The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 156, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 8, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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NORMAN. OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8. 11117
NUMBER 151.
STRSGKEM HALIFAX
SOUTAR-DAVIDSON
COLDEST OF WINTER
HEREFORDS SELL HIGH
Prof. Richard G. Soutar, professor! —
A Having Blizzard Adds to the List ! 0f physical education at the Universi-1 From all parts of the country come:
of Deaths—2,"00 Dead and 3,000 ^ an,l Miss Myra E. Davidson, a e\vs of the worst spell of weather we
Injured.—Bitter Wind and Blinding freshman in the college of arts and have had this winter, and in tin north
Snow Adds to l'light of Survivors. j sciences, were married at the bride's, it is especially severe. The cold sleet
SEAL CAMPAIGN
OF BED CROSS
HALIFAX, Dec. 8.—Stricken Hali-
fax was swept tonight by a raging
blizzard So fierce was the storm that
rescue workers were forced to sus-
pend their operations in the devastat-
ed section. It is believed certain that
all the injured buried under the ruins
of shattered buildings have perished
of cold and hunger.
Battered by a bitter wind and blind-
ing snow, the plight of the survivors
4)f yesterday's holocaust is little short
Of desperate. The windows aP<l doors
of virtually every house in the city !
were shattered by the explosion which i
wrecked the Richmond section and de-,
vastated a large part of th<; water,
front, ! That the Italians are being hard
' Improvised barricades of boards pressed by the enemy in greatly su-
give little protection against the ele- i perior numbers and in gun power is
n.entf «Yld attempts to heat buildings indicated by the latest official com
into which the snow is steadily drift- munication.
ing are hopeless.
City Again In Darkness.
The city is again in darkness to-
night except for the illumination af-
home on College avenue on Saturday j that commenced Friday morning was
morning, Dec. 8, 1917, Rev. V. C. Ifollawed in the afternoon by a snow-
Griffith, Rector of St. Paul's Episco- J ladened blizzard with the wind blow-
pal church officiating. The young i ing fifty-two miles an hour, which
couple left at noon for Waco, Tevas! about dark seemed the most severe,
to visit Mr Soutar's brother, who is' getting into all the nooks andcrerices
in training there, and from Waco will J and making it very uncomfortable,
go to Wisconsin to spend the Christ | The thermometer ranged from about
mas holidays with his parents Mr. and 110 degrees above at midnight last
Mrs. Soutar will be "at home" in Nor-1 night to zero about daylight Saturday
man after the holidays. They are pop- ( morning. All the trains were late, and
ular young people and begin their'some of them laid out altogether, the j
married life with the earnest good! 9:50 train today being consolidated!
fishes of many friends, [with the 12:45 (noon) train. Tele-1
| phone and telegraph wires were down [
'nnrl ivnnaral Horn r rf
T. E Smith is in receipt of a tele
s gram from J. A. Smalley, who is in
Chicago attending the Fat Stock
snow stating that at the sale of fifty I Fditor Daily Transcript:
Herefords there on Friday the av^r Th(, sch(10, chiWren of Norman hav.
age price paid was $1,802.00. One bull certajn|v foufrht K00j fi„ht ,Ulrin,,
calf sold by Mr. Smith to N. D. Pike , (he past W(,ek in {hp R(1(1 Cro„:; Scal
some months ago for $2..0 ("\ernet ^ ampaien with M))em|;d ri,su|[,. if
Fairfax") brought $875. The top ofa)| workc, ag ,oyaUy am, as w(|ple.
the sale was brought by a bull offered heartC(„y as thc ,hilllri.n thor, would
by ^ Oiis; of Kansas C ity, the price ^ ,10 ils to who would win the
being $.11,000. This bull was a prize jWBf |hat J( wou,(| b(, won <oon
winner of two seasons, and was regis- Thjs .. Qne p,a(.e wht,re thu
tered as "Ardmore." It would seem
as if there is a good demand for
Jlerefords.
DICKERS0N DIVORCE
; Judge J. B. Dudley, acting as at-
torney for Mrs. Madge Dickerson, has
filed a petition in the district court
f asking a divorce for his client from
Cecil R. Dickerson on thc grounds of
cruelty and non-support. She also ask-
I the custody of their child, alimony
! and division of the property, a re-
j straining order preventing the defen-
dant disposing of it pending the out-
i come of the suit, and that a receiver
j be appointed to take charge of the
I property.
WAR SUMMARY
—Born: Dr. G. M. Clifton reports
the following births during the la**
few days: On Tuesday, « fir>6 girl to amounts said by
, Mr. anil Mrs. I'r'iry Kasbaum: on sei" red the sale
and general demoralization was thc j a bounoinK boy to Mr. a„d
i result. However, when we think of thc , Mk H(,nry Foree; on Thursday, a
war
This is one piuce wnere mu cnuureu i
can do much in Ked Cross work, and —Mrs. C. S. Walker is home from
every child is doing her part cr his visit with her father, Mr. John Clay
part as is shown by the results of thiton, at Calumet. Okla.
sale.
. Try Johnson's Anti-Freeze in yon
We nave not been able to net uiC ]
very room, but have
from most of them
Radiator—one application is suffic
for whole winter.—Minteer Hwde.
forded by a scanty supply of oil lamps
and unless these are carefully screened
they are extinguished as soon as light-
ed by the gale which whistles through
the crude shutters.
Only a small percentage of the
buildings have even this slight pro-
tection from the storm.
The sufferings of those who escaped 1
Dy the j
terrible suffering of the poor people I fin(, 10.pound boy to Mr. and Mrs. 11
of Halifax, where a blizzard of great w Bates_ an(, on Fri(iayi a charming
little girl to Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
Jones.
Additional gains have
been made by the invaders in the Asia-
go plateau region, but again a heavy
price in men killed or wounded was
paid by the attacking forces. At last
accounts the Italian line still was in-
tact and the way barred against thc
enemy debauching on the \ enetian
I plain.
I The Berlin was office in an an-1
] nouncement of fresh victories achieved j
j against the Italians asserts 4,000 ad- j
ditional men have been made prison-j
' ers, bringing the total since the new
offensive began up to 15,000.
injury have been increased oy the j ()n]y minor operations are in pro_
fact that every available blanket, quilt j on thc othcr battle fronts
and comfort has been requistioned for ; The cesaatj0n of hostilities along the
the hundreds of injured in the tem- eastern front has now extended to
porary hospitals. I that part of the line held by the Ru-
Many of these are so gravely I manjuns. An official communication
wounded their only hope lies in the lrom jassyi the Rumanian capital,
best of care. Serious fears are felt j says that as a result of the Russians
that cold, shock and exposure will re- j having proposed an armistice to the
suit in an outbreak of pneumonia. j ,.nemy) it has been decided that the
One Wire Tells Story i Rumanians should associate them-
A single telegraph wire, bending j selves with the Russians and that
dangerously in the storm, offered ■ therefore fighting has ceased. The
Halifax only a precarious means of , Rumanians, however, have declined all
communication with the outside world, j enemy attempts to fraternize.
and it was feared momentarily that j
this line would snap.
At best it gave only a halting con-
nection with other points. !
Telegraph and telephone compan-! Tllelc a ^ of Let >°i},e u""
, , , ft , t i confined in Stillwater on Thanks-
les are making desperate efforts to!l^".""c ,
.... , . giving, outlined m the Gazette as iol-
provide a makeshift service, but the p h'
work is beset with great difficulties.' °^s' . . ...
e j Thanksgiving day closed in Still-
While many generous offers of ma- . 7 ,
x . , .. . " , . . , water with the greatest demonstration
tenal relief has been received and . . . „ .. ,
^ . , . , .. of unrestrained joy. ror the first
trainloads of supplies are on the way, I . . . ,,
. ' . time in many years thc bell on
the specter of famine was near to-,
.. Central
night, for if the storm continues it I
may seriously interfere with railroad 1
and the names of the winning pupils.
On the east side, Miss Helms' room
! leads with $12.50 sold. Miss Wickizer's
I room comes next with $10.50. Ralph
Reed, Virgil Oliphant and Le< Delle
j Schriver tying for largest sa'cs of
als in their rooms.
Miss Martha Taylor's room
$8.00, with Harold McCoy lei
rest of them.
Of the west side schools, Miss Crai-
le's room sold $20.85, Nellie Brawley
leading with 385 seals, and Josephine
Paxton second with 285. Miss Bess
McMillan's room sold $0.20, Mary Vir-
1 ginia Maloy leading with largest sales,
sold | Miss Larkin's room sold $27.00, Helen
liner, j Eastland selling 280 and Florabellu
proportions is raging, adding greatly
to the sufering of the wounded in that
stricken city, we certainly have noth-
ing to complain of. 44 Men's all-wool Suits go 011 sale
The weather indications for tonight | next Wednesday at Rucker's.
and Sunday are: Warmer, with ris-1 — having sold 200. Miss Phinney's roo n Mitchell 257. Miss Bobo's room sold
ing temperature. Sunday fair and We ha^ a con,pUt' . fj ! sold $7.97, with Charlie Stogner lead- U15.OO, Marguerite Norwood selling
warmer." Really blizzardy days 'lo with 125. Mi-. Capshaw's roon,aml Dlhy Tucker a c,oSe s,
not last lonpr in this latitucfe. not more '$7.52, David Lindsay winner with T2ft. | ond with 195. Miss Olander's room
than 48 hours at the most, and we may | we- °- ! Miss Holland's room $7.52. with John j sold $30.86, with Dick and Dorothy
—Marriage license was issued on | Mc-Farland winning with 200 seals. I Downing tying for first place, each
Friday to Jos. W. Mitchell, 41, ofjoarroll Seawell selling 180 and Otho j having sold 500 seals. Mr. Elliot has
Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. Ethel Mitch- Seawright 129. | not yet reported on his room.
expect good weather by tomorow.
NORMAN ROY WRITES
I eli, 37, of Strong City, Okla.
A. &,M. CELEBRATED
"Old
building at the college was
traffic.
There
enough food on hand fori
A. and M. beat O. U. in the football
game at Oklahoma City, 9 to 0
Too good to be true? That's what
immediate needs, but it will last only I,. everybody in stillwater thought
a short time unless additional supplies !hen thp news first came They
are received. I couldn't believe it.
Bodies Buried Under Debris But jt wag true! A & jyj woni an(j
As the day wore on the immensity | won on its merits
of the disaster increased rather than j (;0ach Pitchard's men vanquished O.
diminished. Hundreds of bodies werejy a shutout!
taken to the morgues and rescue i news quickly spread in Stillwat-
squads were constantly finding new |er( an(j wben folkg were convinced that
victims buried under tons of debris |tbey ba(j not bcen misinformed, en-
until the blizzard forced them to cease jthusiasm ran wild. Whistles
work. There is every reason to be- j b)0wn, bells pealed, and there
lieve that many more will be recover- jshouts of joy in the streets,
ed. j Thc special train bearing the vie-
No concerted effort has been madeitorious team and the college rooters
as yet to compile a list of the dead and Stillwater fans did not arrive un-
but every effort is being made to til 3 o'clock a. m. Friday, but even at
identify those who perished. ithat unearthly hour there was a big
The condition of many of the bodies jcrowd at the station to meet it, and the
makes this exceedingly difficul: and a j noise of the early evening was as
large proportion of those who lost nothing to that which then ensued, j
their lives will be buried as "name-1 Guns were fired, peons of praise were:
less dead." There is no reason, how- sung, and three big bonfires were built
Dr. and Mrs. H. G. Goodrich arc in
receipt of the following from their
son Raymond, now at Camp Travis:
San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 1, 1917.
Dr. H. G. Goodrich, Norman. Okla.
Dear Dad: Thought I would write
you a few lines tonight. I am still in
quarintine, and will be until perhaps
Christmas, so you see I will not get
to come home, as I thought perhaps I
would. We had a pretty good Thanks-
giving dinner, but the minus of cool I
weather made it seem unreal.
I never have told you much about |
the functions of the signal corrs. The
signal corps performs the same func- |
tion in the military world as does the
telephone or telegraph in the com-
mercial world. We keep the line of
communication in good condition be-
tween the immediate firing line and
the base headquarters.
We use telephones, telegraphs, wire-
less, buzzers, heliographs, carbide
lanterns, flash lights, search lights,
sky rockets, flags and any other ap-
paratus that can be used to signal
with. The signal corps is the nighest
branch of the army, and perhaps the
most interesting. At present my busi-
ness is company mechanic. I mend or
fix anything that gets out of com-
mission, such as the above named in-
struments. I am supposed to know a
little about them all.
Listen, I get $36.00 per month; sub-
tract $6.50 for insurance. $1.50 for
laundry, 30c for soap, 5c for paper
towels, $3.00 for canteen, each month.
I have a $5.00 trunk, a $5.00 hat, two
$8.50 kahki suits of clothes, as the
ones issued me did not fit me by any
means. Now the above named expen-
—A marriage license was issued
this (Saturday) morning to Richard
Gray Soutar, and Miss Myra E. Dav-
idson, both of Norman.
Miss Foster's room sold $6.13. Leon | Watch the Transcript next Satur-
Cheatwood leading with 100. Miss day to see who is ahead on sales of
Wingate's room sold $6.25. Miss Ber- individual seals and what rooms are in
Tavlor's room has not reported, line lor the pennant.
know it was well up with the I COUNTY CHAIRMAN.
nice
but we
were | spg were necessary. I have not named
were such things as pictures and othcr lit-
tle odds and ends. The rest I surpos
I have spent, I do not want you to
have to pay my debts, so wili begin
next pay-day by sending what I can
spare without taking too much from
my own change.
I would like to be there when you
kill the pig, as I always did like to
see fresh meat of our own.
I have gained about eight or ten
pounds since I came here. I have not
dead and 3,000 injured.
ever, to change the estimate of 2,000 iin the streets. .
The irony of this great victory lay !had ^ trouble wlth anybody or any-
in the state of mind of the home peo-
ple. For fifteen years A. and M. has
been engaging in the annual contest
with O. U., and not until within the
last five years has she even scored, but
she has always lived in hopes. Last
year A. and M. went down to the city
with a great crowd of rooters and the
WAISTS
We purchased the entire
stock of the Olian Mfg. Co.
This is one of the best
Waist manufacturers. We
got a special price and can
astonish you on the real
values we can offer you in
these Waists.
$3.95 to $9.50
RUCKER'S
thing as yet, so you need not worry
about me. I must close this lettei ;
it is getting late, As ever.
RAYMl >ND
I'. S. Thanks for the box of eats.
—The McCarty family, formerly of
Moore, had a family reunion at Okla
| band, carrying the slogan, "Hang it on j homa City on Thursday. The New
jO. U.!" They came back beaten and i says: "Capt. Claud B. McCartney has
I without enthusiasm. This year there | returned to Camp McArthur after
was no such bouyant hope. War con- four days' leave/ He was honor guest
jditions had apparently spoiled all pos- four days' elave. He was honor guest
sibility of raising a stronger team •. at a family reunion, at the home of
than before. Nearly all the old play- bjs brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs
ers had gone into the service; the 1917 J j}oscoe j, McCartney. In attendance
team was made up of comparative no- were his father, John A. McCartney
Ivices. But under the direction of Capt. ; an(j iyjr an(] Mrs. B. Lou McCartney
iGallapher they proved to be the real j 0ctav.ja Neb., Mr. and Mrs. Al H. Mc
stuff, as O. U. found out to her cost. ! Cartney and family, and Earl J. Mc-1
] It was a glorious victory! Cartney, Tulsa, Mrs. Claud McCart-,
is at home after two months at j
Closing Out
OF GENTS' FURNISHINGS—
Desiring to engage in another line of business, I am ottering my
very elegant and up-to-date stock ot
Gents' Furnishing Goads
at extremely low fiKures. The line is recognized by everybody as the
most elegant in Norman, and contains many articles that will be
Splendid Christmas Gifes for Men and Boys
Note a few of our prices, and don't fail to call and see the stock.
It will be sure to please you.
H i rrio $1.50 Jersey Gloves HOSE
fleece lined $1.15
Hats 82 25 81 75 Jersey G,ove8' 25C J?0**' 2 PiUr £
*Jo5 I'ats 82.50 fleece lined 81-35 35c Hose
$2.00 Jersey Gloves, « 0c I,ose
CAPS fleece lined $150 60c Hose 45c
_ $2.50 Jersey Gloves, curp
$4.50 Fur Caps 83.00 f|eece lined 81.85 SW LA 1 LK
75c Caps ^®c $3.00 Jersey C.olves ^ 53 00 Au wool jersey sweater 82.2.">
$1.00 Caps fleece lined 82.25 $2'5# AJ, w(K)1 jersey sweater $1.75
$1.25 Caps 85c , , .,r.-u .
$1.50 caPs 8i o° SHIRTS BELTS
$1.75 Caps sl-25 .
$2.00 Caps 81.40 $1.25 Shirts • 30c lU-lts
$1.50 Shirts 81.00 ^ Bp|u 60«-
RAIN COATS 81.75 Shirts 81 25 ^ ^ 75e
$2.00 Shirts $1.50
$8.00 Rain Coats 85.50 $2 50 shir,„ $1.85 82.00 Centime sterling silver
lM,,u OAKtfC $3.00 Shirts 82.00 buckle 81-50
ISA 1 ti IVUIjEjO $4.50 Shirts 83-00 §1.75 Genuine sterling silver
,, . „ . ei on $5.00 Shirts 83.25 b $f.3.%
«5-'° ^ $6.00 Shirts 83.50
$60° °r stll All Starch Collars 15c. 2 for 25c TIES
$8.00 Bath Robes $o.7o ^ ^ ^ 2#c 2
$10.00 Bath Kohes S7.00 ^ 35c 65c Bul| i,0K Suspenders . . . 45e
All soft collars, 20c grade. ... 15c r,0c Ties 35c
50c Jersey Gloves, fleece lined 10c UNION SUITS j10Q .pieH 65c
$1.00 Jersey Gloves. 81^0 Union Suits Sl.l > " s, 00
fleece lined 85c $2.00 Union Suits $1..> 81.50 T
$1.25 Jersey Gloves. 82.50 Union Suits 81.75 $2.00 Tie* 81.40
fleece lined 81.0" $3.50 Wool Union Suits $2.25 $2.50 Ties $l.hi>
Lots of other things that are not mentioned here. Every thing
goes. Come and buy your Christmas presents at a great saving.
E. J. OSTERHAUS
114 East Main Street West of R. D. Lindsay Drug Store
City Property and Farm Lands-See Pickard Real Estate Co., and Farm Loans
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