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The Eyes of the Nation Are Focused On Lawton's Big $15,000 Drive For the Recreation Fund
THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION
VOL. XVII. No. 54.
LAWTON, OKLAHOMA. TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER ft, 1017.
$7,000 PLEDGED "E
AT NOON TUESDAY0R °„F
THE DAY
COURT HOUSE
CATCH
Released On
$700 Cash Bond
J. M. Kinder, who was arrested on
Monday on a charge of having liquor j
in his possession, was released today j
under a $700 cash bond.
Committee Has Over One-Half
Desired Amount-No
Slackers Allowed
1'icked Up
Ex-Convict
  i s^eri^'R f°rce today picked up i
Weather Puts Snap in Drill— an ex-convict, escaped from the Gran- j
Study of Rifle ite institution. He was a colored fel-
Benins. low by the name of Ford and had been RUMORED CHANCELLOR
OFFER
Business and News
Around the City
Mullin A Morford Are
Expected to liuild Soon.
Dr. Mullin and R. B. Morford arc
expected to let a contract soon for
a fine two-story building on their lots
ibetween the now Koehler building and,
the Pioneer telephone building, on C,
although the gentlemen have made no
positive announcement to that effect.
However, some beautiful plans for an
opera house have been seen in their
posfK ssion, of a structure which is es-
MlCH-timated at a $.'15,000 cost.
—working at Fort Sill
The cold crisp weather of the past  
few days has put tV '"pep" into the Marriage
soldiers at Camp Doniphan and when Licenses
, they drill they drill with mor.e snap Marriage licenses issued since yester-'
With seven thousand dollars pledged |F streets, $830 00; Outlying, first ward thRn g week ag0 Swenter8 with K's day were: August E. Huffman, 26,
at twelve o'clock today, with a number $42; second ward, no canvass; third <amj M>g are maldng their arpearance; Ft. Sill, and Miss Florris Barnes, 15,!
Total *«■- in the camp. Pack making and tent [Lawton.
374.50. Subscnbed but not reported hjnR was Monday.s lesson.
of solicitors not reporting, it is con-
fidently believed that Lawton's big
financial drive for $15,000 for the sol-
diers' recreation fund will prove an
unparallelled success. In all the na-
tion, Lawton is to be the first city to
report funds raised, and if the desired
amount is raised today and tomorrow,
this city will receive a nation.wide
advertisement as having done ail she
was asked to do by the national com-
mittee
The sum of $6,742.50 had been
pledged at noon, according to commit
by voucher sufficient funds to bring
the amount to over $7,000.
The large conical tents which ac
. commodate twelve men, are imprac   ,
J* cert^inJy ™as a Srea morning ^ an a|>my Qn the marcjlt s0 the ,Miss Mabel Anderson,
drive, and the business men who are men are ^ fir6t lesson8
doing the work were all enthused.
The bunch of men who are making the
AELIS WILL MAKE NEW
PEACE OFFER SOON.
No Indemnities und Will Surrender
All Territory of Belgium
and France.
By United Press.
Roy Robinson, 26, Fort Sill, and Miss AMSTERDAM, Oct. 9.—Germany
DAILY EDITION.
GALA DAY
OCT. 24
the
drivd can do anything they set out to
do, for they are workers. Many ap- **•""" v"v ,
' , , i * j I halves button together and
pointed for committee work failed to
pitching of smaller shelter tents. Two
men occupy the pup tents and each
carries half of the equipment.
show up on account of being
busy," but? this was expected.
"too
The
are
stretched over a rope suspended from
two poles. Each man carrieB one of
VT , , , ... , the poles and half of the metal tent
, t .. ^ , ,No/eport'^8VebeenSfmlttt.\S Pins. The difficulty is not so much in:
tee figures, and sufficient other sub-,yet from outs.de sources from which ^ ^ of the tents a3 jn
script,ons made but not reported in good results ° expected The com- )ea the prope,. distance8 from'
writing brought the amount to over rr.ittee is confident that the estimated .....
, . ,r . , , . d> 1 r naa n l i xu- tent to tent so that the completed:
$7,000, almost half ti.- total amount amount, $15,000, will be raised within1 .... , 1
. e . i t 4 -ii camp will have a regular appearance
desired. As is always the case, many tlie next few days, and Lawton will ,  „,;n1
J - ... and the company organization will
for soldier . . .
( i be maintained.
The scientific study of the rifle was
begun Monday. The students when world series base ball game was post-
they complete the course will know poned on account of rain which fell
jail about the rifle not alone its shoot- all morning. Thousands had secured
c ',ing qualities but what relation each bleacher seats, braving the wind and
A five mile the rain. Weather permitting, the
Helen Stevens, 18, Seattle, Wash. and Austria have agreed to make new
Walter Hansen, 21, Chicago, and peace offers on the basis of no terri-
Lawton. j torial aggrandizement, surrender of
— Belgian territory, also surrender the
• French territory, with no indemnity
[on either side, according to the Belin
iTages Zeitung.
I No details are 'iven how the offer is
jto be advanced.
I The paper asserts good authority
I for the story. It is considered prob-
were giving liberally, and many were then have "done her bit"
not donating to the fund in proportion welfare and the big drive will go down "
to the benefits they are deriving. A into history as one of the great pa-
few business men even refused to sub- triot'ic accomplishments of a canton-
scribe a dollar, and these firms were n ent city.
freely discussed at the luncheon given Perhaps every one will not be
BASEBALL
GAMES ARE
POSTPONED
B. M. C. Secretary Forced
to Buy New Headpiece.
B. M. C. Secretary Bob Morford is
wearing a new hat. While the weather
continued favorable Bob ignored the
many slighting remarks made by re-
tailers regarding his white silk top,
but when old man Frost got to him
he immediately negotiated with
clothing store.
DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED
FROM OCT. 20 TO 2 ITU—HOLI-
DAY FOR ENLISTED MEN.
Many Prominent Visitors—Ferris,
Champ Clark, Roosevelt and
Governor.
Wednesday, October 24, will be tM
date of the big gala occasion up?).-
a | which Lawton and Comanche county
will do honor to the soldier boys sta-
tioned at Camp Doniphan and Ft. Sill,
instead of Oct. 20, as previously an-
nounced.
An official order has been received
from Washington declaring Oct. 24
NEW YORK, Oct* 9.—The third
the committeemen today noon. They and certainly every one who desires ^ bears to the other
will be visited later by a special com- to "dc their bit," and all citizens who J\". . > .. n «r>,i 1*
h.ke will be taken .uesday by every K.mes, will be played Wednesday and q{ dynamjte w
mittee. may be overlooked are urged to vol- ,, _ , ,
, .. - . . ... - , i , company in the camp. Two hours are lhursday.
With the business section almost untarily call at one of the banks and._n " /1 .  rwl
wholly canvassed, the raising of the leave their subscriptions. "No slack-
remainder of the desired $15,000 ap- ers" is the slogan which the committee j
pears like a hard task, but the homes is using. "Do your bit" is another
of the city have not yet been canvass. And Lawton, which always has 1
vd, and sev ra' ot the wholesale hous- "made good" in the past, is again mak .
es remain to be visited. The commit- ing good for the present and future.
tee is determined to raise tjie prescrib
Heavy Drinking For a
City That is Bone Dry.
The several thousand soldier boys
who came to town Saturday after-
noon and Sunday almost drank the ;ls a holiday for enlisted men, and the
town dry, and soft drinks dispensers, (|ate jB |_0 he known throughout the
were strained to supply the demand. 'nati0n as "Liberty Bond" day. Just as
Several brands of soft drinks gave out; goon ns or(^er was received the
able that Chancellor Michael is will before Sunday night. Mr. Hale relieved | date ^a]a day waB changed to con-
make the announcement at his post- the situation Monday by announcing,form wjth the order, and "Liberty
rj't V ned Reichstag speech. that he has twenty more cars of Bevo;gon(j i)ay" wjji be a big event in
The German press is filled with the enroute to Lawton,and there's many  'Lawton.
comment of the crisis when Michaelis drink in twenty car loads. Arrangements have been nearly
'faces the German parliament. !completed for the program which will
 = Sevry to Try draw many thosuands of visitors to
DYNAMITE License. this cjty. Lieutenant Esterbrook, re-
rMCPA\/CDI7n Willie Sevey, a well known Lawton presenting the new end old posts and
boy and a sophomore in the Univer- ^e Aviation camp, is arranging a
AT PHILA. jsity of Oklahoma, who joined the Hplenciid exhibit. The various types of
  aviation corps at San Antonic, Texas, ajrp]anes to he used by the govern-
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 9.— ',as rece'vef' OI*ders to report for duty. ment jn the war, will be exhibited 6n
ere found|^e's 10 enter the pilot's school, the ground where the events octur.
allowed for covering the distance. On;
Thursday the hikes will be taken by
battalions.
Company commarders will lecture
to the men on Friday, '"Why We Arc
At War." Members of the Second Mis-!
souri infantry, which has been re-
organized into three machine gun bat-
talions will be drilled in *he nomen-
clature and care of pistols i ma-
chine guns. The full equipment of ma-
chine guns has not been issued, but
DR. JOHNSTONE
FUNERAL WED.
BAPTIST CHURCH
Funeral services for I)r. J. C. John-
ed amount, contending that Lawton
cannot afford to do anything else' but 4% A ■ | |
make good. It is hoped to have $10,- I 11 II I I Ii I V I V
000 subscribed by tonight at 6 o'clock, (J! |J ^ y jj | |
when another report will be submit- 1 ... , . runerw wivites iw ui. u. v. i„, ,iftuprnnr MnrhPpk that
. * units having the guns will be given; . . .. . a,.nfinv  t Blackwell n°uncement by governor WortiecK tnat
ted' IBIliliir IIV instructions mu I £ w 1 every possible means would be taken
Chart Chalked Up 1 KM mM IML M I Iinsirucuon8- . . Okla., of diabetes, will be held Wed- JL * * ♦
Secretary E. Stanley Kelley had pre- I (VI IYI S r! L ll I "T?T tT ... afternoon at three o'clock at the 8tate to prevent patlfiat m0<5t'
pared a chart and the result of the ' ,*B 111 " " 1,11 " ;the week 8 8chedu,e' Th. IntroductoryBaptist church_ by Rev. A u Nr.  
morning's canvass was posted at noon —  .exercises treat of °nly the^move- j^^.^ The Masons are t0 jiave chttrf;t'
as follows: C street, $2,446.50; D WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 9.— ments. Dummy enemies will be of the {uneral. 11 H ID OTnilHI/
street, $3,02fi.00; B street $72; E and The coal crisis, practically nationwide,!Bed up later and theories put intO| Masons will meet the ten! V| U j Ij ^ I R U «J IV
' in the area way to the city hall by Mr- Sevey ia a Eon of Mra- "■ "• Zlm"i The various artillery and machine
janitors. The police are investigating. merman and a hrother of Allen Sevey. runs wij| als0 l)e exhibited, and ninny
  |   {will have their first opportunity to see
ADA Kintf"lKI C)n,y Three Drunks i these destructive instruments of war.
AUAINi/UlN I Within Three Weeks. \ big demonstration o^ aircraft will
1 PLANS FOR ■ The police blotter shows that there|alg0 ^ one Qf the big attractive fea-
have only been three arrests within; tures, fearless drivers giving exhibi-
three weeks on a drunk charge. This is tj0n8 0f daring with which they fa-
prima facia evidence that Lawton is jmiliarize themsevles in order to be
Mem- - "
CONVENTION
SIOLX (ITY, S , Oct. .. 'em- pra<.tically "bone dry." No drunks are able to ^ batt)s to thc hostile plan-
bers of the South Dakota ' eoples (.ven seen upon the streets, and it is which they must meet in Europe,
j Council abandoned plans fir holding n()W stranKa to even hear a fellow ask Erickson, representing Camp
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is receiving President Wilson's per-1 Practlce- o'clock Frisco tonight, when the body
sonal attention. Drastic action is ex-1 ^ simpleprocess of unfurling w-jj arrjye jn company with the
 
sonal attention. Drastic action is ex-; the simp'e process 01 uniu ^ wji] arrive in company with the W f|fl I" A PrnTflD
pected unless the situation is relieved i their tents, the bedding is aired eac mother, Mrs. J. T. S. Johnston^, broth- THKr\ \rl||ijK
immediately. Reports that the con-^Tuesday and Friday. — T,-n— —*— —1 r ^
OFFICERS'
DANc£
® Every Tuesday and ®
@ sumers are unable to buy coal, and
gj, that freezing apartments, buildings,
houses with possible shut down of in-
® dustries is pouring in. Railroads con-
fiscate coal for their own needs. Simi-
WANTED!
200 horses, mares and
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C f l xj- i . ,3. lar action is threatened by cities in mules from 5 to 10 years
oaturaay Ohio. Evidence shows that city dealers i i r iaaa 1/tAA
er, Kelley Johnstone and Mrs. L. T.
Gooch, a sister, all of whom left to
be at Dr. Johnstone's bedside, but he
died before they arrived.
! The many friends of Dr. Johnstone,
deceased, grieve with the sorrowing
' relatives
Ohio. Evidence shows that city dealers 1 i 1 Ann 1 /lAfi
® are charging much more than the Old, tTOITl 1UUU to 14UU
fts. Will be at C. S.
Thomas' barn, Phone
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 192 from Oct. 2nd to
I have a new supply of good • — - D • *
^ McAlester Coal on hand. ♦ lDtn. ISring in yOUT
♦ YOUNG'S GIN1 AND coAi. ♦ stock. The best are none ♦
« YARD. ♦ l J
MRS. L. A. SOM MEKS ® ♦ ( or. 2nd and G. I'hone 885 ♦it°° g009*
Matinee Every Saturday @ i|rice set b>' tlu" government.
Afternoon from 2 to 5. @
Pokoray Orchestra @
TEMPLE HALL
BOY WANTED—About
Unique Tailors, 319 C.
against which the big push was made Monday afternoon by Judge R. J. Ray. jgj
15 years, last week. Quickness of attacks caus- Mr. Hansen is stationed at Fort Sill. ^
DANCE
at
CARNEY HALL
ed experts to believe that the British  
hope to cut off submarine bases before Tomatoes Weighed ®
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ winter. Two Founds Apiece.
♦ You .Must Have a ♦   Bi" Laird reccived a Packa| e of to-;
♦ KODAK ♦ WANTED—Day laliorers at Rood matocs from Mrs. J. A. White, which ®
These Autumn Days ♦ waife*. Lawton KefininK Co. 10-9 3t she raised on her farm at Chesanintt, ^
♦ POWELL'S * |   Mich. The tomatoes weighed over two _
♦ 328 C Avenue. ♦ WANTED — Assistant lady book- pounds each. Mrs. White last year had ® AlKh.
J p BLASDEL. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ keeper. Wolverton Hdw. Co. 10-9tf (Continued On Page Three.)
A. SOMMERS
TOMORROW FIRST SHOWING OF THE GREAT SPECTACLE
"WOMANHOOD"
THE GLORY OF
THE NATION
IT EXEMPLIFIES
PREPAREDNESS - PATRIOTISM - PEACE - ADVENTURE - ROMANCE
Positively the Most Glorious Picture Ever Produced
ha.rry morey
WED.. IHI RS., FR1-, PCI'. 10.11.12. THREE DAYS
MURRAY THEATRE
v „ Wi.
alice joyce
—MURRAY THEATRE „.#i.RI,lESj  .
Ni ht6'15 8-15 10*15 attend matinee and avoid big rush at night big special orchestra at night Nights 25c & 50c
a state convention, following the an- information as to where to obtain « Doniphan, will h^ve charge of the big
drink of booze. ^ sham battle which will be staged on
the fair grounds, and which will give
Ships Sixty Gallons a the public their first exemplification
Day From Junction of how well the soldiers of Uncle Sam
The Holstein Farm of near Junction are preparing for the grim work on
is shipping sixty gallons of milk per the soil of France the coming si ring,
day to Lawton from Junction They Mr. Harry Lansing, camp sports di-
have two car loads of Holstein cows rector, with Mr. McLaughlin, if. M.
on the farm and are adding another C. A. athletic director, are arranging
car A. R. O. cows, the only ones in the series of athletic events which
the state, to the farm. ' will be participated in by the soldiers.
  Of course there will be a number of
LONDON, Dct. 9.—Haig struck Married by (Continued On Parce Two.)
against the Ypres sector, despite the Judge Ray Im n ■ i ' ^
vast amount of mud over Flanders Walter Hansen of Chicago, @ @
caused by the drenching rains of the Mrs. Ehm Hansen, and Miss Mable
past two days. Same general sector Anderson of Lawton were married on
EVERY NIGHT «