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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-18

Very awkwardly he got into the co,
She's a clever girl. Carnets,"
said. She's doctored me all alo,
since those devils cut my hand off"
As he finished speaking. Carneta 4
turned She had discarded her "a
and wore large travelling coat q,
a fashionable hat.
Ito Be Continued.)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-18

the well-known fool and his well-known
money have gone with them, as we'll as
the tin-panny piano which used to dis
pcnSe discord, and the bar over which
beer and liquor were formerly sold
The dance halls and gambling houses
OF California in the days OF 70 were
said to have been tame when compared
with the Hump" Lookou,s armed with
hgh-powered rifles were stationed con
tinually in the building to guard
against hoIdups, and more than one oil
field crime is supposed to have been
hatched within its walls.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-18
SHIP COMPANIES STATE
SIDE BEFORE CONGRESS

WASHINGTON, Jan lS-The five
big ship building companies with whom
the navy department has negotiated un.
successfully for construction of battle
cruisers laid their side OF the con,ro-
versy before the house naval commit
tee Wednesday and declared that
whether the vessels were built at prl-
va,e or naval plants, the Sl6s00,000
limit OF cost set by congress eventual
" would have to he increased.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-18

The Swiss National Council OF Wom-
en- embraces eigh,y-six societies hav-
ing ar aggregate membership OF 2S0O0
women.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-18
Beliaeff Selected
Slav War Minister

LONDON, Jan, 18-General NJ. A.
Beliaeif has been appointed minister OF
war in the place of General Chouvaeff,
who has been made a member OF the
council Of the empire. according to a
Pctrograd dispatch to Reuters. Cen
eral Beliaeii was formerly assistant
minister Of war and chief of the gen
eral staff
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-18

General Beliaeif is So years old He
was educated in the classic schools OF
Petrograd and received his military in
struotlon in the artillery school and the
academy OF the general staff. During
the Russo. Japanese war General Re
liaefi was chief of staff of the frs,
Manchufian army and acting chief oi
staff to the commander in chief For
his services in the war he received a
number Of special distinctions in ad-
dl,ion to the regular military decora.
tionS,
General Beliaeff is the fourth min
ister OF war Russia has had since the
outbreak OF the war
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-30
Slogan Worth Remembering.

'The city is our home-help us to
keep it clean and healthful." This is
the slogan of the public health depart
ment Of the city of Dallas. 1t would
be good for all the people If all the
people would bear it in mind all the
time. If they did, they would not
spit on the sidewalk, they would not
throw dirty papers on the street, they
would not keep i'll smelling garbage
cans to offend the nostrils of every
passer-by, they would not maintain
dirty outhouses to spread disease
among their neighbors, they would not
use vulgarity and profanity on the
streets, they would not make vile re-
marks about women of their city
among whom their own wives and sis
tiers and mothers must move and with
whom they associate, and they would
not do hundred other things that de-
tract from the cleanliness and health Of
city life.-Houston TEX Post.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-30
sNM&ig{y&umT1
@9(Qlaa@ !|!!
GROWTH OF IMPROVED ROADS
Mileage Of Surfaced Highways Has
Been Increasing at Rate Of
5000 Miles Yearly.

Rapid increase in total expendi-
lures for roads and bridges, growth
OF building and maintenance activities
under state supervision, and a sharp
decrease in the proportion of contribu-
lions in the form of statute labor
mark the development Of highway
work in the United States during the
past IL years. These facts are
brought out by statistics for the cal
endar year 1915, recently compiled by
the office of public roads and rural en-
cheering of the department.
The total length of public roads in
the United States outside the limits
of incorporated towns and cities was
about 2,452,OOO miles on January 1,
1916. Of this, about 277,OOO miles,
or 11.3 per cent, were improved with
some form Of surfacing. The mile
age of surfaced roads has. been in
creasing at the rate of about 10000 a
year, and in 1915 approximately one
half of this increase was made under
the supervision of state highway de-
partments. In addition these de-
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-30

partments supervised the maintenance
of nearly $1,000 miles of main and
trunk-line roads.
The increase in expenditures for
road and bridge work in the United
States has been from approximately
$SO,O0O,OOO per year in 1904 to about
$2S2, 100000 in 1915, an increase of
more than $50 per cent. The expendi-
ture of state funds during this same
period increased from about $2,55O,OOO
to more than $53,0OO,0OO. In addition,
more than S27OOO,OOO Of local funds
was spent under state supervision in
1915, bringing the total road and
bridge expenditures managed by the
states to $S0,415,699. This amount is
greater than the total expenditures for
roads and bridges from all sources in
1904.
An increase in the uses of better and
more expensive types of roads also is
shown by the recently compiled statis-
tics. This development has been due,
in large part, to the great increase in
automobile traffic. 1t is estimated
that there are now approximately two
and One-half million automobiles in
use of the roads of the country. or
one car for every mile of road. This
present motor traffic is in excess of
traffic of all sorts IL years ago.
The cash road and bridge expendi-
lures of the United States averaged
only $2S per mile of rural roads in
1904. In 1915 this average had grown
% 500 per mile. New Jersey led all
other states, both in 1904 and in 1915,
With 1921 and $475 per mile, respec-
lively. Nevada made the least expendi-
ure in both years-$3.72 per mile In
1904 and SIT per mile in 1915.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-30
MONEY IN PLANNING WISELY
Best Thoughts of Business Men Should
BE Employed for Important Bust
ness of Laying Out Town.

1t is a curious thing that business
men who would not do so much as to
drive a nail into the wall of their of
| flee without first making sure that
| there was no gas pipe or electric wire
hidden in the plaster at that point, will
drive ahead with schemes involving
heavy expenditure of public money
without asking themselves what rela-
tionShip this has with other conditions
which exist or which will materialize
in the future. Looked at in this way
town planning is merely common
sense, prudence, such as every man
who wishes to continue solvent must
employ in his own daily work.
For instance, extensions are being
made to the ear route. Is it not better
to have a thoroughgoing town-plan-
ming scheme prepared so far as it re-
lates to the provision of car route ia
cilitieS before making this one small
addition, so that we may be sure that,
as things develop, this addition may be
made in the. right place to fall in with
larger schemes to be developed here
after? Or again, if we are building a
fire engine station, is it not better to
have the city parceled out into prop
erly balanced fire control districts, with
every existing and future fire engine
station shown in its proper relation to
the central headquarters, and in rela-
to new roads which must
some day materialiZe, but which are
at present unmade, so that we be sure
that we are placing it just at the point
where the engine will most easily
reach every part of the district it is
to serve?-Exchange
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-30

Mrs. Frank Roseboom, 5l4 South
Washington street, Moscow, says: 81
suffered from kidney trouble since
childhood. My parents spent hun
dreds of dollars in the hope of curing
me but kept growing worse. At night
| lay awake too nervous to get to
sleep. Small specks seemed to float
before my eyes. My blood didn't cir
culate right and my limbs ached I'M
til 1 could hardly stand it, / had hot
and cold flashes and my heart pal
pitated. Often everything before me
seemed to be turning around and I'M
less took hold of something for sup
port, l would fall. My back nearly
broke with pain and l had a heavy,
bearing down sensation through my
hips and loins. Colds settled in my
kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills cured
me-"
OVER FIVE YEARS LATER, Mrs
Roseboom ssaid: 1.-THE cure is still
permanent"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't SIM
ply ask for a kidney remedy = get
Doan's Kidney Pills = the same that
Mrs. Rosebom has twice publicly rec
commended. Foster Milburn Co, Props.
Buffalo, N. Y. adv
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-30

on ACCOUNT OF THE WAR

+ John Brown cannot pay me the
(. money he owes,
+ son account of the war;
+ The cook wants ten dollars
+ week, or she goes,
{ "On account of the war;
+ The baker reduces the weight of
!. his bread,
{ The butcher sends steaks that
could muster as lead,
/ The tailor's wool suits are of
shoddy instead,
+ "On account of the war;.
The timer can't patch up my
! roof where it leaks,
!. The car that / bought will not
! come for six weeks,
. son account of the war; .
The cost of my shoes mounts
. each time that i buy,
. The prices on drugs are prOdig- .
. IOuSly MSH, .
But when / demur, / receive the :
reply, .
"On account of the war" .
And what can l do when they
airiIy say, :
"On account of the war; .
What else can / do but Obliging- !.
ly pay, !
"On account OF the war;" :;
Yes, often 1 wonder what some J
folks will do, 1
When all of the world with its !
warfare is through, 8
And they can no longer pass by in :,
review /
@On account Of the war;" !
-Brattleb0rO RefOrmer. I
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-30
COUNTY is BUYING TROUBLE
Road That Will Not OutIast Its Cost
Is INTELLECTUALLY Becomes
Total Loss.

When a county or township builds
a road that will not outlast it's cost,
that county or township is buying
trouble and paying cash for it. 1t
borrows money to buy liability
creates a debt to buy something that
will be a continual expense until it
finally becomes total loss through
being worn out. And borrowing
money to build a road that will not
last under modern traffic conditions is
unsound finance.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-30
light and heavy explosions rained down
on the slopes to the west
Like Eagles at War,

| 1AhC GhSiCS AT W1s
Here British battleplanes got il
some of their stunts, stunts wlicl
would have set grandstand wild witt
awe and delight. One pilot swoopet
down almost perpendicularly as though
about to crash into the shattered roof
tops of smoking, seething NIonchy
but just as he seemed about to touch
he careened on the tilt of one wing
turned at sickening speed to the right
and disappeared into the smoke of the
battle, a few yards at most over the
heads of the madly attacking Germans.
For few seconds his sudden appear
ance and the deadly work of his ma
chine gun must have caused something
akin to panic in the enemy ranks, then
he shot up and away again at 1870 miles
an hour. Round and round he turn
ed, swooping on the back stretch of
every round, until completely lost to
view. He looped, twisted, wobbled
and dived so that only chance shot
might touch him. 1t looked as if he
had gone mad yet only this seeming
madness made his escape from death
possible. But for his aerial acroba-
tics successful and unframed. The
Germans were hurled back, smashed
and demoralized and part of the glory
of defeating them was his.
They Challenge Death.
In the meantime battle was being
fought out in the clouds above the
fields west of Wancourt, southwest of
Monchy. Further to the north another
German was hit at $4,000 feet and down
ne fluttered like dead leaf, followed
by the British aviator who had down
ed him. This was done to make sure
he fall was real, not faxed.
The most thrilling of all was the
1uel high above the gunpit where 1 sat |
ind looked on. 1t was between two
mere boys. For 20 minutes these two
ought for position, spared at an alti-
ude of nearly three miles, neither be-
ng able to bring his machine gun to
'ear on the other They Topped, nose
lived, slide-slipped and did stunts, one
fter another but each held his own
finally the German fled
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-30
ADVERTISING

YOUR CHANCE is IN CANADA = RICH
lands and business opportunities offer you
independence; Farm lands, sll to $50 acre; ir-
rigated lands, $35 to $50; Twenty years to
pay; $4,000 loan in improvements. or ready
made farms. Loan of live stock Taxes average
under twenty cents acre; taxes on i'm
provements, personal property, or live stock;
Good markets, churches, schools, roads, tele-
prove it. Special homeseekers' fare certificates.
Write for free booklets. Allan Cameron, Gen
eral Superintendent Land Branch. Canadian
Pacific Rv.. 239 Ninth-av., Calgary. Alberta.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-30
LIVING ON NEGLECTED. ROAD
No Man Can Be Cheerful and Neigh
borIy, Nor Can He Be Really
Good Citizen.

The man who wrote the famous line
'Let me live in a house by the side
of the road" had in mind, of course,
q good road. No man can be cheer
full and neighborly, no man can be
a really good citizen, if he lives in a
house, by the side Of neglected road.
Then men who pass his place can't
be cheerful. How is the road at your
farm, Mr.. Farmer? Reclamation
Record.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-30
REASON FOR GOOD HIGHWAYS
intricate and Perfect Network Of
Roads Necessary to Release
Energies of America.

1t is prefectly obvious that you have
got to have an intricate and perfect
network of roads throughout the
length and breadth Of this great CONT
nent before you have released the en-
ergies Of America. The blood
of the nation will not flow in harmoni-
GUS concord unless it can flow in in
innate ympathy.-President Wilson.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-30
WHY SUFFER SOg

Why suffer from bad back, from
sharp, shooting twinges, headaches,
dizziness and distressing urinary ills
Moscow people recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills. Could you ask for
stronger proof of merit?
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-30
Eve Witness Tells of Won
: derful Feats Over
Battle Field
PLAY IMPORTANT PARTS
Evolution Of Daredevil Flyers
Never Dreamed of a Few
Months Ago.
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS

With the British Arms Afield-A fool
that is what Serious airmen called
the chap who did stunts with his ma
chine before this war began. The
aerial acrobat paradoxically was look
ed down upon. To-day the whole
game has changed and the more circus
stunts pilot can do the safer he is
in the air. Unless a man can loop
the loop, fly upside down, bump the
bumps and do a general topsy-turvy,
wine-jelly wobble while never missing
note with his machine-gun, his life
is apt to be short and slightly agi-
tated one.
The Sentinels On High.
With the advent of long, bright sum-
mer days, battleplanes march across
the sky, patrol the clouds and do post
duty there in just the same way as
soldiers do on the ground. There are
machines corresponding to infantry,
which go in droves and attack or repel
attacks. Others are like cavalry and
do scouting. Still more are compar-
able to the artillery. Some are like
tanks, some like armored motor-cars,
and some do sniping among the creamy
thunderheads. But the pilot of each
machine on which he sits at mealtime
is sure to play the role of a vacant
chair at some not very distant date.
Fierce Battles Above.
From gun-pit near Monchy-le-
Brenn l have just witnessed some of
the most terrific fighting of the war.
Aside from the savage attacks and
counterattacks by infantry throughout |
this region and an artillery activity |
thus far unsurpassed anywhere, the |
battle was just as tough in the air as |
on the earth.
A fleet of 18-Wide- winged bombers
swept across the line high up, accom-
panied by light fighters darting about
like hawks keeping hostile machines
at distance. Patrols guarded the
down, swerving and turning, ready for
attack or defense, while air sentinels
kept watch about the observation bal
looms lest out of the cloud-puffs should
dart a destroyer-type German plane
and put the sausage down. Now and I
then, as the Prussian airmen attempted
to force their way over to the English
side to give their artillery the range
on batteries and troops, fierce fighting
developed in which machines were !
brought down crashing. {
What War is Like
Between Monchy and Guemappe the
German infantry suddenly appeared !.
in the open, coming from behind Vert :
Wood southeast Of Monch and the en- q
emys artillery increased their shellfire t
On this hilltop town until it was buried v
under white, yellow and black smoke. r
Shrapnel filled the, air with their twin t
puffs of smoke, one white puff and one
black, and, lest the British should
throw in thpir rnSarVoc harrapa Of Ii
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-30

Honest finders" are not keepers"
honest. A List ad will recover
your property in almost every in
stance.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-30

classification Keeps the spot
light" on your advertisement.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-02-22
Tbere Is more Catarrn m tbIs sec.

There is more Catarrn III this sec
tiop of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and for years II
was supposed to be lncurab!e. Doctors
prescribed local remedies. and by
constantly failing to cure by local
treatment. pronounced 1t incurable.
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly IN.
nuenced by constitutional conditions
and therefore requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, man.
ufactured by f. j. Cheney & Co., To
ledo, Ohio, is constitutional remedy,
is taken internally and acts through
the blood on the mucous surfaces OF
the system. One Hundred Dollars re.
ward is offered for any case that Halls
Catarrh Cure fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
+. ]. CHENEY g. CO, Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-02-22

am unable TO convince myself that
any method hitherto proposed Of ac-
complished that result will be found
either feasible in itself or desirable
for adoption by the United States.
Perhaps some progress might be
made il We focused attention on the
fact that every nation besides being
exclusive sovereign over its own ter.
ritory and territorial waters has also
Joint and equal authority with every
other nation on the high seas, which
as we say, are therefore free to all
ON that actual juridicial basis it
seems to me possible, and indeed
probable that an international struc.
We might be reared for bringing to-
gether the nations Of The world and
commissioning those with nayies
jointly TO maintain the freedom of
the seas and TO restrain ana punish
any belligerent who iuiringed on the
rights Of nouuals or violated the es-
tUblished principles of maritime in.
tDrnational law. In other words, if
YOU want TO prevent wars. naval in
tDrnationalsm is the most hopeful
form OF attacking the problem and
that for the reason that every nation
shares what an others joint aud equal
sovcrciguty over the high seas
But this suggestion OF information
al naval cooperation tor the muiuten.
ance OF the freedom of the seas and
the integrity ct the maritime law of
nations, so far from disposing me TO
criticize Nashiuatous policy of ab.
entiou from participation IN Euro.
pyn politics only strengthens and
confirms my approval and admiration
'ol it 20 IS stW true that America
|has no interest in the European bal
lnCc of power ur mo- concern with the
Inastic, racial ANA religious stwg
/ -.cs or with the territorial ambitions
/ and other ralrcs which lead foreign
Countries to attack one another
Europe has q complex of political in
|tcrcsts which have only % remote re-
|iaiou of America And 10 would Ger
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-02-22
stlF, Sore Muscles Relieved.

Cramped muscles or soreness fol
lowing a cold or case of grippe are
eased and relieved by an application
of Sloan's Liniment. Does not stain
the skin or clog the pores like mussy
ointments or pasters and penetrates
quickly without rubbing. Timber up
your muscles after exercise drive out
the pains and aches OF rheumatism,
neuralgia, lumbago, strains, sprains
and bruises with Sloan's Liniment.
Get bottle today. At all Druggists,
25c.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-02-22
BERTHA WARREN
Worthy Ngfron
REGINA BLANK.
Secretary
MERCHANTS WIFE 40.
VSES ARDMoRE WOMEN

~ had stomach trouble so bad 4
could eat nothing but toast tmi. ana
not water Everything else sour.I
and formed gas Dieting did mo- good
. was miserable until tgicl buck
thorn hNrh glycor.uc. etc. %, mixed
m Ad'ortk, ONE SPOONFUL b.n.
,ulod wc INSTANTLY" Beraus,
Ad.ertkJ ,mp.,cs Roth mrs. and
small intestine 81 relieves ANY CASE
constipation sour stomach or us and
prevents oppcuditis ], has QuDCK
EST action OF anything Vo ,yee Sold
City Drug Store
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-02-22

in the ponitentIary and fined $500 for
gaming.
The district court has disposed Of a
mass of business at this session but
there is s;ill many cases remaining on
the docket.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-02-22
THE FATHER OF
OUR COUNTRY


historical evolution which. of course.
could NOT have torcscen The trpmou.
duus problem created 10y it has not
Yet been solved And though I pre-.
toundly sympathize with the object OF
the proposed leagues and concerts TO
enforce or establish universal peace
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-02-22
IN DISTRICT COURT.
Court Takes a Recess Until Monday
After a strenuous Session.

District court was adjourned this
morning until Monday In order for
the attorneys 10 prepare cases.
Bert Elliott was tried aud convicted
on q liquor charge and was sentenced
to two years In the penitcn,ilry and
assessed a fine of fifty dollars.
Billy Kleinsmith was given one year
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-02-22

Levy's Removal Sale Street and
evening dresses mp to $35OO, at one.
third of. 1876
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-02-22

HIne cnamW"y makes a most suit
'''' material I.f lhs play il"cN cur
with MILDLY cheel ANA beautifully
shocked ia dark blue mrggcrilcd cot
lon Tine socks collar and ouIIs are
goo" contrast lI' .''..' ''i-- p'iue.
---o-~o-~--------~> >-,-~-o~0-~.-~~->~o-ooo
shower for the R.uekah Home. Many
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-02-22

Mrs b. Z Benton OF Springer and
Mr. Arthur Frye of Ringing speu,
yesterday here with Mrs. Porter Sta.
pies They were en- route to Ringing
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-16
LOCAL COUNCIL OF
DEFENSE IS READY

Organization of the local branch of
the national defense council was per-
fected at a meeting at the court house
Wednesday morning, with naming of
officers and appointment of commit
tees. The local organization will work
in conjunction with the state council,
along lines of the national and state
bodies. Officers are: Chairman, J. L.
Hughes; secretary, C. E. Ward; men,
bers of the board are the county COM
missioners. These appointments were
made by the state council, and seven
committees were in turn named by
the officers. Committees and their
chairmen follow:
Farm products C. Thysell.
Mines s-Henry Truelsen, Zenith.
Storage and transportation-W. l..
Richards.
Patriotic organization-J. L. Gard
ner, Belfeld.
Education-C. E. Ward.
Publicity-E. L. Peterson.
Red Cross and women's organiza-
tion-To be selected.
DR.. V. H. Stickney gave clear-cut
address, concerning the aims of the
defense council, and pointed out to
those in attendance the many ways
in which they may be of service.