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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-09
FORMER RECRUITING
OFFICER HERE PROMOTED

Lieut. Col Robert Whitfield, former
ly recruiting officer in Oklahoma with
the rank of captain, is now stationed
in the office Of the chief of staff Of
the army at Washington Sergt. J. 2.
Britt, on recruiting service here now
received a letter from Colonel Whit
field today in which he asked to be re-
mcmbcrcd to all his friends in Okla
homa City Since leaving Oklahoma
City last September. Colonel Whitfield
has been promoted twice He was first
advanced to the rank OF major and was
recently advanced to lieutenant col
ouel
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-09
<as6's!{;{s5$ s; 5!;!?': @!4&3s 4s {::''.
Judd Mortimer Lewis

for rs Patsy 80 then me and Rowdy
went up ON the atiorm and ! made up
a song as went along and sang all
about babies bcirg in heaven and how
if YOU pray for one and God thinks
YOU will be good to it he will send
1t to YOU and it was pretty song. too,
and when it was done the girls all sat
kinda still and boy over in the corner
kinda snickctcd and then Miss Sands
clappcd her hands and then they all
clapped their hands and me and Rowdy
went back to our seat and ! guess they
know what good singing is in that
School now. Then some girls spoke
pieces and a boy said a poem about
man that was on horseback twenty
miles away but made his horse gallon
so fast that he got there in time tc
get into the fight which shows that
he must have had a streak of Irish
in him: You have got to put the Irish
more than twenty miles off to kecr
them out of fight and then if they
are the real Irish YOU can't do it.
Me and Rowdy went around and
spent the evening with the sister II
law and the brother and Miss Sand'
but ! did not get a chance to speak tC
the sister in law alone, but the frs
time go out to Alices ! am going tC
foam her, for there is a foam in her
bouse. Teacher will find out that she
cannot get ahead of the Irish Me anc
Rowdy were late home and just tool
time to tell God about the shoes an,
things and to ask him to bless the sistc,
in law and my mother and father anc
Rowdy and to sort Of watch out to
morrow when the boy rides the COW
i Amen.
TO he continucd)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-09
Army Sends Twelve
Recruits to Camp

Twelve recruits for the army OBJ
tanned through the recruiting stations
in Oklahoma left Oklahoma City today
for the training camp OF the army at
Fort Logan, Col They were the men
obtained during the twenty four hour
period ending at noon today
Their names and home towns fol-
low:
Chester R Stne, Custer CITY: James l.
Blaney, Marshall; John r. Walker, Shaw
nee; Coleman H. Elgin, Enid; Manley II
DUNCAN, Sterling; Claude W Hatfield
and Daniel E Brown. Sapulpn; Harry r.
Sammons, Caddo, Col Dewey Barnard
Ovalo. Texas; Joe Standard, TusCola
Texas; Ben b Durmmond, Gallegos, New
Mexico and Martin J. PhelAn North
Yakima Wash
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-09
GREAT LIQUOR CAPACITY
IS CLAIMED BY WITNESS

H. {. Carpenter, a witness in the
Charley Patterson bootcgging case be
ing tried in the county court testified
this morning that on one occasion in
ST. Joseph, Mo, several years ago, he,
with two or three convyial friends.
had consumed thlrty-thrcc bottles OF
champagne in a few hours, never moy-
ing from the bar The champagne cost
S. bottle he said Carpenter also
said that he had gotten outside OF as
many as twenty quarts Of beer in ono
day, and had occasionally imbibcd
half a gallon OF whisky within the
space Of twenty-tour houu
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-09
SOLDIERS ON LEAVE
ARE ARRESTED HERE

Military police at Fort Sill and Camp
Doniphan and also at Camp Bowie have
requested that the police here arrest all
soldiers here who cannot produce fur
loughs which have not expired.
In compliance with this request the
police Yesterday arrested NJ. !. Bell and
John Bailey Bell i, alleged to have
admitted to the police that he had over.
STAYED hi, leave, but Barley contcndcl
that he J., here with his brother and
that his brother has both OF their fur
loughs. The military authorities at
Camp Doniphan have been notified OF
the arrest Of Bailey and Bell
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-09
"Heatless Days"
Being Observed
All Over Canada

TORONTO, Ont, Fcb. Canada is
experiencing its first hcatIess day Ex-
cept for those industries exempted on
the grounds that their operation is
necessary to the sustcnance Of life and
the prosecution Of the war all others
are observing the restrictions.
The heatlcss period will continue
through tomorrow and Monday,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-09
| Pound of Meat
Is Weekly Ration
for British Now

LONDON. Feb. 9.-Aiter much dis
cusslon over various proposals, Baron
Rhondda the food controller, tonight
issued meat rationing order which
gives each civilian approximately one
pound of meat weekly The system
adopted is somewhat complex. The
meat card, available for twenty weeks,
provides four coupons weekly, three of
which cntlte the holder to purchase
uncooked butchers meat including pork.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-09
Grantland Rice
Not Allowed to
Write for Papers

Owing TO a recent order issued by the
war department the SpOrtlight by
Gnnlllnd Rice in this issue OF the Times
will bee the last
The war departments orders prohibits
ior newspapers. regardless ~ the fact
that their writings did not concern the
army service
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-09

TT was Friday when ! woke up and
We laid looking at ono another for
long time and then said, "Rowdy
this is Friday" and when he did not
seem to get that said, Tomorrow is
the day the boy thinks he is going to
ride Jim and Magglc's cow" and then
he Strengthened up one ear and ! could
see that he knew what ! was talking
about and was getting interested, so |
gave him his slap bang kiss on the
Snoot and then pushed him out OF
bed with my foot and swattcd him
with a pillow and when my father came
in we had upset most all OF the chairs
and R6wdy was under the bed barking
and was daring him to come out and
be swattcd and he wasn't going to do
it so | swatted my father. You cannot
blame Rowdy for a dog gets all the
worst OF 1t in pillow fight, not hav-
ing any hands to grab and throw pillows
with but Rowdy likes to pillow fight
Just the same as if he was kid
Then my father and ! got breakfast
together because / had been having so
much fun | had not got it started yet
and while | was sitting on his knee
Sopping my last pancake in the bacon
grease on his plate said (Which day
is the beginning Of the week." lie
said Sunday why" | said that is the
day you are going to begin to work
| your Skccm to make me a better house
keeper. and he said, That is so, have
been thinking about it every day since
we talked about it, and | know it will
work like a charm" and then | asked
him what the skccm was like but he
Just laughed and kissed me goodby
and would not tell me ! am glad the
first day Of the week is not Saturday
because Saturday is the day the kid IS
going to ride the COW, anyhow that is
the day he says he is
lIGOT TO the sister in laws gate Just
1 as the teacher was coming out OF IT.
and | asked her if she would want
there for me a minute and she SAID
she would and she did and me nd
Rowdv went in and asked the sister
i'm law il there was anything new and
she showed me some soft fluffy white
clothes and some socks and shoes made
ont of yarn and a little bonnet and
told her for cats sake she pccd not be
in a hurry for God would wait till
told him she was ready and she said
She knew 1t but that she thought II
would be a good plan to hurry little
- 4. ~
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-09
SENATORS RETURN
ELLIS TO BAR0NS
Birmingham 0utfieIdor viii
Not Get TryOut

BlRMlNGHAN Ala, Feb 9-Out-
fielder ELLIS, former Birmingham player,
has been returned TO the Barons by the
Washington Americans Manager GIif-
hth turned him loose without even seeing
him In action at training camp.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-09
INDIAN PITCHER
! CONC TO ARMY
Eddie klepfer Leaves for Camp
Lee Next Week.

WARREN, Pa, Feb. s-The name Of
o4le sklepfer; pitcher for the Cleveland
- n the American league. was among
ees given out by a draft board here to-
~ Sor departure with the next con-
HGent Of selected men on February J3
Camp Lee, Virginia. The Warren
4 ~ b2ard today rejected the request
Weaver. Chicago National pitch
- 0efsfrsd s2emptibn.
teaeetnntial men Of coming years
1ese who formed the saving
aelf ycutis Start with .
, tloA -~->A-.s.s~ \
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-09

The War Savings Stamps steadily
increase in value
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-09

A TER lunch she had us put our
Abouks away and clear up our desks
and then she said THE inst little girl
on the program this afternoon is Patsy
Kildare, Patsy has consented 70 Sjug
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28
First Coal Was Quarried.

Nobody knows just when man first
came to use coal as fuel, Coal was not
Systematically mined until little more
than 400 years ago ut Newcastle, Eng
land. These coal quarries We're not
deep and were frequently flooded with
water until 125 years ago, when mining
began to 90 below the surface. BY that
time Watt had discovered the power
of steam. Coal was used TO generate
steam and steam was used TO pump
the water out of the coal holes. In this
way burning coal made II possible to
obtain more coal to burn.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28
Knew What He Was About.

Boston has frequently been made
the butt of the joker who declares
that our cops 90 about with their
noses buried in n volume of Epicteus
or some other ancient. We've never
noticed any doing this. We confess,
however TO hearing of policeman
who was having his baby christened
and gave the name "Septimus Octavi-
us" to the officiating clergyman.
"But-er-" began the minister.
"Thats all right, SIR" said the cul.
tlvated cop. Hes the seventh son,
but the eighth child."-Boston Evening
Transcript.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

The possession of complete ar
NOR is very common among fishes
as n matter of fact, the scales of hsh'
when of sufficient size and thickness
and covering the greater part of the
body, form most effective protection
against injury Some fish are com
pletely encased in dense bony armor
covering the entire body. The eyes
all the fins, the lips and other small
necessary apertures alone are movable
these appearing in openings Mt the side
where they occur, held in position by
surrounding tough skin.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28
Why He Wished to Enlist.

Paul Gary of Anderson is all Ameri-
can, with the exception of glass eye.
The substitute optic is alien.
Gary tried TO enlist in the United
States marine corps at the recruiting
station at Louisville. He was rejected
when his iniirmity was discovered by
Sergeant G. c. Wright.
Didn't YOU know that the loss of
an eye would prevent your enlistlng?"
asked the sergeant.
81 thought 1t might" explained
Gary, but this glass blinker is the
only part of me that was made In Ger:
many, and | want to take II back"
He was advised to mail lt.-Indian-
apolis News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

Kaiser Wilhelm dOnS II Turkish uni
form when he wants to impress the
Mohammedan subjects of his ally, Sui
tan Mehmed V. Pictures of the Ger
man emperor so arrayed are being
shown to the people of Germany and the
Ottoman empire as representing the
protector and deliverer of the MoSlems,
though discreet silence is maintained
regarding massacres of Armenians and
ill.treatment of other Christians as
well as Jews with the sanction of his
friend, the sultan. 1t will be noticed
that the kaiser has bedecked himself
with every decoration it is in his power
to bestOw.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

A feeling of "bigness" comes to the
man or woman who strikes right at the
heart of the hard problem before him
or her. Therefore the wise girl or
woman Is she who will try to smile
when all the world seems awry Keep
ing calm and quietly resolving to sur.
mount the difficulty before her means
that she will not only master It, but
feel bigger and braver as result
Exchange.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

Mrs. Flatbush-I met Mrs. Gabb at
the funeral today.
Mr.. Flatbush-Oh, that talkative
woman?
eyes; and she kept talking all the
time. and was afraid she would dis
turb the service"
"Why didn't you tell her to keep
stin?"
81 did but she said it wasn't her
funeral"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28
NOW RAISES
900 CHICKENS
After Being Relieved of Or
ganic Trouble by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Oregon, Ill.-"I took Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound for an or
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

ganic trouble which
pulled me down un-
til | could not put my
foot TO the floor and
could scarcely do my
work, and as | live
on a small farm and
raise e six hundred
chickens every year
it made it very hard
for me.
al saw the Com
pound advertised in
our paper, and tried
it. II has restored
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

To restore a normal action to Liver,
Kidneys, stomach and Bowels, take Gar
field Tea, the mild herb laxative. All
druggists. ADV.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28
Portable Distillery.

A French perfume-manufacturlng
company has constructed II portable
distillery to obtain extracts from
either wild or cultivated flowers In the
regions in which they grow.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

Strange how Il fellow with plenty Of
spare. time never seems to do any
thing.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

Every girl has her own way of max
ing n young man kiss her.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

Uncle Sam is raising and trimming
for his aerial dispatch service thou
sands of carrier pigeons. "Over there"
these dumb creatures carry important
messages from advanced posts and
from avators to the artillery. The
photograph shows one of our boys
holding carrier pigeon just Il few
dnYs old.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

my health so can do all my work and
! am 80 grateful that | am recommend-
ing it to my friends. - Mrs. d. N.
ALTERS, r. r. a, Oregon, I'LL.
Onlywomen whohave suffered the tor
lures of such troubles and have dragged
along from day to day can realize the
relief which this famous root and herb
remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, brought to Mrs. Alters. .
Women everywhere in Mrs. Alters
condition should profit by her recon-
mendation, and il there are any COM
pications write Lydia E. Pinkham's
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for advice.
The result of their 40 years experience
is at your service.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-05-16
FROM ALL OVER

The manufacture OF porcelain pyro-
meter tubes is a new industry.
A Pennsylvania farmer is the inven-
tor Of device to be worn on one hand
TO tie knots in Irvine.
italy prohibits mills producing wheat
-four for bread in which less than 80
per cent Of the grain is used.
Many tropical plants possess light
giving qualities, their flowers and
stems being luminous and their juices
phosphorescent.
A new lawn mower cuts grass with
a circular blade that revolves horizon
tally.
Experiments tried In Denmark have
shown that fish oil can be used as a
fuel for motors In fishing boats.
Platinum is so ductile that wire
1900 miles long could be drawn from
a single Troy ounce of metal.
After $50 years of more or less In
termittent effort the Bible has been
translated into the Eskimo language.
Among sanitary Appliances for pub
lie eating places Is a spoon pressed
from paper that can be thrown away
after using.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-05-16
100000 IN U. S. ARMY
More Than 100000 Men Have Been
Called In the Draft or Are
Now IN France.

Washington, May 14.-More than
/ 100000 men Kave been called in the
draft so far and either are In France
in camp or under call to go into serv-
ice before June /. The total of BOO
600 includes all men summoned in the
May contingent. There is every indi-
cation that even a larger increment
Will be summoned in June than was
summoned in May, and progressive
mobilization continue through
the summer and fall months as the
are expanded. 1t is ex-
pected that at such rate the army
will reach a full strength Of well over
3, 100000 within the next twelve or
thirteen months. II is possible, some
officers say, that the number will be
closer to 100000 than 100000.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-05-16

One agricultural college and three
experiment stations are maintained by
the government Of Norway.
American electric fans OF large size
are used to drive mosquitoes from the
palace Of the Callph OF Bagdad.
An inventor has combined a shaving
brush and n rubber device for rubbing
In the lather on one handle.
To give boxers practice a dummy
human figure has been invented. so
connected 70 a registering device that
blows struck are recorded, both as TO
position and force.
A combined number plate holder and
lock for the steering starting cranks
OF automobiles has been invented.
Among ordinary woods locust has
the greatest tensile strength, about D.
200 pounds to the square inch.
Oil-burning locomotives are now used
In p states, on So railroads and on
$4,000 miles of track in this country.
They consume 100000 barrels OF oil
yearly.
Deposits OF coal discovered 20 years
ago In Algeria are to be develoned as
tests have shown that the coal can be
burned In combination with brlqueta
In locomotives.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-05-16
PROBE FARM TOOL PRICES
vestigate Production and Supply
of implements.

Washington, May 15.-Investlgation
by the federal trade commission of the
production and supply of agricultural
implements and of the prices farmers
are compelled to pay for machinery is
authorized in resolution introduced
by Senator Thompson of Kansas and
and adopted by senate, The resolution
provides for an inquiry as to the ex-
istence of ANY unfair methods OF
trade or competition" and "any vet,
combination, agreement or conspiracy"
to control prices of farm Inn
plements. and for an investigation as
to whether farmers "are required to pay
an unreasonable price for the things
they are required to purchase and use
on the farms,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-05-16

The biggest problem facing the Jap
anese studying English In his iowery
home is finding some one to practice
hs oral English on. one might say
he is up against il for laboratory facll-
lilies. But. says T.. f. S, who has just
come from Japan the students are
enger to seize every opportunity.
Miss Mann, an American. was walking
along the main street Of Nikko one
day, when she was approached shy
~ by native student, who said:
"Please, may | speak English with
you:
"Be bricf-what IS It?' the lady re-
piled. For a minute the student
Swaycd back and forth in his agony
Of phraSing a foreign sentence and
then he exclaimed: verify verify, 1
say unto you, It is a warm dayl"--
Kansas City Star.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-05-16
BRITISH PRAISE
new US. TROOPS
National Army Men Make Good
Appearance During Parade
at Capital.
FINEST sight OF The WAR"
Americans Cheered by Huge Crowds
King, Queen, Prince of Wales and
Princess Mary Watch Spec
tacle From Palace.

London, May lathe appearance
of American National army men on
parade in London on Saturday aroused
the enthusiasm of the Sunday papers
as have few events in months. The
writer's unite In giving unstinted praise
to the appearance of the men, and pre-
dict for them record of splendid
achievement when they reach the
front
And the waiting crowds found a
new name for the visitors. AS the
first battallons swung out from Wa
terloo station some one called out to
a friend that they were "a real husky
lot" The word pleased the fancy of
the crowd, and soon every one was
calling for cheers for the "huskies."
ut was great friendship which
was struck up between the London
crowd and the American boys who
have come across to give them hand.
That was the feeling that persisted to
the last when the visitors said good
by for the time being to London.
"Since the thrilling days of the first
months of the war" says the Observ-
er, London has not known such nota-
bic scenes of enthusiasm as of Satur-
day"
1.-THE finest sight | have seen since
the war began" was the verdict of a
young soldier who has seen service
on four fronts. The men are fine
looking body and appear to be In the
pink of condition"
The companies filed past with light
elastic step, keeping excellent time
and creating a mighty favorable i'm
preston of their marching qualities
and physique.
King George V, and the Prince of
Wales, standing outside buckingham
palace, reverently barred their heads
as the American National army troops
from Camp Gordon Atlanta, Ga,
marched to the strains of "The Star
and Stripes Forever" played by the
Grenadier Guards.
Wherever the doughboys passed
traffic was halted and every open space
was n sea Of faces.
With the king and his heir were
Queen Mary and Princess Mary.
Only commissioned officers in the
marching throng returned the kings
salute.
Colonel Whitman, General Perish
ing's quartermaster In Mexico, COM
manded the parading troops, astride a
coal-black horse.
The Scots Guard band, playing
"Hello. New York" led the machine
gunners. Then followed the Irish
Guards, playing "My Old Kentucky
Home" leading another contingent,
and finally there were the Grenadiers,
playing "Over There"
Six silk-hatted, frock-coated civil
fans preceded the third battalion with
a banner bearing the words:
1--WE Civil war veterans hail the
United States"
The drafted troops showed up well,
carrying rifles at proper slope, eyes
straight ahead.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-05-16
LLOYD GEORGE WINS
COMMONS VOTES CONFIDENCE
AFTER PREMIER REFUTES
CHARGES.
Sustained by Vote of 293 to 1865
Declares Army Figures Are
True.

London, May LEX Premier AS
quith's motion for the appointment of
a select committee to investigate the
charges made by General Maurice
against Premier Lloyd George was re-
jected in the house Of commons on
Thursday by vote of 293 TO 106. Sir
Edward Carson, leader of the Irish
unionists. appealed to Mr.. Asquith not
to proceed with his motion. Sir Ed
ward said that if the veracity of the
ministers was not believed in the house
there was no longer any possibility of
carrying on the government.
Mr.. Lloyd George said that If the
motion was carried Mr.. Asquith would
again be responsible for the conduct
of the war.
Premier Lloyd George was cheered
loudly when he arose to speak. He said
he had been treated unfairly. 1t was
the business of General Maurice to
come to the cabinet and point out
where the ministers had made mis-
takes, he declared.
Denying that the strength of the
British fighting forces had been mis-
represented as stated by General Maui
rice, Mr. Lloyd George asserted the fig
ures which he had given were taken
from official records at the war office.
Since that time he had made inquiries
on this point, he added and the figures
were not Inaccurate.
In regard to the comparison between
the enemy and the allied forces, the
premier added, he was charged with
misleading the public, but all the fig
ures on which his statement was based
came from General Matrices depart
mpnt