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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07

sniff simultaneously. Then one Of
them unbuttoned his hospital blue"
coat. which is the same thing that
wounded and sick Tommies wear.
and unbuttoned his shirt-the 9TH
| ers as slowly and weakly fumbled at
| their buttSns-and showed the In
crcdulous inquisitor how many LAY
ers OF waddlnS' they had on. "
Needn't Worry.
Don't you worry about us in this
mans land" declared the Tuscania
survivor from Madison. We've been
babied all across England to this
pretty place and now Uncle Sam has
| taken 'chaEe OF us, and reckon
we'll still have just about all that's
coming to us, Nothing on earth for
us 10 do now but try to walk a half
block more each day and get lots of
this good air and enjoy this picture'
book scenery
We're getting so werc interested
In food again, and 1t won't be long
until we are fit and are over with
our regiments. Say, they're cleaning
up proper over In FraBce--ain't they
though? Papers are fail of stuff
about EN- A Tommy was telling
US day before yesterday that he
heard from sergeant just over from
France that the Germans are a
scared to face the Yanks. Yes, that's
what he said. Don't know how much
truth there is ia it. but it sure listens
good.
And say, have you seen our
nurses? Well you just walk on down
about three fair-sized blocks.
They're on in hammocks under the
trees. Sixty of them came
across yesterday and you ought TO
see those James. They practiced
saluting all morning and this after
noon they had a right snappy drill.
Some kids, believe met"
Again expressing pleasure at find
ing than nearly normal, the visitor
bowed to their three feeble salutes
and humbly watched them move into
the open road where the haze of but
tercup gold seemed to become more
scintillatiuG for these crusaders or
the golden west.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07
AUTOMOBILES NEEDED
FOR WORK ON FARM
Lessons the WORK for Live Stock
and Give, FHrmcr IScttcr Chance
for RcCrCntion.

interesting observations concern
ing the aut9mobile and the farmers
| In this section are made by Nj
Steiner, dealer ia this locality for
| Racine country road and Racine
| multI-miic cord tires
'Tho automobile ON the farm has
earned its feed a hundred fold" the
| dealer asserts THE automobile has
changed the farmers living hahttH.
II has changed his buying habits.
The automobile has been So import
ant an adjunct in the life Of the
farmer hcrcabouts that IL would hr
most difficult FOR the farmer tu get
along without IT,
"lle uses his car constantly There
are the many quick trips 90 and from
town, or 10 places on or about hia
farm. The motor car has extended
the social side OF farm lifc II has
brought farmers nearer together II
has made them ucighbors In the real
sense of the word II has brought
to the farm the advantages which.
before the automobile came. were as.
sociated almost exclusively with city
life
"Who would GO back to conditions
that existed before the automobile
camc?" the dealer asks Il couldn't
Could you?"
Racine country road and Rdcine
multi mile cord tires, in the opinion
Of the local dealer. have done mach
to cut the cost Of motor car opera
ucn The country road tire espe-
cinlly. the dealer sets forth. is do
slgned and constructed particularly
To meet road conditions existing In
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07
(By GEORGE T. BYEl

LONDON. July 6.--Among other
disasters of the war is one being
suffered by eccentrics-the queer
people, the men who do not do things
as others do. them, that magnificent
genius that ha,s done so much 10
make life morsi livable for others
but never has been able. or con-
cerned, in regulating its own exist
ence.
| was just talking with an eccen-
trio. He is one of the financial suns
of the world, For himself he has
never had more than Y'feM months
expenses ahead yet Ms midday and
midnight studies have lightened a
world OF currency and credit. He
badly needed a new suit today. More,
he needed to quit twlddling with a
piece of string which he wound and
unwOund, first on one finger then
the next, over and over again until
we finished talking. Then he care.
fully placed the string in its assigned
pocket and zigzagged down the street
touching every tree, post or mail box
that he passed.
Life OF Toll.
I happened to know Of the life of
that man. He is alone in the world
He has had a lifetime of Intense
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07

times andsdeal with offenders in the
most modern way.
This service offers protection Ia
every driver Of Lexington Minute
Man six.
The company is receiving many
letters commencing them on their
Keen Interest in the thousands OF
Lexington owners
One Of these letters calls atten-
tlon to the fact that everything that
the automobile manufacturer can do
to reduce the loss Indirectly, means
saving TO automobile owners and
greater satisfaction in the protection
offered them,
Officers OF tho Lexington Motor
company say that 1t is a part OF their
policy to maintain keen interest in
every car they produce and that this
interest does not end by any means
with the sale Of the car.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07

is placed on a temp. ary office file
l'r short r.voi during which it is
a'hIe 90 constant rcgr.nce. After
We incident is closed tho sheet is
'dod sysicmalcajiy {. permanent
accommodations
SO simple b, tb" system that its
superiority over former methods is
only realized uv those who have ao.
tnally done the paper work" at tho
station
Another yir,ue of the plan IS that
me prepared blprbs one of which u
provided 90 cG,.r almost every sort
oI case mat comes before the police,
.guige officers 'u obtain and record
%. the Information desired The
blank for stolen cars. for Instance,
ms spaces tor score cot. more detaUE,
some ~ Yhisn mIrhi be forgotten
were they NOT specifically required
10y the blank
Although t.e plan las been in ef-
rect IN IulH !"r only short time.
!; TX thc upiUuu r members Of tho
Tulsn department that the Innovation
"lll odi considerably a. tho eff
cheney ofdt4io police
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07
SAMMIES HAPPY AT
CHANCE TO RECOVER
Appreciate Treatment Since They
Took Pneumonia; Gaining
Strength Fast
[Ry GEORGE T. RYEN

LONDON, June 6.--The sun
beamed his robust good-humor. Up
the poetical road toddled three odd
hEures. To left and right of the
read the fields were entirely overlaid
with buttercups. Rather this was
an armor of gold that extended up
20 hills that were solid golden walls
having cornices and turrets OF gold
a long file of giant chestnut trees
held aloft their flowery cones like
military flambeauX. The trees lined
the road at stiff attention. The road
Itself was rather a pageant way
edged with warm green and tessel-
ated with sparkles.
Then the three odd toddlers. odd.
because they entered this otherwise
iililc picture wearing overall blue
coats and oyeraV-blue trousers.
white shirts, red ties and American
army sombreros when they should
have been in appropriately gorgeous
trappings of glory-and odd too be
cause they toddled al labored slow
speed that was nearly grotesque.
At the foot of the presentation OF
flambeaux they halted unsteadily,
Is From Madison.
I'm from Madison. Wis" said the
first slowly and weakly. He was
trembling a bit. HIS face was white
and suuken and his hands thin al.
most to transparency. The other
two were like him.
He" pointing to the blue tod
dler next to hints from st. Louis
He and me are from the Tuscania-
We got pneumonia from the expos
ure, but vera coming along all right
now. This is the longest walk we
have had yet. And, gee, it's no more
than three or four city blocks, but
1t seems as II well never get to that
church. Then we turn around and
go back. The nurses said they
would run up for us II we're not
back in two hours. Fine day, amt
IT."
1T Is that. And who is our third
friend on the left here?"
"Oh, him? He's from Maryland"
Yes, I'm from Maryland. and I'm
Just getting over the pneumonia
too. I wasn't on the Tuscania. got
my pneumonia eating an onion
sandwich. We were crossing on a
big liner, and had little cold
when we got aboard but thought
nothlng or It. The second night out
we had little party and | ate an
onion sandwich quite late. Well. sir,
that onion sandwich knocked me
clean out at once.
Onion Sandwich TO Blame.
II took TO bed and the doctors
came TO see me the next morning,
and | told 'em all about the onion
"a nd witch Then thew said "YOti'll
have TO move into the ship hospital,
boy; you've got pneumonia. | was
flat on my back when we landed.
so | can't say I enjoyed any OF the
trip, but 1t must have been pretty
nice"
IT'S fine to see all three Of you
smiling after your tough experience.
But aren't you cold in those thin
muslin SUITS"
They all gave a little chuckle and
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07
War Is Putting Stop to Eccentrics
of Dress and Habits of Londoners

study with absolutely no play. Long
as" a piece OF string offered bit
OF relaxation lie adopted 1t uncon-
sclouSIy and as he has never had n
y 'houShi for himself u became great
part OF his life. Another inward
craving, probably a reaching for
companlonship, impellcd MIN TO pat
! trees and posts and this became his
| Suhconsctous business or sport.
such queer, pathetic or laughahle
| people are OF species that is the
| outcrop Of MNuriant indiyidualism
| but milityIy organization cannot toll
crate ind'gidualism. A private In an
army or navy must be a standard
unit; and a brief experience of mill
tary regime will forever inoculate
MN against any fev9Ts Of individual
ISM and Its resultant distortions A
man who is a number In a division
who sleeps eats, parldes and goes to
church TO bugle notes, surely by no
| violent reaction can ever after be-
como complete in himself, his own
law that never administered, Obli-
vious to, the outside world.
tniveSal military experience is
drawing Nway all able'bodied men.
This eXpises for the first time to
heartless Eaze our chronic eccentrics
so ahnormally developed as to be
impossible of use in a machine Of
exactly-fitting cogs They must go
to medical examinations where once
they could live for years in quaint
lanes with practically no contact
with society People stare at them
brutally now when once 'hev might
twiddle their string in n multitude
ard be totally alone They nave to
have coupons for daily necessities,
which means they : ust he regularly
in touch with tho Authorities and be
registered and hav m 20 or less OF
a fixed abode rive. ., 81 eat with
in certain hour 'oi ops and res
taurants are ut o. Sil day nor
all night. They mus. submit reg
ularly To further nude parades be-
fore military doctore Their age is
nc protection, urlor, they are above
S. years. A cold spotlight is upon
them.
Most Arc I'm London.
am speaking now OF course. OF
the London ecccntrice. London. I
am told. has always had far more
eccentrics than any other national
metropolis because London has had
the widest measure OF human lib-
ortv London has been an inviting
mould 10 these fantastic fungi She
has more than tolerated them-she
has fostercd and encouraged them
They could busy themselves 10 her
odd nooks--llving comfortably al
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07

Miss Gaynell Birmingham, one OF
the girls employed In the gas mask
department OF the Goodyear Tire h
Rubber company. has Just received
a German helmet. captured by her
brother in battle from German sol
dier in France.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07

II you are the wife OF n soldier
don't write him torlorn, hopeless let
tcrs\ and cause him to worry and
perhaps desert, but tell him you love
him and how proud you are. Show
him you are brave ns well as he.
He'll make n better soldier II you
do
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07

When you write to the boys in the
trenches. forgot your troubles and
sorrows and tell them OF IN daily
happenings in the neighborhood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-17

A. 1Gitchsll Fal4sF % ghsrgss in
Political Speech at Harris
burg, Pa.

1 A. Mitchell Palmer. alten property
custodian, in 2 spsecA e& HarrishHxE,
Pa, Saturday night ettaektnS The
liquor interests q ? factor ip Penn-
sylvanle politics. declared that >
group Of German brewers IN this
/ country had supplied the funds for
the purchase Of z neWspsper publish
ed in Washlnston to serve their cause
1 against prohibition. Mr.. Palmer, who
was addressing the Pennsylvanie state
| democratic committee. urging the re-
pudlation Of Judge E. C. RonniweH
as candidate for governor, said:
| The organized liquor traalc of this
!, stAte, through its old conduit, seeks
| 70 fool the people into the belief thaf
| the democratie party Is hEhting for
Of fsef is easdids1 hsn is 4 liz iRsa tra-
| ment and the tool Of this same traf-
Let me say to you as an illustra-
ton OF the length to which these in
| that twelve or dfteen German brewers
OF America, In association with the
United States Brewers Association.
as doa
buy great newspaper In one of the
| chief cities Of the nation; and its
publisher. without disclosing whose
! money had bought that organ Of pub
| lie opinion in the very capital of the
! nation, in the shadow OF the Capitol
| itself. has been aghting the battle Of
| the liquor tra@c.
That money was placed there un-
der methods and by contrivances
cleyerly designed to keep. secret for
eyer Wh9 # was that Rpt the money
into that great newspaper and the
purpose for which it was there
Mr.. Palmer refused to give, the name
Of the Newspaper to which he re-
ferFed and Whsp pressed Ter IN an
swer REPLIED: have nothing more
FOLLOWING Mr.. PaImer,s speech the
committee adopted q resolution re-
pudfating Judge BonniwelT as the
| Democratic party's candidate for gov
| ernor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-17


'-This - not tho time to b down
cast" dscAes4 Aaman Walf. a ~
time AHertNA AnhAasaslor 10 TNxlsy.
spAaking IT ehe AaFsieAs ceaahaeNiaS
Yen HappRr ~ 1AghAh &trees EazApas
last NIGHT. sxor Ms AEe ssaczaAsiaE to
free thu .wosadr
Mr.. Wo1 aesaAred thA<e WARS 5000
Jews in aaryice opt of three mutton
In the country. He urged the support
OF tho war - Ahe point who're AeoriGc4
was kelt and In rAsRoAae to Apaeel
for wax suete.ers &lo.pao was raised.
zionas. snealers asdEaassd an lpeel
ices, which ended At sunset Yesterday
Rabbi CEossman and Rabbi 8ilNer-
stone Addressed their respective CON
|gregaNons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-17
SOLDIER :: J0GT MUSIC
BY ABSENT TREATMENT
Young Lady viii Play and Sing
Here While He '1isteps''
Over There.

Many letters have been received
from the soldiers in tho trenches In
France to friends aud relatives I'm
this country containing many diner-
emit requests. but the latest and pr
haps the most unusual request was
written by 2 young omcer. formerly in
the District Of Columbia National
Guards. This letter was written to a
young lady living in the northwestern
part pf the city who - musical. The
young officer in question is fond Of
music. and on many occasions, when
calling. was entertatned at her home
with music, both vocal and instru-
mental.
In recent letter he asked that on
September IL. at 5 PM. which would
e.. Of G R sRsss sss sts snd x sns
get four Pr ave oncefs ma listen, and
not a word would BE spoken until be
thought sufficient TING had elapsed to
Hnish the song, including the second
verse.
Needless to say the request will be,
complied with. The young lady who
recetre4 the letter said ehe had IN
yfted several persons to cyme In On
the affArnoDn OF The date mentioned,
ana at the appointed time she was
going to the piano ana the song would
Pc PLACED and sung Just as 1t was on
the evenings the omcsr called.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-17
TWO BOYS FOUND DEAD
WITH GAS TURNED ON
colered Rorters From south Caro-
lima Believed to Have "Blown
Out" Flame.

Arthur Lewis and Hampel Sanders,
colored porters at Union station, were
found dead in their room. at l26s-A
Carrollburg place southwest, this
morning. with an open gas jet in the
room. Coroner hewitt concluded that
the fame had been blown out last
night when the two retired.
Levi Lewis v zee st5tesa ana Sanders ssy;
bad Seen workiase Fe 6aiod ff s9at neS
dow Of then room wsfs slossS' occa-
panty of the ho4se told ne coronsr.
when the odor Of gas WAS discpvsred.
a physici4n from Casually Hos
pital was called. Sanders body was
lying on the door near fhe window.
and Coroner hewitt Believes he fell
while trying to reach the window
5pa at Def9Es re lat sonseiensnsgs:
Notified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-17
Gen. PERsHlNe AWARDS
CROSSES FOR HEReIsN

Gen. Pershing has awarded distin-
Euished service crosses for "extraor-
binary 'heratsm in action" apripE en-
envy raids on American positions In
Alsaee 70 Corp. Ellsworth Q. geHiil.
Infantry. Railway. N. J.. and Private
John zPshe infantry. Rfaeklyp.
heen MANIA post posthumons,y TO Is Pr ri.
xate 39Hn lcGeary. iH9antFy. New
York, for gGtlantry Displayed In. at
tempting tp1rescue q Wennded COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-17

Practically all of the 100 ministers
Of Knoxville, Tenn, Sunday made
the suggestion at the morning hour
Of church serEice that women sup
plant the men now doing essential
work IN the shops and factories Of
Knoxville
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-17
Two Are Hopozably Discharged.

Brig. Gems. Charles w. Barber, Ala
bama, and Henry r. Fiji have hAen
honoEably dieohargsa in their RrAs-
ent grades by order Of the PrAsident.
Gen. Barber. who - stationed at Camp
Mcclellan. Eeyerts - his status - ?
and Gen: I'm resumes his etyH skstus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-17

Crompton's cravenetted Corduroy
Suits-fhe Eravenetfing making them
showerproof and adding to the wear
resistance. Popular Mouse color !;
belt ali around; full cut Knicker-
b hee 1ss,. p.at.-.ise. s to @.Q5
Boys Fancy Gheviot Belted Suit. !;
light and dfsk Gray effects; Slash
every detail. Sizes 7 to %7 En
r. years. sPEcIAL..... sp/.OV
Boys Blue Serge Suits-fsst color
positively; belt all around; metal
buckle in front; Knickerbocker pants
lined all through; seams safely
secured against ripping.
s sI5ss : L. % - 's.. S7.5O
Boys Corduroy Pants; Mouse
color-straight cut. Sizes 4 to 10
al SJo. Knickerbock- 60 IN
erE5 to u years-..-.... sVA'Ov
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-17
Joseph Dyson Stabbed.

a 5sysR sou Rsssa '9!2Esd as e. Rss Ss
1880 O'clock Participated IN an alter
cation in South WashinGton with
three colored men and was cut about
the left side of his face and across
his left wrist. He was taken to Emer-
gency Hospital
Joseph Barnes, colored, s2s Liberty
street southwest, told police Of the
fourth precinct that a. colored woman
struck him with p brick on his scalp
He was participating in an alteration
at the time. Surgeons at Emergency
Hospital dressed his injury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-17
TIOc,JI, one slDI,
ONE INT xIlHblK


Isaac K. Oakley. local manager for
she nrm Of Norris 4 Ee- AAat might
about 7:45 o'clock was stabbed in
the lsft side by an unidentified col
orsA man while ON The sidewalk near
the Burlington apartments. whers
he resides According to the report
70 the police ths eolored man pro-
tested beeause the document IF ap
automobile did not signal hiS ap-
proech, and when words paaaed Ae-
tween tho coaored pedestrian ana The
motorist Oakley walked 70 the scene
to learn what was the matter. The
colored man, b. says, STABBED him and
disappeared. The wounded man was
taken to his apartment and treated.
Detective scrdvener and p9Aee Of the
second precinct arrssted several col-
ored men on snspicAon. but Oakley
did not Identity one as being his
assailant.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1918-08-07
POE VALLEY
. FARMER HAS
A RUNAWAY

To be thrown from his wagon In .
runaway this morning on lower
Sixth street. was the misfortune OF
Edward Fruer, a well known farmer
OF Upper Poe valley. whose tenn got
frightened at a switch engine at the
Sixth street crossing. The tongue Of
the wagon was broken by the racing
tenn and the vehicle damaged. but
beyond a few bruises the driver was
uninjured. Farm produce consisting
OF cream. butter and eggs was scat.
tered all along the road.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1918-08-07
Movies Are Used to
Combat German Lies

washingtcn, Aug. Tho story
Of the governments policy and acti.
vities In pictorialising the war, not
only fer record and Information. but
for morale at home and for combat.
ting the German lie In other cour
tries Of the world" 10 told In . re-.
port which Secretary Baker has laid
before congress.
II is In reply to . resolution Of
inquiry regarding molten and still
pictures Of the American Expedition.
AIRY force and Of the military prepar.
ations at home. and II shows a com
prehensive system Of picture activity
safeguarded by . permit system de.
vised by the committee on public
Information and approved BY the war
department.
The pictures are taken by signal
corps units and are shown In thouS
ands Of motion picture houses under
contracts on . commercial basis to
help pay the committees expenses In
motion picture propaganda.
''The funds received from these
sources. which are put In the treas.
ury to the committees credit" says
the report, do not represent profit
In any sense. Every cent goes to
and distribution OF the
enormous amount Of film the com.
mittes 10 compelled to distribute
without return In foreign countries
- part Of the United States educa.
lional campaign.
All features and war reviews will
b supplied free Of charge to canton.
ments In the United States and to the
picture shows on the firing line In
France. The returns are to defray