The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 27, 1918 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME VI.
Carrying the Full United Press Telegraphic Report
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY. AI'Kll. 2i, t'.'ts.
NUMBER 30.
OKLAHOMA BOYS AND GIRLS ARE HERE
Interscholastic Track and Field Meet Attracts
Large Crowds—Warm Welcome Given By
University—Results of the Contests
Over A. and M.
From the Oklahoma Daily:
More than 2,500 high school stu-1
dents from over the state witnessed Oklahoma Triumphs
the opening events of the fourteenth i ^ * __ _
annual inerscholastic meet here Fri-
day. Baseball and tennis preliminary
bouts were held preliminary to the
Oklahoma-Aggie field meet.
The men's voice contest was won
by Artells Dixon of Tulsa. Lew Child-
ers of Muskogee was the winner of
Teachers' Salaries
Raised 20 Per Cent
Oklahoma won the dual track and
field meet from the state Aggies on
Boyd field here Friday afternoon with
a score of 93 to 38. McC.ee won the
all-around athletic honors with 15
ers «>i wusMf^cc c o v..~ ,
the girl's voice contest. The current I points and was run a close second with
events contst was won by Audra Ray j 14 points to his credit.
of Enid, Grace Roe of Guthrie took I The Sooner relay broke the south-
first in piano, Thelma Roe placed first western record in the mile relay
in violin, Webber of Bartlesville won j against a stiff wind. The time 2:34
first in the art contest, Margaret Potts beat the previous record by two
of Bristow, won first honors in the
dramatic reading contest. Joe Graham
of Walters won the standard oration
contest, and Jerome Alexander of Ard-
seconds
In the high jump Fisher and Stokes
tied for first at 5 feet 10 inches and
the bar was lowered and Fisher won
&
more won the original oration con- the event when Stokes failed to clear
test Tusla girls' glee club won first the bar at 5 feet nine inches.
place and the Walters boys' glee club ( Crossing a white mark in the 220
toi-k first honors. Cecelia Conway, j yard dash about ten yards in front of
Muskogee, won class A bread baking j the finish line Jackson threw up his
contest, and Myrtle Shaw of Anadar- hands and quit running, and finished
ko, won the class B honors in the same behind McGee and Shaw but was
eVg„t awarded second by the judges.
Results of current publication con- Three Oklahoma men tied for first
test the grading given being on the I place in the pole vault. None of the
basis of 100 as a perfect score: ] Aggie men were able to go over the
Class A newspapers — Shawnee | bar at nine feet six and the Sooners
Caldron, first, 91 2-3 points; Chicka-1 called the event a tie rather than
sha Booster and Guthrie Royal Blue,' finish jumping.
tied for second, 71 2-3 points. j This was the third meet for the Ag-
Class A magainzes—Oklahoma City gies and the first one that they lost.
Student, first, 89 1-3 points; Muskogee This is the second meet for the Okla-
Scout second, 86 1-3 points; Enid homans and their second victory, hav-
ing won from the Texas track men on
The facts and figures concerning
the John Hicks case and that of Bryan
Trueblood and others brought out by
the investigation of the Council of
Defense, in which it was conclusively
shown that Attorney Thos. W. May-
field had taken fees to act as attorney
for registrants to assist them to evade
the draft created a profound sensation
in official circles in Oklahoma City,
and as a result it is now said that
Mr. Mayfield may be "called to the
colors," and investigations made of
other registrants who have been plac-
ed in deferred classifications. The fol-
lowing extracts from the Oklahoma
City Times and Oklahoman indicate
the moves on foot:
An attempt will be made by
Governor Williams to have Thos.
W. Mayfield, Norman attorney,
drafted into the army and sent to
training camp at once. The gov-
ernor instructed Adj. Gen. E. H.
Gipson today to investigate May-
field's status in the draft.
Mayfield was accused yesterday
by the Cleveland county council
of defense of accepting fees from
draft registrants to obtain de-
ferred classification for them
under the selective service. He
is said to have admitted accepting
$850 to obtain deferred classifica-
tion for one man and $350 from
another.
The possibility of bringing dis-
barment proceedings against May-
field was discussed today by Ok-
lahoma City members of the bar.
—Times.
List of Teachers Selected by the Nor-
man Board of Education for the
Coming School ^ear, With Salaries
City Supt. Edwards Given a
Three-Year Contract at $1,800.00
I'er Annum—Most ot the leachers
Retained lor Another Year
BULLETIN
GERM ANS CONTINUE THEIR ADVANCE
-The Germans claim to be within two
LONDON, April 27
miles of Ypres. . , , , . ,
The Berlin war office, in its day official statement yesterday,
declared that "the lartre crater of St. Eloi and the place itself, were
captured." St. Eloi is .just two miles directly south ot Ypres on
the road from Wytschaete.
. ; In storming Mont Kemmel and the village of Kemmel, the
lhe Norman Board of Education enemv a]s0 claimed to have progressed to Kemmel brook, half a
ft its meet ng this week, thoroughly i 'northwani. Allied prisoners taken Thursday were said to
realizing tnut the law of compensation g -qq
must be met, and feeling that the ' 'Marsy,a] uajK in his night report, said that fighting is
high cost Of living necessitated a con-con1inujnK on thl, wh0]t. front of the Lys river, from the neighbor-
sideiable raise in salaries of teach- ^00(j (Jf [)ranoutre to the Ypres-Comines canal, a distance ot about
seven miles. He admitted the capture of Dranoutre, Kemmel, and
I Mont Kemmel. Nine division (108,000 men) were used by the
enemy in Thursday's attack, he said. , A1 .
1 All German attacks in the region ol LaClytte and Mont
if competent and capable instruc
tors were to be retained, raised all
salaries twenty per cent, in addition
to giving old teachers the regular
$2.50 per month increase. City Sup
— • . - " 'scherpenberg were held but the British line was forced back m the
rintendent N. H. Edwards was unan- ■ (iirecu6n of Locre, a mile and a quarter west of Kemmel. and on
imously re-elected and contract tn" | both sides of the Ypres-Comines canal.
tered into with him for a three-year j jn pjcar,|Vi French and British forces hurled the Germans
^ek at some points in the neighborhood of Hangard-En-Santerro
and Hangard wood, Haig said. ..
The French office reported the re-capture ot most ol th«
ground recently lost between Villers-Bretonneux and a point south
term at a salary of $1,800.00 pera-
num. High school teachers holding ah
A. B. or B. S. degree were given a I
raise of twenty per cent, and those ^ ^
having an M. A. degree were given ^j-'Yhe Luce river—a front of probably five miles.
The This battle, it was said, is continuing "with exceptional vio-
lence. North of Hangard wood, seven successive German assaults
were completely repulsed. The town itself twice changed hands
Regarding this fighting south of the Somme Berlin said that
enemv attacks south of Villers-Bretonneux "failed with heavy
losses." THe prisoners taken around Hangard were said to total
2,400. German troops were claimed to have penetrated French
1 positions at Regnieville, six miles east of Seicheprey.
Quill, third, 78 1-3 points.
April 10.
The Events.
Class B newspapers—Guymon Pan-
handler, first, 71 1-3 points; Anadarko
Purple and White and El Reno Boom- ] One hundred yard dash, McGee. Ok-
er, tied for second, 71 points; P°nca j lahoma, first; Jackson, A. and M., sec-
City Poncan, third, 71 2-3 points; Che- j on(], g},aWi Oklahoma, third. Time
cotah Periscope, fourth, 68 points; ,0 3.5
Wewoka Little Tiger, fifth, 61 2-3, „a]f mj!e; jjiller, first, Oklahoma;
points. I Brewster, Oklahoma, second; Fetzer,
Class B magazines—Carrier Car-1 A an(, M j third. Time 2:04 3-5.
rier, first, 70 2-3 points; Sand Springs I shot put: Shaw, Oklahoma, first; I
Sandtonian, second, 68 1-3 points. ; Bottger, A. and M., second; Burch- [
Alexander of Bartlesville and Har-1 oklahoma, third. Distance, 37 feet, j
rington of Oklahoma City will com- | ^ inches.
pete for honors in the boys tenn.s j High hurdles: Staggs, Oklahoma,
finals this morning at 9 o'clock, f he | . ferry, Oklahoma, second; Bott- j
baseball finals will also be played at j ^ an(j ; third. Time 17 seconds,
this time. j Mile: Stubbefield, A. and M., ! rst;
The track meet will begin at 1 j Durall, Oklahoma, second; Dichson,
this afternoon. The following is the ^ an(j ^ third. Time 4 minutes, 51
Thomas W. Mayfield, attorney
of Norman, who admitted taking
fees for obtaining deferred classi-
fication to men under the draft, is
to be placed in class A-l in the
draft and given an early physical
examination, according to H. O.
Miller and E. D. McLauchlin
members of the Cleveland county
local board, who were here yester-
day in conference with Governor
Williams.
Mayfield now is in class No. 4.
He was examined once and found
physically disqualified, but under
the new regulations it is said that
he probably can be accepted for
military service.—Oklahoman.
An Open Letter—
"Cut Out the Wheat"'
twenty-five per cent increase,
entrance salaries of teachers were
also raisd $10 per month.
The following is a list of teachers
appointed, with salaries they will re-
ceive:
High School—
Meredith Robbins, Principal (10
months) $140.
Miss Grace Marshal, English, $102.
Miss Margaret Harlow, English
and History, $100.
Miss Mabel Foster Hiscory, $100
Miss Nina Keiger, Latin, $108.
Mrs. Pearl W. Johnso*;, Teachers
Training and Agriculture, $110.
Mr. H. A. Vetter, Com. Br. Mil.
Drill and Athletics, $111.11.
Mr. L. E. Bailey, Manual Training,
$100.
The following vacancies are yet to
be filled. One English teacher, Heal
of Department. Two teachers in math-
ematics/one in science and one com-
bination mathematics and science, do-
mestic science, Spanish and French.
Jefferson School—
W. F. Shultz, Principal, $125.
Bernice Taylor, 8th grade, $U0.
N'ola Helms, 7th grade, $84.
Grace Foster, Sthand 6th grade $69.
Florence Teel, 4th grade, $65.
Martha Taylor, 3rd grade, $72.
Blanche Holland, 2nd grade, $75.
Tine Webster, 2nd grade, $84.
Kate Wise, 1st grade, $75.
Olgo Bobo, 2nd grade, $65.
Foy Runyan, 1st Primary, $84.
BULLETIN
GERMAN HOSTS CEASELESSLY BATTLING
list of the schools entering
Ten schools are entered in clas- A,
and twenty-four in class B for the
3-5 seconds.
High jump: Fisher, Oklahoma, first;
Stokes, A. and M., second; Ciliahan,
To the Hotel and Restaurant Men of
Cleveland County:
1 believe that all of us wish to have
some definite, intimate part in the
winning of this war. Few of us men
- - - of middle age have opportunity to do
track and field events of the four-1 o|dahoma, third Distance, 5 feet, 10 much. All of us contribute our little
teenth annual interscholastic meet, I jr.ches. bit to war activities, we buy bonds
which will be held Saturday after- | oo0 yar(] dash: McGee, Ok'ahoma,
noon on Boyd field under the aupices j first; Shaw, Oklahoma, second; JacA
of the University of Oklahoma. i son, A. and M., third. Time, 23 4-5.
Twelve schools are entered for j p„je vault: Boyle, Thing, Huft'bar.
baseball, and nineteen in tennis. Both a]) 0f Oklahoma, tied. Height, 9 feet,
tennis and baseball contests opened g inches.
Quarter mile: Staggs, first; Thing,
second; Holleman, third. All of Okla-
homa. Time 52 seconds.
Discus: Bottger, A. and M., first
The French regiment, ordered .to defend Mont Kem-
mel "to the death" obeyed the command to the letter.
Entirely surrounded by (Jermans, the 1'oilus held
out for more than eitfht hours, slaughtering whole com
panies of the enemy as they swarmed up the steep slopes
in the face of the French machine gun lire.
\ veritable flood of «rev clad troops finally swept
over the summit, obliterating the defenders as "one heel
does an ant's nest." Like the old guard at Waterloo, this
French regiment "died—it did not surrender."
By WILLIAM l'HILIP SIMMS.
United Press Stall' Correspondent
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FLANDERS, April 26.—
(Night). With their eyes fastened on the summits of Monts
Scherpenberg, Rouge, Noir, Kokereele and Des Cats, the German
hosts are ceaselessly battering against the Franco-British li.ios
drawn across this group of heights.
Beyond these hills to the sea one solitary mount sticks up.
from the Flemish low lands—the highest of the lot. Upon its
summit is the town of Cassel. This is eijrht miles from the pres-
ent line. From Cassel, on clear days, the sea is \ isible.
(Cassel, a town of about '2,500 population, is built 011 an iso-
1 ]ated hill 550 feet high. It is four miles and a half northwest ol
Emma Engleman, Primary, $si ihe important railway and highway center of Hazebrouck and is
One 5th grade teacher to be sup- I - - . •• • * •___ ^
inches
Javelin: Bottger, A. and M., first
Friday morning. More than two-hun-
dred athletes will participate in these
events and from three to four hun-
dred in tTic non-athletic events, which
will swell the list of individual en-
tries to about 600, representing sixty
highschools.
Norman has entered twenty men j
a for the class A track and field meet.
Oklahoma City will be represented by
ten, Shawnee eight, Prague four, Cor-
dell six, Tulsa nine, Ardmore eleven,
Cherokee eleven, Dewey five and
llennesey five.
In the class B events Bristow will
be represented by one, El Dorado
two, Newkirk four, Jenks three, Jet
one, Mountain view six, Hobart four,
Holdenville thirteen, Anadarko six,
Kingfisher twelve, Ponca City two, . . .
Pryor three, Carmen four, Okmulgee minutes, 34 second
four, Madill five, Stroud one, Mar J to finish.)
glial one, Sapulpa one, Sand Springs 1
four, Claremore two, Wapunucka one, |
savings stamps we pay our dollars to
the Red Cross and the Y. M. C. A
This is not much, it is little sacrifice
It ought to be the joyous privilege of
every American man, woman and
child to lessen the burden and suffer-
ing of every man, woman and child
in the allied countries of Europe.
This is the period of extreme cliffi-
; cutly in Europe. We cannot ask the
Burchfiel. j boys
Shaw, Oklahoma, second; Burchfiel. I hoys over there to wait for two
Oklahoma, third. Distance, 111 feet, months for their bread supply. They
3 inches. ! must have wheat products. We must
Broad jump: Boyle, Oklahoma, first; I jrjve to them and the only way to do
Jackson, A. and M., second; Reed, Ok- ; js to do without ourselves. Wheat 1 ■ = - -- ■
lahoma, third. Distance, 21 feet, 9 j bread is not a necessity; it is absolute-outer coatings of the grain. 1 o pre-
1 lv a luxury. The South fought a good vent such losses, particularly at this
fight for 'three years on corn. New ! time when bread stuffs are so essen-
■riods of I tial to the A1'les aml ourselves, the
fifteen miles west of Ypres.)
Hindenburg wants these hills. Eight picked divisions (%,000
men) were thrown against them the first clay of the present as-
| sault and more are coming up.
The Germans are using the same tactics they have employed
since Liege—trying to turn the hills instead of taking them by
storm. Having swung around Kemmel, accross the plains to the
north, they are trying to smash their way onward to Laclytte (one
mile north), hoping to turn Scherpenberg (a mile northwest ol
Kemmel and half a mile south west of LaClytte).
Coincidentally, they are attacking northward toward the bluft
through which the Ypres-Comines canal passes a couple miles-
1 south of Ypres. „r , .,
, (This canal runs southeastward from \pres and crosses the
Instructions to housekeepers re- nt batt]e ]in,, near Hollebeke about half a mile south ot the
garding storage of flours and meals ^ ^ Hj|, sjxty }
in warm weather. j
Hot weather frequently produces
plied
Washington .School—
Helen Olander, Principal, $100.
To be supplied, 7th grade.
Mrs. H. W. Larkin, 6th grade, $69
Eunice Holland, 5th grade, $65.
Zella Mae Cralle, 4th grade, $72.
Ethel Otto, 3rd grade, $65.
Clara Kimberlin, 2nd grade, $75.
Mrs. L. S. Stephens, 1st grade $84
Spoilage In Flowers
spoilage 111 certain flours and meals J r t rmAV / '!> ITI11 V I
if they are not properly cared for, HOLLAND-GERMANY SITUATION CRITIC AL
especially those which contain a hi^rh
UB'siiii- , , j | j^ni, mi inicc *_ n 1 o wn v w, ■
Marvin, Oklahoma, second; Huffbar, j England had no wheat for per
Oklahoma, third. Distance, 153 feet, 2 foul. or five years. Our boys a
percentage of fats, moisture or the
By EI). L. KEEN,
United Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON April 27.—Diplomatic information irom Holla.u
emphasizes the extreme gravity of the German-Holland situatu k
1 four or five years. Our boys a'nd"o« | following instructions for the storing] Germany has made d^a"Jfd whlch 1 ° " """ 0""K'"'
inches. allies must have wheat bread, or "f these flowers and me.Is are given. 0f Holland ™.tralU is he Vielcls. fears t„ forsak,
Two mile: Vahlberg, Oklahoma. I at aI1. 1. Buy in small quantities Betr®Zv Thr <mestions here are "will she yield?' And
first; Folk, A. and M„ second: Dono-J you can do a great deal of goo 1 ; ^ See that floufs and m* , her neutrail ' jf sh(, (|0(,s no) yield?"
van, A. and M., third. Time, 10 min-1 for your country and for humanity by Uood condition \\ en pure, ia.su . w a w « ^ German press indicates Germany
-**• i ...'win Jsssi"
utes, 47 1-5 seconds.
Relay: Oklahoma, first. Time 3
(A. and M. failed
No. 7 met
(our, v^iarciiiuxc mu, n«|.unuv. . — -
Pond Creek eight, Muskogee four, and : \\ tdnesday, April 17th, at the home
Amber one. I °f Mrs' Roberts. We to.k a Hoover ^ ~A Mp ,,Hvo the „un to the
In boys tenwis, Okemah, Hugo, lunch and spent the day sewing, mak- |)e,(1(, where he belongs.
| in your business. Every first class
; i;otel and restaurant in this country
j has a positive influence for gooa in j
its town and community. Will you
join in doing this good and patriotic
service. Cut put the wheat bread en-
la > Use tins or covered jars ioi will 1101 receue num v..,...-. -j
cmtainers, scalded and perfectly!ately picking a quarrel with Holland, lhe newspaper Gc.ima.ua
a'T'it is well to use two covered ha ":'This is Holland's chance for redress and to balance her o
containers alternately, always put- cessions to the entente. Sooner or later both Holland and S\A'tou-
ting fresh purchases in a clean )and must enter one or the other ramp. Ma\ the> understa...
coiitainei, and never mixing the , h, signs of the. times and c hoose^ tha Side whichI W H ha , th
residue from the previous purchase deciding voice at the peace conference, by right ot success an..
^ ^ vrty ■
placing in shallow Pans-(or clean cot-j Holland, and that the fifth—verbal and moie diastic h...
ton containers) in an oven and heat- j delivered. —
ing slowly, being careful not to burn, |
or even brown. The flour or meal Winners in Kecital
must be in thin layers and stirred Tie ' innerJ of the variou
Lindsay Eldorado, Durant, Bristow, I ing comfort kits and Layette gar- .
Newkirk, Mountain view, Bartelsville, I 'ments. Seventeen were pre-ent. Six j
Anadarko, Kingfisher, Hennesey, Sa- j of whom were visitors but four en- j
were representl afouron-j.iodO | rolled to become members of the club,
pulpa, Norman and Oklahoma City We feel that there is no time to visit
were represented in both singles and , in any other way, so we deeded to
. , , (U ...pr{> meet again in two weeks or on May 1
doubles. Ardmore and Okmulgee were i ...
represente
El Re
and
for girls' tennis.
ongs
H. L. MULDROW,
Food Administrator for Clvelan 1
County.
—The woman's committee of the
Council of Defense will hold their
monthly meeting next Monday after-
4. I ., s'.urlM and in any oilier way, so we unmcu vjuuiii.ii or even ^ ..v- . .. Th„
represen meet again in two weeks or on May 1, monthly meeting next Monday after- must be in thin layers and stirred The winner! of the valiOOl ' . . ,
les. Ardmore and Okmulgee \ ■ | and gpenlj the jay wjth Mrs. Binford. ' noon at the Baptist church, begin- j frequently so that every part may be ,,{ the intei scholastic meet up to !• ri- vlioo w
;sented only in the singles anc We hope all members as well as neigh- njn(f at two- thirty. Mrs. Bonnell of ,.,,ually heated. After cooling, place day afternoon, gave a program ..-t In .ay a
eno only in the doubles. Walters bors wj]] come anfi ()o Re(1 cross work oklahoma City will speak. All chair- i in cjean covered containers. light at the Pr< sbyterian i hurch. ! he _(,an
Norman were the only entries wj^ us—Secretary. men and workers are recjuested to be ncda's were a o pre1 ented ut t. i
—Get an overland Model 90—The
Thrift Car.—Minteer Hdwe. Co.
| We have a good stock of Food
' Card Punches— Minteer Hdwe. Co.
—Oil stoves and
Minteer Hdwe. Co.
w'eks
FOR SAI.E: Cabbage and tomato
plants. Lee Walker, East Lynn
Street.
men and workers are requested to be
present.—Mrs. E. A. Foster, Chair-
man.
— If you want a tube or casing,
phone us, we will send it right out.—
Minteer Hdwe. Co.
Wesley Sherman is here from
Fort Sill to spend the week-end with the
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Sher-
man.
dais were also presented at this
time. A large crowd was present
recital.
(iuthrie Orchestra W ins
orchestra from Guthrie
von first honors in this
afternoon.
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