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fflirORlC'AL yOUBTY
THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT
VOL. VI. NO. 116
NORMAN. OKLAHOMA.THURSDAY, AUG. 8. 101S.
PRICE 2 CENTS-
ALLIES START NEW OFFENSIVE ON SOMME
Jack Ventress Dead; MAY GIVE UNCLE SAM MO VE FOR WARD AT DAWN ON
Funeral is CONTROL OF NATION'S 15-MILE FRONT NEAR AMIENS;
AHEAD OF ALEXANDERS| MEAT-PACKING TRADE
ROBERTSON PILES UP
A LEAD OF 346 VOTES
attended the funeral of Jack Yen-
HUN RESISTANCE WEAKENING
■ "Ti i W4U n„i„ tress, a former resident of Norman,! pe(jeral Commission Recom-
JudKe Wins in County With Only vho died Tucsday at his home in A1_ miinds That Railroad Admin-
Twenty-Three Less than ^ Mrs Ventress is the sister 0f jstration Assume Charge.
All Others. Mrg gwank am, Mrs Little. , '
nr« nnnD \ m v Mr. Ventres* was well known in PLAN WOULD BRING END
H. 0. MILLER FROBABL\ Norman, where he and Mrs. Ventress TO PACKERS' MONOI OLN
DEFEATED BY WALLACE ^ ^ many years Thcy Ieft Nor. |
Has 132 Votes More Than Gar- man six years ago. Mr. Ventress had Stockyards, Branch Houses, K
160 MEN ORDERED TO
BE READY FOR DRAFT
vin County Men Here, but
Loses Elsewhere.
ing Stock and Ice Plants
to Be Taken.
FOR 0. U. ARMY CAMP
i
Cleveland County Quota to Begin
Training at University
August 15.
monopoly in the
distribution of
j been ill for about four months, and !
had been in Colorado Springs for
j some time recently in the hope of im-
Complete returns from Cleveland j proving his health.
county indicate that J. B. A. Robertson Mrs. Swank and Mr. and Mrs. Lit-
carried the county by only 23 votes , ^ie are expected to return from Al-
less than all his opponents combined. tus jn a (jay or two.
His total poll was 756, while that of j .
all the other candidates amounted to ni/T IJETM QCI CPTEfl
779. The governor's vote in the county | 11 £' {flLll UulXU « CO
stands:
Robertson, 756.
Alexander, 410.
Murray, 177.
Gault, 118
Davis, 32
Durant, 29.
McCollister, 13. I Five men have been selected by the
The tabulation of returns for the local exemption board to take a spec-
remaining state offices had not been ial course in auto mechanice, general
completed by the county election mechanics, radio telegraphy and car-. ..
board Thursday afternoon, and a com- pentering at the University of Okla- so called branch houses o e pac
plete statement of all votes will not be honia, beginning August 15, in accord - j ers, used in the distribution o mea s,
ready for publication until Friday, ance with ail order received "last week j all stock cars and refrigerator cars
However, late figures make no differ- by the board from Adjt. Gen. E. k. jnow owned by the packers and a ic-
Preliminary notices asking the men
to hold themselves in readiness for
a call between August 26 and 31 are
"being sent out to 160 registrants, all
'the Class 1-A men, by Ed P. Ingle,
BY ROBERT J. BENDER, l lerk of the local dlaft board
United I'ress Staff Correspondent i Mr. Ingle is expecting to be noti-
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—Moving J tied the exact date when the men are
to break the power of the so called | to leave within a few days.
"packers' trust" the federal trade com-
1 mission has recommended to Presi-
dent Wilson that the railroad adminis-
tration be given
! transportation and
I meats.
The report of the commission, made
public by President Wilson today,
urges that the far reaching packer in-
fluence on American business can be
emasculated by transferring from the
packers to the railroad administration
the following:
All stockyards in the country; all
MOTHERS OF SOLDIERS
TO FORM NORMAN UNIT
Meeting at Christian Church Fri-
day Afternoon to Perfect
Organization.
Battle Reported as Proceeding Satisfactorily for
Franco-British Troops Advancing With
Tanks and "Whippets."
ATTACK PARALLELS ONE TOWARD AISNE
Americans and French Cross Soissons-Rheims
Highway North of Vesle and Push on to
Heights Overlooking Aisne.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS,
United Press Staff Correspondent
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, Aug. K.—
French and British troops attacked at dawn this morning between
Moralcourt and Moetuil, on a front of about fit teen miles, astride
the Somme.
Several important villages have been reached. The battle gen-
erally appears to be Koinj; well for the allies.
Several hundred tanks led the way, fast "whippets" support-
ing. The "whippets" raced and dodged across the tields, terroriz-
ing and running the Germans down everywhere
FRNCH LEAD IN ATTACK.
The French are attacking in the region of Moreuil. Reports'
i oro nvfrumelv nntimistir statirnr
A meeting of all women of Nor-
man who are mothers of soldiers has
been ^a|ledfor Friday afternoon at 4 herTfrom'tha?'front are'extremely optimistic, stating,
O'clock in the ™ k Chm Germans are ()fferinR ()nly s,ipht resi8tance. .
. church, for the P"*™ ! A bombardment of but three minutes preceded the British at-
ganizing a unit of the War .u ^ Th(, French attack, by agreement, was made a few minutes
M«iaF0A Foster"Airman of the later, the artillery smothering the territory south of the Amiens-
now owned by the packers and all ic- Mrs. E. A. Foster, ^ Love road beforehand
ence in the winners indicated by the c'ipson. iPlfs located along the railroads j ^chard Drake'of " ' The attack was begun in fine weather, but rain is now threat-
early returns, and the democratic The board had permission from the , throughout the country.
state results are the same as reported
Wednesday.
Miller Leads County
Although H. O. Miller has easily won
the county in his race for the state
adjutant general to fill this quota with J '' Cut Packers Influence,
volunteers if they were high-class men ! This would leave the packers the
but when this could not be done, the lone business of slaughtering and skin-
quota was taken from the 170 men in ning. Through the control of transpor-
the county in Ms race lor ine scare Class 1 A. The men selected have all jtation, storage and distributing faeili-
senate, late returns somewhat cut! shown adaptability for some line of ties, the railroad adminitsration wou r
down his lead over W. R. Wallace of | this work and have an education break the alleged priorities the pack-
Pauls Valley The complete vote for ! equivalent to the eighth grade or ers "trust" grants its members now
the county now stands: Miller, 605; higher. iin 8,1 Phases of the business. Inciden-
Oklahoma City, state president of the , cning.
War Mothers' Association of Amer- nHIVF<4 UNDER WAY
elation in Neman. Mrl'PoluVMr°" The allies began a double drive on the Picardy and Aisne-Vesle
and^Irs°°RuWierford Brett'joi^ed'this '"wWkFrench and American troops renewed their attacka-on
association in Oklahoma City last1 a big scale against the crown prince s armies, driving, toward the
week. These four women have con- heists betvvee he Vesle and Aisne, British and French
stituted themselves a committee to, smashed against the tip of the huge I icardy salient, southeast ot
I
Wallace, 473; Northcutt, 356 Miller's I The registrants sent to Camp Fro- , tally the control of re rigera or cars, fnnowing is a letter to the Progress was reported in both drives. Stall dispatches from
lead is therefore 132. j mont Wednesday and those chosen for , constitutes a sideswipe at the Califor- j of soldiers ^jtten by the the Aisne-Vesle front announced that American and French troops
Unverified reports from McClain training in the university were se- firt fanners trust. I committee- had crossed the Soissons-Rheims highway north OT tile Vesle anti
and aGrvin counties are that Judge lected from the 170 Class 1-A men. I The federal trade commission in its I comm • • •--- •« ^ *'
and aurvin counties are inac juukc lectea irom ine 1 iu men. i
Wallace has carried those parts of the According to Mr. Ingle, only 160 men report to the president—made at
district. Miller, however, is 27 votes! are now left i„ Class 1-A. wr,tten renuest ,ast vear-leave
ahead in the Blanchard precinct and j The five men who are to take train.
50 ahead in the Lindsay precinct. Thi: j ing in the university comprise this
may change the final results some- j county's quota of 154 men who are to
" * " be sent here from different counties in
Oklahoma. They will arrive August
15, when the soldiers now in training
here will be sent to other camps.
The five men who will take the spec-
ial course in the university are the
the
what, but indications are that
Garvin county man has won.
Phillips Defeats Hutchin
J. B. Phillips' victory over S. W.
Hutchin and J. M. Stogner for state
representative was made certain
Thursday with the final tabulation of following:
votes. He obtained 624 votes in the j B. K. Ward, formerly of Lexington,
county to Hutchins' 549. Lexington j now of Oklahoma City.
township brought him in 44 votes to j Cicero F. Vaughn, Route 4, Norman.
Hutchin's 6. Stogner received 2601 Riley Louis Barton, Norman.
votes in the county. | Bryan Watson Jennings, Norman.
The results of county races are the j George Raymond McDaniel, Nor-
same as originally published. j man.
G. O. P. May Lose Place.
Although careful figures have not
yet been compiled, returns indicate
that the republicans will lose their
place on the ballot in the general elec-
tion, on account of not having cast 27
per cent of the vote cast for John
Fields as governor four years ago.
The percentage would require a ! Pltal
total of 315 votes in the county,
his
written request last year—leaves it
up to congress to pass the necessary
legislation which will enable the rail-
road administration to take over the
packers' facilities.
Mrs. Moore's Funeral
Wednesday Afternoon
The funeral of Mrs. Anna Moore,
wife of T. W. Moore of northwest of
I Norman, who died in St. Francis hos-
„ i pital, Colorado Springs, August 5,
as I was held in the Warren cemetery at
Soft Coal Will Take
Place of Anthracite
ADA, Okla., Aug. 8.—To permit
the making of a grade of bituminous
coal to take the place of anthracite
which has been withdrawn from the
middle west, and which is especially
adapted for use in magazine or base
burner stoves, the United States fuel
administration had adopted regula-
tions and prices for sized screenings.
For all special sizes over a mesh
over one-half inch in size the mine
price for prepared coal is allowed.
For special sizes passing over one-
m hi v n t were steadilv pushing on toward dominating heights which form
it hasteenTequeste!?by Mrs. Rich- the German'defense line south of the Aisne. Outer attacks were
ard Drake, state president of the ljroken up by allied artillery fire. .
War Mothers' Association of Amer- Thjo attack apparently centers on the front between Kraisne-
ica, that a unit of this association be where progress was reported in last night's ParLs.
STEWS'* .WmSSk but' is spreading, a, tho -aid,.that njore
mothers in closer touch with each | i^ging material was being rushed up and new crossings estalj
other. Hqhed
Wle, as a committee, and as tnem-|"a c • BRITISH IN CHIEF HOLE.
tfon, ^tt^^s-of^^rs A most significant feat ure of the Picardy^operaUon iAthat it
Fields received 1167 votes here in 1914. ! 4 o clock Wednesday afternoon. Rev
In seventeen precincts the republican IT. H Aszman pastor of the First
candidates polled 194 votes, which is | Presbyterian church, was in charge
considerably less than the number! of the funeral services. Interment
required to win a place on the ticket. I was made in the Warren cemetery
1 r I Mrs. Moore had been in,Colorado
| for some time in the hope of benefit-
ing her health, and had been in St.
tion ask that all mothers of soldiers A most Slgnilicam leauuic m ' " ii. It "I' l ',;h, il.
in Norman meet Friday in the west | j evidently being carried out principally by the British, with the
room Of the Christian church at 4 C0.0T)erating. The most recent information showed that
°'dockMpAc11 wrerWrnor)RICH the British line extended only as far south as Hangard, on the Luce
MRS MARTIN ENDICOTT, river, about nine miles southeast of Amiens, rhe line from iei<
MRS.' RUTHERFORD BRETT, to about Qrivesnes was held by the French, while Americans lu.lc!
MRS. E. A. FOSTER, . he sector from Grivesnes to a point west of Motdidier.
Committee on Organization Paris communique may indicate that additional Bnhsh«
forces have been throw into the line here—enough to preponderate
rnp« in r;im Despite iover tho French. The fact that the Americans were not mentioned
Goes to v amP Vesl,'ll| this attack or in previous advances around Motdidier, may mean
Death of His Mother the have been drawn out of the lie to participate in the
■ . Marne fighting Further allied success in Flanders was reported by
Because he was anxious to go tc. Marnt ^ . , t ni ht. He announced that British troops
„r , „ Camp Fremont, Ernest W. Moore, of ^^^8^1, ^ ^ ^ f mj,e ()n five m)le front
quarter inch and under one-half inch : Norman was selected uesi ay a e j)e^ween Clarence and Lawe rjvers.
in size, the mine price for run of i noon so late that his name wa ;
miForeal! 'fine"sizes passing through I He chos- Men \VOUnded in Feud NoYmail SoldUrS
a mesh one-half inch or smaller, the en as the eleventh man when the r.jj j r()|)a|)]y Ret'OVCr
-price fixed is 30 cents per net ton ' quota was only ten because he in- *
less than the prevailing price for sisted that the draft >oar perm ^ ^ Sudderth, county commission-
standard screenings. If fine screen- him to go. ^ ^ corv^ or, and John Motsenbocker, farmer in
Mrs. John Jacobs to
Succeed Mrs. Reeves
Mrs. John Jacobs was appointed by
the executive committee of the Red
Cross at its meeting Wednesday af-
ternoon to fill the office of executive
secretary of the home service section
of the Red Cross, left vacant by the
resignation of Mrs. Nell Reeves, who
has held that position for three
months. Mrs. Jacobs is the wife of
John Jacobs, who was sent to Camp
Travis with the men drafted from
Cleveland county July 24. She will
begin her duties Saturday.
screen- mm w
irgs or "carbon" passing through After the papeis had been e^ ^ Banner neighborhood, who were
one-half inch or smaller mesh as the on him and the report ma> e _ seriously injured in a
result of producing special size 1 learned that the body of ti s ^
screenings are mixed with other coal
Receive Message
From George V
Mrs. Reeves sent in her resignation j
Francis hospital for a month and
eight days. Death was causfed by pel-
lagra, from which she has been suf-
fering for several months. Two of i
her sons were with her at the time ,
of her death.
The body was sent here and arrived j 1
on the 10:20 train Wednesday morn- j .
ing.
Mrs. Moore, who was 51 years of
age, was an old resident of Cleve-
i land county, and for several year*
i lived four miles northwest of Nor-
man. She was the mothfer of seven
children, five sonS and two daugli-
the selling price shall not exceed the
applicable government price less 30
cents per net ton.
Copies of a letter sent out by Kins
j George V of England to all Amer-
soldiers when they arrive o?ef-
have just been received by Mrs.
Mrs. Thoburn Resigns
Red Cross Position
B. Thoburn sent in her res-
ignation as chairman of the com-
mittee on woman's work of the Red
Cross, and Mrs. E. J. Keller of Lex-
ington was elected to succeed Mrs.
Thoburn .at a meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the Red Cross in tho
office of Ralph C. Hardie Wednesday
afternoon.
Mrs. Thoburn says that the work
.er st: •• iuous. and ?tnce she has
•moved to Oklahoma ' ity, she can-
ot possibly come back and forth to
She intends to be^in
.hooting affair |
Mrs T W Moore, was to be brought near Lexington Tuesday, are botli im-1
Mrs 1. W. ™100"- . hei proving, and their physicians believe
die^1 August 5, to Norman fo^- fu- that they lijth have
, • worlnpsdav Then he I covery. i O J. Williams from her son Lee, who
tried to obtain a release from going Sudderth, who was taken to an Ok j. "over there." and by Mrs. W. H
t" Camp Fremont, hut it was so late lahoma City hospital, is not in as cnt- Abbott from her son, George, wto
r the day that the exemption board 1 ical a condition as Motsenbacker Mot-1 has arrived on foreign soil
could not get anyone to take his j senbocker is at the home of his son, | gendij)K out these letters is one of
Oscar Motsenbocker, in Lexington, ways ltl which the British gov-
where he wa:; taken the day he was : (,rnment js showing its appreciation
.f the M.ldiers of the United States
| ters, all of whom survive here. All
a month ago, but has remained in the ! Bre grown and are now scattered.
office until the committee could find One of her sons, Ernest Moore, left
some one to fill her place. She re- for Camp Fremont with the eleven
signed because she intends to teach i men who were entrained Tuesday af-
business and French in the high ternoon. He did not get the news ti count- chapter
school at Medford, Okla., next year, his mother's death in time for the lo- j {" Knf'Red Cr(lgg in oklahoma City.
Before going to her school, which cai exemption board to select some ^ ^ bc{iri secretary of
will begin September 1. Mrs. Reeves', one to take his place. ihe't.ran". at I Kington since it "was
will take a few weeks' vacation visit- — WM gecretsry of the
ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Chevrolet Cars Received-A car- . lt became a chapter
Wilson, at her home in Mangum. She ]oa(j 0f Chevorlet automobiles has
place, and he wa^ obliged to go.
The board has the authority ijj
some drafts to send more than the
stipulated number, but no credit u.
given for extra men sent, and the
the board is therefore slow about
sending mor than the quota.
RITCKER buyim: <;ooi)s
FOR HIS SEVEN STOVE
unded.
untv Attorney Ti m Cheatwood
i recently visited both the men and
says that each expressed a desire
it the other might live.
ion in the ease has ai
Kin): Geoi
opportunit
, from him
No ,eKal to Amerk
vet bee'i
takes advantage of this
knowing that a letter
an acceptable souveim-
;o!diers and their fain
will leave for Mangum Sunday.
iust been received by-the Nolan &
Martin, local agents.
Detroit Vapor Oil stoves will use
low grade fuel just as efficiently and Mrs. A. M. Searle has gone to West-
oconomically as high grade oil. Get field, Mass., her former home, where
them at Minteer Hardware company, j she will spend the vacation weeks.
Mrs. Keller took up her new dutit
Miss Lulu Hedley, who has bee:
visiting her brother and his wife, Mr
and Mrs. T. G. Hedley, in Ringling
returned home Tuesday.
W. N. Rucker is in the eastern
markets this week buying fall goods
and staples for his seven stores lo-
active cated in different towns in Oklahoma.
He is also seeing that purchases
that were made before the last ad-
• ,.nce in prices are shipped to the
customers in the several towns, so
they may get the benefit if the l w
prices.
E. F. Burton, M1-. Rucker' . part-
ner in the Guthrie store, is in Chi- startjj)
. ' buying for all the stores. The an- B
NOTICE
Owners and rivers of automobiles
and motorcycles are hereby warned
to keep the exhausts of their ma-
chines muffled at all times in con-
formity to Ordinance No. 229 which
prescribes a penalty of from one to
twenty-five dollars for driving in >-
•tor vehicles in the city of Norimm
without muffling the exha -t. Hpe< ■
d attention should be given to ti
; of machines
the habit of
New York resident buyer, C. T. Fols,
'i< sending out tho latest in ready .o
i wear garment.
cars to m
lit,-
a great den
ia starting.
L HUTCH 1
I rivers
wing their
of
l i :i ll -.
Mayor
ilies.
i The following is a copy cf the let-
| ter written by the king:
Windsor Castre
Sohlit " of the United States
the people of the British Isles
you on your way to
stand beside the ar-
mies of the many nations now
fighting in the Old World the
great battle for human freedom,
allies will gain new heart
pirit in your company. I
wish that I could slv he the h ind
of each one of you and bid you
God speed on your mission.
of each one of you and hid you
GEORGE, R . 1
April, 1918.
welcome
take yoi
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