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THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION
VOLUME XV—NO. 176.
LAWTON. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 2. 1916.
PRESIDENT
DEMANDS A
REGOBDVOTE
PRESIDENT DECLARES COMPR-
MISE RESOLUTION WILL
NOT HE ACCEPTED.
HORNSTEIN HAS PRETTY
DISPLAY OF DRESSES
Through the courtesy of Phil Horn-
stein, a number of pretty dresses
were seen yesterday at the opening
of the Booterie, and the lavish display
of gorgeous gowns was effectively
set off by the artistic intei-mincling
of a profusion of flowers and statu-
ary, resulting in a pleasing effect.
The display in Homstein's window
yesterday and today is especially in-
teresting both in design and colorings.
B. P. 0. E. STILL MEN
SELECTS SENTENCE
OFFICERS AT 8UTKRIE
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles T.
Bradney, 205 Park, last night at elev-
en o'clock, a son.
PROCEEDINGS BLOCKED
I/oplomatic Negotiation* at Standstill
Until Conirress Takes
Action.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, I). C., March 2.-
P -es'.dent Wilson served notice o
nngrcss Wcdensday night that he christian churc> A|| the pastorB, su-
The Sunday School Workers Con
ference is being held tonipht at the
■ / 'U   U All ...lulnrc on-
BUSINESS CHANGES HANDS.
X. Price, who for goire time past
has had charge of the Singer Sewing
Machine Co., of this city has sold his
interest in the business to E. W. Mes-
ser. Mr. Price will continue to make
this city his home and probably will
engage in some other line of business.
Mr. Messer, the new manager,
comes from El Reno, Okla., and states
(hat in connection with the sawing
CHAS. W. CRABTREE, EXALTED MEN, WHO HAD STILL AT FAX* machine business Mrs. Messer will
RULER; FRANK HEAD SECY, ON, OlvLA., PLEADED GUILTY open up a line of new and up to date
E. E. SHIPLEY, TREAS. TO ONE COUNT. millinery. The old location of the firm,
    which is at 306 C avenue will be
Last night at a meeting of the local Shi-rtyT Tom Richardjon, Deputy changed to .104 1). The new firm will
order of the B. P. O. E. in their lodge SheritT Hanks and a score of witness- be ready for business on Saturday,
rooms the annual election of officers es returned last night . on the ten
was held at which the following were o'clock Frisco from Guthrie, Okla.,
elected for the ensuing year: Chas. where they have been attendants on
W. Crabtree, Exalted Ruler; Roy F. federal court. The cases of U. S. ver-
.('hamplin, Esteemed Leading Knight; sus Walter F. Barnes and Dave Hun-
Henry J. Murphy, Esteemed Loyal gerford of Faxon, Okla., for operating
Knight;- Lewis H. Johnson, Esteemed a still in that city was called.
Lecturing Kinght; Frank M. Head, The defendants would not plead
E. E. Shipley, terasurer; guilty here, but federal court was too
DAILY EDITION
DAi: Y EDITION
GERMAN
DRIVE IS
STOPPED
WINNER HAS
NOT APPEARED
One of the largest crowds ever
ltl<; OFFENSIVE HAS CEASED
FOR MOMENT AT LEAST. IN
BATTLE SCARED REGION.
BOMBARDMENTSECTORS
On Asian Battle Fields Russians
Continue Pursuit of Turks in
Caucasus Region.
LONDON, March 2.—The Germans
in the batle scared region of Verdun
mpson, trustee;
will consent to nothing less than a
•perintendepts and teachers will be ,tt«- ^ Fr'd R' E" -
record vote on the anti-administration preaent and the public is cordially in- 'f *1° , C' Barnes, who put
resolutidh to warn Americans off the Graybill, alternate.
armed ships of European belligerents A ,jetai|e<| program of the meeting  
before ne goes on with the German wm be foun(j on pa(;e 7 of this issue. UNITED STATES INSPECTOR
submarine negotiations.
No compromise proposition such as
, terasurer; guilty r.ere, Dut ieoerai coun wu- wu . .. . tiT, > tha .. ami  -     — —
Lloyd VVal- much for them, so they pleaded guilty ^ of for „eal,y
up r
was
ing wind of yesterday
half the afternoon, patiently waited
gun u i the numbers to be called out and
for the announcement of tfoe winners
two
WEATHER REPORT
support of congress
A. B. Vincent, United States In-
spector of Revenue Stamps of Little
Forecast For Oklahoma-Tonight Rock. Ark., was in Lawton yesterday
rriday fair. visiting the county clerk's office. He
and "hii_
I arty in his demands for a full obser- si™"* * A- M- Wednsday:
vance of international law while its Maximum  
only purpose would be to afford mem- Minimum  
bers of congress a way to avoid re- Mean Temperature 
cording their positions before th.' Maximum this date last year
country on the straight out and out Minimum this date last year
against the officers, was given
years in the federal penitentiary and 'ol" of' pri'ios'that were""to"be
a fine of S500 by Judge Cottcral. ^urM |>y the , awtQn Mcrcantik.
GIVFS GOOD REPORT Hu,nRer/0,(l W*S K'Ven 8 fi"e °f *2B° Co.. Block-Miller Hardware Co.. C. S.
GIVES GOOD KkPOK I. and , g ro3nttM gentenc«. Powell Drug Store and the J. T.
White Grocery Co
NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF W.O . VV.
a vote of confidence in the persident s
foreign policy will be acceptable.
Such action, it is held, might be con-
strued in Berlin as justifying the
opinion that the president lacks the fai*  coic,t* ' - —* - . . renort of Miss Critcher's 1
Temperature for 24 hour period be- ^ave a good report of Miss Camp No. 94 Thursday 7:30
office, saying tnat it was one of the •
P. M. This is the close of the contest.
All members of the
the World are invited
Woodmen
to meet
of
One hundred numbers were druwn
from the box, 402.218 being the first
the Meuse in the region between Mk-
lancourt and Forges across the river
eastward about Vaux and Dam Loup
and against French trenches in the
Woevre region and southeast of Ver-
dun.
Their big offensive, however, so far
as infantry attacks are concerned,
have ceased, at least for the moment.
Whether it wil begin again or wheth-
er the Germans will rest content with
with °ne' and ,he °"C h0l<H"K " has ,ten the points of vantage they have sain-
'.days in which to turn it .n. If it does
question.
Bruce Felds, agent for the Over-
land, announces that a new seven
passenger car is expected this week
to be used in the Overland service at
their new station at Jack Kerans
News stand. The new car will be put
into service Saturday.
Mean Tem. this date last year
Precipitation for 24 hours, ending
March 2nd, 8 A. M., .00.
FRANK M. HEAD,
Special Observer.
BOUND OVER TO FEDERAL
GRAND JURY.
61 neatest set of records he had inspect-
..25 ed.
..43  
' 'S Mrs. G. S. Barber leaves this after
..32
. .40
Work in the Protection Decree after
rot appear the next number drawn
wil! be declared winners and so on.
More than 25 of the 100 numbers
ed is not indicated in the officnl re-
ports of either Berlin or Paris.
Little is going on in Russia except
3-1 2t CLIFTON SIMPSON, Cle.k.
noon for Como, Miss., called there bj Joe Junkins, manager for the new
which .1 turkey . upi e will lie served. (;|rawn ^ave al ady registered, but isolated bombardments an dinfantry
■the serious illness of her sister, Miss Block-Miller Furniture Co., went to
Gertrude Fain.
Chickasha today on business.
ROYAL ARCH MASONS TO
HAVE "H0DSEWARMIN6"
th--' ti.-st one drawn has not appeared attacks and air raids. On the Italian
yet. The fourth one drawn is the front the Italians have occupied and
closets to the top number to register, consolidated an Austrian position on
, r , Mount Marmolada. Elsewhere in thU
The thre minor articles of merchan- ' . "
dise were distributed to those num- f?*ionB only artillery bombardment
hers in the crowd. As a result, Mrs. J. avc> Prevai e
R. Bowman now has $35 in mer-  
chandise; Theodore McClung, $25 in
merchandise, and Joe Caha, baby
buggy.
M. C. Phipps of Fort Cobb was ar-
~ . ., reigned before Judge Blanding yes-
Two marriage licenses weer «sued < %tX/nnoon ^ g r ^
today: Luther Pendergrast 32. of on w p_ 8umher of
Randlett, and Miss Gertrude Cooper, Cobb. phipps was bound over to The Royal Arch Masons of Lawton "The Chapter's Need of Past High
21, of Randlett. They were married byj ^ feder-al grand jury. are planning on a big "housewarm- Priests,' Eugene P. McMahon.
Judge Ray. Ray A. York, 22, and The compalint was filed with the U. >ng," which is going to take place on g0i0j "Xhe Thre Jacks'' by Squires,
Miss Nannie Bull, 20, both of Lawton. g by captain Wm. Wednesday March 8, instead of the Benjamin J. McGee.
JOHNSON FOB
SUPERINTENDENT
iForsthye, of Dallas, a secret service 7th as previously announced. An ela-
' officer in the employ of the Treasury borate banquet, talk fest and lodge
Department, charging him with pos- program has been arranged for that
sessing and attempting to pass coun- evening and the various committees
terfeit coins. af 'he order are working zealously to
An If ICO TnnAV make this one of the big Masonic af-
Anmito IUUAT HULA HULA DANCE fairs of the year:
  AT MET TONIGHT. William D. Turner, High Priest and
LONDON, March 2.—A steady flow   Charles A. Madden, secretary
of bachelors toward all recruiting of- Theatre goers are anticipating a nounce the following program
MANY BACHELORS
JOIN THE BRITISH
"Work We Should Do," Charles A.
Madden.
WAGON HIT
BY TRaIN.
3 KILLED
The Constitution is authorized to
announce J. A. Johnson of Lawton as
a candidate for County Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction for Coman-
, , . n che county subject to the democratic St,:]'es,"the driver, Tilday Reynolds
Worth of a Real Loader, Lewis B. primary in August. and Thos Cummjns
were killed when
Mr. Johnson is the old county su
INOLA. Okla., March 2.-
J.
Theatre goers arc anticipating a nounee the following program and "Masonery as a Progressive
ficers today marked the closing of the good performance at the Met theatre rnenu for that night and needless to.ence/' Edwin D. Meeker.
, ,. an Iron Mountain passenger train
"What Royal Arch Masonery perintendent. having formerly held Btruck ,( Kfhoo| waKon at a Kradc
Taught Me," J. Milton Haynes. the office in this county and is one of
Solo, "Anchored" by Adams, Clar- t',c best known men in the county,1
an- ence E. Wagner. and his former work in this important
and "Masonery as a Progressive Sci-1office^ in th" W°«°" ^ ^1°" ^
wind and rain and didn t see the train.
icrossing near here today.
Seven other children were injured,
some seriously. Stiles was sitting
chance to enlist voluntarily
Kitchener's armies.
in Lord tonight when the Hawaiian entertain- gay jt wij] he a feast 0f Kood things to "How to Get a Quorum,"
ers will appear for the first time in eat> a feas( of muslc an(i a ft,aEt 0f Sanders.
this city. One of the features of the intellcct: "The Morning After," Frank
R. Todd °f the schools.
FOR EAST DISTRICT
attraction is the Hula Hula dance.
COMMISSIONER FOR COONTY
SUPERINTENDENT
In this issue the Constitution is au-
thorized to announce C. A. Dunham
of Zella township as a candidate for
county commissioner of the East Dis-
trict.
Mr. Dunham is a native of Missouri
and came to Comanche county at the
opening, drawing a farm near Cox's
Stoie and has lived on the same ever
since.
He has been a successful farmer
and made a success of his own busi-
ness and feels that he can be equally
Lawton, Okla., March 1, 1916.
Editor of the Constitution:
Will you please announce my candi-
dacy for reelection. If the people of
Comanche County want me to con-
tinue to serve them as County Super-
intendent of Public Instruction, I
shall be glad to do so.
Very truly yours,
JENNKTT S. CROSBY.
In the above authorization, MrB.
Banquet Menu. Davis.
Wednesday March 8th 7:00 o'clock Lodge Program.
sharp. 8:30, convening of chapter in lodge
Invocation Thomas J. Irwin. room.
Roast turkey, oyster dressing, roast Reception of Grand Officers.
ham of pork, with apple sauce. I Selection, Male Quartette, Frank A.
Columbia River Baked Salmon Parkinson, I'iram E. White, Ben-
Scalloped Oysters. jamin J. McGee and Clarence E. Wag-
Potato chips and salad. ner.
Celery, pickles, olives and cranberries. "The Royal Arch, Its History and
Assorted cakes and brick ice cream. Its Teachings," by Edgar Cook,
Coffee, ice tea and butter milk.
Cigars.
Banquet Program. ma.
Companion Hugh A. Carroll, Toast- "The Royal Arch Word," by Wil
master.
Toasts limit to 3 minutes. City, Grand Master of the Second
"What I Propose To Do While High Vail.
Blest Be The Tic
MEADOWS FOR
COUNTY WEIGHER
COMMISSIONER
WESTERN DISTRICT
of
The Constitution is authorized to
announce John H. Edwards of Painter
township as a candidate for County
Commissioner of the Western District
of Comanche county, subject to the
democralic primary in August.
John H. Edwards lives in the north-
successful in handling the county bus- Jennett S. Crosby announces as a can- prjest," William D. Turner. Music Chapter
iness. Mr. Dunham helped build the didate for re-election to the office of "Kernels," Alfred T. Howell. That Binds."
first bridge in that section of the County Superintendent of Public In- "The Relation of a Past Grand Benediction, Arthur S.
county,and has been a pioneer county struction subject to the democratic High Priest to His Chapter," Milo A. Bethany Chapter No. 38
builder. primary next August. Nelson. . ^'lay Center, Kansas.
He has never before asked for an Mrs. Crosby is one of the best
office and submits his claims on his known officials of the county and her
fitness arftl ability. work in the office stands as a moun-
  — ment to her energy, zeal and progres-
T. S. Hanna is here from Quanah. gjve cducatjonal work for the Bchoolg
Tex., attending to business matters. flf Comanche county. Her financial
statement about the first of the year
shows her office has been handled in a
manner to conserve the interests of
the taxpayers.
Mrs. Crosby is an untiring worker
and submits her claims on the record
made in the office.
The Constitution is authorized to
announce M. M. Meadows as a candi-
date for County Weigher of Coman-
che county subject to the democratic
primary in August.
Mr. Meadows lives a half mile east
of Lawton on a farm and came to the
Oklahoma City, («rand lli^h I riest, coun^y opening, being a pioneer west part of Painter township on his
Royal Arch Masons, State of Oklaho- and pai{ of the t(me he haB farm> where he has resided for the
'lived in town and part of the time on past nine years and is one of the best
the farm. He is fifty years old, has a known n.en in the county. He is a na-
liam Moses Anderson of Oklahoma family-and is ejr.inertly qualified for live of Kentucky and was raised in
the positon and will make a good ' exas and came to this county as a
county weigher. He has been a demo- pioneer at the opening.
crat all his life and is a good party Mr. Edwards is a good business
worker and submits his claims on his nian and having made a success of
Freese, fitnesg and abiIity to perform the du- his own business, will make a good
R. A. M„
W ANTED
Horses and Mules
from 5 to 10 years
old. 15 to 16 hands
high.
C. S. THOMAS
22~> F at. Lawton
2 TEAMS TO WEATHERFORD
TO CONTEST CHAMPIONSHIP
Two basket ball teams—the boy's! ness men, who were loyal to the team
and girls'—from the high school left wanted Lawton represented at
, . , ... ,. the meet. More than ?U>0 was sub-
I.awton this afternon for Weather-
scribed.
ford, Okla., where they go to enter
Miss
ties of the office. business man for the county. A large
 number of the neighbors and friends
Mrs. Brandon, mother of Mrs. W. in the west district have been urging
W. Wilkinson is able to resume her Mr. Edwards for this important posi-
duties at the Sample Shop, after a tion and the office of Commissioner is
• celt's illness. one of the most important for the
   people, he has consented to make the
Mrs. Roy Dunning has accepted a race and submits his candidacy on his
position with the new Overland ser- fitness and ability to the voters of the
vice at. Jack Kerans. western district.
| Typographical error appeared in Tuesday's ad quoting Roosters
lfic instead of 6c.
Ruby Garner, coach, will
Mrs. Martha Huse and son, Roy the contest for the basket ball champ chaperon(! the girls and Don Groth of •
Iluse of Ralston, Oklahoma, are here, jonship for the Boutlwest. There are Cameron college, who has been coach- •
tne guests of their daughter and sis- (cups ^ the boys, who Lave been ing the boys will look after the I
ter. Mis. SteMa Meadows, ,,1H " defeated but once this year, go to try The following makeup the per- I
Avenue. They will be here for two ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ first-tim0 60;,„cl of the two team8. Me88r8. .
weeks. , ., ,- t I    .am ninnn U>.(T Pn«i Qmnnt Vaui PhinriK •
here for two defeated but once this year, go to try The following make up the per-
and win the cup for the first time, sonnel of the two teams: Messrs.
*—— while the girls' team, won the cup last Glenn Huff, Roy Smoot, Tom Phipps, ^
year, and now, taking it with them, go Clifton Herndsn, Reid Cooter, Reu- .
to defend it a second time. If they win pert Sims and Richard Harper; Miss-
it three times, it becomes their prop- es Ruby Garner, Ethel Pritchard, Eva *,
erty permanently. Hart, Eleanor Crampton, Edna Bell •
At A. L. Lund's Paint and Wall Paper Store The majority of the expense money Fox, Claudia Prcuitt, Helen Preuitt, . nuAt '
411 D AVEN'UE TELEPHONE 1^4 foi the trip was subscribed by busi- ,IIe!en Bixby, and Helen Anderson.
Window Glass
LIVE POULTRY WANTED QUICK
V'e will pay the following prices from March 1 to March 4, 1916:
Live hens, per pound  ,2c
Live springs, under 3 pounds, each  1'c
Roosters, old and young, per pound  6C
Ducks, per pound - '(lt'
Gec3c, per pound  ; "c
Guineas, each '",c
WRIGHT PRODUCE CO.
LAWTON, OKLA.
.....       
OS BY
ilDENT
VEHEMENT de-
riioEoi <;hly
)Y DEBATE.
IS SPEECH
exident Quoted as
ir Not an
il.
I). C., March 3.—
lopments in Preoi*
, it with congress,
st with elements of
dramatic, the ad"
< in the senate
priced with pledges
kill onec and for
resolution to warn
d ships of the
,'nts and demon"
stands behind the
negotiations with
late, it is believed,
omptly by stifling
house against the
policy.
president inform-
men that war be-
.ates and Germany
vil to this nation,
i advati .ig civili-
about the end of
by mid-suf.mer,"
in the senate by
Gore of Oklaho-
? reason for sup-
>n warning Amer-
veling on armed
itions engaged in
e near the close of
rks by Senator
mate ag it had not
in years, and
denial from Sen-
I or Gore's charges,
resolution," Sen-
, 'because I was
/e were speeding
Ptrhnps I ought
lay what I have
'ing—that my ac-
■ a report which
n the highest and
thority, that cer-
irtain members of
erence wit h the
nited States, le-
;nt the informa-
■laration, that if
■pon her position
vould insist upon
it it would result
ach of diplomatic
breach of diplo-
d probably be fol-
' war and that a
ot of itself and of
to this republic,
States, by enter-
might be able to
sion by mid-sum-
r a great service
of the Goodner
ad to his home on
Cotton Rags at
b.. must he clean
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