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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07
GOVERNMENT TO MAINTAIN
ALL IMPORTANT HIGHWAYS
Committee Appointed To Pass on
Road Improvement TAfojects
state Denartmcnts Help.

Evidence OF co-ordinated govern
ment policy with regard TO highway
Improvement and maintenance Is
shown in a letter by Secretary Hous-
ton. OF the &. S. department OF agri-
culture, sent on June 10 by the coun-
oil Of national defense to the state
councils OF defense.
This policy by which govern
mont agencies controlling the snip
ment OF road materials and the is
suGnce OF bonds for highway i'm
provement will be governed, Is that
road work during the war should
be directed TO roads that are OF
prime importance for economic and
military importance.
a committee has been created in
Washington TO carry out this policy
LOGAN Waller Page director Of the
office OF public roads and rural en-
gineering, is chairmap and the other
members are w u. thler Of the war
department, II. II. Humphreys Of the
war industries board, Mr. Smithfield
of the r.. s. fuel administration and
Mr.. Kertley Of the railway car s,rv-
ice. L. S railroad commission.
State highway commissions viii
he requested to submit plans for
road Improvement to this committee,
which viii approve or disapproye
them according to their importance
to the war program as military, IN
dustrial or food roads.
The state commissions will he
asked to cooperate by maintaining
important highways already con-
structcd. constructing roaGs that ar,
vital to prosecution of the war usint
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07

called securities and urges that. in
order TO prevent loss, Liberty loan
investors cling to the Liberty bonds
and be safe.
Everyone should realize that, as
Secretary McAdoo points out, the
only genuine help the Liberty bond
investors can give their government
is by keeping their Liberty bonds
as long as II is possible to- do so.
The government first should be
the slogan OF every citizen who in
vests There can be but one actual
security In war times, and that Is
the security offered by the govern
ment. The value of all other stocks
or bonds issdependent upon the Sc
curity OF heNSoyernment.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07
WARNING TO BOND OWNERS
Liberty Bond should Not BE Ex-
changed for Other Securities.

At q time when patriotism is the
foremost essential American attri-
butte it is urgent that every Ameri-
can understand expressly his own
measure OF patriotic words and
deeds. 1t is a time when only an
outward show Of loyalty to the gov
ernment is Insufficient; when even
a patriotic deed needs be perman-
ent to be effective; when the mere
subscribing for Liberty loan bonds
Important as that act may be, is
secondary to the keeping Of these
bonds in ones possession until the
close of the war
The activity Of certain stock sell
Ing corporations in recently offering
stocks and other securities. or So
called securities, in trade for Lib
erty loan bonds has caused Secre-
tary McAdoo 10 issue warning to
holders Of government bonds against
this exchange. Even IL patriotism
does not prompt a Liberty bond own
er TO hold his bonds the secretary
OF the treasury calls attention to the
uncertainty Of some of these So
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07

Som ewhore In New York:
Dear Folks The other day Inelia
and I wanted 10. go TO Horuollsville
for tho week END We really didn't
want to go. but we were invited. and
we folt indebted to these people, so
VIC decided 10 so and eat their food
for tbreO days instead OF our own.
Wherc is flavor about other pcO-
jnlos food these days which IN pleas
inR to most Of us
Luclla told me to drop In at the
branch ticket office In the Wool
worth building ana get the rcscrvhs
tlune | dropped In as per instrHc-
lions and found the ticket office
vacant, There was y large sign on
the window which reAd:
For rent \ Apply L. $, Railroad
Administration"
/ went to anotbcr ofT~c near by
and found the same sign. | went To
three more with no better luck. FIN
ally / asked q policeman, which is
always the last resort in this town,
and he said
They have closed up n bunch ot
those Joints, There used to be HO
ticket offices in downtown Manhat-
Tan Now there are only sin.
The railroad administration has
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07

local road materials as much as pos
sibl,. TO avoid rail transportation and
avoiding bond issues except in urgent
cases.
The council OF national defense de-
fines roads of importance TO the gov
ernment az those utilized or to be
utilized by the military esablish-
ments. those carrying a considerable
volume OF materials and supplies es-
sential to war Industries and those
having bearing on production and
distribution of food supplies, con-
meeting population and shipping CEN
ters with surrounding areas.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07
EFFECT OF WAR ON
WOMEN'S CLOTHING
Women OF Nj Glasses are Learning
To- Dress More Scnsfbiy and
With Less Expense.
THRIFT WILL WIN THE WAR
Efforts Being Made 20 Teach lesson
To Women Who Try Is Distin-
gulsh Their Wealth.

what influence win the war have
on the dress Of American women
VIII the idea Of uniforms grow, or
viii fashions prevail as always along
the line OF cXtrayaGuncc and costly
changer
Women Of an classes went 10 give
war service and this will react auto
matically,' said Or. Jessie rciNotto.
professor OF social economies in tho
University Of California and nt pres
ent executive chairman Of the de-
partmcnt Of child welfare OF tho
womau's committee council ot ma
iional defense. at seems to me that
the war will sound the doom Of un-
practical ceremonial dress. In a time
like this elegant attire that is tho
badge OF the leisure class becomes
offensive 10 persons Of taste. To-day
inexpensive, fresh, practical. httrhC-
tive dress IL the mark OF leaders
among American women.
"The war should bring us a new
habit Of thinking about dress. Per
haps as a nation We may learn 10
apply TO our clothing the same tests
that dietists have told rs to apply to
food. Expenditure for diEplay ls
practlced unlcvergally I'm the matter
OF dress. Apparel Ii the chief
means Of putting financial standing
Hin evidence. II tells observes at
first glance something about pur-
chasing power and whetheraor not
tho wearer Is being subjected to any
hind OF productive labor our
ethics OF dress for many years said
practically That women should wear
clothing not suitable for any sort 6f
work, that they should, as It were,
wear tho insignia OF leisure.
when tho dayis filled with regu-
lar work done inside schedule
made. for groip and not for a par
ticular woman, little time romans In
which TO buy many and elaborate
costumes 10 suit ong-standing con
ventlons, The three or four changes
day prescribed for women OF lei
sure, hucnme something that can be
worn all day without being conspicu
GUS or Inappropriate Thus service
will bring about kind of self-act-
irg Standardization and In this way
introduce into drosa tho element Of
thrift.
But we can make conscious
changes too. changes that will bring
only advantage to tho individual and
the nation, II Is n genuine struggle
for any American To turn 10 simple.
ity. Hard as II ls to take thought
about what we eat, the task ls moth
inR compared to the effort we must
take WHOM We resolve to dross wise
ly. And when tho resolution In made
there arc no discovered rules to go
ny,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07


, the kaiser" seems TO be the general
sentiment
When the downtown sreets ana
buildings we're permanently dalK,
/ eued IA anticipation OF an ar Id'd
. NE theht'r managers were SUM
They thought tnat wliHoIt theI .'l,
/ electric display Signs ihtj "'u'u 'lo'
be- abI".to keep their houses open
! Ihe result mas heeh gu''c ''l p1 ~
positc. The streets hre 80 cheer-
| iess and dark and gloomy mat the
great tIoAhnS poPuia.on ol Wv
town fights 10 get INSIDE "nsre 5,t a',,i, .nere
Is light and merrimehL Ihe reSui,
is mat every thedlgI ~ ''o"|',S amI
| ll Is o'itn Hgp"sS'D'' 'o s'' scat
Inilrr Z O'Clock. ,.,.,..
Ihe musicai io'i'"s are ~ e"E ar. We 't.'t'
'li ,e'o LHa iot "i,u a.,
| "t lhe altldeT uI',i'a' wien -. u't
! amy ""uld h4Et '''''u ai'e' june -
"Ih De Iu" an summer
Want 10 BE Amused.
To illustrate the feeling here, the
audiences 30 Wild over wartime
lditucs which are humorous instead
| OF sentimental The sentimental war
song had long run, but now the
people demand to be amused, That's
what they pay their good money for.
They can get an the gloom they
want outside the theater and from
| th" newspapers. y smashing mt
has been made on a certain midnight
'rOUf by COmcdlennr VINO sings II
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07
Letters of Lemuel Bean
By ROY MOuLTON

opened up a gigantic office in West
Forty second street, with the flOs-
siest ruid.lrlf signs on It's windows
and the plac, ~ commodious and
luxurious. enough to reward the avs
crage traveller for walking six Or
eight miles 60 get 10 1t. But nobody
complains. n rs iu the interest Of
war economy tu clean out about 10
OF tho small offices and. the right
thing To do. Personal convenience
must give way TO national necessity.
Getting on War Basis
The old town ls getting ON war
basis, slowly but surely, and the
HhOple are. meeting all tho changes
good uatufodly
ono OF the latest innovations Is the
| harmald, who has come TO take the
place Of the bartender of old The
/ rosk-cheeked, round armed damsei
stands behind theSD lishod mahog'
/ any ana makes ma Think we are in
I dear oil Lunnon. don't YOU know
/ And the boys don't kii the barmlid
that ~, not more than once The
/ FOUNDERS are authority for the state
mrnt mat the nlIl for mixed drinks
/ Will fan off terribly They claim
/ that women cant mix drinks The
/ married ones who have consumed a
/ cocktail mixed 10y the good vile steer
/ 1lenr Of fancy drinks in the bars
whero barmaids flourish
The rules say that male bartend-
I trs are following n.esseuual oC-
Cupatiou Non essonual2 There
area lot &C purple noses around this
/ village who don't believe a.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07
IL WIN he Guns of Alllcs.

BeichstaB membors dcHlrous Of de-
prlving the kaiser Of his war power
are sure TO win, hut It isn't their
votes that vii turn tho trick --
Washington Post,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
BUSY DAY FOR Mr.. ALLISON
Gets Two Jail Sentences and One Fine
All Within Few Min
utes.

Fresno, Cal.-C. G. Allison walked
into restaurant with loaf Of bread
under his arm, ordered meal, cut
the bread into slices and began to en-
Joy the feast.
Other patrons started rumpus. The
police We're called and arrested Allison
when he Indignantly told them that he
could eat as much bread as he could
pay for. He was charged with dis
turbing the peace.
The court no sooner sentenced the
man to 60 days before Allison was
served with papers in divorce action.
He swore in the presence of the court
stenographer and got ten days more.
Officers were about to lead him away
when he was arrested for stealing wa
ter from neighbor. He said he used
the water to sprinkle his war garden.
The judge assessed him $40 and called
1t day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
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Important
News Events
of the World
Summarized
U.S.-Teutonic War News

General Pershing advised the war
department that early in August COM
plete squadron of IS DeHaviland Four
airplanes, built in the United States
and equipped with Liberty motors,
successfully carried out the first recon
noissance flight of American-built ma
chimes behind the German lines. They
returned without loss. Brigadier Gen.
eral Foulois led the expedition.
Seaplanes and naval patrol boats
attacked with depth charges German
submarine which shelled and set fire
to the American schooner Dorothy
Barrett, New York for Norfolk, off
Cape May, N. ].
The One Hundred and Thirty-first in
fantry of the Thirty-third United
States division has been engaged in
the fighting north Of the Somme and
particularly in the repulse of an en-
envy counter-attack at Chipilly, General
March told newspaper correspondents.
The One Hundred and Thirty-first regi-
ment is composed of Illinois National
Guardsmen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23

co, WestcheSter county, n. Y. When
Ida was two years old while she was
playing about the house she suddenly
disappeared.
1t was later learned that she had
been kidnapped. The parents spent
considerable money and effort for
many years in a search for her. A
description of her was sent broadcast,
but she could never be located.
The girl had been picked up some
where and adopted by Mr.. and Mrs.
Hebbard and taken with the family to
New York, where she lived for five
years. The family afterward> moved
to Long ill, about eight miles from
Bridgeport, Conn.,, where the Hebbards
recently died. In their will they re-
quested that all their legal and other
papers be buried with them.
Meanwhile the missing child had
grown to womanhood and had mar
ried A. A. Haywood. One child re-
suited from the union.
Following the deaths of the Heb
bards it leaked out that Mrs. Hay
wood had been adopted when child
and that her real name was Dinges.
This news surprised the woman and
she at once began looking up all the
families named Dinges throughout the
country. She learned that lieuten-
ant named George Dinges was in the
United States army and she communi-
Gated with the adjutant general, being
informed later that the man she sought
was stationed at Tullytown.
Mrs. Haywood went to Mount Kisco
and from older residents learned more
about the case, until she established
the fact that Lieutenant Dinges was
her brother. She then wrote to the
lieutenant and he hurried to Long Hill
to visit her. Mrs. Haywood Inherited
both money and property from the
Hebbards.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
Not So Bad.

NOL 90 bdOs
This story of an experience that be-
fell story writer is attributed by an
illustrated Sunday magazine to we'll
known story writer:
The author was giving lecture one
evening on the characteristics and sur
roundings of the class Of people with
whom he had dealt in one Of his recent
books. An old Scotchman, who sat
near the front, watched the man with
a disappearing manner. At the close
of the lecture the Scotchman made
himself known to the writer.
"Sfr," he said slowly, after he had
shaken the authors hand solemnly. II
have read all your books up to now
and like them fairly well. Man, you
wouldna gle up writin' and TAX to
speakin' to get your livin', would yep
mo, indeed" replied the young man.
"You think it would be unwise, take
it." .
ut would be sac great mistake
that felt must tell We ma thought
as an honest man." said the Scot. with
great earnestness. 81 thought to
myself, He may need just a word to
set him right, and I'll not deny it to
him. There was one o. your books I
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
European War News

The total German losses from the
beginning of the war to the end of
July, 1918, are understood to be g.
100000, according to the Paris news
papers. The figures include 1,4OO,OOO
killed.
Lieut.. David Putnam of the Lafay-
cite escadrille, who is officially cred
tied with bringing down ten German
machines, was decorated with the
French military medal, says a dis
patch from Paris.
General Diedrichs, commander Of the
Czecho-Slovak forces in Siberia, has
presented a memorandum to the allied
representatives at Vladivostok setting
forth the urgent need of speedy assist
ance on large scale and that an adj
vance on Irkutsk should be ordered
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch to
London from Paris announces the tor
pedoing of the French cruiser Du Petit
Thouars. The survivors of the cruis-
er's crew were picked up by American
destroyers. Thirteen men are missing.
Lieut.. Rene FOnck, the French avia-
tor, shot down three German airplanes
on Wednesday, it is officially an
nounced In Paris. This brings his total
number of air victories up to sixty.
Italian forces have occupied Monte
Mantello, Punta di Matteo and the
spur southeast of Gina Zigolon, north
of the Adantello region, according to
an official statement issued by the
Rome war office. They have taken 100
prisoners.
An official dispatch received in
Geneva from Frankfort, Germany,
says that Monday morning at nine
o'clock that city was attacked by u
enemy ayiators, who dropped 20
bombs, killing many persons and In
juring others.
American troops began to disembark
at Vladivostok and will Immediately
join the international force to aid the
Czecho-Sloyak army in its campaign
in Siberia. The Americans are the
Twenty>seventh regular infantry regi-
ment from Mapila.
Turmoil in Bohemia has resulted In
the execution of IA Czech soldiers and
wholesale arrests in many raids, news
papers of Munich say. according to an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch to Lon
don from Zurich.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
Ikea MESSAGE
FROM THE GRAVE
Lieutenant Receives Letter From
Sister Long Thought to
Be Dead.

Trenton, N. Like a note from
the grave was a letter received a short
time ago by Lieut.. George Dinges, sta
toned at Tullytown, Penn, from his
sister, Mrs. A. A. Haywood of Long
Hill, Conn.,, who was kidnapped "a years
ago when she was baby. and who
was long since given up as dead.
The story of Lieutenant. Dinges and
his sister being reunited reads like
fiction. George Dinges and his sister,
Ida May, were the only children of Mr..
and Mrs. William Dinges of Mount Kis-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
Domestic

DOnJGStJC
William L. Reid, inspector in charge
of post offices in Missouri, Iowa and
Arkansas, with headquarters at st.
Louis, has been dismissed from the
service. The dismissal, 1t is said, fol-
lowed an investigation Of charges that
clerk was disloyal, and that he was
retained after Reid knew his attitude
on the war.
Twenty-Five women were arrested
by the police in Lafayette square, op-
posite the White House, when a third
attempt was made to stage woman's
party demonstration there.
Authorities at Camp Merritt, N. J.,
are investigating riot in which it was
reported two negro soldiers were killed
and eight others injured in fight with
military police.
Two thousand foreign-born soldiers
from Camp Lee took the oath Of al
legiance as citizens of the United
States at a public meeting held in
Petersburg, Va. Louis r. Post took
part in the ceremonies.
Shipments of anthracite In July at
tanned highrecord and with two ex-
ceptions were the largest ever report
ed in any one month. Figures issued
by the anthracite bureau Of informa-
tion at Philadelphia show shipments
of 7,0S4,775 gross tons for the month,
against 6,S67, 500 tons in June and g.
724, 252 tons in July last year, indicat-
ing increases of 271, 106 and 36O,52s
tons respectively.
William D. Haywood and 80 other
members of the I. W. w. were found
guilty in Judge Lands court at Chi
cago of disloyal acts. The jury was
out just 55 minutes. The trial was
started on April 1. BY the jury's YER
dict they stand guilty of conspiracy to
hamper the conduct Of the war. The
maximum punishment is 20 years.
Troops in environments within the
United States are being issued fresh
pork two days in every ten as a tenn
porary substitute for beef, the war de-
partment announced.
A woman and five men were arrest
ed by federal agents in the vicinity of
Camp Mills, N. Y. on charges alleging
espionage and sabotage. Carrier pi-
geons were declared to have been re-
leased by two of the arrested men.
=
A record in ship construction Is
claimed by the Great Lakes Engineer
inc works at Detroit, Mich, in deliver
ing to the Emergency Fleet corpora
ton, complete in every detail, the 81
5OO-ton steel freighter Crawl Keys, 80
working days after its keel was laid
In the yards at Ecorse, Mich.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
Sells Beer to Sheriff.

Carlinville, nl.-John Busnardo sold
a bottle of beer to thirsty stranger at
his home near Staunton. The weary
pedestrian" proved to be Sheriff Kne-
moeller. The litigation that followed
cost Busnardo $72.17.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
HOPE TO CATCH FEMALE
RAFFLES BY PERFUME

Berkeley, Cal.-Berkeley po-
lice are literally on the scent of
a female Raff1es who is believed
to have robbed several homes
, lately. The female thief smokes
cigarettes while she works and
leaves the stubs scattered about.
On each occasion strong odor
of perfume was left in the
, homes, and the police are sniff
fing all suspicious-looking fe-
males in an effort to detect
, similar aroma.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
John Had Tough Luck.

Marietta, Pa.-John O'Day, after
spending several days digging his way
into the cellar of the lookup and thence
to the street, rushed right into the
arms of policeman when he emerged
from his hole.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
Unjust Criticism.

"Going fishing?'
eyes"
"Can you afford to loaf in that
way?"
II want to tell you that man who
can come home with several pounds
Of fish for the family dinner is no
loafer."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
New Excuse.

s'Did you mail that letter gave You
yesterday"
"N-no. my dear. / whistled to the
man in the postal airplane, but he
wouldn't come down after It"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
Modern Version.

While little Helen was at Sunday
school they repeated the Twenty-third
Psalm and when she arrived home, her
mother asked her what she had learn
ed that day. Helen replied with
out hesitation: 'sThe Lord is my
chauffeur, I shah not walk"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23

found bit dull, but as listened to
We tonight / said to myself, Twas ma
sac dull as it might ha' been, that book,
after ALL youths Companion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
Foreign

A dispatch to the Exchange Tele.
graph at London from Amsterdam
quoting report received from Berlin
says Dr. Richard Won Kuehlmann, for
mer German foreign secretary, has re-
ported to the military authorities. The
dispatch adds that it is expected they
will give him a command in the west.
Amsterdam dispatches to London an
nounce the arrival in Munich from the
front of Crown Prince Rupprecht of
Bavaria. The prince, the announce
ment states, is enjoying "a brief vaca-
tion." The vacation" is regarded as
merely polite term for his removal
from command.
A Spanish note to Germany on the
sinking of Spanish vessels by subma-
rines constitutes an utimatum, since
the Spanish government announces
that German vessel interned in any
Spanish port will be seized for every
Spanish ship torpedOed, according to
Havas dispatch to Paris from Ma
drid.
There has been serious rioting in
Tokyo as a result of the high price Of
food, especially rice. Mobs attacked
and damaged property in the business
and theater districts. Two hundred
stores, restaurants and rice depots
were raided. Troops fired on the riot
erS.
The assassination of Herr Won
Sengbusch, German official at Won
den, Russia. was reported to Amster-
dam from Riga. The murderers es-
capped. This Is the fourth assassina-
ton Of German officials in Russia.
American Consul General Poole at
Moscow has turned over his duties to
the Swedish consulate there, destroyed
his code book and asked for safe con-
duct for himself and suite to return to
the United States. He reported that
In spite of assurances from M.
Tchitcherin, the foreign commission
er, he was apprehensive for the safe
ty Of the consulate.