The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 55, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 10, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. XVII.
No. 55.
M
The Eyes of (he Nation Are Focuied On Lawton'. Big $15,000 Drive For the Recreation Fund
THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION
LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, 191 i
DAILY EDITION.
ATROCIOUS
PLOT WAS
DISCLOSED
Another German Plot Disclosed-
tended to Control I'nited
States.
COURT HOUSE
CATCH
Marriage Licensee.
Marriage license! issued since yes-
terday are:
Jas. H. Higgins, 29, Ft. Sill and Miss
; Veronica M. Draves, 24, Dunkirk, N.
Y.
J. M. I)oane, 32. Ft Sill and Ethel,
L. Hock, 29, U n.
' H. A. Davids "<• Uwton and York
Chicago
RESULT WORLD'S SERIES
NEW YORK WINS 2 TO 0
♦ 25 PRIME NECESSITIES
♦ OK LIFE LICENSED.
2 3
0 0
0 0
7 8 9
0 0 0
0 0 0
H
8
5
♦ ADVOCATE
I WOMEN AS
♦ CONDUCTORS
♦ By United Press. ♦ I
♦ WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 8. ♦ By United Press.
4 —Government food control will ♦j NEW YORK, Oct. 10.—Women con- \
♦ be absoltue after November 1. ♦ ductors, motormcn, have been advo
♦ Hoover is putting the finishing ♦ cated by the street cars throughout
♦ touches by a proclamation is- ♦ America, was urged at the annual i
♦ sued soon by the President licen- ♦ meeting of the Electrical Railway At>- j
♦ sing twenty-five prime neces- ♦ sociation.
♦ sities of life. ♦
Business slackers will be ♦ pr;eJa Hemple
cu- ♦ ... , n
to Wed Soon
E,
2 * rounded up at the coming execu
♦ tive order according to Hoover
STRIKERS AT
WORK AGAIN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 10.—
German General staff in January
1910 proposed to destroy the Cana-
dian Pacific railway at several points,
sabotage was proposed in America,
and Bernstorflf proposed to get a ma-
jority of both houses of Congress fav-
orable to Germany by September'
1916, according to a fresh plot re- By United Press.
vealed by the state department. ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 10. Striking
Jeremiah O'Leary, New York, edi- j street car men returned to work after ^ ^
tor of the Irish-American paper nam-'being ordered by the safety commis-
ed in the annoncement. State depart- j sion, without gaining any demands.
ment will publish letters and tele-1 Commis'sion ruled that the question of,
Batteries—New York, Benton and Rariden.
Chicago—Cicotte and Schalk.
AMERICAN FIELD HEADQUARTERS, FRANCE, Oct. 10.—Betting
odds on base ball four to one in favor of Chicago among the Sammies. Sam-
mies walked miles in the rain to see the United Press bulletins of Sunday's
game.
NATIONWIDE
MILK TRUST
| OKLAHOMA CITY Oct. 10.—Frei-
da Hemple, Metropolitan Grand Opera
'star, has announced her engagement
I to marry W. B. Kahn, head of an ex-
' porting and importing house in New
York. Kahn is now touring with Hem-
ple.
GERMANS
MEETING
SECRETLY
By United Press.
PARIS, Oct. 10.—Secret confer-
ence of the German Empire council,
grand Gerfrtart headquarter*, is being;
held now according to reliable reports.
Kaiser, Hindenburg, Ludendorf, Mich-
aelis and other high officials are pre-
sent.
Lo. 1,000,000 Men.
WASHINGTON, I). C., Oct. 10.—
M
NEW YORK, Oct. 10—Weather cold and cloudy, sun shining later in CHICAGO, Oct. 10. The existence
German Troops
|Havin" lost a million men on the Ital-
Push Allies Back ian fro..i, a third of their entire
strength, Austria high command held
LONDON, Oct. 10.—Pov -ful Ger-ja conference cpnsidering p)rotective
of a nationwide 'milk tr'uTt to £e>°" <™ntCT stacks pushed aw Brit-1 measure, which th-aten the road to
grams as evidence of the charges.
'discovered, according to federal au j . ,
thorites. Disclosure was made when!*"™" on a two thousand
POLO GROUNDS. NEWr YORK, Oct. 10.—Sunshine brought twelve thous- the reC0rds were seized; books of milk|south of YPres
Many had waited all night. producer, association by the state au-lstatement' Numerous German counter
union recogpition must be overlook an,i fans into the grounds when the gates opened
ed during the war. Men are not satis- Two lines, each six blocks long, were waiting when the gates opened.
! ish advanced troops back a short dis- Vienna. Austrians are pleading for
ard front.'German aid.
south of Ypres railroad, is Haig'sj
Present Ultimatum.
thorities.
attacks were repulsed.
SEVEN PASSED
YESTERDAY'S
EXAMINATION
ifi«y
A record crowd of more than thirty-five thousand at the opening of the This evidence will be presnted to the ]
i third world series game.
TGSSY FOOT RAIL ALTHOUSE
GAME SAT. TONIGHT
By United Press.
ROME, Oct. 10.—Bulgaria and Tur-
key and possible Austria will present
an ultimatum to Germany demanding
[definite steps to bring about peace ac-
As a result of changes made in the Revolutionary Plot in German Navy,
regulations SlnlllHr 10 <'orman
Minister.
war department draft
since the first examinations were hold,
seven men who on account of physical AMSTERDAM Oct 10 - Revplu- Lawton football fans will witness
defects, were at first rejected, were' - 1 ^ German ' simi. their "ret game of the season Satur-
passed this time and certified to the ^ fleet rev()U (iay auernoon at three o'clock, when
county exempt,«n board as favorable. ^ Rek.hgt b German Lawton High meets Snyder High o„
federal grand jury. PREDICT
S PIERSON'S
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rush, of the .. TirT"T ATI «• . . i . v*
forest presrve, were in Lawton today ACQUITTAL cording to reliable reporta here.
to attend the funeral of Dr. J. C. John- „ I It is probable that,t will be present-
stone which was held at the Baptist MARSHFIELD, Oct 10-FoUow-,ed at the coming meeting of the cen-
tchurch this afternoon. ers of the Kect kidnapping trial pre-,tral emperos at Sofia.
diet the acquittal of Claude Pierson.j
W\NTFD—l)av lalwrers at good ,Failure of witness to identify Pier-j Vote Against Chancellor
wages' lawton Refining Cu. 10-9 3t son as the man seen about the farm AMSTERDAM, Oct. 10 Both ma-
* " ' where the Keet's body was found leads | jority and minority socialists voted
uook- to the belief that the alleged kidnap-.against a vote of confidence in Chan-
They were Alv.e Zolecoffer Lawton ^ ^ marine_ Severa, BOcial. the fair grounds.
t.arza, Bernabe, Richards Spur; Alt- menlbers of the Rcichsta(t involved> good teams and both have been well
man, Ralph (,, Lawton: Bunch^ Jas. teJ. Plot reported sup. coached, particularly Lawton high
Vernon, Lawton; Pugh, Junior I), El- regge(j team Coach Louis D. Corbut, devoting
grin; Reed, Edward Jones, Indiahoma; p
McMahon, Eugene D., Lawton.
Program.
MR. PAUL ALTHOUSE, Tenor of
the Metropolitan Opera Co.
WANTED — Assistant lady
keeper. Wolverton Hdw. Co.
10-9tf |per will go free.
Both have unusually Celesta Aida (From Opera Aida)
Chas. Moll, the D avenue jeweler,
much of his time to rounding the men Crying of Water .. Campbell Tipton
in shape. Coach Corbat is a Michigan 1 Love Like the Dawn Cadman
NOTICE TO KNIGHT TEMPLERS.
, „. . . man and is thoroughly familiar with Requiescat Cadman
gone to Chicago and Cincinnati to ^ ^ jn footbalIi The boy8 like him
has
do his fall and winter buying for his L ^ ^ team and coach an,
j store. He was accompanied to Kan- ' harm0niously, which is con-j Sunlight and Song Hammond
' sas City by his little daughter Mary of a gQod if the material Little Mother of Mine Burleigh
Teresa, who will visit with her grand-] ent an(, LaBton has the materi- The Young Warrior Bu.leigh
! mother until Mr. Moll's return i r
| through Kansas City. j A bij? crow(i js expected at the game
I 'Saturday and as this is truly football Piano Solo—"Polonaise Militarie
15 years. weather the grand stand ought to be, Chopin
Mr. Weaver
I BOY WANTED—About
Unique Tailors, 319 C.
TI.ere will be a Special Conclave of
Lawton Commandcry, Thursday, Oct.
10th at 7:30 p. m. for work in the!# You Must Hav,. a ♦
Order of the Temple, . officers and ^ ^ «
Knights are requested to be present ^ Thes(. Au(umn i)a)8
to assist in the work. ^ POWELL'S ♦
328 C Avenue. ♦
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
well filled.
Miss Tukesberry of Chickasha is in
the city visiting with her brother, Goelands
John Tukesberry, who is general clerk, Berceuse A
at the Rock Island.
Carnaval
. . Bern berg
....M ason
Fourdrain
MURRAY THEATRE
TONIGHT, TOMORROW AND FRIDAY
"WOMANHOOD"
ellor Michaehs.
THE GLORY Of THE NATION
W. D. TURNER, E. C.j
A. MADDEN, Kee.
MASKS
in a big variety for the
Masquerade Ball
at
G00DNER
BOOK STORE
First Door South City Hall
@ @
© OFFICERS' •
® DANCE *
® Every Tuesday and ®
$12,735
TO DATE
Melody of Heme
Sevilla Love Song
Bitterness of Love ....
Pipes of Gordon's Men
MR. POWELL WEAVER at the piano.
Time 8 p. m., sharp.
. .Stephenson
.. .Di Nogero
Dunn
. .. Hammond
Saturday Night
Afternoon from 2 to 5.
Pokorny Orchestra
TEMPLE HALL
® MRS. L. A. SOMMERS
® © ©
H. A. Davidson, an employee of the
Electric Shop and Miss Ethel Peacock
of Chickasha, were married yesterday
@ by Judge R. J. Ray. The couple will
make their home in Lawton.
Twelve thousand seven hundred and
Matinee Every Saturday thirty-five dollars was the exact
4*. amount subscribed by the business DR. JOHNSTONLS FUNERAL
men of the city for the war recrea- THIS AFTERNOON.
® tion work up to noon today, when the,
@ committee met for luncheon. At least j Funeral services for Dr. J. C. John-
; three thousand more must be raised stone were held this afternoon at 3
within the next two days in order to j o'clock at the Baptist church by Rev.
© reach the $15,000 mark, which will be A. L. Leake in the presence r.f a large
jgi met. There are a few subscriptions out1 concourse of sorrowing friends and
® ® ® _ yet and those who have not subscribed j relatives. Interment was in the Law-1
the city who are reaping the benefits Masonic lodge and the last sad rites
business men have done remarkably f |lave a new sup,,|y Df KOO(| $
well in subscribing and with a little « M,Al«. .r Coal on hand. ♦
♦ YARD. *>
♦ Cor. 2nd and <«. Phone 88,1 •
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦,
horses, mares and
t/UV'i
iwm
■#.
iaf
Matinees, 2:00 &
15c & 30c
4:15
I AM NOW PREPARED TO DEVOTE MY
ENTIRE TIME TO
Conducting Saks
WANTED!
and as heretofore can assure my patrons the top
prices on their stock and goods. I get results.
Terms fair. Phone or wire me for early date, at
mv expense.
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 ©
15th. Bring in your
stock. The best are none
too good. !@
J. F. BLASDEL.
DANCE
CARNEY HALL
EVERY NIGHT
MRS. L A. HOMMERS
@ ® @ ©
STERLING, OKLAHOMA.
Nights, 6:15, 8:15, 10:15
25c & 50c
GRAND ORCHESTRA
Special Music
Composed Especially For
'WOMANHOOD^
Special School Children's Matinee Daily at 4:15
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The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 55, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 10, 1917, newspaper, October 10, 1917; Lawton, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc129572/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.