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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-06
f This Is True,
Petrograd Should
Be Regular Reno

LONDON, Dec. 6.--Thc draft uf a
'aw has been published in Petrograd
respecting births deaths and marriages,
according to a dispatch from the Rus
ian capital to the Daily Mail The
aw abolishcs church marriages rec
)gniling only civil ceremonies illcgiti-
nate children are given the same rights
as legitimate divorce is made easy
md bufialS in conSecrated ground
without religious ceremony is allowed.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-06
Ripley Says U. S.
Operation Would
Be Total Failure

SAN BERNARDINO, Cal, Bee. O.
tc,ual government operation OF rail
oads would result in failure accord
Ing to +. T. Ripley president Of the
|,anta Fe railroad, today
"Railroading is a great Scientific in
|lustry; a government is political ma
|hine. A political machine can never
neceed in the management OF a gp3t
Industry" he said.
Labor unrest he declared, was re
|ponsible partly for the present con
ested conditions OF the railroads OF
he county.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-06
BERLIN CLAIMS
$1,000 ITALIANS
MADE PRISONERS
eutOniC Drive on LatinS'
Flank Is Begun in FOrCef
DEFENDERS LINE SW AVS
British Advance Slightly in
Cambria Region,

BERLIN, Dec. 3, via London
Eleven thousand Italians have been
captured by the Austro-Germans in
their new offensive on the mountainous
front OF northern Italy, it was officially
announced today the German war
office.
Strong Italian forces in the Attica'
region OF the Italian front were taken
and held by he Teutonic forces, who
captured more than sixty guns, the
statement says.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-06
Purcell Celebrates
End of Quarantine

+. NJ Gault, president Of the state
board Of agriculture, returned today
from Purcell where he attended a cele.
bration held last night by McClan
county farmers in honor Of that county
having been freed from the tick quar-.
antinc.
A similar celebration will be held At
Okemah tomorrow night at which time
pure breeders association will he
formed Quarantine lifting celebrations
also will be held at Okmulgec Saturday
night and at Jay December H.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-06
Italians Give
In One Sector
Nv the Areociaied ptesI

BY the At9ociated Press.
ITALIAN ARMY HEADQUAR-
TERS IN NORFHERNITALY, We'd
neiday, Dec. s.--The furious enemy at
tack on the Asiago plateau has been
repulsed with heavy losses except at
the northeastern sector around Monte
Tonderecar where after desperate
struggle which lasted until this morn
ing the enemy succeeded in occupying
some of the advanced Italian positions,
where the ltaians retired to more Sc
cure positions.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-06
Low Temperature Reached Morning.

Thermometers at 3 o'clock this morn
ing stood at II degrees above zero the
coldesl weather OF the year and the
record low temperature for the last
three years on this particular day The
temperature dropped hlrly-iour degrees
from 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon
until s o'clock this morning.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-06
Transports Thought
To Have Gone Down

ST JOHN N, r., Dec. 6--It Is
stated positively that there were several
transports in Halifax harbor when the
explosion occurred Nothing as to the
fate OF these was obtainable. Neither is
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-06
,Collided al $50.

The vessels oollided soon after 3 %
this morning and it is presumed that
the runition ship was hit in the stoke.
hold, Instantly flames were seen to
pour from her. The crew appeared to
he making an effort to get tho fire
fighting apparatus to work when The
explosion occurred
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-06
Ground Taken From Turks.
Warmer Friday
Weather Forecast

LOCAL FoREcAsr-Falr weather TO.
night and Friday warmer Friday.
STATE FoREcAsT-Toniuht and stal
day fslrI warmer Friday
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-06
Furious Battle
RACES in Alps
Associated Press War Review.

hssoclated Press war keVleW,
In the Cambrai sector and on the
northern Italian front the enemy has
resumed his efforts to dislodge the al
lied troops The British repulsed Ger
man efforts near Cambria and east OF
Asiago, the Italians arc engaged in a
furious battle with the Austro-Ger-
mans
German attacks in the Cambria area
under the leadership Of General Won
der Marwitz. were against the south
ern and northern legs OF the salient.
Italians Stand Shock.
The Austro- German push to break
through the Viccnla and the Venetian
plains evidently is in force but the ltal-
ianS are standing the shock well The
attack is against line from Monte
Silemol north through Monte Meletta
and east TO Monte Badcnecchc, west Of
the Btenta ryer, front Of about ten
miles
Ground Taken From Turks.
In the Jebel Hamrin range north OF
Bagdad, Mesopotamia, the British and
Russian troops have taken from the
Turks an important mountain pass
More than 100 prisoners and two guns
were captured from the Turks
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-10
WITHOUT AGITATORS
INDUSTRY FLOURlSHES
Figures Show Big Increase In Wages
and Factories In Queens.

Wherever labor agitators are few,
there industry hourishes and workers
are prosperous. This is the lesson to
be cleaned from the remarkable indus
trial growth in the Borough of Queens.
New York City, as shown by the hg
ures recently compiled by the Bureau
of Census for the year 1914.
The figures record a decided gain
not only in the number of new facto
ries, capital invested in manufactur
ing, and the value of manufactured
products, but also i'll the sum total of
salaries and wages and the number of
salaried employees and wage eaIners
since the taking of the last census in
1909. From a percentage standpoint.
the increase over the several items
was as follows:
Salaried employees, 627 per cent; sal
aries, sos per cent, wages. 30 per cent;
wage earners. 30.7 per cent; capital in
vested, 20 per cent; number Of facto-
ries, 26.6 per cent; value of products.
S.8 per cent
While complete figures have not been
published as yet for all the cities and
States, still from the figures that are
now available it is evident that the
Borough of Queens for the year 1914
exceeded in the value of its manufac-
tured products many States of the
Union, such as Vermont. Delaware.
Oregon, Florida. and Wyoming; it ex
ceeded. also, in this respect every city
in New York State. with the exception
Of Buffalo. In fact, there were not
more than fifteen or sixteen cities in
the United States which produced man.
ufactured products greater in value
than those made in Queens for the
the year 1914.-Industridl ConserVa-
ton, ~. Y.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-10
Don't Rock the Industrial Boat.


After the European war is yer the
prosperity of the country will depend
on the willingness of labor to cooper
ate with capital in fighting destructive
competition from abroad. This Is the
consensus of opinion among men OF
affairs who have made a close study
of conditions in the industrial and eco
nomic world.
During the reconstruction period
that must follow the termination OF
the war, these men say. labor and
capital will be ~shipmates. and if there
Is going to be any mutiny among the
members of the crew the result will
affect the wage earners' income. In
this connection George Roberts. vice
president of the National City Bank OF
New York. says:
81 cannot get rid of the conviction
that there will have to be a period OF
readjustment for the general business
situation soon after the war. There
is only one way to maintain high
wages, and that is by increasing the
efficiency of industry. We have to
convince our own people of the advan
tages of large scale. economical pro
d~uction, and we have to satisfy our
w-age-earners that they are interested
not in restricting production. but in
increasing production. They must be
brought to see not only that wages are
dependent upon production. but that
an increasing supply of all the com
forts of life for the masses of the peo-
Pile is dependent upon it."-Industrial
Conservation, N. Y.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-10
UNITY NEEDED TO HOLD
TRADE AFTER THE WAR
Labor Must JOIN In Effort to Meet New
Competitive Spirit In Europe.

employers and workers must unite
to meet the conditions that the restora.
ton of peace in Europe will bring"
says Eugene II. Outerbridge. president
of the New York Chamber of Com
merce. Il think there is no single ele.
ment in industry before this country
today of such vast Importance as the
matter of bringing these two constitu.
ents into mutual confidence and under
standing in a real spirit of co-opera-
ton.
I'm the world conditions now pre-
vailing the peoples of the belligerent
nations have, under the stress of a
compelling necessity, developed a de
gree of cooperation and efficiency in
production of which they be-
fore knew themselves capable and
which has never been approached any
where else Id the world.
1.-THE war has produced many un-
precedented conditions. This Is only
one of them. After it is over there
will be man. we shall have to meet
and many changes to which we shall
have to adapt ourselves? Some cannot
be foretold or %foreseen. but it appears
to me inevitable that the conscious
ness of the efficiency and productive
power that has beer developed in the
European peoples will lead them not
to turn to previous methods or lives
of Incidence and ease, but that they
will turn their newly developed pow
ers to production in peaceful pursuits
and that we then shall have to meet
in foreign fields. and perhaps In do
nestle trade. the force of a competitive
production organized on a degree of
efficiency which we have never before
had to combat."-IndustriaI Conser0G-
ton, N. Y.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-10
Beat Your Own Record.

Don't gauge your OWL efforts by the
activity or output of your fellow work
ers. Never mind how little the man
next to you does. That is his own
funeral. and he will be chief mourner
some day Compete with yourself each
day. striving to beat your record of
the day before.
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
ERNST REELECTED.

At a meeting of the Capital City
Junior League held last night al
John ]. Ernst was reelected presi-
dent for the season of 1917, while Vic
Gatsza WAS named secretary. James
McSeabroOlle was reelected treas
urer for the season.
Six managers of last years teams
were present, while applications have
been received from a number of jun
ior clubs. A meeting OF the man.
ayers OF the circuit will be called
some time next week for the purpose
of adopting the bylaws and consti-
tuition and the arranging of a sched
ule.
The Washington times., 1917-02-16

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-Col. Jacob
Rupert, who is president of the
Yankees, discussed baseball affairs
from various angles before attending
the American League schedule meet
ing at the Hotel Wolcott yesterday
afternoon. Colonel Rupert became
part owner of the Yankees with one
idea in view, to win the worlds
championship. For a time last year
it looked as IL the Yankees would
capture American Leaguei pennant,
but injuries to Bill Donovan's star
players proved too great a handicap.
Colonel Rupert and his partner,
Capt. T. L. Huston, naturally were
disappointed, but they took their
medicine gamely, and now are con-
fident that this years race will re-
suit in their favor.
VIII Have Good Year.
with the fraternity and the strike
things of the past, baseball surely
will enjoy much more popularity this
year, unless there is serious trouble
with Germany" said Colonel Rupert.
'If the strike of the ball players had
been successful the national game
would have been ruined.
"The public desires rivalry on the
diamond and honest efforts by the
men who wear the uniforms. In or
der to insure the success of baseball
the club owners must have unlimited
power. The Federal League did much
harm, and the fraternity was another
detriment, but with the game now in
the hands of sportsmen who know
what the fans demand a great boom
is sure to follow.
Yanks Are Stronger.
New York fans will have plenty
of first-cIass sport this year. The
Giants are wonderfully strong, and
will be hard to beat In the National
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
lges Exhibition With Coubus-Open Season Philadelphia
FACULTY ADVISERS
MEET TODAY AT "Y'
Talk Over Baseball Situation
Before DoubIe-H Header in
Basketball.

With the publication OF the Ameri.
can League baseball schedule today
high school faculty advisers are GET
ting together at tho Y. NJ. C. A. to
talk over and arrange the annual
championship baseball dates for the
five high schools.
An effort viii be made to obtain
the use OF the American League
baseball park for a part OF the series.
Manager Griffith Is in New York as
present, but will be approached on
his arrival and asked for several
games at the big league grounds.
Basketers Active.
Today Technical and Eastern viii
take the floor at the ''Y' in the first
game Of q double header. Tech has
clear lead for the title at present
with five games won and one lost.
Eastern held the Tech players to q
16 to count in their last engage
ment.
Central and Western are down for
the second contest Of the day. West
ern will probably use a number OF
oyungster. A win or loss will In no
way affect the standing OF the team,
and 1t has been planned to give the
youngsters q taste of floor work In
preparation for next season Central
Is slated to visit Tome School ar
Port Deposit, Nd, tomorrow.
Series To Close.
The high school basketball series
will close on Tuesday, when Techni-.
cal and Business line up for the final
battle. h win for Tech today Will
put the team in such a position that
1t can lose to Business without
changing the standing OF the league.
Business Is already assured OF sec
ond place, while Central will have
to be content with the third place
position. Western and Eastern fol-
low In order. Techs only loss 50 far
was the engagement with the Bust
ness team.
Others Are Playing.
Friends Select School IL engaging
the Georgetown Freshmen today. The
Freshman team was beaten earlier
In the season by q decisive score.
Friends is expecting to get consid-
erable practice before the return
games with the Baltimore Friends to ,
be played in Baltimore February "a.
Army and Navy Props will engage
st. Adams School today in q re-
turn game at St Adams. The Props
handed the st. Adams quint an aw-
full beating in their last engagement.
Gonzaga won its second game OF the
week yesterday in defeating Alexan-
dria High School by 43 TO Is.
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
GRIFFS TO START
ON FOREIGN SOIL
Washington Club at PhiIadel-
phia When Curtain Rolls
Up on Campaign.

Washington fans are likely to be
surprised today to know that their
ball club does not open the 1917
campaign at Georgia avenue. Such
is the case, however. The Griffmen
will break from the barrier against
Connie Mack's Athletics and then
tackle the Yankees before running
up the curtain in the Capital.
It has usually been the style for
teams to open at home every other
year, but Ban johnson has seen fit
to swerve from custom this spring
He has booked the Griffs to play
away from home eight days before
performing before their own rooters.
The Washington major league sea-
son is due to begin April 20, when
the Philadelphia Athletics open a
four-game series here. On April IL,
the season gets under way every
where as follows
Griffs at Philadelphia
Red Sox at New York.
White Sox. at st. Louis.
Indians at Detroit.
At Home In June.
Though the Griffs will play the
Eastern clubs in two short home stays
before that, their first real long visit
to Georgia avenue will open with the
Red SoX on May 20. continuing
through June %. During that stay
the champions, all the Western clubs,
and the Athletics will be here.
The second long home stay runs
from July % through August Is. the
four frontier clubs and the Yankees
paying their respects u the Griffs
here.
The third and final long home stay
for Washington fans will run from
September through October I. every
club in the league appearing.
This season the Eastern clubs go
West before the Western clubs como
East. The Griffmen will make their
debut in the West on May 10 at Cleve-
land.
The second foreign trip OF the Grifr-
men will be q humdinger. Starting on
June % at Boston, they will visit
every club in the league, closing their
trip in st. Louis, July -, and head
ing for home.
The third long trip opens at Detroit
August II, and closes at Philadelphia
September 4.
The final three days % the season
will see the Griffmen in Boston.
All the Home Dates.
Here are the dates for Georgia ave
nue.:
PhiIadefphia-April 20, 81, %, "a.
New York-April 80, May !. ., }.
Boston-May 4. 8, Z, s, o.
BOston-May 20, 30, so.
St. Louis-June 1, ., 4, ..
Chicago-June 6, Z. 8, o.
CIeveland-June IL, Il, 13. IA.
Detroit-June Is, 16, IS, 10.
PhiIadelphia-June 20, 81, %.
CIeveIand-July 20. 26. %, IS.
Detroit-July 30, 81, August 1, 2.
st. Louis-August 3, A, 9, Z.
Chicago-August s, o, 10. IL.
New York-August 13. II, Is.
New York-September 5, 9, rs.
Boston-September 10, IL, IL.
Philadelphia-Septem 13, II, 15
II.
st. Louis-September Is. 10. 20.
Detroit-September 81, 20. "A.
Chicago-September 25, &c, -.
CIeveland-Septembe rs, 30, Oc-
tober ].
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
RELAY RACE OFF
But Washington and Lee Will Enter
Stars in Meet.


Although Washington and Lee can.
ceIed its schedule relay race with
Georgetown in the latter's indoor
games at Washington on Saturday,
the Generals will enter nine men in
the individual events. The team, ac-
companied by Coach Forrest Fletcher
and Manager J. L. Gladney, arrived
here today.
The men and events in which they
will compete follow: Hallman, pole
vault; Henke, 5O-yard dash, open,
South Atlantic; Cromwell, 5O-yard low
hurdles. 5O-yard dash, open, South At
lantic, hop, step and jump; KievIan,
5O-yard low hurdles, 5O-yard dash,
open, South Atlantic, hop, step and
jump. 44O-yard dash; Robbins. 5O-yard
novice, half mile, South Atlantic; Nc
Nitt, open mile; Johnson, shotput,
South Atlantic; Powell, 5O-yard nov
ice, GOO-yard novice; GIadney, 5O-yard
open, 4O-yard open.
The track team is considered one of
the best that ever represented the
university and IL is felt that it has
better than a fair chance to carry
away its share of the honoTS in to-
mOrrOw's meet.
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
Would Have Ruined Game,
Says Rupert of Strikers
Yankee President Declares Public Desires Rival
ry and Honest Effort, and Looks for Boom
To Follow Failure of Frat.
BY JOE VILLA.

League race. The Brooklyns, too,
should be factors practically all the
way. But do not overlook the Yam
KEGS. Manager Donovan will have
even a better team than the one that
started last years American League
race. Experience means a lot in
building up a winner, and Donovan
knows where Improvement is needed.
"The Yankees, in my opinion, are
in the same class with the Red Sox,
White Sox, and Tigers. Donovan will
have a formidable pitching staff in
Shawkey, Cullop, Mogridge, Shocker,
Fisher. Caldwell, Enright Russell,
and others.
VIII Get Chance.
Caldwell will receive another
chance to redeem himself, and IL he
behaves properly his services will be
extremely valuable. believe that
Cullop, Mogridge, Russell, and Shock
er will show greater skill than last
season. Behind the bat Donovan has
three first-class men in Nunamaker,
Walters, and Alexander, also a prom
tsing colt named Shaw, who will re-
ceive a thorough trial at Macon.
"Our infield has one weak spot,
second base. Maisel and Gedeon will
be tried there, and we hope that
MaiseI will display the necessary
quality to become a regular in that
important position. Pipp, Peckin-
paugh and Frank Baker are the other
infielders.
"The fans know what these men
can do, further comment is out Of
order. High, Magee, and Gilhooley
in the Outfield, are fine players, too.
Barring accidents, therefore, / feel
confident that New York will cut e
leading figure in tho American
League race this year, and IL we
should meet the Giants in the worlds
series next fall the fans would be
well rewarded for their loyal sup
port"
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
NAVY RESUMES ATHLETICS
Gymnastie, Fencing, and Wrestling
Season Begins Tomorrow.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd. Feb. 16-All ath-
Ietic contests at the Naval Academy,
halted for a period of two weeks on
account of the stringent regulations
made necessary by relations with
Germany, will be resumed Saturday,
but will be held for midshipmen only.
Every precaution will be taken
that no unauthorized person shall
gain admission to the academy
through these exhibitions. The mem
bers of the visiting teams will have
an official escort during every Sec
ond OF their stay on academy
grounds
The bill OF sports for Saturday af-
ternoon is an interesting one, and
will mark the beginning OF the gym
nastic, wrestling and fencing seasons.
The midshipmen's opponents in gym
nastics and fencing will be the teams
OF the University of Pennsylvania,
and in wrestling, the University OF
Pittsburgh.
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
BOB THAYER'S GOSSIP
ON SPORTING MATTERS

will be present at the thirteenth an
nual dinner given the sport writers
of Philadelphia. The list includes
Grover Cleveland Alexander, the fore
most pitcher in the National League;
"Ted" Meredith, worlds champion
middle distance runner; Richard Nor
ris Williams, I'd, worlds tennis cham
pion; John B. Kelly, the sculling
champion; J. Howard Berry. the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania football and
track star; Charles Durborrow, the
champion long-distance swimmer,
Robert Folwell, coach of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania football team,
and Harry Hampstead, president of
the New York National League Base
ball Club.
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
IGNORES ALEXANDER
PhiIIies' President Fails to See
Famous Pitcher.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 16.-What
seems like a peculiar conception of
the methods of big business between
big men on the part OF William T..
Baker, president of the Philadelphia
baseball club. may cost the club the
services of Pitcher Grover Cleveland
Alexander
With the big hurler in the city for
the, purpose OF discussing a differ
ence in salary terms. Mr.. Baker came
over from New York yesterday, and
not only failed TO get in touch with
the Nebraska marvel, but assumed an
attitude which has further alienated
the player from the club.
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
RETRIEVES DEFEAT
G. w. v. ouint Trims Temple UnI'
Versity In Return Game.

George Washington's basletbalIers
gained revenge on Temple University,
of Philadelphia, for a defeat received
on the latter's floor last month by
trimming the visitors at the Y. NJ. G..
A. last night in a hard-fought contest.
The score was 80 to "a.
After the first half was completed,
the teams stood Is all. Superior speed
and guarding tactics gave George
Washington the deciding margin.
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
HOLD BENEFIT TONIGHT
Mohawk A. c. Annual Entertain.
ment at Odd Fellows Hall.

An exceptional crowd is expected at
the second annual entertainment OF
the Mohawk Athletic Club, to be held
at Odd Fellows Hall tonight, for the
benefit of the clubs finances.
Some OF the best local talent will
take part in the show. including the
Mohawk Quartet, Milton Davis,
pianist, and others.
The Washington times., 1917-02-16
AGGIES DEFEATED.

LEXINGTON, Va, Feb. 16.-North
Carolina A. and NJ. was unable to
stop the Virginia Military Institute
last night falling victim by 81 to 10.
The Washington times., 1917-02-16

June Is, 16, Is
July 30, 81, Aug. 1, .
Sept, 81, %, %, "a
The Washington times., 1917-02-16

One of the most notable gather
ings of sport celebrities in histor,
The Washington times., 1917-02-16

You may be sure the Georgetown
meet will be started well, for Jimmy
Mulligan will have charge Of the gun
firing. Mulligan Is one of the best
starters Of sprint races we have seen
in many q year. In addition to get
ting the boys on well his handling of
the more or less nervous youngsters
is more than commendable.