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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-08-15
Help Make The Fair a Success

Heip Make The Fair n success
The Bryan County Fair AS.
sociation desires every citizen
of the county to assist in every
way possible towards making
this years Victory Fair and
Soldiers Homecoming Celebra-
ton substantial success. With
proper encouragement from
the public exhibitors the an
nual county fair can be made
the most instructive and enjoy
able event of the entire year.
Do your part and attend this
years celebration Fair
Grounds, Durant, Oklahoma
September 3. 4, 5, and 6.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-08-15

Mrs. Nell Mcdonald and Mrs
Mute Stanley of Cleburne, Tex
and Miss Kate Stanley Of Dal-
las are visiting r. F. Grafa ant
family for a few days.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-08-15

When in need of good sta
tionery, try the NEWS Job De-
partment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12
PLEDGE ECONOMY
|NPAPER SHORTAGE
Department Store Proprie-
tors Promise 10 Per Cent
Less Advertising.

Washingtons department store
proprtetors today pledged their &C.
serve newsprint paper by reducing
their advertising space in the news
papers by at least 10 per cent.
Following an appeal by the chair
man OF the newsprint service com.
mittee for Delaware. Maryland, the
District of Columbia and Virginia to
all newspapers and advertisers in this
section Of the country to observe
strictly the regulations of the War
Industries Boara for conservation Of
got together and pledged their aid.
1t is pointed out by the war service
committee chairman that the latest
available statistics show that there
paper for the newspapers of the coun-
try, and that as result. there must be
an immediate cut of 10 per cent in the
consumption of this commodity.
Advertisers Cooperating.
That the big advertisers of Wash
ington are backing the regional news
print committee in its appeal for re-
duction of advertising space Is evil
Genced by comments from some of
them.
Lester Lansburgh Of the firm of
Lansburgh & Bro. made public the
following statement today:
I'VE will do what the news print
service committee for this region has
asked us to do. namely, reduce our
advertising space in the daily news
papers 10 per cent. The department
stores and merchants in general, in
Washington, have always co-operated
in movements of this kind, even
though they are to the detriment OF
business! AS the department stores
are cooperating in the conservation
of fuel movement, by opening the
stores at IL o'clock noon and closing
them promptly at pm, In order to
reduce as far as possible the consump-
ton of coal. so will we assist in con-
serving news print paper by reducing
the volume of our advertising"
Ready to Conserve
A. Lisner, proprietor Of the Palais
Royal, said:
THE Palais Royal stands ready to
cooperate in anything the news print
service committee may deem wise in
the effort to reduce the drain on the
news print paper industry, and will
agree to any ruling laid down by
that committee. Whatever may be
the conserYation-coal, paper or any,
thing eise-ws will heartily back the
orders"
Officials Of the Woodward & Lothrop
store likewise declared they would
reduce the size Of their advertising
in compliance with the request Of
the regional committee, and that they
had already written the chairman Of
the committee to that effect.
The news print service committee,
in its request, makes it clear that,
while no arbitrary rule has been laid
down, every advertiser 10 expected
to reduce his advertisements in all
publications Immediately"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12
TERLENoYEs LODGE ELECTS
Officers Later Subject Material for
"The Court of Honor"

Temple-Noyes Lodge Of Masons
chose L. Whiting Estes its worshipful
master for 1919 at the annual election
and installation exercises in the New
Masonic Temple last night Ralph P.
Barnard was chosen senior warden;
John C. Rooms, junior warden; Frank
A. Sebring, secretary; Louis C. Wilson,
treasurer; Stephen o. Ford. senior dea-
con; John j. Boobar. junior deacon;
Alexander Mckenzie, trustee for three
years, and Ernest F. GUIDE, representa-
tive on the Masonic relief board. Charles
b. Lyddane and Eugene c. Colt were
appointed stewards.
A delightful full-costume trayesty
on the court Of honor" with the new
ly elected head Of the lodge furnish
ing the subject material. was given in
the Dewey Hotel Immediately follow
ing the lodge session. The actors
were J. B. Callahan, John J. Boobar,
A. r. Leet and Benjamin Adams. Mai.
c. Fred Cook, chairman of the enter
tainment committee, arranged the
travesty and was master Of cere-
monies for the after-session and ban
quet John Poole, retiring master Of
the lodge. was presented diamond
studded past masters Jewel, and the
new master with a miniature gold gavel
and silver square. the emblem OF his
Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12
NAVY. Department
AWARDS H0NORs
IA Officers and Enlisted
! Men Receive !. Distinguished !.
.;...-s.. Service Medals. :. !. :,

Distinguished service medals have
been svagd@d 10 4A9solncers and IN,
listed si,en Of The Navy and Marine
service during the war. The list In
elldes III ofiicev OF the Regular Navy.
eleven. in the Reserve, thirteen in the
Marine Corpe and four tn tho United
States coast guard. while enlisted men
receiving the, decoration totaled fifteen.
INCLUDING three In the Marine. Corps.
Awarded UnAer Act.of Congress.
These are the first medals Of the dis
tinsuished service medal authorized by
February I. a. decoration to b con-
ferred upon persons In the naval serv-
ice, who, during tho war performed
Exceptionally meritorious service to the
government in a duty Of great respon-
sibility." Members of the Marine Corps
ing with the American expeditionary
forces.
Adnirals In the List.
Included in the list of awards are
Admirals Sims and Mayo. Vice Ad-
m1rals Gleaves and Wilson. Rear Ad-
mirals Benson, Coontz. Rodman.
Fletcher. Badger, Knight. Miblack
and Lejeune of the Marine Corps
Others residing in this city are
Capt. R. r. Belknap. Rear Admiral W.
C.. BREASTED. Capt. J. V. Chase. Rear
Admiral Ralph Earle. Commander ST.
mon Fullinwider. Rear Admiral r. s.
Griffin, Capt. A. w. Johnson. Lieut.. S.
F. Kalk. Capt. Richard H. Leigh. Rear
Admiral ]. s. Mexican. Capt. L. C..
Palmer Lieut.. Commander A. c. Read,
Rear Admiral T. s. Rodgers. Rear Ad-
miral Joseph Strauss. Rear Admiral
D.. w. Taylor. Capt. H. A. Wiley. Rear
Admiral Thomas Washington, Rear
Admiral A. T. WHITEWATER and Col
Harry Lee. Marine Corps.
Posthumous awards were made in
the cases OF Capts. Roscoe C. Bulmer
and Volney o. Chase. formerly OF this
city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12
DISCUSSES TOBACCO LAW.
Home and School Association Sees
Need to Protect Minors.

Need for . more stringent law to
prevent the sale of tobacco to minors
in the District was discussed at a
meeting Of tho Brent Home and
School yesterday. The association also
devoted considerable time to dis
cussion of the question of closing
moving picture theaters on Sunday.
Children of the ffth grade Of the
ems christmas Carols" Miss NJ.
Ethel Bubb Of the Public Library
spoke on the selection of children's
books. and Mrs. A. s. King, vice pres
idsnt of the association. read q paper
on American-made toys
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12
ERROR MADE IN ITEM.
Liquor Violations on Indian Agen-
ciey Decline, Not Increase.

The Star in its issue Of December 9
inadvertently stated. in printing ex-
tracts from the annual report Of the
board of Indian commissioners, that
there is gradual increase in the vio-
lation of liquor laws on Indian agen-
cies. The fact is that the reverse is
true.
The report stated that there is a
gradual decrease in the violation Of
the liquor laws on Indian agencies
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-27
Sale of Federal
Merchant Marine
Likely TO Be Urged
New York Business Interests
Declared Behind National
8. Chambers Plan TO Sell
Ships to Private Owners

New York business mon connected
with the United States Chamber of
Commerce are expected in the next two
weeks to Nrge the government to adopt
the policy toward the 1000 merchant
vessels. now controlled by the United
States Shipping Board, which has been
outlined by the chambers committee
on ocean transportation.
This policy, which is now being
voted upon by chambers Of commerce
over the entire country, would end
government shipping business. All
wooden vessels and steel vessels under
5000 tons dead weight would be sold
on the best terms obtainable, and all
other governments owned vessels would
be sold to regional associations
throughout the country for transfer at
cost to private individuals and cor
porations in an attempt to build up
privately-owned American merchant
marine.
The basis for predicting that local
business men will adopt the commit
tees suggestions is that year ago
the New York State Chamber OF Com
nierce, which is in no way affiliated
with the National Chamber, adopted a
similar report. Among the local asso-
Citations whose members are now vot-
ing are the Merchants Association,
With membership of 5000; the
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, with
5000 members; the American Bankers
Association. the Bronx Board of Trade,
Che Flatbush Chamber of Commerce
and the Queens Board of Trade.
Aside from taking the government
ont Of the shipping business, the cham
hers policy, if adopted, would have the
government absorb the difference be-
tween the war cost Of the vessels and
their present value as war loss.
There would be freedom from regula-
ton as to routes and rates and restric-
ton for period of years upon. trans
fer to a foreign flag of steel vessels
over 5000 tons lightweight purchased
from the government.
To further stimulate privately
owned American merchant marine
preference would be shown American
underwriters. If sold under the cham
ber's plans the ships would cost the
purchaser % per cent in cash, the rest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-27
Relief for Germany May
Be Sent by Quakers

Herbert c. Hoover requested yester-
day that every one who wished to send
help to friends or relatives in Germany
do so through the Society of Quakers,
TO which he had turned over certain
funds for this work. The reputation
of the Quakers and their characteris-
tics were such, he said, SO would pre-
vent charity from becoming tool of
propaganda and might also. i'll them
selves, furnish good example to
Germany.
81 have felt he said chat it is I'M
desirable that such appeals should be
carried on in the United States, as it
is so easy to slip over the line from
pure charity to propaganda. There is
manifest and proper desire o many
thousands of loyal Americans who have
relatives in Germany to do something
for under-nourished German children
this winter.
Il have, therefore, asked the Quak-
ers, who have been for some time en-
gagged in relief work among under
noVrished German children to expand
their ODeratlOnS"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-27

Office as Parliamentary Secretary to
the Ministry of Food, it was rumored
he would first attempt to renouncc the
peerage and remain commoner.
1t was recalled that when the pres
ent Lord Selbourne tried to retain his
seat in Commons in 1895, on succeed
ing to his fathers earldom, select
committee decided Lord Selbourne
(then Lord Wolmer), by his succession
to the peerage, became automatically
a member of the House of Lords and
that his seat in Commons thus became
vacant.
This precedent differs from the pres
ent instance in that Lord Wolmer
wished to renounce his rights as "a
lord of Parliament" and retain his
rights as "a peer of the realm" where
as Viscount Aston wishes to give up
both prerogatives of the peerage.
After Nlscount Astor virtually had
been assured he could not legally give
up his claims to his fathers rights his
wife. formerly Nancy Langhorne, of
Virginia, in the by-election held on No
vember Is, contested for the seat in
Commons vacated by her husband.
On the night of the election Lady Aston
claimed plurality of 5000 Definite
results of the election are expected to-
morrow.
Viscount Astor's father never ap-
peared in the House of Lords as 81
legislator and took interest in political
affairs only through his newspapers,
"The Pail Mall Gazette" and "The OBJ
server"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-27
2 Boys Arrested
With Stolen Bond
And Sailor Sought
Ferry Check Stand Lad Says
He Helped Himself From
Package Left With Him
by the Cornwall Seaman

Detectives Brown aDd Mayer arrestc d
two youths yesterday for alleged COM
plicity in the theft of $4,000 worth
of securities from L. M. Prince &, Co..
of 20 Broad Street, September IS, re-
covered one Of the stolen $1,000 bonds
and learned lot about the vicissitudes
that may bcfall such stolen property.
The securities were stolen in the
usual way--a messenger sent out with
them vanished. They turned up in an
unusual way four weeks ago, when a
convivial sailor checked them, wrapped
IN brown paper, at the newsstand at
the West 13Oth Street Ferry.
The sailor did not return until No.
vcmbcr IS. By that time the curiosity
OF seventeen yenr-old Irving Rubin,
who presided at the newsstand. had
impelled him to peek into the package.
re discovered it to be full Of inter
borough, Southern Pacific and Japan
csc government bonds. Before giving
IL PACK to the sailor, who took it away
without glancing inside, Rubin is al
seaged to have helped himself to one
$l.OoO lnterborough coupon bond.
Then, according to the story the po-
lice say he told after his arrest yes
terday, Rubin called on friend of the
same age, George Cohen, who sells soda
water IN drug store and is regarded
oy Rubln as veritable compendium
OF information. Rubin is said to have
contided his good fortune to George. the
wise one, who, the police say, admitted
taking the bond to sell on g. tifty-tifty
basis.
According to the story the police saw
George the wise related, he tried to
sell the bond across the counter of sew
eral cigar stores before deciding that
this method was futile. Then he went
to the brokerage firm of Jones & Baker,
at sos Fifth Avenue.
They gave him receipt for the bond
and told him to call yesterday for his
check. By the time he called It had
been discovered that the bond was one
OF those stolen from l.. NJ. Prince &;
Co.. and Detectives Brown and Mayer
were waiting at the brokers' office
Upon the arrival OF George the wise
he was arrested.
Reluctantly, the police say, lie told
about his friend and admirer, Irving
Rubin, of the Fort Lee Ferry news
stand, and his windfal of good luck.
Rubin was found waiting across the
street from the brokers office, and also
was arrested. From him, the police
say, they obtained the story of the fur
Their adventures of the bonds and the
sailor. Now they would like to find the
sailor and his brown paper parcel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-27
81, 600! 900 Gift
TOMedicaISchOOI
Education Board, Found
ed by Rockefeller, aids
Vanderbilt University

The General Education Board,
founded by John d. Rockefeller, has
given 100000 to Vanderbilt Univer-
sity, Nashville, Tenn, to finance re-
organization Of its medical school. This
gift, the largest so far made by the
board comes from It's general fund,
it Is stated, and not from the 100000
900 recently given by Mr.. Rockefeller
for promotion Of medical education in
the United States.
The announcement made yesterday
adds that the gift was provided on ap
plication of the trustees of Vanderbilt
University, who acted on recommen-
dations of tho medical school faculty
The changes contemplated will result
in the establishment Of a great new
school,
The boards purpose in providing the
fund, as stated in the announcement,
is to Suggest to the people Of the en-
tire South, as we'll as to the country,
the Importance which the board at
taches to creating in the South med
ical school Of the most advanced type.
1t is hoped, and indeed believed" the
statement proceeds, "that the new
school will have not only in the South
but throughout the whole country. a
stimulating influence. 1t is impossible
to measure the effect on medicine and
public health which will be exercised
by the creation at Nashville of med
ical school which may serve as a prac-
teal demonstration Of what can be
accomplished in this field"
Detailed plans for the new school
have not yet been completed, but it is
said they will involve the completion
of the present Galloway Memorial
Hospital, with enlarged facilities for
public patients, the erection in the
near future of an additional hospital
unit, the organization of modern
laboratory building, and the appoint
ment of an increased number of pro-
fessors, giving their entire time to the
school and hospital, in both laboratory
and clinical branches. Thus not only
will the endowment. of the medical
school be very greatly increased, but it
will start its career with a modern
up-todate plant.
During the last few years the Gem
eral Education Board has made the fol-
lowing contributions to university de-
>artments of medicine to enable them
further to develop their several med
zeal departments:
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Baltimore ............... s2.2los74.11
Medical department, Washing
ton University. ST. Louis. .. 1909 900. 90
Medical Department., University
OF Chicago (of which one
half was contributed by the
Rockefeller Fouudation) 49,. 1000, 900. 90
Yale uniVersity New Haven. $50, 500. 90
Tho total is $6,793, 774l1, exclusive
Of the S4,0OO,0OO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-27
Bill Enabling Lord Astor
To RenOunce Title Is Beaten
Measure Which Would Have Permitted Viscount to
Retain His Seat in House of Commons Is De-
feated in That Body by Vote of 100 to So

LONDON, Nov. ga bill introduced
in the House Of Commons to-day
under which Viscount Aston would
have been able to give up his title. in.
herited from his father, the late Wis.,
count (William Wadorfl Aston, was
defeated by vote of 1863 to IS.
The bill was introduced by J. H.
Thomas, Labor member 1t was de-
viscd to meet the Astor case, the meas
ure empowering the King to accept
the surrender Of any pecrage. It's pas
sage would have enabled the viscount
to retain his seat in the House of
Commons.
Mr.. Thomas, in advocating the bill,
said its object was to enable man to
choose in which House of Parliament
he would serve and, having done so, 10
renounce the rights and privileges to
WHICH he would be entitled in the
otheX House.
The vote was taken after opposition
had been voiced by Edward f. Wood
Unionist, who said he considered it
Objectionable to proceed piecemea with
such legislation, thereby prejudicing
action toward reform of the House OF
Lords.
Major Waldorf Astor automatically
became peer on the death of his
father. Although it was announced
the new viscount would give up his
scat in the House of Commons, which
he had held since 1911, and resign
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-27
Committee to Propose
Pay Increase in Navy
Petty Officers Would Get ADJ
vance of SO Per Gent and SUI.
periors 10 Under PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, Nov 26.-Pay in
creases for officers and men Of the
navy will be recommended to Congress
by tho House Naval Committee, Rep
resentative Kelly, Republican, of Michi-
gan, sub committee chairman, said to-
day. Except for recruits, whose pay is
S33 month, increases would be gem
eral under program by the sub-com-
mittee.
Petty officers of the navy, under the
House committee plan, would receive a
flat advance Of 80 per cent, while of
ficers, ranking from ensign to captain,
both inclusive, would receive Is per
cent pay advance and Communication for
quarters the same as higher officers,
whose allowances would be- increased
approximately $50 to so month
The bill would continue the pay in
creases until July l, 1921. Committees
men estimate it would cost approx
mately $10,000,00O, for which no actual
appropriation would be necessary, as
pay for the year ending next June was
fixed for an average force of 100000
officers and men, while the navy per-
sonnet at present numbers 100000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-27
Lawrence, Careless,
B,rsless, Leggislates
Jitney Lines Out
Trolley Company, Saying
Competition Causes Loss
in Operation, Suspends;
Autos Then Cei Blow

LAWRENCE, Mass, Nov. 26.-This
city will be without either trolley car
or jltney service tomorrow, but street
railway service will be resumed on
Friday morning. This arrangement re-
suited from special session OF the
City Council tonight to consider the
situation arising from the suspension
of trolley service to-day, by order Of
the public trustees of the Eeastern
Massachusetts Street Railway Company
on all lines here except two int rurban
routes.
The trustees took this action, they
said, because jitncy competition had
resulted in their operating the lines at
loss. BY action of the City Council
tonight the jitneys virtually were
legislated out of business.
The Council passed an ordinance eff
tectlve immediately and understood TO
be acceptable to the trustees, which
provides that no jitney may be oper-
ated over the same or any part of a
road traverscd by street railway line.
and that no jitney may operate on any
other route except with the express
permission of the street railway trus-
tees. In addition, bonds will be re
quired of iitney operators to the
amount of $1,000 for car of eight
passengers or less, and of $500 add
tlonal for every passenger in excess of
eight.
The ordinance, it is understood, was
drawn up at conference in Boston
to-day between the trustees and repre-
sen. atives of the city government and
business interests of Lawrence. The
trustees promised acc ording to coun-
/ cilmen who attended the conference, to
restore service on Friday morning if
the ordinance were adopted and also
provide lower fares, effective December
Z, by selling sixteen tickets for 81
The present fare is ten cents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-27
Ship Board Uncertain
about Bars on Liners

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s.--Whether
Constitutional prohibition will OPP
crate to make American passenger
liners dry" has been referred to
the legal department Of the Ship
ping Board for decision. Meantime
bar fixtures are being installed on
the Leviathan, which is to be OPP
Grated between New York and Eng
land.
Shipping Board officials explained
to-day it would be nearly year
before this great craft would be
ready for operation. Within few
months, however, former German
liners are to be placed in the South
American passenger trade, and de-
cision on the question is expected
before that time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-27
Pope Appeals for Prisoners

MUNICH, Nov. 26.-According to Of
fetal information received here the
Holy See has taken steps to ask France
that repatriation of German prisoners
shall take place before Christmas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-27
William E. Hooking Succeeds
Professor Rovce at Harvard

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Nov. 26.-The
governing boards of Harvard Uni
versity have chosen William Ernest
Hooking for the Afford Professorship
of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy
and Civil Polity, left vacant by the
death of Josiah Royce.
Professor Hooking was born in Cleve-
land in 1878, and was graduated from
Harvard in the class of 'O1. He be-
gan his teaching career as instructor
at Andover Theological Seminary. and
since then has served as instructor
and assistant professor of philosophy
at the University of California. Yale.
and professor Of philosophy at Har
ward, where he has been teaching since
September, 1914.