The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 67, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 11, 1918 Page: 1 of 4
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THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT
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NORMAN. OKLAHOMA. Tt'SSDAY, JUNE 11, 1918.
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NUMBER 67.
Crudest Battle
of the War
Business Men Help- i he 140 Men \\ ill
ing in Harvest Arrive June 15th
Going Out in the Evening and Spend- Quart{.rs Prepared for I hem, and
GERMANS CONTINUE TO ADVANCE
ing a Couple of Hours Stacking
Wheat.—Fourteen Shoeked Sixty
Acres For Ed Myers Monday Even-
ing}.—Wages l>onated to the Red
Cross.
Germans Throwing in Their Last Reserves in a
Supreme Effort to Reach Paris.
FRENCH RESIST WITH SUPREME ENERGY
The clerks and business men of
Norman are assisting in the work of
harvesting the grain
They Will He I'nder Command of
Capt. Fred C. Itachman, U. S A.—
Four Other Army Officers Will As-,
- ist.—Special Intensive Training in
Wireless and Mechanics. — Two,
Months' Course.
Foch Putting in His Reserves, and Germans Lose
Heavily in Manpower.—Germans Attack
Ferociously, Undeterred by Huge
Losses—French-Americans
Still Holding.
BULLETIN
PARIS. .lutie 11.—German forces last night pene-
trated to within one mile of the Oise river at Rihecourt.
the French war office announced today.
The enemy also reached the Aronde river within
four miles of Cotrpiegne, representing a maximum ad-
vance of more than seven miles, hut were hurled back at
this point.
The French not only held the Germans on the west
wing, but retook the town of Mery.
By HENRY WOOD,
United Press Stat>' Correspondent
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN THE FIELD, June 10.— ^
The new Ger
... - _ , i. I. , xt v. ;0 vonirllv Mayfield, Jim Rodgers, Eob Phillips,
man drive between Montdulier and No>on is rapidl; ^ Janj5in(f) Ben Fleming> Charlie
Capt. Fred C. Baehman, U. S., de-
and donating tailed by the war department as com-
their wages to the Red Cross. Under ending officer of the detachment of
the management of Ed Walker, four- ;q men wh0 wjH be given intensive
teen of them went out to the Ed Siy- training in mechanics and wireless German rush continued yesterday even-
ers place, west of Norman, (the old telegraphy at the University of Ok: -. 1 al' ";L t , p-.
Doc McGill place) Monday night and homa this summer, has arrived in ing and last llight ill the direction ol Kstltxn-. . nis ail(. ,
shocked his 60 acres of wheat, and a \orman an,| ;s now supervising the court, the French war office announced today.
large number will go this evening to Work of preparing quarters for the ,.Qn French resistance prevented the Germans
different points where they may be men in his charge> ,vho win reach t„kinc t epiovron and Courcelles. The French recaptured
here on Saturday, June 15th.
Captain Baehman came here from Mery.
Richmond, Va„ where the war depart-l "In the center, the principal German effort was on the iron,
■nent has a school similar to the on- £rom Bellov to Marqueglise (a front of about five miles). A heavy
The "Roll of Honor" last evening beinfr opened in oklahoma. He reeeiv- . attack succeeded in reaching the Aronde river (three
18: Ed Thomas' %v,llmm ed his commission at Fort Snellmg, Marqueglise) but the French hurled the Germans
Minn., in August last year, at the miles soutn 01 Mdrquegust-j ^
lose of the first reserve offcers' train-
I needed and help all they can. On
• Thursday evening they expect to go
•to the Anderson 110-acre field in tie
Ten Mile Flat.
. ... , T4. ..new. uunpiuK, i' iciiun^, close oi tne nrst reserve oncers train-1 back on the whole front and the !• reiich posit i"ns ph it t.labli.h
becoming the fiercest and most cruel battle ol tne war. into it Richards, John Fisher, George Allen, inj.. camp> and was subsequently ill e(i south of Belloy, St. Maur and Vaudelicourt.
ommand of a company at Campj (iQn right there was violent fighting in Dreslincourt wood.
Dodge, la. ! mi__ ,, —°ched Antoval (a mile west of Ribecourt) obliging
the Germans apparently are determined to throw their last re- \y. E. Bernard, Howard Hamilton,
serves, in a supreme effort to separate the allied armies and reach Earl Minteer, Hubert Pritchett and
Paris before America's full participation wrests from them the last * ° s™°o. "esW!!
the commanding officer,
! The Germans read
hopes of eventual victory. which was given to the Red Cross
Already the steady flow of American, Italian and British (f^e -wages puid was 40 cents an hour,
divisions into France, coupled with the terrific losses inflicted on which is the ruling price,
the Germans since March 21 practically has wiped out the mimei i- ^
cal superiority with which the Germans opened the offensive.
twenty hours and received $7.00, other army men who will look after the French to withdraw to a r
resistance line west and southwest of
German Losses Reported Frightful.
Bv HENRY WOOD
United Press Staff Correspondent
most commendable
stunt," and cannot but result in
reat good; not the least of the good
I being a closer relationship between
| town and country, as indicating a de-
! sire to help each other out in a
j pinch.
; The wheat harvest is on in earnest
:his week, nearly every field having
its binder going, the yield is going
the drafted men are a first and a sec- ' 1 tibecourt."
ond lieutenant of infantry, a captain i
of the medical reserve carp; ... I , .
second lieutenant of the quarter- Called l1 Of nCrVKP
master corps. They were expected to J line 24tll to 2J)til
report to Captain Baehman today, j
Non-commissioned officers will he , oca] Selectivt, Draft Board Sending
With the French Armies in the Field, June 11. The Germans , t0 be g.00(j; an<] t,he quality excellent.
only temporarily named for the per-
iod of training.
The instruction to be given the men
is largely of a technical vocational
character. One hundred of the 140 men
will be trained as wireless operators,
etc., while the other forty will he
woodworking
engaged between 240,000 to 360,000 men in the new drive, up to Some think if the weather continues illstrU(,tion
midnight, feeding in battalion after battalion with prodigality un- m,?s* "f, ',l1 forge, foundry a:
, n n c* • ^ be in shock bv Saturday niirht. Manv 4-
ponalled in anv nrevious phase of the offensive. practice. At the c
Out Notices to Forty-Eight Men to
Appear at Norman Ready to Go
Between June 21th and 29th.—Def-
inite Date Not Yet Fixed.
ominous quiet gn
american front
By FRED S. FERGUSON
United Press Staff Correspondent
equalled in any previous phase
Heroic French resistance, which necessitated this constant
binders are running night and day,
and, the most of them are being run
character of German with a Ford—doing away with horse
By counter attacking locally at every point on i Forty cpnts an hour with board is ■
from Montdidier to Noyon, almost every mile, the French keep the | be(ng pairi harvest hands and they j
Hun first line troops almost constantly engaged, thus preventing are hard to get at even that figure.
them from being superseded by recurring waves of fresh troops., It*_ said! the prices paid in Kan...
mem Hum 1 " j , . i,.!,:,.., are oO cents an hour with board, and
In every counter attack the trench succeeded in taking p^ ■ many Qf thg tQwng arp a]most (]e_
sorted, everybody going to the har-
feedi'.lg in, changed completely -he entile ..;nn,'n iu-'e-" Tb" "Ti " rTti "'m ^'" i" and another lot of m6n will take their j fifty-nine men,
tactics from those which largely insured the success of previous power. They say the little old Fords (j,
; hitched to a binder -sure does the work' rr. ,
dnves. • ...J rapidly and most satisfactorily. |. The military and vocational tram-
point on the entne trout ( Fortv corts an hour with hoar. . ; ing IS to ■ , apportioned that ap-
| proximately two hours a day will be
ven to military drill and tactics and; rating
six hours to classroom and laboratory
practice along mchanical lines. The
officers detailed here will have
oners along the entire battle front, who unanimously declare the;
German losses are frightful. French troops participating in these
The selective draft boar.; for ; with the Americans west of Mont-
Cleveland county sent out noticc to aidier, June 11.—The Americans
59 men this (Tuesday) mowing, wit.hin the shadow of the new German
ind machine shop j instructing them to so arrange their ,|rjve are waiting, ready for any blow
ompletion of their I business affairs as to be able to go | t^ut may fall.
two months' course the first detach-! to a training camp during the week J There is an ominous quiet in the
ment will be sent into active service beginning June 24th. From these I region of Cantigny,, along the line
forty-eight will ac-
tually go, the additional number be-
ing added with the idea that perhaps
some of them would have proper ex-
cuse for being given a deferred
held by the Americans. Our artillery
heavily gassed the German positions
Sunday night, but the lull fell again
yesterday. — •., j
With the roar of the heavy firing
in the Montdidier region always
Numerous men are now putting in reaching them, the Americans here
applications for such deferred rat- ar(, constantly on the alert for some
M re. E'l Reeves
ReH C^'os^ Serret?.*
counter attacks also find heaps of boche dead everywhere.
French cavalrymen, fighting afoot on the summit of Leple-
mont plateau, who succeeded in escaping after their position hac!
been entirely surrounded, declared that previous to their depar-
ture they repulsed nineteen infantry assaults.
The battle is accompanied by one of the fiercest artillery duels
of the entire war. Owing to the Grmans' slow advance, they have thecal Red Cross Chapter, and
vest field.
Mrs. Nell Reeve
Reeves, who is now
wife of Ed TI.
n the
of the discipline and military drill,
and the technical instuction will be
given by members of the university
engineering faculty, under the direc-
tion of Dean J. H. Felgar.
Quarters for the men are being pro-
vided by the university, which has a
contract with the government for tiie
ar:tiy ' :1teaching of the men. The feeding of
i accepted the position of secretary c' the men will be under private eon-
_ > , tract made with the university, but
u v,l« Vivino- ni> their lieht iruns but their heaviest are Still '* upon ir duties as such I tes- t|1€y -will be clothed and equipped in
been able to bung up then Dgnt guns O t} under day morning. The Chapter has se- tlltyslime mallt|er as iM the\Z, An
firing from thir original positions \\h, . cured pleasant rooms adjacent to 0ffjcel. of the quBrtermaster corps has
French bombardment. , ! I - \ n , . ' been detailed to the school for this
Despite the incredible amount of material engaged and the, which will make it very convener' H purpoS(1
unequaled masses of men constantly fed in, the Germans, at the th^way ^ Becurmg information The university ,rymnasiui„ u
most extreme point of their advance last night, have averaged .J'y being transformed into an army
Large windows are being
machine
columns and inflicting the heaviest losses,
themselves are able to see. The railway station at Roye
served in flames, following a bombing laid.
It is certain that if the allies hold
about our boys
Mrs. Reeves' special work will be L . ^
; that of keeping in touch with all the t , c ■
ontestable 3U- | Cleveland county boys in the a cut in the walls to admit plenty of air
r, , ■ . . ' . . „ ,r and the interior
gunning German asoerta.ninir the conditiogi of their
only five kilometers (about three miles) penetration a day.
The French airmen continue to maintain an iia ."•j *" ",,c and the interior is being equipped
.1 orirl machine irunning German ;isoerta:mng the condition of their , . .
nvinrit v constantly bombing anil mnnuire S .• *■ , I ■ 'v,th regulation bunks. Individua
pnoiiLy, cuuDuanwo- v- h tu„ aviators families, lvestigating ar* relieving ... . . , , , .
MMBBlMI wnn n III avid . rooms will be provided for the com-
ob y 68 distress or destitution.;
mer boys who ask time to work and jnp. westward to include this sector,
harvest their crops, the most of them American patrols are continually
asking sixty days. Undoubtedly some active, some prisoners being brought
of them will be granted. The definite jn almost daily. Sergeant Burns, of
day of their going has not been fixed, the signal corps, went on a "person-
but it will be some day between Mon- 1 ;il]y conducted" tour of the boches
day, June 24th and Saturday. June front trenches. He shot every Oer-
29th. i man he ran across and returned safe-
The following are the names and ]y to his own lines.
residences of those who have been no- The rain sweeping this section lias
ii5L....- ., , .. . I missioned officers in the same build
impressing on the boys necessity of
keeping their folks posted as to their ""V , , ,. , ,
A large building to be usjd as .
.... . fire irettincr
the I sx i mess shack has been constructed iust
stations and how they
along and upon the home folks writ-
to the boys. She will
the books of the Chapter
mess shack has
west of the Boyd field bleachers. One
large room with openings on all sides
will be the mess hall and in the east
end is the kitchen and pantry. This
will be furnished with the necessary
cooking equipment to serve the 140
men quickly and easily.
Important Meeting
„ valley for the purpose of reachi* „„„ u|
out two months low 1 *.111 - m f)jse above Compieprne, thus forcing in^ regularly
at the present rate of arrival, will feive vacuatjon of the entire Xoyon aaliont a]s0 keep th,
them an incontesti )< an I where, at the extreme northern !>oi an(j (|0 ajj sUn(jry such things as
superiority. _ ^ Carlepont wood, on the east side of are necessary along that line.
As a consequence, the French are (;he ojge an(1 Mount Renaud. on the Mrs. Stratton D. Brooke has had
resisting in the battle with extreme west 8j(iei have to date barred the Ger- charge of this work but it has become
enrgy, equalled only by the prodigality man a,ivance into the Oise valley. too burdensome for one person, and
with which the Germans are rushing Military experts consider it most „ secretary was regarded as ab^o-
up their last resources. probable that the Germans will launch lately essential.
No longer is it a secret that the i a second converging attack from eas- Ml'. Reeves is admirably fitted for
French expected the present attack ,,f \0yon, with identical objectives of the position, and the Chapter feels Preparation is being made for the
apd were as fully prepared as effec- attaining the Oise from the east and to congratulate itself upon securing conference of 'he Woman's Com-
tives a"d material would permit. It is forcing evacuation of the Noyon s i- .her services. mittee of the Council of Defense I
likewise known that the Germans; ent_ — which opens next Saturday in the 1
knew the French expected and pre- From prisoners and other sources, i; Weather of the Week building just east of the postofficc.
pared for the attack, yet, facing the ,s established that the boches are suf- departments of the work will be
heavy losses which such a situation fering a severe crisis in effectives , Forecaf(. for the io(J June 1Q to presented, but the main feature will
necessarily must entail, the enemy un- Many companies go into action witn June ]g]^ jm.lusive, be the weighing and measuring of!
hesitatingly attacking. They rushed eighty or a hundred men. The wounded West Gulf States • The weather will y°unK children for the Government,
up reserves to replace their losses un- are forced to return to the fight as bp ^ soasonaI temperature Mothers, this is your patriotic duty,
til more than twenty divisions (240,- <0on as they are cured. The losses ... , Upp<>r Mjssissippi a(, ,„wer Mis.
000 men) have been fed into the bat- infantry officers are so great that
tle t0 (|ate cavalry officers are now substituted.
On both wings where the French are, French patrols, penetrating the
doggedly holding out. villages like region of Vouty and Maercrueux re-
Courcelles have changed hands every port heaps of German dead, often y;
1 This is the
dren's year.
few hours, day and night since the!ing ,n four or five successive w.nrows
[South of Faveolles, six hundred and
souri Valleys: Showers will occur
Tuesday and agan on Thursday or ers in th,s c°nference
Friday, with seasonable temperature.
Southern Rocky Mountain and I'.a-
teau Regions: Fair weather is indi- j
beginning of the chil-
We are in need of work-
and hereby|
make a call for volunteers. Mrs. j
Alice A. Butler will have charge of
this. Please do not bring children
battle began. The last carrier pigeons
from LePlemont, which was complete-
ly enciracled, brought woid that the
French were still holding out, al-
though they now possibly have been
submerged." The Germans still are
making their greatest effort in Martz
seventy unburied dead were counted.
-Mrs. R. V. Downing and chil-
cated with seasonable temperature.
ALFRED J TIEN'RY.
with cotagious diseases.
MRS. E. A. FOSTER,
Woman's Com. Council of Defense.
—Bert Burch, who has been here j
from Camp Bowie on a short fur- I
—Mr. Bryan Gowisby was taken
dren, who have been visiting at I lough, returned to his post Tuesday 'to an Oklahoma City hospital yester-
Monte Vista, Colo., arrived home on i He has been visiting his sister, Mrs. day to undergo an operation for ad-
Monday, | Manley Bailey, and friends here. enoids.
tified:
Charlie Sonntag, Norman.
John J. Upchurch, Trousdale.
Jas. W. Eastep, Norman.
Olen Cooper, Lexington.
Walter O. Castleman, Noble.
Walter C. Woodrow, Norman.
Sam P. Guyer, Lexington.
Chas. S. Petty, Lexington.
Luther A. Hicks, Norman.
Robt. J. Gorrell. fribby.
Homer H. Dunham, Norman.
Daniel T. Self, Newalla.
Boyd D. Cutler, Norman.
Jas. Wm. Hill, Norman.
Claud R. Bohrer, Norman.
J. Ray Orr, Norman.
Robert E. Russell, Norman.
George Purcell, Wheatland.
Porter W. Scott, lexington.
Chas. E. Haney, Norman.
Lon Hatcher, Norman.
Walter R. Ball, Norman.
Gus F. Miller, Norman.
Josliui'. B. Lee, Rocky, Okla.
Wm. T. Cooley, Lexingon.
Henry C. Kobush, Norman.
rhas. B. Oliver, Lexington. '
Odis Carpenter, Noble.
Jewell H. Kirkpatrick, Norman.
Wm. T. Cooley, Lexington.
Wm. E. Smith, Norman.
Earl M. McDaniels, Trousdale.
A. B. Bryant, Lexington.
Rufus C. Cox, Noble.
Geo. C. Harrison. Norman.
Forrest Earl Shinn, Lexington.
Claud L. Reeves, Norman.
Clifford E. Womack, Tribby.
Jesse T. Henry, Wanette.
Wm. A. Blakeley, Antlers, Okla.
Creed H. King, Lexington.
Edwin H. Russell, Norman.
Wm. Greenoy. Lexington.
Elmer Hunt, Trousdale.
Lee Willie Bettes, Norman.
Homer Barnes Davis, Eutler, Okla.
Oral Lee McBee, Lexington.
Geo. W. Ragsdale. Norman.
Jesse E. Collins. Lexington.
Wm. R. Cornwell, Norman.
Wm, R. Roselins, McComb.
rendered the front positions cold and
wet, in contrast to the heat of the
past few weeks.
| In the meantime, the greatest air
,'icivity continues along the lin ■•,, des-
pite unfavorable weather. Fighting
and bombing planes, headed for boche
•erritory, look like huge (locks of
j crows. The Germans all bombing al-
lied back areas, with the allies heav-
ilv retaliating.
The American field hospital was so
endangered by enemy bombs that
preparations have been made to evac-
uate it, but the nurses and doctors
<:re still on the job.
j ^
•c*
n-wr(im/mg
!->V
Sonu people believe that towns can-
iot be brightened without something
big is done. This is a mistaken idea.
It i.- the little things that count. One
of the best improvements was the
earing down of the old shack that
stood back of Pierson's Grocery on
vhat is known as the Wallace lot on
West Main Street. The tearing down
[of the old shacks on East Main Street
would brighten that end of town.'
■ Tear down all unsightly and worn
out buildings, and a bright spot will
.tppear where these old time relics
stood.
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Walter Hurt, Norman.
Ace H. Crader, Lexington.
Robt. Livingstone, Norman.
Ed C. Daboney, Norman.
Arthur M. Baldwin, Choctaw, Okla.
Clarence Anderson, Tribby.
Homer Duffy, Lexington.
CV.s. ('. Snvd Newalla.
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