The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 241, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 5, 1915 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME n
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1915 *
NUMBER 241
"STOP THIEF" UNIVERSITY THEATRE TONIGHT
KLEPTOMANIAC!!
What is it?
"A person of extraordinary absent minded
tendencies and morbid impulses."—Webster.
Stop Thief
That Rollicking Cohan & Harris Farce
IN FIVE PARTS .
Funniest Film Story
FEATURING
Mary Ryan and Harry Mestayer
DR. B. E. WAP.D KILLS WIFE
i Itv Stabbing Her Through I ho Heart
at Their Home in Noble—"Al-
coholic In .uiiiy" Probably
the Plea.
LETTER FROM ALBERT CRAIG
Writes Interestingly to His Mother!
About Life in the Navy,
from Honolulu.
| Mrs. J. W. Craig is in receipt of the 1|
Dr. B. E. Ward stabbed ltis wife at; follov. ing interesting letter from her. T
Noble last night about 9 o'clock, kill-1 son Albert, who is now on the U. S. S. j T
ing her instantly. He used a sur- Maryland and stationed at Honolulu. ! T
peon's knife, with a blade about six He writes under date of April 15th: 1 J
inches long, and stabbed her twice 1 j,
just under the left breast, one of the Dear Mother: | A
stabs going directly through her heart I received your letter that was mail- JL
and the other close to the heart. He e(j tho 3jst 0f March and was awfully •)>
j was arrested almost immediately after (rlad to get it. 4*
: the deed by Sheriff Pickard, and is We are in Honolulu in the Hawaiian -j-
now in the county jail. His plea will islands and 1 don't think I ever saw a +
probably be "alcoholic insanity," as prettier town in my life und the eli- J«
hat is what he seems to have been ^ate js iots t^Uer than California. It1 *
addicted to in the past—and he may
Report of the Condition of the
First National Bank
OF NORMAN, OK LA.
(5248)
An made to the Comptroller of the Currency May 1, 1915
possibly get by with it.
If! is learned that V/ard was on one
of his nlcoholic rampages yestefflav
afternoon, commencing about 3 o'clock
' vinjr trouble with his wife and the
never gets too cold here and never too,
hot because the islands are smull and
can get the sea breeze all the time. J
There is all kinds \>l tropuul friiits
nd prodi'ce grown i re and lots flint I
Just a chuckle and a
roar frorr title to tail-
piece. It's the story of
two self-confessed klep-
tomaniacs, two real
crooks and a double wed-
ding—A narrative of in-
finite fun that has al-
ready proven itself one
of the greatest laugh
producing properties on
the American stage.
And the cast? They're
Broadway players, every
one. Even the "bit"
parts are done by actors
—not "extras." You
never saw a better bal-
anced cast or a better
told story than "STOP
THIEF." It's an uproar!
UNIVERSITY THEATRE TONIGHT
Admission 5c and 15c
. V~ n •- , ! :u «, I. w i t . ■ . ■ -
aviii# trouble with his wife andathe jH no^ tropical, hut it is no place for a
eighbors. He became worse as night , p00Jp man to live in as there are so
approached, and about 8 o'clock Sner- many Chinks and Japs thai labor don't
iff I'ickard was notified and requested much price. Then the natives of i
to come at once, as Ward had locked f jie c|JS(i trl) |0lk 0f the labor too,
himself in the house with his wl"e; while the better class are land owners
and was threatening to kill her and a|uj ()Usjness men, so unless you can:
anyone who interfered with him. | j,uy enough land to keep you up or go j
Sheriff, Pickard went at once, but the ; H you are out of luck. There!
murder was committed just before he j are |ots ,,(■ |)e0p]e in the States that!
arrived. | ljve out here part of the time, and
Ward had locked himselt and wife ^en tJwT, >re the summer resorts or
,n the home. Neighbors had gathered
to break in and rescue Mrs. Ward, who
was pleading with him not to kill her,
and crying for help. The neighbors
could hear him tell her with awful
cursings that if the citizens broke in
he would kill her and them, and then
Mrs. Ward would beg them not to
ireak in—and then again would come
her erie3 for help, finally the neigh-
bors broke in the front door, and then
the bedroom door, both ol' wh'.ch were
locked and found Ward and Mrs. Ward
on the bed. Ward was a-straddle of
his wife's body, and as the door fell
in he was seen to sink the knife again
into the body of the unfortunate wo-
man. As they grabbed him he at- HNHH I
tempted to stab them, and gave one j "u^an make"knots if" you don't fall
two of them slight scratches^ t:, ff, It is similar to what I think to-
ll KSOIIRCES
Loans and Discounts .$266,775.44
Overdraft!) 1.41
Stock in Federal Resei w Bank 1,400.00
Ileal Estate, Bank Building .... — 24,000,00
Furniture and Fixtures 2,000.01)
Other Real Estate Owned - 2,872.75
U. 8. Bonds at par . - — - 63,000.00
Bills of Exchange—-Cotton f 685.94
State Bonds and Warrants - 60,8.19.35
Cash and Exchange 103,933.80 lOfrj-IKQOO
*514,608.61
then ther • are the summer resorts or;
winter rerts in season.
There is a (rood navy yar ! and naval ■
stations h re and also it U " subma-1
rine base. Then there are several big |
army posts and foris, so it is well |
fortified. I
I sure have been h?.ving some swell
times on liberty at the benches. 1 have j
been trying to ride a surf board A |
surf board is a long board, round on
one end and square on the other and
about seven or eight feet long. It is
shaped something like an ironing-
board. You have to swim >t out in
the surf, and wait for a large one;
then get the board started right in
front of it. Then as soon as you get
| it started stand up on the board. You
Capital Stock
Surplus _
Undivided Profits, net
Circulation - -
Deposits ...
LIABILITIES
The abov statement is correct.
$ 50,000.00
20,000.00
9,436.89
50,000.00
385,071.80
$514,508.69
WM. SYNNOTT, Cashier.
was overpowered and bound down ^
--- .- -. . . d? ^ibaggin slides are, only instead of
with ropes. Sheriff 1 lckard arrived, ,vd|kin„ a mye to , i,u. a moment you
at this juncture and took chaj^e ot j swim a mj)e f o ride a minute. I-ast
him. lie kept up a continual howling , . h(. j went to see a rea| native Hula-
and cursing, but was finally quieted; f)an(.e jt was funny but there
and at the jail, afier he had kept th« wasn't very much to it.
inmates awake several hours with his We |laV(, t[,e worid's champion div-
j obstreperous behavior, quieted down , ^ on here workin«, on the submarine
again when threatened with a dose ot . They have gone down to the sub-
quieting powders—indicating that I mn|'.in(1 ,,vhich is over 200 feet down, a
Tni ch of his craziness was put on tor ,iye wag supposed to be impos-
1 effect; that he knew perfectly well sible before tj,js waK done. There are
j what he was doing. three gunner's mates, 1 gunner and a
^ j Sheriff Pickard captured a bottle ot (|(K,jor They are all navy men. The i *j*
Fletcher W. Davis who was *radu- ; The strong team running under the 188-proof alcohol at the Ward home, divi * ^ar is all their own work The I
ated from the University of Oklahoma . colors of the Ctate Preparatory School with which he had evidently oeen dop- {(locto'j: haa worked over two years on j
in 1908, recently returned from Eu-' of Tonkawa, won the first honors .u|jnR himself. - • • ™ - u 1
t i! . tUn Pi «c!f aniiiHil Scnno I ra
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RETURNS FROM WAR ZONE I TONKAWA WINS STATE MEET
Cut Flowers
Mother's Day, May 9th
Brighten her face, by remembering her with a floral gift
~a box of cut flowers, a blooming plant.
Honor her memory by wearing a white flower. Your order
will receive prompt and careful attention if given to the
Levy Greenhouse
i-
567 WEST MAIN STREET
PHONE 178
iuo, recently reiurucu i" " i "*■ , „ . , „ ,
rope, where he was acting ad photo- the first annual State henool Track
grapher with the French armv for the and Field Meet which was held on
An inquest was held last night on
the air they use. Then they have a
Underwood Syndicate. Since his
graduation Davis has been in the Old
World taking photographs of impor-
tant scenes in the Balkan war, Euro-
pean war and othi.r events which the
world reads about. While in Frar.ce,....... ..... ■ . -. . ,
Davis was suspected as a German spy and Weatherford normals tied for
because of wearing a hat which he j fourth honorsLwith 7 points each^and
uutauoc ui mi, •* - —_
had purchased in Germanv just prior
to the outbreak of hostilities. He was
given a court martial trial and acquit-
ted. In commenting upon the great
struggle which is being waged by the
European nations, Davis stated SLat
"This is chiefly an artillery war and
men count for little beside big guns
and good tactics. Shrapnel bursting
with puffs of white smoke over the
battle-fields often bury whole trenches
of soldiers and the rapid fire machine
guns mow them down on every side."
Davis will return to Europe, where he
will resume his work as photographer
in the very near future.
ENTERTAINED S. S. CLASS
The Philatliea class of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church was entertained
by Prof, and Mrs. Gossard on Monday
night at their home on Asp avenue.
Mr. Gossard entertained the guests
by showing them that "All things are
not whift they seem." Each girl read
her fortune as the ghost had written
it in the "fluid of life." After Mr.
Gossard had aroused curiosity by deal
Eastern Preparatory School of Clare
more fifth with 3 point;. Some good
records were made by the competing
athletes. Griffith of Alva ir. a killing
mile race broke the state record by
negotiating the distance in 4 minutes,
33 and 4-5 seconds. This meet will be
an annual affair at the University in
the future for the purpose of giving
the schools of the state below college
... l ii I "" ;—7 —: '£^9," recompression chamber they use, so if
and Field Meet which was held on the body of Mrs. Ward, and a verdict t|)e (|jver ts cramps or faints after
Boyd Field Saturday afternoon, May j rendered that she had come to her ^ comes up they put him in it and
i. The Preps took first place with 43 death at the hands of B. E. Ward, ana ^ fhp sam(, preRSl,re they had on
points, with Central State Normal of; that the killing was felonious. > j.,;m before. The doctor goes in with
Edmond a close second with 38 points.; Ward has had a spectacular career ar|(, worj<s over [iim Yesterday
The Northwestern State Normal of at Noble and frequently been in o ( of tjlem Kot his air hose tangled
Alva was third with 23 points; Durant! trouble because of his alcoholic axces- ( jjlen himself tangletl up and
- J —c"""1 t:'"' fnr ses. On July 5, 1913, he was arrested w;('s (jown for over f0ur hours, and an-
for flourishing a revolver and threat- j n!:|]Rr was down for two hours and a
ening hife wife and numerous citizens; | ™ettjng him clear. When they
taking a shot at several of the latter. |nm up ^ey put him in the
He was brought before the insanity . „iiumber an(j worked on him for ei^ht
board, found to be suffering with then nut. him in the sick boy,
coholic insanity," and committed to ( ^ f js this morninir. They
the asylum. After he had been there • say they h,ive en0uprli cables on the
a month, Mrs. Ward and Noole citi- j sukmarine to tow her in to the beach
zens succeeded in netting him released | pow so ^ (ruess she will be up in a
on a writ of habeus corpus, and many ( rew'fjays anyhow.
the schools ot tne state oeiow cone^e Gf them became greatly peeved at Well 1 £uess 1 will close as there is
rank a meet of their own in which County Attorney Grigsby and Sheriff , nothinir more to write about, but:
their athletes will not be compelled to ( Pickard for resisting his release, de- ,1jeaSf."excuS0
rnTYinet.e with those of the larger and ■ ..inr;n!r thftv were persecuting: "the
STUDENTS TO ARBUCKLES
their athletes will not be compelled to , Pickard for resisting his release, de- „,eaSP excupo this naoer as the top <>f ' f\he dav at Reed's
compete with those of the larger and ciaring they were persecuting the j( t h rfirty an(j \ didn't I1T,TV1 •" Tv ^ of Mr
better equipped state schools. poor fellow" He has kept up know it so bv-'„y. .MARWED: The marriage of Mr
-?-! "periodicals" since that time, gradual- kno# rt' Your loving son. D. Harrold and Miss Hella Mae
MOTHER'S DAY 1 ly getting worse uijtil this terrible ALBERT B. CRAIG. , Abbott u announced, the marriage
tragedy has resulted. ; | being solemnized today (May 5th).
N„t s«nd., i.-Mo.h,,., H -h ; W *-J~. SSrW SSft " "««". fe
mi,i«d^.t.k«„ (f.m th,., ,CTueklt„id,j.js'^S'iartfv^SAin?
Ward is some 40 years of age and j * "STOP THIEF" ♦ Nlrs' ,W', 11' A',',ott an(? !eKarded as
■ " ■ -— «•— '* s iui imn.r ^ lfje the prettiest anrl most charm-
i ng of Norman's v< ung ladies. Few
a /oung people of Norr-v are more
# popular tli i M ■ Harrold,
« and a world of friends wil! extend
'ongatulations
MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT
. ,, . • , . , ...^ • I The beautiful Arbuckle mountaii-
At the high school auditorium on
■'riday night, May 14th, the east skle >f southern Oklahoma, the wonderf>
nd west side schools—Jefferson and j geological laboratory of the geologist
Vashington—will give a musical en- of the University of Oklahoma, will bo
ertainment under the management of | the objective point of one hundred and
Miss Etta Alexander, who has had, ten students of that science on May C,
barge of the music department the; 7 and 8 These mountains are said t<
>ast year. The children have made jontain more geological possibilities
treat progress under her instruction, for the study of science than any otli
ind an excellent entertainment is as- \ ers in the United States. They have
sured. Admission "411 be 15 and 25 | een the object of study and extensive
••ents, the proceeds to go towards a i investigation by a number of noted
fund for the purchase of victrolas for . -ists. Tho geologv students and
the ward schools. The children should \ he!r instructors make semi-annual
be encouraged by b ;ng given a larg« fr ps to these mountaions where they
audience. dy the icienc it fin* hand.
j Two special coaches, complete camp-
—Sheet music of the latest popular paraphernalia and scientific
11CM Uliliuaj to " ""J
millions of men and women, boys and
girls, will wear a white flower in hon-
or of mother. It is a beautiful cus-
tom and worthy of perpetuation.
Is ti
"STOP THIEF"
■ Fumest Storv in
Five Act Comedy
Film
school hour Prof. G! H. Smith will ond wife. She was a good woman and
make a special Mother's Day address highly respected. A boy by his first
to his large class of young men. At | wife, and a five-months ola babe by:
the morning service the pastor will; this Mrs. Ward are the only children.
liossar.1 had_arousea cunu aj, u .- i „"ea™on "Mother" All the members' Ward will be arraigned in Judge
ing with the unreal and prophetic, f th Sunday school and congregation: Linton's court tomorrow (Thursday)
reality^ AU are urged to be present,and to wear a | morning at^o'clock. I, ,s bebeved
University Theatre Tonight
equipment have lieen supplied the stu-
dents for the spring excursion.
♦♦>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦
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YOU NEVER SAW ♦
A Better Balanced Cast or a ♦
Bett r Tol I 8tory Than ♦
"STOP THIEF" ♦
I's An Uproar ♦
University Theatre Tonight ♦
—Canna Bulbs, 50 cents per dozen,
at Levy's greenhouse.
left with an honest desire
again
to
"call i white flower for Mother.
R. L. OWNBEY.
be
Elkay's Straw Ilat Cleaner makes
old hats new. Mayfield's.
—Watch for the opening. Rucker's.
—The season is here for summer
he will waive preliminary trial, or,
plead alcoholic insanity and <*o before
the insanity board. The funeral of
Mrs. Ward is to be held at Noble this
afternoon.
When Ward was seeking release
. , I -The season is here for summer , f|.om the ,um two ye,trg ag0t lt was
—Let us give you figures on paint-1 goods and we want to show them to inted out emphatically hy Sheriff
ing, decorating and papering your| you at less money than any store ln t pickard and County Attorney Grigsby
home. Anderson & Cousins, 110 South j Norman. Call and see and get y°ur j an(j many physicians that men with;
Peters. Phone 350. btoom free. Rucker s. j this homicidial mania when in their
^^^were wild beasts and must be re-1
This deplorable happening
WBATHER FOR COMING WEEK
The weather forecast for the week;
■nnr •• Wednesday. May 5, g en
t -v the U S Weather BCreau at
.nhmgton, D. G.: .
For west Gulf State?, including
u::.->iar,.f, Arkansas, Oklahoma and
■ Showery weather early in the;
be followed by generally
er for four or five days. :
nperature will be seasonable. (
CITY LOANS
Call on us, we have plenty of money all the time to build
new homes or modernize your old home.
VINCENT & WEIR
PHONE 50
strained.
tion.
D
MARRIED: At the parsonage of
First Christian church, with Rev.
,\ Wi'ckizer officiating, the mar-
Bkraiu<m. *•■"> m-m.-.-b , ■ f j j.' Pea rev end MlM
has certainly bourne out their conten-; , . . „ . ole.Anized last even-
x 1 in" in the presence of ? few intimate
friends Both have been connected
"STOP THIEF"
The story of two self-con-
fessed Kleptomaniacs, two real
crooks, and a double wedding.
Lots of fun.
University Theatre Tonight
th the State Hospital for some
month-, end have numerous friends to!
wish them everv hi*npi >M8. The bride
< a daughter of M■' and Mrs. it, J.
!. vii and has grown to womanhood)
in Norman where she has many warm.
friends
* . ♦
* WHAT'S A KLEPTOMANIAC? *
—Lots of brooms and bargains atj#
Rucker's Clean Sweep Sale. Havt STOP l'l,i| A
you got your part of them? * ' i ' omedv _
' ;♦ University Theiitre Tonight •]
—Try a Classified Liner in the *
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