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morning, and shall work around home
until 1t Is finished. l shall build a fort
to protect this open space. 1t won't
be fort after ALL 1t will be breast
work facing the street, and on this will
be mounted cannon and Quick-f1ring
guns, and, when the hour Of peril
comes, will be found behind 1t with a
rifle In my hand and FIVE or six flags
flying defiant"
Haven't you planned a pretty big
thingl" asked Mrs. Bowser, in doubtful
tones.
"Yes, It is a pretty big thing, but
/ can carry 1t out" was the reply.
'The breastwork will be made OF sand
bags, and / must see a contractor the
very first thing In the morning. l must
also go to army headquarters and see
about cannon, Quick-frlng guns, rifles
and ammunition. Not until that breast
work is finished and ready for busi-
ness, shall draw long breath Of re-
lief. What are you getting out pencil
and paper forT
"Oh. just to figure a little" was the
reply. ave want to see how much it's
going to cost to win the glorious VIC
tory Of the Germans and save our lives.
Now, then, how many sand bags will
you use?"
"About 200, and each bag will weigh
200 pounds, don't see any use in fig
uring."
swell, 1t won't do any hurt, Mr.. Bow
ser. You get a contractor. He has
got to buy 200 stout bags. and have
them filed, and drawn here on his
truck and delivered. don't believe you
can get them at less than two dollars
bag. They may have to be drawn a
great distance, don't you seef"
'SThen," continued Mrs. Bowser, "yOu
must have at least one man to assist
you In placing the bags, and you can
count on three hard days. work-may-
be weeks. You must add all this into
the expense. and you will probably
huNV AWO w lldL
cost apiece, Mr.. BowserF"
"As l told you this figuring is all
bosh," sulkily replied Mr.. Bowser.
II don't believe you can get them
for less than $500 each, and you never
loaded nor fired a cannon In your life.
1t looks to me as IL you would have to
hire an artillery company. And l read
In the paper that a Quick-firing gun
cost $3.50. You will want two Of them,
and about 10 rifles at $40 apiece"
"Are you done?" sulkily demanded
Mr.. Bowser, as Mrs. Bowser stopped to
wet her pencil on her tongue.
"Just minute, Mr.. BOwser. There
is the ammunition for oil Of these arms
that is going to cost a pretty penny.
There is no doubt but that you will
kill at least a thousand Germans, but
let us see how much 1t will cost you q
head"
"We won't see anything of the kind :"
half shouted Mr.. Bowser. 81 am go
ing ahead and build that fort, and an
hour before the Germans come you can
start out on visit to your mother and
leave me here alone. l shall perish
defending that breastwork."
"Just word, Mr.. Bowser. II, when
the Germans come and before they
have drawn down the gates, you asked
the commander to step inside and see
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! have done reprehensible, II not q
criminal thing. For weeks and weeks
I have exposed your life to danger"
do you mean that the gas meter
may blow up, Mr.. Bowserf"
"No, ma'am; mean that all this
bowling about. war and unprepared-
ness has been passed by me, and l
am today as helpless as an infant. The
United States was not prepared for
war, and Samuel Bowser Is not"
"But what could you do, dearT'
asked Mrs. Bowser.
swell, / will go over the case for
a minute. II the Germans land troops
here they will naturally land at Fritz's
dock. He is German, you know, and
he will have sent word to them that
they can land at his dock and he will
make no charge. Six or eight thou
sand troops will land and march right
up Joy street until they come to the
corner of ours. There they will halt
until the general in command asks
where live. They will scare some boy
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oIl.YIeIdIns Plant. in Denmark.

AT large meeting OF farmers as
sociations recently held In Copenha-
gen. there was much discussion about
the planting Of oil-yielding plants. such
as fax and hemp. There has been a
general tendency toward increasing the
areas planted TO grain. but on account
OF the growing scarcity Of fats and
edible oils. 1t now seems to be desir-
able to grow more oII-yielding. plants.
especially as the residue left after
pressing out the OIL (oll cakes) viii
help to supply the great deficiency in
cattle feeds.
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TOOMANY TONGUES
Language of the United States 10
Urged for All. -.
Suggestion Is Offered That All Of the
Earth's People Learn to
Speak English.

The next thing that must be done in
the way OF world efficiency is to get
rid OF lot'of languages that are float
ing around to the restraint Of trade.
1t will be the most difficult feat Of
all, but 1t must be done, just the same.
This thing OF every bunch Of people
across a river or over a mountain
speaking a different language fZom
their near nelghbors is the biggest
handicap the world has to contend
with today, asserts writer in the Los
Angeles Times Magazine.
Moreover, this surplus Of languages
is the one thing, above all others, that
has caused MISUNDERSTANDING wars,
strategles, spells, hell-raislng, and
hatreds generally.
The biggest bar against the friendly
relations OF one people with another
has been the difference In their mode
OF human speech. 1t started with the
building OF the Tower of Babel when
the Lord confused the people on pur-
pose because of their wickedness, and
he took the best way possible to ac-
complish the result of the divine will.
But, now that Gods people have been
making a fairly good stab at getting
right with him again-all of US, and
our fathers before us for centuries-lt
is reasonable to suppose that God will
let us ditch that Tower OF Babel stuff
If we make real good honest try at 1t.
America ltself-the melting pot Of
nations-is striking proof that the
thing can be done. Here have they
come from every land and all the seven
seas, the children Of all races, speak
Ing every tongue known to man, and
before they know It they are all speak
ing good United States.
Then, why not start q serious move
ment to get the whole world, here and
elsewhere, speaking United States-or
English, IL that's a better way to say
It?
1t won't be easy, but it certainly can
be done. And when 1t is done, this will
be happier, more peaceful, and a
more prosperous earth on which to
live.
We recommend English-that is to
say, the way we speak it here In Amer
ica-as the universal language because
1t is, without doubt, the best language
of all, If only for the reason that it Is
made up of almost all the others.
In French, Russian, German, Span.
ish, italian, and all foreign tongues ii
usually requires II words or more to
say what we say In one. The Welsh,
for instance, have word with 10 let,
tiers in 1t that we can put In four let.
tiers. These other folks fog up their
larynges and wear out their nasal pas.
sages saying things what we say better
with mere breath and a touch Of the
tongue against the teeth.
Unless you were born to 1t, or unless
they caught you very young, you might
as well try to learn to be a circus
tumbler as to learn French or German
and earn living In the bargain. The
thing will take up all your time while
the potatoes go to pot and the cobwebs
grow across the store door. And, in
the end, you will find that you haven't
learned these lines Of talk, anyway.
The thing to do is to make yourself
as nearly master of English as pos
sible, AID then force the other fellows
to speak our language for their own
good.
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Irish Crop Report

According to the agricultural stats
tics Of ireland the total acreage under
crops in 1915 was 4,S06.575. The acre
age under crops the past year was
$50. 45S. showing an increase Of 1885,
SIS acres. or 16 per cent. The total
area under potatoes In 1917 was T0o.-
26S acres. as compared with 5S6.30S
acres in 1916. an increase Of 122955. or
p per cent; under hay. 2.5S2.T2S acres,
as compared with 2,406,24T acres In
1916 an increase OF 128.476 acres. OF
SIS per cent.
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TO DIRECT ALL RAILROADS

Control Of the nations railroads
to bring about uniform operation for
the war has been assumed by the gov
ernment, with Secretary McAdoo, still
retaining his cabinet post, In charge as
director general of railroads.
This decision, the governments
solution for the difficulties of the pres
ent transportation situation, was an
nounced In proclamation by Presi-
dent Wilson, effective at noon Friday,
December %, and taking over every
railroad engaged in general transpOr-
tation In continental United States,
with its appurtenances, including
steamship lines. All lines will be OPP
Grated as single system under Direc-
tor McAdoo.
In a statement issued with the
formal proclamation President Wilson
declared he would ask congress as
soon as 1t reassembled for legislation
guaranteeing:
''First, that the railroad proper
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+pE0PKE w.
WILL SPEED UP SHIPBUILDING

Civil Engineer Frederic r. Harris,
chief Of the bureau OF yards and docks,
has been designated by President Will
son to succeed Washington L. Capps,
chief naval constructor, as president
Of the Emergency Fleet corporation.
Civil Engineer Harris is forty-two
years old and was appointed to the
navy from New York state, January
3, 1908. He is graduate of Stoves
institute. His equivalent rank in the
navy is that OF rear admiral.
The appointment was made at
the suggestion Of Mr. Daniels, secre-
tary Of the navy, following a confer
ence between Mr.. Daniels and Il. N.
Hurley, chairman OF the shipping
board.
Immediately before the election OF
Charles Piez Of Chicago as vice presi-
dent Of the Emergency Fleet corpora
ton changes were made In the bylaws
OF the organization by which some of
fha nomoro ond dufiaa formarlv aVar.
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BOWSer
Prepares for
War
He Is Going to
Build q Fort

Copyright. 1917, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)

Mr. Bowser had come home looking
very solemn and earnest.
1t was when they had finished their
meal and gone upstairs and he had
smoked half cigar that he began pac-
Ing up and down and finally explained /:
Mrs. Bowser," he began, do you
know that l am almost a crimlnalr"
Have you almost killed some oneT'
she Queried.
Worse than that If you could kick
higher than a toe-string l should ask
you to kick me all around this room.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-18
? RANKS HIGH IN GERMANY

One Of the most important wheels
In the German war machine 10 Au-
gust Thyssen. In antebellum days a
coal and steel magnate Of the first
rank. but now. in view Of the indus
frialization of war, general feld mar
shall OF the industrial army and col
laborator and conhdant Of Hlndenburg.
He Is small and frail. but powerful as
an Industrial leader. Notwithstanding
the tremendous scope Of his work. he
ellngs stubbornly to old-fashioned
methods where he himself Is concerned.
He win not tolerate a stenogra-
pher for his personal use. but writes
ell his letters by hand. his correspond
enee Is large. much larger than he can
attend to, along with his other duties
at bis Office. So he takes what Is left
over home with him to his only luxury,
his castle home near Kettwig. and
after dinner finishes It II It takes until
the wee small hours Of the morning.
Despite his enormous wealth. he
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-18
RIGHT MAN IN BIG POSITION

II 1t should fall to the lot of Brig.
Gen. Ira A. Haynes, in command of
the field artillery of the National army
at Camp Jackson, s. O.. to be. COM
PEELED to perform duties other than
those Of a military character it is
probable he will be found equal to the
task, for this expert artilleryman was
once In command DIT Fortress Monroe,
Va, and the army thinks that anybody
who successfully has commanded at
this post can meet any duty require
ments that either civil or military life
is likely to impose.
Other officers than Ira A. Haynes
have been commandants at the big
post at the mouth Of Chesapeake bay,
and 1t is probable that the rest, like
him, can qualify for a mayoralty Job,
a railroad or steamship directors
job, or that of arbiter Of the "elegan-
cies" at any summer or winter resort
In the United States.
The commanding officer at Fortress
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ties will be maintained during the period federal control
complete
Ond the shall
to the income the preceding
backing also will
that a market will be readily
Railroad officials will
dou, supervision
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-18

Monroe is the principal the artillery school which attended
san By 300 officers Of the service He teaches he commands
artillery regiment he he general
tons Of the street railroad which respas
related that at Fortress Monroe long board officers presided
by the commander final judgment Just what kind Of
dances the people should be allowed to indulge In
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-18

personally automobile to
his He and
he modest
formal -nOnng suit generally affected
average
the Of his comparative poverty
great
Thyssen sseadfasty refused O all
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TENNESSEE

Epitome of interest
ing Events That Are
Transpiring Over
the State - y =
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-18

Humboldt-At a meeting Of tie
board directors Humboldt business
mems club authorized the committee
having in charge the sale of thrift
stamps to say to the children Of the
Humboldt city schools that the club
will pay for the last 25-cent stamp
for each S. certificate the school chill
dren will take up to and including
June, 1918.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-18

Jackson. = The Madison county
court appropriated $500 for a eontinu-
alton Of the girls tomato club and
women's home demonstration work.
which Is being ably handled BY Mrs,
Margaret Lansden. county home dem
ongtratioR agent
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- = =
Printing

The printing classes have been
doins some exceptionally good work
considering The amount of time
spent in tho printing class and the
amount OF time they have taken
printing The second period class
is printing extracts from Paradise
Lost. ana paradise Regained'
They are going to print cards for
the Muskogee and Tulsa track meet
tc he held in Tulsa Friday, May q
The second period class REGRETS
tho loss of two OF their pupils, KoD-
ert Allison and Lawrence Alien,
These boys with many other poyS
from the Tulsa Central high sihooi
have gone out to work on the farms
near Tulsa. Many BOYS are needed
on rlrtls and many have gone OF
are going from our school
Nj. Weaver has asked Tor the
printing students who attend me
tract; meet at Kendall college l"
visit the printing department
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-05
New Mathematics Teacher

After several days OF vacation IRON,
the classroom the pupils of Miss
Snidow's mathematics classes are
back at work again under the SUI
pervtsion Of their new teacher. Miss
x. c. Barbour. The pupils are now
ready to settle down to hard work
after their long rest.
Miss Barbo'~' is a graduate Of the
University of oklahoma, and has
taught off and on in the high school
az Normal for the last four years.
She resided there with her mother
The whole school welcomes the
new member OF the faculty and
"ishes her much success in the fu-
ture. We hope that she will find
me pupils as enthusiastic over their
work as the ones she left behind her
at Norman.
Although Miss Barbour has been
IN this school only a short time the
pupils have taken great liking TO
her. They hope that they viii he
aole to keep hor in the school AZ
IonE as they had Miss Snidow. Miss
Barnour Will soon see that r t..
~ ,. Is Q very good place in which
20 t'hd the best OF friends.
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Where Johnnie Found 1t

We'll. ! don't see what good it'll
do mo anyway" "Now JOHNNIE.
said his mother, "you KNOW that you
had best take n foreign language
and ! think Spanish viii be of great
benefit to you
"Dh well, then II try It,"
johnnie went on TO school. AS
he came along the main corridor
that morning he noticed the buIlo-
tin board OF the language depart
mcnt There, 10 and behold, he
found that many words which we
use every day were taken from the
Spanish.
There was Hotel Ketchum' and
table de hote," in another adVer-
tisemcnt OF 1ress material he found
that "foulartls' WHEN he had heard
his mother speak of, was taken
from Spanish. And there, too, was
his dads advertisement of the
Baker Investment Co" II was from
Spanish also.
Johnnie ran home. "Oh mother" ."
he called. TN, gonna take Spanish,
aint 1t grand ?" He was so enthus.-
.Lstlc as he told her OF his discovery
on the bulletin board at school he
overturned his coffee and scolded
Pedro" his dog
"Oh mother. Pedro comes from
Spanish, tao." he exclaimed.
And anyone who wants to know
more about what Jonnie found can
find IL for himself in the bulletin
board of the language department.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-05
Spanish

L
one of the interesting things
which pupils studying Spanish en-
JOY is that OF receiving letters from
really and truly Spanish girls and
boys who are learning English. The
students here write in Spanish to
them, while they in turn write back
in English. They send the corrected
Spanish letter to US and we send
their corrected English letters back
to them. Below f. "A copy OF one
lust received by a student I'm Miss
Goss's lob SPANISH class.
Colegio de Senoritas,
San Jose, Costa Rica, A. c.
Miss Anna Zella Goff: | cannot
write a passabla Letter as you, be-
cause my progress in your mothers
language is very little. But L have
many wishes of to be a very faith
tul and fondness friend.
| have put concerning to- learn
your idiom because | like II very
much, and is very useful
/ hope for you many progresses
In Spanish and for me in English.
and speak very well in few time,
because your letter is written with
all correction.
For answer to your question, |
teB you, all that / make in the rc-
creo. During II, we playing, run
ming, we eating our fruits, drinking
water OF fountain and "A surtioton
and also triSs around the runner.
delirium for to travel and TO see
your country; that is'ny aspiration
II day / can go t1 college fnf 10
study. ] chooscd your college
should be an agreeable friend Tor
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Mems Club Entertains

The High School Mems club en-
tcrtaincd Tuesday evening IN tle
cafeteria with q dinner given III
honor Of their wives ana Iauy
friends There were about toTy
present. The ladies came to the
building about 4:SO ard spent an
hoil IN visiting and PLAYING games
in the gymnasium. After dinner
was served Artells Dickson sang
sweet Gencvieve" and Mrs. Harrei
sang a negro folk song. There Wers
short speeches given by w T.
Green, Mr. Oborholtzer and Miss
Smith, who spoke for the ladies',
lhe school Mems club sang several
melodiops numbers such as Mich
eel Roy Aunt Dinah s. Quiiting
,nrtv" and coed Night, Ladies'
o. ~. Ves;hafcr acted as toastmas-
ter. The ladies were unantmouS In
their expressions of appreciation iol
the good time furnished them.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-05
Personals

Mia. Pratt IL sNory i'll this week.
walton linton, from the t'niver-
Hlty of Virginia, former student OF
Central high school, Is here Visiting,
measurements We're taken for the
caps and gowns for the seniors
wednesday Thursday and Friday.
John Dllar, n former student of
I. c. II. s., and now in the infan-
Try stationed at Camp Bowie. IL
homo on furiough.
Bobb.c Allison was absent thR
week on account Of Illness.
Tom Duckctt, n former student
Of 4, C. II, q, and now member
Of company y. l1th engineers, sta.
Toned at camp Bowie, Is home on
"a futlOnxh.
Charles Hammond from Jackson
Miss, is n new student this week.
l1titncr Baker from Muskogee
h'Eh school is now enrolled In Tulsa
Central high school
Miss Cannon. who left Some time
HF0 Tor KANSAS city, has undergone
her second operation and is getting
along we'll
Re sure and look up D. Roderick's
biS holdup scene. photographed
while at camp Some holdup, that.
The sixth period freshman his
tory class is drawing maps OF
trerco. The best map Will 70 on
exhibition ~ Convention hall in the
near future
Niss Violet Dixon. who has Just
recently recovered from an opera
tiun. Is back IN school again.
Miss Lucille Beckner. who haA
been III for the paat few days, has
recovered sufficiently 10 be In school
again.
Tho Z, W. C. A. has called a meet
Ing TO bc held Thursday In the
school auditorium. All mem bers
very important meeting for tho cleo
uuu az officers FOR the coming year.
~"t.s SOC 7'i the =. W. G. A. mem
hcra present
Miss stephens, who has been out
Of g"hpol ON account Of the Illness
% her mother is expected back In
school next week.
The junior Red Cross work, which
WaH one cNhiuition In the window
ai l'a" Furniture store. 10 at the
present tiue on It's way TO France.
L VIII De used by the French peo-
pie and the American Eoldiers who
ere "a IN" present time suffering
for want OF aid .
Dur Heud.casohn clubs sleep
song almost put US 10 sleep. Cy
stafford "Ch that harmony sure
was Keen
Miss howerison's seventh period
sp'iiiur class closed It's contest with
a part, on Thursday, April %, the
tlu", Z O'clock. the place, Palace
tLoatrr.
no iudge from the pictures on
30" bulletin hoard the boys must
pave had some large time at camp.
We have discovered that Red stout
lkes 10 soc himself aS' others see
G,u. even when he's shaving.
S.nco Tuesday has been set aside
for that purpose, We have been hav-
ing the various ministers Of the city
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-05
IRA Dramatics

would you like 10 be picked 10
pieces, have your position. your ar.
preston, your looks, your gestures
your very words torn to shreds? Go
20 the dramatic class then for thosa
~ girls nave the reputation OF being
the most critical audience in Tulsa
llgh. You may be already done FOR
but be sure OF this--if you get their
.. h. you're a good one.
Goodness" is what they are trv-
ing TO make of themselves and thev
say that the Greek tragedy, which
by the way. demands more time and
study than Latin or Trig. Is helping
immensely. Genevleve Willett and
urlth Walter are studying the part
or Antigone the martyr heroine.
Laura Holmes has been given the
part OF kreon, the selfish, naughty
King. Armogene Rankin and Sarah
Cannon are working on the lines Of
lsmene, the eowardly but well mean
ing sister Of Antigone To Mildred
Packard and Ethel Irwin the comedy
OF the play has been given in the
character OF the guard. The blind
old seer has Pauline Jones aan
able interpreter. Francis Sheehau.
OF Miss Polefame, does an entirely
different part in the ton
| OF Harmon Kreon's son and Anti
! Cones petrothed. while Edith Frost
and Anna Goff call their talents into
/ play IN the had-newS carrying mes
senrer. The last two weeks have
/ been spent in "honest-to goodness
/ hard work They had big up
/ roar!ous lauEh last Tuesday, which
concerns Avmogene rather directly.