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Illuminating vslediction Of Maine
Postmaster.

Wiscasset is a Maine village about
ten miles northeast Of Bath. 1t has
a population Of perhaps 1000 and a
third class post Office. We do not
know who Is the master Of that office
to-day. being concerned entirely with
a letter written by ]. b. CLARK re-
Gently when he resigned the place
after i've years Of service. Mr.. CLARK
appears to have liked the place as
much when he got II as he disliked 1t
when he quit It:
AT the time took the once Il
was considered q political plum, ana
It was q good Job. but to-day II 10 q
Job that the more q man knows about
the less he would want, for II has
been bedeviled for the past two years
until to-day II 10 . bank. an express
once. q post ONCE and freight shed
all combined in one. with the Same
number Of clerks and the same COM
pensation OF old when the ONCE had
90 per cent. less responsibility. 80
per cent. less work and the cost of
living was at least 90 per cent less
that Il 10 at the present time"
Five years ago Mr.. CLARK had the
work and responsibilities Of his own
ONCE only. Later came Mr.. BURLE-
SONS central accounting" system.
The accounting for the fifty eight
other post offices Of Lincoln county
was put upon the shoulders Of the
Wiscasset postmaster and his two as
sistants. Mr.. CLARK says he will
draw one picture Of this injustice:
Tho Boothbay Harbor post once
IL q district once under the super
vision OF my ONCE: The postmaster.
he Is responsible for just what he
carries in stock. which 10 never over
$4,000. He has just his own once to
look after and be responsible for. and
his salary 10 $500 per year. This
once verines his accounts. furnishes
him with stock. receives his postal
funds and becomes responsible for
them. and my salary 10 t1.7oo. or
500 per year less than the Boothbay
HArbor ONCE. and / have hfty-nine
of1ices to do drudgery and be respon-
sibie for. Can you beat TIT Tho
clerks did and I presume they do
now receives a larger compensation
at the Boothbay Harbor once than
mine do"
Mr.. CLARK's FIRST assistant drew
"just living wages" His second as
sistant received from the Government
S23.33 a month. while board In Wis
casset costs from So a week up. Mr..
CLARK paid her enough out OF his
own pocket to permit her to stay on,
while
"Giris who are working for Mr..
McADoo at the railroad once, who
are no more competent or smarter
than my clerks are pulling down
from 500 to 317o per month. and that
b tho very tihhB tnat 10 making
clerks in the postal department dis
satisfied with their Jobs and under
existing circumstances one cannot
blame them"
Handling the letters and selling
postage, war and thrift stamps and
doing the accounting for ffty.nine
Offices was not all OF the burden.
There was also the parcel post,
(which has been monkeyed with until
the limit at present ranges from an
eye stone 10 thirty dozen case of
eggs" The Office does not afford a
man clerk. and Mr.. CLARK expressed
The sun., 1919-04-18
A Dull Day in Arkansas.

Eebo correspondence Benton Courier.
James Hamilton OF Rationale Valley
says everything is darned slow. He said
Friday everything was so slow he went
down to the river. and seating himself on
n hollow log. watched tho snaiis for two
hours as they whizzed by.
The sun., 1919-04-18
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.


The Balkan Peninsula and PsoyS>as
ny DR.. Raphael Constantian. East side p
H. O. A., los East EiEhty-sixth street lie
Illustrated by Btereopticon Views.
BRONX
"RussiA-Mosoow." by Mrs. Emile N,
Blackman, Woodstock Library Tn Rs~s
leoth street. illustrated by stereoptie.n
Views,
The sun., 1919-04-18

BY the death Of Miss JANE A. DEL
ANo. director Of the Red Cross De-
partment Of Nursing. that great or
ganization loses one Of it, most trusted
and valuable workers, Q woman whose
high ideals. professional skill and ex-
ecutive talent enabled her to serve hu>
msnity in a score of emergencies with
admirable efficiency. Miss DELANo was
trained in the Bellevue Hospital school
and when the war began her expert
ence had fitted her peculiarly for the
stupendous labor OF expanding the Red
Cross nursing force to meet the in
Vulnerable calls made upon II. How
great was the task laid on her shoul-
ders Is revealed by the number OF
nurses recruited under her direction,
more than 10000 in all. Wherever ne
cessity required these capable women
have done their work with credit to
themselves and honor to the humane
society whose uniform they wear Miss
DELANo's death occurred while she was
inspecting the Red Cross nursing
forces in France She died, in the per-
Torrance of her duty, as a woman Of
her fine sensibility and splendid spirit
of devotion would choose to die.
The sun., 1919-04-18

It is now alleged that the Crown
Prince did beat somebody after all.
|; was his wife.
The sun., 1919-04-18
Poor Humanity

Thousands Of New Jersey commu-
ters," the Epenino Post tells US,
found diversion from the rush hour
when four passenger coaches in the
Erie yard in Jersey City caught fire.
on Saturday morning. The fire started
at half-past 8 o'clock, when the passen-
ger movement to New York was at It's
height, and incoming trains dis
charged their passengers only to have
them remain to zee the fire. Soon the
yard became congested and the tubes
to New York practically empty be-
cause Of the delay"
We know those commuters II the
train Is half a minute late at Hobo
kus they fume and swear and squirm.
They rise from their seats as the
coaches they ride in emerge from Ber-
gen Archways. They move swiftly
toward the doors as 1t crosses the
trestle half a mile or more from the
station. They crowd the car plat
form, balanced perilously on the steps,
a. the engine approaches the shed.
At great risk Of limb and life they
leap from the coaches and hurry to
the tubes before the train stops. The
uniformed observer would believe
their presence In New York within
the shortest conceivable period Of time
was essential to their happiness, per-
haps to the welfare Of the nation.
Woe to the man who in that hurrying
throng hesitates for an instant, slows
his step or deviates from the pace his
neighbors set. Black looks, II not
black jacks, are showered on him, and
roars Of rage compass him about.
But let the railroad burn up few
cars and all this hurry disappears.
The commuter who cannot sacrifice a
few minutes to travel on the ferry
finds ample time to watch the flames
and advise the fire fighter. His i'm
perative business becomes a matter of
little concern. His engagements fall
from him like a discarded garment. II
not time to burn, he has time to
watch the FIRE burn and be diverted"
by the spectacle.
Strange creatures, these commuters?
Yes; as strange, indeed. as the 60
phisticated city dweller who to save
a minute risks his life rushing across
the street against the trafac. and then
spends quarter Of an hour watching
a pedler sell self-threading needles
to his fellow citizens Of Gotham.
The sun., 1919-04-18

Hghest temperature. 81. at sP. N.
Lowest temperature, -, at A N
Average temperature, as.
The sun., 1919-04-18
LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.

the temperature in this city yesterday.
~ recorded by tho oficiai thsrmomster (:
snown In the annexed table;
The sun., 1919-04-18

THE WEATHER.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Standard Time.
sun rises. Isis A M Sun sets..,..7.n p n
Moon rises..... IL 20 p n
new Artificial time"
The sun., 1919-04-18

London once, t0-te Fleet street
Paris once, o Rue Dc 10 Michodisre. on
Rue du Quatre Septembre.
Washington once, Munssy Building.
Brooklyn once. Room 2O2. Eagle Build
ing, sos Washington street.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-20

Granny" though unpedigreed and
never entered as contestant for blue
ribbons at poultry shows. laid 2OU
eggs during her career.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-20

cities he wrote letters TO bankers here.
notifying them OF his visit TO those
cities"
Smith said that Murray told on
every move he made from the time he
first left Iesarkana until he returned
10 that city April H.
Al day Murray sat In a room at
police Headquarters rs person after
person who had met him when he was
here came N 10 identity him. All told
there were twcnty.iour persons who
identified Murray including the pay
ing telleB Of four banks. the propri-
ctOrS OF two foomlng houses where he
stayed. the negro maid and porter oi
ON roomng house, an attorney, two
other men from whom he had prom.
lted 10 buy tract OF land. the owner
Of a check periofatlng machine store.
where he had borrowed a machine, and
other persons he had met
Murray coolly looked everyone Of
those person, ~ the oye and declared
he bad never seen them before. He Is
rather odd.appeafing man. and
there would he little chance lor any.
one TO he mistaken in hi, IDENTITY. bur
he persisted all the time that il was a
case OF mistaken IDENTITY"
After the identification. Smith be.
gan que,lioning him and gong oyer
/ and over the transactions he knew
Murray was perfectly familiar with
lie KEEP, asking Murray questions ovet
and over Murray would only reply
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-20
METHOD|STS May
EXCEED QUOTAS
State Drive Figures Bly, Re-
port Shows,

More than $4,000 will be sub
scfibed to the Methodist centenary in
this district drive when the books arc
balanced tonight, according 10 state
men, by-Rey, Frank Barrett this morn.
ing. Reports 10 date show that the
western local conference has sub
scribed S0o,7l0 and the eastern con-
ference has subscribed $JO72Do The
figures are for Official reports re-
ceived up until yesterday 1t is GER
tain. Barrett says. that there is a
grea, deal more covered by late re-.
ports.
ST, Luke's church Of this city has
already oyefsubscribed is quota Of
$4,000 by $4,000 and expects 10 have
$4,000 when the results OF a jubilee
meeting which will be held in the
church tomorrow night have been tab
ua,cd.
Mr.. Barrett said this morning that
he expected to finish the Campaign in
this district by the middle OF the week
A repor, received at the district
headquarters this morning from state
headquarters in Nashville, shows tina,
probably so percent OF the national
quota has been reached. Nineteen OF
the for,y-eight conference, in the
country have reported S,2jjb4 II
the unreported conference, have raised
as much a, the reported ones the total
will come to more than Sl8,WO0O0, or
nearly half OF the national quota OF
S5UmUO, Barrett says.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-20
Cocoanut Oil Fine
For Washing Hair

II you want to kerp your hair in
good condition, be careful what you
wash il with.
Most soaps and prepared shampoo,
contain too much alkali. This drie,
the scalp. makes the hair brittle, and
is very harmful. Mulsified cocoanul
oil shampoo (Which Is pure and en-
tirely areaseleS) 10 much BETTE
than anything else you can use for
shampooing. As this can't possibly
injure the hair.
Simply moisten your hair with wa
ter and rub il in. One or two tea
spoonfuls will make an abundance Of
rich. creamy lather, and cleanscs the
hair and scalp thoroughly. The
la,her rin,es out easily. and remove,
} every particle Of dust. dirt. dandrufi
and excessive oil. The hair dre,
quickly and evenly. and leaves /,
fine and silky. bright My and
easy TO manage YtS
You can get MulsHj1 tfpanu,
oil shampoo a. most aAxoss store
], is very cheap. and A(JsW ounces /,
enough TO last everyone In the family
for months. (Adv)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-20

You're blliousl Your liver is slug
giSh You feel lazy, dry and all
knocked out, Your head is dull, your
tongue is coated; breath bad; stom.
ach sour and bowels constipa,ed. But
bdont take salivating calomel /,
makes you sick; you may lose a days
work.
Calomel i, mercury or quicksilver
which causes neefpsis Of the bones.
Calomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite. breaking il up. That's
when you feel that awful nausea and
crampinG
II you want TO enjoy the incest
gentlest liver and bowel cleansing you
ever experienced just take . spoonful
OF harmless Dodson's Liver Tone to-
night. Your druggist or dealer sell,
You a bottle Of Dodson's Liver Tone
fof a few cents under my personal
money-back guarantee that each
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-20
HOT DEBATE DUE
ON JURY SYSTEM
Two Commissioners Declare
Move Is Wrong,

Spirited opposition |, expected to
develop this afternoon when the ordi-
nance providing for the installation
OF the jury system in municipal court
is Offered for adoption. Mayor Wal
ton has given no indication that he
will rccede from his announced in,en-
ton OF pushing the measure through
IN It's present form.
Commissioners Joe Patterson and
Nike Donnelly are opposed to the pro-
posed ordinance and will not vote for
II. they announced this morning. Pat
terSon said he believed the measure
created unnecessary offices and the
proposed 500 salary for the municipal
judge was too high. Patterson also
said since the ordinance co-ordina,es
the court with the county court, the
municipal Judge should be chosen by
vote OF the people and no, ap-
pointed.
Donnelly objects TO the municipal
judges salary, stating II should not
exceed the $50 monthly stipend OF
the county Judge lie also expressed
the opinion that, exclusive Of the mu.
nicipal Wdge, the appointment OF eour,
attaches should be governed by civil
service
Despite Patterson, and Donnelly's
opposition the ordinance. as originally
drawn, will probably be passed Blu,
three votes are required for passage.
Mayor Walton and Commissioners
kesler and Wilson favor the system.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-20

you will have 10 see my attoVnsyt
in regard to that" or Il have besa
advised by my counsel not make aay
statement"
All day and nigh, he held out, and
there was not an mixing that he would
tell anything until about 8 o'clock Ia
the morning Then he told Smhh that
he was ready TO talk. lie narrated
the details Of all the Houston trans.
actions. how he had come TO Houston
with the swindling deal already
planned. how he had remained here
about two weeks, getting his credit
established" and how he had put over
the forged and bogus cashiers checks
and obtained the $1,000.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-20
Actress Trunks Are
Seized for Debts

SAN FRANCISCO-To satisfy a
judgmen, Of $40, representing the
balance on bill for art goods pur-
chased from S. x 6. Gump in 1915 and
1915. an attachment, was levied in the
Justice cour, against iorty-one trunks
and touring car, the property OF
Kitty Gordon. aotre" and moving pic
,ure star, who arrived here few day,
ago.
The trunks are in the custody oi
Sheriff Finn. a, the Hotel Wilson
where the actress is stopping
The good, purchased by the actress
according to the bin Of sale, include
One Buddha. SIPS
One hirdcage. SIS
One silk shade. $3.50
Chinese mirrors, lamps, lanterns and
candlesticks, $lls
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-20

spoonful will clean your sluggish
liver better than a dose OF nasty cal
omel and that it won't make you
sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver
medicine. You'll know it next morn
ing because you will wake up feeling
fine. your liver will be working. your
headache and dirzine" gone, your
stomach will be sweet and your bow
els regular. You will feel like work.
ing: you'll be cheerful; full OF vigor
AMI ambition.
Dodson's Liver Tone is entirely
vegetable, therefore harmless and can
not salivate. Give il to your child.
rem. Millions OF people are using
Dodson's Liver Tone instead Of dan.
gerous calomel now. Your druggist
will tell you that the sale of calonel
10 almost stopped entirely here.
(Ady.) }
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-20

lie owns large plantation and beau
tfuI home in the valley OF the Red
River, not far from Tesarkana. lie
spent much time on hi, plantation and
he was regarded by the people oi the
neighborhood as a kindly wealthy
man.
lie Buried the Money.
II was upon this plantation that
Murray buried ,he money whl.h Ie
obtained from the Houston banks. lie
divulged the hiding place Of the money
and some OF II ha, been recovered. pc.
cofding 10 the direction, given by him
I, is the theory OF local Officers that
perhaps much other money which Muf.
ray obtained in his countrywide Oper.
ations is buried upon the plantation.
Smith, who obtained the cOnle ,.on
from Murray. said
"lle made a complete statement and
admitted everything We had him
charged with. lie even told where &
portion OF the money he obtained from
the Houston banks wa, buried m glass
Jars and we have since that time loeat.
ed some Of the money where he sad
IL was.
"He says his righ, name Is f.. J.
Murray lie described his movements
from the time he leit Texarkana.
about March 2S. last, when he came 10
| Houston with $3.50 and established
lis credit. He also admitted leaving
Houston and spending a lew days in
Wichita Falls and Dallas from which
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-20
Woman Finds Remedy
Worth Fabulous Fortune

: Il wouldn't take 4 million dollars
for the good Mayr's Wonderful Rem
edy has done for me. | have finished
the course and can say | am enArely
cured OF very severe indigestion.
bloating and collie attacks I suffered
from for many years" II 10 . simple,
harmless preparation that removes the
catarrhal mucus from the intestina'
tract and allays tle inflammation
which causes practically all stomach,
liver and intestinal ailments, includ-
ing appendicitis. One dose will con-
vince or money refunded. Druggists
everywhere. adv }
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-20
father OF TWINS
ARE TO ORGANIZE

SAN JOSE, Cal-Caliiomia is
threaIened--ye,, threa,ened--with a
state organization to be known as the
Productive Order Of Fathers of Twins.
The neucleus Of the organization got
together here and decided that Arthur
NJ Free, iormer district attorney, be-
ing an orator and therefore best able
TO put the boasts Of the organization
where they will do the most good,
should be president emeritus.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-20
COMMITTEE OF WELCOME
FOR HAYS WILL MEET

A final arrangements meeting OF the
committees in charge Of the city
welcome to viii H. Hays. republi-
can national committeeman. will be
held Friday morning at 10 o'clock
The general committee in charge Of
the celebration /, made up of J. {.
Helms, J. w. Scothorn and Frank
Nor,hrup.
This is the first time . republican
national committeeman has come to
Oklaloma on official business" said
Mr.. Helms today, THE welcome May
30 should be worth while. I, points TO
big political revivals in the state"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-20
WEALTHY texan
CONFESSES AS
BANK SW|NDLER


HOUSTON, 1eya,-E. + Murray,
alias J T. farnham and other names,
who wa' recently taken into custody
at IeSafkana, Ark. on the charge Of
swindllng Houston bank, Of sllOD0.
was returned 10 lhis city without req.
uisiiion. He underwent an unin'tr.
rup,ed grilllng hy detectives for forty
eight hours upon reaching here before
making confession covering his
Houston operations
lie refused it is said, to have any
thing TO say in regard 10 bank swim
dies in various cities Of the country,
or the robbery of a box Of gold dus,
from steamship cnroutc from Alaska
to Seattle several years ago.
Murray lived strangely dual life
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-20
Bill Would Send
Relatives of Dead
Yanks to France

Representative Laguardia Of
New York, introduced a bill
yesterday under which the gov
ernment would provide trans
pona,ion TO France for the
nearest Of kin OF all soldiers
buried overseas, this being put
iorward by him as preferable
to me plan Of attempting TO re-
turn all bodies 10 this country.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-20
City Constructs
Own Motor Truck
At $500 Expense

MELFORD, Mass, May 20.
Members Of the fire depart
ment At the central fire station
have built and equipped a com
binaiion motor truck which is
now IN commission.
The new truck was CON
Stfucted complete by the fire.
men and represents a cost TO
the city OF but $500 for mater.
ial, used.
The engin in the truck wa,
rebuilt from an engine in one
OF the discarded pieces OF ap-
pafatus.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-07-30
DEATH OF MIR. S. J. BOWMAN

Died last Thursday about sun down
Mr.: Samuel j. Bowman, aged 81 years
and was buried in the Manning ceme-
terry Friday afternoon. In the death
of "Uncle Rock" rs nc was affect
inately known this community loses a
good citizen, and the list of confeder-
ate veterans is short one more hero
The deceased was one Of the gamest
soldiers that fought in the cival war
He was severely wounded twice, but
managed to survive and lived to a
ripe old age. Mr.. Bowman was elect
ed county treasurer about 80 years
ago, holding that position for 18 years
when he retired from public life. He
made a good officer as he did soldier,
doing things we'll and accurate. He
had been in poor health for quite
awhile, but the final break down only
| came few weeks ago wnen he gave
up and went to bed and remained
there until the end last Thursday. He
is survived by widow and several
children which we extend our sympa-
thy to.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-07-30

Died Saturday in Baltimore Mr.. NJ.
Iseman, a brother of our townsman
Mr.. S. Iseman.
Lieutenant Bob Walker, who has
just returned from France, is visiting
his sister, Mrs. H. II. Bradham.
Mrs. George Huggins and Miss Rita
Huggins are spending Two weeks in
the North Carolina mountains.
Master Jesse Gary Huggins left on
Saturday to visit his sister, Mrs. C.
V. Werner in Columbia.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Williams and
Miss Valley Appel returned home
Saturday from Glenn Springs.
Mr.. c. R. Breedin spent yesterday
on his plantation in Chesterfield coun-
| ty.
The friends of Mrs. Minnie Barnett
will be glad to learn that she is i'm
proving in the Columbia hospital from
very serious operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julien Creecy and lit
tie son of Little Rcck, Ark, are visit
ing their parents,' Mr.. and Mrs. j. p.
Creecy.
Miss Julia Bradham has returned
from st. Matthews, where she was
the guest Of her sister, Mrs. Pou
Wanamaker.
Mr.. Allen Sauls, who has been
visiting his mother here, left on Mon
day afternoon for Winston Salem, N.
C.
Mr.. Grady Bowman returned this
morning to Washington, having been
called home week ago on account of
the illness and death of his father.
Br. and Mrs. John Moore, Nrr. and
Mrs. Will Moore and Mr.. Beasrly of
the Sumter tobacco warehoutp were
visitors to Manning Sunday.
The Misses Fora and Margaret
Ward left on Saturday morning for
their home in Lafayette, Ark, after a
delightful visit to Mrs. Horace
Thomas and Mrs. Sue Mcleod.
The Manning tobacco market is sell
ing from 100000 to 100000 pounds of
tobacco daily now. They bring it here
because Manning is the best market
in the State.