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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-02
Bound To Be Trouble.

"Ihc government +, going 10 have
rs trouble, running the railroads"
Think sot'
81 know ,0. Imagine the row that
will be started rhr first time some
fellow who thinks he controls few
votes Is told he can't have q lower
berth"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-02
1000 Men Wanted
for Photo Work
in Air Service

WASHINGTON, March 2-Onc
thousand men trained in Photographic
work are wanted for instruction at the
new army school for aerialpho,ogranhv
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-02

hui | have nrycr received ANYTHING from
him lie sid that they took SIS ont oI
hl' last pay hut ! have never received
lL Can you please tell me where "a
write SOLDIERS WIFE.
Write 70 thc Adnanb General
United States Army Tell him lust what
you told me and all your husband,
company and regiment etc. The letter
should he sent 10 the hduaui Gcncrals
Office Washington p. C.
Dear Mrs Thompson am a srru.g.
rapher ln a downtown office and u,.
make s. week. and everything is S..
expensive that ! don't see how car
live on IT, Wha, would you advise m,
to du2 VIRGINIA.
A slcnographrr who is worth humg
iS worth more than * 4 week Tel
your employer now hard II il 10 ly,
On SO snail sum and ask him 10 rdls,
your pay Sturdy evenings 90 TINT ,o.
can improve YOUR English, shorthand
speed. accuracy and spelling
Dear Mrs Thompson: World It nc
considered patriotic 90 snt sluAkram
as it IS strictly German dish
c. s. T..
Yes, it is considered patriotic, just
as it is TO cat German fried potaloc,
w any other dish of that kind pcnnC
should eat iIr Kind on rpnkinu ihlI
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-02
7renchmen Called Him a Stacker;
But Truth Tale ShouS Him a Hero
TRUTH TALES or THE GREAT
WAR-x.
by Gerald BfAndon.
THE "EMBUsOUE"

1T takes all kinds Of people 10 max,
world. and there uniniunatcl,
exists IN every country number
oi short sighted individual, who seek
i1 escape military service because The,
value their personal comfort and SAFETY
more Than that oi their nation
We have not set evolved 4 distinct.
American name for these coward.
cyclists, bnl brand them with thr
Brush term ",lloker " The Frenrh
clll Them "amhu,we,. meaning liter
ally THE ambu,hcd"
However the word M longer apple,
10 civilians, Tor there are no civilian,
ol lighting age IN France. bui has come
10 mean lht man who belongs 10 non
dangerous branch oi lhc service
Whether or not man deserve, 10 b.,
called an cnhuSUuc depends entirely Dn
lhc angle from which yun look mn him.
\ hospital orderly will .peak NJ those
cnhu'Wc' 'n lnc onl.c, ol lhe admm.
raii"n \ munitions worker will sag
ihr same 0i lhr anliafy corn, A
oayalfyman will pass lhr word along
when referring 10 stay Al home she'll
maker,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-02
An Exception.

Jdok-Can she keep a secret
MluNc YES, the dr,agrceabIc thing.
New Haven Journal Courier
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-02
AIIIlItIymen An Embn.an.,

Even the arlillrDmcn. whose role =,
'o important TODAY are Nigmalitsd 4,
elnbu'que' hy the men In ihe trenches
who consider that the men behind m.
guns de- NOT share equally In the dan
gers and hardship. of lhe war
Until the day m which I ,aw Nlnlon
die also was inclined 10 speak oi
afilllcNmcn aS cmhu,1uss
] was temporarily acting ~ ryrlisi ~
lhc commandant replacing Irving whose
leg had been 'haucrcd by a bullet
How Irving had fcmounlcd Nj, wheel
and pcddltl IN his destination with one
leg Is another story which will. tell
some time
! had been entrusted with message
'n the commander oi a battery Of
uylycs and wa, awaiting his re-.
Oh. chatting ihe while with me gun.
uns and watching them ,ct me fuses
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-02

Cut out the picture ON Hll four rld-s
Then carefully fold dotted line / ~ en-
tire length Then dotted liue . and M
nm. Fold each section underneath uccuz
fiiely when completed turn over nnl
Nou.l fu1 u surprising result save tho
pictures
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-02
KAISER DEMANDED
FRENCH FORTS AS
PEACE GUARANTY
Verdun Sought by Germany
Before War as Hostage

PARIS, March 2 - That German,
forced France into the war eighlrer
hours before the central powers dc
clared hostllities on Russia was di.
closed yesterday by Stephen pichon
the French foreign minister. hy Or
letters read OF Sorbonnc
The message. signed hy Won Beth
mann. Hollweg, declared that Gcrmlny
wanted France to remain neutral CIV.
ing eighteen hours for reply. with the
guarantee that France was 10 turn over
10 Germany the fort, Of Toul and Vcf.
dun, on the eastern boundary NJ France
10 be returned sometime after the war
ended.
How She Wanted Peace.
That" declared NJ pichon. ~ how
Germany wanted peace al the mumrul
when she declared wat That IS how
sincere 'he was in pretending that wr
obliged her TO take mp arms for hrr
defense That IS the price ,he intended
TO make ~ pay ior our basrur,, If
we had had the iniamy in rtpudlale our
signature as Prussia repudlaled hers
by tearing up the treaty that guaranteed
the neutrality OF Belgium
KaiseT's GTanddsd Writes
The other letter was dated IN 1870
and was written by Wilhelm l. grand
father OF the present emperor OF Get
many. to the Empress Eugene II de-.
elared that Germany must be ON the
alert In the future. as France planned
TO strike at Germany a. soon as she
had recovered from the Franco. .Pus.
sian war, and had gained allies
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-02

Dear Mrs Thompson: J am a Young
soldiers wife. We have been married
for about four months and do not live
at home, nor do work anywhere, so Of
course my husband is nv only support
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-11-14
NEWS ITEMS FROM
THE SEMINOLE SENTINEL

The many friends Of Mrs. D. l..
Palmer. Of Plano. were grieved TO
learn of her death, which occurred
Tuesday, Oct. 30, at Plano, Texas.
M-s Palmer resided here for a
number Of years. until the death Of
her husband. T. A. Robertson. she
going to Plano. the home of her par
ents. where she later was married TO
d. l.. Palmer.
Besides husband she leaves four
children. three boys and week old
baby girl.
The Slaughter Cattle Company Of
Post. has leased the ranch Of W. W,
Harbour. also two sections from l..
D. McReynolds, two from J. c. Eich.
elberger and one from John Elan.
J. n Hawkins, who resides In the
southwest part ~ the county, receiv'
ed . message last week from Edgar
Hawkins, Of Dallas, stating that his
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-11-14
Look Over the List
Below and See

The Company states that every
thing is Of the very best. and that
the drillers they have employed are
men of wide experience in drilling
wild cat wells. and are in every way
The Company has been in
vestigating their records for the pas,
three months, and knew that they
were employing the right men when
they signed the contract to put down
the well.
The progress to date has been
little slow, but it has been sure, and
the promoters have taken plenty of
time to make thorough investigation
and give to the company the best
service in every way
Now that the machinery is on the
ground the Company expects to
make rapid progress and bring in
the oil in the near future.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-11-14
ITEMS FROM THE
CROSBYTON REVIEW

The Review acknowledges a pleas
ant call this week from Judge +. B.
Covington Of Santa Ana, Cal, who
arrived in our city Monday on bust
ness Judge Covington was very
early settler in Crosby county. was
long an honored resident Of same and
has many old friends here who are
always glad to see him. He was here
when the county was organized IN
1886, and was elected the first coun-
ty attorney, but did not qualify for
the reason, as he explains, there was
no emoluments to the office, but il
was one in which he could have made
plenty of enemies. He was elected
county Judge in 1890. being the third
County Judge and holding the office
two terms with much credit to him
self. His administration left the
county clear Of debt This country
was given over exclusively 30 stock
raising and the land was cheap Re
still owns several sections Of land in
the county
Mr.. and Mrs. Sep Smith and little
daughters, Ruth and Effie, made a
trip to Lubbock yesterday. returning
home in the afternoon
Our Baptist readers will be delight
ed TO learn that Rev. W. G. Carver,
Of Plainview, has accepted the call
to the church at this place He IS
said 10 De a very able minister and
our Baptist friends are to be con-
graduated upon getting him as their
pastor
Mr.. and Mrs. W r Lo.speich left
Yesterday morning, the former for
Carlsbad. Texas, where he goes %
take treatment for lung trouble and
Mrs Lotspeich viii stop in Lubbock
with her people for awhile # is
hoped that Mr. Lotspeich may soon
regain his former good health and
strength
Mr.. and Mrs. G. y Atkinson. Miss
Myrtle Mooney and Mrs J A. Green
and son Fred, motored 90 Lubbock
and back Wednesday
Mrs James r Buck returned home
Monday afternoon from the Lubbock
Sanitarium. to the delight Of ye edi-
tor and children and we are all hap
py in the hope that her health may
now be good but Of course she Is
still quite weak from the operation
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-11-14
KEEP THE BOYS
COMMENTED "OVER THERE

While the war is over. We stiil
have two million and a quarter boys
n France, and they viii be there for
some time to come Therefore We
must take care Of them The cam
paign now on for the United War
Work agencies is just for the pur-
pose Of taking care Of our boys over
there.
The American soldier has made
an enviable reputation in the war In
many ways. He has shown he can
fight but more than that he has
shown the. world that a large group
Of soldiers can DO 20 a foreign land
and keep straight and clean Il
would be one Of the worst calamities
Of our history. II this reputation be
come spoiled now IN other words
we want the boys TO come back as
they went over. or even better II
you have a boy in France, you would
hate il il something went wrong. and
he becomes morally unfit, or even
ruined
The purpose Of these organizations
is to help take care OF the men One
thing that is going 10 be done, and
that is, schools will be started in the
camps, and every boy viii be given
an opportunity to get a better edu-
cation. He can take training along
lines that will be Of much benefit
after he becomes civilian There
are tens Of thousands Of soldiers in
the army today. who have not had
the advantage of much education
They have always been handicapped
in life because Of this They will
soon be given the chance to train
themselves for better things
SO let everyone in Lubbock do
what he can to push this campaign
and help the boys who have fought
for US. They offered to make the
supreme sacrifice for us, we must
stand back Of them until they are
once more in position 70 take care
Of themselves.
GEO. W. BRIGGS
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-11-14
TAHOkA OIL COMPANY
BUSY INSTALLING MACHINERY

Lynn County News:
The Tahoka Oil and Gas Company
received their big heavy machinery
yesterday, Thursday, for their deep
test well. to be drilled on the W. c.
Cowan ranch three miles south Of
town.
The casing, coal and other mater
ials are already on the ground, and
as soon as the drillers can set up the
machinery the development will be-
gin.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-11-14

pany is assembled when they hear
"The Mails In" Then they all
stand as silently as il it were a fun
eral so as not TO miss a single name
as the sergeant calls them out. Some
20 leaping and yelling with JOY with
two or three letters. or perhaps with
one. The more unfortunate ones Of.
ten leave with tears in their eyes
The day the mail comes Is bigger
day than pay day.--A Soldiers Let.
ter
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-11-14
WRITE A LETTED-IT IS
BETTER THAN FOOD

Our head sergeant gets up on n
box with his arms loaded with let,
tiers and calls out "Mailw II goes
along the line like wildfire. Where
Il usually takes the men about five
minutes TO assemble for drill call or
police duty. and about two or three
minutes for mess call, IN bet that
wlik.a sAiriy seconds the ghole eon-
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-11-14
RED CROSS FAMILY REMEDIES

Many able Cheys and called into perfeeting
This
his
10 fol
ssng psomse charge
e,, cav az: pre- MH a. S
css ST0kE ROOT BUCHU pu
kidneys a normal and Healshg conAuon.
formula
pnEng thst
Toilet Preparations ne sold al guaranteed only by
THE RED CRoss PHARMACY LUBBOCK TEXAS
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-11-14

Rev. D. C. Ross, of Lubbock, uncle
Of our citizen, j. L. Ross, is in the
city today to spend few hours with
his nephew He has been attending
the Northwest Texas Conference at
Abilene. He states the conference
will adjourn tonight.-Sweetwater
Reporter.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-11-14
THE RED CROSS PHARMACY LUBBOCK TEXAS

brother Sam Hawkins, had died in a
local sanitarium. Sunday, Oct 20.
John Mann returned the first Of
this week from the north plains. He
having disposed Of his cattle inter
ests there.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-11-14

We call your attention 20 the page
ad Of the Cedar Lake Petroleum and
Gas Company in this issue of the
Avalanche These are home people
that you know>and they are making q
very fair offer Read what they
have TO say
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-11-14

integrity. honepIy-uhd efficiency
are the groundH1pon which the Co.
dar Lake rstralA4n and Gas Com
pany, Of Z nssA TEXAS. solicit your
bgalHss==== - 2ei
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-11-14

Did you know that the Cedar Lake
Petroleum and Gas Company, Of La
mesa, Texas is~offering stock for sale
today where an investment Of 500,
may make you and your children in
dependent for life? Read their page
ad in this issue. POI
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-11-14
SOUR, ACID STOMACHS,
GASES OR INDIGESTION

"Pap.'s Diapepsin" 1eutralizes esees
sive acid in stomach. relieving
dyspepsia, heartburn and
distress az once.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-11-14
WHAT TO USE TO
PREVENT APPENDICITIS

lubbock people should rtnow sim
PIE buckfborn bark, glyceriue, etc
as uiSed in AdlcrAska, flushes the
ENTIRE bowel tact 81 completely
that APPENDICITIS Is prevented ONE
SPOONFUL Adler-i-ka relieves ANY
CASE bur stomach, gas or consti-
patton Because Ii removes ALL foul
matter which ,clcgged and poisoned
your system. The INSTANT action
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-19
AUDIT OF BOOKS
HPERMITTED IN
HEAT HEARING
Public Service Commission
Continues Case Until the
Data Is Obtained

Hearing of the complaint of J. W.
Rodenhaver and other businessmen
against the new steam rates of the
Harrisburg Light and Power Com
pany, was continued soon after it
started to-day before Chairman w.
ID. b. Ainey, of the Public Service
Commission, to permit the complain
ant to have an accountant go over
the books of the company with the
corporations auditor and a repre-
sentative of the commission.
Only one witness was heard. J. H.
Perkins, a New York City expert.
Attorney William K. Meyers, for the
businessmen, asked for a valuation,
but the chairman held that the is
sue was hardly of the kind that
would call for a valuation at this
time. Mr.. Perkins testified that the
revenue of the company from steam
service during the last season was
several thousand dollars short of the
cost of actual production. He pre-
sented analyses of the accounts of
the company and said that the pro-
posed increase was calculated to pro-
duce just enough income to carry
on the business without any further
return.
Mr.. Meyers then asked authority
to have the books gone over in order
to be in a position to cross examine
on the business done and cost ques-
tions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-19

Published accounts of easy going
methods in the city administration
have evoked much interest among
taxpayers. Among the communica-
tions sent to the Harrisburg Tele-
graph following last evenings pub
licaton of how Commissioner e. u.
Gross counted only ten months to the
year in making out his budget for
the fire department budget, is the
following letter from a man we'll
known in city circles:
TO the Editor of the Telegraph:
your article in last nights edition
of the Telegraph having reference to
Commissioner Gross mistake in
making up budget for fire apparatus
drivers, has caused me to do little
investigating and it seems to me that
there is a further explanation due
from this promising gentleman. He
claims to have provided for only ten
months salaries for these men but
by looking over the 1918 budget you
will find he included $23,200 for
drivers as against $19,320 for 1917,
or an increase of nearly $4,000.
Don't that look like a substantial
raise? On what basis have the driv-
ers been paid thus far this year?
Further you will find the total ap-
preparation for the fire department
for 1918 to date to be $50, ,063.S0 as
against s45,159.22 for 1917, and yet
we were told when the department
was motorized the maintenance
would be considerably less because
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-19

neapolis in the future to deal much
more effectively with her housing
problems.
Mr.. WELLER went over the whole
city to-day by automobile in COM
pany with Secretary Warren H.
Jackson, of the Chamber of Com
merce; f. Clark Cowden, engineer
for the City Planning Commission
and real estate expert; DR.. Raunick.
city health officer, and George Nc
Farland,. who loaned his car for the
trip.
A Serious Problem
II am not nearly through with my
observations" said Mr.. WELLER to-
day. II do not care to discuss the
situation save to say that while you
have serious housing problem to
solve, you also have ample oppor-
tunity of meeting it adequately. In
deed. l am enthusiastic over your
city and what it offers in this re-
spect."
Mr.. WELLER is here upon invitation
of the Chamber of Commerce and
after looking over the city will make
Continued on Page 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-19
FARMERS DRAWN
TO Big TRACTOR
DEMONSTRATION
Special Train From Washing
ton Brings Government En-
perts Here For Tests

Somebody waved Aladdin's lamp
last night over $50 acres of farm land
adjoining the Marsh Run government
plant and like magic, to-day a mon
ster tractor plow pageant filled the
landscape. Manufacturers from all
over Uncle Sans domains had their
exhibits in place early as nine o'clock
excepting those stuck in the mud.
Tomorrow thousands of farmers are
expected to witness the spectacle, the
like of which is unique in annals of
American farm history. At noon to-
day a special train from Washing
ton brought nearly 100 ferret-eyed
government experts, showing that
Uncle Sam regards this as the most
important activity of it's kind yet
staged. Notion, state and county
turned out at an early hour to take
part, and the Pennsylvania Agricul-
tural Department, led by Secretary
Patton, was on hand to see that the
old Keystone state is foremost in an
enterprise which will help greatly in
burying the Beast of Berlin in tons
of overturned earth.
At II o'clock the demonstrators
were turned loose for warming up
and a thousand farmers, mostly from
adjoining counties lined the picket
fences and surrounding Kopjes to see
what might be done in the future
with Pennsylvania farms. These
agile machines went at the job with
the relish of Great Dane devouring
cream puffs and every COB of earth
turned up had the likeness of a dead
Hun warrior.
ROnds n Quagmire
Talk about overcoming. The road
from the end of the New Cumberland
Continued on Page 2.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-19
LOOSE METHODS IN
ADMINISTRATION OF
w.. CITY is CHARGED

of the absence of heavy feed bills for
horses.
Where is the saving that was
promised? Isn't this the same COM
missioner who made a big noise
about getting a Ford car for the Park
Department to cut down expenses
and in the same meeting voted for a
high priced Peerless automobile for
the Highway Department and also
voted for an additional $4,000 for
the Mayors department over the
1917 budget and in fact had a hand
in every eXtravagant expenditure in
the past three years including the
ward heelers retreat known -as the
Bureau of Garbage and Ash Inspec-
ton, which was created last year and
is costing the taxpayers $685. for
eleven months of the present year.
"Reverting to the fire department
l notice there was also provided at
yesterdays meeting. an additional
$3,032 for the payment of old bills
of several fire companies. Can you
please tell your readers just what
that means? / have been advised that
the old bills were to be paid with
the $4,000 contingent in the 1918
budget which was $1,500 over and
above the 1917 fund.
do you realize that with the ad-
ditional s25, $3.50 apportioned yes
terday among the favorite depart
ments brings the total appropriation
for 1918 to 1901, ,211.36?
do you further realize that the
budget for 1913, which was just prior
to the change of government, was
$509.173.65, or nearly 100000 less
than the money already appropriat-
ed for the present year by this gang
of spendthrifts.
do you think, Mr.. Editor that
the election coming next year has
anything to do with the extreme lib
erality in donating such fabulous
sums to the departments where the
most votes are to be had?
Frankly, Mr.. Editor, don't you
think the time is here for show
down of the rotten mismanagement
of our fair city? You had the proper
comment in your article of last even
ing. viz, The careless inefficiency into
which the city government has fallen
under the present form of govern
ment is illustrated by this incident.
IF ever, a city was being run in a
careless, haphaZard sort of way, it
has been Harrisburg since the COM
mission form of government was In
stituted in 1914.
Isn't it time to begin campaign
for some radical changes?"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-19
is FACING u.
BIG PROBLEM !.
IN. ITS HOUSING

You have serious housing situ-
alton on your hands in Harrisburg"
said Lawrence WELLER, housing ex-
pert, after a short trip about the
city to-day. But" he added, your
opportunities for meeting the prob
lem are excellent and there is no
reason why you cannot work 1t out
on a scale commensurate with your
needs and in an attractive and eco
nomical manner"
Mr.. WELLER, who is one of the
noted authorities of the country on
this subject, has made an intensive
study of the industrial housing prob
lem, especially with it's relation to
wartime industries, his most i'm
portant contribution toward the So
luton of which is the Government
Standards for Permanent Industrial
Housing Developments, drafted by
him and formally adopted by the
Bureau of Industrial Housing and
Transportation of the Department of
Labor, to govern construction in
federal housing developments.
Man of Wide Experience
Mr.. Veiller's acquaintance with the
various phases of the housing prob
lem comes from first-hand eXper-
ence, extending over period of
more than twenty years.
He is the author of the Model
Housing Law" on which most of the
housing legislation in the country is
based. He Is the author, also. of
"fIousing Reform, the pioneer
work on the subject in America.
His cooperation with the Real Es-
tate Board and the Ciy1c and Com
merce Association of Minneapolis
aided in placing on the statute books
of Minnesota, within thepast year, a
housing law which will enable Min