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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-04

etick Graham must be in grave strait,
indeed But there was all the more rea-
son for Fastening the message to hiS
wife
Thank you" I said ~ will see that
Inc message Is delivered immediately %
Thank you the inferno replied
Good BY
stood IN puzzled thought for q mo
ment or two after I had hung up thc
telephone How 10 deliver the message
with the least possible confusion lu this
other woman, 10 whom although ! had
never heard oi her before felt sym.
pathrtically drawn wanted to save
her as mich suspense as ! possibly
could.
When I took down the receiver a mo.
ment or two later and heard q neryou,
Hello" after the operator had secured
the number, ! made my voice as cheer.
fully n%onchalant as possible
81 Should Re Glad"
"ls this Mr., Frederick Graham POO
"Oh. yes. yesl" The words were
,llccato, the voice that Of a woman Ir
agony.
This Is Mrs Richard Graham %.
Chase avenue" / said hurucdly ,ull M
the same cheerful manner. land I have
such a good message for YOU from
pcmbcrton hospital which was phoncc
me by mistake / told them ! thought II
would save time It ! tclcphonel Il my.
self"
81 laid special streS, upon the wore.
good and was rewarded by a CRATE
iul. sharp cvhalatlon OF breath, more
expressive than any exclamation OF
flow Of words which the anNiouS WON.
an At the other end of the wire could
have greeted my phrase
There was q pcrccptiblc pause before
,hc spoke knew from experience
at my 1871 emotional Crl,i, that she
va, irving 10 compel her voice 90 calm.
me-, sufficient for utterance
will YOU tell me what 1t is'' shc
said at last, and the tears Sprang again
TO my eyes at the sound OF the lrcmu.
lous voice
rccitcd the message slowly and dis.
tinClly
Another pause, and then the voice
again, this SINE with a distinct trace Of
SobS.
Thank YOU 80 much You are very
kind indeed IN take 50 much trouble for
a stranger. | have waited so long for
that message / am infinitely Obliged
to YOU"
! have always rather prided myself
upon reading people through their
voices. Its a hobby oi mine | visual
iycd this woman upon the instant. 4
stately, gray haired woman, cultured.
well bred, whose inbred and trained
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-04

turned 81 have known what II means
90 be alone among s%tIanger,,'
Intrusion The voice was eloquent
81 should he An Glad IN sec you"
u am coming soon said earnestly
tuuktEhtD
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-04

am is not too busy to forget
z manhood He wants a
porous and independent peo-
War Savings Stamps and
mps. Buy them to show your
IN.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-04

mar 70 shave daily and to keep hi.
hair neatly trimmed Each man must
provide himself with an individual
shaving outfit
when the men get on the other side
they must shave daily even when AZ
work in the trenches" General Wright
explained, $50 they might Just az we'll
learn It here ! have seen some men
here while making my inspection who
looked as though they didn't shave but
once a week"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-04
DolIAt Worm Only llAA.

Annoy, China lcb 4 The American
dollar Is quoted here as worth 81 "
silver 100 Chinese coin, a decrease of
eight cent, since November w. The
normal rate b, about SOS silver
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-04

War Savings Slamps-"bab bonds"
! neflcnl-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-04

War Savings Stamp, pay YOU I per.
cent interest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-30

battlefelds of Europe must the
world be made safe for democracy.
in speaking OF the operations
against the United States Of Amer
Tea Lieutenant Edelsheim said in
1901: Our main factor is our feet
. II the German invading forces were
equipped and ready for transport
ing, the moment the battle feet is
dispatched, under average condi-
tons these corps can begin opera
tions on American soil within at
least four weeks The United
States at this time (1901 is not in
q position to oppose our troops
with an army of equal rank. It
should be so managed that a line
OF land operations would be in
close juncture with the fleet tLrough
which we would be in a position
TO seize in short time many of
these important and rich cities, to
interrupt their means Of supply.
disOTganize all government affairs,
assume control OF all useful build
iDgs, confscate all war and trans
portation supplies. and lastly. to
impose heavy indemnitiez."
Madison said tO'the pirates Of
the Mediterranean. We have mil
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-30
EXPERIMENTAL KITCHEN.

An experimental kitchen where
substitutes for wheat are being
tested has recently been establish
ed and equipped by the Office of
Home Economics. In this kitchen
some Of the good old recipes which
were in use so and rs years ago,
when corn, buckwheat, rye and
barley were in more common use,
are being revised and standardized
and new recipes in which wheat
substitutes play an important part
are tested and standardized. A
group Of Laboratory spe-
ciaiists and housekeepers with
special training side by side
in the new kitchen. Before a re-
cipe is made public it must not
only pass the test of the laboratory
specialists but must also meet the
test of actual experience in the
hands of a hOusekeeper who stu
dies it for its practical value in
the average kitchen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-30

lions for defense, but not one cent
for tribute And We say to the pi-
rates OF the world, We have bill
lions for defense. but not one
damned cent Tor iudemnities.
You know whom We fight, and
now, what 10 we fight for? From
what have said heretofore of the
beginnings Of this country and its
ambitions and aims, you can take
tie answer TO this question For
500 years after its discovery, Amer
lea was being made ready for a
habitation of the white man. When
the arrogant George III, the Hun
king of England, forced American
colonies TO rebel in order that they
might get freedom, all the Ameri-
can cOlOnists were cemented to-
gether regardless of their previous
ancestry, and when, through the di-
rect aid of the French soldiers and
through the sympathies of the Eng
lish people the American colonists
threw of this Prussian yoke, the
English people had likewise won a
great victory
We have been taught to hate the
LII ias1AA EfOEsEs EDhA VIC A4NaNN AaON
come to realize that they were then
as they are now, our staunch
friends. Our cause was at that
time championed by the great Pitt,
the great Burke, Chatham, Fox and
others. For nearly two centuries
the British empire has been our
peaceful neighbor. Along the en-
tire 1900 mile border there has
never been a. fort nor battleship.
But during all this time since the
German empire has started out on
it's mission of world dominion, au-
tOcracy has been the enemy of dem
ocracy. and now the time has come
when we must think and act inter
nationally
This world can not longer exist
half autOcratic and half democratic.
I have no fear that the world is go
ing to cease to exist, and therefore
the line is clearly drawn, either
democracy must win or democracy
must prevail. And so we must sac
rifice Unfiinchingly upon the altar
Of freedom that world democracy
may remain and that the govern
ments of the people, by the people
and for the people snail not perish
from the EARTH
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-30

if you will just touch the corn or
callus with few drops of 'Gets-It.'
What a blessed relief it gives to
corn pains! You won't limp any
more; yoq can enjoy the dance
every minute. Then to see how
that corn or callus will come right
off complete, like a banana peel and
without the least pain. is just won
derful- 'Gets-It' is the biggest seller
among corn removers in the world
today, simply because it is so won
derfully simple and always works.
Be sure you get tGets-It'"
"Gcts-It," the guaranteed, money
back corn-remover, the only sure way.
costs but a trifie at any drug store
Pf d by L. Lawrence & Co, Chicago, III.
sold in Rock Island and recon-
n1ended as the worlds best corn
remedy by A. J. Riess.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-30
Dress Poplins 42c !

Highly mercerized dress
poplins in all the newest
shades, fast colors, also plain
WHITE win Ety. June NE 42c
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-30
SEPARATE DUES
FROM RED CROSS
Subscription to Patriots Fund Does
Not Garry Membership Fee
In Local Chapter.
SOME CONFUSION on NATTER
Many Under Impression Donation
TO Budget Contains Annual
Charges for Society.

In response to several inquiries
the Rock Island chapter of the Red
Cross today made it clear that sub
scription to the patriots fund does
not constitute a renewal member
ship in the Red Cross.
Some confusion on this point
seems to exist in the minds OF a
few OF those whose memberships
expire this month
Chapter officials point cut that
membership is entirely a personal
matter similar to membership N
any other organization Just as
subscription 10 the patriots fund,
which of itself means subscription
10 the Y. NJ c. a, could in no way
be interpreted as making one a
member of the Y. NJ c. A, so sub
scription to the patriots fund does
not make one a member of the Red
Cross. Lending financial support is
not the same as making ones self a
member of an organization.
The local chapter issued a state
ment today as follows:
At the present time the entire
nation is engaged in the business
OF raising a fund fer the American
National Red Cross. Rock Island's
quota was taken care Of by the pa
triots' fund and no subscriber there
10 was solicited The local Red
Cross workshops are each month
turning into hospital and other sup
plies approximately three thousand
dollars worth of yarn, flannel, mus
lin and gauze; the local canteen
committee is taking care Of thous-
ands of men as they pass through
on their way over; the home SER
vice committee stands ready TO
help wherever a soldiers family is
in need. And all this has been met
by the patriots fund and unsolici-
ted contributions. At the same
time there are % 000 900 members
of the Red Cross who have paid
Membership dues Of one dollar or
more so that they might prove to
our own boys and to the kaiser that
an army of 100000 people IS
ready to save life and health and
happiness which are threatened by
war The personal message of a
human army behind our boys is a
very different thing than that of
dollar army, necessary as the lat
ter may be. Membership becomes
an obligation upon the individual
end cannot be discharged by any
fund"
Net Enough Renewals.
The local headquarters reports
that renewals OF expired member
ships are coming in at a good rate,
but that the response IS not as rapid
os it should be A membership ought
rot be allowed TO lag for a moment.
Next week hundreds Of cards will
be removed from the membership
files and those whom they represent
. will cease to be Red Cross mem
! L - III -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-30
New Organizes 29c Yd.

Imported and domestic or
CANDIES, 40 to A inches wide
in all the wanted shades and
white-sheer crisp finish,
specially priced SIPS and
down as low as
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-30
''Gets-lt' Drops
Then to the Dance |!
Goodnight to Corn Pains-Corns
Peel Of With "Gets.It."

''Say, girls. you can laugh at
tight shoes, or damp. corn-pulling
on the sOleS of your feet, corns be-
tween the toes. hard and soft corns.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-30
MeWD1gss. C0Hons
~7or~jummer
33c Linor1 Ice

SO inch India linon, sheer
and crisp fabric for waists
and dresses, CSC TO-
and $50 qualities, yd. l. ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-30
SIC White Goods sec

500 yards of white goods in
shadow plaid lawns, fancy
swisses, embroidered voiles
and striped organizes, SO to
40 inches wide, 48c to SIC
values
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-30
Net Enough Renewals.
TRIBUTE TO LIEUT..
EDWARDS OFFERED
IN ADDRESS TODAY

Continued from Page Two)
Smyrna times., 1918-10-23
LACK OF ROAD MA ATERIAL
HANDICAPS REAL PROGRESS
ONLY ABOUT A MILE OF THE
SMYRNA-DOVER ROAD IS BUILT.
Winter is Coming on Apace and Stone,
Sand and Cement are Arriving
Slowly With Many Delays.

Frank L. Cohen, contractor, is MAX
ing progress on the Smyrna end of
the Smy1na-Dover road slowly and
under harrassing conditions. The
trouble if not in getting sufficient labor
is getting material. Last week the
men ran out of stone, sand and ce-
ment. They were making a fine start
after the impetus given the labor sit
uation and would have laid consider
able more of the road had not the
supply of material given out. The
road has been completed nearly mile
from the 'Finger Board" Now the
men are at work filling in and max
ing a shoulder to the cement road
already laid. Several carloads of
stone are on the way and some cement
has arrived but a full and sufficient
quantity must arrive to make some
headway or more delays will be en-
countered. In the meantime a large
force of men are working on the con-
crete bridge at Hoffecker's MillpOnd.
The sides are about finished and it
will take a week or ten days to get it
in shape. Mr.. Cohen is anxious to
get as much work done as possible
before winter weather sets in. Right
now he is endeavoring to get all the
material on hand possible or within
the limit set by the Government for
procuring supplies for roads not re-
garded essential as a war necessity.
Smyrna times., 1918-10-23
SET CLOCKS BACK AN HOUR.
Time Returns to It's old Schedule Next
Sunday Morning at One O'clock

Time Returns to Its old Schedule Next
Sunday Morning at One O'clock
Six months ago the hands of the
clocks, watches and all time pieces
were moved forward an hour as a part
of the daylight saving scheme ordered
by authority of Congress a plan to
add an hour of light to the day. Now,
times have changed. You need an
hour less at the end of the day and an
hour more at the beginning, because
the sun-the incOnsiderate old chap
is rising so much later and going to
bed so much sooner. So next Sunday
morning, October 27, at l o'clock, set
that old watch, clock-and each and
every one of them in your own little
domicile or place of business,-back
to IL o'clock. Then, and oh, then!
Won't it just be the grand and glo-
rious feelin' to know that you can add
one more hour of refreshing, health
giving, blood-warming sleep, under
the eiderdown quilt to that Sunday
morning nap; and no one will know
the difference. The good wife will
stay abed too, and you won't be trou-
bled by guilty conscience caused by
having her call up the stairway to you:
"John! John! come on down. The
breakfast is ready and getting cold
and / want to get the dishes out of the
way and get dressed for church. Amt
you ever goin' to git up" Of course,
it might be all spoiled if you did hap
pen to get out of your warm bed at 1
a. M, to setsthat clock back, so if you
don't want this inconvenience, either
set your time piece back before you go
to bed or just stay abed and then re-
member at your customary hour of
rising next Sunday morning. The
blessings of the hour of daylight
gained by the change last summer
were so generally appreciated that the
public is hoping that the Federal au-
thorities will agree to the change
of time once every six months from
now to doom's day and doubtless,
when March 81 rolls around again,
the hands of the clocks will be once
more moved forward an hour.
Smyrna times., 1918-10-23
SUBSCRIBERS WATCH LABEL
The Smyrna Times is Now $1.5O a
Year, Strictly in Advance-Keep
Paid Up to Get it.

The subscription price is now S1.5O, payable
strictly in advance. All new subscriptions
and all arrearages are to be settled for on
this basis. Watch the label on your paper so
you can know just when your subscriptions
expire. II is our intention. hereafter, to con-
form with the ruling of the War Industries
Board, to send to each subscriber a notice a
month in advance of expiration of said sub
scriptiOn. and If not paid for by the time
subscription runs out, to discontinue nane
until remittance is in hand. We want our
subscribers to know mean no Offense or
reflection by this. The War Industries ruling
is that mo publisher may continue a sub
scriptiOn after three months after date of ex-
piratiOn, unless subscriptions are renewed and
paid for" With such a close margin for
publishers to work on, the only business-like
method is to iOp names off at the expiration
OF the same, now the custom of daily papers
and magazines. We want everybody to take
The Times and the cash in advance system
will enable you to know how you are going
and do away with carrying delinquents. who
sooner or later become disc0nten'ed and dis
satisfied. Remember, The Times in the fut-
ure is S1.5O, strictly in advance. Watch your
label crd remit promptly.
Smyrna times., 1918-10-23
SMYRNA "OVER THE TOP" IN
4TH LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE.
RAISES ITS QUOTA OF 100000
AND S26,SOO MORE TO THE GOOD.
Splendid Ending to a Campaign That
at First Seemed Almost ImpOs-
sible-WOmen do Great Work

Smyrna did itself proud in the
Fourth Liberty Loan Drive by not
only going over, the top in raising
its quota of 100000 but going S26,
300 better-a total of $326,8OO. For
this showing, credit is due Chairman
Eugene Davis and Director Rev.
Thomas Getz Hill and their co-work-
ers of the Mems Committee, our two
banks and especially the Women's
Committee under The direction of Mrs.
Samuel j. Reynolds. The Latter had
canvassers out on every street and thru
the country making a systematic
house to house and farm to farm can
vass. When Smyrna was first put
down for 100000 and only allowed
Duck Greek Hundred and Brenford
-ueo o4'peoIUeI 9q4 10 ops s!q4'4ou4sIp
vas, 1T seemed an almost insurmOunt-
able task and many expressed them
Selvs that Smyrna could never do it,
but little by little as the campaign
wore on the needle on the dial in Cliff
ton & Jones drugstore window began
to climb. At nine o'clock Saturday
night the point showed some $4,000
less than the goal. Spurred on with
greater effort the workers got busy
and by ten o'clock the quota was
reached and word phoned to Chairman
Hughes of Kent County at Dover.
When the final checking up was made
Smyrna had oversubscribed, showing
the grand total $326,8OO. There was
no blowing of trumpets, changing of
bells or noisy demonstration over
Smyrna's success, but in the heart of
every patriotic citizen there was a
swelling of pride and joy over the
really great record Smyrna had made.
Kent County the State of Delaware
and the whole nation went over. At
and the whole section subscribed. At
the Liberty Loan quarters in Wilm-
ington it was announced that the total
of Delaware's subscriptions would be
between $19,000,OOO and $2O,OOO,OOO.
The quota for the state was fixed at
$16,013,280, but it has gone past that
by more than S3,O00,OO0.
Smyrna times., 1918-10-23
XMAS PACKAGES FOR OVERSEE
Smyrna Red Cross Cooperating to
Give the Boys Cheer "Over There"

The Smyrna Red Cross is co-operat-
ing with the War Department and the
Post Office Department in the prepara-
tiOn for mailing of the Christmas
Boxes for the men in service overseas.
The war Department has decided that
each man may receive from his family
one Christmas package. A Christmas
Parcel label will be given to every
man in service abroad, and they are
instructed to mail this label home to
some relation or friend, who upon re-
ceiving it, will apply to the nearest
Red Cross Chapter, where upon pre-
seattiOn of tn Christmas Parcel label,
they will receive a box. This box
may be filled with any combination of
articles which will fit in it and which
are not barred by the Post Office De-
and ready to be mailed, the wright of
box must not exceed three pounds.
A committee appointed by the Red
Cross will inspect the boxes, then send
them. Since the last report was
given, the following Surgical Dress
ings have been sent to the Whining
ton Red Cross headquarters, 800 cot
II by Paxton pads X IL, 300 cotton
pads, IL "a, 200 newspaper pads,
10 X Is, and 120 five yard rolls. Any
one having tin foil or lead foil will
please send it to Miss Bertha Smithers
this week, as she would like to make
a shipment next week.-Chairman of
Publicity.
Smyrna times., 1918-10-23
WHOLE NO. 1926
FINE RACES ON SMYRNA TRACK
Crowd of 300 Became Enthusiastic as
Best Races of the Season Were
Run-"ROwdy Boy" a FavOrite

What many of our horsemen re-
garded the best races of the season
were pullel off before a crowd of 300
or more spectators at the track of the
Smyrna Driving Association near
Smyrna Saturday afternoon beginning
at one o'clock. The crowd was not as
large as usual owing probably to the
Influenza Epidemic and other causes.
Being an open air affair, the races did
not come within the ban of the Board
of Health. Quite a number of teams
and autos lined the road. Oscar Roe
was starter and Fred Thomas and
Walter Keith were timers. Probably
the closest attention was paid to the
Free FOr-All class in which there
were four races contested to the ut
most limit. "ROwdy Boy" owned by
Herman Pratt won both beats amid
the applause of his admirers. David
CrOssley's Colt took off all honors in
the Colt Race and T. Howard Bar
wick'S "LOttie Johnson won the 2.3O
class. There was some good stepping
in this race that kept the spectators
keyed up to a high pitch of excite
ment. Enoch Johnson's Mare took off
all honors in the 2.4O class. In fact
it was good afternoons sport and so
well and enthusiastically contested
that hOrSemen are nlanninU anotbaY
bout for the near future.
Smyrna times., 1918-10-23
KENT DRAFTEES OFF FOR CAMP
William A. Shane, of CheswOId and
Others Report at Fort DUPONT.

William A. Shane, of CheswOld and
Others Report at Fort DUPONT.
The following Kent county draftees
of 1917 and 1918, left Dover Monday,
for Fort DUPONT: Edward S. Hodgson,
FELTON,; Harry C. Green, Wyoming;
Albert Carson Wine, Woodside; John
M. Bennett, Frederick; Frank Long,
Hartly; William A. Shane, Cheswold;
Harvey Jacobs, Wilmington. Harry
c. Green of Wyoming was made cap
tain. Special mention of the patrio-
tism of Hodgson of FELTON, is con-
sidered but fair and just. Young
HOdgsOn, who had been granted a
farm claim exemption by the District
Board, several months ago, returned
to the farm and performed his duty in
that capacity. Now that the farm
work is over, Hodgson appeared be-
fore the local board, waived his farm
exemption as well as all other claims
he might have to remain on the farm,
and offered himself for service, re-
questing that he be sent as an A No. 1
draftee. The local board granted his
request and he was sent with the
other six men yesterday. .x
Smyrna times., 1918-10-23
CLYDE HOLLAND A LIEUTENANT
Received His Commission at Camp
Hancock Officers Training School

Clyde S. Holland son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William ]. Holland who last
June graduated from Delaware Col
lege has finished his training at Camp
Hancock, Augusta Ga, and received
his commission as Second Lieutenant
last week. He will be retained for a
while at Camp Hancock where he has
been made an instructor. Lieutenant
Holland first went to Camp Grant
Illinois but was later transferred to
Camp Hancock. He has many Smy-
ma friends who congratulate him
upon his new honors and wish him
every success.
Smyrna times., 1918-10-23
KENT COURT POSTPONED
Did Not Convene Monday Owing to
Health Ban-Meets November II

Chief Justice Pennewill and the as
sociate judges appointed to sit in the
Kent county courts which were to con-
vene at Dover Monday after con-
sultation with the health authorities
and the members of the bar of Kent
county, last week, decided to postpone
the sitting until November II. Jury
men and witnesses in all cases will be
resummOned by the sheriff. In the
trial list for the coming term of court,
80 cases are scheduled for trial and Ia
divorces are scheduled. Six divorces
are marked for final DEGREES.