The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 57, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1918 Page: 1 of 4
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OLUME VI.
PRICE TWO CENTS
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1918
PRICE TWO CENTS
NUMBER 57.
GERMANS ABE USING
TREMENDOUS FORCES
By HENRY WOOD,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
With the French Armies in the
Field, May The Germans since
tile gtart.of the present offensive have
1-sf e^Minimum of 520,000 men, ac-
cording to compilations made today
that are mathematically certain.
P with the forty divisions
used in the Soissons-Rheims drive,
row under way, the enemy has em-
ployed 200 other divisions since the
offensive started, leaving but ten di-
visions of unused troops at her dis-
posal.
Counting the divisions which the
enemy has used two or three times,
it has engaged a total of 200 divisions
in operations since March 21.
According to authentic information
in the possession of French military
authorites, the Germans have lost a
minimum of two thousand men in each
division employed.
The German attack on the Aisne
front Monday fell upon British divis-
ions which previously had been en-
gaged and were sent to this "quiet"
sector to recuperate.
Despite the most stubborn resis-
tance, the British division occupying
Craonne fell back under pressure from
four German divisions. German tanks
on the British flank prevented a coun-
ter attack.
A British division in Bermicourt,
co-operatng with French territorials,
held out to the last man. .
The feature of the entire battle in
this area has been the clase co-opera-
tion with the French and British.
I Saturday, June 1st
"Stamp Out the Hun"
A ar Savings Buying Day to Help
"Swat the Hun" Will Be Inaugurat-
ed With a Big l'arade on Saturday
Afternoon, June 1st.—County-Wide
and Goodly Sum Expected.
There will be a meeting of the
Council of Defense tonight at the
court house to endorse the War Sav-
ings stunt to be inaugurated and be
inuer the management of Gib Lowen-
berg f.nd W. K. Clark, and to be pulled
off on Saturday next in Norman and
e.i.or towns of the cou .ty The stunt
is designated as "ota..!]) O-t i.ie
Hun" day, and the arrangements con-
template a big parade of automobiles
and other vehicles, appropriately dec-
orated and having thereon a picture
of the Hun. Every automobile owner,
every vehicle drive, and every citi-
SECOND RED CROSS CAMPAIGN
BULLETIN
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THE FRENCH ARE HOLDING
E. O. Northcutt For
The State Senate
Wi;i> this i- ue the came of E. 0.
Northcutt appears in our announce-
ment column, as a candidate for state
( from this, the 19th dist-::t.
A complete write-up of his announce-
ment will appear later.
Total of $33,451.07 Contributed, With Five School _
Districts Still to Hear From—Report by Paris, May 30.—1The allies are holding the Ger-
School Districts—Norman District mans at all points on the Aisne front, the French
Gives $15,752.40. war office announced today. The battle continu-
The following is a report of the subscriptions of the various
school districts of Cleveland county to the second Red Cross cam-
paign :
District Chairman
1 , G. W. Osborn
2 M. J. Barton
3 S. E. VanDeren -
4 J. W. Dunn
5 W. H. Petty
(3 Ira Peachy
7 J. J. Turner
8 Frank Bartel —
9 James E. Hayden i-- -
10 Charles Drabek ——4.—
1 2 C. F. Guthrie ---
1 3 Frank McLennan
1 4 H. F. Mahler —
1 5 Robert I.esslcy --J—
zen c.;ught on the will be Let J
up and requester to invest in at least Hi Melville Lessley
one thrift stamp. The promoters of 1 *J,' \Y' Wilkerson
,, , , , ,, ,Tr 18 F. R. Bacon (—
the scheme expect to increase the War ! 19-20 --John Studholm
Savings fund of the county at least 21 Frank Hartsock ► -
$2,000, and will spare no pains'to 22 John Gill —1
2 3 W. H. Colerick —J-
2 4 P. R. Lessley
T. H. Gilmore — —
W. D. Moroney
make it a success.
it i- a rattling good idea and will 195
meet with the approbation of all loy- (26
a! citizens. F,'ery qua ier and every 27_
dollar invested these days is
at the Hun and we should all take
Mick Haynes
awat 28 H. H. McNamee
29 E .L. Cralle —
, , ., , , , . , 30 S. H. Vaughn
part, in that much to be desired f'lnc 3] j_ c. Todd
tion. 32 J. R. Harmon
_ : 33 A. F. Mehan
C. Shook :
-Mr. Thos. Henry, who has been «f"
here for several days visiting his
3 5
3 6
ter, Mrs. J. H. Roane, Jr., on Route 37
5, left this morning for his home in 38
Chattanooga, Tenn. He is well pleased ^
with this country. ,,
41
45
T. H. Roane ...
Tol. Fishburn
John Pope
C. M. Grimwood ..
R. B. Binford _
Chas. Klinglesmith
A. B. Husky
Jerry Nemecek
R. B. Woodring
Richard Coker
J. M. Sasser
Chaperoned by Misses Frances Vin- ! 43
cent, Minnie Knighten and Mr. Clyd - ^4
Andrews, a party of ten yt>ung boy, «-■ T McKittrick
and girls spent Wednesday evening 47 Walter Dragoo
outing in the beautiful river-pierced 48
t Hie. .
.Sim Morrison
E. W. Smith
50 Roy Kienlen
—Misses Willa B. Brodie and Eliza- 52IIIIHIIIII j' V. Mus'eleyll
beth Armstrong left Wednesday to 53 A. Williams
spend the remainder of the week with 54 M. A. Baxter
friends in Chickasha 55 J. D. Peters
56 J. L. Sudderth ....
Estimate
$ 110.00
115.00
129.00
118.00
195.00
195.00
333.00
458.00
456.00
559.00
539.00
485.00
388.00
293.00
303.00
126.00
131.00
271.00
78.00
231.00
328.00
416.00
481.00
552.00
350.00
357.00
10,000.00
289.00
189.00
139.00
101.00
97.00
96.00
186.00
284.00
557.00
467.00
1,061.00
281.00
137.00
104.00
116.00
116.10
162.10
252.00
486.00
586,00
609.00
426.00
203.00
141.00
152.00
220.00
417.00
BULLETIN
UNITED PRESS WAR SUMMARY
1397th day of the war; 71st day of the big offensive.
5 7 J. Sherman, Lexington l,7Ui>.(
5 8 C. W. Moses
159 J. J. Blackburn :
60 Tom J. Jarboe
61
162
j 63III.I
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Aisne front—The allies, aided by reserves, ap- •:
parently have checked the Germans at all points
on the Aisne front, according to today's report of fd v
the French war -office. The battle continued all!
last night and was still fiercely going on today.
The French communique revealed the Germans have attained
a maximum penetration of twenty miles at two points in the cen-
ter, Fereen-Tardenois an'd Vesilly and at the latter place are within
six miles of the Marne river.
Tom Rose —
—C. C. NTaill T._ —
Seaf Mattox —
H. F. Winegarner -
. ..W. R. Smith —
W. 1. Warren —
Walter Grogan -
H. P. Brendle -
—W. S. Thomas - -
330.00
J42.00
277.00
170.00
531.00
200.00
80.00
78.00
136.00
150.00
79.00
133.00
Subscription
$128.45
96.61
124.00
148.25
74.00
74.50
267.25
359.00
1 No report
491.00
418.50
290.00
240.00
359.00
418.25
144.00
123.00
No report
LOS.55
247.00
217.00
416.00
273.28
552.00
330.00
358.00
15,752.40
301.26
1 i-i.uo
102.00
113.50
103.00
223.50
842.00
559.00
265.00
1.086.50
281.10
124.50
66.50
86.50
No report
No report
*254.65
513.25
601.00
No report
442.00
214.50
146.00
109.28
259.75
454.21
1,721.50
335.29
266.80
277.10
96.75
557.00
184.25
85.50
t'9.50
163.59
204.00
81.00
194.00
ed all night and fierce fighting was still under
way.
The French still hold the western outskirts of
Soissons.
"The battle continued throughout (he night," the .communi-
Ique said.
"The French maintained the western outskirts of Soissons,
which the Germans could not pass, despire repeated attempts.
"Fierce fighting is going 011 in the region of the Soissons-
Hartennes road (running southward seven miles to Hartennes).
The French, sustained by reserves, are opposing the German
advance with great tenacity. "French and British troops broke
up all assaults on their positions at Brouillet (four miles north of
jVezilly). Thillois (two miles and a half due west of Rheims) and
northwest of Rheims (011 the heights of St. Thierry)."
BULLETIN
GERMAN MOBILIZING YOUTHS OF 17
(UNITED PRESS)
Washington, D. C., May 80.—-To meet the drain
that the duel of death imposes on her, Germany is
mobilizing youths born during -the first half of
1900, barely 17 years old, said entente official re-
ports today.
Her entire 1919 class has already been called out. Loss of
; men is disregarded in making thte gains thus far obtained.
While the loss of Sossions plus other German gains makes
the situation .more perilous for the allies, American and allied
military men still looked with confidence today upon the final out-
come. There still was doubt that the Soissons-Rheims smash is
intended as Germany's major thrust. While it may be major, with
Paris a? itTmtrjCttive, the wooded terrain ahead i .akes it appear
doubtful that the German general staff so planned.
Secretary of War Baker's comment that the present smash
is "extensive and furious" ably characterizes it. Yet there are
signs that the next few days w ill see a slackening of the German
pinch and a stiffening of the allied force through reinforcements.
Germany is, as before sacrificing men ruthlessly for territory.
BULLETIN
RIOTS IN AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
TOTAL
.$29,914.00
$33,481.07
(UNITED PRESS)
Geneva, May 30.—Internal disorders in Aus-
tria-Hungary have paralyzed the projected Aus-
trian offensive against Italy, according to a dis-
patch from Innisbruck today.
Serious riots have broken out again at Laibach and Gratz,
In connection with this report I desire to extend my apprccin- where Slavs and Jugo-Slavs attacked Austiian tioops. Ihe sol-
*$32.10 of the subscription indicated for District 47 was paid in May 10
and went to the credit of the Cleveland County dinner and did no go through
the campaign manager's hands.
It is estimated there were two thousand casualties there.
The battle line now apparently runs from Coucy LeChateau tion an(1 that of the American Red-Cross to all the district chair- diers fired into the crowds, killing and wounding several,
southward through Soissons where'the French still hold the wpst- 'men a"d the.ir lo>'a| wo^ers for the splendid results they have ob- Recent rjots at Prague are said 'to have been decidedly ser
. , ., , , . .. , . tamed; results that would have been impossible without the earn- - - ■ ■
em outskirts, to Hartennes, southeastward to Fereen-Tardenois, J eg^ loyal, energetic work of chairmen and committees. Surely
eastward to Vezilly, northeastward to Brouillet, eastward to they will have their reward in the consciousness of having done
Thillois, thence sharply swings northward and northeastward what they could for this "Greatest Mother in the World." ' am
around Rheims to the heights of St. Thierry. disappointed at reports from some of the wealthy districts, which
Picardy front—Americans, since the capture of Cantigny,
j should have done much better than they did, but greatly pleased
with others from whom not so much was expected, but who went
have successfully withstood five desperate counter attacks, in- away over their quota. You can judge for yourselves from the
flicting heavy losses on the enemy. The Germans obvious determ- above report which districts are disappointing and which are
ination to retake Cantigny results from the extreme importance of , pleasing. I thank you.
Official French Decoration Day
War Report Appropriately
Celebrated
the heights there as an observation.
Flour Notice
Norman, Oklahoma, May 29, 1918
To the Merchants of Cleveland County
The Federal Food Administration >"
Oklahoma has sent to us a lisk of
flours which may be sold without sub-
stitutes and without being punched
Li^raine front—During another gas attack early yesterday I
morning (presumably in the Luneville sector) the Americans de-
feated three raiding parties.
American airmen brought down another German biplane on
the Lorraine front yesterday.
Flanders front—Field Marshal Haig reported minor raiding
operations at various points in Flanders front, faith hostile artil-
lery firing on the southern portion.
West front—General French military authorities estimate
I on flour cards.
German losses from the start of the big offensive to date, includ- Manufacturers of these flours have
ing the Aisne operations at 520,000. These figures are obtained j furnished sworn statements Rowing
throui^ information that every German division engaged has]that the percentage of wheat flour
suffered, on the average, a minimum loss of two thousand men.
Counting these divisions which have been used two or three times,
260 divisions have been employed by the enemy. The French be-
lieve the Germans only have ten unused divisions (120,000 men)
remaining on the west front.
France—The Germans attempted several air raids over
French territory last night. An aerial barrage prevented them
from crossing Paris and brought down one machine.
Premier Cemenceau returned to Paris from the Aisne front
and stated his confidence that the allies are able to hold their pres-
ent positions.
Austria-Hungary—A dispatch received in Geneve from Bren-
Paris, May 29.—The German rush, I
with the arrival of fresh divisions, Thursday, May 30, 1917, "Decora-
continued last night on the two 1 tion Day" was appropriately observed
Manager, Second Red Cross Campaign for Cleveland County.,™ of ,the ^H^ntti tod-w Xorman' the prwL"i(m t0 the
8 ' • the trench war office reported today. cen,etory forming in front of the G.
The French left was drawn back
T. E. CLEMENT,
nesbruck s^id the internal strife prevented the Austro-Hungarian
offensive against Italy. The Slavoic demonstrations are spreading.
Casualties in the recent Prague riots are said to have totaled two
thousand. v
—A letter from Dr. A. B. Kilham,
Red Cross director at Gerbeviller,
refugee station in France says: "I
have never seeen anything so charm-
ing as the children's outfits sent. The
children here prance around like pea-
cocks in their fine feathers and one
child went to bed very early last
night because she couldn't wait for
the morning, Sunday, to put on her
new dress."
—Upon complaint of Ida Brown,
in the mixture is less than is.required waiter at the Jitney Lunch room, Den-
under the 50-00 plan. n,e Bernier, hack driver, was placed
Aunt Jemima Wheatless pancake "m]er a $200 bond to appear before
pjou. ihe Justice Court of Judge J. D
Aunt Jemima Wheatless Buckwheat Rigsby this afternoon. Deputy Sher-
Flour.
Aunt Jemima Pancake Flour.
Aunt Jemima Buckwheat Flour.
Teco Buckwheat Mixture.
Teco Pancake Mixture.
Pancake flour and Buckwheat f]
irif Ben Clay made the arrest. The
. lnintiff alleges that Berni"r slapped
her if the face, following a hot con-
versation which arose while the de-
arose while the defendant was taking
fendant was taking lunch in the Jit-
...ade by Hecker Cereal Co., New York ney- Bernier denies the allegation
"Sambo Pancake Flour. Red Star an(1 <iefles the allegator, but was nev-
Milling Co., Wichita, Kas. ertheless fined $29 in Judge Grigsby's
Virginia Sweet Pancake Flour, court, which he paid.
Geiger-Fishback Co., Indianapolis, Ind. 1 —"'A Grain of Salt," is the the
Very truly yours, name of a Red Cros.; benefit play j SWEET POTATO PLANTS—i^ancy
H. L. MULDROW, j which will be given by the pupils of j Hall $3.00 per thousand F. O. B.
Food Administrator fcr Cleveland the St. Joseph's school tonight at the j Mustan- O^1- Cash with orde1- L.
County. high school auditorium. j Sanders, Mustang, Okla. 28-2t
A. R. Mall at 10:30, many automobiles
to the eastern border of Soissons j furnished by patriotic and pub-
where the battle is going on furious- ,
... he-speaking citizens to take the old
ly," the communique said. !
(This represents a maximum retire-| B0''''ers an(' citizens to that point,
ment of about nine miles on the ex- ! wi.- re the exercises of the day were
treme French left.) j observed. Th following was the pro-
"On the right flank, the French and iRram.
British, after an energetic defense of | Invut.;ltion—Rev. R. D. Pool,
the Masnif wall of St. Thierry (four; Reading—Lincoln's Gettysburg Ad-
miles northwest of Rheims) were j dress—Ralph C. Hardie.
drawn back slowly to the south and I Song Quartette.
southeast of the-e heights. They are j Address—Judge Jas. M. Gresliam.
holding between the \ esle canal and Duty of Today—Commander At-
the Aisne. kerson.
"In the center, the fighting contin- Presentation of Flowers—Officer of
ued fiercely on the south bank of the • ^
Vesle, where the French are valiantly i
defending the height?.
"There is active cannonMiini. on j' h.,plain.
Reading Consecration Parapraph by
both banks of the Meuse and on the
Lorraine sector.
'"A series of German raids failed
north of Rezonvaux (northeast of
Verdun where Americans are in the
line) and in the Badonville sector,
I which includes some Americans.
Song—"America."
Benediction—Rev. Pool.
It was a beautiful morning, and
numerous citizens took advantage of
the fine weather to attend the cere-
monies and decorate the graves of
their departed friends and relatives.
The service was most impressive and
devout, and the address of Judge
Gresham especially appropriate and
impressive.
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