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and as he grows more expert they be-
come $51 per month, and if he gets to
be a master signal electrician he re-
ceives $S1 month. The preliminary
training necessary to fit the drafted
men Tor this service requires about
200 hours. and enables a man to send
and receive minimum message of
twenty words of five letters. The in
structlon is given free and the federal
board would like to have teaching
classes established over the United
States.
The federal board for vocational
education mas prepared courses of in
StructIon and questions for the exam
ination of applicants who want places
in the Signal Corps. and also for some
of the other branches of the Army.
The requirements are not easy and the
work demands experts Take. for in
stance. the soldier who wishes to en-
list in the Quartermasters Reserve
Corps as motor truck man. He has
first to pass the physical tests, and
then to answer twenty-five questions
as to the operation and care of motor
trucks. If he does this successfully he
is given shop work, which includes the
adjusting, repairing and lubricating
the parts of the truck. He is next
way, but in that which will enable
him to do his work in war time. A
part of the driving is straightaway and
a large part of it is zigzag. Including
Ine swift turning OF corners. The zig
gag driving is in and out of stakes
which have been driven down into the
ground to represent a curved course.
and the student must wind the truck
about through them without knocking
them over Later the stakes are
brought closer and closer together and
the man winds about between them at
various rates of speed. Later he has
to learn to back through the zigzag
lines, and then go backward and
forward and twist this way and that
without touching the stakes. Some
of this work Is done after dark, and
many of the adjustments and repairs
are made at night and under all sorts
of conditions. Every student has to
learn at least five different kinds of
to truck SO that he can take up any
machine that may be given him on the
battlefield and handle it,
Another important work Of this
war training board will be in connec-
ton. with the Rehabilitation OF, roQk
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buyer of Russian manganese, and her
purchases were increased with the de-
velopment of her ferro- manganese
works. Two years before the outbreak
of the war 100000 tons were exported
to Germany as against 12S.000 tons to
England, $1,000 tons to Belgium and
1000 tons to France. During the war
the mines have been worked only
slightly, since there was no market
except for supplying the Russian iron
and steel mills, yet it is assumed that
considerable quantities of manganese
have been accommodating. and if Ger
many can obtain this supply she will
have no cause to worry about manga
the remainder of the war. However,
tire way is not yet clear for her to
OBJ ain this manganese.
Contro. OF Transcaucasia lis also ex-
Germany, through other minerals. since
there ,s some copper and Germany is
ii desperate need Of copper. The total
production, however, rarely reached
1905 tons year. Much of it vas
by an American company which had
copper mines al IrgaE saui. near Batun.
The present condition of the OH wells
of Transcaucasia is not &nown. The
production formerly ran from 6S,009.Oo0
to To,G00.OO0 barrels annually. Four
fifths of the output was from tie Cas-
plan region, Of which Baku is the cen
ter. The Baku production had reached
its maximum tvs or three years before
the outbreaks OF hoStiIipieS ans was
decreasing. The oil fields at hfa;kop
within fifty miles of the Blac!k sea
were increasing their output, but this
formed 4 small proportion of the total
production.
Isatum is the principal! port Of ship
ment for the oil, and VIII! the city and
district Turkish territory, il this act
ually comes about, Germany Will have
control of the oil trade OF the Trans
caucasian region In Marco PoIo's
time, as he recorded. the o., " as usec
as an unguent for the care or curious
dstempers in men and cattle, as well
as for other complaints, YET its med lei
nal value seems to have bean slight as
compared with its use for illuminating,
purposes. The use for lamps sti;, con-
tinues in Persia. and in ali that region
of Asia, but the principal commercial
value during recent years has been for
fuel and herein lies its va1ee to Ger
many
Eefore the war the OF, fields were
controlled by trusts in which both
producers and traders participated
There were extensive foreign holdings
although under Russian narses These
included the Standard and Nobel in
terests. The Rothschilds had large in
terests which later were merged into
the Dutch Company. without their
yielding the financial control
Besides the mineral wealth of Trans
caucasia~ the. AsIicNkuzeal Iesources
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are also an important asset The eau
vasus usually is described as essen
TALLY agricultural 1t grows the cereals
and also grapes. the wine industry
being well established. Licorice root,
which is used in tobacco preparations,
is produced in considerable quantities.
The live stock production is also
large. There are cattle and sheep.
The wool-growing industry is one of
the factors in commerce. There are also
silk and cotton industries. The timber
resources. up to the present time, have
been barely exploited. The forests are
extensive.
rom this resume it will be seen that
the Caucasus is a region of varied re-
sources. Like so many other sections
of what was once the Russian empire.
it forms an economic unit in itself. 1t
could exist independently of other parts
of the empire and, in fact, did thus eX-
list. In the past its commerce was lnat
which came from the PRODUCTIVE OF raw
commodities which wer- wanted by
other parts of the world, sL:id which,
therefore, did not have to seek a mar
ket.
There was considerable direct trade
through the Black sea with the United
States, a steamship line running from
Baum and Patti. This country TOOK
some manganese ore. varying according
to the needs OF the iron and steel indus
tries. ana their supplies from other sec
tons o. the world. In sorne years the
exports of manganese ore to the United
States were 100000 tons. In Other years
they dropped to 10000 tons. Raw wool
was one of the principal exports, the
value sometimes exceeding 100000.
Rugs also vera exported to the Ameri-
can market. LScorice, root N;.Ss :, steady
exrore freq; the E:sals sea Gist,ic
che csyi.t:cai Ity-e OF TranScaucaSia,
Notwithstanding Ger,pany's present ad-
vantage, is sl&cau'ied in darkness. Tie
inhabitants of tlial great region, or the
majority OF thcnS, are rot Siavs in the
sense that is understood in speaking o.
the Russian people. The Georgians and
the Arn,enianS form a large element of
the population, but the babel of lam
g,1ages spoken shows the diverse racial
Identities. The Mountain of Tongues
has been frequent Characterization.
The Christian Georgians always boast
ed tina. they never were conquered by
the Russians. but voluntarily placed
themselves under Russia's protection.
The Mohammedans boosted not at all,
but they also were pretty sturdy in
their independence of authority.
The Georgian district. when the war
broke out in 1914. enjoyed a larger
measure of autonomy than any other
part of the empire. There was a young
Georgia party which prevented the loss
of-this- 0topamX.- and which. While-n not
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encouraging nihilism. nevertheless
showed little fear of the st. Peters
burg autocracy whenever il decided
that a period of political agitation was
desira BILE in order that the cars gov
eminent might not forget the Georgian
spirit, which was the predominant
spirit TranScaucasia.
When the present troubles began
Transcaucasia was put down on the
map as having an autonomous govern
ment. Since the bolsheviki got into
control the march of events has been
obscured German agents were said to
be negotiating a peace similar to that
with the Ukraine, but both Georgians
and ArmenianS were reported to be I'M
influenced by the Teutonic propaganda.
1t was even said that if the bolSheviki
central government, TranScaucaSia
would acknowledge nominal alle-
glance to it. but all this is guesswork.
Foreigners who have been in the re-
gion since the revolutionary wheels be-
gar to turn have reported a strange in
difference to the future of Russia as a
nation. At Tiflis the people We're said
TO be more interested in the opera and
in the movies than in politics or in
keeping up the war with Germany. Fa-
taI.s;a was said TO be prevalent. and
the fataiists were not al Mohammed-
ans. Yet = may remain open to doubt
whether the nountaineer inhabitants,
who always have been accustomed to
large degree Of personal independence.
will permit a German overlordship.
GeI.narY'S course in insisting that
Baum and kc-- and Kara band be turn
ed hack to Turkey. while dictated as
much Icy economic as by political con-
sideratioEa, prevents the formation of
an md eps-r dent state such as Ukraine,
Since IL takes away much OF the ter
r.toyy tuat would compose such state.
II delivers over the Armenians entirely
TO TCrkey, since they are principally
in the sections which the bolsheviki
have been compelled to cede to Turkey.
These ArtHenians, under Russian pro-
lection. were able to assert something
of a national character. They at least
were free from the oppression of the
Turks and were able to develop some
thing of an aggressive spirit. This
spirit may yet assert itself. but in what
form cannot be guessed.
1t must be remembered in all discus
sions of the future of Transcaucasia
that the chief motive of Germanys at
tempted domination is economic. Man
ganese and oil are the principal after
the-war factors. as we'll as present con-
siderations. The cereals and live stock
are the immediate consideration, and
for the moment Transcaucasia lies at
the feet of Germany. betrayed by the
bolsheviki. and apparently also be-
trayed by considerable part OF her
own Inhabitants.
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00HE narrative Of F street was
carried along last Sunday up
III to 1890 and the Ramblers plan
Is to follow the story Of that
great street and as many Of its in
habitants as he can ind a record OF
UP to the early seventies, but some
haste must be made In carrying out
this program because the leaves and
flowers will soon begin to unfold and
the migratory birds win be coming up
from the south. and in that joyous time
o(year the Rambler must turn his back
to the brick, concrete and marble Of the
city and heed the call OF the country.
Tho Rambler has arranged a list OF
the names of people living on street
In 1880, but it is not complete list.
because some men, when they take
their departure for the mysterious
leave a name that memory can re-
call In many cases where men left
behind them name cherished by their
0otenporaries all remembrance OF
them has been blotted out by the years
A man may have been prominent in
the community in his time: he may
have been a man of charity and good
will toward all his fellows; he may
" y,
and yet his name may vanish COM
pletely as his bones, even though his
spirit still dwells among the familiar
scenes. In a majority Of instances the
Rambler can find no other facts about
many OF the people of F street of near
century ago than their names and
their occupations. and very often no
trace is to be found of their occupa-
ton. Not shred of record has been
left as to how they busted themselves
Thousands of their descendants live
IN Washington. while more are scatter
ed about the world. Some of them in
walking along street pass without
knowing it the site of the home of
their first ancestor in Washington
Some of them buy merchandise in some
gay and brilliant shop that stands on
the site of their ancestors home.
In 1880 the Bank of the Metropolis
stfn occupied the northeast corner of
and 18th streets. while adjoining the
bank on the east was John Coburn's
grocery store. On the same square.
that is the north side of F between
14th and 18th. was a grocery store
kept by Aaron Dagget, a boarding
house or small hotel kept by John Dav-
is. grocery store kept by G. W. Nc
Cubbin, tailor shop and store where
men could buy a hat, stock. cane and
such things. kept by Christian Cam
mack, and at the northeast corner
of F and 18th streets was a confec-
tionery shop kept by J. Beardsley. jr.,
and of course in Connection with that
shop was a bake house In that block
was the home of a widow, a Mrs.
Hodges. who kept a boarding house,
and one of her boarders was James
McCfeary, a clerk in the treasurer's
once. James Hoban. architect of the
Capitol and White House. of whom the
Rambler has already written, lived in
three-stroy brick house with a beau
tiful garden on both sides and at the
rear, and another resident in that block
was Elizabeth Clark, a widow who took
boarders- In the ten years between
1920 and 1880 Joseph Army, coufec-
TONER; Christian Eckloff, tailor. and
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BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

"a 7.ARCO POLO. the thirteenth
N\MI century Venetian traveller,
UNII wrote about a fountain of
= " - Oil which he saw on his WAY
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-16
Only 20 Percent Of Normal.
Oklahoma Holdings !
Arc Cut In Hall.

WASHINGTON, March i6.-Wheat
holdings at country mills and elevators
on March were estimated today by
the department OF agriculture at g.
$4,000 bushels. That Is about 20,000.-
900 bushels less than was held March |
last year, and 100000 bushels less
than In 1916.
Statistics holdings by country mills
and elevators by states show that IN
Kansas, Montana, Washington and Ok
lahoma the supplies are much lower
than last year.
Oklahoma holdings are 100000, as
compared with 100000 for last year,
and Kansas 2.2970OO compared with
6,8So0O0 in 1917.
Americas export program calls fot
shipment of 10000 900 bushels OF wheat
to the allies between January I and
June |, when the new crop becomes
available The grain is going forward
as fast as ships can be provided. Move
ment OF stocks still held on farms IL
expected to become heavier as tho
weather permits restoration to normal
traffic conditions.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-16
RUSSIANS SLAY
$50 JAP ANESE IN
! SIBERIAN STATE
trouble BrewS in Far East
Between Opposing Peoples,

LONDON, March l6.-Maximalists
in Siberia have murdered $50 Japanese
at Blagovieshtchensk, capital of the
Amur province, according to a report
printed in the newspaper, Hochi Shin
bun, Friday and forwarded by Reuters
Limited
Blagovicshtchensk is in the Amur river
near its confluence with the Zeys and
is opposite the Manchuria town Of
Aigun 1t is 500 miles north of Harbin
and has a population of $4,000 There
are extensive gold mines in the district.
A telegram from Ticn Tsin. China
to the Daily Mail says that the Jap
anese embassy at Peking has been in
formed that during recent disturbances
at Observation-Disclosures, three Japanese
were killed and seven wounded while
defending their property against boil
shevik
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-16
Senate 0. KS
Bill to Save
SummerLight
Wilson's Signature viii Pre-.
pare Way for Making
Longer Days,

WASHINGTON. March 10
Daylight saving now awaits only
President wilson, approval.
House amendments to the day
light saving bill, requiring all time
pieces to advance one hour begin
ming March ~, the last Sunday in
the month, were accepted by the
senate today
On that day the master clock In
the naval observatory At Washing
ton will he turned at ! O'Clock In
the morning to , o'clock The day
light saving plan will continue un-
III September, when clocks will be
retarded one hour, putting time on
the same basis as now.
Results Of the daylight saving
law, It IL declared, will be vast
saving in fuel, used to generate
electricity.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-16
MORRIS AGENTS
TRIED NO BR|bE,
0FFU7T DECLARES
Testimony at Chicago Is Re-
futed in This City,
PLANT PARTLY TAX FREE
Personal Taxation Reports
Show Wide Variation,

II Morris and company attempted
to cultivate the friendship Of assessors
in Oklahoma county in an effort to
eyade tax assessments, as alleged in
yesterdays hearing OF the meat inquiry
in Chicago, they acted so smoothly that
the assessors didn't know they were
being cultivated"
No Bhbs Tried, offutt Says.
"No officials or agents OF Die Morris
company have attempted to bribe me,
or influence me in any way, | can tell
you that" declared Ezra Oiiutt county
assessor. this morning III they were
particularly interested in the election
Of an assessor in this county in 1915 |
didn't know anything about it.
The inquiry in Chicago developed the
fact that the Morri, people were greatly
interested in making the friendship OF
the assessor In this county. In letter
written by NJ. W. Borders, counsel for
the Morris company, TO II. II. Hutchins
of the Oklahoma National Slockyards
company, both Ofiutt and George W
Carrico, who ran against Oifutt in the
fall Of 1910, were mentioned Carrico
It was said, would want nothing but
support, but Oifutt, the letter said
would need all he could get. In an.
other letter Carrico, who was assessor
from 1912 to 1914, was mentioned q.
being friend to the Morris people.
Plant Partly Tar Free.
Offutt this morning was unable h
give the assessment Of the Morris plan
for the past few years, as the assess
nient sheets were being worked on II
another department, but the amount o.
the assessments, which may throw som'
light on whether or not the official,
allowed any radical changes in III,
Morris assessments, were expected &c
be checked up this afternoon. Wher
the Morris plant was brought here II
1910, the city agreed to relinquish its
part Of the tax for a period of five
years.
The following personal TAX has beer
paid by the Morris company this moi
including the real estate holdings:
In 1911, valuation Sl44,jOl; tax, ST..
T4o0; 1912, $4,000 valuation, tax ST.
800 40; 1913, valuation sal 900, tax
$Sj]; 1914, valuation $4,000, tax 500 IL
1915, valuation $4,000, tax Sl,S4l %
1916 valuation $4,000, tax S,SS972
1917, valuation 10000, tax $4,000
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-16
WEDDING PLANNED
FOR CORNERSTONE
LAYING At DAM
Civic Celebration Will Take
Place on April %,
SPECIAL TRAINS WILL RUN
Mayor VIII Proclaim Holiday
in City,

The Chamber Of Commerce commit
tee which has charge Of the civic
celebration TO lay the cornerstone OF
the new watcrworkS dam at a meeting
this noon decided on the afternoon OF
April p TO be the date for the exercises
TO take place. Among the features OF
the celebration announced by Chairman
N. L. Crowther will be wedding u
take place on top Of the dam. II il
hoped that it can be military wedding
with some Oklahoma City boy now
stationed at Fort Sill as the groom and
an Oklahoma City girl as the bride
Presents for Bride.
Crowther says that the committee ex-
poets there may be several young people
who will wish 10 be married on the
same afternoon on account OF some OF
the material advantages to accrue in the
way OF presents. Every merchant in
the city will be requested to make some
present TO the wedding couple or
couples, from his stock
Arrangements will be made to have
the Rock Island railroad run a shuttle
train service for the afternoon between
the dam and its station here. Special
car service will be requested of the Ok
lahoma railway company and in addi-
tlon to these two ways OF reaching the
dam, all the clubs in the city will be
asked to have members owning cars
meet at one place before the exercises
start and carry men and women to the
, dam.
Holiday Proclamation.
The stores OF the city will be re-
quested to close on the afternoon of the
celebration, Monday, and Mayor Over
olSer will he asked to proclaim civic
half holiday The members of the city
government legislature, state officials
and Governor Williams will be invited
TO attend
One feature which is expected to
draw a large attendance will be the
depositing of box under the corner
stone containing the names Of all the
Oklahoma City boys now serving in the
war, the names TO be publicly read be
fore the stone is laid as well as names
OF men who have died in the war
Honor for Eighty!niners.
The seats of honor at the exercises
will be reserved for the eighty-nincrs.
The laying OF the cornerstone is to
take place on the anniversary Of Okla
homa, then a territory, being thrown
open to settlers. Any young people
who would like to arrange for their
wedding to take place on top of the
dam, the committee requests, should
communicate with NJ, L. Crowther,
chairman.
Any couple resident in Oklahoma City
or Oklahoma county will be eligible to
be married on top of the dam and of
course may bring their own clergyman
IL they desire, although the committee
intends to see to it that on the after
noon in question, there will be no lack
Of ministers
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-16
Wheat Prices Drop
5 Cents In CHICAGO

CHICAGO, March l6.-Grain values
suffered a more violent setback today
than has taken place previously in al
most year. The decline was ascribed
in the main to spring liquidation, which
happened to find the market without
any aggressive support,
Dealings we're on a large scale with
extreme losses Of cents in corn and
6Hc in oats, May corn descending TO
$l20x and March oats to 81 cents.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-16
OFFICERS TRIAL
THOUGHT HELD At
CAMP DON|PHAN
Reporters Denie d Admission
to COneIIy Court-martiaI

DALLAS, Texas. March l6-WhiIc
it is generally believed at Fort Sill
Okla, that the court martial of Major
Philip b. Connolly and First Lieut.
Walter II. Kirkpatrick, charged with
neglect of duty now is progressing at
Camp Doniphan, newspaper correspond.
ents there have been denied access tc
the hearings and are not able to state
authoritativeIy that they are proceeding
Major Connolly and Lieutenant Fit1.
patrick were the officers charged will
neglect Of duty as a result of publicity
given by United States Senator Cham.
berlain 10 conditions about the death Of
Albert Hcsswood.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-16
TEXAS HAS PASSED
PROHIBITION BILL

AUSTIN, Texas, March l6--Both
house and senate today adopted the
conference report on the state wide pro-
hibition bill which will 80 to the gov
ernor for his signature The provision
defining alcoholic beverages as any
drinks containing as much as one half
OF one percent alcohol had been
stricken out in conference Governor
Hobby today signed the ten-milc zone
bill making all points within ten miles
of military camps dry territory
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-16
War Department
Halts Gorgas Plan
for Promotions

WASHINGTON, March i6-Surgeon
Gorgas at the last minute failed to ap-
pear today before the house military
committee to urge legislation increasing
higher ranks in the army medical corps,
which he advocated Yesterday before the
senate military committee over the op-
position OF war department and other
high officials
Representative Dyer of Missouri,
author Of the house bill said he under.
stood General Gorgas was called Off
by the war department.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-16
No Effect on Cars,
ClaSSen Declares

The passing Of the daylight saving
bill will not affect the schedules Of the
Oklahoma Railway oompanys street
cars according to Anton II. Classen,
president Of the company.
"Our employees have gone 10 work
earlier during the spring and summer
months for several seasons. Cars on
several Of our lines start running about
S o'clock, and will not be affected by
the bill.