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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-18
DRAFTED MEN WANTED TO
LEARN TO BE MECHANICS
VIII Rc sent To Special Schooi at
Austin; Rapid Promotion IN
store for Successful.

Excellent opportunity Is offered
Tulsa young men in the draft who
have special adaptibility forsWechnn-
ical work and who have grammar
school education.
They have an opportunity OF vol
for special work and Will
he sent TO the University Of Texas
for two months course OF IN
struction. Those who can qualiiy
for the work will be inducted INTO
the service Immediately hyothe local
exemption board upon orders from
the adiutant general
Chairman John II simmons Of the
local board received telegram yes
terday from Adiutant General Clip
son. asking how many men In the
draft ne could furnish for this spe
cial work Any persons in either
class one, two, three or four are
eligible Three or four applications
were taken yesterday.
The questionable will he exam
ined to ascertain the approximate
number Tulsa can furnish In the
meantime. IL any drafted man feels
that he has the qualifications for the
work. which is the radio service con-
nected with wireless telegraphv and
gas engines, he can probably Gct IN
line for appointment by visiting the
offices Of the local board.
A Tulsa boy who volunteered sew
eral months ago as a private in this
line OF work has since been promot
ed until he is now a major and draw
ing "A majors pay Attorney II +.
Bland. Of the local hoard says II is
an excellent opportunity for young
men who can qualify.
The local board sent II men for
this kind OF work To the state uni
Vcrsity at Norman last saturday
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-18
RESTAURANTS MUST
OBEY LAW OR CLOSE
AtIwo Tcaspoonsful of Sugar Maximum
Allowed Under New Food
Regulations.

Two teaspoonsful OF sugar per
Sncal for each person Is the portion
directed by Food Administrator c.
II. Douglas for hotels and cafes in
Tulsa restaurants and II the pro
prietors OF these places don't OBJ
serve this restriction and take their
sugar bowls Off the tables as or
aercd a few days ago by National
Food Administrator Hoover, they
may find their places closed By the
government.
Some restaurants have not yet
pheyed the order to remove the
Bhcpr bowls from tables and Colonel
Douglas says unless the order Is
obeyed they viii be punished
I'VE don't want 20 have TO close
nuy cafe or restaurant In Tulsa,
Raid he, "but II II becomes neces-
sary we will do It. The food con-
scrvation regulations are as import
ant as furnishing munitions and
guns for our soldiers or purchasing
Liberty bonds. No patriotic citi-
zen win violate them or ask that
they be violated
81 hope the orders az TO sugar
will be observed and that the pub
lie eating houses OF tho city will do
their duty Most Of them have done
so but / have heard OF few places
that are stll leaving tho bowls on
the tables so that everyone may
take all they please,
"The division OF the state food ad-
minstration having control OF the
eating places has prescribed two
teaspoonsfui OF sugar per meal for
each person ns the maximum allow
ance and Tulsa caterers must gov
ern themselves accordingly"
Several OF the more prominent
cafes arc serving sugar In tiny en-
velopes. measuring out the portion
In accordance with tho state regu-
latlons and sealing the envelope.
/ Others are serving In tiny blocks.
Still others are serving II from sugar
bowls but giving whatever amount
the customer calls for. There liz no
set method OF serving. but whatever
( one liz used not more than two tea
Rpoonsful must be served Mt any one
meal To n single individual
orders have also been issued by
tho division OF the state food admin
istration In charge OF public eating
houses that boiled beef must not
ho scrycd mopc than twice week
in any cafe or restaurant, and steak
and roast beef must be served only
once week.
Ilouscholdcrs must not use or
purchase more tthan one and one
quarter pounds OF clear beef, In
cludIng the bone per person each
week
These new regulations are effec
tive until September 10, and must be
implicitly obeyed, said Food Admin
istratOr Douglas.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-18
MORE MECHANICS WANTED
Carl Ice Had Call From Frisco
Shipyards for 35 Men.

Urgent call for twenty caulkcrs.
riviters and clippers and fifteen
mechanis for the shlpyards at San
Frisco was received yesterday
ny Carl Lee of the federal labor
bureau,
Nir Lee said the shipyard Of
ficiats were delighted with tho class
OF workmon recently sent To- them
from Tulsa and he rs ANXIOUS 10 re-
cruit another squad OF capable
workmcn without delay. The wages
are $3.50 per eight-hour day with
transportation p@id.
Applicants can find out further
particulars by ctAng on Mr.. Lee
in the federal labor employment
bureau at 1875 East Second
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-18
Potter ON Air Rnard.

WASHINGTON, June lT.-wu-
c. Potter Of New York was nomina-
ted today BY President Wilson to be
member Of the aircraft board.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25
Little ntareWS
CarranciStaS Take This Mans Cattle at $50 Gold Each
Moons January Changes on Saturday May Mean Weather

officials and mill
tary are rapidly improving
~ conditions in the cattle dis
tricts Of Mexico said G. Maxey. I
have a cattle camp at Cumbre tun-
mel. in Chihuahua. and can truthfully
say that whenever Carranza soldiers
take one Of my animals I am given
q scrip for II, and have always been
paid $50 gold at Chihuahua City on
presentation OF scrip for each animal.
On the other hand. bandit troops have
taken nearly zoo head Of my animals
and given me nothing in.return."
"One OF the most important points
not yet brought out In the prohibition
campaign is the great economic loss
due to the actual loss Of time by citi-
zens in serving on Juries," said Don a.
Carpenter. Il am told that there is
an average OF so men summoned daily
to sit in various jury cases and that
Of these cases so per cent are directly
attributable to the saloon The men,
in many cases. who sit on these jury
cases are highly trained business men
whose time may be worth many dol
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25

big northern city. The boys were
thoroughly disguised at first. but
when all the boys in their school
learned to sew on white buttons with
white thread so they wouldn't fall off.
the boys took quite an interest in the
study. In fact. one manly chap. who
later proved himself a factor in the
business world. for several years
earned weekly pocket money by darn
ing the family stockings. Sister Doro-
thy hated TO darn, and mother was a
club woman, who was glad TO have
George earn his spending money for
the training in saving il gave him.
and the help it gave her"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25
FACTS ABOUT OUR NAVY
Making a Boat Fast To Shore.


il inexperience necessitates instruc-
ton at this critical moment, before
one can obey all the rules" either
the dock is smashed into pulp or the
vessels nose turns up as II she had
Just met the true rights from an ex-
pert boxer.
A battIeshiP moving through
the water has tremendous inertia.
that is, she's some fat job to stop,
except very gradually. Conversely,
she's even n fatter Job to start.
So when she is near the dock,
but not quite alongside, some of
the hardest and most Ekilful the
tics are necessary properly to
make her fast.
At first the great mountainous hulk
is eased in very slowly with her bow
pOinring a little inWards. A light
heaving line is thrown. To its end is
made fast the heavy haTser leading
out Of a hole or hawsepipe well for
ward. This is called her bowline. AS
soon as possible q similar line is got
out aft. called the stern line.
Springs come next Unlike bed or
buggy kind these have no spring in
them except by virtue Of their posi-
ton. About every 40 feet along the
warship's side, lines lead through
checks or notches in her deck They
lead in pairs, one tending forward
and one aft in each pair. If the ship
tried TO move ahead all the lines tend
ing aft come taut and she is swung
In Thus the lines act as if they were
real springs and So get their name
All this may seem TO have very
little to do with warfare and the ef-
Of a S50o.00O.0 600 fleet It may
seem anything but q step toward
blood drenched victory and all that
But remember that scouts and fleets
and submarines and the little ehasers
are continually rushing in for bit
Of coal or a new bottom or enough
for the next battle. Every
minute they are in the navy yard is
so much lost to the next vessel crying
for help. In such times the slightest
to pier or ship or personnel
becomes almost criminal
So don't get discouraged II you
have never heard of a breast before
D ships breast. Besides the springs
and end OF her lines there are several
Y hich lead out perpendicularly to her
sides and hold her directly onto the
dock. These are known as breasts.
After all this gear is draped along
the ship she is not secured at once,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25
Short Snatches
From Everywhere

German statesmen seem TO have d.
vided the bearszin before catching
the bear-Brookiyn Eagle.
OF course il was very proper Tor
president Wilson 10 hold out 4 help
ing hand to the bolsheviki. but he
ought not to be surprised II they bite
it-Dallas News
The presidents change OF mind on
the federal suffrage amendment came
rather late, but not too late to be use
full to the Women-and himself
Pittsburg Gazette-Times-
The butter and egg gougers I'd
thieves are having an easy time & il
at present, as the storage statistics
show, but before this scrimmage is
over. some Of them will wish they
had never heard a hen cackle or 4
COW moo.-SOustOn Post
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25
HOROSCOPE
saturday. January 30. lbs.

-HE early part OF this day is not
propitious for business affairs.
; but later Jupiter and Mars are
strongly benefio-
After midday commercial enter
prises should prosper. but they viii
be most fortunate if they have to do
with the army. since Mars is friendly.
Bakers and brokers should make
the most OF this configuration, but
they are again warned Of startling
and unexpected events.
There appeals to be promise OF
fame and success to lawyers who
VIII come into new lines Of work
Machinery and all who work with
il should benefit from this rule wom-
en- as well as men,
Astrologers foresee extraordinary
changes in the dress Of both men and
women after the war.
There is a sign that is read as in
dicating a menace to the women Of
the United States, owing to a war
condition.
Mexico continues subject to a rule
that viii prevent peace.
Sensations and scandals. legal and
religious as well as relating to the
war, are foretold.
Democracy that includes the elimi-
anton OF race prejudice is declared
TO be one Of the achievements Of the
war. A yellow race viii come into
new relations with the United States.
it is predicted, and the Chinese are
probably indicated by the stars.
Universities have the best planetary
government and will have a year OF
great attainment, il IS prognosticated.
New York City has a direction of
the stars that presages the most dra-
matte and sensational occurrences.
Persons whose birthdate it is have
4 fortunate augury for the year.
Money and possessions should in
crease. Worry over trifies will be
especially designating and unfortu-
nate
Children born on this day will have
active and changeful lives. in all
probability. but they may be inclined
to magnify small worries.-(Copy-
right. 1918, by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.l
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25

but heavy RATS called ''camels'' are
dragged in between her and the pier.
Sometimes the water is not quite deep
enough or else a heavy tide requires
some sort OF protection between the
steel monster and the comparatively
soft, wooden piles.
I suppose that Il I asked you TO
guess what comes next, you would
announce proudly that the gangway
was placed WhereupOn, L would
know mmediately that you are no
more than a common landlubber. The
big flat, bridge like walk laid up
against the ships side for her pas
sengers to land from is not a gang
way but a brow.
Another item. nearly always mis-
named by the rural tourist, is the up
right post on the dock TO which is
made fast vessels line. (Notice that
1 always say Zine" This is DrOper
rather than rope.) Most people even
the sailors sometimes say post" AZ
ter a little experience the recruit calls
II a pile Finally. he learns that piles
are only those wooden posts driven
into the harbor bottom as part Of the
docks framework. Any other of the
battleship's hitching posts, which
stick up out Of the dock itself. are
called "bollards.''
Then there are spur shores. These
have been recommended by conscien-
uous people as possibly useful in
mitigating the obvious improperly
Of modern dancing. Spurshores are
long logs OF wood leaning against the
ships side in order to help the camels
hold her out from the dock The poor
old camels, which are the RATS down
IN the water, are very grateful for
their aid and, by IL. can sometimes
avoid being entirely crushed when the
tide hands them 10000 dreadnought
without as much as warning
Things like checks and bits and
cleats III leave to your curiosity.
They're used to run the lines through
and around and under-don't forget
its finest
And. just 10 give this paragraph a
war like touch, I may remind you
that there have been times when we
Killed more men at this tame little
JOB OF making fast than we did at
really fighting. Men tumble into the
water, get caught in winches and do
other foolish things-not frequently
Dut Just often enough to remind US
mat Its not a picnic even though il
does seem pretty tame after a rip
snort1ng gale off Hatteras.
80 whether its a COW or a man OF
war to be tied up, take il from your
Uncle BIZ, who knows. that its worth
"hlle learning how before you try.
AND, even If you are never going to
Try, your knowing how enables you to
give the fellow doing it the proper
KIND OF appreciation.
lit pays to advertise 0-Conv-
right, 1918, George Matthew Adams.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25

7 ONCE tried 20 learn TO rope and
tie a COW. 1 got the old lady
a caught and the pony tumbled her.
But when it came 10 settling up
found that By the time had medi-
lated on all the shouted directions
that dinned in my ears the COW had
taken things into her own hands-or
hools-and I was the one upended-
Its not so difficult with q ship. ANY
fool can drive her Up the channel and
get her nose roped from the dock. But
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25
Uncle Walls Denatured Poem.
The Cheerful Medium

IT'S uOas to whOOp around like wildly optimistic chaps and say that Ger
collapse It's viainous to be frost
whenever
toh all
the
usually friends
optimistic when
we'll
win think Of who before the vos hymns ascend
optimistic soldiers dunt full of fight their
hearts brave and true and that they're battling for the right Pm ps
files
wary, wearing gre today
that smiling smiling
through tears
Copyright Adams MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25


A GIRL named Helen.
WRITES me 10 ask
WHAT I think,
OF KISSING games.
I DON'T dare tell her
WHAT think.
OF Kissing games
BECAUSE Pm married
AND EVERY day
MY WIFE reads my column
AND I hate trouble.
AND IT'S hard enough
FOR MARRIED peOPl'.
TO GET along.
WITHOUT DELIBERATELY.
STARTING SOMETHING
As I would
IF hold Helen
WHAT I think.
ABOUT Kissing EsmsL
BUT want to tell her.
ABOUT BACK home.
WHERE THERE was a girl.
THAT JUST loved to play.
CLAP IN AND clap out
AND POST office.
AND ALL sorts Of games
WHERE THEY kissed
AND SHE was always asked
TO ALL tn. parties.
AND THE boys liked her.
AND aUARRELED about her.
AND KISSED her.
WHENEVER THEY could
AND THERE was another girl
AND SHE was sensible.
AND THE grown folks liked her.
AND SHE hated kissing.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25
FARM LOAN SYSTEM
PROVES AID TO STATE DEVELOPMENT

small acreage There state farm loan system at
that time Had there BEEN the settlers and the canal
pany could have taken advantage o. it. the farmers of
Apache county have DONE and district which stood still
years could have been made productive Immediately and
plan for extension under way at the time, could have
been realized
Wise application of the farm loan system in Arizona
Will make it great influence in the development Of the
state state aid of most practical and beneficial kind
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25
EXCONGRESSMAN STEPHENS
MOVES OUT TO CALIFORNIA

resentative in congress from Texas
and the representative or the Fl Paso
district up TO 1902, has left his native
state and moved TO Monrovia. Calf.
10 spend his declining years. accord
geles Examiner.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25
COUNTY ATTORNEY TELLS
COURT He WILL JOIN ARMY

Nosales. Ariz-, Jan 25.-County az
torney Charles L Hardy has advised
the superior court that he expects TO
go into the army with the next draft
and that provision viii have TO be
made soon for his successor in office
Judge O'Connor took occasion to
speak from the bench. commencing
Alr. Hardy's work and wishing him all
success with the colors.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25
Little InterUiews

lars a day to the community from
an economic standpoint. I believe that
the economic gain due to the saving
Of time by expert business and pro-
balance all revenue received from the
liquor traffic"
The labor market is very dull at
present" said +. ". Mitchell. While
there is a great demand for Mexican
labor for railroad work. and S1.75 per
day is the prevailing wage now Of
fered, with as high as S2-25 or higher
for teamsters. yet there are not near
y enough laborerS TO supply the de-
mand. due to the conditions OF the
i'm migration law. The demand for
agricultural laborers. for which no
Hteracy test or head tax is required,
Will start about March l. There will
doubtless be great demand for such
labor, and I think it would be a good
thing TO have plan of some organi-
cation IN order to supply the required
labor. The chamber OF commerce
might take the matter up"
=
There's no use blinking the fact
that prohibition hurts some bust
pesses. and the saloon business is not
the only one" said J. J. Raster. You
wouldn't think, perhaps. that prohibit
ton hurts the undertaking business.
but il does. I have seen too much Of
the effects OF booze fighting not to
know this. 1t is said that people die
anyhow. So they do, but not so thick
and fast, and not so prematurely. is
my experience. II we go dry. I ex-
pect slight slump in ny business"
q think. on the whole. that since
the strong enforcement, of traffic reg
ulatons and the laws governing
speeding and reckless driving there
have been fewer offences" said J. F.
Caplinger, traffic sergeant Our
traffic men have been going right
after those guilty Of these offences.
cioents if il were not for speeders
and reckless drivers"
"A friend of mine. here from Indi-
ana. was surprised Thursday to find
an almost springlike day. with the IN
usual snow nearly melted. and Won
dering why two carloads OF eastern
people on his train were going on
through TO California instead Of stop
ping here for a visit in a live city"
said B. r. Cannon II told him that
e. Paso was possibly not advertising
its fine winter climate up north where
zero weather is the rule this season.
Advertising takes people to California
and would bring them here. Why not
SPILL some Of it in the right spots"
=
Have you noticed that every
change in the moon during January
is scheduled TO appear on Saturday."
said Mrs. John Davenport. Il no
ticed that, and wondered If there is
any truth in the old farmers saying
that If a change in the moon comes
on a Saturday bad weather viii fol-
low for seven weeks. That certainly
would be cheerful. and it is fortunate
that we of modern age do not believe
in the old sayings. because in that
case We would expect to have IS
weeks OF unreasonable weather.
=
4 notice from a story in The Her
aid that the -choOl boys in Seattle are
learning T. knit" said Mrs. Frances
Anderson. and it reminds me Of the
time when sewing teachers were first
given charge over small boys in a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25
The Girl Who Likes to Be Kissed
and What the Boys Think of Her

-
=
s-,r- r.rr-a t-fv~s~-
~ orn chino
sr.D no :,
-,
-. ,.,s. -,
WHAT / want you 10 know.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25
FIELDS GETS LIFE ON
WIFE MURDER CHARGE

Phoenix. ARK. Jan. 25-John Fields.
a negro. charged with killing his wife
in this city, and who was captured
near Prescott. has been given q life
sentence in the penitentiary. He
claimed that he shot to frighten the
woman. after she had attacked him
with a large knife.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25

Mrs Hilda N. Richards IS in charge Of
the government bureau which will recruit
women 10 I'll the ranks OF the industrial
army whenever men are released Tor army
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25
Senator Chamberlain S Reply

Senator Chamberlain chairman of the senate military
affairs committee has made very effective reply to pres
Wilson's attack denouncing the senator's New York
speech ian astonishing and absolutely unjustabe dis
toron Of the truth The reply is the effective in
it is characterized by moderation which would very
well have become the president It lacks the element Of
vtupeTaton which the presidents counseors might have
informed him. had he asked their view added strength to
his statement concerning senator Chamberans speech and
which certainly had unpleasant effect upon the country
Surely the zeal with which senator Chamberlain had
champoned his countrys In the the ardor with
which he led supported every looking to Amer
participation in the war; the eanesness with which he
sought make the United States safe by and strong
military policy universal training for the young Of
the land ought to have made him immune from the pres
dents invective
porter Who chairman of the military committee
drafted for the president of his and
steered all of them successfully through the senate.
The only conclusion the country could draw from this
Iegrettabe that senator Chamberlain pure
patriot long he did exactly the president desired
but something else when he presumed to speak of admins
trative inefficiency
As for the chairman of the military affairs
mittee he has lost nothing Senator Chamberlain stands
pat his previous assertions that the American military
establishment is enmeshed in ineffcency. Recent dis
must be given to the great size TO which the army has been
expanded with meager facilities and in very short time
Senator Chamberlain does not president Wilson Of
distortion of the truth With regard conditions the
department. he merely says the president doesn't know
what the truth is.
And that very the actual fact for most
people believe sincerely the president would be the last
to tolerate bungng and nefcency he convinced Of
its existence.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25

A Syracuse. y Y. woman has sued a
for $500 damages for alternating
the affections OF a canary bird.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25

Pancho the Viainous, recently has been campaigning
only in important conferences with his leaders he
to 20 to Onaga for another sack of frioes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25

Theirs two things that you allus
take chances on at a country hotel
lash an tn elevator Some fellers
move 7 tn outskirts fer tn fresh air
an then set around home ever evenin'
inhslin' cigaret smoke.
coDyEiEht National NeEEDzDer Service
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25

It like every bit of bad luck in the world happens
when is trying to make good showing. The street
company VIII bear witness that this is the truth
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25

viii be noted that the chief criticism the admins
raon to president Wilson and secretary Baker from
their own party.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25

Your pay checks bought the saloon keepers automobile
Vote to give your family your earnings.