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Arizona republican., 1917-12-29

 |S UP! TODAY

Whether extradition papers issued by the governor of Arkansas upon the governor of Arizona for the return of MT. and Mrs. Elmo Nicholson to that state to answer to charges of obtaining money under false pretenses, will be honored by Governor Hunt is to be determined this morning. Arguments, for and against the honor ing of this extradition, will be heard at 10 o'clock.
 The Nicholsons, husband and wife, were under arrest in Phoenix, the for mer as a fugitive from justice and the latter on a charge of embezzlement. Both now are out on bond.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-29
ADJUSTMENTS
"Psy Me" at the Hip


 If it is possible to crowd any more thrills any more action or any more suspense into 5000 feet of film than is found in Dorothy Phillips vehicle, Pay Me" directors of pictures have not learned the method.
 This picture, coming back to the Hip today for this date only, holds more house records than any product of it's length in pictures. It starts off with a bang and ends with a fight that takes 1000 feet of film to show in it's entirity. The famous fight in The Spoilers" only required something like 500 feet and this battle in Pay Me" discounts "The Spoilers" affair. The picture shows scenes that have passed from the face of the earth never to re- turn for it is laid in dance hall in Alaska when that country was young and the burning of the nance hall and the fight alone stand out as great pie ture achievements.
 Pay Me" will be followed Sunday by the most discussed picture of the current season, Today with wonder full Florence Reed. Today" obtains for three days and will be shown to adults only.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-29
Elks Matinee Today


 In the production of Back to Ma ture" the intimate melody revue now being staged by the Ed. Redmand Mu- cial Comedy company at the Elks; one of the special features introduced specially for the holiday season is the spectacular Cinderella finale in which the entire company appears. This portion of the mastodonic show will appeal specially to the kiddies for Cin- derella, the Prince, and all the other characters from the well known fairy tale appear and as extra good measure Santa Claus (himselD pops on to join the chorus of Jingle Bells.
 The matinee performance will com mence this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock sharp and seat reservations can be made direct at the box office or by telephone. The play will be staged at the matinee today, again tonight and tomorrow matinee and night for the last times.
 Commencing Monday evening the new Redmond attraction will be, the chummy musical play "A Punctured Romance"
Arizona republican., 1917-12-29

ment is the great desert, which under the skiIlful manipulation of the ac- complished director, becomes breath ing atmosphere of romance and mys- tery.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-29
"When Dreams Come True"

Nnen Dreams Come True" sparkling musical comedy, which is announced as the attraction at the Co., lumbia next Tuesday and Wednesday, matinee and night, can truthfully be claimed delightful concoction. It abounds in bright sayings, while the musical end of it is made up of a num- Der of very tuneful songs with the lull- ing When Dreams Come True" pre- dominating. The air of this one num- Der is so catchy that after it is once heard it is seldom forgotten. Unlike the average musical comedy, there is plot to this one, in which there are many tangled situations to be worked out so that the story will end like all good stories should, and in this par tcular case furnishes all sorts of trou- ble to the principals and all sorts of amusement for the onlookers.
 There are no stars in When Dreams Come True" but there is an evenly balanced cast of clever young people in the leading parts, and a good look ing and hard working singing and dancing chorus, which make for a smooth and snappy performance.
 "Mother O. Mine" Great Picture
 Honor thy father and thy mother" is phrase from the moral code that will be illuminated, with it's attending lesson, in Mother O Mine" at the Columbia theater for the last time to- day with Rupert Julian and Rush Clifford enacting the leading roles. The part of the mother will be interpreted by Ruby La Fayette, an actress now in her seventy second year. MT. Julian, who directed Mother O Mine" wait ed until Miss La Fayette could be se- cured as the natural type for the part, rather than produce the picture by making up" a younger woman to as sume the role. That's why competent critics consider Mother O. Mine" one of the best of the many artistic pro- ductions.
 Its a picture for the whole family.
 The rest of the program, including the new pictures of the war, and Mutt and Jeff cartoon comedies, is ex- cellent.
 Wallace Reid Last Time Today
 Do you like thrilling pictures? If so, the Lamara is offering corking good value in Man of Music Mountain featuring Wallace Reid which is up for final showings today. Mountain feuds, mysterious shootings, love, intrigue and absorbing romance and adventure all come in for attention during the unfoldment of the plot which has been laid in the locale of the early west when man carried his law on his belt, and where holding up stages seemed to be the chief source of amusement and revenue of certain clique of gentlemen" Reid is seen as the manager of a stage line which has suffered severely at the hands of the road agents. But further than this, he has been hit personally, for his father has been mysteriously shot, and the shock of the death of the husband has caused the death of his mother. The son has vowed vengeance, and sus- pecting the gang of hold up men, he welcomes the chance to pursue his search for his fathers murderer
 On the same program, the comedy has been taken care of to excellent ad- vantage by Mack Sennett, in An h. ternational Sneak" featuring Chester Conklin.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02

Photos by FONNIIIE COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS.
Street and Fourth Avenue, Northwest.
The growth of ArdmOre has developed need for modern
apartments which will accommodate small families and
result several buildings of this sort have been erected the
few years. among them Bella Vista, which shown in the
picture above.
This apartment is built of red brick with bungalow roof
covered with Neponset shingles The porches
There is double garage with wide cement driveway
The house has four apartments of four each with
hail. closets disappearing bed private BATH laundry tubs
built-in cupboard and back porch 10X22 atticed.
The walls sand finished and tinted The woodwork
is finished in natural wood mahogany and ivory.
49, The millwork in the apartment done by Hunts
Planning Mill.
Bella Vista is the property of Mr. and Mrs j. Clarence
Read
Evening star., 1917-10-21

her artistic qualities. This movement
formed to stimulate interest in the out
OF doors, and initiated by Ernest Thonlp-
son Seton upon his Withdrawal as chief
scout of America. from the Boy Scouts,
gives her plenty of opportunities for hard
work. She is vice president of the league
and its executive chief She states,
laughingly, that Mr.. Seton gets all the
credit and glory and she does the work.
But, though, 1t is true she lifts much Of
the routine burden from his shoulders.-it
is also true that she performs artistic
service for the league in another d;rec-
ton. She aids Mr.. Seton in making up
all the artistic books of the league and
has designed title pages. covers and gen.
eral makeup of all of the famous Seton
dents.
Perhaps Mrs Seton's executive quail
tiles may be most effectively illustrated
by an account of her work with the
Woman's Suffrage Association of Com
necticut, of which she is now vice pres
ident. When. she went into this asso-
citation, which Is at present as well or
ganized as that of any state in the
Union, 1t boasted of membership OF
200 and "a sum of 5000 in the treasury
annually. Today this same organiza-
tion boasts of a membership of $4,000
and a. budget equaling between $40, 1000
and 100000. Here is case where "dg-
ures talk She is also a member OF
the state council of publicity for the
National American Woman Suffrage As.
sociation.
Her patriotic enthusia sn has an out.
let in her work with the woman's com
mfttee of the Council of National De.
fense. She is secretary of its Connecti.
cut division and chairman of its. pub.
licity committee. "
The recognition of Mrs. Seton's abgl.
ity- to head a. big publicity. work Z IL
Evening star., 1917-10-21

bomb and bayoneted two others. he
would forget his agony.
For couple of weeks he was the
joke of the ward, but one day general
came around and pinned medal on his
breast. and we discovered that he, had
been telling the truth all the time.
William Barber of Toledo claimed to
be nineteen years old, but looked about
seventeen. However. his youth did not
prevent his being the only civilian to
whom the French government has ever
awarded the military medal distinc-
tion which was only given to Gen.
Jofre few months ago.
Barber was driving an American
motor ambulance on the road bet% cen
Verdun and Bras during a heavy bonn
bardment. when shell eXplcded on
his car, killing the three wounded men
he was carrying. Barber himself re-
ceived eight wounds. one of them SEEM
ingly fatal. He was decorated at the
front on what was thought to be his
death bed, but the honor gave him a
new lease of life. and today he is none
the worse for his experience.
In the American Ambulance service
the men speak of "Barber's LUCK" He
was less than a month at the front and
won the military medal and the war
cross with palm.
was nearly we'll when Barber came
to the ward and would sometimes take
him for a walk in the Neuilly streets
pushing him along on wheel chair
He attracted q great deal of attention
with his childs face and mans medals
Later l was operated on for the second
time and Barber would push me around
on a chair. Turn about is fair play.
I understand that Barber has return
ed to- the front
soGnany brave men and tender maid.
could not foregather without Cupid TAX
Evening star., 1917-10-21

for the dressing of wounds This Is
done by the doctor. assisted by the pro-
fessional nurse. The auxiliary does not
touch the wound itself, but as soon as
1t has been covered with gauze, she
finishes the bandaging.
1890 am.-The head surgeon makes
his daily visit.
100 a.m.-Lunch. varied and a
hearty one. The auxiliary dishes the
ting the meat for those who cannot Sit
UP, and feeding those who ara wounu E
ed in the arms. If there are jaw cases,
she must feed them through tube.
100 pm-We are washed and comb
ed and prepared to receive visitors
Some are taken out to the garden for
a sun bath
200 p.m.-visitors come by the hun
dreds. Some are merely curious, others
bring presents. Tobacco is always well
come.
400 p.m.-Temperatur and pulse
taken again.
300 p.m-Supper. The auxiliary
serves it, cleans up and leaves for the
night.
duty.
700 pm.-we are given cup OF hot
tea and told to sleep.
500 pm.-All lights out
Those of us who had the use OF our
hands, kept busy most of the time at
embroidery, beadwork or some similar
occupation. This may sound effeminate.
but is fine to keep your mind from
dwelling on your troubles. Besides. II
proyides the needy with a ready source
of revenue.
There was one man in the ward who
turned out the most perfect handlwork
Evening star., 1917-10-21

prosperous portions of the country
caused great congestion and suffering
from lack of food. and disease was
rampant among the hordes who crowd
ed to Phlippop polls early in the war.
When Miss Hay and Miss torrance
arrived in the latter city they hao no
knowledge of the place, its mixed pop
uIation or how its poor people lived.
Neither had had training in that llne
of work, and their knoUledge or the
Bulgarian language was limited. How
ever, nothing daunted. they made their
plans, and with a total capital OF soVo
the american Red Cross Phllppopolls
Visiting Association" began its WORK
The two women divided their work
by each taking three of the six ch1ef
parishes of the city. Miss Hay had the
'marash" section. where lived most or
the Spanish Jews, the New Quarter,
with a large refugee class. and. away
off across the Martha river. "kar-
sheeack," which numbered 10000 and
extended along a road of crowded
shops, houses and khans.
In Miss Torrance's province was Lit
tie Paris" on the outskirts. and in the
crowded parts of the city the parish OF
Saint Cyril and Saint Methode and the
parish of Saint Nadella where lived
many poor Armenians. Miss Hay de-
scribed Little Paris as a very woeful
and misery-haunted Little Paris,'' in
deed 1t holds the barracks housing
hundreds of war prisoners. English,
French and Serbian.
'One argument between US that was
never settled was as to the number of
miles covered in days labor in Lit
Evening star., 1917-10-21

pillow. strokes your head when you
suffer, mixes you cooling drinks when
you thirst. brings you books and
writes your letters for you when
you cannot do it yourself. administers
your medicines and takes your pulse
and temperature. 1t is she who, un-
versed in technical nursing lore. de-
votes her instructive tenderness to the
friendless 'blesse" and transforms the
bare hospital ward into a home.
In ward No. 81 it was Miss Grace
Olcott Rathbone of New York who
mothered ten rugged 'polus." A little
girl just out of college and barely out
Of her teens she nursed us with ten
derness and ruled us with firmness
And we took a lot of ruling, 1 assure
you.
Our daily program was as follows:
$50 am. The night nurse awakens
us, washes our faces and takes our
temperatures.
700 am.-Coffee and bread.
7:30 a.m.-The day auxiliary makes
the beds, assisted by such patients who
can get up. 1t is not easy to change
bed linen without hurting a patient.
who may have two or three fractured
limbs.
300 am.-The floor surgeon begins
his rounds. The auxiliary must have
all her patients unbandaged and ready
Evening star., 1917-10-21
By GERALD BRANDON.

~ 1NcE the beginning of the war.
" the american Ambulance has
~ been It the head of the many
~ American organizations engaged In
lessening the sufferings Of the war VIC
Tins in France.
These institutions. whose work along
humanitarian lines has received uni
versal recognition. have also played
more obscure but not less important
role in the political phase of the war
by convincing our present allies that
our sympathy was with them. despite
the enemy propaganda which ascribed
mercenary motives to US and retarded
our rupture with the kaiser.
Our attitude during the first two
years was incomprehensible to the tenn
peramental French. and the fact that
millions of dollars were being contrib
uted by Americans for relief work in
a Belgium and northern France had no
weight with them. Many a Frenchman
shrugged his shoulders when l spoke
of these millions.
You Americans can well afford it,"
they would answer me. 1T is very
small proportion of what you are max
ing out of us by the sale OF munitions
Besides, the Germans indirectly benefit
from all supplies shipped to the invad-
ed regions.
But when France saw hundreds of
American girls nurse her wounded with
unstinted devotion and thousands of
American boys risk their lives driving
motor ambulances at the front. they
began to believe in our gratitude. and
sympathy, and realized we were doing
more than offering a sop to a national
conscience which demanded that the
debt to Lafayette be paid.
There is a saying in French that
neutral spells enemy, but the
work of the American Ambulance, the
Lafayette Escadriile and similar lnst-
tutions took the United States out OF
the neutral class, according to the
French viewpoint. long before Ambas-
sador Gerard was recalled from Ber-
lin.
At Neuilly, the most aristocratic sub
urb of Paris the American Ambulance
has converted an enormous school
building into model hospital. Ihere
some 500 wounded are cared for By
volunteer staff of surgeons, nurses and
orderlies, most OF whom are Ameri-
cans. The staff, including ambulance
drivers and the commissary oepat..
patients treated. and the cash outlay
for food. drugs and other supplies has
Tar exceeded 100000 since the be.
ginning of the war. To give an idea OF
the difference between this hospital
and the average military hospital In
France, it suffices to state that the
French government allows Its hospitals
i franc IS centimes per day per pa
tient. which would mean less than
5000 900 during the same period Tor
hospital Of the size of that. at Neuiliy.
.Drs. DuBouchet and Hutchinson and
the junior members of their STAN
that only men suffering from danger
ous wounds are sent to them, and these
men are operated upon and evacuated
as soon as possible to supplementary
institutions for convalescence This
is due to the great demand Tor e1per.
surRtcal services. There is no lack OF
mediocre doctors and surgeons In
France. .
Evening star., 1917-10-21
The RuSe.

esNe. ARL LIEBKNECHT. the German
" socialist" said socialist at Coo
per Union, had, before the war begun.
many willy ways of bamboozling the
German government: but. of course.
after the war started, q man of his
liberal views couldn't possibly keep out
of Jail.
"I once heard Liebknecht make a fiery
speech against the kaiser in Berlin. 4
police official. seated on the platform,
rose in the middle of the speech and
whispered in the orators ear. Lieb-
knecht turned to the audience and said:
The police official on the platform
commands me to retract the word
have just spoken. True words should
never be retracted. Let US. however.
make a concession. Let us retract the
word but keep the idea"
Evening star., 1917-10-21

pital as patient and found the work
so interesting that later. when I was
granted a three months leave Of alb
sence from the Foreign Legion, I en-
listed for that period in the ambulance
service
A room twenty by thirty, painted in
white. with ten white enamel beds
ranged along the walls Beside each
bed is a small table on which the pa
tients keep their few personal pos
sessions. You may wonder what per-
sonal possessions a soldier retains after
having been picked up on the battle
zelda few family photographs, pipe,
some fragments of shell out of which
he fashions paper cutters. rings and
other small articles.
In the middle of the room is large
wooden table where the meals are set
twice a dag. At one end of the ward,
in front of the medicine chest, is a
desk where Ia petite miss sits at
such rare times when she is not doing
something for us.
Who is ia petite miss? That is
easy yet difficult to tell. She is all
things to all men-nurse, mother, sis
ter. friend. She Is the auxiliary nurse
who makes your bed and smooths your
Evening star., 1917-10-21
Now. this is the tale that was told to me
By rollicking, roaring son of the sea.

lieved he had nothing to learn In the
English tongue. and as he, OF course.
also spoke Spanish. we managed to
make ourselves understood
when suddenly confronted with
something new in the. linguistic line,
Roberto unfortunately lost his head
and flew the track. to use an old rae
ing expression. SO had to be spoken to
slowly and quietly. Therefore, ap-
preached the matter in this way:
ASK him, Roberto, if he will sell
chicken
This was put into proper CONNER
cial Spanish by the orderly and after
some little discussion with Lin l was
informed. Yes, senior.
".Quanto Chow much) for chicken?
was the next question. which brought
forth the Information that one could
be had for dos reales' GA cents). Be-
lieving this to be fair price and that
it might be shaved bit If I purchased
a number / inquired If l might buy
fifty chickens
"'oh. yes, he will dispose Of fifty
chickens replied Roberto
".Now, how much for each chicken
if l buy fifty chickens. Roberto"
ut took quite a time to unravel all
this. but finally Roberto informed me
that if / desired fifty chickens / could
have them for tres -reaies C36 cents)
each.
This was surprise to me. for
surely expected a little discount on
such number, and, fearing that Lin
was taking advantage of our necessity
to bull the market, and that. delays
were dangerous, | instructed Roberto
to at once inquire whether l could
have one hundred chickens, and If sc
what would be the cost.
During the discussion which fol-
lowed between Roberto and Lin con-
siderable heat. was shown on the part
of the former and a very surprising
lack Of interest by the latter. l was
somewhat puzzled by this attitude and
my admiration for the business meth
DDS of the far east increased. l waited
1t seemed to me. at least a half hour
before Roberto was ready to report
which was to the effect that I could
perhaps, have the one hundred chick
ems, but If l wanted SO many l mus
pay quatro reales. or about 4S cent.
for each of them. 1 pondered, but de
cided to arrange for the purchase, fol
the sun was going down and we hat
a long ride ahead of US.
but, Roberto I said. ask him why
one chicken for dos reales, fifty at tire.
reales each and a hundred for quartz
reales?"
TT did not take very long for thi.
information to be had, and you car
probably Imagine my utter surpris,
when Roberto expressed himself a.
follows: T.!
".Senor. he say 1t take damn NOR,
trouble catch hundred chickens thar
catch oneschicken. 49, = -. -. =
Evening star., 1917-10-21
TIGHTER BALES OF COTTON

nm HE national stress due to war has
directed attention to large
q number of leaks in the American
way of carrying on business. The ma
tional loss caused by the aggregate of
these leaks is colossal. All the older
countries have for generations criti-
cised the United States as being the
most wasteful nation in the world.
But so much prosperity has been the
portion of this country because of its
resources and advantages that Ameri-
cans have smiled at all criticism and
dsregarded it
A different era is being ushered in.
Americans have long talked of efficien-
cy. 1t has become much overworked
word in conversation and in writing.
but it is apparent that Americans are
now entering upon the practice of ef-
ficiency or making great preparations
to enter upon it's practice. In most of
the industries of the country those per
sons directly interested in them are
taking counsel among themselves and
are urging efficiency.
One loose joint in our national life
recently pointed out is in the simple
matter of making up raw cotton into
bales. The cotton is not compressed
as tightly as it is baled in other coun-
tries. II has been shown possible that
a saving of 15 900 freight cars n year
can be made in the United States by
compressing the bales to the degree of
compactness in which Egyptian cotton
comes to this country, and that still Il
larger saving could be made if the Chi
nese baling system We're adopted. A
saving in water tonnage corresponding
to the saving in freight cars would. of
course. also be made.
Egyptian cotton, It is said. is baled to
a density of thirty-n+ne pounds to the
cubic foot. while the density of Ameri-
can baling is only a trifle more than
seventeen pounds. An authority on this
matter presents the facts in the follow
ing way:
A bale of Egyptian cotton measures SO by
80 by ooinches. 1875 cubic feet, and weighs
T52 pounds 50 pounds to the cubic foot
American bales not uniform. but the more
compact are about 6 feet by 81 inches by 23
inches. or 20 cubic feet, and weighs about 900
pounds or 17A pounds to the cubic foot. IL
viii readily be that in loading vessel
compressipg 80 pounds to the cubic foot is
done with the Egyptian cotton and Only 17A
rounds into the same space as in the case OF the
more compact American cotton. The difference will
he even more accentuated II comparison is made
hatween the American and the Chinese bales as
under the Chinese system 55 to so pounds Of
cotton are compressed in cubic foot.
The tighter baling of American cot
ton would affect a large saving, cal
cuIated at so per cent. in such impor-