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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27
STOP! CALOMEL
IS QUICKSILVER
It's mercury! Attacks the
bones, salivates and
makes you sick.

There's no reason why person
should take siokening. salivating calo-
mel when so cents buys large bottle
Of DodSon's Liver Tone---a perfect sub
s,itdtc for oalomel
II is a pleasant, vegetable liquid
which will start your liver Just as sure
ly as calomel but it doesn't make yo,
sick and can not salivate.
Children and grown folks can take
DodSon's Liver Tone, because il is per-
icctly harmless.
Calomel is dangcrou, drug II il
mercury and attacks your bones, TAX.
dose of nasty calomel today and YOU
will feel weak sick and nauseated to-
morrow Don't lose a days work. Take
spoonful OF DodSon's Liver Tone In
stead and you will wake up feeling
great No NOR. biliousness, constipa-
ton, slusgishness. headache, coated
tongue or sour stomach. Your drug.
ps, says IL you don't find Dodson's
Liver Tone acts better than horrible cal.
omel your money is waiting for you
Adv.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27
Own Alarm Gave
Warming; Chicken
Thief Is Killed

Am exact parallel To the shooting oi
Win Naples, negro chicken thici, by NJ
karbu,icky last Sunday morning al
Frisco and Walker avenues, occurred
last night ON tho farm OF l.. A Pallady
one mile aud half northeast OF the
fair grounds. The palladys have been
trying 10 specialize in chicken raising
Tor several years hut each season larg;
numbers OF the birds disappear myStcri.
ou,N
Some time ago the farmers son. John
y years old, devised an alarm on the
chicken house which would ring bell
at his bed when the door was opened
BESIDES the bed he placed a shotgun
loaded with huckshot
NJ 80 O'Clock last night the boys
sleep was interrupted hy the ringing
ol the hell He grabbed the gun and
rushed out to the chicken house \,
he demanded the intruder 10 come ont
and give mp he saw form running
from the coop No heed was paid ~
the boys demand and he fired the
charge striking the negro IN the back
between the hips
The police were called Officers
Estes and Smith responded with tho
street Il Draper ambulance The negro
was dead when they arrived He was
brought TO the undertaking parlots hu,
at late hour this morning had no,
been identified lie is six Zee, tall and
will weigh nearly 200 pounds He wear,
short muStachc.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27
Jail for UsurerS
Proposed in Bill

Loan sharks and pawnbrokers must
face Jail for high interest rates il thr
Ferguson loan shark bill is passed by
the legislature Advances made on sal.
aries to employees cannot he collected
unless the lender flies with the borrow
erS employer copy oi the agreement
on which the assignment, of salaries or
wages was made.
There is no provision for a fine in
case Of violation Penalty is fixed "a
confinement IN the county Jail Tor not
less than thirty days or more than one
year
Senator Walter Ferguson OF Chero-
kee introduced tho hill into the senate
yesterday
Section of the bill which relates &c
loan sharks and pawn brokers and is
the most stringent anti-uSury law YET
proposed is:
When any person shall contract for
directly or indirectly as interest or for
the use OF money loaned, any sum OF
other thing OF value in excess OF ter
percent Go percent per annum on III,
amount actually loaned, he shall be H.
able for double the amount and in al
dltlon thereto he shall he deemed gull
~ of a misdemcanor and be punished
a. hereinafter provided -
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27
Kaiser Observes
58th Birthday

BERLIN, Jan, N-Emperor WI
llam'S iiity-eighth birthday was cclc-
brated today with the usual obscrv.
anccS He has been on the throne
twenty eight years and a half All Of
the crowned heads of German states,
together with the rulers of Austria
Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey, sclt
messages OF warm congratulation to his
imperial majesty. During the forenoon
the customary services OF thanksgiving
were held in the castle chapel In honor
Of the anniversary Berlin and other
cities throughout the empire were pro,
fusely decorated in the national colors.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27
Local Rotarians
Install Shawnee
Club Yesterday

Oklahoma City and Shawnee were
brought closer together yesterday than
at any time in the past ten years, when
sixteen members OF the Oklahoma City
Rotary club installed a club at Shaw
nee.
This was the opinion expressed by
Fay thompson, president OF the local
club He was one of the sixteen at
Shawnee Yesterday While the Shaw
nee organization is not yet affiliated
with the international association, II
will as soon as its petition for mem
her>hip has been passed by the Inter
national board of directors.
The president of the Shawnee club /,
I'D Howell Fred Sage is vice presi
dent; {. +. Thompson, secretary; J. J.
RoehuCh. treasurer. and Walter TEN
pletOn sergeant alarms
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27
S2,500,000 FIRE
IN PITTSBURGH
BUSINESS AREA
Dozen Firemen Injured While
Fighting Flames,

PITTSBURGH. Ian H--Fire which
swept through a section OF the retail
huSine" district here today destroyed
the Frank & Sedcr department store,
the grand opera house, the Hilton
Clothing company and dozen smaller
buildings with loss estimated at y,
100000 Four trcmcn were seriously
hun and a dozen or more so badly in
lured that they were removed to hos
pltals
1t appeared for a time as though the
ire would sweep the entire square but
heavy fire walls finally stayed the prog
resS of the flames which ate through
the hundreds OF tons oi merchandise
piled in the stricken buildings
The fire is said to have started IN
the ! h McCrory ; and lO-ccnt store
soon after midnight. but gave the fire
men no concern until shortly after !
o'clock when i, had found It's way into
the Frank & Seder store. A general
alarm was then turned IN hut the
flames, hidden from view by dense
clouds oi smoke had made such prog
reSS into the adjacent buildings that
they were seen to be doomed
llrciighterS were hampered hv in
tense cold. it being necessary to carry
hot water from nearby restaurants TO
thaw street hydrantS before streams
we're available The fire swept down
| Fifth avenue from Smthiicld stree,
toward Wood street and breaking win
dows in buildings across Fifth avenue
drove scores Of guests from their
J rooms in the Newell hotel
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27
Ben Wililams Out
of Case; Takes
Rap at Prosecutor

Bcn WlltSfns. attorney OF Norman
this morning filed notice with Justice
OF the Peace Donnell OF his withdraw
Al from the prosecution OF the Wilder
Foley, Moore and Roben "horse.theit'
cases.
"Ou account OF the attitude of the
county attorney | cannot in good faith
continue in the prosecution OF the
cases, SAYS the notice. 1t does not cx-
plain what the attitude OF the county
attorney has been.
Bob Wilder and Ace" Foley. charged
with stealing horses from Davis &
Younger, plead not guilty when ar
raigned before Justice Donncll this
morning Their bonds were set at g -
600 each No date for the preliminary
has been fixed
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27
PEACE MEETING
-.
HERE, IS PLAN
AmeS to Call Committee to
Arrange Program,

Plans for a state wide meeting of
peace advocates will be discussed at a
session OF the Oklahoma committee OF
the League To Enforce Peace to be
called in the near future by Judge { b
AmcS, president oi the state organila-
tlun
Judge Amcs attended 4 meeting Of
the executive committee OF the national
body in New York last Saturday a;
which President Lowell OF Harvard
presided others present were President
Garfield OF Williams college, Theodore
Marburg, former Belgian minister, and
Oscar 5. StrauS, member OF :he Roose-
welt cabinet.
An effort will be made to get iiamil-
ton Holt, editor OF the Independent, to
speak in Oklahoma City on the occasion
Of The state wide gathering
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27
WALL STREET
HAD BETTER
LOOK OUT SAYS
UNCLE LARK
Well Known Retired Capitalist
Says He's Now Ready to
Start Life All Over.
LOST HEALTH WHEN BOY
Says He Feels Younger Than
His Son-in-Laws Since
Taking Tanlac.
Orom Thomaston (Ga) TimcsD


Uncle Lark Farley says, Il can per
sonally recommend lanlac to any
body" Roth he and Mrs. Farley have
'faA@d several pounds and their health
generally is improved
Uncle Lark needs no introduction in
this county but as the Times has some
few readers abroad wc'll tell them who
he Is Away back in the 70S, We think
II was. a poor country boy, who was
too delicate to work on his fathers
farm. opened up a little country store
which he operated successfully for thir-
ty-iNc years, losing only S55 in bad ac-
counts during his entire business ca
recr. Finally his health became So bad
that he had to give up his business.
Then he came To lhomaston and soon
afterwards organized the Bank OF
ThomaSton. OF which he has been the
Financial Baokcr ever since
Two months ago Uncle Lark and
his wife commenced taking Tanlac and
now he SAYS that hi, stomach IS in the
very best condition and his knees have
limbcrcd up and Nn him very little
lie Is confident tina, another mouth,
treatment oi Taulac will entirely re-
store his health which he lost in child
hood, and n he does. believe me. Wal
Street had better look out Tor mar
who can make the fortune Uncle l.arl
has with his health, what will he d,
as we'll man, Uuclc Lark is know
as Retired Capitalist but, he saws h,
Is noN younger man than either O
his numerous Son-in-law> and is nov
ready TO start life all over again.
Tanlac is sold in Oklahoma CITY cx
olusiyely by WcStial's Drug Co., undc
the personal direction OF the specia
1anlac representative ADV.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27
Pacific Wireless
Picks Up Germany

SAN DIEGO. Cal, Jan. 26-The
great ChollaS Heights naval radio sta
ton placed in commission Friday is ac-
counted the most powerful in the world
and under favorable conditions can
flash messages 1900 miles Two years
were required to construct the plant.
the total cost of which was more than
10000 Already in preliminary tests
code messages being flashed IN Ger
many have been picked NJ" at the sta
ton
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27
PART OF MILITIA TO
LEAVE FEBRUARY 2

Company NJ, Oklahoma National
guard, will not leave the border for
home before March |, according to a
telegram received today by Mrs Floyd
!. Bolend, l5S East Park place, from
Major Bolend OF the field hospital
The message says that the cavalry,
engineers and field hospital will en-
tram on February 2 for Fort Sill ar
riving at the army post on February ..
and that infantry will remain at San
Benitn until March !
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27
Important Brokers
to Appear Monday

NEW YORK. Jan 27.-Thc rules
committee Of the house will launch at
once into the operations of the larger
stock exchange houses during the
period OF the alleged leak" on the
presidents peace note at the opening
Of IT'S inquiry here Monday This was
announced today by Sherman !. Whip
pie, the committees counsel who said
it is the big transactions and the op-
orators on large scale that the com
ml,tcc would look into first and rep
rcScn,a,iycs OF the big houses would he
FIRST called
K. Fletcher Helm, democrat, an.
nouuccs hi, candidacy for commissioner
ui public works ADV
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27

my hands ltried every
thing that ! could hear
Of but i, 60, So bad |
could no, sleep night or
day, and my hands were
in such a hx that | could
not use them at all They
looked almos, blood red,
SO swollen and cracked.
IN. nnn,hrr I'M ma
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27
NEIGHB0R DENIES
PlTTMAN'S STORY
IN SPANIEL CASE
(Coniinued from Page One)

" Ebke 'Wel
Murphy. 81 went out to the car and
looked at two bodies IN IT, | did not
know whose they were"
The witness said she say soldier
walk up to the car. Then ncighbors
gathered, among them being r n Pitt
man, who carried a lamp
Went to Pittman's Home.
Mrs Murphy on cro's-cxaminat,on
said she went into the Piumau house
where Mrs. Pttman was lying on the
he'd. She said the sick woman was not
on the sleeping porch as Pitman had
testified Yesterday. She said she felt
sure too, that Pt,man was not out IN
the yard while the shooting was going
on.
Piuman yesterday testified that he
saw the shooting
The witness was asked II there was
another reason why she knew Pi,tman
was not in the yard during the shoot
ing She replied
Husband Carried Her In
ayes. when | asked Mrs. Pittman
why she came 10 the interior room in
stead OF the porch she explained
was afraid oi bullets when the
shooting began and asked her husband
20 carry her into the house
p,ttman said on the stand yesterday
that Col John Holland. father Of Mr.
Spaniel furnished him transportation
/ from Meridian. Miss. his present home
su that he might testify He explained
however, that he could not pay his own
way because OF expense he had been
under due to the illne" and recen,
death oi his wife.
Husband Cotrobotstes Wife.
Pat Murphy cortohorat.d his wiic'S
testimony and said he heard a man
scream, "My God What have
! done ?"
Allen Walton, sheriff Of Brewster
county, who locked Spaniel up in the
all at Alpine. was the next witness
When he took the stand, the defens,
attorneys, asserting that Walton had q,
all times refused TO talk abou, the kill.
ing 10 them asked that the Jury he ex.
eused until the nature OF his te,,i.
mony was stated. The cour, refused III,
request
SPANIEL Asked Question.
Walton said Buffers reputation a.
regarded attentions TO women wa
good. lie told OF going to the jail an,
asking SPANIEL
MY God, Harry, what have yo,
done2"
The defense objected to this uues
ton saying that whatever Spaniel MAJ
have answered was not a voluntary
statement The answer was ofdete,
withheld while counsel looked up an
thuritirS.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27

Dunn and Rowland ID. Williams, will
he argued at ) o'clock this afternoon
in the court OF +. +. Donnell, Justice OF
the peace This was decided upon this
morning by Mr.. Hurst after an inter
view with Couch in the county Jail and
q talk with County Attorney Charles
B. Selby.
Errors Alleged
Hurst declares serious defects in the
two informationS render them invalid
His contention is that no names OF
witnesses arc Endorsed on the Dunn
complaint; that the poStofice addresses
OF J q. Smith and Lucille Leslie, Wit
nesses 30 the Williams complaint. arc
missing and that the date un which
Sheriff &. f. Johnson >worc to the
Williams complaint is also missing
1t is thought probable that II the mo
ton to quaSh is di>allowcd.by Justice
Donnell that the prisoner will be asked
to plead immediately and that a date
for his preliminary examination will
be set.
More than hundred men and boys
gathered in Justice DonnclTs court this
morning at . o'clock under the impreS-
sion that Couch would be brought there
a, that time to plead to the murder
charges against him When Justice
Donnell however, informed them that
Couch would not appear until 4 80
o'clock III the afternoon, the crowd dis.
rerSed
Good Prisoner
Couch is regarded by Sheriff John
son and taller, at the county jail as
one Of the most tractahle prisoners
they have cveY~Nad IN their custody
"He has not SINSp us "A bit OF trou.
bic" said Shcriff\ l6Nr<on this morn.
ing, and hc never asks any unreasou-
able iavorS'
Couch spends the most OF his time
in reading newspaper accounts OF the
progress OF his case, and in peruSlng
magazine, He speaks rarclN to any
one except his attorney and few close
friends.
The frigate bird is capable oi get
ting up speed OF ninety SIX miles an
hour with hardly a movement Of rs
wings he greater part OF It's life IS
spent IN the air
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27
CiTYBRIEFS

"Oruo" Show Planned Oklahoma CITY
Il to have n drug show II plans Of
George " Woods who promoted the au-
tomobile exhibition are successful Mr..
Woods idea IL TO have the show at the
Auditorium the week beginning March o..
Displays OF all kinds OF drugs and chem
lCals nre to be made
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27
Itching Burning
Eczema on Hands
Almost Blood Red, Swollen and
Cracked. Burning and Itching.
Could not Use Them. Could not
Sleep. Cuticwa Heals. Cost SITS

"Eclema frs, started ON my finger,
with burning and itching would rub
il and finally il came in hlis,ers all over
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27

Debate on Bible Questions Beginning
sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock n series
NJ debates will be held at the Musical
Art Institute. The questions discussed
viii be the second coming OF Christ and
the Law as given to the Jews T.
Whitaker OF TeSns will represent the
views held by the International Bible
students on these subjects and q, O. Ru-
pert OF brtten, Okla. will present the
views commonly held by the orthodo,
churches
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27

Shoes FL Tracks perfeoty-S Shoes
worn by win Wsd, negro. arrested by
the police and suspected OF attacking
Mrs, Samuel s Churchill last night on
Classen boulevard between Tenth and
Eleventh streets, NJ perfectly into the
tracks around the scene Of the struggle,
according to Motor Patrolman j A
Thomas, who took the shoes and made
an eSaminstIon OF the grounds this
morning.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27
WIFE DESERTI0N
MADE A FELONY
BY COMMITTEE
Continued from rage One

becoming the father of three or four
children and then dcscrtlng her, leaving
her to care for the children, has got
TO hc stopped in this state
The age limit on deserted children
was raised from - to 10 years. The
hill changing the name OF the penten-
tiary at McAestcr to the Ease Okla
homa pcnitentiary and the name OF the
reformatory at Granite to the West Ok
lahoma pcnitentlary passed through a
committee OF the whole
Slight Opposition.
There was only slight opposition to
the bill and that was based on the fact
that some OF the inmates OF the re
iormatory were not there on oiienscs
serious enough to- Justify their incar
ceration IN an institution designated a'
a penitenttary
I'VE had better call IT a pententiarl
! for that is what II IS IN the strict sense,
said Representative b N Hul,sman
who was first chaplain Of the rciorma
tory and inStigator Of sweeping prison
investigations by the Fourth legislator,
! four years ago
Bill Received
The so-called attorney generals bill
around which interest III Legislative cir
cleS has centered for the past ten days
was received IN the house this morning
II was passed in the senate yesterday
It will he referred to the house com
mittce on prohibition enforcement, O
which MayiieA is chairman
The bill byVButteriield OF Oklahoma
county prohibiting gas and light com
panles from collecting minimum
charge for service passed through com
mittee Of the whole OF the house.
Only sixty OF the III members OF III,
house answered when the roll was callcc
this morning and because OF the smal
attendance no bills will be placed OF
final passage today
Representative Asa Walden Of Low,
county introduced a bill into the hous,
today which provides for dcpriving IN,
governor oi the veto power Tn,
measure is in the form OF a proposed
amendment to the constitution
The house OF representatives ad
jonrned at rs o'clock this afternoon
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27

Pastors wife Speaks Mrs c. C.
smith, wife ot the pastor OF the Wesley
Methodist LpiHcopal church. WAS the
principal speaker at AN evangelistic
meeting held by the Anna Gordon union
" the W G. T T. yesterday afternoon
The meeting was held st the home Of
Mrs Ada Baxter. 1904 West Thirty ninth
street
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27

Or J T.. Dean. dentist, 53i Leo Bldg
ADV
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-27

The frigate bird is capable oi get
ting up a speed OF ninety six miles ar
hour with hardly a movement Of rs
wings The greater part OF It's life IS
spent III the air
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-23

Silver. n. J., where he has entered the
Signal Corps of the Army. Mr. and
Mrs j. F. Grant of Linden, Va, an
nounce the marriage of their daughter,
Miss Sybil Grant, and Mr.. William
Frederick Hellmuth of this city The
ceremony was performed at Rockville
on Monday, December 3. Mr. and Mrs
Hellmuth will live in Washington. Mr..
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Watkins
at 1G6 South Columbus street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond F. Hoffman,
Arthur Vaughan Bishop OF Hollins Col
lege, Va, are the guests of their
mother. Mrs Elizabeth Hoffman, at
Rosemont. Messrs. Bruce Morton, AL
bert Y. Bryan, Gardner Boothe. John
son Mcguire, James NJ. Duncan, jr:
Clarence Robinson. Topper and Waller
Barrett and Barton Phillips of the Uni
versity of Virginia are spending the
holidays at their home in this city.
Mrs. 7. Anderson Sommers and Master
Tom Sommers have returned from a
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Calvert
SInoot at North Wilkesboro, N. c. Mr.
and Mrs. Smoot and their four chill
dren have arrived to spend Christmas
with Mrs. Shoots parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George Uhler, in North Washing
De Motto and her children. who have
been the guests of her mother, Mrs.
Horace &. Ramey. in Duke street. have
returned to their home in Atlanta. Miss
Helen Young has returned to her home
at Norfolk, after being the guest Of
Miss Nellie Uh1er and Miss Eliza
Douglas. Mrs. j. Percy Evans has re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-23
Alexandra Society.

The semi-monthly dance of the Junior
German Club was held Friday after
noon in the ballroom of Eiks' Home.
Mrs. Robert S. Barrett received. assist
ed by Miss Anne Moncure and Miss
Julia Moncure of Garrisonville. Va;
Miss Sarah Kemper. Miss Charlotte
Kemper, Miss Hilda Schneider and Miss
Nina Fulton. The club members pres
ent were Misses Elizabeth Bryant,
Esther Lambert, Josephine Gregg, 1rva
Kemper. Margaret Eggborn, Courtney
Cochran. Viola Barrett. Virginia VIII
kins. Genevieve Shepperson. Louise
Carlin, Margaret Yates, Jeanette
Cochran. Roberta Schneider. Augusta
Bode. Inez and Margaret Moore. Rose
Murphy. Page Mary and Frances Bud
din Katherine Leadbeater, Charlotte
Hammond, Phoebe Harding, Hilda Pull
man. Virginia Keith, Masters Jack pm
widdie Bernard Yates, Robert Cochran
Paul Barrett, E.verette Pohl, Charles
Shepperson, Everett Swan, Charles,
Lewis and Park Bell, Leroy Piser. Ur-
ban Lambert and Randolph Davis. Mrs
Henry King of Baltimore was the guest
last week of her sisters, Mrs. Samuel
Bendheim and Mrs. Louis Bendheim
Gov. Sidney J. Cats of Florida was
the guest last week of his nephew
Mr.. RoZier D. Cats, Mr.. Alfred Griffith
Yfbler jr left last week for Little