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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-18
CHAPTER XXI.

Punishments and Maehine-Gun Stunts
Soon after my arrival in France; Ia
fact, from my enlistment, had found
that in the British army discipline is
very strict. One has to be very care
ful In order TO stay on the narrow path
Of government virtue.
There are about seven million ways
Of breaking the kings regulations; tc
keep one you have to break another.
The worst punishment is death by
firing squad, or ''up against the wall,
as Tommy calls ii.
This is for desertIon. cowardice, mu'
tiny, giving information to the enemy,
looting, rape, robbing the dead, forcing
a safeguard, striking n superior, etc.
Then comes the punishment of sixty
four days in the frOnt-line trench with
out relief During this time you have
to engage in all raids, working parties
In No Mans Land, and every hazardous
undertaking that comes along. If you
live through the siXty-fOur days you
are indeed lucky.
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little distance TO conduct onto the
iron pole in case of need.
The frogs climb the poles and find
the insulators cool and pleasant to
their bodies, and fancy that the drop
per" is put there to furnish them with
Il back seat.
After a nap they yawn and stretch
out leg until It touches the pole
result, sudden death to the frog, and
as the body continues to conduct the
current to earth there Is a paragraph
In the papers 10 the effect that "ln con-
sequence Of an interruption to the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-18
nnu chinese Extract camphOr.

In the extraction of camphor the
Chinese use a most primitive but very
effective still The leaves are placed
in wicker basket, which is fixed over
an iron cauldron containing water. On
the top of the basket basin of cold
water Is placed. The steam from the
cauldron passes through the leaves of
the basket and carries over the cam
phor vapor, which is deposited In the
form of camphor on the cool under
surface OF the basin.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-18
FIylna Experience.

Lieut.. Col. G. V. s. Quackenbush
commanding officer at Kelly field, la
bored for years to cure himself OF
pulling his drives in golf. He spent
hours in practice; he hired profession
al instructors; ne tried everything but
hypnotism. One day in the course of
flying lesson he rubbed a blister on
thc middle finger of his right hand,
that afternoon on the links he had to
change his grip, and now he could
hardly pull II he wanted tO.-New
York World.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-18
Amusement for Children.

For the children, before they are ola
enough to use scissors, tearing paper Ii
an engaging occupation. Tear piece
of old newspaper into an oblong shape;
it may be any size, about two by four
inches, we will say. By folding this
in the middle 1t will make a, little tent.
Again, fold in thirds, one piece turned
up and one down, for Il chair. Turn
both ends down for table. The child
can tear paper into trees, a ball, doll
babies and many other simple shapes.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-18
Mntnrlnn in the Desert.

The naked, or almost, deserts Of the
Southwest offer pretty good going for
automobiles in most places. They are
fat and the sandy plains are dry and
compact of surface. But undetdably
there nre dlscouraging places for any
sort of wheeled vehicle to tackle. The
w G. II. U, Of Los Angeles. CAL, has
marked some of these places with
slgns erected on posts. They read
spent Swear; Smile "
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-18
"EMzAC" FROGS CLIMB POLES
Australian Variety Declared to Be Big
Nuisance to Telegraph
Company.

Sydney, n. q. W.-One Of the great
enemies of the overland telegraph line
In Central Australia r. the common
green frog. In order to save the lnsu-
lntors from being broken by the light
nlng they are provided with wire
choppers" leading rourd them ut q
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-18
ssssssssssssssSSsSsSSSsss
ASTRlDE PLANE UPSIDE
DOWN; RIDES TO EARTH

LondOn.-A British alrman,
while flying at height OF 1900
feet, had the tail II his machine
shot OF by a direct hit from n
shell. The machine turned up
side down and hs pilot was
thrown from his seat, hut he
managed To Chamber onto tho
bottom Of the fuslluge, on whics
he remained astridt,
Although the .aach'ne Was
out of control, he managed. by
moving forward and backward,
Ia balance II and Eidn steadily
downward. Under strong
anti-aircrnft fire hC crossed the
German lines successfully few
hundred feet from the ground.
His machine came Gown with
crash and he received some in
iurlcs, but will recover.
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More Honor 20 Fershinu.

Kansas City, MO.---plaza road. q
well-known drive near tho Union sta.
non, has been renamed "pershlna
road" in honor of Gen. John j. Persh
ing, by the city council. The council
has authorized the Improvement a
the road by widening and removing CO
tracks which are on IOrt OF It.
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city Of $4,000 inhabitants with all the
necessary appliances IN the way Of
water sewerage, storn5, fire protec
| tiOn, lighting system, etc Imagine an
| the retail stores in CSiIsgo 5onsOh
dated into one, and y1u get an ideS
Of what II means when W. say depot
containing ninety daFs' supply for
100000. Think Of gold storage
plant whore 10000 head II cattle, or
10000 quarters Of beef, ran be pro-
vited for under one roof.
"Of course, we only haEdlc this end
Of It. Our Job over he'e Is to get
the stuff Off the ships, got 1t on tha
trains, and pass Il on Up 20 the front.
It comes in n never. enlins stream.
The problem of thc caff depart.
ments is divided into forr Giand groups
transportation, construct on, supply,
ana disqualification.
Under transportation cont,aued
General HagOOd 1--WE gHOup ocean
transport and inland waterways, all
railways, including STANDARD gauge
and narrow gauge; all hOpSe and mulS
transportation, including wagons and
pack animals, and all iorns Of motor
transportation. No pCssible form OF
! transportation has been overlooked.
"Under construction we have to con-
slider the building Of railroads, the erec-
tion and assembling Of cars and loco
motives, the bulldog Of wharves'
docks and stOrehous9S; the cOnstruc
ton and repair of l<''ses and other
vessels for use on the cTGslS and navi-
gable streams, bridges, end, in fact.
everything from the cu:tiHg Of the TIM
her in the forests TO ,t6 final assem-
blage for practical use.
Their Own Manufacturers.
"Under supplies we include water,
food, clothing, fuel, animals, forage,
guns and ammunition, dirplanes, etc.
We have taken over great many mani
ufactures. We make our own chOcO
late, and manufacture hard bread,
and number of such commodities
There is one bakery In the center Of
France from which we send out ev-
e"y day fresh bread for 100000 men
Under disqualification we include
receiving and caring for the sick and
wounded evacuated from the front.
"In order to decentrGlize this indus
trial institution the zone Of operations
! is divided into nine sectiOns-the adj
vance section in which the armies ara
actually engaged, the intermediate sec
tion, containing the CREST central pOr-
tion of France and seven base sections
which include the ports.
1.-THE whole thing Is like great net
work. General Persting has placed
the responsibility for its operation
upon General Harbord. the command
ing general of the S. O. S. I am his
about fifty genera, staff officers,
| through whom all the activities of the
! S. o. S. are co-ordinated. The balance
of the staff here consists Of about l.
COO officers and 1000 enlisted men and
Clerss.
"One of the most important agencies
we have is the general purchasing
board, presided over by Col. Charles
Gates Dawes, formerly Of Chicago.
This board is charged with the pur-
chase of all supplies that are obtained
in Europe, and also represents US in
Ho-ordinating the supplies Of the allies
:n such Il way that there is no dupli-
;ation among the great nations com
ferned.
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EMPEY AND HIS COMPANY GO "oVER THE TOP" IN
COSTLY BUT SUCCESSFUL ATTACK.

synopsFred by the sinking Of the Luana with the loss OF
lives Arthur Guy Empey American living in Jersey CITY,
goes England ensts private In the British army After
sent 10 train
where he first hears the sound big guns ana
Of "cooes After brief period Of training
Empeys fontne trenches where he takes
while the bullets whz overhead Empy
death turks always the trenches
himself by rcscung wounded under hot
fire. pick Empey has experience trench digger
in No listening detail Ex
citing duty Back in rest blets Empy
successful play
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-18
Cure for HIceouuhs.

To stop hiccoughs, give the patient
a teaspoonful of granulated sugar and
vinegar. II this does not afford reliSG
at once, repeat the dose.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-18

lines probably caused by cyclonic dis
turbanCe in the interior, we are unable
TO present our readers with the usual
cables from England"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-18

Empey and his comrades make
the deadly machine guns per-
form all kinds of tricks to the
discontinue of Fritz. The next
instaliment tells how the Ger.
man gunners are fooled.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-01
LOST AND FOUND

LOST one new casing 37H4h
mounted on firestonu dcmountable
rim, strap wrapper around tires, return
70 Scotts Auto supply Co., Sl3 w, Main.
Reward
LOST-Baby bond, number not known
but ranges between l7lO6A35-i0 Phone
Walnut 1874 T. H. Kirby
LOST-Two $50 Liberty bonds Finder
call Walnut 1887 and receive reward
LOsT-Mnn's coat. dark with stripes.
can Walnut 1908
LDST. Between Robinson aud Terminal
station Thursday, silver bar with first
class pistol shot Maple i2l
LOST-A lady'B 30 degree Masonic brooch
pin. probably ON tlnHscn or down town.
reward Dr. Hirshfcld. 2Og American
Bank Rldg
LOST Ladies' black milan hat. trim
med iu white Reofgettc with black
pom pom Return 10 Jones at Bass
Furniture CO., for reward.
LOST Small gray purse containing a
watch and two keys and some change
LOST-Gold Brooch In shape OF arrow
head with piece of coral In center Re
ward C1ll NJ goo
STRNYED OR STOLEN Black md
white spotted shetland stallion pony
Reward f0r return TO 1901 ", 3Sth ST.
A suitable reward viii be paid for the
return of q ledger of accounts belong
ing to tine American Vacuum Syringe
Company. blown rom room SU2 on tx
change Building Saturday might
LOST During storm between Whittier
school and 10th and Classcn, lady's
brown Jacket 10 suit finder please phone
Nopl" 23gs-J
LOST sunday evening on Cnsacn boule-
ward. lluuk black wire wheel with new
BINS .uonnr tread knight tire Cadillac
Eight hub cap. reward Phone Motor
Car Sales CO., Walnut $50
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AUTOS, VEHICLES AND
ACCESSORIES

FOR SALE-Onc light two-horse spring
wagon, suitable FOR laundry bakery or
country produce, fine shape your own
price, also one dandy one-ton express
body eau llu4 W. Main
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WE will set you M In business for your
self. no capital required. Willingness
to work and A. character reference re-
quired. Apply Saturday and Sunday
morning 2l6-l7 Colcord Bldg
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ELlABLE merchant to buy interest and
take full charge Of high class ladies'
ready to- wear establishment In Oklahoms
city; For particulars, address Y-61, care
Oklahoman
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MINERS For sale NJ less than half Of
cost one 10 horse power steam engine
md boiler with lo-foot steel smoke
stack. i. W Freeman Joplin. Mo. make.
qni holster with 30, feet Of * inch steel
one Nat car with about 20 feet OF track
ana miscellaneous lot of pulleys shaft
ing, tools, etc. This Is very complete
shaft sinking outfit and everything is In
fine condition Taken under foreclosure
and VIII be sold cheap. Price $3.50. o.
b Inchc. okla. Address Evan McMnster
1927 West Eleventh street Okla homn
city Phone Walnut 22sO. or Allen Nc
Master, Mccrs Okla
FOR SALE-Flcctric motors and gen.
orators an sizes. also rewindlng and
repairing Electric Repair CO.. 2lO N
Harvey.
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FOR SALE = 1880 INTERNATIONAL
TRACTOR, GOOD CONDITION SHIT.
ABLE FOR THRESHING WYLIE.
BltOS, we WEST GRAND AVE
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PERSONAL
NOTICES

WE PAY spot cash for diamonds More
hous Jewelry Co. 1926 N Broadway.
FAMOUS Seely Spermatlc Truss. guar
anteed 10 contract opening. fitted Inv
expert also abdominal belts, elastic
trusseE shoulder braces WestfaI Drug
Co. Oklahoma city, okla
PAREGORlC, whisky and all forms OF
drug addiction. cured In 10 to l5 DAYS
without pain OF suffering. nt the Hin
Sanitarium. .Ardmore. Okla
DR.. c. A. BELLMORE, orthopedic foot
specialist and chiropodist tell me your
foot troubles, II will ease your mind and
| win ease your feet: ! am prepared 10
receive all my old patients al my new
office 2o7h ". Main. Walnut 1896
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LOANS, REAL ESTATE SECURITY

FARM LOANS Five. seven. ten years
CITY LOANS on Oklahoma city
property Tho Jennings Investment
Go. 1918 c1lcord bldg oklahoma CITY
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PRIVATE MONEY

To loan on improved city property
loans closed promptly, no red tape
Aurclius-Swanson Co, Inc. state Ma.
tlOual Bank Bldg Walnut 1866.
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FILMS AND FINISHING

KODAK FILMS developed and printed
We do superior work. Write for price
~ We DO not sacrifice quality for
1ossd. Westfail Drug Company Okla
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SEEDS. PLANTS AND TREES

CANE SEED Orange and black amber.
s., kalnr and milo seed 81 o0 June
corn 81 per bu sacked. Marshall Grain
Go, Watonga Okla
SWEET POTATO Plants; Southern
queen. 200 thousand. cash with or
der }. J. Drew Harrah okla
NANCY HALL potato slips. price s. per
1000 prepaid. Nadron Produce Co.
Nnliron. Ark
SWEET POTATO SIIPS-Nuncy Hall
hoolny YAM Pumpkin yam aud Porto
Rico large. strong plants. big roots ab.
snluie'y true 10 name; count guaranteed
seed potatoes scientifically treated 10 pre-
vent disense quick shipment by express
sent by parcel post at purchasers risk
only, $500 per I 900 T. o. b. Palestine.
cash with order. A. G. Green Plant Co.
Palestine. Texas.
HECLEANED German miiiet seed for
sale, 1925 per bushel. sacked. J. =.
Durham, Minco Okla
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FOR SALE

Good team Of ponies,
weight $50 pounds; good
condition. Walnut liza or
Walnut 409S.
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invoice about So 900, established het,
over three years annual sales $50 900
Reason for selling going into army.
Stenley Hdw. Co. 202 W Reno Wal.
nut 746
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lima developed free on trial roll prints
3 % TO sitx<x. new brilliant finish
10 Camera Co, ISo North McKin-
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ALWAYS IN THE MARKET
FOR

FARM AND CITY LOANS.
THE INTERSTATE MORTGAGE
TRUST co.
Correspondence solicited from bor-
rowors or agents. Lee Building. Okla
homR city
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
IN CITY
Wanted, Assistant Manager

Wanted, Assistant Manager
To take fun charge Of branch houses
now being established In Blackwell.
Bartlcsvlle and Guthrie Also assistant
manager for our sllesroom In this city.
NO experience necessary. VIII pay YOU
salary from $500 90 To $500 20 per month
according TO the amount OF money you
are willing to invest We have a we'll
established mercantile business In this
city and will give you absolute security.
In fact you will handle your own money
nt all times DO not answer this ad un-
less YOU have at least 5000 90 IN cash
or can get same. We VIII give perma-
nent position to reliable party Address,
Daily Oklahoman, box X.23
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
PIANO TUNING $1.75
2wlrfz Mania 1874

rS GEAruOpUONE. nearly new. and
A. Little Wonder records plays any
record $40 ms W Eighth
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Manitoba car. win pay part cash
and rest In good oil stock Phone
Mamie qg2
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NICE well located piece Of acreage clear
and Is dandy track viii deal for late
model car Han 2l5 Lee building.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
Travis Petitions
For Reappraisal Of
Severance Stock
Controller Charges Under
valuation of Union
Sulphur Shares

State Controller Travis obtained an
order from Surrogate Cohalan yester-
day directing John L. Severance, of
Cleveland, to show cause why 320
shares OF stock Of the Union Sulphur
Company left by his father, Louis H.
Severance, should not be reappraised.
The estate Of Louis II. Severance was
appraised in the administration of for
mer Controller Sohmer. The sulphur
stocks were appraised at s2,250 share,
or total Of s742,5O0. 1t is the conten-
tion OF Controller Travis that the
shares had real value Of s4,o59 900. on
which amount the State of New York
should have collected transfer tax.
Mr.. Severance entire estate was ap-
praised at s14,508,e84.
He died without leaving a will, and
his estate was divided between his SON
and daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth S. Allen.
of Cleveland. Controller Travis said in
his petition that the first appraisal was
based largely on the affidavit of Henry
D. Wilton, secretary and manager of
the Union Sulphur Company. The Con-
troller asserts that Mr.. Wilton knew
the true value of the stock was much
higher than the value he placed on IL.
Mr. Travis said that the company's
stock was assessed for taxation at the
sum of $12,000,000 in 1913, which would
indicate that it was worth $4,000
share instead of s2,250.
"The appraisal of the Severance stock
was fraudulent on its face" said Con-
troller Travis. "Whiton relied on the
sales of stock in 1905, and later tes-
tilted the company did not become po.
tential until that year. His statement
was no criterion of the stocks value
eight years later, when the company
met with wonderful success"
The Controller added that the same
effort at undervaluation was made in
the estate of Herman Frasch. who died
in 1914, less than a year before the
death of Mr.. Severance. He held 503
shares Of the Union Sulphur Company
STOCK, eto when also So was & appraised at 81
appraisal to be remitted, which resulted
in higher valuation.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund

There are no pigpens in the Grand
Central Terminal.
Nor any cow pastures.
No running brooks.
YOU wouldn't expect to find such
things 80 near New York's four corners.
But then you've been to the country.
Patience hadn't
She was sitting yesterday afternoon
in one Of the high back seats of the
terminal waiting room, her eyes rowing
IN wonderment over it's great spaces.
She had come down from her home in
East Seventy y-sixth Street on the Third
Avenue l. and felt that she was long
way from home.
All at once somebody startled her
out OF her wonderment into greater
one.
Come on, Patience, hurry!" said her
chaperon.
For moment her eyes contracted to
their normal diameter, as she asked,
Where are we goin' now, teacher:
home 2"
mo indeed, dear" responded the
vance. ave are going to get on the
train for the country"
The eyes Of Patience went wide
again. "Oh," she said with a mixture
of puzzlement and disappointment in
her voice, "ain't this it? / thought
we was there"
And some of the nineteen little girls
who were her companions laughed.
That is as much as Patience knew
about the country at 2:45 p. m. yes
terday afternoon, but you couldn't fool
her about it to-day, for she is "there." ["
There" as the guest of The Tribune
Fresh Air Fund-in just the part of
that great "there" where a girl with
Patience for name ought to be, in the
ancient New England town of Fairfield,
Conn.
Think of what tremendous igno-
rance hers was-not to know that the
country is a place of running brooks,
COW pastures, pigpens, singing birds
and waving treetops; not a mighty
building of vast spaces and hurrying
multitudes.
This is true story-true as the fact
of The Great War. True as to the
name of the girl, the street where she
lived the time when it happened true
to the letter in the words Patience
spoke.
Do you believe she is the only girl
of eight years in New York who knew
so little about the great "there" to
which you and hundreds of thousands
of vacationists are turning your steps
and your thoughts to-day? She is not.
There are hosts of others. There is
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
John A. Mitchell, Who
Founded "Life," Dies

RlDGEFIELD, Conn. June 29.-John
a: Mitchell, founder and editor of
.Life." died at his summer home here
plexy early in the day and his death
followed few hours later.
Mr.: Mitchell was born in New York
City in 1845. Following his graduation
from Harvard, he studied architecture.
frst in Boston and later in Paris He
was active as an architect until 1876,
when he became interested in illus
trating and returned to Paris, where
ne remained to study for four years.
"Life" was founded in 1883. AL
though Mr.. Mitchell devoted the great
er part of his time to the publication,
he, found opportunity to do consider.
able writing. more than dozen novels
finding their way to the press from his
pen.
Mr.. Mitchell was a member of the
Century and City clubs Of New York.
His home there was at d East Sixty
seventh Street