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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-11
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- am a girl Is years old, All the

N EAR MRS. THOMPSON: Cd |
- am girl Is years old. All the
girls | go with have fellows. I'm
tai lately / have nevet gone with any
one. A while backA however, asked
boy 10 accompany me TO one OF our
class parties This boy did not attend
my school The other day he and an
oiher boy asked my girl friend and me
q go auto riding with ih.:n. We did
and the boy ! was with put his atm
ground me and the bJv my friend wa,
with kissed her. but she dia no, seem
to mind. Should my bcv friend an /
i go riding with the other boy and
girl again: Would it injure our repu-
tationsi
~ My girl friends fellow askei
several boys down to his home in the
country ana invited my girl friend and
r,e and several other girls TO 20 with
them. We did and the boy | was with
invited me 10 20 TO a theater. | have
already told him | would 60 Will 4
he proper II il isn't, how can |
hack outS Il would be too short notice
ss the play is in few days. He asked
ne a week ago. Ny mother did not
think i proper, because ! was going
With a perfect stranger, but she finally
gave in. What is your opinion'
L. s. {.
~ II you go auto riding with young
people who spoon" you will sacrifice
Your reputation 1t doesn't pay to do
H.
w You are too young to 90 10 the
'i'eater with a boy. Your mother was
right In not wanting you to 10 with a
stranger He should have called at
your home so that your mother could
meet him bttore asking YOU TO 20 any-
where. Tell him now that your mothrr
does not want you 10 go to the thcater
with him and so you cannot go.
Dear Mrs. Thompson | am RirI
eflH aad live on a farm. When
Has y,rnger used to 90 70 dances in
tpwh bteSi haye not gone for a long
~ ] oel especially lonely in tht
(teAing because II tires my eyes TO read
q ~. CA YOU tsll me Of some games
LONELY.
] ltssn 10 pIsy soIitaiye, Almost any.
~ ean, taeh yqn n 10 a very las
hll|ae f1pe 81 cards which can b
" 49, lyceQe q tuf6 Then there ar,
hinch. lotto and checkers, all Of whic!
nted moro than one player ,-.--->.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-11
NATION PROMISED
!. ALL WAR STEEL
| DEFENSE CAN USE
Industries Board Gets ASSur-
ance at Joint Counsel,

WASHINGTON, Dec. li.-Ample
supplies Of steel for all the govern
mtnt's war needs were assured TO the
war industries board yesterday by rep
resentatiyes Of the nations largest
steel mills.
They proposed, however, a different
system OF alloting orders to take into
consideration idle capacity, the fuel
supply and transportation conditions
Hereafter placing of orders will be
centralized in the hands OF J. L, Rep
logic the boards steel expert.
II had been announced that the meet
Ing was for the purpose Of revising
prices agreed upon several months ago
but Daniel Willard, chairman of the
board, said that prices entered into the
idiscussion only incidentally. The data
obtained today and figures on produc-
tion costs now being worked out by
the federal trade commission. Will be
made the basis Of any price changes
later on.
Whether the filing Of war orders
would leave sufficient steel for private
industries, was declared to be AN
other question" which none of those
present would answer definitely.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-11
Myself and Others
BY A. P. c..

I've got O
Swell idea, an
I'm gonna fiI
1t up and send
1t by telegraph
Collect
To president
Wilson tonight.
I'm gonna propose
That the next
Nsbei "s'cs prise
Be awarded to one
OF our s1tinguishsd
Citizens OF this
FAIR Ch" 10 VII:
william R'nde'paa
molinArd' eu'tooian
OF our invisible
Gas
Which Is most
Conspicuous by
Its absence.
] figure that
Bill 10 due that
Prize, cause -.
There amt no
One who could
Make as many
Enemies a. him
49,"
And not declare
WAL
-aa nAtaa IN
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-11
D(llRblIFTS
clDlk, HALIFAX
lsNoRE NORMAL
One American Found Dead in
T Seaport Ruins,

HALIFAX, N. s., Dec. 1.-THE
snowstorm which had hampered the re-
lief workers yesterday was ct short
duration, and last night was clear and
cold.
All activities arc now on scientific
basis and Halifax men joined today
with men from other parts OF Canada
and from cities in the United. States
in seeking ia restore more normal con
ditions. The refusal to adrn,t curiosity
seekers has resulted in lesSening Of
the congestion which was threatening
serious impcdiment.
For all concerned last night was III,
most restful since the explosion. The
sinking OF the munition steamer Picton
yesterday with, subsequent official as
surance that there were no more eS-
plosive.laden vessels in the harbor
drove away fears Of furthef possible
disaster.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-11

tive from the Arkansas state peniten-
tiary. where he was serving twenty -one
years for mahslaughter, when arrested
last week on a charge Of killing a Logan
county negro. He is about five feet
tall and carries a scar on his left cheek.
/. Jacobson, the night jailer. who was
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-11

four white men rushed J. NJ Jacobson
night jailer and disarmed him
The white men who escaped are
James Allen, % years old. five feet three
inches Vail, Willism Myers. q years
old, six feet one inon tall; Ernest Lay
man, 10 years old. five feet two inches
tall, and Cecil Thompson, q years old
five feet ten inches tall. Allen, Myers
and Lsyman were being held on a
charge Of burglary Thompson was a
federal prisoner, charged with introduc-
ing
McGill, alias VIII Smith was a fugi-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-11
Negroes Big Foot
Spells Free Air
for Four Whites

GUTHRIE, Okla, Dec. ll.-(Spe-
eial)--five prisoners in the Logan
county jail. one Of them under federal
charge, escaped early tonight when Lu.
eius McGill, negro murderer, blocked
the cellroor door with his foot after
being permitted TO 60 for a drink, while
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-11
One american Killed.

BEVERLY, Mass, Dec. ll.--One
American. John w Morash, resident
OF this city, lost his life in the Halifax
disaster. Word was received here TO-.
day that his body had been found. Mo
rash went to Halifax two weeks ago to
visit his father. who was Ill.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-11
Chinese TO Manchuris,

COPENHAGEN, Dec. ll.-Peuo-
grad newspapers report that Chinese
troops have arrived at Harbin, Man.
churia, to protect Chinese interests, ac
eosding to the Berlingske Tidende,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-11

Georges Clemenceau, Frances sew
prime minister is called the French
Roosevelt"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-11

oyefpowefed by the prisoners. is IS
years old Eighteen other men IN the
Jail made no effort to escape
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-01
COURT FINDS FATHER
NEGLECTED CHILDREN
Philadelphia Street Foreman
Held on Charge at
Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CITY. Dec. I.


a story told with reluctance BY Elizabeth
Pollanti, fourteen years old. while her eyes
constantly searched the face Of her father,
the defendart, caused Judge Shnn to find
Dominick PoLanti. Of Philadelphia. a street
foreman and politician. guilty of falling to
provide for two Of hs nine children. the
witness aud Tony, eight years old.
The children were nearly frozen, it is
said. when county officials ,rescued them
from n shack in the woods near Mckee
City week ago. Neighbors had supplied
them with clothing, food and bed cover
ings. It was shown also that Elizabeth.
the elder of the children now in care of
the Crittenton Mission here, bought all
her apparel except shoes and hat witt,
money she had earned picking berries. The
hat and shoes were given to her.
Pollanti at first pleaded poverty and
then said that he Is the owner Of two Drop-
critics. the house in which he lives at 9l5
South Sixth street. and another on Chris
tian street. He denied leaving the two
children alone in the hut in the woods, a
quarter of Il milo from the nearest neighbor.
In freezing weather. He said he had sent
them basket of food from time to time
and ordered the Mckee City grocer TO give
them anything they required.
Former Judge Cole counsel for Pollanti,
questioned whether tIe defendant, a Penn
sylvanian, could be held accountable for
his failure to obey New jerseys compul-
sorry education law. He asked the Court
also to take into acco int that Pollanti Is a
foreigner and probably thought he was
taking sufficient care cf his children.
Judge Shinn said the fact that Polanti is
of foreign birth had nothing TO do with
the case
Hes living in a free country, where chill
dren must have square deal" he added.
Sentence was deferred to permit of fur
ther investigation. Judge Shinu expressed
the opinion that Mrs. Pollanti had not
spokn freely because o. fear of her hus-
band and said he would like TO release her
from further duress
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-01
Boy Scouts Open
SI25,OOO Campaign
{ Continued from Page One


which show the number of Philadelphia
Boy Scouts who have entered the nations
service, and others who will carry more
than 100 smaller flags presented TO various
scout troops by the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution for services they have
performed
The third section OF the parade con-
ta.ned five divisions which typfed the
various Boy Scout activities. such as first
aid work, camping and hiking the merit
badge system nautical scouting and sig
mailing
In the fourth division big banner. on
which was lettered President Wilson's mes
sage of praise to the Boy Scouts of Amer
lea, with hi signature reproduced beneath
1t was carried. Then came a float de-
picting the Boy Scouts headquarters, or
citizen factory" showing how the or
they become men who are a credit to the
community The interest of 10000 boys
has been enlisted by the local organization
since IL was started, saving hundreds from
juvenile delinquency, guiding hundreds into
suitable trades and professions and i'm
planting in all of them the Boy Scout prin-
ciples, which will make the next genera ton
safe"
When the parade reached Spruce street
it countermarched, and at Chestnut street
was Joined by a division of 500 other
scouts who marched from Franklin
Field after having given an exhibition drill
before the football game between the Camp
Meade and the Camp Dix teams.
Through the courtesy of Stanley V. Mast
baum, managing director of the Stanley
Company, motion pictures of the parade to-
day were made. These will be shown in
Philadelphia next week.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-01
WANTS GERMANY BEATEN,
NOT ANNIHILATED

NEW iOiNN, 'cC. I.
James W. Gerard. former Ambass ssador TO
Germany. agrees with that part of the
Marquis of Transformers letter urfI ig that'
Germany be not annihlated. He SO de-
clared In a statement published here today.
He did assert however. that I'VE must
teach Germany that the war of conquest
is forever ended, and that wanton wrongs
like the invasion of Belgium and the mur-
ders of the Lusitania, must not occur
again"
THE Kaiser told me he would stand no
nonsense from America after this war;"
Gerard declared. We want to be sure
That after this war we shall not have TO
stand any nonsense from the Kaiser,
Germany cannot be wiped out as a ma
ton except at the cost Of blood and treasure
that viii beggar the world in men and
money for two centuries. -
When the Germans themselves under.
stand they are not to he compelled TO fight
desper ,te war of defense they will them
selves, being. after all. practical stop n
war where German conquest Is not TO be
thought of or permitted. even though all
the men Of the Allies perish I'm the trench
for II there is one thing certain IL Is thar
the world will not suffer German domna-
tion.
I'VE cannot let the end of the war leave
fermany with increased territory and
therefore increased manpower. and In pos
session OF Government which has threat
ened US with invasion after proving evil
intention by numbering our citizens"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-01
REVENUE TAXES WILL
BE TOLD IN BILLIONS
Estimates Show Huge Totals to
Be Collected During Next
Two Years
WASHINGTON. Dec. /

Internal revenue collections for the fiscal
s3,40O. 200, 900. and for the following fiscal
year to S3,425. 900. 900 on the basis of exist
ing revenue laws. This is the estimate Of
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Daniel
G. Roper. contained in his annual report
transmitted to Congress today. The esti-
mates are subdivided as follows:
For the fiscal year ending June 80, 1918.
Ordinary. liquors. tobacco, etc. s445.-
100000: new revenue law, excess profits
tax. $l,226. 100000: individual income tax.
s666.000, 900; corporation income tax, $685.
100000; miscellaneous war taxes, s630,-
537,50O
For the fiscal year ended June so. 1917,
the commissioner reports that ss09.393,G $40
was collected. the largest internal revenue
in the history of the bureau. In this sum
S119.J39.631 came out of the pockets Of
corporations. an increase Of Sl22,566,910
ooer what was collected from corporations
during the preceding year.
Income tax collections from individuals
amounted TO sls0.10S,34O. an increase OF
s1l2,164,745 over the collections from indi-
viduals the preceding year. Other co!lec-
tions for the year include:
Distilled spirits. SlS7.2sS.Os2: tobacco.
cigars. ETC. SlO2. .230.205; fermented liquors.
etc, s9l.09i,677; munition manufacturers.
s27.663,939. Cost of collecting the internal
revenue during the last fiscal year was
1851 per $1,000. compared with $1i.04 the
previous year and an average of S23.2l for
the history of the bureau. The 1917 cost
Is the low record
The Commissioner recommends that ex-
isting laws be amended and strengthened
to make Clearer the taxes on tobacco manu-
facturers, dealers, oleomargarine. adulter-
ated butter, narcotics. corporation income
and citates. The Commissioner says dis
puted points have arisen and the situation
should be Gle Ired by specific enactment
The report shows an Increase of 2.lS3,155
in the number of barrels of fermented liquors
produced I'M 1917 over 1916. The tCtal was
S60,8l7,319 The number of breweries oper-
ating during the year were 1917, a decrease
OF 115 for the year,
Total tobacco taxes amounting to slo3.-
20l,592. represented an increase OF Si5.-
1884, compared with the previous year
Cigar factories in operation numbered H.
57s. decrease OF 1856 under the previous
year. and cigarette factories numbered 3ii
a decrease of hfty-sX compared with the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1916
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-01

viting room into a quaint and artisticaily
decorated dining hall
On Thanksgiving Day Klingler covered
the tables with white paper napkins, and 10
give the tables an added touch of homo
placed a big red apple in each coffee mig
The color scheme was perfect, and for their
Efforts klingler and his pals won FIRST hon.
ors at the cantonment for the best decorated
mess hall.
Little Penn has ceased TO be n cann
that is managed exclusively for men
You will be glad to know that and 7 am
sure the other girls back home will be equal
~ pleased. Just to prove that the ladies'
have real place y the camp, ] must tell
you about the military hop that was given
by headquarters' company of the 81 5th In
fantry on Thanksgiving eve. Well. the big
thing about that Shine" was this: Colone,
Rosenbaum, who commands the regiment
smashed army traditions by appearing and
dancing with the ladies. Heretofore 1t has
been regarded as bad form, In fact, n viola
tion OF army ethics. for an officer. and par
ticularly colonel, to attend a dance that
Is held by the enlisted men. But our colo
mel upset tradition and enjoyed himself and
other officers did the same
1t was certainly a military affair and n
big bunch from Philly attended The dance
program read Ike an army roster. The
first number, one-step, was dedicated ITO
our President the second to Secretary
Baker and then down the line
'dpldln r. "a A"l was very nuCn pleased
with the affair and admitted that II was the
liveliest Shine" he ever attended. In ius.
tice to the boys who were responsible for the
time, | must give you their names. All of
them are Phladelrhians. They are: Ser
geant Bugler w. J. Lupton, First Sergeant
K, T. Nanderhook, Sergeant G. Thiede Ser
geant r. S. ryliski, Sergeant ]. T.. Thomp-
son, Corporal j. W. Haggerty. They were
the executive committee, while j. j.
Furey, William Wagner and J. a. Breen
made up the reception committee. Other
committees and there are several, follow:
Music committee, Band Leader ]. &.
Painter. Sergeant Il. Van Tuyle, Sergeant
T.. q. Reynolds refreshment committee,
Sergeant r. B. Miller. Corporal T. n.
Mitchell and Corporal J. Lipsett entertain
ment committee, Frank Quinn. r. Lupton.
Corporal c. l.. Spearing decoration COM
mittee. a. G. Boyd, X. J. Mcmahon dancing
committee. Sergeant e. J. Mcbride, n.
Townley G.. Doll Corporal q. W. Thomas,
Corporal ]. WI Haggerty; printing commit
tee, Il, II. Rabiger. +. Mooney; transporta-
ton committee, Sergeant J.. i, Stephens, p.
g. Jenkins Sergeant j. McMowbray infor-
nation committee, G. *. Kamsler, II. p.
Refs and L. NJ Wolf
tell you, sis, we have some real times
down here. Trusting that your War Cake is
success. l shall say goodnight Your
big brother BOB.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-01
LETTER FROM "A SELECTED MAN
AT CAMP MEADE TO HIS SISTER
Bob" Gives Betty" Recipe for Standard War
Cake Made Without Butter or Eggs
Describes Mems Hop

CAMP MEADE, Admiral Md. Nov. so.
nEAR BETTY: Another letter. but 1t is
~ necessary In wartime you must ex-
pect anything to happen and be ready for
great sacrifices, even ready to sacrifice your
valuable time to answer my letters.
But, eliminating the personal. am PEN
ming you this letter In order that you can
get busy on something practical The war
has developed many big things in America.
and our country, despite the paciflsts and
croakers, is getting down to real business.
but the outstanding feature of our work at
Little Penn concerns the development OF a
War Cake.
First honors for this notable achieve
ment must be given to tho 316th Infantry,
an all-Pennsylvania outfit that Is COM
manded by Colonel Oscar J. Charles, who
graduated from West Point in 1924. The
316th Is getting there In everything, but
its War Cake Is the last word In pastry
and, best of all, It is butterless. eggless
and milkless affair. And some cake, too.
I am sending the recipe and trust that
you will pass 1t along. but do me one favor
please follow directions And now for the
recipe. which l am certain will make the
best cake that my little sister ever removed
from an oven.
Two cupfuls of sugar two cupfus OF
water, two tablespoonfuls of lard, two tea
spoonfuls of cinnamon, one-half teaspoonfu
of salt Boil these ingredients about five
minutes and when cool add three cupfuls Of
-four with one teaspoonfu of baking soda
sifted with It. Then bake in a moderate
oven.
And If that doesn't make the best cake
you ever ate then shall resign from the
National Army.
This cake has been adopted as a stand
ard for Little Penn and will probably be-
come the standard for the entire army for
1t meets the approval OF Mr.. Hoover, Sec
retary Baker and everybody identified with
the War Department and the effort TO con-
serve food. Don't try TO improve IL by
adding an egg or lump of butter, but follow
the directions that were given 10 me by
Mess Sergeant Lawrence Kllngler of Com
pany l., 31Gth Infantry.
Klingler. who comes from Catasauqua,
Pa, is not the originator OF the War Cake,
but is serving II to the men in his COM
pany. Klingler, by the way, has captured
first honors as an interior decorator He
has decorated the mess hail IN the COM
pany barracks. and no rustic inn or grill
In the United States has anything on that
room for looks.
Klingler, aided by a few of the boys
bought Dutch curtains for the windows
nailed hemlock bark TO the center posts, ar.
ranged fir boughs and autumn leaves in
the corners and along the rafters and ac-
tualy transformed the barren and unin-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-01
BRITISH FEAR LANSDOWNE
VIEWS WILL MISLEAD U. s.

LONDON, Dec. !.
England fervently hopes America is not
inisied by the Marquis of Lansdowne's let
Ter. Apprehension lest the viewpoint taken
by the statesman he mistakingiy attributed
as hat or a majority of Englishmen was
forecast in the editorial comment today.
Publication Of Lansdowne's views has
created n bitter whirlwind of dispute Sup
porters pro and con are both quoting Presl-
dent Wilson freely In support of and against
the former Foreign Secretarys Views. The
anti-Lansdowne adherents insist the prnci.
pies enumerated are utterly opposed to the
Wilsonian viewpoint, while supporters Of
the mo Knockout idea declare 1t is the es-
sence of the American Presidents policies
Most Of the press agreed with Bonar Law
that publication of the letter was ma
tional misfortune
Bonar Laws speech denouncing the Lans-
downe letter was prominently displayed
by all newspapers. particular emphasis
being laid ON the Chancellor OF the Ex-
cheduer's declaration:
THE letter is based upon an assumption
and a strange assumptlon--that because
Germans say they are ready to have a
pact of nations and to talk about dis.
armament therefore pease is possible.
I'VE are told there has been n great
change in German feeling. I believe there
has grown up considerable discomfort
in Germany with the present system. but
what is its basis? 1t Is a Feeling that the
military system is not giving expected re-
suits"
Bonard Law continued emphasizing that
peace now would merely mean continuance
in power in Germany of the men who were
responsible for the war: would mean that
any pact of nations would be useless since
there would be no force to punish vioators
Of the agreement. and that a decisive milf
tary victory for the Allies plus the grow
ing sentiment of discomfort in Germany.
was the only way In which the war couI.