The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, May 24, 1918 Page: 1 of 4
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OKLAHOMA CITY, ,K
■BTOWCAL SOCIETY *
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OERMANS CONTINUE TO BOMB HOSPITALS
THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT
. Tonight
Saturday
partly
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All the Local News
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, FKIDAV MAY -A. I'-'ls.
PRICE TWO CENTS
NUMBER 52.
BULLETIN
United Press War Rep°r| 1VF
1391ST DAY OF THE WAR: 65TH DAY OF BTC. OFF v. .
FR1TTSH FRONT Field Marshal Haig reported enenn can
nonaSSSTon portions of the Flanders front and around
1 pn« There were also numerous minor rams.
William Philip Simms cabled that German.prisoners fado
agree as to when and where the resumption
wM take place. All are agreed, however, that Field Marshal Mack
en8elcOTIdirND-Premier Lloyd George in a speech at Edin-
burgh/declw^ that ^ next few weeks willbe a^between
American Aviators
Bombed Heligoland
By I'nited Press:
Washington, May 22.—That
American naval aviators have
operated over Heligoland harbor
was revealed today when the com-
mittee on pubMe information an-
nounced the death of Knsign
Potter, lT. S. N. R. F. Detroit,
Mich., in a speculator battle with
beven enemy single seaters.
companion battled
-shaped flyinp
and quit only
flames, came
crashing down on the wort wing tip.
IHHi,AIMII Weou rauici — , _ . . + Tho last seen of liim was on the
young I&l&en bv ^ ^
abated.
Webb Miller cabled from
are seeking
that natiwfcUist leaders are
PARIS—Announcement was made today that an
idron is aiding in defending Paris from air ran
I REEAND
ris
tie „
rule is secured.
Dublin that many
Suddenly a cloud of smoke obscured
American 'lim an(' mac^'n* :m(' man disappeared
completely.
squadron is aiding in defending Paris irom air raws. The [jlin<lon representa^ve of the
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY—Dispatches received m Zurich ._ committee tells the sto- *hus:
that Bohemia is still under martial law and that the mo. • > „sjx ^ after stenhen Totter,
('isturbances occurred in Prague last Sunday evening. u g N R f.. Had shot, down a Ger-
ITALY An official announcement in Rome repo , man seaplane in Heligoland bight the
British air forces successfully bombed the Austrian submarin <. . Kot him jn the North Sea. Pot-
«f>anlane bases at Cattarox. . . tiiino ter was killed on Anril 25 in a fight
AMERICAN-All fronts held by Americans repoit everything ^
seven enemy single seaters. He
•'Quiet on the Potomac," was second pilot to a British royal
— 1 —■— air force captain with whom he shot
BULLETIN \ down a German last March.
________ . "Potter left a North Sea Station
1 r T InvH riforare in a British seaplane and fteered due
. "Confident of Result ' . ea3t until six miles from Hinderlight.
—i o+;il a mpnace. Another plane accompanied Potter
EDINBURGH, May 24—'TItieiSU for inflicting njury, and kept position to the starboard
but is 110 longer a peril; it is Still form - . throughout the action. Two enemy
butt cannot cause the winning or losing ^ submarine situa- planes were sighted to nort heading
Premer Lloyd George thus . ' ■ th freedom of the toward them flying low. Both British
tion today in a speech at the city hall, accepting tne plane3 dived about a hutl(ired yards
city. . . are building ships faster apart, closing upon the nearest Ger-
The premier declared that the t^e aHiecl man. Fire opened from both at close
than the submarines can sinkthemand at the same time tn^ ^
navies are sinking submarines • <.unwed that during April "Potter's companion had emptied
them. He said that an a(^ira^ . P a established while in the one drum when the gun jammed. Two
a record in destruction of submaru . w fup first time since ; more hostile planes then appeared
same irioath the output of shipping 1<1S- • overhead attack ing vigorously. Both
unrestricted submarine warfare begun. • , |i,p war v,as Britons turned to the west, pursuing
Lloyd George said that America S en .i a, c . ^ saj^ one of the lower enemy who was soon
r t *et equalized Russia s collapse. America s 4 ' • m that l°st to view. Three others passed as- ,
has given the allies only about a fifth of the number of men thatt, ^ # ^ PoUer
Germany was able to add to her armies through withdrawals ti on ^ ^ ^ ^
companion and
the eastern front. ,, , , dove to within 100 feet of the water,
"But on the eve of the great German attack those be ^ Both machines flattened out and Pot-
quainted with the prospects are the mos con en t. , jer>8
companion, being faster, throt-
he declared. . .... , , tu„ tied down until Potter came abreast.
"General Foch is one ot the most brilliant stra fe
Thus thev ran westward at full speed
age. He is a man of dynamic energy and profound knowledge and , ^ tof;ether for
several minutes un-
experience, commanding the respect, admna ion, con u t net a ( ^ continuous volleys from the rear,
affection of all allied soldiers. 1 "Four more enemy planes now ap-
~ __r :icaved in V-formation. Of seven Ger-
United 1 'ress >V ilr Ivepoit mans in action four were attacking
PRITISH FRONT Field Marshal Haig reported enemy can- potter's and the others his companion.
. , :i. „♦;!! fnxmiHahlo for inflicting inilirv.
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By United l'ress:
An Atlantic Port, May 24.
Prince Arthur of Connaught,
Lieut. General Sir William Pult-
ney of the British army and Earl
of l'embrook and Montgomery
and their aides arrived today.
'1 heir \essel was met and hoard-
ed by American and British of-
ficials. Colonel E. M. House, close
friend of President AN ilson, in-
tended to join them shortly after-
ward. The party is enroute to Ja-
pan and will probably visit in
Washington enroute.
The prince and the mission will
visit here briefly and call on
President Wilson. His royal high-
ness is head of the mission and
he is proceeding to confer with
the field marshal of Japan and
the Japanese emperor following
the king's appointment of him as
field marshal of the British army.
The visit at this time when the
Japanese-Siberian question is up
caused speculation here and the
state department declared that
the mission's purpose is purely
ceremonial.
Allies Getting Supremacy in Air;
200 German Pianes Brought Down
German Airplanes in Their Desperation Are Ac-
tive Over Red Cross Hospitals and Killing
Women and Children—British and
French Aviators (Jive
Them Battle.
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
i WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, May 23.—
(Night) The Germans themselves disagree as to the time and
place of resumption of their offensive.
In this, the latest Prussian air attack, a score of huge Gotha
airplanes circled over their objective where the Red Cross was
' plainly visible, dropping a number of bombs of enormous size to
I smash the buildings and a still greater number of small shrapnel
; bombs to kill nurses and wounded. The shrapnel was timed to burst
| at the level of the ground, so as to insure the greatest possible de-
struction of life.
British aviators and anti-aircraft guns battled with the Hun
'squadron, bringing down the enemy commander's machine.
Stories are told of German ruses to keep up the morale in the
interior, from where most of the recruits now are being drained-
naic in upuu" ?To«t of these recruits are told they are wanted onU toi w>i ' "
For the Bed Cross hind the lines. But the drafts no sooner reach the baWefieldthan
'they are split up among the divisions needing men to leplace
Ul U The broiling sun early today hid its face over the battlefield
Heavy clouds threatened rain, but the wind, blowing a half gale,
STZr.# * k vins lhc "nes sraoth
shine, but much cooler.
Forthe first time since May 13 the air
free DuriSS" week of May 14-21 inclusive, the BritUh Jon.
crashing out of the sonlit skies l,e-
105 were actually seen to crash by others than th*airmen
the iob Five were brought down by archies.
in niidair In one battle this week, three were plainly .een to .
to pieces when fired into at close quaiters.
ish formation, returning from a bombing
twenty enemy scouts. One of these < i\ec
The British machine gunner firt
neened, caught fire and dropped.
Noble Bale of Cotton
The bale of cotton donated by a
big-hearted man of Noble to the Red
Cross was sent to Norman yester-
day and is now on exhibition at the
First National hank. It will be sold
et public auction tomorrow (Satur-
day) at the bank corner for the Red
Cross, together with many other ar-
ticles donated —including a suit of
clothes donated by the S. K. McCall
company and the children's blanket,
redonated by the First National Bank.
As this is expected to be the last Red
Cross auction to be held for some
time it is expected to he an extra
good one. The bale of cotton was sold
twice at Noble and brought good
prices.
Remember the Red Cross Auction
tomorrow afternoon.
Thief Arrested
vas comparatively
This was when a Brit-
aid, was attacked by
on a British two-seatei.
one drum into it, when it ca-
After falling about two thous-
but is no longer a peril; it is still formidable for inflicting injury,
buMt cannot cause the winnng or losng of the war.
Premier Lloyd George thus summed up the submarine situa-
BULLETIN
By United l'ress:
Paris, May 24.—An American
air squadron is co-operating m
the defense of Paris, it was offi-
cially announced today.
Of the thirty German airplanes
which participated in the second
raid on Paris Wednesday r.iglit.
only one reached the city, so effec-
tive was the defense by the I ittj -
four airplanes which opposed
them.
The one plane that reached the
city dropped several bombs, kill-
ing one person and injuring (
twelve. Other bombs were drop- I
ped in the suburbs, where there
were a few victims.
The Echo lie Paris warns Ger-
many that the British are begin-
ning to carry out a carefully con-
ceived air offensive and that
"France's turn will come soon."
—Mr. and Mrs. John Lindsey, of
Lindsey, are here visiting Mrs, Lind-
sey's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. I-.
Criswell. They drove over in their
Hudson Super-Speeder.
—The Kansas City Star advertises
that the man who is going through
Potter fell behind and began to zig
zag. He first veered slightly to star-
board and then turned at right angles.
"Again his companion throttled
down to let him catch up and began
climbing to reduce headway. Potter
dodged again but was then broad-
Marager John Hardie and ( ashier , sj(je au enemy machines and under
•11 nf the War Saving? Bank..L r:..„ —1.. 4-v.«
Deputy Sheriff Babe Scott of Lex-
ington arrested a young man at that
place on Tuesday, charged with steal , it^,rolie into several pieces.
ing a horse and buggy in Oklahoni. / Another German scout was given two short bursts ■
City and also with being a draft eva-;-1 Anot lit erange dived, then its planes folded
£ 0* '•*10 ,he in lhree
Wi,kA thir<rscout attacking an..,her BrltSh bombin, pto., re-
Active Loyalty ( ai ds
with the name of John W. Fullei
Norman. Chief Sanderson was i"1
mediately notified, and upon investi- " ii„,.a orirl fpll in nieces.
found a. - - —JSSSSSiSi— are
who had broken into the 1' uller h<
now l ave th'J active Lovalty irds
udy for deliverj' and you can get
! yours by calling at the bank. There
1 are something like 2000 of t'.
'-i-riK.i by Bey Gittinger as chairman
of ti e Council of Defense and F. O.
Miller, Secretary. These are the cards
d ie to the members in Norulan school
! district. The cards for the other dis-
tricts have been sent to the" chair-
men of those districts from whom
! they can be obtained.
i their fire only fifty feet from the
water. His companion above saw Pot-
ter's machine burst into flames, came
down part of the way under control,
* ' xthen crash on the port wing tip.
"Potter was last seen on the sur-
face amid flamf -. which turned sud-
denly to a huge cloud of smoke,
• Two of the enemy circled over the
spot and then joined the other five
When the pall had cleared not even
the wreckage was visible."
I Harve bayder is here from Camp
Doniphan visiting his family. He
Potter's next of kin is a bro
John H. Potter, Detroit, Mich.
-The Oklahoman is inclined to
■uonipnun vniuiig ••••> --
iworking on the barracks at Fort Sill, slur out-of-town candidates for gov-
ernor in mentioning their donations
to the Red Cress. On Tuesday it told
of "Bill" Murray giving a four-bit
i ieie to solicitor* in the Lee-Huckins.
and this morning's issue tells of
"Bill" Durant giving a dollor. Of
course both of those gentlemen gave
i liberallv in their own counties, and
-Rev. Theo. H. Aszman returned, ^ better trentment
than they received at the hands of
and likes the work fine.
| —The Norman Milling and Grain
1 Company will supply Noble with ice
this season. J. H. Stufflebean is the
dealer in the frozen water at Noble.
it south of the Henry Johns
dence, Saturday night. He had
ed entrance by breaking through
window. He took Mr. Fullers re^i^-;
t ration card, two comforts and a photo i
of the Fuller baby, all of which vvci ■
recovered. He was arraigned in Judge j
(Irigsby's court, plead guilty an i - - |
1, und over to district court He '■ as ,
:hen taken to Oklahoma county to
answer to the charge agains him
there. T
—Word received by his frieni
here from H. Merle Woods states j
hat he is a cadet in the r.v tion
corps and stationed at Austin, Texas.
Woods was a former student in the
university school of journalism, and
was connected with the Oklahoma
Daily last year. He made many
friends here, who wish him the best
of luck i*1 his new field.
n resi-1 jy more freQuent.
obtain- j terial. hasty construction ant
becoming constant-
JQV vntibt: uuuuv-.iw-
German pilots place the blame on faulty ma-
ad workmanship.
bulletin
haig's daily war report
I oNDON, May 24.—Bombardment of various Brit-
sectors and continued raiding operations were re-
ported by Field Marshal Haig today.
• Hostile artillery was active last night west of Lens
and in the neighborhood of Festubert." the statement
.aid. "The Nieppe forest sector was bombarded b> gas
"hel-We took a few prisoners in a successful rail soutjv
west of LaBasse and in a patrol encounter north of the
Ypres-Comines canal.
ish
! this morning from Luther, where he
! delivered the commencement address
I to the Luther hi#h school l.fst night.
—There still remains three vacan- ,
cies to be filled in the liig:h school fac-
ulty for the 1918-19 term. They are
instructor in mathematics, and heads
of the department of English and Sc-
once.
—Mrs. C. H. Black is visiting with
friends in Oklahoma *"ity today.
bulletin
act ha
for ti
been let at Lexing-
on of a new hall for
Forty-
the war
divided
Prof. L. W. W. Morrow has se-
tne mail wnw ia ku,,j6 1
the country offering a war map with cured a year's leave of absence from
every two years' subscription to the his duties at the University and ex-
weekly issue of that paper, is a fraud, pects to leave soon after the-close of
and warns the people against him. ' this semester for Chicago, where he
He collects the 50 cents and those who ■
trust him get neither the Star nor the -nAs yet officers have been unable (
map. The man has been in Norman to get on the trail of the Dave Inc< jstration buildinK-
and vicinity and if he shows up again Ford. It is believed, however, that
■ • the car can be found, although it will \ lecture on "Essentials in
probably be in a demolished condition, , Leadership," of special interest to
■ rsity students, will be delivered
on me uu -While enroute back to his train- Sunday night by the Rev. T. H. Asz-
ITthe old west "sidTschool house are j ing camp at Dallas, "Boggy" Johnson ; man at the First Presbyterian church.
• I 1 II* ^ , * lift il 1'
-Miss Asher's Entertainment: Miss
Fronie Asher will take her dancing
to the Olahoma State Hospital
...i! trow (Saturday! evening, and
give ail entertainment at 8 o'clock for
i the benefit of the patients. The folk
and costume dances are delightful ijnd
highly entertaining. It will be given
on the lawn in front of the Admin-
Red Cross Benefit
—Misses Dothea Lankford and Mr-
guerite Jones are spending the day in
make him show his credentials
—The boys who have been work
ing on the job of cleaning the bricks
pretty near through, and rather re-
gret it. They got three-fourths of
cent per brick and some of them | returned from a
cleaned from 200 to 250 per day.
I 1IIJ£ iaill|J til* " «* • mv • <• • * ~
' stopped off for a brief stay with E. The lecture will b< given at the re a-
| B. Johnson and family. He has just lar Sunday night services beginning
visit at Minco and at 8 o'clock. Special music also will
I be offered that night.
The Sisters in charge of St. Joseph's
Convent school are training their - '-
pils and making arrangement: to
give a benefit entertainment for the
Red Cross at High School auditorium
on Thursday nijrht, May 30th, to
which all will be cordially welcomed.
An interesting program will be ren-
dered, one that will be enjoyable
Further announcements will follow
—Robt. Rucker is spending a few
days at Lindsay, looking after the in-
terests of the big Rucker store at
that point. Robert is developing into
one of the best young business men of
the town.
cut ovei tne
bruised up.
us Taylor, carrier
. thrown from hi
receiving injuries.
3n Rural
s vehicle
He was
—Robert
Minteer lit
department
fine, new
, has
Willy
5-K
manager of the
ompany Motor
R. C. Berry a
light eight pas-
-W.
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Hess is in Miami, looking
after his interests in the Morgan-
Dudley Zinc Company, which holds
some valuable leases in the Miami
fields.
By United l'ress:
Washington, May
four casualties listed bj
department today were
thus:
Four killed in action; ten dead
of disease: nine of wounds and
lour of accident; sixteen severely
wounded and one slightly wound-
ed.
Captain Frederick 1). Clair, ol
Philadelphia, w as killed in action.
I.ieut. Whitney Joiee of Unadilla.
\\ Y.. died of wounds; Lieut. Ai-
mee 1). (ienard. Manchester, N. II-
and Eugene P. Wubben, Colorado
Springs, died of accident.
The Holtzschue Motor Car Com-
pany report the sale of a Touring
Maxwell to Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Mur-
phy of Noble, another Maxwell to
Mr. and Mrs. John Nemecek of the
same town, and a Maxwell-Touring to
I Mr. and Mrs, Broshlert.
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