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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-23
A LANDMARK OF DICKENS
House Where He Wrote Novel TO BE
Demolished.

Another Of the rapidly dwindling
Dickens landmarks in London Is
doomed to demolition at an early
date. Among the few old houses
overhanging the river In the neigh
borhood Of Limehouse Hole Is that
formerly occupied by the Waters fam
lily. who for generations carried OH
the business Of lightermen. The houss
is reached from the shore AT low
water by means of flight of wooden
stairs, and from the river 1t presents
picturesque appearance. Richard
Waters, who died not long ago, used
to recount with great interest the
visits which Charles Dickens paid TO
his house when engaged in writing
"Our Mutual Friend. In order ~
secure the true local color" for his
riverside scenes, the novelist spene
many days In the little bow-windowed
room overlooking the Thames.
A few doors below is the Grapes
Inn, which is supposed to have sug-
gested to Dickens the story OF The
Six Jolly Fellowship Porters". The
property has been acquired by the
Stepney Borough Council, but owing
to the war the hands OF the "house +.
breakers" have been stayed for the
present, tho the ultimate fate of uhis
bit OF old riverside scenery, with its
interesting Dickens associations, Is
undoubtedly sealed.-London Tit-Bits.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-23
TULSANS TAKING
DANGEROUS TRIP
Prominent Citizens Start on
300-Mile Trip Down Sal
mon River, Idaho.
DONE BUT ONCE BEFORE
After Wild Game; $50 Miles
Before Can Send a Single
Message Home.

-Four big game hunters OF Tulsa are
somewhere on the Salmon river in
Idaho, miles from civilization, today.
L. j. Hartman, Frank Gillespie,
George Davis and Ben Meaher COM
prise the party. They were Joined
By guides and others so that the
party Is now composed of fifteen men,
each one able to take care Of
himself"
They left In flat-bottom boats. each
2S by IL feet In dimensions. Mrs. 7.
j. Hartman received "A wire from her
husband last Tuesday to the effect
that they were starting on their peril
Gus Journey After getting $50 miles
down the river they can travel $50
miles overland 10 Bixby's ranch. from
which place they can send a message
home. Until they reach the ranch
| they Will be- entirely out of touch
with civilization.
The Salmon river, a branch of the
Snake river. is three hundred miles
long. and one of the most treacherous
streams In the world II Is lined the
entire distance with great walls of
rock, averaging five thousand feet in
height. The entire route IL one con-
tinual rapid, lnterspersed with whirl-
pools and boulders But one other
boat has ever made the trip.
The canyon traversed by the river
Is literally alive with black bear, cata-
mounts. wildcats, mountain gonts
deer, turkey and other wild game. II
the Tulsans make the trip success
fully they Will no doubt return with
record bag OF game, for all of them
nave had experience in this line, are
dead shots and equipped with the
proper guns and ammunition,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-23

since July 10. I drew IS then. We
are all about out OF tobacco and ciga-
rets. Believe me, when cigarets run
out, things are getting Serious. One
man will roll a cigaret and three or
four of us smoke it,
A. Royal Welcome.
I'VE sure got a royal welcome in
London. People yelled, cried and
laughed and threw cigarets to us, but
we couldn't pick them up as we were
marching along, nothing moving but
our legs. Several placed we walked
on roses which were strewn along our
line of march.
You can see London IL sure pretty
hard hit by the war. Hospitals full OF
nurses, sick and wounded all over the
city and soldiers bandaged and with
legs and arms off and men and women
in mourning, who tried to cheer us.
but the tears and sobs choked them
off. All wounded and sick soldiers
are dressed in uniforms made espe'
cially for'them.
(Signed) Private Norman Maulding,
Company f., 18th Regiment Engineers
(railway). American Expeditionary
Forces in France.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-23
LOndOnerS StreW Path of
Soldiers With Many Roses
Sapulpa Youth Among First American Warriors to March
Thru Streets of English Capital; Bands
Played and Women Wept

ing their bagpipes. We marched
over eight miles thru the streets of
London and we're viewed by King
George and Queen Mary. and every
street we marched thru was packed
with people. Just like sardines.
1T was the greatest holiday Lv.i-
don has had since the war. Places
of interest we passed were yelling
ton barracks, where we had dinner.
Picadilly street, the Mall and down the
Strand. We passed Leicester square,
Trafalgar square, Westminster abbey
and the Haymarket (Which Is the
same as Wall street in New York city,
also marched by the American EN-
bassy and past the Royal Guard and
buckingham palace, where the king
and queen were viewing us. These
were the places OF interest h.lu
pointed to me and I have no idea
what we passed and knew nothing
about. Oh, yes. we crossed London
bridge and had light lunch and bot
tie of ginger beer in the kings royal
park.
Then We marched back TO the
train and rode about fifty miles anu
then tramped over eight long miles
back to camp. making over twenty
four miles of marching In all.
II didn't 60 to bed like a human.
just fell in and died. / got up this
morning and could hardly move. Iiavu
Just gotten the stiffness out or m"
now, but my feet are still swollen.
Enjoys Ocean Trip
I'VE had a fine ocean trip, never
did get the least bit seaslck and sure
ly enjoyed IL, but will enjoy the return,
trip lots more IL / am lucky enough
to get to make Il. Believe me, war -
what Sherman said II was.
II have had no bread since hit
England but war bread, which Is
made OF the whole ground wheat and
potatoes and is real dark and made
in loaves as large as q pie pan. Had
cabbage and stew, bread and black
coffee for supper.
I'VE are quartered In little round
army tents, eight men in tent The
tents were used by the English in the
Boer war. We have not been paid
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-23
Life in Camp Travis Is
One of Ease at Present
Barracks Are Well Built and Modern Men Are Compelled to
Drill But Three Hours Each Day; Are Permitted
to Visit City Each Night

A brief glimpse at the life of the
men called TO the national army camps
was given in the letter received last
week BY Mrs. Minnette Hedges, county
superintendent. from Jack Craig, who
is now at Camp Travis, Texas.
Craig passed thru what was prob
ably the most unusual experience OF
any of the men serving. He entered
the first officers reserve training
camp at Leon Springs Texas. but was
unwilling to take the chance of -~ot
getting a commission, which he feare
with most of the other men there hav-
ing had military training.
He left the first camp and began
studying for the second. Before he
could enter this. his registration num-
Der at Dallas was called and he was
passed for service. Craig was we'll
known here. as he lived here for more
than year. being in the employ of
the Gypsy OIL company. His letter
Is as follows:
Last Night In Style
II got home Ofrom Tulsa) and had
q wonderful time for four or five days
Then we were dispatched to San
Antonio on Saturday night. There
were only five of us from East Dallas,
so we got us a stateroom. Had to
Spend our last HlBnI III styie, YOU
know.
There were about eighteen men al
together from the different boards In
Dallas and we picked up a few from
the smaller towns along the way. All
of the bunch from back city and
county of Dallas are here In one bunch
in this company All OF us Will bo
made non commissioned officers.
think, to break In the bunch coming
In later.
This surely is wonderfully well
equipped camp. We live In two-story
barracks. Keen showers, sewage, etc.
"Of course there are only few OF
us here. so we are having things pretty
soft. We only drill about three hours
day. and we can go TO town every
night II we wish.
Work Not Hard.
II have several real good friends
here. and we don't have to work hard
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-23

A bit pround OF his luck is Private
Norman Maulding, who represented
Oklahoma and the city of Sapulpa in
particular when the American troops
marched thru the streets of London
recently.
1t fell to Private Maulding to be in
the first regiment in the parade of the
first foreign troops to march thru
London in $50 years. Some account
of that event and Of his subsequent
service are given in a letter written
to Miss Mildred Wear, 16 East Third
street, Tulsa.
Still Right Side up.
A Training Camp Somewhere in
England, August 16.
II am still right side up. bt a bit
farther from you than when l wrote
you last. l left New York city. July
2S. on the Cunard liner, 'Carmania.
and arrived in Liverpool, August II,
being fifteen days on the water.
came from Liverpool by rail to our
camp here and just finished packing
to leave for France early I'm the
morning. VIII go by rail to the coast
and cross the English channel.
81 had the greatest experience yes
terday OF my life. we got out OF Deu
at 2:3O a. M, had breakfast at 3 and
marched over eight miles to the rail-
way station and went to London.
I'VE were the first foreign troops to
march thru the streets of London
carrying arms and our flags in over
$40 years. so you see that will go
down in history. I was in the first
regiment in the parade, being In the
Twelfth and there were six regiments
from the Twelfth to the Seventh, in
elusive. 1t sure was grand, over five
thousand soldiers dressed In olive drab
and carrying our rifles. We were In
ranks four deep. so you see we had
a line of march q mile long.
While Bands Played.
Each regiment had a band playing
patriotic airs. There were also Eng
lish regimental bands, English drum
corps and Scottish Highlanders, play
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-23
SOUTHERN WOMAN'S VIEW
Inc Problem Of Negro Exodus stated
Frankly and Fairly.

In recent issue of the Southern
Moman's Magazine, published az
Nashville, Tenn. the editor. Miss
Ane Rankin, woman who is sol.n-
ern thru an Inheritance OF many gem
erations, writes of the negro ana t,iu
erect OF the recent exodus OF colored
labor TO the north.
The south. she says, needs ,ns
negro. The southern people of good
birth and breeding understand the
negroes and make friends OF them.
ana the prejudice against them and
the unfairness and cruelty In dealing
WIN them are evidence of what the
darky calls poor white" blood. But
at the same time the south has been
woefully careless OF its trust:
We have dealt fairly and squarely
with the individual negro only. We
nave been remiss In both philanthropy
and business when 1t comes TO ms
people as whole. We have not
made II worth their while to stay with
us. we are being vigorously rennnu-
ed that they should be better taught,
better housed, better fed, better paid.
Miss Rankin thinks that the south
even better than the north under
stands that higher education and
wider ambitions "can await tn. ll-
tuve" OF most negroes, and that the
race will work out destiny worthy
OF It's best ambitions The southern
people. she says, have failed in a
manifest duty.
1T Is our part TO accept the ut,ii-
cation to help them. and we feel that
the time will come, or perhaps mas
already come. when the south can de-
mand Of the north justice and sincere
dealings for this race. for whose well
fare we may hold ourselves respon-
sible by reason of understanding 40
well as of affection"
Accusations and recriminations be-
tween the north and south upon this
subject are neither wise nor profit
able. Fortunately, there have been
few growing out OF the recent exodus.
Most people have recognized that cli-
matte conditions were better for t,le
negro In the south than in the north.
that the labor conditions were as
good. ana that the southern farm or
plantation was more suited to the ma
Jority OF the race than the already
thickly-populated quarters of the big
northern cities. The south may bo
right In saying that the negro finds
his best home with us" His desire
to leave II. tho. Is an evidence that he
was dissa tisfied. Upon the real cause
, of this discomfort even careful stu
dents differ. Miss Rankin says:
I'VE have all learned a big lesson
and the south will do well to turn II
to good account"
Miss Rankin has written with frank
ness and fairness. Were there many
more with the same spirit the race
question would lose its seriousness as
national problem.-New York Sun,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-23

II is interesting to trace the evolu-
ton of the modern collar from those
ancient ruffs that filled all the space
between chin and chest with a misss
OF white ruffles. In the seventeenth
century the ruffs COVE place to the
wide collar OF lace or plain linen that
rolled out over the coat. Under King
James ii, in the seventeenth century,
the coat, which had been for hun
dred years evolving from the loose
tunic, became well established. but II
was MUCH longer than that worn to
day and was buttoned down the front
to the knees and along with this Goa,
came into fashion the large cravat
front and the white cravat tied In n
great bow at the chin followed This
gave way early in the last century to
the shirt with rolling collar attached,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-23
Mixed Orders.

All day long they drilled him In the
foot squad. and HIS greatest difficulty
came in the order "Mark time;
march" over and over for his spe
cial benefit the drill sergeant gave
that order In the evening he was put
on patrol on officers line and told 10
keep the walk clear of all but officers
and their families. and to challenge
everybody after certain hour; also
to advance but one member of any
party challenged for recognition
About 1880 p. m. two figures showed
up under an electric light. The new
sentry: "Halt! who's there?" "Of-
ficer OF the day and daughter" 40
vance officer OF the day, 20 be recog-
nlzed. Mark time. daughterv"--
Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-23

enough to be tired at night so we
are having good time and enjoying
life immensely. There is only one boy
in the bunch who is taking 1t to heart,
and he has "A chronic case of the
blues. We are all afraid the poor kid
is going to grieve himself to death
before we can ever get to France.
However If he don't, 1t will be won
derful thing for him-I mean the mill
tary training.
II got a job working in the can
teen" our regmental store. The poor
kid wanted to get the job, so l re-
signed in his favor. The job was sup
posed to be keeping books. They put
him to clerking and he surely is curs-
ing me-"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-23
Got Even.

A courthouse In Yorkshire town
stands near a common. During one
OF the cases that was being tried the
counsel was in the middle OF his
speech for the defense when a donkey
outside began to bray.
The judge. who was notorious for
his wit, put up his hand at this juno
ture and said to the counsel: Kindly
stop a minute, Mr.. r. l am unable
TO hear two at once"
A little later, while the Judge was
brayed and the counsel, seeing an
opportunity for revenge, stood up and
said:
would your lordship mind speak
ing little louder? There is an echs
IN the court. ."-Tit-Bits.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-23
A SUckIer for Form.

The near-sighted humorist happen
cd to bump into pedestrian who had
a crouch. The pedestrian grew pun-
nacious. "Take off them glasses and
I'll punch your face for you." he cried.
But my dear SIR said the humor-
list calmly, at is quite against the Gus
tom, you know. Who ever heard Of
ordering off the glasses before the
punch was served"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-23
Orfograkly.

Tommy (wrlting home)-ow dyer
spell fowt, Bert?
Bert-F-o-ug-h-t
Tommy-No, not that one, the
other.
Bert-Oh, fort.
Tommy-Nos l don't mean that
fawt yer live in; mean the fawt yer
fink wiv.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-11-23
CHILDREN LOST
Fl. IN DENSE FOG

Langdon, N. d.. Nov. 22.-Cry-
ing themselves to sleep in q straw
stack in which they had taken re-
fuge from the heavy. fog, the two
little daughters of Edward Hill,
seven and eight years, and Carl
Zotman's little girl. 16 years, were
found by party Of searchers after
a hunt had been conducted most of
the night and into the morning
hours
The children started out to look
for the cows. A dense fog settled
over; this region and they became
lost. Failure on their part to re-
turn alarmed the parents and the
whole town of Wales was, organized
for the search. Church bells were
rung and whistles were blown all
night. ,.. t..
After searching until late into
the night, the workers rested and
then resumed their work at five
O'Clock In the morning. The little
tots were found near straw stack,
having made a bed safe distance
from the. pile, explaining to the
searchers they feared the pile might
be set on fire by some wanderlust
s.. The children had heard the bells
and the whistles and had heard
several hunters speak, when pass
ing by the, stack, but said they were
too scared to- call out.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-11-23
$3,250 DAMAGES
AWARDED EDITOR

George A. Monteith. president of
the North Dakota editorial asso-
citation, and editor of The Beacon.
published at Finley, N. D.. was Late
Thursday afternoon awarded dam
ages in the amount of $3.50 from
DR.. A. J. Heimark of Finley. by q
jury in the Cass county district
court.
Editor Monteith sued the Finley
physician for $4,000, alleging mali
practice, in the treatment and am
putation of the first and second
fingers of his right hand caught in
a job press in the newspaper Office
at Finley last February. Blood
poisoning, he alleged, developed,
and he was forced to receive treat
ments in a Fargo hospital for two
months. The editor claimed that
through the loss of the fingers his
earning capacity was reduced SO
per cent, and that physician bills
totaled $3.50. q
The jury was out over two hours.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-11-23
Faces Double
Murder CHARGE

Fortuna, N. D., Nov. 22.-Charg-
ed with beating his wife and unborn
child to death, A. Lease is held in
the county Jail, awaiting trial for
the double murder. Lease and his
wife lived on a shack on squat
ter's section near Fortuna. Lease
is said to have been indolent, sup
plying little for the family larder,
and the wife claimed she had been
compelled for days to live on boiled
potatoes, without even salt, when,
on finding she was to become a
mother, she left her husbands
hovel and sought shelter at the
home Of A. l.. Wentworth.
Thither Lease, after selling his
shack, followed her. and waiting
until the men Of the family had de-
serted the house, he sought out his
wife and demanded that she leave
with him. This she declined to do,
whereupon it is alleged that Lease,
in a passion, threw her.to the floor,
kicked her in the stomach and
shouted: "I'll give you to under
stand you have a German to deal
with you"
Mrs. Wentworth prevented fur
ther injury at the time, but the
woman was so badly hurt that she
became critically i'll the following
day, and within few hours died.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-11-23
WESTERN TROOPERS |.|F| [ ! j /
TO EASTERN CAMP

Minot, N. D., Nov: ) 22.-Four
troop. trains of soldiers from Camp
Lewis, at American Lake, Wash.
passed thru Minot on the Great
Northern Saturday. and Sunday
nights. Each train carried 500
drafted men who have been In train
ing for six weeks. They were en-
route to an eastern camp to COM
plete their traanine before going to
the 'front.', The soldiers have not
yet received their guns and con-
siderable other equipment.
The w. r. G. and members of the
Red Cross met the earl r Trains in
the evening and the boys were
served with generous quantities of
coffee and doughndts. The : train
did not arrive until nearly ten
o'clock. and as the boys are COM
PEELED to go to bed at nine O'Clock,
they were all in the arms of Nor
pheus by the time the train pulled
into Minot. A number of them
dressed but no one was allowed to
get off the train and most OF them
were handed their lunch thru the
windows. A large humber Of town
folks were down to bid the boys
welcome to our city and to give
them as much comfort as possible.
Hundreds of young ladies passed
magazines, tobacco, post cards and
pencils thru the coach windows
and a large number of addresses
were exchanged, with the usual
promise to write.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-11-23
All Exemptions Are Revoked By New Draft Plan

ing the condition of the League
Exchange, Inc. While the crop
conditions In North. Dakota have
not been. as good as generally anti
cipated, this corporation has been
able to do a very nice business for
the past year, and we figure on de-
claring a dividend of five per cent
about Dec. 1, 1917. This dividend,
of course, will be a cash payment
to the members who have subscrib-
ed cash or paid their notes, and in
order to continue the good work
that is now established, it is earn
estly desired by the board of direc-
tors that members pay their notes
that are now due; in which case
stock certificates VIII be issued and
they will share in the cash dividend.
Those members, however, who find
it impossible to pay their notes at
maturity, will be credited on their
dividend payment on such notes.
We, would urge, however, that you
pay your note if possible.
1T is rumored that some of the
stockholders who have given notes
feel that the stock should be issued
them before the notes are paid. 1t
is customary for all corporations
not to issue their stock until 1t has
been paid for in cash."
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-11-23
IS BOUND OVER
TO DISTRICT COURT

Bismarck, N. D., Nov. 22.-E. M.
Walla, automobile register clerk i'll
the secretary of states, Office, who
is under arrest, charged with COM.
: plicity in the embezzlement of
So, 400 of the state funds, was
bound over to the December term
of the district court by Justice Of
the Peace Charles F. Bleck late
yesterday afternoon. Walla was
placed under a bond of $4,000.
BY stipulation Of . the attorneys
for the state and the defense, it was
agreed that the testimony in the
Thomas Hall case be considered as
. record in the Walla case and
Judge E. T. Burke, attorney for
Mr.. Walla, waived any preliminary
examination. .-.........
Although Secretary of State
Thomas Hall had been subpoenaed
as q witness in the hearing of Mr..
Walla and was present in the court
room when the hearing opened as
witness by Assistant Attorney Gem
eral Brennan, who is handling the
prosecution for the state, neither
Secretary Hall or Mr.. Walla have
been called to the stand in the pre-
limtnary examination OF the defend
ants. no as.,, ~-. >-a,., -
Mr.. Walla left a sick bed, where
he has been confined for the last
few days from a nervous breakdown
and a severe cold. to. appear in
court yesterday afternoon. Both
the Hall and Walla cases will {. be
tried in the court of the Sixth Judi
cial district during the December
term which will open on December
8, with Judge w. l.. Nuessle presid-
ing. s:5j g. e .as&l35 @