ii 'lWh charged
with interfering with un interstate"
shipment hy stealing "hoozr' from "a
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-01-10
FALSE ALARM HPEAKs
FIRE RECORD CHANCE


II wouldn't have been so had ~
n had hcen real fire. hut just
10 think that measlv little
, patch n burning grass busted
, a near-record which every fire
man In Oklahoma City was
+, bending cvcrv nerve and energy
. 10 attain The longest no-tire
record nj the central station Of
, flee was established during the
. suhmcr OF 1914 when eight
dnys olnnscd without an alarm OF
. any kind hcing turned In
Last Monday morning the only
fire Of the week occurred IN the
/. rear Of the Tate drug store,
; First street and nrondvnv The
eight day record would have
been oqunled Tuesday morning.
hut at 10 o'clock some nervous
) housewife notified the telephone
; operator that all her end of
: town was burning 10 there was
nothing for II except 10 think
; evil thoughts and crank up the
: fire trucks
The hoodoo fire was In the
= zoo block on WcS, Noble street.
: There was no damage. outside
. of that done 10 the flrcmcn's
/. feelings and to the wear on the
: tires Of the fire trucks
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-01-10

edge, and hopes TO give the westerners
sound truuncing He probably will use
entirely different lincups la the two
games
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-01-10
Oklahoma City Postoffice Willing
To Accept Locomotive as Mail If
Sender Will Pay Cost of Postage

postal agency ot Shanghai. China and
the United States naval hospital 1t Yoko-
lama. Japan
Package weighing mon. lhuu f0u.
pounds are NOT a.Drpuhl, aH first class
matter when BdtrD ed lu SOME domestic
point
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-11
sc7.cs TO HUNTERS

The members OF the ti-Horss
Thief association on Ar1sorosia posi-
tlSely SoT5fd any hunting with dos
or gun on their respective premises
w. VI. Lesper. Arthur Skog. Johr
Leeper. Chas. Anderson, August Ar
derson, j. A. Carr, Ed Hiene, Gee
Avis, Robert Smith, w VI. Sundeep
John Clemengon, Len Brewer. Franz
Alien, Thomas Dillon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-11
BILLIARDS AND BOWLING.

FOR SALE--BiiIiard tables, brand
new. csrorn and Dookc., with complete
outfit, SIZE: second hand tables AT
reduced prices. Easy payments. Cigar
store. drug. deiicatessen and soda
fountain fixtures. The Brunswick
Balke-Collender Co. Davenport, Iowa.
!. c. Sanders, agent, 21s Harrison st.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-11
CITY NEWS.

-
ClT1 MEMS,
/
The Efnr.m4 hasw pree
-Fsrsr Collins. Grand SundEy f-3p
DIR. Nr,urheAd. m Elunt. Tel aSs
-Npv1rg.. j. Dpstsafsrl, phnns R-6sE
The Eankuk merchants Ere ready
fu- the holiday shoppers
Masonic. Hardin lpdee Special
MondEF, lEth E-sB BIRD dsErss
There win he eew changes %
The cuuu1y ufirss ner JEnrErT.
Archer Miller whe lis sick with
typhoid fewer. rs reprted improving.
"A change IN the weElher hKs In
creased the demand for warmer WEEK.
ing nztsrazls-
Screen rasEs nn-E Christmas
Pre7Rrs yurr shopping Lists and DO
EDu shopping sE-IE-
Abs ME-san sErs- Tel SinkaFy
has removed his muslREns on account
Q LII cost o. 6Fes1up
The KsoKak merchants hare
81 FDur holiday wants
mailed three collars IN his address
10 IN tile WORKERS smpa0Tss TdaF-
DR.. l. NJ. C0sey who hks ssn III
lar the part eeEArzs wssks With r.
lsh0ad ssFer. has recovered and has re-
smsd MS practice
-PzTmel- of election bsE u some
cases Is being 6slsysd On the state
Ds1I that there VIII be recount IN
Some on ns Gouclrm s1alas
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-11

Honor among thieves In Chicago
suffered from a hammer knock. One
disreputable member swfped the
gangs roll OF $1,000 while the gang
was busy cracking q safe,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-11

Minneapolis boosters are studyin
convention hall plans, which will cos
125, 600, and getting tenders Of sites
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-11
PERSONALS.

J. e. Markoy OF Glenwood, Mo-,
ASHER of Logsn's bank at that place.
: in the city on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. g. French have
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-04-05
WHEN TARIFF is NOT A TAX.

For years without number the orators of the Democratic party
have echoed and paroke cry that tariff is tax
and now here President Wilson Federal Trade Commission
with American beet producers not
compete Cuban unless they protected by tar
onehird onhalf pound the imported sugar
investigation of the commission stated has been scenlh
cne based on study physical and financial conditions
of the industry Curiouy enough commission reports that the
question is needed for the protection of about half of the
producers of the United States The other half is
tariff aid but the synopsis of the report does not
which half favored how they be selected Also
we are told that faithfully reported all the
facts teh wish he understood making any
recommendations in the premises.
How thoroughly characteristic administration which
created this commission. The members to think
that conceal thought and they make gallant
attempt to urge Republican policy protection American in
dustres mentioning the word protection least doing
Subducd Nor likely to b.
by the that this particular investigation has
been conducted The word scientific like the
efficiency has been very much overworked that ncher
weight they did The size of the matter isl
commission the result of intelligent inquiry has dis
that the beet industry needs protection We have not
the slightest doubt but that they could discover similar need IN
Oher lines of industry.
how this he reconcled with the Democratic policy
of free trade of tariff for only! How the Demo
the and rcud the with
their the policy of protection to American indus
tries the commission which the
iect Treasury President Wilson has
midy about half of the producers of the beet
sugar industry protected II about half the beet
protection will thar he the entering wedge
eventually admit all of them! And matter how small
the number the policy
population the tme-honored Democratic sand-Phiadepha
Induier
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-04-05
THE BLIGHT or POVERTY.

No wonder mon fee from poverty
and fight for prosperity. The attain
ment Of the latter means not merely
larger freedom, greater comfort, op-
portunities for culture, better social
position, and a more liberal share OF
the pleasures Of life, but too often
even health itself is involved. This
is very clearly demonstrated by sta
tistiCs published in London news
paper on the physical condition OF
children attending the Glasgow board
schools. Tho report seems to show
conclusively that poverty with its lack
of favorable home conditions retards
even the physical development Of the
child. Taking all the children Of ages
from s to rs, the inquirers found the
follovin ing averages Of weight and
heith on the basis Of the kind Of home
they came from:
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-04-05
VILLA REPORTED TO HAVE SIXTY
NILES START on HIS
PURSUERS.

El Paso, Texas, April 4.-FranciscC
villa, unwounded and accompanied by
only eight men, was at Satevo, fifty
miles south of Chihuahua City, tw,
days ago, according to information re-
ceived here from Mexican sources
which have proved reliable in the
past
If this information is correct II
bears out previous reports that the
bandit chief is headed toward PARA
and is leading his American pursuer.
by at least sixty miles. The nearest
point to Satevo which the American
troops are known to have reached, is
San Antonio, sixty miles to the north
west.
The route said to have been taken
by villa is one with which he is thor
ouhgly familiar and which, indeed, is
known among the poems as Pan
cho's road" From Guerrero it leads
across the continental divide through
the Bachinba Pass into broad val
ley which runs east to San Andres
Villas old headquarters, thence south
to Santa Isabel, the scene of Villa S
massacre Of eighteen American mining
men. and then southeast through Sat
evo to Parral.
The men who brought this story
of Villas arrival at Satevo here gave
IA circumstantial account of the ban
dts maneuvers and plan of campaign.
While the story is impossible of veri-
iication, his own credibility is vouch-
ed for by reputable American business
men here who have employed him
for several years.
villa" he said. has never taken
part in any fighting with either Amer
lean or Carranza troops He left the
main body of his troops in the Guer-
zero district with orders to oppose as
far as they could the American ad-
vance. At the same time the poems
were instructed to give information
freely American officers, always pro-
vided the information was false.
THE story of villa being wounded
was carefully concocted for the eX-
press purpose of misleading General
Pershing and Colonel Dodd into the
belief that the bandit was hiding in
the mountains. and thereby inducing
them to split their forces into small
searching parties, who would waste
their time in the wild Sicrras while
Villa was making his way safely
southwark"
This part of the story is given color
by the admission of General Pershing
that mis- intelligence department has
been given much misleading informa-
ton and that it was becoming more
difficult to secure reliable guides.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-04-05
ROAD
BUILDING
MAINTENANCE OF GOOD ROADS
Farmers Urged to Vote Against Bonds
or Taxes Whenever Plans Do
Not Provide for up-Keep.

The progressive farmer believes in
good roads, as everybody knows. No
body needs good roads more than the
farmer and his family. Good roads
increase profits and enrich social life.
Poor roads cost more than good ones.
At the same time, we have reached
the conclusion that II is our patriotic
duty to advise our readers to vote
against road bonds or road taxes
whenever the plans for building the
roads do not include proper provision
for maintaining them after they are
money to build road, without at the
same time providing for funds to keep
1t up, as il would be to spend money
to get a horse without providing feed
for him after he is bought. The South
has wasted millions and millions by
building roads without keeping them
up, and 1t is high time to stop vast
ing the peoples tax money in this
fashion. We must aim not merely to
get good roads but to keep good roads.
Another important matter is that
of having all road expenditures made
under expert supervision. Secretary
Of Agriculture Houston says: The
nation today is spending annually the
equivalent OF more than $500, 000,0 900
for roads. Much of this is directed by
local supervisors and it is estimated
by experts that of the amount so d.
rected anywhere from 80 TO 40 per
cent is, relatively speaking, wasted
or msdirected. Every state should
have a state highway commission, and
the people should not vote money for
any expensive scheme of country road
improvement until 1t has been APP.
proved by experts.
The third matter we wish to EN-.
phasize is the Importance of the road
drag. AS we have said before. the
drag is undoubtedly the cheapest good
roads maker ever invented, and II
some commercial company had pat.
ented 1t and sold it at five times it's
cost, every county in the South would
be using it. II is so simple and cheap
that people will not realize what a
wonder-worker 1t is. The time TO pre-
vent next winters bad roads is now,
and the way to prevent them is to
make plans to have the roads dragged
Every farmer interested ought to see
his county road authorities and demand
action. Send to the United States
department of agriculture, Washing
ton, d. c., for a free copy of Farmers
Bulletin 597, THE Road Drag and
How to Use It." and keep Fostering
your fellow citizens until your county
gets the dragging habit
l. Road building is too expensive
business for you to intrust II to
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-04-05
WOMAN A
PHYSICAL WRECK
Tells in Following Letter How
She Was Restored to Health
by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Milwaukee, Wis. Before taking
Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-04-05

The investigators declared that tn,
numbers examined were so large ant
the results so uniform that "only on,
conclusion is possible, viz, that tn,
poorest child suffers most in nutri
tion and growth 1t can not be an ac
cident that boys from one-roomeC
houses should be III pounds lighter
on an average than boys from four
roomed houses and a. inches smaller
Neither is it an accident that girls
from one-roomed houses are on al
average fourteen pounds lighter anC
So inches shorter than the girls from
four-roomed houses" II hardly need
be added that as a rule the more
Cramped the house, the poorer the
food and the worse the sanitary con-
ditions.
1t is not to be wondered at that in
Europe and in the crowded centers OF
population i'm America there is an in
creasingly rapid growth of all man
ner of 'isms" whose advocates dream
of abolishing poverty through legis-
lation providing for a more equal dis
tribution of wealth and opportunity
There is more unselfshness and con-
Germ for the welfare of others in these
movements than the average prosper
GUS man is ready to believe. For
tunately or unfortunately, if you
please, such schemes can never be
crowned with more than very small
measure of success; for, although gov
ernments can and should stamp out
monopoly and create greater free
dom of opportunity, it is impossible to
legislate equal talents, capacity and
industry even into men who have been
equally equipped by education for the
struggle of life.
Herein is the great difficulty. This
inherent inequality of powers or gifts
among men would produce varying de-
srees of wealth and poverty even in
an ideal commonwealth where Justice
ruled supreme and no one was ever
wronged. industrially or otherwise.
But, while the rejecting man recog-
nizes this, if he be a lover of his
kind, he will favor earnestly all sane
and feasible propositions looking to-
ward the general betterment and the
amelioration of the hard conditions
surrounding the poor.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-04-05

Poverty drives poverty between
the there's hell to pay
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-04-05

The Democratic Appraisers evidently does
believe the of increased
marble mantle round temple he in garden
imported The collector of customs levied duty them 10
per marble thereby proving his ncigibly
for appointment the Fine Arts Commission The Board of Gen
eral Appraisers sustained the United
toms Appeals dwelling the classic shades of Washington
versed the board and permitted these works of
come per The government will the
'The Presidents wife is happy Marbles who would
like Bah! Our has been driOuS with joy since
popped and it hasn't created ripple the social
Now when calls his wife she cat and she whacl him
the head with the rolling PIN how in heck they obey the
Scrpra injunction and dwell together in love and harmony
"
Secretary McAdoo asks bids for 100000 pounds of bank
paper Is there be issue of shin pers with the fictitious
balance general fund the treasury redeem them?
Poverty drives drink and drink drives poverty and between
the there's hell to pay
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-04-05
Marrow Roads Of aanstit.

While II is bad policy TO build roads
OF such narrow width where traffic is
likely TO become at all excessive. un.
Questionably there are many districts
where they would be a profitable in
yestment as compared with the fruit
less EFFORT TO maintain ordinary stone
or dirt roads.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-04-05
CityPrOperty
FOrSale!

We have some of the best
bargains in medium priced
city properties we have ever
had on our list. Easy terms
on anything we sell you.
Come in and look over our
list, as we have some places
we will close out cheap.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-04-05

which had been so bad that would have
TO lie down. | also used the Sanative
Wash and il has done me a great deal Of
good, and | am not troubled with weak
ness any more. - Mrs. p. L. BRILL,
1923 Booth Street, Milwaukee, Wis.
The most successful remedy for wo-
mans ills Is Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. IL has stood the test
for forty years, which would be impos-
sible II il did not have genuine merit.
For special advice, free, write
ca Lydia II. Pinkham Medicine
90. (cOniidentiaD Lynn, Mass.
Your letter will be opened, read
and answered BY a woman, and
held Ia strlct confidence.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-04-05

pound L was a ply
steal wreck. / had
been going TO a doc
tor for several years
but he did me no
good. A friend told
me about Lydia L.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, so l
decided 10 give it u
fair trial, and itgave
me relief from bear.
ing down pains
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-04-05

An improved Highway in Georgia.
men without expert knowledge. De.
mand that your state highway com.
mission approve Sour county's prof
ects.
2. The cheapest way TO keep dirt
roads in good conditions is by the use
OF the drag. Demand that your coun.
~ commissioners make plans for us.
ing it TO improve the roads you al
ready have instead OF spending all the
road money building new roads.
3. There is no such thing as a per
manent road" hence no plan for road
building should be approved unless II
includes provision for keeping up the
roads after they are built.-The Pro.
gressive Farmer.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-04-05

Four cities in Germany four in
France, one in Italy and one in Rus
STA have installed ozone plants for
the publication of their drinking
water.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-04-05

Now that Leap Year dances are soon
coming along, the men will find out
what good fun it is to ornament the
walls of the hall all the evening.
Meade County news., 1916-12-07
Wonderful Flash.

The wonderful freaks and pranks of
lightning were being described min
utely in the smoking room of the Chi
cago Athletic club.
A broker described the most remark
able freak of all-namely. the entry
of a flash Of forked lightning into
nursery where it burned all the hair
off baby's head without hurting the
child in the least.
George Ade cOughed.
"A remarkable freak of lightnin,
down Brook way" he said, "was calico
to my attention yesterday. It seems
flash Of blue forked lightning snnked
It's way into Brook barber shop, gnvo
customer Il hair Singe and then rnnt
up the proper amount on the cash
register"
Meade County news., 1916-12-07
eoinu into Marina Case.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 2.-Follow-
ing the receipt yesterday of a commu.
nication from the German government
admitting that a German submarine
torpedoed the British horse ship Ma
rina with the loss of six Americans
Secretary Lansing conferred with
President Wilson and it was decided
that no action would be taken by the
American government until it could
be definitely established whether the
Marina was private vessel or a bel.
ligerent transport.