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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-18
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been decided by most Of the smart de-
signefi.
One went back 10 the days Of the
American and the French revolution,
80 fashion said, in putting strips Of
buff, white and bfocaded materials
from collar bone 10 waistline as an Off
set 10 a severe coat
Cheruit and several other interesting
drss,maken sent the waisteoat TO
America 10 be exhibited In the spring
showing OF iroeks, but the mAnnequln'
who wore these new garments found
that the novelty was unobserved by
the majority OF women. Even those
who spoke Of Il shrugged their shoul-
dep and indiiiefsntly shelyed the idea
a. one that was neither acceptable aor
possible for the l.
All Ages In waisteoau.
France has a csnny way a keeping
a fashion behind her back after il ha,
once been refused, and then bringing n
out in the other hand and putting Il
before the public In a slightly altered
phase She usually succeeds In this
trick
There IL no doubt that she hs, had
success In passing the waisteoAt from
one season TO another, for II she knows
what American women are wearing
she must be delighted that her little
garment. iilehed iroi the two reyolu-
tions. can be found wherever new
clothe, for women are sold.
There are waistcoan OF pique, and
there are waisteoats Of splendid Chi
nese brocade fastened with rhinestone
buttons and between these two eK-
iremes. one finds accommodating shapes
and colors that iit themselves into
whatever costume We plan
The woman who is bent on economy
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-18
IIIE UNIVERSITY
n Be SCHOOL
n DRAFTED MEN
c1'np VIII Be Opened There
n About May Is,

4 NORMAN. Okla, April i8-(Spe-
The college Of engineering Of
y University Of Oklahoma has been
eeted by the war department as a spe.
" training camp for draft army men
Dore they may be taught technical
(n1es Of value to military organira-
I president Strstton d. Brooks and
80 ]. H. Felgar Of the college. are
~ negotiating with war 20. iment
I1ciaIs regarding the things to he
nght here aid the housing Of the men
~ war department desires that bar.
ochn be br'lt I them.
BIacksmithine. machine shop work
ooOmobile repairing, oarpt.try. me.
\ (>nnieal drawing and wireless teleg-
cochy are the subjects WHICH can he
vnaght here. The capacity Of the col
~ Of engineering is l70 men, The war
0ooartment is sta,ioning drafted men at
Ser;ous technical schools in camps Of
u OF more.
I undef present plans the camp will be
1oeued about May IS and last all sum-
~. A regular army officer would be
U1kailed with the men sent here. In
DlSuction would be given by members Of
y local faculty and army officers.
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The Industrial Loan and
Investment Company
Of Oklahoma

takes this occasion to notify the public
that il is not organized under what Is
known as the Morris Plan" but that
it is purely local institution organ
lied under Oklahoma laws, by Okla
homa City people, to transact business
with Oklahoma City people
While institutions OF similar char
acter have been called "Door mems
banks" this institution is not a bank
or trust company, but is a corporation
which loans money upon the strength
OF good personal security, alone, and
provides specially for the wants Of in
dustrial workers and wage earners
1t Is located at No. 20 Terminal
Arcade building, North Harvey street.
Officers: R b, Halliburton, presi-
dent; Sidney l.. Brock, vice president
Elmer c, Trueblood, treasurer and man
ager; Harris L, Danner, assistant
manager.
Directors r. r. Anderson, Hubert L.
Bolen, R. B Halliburton, Ollie S. Viii
son, Sidney l. Brock w. II. Garside,
L. B, MeKillip, Il NJ Walker Judge
J. II, Everest W. C Thomas, Elmer
c, Trueblood, (Ady.)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-18

We have made a start on the
long hard road to Victory.
Our men are fighting at the
front In France.
Our American industries have
accomplished prodigious results in
building up war machine to fur
nish munitions and supplies.
But we have only begun.
We must do more and more.
This is not a war of armies but
of nations in which every citizen
must do his part.
Every worker In our industries
Is truly fighting in this war. Every
man, woman and child who gives
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bRIT0NS learn
middle WEST IS
/ ALL IN THE WAR
Iowan Brings Cheers at La
81 Dor Banquet,
By X. WALTER

LONDON, April l8-Greater tribute
eever has been paid 10 the middle west
y the historical parliament buildings
= Westminster than the applause that
~ heard at the luncheon to Ameri-
. citizens presided over by George
DsIes, labor representative In the
ue1tish war cabinet, and attended by
~ other ministers and public men.
u tribute came with a laugh and a
e6eer and hearty applause when one
q the speakers, Edwin T. Meridith, di-
feetof OF the United States Chamber
q Commerce, was explaining the geo.
0eAphical bearing OF his country on
A0erican relations to the war.
Middle West Strong In War.
sEnglishmen think OF America as
being 5000 miles away" he said, "But,
With apologies to some OF my fellow
eatiscns present come from the great
ut section Of our great land from the
qiddle west, and from the greatest
IN Of the sestion from the gate of
NwA The middle west was The last
- como into the war and II will be the
~ 10 leave. Ny people of the great
n@ddle west did not know what the
NJ was about and they weren't COM
~ In until they knew But let me tell
~ they know now and they are in
~ and il is from the middle west
ut we get the saying that the only
~ out is through. And let me re-
uInd you, the first man 10 fall in this
yor under our flag was from that same
ajddle west, Merle Hay, and when his
nother heard OF his death, what did she
seVi Thank God, had a son to give
y such cause That is the spirit of
~ middle west"
There was great applause at this and
hGain when Ambassador Page referred
skfcastically to "the lukewarm middle
vost."
Your newspapers have frequently
oGDerted that the middle west was luke
vorm,' Mr.. Page said. 81 took il upon
m9self, for lived there once, to deny
~ statement, but whenever the sub
1T came up my friends still insisted
q asking me what about the middle
vDet. They never believed me. Now /
~ glad to have this specimen from
~ lukewarm middle west. You can
~ what lukewarm specimen he IS"
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finds that q narrow coat, or one that
has lost ~ first fine brillianey, Is
jotked up into first place by the add
ton Of long. broad waistcoat Of plain,
embroidered or brocaded stuff
Because II wh fashionable 20 wear
high collars last year there are waist
coats that have brought ont these
shapes and look very smart on the
woman who can carry them Of.
This trick IL not given 10 more than
one woman In hundred, Only eef-
tain kind Of neck can stand = high
collar However, fashion does not ask
us 10 give ourselves o double chin
by wearing tightly boned, thin collars
II 10 not 80 unkind, but II offers q
loose. wrinkled fence Of cloth that goes
around the neck and often lifts itself
outward and upward toward the chin
This 10 the kind Of collar that is car
ried by the long French wai'tcoat with
q row Of buttons from waist TO chin
While many women like fantastic
waisteoah and rndulge u,eir secret de-
sire for q biz OF flaming color through
the medium OF this accessory, the ma.
jority keep n white, buff and gray.
There ls Just such a vest Of white
faile shown In the sketch Of this good
looking suit The material is black
satin. The skirt Is narIow-why mem
ton it'--and the coat Is . modified
redingote. BY the way, II Is trimmed
with huge ehbi1 cords. the kind that
children were taught 10 make In the
sewing room In other days when econ
omy was as necessary AZ now.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-18
Fewer Deaths in
Army Camps in
Preceding Week

WASHINGTON, April ls-Health Of
all troops in the United States con
tinues good, the war department an
nounced today in a report covering the
week ending April II. Both hospital sd-
mission and death rates were lover
than In the preceding week The high
est rates were At national army can
tonmeni'. probably because Of the
mobilization Of large numbers Of drafted
men. The total number Of deaths at all
camps was 2sS, as against 20 the week
before.
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Vets Win Out
in Local Ballots
in Empire State

ALBANY, N. Y, April is--Reespitu-
lation today on Tuesdays and Wsdnes-
days local option elections In New
York showed that although prohibition
force, won out in a bare majority Of
the thirty-nine cities voting. the vets
carried the largest municipalities and
retained more than 400 Of the 2l2
licenses, or nearly 20 percent Of the
total involved.
-W,aa,-
The farmer who buy, Liberty Bonds
IS making hay for his country even
though the weather is cloudy.
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STONES FUNERAL HELD
AT NEVADA, MO-, TODAY

NEVADA, Mo. April l8-The fun
cral train bearing the body Of the late
Senator William J. Stone, who died
in Washington last Sunday arrived
here at 4 o'clock this morning and was
met by a committee Of citizens. The
casket was taken TO the First Chris
tian church, where a guard Of honor
chosen from members Of the Masonic
lodge. took II in charge.
Funeral services are TO be held from
the church this afternoon.
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kIEW YORK,-In every city some
N shop offers variety Of waist
coats The idea Of attaching thi,
small but important accessory 10 ones
costume swept over the continent with
an ayidity that surprised those who saw
the fashion rejected last spring
A year ago suits with small waist.
coats were sent to this country from
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-18

Paris. The cables and letters told
everyone who was concerned about
French fashions that the incoming Of
this garment as a leading fashion had
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-18
Liberty Bonds are the
real weapons for Victory

of substance and savings Is adding
to the national power.
The foundation OF all our cast
war making machine Is the
Liberty Loan.
Money Is needed to build more
and more ships; to furnish food
and guns and powder and trans
port and airplanes; to raise and
equip new armies.
We must oversubscribe this
Third Liberty Loan and do II
quickly.
We must show the courage that
Is in us.
We must show cheerful will
ingness to make sacrifices for our
boys in the trenches.
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son, chairman, Duluth; H. G.
Larson, Duluth; C. c. Housh,
Meadowlands; E. P. Gibson, Du-
luth.
Tobacco Fund

Since the drive of last week
wherein there was collected $50
for sOur Boys in France Tobacco
Fund.-" there has been but little
doing in the smoke line. The
management of the Fund is daily
in receipt of letters from boys in
France telling Of the cheer furn-
ished by the packages Of tobacco
sent. Hundreds of postal cards
are being received weekly by
donors to the fund. From six to
ten months is required to get an
answer from the boys in the
trenches and Ely people will get
answers to their contributions in
due time. Keep the good work
going and send in your mites for
the boys in France.
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4 prnrlantatiutt

Whereas, the people of the United
States are at war with the Ger
man Empire and the Empire of
Austria-Hungary and for the sue
cessful prosecution of the war,
systematic and organized thrift,
saving and economy are absolute
ly necessary in all of our citizens,
and permanent agencies to carry
on the work Of thrift, saving and
economy during the full period OF
the war are essential, and the
government Of the United States
has requested it's citizens to form
themselves into War Savings So
cieties and in such Societies to
carry on, during the period of the
war, a systematic and continuous
campaign for the encouragement
and practice of thrift, saving and
economy and for the purchase OF
Thrift Stamps and War Savings
Stamps and has outlined a plan
for the organization of such So
cieties;
Now, Therefore, / do set aside and
designate the week commencing
Sunday, the tenth day of March
1918, as
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-08
Patriotic Meeting

A patriotic meeting of the> Slo-
venians and Coatians of Ely,
Winton and Section Thirty will
be held at the Washington Audi
forum next Sunday afternoon.
The meeting will be addressed Dy
Mayor Olof Knutson, Supt. H. e.
White, Joseph FISHER secretary
Of the South Slavonic Union, Rev.
Frank NEihelich, Rudolph Trosht
a representative of the depart
ment of justice at Washington,
D. c. and DR.. Bogomil Vosnjak
professor Of Constitutional Law
at Zagreb University in Austria
but recently of London, England.
The meeting has been arranged
to arouse patriotism among the
people of these nationalities in
their adopted country and to
bind them in loyalty bonds to the
government. Similar meetings
have been held in all the range
towns and everywhere the Slo-
venians and Croatians have been
found most patriotic. Everyone
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made on the community. In or
der to carry this out every town
and city OF the ranges should or
ganize on the same lines on ac-
count of the possibility Of the
men shifting from one town to
another where the plan was not
in force.
Secretary A. H. Weigel Of the
Gilbert Council Of Defense went
further into the details Of the or
ganizatiOn and showed that it
would be far better to secure $25
from % men than $25 from one
man. All the mining men present
were heartily in accord with the
plan and a motion to that effect
was carried unanimously, every
community on the ranges being
represented.
Monday evening at a special
meeting of the Ely Commercial
Club the plan was outlined by
DIR. Ayres, Geo. L. Brozich and
others and it was decided to try
and put the idea into working or
der in this city, Winton and Sec
ton Thirty at once. Representa-
tives from Winton and Section
Thirty were present. The com
mittee which had attended the
Virginia meeting were empowered
to meet with the city council and
to take such other steps to perfect
the organization.
The city council at the meeting
Tuesday evening decided to take
charge of the proposition and
handle the same through the Of
flee of the city clerk and treas.
urer with the assistance Of the
other employees in the city hall
building. Mayor Knutson was
given full power to act and under
his able supervision the plan will
be put in, execution. The other
communities on the range are also
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-08
Dynamite to Get Even

Nick Boskoff a Bulgarian who
has been in the limelight Of the
municipal court on several occa-
sions is suspected Of planting the
dynamite which partly destroyed
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Prijatelj at the Savoy location
Sunday night.
BOskoff it seems had been on
very intimate terms with the wife
of a neighbor of the Prijatelj
family and the attention Of the
husband was called to the affair.
This so angered Boskoff that he
made threats of getting even and
it is supposed that the dynamite
plot Of Sunday evening was the
elimination of the revenge.
The house was damaged to the
extent Of about $500 by the ex-
plosion of several sticks of dyna-
mite which had been tied to the
door knob. Mr.. and Mrs. Prijat-
eli were asleep in bed room adj
joining but were uninjured.
Boskoff was taken into custody
and when searched had a loaded
revolver on his person. He was
held to the grand jury and in de.
fault of bail to the amount OF
81 500 was taken to the county
Jail. His paramour was also ia.
ken into custody and bound over
to the grand jury but secured bal
to the extent of $500 and was re
leased.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-08

Charles T. Murphy of Aurora,
president Of the st. Louis County
Club has named committees for
the ensuing year, the announce.
ment of which has been sent out
by Secretary Richard Giffin OF
Hibbing. The committees and
appointments are as follows:
Agricultural-W. F. Haenke,
chairman, Eveleth; w. G. Sar-
gent, vice chairman, Duluth; M.
F. lamar, Duluth; Ole Larson,
Duluth; Charles Rowland, Tower
George G. Stone, Duluth; J. j.
Hayes, Chisholm.
Highways-John Lutes, chair
man, Duluth; A. B. Coates, vice
chairman, Virginia; A. r. Folsom,
Bull; j. j. Lum, Duluth; Frank
Veranth, Ely; E. G. Bush, Du-
luth; Otto Swanstrom, Duluth.
Public Defense and War Work
j. Hearding, chairman, Duluth
Victor L. Power, vice chairman,
Hibbing; Fred Ward. Duluth
DR.. George Ayres, Ely; Miller
McDougall, Duluth; e. HI. Hatch,
Eveleth; w. S. Telford, Duluth.
Food Conservation-Mrs. e.
Lerch, chairman, Hibbing; Ben
Finch, vice chairman, Duluth
Mrs. G. E. Spring, Duluth; E. P
Gibson, Duluth; Mrs. Peter Schae-
fer, Ely; Harry Zinsmaster, Du.
luth; M. B. Elson, Gilbert.
Publicity-G. w. Small, Du
luth; E. P. Gibson, Duluth
Thomas S. Written, Winton; III
G.. Larson, Duluth; E. A. Koen
Biwabik; w. G. Brown, Chisholm
Crop improvement. Thomp
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arranging to get the idea into
working order.

arranging W StI Cut uucd AltO
working order.
The Wakefield Plan of a
regular and uniform assessment
of every man in the community
appeals to us as the proper man
ner in which to handle the war
activity drives. In this manner
whenever a call is made for funds
by the several organizations, a
committee will pass on the desir-
ability and legality and if the
cause is found worthy, a check
will be issued for the amount of
the quota agreed upon for the
community. This will do away
entirely with the solicitation at
intervals for various enterprises,
some of which might not pass the
censorship of the committee and
will do away with much trouble
both for those who give and those
who solicit. The fund raised by
the regular monthly assessment
plan should be ample to meet all
requirements and if a surplus
should accrue, it would be re-
turned to the contributors at the
close Of the war.
From all angles, the plan looks
better than anything heretofore
attempted in this line. As is well
known, whenever there is a call
made for funds, a certain few of
every community are compelled
to bear the brunt of the solicita-
ton work. Those easily access
sible are hit on each and every
occasion while those not easy to
get at get away without contrib
uting their share. The winning of
this war does not devolve on the
few but everyone is vitality inter
ested. The people must stand
united behind the American flag
with both their money and energy
and the Stacker should be weeded
out. With the plan outlined
above, the Stacker would stand
out like a wart on your nose and
he would become conspicuous
among the people of the commun-
ity. When we speak OF the
Stacker we mean the fellow who
habituaHy sidesteps everything
and gets away with it. The poor
man whose circumstances will
not permit him to actively sup
port the various objects is not
classed as a Stacker. By the
monthly payment plan and card
system Of indexing the commun-
ity will be classified and everyone
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Public Libra ry
BUY WAR SAVING STAMPS
DECLARE FOR THRIFT

The Miner this week received a
postal card from some one whose
name was not attached, but as the
matter is of considerable import
ance we publish the same. The
card dated at Superior, Wis,
said:
Dear Editor-While In your
city I was much pleased with con-
ditions in general.
asked for the direction in
which your public library was
situated and in reply was told
that you did not have one. A
city, 1 am told, Of 5000 and no
public library? / can not under
stand how you get along without
such building and suggest that
as a "booster you "boost" for
such proposition. Wishing you
success, | am,
A Friend.
While we admit that we have
no public library building we will
state that School District No. II
maintains at the High School
building an excellent library ac-
cessible to everybody and that so
far the wants Of the reading pub
lie has been filed very accept
ably. Our city does not have
5000 people but claims between
5000 and 5000, and the person
who directed the party was not
well informed. We expect to
have a public library building
connected with a social center
building sometime, somewhere in
the. city and will say that up to
that time, the school library
which is up-to-date and open to
the public will fill the bill. From
the writing, We judge the card
was written by a lady and we sin
cerely thank her for the interest
displayed showing that no matter
how much we do, we can do bet
ter, and that the welfare of the
| city is of concern to outsiders.
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affairs thrift and economy.
B: Abstain from expenditures
which are not reasonably neces.
sary to their health and we'll
being.
c.: Save and invest the pro-
ceeds Of their saving in Thrift
Stamps and War Savings Stamps
and
d: Advise and solicit their
friends, neighbors and associates
to practice thrift, saving and econ
omy and to purchase such stamps
and in this manner to write upon
the Nations Honor Roll the
names of all those who are loyal
and patriotic for the coming
generations to read.
And l hereby call upon all wo-
mems clubs and organizations;
all labor unions and railway bro
therhoods and other labor organ
izations; all universities and col
leges; all public, private, paro-
chial and UNCONVENTIONAL schools
and colleges; all churches, lodges
and benevolent and fraternal or
CARNATIONS; all state, county and
city officials, fire departments,
police departments and hospitals ;
all Y. M. G. AS, Y. w. G. AS,
Christian Endeavor Societies and
Boy Scout organizations; all bus
mess houses, office forces, office
buildings, mills, factories, COM
mercial clubs, hotels and apart
ment houses and all other like and
similar organizations to form
within themselves one or more
War Savings Societies and there
by to affiliate themselves with
the National War Savings Com
mittee.
(Signed) j. A. A. BURNQUIST.
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WAR ACTIVITIES
Plans to Simplify the Method Of Raising
Money.
Burden Of Giving to be EquaIized Among
all the People.

Mayor Olof Knutson, City
Clerk Eisenach, City Attorney
M d i n k, President Brozich of
the Commercial Club and DR.. Geo.
I. Ayres, vice president of the
st. Louis County Committee of
Public Safety, attended a meeting
in Virginia Friday evening Of the
various range town representa-
tives called by w. l. Prince direc-
tor for st. Louis County of the
Public Safety Commission for the
purpose of discussing matters of
interest to thu several communi-
ties represented.
A food conservation dinner was
served by the domestic science
department Of the Virginia High
School to the visitors after which
a general discussion followed as
to the best manner of conducting
the -tar;ous drives for funds we
are continually being called upon
to furnish for the several war &C
tivities.
Supt. of Schools c. L. New
berry of Gilbert presented plan
being followed in that city sim
plifying the method Of raising
money for war activities such as
the Red Cross, Y. M. G. A., K. G.
and other funds at present
raised by a few of the live men of
each community. His plan was
patterned after the plans of
Wakefield, Mich, where the sys-
tenn has been tried out to the en-
tire satisfaction Of the community
and with the burdens equally
divided.
The plan is to secure pledge
cards from every wage Garner
and everybody to the extent OF ST.
per month, the total to be placed
in the hands of a bonded treas
urer and from the funds thus Sc
cured to meet the various calls