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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-10
Russo. bulgarian
Peace Is Signed

BERNE, Switryland, Jan. io--A
separate peace agreement has been
signed by Russia and Bulgaria, the
Bund reports
A Bulgarian correspondent Of the
B,nd says Premier Radosllyo'i, read
the following dispatch from Bfest-
Litpsk in parliament
War between Russia and Bulgaria
ceases Diplomatic and economic re-
la,ions between Russia and Bulgaria are
resumed Russia recognizes Bulsaria's
right to nominate a delegate 10 an In
ternational Danube commission. The
first peace is thus concluded with the
consent OF Bulgaria's allies"
The Bund says Bulgaria has ap-
pointed a minister to Petrograd and q
consul general to be stationed at 0des-
ss, and has ordered the resumption OF
navigation TO Odessa.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-10
RED CROSS HEADQUARTERS
WlllsBE MOVED AGA y

Offices OF the Red Cross ou iJ
headquarters will he moved from the
third floor OF the Scott Halliburton
store to the fourth floor Of the Empire
building, l2I.6-s West Main street. to-
morrow Four rooms in all will be
occupied. Mrs L, c. Holiapiel, seere-
tary Of the local chapter will have an
office here, as will Mrs. Claude D.
Mccartney secretary OF Civilian Re-
lief, one OF the branches OF Red Ctoss
work. Mrs Mabel Hol,ischuc, bodk-
keeper and treasurer fof the neal
eNanter. and Pauline Weatherspooa,
state ORGANIZER for the Bed Cscss. sene
here from ST. LouiA
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-10
Snow and Colder
Weather Forecast

LOCAL FoaEoAsr-cloudy with snow
and cold vsVe and hloh northorly w'noi
minimum Temperature from TO " de'
orees. Friday, probably fair and oont'n'
ued cold.
STATE FORECAST - Tonight, snow
and cold wave, Win minimum ompers
tur. from zero TO ~ degrees In northern
norton and from 10 "A degrees IN south.
srn portion; strong northarly Winds: Fri
day, probably fair and continued cold
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-10
G0LDSTElN is ACCUSED
OF VIOLATING MANN ACT

J. II Goldstein. As years old, proprie
tor OF 4 mems clothing store at III
North Broadway, was arrested last
night on a charge Of violating the Mann
white slave act. lie gave bond this
morning and Yill be given preliminary
hearing before the United States com
missioner next Tuesday morning. II IS
alleged that Goldstein took Miss Ruth
Freer, Is years old of this city, TO Chi
cago on New Years Day and deserted
her there
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-10

crly be considered in estimating
the strength OF the army Of the
United States at that time. On
the 3lst day OF December 1917,
the regular army consisted OF
l0,2N officers and 47s,000 en-
listed men; the national guard
Of l6,0Jl officers and 10000
enlisted men; the national army
Of 10000 men; and the reserve
Of S,SS officers and 727S0 en-
listed men, In other words, in
nine months the increase has
been from o524 Officers to
ll0,SS6 officers and from 202 $40
to l,4286S0 men
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-10

purposes" he said. I'm the first
place the American people are en-
entitled to know Of the splendid ef-
iectiveneSs with which they have
been able to organize the man-pow-
er and the material power OF the
nation in a great cause and second,
our army in France under General
Pershing and our alliGs are entitled
to have the benefit resulting from
the depression Of the morale OF their
enemies which must come when the
Germans realize that the American
democracy has neither blundercd
nor hesitated but actually brought
the full power Of its men and re-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-10
SWEDEN May ARRANGE PEACE
Baker Testifes In His Own Behalf
Shouting: How Army Has Grown
To Million and Half Men

During the war with Spain. the
United States with It's maxi@um
strength aggregated 271,00o men and
officers The army pow in the field
and IN training H, therefore, roughly
six times as great aS the maximum
number under arms in the Spanish
American war
Larger Than Ever Before.
"Ihc total nuDrber already in The
military service is one and q half
times as large as any force ever
mobilIed by this nation,
"A substantial part OF our
military forces was selected by
the operation Of q draft Law,
the execution Of which has
demonstrated both the eoonomi-
cal and the efficient way Of se-
lectins soldiers,
For the training Of officers two
series Of training camps were held
from which about 4S,0OO officers
were commissioned from civil lie.
This number is nearly eight times
as great as the number OF Officers
in the regular army on the first day
OF April
N34Ooo,ooo for Camps.
"For the training Of these soldiers
sixteen eantonments have been built,
costing $l34,0WM0, with an average
profit TO the contractors Of 2198 per-
cent
"The death rate In our forces
In ths United States, from mid
September 10 the end sf Decem-
Der, averaged rs per thousand.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-10
AMERICANS CLASH
WITH yAQuI REDS

DOUGLAS, Ariz., Jan l0.--A detach-
ment OF American cavalry sent into
Bear Valley Is miles west Of Nogales
Yesterday to observe trails, clashed
with a band Of Ysqui Indians, captur-
ing ten, ono OF whom died In a hos
ptal at Nogales Of wounds, according
to a Telegram today from the COM
mandant at Nogales
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-10
Sittings May Go
To Neutral Country

LONDON, Jan. lO,-At the first SIT
ting OF the resumed negotiations at
Brest-Litovsk on Tuesday, says q dis
patch sent out by the official Russian
news agency. the discussion by the
Russian delegates and those Of the cen
trail powers centered on the selection Of
q city in some neutral country, in which
to continue the deliberations. There
is every probability, it added, OF
satisfactory arrangement being reached.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-10
FUEL SITUATION GROWS
DESPERATE IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Ian. l0,-Albert ".
W,ggin, state fuel administrator, sent a
telegram to Federal Fuel Administrator
Garfield last night IN which he de-
,eribed this eily's iuel situation as "des-
petatt.'
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-10
CHILD IS KILLED
IN HOSPITAL FIRE

OTTAWA, Kan. Ian. l0--lleroic
efforts by nuns and nurses saved all
but ono of lSS patients in the Wall
Street general hospital here, when fire
broke ont and destroyed a part OF the
building a child who was strapped
to a bed with weights fastened to an
injured leg. was burned 10 death.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-10

" 4 s H.
| y C T 0 n,
Jan TO-
Andica now
has an army
OF "Substan
tial size
ready Tor ac-
tive service,
Secretary Ra
kcr today told
the sen tt
war nnvcsti-
eating com
nllttcc.
Officers aud
men, he cx.
planned in a
statement OF
the uobilila
tion accom-
hish NJ entS
have b c E n
trained Spe-
cially for
modern war
fare, indepen
dent lines OF
c o m m II II
iration an a
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-10
BRITISH CAPTURE
GERMANS RECIPES

LONDON Jan l0--A group OF men,
in the British textile trade has cap
turcd the secret recipes Of the great
German dye industry, according to the
Daily Mail which displays the item uu-
der large heads, The recipes number
ing Isl belonged to the great Badische
works and are now in the keeping OF a
London bank
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-10
Dynamite WRECKS
RAILROAD ENGINE

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Jan l0--Dyna.
mite in coal shoveled INTO the engines
boiler, this afternoon exploded a freight
locomotive at llarahan bridge, span.
ming The Mississippi river here, fatally
injurng several persons At least two
men arc reported 10 be diving
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-10
LAWT0N MAN ADMITS
SELLING SOLDIERS LIQUOR

J. l.. Mu,ick Of lawlon pleaded
guilty before Judge ! II. Cottcral lr
Mu,kogee today ON a charge Of selling
whisky To- soldiers IN uniform at Camp
Iawtor He wa sentenced to IlN
months IN Jail
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-10
SCANDINAVIAN IS
ASKED TO ACT AS
MEDIATOR IN War
Germans in PetrOgrad Made
Proposal to Legation,
SLAVS AND BULGARS QUIT
Separate Peace Signed With
Smaller TeutOnic Ayy'

PElROGRAD, Wednesday, Jan o.
The German delegations in pctrograd
are reported by the Evening Post to
have got into touch with the Swedish
legation here and to have expressed
the desire that Sweden act as go-
between with Great Britain, France and
llaly
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-10
Turkish Peace
Refused by Russia

PETROGRAD, Wednesday, Jan. g.,
Separate peace proposals made by
Turkey it is reported have been refused
by the bolshewki government. Turkey
was requested to participate in the gen.
etal conference between Russia and the
central powers
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-10
American Motorist Killed.

DION, France, Jan. l0--A motor
lorry driven by an American, skdded
and fell into ravine near Nolan yes
t.rday The driver was killed and two
other Americans in the lorry were IN,
iured scriously.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-10

ilNllA FARpt''Rt~
m for the fiscal year 1916,
R0],000O0O; for the fiscal year
1917, $4Oj,00OOOO; for the fiscal
year 1918. S,SH.jB7l6. In other
words, taking 1915 as a normal year,
the appropriations for 1918 are
nearly fifty times as great
What War Will Cost.
The regular appropriations made
by congress for all governmental
purposes for the fiscal year 1915.
were %a0000DOO, or nearly one
tenth OF the 1918 appropriations, for
the war department alone
"Of the total war department
CONTINUED on Psoe .. Column ~
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-10

ing man VINO
can be sent to
France ia 1913
An army of
nearly a mil
lion and a half
men enlisted
and selected
without serious
disloca,ion Of
the nations in
dustries, d is
pow in the
field or in
training at
me an d
abroad, he as
serted The
subsistence of
the army he
continued, has
been bove
criticism, while
its initial
clothing sup
ply tenrporar-
lily Inadequate,
is now sub
stsntialIy COM
plcte
81 state the
foregoing con-
ditions Of the
wsr Depart
ment's problem
and some Of
the results at
ta;peI fnr tUn
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-10

supply are in process OF construction
and great programs have been
formulated for the production OF
new instruments OF war. Arms Of
the most modern and effective kind
the secretary declared, have been
provided for every soldier in France
and are available for every fight
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-10

ana 10 slightly
less than would
have been the
death rate OF
men Of the
same age at
bsms. In isos,
dsath rate per
thoussnd wss
2oiA tr nesr0
three times ~
grsAt. o uf
death rate In
the army dur
ing the year
1915, just be-
fore the war,
was 3 per
I b o u ss q d
Lesv ing out
the deaths due
TO measles and
Its complica
tions, our rate
a m q ng all
troops In the
United States,
since Septem- =
Der 1, has been
about two per
thousand.
"For the iis-
cal year 1915
congress ap-
propriated for
the war depart
ment SlS80O0.-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-22

pany of the State constabulary was
rushed in automobiles from Greens.
burg and the crowds were ordered
back, and automobiles were turned
back when they had reached within
five miles Of Oakdale.
GruesOme Finds
Thousands of persons streamed into
the temporary morgue all day to view
the gruesome finds from the ruins,
and it took a special detail of police
to keep this morbid element in check.
There were many there of right, how
made. Pitiful scenes were on every
hand and one in particular was when
Adam Martz, one of the coroner's
workers in the morguc, collapsed. He
had found in a bucket bunch of keys
and penknife which had belonged to
his son, who had been employed in
the plant
Land DesOlated
The country today is desolate for an
area of several miles around the plant
where the former beautiful green hill
sides have been Scared and burned by
the blasts and fruit and shade trees
denuded of their foliage.
Federal officers, representing the
Department of Justice, today ordered
the arrest of two men who were photo
graphing the ruins, and who were
charged by woman with making
seditious remarks. A special police
man employed by the Aetna Chemical
Company arrested two men early TO-
day rs they were about to hurry away
from the plant on a motorcycle.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-22
SPEAKING OF MONEY
just How the G00dfields-
The Stingiest Couple i'm Town.
Helped the Red Cross

"Speaking Of money" said my sea-
faring friend Of the Maine coast, I'VE
used to have an old man here named
Goodfield. When he was young he
used TO sing In the church chOir-thnt
didn't cost nothin-and married one
Of the Endorses, but didn't have only
one child and it died, and time he got
to be about sixty-eight years old he'd
saved up and was hirin' out his mon
ey at about as high a p cent. as any
body. Made 1t oil just tradin' and
bein' careful what he spent. Care
fulf He wouldn't buy hisself pair
of brltches but once in eight years.
and when his old sister that lived with
'em says one day she was bound to
see what the inside the pitcher show
theater looked like just once before
she died, why, old GOodfield and his
wife says that was the last straw and
they fixed up and had her hauled off
to live on the county. His wife was
Just the same as him, too.
"Well, along about the middle O.
the hard winter, three years ago,
GOodticld took sick. and his wife told
the nplRnDOfS tneS DOln llOuSnt IL
was II pretty good thing, comm on
him in the cold weather that way, be-
cause fuel was so high and n person
In bed don't need to use any. They
wouldn't hear of calm in the doctor,
and for two or three weeks the neigh.
bors and old friends, most Of EN-, was
sure he was goin' to die, but then
he begun to look so we'll there Didn't
hardly seem to be much hope.
Old Goodfieid Walks In.
"He got to gOin' out and shamblin'
around again, and for awhile there
wasn't nobody noticed anything much
different. l reckon l was the first,
and 1t come about mighty queer 1t
WAS like this: I was workin' In my
shack one night pretty late, tryin' to
spell out what was the matter with q
rarburetor rd brought up from my
boat, when there come tap on the
door, and old Goodfield walks in. I
was kind O. surprised to see him, but
didn't say nothin' 'cept Good evenin',
and all of a sudden he says, DO you
know how much money I'm WORTH
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-22

Inside the building there were more
women, all spick and span in white
with faces beaming, handing out good
"home cooked" food over spotless tiled
counters. Some Of the boys fairly ran
for the food; others went into the long
batteries Of baths. throwing out their
vermin ridden clothes to be sterilized
while they scrubbed their bodies back
to healthy glow.
What luxury it all was-food, tables,
chairs, things to read, games to play,
paper for writing, barber shop, a
movie theater and good, clean beds
No one ever thought that these hap
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-22
Bv BOOTH HARRINGTON
OF the Vigilantes.

HE said 1t just like that-nothin'
before it-and l said, For the Lords
sake, Mr.. GOOdfeld, what's the mat
tcrT' He looked kind Of funny to me-
"I'm worth hundred and twenty
four thousand three hundred and six
ty-three dollars and tifty-one cents,
he says.
We'll, by Orry!' says.
"Well. sir, he begun to pant like
he'd been runnin' up a hill; he got to
heavin' like a winded horse; then he
begun to cry and sob like q woman
that's all excited when some ones just
died. We'll, by Orry!' l says. You
better set down and quiet YOURSELF
says. whats the matterY
81 got to die, he says. 4 been
SICK he says. 4 been sick and l got
to die!'
Well says. we all got to die.
"Ile KEEP straight on cryin' and
pantin and sObbin'.
"'Yes, he says. but | never knowed
l had to! l never knowed ii before
was sick. kind O. thought | wouldn't
recly haf to, when 1t come right down
to It,
Were all fixed that way says
we all got to have some sickness we
won't get over
"Wcll, sir, he let out n yell that Just
about rose my hair. The rest of YOU
din't got hundred and twcnty-four
il"4Sand three hundred and sixty
th;e" dollars and fifty-Onc ccntsr he
hollCrs. And l got to die!' he says !;
and III KEEP on kind Of shOutln' 1t. 4
got to die! got to die! 7 got to
die! Ant then he pitches over before
l could catch him and fell down on a
couple o bn.'ted lobster traps.
cole Cap. Nbitcomb, he woke W in
his shack next door asld put on some
clo'es and come In look!n' scared to
death. Him and me picked Good
field up Off the traps and got him
home, half carryin' hini, and him kind
Of whimperin' and slobberin' right on
to when we lett him doubled up on
rickety chair at his own house
Next day he was around, just
about the same as ever. and never
said nothin about nothin', and the
week after that he took Fred Owena'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-22

Dy, smiling women might be tired nor
were they tired then. even though all
day long they had been serving train
after train Of French and English
troops. literally thousands of them.
Yet what did that matter? For these
boys that came at the end Of long
day-theSe boys are "ours."
If your hoy Is in France you may be
sure he has a song of praise for the
fine women at work In the railway
canteens Of our own Red Gross, for at
every important railway Junction there
Is one Of our Red Cross canteens and
at each canteen there are 18 women
real, true American women.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-22

boat In for debt and you couldn't
tod there was an, Thin the matter
with him. What | mean, you couldn't
told nOthin' on him in daytime. but
after dark he'd so shamblin' all
around the village, and then when IL
got late, If he see n light somewheres,
ned go In there and have a spell just
the same he had with me. Scared
people with them spells. he did.
The Last Of Goodfieid's Money.
Long about September his wife up
and surprised everybody, because she
went to all the expense Of havin' the
old man declared insane and hauled
off to the asylum. He cut his throat
with piece Of broken bottle uD there,
and the funniest thing unprecedented
found the old woman dead the same
afternoon In their house here The
court gave the estate to q trust COM
pany, and | guess that was the end of
old GOodficld's hundred and twenty.
four thousand three hundred and six.
ty-threc dollars and ffty-One cents.
"Well, sir, you know all that about
old Mr.. and Mrs. Goodfcld made
kind OF sensation, as you might call
IL, ana tnPre was quite a good deal of
thinkin' and talkin' about It here in
the village. There was some that
claimed they fggcrcd out how II all
was meant to mean sOmcthin'.
"Anyway, when the call come from
Halifax last December we sent off
mighty near half carload OF f,rst.
rate clothin' right In few hours, and
there was two hundred and SEVENTH
odd dollars subscribed just in the vii
lagc, and YOU know there wasn't hard.
ly any OF us real sure we could see
the winter through ourselves.
"Yes, I'll put my name down for the
Bed Cross, and I'll shell out. auess
you won't have much trouble eittin,
subscriptions from the rest, either.
We got good many boys from here
over there now, and we wouldn't like
to think OF 'em shot and layin' ont IN
the fields twistin around and nobody
to tend 'em because us at home hadn't
found out yet that it's n mistake "a
think we'.e still goin' to have our saw.
ms right nice and with us when wa'sa
dead"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-22
They Are Our Boys; Get
Ready, Everyone, for a Rusl1!''

The long train of freight cars whined
and grumbled rs 1t strove to stop. In
the doorway Of a great low building a
white capped and gowned woman re-
leased sunny smile and, turning so
her voice carried into the building,
called out, "They are ours; get ready
for rush."
Just how she could tell they were
"ours" would be hard to explain, for
at the moment she spoke hundreds of
the dirtiest, grizzliest men a woman
ever saw came fairly tumbling out Of
the freight cars A moment more she
was welcoming this muddy rabble with
a laugh and cheering words.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-22
VACANT SCHOLARSHIPS

| wish to call attention to the young
men of the county to the opportunity
OF getting a better education. There
are no wthrec four year scholarships,
and one one-year agricultural schol-
arship vacant in Clemson College, and
and will be filled by competitive ex-
animation this summer.
l regret very much to state that in
the past some of these scholarships
have been awarded to boys in other
counties because Of the fact that we
either had none to stand the examina-
ton, or that those who did stand fail
ed to pass the test.
This state of things reflects upon
the county, and | am very anxious to
nave quite number of contestants
present at the next examination.
Mr.. Reader, if you are at all in
terestcd in the cause of education, will
you not please notify some young man
OF this opportunity? Cut this out and
mail to some boy Of suitable age and
progress. Let us not fail in atking
these places which are open to us.
f. j. BROWNE,
County Supt. of Education.
-W-S-S--
WANTED AT ONCE-To place or.
ders. for. large quantities of Short
Leaf lumber for Government use. Not
embargoed. Will contract with sew
eral mills. Attractive orders and best
prices Wire, wrote or phone us:
LEROY s. DAVIDSON & CO.,
Camden, S. c..
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-22
FIFTY-SIX KNOWN TO Be
DEAD IN EXPLOSION
Searchers Continue to Bring out Rem
nants of Bodies from
the Ruins
DEADLY FUMES THREATEN
Fires Still Burning at Aetna Chemi
cal Plant

Pittsburg, Pa, May 19-Fifty-six
are known to be dead, ninety-four in
iured an in hospitals, "nd thirty-cne
employees Of the Aevna Chemical Com
pany are missing as result of the
nine explosions yesterday which
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-22

wrecked this company's explosive
manufacturing plant at Oakdale, six
teen miles from this city. This report
is the result of the days investiga-
tion by State, federal, county and city
officials.
Throughout the night and all day
today men were extinguishing small
fires IN the debris and bringing out
remnants of human bodies.
In most cases there was nothing to
indicate the identity.
Deadly Fumes
All day a blue-brown smoke con-
tihued to hang over the ruins, mped-
ing the work of the searchers. It's
deadly fumes are feared by the resi-
dents of the community. For time
the work was impeded further by the
thousands of sightseers. Automobiles
blocked all roads and another COM
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-22
Drives Out MalarIa, Builds up system

The Old Standard Reaerai stren Rthe nius, tonic.
GRovR'e TAsTELRsS chill IoNYc, drives out
Ma1aIia, te lood. and bull up the sys.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-06-06
THREE DROWNED IN WE'LL
Mother Lost Life Trying to Rescue
Children.
The Fayetteville Observer says:

NV '"S '''',i''e observer says:
''' u 'h' MOST heartrendinS
,'"S '''i'S '.'a' Las CURED IN Cum
n'''''" """'I lh many years was
Wv "'' Liz hoi""! afternoon o!
~ '.''' ",'' an" H'r TWO ii'tl"
IVY 90" ''"' "','" D. ana i"rcy.
-" - 4" '''i''''' M"i on the
i'''' ""'"' mics from