davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-12

that no ono accessory so ticklcS the
mind and heart OF a youngStcr as this
method Of applying cloth She realized
grown-ups have lost the sensation Of
delight at the feel of a pocket and
that the majority of women do not be
llcye 1t possible that they screamed
with delight at the first topcoat GOV
cred with patch pockets in which they
tucked away all their minor posses
Slons as well as their hands.
Stlll the Military Pocket
Various sources were credited with
being the inspiration Of the immense
pockets that have been featured on
all kinds OF clothes for the last two
years The conjunction of the war and
the revival of this fashion have been
coupled together in SO many minds
that deal in designing, that it IS quito
probable the lesser was the effect OF
the greater event
The belief that all hips should be
dstendcd after the manner OF the
Louis Qunzc period, gave another
impetus to pockets last winter for
they could be built Of material dii-
icrcut from tho suit or gown, and wired
10 stand ont to- effect the proper sill
hOucttc
Louis Quin1c however, and his i'm.
mediate predecessors aud successors
have no real effects on fashion at thi,
hour. The designers have dipped back
farther into the past, and probably
since primitive passions have been lei
loose ON the world, primitive fashion:
have been revived
II it were not for the fact that ma
terials are SO costly, We could really
go back to wearing homespun, glrdlct
at the waist, with a bit OF embroider,
instead OF a collar at the neck, and cal
ourselves the glass OF fashion. II on,
wants pockets, they are supplied ac
cording to the good old medieval fash
ION OF attaching a deep bag of materla
to the cord that girdlcs the hips On,
cannot safely advocate such a proceed
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-12
How IEconomize

] watch prices, buy carefully and in
quantity, | study food values and u,il
ile lcit-oyers. Home baked light bread
and pastries, durable material and
home sewing; made-over garments for
myself and children frequent mending.
Vegetable garden, healthful exercise
for the family, fresh vegetables for the
summer inonths and well stocked cellar
for the winter Just a few hens
around the stable and back yard
Cheaper foods substituted for those on
which prices have scared.
! do no, serve a full platter Of meat
always, but a meat seasoned dish
use leit-overs for hash and Irish stew,
but often make them of fresh material
Janbslaya "a Creole French dish)-
Boil rice ~ cups TIL tender; make
thick, rich soup with meat cut in
small pieces; one cup of tomatoes,
half an onion, cut fine, seasoning 10
suit; stir into the rice and let sim
mer Till dry and all ingredients well
blended
You'll need neither potatoes nor mea,
when you serve this, or the following
Cook red beans with slice OF bacon;
cook them Juicy and serve with rice,
boiled dry and ilaky.
We eat rice with gravy a, sub
Slitutc for mashed potatoes, and here
iS a substitute for eggs. Stir one egg
into leftover rice add flour, heaping
tablespoon to cup of rice, a pinch OF
both salt and baking powder, make
a rather thick batter with swee, milk
or water; fry in meat drippings. Ea,
rice and you'll be healthy and save
doctor bills.-MRS. A. n, r, Lindsay.
OKLA
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-12
Shops Showing
This Sign Sell
Best BdkerV
Goodies
WIDOW OF MACMILLAN
NOT INFORMED OF WAR

AMSTERDAM. Netherlands, Dec.
l2.-Thc Telcgraai's frontier correspon-
dent tcarns the Empress Charlotte,
widow of Emperor Macmillan OF Mex
leo. still resides at the castle of Bou-
chout. near Brussels The castle and
the park have not been touched by the
Germans and soldiers are forbidden 10
enter the grounds. Thee empress has
never been informed OF the war, but
often asks why King Albert and Queen
Elizabeth do not visit her any more.
The Empress Charlotte has been SUI
fering from insanity for many weeks.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-12

the adyisabilty OF shutting down their
plants December g. and allowing them
to remain idle until January ; for the
two-iold purpose of giving their en-
roads to clear tracks. cast and west. Of
the vast quantity of freight daily king
offered. Ii was said that machinery also
needs ovcrhaulng, it haying been al
most continuous operation for almost a
year much longer time than usual. In
spite of heroic measures adopted by the
railroads, freight continues to pile up
at terminals. All freight depots in
Pittsburgh are now being operated at
night to allow oonSignees to remove
freight.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-12

grown-up people, they remain as per
pctual delight to juveniles.
The military pocket is placed on the
newest coats Tor youngsters. Nou can
see how they are made in the sketch
which is given today No one prctcnds
that it is for any comfortable usage,
but as a method OF adornmcnt, II has
few equals when the surface is short
and narrow.
The Pocket On the Child.
No matter how ornamental some OF
the pockets may be on juvenile coats,
there are always one or two that can
be used Usually they go inside and
are made OF the satin lining, thlckly
gathered over an elastic at the top.
The sketch gives a good idea OF one
of the best models OF the season. II is
quite short, because everything luvcn-
lie is cut well above the knees, depend
ing on the long, leather, suede or cloth
lCgglngS TO cover the hiatus between
hem and lnstep This coat is leather
brown velour, with all the trimmings
Of black seal The belt runs through
the ends OF these huge pockets. which
are made OF the material and heavily
stitched and corded at the edges in
order that they may escape no eye,
BY the way space here is too well
filled up to 90 into details about tn,
cap this voungSter wears, but let IN,
| draw your attention TO it with EN-.
phasiS, 1t is of black seal, with al
immense elephant cut out of silk ant
applied to it with tiny gilt braid Dc
YOU like the idea of animal hats 70,
chlldren' They are very smart
| Copyrighted by the Mcclure News
paper Syndcate)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-12
TeutonsExactHeavy
Tolls of Rurnanians

LONDON, Dec -. - Telcgraphing
from Jassy the new capital OF Rumanla,
under date OF December .. the Times
correspondent says
THE Germans have levied a heavy
war tax on Bucharest An cdict has
been issued iorbldding the circulation
OF paper money unless it Is markcd as
German, ior which 20 percent OF the
value of the notes is demanded A
similar contribution oi IS percent,
amounting to 100000 pounds. has been
exactcd from Craioya. q
b. Prince Wilhelm OF Hohenzollcrn,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-12
Friends May Push
immigration Bill
Despite Veto Plan

WASHINGTON, Dee. l2-Fricnds
Ct litcracy test for aliens arriving
in th' United States, ono of the prlR.
cipal Provisions IN the immigration
bill nov under discussion in the SEN
ate, received information today that
President Wilson would veto the meas
ure If il comes to him with that iea-
ture incorporated. Some of them,
however, were anxious TO press the
bill with its literacy test clause to a
final conclusion, despite the prospect
OF a presidential veto. President vii
son already has vetoed immigration
legislation because IT contained the
literacy test Presidents Cleveland
and Taft also vetoed similar lcgisla-
tion for the same reason
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-12
|9 .! DRESS y! t;'!!$$:.,..

ing for the main street OF any city, but
for the house and especially for in
formal evening usage and the theater
and opera, this kind of pocket is most
sensible 1t is better than a theater
bag, for it is attached to the gown and
there is no irritating probability of its
slipping to the floor at all times, to be
picked up by friends and strangers,
However, pockets may rise and fall
on the stock exchange of fashion for
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-12

brother of King Ferdinand who is wl'h
the German army in a manifesto de
cIdrcS he has come not to punish the
RumanlanS but those who have broken
their solemn pledgc0 thereby seyering
their family ties. In the manifesto nc
allows four days to any of the people
OF Craiova who wish to leave, but says
that those remaining in the town or
occupied territory longer than this
period must obey all orders"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-12
PITTSBURGH EXPLOSION
SUSPECT IS RELEASED

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. IL
Frank kced, arrested following an ex.
2loSion sunday night at the plan, of
the Aetna Chemical company at For,
Fit, resulting III the loss of three
lives, was released last night by the
federal authorities
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-12
Children Continue to exploit immense
pockets on their clothes, even though
adults are a bit weary of the idea

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE woman
who revived pockets and made them
ornamental instead of useful, is the
originator of half the best looking
chidrcns clothes in this country. The
reason she put pockets all over her
juvenile fincry was because she knew
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-12
MANUFACTURERS MAY
CLOSE DOWN PLANTS

PITTSBURGH, Dec. l2-Important
manufacturing interests in the Pitts
burgh district were today considering
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-12
paper PROFITS,
Grow; COST OF
PRODUCING SAME
Facts Brought Out at Trade
Commission Hearing,

WASHINGTON, Dec l2-The fed
eral trade commission reopened hear
ings here today in its investigation OF
the rise in news print paper prices, pre-
senting facts gathered by its investiga
tors in the plants OF American and
Canadian manufacturers. Producers,
jobbcrs and paper users were heard
Tables prepared by the commission
were brought out at the hearing to
show the following conditions:
Both Canadian and United States
averages show no increase in cost OF
paper manufacture in the first halt OF
1916 as compared with 1915.
Selling expenses in the first half Of
1910 were lower than in 1915 and prof
It's per ton were higher The percentage
of profit on investment, figured on
book investment, increased from S91
percent in 1915 for nineteen companies
to 9A percent for fifteen companies IN
the first half of 1910. Rates OF profit
on the cost of investment would have
been even higher could the figures have
been obtained.
Market Versus Contract Prices.
Market prices increased IN 1916 TO
much greater extent than contract
prices.
Canadian mills arc manufacturing
Eprint paper at about $3.50 ton less
y than American mills,
Production and Imports Grow
Both production and imports in
creased in the first half of 1915 over
1915 and 1914. After deducting ex.
ports the quantity available for do
mestic consumption in the first half Of
1910 was II percent greater than in the
first half of 1915 and 9 percent greater
than in the second half Of that year
Deliveries, however, more than took
care OF the increase and stocks on hand
at all points decreased l0,340 tons in
the first half OF 1910,
The statistical data presented by the
commission, facts OF which were teSti-
fled to, concluded with series Of
questions as TO possible remedies.
No time like this TO try out the Times
want ads Is words three times Is
cents Phone PIX (
The Benson signal., 1916-09-30
New Mexico.

The Octo Mining Company OF Ari-
zona was admitted to do business in
New Mexico.
The Rio Grande Oil and Mineral
Company filed incorporation papers.
It's office is in Santa Fe.
A raise started from tunnel level
on Clifton mine by The Oaks Com
pany at Mogollon encountered a good
grade of mill ore. Other development
headings on both the Clifton and Eb-
erie are also yielding pay rock.
Louis Gramas, owner of Gold Eagle
group at Mogollon, is about to re-
sumo operations. Some 400 feet of
tunnels and 80 feet of shafting has
been done, a large part of which was
in ore, and the last few shipments to
custom mill indicated a value of $14
to SIG per ton.
Socorro Mining & Milling Company
shipped approximately 10000 ounces
bullion from operations in August and
the Mogollon Mines Company's out
put for the period was over $4,000
ounces, a total of more than 31a tons
of gold and silver for a month, in ad
dition to several tons high grade con-
centrate.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-30
FOREIGN.

Canada has subscribed $3.50, 100000
for the $1O0,000,00O war loan.
A son was born at Peking to the
wife of DR.. Paul Samuel Reinsch,
United States minister to China.
On his trip to the Italian front the
American ambassador, Thomas Mel
son Page, had two narrow escapes
from Austrian shell fire.
Virtually all the prominent Chinese
connected with the gigantic opium
smuggling plot discovered in Shang-
hal two weeks ago have been exon
Grated.
That typhus fever again is becom-
ing a serious menace throughout Mex
leo was the statement of passen-
ger arriving from San Luis Potosi at
Laredo, Tex.
The iceland Steamship Company
has issued a statement that the
steamer Prinz Hendrix carried ninety
eight passengers and that fixty-four
Of them were detained by the Ger
mans.
Counsel General Skinner succeeded
in effecting the release from the
prize court of 1000 packages of mail
from the United States to belligerent
countries seized on the steamship
Heligclav on her arrival in British
on March %.
That Gen. Jacinto Trevino bungled
his attempted defense of Chihuahua
City on Hidalgo day from the Villa
attack, and as result may be re-
moved from command of the army in
northern Mexico and succeeded by
Gen. E. p. Nafarrate, now command
er of the Carranza forces in Tamau-
lipas. was reported in Matamoros
The Benson signal., 1916-09-30
COULD NOT CORNER MIKE
Mr.. FIaherty Ready With Explanation
for Failure to Keep Awake
in Church.

One Saturday evening Mrs. Flaherty
said to her husband, who is a success
full contractor: mike, Father Burke
is to preach tomorrow at st. Patrick's
church, and you've often told me You
wanted to hear him."
Eyes, Jane, do want to hear him.
They say he's fine speaker"
"But, for PHYS sake, Mike, If you
do come with me, keep awake! You
know you're always falling asleep dur
ing the sermons"
"I'll do my best, Jane"
Next day, when Father Burke began
to preach, Mike watched him for five
minutes, and then dropped off to sleep.
When they were back home Jane gave
Mike a tongue lashing.
"Well, Jane" said Mike in self-de-
fense, 'it's just this way. When L
engage q new hand watch him to see
if he's Oh the job. AS soon as find
he's efficient and Woodworking l don't
bother about him any more. Now, as
soon as Father Burke began l saw he
was right on to his job, and SO didn't
worry about him. And then, in spite
of myself, l let o."-Everybody' S
Magazine.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-30
Arizona.

The first lease in Oatman has start
ed operations. 1t is on the Warner
group and is placer proposition. The
leasers have struck good pay gravel.
Two veins of ore, each three feet
wide, have been struck in the old tun-
mel on the New State mine on the
Hassayampa. The values are solely
gold, the ore running $50 ton.
The Aztec shaft of the Tom Reed
at Oatman has struck rich ore. 1t
was exposed in cutting a station at
the 5OO-foot level and twenty tons of
it are already on the dump. The ore
averages $32 ton.
Officials of the Ohio Mines Com
pany, which owns the Little Jessie
mine in the Chapparal district, were
at Prescott, directing the resumption
of operations at that property. The
levels have been unwatered to a
depth of $50 feet.
High values in gold, silver and cop
per have been struck ia the tunnel on
the Victor Copper Company property
on the True Blue mine in the Wala-
pal mountains. The tunnel which is
now in 100 feet has passed through
fifteen feet of copper ore.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-30
WESTERN.

Butte, Mont, was selected as the
1918 meeting place for the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Carpenters.
Two mysterious dynamite explos-
ions, both attributed to labor affairs,
partially wrecked two buildings in
Chicago.
To the memory of soldiers of Min
nesota who died during the war be-
tween the states, monument was
dedicated at the national cemetery at
Memphis, Tenn.
Between 500 and 700 fishermen of
Grays Harbor, Wash, representing
of the refusal of packers to meet their
demands for higher prices for salmon.
The State Supreme Court of Ten
nessee held to be unconstitutional
the so-called locker law which pro-
hibits the maintenance of lockers for
bars or buffets in clubs in Tennessee.
Prospectors, spectators and, in one
instance, a Denver oil company, have
been turned back recently from the
Lost Soldier and Mahoney Dome oil
lands in Wyoming by the withdrawal
of the land from entry.
Military funeral services for Col
John H. Beacon, Sixth United States
infantry, who died recently while
commanding this regiment at Colonia
Dublan, Mex, were held at Ell Paso
Tex. The body was sent to Wells
vile, Ohio, his former home, fo1
burial.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-30
WOLF SKIN FOR SOLDIERS CAPS
English Agents Buy Many Hides al
ST [ oils Sale


ST. Louis Sale.
st. Louis, Mo.-British fur buyers
bought nearly the entire supply of
wolf skins which were placed on sale
as part of the $2,000,0O0 fur auction.
They will be used to make caps for
the British soldiers this winter.
The lot totaled 9,4OO wolf skins and
the price paid for all of them was
$4,000. The skins were of wolves
killed in the United States and Can
ada.
Chinese dog skins are said to be in
good demand. They will be used
mostly for making fur rugs, buyers
say.
Bidding was brisk on lot of 9,40O
wolf skins which brought an average
of $3.50 each. This is considered a
good price.
Kolinsky furs sold at from 80 cents
to 81 each and wallabys brought $3.50
a skin.
The Kolinsky skins came from Rus
sia and Siberia and were shipped here
for sale.
The wallaby skins were shipped
from Australia. The wallaby is rela.
tive of the kangaroo.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-30
Colorado.

The Lord Byron tungsten mill in
the Boulder district will operate three
shifts.
Quartz taken from the Capital mine
at Georgetown last week assayed
1,19O ounces of gold ton.
In Leadville the Western Zinc
Oxide Company has completed the
construction of four furnaces.
On the line between San Juan and
Ouray counties development has been
resumed on the San Antonio property.
A report from Victor states that
sinking has been temporarily sus-
pended at the main shaft of the
Strong mine.
w. E. Bowden is shipping low-grade
carbonate from the La Plata where
he contemplates the undertaking Of a
large drainage enterprise.
From Leadville comes a report that
the Mt. Champion group of mines is
being examined with a view to sale
on basis of $1,000,000.
At Robinson the Columbine mine
reports a rich ore strike, the new
three-foot vein yielding $50 in gold,
1856 ounces of silver and 10 per cent
in lead to the ton-an average value
of 5000 to the ton.
Recent reports from Cripple Creek
and Colorado Springs give details of
the location of rich ore body in the
1,400-foot level of the Granite mine.
Another ore body was located on the
1,500-foot level of the Bobtail vein,
owned by the Granite, and which also
runs. into the territory of the Port
land Gold Mining Company.
Strikes of high-grade gold-silver
ores are reported from the La Plata
mines, where the flotation process
will soon be tried out in the new plant
of the Valley View Company, which
paid 2 per cent monthly some years
ago, prior to being closed down by
litigation with the May Day company
over small strip of ground valued at
81 100000.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-30
U.S.ExPORTS SET
HIGHEST RECORD
TRADE BALANCE SHIFTS IN Gl'
GANTIc FIGURES TO AMERI-
CAN SIDE.
AUGUST S51O,OOO,OO0
IMPORTS DECREASED, BEING $47,
10000 BELOW JUNE, THE
RECORD MONTH.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-Amer exports fin.
ally have passed the half billion dol
lar a month mark. Statistics issued
by the Department of Commerce
show that goods sent abroad in Au-
gust were valued at $51O,000,000, a
record not only for this country, but
for the world. The total is $35,00O,-
900 above the previous high record,
established in May, and $45,OO0,OO0
higher than the June figure.
Imports decreased in August, the
total of $199,247,391 being $47,000,O0O
below that of June, the record month.
1t was greater, however, than the to-
tai for any previous August.
Exports for the year ended with
August aggregated $4,750,000,000 and
the imports $2,3O0,OOO,O00, both to-
tails being far in advance of those for
any similar period. Of the August
imports $3.50 entered free of duty,
compared with 67.5% in August a
year ago.
The favorable trade balance for
August was $311, 100000 compared
with $119,OOO,OOO in August a year
ago, and a balance of $19,0O0,000 in
August, 1914 1gainst the United
States.
For the twelv6 months ended Aug
gust 81 the export balance was ST.
465, 100000 as against $1,363, 900, 900
the preceding year and $374,000, 900
two years ago.
The net inward gold movement for
August was $29,O0O,O0O and for the
year $41O,OOO,OOO, a record-breaker.
Last year the net inward gold move
ment was $146,000,0OO and two years
ago there was a net outward move
ment of $95,OO0,00O. Gold imports in
August were 41,23S,716 against $751;
641, ,191 in August, 1915, and $3,045,.
PIG in August, 1914
The Benson signal., 1916-09-30
GENE RAJ.

William Singerly Mccartney, a
graduate of Harvard University and
inspector of arms for the Canadian
government at munitions plant at
Utica, N. Y, was found impaled on
an iron fence.
At Hartford, Conn, Mrs. Amy e..
Archer -Gilligan, charged with poison
ing five inmates of her Home for Ell
derly People at Windsor, was indicted
for first-degree murder on five counts
by the grand jury.
Miss Mary Pinter, cashier for a hat
company, was knocked down and
robbed of $3.50, the firms payroll, by
one OF three automobile bandits in
Chicago. She was returning from a
bank. The bandits escaped.
The Rev. James Morrison Darnell,
sentenced to the federal penitentiary
in Leavenworth, Kan, May 20, 1915.
for three years, following his con-
viction in Milwaukee for violating
the Mann act, may obtain his liberty.
With her fore and main topmasts
gone, the steamship Duca d'Abruzzi,
which arrived in New York from Med
iterranean ports. looked as if she had
emerged from a bombardment. But
her plight was due to cyclone which
she encountered Sept. 19.
Rioting was renewed Wednesday
night in connection with the New
York car strike, after efforts of Mayor
Mitchell and others had failed to eff
feet a settlement Several hundred
strikers who attacked four surface
cars engaged in a running fight with
police reserves, during which several
persons, including a woman, were
hurt. Many arrests were made.
Philadelphia was definitely chosen
as the site of the 1919 triennial con-
clave of the Knights Templar.
DR.. Lauro Muller, minister of for
eign relations of Brazil, who has been
on visit in this country for more
than two months sailed for home on
the Brazilian steamship Rio de ia
neiro.
The Mexican conference at New
London, Conn, reached stage which
enabled the American commissioners
to predict that satisfactory settle
ment would be arrived at within two
weeks.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-30

to get better and am now well. ann
stout and able to do my own housework.
/ can recommend the Vegetable Com
pound to any woman who is sick and
run down as a wonderful strength and
health restorer.e My husband says /
would have been in my grave ere this
if it had not been for your Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. BLANCHE JEFFER-
SON, 7O3 Lyon St., Des Moines, Town.
Before submitting to a surgical opera
ton it is wise to try to build up the
female system and cure its derange-
ments with Lydia E. Pinkham's vege-
table Compound; it has saved many
women from surgical operations.
Write to the Lydia Il. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for
advice-it will be confidential