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The Lamar register., 1919-03-19
Tn. Good That Come. Of It.

Do you think that the war Is making
people less selfish in the world and I'm
the United States? Surely 1t must.
when In so many places people are sac
rlhcing their dear ones and their
money for a cause. Even II 1t seems
to some more a question of honor and
family or national tradition than JUS
tlce or freedom. | often think OF the
rank and file OF the German army. and
even the Junior officers. They are suf
f-ring untold hardshlps and showing
magnificent bravery in the face OF
heavy odds. as much as. perhaps more
than. the soldiers OF the allies. Al
though one must be here to realize
that men have risen to height OF
courage and endurance In this war that
people living In modern civilization
never dreamed OF. Surely some gain
must come from this tremendous ef-
fort and conquest OF self. and Germany
must not be entirely loser. when her
sons. even II forced. have paid such II
price.-Edwin A. Abbey. III. In the At
lantic.
The Lamar register., 1919-03-19
VALUE OF KNOWING ENGLISH
Fewer Accidents Among Workmen
When They Have an Understand
ing Of the Language

A reason for Americanization, as
carried on In factories and shops. Is
that II not only makes the employees
better citizens and more efficient
workmen. but protects them against
Incident. The department of labor
has published an analysis OF the ex
perienct of large steel plant during
eight years. For each 10000 Ameri-
can born workmen in eight years. u
were killed. and for each 10000 non
English speaking foreign horn 20. The
figures for permanently disabled. 2s
and 65. respectively. show greater dis
crepancy. and those for the Temporal
rily disabled. s5s and 2.035. one greater
still. Moreover. while from year to
year the frequency OF accidents among
English speakers decreased. IL was
much less affected among non-English
speakers. and the average severity OF
the temporary disabilities was greater
among the INTERVIEW York Evening
Post
The Lamar register., 1919-03-19
Cosmopolitan Odessa.

Odessa. recently entered by German
troops. furnishes the most remarkable
Instance In Europe OF rapid growth.
like that OF the mushroom cities OF the
New World. Founded In 1874 on the
site OF small Turkish fortress which
had been taken by the Russians few
years previously, II does not possess q
single building which by any stretch
of Imagination could be described as
old. The city us well as the port owes
Its origin to Frenchman named De
Ribas. an officer In the Russian army
who had led the attack on the Turkish
stronghold. French influence Is strong.
and there are important commercial
French and British colonies. Italians.
Greeks. Bulgnrlans. Tartars. Arme-
mans. Georgians. and other races In
addition to the Jews and Russians
make up the population OF this eosmo-
polltan city.
The Lamar register., 1919-03-19
Gas Made From Straw.

The production of fuel and lighting
gas from straw Is now made possible
by a Canadian invention This pro-
ducer. which Is designed for Individual
farm use. offers a practical means for
utilizing the vast quantities Of straw
that now go to waste on the Western
plains.
The gas is made In a retort equipped
with three cylinders. each Of which
moids a bale of straw seven feet
long. two feet wide. and six inches
thick.
After filing and closing these cham.
bers. a straw or gas fire Is lighted
under them and allowed to burn 30
or 40 minutes. One firing with wheat,
oat. barley. or max straw In this man
ner produces 1 200 cubic feet Of gas,
having fuel value of 400 B. I. u. About
12.e00 cubic feet of gas can usu-
ally be generated from one ton Of
straw. and In addition six to eight gal
Ions Of tar and $40 pounds of carbon.
from which lampblack can be OBJ
tained.-Popular Mechanics Maya
zine.
The Lamar register., 1919-03-19
What Emptiness May Do.

When II large shell Is fired into the
sir II leaves wake more or less like
hat of boat rushing through water.
Immediately behind the projectile as
il moves many miles minute through
he atmosphere there Is II vacuum. The
air family is quick mover at filling
',uch space. but Of course II is more
nr less confused and Illustrated by the
unexpected arrival and passage OF the
pioiectile, and the vacuum is real for
a fair portion of time. If there is an
1irplane going full tilt across the wake
Of that fired shell Immediately behind
he proJectile. IT must run into the
vacuun. Then 1t may be more seri
ously damaged than II II had been
struck by the shell. The air shuts to-
Sether with force that hurts all with
in reach. Such clapping of the hands
of air in similar vacuum made by a
holt OF lightning makes the thunder II
is better to hear IL than 10 feel IT,
Airplanes have been brought down in
The world war by that means. Those
long American navy guns did that to q
German two-seated plane, and 1t came
crashing down into the Yankee lines.
The pilot was dead.
The Lamar register., 1919-03-19
Pepper HiahIx Valued.

Pepper was so highly valued In an
Client times that many bags Of II were
included IN the store of spices which
the queen OF Sheba brought TO King
Solomon AS gift when she paid her
memorable visit to him.
Even more interesting is the fact
that ancestors of the Germans of to-
day. when they ravaged Italy and cap
tured Rome. demanded several hun
dredweight of pepper as part of the
ransom Of the Eternal City.
II is, OF course. black pepper that
is here spoken OF. The plant that
yields II is known TO the botanlst ~
Piper nigrnm-whence presumably.
the name OF that famous Peter Piper.
who. in moment NJ horticultural en-
thusiasm, picked peck Of peppers.
The Lamar register., 1919-03-19
UNwELcoME LOT OF VISITORS
lrruptlon From the Sea That Struck
Terror Into the Heart Of Youth.
fuI Castaway.

J. Allan Dunn's ".Iim and the Ad-
miral." in Boys Life, contains this
passage: Jim Is alone ou an atoll OF
the South Sea islands when band of
blacks invade his solitude.
Something appeared On seething
crest, u slender length of black like u
mammoth water beetle. striking out
with desperate legs. The next instant
1t slid sideways down the watery hill
and smashed upon The reef A dozen
figures fell from IL and then dozen
bobbing heads appeared in the lagoon.
II was Al Canoe, The bUbbing heads
were those of natives.
While he stared. first one, then an
other. dragged weary hody up on
the beach and rested on hands and
knees with heads hanging down as 1
exhausted. Slowly they got to their
feet and staggered up the beach.
They were like no natives Jim had
yet seen. These men were black ruth-
er than brown. Their hair stood up
In fanlike frizzes. dyed yellow and red
by lime. Their roreheads We're low,
eyes deep sunken. chins retreating,
The lobes OF their ears hung in ragged
strips almost TO their shoulders and,
stuck In the leathrry fringes. were or
naments OF brass and shell. Save for
a wisp Of fiber they We're stark naked.
And they were almost skeletons. Hips
and ribs showed through skin tight ms
the parchment on a drum. elbows and
knees were great knots and the legs
and arms mere bone and corded sim
ews. Their lips were hideousiy swoi-
len and cracked. they leaned on long
spears. One, whc seemed the leader.
with Nat shell thrust through the
cartilage of his nose. carried club In
set with cleaning bits Of shell aud
studded with sharks teeth. In the
lngoon. Its outrigger smashed. drifted
their canoe. high-prowed. deliberately
carved model"
The Lamar register., 1919-03-19
Peculiar Types OF oe.dbes,..

There are notable instances OF nne
types Of men who are chronic and hope
less deadbeats. We have one In mind.
During thirty yenrs he has bilked ev-
cry friend he ever had. to say moth
ing Of landlords. boarding house keep
ers. and the like. Yet he is really q
way quite the soul Of honor. II has
been the work Of recent investigation
into the human mind to show that,
like the kleptomaniacs, these cases OF
chronic pilfering from friends often
represent II kind of transfer from the
love affairs or love interests of youth.
Some OF them have been cured.-New
York Tribune.
The Lamar register., 1919-03-19
Quitting Work for War.

''Seliing out; have Ia Join the col
ors," has become quite n common sign
N business places In many parts Of
New York. Investigation has shown
some of them to be fakes. too. In all
parts Of England such notices are nu-
nerous. Among those OF ,an unusual
nature Is the following put up by q
monument builder:
Having been called up for military
crvice. Mr.. Kennedy is forced to Close
iown his business, all the other mall
nembers OF the family being alread,
service. He begs to take this op
"rtunlty of thanking all patrons who
iave accorded him support In the past
md he hopes that any who might
ave business requiring his attention
lay be able TO hold over the same
intll his return 10 business"
The Lamar register., 1919-03-19
Open AvowaI.

There is one family In Washington
that has Gernnnic name. There are
many more families with cognomens
smacking OF Teutnnic extraction. Of
course.
This particular family has very
little boy In 1t. who. In playing With
the other boys of the nelghborhood
las been gibed more or less on ac-
count OF his name. The battles are
small affairs. Of course. since the par
Elephants are very small.
Perhaps the young man saw the fu-
tllity of war. Perhaps he Is phi
losopher. Anyway. his latest reply
spenks OF genius.
You're German, You're Ger
man 20 playmate yelled at him.
The four-year-old grinned peacefully
and drawled:
'Im German spy. l am"
The Lamar register., 1919-03-19

itngings with box of dynamite on
lis shoulder. Then he felt the foolish
mile coming again when he looked up
II Starbuck.
''Tell the little girl-tell her-you
tnow what to tell her. Billy; about
what / tried to do. Harding said I'd
ret killed, but I remembered what she
aid. and l didn't care. Tell her /
Iaid that that one minute was worth
living for-worth all IL cost"
The raucous blast of freak auto
iorn ripped into the growing murmur
" the gate machinery, and dust
covered car pulled up In front of the
sommissary. Out of II sprang first
he doctor with his instrument bag,
Ind. closely following him. two plain
clothes men and u Brewster police
.aptain In uniform. Smith looked up
md understood.
They're just-a little-too late,
Billy. don't you think?" he quavered
weakly. II guess-I guess I've fooled
hem. after ALL" And therewitb hs
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closed his eyes YEARLY upon all his
,roubles and triumphings.
Continued Next Week)
PRESERVING SCENES OF WAR
Future Generations VIII Realize How
Much They Owe to Courage and
Skill Of Photographer

When the history of the great woe
comes TO be written in the days aftsg
the tumult and the shouting have died
away, the fortunate chronlclers of the
momentous events now In progress will
have access 10 enormously valuable
and enormously numerous documents"
OF kind with which their predeces-
sors OF the nineteenth century were
but seantily supplied. and those of
earlier times next to not at all.
photography can hardly be called
new, and as long ago as our war be-
tween the states we had photographers,
notably the never TO be sufficiently
thanked Brady, who immortalized the
leading figures and some of the events
In that conflict. But what was done
with the clumsy cameras Of that era
can hardly be mentioned In comparison
with the achievements of the men who
today follow every army. often to the
very front OF battle. The products of
their courage and skill will constitute
a priceless treasure In the future, and
the students of this war. even in re-
mote ages. Will be able actually to see
Its every phase and operation.
The reproduction of photographs by
printing processes is equally far ad-
vanced beyond the old standards Of ex-
cellence. and reproductions have be-
come wonderfully cheap. Indeed, so
cheap are they and so abundant that
few Of us realize the need Of their
preservation. and the result is that
already foreslghted collectors of care
lessly treated magazines and supple
ments are storing away the founda-
tions of fortunes not to be scorned,
even in these days of multimillionaires.
With the war less than four years old.
copies Of periodicals that cost only q
few pennies now fetch as many dol.
lars. and complete sets" are becoming
hard to get at any price.-From Topics
of the Times. In New York Times.
The Lamar register., 1919-03-19
The World Docs Move.

The war has made many changes in
world conditions. None perhaps 10
more picturesque than what has hap
pened in Mesopotamia, the land over
which Nebuchadnezzar once ruled.
This years harvest tells the story.
While not busy lighting the Turk
and his Teutonic associates. the Brit.
lsh found time 10 dis out = hundred
ancient irrigation bitches and to bring
into cultivation 10000 acres. They
have also given 10 Bagdad electric
lights, paved streets, waterwOrks. sew-
erage, fire department and police
force.
The natives mus Ice rubbing their
eyes IN astoulsIment and WONDER
Modern brotherhood
The Lamar register., 1919-03-19
Conquered at Last.

An unknown genius at Camp Kear-
ney is entitled to a monument "every-
where in America" He'd been .
naughty boy or something and was as
signed to cut onions for camp mess as
punishment. Imagine the surprise
Of the corporal of the guard when he
discovered the offender blithely dis
secting the Bermudas under the pro-
lection of his gas mask. "Youse amt
sufferin' no punishment" scoffed the
ofiicer. adding, "but It's a ghrand idea
and 'tis the wimmen O. the country
wiz bless ~ ~ lsd|
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CopynEht by Cha scribn.r's Sons

ans noiu upon me reailtfes, ana when
he got 1t again the warlike clamor was
stilled and Starbuck was kneeling be-
side him, trying. apparently, to deprive
him of his clothes with the reckless
slashings of knife.
Protesting feebly and trying to rise.
he saw the working yard filled with
armed men and the returning throng
Of laborers: saw Colonel Baldwin and
Williams talking eNcitedly to the sher-
IN; then he caught the eye OF the engi
neer and beckoned eagerly with his
one available hand.
Hold still, until i can find out how
dead you are" gritted the rough-and-
ready surgeon who was plying the
clothes-ripping knife. But when VIII
iiams came and bent down to listen.
Smith found n voice, shrill and strIdent
and so little like his own that he
scarcely recognized 1t.
"Call em out-call the men out and
start the gate machinery" he painted
In the queer. whlstling voice which
was, and was not. his own. Possess
possession is nine points OF the law
that's what Judge Warner said the
Jpillways. Bartley-shut 'em quicki"
THE men are on the job and the
machinery is starting right now" said
Williams gently. Don't you hear IT."
And then to Starbuck: "For Heavens
,ake. do something for him, Billy
inything TO keep him with us until a
aoctor can get herel'
Smith felt himself smiling foolishly.
II don't need any doctor. BARLEY
what ! need is new ego; then I'd
stand some sha-some chance OF find
ng-' he looked up appealingly ut
starbuck-"what is II that I'd stand
ZONE chance OF finding. Billy? IL
.an't seem TO remember"
Williams turned his face away and
starbuck tightened his benumbing grip
1pon the severed artery In the barred
irm from which he had cut the sleeve.
Smith seemed 10 be going on again.
>ut he suddenly opened his eyes and
pointed frantically with u finger OF the
,ne serviceable hand. Catch him
Catch hlmi" he shrilled. He's going
20 dy-dynamite the dam!"
Clinging to consciousness with n
"Trip that not even the blood loss
.ould break. Smith saw Williams
Jpring to his feet and give the alnrn:
Jaw three or four of the sheriffs men
irop their weapons and hurl them
Ielves upon another man who was try
ng to make his way umoticed to the.
The Lamar register., 1919-03-19

"Tm not exactly clear" replied the
candid man. But I've n vague idea
that I'd like to see some lines of busi-
ness in the hands of elected officers
who might try to make a hit by low
ering prices instead of raising them"
The Lamar register., 1919-03-19
Cautious.

Mrs. Flatbush-Ynu don't think Tia,
var will reach over here this year d,
'ou. dear?
Mr.. Flntbush-why. no. Why dc
you ask that question?
Because want to know whether to
mng the hammock under the tree
"liere II was last year. or In the eel
ar"
The Lamar register., 1919-03-19
Pork to Win the War.

Flatbush-So you're raising pissi
Bensonhurst-Yes. you know the pen
is mightier than the sword
"Well. / guess you're right. for food
Will win the war"
The Lamar register., 1919-03-19

inclination to Experiment.
"Why are you in favor of govern
msnt owpershipT
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-11-04
BREAK m MoN.unIoN
RANKS IS REPORTED

PITTSBURGH, Nov. l,--The first
break among the non-union workers
in the unorganired fields Of Pennsyl-
vania came today when several hun
dred men failed TO go into the mines
in Mercer county II is believed all
the mines in the county will be closed,
The men, !, is said, have been hold
ing secre, meetings and decided to
strike,
Another break in the non n-union
ranks was reported today from dis.
trict No, 2-Cleariield district
where 5000 men were reported by
President John Brophy OF the mine
workers organization TO have Joined
tie strikers making 5000 men out
IN the district.
Although the Johnstown mining dis
triet is organized, reports from there
today said that practically every
mine was operating and a number ui
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-11-04
DARING BANK MANAGER
F0IlS YOUNG BANDITS

DETROIT. Nov. I-Thc quick wit
OF the bank manager and the youth OF
thr three bandits involved frustrated
the boldcSt attempt OF daylight bank
robbery in Detroits history today.
Three bandits in an automobile drove
up to the Harper avenue branch OF
the PcnlnSular State bank lust before
noon and while one OF them remained
in the car the other two entered the
bank. presented reyolyers a, the head
Of Jasper f. Speers and demanded the
money in the vault. SpeerS replied
By telling them 10 go TO the devil,
and the men each fired a sho, a, him
In the meantime Manager A X Pep
linski slammed the vault door and
rang a burclar alarm which caused the
two boy bandits TO run tor the doQf.
They escaped without the $4,000 cash
that was in the vault.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-11-04
HAVE COLOR N CHEEKS
Be Better Looking-Take
Olive Tablets

II yur slin 10 yelIcw--complsxioa
pallid--tong,ie cnated--sppetite pour-
you have . bad taste In your mouth
a lazy, no-good Iee6ng-you d,oud.
take Olive Tablets-
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets-a sub
stitute for calomei-wefe pgvpared by
Dr. Edwards after II years a study.
Dr.Edwards' Olive eTabletsafe spusely
veeetableoompoundm wtho6vedl,
You Will know them BY their olive co'u.
Tohave ches. pink slnn. bnshteyea
no pimplea . iseaine d buoylncy bh
Mdhooddaysyou maat letal lthecaue.
D. Edwards Olive Tablets ect q,
the liver and bowels like cslomel-yct
have No dangerous after efiectA
They start the biz md Ovefcons Op.
stipatin. Millions oi boSes ~ s1d
annually At l0c and 3c. Taks or a
twomghtys sndnUts thepiaaaag sssulta,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-11-04
STATE REv|vES
TICKET PENALTY
Railroad Transportation Must
Be Bought at Offices,

Revival Of the order penaliring pas
sengers who board trains wi,hou, pur-
chasing tickets from station agents
va, announced today by the oorpor
alton commission
The order provides a penalty rang
in. from 10 to 81 cents in all eases
where tickets are purchased on trains
The penalty does not apply at point,
where there is no ,cke, agent Con
irctors will issue receipts for the
penalty, which will be refunded by
station agents.
The practice OF buying tickets on
trains. il We reported to the commits
ION by representatives OF the carrier
has shown a marked increase durin
tho last year.
The commission also announced ?
campaign for enforcement OF its ord'
requiring the opening OF tick,
windows one hour before the time Of
departure Of trains.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-11-04
ELECTIONS prevent
Meeting Of CABINET

WASHINGTON, Nov. with
several members OF President vii
sons cabinet In their home towns to-
day TO cas-, their ballots. the cabine,
did no, hold lis regular Tuesday meet
ing. 1t was TO assemble later IN the
week, however, 10 discuss the coal
strike and the appointment, OF COM
mission on industrial unrest
Cabinet Officers ab ent included At
torney General Palmer. who was al
his home town in StroudSburg. Pa,
and Secretary Glass, who was IN
Lynchburg. Va. Secretary Baker had
obtained an abSen,ee'S ballot from
Cleveland and voted by mail
For the first time since he has
been in the White House. President
Wilson was unable TO go 10 his home
in Princeton, n. J., TO cast hls ballot
Secretary Tumu,ty said the pren-
dent was in fine shape" this morn
ing and would be permitted to &c
ceiyc the election returns 'pro,plcl
ilci are good"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-11-04
GAS PRESSURE
I ORDER ISSUED
BY COMMISSION
Companies Must Keep Check
on Supply at All Times.

Action looking toward a close check
on gas companies during the winter
months so to be advised when pres.
sure reaches the degree where rebate
m bills begins was taken this morn
ing by the corporation commission
with the issuance Of a general order
directing all distributing companies
TO keep .ecording pressure gauges al
regulator stations. or such places
where the true gas pressure will be
reflected.
II is further ordered that when
pressure reaches four ounces or lower
the gas company must make report
daily 10 the commission OF the length
80 time OF the low pressure and the
lson for il. The purpose OF the order
IS 10 serve as an incentive 10 gas
companies TO keep up pressure during
the winter months. Otherwise bills
will be rsbated.
Last winter during general gas
shortages all over the state the com
mission issued an order 70 the effect
that q four-ounCc pressure al record
ing stations ives the lowest possible to
give reasonable adequate service
and when the pressure dropped below
four ounces bills should he discounted
because OF poor service.
The order has been sustained before
the supreme court. Two big refunds,
one at Nowa,a and one at Oklahoma
City. have been ordered under its pro-
visions. and the commission plans
strict enforcement OF the order dur
ing the winter months
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-11-04
Althouse

The hcigh, to which Paul N,house
robust tenor. has attained in vi, phe-
nomenal rise from a pleasing concert
singer 20 the plane Of one OF l'c lead
ing American tenors oi the Metro
politan Grand Opera corp7ny. was
realized last nigh, by an Oklahoma
City audience. when ho appeared at
the high school auditorium as soloisi
at the Apollo concert.
The singer was at his bes, and al
though he featured ballads in his pro
gram, the heigh, OF dramatic inter
probation was reached in the ,aXin'
aria. Celeste Aida from Verdi
opera, Aida and "VeS'i la GiubbI
the pathetic wall Of Canio, in I'll
Pagliacci"
III his ballad singing, Mr. Al,house
won instant favor, his program vary
ing from the pa,hoS OF "llagcman's
DO Not Go, Ny Love" TO The dra-
matte heart gripping ballad, Christ
in Flanders"
Last nights concert was the FIRST
OF the season for the Apollo club
and was marked by the initial ap-
pearanee OF Edgar n. Cooke, the new
director In spite OF the fact that he
has had bu, a lew weeks association
with the club in this capacity. Splen-
did eRkc,S in the ensemble OF the
chorus work were produced. 20
Beau,eous Night" from Ofienbseh's
Tales from Hoffman" and Forest
Harps" in which Mr. Althouse sang
with the club, we're most fayofabl'
received
Powell Weaver accompanied tn
Solos,. and excellent work was don
by Pauline Roberts. accompanying the
rbNrug
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-11-04
BURGLARS DON'T USE
GUNS" EXPERT SAYS

Don't be afraid Of house burglars.
Nlnc on, OF every ten don't carry
rcvo'ycrs. city detectives say.
BY years OF bitter experience
house, robbers have learned they are
better oil without guns lee Mule
nix, Bertllon man on the police force,
said today.
we have noticed they h,gdIy ever
carry a gun because It, a dangerous
thing To have and they'd rather take
the chance OF getting away without
causing any disturbance"