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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-10
RUMANIA Will
FIGHT ON TO END,
QUEEN ASSERTS
Marie Thanks America for Aid
and Praises Work Of VopiCka,

JASSY, Rumana. via Petrograd -
RumanIa will fight TO the bitter end
until the struggle for the freedom Of
the world and the restoration Of the
rights OF small nations is achieved,
Queen Marie OF Rumania said today to
the Associated Press Americas entry
into the war and the aid given Rumana
has renewed the strength and hope OF
her country
Never will We lay down Our arms
until the cause to which We have con
secrated our lives is yindica,cd,' dc.
clared the queen, her voice full of de-
termination and emotion
In Nurses Uniform.
Altired in the uniform Of Red Cross
nurse, she presented a picture OF sim
plicity and dignity From under the
hood Of her UNIFORM her face appeared
dellcatcly nodded and deeply expire
siye OF gentlcness and compassion. a
stranger might have taken the queen
FOR the mother superior OF convent
except for her uSe,ul appearance.
Since the removal OF the kumanln
government 90 Jassy the royal family
has resided in a severely plain bulId
ing formerly occupied as army head
quarters. One room set aside for the
queen contained a sewing machine with
which the queen makes garments for
the soldiers The queen was knliung
a wooden cap for a soldier as She talked
10 the correspondent
Thanks TO America.
II wish the Associated Press to con
yey," she said, my most sincere
thanks to the American nation for the
noble way in which it has come 70 our
assistance in the hour OF suffering. |
am aware that millions Of your people.
even the most humble made this aid
possible by contributions, Therefore, !
hope my voice will be heard at the
humblest table around the poorest
hearth.
The queen paid tribut to Charles }
Vopicka, the American minister to Ru
mania, whose efforts in the state
toward securing aid for our strickeI
country will long be remembered"
TIL. queen visits the sick in the hos
pitals daily, During the typhus cpl
demie last winter she went among tho'
most severely afflicted, giving a cheer
ing word and distributing comforts.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-10
:PR0BIDMS
MAs M.t;ss'',, ,HI;|lB1AssRl!'T]!.
y EAR MRS. THOMPSON: Three
years ago ] met q young man

N EAk MKS. j HUM SUN lnItC
years ago ] met young man
- who came 10 this city to sec
friend OF mine. He seemed like very
fine boy and soon we got TO know each
other we fell in love lie never went
with any other girls and had never
had any other boy friends All at once,
Tor no reason whatever, he left me, aud
| have seen him only once ~ twicc
since then until last week lie mc'
me on the street and when we had SAID
few words as We always did, he asked
il he might come 10 see me. said that
| had a date, but he called me on the
phone last night and asked to come
love him very much and don't know
what 10 do
N) Should I let him cQvN to see me
~ What do you thiirNthc people IN
our crowd will say when they hear
that we are going together again.
(l) II he asks to take me To- picture
,huwS at night, should | 60 with him
am 20 years old and he is not over p
PERCILLA {,
~ see no reason why you should
not let him come TO see YOU. You car
10 so and still not cheaper yourself
Make no mention OF his having left you
before perhaps now that You are bot
Older you will he more conRcuial
(3 Don't care what they say.
0) Yes, it will be all right to 60 with
him
Dear Mr., Thompson. ~ am .
girl u years old and wish 90 turn ST..
ter ] had many boy friends and ,usD
the idea struck me never oorogou.
with them Don't YOU think | could h,
a sister,
(2) My parents are very mean 20 m
and the more DO to please them IN
more they seem 10 want. They tell u
10 leave the house and that IS the rcl
son want to become a sister
VIOLA SISTER MARY
~ II ! were YOU / would cou,dr
seriously a long while before ! mad
the decision 10 become a sister SO
can probably lead a very useful M
outside oi convent and n would 4
much better Tor YOU 20 de- ,o. II 500
once become a sister yom future Is ON
lined for you and YOU cannot chang
~ Try to bear the burden tha, h,
been thrust upon YOU Your hardSh,l
will probably make you q better woma
when you grow up. Look on the chcc
fol side Of life and make the best
things as they are.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-10

| to Italy TO see, but they do not combine
their artistic enthusiasm with a desire
70 initiate the lines md movements that
artists consider lovely
The American woman is stern in her
belief that the Su-callcd Italian dcrul
letage is ruinous 10 her appearance.
.Shc is quite willing to conccdc 10 the
artistic element and TO tho actresses
the kind of opening at the neck which
both these ScgmcntS OF society adopted
For herself, II she is workadaY prac-
teal woman or II she has convention
al place in society she insists that the
decolcte Of her irock should be a deep
square or deep Y.
That tradition is rooted IN her Anglo
Saxon temperament She is willing 70
subscribe to the slightly round dccol-
lcagc. and shc has taken up the slightly
square. Dutch neck with all the i'm
pc,uo,iy Of her character when she
like novelty nis difficult to- per
,uadc her that the Dutch neck is .s
unhccrmlng as the Italian kind. for she
looks upon the latter with a hlt of CON
tempt born through her sporadic con-
tact with the artist element who adopt
this in loose. hanging smnck' and
blouse, which they prefer above all
other garments
The Accepted Decolletagc
| Tradition IS unc thing aul present
fact is another and 1t i, evident lhlt
the u1Irrt. ui American yDmtu v,fil
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-10
Births

Mr. nud Mrs N e. Smith, Goo East
First street, % girl
Mr. and Mrs carl Davis Han, ONn-
houn Cily II boy
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-10

Funeral services over uOlN ~ Mrs
Charles s. Miller viii ho I.N 40 2Hl
O'Clock sunday afternoon Hl ~t Johns
Methodist church. CORNER LNst Twelfth
street and Ncry Oycuu,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-10
"creek" Nav NBe Tried Here-WWn

"Creek' nay >Be Tried Hers-Wulom
j. Crcckmorc, king ~ hooQcgFrrs, may
huvu 10 stand uli I'm Odnhomu county
nller hc completes his sentence boo the
federal pcuitouiuy W LouNDUVurth.
Kan Thorc are three charges Of pro
hhitnn law violation against him lu the
county court uud the county attorney
to trial
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-10

Mrs. Fornry Improved Mrs T. l.
Furury. nlu lnHt Park place. Who &C.,
GENTLY underwent n serious operation. q
reported today rs bBng greatly Ina
proved
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-26

chant ships were lost.-Joy Bailey.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-26

Jimmie the
said "Whots madden
immie he mad he couldn't
whole lot bgern he just picked the big
awful shaking and when he got loose like everything
Jimmie. is tooand very
around ball
playing ball swimming We Of the best kid
the world Jimmie The other
from the side and beat them with six nothing
to
the excited
made much the
they going to send for the police"
sick--we to
mothers don't know where half the time Me
clipped
fool mothers won't
have sometimes don't
anything she likes Jimmie
Just like brothers when
Jimmie is biggern me-"
WE'LL has called
all Junior Customers good summer
smile
will be with in school year-Jonesy, Messenger
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-26
SAILORS -
GIVE WAY TO BOYS

The navy recruiting officer who
was in Richmond last week told
many interesting stories about his
travels over the world. But he said
that the only time in his life that
he had seen American sailors Civ.
ing way to boys was once in France.
1t was a beautiful morning in
spring, several years ago when they
had landed and were marching into
Brest to be reviewed at some i'm. !
portant occasion, when suddenly
they heard terrible laundering
noise as of some huge machine. clat-,
tering away down the street right
towards them, and just beyond a
near bend in the road. t.
Quickly, the officer gave COM.
mand to clear the roadway leaving.
plenty of room for the great power.
full engine or whatever it was, and
just as it had been done, around the
bend Of the road came eight or ten
French boys, racing with their
wooden shoes on. =.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-26
BOYS PLAN TO HIKE
FIFTY.SIX MILES
TOY. M. C.. A. CAMP

The boy scouts of troop 2 are
planning to hike the Sc miles down
to the Y. M. C. A. summer camp at
Flat Rock. To do this they are
each going to earn two dollars dur
ing next week. both by making
money and using the old proverb
"A penny saved is a penny earned"
and with this money, each of the
four patrols will buy their own
tent.
Then the boys are going to make
a trak cart. something like the
ones used in the army, and take
their provisions and tents which
they will use along the way. down
to camp in this cart. -
The plan now is for the boys, UNI.
der their assistant scout MASTER
Mr. Brammer, to leave Richmond.
Saturday. June 9, and reach Cam
bridge City by night. camping
there, and staying there long
enough to 60 to Sunday School
and church in that city. Sunday
afternoon they are to make the dis.
lance from Cambridge to Milton.
make camp and 60 to church in the
evening there. Monday they are to
reach Connersville and camp there
for the night. Tuesday they are to
make Rushville. and Wednesday
morning they are to make the final
8 miles down to Flat Rock. -
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-26
\ WONDERFUL CASKET

A long time ago near the edge OF
a forest lived a poor widow and her
daughter.
One day the girl said she would
pick some berries to sell in a nearby
town. So she took her basket and
went out into the woods.
She picked till noon and had
hardly enough berries to fill the
bottom of her basket.
Almost discouraged she said they
would starve If she didn't get some
berries. There was not another loaf
OF bread in the house Now the lit.
tie girl did not know she was near
the home of two little brownies.
Nor did she know one was watching
her and heard what she said.
The brownie said it was a good
chance to help her So he said
some magic words and changed into
an old man and came out from
behind the tree and said, Little
girl, l am hungry, will you give me
some berries" aa
She put her hand into the bas.
ket. But drew it out again and said
I'VE have nothing to eat at home"
The old man was about to 60 when
she said, Here, take them all. I.
would rather die of hunger than to
be selfish"
The brownie did not eat, but
touched tree stump. It immed.
lately turned into a golden casket.
The widow and her daughter
lived In poverty no more for when-
ever they opened the lid of the
casket they could get whatever
they wished The moral of this
story is never be selfish or unkind.
Ernest Sturgis, Age IL, ia Grade,
Whitewater School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-26
ORGAN GRINDER
LEAVES; FOUND
BUSINESS DULL

Many children In town were de-
lighted to find that an organ grind
or with his monkey was here the
first part of the week. The monk
ey was an unusually bright little
fellow and the man said his name
was Billy One Of his little tricks
was to play on a pair of tiny little
brass cymbals.
This organ grinder lives in Chi
cago, and because he found bust
ness so dull here in Richmond, he
said he could not afford to stay but
a few days. He came over to this
country eleven years ago. but did
not enter the monkey business un-
til about three years later. The
monkeys are not brought over from
Europe, as most people suppose.
but are bought by the organ men
here in America, usually in New
York or Chicago. ,... e.
Then the monkeys must be
trained. just as dog or elephant
must be; and the man said that it
is most important always to be
kind to your monkey if you want to
teach him any tricks. This man
carried BILLY" around in a warm
velvet sack which he wore under
his coat. And as for food. he said
he would give Billy anything he
wanted, from cheese and macaroni
to bananas. but sometimes the
monkey only wanted grass.
On the whole, the organ man
seemed to think the organ business
was all right. because on good days
he could easily make four or five
dollars. but now days he said even
the children are saving their pen
MES, and so he was going back to
his home in Chicago.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-26
Snake in 13 Pieces
Became Is Stars in Flag

When the early settlers first
came to what is now the United
States, they settled in Is different
colonies. They did not know
whether to unite and be one coun-
try or be 10 different colonies.
Each Colony had flag. The flag
for one colony was white with the
picture of snake on it. The snake
was cut into 13 pieces. The motto
for the flag was United we stand.
divided we fall" The colonists
thought it best to unite, so they
could fight England and become a
free country. so they united and de-
clared war against England. They
fought bravely and became free. 1t
was decided the country was to be
called the United States.
A committee was appointed by
Congress to get flag. They put
7 red and 6 white stripes with a
field of blue in the left hand corner
with 13 stars in the field Of blue.
Each star represented a state. as
the snake in Is pieces had done
before.
Since then IS states have been
admitted to the United States and
IS more stars added to the field of
blue, making 4S stars.-Geneva
Schneider, GA grade, Sevastopol
school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-26

I've got one of the
best jobs a kid would
want--l'm a messenger
well. it's a whole lot bet
tel than lots of kids are
doing. Ma says. at keeps
me out OF mischief. and
that's why l am so happy
all the time" Ma thinks
I'm an angel. You ought
to see some Of the fights
us kids get into. We get
pretty reckless som e.
times, but honestly, we
never stay mad at each
other very long at a time.
l guess kids are made to
fight. though ~ we fight
among ourselves when
kids, and when we grow
up. we 60 to war and
fight there too. Gee, I
wish l was a man now, so
l could go to war.
One day I remember
when I was fixing my BIZ
cycle a great big over
grown kid came along and
pushed me into a big mud
puddle, just because he
wanted to pick q fight out
of me. l was mad too,
but he was a whole lot
bigger than me and /
was scared to fight him.
Just then my best pal,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-26
PRINTERS PI

Americas Patriotic Songs.
l. Labconium Hte ENG Fo Eth
Neaco.
o. Riceama.
3. Rats Gledpans Nearbn.
4, Latch Rye Fo Medoref.
5.si.:ebtt Yhnm Flo Eth Perubcil.
6ssAlhi Umlocabi.
7.rKeyane Loddoe.
8. Ramchign Hrtoguh Egiaorg.
BY Myrtle Gibson.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-26
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS
QUESTIONS.

1. Savannah.
2. Boston Massacre by British
Troops.
3. Montreal.
4. France.
s. Vacuum.
6. Yes. Nine gunners missing.
Z. 100000 tons were sunk dur
ing February and March.
8. 100000 tons of English mer-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-26
GIRLS CLEAN UP YARD
Dear Aunt Molly:

Dear Aunt Molly: n.
| helped clean the yard so did
Blanche help me too. We pick up
paper and sticks. We put them in
the basket. Zenobia help me too.
She throw stones on the sidewalk.
Ruth Veregge, "a Grade, White
water School
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-26
BOY SCOUTS HELP
CITY OFFICIALS

Last Saturday the Boy Scouts
were busy. In the morning they
helped the city officials with the
municipal vegetables and in the
afternoon they distributed adver-
tisements for the local recruiting
officer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-26

Everybody now is wanting to do
something for the Red Cross. Even
base ball games will be played for
It's benefit between Harvard and
Yale.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-26
tnLISyl lillI
ECHOES a.
.Ry HEN MX2
McFARLON SN
NEWsY NEWS
ana FICTION -
I!tEfXatXNuNnauIVa KNllNTNIANNIaTNIalilN


Yesterday evening l went to the
May Musical Festival. l sat In a
row about half way down on the
left side. Right in front of me sat
alAdy. Next to her sat about three
more ladies. each with hat big
enough to make a small dish pan,
and trimmed up-My! thought
was looking into q forest of cotton
flowers and parrot feathers.
OF course I'm an American, so It
was very interesting to see all these
wonderful sights while | had. my
soul uplifted with the beautiful
music. issuing from the base vile
Tor vile bass) and other melodious
instruments. That and the bassoon
always appeal to me. somehow. I
guess there is something rather
deep and melancholy In my nature
those sweet sounds always make
me 90 drowsy. In fact, once l al
most dosed off.
But along about this time one of
the ladies in front of me showed
signs of exploding.
Dear, dear. how hot It is in here,
! guess I'll take my hat OFF,
wished she'd have taken it off long
ago. because the feather on 1t con-
tinuaily ran into my nose, causing
1t to itch something terrible.
She started-but alas. she must
have remembered that her hair
wasn't combed. She leaned over to
her companion on the right and
said, lis anybody watching u.s."
No" said her companion
wasn't that an insult?
Then I'll take It off, but lust
think. It cost six dollars"
An lrishman behind me said to
q next door Swede. Got a chew?
That piece they're playing makes
me sea sick"
And after that was all over, a
lady to my right said to her loving
hubby, do you see that lady over
there with that green plume?"
Yes." says he. enthusiastic like.
She has a nose like cousin Sues
great uncle's wife, don you think?"
Well about this time the thing
came to an end. rushed with
many other to the exit and came
into 2 tam-mercy! People that
went In American came out a Russ
ian.
! was just about to the doorway
when q man to the right of my left
elbow shouted, Il dropped a dime!
Save It pleased"
Everybody started to hunt that
dime.
! hunted too till found it, then |
tried to get out. Just as l got to
the doorway one man yelled, "Stop
thieves"-I run all the way home.
The. next morning | found out
that a pickpocket had, robbed a man
OF Sc and an automobile washer
nobody knows It but that fellow, the
thief and you-and l.
Don't tell 1t please. it's a secret.
Next week I'm going to give a
bugs eye view of my life. Please
don't miss this-it may be import
ant. +
OldsJack Dill was farming man,
His face was brown as his arms
were tan,
He worked in his fields at broad
day,
At night he slept in the barn on hay,
Hefhoed at the corn and planted
wheat,
And took care of things good to eat,
He'd feed the horses and milk the
cow.
And then he'd sleep
In the old hay NOW.
In tie, bright morning he'd arouse
And 60 to the pasture for the cows
And then he'd feed hungry hog
For kindling wood he'd chop log
And then he'd work hard all day
At hoeing beans and stacking hay;
AM he'd keep this up l know not
how
But at night he'd go
ITO the old hay NOW.
/ PRINTERS PI
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-26
HAPPY MESSENGER BOY WRITES STORY
lint mad at nobody.

Hello, Kids-Gee amt mad a nobody
I'm just happy all the
you see makes other people happy they smile
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-25

perfect funnel shape, starting in a
small serpentine spiral, where it's
coloring was light, and deepening in
color as it's funnel expanded, until it
seemed to be a part of the black
clouds above it.
Middleton drove his machine to-
wards the cyclone, which was ap-
preaching him. In the course Of
couple of minutes it passed him
about 500 yards to the right, tearing
along southward. A bridge happen
ed to be directly in it's path, and
when it had gone by this structure,
the bridge was no more.
Photographed the Whirlwind.
Middleton got out his camera, and
with the roaring phenomenon almost
at his elbow, focused his kodak,
pushed the button, and thus was
made the permanent record Of the
cyclone. Photographing the whirl-
wind is certainly to be classed with
the biggest of game sports, and re-
quires kind of courage that only a
few men possess.
When the WhirlWind had passed it
was learned that several homestead
ers' shacks in it's path had been des
troyed, which, with the bridge, it car
ried away, was the extent of it's dam
age.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-25

ers had sufficient wit and sense to
| look for the meat
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-25

The news of his escape aboard this
ship reached New York from Bed
ford, Mass, where the vessel put in
and when he arrived by steamer in
New York harbor the boat was
boarded by two men who had come
out in a yacht for the purpose and
who insisted on his accompanying
them. They were Horace Greeley,
editor of the New York Tribune, and
James Gordon Bennett, editor of the
New York Herald. He was driven
to the Astor house and informed that
he was to be their guest as long as he
cared to remain. After a bath and
shave, he was taken to clothing
store and furnished with fine clothes,
and after a sumptuous dinner several
hours were spent in questioning him
about his life in Van Diemen's Land
his adventures and those of the other
prisoners, some of whom had been
prominent in Canada The next
morning the papers carried lengthy
articles about Gemmell and his ex-
ploits, and he found that he had fur
nishel material for one of the big
newspaper scoops" of the day.
Wanted to Fight English.
Shortly after this the controversy
between the United States and Eng
land over the Oregon boundary ques-
tion arouse, and Gemmell, believing
it could be settled by war, started
overland for the Pacific coast to take
up arms against the government that
had mistreated him so cruelty. Be-
fore he had crossed the continent the
boundary question had been settled
by treaty.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-25

When closely questioned he would
tell some outrageously improbable
story that would be greeted with hi
larious laughter by the men around
the campfire, and make the person
asking the questions the butt of the
occasion. Unfortunately he was lit
tie given to relations of his adven-
lures and exploits, and seldom even
mentioned the Bonneville expedition,
of which he was so important part.
Bridger's death was a sad one. In
his old age he lost his eyesight, and
thereafter he sat day by day and
dreamed of his frontier life over and
over again as the sands of life ran.
Finally, at the age of II, he passed
away, and today few know where his
grave is.
Montana should have q monument
to Jim Bridger.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-25

the church, he was appointed terri
torial supervisor of the State of Des-
eret. He built the bridge at Ogden
and the one acress Jordan; laid out a
considerable portion of the city of
Salt Lake and inaugurated the plant
ing of trees. He married the sister
of Bishop Hendricks, of the Hot
Springs bath house, went into the
mercantile business, quarelled with
Brigham Young and was forced to
leave Utah or lose his life.
Trouble With Brigham Young
Gemmells trouble with Brigham
Young arose from his statement that
he was in the latter's office when
Bishop Hamlin came in and reported
the coming of the famous Arkansas
train of emigrants. which was then
near Cedar City. Gemmell said that
Brigham Young told Bishop Hamlin
that if he (Young) was in command
of the legion, he would wipe them
out. Three weeks afterward the
Mountain Meadow massacre took
place, when the Arkansas train was
wiped out. The United States troops
sent out found 1875 bodies, which
they buried. John d. Lee suffered
the death penalty by being shot for
this massacre. which was perpetrated
by Indians, who claimed, however,
that they were melted by Mormons.
Gemmell then wandered north
ward again, where he led an active
and eventful life, being at various
times a contractor at army posts, In
dian trader and finally a farmer in
Madison county, near Sheridan,
where re died.