The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 117, Ed. 1 Friday, August 9, 1918 Page: 1 of 4
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OKLAHOMA CTi* .J
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THE DAILY TRANSCR
VOL. VI. NO. 117.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA,FRIDAY, AUG. 9,1918.
THIRD OFFENSIVE LAUNCHED IN FLAN
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CHAULNES MENACED
Important Town Where Germans
Resisted Attack Falls Into
Allied Hands
Returns on Democratic Races for Governorship, Legislative
Jlnd County Offices in Jill Precincts of Cleveland County
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I By United Press.]
LONDON, Aug. 9.—(2 p. m.)—
British patrols have passed Fouea-
court (four mile9 north and west of
Chaules), it was learned this after-
noon.
British troops have captured Mor-
lancourt, the important town north
of the Somme, where the German re-
sistance held up the left wing of the
allied advance yesterday, it was
learned today.
British cavalry is near Chaulnes
Junction, four miles in advance of the
infantry, it was learned this after-
noon.
(Chaulnes Junction is about a mile
south of the important city of
Chaulnes and represents an advance
of more than twelve miles from the
original line at Hangard, and an ad-
ditional penetration of about four
miles since yesterday.) '
FOURTEEN THOUSAND
PRISONERS CAPTURED
[By United Press.]
LONDON, Aug. 9.—More than 14,-
000 prisoners and an enormous num-
ber of guns have been captured in
the Franco-British drive in Picardy,
according tt> the latest reports re-
ceived today.
Haig's official report described the
allied line as extending from Braches
northeastward through Plessier-
Rozainvilliers, Beaucourt and Caix, to
Framerville, then northwestward
through Chipilly to a point west of
Morlancourt.
(This is a front of about twenty
miles).
Framerville, the apex of the allied
salient, is about nine miles east of
Villers-Bretonneux and represents an
advance of about eight miles. The
highly 'important railway and high-
way center of Rosieres is menaced by j
the allies, as the newly captured town I
of Caix is only two miles to the west- j
ward.
Governor—• . .
Robertson (Dem) ,
Murray (Dem) 11
Alexander (Dem) ! 2
Gault (Dem) -."II 5
Durant (Dem) j ^
McCollister (Dem)
Davis (Dem)
State Senator, 19th Dint.—
-Miller (Dem)
Northcutt (Dem) IIII
Wallace (Dem)
Representative—
Hutchin (Dem) ,
Phillips (Dem) 1 " ®®,
15
Stognwer (Dem)
For Sheriff—
Ira King
Edgar J. Mays III.II
J. N. Brown . .
J. B. Wheelis "I
For County Clerk—
Ernest B. Helms
For County Attorney—
J. D. Grigsby
Tom Cheatwood
For Court Clerk—
Glen O. Morris
John Fisher
Don J. Lewis i
W. E. (Eli) Davis
L. L. McComb
J.J. Burke (Rep) 1
For County Weigher—
W. L. Martin
For County Judge—
Geo. C. Burke
George Allen 1 8®l
Gresham (Rep) I 15
For County Assessor—
W. E. Barnard
Gooding (Rep)
For County Treasurer—
J. L. Corbett
Shinn (Rep) II 15
For County Superintendent—
W. R. Clark
For County Surveyor—
T. L. Davis
For Commissioner, First Dist.
Earl C. Patterson 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
R. F. McBride I ! j 1 ! ■!
Kasbaum (Rep) I 1 1 1 1 ! 1
For Commissioner, Second Dist.—
Tom Giles 1 , 1 1 47]
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A I)\ ANCE KIMUTANEOIIS
WTH THAT IN PICARDY
Southwestern Part of Flanders
Salient Scene of New
Stroke
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LONDON, Aug. 9.—British
troops have started a drive in
Flanders and already have cap-
tured several villages, the Brit-
ish war office announced today.
Locon le Cornet, Malo, Quentin,
LePetit Pacaut, arnd I.e Sart
have been occupied.
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j statement said, the enemy is re-
.. sisting vigorously and' heavy
j! 624 fighting is under wav between
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! ADVANCE IN Kl.ANDERS
i COMES UNEXPECTEDLY
I By United Press.)
LONDON^ Aug. 9.—British troops,
while sweeping forward on their new
61 658 ! offensive front in Picardy, suddenly
2' 874 j advanced in Flanders today. Initial
01 384 ,)r.°Kreas of two niile" on an eight-
4' 265 m''e ^ront along the southwestern
lj 258 ! Portion of the Flanders salient, was
SI 287 I reported by the British war office, to-
gether with the capture of five vil-
i lages.
In Picardy, the capture of Morlan-
I court and arrival of British cavalry
'■il w'S I ^'lau'neK Junction was reported in
official dispatches. The Inttter rep-
j resents an additional gain of about
I four miles (a total penetration of
more than twelve miles.) The Brit-
I ish war offic, reported 14,000 prison-
ers taken.
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J. D. Anderson
For Commissioner, Third Dist.—
z. K. Westervelt
J. K. Eastep
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Eastern Oklahoma Is
Much in Need of Rain
' Crops in eastern Oklahoma and
southwestern Arkansas are in a bad
condition as the result of continued
drouth, according to Rev. L. H. Ha-
vill, who returned Wednesday from
Mena, Polk county, Arkansas, where
he conducted a meeting at the
Church of Christ. Mr. Havill left
Norman Friday, July 26.
There is no corn in this part of
Arkansas, Mr Havill reports, find
cotton is only six to twelve inches
high, with six to eight bolls to a
stalk. Li'.e^stock is allowed to range
at large, as there are no crops to be
damaged. In the neighborhood of
Mena farmers planted patches of
from two to six acres of wheat,
which they cut by hand, threshed by
flnil, washed out by hand and carried
to the mill.
The entire eastern part of Okla-
homa is much in need of rain, ac-
cording to Mr. Havill. The best crops
he saw were about thirty miles east
of Shawnee, where vegetation was
greener than in any other place
along the way.
Justice Peace, Norman Twp.—
Joe Daniel j
J. W. Linton
Justice Pea^c, Canadian Twp.—
Williams (Rep)
Justice Peace, Lexington Twp.—
J. E. Peters 1
Justice Peace, Little River Twp.—
John Studholme
For Constable Normrn Citv—
H. Sellers |
For State Committeeman—
J. R. Stogner
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LIEUTEN A NT E A (1LETON
HAS REACHED LONDON
Lieut. William L. Eagleton, soji of
Judge and Mrs. W. L. Eagleton, has
arrived in London, according to a
cablegram received Friday morning
by his parents. They had not heard
from him for three weeks. He is in
the 16th battalion, F. A., R. D., and
was stationed at Camp Jackson, Col-
umbia, S. C., several weeks before he
sailed.
Lieutenant Eagneton received his
commission at the end of ^he first of-
ficers' training camp at Fort Logan
H, Roots, Little Rock, Ark.
Refigerators and ice boxes on sale
at Minteer Hardware company.
Some Fine Corn
Grown in County
Urgent Call Issued
For Red Cross Help
First O. U. Hsro
?A Football Star
f~i 'i f'i 4-1* urPent: ca" f°r workers in the
UeSpiie Z^rOUr/11 surgical dressing department of the
Red Cross is sent out to women of
Even though i-eports are that very Norman by Mrs. W. C. Weir, who is
little corn will be raised this year in j in charge of this work. Mrs. Weir
Cleveland county except in the Little ] says that sometimes only two or
river district, and around Lexington, 1 three persons beside the instructors 1
and that corn nearly all over the are there to work during the morn- J
county will be soft and wormy, it is | ings. She asks that as many women
certain that at least two good sound' and girls as can posibly spare the
hard ears of corn twelve inches long ! time come to work every morning
have been raised in the county. from 8 to 12.
It stands to reason that there are j A large supply of gauze, 1700 !
more ears like these where these yards, has just been received at the
came from. And there are more.
These samples were from a twenty-
acre field of corn which will make
fifty bushels to the acre.
This story is not a fable, even
though the average number of bush-
els to the acre for corn in this caun-
ty where there are any bushels to the
acre, is twenty-three. These are live
samples of the Bloody Butcher varie-
ty
be seen growing in the Cornfield be
longing to G. W. Hill in the Little
River district.
surgical dressing rooms.
THIRD M'LAUGHLIN SON
NOW SAFELY OVERSEAS
Jefferson McLaughlin son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. F. McLaughlin, has has
arrived safely overseas, according to
a card received by his parents. Mc-
Tkol, 1 • * Laughlin left Clinton, Okla., for
Iheir brothers and sisters may rn „ . n, ' . . lt
„• t 1 Camp Bowie May 25. He is in the
143rd infantry.
July 10 he was sent to Newport
News, Va., where he remained unti
he sailed recently. McLaughlin
hopes to be transferred into the "BIO ANDY"
heavy artillery.
This is the third son which Mr. and Lieut. George R. Anderson, known
Mrs. McLaughlin have in France, to the university community as "Big
The others are Corporal Archie J. Andy," was star tackle
McLaughlin of the 507th engineers,
Cc npany A, service battalion, and
Corporal Tettus W. McLaughlin,
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Light Rain a Relief,
But Does Little Cood
No Proceedings Yet
Against Wounded Men
"The men are both reliable citizens
and 1 know I can trust to their in-
tegrity, although they were both
wrong in this instance," said County
Attorney Tom Cheatwood in speak-
ing of J, L. Sudderth, county com-
missioner from the second district,
and John Motsonbocker, farmer in
the Bfinner neighborhood, who en-
gaged in a shooting affray near Lex-
ington, Tuesday.
"Some h; e asked what legal ac-
tion will be taken," continued Mr.
Cheatwood, "and 1 answered * hat
when the j.opci time comes tha
necessary legal action will be taken.
"I have recently visited the two
men, and 1 h.ive no doubt but that
Sudderth ill recover. Motsonbocker,
has a gooil chance for recovery, I told
them that they would not escape
prosecution if they lived. Neither of
them wants to prosecute the other.
If either of them dies the survivor
will be charged with murder. If
they both live, each will be charged
with shooting with intent to kill "
On Assault Charge
One-tenth of an inch of rain, just
j enough to settle the dust, but not
enough to settle the complaints about
the lack of moisture, fell Thursday
j evening from 6:30 to 7:30 o'clock, af-1
!er 1 "demonstration" that promised Ffillf Mtll AlTeStCfi
a grcund-soaker but failed to pro-
duce the goods. The rain was the
first to fall in August, and broke a
1 drouth of several weeks' durtotion.
The rain brought the toal amount
of precipitation to 14 inches during
the year -of 1918. "The rain last
night may cause the cotton to form a
few bolls again in a few days," said
L E. Bogan, farm demonstrator for
Cleveland county.
Thursday's rain followed the pre-
cedents for August very closely.
Last year the first rain in August which th
fell on the seventh, when the precip-: },aj wjth
J. C. Blackburn, his son, Jas. Hop-
per and a M>. Blevens, of Box, in the
southwestern part of the county,
were broi 1 ht to Norman Thursday
by Sheriff Ben Wheelis and Deputy
Sheriff Ben F Clay and placed in
jail on the charge of assault and
battery inst Tom Rose, chairman
the counc ! ot defense fir that dis-
trict. The dispute between the men
is said to have arisen over a difficulty
who were arrested
the district chairman be-
itation amounted to three-quarters of cause he thought they were hoarding
an inch. Afterward it rained on Aug-
ust, 9, 10, 11 and 12, with a total of
1.10 inches.
The Ideal Laundry maintains a lis'
price, and does not add a percentage
to that price. For better work at
cheaper prices go to the Ideal Laun-
dry. it
THE WEATHER
Oklahoma Weather: Tonight and |
Saturday, partly cloudy to cloudy. i If it's new
On account of a change of appoint-
ment to another place. Dr. M. L. But-
ler. presiding elder of the Oklahoma
City district of the Methodist Episco-
pal church south, will preach at the
church here Sunday moi !ng at 11
o'clock, not at the park Sunday even-
ing, as previously announ eil.
| Company M, Fortv-seventh infantry. cu' above was made was taken in the I D " , ' . " } " '
I ' J 1 Presbyterian church, wi!! preach in
September. 1917, just before Ander-1 o[ n„ Butlc, at th„ . ,or
son's departure for France. vice in Edwards parks.
flour in their houses.
The men will have a hearing before
the county council of defense Satur-
1 day evening.
DR. BUTLER TO SPEAK
HERE SUNDAY MORNING WAR DECLARED BETWEEN
ALLIES AND BOLSHEv IKI
Uennie
Owen's foothhll team two seasons
The photograph from which the
it's in the Transcript.
|By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—The state
department today received confirma-
tion of a state of war between the
Bolsheviki government and "the al-
lies."
In a message from Moscow dated
Jul 31, American Consul Pool said
that I.er ire. in a public speech before
the members of the soivet, had de-
clared that a state of war existed.
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