The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 190, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 18, 1916 Page: 1 of 4
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THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION
VOLUME XV—NO. 190.
LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY EVENING MARCH 18. 1916.
DAK'Y EDITION
U, S. TROOPS HAVE
ENCOUNTERED
NOT
VILLA
SENATE NOW
REINDORSES
PRES. POLICY
been no clash between Americans and
any band of Mexicans and that the
routine of the march had not teen
disturbed.
DEMOCRATIC
COMMITTEE
MAKES CALL
Society
JUDGE RAY
ANNOUNCES
Mrs. Parkinson
/Entertains For Husband.
Mtb. F. A. Parkinson delightfully
surprised her husband last evenine by
giving an informal dinner party for
him, the occasion being his birthday.
The guests were Mr. and Mrs. G. C.
The Democratic County Central Waldorf and little daughter, I lou is
Committee met at the City Hall at 2 an(j ^jrs ^ j gasH
o'clock this afternoon with quite a full ______
attendance of the committee, a large Young Folks Dante
majority of the precincts being re- At carney na|i#
presented. \ number of the younger set en-
ROSELAND
HAS GOOD
MEETING
COMMITTEE OK BUSINESS MEN
VISIT MEETING AN1) TALK
OVER CONDITIONS
WEATHER REPORT
INTENSITY
OF BATTLE
DWINDLES
Forecast For Oklahoma -Tonight
fair, cooler, Sunday fair.
Temeprature for 24 hour period be-
beginning S A. M. Friday:
Maximum 89
Minimum 49
Mean Temperature 09
Temperature, data:
.Maximum this date Ian year 57 ONL\ ARTILLERY ARMS ACTIVE
Minimum this date last year 30 AROUND VERDUN; TEUTON
Mean Tem. this date last year. . . .43 DEPOTS DESTROYED.
posing sides are active. No infantry
or counter-attacks are being engaged
UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED RESO-
LUTION ON USE OF ARMY
IN MEXICO.
R. J. Ray authorizes the Constitu-
tion to place his name in the an-
nouncement column, as a candidate
for county judge, subject to the demo-
—— cratic primary next August.
WASHINGTON, March 18.—The, Judge Ray has been county jud«e for
main American expeditionary force in the last four years and during that
Mexico as late as Friday afternoon time has conducted the affairs of his
had encountered r.°ne of Villa's out- office in an efficient manner. His
laws. Reports to this effect were re- record speaks for itself.
ceived by the war department in field
Precipitation for 24 hours ending
The Farmers Institute meeting held March 18th, 8 A. M., .00. Ajjain the intensity of the fixhtint;
last ninht at Roselawn school house FRANK M. HEAD, around Verdun has dwindled percepti-
Th mmmiitop fallowed the lines of ■ j i i ■ w W8S one "10 moBt beneficial |0 tlie Special Observer, tdy. Only the artillery arms of the op-
The committee followed the lines of Joyed u dance ,ast evening at C arney fa|.me]. an(, ma„
ever held in
the state call and ordered the pre- ha„. Music was furnished for the oc- )(m> f Xhis u the first of ., 8er.
cmctconvent'onsheld next Saturday cllsion by ,he Uedom-Porkorney ^ of mectinK9 to b, hcW ,hroushoul ST. PATRICK PKOC.KAM
Macrh 25th at the usual voting place orchestra, and the floor being in ex- the rm,nty Tlie (.ommjttee flom the AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Business Men's club went out to visit — - ■ -
the meeting and to get in closer touch P*Hle Weekly Program on l.ast Night
with the conditions in the county. The Attracted Large Crowd Load
, . Kindness Men were biirh in their Music.
delegate for each 2 voters or fraction
thereof, cast in the democratic pri- jirs Talbot Entertains
in each precinct, unless some other te|]ent condition, a royal good time
point is designated by the precinct was t!fl(] Messrs. and Mesdames Mel-
j committeeman, at 2 p. m. and the bus- vjne Mitschrich, Kern Sanders and
is of representation was fixed at one (.;ari Tomlinson chaperoned the crowd. """. 'T" . . . . ...
. . A - , rtc . e „ 1 Business Men were high in their
deleeate for each 25 voters or fraction .
praises of the meeting. Several dis-
tricts were represented at the meet
mary.
Pastime Club.
The formal call will be issued Mon- Mrs. Louis Talbot was hostess to
ing and the house was packed to its °f ^
Around LeMort Homme v.here furi-
ous battle recently have been fought
compartive quiet reigns. Even the
bombardments here are only inter-
mittent. There also has been a slack-
in the fire of the big guns in the
The regular Friday night program Woevre re(tif)n s0Utheast of Verdun.
Pathe Lyceum course that is
given at the
PAYS TO ADVERTISE
SUNDAY CHURCH
wireless messages relays by telegraph HATCHERY BILL
from point along the international SIGNED BY PRESIDENT.
border.
Officials interpreted the information Washington, I). C.
as clearly indicating that Villa and The Lawton Constituion,
his bandits were fleeing before the Lawton, Oklahoma.
American davance and that it was President signed my bill today
extremely doubtful that they would granting state of Oklahoma authority ARDMORE, Ok., March 18.—Argu-
attempt to make a stand. The opinion to construct and maintain fish hatch- to the'Kene'ra, pul)Hc that ex.
prevailed among anhy officers that the ery on Fort SHI military reservation. ^ why peop]e ahou,d gQ to thurch
campaign would develop quickly into SC (iTI FERRIS ^ the burden of half.pa(fe advertise-
The above telegram, which is self-
( > Northeast of the fortress, however,
day and published giving the number thc Pa,tinie Club Friday afternoon, of the evening was church, attracted a large crowd last G^rmlfrreTuriLr 'she'u^a^nat
of delegates foi each precinct. her additonal guets being Mesdames ,1|)ene(1 by ,he chairm8n A. B. Car. night. In connection with the regular ^ ,,rem.h position8 but the Krench
Harry Williams Shelton Uughl.n penter who ca]|ed for R gon(t by the pictures, an Irish program, consisting are v;Koroug|y ,.ounteri„g. North of
SE"XICE Simpson, the two later named, fhj|dren of vocal selections of Irish song was Ve,.dun near the ^ u„k of the
e'ecte<' to membership After the vocal selection a number K'ven. All were well rendered and en- important (;erma„ ammuni-
club. After the usual games o 42 the of ker„ were calle(| and the fo). joyed by the audience and each num-,tion (, have , ,(,own b
in ip« worp invpn mi ;iu nmnhi ■ ride . . i„... . .. It..-
Ardmore Pastor Uses Space in I>ocaI ladies were given an automobile ride
Newspaper to Attract Crowds
For Sunday.
over the city, then to Kerans, where
they were served with dainty refresh
lowing responded.
C. ft.
ber received a hearty applause. Dur-, ^ Fren(.h KU118 „ champneuvine.
a guerrilla warfare if any opposition a..u c =,c.,- mentg tbal appeal.
at all developed. The war department explanatory war, reecived last night. I ^ thg |an()
had no confirmation of border reports
that snipers had fired on the Ameri-
can troops.
The Mexican situation was discus-
sed very fully at Friday s cabinet
meeting and Secretary Baker read re-
ports received from General Funston.
Cabinet members agreed that danger
of serious clashes with the Car ran sa
troops probably had passed.
It is indeed gratifying to know that
the hatchery is now settled.
Donart, county demonstra- i"K ^e pictures, a Victrolia from the, ()n|y one infantr), action has taken
tion agent, spoke on the preparation ''"well Drug Store furnished IrlBhlpiace a|onK the enljre )jne from Bel-
ments witn St. Patrick appointments. of ^ melodies sung by some of the greatto lhe ViiB(fes Thia wgs nor,h of
F. W. Price, a prominent farmer singers. In all the program was a de- {he Ajsnei where a Clermsn attack
of the Roselawn district, gave a very ci(le<l success and thme in charge are aRajngt a Bman French ,jo8t south of
interesting talk on feedstuffs. lc be congratulated. jthe Bojg [)os puttes were repulsed.
0. O. Kirkham, told the farmers " r Constantinople reports that the
about the Lawton Business Men's Mrs Frank Morgan of Lawton route• British in Mesopotamia are in general
Mrs. Higgins Hostess
To Forty-Two Club.
The regular meeting of the Forty-
n newspapers Two club was held Thursday after-
iisements no0n, and a pleasant time was spent c]ub and itg inlcreg| in tbe farmers .1, is in the city today visiting with retreat from the Felahie region with
REPUBLICANS
MEET TODAY
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 18.
The republicans are holding their i change after fresh and thorough ex- Smith, Rensch and James
—Calculation about army headquart- county convention this afternoon be- perience in church fellowship?
ers here Friday indicated that Gener- ginnig at 2:30 o'clock. "Surely you agree that the church (;jves Birthday Dinner
al Pershing will be in positon to re- Over one hundred delegates are hare as a whole has been a tremendously |.or Husl(and.
divide his force and from near heart from various parts of the county to beneficial factor in the development £ \Vood, manager of
attract attention and are said to be al tbe home of Mrs. Joe Higgins. Em
attracting attendance to the churches. lljematic of St. Pa'rick, the rooms
Here is the advertisement iiiat filled were artistically decor'ittd in cut
half a page of an Ardmore Saturday flowers an(] potted plants and flags.
newspaper it carried a heading seven The place ca,.d, werc a)s0 suggest i/e
columns wide that read, "Even as an of gt patrick. The hostess served an
Experiment:' appetizing luncheon of two couraed.
"Granting that you do not feel the Tbc members present were: Mes-
urgent need of your presence at dames Westbrook, March, Bowman,
church services isn't it wholly pos- Y.rwgod, French. Carroll Spence: moBti"ng'..nd ^told The'Roselawn peo-
■Sihle that your feelings miglit wisely Slatten, P. H. ClaW, Kiley p)f „ome very jnteregtin(r thin(JS
Timmons. about rnra| schools and methods to
insure their betterment.
The meeting was adjourned at
late hour.
the Met
of Comanche county. home folks.
Mr. Clark of the Walker Flour
Mills gave a very interesting talk
on th** progress of the city and
county since ni& residence here and
urged the farmers to assist in mak-
ing this the chief agricultural center
for the state.
Mrs. Crosby was present at the
BUSINESS
MEN'S CLUB
(the Turks vigorously in pursuit.
BARN DESTROYED BY
FIRE LAST NIGHT.
^he barn of J. J. Nelson, 520 Fifth
street was badly damaged by fire la*t
night and their horse suffocated so by
flames that it died. A quantity of hay
was destroyed. A wagon across thc
door kept the horse from fretting out.
Fifteen head of cattle were turned
The Business Mens Club held their 0ut of the lot.
a regular meeting Friday night dis-
Another similar meeting cussing matters of interest to Lawton. ,
reported twenty-
which as indeed
, , A . . . >r .- • i. ).• ,. m will no doubt be held in the near pt-nfiL Head, chairman of the mem-
of the region where V.lla has been op- attend the convention. Owing to the of civiliza ion, in the cultivation of ,heatl.ei had a show all his mvM ,ast (| the R„selnwn communUy com„ittee
erating. begin a systematic search for lateness of the hour of meeting, a full love and of truth, and of honesty, and evenin(f> and jt wasn't at the Met -g irrt.at|v intercsted in the better- •
him. Official itports to General Fun- repoit of the meeting cannot be oh- of friendship, and of hope, and of eithel. Yesterday was Mr. Wood s ment of the district and were well "" !'ew meB1 ,e™'
ston -avc assurance that there had fined, for Saturdays issue. faith, and of happineaa-in fact, the ;birthday aIld Mrl. Wood pianned a de- lea8ed with the attend-.-ce las. "V communication was read from
great promoter of every wm-thy Halt l;ehtful surnrise for him uDon his re- . . ,, . .. • • .v, communication wa.
ELECTION PROCLAMATION 0f human character. You can scarcely ,urn home from the theatre \ smaU nl"ht as w'" *' "'e. rtb Con'{r,ii'ma" Sc(,tt Ferris "'^•'ding
Under and by virtue of a resolution passed by the Board of Education find an individual anywhere who comDanv of friends hud been invited in ™e",be™ of ,thc Bu""es" ' e 8 -securing an appropriation for new
of the City of Lawton, State 01 Oklahoma, at a meeting held on the 13th day .. , . . .. ... company of tnenUs had been invitea in Mr Guthr1e was also a speaker of bujidjngs at the Ft. Sill Indian hos-
of March, lylti, public notice is hereby given that a special_e|ection is hereby «oul<l ^deny t^he geneial wor to spend the evening and at ,1 appro- ,be evening. pital. Mr. Ferris stated that it was
The Farmers Institute was organ- probably too lat£ to secure the leg-
Try Constitution Want Ads.
YOUR
FORD PAINTED
For $15.00.
M. PARMENTER—226 E
ordered and proclaimed to be held in said School District comprising said City ness of the church. priate hour, refreshments were ser-
and thc territory annexed thereto for school purposes, on the 29th day of -But when it comes to the question , -pi... I00ms were tastefullv decor-
March. 11116. for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of said of eac.h individua, ,.eceiving the full aled in St Patrick colors. X most
for the
School District the following proposition:
PROPOSITION
"Shall the Board of Education of the City of Lawton, Comanche
County, Oklahoma, issue its negotiable coupon bonds in the amount
of $15,000.00 for the purpose of providing funds for the purpose of
building an addition to the Lincoln School Building located in Block
Number Six, Beal Addition to Lawton, Oklahoma, in the Fifth Ward
in said City, equipping same; and also to provide for the levy and
collection of an annual tax upon all the taxable property in said
■ School District comprising said City, and the territory annexed there-
to, sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds when due, and to con-
stitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof when •
due; s-aid bonds to bear interest not to exceed the rate of 5 per cent
nor annum, payable semi-annually, and to become due 25 years from
their date?"
The polls shall be opened at ti o'clock A. M. and closed at 7 o'clock P. M.
The number and location of the polling places shall be as follows:
First Ward, Precinct One: No. 310, C Avenue.
First Ward, Precinct Two: McKinley School House.
Second Ward, Precinct One: City Hall.
Second Ward, Precinct Two: Gwinn's Store, No. 8 Eleventh St.
Third Ward, Precinct One: Hedlund Building, Corner D and Sixth St.
Third Ward, Precinct Two: No. 905 E Avenue.
Fourth Ward, Precinct One: No. 210 D Avenue.
Fifth Ward, Precinct One: No. 310 Park Avenue.
Fiftn Waid, Precinct Two: No. 1006 Seventh Street.
benefits offered by the church, you pleasant time was spent, and it goes
can find many who are not getting w|thout saying that Mr. Wood "stood
,their share. Every individual gets Pat „ Those present were: Messrs.
i some of its advantages—no person and Mesdames u. w. Fletcher and
|could escape the church's good influ- Henry Cassin, Mrs. A.
i ence entirely—but too few ever know Mjases Hclen fletcher and Irene
ithe full measure of happiness the
| church could bring into their lives.
'If you do not attend church regu-
larly you lose by just that much the
larger life which the church is eager
to bestow upon you.
"Try going regularly and you'll
find out for yourself that your life
has been missing something very
much worth while.
"Be skeptical if you muat at the
outset. Begin going to church as an
experiment. Only go! Keep your mind
ized, G. C. Crownin being elected jsiatioii now but it was probable
president and C. R. Donart, secretary, that money was available from the
A board of five directors was selected saje nf remnant Indian lands which
t« complete the organization and to gould be utilized for the purpose'
get up a set of by-laws. The next without further legislation, and he
noting will be held one month hence would take up the matter without
TlLj at ^08e'aNvn' These meetings are for deiay. Mr. Ferris further stated that
the promotion of farm economics and a $5^000 increase had been secured for
sanitation. the Dry Farming station and that
neWi buildings and equipment were
Mrs. Chas. Wolf, who teaches at ussured.
Indiahoma, is in Lawton today ming- Chairman Fred Thompson of the
Yesterday at the home of Mrs. C . Ujug with friends and shopping. Mrs. Good Roads committee reported that
H. Block, Mrs. Fred Sponslers circle came over with Mr. and Mrs. S. the committee had been in almost
St. Patrick Tea at
Mrs. (J. H. Block Success.
a large concourse of ladies visited the frjentja
home. Decorations suggestive of auld
Ireland and her patron saint were
artistically used in the parlors and
open and unprejudiced. Be ready to ^ Me„dames Felt, Steph
E^tors residing in the territory annwed to said City of Lawton for to yourself that your part
school pur]mses and lying outside the limits of said City shall vote at the feelings about church attendance were
Dunbar School House, northwest of City limits. Snot altogether justified.
The following named persons are hereby designated to conduct said "Start now to expariment in going
eleciuiivt War ] precjnct 0ne. judges, W. B. Mead, M. A. Wert; Clerks, II. to church. Keep a fixed purpose-
E. Diehl. A. J. Burton. peiform the experiment fifty-two
First Ward, Precinct Two: Judges, J. C. Talmadge, S. W. Ramage; Clerks, lime. at ]east
R. F. Char/lplin, W. F. Stuart. "4,,,1 whan .mother venr rolls
Second Ward Precinct One: Judges, O. O. Kirkham, A. T. Catron; Clerks, An l w"e" another yea
J. E. Michae'son, A. T. Howell. around you'll be urging the same ex-
Second Ward, Precinct Two: Judges, Al Calloway, John St. Clair; clerks, periment upon others.
J. E. Jams, A. B. Moore. "Bv a[| means, begin now."
Third Ward, Precinct One: Judges, E. J. Tochterman, G. H. Roberts;
Clerks, R. Todd Sanders, U. C. Moore. .
Third Ward, Precinct Two: Judges, J. N. Tague, Harrie Jones; Clerks, Drs. J. H. Mulhn, H. W. smith .1 D.
Henry .lessee, Milo Tague. LeNort and Frank Dole will leave to-
F<mr(th Ward. iVec.nct One: Judges. H. C. Crawford, T. J. Davs; Clerks, morrow {m Kansa, aty whepe thsy
Jac°Fm™Vur<L Precinct One: Judges, R. C. Teague, J. W. Moseley; Clerks, will spend a week attending the Tri-
State Dental post graduate course.
Mrs. George Myers of Geronimo, is
in Lawton today.
of the Christian church gave a St. ^ (jjjeg jn fheir car and they will go continuous session for the past week
Patrick tea and during the afternoon gter|jng today where they will re- and that some good work had been
from the hours of two-thirty to five, majn 0Ver Sunday for a visit with accomplished. He also reported a
resolution, addressed to the County
Commissioners, petitoning that body
to lay out and improve the Meridian
road passing through Comanche
county as ample funds were available
and the road is badly needed. The
resolution was adopted.
Mr. Reed of Anadarko was a club
visitor and briefly addressed the
club regarding the proposed estab-
lishment at Lawton of a fancy horse
farm as proposed by A. H Willard,
Another automobile accident, not of of Springfield, Mo., one of the best
AUTO ACCIDENT
AT TENTH AND D
FLETCHER MAN RAN INTO SOL
1)1 ER FROM BATTERY C—NO
SERIOUS DAMAGE.
H. A. Angus, Fred Larrance. ,
Fifth Ward, Precinct Two: Judges, P. C.. Fullerton, Frank Bnndley;
Clerk; , T. H. Westbrook, Al Forgeus.
The following persons are hereby designated to conduct said election in
said annexed territory: „ . „ , . . ,
Judges, C, S. Bet?., I. F. Colley; Clerks, T. A. Runnels, A. L. Lund.
Said officers shall also act as counters. .
WITNESS my hand as Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of said
City affixed at the City of Lawton, in the State of Oklahoma, on the 18th
day of March, 1916. ' HENRY BOYLE.
Atte'it:— (Seal) Chairman of Board of Commissioners of City of Lawton.
W. I). TURNER,
Secretary, Board of Commissioners.
Window Glass
At A. L. Lund's Paint and Walt Paper Store
411 D AVENUE TELEPHONE 194
ens and Hues dressed en Irish cos-
tume, served the ladies with delicious
refreshments which were also sug-
gestive of St. Patrick
During the afternoon an Irish pro-
gram, consiting of vocal and instru-
mental music was rendered which was
thoioughly enjoyed. The program fol-
lows: Mrs. James Hammond, piano; ^ gerj0U8 nature, happened this morn- known breeders in the United States.
Anna Kiely Gwinn, and Mary ( arr jnjr at the corner of Fourth and I> A committee *aa appointed to inves-
Gwinn, violin and piano; Claudia avenue c E Hinson, a young man tigate the proposed project.
from Fletcher ran into W. W. Allen, a E. G. Wan en, chairman of the Car-
soldier of Batery C. Allen's arm and negie library committee, announced
leg were badly skinned and his that he has received word from the
clothing torn, but otherwise he was board of directors of the fund that
not hurt. Hinson settled with Allen they will take the application of
for the damages done to his clothing. Lawton' committee under consider-
WANTED
Horses and Mules
from 5 to 10 years
old, 15 to 16 hands
high.
C. S. THOMAS
225 F fit.
Lawton
Pruitt, voice; Grace Block, piano;
Rev. Wagner, voice; Pauline Puuh, pi-
aoo; Miss Flood, piano; Miss Fuller-
ton, piano; Mrs. Danfty, Irish read-
ing; Exall English, coronet solo with
Palmer Brandow at the piano.
The tea was a decided success in
every way and the ladies netted a
neat sum.
PARTY OF DUNCAN LAblES
ARE IN THE CITY.
Mesdames W. T. Speegle, J. O.
Thomas, Wm. Duncan and Misses
Julia Speegle and Jewell Belcher all
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
MOVING PICTURES, religious
r.nd educational, in Sermon and Song,
i t the First Presbyterian Church, 1)
Avenue ana Eighth Street, every
Sunday evening at 7:00 p. m. Divine
Scrvice at 11:00 a. m. Sunday School
ation at their next meeting, but they
did not state just when that would be.
At the
Met Theatre
Sunday Night
\
m
(treat Kailr.iad film novel fea-
turing
HELEN HOLMES
Chapter No. 3
"A Life in Peril"
In Two Reels
Vaudeville Sunday
ThurMday
and
ALWAYS A FEATURE
MATINEE ON SATURDAY
of Duncan are spending the day in at 9:30 a. m. Midweek Prayer Ser-
Lawton shrpping and visiting. The vice Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. Strang-
ladies motored over this morning and ers welcome.
will return late this afternoon. (Adv.) T. J. IRWIN, Pastor.
Mrs. M. D. Lann of Indiahoma is Mrs. Walter Davis of Chattanooga
spending the day in Lawton. 4 is in Lawton today shopping.
Opened for Business
All lines of
Plumbing and Heating
Work absolutely guaranteed
Lawton Plumbing and Heating Co.
420 D Ave.
Phone 201
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