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VOL. XVI.. NO. 70.
LAWTON. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2tt. 191H.
DAILY EDITION
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MANY LOSE LIVES"gaustas
IN HOSPITAL FIRE
Even Money On
Presidential
FIRE EXITS
INADEQUATE
FOR ESCAPE
HUGHES' ODDS DROP
BETTING IS EVEN NOW.
NEW YORK, Oct. 26.—Wall street
has surrendered to the Wilson wave
and wiped out the odds on the election
betting. At opening a few bets were
placed at 10 to 8 on Hughes. T'*is
quickly dropped to 10 to 9 and then
£. Bungs & Co., large curb concern,
announced it had $1000 even on
Hughes.
W. E. McGoo quickly followed with
new party
organized
in mexico
NEW YORK, Oct. 2f.—Even money
is now being given in the presidential
letting. A Wall street man,bets J25,-
000 even for Wilson and says that he
has a quarter million more to bet.
One wager yesterday on Hughes
was $100,000, 10 to .
TO ATTEND HICH SCHOOL
PUBLICATION CONFERENCE
— argentina
president
returns
his salary
Wilson Carries
a Lucky Piece
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio, Oct. 26.-
Carrying a lucky piece given to him
by a working man in Philadelphia
yesterday, "to be returned after your
second inauguration," President Wil-
son passed through here er route to
Cincinnati where he will make four
speeches today.
Thousand cheered him wherever
train stopped.
$5000 on Hughes even. It was predict
' ed on the club that Wilson will be the | ^wnder.|n.elliaf 0f the field forces un
' favorite before the end of the week.
VARNUM, Quebec, Canada, Oct.
26.—Five are known to be dead, fif- Recover $13,700
teen others missing and a score in- of Hold-up Money , .
jured, including many children, in a j the overthrow of Carranza.
fire which destroyed the St. Eliza- .... , ^
beth hospital and laundry during the
night. Several dwellings nearby were
damaged.
Miss Rowena Larned left Thursday
for Norman, Okla., where she will at-
tend the state conference of all high
EL PASO, Oct. 26.—Villa's emis-j school publications. This is quite a By United Press.
sarys have been here confering with meeting. Dean Walter Williams will BEUNOS AIRES, Oct. 26. -Doctor
members of the Junta party, the new be the principal speaker. Iregon, new radical president of
revolutionary party, known as Leg- j Argentina, becausc of hard times, is
alistas, according to reports of the President Brooks arranging to shelter destitute people
American government agents.
It is believed that an agreement
has been reached with Villa as com- 1 Si'^-
. \r. . of the republic in buildings, lie says
& Lawton V lSltor ^at, wj|j pay for their food him-
Dr. Stratton D. Brooks, president He also announced that he would
of the Oklahoma University, accom^turn back his presidential salary of
and
y United Press.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 26.—Eighteen
' packages of money totaling $13,700
. is identified as part of the $30,000
Three hundred and fifty were asleep . . , „ . . ... VTii
, . . « | , - . . , . | stolen from the Burrough Adding Ma-
in the hospital when the fire started
, der the direction of Juanta.
! The Legalistas are to furnish the'panied by Mrs. Brooks and two $100,000, into the republic's treasury
money and equipment. daughters, Misses Marion and Betty,
The new party avows as Its object; went through Lawton today on their
way to Frederick, where l)r. Brooks
will deliver an address before the
County Community meeting Friday.
President Brooks intends to return
to Norman Saturday in time for the
Missouri-Oklahoma football game.
Lydia Kohl Files
Suit For Divorce
AOUMANIA
DYNAMITES
RI6 BRIDGE
By United Press.
LONDON, Oct. 26.—The Rouman-
ians dynamited Cernavodo bridge, the
greatest in Europe, following the
evacuation of the city, according to
the Bucharest dispatches.
This famous bridge was built in
1896 at a cost of several millions of
chine holdup at Detroit. It was recov-
ered in the safe deposit boxes of the
from a defective flue. The fire spread
so swiftly that many were.cut off|Mercantjl, Trust company here and
from escape. About twenty-five child- ^ wer(J cd Wlth kcys found
ren were seriously injured by leaping on James wh() „rive(| at
from third story windows, because of
defective fire escapes, which were
blocked and the flimsy stairways
which were afire.
Nearly all inmates were asleep on
the third floor.
Fire escapes and other avenues of
escapes are being investigated.
las and the keys were taken from him.
A brother Douglas Walton is still at
liberty. They rented the boxes giv-
ing the names of James and J. A.
I Arthur Lane.
FAMINE OF CHEMICALS DOES
NOT AFFECT UNIVERSITY,
NORMAN, Okla., Oct. 26.—(Spe-
New York Herald
Poll Shows Wilson
Leading Hughes
sooners
expect a
i fight
BUT THEIR FAMOUS MACHINE
WILL BE READY FOR MIS-
SOURI SATURDAY.
L. LUND'S LUMBAGO
CURED ^T LAST.
After a strenuous morning decorat-
ing the town, doing the "Gilpin" act
on the galloping water wagon in the
afternoon, and wallowing across the
"burning sands" in the evening, A. | Uem
what new
yorkthinks
of wilson
Lydia Kohl has filed suit for di-
vorce from her husband Leo Kohl, al-
leging cruel treatment and other
causes, why she should be given di-
vorce and alimony. According to the
petition they were married in Herg.i dollars. It is fourteen miles long.
Switzerland, and have four children.
By United Press.
Quinnette Case petrograd, 'vt. 26.—M«cken-
^ _ , sen s attacks in Desruo.,a are growing
to Jury I oday somewhat weaker it is officially an-
— nounced.
In the Federal court the case of
I Quinette vs. Pullman company, By United Press.
wherein the plaintiff sued for $50,000 ROME, (' t. 26.—The Vatican de-
l damages has gone to the jury. The nies the Swiss rumor that the Pope is
| case now being tried is James W. Ag- negotiating for early peace between
new against Interstate Compress Austria and Russia.
company. j __
SOUTHERN MEDICAL
By United Press.
BERLIN, Oct.
26.-
One hjndred
ASSOCIATION CONVENTION J and forty-one eenmy merchantmen
j submarined or mined during Septem-
GUTHRIE, Oct. 26.—(Special)—Phy-|i>er is the record. In the same period
sicians in Oklahoma, as well as, and forty-one enemy merchantmen
throughout the Southwest and South, carry contraband goods were captur-
Edwin S. Harris, Chairman of the are greatly interested in the annual ed.
I ratic State Committee, says, convention of the Southern Medical!
Lund reports his lumbago as being • pre8ident Wilson will carry the I Association, which will open in At-
entiicly cured. Will anyone take out a state ()f New York by more than 100,- iantaf Ga., for a four day session on
patent?
NORMAN, Okla., Oct. 26.—(Speci
al.)—The Oklahoma Sooners were de-
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Oct. 26. feated by Henry Kendall 16 to 0. They
Father Had No
Knowledge That
000. He has a united and militant j^ov 13. \ large number of physicians
Democratic party behind him, to- ^jg state are members of the as- ^
gether with the support of a large sociation. Dr. John W. Duke, State ciai.^Young men and women, stud
number of Republicans who believe ]jcaitj, Commissioner of Oklahoma, ents at the University of Oklahoma,
Y. M.-Y. W. RAISES
BIG YEAR'S BUDGET.
NORMAN, Okla., Oct. 26. -(Spe-
21
to 7. Missouri held; By United Press.
week shows that Wilson is leading Ames, the terror of the Valley, to a
University of Oklahoma except to 'JuKhes in ,
, , ... . eleven per cent (11 per cent) which win easily from the Sooners.
vaise the price of materials, declares f_ J: . _ _ ; ,tm|
Or. Edwin DeBarr, head of the de-
partment. He has been able to get
practically every kind of chemical for
laboratory use.
GALVESTON, Oct. 2*. The de-
cial.)—The famine in chemicals from ~The New *ork, Herald poll com- were defeated by the terrible Texas
Germany has had no effect whatever Pletf UP toTuesdaymcmnng £.£>«|^ngho™
on the chemistry department of the
an affidavit of John
world indicate a very big majority That is the way Missouri would father of William Black, whom Cope-
for Wilson on election day. like to dope out the annual clash be- land is charged with having kil e ,
tween the states, to take place on stating that the father had no know-
FRIEND OF BARBARA Boyd Field Saturday afternoon, Oct ledge that Black had ever been ordain-
FRIETCHE ONE HUNDRED 28. But they know better. ed a Catholic priest.
YEARS OLI) TODAY. Missouri once won over Oklahoma
by what the Sooners believed was an Uwton js to have another carnival
that his re-election is necessary for
Son Was Priest the safety antl weH-heing of the coun-
try."
Thomas F. Conway, Lieutenant-
Governor in 1911-1012 and oppone.it
of William F. McCombs in the pri-
will deliver an address on "Advances wij| raiBe $2,500 in a six days' cam-
in Public Health Work in Our State for t(,e 8Upport of their Y. M.
During the Past Year." It is expected and y. w. C. A., according to plans
that a number of physicians from this announced by the presidents of the_
state will attend the convention. ^w0 organizations.
A programme of especial interest practically all of this will be raised
Takes Fair Bond
K tO Attorney General United Press.
that state by a margin of j scoreless tie. Therefore, Missouri will fensejn the Copeland uwe introduced murje8 for the United States senator, to ph"ylljcian3 and surgeons has been from~ private subscription among stu
says, "The strong sentiment for the arran^ed. Well known clinicians from (jenj8t student captains have been p-
re-election of President Wilson is the largest universities of the coun-j pojnted who will have charge of regu-
based on the fact that he has kept the trjf have been requested to take |ar|y organized teams.
country out of war and the homes of c(,arge of the local clinical material j A totai 0f $5^00 will be raised this
the people intact, and at the same jn At|anta jugt as they find it. This year amonR parents of students, tier-
time kept the country in a most pros- fL.ature is distinctly unique not only, chants of the sti.,e professors and
pei ous condition." jn the Southern Medical Association, stU(jflntg themselves at the university
McCooey, Democratic lead-
.... John H. McCooey, Democratic 'ead- ^y^ establishes a precendent in this fnr 8upport of the Christian
unethical and unjust demand. Sooners promjses be a Rjod one, too. er of Kings County (Brooklyn) says, country. ganizations. Both have regularly paid
anco went to Oklahoma City this retains all of her faculties except of that Oklahoma will fight hard on
morning "o take the fair bonds to sub- i hearing, celebrated her one hundredth j Boyd Field Saturday afternoon.
mit them to the attorney general of "irthday today
The Tigers will come to Oklahoma
Oklahoma. He will return Friday.
Haskell Tenders
Financial Aid
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Oct. 26.
Mrs. Lovejoy has the distinction of .next Saturday with one of their best
being the first woman in the United teams in years. They have high hopes
States to apply for a pension under of an all-victorious eleven. Yet Soon-
the new Ashbrook law pensioning
widows of soldiers who fought in the
Mexican andrCivil war.
Born in Fredericktown, Md., she
er fans are daily gaining confidence
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NEWARK, Oct. 26.—Mrs. Mary A. have avenged that event by two drub- rhe prjncjpal an(j tea(.hers of the Mc- 'The Democratic organization of AH the most important major op- se).retarieSi who devote all their
I). Turner, commissioner of fin-; Lovejoy, who chews, smokes and still bings, hard ones, and Missouri knows; Kjn|ey school, are preparing to have Kings will roll up the largest vote for erationg wj|[ he performed by the, Ume to 8eeing after the welfare of the
1 . * J " '" ,-1 —1 J — ^ street carnival at the school on Fri- Wilson, Seabury and McCombs and vjBjting surgeons, while the foremost young men and young women from all
day evening, beginning at 7:30 was ever given by it to the paity diagnosticians of the country will be part8 01 the country who are gathered
o'clock. Stands of all kinds have been ticket this year as it never was before. asaijjnec| Wards in the various hospi- together in Neman.
put up; the fat man will lie there, and The administration of President Wil- U|s from whic|, they will select their
the colored minstrel promises to Ik* a son shall not be discontinued. cases. This feature alone is expected Tillie dinger says the reason she
good show all by itself. "Cinderella", 1 Melville Z Haven, Chairman of the to attr#ct hundreds of physicians thinks she's going to like her new
will be the one big free attraction. No Executive Committee of Democratic from the Southwest and South. h088 js |)ecau8e he doesn't try to act
that they will tie knots in the Tiger's entrance wj|1 ,)e char)felii but , State Committee, says, -President ; as if his is the only important bu i-
tail. remove his hide and hang it on there wi„ ^ a gma„ charge for the'Wilson will carry New York by a sub- j nei8 in town.
the fence" in Saturday's game. attractions, which will go towards the stantial majority. The Independent Cotton Continues
Judge Robt. Rainoy, Chairman of was in her younger days an intimate! Ben Owen began the season with fmld that is being raised to pay for j sentiment of the state is all for the Wild Fluctuations Of course dimpies are all right in
the Democratic Campaign Committee friend of Barbara Frietche, whose great squad of raw recruits. It took a the yictrola. Mr. Reynolds, principal President. The idea that is uppermost lhejr placei 1|Ut jt<8 a freckled school
hts received a telegram from ex-Gov- fame has come down through history month to cull out the ones who had an(j Mj55es Mary Hempsteadt, Alpha in the minds of the voters is that the vORK Oct 26—Cotton is girl that usually stands at the head
erncr Haskell, who is in New York, j and whose name was made immortal no chance, then work on building a Smithf Alta Mitsehrieh and Lois 1 President has kept them out of war, . . on j'ts wild fluctuations, of the class.
ten .f ring financial assistance in the by Whittier. She is the widow of real machine had to he taken up with wjnn tea(.hl.r5 ,n the building have and secured for them unexampled * ^ twenty.,even lower.
1 ampaign and saying that he is anxi- Samuel N. Lovejoy, with whom she out even a nucleus to build it around spcnt 5ome tjme in prepariuK for the | prosperity.'' p h terday .0i,i over
„us to see every Democratic candi- came to Newark 67 years ago on There wasn't any machine when carniv|ll and it i8 hoped that thej George Van Namee, Secretary of • >• ' nineteen thirty.
. . n * 1 1 llf *l«/vn L |> 10 t Wo m ntVinr llf tpfl L'.. n M nlmtA/l V Anrlnll nvfont L UP ... . . I . L I \ 4. Ctnl., m iff 1111 U rill v 11IV o 1
<late elected from President Wilson horseback and is the mother of ten; Sooners played Kendall—except Ken-
<lown to the constable. This ought to 1 children, but four of whom ar eliving. j dall's and they had a good one. But
set at rest the many rumors which j She is a grandmother, great-grand-1 Bennie picked his winners for the
have eminated from the Republican mother and a great-great-grandmoth- year.
Headquarters to the effect that the
ex-governor is not interested in Wil-
son's election.
Met Tonight
NEW VAUDEVILLE
"The Three Pendleton Sisters"
Unusual dancers of
unusual dances.
—aiso—
"The MOTH and the FLAME"
with Famous Players Cast.
Special Saturday
Matinee
school children especially will attend, the Democratic State Committee
'Chairman of the Jefferson County
Committee, says, "Republican farm-
QUDIMCDQ Tfl "rsineverypartofmycountyurcan"
He spent all of last week grooming U||n!llLMU I U uouncing that they are going to vote
She has chewed and smoked all her J the men he had decided upon, and for President Wilson. Men who never
life. She has never worn spectacles. , those men, in ground actually gained M f) H UIIH L before voted a Democratic ticket in
and in the success of their paasos, out- HllU IIIUllC their lives will cast their ballots for
j played the Longhoms at Tex- s last the President this year."
Saturday. Texas won on the inexperi- Thomas F. Foley, ex-Sheriff of
ence of Sooners. Oklahoma fumbled fhe Shriners Special left Lawton New York county, and one of the most
and her plays went bad in pinches, ^ t g( j o,ckck for Ard. powerful figures in Tammany Hall,
all of which is a part of the game. Qkla Th(, parade wag vj{,wed by jsays, Humanity demands the re-elec-
But the Sooners proved that they hund;e(,8 >ml ttw stunts pu, on 1(y the tion of Woodrow Wilson
an(| twenty is quoted 1
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♦ PHONE 180 ♦
♦ FOR YOUR CLEANING ♦
« AND PRESSING ♦
♦ EARL HILL ♦
♦ 2 Doors South of Post Office. ♦
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Call 448 for Cleaning and Pressing
—Hats cleaned and blocked. The
Unique Tailers. 319 C. 10-3tf
Any red-
There will be a speical communica-'hn<1 the fuff in th"" th l has ma<!e 'seeing. "The I blooded citizen who calls himself an
tion of Lawton Lodge No. 183 A. F. 4- s<>°ne™ famous across the contire.it. barbe wa9 Kivell at Koehler Park| American and fails to support Wilson
A. M„ Fiiday evening at H o'clock, The men Bennie has picked can pVy ^ gjx o.c)ock wherp a
Oct. 27th, 1916. Work in the Fellow | footb.ll, they ^capable^of machine 9pread.
Craft degree. Visitors welcome.
FORREST E. HARPE, W.M.
FRED SPONSLER, Sec. 10-26 2t
(Continued On Page Tour.)
bountiful feed: at the polls next month is false to all
the ideals on which this nation is
DOMESTIC COAI. FOR
$6.50 Per Ton
YOUNG'S GIN AND
COAL YARD
Cor. 2nd & G. Phone 885
Order a Victrola
NOW
if you want it for
CHRISTMAS.
Call and see our
VCU/ Victrolas.
VY Records.
A small rash payment now will
hold any style for Christmas
delivery.
Powell's Drug Store
Headaches once«r twice a week
—dull, depressed feeling while at work—no enjoyment
ut -hows or when in sunlight—do these ymptoms de-
scribe your eyestrain?
VV> duplicate and grind your
t ,;- -es while you wait.
l^el i e fit the necessary
glasses now. They will
relieve eyestrain and
produce normal vision.
Ralph Holt
Optometrist
310 Fourth Street
The Clothes We Clean
Press or repair speak for them-
J selves. Our service is at your
j command. Phone 702.
Gevers & Vanis
.....
At 8 o'clock the regular initiation founded.
was held at high school auditorium. J- W. Olmstead,
None of the Shriners have announced Committeeman from Fulton and Ham-
just who was successful in winning, ilton counties, says, The Democrats
rjn of my county will give a better ac-
The" Lawton Shrine club and their 1 count of hemsclves this year than
Democratic State
! ever before.*'
wives received many compliments on
: the manner in which they handled the Frank M. Etage. Dcmu,.at.c State
• affair and the Lawton merchant, we Committeeman trom Erie < ounty
________ " to be congratulated for their decora- (Buffalo), and nominee, for Secretary
=- ' 1 r j" a * of State, says, "The farmers of my
i*' . j ilinli i I are mostly Republicans but,
wg H||* Tnn MV ' ♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦•♦♦♦♦•*** their votes will be Democratic this
YhIi AT ' ♦ Quit your sewing and crochet- ♦ fall."
1 1 VWn • jf ^ tin(f. fo|,ow my business and you ♦ James F. Geraghty, Tammany lead-
♦ will 'make money. ♦ er of the :!2nd Assembly
♦ I will instruct ladies how
POLITICAL SPEAKING
THURSDAY NIGHT, OCT. 26 THURSDAY NIGHT, OCT. 26,
. -THE TRIUMPH OF TRUTH"
a! 2 reel drama with Cleo Madison
| _ also—
• "THE BOY FROM THE GILD-
ED EAST"
i and a good Nestor Comedy with
• Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran.
I TOMORROW
• CARTER DE HAVEN
District,
to ♦ Xew York City (Bronx), says, "The
♦ make table covers or scarfs for ♦ regular organization Democrats are at
♦$1.00 and guarantee they can earn ♦ work in earnest. We have our coats
♦ u good living and save money. ♦ off for Wilson, Seabury and McCombs.
♦ Sample may be seen and orders ♦ They will receive the largest plurality
♦ taken at Mother's Rest Room. ♦ in this state in >ears."
♦ HENRY J. BOHL, ♦ Patrick E. McC.be, Democratic
♦ 215 North 4th St. ♦. leader of Albany County, says. The
(Continued On Pare Three.)
FAXON,
Speakers—
Hon. S. I. McElhoes
Judge C. C. Black
FRIDAY NIGHT, OCT. 27,
West Cache School, Dist. 61,
Speakers—
Hon. J. Elmer Thomas
Hon. John F. Thomas
MEERS,
Speakers—
Hon. John F. Thomas
Judge W. C. Henderson
FRIDAY NIGHT, OCT. 27,
Mt. View School, Diit. 26,
(3 mi. So. Sterling)
Speakers—
Hon. J. A. Hughes
Hon. T. B. Orr
Everyone Invited.
Ladies Especially
By Order Com.
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