Drumright Evening Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 262, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 17, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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— REGULAR AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS, EXCLUSIVE IN CREEK COUNTY. LARGEST CIRCULA1ION Ol ANi ' lN CR£EK COUNTY
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VOLUME THREE. NUMBER 262.
DRUMRIGHT, OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY, NOV. 17, 1H17.
DAILY, 10c PER WEEK. WEEKLY, $1.50 PER YEAR.
INSPECTING NEW REGULATION
FRONT ON SELECTIVE MEN DE-
LINE TRENCHES PENDENT SECURED
AMERICAN CONGRESSMEN HAVE
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH
BY GERMAN MACHINE GUNS.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Nov. 17.—Men of
draft age with dependents are more
secure under the new reflations,
made public by Provost Marshal Gen-
eral Crowder today.
The Government of further opera-
tions of the selective draft will be
(By Associated Press.)
BRITISH FRONT IN BELGIUM,
NOV. 17.—FIVE MEMBERS OF j may
When granted for any other
AMERICAN OFFICERS AND
SOLDIERS ARE KILLED
IN ARTILLERY FIGHT
deferred until former classifications
i may be revoked. ^
THE PARTY OF AMERICAN CON-
GRESSMEN AND PRIVATE CITI-
ZENS VISITING THE BELGIAN
WAR SCENES HAD NARROW ES-
CAPES FROM DEATH OR INJURY
THIS MORNING WHEN CAUGHT
IN A SUDDEN BURST OF GERMAN
MACHINE GUN FIRE WHILE IN-
SPECTING THE FRONT LINE
TRENCHES NEAR DIXMUDE.
WAR SUMMARY
. there is no way in which men with de- ^
pendents can be called for service out ^
of their turn. v
Added life protection for depend-
ents will be secured in cases where
registrant seeks to waive deferred
classification and states that the
waiver must be obtained from depend-
ents.
JUDGE BURNS DEAD
(By Associated Press.)
Houston, Texas, Nov. 17.—Walter
T. Burns, a Roosevelt appointee as
judge of the U. S. court for the
southern district of Texas, died this
morning at Laredo.
SHOES OF WOODEN SOLES TO
BE MANUFACTURED
AND WORN BY GERMANS
(By Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Nov. 17.
—A standard shoe is to be introduced
in Germany this winter, according to
the German papers. Million? of pairs
will be manufactured, being made of
a leather substitute. The soles will
be formed of wood and small pieces
of lerither.
(By Associated Press) ^
N Defeated in battle by the Bol- ^
V sheviki and deserted by most of ^
\ his officers and men Ker- ^
N ensky is in flight and his where- ^
N abouts is unknown. The tide has ^
\ apparently turned in Moscow. %
V Bolsheviki's are controlling Mos- N
V cow and a provisional govern- V
V ment has been signed in Krem- **
\ lin. ^
\ Between two and five thousand \
V have been killed in Moscow since %
N the outbreak.
V General Kaladines, Cossack N
V leader, is reported approaching X
V with relief for the Kerensky N
V forces. ^
\ %
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(By Associated Pross.)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE.—ARTILLERY FIGHT-1
ING BY AMERICAN TROOPS HAS
BEEN MORE LIVELY AND THERE
HAS BEEN FURTHER CASUAL-
TIES AMONG THE SOLDIERS,
SHRAPNEL HITTING TI1EM IN
THE TRENCHES.
AN ENEMY SHELL HIT AN
AMERICAN GUN TODAY, CAUS-
ING MANY CASUALTIES.
SOME OF THOSE WOUNDED IN
PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS HAVE
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JUDGE GA YLORD WIL-
COX ASKS CO-OPERA-
TION OF CITIZENS
\SSSSSS%S\S\\S
s
s SEVEN CASES AGAINST FOR- V
\ MER GOVERNOR FERGU- '
\ SON DISMISSED V
X (By Associated Press) X
\ Austin, Texas, Nov. 17.—In- %
\ dictments in seven cases against ^
\ former Governor Ferguson of
\ Texas charging misapplication N
\ of state funds, were dismissed X
\ by District Judge Hamilton to- %
V day. ^
\ Two of the indictments charged % j
\ embezzlement and diversion of N:
> special funds. % 1
AD WAR SUMMARY
! Austro-German invaders yesterday j
j stormed Monte Prassola, between
' brenta and Piave river in northern
BANKER TELLS
U. S. TO RUN
THE RAILROADS
Washiii!1'!!, Nov. 17. Frank A.
, an.l"i lip, pre ident of the National
it. bank, New York, told the inter-
tale commerce commiiaion that
rnment ownership of rail-
mo action to increase pub-
in them, now faces the
c ither
roads or soi
lie confiden
1 country.
'I don't
Mr. Vanderli]
the IB per cent m-
lh< .situation," said
"We must go deeper.
from the investor
>r must have confi-
dence."
Mr. Vai
two systei
one prevc
regulates
"might be
work ?ati*
.derlip said the country has
. )vernithe railroads;
nis pooling and the other
i. "Either," he said,
ill right, but they do not
fn< torily together."
ORGANIZER OF I.W.W.
INVESTIGATES TAR
PARTY AT TULSA
0-
■JIIED WITHIN THE LAST FEW Italy. The Germans claim ei«ht hun-
j.dren prisoners. Two more crossings
HAYfi. ' 0f the Piave river were effected yes-
FIFTEEN AMERICAN OFFICERS j terday.
AND SOLDIERS, INCLUDING
THREE KILLED, HAVE BEEN
COMMENDED BY A FRENCH GEN-
ERAL FOR THEIR BRWERY IN
RECENT TRENCH RAT
AFTER BANK ROBBERS
(By Associated Press.)
Glenwood, Ark., Nov. 17.—Posses
from five couatie arc bcinft hurried
111i: nfternoon to the assistance of
sheriff's deputies who are said to have
surrounded Hie IV'ir men who robbed
the Glenwood bank of $7,000 Nov. 1.
It is reported one deputy was killed
in an exchange of shots.
Tulsa, Okla., Nov. 17.—Wancil
I runick, for nine years a member^#!
the I. W. W. and recently named •
member of that organization's com-
mittee on membership, came to Tulsa
yesterday to organize a campaifrn of
retailiation for the treatment ac-
corded 17 members of the I. W. W.
a week ago when they were taken
from the police and tarred and feath-
ered. Within five hours after he had
arrived in the city he had been placed
under arrest by Detective Carmichael,
had been "mugged," confessed to be-
ing a prime mover in I. W. W. activi-
ties in this state and had refused
point blank to make any statement*
until the I. \V. W. attorney, John-
son, had been appealed to.
"All I want to say," he declared
after he had been arrested and taken
to the police station, "is that we want
to know what you Americans of Tula
are going to do about the treatment
given the members of the I. W. W.
in this city last Friday."
PREMIER OF CHINA
GIVES UP OFFICE
Peking, Nov. 17.—Premier TUB
Chi Jui has resigned.
VILLA CAVALRY SEEN
STATUE IN MEMORY
OF GENERAL
MAXIME GOMEZ
(By Associated Press.)
Havana, Cuba, Nov. 17.—Sculpt-
ors throughout the world are prepar-
ing to submit designs for the bronze
statue to "be built here in memory of
Major General Maxime Gomez, "the
Cuban liberator." Requests for par-
ticulars of the competition, which car-
ries with it prizes totaling $17,000,
have been received from the foremost
artists in the United States and Eu-
rope. The design will cost in the
neighborhood of $'200,000.
Many relics, autograph letters, per-
sonal heirlooms and other intunabula
of General Gomez have been assem-
bled *or the guidance of the sculp-
tors.
The death-mask of Maximo Gomez,
1 is machete-shaped swords which he
bore in action in the campaigns of
1868 and the successful war of libera-
tion thirty years later; his saddle and
bridle, his uniform, and a wealth of
other personal relics of the liberator
have been assembled through the ef-
forts of the monument commission,
and are to be perpetuated. The win-
ner's prize will be $10,000 and the
competition will not close until next
April. f
Havana has selected ft pominent lo-
cation for the Gomez memorial, in the
Campo del Marte, near the Prado,
which is shaded by tropical foliage and
tall palms, commanding a view of the
capital.
PRISON FOR
MAYER, FAKE
U. S- OFFICER
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 17.—Adrain
M. Mayer of Chicago, who claims his
father is a millionaire manufacturer
of that city, was found guilty in the
federal court here of impersonating
an army officer and was sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary. ^
To Every Loyal Citizen of the United
States, Especially Those Who Live
in Drumright and Creek County:
In this hour of our national crisis
when every citizen of the United
States and especially in every heme
community the utmost devotion to the
government of the United States
should be exercised, its individual citi-
enship and the property rights of the
individual citizenship should be pro-
tected and conserved, it appears that
some nien are doing everything in
their power to retard our govern-
ment, intimidate our citizens and de-
stroy their property I have read daily
of officers throughout this part of
Oklahoma, in the different municipali-
ties, receiving threatening letters in
which some unpatriotic and lawless
class threatens their lives, the cities
and towns and the property of citi-
zens. I am informed that officers
here have received threatening let-
ters.
Personally, I have a sentiment of
pity and sympathy for these unfor-
tunate citizens who now in this hour
of misfortune conduct themselves un-
becomingly as American citizens,
rather than a spirit of malice or re-
venge. There may be, and undoubt-
edly is, a social injustice. Labor and
capital have always been at logger-
heads and undoubtedly always will be,
but labor or capital should , never,
even in peace times, resort to murder
and violence to gain an economical
advantage, and in a time of war when
our beloved America needs every re-
source at her command, and the ear-
nest devotion of every American citi-
zen there should be no local strife.
I do not desire to be misunderstood
in my statement.about the hone?t. la-
boring man. Our American citizenship
is made up of laboring people. Our
citizenship in and about Drumright is
made up of laboring people and tb^re
is no better citizenship in all America
than the honest laboring man but
there are factions of labor and men
in labor who seek violence and that
should not be. The officers of the law
this community are receiving
threatening letters but notwithsand-
ing that fact and it makes no differ-
ence from what source those letters
come, they shall not intimidate the
officers of the law. The law in this
state and nation is supreme, and al-
ways shall be. The law in this com-
munity is going to be upheld and en
forced. The officers of the law shall
hew to the line, let the chips fall
where they may, and I ask as a citi-
zen and an officer that every loyal
citizen in this commnuity exercise the
utmost diligence in informing the of-
ficers of any plan by any man or set
of men who attempt to do any vio-
lence to either person or property.
I appeal to you as American citi-
zens. It is to your interest, and it is
your duty and the law commands you
to protect both life and property and
the officers of the law.
I ask the men in the field to exer-
cise the highest degree of diligence
in ascertaining who strange men are
that come to their community and
what their business is, and if there is
any suspicious conduct in their actions
to report the same to the officer at
once.
Any man or woman who is living in
this community in good faith and with
honest intentions and motives under
present conditions, can have no ob-
jection if he or she is interviewed
by his or her neighbor or by an of-
ficer, and there can be no injury done
to either that citizen or the public.
On the other hand, any person who
is in this community not for a good
purpose or for no honest motive,
cannot complain if they are inter
viewed or apprehended, for the reason
that is only right and proper ir. the
ful protection of both life and prop-
erty that they should be apprehended
and dealt with according to law.
GAYLORD R. WILCOX,
Judge of the Superior Court of Creek
County.
(By Associated Press.)
Presido, Texas, Nov. 17.—A force
of Villa cavalry was seen to leave
Ojegina for the southwest, going in
the direction of La Mula Pass. Gen-
eral Murgia is reorted moving north-
east to engage him.
NOT CONFIRMED
UNDERSHERIFF
WHITEHEAD RECEIVES .
THREATENING LETTERS
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Nov. 17.—Advisee on
ihe Russian situation reaching the
state deartment from Stockholm made
no mention of the defeat of the
Kerenski forces as reported in Petro-
grad dispatches.
\ X
s ENTIRE CHINESE CABINET \
\ RESIGNS %
S X
% (By Asiociated Press) 3S
\ Pekin, China, Nov. 17.—Pre- *
\ mier Tuanski Jui and entire Chi- X
\ nese cabinet have resigned. X
X It is considered probable that X
% President Feng Kwo Chang will N
% accept the resignations. X
\ X
To every Loyal Citizen of the United
States, Especially Those Who Live
in Drumright and Creek County:
As under sheriff of Creek county I
am advised that several of the officers
have received threatening letters from
people who seek to resort to any sort
of violence, together with constant
rumors that a certain faction, the
members of which sign their names
anonymously, is going to do violence
to both life and property.
Personally, I think any man or set
of men who write threatening letters
and arc too cowardly to sign their
names to them, are too cowardly to
If there ever was a time in the his-
I fthere ever was a time in the his-
tory of the United States and of the
citizenship of this county when every
honest man and woman should be
loyal to the officers and the law and
the state and the nation, it i3 now.
If you !'«' nol a good citizen now it
is hard to con. ivc when you ever
will I" . It is my duty to conserve
both life and property and enforce the
law, and 1 want to say that the law
i nil "• to be ' ictly enforced, and
i very d< puty . . instructed to use the
the utmo. L diligence in apprehending
every violator and arre ting every
iuspici
Thr
thusi;
doing
ous charac
;ats will h
nd that is
er.
of the
citizen
t but just one ef
, to make the sheriff'}
lili nt in the enforce-
law. I call upon every
of (V '■ county to en-
(n< oarage all officers in
y and t them at all
do the sheriff's office a great favor
by reporting the same at once.
G. C. WHITEHEAD,
Under Sheriff.
I!' know of any suspicious char-
ho is attempting
to do violence of any kind, you will
Every loyal citizen of Drumright
and Creek county should back up the
sheriff's office in the enforcement of
the law and no matter who the mail
may be if he be a law violator th«
sheriff and his men should do their
sworn duty and every loyal American
citizen will stand by them.
The sheriff's office has been receiv-
ing ihre atening letters from some
cowards who are afraid to face their
man but think they can bluff them off
by threatening letters. The Evening
Derrick has received a few of these
threatening letters but will publish
the news nevertheless—and here's to
you, Under Sheriff Whitehead, and
deputies in the Drumright district, *ra
are with you.
GERMAN WARSHIPS CHASING
BRITISH LIGHT FORCES
(By Asiociated Press.)
London, Nqv. 17.—British light
forces engaged German light cruisers
off Helgoland today, the admiralty
has announced.
German warships retired the British
forces and are now chasing them.
To Judge Gaylord R. Wilcox:
We pledge you on our honor to do
all in our power as a newspaper ti
help you and other lawabiding citizens
and believe that now is the time that
lcyalty should be shown by the bet-
ter element and law enforcement citi-
zens. Let's all work hand in hand,
just like our boys we sent to the
front.
NO MORE GERMANY,"
NORWAY HAS SAID
THE Y. M. C A.
CAMPAIGN WORK
BEARING FRUIT
\ *
\ W. B. Miser, general manager V
prpven better than by the action of
ate and Lehigh,
two communities devastated by the
cyclone la.it spring. Coalgate has
alt su'u-cribed $1,100 and Le-
high $300. Three locals of the mi-
ners u'i in regular
i meeting voted to ubscribe $100 each
i to the war fund.
The little town of Maud with a
I quota of only $250 has already
reached $325. Big Cabin reports
Christiana, Nov. 17.—The Tidens
Tegn says the No*wegian Wate -
sociation has adopted a resolution
proclaiming a complete boycott of
Germany, German shipping, German
trade and German citizens in Nor-
way. Similar resolutions have been
adopted in other Norwegian towns.
S. S. MANHATTAN
LOST; SIX MEN
ARE MISSING
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 17.—The fish-
ing steamer Manhattan, of Vancouver,
B. C., has been wrecked off the North
Pacific coast, according to wireless
messags received here from the
steamer Mariposa, which said a boat
from the wrecked ship containing six
seamen had been picked up and that
twentjNcieht were still missing.
Later came word from the Mariposa
that she had picked up twenty-two
more survivors, a total of twenty-
eight, with six, including the captain,
still missing.
N of the Drumright district Y. M. V ^200 and thr(, piffs and pjp8 on the
\ C. A., campaign, stated at noon N j(oof ,m, hjgh t,;l,sc days. other re-
V todr.y that of the $7,500 appor- V ports wure f.,,m Blue Jacket *200;
\ tioned for his district all but * (helsea> $2,000; B irtlesville $11,000;
v about $600 had been subscribed % I Nowata'county, $12,000; Craig coun-
N and he expected this to be raised S
\ before tomorrow morning. *
spondi'ig. Five hundred boys in their
'teens in the Etate of Oklahoma are
each being asked to earn and give
$10 to the war fund, and so far with
only several days work put in by Mr.
Hugh Leggat, the boys secretary of
the association, 320 boys have been
(rganized, 53 from McAlester, 17
from Muskogee and 160 from Tulsa.
Reports from Shawnee and Chickasha
r the answer ofthe boys to the ap-
peal being made nave not yet been
received.
\
TEACHERS PREPARING
FOR CONVENTION DAYS
ty, $5,000.
The hopt
weak?n eff
Alfred O.
the nssocia'
at 1 : timism might not
•!, U expressed by Mr.
>oth, late secretary of
! i headquartsrs in
China water color and oil taught
by Mrs. J. Earl Crites, 130 Fulkerson
street, studio in rear. 260-3tp
The greatest interest is being mani-
fested in the different communities
throughout the state of Oklahoma in
the national campaign now being con-
ducted by the Y. M. C. A. for war
work with the soldiers. Oklahoma's .
subscriptions to date amount to $240,- good a<l\
000 ard the campaign workers report j "If the campaign workers will un-
that in case they have increased the j reasingly continue their good efforts
quotas allotted to their various dis-l entil the iv>se of the campaign, Okla-
tricts and will strive to reach, instead homa will record
of the initial allotment of $250,000,
apportioned for the state of Oklaho-
ma, a goal of $300,000.
That the soldiers are being thought
Oklahoma City.
' The work that confronts the as-
such stupen-
dous , pm i ti Lit every dollar
over the QQoi is originally allotted to
the di i ; nt ran be used to
uhscriptions to an
amount the state can well be nroud
of."
Ev n thr boys who for the first
time >re being asked to work with
Oklahoma City, Nov. 17.—Local
committees have been appointed to
organize work to be carried on daring
the state teachers' convention, ac-
cording to J. A. Whiteford, city su-
perintendent of schools.
Teachers from all over the state
will meet in Oklahoma City Novem-
ber 29. The convention will continue
for four days.
of by the
folks at home cannot be I nien in the national movement are re-
VENIZELOS TO BE U. S. VISITOR
London, Nov. 17.—Premier Venl-
zelos of Greece, who is here confer-
ring with the British government and
will also have a conference with CoL
K. M. House of the American misaion,
regarding the war, expressed today hit
intention of visiting the United Statea
next spring He expects to visit the
chief cities ef America. j
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