davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-15
WALTON TO ASK FOR
REPAvING OF HUDSON
FROM GRAND TO MAIN

J. c. Walton. commissioner OF pub
lie works. will introduce a resolution
this afternoon at a meeting Of the cl'y
commissioner providing for the re-.
paving Of Hudson avenue from Gfanl
avenue TO Main street A complaint was
made concerning the street by Ross NJ
Brooks. fire chief 1t is the chlel route
Of the fire department Of the central
station 10 the northern and western
part Of the city. and when going over
this particular block at high rate oi
speed frequently many pieces OF the
fire apparatus from the different trucks
become di,lodgcd and lost The IRE.
men complained Of the extremely rough
riding.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-15

10 poor that she cannot buy thrift
lfd even II she cannot buy bond
There n no mother who cannot start
hef children 10 saving up their pennie,
and buying Thrift Stamps II she will
'akc the trouble 10 do 80.
There is mo woman who cannot get
her whole family interested m the
liberty Loan VI she will try
She can get the husband ~ cut
down little ON h., smoke, and put
me money In a bond She can get the
children 10 put their Ice cream money
and the money they earn for doing
h0fes into war stamp She can buy
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-15

bond instead Of new irock and the
habit oi thrift thus started IN a family
will be one OF the unexpected bless
lng' oi the war
hnl these Liberty bond, will he 10
me future patent 0i American mo-.
bllily by which children will Judge
their parents What dli y1u do 10
help win thr great war;" me children
will ask. and what will you reply u
yon are too Nlngy too much n a
Stacker 10 even lend S. n paliry dollar,
10 help lhe brave men who were rskng
their live, 10 keep you safer
Women ol AmefIca. lhli war !. be
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-15
WnYside Notes.

There is vast difference between
mild and stern persuasion, but they
amount to the same thing when proper
ly applied.
Elephants and women are afraid nj
mice but cats are not This serves 10
illustrate that courage plays a larger
part in life than sire
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-15

! Unpaid telephone bills for the month
Of March are past due. If not paid
BY S p. m. Of the 18th, service will be
discontinued. Southwest Bell Tel &
Tel. Co. tAdv)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-15

woman can ever again look an lng
li,h, Ur French Ur Italian ur Br.
gan woman 900 lhr face II. ai lhl'
critical imUmr 900 thr prosecution U,
'hr war shc hl. held back thr money
that is ihr price of assured victory
lur rI other women have been
.aliri on tu dD %, l'iIr. and make a'
irw sacrifice, ls thc American WON
30 have II Is true lhll lle American
women have given ihIf men 100 'Nr
war So have lhc women of lhe allies
lnl 100 addition ihr women oi ihe allies
have given ihr labor ul their hand,
, they have gone cold and hungry that
lhr troop, at lHc front may have food
and clothes They have rherfluI.F
given half Ur more ihln half 0i their
incomes m their taxes We afc only
asked to Lend. ngl Give our money
md lur lending o. tu gd an inlcrc'
'Hat makes it plt edged Inre'lmr
even iur peace tunes
Perhaps women have NOT rrllvr.
luw completely ihr success nj li
rmd Liberty Loan lrurmI. upon them
Women iu nu' think ni 'hrm.rNe, o.
% financial power because they mnI.t
money ln small Sum, They fail q.
recognize the truth of me- ODD uag,
rut many o uI0klr make q mn.h..
and that li all 'hc m0n0, chat all lhr
women iu America have tucked aNt}
M their stockings hidden under lhr
mrlur carpet or IN ine old cracked
blue TEA pot ON lhc pantry shelf were
gathered together % would amount Co
billions and billions of dollars
TT :, this money that Uncle sam asks
ihc women ui America lu lend him
iD tight this war iU make them safe
and 90 prevent mi, horror that IS upon
uS ever happening again.
ln America 10 IS women who arc lht
munrcd class lu the average family
lhc wife handle, thc cash Out oi what
hc earns thc general run Of married
men keep, hui only few dollars iur
his personal eypcnsey All the bal
Inrc he turns over io his wife
She lhns the clothes and The iur
niurc She +, the pudcnl one who
does the SAVING, ~ thtir lN dlIN .hNlIE
90 the family II she is thrifty the
family pro,pcrs II ,h i' cyIrayarani
and wastciul the family stays poor lo
the end Vt the chapter
Therefore, II Is IN The hands OF The
women Of America 10 make tins loan a
success. or failure Il is mp to
them io spend their money this ,pring
for tine clothes, new cars, new iurnl-
turc and luvuric, that they can do
perfectly well without, or 10 put the
price al their gewgaws and amuSe-
mrnis into submarines, acrupancS and
,hrapncl that will end this hell on
Garth II IS tor the women OF Amer
lea 10 decide between patriotism and
clf indulgence
Which do they love more, their
country. and freedom, or their present
case. comfort and future seridom'
THERE is no woman so poor that
L she canuo, do her bit in helping
along this loan There IS no woman
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-15

OF their backs, n necessary, TO buy.
Liberty Bond, 10 prosecute this war
that II will reach even the kaiser, and
make him trouble
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-15
American Women, This War Is
Being Fought For You; "Bu a
Liberty Bond"- Dorothy Dix

uYou Can Never Look Into
Faces Of British, French and
Belgian Women Again II
You DON'T" Woman Writer
Declares,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-15

"a y officer who has been tight
n ing ON the front was askei
AWhat the soldiers thought uI
a. ths, went "oyer the top"
II do not know what DARK Ihoughi'
are iu the minds ol 'he French he
replied. "hm ! ann sure that what ~.
rry Fngli,hman and ,yry American
., thinking D.. We will not LEI the
fate bciAll our women that has come
TO the women Of Belgium and fland
sfs"
When thc immortal Legion oi Death
oi Russia wa, fighting Zoo 'r' FOO shame
their craven mrn in'n resisting The
enemy. they took a hundred German
pu.unrrs iu one RAID Oi these prls.
nurr, UN were women soldiers WhN
bad hrrn fighting ,li, JOS 'dr with
their men
The grnilcN horn women NJ France
and England are Urkur 900 mu''iUn
factories. doing field work raising
crops. acting a. hoNlrfs. dong any
service however hard and mcnal that
will help their country win tins war.
VIII American women show them
,sl,r less patriotic. les, willing o.
make sacrifices Tor their country less
worthy oi the men who are fighting
and diving 10 keep them saic than
the women ui other countries.
The government o, putting '.r Gne'
iiun ,uulrrly cop in them
60 lar The women Of America have
~ done hut little toward, the winning
Of th, war They have knitted a few
sweater, and rolled a few hlndlgc,
and given few ha1lirs bot that iN
about an They have NOT made any
real sacrifice, Of their personal case
and comfort a, the women ui the other
countries al war have done
This has been due largely io ihe TACT
that they saw mo- concrete thing Tor
which IN sacrifice No visible altar
was erected before their eyes on which
they could las the offering OF their
patriotism
Women ui America. YOU can make
that excuse nD more. The government
raises before you the place OF sacrl-
fee and ask, ni YOU 10 otter mp yow
dollar, for the sake oi YOUR country.
II ask, YOU 10 prove that the service
that YOU arc willing 10 give 10 YOUR
country Is something more than lap
service II asks YOU 10 put your pa
lrotism above your love OF luNury
The third Liberty Loan Is about 20
he launched and hy the way that
women respond TO that. the world will
know the measure OF their patriotism.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-15

.ON this bond issue depends not only
~ the fate OF our own land and that
Of our brave allies, but the prescrya-
tion OF freedom throughout tic world
and the safeguarding oi the ciyil,a-
ion Of humanity. II will he an eternal
shame to all womanhood II women do
not make this third Liberty Loan an
instantaneous success. No American
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-15

TIUVITIETT IVTH w IUe WTttTcT 0yn-
dIcate lne)
"Arc thr room, ln your flat small"
"Smalll Why my dog has to waE
hA IaII nn and down In ,eml"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-15

In exquisite quality Of gcorg-
ctte crepe and crepe de chine
Irresistible, beaded, embroidered
and lace-trimmcd models; some
with the large rolling collars
others collarlesS; and every
shade popular for Easter and
Spring wear is involved; the
prices are for the Spring lnau-
gural-marked S675, S7.95 up to
Sl4.75.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-15
BY DOROTHY DIX
The worlds Highest Paid Woman
Wfttetl

.t.AN officer who ha, been fight
n ug on lhr front was asked
Avhat the soldiers thought of
4, the, went "0yer the FOO"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-26

in choosing the proper recipients of
the medals.
1t is the intention of the committee.
according to its secretary, Miss Lii
lie Hamilton French, that the efforts
of the modest, moons picuous man from
South Dakota or Idaho have equal
recognition with those of the big fell
low from New York-or Indiana. The
forty-seven subsidiary committees will
report to the main committee, and ac-
cording to these reports will the other
twenty-five medals be awarded.
"This medal has been given you"
the letter to Major Murphy read in
part, "in recognition of great benefits
which you have rendered humanity.
You have worked indefatigably, and
with rare constructive ability, for the
organization of the Red Cross in
France. You have helped carry surgi-
cal supplies to the wounded. comfort
to the fighter and cheer to the soldier
on msrch. You have left no depart
msnt neglected In which some form It
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-26

humanitarian or patriotic services for
the national welfare:
Wherefore, the executive commit
tee Of the American Social Science As
ISOLATION, one of the oldest of nation
ally incorporated bodies, recommends
that a medal, to be designated Lib
erty Service Medal be authorized.
1.-THE committee further recommends
that the National Institute of Social
Sciences be empowered, in accordance
with the objects Of its organization
to award and bestow said medal upon
such person or persons as have rem
dercd or may render notable services
which merit such special mark of dis
tinetion and recognition"
The resolution is signed by Oscar
S. Straus, chairman; George Gordon
Battle, Simeon e, Baldwin, H. Holbrook
Curtis and the late Ripley Hitchcock
twenty-five medals are to be given
each year, and committees are being
formed, one in each state, to assist
the nat!onal committee in New York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-26

help, encouragement and relief could
be extended. Thus you have benefited
not one country alone, but the host of
our Allies"
And to Miss Nutting:
THE work you have accomplishe d
has been one of great service to hu-
manity. You have raised the standard
OF women going into the field of nurs-
ing and increased the number of
trained nurses, thereby adding snor-
mously to our national resources in a
time Of sore need"
Governor Holcomb received the Lib
erty Service Medal in recognition of
his successful efforts to keep omen
roads for the transportation of am
munition.
George Gordon Battle is president of
the American Social Science Associa-
ton, of which Whitelaw Reid was one
Of the founders, and Oscar S. Straus
first vice-president. Vice-presidente
are. Simeon E. Baldwin, John Huston
Finley, H. Holbrook Curtis, Charles
LOOMS Dana, Miss Alice Chittenden /;
directors are Charles w. Eliot, Harry
A. Garfield, Miss Mary G. Kilbrsth
Archer NJ. Huntington, Albert Shaw
and Fl. Snowden Marshall. James B.
Townsend IL secretary and w. e. Il
.Gendxs treasurer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-26

man who sees to the transportation
Of food and guns and ammunition and
hospital supplies, over here as well as
over there; the man who is providing
recreation in Y. M. C. A. huts for the
soldier off duty; the man who Is de-
voting all his time to stamping out
German propaganda back home-these
are the inconspicuous heroes who. un-
til recently, have gone on working and
planning, their labor unrewarded, al
most unrecognized.
Although the idea has been sug-
gested before, it has remained for the
National Institute Of Social Sciences,
of the American Social Science AS
ISOLATION, to draw up the resolution
that has materialized IL the Liberty
Service Medal" to be bestowed for
"notable humanitarian or patriotic
service for the national welfare"
Three medals already have been
given: TO Major Grayson N. ?,
Murphy, formerly head Of the Amsra'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-26

can Red Cross in France; to Governor
Marcus E. Holcomb, OF Connecticut,
and to Miss M. Adeline Nutting, head
Of the department in Teachers College
for nursing and health. A fourth is
soon to be presented to John r. Mott,
of the war council Of the American
Y. M. C. A., who at present is pushing
Y. NJ. C. A. work on the Italian front.
The medal is Of gold and blue
enamel, the design the same as that
in the insignia of the National In
stitute--an eagle surrounded by a
wreath of oak and laurel The fob is
q red, white and blue ribbon.
The resolution for the creation Of
the Liberty Service Medal, adopted
last December by the American Social
Science Association, read as follows:
"In view of the fact that, except in
the army and navy. no provision has
been made by any competent authority
for the recognition by a medal or
other suitable insignia toy notable
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-26
4 FRS. vIBBARD, a slender. gen
MI tie. dark-haired little woman,
is an eXpert stenncranher in

FRS. VIBBARD, a slender. gem
N tie, dark-haired little woman.
is an expert stenographer in
ths chief clerks division of stenog-
taphers and typists. Essentially femi-
nine, proud of her boy, a lieutenant
row on a lecture tour with a patriotic
film, whose photograph in uniform she
carries in her pocketbook, Mrs. Vib-
bard shows determination and force
d character.
Z am widow" she said, "and poll
tics will keep many women like me
from being lonely. The fact that the
Democratic party has introduced and
worked for the Wagner minimum wage
bill and the Nico!l and Lockwood bills
is one of the main reasons why women
should affiliate with Tammany Hall.
The Democratic party has always urged
the passage of legislation that would
better the condition of women and
= children. That is why it deserves
women's support.
"Our district was organized in Febru-
ary and we took part in the Congress
sional election. Congressman Dono-
van conceded that his election was due
to the women's vote"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-26
Bessarabia Gives
Basis of Union
WithRumanians
Foundation, Historic and
National Rights and
Self-Determination" 81

The Neto York Tribune

$WcsV" EPcoo 0uVc00
The Bessarabian National Council, in
voting for the union of Bessarabia with
Rumania, adopted the following resolu-
ton, stipulating the conditions under
which Bessarabia agrees to unite with
Rumania: =
"In the name of the Bessarabian peo-y
pie. the Bassarabian National Council
declared: The Moldavian peoples re-
public, lying between the Pruth,
Dniester, the Danube, the Black Sea
and the old Austrian frontiers, which
more than one hundred years ago had
been torn away from old Moldavia, is
now permanently uniting with the
Rumanian fatherland On the basis of
historical and national rights, as we'll
as Of the right of self-determination
OF peoples. The union will take place
under the following condition:
"F1rst-The present National Council
will remain in existence for the pur-
pose Of solving and realizing the
agrarian reforms according to the
wishes Of the people. The correspond
ing decisions of the National Council
will be approved by the Rumanian cove
eminent. Is
"Second-Bessarabia retains her loesI
| autonomy, her National Council, whick|
will be elected in the future on this
basis of equal, universal, direct and
secret suffrage, her own executive organ
and administration.
"Third-The authority Of the Ma
tional Council extends to the decision
on the local budget, the control of All
organs, zemstvos and communities and
istratiye officials by the executive
organ. The higher officials will be APP
pointed by the government.
''Fourth-The raising of armies will
take place on the basis Of territorial
principles.
"Fifth--The existing laws and the
present local administrations can be
changed by the Rumanian Parliament
only with the approval Of the Bess-
arabian deputies.
"Sixth-The rights of minorities In
bessarabia are to be recognized.
Seventh--Bessarabia is to be repre-
/ scented in the government by two min
listers, which at present will be nomin-
ated by the National Council of Bess-s
arabia, and in the future will be elected
from the Bessarabian Deputies in the
Rumanian Parliament.
Eighth Bessarabia IL to send Dep.
uties to the Rumsnian Parliament ac-
| cordlng to the relative proportion be-
tween the population of the two eoun-
tries. These Deputies are to be elected
on the basis Of universal, direct, secret
ana equal suffrage.
"Ninth-1Ali elections in Bessarsbia
to the National Council for villages.
cities and Parliament will be con.
Quoted on the basis Of universal suf-
frage.
"Tenth-Personai liberty, freedom Of
the press, speech. religion and as
semoiy. as well as other liberties, will
be guaranteed by the constitution.
"Eleventk The Rumanian Pariia-
ment is soon to call together the Con-
stitnept Assembly,. in which q pronor-
tionate number of Bessarabian repre-
sentatives will be included The Con.
stitueBt Assembly will Introduce into
the constitution the above menfiersd
ssseivstens cf the assssssttsA Ma
bAssaaSeA 0V00o
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-26

eral persons led into the prison yard
for execution. We heard the shots, but
did not see the actual shooting. We
were allowed to walk in the prison yard
afterward. / saw Belgian family of
five, father, mother, two young girls
and young boy, led out at about 8
o'clock one morning, and heard a vol
ley of shots. Immediately afterward
we were permitted to walk in the yard
and we saw the dead bodies of the Ave
lying on the pavement. The privilege
of viewing the bodies was evidently
given with the idea of terrorizing US.
"After twelve days. imprisonment I
was taken before another board of Of
ficers, who questioned me about what /
had seen in England. They asked,
What did you see in England?' l an
swered, What see here They asked
Where is the English navy? I said,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-26

TIME young sergeant who creeps
out into No Mans Land and
staggers back, severely wounded,
with four German prisoners is pretty
sure to get medal sooner or later
for Conspicuous bravery on the bat
tleield." The ambulance doctor who
saves the life Of the heroic sergeant
also may be given medal; so, too,
may the nurse who remains at her post
taking care of him while her hospital
Is being bombed.
But somewhere there's man whose
brain and toll have evolved the system
that made it possible for an ambu-
lance and surgeon to be on hand at
tho moment they were needed. Some
where back home there's = manor
more likely woman--who is making
It her business to see that q 1oodly
numbcr--as great number as she can
muster together~-ot capable, we'll
trained nurses are taking their places
In hospitals ovssoas.
There are others--sn inAnltum. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-26

papers aboard one Of the submarines.
The Gold Shell was not carrying a
cargo. The submarines officers exam
ined our papers and held us an hour.
They turned US back to England and
warned the captain not to tell at Dover
of his experience with them. They
said that they would get him again
when he started across the Atlantic if
he told.
"While the submarines held US up
they were Smelling a fishing schooner
and sank it. The captains boat in
coming back from the submarine picked
up three of the men from the schooner
The Gold Shell was two days in Dover.
On our way over and off the Azores
Islands we saw schooner loaded with
salt and saltpetre bound from Gibraltar
to New York sink in heavy gale. We
saved eight of the crew-sFinlanders.
The schooner sank two minutes after
We picked up the men. We arrived in
New York on January 2, 1917.
Relief Ship
Shelled and Sunk
"On January 8, 1917, I shipped at
Hoboken as cook on the Belgian re-
lief ship Euphrates, bound for Rotter-
dam with cargo Of Red Cross supplies
for the Belgians. On the side of the
ship was painted Belgian Relief Expe-
dition.' We made the trip in twenty
three days and discharged our cargo in
Rotterdam.
"On February a, 1917, we sailed for
Cardiff. Three days out in the North
Sea at IL o'clock q. m. small German
submarine shelled US at a quarter OF y
mile distance. Our ship stopped and
the submarine drew alongside and
spoke to our captain. They asked him
to show his papers. They gave US
twenty minutes to get the crew off
the ship. Twenty-eight Of us took to
the lifeboats. The submarine then
torpedoed and sank the ship. We were
picked up by fishing boat and carried
to Rotterdam.
Il paid my passage on the steamship
Prince Leopold from Rotterdam to
New York, arriving about the middle
of March, 1917, l have been worxin.
as cook since and l have been at
Coney Island for several months.
"But / love the sea. 1t calls to me.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-26
a n RS. HUGHES is an energetic
lV brunette and the wife of Cap

"a RS. HUGHES is an energetic
lVE brunette and the wife of Cap
tain John Hughes, of the New
York Fire Department. Her household
duties are soon over, for her seven
year-old daughter goes to school. Mrs,
Hughes is one of many women of the
present day who take life seriously
and find better employment for the
time on her hands than in munchinp
chocolates over a novel or in spending
hours at the movies. She has tact and
executive ability, two valuable assets
In politics, and she backs these with
information derived from wide reading
and experience.
II think my little girls mother could
be doing no better work than in devot-
ing all her energy to the Democratic
party-the peoples party-that has
done SO much already to make life
easier for women and Children" she
said.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-26
From Hospital
To Another Ship

But Secolas still loved the sea- He
was willing to brave the Germans
again. So twelve days after he left
the hospital he shipped as cook on the
steamship Abbott, from Liverpool for
Rotterdam. Twenty-Five miles out
three German submarines and two de-
stroyers captured the ship, which hove
to after signal shot from one of the
submarines. The Germans boarded the
vessel and locked the crew Of twenty
eight men in one small cabin. Con-
corning the adventure Secolas says:
81 hung back and saw the Germans
haul down the British flag, trample on
it and hoist the German flag in its
stead. A big German caught sight OF
me and threw me into the cabin with
the others.
eve had been steaming at about
eight miles an hour. The German.
drove the ship at fourteen and we soon
landed in zebrugge, Belgium, a Ger
man submarine base. l saw at least
forty submarines lying there. We
were held in prison for three days.
"Twenty-one of us, thirteen English
men, five Italians and three Frenchmen,
were taken before board of officers
one by one and questioned. was sent
back to prison twice for not answering
the questions to the satisfaction Of tn
officers. I was fed little rice, two
ounces Of black bread and sometimes a
small piece Of what appeared to be
rabbit meat every day.
"From the prison windows saw sew