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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-15

service in the Spanish American war,
m the Philippine Islands, Boxer cam
paign. army, navy or marine corps and
men with experience in well organ
led fire and police departments for the
new branch of the service
The telegram to Captain Coyell saws
that 1900 men are needed for this
work Immediately, and that where prac-
ticable the men who enlist will serve
in the vicinity Of their homes
The men will 60 to work as soon az
they enlist in this branch Of the scry.
ice and win receive the same pay as
IN the regular army ........
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-15
Gas Shortage
Freezes City
Booze Tasters
Don't Rush for the Jobi It's
Only Open to Guinea
Pigs,

Three guinea pigs, used by C. z.
Clifford, city chemist, to test alleged
soft drinks taken by police In raids,
have all died, due TO the extreme cold
OF the week. The last OF the three
was found dead this morning
Leo Menten, chief clerk Of the health
department, said that the guinea pigs
had frozen to death because OF the
shortage OF gas
Mr. Clifford seemed TO be undecided
whether they had died because OF the
extreme cold weather or from the
stuff" they had been drinking since
in the employ OF the city,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-15
Gunfire Forecasts
Drive on italians
NV The Associatsd pres,1

UhLIAN HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTHERN ITALY, Dee. is,--Heayy
fighting IS in progress today on the
mountain front IN the north, east OF the
Brenta river. The enemy Is attempt.
ing 10 advance his positions as he has
those west Of the river, which would
give him two lines OF approach to the
Brenta valley and the open plain.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-15
QUESTION: WARES
ARE MAILED TODAY

WASHINGTON Dec. ls,-The war
department. huge task Of classifying
the nations man power for army service
actually began today with tho mailing
out OF the first S percent Of the qses-
tionnaireS. AT the same time recruiting
facilities throughout tho county threat.
ened 10 give way before the rush Of
draft registrhnts eager to avail them.
selves Of the last chance TO volunteer.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-15
Associated Press war Review,


Partial " not a complete repulse Of
the counter-reyolutlon In Russia is indi
Gated in a telegram from Petrograd
Friday which says the Bolsheviki have
captured three important cities In the
Don CoSsaok territory and that General
kaledines, leader of the Don Cossacks,
has been arrested, apparently by his
own generals.
Dutoh Only Left,
With General Korniloif reported de-
ieatcd and wounded near Bielgorod,
and 6asssst Ksiedines under arrest, the
only one left OF the countcr-revolutiou-
ary triumvirate OF military leaders Is
General Dutoff, hetman Of the Ural Cos
sacks, who has been operating in the
province OF Orenhurg
Three Towns Taken.
General kaledines' fall probably fol-
lowed the capture OF Bostov, Nakhitoh.
evan and Taganrog by the Bolsheviki
There had been heavy fighting in and
around Bo1tov since last SUNDAY. aud
previous reports had been that Central
kaledinss was winning, Nakhitchevan
Is across the Don river from Bosiov,
while TagAhrog Is on the gulf Of tho
same name ten miles west OF Boslov
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-15

birthday gladstone event for some
unfortunate baby.
The 81 given by John and Margaret,
was one OF four contributions received
today by the Times and Rev W. H. B,
Urch, who is TO spend the money for
the poot Of the city
Mrs. J. P. Brough contributed S.,
Mrs. Emma G.. Brown s., and the
Knights Templar SIS The total OF the
fund now is S4l0l4.
Gee The Times hopes that it will
have enough money by Christmas day
to put a smile on all the little lips in
town
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-15
Radicals Press Bureau Claims
New Victory,
THREE TOWNS CAPTURED
Germans Now Getting Supplies
From Russian Stores,
AMSTERDAM, Dec. IA
treaty between Russia and Ger
many has been formulated, accord
ing TO an official German state.
msnt received here today.

PETROGRAD, Friday, Dec 1.-THE
cities of Bostov, Nakhitchcvan and Ia
gsnrog, in the Don Cossack country,
are in the hands of Bolsheviki troops,
according to q report issued by the off.
cial news bureau, General kaledines,
leader Of the Don Cossacks, the an
nounocmcnt adds, has been arrested by
Generals Kaldin and Boto,sky and their
'taffs, who have invited the mayor Of
RoStov TO 60 to Novo Tchertask, the
Cossack capital, to secure suspension Of
military operations.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-15
90 Divisions In Line.

WASHINGTON, Dec l5,--Ths
strength Of the Austro. German invaders
IN Italy Is placed by official dispatches
from Rome today al sixty divisions. On
the front line are iii,y.,wo, Of which
iory-fiye arc Austrian aud seven Ger
man. Eight others, four German and
four Austrian, are said by information
from competent sources to be held back
OF the lines IN reserve.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-15
Norway Has Lost
5000 Sailors

LONDON, Dec. IS.--It /, stated
officially that Norway has lost 5000
salors. during the war, a Central News
dispatch from Christiania reports. The
sinking OF two more steamships is told
,oi in the dlspatch
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-15
YUlETDE NOTE -
TO Be FAREWELL,
ExWeI1' OF Dove
German War Lord Then VIII
Put Blame ON Others.
GYMS ROARING AT ITALIANS
Sixty Divisions Are Massed
Against Brenta Defenders,
LONDON, Dec. is,--Ths British
have made another advance In Pal
sstine northeast Of Jerusalem. the
war office ANNOUNCES.

LONDON, Dec. 10. - EN-
peror William in his Christmas
message proposes to make q
final peace offer to his enemies
ION whom, In case Of rejection,
will fall the responsibility for
bloodshed In l9l8," according
to an unofficial Berlin telegram
forwarded from Geneva by the
Exchange Telegraph company
today.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-15
GORE WILL TAKE
REST CURE TODAY

WASHINGTON, Dec. Senator
Gore OF Oklahoma went to a sana'a.
rum here today for troatment for nery-
Gus trouble and insomnia.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-15

The Red Cross exist, 10 turn our
desire 10 comfort EOur BOYS" and aid
them, into swift, practical measures OF
service Fall in Get your Christmas
membership
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-15
Warmer Tomorrow
Weather Forecast

LOCAL FoREcAsr-oenerRlly fair 90.
night and sunday and somewhat warmer.
sTATE FoRscAsT-Tonipht cloudy
and warmer. sunday unsettled; warmer
except In northwestern portion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31
No INQUIRY Needed.

A resolution has already been intro
duced in the House to investigate the
consular service, with reference to the
criticism Of Poultney Bigelow. Moth
ing will come of it. Nothing should
come of it. Not only is there no time
at this session to start another investi-
cation, but it is undesirable to let such
irresponsible statements as those of
Bigelow evoke a dignifying acknowl-
edgment in Congress. If an inquiry is
to be instituted every time some dis
gruntled citizen expresses his spleen re-
garding any part of the government
service, the national legislature will
have to sit continuously throughout the
year. Probably the author Of the reso-
luton now pending in the House has no
thought of its adoption. Bigelow him
self would doubtless be delighted to
have it passed, but with the spectacle of
the so-called leak investigation as a
guide, the House will probably ignore
this matter. Confidence in the consular
service is by no means shaken by Bige-
lows attack.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31


His Interpretation Of the party chart,
both in his speech Of acceptance and
in his stump speeches, showed that un-
progressiveness was not in his creed or
purpose.
Mr.. Wilson will soon enter upon his
second term. He proclaims progressive
ness, and is keeping pretty good grip
on his party. If during the coming
four years he can maintain the grip
Of the past four he should be able to
show what further progressiveness is In
his mind.
Why, then, should men who really
desire progress in our politics be or.
ganizing party for the express pur'
pose of bringing it aboutf Because
Mr.. Hughes was defeated affords no
reason for assuming that his party has
sent its platform of last year TO the
scrap heap. That deliverance holds;
and whether Mr.. Hughes or another is
the republican candidate in 1920, the
platform upon which he stands must
show the influence of the previous plat
form.
As for Mr.. Wilson, he is entitled to a
chance to make good. His task is tall
but he must tackle it, and he seems
wiling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31
Progress and Progressives.

A new party, calling itself progressive
and proclaiming extreme progressivism,
is organizing in New York. Men who
voted for Hughes and men who voted
for Wilson have it in hand, and are
as full of confidence as men usually
are who rely upon confidence to carry
them along.
1t is not a revival of bull moosery,
which all but disappeared i'll the state
in November. Neither Mr.. Roosevelt
nor George W. Perkins is connected
jured with.
East and west are men of this sort,
who are expressing everything in the
terms of what they call progress From
their pronouncements and lingo one
might suppose that the world was
stalled, and had not had move on in
years.
AS matter of fact, there has been
progress right along. AS a people, We
have not halted for day The records
of the two great parties show progress,
and both are committed to further
progress.
The platform upon which Mr.. Hughes
was nominated was progressive; and
had he been elected 1t would have been
translated into legislation. He is a for
ward looking man. and faith-keeper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31
The Cabinet.

The announcement that Mr.. Wilson
neither desires nor expects change in
his cabinet in March, when his second
term begins, recalls the fact that Mr..
Cleveland was not advised in his second
term by a single man who had advised
him in his first. An entirely new cabi-
net was formed.
But the two cases do not parallel.
Four years had interviewed between Mr..
Clerelanfs first and his second term,
and political and some personal changes
had made a new cabinet necessary in
1898.
Mr.. Bayard did not desire reappoint-
ment to the State Department, and
Judge Gresham, as a representative of
the independents who had supported
Mr.. Cleveland in his second race, was
called there.
Mr.. Fairchild of New York, who in
the last months of the first administra-
ton was stopgap in the Treasury De
partment, gave place to John g. Car
isle. The tariff had been the para
mount issue in the campaign of 1892; and
as Mr. Carlisle was the foremost demo-
cratic authority on that subject he was
called to the Treasury to execute the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31
Government Service.

Friends of the government clerks, who
are urging the grant Of an increase Of
pay at this time, are perfectly willing
that Congress should consider the mat
ter from the point of view of the service
itself rather than that of the interests
of the individuals. Viewed on this
basis there can be no question of the
advantage of a horizontal promotion of
the clerks through change of the pay
scale. The government service today
suffers from the fact that every mem
Der of the working force feels that the
scale is too low. No organization can
be 100 per cent efficient when such
feeling exists. Contentment and a sense
Of confidence in the justice of the en-
ployer are essential to good workman
ship in any line of endeavor.
1t is not the fault of the clerks that
such a large percentage of them today
feel dissatisfied with the pay scale. This
matter has been directed to the atten-
ton of Congress often in the past, not
by them, but by the responsible heads
Of departments and bureaus, who have
taken occasion year after year to ask
for the betterment of conditions. The
clerks are merely now adding their own
plea to that Of their superiors.
The action of the House putting pay
,r{o
bill was the first expression of considera
tion for the government clerks recorded
in that body in many, years. The
tendency of legislation has been an
tagonistic to the welfare Of the depart
ment workers. Hours have been length
ened and not session has passed for
a long time without numerous outbursts
of criticism directed against the clerical
force, with threats of further extern
sion of hours. Whenever the retirement
question has been brought forward the
clerks have been made the targets of
assault
In these conditions, it is remarkable
tnat the government departments are
maintained on such highly, efficient
basis as today. In the face Of discour-
agements and criticisms, with rigidly
fixed pay scale, unchanged for half
century, with living costs increased ire
mendously, with retirement provision
steadily denied, with hours heightened
and with a further extension of the
working time threatened, and with
their present moderate requests for
financial consideration treated by some
with scorn and assailed as the rapacity
of "taxeaters," the marvel is that the
government clerks have held so faith
fully to the standard of the past and
maintained the spirit of good service
characteristic of government work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31


new tariff law soon to be put on the
books.
Mr.. Endicott of : Massachusetts,, who
had been one of Mr.. Cleveland's dis
coveries in 1885, gave place as Secretary
Of War to Col. Lamont, who had served
as Mr.. Cleveland's private secretary in
the first administration. The appoint
ment was one of those manifestations
Of personal friendship on the part of
the President with which the country is
familiar.
Mr.. Whitney, who was a very rich
man, did not desire a second term in
the Navy Department, and Col. Her
bert of Alabama, long header in the
House, was chosen.
Col. Villas, who had been Secretary of
the Interior, was now member of the
Senate, and Hoke Smith, rising young
Georgia lawyer and protege of former
Senator Lamar, was appointed to that
place.
The new Postmaster General was W.
S. Bissell of Buffalo, a personal friend
and former law partner of Mr.. CleFe-
land, and the new Attorney General was
Richard Olney of Massachusetts, who
developed into the star of the outit-a
strong man in every sense.
Mr.. Wilson's advisers are men who
practically were Endorsed with him at
the polls in November. and hence have
every claim on his continued recogni-
ton. AS the public is satisfied with
them, why should not Mr.. Wilson be,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31
Reformation.

Oh, de spring is a-comin' wifi de sun
shine warm
Acrost de driftin' snow
We's had de wind an we's had de storm,
But dar ain gineter be no mo-.
De ice it gathered on de old mill crick.
De wind shook de cabin till de latch
done click.
But de thaw will start 'em on de double
quick,
An dar aim gineter be no mo-.
Dem different drinks dat we used to
drink,
Prohibition lays 'em low.
An' dem warike thoughts dat we used
to think
Oar aim gineter be no mo-
rs a-lookin' fob de millennium
1t might as well hurry, cause it's got to
An rs through VIII de razors an de
dice an rum,
Cause dar aim gineter be no mo-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31
The Evening Star Newspaper Company
18th St. and Pennsylvania Avenue
the Washingtonian.

Elsewhere in The Star today there is
elaborated in editorial correspondence
Washington's appeal for immediate and
favorable action by the Senate District
committee and the Senate upon the new
recently submitted. empowering Con-
xress to grant national representation
to the District of Columbia. Will not
the Senate committee substitute the sec
ond for the first Chamberlain constitu-
tional amendment and report it favor
ably7 1t seems to avoid the objections
which have retarded the original Cham
berlain proposition while retaining the
latter's essential and vital merits.
In the recent referendum discussion
senators on both sides of that issue
affirmed or conceded the Districts abb
stract equitable right to national rep
resentation. Those who favored the
referendum did so on principles which
make them logically the vigorous sup
porters of District representation. Those
who opposed the referendum and favor
ed jealous retention by Congress of its
exclusive power of legislation in respect
to the capital did not oppose and by in
ference favored full District representa-
ton in that Congress.
Does not this constitutional amend
ment offer common ground of equity
to the District upon which its many
friends in the Senate can come together
to promote its welfare by Americanizing
in a measure its peoplea
What except good can come from Civ
ing to Congress itself in respect to the
people of the seat Of government part
Of the same power Of granting national
representation which it now possesses in
respect to all other territory of the
United Statess
The effect of this amendment is not
to create or to preface the creation of
another sovereign state. Not new
state but a new political status is to
be evolved, the status as Americans Of
the residents of the seat of government
of the United States, the ten-miles-
square. -
The Constitution left these residents
aliens politically and in relation to the
national courts (the Supreme Court
says less than aliens; and Git is gen
orally heidi gave no power to Congress
or anybody else to alter this status,
though the District should come to ex-
coed half the states in population as it
already exceeds six.
This amendment proposes to give to
Congress a limited power to be exer-
eised in its discretion to elevate at some
future time the status of the Washing
tonian so that he may be on the same
plane as other Americans in relation, at
least, to Congress, the electoral college
and the national courts.
Could anything less than this be
states in fairness hasten to grant ita
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31

Villistas are now shouting, death to
The Americans!" Geographically speak
ing the Villistas are Americans them
selves, though in moments of excite
ment disregardful of the fact.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31

Names similar in spelling in many
cases have the same remote ancestral
origin. But after studying Kitchin's OBJ
servations on preparedness it must be
concluded that none Of his ancient line
age was ever related to the Kitchener
family.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31

George Washington's admirers may
observe his birthday next month with
some pleasure in noting that despite
iconoelastic declarations the counte-
nance on the two-cent stamp retains its
expression of patient serenity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31

The pickets in front of the White
House add a picturesqueness to the
scene that might be utilized in case the
Inauguration decorations prove made
Quate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31

The Minnesota college professor who
invented the phrase "beanshooter mind"
is now priding himself on having beaten
Col Roosevelt to one of our best
epithets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31
Expert Opinion.

"Do you think it waste of time to
say please over the telephonep
"Not any more a waste Of time than
half the other conversation that goes
over the wire," replied the cynical OPP
orator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31
IneXpertness.

what picturesque variations you
have introduced into your dancing!"
II an entitled to no credit" replied
Miss Cayenne. What you call varia-
tions were the efforts Of my partner and
myself to quit stepping on each others
feet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31

"Uncle' Sam should not regulate his
relations with government workers in a
way that will cause him to be mistaken
for the cruel stepfather of the story
books.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31

A doctor associated with the govern
ment should have, in addition to his pre-
scription Latin, fair working vocabu-
larry of nautical terms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31
The Teetotal Elephant.

The elephant his course doth set,
Where dwells abstemious repose.
just think-if he should ever get
a whisky blossom on his nose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31
orator.
Economies.

whats your idea of economy7"
Saving two dollars on cigars so that
your wife can spend it on license for
q pet dog
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31

The clipping" evil does not reach its
full seriousness until it is case of Il
tip OH the market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31

Mexico is becoming discriminating
when distinctions between "riots' and
"battles" are insisted upon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31

1t is no longer necessary to go to the
Klondike for astonishing stories about
the high cost of potatoes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31

The major force remains Il considera-
ton even in the most idealistic plans
for universal peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31
CHOIR CONCERT

The Choir of st. Paul's Church, 2ad street,
below Washington Circle. will give its fourth
evening, February I. at 8 pm. The choir is
under the direction of NOVEL; s. Ferris. The
admission will be % cents, and the proceeds of
the concert will go to the choir boys summer
outing fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31

With complete freedom Of the seas
enjoyed by every country that old joke
about the Swiss navy may yet come true.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.
LAYING a Foundation.

"How did you lay the foundation of
your fortune!"
II didn't lay it. I organized an egg
monopoly. The hens laid it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31

Even if there was leak, it has evil
IDENTIFY followed the crowd and gone dry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31

King George is not nearly as much
talked about these days as Lloyd George
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31
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