oklahoma, O*LA.
,)kla. Illstc-'ioal Society.
THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION
VOLUME XV—NO. 234.
LAWTON. OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1916.
DAir.Y EDITION
FORT SILL TROOPS TO BORDER
V
I
COLONEL RECEIVES ORDERS TO
LEAVE AT ONCE-MAY MEAN
WEATHER REPORT
HURLS CUSPIDOR AS
JUDGE PRONOUNCES
35 YEAR SENTENCE.
WAR
Washington, D. C., May 9.—(Special to the
Constitution)—Orders have been sent out to
Hon. Tom Hunter, p. prominent at-
practically all the forts in the south to entrain at tor"ey of H«s°.,,kla was in cit>'
r ' ill " * 1 Monday and Tuesday attending to
once and proceed to the border as quictdy as pos- legal business and visiting with his
sible. This may mean intervention but officials frie <is and colleague of the legis-
J # # lature, Lewis A. Hunter, of this city.
would not say whether it was intervention or not. Mr. Tom Hunter has been prominent
Fort Sill, along with the other, ha. been included. SSSZ
_____———_ cratic caucus. He has tiled his name as
_ , . Ji .a candidate from Choctaw county for
Colonel Granger Adams, commandant at the coming election.
Forecast For Ok'ahoma—'Tonight CHICAGO, May 9.—Juil^e Charles
and Wednesday generally fair, con- A. McDonald escaped injury today at
tinued warn). ^the hands of Daniel Riley by dodK-
Temperature for 24 hour period be- 'in(r „ cuspidor which Riley, a boy
sinning 7 a. m., Monday. of 18 years, threw at his head, just
.Maximum  8.) after th- judge had sentenced him
Minimum  66 for 35 years for the murder of John
Mean Temperature   Mozier, a saloonkeeper. The judge
Temperature data: helped bailiffs subdue Riley, who'
A LAWTON VISITOR. Citizens State bank left Monday for Maximum this date last year  76 j made a desperate attempt to escape
  Clinton and other points in Illinois, Minimum this date last year 47 from-the courtroom. Several weeks   
where she will visit with^relatives for Mean Temp, this date last year ... 61 ago Riley was convicted of the same ''resident Indicates That Continuatioa
several weeks. Precipitation for 24 hours ending charge and sentenced to 14 years in 'hplomiltic Relations Is Based
  May 9th, 7 a. m„ 0.00. . prison, but secured a new trial, which (>n Compliance With
II ft Hill I kinT FRANK M. HEAD, resulted in the 35-year term. Judge Promises Made.
U. Oi WILL NUI Special 0bsprvei'-! McDonald criticised the first jury
PROMINENT HUGO LAWYER
Miss Parlier, bookkeeper at the
WILSON
CABLES
ANSWER
ACCEPT IFS IN
GERMAN REPLY
HERE TAKING EXAMINATION
day to be here to take the state vet-
erinarians examination, which is in
session in this city for three days.
Both are prominent veterinarians of
Choctaw county.
REV. MOSELEY
TO FLORIDA
Rev. J. W. Moseley, Jr., pastor of
Fort Sill, received orders from Washington, D. C. y R Cu]lisoni Jr m the cjty to
at 2 o'clock this afternoon, directing all the troops day from Enid, Okla., attending to#
including the Fifth Field P 'Ulery to get ready ith his aunt>
to go to the Mexican border and to leave as soon
as transportation arrives. The Fifth Field Artil-
lery is composed of five batteries, B, C, D, E and LllB. uoyd aiui b. p. Reeves, both of
F, All the equipment including tWO batteries 3 Hugo, Okla., arrived in Lawton Mon-
inch rifles, three batteries 4.7 Howitzers and one
battery 6 inch Howitzers, wagons, auto trucks
and supply wagons will be taken.
The destination of the troops could not be
learned, but it will be somewhere close to the
border.
War has not been declared as yet, but there
evidently will be a decided movement soon, else
the Fort Sill troops would not have been ordered
to the border.
More than 1,000 men will go, in fact all
those stationed at Fort Sill have been ordered to Presbyterian church ph0ne 74;
, leaves r riday for Orlando, Florida,
entrain. _ ,
As soon as the orders were received work
was commenced finishing the packing of baggage
equipment, etc. Everything has been put in read-
iness so that the troops will be ready to entrain as
soon as the transportation arrives.
The exact destination was not given out at
the post, but it is known that they will be used ei-
ther to defend the border or to enter Mexico.
Companies E and H of the 19th Infantry,
who have been here attending the school of fire,
left yesterday evening over the Rock Island forjd>' f°und * '"ot iliv
IT t ,tl , .1 i i 'a wedding on Jefferson street near
Bartlesville, 1 exas, where tney were ordered Thirteenth street, last night he put
Sunday. lon l>es^ Rothes and proceeded to
All the hospital corps will go, with its equip- in ap"rove(1 labor
ment. It is supposed that those officers who have
i "Don't go In there," he was warn-
been attending the school of fire will leave at ins quests when a policeman arrest-
once for their respective stations.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 9.
—The I'nited States Government
Monday afternoon accepted Ger-
many's concessions in the sub-
marine issue, but declined to ac-
cede to the German suggestion
for linking the situation with
British/American controversies.
This was done iu a note for-
warded to Berlin by the State De-
partment.
The text of the communication,
very brief, is withheld for publi-
cation. It was learned, however,
that the above statement consti-
tutes the essence of the communi-
cation.
Because of brevity of the note
it is believed here, it should reach
Berlin in time for publication
there some time this afternoon.
TROOPS
TRAIL
BANDIT
ACROSS
RIVER
• sharply for its leniency and before
pronouncing sentence today toid
Riley he was lucky to escape the gal-
lows.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
LECTURE ENJOYED
BY BIG CROWD
POISONING IN FINGER, agreement having been reached.
was indicated Monday, however,
It j
thpt
Assembly of the Southern Presbyter-
ian church. Rev. Moseley was elected
commissioner by the Presbytery of
Mangum, which recently held its sea- Art DeTamble, of the Coffey Gar- tftorts to reach an understanding re-
sion in the Beal Heights Presbyterian aB® liaB '>een suffering for the past yarding the status of the American
church in this city. He will be absent wee^ with a sore finger, which de- J troops in Mexico had not been aban-
three weks, but services will be con- i sloped blood poisoning. However, he doned and ihat another conf
NOTED ARTISTS AT
METROPOLITAN
ducted at the church as usual.
TRIED TO "GUM-UP-'
A WEDDING CEREMONY.
got it checked in time and is able to j wou]j )je held,
be out again.
G. W. Brown and J. Cunningham of j ALPINE, Texas, May 9.—Fleeing
Elgin were in Lawton today looking, through the wild mesas of northern
after business interests and seeing1 Coahuila, the seventy or more ban-
Lawton on tonight and tomorrow
night will have the privilege of see-
ing Holinan & John, late of the AI G.
Fields Minstrels in their Frog and Al-;
ligator Act at the new Dome. Man-
aged Woods has secured this extra
special at considerable expense and it.
will be appreciated by the many pa-
KANSAS CITY, May 9.—When Ed- , L , .. . . • j a
rited to about lettinK a sub-agency for the d ts that raided the American settle
1 U ° Pullman cafe for which they are ment of Glenn Springs and Boquilla
agents. last Friday, killing three cavalrymen,
  two civilians and a 9-year-old boy, are , tro[ s of the theatre These tw0 vaude
believed to be heading from the scene |vi„e artists arv considered alllonK the years old and has
of their depredations into the interior be,t theirIineg The Haunted Manor mn"teT for 62 year"
Arrangements are l eing made from °f Mexico.
the Quartermaster General's office at A possee from Marathon and a de-
Washington for the transportation of tachment of twenty-three troopers of 0ne trouble abou; being a little boy
INTERNATIONAL LAW
United States Government Wishes It
Clearly Understood That Under-
standings With Other Belliger-
ents Have No Bearing.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 9.—A
note cabled by Secretary Lansing to
Ambassador Gerard today for deliv-
ery to the Berlin foreign office, in-
- forms the German government that
the United States accepts its ''declare-
Those who did not hear the free lec- tion of Abandonment" of its former
ture on Christian Science last night at submarine policy and now relies upon
the high school auditorium by Jacob S. a scrupulous execution of the altered
i Shields, C. S. B. of Chicago, 111., policy to remove the principal danger
'missed a rare treat, not that his lec- of an interruption of the good rela-
ture was about science altogether but tions existing between the two coun-
it was a lecture full of general in- tries.
formation and such that th« jjenerol With this acceptance is coupled for-
public could appreciate. una? tiotice to Germany that the Unit-
His subject was "Christian Science ed states cannot for a moment entcr-
is a religion oi love," and he developed tain, much less discuss, a suggestion
that theme, enlarging on its various that respect by German naval authori-
phases. ties of the rights of citizens of the
A large crowd beard the lecture and i United States on the high seas should
    were well repaid for attending. After in the slightest degree be made con-
LOST—Bull pup about 3 months old, EL PASO, Texas, May 9-Mon- Mr Shield, had finished speaking, the tlngent upon the conduct of any other
ears and side of head brown. Finder day's conference between Generals ;'ud,e"'e re™lned "J™* f°r al™8t government affect.ng the nghU of
.... .   r- . , two full minutes and then cheered for neutrals and non combatants.
will receive reward. L. A. Lvtrton, Scott and Funston and General Obre- u- . , , . . , A • . , , •
r q ot ' im to go on, but he had finished his This is in reply to the concluding
P gor>, Mexican minister of war, and lecture. statement in the last German note to
u „ ® . . .. f, i Juan Amador, sub-minister of foreign Mr. Shields left this morning for his the effect that while submarines com-
wnere he goes to attend the General . , . .
I)E TAMBLE HAI) BLOOD affairs, ended late Monday without an home in Chicago. manders had been ordered to sink no
peaceful freight or pasenger carrying
ships without warning or without
! safety for passengers and crew, the
; German government would reserve to
itself complete liberty of decision un-
less the United States was successful
iti its efforts to break the British
1 lockade.
HAS BEEN ORDAINED
MINISTER FOR 62 YEARS.
ROUTED OVER SANTA FE.
Rev. J. W. Moseley. Sr., of Hatties-
burg, Miss., is visiting his son, Rev.
J. W. Moseley, Jr., and family for sev-
eral weeks. The old gentleman is 87
been an ordained
I will be shown tonight.
WALL PAPER
Now is the time to place your order3 for spring work. A complete
stock of Wall Paper, Paints, Floor Finishes, Alabastine,
Enamels, Window Shades and Glass.
Phone 194
A. L. LUND
411 D Ave.
c«i him.
Foley was fined $5 by
t<. ley. He said he had been a suitor
of the young lady who was to be wed.
He also said he had been drinking.
Comanche Ice Company
 Phone 274 
TX
U GET THE BEST SERVICE
it is necessary we have your co-
operation. Should you have the slight-
est cause of complaint we will deem it
a favor if you will telephone us.
By working in this manner with
us, we can iu time make the service
perfect.
ju^e Coon ,he Fort Si" ,roop8 10 th<; l,order oyrT ,he Four,eenth cavalry are said to, j, tl|at preMy ,adie8 kiBS him hefore '"pensive
the Santa Fe. The Santa Fe will send have followed the trail of the Mexi- j5 0j{£ en0UKh t^, appreciate it.
the train over the Rock Island to Fort ' Bns 'nt0 Coahuila, while other troops ^ ^irl who never Higgles might as
Sill, and then return to the main line j have it that the Americans have not wej| a wjdow woman.
   at Oklahoma City and route the troops forded the Rio Grande niru'ty-fiv  
Call 448 for cleaning and pressing, «h ' * 3r. It will possibly take a day miln from here, but arc waitini; at F0R SALE OR TRADE-Line of the
hats cleaned and blocked The Unique 10 transportation here. tl,e nver for reinforcements. Cupt. |)egt n,illinery stock in town. Will
Tailors, 319 C Ave. 5-1 lm   ICa8I,ar Co,e U.hurryin>r to Bo,luilla to trade for Ford car. 304 D Ave. Phone
Try the Constitution Want ad col-
umn—it will bring results and ie not
tf
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DAILY
From 2:30 to 4:30
NOW SHOWING
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PRICES 10c
FIRST WARD
DEMOCRATS
Telephone 76 for the Constitution I t ike t.mmand, while two com;>a
 | of the Fourteenth cavr.Uy an I a ma-
j chine gun company are expected here
or at Marathon Monday afternoon
when they will head gouthv/ard to the
Big Bend country.
UHI I MITT Troops A and B of the Eighth cav-
WILL MllT a'ry unt^er cornmand of Maj. G. T.
1 Lon«horne, reached Marathon Monday
  from El Paso and immediately started
The democrats of First precinct, I southwest to Glenn Springs over the
Ward 2, are hereby caleld to meet at ■ truck roads.
the city hall, Tuesday night ft 81 
o'clock.
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
162.
5-9 4t
WANTED
Horses and Mules
from 5 to 10 years
old, 15 to 16 hands
high.
C. S. THOMAS
Graduation
Gifts
We sugKeHt Dia-
mond Ringst,
Chains, Harcelet*,
Watches, I*aval-
liers. Buy them
from
CLIfFORD'S
Dome Tonight
IVA SHEPARD
THE FAMOUS EMOTIONAL ACTRESS IN
"ThefHaunted Manor'
j ACT MUTUAL MASTERPIECE—Powerful; Abnorbanti Full of
Human Interest.
New Vaudeville
"*• HOLMAN & JOHN
LATE OF AL G. FIELDS M1NISTRELS IN A
Frog and Alligator Act
SPECIAL SCENERY
TEN AND FIFTEEN CENTS.