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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
U. S. CONTINUES
PREPARATIONS TO
PROTECT RIGHTS
Intensity Of U-Boat Cam
paign to Be Increased

WASHINGTON, Feb. l9-Ihe sub
marine situation seemed az standStll
TODAY with the government apparently
closely watching Developments, steadily
meparing itself for eycntualltlpt and
adhering to its plan for takiIx Sctlon
10 protee, American rights when tho
moment arrives.
Increase With Warmer Weather
The slackening OF the ruthless cam
psian in the last three or four days is
regarded as reducing the chance OF an
attack on an American ship or loss OF
American lives but with the coming OF
warmer weather It is expected 10 in
crease in intensity,
There was no further indication to-
day OF the presidents plans for going
before congress TO ask for additional
suthority Through the Spanish en-
bassy the state department ha, been
informed that the American sailors
taken as prisoners to Germany on the
prize steamer Yarrowdale would be
released shortly
Request Forwarded.
The state department, through the
Swiss minister. forwarded 10 Berlin
Saturday a reques, for their immcdi-
ate release \ previous message m
quted as TO the reason for keeping the
men prisoners and insisting upon their
release
Because Of the slow and uncertain
communication between Washington
and Berlin, state department officials
were unable to decide whether today'S
dispatch was IN answer 10 It's last re-
quest or the previous one.
Officials Impatient.
State department officials are watch
Ing the situation with some impatlencc
Austria's real attitude perpleNcS
officials here and there is hope that
Amb,ssador Peniield will find some
way TO influence the Vienna govern
men, not 10 formally sanction the cH-
trrmc position taken by Germany. No
answer has been received to direct m
qury as 10 whether Austria intended to
follow Germany.
1t was au,horitatNely SAID at the
state department today that 50 Tar
nothing had been heard from the cen
trail powers as to what course they
would take in the event the United
States authorized the arming Of Amer
icsn merchan, ships.
MAY Not Go to Congress
II was stated definitely that FrcS-
dent Wilson has made no plans SO lar
for gong before congress although II
was not denied that he is still consider
ing the adv,sabli,y OF such a step. In
some quarters IT was believed possible
that he might conclude not TO go 20
congress al present
Officials generally said that some
means would be found for getting
American and other vessels 10 resume
sailings While consideration has been
given TO various suggestions for arm
ing and conveying merchantmen, It
was considered possible that before
long the vessels may sail OF their own
accord
Although officials maintain reticcncc
there has been an unmiStakable lessen
ing in the tension within the last two
or three DAYS
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
William B. Colver.

WASHINGTON. Feb 70 William
b Colyer a ST Paul newspaper pub
Usher, and John Franklin Fort, former
governor OF New Jersey were nominal
ed by President Wilson today as mem
hcr, OF the federal tDlc commission
Mr. Colvcr /, a democrat and Su.-
coed, fdwarl y Hurley oi Chicago
Ssuman OF the commission who rc-
Gently resigned III, term will expire
III 1920
Former Governor Fort will serve out
the uneNpircd term Of Gcorpc $ Rub
lee. at New Hampshire who wa, noml-
mated by President Wilson when the
commission was first appointed and
served until last iall but who never
was confirmed BY the senate because oi
opposition of Senator Gallugcr Mr.
Fort i, a republican
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
City Third in
Bank Clearings

Oklahoma City was third in the
United States IN percentage of increase
in bank clearingS for the week ending
last thursday Its increase was rs
percent Tulsa stood close to the foot
Of the column with 20 percent and
Muskogec with 30 percent Follow
ing Is the standing ot other citc, and
their percentages l'irS, Noung,rovn.
pa. 9l4; second, Salt Lake CIV Utah.
10; fourth Macon. ca. t47, nth.
Rockford Maine, h}7, sixth. Ogden,
Utah. 90; seventh. Seattle. Wash,
59} eighth, Nicksburg. Miss, 50;
ninth Roi'e Idaho. S44 tenth, Daycn-
port Iowa. SIS
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
Missing Steamer
Reaches Home Port

NEWPORT NEWS Va. Feb 70 --
The British horse steamer Romncv ior
whose safety grave fears had been en-
tcrtained by some of the marine men
here arrived in Hampton Roads today
after a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt
10 which port she carried horses from
Newport News There were large
number of Americans among the crew
The British steamer ONonian. carving
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
CiTYBRIEFS

81. Mary Case Continued Sam 81,
Mary. under charge NJ murder ~ " T.
hrngN, bnreaEeman. today was given un-
III l3n o'clock saturday afternoon to on.
ter his plea Iic was To have been nr-
raigned IN district court this afternoon,
hut his attorneys asked for more time.
Fenning Pleads Guilty. Frank Fcnning
pleaded guilty to n charge Of drunken
ness this morning In Justice Il " Mau.
pms court. He was sentenced 10 five dnys
I'm the county ian " K Nurthiugtuu
Was lawyer for the defendant
Policemen In FL Reno -ChBley Post.
Pickett Nttcu and AleCk Gordon. city
detectives, are IN III Reno today ss wit
ursscs In court proceeding
Nesbl,t Speaks to Y. N. c. George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln were
"ulOelzcd as the greatest figures IN Amer
icNn history by Paul Neshltt, speaker oi
the house of representatives, In an nd.
dress delivered Yesterday ~ the N-spCr
services NJ tho Young Womrns Christian
association. Before launching into his
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19

iul rabbit drive THURSDAY killing $50
OF the hunutcs
This makes the sixth or seventh
drive OF rs kind the farmers Of TIM,
and surrounding communities have
held tins winter resulting altogether
in the destruction Of about 1000 rah-
hits. which have become So numcrou,
that they have become a pest
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
Rabbit Drive Held

MOUNTAIN PARK, Okla, ttb. 10
.-(SpeciaD-Forty farmers OF the
mountain community. ten miles north
east of here engaged m very success
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19

discussion ~ the two oN-presidcnts, Nj
Ncsbitt praised tho work and objects "
the Young Women Christian association.
Mr Nesbitt concluded his address hy sing
ing solo, Il Love % Tell the story
Business Men ASK Information \ Hot
Springs water concern and a Charles
town Mo- bakery and grocery company,
have written tho mayors office for iu-
formatio uubout oklahoma CltN Roth
expressed The Intention Of locating here.
Auto, Collide 4 Buick and Ford ran
together ~ Fourth street aud Harvey
avenue this morning at n o'clock Huih
charged each other with failing TO sig
nal
BURGLARS Steal Wine Loss " two
quarts of Virginia buc wine, iu addi
ton to napkins mud table cloths was re
ported ~ the police station this morn
ing hy j + AushurN. l0l3 West Eigh-
tcruth street The house was hurElartEed
some time last week whIlo tho family
VAS uWHN.
Mad Dog Killed Oklahoma Guys FIRST
mad dog scare Of the year came this
morning when dog ran dmuck m tho
200 block South Walker avenue 10"
Iraum. motor patrOlmau. and Official
canine cNt,rminutor," was sent TO NH
the beast
Railroad Detective Receivers Frank
BtkrU Frisco special agent vt Tulsa.
formerly Cit} detective. N IN the citS too
day. lie has fnlly recovered from injuries
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
Vital Statistics
Marriage Llcensea

Marriage Llcersea
lNwi, Ruth, IS year, old, wichita, Kan.
and Rcetta Pollard, 2s, ot Dallas, Texas
James rullinn. "a years old, oklahoma
titN and Emma Stcrrett, IN years old,
oklahoma city
Jessie X. Kew, "a years old. Ardmcr.
and stella Baush, 81 years old Davis
Okla
leo n rr',dly. u years old Oklahoma
trv. and Myrtle Powell, rs years old
oklahoma city
plrths
NJ and Mrs v scott slrl
Nr and Mrs. G n Long. ll2i West
For,ic,h street. gltl
Mr and Mrs L. l. Leaf. SIS North
Laird avenue, glrl
NJ ana Mrs Oliver Payne, lto6 Eas,
Fourth street, slri
2. 2. clutr.
Funeral service. for Rev r =. CHUTE.
eg YEARS old. who died Saturday morning
win hr tomorrow afternoon ~ IN
70 oylprb u, the Free Methodist church
Tho body will he sent go N"hifior Nrh
tot lnicrncn'
Building Permits.
4. Davis, iSu West rirs, street,
ono .stnrv frame residence. ~ 500
John Mckinney. 2aos scnth Robinson
avenue. addition In aneulnK. tl.ooN -
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19

horses for Liverpool sails from New.
port News today There are also a large
number OF Americans in the Oxonlan'>
crew.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19

Five steamers from the war zone ar
rived here today The steamers lolid
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19

sustained when assaulted by tramp- IN
tho Tulsa Yards F"vrtal woeNs ago.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-05

Frank Charvot, got home today
after serving twO-year sentence in
federal prison for looting mails as
postal employee.
Henry LambeIl, 9, 6151 Keating
av., choked to death on large piece Of
meat.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-05
DEAD FROM WHIsKEY

Albert Mathison, 4145 S. Fifth aV.,
dead; brother, William, 19, and Ber-
nard Busch, 55, seriously Ill after
drinking whisky in carousal last
night. Mrs. Busch and Gus West
lund, 3d. a boarder, are held by the
police, who have confiscated the
whisky bottles as evidence. nvesti-
cation on.
VIM. Springer, deputy coroner,
said that the condition of Mathison's
body indicated he had died from coal
gas poisoning. The stomach will be
analysed, however.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-05
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Northwest Side Y. P. S. Z. will
have discussion on Social Ideals of
the Bible" tonight at 2725 w. Divf-
sion.
Twelfth Ward Women's Democrat
ic league will hold meeting; Sokol
hall, No. 8, 2347 S. Kedzie, tonight.
Bunco party and refreshments after
meeting.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-05
49, SO Ss So >
THE DEAR ELEVATED Z"


BY Jim Nance
Oh, hum! When it gets to be five
O'Clock, or half past five or six; when
you're all done and your old brain
knocks and you're through with your
workday tricks; when you hike for
your home, through a rushing mob,
up the steps to the ''L" train ffier;
say, after you've waited an hour or
two, doesn't it raise your ire?
When you're jostled> and pushed
and slammed around, with no res
spect for your clothes; when the
train slides in and out again-and
you miss it "by nose" How do you
feel about this time, you lubbers who
take the 'L"? You've waited and
waited and waited some more; says,
honestly, isn't it hell?
At last! There's a place where you
can squeeze; they're packed in tight;
the airs like cheese. You hang to
a strap, or in somebody's lap, and all
OF the time your poor feet freeze.
Your ride makes Humpty Dumpty's
spill look sick; you're jostled here
and there at will. Somebody's ell
bows in your face; somebody's feet
are out of place. Every ones
crushed, curve and then, whoops,
my dear, and you sway again, Out
Of the jam and into the air; you tidy
your clothes and fix your hair
You're full of aches and kicks and
pains; yet there's plenty of track for
more 81" trains.
1920
Ex-Cap't of Police J. j. HaIpin
asked Illinois supreme court for re-
hearinglof con game case.
Mrs. Richard CaVanaugh, wife OF
sec'y ID. Com, Mems assn, killed by
auto accident in San Antonio, Tex,
New-York tribune., 1917-09-02
Murals by Harding

"Erperiences the result of travelling 70
the ends Of the earth, melting the VIVID
Imagination OF the versatile young PhlIaoei-
pha artist. George Harding, have given 70
the American public mura! decoration that
is most unusual in conception, color anu
execution, yet typical of the American nos
ilery-the Hotel 1raymore-in America
great playground, Atlantic City. 1t gladdcn'
the artist and cnthralls the layman with
pure colors. we'll drawn figures, and enter
tanning subject.
"The Isle Of Enchantment. With this
theme the artist has decorated in a manner
as UNIQUE as the material drawn upon, the
large circular cafe The panels balancing
on. side Of this room, which is one hundred
feet in diameter show = feet CT sun-Iighted
Eastern craft beyond the sand dunes when
run around the entire room. The next panel
il one OF nearly lfe-size figures, dsembark-
ing from q wondrous vailing craft Standard
hearers, gayly dressed musicians and dancing
figures prancc across the sand dunes and
rast wind swept and knarlcd pine trees. The
central panel OF all is group OF these
dancing figures between two pine trees; while
balancing the landing panel is another pro-
ccssion coming out OF the gate, beyond wnieh
lies the City Of the Isle Of Enchantment,
with It's Arabian Nights palaces.
"On the wall OF the other half OF the cir
cular room and beyond the same sort OF
sand dunes primeval natives 4 sort only
found in the South Sea islands peep in aston
ishment at the antics of the procession op-
posite The costumes and instruments are
repeated in the head dresses and shields OF
the natives and the same utramarine sea
and gold-leaf sky is a background to them
"The sauare columns in the room have
been treated as panels. Peacocks, cockatoos,
parrots and Aamingoes make brilliant panels
against the dark pine trees on the wall. on
other columns about the musicians space
are brilliantly costumed dancers against
Cold-leaf background.
Then there is the problem Of artificial
lighting; doors, windows, ventilators and the
heating apparatus As If this were not
enough to distract the artist, there was the
fact that the room was not ten feet high.
This was serious and il was thought neces-
sary 10 change to a higher ceiling level the
middle portion of the ceiling, circular
space about forty feet in diameter and three
feet higher than the balance Of the ceiling,
by fitting in mirror.
But with the advent Of the mirror comes
the added problem Of reflection. The illu-
sion that pool lS overhead IN carried ou'
By painting upside down on the vertical sur
face below the glass-cranes. leopsrds,
bullfrogs, lily-pads, peacocks-with all the
color of the tropical jungle, painted as re-
Election below to come right side up in the
mirror Looking up, one has indeed the i'm
preston OF seeing through a pool. This is
but one Of the many problems encountered.
As with columns so with the ceiling paint
ing; everything had to be designed in color
and shape to compose with the main mural
New-York tribune., 1917-09-02
How Music Came To Be
Printed

There were a great many steps IN the
development of the present form of WIT
ten music. The custom OF writing melc'
dies rather than trusting to the uncertain
help of memory for their preservation ~S
first observed by the Greeks. Indeed, {"
cne time, the preserving OF music IN .
tangible, visible form was deemed SO ne',
essary as to be the subject Of speci&
Papal bull.
The writing out Of music was accom-
plshed by the use Of many different sc"
of signs and symbols, in the various couh'
tries. Nothing really definite and is'F
irg, though, was done in this connectiOA
until the fifteenth century, when the htS'
real printing of melodies and har7nonie'
was accomplished in Germany. Ihis wa
made possible by the invention OF the H0'
able metal types.
The prints thus produced were rena.A.
ably clear and neat at first, but they iAN'
became gradually more and more mp.
feet, which degeneration finally led 20 Wv
invention Of copperplate printing in lo'''
by Simon Verovio, an Italian.-lhs N'"
York Globe.
New-York tribune., 1917-09-02
A Picture of Gods Kaiser

Dawn came. ruthlessly lighting the
SCARED face Of France. Weird seemed the
land IN the faint light of day. Houses to
the east, through which the golden glow
cleaned, framed on their gray stone
walls by the cavernous holes Of the shells.
There church with tumbled rafters. its
cross shot away here what had been n
field Of plenty. ugly now with pockmarks
of the shells. For over this land the Ger
man legions had rushed day in August
two years before, and their imprint lay
still upon the earth.
Six o'clock. a commotion at the door
The guard stiffened into statues, trans
fixed in the imperial salute. A man dressed
in gray-green like theirs, gray military
cane. lined with red. hanging from his
square shoulders. the short baton OF
field marshal protruding from his left
hand. appeared in the doorway. With a
quick gesture his right hand returned their
salutcS: Good morning, men" Another
dav for the Kaiser had begun.
Under the trees purred the imperial
motor: behind it a second, gay with the
gold and black of the imperial standard.
The dragons cantered up from the field
near by, sashing the air into twinkling
shreds as their sabres swished to the sa-
Lutte. Good morning. cried the Kaiser
the silver-knobbed baton flashing salute
in return. Good morning, your majesty!
roared five hundred horsemen.
The Kaiser stepped into the car. His tall
Fomeranian footman tucked rug around
the imperial legs. The dragons divided,
half riding out in front of the car, half
galloping behind. ITO General Won Blu
lows headquarters" ordered the Kaiser
and to the trumpeting of motor horns the
imperial cavalcade slipped through the
park, and, leaving the chateau behind,
moved toward the front.
From wilhelm Hohenzollern & Co."
New-York tribune., 1917-09-02
By EDWARD LYELL FOX

TN THE half lights of dawn there
emerged from the shadows down the
road column Of poplar trees;
motionless and erect, il seemed they
were on sentry duty, too. Soldiers IN
twos crossed and recrossed the road, the
gray-green of their uniforms almost in
visible against the fields. ghostly in the
ouickening spectrum of day-helmeted
shadows of the Kaiser's Guard. Further
down the road light cleaned. That was
the chateau where Wilhelm II, "by Gods
Grace, King of Prussia and German En-
pcror," slept.
In a nearby field horses whinnied and
neighed; men moved, talking in harsh.
early-morning voices. Two squadrons OF
the Dragon Guards were cncamped there
should the Kaiser call. There, too, one
glimpsed lean shapes Of steel; and as the
sky changed from gray to pink there
came out of the vagucnoss. taking sinister
form, guns of the horse artillery.
Guarding hin as he slept files of the
gray-green men paced through the chateau
mark. An outer circle tramped along the
spiked iron fence Of The grounds; another
circle stalked through the trees; another
another, until after circle upon circle OF
sentries. one came to a double guard at the
narrow prime entrance TO the chateau
Even there the guards over the Kaiser
did not end. Upstairs sentries stole
through the high-ccilinged halls. In the
rooms just above, just below, and on
either side Of the sleeping chamber secret
service men spent the night, watching
listening The eternal vigil over the I'M
perial body For the German Emperor Is
never so guarded as he is at the 'front.'
Twenty miles from the firing line TINS
chateau. Guarded against what? Will
helm IL fears assassination.
New-York tribune., 1917-09-02

TT A TAILOR-MADE MAN" appears
~ to have achieved an almost
unanimous success from the
very start. If the play-going public
shares the sentiment of the reviewers, the
piece, as one of the latter observed,
promises we'll"
Largely farce, "A Tailor Made Man
enjoys also its moments of comedy, and,
as Mr. Block stated in The Tribune, rose
even ito points at which it became real
comment on life and destiny
Alan Dale. in his perennially spritey
manner, juggles adjectives in "The Amer
ican" with more than perennial ease. Fas-
tidious little old New York, he notes, has
its own pet brand of luminous hero
Popular in all successful plays, in all read
able stories, in all spectacular movies-the
Snug. specious, verbose, slick-braned per-
suasive. shining youth who puts one over
who gets away with the goods who bears
somebody out of something; who fights a way
into society, who pinnacles himself in finance
in word, one of those aTatle confidence
And Mr.. Dale, of course, records that
the hero of "A Tailor-made Man" is just
such an ingratiating hero. A brand new
type of hero indeed, says Mr.. Dale
"Ths is the hero who has been substituted
for the old romantic idea when gallant youth
Swerved not from the truth and gazed into
the lus,rous orbs of his beloved in unerring
sincerity, and with highfalutin sentiment.
This is the twentieth century brand"
After rehearsing the story, involving the
adventures in society of poor tailor's ap-
prentice, John Corbn in "The Times" +"
says:
Gentle reader, do you find the tale absurd ?
You do. But tarry yet awhile! II is pre-
sented by Messrs. Cohsn and Harris. Search
your memory and you will find that an
equally preposterous and equally immoral
yarn. 1t Pays 10 Advertise, became in their
hands. so racy, so full of surprising shifts
and above all, was so well acted as to be
almost necessarily amusing. Reflect also
that. while you laugh at thing, you believe
il. II in retrospect you find that your belief
has been shockingly put upon, you partly re-
sent the fact. perhaps, but mainly bless the
god OF Cachination.'
The World" found the complications
Enthusiastically ridiculous" but added that
"as in the case of that other symbol OF
sublime audacity. Get Rich Quick Wallng-
ford they never cease TO be highly
amusing" However, Charles Darnton,
New-York tribune., 1917-09-02

in "The Evening World" vigorously
turned thumbs down, commencing
Grant Mitchell, who heads the cast, as
"a good comedian sacrificed to poor
play" The piece was called "a machine
made comedy" which failed to ring true"
very different comment, to revert to a
critic already mentioned, than that set
as Mr.. Block stated in The Tribune, rose
Tailor-made Man" comedy "of kind that
is both real and delightful-well favored
and full of relish"
"The Sun" spoke of it as creating mo
occasion for doubt" "There had been no
excess of confidence" said this paper, "in
calling Harry James Smiths play we'll
worth while (beforehand)
Said "The Post:
"If. indeed, the play is the thing, then 1t is
the wholeheartedness of the make-believe
that counts. If the onlooker can be kept un-
der the spell Of that make-beieve while it
lasts, then it does not seriously matter how
absurd the plot looks in the cold light of
reason afterward. George VI. Cohan, in his
capacity of producer of plays, has already
shown that he is not afraid to make believe
magnifcently and trust to the impetus and
sweep of the game TO catch and hold the
public a Tailor-Made Man furnishes an ex-
cellcnt example OF what can be done in this
way"
Burns Mantle, in "The Mall remarked
particularly the soberer moments, saying
of a certain scene: There is enough
sound reasoning and, better still, enough
timely philosophy to appeal
seriously to those who hear it."