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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-13
Gowdy
Has Made Hit
With Sammies
Former Catcher Is a Very
important and Most Popular
Parsonage About Camp,

An American war correspondent
With psrshlnIH army In France, IN
the course oi an Ailgle on what 10
going on behind tho lines. devoiea u
short but interesting chapter 10 Hank
dovdy. former catcher with the Hos
ton braves, who has been called base
halla real b0fo, because ha was the
first major league player 10 exchange
hla diamond uniform Tor Uncle snms
Khaki BAYS he'
u often visited the headquarters OF
tbs col0nsl OF certain Ohio feHi-
hent, uofhawhcro bohlnd the front"
writes lho cOrI ospOndept, "fof ! came
from Ohio myself and seems llko
. hems'oomlne to ueet those boyt
The master Of tstemoniss ht the
ssant whom wen call Hepk oowdy,
and a few other generals Hank II
about tho most popular soldier In
when hls regiment zones swing.
Ing down the pike the side lines are
jammed with other soldiers, who
crane their neoh 10 set a peek AZ
10 that fOlla's Hank, tho great ball
player" you can hear one dough
10y say 10 smother We'll, III he
dofgoned Look. )ust like any other
soldier. don't her
what did you sspso, to see'' will
lsnx ,Isnst ,..g batting sy'raU for 'hO.d
In D TsseSsE'S UNIFORM .' shd 70 earryin' Tsi
2 bat over his shoulder Hure. that's
Hank Hello. Hank, hoxja llks sol
dlerlngi
Hank viii look out Of the corner
OF his eye. and then, sure that the
colepsl en't looking, will reply out
OF the noorner' OF hls mouth
We're onto the Kaiser's curves,
boys. Wen hlt everything those
iuha pitch for home runs No
strlkeoptA IL this gnmer
Hank Is the lliy Of his regiment.
. % Organised 'saff's az flnd. ' Of VASE baseball
leagues and this sprlng he's going 10
lo4d championship team against sll
~ ueDsral Pershins Isn't too busy
Hank VII ny 10 get him TO umpire
Hank ISN'T very strong Tor the
discipline stuff they have IN the
army. but he behaves himself and
q! does everything hls officers tell him
II dropped In TO see his colonel the
other day. but he wasn't IN hk o.
ice. Hank was there, howeyar, With
hlF Rtt on tho cploRelH stove.
After Q while the colonel came In,
Hank removed his feet and gTeotnd
HIS Teglmaptnf commander with
We'll, well colonel, back 90 soonf
Jlst look who's hsrtl Our old friend,
ga Cal, II the colonel here doesn't
ask You TO stay for lunch. come on
over and eat with ma
After, Hank had gone out the col
wv ESsty Ou,u, ouuh, to hay. a
idolls. ET Rm and Ims aUt EN- m"s all stig SNys
rod up With hn proposed 6assban
teams. lie helps 'om 70 forget tho
dlsnomforls OF war.
Later ] found Hank aione and
buttcd In 10 ask him for his dope
on the, war and how he liked Il AZ Tar
wen, Ms a lot different from
travelling with the Braves, said the
former catcher and world series
hero
" ~ makes no difference how many
years fellow wears catoherB
maAk, the training viii not help him
moHk
" I hate them, but they are better
Than the gas Sometimes | am
tempted 10 risk H. hut always de-
eide to keep the thing on
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-13
C0VELESKIE TO
PITCH OPENERS
IN EACH SERIES
''lron Man" Is Lee FOhIS
Choice for This Job,

CLEVELAND. April 1S-stanley Covel-
sskie, lee Fohls Iron man" Ia 10 face
/ the enemy at the start Of every series
whenever possibM this season. The In
dams bulky manager has decided this,
anyway Covey Ii a i0-carat choice for
the mound task next Tuesday pt League
park, when the Detroit Tigers pry open
the campaign,
The pole IL probably the coolest and
most calculating twirler in the major
league today when under fire. He doesn't
eem 70 know or care thing about
anything but baseball when he Is on the
mound His mind In always centered on
the game, he can he depended on to be
ready when given tho word and then, too
he has one OF the best assortments Of
pitching goods 20 be boasted by any
hurler.
Jim Bagby will be No . with Guy Nor.
ton following for the third game Fred
Coumbs, the 1.-THE southpaw, and Bob
Groom, the skinny veteran 1ghthander.
win divide the fourth game duties OF
each series
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-13
ROCK ISLAND STATION
NOW BEING IMPROVED

Due to an investigation Of the city
health department, a general cleanup
has been started In the railroad sta
tions Of the city. The Rock Island is
the first TO begin work. The waiting
room in the Rock Island depot will be
extended on the west about fifteen
feet to allow more seating space, the
ticket office has been moved further
east so that the negroes may purchase
their tickets without coming into the
whites waiting room, The toilets will
be rebuilt away from the station These
changes will increase the seating ca
pacity of the station nearly one-thrd.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-13
sAFf As GIBRALTAR
By Ray stannsrd Baker, Writer
and Investigator; the Real David
Grayson.'
yostIsstor; lie real "HbavId 'ti Srasson. a 'A-

by Ray stanhArd Baker, writer and in-
Vcstlsator; the real David Grayson"
! look upon the Liberty loan not 80
much as a duty, although II Is a duty,
nor as a favor TO the goyernmentl-an
Investment as safe a Gibraltar az q
good interest rate is surely no favor 10
anybody but the invsStor-I look upon
It rather as an opportunity for us to
get togeiher-all OF us--in a great and
noble undertaking
Mr. Wilson has asked US to help
make the world safe for democracy
Not all Of us can fight. In my town Of
Amherst only about 90 men so far out
Of a population Of $500 have actually
gone into the army. Tbat leaves $40
OF us at home The same proportion
holds good in every town in America
The Liberty loan supplies U.s. the
great mass OF US who must remain be-
hnd-the opportunity Of doing some-
thing vital, something really impor-
tant in helping to win. We can lend
little OF our money TO the nation
that the nation may send our BOYS IA
the front to fight the battles OF liberty
and democracy II these voting msa---
the best national asset we haye--will-
lnely Offer their blood for the great
cause, for one welcome the oppor-
lunlly OF supporting them to the ut.
most
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-13
PIE SUppERS NET
Bis STAMP SALES
More Than $4,000 Worth
Sold at Seven Schools,

More than $4,000 worth Of stamps
was sold at seven school pie suppers
last night The Luther school in Dis
trict No. "a, established two records
last night First one pie alone sold
Tor 500, which is as much as ever paid
for any two previously bought; second,
the sale at that one school amounted 10
5000, which is twice as much as the
best sales at any othev two schools ever
held. The sale at this school was in
charge OF H. L., Stewart and Mr.. Her
bert,
The Spencer school In Districts IS
and 80, disposed OF $l,HSil worth Of
stamps. This sale was IN charge Of Mr..
Pebcly and Mrs. W. p. Rolls, secretary
Of the War Savings Stamp ! bank
Charlie Hagaman was the auCiioncer,
The school in District 55lsold $500
worth Of stamps II. L. Stewart and
NJ, +, Dreier we're in charge OF this
sale At a sale at the school in District
IS, &.6l0 worth Of stamps were sold,
Al the school in District Q, $3.50 20
worth of stamps were sold by A. II.
Meyers and Mr. MeInnis. Dr Crowder,
Dr. Grove and Mr. Carpenter sold
Ssj95 worth Of stamps in District I, and
Charles Woods, A. Z. Kull and +
Clarke sold S0So75 worth in District S.
Viii
There's no better tonic for a tagging
self respect than the purchase OF n
Liberty Bond.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-13
cAND|l 10 HAVE &
A NOT CONTEST
At INITIAL SACK
Ted Jourdan Promises 10 Make
Things Interesting,

There viii be- composition for m. nrs
hating 10 he done for tho White aof
the impending season. Two persons I'll
,lnlgyls tor he job they vlIi rot ssI n
Chick" dandils bum knSs holds up =
Que q these WORTHLESS ls TED icprdsn
field whenever he had an oppoyiunify
70 display his varea. +. II 10 one OF ths
wrlnkltA " fate that Jourden's rival for
tho substitute position should have been
trained AZ the same place where TED was
developed Joseph. Mo ~
,,,I T.. y9gnr,,.I %. @ who snI strive fg Dan.
nb,sinad ,.i.insit, na"1.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-13
8 !; R!af'e 4
S1seasD1>o. .tadd Mortimer I ,,~o;s
Judd Mortimer LeIis
CoNNNrW/o /oAo

IT was Wednesday when woke up
and | laid quite awhile thinking
about the sick baby and shout the
kite and about June's doctor and won
dering 1t II was all a dream, and then
| looked under the bed Tor the kite
and the kite was gone. and then re-
membered all about telling my daddy
about it, and ] knew ii was not dream
and am kinda glad | have not got a
gilty conscience any more like gilt,
because it looks like gold and, my hair
is golden and gilt kinda suits me, but
| guess God and my mother, which art
in heaven. don't like il, so that makes
me feel better not 10 have it.
Then | got up and got the milk in off
the front porch and made the coffee
and was Hopping pancakes when my
own true daddy came and he looked
through the scream and smiled at me
till ] nearly missed one OF them and
ROwdy was disappointed, because /
didn't, and then my daddy. said, Shut
your eyes until tell you to open them"
| said Shall | open my mouthl" He
said, You may II you want to, but !
have nothing to put in it," So then |
shut my eyes and closed my face, Tor
there' is not any sense in leaving your
face hanging open unless there is
something to put in ii, Then heard
my own true daddy go down the step
and to the corner OF the house and then
he came back up the step and through
the scream and then he said, "All right
you may open them" So then | opened
them and then blinked them and then
rubbed them and every time opened
them again there was the greatest,
beautifullest, biggest, reddest, whitest
and bluest kite I ever saw and a lot OF
string, and | put my arms around my
own true daddy's neck and nearly
squoze his head off ill he holleed for
help.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-13
WHITE is ACQUITTED
ON SHOOTING CHARGE

Fletcher White, proprietor OF a hotel
at 200 East Second street. was acquitted
by a jury in the district courtroom Of
Judge George w. Clark last night on
a charge Of shooting at B, +, HerrelI
with intent 10 kill on September a.
Herrell now has a suit Of $4,000 dam
ages pending against White. The
trouble between the two occurred over
disputed ice bill for 10 cents. which
Herrell, a driver for the Capitol Ice
company, was attempting to collect
----W.B,s.--
There's a whole lot more behind a
Liberty Bond than the actual money
anyestment Think it over. -
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-13
Dramatic Criticism in American pr...


Dramatic Criticism In American Press
'n the majority Of newspaper offices
the function OF dramatic critic devolves
by chance or convenience, and fire.
quently goes by favoritism to some
member OF the staff with a fondness
for the theater and an appreciation OF
free seats. One OF New York's best
known dailies frankly treats theatrical
reviewing as nothing more than re-
portorial work. to be covered as would
any other news assignment This pub
lication and a good many others, are
far more partieulg about the technical
equipment OF the writers who describe
baseball games, horse-raees and prize-
fights than about the fitness OF those
who are to weigh the merits Of plays
and acting The ability to write with
out offending the advertising theatrical
seems in the last case to be
the only absolutely essential qualiiica-
ton.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-13
Transforming Will be Thing Of Past in Big Leagues.
THRlFT srAnps sls1

"Thrlh stamps. peanuts, pop.
Germ" VII be tho ety Of vsndsts
In baseball parks Throughout the
country thl, season, N the elub,
oynert VI the yarlous league, Ae,
On the suggestion Of the national
war SAVINGS COMMITTEES,
President Johnson oi the Amer.
lean league hAs Instructed club.
ownsrs " install booths In sll
p.rh! toL ths ssl, q rsr savings
And thflt stamps Candy vsndsrs
WI carry the esmpsiph throuuh
the crowds, possible.
Prssldsnt Thompt D Hickey ~
the Amsrlean association said the
plan would be placed befors club.
o"nsrt of he organization.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-13
----------w.s.a-w---

Where He Hasn't Lost a Man.
Anyhow the kaiser has maintained ias
tact at least one unit OF the Hun or.
ganization, There are no empty chal5S
at the Hohenrolcrn family mesa TN
New York TelesrAah
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-13
One Hundred Years Ago To-day.

Seventy-five Years Ago Today.
lA5-Ohservance OF the centennial
anniversary Of the birth Of Thomas
Jefferson
l8l8-The United States flag s fin
ally adopted was first raised over the
hall Of representatives in Washington
Fifty Years Ago To-day.
l88-Abyssinian war ended with the
capture OF Magdala and the suicide Of
King Theodore.
twenty-five Years Ago Today.
l89j--United States flag hauled down
in Hawaii by order OF U. s Commis-
soner Blount
One Year Ago To-day in the War
April 10, l9l7- British extended
Auas victory, and Germans were routed
Oh thirty miles Of front; Russian pro-
visional government greeted America,
in message to President Wilson, and
pledged collaboration for war and
peace. ~
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-13

THEN he took me on his knee and
i told me that he went to work early
last night so as to have time to buy
the paper and string and get the wood
for the sticks and when he got his work
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-13

Many balplaycrB have returned 10
their early loves thla season Larry
Doyls has returned 10 tha Giants, Buck
Herzog 10 the Braves, Jimmy Archer
to pittsburgh, Leo Mhgee 90 cincinnati.
George Whlteman 20 the Red soN, and
blll Donovan, former Detroit pitcher,
has returned 10 the Tigers aH coach
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-13

There's no better tonic for a tagging
self respect than the purchase OF
Liberty Bond
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
Mailplane Wrecked
On Its Initial Flight
Disaster Halts- Start of Ser
vice Between New York
and Boston

NINEOLA, l.. l., June 3.-Aeroplane
mail service between New York and
Boston started at 0 A. NJ, scheduled
time. this morning. 1t ended at 9:0t
A. NJ. on the far side Of the aviation
field here, when the aeroplane, guided
by Lieutenant Gustav Vancl and carry
ing 1850 pieces of mail matter, buried
its nose in soft Long Island mud and
smashed one wing to bits.
Both Lieutenant Vancl and J.
O'Brien, his mechanician, were strapped
to their seats. The sudden stop shook
them up, but they were otherwise an
hurt
After the two men had been extri-
vated from the wreckagc the mail was
placed on motor trucks and hurried TO
trains, which carried it on its journey.
Another mail. however, will start
within few days.
More than one hundred persons gath
cred ut tho aviation field to sec the
beginning Of the flight Lieutenant
Nanel is a member of the French
Aviation Mission TO this country and
has been making almost daily flights.
His machine is Grequet biplanc. a
French aeroplane, capable of
making more. than 150 miles an hour.
Yesterdays flight was to have been
under the joint auspices Of the French
Aviation Mission and the United States
r ostoificc authorities and was in the
nature OF pathinding trip through
the air.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
Report F ood Shortage
In German Resorts
Some Holiday Centres Advise
Prospective Customers to
Stay at Home

AMSTERDAM, June S.-The Berlin
'Lokal-Anzeiger" publishes the. result
of canvass it has made of the food
conditions in various German summer
and holiday resorts. Virtually all the
popular Harz mountain resorts com
plain of shortage of milk, meat and
butter. Some of them advise pros
pect've visitors to have parcels of food
sent to them from their homes.
The Baltic watering places report
food of all kinds insufficient in ouan-
.tty and declare that persons contem-
plating visits to them had better re-
main IN the cities. From Muritz. a
resort in Mecklenburg- -Schwerin, the
newspaper prints report which an
editorial note qualities as sinister
omen. I'VE are forbidden to say any
thing at all about food conditions" )"
says this report.
Advices from Silesia are somewhat
better, but food hoarders are strictly
warned to stay away. Bavarian resorts
require visitors to bring their food and
bathing apparel from their homes. The
reports from all points agree as to the
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
Call for Strike
OF Telegraphers
Delayed by Farley
Unions President to Issue
No Order Until After Con-
ference With Gompers
Especial Dispatch TO The Tribune)

Special Dispatch TO The Tribune)
WASHINGTON, June 3. - Whether
$4,000 telegraphcrs will 60 on strike be-
cause of the refusal of the Western
Onion Telegraph Company to submit to
the ruling handed down by the National
War Labor Board will be determined
tomorrow, when S. j. Konenkamp,
president of the international Union of
photographers, and Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, confer here.
81 have come to Washington to see
MIR. Gompcrs and determine whether
there is any possible way of enforcing
the decision of the National War Labor
Roard without striking" Mr. Konen-
dkamp said. eve are anxious to get the
matter adjusted peacefully if possible,
and we will strike only as last resort.
The date for a strike has been ten
tatively set, but it will not be an
nounced until President Gcmpers has
given me the benefit Of his advice and
possibly suggest some action that will
prevent calling out our men. His sug-
gestions will receive the most careful
&C nsideratiOn"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
II Yale Students
On Trial for Rioting
Mayor Fitzgerald of New
Haven Principal Witness
Against Defendants

NEW HAVEN, June 3.-Mayor David
Fitzgerald was the principal witness
to-day at the trial of eleven Yale STU
dents who were arrested last week fol-
lowing small-sized riot in which it
IS charged more than 200 undergradu-
ates participated. His testimony took
up the entire day and the case was ad-
Journed until tomorrow.
According to Mayor FITZGERALD he
first tried TO dispcrse the students bv
talking, to them after they had marched
through the city, smashing park
benches, invading trolley cars and the
atres and attacking several policemen.
When they refused to 60 to their
homes the Mayor said he ordered them
to dlsperse and then ordered police
men to make arrests.
In the course of his testimony. Mavor
fitzgerald declared he had sought to
appeal to the patriotism of the stu
dents. When he asked them if they
did not know that the 102d Regiment
was over there dying for them at
that moment and that New Haven had
already lost more men than any other
city IN the war, he testified he was
greeted by jeers and laughter. He
specified j. r. Mitchell, a student from
Boston, as the one who had led in the
laughter
Thomas Denny, of New York. and
Chauncey w. Dickson, of West Orange,
N. j., two Of the defendants, were dis
charged because the officers who ar
rested them are in military service
and unable, in consequence, to appear.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
Hemming Inquest
To Be Held TODAY
Physician Says Teacher Drowned
Herself; Police Declare She
Was Killed

GLEN COVE, Long Island, June 8.
An inquest into the death of Dorothy
aemmlng, the teacher whose body was
found in Lower Mill Pond on FRIDAY
Will be held tomorrow by Coroner
William J. Cocks. DR.. Joseph B. Con-
molly will testify that his examination
dlsclosed no indications that death was
caused by violence. He believes ths
young woman, who disappeared from
sanatorium on May "a, drowned herself
John j. Donahue, Chief of Police. be-
1eves u: she was murdered. Assistant
District Attorney Wood has been in
formed that single, high pitched
scream was heard from the direction of
the pond about midnight on May 25.
AT $3.50 P: m. that day young wpm-
an resembling Miss Hemminr walked
from the Sea Cliff ferry toward Glen
Cove. Edward Baker, a taxicab driver
Will testify tomorrow to driving John
nuniap, who has been held as a mate
on the night of May 25.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
McAdoo to Bare
Tax Fraud Data
Held by Treasury
Senate Leaders Informed
He Is Ready to Submit
Profteering Evidence

WASHINGTON, June 3.-Disclosure
by the Treasury of evidence of alleged
protitcering, said by President Wilson
in his recent address to Congress on
revenue legislation to be indisputable
seemed assured to-day when Secretary
McAdoo advised Senate leaders that he
would not object to presenting the
Treasury's records to Congress if they
are properly called for.
In some cases, it is reported, business
firms have kept double set of books
Tor years, one containing true records
Tor business purposes and the other
showing inflated expenses and shrunk-
en- profits for inspection by tax officials
In other returns inspectors declared
that profits from subsidiary concerns
were reported only partly, and that
they have obtained evidence tending to
officials Of the companies.
Officials declined to-day to make anv
accurate estimate of the tax to be
gathered as result of the delinuuencv
campaign, but the additional revenue
will run into the millions.
Criminal fraud and evasion in tax
returns of a number of corporations
and big business concerns has been
reported by revenue agents and grand
jury Investigations ar enow under way
or about to start in New England, New
York and several Western communi-
ties.
A number of representatives Of
manufacturing and commercial inter-
ests called on Treasury officials TODAY
to say they wanted to make sugges-
tions for new revenue legislation to
the House Ways and Means Committee
When hearings are started Thursday
but in view of President Wilson's
criticism Of lobbyists in his address
before Congress last week, they feared
they would be classed as lobbyists.
Several urged the Treasury to make
public its recommendation for admin
istrative revision of the present reye
nue. law, saying these suggestions.
framed in many cases by advisory
committees of business men, acting
under the revenue bureau, probably
wound include their own ideas. Officials
explained that the recommendations
would be given to the Ways and
Means Committee if the committee
sought them
New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
Hospital Seeks
ToDrop Merger
With Columbia
The Presbyterian Managers
Blame DR.. Buffers Atti-
tude for Action

The board of managers Of the Pres
byterian Hospital, it was learned yes
terday, is seeking to break off rela-
tlons with Columbia University and
abandon S15,0oO,0OO project to which
those relations were tending, involving
the amalgamation of the hospital and
the College of Physicians and Surgeons
on one site.
The attitude of DR.. Nicholas Muir
ray Butler" is the reason given by the
board Of managers. DR.. Butler declared
that the university's lack of funds was
the only reason it was unable to pro-
ceed with the plans that have been un-
der way since 1911, although he ac-
knowledged that certain conditions at
tached to the plan were unsatisfactory.
The request of the hospital was
taken up Yesterday at the meeting Of
the Columbia trustees. After the meet
ing DR.. Butler said the university was
ANXIOUS to go ahead with the plan, but
thought 1t 1nerited more consideration
than it had received.
= Under the proposals drawn up by
Or. Abraham Flexner, Of the General
Education Board, Ire said, the dean
and faculty of the medical school
would haev to resign, instructors would
haev to turn in to the university anv
fees received for incidental profes.
slonal services, the number of students
would be limited to 400 and the school
would he barred from relationship with
any other hospital
hospital authorities view the pro-
posals differently and assert that Dr.
butler has refused to discuss anvthino
but questions of detail.