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VOLUME NINETEEN
CHICKASHA OKLAHOMA. TUESDAY AUGUST 13 1918.
NUMSBEPt 19(1
?ESS
UAL
WORK OUT
QUOTA FOR
NEXT LOAN
Representative of Federal Reserve
Bank be Here to Meet with
County Chairmen and
Bankers
BASE AMOUNTS ON
DISTRICT CONDITION
Fifth District is Hard Hit by the
Drouth ; Be Covered in Three
Meetings; Lawton Altus
and Chickasha.
To go over crop conditions in the
Fifth Liberty Loan district of Okla-
homa with the bankers Liberty Loan
men and members of the council of
defense of the variqus counties with
a view to fixing equitable quotas for
the next Liberty Loan is the- pur-
pose of a visit C. A. Davis speci.il
representative of the Federal Reserve
x. Hank of Kansas City is making to
this escetion of Oklahor.
His work ia the Finn District
comprising elevfin counties in the
M.tithwestern portion of Oklahoma
will be completed in three meetings
to be held at Chickasha Lawton and
Alt us. The Chickasha meeting will b
held at the court house at three
o'clock Thursday aftenoon at which
time Mr. Davis will meet Liberty
Loan chairmen bankers and council
of defense chairmen from Grady
Caddo and Stephens counties Sub-
sequent meetings in tins district j
will be held Friday morning at Law-
t.-i ;"f; j-i'May (.rtonuoir at An.ua.
The visit of Mr Davis is the out-
growth of a meeting of county Liber-
ty Loan chairmen who met with
District Chairman Win. II. Donahue
ut Medicine Park Sunday afternoon.
At that meeting tho prospects for
crops in the Fifth District were can-
vassed and the decision to ask the
Federal Reserve Bank to send a
representative here to view at first
hand the situation in line section
that has been hard hit by the drouth.
Mr. Donahue took the matter up with
headquarters and was advised last
night that Mr. Davis would be on
the job Thursday.
It is believed that arrangements
can be made whereby the Liberty
Loan quotas for this district can
be adjusted to suit crop conditions.
Teh idea advanced at this time is
that the counties favored with good
rains and as tie result of which
raised good crops should shoulder
a larger quota than the Counties
where the fanners and business men
have been hard hit by the shortage
of moisture!
In order to get at the very heart
of conditions the Liberty Loan men
bankers and defense council chair-
men will bring to the meeting com-
p'.ete data cn crop and financial
conditions in their respective sec-1
tions. Where it is found
that good
1 1
crops have been raised it is be-
lieved the quota will be hiked to
some extent over tho less fortunate
counties.
Mr. Donahue stated that certain
counties south and west of Grady
have been exceedingly hard hit for
twoyears. Jle considers that Grady
county is in good shape when com-
pared with some of the other coun-
ties in the Fifth District. It is a mat-
ter of record that last year certain
sections of the Fifth District failed
to raise as much stuff as will be
produced in Grady county this year.
In addition to that streak of bad
luck they have ngain experienced
a summer of heat and drouth this
year making- their plight doubly
hard.
ADVENTUROUS CAT
By United Tress. " '
. Southampton Eng. Aug. 13. "Mo-
sey" is the champion submarine cat.
Taken off a ship which the Germans
submarined "Mosey" wandered ci
hoard a salvage boat here.
Now every time the salvage goat
poes out to salvage a torpedoed ship
"Mosey" mounts the biidge and is
one' of the firt-t to heard the tor-
pedoed boat.
THE WEATHER
For Oklahoma.
Tonight and Wednesday part-
i- ly cloudy to cloudy.
Local Temperature.
Maximum 102
Minimum 71 .
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SET CASE
I
Mrs. Edna T. Watklns this morn
ing completed the. docketing of cases j
to come before the district court on
August 1!) 20 and 21. There will be i
about ino of these cases in which
motions are pending. Those that are
ready for trial will he set down for
hearing at the October term of court
before Judge Will Linn. s
The October term is to bo a jury
term and will bo a heavy docket ac
cording to indications at this time.
Following the hearing of motions this
month Mrs. Watkins will be busy
arranging tho fall docket.
Judge Linn al has a heavy dock-
et which .will bo set for Anadarko
some tiiHe in September.
CHICKASHA BOY
IS IN CHARGE OF
SPRUCE CUTTERS
Chickasha boys in this war are
scattered from coast to coast' and
from Canada to France and Italy in
every branch of the service. Word
has just been received from Lieuten-
ant Albert Hawn who is now in
charge of a gang of spruce cutters in
the forests of Washington. The fol-
lowing Clipping is taken from the Bel-
linghain Herald Pcllingham Wash
ington:
"In command of Lieutenant Albert
R. Hawn and two other officers 120
men from Vancouver yush. barracks
arrived on the Great Northern train
today and they will be employed at
the Larson plant of the Ploedel Don-
ovan lumber mills for the present.
At the end of August or about that
time they will be transferred to the
company's cargo mill.' They have
come here at the company's request
because of its inability to get suffi-
cient civilian labor to operate the
Larson mill an extra shift the latter
being required because the campany
ha3 contracted with the Siems Cary-
II. S. Kerbaugh corporation builders
of the government spruce niill on the
Olympic peninsula to cut spruce logs
while that concern is building the
mill. The soldiers who arrived today
will be quartered at the Sehome ho-
tel. "With the establishment of an ex-
tra shift fit the- Larson fill the oper-
ating time there will be changed.
Work will start at 7 a. m. instead of
8 a. m. and the day shift will end its
work at 4 instead of 5p. m. The
soldiers will bo paid the same as ci-
vilian labor is .-retting. They form by
far the largest contingent of troops
to arrive in northern Washington at
one time to work in the mills or the
woods. They are also the second
contingent arriving here to work in
'local mills. The first party of sol
diers sent here to work in mills ar-
rived a week ago Saturday and are
employed as tallymen for the Rloedel
Donovan lumber mills."
INJUNCTION IS GRANTED
B. W. Warren a negro who has
operated a restaurant or other simi-
lar business "joints" in Southtown
for a number of years was today en-
joined from selling intoxicating li-
quors in his place at 319 So. Second
street by action of the district court
on pica of County Attorney Simpson.
On Friday of this week the county
attorney will seek to have the injunc-
tion made permanent.
WANT ADS WERE TOO GOOD
By United Press.
London Aug. 13. Thirteen wives
proved unlucky for John Leslie Smith
arrested recently with his 13th spouse
on
charges of bigamy and larceny.
Smith had been a soldier at the front '
ON
OCKET
but deserted. j supply merchants are warned against
The couple was r.rrcsted on com- taking on more sugar customers sell-
plaint of the 12th wife who charged ing to only those who have been re-
bigamy and the theft of her furni- eular customers.' This step is again
ture. Smith was given 7 years and aimed at "repeaters."
Mrs Smith XIII was given 3 years j In the distribution sugar which Is
Police say Smith got his wives used for canning and preserving pur-
through want ads and in most case.i poses will be given first cousideru-
had left them destitute. . lion.
(ILLING I
RESULT OF
OLD FEUD
Rush Springs Farmer Dead; His
Tenant Arrested Following
Tragedy Occurring in a
Cornfield Early Today.
Word was received this morning
at tho office of County Attorney
Simpson from Justice of tho Peace
Fvcns at Push Spring. of the killing
of George MeGcheo on a farm some
two or three miles south of Rush
Springst Death was the result of
gunshot wounds the information stat-
ed. A man named Fuller was being
brought to Chickasha charged with
j the shooting.
Details of tho affair were meagre.
The justice stated that the body had
been removed from the cornfield in
which the shooting is said to have
occurred. The county attorney order-
ed a jury empanelled and the body
left in its condiatkm at the time of
removal pending an inquest. County
Attorney Simpton and Sheriff Hodge
Bailey left this .morning tor Rush
Springs to Investigate tha matter.
Mr. Simpson stated before leaving
for Rush Springs that ebout three
months ago McCehoo and Fuller had i
had some trouble and that ;nat
tima McCehee had been arrested on
a charge of assault on Fuller At
the time set. for the preliminary hoar;
ing McCehoo was ill and after ' u
lime tho "caso was dismissed at the
request of Fuller. It Is understood
'.hot Fuller was a tenant on thefaim
of McCehee.
It is supposed here that Fuller
gave himself up this morning after
the shooting for the information
from the Rush Springs justice stated
that Nym Wyatl Rush Springs mar-
shal was enroute to Chickasha in
charge of Fuller. Further develop-
lnents were awaited here with a great
deal -of interest.
CHECK ALL
'EATERS
ON SUGAR
Administration Orders Grocers to
Report Those Who Make Dai-
ly Purchases ; Two Pounds
Per Month Now.
"Repeaters" on sugar orders must
be held in check even if it takes ad-
ditional work on ihe part of the state
feed administration to do it. This was
the word received by County Ad-
ministrator C. M. Hollingsworth to-
day from the Oklahoma City office
regarding sugar buyers who have
sought to take advantage cf tho ad-
ministration by ordering each day
at the same time conforming with
the single purchase weight regula-
tions. Retail merchants have been
requested to keep an especially cloie
check on such orders and report to
the administration any .overdrawing of
the monthly supply limit.
Reports should be rendered each
.eek to the county food dictator re-
garding the number of purchases
made each week by the sugar re-
peaters. The distribution of the pre-
sent supply is to be equitable at all
events and the same rulings apply
to all usees tho state office declared
today.
Certificates covering the August
sugar allowance which was recently
cut to two-thirds the July allotment
have been received at the county
fcod office. Beginning August 1 re
tall merchants have been ordered to
restrict the allowance to two pounds
per person per month. In the case of
hotels and public eating places the
supply will
bo based upon two
pounds per person for ninety meals.
In
addition to this precaution that
has been taken to stretch the limited
HUN SUBS
BUSY OFF
U. S. COAST
Gassing of Lighthouse has no Mil-
itary Effect; Meant to Ter-
rorize ; Neutral Vessels
Are Also Victims.
Py United Press.
Washington Aug. in. -The gassing
of the American lighthouse by the
German "submarine confirmed the ex-
pectation of nuvaf officers that the
Germans would sooner or later make!
some spectacular work on the coast. I
They point out that no military ad-'
vantage can result from such attacks!
as the one. against the Smith Island!
lighthouse off the North Carolina'
coast but' the Germans evidently'
hope to terrorize tho coast by such!
methods. Six men were injured in '
the Smith
ously.
Island attack none
Ken-
By United Press.
The Navy Department was inform-
ed today that the Norwegian ship
Sonorstad was sunk off Fire Is'and
by .a German submarine. The
mem-
bors of the crew
Atlantic port.
were landed at an
Other Subs Active
P.y United Press.
An Atlantic Port Aug. 13. Pas-
sengers arriving here aboard a Bri-
tish steamer reported (hat their ves-
sel received a wireless yesterday af-
ternoon apparently from a United
States patrol boat s uting that a
German submarine had been sighted
off Fire Island on the New York
coast and was being pursued.
Another wireless received at font-
o'clock this morning 1'iom a Danish
steamer says that a s ibmarine had
attacked her off N:v.v ticket Island
: v
umithat she was sinking.
Shipment Gets Under Way from
Grady ; More Listed to Leave
Later; Bureau Doe3
Biff Wcrk.
Forty eight laborers making up the
second Grady County civilian relief
contingent to government construc-
tion comps left Chickasha at eight
o'clock last night for Camp Eustis
Lee Ila'l Virginia to begin work
on the government artillery canton-
ment that has been opened to thou-
sands of men recruited by the U. S.
Department of Labor. Another car
lead of men will be shipped from
here to the Virginia camp over the
Frisco tonight and the third car
this week will leave Wednesday
night for the same destination ac-
cording to an announcement issued
by the local employment office early
today.
Transportation shortage figured in
cutting the size cf last night's relief
shipment which according to first
outers received by the Chickasha
office should have been made up of
one hundred men. Recruiting efforts
have been redoubled here during the
past week following instructions that
the work must be rushed before the
arrival of the winter and to furnish
tho army and navy construction
camps villi full crews of men to
carry out the mammoth munition
and ship manufacturing program.
In all over one hundred laborers.
carpenters and mechanics will en-
tiain from the county this week and
these orders will be followed up by
others in the month to coue. Four
cars of workmen have already taken
train from Oklahoma City during the
past week and others are billed to
leave today and tomorrow. Enid
Tulsa Lawton and Ardmore are also
recruiting extensively.
Centralized government recruitini;
for civilian war work promises to
continue until late fall and the
camps will employ workmen and me-
chanics w ho answer the Labor Pc -
partmeiit's call all winter. Idle men.
SEND MEN
TO WORK ON
DIXIE CAMP
nro now rushed Into tho federal
building program by the dozens by
attractive working terms and living
conditions that have been created in
the federal construction camps. Sys-
tem is the watch.word that has been
adopted by the department in regu
lating the national industrial situa-
tion. Men recruited from this section of
the United States will bo shipped to
the eastern quarters for the next
few months while those in tho north-
ern states will probably go to the
Washington and Oregon munition
works and shipyards according to
the general scheme of the govern-
ment to avoid crossing and waste of
transportation.
OLD TIMER
MUST NOW
OUT
Famous Yarn Spinner has Noth-
in on Blan chard Youth Who
May be Wanted on Bad
Check Charge.
Annanias didn't have a thing on
one G. K. Buckner who now reposes
ia the Grady county jail awaiting de-
velopments and who was picked up
iiii suspicion at Amber by Sheriff Dai-
ley anil Jailer Drydcn. Investigation
of a mi'iioii false clues dropped by
lluckner resulted in the discovery
that he may be wauled at Bl.mchard
for slipping over a brace of bad
checks.
First off tho reel Buckner gave a
wrong name and said he was en-
route to his home in Ilollis. He got
himself all crossed up by attempting
to establish the fact that he had Join-
ed the army at Ft. Worth last March
but had later beer discharged be-
cause of flat feet. lie was trans-
ferred he said to a Kansas camp but
couldn't remember the name of the
army post. Said he 'had a soldier
pronounce it for him a dozen times
ilie other day but even after that
brand cf drill he could not remember
it.
No he didn't have his transfer pa-
pers lie was with the 70th regiment
at Camp Howie he said but couldn't
remember the number of his compa-
ny the name of his captain or lieu-
tenant or whether the 7Gth was in-
fantry cavalry machine gun or quar
termaster outfit.
He was of the firm conviction that
where he made his mistake was in
throwing aside his soldier's uniform
fur civilian clothes while he was en-
route to join the navy. His mother
died when he was four years old and
his father passed away when he was
nine he declared.
Later he said he had never been
in the army but still contended that
his home was in Hollis where his
cousin lived. He until t seem to
know a whole lot about the town or
its inhabitants but in cross question-
ing him il was discovered that ho
was fairly conversant as to condi-
tions at Blanchard. Hodga Bailey
sheriff called up a Blanchard busi-
ness r.i.ui and asked if he knew lluck-
ner. "I reckon I ought to know him.
He has handed me two bad checks"
replied the Blanchard man. He said
the lad was not a bad character but
seemed to have gotten in bad lately.
"How uany bad checks did you
give at Blanchard" was the next
bomb exploded by the sheriff in the
cell of the wayward party.
"Only two" was the meek reply
and the prisoner heaved a sigh of re-
lief as he taw an end to the necessi-
ty of silting up nights to frame up
large stories to check with those pre-
viously peddled to the unsuspecting
officers.
WORK OR FIGHT
IS CONSIDERED
By United Tress.
Washington Aug. 13. The work
or fight amendment was considered
today by the senate military commit-
tee when work on the new manpow-
er hill was resumed. The committee
expects to complete its labors today.
At that time an attempt will be
made to call the senators back for a
' regular session Monday for
sideraticn of the I ill
UNS EVACUATE LINE
ON THREE MILE FRONT;
FRENCH IN POSSESSION
FORMER COACH
CHICKASHA HIGH
DEAD IN FRANCE
A newspaper clipping received here
this morning from Muskegon Mich
brings news of the death in France
of Clayton W. Beach former football
coach and manual training instructor
in the Chickasha high school. Tho
clipping- is as follows:
"Lieut. Clayton Beach 28 years old
with the Rainbow division was kill-
ed in action in France July 2S.
Lieut. Beach was a noted high school
athlete and won laurels on the track
and gridiron being one ofthe best
all around high school athletes in
.Michigan at that time. He is the
first Muskegon officer to be killed
lie attended the first and soeond of-
ficers training camp at Fort Sheri-
dan." Lieutenant Beach was well known
here and was without question one of
the most popular and efficient coach-
es ever employed by the local school.
Under his instruction the C. II. S.
football team of 1913 ranked second
in the state being defeated only by
Norman with a crew of "ringers."
Also the only real track team the C.
11. S. ever produced was coached by
Beach. This track outfit copped a
couplo of first and three seconds in
the interncholastic meet at Norman.
Beach's homo was in Muskegon
Mich. Ha was a star member of the
Michigan University football team at
one lime and was beaten out by Jim
Thorpe in tho trials for a place on
the .American .team that entered tho
Olympic games in 1911.
KERENSKY
MAY LEAD
IUSS BACK
Events Pushing Russia Back Into
War; Expect East Front to
be a Factor by Next
By United Press.
New York. Augiut 13. Events are
sweeping Russia back into the war.
It is believed that next summer will
bring the restoration cf the east-
ern front. The abrogation of the
Brest-Litovsk treaty is expected at
any moment. The end of ths Uolshe-
viki reign is near it is pointed out
repeatedly in the foreign disaptches.
Kerensky May Lead
By United Press.
Witshngton. Aug. 13. Kerensky
one time leader of the Russian revo-
lution is being groomed as a possible
leader to drive out the Bolsheviki
from Russia and re-establish the
country. Reports say that he is about
to go to Archangel to throw his
weight with the new government of
the northern provinces.
March On Petrograd
By United Press.
Copenhagen Aug. 13. German
troops arc marching on Petrograd and
are intending to occupy the city ac-
cording to the Helsingfors corres-
pondent of tha Politkcn.
FINED FOR GAMBLING
This morning before Justice T. P.
Moore Walter Proctor caught in the
dragnet on Southtown a few days ;
ago entered a pica of guilty to aj
charge of gambling and was fined
and costs the total being $37.10.'
The amount of money '
ftl.. captured by the
forfeited to the state byt the ruling
of thi court.
AMERICAN CASUALTIES
Washington Aug. 13. The Ameri-
Hies reported to lay amount-1
ed to '.to. Fourteen were killed in
action according to the army list.
This is the lightest reported in some
time anl no Oklahoma-is have been
included in the in two days.
Machine Gun Fire is Replaced by
Artillery Roar; Quantities of
Ga3 Used; French Bring-
Up Guns.
AMERICANS BUSY IN
SECTOR ON VESLE
Old Battle Somme on Again;
Bodies Entrenched in Well
Worn Lines ; Try to Start
Counter Attack.
By 'United Press.
London August 13. The Germuns
as a result of the French pressure
are evacuating the southern defenses
of Ribecourt it was learned this af-
ternoon. The enemy has retired from
their trenches on a front of nearly
three miles extending from the Oisa
at a point about a mile southeast of
Ribecourt to a point west of Dailly.
Tho French have occupied the de-
serted territory.
Americans Harass Enemy
By United Press.
With tho Americans In France.
The Ameiicans continue to harass the
Germans north of the Vesle varying
their heavy artillery bombardments
with lightning-like thrusts Into the
enemy lines. There was some infan-
try fighting on the right wing of the
American sector last night.
Toll of Prisonerr Heavy
By United- Press.
Paris Aug. 13. German prison-
ers taken from Thursday to Sunday
in the new Ficardy battle exceed
37000 of which number 230O are of-
ficers according to the French state-
ment today. Several hundred cannon
and 10000 machine guns have been
capt urcd.
By United Press.
With the French Armies Afield
Aug. 13. The old battle of the Som-
me is on again. Tho Cermans aro
entrenched in the well worn lines
stubbornily holding on and even at-
tempting to counter attack. These
efforts however are somewhat feeble
owing to tho drubbing they have
been receiving at the hands of the
allies.
The situation is tho natural result
of the necessity for bringing up tho
French big guns. Artillery fire today
began to take the place of machine
gun fire from the Bodies. The Huns
are also using quantities of masked
gas.
Dritish AJvance Again
fly United Press.
London Aug. 13. British troops ad-
vanced again last night north of
Roye and along the north bank of
the Somme taking additional prison-
ers Field Marshal Ilaig rerorted.
American troops are engaged in the
fighting north of the Somme and are
keeping step with the British.
PROWLER GETS
SMALL SWAG AT
SUGG BOX OFFICE
Lee Olive manager of the Sugg
theater is shy some eleven bucks
this morning as tho result of a noc-
turnal visit to the Sugg box office by
some unknown prowler. Also said
prowler is shy approximately $25
which was overlooked in the change
drawer at the ticket window.
in the game" The swag was divided about as fol-
officers was jows Mr. Olive states: 3 in nickels.
$i jn pennies and JT in paper money.
In addition two or three dollars in
old coins were taken from Mr. Olive's
desk.
Entrance was effected through the
window on the east side of the
building. Nothing was left behind
that might serve as a clue as to tb
identitv of the burglar. Mr. Olive
thinks that the prowler was one wjio
is familiar with the office.
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