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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-22

dried beef in three tablespoon fat
Brown a tablespoon Of flour, pour on
enough water TO make a thick gravy
then add three cups mashed potatoes,
water in which they were cooked and
one cup milk. Season with salt, pep
per and little celery or parsley
Rice Flour interchangeable flour
is an excellent wheat substitute for
thickening gravies II not only makes
the gravy perfectly smooth, but more
delicious
Tuna Fish and Carrot Scallop-Slce
two cups carrots and boil in little salt
water about fifteen minutes; drain, saw
jig the liquid in which they were cooked.
Chop one small can tuna fish fine. In
the bottom of a buttcrcd baking dish
put a layer Of the carrots, then tuna
fish. Proceed i'm this way until all IS
used up. To the carrot liquid add a cup
OF milk 1hickcn with two tablespoons
flour rolled in two OF olcomargarine ;
season TO taste. Pour this over the car
rot and fish miXture, sprinkle with
crumbs and bake about twenty minutes
in moderate oven This is sufficient
for family of four
Cream Cheese and Walnut Salad
Clean free from seeds green pepper
(swecD. Chop walnut meats, mix with
cheese and fiji peppers. Put in ice box
to harden, then cut in slices and serve
on lettuce
Corn Syrup Sponge Cake-Four
tablespoons white corn syrup, two eggs,
one cup flour coffee cup) one large
teaspoon baking powder, e-hali cup
boiling water Put syrup in dish. Beat
egg whites dry, add yolks to whites.
beat together, add boiling water and
any flayoring liked. Bake one-hali
b,tr
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-22

Found Dead in Bed.
CHICkASHA, Okla. May l2-(SpeS
cial ~. G.. Leachman, an employe at
the Oklahoma College for Women. was
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-22
SIX UNIVERSITY MEN
IN NEW OFFICERS CAMP

NORMAN, Okla, May 22.-(SpeciaD
Six members Of the senior class in
the college OF engineering of the Uni
versity OF Oklahoma will be admitted
to the fourth officers training camp at
Fort Lee, Va, according to word re-
ceived today by ]. II. Felgar, dean OF
the college. One man, X. V. James OF
Oklahoma City, already has departed
for the camp. The others are George
Dolph. Guthrie Thomas Graham. Ana,
darko Calvin Hughes, Lone Wolf; Ed.
ward Reeves, Gould, and Paul Stock.
we'll Oklahoma City They probably
will depart at once.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-22
l{At a Pink Tea, Maybe

1t Happened on a crowded street car.
Femirine knittcrs were on every hand,
workipg on sweaters and Socks in yari-
Gus stages of completion One woman,
howevrf, was engaged with a piece OF
daintymhite embroidery
After the conductor punched her
ticket he stood watching the progress
Of the work Finally curiosity got the
better bf him, and he queried, inno-
centlyu
: MADAM, where does a soldier wear
that 1"r- indianapolis News
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-22
Who's 10 Blame2

Margaret aged five, had been very
rude ID a little guest, and after the
child Md gone home Margaret's moth
er told, her very feelinRly how grievcd
she wal at her rudeness.
"Pveltricd so hard to make you a
good did, Margaret; to teach YOU to
be polite and kind to others, and yet,
in spite OF all my efforts, you are so
rude add so naughty"
Marsbret, deeply moved, looked sad
iy at her mother and said, What a
failure gou are, mother w-Exchange.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-22
Things Worth Knowing.

If lemons are packed in jar OF
sand so that their surfaces do not touch
they will keep fresh indefinitely This
is even a better way to keep them than
the method of placing them in water,
as they do not lose their flavor. The
common waste in shrinkage. resulting
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-22
Hints L&7
W1ar Home
MENU HINTS.

al Breakfast.
Shted Oranges and Bananas
Fried Hominy and Nut Scrapple
Coffee.
Luncheon.
Indivd1ual Baked Cheese Omelets
Celery Baked Potatoes
Dinner
Broiled Shad Parsley Potatoes
H Spinach
Baked hhdi I Pudding With Ice Cream
Potato Cones.
The potato cones are made from
eroamyi ,mashed potatoes, formei into
e11les, tushed over with egg and then
11D1ed lthickly with grated cheese.
tD9Du very hot oven To prepare
- ~ cheese break into a buttertd
~ ish the desired number OF eggs,
(1afl( witt salt and papriks, cook
4 = nd1erate oven, sprinkle with grated
I ~ dlumbs mixed with grated cheese
~ for couple OF minutes longer
< Ths Table.
1 nssf-Fy one-eighth pound
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-06-28
coll AUSTRIANS ARE TAKEN
British Help to Close Gates Against
the Enemy Invaders--Many Big
Guns Captured.

Rome.--The Italians have captured
since the beginning of the Austro-i
Hungarian offensive on the Italian
front prisoners to the number of soil
and have taken many guns and sew
eral hundred machine guns, the Ital-l
ian war office announced.
The battle on the Piave river broke
out furiously, the statement adds
Fresh efforts of the invaders to cross
to the right bank from San Andrea
to Candelu were repulsed.
An intense struggle also took place.
in the Fossetta sector north of Capo|
Sile.
The Monticello, the ovar.shaped chain!
of hills on which hinge the Austrian.
offensive, has been occupied for sev-|
eral months by the British, who came
to Italy last fall under Gen. Plumer.
A British division occupies also the
southwestern ridge of the Asiago pla-
teau, with the French on their right.
The British, after reconquering the
advanced positions momentarily ADAM
doned last week with a view to
strengthening the line, not only re-
sisted all Austrian attempts, but gall
lantly counter-attacked in a fashion
that caused an Italian superior Off
Ger to remark: "They are slamming
the gates of Italy in the face of the
invader"
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TEUToN LOSSES GIGANTIC
American Guns on the Marine Stop the
Huns-so,00o German Casualties
Between Montdidier and Noyon.

With the American Forces on the
Marine. Several German patrols which
attempted to approach the American
lines in the Marine sector we're smashed
by the accuracy of the American ma
chine gun fire. One German patrol
was almost wiped out.
Two German prisoners, who, after
escaping from detention camp 100
miles to the rear of the American front,
six days ago, wandered through the
woods and bushes, and swan rivers in
the night time, were captured in the
American lines. The prisoners said
they had travelled with comparative
ease until they approached American
territory, where it became so hot that
they could not cross to the German
lines. i
Paris. Eighty thousand Germans
were killed, wounded or made prisoner
during the offensive between Montdi-
der and Noyon, Capt Andrew Tardieu,
who accompanied Premier Clemenceau
to the front, told Marcel Hutin, editor
Of the Echo de Paris.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-06-28
USE 10000 SHOCK TROOPS
Assault Made on a Front Of About
Fourteen Miles--Germans Un-
able to Reach Rheims.

With the French Army in France
Large units of German shock troops,
which had been concentrated on the
western side of Rheims, between
Vrigny and Ormes, and which went
over to assault, were met with such
an awful fire from the French de-
tense that they were unable to make
the slightest progress. They suffered
such losses after trying time after
time to reach the French positions
that only few of the attackers were
able to return to their own lines.
When the Germans launched their
attack in full force on Rheims their
intention was to deal a heavy counter
blow to compensate for their failure to
capture Compiegne. Forty thousand
troops participated in the assault
along the front, extending from Vrigny
plateau to Sillery, with orders to
carry the city at all costs They met
with dismal defeat.
At every point they were repulsed
with heavy losses. In most gallant
manner the French troops prevented
the enemy from scoring even initial
success. The artillery preparation
lasted for several hours and was one
of the most terrific yet carried out
High explosives from hundreds of can
non intermingled with numerous poi
son gas shells.
To the east of Rheims the Germans
at first made some advance, but were
soon thrown back to their original pc
sitions, and considerable number Of
them were taken prisoners.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-06-28
CABINET WANTS TO RESIGN
Austrian Premier Goes to Headquar.
ters to Confer With Emperor.
Start New Bread Riots.

London. Won Seidler, the
Austrian premier, leftsyienna for Aus
TRAN headquarters to submit the res
ignation of his cabinet to Emperor
Charles, says dispatch to the Elk
change Telegraph from Zurich.
New bread riots started in the Fa-
voriten and Brigittenay districts of
Vienna, and there are now more than.
10000 munition workers on strike in
the Austrian capital says an Elk.
change Telegraph dispatch from vi
emma.
An attempt to attack the German
embassy in Vienna, according to vi,
emma correspondents Of Munich news
papers, was dispersed by the police
There were many arrests and some
persons were injured. There were
many cries of Germany is starving
MS. Down with Germany"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-06-28
US. TROOPS STORM
GERMAN TRENCHES
THOSE OF HUN GARRISON WHO
REMAINED TO FIGHT WERE
KILLED.
MACHINE GUN NEST CLEARED
American Artillery Put Down Heavy
Box Barrage On Rear of Enemy
Positions--Infantry Rushes
\ German Trenches.

With the American Army in France.
American troops stormed German
trenches and machine gun nests in
front Of Cantigny, in the Montdidier
sector Those of the German garrison
who remained to fight and carry out
their orders to hold the positions at
eny cost were killed by rifle and ma
chine gun fire and bayonet.>
The Americans also took prisoners.
The American artillery put down
heavy box barrage on the rear of the
enemy positions. a few minutes later
the infantry swarmed over the top and
rushed the trenches. Some of the Ger
mans had tried to escape through the
barrage, crashing to the rear, but few
of them got through, for numerous
German dead were found later.
Prisoners captured declared that
they had orders to hold on at all costs,
and this was apparent by the desper-
ate manner in which they fought. The
battle was short, but deadly, for the
enemy positions we're swept clean OF
Germans. The official report says
that a great many Germans were
killnd
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-06-28
FOURTH LOAN SIX BILLION
Every National Bank and Trust Conn.,
pany Must Help-HegIns June
rs, In Blocks.

Washington.-The governments H.
nancial program for the next four
months was disclosed by Secretary
McAdoo's announcement that in prep
aration for the fourth Liberty loan to
be floated probably in October. about
So, 600, 100000 certificates of indebted
ness would be issued. They will be
offered in blocks of $4,000, 900 each,
every two weeks, beginning June Is.
Every national bank and trust COM
pany is asked to assist the govern
ment by subscribing five per cent OF
its gross resources monthly. The GER
tificates will bear four and one-half
per cent interest and will have vary
ing maturity periods.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-06-28
MANY KILLED AND
INJURED IN WRECK
CIRCUS SPECIAL CRASHED INTO
BY EMPTY TROOP TRAIN.
BODIES cHARRED BY FIRE.
FLlMsY CARS DEMOLISHED
Virtually All Victims Were Circus En-.
pIoyees-circus Train Had Pulled
Onto Switch With Last Cars
on Main Track.

Gary, Ind. Sixty persons are known
10 be dead and 1923 are in hospitals in
Gary and Hammond as result of the
rear end collision at dawn between
IN equipment train and a Wallace
Hagenbeck circus train on the Michi-
ran Central Railroad, five miles west
Of Gary. Virtually all victims were
members of the circus.
Thirty-eight bodies, all except one,
Shared beyond recognition, have been
placed in Gary undertaking establish
ments tonight. Twenty-Five bodies
have been taken to Hammond. Iden-
LITIGATION of all except few was not
attempted today.
AL Sargent, engineer, and Emil
Klauss, fireman, piloted the train of Il
empty troop cars that cut its way
through the circus train
The empty troop train, travelling
down a straight stretch of track, to-
tally demolished three of the flipsy
circus coaches and badly damaged a
fourth.
According to reports to local au-
thorities, the circus train, which car
ried four sleepers, five stock cars, 10
flat cars and caboose, pulled part
way into a switch, and stalled there
on account of a hot box. The flag
man went back on the main track and
set fusees. The circus train was in
this position when the troop train
ploughed into the sleepers, reducing
them to a pile of tangled steel and
timbers. Fire from the gas lighting
system of the circus train broke out
almost Immediately, and when res
cuers reached the scene the entire
wreckage was in flames.
| Only "a bodies have been identified.
Edward M. Ballard, general manager
Of the circus, issued statement say.
ing figures compiled indicated that
the death list would total IS. He said
that hasty check up Of the scattered
employees. showed list of so missing
In addition to the "a identified dead
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-06-28
AMERICAN HOSPITAL SACKED
Turks Also Invade American and
British consulates over Protest
of Spanish Consul.

Washington. Attack by Turkish
troops on the American consulate at
Tabriz, Persia, and the looting of the
American missionary hospital in that
city, reported to the State Depart
ment, was believed in some quarters
here to presage the long anticipated
declaration of the existence of a state
of war between the United States and
the Ottoman empire.
Diplomatic relations between the
two governments have been suspend
ed since April 20, 1917, when Turkey
withdrew Abdul Hak Hassein Bey, who
had been acting as charge of the
Turkish embassy here since the COM
pulsory retirement of the regular am.
bassador, which followed his open
criticism OF the United States govern
ment Necessarily American Ambas-
sador Morgenthau was obliged to leave
Constantnople and since that time the
relations between the two govern
ments have been just short Of actual
formal enmity.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-06-28
Soldiers Get Beading Habit.

The growth of the reading habit
among the soldiers has brought to light
an interesting contradiction to the gen.
orally accepted theory that among
group of individuals the leveling proc
ess is leyeling downward.
The men in the camps who are read
ers stimulate by their example the in
terest of those who are not. "Have
you read this story" asks Private X
of Private Y. "Naw," replies Private
Y; II never read book through in
me life." "Well, y'oughta read this
one. It's better'n any movie show
y'ever saw. It's bearl" Thus does
Private Y get an incentive to taste the
joys of literature. There is ten
dency toward leveling upward.
The valuable service of the libraries
is further developed by lectures, uni
4ersity extension courses, and the gen.
eral education plan. Men not only will
keep pace with their former civilian
activities. but many of them win
emerge from the army and navy bet
ter equipped for the battle Of life
Raymond B. Fosdick In Scribner's
Magazine.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-06-28
GUNMAKlNG GREAT SCIENCE
Manufacturer Must Not Exceed varla.
ton of Two one-Thousandths of
Inch in Slx-Foot Bore.

Gunmaking is a ticklish business
not dangerous, but just ticklish,
writes Edward Hungerford In Col
lier's Weekly. It's mighty exact. A
gun manufacturer must not exceed
a variation of two one-thousandths Of
an inch In six-foot bore. Not every
man who walks into shop, his over
alls under his arm, and announces him
self as an expert mechanic, can build
guns to as delicate measurements as
that.
And complicated business, too. A
single disappearing gun, of standard
type adopted byeour. army, has, with
Its disappearing carriage but exclusive
of its sights and accessories, almost
eight thousand parts. A three-inch
gun battery requires 3,S76 tools, Access
series and supplies which are simply
part of its standard outfit. And yet
our government stands In great need
of thousands of these guns-and their
accessories.
An army officer made these things
clear to chamber of commerce man
of Rochester And the chamber of
commerce called q conference of sew
eral dozen of the leading manufacture
ers of Rochester. To them the man In
khaki made the problem clear. He
said that the program for heavy guns
for the army until July, 1919, would
run to cost of $2,000,000,0 Cooper
haps even more. He translated these
figures into those of size. He said that
within that time there would be needed
at least 65.000,000 tons of new parts
for these guns in addition to 100000
tons of replacement parts.
+ Let me translate these figures still
further for you. There are 65,000 rail-
road locomotives in this country. Let
us assume their average weight to be
200 tons eaeh--it is very fair estl-
mate. That means that the railroad
locomotives together weigh some 49,
100000 tons-or just one-fifth the cast
ings required for the new parts alone
of our heavy ordnance for the next IS
months of the war. We have embark
ed upon no piffling enterprise
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-06-28
The German Spirit.

"Any restitution that Germany Of
fers to the allies will be offered. You
may be sure, In the spirit Of Griggs."
The speaker was Edward Hunger
ford the advertising expert.
"Griggs and Miggs," he went on,
"were kidnapped by bandits and shut
up In a cave.
They'll take every cent we've got
on u.s. moaned Miggs. Every blessed
cent
They will, chr said Griggs,
thoughtfully.
"'They sure WILL
"Griggs peeled ten-spot from his
roll.
Here, Miggs.' he said, here Is that
ten dollars I've been OWN you for so
long"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-06-28
The Chow Dog.

The chow dog is a diminutive breed
of the Siberian sledge dog improved
and developed in Chlna. from where
they begun to be imported into Eu-
rope and America about the beginning
of this century. These dogs have the
coat and form of the sledge dogs and
are very compact and sturdy Of frame
and lively in disposition. In color they
are either all black. even to the tongue
and inside of the mouth. or all white.
blue. red or yellow. The chow made
its first appearance In America at the
Westminster kennel show, New York.
In 1901.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-06-28
MusicaIIy obedient.

Antonio was overawed by his sur
roundings when the first draft sent
him to the cantonment. And he con-
tinued to live in awe, particularly Of
all officers, during the early days of
his training. While standing guard
one night, he was In such flutter
when the corporal of the guard APP
preached, that he made his challenge
in a low voice which the non-com
could not hear.
you'll have to speak up, my man."
said the corporal, ''or you'll get into
trouble. Til take your word for It
that you challenged me, but when
the officer Of the day comes around,
you'll have to sing 1t out or you'll get
trip to the guardhouse. Remember,
sing 1t out and sing 1t out loud"
Antonio vowed that he would make
no mistake that would get him In the
guardhouse, and when the officer Of
the day appeared a half hour later, he
was greeted with
"Tra-la-ia, who coma dere9"-Every-
body's Magazine.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-06-28
Treatment Of Prisoners.

There Is still talk In some quarters
Of Wales Of a German invasion. A
thousand years ago, however, inva-
sions were quite common thing along
the Welsh shores. The Vikings came
and went pretty much as they pleased.
They burnt and massacred in q
way that would have delighted the Ger
mans. On one occasion they burnt
st. David's, and actually cooked and
ate the bishop-which, no doubt, de-
lighted the antichurch people Of those
days. On the other hand, when the
Welsh caught Viking they fiayed him
alive and nailed his skin to the church
door. There was no softness with
prisoners such as Is exhibited today.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-06-28
GUN FIRE is VERY ACCURATE
Artillery Barraoe Let Down by Ameri-
can Gunners lnfIicts Heavy Loss
on Enemy RaldIns Party.

With the American Army in France.
The carefully rehearsed German attack
on the American positions in the vii
lage of Xivray was broken up largely
by machine gun and rifle fire. The
German attack was made for the pur-
pose of taking prisoners, according to
statements Of Germans captured by
the Americans.
The artillery barrage let down by
the American gunners inflicted consid-
cradle losses on the large enemy raid
ing party as it crossed No Mans Land,
but the raid was actually stopped by
the hot fire from the American machine
guns. The gunners everywhere stuck
to their posts in the face Of attacks.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-06-28
FLOUR RATION IS REDUCED
Tho Food Situation u Germany Is
Critical-PeopIe Ask When Suf-
ficient Food Is Forthcoming.

London.-The food situation in Ger
many Is becoming more critical. RAJ
tions of the more indispensable arti-
cles are reduced or are not obtainable
and the people are beginning to ask
when there will be sufficient food to
feed the population of the large towns
during three critical months ahead.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-06-28
Peru's Great Museum.

Peru's capital is the home of ma
tional museum. one of the wold's most
interesting institutions of this nature.
1t shares with that of Cairo in display
Ing to modern peoples various incl
dents of life and activity of bygone
races. Also the gallery of paintings
Of Peruvian history is particularly
noteworthy. The remains of the first
airplane to cross the Alps In which the
Peruvian airman. Don Jorge Chayes.
lost his life. Is another interesting ex-
hibit.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-06-28
POUR TROOPS INTO FRANCE
President Wilson Sends cablegram
PIedue to Poincare

Washington.-United States troops
are to be poured into France in ever
increasing numbers until the forces
OF freedom are made overwhelming.
This was the pledge given by Presi
dent Wilson in a cablegram to Prest
dent Poincare of France, replying to
the latter's Fluctuations on the first
anniversary of Gen. Pershing's arrival
In France.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-06-28
Athletics in the NAVY.

All forms Of athletics are encour
aged In the navy. All of the larger
ships and all stations have complete
athletic equipment, as well as a regu'
larry appointed athletic officer and In
structor. The navy is service Of
high ideals and requires the highest
standard Of physical fitness. To de-
fine the social status of the navy man
today is unnecessary. A man in navy
uniform is welcome everywhere. The
navy's blue shirt is a badge Of cour'
age and Observation-Disclosures Globe.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-06-28
SUCCESSFULLY RESIST HUNS
The Italians, With Their French and
British Allies counter-Attack Wig
orously Everywhere.

Italian Army Headquarters. The
Italians, with their French and British
allies, are SUCCESSFULLY resisting the
Austrian onslaught and are counter-at-
lacking vigorously everywhere.
Whether the enemy effort upon Mon
tello plateau is an attempt to move to-
ward the rear of the famous Monte
Grappa, key to the Italian mountain
positions, or else to menace the We
netian plains and the city of Venice,
it is certain that the Austrians are
fighting desperately to hold what they
have so far attained.