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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-26

The Honorable Jeanette Rankin,
who soon will be entitled TO her say IN
Congress as "the Lady from Montana,
made a confession yesterday which
ought to Danish sny lingering sus-
picion that she wears spats, spectacles
and stif shirts and patronizes a mil
liner and a modiste OF DR.. Mary
Walkers recommendation.
Miss Rankin-or Congressmsn-elect
Rankin, if you are a stickler for titles
likes the movies. As a settlement
worker. a suffrage lobbyist and candi..
date for a seat in the House she found
in the films just the right sort oil
relaxation, and she doesn't think her
new prominence as the first Repre-
sentative Of her sex in Congress means
she must find another way to spend
her spare time.
II took an approximation Of third de-
gree methods to bring forth the secret
She was afraid she might be accused OF
frivolity and that the cause Sht
suffer in consequence.
Even il am able to have lot OF
fun at the movies, I'm not really triv-
olous, you know" she protested. I'm
keenly aware of what my election and
my subsequent doings mean to suf-
frage. It's big possibility"
Wears Pretty French Heels
About the spats and the stiff shirts:
The Honorable Miss Rankin doesn't
wear them. As she sat in Mrs. James
Lees Laidlaws drawing room there
wasn't anything about her that man
reporter could single out as not dis
tinctly feminine and in the mode. Her
shoes were notably small French
heels. Her chestnut hair was not bar
bered. but coifed-pompadour. Her
gown was soft and clingy striped eff.
fect-and the throat and neck that
showed in liberal expanse above II
were pleasantly rounded
The Honorable Miss Rankin IS
booked to lecture in Carnegie Hall Fri
day night. In heralds which have been
gotten out advertising the lecture a
sketch of the Congressman's career
Miss Rankin sees no reason for coin
ing an awkward word like Congress
woman to fit her case) is sketched at
considerable length. II is set forth
that Miss Rankin was graduated from
the University OF Montana in 1902
subsequently attended the New York
School of Philanthropy, was in charge
of the campaign that won suffrage in
her native state, lobbied in several
other states and worked through two
Congressional sessions in the interest
of national suffrage.
Point No. is this:
Went to New Zealand to study the
social and industrial conditions in what
is reputed 70 be the best governed
country in the world"
There should be a ninth point, giving
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-26
HOUSEROUND-UP''
REPUBLICAN, PLAN
Leaders Discuss Means of
Organizing Incoming
Members

Washington. Feb. 25.-Republican
leaders of the House are planning a
roundup" here on March of mem
scrs Of their party elected to the next
Congress, to discuss the Speakership
and other organization questions. The
idea will be submitted to the organiza-
ton committee of twenty-seven to-
morrow night and il it is approved in
vitations will be issued at once to 40
members of the present House and
iorty-fve incoming members.
Opinion is general among Repub-
licsn leaders that Representative Mann
will be nominated for Speaker without
opposition. and that Representative
Lenroot, of Wisconsin, will be named
fcor leader if Mr.. Mann is elected.
Who will be floor leader II Dir. Mann
should fail Of election is receiving lit
lie consideration and no discussion.
With both regulars and progressive
Republicans anxious TO restore peace
IN their ranks, they are not going
beyond the possibilities Of victory.
A steering committee TO advise with
the floor leader and keep him in touch
with the sentiment of the entire Re
publican side is being strongly urged
by progressive Republicans. One Of
the chief complaints the progressively
inclined members have made at the
present session is that representative
Mann has not consulted the wishes OF
the Republican membership in regard
10 pending legislation.
Rumors Of trades for the independ-
ent vote. involving both Senate and
House leaders, are numerous. Many
different plans are being laid, il is said,
for capturing the independents by
promises Of the passage of pet legisla-
iion. So far as is known, however,
they have not progressed beyond the
rumor stage.
Prefer Of an invitation by the five
Independents to Miss Jeanette Ran
kin, Of Montana, the newly elected
woman Representative, TO join with
them in the preliminary discussions OF
House organization. has not disturbed
the Republicans. They profess con
hdenee that she will prove ere GUAR
Republican.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-26

the American flag the government was
willing to pay a private corporation
literally for the purpose or keeping
alive a regular American mail route to
Europe. Thus the American Line was
operating in very real sense ma
tional service.
"All over the world mail-carrying
has been made "a government monopoly
because the certainty, CELEBRITY and
cheapness of postal communication rs
essential to the safety of a modern
state. The American nation could toll
crate the idea of allowing most of its
foreign trade to be carried IN alien
boats, but it could not tolerate the idea
of intrusting entirely to other nations
the business of keeping open our mail
communications with Europe.
"As long as the mails were travelling
in part under the American flag our
citizens were not wholly dependent on
foreign governments for the privilege
of communicating with their associates
abroad At present We are so de
pendent.
THE humiliating aspect Of the exist
ing situation is the suspension of this
vital service. Our government has
broken with Germany and threatened
war in order to prevent the high seas
from becoming hostile territory during
war: yet it has submitted to the inter-
ruption of that part Of our intercourse
with Europe which above all others is
most important. If it were not for
English or French assistance no Amerl-
can would now be able 70 communicate
by mail with his friends and relatives
abroad. II it were not for English or
French assistance our government
could not communicate by mail with
its representatives in London and
Paris.
And the government assumes re-
sponsibility for this interruption OF
service by consenting to non-fulfil-
ment of it's contract by the American
Line. The contract was written in part
for the purpose of securing mail com
munication with Europe in case Euro
pean nations were at war and the
United States was not. The United
States is not at war. Yet we leave TO
a nation which is at war the transpor-
tation of our mails"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-26

American agriculture has fallen upon
fat days.
The Monthly Crop Report pub
lishcd by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture, prints the above
chart comparing statistically the yield
per acre OF staple farm products with
the trend Of prices over a PERIOD Of
years The dotted line is the yield;
the solid black line is the price. The
official explanatory comment follows:
This chart shows the price trend and
acre yield Of wheat. corn, oats, barley,
rye. buckwheat. potatoes. hay, cotton
and'tobacco-te crops whose combined
acreage constitutes about 30 per cent
Of the total area OF field crops, and
which may, therefore, be regarded q,
representative OF general conditions.
In combining the crops, their relative
importance was gagged as follows.
Wheat. 90; corn. 80; oats, 10; barley.
.; rye. I, buckwhent, /; potatoes, b:
hay. %: tobacco, /; cotton, 20 The
percentage for each crop was multi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-26
One in Crowd of 1000
Sees Couple Fall to
Death Through Ice
Skaters Skeptical When Woman
Tells of Man and Wife
Plunging Into Bay

A man and woman dropped
through the ice Of Flushing Bay. near
East Tlmhurst, yesterday afternoon,
while more than 1000 persons
thronged the vicinity, and but for the
persistence of one woman, who alone
seemed TO have seen the accident,
their bodies would still be unbound
and they would be listed as miss
ing"
Iceboats and skaters skinned the
surface of the bay and spectators
made the place as populous as Cen
trail Park on a Sunday afternoon in
summer Some one noticed the couple
sauntering toward a stretch of ice that
was dangerous and untenanted. lie
shouted a warning and promptly for
got the icident. A woman's shrek
stopped the hockey groups and drew
a curious crowd to the edge of the
unsafe ice.
"They went through the ice-a man
and a woman!" cried the woman.
Skating parties and spectators hast
ilv gathered together and counted
noses. None ventured on the rotten ice
where the tide gurgled in the crap.
Patrolmen Hunt and Meyers, OF the
Astoria precinct, with a dozen volun-
teers, cautiously smashed the ice in
large circle around the spot, hauled
1at-bottomed boats across the ice and
dragged the bottom with graphing
hooks.
They had been at work four hours,
and it was dark when they brought up
the mans body. The body of the
woman was recovered half an hour
later.
The couple were identified after sew
eral hours as Arthur II. Brightson,
tventy-one years old, of 70s Manhat-
tan Avenue. Brooklyn, and his wife,
Bianc. They had been to Jackson
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-26

gram from +. A. Eignus, secretary of
the Southern Rice Growers Associa-
ton, Beaumont, Tex, Offering virtually
unlimited supplies Of rice at cost.
At a mass meeting called by the
Kosher Butchers Association to-day a
vote was taken on the question OF
whether the butchers should charge "a
and 26 cents pound for kosher beef or
close their shops. The unanimous de-
cision was "close your shops Accord
ingly it was announced that none Of the
400 members of the association would
sell meat until the price is reduced to
% cents a pound.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-26
u. S. Surrender Seen
In Transfer of Mails
To Foreign Vessels

insufficient attention has been paid
to one aspect and consequence of the
failure of the American liners to sail
from New York." asserts THE New Re-
public" in the leading editorial Of its
current issue. The company which
owns these boats has contract with
the government of the United States TO
a regular weekly mail service
between New York and Liverpool. The
object of this contract is obvious. At
a time when it was more profitable to
operate ocean liners under other than
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-26
Actors Fund Campaigning

An open meeting will be held at the
Lyceum Theatre at noon to-day for the
purpose Of eniisting workers in aid Of
the Actors Fund Fair. TO be held dur
ing MAY Daniel Frohman will preside.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-26

Crop Report" the prices paid for staple
products at the farm from January Is
to February | this year are compared
with those paid in the corresponding
period of last year, as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-26

Onions. potatoes, cabbages, etc, OBJ
viously did not begin to rise on the
pushcarts Of the East Side.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-26

Among the signers of the leagues Pc
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-16
BAKER SATISFIES
MASONIC LEADER
Order to Keep Organizations
, From Camps Accepted,

WASHINGTON. Oct lb-Georgc +.
Moore, sovereign grand commander, III
his allocution at the opening OF the hi
cnnial session OF the supreme council OF
the Scottish Rite MaSOnS Tor the south
etn jurisdiction Of the United States
here Yesterday discussed Secretary
Bakers order interpreted as excluding
all organizations from camps and can
comments except two which are now
active.
Attcr relating details ot his confer
cncc with Secretary Baker and recount
lng the part free masonry has taken
in previous wars. Mr. Moore said
"Now IS not the proper time to raise
questions of this character or to pu,
obSt7 les IN the way OF u governmen,
in cndcavoting to render rs great war
machine effective. The result oi that
interview was to- convince me that the
,ecrctar of war had and has no lntcn-
ton 10 damage or to treat with dlStc-
Spcct any Of the iraterni,ies existing IN
the United States, whether they are ~
l,giouS or o ~Scctarlan in character
whether they are Protestant or Catholic
or Jewish or OF no particular religious
faith.
"Thc real service which can he rem.
dercd to the soldiers Of our armies may
be Ear more effective, far more useful
far more productive OF good results on
the outside than on the inside ot these
ramu,"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-16

.broidery, make an exceedingly becom-
ing combination for any woman She
looks her best in such clothes during
our chill autumn days. She gives color
to dSc landscape.
Popular Marine Blue.
France and America have united m
the different varieties OF American blue
and gray uniforms as the basis Of
clothes for their women.
The sketch shows one OF the most at
t~rac,iyc French irocks Of the season, II
is OF marine blue wool, with deep col
lar and cuffs Of japanese mink. Like
SO many OF the new smart frocks Il
which Paris has given the impetus, !,
slips on over the head without fastening.
The sash is part OF the bodice and ITS
long ends pull the frock into a sem
blance Of shape. The underskirt is OF
marine blue velvet.
Copyright by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-16

HT TO STIR
REvolT IN CHINA
|ssrman PropagandiStS Prey
on Ignorant 0rientaIS

M PEKING, Oct. lo,-German pleas w
ONO internal trouble in China are
,eing disclosed almost daily and the SIT
milton is 20 serious that China undouh'-
DIN will find it necessary TO intern
many Germans and AustrianS. II not all
Of them, before tho end Of the year
The allied ministers are extremely
uneasy over the situation
China, with its lack OF adequate com
nunication and great territory offers a
line field for German plots, For many
years German agents have carried on
commercial undertakings in Tibet, Tur-
kestan. Mongolia and other interior
parts of China. Consequently they
speak Chinese fluently and have great
influence with the lower classes.
Prey on the Ignorant
Through the German and Austrian
legations in Picking these interior agents
have been supplied with money to stir
up disscnsion. They have aroused the
Mohammedhns in western China by tell.
ing them that this is a religious wlr
designed TO eliminate Turkey and Mo.
hammedanism Similar arguments have
been used among the MohsmmedanS il
southwestern China.
In Mongolia the German and Aus
TRAN agents enlisted many bandits IN
the monarchial movement, and have done
everything in their power to undermine
the influence Of the Picking government.
AsiAtic Railroads Attacked.
The work OF the agitators has been
o effective in Mongolia than else
where, as they have been able to ha-
rass the trans Siberian line BY cncour-
aging the Mongolians to move north in
Siberia and Manchuria and TO attack
railway towns. Russia'S military forces
are somewhat limited now in Eastern
Siberia and consequently the trans-Si-
bcrian line is seriously threatened by
the Monaghan u%priSings.
Assist in Escapes.
German agents also have been able 10
assist many German and Austrian war
prisoners TO escape from Siberia into
Mongolia and thence into other parts
OF China.
Much OF the German propaganda has
been traced directly to the German
banks and prominent German CONNER
cial men in PckinR and Ticn rsin Both
the British charge d'afiaircs and the
Russian minister have named the lead
ing German intriguers in letters to the
foreign office and suggck,ed their in
ternmrnt
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-16
Democrats to ADOPT
Zone Plan in Work
of Main Committee

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. - Discus
sion OF a regional system OF organika
ton recently adopted by the executive
committee OF the democratic national
committee for use in future campaigns,
II vas announced today, will take place
At a series ot meetings in various parts
OF the country, beginning with one in
Denver tomorrow The second will be
held IN NoSton, October -.
The national committee will be or
gained lnto eight subcommittee, one
for each part OF the country as divided
under the new plan The divisions in.
cludc
Zone Six-Atkansas. Louisiana, Mis-.
siSSippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and
Texas.
National committeeman IN the va.
r,ouN zones will cooperate IN iutur,
campaigns in their respective regions.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-16
-HiNTS For
YOUR HoMB
The Table.

The Table.
Potato Dumplings-parc and boil six
good sized potatoes, when almost done
CRATE (when cool enough to handel,
add one cup bread crumbs, one whole
egg beaten light, salt TO taste, suiii-
cicnt flour 10 form into medium-Si1cd
balls. Roll until done. Have bread
crumbs Drowned in butter ur 'ryingS
and, after dumpllngs are drained, pour
over the Drowned bread crumbs. Sut-
iic,ent Tor family OF five OF six Uc-
liable recipe.
Pineapple LAYER Cake Make a cake
in three LAYERS hy the following Cream
hall cup butter, add one cup sugar and
beat, then add half cup milk and whites
OF four Eggs beaten stiff. Add one and
one hall cups flour Siited with two
level teaspoons baking powder, aud
bake. For the filling. beat whites OF
two eggs, add tablespoon OF the Juice
from a can Of grated pineapple and a
cup of conieCtioncr'S sugar, Nat until
light, then beat in more sugar until the
icing is thick enough TO spread well
Cover top OF one cake ana To the re-
maindcr add as much of the canned
grated pineapple as the icing will hold
and keep OF a right consistency to
spread Use as a filling, then put tho
iced cake on top.
Green Tomato pic-Makc a good
crust, as for other pies. Select smooth
tomatoes and pare them thin Uhcy
must be green. II YOU have a slaw
cutter, slice them very thin on cutter
it is much more evenly done than by
hand and much faster. Place the thin
slices one at a time in layers in Your
pan until YOU have your pan as full as
YOU want It, but do not make It too
iull Take one ,eaSponfm Ocvelcd with
a kniic) each of cloves, allspice and
cinnamon. Sprinkle evenly over ton.
then add one large cup sugar, one tablg'
spoon water and a little sprinkle VI
flour. Put on top crust, make the edge
secure to avoid running out, pr, in slow
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-16
Ia the Days News

Oscar S. Straus, who is to act as
toastmastcr at a notable banquet to be
given in New York tonight by the
Southern Commercial congress. is a
merchant and diploma,ist OF sminence
Born in the state Of Georgia, in young
manhood he went to New York. stud
led law and then entered on a mcrean-
tile career with his brothers. As
wealth came he turned to philanthropy
ic and civic pursuits. His entrance
on the. career came with appointment
to Coistantinoplc in 1887, followed by
later appointments to the same post IN
1913 and 1909. From 1905 to 1909 he
was secretary OF the department OF
commerce and labor in The cabine, of
President Roosevelt. In l9l4 he
served on the committee OF arbitration
that negotiated a dispute over wages
between the railways and their en-
ginecrs.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-16
Parliament Opens;
New War Credit in
First Big Measure

LONDON oct. l6-Parliament re.
assembled today after a recess OF TIVE
months and began graphing with the
big griSt OF legislative and adminiStra.
tive work Its most important dut,
was the passing OF a new vote of credit
This will probably bring up Tor discus.
sion the general war situation. hut II
will he a few days before that bushes,
is reached
(hlcl interest centcrS IN the pros.
pect that the government will tax,
advantage OF the opportunity to an.
nouncc the general policy OF its ali
service, a subject which has beer
brought to the foreground by the re.
cent raids over London
=
Among public speakers the average
rate Of delivery IS about 5000 word,
per hour
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-16
THREE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN

The young women Of mi, generation.
their mothers and grandmothers have
proved from actual experience that
LYDIA T. Pipkham's Vegetable Com
pound oyctcomes the suffering caused
by female ills and restore, them To a
healthy condition This iamous,medi
cine contains no narcotic, or habit.
forming drugs, hut g., made from me.
d,clnal root, and herbs. nature, rcmcd,
for disease. II YOU arc suffering from
a"y form of female ills, it will pay yot
10 give II a ttlal-hdy.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-16
'DRUMM0ND PURCHASES
ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT

WACKOMlS, Okla, Oct l6-(Spc
cial) - The city OF Drummond. nine
mules west OF here, has purchased an
electric light plant and expect to have
It installed and running by the end OF
the month The money was raised BY
subscription among the business men
Of the city They have been without a
lighting system M TO this time.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-16
kK. = DRESS Il! E;!!$$:.,.

States until tho first Of January these
soft wooden gowns, under fur oapes,
serve very well for the street.
The richness OF their DIVES. the sup
plcncSs Of their weave, the touch OF
color given by the vivid wofstcd EN-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-16

oven and bake nearly three tourths hour
until YOU are sure your tomatoes arc
cooked And YOU viii fund, 1t made
right this is the most dcliclou, pie YOU
can imagine.
Multum in ratyo Cake $40 cups
sugar. one half cup lard and butter
mixed, two eggs slightly beaten. Beat
all together and add one and onc-half
cups milk, four scant cup, flour, three
teaspoons baking powder ilayoring Can
be used as layer or sheet cake Or baked
in muffin pans.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-16
WhUK0MlS MINISTER
GOES TO CORTLAND

WAukOMlS Okla, oct lb-CSpe.
glal)-Rey d I. Morton. pastor OF the
Methodist church of this city, has re-.
slrncd IN, pa,lora,c here lie will
leave this week tut Cortland Nrh .
where Ne has accepted a call from the
church there at an increase oi $500 A
year IN salary.