The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 68, Ed. 1 Monday, October 25, 1915 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME XV—NO. 68.
execution
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the kaiser
THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION
CARRIK8 UN1TBP FKB88 SERVICE—HOT OFF THE WIM. ^
LAWTQN, OKLAHOMA. MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 23. !M5.
S-H-H H! THERE'S A WHIS-
PERING RAFFLES DISTURB-
ING BERKELEY. CAL.
By the United Press.
BERKELEY, Cal., Oct. 25.—To-
j night, when midnight chimes sound
I over the bay, a stealthy figure will
slip quietly into the house of Prof. J.
F. de Camp, University of California
{instructor.
A few moments later this myster-
ious caller will depart as quietly as he
entered.
i For many nights he has done this—
____ | and for many more nights he will do
HAS ORDERED MILITARY AND | '<• Berkley at first thought him a
CIVIL GOVERNORS TO IMI'EK- i "Raffles." Now Berkeley wonders
IAL HEADQUARTERS Irnore than ever, for it has learned the
J strange midnight prowler's real mis-
| sion.
He is the ' Whispering Raffles." He
whispers in the professors ear. That
is all he does.
Next morning, however, the profes-
sor and hlfc class in psychology discuss
the visit and the professor tries to re
call the monosyllables the visitor—
John Demeht. a senior—whispered to
him as he slept.
Before lon^r the professor will pro-
duce for the world of science a thesis
on the subject of sleep and sub-con-
sciousness, based upon his strange ex-
periment.
Dement likes his task. However, the
prowling nearly cost him his life the
other night when a neighbor saw him
and, rushing out with a revolver, com-
manded: "Hands Up."
WANT 6REECET0DECIDE
Allies Send Greece Another Note
Asking Her to Join Allie* or
Central Powers.
By the United Press.
LONDON, Oct. 25.—Summons of
General Von Bissing and Vonder
Laken, military and civil governors
of Belgium to report personally to the
Imperial headquarters concerning the
execution of Edith Cavell, is inter-
preted as meaning that their super-
ior® do not approve of the action.
It is believed that the Kaiser is dis-
pleased with the interference.
By the United Press.
LONDON, Oct. 25.—The allies re-
peat the request for Greece to decide
whether to join them or the central
powers.
IMPENDING
BATTLE TO
DETERMINE
WHETHER VILLA HAS CHANCES
For Successful Continuation of
Hostilities.
G. A. BROWN MEMBER
OF SUPREME COURT
DIES OF APPOPLEXY
BROTHER-IN-LAW OF 1. 8. DIST.j
ATTORNEY J. A. FAIN—HAD
STROKE OF APPOPLEXY.
COURTESIES
EXIST WITH
3 NATIONS
PRIVATE IS WOUNDED
lu Clash With Bandits North of
Brownsville, as Reports
General Funston.
By the United Press.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 25.—
Villa s chances for a successful con-
tinuation of his revolution is resting
on the outcome of the battle impend-
ing opposite Douglas, Arizona
United States District Attorney J.
A. Fain received telegram this morn-
ing announcing the death of his broth-1 .
er-in-law, Judge G. A. Brown, mem 11 RENCH, GERM AN AND ENGLISH
ber of the supreme court of ihe state j WITH ALL THEIR BRUTALITY
of Oklahoma. Judge Brown suffered ai MIX DRAMATIC COURTESY.
stroke of appoplexy, while on the j
bench, dying almost immediately. He
was 72 years old.
Judge Brown lived at Mangum,
Oklahoma, before removing to Okla-
HAVE PLASTERING CONTRACT j
AT RAINY MOUNTAIN.
C. S. Betz, accompanied by his son,
W. L. Betz and Alva Pollard expect I
to leave Tuesday morning for Rainy
Mountain, Okla., where they will b*
for the next two weeks plastering, as
Mr. Betz has the contract to plaster
the new Indian school building at that
place.
TWO COUPLES MARRIED
SATURDAY NIGHT.
♦ Plan now to make Law-
♦ ton the bes"! "ity in Sooth-
♦ ern Oklahoma. Booot.
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DAILY EDITIO
arrest 3
men-bombi
planter:
! Itoma City, and has held court in law-
ton many times. Mr. Fain did
| know any of the particulars of th<-
funeral, but left on the afternoon
i Frisco for Oklahoma City. Mrs.
Brown is Mr. Fain's sister.
OKLAHOMA MAN GETS PRIZE.
I The following marriage licensee
' were issued late Saturday afternoon* j
J P. W. Nolan, 35, and Miss China i
UNWRITTEN LAW IN AIR "tixrrzn.u. c,J
j Est«p, 20, of Chattanooga.
j Vyron B. Ferguson, 22, and Miss
no| j Warfare in the Sky Developing Here Viola Northcutt, 18, of lawton.
lo Whom Killing is a | The first two couples were married
S| ort. j by Rev. Wagner of Ihe Christian
- | church in the court clerk's office Sat-
Iiy William Philip Simms. urday evening.
I United Press Stuff Correspondent.) ,
Paris, Sept. 21.—(By ivail.)— MK. AND MRS. HORACE
Between French, German and English SHEPHERD II Kit K FROM ALTUS
airmen exisls a strange romraderie, a
IT IS IHOKJHI THF.1 HAV
BEEN C.USK <>l Ml'MTlOj
FACTORY EXPLOSIONS.
BE TRIED TUESDAY^
Governor R. L. Williams Monday
received from the president of the i fraternity of chivalry and dramatic Editor Horace Shepherd and wife of
Army officials lielieve this marks! Panama exposition a gold medal I courtesies which stands out from the Altus, Okla., are visiting Mrs. Shew-
HOME-COMING FOR
SOONERS AT NORMAN
the dissolution of the organized re-
volt or else, enables it to contnue hos-
tilities for a considerable period. Re-
inforcements for General Garrison,
twenty-five hundred Carranzistas.
are l>eing transferred across Ameri-
can soil from Eagle Pass to Douglas i
escorted by American soldiers.
General Funston reported to the 1
war department the wounding of Pri- :
vate Moore in a clash with bandits. (
no*th of Brownsville last night.
By the United Press.
ATHENS, Oct. 25.—Franco-Serbian
forces have united at Krivolak, strik-
ing Bulgaria's left win;?, breaking the|^ents an(' alumni of the University °figy ^he United P
MnB1J.VT or JC HELD ON CHARGE OF
NORMAN, Okla., Oct. 25. (Spe- KILLING HIS FATHER,
cial.)—Hundreds of tne former stu-
invaders offensive at Veles, according
to Nish dispatches.
By vile United Press.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 25.—A German
ciuiser sunk by a British submarine
off of Riga, has been identified as
Prince Adalbert, it is officially an-
nounced.
Oklahoma and the University of Kan-1
sas will be in Norman on Saturday, |<j
October 30,
contest between these two state uni
WACO, Texas, Oct. 25.—Ray Webb, i
Trial Continued for 24 Hour*. I n)
Defendants Could Get
Counsel
Bulletin.
NEW YORK, Oct. 25.- Robert Fjj
lieutenant in the German army, fra^
ly admitted this afternoon that
came to America to stop the shipme]
of munitions to the Allies. He
newspaper men that his passage w|
arranged by German secret service.f
By the United Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 25.—Robert Fti
alleged German army officer and Wi
ter Scheltz, arraigned before the ma
ist rates court today at Weehauke
New Jersey, asked for twenty-fo
hours in which to arrange for count
to defend them. The charge broug
against them will be bomb plantii
conspiracy.
Their request was granted and th^
ment, internal revenue service, is in j Every time a French aviator has 25 -Two theatres, grocery store, re were returned to jail without bond,
the city checking up the records in ni.t death in enemy s territory, Ger- p,lr. ho1'' confectionery and meat third arte., was made today wh
the county clerk's office, and it ap-'man aviators carried to France news market were destroyed by fire, which Paul llache, was taken into custody
which was won at the exposition by mid-slinging and butchery of war like herd's mother, Mrs. Bonner. Mr.
Fred Studeville, of Alfalfa county, for a diamond on black velvet. Shepherd has recently returned from
the best exhibit of cora from Oklaho-! While French and British and Bel- Colorado, where he spent the summer,
ma. The medal will be Resented to ; gians and Germans and Austrians on He is greatly improved in health and
Mr. Studeville by the governor him-; the ground are killing each other by has gained 30 pounds.
self. j methods that make one's blood run j
I roltl, the airmen of the Allies and the
j birdmen from the Central Empires are
| putting each other to death, high in
the sky, with the utmost courtesy.
Psychologists ask if the warfare in
j sky isn't developing the super-hero
! to whom killing is a sport and death
J. E. Vinson, special employe of but defeat, like arriving second in a
the United States treasury depart- hundred yard dash.
CHECKING UP TAX
ON LEGAL DOCUMENTS
FIRE DAMAGES
SULPHUR SPRINGS
By ti-e United Press
SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas, Oct.
ears from information furnished by of"*the event. After Pegoud died in a
originated early thin morning.
for the annual gridiron j. , billing j,;g father. J. H. WeWlV^t,e county clerk that many persons mid-air duel a wreath and a card fell damage estimated at $.5,000.
FOOTBALL CAME
RESULTS IN A TIE.
The a rooming house in Jersey City. TI
police ,ay that he made damaging aj
missions, connecting him with operq
tions of Fay Scheltz.
Authorities have ;n their possea id
a quantity ot explosives and a raotq
26, is held here on a charge of shoot
the latter a farmer near Mart, Te)i s.! ^o have filed deeds transferring from a taube soaring two miles above |
versifies. Interest in Una game is in- Thg ki„inK occurred yesterday. The Property lately, have not been com the French lines. Kol Robertson left thia afternoon
creasing daily with the progress and man is alB0 wounded but >e- Plying with the law. When Garros was take prisoner i for hii ranch in lhe mounUlnB, where
development of the Sooner team and ^ make any gtatement. i Mr. Tyler :, tes tha, the govern- German airman dropped a note in he wil, tlt. untU Friday looking aft,, * """.rV," LZ3
the news from the Jayhawker camp j '-.vient requiiv^l revenue from eve*:, France praoia- th*- Fre «eh pilots j,jg cattle. . e
that conditions point ? an'unusually j , $1,000 repiesented in the transaction, conduct. sufflcien en wU
good game. Each side seems to be con-1 Of course the horse is old-fashion- that in many ,,ases this ha: not been When a German warplane is sent w W null|ap, the piano tuner, wa, (° ' ahJard fourteen lin J
fident of victory. led and sheds hair, but he has too observed, and a nominal stamp af- crashing to earth in one of theie won- j„ frederick, Okla., Monday attending (.jn'e jasj „pring and the mysferiotJ
001 fixed where the deed reads "For one derful air duels, flowers for the Gci to profe- ional business explosion of munition plants.
!dollar cash in hand and other valu- man aviators invariably are dropped p
The Sooners are planning a big time j much sense to got as fast as a fool fixed where the deed reads "For one derful air duels, flowers for the Ger
for the Annual Home-Coming of driver want to ride.
Alumni and Formir Students which j
will be held at Norman on this oeca-1
2
In the footbah game Sunday at the
fair grounds between the Lawton In- H
dependent and Wichita Falls, Texas, | s'°n- The of <his event last,
the game ended in a score of 0 to 0. It year was so marked that it has been
was a Kood game both teams evenly '""de a regular part of the Univer-
matehed and the crowd was well re- «'ty calendar. An informal reunion
paid for attending. H" be l,eld in the university parlors
The lineup is as follows: I f'«*•« 1:S0 "> :,;0n nn Saturday after
Wichita Falls—Colburn, center; j oon just preceding the game in order
Skien, right guard: Bentlv, left guard; to Rive the alumni and former stud-
Cooper, light tackle; Vincent, left j '<>' opportunity to greet each oth-
tackle; Moore, right end; Bachman,!*r and feel again the warm, hearty|R. the United Press.
MILLION
BALES LESS
left end; Courtney, left half; Tevis, j hand-clasp of the friends of college
risht half; Mathis, quarterback; t days.
'able consideration/' This is not in'
accordance with the statues, says Mr.
I Tyler, and for that reason Mr. Vinson |
I is in the city checking all deeds to
i determine who have and who have i
j not complied with the law.
All persons, it is stated, who have
i failed to pay will be notified tha'
they are indebted to the interior de-1
nartment for certain amounts and a
1 demand made for immediate settle- (
| ment. From what Mr. Tyler states,1
4 PRISONERS
SENT TO PEN
Sheriff Richardson left Sunday for
to
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 25.— ' there is likely to be some rapid settle- McAlester, Okla., where he went
The census shows that cotton ginned ments made with Uncle Sam within take four of Comanche unty
5,713,347 bales, counting round ones
as half bales, as against 7,619,747 in
nineteen fifteen. Rounds bales sinned
PENNSYLVANIA I). A. K.
TO NAME NATIONAL
CONVENTION DELEGATES.
Qungk, full back. Subs—Powell for! The game is scheduled to begin at. {rom (he pregent cr0p up to Oct 18, is j the next few days.—Ardmorite.
Courtney; Courtney .'or Bockman, 13:15. A special section of the bleach-'
Hagemeier for Skien. |ers wiU reserved for alumni and
1-awton—Phipps. center: Hanks, \ former students whose orders for
right card; McNear, left guard; j scats are received at the university ' hjB yeai r>4>422 as aKainst 15,235 Iast
Ro'ieMson, right tackle; Jones, left prior to Wednesday morning. .
tackle; E. Stevenson, ri.ht end: Tom- ; From 60 to 70 men report for foot-
* ball practice every day at Norman
* - | There is an abundance of first-class
OKI AHHMA 1 IVF varsity material, such as was never
UIVLnilUlvin kl V ^ j known before. Competition for some
QTQnK MARKET positions is so keen and the
candidates are so nearly equal in abil-
ity that as yet it is not possible to
name any eleven men who compose
the first team."
I year.
NO ELECTROCUTIONS
AT PENITENTIARY
prts
oners as follows:
John Barkey, graml larceny, 01
year; Earnest Cooper, burglary,
years; Bert Williams, robbery,
years and Fred Kearney, robbery,
years.
PIONEER WOMAN OF
OKLA. IS DEAD
STOCKERS AND FEEDERS
Native.
Good to choice feeders ... .6.25(5)6.75
Medium to good 5.75@6.25
(iood to choice stock calves 7.50(3)8.25
Good to choice light yrlgs. 6.50@7.00
Medium to Rood yearlings.6.00@6.50 J
Common 5.00(g)i>.50
Stock heifers 6.00(2)7.25 ,
Stock bulls 4.50(2)5.50
Stock cows 5.25@6.00
HOGS..
Best butchers 7.65(g)7.70
Medium to good butchers ..7.50@7.65
Good to best heavies 7.55@7.65
Good to choice lights 7.55(§)7.65
Common to medium mixed 7.15(2)7.40
pjo. 6.00(2)6.50
linson, left end; R. Stevenson, left
half; Woodhouse, tight half; New-
man, quarterback; Isam, full back.
Subs—Brandon for McNear; Kennard
for HankujHoaan for Jones; Williams
n arraigned—F , TRob-?GM ofi -
for Woodhouse; Woodhouse for Tom-
linson, Jones for Hogan.
Referee, Arch Parmenter: um-
pire, Staneforth; head linesman,
Huff.
The next game will be next Sunday
with the Anadarko Indians.
J. D. Lambe of the Mountains was
in Lawton Monday transacting busi-
ness at the court house.
STENOGRAPHER—Wishes position.
Some experince. Medium salary.
Write or call Anadarko Commercial
College, Anadarko, Okla. 10-25 3tp
There will be no electrocutions at
the Oklahoma penitentiary this week,
as originally scheduled by the state
court of criminal appeals.
The state court has granted a new
trial to Rich Moorehead, the Kiowa
county negro who was sentenced to j
died, and has set forward the date of
the electrocution of Henry Bookman,!
McIntosh county negro, to December j
10.
In acting upon Bookman's cafe,
the state court affirmed the action
of the trial court, which was presided
over by District Judge D. W. Hig-
gins. The case was tried at Eufaula.
Both Bookman and Moorehead.
were sentenced to die in the electric
chair Friday of this week, October!
29. i
! By the United Press.
j PITTSBURG, Oct. 25.—Delegates
! to the national conference of the
! Daughters of the American Revolu- j
I tion, will be selected by the state con- i
Iference of the D. A. R. in annual con I
| ference here today, , pERRY, 0kla., Oct. 25.-Mrs.
1 Annie Van Pelt, aged 100 years,
Kentuckian, on trial for murder, 9 months and 23 days, died here this
says he was driven insane by the morning at the home of her srand
scorn of his wife. Fortunately for the daughter, Mrs. Annie Jelly, also far
*o advance 1 in years. A. C. Van Pelt,
aged 80 years, and a son of Mrs.
| Van Pelt, lives in Perry. Two aged
j daughters also Survive the aged
| woman. Mrs. Van Pelt was born in
' Marland county, Ohio, of Quaker
i patents and was twice married. She
came to Perry shortly after the open-
ing of the Cherokee strip and ha«
participated in every reunion of old
settlers held here. During the last
reunion, September 16, Mrs. Van
Pelt, from an invalid's chair, viewed
the celebration.
Sickness did not immidiately pre-
cede the aged woman's death. Sat-
| Nation, mighty few husbands nr®
I sensitive.
LOCAL MASONS
TO DARLINGTON
AND CHICKASHA
by the French fighters whenever the PRESIDENT'S WEDDING
dui-l fan bus fairly fonflnu DECEMBER 20TH SUR^
| It is said that never a British avi-
s'tor disappears but news of him is By the United Press.
1 brought to his wailing comrades by WASHINGTON, I). Ort. 25.-1
I German airmen. Such and Mich a The President's wedding will taH
thinK ha happened to to and <•. ay: place shortly before Christmas, projj
a note which o m<\- plunging down out alily the 2Uth of December, accordii
of the ky, a l-ullet attached to give it to definite information given t jd4
weight. from tne White House.
'• 'lhe British do the same for the. 1 -■ ■' .
'Icrmah II ha .( me a sort of un If Lady Macbeth had been allowJ
written iaw of the air. to vote, probably she wouldn't ha^
■ Of course there are exceptions; been so keen for knifing the oppo
I there are sportsmen in all contest who tion.
cheat and u:-« unfair means. But gen-1 Another objection to the movi
orally the war in the air is clean. picturt chorus girl that she caij
BdDBe- mdir Ger-Dallyer ti use her voice as an excuse for '"mi
It is because the men of the air are seen.
heroes of a superior sort. Such, at i
least, is one answer. For, it is pointed
out, Most anybody can face bullets on
the ground when hundreds of thous-
ands of others are facing them.
Everybody's courage is given to the •
individual and. almost to his own be-.
wilderment he finds himself doing the j
brave t of deeds. Rut in the air the ian Business - liege returned frol
aviator is pratcieally alone. Mis fight j Y\ alter Saturday evening, victoriol
for life is foucht unseen. by a score of 26 to 14. The game w|
When such a brave man meets and j a good one and attended by a go
t i in 14 down another of his own par ; growd. The line up was as follows,
ticular kind, he seerps to feel tfo per- Pete Newman, fullbaci Lee Ru|
sonal animosity towards his opponent, I sell, L. G. Williams, halfbacks; Lestl
but merely a keen rivalry plus, per-1 Tomilson, quarterback; Ray Bowma|
haps, a certain amount of admiration, i
depending upon the other's skill and I
courage and-qualities as a "clean" |
tighter.
When it is over the irresistable de-
sire to let the vanquished hero's I
friends know he died like a man seems |
to come over the victor.
APPLES
Good eating and cooking Ap-
ples. Jonathans, Grimes Golden,
Missouri Pippin and Winesaps
Car now here.
Allen Fields i\
2(18 C Ave. Phone 48
FEDERAL COURT STILL
HEARING MORRILL
With Hot Coffee
Lawton Drug Store |
Fourth and D Ave.
A number of local Masons left
: Sunday morning for Darlington,
'Okla., where they went to visit the I urday morning Mrs. Van Pelt went to
Ma onic home and to take the two | an{| passed into a state of coma
CASE, i a es of chickens which are lieing do-!
'^ated to the Home by the Lawton |
The federal court has been occupied j Masons. They spent Sunday and part
all morning trying the case of the'of Monday there, returnng to Chick-
United States vs. David Morrill, vio-, asha at noon. At Chickasha the party
lation of the prohobition laws. It is i intends to'ntt* d a conclave of the
expected that the arguments will lie ; Knight Ten.. ir in that city return-
finished in time s> that the case will ing to Lawton Tuesday. In the party
eo to the jury this afternoon. This ( oing to Darlington were: C'has. Mad-
den, Dick DaviB, Sergeant St. Clair.
Sergeant St Clair.
L. B. Rittet, M. A. Nelson and sev-
eral other Knight Templars int^td go-
ing to Chickasha this afternoon to at-
tend the conclave.
case was- continued from Saturday.
Our idea of four-flusher is the
man who buys a ten-cent cigar for
himself arid a twenty-cent stjak for
hie family.
WANTED
Horses and Mules
from 5 to 10 years
old, 15 to If hands
high.
C. S. THOMAS
225 F st.
Lawton
METROPOLITAN 1
WINS^26 TO 1
The foot ball team of the Metropoi
Geo. Esadooah, ends; Bill Atfti
Chas. Apekaum, tackles; Sanfo|
Brandon, Leo Waston, guards;
Curry, center; Vertie Herndon, An
Lund, Jennings Adams, subs.
Tuesday afternoon the college te
will play Battery D, Fort Sill, ar t|
fair grounds.
Window Glasi
At A. L. Lund's Paint and Wall Paper Store
411 D AVENUE TELEPHONE IS
500 Calves for Sale
400 heifers and 100 steers. All
well bred reds and white-faces
GUY C. ROBERTSON
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