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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-03
0KMoLCEE FIRE
L0SSs100,000;
II AUTOS BURN
Garage Destroyed by Blaze
Starting in Car,

OKMULGEE, Okla, May J.-Fire,
which started from the explosion Of
the gasoline tank OF an automobile
employees were attempting TO start last
nigh, practically destroyed the Trans
continental garage and burned seventy
one automobiles which were housed in
the building. The estimated 10" Of
100000 is partly covered by insurance,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-03
Colorado Mine q
Students Strike

GOLDEN. Col. May 3.-All stu.
dents except thirty seniors have
struck" At the Colorado School Of
Mines here and mos, Of the approx.
ma,ely lao strikers" have lei, the in
s,i,ution as a resul, Of the iaeulty's
refusal to reconsider suspension oi
several students Tor rubbing a pro.
fessor with sand
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-03
Shakespeare Day
Observed Abroad

LONDON, MAY j.-zShakespeare day
was observed today throughout, Eng.
land and France. Emphasis was laid on
the fact that all countries speaking the
language OF Shakespeare were now
united for the first time in a war on
the behalf Of the principles OF demoe
fary
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-03
Progress Made By English
Over Twelue Mile Front

Operation Centering at BuIIe-
court, FreSnoy and CheriSy
Is Fourth Great Attack
Since Easter in This Dis
triCt,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-03
Fair and Cooler
Tonight, Forecast
LOCAL FoRecAsr - Generally fair
wsathsr tonight and Friday cooler TO.
STAre FORECAST - Generally fair,
eooisrt frost In extreme northwest por.
tIor, falr and cooler In southeast portion,

KANSAS Unsettled. rain In east,
ARkANSAa-Showers and cooler
EAST TExAS-. Fair and cooler,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-25
COOL WEATHER AND | BOIL WEEvnS CAUSE BlG SLUMP Condition of Cotton Crop Shown to Be Only 59.8 Per, Cent of Normal, ,-..s HOPE. < OF TOP CROP < ..,... ~.
 SAID TO BE SLIGHT Frost of Average Date Likely to Dam. age Late Fruitage Picking Slow.
 Labor Supply Sufficient to
 Harvest Crop.

(From the Commercial Appeai)
 The condition of the growing cotton crop is 5a.S per cent of normal, ac- cording to reports from correspoh- dents from over the belt.
 This figure compares with a gov ernment condition on August 70 or 67,S per cent, 56.3 per cent on Sep tember 25 last year, and a 1O-year average of 65.7. The loss in condition for September is Spoints. which com pares with 4.9 last year, and a lo- year average of 5.2 points. The ex- cessive loss may be explained. how ever, from the fact that this years crop lost only 2.5 points in August due to the lateness of the plant.
 Based upon the above condition flg- ures the indicated yield is 11,91S,ooo bales, according to the government method of considering a condition or 100. per cent on this date as indlca- tive of per acre yield of PTS pounds
 Unfavorable weather conditions, to- gether with heavy insect damage, es-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-25

pecially from boil weeyil in infested areas, may be held responsible for tho big loss In condition sustained by the crop during the month. Tempera- lures have been too low a great part of the time, while sudden changes from hot to cold have caused she'd ding of fruit from plant never too well fruiteu. Too much rain in To- calities has also caused some damage.
 Boil weevils have about destroyea the top crop and have damaged the middle crop in infested areas or Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama ana Georgia, and have done considerable damage in localities in Texas. over 'prSctically all this area no top crop 'fs Hooked for. Owing to the extreme ,lateness of the crop the late fruitage when unmolested by insects, IS m serious danger of damage by frost or average date.
 The lateness of the crop is being emphasized by the slowness Of pick ing in getting under way. There are
 many local reports of ! premature opening, and in dry Southern Texas picking is about completed. But Tn the northern half of the belt DICK ing is just beginning, and along the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-25
SAVE YOUR HAIR
 AND REAuTIFY If
 WITH "DANDERINE''
Spend 25 Cents! Dandruff Disap pears and Hair StOrs
 Coming Out.
Try This! Hair Gets Beautiful Wavy and Thick in Few
 Moments.

If you care for heavy hair, that :glistens with beauty and is radiant with life; has an incomparable soft ness and is fluffy and lustrous, try Danderine.
 Just one application doubles the beauty of your hair, besides it immedi- ately dissolves every particle of dan druff; you cannot have nice, heavy, healthy hair if you have dandruff. This destructive scurf robs the hair of it's lustrc, it's strength and its very life, and if not overcome it produces fev- erishness and itching of the scalp; the hair roots famish, loosen and die; then the hair falls out fast.
 If your hair has been neglected and | is thin, faded, dry, scraggy or too oily, , get a 25-cent bottle of Knowlton's s Danderine at any drug store or toilet
 counter; apply little as directed and
 was the best investment you ever made.
 We sincerely believe, regardless of everything else advertised, that if you desire soft, lustrous, beautiful hair and | lots of it-no dandruff-Do itching
 scalp and no more falling hair-you
 must use Knowlton's Danderine. Ii l evcntually-why not ow?-Adv.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-25

a result of boil weevil and weather conditions. Prospects for a top crop have gone a glimmering. and some damage is being done the middle crop by the weevil. Shedding is rather heavy in sections, where there has been too much rain, or weather changes have been sudden. The crop is still some three weeks late and picking is about that much behind normal. However, except in sections not troubled with weevil, little fear is entertained from frost. There are few complaints of labor shortage,
 but generally speaking it will be suf- ficient to gather the crop. Many l farmers selling at the ..markct, but many others, notably the large plan
 ters, show disposition to hold for ! higher prices.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-25
COTTON SOLD FOR 45 CENTS.
Record Prices Paid at Mineral Springs
 and Hope, Southwest Arkansas.

Top record price for cotton was paid Saturday at Hope, Hampstead county, and Mineral Springs, How ard county, when cotton buyers paid 45 cents a pound for the staple, the highest paid since the war.
 The sale at Hope was made by two planters, the top price being 45 cents, and the lowest 26h. More than 30 bales were sold at 40 cents and above that figure.
 H. Thomas, farmer, near Mineral Springs, had one bale of long staple, weighing 5S2 pounds, which brought $261.90.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-25
South Carolina.

The weather has been unseascnably cool and late cotton has been further delayed in maturing, but actual dam- age does not appear great. More over, killing frost at average date would curtail the yield. Picking is going forward rapidly in old cotton with labor probably sufficient to har- vest the crop. Growers disposed to hold for higher values.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-25
GeOrHa.

Picking is well advanced in the south and the yield is turning out be- low expectations. In the north the crop still holds fair promise, but in many places the stalk is through growing and frpittng with little pros pect of a top crop. Picking is get ting under way in, this part of the state. Labor is sufficient to gather the crop, and most growers are sell ing at the market
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-25

Mississippi The crop has lost ground heavily as
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-25

extreme northern border gins have not yet begun to run, .z. -
 There are some complaints of labor shortage, but as a rule there will probably be enough to harvest the crop. There are many growers dis posed to hold for very high prices, but as rule correspondents report that most growers will sell above 20 cents, but stubbornly resist a de- cline below that figure.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-25

except in certain localities fruit is being held we'll. < But the lateness of the crop makes a very late killing frost essential to the maturity of the fruit Picking. is hardly started yet, as few bolls are open, and gins are still idle. Lahor generally speaking, sufficient to harvest crop. Most farm CTS are selling ct current levels.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-25
Alabama.

The crop has ;matured rapidly. ex- ccpt in the northern sections. where there is some prospect of top crop, provided killing frost is unusually late. In the south boil weevils have destroyed the top crop and greatly damaged the middle crop. Heavy shedding is reported from practically all over the state and poor fruitage is complained of nearly everywhere. Picking is keeping up with opening bolls, generally speaking. labor being sufficient to harvest the crop. Most growers appear willing to sell at 20 cents or higher, but resist declines be- low this figure.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-25
Oklahoma.

Shedding and damage from boil weevil have greatly reduced the status of the crop during the past month. However, worms are doing less damage than fortnight ago, and in many instances seem to be leav- ing the fields, but damage already done is great. Crop is still very late and killing frost of average date would result in much harm. Picking is slow getting started, owing to late ness Labor sufficient as a rule. Most farmers disposed to sell at current levels.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-25
Last
Arkansas.

Unfavorable weather conditions consisting of cool nights and sudden changes in temperatures, together with boil weevil activities have caus- td heavy deterioration in the crop. Where boil weevils have been active no top crop will be made, while heavy shedding from a plant none too we'll fruited at the start has been quite general over the state. Reduced es- inmates of the yield, compared to a month ago are general and frost of average date would result in further heavy curtailment. Picking is slow getting under way, and many sections anticipate a labor shortage. Many growers will hold for higher prices.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-25

miner, whose neck was brokea in ! accident in the mine five wears ,a 1died here today, aged 35 years. BsS
 survived by his wife and five cit dren.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-25
Texas.

The crop is still doing we'll in the north, but in the south and west the yield is turning out fully as poor. if not poorer. than expected month ago. In certain localities of the dry area some new growth and fruitage has formed, but 1t will require an un- usually late frost to mature. In the north the outlook for good average crop is still good, although there is a fairly good sprinkling of complaints of insect damage. Picking is nearly completed in the south and is getting under way in the north, with labor sufficient to harvest the crop. Date of killing frost will be important in the north. Many growers disposed to hold for higher prices.
 Mississippi
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-25
North Carolina.

Cool, rainy weather has further re- tarded the development of the crop and much of it is subject to damage from killing frost of average date. Picking is slow getting under way. Labor will probably be sufficient to harvest the crop. Many growers dis posed to hold for at least 25 cents.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-25
Louisiana,

Weather has been more favorable in the last half of the month than it was during the first half, and cotton is opening rapidly. Picking is pro gressing fairly well, although labor is not sufficient to keep up with the opening. Growers disposed to sell above 20 cents, but will fight any de- cline below that figure.
 Tennessee.
 Tho plant is fairly we'll fruited, and
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-05-04
FARM AND ARMa SLOGAN.
Colonel Roosevelt Urges Immediate
Action in War with Germans.

Colonel Roosevelt Urges Immediate
Action in War with Germans.
Chlcago.-"Farm and armw With
this battery Theodore Roosevelt en-
tered Chicago April 2S and in two stir
ring speeches urged that every energy
of the entire nation be directed toward
making the potential might of the
United States felt in the war against
Germany, and he demanded that not
an hour be lost in dispatching troops
to the trenches.
His first speech was made at Il lun-
cheOn at noon: his second at mass
meeting in the immense amphtheatre
ut the stockyards. He advocated uni
versal training as permanent policy (;
he advocated conscription, but he
pleaded that he should be allowed to
recruit division for immediate serv-
ice with the allies
He was roundly appauded when he
urged that during the war the use of
grain for the manufacture of alcho-
holic beverages be prohibited
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-05-04
HOMAGE RENDERED
FATHER OF AMERICA
THREE NATIONS BIND TIE or
FRIENDSHIP AT THE TOMB OF
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Representatives Of England and France
Join with High Government
Officials In Pilgrimage to
Mount Vernon.

Mount Vernon, Va.~-The flags o.
Great Britain. France and the United
States floated. proudly together or
Sunday over the tomb of George Wash
NnEton. Beneath them. spokesmen Of
hhe three great slemaefaeies paid nom
lngc 10 Americas soldier and states.
Iman. and pledged themselves, each "a
the other IN the name Of the dead, "a
prosecute the present mighty struggle
against autocracy on the lines he him.
lself had followed Ia bringing Ameri'
ea into being.
In groups OF twOs and three, an emf
lnent gathering, including the membcrs
lof the French and British war conn
missions. the presidents cabinet aud
members Of congress. had strolled up
through the slipping grounds from the
river bank until perhaps half hun-
dred people stood with barred heads In
"a semicirele before the tomb.
without Formally. Secretary Daniels
moiioned TO NJ. yivianl, minister Of
Justice and former premier OF France,
who advanced slowly Into the center.
Before the tomb Of Washington, whose
efforts towards liberty his own ances-
TORS had gloriously aided, NJ. Ylyiani
delivered an address IN which the
whole force Of hts emotional power,
deepened By the Significance and SOM
berness Of the occasion. fought for
expression.
Then came forward Arthur James
Balfour. foreign secretary OF Great
Britain. who stood for moment Ia
silence. tall, erect, kindly figure.
Oyercome with MI that the situation
lneant IN the lives OF the two great
Anglo Saxon countries, Mfr, Balfour
abandoned his decision not TO speak
and gave expression to 4 few poignant
sentences. evidently straight from the
heart. England has honored WASH
ington ms she had never before, he
hnid.
Marshal J0ifre. victor Of the Marine
Ind idol Of the French people, spoke
two brief sentences:
aIn the French army all yenerate the
name and manory 81 Washington. ]
respectfully salute here the great sol
tiier and lay upon his tomb the palm
we ofrer our soldiers who have died
for their country"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-05-04
GERMAN CABINET FACES CRISIS
Socialists Demanding Reforms in One
Direction and Junkers iu Another.

The Hague The German cabinet
Is facing the most difficult situation
NJ It's wartime existence in It's effort
90 find safe middle ground between
the socialists aud the conservatives,
Both parties are becoming more aud
more inslstent and yociferous, the so
eiAllas demanding the democrntlza'
ton Of the government and peace with
out conquest or indemnity, white the
conservatives IRE demanding, with
equal urgency, reforms Ia exactly the
opposite direction.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-05-04
Fearful Loss Of shippInn.

Amsterdam. In the first two months
OF unrestricted submarine warfare,
more than i,G00,O00 tons OF shipping
was sunk by the Germans, DIR. Karl
IIalfferich. German secretary of the
interior. told the reichstag main COM
mittee.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-05-04
DRAFT VOTED
BY CONGRESS
APPROVE PRESIDENTS PROGRAM
TO RAISE LARGE ARMIES BY
sELEcTivE CONSUMPTION.
Measure Provides for the Drafting Of
Men to Raise Suitable Army to
Prosecute to Successful Conciu-
sion the War with Germany.

Washington administrations
selective conscriptIon.was approved on
April 2S, the senate and the house by
overwhelming majorities passing the
bill to raise war army by selective
draft
The final rollcals brought into line
behind the bill many senators and
representatives who had fought for
the volunteer system until routed by
decisive defeat of volunteer amend
ments earlier In the day In lighthouses.
The senate, which had voted down the
volunteer plan, SO to Is, passed the
bill by vote of 81 to 8. In the house
the vote against the volunteer plan was
313 to 109 and that by which the bill
itself was passed was 397 to "a.
As passed by the senate the meas
ure provides fOrs the draft of men be-
tween the ages of 81 and "a years,
while in the house measure the age
limits are fixed at 81 and 40. This
and lesser discrepancies will be
threshed out in conference during the
week so that the bill may be in the
hands of the president as quickly as
possible. The war department already
has completed plans for carrying it
into effect.
Senators who voted against the bill
were: Democrats: Gore, Hardwick,
Kirby, Thomas and Tramell-5; Re
publicans: Borah, Gronna and La Fol
lette-3. Total 8.
Senator Vardaman of Mississippi,
Democrat, was excused from voting at
his own request. He did not give a
reason.
The twenty-four representatives who
voted in the negative were:
Democrats: Burnett, Church, Clark
of Florida; Claypool, Grosser, Dill,
Dominick, Gordon, Hillyard, Huddle-
ston, Heating, Sears, Sherwood, Sis
sonia, Republicans: Bacon, Hayes,
King, La Toilette, Lundsen of Mime
sofa Mason, Nolan, Powers-S. Pro-
hibitionist: Randall. Socialist:
London. Total "a.
Speaker Clark, Democratic Leader
Kitchen, and Chairman Dent of the
military committee, who had favored
the volunteer system all voted for the
draft bill on the final roll call. Re
publican Leader Mann also was re
corded in the affirmative, as was Miss
Rankin, who previously had voted with
the volunteer advocates.
Both senate and house adopted
amendments just before the final roll
calls, which would greatly increase the
pay, of enlisted men during the war.
The house provision would make their
pay $50 month, and that approved by
the senate would fix it at 500 month
The present pay is only SO.
Among the amendments adopted in
the senate was one which would per-
init Colonel Roosevelt to recruit a
volunteer force for service in France.
A similar proposal had been rejected
by the house.
Among the more important amend
ments adopted in the house was one
empowering the president to exempt
sons engaged in agricultural work.
Another would require each state to
furnish a quota of men apportioned
according to population and still an
other provides that no bounty shall
be paid to induce any person to enlist"
and that no person liable to military
service shall hereafter be permitted or
allowed to furnish a substitute for
such service"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-05-04
sxprcrs AID FROM AMERICANS.
JOffrs Wants Stars and Stripes on
the Firing Line.

Washington Marshal Joffre told
ihe people of America on Sunday
through Washington newspaper cores
rondenls who called upon him that
France cherishes the confident hope
that the flag " the Unlted States soon
win be flying ON her battle lines
Victories sure 10 be won by the sol
diers of the two republics, once more
iightlng shoulder 10 shoulder for lib
erty. declared the hero Of the Marine
twill hasten the end OF the war and
tighten the links of affection and es'
deem which have ever united France
and the United States
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-05-04
Wheat speculators Rumped.

Chicago.-Speculative wheat prices
withered away on the receipt of an
aouneements that the British govern
n,ent had acquired sufficient supplies
COR the present, including .. W}}. 0,gl
bushels Mt Winnipeg.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-05-04
Reprisal for ReprisaI.

Copenhagen. - Announcement was
made before the reichstag main com
mittee in Berlin that Germany win
adopt the sharpest reprisals il German
prisoners are embarked on hospital
ships of the allies
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-05-04
Celebrate carranza's Election.

Mexico City.--General Carranza's
election as president of the republic
was formally celebrated by troop
parades in all the principal cities in
Mexico on April 20, the president talk
ing the oath on May |.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-05-04
VIII Elaht for Prohibition.

Washington determined effort to
bring about national prohibition for
the duration OF the war was launched
at meeting Of representatives Of
various political parties and Of farm
ers' organizations.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-05-04
RussIans More Willing to Fight.

Petrograd Minister OF Justice Ker-
ensky has announced that only Is the
army better prepared and more willing
20 fight than before the revolution, but
that the factories are putting out more
ammunition than ut any previous stage
OF the war.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-05-04
No Hope of Rescue.

Hastings, Colo.-The last hope that
amy Of the 100 miners entombed in the
Hastings mine of the yictor-Anerican
Fuel company here Friday morning
world be found alive was officially
abandoned Sunday night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13
CONDUCTOR HELD AS ''FRAMER" OF
 ACCIDENTS HERE
w. J. Windsor Arrested for New Jersey Authorities
 on Peculiar Charge.

Alleged to be professional ''framer'' of trolley accidents. which has always resulted in the company for which he worked settling with the claimant, who, the police charge was always an accomplice, w. J. Windsor, a conductor, who very recently en- tered the employ of the Connecticut Co.,, was arrested yesterday on bench warrant for the New Jersey authori- ties. He is charged with conspiracy to defraud.
 According to Capt. E.. O. Cronan, who had Windsor taken from a trolley car in Main street this morning, the New Jersey police state he travels about the country, working a short time for trolley companies, arranging with his accomplices to have an acci- dent in which the latter are supposed to be surt as a result of his obvious careleSspesS as a conductor.
 Windsor, who is 28 years, and lives at 282 Fairfield avenue, is alleged by the police to have been planning to dupe the Connecticut Go. when arrest ed. Another conductor in the en- ploy of the company, whose name the police withheld is also detained. It is stated that he is not thought guilty of being a partner to the schemes of Windsor and his associates but that he has knowledge of their guilt
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13
QUEEN OF NAPLES

Maria Sophia, the last Queen of Naples, was a Bavarian princess, the daughter of Prince Maximilian. It was early in 1859 that she was mar ried to the young Francis IT., King of Naples and the Two Sicilies, the cere- mony being performed first by proxy at Munich, and later at Bari, where she met her husband. A little more than a year later--on Feb IS, ,1860, fifty-seven years ago today--that the young rulers, who had made their last stand in the fortified town of Gaete, were forced to raise the white flag of surrender. Their conquerors, the red-shirted soldiers of Garibaldi, granted the royal pair the honors of war, and the young sovereigns were Rome, they remained in the Eternal City until Cadorna broke through the walls and raised over Rome the flag of United Italy. Then Maria Solphia and the uncrowned king left Italy to begin their long exile. Francis died in 1894, but the ex-Queen, although invited, refused to return to the coun- try where she had occupied a throne for less than a year! Her sister, Eliza beth, was married to the late Elm peror Francis Joseph of Austria, and her life, too, was one long tragedy, ending with her assassination by an anarchist in Geneva.