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The Norman Transcript
VOLUME XXV
NOTES OF WAR.
A LIVK REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER—DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS- OF NORMAN VND CLEVELAND COUNTY
NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1914
NUMBER 49
It is believed the British
sloop-of-war Shearwater was at-
tacked by a German war vessel
and destined off the coast of
California on Monday.
Swiss and German troops are
close to the frontier and within
a few rods of each other near
Basel, Switzerland. The Ger-
mans are building barricades
across all the roads leading
across the frontier.
Reports from Alsace state
AN EMPT Y COUNTY JAIL.
GERMAN VIEWPOINT GIVEN BY OFFICIAL
Another Sulphur Killing.
Williams Wins Nomination.
Good Effec ts of the Work of
Sheriff Pickard and His
Deputies.
The exc< silent effects of the
work of Sb eriff Pickard and his j
deputies it i enforcing the law I
and puttin g the fear of it into j
the minds and hearts of law;
breakers, iis evidenced by the1
fact that for the first time in)
many years the Cleveland coun-:
,, , „ , , ,, ity jail stands empty—the last
that the French have retired be- jnmate being released this morn-
fore the German advance, and
ing. All over the country crimi-!
given up the towns of Altkirch najg reajjze they will be running!
and Muelheusen, captured by I Up agajnSt a losing proposition if I
the French a few days ago.
they try their games in Cleve-
land county, and they are giving
us a wide berth—and lawbreak-
ers among us are becoming
scarce. Certainly "Good Work."
Germany Fully Prepared.
That the present movements
of the German Army are a
screen to conceal other move- j"
ments, which are of greater im-
portance than the loss of 25,000 ; New IYachers Selected — Elec-
men, is the statement made by1 tion ^ Jilled for Additional
Maj. Mav Von Binzer of the
Western Military Academy, in
Alton, who has served in the
mobilization department of the
German Army.
Maj. Von Binzer said he be-
lieves the whole plan of action
has been carefully mapped out
and that all contingencies have
been provided for. He said Ger-
many will demonstrate with
her military readiness for the
struggle that she is more than
a match for the armies against
her. 4
He believes Germany's loca-
tion will prevent Russia and
France from co-operating
strongly , and that England will
be able to give ineffective help.
Levy—School Sept. 7th.
Refugees Tell Thrilling Stories.
From Tuesday's Daily.
At a meeting of the Norman
Board of Education last night
the folio (ving business was tran-
sacted :
Miss Eva Clifton elected
teacher t>f English in the high
school at $75 per month, taking
the place of Miss Bertha Oliver,
resigned.
Miss Olive Nash elected teach-
er of English in the high school
at $75 per month, in place of
Amsterdam, August 10. —
Holland has became the asylum
of Europe. Rersons expelled
from half a dozen countries are
pouring into this country by!
every route. They tell ghastly
stories.
From the Dutch-Belgian fron-
tier, from Vise to Liege, the
country is wilderness. The vil-
lages of Berneux and Mouland
were destroyed by shell fire and
flames. A correspondent who
traveled over the battle field in
an automobile found evidence of
a desperate defence on the part
of the inhabitants and savage
vengence exacted by the Ger-
man soldiers. The correspond-
ent saw seven bodies of civilians
in a ditch. An old man with an
umbrella still in his grasp was
found dead on a road. Army
wagons had passed over him.
The bodies of scores of Ger-
man soldiers lay along the sides
of the roads. All the household
goods had been abandoned by
the fleeting inhabitants. A
priest was found dead near his
ch'""2h, rifle in hand.
Miss Eloise Eagleton, resigned
to attend college.
Prof. C. H. Rittenhouse of In-
diana was selected as teacher of
Science in the high school, tak-
ing the place of Prof. Todd.
Mrs. Minnie-Forbes Holmes
was elected teacher of the 7th
grade in the Westside schools at j
a salary of $55.
School will cor.iTTience on S^pt
7th for a nine-months term. ( This week the y M c A is
An election was ordered to be maki a ^ of the Univer_
held August 18th to submit to. sit district to ther informa_
the voters of the district the tion about roomin and board.
question of making an addition- in places for Unfvers;ty stu-
al three-mill levy for school pur- dents A]1 those wh() ha\,e t
Washington, August 12.—The German viewpoint of
the struggle now going on in Europe was given today
by German Charge d'Affaires Von Haimhausen, who
returned from Newport to assume personal direction
of the German ambassy in the absence in Europe of
the German ambassador, Count Von Bernstorff.
Concerning the political aspect of the conflict, the
German charge maintains that the reports from Lon-
don seek to give the erroneous impression that Ger-
many precipitated the war wholly because German
troops had advanced into Belgium, whereas, he declar-
ed, the British foreign office previously had laid down
terms to Germany which would have had the effect of
restraining the German navy from operating against
Russia in the Baltic—the most natural way leading to
the Russian possessions—or from operating against
France along the north coast of that country, the most
natural and proximate point for the German naval
forces to operate.
As to Belgium, Mr. Von Haimhausen declares Brit-
ish government also sought to tie the hands of Ger-
many by a permanent agreement not to cross Belgian
territory when at the same time Germany was aware
that French forces already had entered Belgium and
were operating there in defiance of all neutrality; also
that Belgian coast points were ready to receive the
British land and sea forces. It was this menace of
humiliating the German navy by reducing it to a con-
dition of passive inaction except at points far removed
from its base, while British and other fleets were free
to operate at will, and the added restraint of Germany
in Belgium, while France remained unrestrained, that
compelled Germany to reject the British conditions and
adopt measures compatible with her national dignity
and defense.
As to the military operations around Liege, Mr. Von
Haimhausen points out that English and French re-
ports seeks to give them the aspect of a great engage-
ment, whereas, he says, they are merely work of an ad-
vance guard, small in numbers as compared with the
vast German forces now advancing, which made a bold
but unsuccessful attempt to take a modern fortress.
Ben Williams has been retain-;
ed to defend Clyde Short, a
According to the official count
of the. returns as comoleted by
Piano Contest —
Count of August 13th.
already secured the release of son and is therefore the Demo-
i • „ u j p aoa eratic nominee for governor—
charging fraud, corruption and
• , nil- ,, swindling in the primary, are
Thirteen Relatives in German (,irried f0 a finish' and cJhargeg
ti- . r> • ?!„ i. t are proven. Even then it will
ha^ thirteen relatives i^ th^ * p0ssib,e t('
| German army; one of them, a j
I nephew, having been called back'
! from Savannah, Ga., some five Bush-Gerts'
| months ago to take his place
With the troops.
' B,?rjea thinks Germany The count for the pianos in
i will finally conquer as it is thor- (he Bush-Gerts contest made
oughly prepared, but looks for August 13th was as follows-
a long drawn out war. He de- Ada Blake 4,038,625
Clares King William has shown Thelma Lindsay ___ 5,520,715
, the utmost forbearance, and en- Lois McFarland __ 3,912 385
gaged in the war only as the Stella Newman 1,266,210
j very last resort to uphold the: The firms from whom votes
1 honor of his country. The rea- can be secured in this contest
; son why we are now • hearing are:
I only Of German reverses, is, he Barbour's Sanitary Grocery,
thinks, due to the fact that all Hullum-Taylor-Minteer Hard-
| news comes from anti-German i ware Co.
I sources. "You will notice," he Meyer, Meyer & Morris, Fur-
He considers the English reports of losses as greatly
exaggerated, and says notwithstanding the English re-
ports the advance guatfd was not equipped with the
heavy siege guns capable of reducing a fortress. Mr.
Von Maimhausen looks upon this as'merely a prelude
to the advance of the highly organized main corps of
the German army.
I says, "that even these sources
i do not tell of any large bodies of
i the Belgians or French or Eng-
j lish or Russia invading Ger-
many, but large bodies of Ger-
! man troops are invading Bel-
gium, Russia and France, which
j indicates how the Germans are
I pushing all along the i;ne." The
J strict German censorship over
| all news coming from Germay is
i the reason, he thinks, why re-
| ports all have an anti-German
! tinge. The Germans are not
j talking—but doing.
Y. M. C. A. Announcement.
Will Serve the People With
Clean Hands.
! Prof. J. B. Cheadle to California.
From Tuesday's Daily.
. , . Prof. Cheadle will leave next
Oklahoma City, Ok., August week for Palo AUo> Ca]i; where
niture.
Rea Lindsay, Druggist.
Norman Daily and Weekly
Transcript.
S. K. McCall Co., "Norman's
Greatest Store."
County Commissioner J. F
ison Married.
Den-
From Tuesday's Daily.
News comes from Guthrie of
the marriage there yesterday
(August 11, 1914) by the pastor
of the Baptist church, of Mr. J.
F. Denison of this city and Mrs.
C. B. Mainous of Stillwater. The
happy couple are now on a wed-
ding trip to points in Missouri,
visiting Mr. Denison's mother
cent during the primary cam-
paign in aiding or advancing his
candidacy, though by law he
law department of the Leland-
Stanford University the coming
year. He does not sever his con-
nection with the Oklahoma Uni-
, , ,, 1 oi o * t , , may get their rooms on the of-1 was permitted to expend as ] ver.sitv entirolv havintr secnrpH
f™."V£ OH Hrt by calling at Barbour's | much. $3,000. This declare-iX* for'theTear
gl
spending ten
other with
Chickasaw Payment in Septem-
ber.
Armour & Co., of Chicago an-
nounce an order for 2,000,000
pounds of canned beef have been
placed with them by France.
This is the first order received
for meat from any European
country.
The Germans have brought
up their big seige Krupp guns,
some of which weigh more than
forty tons, and will use them
against the fortifications at
Liege. Nothing can stand
against them when once they
get in action.
"On to Paris" is the cry of
the million German soldiers now
along the frontier between the
two countries.
English army and navy move-
ments are still veiled, and the
censorship is very strict. It is
believed the navy will strike the
German seaports bordering the
North Sea.
It is officially announced that
a general engagement is pro-
gressing at Tirlemont, Belgium.
The German army assaulted the
Belgian position at dawn on
August 12th and fighting is
still in progress with the Ger-
mans steadily advancing. It is
believed to be the opening at-
tack directed against Brussels,
as Tirlemont is only 25 miles
east of Brussels. The allied
army of England and France is
being pushed forward to assist-
ance of Belgians.
All Chickasaw Indians will re-
ceive a per capita payment of
$100 through the Union Agency
at Muskogee in September. The
Choctaws will not receive
The large number of inquiries | twelve times more than was for-
already received from boys wish- j bidden by law. The candidacy of
ing to earn all or part of their I John Fields for Governor is dis-
12.—John Fields, candidate for|he wil] be connected with the I ^ Car™Ilton and relatives at
Governor, did not spend a single jaw denartment „f tho T .plnnH. other places. They expect to be
at home in Norman in about
a month.
The groom is one of the best
known and most highly respect-
ed citizens of Norman, where he
has resided almost since the
opening of the country. He is
now chairman of the Board of
.lnnum , County Commissioners. A world
" Mrs. Cheadle and children will v™rm frien^s ™sh him every
join him in California some time ^m,ess7T?;,ldi f.r!,m what is
Choctaws will not receive per than it has been in the past. It
capita payment because the iish oped that the businePss me„
measure was defeated by John|and housewives of Norman will
Sharp Williams in the senate, | respond to the need by emplov-
who opposed it because the Choc- ing student help wherever it is
taws yet remaining in Mississip- possible
ing to earn all or part of their
expenses at the University j tinguished by the remarkable
shows that the number of such j 'act that he did not make to any
students in Norman during the
coming year will be even larger
pi were not included in the pay-
ment.
All applications will have to
be filed with the field clerk at
the Union Agency for this mon-
ey, and a most thorough plan
has been adopted to prevent any
Indian being overlooked.
Field clerks will visit all the
towns and villages of the Chick-
asaw Nation to enroll all entited
to the payment. It is estimated
there are nearly 1,000 Chicka-
saws entitled to the payment,
which means that $1,000,000
wil be distributed.
From Tuesday's Daily.
In the gubernatorial prize
fight pulled off at Oklahoma
City yesterday, "Bob" Williams
got the verdict and Robertson
got the "count." Williams' ma-
jority over Robertson is some
2000. Robertson says he is
"broke" financially and not able
to make any further contest.
A1 Jennings has got into the
game however, and in a manifes-
to asks contributions from hon-
est Democrats to pay expenses
of a recount in every county in
Oklahoma, commencing with
Oklahoma county which he car-
The Y. M. C. A. has charge of
securing employment and the
men in charge of the work are
anxious to have a complete list
of the people who think that
man a single promise of appoint-
ment to office, and is under no
obligation of any kind to any
person for financial assistance.
Against his wishes to make
the race, Fields was the unani-
mous choice of a statewide dele-
gate preferential nominating j friend who wi]1 trust their t y
convention. Still reluctant to en- y
in September.
Prof. Cheadle has been with
the law department of the Uni-
versity of Oklahoma for several
years and made exceptionally
good in his work, while Mrs.
Cheadle has been most active
and earnest in civic improvement
and club work. They will take
with them to their new home
the sincere good wishes of many
ter the contest, because of busi-
ness burdens, Fields told the con-
vention that he would make no
active speaking campaign until
Wheat Acreage Large.
e ^ i Those who are posted on agri
applies to housewives who mav !larne struck from the ticket if cultural matters state the wheat
only desire a man for a few ^ should appear that he had not I acreage will be very large in
they can use any student help|after the August primary, and
during the coming year. This |at that time would have his
in California may be only tem-
porary and they will come back
to Oklahoma.
learned of the bride, the happi-
ness will come to him. She is
the mother of Mrs. R. L. Pier-
son, and it was while visiting
her daughter that she and Mr.
Denison became acquainted. By
every one who knows her she is
spoken of in the highest terms,
as a lady in every acceptation of
the term, of fine attainments
and those graces of mind and
person that go to make a good
wife.
The Transcript extends its
congratulations.
hours each week, as well as to
people interested in employing a
student for a larger amount of
work.
If prospective employers of
student help will send me a post-
card addressed, Norman, Okla-
homa, stating briefly the kind of
work they have for students,
the favor will be greatly appre-
ciated.
Very truly yours,
E. K. WITCHER,
Secretary.
Farris Contests Shelton.
received more votes than them's locality the coming year,
Progressive nominee, as* he did 1 almost every farmer expecting
not believe that two kinds of I to sow a number of acres and
—Mr. H. M. Coolabugh was
here from Moore today and
made the Transcript a pleasant
call. He feels that the "rascals"
ought to be turned out and John
Fields elected.
—Mr. and Mrs. D. Y. McKin-
ney and their two sons, Arthur
Republicans voting two tickets I some will put almost their en- and F]etcher are herefrom Ar
should undertake to defeat 57 ; tlre farm in the cereal. They are ; ,i t Texas visitimr Mr
kinds of Democrats voting one I figuring there is going to be
ticket.
Fields
voting
The primary vote for
was overwhelmingly
greater than that cast for the
Progressive candidate. It is
said of Fields that the only per-
sons who have any claims upon
him are the voters of Oklahoma,
and that with clean hands he is
ready to serve them.
-Henry Haggy and John
J. B. Dudley went to Purcell
this morning to represent Mar-, . ,
ion Shelton in a contest proceed-' yesterday charged with stealing
ing brought by Frank Farris In |corn ^rom the*r neighbors' field*
their race for the Democratic The charge on which they were
nomination for sheriff Shelton I arrested was of taking 27 ears
defeated Farris in the official1 valued at 40 cents, but they ac-
... - onn , count by three votes and the ^""wtedged this was but a
ned by something like 300. A1 latter promptly asked a recount |sma11 part of what the>' had
bitr demand for wheat 1 Killney's brothers, George, J. B.
Ir. this connection; W N.! *° ^
Rucker gives the Transcript the (
following local: "The farmers —J- J- Ward, Republican can-
are planning to order a carload j didate for county commissioner
of Pure Kharkof seed wheat, i 'n the northeast district, was
Those interested can get in on
this by leaving orders with W.
N. Rucker."
promises to uncover some, migh-
ty crooked work if he is given
an opportunity. Attorney Gen-
eral West is backing him.
—Fererita, sorghum, and mil-
let seed at Crittenden's Grocery.
Marion, who is a brother of Bil-! taken. They were bound over
ly Shelton, certainly developed |to court-
excellent racing qualities. |
„ — — $30.00 GETS IT.
Booming house furniture A $120 organ in first class
for sale or lease. See Clyde; condition. Call at Crittenden's
Pickard. Grocery.
here today with Mr. H. M. Cool-
baugh. Mr. Ward is a leading
farmer of his neighborhood, one
who has the entire confidence of
his neighbors and the communi-
ty in which he lives. He prom-
ises to give Mr. Middleton a good
FOR TRADE!
Mook of the Noble neighborhood 22-room hotel in Butler, Okla.,
were in Judge Linton's court only hotel in town of 1000 popu-
lation for acreage or residence !lace election.
on west side, Bargain for somel —Prof. Henry Meier arrived
one. THOS. VINCENT, Phone i from Nashville, Tenn., yester-
50. 2t | day, to join Mrs. Meier, and
I they are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
—The Transcript learns that Roy Lewis, their son-in-law and
Rev. L. D. Corning, formerly | daughter. Mr. Meier has been
pastor of the M. E. Church here, connected with the Vanderbilt
now at Medford, Okla., has been j college, but next year goes" to
in the Methodist hospital at j another southern college at an
Guthrie for some time. He un- advanced salary. He looks well
derwent an operation a few days | and the world is evidently using
ago, and reports are that he is him well. His Norman friends
recovering nicely. ! were pleased to see him.
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