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THE DAI LY TRANSCRIPT
VOL. VI. NO. 120.
NORMAN. OKLAHOMA. TUESDAY. AUG. 13, 1918.
I'KICE 2 CENTS
HINDENBURG FACING
FORCED RETREAT ON
COSTLY WON TERRAIN
FRED TARMAN SERGEANT
IN INTELLIGENCE CORPS
j Fred E. Tarman, assistant professor
of journalism in the university, who
entered military service May 31 and
! later was sent to Camp Logan, Hous-
„ . . ■ [ton, Tex., has been promoted to scr
Prisoners Admit a . I geant and transferred to the corps of
Rut Defensive Fighting Is ?ntelliltence
police at the southern de-
Now Possible. i partment headquarters, Fort Sam
NEW RULINGS CAUSE
ALLOTMENT CHANGES
Dependents of Soldiers Should
Not Re Concerned, as Ad-
justments Will Re Made. I
v 1 ^ WEEK'S LULL ENDED RY
Due to a change in ruling made by MARRIAGE LICENSES
the government a reduction has been
GERMANS EVACUATE RlBE COURT,
ALLOWING FRENCH TO APPROACH
ROYE AND LASSIGNY DEFENSES
™rkT ninRIJ THAN FORTY Houston. lie had formerly been in thu, made in the allotment checks from the Aft(,,. another weekv lull in the
niVISIONSlN RESERVE headquartera company of the K,fty" bureau of wa/ r!',k insurance to th> marriages, two couple from Okla-
DIVISIONS , seventh infantry, and was attached to dependents of soldiers, and therefore CHy w<?ro pranted marriage li-
; the personnel office at regimental, the families of Cleveland county sol-1 censea Monilay ))v MrPi p, a. Adair,
| headquarters. | diers should not worry over delays^ or j deputy court derk Th(,se were the
Enemy Retires From Trem-hrs on a Front
Nearly Three Miles, Extending From
River Oise to Point West of Bailly.
of
Cost of Holding Two Large Sali-
ents May Compel Rapid
Shortening of Lines.
FRENCH APPEAR TO COMMAND ROYE
Mrs. Tarman joined her husband at I reductions of their checks, said Mrs.! first • marrj iicellsea issued since
—i-Lnf M#\«r I c^ntfAn ii Brooks, chairman of the
i Houston about a week ago, but is now> Stratton D,
| visiting relatives near San Antonio, home service
i She will go to Fort Sam Houston this Cross, today.
section
f th r >1 I AuKust "•
0 e ' Those to whom licenses were is.-tied
Monday were Thomas Boyle, Irish, 4S,
BY WJT.UAiV! PHILIP SIMMS,
United Press Staff Correspondent , _ .
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN | week. i Under the new ruling the July allot ^ bot)] of okU(.
FRANCE Aug 12.—(Night).—Von Sergeant Tarman's address is De- j ments are not payable until AugustK,. and G. L. Teague IS, and Wilma
Hindenburg today is face to face with! partment Intelligence office, Fort Sam and the August allotments until Sep ; ^ Qf 0|.lahoma city.
a poser. Can he maintain himself on Houston, Tex. tember The new rules say that here-,
his present lines or will he be forced. after thl' buJeau wlH W a ,otment'
to beat an undignified retreat along1 BAPTISTS TO RAYFORD ernment family allowances and then
Tft ITTEMfl A CCCMDI V ()nly thc amounts required to sui
I U A I I LhUi AvuLmuL I port such allowances. All otlier allot
mncg will be paid by the branch of the
Communications Eastward From the Town Are
Already Under Artillery Fire: Germans
Withdrawing From Battle Line
Why the Noise
And Smoke in
Ford Garage?
the lines over which the French and
British pushed him in 1917? And can I
he hope ever to assume the offensive j
again, or must he from now on act .
purely on the defensive? Members of Local Church Leave military or naval service in which the
Foch and Haig, by the battle of for R. Y. P. U. Convention man is enlisted.
Amiens, plainly have given him ; in Arhlickles.
hard nut to crack. Prisoners just tak-1 . _
en dejectedly admit the Germans will A large representation of the mem- by the war risk insurance bureau, re- bluish gray fog, and smoke was puff-
LONDON, Aug. 13.—(1:15 p. m.)—The Germans, as the re-
sult of French pressure, are evacuating the southern defenses
of Ribecourt, it was learned this afternoon.
The enemv retired from their trenches on a front of nearly
three miles, extending from the Oise at a point about a mile south-
west of Ribecourt to a point west of Bailly (two miles southeast of
Ribecourt.)
The French occupied the deserted positions.
The atmosphere was clouded with
The minimum of $15 a month, ac-, smoke. The air all around the Pick-
I cording to the new order, will be paid ard brothers garage was filled with a
TO OUTFLANK ROYE.
LONDON. Aug. 13.— (1:2f p. m.)—1The French are driving-
forward in an effort to flank Roye, Lassigny and Ribecpurt, it waf
learned this afternoon.
, , Roye is being pressed closely from the west and south and t fie
be unable to resist further in their bers of the Baptist church and B. Y. gardless of the pay received by the ing out from every window and door p u \mr)ear already to be commanding it. The communications
" - A —- - ■ 1 - --""cry fire. After capturing
: point between Roye ad
the wood to the east-
the entrance of the Americans
garded with dismay."
Haig's new blow has greatly added
to this depression. The feeling is
gradually spreading that Germany has
finished her course. But Germany is
not finished and undoubtedly will put
Baptist war uepartiiivni tniuu^n tuc yuwuci- "vw "** — ,
church, which arc being held there | master general. Dependents in doubt racer was tearing down the street in w a L' troops have captured L'Ecoilvillon (midway between
this week. The B. Y. P. U. conven-j about any of these points should come the same direction. The unmistak- ■ , Ribecourt) and have gained ground north of St.
tion will last until Tuesday night and , to the home service rooms and talk able mechanics and automen with
the assembly will continue until Aug- | with Mrs. Brooks about them. j their slick greasy overalls
seemed ! Olaude fai m.
ust 22.
The members of the B. Y. P. U. in
up a stubborn fight for some time to Oklahoma have bought a section of
come. Nobody here even intimates the land one and one-half miles from i
war is over. Von Hindenburg however, Rayford. They have erected camp
is clearly facing the probability of buildings on the land, including
purely defensive warfare.
Reserves at Law Stage.
The fifth month of the present fight-
ing season was near its end when Hai^
struck Thursday. German divisions in
reserve on the whole west front were
very low. I should calculate there were
not over forty (probably 400,000 men).
Since Thursday some ten of these have
been identified.
Yet as a result of Von Hindenburg
DR. LOWTHER CALLED TO piace
COLUMBUS, TEX., HOSPITAL
just as
Dr. R. D. Lowther received orders out of
: deeply interested in what was taking
GERMAN TROOPS WITHDRAWN
, „ , , ■ , , , , Thp Oermans are withdrawii? additional troops from the bat-
No bells or alarms had sounded, but ^ ^he G^nsarj thfi fl;mks is kown to hjm. Kreatly aide* in
ther^door 1 he'whistle blew' ^ustir^lh^irre^rves. There are now tWrty-three enemy di-
i Monday from Fort Sam Houston, San The curbing was lined with automo- visions (probably 396,000 nicn) the battle front. ,
- TVwn'w" Antonio, Tex., to report to the hospi- Wes but the L truck was not there. On the Aiane-Vesle front French and American troops by
screened hall. They have b > tal in Columbus, Tex., Tuesday even- Thpn came the surprise. A little strong counter-attacks regained positions they had lost temporari-
mg state conventions there in the j . „ , , , , , _ '
ing. He does not know where he will Fordson tractor somewhat taller than ly near Fismette. , , ,, . - ,, , .
be placed in training. an ordinary Ford, but not much larg- The French have now almost reached the crest of the Lassigny
Dr. Lowther was commissioned
in ordinarv Ford, but not much larg- The French have now almost i eacrieu u.e i.m yiu
n- than a roadster came puffing and heights. A few Germans remain on the highest point.
ROBERT R GOODSON NOW
summer for two or three years.
Make Trip in Autos
Mrs. Ben Williams and Rev. T. W., ... , ,,,
Gayer each took an automobile load first heute"ant ^en he took his ex- rathng and fussing out of the gar
of passengers, including their own animation for entrance into the army age door, enveloped in the smoke of M|ss PICKARD ACCEPTS 4Tlnw,,n .....
'about, a month ago in Oklahoma its own gasoline. CIVIL SERVICE PLACE j STATIONED AT CHICAGO
City. ] "It's keeping up the Ford reputa-
tion for noise and fuss," remarked
Former Teacher in "Y" Work—W. one bystander. "But isn't it cute,"
T. Leach, formerly principal of th^ remarked another.
families, Monday. Miss Bettie Ste-
phens and Mrs. Hugh Jones ac- i
companied Mr. Gayer.
Those who will go to the assembly j
holding them is huge, as the large al-
lied guns pound ceaselessly day and
night just as they pounded the o'<i
Somme lines, which became untenable.
Owing to heavy losses which are
dwindling their army, the Germans
may find it necessary not only to re-
main on the defensive but to shorten
their line in order to maintain a suf-
ficient number of reserves to hold
even this.
In the meantime a comparative lull
continues. British positions have been
I Jefferson school in Normart and later
Lela Pickard, who has been employ- Kobrt B. Goodson, who was aboard
ed a short time in the office of Coun- the U. S. S. Sehurz, which was sunk
ty Clerk Ernest B. Helms, has ac- in a collision off the Atlantic coast in
The tractor is a 22-horse power ma- cepted an appoitment as stenograph- June, and who has recently
half successful blows, two large sali- j later in the week are Dr. W. W. Phe-
ents remain to be held. The cost of j lan and ASOp]o^|'nJ1ne(^;o^C^0Cr1^ | on the faculty of the Oklahoma City chine and was made by eHnry Ford er' in " the 0"ffice of the director-gen-
in 1 Francis and Mr and Mrs W C hi*h sch°o1 ,eft Oklahoma City Mon- & Son, Dearborn, Mich. It was pral of the chemicai war service,
Weir and daughter Anna Mabel ' day for San Antonio- wllere he wl11 shipped to Oklahoma City and driven Washinpton, D. C„ at a handsome
Those attending the convention will enter the trainmK sch001 for armV Y- to Norman yesterday under its own pa,ary ghe wiU leave for Washing-
camp while they are there and have j M- ,C-, A- secretaries. After a three power at the rate of seven miles an tQn gunday afternoon.
the sessions of the convention and
asssembly in arbors and under trees. | overseas. ln Norman
hour. It is the first tractor of its kind
spending u 21-day furlough in Nor-
man, has been sent to Chicago, whew
he thinks he will he stationed for
some time.
He left Normal, last week and re-
improved along the Somme. Else
where there is only local fighting-
Manufacturing Plants
May Use Screenings
TWO DRAFT EVADERS
TAKEN TO TORT SILL
William P. Cloggston and William
H. Murray who were found guilty of
w. j the charge of evading the draft law
University to Be Training Center
For Future Officers of U. S
Miss Pickard took the civil service ported at New York, where he was
examination some time ago and pass- assigned to the U. S. Wilmette, a*
ed. She was a student in the nniver- a fireman. Before coming to Nor-
sitv in 1916-17, but has not received man he had been on the C. W. Morse,
! rmy
her degree.
,000 PRISONERS ARE
TAKEN IN FOUR DAYS
The University of Oklahoma will The war department makes the
land placed in jail in July, were taken . become one of the centers for the statement that "at least four r i v
to Fort Sill by Deputy Sheriff Ben F. | military training of college students times as many officers will be requir-
Clay Tuesday morning and placed on a sca)e never before attempted in ed as the total number of students
under guard. j September, when, by authority of the ! will produce from all American col-
Ed P. Ingle, clerk of the local ex- j war department, a unit of the Stu- leges and universities. Enlistment in
emption board, has notified the draft I ,jent3* Army Training corps will be es- the Students' Army Training corps
ADA, Okla., Aug. 13.—Brick, tile board in Columbus, Ohio, where, tablished at the institution. This ac- therefore, while it does not hold out
and other clay manufacturing plants, j Cloggston was registered, and the | t;on
was taken only after a thorough any promise of an officers' commis-
which were restricted in the amount draft board in Joplin, Mo., where Mur- j jnvegtigation of the work conducted sion, is at the present time the plain- f"1"' Hutin
a receiving ship in New York harbor.
Goodson was a student in the col-
lege of engineering of the university
in 1916-16 .' lid enlisted in the navy a
year ago this month.
PARIS, Aug. 13.— (1016 a. m.)—
German prisoners taken from Thurs- , „
day to Sunday exceed 37,000, of ij'Ojru I Itiniling 101
which 2,300 are officers, Marcel IIu- Draft Registration
tin, military writer of the Echo de f j ( s .
Paris, declared today. No gtcps >,ave ye(; been taken, but
The total number of prisoners cap- wm probably be "taken within a few
tured since July 18 is in excess of 70,- dayB by thc local draft board in car-
ays. More than 1,000
of fuel to be used this year, will he ray failed to register, that the evaders i jn mj]jtary training at the university ; est road leading in that direction."
permitted to take in all the coal nave been sent to Fort Sill, where the;, j jas^ year un,|er the direction of Capt. \ further statement is to the ef-
screenings they can get for the next will be given trial. j Clark B. Dudley, professor of military fect that "should congress lower the
thirty days, according to a ruling ( ! science and tactics, and Maj. Robert age 0f liability to immediate military
just issued from Washington, and giv- _ R'.'PYES LEAVES' I 1"erre" comniandant.
en out today by P. A. Norris, state MRS JACORS SUCCEEDS I Confirmation of the plan for estab-
fuel administrator. This applies only , j ]jsjjinB. a training unit at the univer-
to those plants west of the Mississ
rying out the suggestions of Provost
cannon and over 10,000 machine guns j Marsj,ai General Crowder as to how
have been captured. the next registration of men between
! the ages of 18 and 45 years is to be
env COUNCIL ACT-* ! carried out.
ON CLAIMS TONIGHT Maj. Eugene Kerr, attached to fciie*
adjutant general's office, has sent out
The city council will meet Tuesday tho SUKirestions of Provost Marsha*
ippi river and means that the plants
in Oklahoma can run full time if
they buy and store the slack coal in
the next thirty days.
This action was taken in order to
relieve the screei.ings situation. Ok-
lahoma coal distribution hsa been held
up on account of a poor market for
steam coal, and it is thought the re-
- . • ,- -11 i,„ excutive secretary oi tne nomc an- i
moval of restnctions will be of ma- -f-u ' i
terial aid in getting a market for v.ce sert'on o the Red Cross, began
these cheaper grades of coal. her duties Saturday.
The fuel administration also urges
those plants, which can possibly burn \JILITARY WEDDING AT
screenings, to bej?in usinpr this coal at METHODIST PARSONAGE
once, and release the lump and nut
for domestic use. If a plant can burn Arvilla Pomeroy and V. C.I
Mrs. Nell H. Reeves left Sunday for ( sity is contained in the following tele-
Mangum, where she will visit her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Wilson,
i at her former home. Mrs. Reeves will
| teach in the high school at Medford,
Okla., next year.
Mrs. John Jacobs, who was appoint-
ed by the executive committee of the
Red Cross to succeed Mrs. Reeves as i
! excutive secretary of the home ser-
gram just received by President Strat
ton D. Brooks:
"Your institution having satisfi-
ed prescribed conditions, a unit
of the Students' Army Training
corps will be established therein
by direction of the secretary of
war. An officer of the United
States army will be detailed to
your institution at an early date
and will upon arrival proceed
with organization of your unit.
Rifles, uniforms, overcoats, and
other equipment will be shipped
to you soon, upon the basis of
figures already furnished by you."
(Signed) H. P. McCAl.V,
Adjutant General."
The Students' Army Training corps
gives the student an opportunity to
complete his college course even
though he has reached the draft a
Any student who is enlisted
service, men of the new ages not al-
ready enlisted may find difficulty in
entering the service otherwise than ... , , , _
through the draft boards. In view of «venmR for thp I,urP0S!' °f K™ntmC General Crowder to thc local draft
this possibility, all men expecting to claims for salaries and improve- In the letter containing the
ments, provided the excise board ap- SUKfrestions, the provost marshal gen-
1 roves the estimates sent in by the tT;li requests that each board at once
city clerk, Miss Martha Wise. appoint a registrar or registrars for
The excise board met Monday and pr^j^ct within its jurisdiction.
Tuesday to consider the estimates
sent in by the city and by the county
for new roads, bridges and other im-
provements.
He W. C. FLESH ER DIES AT
screnings and still insists upon using itt, both of Hickory, Okla., were |
lump or nut coal, it is not showing 1;^e prjncipais jn a miltary wedding
the co-operation or patriotism the pargonage of the South Metho-
times demand. 1 ,jjst church Tuesday morning at 11
— o'clock. Rev. C. S. Welker performed
GIRLS' CLUB TO GIVE
the ceremony.
FAIR FOR RED CROSS
Mr. Moffitt has been in training as
. a radio operator at the university <^ps mast register after he reaches
The Girls' War Relief club decided j camp for the past two months and jthe draft age. I pon stating on
at a meeting Monday evening ! will leave Wednesday for camp else- Questionnaire that he is aJlea < n l U
Marguerite Jones to have a county v.]iel.e military service of the nited tote
fair in Edwards park, for the beneft ' ' he will be placed automatically by his
of the Red Cross. The date of the fair
will be set later.
A number of booths requiring from j
one to five cents for entrance will be!
provided by the girls. Some exhibits i
of fancy work will be made.
enlist at all in the Students' Army
Training corps would do well to enter
promptly."
The boy who enlists in the Stu-
dents' Army Training corps will be a
member of the army of the United
States. He will be provided by the
war department with uniform and
equipment, but will be on furlough
status and will not receive pay
will undergo regular military train-
ing as a part of his course during the
college year, will attend a six weeks' . ,
camp for rigid and intensive military Norman, died at his home in Hoi s, followed here. j
instruction with private's pay, and Ark., ^Monday, August B.afteran Ul-
ness with congestion of the stomach.; Residents of Norman—Mr. and
Burial took place at Hollis two days;\irs. S. 1. Mapes and three children
later. | are new residents of Norman, havir«,
Mr. Fiesher had lived in Arkansas moved herefrom Chu .yo, v.lier ■ qj
for several years. He was the son of have lived for some years. '1 hey
TI. H. Fiesher of Norman
six children survive him.
and suggests that where there is tu
b.' more than one registrar in a pre-
cinct or.c is to be designated as chiet
registrar.
Ed P. Ingle, clerk of the locar ex-
emption board, says that he has not
HOME IN HOLLIS. ARK. worked out the details for the reg-is-
, tration, but supposes that the pla*&
W. C. Fiesher, former resident of | of the provst marshal general will be
THE WEATHER
Oklahoma Weather: Tonight &nd
Wednesday, partly cloudy t<- cloudy.
loc'al draft boa'd in Class V-D. as pro-
vided by the selective service regula-
tions. The draft board will not cal'
him for induction so long as he re-
member of the Students
will be subject to the call of the pres-
ident for active service at any time,
should the exigencies of the military
situation demand it.
Will Not Take Men From School
The policy of the government, how-
the ever, will be to keep" members of th
corps in college until their draf age
is reached, and the war depa >iei '
will have the power to order such
men to continue in coil* 'e even after
their draft age is reached whenever
their work is such that the needs of
the service, e. g., for doctors, en-
gineers, chemists and the 'iki , are
such as to make that course advis-
tr. S. TROOPS TO ITAl
| By United Pres- |
ROME, Aug. 13.—More
troops will be sent to Italv
D. Roosevelt, -istant m- <
thi navy said here Monday.
en-
tile
of
mains
Army
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(Continued on page two)
v\ R K aettli, secretary to 1
Stratton D Brooks, is taking
month's vacation at his home here
and now occupying the house at :I27 •
j versity h ulevard -1t present but
| pect to get into a 1 evmanent hom.
I West Norman soon. Mr. Mopes i
! traveling salesman, representing
i an ! Welch Manufacturing comp: nj
klin | Chicago, a school supply house, in
. of on1 hern Me- uuri Arkansa- and
•j lahoma. His oldest son will enter f.h<r
university in the fall. The et! ■ i t> <•
p- . 'i ildi-'ii. a boy and a irirl, "I ' f high
school and grade sehocl ag- respefr-
tivcly.
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