The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 165, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 5, 1918 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. VI. NO. 165.
NORMAN. OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5. 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ALLIES SHATTER GERMAN DEFENSE LINE
20-YEAR-0LDS HAVE
PRESCRIBED COURSE
RED CROSS AND SURGICAL
j DRESSING ROOMS CLOSE
The Red Cross and surgical dress-
ing rooms will be closed Monday, Oc-
T, ™ • j I tober 7th, in compliance with the or-
Orders Recently Received r ron ^ ^ thg dty offi(;ia]g that au bus-
Washinjiton Chance Studies ot i fae cloB(jd for the great
S. A. T. C. Men ]iberty loan drive.
NAVAL UNIT NOW HAS 5 77? ONGER
72 MEN ON ITS ROLL
The course of study of about 200
university men of the age of 20 years
will be changed on Monday, in ac-
cordance with a recently^ receivecKor-
der from the war department, so as
to include certain required subjects
in which the army officials wish to
have the men trained. All men of
this age in the S. A. T. C. will have
a uniform course from now until they
leave the institution-
The subjects selected by the war
department .are the following: sui-
veying, map-making, military law,
hygiene and sanitation and war aims.
The men will study these subjects
for approximately three months, and
probably by December 21 will be m
officers' or non-commissioned offi-
cers' training schools, provided they
make good in their work.
Nineteen-Year-Olds Also Affected
Men of 19 years will also have a
more or less prescribed course, but
it will be somewhat less intensive,
since they will be allowed to remain
in school for a longer period.
Late orders from the war depart
men! apparently limit the privileges
of the S. A. T. C. to men who reg-
istered on September 12. Men of
more than 21 will probably be ex-
cluded entirely or transferred to
some other branch of the service.
There are comparatively few of these
men. except those in the engineer
and medical reserves, which are not
ps yet affected by this ruling.
The status of medical and engineer
reserve men is still unsettled, and no
indication of what will ultimately be
done with them has been received from
Washington. They are still outside,
the S. A. T. C. unit, and may remain
outside, unless contrary orders should
come from the war department.
It isn't that the Red Cross ladies
will be idle Monday, but that there
will not be any obstructions placed in
the way of the grand | id very im-
portant work to be done that day,-
is the sentiment of the leaders. Many
of the ladies will be busy helping in
the "drive," which it is hoped will
put the county "over the top" in th
one day.
Includes Three Men From Nav>
Who Will Have Nine MOnths
Furlough for Study.
Seventy-two men thus f u^J#"sti-
tute the naval unit of Uu^Students'
armv training corps ofWfie univer-
sity. The authorized gtqBpA of the
unit, so far as it can bWW' UP °f
men taken from the S. A$W C. unit
here, is eighty men. Others, how
ever, may be tran ferred from/vna
, RESISTANCE EXPECTED
AS GERMANS ARE COMPELLED TO
FALL BACK ON CHAMPAGNE FRONT
Dr. House to Speak at LONDON, Oct. 5.—(1:02 P. M.)-Franco-
Presbyterian Church American forces have definitely broken through
the whole front of the enemy's defensive line be-
hind the Suippe river, west oi the Argonr.e, at-
STATE CONCERN LANDS
BIG GOVERNMENT JOB
Midland Moior Car and
Company Will Build ;>00
Trucks for Government.
Spent of modern languages r.t
|versity, who spent the sum
Dr. Roy Temple House, he vl of
lepuj
t «
I cording to battle front dispatches received this af-
™ . 8 R, speak Sunday morning at 11 o cloc^ ,
framing liere. Dvaaktrfamon nVinrch on ' 1
Of the seventy-two men now
training here, sixty-nine are S. A. T.
C. men and three are enlisted men of
the navy who have been given nine
months' furloughs for the purpose
,0f study. The unit is still eleven
at the First Presbyterian church oi>j ^gyfJOOn.
his experiences and observations at j , •
the camp there. Rev. Theodore n South of the Aisn^?, the German letnt merit
Aszman, pnstor of the church, is i!' , ( . n .1 D^v.-t-V, MX+V
and will he unnbic to preach nt this General Manpfiw s and General tfei ineaoi ^
service.
One of the largest government col>:
tracts awarded in the southwest since
the start of the war, was landed by
an Oklahoma City concern, accord-
ing to advices from Washington
Thursday afternoon.
The Midland Motor Car and Truck -
company received notice Thursday mne months fur oughs ^
that the government had awarded it' H Warren Leslie^ g •
account of the failure of a number of
accepted men to appear for induc-
tion. Some were sick anfl could not
appear and others'had unknowingly
forfeited their rights to enter by
signing army induction papers. The
eleven men will be chosen soon from
the S. A. T. C. unit, it is said.
One Former Student Here
The navy men who are here on
are Robert
Or. House has been at Fort Sill for
armies appears to have ended tempoi ai ily.
The Germans have now definitedly retired be-
1 can sector of the Chanripage front, it is reported.
Y. M. C. A. Building to
Be Army Headquarters
The building on University boule-
vard at Boyde street, which is owned
and which has been occupied, by the
Y M. C. A. of the university for
several years, has been turned ove
to the university to be used as head
quarters for the S. A. T. C. unit, and
it will be ready for occupancy bv
the commanding officer and his staff
shortly.
The building is now undergoing a
remodeling and refinishing inside
This will improve its appearance and
convenence. A basement has been
excavated, a furnace installed and
other improvements, including a con-
crete walk to the street, made. A
large sign, "Headquarters. Students.'
Army Training Corps," indicates the
use to which the building will he
Put.
The university Y. M. C. A. will
merge its activities this year with
the army Y. M. C. A., which will la-
ter have well-equipped quarters in a
new building at the corner of Asp
avenue and Boyd street.
the contract for furnishing 500 mo
tor trucks of three and five-ton ca-
pacity. The company has six months
from December 1st in which to sup-
ply the cars.
The officials of the company do not
state the actual figures on the
amount of the contract, but it is said
that in round numbers it is approx-
imately $2,000,000, which make* it
one of the largest contracts, so far
as the money involved is concerned,
that has been awarded to any con-
cern in the southwest.
The officials of the company stat
that an additional force of about 200
skilled mechanics will be employed
to get out the work. These men will
probably be recruited from all parts
of the country immediately. All of
the cars will be made in the plant of
,the company in Oklahoma City. The
plant occupies its own building, which
.has a space of 85x500 feet
J. M. Aydelotte, president of the
state board of public affairs, is pres-
ident and general manager of the
company. The company has stock
folders in almost every part of the
state, the stock having been sold du-
ring the past twelve months. Many
Norman and Cleveland county men
are interested, and they will be very
agreeably surprised to know their
company has been awarded this con-
tract by the government.
Irving Y. Posey. Warren was stu-
dent in the university about two
years ago. He has been in the navy
for seventeen months and ranks as a
yeoman, third class. The other two
have only recently entered the navy.
These navy men will be here for on-
ly nirte months, whereas the others in
the naval unit may remain for a
longer period.
The naval unit is quartered in the
two adjoining houses on DeBarr
avenue formerly occupied by the Phi
Gamma Delta and Phi and Mu Alpha
fraternities. They will mess with
the other men, but their course of
study and some of their drill will be
different. The studies they take will
follow very closely those given mid-
shipmen at the naval academy at
Annapolis
two different periods, during which
he hsc had an oppprtunity to note j
the characteristic, life developed ir ■
an army camp. He will speak of t hi? j--i iu Kriernhilde-Stellung line m tne Am CI i-
and of the various agencies which ,
are organized for welfare work ^ ^
The*1 address of the morning win bc!cjfifresistance even than has been encountered
in keeping with the patriotic trend c
of the day's services. This will be l-.pvof0f0ye is nOW expected.
the second Liberty Loan Sunday, and
emphasis will be placed on the neces
sity of making the bond drive on
Mondav. October 7. a comolete «*"<•
COSS.
Special musical numbers will be
jriven at the morning service. Ther?
•will be no evening service-
AUSTRIA WANTS PEACE
With the allied smash continuing along the whole west front
; r_.o;n Ve: 'Ti to the sea, and with the problem of a successful
evacuation of Albania, confronting her, Austria is reported to
Al_. XT have made another definite peace offer through Holland.
First Death in Norman na'L • •
From Spanish "Flu"
1)0 NOT WHITE TO BOYS TO
LEAVE WITHOUT "LEAVE
It has been found in many cases
where boys have left the training
camps, without getting leave from
their officers, that the folks at hom
had written them to "come home
anyway," and in every case, the sol-
dier has had to suffer for the deser-
tion," for such it is classed in the
army regulations.
So. once again let a word of warn-
ing be given against writing the sort
of letters to soldiers that will induce
Here on Short Visit—Dean II. S j them to come home against the 01
Browne of the school of pharmacy of dels of their superior officers. They
Unofficial dispatches state that Austria asked Holland to.
invite all belligerents to a "non-committal" conference at the
Frances F.ugene Cochran, son ofj Hague. This is said to have been carried out.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Cochran. 223 j Qrea^ Britian, it is reported, has already replied to the o\u
East Daws, died at tlie home of his j ' ^ w „y,p nleans by a "lion-
parents Friday night at 11:30 o'clock, tures, asking Austria to explain wh<
after an illness of about six days | conference.
with Spanish influenza I
The deceased is well known in J PROGRESS IS STEADY
Norman, having lived here with his J and last niirht along practically
narents for the past several months,] Further progress yesterday •
and being employed at the Mclntire1 au the entire battle front from Cambrai southwar
garage. The family lived on a farm wag reported jn today's British and French communiques
east of Norman for some years Marshal Haig stated that the British line was advanced
He was a model young man, liked t , , Q, /->upntin Tn this same region the French
by all, and was a hard worker. The ; slightly north of St. <Queilt^ tat^ Qf cha„lon.
many friends and acquaintances ex- ^ drove the enemy out of stronj, I .
tend heartfelt sympathy to the be | yert.
c'\ Welter of .h. South! Franco-American attack* in the Champwe and Arsronn.
Methodist church, will be in charge!
regions are placing the Germas in great peril, both in the Argonne
^ . nr-n-j- „i nt thp amous
MORE ROYS ON W. O W.
SERVICE HONOR ROLI
I forest and north of Rheims. Withdrawal northeast of the famous
I city already has begun in the Monts region, where the German.
' were in danger of encirclement.
The names of Carl Giles, Leo Gor
ton, F. J. Brown, John Toberman and
T. J. Hinshaw were inadvertantly
overlooked in making up the list of
those Woodmen from, the Norman
camp in the country's service. If
you know of others from this camp
serving in the army or navy, let us
have the name at once, please.
In the former list that was printed,
an error occurred in a name; the
name of J. A. Campbell was given,
but it should be Boyd Campbell.
All members of the Norman camp
are expected to be at the hall Wed
nesday evening, October 9. at 8
o'clock, for the purpose of making
arrangements for the patriotic meet-
ing Thursday evening.
,1. A. FOX.
Chairman of Committee.
.the university arrived in Norman Fri-
day for a short visit. He has been
attending the University of Illinois
college of medicine in Chicago and
.came to Oklahoma between quarters
to see Mrs. Browne and two children,
who have been staying in Guthrie
during his absence. Professor Browne
will return to Chicago within a few
days.
Mrs. T. F. Pierce and children re-
turned Thursday from Thermopolis,
Vvyoming, where they spent the past,
two months visiting with relatives.
The family is now domiciled in their
home on West Symmes street.
may pay very dearly for the few-
short hours at home. During the last
ten days a number of privates have
suffered court martial for desertion
and absence without leave, the penal-
ties ranging from confinement at la-
bor for six months and forfeiture of
two-thirds of the pay, to ten years at
hard labor and a dishonorable dis-
charge with forfeiture of all pay at
the end of the term.
of the funeral services, which
be held at the residence at 2:30
o'clock Sunday afternoon, October fi
Interment will be made at the I O
° '• Will Effect Saving Miss Nannie Miller
- <« Many Thousand* 1« Num * Scuk.1
son of Mr. and Mrs Chas. Bruell. I . uri,,. r]'pY Okla Oct 5.— I Miss Nannie Miller, d.iUghUi
died at the home of the parents, three OKLAH -- „ Mr. and Mrs. George W. Miller, left
miles east of Norman, at 10 o'clock I (Special.)—A half frieght rate 10 pr night for Camp MacArthur,
Friday evening, October 4th. 'Oklahoma stockowners am armers Tex., in response to a tele-
The little one had been sick onh on feedstuffs was officially announe"' Kram Friday noon ordering her to
a short time. Funeral services were i ^ to(jay after extended negotiations rcport at the army nursing school a(
held at the Catholic church in Nor- Governor Williams and Di- Camp MacArthur. She had been ac
man this afternoon at 2 o clock, and , MnAdoo This rate ' cepted for entrance to this school a
interment was made in the. Cathol"' : rector Gene . ' . a(r0, but had not received o*--
cemeterv. will be available to all po.nts in Ok- ^
I lahoma but feed must be shipped in ; Miss p:i0;se Eagleton had also been
by the consumer himself for his own
Call at your banks
bond.
and buy your
Lieut. R. F. Whitwell of the 542d
engineers, has arrived safely over-
seas, according to word received here
by hi? parents
Call at your banks and buy your
bond.
"SEND YOUR MATHEMATICS TEXTS TO
FORT SILL," IS PLEA OF LIBRARIAN
GENEVIEVE STIBBENS fcy the consumer himself for his own ndmjtted to this school, but has ha<;
Genevieve, the little three months , stocj( or severai farmers may club no or()ers directing her to report for
old baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs j toget'hev t0 reduce charges. ,|uty. Miss Miller asked permission
Claud Stibbens, died at the residence ^ feed wil) bg biUe(, at fu]l tai to be sent t0 Camp MacArthur. in
of Mrs. Stibbens' father, Mr. Grill. in rates. The farmer will pay half f(|er (_0 w|th Miss Eagleton, and the
south Norman, Friday evening at «' ; ^ r;iU, ar(, wi„ deliver a certified | request was granted, although sh«
o'clock, after a few days illness j statement from the county agent in i waH caned first. Miss Eagleton's
Funeral services of the deceased r
il. Uolf Thp rmlpr
were held at the Catholic church this I
Have you an old plane geometry, I while so many are lying around un
an algebra, a trignometry, or an; used.'' —
arithmetic? | Mr. Dickerson addresses his appeal
... , .k f particularly to university and nign
If you have, d.d you know that the ^ „u apf)ear3
soldiers, especially the arflilerymen, me that this is smallest bit a
at Fort Sill need them, and need them I coiiege 0r high school student can
right now! __ i do."
Here is another way to help lick j Mr. Rader will be glad to receive
the kaiser, and the appeal to help j these books at the university llb™ry
.... , , , and see that they are shipped to rort
comes with additional force because ^ ^ ^ earlicst ,mpovtunlty.
the need is close at home. Technical books, in addition to the
In a letter to' J. L. Rader, univer- mathem?.tical works mentioned, are
sity librarian, L. F. Dickerson, camp needed, especially physics, chemistry
librarian at Fort Sill, says^ "We and electrical texts, according to the
must have within the next two weeks letter from Fort Sill.
held Saturday evening. Open house a minimum of 200 plane geometries, ^ ® !* 0™*r.
will probably be held a week from I algebras, trigonometries and arith- these days but here is a h
Saturday evening, according to the | metics. Already we have purchased turn y o e p
regular practice. I, heavily, but it seems poor economy tual way.
, . , lieu of the other half. The order ap call is expected to come very shortly,
the Catholic church this g ^ shipments of cottonseed cake.. Tjie training: school at MacArthur
afternoon at 2 o'clock, and interment alKj i,unSj hay and feed, includ- is one 0f six which have just bee'r
was made in the Catholic cemetery I alfalfa, feed, chops, chopped i ( pened to students. Schools had pre-
feed, molasses feed, com chops, j Vjcus]v been established at thirteen
corn, oats, barley, rye, kafir, milo. training camps and at Walter Ree<!
maize and mill feed. I hospital, Washington. D. C.. and the
This concession obtained by Cover-! United states Army General hospi
nor Williams for Oklahoma will ef- (a] at New York Citv.
feet thousands of farmers and aid in
holding on farms much breeding stuff
that otherwise would be shipped to
the slaughterhouse
Dr. I'helan Called
To Y. M. Conference
c. .). HOBSON IS ILL IN
TEXAS TRAINING CAMP
BUSINESS HOUSE
MUST CLOSE OCTOBER
Open-House Party Cancelled—On
account of the fact that a large
number of t%e members of the Chris-
tian Endeavor are ill with Spanish
influenza, the usual open house at
the Presbyterian church will not be ~
held Saturday evening. Open house a minimum of 200 plane geometries,
Dr. W. W. Phelan of the univer-
sity school of education has just re-
ceived a telegram from A. R. Elliott,
representing the national war woik
council of the Y. M. C. A., with head-
quarters at San Antonio, requesting
his attendance at a conference next EVERY
week at Camp Travis concerning the ,
Y M C A. work in students' army I
training'corps in this territory. Office of the mayor of
-We need your counsel on a very I Oklahoma: In the interest of the
important matter, and *lso hope that fourth liberty bond loan drive, it Is
you can see best to help in part time , ,ny order that every business nou
whole time relationship in t!.U I in Norman close, except drug Stores
department for this extreme ^ ^e^mar- county," having lived at Lexington for
Z be Sained ,7 & conference j .,a, is hereby directed to enforce the ^number of^years, and attended tne
thofXanunTacc3Pt the offer and!' " " ' C. A RICHARDS, many friends here who are hopinr
will leave for San Antonio in a day Pres. Council and Acting Mayor, that he will soon be out of dange. of
will iea>e iu ^ Norman, the dreaded malady.
or two.
Mrs. Mabel Hobson, nee Mab ■:
Thacker, teacher of English in the
high school here, left Monday foi
Camp Logan Houston, Texas, in an
swer to a telegram from her hu
band Calvir -I. Hobson, who is r
:;ln; at Camp Logan, stating t kii
he was serious ill with the Spani-
influenza.
Mr. Hobson is well known over ti
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