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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06
NINE FISHERMEN
BLOWN TO BITS
BY BARREL Mine
lriShmen Victims Of German
Death Instrument

GALWAY, Ireland, July u-Nmc
Galway fishermen were blown to pieces
here while examining a German bar
rel mine" which they had found at sea
and towcd ashore
Lucky Hauls Made.
Irish fishermen lately have made Il
great many lucky haulS OF barrels con
taining petrol tallow, oils and similar
treasures supposedly from torpcdocd
ships This time they saw a promising
looking barrel ailOat some distance
from land. with convenient handle
on each side, and they promptly 'owcd
II ashore rolling 1t up the beach for
examination
Four men were in the boat. and six
more gathered around while the prize
was on the beach One man, Joseph
OFlaherty, had a suspicion Of danger.
and warned the others. but they paid no
attention 20 him, and hc hid himself
behind rock
Houses Shaken for Four Miles
. NJllV W NllN llNNNl Ultll iVill'NtI q N'N-
: pie OF screws from he head of the bar
rel and then began to pull out piece
OF cord The explosion which fol
lowed was heard miles away, and shook
houses four miles distant
After time OFlaherty. who had
been wounded in the head with a piece
of stone, stood up, but not trace of
the mine or the men was TO he seen.
There was only great hole in the
beach Searchcrs found a portion of
the iishermen's boat nearly mile
away A small boy whose attention
was attracted to the group OF men on
the shore was running toward them
Just as the mine exploded One of his
arms was aitcrward found near his
home but there was no other trace OF
him
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06
Woman Lawyer
Asks Divorces:
Wedding Secret
miss" Lucille Pugh Surprises
New York; Has Been Mar
riod Nine Years,

NEW YORK, July o.--(SpcclalJ J-
The large number OF friends and bust
ness acquaintance OF Miss Lucille
Pugh. a widely known lawyer were
surprised the other day 10 leatn that
she had begun suit in the supreme
court for n divorce against Ray L.
Pierce. II was not known 10 them that
Miss Pugh was married During the
last five years she has prosecuted many
successful cases and is familiar iig
urc IN courts throughout New NorI
City.
Married in 1908.
Miss pugh says in an affidavit that
she was married To Pierce IN 1908
After two years they were separated
she says and while your dcponcnt
thereafter knew that the defendant was
in the city Of New York she hardly
saw him
Mss pugh obtained permission to
serve papers IN the case upon her huS-
band by publication on the ground that
she has been unable to find him She
accuses him OF being guilty Of mis-
conduct at a hotel here three years
ago
Miss Pugh says she wrote to las
tonkllng, an attorney, asking him to
make a search for her husband IN the
munitlon factories ~ Hon, n. \.
Discharged for Inefficiency.
Although well educated" she wrote
OF Pierce, 'you might find him cm-
ployed in menial capacity" A reply
from Mr. tonkllng, she says, was to
the effect that Pierce had once been
employed IN an arms plant a, llion,
but had been discharged for iuciii-
cheney The complaint in the divorce
action says of the habits OF Pierce:
"Ile had no permanen, addrc" and
drlfted from place to place
Pierce is said TO be about u wears
old, rather thick set" with light hair,
blue eyes and very florid complexion.
Miss Pugh, who affects ma'cullni,y
in attire bu, who is very feminine
otherwise. attracted attention last fall
by declaring that woman lawyer
didn't have to ilirt with the Judge and
jury to win her cases. and cited her
own success IN proof
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06

A Distiprtion without q Diffsfsncs.
Ordinary persons are fired when
they fail to make good. Kings abdi-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06

tiers were addressed "Nl,a / smith.
Cashier State Bank OF Loco, Okla
Youngest Cashier in World.
He undoubtedly was the youngest
bank cashier IN the world, but he was
too busy handling cattlemcn'S accounts
To stop and think about 1t and no cntc'
priSing purveyor OF the news happened
to have his train wrecked III the vicin-
ity oi Loco, SO the praises OF tins world
beating young banker remained unsung
save ON the ranches Of southern Olla-
homa, where they all "Sworc by AIya"
and knew that some day he would
amount TO something"
Smith had an uncle, : NJ Rohhcr
SON Tor partner in the Loco bank
Things proSpercd for them The young
banker turned his attention to rauchng
as side line and his cattle made money
for him So fast that IN, own account
soon was the hes, his bank had
Ask Mr. Smith for the secret OF his
success and he will flash a smile that
probably accounts for no small part Of
II, but he will answer you invariably.
white faced cattle"
Cattle His Specially
Il can begin anywhere in any phase
OF ny business and trace II back TO
whltc-laCed cattle before ! get very
lar SAYS Mr. smith 81 have raised
them, sold them, bought them, lent
money on them and shuifled them back
and forth always to advantage White
faced cattle never 20 back on me. |
cant help but have luck with them and
they ALWAYS make money for me
Smith is not the sort of chap to
seek coat-oi-armS, but it is safe to
say II hc ever had one it would he a
white-iaccd steer on a rampage
This Is not Mr. Smiths first entry
into Oklahoma City Eight years ago
he came here and for time was with
the American National bank
Il decided ! wasn't ready to be a
city banker, though" he explains.
and | went back to the country to get
more seasoning and be nearer my
white faced cattle
Owns Dustin Bank
After leaving here Mr. Smith he
came president oi Dustin State bank,
whCh he now owns He extended his
interests to other banks and widened
his Acquaintance TO the cast, where
he became known 20 ilnancierS OF New
York, Philadelphia, Boston, Washing
ton and Chicago as that young Smith
from Oklahoma" and he evidently be
came mighty iaNorably known, too. for
he ha, eastern credit rating that would
make some OF the big-timc bankers
enyiuuS
Mr. Smith !, prcSiden, Of the { NJ
Keys Commission company. president
OF the First Mortgage Cattle Loan
company, and controls the Crystal
White Refining company az Allen He
lives at q22 West Sixteenth street.
And last and more important he has
ranches in Hughes, OkfuSkee and
Blaine counties ON which there are
grazing today 1000 head Of white faced
cattle.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06
This Pledge Taken
by Gotham Women

NEW YORK. July 6.-(SpeciaD -
The following pledge has been takcr
b. 800 women in New York
In my household promise
Three cornbred meals week
More fish and poultry and less
meat
No canned food, it must be
saved for the army.
More study of the governments
food problem
Fewer tat foods, but a balanced
menu.
\ wastcleSs garbage pail
Not to carry enthusiasm and pa
triotiSm to an impractlcable degree
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06

war with Spain he served on the Milan
tonomoh The next year he was trans
tered to the line as lieutenant com
mandcr In 1901 on he was on duty
with the bureau Of steam englneerinL,
from 1908 10 1910 he was stationed at
tho New York navy yard, and IN 1910.
IS he served M member Of the naval
examining board, In 1913 he was pro
NOTED to the rank of rear admiral arl
made general Inspector of machinery
for the navy.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06
Our Fighting Men

Rear Admiral Wythe II, Parks who
holds the important post Of general IN
spcctor oi machinery ol the Unite
States navy, has record OF forty yeats
oi service, the most ut II IN connection
with the bureau Of steam engineering
II the navy department Admiral
Parks was born at Norfolk, Va ~
1850. and entered the navy as an aN
,istant engineer in 1877. During the
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06
$4,000 Volts Hit
Boy; He May Live

POTTSNlLLE, Pa, July 6-(Spe.
cialD-Although 1900 volts passed
through his body, Edward Potts, II
years old, survived the shock which
he received on the top Of a thirty-foot
pole and may recover.
PottSQclimbed the pole out OF curl
oSity, and when he reached the top
leaned against a cro"-arm, when the
current took him in its grasp After
awhile his limp body fell to the earth
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06
MEXICAN HELD FOR PLOT
TO AROUSE COUNTRYMEN

SAN ANTONIO, Texas. July g.
Charged with circulating literature
tending to organize Mexicans for war
fare on the United States, Jose Qui-
roga was arrested yesterday by
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06

that 80 many people are talking about
you can see them in the window.
madras, percale, granite cloth, In ex-
cellent stripes. and soisette shirts in
solid coors Of pink, green and lavender.
last time tomorrow
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06

thus far their actions have been IN
conformity with this statement
II is expected that full plans for
the construction Of the line will he
made public within the next few
months Tulsa Democrat
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06
95 Cents

United States Marshal John Dibell on
complaint OF i, T. Needhsm OF the
department Of justice. lie waived ex.
aminng trial and bond In the sum Of
s. 500 was furnished
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06
Former Governor
of Finland Free

PEIROGRAD, July 6,--Major Cen
eral Sryn, former governor Of Finland,
has been released from the fortress of
St Peter and St Paul. He recently
was arrested by the commander OF the
Baltic fleet on order Of the provisional
government.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1917-04-26

Of treatment but before using the
medicine / decided to give Tanlac Q
trial. That was the best resolution
Of my life am now on my fourth
bottle and better than at any time
since / became i'll.
I-haye set my crntchAs aside and
actually feel 80 much better told my
husband q few days ago ! believed !
would turn OF the cook but he insis-
ted that I wait q while.
/ am not nervous like / was and /
can see and feel great Improvement
/ sleep better and my strength is re-
turning rapidly.
Tanlac is sold In Philadelphia by
City Drug Store and Oscar Johnson
r In Union by Union Drug Store
In Stallo by Stallo Drug Co.
Deemer Store Co Deemer Miss.
(Advertissmsnt) ~
The Neshoba Democrat., 1917-04-26
HAS NO MORE NEED FOR
CRUTCHES NOW.
T @ Hooks Spent $4,000 Trying to Re
store His Wife's Health Gains 16
Pounds on Tanlac.

Another wonderful Endorsement
for Tanlac that will be read with In
terest by thousands of frail suffering
women throughout the south was
given recently by Mrs. Elizabeth
Hooks, OF Rome Ga. Mrs Hooks is
the wife Of p. G. Hooks well known
Southern railway engineer. Mrs.
Hooks made the remarkable state
ment that she had received more ben
eft from four bottles of Tanlac than
from medical treatment that had
cost her husband $1,000 which he
had paid out In the past two years
In an effort to restore her health.
For about two years, Said Mrs.
Hooks have been In very bad
health and have suffered frem stcm
ach trouble extreme nervousness
and bad form Of rheumatism. For
more than z months I was confined
70 my bed and was almost q ner.
vous and physical wreck. MY dises-
ton was SO poor / had to diet my
sell and rarely ate anything but soft
boiled eggs and milk and things Of
that kind and even the lightest Of
foods would nauseate me and lay
heavily on my stomach.
Any sudden noise would affect my
nerves and my husband had to Quit
setting the alarm clock and the door
to my room had to be kept closed so
! could not hear the ringing Of the
telephone have had rheumatism In
my left hip and shoulders so bad
could hardly bear anything to touch
me,
My condition became so bad my
husband took me to Hot Springs, Ark
where remained for . month. I had
to use crutches all the time. The
treatment there helped me for a
while and I returned home. I soon
relapsed into my old condition and
then was taken to 9 specialist in
Atlanta.
had fallen of from one hundred
and twenty pounds until I only
weighed eighty. nine pounds just q
shadow OF my former self.
The specialist prescribed course
The Neshoba Democrat., 1917-04-26
NELL ISSUES CALL TO
CLERGY OF STATE.

There are approximately $500
ministers of the Gospel in our
state. They touch every hill
and valley within our borders.
| have been asked by "The
State Council of Defense Comm
ittee'' of which | have the honor
to be a member, to mobilize
these men for service in our cam
paign.
A minister myself and know
ing several hundred of them
personally / can say, no other
profession is more vitally inter
ested in this matter" The only
problem is to get before them at
once the necessary information
The Daily press and through
them the Weekly press, each
doing such a noble work in this
cause, is the only avenue | know
to reach these men now.
With this in view and at the
request of the general Committee
w. H. Smith Of A. & M. College
active vice president, / am ask
ing you to give prominence to-
day either by editorial or news
item, or both. to the call given
below to the ministers of Miss
issippi.
Dear Brethren Our nation
faces the greatest crisis in its
history. War is upon us, not Of
our own choosing, but in defense
lof humanity, and the extension
of the principles of pure dem
ocracy.
The christian Minister has never
failed in any crisis. He will moi
fail now! So with confidence in
Immediate results from your
efforts / can call upon you in
this critical hour to bring before
your congregations the following
Items at once.
l The Importance Of growing
/ all the food possible TO. man and
beast this year, And to can,
preserve or dry all surplus grown
either for future home consump-
tion or sale.
3 The immediate necessity for
absolutely the strictest economy
in matters of table food feeding
of stock, dress and the use Of
time. Ask your people to fore :
go all unnecessary pleasures Of
The Neshoba Democrat., 1917-04-26
NOTICE

To those who have good
mares and want to raise
fine horses. | have a good
Percheron horse, bred in
Kentucky and foaled her
Four years old in August.
16 hands high and weighs
1850 pounds. Has won
two blue ribbons at Neshoba
Fair.
Will stand this season at
my place in Philadelphia
about 800 yds northwest Of
depot.
Warren Afford
The Neshoba Democrat., 1917-04-26

every kind.
3 Gall your people as never
before by prayer, exhortation.
and sermon, to Moral and Spirit
ual Preparedness. "Man shall
not live by bread alone''
J. L. Neill,
Ministerial Committeeman,
State Council of Defense.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1917-04-26
OLD HATS MADE NEW

Don't throw your old hats away
bring them to my agent, w. O.
Morrow atpressing shop who will
send them to me. Ten years ex-
perience. satisfaction guaranteed
New York Hat Co.,
Laurel, Miss.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1917-04-26
MONEY TO LOAN

/ am connected with Loan COM
paDy that will loan money on five to
ten years time. Security required
farm lands. If interested call at my
Office for terms.
FL. l.. Austin.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1917-04-26
Whenever You Need d General Toals
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteleas
chill Tonic is equally valuable ~
General Tonic because 1t contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININR
and IRON. II acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Rnriches the Blood and
{, sl. -ryt - Cv-tassl 50 ceuta.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1917-04-26
PHILADELPHIA, MISS. THURSDAY. APRIL 70, 1917

second best ftt 6.f tsl ll .5si $50
Rast boar reoistered papers required 500
Second best fi5t6 oO
All premiums on stock at So must have cQmpet-
ton or only ~ premium will paid and all stock must
and the the day previous to the ex
hbit. s t4S4
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-23
HARVESTING THE POLICE THE
NEWEST KINK; ITS DANGERS
(BY H. S. H.)

problems hand One the widespread booteggng evil
which has followed enactment Of the army law with its
provision foTbdding furnishing liquor to United States
soldiers Another the spreading Of prostitution through
parts Of the residence sections and the suburbs since
the abolition Of the restricted district third is the sup
preston Of crimes of violence and fourth the regulation
Of places serving fences" for the disposal Of stolen
articles.
It would that where arrests made and cases
brought trial crcumstantal evidence ought to have
much weight 1t does murder trials There law
violations necessarily committed in secret where positive
proof is almost impossible to obtain positive proof IS
held essential commission Of these offences may 60
for long time before the conclusive evidence obtained
1t obtained and in such officers apt to
lose heart and turn their attention to other matters
1t evident enough to everyone who is IN touch with
local conditions that FL PasO needs good thorough clean
ing up There people here who have attitude Of
defiance toward the law and its officers.
There can be cleanup until judges, juries and the
whole of well disposed citizens let the police depart
ment and the sherfs office know they supported to
the utmost That support viii be evident long
officers Of the law make arrests, only to find themselves
under charges 1t viii never be evident long law
voators able keep their misdeeds sufficiently hidden
to prevent any but ccumstanal evidence being obtained
against them and long that crcumstantia evidence
not admitted at its full worth in trials It will
be evident long jures return verdcts of mot guilty
in where the evidence Of guilt is plain that such
acqutal outrage against the law and against public
decency.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-23
cred BIooded Men," 4 Comment
Upon Manhood and Upon Warfare
by REV. JOHN NJ. JACKSON.

- ED-BLOODED. TwO-Fisted'
~ Men are sometimes men
II toned In these days in such
a way as 20 imply that many men have
only one fist and can boast OF blood
that Is no more than pink. This may
not be what is meant. An examina-
ton OF fists on busy street leads one
10 believe that it is not true with re-
gard TO them. and the indications are
that it is not true OF blood. Except
in case OF disease all human blood is
either red or purplish- But the phrase
has an implication which is no more
reliable than its exact significance
IL is not demonstrably true that the
sanEuile men 10 which IL seems to re-
fer are harder fighters or better men
than some who occupy considerably
less space Some little men have been
much dreaded Napoleon was five feet
two inches tall and not much OF an
athlete. In middle age he grew quite
fat Many gun men who held frontier
communities In awe were slight OF
figure ana pale OF countenance.
Two-fistsd men with red blood In
their veins-thOugh what red blood
should be doing in the veins might
puzzle a doctor-are likely to derive a
certain access Of courage from their
mere horsepower. but the tradition
that they are Drawer than other men
has held over from times when war
fare was largely personal combat. IN
which the bigger man won A bullet
or a scrap Of shell does as much harm
TO a big man as to a little one and the
feelings which men wait for this 20
happen IS not a function OF size The
British nation sent a great many
small. pale city clerks to the front
and they gave a coura geous account
OF themselves The London Scottish.
who were mainly products OF indoor
occupations. were not a whit behind
their brothers from the northern
mountains r. examining officers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-23
w

HEAT bought by II Easo
AA{ muIers at 50 per 100 pounds
Is being turned into flour
and bran and sold al a profit OF 81
per barrel. calculating by the present
prices OF flour and bran" said Charles
b Stevens. The mills are offering
So per 100 for wheat. and some sales
have been made in FL Paso at S325
per 100 Owners OF wheat should
have their wheat ground. instead OF
selling IT, These are the rates I IN
derstaud FL Paso uillers charge for
grinding. For 100 pounds OF wheat
they viii give so pounds Of flour or
viii grind $50 pounds Of wheat for
so cents and give 90 pounds Of patent
flour and 40 pounds OF mill run bran;
or Will grind wheat for so cents per
100 pounds and give IS pounds Of
flour, 80 pounds Of bran, four pounds
screenings and figure q pound loss
while tie administration has been
severely criticised by neutrals and BY
many OF the leading newspapers OF
this country FOR using the food en-
barge as a weapon in its war with
Germany and her allies I know for
positive fact that without such an
embargo Germany can continue fight
ing for two or three years" said VIII
liam =. Copenhein. Of Pittsburg. en-
plOye OF the United States steel cor
poration, who IS here en- route TO the
racine coast was In Norway
Sweden and Denmark during the
spring OF 1915 and also in the fall OF
the same year and I know from per
sonal observations that fOOdstutf and
materials shipped from the United
10 ---Hs- HrHH ~ nHHH
INTO Germany Iron ore, metals and
other equipment used in manufactur-
ing cannon rifles, ammunition. air
planes and other munitions are daily
being crossed from Norway, Sweden
and Denmark. Brokers and merchants
OF these countries are reaping har-
vest on selling these supplies 10 the
German government. They are also
making immense profits on foodstuft
that Is sent into Germany. Neutral
nations complain that the food en-
narEo or the United States viii starNe
them There is no question that a
strict embargo viii work hardships
on these neutral countries but the
embargo IS this Country,s most ef-
tective weapon against the Prussians-
The United states is fighting for the
rights OF neutrals and IL would seem
10 me that they would be willing TO
endure a few hardships for a short
time 20 see the power Of Prussian
miitarism broken. For with the en-
hargl on, Germany will tOtter and fall
within a few months, in my opinion"
4
There are certainly a large number
Of FL Pasoaus who visit Arizona each
day said George H Clements. Il
had no idea there were so many trav-
cling men and other business men OF
this city who 90 to the Globe Miami
Bisbee. Tucson and other districts as
there are. I have learned this By the
number Of applicants that come to the
chamber OF commerce each day 10
apply for letters Of reference which
are required by the governor OF Ari-
IONA FL Paso business houses sell
the merchants Of these districts and
their statesmen have all been furnished