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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-09
FAXED NEWS.

FOREMOST among the varied services OF newspaper
to print the news. To print il promptly is evidence
OF enterprise. But those smpl fundamentals Of newSpa-
perdom do not warrant the taking Of news. On the con
rary. they imply need Of thorough accuracy for the
worth Of newspaper must depend in large measure its
reliability Mistakes are possible in the best regulated
journals there times when they may be excuSable
But there is difference between honest errors and the
deliberate hoaxing of the public
The United Press has just been guilty Of the latter
There is excuse for blunderng in the reporting OF
prearangcd event like the armsce parleys Therefore in
announcing the conclusion Of amiStce hours before
the German envoys had reached General Fochs head
quarters the United Press was guilty Of wilfu taking or
nsxeusable carelesncH in effort to put Scoop
Official denals Of the United Press story dscredt that
agency eifectuay than anything rival organi-
ration can say and such denias were promptly given to
set at rest false hopes aroused by such wanton msrepre
sentation.
Newspapers served by the United Press quite naturally
were the victims Of that misguided enterprise and the
public, in turn, was fooled-for time Also such publ
cations received certain pecuniay reward in greatly in
creased ale, Not only Was the public fooled but it was
also fched money spent in large sums for what rur
ported 10 he news but which something elsa fake
False hopes aroused only be followed BY depres
sion upon learning the glad dingS without basis In
TACT That local United Press paper is said have sold
S. 900 copies Of It's peace extras" will give an idea
ot the extent to which every American city containing
United Press newspaper neeced by the hoax
And all OF this made worse BY later efforts 10
continue the bluff The difficulties Of foong all the
people all the time too great II cannot he done par
eularly in such momenou this where the exact
time OF signing the armstce, in case Germany signs IT,
will be matter Of definite record The presidents an
nouncemen through Secretary Lansing that there will be
no Withholding OF any Of action on the armistice
makes such effort Immediately futile Even beiated
explanations which attempted yesterday, cannot
wholly offset this attempt to dupe the public.
To attempt 10 charge 10 blunder place the blame
on an official far removed from the Of the confer
will not absolye the agency in such case where
there little reason for nacemacy In the mean
time, those newspapers served by The Associated Press
are the Times and Okahoman feel renewed pride and
confidence in their facilities for gathering Already
there evidences that this confidence is shared BY the
public and the long record Of The Associated Press for
reliability and accuracy is sufficient guarantee that this
confidence will grow
When thi, written than twenty-sx hours
after the United Press flashed It's startling story the armis
tc' had not vet been signed but there bright prospect
that Il will BE- When s the public will get the news and
get quickly, from which it has learned to know
are dependable
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-09
Don1@,T ~:
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A NEW SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM

When we were trained In the pursuit
or news with which TO fiil the sheet,
Our guide and mentor bade us scoot
with thrilling tales on nlmble feet,
And told us how burst OF speed
Might help reveal the stirring acts
On which the constant reader feeds,
Hut warned us 20 be sura OF facts.
Initials had TO he correct,
And time according to the clock,
Or we were likely 10 connect
With reprimand and hard boiled knock,
And made TO feel that we had spilled
The beans and other nourishment,
And see our classic story killed
As something hardly worth a cent.
The training In that sort OF school
Made accurate our middle name.
And when We wrote as per the rule,
NoE popull indorsed the same.
And came again 10 get the news
or those affairs the world transacts.
Convinced that there was nAught 20 lose
By sticking TO line OF facts.
Another journalistic plan,
which got later running start,
Considers truth an also ran.
A lost or rather losing art,
And speeds It's presses 10 reveal
Such things as peopl want 10 hear,
Ignoring that II fakes its spiel
80 long as people read and cheer
But such forehanded enterprise
IL apt TO prove boomerang,
And many sad. dlsgOntled guys
VIII scorn the source from which II
sprang.
And not believe the limo OF done
With which It's columns are replete,
Nor base their knowledge or their hope
On such Doctor Cook ing sheet
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-09

There are more hunters in the state
this year than ever before, il the num-
her OF licenses issued is an accurate
gauge Of the number, which IL isn't. At
any rate, more are showing a disposition
to comply with the game laws, which
many used to regard as no more bind
ing than the book of etiquette. And
hunting is still great sport, although
the finding isn't what il used to be,
and other means are essential to solv-
ing the meat problem.
Election contests, several Of
which are threatened In close dis
tricts, also come under the head OF
non-essentisl pursuits.
Had there been a United Press Al
that time, Columbus probably would
have discovered America about October
), 1872.
And the Fourth Of July might have
fallen amid the perfect days OF June.
As we landslide TO press, Il looks
like equal suffrage had overcome
the silent vote. That, we should
say, Is about what one would ex-
pect Of votes for women.
Mrs. Grace Younger |, seeking , d.
vorce in the local courts because, she
alleges, her husband wouldn't LEI her 20
to church. There doesn't seem much
hope for a man who won't even have
religion in his wife's name
Oklahoma is urged TO raise castor
beans, from which that smooth propo-
sition, eastor oil, Is made. But, lest
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-09
OldSfo1ies
AzNeWT4pe5
INN M Hmes M1ae .
Twenty Years Ago.
BY BRIGGS
I'm M UnxN

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait when IN
termed at the Grand avenue hotel yes
terdsy refu,ed the repor, that she was
populist Neither am | a repubi-
can, democrat or prohibitionist," aid
Mrs Gait Il shall never become
partisan until have a ballot sh IRE
in the government and conse p n,
right to be a partisan. II l. Inc
enough for women TO choose ihyil Tar.
ties invite them to membership. by
recognizing the injustice Of re u,iua to
count their opinions Our moycn BE-; !,
one broader than the platform oi Sny
party and ! hope our conycIii.n viii
dispel any notion ,ha, II IL a f,.u,'i in
the interest of any candidate Z. j."
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-09
Destroyer compIs,. Ship..

According to William G. Shepherd.
the war correspondent who tells In Eve
erybodys for October how America 10
combating the U-boat menace, our
naval submarine destroyer is the last
word in fine ship building. 1T eosts
two million dollars, II is really two exs
quisitely mounted turbine engines with
a thin skin Of steel put around then
to keep them afloat. These engines
have the power Of 1000 horses, enough
to drive a great liner, The destroyes
is so loaded with bombs and iorpedoee
and explosive deyiltries that Il Is. pos
tentially, a huge bomb In itself. n
slices the ocean at forty miles an hour.
II !, all power and danger. Il can noe
upset While an ordinary ship u
doomed " she rolls much lower than
fory-fye degrees, or half way down
to the surface Of the sea, the destroyer
on the side Of wave ean.Ioll over 10
i07 degrees, which Is seventeen Dc.
grees below level and still right hsIs
self
Such is the tool that young Ameries,
IN the European submarine patrol
has used. And he has used n exultinss
ly. with the blood Of excitement lnd
adventure surging through his Young
body. Master Of the power Of 27000
horses riding ih thin shen like a
aviator on silk wincs, eonquFcr Of ~
'eu-month storm that swseps yearly
cercss the ocean and about lhs shcreo
Of England, ireland and Fraace. Ne iD
component part Of Apiece u hurting
death" N ~ ~
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-09

However, ga, shortage due to washout, such as
confronted the city yesterday isn't unpleasant as one
caused by cold weather, which is apt to later In
the meantime il i, not yet too late to lay in supply Of
coal and something to burn il in.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-09

the outlook for the children seem too
gloomy, we hasten to assure them that
the lubricant is needed in additional
quantities for airplane engines, and
not for human machinery.
ia buffer Keeps II up long
enough, he 10 going to get called.
Still, a. the sawsmith almost said,
one good yarn deserves another.
ENLIGHTENING. H
In case the senate 10 . tie.
You then may learr the mama
OF that vice presidential guy
Whose vote can break the same.
A good listener Is the most enter
tanning company for q number OF per-
sons we all know.
Doubtle" you also recall the old
story in McGuffey's reader sbout that
practical joking sheep herder wh)
cried, wolf, wolf" so often that
the populace came to regard his clarion
call as old stuff. There have been
things OF late TO make one hark back
TO that time-honored tale.
Tomorrow you can 70 to church
again. not to mention the movies. And
the chance, are you will, although il
isn't for US to say to which you will
60
One doesn't get over the flu as quick
a, he thinks he should, and is apt TO
have bad dayS vbn he feels like going
out and throwing bombs at everything
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-09

While Germany, srmistice term, haven't been made
public, the samples submitted to Austria, Bulgaria and
Turkey sufficient to show that they aren't going to be
such a, to create great deal Of harity in Potsdam
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-09

Anyhow Brest is strange place from which to report
conference that is to be staged in the department Of the
Aisne.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-09

Germany fleet will do we'll to switch Il. red flags
for white flags H. reported it has yenured out to sea
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-09
Fifteen Years Ago.

The Saturday Evening Post of us
weeks ISSUE contains double papt a
OF the Rock Island system OF rai'ru.ds
in which a fine view OF Main st-ecl in
Oklahoma City is depicted General
passenger agent Sebastian will be re-
membered with everlasting gratitude by
the people Of this city.
DR.. A. X. West has completed a 81 900
residence OH the corner OF Fifth and
Ole streets.
In district court yesterday Kaiser
Rarook and Welt RaEook, SuianA
were granted naturalization papers.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-09

Ease your conscience Bog q leae1
one Var Savings Stamp sach ,wssk ~
help bay off The d.tts d - yaes 81
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-09
Ten Years Ago,

toh toats ago,
Because OF the continued rise in ths
Canadian river and the inadequate CO.
paeity OF the clear water basin at ~
city water works, the city water sup
ply is practically useless Mud d the
principal component With some ssnd
mixed IN as matter Of generosity.
No hope for better conditions u fostersd
until the river reeedea
Mrs. Lee Van Winkis ieit for hsf
old home at Boliver, Mo, the first q
the month for two weeks visit She
will bring her little niece, Mareelis,
home 9th her on her return.
Mrs. Daniel W. Hogan has issued IN
yitations to two afternoons OF bridgs
this week.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-09

One doesn't get over the flu as quick
a, he thinks he should, and is apt to
have bad dayS vim he feels like going
out and throwing bombs AZ everything
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-09

Still, a. the sawsmith almost said,
one good yarn deserves another,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-09
ENLIGHTENING.

In case the senate 10 q tie,
You then may learn the mama
OF that vice presidential guy
Whose vote can break the same.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-09

A good listener Is the most enter
tanning company for . number Of per.
sons we sli know.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-09

Oklahoma is urged TO raise castor
beans, from which that smooth propo-
sition, easfor oil, Is made. But, lest
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
KEEL LAID
IN BIG EASTERN YARDS

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 27.-The
forty-third keel, that of the 1900
ton steel cargo carrier Schepang.
was laid at the Hog island shipyard
recently. Others will follow prompt
ly.
Soon ships will slide down the
ways into the waters of the Della
ware at regular intervals, provided
the shipment OF steel is up to the
mark. The yard o employs 49,
600 men, but more are needed, es-
pecially riveters. There has been
a n improvement in the speed with
which this class of workers perform
their duty. This is to be traced to
the fact that the gangs of riveters
are becoming expert.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
Mission
Bounded 1922

Although known to and visited by
comparatively few people, the old
mission church of San Xavier del
B2c, nine miles from Tuscon, Ari-
IONA and the romantic picturesque
ruin of San Jose de TumacacCri, a
few miles farther up the Santa Cruz
Valley, are among most inter
esting monuments to the church's
pioneers of a by-gone age. This is
particularly true of San Xavier del
Bac, which many claim to be even
more beautiful than the missions of
California. San Xavier del BAG has
a further charm in the fact that it
stands today doing the same work
among the same people whom it was
built to serve 226 years ago.
Founded in 1892, the mission was
conducted continuously by resident
Jesuits until 1851, then for a few
years it was administered as a vista
from Tubac, and in 1867, following
the Spanish expulsion of the Jesuits,
was turned over to the Franciscans.
This order continued the work of the
mission until 1927, when Mexico ex-
PEELED all the religious orders, but it
was ministered to Internationally
from Magdalena, although practical
ly abandoned. Following the Gads-
den purchase in 1854, the mission
came into the diocese of Santa Fe.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
TROOPS
STUDYING GERMAN

WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
IN FRANCE. Oct. 2. = Many Amer
lean soldiers in France have taken
up the study of the German Ian
guage. Some say they are eager to
talk to the German prisoners, and
others explain that they desire to
be prepared to speak German when
they reach Berlin. Nearly every
American company has n or more
individuals who speak German,
more or less. and the boys study
German during spare moments.
After two or three months in
France many American soldiers are
able to speak some French.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
PASSENGERS BEAT WAY"
ON BERLIN STRtETCARS

NEW YORK, Sept. 81. = Passen-
gers caught beating their way"
on Berlin street cars will be subject
to a fine of one mark, the Berlin
Vorwaerts reports. The fine will
be imposed by the trolley inspector,
not on the word of the conductor
cite. but following a sort of plebis-
cite among the other passengers.
The order was necessary. the
street car company's counsel said,
because the company suffered a
daily loss of 10000 marks through
the non-payment of fares.
THE worst offenders" he said,
"are those of the better classes, es-
pecially women who consider it a
sport to save carfare by not pay
ing it,"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
NEW WAR FOOD
FOR GERMANY

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 80. = Ger
many is threatened with a new war
food called lupine bread. To work
a process for converting the lupine,
a leguminous plant, into food for
and beast on a large scale, q
company has been formed at Chem
nitz, with a capital of 5000, 900
marks.
The lupine was held in no partic-
ular esteem until about SO years
ago, when a German chemist dis
covered a process by which the bit
ter taste Of the plant was eliminat-
ed and the vegetable fat and albu-
men which it contains was made
serviceable for human consumption.
Now a German food expert has TAX
up and perfected the old recipe.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 30
More than one ally of the German
emperor who has attempted to in
terfere with the shipbuilding pro-
gram has come to defeat. The lat
est is the mosquito.
Most of the new shipyards have
risen from marshlands bordering
lakes, bays and inlets.
These marshy places are the fav-
orite breeding places of the mos
quito and millions fed so avaricious-
ly on the men hammering out ships
that, at times, they were forced to
leave the ways and production was
retarded. But a great, nation
al MISUNDERSTANDING army has been
created and this force is conducting
a continuous offensive against the
insect hosts.
The staff of this army is compos-
ed of mosquito-fighting experts, who
have fought and battered down
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
j. S. OPERATE G
BIG PLANTS
FOR REPAIR
OF SHOES
SHOPS AT CAMP CODY SAVE
THOUSANDS OF
PAIRS

CAMP CODY, N. NJ, Oct. 2. =
The government is the greatest
shoemaker in New Mexico. In the
shoe repair shops at Camp Cody is
machinery and equipment for repair
ing and conserving thousands OF
pairs of army shoes sent there by
the company and other unit supply
officers. This great shoe shop is
only a part of the reclamation de-
partment of the divisional camp
here. But because of it's import
ance in the welfare scheme of the
enlisted men, it is given more at
tention than any other branch OF
the reclamation work.
A poorly repaired shoe means a
disconnected fighter, the reclama-
ton department officers say. For
this reason the work is done more
carefully and with better machines,
tools and leather than is the repair
work on civilian shoes in the large
cities.
Once an enlisted mans shoes be-
gin to show signs of wear they are
inspected by the company supply of
ficer. If the repairs needed are
only minor the regimental shoe
maker is detailed on the job. This
prevents overcrowding the camp
shoe repair shop.
Should the shoe be too far gone
to he repaired by the regimental
shoemaker it is sent to the repair
shop for the division, where it is
properly tagged and the repairs
needed noted. The shoes also are
inspected there for any faulty man
ufacture or foot diseases which
might be remedied by prompt ac-
ton.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
1u4Kerr- Pine Doors 4e Service 9v9 Centuries

ed in it's construction was unshilleo
Indians. using tools of the cruoest
kind, one is lost in amazement at
the perfection and beauty of their
work.
Not the least interesting thing
connected with the mission are the
old Southern pine doors at the main
entrance. Through these doors
countless tho 'ands have passed
Tradition says they were part of the
original building completed in 1899.
When this structure was demolished
the doors were saved from the ruins
and made a part of the present
building.
Today they are in virtually as good
condition as when they were first
hewn from the trunk of the tree. a
striking example of the durability
and ~serviceability of Southern pine,
whose merit was recognized even in
early times, as it is today, when the
Southern pine industry has grown to
such proportions that 38 per cent of
all the lumber used in the United
States is of this species. {
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
co MPLET|ON OF
new MEXICO
RES
DELAYED
WORK ON BIG DAM Numbered
BY LABOR SHORT
AGE

EAST LAS VEGAS, N. M, Oct. 2.
Although nine months will elapse
before the big lam of the Las We
gas irrigation project is completed,
the reservoir contains many feet of
water, the outlet canal is finished
and it would be possible to irrigate
many acres for the 1919 crop. De-
lays caused by the war, the most
serious of which was labor shortage,
made it impossible to finish the
great project this year, as had been
expected.
The irrigation system is being
built by San Francisco contractors,
on land belonging to the Las Vegas
grant, a tract given to the COM
munity under the terms of an old
Spanish deed, hundreds of years old.
The acreage to be watered is H.
900, with 5000 acres lying near
which can be put under ditch. The
dam is so feet high and 1000 feet
long. 1t will impound 10000 acre
feet forming a lake a mile wide by
three miles long. The total cost
will approximate 100000. 1t will
be operated as a private enterprise.
The water is drawn from the
Gallinas river, a mountain stream,
through an inlet canal two miles in
length. 1t is carried through an
outlet canal 20 miles in length, a
portion of which, $500 feet long, is
in a concrete-lined tunnel. An
other portion is carried in a 1900
foot flume, and still another is car
ried under the Santa Fee railway
right of way in a concrete-lined
syphon.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05

but not until 1866 were missionaries
from the New Mexico city able to
reach the Santa Cruz Valley and
take up the work at the mission.
These missionaries labored as best
they could under difficulties until
1900, when the Right Rev. Henry
Granjon was appointed Bishop of
Tuscon. Upon assuming his duties
there, Bishop Granjon secured title
from the government for the land on
which the mission stands and re-
stored the building which had fallen
into ruin to a certain extent. Since
that time the work of the mission,
including a school for the Indians on
the reservation which entirely sur
rounds it, has continued regularly.
The church is built of brick and
stone, 107x27 feet clear inside the
walls. OF a Moorish-Byzantine type
of architecture, and elegant proper
tions, it is beautiful and impressive
and when one beholds it's beauty and
delicacy of architectural detail, it's
graceful dome, it's arches and towers,
and considers that the labor employ
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
ALLY Of GERMANY Is
OILED OUT OF SWAMPS in EAST

mosquito offensives not only in this
country, but also in the fever-infect-
ed tropical zone where the pests
have been at their worst.
Among these is Lieutenant Col
onel Philip Schuyler Doane, a men,
her of the staff of Surgeon-General
Gorfgas, who eliminated the pest
from the Panama Canal zone. He
is director of the department of
health and sanitation of the United
States shipping board and is organ
izing the war against the mosquito
in all parts of the country.
The cooperation of state, mu-
nicipal and private corporate inter-
ests has been enlisted in this war.
Miles Of trenches have been dug in
lowlands about shipbuilding plants,
so that the marshes may be drained
and the breeding places destroyed.
Where it is impossible to drain off
the stagnant water, oiling is re-
sorted to.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
N0TEO AVIATOR Says He
LIKES TO Stay ENEMY

PARIS, Sept. %. = First Lieu
tenant Rene Fonck of the French
air service is officially credited with
the destruction of 60 enemy planes,
although he has actually forced
down 81 since his first flight, Aug.
6, 1916. Fonck used one machine
in shooting down so of the Ger
mar airplanes.
81 have had the joy, the muir
derous joy, of having killed 81
crews" Fonck wrote recently. "and
l must confess that no nightmares
disturb my Sleep"