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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-01
The People On
The Owen Plan

| am utterly opposed to Owens plan
to curb the judiciary,
First--lt is against the constitution.
Seeond-Some Of the lawmakers who
take part In making the laws arc elected
by their own agitation and fraudulent
ways. ...-.
Thitd-Thc party In power passes
laws for their own benefit against che
other parties so a, to keep themselves
around the pie table
Fourth believe this plan cmanated
in the brains OF Wilson who believes he
is all wise.
Fii,h--lhc Judges generally are men
of the highest type of citizens and pa s.
on the laws for the good OF all the
country and lawmakers pass them for
their oopstitucnts and TO keep them.
selves in office, PETER LORENZ.
Cordell. Okla.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-01
cRAvER BILL
+. IS REJECTED
Bill Providing for Stenograph-
er Is Vetoed,

For the first time during the present
session OF the legislature, Governor
Williams this morning exercised his
veto power when he returned to the
house Of representatives, without his
approval, the bill by Representative
Craver. providing for all additional ste
nographer in the office OF the county
superintendent and the county attorney
OF Washington county.
In his message accompanying the re-
turn Of the bill, the governor expresses
the opinion that it is III conflict with
that portion OF the constitution which
prohibits the legislature from passing
any special or local law. creating any
office or prescribing the powers aud
duties OF county. township and school
district officers
The bill and the veto message will be
transmitted TO the house this afternoon,
II being house bill
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-01

lett and one upon the right We tried
'nem all All were uniastencd and the
rooms INTO which they opened were
bare and deserted. Then we came upon
a snort, descending stair, at It's foot a
massive oaken door.
Carneta glided down. noiseless as a
ghost, and TO one of the blackened
panels applied an ingenious little in
strument which she carried in hef
knapSack. II was not unlike n ste,ho-
scope; and as ! watched her listening
by means OF this arrangement. for any
sound beyond the oakcn door. I re
ilected how almost every advance made
by science places new tool in the
hands OF the criminal
lhen she abruptly removed the ap-
paratuS, and stopping TO the knapsack
replaced 1t and took out a bunch of
wire Keys, signing to me TO hand her
the lamp.
AS | crept down the steps saw her
pause, glancing back over her shoulder
toward the door. The expression upon
her iace induced me to direct the lgh,
w VIC sd'nc direction.
why neither OF us had observed the
iact before | cannot conjecture; but a
key was IN the lock
Perhaps the traffic Of the night af
'orded no more dramatic moment than
TINS. The house which we were come
prepared burgariously TO enter was
thrown open. 1t would seem, to us, in
vlllng our inspection
Quite noiseleSsly she turned the kew
and holding dainty pocket revolver
IN her hand, pushed the door open
slowly
IN odor, sickly-sweet and vaguely IA d.
mlliat, was borne TO my nostrils. Car.
meta became outlined in dim. reddish
nght. ! perceived that this was a eel.
lar indeed served as dungeon. From
the stone roof hung the first cyidenc,
OF Eastern occupation which The Cat,
House had yielded, IN the form of AZ
oriental lantern, or janoos, OF rose.
colored waxed paper upon coppe,
frame It's vague light revealed th,
Interior o' the hideous place upor
whose threshold we stood.
Straight before us, deep set IN III,
stone wall, was the tiny square window
ron-barred without, and glazed will
red glass, the light from which had 3,
deeply mystitied us. Within a niche il
the wall. a little to the left OF the win
dow, rested an object which at tina
moment claimed our undivided a,,er
ton, the sight OF which so wrought up
ON us that temporarily all else was for
gotten
u was the red slipper OF the Prophet
My Godw whispered Carncta-"m
Cod" and elutchcd at me, swaying dir
aily.
TO be continuedl
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-01
DANGEROUS CAL0ME[
IS SELDOM SOLD NOW
Caome Savaes Makes You Sick and You Lose Days sWo-Dodsons
Liver Tone Acts Better Than Ca|ome and Is Harmless for
Men, Women Chldren-Read Guarantee!

Every druggist here, yes your druggist and
everybodys druggist has noticed great falling.
off in the sale of caomel They all give the
same reason Dodson's Liver Tone is taking its
place.
"Caomel is dangerous and people know it while
Dodsons Liver Tone is safe and gives better re-
suits said prominent local druggist. Dodson's
Liver Tone is personally guaranteed by every
druggist A large family-sized bottle costs only 50
cents and if you find it doesn't take the place OF
dangerous salivating caome you have only to ask
for your money back.
ly vegetable remedy, harmless to both children
and adults Take spoonful at night and wake up
feeling fine, no sick headache, bliousness, ague,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-01
@%e1HRKTRES


Empress.
Kathlyn Williams, who appeared In
THE Adventures OF kathlyn." and other
prominent productions makes her debut
ae Morosco- Paramount star In Re
deemlng Love-" photoplay Of girl who
escapes II life OF shame through the
path Of love, at the Empress Friday and
Saturday. Tonight. Clara Williams APP
pear% In The Criminal" Triangle fea-
ture
Lyric.
At the 2 o'clock matinee today the
Lyric. presented an entirely new hill OF
"vaude." consisting OF five acts. Comedy
rules on the bill, with plenty Of music.
song dance and athletics. On the screen
the new pathe iive-part feature. Tho
World and the Woman"
Majestic.
Love Aflame. delightful romantic
story, starring Ruth Stonehouse and
Jack Mulhall tops today's Majestic bill
Good comedies also are showing Tomor-
row. Margaret Skirvin. Oklahoma City's
movie star. plays "Therese" in "A Pari-
sian Romance"
Folly.
Two Old Sports' Ia the new musical
! comedy offering opening today at the
Folly theater, presented by the Heidel-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-01

sour stomach or clogged bowels Dodson's Liver
Tone doesn't gripe or cause inconvenience all next
day like calomel
Take dose of calomel tonight and tomorrow
you will feel sick, weak and nauseated Don't lose
days work.
Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver medicine
You'll know it next morning because you will
wake up with your head clear, your liver active.
bowels clean. breath sweet and stomach regulated
You will feel cheerful and full of vigor and ready
for a hard days work
You can cat anything afterwards without risk
OF salivating yourself or your children.
Get bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone and try ID
on my guarantee. You'll never again pat dose
Of nasty, dangerous calomel into your stomach
ADV.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-01

CHICKASHA. Okla. !Feb. I.-(Spe@
cial )-Disregarding his personal IN
terest in the matter, Postmaster e w.
Barefoot of Chickasha strongly in
dorscd the senate amendment placing
all ,postmasters in the country under
civil service rules.
This measure will work good he
said THE moment it passes it will
make it possible for any clerk in this
office to become postmaster and would
therefore make every clerk strive to
reach that grade of efficiency which
would entitlc him to consideration, and
thereby improve the service"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-01
no REMOVE DANDRUFF|

Get a 2s-cent bottle Of Dandsrine at
any drug store, pour . little into your
hand and rub well into the scalp with
the finger tips. BY morning most, u,
not all Of this awful scusf will have
disappeared. Two or three epelics-
tions will destroy every BIT OF daNd-
ruff; stop scalp itching and falling
hair.-Adv.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-01
Negro Breaks Jail.

CHICKASHA, Okla. Feb. l.-(Spc-
cial. by main force, assisted by .
-piece Of box cover. Charlie Quillings,
negro, who was arrested on charge
Of robbing stoIe at Ninnekah. broke
out Of the federal cell In the county
Jail and made his escape. The cell
was believed to be the strongest part
OF the Jail Quillings lost two buttons
from his coat in squeezing through.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-01
Grady Ginnings Large.

CHICKASHA, Okla, Feb l.-(Spc-
cial.)--The government cotton report
for Grady county shows ginnings in
prior to January TO- totaled l5,H3
bales Up to the same date last year
the ginnings amounted to S.447 bales.
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Evening star., 1917-10-18

Dinh Gilly. the Algerian baritone. and
| formerly with the Metropolitan Opera
Company. in New York, is starving in
an internment camp at Raab. Austria,
according to e. letter received from him
| in New York
Evening star., 1917-10-18
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported 10 the
health department in the last twenty-four hours:
Mary NJ. Humes. 50 years. Central Heights.
D. {.
Johanna George, IS years. St. Elizabeth Hos
pital.
Christopher schafer. 73 years. St. Elizabeth
Hospital.
William Randall. so years, st. Elizabeth Hos
Edward Mccomss. ss years. 1889 street
Vincent L. ourdan. 60 years ST. ElIzabe tn
Hospital.
Margaret G. s. J. Eberly. e4 years. 1924 11th
street southeast.
Edba V Lusby. so years. George Washington
University Hospital.
Catherine Bennett. ss years. 124s sth street
Henry Nichols. 50 years. sls 18Th street south
Peter NJ. woertendyke. CO years. Washington
Home for Incurables
Elizabeth Jones 81 years 225 Sd street north
william Taylor, . years. 800 Broad alley
Ida Coles. % years. s52 Golden street south
Fred f. Mitchell. 30 years. 1918 81. street
southeast.
Elizabeth Thomas, 0G years. Piney Branch
road Brightwood.
Robert J. Warren. 81 years. 80 street
Matilda Campbell. rs years. Freedmens Hos
Turner Clanton. 4s years. ST. Elizabeth hos.
Annie Henson. SO years. 72s lst street south.
west.
Charle. Fl Budd. day. ss2 Jackson Hall
alley northwest
Evening star., 1917-10-18
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to the fol
lowing:
Robert D. Lewis and Lucy NJ A. Braxton
HAYWOOD Blake and Marie Dram.
William A. Gassawuy and Alice u. Waters
beth of Gaithersburg. Nd.
Edward Jackson and Coretta Robinson.
James o. Murphy and sarah E. Case, both Of
Burtonsv,lle, Nd
Fred Perkins and Alberta Carroll.
Floyd E. Blackburn and Annie P. Shaw, bott
Of Richmond. Va.
C. Walker Hinton of Baltimore, Nd. ant
Msrgery II. Bruce OF Lynchburg. Va.
Thomas z. Loving Of Centralia. Va. and Marie
r. Cogbill of Chesterfield Court House Va.
orbrey K. Miller and Alice L. Gibson, both o,
Richmond Va.
Byron II. Baxter and Jennie T. Wright. both
of Mexico, Pa.
Kelley Stewart and Clara Lucas
Mitchell Rogers and Pearl Laman
Leslie l.. Combs and Rhoda Lohr
Carson ". Groves and Mary E. Clsttprbuck
both Of Warrenton, Va.
Evening star., 1917-10-18
TO URGE EARLY MAILING
OF CHRISTMAS PARCEL s

An unusually extensive. campaign will
be carried on this season by the Post
ONCE Department for the early mall
ing of Christmas parcels.
There is every reason to believe"
says a statement. that the conditions
this year will be Unprecedented. not
only because Of the soldiers abroad
and in cantonments. but because Of the
present prosperity prevailing through
out the country and congestion Of
other means Of transportation
THE high wages and abnormal earn
ings Of many persons Of moderate cir
cumstances will no doubt cause them
to give more generously this Christmas
than in previous years"
Postmasters are warned by the de-
partment to make all arrangements
for handling the big rush Of Christmas
gifts.
The people are warned to mail things
early" The earlier the better, it is
said.
All packages for soldiers abroad must
be mailed by November l5, but no date
is too early.
Evening star., 1917-10-18
Births Reported.

The following births have been reported to th
health department in the last twenty four hours
I.enard b. and Mary f. Watson. girl twins.
William and Rose Werner girl.
Isaac and Rose Silverman, boy.
Olaf and Myrtle o. Petersen, poy
William anl Maud Pherson. boy.
Harry J. and Josephine f. Payne. boy.
Patrick II. and Mary A. 0 ODoIohue, girl,
Rufus and Eva NJ McRrien, boy.
William and Blanche Miles, girl
Henry and Katherine P. Lackey, girl
Joseph D. and Elizabeth A. Haley girl
George II. and Mary II. Heitmuiler, boy
p. Stanley and Nellie ". Harrison. boy
Phillip +. and Maud Gorraey, boy
Addison and Ellen F. Daris girl.
Philip and Helen Davidson, girl.
Martin 4. and Martha X. Dempf, boy.
HandIey and Mary Dale. boy.
Fillppo and Agastina Caruso. girl
Paul c. and Neva Bragg. girl.
Daniel and Margret Altman. girl.
benjamin and Mary Taylor. girl.
Owen and Marie Tolson girl.
Wesley and Daisy Powell. boy.
Robert and Rebecca Norris. boy.
Walter and Blanche Jones. girl
Willie and Lady Jenkins boy.
BENJAMIN and Daisy Henley. boy.
Ernest and Sarah Jane Baylor. girl
Evening star., 1917-10-18
TO TEACH TRENCH LIFE.
Seventy-Five French Soldiers Will
Be on Duty at Fort Myer.

To give the men in training at the
officers reserve camp at Fort Myer in
struction regarding some of the condi-
tions they viii encounter on the Euro
pean battle front, seyenty-fve French
soldiers who have been through IL are
expected to reach the camp this after
noon.
The French soldiers will remain at
the camp several days instructing the
men in the latest styles of fighting. A
number OF them will stay throughout
the remaining days of the camp. while
others will go to the various canton
ments as instructors.
The men in the training camp are
now undergoing instruction in trench
work. Today many of them We're being
instructed in bomb throwing. The
bombs, which are American made. are
similar to those used by the allies on
the European battletields. The bombs
are not charged with explosives, but
have caps. which explode several sec
onds after they have been thrown.
Evening star., 1917-10-18
Would Refuse Demands.

.Under the conditions II only my per-
sonal safety and that of few officials
were imperiled. I would not hesitate
emphatically to refuse demands which
seemed to me to be an abuse by force
and violence of right. But the fate of
a population weakened by three years
of privatton is at stake and I have not
the courage to expose it to new cruel
ties.
In consequence I beg to state IN the
name of the municipal council which |
represent that the city of Lille, curbed
under the yoke. isolated from the
world. unable to appeal to any court
against the arbitrary power of which
she is the victim, Will pay the new con-
tributions on the dates indicated, but
she will pay them under duress."
The letter does not indicate whether
the levy is in marks or francs. but 1t is
assumed to be in francs. as all previous
levies by the Germans have been.
Evening star., 1917-10-18
225, 900 Tons Needed Here.

The normal consumption of coal in
the District of Columbia by the fed :
eral and District government is about
225.000 tons. 10000 tons of which IS
anthracite. Since the war broke out,
however, the government is heating
about twenty-five more buildings of
varying sizes-some of them new
than it did before, and is taking more
than its normal supply of coal
For example, one dealer recently re-
ceived ten cars of hard coal, which he
had ordered for the quartermaster of
the War Department. He wished to
use a part Of that for other customers,
but the government took all of it, much
of 1t going to heat the numerous build
ings now being used by the depart
ment.
Evening star., 1917-10-18
WAR ON AUSTRIA AND TURKEY
u. S. DUTY, SAYS MR.. ROOSEVELT
Otherwise America Purpose Must Be to
Make the World Safe for Well Be-
haved Nations, Not Democracy.

Armenians, the Syrian Christians and
the Arabs are freed from Turkish tyr
amy, and until the Poles, Bohemiane
and southern Slavs, now under the Aus
trian yoke, are made into separate, in
dependent nations. and until the ital-
ians of southwest Austria are restored
to Italy and the Rumanians Of eastern
Hungary to Rumania.
Unless we propose in good faith to
carry out this program we have been
guilty OF n rhetorical sham when we
pledged ourselves to make the world
safe for democracy The United States
must not make promises which it has
no intention of performing We are
breaking this promise and incidentally
are acting absurdly every day that we
continue at nominal peace with Ger
manE's fellow tyrants and subject al
lies. Austria and Turkey
Copyright, 1917, the Kansas City star.)
Evening star., 1917-10-18
Levi II. Patterson. Charles Nswburgh,
Chaa Matthews, J. W. Reid and Alfred
MAY Teach Five Nights q Week.

Ernest L. Thurston, superintendent Of
public schools, today is considering
plans for opening Business High Night
School for five nights week in order
to meet the unprecedented demands
for instruction In shorthand and type
writing. All night school records were
broken last night when the enrolment.
already record breaking one. In
creased to more than 1000 and scores
Of applicants were left on the waiting
Evening star., 1917-10-18
GETTING LINE ON COAL
NEEDED IN WASHINGTON
John L. Weaver, Local Fuel Admin
istrator, Says He Is Now
''on the job"

The task of calculating the coal needs
immediate supply to meet those needs
was begun in earnest today by John L.
Weaver, appointed yesterday a $ fuel ad-
ministrator for the District of Column
bia.
You can say I am on the job today,
but there is no further statement l can
make just now" said Mr.. Weaver
The work Of finding just how much coal
the local dealers have on hand, and how
it compares with their supply last year.
as well as other data of a similar ma
direction of the Federal Trade Com
mission, and these figures will be avail
able for Mr.. Weaver.
Organizing Office Force.
The local administrators first task
will be the organization of an Office
force. which will be able to handle the
multifarious demands made on It He
hopes to be able to find quarters in the
Southern building. near the real estate
office of Weaver Brothers, Of which he
is a member
Though small consignments of an
thracite coal have begun to trickle into
Washington. the dealers today said
they were still far from being able to
meet the immediate demands being
made on them, and are anxiously await
ing the organization of local admin
istration that can cooperate with the
federal administration in getting
larger supply here Immediately.
One reason advanced for the diff
Guilty private firms and families are
having in getting coal, particularly
hard coal. was the increased amount
being used by the government
Evening star., 1917-10-18
Demands Are Unjustifled.

Such heavy demands are as extor-
tionate as they are unjustifled. They
are contrary to the spirit and letter
Of The Hague conventions. They are
in absolute contradiction with the COM
mentary that the German general staff
made in this convention, as / pointed
ont in my last years correspondence.
These contributions. established
without any justification, rest on the
most absolute basis. Instead of de-
creasing they increased in proportion
as reauisitioned ruin and devastation
are piled upon this unfortunate city. In
fact, you threatened US with the most
severe punishment in case OF resistance
to your will and especially with a fine
of a million per day for delay.
Evening star., 1917-10-18
100000 Pairs of Shoes for Armv

The greatest order ever placed for
Army shoes has been given by the War
Department through contracts 1ust
completed calling for 100000 pairs at
s4.65 EACH making the aggregate cost
s32.550 900. That enormous order has
been distributed among many factories
throughout the country.
Evening star., 1917-10-18
30cieR
Continued from Eighth Page.)

port. Md. took place at 10 o'clock yes
terday morning at the family residence
the Rev c. S. Abbott of the Church OF
the Good Shepherd officiating. Only q
few intimate friends were present. Mr.
and Mrs. Tier left Immediately after
the ceremony for a northern trip. The
bride wore a smart taupe broadcloth
suit. with panne velvet hat to match
After November l they will be at home
at S22 street northeast.
Evening star., 1917-10-18
GERMAN TAX DEMANDS
ARE MET UNDER DURESS
Mayor Of Lille Writes General in
Chief His Requests Are
Extortionate.

Tho dignity and nobility with which
omcials Of the stricken city Of Lille.
France. have met the extortionate de-
mands Of their German masters is re-
vealed in . letter from Charles La Sale,
mayor OF that city. to the German
chief. Won Gravenitz. a copy
Of which has reached here. The mayor
wrote:
Your letter is at hand It causes
me very great surprise. Hardly had
we repaid the balance of the imposed
tax of twenty-four millions when you
asked for a new payment of thirty
three millions. During the first year
of your occupancy. when Lille was still
in possession of the greater part of its
resources. you claimed the sum of
thirty millions. and during the third
year, when the city was in dire dis
tress, you doubled the tribute and
raised it to sixty millions.
Evening star., 1917-10-18
BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT. in tho
kanana Ctr

by THEODORE ROOSEVELT, in the
Kansas City Star.
| A correspondent in Pueblo. Colo.
writes me as follows:
| by what logic are we at peace with
Austria, when she is furnishing troops
or artillery to Germany to fight and
| kill our soldiers on the western front?
The same question might apply to Tur-
key. Remember. too. that we are fur
nishing money and supplies to Italy,
our ally, in her struggle with Austria.
| The western folks are looking to you
| to answer hard questions of this sort
for US which we don't understand
Neither 1 nor any one else can salts
factorily answer the question. a linn
tied liability war in which we fight
Germany ourselves and pay money to
Italy and Russia to enable them to fight
Austria and Turkey. with whom we are
at peace. savors of sharp practice and
either to stay out of war or to go into
1t, but not to try to do both things at
once.
Tests Our Sincerity.
Moreover. this matter squarely tests
our sincerity when we announced that
we went to war to make the world safe
for democracy. The phrase must have
been used in somewhat oratorical
fashion. anyhow. because we have our
selves within the last year or two made
the world entirely unsafe for democ-
racy in the two small and weak repub-
lies to Haiti and Santo Domingo.
Therefore, the phrase must have
meant that we intended to make the
world safe for we'll behaved nations,
great or small, to enjoy their liberty
and govern themselves as they wished.
If 1t did not mean this. this phrase was
much worse than an empty flourish. for
1t was deliberately deceitful. If it did
mean this. then we are recreant to our
promise unless We at once go to war
with Austria and Turkey
Tyrannize Over Subjects.
Both these nations are racial con-
glomerates. in which one or two ma
tionalitieS tyrannize over other subject
nation !, alitias 4
Evening star., 1917-10-18
Tests Our Sincerity.
Tyrannize Over Subjects.

Both these nations are racial con-
glomerate in which one or two ma
tionalities tyrannize over other subject
nationalities. The world will not and
cannot be safe for democracy until the
Evening star., 1917-10-18
Mai. William H. Wilmer ASSIGNED

DR. William H. Wilmer. an oculist of
this city. who is a major in the Medical
Reserve Corps Of the Army, has been
assigned to active duty with the ayia-
tion section of the Signal Corps in this
city.