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VOL. XVI.. NO. 46.
LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28. 1916.
DAILY EDITION j
BANDITS
GET MAIL
NEW LONDON, Conn., Sept. 27.— !
'"You will please come over to dinner,
at 2 o'clock." The speaker is an
| American. The polite Mexican ans-
| wers:
"Do you mean Mexican or English
'time?" You mean English time. So
the Mexican will be at dinner be-
tween 2 and .'i p. m. But if, inadvert-
ently. you should designate "Mexican
time," the invited guest would appear
anytime between 2 p. m. and 8 p. m.
"That is "Manana"—tomorrow—
and it is so typical that a Mexican
GINE AND MAIL CAR FROM scorns another who realizes that
PASSENGER COACHES AND! "punctuality is the politeness of
GET VALUABLE MAIL POUCH- kings.'
ES.
WEATHER REPORT 1C0NFEDERATE
REUNION AT
DURANT
OCTOBER
Forecast For Oklahoma—Tonight j
generally fair, cooler, Friday fair and
warmer.
DURING WHICH TIME A DOZEN
DINNERS MIGHT GROW COLD.
TWO MASKED MEN HOLD UI
ENGINEER, DISCONNECT EN
ALL VETERANS, WIVES,
AND DAUGHTERS \RE INVIT
ED TO ATTEND—INTERESTING
PROGRAM HAS BEEN PRE-
PARED.
DURANT PAYS EXPENSE
Fifty Deputies Have Been on Trail
All Morning But Cannot Find Them
—Believed They Escaped in Auto—
Passengers Unmolested—Loss Un-
!-nown.
By United Press.
DETROIT, Sent. 28.—Two masked
bandits held u, M..J robbed the Michi-
gan Central Passenger train, number
14, the Chicago to New York Express
on the outskirts of Detroit at mid-
night, escaping with the contents of
two registered mail pouches.
Fifty deputies, who were on the
hunt of the bandits have found no
trace of them this morning.
The passengers were unmolested.
TI- value of the loot is undetermined.
J[ is believed that the bandits
boarded the train at Ypoilanti. They
hid on the tender and forced Engi
OZARK TRAIL
ITINERARY
COLONEL HARVEY WILL
Among The Prominent Speakers Will
Be Major-Gen. I) 1>I. llaley, Gjv
Williams. J. B. A.
• High School Notes
'••• — •
j The High School Students held their |
weekly assembly yestreday afternoon
at 1:10. During the past week an
assembly program committee for the
year was appointed, which are as fol-
lows: Misses Agnes Humphries and
Gertrude Cockrill, Messrs. Lewis
Fouts and John Dooker. This commit-1
tee is to be complimented on the pro-
' gram they prepared yesterday.
A very encouraging talk by Supt.
Carroll opened the program. Mr. Car-
roll comes up real often and visits the
SONS assembly. The rest of the program
was:
Piano Solo, Miss Dorothy Flood.
Reading, Miss Ruth Collar.
Vocal Solo, Mr. Roy Smoot.
Mr. Doyle made several announce-
ments at the close of the program.
The senior class will have an im-
portant business meeting at 3:20 this
afternoon in room 9.
A number of the members of the
Utopian Literary Society went out on
UN
3RU
OKLAHOMA
UNIVERSITY
ENROLLMENT
RECORD 010
Business Items
The south window of Evans, the
jeweler, presents n very attractive
showing of Ivory articles, plain and
handpainted, for dressing table and
toilet accessories.
Bowers the jeweler has one of his
windows filled with nifty little articles
suitable for gifts or prizes of all
kinds.
The cooler weather is bringing out j
a display of the new and beautifully
colored woolen blankets. The Sampl
COMANCHE (01 N h HAS M)l R-jshop and M. Koehler are both show-
TEEN IN ATTENDANT h I HISi jng a very fine selection.
YEAR—MAJORITY OF THEM
COME FROM LAWTON.
2,577 TOTAL NUMBER
Congressman ('has. I). Carter.
DURANT, Okla., Sept. 28.—The
eighth annual reunion of the Oklaho-
ma Division United Confederate Vet-
erans will he held in Durant on Octob-
er 4th, and 5th. All veterans.
the;r v/ives, sons and daughters and
iiaiev, Ijj*. _ , e.
Robertson a:.d a Plcnlc to Fort S,U >ester(la>' fU'r"
Of This Number 950 Were Summer
School Students. Leaving an Actu-
al Enrollment of 1,687—Buildings
are all Over Crowded.
The Jack Kerans Store have added
two new mahogony counters to their
store and in a few days will be busy
installing other new fixtures, which
add to th ealready new appearance of
the store.
GREECE
TO JOIN
ALLIES
FRIDAY
NORMAN, Okla., Sept. 28.—(Spe-
cial.)—For the first time in the his-
tory of the University of Oklahoma
the total enrollment for a year has
nia on ine lenuei «nu
neer Palmer at the point of a gun to:done recently by local
. .. hnnRtprc will hp made
Miss Johnson and Mrs. Ham-
mond acted as chaperons.
The girls went in wading and
tramped about in the "small forest" MIC tUMll CIlluI
surrounding the picnic grounds. About paased the two thousand five hundred
5:30 the luncheon was spread, and oh mark, according to figures given out
how those "dainty dears" did eat! by President Stratton D. Brooks,!
the, Jes, sons and daugnters an., The <' «> expects to go out on many Tuesday. The flrst Week of registra-,
friends are cordially invite,! and urg- more out,«f3 d<"W the >'™r At tion for the winter term, which began
DF- cd to attend this reunion. It will he present this is the most wide-a-wake, lalt Tucsday( B„owed 1,(587 men and
VOTE EIGHT DAYS TO PERSON- the last one many of the veterans will 1,vc S1 , nn!wco'n j" ar'ua' a"e,ndf™ N<""
AL VISITATION WESTWARD— attend and everything possible is he- -und one of the tac^s on man and at the School of Medic,ne ,n
WILL BE IN LAWTON SATI R ing done to make the occasion a he football team is suffer,ng from a oklahoma City This, with the summer
DAY, OCTOBER 7TH. memorable one for all «ho come. ' bone, which w 11 lay him cnroliment of 950, makes the total for
The reunion will be convened at off the team for theresof theseaso,,. the y,lir already ,,577.
The Committee Will Look Over All two o'clock on the afternoon of e has the sympathy 0 be friend. . Additio t the number during he
Prospective Roads and See Whlc! : Tuesday, October 3rd, and an interest- K. R I... Reporter. present school term wiI bring the
Are Best Before They Recommend ing program from then until the close years tota ar be.von tit wo ou
Any-Must (Jet Busy. of the reunion Tuesday at noon will he;''RAND JURY RCTl-RNS sand five hundred mark, it U eat,-
carried out. The program consists of INDH T. IE. I. mated.
A follow-up campaign on the work t addresses by prominent speakers both Among the 1,687 men ant \v mc
BLASPHEMY-
HOLY GH8ST
I NCONFIRMED REPORTS FROM
ATHENS SAYS THAT THE EN-
TIRE CREEK ARMY IS MOBO-
L1ZED — KING CONSTANTINE
CONSENTS TO AGREEMENT.
Foreign Minister W'i Is Anti-Allie
lias Resigned—Greecian Battleships
Joined the Allied Fleet in the Medi-
terranean.
Ozark Trail local and out of the city, music by the , By United I ress.
... . .. WAPn Tnw c,
now doing; work at the University of
By United Press.
LONDON, Sept. 28.—An uncon-
firmed Athens dispatch reports the en-
tire Greek army of three hundred
thousand will be mobilized immedia-
tely to join the allies. King Con-
\ MASTERLY SERMON ON A stantine has consented to sign an
STRIKING THEME MANY agreement within forty eight hours
MAKE THEIR DECISION FOR and then declare war on Bulgaria.
CHRIST—FINE AUDIENCE IN The foreign minister Carahanos,
ATTENDANCE. anti-ally, is reported to have resigned.
Venzilos has offered the King one
Attractive Feature of Evangelist more chance to join the allies or as an
Browning's Sermons is His lllus- alternative, a revolution of Greece will
trations—"All Manner of Sin find |,e the result. The battleship Hydra,
Blasphemy Shall Be Forgiven/* cruiser I'sara joined the allied fleets
in the Mediterranean.
A fine audience greeted Rev.
Browning last evening aYid the speak-
PARIS, Sept. 28.—The Germans
l' ni «•.. -j- - - fjjuu, uv.f/v.
o l~ 'y of er was at his best. His theme was the rolled back by the Allies blow yoster-
pint OI a gun vo wm bc"msde next wcek by| official band, solos, readings, recep-1 WACO, Tex., Sept. 28.—The county Oklahoma are fourteen students from Biaaphemy against the Holy Ghost." day made no attempt to capture po<i,
stop the train a mile and a half easi, Harvev president of the tions balls, and routine business. , grand jury y«iterday indicted T. R. j Comanche county. They are: John |le took as ill8 text the words of tions taken by the French north of the
of Dearborn, a suburb of Qzark Traj, asgofiatioll und )()cal KOO(1 Among the prominent speakers will Watson for the murder of Banking Burton, a Junior In the college of (.hrist {ound jn Matt 12.31 "All Somme last night. The , French spent
John Doserty, the fireman snoweo t,nthusiast9 Th,, party will leave be- Major-Gen D. M . llailey, com-j Commissioner Patterson. The trial is arts and sciences, Lawton; .lay |manBer of sin and blasphemy shall be the night organizing positions.
fight, and was beaten into submission ^ ()k mn Mo. ,Jav morning and mander of the Okklahoma Division,' set for October ninth. It is expected, Callen, a junior in the school of law.j for(riven unto menj but thc blasphemy A brilliant attack by the French
with a revolver. I be u'ntj, ()c;ober 10 ^ Gov p L Williams, Hon. J. B. A. that a change of venue will be asked.| Cooperton; W. D. Harned, a senior -
One bandit uncoup ei e mai be made overland in the "offi- Robertson, and Congressman Chas. D.
and compelled the engmeer to pull the P k automobile which Carter
..... ~'„pds cial" Ozark Trail automobile which!Carter
detached section two . wil] be purchasod this week. All thc expenses of entertaining the
down the trac . iy o i ai Accompanying Colonel Harvey will visitors to the reunion will be borne
trance into the mail cai y « Floyd Thompson, chairman of the by the citizens of Durant and the Con-
to dynamite it ie> g° '■■ i Chamber of Commerce good roads federate Veterans and their wives,
ed mail pouches lorn c . committee; George Misch, industrial and the Daughters of the Confederacy
by the same tactics. agent of the Oklahoma Railway com- will be furnished rooms and board
Leaving the engineer ami1 mail ^ ^ ^ Bridgewater, publicity without charge
clerks in the mail car, f m ' man the Qzark Trail committee Don't forget the dates, and then b<-i
the engine in the c irection <> < ' and the good roads promoters, if the sure to be present and help to make
where it was foun ater a nn « whom the local committee has in this one of the most enjoyable occas-
view is hired. sions ever spent by the veterans of I
The itinerary for the trip was an- the Gray.
nounced by Colonel Harvey yesterday
to be as follows:
Monday, ()ctol>er 2.
Arrive. Leave.
8:45 a. m Yukon 9:00 a. m.
9:45 a. m. .. El Reno ..10:15 a. m.
110:45 a. m. .. Calumet .. 11:00 a. m.
(Continued On Page Three.)
with the fires dumped.
It is believed that the bandits con-
tinued their way into the city in an
automobile.
START BACK ON LONG HIKE.
MERIDIAN
ROAD SECY
SENDS WORD
, _ forgiven unto men, but thc blasphemy „ u.,,,,.... ~ .j
Cooperton; W. D. Harned, a Binior in tht? Holy Ghost shall not be'south of the river resulted in the cap-
the school pharmacy, Chattanooga. A.| f0rgiven unto men." "Neither in this ture of woods forming salient east of
R. lawrence, a junior in the college of - ^
arts and sciences, I.awton; Marguer-
ite Potter, a freshman in the college
of arts and sciences, Indiahoma; John!
E. Roper, a sophomore in the col-
By United Press.
AUSTIN, Sept. 28.—The twelfth
provisional garrison started a hike
back to San Antonio at seven o'clock
this morning by the same route.
SINCLAIR REFINERY
CO. TO SPENOTEN
MILLIONS SOON
lege of arts and sciences, Lawton;
Willaim B. Scvey, a sophomore in the
college of arts and sciences, Lawton;
Lily Stafford, a sophomore in the col-
lege of arts and sciences, Lawton
L. Ansel White, a sophomore
college of arts and sciences, Lawton
: Frank Wiest, a froshman in the col-
— j lege of arts and sciences, Lawton; Ned
\ The following Meridian road bul- Shepler, a sophomore in the college of
lletin is sent out by Rob. Campbell, arts and science, Lawton; Gallic
! general secretary: Wiest, a sophomore in the college of
j "Jno. C. Nicholson, President; I). K. arts and scienc", I,aw tor: Owen Black,
i Kolp, Vice President; Robert Camp- second year law, Lawto i.
i bell, General Secretary.
world nor that which is to come."
One of the attractive features of
the speaking of the evangelist is his
illustrations. But few public speak-
"rs have such an immense fund of
Vermandoovillers.
GIRL SUICIDE
IN DALLAS
DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 28.—A
POULTRY THIEVES
AT WORK ANNOY
FARMERS AT HOLIDAY
SECOND ACCIDENT IN
FOOTBALL THIS SEASON
TO THE SAME MAN.
Harold Lund Breaks Collar Bone Yes-
terday in Practice Game at
Fair Grounds.
striking incidents with which to illus-
trate their sermons; and these car.not
he reported, for separated from thc
dramatic power with which they are
delivered they would be as Sampson United pre8g
with his locks shorn off. DAI 1 AS Te
Mr. Browning spoke in part as '®'" |y0un),. wuman giving the name of
lows; -I tremble when I speak to youi H||i ^ ^ # ,,aulfhter
upon the Blasphemy against The,of R, Sand Barker, ltabbed herself
Holy Ghost. If there .s such a thing a, | w.th & ^ ^ after gwallowin)r
a man so sinning against the Spirit of ^ ^ ^ men oompanionl
God as to he beyond the reach of hope ! ^ by a oon(Juctor of the
cond year law, Law.o , ^-eTTsin tiLtV mantn j T« '
Regular school work has begun in ^ wm (U,aden hjs gou, t0 cvery call this morning, accused of rebbrng tw
irnest. desnite the crowded condition <)f ^ mak(, him aa indiffere,lt to the 1
;he campus, thc in-1 futun| of hig goul „
movement sufficient number of faculty members ^ jt mv Jutv t() warn men ot tl t | ^ ^
the other one into the waiting room
where she tried to suicide. She will
recover.
AGENT G. C. VINEY OF THE
AMERICAN EXPRESS RETURNS
Farmer Writes Constitution Complain-
ing of Chicken Thieves Operating
in Neighborhood.
to the full extent of the law.
Let us hear from others.
A FARMER.
"Dear Meridian Road Friends; j earnest, despite the crowded condition | ^ ^ make Mm „ indjffere,lt to tne i - tn,,nwi tv..„ over
■ Do you wish to see the lightning of all buildings on the campus, the in-1 futur# of his goui aa a roc)li then 1 station. One
in the Meridian Road movement sufficient number of faculty members [T1y (]uty to warn men of that, ° ' e ' - --
By United Press. again? I do. I want to see it sparkle and the lack of much needed appara- ^ (
KANSAS CITY, Mo., &pt. 28.—, from polc to pole. Let s get together tus. Heavy extensions have been made ^ ^ hag aaid)
President Sinclair announced that the the ^at[ona] meeting at Wichita, absolutely necessary in many depart-
work on the pipe line of the Sinclair KangaSi next Thursday, October 5th, ments, the extra work being accom-
Oil and Refining company connecting i ftnd carry out the original idea, route plished by assigning students assist-
the Cushing field with Chicago, will j and purposc 0f the road. The early ants to the routine tasks and leaving
begin about October 1. The first Pro"jsee(j are blossoming; Lawton is vot- the regular professors and instruc-
... . ject includes refineries near Chicago . bont)g; tj,e movement will sweap tors to do only those things that re-
Harold Lund, son o 1 r. a i —i M«Hi«nn Iowa, involving an c|(>ar across oklahoma, and the entire quire careful attention.
six states along the Meridian oRad. The increase in enrollment is shown
Caddo county will soon be carrying in practically every department of the
bonds. Send a delegate to Wichita. University, but the one attracting by
Decorate your car, if you drive. Let's far the most attention is that of |r, w- .. K wh„ they were
wake Kansas up with a burst of Meri- Spanish. From a department w.th one Mf ^ Mrg A. L. Lund left thi. ^ f .U ^ wh y ^
dian Road enthusiasm. professor, who gave even a part of afternoon for oklahoma City where ;* ,.ni0vable trip.
' Remember the date, October 5th, his time to other thin}?*, two years ^ attend the state fair. -I —
Wichita, Kansas. ago, it has grown to a department
"Cordially yours, with five professors and instructors, i^r. and Mrs. St. John are removing
• ROBERT CAMPBELL, Gen. Sec." headed by Prof. Patricio Gimeno, a ^ (he Cox property, 703 B ave">ie.
.1 .1 . — native of Peru, who waB educated in1
Spain.
. and Fort Madison, Iowa, involving an
A. L. Lund, is having ^'a ."'^penditure of nine million dollars.
misfortunes on the football gridiron
this fall. In the Walters game, he Miss |)0nie Cooter will leave in the
was kicked on the head, rendering him for oklahoma City where sl.e
unconscious. wjl| g . a fcw dayg at the (a,r and
It is an unmistakable fact that Yesterday afternoon during.a prac-, ^ ^ frjendg
chicken and turkey thieves are at j tice game at the fair grounds he in
work in the vicinity of Holliday, Tin- some manner broke his collar bone.
ney and Geronimo. While the mishap will not prove per-,
Let us farmers remain silent no I manently serious, it is exceedingly
longer. But "get busy" and see to it < painful.
that the guilty offenders are punished
"There is a line, by us unseen,
That crosses every path,
The hidden boundary between
God's patience and his wrath
O Where is that mysterious bourn.
By which our paths are crossed.
Beyond which God himself at sworn
That he who goes is lost?
Agent G. C. Viney of the American
, I Express Co., of this city, and Mrs,
That he who goes is los . ; yieny returned this morning from a
I do not pretend to kno ■ .11 about ^ t(j New York, Buffalo
(Continued On Page Kour.) interogtin(f ^nts and algo
where
BRUISES ARM IN FALL
FROM DAIRY WAGON
COOLER WEATHER
IS HERE
Harold Becham, a little boy who
was riding on the Heinz Dairy wagon
yesterday fell from the wagon at th. Qyjr HerOS Foilght
I corner of Tenth street and Gore °
! Boulevard, bruising his arm consid
Mr. and Mrs. Turtle and Mr. and veKrtal)lc diet_
Mrs. W. W. Wilkinson of the Sample w^en j 8Wan0Wcd him he was a nut."
L'L..n —111 looiia in t hp momilll' f«'T'
'"Yes," explained the whale after it
had caughed up Jonah, "I am on a
and I thought
i The (I ilhfs Wc Clean
i Press or repair speak for them-
S selves. Our service is at your
® command. Phone 702.
G'-Vfrs & Vanis
....... ......
Gas 19c
Snowhill's
Garage
f| ' The fall weather has arrived and so
• has the largest and most complete
• stock of Men's and Boy's wearing ap-
parel ever gathered for your selection
; at Joe Wolf's One Price Clothing
• Store.
It is a pleasure for us to show you
< as we have what you want and its
; ; riced right.
• Today is the day to call. We'll fit
- you out (Adv.)
erably. At first it was thought that
he had dislocated his arm, but such
was not the case.
and Died For--
Service Cars •
♦ ♦♦<■♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
♦ The Lawton Dairy will not dis- ♦
♦ continue business, ar. it will lie ♦
♦ assumed by the LOCI •
♦ GROVE FARM DAIRY on Oct. ♦
♦ first.
«► Address all orders to Locust ♦
♦ Grove Farm Dairy, R. F. D. No. ♦
♦ 3. Phone service after Oct. 1st. ♦
♦ Ask Phone "Information." ♦ ,t
Shop will leave in the mornim- for
Oklahoma City overland in Mr. Tur-
! kle's car where they will rema n until
I Sunday. Mr. Wilkinson, who is travel-
1 ing representative for the John V.
Farwell Co., Chicago, will have a
sample room for two days displaying
goods for the firm.
What has become of the old-fash-
ioned boarding-house keeper who
liked to see her patrons eat heartily?
First class, clean car for those
who care.
Phone 12
JESS TUCKER.
mm—i'i'ii''r ~
• Phone 891
: ; SERVICE CAR J
" • Prompt and Courteous ;
\ 891 Attention 891 •
breathes the spirit of American
patriotism and is filled with adven-
ture, marvelous and thrilling feats.
Watch For It
WANTED
Horses and Mules
from 5 to 10 years
old, 15 to lft hands
high.
C. S. THOMAS
225 F it
Lawton
♦ ADVERTISE. ♦
♦
♦ The firms who advertise are ♦
♦ the firms who invite your patron- ♦
♦ age, and are most deserving of it. ♦
♦ A product that is persistently ♦
♦ advertised to the critical dealer ♦
♦ is a product that can be relied ♦
♦ upon to give the satisfaction de- ♦
♦ sired, for the maker behind that ♦
*■ product must have confidence ♦
♦ that it will earn your approval; ♦
♦ otherwise, he would not dres.m of ♦
♦ holding it up for your and your ♦
« mstrm'-r's criticism. ♦
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
TOMORROW AT THE
Murray
Miss Billie Burke
—in—
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The 6th Episode of the Million
Dollar Picture Novel
"Gloria's Romance"
Don't Fail to See Billie at her
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