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Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-20
M'ADOO SAYS RAIL
RATES MUST BE REDUCED

Washington, Dec. l9-Director
General McAdoo said today that
with an assurance of five years of
government control of the railroads,
existing freight and passenger rates
could be materially reduced within
the next calendar year without any
reduction of the existing railroad
wage scales.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-20
Soldier Returns to House.

Washington, Dec. l9.-After six
months service with machine gun
company in Europe, 1t. Royal c.
Johnson, member of the house from
South Dakota, today resumed his
seat.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-20
Wool Embargo Lifted.

Melbourne. Dec. 19-The embar-
go OIL the manufacture of wooles
goods has been removed and ciyikiaM
orders can now be filled.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-20
THE WEATHER.:

Generally fair in northwest,
rain or snow in east and south
portions Friday; Saturday unset
tied.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
PRESENT CAMPAIGN
TO GO UNTIL MARCH 1

oklahoma war savings weok" has
been extended to March l, it was an
nounced at the state headquarters of
the national war savings ommlttoc.
The decision to extend tho time Is
not due to any failure In enlisting tho
states quota of 6O3,00O war savers.
That number will be exceeded by to-
morrow night Tho chairmen IN q
majority Of the counties, however, re-
Questod an cXton ion so as to givo
everybody an opportunity to join tho
army of war savers.
In many Of the counties, according
to reports, the workers have not been
able to cover the entire territory and
thousands of patriotic and willing
persons have not been approached or
presented with pledge cards,
While complete returns OF the
weeks work will not be available for
several days, estimated ON returns al
ready in, oklahoma Is now close to
its quota and its minimum Of Coz, 900
i is assured
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
REST ROOM MATRON HELPS
MANY TO SECURE JOBS

The total number Of persons who
took advantage of the city rest room
during February so far was $50.
Many out of town shoppers visited
the rooms and enjoyed quiet rest
after strenuous work in the stores
securing the bargains offered by our
merchants. The number OF shoppers
from other towns are rapidly increas-
ing, Judging from the number who
stop at the rest rooms Many also
come to Guthrie for medical atten-
ton and advice, Ninty-five people
ate noon day lunches at the rooms
during the month The matron met
AZ trains; So women, children and
young girls werN assisted. Employ
mcnt was secured for two men and
their wives on farms; one young boy
was placed in a good farm home
Twenty four girls were aided to se-
cure employment two of them as hat
tlimmers and one as a bookkecpcr
remainder as domestics Mrs Maggie
NCbbs, matron.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
CORN WILL WIN
DEMOCRACYSWAR
Americas Greatest Cereal Crop
Is Now Moving to
Market.
MAlNSTAY IN NATIONS CRISIS,
Surplus Wheat Of the United States
Has Been Sent to Famine Threat.
ened Europe.

Americas great corn crop, exceed
ting 5000 Oo0 900 bushels, viii save the
worlds food situation, officials of the
United States food administration be-
lieye.
Corn is the nations best food cereal.
housewives are beginning to realize
II contains all the clements needed TO
Keep the body In n state of health aud
when used according TO the scores OF
tried recipes, especially when COM
hined with an added portion OF oil or
far, win sustain life Indefinitely. In
dian warriors IN colonial days lived on
parched corn alone for many days at Il
time, and at Valley Forge parchcd
corn was at times the sole ration OF
the Continental soldiers.
Owing to transportation difficulties
caused by the war the corn crop moved
more slowly 70 market this year than
ever before. Now, however. the cereal
is reaching the mlllers and consumers.
In the meantime the nations surplus
wheat has been sent to Europe.
To-day there are approximately 80
| bushels OF corn for every American
! This quantity is greater by five bush
4 els than in former years.
Corn has become the nations maln'
atay In the crisis of war.
/ Just as this cereal saved the 6rst
American colonists from famine ON
many occasions, Just as it served as a
staple food during the War Of the Rev
olution and during the Ciyil War, King
Corn has again come TO the front in
the nations battle with autocracy
Corn meal is finding greatly increas.
ed use in the making OF ordinary white
bread. Hundreds OF housewives and
many Of the larger bakers are mixing
20 per cent. corn meal with wheat
-four TO make lcovened bread. This
kind of a mixture is worked and baked
in the same recipes and with the same
methods that apply to straight wheat
bread.
Corn hrea0---uslng corn meal entire
ly-ls gaining a greater popularity
: than ever before Housewives are
coming to realize that every pound Of
wheat saved in America means pounC
of wheat released for shipment to The
nations with which America is associ
nted in the war.
There are "a score OF corn products
that today possess unusual lmportanc,
for Americans. Corn syrup for sweet
9ning corn cakes and buckwhcat cake
! nnd for USE in the Kitchen instead o
granulated sugar Is one OF the leading
, products made from corn.
! Corn oil, excellent for frying and 70
, every other purpose filed by salad oils
is appearing on the market in larg
, quantities. II comes from the germ o
the corn.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
WAR FINANCE BILL TO
PASS SENATE SOON
Alien Stacker Bill Is Up Before
the House Today; Railroad
Measure To Come Up
Thursday


Washington Feb 2i--Whilc The en-
ate was begiuauG debate on tho ad-
mn stratiop bill to create o war III
nance corporation with authorized d re.
sources to make slow progress on the
administration measure governing
federal control Of The railroads
The alien slacker bin is a special
order in the house today The rail-
read measure will SO over until Thurs
day,
After voting down an amendment
TO reduce the railroad revolving fund
from $,QA010 00O to $.)O.QoG,)ll, the
house debated the section giving the
president rato-makng authority A
'(inal vote wa3 postponed until
Thursday when Representative Sweet
Of Iowa. had called for tellers after
a rising vote was counted 80 to So
against an amendment to leave rate
fixing power to the interstate COM
mCrCe commission
On the finance corporation bill
Senator Simmons of North Carolina,
chairman of the finance committee,
said the legislation was necessary
because the government must cou-
tyol tho money market in order to IT,
rance the war, He denied that the
measure would cause initiation OF cur
rcncy.
Chairman Simmons expect the
senate to pass the measure by the
end Of the week Consideration OF it
in the house is TO begin after the
railway bin is passed
In urging the bills Importance,
Eenator Simmons said there is today
absolutely no market to which indus
trial corcoratoni can 80 for capital
to provide for engagements or ma
turing obligations
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
PETER SlNES BOASTS
OF EIGHT WIVES

Says Mate Duhr Peter Smes, age
"A, coolSless civil war soldier. Oh
Washington street, West Guthrie has
bcon married eight times One Of his
spouces he procured through a matri-
mouial agency He helped send he;
to the penitcntiary for trying to mar
der him by mixing pounded glass in
his pudding. The wife Of Just two
days cost him $413.50 Comradc Sincs
sometimes forgets how many times he
has been spliced He several times nd
mitted having been married eight
times and some Of the Guthrie people
know that he has had five female part
ncrs. Colorado Charley claimed to
have been married nineteen times
| but he was not a Guthrian. He was
nothing but a homo maverico Com
rade Peter carries the most married
man belt.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
Guthrie Boy Back For
Visit After 7 Years Abse nee

Thomas A Armitrong, son of Fred
Armstrong Of this city has returned
after an absence of nearly seven
years. He is here to visit his parents
before embarking for France. Tom is
now trooper in the marine service
Of Uncle Sam. He is located at New
port News. Va. where he has beer
for the past nine months. When
young Armstrong left Guthrie he en-
tered a dentist college in Boston, later
he moved to Buffalo, N Y from which
piace he enlisted when the first call
for volunteers was made. Tommy"
as his friends here call him. is now
a fine outstanding young man of "A and
is every inch soldier and he says
he is raring to go.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
SHOCK, FOLLOWING TOK4',
CURED THIS MAN

Sometimes a great shock which
takes persons mind completely Off
his ailments will either compile tely
cure or kill him. Ono does Of torpedo
restored TO health u Georgia prf7a
who was severely i'll with pneumonia
when the Tuscania was sunk by n
German submarine The sick sollior
left his bed and ran up deck. clad only
in a union suit A mate gave him an
.overcoat and he spent the next few
hours on the wind swept deck or
trawler When this man was landed
ON the Irish coast he felt 30 we'll he re
fused to go to a hospital
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
Letters from Our Soldier Boys

in them. The women do their wash
ire in tho streams without board or
hot water
Well, SIS, SUPPOSE YOU have beard
f.om me since landed in Franco long
before this. | think have received
all my mail that was written up to
Dec II, but nothing since then.
have had a very bad cold ever
since ! have been here In fact, there
has been much of the time thai |
have hardly been able to drag around.
have tried to get medical attention
several ,iInes, but have never had any
luck One morning after ! had been
N bed nearly all the day before, with
MY pulse beating 90 or better, went
to the doctor and he gave me four
pills and marked me duty How
ever think viii wear it out in
time, il this cough doesn't get me
! thjt
Ncllye, | have never mentioned this
u mother, as You know she woul(
Only worry, so YOU can Skip this par
OF the letter when you tell her abou
it..
think it was very kind of Mr. ~
not TO charge for tho picture frame.
We finally had a pay day, and
have almost deserted the mess line
az army mess does not appeal to F.;
poor appetite | am going to sen,
money home, just as soon as caI
find some safe way Of sending it,
Must close now, hoping you are al
well and happy Lovingly, Oral Nc
Cleery, II & Co, lG3rd L S Inf. A !
+, Via New York
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
OKLAHOMA CITY GIVES $4,000

Patriotic citizens of oklahoma CITY
have contributed $4,000 to carry %
the work of the national war saings
committee in oklahoma.
The first war savings bank to be
built in America will be erected i'm
mediately in the middle of Main street
just north of the Lee Huckins hotel.
Tulsa boasts a war savings bank,
but leased quarters are occupied Ok
lahoma City is going to erect build
ing for the sole purpose of housing its
war savings bank.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
HELP WIN THE WAR;" EUY
SAVINGS STAMPS.
HUNS LIE TO RUSSIANS.

Petrograd Feb 27--Tho advancing
Germans are distributing a proclama-
ton in Russian territory declaring
that resistance is useless, as Germany
has transferred to the eastern front
a great army which intends to cap
ture and occupy Petrograd. Narva,
eighty miles from Petrograd, is pre-
pairing for a siege North of Dvin5k,
one Russian regiment sent Q delega-
tlon with white flag to explain to
the advancing Germans that It was
all a mistake" as tho Russians
were not at war, They proffer was
met with a volley and the ENJOYS
were killed
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
MADE. lN.GERMANY LIES
CIRCULATED IN CANADA

Canada is also having trouble with
Made-n-Germany lies calculated to
hinder Canadian food conservation ac-
c0rding 10 an official statement re-
ceiyed from the Canadian food con.
roler by the United States food ad.
ministration.
The stories bothering Canada are
af the samc general character as those
he United States food administra.
tor recel~y denounced In this coun.
Try, such as the ridiculous salt and
5ueing famine fakes and the report
hat the government would seize
housewives stocks OF home canned
goods.
The Canadian food controller esti-
mates that when the people listen TO
and pass on such stories, each one
nas the power or destruction that lies
IN a battalion OF soldiers.
Stories without even vestise OF
foundation have been scattered broad
asst" said the Canadian statement.
Nor have they come TO life casually
They have started simultaneously In
different parts Of the country and In
zach instance have been calculated to
arouse public Indignation.
"They are insidious, subtle, persist.
ent. BIT by bit they disslpate pnblic
rust. the great essential In the work
VI food control.
lear from criticism; 10 refrain from
passing on the yagrant and harmful
story, and thus the more effectively
o cooperate in work which is going
% mean more than the majority Of
people yet realize"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
ORAL McLEERY WRITES
HOME FROM FRANCE

In France, Jan 21 1918. Mrs Luth
er Arnold, DIG North Broad, Guthrie.
Dear Sister; will now ondeayor 20
write you a few lines as | have In
tended for some time but az | hlyO
been writing mother once week and
OF course a few others have not
gotten at it.
My opportunities for writing of late
have not been as plentiful as thoy
used to be- Not but what always
have plenty of time as the evenings
are so long but to rnd 9laco where
one can write comfortably Is the
question
While we were in the last camp We
We're fairly situated, but there was a
shortage of fuel which caused our
room to be damp and chilly most OF
tie time, and about the only chance
Of getting warm, wa to get out and
exercise or go to bed
Well we moved again last week
lu: it was a short move and the
weather was not cold, so we did not
mind it much. The country looks TO
be much better, although there are
no barracks here. think most OF
the mon are fairly comfortably quar-
tered in vacant buildings, upstairs
barn lofts and etc. We (this platoon
are in a barn loft, it is we'll vcntll.
ated and dry With a little hay un
der our blankets, we sleep like lords
Just across the street flows river
almost as large as the Cimarron, only
the banks are sleeper and there j.
no sand. You should see us d0wl
there making our toilet early of morn.
iEgs. 1t sure brings the roses TO your
| cheeks and makes you forget tina
other nap you would like to have had
/, also answers the purpose of dist
pan and wash tub as they wash their
mess kits as well as their cothes
there.
! have often heard Of sunny France
and it one can Judge this country by
the three days we have been here
this must be it, for the weather i'
certainly grand, clear and sunshiny ant
no wind.
This has been a very busy day ii
| this town, although it is Sunday, il
also happens to be these Poop
market day People began to arrive
from the country early in the morn,
fr6 and by l0:30 you would of thought
Barnum and Baileys shows were pull
ing off their annual stunt from the
size of the crowd.
They brought their butter, eggs
cheese, poultry meats, wines ani
about everything else you could think
OF, and were all busy until time tr
start home.
There are many interesting things
have seen while in this country
and some in this town. but will not
Try to describe them as it would prob
ably not get past the censor.
Many of the customs are much diff
terent than we are used to seeing; one
Is most Of these people wear wooden
shoes, all hauling is done on two
wheeled wagons or carts with shafts
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
FORBIDDEN TO MOURN

German women are not permitted to
wear black for members Of their fam
ily who have been killed in The war.
The German government strives TO
conceal the number of killed from the
people, and the presence of great
numbers Of women in black would in
dlcate the enormous losses the Ger
mans have sustained, and make more
ilsistent the clamor for peace.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
MINERS ARE PATRIOTS

John Wilkinson, president Of tho
United Mine Workers Of America fer
the southwestern district, declared in
an address at Muskoge2, recently.
There are 100000 mine workers in
the United States and not one Stacker
in the ranks"
Mr. Wilkinson addresse Il patriotic
rally to further the thrift aud war
savings stamps. He is touring the
state urging everybody to enlist in the
army Of war savers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
FIVE AViATORS KILLED
FLYING WITH PERSHINC

Washington, Feb 27--The deaths OF
lieutenant and four cadets, result
il,g from airplane accidents, we're re-
ipcrted to the war department today
by General Pershing. The dead are
Lieutenant Leland } llagadorn, Or
leans. n Y; Cadets Clark b Nichols
Philadelphia; f Stillman, New York
City; Donald e Carlton, Providence
L |, and Arthur II Wilson, Phila
doll hiA.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
GARDENING AROUND PARIS.

Paris, Feb 27-Amateur gardening
around the fortiiiCations of Paris wa
80 successful last year that applica-
ticns for gardening rlots for the COM
iEs season have multiplied beyond
the space available. The allotment OF
tnese garden spots of hundred
yards square each will soon be made
uron written applications, preference
being given to large aud necessitious
families. Families with five or more
children will be allowed two lots
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
STRONG FOR INSURANCE
AT CAMP DO\IPHAN

According to information received
here, 1913 per cent of the men ut
Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma, are now
insured under the government plaza.
This advice, which came from Wash
ington, gave Camp Doniphan as rank =
ing eight of the cantonments in the
United States averaging 80 per cert
or more
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
Danger Turks In Catarrah
For 1t Often Leads to Consumption

snortor viii be your delay in getting
I'd of your Catarrh
Undoubtedly the most satisfactory
results toward giving permanent re-
uei from Catarrh have come through
III use Of s. S S, the time tested
blood remedy. S. S. s. treats Catarrh.
Dy going to tho very source of the
trouble, and removing the germs Of
the disease from the blood. and las
proved its efficacy in some of the
worst eases. Get hottie from year
druggist to-day. and begin the cnly
logical treatment that gives real re-
suits. then write to our medical di-
rector for any special instructions
which your case may require, Nd
dress Swift Specific Company, I-90i,
Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
HAVE COLOR IN CHEEKS
Be Better Looking-Take
Olive Tablets

ifyour skin is yellow--eomplexion pallid
tongue coated-appetite poor--you have
bad taste in your mouth-alazy, nogood
feeling-you should take Olive Tablets.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tahlets--a substitute
orcalomel-were prepared by DR., Edwards
after II years of study with his patients.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are a purely
vegetable compound mixed with olive oil.
You will know them by their olive color,
To have,a clear. pink skin, bright eyes,
no pimples, a feeling of buoyancy like
childhood days you must get at the cause
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act orr the
liver and bowels like calomel--yet have
no dangerous after effects,
They start the bile and overcome consti-
patton. That's why millions of boxes arc
sold annually at 10c and 25c per box. All
druggists. Take one or two nightly and
note the pleasing results
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
Children Cry
FOR FLETcHER'S
9 a s TO r a
R / { j N A 7 Is N
Try This Prescription. II Has
Helped Many.
Old Stubborn Gases Especially.

II is known as Prescription No.
C.222S. Eagle Prescription Drug
Store keeps it all prepared. Anybody
who has suffered the torments and
raeking pain of Rheumatism are ad-
vised to keep off the damp ground,
keep the feet dry and drink lots Of
pure water and take daily dose Of
this famous Prescription C2223. 1t
has helped hundreds of cases, espe-
cially the old, stubborn kind. Pre-
scrlItion Druggists tell us that this
prescription keeps down and eXpels
uric acid from the blood Those ter
rible aches and pains, swollen mus
cles, aching back and every form of
rheumatism can be easily controlled
by following the simple directions that
90 with this famous prescription.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
A WELL THAT 6REATHES

A l00-foot well on the farm of Thos
briggs, near Fletcher. apparently has
lungs. For a certain time it puffs Air
out and then begins to suck it in.
When the air is on the intake, the wa
ter in the we'll freezes over and when
the well exhales the ice immediately
disappears So far, the mystery has
not been explained
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
HIGH EXPLOSIVE BOMB
AT GERMAN PRISON AT
FORT DOUGLAS, UTAH

Salt Lake City, Feb S--What is be-
lieved to have been the agent to be
used in the wholesale delivery of Ger
man war prisoners at Ft Douglas, was
found by soldier at the prison camp
Sunday afternoon in the form Of a
high explosive bomb.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
~ HEAD or NINE
WORKERS VIEWS IT

In giving his strongest endorse
ment to the war savings stamp move
ment, John Wilkerson, president OF
the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica, McAlester, sayH We must wir
this war, and those who do not help
win either in an industrial financial
or military way, are slackers and ]
cbnscientiously believe that would
he a traitor to my class, as we'll as
The country Of my adoption, if were
- attempt to mislcad"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
THE UNITED STATES FOOD
ADMINISTRATION SAYS,

There Is no royal road to food
conservation. We can only ae-
eomplish this by, the voluntary
action OF our whole people, each
element In proportion TO its means.
It 10 matter Of equality Of bur-
den; a matter Of minute saving
and substitution at every point in
the 2o,oo0,00 Kitchens, on the co.
00o. .000 dinner tables, and In the
100000 manufacturing, whole
sale and retail establishments Of
the country.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
You Can Avoid the Dangerous
Stage of This Disease.

Many case Of consumption, that
most dreaded of all death dealing
diseases, has had its beginning in
Catarrh. which pursued its down
ward course until the lungs became
affected
This is reason enough why YOU
should not delay getting on the right
treatment for your Catarrh Nour
experience should have tugh YOU
by now thai YOU cannot be cured by
sprays. inhalors, douches, jellies and
other local applications And the
sooner you throw them away. the
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
STORE CLERKS TO STRIKE

st Louis, Mo, Feb PA strike of
clerks in the five large department
aores of st. Louis was called late
this afternoon, effective Tuesday
morning. Union leaders announced
that the stores would be picketed and
that women would be among the
nickets
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
That Terrible t,eaosch,

Do you have periodic attaC-- OF
headache accompanied by sickness OF
the stomach or vomiting, Il B4ilow skin
and dull eyes? II SO, you can get
quick relief by taking Chamberlain's
Tablets as directed for biliousness,
and you may be able to avoid these
attacks IL you observe the directions
with each package.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27
THE DOG COMES FIRST

A New York woman died the other
day and left 800 year to be ex-
pended for the care and support of
her pet dog This would almost nro-
vide for three French orphans, but
probably sho expects the Lord to take
care Of them.