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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-04
3 DROWN ON R0CKINHAM
Survivors From Sunk American
Armed Ship Arrive I'm London.

LONDON, May 3.--Three men were
drowned by the sinking of the Ameri-
can steamer Rockingham by a Ger
man submarine. survivors reaching
here today. There were IL naval gun
ners ON board.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-04
ANOTHER ENEMY FOR KAISER
Chilean Minister to Germany De-
mands His Passports.

LONDON. May 3-C7;32 p. mD--
The Chilean minister to Germany has
demanded his passports. according to
Central News dispatch from Am
sterdam.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-04
"SHIP SUNK; ALL'S WELL"
That Is Historic Message Sent by
Chief Mate of the Rockingham.

BALTIMORE, May 3.-The wife OF
Chief Mate Carver of the steamship
Rockingham today received a cable
gram from him saying:
ship sunk; all we'll"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-04
Simple Course.

In all the world, said Doctor McCon-
nell, there was no simpler problem
than that of salvation. You started
with the premise that you We're Il
sinners that God had given his only
begotten son to save sinners. that he
had said. come to me all yc who labor
and are heavy burdencd and | Will
CONTINUED on PAGE FOUR
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-04
THE WEATHER

TULSA. May Maximum -.
minimum 81: north winds, cloudy.
Precipitation II inch.
OKLAHOMA FORECAST: Friday
fair, rising temperature In west por-
tion. Saturday fair.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-04
PROSPERITY TALK

Dan Cupid's continued rush Of bust.
ness ON the local marriage market is
NOT sign OF 'sackcrs,' but merely
proof that some Tulsa meu are SO
propcrou, that they can afford to
keep wife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20
SIDE TALK S
The Spot Cash Customer.
BY RUTH CAMERON

The SPOT CaSn customer.
letter friend has an interesting
problem to present.
You seem to be able to grasp and
explain so many puzzling situa-
tons" she writes. II wish you would
possible. Why is it that when mer-
chants from the highest to the low
est are yelling about slow collections
that anyone who pays spot cash is
treated with the utmost contempt.
Go into any department store, buy
clerks will fall over themselves to
wait on you. To be sure you may
have only paid twenty-five dollars on
hundred dollar bill, this month.
but then you charge it, while the
customer who goes in and pays spot
Also why this? 1 know of wo-
man who has been buying coal from
one concern for three years, buying
in ton lots and paying cash for every
ton. This winter something happen
ed that she didn't have the eight dol
lars on Monday but would have on
Friday. She went down to the peo-
pie and asked for credit for few
days for half ton. Well. they were
very sorry but you know-the tele-
phone rang. Very pleasantly the
merchant answered it, why, certain
~, MTS Dldnk Two TONS. GldQly.
And the order was given for Mrs.
Blank to receive two tons that morn
ing.
Now Mrs. Cash knew Mrs Blank
and had been told by her that she
owed these same people over one
hundred dollars, that the account had
been running along for two years,
and that some day she'd get it clean
ed up.
II wish you'd start something in
your paper by asking for answers to
this very puzzling question from
merchants or otherwise, why they
encourage people who run up as big
bills as possible and yet think the
man who pays cash is all right only
when he has the cash to pay?"
We should certainly like to hear
from the merchants.
In the meantime it may interest
my letter friends to know that some
merchants are beginning to value the
cash customer more highly. 1 saw
an article the other day urging that
| he be treated with more considera-
ton. Also there is plan on foot in
certain cities to favor the cash Gus
toner by charging a slis htly higher
rate for goods that are charged In
one city, 1 believe. they are trying
out the three price system, (a) the
| lowest, for the customer who pays
cash and carries his goods home, OBJ
| for the customer who either has a
charge account or delivery service
| (c) the highest, for the customer who
has both.
Here's hoping it works for it GER
| tainly seems the only fair way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20
TRAWELETTE
Unknown Canada.
BY NIKSAH


Undoubtedly most Americans think
of the continent they live upon as one
explored and tanned. They go west
and find most of the west in some
ways more civilized than the east.
They read of the wondrous adventures
of the pioneers, and marvel that the
buffalo should once have roamed
Iowa, and the Apaches attacked Dem
yer. Some of the more adventurous
and ina ginative perhaps heave a sigh
of regret that they were born too late
to share in the glory of winning the
west.
These adventurous minded might
have look at the map of Canada.
The Canadian Rockies are today al
most exactly as our Rocky mountains
were at the time Lieutenant Fremont
discovered" them-that is most Of
the region is known to a few trappers
and hunters. and very little of il has
been really explored and studied. Es-
pecially is this true of the great north
west territories. and of much of AL
berta. The headwaters of the Atha-
basca are almost unknown. and in
Peace river valley you can find coun-
try as wild as any your forefathers
saw. There is wealth IN these regions.
too. of fur and mineral and timber.
Every summer some Americans
who love the trail and the smell of
just for fun, but a wilderness is sure
tation are perfected. At that. Peace
than the Rio Grande was fifty years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20

haps she'll lead you to the house of
a minister"
And about the fee?" asked the
Client.
"Oh, as am on my vacation, 1 shall
charge you nothing. Ten years ago.
think might have been an eloper my
self. had anybody suggested it to me -
Miss Nellie Richards took a walk
next morning as soon as her father
left the house, 1t ended at the school
house door. She was sitting on the
steps when lady drove up in buggy
and asked:
Has the little girl got her lessons
perfect?''
Yes, ma'am," Nellie answered.
Then she shall have a ride over to
Grafton with me. l hear that there
are lots of blackberries to be picked
around there
'Yes'm."
At noon, when Mr. Richards found
Miss Nellie missing, he made tracks
for the Widow Burns's to tell the
news.
she and that Haskell have eloped.
of course" was the comment
But how-how could she?"
why, you idiot, any girl car elope
if she's not sick. 1 don't think / want
to marry a man without brains"
And when the daughter was told
that the marriage was all off she shed
tears and walled out:
And you are as bad as he is! Now
she has gone and 1 can never snub
herr
After three days the newlyweds
came home to face the music. The re
! was no music. Mr.. Richards extended
, hand to either and said:
Children. I'm glad you did it
darned glad!'-tCopyrigh 1917, by
the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20
DINNER STORIES

An absent minded scientist, in the
employ of the government at Wash
ington, recently met his physician on
the street
Il don't know what's the matter
with me, DOCTOR said the man of
science. Il am limping badly today.
Do you think it's locomotor ataxia p
Scarcely that" replied the physi-
clan You are walking with one foot
on the curb and the other in the gut
ter"
They tell the following as a story
that the late J. T. Harahan, former
president of the Illinois Central rail-
road, was fond OF telling on himself.
Mr.. Harahan was sitting in his office
one day, while president of the road,
when burly Irishman entered.
Me names Casey" he said. "Oi
want a pass to ST. Louis. Oh worruk
in tn yards"
That is no way to ask for a pass. -
said Mr.. Harahan. You should in
troduce yourself politely. Come back
in an hour and try it again"
At the end of the hour back came
the Irishman. Doffing his hat, he in
quired:
"Ar-re yez Mr. Harahan?"
Il am
Me name is Patrick Casey Olive
been workin' out in tn yards"
Glad to know you, Mr.. Casey
What can 1 do for youe"
.sYez can go to hell. Owe got job
an pass on. tn Wabash
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20
THE SEARCMLIGMT
Latest News from the Fields OF
SCIENCE, EDUCATION, INVENTION
Autos and Airplanes.

Our aircraft program is largely de-
pendent on the speed with which our
automobile factories can turn to max
ing airplane engines. European ex-
perience has shown that the airplane
engine is quite different from the auto
engine, not only in detail. but in prin-
ciple. The essentials of a successful
automobile engine are low cost, si-
lence and long life. None of these
factors is vital to a successful air
plane engine. Here the essentials are
light weight and absolute reliability.
An airplane engine does almost all its
work at full speed; it does not have
to be as elastic" as an auto engine.
Expense is no object and it may be
as noisy as it cares to be, so long as
it delivers the power. Engineers point
out that the airplane engine is quite
distinct from the commercial or pleas
ure-car engine, but is much like the
racing-car engine in essential char
acteristics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20
LET rs ACT PROMPTLY.

Animated. as all must believe, by
the best of motives, the pope of Rome
has addressed to the belligerents an
source the proposals of His Holiness
are entitled to a respectful reply from
ourselves and our allies. and an equal
ly resolute rejection on account of
their substance. They offer to the
centraIpowers a way of escape from
the punishment for their crimes. They
provide for the restoration to Ger
many of her colonies in payment for
the evacuation by Germany of Bel
GUM. Serbia. Rumania and the occu-
pied parts of France.
A more immoral bargain. says the
Boston Transcript, it would be hard
to imagine or one more certain to ex-
cite the indignation and contempt. OF
every American and his every ally
whose hearts have been wrung by the
plight of Belgium and France-to say
nothing of the sufferings of Serbia
and Rumania-and whose sense OF
justice has been outraged by the sys-
tenn of piracy which the Germans
have set up and are operating on the
Seven Seas in defiance of the rights
of nations and the dictates of hui
mainly.
The suggestion that the great ma
lions of tho world, ourselves included
should buy back the mutilated bodies
of the victims of German greed, arro-
gance and aggression by restoring
Germany's colonies and allowing the
guilty German government in its pres
ent form to go scot free is too sin
lister to be considered on this side OF
the Atlantic, even when the sugges-
ton comes in good faith from the Vat
lean.
Here is an opportunity for America
to take the initiative in an immediate
and emphatic negative to the pope's
peace proposals. To do less or to de-
lay in doing that is to postpone the
day of peace with victory. Every day
we lose in our march toward that goal
is day gained for Germany. There
can be no doubt what the answer of
our government will be, but let US
hope there will be no delay in the fill
ing of that answer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20

The deposed car of Russia is being
given a dose of his own medicine. He
has been sent to Siberia, the place
which he. and his ancestors set apart
for political offenders. Never was a
more pointed example of retributive
justice. OF course he will not be COM
PEELED to work in the mines but he
may gain some idea of the hardships
and cruelties which he has in years
past inflicted on his countrymen. Yet,
perhaps, he was not entitled to great
blame. He did not know any better.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20
GLOBE SIGHTS
tFrom the Atchison Globe.J

From the Atchison Globe.J
There is TO joke over-w. rked quite
so much as the mother-in-law joke.
An agent who is inclined to lean
and whisper never sells us anything.
There are so many reformers be-
cause so many of them get paid for it.
In time a man gets over the idea
his luck is going to make him rich
some day.
The fact father is the goat should
not be considered an excuse for wear
ing whiskers-
There are still some ol5-fashioned
men who refer to a lodge initiation as
riding the goat.
Some business men gam a reputa-
ton for being shrewd by never letting
go of anything.
We'll. anyway he is good to his
family" means the man -sn't much
account in other ways.
The man who has no sense and
knows it, is very apt to develop into
a sensible and useful man
Some people are always hooking for
the dawn of a new day Why not try
to make something out o. today?
Occasionally one meets a Sunny Jim
who overdoes it so much that il
makes him glad that he knows q few
grouches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20

The value of cotton manufactures
exported from the United States in
the three years of war is one-half as
much as in the twenty years before
the war. A compilation by the Ma
tonal City Bank of New York shows
that the value of cotton cloths alone
exported in the fiscal year 1917 is
nearly three times as much, knit goods
seven times as much, and cotton yarn
eight times as much as in the fiscal
year 1914. The quantity of cotton
cloths exported in the fiscal year 1917
exceeds that of any earlier year ex-.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20

ran to find a spring of ice water to
cool himself.
So the bear didn't get the egg.
which fell on the floor, and he didn't
do anything to Uncle Wiggily, who
fried himself another egg, giving the
first one to the birds when it had
cooled.
So you see it is good thing to know
something about the kitchen, even if
you are only rabbit. And If the hi
cycle doesn't go out walking with the
automobile and forget to give the rag
doll a ride in the swing, I'll tell you
next about Uncle Wiggily and the
hasty -(Copyright 1917, by
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20

cept the fiscal year 1905. when the
demand of China at the close of the
Russo-Japanese war was exception
ally heavy. Even in cotton laces, of
which the export value has been ex-
tremely small, the total for 1917 ex-
ceeds 100000. against less than
one-quarter of a million in 1914.
Cotton wearing apparel, which prior
to the war was about $10.000,0OO
per annum. was in the fiscal year
1917 over s30.OOO,0Oo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20

Secretary Bakers threat to remove
army encampments unless the moral
atmosphere of adjacent cities be
maintained at a satisfactory standard
sounds like a bluff. To move an army
camp would be a huge undertaking,
Baker knows the federal government
sires to do so. There is no occasion
to attempt to shift the responsibility.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20

granted a 10 per cent bonus to its
employees. Yet street car fare is about
the only thing that has not advanced
in price.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20

The raid of the Teutonic armies in
the direction of Odessa may have been
inaugurated for the purpose of laying
in a supply of food for the approach
ing winter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20

AS a result of the war the American
A strong sentiment for government
control of coal mines has developed.
The coal supply of the country never
should have been permitted to pass
into private hands
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20

Every time a public official or an
association of citizens has started a
movement to reduce the high cost of
living in the last two or three years,
the prices of goods have advanced.
The public is waiting anxiously to see
II Mr.. Hoover's efforts shall prove to
be an execution to the rule.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20

With 800 submarines in service
Germany was able to sink fewer than
two dozen British and French ships
In a week. This is a poor showing
in the work of starving England. The
diving boat campaign may now be
classed among Germany's other fail
ures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20

tenn involves a dealers commission, it
is the only one practicable in view of
the necessity for quick work The
government may be expected to see
that it is not charged any unreason-
able prices for the necessary stock.
Questions on the above or any sub
ject upon which the reader desires in
formation should be addressed the To-
peka State Journal Information Blu
reau. Frederic j. Haskin, Director.
Washington. d. c.. with 2-cent stamp
enclosed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20

If all political considerations had
not been laid aside for the duration of
the war, the thought might suggest
itself that Victor Murdoch had been
given a place on the federal trade
commission to clear the path of w. H.
Thompson for a return to the United
States senate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20

country is the first one among those
which have visited us since our entry
into the war that is not asking for
money
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20

F'Let us make those who impose OBJ
stacles to the success of the war feel
that they are unhung traitors" says
Colonel Roosevelt. But why the "un" i?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20

The popular slogan, safety first"
should give place temporarily to
whip Germany first" which practi-
cally means the same thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20

Farmers are said to be making av-
erage profits of 100 per cent Is it
expected that the excess profits tax
will apply to the agriculturists?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20

The Cleveland Leader advises the
keeping OF goats, as they give excel
lent milk and are accommodating in
respect to diet" Many American cit
liens already are engaged in getting
the goats of their neighbors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20

Where Kaiser Wilhelm made his
mistake. says the Boston Transcript,
was in thinking that Cousin George
was a regular king.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Menu Hints.

Menu Hints.
BREAKFAST.
Stewed Prunes with Lemon Slices
Cereal with Rich Milk.
Peaches Eggs Rolls
Coffee Milk (children)
LUNCHEON.
New Peas in Cream Gravy on Baking
Powder Biscuits
Olives Butter Goodies
Black Raspberries
Milk (for alb
DINNER.
Meat Cakes Drowned Potatoes
Buttered Beets.
Head Lettuce with French Dressing
Peach Shortcake with Crushed
Fruit and Juice.
~ Coffee
Fruit Punch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20
ON SPUR 4 Fl MOMENT
By MORRIS MILLER.

Hard Work.
There are those who when they travel
Think there's really nothing inner
Than to have their lunch, their breakfast,
Or their dinner in the diner.
They can like it if they want to
(Forty cents for bread and butter!
Eighty five for pies or ieeso
But We hardly call it pleasant
As along the rails we're humping
To pursue the food about us
AS it's leaping round and jumping.
1t is pleasant in a diner
But the exercise is heating
And to eat things on the wing is
Not pleasant way of eating.
The Weeds of WiImerding.
Councilman Bishop brought to the
attention of the council the danger
caused by the big crop of weeds on
Air Brake street. The danger lay
in the fact that some one was liable
to step out of the tall weeds in front
of a fast moving automobile. The
matter was referred to the street
committee for action.-Wilmerding
(Pa) News-Tribune.
Sort and Kind.
lot Of people you will find
Resemble Daniel bort,
He isn't very often kind
When he is out of sort.
The Sucker.
He thought that be was slick and wise,
That he would earn wad of size
And live alone with all his pef
And spend it only on himself
No friends he sought, no kin and hence
He'd live at quite a small expense,
For friends would only pull his limb,
A wife and kids would bother him
And cost a bit-he'd do without
And save a lot, without a doubt.
And so he planned to beat the game.
But Loneliness and Old Age came.
And these regarded him with jeers.
wen glad your last, sad, feeble years!
We three can live cheap one! -
And tho he walled. 1T can't be done!
Still they assured him that it could
Anr just to prove it stayed for good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20

While congress talked. Hoover
thought and worked When the food
bill finally became a law he was ready
to put it into execution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20
~wHATEVER you WANT TO Know.

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Bureau at Washington furnishes readers,
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Grapefruit Silerbct.

Two cups juice pressed from grape
fruit (oranges can be used instead OF
srapefruit), one cup pineapple juice.
two cups sugar. Juice of one lemon.
two cups water, two stiffly beaten
egg whites.
Boil sugar and water to thin
syrup. cool and add fruit juices; then
add egg whites and place in freezer
The above recipe will make almost
one gallon of sherbet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-20
The Table.

Meat Pie-One cup of minced meat
of any kind, two cups of bread
crumbs soaked IN two cups of milk.
one beaten egg added to the mixture:
salt, pepper and onion to taste. Mix
all together. bake Is minutes in mod
crate oven.
Peach Kuchen-Take bread dough
shortened as for biscuit. cover with
butter. brown sugar and cinnamon,
and just before baking put quartered
peaches over TOW Rste about one
half hour.