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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-01-02
POINT CADET
ENDS HIS OWN LIFE

HIGHLAND FALLS. " Y, Jan ,
II became known here TODAY that a
Ncs, Pom, cadet named Bird, a
fourth class man. appointed from
Texas ny President Wilson, died ir
the cadet hospital al West Poin, las,
night from a seli-inflictei wound.
About an hour before mess call for
dinner Bird, who was alone in hi,
room. apparently placed the mur,lc
vt his rifle 10 hi, back and in some
manner pulled the trigger The bul-
20, penetrated vital spot jus, below
'hc heart He was reported 20 have
been dc,ponlcut OF late.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-01-02
GALLON RATION IS
UPHELD IN INDIANA

MICHIGAN CITY. Ind, Ian. .
lsrclaD-Ciy Judge J II Sher-
wood today decided that the Indiana
nronlh',ion Law entities person TO
have one gallon OF whisky and twelve
quarts Of beer in his possession. Since
tic prohibition law became effective
10 Indiana many defendants have
been arrested here for bringing liquor
INTO the state
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-01-02
Week End Clearance Opportunities
In The Wash Goods Section

80 Piece, OF 27-inch twill ilan-
nelet,es in good firm quality and
well.ileeced: 45c value. January
clearance at yard 3Sc.
b-inch Flanncle,tes in beauti-
ful kimono designs; SOC value.
January clearance at yard 43c.
7Sc Fancy Innings in cotton taf-
fe,a weave, light and dark shades.
January clearance, yard soc.
Blue Outing Flannels - Over
stocked To be brief, there are
too many outings in light blue
color, therefore this splendid re-
duction--
Wc Value, January clearance,
at yard .........,...... 25c
jSc Value, January clearance,
at yard ......,.,u..,,, 2oc
40c Value, January clearance,
at yard ...,u.....,... 33c
A. Do,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-01-02
Too Mneh Tor the Iudse.

The chauffeur had been haled into
cour, ior speeding and running down
a pedestrian
'Nour honor" said the chauffeur
IL was all my fault. The pedestrian
was NOT to blame
And the poor Judge dropped dead
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-01-02

and childrens wear, 81 50 value.
January clearance, at yard si.Jo.
75c Crepe Dc Chines-l6-inch
silk and cotton quality Too
many of the following shades:
reseda, nile, purple. copen, ligh,
blue, gray and black Splendid
for waists and dresses, 7Sc value.
January clearance, At yard soc.
800 Yards Of Cotton PONCE. in
light pink and lavender, y inche,
wide; good weight and splendid
for pajamas and gowns; 5oc
value. January clearance at yard
2oc.
36-Inch Venetisn-lleavy quail
ity in tan shades for coat linings,
SlW value January clearance,
the yard CSC.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-01-02

4Oc Heavy plain gray outing,
good quality for shirts and petit
coats, January clearance, yard
33e.
Soc Dark outings, 2S pieces to
sell January clearance, at yard
2sc.
oSc Cotton Suitings-b inches
wide, in plaid, stripe and plain
colors, in French and storm serge
weave 9Sc value, January clear
snce, the yard 75c.
2oc Cotton Challis -- About ~
pieces TO sell, 20 inches wide.
Light and dark color,. Regular
Dc value. January clearance, a,
yard 24c.
$3.50 Viyells Flsnnels - All
pure wool. fine Viyella flannel in
pretty stripe patterns for shirts
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-01-02

In Berlin many women formefl,
wealthy and moving in high social
circles are now compelled TO earn
their living as. street car conductors
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-04-08
PECULIAR TEST FOR GUILT
Most Of Us Would Rather Take
Chances With Even a Jury
.--.,. That ls PrsJudDced.

When judges or arbitrators In Tibet
cannot come to q decision as to tbs
guilt or innocence of a wrongdoer, they
first assure themselves that the pris-
oner believes In "karma"-that he
must inevitably suffer the conse-
Quences Of his oath-and then they
permit him to undergo an ordeal. Muir
derers and thieves are allowed to take
the ordeal.
In the presence Of the Judge, the
prosecuting attorney. the witnesses
and other spectators, the prisoner In
vokes the gods and the demi-gods to
bear witness to the truth Of his state
ment Of innocence. A copper or iron
bowl filed with boiling oil Is placed
before him.
In this bowl are a black pebble and
a white pebble, each the size of an
egg. and each lied In a bag. The
swearer washes his hands In water,
then In milk, and listens while q sec
ton Of the law written on tablet with
the blood Of COW slain for the pur-
pose is read to him. When the reading
is ended he plunges his hand into the
boiling oil and brings out one OF the
pebbles.
II he has taken out the white pebble
without scaiding his hand he is be-
lieved to be innocent and Is released.
But II his hand Is scalded he's believed
to be only partially innocent. II 1t is
the black pebble that he brings up. and
II his hand Is scalded he is pro-
nouneed guilty and pays the penalty
for the crime Of which he Is accused
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-04-08
''BUTT-IN" TO
BEAT HECKLERS
Victory Loan Speakers Will get the
Jump on Critics.

Victory Loan Speakers Will get the
Jump on Critics.
"Butt-in" speaking will be used to
create enthusiasm for the Victory Lib
erty Loan, and 1000 speakers are being
organized for the campaign which is
Pennsylvania, severing Bucks, Mont
gomery, Delaware, Chester and Phila-
delphla counties. Other districts are
expected to adopt the "butt-in" plan
and get the jump on would-be hecklers.
These speakers will present them
selves at all meetings and will discuss
the Loan situation in a constructive
way to dispel all criticism, hostility and
heckling which might result when the
selling drive opens If the public were
not acquainted with facts in advance.
The speaking campaign was outlined
in the Union League, Philadelphia.
presided over by Arthur Peek. chair
man of Group A, which includes the
southeastern counties.
Harold Is Better, who will direct
the speaking activities In this district,
declared that an appeal must be made
to the sense of decency of the Ameri-
can citizen to step up and pay the
bills incurred The nation, he said,
needs a good reputation to figure as
a respected member of the family Of
nations--a position which it cannot
hold If 1t does anything TOWARD repudi-
atinR honest debt
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-04-08
Getting Bid Of Marble Waste.

The waste Of Vermont marble
quarry is reduced by crushers and
rolls to fragments of one-half inch or
less, and is then burned into quicklime.
The rotary kiln for this purpose is 8
feet In diameter and 20 feet long, in
clined per cent from the horizontal.
1t Is driven by belt from a 3O-horse
power motor, and has a speed of O5 to
10 revolutions per second. Producer
gas introduced at the lower end yields
a temperature of 2,2O0 degrees f.
This converts the rock fragments into
quicklime by driving off the carbonic
acid gas, and the hot material drops
from the lower end of the kiln into q
rotating cooling cylinder. In this
cylinder the draft Of air passing to
the burning gas cools the product for
the storage bins.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-04-08
MADE SCIENCE OF CHECKERS
New Englanders Put Pastime on Ele-
walton That Made 1t Far Above
Mere Game.

Those who mention the death of Ly-
man Stearns, long an agent for the
Union, recall always his championship
among New Hampshire checker play
ers. 1t seems a minor matter now,
but there was a time when checkers
were important. observes Manchester
Union. In old times, when the snow
was deep, the papers not what they
are now, and the telephone not known,
this game, so easy and yet so hard,
had Its votaries everywhere. A board
was at every grocery and in every
tavern, shrewd, usually rather thought
full men with a mathematical turn of
mind, held the honors in each locality.
Here and there notable authorities
were developed. Men walked miles
to play with each other. The merits
of center and side attack, of conserva-
ton or sacrifice, were widely debated.
Now, the dominating thought of the
people has become better expressed
In baseball. Only few Of the elect
still make the game passion.
There is yet to be written philoso-
ply of games. Why are English
speaking peoples almost the only peo-
pie, except American Indians, to play,
baseball? How does 1t happen that be-
fore the war one might see a crowd in
France waiting with GREATNESS inter-
est the important strokes in a game
of efoauet? Why do all the South
American nations seem to have little
interest ia any out-of-door sports, ex-
cept racing, rooster fighting or bull
fighting? Why has India no out-of.
door national sport except talking
philosophy and religion? Why is
Scotland devoted to golf instead of
cricket7 Why has Germany produced
only one or two pugilists of reputa-
toni Why have nations that have de-
voted most attention to ball playing
and pugilism been the dominating ones
in commerce and government
Recreation is a product of character
expressing Itself freely. What does
the game of checkers mean? Evidently
a contemplative, mildly pugnacious,
calculating spirit, delighting to plan
campaigns, carry on defense and Of
Tense and at the end feel that one
made good contest. That was what
the New Hampshire men of past gem
erations delighted to do in life. Some
are Of that nature still. Some ex-
press 1t with other games. A faction
will forever keep the checker board in
view. Perhaps they are the kind Of
men who will remain the conservatives
In social and political life.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-04-08
FOUNDATION OF ALL SUCCESS
Energy Has Been Well Defined as the
Very Central Power Of charac-
ter In Man.

Energy enables a man to force his
way through drudgery and dry de-
tails, and carries him onward and up
ward In every station In life. says
Smiles. 1t accomplishes more than
genius. Energy Of will may be defined
to be the very central power of charac-
ter In MANN word, 1t Is the man
himself. True hope is based on It
and 1t is hope that gives the real per-
fume TO life. No blessing is equal to
the possession Of stout heart
Charles TX Of Sweden was a Arm
believer In the power of will, even In
youth. Laying his hand on the head
of his youngest son, when engaged up
on difficult task, he exclaimed, "He
shall do It'll He shall do til"
Nothing that Ia of real worth can be
achieved without courageous working
The timid and hesitating find every
thing impossible. chiefly because 1t
seems SO. 1t Is pluck. tenacity and de-
termined perseverance which wins SOL
diers' battles, and. indeed. every bat
tie.
The reply of the Spartan father who
said to his son, when complaining that
his sword was too short. add a step
to it." is applicable to everything In
life,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-04-08
FORCED TO OBSERVE SABBATH
Church Attendance, Until Comparative
Iy Recent Times, Was compuI-
sorry In Great Britain.

Numerous laws in this country, Can
ada and Great Britain forbid various
acts Of work and play on Sunday, but
not since the lapse of the blue laws"
Of colonial days have Americans been
forced by legislation to 60 to church
On the Sabbath, an exchange says, In
England, however, 1t was not until the
middle of the last century. during the
reign Of Queen Victoria, that all pen
alties for nonattendance at religious
services were abolished. Some unusual
Incidents attended the enforcement Of
The regulations, particularly upon the
Hebrews.
They were not released from the pro-
visions of the law until 1871 and multi
tudes Of them were prosecuted for in
dsting upon observing their own Sab
bath. In the Hllrteenth century, 1t Is
recorded, Jew of Tewkesbury fell in
to sewer on Saturday. Although
almost submerged, he would not permit
himself to be drawn out, believing that
to do so would be to violate the sancti-
| ~ VI lAC hOlJ OoJs vi LllG IOllOMlIR
morning he was quite ready to be re-
moved from his perilous plight, but the
authorities, out of reverence for the
Christian Sabbath, would not permit
the unfortunate man to be rescued I'M
til after sunrise on Monday, when he
was found to be dead.
AS late as 1880 there were per-
sons In English prisons whose only
crime was refusalfo attend divine serv-
Ice. One of them was a young man
who had been convicted at the insti-
| cation of his own mother, who appear
ed against him. In 1917 Sir Montague
Burgoyne was hailed into court to ex-
plain why he had neglected his relig-
ious duties. Rigid Sunday observance
In England began during the reign Of
Edgar, in the tenth century, when the
Sabbath day was ordained to be kept
holy from three o'clock on Saturday
afternoon until sunrise on Monday.
The most innocent actions were con-
demned, and death was the extreme
penalty for continued violation of the
law. About three centuries ago parlia-
ment passed law imposing a fine of
one shilling for remaining away from
church on Sunday, unless some good
excuse was forthcoming. This act re-
manned in effect until comparatively
recent times, and inability or unwilling
ness to pay the fine resulted In pris
on sentence.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-04-08
carburetor Uses Kerosene. :

An automatic carburetor has been
developed In England for which aston
ishing claims are made. The details
of its construction are withheld, but
its performance is said on good au-
thority to be remarkable. During a
demonstration test 1t was used on a
two-cylinder, six-horsepower motor
cycle. The start was made with the
engine cold and the float chamber half
filled with gasoline. The change to
kerosene, while under way, produced
no noticeable difference In the per-
Torrance of the engine. There was no
knocking on grades. no smoke. no
odor. The cylinders fired crisply, the
pickup was quick, the firing regular at
all speeds, and the power all that could
be desired. 1t is even claimed that,
with the new carburetor, a gallon of
kerosene will drive the motorcycle
and sidecar the unheard-of distance of
50 miles, but there is no official con-
firmation of this statement.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-04-08
Films to Replace Books.

Motion pictures will take the place
of textbooks in schools and colleges,
according to Thomas A. Edison, In an
interview recently. 'The only text
books needed Will be for the teachers
own USE" declares the inventor of
the motion picture camera. "A great
film library of educational and indus
trial subjects should be built up In
Washington. Then these films could
be issued on the rental system to all In
situations in the United States, even
to the most remote rural schoolhouses,
and the system could be so operated
that it would pay it's own way" AS
sorting that anything which can be
taught to the ear can be taught better
to the eye," Mr.. Edison continued !:
"The moving object on the screen, the
closest possible approximation to real
ity, is almost the same as bringing
that object itself before the child or
taking the child to that object. Film
teaching will be done without any
books whatsoever. The only textbooks
needed will be for the teachers own
use. The films will serve as guide
posts to these teacher Instruction
books, not the books as guides to the
films" BY making every class room
and every assembly hall movie show,
100 per Gent attendance" will be as
sured, Mr.. Edison says. "Why, you
won't be able to keep boys and girls
away from school then"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-04-08

Curiously enough, as one reads let
tiers and reports that come to one
personally, one finds that the interest
of our boys in France is conferred on
the quaint and homely happenings of
everyday living. The big certainties
life, death, Immortality, God-they
joyously take for granted, with their
strange, new insight into things splr-
itual, their prescience of reality; but
perhaps for the first time they are
realizing everyday joys, know what
quiet means, and rest and needed
sleep; are aware of the holiness OF
clean clothing, the exquisite flavor OF
coarse food, the divine loneliness of
dawn, and noontime and night.
And so, having found out about Life,
they know all there is for us to know
about Death. Instead of losing its
strange distinction, death for them
has taken on a new splendor, as have
the common things Of life,
And as to their losing the vision,
forgetting who live to come
back-they may. But they have known
reality, those boys, and one does not
easily drop into materialism after one
has attained that nOwledge.-AtlantiG
Monthly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-04-08
British rransform MesopotamIa,

Scarcely has the smoke of battle
cleared from Mesopotamia before we
hear of new irrigation projects by the
British. One has just been finished
10 miles northeast of Bagdad and will
make fertile 100000 acres. The Brit
ish have improved the stream. formed
by the confluence of the Tigris and
Euphrates, so that ocean steamers
can now go much farther up from the
Persian gulf than formerly, and a
great new port is being developed.
Palestine is being now policed by
thousands Of Jewish soldiers turned
over. by the British army. We are al
ready roughly familiar with the Brit
ish work in building roads there,
stringing telephones and providing a
water supply. According to the Zion
list administrative commission educa-
tional activities are beginning and
financial measures are being under
taken for agricultural and Industrial
development. Peace and order are
coming back In even the worst raw
aged lands. One camp near Bagdad
holds $4,000 Armenian and Syrian ref
ugees, housed under model sanitary
conditions. ALI these activities will
some day make story Of absorbing
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-04-08
Many Uses for eunpowder.

Black powder has been made and
used for centuries, and up until a few
years age. was the only kind of pow
der made, While it has been replaced
for many uses by high explosives, tbs
still in great demand. More Of It was
used in the United States in the year
1917 than in any previous year, as
nothing has been found to equal it for
the economical mining Of coal, blast
ing of slate, blasting of stone, where
1t Is desirable to get out large I'M
broken pieces, or in earth blasting
where 1t is desired to move q mass OF
earth bodily, and where there can be
no danger of igniting dust, gas or fire
damp.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-04-08
Told In Mount Holly

Readers of THE News have been
told again and again of the merits Of
that reliable, time-proved kidney rem
edy-Doan's Kidney Pills. The ex-
periences told are not those OF unknown
persons. living far away. The cases are
Mount Holly cases. told by Mount
Holly people.
Frank L. Pratt. retired blacksmith,
81 Water St., says: "About year ago
was taken with q severe attack oil
kidney trouble and was in bed for six
weeks. / couldn't move hand or foot.
The pains in my back were enough to
drive me crazy and most OF the time
my back felt as though knife had
been thrust into 1t. had to pass the
kidney secretions eight or ten times Q
night and they were burned and filed
with sediment. Every one thought /
couldn'tlive, Twas in such bad shape.
got Doan's Kidney Pills at Kille'.
drug store and 1t didn't take them
long to cure me Of the attack. I still
use q few Of Doan's now and then and
they keep me in the best Of health"
Price 6oc, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy-gel
Doan's Kidney Pills - the same thai
Mr.. Pratt had. Foster Milburn Co.,
lffgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-04-08
Learning Deadly Aim.

The skill with which American gun
ners frustrated the attacks of U-Boats
was due, In a large measure, to the
use of an ingenious target for gun
practice during the voyages. The de-
vice consisted of a framework, about
thirty feet long and five feet wide,
built to be drawn through the water,
with an imitation coming tower and
periscope mounted on the upper side.
1t was drawn behind the ship by
means Of two cables attached one above
the other. By pulling on the upper one,
the upper side of the frame was made
to project forward, causing the target
to rise to the surface, while by pull
ing on the lower cable the device
would quickly submerge. Officers out
of sight of the gunners manipulated
the apparatus. frequently changing
the range by paying out or taking In
the cables.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-04-08


The feed of the muskrat consists Of
grasses, apples, bark of trees, water
plants, carrots, turnips, cabbage and
corn, and crayfish.
Although millions of these brown
colored rats are trapped each year for
their fur, the number does not seem
to decrease. When the fur is made In
to clothing 1t is called Russian mink
or Baltic seal.
One Of the ways Of trapping the
muskrat is to set a trap three or four
inches below the surface of water In
a place where he has been In the habit
of leaving the water. In this way he
will step into the trap as he under
takes to leave the water. Still anoth.
er way is to place the trap just below
the entrance into his home. Some
trappers use apples or turnips as bait,
The home quarters is usually quite
a large cavity and contains much grass
and sticks. During the first two or
three weeks Of the life of the young
the mother muskrat does not leave the
home but depends upon the male to
furnish the feed supply,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-04-08
NO FACTIONS IN LOAN
George Wharton Pepper Strikes the
Patriotic Keynote.

Politics and political differences
have been forgotten in the Third Fed
eral Reserve District Liberty Loan
campaign.
The keynote for the combination of
all political creeds in the district for
the Victory Liberty Loan was struck
by George Wharton Pepper at the
first Loan Workers conference i4
Philadelphia on March u. Mr.. Pepper
announced that he would not allow
his personal opinions to come into con-
fiict with the best interests of the gov
eminent in floating the loan.
One hundred and seyepty-five pub
lieity and speakers chairmen of Penn
syigapia, New Jersey and Delaware
were present, The publicity campaign
OF the drive in April was explained
at length.
Optimism and confidence that the
American people will be equal to the
loan emergency is the spirit in which
the workers were urged to go about
their task.
Mr.. Pepper illustrated and empha
sized the sentiment which must pre-
vail to make the loan a success
II am very tired of loans," he said,
land / bought more than l could af-
ford or that / intended TO buy in the
last loan. But l am going to work
with all my heart and soul for the
Victory Liberty Loan. am going to
buy more bonds and pay for them
somehow. And / am going to make
every one around me feel uneomfort-
able uptil he has bought his share or
more than bis share We're going to
finish the Job. Ny personal opinions
will not enter into the matter.
'"Tbey talk about the Job being FIN
ished, but I don't consider it finished
until the shayings and broken bricks
lying around have been removed. This
job viii not be finished until the last
boy is home and the last bin paid.
Come on, let US make a cleanup"
In full accord with the opinion of
Secretary Glass, John H. Mason, Di-
rector OF the War Loan organization,
conceded that the Victory Loan can
not be put. over on strict business
basis, but must depend for success
upon the patriotic enthusiasm of the
American people This enthusiasm