The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 231, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 5, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. XVJ. No. 231.
THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION
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LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY KVENLVO, MAY 1<H7.
PEACE ADVOCATES
NEW GOV'T.
SETTLES
TROUBLES
Lost Husband Still rniOfin
Sought By Wife rKluuU
Where J. M. Haley is, the reason for!
is sudden departure into the timbers
hat line the banks of Red River near1
Randlett, leaving his wife stranded
in a Huirk Six, is information desired ,
| by his wife here, who is now waiting
I for some news of her husband, who
took 'French leave" early Friday
( morning, following; a chase of several
I miles by Cotton county officers, who
State Officer Is
Here to Enforce
* . I • , miles by Cotton county officers, whi
Auto License Law hud commanded them to halt, shortly
J after crossing the Burkburnett bridge.
Byron J. Rauch, state enforcement L MrJ- Baley, when interviewed at
officer, with the Highway Department Sn"whl" * parage this morning was RESOLUTION
came to lawton last night and will se('kmK 'hrcugh the newspapers to se-
DIVISION TO
DE MOVED
look after automobile licenses "in Co" I t?re information concerning the
manche and Cotton counties in the!w ,®* of her husband to *et
next few days. (word to him of her arrival here.
He says about 4 per cent of the! Mr' an<1 M™' Buley on their'
cars have paid the 1917 license and IwaJ ^I.'om Pheonix, Arizona, to Kan-
the rest are using the last year's li-1sas City' tlaveling overland. Being |
'unfamiliar with the custom of Cotton;
ASSURING WAR
DEPARTMENT AND FT. SILL
COMMANDANT OK LAW TON'S
CO-OPERATION UNANIMOUS-
LY ADOPT HV
Recruiting For
Officers' Training
Camp Is Stopped
i Recruiting for the officers' training!
icamp at M. liOgan H. Root, Arkansas,
ceased yesterday afternoon, following
i the receipt of orders from Washing-
ton. It is supposed that the full con-
tingent of three hundred men allotted
to Oklahoma have been recruited.
HOUSE ACTION
HAS NO EFFECT
ON SENATE
DAILY EDITION.
That Lawton, alter next Sunday
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT AP-
'IUTKN|)lKkI- p'kvt' aM7ED " nave "0l K"1 y°ur W17 auto-
SOTIALIST FROM BERLTN^ buTy"' y°U beUer Ket
By Unit-', Press.
cense, which is clearly a violation of imfamiliwr with the custom of Cotton , '-awtc
the law, and subjects those who have ,unt5' of searching everyone,,W1" 1,0 longer be u division point on WAS NGTON I) r
neglected this to a fine, | river wUh the possi- tl.c Frisco raili-oad, unless railroad of-; Ilummcrcd mightily, opponent* of I
•May
PLTROGRAD, May 5.—Agitators
•f a peace program are being attack-1
«1 on the streets by crowds of sol-'
•hers and citizens. Shots were fired
and severnl were reported injured.
The troubles commenced last night
wbcn Nicholas Lenint, socialist and
advocate of a separate peace, recently
arrived from Berlin, Tried to address
the crowds.
After two days, the cheering, mut-
tering, jostling mobs, surging the
streets in demonstrations, the Duma
and provisional government has an-1
parently reestablished itself. At the
night meeting all differences between
the government and workmen and sol-
diers were smoothed oat. A formal
report of the deliberations was not
made. It was informally stated at
headquarters that the soldiers' and . o._ vioiei
workmen* committees had reached an 1 °n the Champagne front. German
amicable adjustment with the Duma counter attacks were everywhere
leaders. , checked,_according to the official state-
~i n , I"1"!,1- ,The Geimans "ere supported
Counsels Public y fresh tro°P3-
PARIS. May
9glected this to a fine, , "ossea 1'ecl river with the possi- the r ris
If you have not got your 1017 auto-! 'h'y li,luor' Ba'«y. in tead j*cUls can be persuaded to change'he cenMrshipdau'i inX'Tdmini^
mobile state license, vou bpttpr w* t halting at the command, put on '*1,.; 1 . , f tit inn i #n *tuminis
' y°U e"er : more- speed, leading the chase for a thelr P1"'"' was brou«ht "ut 'ongntss today
(distance of three miles, when seeing meeting of the Business Men's! L ° i W, l'as,.,the matter
| the officers were gaining on him, stop- club. According to information re- on the spy b"ll CTm,'^l.T
for T Hunduy i# ,h# ** M'LrnJ'ed ^3 &
I of the missing man. Mrs. Baley, did I y 'or the removal of the !? f^matters. The censorship caulse
not know of any reason why he (Continued On Page rour.) !' ."fJ?_S^ate Monday
j should run away, unless he became
| frightened at the guns the officers had
■ drawn. She hired a driver and camei
jon to I.awton, where she is patiently1
waiting the return of her lost hus
1ST TIME IN HISTORY
PRES. IN HOUSE GALLERY
American Business
Man Need Not Fear niirAllll
Future Says Briton DALrUUK
PARTY VISITS
HOUSE
, LONDON, May 6.—American busi-'
ness has nothing to fear from war
promts. England's have been above!
normal since the war started, Lord!
Rhonda member of Lloyd-George's
cabinet in a statement to American:
business men. I.arge and small he de-
clared can look optimistically to the
I future.
COUNTER
ATTACKS
CHECKED
PARIS, May 5.—Violent fighting
i band.
ARMY DETAILS
WORKED OUT BY
DEPARTMENT
BIG QUESTIONS
SMOOTHED OUT
IN CONFERENCE
--- ... W1IV- ouiittir :Yionua '.
Many republicans and leading dem-
ocrats with the administration who'
have so far spoken will vote against
the measure.
Further Loans
Are Announced
NATIONWIDE
FOODSURVEY
FIRST STEP
By United Press.
WASHINGTON. I). C„ May 5—
The preside* united to the capital
shorty before nu.%n to be present at
[ the visit to ; > ..Be of the Britisk
mission. He arrived without beinr
noticed and slipped into a seat in the
M
house gallery. This is the first time"ia
j history that a president witnessed the
muse from the gallery.
The Balfour party arrived at the
same time. The president accompanied
by his wife and daughter sat in the
gallery five minutes before he was re-
cognized. Then the lid literally blew
off. Cheers and applause resounded for
WACnmcwiu u i . Aw minutes. There was a big demon-
ASIIINGTON, May 5.—A nation stration in honor of the British, when
wide food survey will be the first Balfour started a stirring speech.
step of the government after congress
Not to Indulge
Th^fun~thNT,f'thC-' MaV 5'~ C?het,rcommiSrco^entd Th,
-Germany is pour- ganized under the^electivc'a"rmy bin ?imit exemptionsV°'andee"other' " fb,a,nquet an<l initiation last
in Buying Panic fitting along C ^
WASH,NCTO^ c„ May 5.- ^ ^ ^ ^
e^uSSTs^tAr^ r;
By United Press.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 5-
The government announced that fur .
tnei ioans, twenty-five million (o Passes the drastic food control bill
wachivctaTT" „ - 'EJr hui«lred million to advocated by the president, to com- The Cameron Agricultural school,
Th . h ™ T ' i" "Vayi ~T d'lVH be i.onsumated in u fewjhine the work of the department of the senior class, put on a play last
sims ?hnt ?hlSen' ),V0i y developed > • agriculture and the council of nation- night at the auditorium of the college.
signs that the} might clear the ques- — la! defense which is to be personally entitled "The Elopement of Ellen"
Within . ,an American army,ODD FKI.LOWS HAD directed. !under the direction of Miss Mildred
" y.or two- At the sessions A BIG BAN'Ql'ET.' Ho-vever, the first thing to deter- w<"Clelland.
m'nei is the amount of reserve food , The attendance was large, the au-
effect the United States. The Federal' IZ hundred *}*% hous- field artillery eq
trade commisBion ruled today in a re- man "S Ger- caliber howitzere.
port to congress. The report counsel- around "lont Th^ PVenJh^ rtpU Virtually every detail of plans foi-
led the public not to indulge in a buv- grounl in the f-ire nf v gaming raising, maintaining, equipping and
mr I anic. The consumer should buy ance ' violent resist- organizing this force has l,een care-
as in the past year and not try to fully worked out by the war depart-
honrd his supply. It is the intention of Tf . , .. " T~ " mcnt and the selection of the men will
the commission to expose dealers and truth could be discovered,,begin
speculators who try to justify the Probably it Would be found that the becom
. . """wuiil oi ieserve Toon, mi- arienaance was lai
The Odd Fellows encampment had ! ,n . ' country, where located, ditorium had every seat filled and th©
hit' h«nniiof i: j ,Jjnd how it can be most effectively1 large audience enjoyed the play im-
distributed. Then compile the esti- mensely.
mate with the probable production Those who made up the cast were:
— ^ SSH ,uu, a uiorouKhiv and consur"Ption of crops of the cur- Everett Shaw, Mary Ellen Stafford,
enjoyable time. ' rent year by sections. >n the result Kenneth Ray, Fred Chapman, Nina
of these surveys depend what action Poor, Pearle Robinson and Joe Till°r-
the president will take. son, ; nd they all did fine.
.I.wiv aim me BClflUUIl U1 tnti 171611 Will
discovered,, begin es soon as the draft measure
ulaw. Conferees of the seriate
, . , *•« juainy cne ""wm uc iwuuu inat i:ne " ui uic aciuut*
hiRr pnees by stampedeing the pub-'birds in Northern France imagine -ill "ouse ^°Pe to agree on disputed
lie into abnormal hnuinrr n ... features today so as to send the bill
CONSCRIPTION
METHOD OUT-
LINED ST DEPT. | Lincoln School Operetta
It has just about gotten so in this
• country that, some folks wpuld fc<^l
.i'ke martyrs if drafted from the pool-
rooms into the truck patch?*.
Attracts a Large Crowd
to the iresidenr for ~hl7""".i™^«"™WA5H,NGroN. D- C- 5—1 nTh* "RPeM-tU, "On Midsummer's
earlv next week J.'1®10 was a *m'f •« the country'sl r "5'. , given by the grades of the
Divisions history when n.ilitary enumerato: -. Lincoln school, last night at the high
... Announcta. 'backed hv huvnnpta u school auditorium, was one of the
creases of men.
| a mar
walk the
i:., . ■ * - j ;jiiai-me :
niissiou hoidsTerebiSy,n^rIahseonCfo; lhe K"me haw
passing on to the consumer the in- KMI"jy next weeK. ihiQinrv ;i;i...., . -
ererse occasioned by the wage in- The thin^ that puzzles us is. when Divisions Announced. bu.-ked bv bavonet^
an wears wooden shoes, does he campXTricte '"'ssu'ed tSaTby^dT ll?e peoplc take'" ^^pulsory ser'l "10^ interesting",c'hool'pla'ys';that has
,,lank? partment indiVate^ that the divisions vice cen us. Today, under the principle *?«? Klve.n tot some time. Songs.
: at the first half million nttv Sfntr1 uPlver««l liability to service the «k- W* and beautiful costumes worn
nu-i win be formed as folhws* Tut i,f 'h<' ' Put into the?nd «P««hes by the children added
W - win oe ioimed as follows. hands of the people. ] to the evening's entertainment. !
a" The approval of the new national ,P™f- McGee, principal of the
army bill and the President's procla-! hool, assisted by the teachers, iias
DANCE
• TUESDAY AND SATURDAY
• NIGHTS—CARNEY HALL
• Leedom & Pokorny i
i:
New England states*.
Second—New York pnnorpwinnul Ul" antJ tne **resiaenfs procla- ll,e macners, uas.
20 (ineludW iTni ",atlon thereunder will be coincident. SP®". con®jder«ble time in drilling the;
All persons Within the age limits pre-
!«diildrep. Mr. McGee directed the play.
j A large crowd witnessed the play.'
Monday Night at the Met
Sena Owen
I lnu nrsl non mm'on new
men wi|] lie forme(l as f0])uws;
* TIME TO KODAK. * x.^'rst. Division—Troops from
Inspect our big line of East- ♦
man Kodaks and Supplies. ♦ districts 1
Films Developed. ♦ Island, New York City and "a strip f'JiPe[3°"n . --
♦ POWELL'S. ♦ north of the citv.) ' scribed will be required to present
Third-Remainder of New York! "V re1l!lstratlon Lat the cus-
state and Pennsylvania congressional tomar>' voting places m the voting: n..
-—^^yr-nt*aflrgi||U> ALLOWS
Fifth-New Jersey Delaware,< regis^atioT^y. i,ppr°Val "f oil! and
IN
"A Woman's
Awakening"
A modem romance with an usually fresii plot.
The story of a girl, young and foolish, who mar-
ines and repents; who goes through all sorts of
torture seeking a way out until the hand of fate
interposes and awakens her to that which means
more than the empty flitter of riches.
Vaudeville Offering- Will Be
"THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS"
Also Our Regular Vaudeville Act
"THE FLORENTINE TRIO"
in Singing and Music.
A Big- Feature Program at the Regular Prices, 10c and 20c
Come Early and Stay Late
Maryland, Virginia and' District of
' Columbia.
Sixth—North and South Carolina
and Tennessee.
Seventh—Georgia , Alabama and
Florida.
Eighth—Ohio and West Virginia.
Ninth—Indiana and Kentucky.
Tenth—Illinois.
PRES. TAKE OVER
ALL SHIPS YARDS
The governor of each state will be I
the chief of registration therein. The j
machinery of registration in each'
county is to be in charge of the sheriff,
the county clerk and couny physician,
acting ex-officio, unless a different!
board shall be announced by the gov-
ernor. In cities containing popula-1 United Press.
Eleventh—Michigan and Wisconsin, li.0"5 of IH?rf tha" 3<M>00 the regis- WASHINGTON, 0. C., .May 5.—
Twelfth — Arkansas, Mississippi L?,™ i ? control of the i Yielding to international pressure for
and Louisiana. [">a>.or an<l selected boards of regis- more ships the administration pre-
Thirteenth — Minnesota, Iowo.i ,, , ,, , (pared a new bill authorizing the
North and South Dakota and Nebras-' <?™elih.at. the designated county: president to take over all ship vards
ka. ,and city officials and the people gen-,of the country and material used in
Fourteenth—Missouri, Kansas and .Kl oan set a 5,U'a,r understanding j construction will be introduced Mon-
Colorado. ]? . ^ census methods the following j day. Repairing the damaged interned
Oklahoma in Fifteenth. j • German ships will take $250,000 each,
Fifteenth—Oklahoma and Texas , , sheriffs or o^her designated of- it was reported today.
Sixteenth—Montana, Idaho, Wash- ,, la 'r imm.t * y upo1; receiving'
ington, Oregon, California, Nevada, 1 r governor shall appoint
Utah Wyoming and New Mexico. I reeistiars for each voting precinct
In addition ti#re will be two sep- Thc P™Portion of registrars shall
arate cavalry divisions, which prnb ^
ably will be situated in the south-,
west, near the Mexican border. Offi-!'
THE WHITE RAVEN"
SCENE l=«OM
SPECIAL SALE
Excellent uickel plated bumpers for all ears, formerly
sold tor $10.00, special price while they last
$6.00
Overland Garage
Corner Fifth and C Ave.
near the Mexican border. Offi-
cers for the cavalry divisions will bej®
trained at all the sixteen officers' jg
training camps, which will open with-,®
in a few days with 40,000 prospective ®
officers under training.
Each infantry division will consist
of nine full regiments of infantry, '
three regiments of field artillery, one
regiment of cavalry, one regiment of
engineers, one division hospital and
four camp infirmaries. The total
sterngth of the sixteen will be 15,022
officers and 439,792 men.
The two cavalry divisions combined
I will have 1,214 officers and 32,0fi2
J fighting men, including mounted en-
gineers and horse artillery units, and
leach will have also its divisional hos-
| pital and camp infirmaries,
j Supplements for Tactical Units.
The proportion of coast artillery
troops to be provided out of the first
500,000 will be 606 officers and 20,000
men, with requisite medical troops.
Supplementing these tactical units
will be the sixteen regiments of heavy
field artillery, strength 768 officers
and 21,104 men; eight aero squadrons
or one new squadron to each two new
infantry divisions; eight balloon com-
panies, ten field hospitals, ten ambu-
lance companies, twenty-two field
bakeries, six telephone battalions, six-
(Contlnoed On Pace Four.
Murray
TOMORROW
"SISTER
AGAINST
SISTER"
A clash of the I'|>| er
i Jiikl Underworld. A |h>w-
ei-ful picture story done
in tlie incomparable
WILLIAM FOX
Way; Starring the Stately
VIRGINIA
PEARSON
In a Dual Role
Matinee and Night
Prices :: 5c and 15c
PULLMAN CAFE
FOLLOWING IS THE MENU FOR
SUNDAY'S DINNER:
SOUP
Chicken a la Maryland—on Toast
j Roast Beef an jus—Sauce
Roast Pork—Pineapple Sauce
■ Veal Loaf—Spanish Sauce
I Boiled Ox Tongue—Horseradish
Baked Heart—English Dressing
Short Ribs of' Beef—Candy yams
Spare Ribs—Dressing
Creamed Potatoes
Cauliflower on Toast
i Beet Salad Ginger Bread
Cherry Pie Pumpkin Pie
Prices 35 cents
PULLMAN CAFE
Charlie Rogers, Prop.
323 Third Street
DOES A WOMAN KEEP HER WORD?
You will find the answer by seeing
ETHEL BARRYMORE
GREATEST OF STARS
—in—
"The White Raven"
A 5 act Metro Wonderplay of unusual power.
Met Theatre
TOMORROW—MATINEE AND NIGHT
New Vaudeville, "The Florentine Trio"
In Singing and Music
Prices
10c and 20c
r, .. 0
EAT LAWTONIA
ICE CREAM
It's the best of all, and
made in Lawton.
Lawton Ice Cream Co.
Phone 105 — 320 E Ave.
THE CITY NATIONAL BANK will re-
ceive subscriptions until June 15th on the
Two Billion Dollar Liberty Loan.
These bonds are to be issued m small de-
nominations and will draw interest at 3 J per
cent.
You can render your country an invalua-
ble service by calling at the bank and sub-
scribing for such an amount of these bonds
as you are able to purchase.
Advise the bank at once of the amount
you desire.
THE CITY NATIONAL BANK
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