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The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-05-18

Dis bird knows er fellow dat has
no wife oh his own but he's mighty
fermilliar wild other mems wives. lie
lays fer 'em lax er wolf layin' fer
lambs an calls 'em into his den as
dey pass by. Dis bird don't spect no
better OBJ dis cuss. cause he is er
wolf in sleeps skin, but some oh de
wlmen dat stops in dare at his bid
din ought to know better Some day
dis cuss will stop de wrong oman an
darell be a funeral dat he wasn't
figerin' on.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-05-18

De clerk in one oh de churches
here is past master libertine Cwhat-
ever dat means) an some Oh de VIM
en- in dat church hold hi office in de
same order
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-05-18

A certain fellow is in de habit OF
making love over de phone to er GER
tain married woman and dis bird
knows bof de parties. If one or bof
OF dem don't get coached fore It hap
pen ergln de ole bird will tell de
names.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-05-18

Dis bird knows some married VIM
en- dat rides around in de autos wild
men and some of dey husbands amt
got sense 'nuf to see what's gwine
on. De bird is watching you.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-05-18

De fellows dat planned de robbery
for Sunday night better change dere
minds an DER plans too, cause dis
bird know you an will have you
cotched.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-05-18
SILVER LEAF CAFE
CiarcmOrc, Okla.

This is a good place to eat. Mrs,
Florence Wells, the genial manager
has recently returned from a trip to
New Mexico, and gives courteous at
teutiou to all her partrons.
Home cooking our speciality. When
I'm the Radium City give us call.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-05-18

De Owl knows er man dat says he
Is too sickly TO work, but he is not
too sick to stay up all night an steal.
Better git well, fellow an go to
work. Take dem clothes back you
stole de other night. If you don't,
dis bird will tell on you.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-05-18
MAKE YOUR OWN WHsKEY

Wine and Beer AT home without alco.
hol, fruit or still Boon TO residents
of dry territory No law violation
Make pure Lager Beer for l5c a
gallon. Formula for making beer
25c.
Circular free.
State Supply co.
32 So. Huntington Ave,
Boston, Mass.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-05-18
THE WISE BIRD WHO
SEES EVERYTHING
AND KNOWS ENERYRODY

Now don't everybody git skeered
and run Dis bird don't intend to
hurt you. Jest want to make you
better. We jest handing out shoes
permiscusly II dey fit you, you
wear 'em It's de hit dog dat hollers,
you know
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-05-18

note to make er date" Dis woman
an de preacher. too, mingle in de
best ciety"
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-05-18

Mrs. l.. C. Charleston, $50 North
Elgin, Fresh Meats and Clean Staple
Groceries. We Solicit Your Trade,
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-05-18

Dis bird saw a iackleg preacher
give money to another mans wife in
de church while another sky pilot
was preaching and den write her err
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-05-18

De ole bird been taking in de
sights dis week trying to git ac-
quainted wild de situashun and he
has seed nuf already TO hang most OF
de "hi ups" boz men an wimmen.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-05-18
Servants Quarters TO let

WANTED Colored man and
vile for servants quarters
Apply at SOP West 7th. Corner
South Frisco and 7th.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-05-18

II used to be de rule. when dis
bird was young, for young unmar-
ried wimmcn TO intertaiu youug men
till 10 o'clock at night, den say
good night" But It seems to dis
bird now dis rule done changed an
dey intertain EN- till dey git sleepy.
Even de married wimen. sometimes
intertain men Cnot deir husbands.
ether till near midnight an later.
when de husband is not home. And
some of de married men is jest as
bad or worse. It may be de fashion
now, but It don't seem right to dis
bird fer married vimen an married
men to conduct deyselfs as dey do in
Tulsa and dis ole bird gwine to
squeal on 'em ef dey don't stop It.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-05-18

De ten cent dude dat flirts wild
every girl he can an makes er spe-
cialty oh making fools of weak
minded married wimen better take err
hint from dis ole bird an git scarce
round Tulsa.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-05-18

Some of de teachers in de colored
schools better prove dey morals
cause dis bird is got de real dope
on EN-; and ef dey know what's
best fer 'em dey will leave while
leavin' is good.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-05-18
Benevolent Investment
Company

Company
Don't forget the Benevolent Invest.
meut Company IN case OF needs ana
short Loans. Phone 1887. Residence
Gl7 + Archer.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-05-18
WELLS LUNCH ROOM No. 9.

100 North Elgin Street
The best place in town 70 enjoy
a well prepared, good quick NAL
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1918-05-18

Rooms Z, s and 8, Red Wing Hotel.
Hair Dressing, Scalp Treating. Man
touring and Massaging. With spe-
cial training in all branches of this
science.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
Verdun Veterans
AgEaast at Waste
OF Life at KENNEL
fp,, I'll, A.,.J D\

by The Associated Press)
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Friday, May 3.-veterans of
the defence Of Verdun predominated
among the French soldiers who so gal
lantly defended KENNEL Hill against
the Germans. Many of them had fought
at Fleury and they knew what hard
fighting was, but declare that Verdun
was child's play compared to the con-
f1ict in Flanders recently.
The bombardment at Verdun had set
high water mark for concentration of
guns of all calibres, but. say those who
went through it, it was nothing COM
pared to what the French troops expe-
rienced during the German drive
against KENNEL. The French troops
took up positions about KENNEL on
April 20, relieving the battle weary
British Throughout April % and a.
before the attack, the Germans main
tanned tremendous bombardment and
threw hundreds Of thousands of gas
shells mixed with ordinary explosive
shells.
On the morning of the attack on
KENNEL the German gunners placed
ten big shells second on the crest of
the hill and during that day the French
put on their gas masks fifty different
times. for as fast as the wind cleared
the gas away another deluge of the
poisonous vapor poured over the hill.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
The Official Statements

LONDON Hoig to-day sent the foonvno
s" British Headquarters IN France
morning south and southwest
vigorously replied by our own and the French arerv
No deyeoned - - 80 ~ ~ ~ -''
me infantry fighting local engage
" ahnt points In successful
M ngns In the Hinges forty
attack attempted early
under of artillery completely rpulsed
'he operations early this
made prisoners British troops
Aeeren - ' ~ ~ p'0eA''S =" "e "e'shoofnooo
Aw improved position slightly night by successful
enterprise northeast of Hinges the
sas and captured machine guns
successful
french troops was carried out in the Locre
sh morning the enemys artillery
'ne french and British positions
OF Ypres and has shown activity Neppe
80 eus OF Heavy Artillery Exchanges
|eAy ,sad ~ '"' " "' war OD'ce
infantry fighting during the course Of tho
we're reciprocal south Of the Ar River
81 e.so along the Ailette -
OAx-There bonbardmo,+s a.
The French carried near the Disc and Ae
ana west of La Pomp bringing number Of prisoners
~ 'ack Courcy and and northeast Of
ssns result - ~ ~"'S -
nsd Allied Thrusts in Lorraine Saw. Rey;r
''"e'uS "ea0qa0''es today gaze ont the
1hIFrench attacks against Kennel and Baieu failed
~ ~ very heavy - ~ a"e1
situation battlefronts r +,
as spirited various the NIGHT n tbs
s.s.ssr Intensity e "ot''"S
partial attack southeast rpulsed Th ~
y 9L sAiyly verdun. ' AA' a'
RECOMMENDING thruss enemy the 1orr.,,
nsntng activity during slight Al parroy ad
eA biamont the firing during afternoon hut diad
@ sksln q nighfan. ' Da a'e0
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

Part of the time the poilus had to sleep
IN their gas masks. Despite the great
quantities Of gas thrown, the French
had only twelve casualties from it, ac-
cordlng to the latest reports, which
speaks eloquently of the efficacy of the
french gas protectors.
A large part of the fighting was with
machine guns, of which the Germans
always had great numbers, and at times
Ihe German entilading fire was terrific.
Inc French artillery and machine guns,
however, IN their turn, reaped great
harvest from the enemy.
AT times the French 75s got into
heavy concentrations of infantry. and
literally tore them to pieces. The
German losses in MANY instances are
placed as high as 40 per cent
The work of French runners with
fused to rest and kept at their task.
The ratloning of one famous regi-
ment which fought at Verdun was a
great feat. 1t had always been noted
tor its fine rations, and the commander
decided that nothing should deprive the
men Of their accustomed fare. 1t was
impossible to use the transport because
of the artillery fire, so that rations
were brought forward on machine gun
carriages under heavy fire. The regi-
ment had it's beefsteak and wine every
day and furnished neighboring regi-
ments as we'll.
Nearly all the stretcher bearers were
killed. One stretcher bearer worked 1
six days and nights without rest.
German airplans were out in force.
They flew at an altitude of 100 metres
and used machine guns continuously
against the infantry,
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

which the whole Fifth Army was ex-
posed are known to every one and
gives some idea of what those odds
were-fourteen infantry divisions
against forty German divisions on
March 21, reinforced by some eight to
ten more German divisions during the
subsequent two days.
81 cannot speak too highly of the
splendid calmness and doggedness with
which many fellow countrymen met
and fought this storm, and, though
many laid down their lives, their splen-
did tenacity saved the British Empire
and France by permitting the arrival
of reserves.
"The corps commander has issued an
order thanking all ranks for the fight
ing spirit they displayed and remind
ing them that further deeds of gall
lantry viii be required of them in the
coming months"
General Cough was removed from
the command of the British Fifth Army
IL the midst OF the offensive. St was
officially stated in Parliament. how
ever, that no investigation had been
made to disclose whether he was per-
sonally to blame for the defeat of the
army.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

aged by aircraft Two arches were de-
stroyed and one boat was sunk. Three
German sentries on the bridge were
KILLED. The movement of vessels to
the front never has been so intense
as since the opening of the German
offensive and the destruction and
devastation wrought by Allied airmen
never have been so great
Roads had been cut up so that the
Germans experienced great difficulty
IN bringing up sufficient gravel and
stones to fill the craters."
Les Nouvelles" ascertains that it
was bombs dropped by Allied aircraft
that destroyed a railway station in the
province of Hainaut, Belgium, on
March %.
munitions train of sixty freight
cars was in the station and forty of
the cars blew up in succession, killing
and wounding many Germans. Rigor-
Gus measures were taken Immediately
to keep onlookers away from the scene
of the disaster A German officer esti-
mated the loss in shells at S25O,000, 900.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
Airr1en of Allies
Destroy Supplies
Back of Foes Line

AMSTERDAM. May 4.-The effective
work of Allied airmen in harassing the
German supply service is described by
the newspaper "Les Nouvelles," of The
Hague, which says that Allied aviators
recently sank in one day twenty three
Belgian boats laden with gravel and
road metal for the German front in
Picardy. The vessels at the time were
twelve kilometres from the enemy rear
line. The newspaper adds:
"Three weeks ago the Luxembourg
bridge at Namur was again badly dam
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
British General
Explains Retreat
At ST. Quentin,

BELFAST, Ireland, May General
Sir Robert Coughs first public state
ment regarding the conduct of the 9th
British Army, which he commanded in
the retreat from ST. Quentin, comes in
letter to the Lord Mayor Of Belfast
in which the general pays an enthusi-
astic tribute to the work of the Irish
troops.
General Cough says the 9Th Army
was greatly outnumbered on the open
ing days of the German offensive, while
the cdds against the British troops in
creased in the latter days of the battle
Nevertheless the 9th Army fought with
splendid calmness and doggedness, and,
the commander adds, their tenacity
saved Great Britain and France by per-
mitting the arrival of reserves" The
letter follows:
"The fighting of the Ulster division,
as, indeed, of all the divisions of the
Fifth Army. against the greatest odds
hurled on any body of troops through
out this great war was magnificent.
The main features of the situation to
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

Ridge, on north side of salient.
April 17-British voluntarily give
up Passchendacle Ridge, east Of
Ypres.
April S-Tremendous German as
sault against south side of salient
breaks down.
April 24-Esort to resume march
on Amiens fails.
April 2526-Mount Kennel falls,
bringing Germans up against main
body Of Flanders hills.
April 29-Greatest assault in Flan-
ders. directed against line of hills
southeast of Ypres, is sanguinary
failure.
FOURTH PHASE: April 3O-Pycse,,t
Luu as Germans prepare for neay
attempt. Fierce local fighting and
hcovy artillery d1cls.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
Germans Prepare
For Nesu Bloav I'm
KENNEL Region

{BV The Associated Press)
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, May 4.-There are unmis-
taxable signs of resumption of the
German effort to force the Allied posi-
tions on the hill chain west of KEN
mel. Last evening the Germans opened
a tremendous bombardment on Scher-
penberg and on Mount Rouge, but no
infantry action followed.
At S o'clock this morning the Ger
man artillery crashed forth again
upon the Anglo-French lines north of
La Clyette and to the south of Mount
Rouge.
The Allies are we'll prepared for the
attack, but the weather is thick and
wet, so that aerial observation virtu
ally is impossible.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

proportions, but it would leave the
British armies in being, able to re-
sumo next year, when we arrive.
In sum, it seems to me the Ger
man is now facing a dilemma of
real magnitude. If he strikes at
Amiens and fails, his defeat will be
a defeat which he cannot disguise,
and his chances of defeat are very
great. II he strikes at the north
and fails, his costs will be smaller,
he will gain something, where he
must gain all or none at the south,
but his supreme success, barring a
disaster to his enemies, will be
measured on the map not in armies
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

SECOND PHASE: April 4-April 9
LuU betUeen first and sccone
great efforts.
April 6-S-In subsidiary opera
tlons Germans forced French back to
the Ailette, south Of the Ose.
THIRD PHASE: April s-April 29
Creation of Flanders salient.
April 9--British-Po Portuguese front
forced back south of Armentieres.
April 10-Allies driven back north
of Armcntieres.
April 11-Germans take Armen-
there's and push west and north
west rapidly.
April 12-Haig issues famous or
der: "Our backs to the wall, each
must fight to the end"
April 16-Germans take Messines
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
Germans Rush Alsace
Youths to First Line
Foe Using Last Reserves, De-
clares Father of Four
Killed in War
(By The Associated Press

Vbg 7 TIC HSS0ctdted FTesSJ
GENEVA, May 4.-The German mill
tary authorities are sending direct to
the front lines all youths from the re-
serve depots in Alsace-Lorraine, accord
ing to an Alsatian chemist who has just
arrived here from Mulhausen. The
chemist already has lost four sons, the
latest, eighteen years old, having been
killed at Locre, in the Flanders battle
"The Germans are employing their
last reserves" said the Alsatian, "espe-
cially the soldiers from Alsace-Lor-
raine. 1t is the German manner of set
thing the question of the two provinces.
If referendum is taken after the war,
only few Alsatian ela"+"-- ..;,, be
left"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
zlr'ae Table of the Great German Offfee7asive
FIRST PHASE: March 21-April 4.

FIRST PHASE: March 21-April a.
Creation of the great Picardy sa
hent bet1Veen A1vas and the Disc.
March 21-Germans strike on fifty
mile front
March 21-29-Rapid advance, fast
est on the SOUTH
March 23-French begin to inter-
vcne north Of Disc.
March 2S--Great assault against
north side of salient to beyond Arras
breaks down with severe German
casualties.
March 29-April 4--Enemy continues
to gain south of the Somme, but at
a slower pace.
April 1-Datc Hindenburg said he
would dine in Paris.
April 4-Maximum penetration OBJ
tanned; Germans west of Cassel,
about nine miles from Amiens. r
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
Picardy or Flanders?
Hindenburg's Great Dilemma
By Frank H. Simonds

the Arras army, while away to tn,
north the Ypres armv held ~,
ether flank.
AS a result the German founr
himself in salient which could no,
be advanced until it was widene,
and failed dismally in his attemnt,
to widen it by attacks toware
Glvenchy and Bethune. He wa.
more successful to the north. ane
ms capture first of the Messines
Wytschaete Ridge and then NJ
Mount KENNEL gravely imperillee
that famous old fighting ground
the Ypres salient, and compelled
such retirement as to leave little
but the ashes of the town in Brit.
ism possession. To-day Ypres is
held really only on sufferance. its
military value has gone, only its
moral value endures.
Meantime the great question no.
mains, is the German going to re-
sumo his main attack?-for it is .
matter of common agreement tina,
the Amlens drive is the main at
tack. If he can break through the
BRUSH line between Amiens and
Arras he can still accomplish his
major purpose, the practical sepa-
ration of the British and French
armies. Or, does he intend, now.
to take advantage of the more fav-
orable situation in the north. for
that is a more faNorable situation
and push his efforts in the direc-
ton of Calais?
The answer must be found in
the conditions of his army and the
extent of his losses, when these are
measured against those of his enc
mics. He has plenty of men, but
he has lost heavily of his best. He
has used about three-quarters of
his available attacking divisions,
not used them up, but taxed them
heavily. Many of his best divisions
will not reappear for period of
weeks. His communications at the
South are bad, as a result of his
long advance and of his devasta-
ton IN the retreat of 1917. The
position of his foes there is adj
mlrable, because he offers to them
dangerously extended flank be-
tween Mondidier and Noyon, and
the Allied Army of Maneuvre is
certainly south of Amiens; that is,
covering the roads to Paris and
facing the weak German flank.
We may say that if the German
does not resume his southern at
tack and separate the British from
the French he will not get a deci-
sion in his present offensive. He
may get to the Channel, he may
capture Calais, Dunkirk and Bou-
logne (this is remotely possible, al
though wholly unlikely, but he
will not smash British military
power because he will not isolate
the British from the French. The
British can swing south steadily,
just as the Belgians came out of
Antwerp and joined their allies on
the User in October, 1914. The
decisive victory, the "win-the-war"
victory, lies in the south, if any,
where.
On the other hand, the Ger.
man may already have reckoned
that he cannot achieve the results
he hoped for at the south. He NAV
recognize the Allied counter-con-
centration has made this impossi-
BILE. Then he will strike at the
north for the Channel in the ex-
pectation that if he gets to the
coast he will have won victory
sufficient to bring Britain to terms
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

end provide the basis for a peace
by negotiation which will leave him
everything he has conquered in the
east and the south Of Europe. and
perhaps something in the west.
The situation of the Allies in the
north is difficult. They cannot
commit too many men to this re-
mote corner, to which the lines OF
communication are few and made.
quate; their difficulties grow out Of
the closeness of their front to the
sea and the fact that the lines of
communication run, in the main.
parallel to their front, not perpen-
dlcular to it, and are thus at tho
mercy of any considerable advance
OF the Germans. The German. on
the other hand, is inside the circle
his communications are perpendicu-
lar to the front, his distances arc
short, he can strike where he
chooses and keep his hands on all
the troops he uses in either sector
In taking KENNEL the German
very gravely embarrassed the whole
Anglo-Belgian position from the
f'ranco-Belgian frontier to the sea-
If he can get the group of hills of
which Mont des Cats is the highest
and Scharpenberg the most famous
hills just west of KENNEL, then the
British will have to make a consid-
cradle withdrawal, Ypres will 20
and the union between the British
and Belgian armies become more
difficult to maintain. In a word,
there will be a wide dislocation n of
the Allied line north of the Lys.
1t seems to me, therefore, that
we may get a measure of German
expectation by the direction of the
next German blow, for there will
be a next blow and a heavy one. If
Hsndenburg goes on before Amicns,
II he makes another colossal effort
IN Picardy, we must conclude that
he has still the conviction that his
first great blow was only parried
and that he can roll up the British
north of the Sompe and away from
the French, and, thereafter, con-
tanning the French, destroy the
British armies. 1t is a tremendous
task it is ten times more tremen-
dous now that it has been revealed
in its full character by six weeks
of fighting, but it is the one really
good chance of that decisive VIC
tory which he set out to achieve.
On the other hand, if he resumes
his attack in Flanders, if he strikes
for Scharpenberg and then strives
to reach and pass Hazebrouck, we
may conclude that he is seeking
geographical rather than military
objectives; that he wants to end
the campaign of 1918 in possession
of the Channel ports and with a
pistol-in the shape of one of his
superguns-pointed at the head of
Britain. Short of a disaster of un-
paralleled proportions, a successful
push to the coast would not mean
the capture or the destruction of
British or Belgian armies, it would
not mean a colossal Sedan; it would
mean a great success, moral and
material achievement of obvious
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
captured, destroyed or permanently

captured, destroyed or permanently
crippled.
The German does not give up
easily, and he rarely seeks the les
ser of two objectives. Therefore,
I think, he will strike again for
Amiens, and this seems to be the
burden of testimony coming from
the front. Blu. we have nothing
conclusive in the way of evidence.
He may strike in Picardy or in
Flanders, and until another great
blow has been delivered and
blocked it is essential, while re-
tanning our confidence, to restrain
our optimism.