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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-15
UNPUBLISHED HOUSES AND
APARTMENTS FOR RENT
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Moving. packing, storing ana shipping
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COMPANY
6Oiis ". RENO - Four-roOr, modern
apartment; close In md In good repair
rent SIS por month Call wal 10
ma A b.. HuNb MENTAL COMPANY,
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PHONE WALNUT TO-
RENTALS. collections NJ rent n care
taking NJ property
sO1t s WAlktR-Four. room modern
apartment. close In and In good repair,
rcnt ~ per month Call Wal 10
SOL " TWENTIETH G.room modern,
hardwood floors, hullt.in features,
white enamel and mahogany finish,
$1,000, With u garage eau Al l. Holman,
20l Coirord. Wal gl5a.
FOR RENT-i In brlct nBT. desirable
thrco-room unfurnlshcd apartment, nd
Joining bathroom. lower floor; pantry,
closets aud stink; fltst-clnSE condition
walking distance. Cpll Saturday after
noon or Sunday. 72s W. 9Th IT.
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FOR SALE Boston bull pup. well
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-15

WANTFD-Young man IS Ia 20 years
old. stcnogrn" her and office assistant.
Miller fr.'..nrf 90. llh T. Cnlif.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-15


FOR SALE Boston bull pup. well
marked. registered, standard locker;
bargain w Qtl
FOR SALE-A Hoston brood bitch,
registered; excellent, reasonable, w.
FOR SALE T~horoughbred Buff Orplng-
tom eggs. Wal 6ssS-J
TOE SALE Thoroughbred White Legs
horn vrgs Phone Wal $40.
MY nun re. ks won every first prize at
tho 1917 Cold Special show: n lew
cockerels for sale W. c, Ilarwelb Chick
ushn. okla.
UNTCHlNG eggs purcbted, range-raIsed
Barred Rock, laying STRAIN flock aver
age a. percent since Drcember; fertility
guaranteed: rs 90. 50 S. no, 100 80; de-
Fprm, Rrltton, Okla +. o.. GambhA
prop Phone Wal i10es
TWO beautifully marked and psdigreed
male Colics. CAN W, 1878.
FOR sALE-cnnarIes guaranteed sing.
err, beautiful female from imported
stock Mary Apperson, 32s w. tth,
PLACE your orders now for baby chicks;
mil-blOoded White Rock and Rhode
Island Red. 1897 West 2sth or Wal. 1873.
S. WHITE LEGHoRN Matching ekgs
from heHt layers ohtalnable. also we do
custom Matching n you have no incubt W,
you furnish the eggs. we hatch them %
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J. II Rodlng, oklahoma City. Route 7
BARGAtN 100 White Leghorn layin1
hens and cockerels; extra fine.' $i,e0
each or so. so dozen. Phone call or write
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FOR SALOONS S0o-egg and one H.
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SITUATIONS WANTED, FEMALL

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YOUNG lady stenorrapher with some ~,
perlence wishes position. Gail w ll
WANTED Position by eSperlenced sic.
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WANflb-ny experienced lady stenog
muhor nrtt class permanent position
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WANTED n position ID stenngraphsr ~
secretary by q young lady IA years old,
graduate oi hlHh school, accurate Vplni
Phone Maple lsA
PRACTICAL nurse. can refer to best
doctor In city Phone Maple lltl n
POSITION aH HtrnoHraphor by lady ~
several years experience Y-bO, care
Oklahonan
MlDDLE-AGED LADY with baby I
years old wants heuHework In homo
whore there are no children. Phone W.
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SITUATION Mothers helper or teacher
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1855. Miss llOWse.
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States Government in responding to requests from the Federal Civil Serv- ice Commission for assistance in bring ing the clerical forces of the Govern ment up to war strength. To further this work, branches of the League have established intensive training classes in stenography and typewrit- ing, record and filing work and teleg- raphy.
 A great amount of emergency serv- ice has been rendered by the League through it's Home and Overseas Relief Division. This has heen carried out largely through cooperation with the Red Cross, American Fund for French wounded, the National Surgical Dress ings Committee and other relief or ganizations. Not only has the League cooperated in furnishing supplies but it has also cooperated in organizing Red Cross Chapters in many commu- mites where no chapters existed. In the State of Virginia, for instance, 90 per cent. of the Red Cross Chapters in the State were organized by the Leagues cooperation.
 Yemen Of England.
 One of the most interesting and use full surveys made by any member of the National League for Woman's Service was undertaken by Miss Grace Parker, National Commandant of the order. Under the auspices of the League Miss Parker went to England { a.. ganizations in general, and of volun- tary aid attachments in particular. Miss Parker's idea was to learn from
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Waterloo by running into mud filled shell hole. It was found impossible to extricate the big machine and it was blown up by it's own crew of mud caked soldiers.
 Sometimes the men go over the top through mud and run through mire up to their knees. In one of these charges the men hoped forward like frogs and not few were drowned in the water filled shell holes, one of the wounded men remained four days in one of these holes while bullets and shrapnel rained all about him. A stretcher bearer was from four o'clock in the morning until half past ten getting a wounded man back to the first aid station which was little more than six hundred yards distant. At night the fight with mud is even more ghastly for then one must crawl out on 'rNo Mans Land," often coming in contact with dead bodies lying in the mass of mire or tearing himself on barbed wire and getting the wound covered with the tetanus germ filled mud If he does return his eyes and ears are so caked with mud that he is unrecognizab1e for he may be com pelled to seek safety from the German 1 patrols by submergfng in the mud ot shell hole. Mud covers the villages which have been leveled by German
 guns and travel through them means
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appeared before aid could be obtained. The men were part of the division under the command of Prince Ernest August of Cumberland, Duke of Brunswick, the husband of the Princess Victoria Louise, the Kaiser's only daughter. It is said that the Prince witnessed the catastrophe and was so affected by its awfulness that he became temporarily insane and had to return home. Since that time his name has not been mentioned in reports from the German front.
 Difficult Fighting.
 Sometimes the men take off their shoes and walk barefoot in the mud as the heavy boots anchor a man in the mire and make him an easy victim for the sniper. Often the artillery man sees his gun sink so deep in the mud that he knows it will be days and days before the battery can move on. Rifles are frequently lost in the mud and even the iron shoes sucked from the mules carrying ammunition The great British tanks are sometime es brought to stand still and in one instance one of these huge machines after tearing through barbed wire over number of German machine guns and even pushing it's way l through a concrete building met its
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branch was asked by the military au- thorities to make a contract to furnish three meals a day for three weeks for a Michigan company of 240 men and officers at 75 cents per day per man. The contract was made, the meals served to the complete satis- faction of officers and men alike and the League cleared S1,0O0 with which to extend the canteen service.
 As result of the satisfactory serv- ice rendered in taking care of these officers and men the City of Detroit has made a contract with the Canteen Service of the League to furnish at 25 cents each box lunch for every draft ed man going out from Detroit. The Red Cross has also asked the Leagues s Canteen Division to act as the official railroad station Canteen Division in Detroit, and all troops passing through Detroit are served by the League. As many as 5000 have been served in one day.
 In New York City the Canteen Divi- sion of the League not only has estab- lished a recreational canteen in con- nection with all the social clubs for soldiers and sailors, but also has been appointed by the Red Cross the off, cial railroad station canteen unit In Norfolk, Virginia, during a recent big fire, the Canteen Division took over a nearby restaurant and for two days and nights supplied coffee and sand wiches to the firemen-
 Home Economics Division.
 | Under the Home Economics Divi- sion of the League the Hoover pledge cards were distributed in over 200 cities; in many cities a campaign ot education accompanied the distribu. ton, the League having printed in diff ferent languages simple instructions on what to substitute and how and what to conserve and how. All over the country training classes have beer
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the experience of the English women how the organization work of this country might be strengthened and stimulated, and how far the work be- ing done by the women in England could be applied to conditions and needs in this country.
 Little do we understand on this side of the water the vital importance of the work which women are doing Tn it's relation to the very life of Eng land" said Miss Parker, in converse tion regarding her survey. Little do we recognize how England's army of men in the trenches is supplemented by it's army of women at home, and how far the success of the tremendous struggle in which England and her Allies are engaged depends upon the work which women are doing.
 "The demands have developed re- sources unthought of in connection with women. Common service, com mon sacrifice have inspired common understanding. Human relationships and relationships to responsibilities have been shorn of superfcialities. Old traditions, old prejudices have disappeared, and woman as civic, an industrial, military asset has been revealed for the first time in England's history"
 In speaking of the plan and purpose of the National League for Woman's Service, Mrs. Coffin Van Rensselaer,, one of the most prominent and active members of the organization commit tee said:
 '"The National League for Woman's Service was the outcome and out growth of the preparedness sentiment. We women felt that out of England's experience we should build up an or ganization in this country which would fit it's needs in case of this coun- try's entering the war. Our organiza- tion was completed and our program was made up while we were still , neutral country. That program stands for all time, and should be of valuable service in the days of the reconstruc- ton after the war is over. On the declaration of war our emergency program was prepared and on that our work is based.
 "The fundamental principle on which the Nationa. League for Wom- ans Service is based is the real truth that every woman in this country owes it the obligation of her citizenship, and the oaly offering which 9 woman is capable of making is efficient serv- ice e5ong some line in which she Is bhysically. mentally and morally quail fled to perform"
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ed to advise American women con

ed to advise American women con- corning their part in war work.
 The first service which this bureau set out to render was concerned with the mobilization of wage-earning wom- en to meet the demands of trained woman labor in the Government estab- lishments and in privately owned fac tories and mills engaged upon emer- gency orders for army and navy sup plies.
 Through this bureau many thou sands of workers have, been supplied to the industries which means that the National League for Woman's Service has had a great part in keeping in motion the wheels of the industries which furnish battleships, airplanes, munitions and other supplies of war. On October 1 this bureau was made a part of the Department of Labor, and with this Federal office the League is working in full cooperation.
 Home And Social Clubs.
 Under the Social and Welfare divi- sion of the League, home clubs and social clubs for soldiers and sailors have been established in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1 South Carolina, Alabama, Texas, Mis- souri, Michigan, Washington, Cali fornia, Wisconsin, Georgia, Tennessee and Ohio. A recent report from San Francisco states that 5000 men at. | tended the club in single day h Columbia, South Carolina, the average daily attendance at the Leagues social club is 1000 men. This social clut work is done in cooperation with the War Training Camp Activities Com mission. The League is also cooperat ing with the Y. M. c. A. and the Y. W. c. A. in their social work.
 Under the canteen division of tht League, wherever a social club i. established, a recreational canteen i. made a part of the clubs work. Man! emergency demands are made upor the Canteen Division of the League A particularly interesting piece O work was done by the Detroit brancl of the League last summer. Thi
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ternational Syndicate.
 soldier waded through mud to his destruction despite the fact that mil itary roads were constructed with the greatest care. At Crecy many cen turies later mud and rain ruined the bow strings of the Gerrosese archers and the battle was lost. Mud, cold Napoleon's men in their retreat from Moscow in 1872. At the battle of Sol ferino 8 rain storm which turned the battlefield into sea of mud saved the Austrlans from complete destruc- tion. In Napoleon's time the mud of Poland was so deep and miry that many of the French soldiers com mitted suicide rather than attempt to pass through it.
 During our Civil War mud was constantly with the armies and during was a terrific thunder storm with a heavy downpour of rain which turned the i'll kept roads into a bog. Yet all these instances are mild as compared with the battle against mud today, | especially on the Western front where a vast morass stretches from Switzer- 1 land to the Franco-Belgian Coast. 1 Thousands of engineers try to main tain roads but the big shells are con- tinually blowing their work to pieces. The holes soon become lakes of mud into which the men slip and slide some times getting their rifles so stuffed with mud that they become useless for the time being. Walking is diff cult and mans strength is soon used up.
 Germans Lose Whole Companies.
 It is a well known fact that during the early part of the war several com panies of a German regiment were killed by sinking over their heads in a morass of mud, which they were ordered to cross. The mud must have contained "sink holes' for they dis
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row entertainments. In the spring the Tigres, swollen by the melting SHOWS from the Armenian mountains over flows, and converts the country into net work of lakes which kept the Brit ish from breaking through to Kut. The state of the ground at the time of General Gorringes advance was such that even his transport carts sank aXle-tree deep in the quagmire. It is recorded that some of the men were compelled to wade through mud up to their waists. ''It was worse than German shell fre," said a soldier, who was inValided home. q thought we would never get through. It was worse than the Flanders frost for this can be driven away by stamping but Meso- potamia mud sticks closer than a brother. However, it is all in the game"
 Trench Mud.
 l The engineers find the greatest diffi- culty in laying railway tracks over the marshy ground near the front The task is usually accomplished by making a foundation by tipping car loads of stone into the mire until the road appears above the mud. The leveled stone surface is f1attened planked over and surmounted witT crib work to take sleepers and rail! and in this way a firm foundation i! secured.
 If the communication lines art muddy the trenches are worse. Agai1 referring to the Trench dictionary w find the word French defined as "s ditch full of water, rats and soldiers This is a true picture of these Ion, ditches where the soldiers sometim spend many weary, depressing day standing in cold mud. The charcoa brazier. the skin coats and the trencl
 boots have made the icy weather bearable, but mud is a problem of en gineering only partially solved. Motto pumps sometimes bring relief for
 time but the next rain renews tn
 misery. Trench feet-a disease whicl
 renders a man unfit for service
 often the results of a few days in thi # quagmire. The parapets and san bags have a way of sliding in an
 pushing the men down deeper in tn
 mud. Often the food prepared by tn men in the trenches is favored wit
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established; thousands of women are being trained in food production and food conservation and those in turn are training thousands of others. In many states the League has concen- trated it's epergies through the State in promoting food production and food conservation.
 Thousands of acres of land have been turned over to the Agricultural Division of the League. A consider able portion of this land was put un- der cultivation by the League last summer, and it is expected that more will be titled and planted this season. Back yard poultry raising is also be- ing promoted by the League.
 Motor Division.
 Under the Motor Division, the serv, ice rendered has been varied, and in cludes cooperation in recruiting, trans, porting Army, Navy and other Govern ment officials, transporting Red Cross units from railroad terminals to points of authorization, acting as escorts fol governors, mayors, and other ohcla1S at patriotic meetings. The League has also cooperated with other relief or ganizations in transporting victims o1 | fires, and performing other transpor tation service of like character as i i is called upon.
 | Under the General Service of the League thousands of volunteers have been furnished throughout the coun try for all kinds of emergency clerica service, including census registration clerks, clerks for exemption boards for draft registration work, for coop eration in Red Cross drives, Y. M. c. A and Y. W. c. A. financial campaigns The cooperation of the League in tht sale of Liberty Bonds during the sec 1 ond drive resulted in the sale of abou twenty million dollars worth of bonds The General branch of the League i. also cooperating with the United
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mud for washing ones hands while a resident of the ditch is an unheard ot luxury.
 A British officer recently in describ- ing life in the trenches to a 1ayman said: If you want to know just how one feels in the trenches go out in your back yard and dig hole about four feet square and six feet deep, then fill it half full of soft earth and turn the hose on this for half an hour, then jump in and stand in the mess and you have the sensation of being in a trench on the Western front. If you want to make it more realistic have some of your neighbors peit the trench with stones." Yet thousands of men have spent months at the front and still live.
 Many different ways to combat mud have been tried. The trenches are paved with boards. Whole forests have been felled and huge sawmills have been set up to turn out the boards for flooring as well as for paneling the sides. Even bricks from ruined villages are used and special drain- ing system is being tried. The trench | carried to the trenches and laid. In time the mud will work over it but thin layer for extra floors can be laid on the original boards. While the trenches are still far from ideal places to spend days and nights they are vast improvement over the old type.
 During the early stages Of our can tonment building we had the mud with us and our boys who were first in the camps had many encounters with the soldiers enemy and the boys who are lover there' have already had their baptisms of mud for the accounts of their first day on the fir ing line tells how "they marched through a drizzling rain and mud to their places in the trenches"
 Despite the scientific engineering mud will be ever present in war and at times fighting it will cause the
 stoutest heart to quail. There is some consolation in the fact that General Mud" is neutral and does not forget the Kaiser's men when he sends out his forces for the Germans, despite their efficiency" are suffering from boggy roads and cold wet trenches ii l anything even more than the Allies.
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wading through mire sometimes hip deep, When the billets are reached the mud covered men throw them selves on the straw and sleep the sleep of exhaustion. Many times their feet are so frost bitten that the amputa ton of toes becomes necessary to save the mans life.
 Mud is the greatest hindrance to the work of the medical corps for the ambulances frequently get stalled in the mud and hours are required to get them started again. All this time the wounded are suffering untold tor ture as they have merely been given first aid at the dressing stations. Sur geons and supplies are also frequent ly delayed. Mud takes it's toll on the battlefield as well as shells. In the | low lying country of the plains of Flanders, where the subsoil is water l logged for three-quarters of the year in normal seasons and water is found on digging three or four feet down al any time, the effects of the autumn rains turn the high roads and fields along the front into quagmires and il l IS l1lSSS COAO1llOAS l41dI luS Allies are getting their supplies to the front. Sometimes an officers car sinks into the mire and artillery horses are brought out as first aid. What these poor animals suffer is indescribable tugging away through the slippery mire. Often the poor beasts fall from exhaustion and many have dropped dead in the traces.
 Not only in Flanders but in othel parts of the war zone King Mud' f in evidence. In Serbia the streams overflow on account of incessant rain and even the best roads become i'm passabIe bogs. In Mesopotamia to- the ground over which General Cor ringes troops advanced in their des perate effort to relieve Kut, the lant over which they had to pass was fla mud plain intersected with wid
 marshy tracts. During the autumn rains the surface became a swami passable only where there were nal