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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-09
Forms a Line of COmmuni-
cation for Both English
and Turks.
USE OLD TRANSPORT
Ancient Vessels Move
Slowly but English Have
an Advantage.
MYTH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
" MESOPOIAMIA, March s.

MYTH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
w MESOPOTAMIA, March g.
british official eye-witness)-The
Tigris river serves as the line Of COM
munication for both Turks and Brit
ish alike in Mesopotamia. The British
havo a certain adv5 ntage in this re-
spect, fer they. with access to the sea,
can increase and replenish their river
transport facilities indefinitely. where
as the Turks must be satisfied with
their present fleet.
The carrying capacity of the Tigris
with its present British fleet is not
equal to that of single line of rail-
way with an average supply of roll
ing stock. but 1t is increasing in Pro-
portion to the development Of the
campaign. The British line Of COM
municatiop is about four hundred
miles long.
The fleet of transports, mostly pad
die steamers drawing about four feet
of water. each with lighter attached
starboard ana port, keep pace with
the army on the bank; and each brig
ade has its parent ship, from which
it draws supplies. The parent ship is
in turn supplied by "mahailas" These
local river craft make a picturesque
fleet with their high forward -sloping
masts, huge rudder. lateen sail and
cutaway prov. PORTED ond barbed
They are panied Ike the Chinese
1unks. but with Arab designs and
characters. the star and crescent and
figures like the signs of the zodiac.
generally white on background Of
green or icf and yellow.
Curious Canoes.
Tho AraD Orme for the long, mar
row, shaped boats Of the coun-
try. the gondola of Barsa. Is the bel
lum. 1t is poled or padded. The
official dispatches rave occasionally
referred to "wa.' bellums". which are
ordinary bellums armored with iron
plates and used for conveying infantry
TO the assault OF tho eucmy's position.
To supplement the self-respecting
paddle steamers Of the Tigris. thcre
has bcen gathered the most hetero-
geneous collection of scraplron and
remnants OF river traffic. taxing the
resources OF Iidia's ipland navigation
from Bhamo to Sind. How these
craft aver found their way over the
ocean only providence knows
The most remarkable boat on the
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-09
BRITISH STOPPED
AMERICAN VESSEL
Flew the American Flag, but Had to
See Thirty Eight Germans
Removed.

rrespondence Of the Associated Press.)
PEkING, Feb. 2S.-Great surprise
was caused in Peking by the an
nouncement that British auxiliary
cruiser stopped the American steamer
China flying the American flag out
side of Shanghai and removed thirty
eight Germans from her on February
IS. The China left Shanghai bound
for Nagasaki and was destined for
San Francisco by way of Honolulu.
Fifteen of the 3S Germans taken
from the steamer were German sailors
from the ships interned in Shanghai,
and all the 3S men are reported to
have been of military age.
The China was also stopped as she
was going into Manila on this same
trip. British man-of war fired two
shots across her bow and put on
board "a party which conducted a
search. No one was taken off at that
time
The Tenyo Maru of the Toyen Kisen
Kaisha was also stopped on her last
trip to Manila and searched by a
British auxiliary cruiser. Eight In
dams wero taken of1 the ship, among
them being man named Bargle.
Harvard graduate. The eight Indians
are supposed to have been connected
with plots against the British govern
ment in India.
When the British auxiliary cruiser
approached the Tenyo Maru the cap
tain OF the japanese ship did not un-
derstand the flag signal for her to
stop. A shot was fired across her
bow and the Tenyo halted and was
boarded by an armed party of eight
commanded by Lieutenant Steele of
the auxiliary cruiser. The English
cruiser Is said to bo the White Star
iinar T,nurpptic
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-09

Newspaper Syrdicate.)
I ONDON, March 19.-Who is go
IL ing to pay for tho war?
That phase will become a vital po-
litical issue. probably the chief issue
at stake in British politics for tho
next decade or two. 1t will become
''live" issue just as soon as the gov
ernment makes up its mind to impose
taxation upon the mass OF the people,
sufficient to bring In q considerable
part of the colossal interest that must
be paid on the war debt.
The war debt of the British empire,
II the war lasts through the summer
Of 1917, will probably amount to
twenty billion dollars. The interest
due on that sum will be q billion dol
lars year. which is not far from the
entire expenditure Of tho gobernnent
III the last year of peace.
All Dead Save Ono.
All old political issues are dead
excepting the Irish question, which
never dies. and around that question
who pays"p political battles may be
fought before the guns are silent.
There are three ways Of financing
the war which command support. One
group desires tariff Tor revenue
Another desires an income tax so ar
ranged as to take away the surplus
income of everybody, tax which
obviously would fall most heavily
upon the rich. The third group raises
the cry, ''conscript capital" 1t has
few representatives in parliament out
side the labor members. but COM
nlands the hearty support OF millions
of the working Glasses.
The tariff situation is amusing to
xft hnn hxN 1tn1A
gumcnts before the war. A large
number of free trade newspaper and
public men, who like Lord Cromer
cried ruin from the housetops when
a tariff was suggested in 1914, are
now with Lord Cromer demanding the
imposition of duties on foreign made
goods. A slight beginning toward
protection was made by the last bud
get, but the duties on American auto
mobiles and few other luxuries were
imposed not to produce revenue, but
to keep undesired imports out OF the
country and prevent extravaganza.
Those who believe in n tariff for
revenue have Joined hands against the
free traders with the larger and moer
vociferous element which demands
that German goods be excluded or SO
heavily taxed after the war that Ger
many cannot by trade recOup her war
losses and make another attack on
the liberties of Europe The gov
eminent, through the president of the
board OF trade. has officially coun-
tenanced the latter movement. which
so far as anything can he predicted in
politics may be regarded as a GER
tainty But n punitive tariff will not
help to pay the billlon-dolars-a year
interest on the war loans.
Free Trade Statesmen.
The statesmen who want the in
come tax raised are free traders They
point out that when tax is placed
on an imported article the home man
utacturefs of that article at once
raise the price to the figure at which
the imported article sells after IL has
paid duty. The general advance N
British motor car prices when the
duty against American cars came into
effect is cited by these people, who
ask why, If the government gets six.
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river Is one known as the Aerial
half houseboat and half aeroplane.
The hull is from Brahmaputra and it
is fitted with an air propeller and a
fifty horsepower engine. 1t makes
more noise than a modern battle. 1t
cnce piled in Assam, but its owner
and navigator had happy inspiration
and this miracle Of private improvisa-
ton is now the officially recognized
hospital ferry, plying getween the
field hospital stations and the main
hospital camp.
An Ancient Vessel.
A boat Indigenous to the Tigris is
the cauldron-like "gufer" of Bagdad,
probably the oldest vessel in the
world. A gufar moored alongside the
modern freak aerial" Offers a strik-
ink picture in tht evolution of ships.
The gufar Is reed basket with
wooden stays. plastered over with
pitch from the bitumen wells of Hit,
Herodotus described them as Sound
with merchandise from Ninevah to
Babylon. Each gufar, he SAYS. car
ried a donkey and was navigated by
two men. Arrived in Babylon and
the merchandise sold. the gufar was
dismembered and the parts carried
back overland by donkey. Nowadays
one first meets these craft at Amara,
while their northermost limit up
stream is Tekrit.
The Turks have five large steamers
north of Kut- -Amara. but these can
only go as far as the Turkish base at
Shumran, whence supplies are con-
veyed to the troops by camels or
donkeys. AS regards rations for the
Turks, the country Is nearly self-sup-
porting. Troops and equipment are
carried downstream to Bagdad from
mosul on kelleks, the great skin
RATS Of the Tigris. These are broken
up at Bagdad and the skins sold or
conveyed back by land. To supple
ment the. river the Turks have n rail-
way running north OF Bagdad ninety
miles to Samara.
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pence out OF duty and a British man
,ifacturer gets sixpeDce plofit through
Icing able 10 raise the price OF mis-
home produced article because of the
duty against his foreign competitor,
the public, which pays the whole shill-
ing. should not pay all oil 1t instead Of
only half to the government This
by having no tariff ond adding the
shilling 10 the income tax.
All this sounds much like familiar
political arguments at home, with the
important difference that members
OF the government are unable to take
positions on the tariff issue, because
the government is n coalition made up
Of Liberals and Tories. free traders and
protectionists. and We're the tariff
question once raised the cabinet could
not stay coalesced.
SOcialistic View.
The extreme radical cry for the
conscription of capital, however, is
something new. Socialist parties have
always upheld such views, but this is
the first time they have gained wide
currency among the public In Eng
land. The present outlook Is that the
agitation. as the war continues and
the debts pile up, will grow in
strength.
The argument of the labor leaders
runs like this: why should all men
OF military age be required to risk
their lives for the state when men not
OF military age who have money,
which is quite as necessary for war
as soldiers, are permitted to lend their
money to the state at high interest,
the payment of which will cripple in O..
dustry for generations? We do not
"a al "a hn t.1t tlt al.
ual--we admit that a man has right
to the money he makes, but we also
claim that ne has "A right to his life,
and when situation arises which re .
quires the sacrifice of one mans life
his neighbor must be prepared. to give,
not lend, his money. III we are to
have conscriptiOn, let 1t be general
conscription. each man to give up
what he has that the state needs"
This argument is hard to combat,
because those who hold it have n,
nomics with which their arguments
are met. The fact that in England,
far more than in America the govern
ing classes are made up of rich men
helps the agitation. 1t Is claimed that
a tariff will only heap up more prof .
its for manufacturers at home to put
into war loans at interest and that an
income tax Is insufficient even If 1t
take every penny Of the superfluous
income Of the rich. because the cost
of the wtr Is so enormous that 1t can.
not be paid ont of the national in
come. Sidney Webb, the statistician,
says that IL all the national income
above the cost of sustenance were
taken by the state the result would
pay only one-quarter of the cost oil
tho war. There are rumors, which If
unfounded today may well be true to-
morrow, that Lloyd George plans at
the proper time to stand forth as the
champion of the "conscription of cap
ital" party. II not he, it will bo an
other.
1t is interesting to note that in Ger
many 1t is now freely admitted that
the empire cannot pay the interest on
her war loans If she is beaten. and the
argument by which investors are in
duced to subscribe to the pending loan
is: "If we lose we all go down togeth.
er: give us your money and help us
to win"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-09
French Army Officer
Reaches Home With
Unique Information.
PECULIAR SENTRIES
Grappled One of Them and
Found 1t Was Only a
Clever Dummy.

DARIs March ia prominent
i French army officer has just
gone through thrilling escape from
"a prison detention camp in Germany,
which parallels in real life that fa-
nous escape of fiction in which Vic
tor Hugo's hero took the place OF the
corpse and was carried off to burial.
The officer of this recent experience
was the military attache at Vienna
up to the breaking out of the war.
He joined his regiment when the war
opened, and in "a dash ahead of the
main body of troops was taken prison
er and sent to a German prison camp
not far distant from the Dutch from
tier. Here, besides the physical hard.
ships, two things occupied him close
y: first. taking careful mental notes.
with the training of "A military at
tache, on German conditions in the
nearby agricultural section; ana, then,
escape.
Show Real Conditions.
The notes on German conditions
are proving valuable, now that the
prisoner Is free. Most information on
German conditions paint a very bad
picture. in order to please the French
authorities. But these notes are de-
signed to inform rather than to please.
and they show favorable as well rs
unfavorable conditions now prevail
ing in Germany. They show German
farmers, with whom the French pris-
oners were taken to work, in pros
j. rri,s ana cJntehtGd state, with good
crops and normal stocks of cattle.
Stas, pvu!try, etc. In particular it
was noted that horses for farm labor
have not fallen off seriously through
the military requirement for artillery
and cavalry horses. But in the entire
time this officer was In the German
prison camp, going daily through the
surrounding agricultural country, he
did not see one automobile used for
private purposes. although there were
hundreds of military automobiles. In
general, his observations, as an ex-
pert military observer. were that the
internal conditions of Germany. par
ticularly the farming regions, were
not as bad as had been painted; that
there was little evidence of internal
exhaustion and considerable evidence
OF prolonged means Of resistance.
Meantime, pending bis observa-
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tons and the routine of prison duties,
the officer had noted the daily COM
ing and going of II large .iumpcart,
used Tor carrying away horse manure
from the cavalry stables To the nearby
fields The sides of the cart were
high and rigid. and the tail piece was
removable to let the contents slide
cut. II occurred to the officer that
II he could be carried out in load
OF manure, and be deposited under Il
dung heap in the fields, he might
WORK his way to freedom. And so,
with a COMPANION, he tried IT.
There was the difficulty first of
getting IN the cart, so that when 1t
was drawn up early in the morning
for the manure to be thrown aboard,
the two men would be underneath.
l;ut this part they managed, and they
were lying in the cart under a thin
covering of straw when the morning
cleaning began. Soon the big clods
of manure descended IN showers over
the sides of the cart, and gradually
the officer and his companion were
pinned down under a smoking, sweat
ing sinking pile Of manure, six feet
deep. with two German troops on top
MS it rolled off t. the fields
Here there was another danger be
yond that of suffocation and stencil;
top contents would go out first and
the bottom with the prisoners would
come out on top. Bul the slide was
even. top and bottom going out to-
rcthcr in n crash which left the
French officer and his companion
buried under the dung-hcap in the
midst of the field.
Wooden Scntrics.
The rest was waiting for the favor
able moment of darkness to let the
men dig their way out and get into
the nearest wood. They Were well
away that night. and after extreme
privation from hunger and exposure.
came in sight of the Dutch boundary
only to find sentinels posted at reg
lar intervals along the frontier to bar
exit or entry. There was a rush at
the nearest sentry, with the hope that
In the struggle one OF the prisoners
would get by. And us they sprang
forward in desperation they found
themselves graphing. not a live sem
try, but figure of wood. roughly
fashioned out of "A tree trunk, with
German uniform about it. topped by "A
German helmet, with gun across the
shoulder. The whole line of frontier
sentinels was seen to be these figures
in German uniforms at shoulder arms.
The French officer and his COM
panion gained Dutch soil. and were
later back in France, eager to take
their place at Verdun.
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CONTINUED on Page Nine.)
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Prospective Billion a Year
War Loan Interest
Looming Up.
COALITION CABINET
NOT IN AGREEMENT
Young Men Give Lives!
Wealthy Should Give
Money, They'Say.
(By JOHN L. BALDERSTON)

Uy VI1B
Newspaper Syrdicate.)
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Nothing Doing.

Nothing Doing.
"Well. Johnny. how did you like
SCHOOL,"
II didn't like it n bit. The teacher
put me on a chair and told me to sit
there for the present. And l sat and
sat and she never gave me the
present"
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-01-28
CURIOUS FACT LITTLE KNOWN
But 1t is Easily Possible for One to Boil and Freeze Water at the
 Same Time.

It is a curious fact that water may be boiled and frozen at the same time. The temperature at which water boils depends simply upon the air pressure 55s ,.s s .: =
 pressure, the water must be rendered a good deal hotter in order that il may boil than would be the case at a low pressure.
 In mountainous regions, where the air pressure is a good deal lower than at sea level, water boils easily at a low temperature. In cooking vege- tables that require certain degree of heat, when the water boils before that degree of heat is attained, the vege- tables will mot get done" Conse- quently, they must be placed in closed boiler, so that the generated steam will create sufficient pressure required temperature.
 In the experimental proof of this fact the water is placed in vessel and the air is exhausted from above the surface of the water. As the proc ess of pumping continues the water will boil violently, the steam congeal- ing on the sides of the exhaust vessel. If the pumping is continued for suf- ficient period, and the outside is cooled below the freezing point, the water will continue to boil and bubble until it is frozen into a snowy mass of ice.
 The fact is utilized in the estimation of the height of mountains. Ordinarily at sea level where the pressure is about 30 inches of mercury, water boils at PIP degrees Fahrenheit. Now, if it is noticed that at certain place 1t boils few degrees lower, the height of that place may be easily ascertained by the comparison with table made out for this purpose.
 In general, for every degree the boil ing takes place under PIP, height of about 500 feet is counted. This prin- ciple does not of course, apply to wa ter alone, but is characteristic of all liquids.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-01-28
awkward with his spoon, and dropped

awkward with his spoon, and dropped 1t.
 That is delightful news" he re- turned with frank enthusiasm which was depressing to his mother
 Mrs. Boyd had nothing more to say. She watched her son Tod start vigor- ously at his grapefruit, with a vi- vacity which seemed to indicate that he might finish with the rind. He drew his eggs energetically toward him, buttered slice of toast, and fin ished his breakfast Suddenly he looked at his watch.
 T have an extremely busy day be- fore me, ,' he told her briskly, and feel ing to see if he had supplied himself with handkerchiefs, he kissed his mother, and was gone without another word about Gail! She could have shaken him in her disappointment. What was the matter with Tod?
 Rev. Smith Boyd sang as he went out of the door, not tune or any set musical form, but mere unconscious testing of his voice. It was quite un- usual for him to sing on the way to Vedder court, for he devoted his time to this portion of his duties because he was a Christian. He had sympa- thy, more than enough, and he both understood and pitied the people of Vedder court, but, in spite of all his intense interest in the deplorable con- dition of humanity's weak and help less, he was compelled to confess to himself that he loathed dirt.
 Vedder court was particularly per feet in it's speciality this morning. The oily black sediment on its pavements was streaked with iridescence, and grime seemed to be shedding from ev- cry point of the drunken old buildings They even seemed to leer down at Rev. Smith Boyd, as if his being the only clean thing in the street were an impertinence, which they would soon rectify.
 A half intoxicated woman, her front teeth missing and her colorless hair
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-01-28

Wait until after the dance," she step and blushing furiously.
 Were wasting time" protested Arly. Hurry on in, Dick. We want to exhibit you"
 "T don't mind" consented Dick cheerfully, and stepped through the doorway, where he made a decided sensation.
 Eleven girls dreamed of his melting eyes that night; and the town boys lost their monopoly. Viewing Calls victorious scramble with Arly for Dicks exclusive possession, their friends unanimously reduced them to the ranks
 After the dance, Dick made good his threat with Gail, and formally pro- posed, urging his enterprise in coming after her as one of his claims to con- sideration; but Gail, laughing, and lik- ing him tremendously, told him he was too handsome to be married, and sent him back home with fresh gardenia in his buttonhole. That night Arly
  and Gail sat long and silently on the comfortable couch in front of Arly' s fireplace, the one in fluffy blue furtive- ly studying the one In fluffy pink from under her black eyelashes. The one in pink was gazing into the fire with far-seeing brown eyes, and was braid ing and unbraiding, with slender white fingers, a flowing strand of her brown hair.
 Gail" ventured the one in blue.
 "Yes." This abstractedly.
 Aren't you little bit homesick? am"
 50 am T." answered Gail, with sud- den animation.
 Let's go back!" excitedly.
 "When?" and Gail jumped up
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-01-28
Magic Washing Stick

This Is something new to housewives something they have wanted all their lives, but never could get before. It makes 1t pos sible to do the heaviest, hardest washing in less than one-half the time 1t took by old methods, and 1t eliminates all rubbing and mus. cular effort. No washing machine Is needed. Nothing but this simple little preparation, which is absolutely harmless to the finest fabrlcs- white, coored woolen. It makes the hardest task of the week pleasant pastime- D delightful occupation. You will be de- lighted at the clean, spotess, snow-white clothes that come out of the rtnsing water; and all without any effort your part. The Magic Washing Stick does h sI-and remem Der, without injury to the most delicate goods, colored or white, woolens, blankets, lace cur tains, etc. Contains acids, no alkalies, no poisonous ingredients to make it's use dan gerous. IS washIngs 25 cents
 Sold by all Druggists and Grocers every. where. If yours doesn't handle 1t, show him this ad-hell get it for you. Or send 25o sa stamps to A 8. RICHARDS CO.,, Sherman, Texas
 Arkansas Distributors
 nUE ET1.IshRElL GRO CO.,, Little Rock Arkansas-Adv.
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-01-28

vised the woman, losing . little of the weakness of her voice.
 You tend to your own business!" advised MT. Rogers in return. You're supposed to run the house, and I'm supposed to earn the living! Reverend Boyd, if you'll lend me two dollars till a week from Saturday."
 q told you mo-" and the rector start ed to leave the room.
 There was a knock at the door. A thick-armed man with a short, wide face walked in, pail in one hand and scrubbing brush in the other. On