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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-23
~lR Department
BOOSTING SPORTS
College Athletics Being Re
stored to Old Time Basis,
TO HAVE TlTULAR MATCHES
Big Improvement Anticipated
In All Branches Of Sports,

NEW YORK, Feb. as-The sport
pendulum nov n beginning 20 sWing me
other way, IN the direction Of general
sthletie activity. Tho experiment ~
athletic activity Tn" curtAilmont IN all
llnes Of sport has convinced mann lhni
II il not the correct thnG 10 do nt ihls
time when the entire nation u sI'''hs
10 Increase It's physical efficiency.
Following the suggestion ~ the war
department that sports be maintained
the United States Lawn Tennis hHso'l Va
ton the first biz body 10 suspend hlh-
letle activities last year, has nov d'.
cided 90 restore all ils championships
this season under normal conditions lh'
usual awarding OF titles and the an
nual ranking Of players. This move
was taken with the approval oi hscf'
tary Baker, tho tennis Officials an
nouncing that II was the only sensible
thing 20 DO 10 help maintain the morale
Of thousands Of young men ana 10 re-
tain interest In the tremendously popu-
intercollegiate sport. both out and
indoor, ebbed 10 almost nothing IN 1917.
when the Blg Three-iale. Harvard
and Prfnceton-voted 10 retire from hc-
tios competition lis effect on college
sport activities was about the same no
removing the tnEine from an an,omo- l'il,,l..
QUE, e.s n ,Io; 70, an 'o SInformST S' system Of
sports, which quickly proved neither In
teresting for the students or any one
slss.
gtitutions held a conference last week
and decided 10 return TO the normal sys-
tenn Of spring sports. hH FAR ~ " II
ponsible. Yale, consequently, got on tho
job quickly with a baseball squad "
eighty candidates.
The action Of tho Big Three will
have great influence on other colleges,
many Of which had begun TO aban-
don sports for the coming season.
The United States Golf association
held Its annual meeting last month
mand decided not 10 stage It's regular
championship this year. The officials
were satisfied TO substitute tho title
meet with patriotic tournaments, the
same as In 1917. Since that time the
Metropolitan Golf association has been
active fostering the holding Of special
club tournaments From present In
flcatlons there will he considerably moro
activity on the links this year
Numerous athletic clubs throughout
the country, taking the clue from the
war department. which IL conducting nm
Intensified system OF sports In all can
tonments and training camps. will con-
duct track and field meets, many ~
them for the benefit Of members who
still remain home and for soldiers and
sailors who happen TO be In the club
on furlouEh
Professional sports, particularly base
ball, anticipate a big Improvement over
1917, during which the period NJ adjust
ment 20 war conditions made big In
road In all athletic llfo
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-23

A. him / can see that IL amt my dog
after all" Then he went 10 climb back
into his wagon bat | said Watch him.
Rpwdy" and kowdy made a noise IN
his throat like saving wood and walked
up close 10 the man and the man wanted
10 get m his wagon but was afraid.
and I sat down by the side Of the
road tll II was almost dark and Ruwdy
kept him against the wagon wheel and
Ne said he was sorry for trying TO steal
my dog and that he was q good for
nothing thief and everything told him
10. So after a while ! let him go and
me and Rowdy ran all the way 10
RafneNA and MarY.s. and lhey were
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-23
SIXTEEN MEN KILLED
IN NINE CAVE-lN

CRYSTAL FALLS, Mich, Feb "a
Revised figures on the loss of life in
the Amaza Porter mine accident Thurs
day show that sixteen men were killed
when bulkhcad gave way permitting
water and Qucksand to rush into the
mine from an operation "caye-in,"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-23
Spot Pendulum Is Swinging All Over the United States

clad TO hear about lhc new baby and
,hey wanted Ms 90 stay an night So lcre
we are. They got a new baby me
time but when II gu, about as BIZ 1s
me II went back 10 heaven, ] MAY 10
tina, myself some OF these days y ~
never can tcll We an knccled down N
a row and all of ~ prayed bot Rowdy
hc u.t waggcd One day nearer next
tuesday Amen
IT. ur Continued
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-23
COST 81, 700 A HEAD
TO CARRY PLAYERS

CEN o YOU know what II costs
" 10 transport one major
w league player around the
circuit for one season7
MOI We'll, II costs lust about
81 700; that's what.
This doesn't include Pullman,
baggage, or hotel expenses,
either. but Just the fiat car fare
Twenty. two players, the limit
In the National league; manager
and a trainer, cost S42 500 a year
lust for their train fares.
And a Molly Craft costs lust
Rs much as Walter Johnson,
too.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-23

Independence of thought and action
comes 90 those who have saved their
money against a rainy day Buy Ihnit
Stamps
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-26
ID PERPETUATE
 BLACK MARKS

Juneau.-The Department of Just ice has notified all United States at torneys to cause indictments to be returned against all citizens of the U-ited States who have removed to other countries in order to evade military service. These indictments will De returned regardless of the fact that there may be no immediate probability of experimenting the persons accused. The entire service of the law department will be used in ferreting out these cases and accommodating evidence in support of the charges. It is the determtn- ation of the Government that this sort of stacker will be severely dealt with on his return to the U- nited States, if he should ever come pack.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-26
GERMANY NEEDS THEM

Vancouver Province: The state ment of Von Tripitz that Germany must retain the financial, industrial commercial and military control of Belgium does not surprise any person. No one has supposed for a moment that Germany would give up a foot of Belgium until she was driven out. The explanation of the admiral is simple and adequate. He says that Germany will keep Bel gium because Germany needs the minerals. the industrial resources, the harbors and seaboard. For the same reason she will keep the Baltic provinces of Russia, the min ing region of France, the oilfields of Russia and Rumania, the mineral wealth. of Poland, and anything In Asia that sne thinks she needs. All that Is necessary in order to acquire these properties is to win the war. This Germany is trying to do.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-26
IA TbJ,r Sl psslsh,b

ilThe han who coughs or snee2es ir Your presence without covering his month with handkerchief Is thief" |" the bulletin of the St. Louis health de- partment says.
 He Is a thief of health and com fort" continues the bulletin. "Of course he does not know 1t, and he does not mean to injure his friends and companions, but he does that very thing eyc.y t,mo n Cou%&s or S1eezcs without protcct'n- Is rorth and nose with his handkerchief.
 "Watch the people who are afflicted and take note of how few persons use d handkerchief waeu sner~hig UT cough ing. TLey s-It;cr sip stlms in of fees, wor,:sAo. ,, S,o--s, and within twer.y-:our . 'o:t~ e. It hours thcu' sands e. rr~'o- ar2 iafc ted. Nobody seems to tn'rk it v:o:th while to r5e A handkerchie'."
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-26
Conclusive.

On one 0rcasiUn Herr Steinitz, the famous chess master. WAS discussing po.lt;yu. c,0nClIy T!,h Il distinguished professor ii E.:-s!!al.L, and the Nal thuz.au th2o.y' ,:.---> u.. Acter the usual Grr.u-ylts ,-e Tete-2n chess play?. t!.:F y;c&@J [? ;'.c controversy
 'I"s a! no" "E2r~e what they EaY Ton tel lH? porr r~"n "aF no rl"h 10 have a largr famil". Y"u sa" lis doirc r0 is ros honest is rc7t iva !n fury to his count"r anf f" hn"aAitv. ] tell you you nrc wrnmr: and lll prove it. My faIhct Was a poor Elan--a very poor Iuan. My fatLeg Was an honest man--a very honest mGn, Well. l.e had thirteen children. and l. Wilhelm Steinitz, the chess champion of the wrrld. l am tue th.:tc2nth!
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-26
DON'T USE YOUR HEAD-USE
 MINE" SAYS THE KAISER
By John M. Siddall, editor Of the
 American Magazine.

Ivan s. Rossiter, 8 Canadian sol dier, has just been in to see me. For a year he was a German prisoner. When the Germans caught him he was badly wounded in the right hand. They took him to hospital
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-26
CURBING AN ENEMY

To the amateur gardner the de- structive cutworm seems like an ac- tive and pernicious ally of the kaiser. Young lettuce. tomato plants, radishes and turnips make up the bulk of a casualty list after a cutworm attack, and the best way to protect them. is to establish a regular trench system in the war gardens.
 Many chemicals have been recommended as effective destruct- i've agencies, but some of them are destructive to the plants as well as to the cutworms, and others are costly or uncretain in their effects.
 The cutworm works just under the surface of the ground, and never digs deep to approach the stem or roots of a plant. The as sfstant director of the New York state farm bureau has finally de- yIsed a simple and cheap way to foil his activities. This is it:
 What should be used Is a "col- lar" or cylinder of heavy paper or light Dast5oard or cardboard, five or six inches in diameter, made from a strip about eighteen inches in length and three or four inches wide. The ends should be brought together and overlap enough to leave no opening, and no Fastenings is necessary, a the ground will serve to hold the Contriyance to gether. This collar is set into the dirt to depth of about two inches, and wherever 1t is used it is practi- cauy certain that there will be no cutworm depredations.
 This paper or cardboard bastion is the trench embankment which kee the enemy cutworm away from the young plants. It is effective in New York state and should work just as well in the war gardens in Alaska.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-26
Ganaest Fighters.

Sparrows are pgoverb'ally pugnR cious. Sometimes q tree will be a sparrow battlc@round, and for ten mtG' utcs 1t will be as lively as dog fight.
 Probably the finest fighter in the world. quadruped or biped, is the game cock. He is a match for anything his size in tue world If he gets fair field and no favor. He Is as quick as flash of lightning. and his spurs are terrible weapons, quite as effective as a pair of bayonets. and used much more scien' tifcally and forcefully.-LOndOn Tele' graph.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-26
S100 Reward, S1W

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages and that is cctarrh. Catarrh being greatly influenced by constitutional conditions requires constitutional treatment. Halre Catarrh Medicine Is taken internally ana acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur faces of the System thereby destroying the foundation of the disease. giving the patient strength by building up the con- stitution and assisting nature in doing ita work. The proprietors have so much faith in the curative powers of Halle Catarrh Medicine that they offer One to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
 Address F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo. Ohio. Sold by all Druggist. Hc.
 advertisement
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-26

sAN-Tox COUGH DROPS. Admin istered OF sugar. Acts almost in- stantly. The prescriptions Of an eminent physician. Keller Bros The eaR-To3 Drug Store.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-26

where. without the use of an anes- thetic, they cut off one of his fin gers and removed five pieces Of bone from his mangled wrist. They said that they had no anesthet1cs to spare for use on D "schWein- hund," and added that they were saving thir anesthetics for their own wounded soldiers. Rossiter showed me what Is left of his hand It isn't much, and what is left is or no use, except as reminder Of that German surgeon who operated with out giving an anesthetic.
 While Rossiter was in Germany he was moved about from one prison camp to another until he and other prisoners were exchanged for German prisoners held by the Allies. This moYing-about process was the most interesting thing he described. He was never allowed to stay In one place more than a few weeks. In the year that he was there he was in nine different prison camps, located in various parts of Germany. On each trip the train that was transferring these wandering prisoners stopped at every station. German officers got out every time the train stopped and told people that the prisoners were all new ones-just taken! Rossiter says that one excursion of this kind began at 4 o'clock in the morning and lasted until late at night. And always at every station was crowd of people to jeer at these "new" prisoners, many of whom Were Preach and Belgians who had been in captivity for two years. It got to be like a theatrical troupe play ing one-night stands-only far more boresome, for the prisoners were never allowed to leave the trains or to communicate with the crowds that came to see them. Rossiter says that one company of British artillery takes the palm" for tour ing Germany in the guise of "new" prisoners. They were captured in the fall of 1914 and they are still playing to packed houses.
 In other words-to fool the peo- pie is Germany's policy. Bismarck believed in that idea. He once said that it is impossible to oVerestimate the stupidity of the human race. No doubt the Kaiser feels just as con temptuous about us. In his mind, men are nothing but so many tons Of flesh and bone to be used to push back boundary lines.
 This war is for the purpose of preventing human beings from be- coming as boneheaded as the Ger man emperor would like them to be. It is 9 war against the thick skull. On one side are those great na- tions whose policy is to teach the people to think for themselves. On the other is the German autocracy, which says: Believe what I tell you" Imagine trying in this coun- try to palm off a train-load of vet eran prisoners as new ones! I'm agine trying to "get by" the New York Times or the Chicago Tribune or the Cleveland Press with that kind of flubdub.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-26
UNHAPPINEss DISTILLED.
Men and Women Unanimous About It.

Men and Women Unanimous About It. Many women weep and wall and refuse to be comforted because their once mag nlhcent tresses have become thin and faded. Many men incline to profanity because the flies bite through the thin thatch on their craniums. It will be good news to the miserable of both sexes. to learn that Newbros HerpicIde has been placed upon the market. This Is the new scalp Eermlclde and antIseptic that acts by destroying the germ or microbe that is the underlying cause of all hair de- struction. Hrrpicide Is a new prepsra- ton. made after new formula on an entirely new principle. Anyone who has tried 1t will testify as to its worth. Try 1t yourself and be convinced. SoIf by leading druggists. Send lOc In stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co. De- trot. Mich.
 One Dollar poLrIe, guaranteed
 Al all Drug Storse. Adv,
 advertisement.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-26
Keller

You are invited to visit Keller Bros ice cream kitchen at any time. It Is always in 8 strictly sanitary and orderly condition. Those who want the best Ice cram know that K B.'s have 1t.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-26
John k5ems' inauguration,

John Adams. thc second president saw more persons weeping at bis inaIl' guration than h2 had ever seen at any funeral and said of it;
 "Whcthcr it wns heCauSe of the loss of a beloved ncsidrnt or the accession of an unpc'u.r ,uc. camOt say.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-06
THE TWO CUZCOS

air, you find yourself wondering which way to face, lest something of the strange ever-unfolding scenes escape your gaze. One side of the square is lined by a row of little shops filled with 57 varieties of merchandise in which pre- domInate gay-colored saddles and diverse accoutrements for the burros and pack animals, with profuse decorations of red and green and blue wool; before these shops sit Indian and cholo women holding ir their hands spindle spools which they manipulate dextrously during the intervals of trade, spinning the wool and weaving it into the poncho and caps and full shirts of the native dress.
 On stil, another side of the square, you can study the remarkable facade of the old Jesuit church and the ancient Univ ersity of Cuzco, founded in the six teenth century, which buildings are said to be connected by an underground pass age, associated with many an historic intrigue in the days that are dead
 These great piles of ancient masonry look straight away to the east, where the great megalithic fortress of Sacsa- huaman, that cyclopean structure often called the ninth wonder of the world, tops the hill 600 feet above the city, and where one climbs to behold the rock re- mains wfich guarded the aborlgInal Inca empire of Nance Capas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-06
Signs That Congress-
 Thirst Is Slaked

1.-THE Washington Times recently U published on it's front page a photograph of twenty-six empty whisky bottles found by janitors in a |lavatory on the fourth floor of the House office building. Also the Times published "story" to show that con- gressmen who vote for prohibition dent always stay as dry themselves as they would keep the other fellow.
 The collection of empty bottles on this floor alone is said to average 165 a month. There are three other floors where it is not believed impossible for a thirsty representative or friend from his old home town to locate a drink.
 With "wettest" Baltimore in close proximity, it is not surprising that congressman with a thirst contrive to quench it early and often. They drink the better brands of liquor, leaving the bootlegger and the blind tiger to dispense in prohibition states vile poisons which no self-respecting con- gressman would drink.
 Residents of dry states long since grew familiar with the type of poli- tician and officeholder who doesn't care how much prohibition prohibits, just so it doesn't interfere with his own habits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-06
THE GLASS-IN-FOOD CANARD

love of sensation mongering has been the genesis of nearly all of the glass-in- food stories.
 Persons who read newspapers fifteen years ago can recall the almost innu- merable cases of cabbage snake poison- ing which were reported to the press. There never was such reptile as cab- bage snake. Before. or soon after, the period of the cabbage snake the mythical kissing tug bit countless victims. So great is The temptation to pretend shar- ing in thrilling events that in every neighborhood could be found someone who had been bitten by the kissing bug The mere fact that the kissing bug was imaginary had no effect upon the volume of reported casualties.
 Very probably some neighbor of yours has told you of finding glass in food. Very probably that neighbor has al most convinced himself. or herself, as the case may be, that the often repeated story is true, as well as entertaining to the audience.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-06

to invest in the small securities, re- gardless of how much he or she may have invested in the Liberty Loan.
 On June 2s, the day of the drive, a War Savings meeting will be held in every school district in Alabama There should be a mighty outpouring of the people. A full attendance at each meeting place is all that is needed to assure satisfactory results. The pledges reported on the day named, will, it is believed, make good show ing. If s4s,OOO,OOO is not in sight then, energetic work to the end of the year will surely bring Alabama to the goal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-06

ltored" by the University of Missouri this week. but found it impossible to lget away from Washington. He is na- ltive of northwest Missouri. graduate of the university. 8nd his work in draw ing up the selective draft law and put ting it into effect is one of the really great achievements of the war.
 But to return to the poets Yester- days papers brought the announcement that Sara Teasdale of St. Louis had won the $500 prize offered by Columbia uni versity for the best book of poetry pub llished during 1917. That ought to hold them for while. And Jesse Lynch Williams. another Mssourian. pulled down the 5000 prize for the best play of the year. Who says we are not going some in literary way, or that Missouri genius ran out after producing Mark
 Twain and Eugene Field? Besides we have left in addition to those named by our New York contemporaries. Or
 rick Johns, Robertus Love and Louis
 Albert Lamb, not to speak of J. Breck- |enridge Ellis, W. H. Hamby and Louis
 Dodge. Indiana might as well prepare
 to surrender the center of western cul-
 ture, as well as the center of popula-
 tion. Both are coming this way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-06

] Secretary Daniels calls the U-boat at tacks on American shipping side show" However. it contains some ele- ments of tragedy for people who are turned adrift in open boats # < *
 It's barbarous thing for allied air men to bombard Cologne, but when brave reuton airmen bomb the "fortresses" of Paris and London, they are conforming to the ethics of war. * * %
 While the pay of conucts in Kentucky has been increased, this probably wasn't due to any fear that Kentuckys convict labor would be enticed away by gov ernment contractors. * * F An eastern man suggests that we do away with the German word Kinder garten" and substitute "child garden" :" The sauerkraut agitation has doubtless preyed on his mind. x # $
 The Kaiser continues to lament the hor- TOTS of war that might have been pre- vented if France and England had meek ly placed their necks under the Prus- sian heel.
 At any rate, the commanders of those U-boats may have the satisfaction of knowing that they have played hob with business at Coney Island
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 Naturally, Senator Hardwick of Geor- gia opposes MT. Underwoods cloture resolution. It would cut short some of his unpatriotic speeches.
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 A dispatch from Wheeling, w. Va, says liquor is selling for s14 a quart from which we infer that there isn't much reeling in Wheeling.
 < * *
 A poetess who contributes some verses to Cincinnati newspaper signs herself "Bertyep Needless to say, she writes that kind of poetry.
 4. < ..
 Like Senator Underwood. Premier Cemenceau tainks this is no period in the worlds history to encourage wind tanners.
 "Pirates ahoy!" shouts the Louisville courier-Journal, in it's best nautical style. Pipe all hands on deck and give em ell!
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 President Wilson seems able to see a prohibition joker in food bill about as well as the people who put 1t there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-06
Clayton sedgwicl

Clayton Sedgwick Cooper, in The Chris
 tian Herald.
 IA\ wide green valley studded ire
 Ss s quently with Indian Villages, he
 finds this old and famous seat of power lying in hollow of the hills, with green
 mountains all about and an air of re-
 moteness and age afforded by the decay ing buildings and great Inca walls and temples It is at once evident that the city with it's wide pazas was built for a much larger population than that which IS found there today. The sanitary con-
 dition of the town reminds one of Seoul,
 Korea, before the Japanese arrived. The Plaza de Armas of Cuzco is unfor-
 gettable It is a sea of color, color ev- erywllere There are Indian men and
 women in yariegated clothing from the distant S!erras, modern cholos wearing hats made in Germany; a team of mules
 drags the antiquated Cuzco horse-car and long trains of lofty-necked llamas sweep by you each with his backful of alpaca from the high interiors
 We called it a four-ringed circus, and so it is: as yoc sit in this great flower filled square, more than 1000 feet above sea-leyel. the tropical sun shedding it's warmth radiantly upon your head
 through the thin. transparent, cloudless