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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21
OKLAHOMA FARMERS WILL
PLANT MORE CASTOR BELHs

Farmers q tae Dor-hs4ste-r parf
- - S'aie are eonfs1urlatinr ire
aucinE cas'or heaas renf rear a. ous
.ss Sc oH 81 lssses durinnE t-oath
Fesrs. This yez- ss7ecislly has ~
proposition sFpeeied 20 fhsm zhsr
cro7 failures hss herone almost "
irerssl Z z C-sz-o-d Tor uo-s ths-
thirtF Fears = fs-ner in that section
q ths couut-g- j. EoinE . try 70 e;
- acres q bsazs under cultsvz-io-
nszi yss-.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21

The flag Of tn Chinese refuhAe IS
composed ot red. yellow blue. whit
and black siri1e-. Svubo.lc4l 7er-
laps Of the oamoufisee5 kn3 c. re-
public the Chinese have.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21
HARo on THE OBJECT.

w teacher gave ne an awful call
down becsase lsed inter Tor intern
Was that . bad mistake. qop-~
Well. my son, I would cal ii a
grave sort Of mistake "--Baliimorc
American
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21
Hun Subs Are
Again Operating
On This Side

At Atlantic Pert Aug. PA
German submarine late yesterday
seizeo sne big fishing trswIer rri-
umph. The crew. who have reach
Cd shore safely. said that the
Germans intend 70 use the traw.
Ter as raider. The fishermen
reported tina. the u-oost 10 play.
ing havoc with shefiees Of fish.
ing vessels on the Grand Banks.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21

Boston. Aus. 2f.-Fishermen
here ssic to-day that hthe German
submarine made use Of the traw-
Ter Triumph sc.xed yesterday. IS
= raider. they would have 10 re
coal the ersfs At least every ter
Gays. The Triumph was manned
by a Canadian crew sn6 10 owned
ey csnssisn company. The YES
sci Is = fee, in length and rss's.
,ers sbevs $50 tons gross
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21

Everything needs a pioneer. Wher
you hear the little whistle blow yog
think The peanut stand probably ex.
isiel forever
There has jus, died Thomas T
Rowland. who decided 10 teach peo-
pie 10 eat peanuis-and supplied col
ored men TO push little wagons with
the peanuts for sale
II took him years 70 carry on, his
.dea-ihAt was before advertising
was developed
Today. what took many pushcarts
much patience and many years could
- done in three weeks-if the man
wanting 10 DO Il were wise enough Il
begin BY getting the right kind Of sd :
vertising agent 10 tel hin bow
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21

Some war profits have been esu-
mated as high as 1890 aer cent Mann
consumers have iTragine3 they SCARED
much higher than that
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21

The German ouiriv ;or out supreme
commander may Ae slam 81 thf
crown prince
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21

President wiiscn enjoying III
mos, restful outing ia years is some
thing else for the kaiser 10 ihinA
about.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21

white man. leading his colored troops
aFainsi slavery.
Another American officer. also
named shaw, offers something to the
sculpor. Someihilg rather hard 10
show In marble or bronze
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21

The French war department de.
c.ares that every raember ot coiarcd
r, giment Is eniilieJ 70 the war cross
for courage shown in their first fight
ing under Gre.
The white offices. Lieutenant shaw
was looking after his guns, giving IN
structions, taking them 70 pieces and
.assembling them again. under fire
50 heavy that if he had stood up
right he would aot have lived five
minutes
He went from one gun to the other.
rolling over and over on the ground
ana comes out N il alive.
When you see your colored fellow
ci,izens in or opt OF uniform please
remember that 70 matter what you
NAV think. the white Prussians across
ihe lao has a pretty high opinion Of
him
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21

Soldier boy IN France writes home
the Huns havent a chance 70 vii"
Looks thai way Sere. too
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21

No painter VII ever immors alize
Won Helfferich's retreat from Nos
COW But what = film il would have
made
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21

Spain complains 6! German 4ngraii
tude Is thai az
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21

AEeeL tbosss. y0s cosls hep a
secrc tg"G
Mseel-Esl. ! keEr i to- : reeF'
Do Foa fhirx In q ools storage pant
|-Bosto1 Trznsc-.5-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21

Crows Tssteiess chiu 1onle
destroys the rlaizrial germs which
are transmitted 20 the blood by the
Malaria Mosquito. Price &C.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21

One Texas county has woman
sheriff Here's 2 chance fot tn
movie men 10 ce' something new
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21
IOK KHoSPu17.'
GfHMoKQNt Of
bl ARTHUR BRISBANE. ,
ARTHUR BRISBANE. ,

CITY cill Wait a ,.itle while. il will
give the Chiesgo Herald ani Examiner
Euch pleasure 20 chow how morn
ing newspaper can run ahead wtn
first class staff N Chicaso men
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21

The Germans n1st be taking io Ia,
woods. judging by the number q Tor
ests they have to he driven cui %
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21

reieFs ~sss - -. sto~scr
H1lch ctstlrrs ru1s sleea. --r- -
1ne 80 bottle - Lax rnS wrTr
fkfelN. a Lead D.res-fre T.sxs
I've ~ I11iresiicu o. cons.i,st. /.
''sssar. ~ ,1ks
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21

Carranza has modified his oA taN
decree. Perhaps ne Jusi wanie5 r
hnif into the limellghi aEain
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21
BATTLES FOUGHT BY LAND AND SEA
PROMINENT IN HISTORY

Caesar.
William III.
General Ross.
General Gates.
Charles |.
Napoleon /.
Franco-P -Prussian.
Royalists.
General Scott.
Brutus Y. CaSsius.
Saracens.
Commodore Foote.
Louis XIV.
General Wolfe.
Bonhomme Richard
Y, Scraps.
Commodore Nelson.
Bainbridge.
George III.
Light Brigade.
w ellington.
Putnam and Clinton.
Decatur.
George III.
General Howe.
Napoleon III.
France.
Funston.
General Wolfe.
Winslow.
Commodore Perry.
General Taylor.
Alexander.
The Beers.
Bonaparte.
United States.
Charles Edward.
Catherine.
Liberty.
Prussia won.
Commodore Nelson
English V. Beers
Chinese Gordon.
Washington.
az Marlborough.
i2) Ask Southey.
Charles MI.
Hanged as spy.
Till 134e.
Falsiaff. -
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21

Who crossed the famous Rubicone
Who battled at the Boyne?
Who burned and ransacked Washington?
Who fought and beat Burgoyne?
Who lost the fight on Marston Moor?
And who at Beresina?
What battles fought at Mars La Tour
Who fired no Messina? -A-- .--.-----.-
Who stormed the heights at Vera Cruz?
Who argued at Philippi?
Who pillaged ancient Syracuse?
Who cleared the Mississippi?
Who long beleaguered old Namur?
Who fell before Quebec?
What victory did Jones secure while fight
ing on wreck9
Who won the fight at Aboukir9
Who whipped the frigate Java9
Who brought the Hessians over here?
Who charged at Balaklava?
Who came out best at Waterloo?
Who battled at Long Island9
Who stopped the Moorish pirate crew?
Who subjugated Ireland?
Who fought and won at Brandywine?
Who won at Solferino9
Who lost those lands along the Rhine?
Who caught that Filipino?
Who stormed the Heights of Abraham?
Who sunk the Alabama?
Who cleared the lakes for Uncle Sam?
And who beat Santa Anna?
Who battled royalty at Tvrcq
Who gloried at Maiuba7
Who warmed himself at Moscow's fire?
Who liberated Cubs7
Who ran away at Culloden?
Who saved all at Pultowa?
When Yorktown came what followed tlaene
How was il AT Sadowa?
Trafalgar owed its fame 10 whom
Who fought at Spion Kop?
What hero held. then lost Khartoum?
Who made Cornwallis stop?
Who fought at Blenheim and for what?
Who dared so much at Narva?
What was Major Andre lot?
How long did Calais waver?
Who fought so bravely at Gad's Hill
That we are laughing at it still9
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21

Their newspapers. especially the
Socialist brand, begin 10 ask for sym
paihY But II a man follows = vol.
and shares in the wolf murders and
blooa drinking. he must expect TO be
hunted a. a VOL
And while Germans follow their
Hoheazollern wo.f. they may be sure
thai The hunters from this and other
civilized countries viii treat them as
wolves
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21

A dispatch from Zurich says the
&. eat German headquarters has been
removed TO German soil east Of the
Rhine because os the activity Of al
lied airlnen~
The German greai headquarters VIII
70 farther back t1An that when the
flying machines and FLYING fighters
from this country get 10 work. For
their headquarters viii also Ne east
O. the River Rhi?c
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21

-.Ach pressure 20 sho" ~" A'e'N-
iAs nf"sraPes can run ahs"u ~ah
first class slai p Chicaso men.
ib. e-man socialist aepspsger.
r,,u.,,,s cav. Ia ona IAN sfsnue,
~. 49,. r-, ,.o.tbs 81 me nrh
..- 80 th. -, a.. neo are "a
,.~s...;-,. h...,, ARROWS
rAa a-a-u.ss--s ,,,ch, .Aa ,h.. thev
r,.are ~ he sa- nrsst what they
49,.
rNs. -,.,,s.s .s,,.esstiv 10 Social
,,..-.o.-.,s 80, 49, ~ so- 49, ana
49, ,..,.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-21

In spite Of incampetency and worse
In the beginning. the machines viii
b, made. aad fighting Americans will
siy theri
President Wilson has long since
taken this matter into his own hands
He picked out the biggest Repubii-
ccn. Hughes. 10 nvesiigzie-'hzt
,lere might be no question Of favor
itssm
When the American air fleet really
begins 10 work the German great
Headquarters will need a hole In the
g-onnd II may come ; little late
Int American i.gins machines viii
settle and end this war-unless the
revolution in Austria hurries M. OF the
German people csme 20 their senses
Evening star., 1918-04-14

in steubenville. and Mr.. Stanton had
given ME a place in the War Depart
ment because of his acquaintance with
my father I knew Mr.. Stanton's son.
and looked upon all of them as my pa
irons and friends. Naturally, my first
thought. after hearing OF the death Oh
Lincoln Che was not dead, you know.
but lived until the next morning). was
to carry the news to Stanton. I ran
into the street. where met J. g. John
son. my roommate. then a clerk IN the
paymaster generals office. and later a
distinguished citizen and physician in
Detroit.
He went with me. Soon we saw a
man and told him what had happened.
Yes he answered. and Secretary Sc
ward has been assassinated.'
1.-The rumor concerning Seward, how
ever. was not accurate. He had been
attacked. but not killed. On April 8,
with his son Frederick. his daughter
and one Of her friends, he was driving
in the city, as he often did. for air and
exercise. His horses started to run
away and he jumped from the carriage.
In falling he dislocated his right shoul-
Evening star., 1918-04-14
MisappIying a Good Thing.

ssE Efficiency engineering and
u Standardization and scientific
management are all excellent things"
said ossian Simonds OF the American
Society of Landscape Architects in q
brilliant address in Chicago. "but you
can't apply them to the useful arts or
the fine arts.
1.-The efficiency engineer who monkeys
with the arts is like the farmer.
A "a farmer had four artists boarding
with him one summer. and on toward
the summers end he happened to run
across an artist painting a sunset.
"'Wall. flow's she cof1in' on? the
farmer inquired, good-naturedly.
1.-THE artist sighed.
"'The light he said. changes so
fast-the effect is SO difficult to get
and there's only one night left me-
1.-The artist sighed again. The farm
er, after considering him moment.
seid:
"Looky here. why don't yer three
friends help ye out? There's room
enough on that thar canvas for all
four on ye to work together. I get ye
never thought of askin' 'en, now, did
ye?'
After supper the farmer. recount
ing the incident to HIS wife. said: :.
From the blank look that spread
over his face. Mariar, I seen that the
idea~had never come into his silly head
till put 1t thar"
Evening star., 1918-04-14

is made up. with minute justice. what IL
called the centime-le-franc. or ASSESS
ment percentages for categories OF
towns. etc. So. these figures apply. in
a near enough average way. to any nice
country town property in France. where
the population IL less than 6.000 and
1.-THE house and lot worth $1,000"
The house and lot worth 81. 200!
1t seems to be kind OF French ideal
also. The expert knew any quantity.
TN fact: my own place" he said. 90
he tabulated on its last years taxes.
But not on its selling or holding value
Of 5000. Not on your life! French
justice recognizes that many homes
could not be rented to third parties ct
q profitable return on their real worth.
Yet the foncier tax must be laid on
rental value (valeur locative). How
assess it7 The rental value. says
France. Is Z per cent revenue on sell.
ing value Of the home, less Is per cent
deduction. So. for the "house and lot
worth $1,000" the rental value is es-
tablished at $500, less IS per cent. or
$3.50 per year. To this revenue Is ap-
piled the centime-le-franc assessment.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
Tax Receipts as Taismans Are Carried by Boys France

divided between landlord and tenant.
The water rentw was 81.
And there you are, George!
Z In France the house and lot worth
$4,000. but producing only 5000 rent.
pays total fadd the preceding ftemsl
Of .$5s.4e annual taxes-in a town OF
5000 population-and II it stays really
empty and unproductive for a year
while you are fighting, you can ask the
tax collector to just please deduct
$29.e2. the cote mobiliere." or tax on
rent which doesn't exist. You will not
find 1t accumulated in your face when
you get home. No, each years taxes
on the empty house will be only $26.4s.
Want to come and live In France.
George?
No, no prefers Gods country: but
can perceive that he and Jake and
Ralph and Harvey are slightly perturb-
ed at thought which comes to their
heads. There Is a fumbling with inside
pockets. and certain American tax re-
ceipts are fetched out Of worn packets.
so, do they lug their household treas
ures with them to the stricken field.
God save that they be blood-stained!
Evening star., 1918-04-14
They are sacred objects. The homo. the
fighting lads Tar homo.

fKhting lads Tar home.
Here are samples.
They are the tax receipts of an Amer
ican widow doing relief work in France.
and finding that her homestead in New
town. Bucks county, Pa. tenanted and
paying for itself all right when she
sailed, is now without q tenant and
being eaten up by taxes and repairs.
r. can give the details without indis-
or cretion, because 1t Is my mother. Also.
there lie this particularly in point. that
by coincidence the property Is assessed.
not be expected to rent for more than
5000. It rather justines the French
principle Of ''valeur locative." doesn't
it? Yet they are local conditions. No
body in Newtown. think. pays more
than 5000 rent. It would be deemed
extravagant. In another respect.
would compare 1t to the celebrated
"Maison du Passeur." strafed in epic
combats. Newtown 10 far from the
User: but about that same time. by a
In, house painter by trade. who filed
the paFlor with his dripping pots and
gave the side yard real effective
camoufiaging. But that is over and
: Item: School tax, Newtown borough.
for 1917. t410e. Item: Borough tar.
1915 (for 1917. an Abatement" was
offered by strict justice and conscience,
Of 4l.6o). $3.50. Item: County tax.
1917, @11.SS. Item: Water rent to April
/. 1911. 311.6o. Total t100.f8.
Il rnakeS hundred dollars annual
taxss on . house and lot which are
without = tenant ana producing MOTH
Ing. ana which IN best years do not
earn shove $500 rent This In q Penn
syfvani4 town Of 1.See 3nhabitants. In
Jx4nee Q homestead of ths Same values
undsr the Same conditions would pay
Evening star., 1918-04-14

needed If ws are to have the requisites
for building constantly new craft WIN
which to fight the submarines ana
thus make food a possibility.
~
"we must have help from your sfde
Of the ocean with a speed and in q
measure with which It has not como
to ma "A yet If we are to meet those
needs. We must have more 1000, Wnicn
means new carrying ships, and II IN
the new carrying ships we are TO get
the food we must have new protectiVe
I'VE must have tho materials for
thesa and even these themselves from
the United States. and the prime neces-
sity connected with our getting them 10
s!SS I'VE must have ships for the car. carr.
riare Of food and we must have cra1.
FOR their defense. We need not today
DISCUSS the kind OF ships that eitner
must Be, but the ships we certainly
how they must be built. that which
must be done with them America
knows. But we must have them.
sIt il only through tmmediate rene.
that we may win the the. war; ths.. Ina' ma davs m 3
reauiring statements without frills'
hut fn1I Of frankness and of truth.
"Our attitude toward shirkers in any
line in our own rauAS HAS -
plaiply, this: The man who hoIos oasA
On his work, or the woman who urges
any man to hold back on his work-
indeed, the woman who herseIi noIos
back on any work that she might 90.
thereby accomplishes definitely anti
patriotic act. He or she thereby Is
piayinF the definite German game.
"Statements that relief Is coming py
and by will not avail us. To attempt to
Cheer us up with pleasant assurances
Of the earnest desire upon the part OF
the American government to cooperate
with us Is a mistake. We have learned
to insist on facts. It IS the better
course at any time-it is the only
course In war. time. It Is action we
must have. We do not lack heart. our
heart has never failed us and 1t never
will, We don't need encouragement
we need actual cooperation.
I'VE all are hoping-indeed. We -au
arc certain-that the confidence we
have felt and which we feel IN the
United States will prove not to have
been misplaced, but 1t Is OF no use TO
saw that we have not been disappointed
when we have found the American
governments estimates OF the snip,
building which you could and would
Accomplish continually revised down
ward. It Is impossible for me to state
too strongly that we hope this course
will not continue.
aShips mean the continuation OF the
war to a triumphant conclusion or the
cessation of the war by the conclusion
Of an unsatisfactory peace. IN OTHER
WORDS, SHIPS WILL BRING US VIC
TORY, AND THE LACK OF SHIPS
WILL MEAN DEFEAT"
Evening star., 1918-04-14
Ships, Ships, We Must Have Ships" Says the British Ship Conto

como q peril to the winning Of the w9S
"ANYTHING NOT NTLMATMIX
TO THE WINNING OF THE WAR. BUT
WHICH, AT THE SAME TIME, Alb.
soRBs STEEL. IS A PERIL TO THE
WINNING OF THE WAR 49,
The construction Of every skyserspsr
which does or may absorb steel that
could be used in shipbuildin1 should
stop throughout the whole United
States. This might cause suffering, but
that suffering would be far less in de.
gree than that which will ensue IL the
Germans win this war.
Everything which absorbs otrue.
tural steel should give way to ship
building.
.That there should BE- steel shortage
II . tragic unnecessity.
There is upon your sdde an absofuts
abundance Of good steel 49,.
-. -
IF there IL not enough. then steel
production itself should be epeeded up.
'.But moro especially II steel IL used
in any process but shipbuilding, save
in some ono OF those others which are
Of comparable Importance in the win
ming of the war. that use instantly
should be brought to a full stop, no
matter what may be tho special In
terests unfavorably affected.
1.-THE point is that each man who dghts
for ship production, each woman who
talks ship production. urging It upon the
men she knows. is doing service for the
allies, Is actually fighting for the allies.
whether or not the voice comes from the
wearer of a khaki uniform s.-
I'VE need food ships.
1--WE need destroyers.
I'VE need anti-submarine craft OF AL
kinds. slt',
s.If We are to get them there must
be labor at white heat in your steel
mills as well as ours. in your shipyapds
as well as ours; II we are to get them
there must be transportation to your
yards from your steel mills-transpor.
tation smooth and free from interrup.
tion to a degree never known. even IN
peace time.
And when we get the ships, and I
know that we shall have the ships
there must be transportation ready to
take their cargoe0 to the docks at the
American waterside and labor there 20
load them.
You, in the United States, are In .
position far more favorable than ours.
for you are not handicapped as yet. py
lack Of labor. We, here in Great Brit.
ain, find a large portion Of our men,
who otherwise might be available for
such work. either in our military ranks
or undergoing training for them Our
labor shortage, therefore, Is far moIe
serious than yours. We never use NIL
itary labor for any purpose Tor which
civil labor is available.
Copyright, 1918. BY the Edward Narshaue ~
dicate. Incl
Evening star., 1918-04-14

$2s.4s apnual taxes in a town Of 5000
population with very different school
and other facilities.
Newtown is a beautiful little old
borough, with its own railroad to
Philadelphia. twenty miles distant. 1t
Is entirely residential, no factory smoke
soiling the air. In 1880 there was q
population of 2,400 At present It has
progressed toward exclusiveness and
calm to a select coterie of 1880 ton
sound principles making for meditation
to the song of birds in lovely old
stage settling, expressed in the recent
letter of a borough father:
''Eewtown real estate is not booming.
about $4,000 improving tho streets and
5000 building a new schoolhouse.
The money was raised on bond issue.
and, consequently. taxes will have to be
raised very considerably"
Is not the although" magnificent?
And I wonder II large proportion Of
our boys in France have Worries like
these?
Is the army of real estate proprietors
becoming anxious to sell or rent? Many
simply locked the house and started off
to war, without tenant. Some were
building. Some have mortgages to
think about. They cannot be sold out
during the war. It is good law. But
what about acoumulations and deterio-
rations staring them in the face when
they return7 It would be a pity for
our boys who fight for other peoples
homes to find their own strafed like
the Maison du Passeur!
Through the mud. blood and poison
gas Of Lorraine and Champagne they
carry their ta1-receipts as talismans.
They wear them over their hearts, As
return tickets to their haven Of peace
and love. STERLING HEQLG.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
Deadly CaInoufIage.

ss'Ts ALKING about camouhage." said .
detective in q lecture on dis
guises. II heard . good camouhage
story the other day.
"A colonel said to ono of his men on
the west front:
'Grimths. have you had my dugout
camoufagedT b
"'Yes. SIR said Grinaths. I saw to It
myself, sir. We've made it look exactly
like concealed six-inch gun.