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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-13
SCANDINAVIA ADOPTS
UNIQUE AMATEUR LAW
Class Established for Coaches
Who Never Have Com
peted for Money.

NEW YORK. May IA novelty
In amateur athletic ruling has been
evolved in Scandinavia as result of
the recent conference held at Stock
holm one Of the subjects most Wig
orously discussed az the Scandinavian
Athletic congress was the status OF the
professional coach or trainer. who is
rapidly building up powerful athletic
combinations in Sweden. Norway and
Denmark.
Owing 20 their experience. both on
the track and in athletic organizations.
their advice is Invaluable In amateur
sport and their presence particularly
desirable at athletic councils Under
the former amateur rules this was
impossible AS their being paid for
their services as coaches or trainers
made them professionals
In order TO overcome this difficulty
new rules We're adopted which divide
the amateur and professional into
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-13
Jim Jeffries Possessor of New
Explosive; Dreams of Millions

los ANGELES, Cal, May y -
James J. Jeffries, ex-heavyweisht
champion OF the world, Is possessor
OF a powder manufacturing secret that
may make him a munit!on king, II
present developments are any indica-
tion. Buried in the mountain fast
nesses which loom beyond the former
gladiatOr's ranch near Los Angeles, Is
a little powder plant from which JET
fries is confident Of making great
fortune.
Ii is known that the British govern
men has begun thoro investigation
Of the product which Jeffries and his
partners believe will prove superior
to the best powder now being manu-
factured in this country.
Jcffrics Is Rcticcnt
Jeffries is reticent concerning HIS
latest venture. but he offered as his
opinion that II will prove successful
Every test that can be made shows
We have a powder which will beat
anything turned out in this country,
said the big fellow. We expect 10
make a lot Of money out Of it. Our
powder can be used for anything that
powder can figure in"
Tie story back Of Jeffries' entry
into the munition world smacks OF
romance. A man who had worked
and experimental for years with a
new powder secret came 10 Jeffrie'
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-13
Mcrkic Costs Cubs $4,000.

CHICAGO. May 12.-Chicago's Cubs
paid $4,000 in hard cash TO Brooklyn
for the release Of First Baseman Fred
Merkle This sum is official. Merkle
is good. but not an extraordinary, first
baseman. and is generally rated to be
on the toborsan. The wealthy owners
OF the Cubs needed a first baseman.
regardless Of the price. Charles Eb-
bets. the shrewd and unpopular owner
OF the Dodgers. knew Of the cubs
plight and put a fancy price tag on
Merkle The cubs were forced TO pay
II. II was strictly a cash bargain Of
$4,000. no other players being in
volved Jake Daubert is sound Of leg
again. and Ebbets could afford to pass
Markle on 10 the Cubs without weak
ening his team.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-13
GIBBONS LAYS UP SNUG
FORTUNE BY FIGHTING

PORTLAND, ore, May 12-Mike
Gibbons has announced mis- wealth,
ACQUIRED thru his ability as P fighter.
now totals S170,500 as follows:
interest IN plate glass company,
$4,000. three flat buildings in 81.
Paul. 100000; l6O-acre farm, $500:
home In St. Paul, $1,000: city prop
erty In st. Paul. $500; country
home, $2.50O: total $4,000. In ad-
dition. he explained, he owns two au-
tomohiles and other little conyen-
fences which most capitalists have.
Gibbons said he made $4,000 box
ing last year in addition 20 money
realized from his investments.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-13

LOUISVILLE. Ky May 5-Gover-
nor a q. Stanley Of Kentucky has
signed the Schneider race track bill
and II now is operative. Under its
terms the management will be re-
quIred 10 pay daily state license tax
OF $500 for race meetings at Churchill
Downs. and Douglas Park. Louisville.
and at I-Ltonia at CovinEton: and $500
a day at the Lexington track.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-13

when there We're four in the American
and two ia the National league. In
1900, 1906 and 1915 four such feats
were recorded. With virtually five
months Of schedule play ahead il
would appear as tho the 1917 crops Of
tWlrlers had an unusual opportunity
20 establish new figures in this direc-
ton since three more no-h!t games
Will surpess the total made in 1905.
Various reasons have been advanced
for the present nun Der Of these re-
markablc pitching feats, including
lack Of hitting due TO cold weather;
low visibility owing 10 the gray days
OF the past few weeks and etraor-
dinary condition and control on tho
part Of the hurlers. None appears to
exactly fit. since heavy hitting. large
scoring games have not been infre-
quent this spring.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-13
Predicts Good Donation.

CHICAGO. May 5.-Charles A CO.
miskey. owner OF the Chicago Ameri-
cans. who is donating 10 per cent OF
J is receipts to the American Red Cross,
believes the fund at the close of the
season will reach $4,000. The check
sent the Red Cross for the first ten
games Of the season was for s2.21s, an
average Of 5000 day. despite incle-
meut weather.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-13

and his brother Jack, told them of his
ambit -. and asked them to back
him.
Erccts Powder Mill.
Jeffries Investigated and before
long was convinced that the propo-
sition would prove success. The re-
suit was the erection OF a powder
mill where the product is now being
manufactured.
The beauty of II is that the manu-
facture is simple" said Jeffries when
pressed for some information regard
ing the venture. The output is based
on a chemical secret which We have
control of. Yes, agents from govern
men, sources have already been ne
gotiating with us"
Jeffries admitted that the British
government has been investigating
his secret He smiled mysteriously
when pressed for the verdict Of for
eign experts.
''Au / can say" he remarked, is
that We expect to make fortune out
Of it,"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-13
Broken Engagement.

Broken Engagement.
why do you pass him up. girle
thot you liked him"
II liked him well enough, but I
couldn't 90 thru life with him. /
didn't care for the make Of his car"
Kansas City Journal.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-13
A SMALL FEE-EASY TERMS

The great volume practice allows make uni
,orrnv low fees need be without proper
treatment absolutely have the best equipped medical
offices in Tulsa This together with knowledge
ana experience insures every Of receiving most
scientific treatment medical profession
OF
There OF treatment known to the medical
fession that we give II We think advisable.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-02
The Use of Geology in War By Garrett

struction of trenches and tunnels.
1t is not merely matter of the
adhesive quality of the surface
soil, but the drainage depends
upon the character of the under
lying rock, the direction of it's
slope, and the existence or nom
existence of faults and assures.
The same considerations enter
into the choice of proper locations
for roads intended to bear the
tremendously heavy and incessant
traffic demanded for the operations
of great armies. The eye of the
practical geologist can read sub
terranean secrets in the face of a
landscape which would entirely es-
cape the attention of a .ommand-
er unfamiliar with such studies.
In this war the very structure Of
the planet plays a part in the
operations. Up in the air, under
the sea, beneath the ground, the
struggle goes on, and everywhere
he who has expert knowledge Of
the locality possesses the best
chance Of success
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-02
The Conservation of Human Life.

In a day and age when the toll Of takes away mil
lions of lives the need for conserving human life at home
cannot be overemphasized Statisticaly speaking the
value of human life to community production increases
greatly during wartime. The life of every boy and girl
therefore, takes on a Potentially
Accidents by the have been recorded in Washing
ton in the last few weeks Whether due to the careene
of pedestrians drivers of vehicles the essential duty
is prevention by campaign of education. You youra
NAV be the most careful driver the most alert sort of per-
son in crossing Streets but unless the who is
automobile knows how to operate it. knows how to handle
brakes and corners your liability to injury depends en-
trey on the success hereafter of the safety campaign
In this connection might be pertinent to suggest that
attention be given by of automobiles to the
condition of brakes Traffic policemen report that drivers
ordered suddenly to halt frequently give evidence slipping
most dangerous of automobile weaknesses In
congested sections of the city.
It is gratifying to note that William F. Peabody, presi
dent of the District Safety First Association has called
meeting October TO- Representatives of all citizens asso
Citations no doubt will be present. and house toulouse
campaign begun.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-02

expert geological knowledge offers
to an artillery commander relates
to the quality of the rock-bed over
which heavy guns are planted.
Much of the accuracy of fire de-
ponds upon the elasticity and firm
ness of the foundations of the
guns. The ordinary calculations
of a projectile's range may be rem
dered futile by an unexpected re-
Spouse of the supporting ground to
the shock of discharge. The
ground and its underlying rock
stratum are TO the great gun what
the soldiers shoulder and his bony
framework are to the rife. In
connection with this is the inter-
esting suggestion that observa-
tons with seismographs would
serve to locate the position of hid
den batteries, of heavy guns in the
same way in which they indicate
the foci Of earthquake shocks.
Then, as Prof. Pogue also points
out, geological knowledge is i'm
portaut in the location and con-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-02
Lord, let us pray.
GIVE US the open mind Oh God.
I The mind that dare believe
In maths of thou nht &c unt nntrnd l.

1t is quite conceivable that an
enemy force passing carelessly
through some steep-sided gorge or
encamped in a narrow valley sur
rounded with hanging glaciers,
such as are found in many parts
Of the Alps and the Tyrol, might
be overwhelmed by slides set GO
ing by a concentrated lombard
ment of the heaviest guns.
There is many a perilous place
among the recesses of those noun
tains, which seems safe enough TO
persons unacquainted with the pc
culiarities, the Righteousness,
the long reach and the swift rush
Of avalanches and rock-slips. In
experienced mountain climbers are
often warned by their guides to
tread softly and to avoid loud talk
ing where ice cliffs and vast snow
slopes hang, as it were, by a
thread. The tumbling of the Plat
tenbergkopf into the SENT valley
in 1881 would have buried'a whole
army corps in twenty-five secondsl
4 more refined advantage that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-02
Living Conditions in Washington
Distress and Suffering In third Of Families Should Be Iny
gated By Copsress-MOrs Pay for Government Clerks
Might Solve Problem.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

The Department of Laber's statistical survey of living
conditions in the District of Columbia revealing ga shock
ing state of economic ndecency'' surprise
most people The war; it had been supposed increas
ing per capita incomes rapidly that suffering and unem-
poyment thought to be the exception rather than
the rule There should be further investigation to deter
mine why the city of Washington shows distress in
third of its families Twenty per cent alone could show
surplus This that the best 48 per cent of the cs
population could do out while 30 cent
wound up the year with deficits.
Is it because Washington is not industrial CENTER
but city of salaries and fixed incomes that the above
described conditions prevai Political economy teaches
that in times of stress the sasred individual is the first
to suffer The wholesale retail merchant vendor
rule increase the prices of commodities to meet his
cost of living and expense of production There always
available to these classes shifting of the burden to the
And the happens to be of the labor
classes organized labor demand higher wages But
who demand increased wages for the great of
organized and of whom Washington has per-
haps an extraordinary proportioni
The attention of the Congress of the United States is
respectfully called to the statistical report of the Depart
question of whether the Government of the United States
paying all of its employees living wage True enough
thousands who In distress not employed by the Gov
ernment but in city of than $4,000 Government
ployes increase In income indirectly assists the rest of
the community. conditions deplorable repre-
scented in the official survey for 1916 what must they be for
the year 1917 and what expect during the lean
Of this great wari It is not too to institute nvesh
CATION into economic conditions here. The survey has
brought out the facts Let have information the
causes and then suggestions to remedy them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-02
ELIzABETH.JORDAN WRITES
On Men Who Do Not Like Children

women. perhaps to the majority,
their children are more necessary
than their husbands
Now, the mothers joy In her
children, like the other joys in her
new life, calls for partnership and
sympathetic sharing. She expects
and demands that their fathers
interest in her children, their faith
er's pride and love, shall almost,
II not quite, equal her own.
When the father fails to live up
to this ideal he cuts her heart
with a sword that is two-edged.
He is failing her, which she might
forgive. But here is the thing she
can never forgive-he is also fall
ing the children!
As it happens, ! know two such
fathers. Both are brilliant meN-
Both, from the worlds point Of
view, are good husbands and
fathers. They provide excellent
homes for their families. They are
educating their children.
Not one of the sons in those two
houses would dream Of going to
his father for advice in a crisis.
And the case Of a boy who cannot
20 to his father in a crisis is a sad
case indeed.
That, H. w., is the life you are
asking the girl you love to live.
She does not realize this. Her
mother does. In fighting the pros
pect that mother is merely doing
her obvious duty.
For the sake of the girls happi-
ness and your own, give her up.
1t viii hurt-at first. The ache Of
it may last for years. But that is
a small thing compared to the
long-drawn-out disappointment and
establishment that fills a home
headed by an indifferent father.
Better talk it over with the girl.
If she suffers, help her out by tell
ing her the truth. Say to her:
"You see, dear, I'm not what YOU
thought ! was. love you, but at
heart / am cold and very selfish"
For, H. w., ! have kept the
grimmest fact for the end. It in
only in cold and very selfish ma
lures that patetnal love can find
no place
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-02

THE recent enormous develop
ment of the sizes Of armies
L and of the power and
range of artillery has brought the
military importance of another
great branch of science into evil
dence-geology, the science Of the
rocks.
When man produces artificial
earthquakes he must understand
the structure of the earth's crust
or he may do more harm to him
self than to his enemies. The vi
bration from modern artillery fire
is capable of starting avalanches
and landslides, as Prof. Pogue, of
Northwestern University, points
out, SO that when fighting in a
mountainous region the army
whose commanders and engineers
are superior in geological knowl-
edge may possess q considerable
advantage through knowing where
the greatest dangers from earth
movements lie
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-02
PRAYER --- Beautiful Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Lord, let us pray.
1--WE US the open mind, Oh God.
u The mind that dare believe
In paths of thought as yet untrod;
The mind that can conceive
Large visions of wider way
Than circumscribes our world today
May tolerance temper our own faith,
However great our zeal.
When others speak of life and DEATH
Let us not plunge a steel
Into the heart of one who talks
In terms we deem unorthodox.
Help us to send our thoughts through space
Where worlds in trillions roll,
Each fashioned for its time and place,
Each portion of the whole;
Till our weak minds may feel a sense
OF Thy Supreme Omnipotence.
Let US not shame Thee with a creed
That builds a costly church,
But blinds us to a brothers need
Because he dares to search
For truth in his own soul and heart
And finds his church in home and mart.
Give us the faith that makes us kind,
Give us the open sight and mind
oh God, the open mind,
That lifts itself to meet the Roy
of the Ne1U Da1Uning Day.
Lord, let us pray.
Copyright, IsI7)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-02

Dear Miss Jordan:
love q girl who loves me. We
want to be married. and 1 can
support a wife in comfort But
the girls mother has fought the
match from start to finish, and Is
still nghting It.
Her reason Is that 1 once ad-
mitted that didn't like children
Well, don't like thsm-thats
nat. But what's that got to do
with. It. and what's to be done
about #?
Please tell U.S. We all three
read your articles In The wash
ington Times. H. W.
" = HEN a question like this
" comes up, H. W., one
of two things must be
done. Either the letter must be
ignored las you did not give your
address) or decision must be given
on the evidence submitted, with
out considering all there may be
on the other sides and which you
have not mentioned.
Taking your letter at its face
value, therefore. knowing nothing
Of your personal charms, which
may be great, nor Of the strength
OF the girls love for you. which
also may be great. my suggestion
is that the engagement be broken.
The fact that the girls mother
is lighting" it for the sole reason
that you do not like children is a
very significant fact.
That mother knows her daugh-
ter very well, as most mothers do
not all Of them. The chances
are that she understands her
daughters nature. She may know
that her daughter could not be
happy without children. She
surely knows that no tragedy Is
greater than that Of the woman
whose children have an Indifferent
father.
1t may help you to understand
the situation, H. W.. II you will
look at the matter this way:
All authorities agree that the
two supreme human experiences
for women are wifehood and moth
erhood. They should be Of equal
value. In their practical working
out. however, W. md that to many
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-25
NAVY TO MAN ALL
 TRANSPORTS HEREAFTER
Decision Was Fastened by the Sinking
 of the Antilles

Washington Ocvt. 24.-Blue jackets will man and naval officers will com many army transports hereafter.
 Officials believe this will insure more efficient operation of the ships, partic- uarly in the war zone, where the strain on a crew is greatest, and so lessen the risk of destruction by submarines.
 Decision to have the navy operate the transports announced today, is be- Iieved to have been haStened by the sinking of the Antilles, manned by ci- williams. It was pointed out that the highly trained and disciplined naval forces are far more effective than a This is regarded particularly true of the fire room, upon which ships speed largely depends.
 The manning of the transports twill make necessary a large increase in the navy personnel and the general board is understood to have recommended that congress be asked in December to authorize an additional 80 900 men, 30,OOO for the permanent naval forces and 50 1000 for the period of the war.
 With the transports turned to the navy, it was decided to have the ship ping board operate all cargo vessels, including those carrying supplies for the armed forces abroad. Thus was settled a question between the navy and shipping board which began with the decision to build and commander merchant ships.
 In anticipation of today's agreement the navy has been training men pecially for the transport service and a large force is understood to be available now. Others will be trained as rapidly as possible, so that not only all existing transports can be manned, but also the new ones now building. These latter have been especially de- signed and will be much faster than the standard cargo vessels. They are planned for a speed of Is knots,
 The high speed will furnish one protection against submarines, but still another will be supplied in the ships themselves. They will be so constructed as to be safe against one torpedo and it is believed that two probably will not sink them.
 The manning of the transports by biuejackets will release many men for the cargo vessels operated by the shipping board. The crews for these ships present an even greater prob lem than does the personnel for the navy ships but the shipping board is training large forces at several schools along the coast and expects to be able properly to man the cargo carriers as fast of they are built.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-25
A Scouts Honor to Be Trusted.


 Scouts Honor to Be Trusted.
 The requirement that War Service Emblems will be awarded for :ubscrip- tions secured in ten or more different homes or families should be observed b yall alike. It is believed that the entire scout field understands that what We are trying to prevent is tn 2 split ting up of subscriptions merely fer inc purpose of making I record. DepctCIng upon the co-opertion of ali alike we believe it should be left to the honor of every scout and scout Of : fcial to meet this requirement. in a way which will accomplish what we have isi mind namely, genuine ser vice to the government in securing the largest amount of subscriptions pos sible. We should not allow the desire to secure War Service Embems or recognition to lead to the splitting of what actually is only one genuine, bona fide subscription. Only scouts registered and in good standing, and who secure their subscriptions se- solicitation, are eligible to receive War Service recognition of any character.
 In addition to this, and because of some doubt regarding certain local con- ditions, Scout Commissioner Bruce sent a special telegram to James E. West. chief sccut executive, and on Tuesday noon, received a reply stating Make it clear tl 1t subscriptions must be from ten or more different homes or families regardless of source of payment" meaning that no matter how many people in enc home sub- scribe for bonds, the scout is to be credited with one sale, although the total amount of all the bonds is allow ed to be counted.