The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 76, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 21, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1
Best Advertising
Medium in Town
The Daily Transcript
Local News
While It's Fresh
VOLUME V.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1917.
NUMBER 76.
Special at Berry's
Supreme Hams, best quality
per lb. 29c
Border Queen Flour,
per sack $3.25
Irish Potatoes
per peck 60c
Quart Mason Jars,
dozen 75c
Half Gallon Jars
dozen 85c
1889 R. C. BERRY1917
mMO
Linoleum For
The Farm Home
Fireworks Galore
Rainy day« on the farm
don't bother the house-wife
when her floors are cover-
ed with
ARMSTRONG'S .
LINOLEUM
Mud from soiled boots limply
will track up the kitchen and
dining-room floor, but never
mind, linoleum is easy to clean
and your floor it soon spicand
span again.
Cama in and it* I ha ottrac-
tiva Palltrnt wa art tfferint.
Wt kuvt dtiigm tuilabh far
avery room in Iht Mama.
Believing that no time could be
more opportune for a patriotic dem-
onstration than the present, the
management of Belle Isle Park, Ok-
lahoma City, has arranged for a aer-
ies of pyrotechnic displays to be
staged at the lakeside and on a plat-
form in the center of the lake, Wed-
nesday, Friday and Sunday nights
(August 22, 24 and 26).
Each of these demonstrations con-
stitutes a complete program; not a
jumble of odd-and-end fireworks
picked up anywhere. Three programs
will be put on by a fireworks com-
pany. In each there will be two out-
standing features: The Curtain of
Fire and a patriotic tableau. The
former is an exact reproduction of the
peculiar mode of warfare brought in-
to existence by geniuses of the Great
War. At Belle Isle it will operate over I
a frontage of 300 feet. The tableau—
a different one for each night—will
be elaborate sets in which from a
dozen to twenty people are used, set
off by pyrotechnic splendor and
against a patriotic background of fire.
This fireworks display, as is the
case with others now taking place in
the United States, has the approba-
tion of the government. The Council
of Defense has said all along that it
will encourage the continuation of
celebrations, state fairs and carnivals.
Uncle Sam himself is about to launch
in the show business. Shooting of
fireworks is not a waste of powder.
Even if it were sheer loss of material,
it would not be a waste, as demonstra-
tion is a vital factor in the success of
/. M. JACKSON
THE HOME OF THE HOOSIER
COME OVER
w
Where Prices
Are Down
NEW AND
SECOND HAND
FURNITURE
STOVES
and everything-.
J. Ross Bridgewater
Phone 423
203 W. Main
No Grist Today
The Local Exemption Board Is
Catching Up With It* Work—
List of Those to Appear
Thursday.
I The local exemption board had no
I candidates notified to appear today,
land are catching up with their work.
I Another list of names will be certified
this evening, and it is believed that
j from the 50 who will appear Wed-
nesday for examination (Nos. from
425 to 475) and the 50 that are in-
structed to come on Thursday, August
j 23rd, the full 151 men can be secured.
It is probable more than 151 names
will be certified, to cover any ex-
emptions that may be made by the
state board or that may be exempted
j for other causer
The list of names of those instruet-
j ed to appear for examination on
Thursday (from Nos. 475 to 523) is as
follows:
I Edward Harmon, Tribbey, R. 3.
I Frank Davis, Lexington.
| Jerry Nemecek, Noble, R. F. D.
John G. Vickers, Norman.
Evan A. Jones, McComb, R. 1.
Ike B. Patton, Norman.
Dortis R. Stogner, Norman.
Lawrence E. Trout, Ponca City.
Elmer W. McCoy, Norman.
John R. Clanton, Norman.
Charles M. Stephenson, Norman.
Warden F. Rollins, Norman, R. 7.
Ernest W. Bolding, Lexington, R. 3.
Elvis B. Whitwell, Norman.
Willard H. Campbell, Norman.
Tom Blackwell, Lexington.
Dixie Johnson, Newalla, Okla.
John G. Wynne, Newalla, R. 3.
Edgar G. McPherson, Norma.l.
Milus E. Magers, Lexington
Albert M. Pigg, Boynton, Okla.
Leroy Stephens, Norman, R. 4.
Early J. Black, Lexington.
Jasper Emerson, Moore, R. 2.
Ben t. Sutterfield, Lexington, R. 2
Lucian Q. Campbell, Norman.
Jacob A. Mull, Moore.
John C. Avent, Newalla, R. 2.
Richard B. Knight, Norman.
Bum B. Leverich, Moore, R. 1.
Earl C. Patterson, Moore, R. 3.
James L. Waggoner, Noble, R. 2.
E. Shaw Anthony, Norman.
Adlia D. Hill, Norman, R. 1.
James B. Redwine, Norman.
Rex. Abbott, Trousdale, Okla.
Raymond H. Goodrich, Norman.
Warren C. Cable, Nortnan, R. 7.
Obie Coleman, Lexington.
Albert J. Henry, Norman, R. 6-
Wm. H. Ford, Moore, R. 2.
Jake A. Phelps, Lexington.
Avial O. Barnard, Norman, R. 3.
*Guy A. Oliphant, Noble.
Leo G. Sherman, Norman.
Tracey Sprowls, Noble, R. 2.
Ray C. Holseim, Norman, R. 6.
John D. Pambago, Lexington.
Arthur J. May, Noble, R. 1.
The Pope's Note
Who Wrote the Pope's Peace Pro-
posals?—Interesting Story
of Its Origin.
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♦ In view of the fact that ♦
♦ the Pope's peace proposals ♦
♦ have been met with much ♦
♦ favor by the Prussian and ♦
♦ Austrian governments, lead- ♦
♦ ing to the thought that such ♦
♦ proposals were inspired by ♦
♦ the Kaiser and his advisers, ♦
♦ the following story is of inter- ♦
♦ est. It comes to the Chicago ♦
♦ Herald as a special telegram ♦
♦ from Berne, Switzerland. ♦
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Berne, Aug. 19.--While the pope's
note is dated from the Vatican it is
avowed here that it was drafted at the
Roman Catholic monastery at Einaie-
dein, where Prince Von Buelow, Herr
Erzberger, Baron Von Ritten, the
Bavarian minister to the Vatican;
Baron Muhlberg, the Prussian minis-
ter to the Vatican, and the father
general of the Jesuits, an Austrian
subject, have a council chamber. I
Though the pope is nominally re-1
sponsible for the note, it is believed j
that it emanated from Austria and'
the German Center party, and dates
back to about a mont ago when Herr
Erzberger was in Switzerland. It will
be recalled that at the time he ex-
pressed t he opinion to a repre-
sentative of the Neu Zuricher
Nachrichten, the Swiss organ of
the German Center party, that
he could only have a short con-
versation with Balfour or Lloyd
George peace negotiations would
come about almost immediately.
That Germany expected the next
step is suggested by the fact that
several editors of leading German
Aviation School
Lawton, Okla., Aug 19.—Within
_ „ , thirty days' time the two-squadron
any war. But as a matter of fnet, fire-1 iation ,choo] ,t Fort sffl wi„
works manufactures do not use the completed. A carloaH of aircraft ar.
kind of explosives tha, u,ye any use rjved at Fort sj|| tod three of
whatever in war. It would be a back- Llve hans,ers are up and ^ car.
ward army that with black powder- | penters worked a„ day gunday erect_
and that is what goes mto fireworks L more buildingg. Forty cara of
And it is from an accumulated store ,umber arriye each day and ghiftg|
newspapers arrived in Berne this
week. One of the best known of them,
j in conversation with a Swiss editor,
'declared quite frankly that Germany
j must have peace before winter or
perish.
"If England really means to con-
tinue this war until peace can be
dictated by the Allies," he said,
"Germany is lost."
Austrian and German peace plotting
is proceeding in Switzerland to an in-
credible extent. All the German con-
trolled organs are full of articles
dealing with one or another aspect of
peace, which is always represented as
near as possible.
New peace papers and peace pam-i
phlets are continually appearing. Last
week the first number was issued of
Die Verschung, a weekly periodical
styling itself the organ of the head-
quarters for peace efforts. Its pub-
lisher is a Dr. Charles Hartmann,
who sometimes claims American and
sometimes French citizenship, but is
believed to be a hyphenated American.
A French edition of this paper is soon
to appear in Geneva.
1917-FALL and WINTER-1917
Palmer's Suits and Coats
The lady who cares can't
afford to delay her se-
lection. We are showing
all the styles—our entire
stock of these garments
being a showing of the
very latest designs, pre-
senting a distinct individ-
uality of its own.
Get Correctly Attired
in one of
PALMER'S
CELEBRATED
SUITS or COATS
RI irKF.RN The Busy Store
—Tom E. Smith ftuys Lots: Mr.
Tom E. Smith has purchased the four
M. E. Church, South, lots on the cor-
ner of South Peters and Eufaula
streets, right across from the court
of black powder that fireworks are > j j • l* i j-
. - - work day and night, unloading same.;, ^ , .„ . ... i,.,* I
made. 1 . L. . , • . , ...4 house, and will build upon them, but,
The'displays at Belle Isle will be I .. lon sc 00 consis s 0 1 y-1 probably not until next spring. He i*ot j
staged by Martin's Fireworks Com-1 .'^OOO o'oo'"^ ° ' * approxlma y>them very reasonable, paying only
pany, a concern that in the manufac-1 ' ' $800 for the four, but, of course, as
ture and arrangement of pyrotechnic jsumes the paving indebtedness. He is
programs has equalled if not sur- —Special Clean-Up Sale all this,having them cleared off and will set;
passed Pain. j week at Rucker's. I them out to trees and shrubbery.
Teachers Wanted
Requests and inquiries for teachers
are coming into the state office of
State Superintendent R. H. Wilson
from many places over the state, oc-
casioned by the departure for training
camps, or the draft into the army ser-
vice of teachers. From Sayre, in
Beckham county, comes a request for
six teachers. Especially are vacan-
cies in the teaching force to be found
in high schools of the state, where
many of the teachers joined the offi-
cers' training camps, and been ac-
cepted.
Many of the better schools in the
country lost teachers in the draft. It
is said that a great many of the
women teachers have taken up the
Red Cross work. Time for beginning
schools over the state is not far off,
and it is expected that many calls
for teachers will be made, as it has
been urged that there is no occasion
at the present at least for delay or
suspension in any line of education.
—U. S Tubbs, the popular Norman
grocer, is home from a week's visit
with relatives near Kansas City,
especially an enjoyable visit with his
sister, where he had good fishing and
the best of good eats.
943,141 Men
There are today 943,141 men in the
armed forces of the United States—
all volunteers.
Since the declaration of war, ap-
proximately 1,300,000 men have of-
fered themselves for service in the
fighting forces of the country. During
the time this country has been a
belligerent 121,514 men have volun-
teered for service in the Navy and
Marine Corps and been accepted. In
the Reerular Army the increase since
April 1 by volunteer enlistment has
been 190,347, and in the National
Guard 136,998, a total of 327,345 en-
listments in the Army branches, and
a grand total of 448,859 in both Army
and Navy. Even this figure does not
include all who have been accepted
for service since the United States
entered the war, for there have been
additions to the various reserve corps,
but these figures are not all available.
The largest single item is that of the
27,341 men recently commissioned
from the officers' training camps.
W. O. W. Warriors
It is the intention of the lodges of
the W. O. W. in the counties of Ok-
lahoma, McClain, Pottawatomie anf
Cleveland to keep in touch with their
members who go into the army,
and assist in every way towards their
comfort. To this end, District Deputy
John A. Fox is having the following
resolution adopted by all the lodges
under his jurisdiction:
"Resolution presented by J. A.
Fox, and adopted by Norman Camp
No. 154; That they instruct the
secretary of Norman Camp No. 154 to
get the address of every member of
lour camp who joins the Navy or
I Army, and it was further resolved
I that we make arrangements to send
; our local and organization papers to
the boys in the Army and Navy ser-
vice, and other tokens of our esteem
and appreciation of the services they
| are rendering our country. It was
'further resolved that we ask our
Sovereign Commander, W. A. Frasier, I
to take this matter up with the differ-1
ent camps of our society, and let us I
all work together for the benefit and j
pleasure of our boys who have to
fight for our homes. We further ask.
all members of our camp who have
;oined the army to keep our secretary
posted in regard to their where-
abouts."
Bounty for Rabbits.
"Bread can be bought with the
bounty money and the rabbit itself
will make tha meat to go with the
bread." This is the situation, viewed
by the county commissioners of Wood-
ward county, when they this week
offered a bounty of five cents each for
rabbit's ears. The last legislature
passed a law authorizing the offer-
ing of bounty for rabbits, hawks,
crows, and other crop destroying
pests. The offering of the county for
rabbits' ears, however, has a two-
fold purpose. There will no doubt be
a scarcity of meat this year, and kill-
ing the rabbits will offer an oppor-
tunity to get both bread and meat.
It is only necessary for the hunter to
bring the ears into the county clerk
as testimony that the rabbits have
been slain. The carcass of the animal
the hunter may keep, and this will
furnish him with meat.
Liberty Theatre
The work of remodeling the Franing opera house is ad-
vancing rapidly and our show will open Saturday, Sept. 1st with
matinee in afternoon and two shows at night. The name
"Liberty" has been suggested to us as appropriate for the
times, and we intend to give the show-going people of Norman
an even chance to get value received for their money.
Programs for the show will appear in advance and the
popular prices of five and ten cents admittance will be charged.
Wm. Ward, Manager
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♦ THE WAR OF ALL NATIONS ♦
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Booms away and still you
are interested in home affairs
and mid-west events. Take
your home paper—The Trans-
cript—and the Weekly Kansas
City Star and keep up also on
the big war news.
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Many nations at war, mil-
lions of armed men involved,
greatest navies of the world
concerned, the very face of the
earth may be changed—and
you and your folks will want
to know all about it. Send,
bring or mail us $1.50 to your
home paper—The Norman
Transcript.
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next week.
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Laundry
Phone 71
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