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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-14

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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-14
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HUGE PROFITS ON s2SoOo0 CAPITAL
Evening star., 1917-09-13
Curriculum Announced.

In the schools will be taught the
many things that men must know to
wage war in modern times. and the
men are to be selected for the particu
lar kinds of work, according to quail
fications which they display and which
indicate particular ability. One of
the most elaborate of these will be in
musketry and small arms firing. Prac-
tically all of the men in the infantry
will be required to take this course.
officers of the National Guard organ
izations who attended the Fort Sill
school will be members of the faculty.
All of the states represented in the divi-
sion will have Representatives on this
board of instructors.
Allied officers in large numbers are
being sent to this country to act as
instructors in musketry and small
arms firing. and they will be dfstrib
uted among the cantonments in this
country.
In the bombing and sapping schools
men will be taught to throw bombs and
instructed in stealthy, sapping toward
the enemy trenches. There will be a
series of competitive tests. in which
the men will be required to hurl the
real explosives at dummy enemies.
Records will he kept of their accuracy
in casting their bombs near the sup
posed enemy groups and of their abil-
ity to hurl the bombs long distances.
Sapping is an art in itself, and the
men selected will be required to show
special qualifications A special school
will give exclusive attention to the
study of gas masks and gas fighting.
Evening star., 1917-09-13
WILL DIRECT. RELIEF
WORK IN BELGIUM
Dr.. Ernest P. Bicknell and Rev. Dr.
Van Schaick Are Sc
lected.

DR. Ernest 2. Bicknell, former direc-
tor general of civilian relief work for
the American Red Cross, and Rev. DR..
John Van Schaick. jr., both of whom
are prominent Washingtonians who
have been officers OF the National Civic
Federation and Of the Monday Evening
Club are to be in charge of asspecial
Red Cross department to direct relief
activities for Belgium and its people.
They are both members of the special
commission headed by Maj. Grayson NJ.
=. Murphy. which was sent to France
several months ago by the American
Red Cross, and earlier in the war DR..
Van Schaick spent several months in
war relief work in Belgium.
The new department will work under
the commission to France, with DR..
Bicknell director and DIR. Van
Schaick assistant director. DR. Bick-
nell will retain his position as deputy
commiss soner to Europe.
Evening star., 1917-09-13
Health in Cooler Houses.

"ff every family will reduce the tenn
perature of its house at least five degrees.
it will mean that millions of tons of coal
will be saved and the health of the ma
ton will be improved. This is not a hard
ship; it is health measure, for most
Americans live in superheated houses.
The coal supply can be conserved
by more economical methods of firing.
by sitting ashes. by watching the fur
race door and by heating only the
parts of the house in use. To do this
s public duty. If the householders
Of the country save one ton out of
-welve they save 100000 tons OF
coal. The bureau of mines states that
many plants waste as much as 30 per
cent of the coal they buy through un-
scientific firing and inadequate equip
nent.
Immediate changes to efficient equip
nent are in many cases impossible just
now when our need to save is great
est but efficient firing and intelligent
effort on the part of all power plant
operators to do the best they can with
he equipment they have, would mean
IN enormous saving that would make
The coal situation safe instead of
critical
Evening star., 1917-09-13
Belgian Rulers Consulted.

The decision of the Red Cross COM
mission to France to separate Belgium
relief work from that in France was
made after several audiences of Ma j.
Murphy with the King and Queen of
Belgium. Headquarters for the new
department will be at Havre. now
serving the seat of the Belgian gov
ernment. Cordial approval of the plan
has been given by Brand Whitlock
United States minister to Belgium
At Havre DIR. Bicknell and Dr. Van
Schaick will keep closely in touch with
the many relief interests of King AL
bert and Queen Elizabeth, administer
the aid which the Red Cross will give
to establish enterprises and will pre-
pare the way for future operations in
the devastated regions of Belgium
Evening star., 1917-09-13
SAVING OF COAL URGED
ASAPATR|0T|C DUTY
Don't Keep Houses So Hot, Is Fuel
Administrator Garfeld's
Advice.

Through the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States, DR.. H. A. Garfield,
fuel administrator, has appealed to
American business to assist in the con-
servation of coal. DR.. Gartfeld's ap-
peal appears today in the official pub
lication of the chamber as follows:
1T is the duty of every American to
save coal this winter. If every family
will save q ton of coal, if every indus
trial plant will save 10 per cent OF the
coal it uses, which 10 per cent it now
wastes, the coal problem will be largely
solved. There is plenty of coal in the
ground but there is a shortage of cars
and of labor at the mines.
Evening star., 1917-09-13
MEN TO Be TAUGHT
MODERN WAR GAME
instruction Given in All Lines
at Camp Mcclellan, IncIud-
ing Trench Construction.
POINTERS FOR D. C. UNITS
HOW TO DIRECT MAIL TO
DISTRICT GUARDSMEN

The Star has been requested by
the division headquarters at
Camp Mcclellan. Admission, Ala,
where national guardsmen from
Washington have been sent. to
advise their friends how mail for
men in camp should be ad-
dressed.
The name of the man, his rank,
company. regiment and brigade
should be stated, as we'll as hav-
ing Camp Mcclellan. Admission,
Ala on the envelope.
The friends of the District SOL
dierS also are urged to watch
closely for the change in deSiS-
nations through the reorganiza-
tion soon to be effected, so that
when the men go into new COM
panieS, regiments or brigadeS
their friends will know how to
address mail intended for them.
Evening star., 1917-09-13
Special Correspondence of The Star.

CAMP MCCLELLAN, Admission. Ala.
September IL The school call is
going to sound in few days. and then
the soldier bows from the District of
Columbia. Maryland. Virginia and New
Jersey are going to tuck their text books
under the arms and HE away to les
sons. These 10000 soldiers who have
come here to learn the game of the
new war are to get various kinds Of
instruction. Maj. Gen. Morton. whose
position in this case is largely likened
to that of the superintendent of
schools. has arranged a schedule.
Just when these schools will be start
ed will depend largely upon the time
required to effect the reorganization
of the division.
Evening star., 1917-09-13

be done in cooperation with the Bel
gfan government. When a village is
recovered the burgomaster and his as
sistants and picked group of refugees
are allowed to begin the work OF re-
habilitation. The Red Cross will fur
nish tools. furniture, seeds. farm ami
mails and supplies. The Red Cross will
thus be furnishing in each town recov-
cred the necessary shelter and equip
ment for working nucleus about
which the whole community can grad
ualIY be restored.
Evening star., 1917-09-13
Solution Lies With People.

The opportunity here for business
mems organizations throughout the
country to cooperate with the state
and local fuel administrators now be-
ing appointed. is obvious. II is the
patriotic duty of every manufacturer
to consider the problem of scientific
firing and to that his firemen, are
properly instructed. Advice and iIffor-
nation can be had for asking from the
bureau of mines. which has made eN-
tensive Investigations of the whole
subject of scientific coal using.
The solution of the coal problem lies
largely with the American people. The
government cannot save coal for them
they must save it for themselves They
must not rely wholly upon price-fix-
ing. nor upon the already overtaXed
transportation systems of the country,
nor upon the effort to increase pdoduc-
ton. nor upon the cpportionment of
coal. nor upon the enforcement of the
law. All must cooperate. The con-
sumer of coal in house and factory ca II
cooperate most effectively by the
economies suggested
Evening star., 1917-09-13
Machine Gun Camp Accepted.
WANT BLUES INTACT.
Delegation From Richmond Oppose:
Ereaking Up Militia Company.

Senator Martin headed a delegate
from Richmond, Va. which made a Wig
orous protest to the Secreta y~of War
today against any disorganiZaticn of
the Richmond Blues. the crack Vir-
ginia militia organization. now in camp
at Admission, Ala.
1t has been reported that the mill
tary authorities at the camp have ar
ranged to break up the regiment into
smaller units for the purpose of filing
out other organizations short of men.
Secretary Baker promised to look
into the matter and to keep the Rich
mond organization intact il it did not
interfere with approved military plans
Evening star., 1917-09-13
URGED TO EAT POTATOES.
Consumers Also Advised to Lay il
Winters Supplies.

A more general use of potatoes TO cut
the consumption of flour and meat will
be urged by the food administration in
4 campaign to be conducted through
the grocery trade. Consumers every
where, it was announced, Will be asked
to store enough potatoes in their
homes during October and November
to carry them through the winter.
The plan was proposed by the food
administration retail food committee,
which comprises score of representa-
tive wholesale and retail grocers.
G. G. Cornwell of Washington is u
member of the retail food committee.
Evening star., 1917-09-13
Program of Relief.

A general program of relief for the
present is to include financial assistance
works, special care of between 5000
and 5000 Belgian children in co-opera-
tion with the Rockefeller Foundation
and aid to the inhabitants of Belgian
villages who recover their homes as
the Germans retire
Reconstruction in Belgian towns will
Evening star., 1917-09-13
Army designations Accepted.

The President has accepted the resig-
nations of Capt. John Johnson, Arkan-
sas National Guard: Second Lieut.. G. {.
Areene. South Carolina National Guard :;
Second Lieut.. Percy L. Westcott. In
fantry officers Reserve Corps: First
Lieut.. Daniel J. Canty. Massa chusetts
National Guard: Second Lieut.. w. H
Brown. Minnesota National Guard :
Capt. Tom r. Wyles. Quartermaster Of
ficers' Reserve Corps, and First Lieut.
Landon Thomas. Georgia National
Guard
Evening star., 1917-09-13
Guatemalan Mission Pre,ented.

Joaquin Mendex. Guatemalan minister.
first war mission from Central America
Its members are Emmanuel Ehevlarria. /.
Emmanuel Giron and Claudio Urrutie.
Conferences to be held later between
the commissioners and American ON
cials probably will deal not only with
questions growing out Of the war, but
with the general subject Of information :
al relations between Guatemala and
other Latin American states and the
United States
Evening star., 1917-09-13

What Is believed to be record wage
for farm labor has been reported to the
Pennsylvania bureau of employment.
1t was an offer of 35 cents an hour with
board and lodging.
Evening star., 1917-09-13
eats" to Have Due Attention.

The eats" will not be passed over
without due attention. Cooks and
their daily lessons. Instructions in
the proper and economical selection
and preparation of food is being
MANNED for the schools in cookery.
Dernonstra ton and study of kitchen
arrangement may be established to ia
cilitate the work of training the hun
dreds of cooks on duty here. The camp
bakery already esta blshed supplies
the bread which is used throughout the
camp. This will be used as a demon
stration plant for the instruction in
baking.
Medical men from the base hospital
and the regimental organizations will
be in charge of the classes in SANTA
taught the advantages of cleanliness
of person and camp to the working
efficiency of an army in the field.
ont at the big remount station there
will be stablished 4 school for the in
struction of farriers and horseshoers.
Men are needed for these branches of
the service and those who will take
up the work will be given the advan-
tages of instruction by competent
teachers.
The program which Gen. Morton will
put into effect covering all this school
work will follow the course suggested
by the War Department and sent out to
all division commanders in charge of
troops under training.
Preliminary work of n practical ma
ture has already been started on the
construction here of approximately
1000 feet of trenches The work will
be under the direction of Maj Charles
l.. Dulin the constructing quartermas-
ter of this camp. The gigantic task
of constructing these ranges involves
the grading. leveling and clearing of
large tracts Of land in the northeast
ern corner of the encampment reserva-
ton.
Trenches Nine Feet Deep.
The trenches will be nine feet deep
and will be foored and cribbed with
two, three and four-inch material. AS
present plans call for the sending of a
battal lion of men at a time into the
trenches to remain there for period
of one week on y stretch. it is essentia |
that the trenches be constructed with
every view TO health and comfort
Niles OF roadway must he built before
their use can become effective and it
is necessary to run water mains over
two and one-half miles to supply them
with water.
\ large range house also is to be
constructed as a headquarters for the
ranges and the government is sending
| zoo targets for the rife work. They
will be installed at the points set on
the fixed distanc" ranges. The con-
s+ruction work viii comprise the dig
Sins of a coirulete system of trenches.
Machine Gun Camp Accepted.
Mai Dulin has been notified by Cen.
Morton that the comma nder has found
the machine gun camp construction en-
| tireiy satisfactory and will accept it
as il stands
Officers who want to go into Annis-
ton before 4:20 IN the afternoon must
now secure passes from their reSpec-
tive headquarters. acco ding TO in
structions issued from the office of
Gen Morton
Four officers from tie Engineers Re-
serve Corps have been de.ailed here for
dntv with the new regiment of engi-
neerS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
TAZOONAN ARABS
 FEATURE ACT AT
 LYRIC THIS WEEK
tcontinued from Page Ten)

wilt be unusually entertaining. The bills will offer d big variety of those things that entertain and the usual Lyric high standard of attractions will be maintained
 The Tazoonan Arabs, company of 10 people, will be the feature attrac- tion for the first half of the week and thisg act is regarded as big vaude- vile Extraction. In the big theatres of the east this act has proven sen sation. The Arabs tumble and jump around the stage like so much rubber They have been hera1ded as vaude- ville's greatest and most thrilling sensation.
 Homer Miles and company, in a com edy sketch, "In Philadelphia" will also be a feature attraction on the bill for the first half of the week. This sketch tingles with comedy and comical situations and keeps the au- dience in fine humor. Raymond and O'Connor, comedy singing and danc- ing pair, will be presented Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and they are declared to be exceptionally clever. They are among vaudeville's best known entertainers Bernard and Janis is team that will prove highly en- tertaining and they are known as the dancing and musical duo. These en- tertainers are versatile and clever. Jed and Ethel Dooley are versatile enter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02

tainers and they do everything awheei that is possible to do. In addition they are singers. dancers. musicians and comedians These acts compose the at fractions for the first half of the week.
 The famous Elsie LaBergere, noted poser. comes to the Lyric as the head line attraction for the last half of the week and her coming will be an as- surance that much entertainment will be presented. Elsie LaBergere is noted as a beautiful woman with beauti- ful figure and in her posing number presents veritable works of art. She is supported by a capable company. Miss LaBergere has proven one of the hits of the present vaudeville season and newspaper comment indicates that she presents an attraction much out of the ordinary and highly entertain ing.
 Bonnie Gaylord and Iva Baneton, two corking girls" are expected to prove pleasing features on the bill for the last ~half of the week. They are two clever young girls who en- certain in whfteface and also in black : face and they offer varied and yer satile programme. The Three Tyres with 'stinklng tunes to tickle the taste of the tired theatregoer" will also be on the bill for the last half of the week and they are well known entertainers This trio presents a splendid musical act with an abund- ance of comedy. They play a great variety of instruments and play them all unusually well. Josephine Davis is a versatile comedienne who possesses personal magnetism and is very en. tertainng. She is a popular favorite with vaudeville lovers
 The Wheeler trio, sensational acro- bats. conclude the bill for the last half of the week The Mutual news feature all performances at the Lyric
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
SELECT BILL WILL
 BE GIVEN LOEW'S
 PATRONS THIS WEEK
"Mr. Booze" by Frank Terry, Is a Great Vehicle for Fun-Other Superb
 Acts Are Booked

The Babes in the Woods,'' an adapta- ton of the famous fairy story, will be the photoplay attraction at Loew's Biiou the first half of the coming week. This is one, of the latest of the "kiddie' features and with story that is old in origin, but always new in telling. it Is picture supreme for children from to 60.
 The famous English actor author and comedian. Frank Terry, will be one of the vaudeville headliners the first half of the week, featuring his masterpiece, MT. Booze,r an impression of an Eng lishnan returning from his club. Mir Terry is we'll known in the north as the author of many vaudeville acts, anu as co-author of several Broadway pro- ductions.
 Another big act on the bill will be William Mickey, legitimate and motion picture favorite, assisted by Evelye Forbes Mickey and Freddie Goodrow in a comedy sketch, "Pickins' by Georss Frederick, one of Americas youngest authors.
 Other acts will be Curry and Graham, presenting little bit of Scotch and Irish; Gardne1ss Maniacs, in an aerial and animal novelty and the Walthout trio, eccentric cyclists and pantonliinists.
 The last half of the week at Loew's s Bijou sAn Heir for a Night" minia- ture musical comedy, with laughs ga lore will head the bill. There are nine people in this act, including two cievee comedians, and several zlegfeld beauties. The comedians, David Seed and Ferd Raymond, Jr., are extemporaneous tan- makers and tie ingenue Marigo q Cano is an ususual type, gifted with a won derfuf personality, the ability to wear clothes and to put over song. This act carries a big stage of special seen cry. worthy of Winter Garden pro- duction.S
 Other acts will be Jim Burke and Ralph Harris pair of English come dians, in new song novelty entitled .'Stories From Life in Song" Bert Col Iins and Marie Lee, in new songs and dances; Frank Jerome and Emily Car son, eccentric entertainers and aero batic dances and the Haverlocks. jug glers
 Carlyle Blackwell in .The Good For Nothing.'' with Muriel Ostri and Eve lyn Greeley, the story of young man who had been thrown out of his home by his father when a boy and has failed to make good, will be the photoplay at traction.
 Loew's Current Weekly news features will be another decided feature each half of the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
Berlin Report Says Pay of German Soldiers Is
 to Be Increased a Third

Amsterdam. December 1-The pay Of German private soldiers IS shortly to be increased by one-third, it has been an- nounced in the main committee of the Refchstag, according to Berlin dis patches. Noncommissioned officers are to have their pay raised 20 per cent.
 A motion was submitted in commit tee demanding the formation of com nittee of inquiry to examine into the prices for war contracts, the exports tc foreign countries during the war, and the formation of war supply companies.
 Herr Won Braun told the committed that the oats supply was larger than last year and that the war grain supply de- partment was entering the winter witf larger stores than it had ever held be fore. There was no Justification, h. said, for anxiety regarding the suppl, of potatoes and of grain for bread.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
phatic musical comet
ferson fheatre vefy soon.

Guy Bolton and r. c. Wodehouse wrote book and lyrics. and the music IS by Jerome Kern. whose tinging mel odies have been cabareted, victrolaed' hummed, whistled and danced to from coast to coast. Among the most popu- lar numbers are: You Said Some thing" Have a Heart" Honeymoon Inn,' Napoleon" Polly Believed in Preparedness" I'm All Alone "The Road That Lies Before and 'They All Look Alike" One novel scene is the lingerie section of a big department store, alert with life. laughter and feminine loveliness, while another de- picts the luxurious lounge room of a fashionable summer hotel at Blueport
 R. I. Have Heart" will be presented with the high quality of singers, dancers and comedians and the lavish stage em-
 bellishment that have made the Henry W. Savage trademark as reliable as the
 government guarantee back of liberty
 bond.
 It must be admitted that the theatre
 is great educational factor in this
 world. It has accomplished much gooc and has been responsible for some evil but such plays as "Everywonan' have an uplifting influence as well as the power to be interesting and alnuse. Besides being amusing and interest | ing in a lighter vein, 1t teaches a les son that will do much good. It makes people think, while it entertains then with laughter and many pretty girls. Il
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
Lieutenant Crawford Dies
 Suddenly in Camp Sheridan

Montgomery, December 1.-Lieut. Ran dall Crawford of Cleveland. attached to Battery E, 1s5th field artillery. died suddenly Saturday afternoon and the body will be shipped to Cleveland for interment Saturday night. Military services were conducted by Chaplain Jones of the 18th and detail from Battery D will accompany the body home. Lieutenant Crawford had re- turned from drill just before he died. Heart disease was given as the cause.
 Lieutenant Crawford came to Camp Sheridan as first sergeant of Battery ID, Cleveland, and just recently was ap- pointed lieutenant.