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The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-17
MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL
ASSAILS "BILLY" SUNDAY
II Honestly Doubt the Sincerity Of His Motives Declares Rev.
Mcmahon, Of New York. Maintain That the Religion
Of Sunday Is Not the Religion Of Christ

In the New York American appeared
the following account OF Rev. Joseph
McMahon's attack upon the methods
OF Billy Sunday, Prohibition circus
performer:
81 honestly doubt the sincerity Of
Billy Sundays motives. question
the worth of his conversions. The
fact that he conducts the business Of
the Lord on q strictly business basis
Is, OF course, his own affair. But no
one can call his mob Psychology, or
his hypnotic influence over vast
crowds--real religion"
Before a fashionable audience OF
women, with q scattering OF clergy.
the Rev. Joseph H. Mcmahon, pastor
OF Our Lady Of Lourdes, Roman Gath.
ollie Church, yesterday gave his opin.
ion of Billy Sunday and his work in
no uncertain terms. The ballroom at
Delmonico's was crowded with atten.
tive listeners.
The occasion Of the address was one
OF the mid-wintsr meetings conducted
by the Catholic Library Association.
Dr. Mcmahon sketched one Of the
revivalist's meetings, and said.
Nothing can stop the stream OF
converts from hitting the sawdust
trail under these circumstances. Fiji.
teen hundred trained ushers are watch.
irs their faces, waiting for favorable
symptoms.' So the mystery Of con
version In accomplished"
DR.. Mcmahon explained that the un.
usual and grotesque. as Billy Sunday
emphasized them, were in large part
the methods Of great rsyivalists OF
the Church In past ages.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-17
Sunday Lives In Luxury.

Father Mcmahon referred to St Vim.
cent Ferrer, a revivalist of the Fran
ciscan Order, who In 1899 wandered
through Europe with an organization
similar to Sundays preaching and
making converts for the Church. He
then continued:
There Is the contrast Of the iuxu'
rious home which Sunday always
establishes for himself in every city
he visits as compared to the bleak
austerity OF the middle age mon
asteri Sunday takes his own
cook N.th him, his valet and mas
seur to rub him after his sermon is
finished. He spends his leisure n,
baseball games and in his automo
bile.
"st. Vincent Ferrer did not have
trained ushers to take up his eolIee
tIons. He had no financial status In
the credits Of his day that totaiee
close to $500, 900, the present Dur
and Bradstreet rating Of Billy Sunday
! tell you u 10 not absurd to question
the motives Of religion which seems
TO hold nothing more tangible than the
mere gathering OF money.
1--WE can not quarrel with Billy
Sunday over the perfection OF his ma
chine. Our objections are much deep
or than that. maintain that the Cos
pei Of Sunday 10 not the Gospel q
Christ. He destroys without building
up. Those who are fed on his highly
spiced brand Of religion, can not con
tent themselves with the ordinary
commonplace services OF their church
after he has gone"
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-17
FIGURES FOR DRYS

In 1916 the United States internal
revenues from the tax on spirits and
fermented liquors amounted to s:47,.
453,542. This little item, in the pres.
ent and prospective condition CT tn
Treasury. should be Of considerable
interest to the statesmen In congre ,s
be they sincere believers In prohi Vi.
tion or merely keen-cyed watchers 81
the jumping OF the cat, who fav,r
national prohibition. Desperate ly
searching for new sources of revenue,
the Government is IN no posltion 10
throw away this old and not offensive
oue.--New York Times.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-17
TAKES BATH IN
BEER IN MAINE

70 prove how wet" Maine, the
original "dry" state. 's. read thls
account from Portland, to the New
York American;
"pd heard Of folk taking a bath
In liquor. but ! never saw II done
before" said Deputy Sheriff Hunt,
when he returned from a liquor
selling expedition with the Deputy
Mayor. after taking a keg Of beer
from the home Of Michael serenlo
Of Hampshire street.
The water had frozen In the pipes
at the SerenIo home and Mrs. Ser
enlo was busily engaged In bathing
the children In a pail Of beer. The
deputies seized the lmpromptu bath
tub, Its contents and a kea besides.
Thls is one OF the freak develop.
ments OF the Statewide enforce.
ment Of Malne's liquor law,
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-17
DRUGGEO WH|SKEY
KILLS BRAKEMAN.
Dry" Des Moines BOOTLEG
Liquor Results In Speedy
Death /

The dire effect OF bootleg" wits.
key sold in prohibition territory IL
evident from the following story taken
from the Dss Moines Register and
Leader:
DR.. w. II. McCartey received a call
from house at Thirtieth and Walnut
streets just before o'clock last night
that man was i'll there When he
arrived he found Chauncey Lowry, rs
years old. . brakeman for the Fort
Dodge. Des Moines a. Southern rail-
road living at Boone, blue In the face
and apparently suffering from lack
OF respiration.
Lowry was placed in the ambulance
a1d rushed to the Methodist hospital.
but died before reaching there. A
stomach pump was used to remove the
contents OF his stomach which re.
ycaled a large quantity OF intoxicants,
but DR.. Mccartney declared that the
man had died from some kind of drug.
Coroner Claude Rooms, who was
called to take charge of the body, or
dered II removed to Newlin's under.
atihg establishment and hopes to be-
abe to ascertain the nature OF the
drug which caused his death In an
autopsy which he will conduct today.
The coroner and DIR. Mccartney
were told at the house where the
dying man was found that he had
been brought there by two Negroes
early in the afternoon. They had
said that the man was drunk and
should be put to bed They disclaimed
any knowledge OF the men who
brought Lowry to the house. H.
The dead man was the son OF e.
II. Lowry, of Boone. Mr.. Lowry was
notified OF his sons death and came
to Des Moines at o'clock last night.
II wac learned that young Lowry
came to Des Moines about 8 e'slsok
yesterday afternoon. 80
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-17
"Prohibitlon Prohibits"

lMinnennolis Labor Record
Johnny whipple used to sell good Rye
Until the County voted dry, -
And now the people come to buy
Some booze that tastes like Lewis lye.
Prohibition Prohibits"
They pay two dollars for a quart
That makes them fight and make,
the snort.
And makes them sleep to wale IN
court;
But John should care he's new Sort
Prohibition Prohibit1 sreT
Since he quit selling good old
He's busy raking in the kale q
And all his patrons go to jail; Ns
Yet still the boob reformers wailsi
Prohibition Prohibits." IN !
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-17

in chocolate. His theory is that the
carbohydrates in chocolate oxidize
quickly in the process Of digestion and
form a certain amount of alcohol SO
In this way. though. OF course, to q
milder degree. chocolate, IL eaten In
sufficiently large quantities, will bring
on a state of intoxication analogous To
that of whisky. B
Ah.hah! Here's Whyl
1t Is for this reason that so many
men take 10 eating chocolates after
they have given up heavy drinking.
For the intoxicant n the chocolate
really supplies TO thtir nervous sys.
tenn the alcohol that ,lcy have beon
accustomed to and enables them 10 ID
without their stimuaut. -
The proprietor of one of New York's
largest candy stores recently went so
far 90 TO say that he believed the men
In thu city ate just as much candy 40
the women. but q was aificult .o
speak with certohty since they we're
less lrasSS chnut Il Nevertheless, IA
insisted he could usually "soot no
masculine candy eater" as the r,AH
who came into the store rather sheSg
ishiy and in subdued whisper bought
small hag of candy. insisting that it
was Ter h.s wife, mother or sister. And
'ust az tic nan who drinks alone II
the wcrs. d-cakard OF them all. so the
man Who eats candy In secret IL the
worst candy drunk" of them oil.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-17
A MODEL YOUTH

He never drinks a drop, they say,
He is a model lad.
He throws cigarette away.
He has no habits bad.
He neTer swears, he never chews,
He couldn't e'en say dam,
He doesn't care to hit the booze.
He Is his mamma's lamb.
He never quaffs thing but milk.
Nor strgys from out the fold.
His morals are as fine as silk
. He's only one year old.
Harry v. Martin. In The Lamb
New York City.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-17
MORE DRINKING IN
DRY OES MONIES
Drunkenness Arrests Increase
After Iowa Capital
Turns Prohibition

A dispatch fron dry" Des ro'.es
Ia, TO the CT Ice 20 Tr.lU, rods:
Police de2artmout satsio made
public today revealed tn: acre were
more arrests during 1915 ior intoAlca.
ton than during 1915. Total arrests
for drunkenness ia 1918 were an.
nounced by TIE department as 3.l72.
In 1915. which inc.alsd six wet"
months and Elk dry" months. 1855
persons were arrested charged with
being Intoxicated Saloons were ban.
ished from Des Metre, 7lx months be
fore statewide proh.bt ON went into
effect,
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-17
LIPS THAT TOUCH CHOCOLATE |
SHALL NOT TOUCH MINE
Careful Girls New York Scientist Says the Brown Candy
~ Is a Mild ntoxicant and II You Eat Enough
You May Get Lit

Some time ago. !. citizen made the
startling discovery that the alcohol
produced by fodder fermentiug In u
cows stomach produces thirst for
liquid among bottle babies" And now
comes a more startling nnd-that all
who eat chocolate candy to excess are
incipient drunkards. hut let the Terre
Haute star tell It in ,ais story, dated
New York CITY;
Are YOU chocolate eater? Have
you ever felt YOU could Just live on
chocolates?' Have ygu ever had a
mad craving FOR them? Are you the
type of person who can't pass win.
dow of freshly.made caramols without
coming out Of the store with little
box tucked securely under your arm ?
That Taste Tor Chocolates.
Have YOU ever stopped to consider
that the 4. '"- hat prompts YOU TO buy
the little box OF caromes TS-ae {
same ihng that causes a msn 20 stop
for an alcoholic stlmu'unt? This is the
suggestion OF Dr. Louis r. Bisch, the
medical psychologist, who started the
new psychological laboratory connect
cd he New York Police Depart
N
whose work brings him In
GO; So th many OF the most unusual
ca that tle city produces, declares
that there I! rather strong intoxicant
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-17
The FUNNY SIDE
OF PROHIBITION
OOCH!

I8utte tMOnt.) Miner
And on the other hand there are
some Montana newspapers with such
"dry" tendencies that II is wonder
they do not suffer spontaneous com.
bustion.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-17
AN OFFICIAL STEW.

The Beacon. ST. Louis.
Tennessee has been officially dry for
several years, but since that time Ten
nessee has been officially and actually
drunk
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-17

NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
In the District Court of Muskogee
County, State Of Oklahoma:
Viola Brown, Plaintff,
vs.. No. 55O4
Harry Brown, Defendant
The defentant Harry Brown,
will take notice that he has been
sued in the above named Court by
the plaintiff, Viola Brown, for
Divorce for Desertion and that un-
less he answer the partition Of the
plaintiff, Viola Brown, on or be-
fore the 18th day of March, 1917
the allegations set forth in said
petition will be taken as Confessed
and jud gment rendered accordingly
In Witness Whereof, l have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said District Court this
the 23rd day of January, 1917.
G. Fl. Shaffer, Court Clerk.
BY Tom L. Fuller, Deputy, Clerk.
Geo. w. Parker, Attorney for
Plaintiff.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-17
DRY HUMOR.

IBIoOkINn EdkIe,I
The Prohibitionist candidate for
President, ]. Frank Hanly. prophesies
for himself a vote OF more than l,0O0.-
600. This is dry humor, always calcu.
lated to whet the appetite for more.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-17
KNOWS HOW IT FEELS.

lBinghampton Press.
Bryan can sympathize with Brook.
lyn. He's taken part In three world
series, and he always got the little end
OF the purse.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-17
seLL.RlNoeRs GETTING PARric
UlkR2

Los Angeles Timesl
We no longer hear the name OF Colo
mel Bryan coupled with the bellringers
OF the Chautauqua Circuit.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-17

For Film Fans and Film Flame.
tCincinnati Post.l
Billy Sunday is booked solid fer
three years, say the newspapers.
Billy and Charlie Chaplin are easily
the leaders OF the amusement world
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-17
Sur Grape Notes.
New York Telegraph

New York Telegraphl
See that Mr.. Bryan has sounded a
lot Of new keynotes for the guidance
Of the Democratic party. Don't sound
good. Better have them yodled.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-17
THE FUNNY SIDE =
> OF PROHIBITION
VIII Cause q Real Panic.
New York American. ]

Some day the Honorable Senate will
wake up and discover that that dis
trict prohibition law applies to booze
in the Senate once Building!
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-17
semebody's Trying To Be Funny.

New York SUM-
That boom for Bryan for President
in 1920 has been started may not be
surprising, but 1t Is astonishing to
have him put forward as q logical
candidate"
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-17

The Cimetsr is the only Republican
paper in the City Of Muskogee. The
1e1ly Phoenix is sometimes Republi-
can and sometimes independent but at
OAe present time it claims TO be inde-
Dsndsnt, such changing is not worth
krss whoops in III to any political
party and yet Bixby, its editor, got
Nsh at the Republican pie counter.
What base ingratitude.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-17
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION.
in the District Court Of Musko'
gee County, State Of Oklahoma:
No. 5498
II. Foutch Plaintiff,
VS..
Meter Foutch Defendant.

Meter FOutch Defendant.
The defendant Meter Fontch,
will take NOTICE that she has
been sued in the above named
Court by the plaintiff, II Foutch,
g.. D:-p.ev, py reason or Deser-
tion and that unless she ans v r he
petition OF the plaintiff, II Foutch
on OF before the 5 day of March,
1917, the allegations set forth in
said petition will be taken as con
fessed and judgment rendered &C.
cordingly.
In Witness " Whereof, | have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said District Court
this the 10 day Of January, 1917
c. II. Shaffer, Court Clerk,
BY Tom l.. Fuller Deputy Clerk
Geo. w. Parker. Attorney for
Plaintiff.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-17

NOTICE BY PUBLICATION.
In the Superior Court yf Musko-
gee County, Oklahoma.
No. 654O.
Lula Washington,
VS..
Phillip Washington Defendant.
The defendant, Phillip Washing
ton will take notice that he has
been sued in the above nam. d
Court by the Plaintiff, Lula Wash
ington for Divorce, and ahat un-
less he answer the pertition filed
by the pialut,if alleging aesersoin
and gross neglect OF duty on or
before the 23rd day Of March 1917
the allegations contained in said
petition will be tak.n as true and
confessed and judgement rendered
accordingly.
In Witness VII, Roof, l have 81 t
my hand as Clerk OF said Curt
and affixed the seal thereof, this
the 3rd day of February - 7.
Gil. Shaffer. Court CieIk
BY L. A. Hill,
B. NJ. Hatton. Attoney-for
Plaintiff,
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-07-25
Kill All Flies! THEY 1|sS SesEAo )
SAVING NICKELS AND DIMES
Shortage in Small Coins Declared
Due to Widely Adopted Prac-
tice Of Thrift.

Shortage Of small coins, complained
OF by banks, may be due partly to the
practice Of saving Buffalo nickels and
the new dimes, bankers say, according
to the Minneapolis Journal.
Many persons have formed the habit
Of putting away the buffalo coins or
the new ten-cent pieces on the we'll
established theory that the saver can
accumulate considerable sums in this
way and yet do it so gradually that
''he never misses it,"
"The shortage of nickels and dimes
probably is due in part to this prac-
tice. There is, however, an even more
stringent shortage Of pennies, which
has been felt for the last six months"
Bankers said the penny famine prob
ably was due to recently instilled thrift
among children. Pennies given them
by parents, coins that formerly went
back into circulation as quickly as
little feet could flutter to the corner
candy store, now find their way into
the toy bank.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-07-25
European War" News

Halicz the strategic key to Lemberg
capital of Galicia, has been captured
by the Russians, says dispatch to
London from Reuters Petrograd cor
respondent
Two German seaplanes were de-
stroyed by an armed British trawler.
it was officially announced at London.
-Four Germans were captured.
1taly's total war expenditure to the
end of May was $4,00O,0OO,OOO, saws a
treasury statement issued at Rome.
Several villages and more than 7O0o
men have been captured by the Rus
SLAMS west Of Stanislau in Galicia. the
Petrograd war Office announces.
The Berlin war Office admitted oo;ns
by the Russians in the region of Stan
islau, ~ miles south of Lemberg. The
statement says: ''The Russians again
attacked at stanislau and gained
ground"
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-07-25

Sixty Industrial Workers of the
World were arrested near Ellensburg,
WASH, by federal troops and accused
of interfering with crop harvesting and
logging In violation of federal statutes.
They will be placed in a stockade.
Five men are known to be dead, q
number injured, following two explo.
s1ons in the plant Of the Interstate
Sanitation company at Cincinnati. The
bodies were burned beyond Identified.
ton.
An armed posse of citizens of Wood
River, Alton and Hartford, ILL.,, circled
negro camp, in which there were 100
men, and compelled them to take up
their journey where it had been
stopped. The posse returned to Hart
ford. Hartford citizens declare they
Will not permit the blacks to even
lo1ter In that vicinity.
Federal agents at Cleveland, O., ar
rested Ernest Wolden, reporter for the
German paper Waechter and Anzeiger,
after he had defied the presidents
proclamation and entered the barred
zone about the armory.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-07-25
Why He Didn't REGISTER.

An Indianapolis man who makes a
practice of Dragging about his short
comings, said that there were just IS
reasons why he didn't register for
CONSUMPTION.
"The first one is that am only five
feet one inch tall.
1.-The second one is that, taking my
height into account, am too fat for
my stature.
"The third one is that I have only
one arm.
1.-THE fourth one is that my teeth are
bad.
1.-THE fifth one is that am too Old"
swell, what are the other 80 rea-
sons?" he was asked.
"Well, the other 80 don't matter.
The five have enumerated would give
Inc the necessary alibi." 4Indianapolis
News. (
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-07-25
Domestic


ern Idaho. Industrial Workers Of the
World are spreading all over the state.
Two thousand troops are needed in
northern Idaho to cope with the gi-
gantic fight being put up by the I. w.
w. to prevent the United States from
getting 2,000,O00,0OO feet of lumber
necessary to carry on it's war program.
This was the gist of the recommended
ton made by the state defense coun-
Gil in it's report to the secretary of
war.
1t was officially announced at Wash
ington that the Illinois division of the
National Guard will be sent to camp at
Houston, Tex. The Michigan and Wis
consin division was assigned to camp
at Waco, Tex, and the Iowa, Mime
sofa, Nebraska and Dakotas division
to camp at Deming N. M.
The Nebraska council of defense is-
sued statement at Lincoln, charging
certain professors of the University
of Nebraska" and "the conspicuous
representatives of the Lutheran
church" in the state with "disloyal ac
t1vlty and passivity that has tended to
give aid and comfort to Germany as
an enemy"
The street car strike at Blooming
ton, ILL.,, is settled The union con-
coded an open shop and the street
railway company recognized the union
settling the two big points Of differ
ence. The men went back to work at
once.
Two dormltorfes at the university at
Valparaiso lnd., were destroyed by
nre. The damage is estimated at S4O.-
600. Several women were s1,oh+1v
burned.
Names for four of the cant0nment
camps at which the national army will,
be trained were designated bv tho war
department at Washington as follows
Second division, Yaphank, L. l., Camn
Long Island; Third division, Wrights-
town, N. j., Camp Wrightstown:
Fourth division, Annapolis Junction.
Nd Camp Admiral; Fifth division.
Petersburg, Va, Camp Virginia.
A 3,00O,000,000-bushel crop of corn
this year is the answer returned nv
farmers of the United States to Presi-
dent Wilson'S call for food for Amer
1ca's allies in the war. Never before
has such a crop been grown. Wheat
remaining on farms July is estimated
at lo,12o'oOO bushels. In it's first fore
cast of corn production this year the
department of agriculture at Washing
ton announced that July 1 conditions
forecast crop Of 3, 124,OOOOOO bushels.
A record crop Of white potatoes also
is forecast with production of 452.-
100000 bushels.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-07-25
Washington

The house at Washington passed the
TRADING with the enemy" act, giving
the president board powers to prohibit
trading with firms or with firms allied
with enemies of the United States.
President Wilson appealed to the
country's business interests to put
aside every selfish consideration and
to give their aid to the nation as free
ly as those who go out to offer their
lives on the battlefield. In state
ment at Washington addressed to the
coal operators and manufacturers he
gave assurances that just prices will
be paid by the government and the
public during the war, but warned that
no attempt to extort unusual profits
will be tolerated.
Unanimous consent to begin final
voting on the food control bill and all
amendments not later than 2:3O
o'clock Saturday afternoon, July 81.
was given in the senate at WASHINGTON
and the cloture motion was withdrawn.
A report on the food situation pre-
pared for President Wilson by Herbert
Hoover, holding that both the farmer
and the consuming public are suffering
while food spectators make unearned
profits from the delay in enactment of
food control legislation, was given out
at the White House in Washington.
1t was announced at WASHINGTON
that James w. Gerard, former am
bassador to Germany, has retired from
the diplomatic service and returned tn
private life.