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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-21
Dover Shakes as
Bio Guns Roar

LONDON, March 2l-Th. artillery
action on the western iron, could b
distinctly heard at Dover and other
towns on the east coast OF England.
The doors and windows Of the houses
at Dover were continuously ,haker By
the heavy conclusions The firing.
which was the heaviest ,ha, ha, bean
heard in this district from such q dis
,ance, began at o'clock this ,norni,s
and lasted at brief intervals until J
a. m
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-21
WHOLE WESTERN FRONT AF|RE
BULLETIN

WASHINGTON, March 7i.-ln-
crease In the government guArAn-
tesd price Of wheat from o. to $3.50
bushsl was approved by the sen
ate late today An amendment to
the agricultural appropriation bill
Offered by Senator Gore OF Okla
homA providing for the higher
guarantee was adopted
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-21
Wilson Signs
Railroad Bill,
F1migControl
Government to Operate Prop.
critics Until 20 Months
After Peace,

WASHINGTON, March 2l.-Prcsi-
dent Wilson today signed the bill bring
ing railroads under government opera
ton and control until twenty
months after the end OF the war.
President Wilson's signature to the
bill for government operation OF rail
roads until twenty-one months after
the war completes the plan for the
greatest undertaking in government
control Of privately owned public
utilities the war has brought to
America
Got Power In August, 1916.
Early in August, 1915, the war cloud
was growing ominous, so an act was
passed empowering the president,
through the secretary Of war, to take
control OF and utilize all systems Of
transportation in a national emergency
President Wilson employed this au-
thority on December 28, 1917, taking
possession OF the lines and appointing
Secretary Of the Treasury McAdoo.
director general Of railroads
Compensation appruximating S94S,-
10000 annually will be paid the rail
roads on the basis Of average net
earnings for the three year period end
ing lune 80, 1917.
Half Billion TO Operate On.
A revolving fund OF S5OOOO0OOO is
provided in the bill Under the act.
the railroads are authorized to con-
tnue regular payment of dividends bm
extra dividends shall not be voted
without the approval of the govern
mcnt
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-21
Germans Capture City in Ukraine.

BERLIN, March q, via London
kherson, in the Ukraine (92 miles
northeast Of Odessa, near the mouth Of
the Dnleper) has been captured by the
Teutonic forces, todny's army head
quarters report announces
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-21
HURRICANE FIRE
DELUCES BRITISH .
LINE FOR MILES
Bombardment OF German Ar.
tiIIery Is Hardest Of Year,
AUSTRIAN GUNS JOIN IN
Americans Dash Into Foes
Trenches in Successful Raid,
BULLETIN.
BY the Associated Pfssl.
BRITIgU Ipky uHIn0uIu

BY the Associated Pfsst.
BRITISH ARMY HEADouAl.
TERS IN FRANCE, ktfet IL
q p. m,)-Ths Germans tsdsy
launched a heavy attack on /. vsxs
front In and near the Cambria ss..
tor This assault beau all the ssf.
marks Of being tn, beginning Of III,
snemy's grand otf,hiiv,.
BERLIN, March a., via London
The sttillsry battle bsltt lfsii
In full fore, along u, broad
stfetehe, OF the western battle from
this morning, army bssdqulruu
announced today.
LONDON. March 7l-Th, Germans
shortly before dawn hi, mornins ts.
gan a heavy bombatdmen, over vide
section Of the British front, II 10 y.
nounced officially
PARIS, March A-Th.r, h,, been
an intense and sustained bomb,rdmtp
OF the sectors north and ,outhess cf
Rheims, as we'll as on the Chtmps isps
front, the war office announced today
Between Cauriefei and Bessonvsux
on the Verdun front, the Cermsns ven
driven back in viol.n, hand -so-hapl
fighting, In Lorraine the Germans sui.
Tered complete defeat in the region d
Nomeny, sustaining heavy losses viii.
out attaining any success.
VIENNA, March 2l,--hus,ro. Hun.
garlan artillery has taken pan In tis
light against the English and Frescs
on the western front, Il 10 announced
in today's war office ,utenen,
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WASHINGTON, March 2l-Thc ad-
ministration bill to establish a war fl
nance corporation was passed by the
house today. so to z 49,.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-21
DESTROYER HITS
BRITISH WARSH|P;
-FOUR ARE KILLED
Many Hurt When Vessels COL
IIde In Foreign Waters,

WASHINGTON, March Elk.
plosion OF a depth charge aboard the
American destroyer Manley when the
vessel collided with a British warShiT
in European waters March 10, killed
the American commander and three en-
listed men and wounded eleven others
Both ships were damaged
In announcing the accident today
the navy department gave no further
details and withheld the location
Lieut.. Commander Richard Nc
Call Elliott jr., was killed. His wife
lives al osi Park avenue, New
York
The enlisted men killed were,
CECIL HALL, Charleston, W. Va.
BOASWAlNS MATE LEWIS CO.
HEN, New York City
WATER TENDER CHARLES MA
COM, West Springfield, Mass.
The following enlisted men are seri-
ouSly injured.
Edward Chester Lsndwshr, cleo
trlcian, Elizabeth, N.
Charles Pierce, engineman, Lake
Crystal MINI
Frederick Richard lawson, engine
man Orange, ~ J
Clarence =. De Chsnns, fireman, Jop,
lin. Mo.
Carl Cecil Russell, seaman, Stockton,
Cal
Richard S. GallmSn, seaman Troth,
S. C.
Albert Wallace Cecil, fireman, St
Louis, Mo.
The following were slightly injured
Ralph II. Christie, yeoman, Calais,
Maine
John D, Merar fireman, Vamldo,
La.
Edward Henry Peters, seaman, New
Haven, Conn
Joseph T. Gumm, fireman Mime
apols MINI.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-21
SHIPPING FACTS

Following is table prepared by the British admiralty
he loss Of ships through the submarine warfare
ard similar table showing the production of ships by the
allies.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-21
GRAND TOTAL 31,o3l,555

Tn. ,-rs 25s9on enemy captured
OF this total than million taken the
rul "a -
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-21
New York Stock List
NEW YoRK STOCK LIST.

NEW YORK. March n Last sale quo.
quotations In the New York stock eN-
change today we're.
A IA. .V
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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-09-17
THE WORLDS WETTEsT TOWN

Curiously enough, it is in India
that we find the wettest town in the
whole world, Cherapunji, in Assam.
It's whole age rainfall is 600 inches
or so feet a year, which is nearly
a foot a week.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-09-17
TOWN IN MEXICO is
A port OF LOST MEN,
Many Seen There Are Never Heard
From After Crossing Rio Grande.

JAUREZ, Mexico.-Many Ameri-
cans have crossed the shaky wooden
bridge to this little adobe town who
have never been seen nor heard of
again. Monthly the number grows
larger, hence Jaurez is known as the
port of missing men," The files of
the United States consulate here are
filled with letters from mothers, wives
and other relatives asking for in
formation about men who have disap-
peared somewhere in Mexico.
Many were killed fighting with the
various revolutionary forces during
the six years war. Others were MUIR
dered for their money on the Gale
Diablo-Street of the Devil-or were
killed by bandits who rove over the
country enforcing the law of the six
shooter. Still others are living out
their lives in some mountain settle
ment under assumed names, often
with native families.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-09-17
ALARMING INCREASE
in USE OF NARCOTICS
GROWTH HAS BEEN RAPID IN
THE UNITED STATES THE
LAST TWO YEARS.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Habitual
use of morphine, cocaine, heroin and
preparations containing other mar
cotic drugs has increased rapidly in
the United States within the last two
years, and drastic anti-narcotic law
must be enacted to check the whole
sale spread of the habit These are
the conclusions made public today by
a special treasury investigating COM
mittee, together with partial report
on the number of drug addicts actual
ly under physicians treatment.
The Investigations of the commit
tee, which is headed by Representa-
tive Rainey, of Illinois,. showed that
thousands of drafted men have been
dismissed after it was found they
were drug addicts, and that this num-
Der included many who systematical-
ly developed the habit to insure their
dismissal.
Hundreds of agents of the internal
revenue bureau nave repOfLeu ueIdLl-
ed information concerning the con-
sumption of morphine, cocaine, he
roin or medicines containing similar
alkaloids and on these reports is bas-
ed the estimate that at least 1901
600 persons in the United States are
drug addicts. Full reports are ex-
pected to show 100000 known users
within the former draft ages of 81
and 81 in New York alone. Uncount-
ed thousands in addition get their
supplies clandestinely from dope
peddlers," against whom internal rev.
enue agents wage perpetual warfare.
Last year, the committees records
show, the production and sale of pro-
prietary cordials, ''drops" and pare
goric syrups, containing derivative
of opium, increased rapidly.
Partial reports show the following
addicts reported by physicians under
treatment in southern states:
Alabama, 739; Arkansas, 1850;
Florida, 1872; Georgia, 2,242; Ken
lucky, 1902; Louisiana, LOO; Mis-
sissippi, 307; North Carolina, 2,211.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-09-17
A SEVERE BREAK
IN COTTON MARKET
WILSON'S STATEMENT REGARD
ING PRICE-FIXING HAD VERY
UNSETTLING EFFECT.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-There was
excited general selling and a very
severe break at the opening of the
cotton market on Saturday, Presi-
dent Wilson'S statement regarding
the objects of the proposed war in
dustries boards investigation of cot
ton conditions evidently had a very
unsettling effect on sentiment.
The market was so demoraiized
that prices broke from IS to Sc a
bale. There was heavy general sell
ing from all quarters at the outset,
and an excited market on the call was
quickly followed by covering move
ment, which rallied prices about 70
points from the low.
All doubt that the administration
is behind the program of the war
industries board to conduct an in
vestigation of the cotton situation and
possibly to fix prices is remov-
ed by the statement of President Will
son made public here Friday night.
Southern members of congress are
today awaiting developments, Their
recent interview with Chairman Ba-
ruch, of the war industries board,
was hardly satisfactory from the
southern standpoint and members of
congress became practically convinc-
ed that price-fxing was under con-
sideration.
The presidents statement says
that the present condition Of the
market is chaotic and the purpose of
the war industries boards inquiry is
"To devise methods for (a) broad
ening the channels of distribution
and use of the great stock of low
grades now practically unmarked
able; o. eliminating speculation and
boarding, and (c) apportioning the
foreign orders"
The president adds that: at may
be part of the committees duty to
recommend basic prices on cotton. If,
after investigation, it is found neces-
sary, a fair price will be fixed"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-09-17
FOWLS DEVOURED
BY HUNGRY FISH
BLACK BASS PLAY HAVOC WITH
YOUNG DUCKS. FISH LEAP
FROM THE WATER.

- DALLAS, Texas Schools of black
bass in White Rock Lake, a boating
place here, are playing havoc with
young ducks which attempt to take
their first swim in the water. At the
municipal farm ducks are raised in
profusion Ducklings have been dis
appearing with alarming regularity
lately. Usually they are missed in
twos and threes, but this week twelve
of one bunch of fifteen failed to re-
turn with their mother after taking
swim.
This caused the keeper to make an
investigation. He watched the ducks
and almost tainted when he saw a
big fve-pound black bass leap from
the water, snap a little duck and dis
appear. Another bass repeated the
operation and still another. While he
watched five ducklings were captur-
ed by the hungry fish.
The keeper declares this is the first
time he has ever known the bass to
become bold enough to chase fowls
from the surface Of the water. He
says he will fix a line to the young
ducks, tie one end of it to the water
lilies and see if he can't capture the
bass that have developed such a fan
cy for duck meat.
No fishing is permitted in the lake
and the bass have become so numer-
Gus that they are starving, the keep
er believes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-09-17
FARMERS IN EXODUS
FROM WEST TEXAS
DESPAIR OF MAKING LIVING ON
LAND THAT HAS BEEN RAIN
LESS FOR THREE YEARS.

DALLAS, Texas.-A strange pro
cession of canvas-covered wagons,
drawn by mules, for more than a
month has been creeping out of west
Texas with farmers and ranchers who
have despaired of trying to make
livelihood on the land that has been
parched under a blazing sun and has
seen virtually no rain for thirty-six
months.
The emigrants from this particular
section have turned their faces to-
waHd the cotton fields of eastern Tex
as and Oklahoma, where work for all
can easily be obtained. In some parts
of the west Texas district dusk finds
as many as a dozen of these emf
grant camps in single mile.
From the Panhandle and the north
ern section of the state come reports
that similar caravans, reminiscent of
half a century ago, mark the
exodus of farmers from those dis
tricts, who are moving toward Colora-
do and farther on.
The war has played its part with
the departing homesteaders, but lack
of rain has been the real factor. Most
of the settlers have been on land
rented from the state. Some have
spent years of labor building up their
herds and others have been working
the land into a profitable state Of
cultivation.
But the drought came and the cat
tie died in numbers, and those that
did not die were too weak to rear
young. Livestock men said the calf
crop in west Texas this year was a
failure.
Some settlers had accumulated
enough money to travel, while others
borrowed money with which to make
their departure. In many cases the
war added to the tragedy by taking
away young men whose strength
might have made it possible for farm
ers to hold out until rain came.
The country which the settlers are
leaving is that west and north Of
Fort Worth and Dallas, ranging as
far west as the state boundary and
south of the Panhandle counties. Ir
the Panhandle there were rains in
the spring and occasional showers la
ter that kept grass with which tc
feed the cattle.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-09-17
WINDY CONGRESSMAN
USE MUCH PAPER
SUGGESTION is MADE TO ABOL-
ISH RECORD AND BULLETINS
OF VARIOUS BOARDS.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-In debate
In the house, precipitated by an al
legged abuse of the extension of re-
marks privilege" it was asserted by
several speakers that, in view of the
prevailing shortage, news print paper
might be conserved by abolishing the
official bulletin and publications of
the food, fuel and shipping boards.
One speaker said it might be neces-
sary to commander paper in order
to print the Congressional Record.
Five pages of the Congressional
Record were found to be filled with a
report of the denomination of Repre-
sentative Blanton, of Texas, inserted
by him under the extension of re-
marks privilege, while eight pages
We're used by Representative A. T.
Treadway to report speeches he had
made from time to time.
Vanity of Members Costly.
"On page 10,341 of the Congress-
ional Record appears an extension of
remarks by Mr.. Blanton, of Texas"
said Representative Joseph Walsh, Of
Massachusetts. "The remarks convey
to an anxious world information as
to the returns at a recent primary
held in COmanche county, and vari-
GUS other communities in the great
state of Texas. 1t is a personal eX-
ultation over a political victory. In
view of the shortage in print paper
it seems to me that such an extension
ought not to be passed by without
comment.
"My colleague from Massachu-
sets, MIR. Treadway, on page 1888
of the Record, under leave to. extend
remarks, has set forth extracts from
speeches made by him in the second
session of the sixty-ffth congress"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-09-17
WOMAN Who ASSAILED LENINE
DIES BEFORE FIRING SQUAD
512 Lives Have Been Executed as
Reprisal for Murder of Uritz-
ky in Petrograd.

AMSTERDAM.-Dora Kaplan, the
alleged assailant of the bolshevik
premier, Lenine, was executed Sep
TENDER A, according to a Moscow dis
patch to the Lokal Anzeiger, of Ber-
lin.
According to an official announce
ment made at Petrograd and receiv-
ed here today by telegraph up to
the present SIP alleged counter-rev-
dictionaries, including 10 members
Of the Right Social Revolutionary
party, have been shot as a reprisal
for the murder of Moses Uritzky,
chairman Of the Petrograd commits
sion for the suppression of counter
revolution.
In Smolensk "a large land owners
and the former Moscow archiman-
drite, Makari, have been shot as a
reprisal for the attempt made on the
life of Premier Lenine.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-09-17
TREES AND FRUIT SCORCHED
BY THE TERRIBLE HEAT
Apples Are Roasted and Hulls of
Walnuts Burned Black by Sun.

RICHMOND, Va.-That apples
have been literally roasted on the
trees by the unprecedented heat is
not to be wondered at when chestnut
trees have been scorched brown at
the tips + their branches and the
green h9ro the nuts burned almost
to a cindeF Ia +he sun touch them.
The state act Mt brought a
walnut branch thu. he'd to the
state agricultural depa1. to show
Commissioner Koiner. The and
the upper portions of the frulv ere
burned almost black. This condition
as result of the heat wave is not
unusual, it is reported.
The corn crop will perhaps suffer
less than other vegetation on account
of the gracious provision of nature in
that the leaves roll up in the hot sun
and spread out again at night when
the dews descend.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-09-17
WOMAN RECEIVES A LIVE
SNAKE THROUGH The MAIL
Onwelcome Package Unnerved Sa-
vannah Resident. Authorities
Are Investigating.

SAVANNAH, Cato unwrap a
box received through the parcel post
and find q live snake coiled up in a
Dag was the unnerving experience of
Mrs Ella G. Mulligan today.
Mrs. Mulligan is living at a board
ing house on Bull street and the ad-
vent of the snake into the house this
morning caused considerable excite
Hent. A man called from the post
.lige disposed of the snake.
Although the package did not con-
am the name of the sender Mrs.
-lo.Hgan says she is almost certain
oo sent it and has turned the mat
Ter according to her statement, over
To the federal authorities.
Mrs, Mulligan says that she is GER
yam the snake was sent to her with
Ieadly intent by a married man who
n3d been posing as a single man and
"hom she exposed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-09-17

Because a man fixed a lock for q.
woman neighbor, and did not send
her bill, she left him in her will
$4,000 that enabled him to leave
New Jersey almshouse.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-09-17
NINETY-THREE |. W. WIS ARE
TAKEN TO FEDERAL Pen
Men Were Secretly Placed Aboard a
Special Train at Night and
Hurried Away.

CHICAGO, Ill.-Ninety-three l. W.
w. members, including William D.
Haywood, were placed aboard a spe-
cial train on the Rock Island road
tonight under heavy guard to be
taken to Fort Leavenworth prison to
serve the terms inflicted by Federal
Judge K. M. Lands after they had
been found guilty Of violating the
espionage act in fighting the selective
draft and opposing the war other
wise.
The prisoners were taken from the
county jail at 10 o'clock and con-
veyed to the station more than a mile
away. So secretly was the start made
and so unostentatiously was the
transfer that no crowd was attracted.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-09-17
Play AS THEY WAIT
FOR CALL TO DOOM
curCXERs is PASTIME OF MEN
m DEATH HOUSE. EACH MAN
CALLS HIS OWN MOVES.

-SSTNING, N. Y.-Men who settle
dawn in the death house at Sing Sing
son. like stricken animals, to await
heir fate, have found a new way to
bao,IiIe the slow horror of hopeless
hours. For years they could only sit
and brood in the condemned cells,
staring out into a black abyss.
Summer corrodes into the ravish-
inc panoply of autumn; fall whitens
into months of cold and spring comes
across the hills with kisses of sun
light and amorous f1ushes of rain
but it all means nothing to the pris-
oners who sit taut waiting for the
dav when they will go through the
little green door.
The little green door is the en-
trance to the CHASTITY white room
where stands the terror of terrors-
the electric chair.
The Death Chair.
Its parts are heavy jennings of oak,
riyeted and screwed together, it's
strong legs, fastened to the floor with
teeth and claws of steel. 1t bites into
the marrow of men with fangs of
fire. It is the faldstool of bloody HUI
man Justice, the prayer-chair of
mans vengeance upon man.
Now the prisoners of the death
house are playing checkers. It is q
slow tedious process, but it takes
troubled minds off the day they must
eTrjate their crimes. The keeper gets
GU. two sets of checkers and two
boards. A set is passed between the
bars to one contestant, the second
to the other. The players cannot see
each other.
The checker boards are lettered
across the top according to the
squares, A, B, c, D, etc. Down the
sides they are numbered 1, 2, 8,
and so on. Each convict player takes
his board, sets out his own pieces
and those of his opponents and is
ready.
Dozen May Play.
A dozen players take part, six on
each side, each player provided with
board and pieces to follow the play
The hours are put to fight.
Edward H. Smith, who is writing
the inside story of Charles F. Stei-
lows IS months in the death house
learned that Stielow was the only
man who could not play checkers,
His simple mind could not grasp the
details Of the came. And what was
worse than this was the fact that
5tieIow could not read nor write
And yet this innocent man-now par
.oned-lived all this while among the
handful Of living dead men in the
great stone prisons heart.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-09-17
MAYBE THIS WILL BE
SAD NEWS TO SOMEBODY
Dressed Fleas Are No Longer for
Sale in Mexican Markets.

Sad news comes from Mexico.
Dressing feas for market is no long
err a profitable business, and the lit
tie insects have disappeared from the
show cases of curio stores.
Dressed feas were long a staple
article in the stores and shops of
Mexico. In little boxes no bigger
than the blunt end of lead pencil
these adorned feas could be seen
through reading glasses in all the
glory of their wedding or christening
finery. Mexican women toiled for
days dressing the diminutive insects,
using the point of a needle to attach
the bits of bright cloth and lace to
the bodies of the wee pests. Through
a microscope the dressed feas APP
peared as miniature persons, with
hats, dresses and suits covering their
tiny forms.
When the United States govern
ment limited passports to persons on
necessary business the tourist travel
to Mexico ceased, and automatically
so did the demand for dressed heas,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-09-17
SERVANT GIRLS RAPIDLY
BECOMING THING OF PAST
Boston Society Women Now Wash
Dishes and Make Beds.

BOSTON, Mass.-Boston society
women are washing their own dishes
and making their own beds. Domestic
unPpiioyment bureaus have seen the
WI, w[IVlng on the wall, and it is they
VINO prophesy the new era. The big
ls"ald-she of the perky cap and
;satner duster-has thrown up her
~ DO you blame herr" asks Mrs.
W. NJ Steele, of the federal employ
uenJ agency. "a hundred calls for
MAIDS to every maid looking for
WORK morE IS the record these days." she