The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 65, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 8, 1918 Page: 1 of 4
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The Huns Are Commencing to Realize What "Made in America" Means
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All the Local News
Carrying the United Press Telegraphic Report
OKAHOMA WEATHEP,
Tonight and Sunday partly cloudy.
The Cream of the World's News
I'RU E TWO CENTS
NORMAN. OKLAHOMA. SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1918.
PRICE TWO CENTS
OLUME VI.
Eclipse of the Sun
Evening
numiiek
Vluc%y Americans
Perform Heroically
at Neuilly La Poterie
Reclassification
Washington, D. C., June 7.—Pro-
Get Your Smoked Glass and Be vest Marshal General Crowder today
ICrady -Eclipse Will Be Almost sent orders to every local and dis-
Total in This Utitude.-Begins .,1 trict draft board to energetically re-
5:30 and Lastg Until 7:30.—Guthrie examine men exempted or placed in
Center or Shadow Zone. deferred classes, to determine the
' reason for the scarcity of class one
Wheatless Days
in Cleveland County
"We Must Win the War, and Food Is
As Necessary as Man-Power or Bul-
lets.—No More Wheat Bread During
Remainder of the War," Says 11. I..
Muldrow.
of Cleveland
THEIR SPLENDID ACHIE\ KAiTS I Oi l} IN
OFFICIAL REPORTS AND BY SPECIAL
UNITED PRESS CORRES-
PONDENTS,
They Take Three Miles on a Six Mile Front and
Hold It.—Their Heroism and Initiative
Praised by French and British
—Get to Front in
Taxicabs.
ft
1*6'
comiw:
For the first time in its life Okla- ,men>
jhoma will witness a total eclipse The action was taken because a
I of the sun today (Saturday) at 6:30 large number of counties and states
j o'clock. It will also be the last and fell below the 27.8 per cent, average
only opportunity of the present gen- of class one men. Re-examination
■ ration to look upon a heavenly pile- will be directed particularly at those
nomenon of such moment in the as- who have tried to enter the navy to
! tfonomical world. evade the draft, "slicker ship yard
Though not in the path of the workers and men in other classes
eclipst Norman is -o close to the who have been granted special priv- ^ wheflt products unti| the n,-,v hnr-
I cour-e that the totality here will not (ileges because they claimed they i t tha[ cleveiand county be nvde
were engaged in necessary war work.'. ^ wheatlms ;)fter the present
Following are the states in which stock flout. ;n the hands of the le
some counties fell below even a ten t tailer.i exhausted. The stock of flour
per cent, classification in class one: , in okjahoma county is at present an-
California, New Mexico, Iowa, proxjmnte|y two weeks' supply u i ler
Ohio, Kentucky, North Carolina,
Missouri, New York, Masachuetts. ,
To the Householdei
County:
At a meeting held at the listrict
court room Friday night, June 7th,
and attended by practically eve • re-
tailer in the county, it was agreed, i.i
view of the pressing need of on- al-
lies and our own forces abroad and l-
insistent call of the Federal food Ad-
ministration to refrain from the
Fixed in purpose and desire to , ^ ^
help others in making . orman an ■ Guthrie is one of tho centers of
tractive city, it is sad indeed to e ^ ghaf(Q(W zonf| an(l that town ox_
compelled to call the attention ot pe(ts tQ have a ,ar(re number of vjs.
few parents that neglect to train , ^ u wln> however> be almost
their boys tt respect the work done ^ ^ ^ tota, here.
by others. That which requires tim . m.]e eloU(ly weather will tend to
thought and labor is oftentimes de- I obstruct the view of the eclipse, it
stroyed in a few moments oy > wj , ,|ave the effei;t of acCentuatin; I
boys who linger in the parks a.ong turninK of day]i(fht iuto dark-
tho railroad. i ness
We now call upon every passerby ;
By HENRY WOOD
United Press Staff Correspondent
With the French Armies on the Marne, June 8.—The allu-c
attack in the region of Neuilly LaPoterie, in which tne American
marines played so spectacular a role, was for the purpose of reduc-
ing a sharp salient which the Germans had driven into oui line
south of t.li0 Clignon iivbi * . j
The combined French and American line has been
until it now includes Vinly, north of the Clignon river Neuilly
La Poterie; the heights southeast of Hautevesues (two miles
northeast ot V inly) , l°!(> an(' '•>(.' '_!J ''' ^rpncy, headquarters in i This is "The University City" and
Reports of the fighting, recenei < ■ Vw.rniam q the product that generates in a boy'9
this region are replete with feats of American her . . out to either brighten
American lieutenant, after leaping from.his lines, killed an entire n>. darken the worl(i.
' , • ,nH| hroucht back the gun. An American Help au you can to preserve the
German machine crew in th"e opell until heavy beaut,' of park,, and the parks will
ambulance driver, after attending w fn„, wnnnded men give back a rich reward in the minds
fire forced him to seek shelter, brought back four wounded men ^ ^ of ^
THE CIVIC COMMITTEE.
His Name is Herman
who -ees destruction or desecrations |
of any work done in any park to act
at once and rfffiort them to Chief
Sanderson t(* help educate these
thoughtless and neglected boys. Ihe
training of a boy along these lines
will brighten the corner where you
are, and will help brighten the whole
life of the boy as well^
credit and honor upon the teacher
—Mrs. Herehel Smith and baby
ar. visiting Mr. and Sirs. Everett S.
Davis. Mr. Smith taught one yea'-
ill College of Engineering of Uie
University, but has been working for
The American Concrete & Form C
. , of Bloomington, 111., until recently,] , . . , „f
.vhole , , , * ... ... I deserted from the army at Atlanta,
„ t iVfhen he accepted a position with | . , , , . . ...i • ,
efiect , ' ' A kodak picture was taken of him at
tpe State Highway Department of • '
(Ikluhoma. They will mako their
hbme in Oklahoma City.
It has at last been discovered that
the right name of Jack Lamar, the
chauffer arrested some weeks ago
charged with being a sla her a id un-
,desirable citizen, is Herman, and
ha is a resident of Covington, Qa.,
where ho deserted a wife. He also
the card system and this flou. <• 'I! 1
j disperse^ strictly in accordance v i'h
the food regulations and under the
card system until it is all consumed.
After that time and until the next
| harvest is available no flour will be
shipped into Cleveland county, which
will be about August 1st. There is no
'possibility that even after the 191R
harvest that the United States will be
able to have an unlimited flour supply,
and the strong probabilities are : at
our present card system will be kept
In force for the remainder of the war.
Mr. Herbert Hoover, Federal Food
V, I the Cleveland county jail and sent Administrator if the United States,
' to Dan L. Mobley at Covington. The j,as promulgated a most urgent appeal
j man had sent a telegram to'Mobley through all of the churches, lodges
jjiss Eva Clifton is here from :l couple of weeks ago purporting '' mid other organizations throughout
Oi eiulgee visiting Mr. and Mrs. be from Mobley's son, asking fo1- j the United States, appc ilin to the
Leonard Clifton. Miss Clifton for- money, and Mobley had sunt $40 but patriotism of o.ur citizenship to refrain
... wU1 mcrly was the head of the English afterwards reclaimed it. It is prob- f rom using any flour, except in eases
give back a rich reward in the minds j in Mmmnn Viio-h :ihle Herman will be turned over to',.f illness, and the response of C!ev -
... , . . i i...u:
Into the Wrong Tew
with him.
PARIS, June 8.—French troops, co-operating with the Amen-,
cans northwest of Chateau Thierry, continued to advance on the >
tVl!,t front the French war office announced what do you suppose was found in
northern portion of that fiont, tne! m ^ jn administra_
today. Two violent German attacks on thei soutnern P ^ Khfll) of the University Thursday
the line in that region were repulsed with hea\y lo . . 'morning? It was not a hen's
"South of the Orcq the French pro- Thy officia1 vcport 0f the command- tooth nor a rattle snake nor a nig-
gressed. pressing the Germans back," eraj reveals the feat is fully as ger baby, for they are more common
impressive as first reported. i:. such places than this object. It
Receiving orders to move from the was a boy. He had calmly
department in the Norman high able
school and has many friends here. I the military authorities.
the communique said
"The French lines now reach the
west borders of Dammard, east of
Shezy and one kilometer (.(>21 miles)
north OT Neuilly La Poterie. Fifty
prisoners were taken.
"Further south, two violent German
attacks against Bouresches anil La-
Thiolet were broken up with heavy
losses."
(Bouresches is five miles west of
Chateau Thierry; LeThiolet is two
miles southeast of Bouresches, on the
main highway leading westward from
Chateau-Thierry.)
"On the Aisne front there was fair-
ly heavy cannonading near 1" axerclles
(sixteen miles southwest of Soissons).
"Southeast of Ambleny (six miles
directly west of Soissons) French
positions were improved."
BULLETIN.
AMERICAN MARINES MAKE AN-
OTHER KILLING.
With the American Army on
the Marne, June 8 (2 p. m.).
American marines and adjoining
units drove forward again today
northwest of Chateau Thierry,
blocking German counter attacks.
After incessant artillery firing
throughout the night, Americans
attacked at 4 o'clock in the woods
where Germans had retained foot-
hold, taking numerous prisoners
but full success not yet known.
Indications are that Germans are
being reinforced to hold Americ-
ans.
eated
r, -ion of Gisors at 5 p.m. on May 30, himself at the table, pulled out his
thev departed by rail and motor books sn i begun to stud;'.
truck At .V30 a. m. the next day, the This boy might be described as
first of them had arrived in the rear : handsome or nice-looking or even
pretty, yet he was not pretty enough
'To'issors is in important railway to be called sissy. He didn't e-tu
junction 35 miles north of Paris and look like a girl From his appear-
seventy-five miles west of Chateau a nee he was not a high school frosh
Thierry, in an airline. The journey by nor a high school Pedagogue. He
rail and highway probably was more was probably a member ofthefamil-
... v iar species of University frosh which
Late thatafternoon the situation wr,-,usually appear on the campus during
critical The French urged that thr the ™nt1' of September and wear
Americans be sent into the line lm-^_eds ,n thfi rQOm ]ooked at
mediately, as the enemy was marcmng ^ astonishment or
along t e roa o <ir1^ j amusement, and looked at each other
Our men went into the line at mid- ^ countenances as jf th
night, taking up- positions at Chateau be obU?ed to lauKh by and
Thierry. a. m. on . . Nobody had invited him in—no-
thousand Americans were barnnjr tne
The following report of receipts and expenditures in con-
nection with war activities in Cleveland County is certainly *i
most complete and comprehensive one, and indicates how thor-
oughly Manager John Hardie has the business in hand. Kspecial-
ly is the report pleasing as regards the number of active mem-
bers of the I.oyalty League in the county, almost all of the dis-
tricts being 100 percent loyal. The sales have been exceedingly
good, and promise to be much better.—EDITOR.
; by.
body invited him out. Therefore he
just sat there.—Contributed.
Reason of Submarine
Attack on America
London. June 8.—Count Von Re-
ventlow, foremost German advocatc
of "frightfullness," believes the sub-
marine operations in the western At-
lantic will force the United State:;
4
road. Every man carried two days'
rations and ammunition.
On the night of June 1st the French
] reported a gap of four kilometers
(two and a half miles) in the line near
Gandela (ten miles west and north <
Chateau Thierry and a mile north-
west of Neuilly LaPoterie). An at-
tack was expected any moment.
A regiment of American machine
gunners and engineers were aroused
from their sleep and filled the gan. | ,0 withdraw its chief naval force
Then came an urgent call for artil-; ,]efen(] '.t^ coast. The German pres< I
lery ammunition. A truck train made s.ees ;n jt a close connection with
a forty-five mile trip and returned tbe west front offensive, through the
with ammunition in thirteen hours possible torpedoink of American ;
bringing in thirty-two truck loads. . transports.
On J.une 4 and 5 came the German j ."The submarine attael- a i America |
attacks, previously reported. On the /neans the holding of the American
5th all artillery was in position and navy in home waters," Van Revent-
firing on the enemy. j low declared, according to advices re-1
Following the repulse of attacks ceived today from The Hague,
the Americans delivered their owi?1 "This attack on America cannot
offensives on the 6th and 7th, taking fail, as others have," the Cologne
numerous prisoners and considerable Gazette said. "We can picture great
territory, inflicting heavy losses on successes as the result of thi< offen-
There is a tempoi - tbe enemy, sjve against America. They have not
ary lull as this is cabled but the battle general report concludes with had experience and they apparently
the statement that, considering the have sent their best destroyer- to Fu-
movement involved, the repulse of rope."
these attatfks and the successful con- "It a campaign against prolonin-
clusion of two counter attacks, all' ion of the war by America" said ihe
Beileau to souirieasi ui uumcatui;.-. i within six days "the men conformed Xord Deutsche Allgeme:n ■
This represents an advance ranging i t0 j^e best traditions of the army and connected with the
from less than a mile at some points | are meeting all demands made." -iv
to nearly thiee miles at other point m j To newspaper admits it i.- hnr ! to
The Americans advance adds an- j —Rev. E. O. Whitwell, who is in attac American transports ;n the
other chapter to the accomplishment; charge of the Y. M. C. A. work at a „pen PCa, nui thinks more f r.r ! V
of our troops, which are playing the'camp in New Mexico, is here visiting . results will be obtained as "•
role of General Gallieni's famous "tas-1 his family i few days. He looks well | 0f submarines operating pear the
icab army" in this second battle of | in his khaki, and seems to be getting ! igrbcrs on the American side of the
the Marne. younger. He tn.'cys the life. Atlantic.
By FRED S. FERGUSON,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
With the Americans on the Marne,
June 8.—American troops, co-operat-
ing with the French this morning hold
all gains of the last two days fightsng
on a ten mile front northwest of
Chateau-Thierry
ary lull as this i
threatens to break out anew at any
moment. The Americans and French
now hold a line extending from north-
west of Vinly, through Bussiares and
Beileau to southeast of Bouresche
west front otven-
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE
WAR SAVING STAMP BANK
FROM MARCH 2.'! TO JUNE 5, INCLUSIVE
2292 active members of Norman School District
2945 active members of Rural Districts
.'107 shares of Bank Stock
Sale of Post Cards of W. S. S. Bank
Profit from Baby Bonds for April, May and June
Surplus from sale of Stamp Drive, June 1st -
J. E. Robinson, cost for transportation
TOTAI. --
EXPENDITURES.
Postage Stamps $
Meyer & Meyer, picture frame
Transcript-Enterprise Publishing Co.-
R. D. Lindsay, day books and ledger
Bank Stock Certificates
Chas. Standley, gas, oil etc.
Carey, Lombard, Young Co.. lumber—
Miss Dot Bell, salary, April and May
W. R. Clark, gas, oil and repairs for automobile
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
Telegraph and telephone
Mrs. E. A. Foster, for Women's Council Defense
Error in names entered in Norman School Dist._
Minnetonka Lumber Co.
Trave-Trammell Co., for food and bread cards
Capital in Stamp Account ...
Expense account (broom) --
Balance on hand in all funds
1,146.00
736.25
307.00
3.00
7.24
23.37
10.00
$ 2,232.80
land county, the citizenship of which
| has always been of the highest char-
acter, to this appeal to patriotism and
charity was to have been expected. It
is not believed that any good citizen
when he realizes that our own boys
and our allies who are lighting for us
and for all humanity and are them-
selves upon a limited bread diet, will
do other than rejoice at the oppor-
tunity to practice a little self-denial,
that they may be benefitted thereby.
You will take notice that the cards
are to he used until the present supply
in the hands of tht%grocer is exhaust-
ed, after which you will retain old card
until further notice from this office.
Assuring you of the pleasure I have
in serving each of you to the best of
:ny ability, 1 am,
Patriotically yours,
H. L. MULDROW,
| Food Administrator for Cleveland Co.
5.00
1.55
86.25
3.50
10.00
26.75
174.37
100.00
66.35
5.55
2.00
7.65
1.50
10.60
40.00
1,000.00
.75
THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE REPORTED AC-
TIVE COUNCIL DEFENSE MEMBERS:
Housh-May Romance
Ends in Suicide
The Bodies of Geo. Housh, 21, and
Virgie May, 17, Oklahoma City
Couple, Buried Yesterday.—Were
Found in a Deserted Farm House
Near Billings, Okla.—They Had
Committed Suicide.
Names
40
34
18
25
29
67
11
40
58
*
66
79
Dist. No.
Names
Dist. No.
Names
25
57
48
96
26
00
49
54
27
1
50
*
28
27
51
116
30
65
52
86
31
61
53
35
32
84
54
66
33
56
55
36
34
7S
56
42
35
31
57
58
36
1
58
50
37
83-
59
47
38
72
00
39
33
61
47
40
62
41
70
63
19
42
34
65
44
43
10
66
44
44
28
67
57
45
13
68
46
69
20
47
50
70
89
; MEMBERS
-,945
Dist. No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19-20
21
24 88
TOTAL A(
■ Total Amount of Stamps sold from March 23 to Jun
elusive ——
Resnectfully submitted,
JOHN HARDIE.
Treasurer and Manager W. S. S. Bank
5, 1918, in-
. $10,720.97
' No report
The Oklahoma City papers d -vote
columns of space to the story of
George Housh, 21, a lineinan for the
Southwestern Telephone Company,
and Virgie May, 17. telephone girl
•"or the same company, whose un-
controlled passions ended in their
suicide in a deserted farm house
near Billings, Noble courty, Okla.
The couple lived in Oklahoma City,
where Housh was married and the
father of a fifteen-months old child.
He and the May girl left Oklahoma
City a couple of months ago, it is
said, and a diary found on Housh's
dead body told of their wanderings
since that time until their death in
the deserted farm house.
Th filicides are thought to have oc-
1 cured two weeks or more ago, as
the bodies, lying side by side on thi;
I bed, were badly decomposed. A note
| left by the girl said: "I have caused
J enough trouble an<J am going to
t end it all." It i< believed the May
! girl killed herself while Housh was
j temporarily absent, and the man
' committed suicide when he found
i her dead body.
j, Virgie May lived in a little old
I shack in Capitol Hill, Oklahoma
| City, and from all report her home
| life was very unpleasant. Housh
II claimed her father had t* iten her,
i nnd he had taken her to get her
away from her environment.
Housh was buried in Oklahoma
Citv today the gM beimr buried at
Billings. Housh had asked that they
be buried together, but his wife
an 1 mother refused his request.
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