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The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16
ALN4r.C(5lGTD GIRL BOOTLECGERj
--33SSCL.?EE5 --3SS LTI "DRY" KANSAS
t5a - Hiss Ct 10 Who Vas Caught Among "Ioyriders
81 .,Way, lis ca.d With Jail RatrOns Slo- Last
Saloon In State Is Razed

Hll,Hrn furcas has no saloons. II
al. as jh.t Kansas citizens get Vc
nor T. ties want it. Men boUt'cggeTs
ale said tc be compariG. ely common
fl Kansas mt tGCsn o, ,.c .cminine
renGCr are somew.at rare. The Wlch.
Ita 1as.c relates:
Pauline Stcl.ic,,?. agol II, and
Era r,alsHer, IL. grew tired Of be.
ing birds in gilCed Gaze" last night
and when Mrs. O. j. Raymond, 32i
Fame avenue, their custodian. had
her back turned they took French
leave Tie lirls were county prison.
Crs a|ait'ng trial in the courts and
that they might avoid the baneful in.
tlUenCe of Jail life, Mrs. L. Il. Lyons,
county matrCn, secured them board
and lodging at the home of Mrs. Ray.
mond They escaped from Mrs. Ray.
mond last night and it is believed
that they are me- squerading some
place in male attire. -
Mrs. Raymond noticed several times
during Saturday evening that the girls
were restless. They whispered to
each other often and made a visit to
the rear yard several times. Mrs.
Raymond was called to the home of a
neighbor for few minutes about 10
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16

The truth about Prohibition ir Spo
kane, Wash, has been brought 10 light
and j. II. Howard. legislative candi
date, is the man rcsponsib,e. stand
ing squarely against Prohibition lc
has described the havoc wrou..t In
his home town by sumgtuary lcgia,a.
ton
The Spokane Chronicle hes the fol.
lowing to say OF Mr.. Howards state.
mcnts:
Prohibition in Spokane is painted by
J. +. Howard. of Kiesling, asgirant
for the Republican nomination for
state representative in the Third dis.
trict, in campaign literature that he
is sending out, addressed to the voters
ITS time you were waking up and
investigating the &c. ..orable and dis
gust!ng state of affairs that proh5i
tion has wrought OH your city" says
his circular
Tons of liquor are rolling into Spo
kane and thousands upon thousands
OF dollars are rolling out a number
of men have been murdered in the
streets OF your city. Homes have
been entered and women outraged
Women have drunk themselves to
death in Spokane hotels with poisons
and aduterated liquor.
"A number OF former law.abiding
citizens are being branded daily in
police court as criminals. Your money
is being used by the police depart
ment to wind and dine stool pigeons,
thanks to community that is lawed
inspected and taxed to death.
THE state OF Washington is mil
lions upon millions OF dollars in debt;
you have the interest and principal to
pay on this great debt, regardless of
whether your family have bread to eat
or not. We don't want any more laws.
Every new law means thousands of
dollars out of the peoples pocket.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16

| publish certain kinds OF court news
She said she supposed a newspaper
censor would have to be appointed to
enforce this law and see to II that NO
Objectionable" matter reached the
news columns. The first step will be
to try TO induce newspaper owners TO
scissor this class of news Of their own
free viii.
The w. C. T. u. also hopes to have
minors larrcl from court rooms dur
ing sensational" trials.
1t was also resolved TO wage war on
soft drinks. Fer the immediate fu.
ture the union viii content itself with
trownins upon the practice of selling
the thirst quenchers If this does not
produce results, Mrs. Sherman
thought an effort would be made 20
obtain law forbidding the sale of
the drinks. u
The w. c. T. L. went on record as
being opposed to any movement to
repeal the laws providing for movie
censorship"
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16

The question habit grows. You
may ask II question Of any one Why
should the dear old public escape?
Rcre are fcw from The New YORK
SaI for the man In the street:
Do you approve Of the Rivers and
harbors loot7
DO you want four years more OF watch
ful waiting with the National
Guardsmen undergoing military
training in a tropical climate in mid.
summcr7
% you hold that the duty OF the
United States Is to serve humanity
and let its own citizens be killed
and outraCed7
Do you feel proud Of notes with moth
ing behind them7
What do you think Of the Vera Cruz
adventure7
Would you like to have been an Amer
ican soldier at Carrixai7
90 you love Carranza7
Do you believe In q financial regime
Conducted largely In the interest Of
one section Of the country7
Do you desire to cut the Philippines
loose in order that Japan may 9obble
them7
Do you want four more years Of
Danieis2
Do you approve Of wreckins the dipio.
matte service to provide Jobs for
deserving Democrats7
Arc you in favor Of inHation7
Do you believe In preparedness for
flcod Of cheap European wares as
soon as peace comes7
Have you noticed the significant In.
crease OF imports In the past year.
despite the war;
How did fool free trade hit your line
Of business before August. 19142
And your fricnds2
Were you all cheered up by the un.
derwood tariff biil7
Do you think the doubIir, Of the
income tax is fair while millions
worth OF competitive imports come
in free?
Where are you going to be when the
war babies die and business slips
back to the cold, hard, normal basis7
Can you conceive Of any possible
good to you or to the country from
another Presidential term like the
present one7
viii you perpetuate sectionslism.
greed, Ignorance. stupidty-generaI
ineptitude In CcnOress2
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16

o clock. Wien she returned the girls
we're gone and 90 was SO of her
money. IN a building of the rear of
the yard Mrs. Raymond found the
clothing, shoes and stockings belong.
ing to both girls. That accompllces
supplied them with change OF fe-
male clothing or that they donned
mae attire to prevent recognition, is
believed.
The Stollicker girl has ueen a pris.
oncr since she was captured in Joy.
riding party with men much older
than herself. by officer II. B. Straight.
several wcC%S ago. Edna Faulkner
was arrested on complaint OF her ia.
Their who asserts that she sold liuuor
and ilGulgel In other Gellnqucncies.
The girl bootlcgger seems TO have
replaced the saloon. If one will note
this from the st. Joseph (Mo.) Jour.
nal:
The last indication I'm Central Kan.
sas that saloon ever existed In the
state was destroyed last week when
a frame building occupied by saloon
40 years ago was wrecked at Russell.
The paint applied in recent years had
been worn OFF, disclosing a large sign
saloon which could be read several
blocks away. The sign had been
read by thousands of tourists. md II
fooled many Of them.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16
PERTINENT PARAGRAPH
FROM HUGHES
m SPEEcHES.

"What Is the Presidents pol
icy-docs anyone knOwr Has
the Executive ever had policy
for more than six months on
the McXIcan question:
"lf am elected President |
viii see tO II that American
rights In Mexico are respected"
There Is no man who could
successfully present To m Amer.
lean community the platform
that an American citizens
rights stop AT the coast line"
1--WE will get through with
this old strife between capital
and labor We are not laborers
and capitalists Ia this country.
We are fcllow.citlzcns."
"All that the workIngmen
want is n square deal"
ave want the United States
efficiently managed. want to
see men In office who believe
In prosperity
"The Republican Party stands
for Il prosperity produced by
sound american policies"
1--WE ha"cSrcmovcd from Office
men of experience and substi-
tuted others To satisfy partisan
obligations. This must stop"
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16
THAT EuLL DINNER Pail.

Relying fOOlishly upon the fun din
ner pail to accomplish for them what
II has so often accomplished for the
Republican party, the Democrats pro-
coed To pile extravaganza upon ex-
trayngunCe and to make fgbby claims
of being at peace, even when we are
at war, says the Detroit Journal.
For the dinner pail has been filed
with munltlOn money, which presently
must be supplanted by the true coin
age Of protected American Industry
after the war.
And while the dinner pail Is full.
observe with what inflated foods.
This administration promised the
worker lower cost OF living. But,
as matter of fact, 10 the worker
Democratic prosperity is a false pros
perity. II is mirage,
Every man with dinner pail
knows that unless his wages have
been increased 20 per cent under
Democratic munitIOn prosperity, he is
poorer than he was four years ago.
For Wilson rents are from 20 TO 40
the Wilson sugar and the Wilson wool
are 40 per cent, higher, and the Will
son steel and tin and household goods
are from 20 to 40 per cent, higher.
The Wilson bread mas advanced
faster than the Wilson wage, and the
Wilson taxes have risen higher than
the Wilson prosperity.
Democracy may have enriched the
munition manufacturer, but has IL
enriched the worker, whose cost OF
living has Increased faster than his
earnings?
II the Administration can re-elect
Itself on the ground that the worker
Is obliged TO move out of his home
into an inferior one, or has 10 double
up In tenements and 10 take In board.
ers - make up for his loss Of eco
noml, cevantage under the present
Inc q red cost of living then there Is
no Hason why the Administration
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16
TELLING Tariff Points

Let these telling points on tariff
and protection in the speech by
Charles Evans Hughes, the Republic
can candidate for President, delivered
In the Salt Lake Tabernacle, be fixed
permanently In your mind and
memory during the remainder of the
campaign:
We are desirous of having strong
and sure the foundations of our ma
tional greatness in this pursuit OF
competition among the nations which
Is sure to follow the cessation OF
the present struggle.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16
POINTS FROM
q HUGHES SPEECHES

Reckless extravagance of the
Democrats Is an insult TO the
American people.
Deserving Democrats ! Dcserv.
Ing In heavens name OF what?
We have q splendid system of
government, on paper, but we
want that system yitallzed.
The pork barrel blu brings
blush Of shame TO the cheeks OF
every American.
am here because have n
vision Of what America needs.
An idle American will always
feel uncomfortable.
America will not hold her own
by high-sounding phrases.
Are we not nation great
enough to have sufficient fore
sigir 10 protect our borders In
a sensible fashion by means OF
sensible preparednessi
IL We state our rights In a firm
and determined manner II
SHOULD carry conviction. ThC.o
should he no yacillatiou Ia con.
pectioh with that assertion. ,
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16
DENIES AssAlLlNo Mr.. HUGHES.
Percy Mact1ye Writes rc Never
Saw Authors Letter" Win
His Name Amended

His Name Appended.
Percy MHcLuyc, playwright whose
name appeared us one of the sIgucrS
Of the so-Callcd authors letter" pub
liSh"d In the newspapers Inst week.
knew nothing about the uattcr until
after publication according to state
mcnt given ont yesterday at Rcpub-
li'an national headquarters. The let.
ter attacked Charles T.. Hughes crltl-
clSm Of President Wilson as "uon-
constructive and prupoundcd ten
questions for MIR Hughes To answer.
In n letter to Mr.. Hughes Mr.. Mackay,
said -
My attention has just been called
To nm open letter addressed Ia YOU.
printed In the New York Herald OF
August ., signed 10y number OF pro-
fcSsionnl writer's, among whom my
name Is Included. beg to send YOU
this word, Ia say that did not sign
the letter and never saw or heard ot
the letter until II was shown TO mo
in print"
II was stated nj Republican head
quarters that neither Mr.. Hughes nor
any of his stan had seen the letter
except as II appeared Ia the news
papers.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16
HOME OF AVERAGE MAN.

But America Is not simply a
land for the man of special tai.
ent or OF distinguished aptitude.
This Is the home OF the average
man, the ordinary man who is
doing his best, whatever, by tai.
ent or aptitude and In our large
industrial occupations where
thousands are gathered together
In one service, We want recog.
nitiOn of human brotherhood In
providing for the welfare of
those who make the wealth of
this great country,
ave want workingmen to be
safesuarded from every injury
that can be prevented. We
want the health OF the work
lngmen looked after; every
means provided which conduces
to the proper standpoint Of liv.
Ing; every means provided for
proper recreation; appropriate
means for education, for voca.
lional training. In short the
workingman who Is on the Job
and expects to continue in that
job ought to feel that he Is doing
something worth while for
community that appreciates II
and gives him a fair chance to
lead happy and decent life
From NJ, Hughes speech oat
Detroit. y
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16

No, the Democratic party will not
be saved by the European war. IL
you would know what our condition
will be when the war ends, mink OF
what our condition was before that
war began, If YOU think these nations
are so impoverished that they cannot
again turn TO work. Those millions
of men now fighting are better able
to work than ever before in their
lives. Their factories arc
there; their plants are there; they
know themselves better than ever be-
fore. They are better disciplined.
more alert, keener, stronger, better
physically than ever before, in the
main, and they are ready to turn
great national energies into the pur-
suits of peace TO pay their war bills,
10 produce up to the limit To send
their goods throughout the world.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16

Then came the Underwood tariff
bill itself What was the result? En-
terprise halted and there was con.
traction of trade throughout the land,
and America, instead of going ahead,
stopped. That is what happened.
Three hundred thousand W, re unem-
ployed in the City of Now York.
There was not II city In this land
where the jobless man anxious and
able to work did not walk the street.
They were fed by our charitable vr.
ganizations, which We're taxed to the
utmost limit 10 provide for those for
whom American enterprise could No
longer make provision. II was sad
spectacle. Americans have not for
gotten II. 1t is not forgotten here
or anywhere. 1t cannot be forgotten.
X Is too recent.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16

presume that the Republican party
as the national party, according to
the constitution of the United States,
within the national sphere, shall pro-
ceed wherever 1t is practicable, to
build up and foster and encourage
American enterprise, and open the
doors wide for honest American
achievement.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16
PAW KNOWS EVERYTHING,

Luke McLuke, Cincinnati Enquirerl
W,ilie-Paw. what Is a reformer?
Paw-A reformer is party who
wants everybody to be better than he
is, my son.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16
THOSE PEskY REFoRMERs.

Luke McLuke, Cincinnati Enquirer.l
IL most of the Reformers would
wait long enough to correct their own
faults they wouldn't have any time to
correct the faults of others.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16
WHY HUGHES is NEEDED I'm
THIS TREMENDOUS CRISIS.

Against Mr.. Wilson's combina-
ton of grace in elocutiOn with
futility In action; against his
record of words unbackcd 10y
deeds or betrayed by deeds, we
set Mr.. Hughes rugged and ln-
compromising straightforward
ness o" character and action In
every office he has held. We put
the man who thinks and speaks
directly, and whose words have
always been made good, against
the man whose adroit and facile
elOcutiOn Is used To conceal his
plans or his want of plans. The
next four years may We'll be
years of tremendous national
strain. Which of the two men
do you, the American people.
wish at the helm during those
four years; the man who has
been actually tried and found
wanting, or the man whose
whole career in public office is
a guarantee of his power and
good faith? But one answer Is
possible; and ii must be given by
the American people throughout
the United States.-From speech
Of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, de-
livered at Lewiston, Maine, In
behalf Of Charles +. Hughes.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16
QUESTION CRAZE
! SEXES The Cop. |.
Democratic WORLD Long lad
Monopoly Of This Idocy But
Opposite Party Is Infected.
STRING OF INTERPRETATIONS
TO TEASE WILSON lDOlATERS

QUESTIONABLE No. t--Wili All the vii.
son Notes Be at His Notification
How Did Fool Free Trade hit
Your line of Business Just Before
the Battles eeean7-When the War
Babies Die viii You Weep at the
Funersi2
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16

II you are going to have the basis
for prosperity in this country; If you
are going to protect the American
wage scale; If you are going to have
American enterprise able TO meet the
competition which will follow the end
Ing of this war, you must have an
honestly devised, wisely. framed tariff
law TO protect American industry.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16
Po' OIL JOSIE!
tBostOn Transcript.l

Give q hurricane the assistance of
a first-class tidal wave and 1t can do
almost as much damage to the United
States navy as Jossphus can.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16

l propose that we shall study this
out, applying n principle that we be-
heve In, and secure intelligently and
honestly adequate protection to Am
erican Industries in every part of this
land
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16
ANOTHER LIE NAILED.
. tChicago Post.l

We don't believe this stun abou,
"As goes Maine. SO goes the Union"
Were 1t true the Union would have
gone dry 40 years ago.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16
THE FUNNY SIDE
OF PROHIBITION
som e SAY IT is.
Sioux City Ua.) Journal

lSioux CITY (la) Journal
Champagne for courtesy; whisky
for medicine; beer for-go long with
you; this is dry state! N
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-16
TRUTH ABOUT
PROHIBITION
LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATE
TELLS OF SP0KANE'S
SAD PLIGHT
TONS OF LIQUOR

J. F. Howard Says Washington
City Has Suffered Financially
While Women Have Drunk
Themselves to Death With
AduIteratedLi Liquors. and Lar .
abiding Citizens Have Been
Branded As Criminals
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-23
FRUIT
DRYING PLANT
Anthony Orchardist's Expe-
riment Is Attracting At
tention in Valley.

Anthony. y. NJ. Aug. Cdr. A E
Lauson who has model orchard of
41-2 acres. with i varieties Of fruits.
has received fruit drying outfit of
the California type. It is the sulphur
system and quite simple. The small
house constructed for burning sulphur
in. has capacity of ten trays SKI feet
each. There are 100 trays in all The
fruit is sliced and pitted and placed in
the trays. which are then put in the
sulphur fumes for an hour, thus keep
ing away all bugs and insects when
placed in the sun for the finishing
process This is the first drying APP
paratus in this part of the valley and
will be watched with much interest
shortage of Lumber.
Carpenters employed by the T. ;.
reclamation service have been laid OFF
for several days because Of the short
age Of lumber
Fruit growers in the valley have had
an excellent sales this season Where
ever the owner of an orchard has
packed fruit according to requirements
it was disposed of readily and orders
for more received
A good shower fell here yesterday
afternoon
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-23
POOL WANTS MORE ROADS
LEADING OUT TO Ell PAS0

Saws the san Antonio Express
Adrian Pool, county Judge OF FL Paso
county. who is in San Antonio at
tending the Texas Good Roads asso-
cation congress, in his speech before
the association yesterday. advocated
p road from FL PasO to san Antonio.
and from FL Paso TO Fort Worth and
Dallas. insisting that such roads should
be built in order to bring san AntonlS'
Dallas and Fort Worth and other parts
of Texas in closer connection with h
Paso-
already built 40 miles Of this road
from her most eastern to her most
western extremity, much Of the road
costing the county OF FL Paso from
$4,000 to $4,000 per mile
He said their automobiles could
county highway OF 40 miles in high
gear and appealed to san Antonio. Dali
las and Fort Worth delegations and
the DELEGATIONS between these points
and FL PasO to put the roads through
their counties in the same condition
that the Fl Paso county roads were IN
and insisted that IL was to their ad-
vantage to do this for the reason that
FL Pas9 is today one of the best bust
ness. centers in the United States, that
il is the gateway TO over half the
uudeveloped wealth on the North
American continent. that il would
connect them with -Cloudcroft. the roof
garden Of FL Paso, and that FL Paso
already had a good road to the beaches
Of California and that they will be
connected with these beaches by build
ing these roads
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-23
READS CLOTHING
BECAME TOO SNUG
Ell Paso Man Forced to
Visit His Tailor After
Taking Vitalitas
Treatment.

q had to go to my tailor the other
day and have my vest let out My
clothes all fit too tight on me-" states
Mr. c n. Read, well known Fl PasO
real estate man identified with the
Logan Heights improvement Company
There were a number Of bystanders
who were much interested in what Mr.
Read had to say:
u have taken Vitalitas: / have
gained in weight and in fact feel just
like a new man. Before, my indiges-
tiOn was poor; had little or no appetite
was feverish. nervous and never knew
what it was to get a good nights
sleep. That was the condition I was
in when I began taking Vitalitas. No
one knows how to appreciate good
health until they have lost it and
guess I am the happiest man in FL
Paso today"
Large numbers of FL Paso people
are testing Vitalitas and are finding
relief and new health in its recon
structive properties. It is different, is
pleasant to take and will be found
wonderfully effective for indigestion
rheumatism. nervous debility, etc
Drop in today and talk with Mr.
Moser. the Nitalitas demonstration at
Kelly & Pollard's Drug Store, Sheldon
Hotel Also for sale by Taibers Drug
Store, Las Cruces. n. M.-Adv-