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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-09
PROBLEMS
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DEAR MRS. THOMPSON: | am a
married woman and have been
- married for several years The
last two months ! have been so unhappy
| hardly know what to do. NV husband
has got so he goes out at night two or
three times week wouldn't care II
he were going TO a show or with some
men, but he has machine aud takes
other women on, and never gets in until
II o'clock | have asked To go with
him, but he won't let me. ! always keep
my house clean and myself, too, and |
do everything ] can TO please him, but
he growlS a, everything | do ! asked
him why he was going with other women
and he called me names and said he was
not But ! am sure he is, for ! heard
him and another married man talk about
going to anotlpr town with women, !
also got hold OF letter that he 60, from
a woman He always spends from S. to
s. every time he goes out, and he won't
give me a cent any more
lie came home the other night and
said he wished he had never got married
at all, for when he was single he could
stay out all night II he wanted to and
didn't have to worry about anything
told him would leave and he said
"Hou think II you leave | will have t.
go to war
Sometimes am tempted 10 60 out
and stay jus, as late as he does ] dom
know what to do have nice home
and ! hate 10 leave It. hN can't stand
to be gtowled at all the time or to hay,
him de- as he is doing now He doesn'
drink enough to &c, drunk but he drink,
some We always went places and had
a good time, but now he won't go any.
where with me, and II go over to a
neighhot'S house he growls at me. Wha
would YOU do II YOU were IN my place
/ leave him or WHAT We haven't an,
children UNHAPPY WIFE
II isn't often that | advise a woman
TO leave her husband, but IN your case
think It will be the best thing YOU car
do Your husband will appreciate yor
more when he learns that YOU are indie
pendent and unwilling to put mp witt
his treatment Now IS an excellent tim,
for woman 10 secure employment, ant
YOU would probably have little ttouhl,
in that respect !, may be that w car
secure almony without divorce In cas-,
YOU can 1t will be the thing To do. Con
suit lawyer and find out Just What h,
thinks will be best ior you to do.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-09
Kerensky Says Rule
OF Iron Must Stand

PETROGRAD. Aug. 9 -- Premier
Kcrensky in an appeal to the people tor
support OF the reconstructed government
declares that only rule of iron IN III,
present plight resulting from the mill.
tary situation, together with ardent and
seli-sacritlcing support OF the people
can make for a powerful, creative gov
ernment with authority to free the
hand OF the enemy and enlist IN IT,
work OF reconstruction all the lyins
forces OF the nation.
The government, the statement adds
will employ its whole strength in t'
task confident that the unconquerablc
power Of the revolution will be utilize
for the salvation of RuSsia's honor
which has been affected BY treason
pusllanmity and treacherous coward
ices
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-09
Failure Means Ruin.

government to save the country
warmly commended.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-09
INTERNAL SLAv
SITUATION STILL
IS THREATENING
New Cabinet Not Ideal But Is
Satisfactory,

LONDON, Aug. 9.-Petrograd dis
patches reviewing the construction OF
the new ministry agree that although i,
is not ideal it probably is as strong
as circumstances permit and on the
whole satisfactory All refer to the
immenSity Of the task confronting il.
the first necessity being the restoration
OF order and discipline in the army the
present condition OF which warrants
the greatest anxiety. Internal disor
ganlzatlun is hardly less serious
Factories Partly Closed
One correspondent refers TO fac
tories being brought one by one to a
partial StandStill owing to a lack OF
fuel, due to a lack of transportation
while lengthening lines waiting at
shop doors murmur apprcnhensiyely OF
the coming winter. The same writer
refers to Premier KercnSky as turn
ing for advice to the aged grandmother
OF the revolution, Catherine Brcshkov
skaya,' IN the tremendous burden OF
responsibility he has undertaken.
The decision OF NJ 1screteli, to re-
main outside the ministry as a connect
ing link between the government and
the workmen'S and soldiers council is
mainly approved and his appeal to the
latter to abandon the domestic class
war and range themselves around the
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-09
TUSS0CK MOTHS
DESTROY TREES
National Society Warns Ma
ton 10 Watch for Insects,
EGGS SHOULD BE BURNED
Writer Declares United States
Careless Of Trees,

Watch out for the deadly tussock
moth and all similar foes OF trees, for
the month OF August is when they get
IN the worst work. These pests have
invaded many cities and determined
tight is being wagcd against them by
boy scouts and park departments. say
reports coming to the American fore,-
try association In urging fright
against tree pests the American ForeS-
Try Magazine offers the following ad -
wee
Now Is Pruning Time.
Collect and burn egg masses Of ,uS-
sock moth and similar insects Burn
cocoonS Of the bag worm. Commence
pruning shade and ornamental trees in
August and transplant eyergfeens after
August IS
In the August number Of American
Forestry, Homer ID House, state bot
anst OF New York, has a very cxhsus
tive article on the care OF trees par.
ticularly as applied to towns and cities
In one place he writes
The fact that with all our knowledge
ot shade tree insects and fungi. the
trees continue to langush and die in
many cities and towns, points to a more
important phase OF tree protection. |
refer to the frequent lack Of municipal
regulation III planting and care of state
trees, the careless attitude OF the public
which is really most directly con.
ccrned, and the insufficient au,horit,
and working funds delegated to city
torestcrS.
Trees An Investment.
1T is an investment for the future
which no city will ever regret and its
results are almost Immediately evident
in the improved appearance OF the trees
and the systematic planting OF the right
kind OF trees along new streets"
Any inquiries IN regard to trees will
be gladly answered by the American
Forestry association, the conservation
department OF which is affiliated with
the National Emergency Food Garden
commission which is conducting the ma
tlon-w wide food drying and canning cam
paign Manuals on these subjects will
be sent tree 10 any one who sends a
2cent stamp for postage 10 2lO Mary
land building, Washington, d. {.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-09
Taft Further Improved.

CLAY CENTER, Kan, Aug. 9.-At-
tending physicians today announced
that Former President William How
ard Taft, who was taken i'll here, after
speaking engagement recently, had
passed a comfortable and rcStful night
and was making satisfactory progress.
However. they declared it might be
necessary for him to take a longer rest
than was contemplated and that he
would not leave here today to resume
his speaking trip, as had been expected
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-09

Dicky', reply was forestsleld by Katie
who rushed into the room with her
usual impe,uosity. evidently bubbling
over with news Of some kind
"Oh, Missis Graham T. she exclaimed,
and | might as well have tried to stop
Niagara as TO stem the torren, Of her
words or to make her understand that
the breakfast table with guests present
was 40 time for her news telling Jim,
he zoos, COON from Crest Haven. and
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-09

dry got crazy man down dere, he q
out from 'sylum yesterday, stole 500
pistols, and raise one hell all 'rouo|
town all night Jim he say he ~
windows Of pretty near dozen peoC
before dey get heem, Jim he say ~
ing about him shooting here. to-
,ink de neighbors no hear hssm, 9
he say vot folks don't know abou9 =
birness Won't hurt dem"
(Copyright) 0
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-09

the reasonable one" she said YEARLY To
Dlcky but cannot help sticking to
my theory"
Just like woman" Dlcky threw at
her mlschlcvously II was slogan
which he knew usually reused Lillian
To one of the bursts oi brilliant invec-
tive in which he delighted But she
refused TO take the cue
mo doubt" she said dryly, and
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-09
SMALL INCREASE
IN SHIPS LOST
a British Vessels Are U-Boat
Victims in Week,

LONDON. Aug 0-Thcrc was a
slight increase IN the loss of British
merchant vessels by submarines OF
mines during the last week, according
10 the official summary issued last night
Twenty one British vessels of more
than l.bOO tons and two vessels Of less
than 900 tons were sunk last week
Thirteen ships were attacked unSucccss.
fully No fishing boats were lost.
The figures follow:
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-09

II is believed he will have great
influence IN inducing the worknen''
and soldiers council to strengthen
Premier kerensky, whose maintenance
at the head Of the administration is re-
garded as of paramount importance, If
ketenSky fails, one correspondent, says
Russian democracy will receive blow
from winch it will hardly recover,
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-04-06
SYNOPSIS.

On Windward Island Paiidori lntriguer
MIA Golden Into an appearance Of evil
which causes Golden to capture and tor
ture the Italian b. randinR his face and
crushing his hand. Palidori foods the e.
land and kidnapa Golden'B little d~aughtoI
Aergety. Twelve years later In New York
a Masked One rescues Margory from LD-
gar and takes her to her fathers home.
whence she n recaptured. MarEery'H
mother fruiuesaly impioros Golden 20 dnd
their daughter. The Laughing Mask
again Margery away from Legar.
Legar sends to Golden q warning and a
demand for a portion OF the chart OF
mother. The chart IL lost In a fight be-
tween Manley and one OF LeRar's hench-
men but Is recovered by the Laughing
Mask. Count Da EHpnrca figures IN q
dubious attempt TO entrap Legar and
claims to ave killed him. Golden's house
10 dyuamited during a masked ball Le-
gar escapes but Da Espares Is crushed In
Mask from the police. Manley finds Mar
gerry not Indifferent to his love. He saves
her from Maukfs poisoned arrows. Man
ley plans a mock funeral which fails to
accomplish the desired purpose, the cap
ture OF the Iron Claw and his gang. Mar
gerry ia saved from death at the hands OF
the Iron Claw by the Laughing Mask. An
O'Mara cottage II frustrated In the nick
OF time The Laughing Mask discloses
bis identity to Margery. Margery over
hears the policies plan to tnke the Laugh
ing Mask prisoner and hastenB 20 warn
him They escape both the police and
the Iron Claw. Later the Laughing MASK
81 almost taken while with Margery as
father tells her that the Mask has met
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-09-05

mining claim in the hills back of the
of the reservoir lake-that-is-to-hs.
They're doing it so that they a get
out an injunction, or whatever you
call it, and then We'll have to buy them
off, as the others have been bought
off"
Smith was by this time entirely IA
miliar with the maps and profles and
other records of the ditch company's
lands and holdings.
"All the land within the limits of tho
flood level has been bought and paid
for-some of it more than once, hasn't
it," he asked.
"Oh, yes; but that doesn't make any
difference. These men will claim that
their location was made long ago, and
that they are just now getting ready
to work it. It's often done in the case
of mining claims"
"When is all this going to happen?'
he inquired.
"It is already happening" she broke
out impatiently. "Mr. Martin said
the three men left town a little after
daybreak and crossed on the Brewster
bridge to go up on the other side of
the Timanyoni."
The young woman had taken her
place again behind the big tiller wheel
and Smith calmly motioned her out
of it.
"Take the other seat and let me get
in here" he said; and when she had
changed over, he swung in behind the
wheel and put a foot on the clutch
pedal.
"What are you going to do?" she
asked.
I'm going to take you on up to the
camp, and then, if you'll lend me this
car, I'll go and do what you hoped to
persuade Williams to do-run these
mining-claim jokers into the tall tims
ber."
"But you can't!" she protested; "you
can't do it alone! And, besides, they
are on the other side of the river, and
you can't get anywhere with the cal.
You'll have to go all the way back to
Brewster to get across the river!"
1t was just here that he stole ar
other glance at the very-much-alive
little face behind the motor veil; at
the firm, round chin and the ~resoluta
slaty-gray eyes.
II suppose I ought to take you to
the camp" he said. "But you may go
along with me, if you want to-and
are not afraid"
She laughed in his face.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-09-05

mobile, with the cut-out open, was top
ping the side-hill grade, and Smith rec
ognized it at once. 1t was Colonel Dex-
ter Baldwin's roadster, and it held a
single occupant-namely, the young
woman who was driving it.
Turning to look up the track, he saw
that the three loaded cars had been
set out, and the forward section of the
train was now backing to make the
coupling with the standing half. He
hoped that the trainmen had seen the
automobile, and that they would not
attempt to make the coupling until
after the gray car had crossed behind
the caboose. But in the same breath
he guessed, and guessed rightly, that
they were too far around the curve to
be able to see the ~wagon-road ap-
proach.
Smith saw the young woman check
the speed for the abrupt turn at the
bottom of the hill, saw the car take the
turn in a skidding slide, heard the re-
newed roar of the motor as the throttle
was opened for a run at the embank-
ment grade. Then the unexpected
dropped it's bomb. There was a jan
Cling clash and the cars on the main
track were set in motion. The train
men had failed to make their coupling,
and the rear half Of the train was surg
ing down upon the crossing.
Smiths shout, or the sight of the on
coming train, one of the two, or both,
put the finishing touch on the young
wOman's nerve. There was still time
in which to clear the train, but at the
critical instant the young woman ap-
parently changed her mind and tried
to stop the big car short of the cross
ing. The effort was unsuccessful.
When the stop was made, the front
wheels of the roadster We're precisely
in the middle of the main track, and
the motor was killed.
By this time Smith had thrown his
coat away and was racing the backing
train, With the eX-grade-laborer a poor
second a dozen yards to the rear Hav-
ing ridden in the roadster, Smith knew
that it had no seif-starter. "Jump!'
he yelled. Get out If the carr and
then his heart came into his mouth
when he saw that shn was struggling
to free herself and couldn't; that she
was entangled in some way behind the
low-hung tiller wheel.
Smith was running fairly abreast of
the caboose when he made this discov-
cry, and the hundred *eet of clearance
had shrunk to fifty. In imagination
he could already see the gray car over
turned and crushed under the wheels
of the train, In a flying squirt he
gained a few yards on the advancing
menace and hurled himself against
the front of the stopped roadster. He
did not attempt to crank the motor.
There was time only for a mighty
heave and shove to seld the car back
ing down the slope Of the crossing
approach; for this and for the quick
| spring aside to save himself; and the
thing was done.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-09-05
CHAPTER vi.
A Notice to Quit.

Once started and given it's push, the
gray roadster drifted backward from
the railroad crossing and kept on until
it came to rest in the sag at the turn
in the road. Running to overtake it,
Smith found that the young woman
was still trying Intellectually to free
herself. In releasing the clutch her
dress had been caught, and Smith was
glad enough to let the extricating of
the caught skirt and the cranking of
the engine serve for a br~eath-catching
recovery.
When he stepped back to tune" the
spark the young woman had subsidized
into the mechanician's seat and was
relying her veil with fingers that were
not any too steady. She was small
but well-knit; her hair was a golden
brown and there was a good deal of
it her eyes were set we'll apart, and
in the bright morning sunlight they
were a slaty gray-of the exact shade
of the motor veil she wa rearranging.
Smith had a sudden conviction that he
had seen the wide-set eyes before; also
the straight little nose and the half
boyish mouth and chin, though where
he had seer them the conviction could
| give no present hint.
II sup-pup-suppose I ought to say
something appropriated" she was be-
ginning, half breathlessly, while Smith
stood at the fender and grinned.
"You don't have to say anything. It's
been a long time since I've had a
chance to make such a bully grand
stand play as this" And then:
you're Colonel Baldwin's daughter,
aren't youY"
She nodded, saying:
GLOW did you know?"
II know the car. And you have your
fathers eyes,"
She did not seem to take it amiss
that he was making her eyes a basis
for comparisons. She was her fathers
only son, as well as his only daughter,
and she divided her time pretty evenly
in trying to live up to both sets of re-
~quirements.
"You have introduced me; wo-won't
you introduce yourself?" she said,
when a second crash of the shifting
freight train spent itself and gave bar
an opening.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-09-05
The Bio Execution.

6" don't understand this peace with
out annexation idea," complained the
man on the car.
"Why that's perfectly simple" ex-
planned his fellow straphanger. 1T
means that it isn't right to annex any
other country as spoils of victory"
"Mean to say that if we licked some
country we wouldn't have the right to
take some Of their possessionsY"
"Not the moral right. We couldn't
annex an island, for instance, whose
inhabitants do not speak our language,
sympathize with our civilization or
comprehend our institutions. Such an
island would never become an integral
part Of America, no matter what the
geography said"
"Nonsense-look at Manhattan
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-09-05
INTERNATIONAL.
LESSON
by REV. P. B.. FITZWATER. D, D..
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago1
copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 9
BENEFITS OF TOTAL ABsTI.
NENCE.


LESSON TEXT-Daniel 1.
GOLDEN TEXT-But Daniel purposed
In his heart that he would not defle him
Self with the portion of the kings meat,
ror with the wine which he drank-Daniel
Is.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-09-05

I'm Smith," he told h-r; aiding:
cts my real name"
Her laugh was an instant easing
of tensions.
ooh, yes; you're. Mr.. Williams as
sistant. I've heard colonel-da-my
father, speak of you"
"No," he denied in blunt honesty,
I'm not Williams assistant; at least,
the pay roll doesn't say so. Up at the
camp they call me the Hobo"
The young woman had apparently
regained whatever small fraction of
self-possession the narrow escape had
shocked aside.
care they V going to take that
miserable train out of the way?" she
exclaimed. give got to see Mr.. Will
liams, and there isn't a minute to
spare. Colonel-da-I mean my father,
has gone up to Red Butte, and a little
while ago they telephoned V to the
ranch from the Brewster Office to say
that there was going to be some more
trouble at the dam"
"You won't find Williams at the
camp. He started out early this morn
ing beyond Little creek, and said he
wouldn't be back until SOME time to-
morrow. Will you tell me what you're
needing?"
"Oh!" she exclaimed, with a little
gasp of disappointment, give simply
got to find Mr.. Williamson some
body! Do you happen to know any
thing about the lawsuit troubles?"
Il know all about them; Williams
has told me-"
"Then I'll tell you what Mr.. Martin
telephoned. He said that three men
were going to pretend to relocate a
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-09-05
Liberty Sill Lives,

"What's meant by dis here food con-
troll" asked Mr.. Samuel Jackson.
"Nigger," answered Mr.. George
Washington Jones, "dat means dat de
man whut tries ter git more'n his share
of victuals is goiH' ter run right slap
bang inter de gov-ment."
"Dey amt nothin' in dem rules an
regulations ter keep a Guild man f'om
stelin' a watermelon an a chicken
sometimes, is dey?"
Course dey amt! Dis is still a free
country"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-09-05
Copyright by Chas. Scribner's Sons
CHAPTER V-Continued.

Smith heard him through, noddinS
dnderstandingly when the tale was
told.
"It's the old story of the big fish
swallowing the little one; so old n a
there is no longer any saving touch OF
novelty in it, he commented. 1--WE
been wondering if there wasn't some
thing of that kind in your background.
And you say you haven't any Belmonts
or Morgans or Rockefellers in your
company"
"We have a bunch of rather badly
scared-up ranch owners and local
people, with Colonel Baldwin in COM
mand, and that's all. The colonel IS
a fighting man, all right, and he can
shoot as straight as anybody, when
you have shown him what to shoot at.
But he is outclassed, like all the rest
Of us, when it comes to a game of fnan-
cial freeze-out. And that is what we
are up against, I'm afraid"
"There isn't the slightest doubt in
the world about that" said the one
WIZ 1du U00ll NollSu LII as an NA1NAl'
"What I can't understand is why some
of you didn't size the situation up
long ago-before it got into its pres
ent desperate shape. You are at the
beginning of the end now. They've
caught you with an empty treasury,
and these stock sales you speak of
prove that they have already begun
to swallow you by Titles. Timanyoni
common-1 suppose you haven't any
preferred-at t%hirty-nine is an excel
lent gamble for any group of men Who
can see their way clear to buying the
control. With an eager market for the
Water-and they can sell the water to
you people, even if they don't put
their own E~scalante project through
the stock can be pushed to par and
beyond, as it will be after you folks
are all safely frozen out. More than
that, they can charge you enough, for
the water you've got to have, to finance
the Escalante scheme and pay all the
bills; and their investment, at the
present market, will be only thirty
nine cents in the dollar. It's a neat
little play"
Williams was by this time far past
remembering that his adviser vas a
mar with a possible alias and presum'
ably a fugitive from justice.
Cant something be done, Smith:
You've had experience in these things
your talk shows it. Have we got to
stand still and be shot to pieces?"
"The necessity remains to be dem
onstrated. But you will be shot to
pieces, to a dead moral certainty, if
you don't put somebody on deck with
the necessary brains, and do it quick.
iy," said Smith with frank bluntness,
"Hold on" protested the engineer,
'"Every man to his trade. When I said
that we had nobody but the neighbors
and our friends in the company, ]
didn't mean to give the impression
that they were either dolts or chuckle-
heads. AS a matter of fact, we have
a pretty l~evel-headed bunch of men in
Timanyoni Ditch-though I'll admit
that some of them are nervous enough,
just now, to want to get out on almost
any terms. What 1 meant to say was
that they don't happen to be up in all
the crooks and turnings Of the high
finance buccaneers"
81 didn't mean to reflect upon
Colonel Baldwin and his friends,'' re-
Joined the ex-cashier good-naturedly.
'"It is nothing especially discrediting
20 them that they are not up in all the