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Oklahoma city' times Paid Circulation G"fnterfl Greater Than Any Oilier F-vcnin Ncwipaprr Published in OMnfiorna I " ni tit$ (iMa h lift a f 'f ft 1 ' (i.ai i limit t t rt tl nf M n ft ' l ' I LAI SiBZET EDITION is hvk With lis I Till n l'i I'iy.n I ) ruia; TWO CKSTS YL XXX. Nn HM. MM! I AMI tm UliilH .1 I . fr.i . I'll I H.I I'Ol'KTKKN PACKS-- ( K I A MOM A CITY, IIMDAV. .lASTAKV f: w 9J TM U If A ftT qj w jb-' vi ft i fill j PI WILSON BY ITALIANS t'( !l (ilUtt SVithn, QUEEN MOTHER HOSTESS hi Of!', . 1'iiity i.i.i Iii 'Ml I. hi i: . II. i. i u r.l ,1 IS. 11,11 . I...I1 I, I I. O.iri ii II. r'nn'f .i I MM ' r I S M .ill I I irt: 14. I, 11 III". ifn.!i hi ir! I 'hi- .i!i- l I I'.th'l King 'i. I. r ! ' 1 Lis if.'i-. .i:i i'.l .i.i'" 'I ' ' ' I''"' 'ir" 1 sth I'n- ;.imI V. ! i an I I .mill- '' ' I ir rrsi Inn c "I A a s-, : I ...(.. I I ir ) i .mi .Hi .in.''. I ("I 1 "' i 4fii W fsiicit-nfi'iirm i' 'In in , , ,,. 4 I'.IK '. 11 W I'l M'l'MI M' ''I''' M.llghrrit.l. .1 f. r;,ll,, lly thr 14!-' I anient :.ll'l a state dlPtlrr, W ''I king ! 1,1, r I tmUlltlel, I' '.!" "g ;'"' i t.i fw .rri"!nit i-f a i!-;.i!Uti'.!i i' m .' .m Hiiirin.il To Be Ciinfn o( Rome. In -.f retv.t l''" Hirii -': l !.',,:ik' mil !' i ilrirr l tip n !"' f.mrrii n iili'.i t In S.iiifli'. '!'' r !"" 1 IiNiii ;il ihr Ai'irri. .in cii'ii-'V m J "I I ir nifir i'I'I I'm -ui'M Ihr iliv irl I r tin vi:t I i I I'I'C I'.riifliit ami ("f !,n rrrr.ii"ti to rii.flanl Iniilifi it ihr Amrriivn rhnrcli. IL" wil tiVe ilinmr wit" 1 ).r tmir! III? irrM1nn rryrcs 4.. 1 I I . :i.ii. t dfima on Mii'.'i.iy mwi i"" ; will 0 In Milan On M0tvl.1v In I " i!l arriif .it 'I m in. '"fr I"" t .aUr a h vi-it. lramg of I'-iri' M'.-iiIav tiifci'H 'I 'rr thr..iu'.i"iil K''V I'""' . I ,ln-. to'luv nih ki -1 arti 'lr tr- .:anlitis' frridrnt ilon ami l'ic , lliitfl S'a'r. it 'Hilly all the tir-i p4'fr ilcv.liMit tlinr rntirr (r nit I anr li tie tit "f t'"" Anirrii .in' irri'lnt Bonfires Kindled In, Wilson's Honor I ' I . I lnirsil.iv. fis.iias L.tilif l I'V ,))(!. i.il tr.'.ni tiimutit. Iiit n.itlv ir'.iicl t i.i i Iho irii,nili.'l Mr. iKi'ii ami mitit ill I rlli ir Italian ailia-ailnr .it avIiuiKto" ami llioiiia. NN" Anifriian aiiilivnliir d Italy. dMrrmlnl to tlic tatiim ami ronrrr'l itl oftiiiali The (ir(iilc have l.rfti n'lif'l not lilnrt thr (irrMdrftt by rhrriitiK whrn thr train im tlinmRh tnwtn ami itin. . Ilitifirn liKl'f'l t" rnnor nf Mr Wilson havr lirrn srrn at many ilarr. SOUTH GRIPPED BY COLD WAVE ricezinp. Temperatures Pie ail AIoiir Gulf. ATLANTA. (',., Jan. .''-The U..1r kotith. which ha experienrril an tm- niunlly warm winter, wit in tli riip of a coM wave today which rearhetl in extreme in llirtninnham with a . . -i - . 1 1. . VlJrnti to I- iiegrerx mimr n. ff f inorniWK. "'"i J..H1S.MI, (Jrnreev Ihrre wan frerinu weather alnnK the en'.itr nlf fift from Cnrpii T lihrinti, Texan, to Apalachiola, 1 la , where nlrrt ami rain wit experienced everywheie. The lieivient innwfiM niiK-e I'XIK 11 een in !tirminnhani. Ala, where mx indie fell and 1 coal h rtiRe wan threatened. A tempera lure nf H ahnve wan felt here today, at Dalian, Texan, 10 cleRreen and at lialvrntnn .HI. In rotttrant, Daitona. I U . reported rather nitinniery weather WASHINGTON. "Jan. J.-North- went itorm warnni(;i were ornerea displayed today from Jacksonville .i WilinttiKton, N. C The storm is of considerable Intensity moving north eastward. WOUNDED OKLAHOMA . MEN REACH BOWIE FORT WORTH. Texas, Jan. .1 Tht (imt of the Texas and Oklah una wounded noldiern, twenty-three pa tients, arrived at Camp Howie last night. Nrother deli'K0"n is due to day and NX) next week. Embargo on Freight Receipts Applied at Eastern Ports Sin- I'l'll !,uv r..ii Li' 1 1'ii.iiiC I ( nil (; t off i..-' ' ' Sh V I i 1 l;i-ikiii :.:..!.. I . i'l In. ll".l I I' 11 I,.. Ill I I'.l 1 1. I III ' ' ii .hi .in ii. n i ... .u i . .it il ! i M.ri. I !' I It r I 1 11 'l 'l ; i ..'.n ! thr I . il... v -..I I- i hi'H n .it sill',. .:t', Sinn Feiners Ready To Shed Blood for An Irish Republic HARRISON TO BE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE HEAD i'i S.$ 1 1. In .pur tant C i K in M. 'Clinched II. IU' .ire, ltt I . llairii.iii i,f l aUm. Hiik''irs ...titiii, ri'irrvrntativr ami furmrr ir, ti'l.u i i,( tatr, will hca-l t! r "ii ! r t .t n t h"iisr rinninitlrr oil ai'pti" u i, a, i I .t lafii'iis, aii'l I'aul Nc'liitt. ( rinrr pr.il;rr. w:ii -r n.imr na lirrn prmn- itirntly litiknl with tlir apptupl i.itinii i haitin.iiisliip will lir i'l tin1 lmiir k ' I rnaiU ci liiiiiltcr. wNirli will havr iharr the VI,(itiiliv r,,;l. . hill nil tlir linu-i' m c, aiiordinij to Ihi.sr ilnsfst In thr inner wotkinKl of thr hoii'r ,iraniatiii. Mr. Ncslntt will alo he (Irmn cratii" hmiir rauuM chairman, whi'h i arrtc w ttlt 't t!ic m.ijmily th'or Ira'lrrship, ami J. !' ll.irprr. I elhire iniinty rriresrntativr, i ilatrl fn' thr post nf sprakrr pro trtnpnrc. In thr election i.f Urn HaniMni t,i hrail the pprnitiatiiitu lomtnit U'r a nrrrrilrnt nf lnni! .tamlitiK his hrrli hmkrii. In rvrtv prev inns I ik - Minima Irnislaltitr thr ln.nl fit t'.i cmimittrf has hrrn ttum a state in stitntiniial town. Ihr inccinitiR ailininistra;i"n is (ntplrlrty lnnim.it ihk IC ni i- I (Continued en Png I. Column t) j h 'CITY IS MADE "DRY" AS ICE CLOGS PUMP lor several Imnrn today the nty ivan entirely without water from the city water plant. Ice packing around the intake at the piiiuphiK station made it ituponsihle to pump. Ihr shut down was at noon and the enlne force at the putnpiiiR station, together with men from other ilepartitirntn of the waterworks office, wan put to wnrk I W. Bennett, nuperintemlent of the waliTwntkn, repotted that service mnhahly would he retmed hy J .Ml or .1 o'cloik thin aftertiiion. Admiral Rodman Would Sink All Enemy Warships WASHINGTON, Jan .V-He-nlrurtion nf all capital ships ot the (terman navy, surrendered to the allies, was recommended to the house naval affairs committee to day hy Rear Admiral Rodman who coitimaud.vj the American fleet in the North sea during the war. He said the tierinan ships would not he needed, that they wete o! different Iviies than those of the allien, mid that it would he a waste of money to pay to uu nlain thetti. f , I Is I.,; 'h .1 . .1 I I ill . .i i .hi i f ,i i . -i . Ml. I I.. I ..' I I . ,- It., v. I II,' " I.' IN'I ON. Ian .I 'Mir Mtnati"! til Irrlaml h i4tniinj K'Jc anxirty tn thutr who ate in luuch nh lliat ci.nn tiy ami viart'iiiK il'vrlii,inirnti ate ,iiV.rd f"r at any nuinient. Sinn ftn wi'.l nuke tlir inot of thr fnatnni.il viitnrtcn it ailnrvrrl outiile of I'Ktft. Siicnt -tlitrr Sinn I'fin tnrniliftt mil itufl 1n )iililiri ami omstittiif t'irtiisf Kf a i.atiui'.il i.rniMy. "I hry mil an;', nit .1 .triiifnt ami in laim t'ir imlr,rm!i!ii r ni th.' lu ll irpttli- Seek to Levy Taxes ,1 It national assrmhlv will hrKin to hut-Lite at mice .'.nd issue a pr.nli nut;, hi. Nil attempt will hr made to levy laves and all attempts to ml I ci I imperial leienue will he tester! Minions will he srnl to fnirinn conn tnrs ami the aitionn i f an indrpen dint state mil he imitated in ever possihle w,.iy Of course, this means inevitahlr collision with the large llritish force now in Ireland. Thin in exactly what the Sinn reinern are playing for. I hev are jirepared for considerahle sacrifice of life so long an fighting can take place When the allied mnteretuen and peaie ronuress aie hrmg held tiicy will emlravor to sen,! a ints.m ti lioth tltesr Katliermgs ami will '! maud adiiiisn.:i as an indi'prtiili nt state f'KhunK lor the in'ht of -elf di'tcniiiti.itiu.i .ig.iinst liiit:h t'. t.utnv Sinn Fein Well Aimed. Ii l ens l ertain that the Sinn I ein eis , lie -r. tited arms ini.l aniniuni trnti in l.iri;e nu.mtities although the i..nt'i' ol thr-e supplies is a misery. i.in'is (atrted nit hv the govern- nn-iit hair iltsioirreM some ot tliene li.Mi.ts In' there aie others left as let iiiil. ii . i hcil. The teelmg of the population is de- crihed hy those who lately returned I mm Itelatid as heing exceedingly hitler. At one time this feeling wan mainly directed against the lUitish government hut during the, last six months it has heen extended to the inhahitantn of (.teat Britain an a whole. They Hate Bntlsh. "Ihev hale ns," said a lahor M. 1' tndav, "an miii h as we hated the tier mans during the tune they were drop ping bombs on our cities and murder ing news of our merchant vessels. Thev frankly told me that they din tuiHled all parties in this country, the lahor ,arty ns t uch an the others. They say they will he content villi nothing less than complete indepen dence and that they arep tepared to die for it if necessary." ORDINANCE PASSED TO RAIS.E SALARIES A special ordinance was pans Why the city commissioners yesterday aft ernoon to nllow the wages nf two fil termeu nt the pumping station to b raised $1(1 a month. 1 heir pay is reg ulated by ordinance, and common la hoters employed at the plant, work ing nix dais ft week, were paid more than the two enpet icncci! Iilteemen. who work seven davs u week Their tmv will hereafter be $IUU, instead ol fVO, a month. -Ill' I 111! ASKS I i WHIN'S iLAWCHANGES ,!."tt: 1 (! I f.lt I o.i bo nil ";ll iV'il. i" i ROAD BONDS INDORSED l'i it ! .f.c i l,r .I'll I. 41, , .i'l ,1' l lll.l, Ci.mifti'ijt do A me nil n rtii v I I :: :!n" 4:111 ; .!. 11! '" tlit . r ,." 11 ' 1 (, !!;. n i.i-. p ... ' I .'11 i' 11 1,' t ir 11. ;' ..: I . ' K ; '.V.- 11 -v i t ''tr:i'lir'i;r:: i":.;i; i4W ;-r 'ilr; Ui'.r II , t '.'. 1 T l.'l'l !l 0!l ii ' it "it . ! v 1 'in 'ii:im t 'I . ' ii v" 'ti'f 1 .t.i t a fitiK I'.'i; tut in I : 14 . r met! ' In lot cittf ::! .1 I' Ml I .il'- J (" I'm 1 K ! .:il siir .r..;.,i.il ' I::-:. ton. hi . I , arnpa u"- I " i.f. ,'i ,.t p:Mu h'n', , :i((s ami : irn's t i ai.ofli ..!,', ir la!i I l:s. '; ,1,'imnit ol .,1 i-ged ,,i o! rnt;i.i'rs : ! liaigm ;t ar ! n ii - :. hi tuploi r EiRht Hour I).ny. H Mainttiiaucr i ! t!.e i.g'.it hour dav. UismiiraKtnieut of. .Hi) tendency to tcltn e w jk'cs 11 10. keprtsentalinn of trade nnioftn o ( oinnnssionn or hoards dealing with matters afteciing trailes ami tu duntr:rs and nho. I. II lui lib alioti ( f j spirit t i in operation between Mlim and cuiplov ers .t t!ie e:id lliat lvh may benefit It is upon the lust lour propositions that the federation frohabiv will con lenttate Its efforts U.hi the legisla ture I he others are crtarattcried as ideals toward which union lahor in l ikl.ihuma in asked to ctnmit-itself A statement i'.ued hy the executive !i.,.v, after the meeting -aid among other ',hin :s : L.ibnr't A tituile. I !'.c u. rn and women ot laii.n i.a.c ii, me their full dutv and for ihe a, nines win, h thi s have made . ut ot their strength and health, fur the sac rifice the have made upmi the bat tlefield ami in thr training campv freedom must not be lost to them m time of peace. In the time now at hand we have much to do. The cam paign in just as esseuil for the fu ture as has been any preparation for the military side of the war. We insot upon the better time and the In Iter lue that shall' come into the Hie of the working peopfr, and we strongly ure upon II emploiers thai ,i in-oper ation with lahor be mani fested in dealing with the problems of readjustment, and that the princi ples of democracy in industry be firmly established in Oklahoma Only hv such co-opetation can our indus trial problems be adjusted in an or derly and sane manner and upon a ba sis oi justice ami fairness to all. wtN SOMEBODY 5TAHTS , N 1 1 GH BCRrlOOD - RACKET Dt BtS SIDE T' GIT ON IS tt OUT-SIDE ' J' ' I tr-'ts, isss, kr MaCiM N LOCAL rOHHCAT ITilr waathar tonight and Saturday, riling Umptra lur.i 1 I IT ATI PORCCAtt TtNilght fair,! not ao cold In win portion, Saturday fair, ruing lampartturt. Htprans' rgnigsir-u it ao at grass ovtr Oklahoma tonight. HOURLY TIMPCRATURM, in p ti r m in II 1 a ni in. iiililtilaht J iSk mt i w m sa -r-rx" ssmajsla I h. m t i. m 3 h. ni 4 a. m Q a. in... y. 9 n. in., tn . m . 11 a m.. 1 1 noon . . 1 . m. . Williams Will Succeed Campbell GOV. V. I. GERHANY SENDS ARMY TO FIGHT POLE INVADERS! Seveial Ac Corps Concjii i.a: Border, ii a i oo t HAM i .' -i 11 ' i a .. - " .'i era i O-r:: . : ; !' centr.i'ed .i l'.'" h Ii' I..' I'osen an I I'm u. .i, i ofdi:i': to (lie Nachnih'en of I t ankfort dern-anv. it in added. ha dci idrd to defend her rights to the province of t'osen. Reports fr.m I'emnark and Switz erland Thursday were thit a large force of l'olrs were advancing into I'russia towird ll-rlin. POSTAL RECEIPTS GAIN $195,912.93 lie, eipt - at the ( (hhhoma Uitv p .t ot'tue inc eased $I'v'I2VJ in llisj over the ve.ir I'M, il was announcco this morning limine the irar ot I')I7 receipt, totaled $70l.uL".l while in I'IS the am..unt:d to J,ttl J7. $5.00 a Year After January 10 th NOW 14 25-YOU CAN SAVE 75 CENTS. Better Subscribe or Renew Today LOW RATE NOW HIGHER RATE LATER OTHER RATES ON PAGE 10 . aa SUBSCRIPTION BLANK I Not Good After Januaiy 10, 191V I . thi: timi:s. , I Sl'ltSUKll'TTON MI IT , I I OKLAHOMA CITY. OKI.A. I a Oentlemen: l'tease find with this the amount clicked a I below, in full payment lor order also i linked: I 1 ONE YEAR. 1 I U $4.25 The T1MLS by mail. . 1 rtsiy ff The TIMKS and Sunday OMAIIO- . I OlaOU MAN by mail IN OKLAHOMA CITY ONLY. I I OnatU tng) and the OKLAHOMA CITY I TIMKS (evening), LI papersa week by carrier, in Mkla- I I homa City. ' I Name I R R , Street or Ilox No I Town Stable . I NOTE ITeane give name and address plainly Make remittance payable to THE TIMES, a 4 WILLIAMS. DAILY REPORTS TO BE MADE ON PEACE DEBATES Preliminary Ccr.fu'c: Held Jamaiiy to Bf I'11. kl- .: !, . . ;: -;,".n j p. :v . ot iV'i'ii e b-fv e t t " i ;it i i rrat ::l!i.'il powers which .:'! i pen on January I.i, says the .lo'.iri'.-l, time will he a second conference at which the other allied stales will l e i on suited on questions intere ting litem T hrse two pretiarati ry i onferoiues will He held al the 1 remh fomgn office. Ihe peace cm'si ,-s-, l-,-.n-' er. thr tt 'v. p.ii rr adds, will be held at Yet mil'.' The de'iitf. mil not he ma-'.e public but irnir v 'I be .-uid dail; Outbreaks Continue. I.IM. fern an .1 - Mem ''.'.-nations agamst I'rriiiinis i oniittii.' m I Inle, according to utio'ticial lepotts leieued here Power Off But This Car Moved Along J '!' ii.l I lot 1 1'-. Tr r ii. ( l'i, in II :: Ml 1 4"d I n r 1 1 i', r . , :,i!iit ..t ..I I ( .1' :.! ! thr , ar ami pti-''r I ;,tisl e-l 'tr I our'h a:,d the ittttr"' . ;.:, , -,,!,. i' i .i n" i h'l'.i.r l Mo. i .'..shtialii , , r-n r :l f.rll sh' : Ytssir ( le.i r in t !' I'.J ' olw 11 ' cat'''' or rf'd I-. ! - I r -t M'ADOO URGES PEACE TEST OF CONTROL PLAN Ruaos WouM Pay Pi of it Year, He Says. ext By Th Associated Press. W.VMIINf.TON. Jan .V-Aco.m-ilihinent of rai'ro.nis under 1eder.il control in thr last tin lie months and afirimients f. r a f:ie year cr-itinu-,1'ni- , f g-'ir; mm t.t opriatioti to , vi vid,, a far 'r-t oi iirntied di re, ti.ir.. were rr.'ited to lay hv l'i-r-i!..' (i feral M.Ado", trstiivinu be for thf1 srn.itr interstate eonvnrri e eoin.rl're ii'inh tiv'k up consider.! : . ti of his re-.ininemtattoii for ex- n it ion i . ttrol m 't I lr-t Mr M d.i read a nt'iuTd sta!r- tore !!..!! l-'H"' v i , i" -' i ; :' 1 1 : u .t com' !,.,,, '."til, u,,r,l in eliensive . .!!! iis) nmlc ti "lei al man c::tc:'l I Ic phmned to t ike most ot :he !.u presetitiMj tiie t'st-nioto - i 'bai.!v t',.e l.i.t s'atement oi his s i n ar,l-n;i oi railroad m.itteis be ..re tetirmg as director g'tural. Teace Time Tast Uned. itrr reciting reforms effected tin ,!, r unified control, the director gen eral said : "I believe that under the handi caps of war conditions a sun i i lent showing has been nude t incLialc tha all the lelotms I have ment. Hied aie desirable as permanent peaie measures Yet it is dear that the general pubfc has not had an oppottun ti I" a -preciate this and iictg t the teal valor oi what has hrrn ai - ! roinplisbed. In view of the tai teaching importance ot am solu tion ot t! e railroad nues'ioti whuh m.r. be a lopted. the tmhlie i. entitled to h.vc. before -!'.r prc-rnf irdeta! lotitrol shall I"' terminated, a reasonably t.nr tr-t under peace conditions of th" ad vantages to be censed l'i l" tbr-e reforms "It will be impoisildr to review the testilts of even one iear ot fe let I control under peace n'dilioris until thr sprinc of l'J.H and It will he thru Iiki late for limitless to legislate hr fot e the end of the t's cut) one l month pei ,,. a'ter th ,'edat ilioit oi ,e.i' r, iHoviilr l in tiie piesei.t u foi govnninuit contt'ol. Opciaiions under pe.ne conditions with a temiie iContinued on Pa i. Column 1 ) ROBERTStON TavORS $50,000,000 ISSUE Metailing hi- plan to issue bond to ihe amount oi so,tul to build hard surfaced loads in Oklahoma (lovernor elcit I It A. Rohertsott ad dressed representatives from eieri county tn the state at a flood Roads ronlerrnce li'dav at the Skirvtn ho tel. He was indorsed hy .M. L. Ciui ningham, state engineer, who gave a hriel outline of the road building material to he bum. I in Oklahoma A resolution to perfect an oiganira- ! fioti to conduct a cami.aign to insure the bond issur w.ii presented by M W Williams of McAlester, good rmdi reptesentative from rittshutg coun ty. llovrrnor-elecT Robertnon will further detail his project at a Good Roads smoker at the Chamber f Commerce at 7 o'clock tonight. 51 Ti SIT ON AST I I. jt : lination by t -on Coo1:': lo ier Liy. iAN OKLAHOMAN 20 YEARS r,r.il! '.('' J: Has Salary of $7, r. er nor But SI.OCjO. i. i liams w'ii I" the a-t- ! .. : ,i! I' 'net Jll'h'.e tor h. a i t'le senate a provc i , "M i .v I'restd-i't U'd'Oii, .0 'i ". , I i.. dav at V.'as'uiigtim. .. ' : i s si i i bioiig':! wort! .' " - atio'i exai t;y at I. -it. Twenty YtUt in Slate, net'.' ' vY:U;ams has hen a rent. . f ' r '.j'y .ma for imne than ii ' rat I!-- came t O'rtla'i ima, !.i' i-.i his nat.ve. s'ate, and e! in I. -van cmiit'. lie was t i. T W f t t reey nt I'eMM. coimiy ire ,, !' a i , otinty He was oi.r of ihe ac'ne and prom inn, t nrt'i''.i"i ot the Oklaiifi'ti ceni s'.tiiti .".al , .oirf.tion and the first ihirf )ti.'tc- of tlir Oklahoma su ireme Court ll- rmi4ined a memoer of the. court until he resigned in l''U to enter thr ciimpatgu for the democratic nomtr.atioii for governor He is. in the nominahon oil Ins "trutl I'i'.i'wtiv" platf.i'in p'.edge I to rcn, hineii' and reform in stat-! goit : itmrnial rxnenses llm defcatn njipofent iai J H. A. lo!ert-uii. now gnsetii.i'-elf ft. who will sliced hint within t'ne ttes-1 few days (mvernor Williams i a graduate oi the Southern University of Gicens boro. Ala' Born in 158. Williams was born ni 1H 8. an l onlv a tr diyi ago lelebratel his On rt'i tiirt'idav The' fed-ral judirsh:,) carries with it a salr i of $7.51 per annum The i governor salary is Inn i-. ' per Wil urns v. ill succeed Jint-e Halplt I I amphal! who resigned some time ays for a private position li the g lernor's nomination is con. firmed In I.i. '.h'ti ! the senate brfore .lamiiry ti trrm of o'fire xmrrs, it 'rd poisihtr tint he .vvi'l re- ,e and allow lid I'r.ipp, .; vernor. to l'tiv. ,h tiij : Uillimis -a t i I b? toned tt.eii his he: i' at Muratlt, , , ompulsory lor a tederal :! "e ti.. hie in a court Is . 'It ' he,. tin term (,,..( I tO I'.'I s'ln .- distr-i tow tt. THERMOMETER DOWN TO 0NEAB0VE ZERO Today was the second coldett Ok lahoma I it i has experienced this win let Thr t'wrmomrter dmpping to 1 ib'K'rr above rero this morning at 8 o'i o(nk I he eldest day was on l br:-tmas when the mercury reached cri Ihe torecast is probably fair weather I , night aimj Saturday, wil It tiMiig trmprratiiren. Ihe Oklahoma Gas ami ITectric (oinpany s'ate,' thin pioritmg that gas ;. re. sure t,lai would he liwer. But i is thoiihh! it will lie sufficient lis Vnp the residence section in gas, al tho'igh ,m some outlyiiiH disiruts it might Ir livs Pressure was about t'' i, ''in.!- ishrteas .V jiounds in normal. INFLUENZA IS ANCIENT PLAGUE at IMln ist Identifies Malady ' Black Death," I'NMON. I'l, Jan. J.-iSpniaM iinoiiit'rment was made t 1 fi y tint Mi t!am L. Kola, pathologist at h 1 aslori hospital, ha dtscivrted th'it b o illus pestis, which is the cause of I'.nhomi jilague, is present in Spant.lf inllueiii.i (ises, tending to prove it was said, that influenra and th "black dri'h" of the middle axes ar one and tiie same thing. Mr Kotr'n discovery came cnlv after tliAmonf rstMstive examinaiimis and ixpe'imentn with guinea pigs anil white mice In every iiis(aur the x peritnrnfs p'oved thenmelves in th srnsr required by tcientists, Il nil dr. hired " The fs'olj'ion of tht h.icillu, rr ibisirians derlare. woidd mean fiat V) ierient of the battle againsf piflu ena would be won. as iuvestigalioiil would ihen turn toward flndinn S . serum by meant of which the dileasn could be cured, , , , SI jes. I '1 J 4r ii i ji'iat"