The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 78, Ed. 1 Monday, June 24, 1918 Page: 1 of 4
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THE DAILY TRANS I
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All the Local News
Carrying the United Press Telegraphic Report
OKLAHOMA WEATHEK
and Tuesday generally lair.
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I'ME VI
price two cents
NORMAN. OKLAHOMA. MONDAY, JUNE 24. 191*1
price two cr
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Austrians Suffer
Decisive Defeat
Washington's View
of Austria's Defeat
Thinks Germany Will Kush 1' resh
Troops Into Italy to Assist Her Al-
ly _AU Reports of Food Riots Dis-
counted.—Must Be Taken With
j Numerous "Grains of Salt.
Forty-Eight Boys
Leave Tonight For
'Council of
Hears St'.v
i • <3 jJai
is Case
Camp Cody, N. M • Finds That Sale of ^
Stamps Was Retarded
ON A FORTY-MILE FRONT FROM
MONTELLO TO THE SEA, THE
ITALIANS DRIVE THEM BAC K
italians pursuing and cutting enemy to tmsces
Austrian Losses Estimated atliwOO. .^h O^y 40,000 Creditecl
to Italians—Retreat Leaves Austrians in Worse Post Hon
Than Hefore the Drive.—Enemy Losses Ninety-
Five Air Machines.
By CARL D. GROAT
United Press Staff Correspondent
1 Washington, D. C., June 24.—Fear-j The cleveiand County men who i heid an all-afternoon session Sunday * )ast Monday.
£'ing a demoralizing of her ally, Ger- called to go to Camp Coly, N. threshing out the charges brought ^ <h(l a]most
many is rushing reinforcements to ; M(JX ^ today (Monday, June 24, 1918), |atrainst Postmaster Walter Stevens, . boUy 0f the woman on t
3. i Italy, army men were informed to- tQ Kat)ler ln at an early hour of Lexington, by War Savings Stamp gbejblWk had remained
|day. i i , this morning and report at the rooms [Manager W. R. Clark that he * ^ev- i .j ja(.ltaon>s arrest a
Cleveland County's Call Will Leave
on the 9:55 Santa Fe Train Tonight
(Monday).—Special Car Will Be
Furnished.—Great Crowd Expected
to Give Them a Royal Sendoff and
God Speed.
ter.—Stevens Construe
Law, and 111-Feeling To*
' *v'nE8 Kansa
ma8" parently
the
C..
ager W. R. Clark.—Loyaitv < l <
Men Commended.—Will '•<
Work Harmoniously TogeVti
Kansas City h
ln' with interviews t
he strangled his t'ii
Fullman car compartm '
lington and threw h
, _ . i clothes out of the winder-
, The County Council of Defense j >n was racjn(, through
who held an all-afternoon session Sunday j
entirels
(Monday, June 24, 1918), .ltrainst Postmaster Walter Stevens, < [>o^ of thg wman on the tracks , i.
her in at an early hour 10f Lexington, by War Savings Stamp ghejbma ha() remained a mystery u.
_ iy. . 'this morning and report at the rooms Manager W. R. Clark that he (Stev- ^ Ja(.ktion.g arrest and confession
With the Austrians in disorganized ^ selective draft board. All ot~~ « iitov-fWrd with and dis- I. .
retreat across the flooded Piave and them are fine looking young i
With the Austrians in disorganized^ ^ selective draft board. AH ot|on8) had interfered witn ana oi -- jTagt
retreat across the flooded Piave and , tbem are pne looking young men, and , l 0Uraged the sale of War Savings jealousy over the alleged attentions
harasssed by the Italians, French and ! aUoKether they make a bunch that | stamps. Numerous witnesses swore <)f & j.lck'ie
British, such aid is the only thing j make the Kaisor sit uu and take 1 ,.vnmined. all of whom testified as to .nir atat;nn
BULLETIN
ROME REPORTS ^TALLXNS^H^AVE^CROSSE
Infantry and cavalry forces have crossed flooded
rivers in the regiort of Capo Sile. it was semi officially
SlateThedwestern bank of the riverhasbeenpractkally
cleared of the Austrians. Montello has been entirelv
takeOnly a few points on the riKhtbankfrornZenson
southward to the sea. are now
the Austrians.
ans, rrwiu. I altogether they make a Duncn iim. stamps, numerous wiuic^™ flf 0 jack'ie flt the arCat Lakes train-
_ the only thing ^ make the Kaiser sit up and take ! examined, all of whom testified as to station, was the motive Jackson
I that will prevent an Austrian disas- notjce jf they ever get into the war. j differences of opinion between Stev- j uscribed for his crime.
ter with consequent disruption at Thgy wjl] jeave al 0;5G p. m. on the eng and Clark at divers and sundry yielding to the persuasions of hi
home, military men say. Santa Fe in a special coach, which pje suppers held in the south part | wjfe> w|10m he charged with having
I Tliey pointed out that the allies ^ attached to a special train 0f the county during March, when ^een jnfatUated with the jaekie for
| might "gain a turning .point victory , ma(]e up at purcell, and they will j the first War Savings campaign was j gome time, he srnd, he was taking her
| now by taking the offensive. Wheth- , djr(,ct without change to Camp!oni 0ver construction of the law as „ chjCago, wh°!ti they quarreled over
er they could prepare for such action c . whjch jg at Demjng) Ne\y Mex- j to redemption of the baby bonds. t| e jackie and in a ^
before reinforcements make them- ^ Clark tailing the audience that the | cbocke(j ber to death.
the
wi. >• •,
jackie and in a fit of rage he
j selves felt, is uncertain.
All the Austrian unrest, strikes, and
Undoubtedly a great crowd will be rule was that the stamps could be jackgon told how after the murder
Knvj , J nftpr nurchase I bg ]eft tbp punman train at the next
( . at the depot tonight to bid the boys redeemed at any time after purchase
starvation reports are taken "with a bye aml w;8h them every good ' _3o, 60 or 90 days, six months or a
grain of salt." , thing in their new life. The Red year—and urged that as a reaso" train for St. Joseph, Mo., and later
While many officials believed in arranging to give them com- why the people of one district should returned to his three year old son at
I strong counter offensive measures in ^ ^ they wil] be ghowered "over the top" in competition with ^ home jn Kangas city. Until hit-
Italy now, some diplomatic quarters ^ should be) with many other i other districts; that purchasers c011''1 arrest he had gone about his worK
.... ... get thcjr money back any old time
- la^erS (as they'should be) with many other
' urged a stroke in the Balkans. How- j pre8entg> The following are the bo;,
i ever, the military view is that t ic make up the company
I western line—and that includes Ita y i ^ewis S. Salter, Norman.
feaLtm
will be the decisive battleground
i Experts say no diversion should be
C,Apeitn au; wv *
ROME, June 24,-The A«?r ian re^eat= tje Fiave con- mj even, send Amen
tinues on the whole forty-mile front from Montello to the sea.^ ^ |
The Italians are closely pursuing the,e?.T7' iUerv are co- ¥list Get Into Some
Lewis S. Salter, Norman.
Charlie Sonntag, Norman.
Jas. W. Eastep, Norman.
Olen Cooper, Lexington.
Walter O. Castleman, Nob'e.
Walter C. Woodrow. Norman
Sam P. Guyer, Lexington.
Luther A. Hicks, Norman.
Robt. J. Gorrell, Tribby.
Homer H. Dunham, Norman
Daniel T. Self, Newalla.
Jas. Wm. Hill, Norman.
J Ray Orr, Norman.
Robert E. Russell. Norman.
George Purcell. Wheatland.
Porter W. Scott, Lexington.
Chas. E. Haney, Norman.
I.on Hatcher, Norman.
Gus F. Miller, Norman.
Joshua B. Lee, Rocky, Okla.
Wm. T. Cooley, Lexington.
Odis Carpenter, Noble.
Jewell H. Kirkpatrick, Norman.
Wm. E. Smith. Norman.
John Jackson Unchurch, Trousdale.
Rufus C. Cox, Noble.
Geo. C. Harrison, Norman.
Forrest Earl Shinn, Lexington.
Claud L. Reeves, Norman.
Clifford E. Womack, Tribby.
Edwin H. Russell, Norman.
Wm. Greenwnv, Lexington.
E'mer Hunt, Trousdale.
Homer Barnes Davis, Butler, ukla.
Lee McBee, Lexington.
Ragsdale, Norman.
t. in. R- Roselius, McComb.
Walter Hurt. Norman.
Ace M. Crader, Lexington.
Ed C. Daboney, Norman
and did not have to hold the 1)on,ls-' (limpany here, discussed
Mr. Stevens'construction seemed to ,))]acis with hjs neighbors
that only in case of "necessity n« if nothim?
as cashier
for the National Film
Oral
Geo. W.
Wm.
to have been been worn wS - "
ouMn the San Dona Pi Piave region, where regiments have been domestiCe servants, elevator men, bell
and captured are only forty thousand, accordng to a semi-o ua firgt_ ^ nothing what-
statement. . . thflt General Diaz seized the psychology ever wouki be done in regard to pro-
1 Ther!fS renewed and Sus counter attacks along th^ fessi0nai baseball players however,
cal moment for r^wed a J h d on, tw0 bridges of anv!until a specific time is presented.
whole river line when ^the Aiist V)v' the flooded waters, Pub,ic and private chauffers will
Size. The other«,h^J J Pon the west bank short of food not bc considered as engaged in non-
leavmg the enei « means of obtaining reinforcements. essential work, according to the regu-
and munitions J ,^ the Austrians in a worse position, both | lation8, but footmen and others will
The retreat w'U leave the Austmn^n their drive a have to go.
military and pollticany, than be ^ they captured, Hotel cooks, clerks and managers
week ago yesterday. It they:™ 1 „ er without are not included, but bar boys, bus
they Will have to face their e c ■ b ained This not only will boys and waiters will have to seek
any concrete objective having.been' ,; )t wiU add to the al- other employment, as well as porters,
have a serious effect on the army s moia , unless it can be shown that the work
ready serious depression at home. ^ the effect the retreat is too heavy to be performed by
on the*Have Sltave on the impending renewal of the^ Austrian ^ employment s,„
tains preparatory to another effort reach ^ diversion or ing of the large number of workers
Whether the Piave defeat will hasten this j e be ghifted to esSential em-
will cause its indefinite postponement is pene- ployment.
British troops, in a surprise attack bringing back The provisions of the order are very
trated the Austrian lines killing more than 10C a g and boardg instructed to — n pick on Co phone 36
thl-ty-one prisoners. , . • their total consider all cases with sympathy •
Ten enemy machines were broug aimlanes and six nn<l common sense." n
of aerial losses during the drive to ninety-five P ' I1The regulations further provide
observation balloons. The allies have.lost thrown across says the explanation handed down,
Artillery action has destroyed all but one b g the with- "that sales clerks and other cleiks
the Piave during the Austrian drive it ^ in stores and other mer-
dravval of the enemy is being effected only with trerrie cantiie establishments are engaged in
Several Austrian divisions have been practically vv iped ou streams non.productive employment, but every
Entire battalions attempting to ford ti ^..^v Water^ case must be heard and decided on its
have been 8wept ,w«y. (he '«>"
Christian Science
h- The, « S thftoe sSna topro- Welfare V\ ork
here, discussed common-
.. „,pJUCC!. v,.Ji his neighbors and othei
,,B that only in case of ' necessity | wige acted ag ^ nothing had hap-
should the stamps be taken to the ))cr)e() }je explained the absence of
j ;lostoffice and redeemed, and that if wife by Saying that she was
i anyone was buying at the pie sup- Chicago and "probably having a
I jiers with the idea he could go to the ^ jjm( ;n the company of her
postoffice the next day or in ten or ckie ]( ver „
thirty days and get his money baik. ^ po;ice station Jackson coolly
1 he was doing wrong: that that was i(jt.nt,(i the clothing of his wife
j not the meaning of the law; that t^e ; Btrewn along the tracks near SHel-
Government wanted the public to ^ ;^0 Then he sat ' down an<:
buy and KEEP the stamps and only p'f, b,-s confession of the-^ying
in case of necessity should they be • „About gjx months ago my wife
cashed. The two men locked horns became infatuated with another man
on the proposition and hence the } ^ out of th(; city .. he wrotc.
ible and confusion. "Shi frequently slipped away from
It was also brought out that per- ^ nightg to meet tlie man she
j sonal ill feeling existed )between ^ ^ ^ Lately she wanted
Stevens and Clark, which t0 tnke the baby an;l leave me. Any
its weight to the trouble, Mr. (la loving father could not stand
charging that Mr. Stevens feeling j . ^ thu occar We quarreled of-
towards him made him (Stevens) , never ahused her.
hope the war savings campaign oi ,.RecentI shc said 8|,e was going
which he (Clark) was nK'"iltr" t Chica r0! The man enlisted in the
would fail. It was also brought out ^ # fgw weekg aR0 and is at Great
[that Mr. Swank, postmaster a • or" - j a)(t,s gbe sajd she was going to
man, had been requested to | ^ ^ ^ hgr ^
several of the pie suppers within tne ^ ^ ^ ^ hjm j tried
I exington district in preference to ^ reconci]e hcr j ,oved my wife dear-
Mr. Stevens, and had done so, selling to her tak-
i something like $4,700 worth of 'V CUUM1
|SomeLiu"B i infr him away."
stamps. Jackson said his wife finally per-
In no way was the loyalty and pa- . . . :
- ---- ...... - BU«(ied him to take her to Chicago
A= ^&w. Okla. ^n;° itMbeinr minted! ;-en. she wanted to study music, ho
Claronco .-Vnoerson. inoDy. . i , x t sain.
Jas I'. Bverly, N'>'-man. that in all war activity . We were lying across the berth in
Chas. C. Snyder, Newalla. ington—in the Liberty Bond drives pullman and she was confiding
Wm. E. Cundiff, Noble. and Red Cross work—he was espec- , knew to be true. It
Ellis J. McNeill, Norman. i <l]v active and earnest, and that bis - tnrrihle thnn
Harold L James, Norman. 1,lly „.1 ' . ' .u.-no. like was something more terrible than
' r f ., postoffice showed something like shoul(, read about. Sud-
—We deliver kerosene m ten gallon , $15 000 War Savings stamps sold- , , j few minutes
which was regarded a most excellent , dW^i] —
showing. ' "Three persons are responsible for
It seemed to be clear to'tbe execu- >|om(, when the time
riearnnce Sale tive committee that Mr. Stevens ac- ^ 3hall tell. I am responsible
; nd • smaTks had. retar,led a"d for my wife's death. I ask no appeal."
It is needless to call attention of discouraged the sae o \\.u savings m t,,e bwjy of Mrs. jackson was
Transcript's reader- t. t! • i 1 ■"-tise- stamps at theand « it was dad only in a gauze
ments of the S. K. McCall company in accordance with that view the follow ] „„H(11.„Brrner
McCall's Cash
this issue of their Cash Clearance S:
for they speak in clear and convinc
ing terms for themselves so cina'*l>
that the wayfaring man or woman
cannot get away from them. On
everything they ate giving such low !
r>\. • Cnion.A nrices for cash that everybody must
bank of t'w Piav'e. ^ attempt of the Austrian command church edifice, West Eufaula Street^ t'^men^ ^ ,g your UTUn(i oppor.
to prepLeIhe Austrian people for the official announcement oi Tuesday ^<^£.1!, of tunity. Read the advertisements, note
the Italian victory are being continued. ^ (.amphell lg a member U>e low prices, see the s^endid goods
'Tulsa Mrs. Campbell is a memDer "
I of the Christian Science War Relief and large assortment and take advant-
Austrian War Ilep-rlVery Crllica,*~; and^ Camp Welfare^ Committee Jor yoU, famiiie,
l^Illltr KJ\rilife ^ J A J fV«ic wfirlc arp cor- . , i,,„„
Phone 36 for your barrel orders
of gasoline and kerosene.—Van-Pick
Oil. Co.
! I
I are interested in this work are cor-
T ONDON June 24,-The Austrian war office through its of- ^ invited to be pre^nt.
ficial statement yesterday, ^began■ J°f pi1ave^URtna" ' ' ' Riots in Vienna
for announcement of the ret'|"ei rilaced under water broad
"The heavy rains, which have place the burdens and | Zurich) june 24,-One hundred
stretches of the Venetian plains, havei m P and fifty thousand strikers in Vienna
privations of our troops, tne st ' ' an(] jts volumes of had another conflict with the police
"The Piave has become! apushing atream^a ^ arordin(? t0 a dlspatch from
water have many times made p , . . possible with the! Munich today.
with the most necessary Jg£
returned safely. Nothing of special interest was reportd from (k,pots there. jalthough the quality will be
- - - . . i~+ average.
Wheat Good; The -"--it turnou:
is much better than tirst contem-
plated, aeording to L. E. Bogan, coun-
ty farm agent. Mr. Bogan estimates
that the acreage average in Cleve- j
land county will reach fifteen bushels, |
which is considered an extraordinary j
good mark in this part of the state, j
above the
reiuincu -
the iSe'FrS " SLe reported Mm W — j _PHv.« H. J
tion southwest of Rheims.
ing was adopted:
The Executive Committee of
the Council of Defense of < leve-
land County, Okla., after hear-
ing testimony and argument in
the case of Walter Stevens, post-
master at Lexington, Olda ,
charging that his actions and
statements had been such as to
int?rfere with and discourage the
sale of War Savings Stamps,
make the following findings:
1st. That evidence justifies the
verdict that remarks made by
Mr. Stevens one or two oc-
casions, interfered with the sale
of War Savings Stamps.
2nd. The Council further find
this interference was due largely
to Mr. Stevens' construction of
the law, and his existing personal
feeling towards W. R Clark,
County Chairman of the W. S. S.
Drive.
3rd. The Council further finds
that while no charge of disloy-
alty, or lack of patriotism has
been made against said Walter
Stevens, the evidence discloses
the fact that he is not only loyal,
but possesse a brand of patri-
otism to be envied by all true
Americans;
4th. That the Council com-
mends W. R. Clark for his zeal,
earnestness and vigor in war ac-
tivities, especially in the War
Savings campaign, and nd ,n
undergarment anil cotton hose
him a character of loyalty which
challenges any man in Cleveland
county to measure up to in miles
of travel and hours of service
at his country's call; therefore
The Executive Committee, be-
lieving that this ill feeling be-
tween Mr. Stevens and Mr. Clark
is detrimental to the public set
vice, call upon those men to burt
all personal differences, putting
principle before personality, for
the sake of the cause for which
we are all now fighting. heTe-
! after work together harmonious-
' ly in all war activities,
i Mr. Stevens and Mr. Clark were
i called before the commitee and the.
j findings read to them, and they ex-
pressed themselves satisfied, after
I which Mr. Stevens withdrew certain,
bitter remarks he had made about Aft
Clark, personally, and they shook
bands ar.d promised that in all
future endeavors in the south part
of the county thej would work to-
gether for the good of the cause.
There was a very large attendance
from the routh part of the county, all
| seeming to take great interest in the
matter and the proceedings, and the
outcome gave general satisfaction, for
it is felt it cleared the atmosphere
and put at rest for all time any an-
tagonism the two i nti--men and then-
friends have felt for each othei.
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