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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-19
Persl1ing Gives
Alcock WarrneSt
Congratulation

LONDON, June 19.-The
British air ministry today
received this telegram from
General Pershing regarding
Captain Alcock's successful
transatlantic flight,
"The officers and men of
the American expeditionary
force join me in enthusiastic
congratulations on this lat
est and greatest conquest of
the air."
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-19

lost. To learn such On exciting
game was worth any price"
The prince was dressed in the
uniform Of lieutenant in the
Danish army. He 10 accompanied
by Captain Styrmer and Lisuten-
ant knudtson Of the Danish army.
Among the places 70 be visited are
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-19
OFFICIAL ACCUSED
OF Staying AGENT

CHICAGO. June l9.-Albert w,
Brickwood, acting vice consul for the
Argentine republic, /, the storm center
today OF controversy involving the
alleged staying Of DR.. s. A. Pratto,
Argentine secret service officer and a
huge pro-German plot to control South
American trade.
Brickwood has been called to the
federal building for questioning by
United States District Attorney Clyne
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-19
Fat Women
Race Causes
Broken Bone
Leader Sinks to Earth Near
Tape; Triumphant Rival
Wins In Walk,

KANSAS CITY, Mo. June l9.
Ten stout and sturdy women, at
picnic in City park. on the Kan
,as side late today decided to hold
a fat woman's race"
Mrs. r. J. Petyrk outstripped
her competitors and it appeared
she was about TO win the race.
Suddenly she was seen to sink to
the ground Just before the tape
was reached. The others swept
past her as she fell.
She had broken her leg.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-19

Food, clothing, living quarters,
medical and dental attention.
all Of the very best-absolutely
FREE. The present rate Of
pay is $50 q month or moro.
In other wordI, the soldier
now has q NET profit Of about
q dollar q day.
Can you pay ali your Gvinl
expenses from your present
income and have . dollar .
day ief over7 Probably not.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-19

mittee, advocating immediate steps
by tie United States to safeguard
for all time the lives and prop
erty of American citizens from the
Mexican menace.
The resolution for the joint con
gressional investigation was intro
duced by Representative N ]. Gould
republican, of New York |, lists six
general subjects for investigation
These subjects cover every angle ol
the Mexican situation since the Ma
dero revolution in 1910.
MIXED Committee Investigates.
The investigation would be mad, b,
a committee of three senators ant
three representatives, to be elected b,
the committees Of the two houses hav'
ing jurisdiction over foreign matters
In view of these considerations, 4
may be expected that action will b
taken on the Gould resolution in th'
immediate future.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-19
Dry PETITION
CASE IN OCTOBER
Hearing Put Over by Agree
ment of Stuart and State.

The question Of the validity Of the
referendum petition on the federal
prohibition amendment will be thresh-
ed out before the supreme court on
the first day of the October term OF
the court. Attorney General Freezing,
representing the state. and Judge c.
Z, Stuart representing the petition
ers have agreed to this, and permis-
sion to present the case on that day
has been agreed to by Chief Justice
Owen.
In a letter to the attorney general
this morning. Judge Stuart says he
will lille the petition for mandamus to
compel Secretary of State Joe Morris
to accept the petition for record with
in the next few days.
Wha, do we live for if il is not to
make life less difficult to each other ?
Cenru~ Ei;rf
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-19

many edu0-
tional oppor-
tunhiea, and
pays you
Whife you
study.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-19

a bit. But, figuring what you pay out
for washerwoman, her meals, lost
clothes, ETC., the Mola's first cost is
really less than the cost OF a washer
woman. And after it is paid for,
your washing will cost you less than
a dime a month.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-19
SPECIAL JUNE OFFER

THIS month only, the Mola can be
/ secured from either of the Elec-
trists below on easy terms-only $40
down. It has an unqualified guaran-
tee. Will be placed in your home and
one weeks washing done for you
FREE. Call walnut 1150" or your
favorite Electrist.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-19
Wes. Point. Annapolis and Mount
Vernon. n

"When did you first discover thai
you loved the girl you msrr' Z" Nt
she put me wise 10 h ss'et "a ora
song with hef awhile San Fran.
disco Chronicle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05
NATIVE NfMnGRANTS.

Regardless Of what is done about
the alien exclusion law. there is go
ing to be migratory wave dashlnG
UPON American shores before long.
The migration will consist of wealthy
Americans who have long sojourned
abroad, and who now begin to find
life back in this crude and undevel-
oped- country more tolerable than
they used to think it.
It isn't merely that America has
now grown more cosmopolitan,
though that has something to do
with the matter The main consider
alton i. that living abroad has got 20
be too expensive. 1t used to be th:a,
. family with European tastes and an
American income could get more foE
it's money abroad than at home. That
is no longer 50, thanks to the NJ w
taxes imposed in England. France
and italy, the three countries tha'
have so long harbored colonies oi
rich Americans. Their incomes ar.
,ayed far higher there than tho
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05
-.
PEACE MUST BE GUARANTEED.


There are men in Washington wfo
want the peace conference simply to
make peace with Germany, and so
home As if that would end the
matter:
Peace conferences have done that
yery thing. many time. The con-
gress of Vienna did it, in winding up
the Napoleonic wars. And always,
soon, wars blazed out again, culnai-
mating finally in the worst Of al
wars.
The arrangements of the present
peace cannot stand generation,
says President Wilson, unless they
are guaranteed by the united forces
of the civilized world
No intelligent man who knows hu-
man nature and who reads history
with IN open mind can question Ina
statement. And how shall the peace
be guaranteed? Only one plan ia:
been suggested that offers any pros
pect of success. It is the League o.
Nations.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05

call to save civilization" The,
worked and paid and fought for Bel
sium and France and the other men
accd countries as they would no
lave done for themselves.
This idealism of the American peo
pie is a factor that all wise states,
men must reckon with. Foreign ma
tons are just beginning to under.
stand it. Many of our own states.
men do not yet understand it.
Anybody who wants to do anything
with Americans in the mass might
as we'll learn once for all-the way
to- move them is to appeal to their
ideals. This is the secret of all big
success in America, whether in poll
tics or literature or drama or art o.,
business.
1t may be unfortunate, but it can
not. be helped. We are so hopelessly
idealistic!
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05
WOULD IT HAVE PREVENTED
THIS WAR?


The best test of whether the pres
ent League Of Nations plan would
really prevent war is its application
to the war just ended. If sucn q
League had been in existence in 1919,
would this war have started?
To anyone who is familiar with tae
wars history, and who reads the
Constitution with an open mind. the
question quickly answers itself.
Would Germany have gone into the
war if she had postponed hostil:tles
for the period provided in the Consti-
tutor? Hardly. because the Ger
mans would have had time to taInh
things over, and their war spirit
would have cooled.
"But the German sovernmen,
might have declared war immediate
II. as it actually did, without giving
her people chance to think it over
Certainly! But would the Kaise,
have dared do that, knowing that
under the Constitution war against
one member Of the League woulo
have meant war against all? Know,
ing that the immediate result would
be universal economic blockade
strangling Germany? And knowing
that the other big powers beside:
France and Russia would almost GER
tainly back that economic warfare
with armed power?
Everybody knows that German!
would not have started this war i
she had foreseen even the British
! blockade, not to mention the active
armed intervention Of Britain. 1tal,
and America She was better pre-
pared for this war than any othc
nation ever was any big war
Wha- she would not have done i,
1914 neither she nor any other IA
ton is likely to do hereafter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05
HoPELESSEY IDEAIISTIC.

'.It seems rather silly to me to put
this League of Nations business on
such an idealistic basis" remarks a
friend of the plan TT seems to me
such a simple, sraight, commonsense
proposition! We don't want to fight
any more wars. We don't want to
paw big taxes for armament. We
don't want to have business disturb
ed by war flurries. We want to make
a sensible business arrangement
about it with other nations. We are
not doing it for their benefit, either
but for our own. Why all this Hub
dub about altruism, democracy
world d-service, etc? 1t is for our owT
selfish interest"
When YOU get down to hard fact
this is quite true. AS a purely selfisE
business enterprise, it would pay the
United States to put over an inter
national federation with power te
preserve world peace. But the trou
bic is, the American people are Sc
! hopelcssly idealistic that they vii
not admit that this is true, and vii
! not take proper interest IN th'
matter if it IS put to them on a mere
i " practical basis.
1t was the same with the war. /
was for the selfish interest Of tn
United States to jump in and hc'
Germany, in order to vindicate ou
rights for the present and suarante
our safety for the future, and incl
Gentally gain whatever measure
honorable profit might accrue in tn
process. But would the America
r.ople have risen to such purc'
,:a;crialistic summons? They woul
not. They had 70 be reused by
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05
PROFIT LOST IN SMOKE.

Municipalities or industries cou}]
make money by abolishing smoke ac-
cording TO c.. ". Rice, secretary OF
the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers. He says: t'Present en-
gineering knowledge shows that
smoke is only particles Of coal made
up of carbon, and that it can lie
abated successfully and will pay Cor
itself in products. One hundred
thousand tons of fertilizer goes up in
smoke from the industries Of the
country every year.
incidentally there is a good deal OF
wear and tear on clothing in com
munites where the smoke nuisance
still thrives in ali its wasteful black
mess. Sunlight is shut out, injuring
vegetation The atmosphere is pollut-
ed with harmful effect on the health
Of people in the vicinity. Houses
and buildings look shabby and dingy
all the time even when paint is IRE
quentiy applied, and whole neigh
borhoods are rendered ugly and dis
nal by the unchecked outpouring o.
smoke from factories, railroads,
buildings and homes. *
To change all this-letting in sun
shine and pure air, Frightening up the
appearance Of the town with aerial
cleanliness, increasing the health Of
the would be enough
blessing to make smoke reduction
worth while, if only citizens had ener-
gy to tackle the proposition. But
there are still further benefits of a
more material nature accruing from
the. abatement sof this nuisance.
Proper combustion reduces the
amount of smoke and conserves coal.
Smoke reduction also yields various
by products which, authorities assure
US, will fully pay the necessary ex-
pense of the process. It is plain,
common sense business proposition,
any way You look at it, and some day
no truly enlightened community will
permit this public nuisance and great
waste Of resources.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05
THREE TRANSPORTATION
BRANCHES.

Any thoroughly satisfactory de-
Sselopment of transportation facilities
and systems in this country must now
inclnde the railroads, the water
rays and the motor trucks. No one
or two Of these elements can wisely
be developed to the exclusion Of the
other.
During the recent Auto Truck
Show in Chicago the use of the. mo
tor truck in rural hauling was par
ticu,arly discussed. Iowa has tried
It ont more Systematically and
widely than perhaps any other State
of that section, and has found it
very successful in cheapening the
distribution Of food.
Although the motor truck has been
effective in relieving freight conges-
ton on the railroads in long hauls,
its chief usefulness appears to lie in
the shorter hauls which are so costly
when made : by. rail. It effectively
connects the small town and even the
individual farm with the nearest big
>eity or railroad. :.
- One test trip made. in Iowa was
the hauling of 5000 pounds Of eggs
from a small town to Des Moines. a
distance Of about 80 miles. The trip
took::three hours and twenty minutes.
and the actual cost4.per 400 pounds
for freight and carriage was SO cents:
This all-round development Of
transportation lines. should be
brought about as quickly and natur-
any as possible, with no euarrellins
or jealousy among the various
branches. Close harmony and CO.
operation among them. and. the fullest
possible use of each viii be Of as
great benefit to the hauling systems
as to- the producers and consumers
who seem to need it NEST.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05
Janan ard China.

Toxic. Jan - Correspondence OF
The Associated i..essl--5apaa IS not
OBLIGED 20 retu1n f>iauchaU 70 China
;siy is willing To 90 50 OIL terms that
WI secure the peace OF the East,
:;...s ;he ChuGwai' ShioGyo (Journal OF
Commerce Commenting on The an
nouncement BY the Chinese peace
delegates in New York that China
would insist or the restitution Of
Es.Iucaau and The r.viS:oa CT COM
asarci;ll treaties with Japan, the pa
I,..r says that ~ 10 the latter .i;ti;an
IS willing TO undertake ;he revision Of
The present treaties bu; that such a
step Will have no practical value I'M
ieSs China takes steps to restore in
terna harmony and control OF the
bandits.
As to Japan's loans 20 China. The
Chugwai Shiosoy assured the South
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05

China party that Japan would not
hand over the balance of 10000, 600
zen loaned for China's participation
in the war, thc object of which the,
Southern Party, has regarded as sus-
o;cious. .Japan's railway loans, the
paper said, should be excepted be-
cause the railways are urgently
needed and if the loans were extend
ed with proper care, they would
not have any political significance. :
One OF the claims of China at the
peace conference is. the return Of
Kiauchau which was occupied by the
Germans and, as a German colony.
was captured by Japan early in the
war. According to selni-official Chi
nese sources in Peking, pressure was
brought to bear by Japan to induce
the Chinese government to disavow
the action Of its delegates at the.
peace conference. The Chinese pres
ident was reported to have refused
to interfere with the Chinese pear
delegation in Paris.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05
sHw YORK COTTON MARKET.
Charity League Entertainment.

Mrs. D. H Kincheloe, reader,
whistler, vocalist and pianist, will
appear at the Auditorium Of the
Girls High School on the evening of
Tuesday, March 4th. and her pro-
gram will be one that delights, as
she has made favorable impress
sion all over the United States III
Chautauqua work. She is the pest
lone woman" entertainer on the plat
forms today. Her coming should be
the magnet for drawing big crowd.
the proceeds Of which go toward
charity.
Programme.
Overture.
Vocal Solo-Love's Garden ofERoses
Wood
Reading-"The Midnight Run Of
the Overland"-John Gilmore.
W-histling Solo-Improvation. ~
Mrs. Kincheloe.
Piano Solo-(a) Arabesque - De-
busy: (b) Persian Song-Burmeister
Mrs. Stuckey.
Comedy Song-Irvin Berlin.
Reading-Negro Dialect. sr'er
Washington's Arrangement Of Moon
shine Whiskey-Trotwood.
Negro Dialect-Aunt Maria's First
Visit to the City-'Dat Time Money
Gct Loss.
Mrs kincheloe.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05

The Germans are beginning to sus-
pect that the armistice terms are life
terms.
It's about time for some p1ilan-
I threpist to raise the cry, pensions
for saloonkeepers."
The: house. has offered Speaker
Champ Clark his choice of silver
coffee set, a silver tea set and a silver
punch bowl, and Champ has chosen
the. punch bowl What's he going TO
do with it2
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05

Saturday was the last day for pay
ment of the United War Work
pledges-and many still remain un-
paid. The causes for which this
money was solicited and for which
the pledges We're made are now in
urgent need of funds. and all who
obligated themselves to help sustain
the organizati tons that are laborlnS In
Europe and in this country for the
welfare of our soldiers should pay
their pledges without further delay.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05
Cotton Market
LOCAL.

?. G. BOWMAN. Cotton Buyer.
Corrected Daily at Il o'clock Noon}.
Good niddling "a.
Strict IniddlinS % 1-2.
MiGG!ing 23.
Low 3niddling q.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05
Barbecue at Dalzen.

There vii! be barbecue and hot
supper at DalZell school house Friday
night. March 7th, for the benefit Of
the school. The public is cordially
:nvited-Advt
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05

The funny thing about it is, that
some Of the men who object to a l.
of n. want a. small army.
= y
Biloxi, Miss, boasts of a school
teacher named Miss Legal Tende.
Ritch. Aw, make your own joke
about it!
Somebody says that '.Afexico's
problems are largely financial" May
be so; but most people think they're
largely Carranza.
Must a statesman be an ass?"
asks the New York World, for the
forty.1eventh time. Well, it isn't
obligatory, but it's the custom
= = T.
Paderewiski didn't work it right in
his cam paign for the presidency Of
Poland. Instead Of making speeches,
ne ought to have played the piano.
Mandatory government IF back
ward pecplessis an old story to Amer
lea. It means exactly what we have
done with the Filipinos, though we
never gave it any such fancy name.
Patrick Henry, once on time.
grated very eloquently against the
Constitution Of the United States. And
yet the old document that he viewed
with such alarm worked pretty well.
The boys are coming back from the
front With accounts Of how it feels to
be shot After July first, the man
who knows how it feels to be half,
shot will be the one to focus public
attention.
Ninety-hve per cent OF the Anaeri-
IAN expeditionary forces are users of
:obacco in some form. This, makes
he outlook for the campaign against
he weed a little dark. Those boys
re good fighters.
* s.
The answer to war debts is thrift.
rhe French, with only about ones
:liird Of our population and one
ifth of our wealth, have twice es big
national debt; and they'll probably
get it paid as quick as we do.
Most folks hope congress won't re-
zeal the daylight-saving law. At the
anie time, it's nothing to get wildly
,xcited about. Anybody who really
wants to- save daylight can accumu-
ate a goos deal of it without any
lelp from congress.
e p.
:. The peace conference seems to
rave adopted Clen,enceau concep-
ior of the balance Of power" with
III the honest nations in the world
down one end of the bal
lnce and Germany dangling by the
neck from the other end.
-
1t is said that communities now
wet" are to be comforted after July
1 by the installation of "automat mo-
tion- picture theaters." Will thirsty
citizen drop a beer check in the slot
and see a film of a bibulous citizen
a tub o'suds?
.......a...s
TT>CATHCrtY('
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05

Washington, March 1.-The senate
judiciary committee has unanimously
ordered favorab,y reported the nayni-
nation of A Mitchell Palmer as at
-:.r,cv general. forshadowinS
promp confirmation.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05

Washington. March 1.-The house
will not make any effort before I'd
'ournn.ent to pass Il resolution end
ing government control of wires on
December 3lst. Chairman pou an
nounced today
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Mrs. H. NJ. stuckey and Miss Ethel
Green. accompanies.
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would be at home And so hundreds
probably thousands, of these more
or less cultured folk who used so
scorn and SANDER their native land in
the aristocratic circles of London,
Paris and Ronae-or as near those
circles as they could eet-will come
back and make the best Of it, and
spend only the social season"
abroad.
It is all right, too, so far as the
rest Of the nation is concerned. They
are not considered particularly desir-
able Immigrants, but they may i'm
prove after a few years close con-
tact with real Americans.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05

1t is said that communities now
wet" are to be comforted after July
/ by the installation of "automat mo-
ton picture theaters." Will thirsty
citizen drop a beer check in the slot
and see film, of bibulous citizen
engulhns tub o'suds?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05

Piano Solo-(a) Arabesque - De-
busy; (b) Persian Song-Burmeister.
Mrs. Stuckey.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-11-25

81. Ane's. Annapolis $4,000
Christ Parish West River. 1900
81 JAMES .....-..t....... 600
All Hallow's .. $50
St Adams. Glen Burnie. 49, 500
s.. Margaret's ..... 800
Severn Parish ....... 800
Annapolis Junction ... 120
ST. Philips Observation-Disclosures. so
The largest annual apportionment is
that Of Emmanuel Church. Baltimore
SS6.0oe. II was generally agreed that
all of these sums are perfectly feasible
and right if the members of the church
will revise the scale for their giving to
religious purposes, spending for moral
and religious causes with the same
generosity that they show towards
other causes and towards themselves
The maSs-meeting in the Lyric
Theatre WAS an Inspiring one. The diff
fevent addresses did not aim to arouse
he feelings save as the facts they pre-
sented made their own appeal For
this reason they were the more i'm
pressive.