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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13
gHnEaHlN AND BRIDE
FOUND DEAD Of COLD

Tocoma, Wash, Jan l3-Within gun
shot sound Of logging camp in the
the bodies Of Otto Powell,
a umberman, and his bride were
found today, presumably frozen to
death, by searchers who had been en-
doavoring to find the couple for three
weeks.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13
'N0TNER POWDER
EXPLOSION Reported

,ssoclafcd Prefs
New York Jan "a Another explos
ion was reported today by residents
of New Jersey towns coming from
the direction OF Haskell Commune
cation with Haskell was stlll out of
order late today
No ''ie loss is reported from Du-
Pont explosion last night The loss
viii exceed S1,l00.0o0
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13
lNNITs he SLEW
WIFE WITH AN Ak

Coyngton Ind, Jan Oscar God
dard Of Vodersburf. Ind, pleaded
guilty to numbering his wife the night
OF Jan 3. wien arraigned in court to-
day. Mrs Goddard, who was con-
fined to her bed by paralysis, was
killed with an ak Goddard is Grip
Pile.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13
BANK ROBBERS ARE
TskEN BN NNA MEN

Alva, Jan l3-After holding up the
cashier and robbing the State Band
OF Corwin, Kan, of $900, Sam May
field. q, known as the May field
Kid" Of Alya and Jim Dunlap, ~, OF
Capron. were captured in the country
twenty miles southwest of here by
Alya officers
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13
Making Yourself.

making something out of himself
Is a good phrase. A boy can make
what he pleases out of himself, il he
sets about 1t in the right way.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13

Oil and Gas Lease Blanks.
Oil and gas lease blanks for sale
at The Leader office. Conform to
all late supreme court decisions,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13

Mabel Doodad lost her fellow. She adver-
tis,d and found him, u pays
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13

Chinese on French banks both in pe-
king and Tien-Tsin ard Many le
Chinese newspapers are advocatng
general boycott against the F.cltl
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13

Representative Col1on also ofle Cd
resolution asking Congressman Bill
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-06

ASSOCIATED PRESS dispatch by the avas
| from Haebouck France which said:
Flanders being the line OF
a Thourout was learned today that refugees being cared
for Ghen large numbers of them from Roule which the
English bombCng ceaseessly"
Every indication such sratego retreat by Hndenbus
during the month of September.
The battle with which
the battle
1910 had driven the wedge into the danger point
line from Cowra Rouers 1homou and thence
Oend paaleng the Oend Lille railroad would be duplicate Of the
of the spring OF 1917, only a smaller scale
Regardless of whether aig the March and
couneracted with his Arras drive the fact between St Quentin
and Cambria the front of desol the British and French have
able strike although almost months have elapsed the
Has has battered oease the line Flanders the blows
beginning tell weakened Hazebrouck dispatch
The whole which likely
been made practically unnb by the artillery
would readusmen the artillery railroads before
effort could be made drive the flank further In all probability
stand Thourou
Belgian and the this would
probable.
command figures that would be
hold along the Belgian be
lof II a terrible battle November
With British Ostend which would have be
the 1houou line Brug the
which canals hbrugge
be under fire and made as unpleasant as Roule.
eamen such suggested would bring the
along shown distinctly on
the 1t would release 200 miles almost
territory allied hand, About Belgium occupied
by the invader.
would be the .nve
Of Lille from the north which would be placed
stroke ready for delivery Flanders
will be when the infantry follows the
w M II.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-06
RIPplN6RHYNES
G1MK Mdso1
N(opNIy91t = 1917
LOOKING FORWARD.

THE world will be a better place
when kalSeriSm meets its doom,
for then the we'll known human
race viii see true liberty in bloom. For
years the kaiSer'S been threat, cen
when he talked OF peace the most; he
made the whole world go in debt for
ships and guns and armored host II
someone lives next door to me, of whom
! live in constant fear, may be nomi-
nally free, but freedom OF that sort is
dear have TO keep bulldog pup, a
loaded shotgun and creese, large
stuffed club to beat him up, il he at
tcmptS 10 break the peace never know
when he may come, on some excuse, all
full OF tight, TO knock my plexuS out of
plumb, and so | cannot sleep at night
It's vain to tell me am free that laws
protect me, and police, while that man
lives next door TO me, all empty is your
boon OF peace. Thus to the world has
Kaiser Bill a menace been, a nightmare
threat while talking peace he yearned
TO Kill. and soak the globe in carnage
wet Because " him the nations bore a
load that Sapped their strength away,
aud manufactured tools OF gore, instead
OF tools for haling hay When kaDerlsm
is suppressed, when 1t goes down with
S,cknlng thud, the world will have a
long sweet rest from all thi, talk oi
lru and blood ,llVNtuliv.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-06
Luke McLuke Saws


1t is easier to criticize a job than it
is to do it That is the reason why
there is so much criticism.
This would be cheerier world il
every girl had pretty teeth, because
when a girl has pretty teeth she smiles
all the time.
A girl may not believe it, but it
wouldn't be any fun to be married to
model husband II she had an earthly
angel for husband, life would be so
monotonous that she would hunt up a
human being for an affinity.
Professor Fletcher announces that
the German people have gotten rid of
50OOOOOOOO pounds of fat by dieting
since the war began. A Corn Fed must
be quite a rarity in the kaiser's do
minion.
There was time when mush was
something that was considered good TO
cat But nowadays the magazines seem
to imagine that mush is something that
is good to read
The reason why an engaged girl
hates to have a sore throat is because
she knows now other people will sus-
pect she got 1t.
The old d-fashioned fool who used to
go over Niagara Falls in barrel now
has a son who goes over embankments
IN his roadster.
The lover OF the outdoors who wears
Spor,smans outfit and carries rod
or a gun wouldn't be so strong for the
outdoors il he had to wear overalls
aid carry a hoe.
The only good feature about not car
ry,ng any life insurance is that your
wife won't let you go down stairs ant
investigate when she thinks she hear.
burglar in the house.
A man will exaggerate his salary tC
everybody in town but his own wife.
Any iive-ioot husband who weigh
$50 pounds and who has a sx-foo
wife who weighs 200 pounds can tel
you that nobody but Brute woulc
| strike woman.
A young wife is always searching
the newspapers and magazines for ney
recipes for mysterious pudding to tr
out on her husband
II man buys a Navajo blanket Ii
for himself he will wear it cheerful
and brag about his good taste. But !
his wife buys him a plain black tie h
wont wear 1t because II is too loud.
We would hate to be an undertake
and have to look sad when business
! good
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-06
.Sape the Waste and Win the War"
REAL AlR.TICHT PROHIBITION.

IN years gone BY when prohibition was unoe' vigorous
discussion many persons stouty claimed that the only
vay to prevent the sale Of liquor was to stop the
sure Of liquor Well in about orty-eist hours the a'ofe
aaid manufacture OF booze TO cease in the Uned oe
"a Whether the manufacture of whisky ever will be re-
sumed in this country is a question Inc Dry 'o'ee'
declare that tight prohibition has arrived so lar
alcoholic beverages concerned barring only Oh course
- ..,od of couple Of years which will be required for
a.. .h..,v one, IN consume the stock Of liquor now in
storage
SATURDAY. nrht Of this week the d,teries of the United
States will cloSe their DOORS turn the Keys ana become
homes for bats unless the government calls on rev OF
te larger ones to get busy and make spirits tor ammun'
ton purposes This is quite possible but so tar as inc
sewerage part OF the industry is concerned thats sheu
eeased stopped and made bone dry to use repetition,
At LAWYERS often use in attempts add force to their
esatosy.
Our whisky bill in the United States is 20Oooooooo
year. OF course, since Oklahoma came under bone dry
e,uistions the bill much smaller But those are the
A,a siven out by the internal revenue department for
nscal year. It represent. millions of gallons OF whisky
n you didn't get your share its too late to be sorry The
rocession has passed And professions never come back
Uncle Sam has been collecting about SlSOOOODO year
~ the tax on whisky This paid by the consumer and
entered into the high cost of living But the festive cock
ity course is about and the cost OF living should
E locrsase by Of dverng grain from dstieries &c
ijoss mills the gin min to do more grinding
The amount OF corn rye and moases used in one year
n the dstiliers was about JS00C000 pounds, This when
vDed for food will sustain army of 100000 men for
ysar. The food conservation committee seems to have
6iunphed over the committee alcoholic beverages
N However some grain still will be used for beverages
Deer is being manufactured And fruit is used to make
vine The food conevato have not yet reached the beer
and wine situation mild beverages be used for
wilhelm favored spots notably in Milwaukee in ST. Louis
end along Broadway Of the nations biggest town
II prediction had been made by the dry forces five
year ago that the manufacture OF whisky would
ths night Of September 1917 wild laughter would hav,
greeed the statement But the closing time approaches
Shutters distlleres about to swing and shut
H. light Six hundred and five buildings, of then
q monster size. to stand monuments to ndust
which the war has abruptly eorraed Yet the copper
oe instituons has increased in value such
tnt some Of the distilers sell that metal and hav
& 6neagh money for the rainy day which to hav
& essived n every distiller's home.
WA Cood-by. John Bsrleycorn you many battles, bu
ysan lost the biggest
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-06
GET THE GAS.

MEMBERS Of the Oklahoma delegation in eonsre"
ava should be appealed to by the Chamber OF Commerce
committee appointed dig into the gas supply situation
for Oklahoma City.
Surely an adequate supply Of gas for city Of 100000 is
matter OF paramount Importance. The war department
nigh, be persuaded to release the fifteen miles OF pipe the
Braden interests say are needed complete the line from
Wellston TO the Morrison pool
Many Oklahoma City housewives, who are already
noticing loss OF gas pressure in the ovens are wondering
why the corporation commission does not get busy in behalf
Of the capital Of the state.
realtor criticized the Times before the Ad club yeste-
day for playing up" the gas situation From the critics
attitude one might have inferred that this newspaper has
consistently been against the development OF Oklahoma
City.
The critics attitude that display OF the facts Is
bad advertising and will hurt Oklahoma City
II has been experience that the suppression OF ugly
facts hurts more than the publication Of the worst in an
honest effort to heal the sore Bad does need
newspaper travel Bad about city is distorted
and enlarged when the newspapers with wrong idea OF
city building suppress the facts
II there had been consistent and forceful camor
do you suppose The Oklahoman and the Times could ever
have put over the last water bond campaign
We secured adequate water supply proposition by
hammering at the dsasefu facts year in and year out
Surely no will argue that it is good business to
bring into Oklahoma City without putting all Of
cards the table Do you think the who bought
property here and later discovered that he could have
"a. for his factory would be city builder and Okla
homa City boosteri
Publicity thrown public service that needs attention
will focus public sentiment crystalline action and get
results.
Putting the soft pedal on tho things we don't like never
destroys the evils,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-06
MORE MONEY FOR THE Y. M. c. A..

A IL over Oklahoma the Y NJ {. A. movement grows
buildings being erected fast the association work
makes possible the ownership of suitable homes And now
comes the demand for buildings the camps of our soldier
boys
Down at Fort Sill four buildings under construction
for NJ c A. purposes These structures assure comfort
to the boys who are preparing to 60 to the front The
various cities of Oklahoma have promised to raise $4,000
to maintain this additional work of the Y NJ C. A. And
the money will be forthcoming when canvsssng commit
tees call upon citizens for subscriptions
le, there should be no need of any such organization
as soliciting committee to raise money for the henef,
American soldiers announcement that $4,000 is
needed to give boys recreation and places of study in
camp should bring the money. Those who stay at home
something to the boys who going give ur
everything they possess We cannot do less than dyd,
with those boys To think of soliciting io
the purpose is inconsistent with the spirit OF American
patriotism The money should he volunteered and no
drafted
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-06
OKLAHOMA's BRANCH RESERVE BANK.

ESTABLISHMENT of branch reserve banks at Denver
and Omaha to be directed by the bank at Kansas City,
expected to be followed by locating such institution
in Oklahoma. Application ha, been made for branch in
this state which the bank governor at Kansas City said
could not be considered until the branches referred to
had been put in operation
Oklahoma City Is the logical place for the reserve bank
to handle Oklahoma business 1t is understood that city
in the eastern part of Oklahoma has applied for bank
hut Oklahoma City. the capital is favoraby located
to accommodate farmers Of this state.
Oklahoma City is the financial center Of the state
Banks here repositories for country banks II will be
more convenient for farmers obtain loans at Oklahoma
City than to transact business at an cast side city
Oklahoma City Is situated within reach Of farming
territory and has better facilities for handling loans OF the
bank than any other city of the Presumably
those who advocate the branch bank Okahomas capital
active in presenting claims influence the location Of
the bank at Oklahoma City The great western empire that
lays west of the Santa Fe railroad is the territory of vast
expanse which raises great crops And this city is the gate
| way to that empire.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-06
One Year Ago Today in the War

Sept 3, l9lo-BGlgar- German in
vaders took 10000 Rumanian prisoners !;
French continued their attack along
the Somme, and captured several Ger
man trenches; Greeks in Crete reported
in revolt against King Constantine's
rule.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-06

Hussisn soldiers reported being opposed to the
6Ieeipine prescribed in their army They will do we'll
- reconcile themselves and give their best service
their country against Prussia II the kaiser should have
the chance to inject of his discipline into the Russian
ranks those soldiers would be convinced that Russian
regulations in the army suggestive of the rules that
peftain 10 field sports,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-06
HIST0RYBITS,
One Hundred Years Ago Today

One Hundred Years Ago Today.
l8l7-Alexander T. Gait, famous Ca
madam statesman, born at Chelsea,
England. Died in Montreal, Sept. ~,
1893.
Seventy-five Years Ago Today.
l84l-Molville +. ingalls,, for many
years president of the Big Four" rail.
road system, born at Harrison, Maine,
Died at Hot Springs, Va, in 1914.
Fifty Years Ago Today.
lS67-Brazil opened the River ANA
zbh and some OF its tributaries to tho
merchant flags OF all nations.
Twenty-Five Years Ago Today.
ls92-Eleven new cases OF cholera
and one death reported on ships quar-
antincd in New York harbor.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-06
Ten Years AGO.

Yesterday was Bryan's day, when ths
peerless leaden Of democracy delivered
the opening speech of his tour OF tn:
new state in defense OF the conStitu-
ton in answer to the recent attack by
Secretary of War Taft.
Gen. Pleasant Porter, the noted chief
OF the Creek Indian nation, is dead at
his home in Vinita. Chief Moty Tiger
will succeed him as chief
Mr. and Mrs. II. B. Turner and son,
Morton, returned today from a trip -
Washington, Baltimore and Jamestown.
DR. Phil c. Baird, the new pastor Of
the First Presbyterian chuch, and
family. arrived in town yesterday, COM
ing directly from Fort Dodge, Iowa.
They are at present at the home OF Mr.,
Albert Bays, sol East Eighth street
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-06
Lines Worth Remembering.

The waving and golden harvests Of
autumn shall extend over a thousand
hills and stretch along a thousand val
leys.-Daniel Webster.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-06

few property owners are forgetting to trim the
branches Of trees that hang low sidewalks II those
run for office they'll lose the votes of the
men whose hats are swept off by branches.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-06

Remember, the fund TO buy tobacco for soldiers is a
revolving fund and reaches the end Have YOU con
,bued will you enlI You in either manner
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-06
FASTER BASEBALL WANTED.

IF Colonel Duncan is successful in putting the local ball
team in league that will assure faster ball for local fans
the project will be profitable will be popular Okla
homa City wants the best possible baseball and is willing
10 pay for it.
VI course there is chance to get into any OF the
three big leagues. But the wise men OF baseball in the
southwest should be able to bring eight high class ball
towns together for league that will give enthusiasts
ssason OF better ball than has been seen in the Western
association this year
Oklaho'na City has ougrown elrcui, ,ha, contains
Ieh towns as Denson Paris Sherman and Ardmore Our
u)atop is bigger than that of those four towns com
o4 With winning team in a league ,ha, has team,
Oklahoma City would turn out in fashion tina,
ebess the baseball management to cree, larger
'nal
WI ~ ore elamorins for faster baseball Som,
nMb that We had just as good game, year,
114om bfonnt1eo team as get from teams of the
Gen s1)A But Oklahoma City has passed ou
RI na st1 pelsd md wants big league games or a,
- - ~ 80 q ear baseball population warrants Tn,
s ~ ssady u psy sher money for faster ball lets have
= ~ ~ sesniag of the nsxt season.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-06
Another Sctap OF pspsr.

Argentina mas gotten another OF those well known and
Justly infamous German pledges warranted keep until
Germany wants to break it.--Chicago Herald
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-06

Those who have acquired the "drnko" habit, who
delight in those other eervescen non alcoholic beverages
the right track The making Of a highball is to
become lost art.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-06

II the war should end tomorrow fair ba,, ~ settle.
ment would be to give the Kaiser three years and costs
Washington Post
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-06
WHAT EDITORS SAY
A Chance for Slackers.

Perhaps some of the men asking exemption from mill
ary service would he willing to do knitting for the
Red CfoS.-lndianspolis News.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-06

More fish more fruit more vegetables for the home
dining table and the food problem will be easily solved
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-06
Our Daily Birthday PARTY

Miss Jane Addams, noted socio!ogist
born at Cedarville, H., 81 ycsls ago
today.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-06

In the double dealing OF IN, German chancellor ,h.
teiohsag majority is getting dose OF the medicine Ger.
many has been handing out 10 the world for long time
Chicago Herald
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-06
Nothing Cheap About Him.

anu IL lS'cb just Hho hunury sNp
Nothing Cheap About Him.
My, what beautiful antique furni-
ture !" exclaimed Mrs Gush. as she was
being shown through the Newrich man
sion: Il suppose these articles are
heirlooms
"Heirlooms, nothin'" replied Mr..
Newrich, 81 had these made TO order
in Grand Rapids and they cost me a
barrel OF money. There amt no sec
nd-hand Junk in this house"
Cook Bacon.
Helen Vivian Cook OF Marietta,
Wis, and Lieutenant Henry f. Bacon,
OF Milwaukee, were married at Menom-
inee, Mich, last week.
While what Luke says oft dlsssress,
Tho truth he Btill defends.
You'd rather roast your enemies,
Than stop to praise your friends.
The Limit.
That fellow Smith is quarrelsome
cuss, isn't her remarked Brown.
~ 'N''alhlg 10, dRlCCu JOutS
why, even his statements conflict"
Oh, Joyl
State Senator Cory Hogg Of Harvey
w Va, has offered to slaughter the
Clubs porkers this fall
Rocky.
The baby wouldn, close an eye
Because poor Mr. Hocky
Was singing II n lullaby
That sounded mighty rocky
Is That Sol
A smart Aleck informs us YOU can
boil eggs in Coldwater, Ohio.
Fooeyl
He's safe in Jail is Oswald Hand.
And no more coin he swlpes,
For his career was CheCkered, and
That's why he's wearing stripes.
Names Is Names.
Otto Fry lives at Wick. w. Va.
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