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THE DAI LY TRANSCRIPT
VOL. VI. NO. 103
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1918
PRICE 2 CENTS
ALTERING PLAN, HUNS MAKE NEW STAND
ENEMY REARGUARD IS
GRADUALLY YIELDING
ALONG WHOLE FRONT
LOCAL IIANK TRANSFERS
GREEN FUNDS TO COURT j 55 MEN IN DRAFT
BADE FAREWELL BY
Prisoners Declare
Ordered to Hold Off Ameri-
cans to Last.
ADVANCING CAUTIOUSLY
TOWARD STRONGER FORCE
Fifteen New Divisions of Re
serves Thrown in to Halt
Further Moves.
FRED S. FERGUSON
. United I'ress Staff Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
IN FRANCE, July 24.—Despite or-
ders to hold to the death, the crown
prince's rear guard is being forced to
give way before the allied attack
along practically the whole battle-
front.
Prisoners declare the units of the
rear guard were ordered to remain
at their posts and hold off the Amer-
icans to the last. Before the violence
of the American assault they are be-
ing wiped out or taken prisoners.
Proceeding Cautiously
The advance is proceeding cautious
FRIENDS^AT DEPOT
it to pay the *3 792.15 deposited] Ju) Ccnli , Leaves 0„ Spec-
he local bank by the Green. ja, Tra|„ for Camp Travi£
| The Farmers' National bank cf
( Norman received an order Tuesday:
[from Judge E. D. Oldfield, of the|
'thirteenth judicial district, permit ^
They Were tin*
in the
brothers to the district court at Ok-
lahoma City,
The money had been deposited SERVED TO
H. L. Cochran, said to be Green J TRAINLOAD OF MEN
brothers agent, who arc alleged to:
have disposed of "wildcat" oil and r /• ^ r\
; , „ , , , , .. Military Relief Committee Di-
mming stock. Cochran had brought
suit to collect the deposit, but the
court ruled that the money could not
be disposed of until the proper own-1 Nornian streets were thronged
ers were determined. The Farmers' | Wednesday with people from all
bank had made application to turn: parts of the countv who were here
at 2 o'Clock.
rects Giving of Fruit lo All
Going Through.
the money over to the court, and the ^0 Say goodbye to the drafted men
request was granted.
40 PERSONS RECEIVE
DEGREES NEXT WEEK
who left on a special train at 2
o'clock for Camp Travis, Tex. Fi
ty-five men were in the quota from
this county.
The train was almost an hour late
in reaching Norman, having been de-
layed along the way in picking up
men at various county seats. The
local quota was slightly different
from that published Tuesday, as a
number of men not previously called
Forty men and women will receive) were sent with the contingent. Six
degrees at the University of Okla-1 men from other places were entrain-
ed with the local quota.
Men Are Remembered
FINISHES A CIGAR
HE BEGAN SMOKING
HALF-CENTURY AGO
FREEPOKT, 111., July 24.—
Following a dinner given last
evening by Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph B. J. Dufour in cele-
bration of the golden anniver-
sary of their wedding, Mr. Du-
four finished smoking a cigar
ha lighted and partly smoked
on his wedding day fifty years
ago.
Mr. Dufour, who is an insur-
ance man, was twenty years
old when he married and his
wife was but lifteen.
Both are as young and active
as they were a quarter of a
century ago,
REVERSING RETREAT,
ENEMY POURS TROOPS
INTO S01 SSONS FRONT
Crown Prince Suddenly Countermands With-
drawal of Forces ;ind Evidently Determines
to Fight It Out on Marne.
400,000 GERMANS IMPERILED BY STEP
Policy Believed to Be Dictated by Fear of Domes-
tic Upheaval If Expected Victories Are
Not Won on Schedule.
Commencement Address to
Delivered Wednesday by
Dr. A. L. O'Dell
He
hema summer session commencement
ly at all points, however, owing to exeicises, to be held on Wednesday
the great mass of German reinforce-: evening, .Inly 31. Of these, five will
nients and their increasing re sis ; receive the master of arts degree,
tancc. On many sector, the battle thirty-tw the bachelor of arts de-
occasionally loses all resemblance to grt-e, one the bachelor of music de-
a rearguard action and appears as gree, one the bachelor of fine arts
though the Germans intended to decree and one the degree of phar-
make a permanent stand. New Ger- j maceutical graduate.
man reserve divisions are being con- The statement as ti the number
stantly identified. i of graduates, given out Wednesday
The bitterest fighting is proceeding. Registrar Frrett R. Newby, is oil-
north of Jaulgonne where the Amer '-v tentative, as the students grades
icans are enlarging their bridge have not yet been turned in. A com-
head. i plete list of the graduates will be
Americans are pressing northward: ret,dy foi publication soon.
along the main road from Chateau Exorcises Begin Sunday
Thierry to Fere-En-Tardenois, one oi! "lp commencement exercises at
their principal communication cen- the university will begin Sunday
ters. In this region our forces c p- evening, auly 28, at 8 o'clock, when
tured Mariefarm, en important strat- the baccalaureate service will be|
egie point.
Cleveland county men were each
presented with a comfort kit and a
housewife. The kits were given by
Neighborly Club No. 7 and the
housewives by the Girls' War Relief
club. They were also given lunchcs
and magazines.
The three hundred men on the
train were served with fresh peaches
by the Red Cross military relief com-
mittee. Most of these were given by
Lexington people, through the ef-
forts of Mrs. E. J. Keller. J. E. Bell,
of northeast of Norman, also contri-
buted a bushel of fruit.
COUNTY TO SEND MEN
TO FARMING CONGRESS
[By United Press.]
PARIS, July 21.—(12:3.r> p. m.)—Artillery lijrhfintt
is proceeding violently between the Aisne ,'uid the Marne
and bctwee the Marne and Rheims, the French war office
reported today. German counter-attacks west of Rheims
were repulsed.
"Between the Marne and the Aisne and in Courton
artd Roi woods, both artilleries were greatly active," the
communique said.
"West of Rheims, the Germans counter attacked at
9 p. in. 1 the Yrigny region the French broke the enemy
assaults and maintained their positions."
BY WEBB MILLER,
United Press Slaff Correspondent
PARIS, July 24.— (10:05 a. m.)—The German crown prince
office of State Fuel Administer.! r, suddenly changed his plans for a strategic retreat in the Soifi-
l. A. Norris. The onler foi li, htk.-s aons_jjhejm3 salient and has determined to fight it out there.
nights has been made by the United, . . ,
States fuel administration, and be- This decision, idieated by stiffening enemy resistance and'm-
came effo^tive Wednesday, July 24. creasing reinforcements, was borne out by German prisoners to-
Tinder the order the use of light ^ay, wh<> declared the withdrawal order has been countermanded,
generated or produced by the use or ^ cou)d offep ,|0 explanation but military experts believe Ger-
consumption of coal, eas. oil or other .... . . , 4 p t v ^
fuel for illuminating or displaying politicians, fearig the internal effects of a huge retirement*,
advertisements, announcements or1 forced the change in plans.
signs, or for the external Qrnamenta- Thy crown prince continues to order new divisions into th :
tion of any building, will be discon- j pocket> drawing these reinforcements from as far north as the
■ ir.ved entirely on Monday, Tuesday.
"LIGHTLESS NiGHTS"
Order Affecting Oklahoma Is for
Two Days; Eastern States
Four Days.
ADA, Okla., July 24.—Monday an!
Tuesday rights of next week, and;
cach Monday and Tuesday night
thereafter, Oklahoma towns and cit-
ies will lie in darkness, acording to
an announcement given out from the
MARCH TELLS OF
AMERICAN ADVANCE
Wednesday and Thursday of each
week within New England and the
held. Re-.. R. D. Pool, pastor of the, J | ? I" AHAfjjlN!] 111} states of New York, Pennsylvania
Methodist Episcopal church of Nor ! j New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and
j man, will deliver the sermon. ,,,, 14 , T. , , 1 the District of Columbia, and will be
The commencement address on ' ° p-';. , ," a! . ? entirely discontinued on Monday and
Wednesday evening will be delivered: p en at ' tlfi" j Tuesday of each week in all the re-
(by Dr. Arthur Lee O'Dell. president; Water. : mainder of the United States. The
thej of Hen-ry Kendall college, Tulsa. Dr.| ! order excepts bona fide roof garderts
"Dell was formerly a pastor of one | ou.k... vii >< \%, ,i|> an(j outdoor restaurants and outdoor
of the large Presbyterian churches in; leBtntei1 at the Farmers congress
St. Ltrtris and has only recently been! wl>Ich wiU be in session at Stillwater
instaHed .'is president of Kendall col-i next week, under the direction of
leg«> | the Agricultural and Mechanical col- 1
main British front.
German losses in this region are now estimated <at from 125,-
000 to 150,000 men, including 25,000 prisoners. , ^
|By United Pres*.]
"WASHINGTON, July 21.—In
face of a/, least fifteen Germax di-
visions cf German reinforcements
the allied armies fighting ir, the
Soissons-Rheims salient have s!ead-
iiy advanced during the last three
days, Chief cf Staff March told cor-
respondents today.
Between the Marne and Rheims the
enemy has been yushed back on a
ten-mile front to a depth of from one
and one-half to two miles.
The Germans have only one rail
line over which to carry out their re-
treat, unless they have constructed
some minor field tracks, he said.
Lord Tired oi Partnership
It seem that the Lord has become
tired of his partnership of "Me und
Gott," March declared during his de-
scription of the great Franco-Am eri-
ean offensive of the last week.
The German retreat, he said, in
some respects similar to the Austrian j
dash back across the Pitve. A storm
had concealed the allied movements i Shaxle trees in Norman are in
tM' made possible the pushing back f ^i-eat danger of being killed by a!
of the enemy. I hat was what March pest of bagworms, according to J. H
referred to when he declared tliat j landscape p^ardener at the un-
the self-made partnership of the ivev-ity, who has discovered cedar
kaiser and his Gott had gone awry, trees adjoining the campus to be the
aunt of millions of this enemy to i
Thf exeicises, which will begin at 8
o'clocV. will ho held on the bleachers!
or Brryd field. The academic pro-
cession, which is in charge of Prof.
R. C. Terrell as marshal, will form at
7:80 at the library building. At the
close of the exercises President and
Mrs. Stratton D. Brooks will hold a
reception for summer session stu-
dents and their friends.
HAG WORM PEST
MENACES TREES
Must Be Dealt With at Once If Nor-
man's Shade Trees Are to Be
Saved. Savs Craven.
"ge. There are no agricultural or- !
moving picture theatres.
Street Lights Restricted
Street illumination in all cities will
be restricted to the hours between
LINER JUSTICIA
SUNK B\ U-BOAT
New White Star Liner in Transport ;
Service Struck by Torpedo
on Return Trip.
represent the different agricultural
activities.
P. L. Hill, progressive farmer liv-
ing six miles north and two miles
east of Norman, will represent Cleve-
land county's dairy interests. M. C
Bogle will go as a representative of
the (..earierj and Holstein cattle r]iSpJay in shop windows, store win-
asiness. J. H. Johnston, owner of or jn sjKnS jn show windows
will be discontinued from sunrise to
j PREPARED FOR L AST
[STAND ON BATTLEFKONT
BY JOHN DE CANDY,
I United Puss Staff Correspondent
PARIS, July 2t,— (4 p. m.)—The
Germans appear determined to avoid
Ja prolonged retreat and are reported1
I to be preparing for a desperate stand
along the present battlelront.
Further allied successes under the
conditions wilt llms imperil mor.t tiiau
lilt' 32,100-t(Ul 100,(100 Germans in the Soissnus-
beeil toi pedo- | Rheims pocket, as their forces within
... if- ■ i -u 4i it r t<*1' ■sun't while 011 its way I <> j the salient have grown to that figuie.
istration officials with the dntv of United Pinion ,, . ...
... lne umieu Oiaies. j French ami American trooos over
arranging with the proper munici- i ,, „ • ,, ,
, ,, ... . .. , .. , fie Justicia was the newest of the coming the liter resistance, are ome-
ral authorities for the regulation of . ' 1 -
crack White Star ships. She was rcssin-' northeast of Chateau Thicviy
completed only a year ago and had and south of the Ourcq.
been in service as a freight ship. She j
NEW
.- ,, . .„ .. , , sunset and sunrise, and the amount Whitp Star
gamzations that will attend the con- , ... ,. , •„ , *v nlLe 01,11
; , , , . ■ ,. . , , of public lighting in any city will be t.urp Inrls
gress in s body, but individuals will , , . ,, . , , . -iere i.ou«
the different n,^.,lw„l Teduced to that necessary for safety.. hn(J,. jUfi(
The oT<ler charges local fuel adniin-
with
YORK, July 24.-
1 ine received
ly that
ticia. han
-The
word :
public lighting, in accordance
the provisions of the order.
The use of light for illumination or|
(iernians Choose Retreat
Taking the situation as a whole,
March pointed out that the Germans
had made a bold decision for retire-
ment, relying on the cover of night
and the seclusion of smoke clouds to
hide their withdraws)!. Along the
Marne itself, the Americans and
French have crossed the river at a m
number of points and now hold pos-' pi
session there. th
The response of the Germans to
Foch's countcr offensive, was 'to
throw in a large number of reserve
divisions, which had not been used
when the German drive for Rheims
started.
It is the belief of General March
*. fifteen r serve divisions were
thus used.
the Johnston pure-bred cattle ranch
in the Ten-Mile flat, will attend in
the interest of Shorthorn and Duroc
Jersey cattle raisers. William Barr,,
retired farmer of Norman, who is
deeply interested in corn production
in the county, will represent that
phase of farming.
County Agent L, E. Bogan will at-
tend, representing all the agricultur-
al activities of the county. Others
will probably decide to go at the last
moment, according to Mr. Bogan.
, . . ~.. .. y position at Oulchv-Le-
; .-ii nad done transport duty for the, ( |lil1(.au (vvtlicll already is reportP(J
States and Canada. She made t(1 have b,,n ren(leml mitoriahl(1 by
the allies) is out -flanked.
trees. Immediate action must be RELIEF MEETING IS
taken to rid the trees of the worms POSTPONED FOR TI VIE
says Mr. Craven.
The worms were found to have The meeting called by Mrs. J. B:
killed two cedar trec^ „ri the lawn Cheadle at the city hail last even-
of Prof. H. E. Cunningham's home jl!(f f0r the purpose of discussing
Boyd street. Mr. Craven im- Norman's social welfare problems
ately sprayed the dead trees, to was not held, on account of the ab-
n WV.-i
of the pest to
at the sprti
impus.
Commercial arsenate of lead will
kill the bagworm-, says Mr. Craven
who advises all householders to ex-
amine I heir trees and protect them at
once. *'If only a few are found, pick
them off and drop them ih kerosene,"
says the tree expert.
sence of some of the persons most
deeply interested 'n the matter. It
was decided to hold another meeting
this week, at a time to be announced
later.
sunset, and will be discontinued en-
tir-ly on the "lightless nights" desig-
nated fcy the ordbr,
AVill Save Much Coal
The bureau of standards of the de
partment of commerce has advised
the fuel administration that it is es-
timated that about 500,000 tons r
coal per year is used for advert is-
ing purposes, including display and'
show window lighting in the United
States. Similar estimates fix the
amount of coal used in advert is in.''
lighting New York city at 16,000 t> ri-
per year.
With the miners of the count!-
spending loyally to the appeals of the
fuel administration for incre.
production, the weekly output of ' .
tuminous coal is surpassing al p; •.
ious records. The efforts of the fuel
administration, operators and
ers to increase production must
:pplemented, however, by the i
ination of every wasteful or ui
ry use of coal. The enormou- .
her Tirst trip to this country loaded
'.nth invalided Cana.lian soldiers wh')
were sent to New York an taken ov-'
t-riund to Canada when the port of DirGCiCu
■ 'fax was closed by the explosion Ship Cleaner Coal
ADA, July 24.—Coal cofv-
sumers <-f tlie southwest will not suf-
fer from having to use an inferior
i tade of coal this year, according to
information coming to the office ot*
State Fuel Administrator P. A. Nor-
ris, at this place. The government
has inspectors in all the producing
L-ncaii Woman Suffrage associa- territories, arid the
dquarters in New York,1 Beeing that
rowd of several hun- Tht- miners,
have been I
shovelful of
much less c
Suffragist Leader
Gives Campus Talk
-s Alice B. Curtis, one of the
-known speakers of the National
with he
e-sed a crowd of sev
persons on the campus
ersity Tuesday evening.
ie pres
of the
ampaign is
Curtis has
ni not here
to whether
ook ar
will
id son Thaddie of Sc-
arrive in Norman to-
that ti
to the help
John Hardic's Brother Here—
James Hardie of Chicago arrived in
Norman Tuesday morning and will
visit his brother, John G. Ilardie, fir
a few days. Mr. Hardie brought the
news qf the death of one of his ne-
piiews who was killed in the last Ger-
man drive. The young man enlisted
in Scotland. James is the only
brother of John G. in this country.
night fo
lly.
a fe-.
jrothe
days
O. C
with their
satisfactorily
was despaired
y to recovery,
received from
riCcal time.
demand for fuel
that the country
omical use possil
women an
of ti
south\
ing the m
sd in re
Re
in automobilo belong-
T1IE WEATHER
Oklahoma Weather Tonight gen-
erally fair weather, Thursday prob-
ably fair, continued warm.
afternoon. Wilson is the son of Mr.
. nd .*1 rs Warren Wilson of the Ne-
walla neighborhood, and Miss Reeves
is the daughter of Mr. and Mr■'
Reeves of Newalla. Both are well-
known in their community.
ait alleged Lm.t I* ray slier drov
:h> car without his consent. Fray
:tier had other as ociates, but he w
.I.r only one held. He immediately
.aid the fine and was released
Griff it
lie folic
81 i.:hly, publicity;
J. Mittbell, life: a ti
. dm, v.'ai lei'v.t
1 ■: Bell, speakers.
Mi.
eal t.
Poster, peti-
i Margaret
Miss M. E.
Miss Fannie
> them
lading (
k> feelii
inspectors are
clean coal is shipped.
Well as the i peratore,
brought t see that every
: dirt hauled means that
i in coal for keeping
children warm and hur-
isporls across the sea,
rating and dc ing what
Iig only clean coaf.
■r, district representa-
1 fiiel ada, ni (ration for
■ tern district, says
■ it, coal that has been
many years is now leav-
ne- of all tho southwest
under this sy.ieni of in-
| sward will be reflect-
iring to these coal fields
•el which have been lost
the past, owing to '.he
inferior product, ind in
'
hey are rendering ti tha
in the struggle for
' ■ bo and daughter of
1 "t Mis E. P, Mor-
"nrcell Register.
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