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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-02
')I|sY Welfare
POPULAR TOPIC
Mothers Hold Meetings in
City This Week,
MISS DAVIS GIVES TALK
Proper Care Of Babies Is Sub
jecti Program Given,

"Baby Welfare is the most populat
topic OF discussion in Oklahoma City
homes today, with the possible excep.
ton OF the war, for this is tho second
day OF the baby 1eek celebration and
mothers throughout the city are holding
meetings to wage battle against the
advancing hosts OF germs which VIII
come with the advent of summer to
menace babys health and increase in
fant mortality.
Mothers Take Part.
Thousands of mothers are mobilillng
10 figh, the invasion Of General Dis
ease" under the supervision OF the child
welfare committee Of the City Fedora
tion of Womcn's clubs and the Fedora
tion OF kindergarten Mothers clubs.
Already many barbed wire entangle-
men,s have been surmoun,ed through
educational measures, hut eoelpIete
victory is The gQ
proper Care OF Children from Six
Months to Three Years Old" was the
the subject OF a talk by Miss Lima l.
Davis. superintendent Of nurses at ST
Anthony hospital at 10 o'clock this
morning at kcrrs department store III
.the second day OF the baby week cele,
braiion
"The selection OF underwear is one
OF the first considerations in the proper
care OF the infant" said Miss Davis
"and one OF the most frequent essen
tials that are overlooked"
Flesh Tender.
"Thc infants flesh is very tendc,
and susceptible to irritation. The eli
mate, the season of the year and thu
baby itself must all be- considered whcr
the Undertaking is selected. Wool o'
silken wool should be used in cole
weather while cotton materials ar,
correct when the weather is warm
"Do not bundle the child up unit
Us movements are hlndcred or The
perspration OF the skin retarded Toe
many mothers are so fearful that their
child will catch cold that they ,nIur,
It's Malth BY clothing /, too heavily,
Let Baby Cry.
"Ihe care ui the infant docs not only
determine the condition OF its future
health, but It's disposition will be eli
fccted by the mothers methods OF
handling her child II your baby i,
healthy, let it cry, that is one OF the
principal means OF giving it exercise
Let it roll on the floor, and give il
plenty OF fresh air.
after your little hoy or girl grow
older, petml, and encourage it playinl
with other children; Tor thus its norma
development will be much more ccr,ai,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-02

than by keeping it housed up ior fear
OF outside influences"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-02

City, accountant; FLOYD r. Quinby.
Payette. Idaho chemist, Fred +. Tar
man, Oklahoma City. telegraph editor.
Oklahoma City Times; Milton II Taul-
bee. Oklahoma City banker, Collins {.
Williams, Ada, attorney; James W
Sorrello. Shamrock attorney; Stra,iord
D. Mills. Oklahoma City. insurance;
Francis NJ Dudley, Welch, attorney;
William II. Cannoy. KingiiSher, clerk;
Lee h. Goii jr,, Oklahoma City, stu
dent. Joseph Prueger,, Oklahoma City.
salesman Frank A WahlNcn keokuk,
Iowa. drai,smaHP William s. Rosa
mund. Wlbur,on, teacher; Eugene kils
jr., Oklahoma City principal Colum-
bus school: Frank " Herndon Enid.
attorney; Edward J Story Elk City,
clerk
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-02
SPANIEL THREATS
AGAINST BUTLER.
RELATED TO JURY.
Two Witnesses Declare Shoot
ing Threatened,

COLEMAN, Texas, May Il. W
Downum. who. with his wife, conduct
ed the dining room OF Harry J. Span
ellis hotel at Alpine, testified during
the states rebuttal today that Spaniel
once indicated to him that he would
do some shooting If he found there
was anything wrong in Lieutenant
Colonel Buffers attitude toward his
wife.
Spancl'S trial for the killing OF But
Ter is now working toward a close
Pantomime Performed.
Downum said that Spaniel did not
say that he would shoot Butler, bu,
that he performed pantomlmc indi-
catlve OF that intention.
This was at the end OF a converse
tion which started, he testified, BY
SPANIEL asking him il he had seen
anything out OF the way" between
Butler and Mrs. CRYSTAL Holland Span
ell
Il told him no, said the witness
Advised Spaniel to Leave
II advised him to leave IL he thought
there was anything wrong
HE replied that's what they want "
Then he added ii he found out any
thing wrong he would" Here the
witness worked his finger as il he were
pulling the trigger OF pistol
Dowum denied that SPANIEL had or
dcred hun and his wife to vacate the
hotel Previously Spaniel had testified
that he had done SO.
Nothing Definite Decided
On the croSS-eXamlnatiOn the witness
said he had talked with Spaniel above
leaving but nothing definite had been
decided.
He testified that he was now renting
the hotel at Alpine from Colonel John
Holland, father OF Crystal Holland
Spaniel He said he understood that the
hotel was in the name OF Spanells lit
tie daughter and that Holland was the
guardian OF the child
Another witness on the rcbuttal W
\, Wilson OF Alpine, said that once
his automobile Skidded and ncatlsShi'
Colonel Butler. He said later SpaneN
told him Butler was talking about 4
prosecution and advised him to whir
Butler Wilson said Spaniel told him
he was tired OF Butler" and was go.
ing to clean up on him"
, RanchmAn Saw Row.
Clyde But,rell, a San Antonio ranch
, man, said that he saw Spaniel and But
Ter talking several days before shoot
ing and say it was row" He testi
T fled SPANIEL said
7 Il want YOU to stay away; Crysta
= has confessed everything"
= Butler replied. he said
c Man. you're fool; Mrs Spanel
c has nothing 10 confess"
+ They went around a corner aitc
4 that, the witness said, and he heard n
r more Buttrell did not testify at Span
v els first trial.
{ SPANIEL Called '"Cra1y Harry"
w. II Ragan. Alpine justice of tn
peace. said some OF Spanel's friend
called him crazy Harry" because h
was so jovial lIe said shortly aite
the shooting Of Butler and Mrs. Spanel
: he saw Spaniel alone in his automobil
steering the car with one hand. an
makiAg motions with the other a
though he was firing a gun.
why didn't YOU testify to this at tn
San Angelo trial2" asked defense coun
sci. 1T had passed ou, OF my mind
said the witness 81 saw Spaniel dc
ing so much iooliShnoSs, his action di
not make much impression on me"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-02
Economy Urged.

$50 | present for your considera-
ton as 90 filling Of existing vaoan-
cies on the faculties OF the various
educational institutions The stu
dent enrolment during the war will
probably not be so large as hereto
fore. The existing members Of the
faculty may he able to take care of
the Institution Under such citcum.
stances and eliminate this expense.
We are in hopes tha, every state
department will be imbued with the
patriotic spirit Of economy and re-.
trench wherever possible 30 as TO
save Of those provided funds So as
To have same Tor anticipated emer-
gencies
II have had the matter up with
members OF the state board Of pub.
lie affairs, and the judgment is ,ha,
We should 20 slow with public
buildings. not only on accoun, Of the
foregoing reasons, but also OF the
advanced prices OF materials. It,
is our opinion tha, only emergency
buildings should he bull, a, the
present time. and that later on, after
We have installed the brick plan, at
the peni,en,iary. md are enabled to
manufacture such materials at the
peni,en,iary that such buildings may
be cons,ructed.
Money Available.
These appropriations for the
public buildings are available Tor
construction any time during this
administrators and ! am bringing
these matters carefully 20 the a,,en.
ton OF these boards So that We may
proceed cautiously. carefully aud
husband our resources ~ as ~,
only to save bu, he ready to meet
every emergency
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-02

ticul Aid TO Mothers" by DR. Eva
YellS. and a vocal duet by Mrs. Pol
hcmus and Mrs. II b Strong
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-11-16
MAKE GOOD IN THE ARMY
Men Prominent In College Athletics
Rise Rapidly In the Serv-
Ice,

Boulder, Colo.-University of Col
orado athletes will soon find good use
for the training they received in school
sports here. Word has been received
Of the arrival somewhere in France
Of two former football stars of the
state university. and of two others
who were prominent in athletics here.
Elbridge Gerry Chapman, captain of
last years varsity eleven, went to the
Fort Riley officers reserve camp early
In the summer and is now a captain In
the regular army.
Eddie Evans, who was elected cap
tain of this years football squad but
who retired from school to sec, fame
in Uncle Sans fighting forces, has
been made second lieutenant and
letters received here disclose the fact
that he Is lover there" somewhere.
Horace P. Wells and Chauncey Ben
nett, both prominent in athletics at
Boulder, have been accepted In the
aviation corps and are believed to be
across the pond"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-11-16
COLONEL WEIGHS 1903 POUNDS
officer Called From Retirement Is
Probably Smallest Officer in
the Army.

ST. Louis.-Col. Cunliffe II. Murray,
who recently was recalled from retire
men. has become commandant at JEFF
ferson barracks. He is probably the
smallest officer. physically, in the
army, being feet "a inches tall and
weighing 103 pounds.
He was graduated from West Point
in 1877 and served in the cavalry. In
1909 he was made colonel. He reached
the age limit of siXty-four in August,
1916. and retired. but upon the entry
of the United States into the war Of
fered himself for any service.
Colonel Murray was appointed to
West Point from New York city and
when not with a command at some
other place has made that his home.
The minimum height for the army is
now 8 feet inches.
II is no longer a question OF doing
"Our Bit in the great war. We must
do our utmost.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-11-16
NORTHWEST NEWS

Through the efforts OF the Pacific
Northwest Tourist Association, made
up of leading public officials and
prominent citizens OF British Columbia,
Oregon and Washington, the Pacific
Northwest is being brought to the
attention OF tourists as one Of the
greatest summer and winter play
grounds in America. Under the direc-
ton of Executive Secretary Herbert
Cuthbert an extensive advertising
campaign is now being carried on in
the so-called cold countries Of Western
America. This campaign includes
the liberal use Of advertising space in
prominent newspapers and farm pub
locations, the extensive use of attrac
tive circulars as we'll as inviting look
ing posters. The Pacific Northwest
has at last gone after this tourist busi-
ness along svstimatic and well or
ganized lines and that the work is
bearing fruit is indicated by the large
number OF inquiries that are already
being received at headquarters from
men and women, who make their
homes in the colder climates Of the
west and who each winter are looking
for a milder climate, where they can
spend from two weeks to three months
enjoying outdoor life in an atmosphere,
bracing, invigorating, healthful but
with no elements OF discomfort to the
body. These good points in favor OF
the climate of Washington, Oregon, and
British Columbia are being emphasized
in all Of the newspaper and magazine
advertising. This tourist business.
once it is thoroughly established,
means hundreds OF thousands OF
dollars annually to the Pacific North
west and will probably do more than
any other one thing to increase the
population Of Oregon, Washington and
British Columbia. Once residents OF
the cold states get a taste Of our mild
winter climate, many Of them will come
to the Pacific Northwest to make their
permanent homes, and those who do
not will surely make it their winter
playground.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-11-16
The Devil Resigns

The devil sat by lake Of fire,
On a pile OF sulphur kegs;
His head was bowed upon his breast,
His tail between his legs.
A look of shame was on his face,
The sparks dripped from his eyes;
He had sent his resignation
To the throne up in the skies.
Pm down and out" the devil said,
He said it with a sob;
There are others that outclass me,
And I want to quit the job.
He'll isn't in it with the land
That lies along the Rhine;
I am has been and piker,
And therefore I resign.
One ammunition maker
With his bloody shot and she'll,
Knows more about damnation
Than al! the imps in hell.
Give my Job to Kaiser Wilhelm,
The author of this war;
He understands it better,
A million times by far,
I hate to leave the old home,
The spot love so well;
But I feel I'm out OF date
In the art OF running hell.-Ex.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-11-16
POISONED FISH FOR RATS
Authorities at SomerViIle, Mass, In
War With Invading Army Of
Rodents.

Somerville, Mass.-Poisoned fish for
pesky rats.
The city dump here is headquarters
for a rat army which has invaded the
city. The authorities are carrying on
a franc-tireur warfare against the In
vaders, and the enemy has been ex-
acting reprisals on family larders.
Householders are fearing that the
cold weather will drive the rodents
away from the dump to some more
private and exclusive domicile.
Poisoned fish will be scattered about
the dump and boys will police the VI
cinity to keep children, dogs and cats
from interfering with the rats re-
past.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-11-16

Major General Greene, in charge OF
the soldiers at Camp Lewis, threw a
bomb at the entire population of Sc
attic recently by announcing from the
puplit of leading church that the city
possessed a great vice syndicate which
controlled about twenty-three hundred
immoral women, and that 50 long as it
was permitted to exist he did not
propose TO permit Camp Lewis soldiers
to visit the city. Il PROPOSE" he
said. ITO send clean soldiers to the
front, and they can't be clean if they
are permitted to come to city where
vice is so prevalent as it is in Seattle, !"
General Greene's statement has caused
great public flrore. Mayor Gill, as
usual, takes the position that General
Greene is talking through his hat, but
such learned gentlemen as Dr.. M. A.
Matthews says he is telling only the
truth, and is heading a movement to
give Seattle thorough house-cleaning
SO that General Greene will be able to
lift bis embargo. There is no doubt
that there are hundreds of lewd women
in the city, that they are not inter
fered with by the police, and that
dance halls, which are nothing less
than dens Of iniquity, are freely oper-
ating. and that such conditions will
continue to exist so long as Gill is
Mayor unless the city finds some
means Of going over his head and
bringing about reformation Of these
! conditions.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-11-16
PAWNS RIVALS GIFT TO GIRL
She Has Him Arrested In East ST.
Louis and Departs With
Other Man.

East ST. Louisa love triangle,
with a diamond ring, making 1t a
Quadrangle" was unfolded in the po-
ice station when Miss Annabelle Mace,
eighteen years old, Of st. Louis. caused
the arrest of her former sweetheart,
Walter r. Howell of GAG Collinsville
avenue, on a charge of pawning a ring
given her by her other sweetheart,
Charles Lucas. Then she walked tri-
umphantly away with Lucas, waving
farewell to Howell as he was led to a
cell.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-11-16
UNCLE SAM BUILDING
BIG NAVAL SANITARIUM

Los Animas, Colo. - Uncle
Sans largest recuperation camp
for the sick and wounded sail
Ors of the United States navy
will be at Fort Lyons, near here.
when new additions now under
) construction are completed. At
present the sanitarium accom-
modates $50 patients, but work
is being rapidly pushed on the
construction of buildings that
will make it possible to care for
between 5000 and 5000 marines
and sailors who are incapacitat-
ed through tuberculosis and 9TH
er diseases. The cost of the
work will be about $2,000,00O.
DIR. F. H. Ames, who is in
charge of the Fort Lyons SAM
tarium, says that the 4,000-foot
altitude of the site makes II an
ideal location for the care of
those afflicted with the great
white plague, and declares the
government plans to make the
camp the finest of its kind in the
world.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-06-29
PICNIC At MOLINO
BEEN CALLED OFF

Announcing a change of plans and
the reasons therefor. the Moline Ad-
vertiser prints the following in refer
enCe TO the picnic which was to have
been held there on independence day:
The big Fourth of July picnic for
Molno has been called off. The cause
of this change of plans was that the
w. 0. w, the leading factor in the
picnic, drew up tentative plans fig
urihg that the other lodges would as
sist them IN the matter, and went
ahead and advertised it in the news
papers and with handbilIs, but after
further developments, when they
called on the other lodges, they did
not get the required support, thereby
making it necessary for them to drop
the picinc. After it was learned the
w, 0. w. would no longer be associa-
ted with the movement, it was taken
up by the Moline Commercial Asso-
citation, but it was then too late to
start proceedings so it was thought
better to call it off entirely.
However, the Commercial AssoCia-
ton has taken up and started work
on a picnic to be held on the day of
the completion of the bridge across
the Escambia river at Moline. This
promises to and will be the biggest
picnic that Moline has ever had and
every effort is being put forth for its
success.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-06-29
WEALTHY FARMER
SAYS he NOW FEELS
70 YEARS YOUNGER
JUDGE WOODSON NOW HALE
AND HEARTY AFTER TAKING
TANLAC-HAS HELD PUBLIC
OFFICE OVER 20 YEARS.

Il can pick up a log of wood and
throw it on the fire with as much
ease as l could 20 years ago." said
Judge NJ. L. Woodson, of Jericho,
Ark, in telling of the remarkable
benefits he has derived from Tanlac
while in Jacobs Pharmacy, in Mem
phis, recently
Judge Woodson, who is now 70
years of age, served the entire four
years of the Civil War in Fosters
command. He lived two years in
Memphis right after the war, and
then settled on his present estate,
where he has lived continuously for
so years. Judge Woodson states that
his only possessions when he started
out for himself were a pair of mules
and $38 in cash. He made his for
tune farming and trading, and is now
probably the wealthiest planter in
Critenden county. He served two
terms as tax assessor and 20 years
as justice of the peace, and is one of
the most prominently known men in
Arkansas.
81 had been in a general rundown
condition and failing health for 10 or
y years" he continued, land for the
past ten years I wasn't able to get up
on my horse from the ground; l had
to lead him to a block or something
before I could mount. Jericho is a
mile and a half from my plantation
and I hadn't been able to walk there
for my mail, according to my usual
custom, for a year or two.
Il had lost my appetite and could
hardly eat anything at all. l realize
IL -rSrv
but 1 got so l couldn't put log of
wood on the fire when the negroes
were not handy. My doctor wouldn't
allow me to eat any meats or much of
anything else except vegetables, as l
had been threatened with diabetes;
but Tanlac has Strengthened me out
! in that respect. | was badly out Of
sorts, and it looked like nothing
| could take would do me any good or
give me enough strength to look after
my farm hands and my crops.
Last spring, when Tanlac begun to
| be advertised and everybody was talk
! ing about it, I decided to see what it
would do for me. Well. it got me start
! ed back up hill at once; but, without
/ going into details about my rapid i'm
| provement with each bottle, I'll Just
say that after taking six bottles
could straddle my horse from the
| ground and walk that mile and a half
for my mail with all ease. In fact, it
just built me up until I really felt %
years younger. I'm more active and
have more strength and energy thar
I've had in years See how spry
walk? l don't walk like man a day
over 40, do 1? That's what Tanlac has
done for me. I don't know what Tan
lac has in it that does you so much
good, but whatever it is, it certainly
hits the spot and builds you up bet
ter than anything l ever saw. 1t GER
tainly has made a new man of me, and
I've told lots of people about it, My
wife has taken it, too, and it has built
her up wonderfully; and I've bought
lots OF it for my negroes and it has
helped all of them that have taken it
Genuine Tanlac is sold only and ex.
clusively in Pensacola by the Crysta
Pharmacy.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-06-29

trenches beside the seasoned cam
paigners of the allies.
Regulars and marines fresh from
service on the Mexican border or in
Haiti or San Domingo were landed
yesterday after a voyage in which
the German submarines were eluded
and all records were broken for trans
porting overseas a large military
unit. News of the arrival of the
troops sent a thrill through America
as it was generally unknown that any
large detachment had yet left these
shores.
The forces will be a net gain to
the allies as the men will be fed,
clothed, armed and equipped by this
government. Already there are be-
ing stored at the encampment sup
plies sufficient for many months.
The American forces will be an
Independent unit, cooperating with
the allies. 1t has been suggested that
the Americans might be placed as a
connecting link between the French
and British armies, but the eXigencieJ
of the coming campaign will decide
that question
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-06-29
PIPE COVERERs At
THE AERO STATION

Pipe coverers are wanted at the
u S. navy aeronautic station at once,
the positions paying at from 1924 to
S3.04 per diem. Examinations are
held every two weeks, and applicants
must be not under 10 years of age.
The examination is a non-educational
one, and is open to all citizens of the
United States who may meet the re-
quirements,
In addition to the usual announce
ments for the examination this is
also announced:
Applications will not be accepted
from employees of the government or
of firms and corporations engaged
in carrying out contracts for the gov
eminent or its allies, unless accom-
panied by the written assent of the
head of the office, firm or corpora
ton under which the applicant is en-
ployed to his appointment IN case he
should pass the examination.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-06-29

and the committee on coal production
of the council of national defense"
The resolution was unanimously
adopted 1t was a revision of a for
mer resolution recalled because of
fear that the question might be rails
ed as to the legality of the operators
agreeing upon a price, even though at
the instance of the government, At
torney General Gregory having sent
word that R. Cotton Lewis, special
assistant attorney general, who had
been comforting with the operators,
had no right or authority to outline
what the government policy might be
under the antitrust laws in conneC-
ton with price fixing.
AS soon as this resolution was
agreed to, another one was presented
under which it was proposed that the
government authorize the government
representa- ives named in the resolu-
ton to issue a statement forthwith
fixing a tentative price which in their
judgment shall be a fair and reason
able one for the various districts sud
to be effective from July I until the
committee shall fix a permanent
price.
Creation of National Association of
Coal Operators with a central bureau
at Washington for standardizing sta