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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

There apparently isn't going to be much left OF the dual
monarchy Of AustraEungary ns SUCH but it is apt to be
some time before the remaining fragments out to neal
a smaller nation which was an Austrian habit Of many
years standing and the first Austrian in this
Austria is cured and the medicine administered was un-
doub,edly bitter
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05
Eor,1MafY ~!
Election Day

Election Day.
This day the sovereign voter
Betakes him to the polls.
Afoot or IN his motor.
To write historic scrolls;
To save tho mighty nation.
lie votes the ballot straight,
And causes much veIation
For many n candidate.
This day Of all the seasons,
The humble cits impressed.
He has the largest reasons
For sticking out his chest.
Has cause for great rejoicing
AZ power which he feels,
And which he's likely voicinE
with loud. forensic spiels
For early in November
He has hS little say.
| And stAtesmen must remember
Tho marks he makes this day.
Must rise or fall. depending
On what the voters think
About the men contendlng
For public office chink
But after II II over.
And some Salt river cruise,
While others are In clover
With ne'er cause for blues,
Tho ones who did tho voting,
And felt 80 chesty, too.
VIII learn how vain In EloattnG
And such like ballyhoo.
No matter who's elected
To man the ship Of state,
Nor who has been rejected
As also running skate.
Stlll must the toillng masses,
Fare forth 10 mart and mill.
For laws which congress passes
Won't pay the monthly bill
Commendable efforts 10 conceal
sore spots prevent the layman fr
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

Another nice feature about this election is that won't
have to wait so long for the returns from California as
we did two years ago Strong still bowed with
the weight of suspense they carried around during that
period Of uncertainty.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

A country worth living in, is a ooun-
try worth saving for, Don't forget your
War Savings pledges Buy Thrift
Stamps. Buy War Savings Stamps.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

About all she does" said one sentl,
creature in speaking Of a somewhat
leisurely lady of her Acquaintance, Il,
to wait for the next installment OF seria
stories" What. incidentally, is your
notion OF nothing to do?
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

For years the kaiser employed an American dentist
but Uncle Sam himself viii attend to the job Of extracting
the imperial teeth
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

II may also be said for the elee-
tion returns that they are at least
ss thrilling as the lodge initiation,
which keeps a number of men out
late at night.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

We observe, too that maple syrup has vanished from
those points the mundane sphere which polite fiction
calls fashionable restaurants.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

OF course the kaiser can't be sufficiently punished in
this world but that is for withholding best
efforts in that line chance to abdcate and live Easy
street doesn't fit his case at all.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

Whatever the results of todays election, there can be
no doubt that Colonel Roosevelt counts it preliminary to
the main bout in 1920, when he expects to appear
principal
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

After today there is also prospect that politics viii
be more definitely adjourned than has been in the past
few weeks.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

learning Just what the defeated eandi-
date thinks Of the plain people Besides
he might want to run again.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05
The Influenza Muse.

From the Healdton HerRld)
Oh, for a lodge IN tho wilderness.
Where every prospect pleases.
And no vile man with Pfelfer's germe
Stands round and loudly sneezes.
Nose any contiguity
or sun and air win do:
Most any lonesome lodge where
Can fly 10 flee the f1u.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

famou, physician advise, people 10 avoid fatigue il
they would escape pneumonia I, there any way Of muzng
the Colonel
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

Got 10 quit now and 60 out and save
the country.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

Austria paid high price for peace but proo1Lg cIt
It was worth IT,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

IF truth can't kill mierobe then what" queries the
esteemed Christian Science Monitor "whatinel it klI
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

There isn't much left of the quadruple alliance but the
quad which as any printer will tell you is the basis Of
the blank line
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

Having recently been introduced 10
the persmmon, our verdict is that il
is somewhat superior 10 the pawpaw, for
which we never found an adequate e1-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05
O1dSfo1ies'
AzNeWTtfpe'
.Hu4M Ne Anes Mzse
Twenty Years Ago.
By BRIGGS

Mrs. {. 6. Jones played a Halloween
trick on her husband which he fails
to see the point OF. She fixed up a
dummy and stationed it in the back
yard. Shortly after the family retired
she called Mr.. Jones, stating that
someone was trying to get in the house
through the rear door. Mr.. Jopes got
up with a pistol in hand to make a
reconnaissance and discovered the
dummy. After ordering il 10 move
away, he shot three times, each time
striking a fatal spot
Miss Elizabeth Parsons was issued
a notatial commission today.
D. c Levi, is taking as much in.
terest in Dennis Flynn's election as il
he had been a republican all his life.
II has not been long since Lewis was
moving heaven and earth to get tho
tree silver nomination, which went TO
Keaton.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

An optimst might be defined as Teut that thinks
Germany is going to keep AlsaceLouaine.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05
Fifteen Years Arc.

J. H. Wheeler, president Of the Ma
tional Bank Of Commerce, in an in.
terview with business men OF Kansa,
City says: Oklahoma City is tho
wonder Of the universe II ha. a popu.
lation OF 10000 and is growing Npid-
ly and substantially. There are seven
banks in the city with deposits total
ing A,0WOOO We have six miles Of
asphalt paving. On the twenty-fifth Of
the month we will open an opera house
that will be one of the best in the
west"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05
Ten Years AFo,

Mayor Scale, may soon 70 10 New
York to consult with Andrew Csrnegis
regarding hi, donation for the public
library.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

William ]. Bryan tonight At hIs
home at Fairview, Lincoln. Neb, re-
eeiyed the news that told him that he
had been defeated the third time as Q
candidate for president Of the United
States.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

Doc Garfield finds the fuel situation
encouraging which may be because he
doesn't know much about the artistic
temperament OF Oklahoma Citys W. k
gas pressure.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

cuse, Which may be damning with
faint praise, or praising with faint
damns, or something like that, but it is
the kindlieSt verdict we can render un-
der the circumstances. And the pursuit
Of the festive persimmon has its ad-
vantages. Like golf, it takes one out
in the open air, and also into such
woods as are available in this prairie
country But the bracing air Of autumn
is conducive TO good appetite, and one
should take along something TO eat,
which, we should say, the perslmmon
is not.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

Mrs. c. d. Lowery and daughter,
Aileen, have returned from a thres
weeks visit with her parents, Col. and
Mrs. Schnell, OF Guthrie.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

Oklahoma county, plurality for T.is
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

Blessed are the peaeemaksrs, pro-
viding, Of course, they don't try
their talent in an attempt TO settle a
family row.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

Sometimes man mistakes his
prejudices for public opinion, man be-
ing more or less coneeited. g
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

There is such a thing as a woman
chasing a man so hard he will become
frightened, speed up and make a clean
GETAWAY.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

The women Of Oklahoma will
either be granted the blessed boon
Of the ballot today, OF they won't.
And, either way, II won't makes a.
much difference as the suffs and
Anti-suffs imagine.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

Commendable efforts to conceal the
sore spots prevent the layman from
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

Miss Elizabeth Parsons was issued
a notaTial Commission today.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-05

A country worth living IN, u ! csss.
try worth ssvine fos. po6t Cesosl yu1e
War SsviaC 49, - ~
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-05
FRANCIS HENEY AFTER
BOOKS AND PAPERS OF
NATIONAL PCKG. TRUST
Prosecutor Armed With
Search Warrant Takes
Possession Of Records

Chicago, Feb. 5. - Armed with a
search warrant, Special Counsel Francis
j. Heney of the federal trade commits
sion today seized the Swift and Com
pany files Ill the offices of Attorney
Henry Veeder here. Over the protests
of Needer and other lawyers for the
packers, Heney and four aides accom-
panied by Assistant United States Attor
ney j. A. Fleming, obtained posses
sion of evidence in the commission s
packing investigation, which Veeder had
fought to prevent.
The warrant, issued by Federal Judge
Lands today, charged that the Armour,
Swift, Cudahy and Wilson packing COM
panies had combined on meat bids for
the American military forces. This and
allegations Of false entries in their
books, as well as illegal combinations
to control supplies of fish, vegetables,
fruits, eggs, butter and oleomargarine
were called "felonies" in the warrant.
The charges were detailed as reasons
for compelling the packers attorneys to
surrender the records desired by the
commission in its investigation.
When the protests of some Of Wee
Ger's law partners become too strenuous
a federal marshal who also accompanied
Heney's party threatened the packers
attorneys with arrest.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-05
SENATOR WADSWORTH
VOICES OPPOSITION
TO NATIONS LEADERS
Representative Of Packing
Combine In Senate Comes
to Bat As Scheduled

Washington, Feb s." Lack of Wis.
ion has stalled America Is war engine +"
Senator Wadsworth charged in the sen
ate today, "and greater break down
than the one from which we are now
suffering threatens unless some direct
ing agency is created. -
~ entertain the deep conviction
that the end of this war is not in
sight; that we shall travel a long,
hard road before we reach the goal, >
he said. 81 feel certain that the strain
will grow more and more tavere as the
months go by.
America S effort must constantly
expand; we must send more and more
troops abroad, must build more and
more ships to carry them, must grow
more and more food to feed them and
to feed the allies, and we must make
use of an ever increasing percentage
of our mines, transportation facilities
and manufacturing facilities.
Gin short, | am convinced that we
are cnly on the threshold of this ire
mendous undertaking | am not salts
fled that we have the kind of organi-
zation and machinery that can stand
the strain.
Firing the second volley, designed
to rake the war administration of Sec
retary Baker, Wadsworth declared
that blindness found this country
"pathetic in its unpreparedness at
! the opening of the war. Since then, he
added, "this great giant (the war ma
chine), has been stumbling, groping
exerting his tremendous strength with
out always knowing what he was do
ing or where he was going"
He deplored the shipping situation
and declared the transportation facil
tiles were hopelessly jammed and con
gested. Conditions today, he said, arr
"glariDg results of the lack of cen
\ tralized directing authority. f"
Pointing out that the government
did practically nothing during the yea
| preceding the entrance of the United
States into the war to prepare for tht
inevitable, Wadsworth declared:
s'We were so blind as to permit on'
Of our government rifle factories tC
! operate much below its capacity al
through the year 1916, and other fac
tories to cease altogether making riflei
during that period -
ffThe condition of the two factories
| Is Dub one example OI our HSSlVttJ hs
declared. "In the broader field of IN
dustrial preparation little if anything
of an effective nature was done.
''As we look back now we have
learned, / hope. great lesson-a les
son learned at the expense OF many
lives and millions Of dollars. We have
learned that our failure to see beyond
the end of our noses has prolonged this
CHASTITY war and postponed that day
when mankind shall be released from
its terfers and the future of this re
public made absolutely sure. "
Turning to the committees investi
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-05
MORAL PROTECTION
FOR SOLDIERS URGED
BY PRESIDENTS wife
With Mrs. Anna Howard Shaw
She Appeals To All En-
baSSieS Abroad

Washington, Feb 5.-Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson, wife of the president, today
launched an international movement to
throw about the fighters in Europe and
their mothers, sisters and daughters the
highest moral influence during The
war.
Speaking for the mothers of America
Mrs. Wilson dispatched the message
jointly signed by Mrs. Anna Howard
Council, woman's IS committee, to all EN-
bassies abroad.
The message follows:
"TO the women Of the ALLEN nations
Of the world:
"Dear friends: The unparalleled
struggle for democracy and permanent
peace which binds our nations to coop
erative service is shared by men and
women alike. In the yearning of the
mother heart of the world from the
highest moral and spiritual welfare OF
children there is a deeper and more
subtle bond which makes all women
akin.
"Out of the mutuaf agony and love
of the mothers of America this message
was sent to the allied mothers of Eu
rope pledging our interest and our co
operation in the protection of our sons
and daughters in this time of tempta
tion and danger.
"In all our countries mothers are
willing and proud to give their sons Il
defend the ideals which underlie thii
supreme sacrifice which their govern
ment demands of them and to accept
with fortitude and calmness theil
deaths. But they shrink from the great
er sorrow which comes from the lacl
of moral fiber which robs them o1
health and manly vigor.
| cit is no wonder that their hearts
| fail them when they realize the temp
/ tations which beset their sons, remov
| ed from home and family ties, living
1 the unnatural life of the camp exposed
to the excitement and fierce passions
of conflict; all of which impair theil
powers to resist temptation that under
1 happier and more healthful circumstan
ces would easily be conquered.
I "The same is true Of our daughter
who are forced out of the home int
/ the world service with the glamour Of
war and emotional phases Of society
which war tends to foster and which
lead to the breaking down Of restraint
that has hitherto been their safeguard
"These abnormal conditions place up
on all women tremendous responsibility
and urge the closest union in an ef
fort to conserve the moral forces of so
eiety, to protect our young men an'
women that the- 4nay be kept pure ant
chivalrous, so that after the conflict j
ended we may look with hope to tn
future home life Of our people for tha
health Of body and mind, that purit.
and nobility Of individual character an
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-05
81 kob Bank
go Of Large Amount

Kans Ag'ity, Kan, Feb. 5.-An un-
masked e gldit late yesterday after
noon htF]pp and robbed the Quin-
daro st, bank, securing $4,000, at
the point "a revolver while two COM
panions 81 guard outside.s The
three mel Zen escaped on foot None
of the 70 a were masked.
Only two employes-the cashier and
woman stenOgrapher-were in the
bank at the time the bandit entered.
He thrust a revolver in the face of
the cashier, demanding the cash.
F. S. McMonigle, the cashier, push
ed pile of currency totalling $4,000
across the counter, at the same time
brushing a much larger pile Of bills
from the counter out of sight. The
robber backed out, joined his compan-
ions and escaped. Police securing the
neighborhood in automobiles had not
apprehended them up to late hour.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-05
SECRET KNOWLEDGE or
HUNS SERIOUS CONDITION
PROMPTED COUNCILS STEP

locked-because Leon Trotsky, Russian
foreign minister, out-maneuvered both
the central empires and the Ukrainians.
Germany's plight is indicated by the
recent order forbidding relatives to send
parcels of food to officers held prisoner
in England and France and directing
that money be sent instead.
This has resulted in cutting off the
export of thousands of parcels from
Germany weekly.
The Exchange Telegraph declares that
mail from relatives to prisoners here
totals 50O,0 900 letters a fortnight.
Incoming letters it is said, reveal a
state of affairs in Germany infinitely
worse than heretofore reported.
Diseases, due to under-nourishment
are increasing, it is reported and discOn-
tent is evidenced among all classes.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-05
Strike Movement Was SpOn-
taneOus and Its Real
Meaning Uncertain
CONSTANT FOOD ECONOMY
WEARING ON THE MASSES
Heavy Penalties Are Expected
To Be Inflicted Upon Lead
ers by Authorities
By Jan Bruna

written for the United Press)
The Hague, Feb. 5.--Germany's IS first
political strike was waning today.
1t reached its highest point of demor-
alization of German industry last Fri
day, according to very reliable infor-
nation received here. On that date ten
per cent of all workers in manufactor-
les were out.
The future effect Of the strike is pro-
blematical. 1t is certain, however, that
the tieup created intense bitterness be-
tween the laboring classes and the So
called 'smiddle class in Germany. The
strikers demands for food were receiv-
ed with indignation by other classes.
Everybody knows in Germany the labor
ers rations are much better than those
which the average middle class salar-
led man can afford. The food in factor
les cannot be bought by the man of
average means. His salary has not in
creased anywhere near the rate that
the workers has advanced. From care
fully compiled information reaching
here, the main centers OF the strike
were Berlin and Hamburg. The percent
| age of workers out was much higher
than in Silesit and Saxony, where most
of the employees were working. In the
Rhineland surrounding Saarbrucken
only part of the miners were out. No
important engineers organizations join
ed the movement. From authoritative
reports it was learned that the indepen-
dent socialists of the central empires
had intended TO strike simultaneously
in Austria and in Germany, under sort
of l. w. w. leadership. But the careful
Itelegraphic censorship of Austria pre-
vented dispatch of a password.
From the explanation of the social
democratic party and trades union lead
ers, the German strike "broke out spon-
taneously." Probably this means that
the leaders abandoned the idea Of a
Joint Au9tro- German strike after failure
of the Austrian strike. 1t appeared they
desired to wait more favorable move
ment. But when the spontaneous out
breakV did come the adherents or
Philip Scheidemann, majority socialist
Header, feared that the minority social
list party, under DIR. Haase which was
supporting the strike, might gain too
strong a hold on the workers Scheide-
man and his associates, therefore, open
" i)ined in the strike movement. they
assumed a share of the responsibility
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-05
board OF INQUIRY
ON EOFF ACCIDENT
Railroad Company ExOnerated
As Result Of Its Own
Investigation

The Southern Pacific company has
prepared the following report of the
q Board of Inquiry covering the au-
tomobile accident in which A E. Eoft
was injured Jan 30. The accident oc-
Cured at the Pinckney road crossing,
and the "Board of Inquiry natural
ly exonerates the railroad company,
as it is their business to do. They may
or may not be right in this case. The
report says:
This board finds that westward pas
senger train No. 167, consisting of
motor car No. 55. was struck, near
forward end, at Pinckney road cross
ing. West Salem, by Ford automobile
badly damaging the automobile, and
inflicting casualties as shown on form
30
Damage to automobile estimated at
$3.50; damage to equipment, none, TO
track, none.
Investigation discloses that train No.
167 was on time leaving Salem, and
was running at usual rate of speed
across the Willamette river bridge and
approaches, toward Pinekney read
crossing. Approaching this crossing,
engineer looked to the north, when
probably five hundred feet from cross
ing. and did not observe any vehicle
approaching. His vision was not OBJ
structed by trees, or other objects, to
the north, and entire road could be
seen for about 1000 feet. On account OF
cars on siding at Pinckney, on south
side of main track, engineer was watch
ing that direction closely. Testimony
of witnesses goes to show that whistle
had been sounded for the road cross,
ing, and that automatic engine bell
had been ringing continuously from
the time train left Salem until after
the accident.
In the meantime, Mr.. A. E. Eoff,
age about 45, driving the above de-
scribed automobile (no other passen-
gers in automobile), was approaching
the Pinckney road crossing, from the
north Although no witnesses were
found who saw the automobile ap-
preaching, it is thought he must have
been travelling at hiph rate of speed,
and was not aware of approach OF
train, as testimony of parties whe at
tended him, after he was placed on