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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
TULSA RESIDENT
GIVES $500 TO
Y. N. c. A. FUND
{, H, Cooke and Davis and
Younger Give 81 900 Each,
MASS MEETING TONIGHT
BilIheimer Says Full Amount
VIII Be Secured,

Glenn Braden. president of the Okla
homa Natural Gas company Tulsa,
mailed a check for s. 500 to the Y NJ
{. A. building campaign fund today
Pledges from local men amounting TO
the same sum also were announced at
the banquet today at the headquarters.
Cooke Contributes
f. II Cooke, president OF the State
National bank, and the horse and mule
buying firm Of Davl, & Younger, both
gave $1,000 contributions
J w s IIutchings OF the Oklahoma
National StockyardS gave a pledge of
$500
The workers did not report by teams
today, rescrving their announcements
OF results until the supper tonight at
o'clock Very little time was given
10 songs and talks at the luncheon, the
workers hurrying right out to keep at
their soliciting
. "You can 60 ahead and announce that
a. our rally tonight at 8 o'clock IN
headquarters, we are going to announce
contributions OF S2S0OO0 or more Well
get the money, be sure OF that
Campaign Extended.
This was the confident assertion this
morning Of g. $ Bllhelmer. interna
tional district secretary of the y. NJ
c A., in charge OF the local building
campaign With all money reported
yesterday the Y NJ G. a executive
campaign committee still lacked S27,5W
OF the $2S00OO mark, and it was decided
t9,extend the campaign over until today
in'view of the fact that Thanksgiving
and one Sunday had cut the proposed
ten-day campaign to eight days. Ever,
team worker, captain, volunteer ant
contributor is invited to attend tonight:
meeting.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
Bank Cashier Sends Check
For $5 For Santa Claus Fund;
Total of $28 Receiued to Date

1T is my pleasure to enclose herein
my check for S., to be added to your
Christmas fund for poor children"
writes George l.. Cooke, cashier Of tho
State National bank. to the Santa
Claus editor. The letter and check
came in this mornings mail l.. +
But,tick sent s.. arid a high state off
cial, who would not permit use of his
name, gave 81
Judge J. + HighleN city eonmiS
sioner, gave S.. and Mrs c ] White
$40, making a total of SlS to date
And the fund was started only few
DAYS ago
The Times hopes to ge, several hun
dted dollars with which to make the
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08

poor children OF the city happy at
Christmas time The fund, and any
orders for merchandise, will be turned
over 60 Rev W n h Utch, pastor
of the Pilgrim Congregational church.
for distribution
Contributions will he acknowledged
the day following receipt
Here's an opportunity for the good
fellows OF prosperous Oklahcma City
to show their good fellowship Show
It by sending in a check to the Santa
Claus editor for IS, $40 or 500. The
Times hopes to take the Christmas
cheer into every home in the city Santa
Claus otherwise might forget.
Send all contributions to the Santa
Claus editot Send IN check today.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
Only Two Carloads
of Storage Eggs
Here, Says Roach

There are only two carloads and Is
cases OF storage eggs in Oklahoma
City and one shipment came in since
Mr., McMeohan made the statement"
said +, h Roach marke, inspector,
this morning taking issue with a de
claration OF Thomas McMechan, as.
sis,ant district attorney, made before
the housewives league a few days ago,
The attorney asserted that there were
lis carloads of storage eggs being held
in Oklahoma City and declared tina,
was one reason for the high cost OF
living.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
new SUBMARINE
NOTE TO BERLIN
NOW PROBABLE
Differences Found in Pledge
interpretations,
MARINA NOT TRANSPORT
England Asked for Status Of
Liner Arabia,

WASHINGTON, Dec "a new
note TO Germany on the general sub
marine situation appear, TO be among
the possibilities which may come out
OF the latest act,uue, OF the undersca
boats
To Clear Up Differences.
If decided upon such a note would
be for the purpose OF clearing up
what appears to be difference, ot inter
pretatlon IN Washington and Berlin
as 10 what Germany, pledge, IN the
Sussex case covered, especially as to
armed ships
Although the state department ha,
been gong on the principle OF deciding
each case separately on its merits, II
was said today that the number OF
cases had reached such proportion,
that some general action would be
justified
Days Developments.
The United States asked Great
| Britain for information to de-
termine the status of the p and
| o. liner Arabia which a German
submarine commander took for an
armed transport.
Official information coming to
the state department established
that the British ship Marina, tor
pedoed with a loss of six Ameri-
cans, was in no sense transport
and was entitled to the immunities
of peaceful merchantmen.
In both cases Germany has expresse,
willingness to offer amends il he
pledges were broken
Both Standing Pat.
1t was reiterated again today tina
the Untcd States stands squarely o
the position it took in the Sussex cas-,
This, combined with Germany's state
ment tina, she too, holds to the pledge
she gave in that case. leads officials t
declare there seems TO be some differ
cnces OF Interpretation.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
Bavarian Troops
Praised by Kaiser

AMSTERDAM, Dec. S-An official
announcement from Berlin makes pub
lic the following congra,ulatory telc-
gram sent by the German emperor to
the king OF Bavaria respecting the fall
ci Bucharest:
"Thc beaten Rumanian army has
abandoned It's capital With Gods as
Nstance We have gone great step
forward Your brave BayarianS did
cxcellcnty in the mountain fighting
end on the plains again gained imper-
ishable glory The heroic death OF a
brave prince and typical soldier OF
your lineage has been source OF in-
SpiratiCn 10 US
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
ASSOCIATED press War Summary

ASSOCIATED Press War Summary
German forces continue rounding up
the Rumanians ON all sides Of Buchar-
est and have captured 25GU prisoners
in the past three days, official dis
patches from Berlin say This makes
total OF l2S0OO Rumanans and Rus
slams captured during the To-day
Balkan campaign
10000 Taken Yesterday.
Yesterday, it was announced, the
Germans captured 10000 men. APP
parently this body with its artillery had
beer trapped in western Wallachia by
the speedy advance of the Teutons, as
the statement mentioned the capture as
taking place on the AT river, stream
long since passed BY the invading
armies on their way to Bucharest.
The situation north and east OF
Bucharest, following the surrender OF
the capital, has not yet been clarified.
Seemingly the Rumanians still are on
the retreat northward. rapidly leaving
the remainder of southeastern Walla-
CHA in the hands of Won Mackensen,
and military commentators do not ex-
pcct stand to be made " the Ru-
manlans before the line OF the Buzeu
river is reached This line virtually
closes the neck ot the province OF Mol-
davia running eastward from the Hun
garian frontier to Galata on the lower
Danube near the BcsSarabian border.
II is regarded as a strong defense line.
Germans Lose Hill.
On the Franco Belgian front the only
recent operation OF note has been in the
Nerdun region, where the Germans yes
terday claimed the capture OF the sum-
NIT of hill }O+. west OF the Meusc. To-
days Paris statement announces that
the Germans have been driven from a
section OF the trenches on the eastern
slopes OF hill 504," which they had oc-
cupied The German statement today
says an attack yesterday to recapture
the position was repulSed
In Macedonia the Bulgarians are vio-
lently conteSting the efforts OF the Ser
banS to make further advances east
of Monastlr. Paris reports heavy coun-
ter attacks on the Serbian positions in
I the Stravina region, east OF the Cerna
ON Wednesday night, which are de-
clarcd to have been sharply rcpulscd.
The French navy lost battleship.
the l2,7O-ton Suiiren. which left port
on November "a for LOrient, a French
naval station in Brittany, and has not
been heard from. She is said by the
French admiralty to have been lost with
all on board. The usual complement
was $50 men.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
December Permits
$4,000; Sets New
Record for. Month

With a daily average of more than
$4,000 FOR the last seven days, new
record for December building activ-
ties has been established III Oklaho-
ma City The aggregate permits for
the month this morning was Sllj07S
For four years the figures for the
entire month were 1912, $3.50; 1918,
s92os; 1914, 1895; 1915. S6l,8SO.
Jim Anderson, city building inspector,
says tha, the old idea that the last
month of the year was not a propitious
time for building has been reversed
this year
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
German Exchange
Takes New Drop

GENEVA, Dee. S.--The German
0O-mark bill has dropped another
point and quarter on the Geneva
hourse and a point and ,hree-quar,ers
on the Zurich bourse II now IS quot
ed at 70 francs and ~ francs Is cen
times, respectively The fall is at
tributed to the establishment OF the
mass levy in Germany which, 1t is
feared. will result in part suspension
OF the economic life. OF the country
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
CASHIER KILLED
BY BANDIT after
BANK IS ROBBED
Slayer Gets S244 Then Calm
Iy Shoots Officer

POINT, Texas Dec. 8.-Clarence
Glass, 30 cashier of the Point National
bank, died sre early today from
wounds received late last night when he
was shot down BY a masked robbcr who
took 2+4 from the bank
Alone In Bank
Glass was alone in the bank working
over the books when the robber entered
After the shooting the cashier. bleed
ing badly. managed TO drag himself To- a
house nearby where he described the
robbery. He said
Il thought | was alone in the bank
until | heard voice say, Throw up
your hands | complied. turning mean
while and seeing a masked man with a
pistol confronting me
Secured s244 in Change.
He told me to open the safe. but !
explained that il was equipped with
time lock and would remain locked
until 4 o'clock in the morning Then he
demandedsEst ! give him all the mon.
ey had. fdid. lie got S244 in nick.
els, quarters. dimes and half dollars.
The next thing he did was to tel
me to turn around When | had my
back to him, thinking he would leave
he opened fire on me, shooting me ,hre,
times
Posses Seek Slayer.
Ola" lived until 2 a. m. He wa,
former district and county clerk o.
Raines county and was well knowr
throughout east Texas. Posses searched
for his slayer today.
Mrs. Glass is at Lone Oak, Hun
county, visiting her mother.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
Conditions Better
Says Fire Marshal

In. the house-to.house fire prevention
inspection campaign now under way,
iiremen are finding conditions much
better than was the case last year, ac
eording TO the statement OF John Won
Elm, city fire marshal
In a few instances the inspectors
have run across rubbish and trash ac-
eumulations, leaky gas meters, rubber
hose connections for gas stoves, and
stoves no, connected with iire.prooi
ilues, says Won Elm.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
IEUT0H READY FOR CAMPAIGN AGAINST ALLIES IN GREECE
ELEVEN JURORS WATCH
COLLEAGUE TRANSACT
BUSINESS AT OFFICE

NHlCAGO. Dec 3 - While NJ.
II Barrett, president Of A blndcry
concern and a member OF =
federal jury hearing a bankruptcy
case, read his mail, dictated letter,
and attended to other tasks IN his
office today his eleven colleagues
Of the jury sat and watched him
MIR Barrett asked permission TO yi,t'
HI, office but the court held that
since the jury could not separate
the twelve men should accompany
deputy United States marshal. to
make the trip
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
$50, 900 Blaze at
Lovelady, Texas

LOVELhDY, Texas, Dec, "a
disastrous fire swept the business sec
ton OF Lovclady last night, destroying
five business houses, The fremont
hotel and large part OF the residen-
tial section were threatened. but were
saved. it is thought, because a heavy
rain had fallen an hour before,
thoroughly wetting them, The loss is
placed at $4,000, well insured.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
Seifert Given $500
Verdict by Jury

A verdict OF $500 was awarded DR..
Z. F. Seifert today by three foufths
vote of the Jury which considered his
$4,000 alienation OF affections suit
against Fred Gels. a retired farmer OF
Enid. The jury had reported to Judge
Hayson last night that it would be i'm
possible to reach verdict. Gels stat
ed that he expected to appeal.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
Brough to Pardon
No Bootleggers

MALVERN, Ark, Dec. s-No
"boo,legscrs' will be patdoned in Ar.
kansas while DR. Charles H. Brough
Is governor, was the scn,lmen, con
veyed in telegram from the governor
elect, read al the convention OF the
Arkansas Baptist association here to.
day DR.. Brough takes office in Jan
vary. ..,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
Car. Dynamiters
Given Ten Years

ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 81. L, Will
son and J. r. Gunter, striking motor
men, convicted of dynamiting street
car here November 2 last, were SEN
tenced 10 ten years imprisonment each
IN superior cour, today. This was the
maximum penalty II was not an
nouneed whether they would appeal the
cnA.s
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
i,56o, 600 Require Aid.
King of Greece
in Poor Health

PARIS, Dec, 3. 90 The health OF
King Constantine is again causing
anxiety according to news from Ger
man sources, says Zurich dispatch
to Ma,in The old wound in the kings
side continues TO Suppurate, the dis
patch says, and has kept constantly
open. The kings condition was said
10 be very weak
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
Grand Jury Calls
Chicago Grocers

CHICAGO. Dec. 4. - The federal
grad jury investigating the high cost
of foods,uffs will hear testimony as to
conditions in the retail grocery trade,
Charles i. Clync. United States dis
trict attorney announced today Mr..
Clyne said that a list OF nearly 500
grocers for whom SummonseS would
be issued within a few days is being
prcpared
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
Thirty Thousand
Clothing Workers
Threaten Strike

NEW YORK, Dec s-Employers in
this city were notified today ,ha, more
than 10000 members OF the Amalga
mated Clothing Workers OF America
had empowered the officials of the
union to call strike il the workers do
not receive the eight hour day.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
Slayer of Trooper
Draws Long Term

BROWNSVILLE. Texas, Dee. g.
Ramon Pi,ana, charged ~i,h murder in
connection with the bandit troubles on
the border last year, faced fifteen.
year prison sentence today as the result
OF q jury's action las, nigh, in finding
him guilty. pissna was charged with
the killing Of +, A. Mcclure, a trooper
IN ths Twelfth United States cavalry.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
Peace Party In Session.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8--The Ma
tonal Women's Peace Party OF which
Miss Jane Addams OF Chicago. is pres.
ideni, opened a three day convention
here today Subjects for discussion in
oluds military training, neutral action
to shorten the war, unions 10 enforce
peace. war investments and the coadt
tons OF dependent nations 10 the wes, \
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
BERLIN ASSERTS
BELGIAN COURSE
FULLY JUSTIFIED
DepOrtations Based on Social
Necessity

BERLIN, Dec S.-The German gov
ernment issued statement today in
explanation and justification of the
the transfer OF Belgian laborcrS to Ger
many II says the measure is by no
means a hardship for the laborer', but
is a social necessity
Belgian Workers Idle.
Owing chiefly to the British embargo
against Belgiums overseas trade which
before the war supported large part
OF the industrial population, large mum.
bers oi Belgian workers are idle, the
statement says and conditions are
growing worse Many families after
spending all their savings have become
objects OF public charity This state OF
things is not due. as asserted in Bel
gium to German acquisitions OF raw ma
terial. 1t is explained for these reQus,,
tionS occurred as a rule only where fac.
tories were unable TO continue opera.
tionS
$4,000 Require Aid.
OF 10000 employees engaged in Bel
gian industries before the war, sos 0O0
including $4,000 women are now wholly
without work and 10000. includin,
1000 women, are partly without work
making a total OF 6SS00 persons de
pendent on public aid. In addition I,
these, there are 10000 wives and 6l2,
600 children of men without work, 5,
that 10000 persons, or one-fiith o
the total Belgian population require as
SlStanCe.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
Steamer Caledonia
Is Reported Sunk

LONDON. Dec. S-The Anchor line
steamship Caledonia of 9,22J tons gross,
is believed to have been sunk, says an
announcement made today at Lloyds
Shipping agency.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
MENUS PLANNED
FOR DIET SQUAD
ARE UNDER TEST
DieterS TO Hold First Meeting
Tomorrow Morning,
MANY VOLUNTEERS APPLY
Assistants Are Chosen by Miss
LenO Osborne,

With volunteers from every occupa
ton she desired represented on her
economy diet experimental squad Miss
lcno Osborne, supervisor OF home eco
uomicS IN the high school, began work
this morning upon tentative menus and
IN testing out various brands Of coffee
and experimenting with breads made
from cheap grade, Of flour
Deters Not Chosen.
The names of those who, beginning
next Monday. will cndcavor 10 prove "a
Oklahoma City that cheap foods properly
cooked can be satisfactorily substituted
for a more expensive diet. had not been
chosen by Miss Osborne this morning
but it is probable that she will have
reached final decision by tonight
The meeting OF the dIetcrS at which
final arrangements for the test will be
made is to be held tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock in the domestic science
department at the high school At ,hi'
time, the question Of prorating the costs
bl lOV experiment dllbllR lUC llVllu'l
OF the squad will be decided. as well a'
the times at which the meals are to b'
served.
Meter Tester Applies.
The outdoor worker who alone wa
needed TO make the squad complete ap
peared this morning in the person of :
meter tester employed by the Oklahom;
Gas and Electric company
II is probable that the diet squaC
will be composed Of a newspaper man
a physician, dentist, an attorney, :
meter tester, a stenographer, a tcache
and a student.
Assistants Named.
Breakfasts will be cooked by Mis-
Osborne, assisted by the following stu
dents Of the domestic science depart
ment of the high school Misses Om
Harrison. Zoe Klein, Ruth Toohey AM
Elnora Holman
Misses Ethna Martin. Elizabeth Rey
noldS, Margarta Shackleford, Hare
Spencer and Margarita Crcamer vii
assist with luncheon and Misses Murie
Rummell, Elizabeth jenkins. RutI
Farnsworth and Mildred Daley witt
dinner.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
OFFER OF JOINT
CAMP A|CN MADE
TO CREEK RULER
l25,000 RUMANIANS TAKEN
{ FrenCh WarShip Suffren Lost
With 780 Men,

LONDON, Dec, "a dispatch
from Switzerland as forwarded
from Rome to the Wireless Press,
says Germany and Austria have
offered thei rservices to Greece in
opening land communications, II
Greece declares war on the entente.
The offer is taken to mean that the
Teutons are ready for a campaign
against allied forces in Greece.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
Allies Blockade
Parts of Greece

ATHENS. Thursday Dec 7. via Lon
don Dec 8-The blockade OF Greece
begins officially at s o'clock tomorrow
friday morning
The members OF the British naval
mission have been ordered to embark
ON the Greek trans Atlantic liner King
Constance,
In response to Jhe demand Of the en-.
,ente Yesterday Tor an explanation a
the movements Of the Greek troops, the
government has explained that these
movements have ceased.
Dispatches indicate that the allied
blockade of Greece is an act OF reprisal
for the recent outbreak at Athens IN
which allied troops were attacked by
| Greeks
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-08
Colder Tonight Is
Weather Forecast

loca, Foreosst-Falr weather tonIuht
and Saturday. somewhat colder tonight.
KANSAS -- Fair with rising tempera-
turc
WEST TEXAS--Fair: colder In south
east portion,
ARkANsAs-Falr, colder hard freeze
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-20

Chanute sprang a new reform in
the regulation of campaign crowds.
When Governor Capper spoke in the
Neosho county town the crowd was
much too large for the theater. AS
soon as seats in the theater were
taken, firemen took charge of the
building and refused to admit more
people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-20
Auerbach & Guettel
The Palace Clothing Co.

N7E can t say too foTcefu1ly or too
wv often that this is Watch Your Step"
season in merchandising. 1t is important than
ever that you do your buying this season from rel
able sources exclusively The most reliable good y
clothing source in America is Hart Schaffner &
Marx-they not only supply exclusively reliable
clothes but they to be that
double safeguard the reliability
tailoring We the
shoes Notwithstanding SELL of
volume and fourstore buying
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-20

Senator Ben S. Paulen of the Will
son-Neosho county district made the
trip with the party during the stay in
his district. Senator Paulen made an
excellent record in the sessions of
1856 and will seemingly win a re-
election by a big majority.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-12
CARS COLLIDE
II ARE KILLED
SCORES OF PERSONS INJURED As
RESULT or COLLISION RE.
TWEEN TWO CARS.
MANY IN HOSPITAL
All Kinds OF Auto Convcyances We're
Pressed Into Service TO Rush In
iured To Observation-Disclosures
Faint In the Streets.

JOHNSTON. Pa. Aug. f2.--At least
seventeen persons were killesl and
scores of others injured in head
ON collision between trolley cars ON
the Southern Cambria Traction COM
pany's line at Echo. seven miles
north of here. this afternoon.
At least score Of the injured
were brought to the hospital here in
every kind of auto conveyance which
could be pressed into service. scores
of others were treated mt the scene
of the disaster. II Is impossible to
obtain the exact number Of injured.
Several women tainted as one Of
the fire trucks carrying two young
women drove through crowd ON
Main street headed for the hospital.
The injured women were covered
with blood and were IN plain view.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-12
GERMAN LOSSES TOTAL
OVER THREE MILLION
MEN WHO WERE KILLED OR
DIED OF WOUNDS NUMBER
OVER 100000.
Nearly Two Hundred Thousand Pris-
oners Captured and 1852 Are
Missing-Losses in July
Totaled 122,54O.

LONDON, Aug. 12.--German cas-
ualties during July, according to a
table compiled here from German
casualty lists, totaled 122,540,
bringing the grand total since the
commencement of the war, taken
from the same source, 3,135,177.
According to these lists, since
the commencement of the war, men
killed or who have died of wounds,
total 1886; died of sickness, 49,
534; prisoners. 1919; missing,
1862; severely wounded, 425,-
IT'S; wounded, 26S,0S5; slightly
wounded. 2,151,15S; wounded re-
naming with their units. 147,742.
The figures given do not include
naval casualties or losses of the
Colonial forces.