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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-14

I KNOW ! am all busted up on my
housekeeping because when woke
up this morning me and Rowdy
we're out at RockruddsueI and 40 !
was moi there 10 gel my own true dad
dys breakfast, but had 10 know II
Alice and Phln are married and now !
do not know any more about h than !
did, 10 ! cannot tell Miss Peaehy, for
Afty doesn't know She says ali she
knows IL that they all went away TO.
gslher and Sht would not be surprised
II they we're all married, becauls white
folks IS mighty uncertain she says 30
herself While was eating breakfast
,he got Levy and told him to take me-
and Rowdy TO town ~ the auto and he
said he did not have time because he
was making him a banjo out Of a cigar
box but he did It oil right because
fired him once and he don't want h 10
happen again, Of couf,e | unfirca him
again but now he knows ! can DO II, 80
he nay 'cowl but he goes and does
whh | Tell him all right
! told him 60 take me 10 the sister
m.law, house and he did not know
where It was these colortd people DO
not know very much, anyhow shut,
ierN don't suppose II they we're
right smart ot had a streek OF Irish In
them they would nat be color,d shut
iers Tor they could get a job that takes
brains like watching in = bank or some
thing like that, or watching the river
should have thought II would have
made him ashamed 10 see that q little
girl like me knew more than no did
but he only laughed when | ,coldsd
him for not knowing and when we got
there / made q face Al him aud made
HIM blow lhs horn and then | got out
and told him TO ~ home, and The teach.
er was very glad 10 see Us Tor she said
she was. and the brother was gone n
work because he works in the city end
goes early like wish my father would
do II my own true daddy would %
10 work IN the morning and come home
at night ! would take him TO q pitcher
show at somewhere every night, but he
say, they have got to have a watch,
man at the bank, and Of course do
not want the bank TO close un because
people could not get any more
money.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-14
Rail Wages Sought
Mount to Big Sum

WASHINGTON, Feb 49, Tho npt
indication al what proposed
railroad wage increases would cost wa,
given At loday's hearing before the rail
road wage commission when A.
Franklin presented The clam, NJ the
railway employee department on the
federation Of labor
Figuring an average OF 81 ~ per.
cent lnefeAte on the fiat increase asked.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-14

MISS SANDS said she had to GO to
ih school kinda early because she
had som, problem, 10 prepare and ! told
her | would 90 along because | wanted
to see Miss psaohy and tell her some
thing, but the slster-in-lAw asked me
II ! would not like TO stay and visit
with her a little while and | thought !
would so me and Rowdy did, and she
showed me a lot Of other things she
was making for the baby | said ! would
ask God to send her, and she asked
ms if | thought God would sure enough
send her one and ! told her that | knew
He would. because He does everything
| ask him TO, except TO send me one,
and lie will probly do that when ! get
educated so | don't have TO 20 to school
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-14
A Sure-Sure Thing

While am drilling out this big well on
the Okmulgee lease In the field Of big
gushers, ! expect to get hold of several
valuable leases in the shallow field belt and
drill several shallow wells. We can drill
six or eight wells in the shallow field for
about the same amount the big Okmulgee
well will cost, intend to drill these shall
low wells-one on each lease of about
sixty or eighty acres-where we have about
three chances out Of five Of getting from
rs to 10 barrels of oil. 1t only takes about
a week or ten days to drill one of these
wells, The flush production from a well
should pay for the drilling of same and
leave practically 100 percent profit from
the sale of oil in the first thirty or sixty
days. The drilling in of these wells would
make our company more permanent and
sure of success. And quick action can be
expected from them. The S~hirt-Sleeve Oil
company Is out to get the o~il-it's policy Is
to drill In, and near, production to operate
in both the deep and shallow fields. |
actually believe that by following out this
policy, the company would be in position
to pay dividends to It's stockholders even
before the big Okmulgee well has been
completed.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-14

hun myself because II |, against the
law Tor ne 10 mary my own true dad
dy and ] have vi 10 marry SOMEONE
darn A.
WHEN school VI out | walked to the
W door with Miss rsachy aud !
asked her when ,h' and the young mun
with the green auto we're going 10 gsl
married, and .hs said maybe never she
said she wanted a young man that was
going somewhere and told her Tor
eAtI sake ihe could make him 90
,omswhsrs every evening after they
we're married aud that they would have
a nice green car 10 ~ IN, but she said
she meant she wanted him 10 work Al
something but his father Wa, rich and
he did not want 10 work, She saws q
man ought 10 be working a. s%om,ihins
10 keep him out oi mischief Maybe
she Is right ,he &, more educated Than
am hut get married do not
want 10 work or have my husband work,
We will 10 swimming and iishins all
the time and be happy Maybe | will
marry him alter a while VI Miss Psathy
don't wan, him My isihsr was gone
TO his watching whsn N, and Rowdy
got home Q, bedtime guess he think,
am a punk hous,keepsr Me and
Rowdy kn,slsd and folded and prayed,
an then We went To bed and covered
all mp because il was cold Anty''
mother was a slave Her boss had a
lot Of them aud he could sell them ike
q horse or q COW, btl Mr. Rock
ruddcr couldn't yell Anly Amen
(To ne Continued
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-14
JUST AS BAD AS THE
POISON OF SNAKES
" n N. . oooK.

high solsred, con,sinins y brek .duu.
dsposls aud bils pigmsnt<. Az such
umss oss should drink plenty 81
vslsr between meals, piht oil no,
ystsy beiore brsst last. And oceAs-
tpa4lly Ake . PLEASANT lsIsuyo.
eueh q one 10 made Of ths May
Sppls, leaves Of aloe snd root OF
islap, frt eItrestsd and pgi 10
ready TO use form by d.. Pierce
nearly fifty years ago, and sold by
druggists a Or. Fsce's Pleasant
Pellets. The cost 10 % cents.
Ever sinas Me discovery OF uric scid
ip Me blood by 6chesls, In l71h, and
the bad effect u had upon the body,
soisp,is,s spd physisisns have strvep
70 nd the tissues and The blood o
Wis poison. Rasspss 81 y vel.
abundance In The system II causes
baokachs, pains here and there, rheu.
nstism, gout, gravel, nsuralCa, and
~seiatios. II wss Dr.. Fierce Sho dis
sovsyed . new Agent, called Anuno,
which will throw gu, and complstsly
eradicate this uric acid from ,hs
systsm, Anurio has proved W DO
many tnss more potsnt than kth,o,
snd consequently yeu need no longer
fesr m~usedlsr oI sFtieular rhsuma-
uum or goat, az many other Dis
ssses which sp dependant on IN
accumulation OF udc acid within the
body. ARuho sells Tor % oents.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-14

him myIsli because II Il against ihs
law toy ~. 10 marry my own true dad
dy and have VT 10 marry somtohs
darn H.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-14
France Asks Death
Penalty for Bolo

PARIS fh l4--Caplain Mofncl,
prosecutor m The treason lr,l Of Bolo
pmhl today pointed out that The mere
iAd that Bolo pl,ha received money
from Count van Befnstorn. former Ger.
man ambassador al Washington,
through Adolph PayenUadL lofmsf
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-14
MADOO APPOINTS.
MANAGER FOR ALL.
COAST SHIPPING
Great Lakes Freight Traffic
Also viii Be Controlled,

WASHINGTON, Feb i4-Coatwi,s
and great lakes steamship line, oper.
ated by railroads today were placed by
Director General MoAdoo under the
supervision OF W H. pleasants OF
New York, president OF the Ocean
Steamship company who was desis.
mated manager oi the marine section
OF tho railroad administration
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-14

heed n the Am,inek Banking house
Of New York. Wa ,uliielsHi ground,
isr sIking Tor a death penalty even
though the money was not used against
France.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-14
From The Daily Oklahoman, Feb. II

OKMULGEE, Okla, Feb. 10.-(Special "A 2,00O-barrel
oil we'll and a 100000 ,O0O-foot gas well were features in Ok
mulgee oil fields Saturday. The Okmulgee Producing and
Refining company got the oil in section 25-14-11, its third big
well in that vicinity, and the Iowa Oil company got the gas
well in wildcat territory, in section 8-13-12.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-14

the additional cost would bs ts1nooOOo
annually" Secretary Lane sempulsd.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-14

Every War Saving, Stamp and every
Thrift Stamp that You buy helps save
this country ior tina greatest heritage
81 all time that priceless treasure OF
liberty and democfsey
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-14
LOAN SHARK KING DIES:
OWNED 81 PAWN SHOPS

MONT CLAIR, N J, Feb "A
Daniel " TolmaH, known throughout
the country a few years ago as King
Of the Loan Brokers'" died at his home
here today. nS years old lie was re-
butsd to have accumulated a large for
tune by making small loans to persons
in need, from whom he sKacted. sEtor-
tionaie interest His operations re-
suited in widespread agitation against
loan sharks" At one time he had
eighty two agencies in t]wenty-seven
states and the District Of Columbia.
Unpaid telephone bills for the month
OF February arc past due. If not paid
rS p. m. Of the 18th, service viii he
discontinued Southwest Bell Tel 4 Tel
go. (Ady\
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-08
ClTY'S FIRST HERO
HAS STIFF ARM
LETTERS DISCLOSE

Letters from Private William +,
Waterworth, Ottawa's first casualty
IN the lighting in France. indicates
ne is recovered from the wounds re.
ceived April p, and is now assigned
to headquarters, where life for him
Is bit easier than in the trenches.
Waterworth. or. Waters, as he pre-
fers to be known, was wounded in
the left arm, which now is stiff. His
INJURY lncapacitates him from further
active duty on the front lines. but is
or such d nature he can remain in
the army In nOn.combative service.
The arm refuses 70 bend beyond a
certain point, as recent pictures sem
to the l. 5. disclose, but in the main
he has good use of the member. con
siderlns the extent of his injury.
He was brought down by piece
OF Hun shrapnel and invaded for
several weeks. before being permitted
to return to his command In a letter
to his brother, George Wilson, young
Waters, looks at life very optimistical.
ly and is very proud of his injury.
The photos show him to be the pic.
ture Of health, and are proof of Amer.
lean surgery and Red Cross efficiency
among our boys over there
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-08
HAVE THREE SONS
AND DAUGHTER IN
ACTIVE SERVICE

Ottawa has one family at least with
three members already in France in
the service, and one other member In
cantonment in this country who ex-
poets to be across in a short time.
The members OF this patriotic family
are Mr.. and Mrs. j. w Baldwin, of
Adams street, and the children al.
ready in France are Miss Bessie Bald
win, a Red Cross nurse, who has been
on service in a base hospital since
July II; Frank J. Baldwin. of Com
jpany c, and John B. Baldwin. Co. II,
1872 Inf Another son. James Bald
win, is stationed at Camp Stanley
Tex, in the cavalry
All four have been in the service
since last Fall The daughter, Miss
Bessie Baldwin enlisted in Chicago
at a Red Cross recruiting station and
was among the first girls from this
city to enter war service. She sailed
service as a registered nurse on June
10, and just one month later went on
service in a military hospital in
France
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-08
LATE INVENTIONS

A camera has been invented TO ptt
tograph, develop, print, and fix cop.
les OF documents or manuscripts rap
Idly.
That it will prevent serious wreck
IN the event of a collision is he clai7l
II the inventor OF an air batter for To-
comotyes.
TO record the number of seconds
that a telephone is in use each day is
the purpose of a new electrically OPP
Grated meter.
Clockwork apparatus to light and
extineuish gas street lamps automari
cally has been invented to save the
expense of lamp lighters.
A step which falls automatically to
station platform Nhen a side door o.
:; subway car is opened has been pat
ented by New Yorker.
A device to he connected with an or
binary telephone line, with which nanI
writing may be transmitted to distant
points, has been perfected in England,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-08
SOLDIERS OVERSEAS
CAN'T USE BALLOT

Illinois soldiers in overseas ser
vice will not be given an opportunity
to vote at the November elections,
according to an opinion just rendered
by Attorney General Brundage to
SecretarN of State Emmerson. Regu.
latiors of the War department, he
sait, make 1t impossible for the men
to vote.
The Illinois election laws provide
that thirty days before the election,
the adjutart general shall furnish
the secretary of state with the names
Of all voters in regiments from this
state The War department has lul.
ed however, that such lists will not
be furnished, and also that 1t will not
be- possible for soldiers actively en-.
gagged to vote unless able to transmit
executed ballots through the mails as
ordinary correspondence.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-08
LIEUT.. FULlERT0M'S
COLONEL AND LIEUT..
COLONEL ARE KILLED

A letter received today from Lieut.
G. b. Fullerton, written July 18th, in
Dictates that the 2Gth Infantry, with
which he and Lieut. Ernest II. Pool
are connected, was at that time par
ticipating in the cOunterOtfensive on
the SoissonsChateau Thierry lines
The letters refer to Maj. Roose-
welt as having tina. day been wounded
and carried from the field on a
stretcher. The papers since the date
OF the letter have chronicled the
death on July % by machine gun fire
OF Hamilton A. Smith the colonel, and
Clark r. Elliott, the lieutenant COZ
onel of the regiment.
Col. Smith was killed at Missy-au-
Bots, small village on the Aisne,
several miles east Of scissors.
The letter further states that on
that and the preceding day the or
ganization captured $500 square
heads" and nearly 100 officers, includ-
ing a general "a colonel and several
majors, together with field guns OF all
sizes and machine guns galore.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-08
City and Vicinity
News

Miss Norma Roberts, of Harvey,
Ill. is visiting friends in this city.
Miss Helene Metzger, of Chicago,
is spending her vacation with her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry v.
Metzger, in West Ottawa.
Mrs. Louis Bushnell and daughter,
Sylvia, OF Chicago. are visiting at
the home OF Mrs. |. ID. Vincent, in
East Ottawa
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Mccarthy have
gone to Northern Wisconsin 10 re.
main until after the warm weather.
Mrs. s. c. Wood returned to her
home in La Sale this morning after
having spent the week with her par.
ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Gladfelter
while her husband, DR.. Wood, was in
Chicago attending the state dental
meeting
Rev and Mrs. Carl Stackman have
returned home after spending their
vacation at Lake Geneva, Wis.
Miss Anna Trap, of Chicago, Is
spending her vacation with her par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs Andrew Trapp. on
| West Madison street.
II c. Lockwood is spending the day
In Chicago on business.
Mis- Mart Patterson and daughter
Y'onne, will leave this evening for
their home in Billings, Mont, after
spending two months with the for.
mer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B
Poutre. on West Jackson street
| Misses Mena Krug and Ina Foster.
OF Dayton were Ottawa isilo-s TO.
day.
Mrs. c. +. Singer went t. Chicago
this morning to spend two dats visit.
, Ing friends.
Miss Lulu Yenerick is yisitin,
friends in Dixon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Scherer Of
Peoria, have returned home .f.er a
visit with Mrs. Thomas RUIZ.
Z. +. Gladfelter returned home las,
evening after business trip to Chi.
cago
Mrs. Bert Anderson is down from
chicago with her little daughter. who
Is patient at the Ryburn hospital.
where she underwent an operation
Tor the removal of her tonsils.
Mrs. Phoebe Gibbs of Concord
Mass ana Mr.. and Ms. Arthur Snow
ana FAMILY are visiting Mr.. and Mrs
ID. D. Snow on Chapel street.
Harry Hanifen Costello. Joseph
Carr, Winston Colwell and Delmar
Anderson were Utica visitors vester
day afternoon.
winston Colwell returned In Ar.
mour institute today after spending
a short Through with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. William Colwell, on OF
tawa avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs James +. Farrell have
returned home after a visit with
friends in Chicago and Milwaukee.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-08
FOUR CASUALTY
LISTS SHOW 348
FALLEN IN ACTION

Washington, Aug. S,-Two army
and two marine corps casualty lists
were issued today The army lists
contained 237 names. divided as fol
lows:
One hundred and thirty-one killed
in action. sixteen died from wounds,
one from aeroplane accident. five from
accident and other causes, sixtytwo
wounded severely and twenty-five, de
gree undetermined
The. marine lists contained los
names. divided as follows:
Two killed in action, one died from
wounds. twenty severely wounded in
action, one slightly wounded in action,
Seventyfour wounded in action, de-
gree undetermined, and ten missing
in action.
The Illinois men named on he list
hre:
Wounded in Action.
Lieut.. James f. Robertson, Chicago.
Killed in Action
Martin ]. Rahaeck, Chicago.
Edward Fleum, Beleville.
John Badelski. Chicago,
Beleshaw Prusak, Chicago
Stanley Cesnewski, Chicago
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-08
DR.. 0LMSTEO, FORMER
OTTAWA DENTIST, DIES
AT HOME IN LASALLE

DIR. Act. Olmsted, prominent la
Sale dentist, who is wellsknown in
this city, died at his home in la
Sale Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock,
after an illness lasting since las. Feb
ruary, caused by hardening of the ar.
teries. DR.. Olmsted was born in La
Sale 50 years ago, and had resided
in that city most OF his life. He at.
tended the La Sale public schools
and the college OF Dental Surgery IN
Cincinnati, graduating from that IN
s,itution in 1885.
He practiced first in Peru, and later
In Ottawa and Chicago, going back
to LA Sale in 1904, and OPENING N
Office, where he has practicel ever
since. He was for several years pres
iient of the La Sale County Dental
Association
His marriage to Miss Minnie +.
Sellers OF Pekin, took place IN 1901,
who with one daughter, Gertrude Sci.
lers Olmsted survives him.
The funeral service was held his
afternoon "a. o'clock, from .he resi-
dence. 526 Seventh street, Rev. John
Murdo Mcleod, pastor of the Ia Sale
Congregational church, officiating, and
burial was made in the Ottawa avenue
cemetery in this city.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-08
PREPARE FOR
SEPT. DRAFT


places are in private buildings, pro.
prietors should be requested TO af.
ford assistance to local authorities by
permitting the use of such places for
purpose of registration.
The presidents proclamation to be
issued upon the passage of the act
of congress. will fix the date for regis.
tration and the adiutant general or
draft executive of each state will be
furnished in advance with necessary
blanks and forms to conduct the regis
tration.
THE adjutant general or draft ex
ecutlVe in each state, acting under
the direction of the governor, will
forthwith select chairman of one of
the local boards to meet and select
a central committee and direct such
chairman to call together all local
boards within such city or county for
the purpose of selecting central
registration committee
The task confronting the state or
ganization and the local boards is
known to be great one. but it is con
fdently expected that the national
draft organization will respond to the
call and make all preliminary arrange
ments for the registration in order
that there may be no delay in regis.
tering the persons to he subject TO
draft upon the passage Of the neces
sary legislation and the issuance Of
the presidents proclamation.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-08
MISS THOMPSON SAILS
FOR OVERSEAS DUTY

Miss Dorothy Thompson, daughter
of Mrs. Engel Thompson, $50 Adams
street, who enlisted in Chicago some
time ago as a registered Red Cross
Nurse, and has been stationed at Fort
Sam Houston, Texas. for several
months sailed from New York the
early part of the week for France for
active Red Cross nursing service in a
base hospital.
Miss Thompson is a well known
Ottaw' girl and has been in training
and hIrsing in Chicago for several
years
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-08
INSTALL FANS FOR
RED CROSS WORKERS

The largest size electric fan and a
water cooler with plenty OF ice wa
ter, have been installed at the Red
Cross headquarters in the court house
to keep the women who work for the
soldiers cool during this hot spell
This has kept the women who have
been sewing at headquarters during
the past week cool in spite of the siz
cling temperature outside. I'LL
There is plenty of yarn for botn
helmets and socks on hand, which
must be knitted up at once, and all
women who can knit at home are ur.
gently requested to secure this yarn
Immediately. There are also more
cutters and more machine and hand
sewers needed badly at headquarters
IL the present quotas are to be turned
out on time.
During the past month the follow.
ing donations have been received by
the local chapter;
r.. A. Reed Irvine 75e.
Wilson Carmichael and Co., tailors
chalk
Miss Gretchen Farnsworth, yarn for
one sweater.
Horace Hull, packing room sup
piles.
DR.. W. s Blue, $500 for supplies
Junior Dramatic club. $1,000 for en-.
tertainment given under direction of
Miss Edith Burrows
Children's circus, $500 given under
direction of Miss Margaret Palmer,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-08
Fate Of the ctiH pweIl.rs

II seems that there can be- no doubt
that the cliff jewellers were extermi-
mated by their more savage and war
lie neighh0rS. the men being killed
and the women being adopted into the
tribe Of the couqucrorS. though in some
cases migrationS may have become
necessary as result of drought or
pressure from outside tribes.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-08
ODD

That we should speak of wading
through dry brook.
That one can make ones maiden
proposal to a widow.
That a fellow can be in a girls pres
erce and yet be gone.
That the more we think OF some
people the less we think Of them.
That we often speak of folks being
.. odds when they are really trying to
get even.
That the more people we get to
ielp us keep a secret, the sooner 1t
gets away from us,
That saving a man Ia Capable OF
anything" is very different thig from
recommending him as thoroughly cap
able.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-08
Metropolitan Jealousy.

II Is characteristic ~ New York that
u has 10 have a name If Us own for
that part ot the Hudson which washes
the shores of Manhattan. Doughty old
HenlrIck HudsonS namc wonld seem
an appropriate one for any river. and
that part of II which lies between the
Battery and The Bronx il not north If
anything in particular, except possibly
New Jersey ar Florida none he less.
New York calls it the North river, ap-
parently unwilling to share even a
name with upstate"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-08
ON
SLUMP. go TODAY

With the temperature standing at
80 in the shade this afternoon at 2
pollock and with a good breeze and
showers and cooler weather promised
for tomorrow, Ottawans began to look
70 rthe end ofthe heat wave, which
has caused omuch suffering during
the past week. The thermometer
was down to 50 this morning at s
O'Clock and mounted slowly during the
day