The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 72, Ed. 1 Monday, June 23, 1919 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. VII. NO. 72.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GERMANS
SINK FLEET
OKLAHOMAN ASKS FOR
NEW TRIAL "ME
KENDALL LI
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Enid, Okla., June ' ■Uc^P^4
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London, June 21.—The German j
officers and sailors, forming the
complements of the German ships ;
interned at Scapa Flow, sank most!
of their fleet today. All the big
ships, the battleships and battle [
cruisers, excepting the Baden and '
numerous smaller craft, were
sunk while others went ashore in j
a half-sunken condition. Eighteen
destroyers were beached by tugs, i
four are still afloat, while the re-
mainder went under
The wholesale sinking of the |
German ships, which were sur- j
rendered under the terms of the
armistice, was carefully arranged
by officers and crews. All ex- j
plosives had been removed and j
therefore the only means of de-1
stroying the fleet was by opening
the seacocks. The ships went down ;
slowly with the German flag, |
which the crews had hoisted,
showing at the mastheads.
The crews, composed entirely of
Germans, under the terms of the j
armistice, which did not permit of
British guards aboard, took to the
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C. Roberts is hearing motions
re-trials in the district court to-
day and among the most promi-
nent cases to be heard this after-
noon is the Oklahoma Publishing
company asking for a new trial
iri the case of Dr. W. L. Kendall
vs. the Oklahoma Publishing Co.
This case was tried in the dis-
trict court during the May term
and the jury awarded Dr. Kendall
$12,500 for damages done to him
through the publication of arti-
cles printed by the Oklahoma City
Times and Oklahoman. The case
originated during the last session j
of the legislature when the probe
of the state institutions began,
atid the Oklahoma Publishing com-
pany printed the sensatjonal sto-
ries concerning the Oklahoma In-
stitute for the Feeble Minded in
this city, of which Dr. Kendall
was then superintendent.
No Pomp
^his Last
far Hero
LAYTON & SMITH PLAN
FOR NEW Bl ILDINGS
AT SANITARIUM.
Ty
Mrs. Chas. Greemore is here j
from Lexington, visiting her son- i
in-law and daughter, Attorney J
and Mrs. Thos. W. Mayfield.
Mr. and Mrs. John Furray were !
here from Oklahoma City on Sun- ]
day visiting his parents, Mr. and I
Mrs. M. M. Furray. They are do-;
ing well in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Royaltey j
spent Sunday in Purcell, visiting j
relatives.
New York, June 21.—With
breast shattered, but still
alive, General Muir, one of
the greatest of war heroes, re-
turned today on the transport
Great Northern. As the big
steamer pulled into New York
harbor, General Muir sat on
the deck wrapped in a blan-
ket that bore several wound
and service stripes. There
was no perceptible sign that
he realized where he was. He
made no comment.
Reporters vainly tried to in-
terview him. Sergt. Fred J.
Harmann, his commander, did
all the talking. You see—
General Muir is a carrier pig-
eon.
He was one of the seven
birds of the intelligence de-
partment of the A. E. F. that
the transport brought here.
On one occasion having been
assigned to deliver a message
of great importance to a post
twenty-eight kilometers away,
he flew through shrapnel and
gas, and past a squadron of
German hawks that had been
sent out to intercept carrier
pigeons, and delivered the
message in thirty-three min-
utes.
With his breast torn open,
with his wings singed by fire,
with eyes blinded with blood,
he qept on till he had reached
his objective.
I Oklahoma City, June 21.—The
i State Board of Affairs has award-
j ed the contract to Smith & Lay-
ton of this city for architectural
j plans and specifications for new
buildings at the asylum for in-
sane at Norman. There is to be
constructed one three-story build-
ing at $125,000, one one-story
building at $50,000. one of the
same kind for colored men at $50,-
000, and i\ laundry building for
$35,000. The same firm was giv-
en contract for the plans and
specifications for the new $50,000
gymnasium at the Northwestern
Normal at Alva.
To Vote on //
Charter on
June 26th
Chiggers
Thriving on
All Ankles
"Say, I believe Bill has the
cooties, look at 'im scratch."
"Cooties nothin', I got the
same thing, and they're just
as bad as cootifs ever was."
The above conversation was
heard on a downtown street
last week and caused a few
inquiries and a member of
the city health department
who detected a large number
of people with the "itches" al-
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MONDAY AND TUESDAY
Afternoon and Nights—Come any
time. Continuous Show—1 to 11—
No Stops.
SELIG OFFERS
"The Spoilers"
From the Famous Book
REX BEACH
—Featuring—
William
Farnum
Kathlyn
Williams
Tom Sanchez
AND SELIG ALL-STAR
CAST. THE BIG FIGHT
THAT HAS NEVER
BEEN EQUALED
PARTS
Remember—We open every day
promptly at 1 oclock—When pic-
tures Start. No Stops until 11 p. m.
A GRIPPING, SENSA-
TIONAL DRAMA OF
RED BLOODED MEN
AND WOMEN
A STORY OF PLOT
and COUNTER-PLOT
IN THE ALASKAN
GOLD FIELDS
A Pulsating Drama
of an Enduring Love
in far Northland
The Most Soul Stirring
Film Drama of
American Life
Citizens should not forget that
the election on the city charter is
to be held next Tuesday, June 2G,
and everyone of them should go
out to the polls and express their
opinion upon it; whether that
opinion be "for" or "against." The j
leading feature of the new charter
is that it provides for a city man-1
ager to be selected by five city |
commissioners elected by the peo- J
pie. This manager will manage
the affairs of the city just as the
manager of any other large cor-1
poration manages the affairs of j
his company, and it is certain that j
this large corporation, the great-1
est corporation that Norman pos
sesses, should have just such a!
officer who could and would de- j
vote his entire time and energy j
to the affains-df the city, ifi every j
departmgaLjT** ohHrtM' TS formu-j
lated by the Freeholders has been
published several times, and prob- j
ably all our citizens are conver-
sant with its provisions. If any- j
one desires a copy, the Transcript j
will be pleased to furnish it if you I
will call at this office.
The following is the call for the
election:
Mayor's Office of the City of j
Norman, Oklahoma.
A Proclamation Calling a Spec-1
ial Election to Vote on the Pro
posed Charter for said City
Whereas, the Chairman and |
Board of Freeholders duly elected
at the city election held in the
City of Norman, Oklahoma, on the
18th day of March, 1010, to pre-
pare and propose a Charter for
the City of Norman, Cleveland
county, State of Oklahoma, hav
ing under date of Mi'i' Cth, 1910,
duly certified under their hands,
a proposed Charter for the gov-
ernment of the said City of Nor-
man, Cleveland County, Oklahoma,
as its organic law.
And the said proposed Charter
having been duly published in
three consecutive issues of the
Cleveland County Enterprise, a
weekly newspaper printed and
published in the City of Norman,
Cleveland County, State of Okla-
homa, and of general circulation
in said City of Norman, thq first
publication being within twenty
days after the completion of said
proposed Charter, now, therefore.
I, S. W. Hutchin, Mayor in and
for the City of Norman, Cleveland
County, State of Oklahoma, do
hereby call a special election to be
held in the said City of Norman,
FACTS CONCERNING
OPERATION SELECT
CLEVELAND DRAFT!
The following statistics, taken
from the second report of Provost
Marshal General Crowder to the
Secretary of War, this year, con-
cerning the selective draft opera-
tions in Cleveland county, may be '
of interest to our readers.
Registration.
• June 5, 1917—1596.
June and August, 1918—235.
September 12, 1918—2254.
Total—1085.
Induction.
Accepted at camp, 579.
Physical Groups.
General service, 790.
Remediables, 5.
Limited service, 14.
Disqualified, 101.
Deferments.
Dependency, 909.
Agricultural, 20.
Industrial, 4.
MMITES
TAKE m m
AEROPLANE
STATE AUDITOR
MEAN OLD THING
UK HE'S DOW
Isn't Frank Carter, state
auditor, the mean old thing?
He has even refused to pay
the freight on the household
goods of Prof. S. M. Barrett,
from Oklahoma City to Clare-
more where he is to become
the directing head of the new-
ly established military acade-
my. Prof. Barrett has a
clear case here and should
collect that $151.00 even tho
it's necessary to organize his
militant youngsters and march
on the capitol. Of course the
state should pay for moving
its officials. Not only that,
but it should pay their ser-
vants and their gasoline bills
and furnish automobiles and
chauffeurs and mechanics and
the rest of it. Tax payers
just delight in seeing those
making their living off the
state properly uphold the dig-
nity of their positions.
WEST ROAD MUDDY
Billy Parker, chauffeur of a
fine Curtiss biplane arrived in
orman with his machine about
8 o'clock on Monday morning.
John G. Lindsay rode down with
him in the machine from Oklaho-
ma City and they made the trip
in nineteen minutes. Mr. Tom
Relph. mechanician of the machine
arrived by car from the City soon
after, and in a few minutes they
were ready for business.
The machine is one that the
Parker company purchased from
the U. S. government, and cost ii«
the neighborhood of $9000. It
carries but one passenger, who
sits in the front seat, the pilot
driving the machine from the
| rear seat. It is a beautiful ma-
! ehine and Mr. Parker says is can
; now &e manufactured for $5500.
It is not impossible that several of
them will come to Norman, for
many of our citizens who took
rides in it were carried away by
their experience.
Mr. L. J. Edwards, having made
his will and fixed up all his earth-
ly affairs, was the first one to
take the joy ride. Havirijr wit-
nessed the ox team period, and
the horse period and then the
automobile period in Norman and
vicinity he conceived the idea of
being the first Normanite to take
a real joy ride in a real airoplane.
He mounted into the seat, bidding
all his friends goodby. The ma-
chine got a good start, and away
he went mounting into the epher-
eam to the height of 1000 feet or
Tuore, and as he went scattering a
large number of bills over the
city, which contained the follow-
ing:
A party of several persons
reached Norman early Monday
morning about 2 o'clock after Hav-
ing spent several hours in a mud
Cleveland County, State of Okla- hole on the Ozark Trail, half a
homa, on Thursday, the 26th day mile south of the Canadian bridge. J
of June, 1919, at which all quali- • , • . . 1
-• , , \ • , r> t r \- The bad stretch, they said, is just
fied electors in said City of Nor- ' J ■ ,
man, Okla., may vote for or off the clay ballast, where tne road
J against the adoption of said pro- j jogs east for a quarter-mile.
i posed Charter. The polls shall be
| opened at the hour of 6 o'clock
' CMC Com/im
Thrilling Tale
of the Alaskan
Gold Fields
"The Spoilers" with all
its depth of love and ad-
venture with the naked
passions of the rugged
northwest, men and wo-
men bared as only REX
BEACH can bare them.—
Follows the book exactly.
—Also—
William Fox Presents
A new chapter of Vita-
graph's greatest serial
"The Man
Might"
of
with William Duncan,
Joe Ryan, Edith Johnson.
. ^lso— „ "Her Fame and
^ Mack Sennett Key-
stone comedy
Fortune"
The Picture
You Will
Never Forget
SEE the most won-
derful fight ever staged.
SEE the explosion at
the mines.
SEE the real scenes of
Alaskan Gold Fields.
SEE wonderful scenery
and lighting effects.
"THE SPOILERS" has
been praised the world
over.
—Also—
MUTT AND JEFF
in a brand new cartoon
"Pig Tales and
Peaches"
a. m. and closed at the hour of 7 j
o'clock p. m. of said day. The
number and location of the polling j
places shall be as follows:
Ward No. 1. Grand Central Ho-1
tel.
Ward No. 2. City Hall.
Ward No. 3. Baptist Church I
Annex.
Ward No. 4. Court House.
The lfoflowing named pursons
are hereby designated to conduct
said election:
Ward One. Judge, II. M. Cool-
baugh; Inspector J. W. Armstrong
Counter, W. D. Pickard; Counter
Ray Berry; Clerk, Boss Lindsay.
Ward No. Two: Judge, J. M.
Hockenberry; Inspector, Hugh
Jones; Counter, C. M. Smith;
Counter, E. B. Kimberlin; Clerk,
Elvis Whitwell.
Ward No. Three: Judge, E. P.
1 Ingle; Inspector, F. O. Miller;
i Counter, J. W. Mitchell; Counter.
John Hardie; Clerk, G. D Wil-
I liams.
Ward No. 4. Judge. Geo. A.
i Smith; Inspector, J. M Glenn;
1 Counter, H. E Walker; Counter,
A. B. Davis; Cle^, J. M, Fischer,
Said election shall be held un-
' der the general election laws of
! the State of Oklahoma, except that
j the returns shall be mStle to the
Mayor and Council of the City of
Norman, Oklahoma.
Witness my hand as Mayor of
said City of Norman, Okla . af-
fixed in the City of Norman, in
! the State of Oklahoma, this 6th
dav of June, 1919.
S. W. HUTCHIN, Mayor.
(SEAL)
Attest:
B. F^ CLAY, JR., City Clerk.
FIRST WHEAT MARKET'!)
They left Durant Sunday morn-
ing, and this was their first mis-
fortune.
FOR SALE
Our message today
While on the way
Sailing around
Ov'r the town
While running on high
Up in the sky
We thought of ox team daysr
And other ways
When we traveled so slow
When we wanted to go.
Now it is easy
And so breezy;
Life goes by like a song
'Les the engine goes wrong
If that should be true
Our last message to you.
Keep on trying
And go away flying.
THE CIVIC COMMITTEE.
Having decided to leave Nor- j
man, 1 will sell the valuable resi- I
dence property which 1 purchased
from Judge Gresham. Faces east
on Asp Ave. near the University |
campus. House modern as good
as new, contains 8 rooms besides
bath an3 basement, .'5 rooms in oak. j
Lot 240x75; fine orchard contain !
ing peaches, apricots, pears, plums j
cherries, apples and grapes, gar- I
den in good shape; mank beautiful i ki the circle over the city>
shade trees; lawn graded and
And don't forget that
The DAILY TRANSCRIPT Is
Always on Top.
Now is the time to subscribe
He was up some fifteen minuter
basement is drained; on best pav-
ing in Norman which is entirely
paid for.
For terms phone 533 or 964, or
address,
P. G. PHELPS
NORMAN, OKI.A.
A number of carloads of the
1919 crop of wheat have been
marketed in the southeastern
counties of Oklahoma, in the vi-
cinity of Altus, Frederick and
Lawton. It is of fairly good
quality, weighing from 58 to 60
pounds to the bushel and is bring-
ing $2.00 per bushel at the eleva-
tors.
FRU I T FJOR S AL_E
Peaches: Early Japanese Freestone
peaches now ripe, an excellent peach
for drying". Other peaches also ripe.
Special prices on all peaches. tome
to farm and secure fresh picked
peaches.
Plums: Early plums now ripe. Main
crop of plums will he ripe near July 1 st.
I'hone or write orders for your favor-
ite plums. All orders for plums booked
and will he filled according" to date of
receipt.
Help Wanted: Help wanted to
gather Elberta peach crop, beginning
near August 1st. **-
Write or apply to Cilenwood Eruit
Farm, one mile east of Lexington,
01:1a., Phone R-35.
and upon alighting declared it the
most delightful of all his exper-
iences.
J. J. Burke, managing editor f
the Daily Transcript, was the
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