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The Tomahawk., 1918-12-05
Salvage Of Ships Sunk by German
U-Boat or Some Other Cause
b. W. STRAUS President Of de Am

One interesting of thrift work related to the
war salvage that been sunk by the German Uboat or
through other disastrous
ships by hauled from the depths of their
healed recovered and their masheads again deco
of the unconquered flags of allied nation
great other side of the Atlantic today filled with
aged shipping which, like dead back from the tomb stand
proudly their docks awaiting the day they shall again set forth on their
missions of warfare against the Hum
with their value OF
900 the salvage wrecks frequently more than
$4,000 49,
cargo savaged there little waste Even flour sunk
the salt forms crust the flour
when this craed the rest of the sack
good as
Recently large cargo ship and tanker coded in fog of the
Oil poured out vessel There was
explosion flames aped Finally possible to start toward
shore with the burning ship On the she hit three wandering
They her into shallow water finally where she burned for days.
Eventually had torpedo and sink her put out the fire. This
floating good With her she was valued at
saved Moreover the tanker which
toedoed after she had bzd for days.
cued condition while 10000 tons OF oil were
pumped of her lay the muddy bottom the
salvage of wrecked ships has developed into science The
British making special study this work. and result ships
Junk now usefulness with financial profit
salvage and with the of OF tons
of food.
indeed bringing forth strange yet inspiring manifestations OF
thrift
The Tomahawk., 1918-12-05
BRITISH WOMEN IN WAR WORK
Gentle Sex IL Certainly Doing lts
Share In the Great Contest Being
Waaed for Liberty.

With a gay laugh, the pit-brow girls
bend to their task over the picking
belt.
Their duty consists Of picking out
and casting aside all the "dirt" and
rubbish from among the coal which
moves slowly along in front Of them
on the belt on its way to the shoots
into the waiting wagons below.
1 Splendidly strong, hefty lasses they
are, too, in their dark-blue Overalls
and caps.
"Qute equal to the men at this
job," says the foreman Of the screen"
ing house, where all the coal Is care
fully screened into different Sizes
from huge Jumps to tiny pieces no
larger than q very small bean.
We wander from here into the lamp
room, where the miners lamps are
cleaned, trimmed and filled. Here,
again, the girls do the work, with the
aid of machines in which rapidly re-
volving brushes play large part.
AS the miners come out of the pit
they hand their lamps to the girls
through a little window in the lamp
room, receiving them again next day.
cleaned and filed, on their return to
work.
Saving the timber into lengths for
pit-props to support the roof In the
mine is another branch of labor under
taken by women and girls.
Thus do the girls assist the miner
to fulfill his great task Of supplying
the allied nations with the coal which
Marshal Foch assures us is 1.-THE key
to victory" Thus do they help to light
his way and to keep him safe. Cupid,
too, is busy at the pits today. Many
knight of the Silver Badge returns
to find bride among the bonnie
lassies on the pit-brow.-London Mail
The Tomahawk., 1918-12-05
Hot and Gold Water.

A sanitary drinking fountain from
which gushes both hot and cold water
is the decidedly novel feature to be
found on a street in Ouray, mining
town in western Colorado. The foun.
tain consists of an ornamental cast.
iron post from which extend two
curved arms, each supporting basin,
in the center of which is an overflow
ing cup. From the one flows cold wa.
ter piped from snow-fed mountain
streams, while from the other runs
hot water drawn from nearby hot
springs, Of which there are many In
the vicinity.-Popular Mechanics Mag.
azine.
The Tomahawk., 1918-12-05
Be Careful in Judging the Foreign-Born
! Who Wears an Enemy Name
BEE. HARTMAN Of de NGa.as;.

The with resentment the vile and
the Hun Let not be unjust the
eignborn He truly loyal this
it. If he aiding the Hun hang
trying be true to newod ideas and govern
men, encourage him.
that there from enemy lands in country today
are thought let me tell Incidents
Recently from Mare Island yard where he IS
helping build destroyers: .~.=
(he hpyard workers Of the bay disc are patriotic
One consisted OF
handling the holden Italian heater and an
American catching passing the re The German Dragged to me
gang feg hund fuzg mark in neun uden glad speak
native language it. but than glad help
nail coffin of the kaiers hopes
In the little town where northern Ohio Austrian
who works in foundry Red Cross headquarters He had
been asked donate ST. He pieces and laid
each end of the %- ~-''
"That my share for this drive" he said
Be careful Americans lest you do injustice one who would be
loyal encouraged sharply aggresse decided in handling
the psrman but be careful lest hit the wrong man When you are
vure then hit hard and usen E--s
The Tomahawk., 1918-12-05

is most famous for, flood. 1t rose 40
feet, inundating great part of the
city, driving the natives to the hills,
on to house tops, and a few who were
able to pay 40 cents a day, to house
boats.
OF course, we lost no time in seeing
that great missionary hospital Of which
my. brother is chief surgeon and super
intendent. He had three Chinese men
and ten Chinese women nurses, trained
also as Bible students, and can accom-
modate about $50 patients. They have
every heinous disease and afilictior
nceivable-leprosy, typhus, Asiatic
cholera, smallpox, tuberculosis, dengue
fever, opium smokers poison, and
plague. The first sight that struck my
eyes was a woman who had just come
in with her throat cut wide open and
bleeding to death. The bleeding was
quickly stopped, and the Bible women
going to work at once, found that she
had suffered from guilty conscience
and cut her throat to let the evil spir'
its out of her body.
The Tomahawk., 1918-12-05

reasonable discretion
popular Of
Of devohng ut least
abilities
equestrnm lie less dormant
in of of Fifteenth division
anguish squad forth its PARADE Promptly 70
his
applications
fifteenth diviio nows n sitting
The Tomahawk., 1918-12-05

VISITORS When
wandeer applying food must take BATH Eose
a
agencies
In 100 Elo
l II
Marker
81
u
supporting
In
The Tomahawk., 1918-12-05
Iiaht Reading.

"Wall, I'll declare" exclaimed OLD
Missus Prude. 1.-THE stories In some
of these current magazines are enough
to shock a body" And so saying she
threw of her switch for the sake oe
comfort and wired her eyes t. tho
page.
The Tomahawk., 1918-12-05


while
the band plays "Over There" the
raised
The block with bunting with little flags
After the of the raising the flags dance takes place.
NJ.
The
pretty o
signs the times OF is evident that they and foster
he
Val parties a
The Tomahawk., 1918-12-05

to be. Weary W1lI1e With Ills tOmutO
can and coat of many patches no
longer trudges the highway or broils
his pilfered chicken over an open fire
in the corner of some pasture land.
A few years ago rs many as so
a day have stopped at Eloise for sup
per and n nights lodging. Often they
returned every week after circuit Of
the neighbOring towns.
Clean water has frightened the
tramps away. Water to battle in and
The Tomahawk., 1918-12-05
Purple Silk Umbrellas Are Scarce in Milwaukee

the small things of life which frequently make or
wi that Mrs Helen
FRANKIE 22G Thirteenth street president Of the
The Tomahawk., 1918-12-05
''Nater Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink


footsore nights lodging ceased
The Tomahawk., 1918-12-05
"Anguish Squad" Thinks Sherman Hit It Right


o@oo he inuolund
The Tomahawk., 1918-12-05

+ TiHNe UTHIH CO1IIpdIIy, was SeSA
walking toward railroad depot with
q purple silk umbrella, resulted in the
discovery of jewelry theft at the
FRANKIE home and the arrest of Mrs.
Pearson at Evanston, III.
Mrs. Pearson, who is forty-scyen
years old, and whose home Is In CHI
cago, was returned to Milwaukee and
locked up in central police station in
connection with the robbery of jewels
valued at $500.
The Tomahawk., 1918-12-05

anguish of body and mind.
Horsemanship Is, like ancient
Gaul, divided into three parts: The
horse, the saddle and the rider.
In the first division, the horse,
many factors, certain and uncertain,
reside. If the mount has reached the
age of discretion through years Of ex-
perience and much service the third
factor, the rider, passes through the
varying stages of the ordeal with COM
paratively few misadventures. IT,,
The Tomahawk., 1918-12-05


su;ases the umbrella said to belong Miss FRANKIE
found the entire
and the wey missing notified the police who arrested
j
his
her husband
fighting See
| thpre"
The Tomahawk., 1918-12-05

the exhibitors throughout the country Later d O1oss
conservation Liberty loan pictures followed
subscriptions the Liberty loan our per-
sonal services way leading parad speaking Liberty loan raj
es drives and wherever possible have been freely given
huge military paades alone for the purpose OF
stimulating recruiting aiding Liberty the Red Cross drive
ordinary effort has been raise the
the Red Cross their work both here and abroad Enter
azaas and all sorts of social affairs constantly beng
ranged moving picture aid draw
ing the public eight Of these al
fairs home in Hollywood, Ca have been much oc-
cupd recently securing and utilizing for the Red Cross material that
would ordinarily be wasted.
extra girls the studios who often have barely
enough may usually be industrousy knitting
while they await their turn before the camera.
The Tomahawk., 1918-12-05
"BIock Parties" All the Rage in Goths

through the city New York and the
Island
entertainment called block block party one
The Tomahawk., 1918-12-05

where the neighbOrs, especially the
people belonging to that particular
street which is to hold the festivity,
give a party along specified block In
their immediate vicinity.
The street is roped off for the en-
tertainment. Usually there is a pro-
cession first; sometimes persons
dressed to impersonate leaders for lib
erty ride truck horses. These truck
horses are gayly decorated, and if
skillfully ridden and judiciously
stirred I'M with a snur present uuite q
The Tomahawk., 1918-12-05
Moving Picture Actors Giving Freely
TO Help Uncle Sam Win the War
BY MARY PlCKFORD

The million workers Of the moving picture indus
try including the playersby means the least hard
working of alhave man consecraed their serv-
ices and themselves when possible to their countrys
need.
Perhaps the cinema has given more aid to the Lib
erty loan campaigns than to anything else At any
rate this was one of the first ways in which we were
able to help Pictures were made in which the oest-'
known stars of the industry appeared giving their time
and labor and these we're distributed free of charge
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-01-04

n ,-' possible for the transporta-
1, American troops.
;0licy to govern the use of nru-
r image was agreed upon. Port
+ f,h1"s at debarkation points Tor
| a.rcan forces were inspected and
r.p- aiken to permit the return Of
. .,.- to their home ports with thu
- possible delay.
4 sr
'riicatiOns are late this week that
.s, negotiations between the pro
l-!utal Russian Government and
, ANY will fail. due to Germany's !
fu,al to withdray troops from cap
ir,i Baltic provinces during the ne
'iations. 4 resumption of some
ai of offensive by Russia is looked
- n the event of a final breaking
z f relations.
cath penalties for five and pri|-
terms for the remaining ten CON
ute the net findings of the gen
! Courtmariial al San Antonio,
.ch recently tried fifteen negro
'dicrs, members of the Tenth Ra-
ion, Twenty-Fourth United States
.dutry. on charges Of murder and
FuuS md mutinous conduct in
with the Houston riot OF
j@. -. 1917.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-01-04
NEW INSURANCE FIRM

a deal was closed this wpeS
whereby w. X. Gils,rap bought the
interest of Robert Thompson in the
insuranc" firm of Salmon a. Thomp-
son. and the new firm was doing
business yesterday morning under
tn" name of Salmon n Gilstrap. Mr..
Glisirap has for about three wears
he"n assistant cashier Of the Durant
National Bank, and In that capacity
mas mad" large circle of friends
'ri"r To coming to Durant he was
connected with "A bank at Tishomin-
80. and has other interests there as
well. Mr.. Salmon has been in the
insurance business here for several
years, and needs no Introduction
Robert Thompson. the retiring mem
ber of the old firm. is in Uncle Sam :
Army. and II is reported here has al
ready had Il couple of promotions.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-01-04
ORGANIZE ! EEnF'HNi LAND
BiNk At MEAD


Tuesday of this week formal ap
n'icHti1n was mai" io III" Federal
Land Bank al Wichita. Kansas, for
81 charter fo" the Love National
Farm Loan Association Of Mead,
Oklahoma Thcr" are ten petition
"rs for IN" charter, as follows: T..
-. Love, G"org" Narbrough, .Ir. &.
-. lr"'tman, Mrs Dolcrna Kemp,
Mrs Lucy Roller. sam Love, Felix
T., Love. Ed Love. Dr J NJ Finch
and Henry Cooling
Under the regulations. We are in
formed, each of the organizers must
b" an actual farmers engaged IN
farming his own land. and each mast
be Il borrower from tn" Association
which t. being organized T. u. L0v"
was in town this week and told III"
Nrwi that h" believed every re-
quircmcnt for the organization "f
the Association had been me. aud
that the securing Of charter IL Oh
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-01-04
Prominent Mill Exp.
Section IL Drstiu crt believes This
Center Of such'rd 10 Become
In the Soi. Industries

According to the o.,
prominent and highl piripn OF a
Texas cotton mill mani successful
orator. this immediate Ngnr and op-
southeastern Oklahoma section of
To become center nf "a d"sttnr
mill industry. and even IN" cotton
are being hatched with tn, now plans
view of establishing ,u"h p. ultimate
try in this city. fIn indus
\ prominent local businc.
has had the bee in his huri:ss Liam
some time. and took IA, iha't!ct Tor
with friend of his in reNt, w"'r up
roctly manages the operation no di-
three large Texas mills lhit -, of
been conspisuOusly @urrr.iSft,, nave
their business. and this iri"hl'son iii
ion uf the situation hey" i n, pin
outlined in the fOllowil "a. 'r.eiy
from his letter. '"i'"rpt
II am still firm uri,'vCr
idea that this cOun:i% is Il ~ ih"
to become a great cu.'rn N "iiH'd
turing center. We NJ" yc' "nuTac-
pioneer stage. and have II i'll TIE
learn and do before "" me- lcu'h TO
cess The local situation tm' II !uc-
all the most important ~ Is after
You have a Bunch of pcoe ilinS Ii
who will put their monoytcple 'hcrc
business and stay in the "a INTO tir
has been done in our o, same. as
see no reason why il shp, SIN city,
successful. "t You uilild nc, b.
of course. that ii would diIcrst'tnd.
great deal more money tn 1r'nitr' n
plant now than it did whrna hH;ld the
ed here. The actual cost e We start
building and the equipm;a OF the
probably be twice what it tent would
we built. To offset this. / cost when
very much better than profits are
then. The greatest hindiS they were
in the operation of such 'ancc see
would be the labor situ; plant
is getting worse every dkinon ThiS
labor is veiy scarce andb'E,, Skilled
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-01-04
Durant sMay Become Home of a
.$4"OO,OOO Cotton Mill

cient than | ever saw IL. do not
think 1t advisable to go into this
proposition unless capital to the
amount OF 100000 or s4O0. 900
could be obtained. lf a modern
duck mill could be built, costing
about the amount suggested above.
1t would doubtless prove profitab!,.
under the most unfavorablc circum-
stances. ii you think well of this
after talking II over with your as
sccia,cs, | will be glad tn render yoa
any possible assistance"
According to the idea of those in
terestcd in the proposed mill. Du
rant is well situated geographically,
with adequate transportation facili
ties and proximity to raw material
and 1t is believed that the labor sit
uation could be overcome To an cx.
tent To make operation profitable.
The item OF cheap and convenient
fuel can also he nicely handled. il i,
thought
A mill Of the size Of that suggest
ed would give employment twrlv"
months in the year To approximately
three hundred people. aside from
the managerial force.
The Texas miller would probably
consider a proposition tn dispose Of
his South Texas mills. or his inter
est in them. aud become largely in
tcreetod in similar enterprise IL
Durant to he managed by himself
In connection with one North Texas
mill OF which he Is now the head
Local men of means are being ap
preached on the proposition, and II
is not n alb unlikely~ihat Al som"
future time the originator'S idea
may be carried out.
|; Is pointed ont that in addition
to furnishir.; a payroll for this city
that the operation of large mill
here would furnish IL fine local mar
kct for thousands of bales Of cot
ton every year. and would furnish
high class employment for hundreds
of young people otherwise not use
fully engaged. and who need employ
ment.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-01-04

ly n matter of the application going
through the regular channels.
This Is the first bunch Of farmers
In the county to actually apply for
IA charter under the farm land bank
act. although in several communi-
ties the matter has been proposed.
As the News understands the
proposition. the organization of one
OF these land banks makes 1t possible
Tor members Of the association to
procure long time loans on their
farms for the purpose of permanent
bettcrments. a. low rates OF inter
est. and without the payment of any
commissions or profits to anyone
save the actual cash expenses of
making and caring for the loan
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-01-04
Council Would Bar
All Theatricals
Ordinance Aimed at Questionable
Vaudeville so WOrdesi as to Rx.
cllide Companies Of the
Legitimate stage.

The city council sprung sur
prise Tuesday night when an ardin-
ance. aimed to preclude further per-
formances In the city of so-called
vaudeville shows. was passed by the
body. asscssion each daily perform
ance OF any transient theatrical
company at $500.
The ordinance. as prepared. re-
fcrs to any tr ,~sient theatrical
troupe of vaudcv }. exhibiting un-
der tent. in theatre, or opera house,
and will. IL effective. have the re-
suit of barring every sort of perf0r-
nance held In place of amusement
by any travelling company. The gist
of he ordinance is as follows:
Every person. firm. company, or
corporation owning. running or man
aging any transient theatrical
troupe or vaudeville exhibiting un-
der canvas, In thcater or opera
house or open air be licensed the
sum of $25 per day.
Every person. firm. company, or
corporation violating any OF the
provisions OF this ordinance shall be
guilty Of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not
less than $25 nor more than 500
for each offcnse.
"Ali ordinances and parts OF or
dnances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed"
There are three three theatres in
the city that have been showing mo-
tion pictures and vaudeville. which
come within the scope OF the Ordin-
ancc: the Liberty. on North Third:
the bungalow. ON Main street. near
Third. and the Colonial. on MaiI.
lCoutinued nm Pave E0urN0
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-01-04
eat American
Army te France
N 'imc to Meet ltusan Detection.
n Resources Of ilirS To b.
J Pooled Under a. OnmOn
|. HcMl-Nrn tOr Sent
Imm,Siiatty.
|OI.I'ME NNii.

n enhancement b. the United
cs to \scnd Il srea army against
GcrmaV : in time toffset the de-
lion of N lssia has i"en disclosed
bueh the Eoublicatit by Sncre,
Lansing n revie of the work'
rccommcnH the Ameri-
mission winch ren'ly partici-
ID in tn" inr\''l'ie war confer
at Paris.
kmrrican firhta 1r an are 70
he mustered an1 uined.
France and CirHt Er tain on their
h undertake not oly 10 join in
Ayiding ships To carr them. hut
So, that any DO 'icie lies in arms
h ruuirm.ut ar" ma, NJ on IN,
ha, side
Nhis was ON" uf the great decis
Is made ~ the con fer, c". througl
lich tn" cuh,llig"'eut planned
bl their fi.htirg -. rrcr, an
I've as n unif toward IRVINE tn
hmans ard their flli,' mi If cp,
Ircd tcrri,orv and cr hing th
hitnrir world doniuat u schom
|crc L. tn he GO o'din 'd cffO
h only in fightin; on II and sr
\ in production at h md
va-t ehiphuildinr pr cts up
,ich dcurnds the vi'rl -,bl"m
hnagr Pc ~ihl" f." 'he .. nspur'
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-01-04
NiTCO JOHN
Wednesday
from Army
o. =. e.. OR
'communI,-,"',>>,|' NED

The College ornnf
the new session at =" - "Hp"S e."
Th"r" was Il good aI.N3b Wednesday.
,,"., her, and chei 't"ndanc" briGh.
memories: and prdi crfui Christmas
lent for good work ('Sp"ctS are excel
Er"r"0H" reports all IN IN" new yea.
il The holidays VI H2"d time dr.
nation as to the MI nav" no info
Year resolutions msunh'r Of New
every reason to btad". but there i
will H." an even be1i"'eY" nat lHlN
predecessor, AN dtht"r year than l..
in College history. ('""iur" III" best
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-01-04

CONTINUED on Page Fourle
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-01-04
DAVE WRIGHT ENTERS SVEI.-
lEE'S RACE

Dave Wright formally announces
hi. candidacy for Sheriff Of Bryan
tuhnty tnis week. and his card an
pears III IN" announcement column
Of this issue. he being the first can
didate for county office to publicly
announce. Later on Il formal state
m'ht regarding his candidacy will
appear in these columns.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-01-04
TiXES ARE NOW\

III" tnAu| o f"NUrN
10. p., nn,-haIr noid Ion" VINO failed
the office of the Colby Tuesday at
at closing time are nj "hiF treasurer
and orr drowinu a IEow delinquent,
IS Nor cen, nor onnkGrl penalty uf
Those who paid Onc-hf'in III uh'li p"ld.
tax not later than 1iI' Oh III" u"
hav" until June Il u "'N""! hlHht
maindcr without pcnau ;f'Y III" r.
The tr"asur"r's OfficeA' "T Il'''. 50
with taxpayers 'Yrry n - '""h"i
last few days. and alta 'hH'' "i 'h'
Tuesday, until adidtionl upper on
10 he nm, on rolloctionll help had
the biggest in the hist nave h''h
county. l"rE Oh IN
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-01-04
ARRESTED FOR DE,
Sf'It1

Cit" officers arrested
son, an Indian hoy. 1MiTGo j
morning on information Wcdnc
officials at Camp Bowie from a
scrtion. Johnson, whuk chragin.
her Of Walter cNach Il was a II
company. was relcasedN all In
tui lcr2h. Int DID nnEs "A ton
iurlough had expired k rr'nrn
virns aud hn was wG"ight days
clothing when arrcstd tflnG citi,