The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 186, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 17, 1915 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME II
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1916
NUMBER 186
MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY TONIGHT
Sheriff's Force Take in the Man
Charged With the Zink-Cox
Chicken Stealing.
The Extravagance of
Cheap Coal Proven
by Ashes and Smoke
Every pound of ashes and
smoke your fire #ives 0fT is dead
waste. Cheap coal, full of slate,
slack and dust, gives only a
small per cent, of heat per ton.
Pay a little more and get twice
as much.
Canon City Lump
THAT COOD COAL
Is All Heat
Clean, bright, solid; direct from
the best .shaft in the Canon Qity
mines. Every ton we deliver is
forked-lump. It burns evfnly to
a fine ash; no clinker*; no ex-
cessive smoke; non-smut. Or-
aer some '.'Canon City" today;
$8.50 per ton.
NORMAN
Millinfo&Grain Compai
PHONE 33
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ALLIES HAVE LOTS OF MONEY
Dayid Lloyd George, chancellor of
the exchequer of Great Brittian,
speaking in the House of Commons,
Monday, telling of the ten billions of
dollars the war will cost the allies the
coming year, said:
"For the y.ear ending Dec. 31 next
the aggregate expenditure of the allies
will not be far from £2,000,000,000
($10,000,000,000V The British Em-
pire will sp< ' considerably more
than either of our two great allies,
probably f> i 100,000,000 to £150,-
■000,000 more than the highest figures
spent by the other two great allies.
"We have to recruit a new army;
we have to maintain a large navy; we
are paying liberal separation allow-
ances; we 1,': ve to bring troops from
the end of the earth; we have to wage
war not merely in Europe, but in Asia,
in North, East and South Africa.
"We could pay for our huge expen-
diture on the war for five years, al-
lowing a substantial sum for depreci-
ation, out of the proceeds of our in-
vestments abroad. France could car-
ry on the v.r for two or three years
at least out of the proceeds of her in-
vestments abroad and both countries
would still have something to spare
to advance to their allies."
Sheriff Pickard's office got busy
j immediately on hearing of the auto-
! mobile chicken thieves who stole from
' Charlie Cox and J. H. Zink a couple of
weeks ago, and has been on their trail
ever since. Yesterday they got A. T.
Townsend alias J. H. Thompson in
Oklahoma City, who they believe is
the man who has been perpetrating
the thefts, and brought him to Nor-
I man. He is now in the county jail,
and will be arraigned in Judge Lin-
| ton's court tomorrow. He gave his
' name to the officers as A. T. Town-
| send, but to the Swift Packing com- j
pany men in Oklahoma City, to whom I
lie sold the Zink-Cox chickens, he was j
! known as J. H. Thompson.
j With him was captured his automo- \
| bile, which is a pretty smooth article
i in the way of a vehicle for his busi-
l ness. It is a Cadillac "30," and bears
the license number lb'13 of Oklahoma
City. He has it fixed up for carrying
chickens, but all enclosed so no one
would suspicion; sort of a large en- j
closed box such as medicine peddlers
have on their wagons. Open the box,
j however, and four large coops are
discovered, with an opening in each of
ihem where chickens can be easily
| put in and taken out. The automo-
bile was driven to Norman by Town-
send last night, under the tutelage of
Deputy Sheriff Barker, and is now at
the Starzer garage. It is worth see-
ing, as a good example of a right-up-
to-the-minute chicken receptacle for
one who buys poultry—or steals it.
The evidence against the man is for
the most part circumstantial, but the
"circumstances" are very strong. He
claims he is a buyer of poultry, and
has bought from the Kansas line to
Texas, and his machine is fixed up
for that purpose. He denies he ever
| stole any chickens and promises to
[ put up a hard fight.
THIEVES AT HIGH SCHOOL
Mr. and Mrs. J. Lawrence Lindsay,
who were married at Shamrock, Tex-
as on Valentine Day, returned to
Norman last evening and are busy
receiving congratulations.
For some time books, caps, over-
' coats, and other articles have been
missed in quite large quantities from
the high school building, and a day or
two ago five boys were rounded up
and confessed to committing the dep-
redations. . Part of their plunder has
been recovered, but other things they
had sold and given away. The Tran-
script learns one boy had a trunk full
of high priced books and other ar-
ticles. It has not yet been decided
what will be done with the boys, the
school authorities having the matter |
under consideration.
London, Feb. 16.—England awaits
the coming of "der tog" with supreme
confidence. Officialdom generally ac-
cepts the enforcement of the German
submarine blockade, which commeii-
c8B on Thursday, as indicating the
"beginning of the end." It is felt that
this will be (jjermany's last great blow.
Her Zeppelins have failed to come
up to expectation and her fleet being
forced to remain impotent behind her
closely guarded land fortifications, the
last weapon available is her great
fleet of submarines. And the British
admiralty very calmly declares that
the precautions already taken will ab-
solutely nullify any undersea raid that
may be attempted.
There is not a single official of
either the army or navy but believes
that Germany will mark her own
'oom the moment her submarines un-
! ose their torpedoes at merchant-
en carrying passengers. They de-
are the civilized world will not view
'th equanimity the sending to the
bottom of trading ships with their
crews and passengers unwarned and
unable to save themselves.
There is no disguising this belief.
All of the British newspapers echo it.
It was openly expressed on the floor
of the house of commons. Moreover,
in his declaration last night that the
enemy was ready, Winston Churchill,
speaking for tlte admiralty, intimated
enemy for the admiralty, intimated
that it was possible the British sea
forces would cat before the Germans
strike.
—Be at Rucker's early and save
money. Sale begins Thursday morn-
ing, February 18th. Rucker's.
Millinery Opening
Next Friday and Saturday, we will
show a complete line of all the new de=
signs in millinery for spring, including
the CHIN CHIN, BARN YARD,
BIRD'S NEST and PILL BOX in
the following colors. Cherry, Battleship
Gray, Belgium Blue, Sand and Putty
and many others.
If you should want anything different
from what you see here, we have the
talent to make it.
The public is cordially invited to attend
our opening on these two days.
WHITWELL'S
Miss Yocum in charge
VOTERS AT PRIMARY
Although a resident may be a qual-
ified voter, unless he has registered
for the last election he cannot vote in
the city primary, March 1G. This an-
nouncement was made Tuesday by
Secretary Paul Pope of the Oklahoma
county election board.
The law provides for a registration
period from April 1 to 3. The general
election comes on April 6.
To be a qualified voter in the city
election one must have lived in the
state a year, in the city six months
and in the precinct 3G days. The law
makes it possible for qualified voters
who have not already registered to
vote in the general election but not in
the primary.
"It doesn't seem right that a voter
qualified in everything save registra-
tion should not be allowed to vote in
the primary," said Secretary Pope
Tuesday. "But the law is plain and it
must be enforced."—Oklahoma City
News.
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LECTURE ON INDIAN LIFE
At Recital Hall at the University
Friday evening Mr. R. D. Hall of New
York City will give an illustrated lec-
ture on Indian life. Mrs. Hall will j
sing a number of Indian songs. The
people of Norman are invited to at-
tend. Dr. Hall's father was a mis-
sionary among the Indians of North
Dakota and the son was adopted by
one of the Indian tribes. For a num-
ber of years Mr. Hall has been in
charge of the work of the Y. M. C. A.
among the Indians of Canada and the ;
United States. Mr. Hall was one of
the principal speakers at the Y. M C. !
A. State Convention held at Tulsa
last week.
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