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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-02-08
ATTEMPT TO ROB
BANK AT BRIDGEP0R 7

BRIDGEPORT. okla. Feb. N.lSp'
cnD -Yeggmru attempted rohh'r# of
M, bridgeport state bank after midnight
Tuesday morning It rs believed three. "i
them Nrrv ON the j,h- and th'N .n.
cceded I'm cu'ctug nm entrance .ul' t"r
hank and with 10 charge of uitrUrN'"rlu
blew OF tine outer door uf the -u'' D.
appears they wcr, frightened 40 ln.
stage NJ their work and disappeared
That AN attempt had been mad. to rob
the bank wus not discovered until lh.
luurulng Only one person lu town N
transient guest at hotel, heard th. "a.
plosion We did mot renliz, what n
meant and gave uu alarm
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-02-08
IOWA SURGEON eAck FROM FRONT

IOWA cry. Iowa. Feb s After "a
years service with the British army
medical corps pr G. T. Howard Tues
duy resumed h's work as professor OF
Internal medicine M the University of
lovu We vor second IN command in %
hospital unr Ruulugnr which covered
nuN u.r,s Hud contained beds for b.TNl
pHI..uf.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-02-08
HERE 70 FIGHT OIL TAX.

o. n Hhkr,. secretary of the cham
hr. of commerce Of Okmulgcc, aud
Count, Assessor RYAN uf Okmulgco
county were In Oklahoma city ON Tues
dny to fight the proposed gross produc-
ton tax,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-02-08
SLIDES RENDER
SHIPPING INEXPE0IENT

NlN YORK. Feb S-Th, Hawaiian
NmrIynn steamship company notified
.npp.rs Monday that nm account OF tho
uuryruiui, over the r,Up'u0ng OF DO"
r,nnnr canal and uf the HIlrond ,m-
b,rgu ou h,n,, freight to New york Z
would discontinue ~ service On the l'l-
..r. 1asi The pst steamship u' tho
Ilr. ,.iu leave here next hrdoy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-21
TO TEST BLACKLIST
Eighty-Two American FIRMS Named
by Great Britain Call Meeting.

New York, July 21.-All of the
eighty-two firms blacklisted by Great
Britain under the trading with the
enemy act, were invited to send rep
resentatives to a meeting here today
for the purpose of considering for
NAL protest. There was talk in ship
ping circles of making an attempt to
test the validity of Great BritainS po-
sition by sending an American ship,
laden with goods from the blacklisted
firms to a neutral port, consigned to a
neutral or to an agent of the Amert-
can owners.
Some merchants, however, believed
that the meeting should go 10 further
than appointing a committee made up
of persons whose Americanism cannot
be questioned to take up the matter
with the state department at Wash
ington. If the latter course were
adopted it was said that firms of ad-
mitted German origin or whose exact
status may not be clear, would make
no attempt at this time to fight for
what they consider their rights.
Shippers said today that orders from
South American countries for large
quantities of foodstuffs, farming in
struments, household articles and 9TH
er goods have been held up by the
action of the British government
Some of the largest houses in the for
eign trade instructed their clerks not
to accept any shipments until the Brit
ish agents had been asked about the
status of customers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-21
STONE IS CHOSEN
Topeka Man Made Governor of Three
States by Rotarians.

Cincinnati, o., July 21.-Arch C.
Klumph, of Cleveland, was elected
president of the International Rotary
clubs at the closing session here. The
other officers elected follow:
First vice president, r. w. CAL
brafth, of Cincinnati; treasurer, Rufus
Chaplin, of Chicago; sergeant
Joseph Connable, of Memphis.
The nineteen rotarian districts
meeting separately, selected the nomi-
nees for district governor. the same
being elected by the general conven-
ton. Among those selected were:
Orville J. Fee, Lincoln, Neb., repre-
senting the tenth district, and Robert
Stone, of Topeka, Kan, representing
the eleventh district.
The Houston attendance cup for the
delegation coming the greatest dis
tary club who reported three dele
gaes, three alternates, three visiting
rotarians and ladies, a band of twenty
six, making a total of thirty five, with
total mileage of 95,637H miles
Increased interest in civic affairs
viii be taken by rotary clubs in all
parts of the world as the result of, a
resolution adopted at the convention.
This resolution declared that rotary
clubs should enter into the study of
civic matters, but their activities
should be confined to individual eff
forts directed by the knowledge the
members had secured"
Robert Stone. of Topeka, is now the
head of the rotary clubs of three
states He was elected governor of
the eleventh district which comprises
Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-21
TRY NUTCRACKER
Famous German Offensive Is
Adopted by Allies, Too.
Enemy Armies Use Same Tao
ties Along Somme.
FLOODS RETARD OFFENSIVE
Fields Blasted by Shells Create
Vast Marshes.
New Victories Give Anglo
French Perfected Line.

London, July 21.-The German
crown prince invented the nutcracker
style of attack. where encircling arms
strove to squeeze out resistance about
given section. But it has remained
for the Franco-British offensive to put
this style of offensive to another use.
Briefly, the scheme is to advance a
wedge-the fulcrum of the nut crack
er and then push outward two arms
from this wedge.
The Germans squeezed an open nut
cracker together; the allies ar opening
a closed nut cracker such a scheme
is in operation today in the Peronne
sector, the British swinging forward
their arm of the nut cracker with ter
rifle attacks in Longueval and Delville
Wood. and the French pressing for
ward south of Peronne.
Floods Handicap Attacks.
Floods are helping the Germans
Withstand the allied onslaught, not
only in the western, but the eastern
battle front So blasting has been the
French artillery fire that on the left
bank of the Somme across from Per-
of1ne a new marsh has been created
by the blasting away of the earth by
shells Water from the Somme has
seeped into the vast shell craters,
making a veritable inferno of mud,
fire, smoke, steel and fumes of ex-
ploding shells.
In Galicia, Petrograd reported today
that Overlooking of the River Dneis-
ter has hampered the Russian adj
vance.
On the northern Russian line Gen
eral Brusiloff was hurting his men
| forward today in a continuation OF
the assault on the Riga sector. Dis
| patches from Berlin reflected the anx-
iety there of the Teutonic forces to
withstand this tremendous pressure
without a considerable retir ement.
Perfect AligIo-French Line.
| Yesterdays gains by the French as
sault around Peronne give tie Franco
British forces a perfected link of COM
munication in the railroad from Cler
nearly to Combles, following in gen.
eral way the line of the front. Combles
had been used by the Germans as a
depot distributing center. but today
with the town in the direct zone of the
French artillery fire and likely to fall
at any moment. the German forces
have been compelled to change then
supply base to a point farther back
1t was not expected that the French
would be permitted to hold their new
gains-along a distance approximate
ing ten miles-without a terrific
| cuunter-attack.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-21
Don't Let Soap
Spoil Your Hair

When you wash your hair, be care
full what you use. Most soaps and
prepared shampoos contain too much
alkali, which is very injurious, as it
dries the scalp and makes the hair
brittle.
The best thing to use is just plain
mulsified cocoanut oil, for this is pure
and entirely greaseless. It's very
cheap, and beats the most expensive
soaps or anything else all to pieces.
You can get this at any drug store,
and a few ounces will last the whole
family for months.
Simply moisten the hair with water
and rub it in. about a teaspoonful is
all that is required. 1t makes an
abundance of rich, creamy lather.
lather, cleanses thoroughly, and rinses
cut easily. The hair dries quickly and
evenly and is soft. fresh looking,
bright, fluffy, wavy and easy TO ham
die Besides, it loosens and takes out
every particle of dust. dirt and dan
uff-Advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-21
To Look and Feel
Bright In Hot Weather

Ih1s Is the seas when she who would
nave a ily-white complexion should turn
ner thoughts to mercolized wax, the firm
friend of the summer girl. Nothing so
eI1ectualIy oTercomes the soiling effects
OF sun, wind, dust and dirt. The wax lit
freckled, withered or coarsened cuticle.
bringing forth a brand new skin, clear.
sort and girlishly beautiful. 1t also I'M
clogs the pores removing blackheads and
increasing the skins breathing capacity.
An ounce of mercolized wax, obtainable
at any drugstore, applied nightly like
gradually improve the worst complexion.
When depressed by the heat and you
want TO freshen up for the afternoon or
evening, battle the face in a lotion made
BY dissolving ounce of powdered saxo-
iite in half pint witch hazel. You'll find
this more refreshing than an hours rest.
II IL Tine for smoothing out wrinkles even
the deeper Ones.-Advertisement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-21
A Message To Thin
Weak Scrawny Folks
An Easy Way to Gain 10 to 80 Pounds of
Solid, Healthy Permanent Flesh


Thin, nervous, undeyeloped men and
women everywhere heard to say, II
can't understand why / do not get fat.
eat plenty of good nourishing food" The
reason is just this: You cannot get fat
no matter how much you eat unless your
digestive organs assimilate the fat-making
elements of your food instead of passing
them out through the body as waste.
What is needed is a means of gently
urging the assfmilative functions of the
stomach and intestines to absorb the oils
and fats and hand them over to the blood,
where they may reach the starved.
shrunken, rundown tissues and build
them up. The thin persons body is like
dry sponge-eager and hungry for the
fatty materials of which it is being de-
prfved by the failure of the alimentary
canal to take them from the food. (
splendid way of working to overcome this
sinful waste of flesh building elements
and to stop the leakage of fats is to try
Sargol, the famous flesh building agent
that has been so widely sold In America
in recent years. Take little Sargol tablet
with every meal and see if your cheeks
don't quickly fill out and rolls of firm,
ering each bony angle and projecting
point. Arnold Drug Co. and other good
druggists have Sargol or can get 1t from
their wholesaler. and will refund your
money If you are not satisfied with the
gain in weight it produces as stated on the
guarantee in each large package. 1t is
Inexpensive, easy to take and highly eff
ficient
NOTE-Sargol is recommended only as
"A flesh builder and while excellent re-
suits in cases of nervous indigestion, etc.
have been reported, care should be taken
about using it unless a gain of weight is
Observation-Disclosures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-21
SEIZE AMERICAN SHIP
Germans Grab Cargo of Oil on Way
to Sweden-Records Confusing.

London, July 21.-The American
schooner Prince Va1demar has been
captured by German warship while
on its way from Philadelphia to
Sweden with a cargo of oil, according
to a dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph company, quoting the Copen-
hagen Politiken.
The schooner was taken into
Swinemuende. The only American
schooner of this name which is listed
here belongs to George W. McNear of
San Francisco. The McNear firm is
one of those included in the recent
British blacklist
Ship Halls From Frisco.
London, July 21.-Shipping records
show that the American sailing ves-
sci Prins Valdemar, a bark. left San
Francisco on February "a, for Teife-
borg. Sweden. She did not touch at
Philadelphia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-21
TRY II FOR MURDER
L. w. WIS Retain Lawyer Who De-
Tended Haywood in Idaho Case.

, Duluth, July 40. N. Hilton Of
Denver, Colo, will be retained as coun-
sci by the Industrial Workers of the
World to defend eleven range strike
leaders and organizers now in the
county Jail awaiting examination in
municipal court today on charges of
first degree murder resulting from re-
cent rioting in Biwabik in which Dep
uty Sheriff James c. Myron and
Thomas Ladvalla, a citizen, were
killed.
Mr.. Hilton, with C. s. Darrow, de-
Tended w. D. Haywood, now general
secretary treasurer of the 1. W. W.,
and two other industrial leaders, ar
rested in Boise, Ida. during the strike
of 1907.
Those to appear for examination
are: Carlo Tresca, f. H. Little, Sam
Scarlet, Joe Schmidt, James Gilday
and Joe Cermogoipovich, Philip Me-
sonovich, John Orlandich, Leonard
Ahlgren, Frank Russell and Joe
Nic1xich
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-21
MANY OPPOSE STAMPS
Premium Proposition Brings Out Dis
cussion by Kansas Retailers.

Lawrence, Kan, July 21.-The
trading stamp proposition before the
final session cf the Kansas Retailers
association brought forth much ami
mated discussion, in which many dele
gates took part. E. II. Crosby of To-
peka appeared as the champion of the
stamps, which he said he used as an
advertising medium.
He was closely questioned as to the
use of the stamps by other delegates,
and his brief talk was followed by a
prolonged discussion. The question,
rs Kansas for or Against Trading
Stamps?" was not put to a vote, how
ever, although many spoke against
the stamps, even as advertising
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-21
DEUTSCHLAND
WAITS STORM
TO START TRIP
Disturbed Waters Make Sound
DetectOrs Ineffective.
Mysterious Tramp Steamer
Casts Anchor in Bay.
WORRIES U-BOAT OFFICERS
Has Wireless but Identity and
Mission Unknown.
Freight Plunger to Leave Not
Later Than Sunday.
Mysterious Tramp Steamer
Casts Anchor in Bay.
WORRIES U-BOAT OFFICERS
Has Wireless but Identity and
Mission Unknown.
BY CARL d. GRoAT.

! Baltimore, Nd, July 21.-Germany's
first undersea freighter. the Deutsch-
land, still rode at anchor here today,
thereby crowding first place in the
mystery sweepstakes. All Inside" in
formation as to her departure time
had gone askew and prognosticators
either regarded their task as futile or
set work at a new schedule of leav-
| ing time.
Captain Koenig and the others in
the venture, merely smiled their
| knowing smiles today and passed the
now threadbare pleasantly of "We'll
go some time between now and Christ
mas"
Searchlight Suspicious of Everything.
1t was another night of watchful
| waiting. Press boats secured the bay
while the tug Timmins, watchdog of
the Deutschland, played her binding
! searchlight in every direction. And
she had troubles other than newspaper
folk, for strange tramp steamer,
showing no name, planted herself in
the bay beyond the Deutschland pier
| at point hitherto avoided by big
ships. This vessel. rugged with full
wireless, was a target until dawn for
the ceaseless light aboard the Tim
minis.
Hailed by press boats, the mys-
FERROUS strange answered in broken
English that she was the some
thing that sounded like "Abalone."
From whence did she hail and what
was her purpose? The voice from the
dark uttered only unintelIigible grunts.
When will the Deutschland leave?
You can write your own ticket.
A German naval officer told me that
probably the Deutschland will head
out tomorrow or Sunday-though per-
haps today or tonight.
Storm in the Weather.
You may rest assured" he said,
that Captain Koenig will not ven
ture out of the capes if the water is
calm and peaceful. If the big storm
there has driven out the allied ships,
he will be able to avoid them and the
ruffled water will prevent their sound
detectors from picking him up. Once
out of the capes, he is safe
Weather conditions early today gave
promise of a storm in the next twenty
four hours and this was taken by the
Germans as hopeful sign for 1t will
| help them in part to conceal their
movements.
Coveted Storm Passes.
| Norfolk, Va, July 21.-The storm.
under cover of which the Deutschland
might have dashed through the capes,
passed out to sea in a norther1y direc-
ton last night. The weather here to-
day at Cape Henry is partly cloudy
with a southwest wind Cape Hatteras
| reported rain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-21
CHICAGO KING OF CHANCE
CHANGES ELECTION ODDS

Chicago, I'LL, July 21-JiInmy
O'Leary, Chicago's king of chance,
has changed his odds on the COM
ing presidential election because
of the war" as he puts it, to "even
money on Wilson and Hughes; take
your choice"
Up to the latest Mexican crisis
Hughes ruled a 5 to 6 favorite,
while Wilson was quoted 4 tc 5.
O'Leary claims Wilson's strength
has increased recently.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-21
TWO-CENT RATE A LOSER
More Passengers, Greater the Deficit,
Says Missouri Pacific.

Omaha, Neb., July 21.-The Mis-
souri, Pacific Nebraska passenger rate
case hearing being conducted here
before Frank H. Gaines, referee ap-
pointed by the United States court, is
expected to continue until the middle
of next week.
The contention of the railroad COM
pany is that under the Nebraska two
cent rate law every 81 received in
passenger fares cost the railroad $1.0s.
Under the temporary ruling the COM
pany is now charging " cents a mile
in Nebraska.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-21
FRECKLES
Now Is the Time to Get Rid of These
Ugly Spots.

There's no longer the slightest need
of feeling ashamed of your freckles,
as the prescription othine-double
strengths guaranteed to remove
these homely spots
Simply get an ounce of othine-
double strength--from any druggist
and apply a little of IL night and
morning and you should soon see that
even the worst freckles have begun to
disappear, while the lighter ones have
vanished entirely. 1t is seldom that
more than an ounce is needed to COM
pletely clear the skin and gain a beau
fffuI clear complexion.
Be sure to ask FIR the double
strength othine as this is sold under
guarantee of money back If it fails to
remove freckles-Advertisem
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-21
.DEARTH CHORUS GIRLS
Girls From 'sProminent New York
Families Respond to Shubert Ads.

New York, July 21.-There were
two or three limousine-conveyed as
pirants for stage honors among three
hundred girls applying today at the
Shubert theater for chorus girl jobs
Moved by unprecedented dearth of
experienced chorus girls, the Shubert
management had advertised for 'un-
tried" and young talent"-and was
very we'll satisfied.
The girls who came in linousines
were some of them from prominent
families who wanted thrill as mem
berS of the chorus, or seriously de-
sired an entrance to the drama. Ad-
vertisement didn't add that pulchri-
tudinous girls were needed-but the
veracious press agent of the theater is
authority for the assertion that the
charge of the three hundred was some
avalanche of beauty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-21
Loses Job; Tries to Shoot Girl.

Kansas City, Mo-, July 21.-Angered
because his attentions to Catherine
Maradoes. aged IS years, had cost him
his job, There's Nackos. aged IT years,
today tried to shoot her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-21
USES SCRIPTURE CODE
Thus Missionary Gets News of-Cholera
and Plague Past Censors.

New York, July 21.-A cryptic mes
sage by which an American missionary
nurse in Turkey got information of
famine and pestilence past the Turk
ish censor, is described In bulletin
issued today by the American board
of commissioners for foreign missions.
The message written on the postcard
follows:
- I'VE shall very soon have to test the
first part of the twentieth verse of the
fifth chapter of Job and still sooner
even now of the last of Psalm Ella,
What a blessing to have God who is
true and able. Lots of love to you all.
Doctor Hamlin's famous mixture in
demand here"
The first part of the twentieth
verse, fifth chapter of Job, reads:
'1n famine he shall redeem thee
from faith
Cholera Raging in Turkey.
The last part of the third verse of
the ninety-first Psalm follows:
For He shall deliver thee from the
snare of the fouler,' and 1t is added,
from the noisome pestilence."
The mixture referred to is a medi-
cine used in cholera cases. The board
of commissioners interprets the refer
ence to the mixture to mean that
cholera Is raging in that part of Tur-
key. The board refers to the message
as one ''of yelled allusions-veiled to
the censors but clear to u.s."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-21
Coal operator props Dead

Sheboygan, Wis, July 21.-John P.
Reiss. of the C. Reiss Coal company
here and well known in New York,
Cleveland and Minneapolis financial
circles, dropped dead today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-21

Competent
He was elect
ed vice-presi-
dent and treas
urer of the
Aetna Building
and Loan As
ISOLATION by
the sharehold-
ers of this $5,-
100000 insti-
tuition, because
of his ability
to fill the i'm
portant posi-
ton.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-01
NEW LAW
Against Trespassing is Urged
by Railways upon Public
Service Commission.

CHARLESTON. Feb. There
has been received at the public SER
vice department a circular sent out
by one OF the great railway systems
urging enactment of more stringent
laws against traspass or railroads.
in the interest of better protection
Of life and limb. In which the start
ling statement is made that the
United States is the only civilized
country In the world that does not
penalize traspass on railroads"
The circular also states that there
are twenty times as many trespass-
ers killed by the railroads as there
are passengers killed, and gives the
figures as to trespassers for the year
1914 In the United States as follows:
Killed, SAT-; injured, 6.354; an
average of about fifteen killed every
day Of the year due to walking on
railroad tracks alone. The circular
also gives the information that dur
ing the twenty years previous to
June 30, 1914, there were 1850
trespassers killed and 1851 injur-
ed, a grand total Of 237,1S1 killed
and injured, OF these accidents are
said to have happened to persons
walking on or crossing tracks, and
not to passengers.