davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-07
WOMEN SLOW TO
PLEDGE SUPPORT
Few Send in Cards to Con-
Servaton Department,
CANVASS IS MADE HERE
Housewives Say They Are
PraCtiCing Economy

Oklahoma City housekecpcrs are in
position to furnish the food admins
traitor Of the conservation department
at Washington any information he de
slres as how 10 eliminate waste OF food
StuifS and how to ecOnomiSc and tor
this reason housckccpcrS OF this cl'y
say they are cnllstIng IN the official
organization Tor the conservation oi
food IN the United States
Canvass Made.
A house -to.hOuic canvass today, dur
Ing which about one hundred house
keepers were interviewed. not a single
one OF them had signed the membership
blank. carried IN the Times and Okla
homan, daily, in which they pledge
themselves to- carry out the directions
and advice Of the food administrator in
the conduct OF their households, inso-
far as their circumstances permit
At every house the answer given 10
the question: Have you sigucd the
womens conservation pledge " was,
NO, but ! am doing my part by ccono-
mlzing"
Tie government recently requested
every housckeeper in the nation to sign
the pledge between July and July lS
but unless the women OF other cities are
complying more readily than arc those
OF Oklahoma City but llttlo good will
come Of the campaign
Delay Mailing Card.
One woman today said she had, in
tended every day to mail the pledge but
that she had put it off from day to day,
but added that she would surely do SO
today.
The housckecpers declared that they
had learned how to manage so there is
now practically no waste from their
tables, and they could see no use in
signing the pledge, as they thcmselyc,
could give anyone any information on
the subject and did not need any lnior-
nation as to how to eliminate any
waste They said they had already
learned that by experience
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-07
PARKER NAMED
COMMANDER OF
SOUTHERN ARMY
Temporary Appointment Made
Permanent,

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July o.
Brig Gen. James Parker has been dc'
igna,ed as commander OF the southern
department BY the secretary Of war
General Parker has been acting as de
par'm-nt commander since General
PcrShing was called to Washington
General Parker at the same time was
commander Of the First provisional
division with headquarters at Camp
Wilson. The division was broken up
hy orders to form four new increment,
oi the army Since that time General
Parker has given all OF his attention
to the department work
Brigadicr General Sturgs and Block
som, recently appointed brigadcrs by
President Wilson, have been ordered to
report to General Parker for assign
mcnt
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-07
ELIGIBLE LISTS
IN CITY WINDOW
Draft Numbers Made Public
First Time Today,

Alphabetical lists Of the names o' all
persons who registered in Oklahoma
CITY June S for sclective draft viii be
posted today in the front windows at
the city hall. They will be arranged by
wards and precincts as well as alpha
beti-llly and it is the desire OF the reg
istraton boards that citizens examine
the lists and see II any men OF registra
tion age III their precinct failed to
register
Attention was called at the mayors
office today 10 tho fact that the key
number by which the draft will be made
is not the number on the registration
receipt cards, bu, the serial number on
the alphabetical lists
Registrations in the second distric,
here ran from to 1923 and in the
third district from TO 2,S0S 1t is from
these numbers that the men will he
drafted
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-07
FORMER EMBASSY
EMPl0YE NOW ON
NORWEGIAN SHIP
Continued From Page I.

the much discussed dispatch TO the
Cologne Gazette at the time diplomatic
relations were severed. still is IN Wash.
lngton but is required to rcpor, 10 gov
crnmcnt officials in person twice a
week
Two Of Ccrmanys allies still have
their representatives here Abdul Hak
liu,scin Bey. charge OF the Turkish
embassy pleaded TO remain. His wife
IS an Engllshwoman and on the ground
that her health might be affected by
going to tonstantinoplc. the Bey hd,
been permitted to stay here The Bul-
garlan minister IS also a, this lega
ton
Will Tighten Spy Net.
There arc many indications that the
government IS taking steps to tighten
the spy net and make it even more dli-
lcult for the getting OF military inior-
nation 70 Germany.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-07
Equalization
Board Members
Have Fun Shou,
Officials Have It All Over q
Vaudeville Show When It
Comes to Real Acting,

For fun and frolic and remarks
both pi,hy and pert meeting OF
the board OF equalization has IT
all over vaudeville show
The report o' the county assessor
OF Pumpkin county is ON the table
Lets raise the land assessment
10 percent" SAYS Fred Parkinson
"Shucks, wha, do YOU want to do
that ior1" puts in Frank Gault;
"the land in that county is so
rough a dog can't get foothold
to bark"
We'll. that valuation on mules
seem, pretty low to me-" Parkinson
AYERS
Mr. Gaul, to the fore again SAY,
man the mules IN that county arc
lu,, like warts on hills Let's let
'er 60"
Squash county next comes under
the observing eye OF the board
THAT county never should have
been created" Governor Williams
says to begin with. incidentally
this is iavorite remark with the
governor Hall a dozen times to-
day when the valuations OF different
ent counties were under ConSidera-
tion Governor Williams would mop
his forehead and assert, That
county hadn', ought to have been
formed"
Hogs, S9lS," read, Auditor
Howard
That's too high" says Gault
Let's lower the valuation and en-.
courage those people to raise hogs"
Why gentlemen, I'd like to see
that county raise hogs bu, there's
not enough water in the whole
county Tor hog to walluw in as
sertS Secretary oi State Lyon, "lcr
the valuation stand
Loutd county next In bat
Lets raise the land valuation s
percent says one
The land IN Gourd county is SO
poor YOU can't raise an umbrella
on it," puts in Howard
We'll we might touch M the
assessment ON cattle, il does not
seem to he enough to me" saws an
other.
"You have to hell the cattle in
this county to find EN-" says Lyon
The valuation is too high
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-07
Lawyers Are Kept
Busy This Summer

Although the district and county
courts will not try any jury cases dur
ing July and August the attorneys Of
Oklahoma City are by no means idle
There is considerable office work which
has accumulated during the past few
months that will keep them busy until
the September term They will prepare
cases and briefs. take aiilda'itS and
arrange for testimony III cases which
will he tried at the next term OF court
In addition to- arranging for jury
cases to be tried after September !
there are a number OF non-jury case,
which will be tried in the district
courts during July and August and
many other cases to he filed during
these months The number OF new
cases filed during 'he summer is, how
ever, much smaller than during the
winter and spring.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-07
KESlER ASKS WOMEN TO
PUT CANS NEAR ALLEY

In order that the garbage depart
Ment may give better service with the
steadily increasing number Of subscrib-
ers, Mark kesler, commissioner OF
public safety appeals to the house
keepers to place their garbage cans as
close to the alleyways as possible, The
garbage collectors cannot walk from
fifty to sixty Zee, at each residence to
collect the garbage and then make their
entire route, according to Mr.. Kesles.
and unless the cans are placed where
the collectors can get them convenient.
ly, no effort will be made to &c, them.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-07
REPUBLICANS WIN
IN FIGHTING WITH
MONARCH'S ARMY
Foreign Troops Make Way
Toward Peking,

LONDON. July "a dispatch from
Peking to the Times says tina, danger
Ia foreigner, in the capita !, not feared
Adviccs to the Post from Tien Tsin are
that the imperialist foreign mlnlstct
Hsun Tun Yen, has notified the Tor
eign legations that he cannot guarantee
undisturbed order and ,ha, II trouble
occurs Chi Jul commander-ln chici OF
the expedition, will be responsible.
A dispatch to the Post from lien
Tsin says that 800 Japanese, French
American and British troops are gong
10 Peking to reinforce the legation
guards, arrived at Lang Fang which Is
not far from Peking where the fight
Ing between the imperialisn and re
rublioans began.
The general in charge OF the repuh-
iican forces urged agreemen, to with
draw ten miles 10 the rear owing TO
danger from the fighting All Withdrew
excep, two British officers and some
other officers The belligcren'' agreed
10 follow engineers to repair the rail
way track to Lang Fang, which had
been torn up and permit the relief
trOops TO continue their tourney
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-07
REGISTRATION CARDS
DUE FROM 5 COUNTIES

Exemption boards in five counte,
are fostering gray hairs IN the blonde
locks Of General Ancel tarp because
Of their tardneSS IN numbering regis.
tra,lon card, and sending them in to
his office.
The cards have been pu, in shape in
all oi the counties and duplicates are
ON their way to the adiulant general,
office with the exception OF Tulsa
county and CITY Bryan ScQuoyah
Creek and one board IN Brady county
General tarp ha, sent hurry y.up de
mand, Io these boards
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-07
Ethel Florence Rogers

Funcfu strVIccs Of Ethol RlOrcncc
Rogers, t-morths-od dnughtrr of Mr.
md Mrs II II Rognrs, Who died ut the
residence 1891 West Forty first street
yesterday afternoon. viii take place frr m
the Trinity baptist church tomorrow AT
cinpOn at i3O o'clock Rev j. l. n
Hawkins win oftretr, Intermcnt will be
lin FAirlAwn cemetery.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-07
Mr., Sue B,uish spIcer.

Mrs Sue Beuah spicer. t3 years old,
wife OF Rev a n, Splcer died at the
residence, 12t West Twentieth street. last
night following n lingering illness She
Is survived by her husband one son and
two daughters
Funeral services will take place from
the First Christian church tomorrow AFT.
ernoon at O'Clock Rev. II T., Van Horn
win ofrciatc lntrrment viii be In Fair
lawn cemetery
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-07
Births.
Deaths

Elmer T. Hardin l.ycar- old son OF Mr.
and Mrs James l., Hardin, ll2l West
Main street
Ada l. Batcman. SO years old, Sal East
Ash avenue
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-07
Vital Statistics
Mhtrlaae Llcenses.

Wh'flaue N'CeHsos'
Lewis G. Ritter, 20 years old and Mat
tie Lee Julian, rs years old. both Of Ok
city.
solly y Storch, 26 years old, iIerkImcr,
Kan. aud Maudr Morris. 20 years, old,
Oklahoma Guy.
Births.
Mir aud Mrs George T. Baker, 229 East
Smith street, u boy
Mr. and Mrs Earl H. Aftermath, b?b
West California avenue, n boy.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-07

Building Permits.
W 4 Martin, 3Si East Nelson avenue,
me story frame dwelling, $500
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-07
Ten Men Lost as
Mine Sweeper Sinks

LONDON, July "a British sweep.
er struck mine and sank IN The Ncd
ltetraneau ON Wednesday with thu
probable loss o' ten members oi h,t
crew say. W olll,tN 1nuouu,,mU,
ISSUED mwgH
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22

habitually, or even in a small number of cases, betrayed the confidence re- posed in them by politicians, bankers, captains of industry, military leaders and public officials, not only would it soon become almost impossible for a reporter to get an interview on any important matter but the premature disclosure of plans having to do with private interest or the public welfare would frequently bring disaster.
 It is seldom indeed that a news paper man is sent to prison for up- holding the best traditions of the pro- fession, but MT. Holliway emerges from his unpleasant experience with a clear conscience and a sense of having done his duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
LIKE M,LIlKE SAYS

A wife is always telling her husband that he should help around the house a little like the man next door. And that is what the woman next door is telling her husband.
 Women are not easily pleased. And yet you would imagine they were if you judged by what they marry.
 The betting is that we would all be good if virtue were not so blamed monot- onous.
 We once knew an Irishman who was glad he was a little man because big man doesn't have so many opportunities to fight as a little man. Even if you can't be thankful for what you have got you can be thankful for a lot of things that you haven't got
 The fellow who does his work as though he thought he was doing the boss great favor is always hunting another job
 A bridegroom imagines that his male friends envy him. when the fact of the matter is that a lot of them pity him.
 A man may fool some of the people some of the time, but his wife is wise to him all of the time.
 A small boy hasn't any use for pocket knife unless 1t is sharp enough to cut his fingers
 Anyway, a Corn Fed girl would rather have her legs bulge at the ankles than have them thin further up.
 Women are so suspicious that d man can create a lot of excitement by coming home with railroad folder sticking ont of his pocket
 No matter how much it hurts, you should laugh at the other fellows jokes. You may want to spring one yourself later on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
Newspaper Men Don't
 Violate Condolences

661l7E Kept the Faith" is the title
 4 N of recent editorial in the St. Louis Republic. That newspaper paid a deserved tribute to Robert E. Holliway, its Jefferson City corre- spondent, who had just been released from the Cole county jail after serv- ing thirty-seven days "in one of the worst jails in the state" rather than betray confidence.
 This newspaper man was sent to prison presumably for contempt of court. The editorial does not go into details, save to state that he would not reveal "the source of information which he considered confidential"
 MT. HoIliway is the type of news paper man who reflects credit upon his profession. If newspaper men
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22

thrust was anticipated at this time and the signal victory scored will give new courage to the allies.
 It is quite likely that the British were informed of the withdrawal of veteran troops from the western line to participate in the drive against Italy. General Haig took advantage of the situation and laid his plans so we'll that the day was won almost be- fore the Germans realized what was happening. The ever-dependable tanks" were there, but it was the dauntless British troops who did the hardest and most glorious work
 That boasted Hindenburg line will never again be called impregnable. The British seem able to break through it at will.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
pr. Holmes, Speech

Il have heard any number of pa triotic speeches at the clubs, lunches. dinners, theatres, churches and parks said J. Mercer Barnett, president of the kiwanis club, but the speech last week of Dr. Holmes at the TutwileT was to me the greatest utterance urg- Ing Us to do our full duty that I have yet heard. It was not a piece of mere oratory, or pleasing wind -jamming, but 1t was the real thing. When he told or his 17-year-old boy who was on ms way over, and his pride and hope ana belief that he was going to give a good account of himself because he was clean and strong, it literally thrilled the crowd which caught his enthusiasm for his boy, and men not used to giving vent to their emotions yelled themselves hoarse as they stood or the chairs.
 It was a wild bunch and I believe 1T the Kaiser knew that all over Amer lea the flame of patriotism was being kindled to white heat, that he and ms supercilious entourage of militar- lsts would realize that they had made a mistake in saying that the Ameri- can army was a negligible affair. His speech made me want to fight, and know it stiffened the backbone of every man present"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
General Haig's Troops
 Win Brilliant Victory
developnen

~ ABLES brought cheering news IS yesterday from the battle fronts. The Italians are holding the Austro- German troops along the Piave with superb gallantry and the British took trench after trench of the Hin denburg line along a front of 32 miles l in France, between St. Quentin and the Scarpe river, penetrating to a depth of four or five miles. It is not too much to hope that Lens, long an objective, will soon fall into British hands.
 This latest offensive, developed in an unexpected quarter, was brilliant piece of strategy on the part of Gen. eral Haig, who thereby wins new prestige as one of the allies greatest military leaders. The Germans were apparently taken completely by sur prise. A new departure was also made I in launching the attack without pre- liiminary bombardments, which have hitherto served to warn the enemy while preparing the way for infantry to advance.
 In this country it is hard to realize how much an advance of few miles amounts to in thickly populated France, where frequently gaining or losing few yards spells victory or defeat.
 General Haig has evidently decided not to let the Huns rest during the winter months, as they expected to do along the western front. No great
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22

, The Boston Journal declared that people
 "who feared this would be a step. | towards an irredeemable currency were too timid for the times;'' while MT. Greeley, who was opposed to paper cur-, rency thought that "heavy taxing, light stealing and hard fighting" would re-
 move the necessity for it. But the weight of editorial opinion favored the measure.
 Looking back over those times, Secre- tary of the Treasury Sherman in his Recollection says: .The passage of the legal tender act was the turning point in our physical and financial his- tory. 1t would be difficult to. measure the beneficial results that followed it's enactments. At the beginning of 1862 we were physically strong, but finan- cially weag. The problem was not whether We could raise money" -
 According to his views this measure.
 together with the national banking act,
 which was enacted the following year.
 made the floating of bonds compara lively easy The main question of fi- nance thereafter was, not how to get money, but how great a burden could be
 borne by the people.
 December, 1865. Congress authorized Secretary McCulloch to withdraw and-
 cancel s1o00o,0o0 legal tenders, and there after an amount not to exceed $4,oOo 900
 in any one month. This authority was
 repealed in February, 1868.
 January 14, 1875, a law was enacted authorizing the resumption of specie payments on January l. 1S79 and the Secretary of the Treasury was empow-, cred to provide for it by the sale of bonds at not less than par in gold.
 When the day came Secretary Sherman had s1S5, ,00o,000 of gold with which to put the country on specie basis; while the greenbacks outstanding represented $346,6S1 ,lO6. But as people could get the gold, they didn't want it. What was. the use when the paper currency was convertible into gold and the treasury had the gold on hand? Since 1900 a spe- /, cial fund of s15o,O0000 gold has been kept for redemption purposes, but prac-
 tically the whole amount of $s46. GOO ooo Z of greenbacks remain in circulation side by side with gold, and their influence : on prices is the same as if they were actually gold dollars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
Fund will Exceed
 $50. .OOO Mark

7N HE people of the United States
 J can always be counted upon to respond literally to every cause of human interest, and as this is time of unusual heart appeal, contributions to the various war funds have been more than ever generous. In the Young Mems Christian associations nationwide campaign $35, 5,000,00 was the goal set, but the amount will be considerably over s5O,O00,O0o.
 When the national council of the association announced that subscrip- tions totaled S49, 9,209,411, several states had not made their final re- ports. Alabama and Georgia and perhaps a number of others are still canvassing. The southeastern depart ment, with headquarters at Atlanta, is credited by the national organiza- ton with total subscriptions of $1,2O7, ,588 as against an allotment of $1,5OO,000 but when all the returns are in it will be found, no doubt, that the quota is oversubscribed. And what will hold good with the south eastern department is apt to be ap- proximately matched by some of the lesser departments.
 The eastern department, with head quarters in New York, and the cen- tral department, with headquarters in Chicago, made splendid records. The formers allotment was $15, ,500,0 ,000, but it collected $20,O91 ,665, and the latter's was $12,5O0,0o0, with over $1s,O0O,0OO collected.
 It is safe to assume that the grand total will be nearer S55,O0O,000 than $50,000,000 But all the money can be used in training camp activities to good advantage. Last week, when the campaign was in progress, was a red letter week, indeed, for the Young Mems Christian association, and also for the vast company of people who unloosed their purse strings in behalf of the soldiers who are ready to sacri- flee their lives, if need be, in defense of country and freedom, for in cheer full giving there is always a reflex benefit of far-reaching import.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
THE WOOD TRAILS

Nancy Byrd Turner, in the Youths Com. panion. The wood trails are free trails-thev tatt.
 no travellers toll;
 A green way, a clean way, they go by.
 hill and hollow. iou Know their sudden summons by d
 hunger in your soul And wit to rise at break of day and fol- low, follow, follow. Tour rare IS berries ripe and red and wild
 grapes brimming over, Ana crystal waters cold as snow in
 two palms for a cup, \ Your bed at nightfall batsam boughs
 With wide, star r-tufted cover, And sleep as deep as tranquil wells
 until the dawn comes up. The wood trails are fair trails-at every dip and turn The byways the sky ways, are set with
 lovely wonder The lightest questing step will leave a
 footprint on a fern, The grayest gnarled and ancient oak
 has vioets holding under And whether quick to amber brooks with
 beryl bubbles breaking. Or dim and slow through churchly
 pines, the little pathways go, There's beauty for lifted glance and
 treasure for the taking, And certain secret old delight that only
 wanderers know The wood traiis are long trails, mysteri-
 ous and sweet
 A far way, star way, they set pill
 grim faring; And strangely, as you go the shoes are
 swiftcr on your feet. The old-time burden on your hack is lighter for the bearing; While here bough is blossoming and
 there "a bush is burning And every hours a singing bird for every mile you roam . And best of all--most blest of all-with
 never backward turning The wood trails, the good trails they 5'f lend pOIfr srJi1,if ham a.a s+s s q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
SHE saUELCHED HIM

New York Correspondence Pittsburg Dis
 patch.
 What is more satisfying, especially to an inordinately pretty girl, than to knock the props from under modish guy with self satisfaction stamped all over histex- terior? Such an occurrence happened in a Broadway surface car yesterday The young man was faultlessly attired and as he seated himself beside the young woman, who was reading a magazine. she looked up and their eyes met. He cleared his throat Pardon me, but haven't we met before?' he asked, ir- gratiatingly. "If we have, you made such a slight impression that I don remember you" she replied lightly as her eyes reverted to her magazine. The dub in the wrinkled suit, who sat behind. laughed right out. The dapper young man got off at the next corner