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THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION
VOLUME XV—NO. 158.
LAWTON. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1916.
DAILY EDITION
ELECTION
LAW ABOUT
FINISHED
bathing suits
are reuuced to
nearly nothing
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UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION AND
SUBSTITUTE "GRANDFATHER"
CLAUSE FAVORED.
CHICAGO, 111., Feb. 10.—Next
summer, when Susie, the beach fairy,
comes tripping out in her new bath-
ing suit, which will be mostly absent
and considerably skin-tight, the
beach censor will either throw a fit, oi
wear blinders.
A form-fitting jersey, and a wee
bit of a skirt about the size of a
candle shade, are to be all the rage
gov. ready to talk
some of the new beach togs last night.
The beach law rules that the skirts
must terminate not less than three
inches above the knee, but either the
law or the skirts will have to be re-
vised. Three inches below the hips1
would be about right, say the fashion ,
builders.
House Votes to Strike Criminal Sec-
tion From Glasco
Usury Bill.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 10. —
Plans for new election laws which
have been under consideration for
some time assumed definite shape
Wednesday when democratic mem-
bers of the senate and house in jointj
caucus with Gov. R. L. Willias pre-
sent as:reed upon two of the most im-
portant features, namely the submis-
sion of a substitute for the defeated
grandfather clause and the passage
of a universal registration law.
Drmocrats of the two houses cau-
cussed separately Wednesday night
on the question of the primary elec-
tion law and Thursday morning an-
other joint caucus was held at
which, it is expected, everything that
is to be done at this session with the
election laws was agreed upon.
When the majority members of the
two houses have reached an agree-
ment it is understood th' message of
Governor Willias opening the sub-
ject of election laws for legislation
will be forthcoming. If a final agree-
ment is reached Thursday morning
his message is expected by legislators
early Thursday afternoon.
The question of adopting the so-
called ribbon ballot has been finally
eliminated from the proposed legisla-
tion, it was stated Wednesday After
noon. This has been the stumbling
block all along in the caucus work on
election laws.
E. B. GREGORY
ANNOUNCES
Today the Constitution is author-
ized to announce the candidacy of E.
B. Gregory for commissioner from
the eastern district, subject to the
democratic primary in August. Mr.
Gregory's post office address is
Fletcher, Okla., but he lives between
Fletcher and Apache.
Mr. Gregory was born in Ohio,
moving to Pettis county, Mo., when
he was nine years old. After living
there 14 years he came to Oklahoma,
being an eighty-niner and one of the
first settlers in Oklahoma. He came
to this part of the state in 1901.
While Mr. Gregory has never been
a candidate before, he has always
been nn active factor in democratic
politics, and feels that the office of
county commissioner is an important
one to fill.
Mr. Gregory promises, if chosen, to
make economy his watchword and to
assure a square deal to every one,
giving his best time and attention in
the interests of the taxpayers. Mr.
Gregory has a wide acquaintance,
not only in his district but all over
the county and his friends are con-
fident his candidacy will meet with
favorable consideration.
PARENTS
SHUT OUT
CHILDREN
SAPULPA, Okla., Feb. 10.—Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Edwards, colored, who
live twelve miles north of Bristow are
in the county jail today awaiting the
verdict of the doctors who are watch-
ing after their two children in the
hospital at Bristow.
If the two children die, and their
death is said to be a matter of hours,
the pair will be charged with infanti-
cide and if the children get better and
have a chance for complete recovery
of health if not of limb they will be
charged with assault to kill on two
counts, one for each child.
The crime which is almost unbe-
lievable, was committed during the
last severe cold spell when the ther-
mometer went near zero. The two
children of the Edwards pair had
committed some small breach of
discipline and as a puishment were
shut barefooted in the woodshed
where the wind and snow sifted ov-
er their shivering bodies. In a short
time their feet had become frozen
and when brought in were so badly
frozen all over tha> it was days be-
fore they could talk and act rational-
ly. Their feet began to swell and when
at the demand of neighbors, Mr . Ed-
wards did try to relieve the suffering
of the children—she merely started
the circulation in the feet and caused
gangrene to set in.
The feet of the children grew worse
and worse, pieces of flesh decayed and
fell off. Finally when the neighbors
had used every effort possible in
politeness to make Edwards pair send
for a doctor or get some help for their
suffering children, they took things
into their own hands and brought the
two into Bristow for treatment. The
first thing the doctor did was to cut
off the feet of both children. The par-
ents were arrested and only kept
from mob violence by armed guards.
Last night they were brought to the
county jail here for safe keepin?
pending the outcome of the opera-
tion on the children. Another ampu-
tation was made this morning just
below the knee and while there is a
chance for their recovery, the doctors
are doubtful.
Governor Designates Father's Day
Governor R. L. Wil iams Tuesday issued a proclamation
designating Sunday, Feiruary 20, as 'Father's Day, and
called upon the people of Oklahoma to interest themselves in
a full and appropriate observation of the day.
The full text of the pro.-lamation follows:
For some years it has been a beautiful custom to cele-
brate some certain day each year as "Mother's Day'' in which
to do honor and reverence to her memory. It has been sug-
gested that we should, in like manner, pay tribute to our
fathers. As we approach the natal day of "The Father of Our
Country," it seems fitting that at such a time when our minds
are filled with memories of the life and deeds of Washington
that we should also be mindful of the debt of gratitude we
owe to tha£ staunch and loyal friend, "our father."
That we may pay tribute to a father's love, reverence his
sacred memory, show appreciation of his devotion and sacri-
fice, I, R. L. Williams, governor of the Btate of Oklahoma, do
hereby proclaim and designate Sunday, February 20, 1916, as
FATHER'S DAY. I call upon all the people of the state,
the churches and the various fraternal organizations to in-
terest themselves in a full and appropriate observation of the
day.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
caused to be affixed the great seal of the state of Oklahoma
on this the 8th day of Febiuary, A. D. 1916.
R. L. WILLIAMS,
The Governor of the State of Oklahoma.
Attest: J. L. LYON, Secretary of State.
WESTHAFER IS LUCKY
MAN THESE DAYS.
"Shorty" Westhafer the sign paint-
i r counts himself lucky today for he
leaped just in time Wednesday to es-
cape that Studebaker which plunged
into the Hornstein window. Mr. West-
hafer was on the ladder painting at
the top of the window. Seeing the car
coming, he made a mad dash through
the air, trying to hit the little door
at the rear of the window. He almost
hit the door—leaving the prints of his
fingers just above the entrance to the
window. Mr. Westhafer had his wrist
badly sprained, but aside from that,
he is feeling fine today.
J, O. Browning of Lake township,
was a business visitor in Lawton
Thursday.
TEUTONS
REPULSE
RUSSIANS
INFANTRY ATTACKS IN REGION
OF RIGA WERE DRIVEN BACK
BY GERMANS.
seaplanes dropbumbs
CAMERON
COLLEGE
PRAISED
First Snow of Season Fell in Paris
Extending Through
Country.
FISHER CASE KID MILLER
GOES TO JURY WINS FIGHT
In the district court the case of the
state versus Fronce Fisher, charged
with horse stealing went to the jury
at one o'clock. At this afternoon s
session the state versus Fred Fisher,
charged with horse stealing went to
trial. Many witnesses here from
the mountains.
NEW CORSET AND MILLINERY
BUSINESS FOR LAWTON.
A new corset and millinery business
will be opened up in Lawton on the
1st of March when Mrs. A. H Gar-
vin will have parlors in the store of
John George Shoe store. Mrs. Garvin
has had wide experience in this line of
work, having been associated for a
number of years with the firm of Gar-
vin & Co. A complete line of waists,
corsets, millinery and brassiers will
be found in the new store. Mrs. Gar-
vin will leave this week for St. Louis
where she will visit the corset par-
: lors and will also endeavor to find out
about the newest creations in waists
and millinery and Lawton ladies will
make no mistake in giving this
new establishment a trial.
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[♦ At The High School ♦
♦ TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH ♦
♦ "BACK TO NATURE" ♦
♦ By the Masque Dramatic Club ♦
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♦ "THE BOHEMIAN GIRL" ♦
♦ By the High School Glee Club ♦
♦ ADMISSION 10c and 15c. ♦
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A large crowd witnessed the boxing
match last night between Kid Miller
of Fort Sill and Kid Allen of Cald-
well, Kansas, at the Post gymnasium.
The match lasted for three rounds,
the fighting fast and furious, but^AI-
len had to take the count. Lieutenant
Seaman has charge of the amuse-
ments,since the departure of Chaplain
Sutherland.
TAUBES RAID.
LONDON, Feb. 10.—Two German
aeroplanes bombarded the English
towns of Ramsgate and Broadstairs
at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon.
The Admiralty announced that no
damage was done.
Ramsgate is a sea resort sixty-sev-
en miles southeast of London and is a
shipping town of ome importance. In
all probability shipping in the Rams-
gate Harbor was the objective of the
German attack. The town of Broad-
stairs lies two miles east-northeast of
Ramsgate.
NEW DELIVERY CAR FOR
THE SANITARY BAKERY.
The Sanitary Bakery started a new
Ford automobile delivery wagon this
morning on its initial trip. It is an
attractive wagon and Mr. Jackson is
to be complimented on this addition
to his bakery.
LONDON, Feb. 10—French and
Germans have been engaged in fur-
ious combat on the sector of the west-
ern battle front between Lens and
Arras, where recently there had been
great activity. Berlin reports that to
the west of the town of Viny the Ger-
mans captured Frent", positions over
a length of 800 yards. Paris admits
that the Germans, after the explosion
Following is a verbatum report of of two heavily charged mines, got a
J. J. Savage, member of the state foothold in portions of a French
board of agriculture, who visited trench, but says they were driven out
Cameron college last month, on his by hand grenade attacks.
tour of the various district Bgl'icjl - Paris also reports that the trench
tural colleges: in a grenade attack drove the Ger-
Oklahoma City, Okla., mans from a small post between Sois-
February 2, 1916. sons and Rheims and ti""* the French
To the Honorable Board of Agricul- batteries have badly damaged Ger-
ture, Oklahoma City, Okla. man organizations in the forest of
Gentlemen: Apremontd, southeast of St. Mihiel.
Complying with your request, 1 Two women and one child have been
visited the Cameron State School of injured in a daylight raid by two Ger-
Agriculture, Lawton, Oklahoma, Jan- man seaplanes which dropped bombs
uary 12th, 1916. on the outskirts of Ramsgate and
The day was e- remely cold and a near a school house at Broad Stairs
great many from the country were in Kent counity, South East England,
absent, yet the attendance exceeded    
I visited the several departments in further charges
connection with the school. All were
working hard, the faculty without ex-
ception are doing good and efficient
work.
The best co-operation exists be- ^ ^ who wefe
tween the ent.re faculty and the stud- ^ yest(,rday the ,hnrR(, of
ent body. , assault with intent to kill, when they
I bm extremely well pleased w.th ^ ^ ^ ^ Auorney WorthinKton
the outlook of the school and the pro- ^ ^ Kwhler buildinKi were
gress that they are n j ing. under a $500 bond in Justice
I inspected each dormitory and ^ coun ^ ,n ^ afternoon.
with the exception of some slight re- ^ ^ hai>pene,| at the noon
commendations relative to the boys ^ rdayi #t a tjme when all of
dormitory, I found everything in ^ ^ ^ ^ offlceg on ,fcat
splendid order. rtoor, with the exception of Mr.
I inspected the stock on the farm ha(| ,unch The ne_
and found them kept in very good ^ ^ woman entem, pointed
living order. The buggy horse, how- # ^ ^ shoot,.,. at Mr Swift and
ever, was lame, occasioned by an in- (|emand <d (hat hg K;ve them j100>
jury received from some unknown {h(jy ^ wag due them from
source to one of his fore legs, but he ^ ^ ^ guit_ Mr Swift remir.ded
Is now on the road to recovery. g as h(, ha(1 fol.mer|y done, that
I have no further recommendations ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ agQ a88iKncd
relative to this school, except that as ^ Mtorneyg Swlft an(J the IaU H. W.
soon as possible something should be ^ ^ ^ . of fees due theItli
done with the girl s dormitory. ^ ^ ^ pai(, an(1 that th(.
J. J."SAVAGE, Member, assignment of the judgment was a
to oe filed
Mrs. J. I. Bowman has gone to
Hutchinson, Kas., where she was
called by her mother, who had thf
misfortune to happen to 9 serious ac-
cident.
Okla. State Board of Agriculture.
GIRL BABY AT EI) MOLL'S HOME.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Moli are rejoicing
over the arrival of a baby girl, the lit-
tle Miss appearing on the scene yes-
terday Mrs Moll and the baby are
getting along nicely, but Ed is step-
ping high today.
MEDICAL SOCIETY TO MEET
TONIGHT WITH DR. MYERS.
A meeting of the Medical Society
will be held tonight in the offices of
Dr. D. A. Myers, at which time a pa-
per will be read and business of im-
portance discussed.
weather report
W. A. Pennick is in the city today
attending to business matters
WANTED
Horses and Mules
from 5 to 10 years
old, 15 to 16 hands
high.
C. S. THOMAS
225 F  t. Lawton
Forecast For Oklahoma—Tonight
partly cloudy, colder in southern por-
tion; Friday generally fair and |
warmer.
Temperature for 24 hour period be-
ginning 8 A. M., Wednesday:
Maximum  
Minimum     8^
Mean Temperature    46
Temperature data:
i Maximum this date last year 70
Minimum this date last year 38
' Mean Tem. this date last year 51 j
Precipitation for 24 hours ending
February 10th, 8 A. M., .00.
FRANK M. HEAD,
Special Observer.
ITfSl MET THEATRE
A COMEDY TRIO IN VAUDEVILLE
"The Laugh Finders"
SPECIAL MASTER PICTURE IN FIVE REELS
"The Devil"
FEATURING BESSIE BARRISCALE
The Noted Actress
SHOW STARTS AT 6:45 P. M. ADMISSION 10 and 15 CENTS
Republican Club Meeting Tonight
7;30 O'CLOCK—CITY HALL
Everybody Turn Out
J. T. BRUSS, Temp. Sec. O. O. KIRKHAM. Temp. Chm.
SPRING WILL
SOON BE HERE
Window Glass
At A. L. Lund's Paint and Wall Paper Store
411 D AVENUE TELEPHONE 194
matter of record in the cause, and
belonged to him and Mr. Hanna in
settlement of fees due. That th«' $100
judgment had been paid and divided
between Mr. Swift and the Hanna
widow, and that nothing whatever
was due him.
The negroes cussed him, holding
  the gun on him all the time. They
"It is time to dig down in the trunk stood with their backs to the door and
and get out your old spring clothes." held the telephone, so that he could
You will want them to have the ap- j not get to it. At last Mr. Swift wrote
pearance of new garments, so you will them a check, which he made defec-
have them cleaned and pressed. Right tive on purpose, so that the l.ank
here is where we ask you for your would not cash it. Mrs. Scott took the
first Spring bundle of cleaning, check to a local bank, which refused
years of experience—combined with to cash it, telling her to have Swift
the highest of workmanship is at come and identify her. During thi-
your service." Our Cleaning Depart- time Scott had been holding Swift «■
ment is now in charge of M. A. Mel- the point of the gun.
ton, a practical cleaner, who has de- Scott finding that he could not gi t
voted years of study to this line of the money then gave the gun to his
work. We are prepared to clean any wife and said he was going tc get a
kind of a gatment by the celebrated friend to help him.Vic Sparlin, deputy
French Dry Cleaning Method." No sheritT, happened to come to Swift s
matter how soiled or delicate the gar- door. The negro woman would not et
ment or fabric may be we can clean it him in. Swift talked to Sparlin
without shrinking or fading the color, over the transom, telling him to come
We make a specialty of cleaning fine in. While talking Sw'ft, edged ovei
silks, white coats, sweaters, laces, to .he door, close enough to grab the
chifTons, robes, gloves, furs, auto cov- woman's arm. At the same time
crs, etc. Our prices are reasonable Sparlin and Bellamy entered and t ey
and remember we guarantee satisfac- disarmed the woman.She and her hus-
tion in every instance. Phone us and band were immediately placed under
our wagon will call at once and you arrest.
will get your work back on time. Get Attorney Swift s presence of mind
in the habit of sending your cleaning and his calm exterior is the only thing
with your laundry. Your outer gar- that saved his life as he firmly b*--
ments are what shows you off to the lieves that the negroes would have
best advantage so let us help your ap- shot him, had he not stood his ground,
pearance. Phone us rntw. 473. Further charges will be filed
CRYSTAL LAUNDRY, against the two negroes some time
2 8 5t Adv. V. R. MORDY, Mgr. this evening or Friday morning.
to make Law- ♦
city in South- J
a. Boost. ♦
DAILY EDITION
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IDND
iUILTY
FOUND (il'ILTY
IORSES—GIVEN
'EARS.
:r to jury
r is Tried on An*
!e of Horse
ling.
today the jury in
i Fisher, charged
{, returned a ver-
ig the defendant
tate penitentiary,
ot passed sent jce
ite versus Fred
ith horse stealing
immediately after
commenced hear-
te versus Fonce
charge of horse
won't
mother
very soon
3. C., Feb. 11.—
s just been invit-
m Jennings Bry-
appeal to the peo-
preparedness. Led
k, a delegation of
Omaha and Lin-
, culled on the
led the invitation,
his second trip it
promised to give
ful confederation
to leave Wash-
of Texas again
to visit that
'e Pou invited
na; Senator Sha-
o. touch Denver,
i Pueblo, Colo,
.nitely, however,
eels he can not
the present time
is made, it will
i month.
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EPOSITS
i., Feb. 11.—In
from the present 1
providing for L,
of the coal and
ed by the Choc-
Indians, McAles-
 ass meeting is-
leral mass con-
'rom the segre-
«trict to be held
sday afternoon,
nt was reached
lation to be ask-
liat the sale of
1 be first aim of
ich action has
y the secretary
e mineral rights
i reopening of
so as to en-
lent mining de-
ught.
ve an average
•s. If the gener-
upon an active
>n, a delegation
tington to help
of a bill to be
attracts
.RCK CROWD.
, in commerat-
Abraham Lin-
Feb. 12, liave
windows in his
the window is
draped with
ve window and
up by A. L.
nan at that