The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 170, Ed. 1 Friday, February 23, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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THE ADS
In this paper reach the people
of this trade territory.
THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION
THE CONSTITUTION
Carries the best day press ser-
vice in the United States—the
United Press telegraph service.
VOL. X\ I. No. 170.
DRASTIC CURTAILMENT
OF EXPORTS BY ENGLAND
LAWTON. OKLAHOMA. FIMHAY KYENIMU, FEBRUARY 23, 1917.
Business and News
Around
DAILY EDITION.
FOOD STOCK
LOWEST IN
HISTGRY
FACE TO FACE WITH MENACE
OF POOI) SUPPLIES THROUGH
SUBMARINE WARFARE
All Luxuries
Are to Be Banned
Non Essential Staples to Make Way
for Necessities—Will Affect Every
British Citizen.
LONDON, Feb. 23.—Face to face
with the menace, of admited gravity,
to food supplies through the operation
of the German subn ame warfare,
(England determined the most
drastic curtailment of her imports.
All luxuries are to be barred. Non
Battalion to Meet
Funston's Body
By United Press.
| SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23.—A
battalion of coast artillery will meet
jthe train bearing the body of ' Fight-
ing Fred" Funston, when it arrives
here today.
NINE POUND BOY.
A nine pound baby hoy arrived at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Fer-
guson, last night. Both mother and
baby are doing nicely. The Governor'
was strutting around this morning]
announcing the arrival of the new pri-
vate "secretary" to the governor. ...
Prisoners Refused
Early Hot House
Vegetables by Solons
By United Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 23.—Lieu-
tenant-Governor Trapp cast the decid-
ing vote in the senate recommitting
the penitentiary appropriation bill
with instructions to strike out the
. , , . 1 i $2,500 item providing for a hot house
essential staples must make way for|t() rais(, early ve(retab|es am) flowors
the necessities of war. Premier Lloyd- for (|u. convictK
George announced such sweeping
steps in the house of commons.
The restrictive plans will affect the
very foundation of British life and
will practically affect the dining taltle
of every British citizen.
If such a program is carried out"
the premier gravely promised his au-
dience, 'England can face the enemy's
worst." The food stocks arAthe lowest
in our recellection, due to bad har-
vests. For the nation's life, increasing
production is necessary.
The proposed restrictive measures
announced by the premier were as fol-
lows: The board of agriculture will
receive powers to enforce the cultiva-
tion of food products. The importa-
tion of foreign tea, coffee and cocoa
is prohibited. Importation of canned
salmon reduced fifty per cent. Paper
imports reduced to 640,000 tons. Im-
ports on timber are banned. Apples
and tomatoes prohibited. Brewing is
INVESTIGATING
1
U.opyritflit.)
Oklahoma
Tonight
partly
Saturday
the City
Singer Agent
to Granite.
E. W. Messer, district agent for
the Singer Sewing Machine company
left yesterday for Granite, Okla.,
Y.*I «re he will be for two days attend-
ing to business matters.
Rite is About
Same Old Price.
According to local groceryinen riw
is about the only commodity and liv-
ing necessity which has not advanced
in price. Guess we'll all have to par-
take of the Chinaman's diet yet.
Isold Piano
to Frederick Man.
i As an example that Lawton is draw-
ing v,-ide from other towns Everton
\1 ' tinued on page four)
GRAVESTMEASURE NEEDED
SAYS ENGLISH PREMIER
Court House Catch
PROVIDES
SEIZURE OF
OKLAHOMA
6DARDSMEN
AT FT,SILL
Colonel Hoy Hoffman :\ Command—
Regiment Below Strength
Having 784 Men ." 2 Officers.
Forecast For
cloudy, colder
cloudy.
Temperature for 24 hour period, be-
ginning 8 a. m., Thursday—
Maximum 82
Minimum 37
Mean Temperature 59
Temperature data—
Maximum this date last year ....70
Minimum this date last year ....31
Mean Temp, this date last year . .. .5f
Precipitation for 24 hours, ending
Feb. 23rd, 8 a. m., 0.00.
FRANK M. HEAD,
Special Meteorological Observer.
PATRIOTIC
DANOUET
TONIGHT
of
Real Estate
Tra nsfers.
W. Coburn to J. F. Cohurn, lots
l!>, 20, 21, 22, 23, 21, block 33, town of
Chattanooga.
M arriage
License.
One marriage license was issued
this morning by the court clerk to
Garrie Seigler, 22, of Lawton and
Miss (Jrace Lane, 22, of Chickasha.
On Thursday of last week J. C. Tal-
madge of this city, purchased a farm
from his son Roy Talmadge, located
near Geronimo. The consideration was
' $3500.
Shawnee Police
Chief Here.
C. C. Hawks, chief of police at
| Shawnee, was in Lawton today on of-
, ticial business.
FACING
SHORTAGE
OF SHIPS
SHORTAGE OF TONNAGE FOR
ORDINARY NEEDS AND FOR
Mil.IT A R V N ECESSITI BR
Guarantees Minimum
Wage to Farmer*
Hopes to Deal Effectively With Sub-
marine Question But Must Hunt
Them from Deep.
By United Press.
LONDON , Feb. 23.—"Gravest
measures are necessary, otherwise
there will be disaster," Premier
Lloyd-George declared in commons,
while discussing the shortage of Brit-
20 MILES OF
ROAD IMPROVED
YESTERDAY
The First Regiment, Oklahoma In-
fantry, under the command of Colonel
Roy Hoffman, with 784 men and 52 of-
ficers, arrived yesterday afternoon at
Ft. Sill, from six months active ser-
vice at San Benito, on the border. All
I" ft ft ft 8eemec* to ^e 'n health and
L II II 11 spirits but were universally glad to
I IJ Zf U be back again on Oklahoma soil.
' Two trains were required for the
transportation of the regiment, one
Amendment Empowering President to arriving at Ft. Sill at 11:30 yesterday
Seize Foodstuff* Wrongfully Held mornint; and the other at 4:30 yester- ExCei)ent \Vork Performer liy Urge!hundred members of the club will be
Introduced in Senate. >laV afternoon. The first train carried Number of Workers from I present at the banquet, besides the
companies A, B, C, D, and the supply
Attempt to Force
Food Embargo
Thru CongrCSS '8^ *onnu£e* "Then* is a shortage of
tonnage not only for ordinary needs
| but for military necessities" the preni-
By I'nited Prese. i jer declared.
WASHINGTON, 1). <\, Feb. 23.— | "More than a million tons of Brit-
l,l,!Mam attempt to force a food em- ish shippings have been assigned to
has been prepared by C hairman bargo through congress was made in France as its share. The gravest of
Harry I ayne and his committee, for the senate, by Senator Martin, who of-1 measures are necessary.'
held by the fered a resolution prohibiting expor-
First Annual Banquet of Business
Men's Club Tonight at 7—Col.
Hoffman to be Guest.
An excellent menu and
the big banquet to be
Business Mens club, tonight at tation of staple foodstuffs,
seven o'clock. In view of
present international relations a pro-
gram of a patriotic nature has been
prepared by the committee.
I Colonel Roy Hoffman, commanding1
(officer of the First Regiment of the
I Oklahoma National Guard, and staff, I
will be guests of the club at tonight's
; banquet.
j It is expected that two or three
"We must find ships to bear iron ore
all costs,'* he asserted. Continuing
Entire County.
Nearly twenty miles of road
were graded and smoothed down yes-
terday by a large number of road
workers who assembled from all over
By United Press. company, while the second section
WASHINGTON, Li. C., Feb. 23.— carried companies E, F, G, II, I, K, L,
An amendment to the revenue bill, M, a machine company, the head-
empowering the president to seize quarters detachment and the band.
to be limited so as to save 600,000 tons 'foodstuffs 'wrongfully held for the Everything was in readiness for
of food stuffs. There is a correspond- j Purpose of unjust increases in prices" the regiment, quarters having been|the county for work upon the roa(,
ing restriction of distilled spirits. in violation of the anti-trust laws was provided in the Fifth Field artillery1 northeast of this c;ty Xhe county
introduced by Senator Lewis, admin- barracks. A half dozen large motor commiasioners, city officials, about
Miss Vera Tudhope has accepted a '8'ra''on whip. trucks met the train at the station, in five hundred people of Lawton and
position with the M. Koehler Co., in ' readiness to unload the baggage of;men from Elgin, Fletcher and the
the ladies' ready-to-wear department! 11 r~ ninn U ■ I f* the troops. northeast part of the county, were out
The regiment is considerably below working upon Ozark Trail.
; lawton boys in the engineers, •" 'cnt-
'ly mustered out, will be the guesin of
bed the club for tonight.
FOOD PRICES
CONTINUE
SKYWARD
and assumed
morning.
her new duties this
High School
Dramatic Club
to Present Play
BLUE BIRD-YALE
ON SATURDAY
the program and
Following
menu:
Menu.
Olives Celery
Roast Turkey Oyster Dressing •
Cream Gravy Cranberry Sauce, Uy Unite(J Pre„
! CHICAGO,
war strength, having at present 784 While some work yet remains to
men and 52 officers. One Oklahoma or- be done in plaocs upon the roa,i. the
Sanitation is still on the border, the1 road was K1.a(ic(, amt materially im-
Oklahoma Motor Ambulance Com- prove(i by the workers. Further work
pany from Tulsa, which is stationed , js bejnK jone today in order to get the j To the Ixisers Dick Harris
, ,t To the Winners Joe Higgins
Music*—Quartette, Lawton
Business Men's Club Quartette
Mashed Potatoes
Cream Slaw
Cake Rolls Mince Pie
Coffee
Cigars Bevo
Program
CHAS. H. SHAW, Toastmaster
The Toasts
at Camp Wilson, near San Antonio, j road be,| in first class condition.
Rupert Julian, who will be the star Texas.
The Black Domino Dramatic club ' "The R'Kht to Be Happy," at the Captain Murchison, mustering out
of the high school, under the direction Vale theatre on Saturday also direct-1 officer, arrived Wednesday from Ok-
of Miss Mabel Wood, is preparing to ed thc production as based on Dickens' lahoma City and will begin to muster
present a play the first of March en- immortal classic, A Christmas out the troops as soon as possible.;
titled ' A Busy Liar," which promises * are!. Moving pictures afford
to be one of the best plavs presented markable opportunities for vizualizing
by students this year. The Busy the results of Scrooge"* ghostly visi
Liar" with Palmer Brandow in the tations his flying tours under the
•'leading role" will be supported by spectral guidance of Jacob Marley
Eugene Chastain, Chester Kidd, fellow-ghosts, Christmas Fast, Chris-
James Fullerton, Lewis Fouts, Har- mas Present and Christmas Future.
rold Gevers, Dorothy Bixby, Olive''"to all the scenes of Scrooge's life,
Rader, Helen Corwin and Bertha Gib- Director Julian will take his audience,
bona. The play will be given at the'and in the reflection of the reforma-
high school auditorium. j tion of Old Scrooge there will be a
1 final beauty to drive home the great
Christmas out the troops as soon
Major Guyer of the quartermaster's!
department, will start checking up the'
equipment immediately and will have
finished by the first of next week it is
thought.
$12 000 FIRE AT
GRANDFIELD
that Dickens has taught in his
I immortal classic. ict and Light and Power Plant at
Today. Grandfield Destroyed by Fire—
The Vampire serial "The Eyes That |x,rtS $12,00(1.
§I Halt." Oral Humpheys in "Pedigrees"
§ I and a cub comedy "Sawdust Love."; The Grandfield Ice and Power plant
^ No advance in price was destroyed by fire yesterday, fol-
j) 5c—Admission 10c. (Adv.) lowing the explosion of some gasoline.
jy, |The loss is estimated at $12,000,
i . « m which was partly covered by insur-
? Announcement to IVlen ance. It was owned by Maple and
\ and Young Men Green company of that city.
I
MURRAY!
TODAY
GERALDINE O'BRIEN
—in—
"A Woman's Fight"
5 Reel Photodrama
LONESOME LUKE
In a short, live comedy.
5c and 10c
BONE DRY
BILL BECOMES
LAW TODAY
To Our Club Pres. E. G. Warren
To Our City Robt. Landers
j Mulic—Quartette.
To Our State S. I. McElhoes
To Our Nation . ...B. M. Parmenter
at all costs," he asserted. Continuing
the premier proposed that all non-eu-
sential imports be dispensed with.
The premier addressed a special
meeting of the house of commons on
the question of restriction of im-
ports. His f;.eech was originally set
for Tuesday hut was postponed be-
| cause, it was announced, the inter-
change betwen the aliies on the sub-
ject had not been completed.
The premier asserted that enormous
sacrifices would be required for the
British to achieve victory. Such sac-
rifices he held would test the national
I grit."
Food Prices Continue ('p*ard Trend K°vernrnent hopes to deal ef-
Although Considered Prohibitive fcctivc|y with the submarine ques-
Yesterday tion' ^ut f°"ows that we cannot rest
* | on this hope. There is no sure means
to victory without hunting the sub-
marines from the deep."
Feb. 2;$.- Food prices He announced a minimum wage of
continue their steady upward trend, twenty-five shilling? weekly to agri-
Prices which yesterday were consider- cultural laborers. Ka d*"lared that
ed prohibitive, at the opening of the the guarantee of certain mihimum
I market showed no indication of declin-' prices to be in force some years must
ing or even stopping skyrocketing. be made to the farmers.
AMERICAN MISSIONARY
GOES DOWN WITH SHIP
By United States.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 23.—The
bone dry bill, which lay on the gov-
ernor's desk, becomes a law unless the
governor vetoes the measure before
night. Not bearing an emergency!
clause the law does not become effec-i
jtive for ninety days.
Music—Quartette.
—GOODNIGHT—
(Toasts limited to five minutes.)
WASHINGTON, 1). C., Feb. 23.— jthe French liner, Athos, was sunk by
(Special.)—Robert Allen Hadden, an a submarine east of Malta, February
American missionary, was killed whenj 17. the state denartment announced.
TOMORROW
First Wm. Fox 2 Reel
Comedy
"Social Pirates"
—with—
CHAS ARLING
—with—
"Pearl of the Army"
Number Nine
—and—
Anna Little in a two reel drama
5c and 10c
Never before have we been so well
prepared to please you with spring
wearables and all we ask is a visit.
Suits, Hats, Shoes, Shirts in endless i
array at
JOE WOLF'S, ONE PRICE STORE.
(Adv.)
Life is too short to kill time.
DOMESTIC COAL .
YOUNG'S GIN AND
COAL YARD
Cor. 2nd & G. Phone 885
The Lawton Basket Ball
team will play Reed, Okla-
at the High School Friday
and Saturday Nights.
15c School Children.
25c to Outsiders.
KANSAS IS
BONE DRY
By United Press.
TOPEKA, Kansas, Feb. 23.—Kan-
sas became ' bone dry" at 11:15 today.
As Governor Capper signed the bill in :
the house of representatives as as-!
sembled, the legisaltors sang "Nobody'
Knows How Dry I Am."
A SENSATION!
The Greatest Woman s Play Yet Seen
SEVEN BIG STARS
TOMORROW
MATINEE
and NIGHT
KING & KING
The Gold Dust Sisters
in Black Face Comedy
Harmony Singing.
Matinee Show Starts at
2:15 P. M.
First Night Show at
6:30 P. M.
Prices 10c and 20c
Dance, Carney Hall
FRIDAY EVENING R:30 P. M.
Gents 50c—Ladies FREE
Leedom & Pokorny
"The Weaker Sex'
with CHAS. RAY
Dorothy Dalton, Louise Glaum
J. Barney Sherry, Robert McKim
Every woman should see this play. In it woman is placed
on a higher pedestal than ever before in a photoplay. Ev-
ery man will enjoy it, on account of the powerful story
and the sensational situations.
—also—
"THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH" 2 Reel Keystone Comedy
THE MET THEATRE
COMING SUNDAY NIGHT ONLY—CLARA KIMBALL YOUNC
, 11
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