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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-26
"Santa" Kaiser

I'd ERLlN, Jan 2o-The current
In kaiSerina contains belated
Christmas story
The lj-ycsr son Of the luth-
eran pastor OF the village OF Died.
croft. down Cologne way unknown
to his parents, several months ago
had written a letter to the kaiser.
telling ham tha, twice DAY. IN
wind. weather and darkness, he had
walked a long distance aioot to and
from the railroad station, commut-
ing 10 the nearest town, where he
attended high school and asking
the kaiser to send him "cap,urcd
Russian pony" TO make the road to
knowledge easier.
On Christmas eve soldier ar
rived and turned over Russian
horse 10 the surprised family as the
kaiser's git 10 the boy
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-26
New Jersey Plans
War on Mosquitoes

ATLANTIC CITY. y. ]. Ian lr-A
campaign to save thousand, OF lives
now lost through disease caused hy
mosquitoes and to reclaim more than
Sl00OO0OO0 worth OF property by co..
operation OF President Wilson Gen
eral Gocthals. DR. Harvey WILEY. Go,
ernor Edge Of New Jersey and repre-
'entativeS Of dozen other states. is u
be started a, a conference which met
here today under the auspices OF the
New Jersey Mosquito DETERMINATION
association The conference will con
tinue its sessions over tomorrow
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-26
Army Equipment
Reaches Columbus

FL PASO, Texas, Jan. 2o.-A part
of the field headquarters equipment
and baggage reached Columbus, \. NJ,
TUESDAY IRON Colonia Dublsn, together
with quantities OF supplies and mum.
tons. passengers, arriving from there
late today said
Reports IRON Mexico said Major
General Pershing was preparing 10
move his headquarters TO OIo Federico
forty miles from the border
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-26
GREAT BRITAIN TO SEIZE
FOREIGN SECURITIES

. LONDON. Jan. 1o-The Official Ga
teue last nigh, announced tha, by a
new order IN council the treasury is
empowered under the defense OF the
realm sc, TO requistion any foreign sc.
curities which may be required to
strengthen Great Bttain'S financial po.
si,ion and also to require holders Of
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-26

such securities to make return on
them TO the treasury.
The order further forbids the trans
fer ar sale OF such securitles outside
the United Kingdom The order does
not apply to securities owned by per
sons no, ordinarily residents Of the
United Kingdom
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-26
RUSSIAN REACTl0NARleS
ARE ASSURED OF CONTROL

BERLIN, Jan, 2o--1he Russian en-.
peror's recen, appointments OF members
of the council OF the empire, says the
Overseas News agency assure the re.
dictionaries OF an absolute majority IN
tha, body even it the ministers abstain
from voting
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-26
ROOT DENOUNCES
GERMAN POLICIES
Statesman Also Approves VIII
son World Peace Plan,

WASHINGTON. Jan. % - Elihu
Roots avowed sympathy with Pren-
dent Wilson's plan to establish tdSd
peace and his denunciation OF xfr-
many's course in the war expressed in
an addrcS, before the National Security
leagues congress of constructlvci pa
triotism last night. we're still the sub
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-22
4 '"zEPS" SHOT down
French Destroy Half of Fleet
Which Raided England.
One Airship Brought Down in Flames
-l-49 Forced to Land by Chaser
Planes-Crew Captured

Paris, Oct. 22.-Although at first it
was thought that the visit of the Yep
pelin fleet TO France was an independ-
ent raid, carrying out the threat made
In German wireless message to de-
stroy Paris in reprisal for French air
raids on German towns, it low is gen
orally believed that these eight Zeppe-
Inns, four of which were destroyed or
captured, were returning from Eng
land, that they had lost their bearings
owing to fog and probably were out of
touch with their wireless communica-
tions.
OF the four Zeppelins lost two were
destroyed and two were forced to de-
scend. The two disabled airships, I'M
der attack by aviators and anti-air de-
fense posts, descended in the Saone
valley and We're forced to land in the
neighborhood of SiSteron. in Basses-
Alpes. The crews after setting fire
to the airships attempted to flee but
were taken prisoner
The first Zeppel.n brought down fell
at st. Clement, seN vn and Il half miles
south of Lunevilv, and not at Rambler
villiers, as was earlier reported. An
antt-aircraft post fired a volley and
the Zeppelin arose with ii bound. A
second vOlley pierced the envelope, and
the airship, bursting into flames, took
a vertical position and crashed down
at 8 :43 a. N. Five mangled corpSeS
+ID N1,r
bodies of the other members of the
crew remain buried in the smoking
mass. No bombs were heard to ex-
psOde.
London, Oct 22.-Twenty-seven per-
sons were killed and fifty-three injured
in the British raid, Lord French an
nounced. The material damage done
by the raiders was confined to houses
and business premises.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-22
Hindu Serpent Charmers.

The power of the Hindu serpent
charmer to detect the presence of the
reptiles In a dwelling house and to
"charm" them out Of it, is far too COM
mon to be made matter of skepti-
cism. He is often required to do this
In the full light of day, surrounded
by spectators and incredulous persons
have searched him beforehand; yet his
success has been complete. He as
sumes an air of mystery, strikes the
walls with short stick, whistles,
makes q chuckling noise with his
tongue, and spits upon the ground, and
generally says: 81 adjure you by God.
If We be above, or if ye be below,
that We come forth. l adjure you by
the most great name; If We be obedi-
ent, come forth; and If We be disobe-
dient, die! die! die!" In all proba-
bility these charmers are acquainted
with some mysterious physical means
of discovering the presence Of serpents
without seeing them. and Of attracting
them from their. hiding places.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-22
ANTILLES men LAND
Survivors of Torpedoed U. S.
Transport Reach France.
Submarine Attacked Ship at 6:45
O'clock In the Morning While
Many Were in Berths.

A French Port, Oct 22.-Survivors
Of the United States transport An
TILES, which was sunk by German
sumbarine last week while being con-
voyed on her homeward trip by
American warships, were landed here
by auxiliary vessels and are being
cared for by the American consulate.
Some of the men have been lodged in
local hotels and a few have left for
Paris.
The torpedo struck the ship at 6 AS
o'clock Wednesday morning. Many Of
those on board were killed in their
berths and others while dressing. The
explosion killed the engineers, oilers
and mechanics and those of the crew
who were in the hunks below
All the survivors praise the captain
OF the Antilles and the members of
the gun crew, who stuck to their posts
while the officers searched with field
glasses for the submarine until the
waves closed over the ship.
When the Antilles sang 40 or so
men were at the stern. Most of them
leaped 80 feet or more into the sea
as the stern rose to a perpendicular
position and some were drawn down
by the suction Of the sinking vessel.
The submarine was not sighted
either before or after the explosion.
The sea Avas running high at the time,
making it difficult to save the crew
and passengers. Some survivors,
clinging to debris, were in the water
an hour before they were sighted by
lifebOats.
Washington, Oct. 22.-Families of
the 20 soldiers and sailors who are be-
;ieved to have lost their lives on the
Antilles will share in the benefits Of
the compensation and automatic insur-
ance provisions and automatic insur-
ance law. Secretary Of the Treasury
McAdoo authorized announcement that
compensation under the law will be
begun Immediately.
Washington, Oct. 22.-The full
names and emergency addresses Of the
three engine officers who were lost
when the army transport Antilles went
down were made public by the navy
department Admiral Sims first dis
patch mentioned only the surnames.
They are:
E. A. Walker, third engineer Off
GER; widow, Mrs. e. A. Walker, Ho-
boken, N. J.
T. Boyle, junior engineer officer !;
mother, RMS. e. Boyle, County Louth,
Ireland
j. O'Rourke, Junior engineer officer !;
sister, B. O'ROurke, New York city.
The department is awaiting the COM
plete casualty list and the survivors
story of the attack.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-22
OSTEND SHELLED BY ALLIES
German U-Boat Base Bombarded-Ber-
lin Reports Damage.

Berlin, Oct 22.-The Belgian port OF
Ostend, which is a submarine base Of
the Germans on the North sea, has
been bombarded from the sea. 1t was
announced by the German war office,
houses in the town being damaged.
The text of the statement reads:
western theater: Ostend has been
bombarded from the sea. Damage has
been caused to houses in the town."
London, Oct 22.-British naval
planes dropped a large quantity Of
bombs on the Engel airdrome and the
docks at Bruges, in Belgium, causing
fire In the German establishments.
Reporting military operations on the
British battle front in France and Bel
GUM, the British war office announce
ment says:
There was the usual artillery ac-
tivity on both sides of the battle front.
There was nothing interesting to re-
port"
Paris, Oct. 22-German forces at
night attacked the French positions
west of Mont Cornillet, In the Reims
area; on both banks of the River
Meuse, In the Verdun region, and In
the sector of La Chapelette. The
French war office statement says all
the assaults We're repulsed. the French
capturing number Of Germans.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-22
Famous Editors Epiqrams.

Sir Herbert Tree had q reputation
in England for making epigrams. One
Of his obituary articles quoted several
times that he made when playing In
this country. "In America" he said,
"there are many babies but few chill
dren." "There is something in the
air In New York." he thought, "that
stimulates and solaces activity; one
ought always to be tired, but never
YEARLY" More ambiguous, but without
doubt honestly meant in compliment
ary sense, was his remark after q
conversation with Cardinal Gibbons: !:
"Of great men one sometimes learns
little things" This would have been
better if he had said, "From great
men," etc., as perhaps he did. In his
own line Of theatrical work he said:
"If the commercial managers OF Amer-
lea had but served Shakespeare as
they have served musical comedy, he
would not have been deserted in his
old age" Probably Sir Herbert had
heard of our famous "tired business
man." but apparently he forgot him In
this remark about so-called musical
comedy.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-22
Kinabird Is ChivaIrous Fighter.

The scientists call the kingbird Ty-
rannus tyrannus, doubling up on the
tyrannical Significance Of the thing be-
cause this bird Of ours tyrannizes
over other birds, but 1t is grateful to
say that his pecking pugnacity re-
strains Itself in the cases Of birds
smaller than himself.
There are some good friends Of the
kingbird who will tell you that the
uranus of his name is used in its
extremely ancient significance, which
was that of ruler rather than tyrant,
but the kingbird is tyrant, neverthe-
less, as one can find out by asking
any crow or hawk which flaps or sails
within the domain Of this guardian OF
the fields.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-22
100000 IN BIG WAR RALLY
Chicagoans Take Part In Great Patri-
otlc Demonstration.

otlc Demonstration.
Chicago, Oct. 22.-An epoch in pa
triotism was enacted in Chicago Sum-
day afternoon.
More than 100000 persons gathered
on the lake front and along Michigan
avenue to pay homage to the flag and
it's defenders on 'Illinois-America
Day." Four thousand and more-an
the Auditorium theater could accom-
modate-heard addresses by Governor
Lowden, Congressman Henry T..
Rainey and Clarence 8. Darrow. The
100000 citizens turned out for one
purpose-to let the rest of the nation
know that Illinois and Chicago are in
the war to the finish. When Lieut..
John Phillip Sousa swept down the
street, leading the Great Lakes Naval
Training band, he was given an ova-
ton. Six hundred naval youngsters
and LOO members OF the Eleventh
regiment, Illinois infantry, followed,
and all entered In the military pageant
staged in the park. Five thousand
Knights Templar. resplendent In color
full uniforms, paraded toethe music of
three bands.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-22
NOTED WISCONSIN SOLON
KILLED while HUNTING
WAR RATI0NS NEAR
U. S. Orders No Wheat Wednes-
days or Meat Tuesdays.
Food Administrator Hoover Issues Or.
der to HoteIs-Urges All to
Save Sugar.

washington, Oct. 22.-Federal reg
clatiOn and restriction Of both
the quantity and material of sta
pie foods to be sold and consumed
IN this country will bring the war
home to every individual In the nation
generally this week In a way that even
the draft, the Liberty loan, and the
recent casualty lists have not done.
Federal Food Administrator Hoov-
er ordered:
Beginning next Wednesday, Octo-
Der "a, every Wednesday shall be a
Wheatless day in American hotels and
restaurants.
"Beginning Tuesday, October 30, ev-
cry tuesday shall be a meatless day
In the public eating places.
beginning today, every day shall
be as nearly surgarless day as the
patriotism and unselfishness of Amer
lean citizens will allow"
And in the case of sugar the self
denial will not be confined to the pa
tr1Otic and unselfsh. Although the
penalty has been provided for the in
dlvidual who consumes more than his
share of sugar, the government has al
ready provided that the greedy ones
shall be restricted.
Stores limited the sales of sugar to
TWO pounds week per family. Fac
tories and wholesalers have already
been ordered to ship their supplies to
eastern markets, where q famine al
ready is being felt.
AS for the meatless and wheatless
days the food administrators orders
apply directly to hotel and restaurant
men. These men are told to serve
neither meat nor wheat on the days
specified. Many have already pledged
themselves to this end. In homes the
restriction will probably for the pres
ent be left to the patriotisu Of the
families.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-22
LET US PLEDGE LOYALTY
ANEW
BY CLIFFORD v. GREGORY.
Editor the Prairie Farmer.

Farmers this year have been blessed
with one of the greatest crops this
country has. ever raised. Prices are
far above normal. This combination
OF large crops and high prices has
made farmers prosperous to an un-
usual degree
Our country is fighting the battle
for justice and democracy. 1t is fight
ing that our homes, our families and
our institutions may be safe for gen
eratiOns to come.
Immense amounts of money are
needed to finance the war. We cannot all
don the khaki and march to the front.
but we can all do our bit to finance
the great armies we are raising. Let
US as farmers subscribe so literally
to the new Liberty Loan that we will
set a high mark for the whole nation
to follow. Let us pledge our loyalty
anew by sharing our prosperity with
Uncle Sam.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-22

to his home at Mayville, Wis, after the
close of the extra session Of congress,
where he was one of the leading sup
porters Of the administrations war
program.
Wounded in the Back.
With his brother he had gone on a
hunting expedition to Rush lake, and
the two were in a boat when the acci-
dent occurred. He had sighted a flock
Of ducks and called for his brother
to fire, and at the discharge of the
shotgun he raised slightly, receiving
the full charge of the gun in his back.
He was rushed to the farmhouse,
where all efforts to save his life were
unavailing.
Born at Fond du Lac.
Senator Husting, a Democrat, was
born at Fond du Lac on April 25, 1866.
He went to Mayville with his parents
some years later. After a common
school education he began clerking in
q general store Later he entered the
postal service and eventually became
a clerk in the Office of the secretary
of state. In 1895 he entered the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, and few months
later passed the state bar examina-
tions and commenced the practice Of
law at Mayville.
He was elected district attorney in
1902, and again in 1904. Two years
later he was elected state senator, and
reelected in 1910. He was elected to
the United States senate to succeed
Isaac Stephenson in 1914.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-22
FOOTBALL SCORES
WEST.

WEST.
Chicago, OF; Purdue, O.
Illinois, Z; Wisconsin, 0.
Minnesota, SO; Indiana, g..
Michigan, 27; Michigan Aggies, o.
Nebraska, Z; Notre Dame, O.
Camp Custer, 7; Great Lakes, O.
Carthage, II; Hedding, 0.
Grinnell, 10; Iowa, O.
Beloit, Z; Lake Forest, 0.
Carnegie Tech, 81; Ohio Univer.
sity, 0.
Ames, Is; Missouri, O.
Marquette, 1903; Oshkosh Normal, O
Lombard, 27; Illinois Wesleyan, Z.
EAST.
Pittsburgh, %; Syracuse, 0.
Springfield Y, 13; Amherst, Z.
Columbia, 21; Union, O..
Rutgers, So Lafayette, Z.
Dartmouth, 6; West Virginia, 2.
Yale freshmen, 20; Phil. Ex. Acad., O.
Colgate, 20; Cornell, O.
Penn, 20; Bucknell, 6.
Army, 26; Tufts, 3.
Navy, 81; Carlisle, 0.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-22
ILLINOIS OFFICER IS DEAD
Lieut.. C.. L. Starkel of 342d Infanrv
Dies at Camp Grant

Rockford, ILL.,, Oct. 2s.-The Eighty.
sixth division lost its first officer
through the death of Second Lieut..
Clarke L. Starkel Of Belleville, Ill.
Lieutenant Starkel was taken Ill with
pneumonia last Tuesday while at drill.
His father, DR.. c. H. Starkel, surgeon
Of the Kansas City & Southern rail-
road, was sent for. The father was
with him at the end. Lieutenant Star
KEEL was a graduate of the officers
training camp at Fort Sheridan, being
member Of Company 4, under COM
mand of Captain Madison. The dead
officer was twenty-five years of age
and a graduate OF the University of
Illinois.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-22
lndict Minnesota Editor.

Minneapolis, MINI. Oct 22-D. r.
Johnson, editor of the Peoples Maga-
zine, formerly the Royal Peoples
Magazine, published here, was indict-
ed by the county grand jury ON
charge of Interfering with and dis
couraging enlistments." He was ar
raigned and after pleading not guilty
was released on $1,000 bail.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-22
FAMOUS ENGINEER is KILLED
Frank Larmand, Driver of Presidential
Trains, Dies In Wreck.

Charlottesville, Va, Oct. 22-Frank
Larmand, for 35 years trusted South.
ern railway engineer and driver Of
presidential specials, was fatally hurt
when his train, the New York-New Or
leans limited. sideswiped local
emerging from q siding near Larmand,
a town named for the engineer. With
his negro fireman, James L. Johnson,
also mortally injured, Larmand was
brought to a hospital here, where both
Of them died. Many passengers on the
limited were thrown from their berths
and badly bruised.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-22
RIOTERS GIVEN IS YEARS
Two White Men Found Guilty Of Kill
inc Man at E. st Louis,


Belleville, Ill.,, Oct. 22.-After being
out II hours, jury in the circuit
court here found John Dow and
Charles Hanna guilty of the murder Of
William Keyeser, merchant, ddring
the East st. Louis race riots. Both
were sentenced to 15 years In the pen
ltentiary. The jury disagreed in the
case of Harry Robinson, the third man
charged with Keyser's murder. He
will have a new trial. Keyser was
shot and instantly killed on July
last, as he stood in the doorway of his
store watching the rioters in the street
outside. Three other white men have
been convicted of murder, one white
man pleaded guilty and ten negroes
have been convicted.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-22
SENATOR HUSTING
IS SHOT TO DEATH
Wisconsin LaWmaker Accidental
Iy Wounded by His Brother
While Hunting.
RECEIVES CHARGE IN BACK
SoIon Was One Of Leading Supporters
OF Administrators War Program
During Extra Session of
Congress.

Milwaukee. Oct. 22.-Accidentally
shot in the back by his brother, Gus
tave, while hunting ducks near Rush
Lake, Wis, Sunday morning, United
States Senator Paul O. Husting died
at a farmhouse at Picketts, near by,
late Sunday night.
Senator Husting recently returned
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-22
five new CLASSES
IN next TROOPS CALL

thus involving endless appeals and
confusion.
The new system fixes a mans class
and calls him in his proper turn when
he Is needed. He will be examined
physically only when needed.
"The man who can least be spared,
either as the head Of family or the
head of a business necessary to the
defense of the nation, will be the last
to go.'
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-22
TURKS DRIVEN ACROSS RIVER
British Announce Successful Drive in
Mesopotamia.

London Oct 22.-British troops in
Mesopotamia on Friday began an en-
veloping movement near the Persian
frontier, northwest of Bagdad, and
drove the Turkish forces in the vicin-
ity of Kizil-Robat across the Diala
river. An official statement issued re-
porting these operations says:
"We have carried out successful OD-
erations In the vicinity of Deltawa and
Kizil-Robat. Our columns began an
enveloping movement on Friday and
drove the enemy across the Diala. The
Turks destroyed the bridge at KILL
Robat and retreated to the southern
hills of the Jebel Hamrin ridge. We
took some prisoners and captured wag-
Oh loads of ammunition"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-22
Fix Milk Price at 10 Cents.

Boston Oct. 22-The state food ad-
ministratlOn made provision whereby
Boston consumers will be supplied
with milk at the uniform price Of ten
cents a quart.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-22
BANKS ROBBED OF $4,000
Bandits Make Two HauIs in Michigan
Towns

Grand Rapids, Mich, Oct 22.-Sher-
IFS posses are searching for four
bank robbers who blew safes at the
Farmers State bank at Alto and the
Farmers State bank at Middleville.
After cutting all telephone wires the
bandits secured $4,000 at Alto and
to Vaudeville. where they secured
$4,000.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-22
SCORE INJURED IN WRECK
Pennsylvania Passenger Sideswiped by
Freight Near Johnstown.

ALTOONA, Pa, Oct. 22.-Twenty pas
sengers were injured, none seriously,
when Pennsylvania railroad passenger
train No. 18, east-bound, was side
swiped by freight at Sang Hollow,
west Of Johnstown. A bulging car in
the freight train on an adjoining track
scraped the passenger coaches. break
ing number of windows. Most Of the
injured were hurt by flying glass.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-22
2 GIRLS KILLED BY TRAIN
Sisters Crushed to Death at Collins
willie, III.

Collinsville, H., Oct. 22.--Mary Rom
Ghetto, fourteen years DID, and her Sis
ter, Jolendi, ten, were killed. and a
third sister. Edith, eight, and Altillo
Sanlino, twenty-five. were seriously in
jured when they were struck by fast
Vandalia train. They were standing on
the track waiting for freight train
to pass on another track and did not
see the approaching passenger train.