The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 269, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 12, 1917 Page: 2 of 4
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The DAILY TRANSCRIPT
Issued Dally Except Thursdays and Sundays
t)ie Western committee, and, working with liirvi i v
-.U.'h representative men as William H. Crocker, of San
Francisco; Lawrence C. Phipps, Sr., of Denver; Henry L.
Corbett, of Portland; Charles E. Peabody, of Seattle;
Oorue C. Taliaferro, of San Antonia, and Kerd Harvey,
of Kansas City. The Western headquarters are at the !
Palace Hotel in San Francisco, with Lymun I,. Pierce,
executive secretary, and Richard R Perkins, associate I
aecretary.
"Military and civilian relief at home and abroad" is j
the xlogan of the campaigners rot liiis iiiuneniu s jr>i of j
i-iuncy. It means that the appeal will be to all citizens
because all citizens, either directly or indirect!/, \. ill be I
vitally affected.
"The best way in which to impart the greatest ef-1
ficiency and energy to the relief work, which this war j
will entail, says President Wilson, in discussing his j
creation of the Red Cross War Council, "will be to con
centrate it in the hands of a single, experienced organi-1
zation which has been recognizee) by law and by inter- '
national convention as the public instrumentality for such {
purposes. Indeed, such a •concentration of administrative j
action in this matter seems to me absolutely necessary,
and I hereby earnestly call upon all who can contribute !
either great or small sums to the alleviation of the suf-
fering and distress which must inevitably arise out of
this fight for humanity and democracy, to contribute to '
the Red Cross.
It will be one of the first and most necessary tasks \
■at I
I Ui muncy mr me support ot the work to be done !
It is very evidently the intention of the Allies, in- and done upon a great scale. I hope that the response to!
eluding England, France, Italy, Japan and the United j their efforts will be a demonstration of the generosity I
States, to carry the war into Germany via. the air, and of America and the power of genuine practical sympathy
to that end great numbers of areoplanes are now being j among our people that will command the admiration of'
liuilt in every one of those countries. It is believed great the whole world."
-quadrons of them will be ready for business in July | Inspired by the appeal of the nation's chief executive '
and August, for it does not take long to build them when and head of the national Red Cross, workers in every city
the material therefor is plenty and neither does It take in the union are being organized to make the camnaig
long for men to become experts as aviators. 1 "
"Cover Germany over with areoplanes, destroy their
fortified cities, raid their base of supplies in the Keil
canal, bomb their vessels now hiding in the home har- muse least iineen minions of dollars and
bors, and put the fear of God into their armies on the already, signatures ha-e been secured to substantial
western line," is to be the idea. Every Allie areoplane' checks which will give the campaign a powerful stimulus
will hp 11121 <I«><I with thp most iln«triir fiva hnmKa L-nnum ...i >
J. J. HtRKK, Kditur and Publisher
Entered as Second-class matter January 17, 1914, at
the Postoffice at Norman, Oklahoma, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
Advertising
Rates are reasonable.
Our solicitor will call.
Phone IB
Vhe Linotype Way is the
Way that Wins."
Daily Subscription Kates
Mail Subscrpitions, year
Mail Subscriptions, six months
Mail Subscriptions, one month
By Carrier, per annum
By Carrier, per week
Flags That Float
For Woman Suffrage
War
r^Hd«m
$2.50
. 1.25
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, | " Wl" be one of the first and most necessary tasl
Carrying the YVar Into Germany of the new War council of the Red cross to raise gre
sums of money for the support of the work to be doi
„ ,„ar\u UIC I <t III |>U I
week an effective money-raising event. Teams are being |
trained to handle the details of this stupendous canvass
for the hundred million. West of the Mississippi, it is 1
pected to raise at least fifteen millions of dollars, and,
^ „ wmi ii Will ine (
will be loaded with the most destructive bombs known when it opens on June 18th
to science and calculated to do great damage.
The pilots of these machines will be in great danger,
to be sure, but the most daring of all the daredevils are
these areoplane drivers, and thousands are ready and
willing to take their lives in their hands in a hope of
bringing the war to an end. More than 1,000 are now
being trained at different points in the United States, and
thousands in Italy, France, England and Japan, and
nmong them are a number of Oklahomans.
One of those Oklahomans is a Norman boy—Paul De-
Long, son of Geo. H. DeLong. He comes of fighting
stock, his father having served illustriously in the war
of the rebellion. Paul has been at the areo camp at San
Antonia for a year, and is regarded as one of their best
Buy Your Coat Now
Other Oklahomans who are now training for this
most important branch are Paul S. Williams of Tulsa,
an oil operator and a member of the First troop; Jnck
Brackett of Woodward, teller in the Sharon State Bank
at Sharon, and a racing automobile driver of the Fourth
company; Willis N. Gray, of Stillwater, a 1917 graduate
of Oklahoma A. and M. college and member of the Fifth
company; Hoxie Anderson of Ardmore, graduate of the
New York Military academy, bank teller, and member of
the Third company; Virgil Hine, Muskogee, of the Sec-
ond troop, and Roy Carter, of Hugo, of the First troop.
All these have gone from the training camp at port
Root to the aviation school at Austin, and all willing
volunteers for this great work.
A cloud of areoplanes will cover Germany within a
few weeks. Mark the prediction. And Germany will have
hers, but the Allies will have a dozen to Germany's one.
It is not too much to predict that the result will be
determined in the air.
Red Cross War Relief Fund
Red Cross Week, from June 18th to 25th, has been set
aside by President Wilson in formal proclamation as the
period in which the nation will devote itself to raising
J 100,00(1.000 for the comfort and relief of the country's
fighting men, the sick and wounded, as well as dependent
families of enlisted men and destitute non-combatants.
Despite the many calls upon the patriotic for financial
assistance, this campaign for the Red Cross is already
assured the magnificent support it will need to carry.
The Corporation Commission has issued the following
letter to the public on the coal proposition:
To All Railways, their Managers and Employees,
All Coal Mining Companies,
All Wholesale and Retail Coal Dealers,
All Coal Consumers:
This Commission deems it imperative that you con-1
tribute to PREPARATION FOR WAR by doing your1
part in the conservation of the car supply. This you can
and should do, not next week, next month or next full
but NOW.
The nation is mobilizing its men. It is attempting toj
mobilize its resources. This is possible only with maxi-
mum efficiency in transportation, and such efficiency is
impossible without YOUR co-operation.
Cars now available for the transportation of cpal
must be used next fall and winter for the transportation
of military stores and raw materials for their manufac-
ture. If you fail to utilize these ears NOW, in order that
they may be available for military use later, you are not
measuring up to the standard of patriotism that your
country expects of you.
The Commission urges all retail coal dealers to imme-
diately order their next winter's coal supply and ask*
them to join in urging theii customers to take immediate |
direct delivery of whatever coal they will need for next
winter's use. In all probability it will be impossible for
the carriers to handle more than a small part of the
normal traffic in coal during the fall and winter months.
There must be full co-operation between consumers,
dealers and carriers and tile Commission urges IM-
MEDIATE action by coal dealers and the general public j
to the end that suffering next winter through shortage j
of cars and power for moving coal may be reduced to the '
minimum.
CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA. |
J. E. LOVE, Chairman.
V\. I). HUMPHREY, Commissioner.
CAMPBELL RUSSELL, Commissioner.
Oklahoma City, June 8, 1917.
Brings Woman's
Nssrsr.
KIhkh of 22 nations waved before
the Senate of the United States oa
April 20th, as a visible reminder that
all these nations have given full or
partial xuffrace to the women of their
oountrlei by parliamentary procedure
The countries are (Jreat Britain. In
eluding Knglaaid Ireland, Scotland
Wales, Canada. Australia. New Zeal
and. India. Honduras. South Africa
Scandinavia, including Norway Swe
den. Denmark. Finland. Iceland;
France; Russia; Netherlands. Mexico;
Porto Rico; Hawaii; Hurmah.
Mrs. Carrie Chapnsan Catt appeared
at the Senate hearing, in behalf of
the Federal Suffrage Amendment,
flanked by these 22 flags, as a con
crete illustration of the fact that in
no country except the United States
are women forced to seek political
freedom by referendum to a general
electorate. |
Since January 1, 1917. the franchiss
has been conferred upon the women
of Ontario, Canada by act of the pro-
vincial legislature
Munioipal Suffrage for French and
Italian Women.
After eleven years of waitini
French women have this year seep
their municipal suffrage btll favorably
voted on by the Universal Suffrage
Committee of the Chamber of Depu
ties. This bill whon passed, will giv«
French women municipal franchiss
and municipal eligibility. Its reporter,
Pierre Etlenne Flandin, deputy from
the Yonne, believe* that Its chancei
of passage ar^ good and that, onci
passed, the vote for national repre
sentatlves will soon be added.
On,--May 6th. Premier Boeelll cm
Italy had this to say about the bit
for woman suffrage presented b)
Deputy Muratelll to the Italian Parlla
ment: "As far as the vote for mu
nicipal election* is concerned 1 <!<
not think there can be either doubt
or delay in giving it on the samt
conditions as it is given to men "
A few weeks ago. the president
of the Committee of Civil Aasta
tance. Signer Adolfo Appoilonl.
made this appeal to the Italian
Mlniater, Slgnor Hoaelll:
"The women deserve the admir-
atlou not simply of Rome but of
all Italy. Let us pay to women
the same honors paid to men who
are fighting. Considering that our
ancestors placed women In the
highest positions, surrounding
them with the greatest reaped
and privilege in the institution of
the Vestal Virgins, we should also
give them a higher status, that
they may with enthusiasm and de-
votion, minister to the dearest
and noblest of instltutious—our
country." ]
THOUSANDS upon thousands of dollars were spent
Brisk preliminary work on the part of the Wes^rnTam , ^1* * T me 8"
paign committee has enlisted the most powerful and in- conservation of fonH i, S| advoeatm8
fluential men in all the lar,e center, Jt'on of whooping up enlistments, etc.
fluential men in all the large centers. Secretary Joseph
Tumulty, in behalf of President Wilson, has wired to
hundreds of prominent men throughout (he West and
has received from them enthusiastic assurances of sup-
port.
Conferences have been held already in San Francisco,
The newspapers of the United States have not asked nor
received a single dollar for the thousands of columns
I hey have printed alonjr the same lines—and in return
the Congress of the United States is now considering
measures that will virtually put many newspapers out of
business by raising cost of production and mailing. Th
I-oa Angeles and Portland, and Denv'er and Wichita will'1 Can d7ZJZZ h i pr0,<u<'t'°" mailing. The
be visited and organized before the trip ends. Joho R | Lterpri^ tlTu s Go™ J
Miller, of Los Angeles gas corporation, is chairman of ■' ing them ^ ^ °n destro>"
MOTHERS VOTE UNDER 22 FLAGS I
Russian Women's Enfranchisement
Will Be Demanded by the People
In Russia, women will be included
in the revohitionary turnover Aaaur
ance has come from Prince Lvoff
Premier of the Provisional Govern
ment. that women are to help elect
delegates to the Constituent Assem
bly "With such a radical change."
says one dispatch, "full extension of
the franchise to tbem will follow
soon." In the meanwhile at the Con
gress of Workers, Soldiers* and Dele
gates held in Petrograd on April 17,
a report was adopted containing the
recommendation that "women shall
have the *ame voting right as men
Minister Kerenaky Is ^a suffragiet
and it is the opinion of Mr J. G.
Ohsol. a member of the second Duma
now in this country, that the woft-
ingmen's councils will Insist that,
since women have borne a leading
part in every revolutionary aad edu
rational movement in modern Rueela
they shall be enfranchised at once
"To deny these women even teno
porarily the right to rote on the future
of Russia." says Mr. Ohsel. "will not
he tolerated by the maases " It is
the opinion of Russian women of
promlneice In this country that be
hind the Russian revolution la the
shining promise of woman's freedom
On April 29th. Gustavui Losle. a
member of the German Rflchstas
openly advocated full woman auffraga
in Germany, "on the ground that it
( was through the efTorta of mflilona
of German women that the existence
cf the nation had been preserved."
VMOMAN SUFFRAGE
A CONSERVING FO«CI
Falling in line with the offer of war
service made by the National Ameri
ran ^feman Suffrage Aaaociatioc to
the President of the United Statei
various atata suffrage association*
have railed their members t*to res!
and praeflcal service
The ftrat act of the president ef
the Nebraska'State Suffrage Assocla
tlon. Mrs W E. Bsrkley, was to Jine
op her members in suffrage thrift j
clubs Many Nebraska home-maker*
have been in the habit of oadertag
ui the summer, the winter's ataftpk}
of vegetables and fruits from th%Jr 1
local grocera This year the atafc
suffrage organliatton la awakening its
members to the fact that Nebraska
women can raise an4 put np their
own foodstuffs, and so free ohe pre
duce of the canning faeteries
portatlon or for the nimj,
14 fact. It will be m
An Appeal to the Citizens of Oklahoma
America is at war.
I rani " " S°nS °Ur S°nS W'" 80011 1,6 on their wav to ,he trenches °f
. hli01mu,Wi.11 !|eturP to their home roofs, whole as thev left. Others will
?ack' cr,PP'ed and ')r°ken. Others, man v. will be left on the
lields of Belgium.
„„rThe ,jn'£ has passed to discuss why America had to enter the war. In
Th . r"' jl,the.rN f°ught that freedom might be secure to their children,
l nat freedom is now threatened.
Defeat in this war would mean that sometime our own homes might be
destroyed, our own people carried into bondage, our own wives and daugh-
Franc'e things are now happening in Belgium and northern
Hut the fact that we must face is that America's sons, vour bovs and
<c "d wmand d init in
Will they go properly clothed, properly fed. equipped to protect (heir
lives and strike for their country?
Y'" we ?,end them to E«rope half protected to be cannon fodder for
u llhelm s guns.
\ou. Mr. Citizen of Oklahoma, are helping to answer that question
BondsinSWer 'S ther or no1 vou d" vour share in subscribing to Liberty
The Liberty Loan must provide ready cash to equip and feed and
clothe the first of our boys to go. It is not a gift to the government, it is a
gi t-edged investment that pays interest and will become more valuable as
the years go by.
Oklahoma must furnish $14,000,000 NOW.
K^ts indicate that citizens so far have not taken to the bonds
readtly. the time is short. Our final answer will be recorded on June 15
n e must over-subscribe them.
Every father with a son who will go to Europe, everv merchant, everv
professional man, eery farmer, every laborer, every person who cannot
give his life for his country—can do his part. He can buy a Libertv Bond.
i ou need not have the full price of a bond, $50 or more, in cash. You
can pay for it in installments. Your own banker will explain it to you and
take your application.
What are you going to do?
Answer to the young men in your own home and in your own com-
munity by June 15th.
STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE.
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Phone 16.
101 East Main
DO YOU WANT PUBLICITY IN
NORMAN AND CLEVELAND CO.
IF SO, THE DAILY AND WEEKLY
TRANSCRIPT OFFERS IT TO YOU AS
IT ABSOLUTELY COVERS THIS
TERRITORY i
More Circulation Than Both the Other Norman
Papers Combined.
The recent Transcript's campaign for subscribers
has resulted in placing it in nearly all the desirable
homes in Norman and Norman's trade territory; into
Noble, Moore, over the river into McClain county, and
upon all the eight rural routes out from Norman.
If you have anything to sell, want to buy, have lost
or found anything,desire to rent your house or farm-
try a classified liner in the Transcript. It will bring-
you results at reasonable cost. *
Rates reasonable, and full investigation solicited.
Address THE TRANSCRIPT,
Norman, Okla.
Phone 16.
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Burke, J. J. The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 269, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 12, 1917, newspaper, June 12, 1917; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc113486/m1/2/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.