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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-18
Man ENDS LIFE
AFTER STAGING
SHOOTING Scene
"llttIe" Dave Myers Dead;
Woman Shot Twice,

Little" Dave Myers is dead and a
woman who said her name was Myers,
Is in a critical condition as result Of
a shooting affair staged in the alley
near the corner OF Lee and Grand av-
enues this afternoon. Myers shot the
woman twice, then killed himself. The
woman was not Myers wife.
The woman was rushed to hospital
where il is said she has little chanc,
of recovery.
Cause OF the trouble was not known
20 the officers The shooting was
started in the alley between Dewey and
Lee avenues and California and Grand
avenues, near the courthouse, The
woman was shot in the shoulders.
Myers shot into his breast
When the first shot was fired. Shcr-
III Binion. who was in his office, start
ed In pursuit After she was shot. the
woman ran to Shartel avenue, where
Myers overlook her. Binion rushed
up from behind When he commanded
Myers to hold mp his hands. the latter
shot once into the air. then killed him
self He died instantly.
Al the hospital this afternoon, the
attending physicians were operating on
the woman. They stated the woman
said her name was Carrie kuff or
Cuff. She could hardly speak, they
said
Myers has been charged with viola
tion OF the prohibitory laws in this
county, Il was stated by officers
Police this afternoon said the woman
had been Myers wife. bu, that they
were separated. She has been working
on West California avenue.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-18
KANSAN ALLEGES
Wife PLOTTED TO
GET HIS MONEY
Formss Oklahoma City Man
Detained as ConSpirator

TULSA, Okla, Oct l8-(Special) -
Frank Clyde formerly an advertising
solicitor in Oklahoma City, is being
held by the police here until he has
promised to marry Jhanlta Cahll now
the wife Of Frank p. Cahill, a retired
oil man of Wichita
The woman, whose name was Bay
less, was formerly Clyde's sweetheart
and Cahill SAYS he has discovered a
plot whereby she married him at the
ins,lgation OF Clyde to get his money
Cahill came here today with letter,
written by Clyde to Mrs Cahill and
letters. she had written to Clyde He
said a divorce petition will be filed at
Wichita today. According to Cahill''
statement, which he says the letters
bear out. his wife planned to rejoir
CLYDE as soon as she had obtained
money from her husband
Search is being made for the woman
today She is believed TO be in Okla,
homa City @
Juanita Bayless was formerly a wait
resS at the kingkadc cafe While il
Oklahoma City she lived at the Var
Buren, hotel, West Main street 1t wa'
stated at the hotel this afternoon that
she had left here about three months
ago and was supposed to be in Kansas
| City
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-18

Lee Williams and Arthur Sptig-
gins, young men, whom the police
said we're chronic vagrants, were
given hours to leave the city with
the Injunction not to return
1T docsn', mean go to Yukon or
Bri,,on acd then come back, but
ge, clear away and stay" Judge
Splitter told them. They accepted
the parole conditions and lief, the
courtroom in a hurry
Chief OF Police Nichols and
Captain OF Detectives Pos, say that
petty ,hievery has been reduced to
a minimum in the city as the result
of the crusade on the non working
element and Judge Spitler's policy
ot giving the maximum punishment
IN such cases
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-18
FLOUR PRICE IS I
H|KED 20 CENTS
A BARREL TODAY
MiIIerS Post New Quotations
Following Rise in Wheat,

Flour is selling today in Oklahoms
City at $40 per barrel. wholesale
highest quotation in years. An advance
OF 20 cents per barrel was posted today
by local millers. following the s TO Z.
cent increases in the Chicago wheat
market Yesterday Another gain OF )
cents was recorded today but no new
advance was posted on the strength OF
this rise.
Forty eight pound sacks OF flour such
as are used for family purposes will
cost the grocer 5 cents more today
than yesterday Twenty-four- pound
sacks will cost him about ) cents more.
Just what prices the retailers will
charge was no, disclosed this morn.
ing
In July flour was selling in Oklaho'us
City a, 81 per barrel. In the ten inter.
vening weeks II has risen $40 per
barrel
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-18
No Place for 'Moochers'
Asserts Judge Splitter
in Lecture to Migrants

"You can't live here of Other
people"
Oklahoma City is no place for
the 'moocherr"
III YOU won't work, you must
leave, or go to jail"
There are plenty of Jobs IL you
look for them"
we are not going to have any
loafers here"
A few excerpts from lecture
delivered in the city court this
morning by Judge Splitter.
Three men faced the eour,
charged with vagrancy. Fines OF
500 and costs with an added thirty
day Jail sentence were admins.
tered in each case.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-18
City Calls in
Bids for Paving

A vigorous protest from property
owners has caused the city commis-
sioners to call in bids for the paving of
Shartel avenue, In a petition pre-
sen,ed to the commission, DR.. |. +.
Enochs and A. II. Classcn ask that the
city refuse to accept the bids and re-
scind any action taken They say they
believe the character of paving to be
laid is inferior and unsuitable
Dr. Enochs is one of the promoters
Of the Harndale realty project and the
protest comes as the result of the ex-
perience with the pavement laid there.
The same type of paving was ordered
for Shartcl avenue.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-18
HURRICANE HITS
WEST FLORIDA
AND ALABAMA
Damage Reported From Va
jOuS Cities ON Coast,
WOMAN KILLED IN MOBILE
Loss VIII Not Be Morea1 han
Few thousand Dollars,
BULLF TIN.

MOBILE, Ala, Oct i8--Reach-
ing maximum velocity of ITO
miles an hour, the topical hurri-
cane, passing inland from the Gulf
of Mexico early today, swept over
Mobile with terrific force, raging
for about two hours before il be-
gan to subside. Notwithstanding
the force Of the wind, the damage
done in Mobile proper was esti-
mated at not exceeding few
Thousand dollars One life was
lost, negro woman killed by
live wire, There were no other
reports of casualties in the city.
NEW ORLEANS. oct as Reports
to the weather bureau and IRON other
sources here indicated the center of
the tropical hurricane which came up
from the Caribbean Sea. apparently
was passing inland from the Gulf Of
Mexico somewhere on the lower Ala
bama and west Florida coast. probably
in the vicinity Of Fort Morgan. Ala,
and Mobile a wireless, message re-
Cclved by the Marconi Wireless COM
pany here from Fort Morgan stated
an east-southea,t gale was blowing
there at an average OF ninety miles an
hour with occasionally gusts reaching
ninety eight miles an hour. The in
Suument was put out OF commission
the npSSapc said
Wind Still Raging.
Mobile was cut of from wire cop-
munlcatlon with New Orleans from %
a. m, until shortly after II o'clock
when the Postal companyu, restored
connections a brief messags'fr6m Mo-
bile at that time said ninety. .mAs
wind was rigging br no i,rdtcssioa !,
the storms intensity was given
Pensacola Cut OF.
There has been no wire communica.
ton with Pensacola and this city since
) a. m, when IT was stated a gale wa'
blowing seventy-two miles an hour and
the barometer was 29+0 with high tide,
running
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-18
WILSON STARTS
ON THIRD TRIP
TO MIDDLE WEST
Expects to Reach Thousands
of Voters in Brief Journey,

LONG BRANCH, n J.. oct l8-
President Wilson LETT here today on his
trip TO Chicago.
With election day less than three
weeks off President Wilson's program
Tor today called for the start OF his
third campaign trip into the middle
west. Through three speeches in Chi
cago and handshaking at more than a
srore OF towns in New York. Ohio
Illinois and Indiana, he expects tc
reach many thousand voters during his
bricf absence from Shadow Lawn Mrs
Wilson. Secretary Tumulty and DR.
Cary !. Grayson, accompanied Mr.
Wilson on the trip
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-18
TEUT0N|C FORCE
|SDR|VEN B BACK
NEAR KRONSTAD7
Bucharest Announces Ruman-
ianS Resume Offensive,

LONDON. oct l8.-Rumanian troops
I'm the Predal region southwest ot
kronstadt have resumed the offensive
and are driving back the Icutonic
forces on the Pennsylvania side Of the
border, says an official Rumanlan an
nouncemcnt issued late Tuesday at
Bucharest
Ten Miles in Rumania.
According to news received in Lon
don during 'he past twenty four hours
the AuStro-GermanS have made prog
rcsS at only one point on the Rumanan
front, but that front is one of conSid-
cradle Importance On the Rumaniau
side OF Gyimes Pass, which leads from
northern Pennsylvania into northern
Rumania and i, traver,cd by the rail
way the Germans have reached Agas
ten miles within the Rumanian frontier
German Attacks Fail.
Three times last night the Germans
delivered attacks on the French posi-
tlonS in Sally SailliSel on the Sommc
front, Paris announced today The
statement SAYS the allies maintained all
their positions and inflicted heavy
losses on the Germans. Near Berny-
En- Santerrc the Germans gained a
footing in a French first line trench
but were driven out.
Gain on Bapaume Road
Rain fell heavily during the night,
says today's official report from the
front in France Notwithstanding this
we made progress at various point,
between the Albert Bapaumc road ant
Les BocuiS We have taken some pris.
oncrS"
The German statement saws attack.
by the allies failed
Seaplanes Bombard AuHrians.
Squadrons OF French and Italian sea
planes have bombardcd Austrian war
ships and defensive works at Rovign,
and Punta Salvora, on the west coas
OF lStria, according to an official state
mcnt issued at Rome. The Statcmen
says that two Austrian aeroplanc,
which attempted to attack the allie,
ScaplaneS we're shot down and that al
of the French and Italian machines re
turned safely
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-18
{. {. BLAKE TO AID
NUN ICIPAl Ar10Rn

/. +. Blake was named by the board
OF commissioners today to assist the
municipal counselors in looking after
the waterwotkS land condemnation pro-
ceedngs in the district courts OF Ok
lahoma and Canadian Counties
Mayor OverholScr said Byron Shear
and A 7 Boys, city attorneys, had
other city cases to take care of that
would prevent either Of them giving his
whole time 10 the condemnation mat
ter.
Blake will devote his entire time tn
the work He will receive 500 a month
as cnmpensaiinn
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-18
Cooperate With Roads.
U. s. Asked to Take Interest In Athens

ATHENS, Oct, lS.--On the initiative
of the central empires, Washington has
been asked to permit the American lc.
CATION here to take charge of the Aus
trian, Bulgarian and Turkish interests
in case OF a declaration of war by
Greece or other complications Permis-
sion has been given as regards Aus
tria,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-18
COURT UPHOLDS
ADvENT|STS IN
SABBATH RULE
Right to Observe Saturday IS
Sustained by Decision,
JUDGMENT IS REVERSED
Opinion Declares for Religious
Freedom,

The righ, OF Seventh Day Advcn,ists
70 observe Saturday as a holy day and
a day OF rest instead of Sunday is up-
held by the criminal court Of appeals
in an opinion handed down today by
Judge Rutherford Brett,
Blaine County Case
The opinion was given on the appeal
of g. J Cr,ogcr and Isaac kricgcr
from their conviction IN the county
court OF Blaine county for violating the
Sunday closing law They kept open
their place oi business on Sunday
A portion OF the syllabus oi tho
opinion states
Our Sabbath law proceeds upon the
theory, entertained by most Of those
who have Investigated the subject, that
the physical, intellectual and moral
welfare of mankind requires period
cal day OF rest from labor. and, as some
particular day must he fixed, the one
most naturally selected is that which
is regarded as sacred BY the Creates,
number of citizens, and which by Gus
tom is generally devoted to religious,
worship or rest and recreation, ad
this causes the least interference with
business or existing customs.
Law Referred To.
Our legislature has wisely and prop
erly, however, refrained from interier
ing with or coercing the conscience OF
Ia, T.. f..
and reigiously keep another than the
first day OF the week, as holy time by
exempting them from the penalties oi
the law; providing they work on the
first day OF the week. in such man
ner as not to interrupt or disturb other
persons. In observing the first day OF
the week as holy time.
I'm exempting persons who uniform
ly and conscientiously keep another
than the first day of the week as holy
time. from the penalties OF the statute
the legislature intended to give them a
substance and not shadow: hence we
hold the term 'servile labor, as used
in our Sunday statutes, to be used as
anonymous with the term secular
labor
n Striving TO Obey Laws.
TCourts which hold that to require
Sabbatarians to keep Our Sunday, does
not prevent them from also keeping the
seventh day overlook the fact that un-
der the divine commandment, that
these people are striving to obey, it is
as imperative that they work siv days
as that they rest on the seventh. And
that il their conscience compels then
to rest one day. and the law also forces
them to rest another. they will thus b,
forced to violate the first provision OF
the commandment, they are conscicn.
tiously attempting to keep"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-18
COTTON ADVANCES
CROP $1,000, 900

Practically Sl000,0Oo was added to
the value OF Okahoma'S C000O0-bale
cotton crop this morning when cotton
advanced Tor a net gain OF SlSO per
bale on the New Orleans market,
Farmers who have been holding their
early crop for better prices were jus,i-
fled in their judgment Local cotton
men predict that before many weeks
cotton may have reached tho unprcce
dented price of 20 cents.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-18
Companies Allege Discrimination.

Unfair discrimination by railroad,
against Oklahoma City in the matter Of
ireigh. tariffs is charged by local paw
ing companies, according to Mike
Donnelly, city commission of account
ing and finance Donnelly will refer
the matter to the traffic association.
He said he had been informed by
paving contractors that certain rail-
road was charging s. a ton on asphalt
from Galveston to Oklahoma City, and
thai the same road shipped the same
commodity from the Texas seaport town
to Kansas City for s. a ton.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-18
Fair Weather
Is Prediction

Local Foreosst--Psrtiy cloudy tonight,
Thursday fair.
State Forecast--Tonluht partly cloudy;
Thursday falri colder In west portion.
KANSAS Rain tonight and probably In
east portion Thursday; colder
WEST TENAS--Falr and colder.
ARkkNSAS.- Cloudy
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-18

NdpldIH bUtTkt'
PARIS. oct l8-The newspaper
Sporting says it learns from an author
wed source that Captain Boelke, the
celebrated German aviator. has been
severely wounded by shell from a
French anll-aircrait gun On October
&, Boelke brought down his thirtleth
entente allied machine.
Tuesday, German official statement
credited Captain Boclkc with bringing
down two additional machines in aer-
tai engagements ON the western front
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-18
Car Shortage
Is Blamed for
Freight Delay
Shortage Of Transportation
Facilities May Be Holding
Up Shipping,

One of the worst car shortages oi
years is partially responsible for the
inability OF local shippers to secure
prompt delivery of goods from this
city, according to W. V, Hardic sec
retary of the Oklahoma City Traffic
association. At the meeting of that
organization last night the problem
was discussed and a committee an
pointed to take the matter up with the
railroads
Shippers Complain.
Local shippers have been complain,
ing lately that goods often are DELAYED
IN shipment much longer than usual
In some instances, they aver consign.
ments lie at local depots for hours
ne investigating committee will max,
visits TO the depots and attempt to as.
certain the reasons for such DELAY. II
IS stated that volume OF general freigh,
business, in addition to the car short.
age, contributes 10 the condition.
Cooperate With Roads.
We realize the position OF the rail
roads said Mr. Hardie this morning
We do not wish to be otherwise thar
iair, We want TO cooperate witt
them TO secure better shipping condi.
tionS."
Mr. Hardic believes that the cal
shortage is occasioned by the piling NJ
OF shipments in terminals and seaports
as well as in the fact that more freigh
IS being hauled now by railroads thar
ever before. The famine has existec
Tor some time in the east. but has JUS
become acute in Oklahoma recently.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-22
EMOTIONAL VALUE OF DAY
Christmas Spirit Almost Universally
Felt, But What 1t Is Remains a
Mystery to Many.

The emotional value of Christmas
may be said to be universally felt.
Something happens at Christmas that,
If only for day or two, does the
whole world good. What that some
thing is remains for many a mystery.
A number of persons who feel the
renewing impulse are like Faust when
the notes of the Easter song arrest
his suicidal intent; they take and en-
Joy the moments deliverance and con-
hnue to regard the source of the boon
as nothing more than mythology made
potent through human associations.
Others are moved through supersti-.
tious fears; they approach the great
season with consciences crowded with
uncomfortable memories; Marley's
ghost is after them, but, unlike
Scrooge, their new heart is only for
Christmas week. Another group SIM
ply fall in with an ancient custom
and are surprised, and indeed pleased,
when the dry bones of their unbeliev-
Ing minds come together, take on
flesh, and begin to live. A vast null
titude meet the great day with buoy
ant expectation, take with thanks its
new happiness, return to their work
In this exalted mood, and ask no ques-
tons about cause and effect. A few
phi1osophize on the phenomenon, and
they are willing to stake their lives
on the substantial truth of their in
sight--George A. Gordon, in Atlantic
Monthly.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-22
The Mystic Thorn
Concluded from page s.

few rods distant the Btons had stopped and grouped
closely together gazing in awesruck silence upon the
dry and withered staff which had often aided Joseph
in his wanderings from the Holy Land Following their
gaze Joseph and his companions turned toward it and
they did so behold A miracle The staff took
root and grew and they watched they put forth
branches and green leaves fair buds and mkwhte bios
SONS which filled the air with their sweet odor.
For moment, awed and amazed, all stood silent
WOndorousy had Josephs prayer been answered! This
indeed the heavenly token which had been foretod
Then with tears of joy all cried out with voice.
"Our God is with us! Jesus is with u.s."
Marveling much at the strange things they had just
and heard the Brtons dropped their weapons and
fled in haste from the hill
Then did Joseph and his disciples 90 down across the
marsh into the valley and there they rested undsurbed
Word Of the miracle which had thus been wrought
on Wearyall Hill was brought soon to Arviragus the
heather king of the time and he welcomed gladly the
holy and gave them the beautiful vale of Avalon
whereon to live. There they built "a little lonely church,
with roof of rushes and walls of twgs and wat
ties from the marsh, the first Christian church which
had ever been built in Britain.
There they dwelt for many years, serving Cod fast
ing and praying and there Joseph taught the
Britons who gathered to listen to him, the faith of
Christ
Time passed and the little, low wattled church be-
great and beautiful abbey. Many pilgrims there
who to worship at the shrine of St. Joseph
drink from the holy we'll which sprang from the foot of
Chace Hill where the Holy Cup lay buried and to watch
the budding of the mystic thorn, which, after
when the of Christmas covered the hills put forth
its holy blossoms, ga symbol of Gods promise, and
love.
Now long, long afterward there time when
there in the land and one day rough soldier
who recked not of its heavenly origin cut down the tree
Only flat stone marks the place where it once
stood and where Josephs staff burst into bloom. But
there other trees which had been grown from slips
of the miraculous thorn and these mindful of Lord
still keep the sacred birthday and blossom each year
Christmas Day.
From christmas in Legend and Story"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-22
CHRISTMAS PLAYS

" N few villages In England
Christmas play is still present
ed. and there is still perform
~ ed, as regularly as boxing
night comes around each year, a pan
tomime In nearly every English town.
but these are only phantoms of the
past, for Christmas revels are not now
what they were. and Christmas plays
are gradually being forgotten, along
with many other old time Yuletide Gus
toms.
Among the earliest plays in the mod
ern drama will be found Christmas
plays and dramas dealing with the
Nativity of Christ. In the beginning
Of the religious drama. however.
Christmas was not the only feast upon
which the plays written by the monks
were performed. Other feast days
were duly celebrated with appropriate
dramas. The Greek and Roman
drama having died a natural death,
owing to the depths Of wickedness to
which it had descended. the theater
ceased to exist until its revival In the
middle ages in the shape of mystery
and miracle plays. The possibilities Of
the drama as a means Of religious in
struction. which at the same time
would also entertain and hold the at
tention Of the multitude. was early ap-
preciated by the ecclesiastics, and the
suggestion followed with success. In
this revival of the drama the early
writer's. who were principally monks.
naturally turned to the ancient classic
models, which they followed as to form
only. for heir productions are now
rather curiosities Of literature than lit
erture itself. Thus we see Euripides
used in thu construction Of drama
on Christ's Passion.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-22
Winter Brings Colds to Children

A child rarely goes through the
whole winter without a cold, and
every mother should have a reliable
remedy handy. Fever, sore throat,
tight chest and croupy coughs are
sure symptoms. A dose Of DR.. Bells
Pine Tar Honey will loosen the phlegm
relieve the congested lungs and stop
the cough. It's antiseptic pine bal
sans heal and soothe. For Group,
whooping cough and chronic bron-
chial troubles try DIR. Bells Pine Tar
Honey. At all Druggists, 25c.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-22
Special
Infant Food

If your baby is not growing every
day, no doubt the trouble is lack
of proper food. Infant foods should
be as nearly like mothers milk as
possible. Thompson's Food (Pep-
tonized) contains all the elements
necessary to the normal growth and
strength of the baby. A food pre-.
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mothers milk. Consists of pure,
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in a scientific manner. Ready for
use by simply adding water.
We suggest that you try SOC
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satisfaction.
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WauseOu. Ohio