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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-02
More Nitro Found
Near Police Station

The finding Of sixteen sticks Of a
chalky material. thought to he nitro
giycerin mixed 10 putty, in an. alley
near the police station last night had
an aftermath today in the finding OF an
other parcel Of the substance in an.
other alley near the police station.
Two small boys took The find TO the
police, who are holding Il for eSami.
nation II Is possible City Chemist
Clifford viii examine il This afternoon.
The sixteen sticks found ycstetday
we're thrown into the North Canadian
river by the police when W. ~ Savely
Of The Petteo Hardware company said
il might he nitro glyeerine mixed with
putty, Police have found no trace OF
the persons who left the parcels in
the alleys.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-02
.s5,0oo,00o FuAp
FOR SMOKES FOR
SOLDIERS SOUGHT
Lions Club viii Take Charge
I Of Times Campaign

The drive planned by the organizers
Of. our boys In France Tobstco vnd
to raise $4,000 during "Washington's
Birthday Smoke Week" from Monday,
February ls to the following Monday,
is rapidly assuming definite proportion,
Various newspapers throughout the
United States which act as official
mediums for the fund arc exertins
special effort 10 make "Washington's
Birthday Smok. Week" a tremendous
success
Lions In chAxs Here.
In Oklahoma City the Lions club will
have charge OF the Times share Of the
work. Special advertisements carrying
the following appeal wnl he published
This is "Soldiers Smokes Week
Every smoker should sacrifice
smokes Tor the sake Of supplying
tobaceoless soldiers IN France with
IT, Every twenty-five cents you
contribute to Que Boys in France
Tobacco Fund" sends a weeks sup
ply Of home cheer TO a lonely.
American boy IN the trenches. 81
sends a months supply. Your war
bit for this week Is to help 10 bring
this comfort 10 the boys who are
fighting your battles. Send your
contributions at once.
As proof OF a desire to do their ht
in making the drive a success, the Roto'
print Gravure company Of bJ Ninth
avenue New York City, has contributed
a most striking one sheet poster WHICH
will be placed in hotels, railroad depot,,
business offices and plaearded on prom
inent billboards space throughout the
county during Smoke Week" ~
100000 Is Coal.
+ NJ. Wickes, who IL resporhible
for the arrangements made with Joseph
w. Stern 4 Co. whereby that prominent
publishers three we'll known war SONGS,
when the Moon is Shining Some
where in France" Send Back Dear
Daddy to Me" and "Set Aside Your
Tears" will swell the fund through the
contribution Of rs percent royalty on
all sales. is making special arrange
ments to push the drive. Appeals will
be made TO all vaudeville performers,
music department stores to>boost these
three tobacco fund numbers from now
until the drive is over.
Already many patriotic organizations
from coast to coast have appointed
committees and started work TO make
Smoke Week one long to be rememi
bered, by the American soldier in Francs
who is dependent upon the kindness Of
those at home for his tobacco comforts.
From present indications the mark Of
five million dollars will be easily an
EGh
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-02
Service

aids you buying your Piano, Wills
you are paying for II, and a. Ions ~
you own H.
You don't need a protector 10 help
YOU buy az Jenkins. The jenkins one
lowest price, 40 commission pIs~ %.
surss you Of the greatest Piano value
for your money You or a b-year.
old child have the advantage n the
one lowest price.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-02
MENU HINT.
CWheatless Day.
QyaaEast

NWneatlcSs Day')
Breakfast. T.
Apple Sauce with Honey.
PANIED Rice Cakes.
Coffee.
Luncheon.
Cauliilower and White Bean Soup.
Thin Oatmeal Cake.
Sliced Oranges and Bananas!
Dinner.
Vegetable Soup.
Broiled Salmon Steak.
Riced Potatoes. Peas.
Peach Marmalade Junket, i!
The Table.
Dreamed Turnips--Pare and slice
tutnips, cook until tender drain and
add a little cream, salt, pepper and
butter.
Buckwheat Pancakes (for yheAtless
day)-Put one cup water in small bowl,
add half cake yeast. When dissolved
stir in whole wheat flour TO make a
rather thin batter, Cover and set in
warm place for hree or four hours or
until light, Put three pints water in
a gallon stone jar or pan. Add yeast,
batter and sufficient genuine buck
wheat flour 10 make batter a little stif-
fer than for baking. Stir welli let rise
over night in warm room. In the NOM
ing turn about two-think OF batter into
a pan and add one level tablespoon each
of soda, salt and sugar dissolved IN
water sufficient to thin batter so thai
it viii spread when put in griddle.
Allow a large tablespoon to a cake
and bake on very het griddle until hub.
bles begin to appear. Turn quickly and
bake a few minutes longer mot Until
hard) and serve steaming hot with bat.
ter and maple syrup Add leftover bat
ter to contents of jar and repeat. No
additional yeast will be needed for a
week or more.
Quantity of soda needed will depend
on condition of the batter, They are
better the third or fourth day.
Chocolate Cornstarch Pudding (fos
wheatless day)--Five tablespoons corn
starch, one pint milk, four tablespoons
sugar, speck salt. II teaspoon vanilla,
one square chocolate.
Mix dry ingredients. Heat milk
While stirring, add milk slowly to dry
ingredients. Boil until t%hickened, cook
over hot water twenty minutes. Cool
and serve with cream and sugar.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-02


Miss Jean Emrick Of Enid and Mrs.
Grant Martin. Wednesday the club
will meet with Mrs. Walter.M. Reeves,
6l8 East Fourth street.
Miss Jean Emrick OF Enid is the
guest for "a week Of her sister Mrs.
Walter NJ. Reeves and Mr.. Reeves, OILS
East Fourth street.
Fred Goldstahdt OF 6ls West
Fifteenth street Is spending Nihree
weeks in New York and Washington.
y ~
Q Charles Raymond Scuit Of Little
Rock, Ark, arrived yesterday for a
short visit with Mrs, Scott who is
sbcnding the winter with vel parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. padeliord, 1874 West
Sixteenth street.
Miss Katherine Nash, Miss Nina
Penn, Miss Henrietta Knox, Miss ia
net Stuart and Miss Marguerite Mat
tison feturped today from Norman
where they went TO attend some Of the
frat dance hops. .
Everett Wilmoth of Enid was the
guest Thursday and Friday Of Francis
Welsh, 2lS West Ninth street
Major Harry Coles. Major Garland
Jones and Lieut. William Robert Chal-
lice OF Fort Sill are guests at the Lee.
Huckins hotel for overs Sunday
\ q
! The Merry Maids met yesterday al.
tcrnoon at the home of Miss Mar
guerite Mattisop, there being no speeia'
guests, The NEXT hostess will be an
nouneed' 1Y.s
Mrs. NJ, c. Rosenfield OF Lesven.
worth, Kan, is the guest of Mr.. ant
Mrs. l.. G. Bosenfield, 80l West Sew.
enteenth street. Mr.. Rosehfield vii
arrive tomorrow To join them fer thu
weekend.
| Mrs. John w. Graves, ga Yves
Ninth street, will have as her guest To-
over Sunday DR.. Paul Gore of the med
ical corG at Camp ponNhan.
Mrs. T. r. Gotham and Miss Jose
phine Miller Of Little Rock, who wer
III Oklahoma City for the past tw
Z weeks in the interest Of Nhe Nationa
Woman Suffrage association. left 70
their home in Little Rock Thursda
evening,
: The jewish Ladies Aid society wi
meet for | o'clock luncheon Tuesda
in the Temple.
The c. I. knitting unit viii me
Wednesday at the home Of Mrs. Fred
erick Parsons, Hl7 West Eighth stree
Il will work also On Friday at the Re
. CROSS headquarters.
e Thee friends Of Mrs. Lila Crosb
Y Riley, the daughter of Mr. and Mr.
Henry Crosby Of PIG East Thirteent
street, who is touring the cantonmen'
this winter with the Rumahian orche,
ira. will be sinterested in learning thT
! she was a passenger on the trai
wrecked recently just outside Of Oh
t, cago, when she narrowly escaped fat
, injuries by her coach being caught an
prevented from tumbline over the en-
/, bankment by a telephone pole. Mr.
Riley suffered a spraihed wrist an
severe body bruises. The compan
was on its way from ne eantonmsm 4
Rockford, I'LL. to Chicago
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-02
Emma Goldman
and Berknan End
Period of Liberty

NBW YORK Feb. 2.-Emma Gold
man aud Alexander Berkman anareh-
lists today lost the liberty they have
had under bonds while the United
States supreme court was considering
their appeal from conviction for con
spiracy "a interfere with the operation
OF the selrctive draft law.
.Berkman will be.taken to the federal
penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga. and Miss
Goldman will be returned y the state
%pcnientiary at Jefferson City, Mo.
Both were sentenced to two years i'm
prisonment and to pay fines of $4,000
each
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-02

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

is no. contributing anything to the sue
cess OF the efforts OF the war depart
ment in rs huge task. while closer
cooperation and harmony between the
two branches would accomplish much.
The conference. It is understood. did
not bear upon any proposed changes in
the war department.
The creation OF an army OF 100000
new savers, economists estimate, will
result IN a yearly increase Of SCOOP
100000 saved. Start with a Thrift
Stamp TODAY,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-02
Owen Heads Move
for Congress- Aid
in Conducting War

Warrington suresu
WASHINGTON, DIG, Feb. Sen,
Ator Owen headed a delegation Of sen
ators who held q lengthy conference
at the White House yesterday with
PRESIDENTS Wilsq- on ways and meaas
Of promoting harnkQny and closena CO.
Operation between congress- and = the
WAs dspartmAnt, The opinionsrA cxI
|prssseA " members Of Ne Allegation
.Qsatfxhe prssent s~itsst1sH u aSsvrsss
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-02
American Troops Hardened
To Trenches and Recel in
Water and f1ud Up to Knees

in dugouts under the ruins OF houses
long since knocked down by German
shells. Ii Is never known when the
enemy may again take a notion to
throw a few shells into the town 30
the American commanders we're De
termined their headquarters should be
we'll protected.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-02
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New-York tribune., 1918-12-22
The Last Word

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir sail for England this morning, and
can only send you a line on Mr.. Francis
Hackctt's communication.
! am not generally regarded as "unfair'
IA discussion, and briefly, Mr.. Hacketts let
So is nv case | cannot see how it helps
.:ther the cause of Ireland, India and
Trypt or friendly cooperation between the
llnited States and Great Britain.
In vicw of the Sim Fdin victories in Ire
!nnd, | am asked, What viii Liberal Eng
,nnd do? Well, if l am to speak bluntly
Liberal England will not begin her doings
by kissing Liberals elsewhere.
Hitherto Liberal England has prepared
Home Rule for a critical Ireland Now, Sim
Fein comes forward to take the initiative
and doubtless a scheme will be prepared in
Ireland for the consideration of Liberal
England
That scheme will doubtless include pro-
visions for rendering Ireland independent of
Englands financial assistance, both as re-
CARDS revenue and capital and meeting the
rooted prejudices of Ulster. Anyway, when
the scheme appears, it will be welcomed by
England.
My own view is, simply, that Home Rule
should be put into force here and now, with
a county option for the Protestant areas.
New York, Dec. o. 1913 P W. WILSON.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-22
Colors for Our Veterans

Ours has been a civilian army and it
will soop pass back into civilian life. 1t
will vanish utterly in civilian, clothes
unless some distinguishing devices are
provided for. We think we express the
wish Of every grateful American when
we ask that such perpetuating insignia
be planned and worn.
Take the case of our wounded men
who most grip our hearts and toward
whom we feel the most moving desire to
express our reverence and affection. A
number of our readers have suggested
some sort of salute toward these men.
If one were practicable every one would
be glad to accept it. AS none seems dis
coverable we are left simply with the op-
portunity to do small courteses, or, per
haps, from time to time, give larger as
sistance in the way of jobs, in the years
to come. But as soon as these men leave
the service they will, for the most part,
20 back to civilian clothes and we shall
need other means of Identifying them.
Only so can we slowly, in lasting good
will and service, repay what we can of
our immeasurable debt.
We believe other countries, England,
for example, have solved the problem
with the award of distinctive colors for
hat bands and so forth. Whatever plan
is undertaken it should be comprehensive
and clear to the eye. We should be en-
abled through all the years to recognize
our heroes, wounded and unwounded.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-22

set aside for just causes shown. Whether
such causes have arisen, or whether it is
merely that the labor unions believe this
a propitious time to put up a fight-that
is the question to be answered first Of all.
Why should not the boat owners elect to
stand upon this platform, offering to
arbitrate all questions whatsoever if the
National Wan Labor Board shall find any
ground for fresh investigation? They
would then have the whole hearted sup
port of the public and, we believe, of any
far-mnded body of men which might re-
view the case.
Their refusal by this means to avert
an important strike is unfortunate,
bad precedent for our transition time.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-22

over before the British got its second army
on the ground.
And if the British feet hadn't held, there
would have been no food or troops from
America-certainly not in time to save the
cause.
If to any single element, indeed, the sue
cess of the war may be attributed it must
be to that same British fleet, without which
to control the seas, England could not have
moved a man or received pound of food;
and France alone relatively unprepared,
would speedily have fallen under the wheels
of the Hun Juggernaut
In the eloquent, timely words of Vida
Owens:
"Be humble, 0 America! Let not
The idle boast the weak vainglory, blot
The fair white page of our achievement
Let
Us not in this triumphant hour forget
The years we, hesitating, held aoof,
While nations trembled meath the cloven
hoof"
Let us leave the estimate of our service
and the measure of our praise to our allies
and be assured they will not fail to give us
fairly, generously, our full share, as, in
deed, already they are doing.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-22
Policing or Collecting?

Nooo intentions to popular end do
hoV excuse the use of the policemen of
the city To collect Red Cross dollars.
The police were used to aid in the Lib
srty Loan drives. That was war; and
If 1t seemed necessary to turn every
established principle upside down in the
cause OF winning, nobody cared. But
this is another time. If the police can
be used TO collect for the Red Cross in
time of peace they can be used to collect.
by small extension of the blunder for
any other large scale charity. The prin-
clple OF this using the police Is wrong.
The police are and should be regarded
as impartial custodians of public order.
and as such to be obeyed implicitly. To
convert them into collection agencies for
wheedling money is to impair their OIL
elal status and efficiency and stir up
hostility and confusion of mind on both
sides
New-York tribune., 1918-12-22
The Proud Germans
To the Editor of The Tribune.

Sir: A correspondent in this mornings
"Times" philip Gibbs) INDUCES in maudin
sentimentality over the tragic fate" that
has befallen the proud" people of Germany
in being under foreign rule. Proud! Ye
gods! as Penrod says. Is a nation proud
that after committing unspeakable crimes
on defenceless people including women and
little children, sets up frantic pleas for pity
the moment its brutal career is checked
Is nation proud whose women for four
years have gloated over the possession of
stolen goods sent them by their thievish
relatives from the private wardrobes of
French ladies'? Do proud women write to
their men to loot as much as possible?
Is nation proud whose cowardly navy,
after skulkng in safety through the whole
war, comes out Of hiding at last only to
surrender to save their precious skins?
Is nation proud whose still unbeaten"
army, being forced off foreign soil, laid
down its arms rather than fight to finish
to keep the enemy out of the vaunted
Fatherand?
And, finally, people be called proud
who for four long years starved the little
children of France and Belgium. and then,
dreadng in advance the pangs of hunger
for themselves, begins at once to whine for
food to an outraged world?
If this is pride the word has lost its
meaning. L. F. M'QUISTON.
Dobbs Ferry N. Y, Dec 16, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-22
Distinctly Disappointing

(Fronl The London Daily Chronicie)
Economy in the saving of stationery by
the of envelopes two or more times
in the post may sometimes be carried too
far for the recipients peace of mind Yes
terGay morning there came to our break
fast table a foolscap packet addressed to
the writer. There was a crown embossed
on the flap, and Sir D. Probyn's signature
the face. Visions of honors, royal
invitations and other courtly marks OF
pleasure faded from our mind as we drew
out communication from publishing
firm, which was using again an envelope
addressed to it by Queen Aexandras comp
trolier.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-22
Our Biggest Shoe

On September - the blotting out of the
where the American army as such fought
its campaign and won hands down.
And then began in earnest the retreat of
the Germans.
With the British still delivering their
Boche staggering blows-to which the Bel
gians and our two and later two more div-
sions added their comparatively small but
we'll directed might-and the French thrust
ing without cessation between St. Quentin
and Scissors, two American armies entered,
September 26, upon a drive through the
Argonne and along the Meuse to cut be-
tween Sedan and Montmedy the German
main railroad line of retreat
1t was our second and biggest show, and