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OKLAHOMA CitV ^
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT
.VOL. VI. NO. 146.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, J KIDAY, SEPT. IS, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ST
COUNTY "OVER TOP,"
LISTING 2,232 MEN
FOB CALL IN DRAFT
CALLED TO WASHINGTON
TO CONFER AS TO WOItt
CLEVELAND HOSPITAL
IS NEW INSTITUTION
FOR SICK IN NORMAN
Prof. J. W. Bridges of the depart-
ment of agricultural education at the
university has been called to Wash-
ington for a conference September
Registration Pass Well Beyond 18 in connection with his new work Establishment Under Direction
Adjutant General's Estimate j as director of war garden activities of Professor and Mrs. Tucker
of 1,200 Men. I in Oklahoma, Colorado and Kansas. | Opens Next Week.
At this time he will meet with other [
REPORT MADE FRIDAY men engaged in the same work and ALL FACILITIES
TO ADJUTANT GENERA1j the plans for the coming year will be i ' rpQ RECEIVE PATIENTS
| mapped out. |
Professor Bridges' new position is
AMERICANS CRUSH IN SLOES OF
ELONGATED SALIENT AND CROV/D
HUN FORCES BACK TOWARD METZ
SENDS HOME SOUVENIR
IN FORM OF A BULLE'i
Township 6-1 East Leads Pre
cincts But Is Second to Hos-
pital Registration.
John Paul Jones, formerly a stu-
i-roxessor Bridges new position is . . , nil,,..,,,
that of assistant regional director of Norman Physicians . . 'lent >n the university, now in the na-
the United States School Garden ar - Trained Nurses on ' va] reserve, has sent his mother. Mrs.
my. His work will be done under j Opens Wl en . j p £> jones of Norman, a souvenir
Frederick A. Merrill, who is regional .. . ., - . „ . i,„i
director and who has charge of one The Cleveland general hospital, in the form of a for a ne-
of the five divisions into which £e a fully equipped and modern estab- pound gun. which hefcurned himself
the country is separated. J. j lishment for the care of the sitk. i.-, in the electrical school in the naval
Francis is in charge of the school j the latest addition to Norman s training station at Mare Island, Cal.
With 2,232 registrations to her
credit, instead of 2,120 as estimated
by the adjutant general, Cleveland
county went "over the top" in the
tTrv°:sendee Thursday "Furthermore Karden work throughout the United list of institutions. Prof and Mr* The t of thg projeotile, with the
the W bolrd prompt madT Us | States. James I. Tucker have refinished and cartrld^, is on display in the
report to Adjutant General Upson at ; „ ■ . „ , „ . „ I ""Proved their large fireproof res- McCa„ ghow window with the war
. . , , 7il li t i b uilin idiiiru r I eli vj.
noon Friday thus assisting him to Bachman> Lieut Archie G Montf,0m- I
„ 0_ 0._i„ Mnr- >->• | campus and will open it as a hospital 0jnes enlisted in the naval reserve
slial Crowder ' 'kieut. Carl Liesendahl are 0f a general character on September and Norman to enter service at
Registrations in the county show-1
pd a gr~at wepcm'orrm e of nati*' '-
born and white citizen?. There were!
relatively lew naturalized or alfcn
registrants, and not a great many of
other races than white. The reports
made to the adjutant general desig-1
nate in each case the racial and cit
izenship data on each registrant.
6-1 East Leads Precincts j
Township 0-1 East, in the southern
part of the county, led all precincts
in the number of men registered. One
hundred and sixty-five men were list- j
ed in this district. The smallest num-
ber was in 7-2 West, where only 32
men. all white, were liste.d
The total Norman registration, not
including the cards received by the ant' years
local board nor the registration at the ,,leans
state hospital, was
hospital, where the registration was
conducted by Dr. D. W. Griffin, su-
e. j period.
guests of Rev. and Mrs. T. H. 'Asz-
man at dinner Thursday evening.
15.
Mare Islafld on June 20 of this year.
MEN FROM 19 TO 38
FIRST TO RE CALLED
ST. MIHIEL FALLS?
LONDON, Sept. 13.—St. Mihiel, at the apex of the
salient before Metz, has fallen to the French, it was un-
officially reported here today.
Crushing1 in the flanks of the St. Mihiel pocket
American first army today was reported to have
reduced the avenue of escape for Germans in the
salient to six miles, advanced eight miles from the
south and three from the west, taken 9,500 prison-
ers and sixty guns.
The offensive was still in full blast today on all
sides of the battered pocket before Metz, with the
Americans winning new gains hourly. The Ger-
Local Board Has Strict Orders
Observe This Regulation
Made bv Crowder.
The new hospital will start with a
Modern surgical facilities have
capacity of ten beds, but will be
expanded to several times that num-
ber. if later found necessary. All the
active physicians of Norman are on
its staff, and wiii treat their Pat.e ts ^ Meeting shows Exis the trap, as intermittent rains have made the
COMMISSIONERS FILL , .. , , _
PfillPT PI FRtf'Q fitPIPF mans are blowing up munitions dumps ana die
liUUnl uLuilV u UN lull havjng much trouble getting their artillery out of
at the hospital instead of in
tence of Vacancy and Reason
for Appointment.
Orders received by the local draft
homes whenever emergencies arise.
No particular doctor will be known
as house physician, but every doctor
in good standing in the county is
uJ v,,v 4VV"* . - uuicmi tuK
board from Adjt. Gen. E. H. Gipson invited and expected to make use or of ^ qualified ho]der of the office of
give directions that questionnaires the hospital's facilities.
shall be mailed out first to those Fully Equipped for A\ ork.
registrants of September 12 who are been provided, and H is expected
between 19 and 20 years and between that many operative cases will be
of age. By this handle^ by specialists from Okla-
Provost Marshal General homa City, instead of requiring these
ras 432 At the state Crowder will permit the 18-year-old patients to be ^m b the city for
men and those over 36 years of acre operations, as at present.
to remain in'civil life for a longer. The building in which the hospita request of the board of commis
located is particularly well fitted .
purpose. It has twentv sloriers-
1 ' • Minutes of Meeting
County
voads bad.
perintendent, 135 whites and 37 ne- - . , ,
groes were registered, | T 1-1 rlTal light, commodious and well ^ of okl#homa.
board. It is pointed out that it is , ventilated, with steam-heat, adequate cleveland, ss. ....
to complete the classifica- plumbing and extensive sleeping At a regular meeting of the board
necessary to comp ete tne cassiiica- h™- - concreto, 0f county commissioners of Cleveland The attack on the western Side Ot tne poCKBl mw run mu,
ti°n and examination of a certain ■ porches. Being or reimorc county, state of Oklahoma, held at difficult country and more serious reistance, but the Am-
- it is fire and cyclone-proof. nt ,hp ,„,.ntv ,-lerk of said ^ns liave advanced there to a depth of three miles.
SEVEN BODIES UNITE AIM OF NEW ATTACK
IN JOINT WAR DRIVE IS TO f LEAR POCKET
tal of 172
the cards of 74 whites and two In-
dian citizens, making a total of 76.
Registration Works Smothly ..... , __„.T . ..
The registration machinery, as di-, r""lber ™n m the sh°rtest pit ents Next Week th° °! th£ ~n&.CiQ?R **
... , , , . . ,i i ciVjlp time so thev mav Tie used to Iveauj tot I atients ivexi t county, September 11th, lJlo,
rected by the local ''"ard and the as- ®|®I® ^ calls The boards are The Cleveland General hospital Pve'sent: R. F. McBride, chairman
sistmg committee of the council of the October calls, lhe boai Is a reco;Ve patients after of the board; J. L. Sudderth. member
defense, worked smoothly, and most ur^e(l to exeit their greatest efforts i ir unt u [ nlanned to ^oar^' Z. K. Westervelt, mem-
of the reports of the registrars were 1 to expedite the classification of the September ^but^ u ^ b f the boarf1; E. B. Helms, county
in the hands of Chairman H. O. Mil-1men- _ cie,lc'
ler Thursday night. One or two re- Drawing Comes Soon.
mained out. however, until rather Dispatches from Washington indi-
cate Friday morning, but in spite 0f ] cate that the drawing of the numbers
the delay a prompt report was made
to the adjutant general.
Work has already begun on the
making of the serial list of regis-
trants. For this work a number of numbers of the men will then be
volunteers appeared, and two univer- "signed and as soon as possible after
sity professors, James I. Tucker and ; the questionnaires are returned/the
H. E. Cunningham, were given the I men ean be classified.
task of nrennrimr the list The ser- 1 The local board has a full supply , .
t«%K oi preparing ine usi. xne aei ovneriencp seven of which have been
ial numbers will be rapidly assigned of questionnaires and will begin to! experience, seven o _
j- «—i i —c
Registration by Precincts Brown is housekeeper and Mrs. Cora
The registration by precincts in the j W 3F rtellCS OCIlt DV Brown cook.
county, as reported to the local board, J)|\ Day Oil Display The University hospital at Okla-
homa City is working in full co-op-
Official cognizance of the absence REACH DEPTH OF EIGHT MILES
f LONDON, Sept. 13.— (1:18 p. m.)—'The advance of the Am-
court «lerk was taken by the county erjcans jnto the St. Mihiel salient from the south has now reached
commissioners at thei meeting. a nf eight miles, according to information from the front
Wednesday, when they declared the af(;ern00n.
office vacant an.l appointed Glen O^ ' ' m b]owinK u]) ammunition dumps at Hattonvfflf
Morris to fill the unexpired term cf ^ ^ the pocket.)
The Americans are making progress so rapidly that the situa-
tion is changing momentarily. They are reported to have cap-
tured Vigneulles (in the center of the salient, seven miles north-
west of St. Baussant, where the offensive hit the German line and
Beney four and one-half miles north and slightly east of St.
of Baussant.)
The town of Zendicourt is also reported to have fallen.
The attack on the western side of the pocket has run into
Jim Stogner. The action taken is
fully set forth in the following record
of the meeting, which is published at
I which will determine the order
I which the men are to be called will
I be held at the capital soon. Order
' numbers corresponding to the serial
October. The present operating staff Thereupon H. O. Miller and Henry
is as follows- Johnson, sureties on the official bond
> "' *sASMssaftsst
City, graduate nurt.e, w'th picia wrjt.;m, that they refuse to be re
surgical and general t;'a:ning ard tea sponsible as sureties upon said bond
years'experience, twice as head nurse from and after September 11, 1918,
in other hospitals; Miss Isabelle
Mumford of Oklahoma City, graduate
nurse, with eight years' general an 1
varied experience; Mrs. BlancV*
Montgomery of Norm.m , a practical
nurse with fifUen years' general
Catholics, Jews and Protestant;
Will Work Together for
Army Welfare Fund.
If Successful, St. Mihiel Offen-
sive May Compel Shifting
of Hun Reserves
and request the said board to release
hem. as such sureties from and fit*
ther liability thereon from and after
By J. W. T. MASON
United l'rcss War Expert
NEW YORK, Sept. 13.—The Amer-
sidered by "the"board"it"was'"the un- ton of combining the efforts to raise jean offensive has started against tha
animous opinion of all the members money in one united war fud drive German positions southwest o . e z.
~ ■ Tlie objective may be Metz, or it may
aid date.
And said matter being dulv con-
DALLAS, Tex.. Sept. 13.—Praise
for the plan by President Wilson
adopted at a conference in Washing-
of said board that the said H. O. Mil- ^ a)1 the authorized agencies doing
ler and Henry Johnson, as such sure- cnl<liero and sailors
under Nirm-'i doctors. Mrs. Tucker ties should not be released from any welfaie wo . •
liability on said bond. . has been expressed by representative
And thereupon it appearing to said men. Catholics, Jews and Protes-
bcard that the said Jim Stogner, tants wju WOrk together to make ths
court clerk of said county and state, ; success
was not qualified and acting* as such P'
clerk as provided by law, ard that he
be tne German front in Lorraine
south of Metz in the general direction
of the Rhine.
The probability is at present that
the Americans have as their immed-
According to previous plans four of iate purpose the closing up of the
was as follows:
6-1 East^l64 whites, 1 Indian cit-
izen; total, 165.
6-1 West—102 whites.
Lexington city—102 whites.
7-lEast—106 whites.
7-1 West—117 whites.
7-2 West—32 whites.
8-1 East—80 whites.
8-1 West—84 whites.
8-2 West (Noble)—109 whites.
9-1 East—73 whites, 3 negroes, 12 j
Indian non-citizens, 6 Mexicans; to- I
tal, 94.
9-1 West (Denver)—53 whites.
9-1 West (Franklin)—37 whites.
9-2 West—85 whites.
9-3 West—63 whites.
10-1 East—46 whites, 16 negroes;
total, 62.
10-1 West—44 whites; 2 negroes;
total 46.
10-2 West—71 whites.
10-3 West—93 whites.
10-4 West—51 whites.
Ward 1, Norman—110 whites.
War<L 2, Norman—.64 whites, 2 In-
dian citizens; total, 66.
Ward 3, Precinct 1. Norman—112
whites, 1 Oriental, 2 Mexicans; total,
115.
Ward 3, Precinct 2, Norman—55
whites; 3 Indian citizens; total, 58.
Ward 4, Norman—83 white .
State hospital—135 whites, 37 ne-
groes; total, 172.
Local board—74 whites, 2 Indians
citizens; total 76.
had not filed anv <rood and sufficient the organizations were to have com-
bond for the faithful performance of biried in the campaign to be launched
his duties, a; retired bv Jawjmdjt NuVember n an(i the three others
conducted their cam-
not paign in January. President Wilson
A battered and tarnished German I elation and assistance with the man- further appearing to said board that
helmet, a collapsed" German gas mask agement, an item of support w.iich the said Jin,' Stogner court clerk had were
and a piece of a German shell are j may in an emergency prove to e a t0 the duties' thereof, but „rged that the services rendered by
three items in an exhibit of war relics (considerable asset. is o s that he had left the county and state , e organizations were of *
in the show-window of the S. K. corned to inspect the arrangements. of his idence and that his nresent e seven ^ ^
McCall company store whicfli have Competent physicians and nurses who ^ tn sfl,H
attracted passerby ever since they inspected the plant express
| were placed on display. These relics
were sent to Mrs. J. L. Day of Nor-
man by her husband, Dr. Day, who is
now in France.
Besides the helmet and gas mask,
the exhibit included a jaunty French
a brass candlestick and several French
brass and several embroidered French
handkerchiefs. These were collected
by Dr. Day, who is captain of Field
Hospital 26, American expeditionary
forces. He writes Mrs. Day that he
has gathered many other things but
cannot send them home at this timer
Competent nhysicians and nurses who whereabouts are unknown to said
board, it was therefore ordered by operation and as a result of his urg-
said board that the said office of jn^ the campaign in November will
I court clerk in and for Cleveland
great satisfaction with it, and
gratified that the community is at j county^ state of Oklahoma, be and
last to have the services rendered by , the same was declared vacant within
a high grade institution of this sort. I (Continued on page two)
St. Mihiel salient, which would throw
the Germans back on Metz and
straighten the allied front along the
German frontier.
Deepest l'ocket Left
The St. Mihiel salient is the most
dangerous pocket now remaining
along the whole of the German front.
If its destruction is the immediate
purpose of the American attack an
assisting assault may be developed by
the Franco-American forces who are
known to occupy the line the west
side of the wedge between St. Mihiel.
To Attend Convention—Mrs. John
B. Cheadle will leave next week for
Evansville, Ind., where she will be a
delegate from the local unit to the
national convention of the War Moth-
ers' Association of America, which
be for a total of $170,000,000.
All to Share in Fund
The fund will be divided as follows:
Y. M. C. A., $100,000,000; Y. W. C. A .
$15,000,000; Catholic war council and Verdun.
(Knights of Columbus), $30,000,000,. The pocket is in the form of a rigftC.
Jewish Welfare board, $3,500,000; angle beginning at Verdun, thence
American Library association, $3,500, running about twenty miles south to
000; War Camp Community service.: St. Mihiel and turning eastward for
$15,000,000 and the Salvation army, twenty-five miles toward the German
$3,500,000. border.
Headquarters for the promotion of Two Rivers Are Boundaries
the united war fund compaign in the The Meuse and the Moselle rivers
southern military department, com- are the boundaries of this twenty-
prising the six states of Texas, Okla- five mile stretch along which the
homa, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mex-1 Americans today have started their
Boys are reporting at the university It is pointed out that Norman peo- ico and Arizona, have been opened in' offensive.
every day that housewives are refus- pie have benefited by the presence of the Southwestern Life building witn The country is rather difficult for
ing to accept then, as roomers be- students here for many years and that G. S. Bilheimer of New Wk in military operations. It is hilly and
cause they will occupy rooms for only they will be benefited this year, al- charge as the campaign director | has been heavily protected with ar-
ia short time. They say they cannot though some inconvenience is neces- " All the boys must be looked af- tillery by the Germans. Nevertheless.
It is therefore ex- ter, whether Protestant, Catholic or | Von Hindenburg may well have
and run the risk of not being able pected that they will rally to the help Jew, or whether holding to any par- forced by hisjiejiraW '
Had ticular creed or none at all," said the, tt have de<
Norman Peoole Urged to Help
Care For Boys fill October 1
The problem of how to care for the provided with cots in rooms already
hundreds of boys who will be in Nor- occupied. All this is an admitted in-
man during the next few weeks, or convenience, but the university asks
until the university can provide bar- the utmost co-operation until it is
racks for them, is becoming so acute able to make the necessary arrange-
as to cause no little perplexity on the ments.
part of the university authorities. Householders Have Been Favored
will be held in that city from Sep- , ..
ten,her 18 to 20. Mrs. Cheadle is "ffor(1 to fi" up the,r houses wlth bos sa"ly CBUSer'
president of the Norman division of
the war mothers' organization.
,led
St.\
THE WEATHER
to get roomers later on, when the of the university at this crisis. , , _ .
barracks are provided it not been for the decision of the Rev. John G. Slater, pastor pf the East ally the &t.\
To meet this obeetion the univer- authorities to use the larger houses Dallas Christian church. "The joint It is highly .
sity authorities point out that it is a instead of barracks on the campus, campaign is sure to be most accep-, that he has complex
patriotic duty to provide accommoda- the people might have been in much table to the people "d
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