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THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION
LAWTON. OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY EVENING
february 1
VOLUME XV—NO. 150.
DAILY EDITION
* 0 r P ANGELES WARNING ATTENDING SUNDAY SCHOOL TN BRITAIN
b H If I 11 m L w '♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•!*♦♦*] «• Spring has came" we can ♦ _ _ _ _ __ _ .
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ESSCBE0IT N0W 6IVEH F0R
SPRING WILL COME
GET YOUR STRAW
DROP BOMBS
INCREASE
white river levee breaks;
five counties in path of
high waters.
EVACUATE PRISON FARM
Protective Walls Giving Plantations
Near Capital
Inundated.
,♦ LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. I. ♦
♦ —Tight shoes make bad tern- ♦
! ♦ pers, according to a bulletin is- ♦
i ♦ sued by the Young Women's ♦
I ♦ Christian association here. An ♦
♦ investigation by the employ- ♦
♦ ment bureau of the organiza- ♦
♦ tion revealed that many girls *
♦ lost their jobs because they got ♦
♦ "peevish" at their employes, ♦
♦ all on account of pinching boots ♦
♦ jangling their nerves. The ♦
♦ first requirement of a girl seek- ♦
1 ♦ ing work through the Y.
I ♦ C. A. here now is—wear
| ♦ shoes.
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
♦ Spring has came" we can ♦
CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION PASSES RESOLUTION♦ :
ADDING ONE FOURTH OF ONE PER CENT
AND PAHS
TO AVERAGE GRADE
♦ prippe Btill in their systems, as ♦
♦ they stand in the ice and slush ♦
♦ and gaze at the new spring bon- ♦
'♦ nets perched in the windows of ♦
♦ tl.e various stores. As you pass ♦
America is a great country and in the remainder of this year. Attend- ♦ almost smell the rose, ♦
main respects she is the teacher of ance on the services of uny organized *  n^ see the violate • ? „ ,„t(i ♦
the world At a time when the world church will meet the requirements. and then h, dear it s so
needed it! she stood for religious free- Every person should belong ,o some♦ to ever.think of spnng bonnets, ♦
dom and for the separation of church church and it is an important part of ♦ a"d Jhen  ome joy u uman .
dom, p  !culture for him to know what that ♦ ^et comes by and says *; Driven On Without InHietinrDamage
NUMEROUS ZEPPELINS VISIT
ENGLAND, DROPPING Bl)MBS
IN SEVERAL COUNTIES.
NO GREAT DAMA6E
W. ♦ ] and state, until these have all but be
big ♦ come world ideals
I culture lor nini 10 nnow wiijh, mat.
church stands for. This age may not ♦ "cheer-up, cheer-up, there won t ♦
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb. 1.—
Penitentiary Commissioner John T.
Burkett was notified that the
Arkansas river levee at the state farm
at Cummins, Ark., broke at 10 o clock
Monday night. Mr. Burkett said the
flood water will spread clear across
the line into Louisiana.
The water pouring through the j
break will flood the lowlands of five
Arkansas counties. The towns of Var- J
t <:r, Dumas, Douglas and Lake village ,
will be in the flooded district. All j
white convicts were removed on a spe- :
cial train and brought to the peniten- j
tiary at Little Rock Monday night. A I
steamboat will transfer the negro j
convicts Tuesday.
SUPERVISOR
FRANK RUSH
RETURNS
HAS BEEN ATTENDING
ING OF NATIONAL FOREST
ERS ASSOCIATION.
TO OBSERVE
THRIFT DAY
FEBRUARY 3
While the Jacksonport levee at
nuy nut
Now""thatTh7conditions that give J demand that a man know a certain ♦ <* ><e «  th- for *
rise to these ideals have passed, it is'creed, but it certainly does demand ♦ Spring will come^ ♦
well for us to stop long enough to get that he know the Bible. Then it seems |
a twentieth century point of view. Kqr [ that this movement does not interfere
generations necessary forced us to be with religious freedom but that it is
rampant on these subjects. Now that | an encouragement to have some reli-
the necessity has long since been re- gion or to become familiar with some
moved, we are rampant from the Bible. It seems to endorse the iden
merce force of habit. We have run so that no matter what your life may be, |
far astray that as a nation we prefer the most important book you can r< ad j
: to be irreligious to the breaking of is your Bible.
our ideals. Even the schools of the na- j But there is something more to thi- ,
'tion have been so completely divorced i,.jvement. When people are idle, they,
'from religion that they smack of fr- commit crime. When children ar not)
'religion. Imsy, they are likely to do some-Mr .  
MFFT-I As a reaction «° such the ■vronl': Thiy ' c/rtain V' " C1TI7F\S OF 1 VWTON WILL OB-
nution is being flooded with literature its of idleness and to h<ai viclou "
on moral and religious education, stories. Children should have lime for SERVE DAY BY STARTING IHA1
National societies have been formed, play, but there should be no time in SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
  ■ I churches are taking a different atti- life when he has nothing 10 do. It is,  
Frank Rush, superintendent of the tude, the schools of the whole country our opinion that children learn more , Tllurgdayi February third, haB been
  !__ I . J..!_ i.v 1,1— t ad things on Sunday than on any olh- (jeHgjnate<j by the National Barking
see how the er day, because they have less to do — «*-->• fi-.
Thought 40 Casualties Were
Reported.
levee at yyjcj,jta forest and Bame reservation, are studying the problem.
Newport is holding, it is expected to i ^as ^en attending the annual j It is of some interest to s
way before morn in gf allowing* • < i *——^ nf : «/iU aa1« Kqvh m i th
! association as "Thrift Day.'" That
who has been attending tne annual, it is 01 some mieresi iu u.u    — - ass mm i
Wing meeting of the forest supervisors at local schools have met the situation than on any other day. It is better ior|,he day Qn which you are supposed to
the city to be flooded, according to a Washington D. CM returned to Law-; in Lawton. A resolution has ben pass- them to be in Sunday school than on I fl(a
liorht. i ' ' «. .. ■ .. . ..... , . .    Rnar.i tho u♦ r  pts This is a irreat field for i •
nHiuutw..,       - , start your savings account and keep
report received late Monday ni^ht. j ^ ^|onday T^e National Forestry led by a unanimous vote of the Board the streets. This is a great field for j.t Up throughout the year. This nfove-
Three-fourths of the residents have , asso*ciation" meet jn Washington at | of Education providing that for each (the churches and the schools. ment is ,)einK encouraged by the
left that city, and those who re"8'" ' thc same time and at the conclusion j Sunday that a child attends Sunday! If any church has no organized citizen8 state Bank, City National
have moved their goods to the second of th{ deli|,erations gave a banquet, | school one-fourth of one per cent will Sunday school or church organization Bank and the pirst National Bank of
Stories of their homes and purchased whjch Rush was one 0f the lie added to his average grade. By this here, it does not mitigate in any way th-g accorjing to their respective
boats. i speakers. 'The Buffalo" was the sub-1 provision it will be possible for a child against such c hildren, as they get the ^cashiers, and an effort is being made
   Iject assigned to M ti, ah, but he to raise his grade four per cent for grades made anyway.
$37.00 AMOUNT ALMOST FATAL
ance of the preservation of the wild
LONDON, Feb. 1.—A. raid by six
or seven Zeppelin airships took place
last r over the eastern, northern
easte. iiu midland counties of Eng-
land, according to announcement of
the war office.
A number of bombs weer dropped,
but up to the present no considerable
damage has been reported.
PARIS, Feb. 1.—Several bombs
were dropped by the Zeppelin which
flew over the outskirts of Paris last
night, but they produced no such
deadly effect as in the raid of Satur-
day ninht. The official press bureau
gave out the following this morning-
"A German dirigible set out in the
direction of Paris, whefre it arri\ed
soon after 10 p. m. It was bombarded
by our special batteries and attacked
by our aeroplanes. Before returning
northward it dropped a number of
bombs, which, according to news t<o
far, did no damage."'
DELAY IS
EXPLAINED
'life as related to their work.
The greater part of the trees, he
said, had been planted by birds and t
icared for by the birds long before
man had any conception of scientific j
WEATHER HINDERS WORK ON forestry. The development of the;
COMMENCEMENT OF THE |country w«  crowding out the wild I
GAS PLANT.
COLLECTED BY
CONSTITUTION
EXPLOSION AT
to get the people to co-operate in this
! movement, so that it will benefit all.
| Please remember that February 3,
lis the day on which you are to start
I your savings' account, even though it
be only a dime to begin with.
| This is the first step toward estab-
Tliniim liniir lishin* the Thrift Dfty movement Kiv"
IIKNtK HUIVIt'inR rec°Kniti°ntoa^ay 
fined to eventually be full of the deep-
jest significance and a great benefit to
What might have proven a fatal ex- ^ ^ pe0p]e jn the whole state and na-
home of W. D. Turner, 308 Gore
boulevard about 11 o'clock, when Mrs.
DIG MM
DANDDET
many distinguished visitors
here from various parts
of united states.
LOCAL MARKETS
country was crowding out the wild | As a result of the collections for        -
life until the national forest reserves the Associated Charities the Consti- plosion, occured this morning at the ti0n.
were becoming its last refuge. There tution wag able to turn over to J. E. i   ..f u; n Turner. 308 Gore
  . . is he said, a close relation between; Jarvis, i.easurer, $37.00 Monday af
The following telegram received ^ etion of v&me and the pre. ternoon.
Monday by Charles Mitschnch will servatjon of wha| jg left of the for.
explain why Patrick & Woods, who ^ and jt was the duty of thQse ,n
were granted a gas franchise m De-,^ work ^ take a sympathetic inter-
cember, have not as yet made any ^ .n ^ wjW ,.fe
progress toward commencing work on Mr Rush reports a most enjoyable
the system: ltr. and that he wag treated royally.
Muskogee, Okla., Jan. • 1, ' He left this morning for the Forest
Clias. Mitschrich, Preserve Headquarters near Cache.
Lawton, Okla.
O i account of bad weather and in-
ability to get quick delivery of pipe,
we have been delayed in beginning
work on Lawton gas plant. As soon
as the weather permits we will load s
our trenching machines and ship
them to Lawton in order to dig our j
trenches preparatory to laying pipe,
as soon as shipment arrives. Only
HALL FUNERAL
HELD TODAY
The funeral services over the body
of the late B. F. Hall was held at the
Turner set an unopened can of frozen
tor'iatoes in the range oven to thaw
! out, closing the oven door.
' Soon after a terrific explosion was
ADC nimnillT heard, Mrs. Turner rushed into the
nnt UIIIIUULI kitchen bejn(c almost blinded by the
steam. The can had exploded, blowing
G. R. Laughlin, living out on route ,hp range door, throwing a piece
4 was in Lawton yesterday and call- of stee, into a WOoden casing close by. j ^ thg , ;wton cemetery
ed on the "Old Reliable' and renewed breaking it into pieces; throw.ng the ^ foHow. chndren 0f Mr.
for a year. Mr. Laughlin "walked on" ran(!e off of its base and damaging it I ^ hav t<> >Uend thc
us about publtshim; the markets—loc- tn B11(.h an ex,ent that it cannot be . j .]lD Mary Hannah , Miss
al markets, on cotton, live stock, and used Tomtttoes were splattered every- ^ Cou|.te; and Har]an Courtel.,
grains. The Constitution has had where. Mr. Turner said that it ooked!^ winftpld( Iowa. LeaHe Courter
more or less trouble on the market ,ike there had been two bushels m" t of India olig Ind.t and Mr. and
proposition and been unable to get 8tead of one q,art. The ceiling was , j ^ Hannah of Morning Sun,
markets on all items, we publish tne covered with tomatoes, as well as tne
COURTER FUNERAL
WED. AFTERNOON
The funeral services for Peter
Courter, who died Saturday, will be
held Wednesday from the family res-
idence, 806 Ferris avenue by Rev. T. J.
Irwin of the Presbyterian church,
 '      —.   of tne late o. r. nan was neiu ui ato(.k yard markets every day on live floor and sjde walls.
providential hindrance is delaying us. home tMs afternoon 0n Mountain |stocki and until recently the cotton
We would have been at work had it ..... . r.—
/
days and expect to begin drilling two
wells at once.
ALBERT T. WOODS.
The above is self explanatory and
it will be only a matter of a few days
or weeks until the work commences.
PRETTYMAN ARRIVES SAFELY
R. F.
Just befote the explosion occured |
Mrs. Turner had taken the baby out of PH|J A MPUC Pfl PCTQ
the kitchen or it would undoubtedly bUIYIHIlUnL UU. UL I O
have been killed. A negro woman who
markets has been to get any one to was waa(,ing in the kitchen at the
stand behind them, and furniBh them time^ crouched down in a corner,
on account of competitors, who might mutt(,rjng that "she shure was blowed
Smith . _ „
take advantage—say John
   . up."
quoted wheat today at 97 cents and it: ^ should fae # warninf, t0 all
d 11 View addition by Rev. J. W. Simf, who i market in New Orleans and New
been possible. I will be there in a few paid the deceased well deserved tri- York, the principal cotton centers
bute in the presence of a large rum- The trouble with the local grain
ber of friends and relatives. The floral
offerings were numerous.
After the services the Masonic
lodge took charge of th body, g.vimi
| the Masonic rites at the grave. Mem
jbers of the Hastings lodge were pall
{IVES SAFELY (bearers, as this was Mr. Halls first | n;orrow j0nn, tienry anu jerry ■ -
BEUNOS AIRES., lodge. This was one of the largest j bought in wheat and other buyers, 11 st°ve-
j funerals ever held in Lawton as the [ knowjng John Smith's price quoted iwiHATE-
Prettyman, Rock Island |deceased had numbered his friend* by j yesterday of 97 cents and takes ad-j HOME BAWL •
.u:- i fbp s"nrp ' ! vantage and offers 98 to score a point, i MENT.
which John Smith immediately hears1 j am closing the Home Bakery
and which causes the aforesaid John 1st to remodel the building to
came out in the Constitution and to-
morrow John, Henry and
Jerry PeoPle not t0 put unol>ene(1 tans on
$1.50 PER CAPITA
Comanche county's share in the
common school fund amounted to
$10,990.50. As there are 7,327 pupils
in Comanche county, this makes a per
capita of $1.50, which is 25 cents more
than last year.
Roc k
agent, received a cablegram this | the score,
morning from his son, Lee Prettyman,
who recently left here foi; Beunos
Aires, South America, where he re-
presents the Dennison Co., saying that
he had arrived safely, making the trip
from New York in twenty-three days.
Lee Prettyman visited his parents
during the holidays and went hack to
South 'America for an indefinite stay.
DISTRICT COURT HEARING
CIVIL SUITS
WEATHER REPORT
FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD FOR LITTLE GIRL.
The funeral services for Lahoma
Williams, the little seven months old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charges
Williams was held this afternoon
from the family residence, with inter-
rient in the Lawton cemetery. The
little one died yesterday and was pre-
pared for burial by thc St. Clair Un-
"dertaking company.
Forecast For Oklahoma—Tonight
fair, Wednesday fair not so cold.
Temperateure for 24 hour period be-
ginning. Monday 8 A. M.
.\lttximum  30
Minimum J*
Mean Temperature 21
Temperature data:
Maximum this date last year .... 48
Minimum this date last year  23
Mean Tem. this date last year 35
Precipitation for 24 hours ending
February 1st, 8 A. M., .00.
Total precipitation' for the month of
January, 2.66.
FRANK M. HEAD,
Special Observer.
'and wnicn causes me aioresaiu junn j-ep. jst to remoaei me
Smith to seal up like a clam on price 0pen Up an up-to-date Delicatessen
quotations and the Constitution is up store and the opening date will be an-
against it on price quotations for Il0unced later.
will redeem i ternoon.
The case of W. T. Rawleigh Medica
Co. vs. Andrew Knowles et al is be-
ling tried in the district court this af-
wheat. | The Peerless Bakery
Publishing local market quotations a]] bread Checks out.
is not so rosy a proposition when it j MRS. ELLA CALDWELL,
comes to getting business men to j Residence address 428 1-2 D Ave.
make quotation for the newspaper to 1
publish and stand behind them, as a
quick change in the market puts less you can get all dealers in same
either the dealer or the paper in bad. j commodity to join in the quotation.
It is really a difficult problem to get) Suggestions are in order from botn
a local market that is dependable, un- the farmer and the dealers.
J. D. Ramsey of Sulphur, Okla., is
in Lawton for several days looking af-
ter his property interests and visiting
friends. He will be here until the last
of the week.
License to wed has been granted to
S. B. Cook, age 30 years of Mt. Park
and Miss Myrtle Nease, age 27 years,
of Walter.
It would be hard to say which was
the most interesting to the many M.
W. A.'s who were here Monday from
all parts of Southwestern Oklahoma,
the initiation in the afternoon or the
banquet and the excellent speeches
that night. In the afternoon the re-
sult of a strenuous campaign was
shown when one hundred were initia-
ted into the order. The visitors were
profuse in their congratulations of the
Lawton lodge, which has made such
an excellent showing the past year.
The Royal Neighbors served an ex-
cellent banquet, all the meats being
wild game, which had been bagged by
the various members of the local ur-
eter, Ross Hanks having the records
in getting 22 rabbits. Al Saddler pre-
sented a sixteen pound cake, which
was thoroughly enjoyed immediately.
Following the banquet an hour's
good fellowship was enjoyed around
the festive board, A. J. Burton acting
as toastmaster in his usual satisfac-
tory and jovial manner, expressing a
welcome to all the visitors and c~.>-
gratulations to the hunters who had
brought in the game.
J. S. Shearer, state deputy from
Guthrie, Okla., spoke briefly, giving
some interesting state and local sta-
tistics. He said that Oklahoma is now
third in membership.
J. W. Oldham, district deputy, also
of Guthrie, told of what a great
change had taken plt.ee in the Lawton
lodge, as they now have 400 live wires
and one year ago not more than twen-
ty could be found.
National Auditor George Bowman,
of Kingfisher, Okla., gave some in-
teresting facts relative to the national
membership of the order, saying that
the order had 14,000 camps with the
largest membership of any fraternal
organization in the world.
(Continued on page four)
Window Glass
▼ ▼ ▼▼ jlrB A Robertson of 1001 A
At A. L. Lund's Paint and Wall Paper Store Avenue, will be hostess tomorrow af-
411 D AVENUE TELEPHONE 194 ternoon to the Mistletoe Club.
WANTED
Horses and Mules
from 5 to 10 years
old, J5 to 16 hands
high.
C. S. THOMAS
225 F st. Lawton
Plan now tu make Util
ton the best city in South
rn Oklahoma. Boost.
*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■
daily EDITI
D MAKE
(I6TFUI
THE DAM
.-MANY
TOUT.
! R<X "K, Ar k., Fell.  Tw
•I' '•'<■'  •' convjrtx. whl
marooned in a stockade
convict farm at Cummii„
e been removed to hii;t>«
d are safe, accordir
penitentiary officials
ived concerntei
|
on remnants of a broke!
•he last thirty-six hours.
LUFF, Ark., Feb. 3.-
me- age late Wednesday
(jould. Ark., where several!
i-rsong are marooned
lildinas which withstoo_
water pouring through I
as river crevasse, reported
Mi critical. In on storeI
n , including women and(
ere standing upon coun*
lives to e rape the rapidly
STEINS
TO MARKET
Irs. Phil Hornsteln ex-
-> Saturday for St Louis
irkets, where they will
ensive line of ladies' and
shings and millinery for
iummer. They intend to
irge stock as they are
with their first six
in Lawton. Mrs. Horn-
>k after the selection of
personally and assist
l in selecting the ready-
ents. They will be gone
weeks.
CONVENTION
S AT ST. LOUIS
TES UNABLE TO AT-
tlSE THEY ARE IN
WO BAILED OUT.
Feb. 3.—The nationai
the Brotherhood Wel-
>n, an organization of
s", met here with 12
40 unemployed onlook-
ice. The convention,
rs session, will ad-
accredited delegates
Two of these were
lia, but they were de-
> at Washington, Jnd.,
>w, millionaire patron
association, telegraph-
iana town to get them
is from New York
it Norristown, Pa. No
for their release.
s take up revenue
we believe the house-
to it.
r manhole was intro-
Je in a civil suit in
the jury fail for it?
,an becomes so piou>
not work at all than
MTED
tnd Mules
d 10 years
i 16 hands
HOMAS
Lawton