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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-27

Immediate Possession
Bargains
6-room home In fine residence section
one block OF Classen Blvd hardwood.
beautiful fireplace. French doors. pleasing
staircase. built-in pantry. linen closet
basement, furnace, garage. two lots; oe-
ing sacrificed for N.Tbo,00i t7bo,oo cash
balance 5000 per month
Elegant s-room modern home, two
blocks OF Classen Blvd. one block OF
18TH 81. car line; has dsslghtfpl large
halls. built.in cloak room. linen closet
pantry, kitchen cabineb basement, com
blnation furnace. electrically lighted gar
age. servants quarters. two loti Only
u. .50o.0 90 cash balance 5000 per month
DELIGHTFULLY."- beautiful s.room
modern home In hardwood. near 4sth and
ClaAssn. on g0xii0 IT,, only b,boo,0Oi
sS.0OOoo cash; assume balance OF long
time loan
TWO full lots with b-room modern
home and u 2-room house In the rear
renting for ti2oO per month. being sac
rnced FOR t2.2OOO0; terms TO suit.
Oklahoma Trust
Company
6Os.iO Insurance Bldg. Maple 30
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-27

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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-27

Mees vssn 500 eseerss Count Of
their "sssssr record 'e campaign. mp .u shows ~
nearly i.see nov In the offlcs Of ], Il.
Pershlng.. chief executive, several boys
broueht N q large number Yesterday.
othsss are colleeting more today More
than Se0o records and one new phonoG-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-27

Man Seeks pNeres--A year after their
ms.rs r.. without so.s :1s her nS,e. c %
would be away, krs Idsbsile Mum lef,
homo and was gone three years, accord
inG 70 the petition for divorce Of Hugh
Num-, nlsd IN the district court this
morning Nh, Num- returned 10 her
husband and lived . year with him. ther
IN 1917, myptericusiy disappeared He
has never heard Of her since. according
20 his petition.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-27

rrsIIs official Hsrs-w r. Hearne Of
MsnFum. vice. .prtaident OF the Ozark
this morning 70 meet with the Good
Roads association a noon today,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-27

oovertlslro Dlseusssd-Problems OF re-
tail advertising were discussed by Y. J.
Finneran at a meeting OF the Al club AT
the Skirvin hotel at noon today. Mr..
Finneran 10 connected with tho south.
western Advertising company In this city
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-27

Bridge Repair osIsysd-rbe big bridge
on Grapd boulevard west OF PackinEtown,
badly damaged by the recent flood, will
not ps open for train. for some time.
Weather Is delaying work Twenty or
more new piles with have 20 be driven,
and the flooring replaced.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-12-26

seat Of government the little nations
first thought was to express her graft
tude to the Commission for Relief in
Belgium for preserving the lives Of
millions of her citizens.
Germany, on the other hand, need
not figure in such map for Amert-
cans because there is no present indi-
cation that we shall be called on at all
to take thought for the food needs Of
Germany. Germany probably can care
for her own food problem If she is
given access to shipping and is enabled
to distribute food to the cities with
dense populations. which are the trou-
BILE centers. p.
England, France, the Netherlands
and Portugal, all of which have been
maintained from American supplies,
have sufficient food to meet immediate
needs, but their future presents seri-
GUS difficulties. The same is true Of
Spain and the northern neutral coun-
tries-Norway, Sweden and Denmark
whose ports have been open and who
have been able to draw to some degree
upon foreign supplies.
Most of Russia is already In the
throes of famine, and 100000 people
there are beyond the possibility of
help. Before another Spring thou
sands of them inevitably must die.
This applies as well to Poland and
practically throughout the Baltic r.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-12-26

A food map of Europe today shows
not a single country In which the fu'
ture does not hold threat Of serious
difficulties and only a small part which
is not rapidly approaching the famine
point With the exception Of the
Ukraine only those countries which
have maintained marine commerce
have sufficient food supplies to meet
actual needs until next harvest, and
even in the Ukraine, with stores accu-
INFLATED on the farms, there is famine
in the large centers of population.
Belgium and northern France, as
well as Serbia, appear on the hunger
map distinct from the rest Of Europe
because they stand in different rela-
tiol from the other nations to the peo-
pie of the United States. America has
for four years maintained the small
war rations Of Belgium and northern
France and is already making special
efforts to care for their increased
after-the-war needs, which, with those
of Serbia. must be included in this
plan, are urgent in the extreme and
must have immediate relief.
The gratitude Of the Belgian nation
for the help America has extended to
her during the war constitutes the
! strongest appeal for us to continue oul
work there. The moment the German
armies withdrew from her soil and she
~ established once more in her OWL
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-12-26
that HAS FORCE
Terse Statement as to Value Of Man
In the Worlds Commercial
Operations.

There is q moral for ill who will
seek It in the story Of Minnesota
banker, who has made success OF
life Notwithstanding the handicap that
both legs, his left arm and the fingers
of his right hand are missing. His
career was appropriately reviewed In
Garry On, magazine published in the
interest of the reconstruction Of dis
abled soldiers and sailors.
The essence Of this mans success
Is contained in his whimsical state
ment of his philosophy. "F'rom his
neck down." he says, "a man is worth
about dollar and a half day; from
his neck up he may be worth hum
bred thousand dollars year." The
facts of this statement apply as fore
IDLY to a man with all his limbs as
to a cripple. They constitute the
chief reason why vocational education
Is increasing in popularity and why
child labor and compulsory education
laws are being made increasingly Sc
| we're. -. $500,
1t is fortunate epigram which has
been made by this cripple of peace
for the benefit Of the cripples of
war. The part of the man "from the
neck up knows no limitations except
self-imposed ones.-Portland Ore
| CONAN.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-12-26
MADE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
British Army Deserter Showed Daring
and Originality in Making HE
Escape From Prisons.

Three daring escapes made by a
British army deserter with ten convic.
lions against him-all for crimes OF
violence-were described at Oldstreet
few days ago, relates London
Chronicle. The man, George Mullins,
was sentenced to six months impris-
onment in January, 1917, and was sent
to Wandsworth. There he was trained
for the army and taken to France In
handcuffs. In q few weeks he con"
trived to get leave and, retaining to
England, deserted. He was arrested
last April, but, although handcuhed'
he escaped from his escort. After q
brief spell Of liberty Mullins was
again captured, and with five others
was put in the guardroom at Wands'
worth prison. While the others danced
and sang at the top Of their voices
Mullins cut hole in the wall and all
the six escaped. In the following May
the man was again arrested, and
taken this time to Bethnal Green po-
lice station, where he was placed IN
newly built cell. Again he managed
to escape by loosening number OF
bricks, climbing through ventilator
and dropping down water pipe into
the street. The other night Mullins
was arrested by Detective Sharp IN
Stepney. A big and violent crowd,
the officer said, gathered and pelted
the detective and his colleagues with
stones, weights, coal, bottles and "any-
thing they could lay their hands on"
The police, however, got away. Null
Inns is now sentenced to two months
hard labor as deserter and for dam
aging Bethnal Green police station.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-12-26
CLARK CITY

Mrs. Frank Hinchberger is in VAL
ley City this week with her little
daughter, who is taking treatment for
ear trouble.
The Gordon family were Sunday
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Haase.
The Red Cross chapter of this place
sent in the following work for this
month: Mary Elliot, 2 day shirts, 3
pair socks, l sweater; Mrs. Anderson,
2 day shirts, pair socks; Mrs. Held,
4 day shirts; Mrs. Haase and Mrs.
VIM. Jones each day shirt; Mary
THOMPSON, 2 pajama suits, Mary
Campbell, 2 pajama suits; Anna Jones,
4 day shirts, 2 pair socks, sweater;
Mrs. McLees, 1 day shirt, 1 pajama
suit, l pair socks; Mrs. D. R. Jones, 3
pair socks; Mrs. Gordon, pair socks;
Mrs. VIM. Elliot, Z pair socks; Clara
Marston, 1 sweater; Mrs. Miller, Mrs.
Leavens, Mrs. Sarah Elliot, Miss Mel
son, Mrs. Westra, each / pair socks.
Seward Mcqueen was a jamestown
visitor the first of the week.
The McLees and Haase families
were shopping in Valley City Satur-
day.
oMr. and Mrs. Clarence Thompson
were over Sunday visitors at the Jos.
Hinchberger home.
Mrs. VIM. Jones was quite sick last
week with the flu, but is much bet
ter at the present writing.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-12-26
gions, with conditions most serious in

gions, with conditions most serious in
Finland.
Bohemia, Serbia, Roumania and
Montenegro have already reached the
famine point and are suffering q heavy
toll Of death. The Armenian popula.
ton IL falling each week as hunger
takes its toll, and in Greece, Albania
and Roupanla so serious are the food
shortages that famine is near. Al
though starvation is not yet imminent,
Italy, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Tur-
key are in the throes OF serious strin-
genc!es.
In order to fulfill Americas pledge
In world relief We will have to export
every ton Of food which can be han
died through our ports. This means at
the very least minimum of &c, 900, 600
tons compared with 100000 tons pre-
war exports and 100000 tons ex-
ported last year, when we were bound
by the ties Of war to the European
allies.
II we fail to tighten the black spots
on the hunger map or If we allow any
portions to become darker the very
peace for which we fought and bled
will be threatened. Revolt and anarchy
inevitably follow famine. Should this
happen we will see in other parts Of
Europe repetition Of the Russian de-
bacle and our fight for world peace
will have been in vaa.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-12-26
WEDDING OF MISS
MARTHA SEBBY

On Wednesday at high noon occur
red the marriage of Miss Martha Seb-
by, the only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Sebby of this city, to Mr.. George
A. Reishus of Minot. The ceremony
took place at the home Of the BRIDES
parents on Riverside avenue, Rev.
c. G. Naeseth Of Our Savior's Luth-
eran church officiating.
The bride was gowned in white
georgette embroidered with pearls,
and carried brides roses. The couple
was unattended; only the immediate
relatives of the bride being present.
Following the ceremony a three
course dinner was served the wedding
guests. The dining table was decorat-
ed with white roses and ferns.
The bride is we'll known in musical
circles both in this city and in Minot.
She is graduate of the Conservatory
of the Valley City Normal and also of
the Lutheran Ladies' Seminary at Red
Wing, MINI. She was for number
of years organist of Our Savior's
Lutheran church here. The past two
years she has served as organist of
the First Lutheran church at Minot
and has had large class of music
pupils in that city. The groom is a
prosperous young business man of Mi
not, being associated with his father
in the implement business there.
The happy couple left on No. yes
terday for Minneapolis and other
points. They expect to return the first
of the year and will reside at Bis
marck for the winter Mr.. Reishus is
a member of the house of representa-
tives, being reelected at the last cleo
ton. After March fist they will be at
home at Minot, N. D.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-12-26

ing and ali meaning word this is. In
many homes have come sorrow and
happiness, perhaps, is not there, yet
to those who have suffered let them
lift their eyes to the eternal skies
and thank God that while they have
been stricken there are millions OF
homes in this and other lands that
have escaped the sorrow that might
have come to them through this great
war and that peace abounds. The
Times-Record houes that every home
in this land, notwithstanding the
SORROWS that have come to many, will
be able through it all to see ray OF
light, happiness and thanksgiving as as
we come up to the great day IN the
Christian era-Christmas
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-12-26
3,278BRTHS;
DEATH TAKES gil

The report of the state board of
health contained in the Health Bulle-
tin for October and in which the vital
statistics for the month Of july. Aug
ust and September are contained
shows total of Oil deaths for the
quarter with August leading with BAT,
July second with 306 and September
showing the smallest number of deaths
with 258.
The stork secured a good lead on the
Grim Reaper in the first month of the
quarter and on the last of September
showed total of 3,278. The totals
are gathered from July LILO, August
1908 and September 965.
Of the totals for the quarter Cass
county contributes 222 births and 70
deaths.
More people died of tuberculosis in
the state than from any other CLASH
fed contagious disease, according to
the report. In July there were II
deaths in North Dakota, in August %
and in September II.
Under the heading of "other infec-
tious diseases" the report for July
shows only 10, for August Is but in
September report the total jumps to
1928.
The report Of the state board of
health states that in Fargo during
July there were 3S births and 10
deaths of which seven were resident"
deaths; two cases of tuberculosis with
no deaths; one case of small pox and
no deaths; two cases of diptheria and
no deaths and there was no fataliaies
reported from scarlet fever, measles,
whooping cough or "other infectious
diseases"
The August report shows 41\births
and 81 deaths in Fargo, eight of the
deaths being those Of non-residents.
There were four cases and two
deaths under the heading Of tuberculo-
sis and no deaths reported under the
other headings of contagious diseases.
In September, according to the re,
port there were 60 births in Fargo and
16 deaths, nine of those dying having
come here from points outside of the
city. No deaths are reported under
the other headings in the publication
but there is said to have been in the
city during that month 1000 cases OF
"other infectious diseases"
A considerable portion of the re-
port is given over to a statement re-
garding the epidemic of Spanish in
fluenza which has swept over the state
for the past two months and the front
page contains warning against prac-
tees which are alleged to tend to- a
spread of the disease.
The warning includes the following:
"Cover each COUGH AND SNEELE
with a handkerchief. Avoid crowds.
If possible walk to work. Do not spit
on floor or sidewalk. Do not use COM
,oon d~;r1-;v~ "-,v,c ny co-1,-1,orl towels
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-12-26

The burning question of the hour is:
shall the United States adopt govern
ment ownership of railroads and tele-
graph and telephone systems? 1t is
q question that will be one OF the big
gest nuts to crack that the country
has had for a long time. We have
leaned to government ownership prior
to the time the government took con-
troll of the railroads, now we are some,
what lukewarm on the proposition and
believe that competition under gov
eminent supervision would be better
Where there is no competition you 90
not get as good service-employes get
to feel that they have life jobs and the
"public be damned" spirit is usually
rampant. This does not mean that all
employees feel that way, but you know
where there is no competition there is
no incentive to put forth best efforts
and things get into one old rut ano
stay there under government control;
Competition is the life of trade-ane
of better service.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-12-26
GETCHELL PRAIRIE

Mr.. and Mrs. Ames of Valley City,
at visiting at the Roger home.
Mrs. M. M. White returned from
Hope on Saturday.
Harriet Whitcher was the guest of
Florence Ronzheimer Sunday night.
Audrey Holcomb returned Saturday
from the A. C. Training Camp, after
a months service in the army.
Jimmie Getchell spent Friday night
and Saturday with Harriet Whitcher.
Mrs. Charles Whitcher and Edna
spent Tuesday at the J. H. Whitcher
home.
Nellie Whitcher was the guest Of
Edna Whitcher Saturday night and
Sunday:
Mrs. Sampson and Lucille spent Fri
law afternoon at the Charles Whitcher
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-12-26

A freight wreck at Berea disrupted
railroad traffic around here last night
The wreck occurred about midnight
and was caused by rear end collision
Of two stock trains. Several cars were
tipped over ON their side and the en-
CINE of one train derailed. The wreck
ing crew got on the job about o'clock
this morning. Train No. 2 has been
held up west of here, getting caught
because it happened to be little late
last night. No. 1876 the local train
from jamestown to St. Paul was tied
up and No. going west was side
tracked here until the wreck was
cleared up and the main line cleared.
No one was hurt we are informed. It
was foggy last night and one train
had got onto the sidetrack to clear for
the other one and the collision hap
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-12-26
Emotions and the Eye.

The thing we look at straightest and
most steadily is the eye Of the man or
woman who talks to US. And no emo
ton changes the glistening Of that eye.
Yet, 50 unobservant are we all, espe-
cially descriptive novelists, that eyes,
in fiction, always flash, and no doubt
will always flash, under the stress OF
any kind of rage. The assassin Of the
surgeon in Paris the other day went
to his deed, as we read in the ticti-
tious part of the report Of witness,
with eyes that flashed according to
custom. Now the human eye has two
places for flashing-one in the clear
pupil, showing one point Of light or
more according to the light or lights
reflected; the other in the white.
Neither Of these brightnesses depends
upon the mind.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-12-26
Pharaoh's Serpent's Egg Trick.

One of the most amusing tricks In
fireworks is the serpents egg trick,
where a little pellet when lighted turns
into a horrible snake, many, many
times the size of the pellet. How awe
inspiring it is to the youngsters! Most
people have no idea what in the world
causes the snake to appear. The ex-
PLANTATION is simple. Mercury sulpho-
cyanid burns with voluminous ash
The little pellet Is nothing more than
some mercury sulphocyanid. The heat
causes the ash to move off so quickly
from the burning pellet that it writhes
and distorts itself into the shape of a
miniature snake.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-12-26
Radivm In Sea Salt.

Samples Of sea salt collected dur
ing a recent voyage in the Pacific and
subantarctic regions have been exam
ined for their radium content. The
amount of radium was found to be
negligibly small compared with val
ues that have been found In others col
lected near land, and this result is in
accordance with the prevailing view
that the radium content Of sea salt
diminishes with increase of distance
from land.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-12-26
CHRISTMAS

No greater day IN all the year IS y!
so vast Importance in the minds OF all
Christian people in every land than is
Christmas, and no day is looked to
with more eagerness by both old and
Young than this same day-it is the
time Of all time when the hearts Of
men and women are filled with glad
ness and the little family groups
gather together to exchange gifts and
CHEEKY "Merry Christmas" greetings.
In years gone by we have come to this
great day as matter of course with
out any real significance, but this year
more than ever the peoples of all lands
have reason to gather with full and
greatful hearts around the Christmas
tree and the family hearth, to do hon.
age to the Savior of men because
"peace on earth, good will to men"
is abroad in the world. A year ago
the world was torn asunder by war
and pestilence, strife was in the heart
of men and the spirit of Christianity
was not within US like it should have
been all because of the great war
which practically closed on November
IL, this year. America, more than any
other nation, is a nation of peace be-
lieving people, those whose ideals run
into doing good and spreading abroad
the doctrine of justice, mercy and
equality. We are not fighting ma
tion-but we are nation that believes
in standing by the oppressed and down
trodden nations of the world-we be-
lieve in human liverty and of higher
ideals of government where all the
people have a chance to choose their
rulers as against the militarism of the
German empire. This is what made
America get into this war and that is
why the United States today is hailed
by nearly the whole world as the
greatest peace loving nation Of the
world. We do not war for conquest
or indemnity-We war for human lib
erty and freedom. We have won, with
the help of our allies, the greatest
fight of all history, and as we near
the Yuletide season, may our hearts
and voices be lifted up to Him who
has given his only begotten son that
we might live and in one grand ac-
claim we can truly sing:
"Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty,
Which vert and art and ever more
shall be-"
Let our minds travel back over the
seas and into the towns now being &C.
cupied by American troops-many Of
these boys being from our home town,
many from other towns in our fair
land, and we think of them so far
from home and from their families, we
can imagine them sitting in front of
their tents or environments or inside
Of these huts, Y. M. C. A. buildings,
Knights of Columbus buildings, Sal
walton Army Huts and the like, and
as the thoughts of these boys wander
back to their homes over here and
they realize the Importance of the
birth of the Kings Of Kings, we can
almost hear their manly voices watt
ing out into the starlit skies the ia
miliar words
clark the Herald Angels Sing"
and like Christmas carols-carols that
come from the heart because peace
again reigns supreme in the world and
the thought that it is now only mat
ter Of few months that they will be
separated from their homes and home
lands. Peace-what subtle, satisfy
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-12-26
Ambitious.

Nat Goodwin tells one on a convivial
friend of his. II hadn't seen him for
several years, and when we met !
couldn't help commenting on the bril-
liant redness of his nose.
"John, it must have cost you a lot
of money to paint your nose so rich
IT," l remarked.
Eyes, Mr.. Goodwin" agreed John.
beaming with pride, land now I'm se~
ine up to get It varniero' sir"