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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-17
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-17

RzNTED-Young lady Who can oper-
ate typewriter or With some stsno;
and Give references In own hand writ
ing. Address K-sls care Oklahoman.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-30
MEXICAN CONVENTION
HURRIES CONSTITUTION

Queretaro, Mex, Jan. 30.-On. the
recommendation of Foreign Minister
Aguilar the constitutional assembly
today withdrew for reconsideration
and amendment article 80 of the new
constitution, which was under con-
sideration The provision in this ar
ticle regarding which the foreign min
lister addressed the assembly and the
revision of which he recommended
was that requiring foreigners to re-
nounce nationality and treaty rights
in so far as theyf affected property
they wished to acquire, before they
could acquire it. The discussion was
suspended while the committee with
drew for amendment of the article.
The assembly planned continuous
session from 3 O'Clock this afternoon
until midnight of Jan. 81 for the COM
pletion Of it's work. The only meas
ures remaining for consideration are
the articles dealing with expulsion Of
ofreigners and acquisition of, land by
foreigners and acquisition of land by
army reorganization, together with
some minor matters.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-30
SARAH A. MARSH

Sarah A. Beardsley, widow Of James
w. Marsh, died at the home of her
sons, Marsh Brothers, the building
contractors, in Sport Hill, Easton, last
night. Mrs. Marsh was born in Mon
roe 80 years ago, the daughter of Hi
ram and Elmira Nichols Beardsley.
She had lived in the Monroe and
Easton section of the county all her
life. After the death Of her husband,
who was a we'll known farmer in
Easton, she resided in Bridgeport for
three years before going to make her
home with her sons. Mrs. Marsh
is survived by daughter, Mrs. DAN
lei Brewer of Nichols, two sons, Ed
ward A. and Charles B. Marsh, eight
Grandchildren and two great grand
children.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-30
Serious Charge In
Machinist' s Hearing
Especial to The Farmer.)

Fairfield, Jan. 30-Probable cause
was found against Gustave Geering,
of Southport, employed as machin-
list at the Wolverine Motor. w orks Co.,
Bridgeport, on charge brought by
Helen Cheeseman, a Southport girl,
before Judge Bacon Wakeman of the
Fairfield justice court. Geering was
bound over to the superior court un-
der bonds Of $4,000. Unable to pro-
cure a bondsman he was taken to the
Bridgeport County Jail by Constable
Fred Hawkins.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-30
FIFTEEN TEACHERS ILL.

Fifteen members of the teaching
force of the Bridgeport public schools
are absent from duty today because
of illness or illness in their families.
Most are ill with the grip or colds.
Three members Of the High school
faculty have been absent because Of
illness in their families but they re-
turned to their duties today. Students
at the City Normal school are substi-
tuting for the teachers who are i'll.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-30
"SISAL TRUST SUED.

New York, Jan. 30-The govern
ment filed a suit in the federal court
here today against the Pan-American
Commission corporation, Sol Wexler
and others, charging conspiracy I'M
der the antitrust laws to restrain in
terstate and foreign trade in sisal and
to increase the market price of sisal
throughout the United States.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-30
G. g. CARTER ESTATE 81, 100.

An inventory of the estate of
George Giles Garter filed today shows
$1,160.2O. EQUITY in land in Charles
street is set down at $1,O25; cash in
City Savings bank, 5000; one share
Of stock American Bank & Trust Co,
$125. H. L. Morehouse and Charles
E. Moore are tfg appraisers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-30
CLERK TRACY BEFORE
JUDICIARY COMMITTED
ON SALARY SCHEDULE.
Especial to The Farmer.)

ISp6CIdI 20 I1Ie IIIeI.1
Hartford, Jan. 30-Fred w. Tracy
of Bridgeport, assistant clerk of the
superior court of Fairfield county,
appeared before the Judiciary COM
mittee here today on several bills in
relation to the salaries of clerks and
assistant clerks of the superior court.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-30
Insurance by Drivers.

Another measure brought forward
by Mr.. Watt would compel every ap-
plicant1 for a drivers license to file
with the commissioner of motor We
hicles an insurance policy indemni-
flying him against liability, by reason
of injury to person, in the amount Of
$4,000; or, in lieu of such a policy, a
bond conditioned on payment Of any
Judgment recovered against the ope-
rator by reason of personal injury. In
the event Of the lapse or cancellation
of the insurance policy or bond, the
license Of the holder would automati-
callys cease until the renewal. OF the
renewal of the policy or bond. In
the case Of the operators bonds, pro-
vision is made that they be kept on
file in the commissioner office, open
to public inspection.
For violation Of any provisions in
the general act, as proposed by Klett
and Watt for which no penalty is
specifically provided in the act of 1915
the maximum fine is 5000, and the
maximum Jail sentence two months.
For regulation of driving, a bill in
troduced by Mr.. Kelley of Killingly
provides that "all automobiles shall
come to a full stop not less than fifty
feet from every railroad crossing
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-30

vate. The Britishers seem to regard
the helmets as favorite trophy, for
they exhibit them perhaps more fire.
quently than anything else they cap
ture. Perhaps the spiked top sym
bolizes to them better than anything
else does what is called German mill
tariSm.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-30
OBITUARY
BABY WATKINSON

The 18-months-old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert J. Watkinson of 2.
lakewood avenue, died this morning at
the Bridgeport hospital, after a, few
days illness of pneumonia.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-30

where a railroad crosses a highway
at grade, when such crossing is not
protected by gates or a fagman, and
at crossings that are protected by
gates or fagman at all times when
the fagman is not present or the gates
are not in operation"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-30
HURRYING BREAKFAST.
USES POISON INSTEAD
OF FLOUR; FIVE DEAD


Kankakee, ILL.,, Jan. 30-A meal
Of pancakes hurriedly made and as
hurriedly eaten yesterday morning
caused the death Of five members
Of the Meints family on farm
between Ashkum and Danforth,
1 miles south OF here.
The pancakes were made by
Mrs. o. K. Meints, mother of four
Of the victims and grandmother
Of the fifth. Mrs. Meints is be-
lieved to have mixed the. contents
of a sack containing an arsenical
preparation used by her husband
in taxiderrny with a prepared
pancake -four, thinking: the powder
was -four. The fatal meal was
eaten yesterday morning and be-
fore dawn today the last of the
five had died.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-30

Proud of his captured German he'll
met, or "pickelhaube,' as the Teutons
call it, the British sso1dier posed for
his picture after the battle at Thiepval,
France. The helmet once belonged
to a German officer, as is evidenced
by its lighter weight and more grace
full shape than that worn byra pri-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-30
NoRsE STEAMER SUNK.

Christiania, Norway, Jan. 30-A
telegram today from Bergen reported
the sinking Of the Norwegian steamer
Hallbjoerg. Her crew was saved.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-30

The Federal grand jury at Indian
apolis resumed its Investigating into
alleged Irregularities in the last efec-
ton at several cities in Indians
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-30

leader of the house, has introduced a
motor vehicle light bill similar to that
introduced by Mr.. Watt, but giving
power ITO the secretary Of state" to
pass on lighting devices and give GER
tificates to manufacturers, owners and
users when they comply with the rul-
ing of the secretary. Evidently Mr..
Peasley does not contemplate the Gre
alton Of an automobile commission
ership." For violation Of the ruling Of
the secretary his bill provides a min
imum fine of 81, and a maximum Of
500.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-30

Mrs, George E. Breese, wife of the
Mayor Of Charleston, w. Va, dropped
dead from heart disease.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-30

'armer Want Ads. One Cent a Word.
Gilpin observer., 1917-10-25
Time to Fight Mice.

The time to fight mice Is when your
house is still rid of them. First make
hard and fast rule that not crumb
Of food is left exposed in kitchen.
pantry or cupboard. See also that in
the bedrooms of your home no waters
or other tasty bits are left where n
mouse might get them and thus find
encouragement to take up his perma-
nent abode there.
The next thing to do is to cut Off the
means of entrance to your home, and
this Is done by seeing that there are
no loose passageways into the cellar
or open cavities in the wall or loose
woodwork. AS final resource you
will perhaps have to choose between
mouse trap and cat. 1t all de-
pends on your affinity for the feline
pet which you will do. But remember
that, whereas permitting mice to lodge
in your house was formely only an
act of slothful neglect, it is now one
of the crimes of wastefulness, of
which no patriotic woman should be
guilty.-Exchange.
Gilpin observer., 1917-10-25
CHANGES IN DRAFTING SYSTEM.
Nine Million Remaining Registrants
Will Be Divided into Five Glasses.

Washington.-A sweeping change
in the machinery of the selective
draft, based on division of the 9,000.-
900 remaining registrants into five
classes in order Of their eligibility for
military service, was announced by
Provost Marshal General Crowder.
Details Of the plan, which has been
approved by President Wilson. are
not disclosed 1t is calculated. how
ever, to do away with virtually all the
complicated machinery of the first
draft. The plan was worked out at
conferences with local and district
board officials and approved by the
various state authorities.
Its chief features are that every reg
istered man will know his exact posi-
ton and be able to arrange his affairs
accordingly and that no man deemed
necessary In any important industry
or needed at home to support his fam
lily will be called to the colors unless
the military situation is desperate.
Gilpin observer., 1917-10-25
His Enforced Absence.

A Columbus correspondent tells us
an anecdote in which the names must
be suppressed, but which is none the
less true and moral, says the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
A state senator died during the ses-
sion, and committee was appointed
to accompany the body back to the old
home of the decedent. Two Of the
committee met in the state house that
afternoon.
"Are you going to take this trip?''
asked one.
"Yes. I can i'll afford the time, but
believe 1t to be my duty. Are you
going?"
'Yes, feel as you do. 1t will take
q whole day, but I wouldn't feel right
II didn't go. VIII Senator X accom-
pany us?"
mo. He says he is too busy, and
besides he doesn't drink"
Gilpin observer., 1917-10-25
"coAL SHALL BE PRODUCED AS
IT NEVER WAS BEFORE" DE-
cLAREs ADMINISTRATOR.
ALL TO Be SUPPLIED
GARFIELD WARNS OPERATORS
THAT NATION HAS POWER
TO SEIZE MINES.
western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Pittsburg, Pa.-Declaring that Just
SO long as the power of fuel dictator
was bestowed upon him he purposed
to see that the production of coal in
the United States is kept at maxi
mum, and even higher, DR.. Harry A.
Garfield addressed gathering OF
more than 1000 operators from all
over the country here.
Goal shall be produced as it never
was before he said, land factories
and homes will be plentifully sup
piled"
DIR. Garfield's address was brief. He
urged the coal men to forget their
differences and put themselves solid
ly as United States citizens behind
the government in it's prosecution of
the war
Warning the operators of the gov
ernment's power to take charge of
the mines, he said
Some persons resent the idea, but
Is 1t more drastic to take that action
than for the government to take the
nations young men?"
1t was expected that DR.. Garfield
would announce when the higher wage
scale would go into effect and also
touch upon some of the details of the
coal business. This he did not do.
saying he wishes only to impress on
the operators their duty to the gov
ernment in this crisis.
Gilpin observer., 1917-10-25
Fuel Gas as Petrol Substitute.

The shortage of petrol, as gasoline
is known abroad, occasioned by the
enormous quantities needed on the
battle fronts, has resulted, In England,
in the Introduction of fuel alterna-
tive. In England the use of motorcy-
cles for private use necessarily came
to standstill when the gasoline be-
came acute. But it is reported that
motorcyclists there soon discovered
that coal gas would serve just as well.
A gas container in the form of bal
loon is hoisted on steel supports
above the machine, giving the whole
outfit the appearance of a zeppelin
pup.
They are popularity termed balloon
bikes" and are said to operate much
more cheaply on coal gas than on gaso-
line. The possibilities that might re-
suit from meeting between this new
contraption and good broadside gale
can only be imagined, but there would
undoubtedly be no lack of thrills.-Ex-
change.
Gilpin observer., 1917-10-25
AntArmx Dentist.

A gunner of the Garrison artillery,
who had successfully passed black
smiths course, was home on furlOugh,
bearing the hammer and pincers on
his arm, when he was accosted by a
civilian, who asked what the decora-
ton was for.
"Oh," replied Tommy, I'm an army
dentistl !"
II see," said the civilian. "Of course,
the pincers are for extracting teeth
But what is the idea of the hammer?"
"Well, you see, it's like this. Some
of the chaps are n bit nervous, so we
use the hammer to chloroform them
WITH" was the reply.-London Tit
Bits.
Gilpin observer., 1917-10-25
OCT. 28 DAY OF PRAYER
FOR SUCCESS OF AMERICAN
ARMS IN THE WAR.
President Wilson Issues Proclamation
In Accordance With Resolution
Passed by Congress.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-Presid Wilson by
proclamation declared Sunday, Oct.
%. as day of prayer for the success
of the American arms in the war, in
accordance with the recent resolution
of Congress. The Presidents procla-
nation is as follows:
Whereas, The Congress of the
United States by concurrent resolu
tion adopted on the 4th day of the
present month of October. in view OF
vast and awful war which now afflicts
the greater part of the world. has re-
quested me to set apart by official
proclamation day upon which our
people should be called upon to offer
concerted prayer to Almighty God for
His divine aid in the success of our
arms; and,
people, nurtured as we have been in
the eternal principles of justice and of
right; nation which has sought
from the earliest days of its existence
to be obedient to the divine teachings
which inspired 1t in the exercise of
it's liberties, to turn always to the
Supreme Master and cast themselves
in faith at His feet praying for His
aid and succor in every hour of trial,
to the end that the great aims to
which our fathers dedicated our power
as a people may not perish among
men, but be always asserted and de-
Tended with fresh ardor and devotion
and, through the divine blessing, set
at last upon enduring foundations for
the benefit of all the free peoples OF
the earth;
Now, therefore, 1, Woodrow VIII
son, President Of the United States.
gladly responding to the wish ex.
pressed by the Congress. do appoint
Oct. 2S, being the last Sunday of the
present month, as day OF supplica-
tion and prayer for all the people OF
the nation, honestly exhorting all my
countrymen to observe the appointed
day, according to their several faiths
in solemn prayer, that Gods blessings
may rest upon the high task which is
laid upon us, to the end that the cause
for which we give our lives and treas
ure may triumph and our efforts be
blessed with high achievement"
Gilpin observer., 1917-10-25
CHICAGO FOOD PRICE SCHEDULE.
Food Administrator Cuts Prices on
Sugar, Potatoes and Flour.


Chicago.-For the first time in the
history Of the United States, a govern
ment representative has fixed the
fair" price of certain foodstuffs. Har-
ry A. Wheeler, food administrator of
Illinois. Tuesday announced the prop
er price for sugar. potatoes and flour.
Grocers for the most part have agreed
to put the prices into effect.
Mr.. Wheeler's list gives the price
which the retailer should pay the mid
dleman and the price which the GUS
toner should pay over the counter.
Other prices for staples will be an
nounced as quickly as possible.
The price fixed for flour is from
$2.95 to $31S for quarter barrel sacks,
for which retailers were asking $315.
One-eighth barrel sacks the price was
fixed at $1.49 to SLIGO, as against $1.59
asked by the retailer. Five-pound
sacks were listed by the food admin
istrator at &c to 81 cents, and retailers
were quoting them at 35 cents.
Potatoes jumped in prices overnight,
and were quoted by the food admins
traitor at 43 to 46 cents per peck.
while the grocers were selling them at
40 to 43 cents.
Sugar prices were fixed at tx to S1a
cents per pound, while dealers were
asking 9k and 10 cents. The scare
ity of sugar, however, has compelled
retailers to pay fancy premiums in or.
der to get enough to supply their
trade. Sales in nearly all cases were
limited to two pounds to a customer
when other goods were purchased.
Strangers going into store and ask.
ing only for sugar were refused.
Gilpin observer., 1917-10-25
FOODS 80 PER CENT HIGHER.
Sugar Prices In England Have Been
Trebled.


Ottawa, Ont.-Beef and mutton In
England now exceed their pre-war
prices by IS pence per pound, says a
report published in the government
Labor Gazette. Butter and bacon are
now double their pre-war level. Milk
is 78 per cent higher than in July,
1914. These figures and the following
table Of per cent increases since the
war are contained in O London dis
patch to the Ottawa agency Of Reu-
ter's limited:-
Beef, nearly 100; mutton. 81; import
ed beef, 1872; imported mutton. 1853;
bacon, 11o; fish, 150; sugar. 1870; but
ter. 80; cheese, 81; eggs. 100.
In the cost OF all items usually en-
tering into the working class family,
including food. rent. clothing, fuel and
light, the increase has been nearly 80
per cent, allowing per cent for the
advances due to increased taxation.
Gilpin observer., 1917-10-25
Catarrhal Cough

Mr.. w. S. Brown, r. +. d. No. 4,
Box 50. Rogersville, Tennessee,
writes:
II feel 1t my duty to recommend
Peruna to all sufferers Of catarrh or
cough. In the year 1909, took a
severe case Of the la grippe. then
took bad cough. had taken all
kinds Of cough remedies but got no
relief. l then decided to try Peruna.
used five bottles. After taking five
bottles my cough stopped and my
catarrh was cured. My average
weight was 115 and now I weigh
14Sh. Any one suffering with ca
tarrh in any form will advise them
to take Peruna."
Gilpin observer., 1917-10-25
EnoIneer Killed; Three Injured.

Chicago.-Engineer Kameron was
killed and Fireman Wright fatally in
jured when the Green Bay special,
inbound on the Chicago & Northwest
ern railroad, was derailed at North:
field, forty miles north Of here. The
accident occurred when the pilot of
the engine struck some loose plank
ing at crossing. The engine. two
baggage cars, the mail car. the smok-
er and day coach left the track.
Among the injured were: Mrs. lisa.
bell Fair and Miss Helen A. Golden
Gilpin observer., 1917-10-25
FRENCH WIN BIG VICTORY.
Make Two-Mile Advance Through
kaiser's Lines, Capturing $500
Men and TWENTY-FIVE Guns, ~


Paris, Oct. 24.-In one OF the swift
est and most dashing blows Of the
war, the French troops smashed
through the German lines north of the
Aisne to a depth Of more than two
miles at one point. inflicting heavy
losses on the enemy and captured
more than 1900 prisoners and twenty
five heavy guns and field guns. Sew
eral important villages also fell into
the hands of the French, according
to the war office announcement.
Washington. - Germany lost one.
half of her total effectual fleet of su-
per-Zeppelins as result Of her air
raid OF Oct. 20 over England. accord
ing to cable dispatches received here.
Rome-Italian troops repulsed a
strong attack by Austrian and Ger
man forces in the Cadore region at
Monte Piana.
Petrograd.- Germans have
made an attempt at a second landing
on the Esthonian coast, but were
driven away by the Russians.
Gilpin observer., 1917-10-25
vaqui Outlaws to Seize Supple

Douglas, Ariz.-A force Of 1900
Yaqui Indians is in the mountains near
Conchi, east Of Cumpas, Sonora, await
ing the arrival of a party of $50 Indians
from the border with q supply Of arms
and ammunition. according to an
American mining man who reached
Douglas from that section late Satur
day. He said that about 400 Yaquis in
the army Of Gen. P. Elias Gales, gov
ernor Of Sonora, had deserted and are
on their way to Join the force In the
mountains.
Gilpin observer., 1917-10-25
Kindness,

Private Slmkins had returned from
the front to find that his girl had been
walking out with another young man,
and naturally asked her to explain her
frequent promenades in the town with
the gentleman.
"Well, dear" she replied. ut was
only kindness on his part. He took
me down every day to the, library to
see If you was killed"
Gilpin observer., 1917-10-25
War Declared on
Rats by U. S. Govt.

The government at Washington is pre-
paring a campaign that should be effec-
live in killing the rats that are SO destruc-
tive both to lives and property. A con-
etuffs from rats at over two hundred mil
lion dollars annually, and in the present
scarcity of food, this loss must be pre-
vented. The most efficient way to XIII
the Rat" is by the use of Stearns' Paste.
and thousands of dollars worth have been
bought by the government. Every house.
or waterbugs should buy small box of
this reliable exterminator for thirty-f1ve
cents. and stop further loss Of food IN
her home. Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1917-10-25
Only Ones Who Haven't.

Willis-You're more of historical
scholar than thought you were. How
did you know that Assyria Media and
Carthage are dead nations?
Gillis-Well, l hadn't seen anything
in the papers about their declaring war
on Germany.-Judge.
Gilpin observer., 1917-10-25
FOR SKIN TROUBLES
That Itch, Burn, Torture and Disfig
ureT Use Cutlcura-Trial Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. They
usually afford immediate relief in itch
ing, burning eczemas, pimples. dandrufI
and most baby skin troubles. They
also tend to prevent little skin trou.
bles becoming great If used daily.
Free sample each by mail with Book
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1917-10-25
Mechanically Ihouuhts.

'The falling leaves fill me with mel
ancholy thoughts" said the poetic per-
son. "They used to have that effect
on me-" said the unpoetic person.
"What changed your" II moved Into
an apartment and don't have to rake
them any more"