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THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION
VOL. XVII. No. 4*.
soldiers
health
is good
LAWTON. OKLAHOMA. TUESDAY KVKN'INU, (M'TOHKK J. I'll 7.
DAILY EDITION.
Business and News
Around the City
©
MOST OF
TROOPS
ARRIVE
♦ TEN KILLED IN A IK RAID.
♦
♦ By United Press.
♦ LONDON, Oct. i: Ten were
♦ killed and thirty-nine injured ♦
♦ was the toll of the latest German ♦
♦ air raid on Ix>ndon. Total of ♦
♦ fifty-one killed and two hun- ♦
♦ dred fifty wounded since Sept. ♦
♦ 24th. ♦
♦ By United Press. ♦
♦ PARIS, Oct. 2.—Retaliation ♦
♦ for the recent German raids, ♦
♦ French airmen bombed Stutt- ♦
♦ tCart, Treves, Frankfort, Coblenz, ♦
(By Staff Correspondent.) ♦ inflicting heavy damages. ♦
CAMP DONIPHAN. FORT SILL. ♦ <
Okla., Oct. 2.—The arrival of the
< $154 C ollected
Police Court.
A total of $151 was the amount col-
lected in police court yesterday after-
noon. The cases were as follows:
! W. T. Base, gambling, $25 bond
forfeited; W. I>. Smith, gamb-
ling, $16 bond forfeited; W. T. Tuttle,
$16 forefeited; A. Fields, driving a car
without lights, $11 bond forfeited; W.
R. Blockwood, disturbance, $11 oond,
  forfeited,* H. Green, without lights,
ft < organj nation of Kansas and Mis- and rosfcs,   Davenport,
wouri Troops Kapidty
—Many Officers
rrd to the Depot
the Meo Good Oi
ha±pto(—tmo
For Heu.
(By Staff Cor
CAMP DONIPH>
Okla., Oct. 2.— Reorganization
ir lh Diviqion tn havo hwn rff«x t*>d \rose<i. lnJun*IJOn souri and Kansas soldiers who are de- .
tom umskm. to nave been effected ^a Nuisance. tached from their regiments hv the re- * Zeebrugge bases, both land
yesterday,^ being delayed because all The Elk Pool Hall was closed by organization The drafted men will * sea- l'ant* operations must
of th* Missoori and Kansas regiments «;ountv offlcer:^--.Monday, upon an order number about 7,000. # successful first howev.
have not arrived. The first Kansas In- Court, it be- Thus the strength of the brigade
- dth. Firs, Missouri Field tiTftaT^ 7^ Z
Artillery arrived yesterday, but too nuisance. deprt'bri^d™ wiil POPE SEEKS
have an approximate strength of
i OFFICIALS
TO CLEAN
UP CITY
COURT HOUSE
CATCH
Thr'ee Convicted
of Gambling.
In Judge Armstrong'* court this!
raorniiiK in the cam; of state versun
I>av«- Henley, C. K. Brooks and Dude
Collier, chained with [rambling on the
military rearvation, pleaded KUilty
and were fined $26 and cost*. Nine
others arrested were turned loos.i be
cause they were only spectaors to the (
"Go to work, Ret out of town or go Kame-
to jail," three alternatives for the ion1'
petition
senators
to resign
Marriage License.
LETTERS, TELEGRAMS AND PE-
Solia TITIONS COME INTO SENATE
the hon-: TO OUST.
recorded m  
book which Tabulation Made of All Petitions But
one hav- I^eave it Ud> to Members
wits mar- Conscience.
guards, and other officials.
In accordance with the campaign
mapped out a number of arrests for
♦ ♦ «♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
By United IVess.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Ocj^jj.—
While leters, telegrams and petitions
demanding expulsion of Senator La-
c i v Follette and other opponents of the
Several Year8 war measures, pouring into the capi-
tal, the privileges committee pf.pur-
I) C Of* «> ^ table of all petitions, the commit-
late to be combined with other or-
ganizations.
Only regimental commanders hav
Excavation Work on
Building IJnder Way.
Excavation work on the additon to
3,600. Company officers will not be in-
creased in proportion to the ranks and
been desisted. Colonel P. M. Hoi.- the Citizens State bank is under way n"anli.lTh«rw«l'lL-l^Tan^feCTe!!0Te"
ington, formerly commander of an(' the building i* expected to go up tru depot brigade
i.nd Kansas Infantry, will lead the rcc&fd "j™. '!s tk;'n' are ™n> busi- —, I 
t f * i neRS nun desiring locations.
new >97th Infantry, reorganized
from the First and Second Kansas in Spe-i ti Picture Run Made
faotrieH. Colonel L. V. Robbing, form- at Liberty Monday Night.
<-rly m command of the Fifth Missouri «poeial run of a Jewel feature
... , , ,, , picture was given at the Liberty
Infantry, is colonel of the l.tfth In- theatre late Monday night, under the
fantry, composed of the First and superrision of (J. E. Benjamin, trav-
FifUi Missouri infantries. Colonel T. eling representative. Members of the
vere
v.yrancy have already been made and Cotton VJporV siows*'ii 19B n^'biiTe. m<,mbctr' lcj'vin/ a" matters with
others are to immediately follow. The jcounting round as half bales irinnS!th? °f th|' men named.
Elk pool hall was closed by injunc- i„ I'll? crop to September 25 as mm K ^4°i? j and other senators have
tion Monday, upon an order secured pared with 4 ( 0] l K9 in lQlfi 2 qfl't 8^0 «e'uged with messages, some of
from the District Court. It v.as ai in 1915 ' ' ' '''*u,,t ' ' them threatening, demanding resiyna-
PFOPf F'^ HFI P that lhe P,ace wns " nuisance '   iion Hnfi removal by force if avces-
«*d that Mmbling wi 1 Bn \ Mitchell waa f'  
*, i * ■* i i> Plwce- to the Ladies Aid Society of the Pres-
Un't^ Ptef*. Officers and members of the com- byterian church this afternoon at her
KO.Mh, Oct. 2.- Pope s.s seeking the mittee state that they have much evi- home on Bell avenue.
support to his peace plans of the peo-
ple of belligerent nations since the au
peal to the rulers has been ineffe
tive.
P. cf the Fourth Missouri Pres« ™d moti°n picture men w.
. - ... , guests, 'ray Me was a thrilling w
Infantry comamnd the 1.I9U, In'Ttern foaUire of five reels, presented
LETTER FROM
BURT STEWART argentine
-  - - -  , prese
Fourth an all-star cast, and the guests were
The following letter from Bert
by Stewart, now training in the officers
resrve, at Leon Springs, v ill be read
with much interest by lawton people
;ts it contains news of all the Lawton
boys stationed there and as to what
1 ails. ^ey are doing. The Constitution is
:tll
fantry, reorganized from the
Missouri and Third Kansas infantries, much pleased with the production.
Colonel IL Linxwiler of the Sixth Mis- , ~
sou. Infantry, will be in con,n,and of
the 140th Infantry, to be organized \y. H. Richardson, of Wichit
••/hen the Third Missouri Infantry has moved to this city with his family .*• *, ....
reaches camp. The Third is now on "n<1 has assumed charge of the shoe gratified to learn that they are
,, . .r BUflii ru%. n, department of the Lawton Mercantile making good, as Uncle Sams army
-uwd duty in Kansas City and v.,11 eompuny Mr Kichardson has been
*iot amv > before trc middle ol the actively engaged in the shoe business
month. for many years and is an expert in his _ . _
Colonel W. McD. Rowan of the Third special line. He is very favorably im- Robert Morford, B M. Club,
Kansas Infantry, who lost his con,- P™5"*, witkh. Uwtfn a 'l confident he Lawton, Oklahoma.
, * ' . , .. will enjoy his work here.
rnund in the fusion of the Third Kan-  
>as and Fourth Missouri, has been as
in turmoil
dence on hand which, they are con
vinced, will insure convictions. They
say that there will not only l>e an ar- >
rest made, but re-arrests The city,
pros«*rution is to be immediately fol-
lowed by prosecutions by the state.
Then other arrests will be made by
the city of the same parties on other
charges until Lawton is thoroughly
and permanently rid of those who re-
fuse to work at a time when there is
such demand for workers.
GERMAN SHUNTER
nation wide '™8ep,llsed
plot
Violent German Counter Attacks are
Repubied According to
Haig Report.
By United Press.
LONDON, Oct. 2.—Violent (krnian
counter attacks in great forces, espec-
ially picked troops against the Ypres
sector have been repulsed bv the
British. General Haig reports five at-
Governnienl is Active.
Secret service representatives of   
the government make an inspev-tion of
this city every two weeks and report .By United Press.
conditions found directly to the war CHICAGO, 111., Oct. 2.—A nation,. , .
department. Some of these co-operate wide plot to paralyze industry, thwart 'luring the night. Military cri-
. with the officials, while others work military operations, obstruct conscrip- 015 "lain^,n that jiaig is preparing
H)0*i DOl'BLIH) AND independently, submitting their re- tion and to cause America to lose the another offensive along the hne fol-
MANV STARVING AMONG ports only to the department at war, is shown by evidence used in in- ^ovv,n^ the present intense urtillery-
POORER CLASS. Washington. The committee and offi- dieting n hundred and sixty-six I. W. ^ German counter at-
could contain no finer set of young < eials state that if the business men members. William B. Haywood, in-   J .
men. The communication follows: (abuu* Tut, (teiiwaV Irouble Brewing could be brought to a realization of teroational seere^Tv ar,«l treasvropJ   > t
Withhold Martial Law For the importance, even necessity of Frank Little .recently lynched in Mon- ^'r- Mrs. John Murphy* . f
Present. keeping a clean city within th. pre tana were the alleged ring leaders. Chattanooga are here this week, the
11 " 1 ... h!1.  . 1 i' . . .  ,!!.. I i i i ..11 « ki n m. llf t Kll I , , ,l>f All ..., L. . .... 1. . ... i'lU'lit C tHolT H fl 1 lfh f U t" VI A M
. scribed five mile limit, all of them Half of the indicted men have been quests of their daughter, Mrfc. A. B.
Dear  lr: would he behind the movement. As it arrested, federal officers artnouncd Cummings and family on Seventh
fuo. f;ii ...:ii i u 1 promised Uiird and some of the BLbNOS AlKhS. Oct. 2. -Food js they intimate they are somewhat and the search would extend to ai street.
     y., 4000. 'nf ♦  w 6oys to write something vou might PriceR a^e already doubled and on ae- handicapped bv names of prominent parts of the country. Indictments al
signed to the command of the Head- teases to the members of the Wednea- > • count of the general strike jumped business men appearing upon the lege fifteen thousand separate olTens-
fammOgtaSowddendrash :Cacre 127 day AucHor, Bnto J. tomoirow ^ve the press. So here Boe higher. The last line of communica bonITs of men arrested. A number of e . ®   $
afternoon at her home, ,14 Gon a\e- The boys from lawton, Hood, Bark- tion to the city which permitted com- these visited, they state, have prom- Preparations for the coming I W THF WFATHFR ;
et.dale, Eckerson, Prettyman, Turner mumcation with the outside world wa-, iscl| furthcr co-operation in the mat W. trial in Chicago indicates that the . 1 nC-"
and Vallentine are making good. stevedore?, who joined in tcr anij will have their names with- most famous labor bearing in the his- &
llead'jcarters and Military Police. Col- nue
one! W A. Raupp of the Second Mis-*
.soari Infantry which was completely
disorganized to 128th, 12^th and 180th
Machine gun companies and the 110th
Trench Motar Battery, will be at-
t-ached to the Depot Brigade.
Tne selection of hattalion and com-
pany crffierrs, which will b§ made on a
basis of seniority of rant, will not be
mad* for several days. The combina-
tion oi regiments has not yet been ef-
fected, but will be completed soon af-
ter Tuesday when the First Missouri
truck co.
to remain
The camp gossip has it that next     drawn from th'' bonds- f°r  of-th'' will be held, At-
The government withh. lds declara- v".' , . . TI'* ' "•"'H' V' Forecast Kor Oklahoma—Tuaigti
week may see some vacant seats tion of,narttal law^ Su^g is in- thlt it ctlng^he prosecution. The'lWW.i's Wednesday probabl;
around Uncle Sams table, but no one tense' among the poorer dasses. All wouJ,d b(} under martja, Inw Thf pr0. ievyin(r a special assessment on all Thu"day'
slated for dismissale as we known. rauroaoa arc now stoppeq. VOf,t; guard i3 working with the officers members to secure funds to employ
and is expected to be granted the pow- the best legal talent, the
The fare is fine but not like home,
yet there is not anything to complain pfeflcH TrOOpS
of. A good variety well cooked and
well served.
j We have finished four weeks of very
heavy work and covered all work py unjted Press
through the company and gone over PARIS, Oct. 2.
COTTON MARKET.
of the truck copany.
ter for the reason that tbe new organ-
isation doe4 not demand a great in- _
crease in strength and there v ill be no ^ ^ V V
Met Theatre
• , _ . t.n clraf if nana Fipld Truck co?^an y numbi'r 4 uil1 ,vot enough book work to keep the average pulsed with heavy losses two strong th,
Inlantry and the hirst Kansas •<.  jeave y0Ti sui according to Sergeant hufiV for R:x m(,nth< and we ('«**man counter attacks around and county officials, but tha
ArtiBerj' arrive. Miller of the company who was in the J ' y ' Beaumont, Craonne, and the right results are^,not <>btainth<
:jau,v company captains stand to city this morning to correct en im- have mapped out for the next eight or 0f tf,e Meuse. The
los.- their commands but will be trans-! Passion that the whole truck com- nine weeks enough work to keep the ported an artillery duel.
, ,h„ I,.,,';..!., I, .,,11 pany was to leave. Sergeant Miller avcni?e person busy for year or mo'",
fep.d to the depot brigade,  hi.h will sliyil ,hat thp ^ who left Monday v.„, „„ „„t .L in .ni    
Ik1 orgamred later from officers and were just a part of the company who * . ^
niea displaced in the reorganizations, were sent to San Antonio to help form short a time.
Kacb regiment will furnish several new truck companies and that coin- This is a time where recent college
m',' tnr Ih.. H. not hrii- ide and pHny numlx'r 1 wou'd remain at Fort training counts and where book worms
rsr T"—f r :r r
streagih with drafted men. number 1, and all will remain here. elder ones are relegated to tht ri..r
Tbe organisation of the. tiOth Field The Constitution was misinformed The first eall sounds at 5:45 a. m..
Artillery Brigade will be a simple mat-; yesterday relative to the movements and then there is something doing till
of th.* tnirU ronnnv. jq p m Usually it is eight hours drill-
" ing and conferences and two hours
$ study, the rest of the time is spent| ""Jh !!*£>'' state.
^ in study and keeping presntable.
Yet with all the requirements ,
^ Uncle ^Nam has a just right to be proud !
of his embrio officers, who are to train!
yu and lead his sons to France or any-
to the cits RUSSIA TAKES
at in case
ANOTHER LINE
••omtnnation of regiments. The First
Missouri Field Artillery with Troop H, j .
Missouri Cavalry, ^cotne the 128th ^
FSe-W Artillery. The Second Missouri ^
PicWi Artillery becomes the 120th ^
Field Artillery. The First Kansas Field;
DANCE
TONIGHT
at
CARNEY HALL
where needed to fight freedom's bat-
Artillery will become the UOth Held @ PokoiTiy Orchestra #
Artillery and the supply company and ® Qf QrdeT # S°m<! 20,000 °Ut "* "b°Ut 1M,I>00 "f
be.vkiuart^rs company of the Second
Missouri Infantry will form the 110th
Trench* Motar Battery. The brigade,
will bo in command of Brigadier Gen-;
era! L. G. Berry who is now tempor-j
<Continue-l from yge fOOf)
For Information
Sec Mrs. Sommers
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TONIGHT
REGULAR DANCE
CARNEY HALL
TUESDAY NIOHT
OFFICERS' DANCE
WEDNESDAY NIOHT
CARNIVAL BALL
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V /—GREATER—U
VITACRAPn
3/uq ftibbo/t Fe aturcs
EARL WILLIAMS
—with—
CORINNE GRIFFITH
In Ti act Blue Ribbon feature
"TRANSGRESSION"
WITH A COMEDY
Murray Today
5c and 15c
the brains of the country were chosen
to attend the different camps. About
l?rS00 of them are in this camp.
; The corn fields, cotton fields, law-
,pera' offices, college men from every1
j walk of life, professors, lawyers and
in fact the best developed brains of the
1 country was chosen to lit themselves
for officers.
This is evidently a young man's war
| as the more active in brain and limb
I seem to be in the lead. I find at 43
• that I ani rather out of my sphere, but
I have managed to keep above the av-
erage in recitations and made fairly j
j good on the neld.and by using a little .
j bull dog tenacity kept in line in the J
, double tini".
September 18th we began the con-
struction of some trenches facing a
j corresponding entrenchment and in
(three days constructed trenchcs that:
; made old soldiers and even a French.
; officer compliment <tur work. The plan j
was for us«to spend Thursday, Thurs-
day night and Friday in these trenches :
j and practice Zero 1 o'clock and over, j
(Continued on pasre three;
 r . . American
er to arrest civilians the same as en ^Federation of I>abor will also be repre- vrw vorl
listed men. They are already making sented. Onen
Rpnulae r.evmar a raids and making arrests outside of The government plans to try ail 9/vn
nepuifte nermann reservation. caws at one time. The defense will be * ^4.60
I^awton is within the five mile zone, ** f?eneral denial of all charges of  e-.jan 23.01"
and the committee states that the rail- "'ton an^ pro-( erman activities. March    .24.24
French trooon re- itar>' has shown a disposition to leave
" ♦ mntfor rticrn !; t inn lin tn tho ntv K I I > ^ I L\ I A R h H ORI EANS
Open
Oct.   
will promptly assume charge of same.    23.07
Lawton is at the present time praf- „ iinited i.rei)s Ian 23.09
til-ally clean of bootleggers, although, ™{J™ ' ™ "- March  23.16
of course, some liquor is sold here, f \he liiira district ".dvMnc^l New Orleans spots firm
but with the arrival of th«- soldiers a f, " .Iut. advanced 042,1. Sules 1758.
number of questionable peopl. arc official "^ar^eannounMmnt' " Ncw York 3P*'ts steaJ>
dropping in, and they are not work ncIRI Jr oince announcemnt. 26.20. Sales none.
ing people. An organized effort t<> _ Galveston spots stead>.
keep tab of these army followers is bi L-Ongre88man 25.00.
ing made, and such idle people will k C C  —
not be permitted to find a permanent tO LanvaSfi r* Or PLUMBING.
StTheinfommiUe^was unable to state Liberty Loan* l or plumbing and "U-amflUio, call
as whether or not the government - —- Henry J. Boh I. If you want to have a
would prosecute in minor cases, or By Unit*yl IVess. fplumber figure on your job phone 1131.
leave prosecutions to the city and. WASHINGTON, D. C\, Oct. 1. &J2 (' Avenue.   HMtf
TUESDAY
LOUISE HI TV AND
J ACK PICK FORD IN
"FRECKLES"
f  reel feature.
WEDNESDAY
KrrHKi. CLJ\YTON IN
"The Stolen
Paradise"
in 5 reels
2 REEL KEYSTONE COMEDY
The Clever Dummy
THURSDAY
MABF.L TALIAFERRO IN
"Peggy, the Will o'
the Wisp"
I VAUDEVILLE ACTS
OPENING
FRIDAY
LITTLE FANNIE WARD IN
"Unconquered"
SATURDAY
K.NID BENNETT IN
"They'* Off"
AND A TRIANGLE COMEDY.
And the Met's Feature Orches-
tra. Continuous Show Starting
at 2 p. m.
Ciose
2fc.34
34 95
34.80
24.04
trioae
24.*>7
24.05
24.08
24.24
, middling
mi. Idlings
middlings
HOSPITALITY
HOUSE OPENS
TOMORROW
With adjournment near, many con-
gressmen are returning to their dis- n/..v AVXrrv    4
tricts to help the Liberty bond cam- ANTED About
paign. The middle of next week the Unique Tailors, 319 C.
wession is expected to end. Leaders
are encouraging the opening of the
campaign now by permitting mem-
bers to leave with no important bills!
pending. Today was devoted entirely
to allowing members to explain per-
sonal attacks.
15 years.
WANTED!
LIBERTY BOND SUBSCRIBERS.
  Please call for your Interim certi-
The opening of Lawton'« Hospital- 10.2 3't CITIZENS STATE BANK.
ity houne, which han been mad ? pos-
sible by the Women's clubs of the city,
will be held Wednesday evening vht ,
all club women, will act as hostesses.\ H 4 Idttl.
Only soldiers, their wives, mother... ' 10,1 H"M 4
sisterw and sweethearts and other rel- fiUllAH
atives will be entertained. Invitations ♦ These Autumn Days
have been sent out to over 500 for this + POWELL'S
first night. Refreshments will iv ser ^ T>8 ^ ^venu,. «
%ed and the folio.vii.K program t iv< ■ ■ ^     „
Soirees de Vienii--   u: u 1
Miss Mini McCI'ire AAAAAAAAAAA
200 horses, mare* and
mules from 5 to 10 years
old, from 1000 to 1400
lbs. Will be at C. S.
Thomas' barn, Phone
192, from Oct. 2nd to
Bring in your
♦ stock. The best are none
* too good.
J. F. BLASDEL.
1 liave a new supply of cood ♦ ^
McAlester Coal on hand.
, ♦ YOUNG'S GIN AND COAL
"Sunrise"   Creig
Miss Anna Marie Dun Ian ♦
' A Perfect Day" Carrie Jai < liond ^
Mrs. P. Craig
Reading  Selected
Mrs. Theo. Dorland ^ YARI).
"Spri>ig is Here"  Cowlan ♦ (.'or. 2nd and G.
Mrs. Ray Yeoman
"Meditation" (Talftl) HftlMMt
Miss Ix>is Harper
"Nothing But Love''
Dancing at
Carrie Jacob Bond J
Mrs. A. L. Leake •
Quurtette *
"Carrj- Me Back to Ole Vircinny",*
Mesdames Dunn, Wolverton, (!ens-|*
man. Minn Roliert.ion. *
WANTED.
. Yountc Man With Motorcycle..
WESTERN UNION TELE
GRAPH CO,
MEDICINE PARK e
PAVILION O
i hon. ^ Saturday Evenings e
Music by ♦
e Pokorny's Orchestra ❖
♦ e Adm. 50c. Ladies Tret e
❖ Everybody Invited ♦
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