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The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-07
A|ILlERy !s1,,,, =.
YPRES front
IL GERMANS CONTINUE TO
oTD PPER HAND OVER THE
l1AIlANs
(By Associated Press.

Cerman forces made no effort dur
Ing the night to regain ground CAP
tnre1 from them yesterday by the
Brltish on the Ypres front, accord
M q London reports; they are con-
1nAng their retaliation to intermit-
1en1 artillery activity. On the Yer
1nu front, at Chaume Wood, the
Crown Princes forces made another
atab at the French armies, but met
With y repulse.
Ths italian statement says the
Ilalian6 have withdrawn in good or
~ feom the Tagliamento river to-
NaS4 the Livenza, the next river be-
hl1A the Tagliamento. Their retreat
Nus apDarently not SO rushed as that
frU2 1ponzo. The Italians are falling
b4ek oteadily, with rear guards ir
onl1tnt touch with the German
0onnfnkhG7tR a. ron 0a.I .,....=..,.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-07
MANS TAKE MORE italian
1S0NERS;; italian Retreat
RDFRlI:: TEUT0NS MAKE NO
|. 1. EFFORT TO REGAIN GROUND
.gsNE rH
and have taken more prisoners, the
war office announces.
(By Associated Press. }

(By Associated Press)
;. Italian Army Headquarters, Nov
Z General Cadorna has issued Or
ders including in the zone of mill
tary operations all territory north
and east of the Pc and Mincio rivers.
(By Associated Press.)
London, Nov. THE British
have captured the City of GAIA, in
Palestine, the war office announced
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-07
STANDARD COTTON
BALE NECESSARY
(By Associated Press.

Washington, Nov. 7.-Cotton
manufacturers comforting here todav
with the railway war board and
shipping board, early concluded the
standardized bale was necessary to
the, efficient handling of the staple.
The increase of vessels for coastwise
trade and more efficient loading of
freight cars was taken up this after
noon.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-07
ARMED FORCE
NOT TO Be
BY RUSSIANS
(By Associated Press. }

Petrograd, Nov. THE govern
ment decided not to resort. to armed
force against the military committee
Of soldiers and anldd yorkmen's delegates
bat has ordered the ministry of jus,
tice to prosecute the members, Of the
committee. The military will take
necessary measures in the event Of a
revolt.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-07

ed in reaching the tree. Other men,
bers of the hunting party shot the
bull. Mr. Bryan was unhurt- but lost
part of his hunting suit in the fligh.
from the animal
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-07
ASK
TO INCREASE
SUGAR RATES
(By Associated Press }

Washington, Nov. 1.-The rail-
roads today applied to the Interstate
Commerce Commission for authority
to increase rates on sugar in carload
lots about twenty per cent from
eastern seaboard points and New Or
leans to interior cities.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-07
STATE DEMONSTRATION
AGENTS MEET NOV. 12
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, Nov. THE sixth an.
nual conference of State agents of
supervision of home demonstration
work in the South will begin here
OIL Nov. -, the Department of Agri-
culture announced today. There are
about 900 workers in the South.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-07
New Mexico Entered
Dry Column Yesterday
By Decisive Vote
10y associated Press. }

41ourQueque, N. M, Nov. T.
MT Mexico adopted prohibition by a
doG1u1vo majority on the face Of par
tiaI returns from eighteen of twen-
ty-tiGht counties.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-07
OVER 100000
HAVE SIGNED
PLEDGE CARDS
(By Associated Press. }

Washington. Nov. THE eight
million mark has been passed on the
score board of the family enrolment
campaign at the Washington head
quarters Of the food administration
Indications are that half the people
Of the country have agreed to sup.
port the plans of food conservation
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-07
(By Associated Press, !,

Cincinnati, Nov with the
woman's suffrage propo-
sitioL decisively beaten, Ohio voters
today were still in doubt as to
whether the State went wet or dry.
Figures at noon showed a majority
for vets of 4,101.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-07
LAKELAND FLORIDA WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2, 1917
SUFFRAGE WON
OUT IN n. Y.
BY MAJORITY
(By Associated Press. }

New York, Nov. THE women
of New York were given unlimited
suffrage in yesterdays election by Il
majority estimated to reach 100000.
A celebration by New York women
will be held tonight.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-07
(BY Associated Press.l

Berlin, Nov. 7.-German troops
on the Flanders front are holding.
the line along the eastern edge Of
the villa Passchendaele. army head
quarters announced.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-07

fly Associated Press.)
&fl2h, Nov. THE Germans are
ep1&l leping in pursuit of the Italians.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-28
SCOUTS WILL AID
IN ADVERTISING
SAVING Or FOOD
Five Thousand Posters viii Be
Distributed Here,

The Boy Scouts OF Okla-oma City
will distribute throughout the business
section Of the city tomorrow morning
5000 food administration posters, ad'
yertish,g and advocating the conser
walton OF food.
William Pettee, state merchant
representative OF the fool administa.
tion, who has charge OF the advertising
department OF the administration in
this state, has made arrangements with
Allen M. Street, state commissioner OF
Boy Scouts, 10 have them perform this
work, Ne A,
M Gets 10000 Posters.
= Mr. Pettee has received 10000 ul
these large food posters, and he will
distribute the remaining 5000 TO all
the cities in the state In speaking OF
the disbursement OF these throughout
the state, Mr.. Pettee said he is not yet
certain as TO how these would be dis
tributed in the other cities, but pre-
sumably through the chambers bf CON
merce.
The posters are Autographed in dill
ferent c6lors and are among the best
and most prominent OF any yet released.
There are three different kinds. One
Is plain card. with no picture, explain
Ing why fats and wheat should be con-
served. and the other two are large dts
play posters showing what should be
conserved and their substitutes.
Fifty Boys to Work.
Z The business houses receiving these
posters are to be asked to either ALLOW
the scouts to place them in conspicuous
places or to have this done. The, scouts
should be given welcome when enter
Ing the various buildings, said Mr.. Pet
tee, and should not B treated as though
the merchant was doing them a favor
by allowing them to place the posters
The, fifty scouts engaged in the work
will be assigned to so many blocks, and
will work in teams of two.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-28
Receiver for Oil
Company Is Sought

+, Z. Herring this morning filed
petition in the district court, asking that
a receiver be appointed for the Capitol
Oil Lease company, Of which company
he was a stockholder, Herring stated
III his petition that he owned sl.00o
worth Of shares in the company, which
he had purchased or false representa-
tions Of agents Of the company,
Herring alleges that only 1900 In
stock had been issued. although he was
led to believe that eight men had sub,
scribed $1,000 each to get the thing to
going. The company u not organized
under the law, he stated. and said that
neither w, M. Blake, acting % pre-
tended president, or Kelly Roach, act
ing as pretended secretary, or John
Hale, acting as pretended treasurer, had
ony stock In the concern The receiver
was asked for the purpose Of straight
eninE out the affairs OF the company
and aseertaining where the money had
been uSed.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-28
ARMY QUARTERS
1so MEN HERE
Navy Still FurIoughS All Those
Who Enlist,

Although there is no definite date set
for the forwarding of recruits for the
army OF navy to the training camps, the
recruiting offices Of the two branches OF
Me- armed forces Of the United States
ssse getting 4 large number of volunteers
dailys2The army now has approximate
N 1850 men quartered here awaiting or
ders to proceed to Fort Logan, Colo,
and the twenty one recruits of the navy
who enlisted during the twenty y-four
hour .psriod ending AZ noon today were
sent back to their homes oil turloushs,
pending Accommodations at the naval
training stations at Great Lakes, ILL.,,
Norfolk, Va, or Newport, X. ]. The
army obtained an ever dozen recruits
during the same period
The names Of the recruits, their home
towns and the branch OF service IN
which they enlisted follow:
Navy--Jesse s. Altman, J M. Mcclure
and y x; STANLEY ., Tulsa pnsiy hsymGnsA meAles- h
ter; Isaac willard, Chickasha; A. y
Ieachatn. Tulsa; Sam H. Fowler, NUS
kogee; Raymond ]. Murphy. McAlester
William II. Monks. McAlester: Charlie
M City; Virgil McK. Oldham, Oklaho.
m CITY; Lawrence l.. Meacham, Tulsa;
Clarence f. Quick. McAlester;> Clarence
j. Rarley, Poteau; Jesse Vener Calvert,
Tulsa; Ellison W. Mintop, Muskogee; Joe
Il. baker, Oklahoma city; Ebert lanes
Thcess okiahoma City; James A. Whit
comb, Oklahoma City, 49,,
Xrmys-Andrew Tubby Kiowa; Mitch.
eli Mario, Dustin; John T. Plumb. and
De Hart Mills. Tulsa; Roy IT. Strong,
Oislahbma city: Collier =. Horn, Wag-
watson, Franklin A, o'Brien, John N.
McGce, Oklahoma City; Joe D. Hicks.
Norman. and Emery Arnold. saltwater.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-28
RAILROADS. FREED
OF TAXES THINKS
SECRETARY LYON
Federal Control May Cost the
State Three Millions,

The possibility that federal control Of
the railroads will make railroad prop
erty free from taxation Is being con-
sidered by J, L, Lyon, secretary OF state,
Non.Tsxabls, Says Lyon.
Section J, paragraph J OF the en-
abling act provides that no taxes shall
be imposed by the state on lands or
property belonging to, or which may
hereafter be purchased by Use Shifted
States, or reserved for & use, II Is
provided by section 9, article 10 Of the
constitution that mo property belong
ing to the United States shah be tax.
able"
Mr., Lyon Is OF the opinion ,ha, the
property Is reserved for government
, use" and therefore non.taxabIe.
Tar IL 100000
There is In Oklshoms $D4I042,472 oI
taxable railroad property. On this
property has been levied tax OF Il
mills on the dollar. 3 mills OF which
goes to the state and the remainder oI
which " distributed to counties ant
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-28
SAM LoYD'S BRAIN FOOD
"a Minutes to Digest This,
Puzzle No. ys7.

Here are q dozen studies in the
amusing game OF correcting spell
Ing BY the changing Of one letter.
That Is you take away one letter
and substitute another In its place
TO make an knalish word
Warath, lnave, Educ, Obey, Weitn,
Ephale, Aeile, Lesuit, Loric, .Slie,
Armd, Fralty.
Answer 10 $50.
Herman contributed three.quar-
iers Of the speed for the first third.
or one quarter OF the motive power
required for the entire journey
Then he gave one third Of the neces-
sary snergy for the next quarter, or
one twelfth Of the total, Thus for
the seven.tweifths OF the journey he
gsve four -,welithp Of the energy re.
quired for the entire trip, In going
the remaining five.,welfths OF the
way Herman must supply two-fifths
OF the power or ohe.sixth OF the
whole, which, together with his con-
uibutions OF one-Quarter and one.
twelfth, make up one-half.
(Cpyrisht 1917, Sam Loyd)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-28

townships, Ia all the, ,tssx paid BY rail.
roads in the state h more than 5000
600.
Should I, develop that the railroad
property will not be taxable for 1918
Il probably would necfssitate q revision
OF the tax levy by the state board OF
equalization Several counties which
depend principally upon the assessed
valuation Of railroad properly within
their boundaries would be hard put TO
obtain money to carry on their affairs
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-28
DEATHS m CAMPS
SHOW An MonEASE

WASHINGTON, Dec % = Deaths
from disease in the national army dur
ing the week ending December q, num-
brred liS against ~ the week before.
and in the national guard fO against
l6s. as shown in a summary Of army
health conditions made public today BY
the war department. Of the nationaI
army deaths, " were due to pneumo!'
MIA and Of those in the national guard,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-28

Arnold betrayed hi, country for post
tion and gold. Shall we betray Il BY
refusing to substitute foodsi
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-28
TINES FuNb
REAcNEs;t,ls
Post t-Chdstmas Contributions
Are Received, 4

Pon.christmas contributions 70 the
Times Santa Claus fund has brought
the total amount Of subscriptions "
this annual charity to sl,s646A Ss
Latest sums, including ! - LibSsty
bond given to Rev, W, II. B. urch. ~
minstra,or Of the fund, BY the Mom-
ems Alliance Of Unitarian chusehc<.s
arci slP g4A Y
Mrs, W. l. Perkins ,,..u,ns,.t 1e.ee
Mr. and I-, |, q. ysi,oa ~, ~. ~
Tea dy- -to-H Help club ,,.l.,,t,,,., tiee
womeg's Alliance Of Unitarian
ohurchss u',u.,,,,,.,..,s,,,ts 49,
Totat ts'sl'tsst.ssftss.It INV
Previously acknowledged ..,.eiips.s<
n s-@~-------
Grand total ....nA ~. ~ yet.St
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-28
Muself Others
40 A2Rc-

Awful bad n'.s.
For my readers
An the young lady
From Guthrie, who
Signs herself,
"p. o, Box as" in
Particular I've
Dshornsd my :
Mustachsi
: 1t happened when
l went over to see
Col. Hubert Bolen,
Who tops tn list
OF Uncle Sans income
Tax collectors.
But I'm getting ahead
OF my story,
First I went 10 see
Mark KssIer, down at
The city hall, cause
/ wanted to get his
Advice on how to
Grow mustachsa. He
Knows how, cause he's
Done II. He
Looks at mine and
ssys, "Thats :
Baseball mustachs."
asks him what
He means, "hsssbslr
And he says there's
Nine on each side
I'll never speak to him again
Then I figured that
Col. Bosn, who has
Had Just lots Of 81
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-28

ExDsrissos In
CROWN ns..sI..,
Could help m. out
introduced myself, T
An be ssya "oh,
r.s. .. ~
That draws 600
ssel. . week. w.n,
You 'ss pa, you.
Income tAr now"
tried to protest
And changed the
Subject to vAi.s:''.
An then \. says,
"ThsrsT " aaothsr
Tar from you, '':u':
All thin,, for
Personal .dornm.pt
Ar. luxuri,s. and
Will. IN ADMIT
your mustsehs s,nt
InYSr,o,s n
Mu,t h hxsd
F,tv bueks~
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-15
LINCOLN HOUSE MENACED.
Building In Which He Wed is Threat.
ened With Destruction.

Detroit Free Press: Unless a rescuer
Is found or the state acts the modest
little house where the romance of Alb
raham LINCOLN and Nancy Hanks were
married is nearing destruction. The
house has been sold to a Springfield.
ILL.,, real estate dealer and is to be meved
from its present site to make room fer
the new State Continental building.
Whether II will descend to some oth
er use than habitation for human be.
ings or win be torn down altogether
has not been decided.
The Seymour house." as It is known
in Springfield, is a little red brick
structure. II sits well back from the
street with an expanse Of lawn in front
and is equipped with a wide veranda.
Its rooms not only saw the queer, awk.
ward courtship Of Lincoln brought to A
conclusion, but at times resounded 10
the voice OF Stephen A. Douglas, the
Little Giant" and Lincoln's rival.
Through the Civil war 1t was con.
gregating place for officers OF the fed.
eral ARMY and for leaders in Illinois
politics and business. Some OF the
most famous historical figures Illinois
has produced were glad to enjoy its
hospitality.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-15

a point where the average life is 1000
hours. This is equivalent to burning
Mazda lamp continuously day and
night for one month and eleven days
The United States leads the world in
electrical development, says Prof. Sayog
head of the electrical department OF
the Kioto Imperial University. Prof
Sayog is touring the country for the
purpose of inspecting electrical devet
opments.
The coast artillery branch of the
United States army has recently per
fected a new type of submarine mine
electrically controlled from shore with
which to protect our shores from for.
eign attack
A monster searchlight of 500 600 00O
candlepower has been purchased by
the government and installed on the
aviation field at Hampstead, L. /. The
powerful light will be used In connec.
ton with aerial maneuvers.
Polishing apples displayed on fruit
stands is not always done with sanitary
precautions which would appeal TO the
appetities Of most fruit buyers. A new
electrically driven contrivance cleans
the fruit and polishes it for display at
the rate of a carload a day.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
railroad has begun to electrify the
Puget Sound end Of the transcontinental
line. The new line will pass through
vast virgin forests which the electriii.
cation will protect from the fire hazard
of steam locomotive operation.
Apartment house builders are now
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-15
EI.ECTRICAL FLASuEs.

The recovery of wounded European
soldiers is fastened by electrical treat.
ment
A newly invented electric pistol ig-
mites the charge with current from a
fiashlight battery.
An electrically heated coffee perco.
lator made Of earthenware has recently
been patented.
More than 5000 tons of electrically
refined zinc is produced in Norway
each year.
New York is carrying the enlistment
appeal home to patriotic young men
through big electric sign.
A Spokane, Wash, inventor has pat
ented device by means of which cleo
tricity is adapted to cleaning sidewalks.
An electric safety razor uses a cir
cular blade which is rotated at hign
speed by a tiny electric motor.
Water in the kitchen tank may be
heated in the summer time with an
electric tank heater without starting a
fire in the range, provided there is
electricity in the house.
The navy department is planning TO
build an electrical shop at the League
Island navy yard at Philadelphia which
will cost more than half a million dol
lars.
Electric vehicles are being introduced
by automobile dealers Of Bergen, Nor
way, where the roads arc unusual y
billy, the average grade being ten per
cent.
What is probably the erst under
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-15
DAILY ARDMOREITE

ground ore concentrating min in the
world is situated near the Mountain
Top mine at ouray, Colorado. 1t is
electrically operated.
Electrically operated dredges are used
in the Klondike country to recover
gold from the frozen gravel Of the creek
beds.
French engineers have estimated that
Italy could secure 100000 electrical
horse power from the water powers Of
rivers if they were all harnessed.
More electrical machinery for the u
S. navy is being built at Schenectady
than in any other city in the country
says w. L. r. Emmet, a member of the
national advisory board and electric
drive expert Of the General Electric
company.
The first electrically propelled fire
boats have been placed in service by
the city OF Chicago. They are 125 fee;
long and can deliver 5000 gallons Of
water per minute at a pressure of 150
pounds to the square inch.
An electric melting furnace of new
design which viii do the work of nine
old style gas furnaces is soon TO be
installed in the Philadelphia mint to
melt up the nickel and copper used in
coinage.
Since the plant backyard garden"
movement started, amateur gardeners
in several cities have found high
powered gas filled Mazda lamp hung
over the garden from a clothesline 70
be a great aid to garden work at night.
Mazda lamps have been developed to
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-15

considering the adoption OF new elec.
trio iceless cooling device which VIII
keep the apartments comfortably cool
in summer Just as heat keeps them
warm in winter. II is estimated that
the cost Of keeping an apartment cool IN
certain localities will not exceed S. or
S6 a month
Trainmen on the Northern Pacific
railroad are enthusiastic over the new
electric hand lanterns recently adopted
by that railroad. The light is S5 per
cent brighter than the old oil flame
for the lamps are fitted with the new
and highly efficient Mazda lamps tn
batteries are guaranteed to supply en-,
ergy continuously for 70 hours and the
majority have done much better than
that.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-15
THE OLD WOMAN OF POLOK.
She MIXED Her Cow Unmindfui o
Raging Battle About Her.

National Geographic Magazine: Pollok
is hardly hamlet, it is just huddle oe
stone huts, stained by the ages, eacn
crowned with a blaclSene1 and disney
eled thatch. For weeks the Serbs II
tackled Chuke mountain, in a dimple N
whose shoulder Pollok rests. Each dav
the village had been under bombard-
ment. The artillery observers from tn IN
high posts could see lone old womai
going about her business. No other pen.
SAINTS were seen in Pollok: but she mlll..
ed her cows and lrove them to water,
as though peace reigned in the land.
Once she was seen chasing a group ~
Bulgarian soldiers with a stick, as
though they were a parcel of mischiay
Gus boys.
Twice the hamlet was taken in hand
to-hand fighting and lost again. Tie
third time the Serbs held IT,
The old woman picked her way dow 7
the ciuttered hillside, past the dead men
and the wounded, and through the shell
holes and amid the ruins of the othp-
huts' until she found the officer COM
manding:
And who is to pay me for nv cow"
she asked What have / to do wj.1
your war? want pay for my COW that
is dead"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-15
When Days Were Cold.

Pittsburg Chronicle: Mr. Stretcher-
Yes, it's cold but nothing like it was
at Christmas three years ago, when the
steam from the engines froze hard and
fell on the line in sheets.
Mr.. Cuffer-And yet that wasn't so
cold as in 'S7 when It froze the electrici.
ty in the telephone wires, and when
the thaw came all the machines were
talking as hard as they could for up.
ward Of five hours.
Mr.. Longbrow-Wen gentlemen, the
coolest year that l can remember was
in the Christmas week In "a, whom tic
very policemen had TO run to keep them.
selves warm.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-15

In an action for rescission OF the sale
Of an automobile, an allegation that
defendants falsely represented to the
plaintiff as fact that the automobile
was then and there a 1912 model Pope.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-15

The question whether a traveller ap.
preaching a railway crossing has per.
formed the duty imposed upon him as
a matter Of law. by exercising the ord!.
nary care required by the circumstances.
Is a question Of fact. unless the acts
done or omitted by him are of such a
nature that reasonable minds cannot
honestly differ as to whether he exer.
cised reasonable care.-Central Indiana
Railway Company V. Wishard. ia ~
+. Qnd) $40.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-15
I.uxuries.

The Lamb: Those neighbors OF ours
must be wealthy"
What makes you think so?"
why. they still have a lawn anl
flower garden"