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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-15

The Answsr.
To the query. How shall We meet tho
rising cost OF living'"
The cost OF meat Ia on the jump
Breadstun and pies arc daily rising:
Tho price OF clothing takes hump
In sudden methods quito surprising.
To live these days one must be rich
30 stumble through existence gayly
Only the millionaires and slch
Can feed their flabby faces daily.
No matter what you haveNo buy,
with fabby purse and littlo In II.
The stuff YOU want 10 on tho ny
And setting records every minute;
Socks, ties and shirts-suits, booze and
hats,
TICS, trousers soup bones, buns and
chickens,
Prunes and potatoes. rent on flats
And so tho somber plotlet thickens
The snswer-hero within quick call
To those who think n change behoov-
The Poets union offers all
A remedy beyond improving;
Us Poets have the tip YOU seek
To curb each trust and soon outrange
We only eat three times 4 week
And wear n shirt out ore wo change II.
'In all this terrific excitoment." asks
r r c.. what has become OF one ]
probably trogloditing somewhere away
from tho maddins crowd letting II go
at that
JeN and Jess.
jeff and Jess. two OF our most ponder
ous heavyweight champions. are sintu-
larly alike In one respect,
Neither was kern about partaklng OF
his own game. Jeffries hated tho
thought OF a ring battle. 30 did and
does willard Jess has INDUCED In pre-
cissly thirty-fve mlnutes OF boxing since
he upset Jack Johnson, over two years
JeY fought but one battle between 1908
and 1910, AS we recall tho dim details.
Both were inclined 10 get highly an
noyed when any ono suggested pas.
sage at arms. Think what those would
have been, endowed with Bat Nelson's
love OF the fray or Kid McCoy's passion
for punching
Dops Poem.
Tho Red Sox go sailing out into the west,
out into tho west for the White Box
lair.
And maybe thsyll riso TO tho ancient
test-- 81
And maybe thsyn do what the sun
does there.
Wherein 70 Golden Opportunity Was
Overlooked.
Dear sir: When Pitcher Babe Ruth
was recently suspended for attempting
to revise the features Of Umpire Owens
IL strikes mo that . number OF your writ
ers overlooked n golden opportunity,
What a chance there would have been
to have referred TO Boston's Ruthless
methods Of warfare! Sorry thought OF
II 80 late,-Plato Pete.
Critics have II figured out that II the
white Sox get back home with fair
lead they win start east again In Sep
tember Mt least six games TO the good
This sounds reasonable enough But ths
hes, method OF toying with tho irreprea'
sible dops Ia TO figure II out and ther
turn II upside down.
Speaker not up TO Cobb As q batter. "
-Exchange Which recalls tho quaint
| coincidence that there are exactly one
billion. five hundred and thirty seven
million people In this world In practi-
| cally the same fix
Allowing Two ousssss.
The little pun that ran right up
And would not drop into tho cup
The name | called tim afraid
| cannot print here what l said.
| There Ia at least one word to be said
| about the Red Sox-they are not out OF
| the pennant race until the aforesaid race
is over, all In and complied to n finish.
-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-15
American League
National League,
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.


Western Association.
~ ehetman s; oklahoma City T.
~ McAlester : AUimore
A, Mu.kosc. T. Fort smith .
At Denisor 8, Tulsa
National League.
A. Chicago 0, Pittsburgh
At New York 81. brooklyn ..s
A. hoston 0 rhllsdelphA
Al 1T Louis Gin cinnatl no gsms
American League,
A. Cleveland ~, chicago 81,
Al Washington l.io, New York OIL.
At Phlisdolphis T. Boston 1,
At Detroit I, at Louis
American Association,
Al n Paul 4 Minneapolis
At Milwaukee ia Kansas City s.t
A. Toledo so, bouisvills 10 tsscond
called end Of sii,h, dsrhness).
Al colunby. -; lndisnspo,i' o.
western League.
Al omaha !. Joplin 4
At Lincoln I, Hutchinson
At pos Moinsr wichlts 0
Al ~ Joseph : Denver 0
Tesas League.
Al Houston tsn Antonio
A. Dallas I; Fort worth II
Al waco ii; Shreveport 3,
Southern Cssous
Al Memphis a. birmingham /
Al Chattanooga q New orleans I,
Al Little Rock al; Atlanta 10
A. Nashville 8, Mobile
WHERE THEY PlAY TO-DAY.
Western Association.
OklshnpH city at sherman
Fort 0ith at Mushosee
TultA At psnlson
Atdmoto at MeAlestst
American League.
chicago al cleveland
noston at Philadelphia
National League,
Philadelphia ~ Boston
Brooklyn al New YORK
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-15
BASE RUNNING HELPS
KEEP INDIANS IN RACE

CH1CAGO-Clevelsnd continues = dan
serous factor In tho race for the Amerl-
can pennant One reason for this is the
way some OF the Indian players are
stealing bases
one swipcd sack may mean ban
game Hence the stealing angle looms
ny as n vital factor, almost As vital as
bnrc hits
The Indians have stolen i2i bases The
White soN who rank second, have 9s
Roth has pinchcd thlr,y-one OF the bases
and Chairman thirty
Their speed can he better Judged whes
4 10 stated that Ty Cobb's record 10
date In twenty. four
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-15

Caldwell trlpled when he batted for Cul.
lon In tho sixth and later crossed the
plate with the Yanks one run.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-15

RnGan hold the Phillies to three hits
but was forced TO pitch ten innings a,
Rlxey kept the hits made of him well
scattered. Neither team scored until the
tenth. In the first half the Phlllles scored
one run. but tho Braves came bndk and
put two runs over before batter was
retired
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-15

Jacksons double with two ON In tho
urst inning was n prominent factor IN
fhe white SoN victory
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-15

II is not generally known that a
woman founded daily journalism The
first daily newspaper was the DAILY
Courant," established in London in 1902
by Elizabeth Mallet, and edited by her,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-15

Speaker not up TO Cobb As a batter. -
Exchange Which recalls tho quaint
coincidence that there are exactly ono
billion. five hundred and thirty-seven
million people In this world In pract-
cally the sAme fix,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-15

Denl.on scored four runs In the first
inning of the game with TulM, just
enough TO win the game, as Tulsa scored
three during the game
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-15
Dops Poem.

Tho Red sox go sailing out into the west,
Out into tho west for the White Box
lair,
And maybe they'll riso 10 the ancient
test-- 81
And maybe they'll do what tho sun
does there.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-15
Allaxlna Two 0ussass

The little puu that ran right up
And would not drop into tho cup
The name | called tim afraid
I cannot print here what l said.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-15

Sherman solved Walkup for thirteen
sateties while the BOOSTERS were pound.
Ing Haislip for nine
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-15

While Bush was heating the Red soS
,he White Sor were gettins an even
break at Cleveland
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-15

There Ia at least one word to be said
about the Red Sox--they are not out OF
the pennant race until the aforesaid race
Is over, all In and complied to n finish.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-15

Critics have II figured out that II the
White Sox get back homo with a fair
lead they Will start east again In Sep
tembcr at least six games TO the good.
This sounds reasonable enough But tho
bes, method OF toying with tho irrepres-
| sible dops In TO figure II out and then
turn II upside down.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-15

Guy Morton outpltched Faber and Dan.
totth IN the second game, though a bat.
tlng rally In the ninth worried the In.
diAns, Chicago put two runs over the
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-15

Young and Spencer for Detroit and
Pratt Of ct Louis starred yesterday.
Young and Spencer each scored two OF
Detrotts four runs. the former getting
three hits out OF four times UP and the
latter two out Of thfre. while Pratt msde
two hits out OF three times up. ono being
triple.
New York and Brooklyn divided hon-
ors, the Giants winning the first game
6 to I and the Dodgers the second TO
Schupp and Coombs pitched the nrst
game and Tesreau and Msrauard the Soc
ond.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-15

Watson held Muskogee to two hit. and
barely won his game, 2 TO !, 0eist. work.
ing for the Nets was strong IN pinches
McNeilr. error gave the Twins both their
runs
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-15
Wherein 70 Golden Opportunity Was
Overlooked.

Overlooked.
Dear Sir: when Pitcher Babe Ruth
was recently suspended for attempting
TO revise the features Of Umpire owen'
IL strikes mo that . number OF your writ
ers overlooked a golden opportunity
What a chance thero would have beer
to have referred TO Boston's RuthlesI
II 80 late.--Plato Pete.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-28
HOMAGE PAID
 HERO 0F MARINE" RECIPIENT MANY INVITATIONS General JOffre Receives Scores of In- yitatiOnS From All Parts of the COuntry-May Go As Far West \" Chicago.
RECIPIENT MANY INVITATIONS
General Joffre Receives Scores of In-

WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 2S.-- General Joffre. the Hero of the Marne," is receiving scores of invita- tions from all parts of the country to visit the various cities. Governor Mccall of Massachusetts. has sent greetings of the State to the general and an urgent invitation to visit Bos ton before he returns to France. The homage rendered the General IS largely personal and amounts almost to hero worship. While he is not at this time able to make any definite plans, and will not be able to do so until after the war conference. 1t is agreed that he will visit number of places and will probably 20 as far west as Chicago.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-28
ENTENTE POWERS
 NEED SHIPPING \ E( 'ESSITY IS GROWING RAPIDLY German Submarine Campaign Cn- dOubtedly Seriously Affecting the Food and Munition SupplieS-COnl- mission at Work.
NECESSITY IS GROWING RAPIDLY

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2S.-- The French commissioners are hard at work arranging their program to be presented at the war conference, and will probably have it completed about the middle of next week More merchant ships appear to be the greatest need of the Entente allies, and this need is daily becoming more pressing, the German submarine cam. Laign unquestionably having a seri- ous effect upon the ability of the Eli tente powers to ship sufficient focd- stuffs and ammunition to keep the ar- mics up to the highest notch of eff ciency.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-28
MUST PLAY A.
 VITAL PART IN WAR AGAINST GERMANY United States Must Throw Of i.ethar- gy and Waxen to the Danger Which ('OnfrOntS NatiOn-MuSt Also Feed the Allies.
\ WAR AGAINST GERMANY

WASHINGTON, D. C.. April s. It is generally conceded that the Uni ted States will prove vital factor in the war against the Central Powers. and to take the part she must throw eff the prevailing lethargy and has ten her preparations. Russia forms the most serious problem of the war at this time, and the collapse of her defense and the negotiating of sep arate peace is feared. This must be Jreventcd if possible. and the Con- mission which the President send to confer with the provisional gov ernment will be authorized to adopt every means to assist Russia in main- taining her defense.
 In the United States the people must be awakened to the danger which confronts the country, and the armies of the United States must take their place beside those Of tho Allies. Not orly must her soldiers rlay their part on the battle field, but the country will also be called upon to feed the Allies and her manufactur- CTS and farmers must cooperate with the government in providing for he necessities not only of the army hut the civilian population as we'll
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-28
MYSTERIOUS FIRE
 COLORADO MINE
  MINERS TRAPPED IN WORKINGS Flames Discovered in Mine of Victor American Fuel Company Yesterday Morning-Believed to Have Been Work of Austrian Miners.
MINERS TRAPPED IN WORKINGS

TRIEIDAD, Colo. April 28.-A fire of mysterious origin broke out at 9 o'clock yesterday morning in the mine of Victor American Fuel Company at o'clock yesterday morning. One hundred and twenty miners are be- Fieved to have been trapped in the workings beyond the fire and without hope of rescue.
 A large patty was immediately put 10 work after the discovery of the nlaze. but the fire gained on the fight CTS, and at 2:3O yesterday afternoon the rescuers were driven out of the mine by the dense smoke which filled all the workings.
 It is believed that the fire was started by Austrians employed in the mine, as the place has been under guard by soldiers for some time and no one not employed in the mine was allowed to approach.
 The mine will be sealed in an ef- fort to extinguish the flames, which will take a week or ten days. It is be- lieved that all the imprisoned men have perished from gas ere this.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-28
FRENCH DESIRE
 TROOPS SENT
REPORTED JoFFRE IS URGING
spbject of His Visit Here Is to Demon strate to the Government the Desir- ability of the MOve-trench Admi. ral Confers With Benson.

WASHINGTON. D. C., April 2o-- General Joffre, of the French Con- mission, held a long conference yes terday afternoon with Secretary Of War Baker. It is generally admitted that France desires that an expedl- ,ionary force be sent to France ana it is believed that Joffre's mission IS to show to the government the reason why such move would be advisable. Admiral Chocheprat, the head of the French navy. who is also member "f the Commission, will confer with Ad- miral Benson, Chief of Naval Opera tions today. and General Joffre and staff will confer with the members of the war college Chairman Viviani of ,he Commission, and the French min ,ster Justice will visit the Supreme Court today.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-28
JAMAICA FAVORS
 COMPULSORY SERVICE

KINGSTON. Jamaica. B. w. I-The bill to provide for compulsory mili- tary service. either in the island o: abroad. for the period of the wa. which was initiated on the elected side of the Legislative Council b. Messrs. Cox and Simpson has passed it's first reading. The voting was 1 against and 24 for the measure.
 The four were elected members. Their position was substantially tte same The voluntary system could be made to give all the men needed. They would support conscripticn if. after a trial of six months more rn- der new organization, the voluntary system did not prove sufficient. This is the line taken by all who oppose the measure. Hardly anyone "an be found to oppose it finally. if 1t he- comes clear that the men canno. be had otherwise.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-28
BRITISH CAPTURE
 MANY CANNON 400 TAKEN SINCE FIFTEENTH K.,-s.-. .~s-r-z 7'es' In Address at Guildhall Premier Lloyd George l.auds Army-De- clared Ireland Must Be Converted Into Loyal Friend.
400 TAKEN SINCE FIFTEENTH

LONDON. April 2S--Premier Lloyd George yesterday made most i'm portant address at meeting at Guild hall on the military and Irish situa- tions. He declared that Ireland must he converted into a loyal friend and not be made into a suspicious tErrl,
 Referring to the gigantic drive oi the British on the western war front he lauded the army in the highest terms and announced that the British lad captured more than four hur' Gred G German guns since the 18th.
 The greatest task of the war. le said, was the feeding of the forty-tve million people. and urged that ever! available foot of ground be cultivat- ed and bumper crop harvested. He declared that the German policy or unrestricted submarining had driven the United States into the war. reai- izing that neutrality was fruitless.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-28
APPREHENSION
 FELT GERMANY
OVER POSSIBLE HUGE STRIKE
Agitation In Labor Circles Still Con- tinues Despite HOlweg's Threat and Gigantic Strike Is Feared on May Day by MunitiOn Workers.

WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 2S. - Copies of a German newspaper re- ceived here through Holland indicate by their contents that there Is wide spread apprehension through Ger many of possible May Day strike of gigantic proportions through the country. Chancellor Won Holweg's speech before the Reichstag few days ago is declared to be warning to labor that strikes will not be tol- erated at this time. and to contain yelled threat that in the event the dis crder does not cease all the working men ih the country will be mobilized into the army and placed at work in the munitions factories at soldiers pay. Notwithstanding this threat there is a continued strong agitation among the laborers and it is feared this will eulminate tn a strike affecting the en- tire country on May Day. ..a
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-28
CAPTURE
 GERMAN TRENCHES
IN VICINITY OF MORONVILLERS
Thirty Eight Pieces of Artillery Have Been Taken by French Since the SiNteenti,-German Loss Heavy

PARIS. April 2S.-A war office bull letin issued this morning states that heavy fighting occurred yesterday at Moronviller3. and that the French have succeeded in capturing several German trenches on the heights sur. rounding the town. It is also an nounced that the French have cap tured from :he Germans one hundred and thirty-eight pieces of artillery since the 16th. The Germans are re- ported to have lost heavily yesterday in the fighting which occurred south Ct St. Quentin.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-28
Plan Food Preparedness.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 2S.-

NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 2S.-- Bankers. railroad men. agricultural experts. editors, manufacturers. edu- cators and farmers from all over the state conferred here on food prepared pess this week. Agricultural author ities declared that less than one acre of potatoes to the farm has been planted in Tennessee. In the face of increased demand in prospect the state has suffered from unreasonable weather.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-28
ROOSEVELT PEEvED AT
 ACTION OF CONGRESS-

WASHINGTON, D. C.. April sS.-- Col. Roosevelt manifested symptoms of grear disappointment when inform ed of the action of Congress yester- day in turning down his proposition to lead a body of men to France to fight with the Allies. The Colonel stated that he had rendered his serv- ices to his country and been turned down. and had done all that a pa triotic citizeo could do.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-28

Mrs. James Gllmour, Valdez tai ented writer, will have an article iE The Miner that everyone who has the welfare of Alaska at heart should read, for it very truly typifies Alas ka's standing. and 1t is up to her cit izens to remove that idea or preju- dice and help her to take her right full place among her sister states for that taint will always retard her de- velopment. It is too conducive to graft. ft.-COntributed.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-28
WILSON WINS
 BIG VICTORY
SURE TO PASS
Test Vote In the House This Morning Stood 279 to OS in Favor of Bul- Formal Vote Will Probably Be Taken at 6:OO This Evening.

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2S.-
 The President won big victory in the House today when test vote was taken on the Army measure. The vote stood 279 to 9S in favor of con. scription and assures the passage of the bill The vote caEle on Kahn . amendment, and the formal vote oi. the measure is expected to be tahen about 6 o'clock this evening. The Senate reconvened at 10 o'clock this morning and the debate on the Army bill continued.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-28
Norwegian Losses Heavy.

LONDON. April 28.-The Norwe7 gian Shipping Gazette gives the total Norwegian losses to March 24 as 312 steamers of tonnage of AS3, 4% and 80 ships of tonnage of 65, as a result of submarines and mines The number Of men and women who per ished is given as S12 and the is. 2 as 25. The Norwegian residents ,'f London will give banquet Thursday next to 500 Norwegian seamen from submarined vessels now here.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-28
Fifteen Bodies Rescued.

TRINIDAD, Col. April 2S.-The work of rescre in the mine of the Vic tor American Fuel Company was re- sumed this morning and fifteen bod 5es have been recovered from the mine. It is believed that not one of the one hundred and twenty men in the mine are alive, although every ef- fort is being made to reach them in the hope that possibly some of them .nay have survived.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-28
ALLIES NEED
 MUCH MONEY NEARLY A BILLION A MONTH Preliminary Estimates by Mc.Adoo Places Need of England at Quarter Billion and France and Russia at Hundred Million Monthly.
NEARLY A BILLION A MONTH

WASHINGTON. b. C., April zS - Preliminary estimates by Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo place the fin- ancial needs of the Entente powers at nearly billion dollars month.
 Of this sum England will need a quarter of a billion monthly, France and Russia about one hundred mil lion each. Italy fifty millions. Serbia fifteen millions, and Belgium fifty to seventy-five million dollars.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-28
GERMAN VESSELS
 RAID RhMSGATE
TWO KILLED AND THREE HUI
DestrOyers Shelf Town Last Night Do. ing Considerable Property Damage. Raiders Elude Patrol Fleet and Make Their Escape.

LONDON. April 2S.--The Admir- alty announced this morning that Ger man destroyers last night made raid upon Ramsgate, firing number of shells into the town. A man aud a woman were killed and three persons were injured. and considerable prop erty damage cone. The destroyers succeeded in eluding the vigila-c- of the British patrol fleet and made their escape
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-28
VILLA HAS $f,OOO, 900 IN
 TREASURE STONED AWAY

FL PASO. April 28.-Francisco Villa told a prominent Mexican min- ing man recently that he had approxi- mately $1,O00.000 worth of gold and silver bars hidden in the states of Dur ango and Chihuahua. . These gold and silver bars were obtained from the foreign and native mining companies by Villa in the form Of forced loans and ransoms. the min ing man said.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-28
ROOSEVELT NOT
 ' RAISE DIVISION AMENDMENT DEFEATED HOISE By Vote of TO to 1O6 Amendment Authorizing Roosevelt to Raise Army for Service in France Is De- feated In the House.
AMENDMENT DEFEATED HOrsE

WASHINGTON. D C.. April :S.--- By a vote of ITO to 106 the House last evening rejected the amendment to the Army hill authorizing Colonel Roosevelt to raise an overseas divi- sion for service in France. Contrary to expectations. the Republican mem bers of the House did not vote solid ly for the Amendment.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-28
VAST EXPENDITURE
 0F AMMUNITION iN HISTORY WORLD British Munitions Minister States that StupendOus Amount of Ann munitiOn Has Been Used on the .Arras Sector, But Is Justified.
GREATEST iN HISTORY WORLD

LONDON. April S.-The ministe.' of munitions. Dr. Christopher Addi. son. announced today that the expen diture of guns and ammunition in Ih' great British drive in the Arras sec tor is the greatest in history. While the expenditure of ammunition ha.i Eeeu sturendoUs he decla"es the re- suits attained justify the cost.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-28
JIM'S" GREAT
 FORTUNE GOES TO CHARITY

NEW YORK, April -28.-The bulk of the estate of James Buchanan Diamond Jim) Brady, estimated at from $3,OO0.00O to $5.O00,000, will go to charity, it was learned after bis funeral. MT. Brady's diamonds and other stones, valued at $1.OOQ,OOQ, are to be distributed among friends. while the remainder of the estate will 90 to the New York hospital.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-28
REACHED TO
 VOTE ON DRAFT MEASURE

WASHINGTON, D. C.. April s. An agreement was reached in the House last evening to vote on the amendment to restore the administra- tion draft feature to the army h.ll when the House convened this mor,. ing.