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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-19

requires something stronger thln the
sweet liquid laNntNes now ua the
mUrEct which are prepared cspc-
cially for infants
Ian Eos WITH TEpSIN fills this
long felt want tt acts on The liver
and regulates the bowels without
gripping disturbing the stomach
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ant 20 take 5oc TER bottle Good
for the child, good for the mother.
GOOD for the h0layhold
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-19

continue 10 act os uogotator wi,h
the west
'For or monarchy" u avs. "thH
war 49, I'm ths main finished. auI
Tor one Of our antagonists II hes
virtually NOT begun Millions uf
thinkIna people now point tn Cnuni
Czrrnln aud rreFidcni wilson"
Tho article concludes with son
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-19
MANY LIKE THIS IN TULSA
similar CnSrs Dcing PubllShcd In
Each Issup.

The following rhse is but one or
many occurring daily In Tulsa II,
II an easy matter 20 verify H. You
cannot ask for better proof
W II Lee grocer. 10i y. Roston
Ave. gpve the following statement
on February IA 1912, Though 7
used various kidney remedies SUI
rersd severely from kidney trouble
for over year The dull pain tn
my back wns terrible and sharp
twin Ces would crawp me sn | could
hardly move The kidney secretlons
vere hrhIy cplOrcd and my rest
was broken by their passing too
frequently one huN OF pnan's KID
ney pills relieved me and can.
uuuAd taking them untilal was free
from the trouble
The Washington times., 1918-10-02
WASHINGTON DC. October 2nd, 1915.

IN EN9RY EoME
country in business
everything Incidental.
boys the front the actual
fighting US, every help,
is not merely but of nations.
The farmer, the merchant, the manufacturer,
the banker, mechanic artisan, clerk laborer
obligations patriotism.
way o bring
government Empire
only goal V VICTORY! e..
TO make victory certain and TO
fighting equipment support
a Liberty n every home.
you arranged bond,
DON'T anything you accepting this great
opportunity patriotic SERVICE
your money, gift
but you safety
the of nation world
and q IA cent interest.
Liberty you buy the full
Buy Liberty Bonds
every dollar n
TO s
Liberty Loan,
NAee4"9&*:9
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Area of Totality From Washington
to Florida on Narrow Belt-Phe-
nomenon Revives Superstitions

were involved in an astounding dark
ness. attended on every side with
dreadful thunderings and tempestuous
winds" Modern astronomers, who
check up every one of these ancient
references, have identified this phe-
nomenon with the eclipse of May 26,
715 B. C.
The Persians were supposed to have
captured the city Of Larissa from the
Medes with the help of solar eclipse
which frightened the defenders out of
their wits. An eclipse occurring before
the battle of Salamis is supposed to
have brought presage of defeat to
Xerxes and his navy. An eclipse is
supposed to have marked Caesars pas
sage of the Rubicon.
Another, as Plutarch narrates. al
most ruined the naval expedition of
the Athenians against the Laceda-
monians in 431 B. c. 1t was only the
resourcefulness of Pericles which
saved the situation. Plutarch says:
"The whole feet was in readiness and
Pericles on board his own galley, when
| there happened an eclipse of the sun.
The sudden darkness was looked upon
as an unfavorable omen and threw the
sailors into the greatest CONSERVATION.
Pericles, observing that the pilot was
much astonished and perplexed, took
his cloak and having covered his (the
pilot's) eyes with 1t asked him if he
found anything terrible in that or con-
sidered it bad presage. Upon his
answering in the negative, he asked
Where is the difference between this
and the other, except that something
bigger than my cloak causes the
eclipse?' p"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

rected primarily toward good citizen
ship and the formation of manly char
acter, not at all toward soldier making.
But what an asset it is in time of war!
Trained to help themselves and other
people at all times, trained to practical
activity and resourcefulness, trained to
responsibility and discipline, trained to
decency, patriotism and honor, is it
any wonder Scouts make good soldiers
and sailors as we'll as good citizens?
But it is not only in the "field of
honor" that scouting is justifying it's
existence. There are other fields of
honor besides those at the front. In
America, as in the other warning coun-
tries, Boy Scouts, literally boys too
young to enter active service, have
been by no means behind in promoting
war work. During the year and more
this nation has been at war the Boy
Scouts of America have rendered sig
nal service and hold themselves ready
for yet more, should more be required.
During the summer of 1917, under
the slogan Of every Scout to feed a
soldier" thousands Of Scouts operated
war gardens and thousands of other
Scouts did service in farms or in agri-
cultural camps. They also distributed
literature and posters in the interests
of food conservation for both national
and local committees, thus aiding the
good work at both ends of the line.
More than $4,000 Scouts living near
the seaboard volunteered Immediately
for coastguard service, and an emer-
gency coastguard plan was worked out
whereby Scouts will serve in case Of
need to relieve the regular guard. An
important department of sea scouting
has also been organized by the Boy
Scouts of America under the able lead
ership of James A. Wilder, of Pine
Tree Patrol fame.
Entire troops of Scouts are serving
as officers messengers at several army
posts, while others are making them
selves useful at recruiting stations:
The work of the Scouts in helping to
float the Liberty loans is perhaps the
most spectacular feat SO far accom-
plished. In the first campaign they sold
bonds to the amount Of over $23 200, 900,
representing nearly 14s,oo0 differ
ent homes. In the second campaign
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
BOY SCOUT TRAINING SHOWS RESULTS IN WAR
Youngsters Given First
Chance in Aviation
Service Everv
Branch Has Many
Members

the total bond sales by Scouts SCARED
to nearly $103,eO0,000. In both cases
the Scouts sphere of activity was linn
tied to a tive-day operation, and that al
the end of the campaign, when the
cream had already been presumably
skinned.
In response to another national ap.
peal Scouts are to act also as dispatch
bearers, in the capacity of aids tc
the Committee on Public Information
in distributing literature bearing par
ticularly on why we are at war and
what is at stake in the war. This lit
erature includes the Presidents famous
Flag Day address, Of which Scouts are
putting into circulation 100000 copies.
Booming Bonds
And Thrift Stamps
Scouts are also enlisted in the war
savings campaign, and are distribut-
ing literature booming" the thrift
plan, urging and facilitating the sale
of stamps and "baby bonds" and, per-
haps most important of all, becoming
hearty war savers themselves.
The list of good turns" undertaken
by Scouts in cooperation with the Red
Cross, war recreation committees and
other organizations doing patriotic
service is practically exhaustless. Ir
recent number of "The Mothers
Magazine" Scoutmaster gives a let.
ter written entirely Without prompting
by member OF his troop. The lette,
is too good not to be here repeated:
Dear President Wilson:
am q first-class Boy Scout, ID
years old, and belong to Mr.. Pull
ler's troop. l own complete wire
less set, which I operate by inter
national Morse code. l offer you
myself and my wireless for our
country. We men have all got to
pull together. Yours truly.
The letter is on fle in the War De.
partment, and it's author cherishes g
written promise from Mr.. Baker tina,
he will be called upon "if needed"
Scouts are coming into the movemen,
at the rate Of thousands day, a cheer.
ing outlook both for the stern, wa,
racked present and the unknown fut
ure. They are giving and they will
continue to give splendid service te
the nation, whose hope and pride the,
are.
Boy Scouts Of to-day, men of to.
morrow, we salute you!
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

1.-TWO types), carburetor, valves, mag
neto, spark plug, differential and two
different types of transmission, ex-
planning what special care each of
these parts require; and be able to
explain three differences between
two and four cycle motor.
To obtain a merit badge for path
finding a Scout must:
l. In the country know every lane,
bypath and shortcut for a distance of
at least two miles in every direction
around the local Scout headquarters;
or in city. have a general knowl-
edge of the district within three
mile radius of the local Scout head
quarters, so as to guide people at
any time by day or by night.
2. Know the population Of the five
principal neighboring towns, their
general direction from his Scout
headquarters, and be able to give
strangers correct directions how to
reach them.
8. If in the country, know in
two-mile radius, the approximate
number of horses, cattle, sheep and
pigs owned on the five neighboring
farms; or, if in a town, know, in
half-mile radius, the location of liv-
cry stables, garages and blacksmith
shops.
A. Know the location of the near
est meat markets, bakeries, groceries
and drug stores.
s. Know the location of the nearest
police station, hospital, doctor, fire
alarm, fire hydrant, telegraph and
telephone Offices and railroad sta
tions.
6. Know something of the history
OF his place, and know the location
of its principal public buildings, such
as the town or city hall, postoffice,
schools and churches.
Z. Present a large scale map show
ing as much as possible of the above
required information.
To obtain a merit badge for pioneer
ing a Scout must:
/. Tie twelve kinds of knots
quickly.
2. Lash spar properly together for
scaffe iding.
8. Build bridge or derrick (each)
capable Of supporting two hundred
pounds in weight.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

without such enlightenment every
tribe of men feels that it must do
something about an eclipse The Chill
cotin Indians walk about in a circle
leaning on slaves, "to assist the sun"
Ihe kings of Egypt used to walk
around the sun-temple for the same
purpose. In China an eclipse brings
the whole population out into the
streets with terrible gongs and noise
making machines, with flags and cos
tunes of the most horrible description,
20 frighten away the dragon who is
devourng the sun.
Over in Chinatown, near Chatham
Square, they deny that the population
will indulge in any such foolishness.
But still, you can never tell what will
happen. The enlightened Chinese. who
talk good English. pooh-pooh the
dragon stuff. But the less enlightened,
with whom newspaper reporter can
not so readily converse, have their own
ideas on the subject
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

many lines. Every frst-class Scout
is trained 'signaller in both the sema-
phore and international Morse codes.
He understands map making and map
reading. He can find his way with or
without compass by day or night,
can build fire without matches Che
learned the art when he was a tender
foot). He can prepare and cook in the
open perfectly good camp "eats" with
or without regular cooking utensils.
He knows how to use an axe and knife
and how not to use them. He knows
how to tie all kinds of useful knots,
good trustworthy Scout knots, at that,
knots that hold. He can track and
trail like good old pioneer. He can
not only swim himself, but knows what
to do to save the other fellow who
can't. He is trained in first aid, knows
what to do for bruises and sprains and
fractures how to treat sunburn and ivy
poison and host of minor ills, as
we'll as some major ones. He knows
drowned, and how to carry an injured
person. He knows how to make band
ages and sings and improvise a
stretcher out of his own coat He
knows what to do in case of fire, and
how to prevent fires. He understands
the law of health, respects his body
and knows how to take care of it.
A first-class Scout Is open to qualify
for merit badges in any or all of some
sixty different subjects, including such
varied specialized branches as garden
ing, automobiling, aviation, carpentry,
cycling, electricity, first aid, horseman-
ship, life saving, pathhnding, pioneer
ing, safety first, seamanship, signalling,
surveying, etc, all of which subjects
are useful and important in times of
peace and clear assets in time of war.
A few examples OF Scout merit badge
requirements will serve to show the
practical value thereof to those who
qualify:
To obtain a merit badge for auto
mobiling Scout must:
/. Demonstrate ability to start
motor, explaining what precautions
should be taken.
2. Take off and put on pneumatic
tires.
s. Know the principles of con-
xtructior and the functions~of clutch
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
q. Make camp kitchen.
5. Build a shack of one kind or
other suitable for three occupants.
Training Has
Stood the Test

Examinations for these tests are
vigorously conducted. There is no
sliding. through" If Scout qualities
he knows at least the rudiments of the
subject
The Scout is trained to observation,
practical skill and efficiency and re-
sourcefulness. He knows how to meet
an emergency without losing his head
or his nerve. He is prepared" ply
sically, mentally morally.
A Scoutmaster cites an instance Of
the practical value of Scout service in
time of emergency On April 10 a
disastrous explosion occurred in a mu-
nitions plant in Eddystone, Penn. In
forty minutes Scouts from the nearby
town of Chester were on the spot, took
charge of traffic regulation under di-
rection Of civil authorities, collected
cots, carried food, guarded entrances,
and generally brought order out of
chaos" so that when several hours later
the militia arrived the relief work was
already organized and in working
order
Instances of this sort are many. In
times Of Are and food and earthquake
or other disaster, Scouts are at hand,
ready for action, modified in the
quickest possible time.
From the moment Scout enters the
movement he is impressed by the three
fold ideal Of character, service and
patriotism. an excellent triumvirate
for peace or wartime needs.
BY his oath the Scout is bound, on
his honor, to do his best:
l. To do my duty to God and my
country and to obey the Scout law.
2. To help other people at all
times.
3. To keep myself physically
strong, mentally awake and morally
straight.
The Scout law constrains him among
other things to be trustworthy, cheer
full, obedient, loyal, reverent and clean,
a cleanliness Of mind and word and
deed as we'll as body.
Scouting, as has been said, Is di-
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
GOES in FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING
Saturday Eclipse, Visible in City,
Will Show 6S Per Cent of Solar
Surface Obscured Near Sunset

without the ordinary Weaknesses of
men, and on the eve of the eclipse thew
got drunk. They neglected to tell their
royal master of the approaching phe-
nomenon. And the sad tale ends with
their condemnation to death for their
offence.
This is the earliest eclipse to which
there is reference in written history
1t seems to imply a considerable
astronomical knowledge among the
ancients. Perhaps the original Chinese
text (Which we have neglected to ex-
amlne) should not be rendered "pre-
dlct' but rather "apprise Of" Pos
sibly the imperial astronomers wer.
only bldden to send word to the palace
OF the first contact of the shadow
winch would give the emperor an hour
IN which to prepare for his rites, But
certain amount of prediction might
nave been possible, for eclipses occur
IN series, over period of eighteen
years, ten days and eight hours. This
cycle, or "Saros," runs to a great cycle
OF l,lo2 years, after which the whole
dance begins again. Within the "Saros"
there are number of types of eclipses.
each recurring regularly, though of
course in different portions of the
earth.
Inc earliest specific record of eclipse
pieolcelon is contained in Herodotus.
who gives the honor to the Greek pbi-
10c@ L. m
iosopner Ihales. Thales, however, pre-
oicted not the exact time, but only the
year of its appearance. The reference
IS incidental to one of Herodotns,s
chaeey anecdotes concerning war be-
tween the Lydians and the Medes
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
New War Loan Drive 4
8
In Motion in Turkey
The Nesc York Tribune

Turkey is now floating a new war
loan which she expects will brirs in
at least 100000 Turkish pounds. Every
purchaser Of a bond is to receive the
FIRST half a years interest Of per
cent while paying for his bond This,
it is hoped by the Turks. will help
the success of the loan, subscriptions
zeitung," are to Be accepted only from
the inhabitants Of Turkey.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

with historical events. Plutarch must
have an eclipse to signalize the birth
of Romulus. He says: "The air on
that occasion was suddenly convulscd
and altered in wonderful manner, for
the light of the sun failed and they
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

were alike anxious to conclude peace"
Thereupon they sealed their negotia-
tions with double marriage and lived
i'll amity--at least until the next
quarrel arose.
Legend loves to associate eclipses
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Six Universities Lost
By Russian Upheaval
The Ne,c York Tribune
Foreign Press Bureau

oTetOH PTeSs Bureau
Russia has lost six universities
through the revolution. Before the
revolution there were ten Russian uni
vcrsities, situated in Moscow. Petro-
gEad Key D0rd 9dssss Rharfss RsaU
romsk.
The universities in Kiev, Kharkov and
Odessa now belong to the Ukrainians,
Dorpat Is Esthonian, Warsaw goes to
the Poles and Helsingfcrs becomes
Finnish.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

F. SOME time this week, you observe
brigades of astronomers scurry-
Il ing southwark with their tele-
scopes, you will know that they are
roing to see the total eclipse of the
sun. visible all the way from Washing
ton to Florida late next Saturday
afternoon. On narrow path, varying
in width from forty to sixty-six miles,
the eclipse will be total. At all other
points in the United States it will be
partial In New York City 6S per
cent of the suns surface will be
obscured But If you have the spare
cash to pay Mr.. McAdoo's increased
railroad fares to Denver, Col, say, or
20 Jackson, Miss, you will be compcn-
sated by one of the most absorbing ex-
periences this old earth affords.
Why an approaching total eclipse
of the sun rouses such turmoil in
astronomical breasts is not easy to un-
derstand or explain. 1t is chiefly due
to the fact that a good eclipse offers
ideal opportunities to investigate the
cor,position of the suns gases, and
does not happen often.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

into night. This event had been fore
told to the Ionians by Thales of
Miletus, who predicted it for the very
year in which it actually took place.
When the Lydians and Medes observed
the change they ceased fighting and
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

which reads as follows: GAS the
balance had not inclined in favor of
either nation, another engagement took
place in the sixth year Of the war, in
the course of which, just as the battle
was growing warm, day was turned
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

1918, in the United States -
!, The time under various cities is that at which
the eclipse begins The eclipse will be partial
sh Jhe IN ou paffs of u s. A outside of the pathway
SHOWN on the map, where it will be tntp
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
An Exodus of
World Scientists

OF such scientific value is the op-
portunity to observe an eclipse from a
good vantage point that thousands of
laboratories on expeditions. In order
to study the eclipse of May 6, 1888,
scientists from England. France, Italy,
Austria and the United States travelled
fifteen thousand miles to little Caroline
Island, one of the Marquesas group in
the Pacific Ocean, spending three
months in the trip and ten weeks at
sea- They set up shop on an island
inhabited by exactly four men, one
woman and two children, living in
three huts and two sheds. And all this
for the sake Of about FIVE minutes of
actual observation.
These trips are necessary because of
the rarity OF solar eclipses and the
constant chance that bad weather con-
ditions will spoil the best laid plans in
ordinary climates. There are actually
more ecipses CT the sun than of the
moon, but whereas every total lunar
eclipse is visible on the whole of a
hemisphere, those of the sun are
visible only on narrow strip of
ground and rarely strike twice in the
same place London, for instance, went
for S27 years, from SIS to 1715 A. D.,
without seeing one. The last one seen
in this country was on May %, 1900,
and with one exception there will not
be another for sixty-one years. So
these opportunities are precious.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
The Thing Is
Still a Bit Creepy

Ever since May 80, 1872 when an
eclipse was first seen, according to the
chronicle, through a tube" ii. e., a
telescope), the popular mystery as to
these midday darknesscs has pretty
we'll vanished. Everybody now knows
that solar eclipses are caused by the
moon coming between the sun and the
earth and casting its shadow upon US.
But of course these things were not
known to the ancients, to whom an
eclipse was the most terrifying natural
phenomenon in the whole range of
human experience. And even with our
knowledge, the thing is still somehow
bit creepy. Just say to yourself, very
solemnly, several times: "And the sun
became darkened at midday" and some
primitive, superstitious fear will begin
to bubble up in your breast. That is
only the last remnant of the terror
which possessed the whole ancient
world at the approach of midday dark
ness, which seemed to presage the end
of all things terrestrial
The Chinese believed that the sun
was being eaten by dragon. The
Scandinavians. had a myth that the
wolf Sk0li was in combat with the orb
of light, and would finally, after many
centuries, devour it. The Tahitians
believed, more romantically, that the
sun and moon on that occasion were
being married, and made great cere-
mony to wish the couple long welded
bliss. The Indians of Arcadia, on see
ing the sun darkened, believed it had
been eaten by an ass, and they there
upon killed one and cut him open,
searching its entrails for the lost
luminary.
One of the most helpful legends is
the one from China to the effect that
an eclipse is warning to emperors to
examine their faults and make amends.
The most persistent of legends is
that which asserts t,.at eclipses occur
because of the bad deeds done on this
earth. So Saturdays darkness will not
be without it's mystical significance. If
ever the sun should hide his face, sure
iy 1t is now But there is bit of
legendary history which will make Sat-
urday's eclipse doubly appropriate. For
on February "a, 453 A. D., when the
Kaiser's prototype, Attila, was ravag
ing Italy with his Huns there occurred
terrifying eclipse. The Latin his
torian Gregorius Turonersis says of it:
Then even the sun appeared hideous,
SO that scarcely third part of it gave
light" And he adds: "I believe it was
on account Of such deeds Of wickedness
and the shedding of innocent blood"
II the original Huns could bring a
partial eclipse, surely those of to-day
Justify total.
The Strange Case
Of Ho and Hi
To change the tone of this discourse,
let us now recount the sad tale of Ho
and Hi, astronomers royal to the
Emperor Tchong- Kong of China, in the
year 2155 B. C. or thereabouts. The
emperor had decreed that eclipses Of
the sun must be predicted, in order
that he, the chief servant Of the sun,
might perform tho necessary rites to
h1ing light back to the world. Now Ho
nd HI though LEARNED rnen. .vera NOE
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-10-10

uun into effect, staunch friend ana
supporter " prohibition should he sent
to the United States Senate from Ken
lucky AT this time