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enemy aircraft flies low enough to be
brought down by the anti aircraft
guns they do not discover the camp
or trench of the men.
At another place supply train was
painted to represent row of cot
tages and went through without a
mishap from the enemies aeroplanes.
over and over. guns made from sec
tions of telegraph poles and the fore
truck OF L wagon with boards for gun
shields have foiled the Germans. One
| particular stunt of the French is to
| put couple Of ounces of gunpowdcr
on a tin shelf at tho muZzle and fire
it by electricity, especially when the
real gun is being fred elsewhere The
/ dummy gun always tempts the enemy
| to waste many rounds of perfectly
| good live shell and wears out his
energy as well, for there is nothing so
dishe artening to a military man as
to discover that he has been fooled.
Machine guns are hidden by the
! emplacements being covered by sod
care being taken that no sod be re-
moved nearby. Dummy trenches are
built in places which will not endan-
ger the real position. The French of
| ten cover these dummy trenches with
| the limbs of trees which soon wither
/ This, of course, gives the enemy an
/ idea that the trenches were concealed
! by tree limbs which have withered
/ and they invariably open fire on the
dummies. Early in the war the wav
ing plumes and white gloves of the
men proved excellent targets for the
German gunners and had to be aban
doned. . Pretty soon trench warfare
became the all impc !tant way of fight
ing and concealm mt became neces.
sary Artists Of all ranks were called
to assist and camouflaGe became one
of the important branches of the army
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glasses they soon discovered that 1t
was a ships lifeboat. When the boat
was overhaued it was found empty.
Just at that time the gun crow sighted
a submarine prepared TO fire. The
Captain swung his ship around and
the torpedo passed the bow within five
feet. The gun crew fired twice and
the gunners were not sure of the effect
escaped destruction. The life boat
was undoubtedly u ruse of the sub
marine to get at the big vessel
Another camoufaGe by the U-boat As
to surround the periscope with drift,
wood which gives it the appearance
OF harmless looking mass Of sea
weed or debris, and before the ship
selected as victim gets close enough
to discover the trick the torpedo does
| its work.
BattleshipS are always painted a Pc
culiar gray which is a sort of camou-
fiage OF the ocean. Recently it has
been suggested that the superStruc-
ture Of the ship be painted blue to
match the sky or some other color to
blend with the horizon. Another idea
is to paint the ship in wavy design
| to represent the ocean. This makes
the ship rather indistinct in the eye
of the periscope.
A well known naval authority in
speaking of Marine Camoufiage re-
| -
the art enabled vessels to appear much
shorter than they are tending to de-
ceive the U-boat maniCsmen. There Is
also another type of deception such
as painting a fake bow waves which
gives the vessel the appearance of
travelling along at a much higher rate
OF speed than they are actually going.
This fools the U-boat gunner and no
usually fires too soon and wastes hts
torpedo long before the boat actually
reaches the point aimed at, Recently
1t has been given out that Edison has
invented folding or collapsible boat.
One in which the smoke stacks and
sails will fold down. The vessel can
be painted the color of the water and
when the danger zone is reached the
Captain can fold down his masts and
tunnels and slip through the water
unobserved. 1t is believed that Yam.
kee inventive genius will exceed the
clever and artistic Frenchman in this
hocus pocus branch OF the service OF
Mars, and that we shall soon hear OF
some new and remarkable camoufiag &c
by the American Engineers.
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guns in such a position as to draw
the attention of aircraft and keep
'hem from finding ;hc real guns. II
J., also applied @ the color Of uni
io'us Thus Mir. George Bernard
shaw n describing his rectn, visit 70
the front writes. 81 have seen Ypres
again. This time though still Il super
animated civilian was in khaki, like
everybody else by way Of canouliGgc.
a military man gives The definition
of cnmoutiagc rs the art Of conceal
monl 10y devices assimllated to natures
methods and surroundings
II gocs without saying that camou-
hagr is OF paramount importance
where there are posilionsand especially
artillery batteries the situation ufwhich
IS 30 bc hidden from the enemy. The
French, Germans and Italians have
gotten the art OF conceament down
TO "a real science, but the British are
far from perfect as on one or two oc-
caslons they have painted an aero
plane hangar a green gray and left a
number Of tents about it in their
natural color. In another place. for
some unaccountable reason. the tents
were striped TO represent fences and
instead Of conccaling them the stripes
called attention to airmcn That some
hing was being hidden and the Ger
man airmen proceeded to drop bombs
on the imitation fence with disastrous
results to the British soldiers who
were cncamped at this point
Austrian And German Conccalmcn,
9 The Germans and Auslrians have
been particularly successful in hiding
their road by a camou0agc Of trees.
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guns the same shade also covering
of the gunners were covered with
green masks and it was difficult to dis
tinguish them from the surrounding
scenery. At another point they set
up fake guns and wooden gunners
beside them. Pretty soon the Aus
trian aeroplanes flew over and began
to pepper the fake guns and gunners
wasting their bombs and energy. In
the meantime Italian airmen went up
and brought down one OF the enemy
machines. The imitation guns and
gunnerS suffered severely while the
real ones remained unharmed.
French Artists.
The French are past masters in the
art OF cAmouflage and in many in
stances their humbugging DISCUSSES
have saved the day. At one time the
Germans thought they commanded a
railway track far into the distance
behind the French lines. The whole
thing, however, was a fake, the track.
the signals, rails and ties, the trees
that fenced the lines and the hills on
the horizon were all painted on a
screen by clever French poilu camou-
ileurs and set up in the night across
a village street which Was needed for
military operations The Germans
were driven back by the men who
passed under the screen before they
had time To use The railroad and
never discovered the clever ruse
Chicken wire is the foundation for
much of The canounage work Reed,
and grass woven through it arc used
10 conctal posL.ons and unleaa the
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DRAFT BEGINS IN CANADA.

ottawa, Ont, Jan. 4.-The machinery
of Canada's military service act has
been put in motion and is working
smpothly. Men conscripted in the first
draft are reporting in patches as pre-
Viously arranged by district registrars
and will go into training as rapidly as
they can be handled and dispatched
The new Legislation calls for ClC,O2C
meh. The first draft is said TO exceed
20, coo, although the exact number was
withheld for military reasons.
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service. The French were the first to
use it with success and they have now
developed it to perfection. Later the
other countries tried ii with more or
less success.
Americans To Study The Art.
In the American Army the art of
| camoutiage will be under the direc-
ton OF the Engineer Corps and the
Chief of Engineers has issued a call
for ingenious young men who are
! looking for special entertainment in
the way of fooling the Germans" The
Engineer Corps have been making a
study of camoufiage for some time but
they will welcome new ideas on the
subject and their call for men for
this new branch includes various
trades and professions. They espe-
cialy desire sheet metal workers. sign
and scene painters, carpenters, cabinet
| makers, stage carpenters, property
men and photographers. These men
can make themselves useful by devils
ing means and ways OF deceiving the
enemy wherever a machine gun is set
up or q trench taken, where a new
road is opened or new bridge built.
Moving picture directors, scene paint
ers and movie property men will be
particularly useful in tins line for they
are adopts in the use of tricks in
scenery. Then too they are especially
/ resourceful along these lines. Already
our troops "Oyer There" are making
use of the new science as the tents
or one entire camp are camoufiaged
with branches of trees. 1t is expected
that the entire equipment of our army
Will be hidden by scene painters and
wire workers in order that the enemy
aeroplanes may be blinded as to the
position of our men.
Marine Camoufage.
Marine Camoufiage began early IT
the war when Germany hid her I
boats by using her wireless masts al
supports for sails which made their
appear to other vessels as harmless
sail boats until they were close enough
10 their prey to fire torpedo. Another
ruse practced by U-boats was to hid'
behind some neutral vessel and ther
come suddenly from behind and fire {
torpedo into the unsuspecting mer
chantman. One particularly bold tricl
of the Uboat is told. 1t seems that ;
big American vessel was zigZagginj
It's way off the Irish Coast on a moon
light night, when suddenly the maj
IN - h 90 W "a
down on the water. BY the aid o
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FIELD AGENTS TO AID IN
COLLECTING INCOME TANES

Oklahoma City. Jan. Preparations
for collection of income tax for 1918
We're completed by the internal rev.
enue collector when thirty-four EN-.
pioyes Of the office left for different
parts of the state to assist those sub
iect to the tax in making out their
returns. The deld men have been under
the supervision of Miss Lois Cordell,
head of the income tax department. 1t
will require about sixty days for the
field men to complete their work.
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At one place several miles of road
was hidden by the branches of trees
being tied on ropes and hung across
the road, Many tmes the acroplanes
Of the Allies passed over this road
while Austrian regiments were pass
ing over it hauling soma Of their big
suns and failed TO discover them at
all. taking the road for forest.
The Germans too have succeeded
in concealing many of their trenches
and guns by tree limbs, sometimes by
actually transplanting young trees.
They have even built dummy trenches
and succeeded in drawing in fire in
that direction from the French, while
they were firing from another direc-
ton entirely.
Italian Art.
The Italians have had excellent re-
suits in camoutlaging many OF their
Alpine positions by covering the sand
bags with snow balls and by wearing
white uniforms which could not be
distinguished from The snow. They
are also clever in setting up dummy
guns in the snow SO as to draw fire
in that direction while the real guns
are hidden some distance away. one
particularly good looking dummy gun
caused an Austrian air1uan to use 50
many bombs that when he did find
the real gun he was out Of bombs and
by the time he returned the Italians
h,I biIdpD 4hp rng1 cyiip ttpdcr III,
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CONGRESSMAN AND son
FREE FROM INDICTMENTS

Madison, Wis, Jan 4.--The indict.
ment charging congressman John NJ.
Nelson and his son. Byron Nelson, with
conspiracy to evade the draft act, was
quashed by Federal Judge Charles Car
penter here
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tor A'1l,lll5ElllN NAG,J5i1l2:3'

The well-known, tried and reliable pen.
etrating preparation, Mothers FRIEND,
Is prepared especially for mothers, 1t Is n
natural aid to nature in its work and is
absolutely and entirely safe BY its use
the abdominal muscles expand easily
when baby is born and bearing down and
stretching palms during the period are
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: tlll Iiu ~ ''it. Wy fN iNlf .IlilNiNI
Syndicate
.RYEETAIN THINGS which tend TO
II misicad are Justified when rha
" m end 10 bc sought is OF some
49, good and lhc use OF the means
works no hardship 60 rhc innocent.
rhe art of camou0agc IN war comes
under the above rule and b. one Of
The new projections for The soldier
which j. brought oul ia the present
WaI war which has forced The in
sentive gCniBs Of cach nation 20 tho
front The acropianc has become the
eyes OF the army and when he aero
plane Of the enemy suffers from optical
Illusions and the soldiers are saved the
end iustfes The means. Various def
aitions are given for the word which
seally means taking by way OF conceal
ment of trenches, positions, guns, etc.
A military manaai rive. as The dodni-
ton "Humhugginr pisgular.' It's
main principle is a., destruction Of
outline by painl or other 1rtj'cC.
.S,Word Unknown Before Thc War.
1t is a word Unknown 20 prc-war
dictionaries and has ccmc 10 be used
as a general term covering all kinds
OF protective colOration for military
purposes and other forms Of conceal
ment, such as the screening of an eX-
posed section OF 70 road, or the hiding
Of gun positions from acropIancs by
screens OF foliage or placing dummy
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'FJpJNOS FOR U. S. ARMY.

Washington, Jan. Approximately
27OoO Filipinos are expected to be mus
tered into the United States army I'M
def bill passed by the house, taking
in the Philippine National Guard and
scouts
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Of state to send them to the soldiers
This woul& enable ne absentee votei
sufficient time to return his vote anC
have it put in the ballot box on the day
of election
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avoided Mothers Friend" has been
used by thousands of women for three
generations and no woman should fail &c
apply it night and morning, Get bottlc
today from your druggist and write for Il
lustrated guide book, Motherhood and
the Baby. It Is free, Address The
Bradheld Regulator Co., Dept. NJ, 900
Lamar Building, Atlanta, Ga.
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AMBASSADOR BUCHANAN is Ill

London, Jan. 4.--According to a dis.
patch from Petrograd the i'll health Of
Ambassador buchanan is reported.
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Monday night for election of officers.
2.5 BY ORDER OF COMMITTEE.
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How heArmles succeed
In FOO ing Each Other
By Various Tricks of
Painting and Screening
ofTrees = Marine Cam
outage.
outage.

rpl r,@at 1915. by Tive lutc-uau0
Syndicate.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-26

The Uncle Sam Oil Company is at work on twelve
different wells several of which reached the depth
where another 80 to 600 feet crack rich gusher oil
pool and drive this stock to very high price over night
Considering the vast properties of The Uncle Oh
pany price of $00 per share would be justified for the
stock right But spring is arriving in the oil fields
and The Uncle Sam Oil Company is determined to main
tam It's leadership the kansas Fighting Independent"
and open possible real oil pools than any other big
Independent during the of 1918 Thousands of
tors are figuring ON this real oil stock but when spring
arriving in the oil fields and the greatest oil boom
known to the world seems TO with it, and when
recent showngs in different wells furnish added ndca
tons of rich results, and when vast properties and
great development justify advance the
Stock-lhe Uncle Sam Oil Company gives this last notice
Aat after II p Thursday February 2S 1918 the ad-
yertsed price of this real oil stock will be advanced from
~ 10 100 cent while great gusher before that date
may sell all there left by telegraph This stock by aver
age actual development results may be selling $500 per
share by carly summer Better read carefully the follow
ing condensed report of The Uncle Sam OIL Company's
plans prospects and mammoth properties and then get
your remittance started for the stock you know you should
own at once to the Home Office later than l2 D. M
Thursday, February 2S, 1917.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-26

oil man, feels sure ef a great predpesrs s
this Dover location.
II would b. more rood luck than W
would have risht. to expect 70 hit u
r N In all these great districts, siihsasf
hsy All look good at this hour. To MAKE
milllons In oil you must drill In Fushers
10 secure gpshsrs you must ami. arm ssd
drnl. The URcls Sam on Company stfsr,
you chance for immediate gushsr resulti
Ia ~ different dlHrieis
| The authorized equalization Of the Com
pAny Il sla,000,0oo rhsrs is . charter
control lodged IN 10000 shares that pro
tseis tho Company from oil trust con
spirstors and guarantees 10 each stock
holdsf a sguare deal
There Ia provision Ia each eariliiests
that restricts The ushstsr Of stock 10 ton
pelitors Or disloyAl sioekhoidets The par
value 10 800 per share. Tbs Company
Is chartered uhdcr tho a6srsl mining Law,
Of Arisons the home OF tho great copper
mines Who're an oil pIsspset or copper
prospect are appreciated By the law makers.
The stock is non.Sts.sssbls II does not
carry a double liability like some eminent
eibornsJs claim follows stock In Missouri,
Oklahoma ard Kansas ehArt.rs
The unrls sam Oh Company ives one Of
w" Nrai Independent refining companies to
secure a permit ln Oklahoma and alan
Kansas Il employs eminent legal counsel
BY the year, and proceeds on /. safe, ron
serVau'o basis, respecting and following
the lsSs, bot striving 10 build . Krsat Ihdsc
p"No'H' company o. vast oeneih !" ths
public and its stock boidsts
~. wln no, ....n, ,,,.- .
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women unless accompanied With state
nont shOwFpE the fenittef is nnAnstally
able 10 .,,g,l.t. In all "a. 49,. .,,.a
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90 vii brlng The cAsh Tho oil Spectator
demand. b,,gs,, Int,
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'"A''" 70 MAKE 20 10 ttcme'nbeT there
ne &C. vrlIs nov drIuar but subject 10
vsthdtsosI vittopt ,,ii,s py. .,..L t..
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g " million shares Ia the reasury and all
NAV be .,fd IL, th. .,t.,tk. .is... - ,l.t.
allotment rtsht nr nru try..t,-. H. ~ a..
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-26

tank ears. II slss has nearly rss&y ~
operation . Psrsffi6 plan, ~ The CAsrsv
vale refinery. Our prospects are sss1 =
msintsIn Ia operation ~ 10 10 asiln =
the vsst acreage nov svnsd SD esntsslis1
ssd on new choice acreage sure b b -
eursd-'-esrislnly sssrsaissa . great fsssss
for this sleeh.
II took nearly feriy years bsfess ne
stsndard OIL stock reached IN snsrmsss
hiFh price. For several years 81 he stsss
u was licked sroand and shsnnst By ssss
wise hnAaeisrs that rouid have nsls
millions bsd they bought The stssk wAss
u ". a. barssin price.
The Uncle sam Oh Cempsny IL In much
thu sane position today. II hes . great
property. hat needs q miliisa for nsw vslb
aud nyopsriy sstsnsssa, Finally the nsv
cspita, will BE- raised and the conpssy
will ssow stronger and stronger uatll stseb
you ean secure today st 10 rsats pss
shsrs may reach value Of mAay asiisss
per share.
Should a part Of the ~ wells new dim
ing be bnsneeesstal We will quickly move
bs driiI 10 a nsw ioesiisn, for We vip
have the dsrricss and the high.priesd cas-
ing sirssdy Tor q nsw location.
Oh stock ID worth seaordins ts the prsp
sriy. bscs Of IL. 100000 shares, %,
total capitalization, at 10 csnts per shsrs
only totals $1,000, 600. Our long iIms
boads and notes owned By friendly stock
holders total sbost $500, 900 The re-
hnerleH the pipe lines and easing and oil
well equipmspt and oil wells could not b.
replaced 81 over o. ,oo0. 900; besidss the
biE value Of leases and an established
trade oeftsiny worth rany miilions more 4
We hA~+ud this Advsrtisslssnt ''RsaI oil
-r5sL al a Bargain" Figure for yourseif
and you will ses that this ssaterpent IL the
ruth. The stock Ia now allotted amonr the
toekholdert on . stock dividend basis .
othr sueh dividend aliotmants may seop
follow The rrsStor your fTs, rem(itsnca
the Erssisr viii hs your silotmsnt right I
The Company has sir complete driiIins
equipments. besides sir drills aontrseted
Tor Its esah bAnh balance has rAnred
between us coo ard ste 900 tsr the psss
20 days 1os trlinE equipment and Jhs
oAsinr sud supplies q, the ~ drilling wells
viii total about $500. 900 more This 10 .
real oil conpAhy and you will own real ei,
stock ~ real bstEsla II you accept ID.
bargain offer hsrein
Better sst iuta line with slayer and .
wiBnsf Nhie getting Ia good BY srabblpt
a bic bloch Of lhiA stock forthwith on tbs
following batitl
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-26
Face to Face With Kaiserism-

terror Tlls claS, believes that to
rule one must terroriEe The kaiser
himself. referring 20 tho widcHpr,ad
Indignation caused by German out
Thgcs uf tho present war. has said,
Tho German sword will command
respect"
Terrorism -- "Schrockirhkcit'--
has always formed part. not only
of German military INCLINATION. bun
{ ot German military policy. often
said 10 Germans ~ the government.
| Are YOU yourselves subject 10 be
ing tcrrorizcd2 II another nation
murdered or outraged your women,
[ your children. would II cause YOU 10
crlnEe I'm submission or would yuu
fight 10 the LAST II you would frht
yourselves. what is there IN the his.
tory ot America which make. yuu
you thing that Americans will sub
NIT 10 mere frightfuluCss2 In what
particular do you think Americans
are NO different from Germuus7' goo
Hut they shrugged their shoulders
have heard that IN parts NJ GER
many school children wCrc given a
holiday tu celebrate the sinking of
the Iusiiania | WAS busy with pre-.
pdrHtiOns, too anxious about the fus
iurc, 10 devote much time 10 the
study Of tho psychology pf the der
nnns IT, "ihe= i,s:'= ~ ,ivrruuu, At
this moment but with the exception
or the one cabinet minister nfur,-
mentioned and the expressions Of
regret from certain merchants and
lntellectuals. II cannot be denied
That great wave OF CNultAtlou went
over Germany II was fclt that this
was "a master stroke that Victory
was hpprcClabIy nearer ana that mo-
power on earth could withstand tho
brute force OF the empire.
Mingled with this was q deep hate
OF all things American inculcatod hy
the Berlin government. And We
must understand therefore that M
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-26
By JAMES w. GERARD
American Ambassador n tho
German Imperial Court,
january -, i013. 20
February I. 1917.
Copyright lgls b. Public Ledger 60

tGavei on British ships. that the su 10.
marine war would be a great sue
cess. that France and England de,
prlv'd ~ food, steel and supplic'
from America soon would be com
PEELED to sue for peace. especially
since the strntcgicaly clever. IL un-
~, w 'uN'sl"n or france BY way
IRON, IN. b,st a,,I .,.1 ,.a,' a,s,.,',' 49,
or thelr ro,lntr, "
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VI" I''hl 'h't one Imperial