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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06
TOO fat?
Here's a Simple, Safe and Reli-
able Way to Reduce Your ,
Weight. /

Maybe YOU have nearly worn out
body and patience trying to secure sat
isiactory weight reduction by follow
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dieting or tiresome, troublesome exer.
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Even so, YOU should not lose hone
and imagine that YOU must carry
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to prove what it can fo for yos
Go to your druggiS, and yet small,
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capsule after each meal and one before
retiring at night, also follow the other
simple directions that come with the
capsules
This method should reduce vour
weight ten to sixty pounds Tor what.
ever YOU wish) IN a short time and
leave your general health and figure
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You will be amazed a, the improve
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body when YOU have begun tn re-.
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Oil OF korein is absolutely harmless,
i' pleasan, TO take, and this trea,m.n,
IS surely worthy Of fair trial IL vo,
want to become thnnet healthier and
younger IN apptatanCc,-Adv
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06

entered in the last twcnty-four hours
their home towns and the branch Of the
service they Joined follows:
National Guard-Frcd ?. Livingston
Sayre; Don Robertson, Pawnee and
Aubrey Mckinney Guy A, Dean
Charles w. Burlington, Rochart T
lIoyt Andrew h Wise, Thomas {
Goodman and Alva r Carver, Okla
homa City
Regular Army Reuben n Burrow
Graham, Charley Miller. Madill: Rich.
ard +. Dean, OluNee; Madison T
DobbS, Blair; Leland |. Edgar, Johr
A. Moore and Claud I. Gamble Hol.
lis; John HAYNES, Altus; Dewey s
Howard, Willow; Steve II Husak, lie
high Joseph w Taylor, Enid Georg,
B Po,tcrs, Geary; Willie II Price
Tulsa; Kelsey Props, Broken Row
Ernest + Redwlne. Atwood; Charlie,
NJ Smith, Starr l. Harris and LeRo,
Taylor Oklahoma City: Walter r
Taylor, Durant and Joe West, ponc;
CITY
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06
p3r DRESS }. E:!!
L.QlUBY T>v>e Rkttenhou,e

For a century. the Americans and the
French laughed at the idea OF drinking
tea and eating toasting mullins and
cake in the late afternoon Just IN time
to spoil ones appetite for a good din
ner but il was the habit OF England
to dine late while other nations dined
early Royalty, it is said. has preferred
the hour OF III the afternoon
This dinner hour has been deferred
as more fashionable habits OF eating
have spread over the planet Even in
our own southern states, where dinner
has been served at half past two since
the country was discovered, there is a
growing custom OF dining in the eve
nlng
Frock for Afternoon.
The English have always been yio-
lcntly attached to their tea in the att.
crnoon as a means of breaking the fast
between a | o'clock luncheon and all 3
o'clock dinner. About this custom, in
Great Britain, and wherever the Brit
ish flag is unfurled there has grown
dceply-rootcd racial attachment
II is the English social hour Of the
day To observe il, all cares are put
aside 1t is TO the Anglo Saxon what
the noon hour is to the French when
all business ceases to be transacted,
and from the president of the republic
10 the blue smoCked peasant, the wheels
of industry stop for an hour OF social
intercourse.
SO i was that England invented tea
gowns In order that her women would
bc at,ractivcly clothed in that informal
hour between dusk and dark, when the
tailored suit is not comfortable and the
evening gown not desirable
1t was England, who content with
the introduction OF the long, loose robe
for the afternoon, turned her attention
20 inventing the ornamental and IN
formal bath robe for the morning
Women have found it their chief JOY
Its comfort has made too many OF them
disregard the more healthy habit Of
dressing for breakfast
The Coming of the Plaid.
One OF these new English bath robes
has borrowed from Scottish Costumery
and taken up the plaid which is worn
by the famous Black Watch the kings
own
The sketch shows robe made OF
plaid and plain cloth, with an unusual
" large collar OF plaid and hem on
the skirt to match The sleeves are
kimono shaped, with plaid bands, and
there is an exaggerated pocket across
the front which is heavily stitched at
the edges. The bath slippers arc made
to match
1t sa season of plaidS. Every gar
ment will be touched with the design.
The fashion may become harmful, Tor
no one collection OF colorS is more dan
gerous in amateur hands than checks
and blocks and straight lines.
There should be a warning in every
, sewing room that Just so many yards
OF plaid to a woman must be observed
II there is to be economy in food, there
should certainly be economy in plaid II
should be made a law by the dress
makers
Copyright by the Mcclure Ncwspapc-
Syndlcate)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06
Six Shipbuilding
Companies Grant
Workers. Demands

NEW YORK, July although the
situation regarding the striking ship
yard employees appeared to he I'm.
changed today il was said by union
leaders that six of the Shipbuiders
companies had granted the demand, Of
the men Union leader, estimated that
ahou, 1900 Of the 1900 shipyatd EN-
ployc' IN the New York and New Ter.
Sey districts were ON strike Rowland
h MahanN mediator for the United
States department Of labor, said imme
dlatc danger OF a general strike had
passed,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06
.IlnS STORM
CHAMP ACNE LINE
WITHOUT RESULT
French Direct Fire on Hill 304
Near Verdun,
Associated Press War Summary.


Having failed disastrously IN their
recent effort 10 drive the French troni
their commanding positions on the
Chcmin des Danes, on the Aisne front,
the Germans are now turning their at
tention to the Champagne, apparently
for similar purpose
Attacks Easily Repulsed.
Attacks were made by the crown
princes troops last nigh, on the French
lines west OF Montcarnillet and south
east of Tahure. The drives evidently
we're not OF such intensity as was thar
earlier in the week along the Aisne,
and the Paris Official report says they
were easily repulsed
The artillery fighting is proceeding
vigorously in these and other sectors
Of the Champagne In the Ncrdun re
gion also the French guns are active
With the evident effort of making the
German trenches west and north ~
Hill W untenable, General Pctain's
artillery is pouring disastrous fire
upon them. Apparently the crown
prince has none too secure hold on
such ground here as his troops were
able to seize in their sudden rush few
days ago.
London 10 Reticent
London is reticent as to what is go
ing on along the British front in
France, where there have been indica-
tions that some important movement
was in prospect The only activity re-
ported was a nocturnal raid on British
posts near Bulleeourt, which was re
pulsed
In Macedonia there is some reviva,
Of activity but seemingly not on n
large scale. Enemy troops, probably
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06
PIN TAKEN FROM LUNG
VALUED AT S2,000,000

m HlLADELPHIA. July 6-(Spe.
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q DR.. Jackson placed this valu.
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Miss TaSsa asked for tho pin TO
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swallowing feat, but the surgeon
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Rockefeller isstf to give 2,OO00OO
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existence Never since steel was
a precious metal way hack in the
stone age was little piece of steel
SO highly pri,ed.
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
Recruiting Trip
Ordered Postponed

Captain Robert Whitfield. officer in
charge Of recruiting for the regular
army in Oklahoma, with headquarters
at the army recruiting station here, to-
day announced that the automobile trip
planned Tor Sergeant Spillman, on
which he would visit several towns in
the state with view of obtaining re
cruits, had been postponed Sergeant
Spllman was to have left here Sun
day, but due to a change in orders he
will no, leave for at least two weeks
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06

1876 pounds and am IA strong as n man.
! think money Ia well spent which pur-
chases Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. Jos. BRYAN, 1855
Newport Ave, Chicago, Ill.
The success of Lydia f.. Pinkhsm's
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and nervous prostration Lydia f. Pink.
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06
Reichstag Will
Quit Next Week

COPENHAGEN, July 6--The steer
ing committee of the reichstag, accord
ing to a dispatch received here, has de
cided TO terminate the mid summer
session by the middle of next week If
possible and adjourn until the end Of
October.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06
German Censorship Raised.

COPENHAGEN, July On conse-
quence of vigorous representations in
the reichstag main committee, the pre-
ventive censorship imposed few days
ago on the Frankfurter Zetung ha,
been raised The measure was the re-
suit of a financial article by Prof.
Weber OF Heidelburg university.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06
Names of Eligible
Conscripts Mailed

A complete list OF registrations in the
second district OF Oklahoma City, num-
bcring j,22l men. wete mailed from the
MAYORS office today to Provost Mar.
Shal General Crowder oi,the war de
pat,ment Daring the day duplicate
registration cards oi all men who regis
tered in the second district OF this city
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06

were also turned over BY the mayor to
the adlutant general
The work OF numbering the registra-
tlonS in the third district is still incom-
pc,ed, but the office OF Commissioner
Donnelly is given over to this work,
which will he completed during the day.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06

Bulgarians, launched an assault on the
ridge west of Doljei, southwest OF Lake
Doiran, but were compelled by r
BF,lish counter attack to relnQuish the
footing they obtained
Russian troops and newly reinforced
Turkish de,achmens are engaged IN
the Bistan region of the Persian Mes
opotamian frontier, says the oiiicl1l
statement issued today by the Rus
sian war department
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06

NEW YORK, July S--Two years
ago there was rccrudcscence Of the
tea gown The garmcnt was more
highly regarded than the name.
The credit OF introducing this type
Of informal house robe has been given
to the English, for the sane and simple
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06

reason that no other nation introduced
the idea OF S o'clock tea at ones own
house.
The habit has not remained strictly
English. but the nations that" have
adopted the custom ireclv~.ytcdt its
orlglna,ion to Great Britain
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06

WAS unable 10 walk
or do any of my own
work. | read about
Lydia +. Pinkham $
Vegetable Com
pound in the news
papers and deter
mined to try It. II
brought almost inn
mediate relief My
weakness has en-
tirely disappeared
and ! never had bet
a.. a.ltk ,.a,.l,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06
Woman SICK
Two YEARS
Could Do No Work.
Now Strong as a
Man.

Chicago. H. For about two years
| suffered from n female trouble 80 |
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-06

Even bath robes have been touched
with the fashion for plaid and have
become more ornamental than any
thing we have ever known.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-12-14

lie was such an old man he had not
been out to the front before In this
war, but from the colors he was wear.
Ing on his breast would be willing to
wager that this was the FIRST one he
hadn't been In for a good many years.
We reached the churchyard without
anything exciting happening, but was
not at all fussy about poking around
among those graves. The place had
been all shelled to pieces and the bod
les blown out of the graves. After
about fifteen minutes search we found
the grave we were looking for by the
inscription at the base of crude mon.
ument and marked 1t so we would be
sure to find 1t again. The body of the
prince will probably be reburied else
where In more pcs ceful times.
When we left the graveyard the Of
fcer asked how far II was to our
trenches. told him that It was less
than a mile, but that II was mighty
risky business going up In the day.
time. When the colonel found that II
was such a short distance he wanted
to 20 up and see what they were like.
! was under his orders, so there was
nothing for me to do but take him
there. spoke OF the snlpers again,
but he didn't seem to care for all the
snlpers In the German army, so we
started up the road.
We hadn't gone 200 yards before a
bullet pinged by close enough to give
wooden man heart failure. OF
course ducked, and the old man no
ticed II. You can imagine how | felt
when he said: "If you hear any snip
ers you might let me know. I'm get.
ting rather deaf lately"
Wen, | admit that | swore.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-12-14

ualties from that raid: eleven were
killed. There was only one British SOL
der and one French gendarme killed
among the military; the remainder
we're all civilians. A military funeral
was given them all, and Il was one OF
the most solemn and impressive cere-
monies I ever witnessed. British sol
oilers carried our poor chap and French
soldiers carried the Frenchman. The
civilians were. carried by their own
towDsmen.
Each coffin was wrapped In the M.
tional flag and escorts and firing parties
OF each of the three nations we're In
attendance. The Belgian Old Guard,
the old veterans, turned out with their
band and In dress uniform. During
the service In the church, and In fact
until the whole funeral was over, three
aeroplanes, one Belgian, one French
and one English, circled back and forth
over the city. The streets were lined
with soldiers, oil with reversed arms.
and the band played the dead march
all the way to the cemetery.
This was only the FIRST OF many raids
on us I'm this town. and many poor
civilian who had harmed no one met
his death In this way.
IL It is still standing there is very
near the front at Viamcrtinghe, not far
from Poperinghe. chateau where one
of our divisions had their headquarters.
the corps headquarters being at Popcr.
inghe. 1t was beautiful place built
on the old style, with enormous grounds
and n moat all around 1t.
While sitting on table In a room In
this chateau first heard one OF our
really big guns fred. knew that these
guns had been placed In the grounds OF
the chateau somewhere, but at the time
| never thought for a moment what
was likely to happen when they went
into action. was talking to one of
the fellows about an air raid that wa
had Just pulled or.
Suddenly and without the slightest
warning came this terrific explosion
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-12-14
rather sick at having onally been sue.

rather sick at having 6nally been sue
cessfuL
Around o'clock we started back to
the car. and as we were going through
the wood we saw one OF our poor 70!
lows sniped. We had several batteries
OF artillery In the vicinity. and this
chap was an artilleryman. He was
walking up path which Joined the one
we were on, the junction Of the paths
being about 100 yards ahead OF us. We
could hear the poor devil whistllng as
he came along. but his whistle was cut
short by the crack OF n rife We rushed
to the spot where he had gone down.
and we found that he had bullet
through his right lung.
got out my field dressing bandages.
and we bound him up. tying the pad
on the bandage tight over the bullet
hole. We carried him down until we
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-12-14

be rather heavy at times The city
was much knocked about even then,
but 1t was nothing to what 1t was at
the end Of the second battle for Ca
lais."
Before the beginning OF this battle
the kaiser was quoted as having said
that II he failed to break us this time
he would lay the city Of Ypres to the
ground street by street. He failed to
break us, all right, and he kept his
word. for today the fine old city Of
Ypres is nothing but a shapeless heap
Of broken bricks.
For weeks before the attack our air.
men were bringing In reports that the
Germans were massing heavy bodies
Of fresh troops Just In front OF our po-
sition. All our transport trains went
through the city, our men were billeted
there, and one of our divisional head
quarters had moved into the city.
The Germans still continued to bonn
bard our positions in this vicinity, but
they left the city Itself severely alone.
All winter It had been as safe to go
through Ypres as 1t would be to go to
church, consequently an order to go to
Ypres did not bother anybody very
much.
was at the divisional headquarters
in Ypres with a staff officer on the aft.
ernoon the bombardment started. We
had gone to the city on horses, and we
naturally expected to come back that
way. I suppose 1t was about o'clock
when we arrived there, and put the
horses In the yard behind several build
ings.
As was still on duty, l didn't dare
go very far away, for didn't know at
what moment the officer might show
up. The first inkling got Of anything
unpleasant was when / heard tho
scream OF several shells coming through
the air at once.
Right then I acted on the impulse
that seizes every one at such a time
and went through the nearest cellar
window, where l landed on pile OF
potatoes. l was content to stay there,
too, until an orderly found me and told
me that my officer wanted me. The
Germans had been bombarding us
about half an hour then, and there was
no sign of any letting up yet.
Ito be continued.)
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-12-14

wouldn't get back this morning oh.
well, c'est la guerre, do with me what
you will"
However. he was a German; a great
many OF our enemy could speak the
kings language.
We knew that sooner or later these
aeroplanes were going to take good
stirf crack at us, aud we were expect
ing II every day The FIRST air raid on
Poperinghe came about a month after
we had taken the town over. had
new car. and had been out with it for
a trial run. When | got back TO Poper-
lnghe | ran into the Grand place and
stopped In front of the general billet,
where the corps and guards were liv-
ing had the engine still running and
was just sitting In the driving seat
listening to It.
Ii was a cloudy day. and remember
hearing an aeroplane but thought 1t
was one OF our own. for one OF our
dying grounds was close by. Suddenly
q taube shot down through the clouds,
and a second or 30 later there was q
deafening explosion followed by two
others In quick succession. The FIRST
bomb landed about thirty yards away
from where ! was and the pieces few
all around me.
Altogether there were forty six cas-
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-12-14
SYNOPSIS
Copyright. Little. Brown & Co

william J. Robinson. q young American
on a business trip In London. catches the
war fever and enllsts in British cavalry
regiment and lands at Ostend In October.
1914
Made driver OF an armored car and takes
part in battles about Ypres Transferred
60 the army service corps. has further
fighting experiences as motorcycle rider
with machine gun attached and as dis
patch rider.
Describes Christmas of 1914 In trenches
south OF Ypres. Fearful losses. Kills a
snIper and tells OF Belgian spies.
A brush with German cavalrymen. Tells
of motor work and work of chaplains, doc
tors and nurses.
Witnesses Royal Horse artillery In ac-
ton. Has marrow escape and takes ref
uge In u cellar Is sent to Paris.
A big Irlshman came dashing up with
a load OF bombs, and as he came for
ward saw these Germans raise their
rifles to FIRE ut him. The Irishman was
too quick for them. though, for he
chucked q bomb into the trench they
were In. and heard his yell. split
that between ye. ye swine"
It wiped out the whole crowd Of them,
of course. and the best part OF It was
that the freshman didn't alter his stride
the least bit. The expression has be
come quite popular among "bombers.'
We hadn't been In Poperinghe many
days before the German aeroplanes be-
gan coming over us. They didn't do
any damage Mt first, and l wondered
why they didn't drop any bombs. Ev.
cry morning about 8 o'clock two or
three taubes would appear and fly
back and forth for few minutes, and
then they would go away. and we
wouldn't see any more OF them until
the next morning at the same hour.
At last we got used to them, and they
didn't bother us at ALL Once I'm awhile
our guns would bring one OF them to
earth, and then there would be one
grand rush to the place where the ma
chine had fallen. | saw one fellow fall
one morning, and as had by motor
bike hoped on and dashed down the
road to try and find him. He had come
10 earth safely, but his engine had been
put out OF commission by piece OF
shrapnel He had set fire to the ma
chine and was calmly sitting on the
ground some distance from where II
was burning
Some flying corps fellows were there
just few seconds ahead OF me, and
they made him prisoner. As he got to
his feet he remarked In perfect Eng
llsh, II had u presentlment that |