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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-28

Thcy are not a sure enough princess
L and king, the wooden logger made
me think they were and that they were
enchanted the first time | saw them,
and ever since that we have called them
the king and princess The baby is tat
enough to walk but it can't do it, so !
carried il out onto the front porch
where the sun was shining, and | sat
and watched the wooden logger work
my around the front yard, and he told
me he worked on things 70 eat on week
DAYS and on flowers on Sundays be
cause that is the Lords day and the
Lord. which is TIE same as God, likes
pretty things ] think that is pretty
good idea for man TO have with only
one leg, some men couldn't have an
idea like that with both legs, then the
bird dog came out from under the house
and he was glad TO see uS% %ut he had to
wag the whole hind end OF himself to
prove it, for since he got his tail in the
hay cutter when ! was turning the
crank he hasn't got any more tail than
a rabbit, and him and Rowdy went to
olaying tag, and ] gave the baby a
stone to suck, and it was Just as good
as it could be which shows that know
how TO take care Of babies as well as
anyone and If the siSter-in-law don't
let me see hers day after tomorrow
will ask my mothers angel to make
God take it back to heaven. After they
came back we had dinner and they all
took a nap, and that was too slow for
me and Rowdy so we went back to
Rockruddcrscs and the bird dog with
out a tail went half way with US. |
guess he has forgotten who cut his
tail off And now we have said our
PRAYERS and tomorro is a schoolday and
! have got to get up early. Alice has
not married anyone yet
Go be Continued)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-28
SOLDIER KILLED BY
"UNL0ADED" GRENADE

HONOLULU, T. H., Feb. 28-Cor-
poral John Simmons, Piedmont, s G.,
was instantly killed, Captain Peter So
rcnson and Lieutenant w Hanna were
injured seriously and three other off
GERS received slight injuries from the
explosion Of a grenade at the school
OF fire, Schoflcld barracks, today The
explosion was said TO he due 10 the
presence Of live bomb in a box sup
posed TO contain dummies.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-28
Jimmy Smith Goes
To Boston Braves

NEW YORK. Feb. 2S-Jamcs Smith
substitute innellcr Of the New YorG
Giants WIS released today 10 the Ros-
ton Nationals Smith was gent 10 Boa.
ton to complete the recent thrcc-c
ucrod deal ot the New York Boston and
Chicago National league clubs I'm which
New York obtained Second Bnscmau
Doyle and Pitcher Barnes Boston re.
coivod Second Rascman Uprzog, and
Pitcher Tyler went 10 Chicago
IIcrzog and Smith altcruptcd M sec
oud base for the Giants last season
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-28
Whitted in Durham
Hasn't Been in Chi

-, URBAN. N. e, FEB "a The
II N spflng plowinu 10 progress,
III u inq veil down this way.
George Whlttsd, who hss
been In Chloapo for the last few
DAYS, according 10 Chicago bAss.
ba1 writer's Trying 20 tls . knot
In President WssqhmAn's standing
In me National league, remarked
TO-DAY that the crop outlook n~Vef
looked better
when dld you Oct back from
the Windy City1" George was
asked
"Ths last tlms 7 rlayed there
the schedule required quick
change of clothes ana I left him
IN . hufryt' he replied,
George hasn't seen Chicago since
he was there Win the team In
1917 We wOndsfs n there have
been any stytrfapefs erected since
that SO far 40 HE own plans are
concerned, he expects a. be IN the
outfsld of the old phliadslphiH
NatI0nal league baseball team
when the season opens this year.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-28
Kaiser Gives Aid
to Government in
Revolt in Finland

LONDON Feb 28- Twelve hundred
Finnish soldiers from Germany and
large transport loaded with German
weapons and munitions, arrived atNa,a.
Finland, Wednesday, according to an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Copenhagen A Berlin telegram re-
Ceiycd in Copenhagen saws a large Ger
man naval force has left a Baltic port
and is supposed to be going to Finland
II was reported some days ago that
soldiers Of Finnish descent in the Ger
man army were being permitted and
aided in returning to Finland to help the
government forces against the rcyo.u-
tionists.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-28
American Adopts
Schedule Today

MILWAUKEE,, WIS. Fob 2S-Cluh
owners " the American association met
hero today to adopt schedule. settle
tho federal war tax problem and com
plete other details for the opening ot the
1918 season
Prices undoubtedly will he raised,
President Hickey said. I'm order to elm
mate the handling of pcnnioa
War Savings Stamps-"bahy bonds
-inlrresl 4 ncrcrnl
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-28
Jasper Signs to
Pitch for Saints

ST. PAUL, Feb. 2s.--Mhybe III Jasper
iB going 10 pitch for the St Paul club
OF the American association this year
He signed contract today. But that
won't necessarily mean that HI will
pitch, n his baseball career already es-
tablished IL TO be followed here.
HI formerly pitched for the White
sox when he felt like it-and that was
not often. Later he wandered 10 the
Pacific coast, tossing for Los Angeles.
but that was too far from St Louis.
Twice he left the team cold there to
visit home folks at ST. Louis The
temperamental HI IL said 10 be good
pitcher when he has his mind on bis
knsinsss.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-28

Th,n Alice said she believed that her
4 father would rather She would
marry the burglar inst 50 She would
live near him. She said her father was
,e'.madc man and he liked sclf-madc
men and then she saw me looking at
her and she stoppcd talking 10 ask me
what was the matter. and I said. DO
yop mean to tell me that yopr father Is
homcmad, and that Cod did NOT make
him Then she boIlercd ard hi, me
with nillow and said she was mo-, 90
inc ,o marry anyone And me and
Pn,dv went downstairs and all NJ a
sudden wc made m opr m;nds ar / did
or alw,ys make m Rowdys mind at
,hr ,,mc time | make nm NV own 10 qo
ont and scc the wooden .lcpper and the
pr.rrcss and the KING and the h,by. so
we did MT wait for breakfast because
we would have 70 hurry because tomor-
row ,s a school dav and the next day
after that am going 10 see the baby
ih,, prayed TO the sistcr-in.law's
house.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-28

Me War Savings campaign, de-
slgned to incre.Se the average of this
seqntry to a point undreamed Of, is
elIag xEs4t headESy. = q
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-28
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S7saasD,loe Judd Mortimer Ler1c

7 never did like Sunday very well II
my own true daddy had a job he
could work at daytlmcS and would
he home all day ON Sunday then It
would he the best day In the week, hut
he works every night and he has TO
sleep on Sunday just the same as on
ever other day. and on Sunday every
body dresses up and If you don't go
dressed mp people look at you like they
look at a cattcrpllcr and everybody but
me and Rowdy goes to church and Sun
day school, and so would but they
won't let Rowdy
When | woke up thi, morning Alice
was still asleep and ! went out into the
hall and slid downstairs on the hanlstcr
and then me and Rowdy went ont the
front door and down to the boa, house
and Jumped IN the river and had a
swim and then We ran around the house
three times and played tag in the little
trees around the front of the house, and
then | clumb the tree by the window OF
the room and got in the window and
that woke Alice up and then went
down and let Rowdy in and went back
and huggcd Alice with my ulghljc all
wet from the river, and she screamed,
then got dressed and was wiping my
hair with a towel when she sort OF sat
up on her elbow, and said, what do
YOU suppose the burglar wants to marry
me for. Do You suppose it is because
papa has got lots OF money" ] said,
ole don't want to marry your father
does he" She said, AT first ! was
aHom,hcd and had a good mind to be
inWl,cd, but since | have been thinking
it over ! feel differently about it, |
would not make him a good wife, 7
could not I've Of the least help to him,
| | said amt that the truth" Then Alice
| laughed and ! laughed.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-28
Big League Managers Trying To Strengthen Weak Spots
AMT 1T A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELIN'2

- MD BY MrcRnoor' PNGlHG
HhRDuR ntNN CVCP NND HoU W
PERFECTLY cfPrnnI rNNT At
nae RAIl PoNDS bRC TltD w.
hnO 6u JOST kHoH DAT
ne ChNI- Gt IAIN
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
GOOD WEATHER IN
HARVEST SEASON
. Aldus Herr Gives Some
Advice Regarding Next
Seasons Crop

The wheat and much of the oats
crop or Pennsylvania has been har-
vested and not in a long time has
there been such favorable weather
Tor the gathering of these two crops.
In certain sections of Pennsylvania
there is generally little lull in farm
work following the wheat and oats
harvest.
:, L would advise all farmers wher-
ever possible just as soon as they
possibly can, to plow their soil that
will be sown to winter wheat" says
j. Aldus Herr, farm adviser of the
state Department of Agriculture. Il
would plow it deep and cultivate it
once or twice soon afterwards. In
the preparation of a good seed bed
not all depends on plowing, or in
other words, the turning of the fur
row, but after you have that part of
the work done the actual prepara-
tlon of the seed bed only begins. 1t
is by periodical narrowing to reduce
the particles of soil which will
greatly help to retain the moisture
and also to give good capillary at
traction which would aid very ma
terially in the termination of the
seed.
Many farmers have learned by
sad experience during the last year
that much of their soil lacked mois-
ture after the grain was sown and
the wheat did not germinate and
stool as it should to prepare it to go
through the conditions of a severe
winter. This can very materially be
improved by thorough preparation
hxr hor
rowing and narrowing. l actually
believe that one-half of our diff
culties are caused by our own neg
lect in not plowing our soil soon
enough and giving it thorough cul-
tiVation. We are inclined to. have
our soil too loose and much of the
wheat becomes covered too deeply,
hindering it from quick termination
and proper stooling.
The wheat plant requires certain
protection during the winter and the
fields should be fairly well covered
with growth before the ground
freezes up for the winter. This
helps to hold the snow and protects
it from the winds and freezing win
ter weather.
my experience has been that the
earlier we plow our ground for any
crop, granting. of course, that the
ground is in good condition to plow
the better will be the prospects for
a good crop. A very large percent
age of farmers take no precaution
whatever with their seed wheat.
This is very vital and should be
given great consideration. 1t has
been the writer's custom for quite
a number of years to have his seed
wheat graded thoroughly. Some
millers are equipped to do it for the
farmer at a cost of about two cents
a bushef In some communities
there are small machines owned by
individual farmers who make it a
business to clean seed wheat going
from farm to farm and charging a
few cents per bushel for the work.
This certainly is a good practice
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
Alkali in Soap
Bad For the Hair

Soap should be used very carefully.
II you want to keep your hair look
ing it's best. Most soaps and pre-
pared shampoos contain too much
alkali. This dries the scalp, makes
the hair brittle. and ruins it.
The best thing for steady use is
just ordinary mulsified cocoanut oil
(Which is pure and greaseless), and
is better than the most expensive
soap or anything else you can use.
One or two teaspoonfuls will
cleanse the hair and scalp thor
oughly Simply moisten the hair with
water and rub it in. 1t makes an
abundance of rich, creamy lather.
which rinses out easily, removing
every particle of dust, dirt, dandruff
and excessive Oil. The hair dries
quickly and evenly. and 1t leaves the
scalp soft, and the hair fine and
silky, bright, lustrous, fluffy and easy
to manage.
You can get mulsified cocoanut oil
at any pharmacy, it's very cheap, and
few ounces will supply every mem
ber of the family for months.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
SCHWAB ORDERS
FULL SPEED IN
EASTERN YARDS
Demands That Atlantic Coast
Equal Western Plants in
Increase of Tonnage

Philadelphia, Aug. 14.-To speed up
production of the eastern shipyards
and to point out the necessity for
putting every ounce of energy and
enthusiasm into the great task of
building bridge of ships across the
Atlantic, Charles NJ. Schwab. director
general of the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration. called meeting of ship
builders in the east.
The meeting will be held at Mr..
Schwab's office in this city next Mon
day and will be attended by the
heads of all the large yards on the
Atlantic coast. With his character
istic energy and enthusiasm. Mr..
Schwab said yesterday:
Must Increase Tonnage
I'VE want speed. the eastern yards
must enthuse. They must increase
production. They must put all their
efforts into the task.\ want them
to speed up and that is why 1 am
calling this meeting.
Il want to see the yards here, as
well as those on the Great Lakes and
Pacific coast. l want to speed up the
eastern yards, and am making every
effort to get production in those yards
on par with the western plants"
The Great Lakes Engineering Com
pany, which is building ships for the
Fleet corporation at its yards at Ash
tafNta, o., and Eoorse, Mich, ia
ninety days ahead of its program. 1t
Will launch six ships of 1000 tons
deadweight this month. A. C. Pes
sano. chairman of the company, was
a caller at the Fleet corporation yes
terday, making a report of progress
and calling for more steel.
Steel Situation Improves
The steel situation is coming along
very well, according to Mr.. Schwab.
While the yards on the Atlantic coast
are fairly we'll supplied, those on the
Great Lakes and Pacific coast are not
getting shipments fast enough to-
keep up with their advanced produc-
ton schedule, according to the direc-
tor general.
The War Industries Board" con-
tinued Mr.. Schwab, "is working with
us in a most satisfactory manner.
While we could use more steel, they
are giving us all that we could ex-
pect at this time.
There. are to-day in the United
States $50 ways that are turning out
steel ships. They will absorb all of
the resources of the country for the
present I have endeavored to bal
ance the ship production with the
steel resources, including the manu-
facture of engines, boilers and shaft
ing and the numerous minor parts
that go to make up the complete and
fully equipped vessel"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14

CONTINUED from First Page.
most universal demand, made upon
the Academy for a period of more
1t is officially announced also that
Miss Helen Reese. an expert dietitian
has been employed to manage the
Academy's new dining room ana
kitchen. Miss Reese is a graduate of
Drexel Institute in Philadelphia, and
has had several years experience as
a dietetic.
The purpose of the Academy man.
agement is to provide their masters
and pupils with well prepared, prop
erly balanced meals The diet of the
younger boys will be somewhat diff
ferent from that of the older pupils.
The entire food problem is to be
worked out on a scientific basis.
Will Open New Building
1t is stated to-day that the new
junior school building, containing
the beautiful refectory will be ready
for occupancy when school begins in
September. The $50 last year stu
dents and the scores of new pupils
already enrolled will be agreeably
surprised when they assemble for
their first lunch. The diningroom is
one of the finest in this section of
tHe country. Inc Deamed celnng Is
two stories high. The walls are of
symetrically pointed stone blocks
with chestnut panellings extending
eight feet from the floor. In the
west end of the diningroom is a
beautiful Indiana limestone fireplace,
with the school crest skillfully en-
graved on the central stone. The din
ing room is 33 by 20 feet, and will
accommodate comfortably $50 peo-
pie. The new school kitchen is 81 by
45 feet and is sanitary in every par
ticular. 1t will be equipped with the
most modern culinary appliances
purchasable.
The Academy has made a big
stride forward in the completion of
this much needed building. and it is
quite in order that the new plant
should be placed in the hands of an
expert dietitian.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
Coinage of Cents
Doubled in Year

New York. Aug. IA. - The ans
nouncement from Washington that
445,0O0,O0O one-cent pieces were
co1ned by the Government in the
fiscal year 1918, lends interest to
compilation by the National City
Bank of New York regarding the
oountry's growing demand for these
little coins. of which the 1918 out
put was the largest on record.
The banks statement shows that
that number of one-cent coins manu-
factured by the mints of the United
States from 1893 to the end Of the the
fiscal year 1918, was 3,463. 100000.
while the number issued in the last
six years is, in round numbers.
900 900. 900. The number of one
cent pieces coined never touched the
100. .0O0, 900 line in any year prior to
1907 the annual average from that
time to 1916 was nearly 100000, 600
per year: in 1917. 213.500.0 900, and in
ie1s. 445,22S.2O1 pieces. 1t is quite
probable that out of the 3,463.000,0 600
ohe-cent pieces coined by the Gov
ernmsnt. not more than about 2,4O0.-
0b0, 900 are now in existence, or at
lea st in circulation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
Service Flag in Honor
of Fifty-nine Soldiers

New Cumberland, Pa, Aug. IA
On Sunday morning at 10 O'Clock at
Trinity United Brethren Church, a
service flag in honor of the fifty
nine young men of the church. Sun
day school and families of the
church, who have been called to the
Army and Navy will be unveiled. a
program of special interest will be
rendered. The parents, relatives and
friends of the young men and the
Grand Army will be honored guests.
The Rev. F. Berry Plummer. of Car
Isle. will deliver the principal ad-
dress. Special music will be render
ed by the Sunday school orchestra
and church choir
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
Four Fire Companies
to Attend Conventions;
Find Acid-Eaten Hose

Four local fire companies will par
ticipate in the events of the State
Firemen's Convention at Lancaster
September Is. The companies will
take part in the parade. Each COM
pany will be accompanied by a band.
The companies which will send dele
cations are the Shamrock, Royal.
Allison and Camp Curtin. The decis-
ion to participate was announced at
a meeting of the Harrisburg Fire
mems Union last evening.
1t was announced at the meeting
that two new sections of hose be-
longing to the Mt. Pleasant company
had been tampered with and acid
eaten, as in the case of the hose be-
longing to a Steelton fire company.
The tampering was discovered some
time ago, but no clue to the perpe-
traitors has been discovered.
Complaint was made that no place
had been made for the accommoda-
ton of the equipment of the Mt. Yer
non and Citizens equipment. Their
houses were torn down in the Capt.
tol Park extension plans. Represen-
tatives from Middletown and High
spire companies were at the meet
ing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
Concrete Ships Win
Approval of United States

Atlantic City, Aug. 1.-THE un-
qualified declaration that the United
States Shipping Board is convinced
OF the practicability of concrete
cargo carriers and proposes to build
them upon a more extensive scale,
was made yesterday by H. ]. Bru-
nier, of San Francisco. supervisor of
concrete ship construction for the
Emergency Fleet Corporation. Mr..
Brunier said:
"F'orty-two concrete ships provid-
ed for In our present program are
only a beginning. for more are to be
provided for as rapidly as practicable
now that their practicability has
been established to the complete
satisfaction of the Emergency Cor
poration.
Experience has demonstrated
that the concrete ship is not only
lighter but costs less than wooden
vessels. The Faith, our first re-en-
forced concrete craft, cost little mole
than SS2 a ton deadweight, butcher
successors probably will cost as high
as $50 ton. Wooden ships to-day
cost the government from SS7 to
500 a ton deadweight and some
much higher. Steel ships cost $125
a ton deadweight and upward. These
figures are for hull alone"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
LATEST CORN FOE
VERY EXPENSIVE
Zoologist Sanders Gives Infor-
nation About the Corn
Root Aphid

General complaints from some
sections of the state of damage be-
ing done the corn by the corn root
aphids have been reported to the
Department of Agriculture within
the past few weeks
Rotation of crops is the only
method of Obtaining relief from the
pest, according to Economic Zoolo-
gist ]. G. Sanders. Professor San
ders says:
I'VE have had considerable COM
plant this season about the corn
root aphids. This insect has an IN
teresting life history. If the nests of
the small brown ants, which are so
abundant in cornfields infested with
corn root aphids. be carefully exam
ined during the winter, there will be
found stored in the nest many small
black aphid eggs. These the ants
move up and down according to the
weather. the colder it is the deeper
they go to keep the eggs in unfrozen
ground.
I'm April and May with the ap-
pearance of smartweed and foxtail
grass the eggs begin to hatch. The
ants at once get in touch with the
roots of these plants, and preparing
a place Tor them. bring the aphids
to feed upon these roots. Later they
are transferred to the corn but
should the field not be planted to
corn the aphids will feed upon the
roots of pigeon grass or purslane.
I'm May the second generation of
aphids commence to appear both
winged and wingless forms. This
and succeeding broods are produced
by agamic females which do not re-
quire sexual intercourse to give
birth to live adults. These multiply
very rapidly. One of these agamic
females commences to reproduce in
eight days after birth.
These are herded on the corn
roots by tho ants who milk them by
stroking them with their antennae.
The. aphids respond to this gentle
caressing by exuding a honey dew
upon which the ants sreedily feed.
I'm late September and October
true males and females are pro-
duced which mate and later eggs are
laid which the ants carefully store in
the ground and from which aphids
hatch the following spring.
The only method of obtaining re-
lief from this pest is to rotate
crops"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
GERMAN LEADER
BEGS HIS AIDS TO
ECONOMIZE MEN
Captured Enemy Order, Sign
ed "Ludendorff," Admits
Retreat Necessary
BY Associated Press

With the British Army in France,
Aug. IA captured enemy secret
order signed 'Ludendorff." lays
stress on the necessity of economiZ-
ins men. The order asserts that the
two elements essential to the future
conduct of the war are to maintain
everywhere our fighting strength and
the spirit of offensive"
The document was issued late in
June.
1T is essential. says the order,
that all commanders of whatever
rank, as well as all troops, should
be imhued with the idea that the
war cannot be won by a stubborn
defense, but only by a further sue
cession of vigorous attacks.
1T is absolutely essential that we
should avoid our old fault of at
tacking in too dense formations and
We should reduce our casualties by
every possible means
Cannot Hold Lines
The order is frank in explaining
that, because of the reduced Ger
man strength. it frequently will be
impossible to hold continuous trench
lines and recommends instead the
creation of centers of resistance.
The document warns commanders
that should the enemy obtain a foot
hold within the German lines they