Drumright Evening Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 300, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 3, 1918 Page: 4 of 4
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TODAY . . L
Winter Garden Follies
A Big Musical Revue
The Seminary Girls
Helen Garden in
A Sister to Carmen
June Elvidge and Arthur Ashley in
Shall We Forgive Her
A Big 5-Reel Feature
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;r fc. PRUMftlfiHT.biit ft i t K
PUSSYFOOT PATRIOTS
BIG HINDRANCE TO
U. S. WAR AIMS
CAMERA MAN IS
BUSY BEHIND THE
BRITISH LINES
(By Virginia Frazier Iloyle.)
At one time we were told to be
neutral, but some have forgoten that
the embargo was removed on April
6, 1917. Shame to them that there
are ears which must be assailed by
crier and bell with the news, but it is
true. Their lethargy or indifference
might have met with tolerance prior
to that date, but to-day these same
ears must be penetrated whether they
will or no, with the ringing challenge,
"pro-German or Amrrican!" There
can be no middle ground—no side is-
sue. Before our declaration the atti-
tude denominated as ''pussyfooting,"
for lack of a more expressive word,
might have proceeded from laziness,
selfishness, or the shrinking from fac-
ing disagreable things; now it is a
henious crime. But it has stalked be-
fore trusts willing to risk the loss of
a nation for present guin. It has been
the propaganda of wild-eyed dreamers
who would see the situation, not as it
it, but as they would have it; and
veneered with "peace at any price" it
has dared to garble the words of holy
writ.
With this menace in our midst shall
we be as slow to wake up as was Eng-
land? Shall we not heed her clarion
call to profit by her example? Shall
we wait for the best Mood of our na-
tion to be spilled upon the fields of
France before we can grasp the crux
of the battle to be waged at home by
every man, womnn nnd child who is
American? Ours is not a fight of ava-
rice or conquest. We have not set up
a pagan god to war with the Kaiser's
Thor. Jehovah, the God of Battles,
still is ours, and it shall be ours to wir
for Christianity, civilization and lib-
erty for all men if we do our duty.
But there are other things necessary
to solidify the nation along with con-
servation. Hooverizing and allied
propaganda. We must put our per-
sonal loyalty to the test before we can
"try out" for the other fellow.
Are you manufacturer of necessary
war materials, "pussyfooting" around
the disloyal utterances of a business
associate because ho is adding dollars
to your coffers? Are you, clubman,
treating lightly what that man has
said in the smoking room about your
government, because you know him as
a "jolly good fellow" and you would
not "hurt his feelings?" Are you.
club women, passing over seditious ut-
terances of a woman across the table
who is defiant because she is a woman,
because she believes that she can not
be held responsible? Are you, little
society coward, minimizing what you
have heard today because the offender
was on your visiting list prior to April
6 and you are "too much of a lady"
to be rude? Both trousers and petit-
coats have often concealed jellyfish,
and a ramrod is a suggestion for
the strengthening of your backbones.
These offenders would not require the
offices of Secret Service men if they
had the earnest consideration of the
loyal private citizen. In this grave
crisis the Government has not estab-
lished military law nor defined lese
majese; it has believed in the sinceri-
ty and patriotism of all its people. It
is not enough that they have sent their
sons to France, that they have bought
liberty bonds, have contributed large-
ly to the war library fund, and have
worked to make the red triangle a
success. All this service and activity
avails nothing for the great finality
without personal loyalty, that loyalty
armored, ready to serve against any
thrsut or innuendo aimed in any man-
ner whatsoever against the integrity
of this country.
Old Glory has never trailed since
the first stars were sown upon its
field, and it is your duty, my duty, the
duty of every man and woman under
it, please God! to see that it never
ahalll
GENERAL MAUDE
BURIED ON SITE
OF GREAT VICTORY
(By Allaciatf4 Pr«i.)
London, Jan. 3.-*—General Maude,
the conqueror of Bagdad, who died
recently of cholera in an army hos-
pital in Mesopotamia, lies buried in
the center of the British cemetery
north of Bagdad, adjoining the old
Turkish cavalry barracks. A wood-
en cross marks his grave and a heap
of wreaths, chrysanthemums and
marigolds were strewn over the grass-
less mould of the desert. Among
these floral tributes were ribbons
and artificial flowers, the tribute of
the people of Bagdad, of the Naquib
and of the Jewish School, whose an-
nual dramatic entertainment he at-
tended a few days before his death.
The nearest graves to his own are
those of privates of the division which
he used to command.
The British eye-witness with the
armies in Mesopotamia, in an account
of a memorial service held in the
citadel at Bagdad, writes of General
Maude
"One's first impression of him was
of modesty, repose, confidence and
Stmigjth, Only gradually did one
realize his thoroughness, his far vision
and his infinite application to detail.
He was a master of detail. Supply,
transport, intelligence, psychological
factors—in every branch of staff
work he was the inspirer nnd director.
Ex-officio he will have a niche
among the military immortals as the
conquorer of Bagdad, but none
realize better than the army he led
how individual his successes were.
He was more than the heart and brain
of the machine. It is doubtful if in
the whole of British military history
there is a parallel instance in which
a series of military victories can be
more exclusively attributed to the
personality of one man.
"The retrievin gof the situation
after the British had failed to relieve
Kut, the reconstruction of the fight-
ing machine, and the breaking up of
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ONE-HOUSE LEGISLATURE IS
BEING MENTIONED llY MANY
(By Associated Presa.)
Behind British Lines in France,
Jan. .'J.—One of the flourishing trades
in the little towns and villages be-
hind the line in France is the photo-
grapher's. The soldiers has a uni-
versal fondness for having his picture
taken.
With the British Tommy, the visit
to the village camera man is a regular
event of the greatest importance, and
requires great preparations. He
borrows the best pair of puttees in
his section, or, better still, a pair of
field service boots, brushes his clothes
with great care, cleans his belt and
bandolier, and polishes his buttons.
If he belongs to a mounted corps,
his spurs and cutting whip will make
a great display, for although every-
body agrees that in this war the in-1 -= „„u uw oreamng up of
fantry is the most important branch, I the Turkish force in the Tigris, called
there is still a glamor attaching to I for qualities which when found in
the mounted man, even if his mount combination amount to genius. In
be only a cart horse or a mule. "" * " "
Equestrian portraits are much in de-
mand, it is said, by the girls at home.
As often as not, Tommy gets pho-
tographed in u group with four or
five men from his section. For one
thing, this is cheaper. For another,
it supplies a testimonial of* the good
company he keeps, and of the fine
fellows that his section—always the
"finest in the army"—is composed of.
thousands of |hese photographs
are sent every day from France to
England. The officers whose busi'
ness it is to censor Private Atkins
correspondence gvts very tired of
seeing that noble heros' countenance
encuosed in every letter he sends for
weeks after the event, and the num-
ber of feminine admirers entitled to
copies of the photographic artist's
production seems to be unlimited.
The prevalence of the group pho-
tographed leads to many romantic
developmental* Some "girl friend"
of the recipient admires "the good-
looking lance corporal next to you,
I <>m, ahd n new Correspondence
■tarts up under the fatherly eye of
the censorship officer.
Oklahoma City, Jan. 3.—When the
chamber of commece a few days ago
apparently endorsed the plan for a
one-house small legislature it was
taken by some as a public utterance
favoring the movement, public to the
extent that the chamber is simply the
lopresentative of business men in the
city. The legislative plan mentioned
is being supported by a local news-
paper and has been the subject of no
little discussion.
Two houses with a large member-
ship is complained of as being un-
wieldy and cumbersome. This is not
denied by many who are not in favor
of the one-house plan. One prominent
democrat, who has been a member
of several legislatures, and who has
to a certain extent, been connected
with state affairs since statehood,
does not believe the one-house plan
with a small number of representa-
tives can be reconciled to a democracy
with a republican form of govern-
ment. The proposed plan this demo-
crat thinks, shows a shade of an auto-
cratic hand that c^uld not be toler-
ated.
"Make both houses smaller in num-
ber," he says, "but don't destroy our
republican form of government. The
union of the states was conceived of
a system by which the people could
be given representation, and anything
that would tend to get away from
that, in my judgment, is no longer a
democracy." This party man sug-
gested that the senate be cut to 25
members and the house to a few
more than that, but that the two
branches should be maintained as a
check against the other. The mem-
bership, he thought, might be chosen
according to congressional districts.
OIL EQUIPMENT IS
FREE OF ALL TAXES
Phone No. 90 for job printing.
QUEEN MARY SENDS A LINE
TO DR. ANNA HOWARD SHAW
London, Jan. 3.—Queen Mary sent
a telegram from Sandringham to Dr.
Anna Howard Shaw of New York,
says the official press bureau, read-
ing as follows:
"I received with much satisfaction
and pleasure the friendly message you
addressed to me from the women's
committee of the council of national
d 'fense of America.
Please convey to the sisterhood of
jour great country the warm thanks
o: women of the British empire for
t leir inspiring words of encourage-
t ent and assurance. The horrors of
V. ir have taught us to know on.- an-
other better nnd they have strength
c led the ties of kinship and mutual
sympathy by uniting the women of the
English-speaking races heart and soul
in the struggle for liberty and civiliza-
t.on.
"Confident of the valuable help we
vomen can give our gallant sailors
and soldiers, I pray for God's richest
bi.-ssing on our efforts.
"MARY."
THOUSANDS MAY BE
DEAD IN GUATEMALA
San ; ilvador, Salvador, Jan. 3
Newspa, ore of this city declare that
.1° fewe th " 2.600 persons lost their
lives in the Guatemala earthquake.
.V, bvu.UJ, ill
these dark days Britian prayed for
a great man—and he was on the spot.
"The retrieving of the situation
capture of Bagdad were a Beries of
masterly strokes, so brilliant in con-
ception that the Turks never seriously
contemplated their success. But
Maude was always confident of break
ing through. In the long, costly and
laborious business of evicting the
Turk yard by yard from his elaborate
trench system about Kut, he was
satisfied all the time that things were
going well, and his confidence was
infectious.
General Maude's modesty was so
pronounced as to be remarkable. He
detested flattery and would have
liked to have carried on the whole
campaign anonymously. No person-
al reference to himself was permitted
in any public communique. He
never gave himself the credit for am
successful operation or stroke of
genius, or sound piece of organization
e never listened too congratulations
Without minimizing his own part in
the affair.
"Don't congratulate me,' he would
say in good natured impatience. 'It
was the men who did it., He had
probably conceived every detail of
the operation, even to the handling
of single battalions, yet, when the
coup was accomplished, he would
reflect the whole credit on the sub-
ordinate command. He was as dis-
ciplined m his routine as a clock. lie
started work at five o'clock in the
morning, breakfast began and was
fuTd ' ^ Th<! °ffile i""1 "
fulldays work flowed, until his ride
in the evening. He travelled light, a
everything h C0Bt"ini>W
everything he possessed.
Time in war is everything' was
his favorite axiom. 'Every officer
he >d, ought to have it inscribed
on his shaving-glass.' Hi, work and
actions governed by his maxim. He
was never late for an appointment.
He possessed great personal mag-
netism, especially for his troops. On
the eve of every operation he was
accustomed to send out encouraging
messages to the soldiers, and he made
iate r! PreSentintr mo,lals ln>mi-
ately after any action to those who
had distinguished themselves. Delay
object'' h° rint"in'd' defeated the
If aimed at. Only a few days
before h,s death he traveled sixty
miles by airplane for this purpose
A DELIGHTFUL WATCH PARTY
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Boyd of East
Maple street ertertained at a watch
party at their home Monday night.
The early hours of the evening were
spent at the Strand theater. The
party then returned to the Boyd home
where a delightful luncheon was
served. Games were then indulged
in until the arrival of the New Year.
Those present were:' Misses Rhea
Leffingwell, Winnifred Brown, Juli-
ama McIntosh, Lorene Ice, Florence
Parkhurst, Lillian Martin, Angeleen
Gassaway, Gertrude Harris, Donna
and Madge Boyd; Messrs. James Cut-
shaw, Joe Johnston, Virgil Klinger,
Frank Spiegle, Claud Voyles, Arthur
Medis and Lyle Davis.
The first day's meeting of Oklaho-
ma county assessors at Oklahoma City
was featured by a series of opinions
given by Attorney General Freeling
in which he held among things that
farm products are taxable, that re-
fineries are assessable by county as-
sessors, and that all machinery, ap-
pliances and equipment or anything
used in the operation of an oil or
gas lease or a lead and zinc mine is
exempt from taxation when a gross
production tax is paid on the output
of such property.
Probably $75,000,000 in taxable
property will be added to the tax
rolls as a result of the attorney gen-
j eral's opinion that farm products may
be levied upon. The great part of
this tax will be paid by elevators
where wheat is stored, and compresses
where cotton is held as at the time
of assessment, January 1, few farm
products are in the hands of the
farmer.
Co-operative telephone systems,
where the lines are not subject to hire
and where each user provides his own
instrument and constructs that part
of tlie line and plant on his land, are
not subject to taxation by the state
board of equalization, but should be
assessed by the county assessor, Mr.
Freeling held.
State Treasurer W. L. Alexander
and F. M. Gault, president of the
state board of agriculture, made talks J
to the assessors. E. B. Howard, state
auditor, who called the conference,)
was elected chairman.
Folly Theatre
TONIGHT
SCHNITZ SEYMOURE
And His Famous
MID-NIGHT FOLLIES
—Presents—
The Battle of Who Ran First
The Musical Comedy Supreme
COURT HOLDS HUSBAND'S TEAR OF WAR LEADS
SECOND MARRIAGE HASTY INDIAN TO SUICIDE
WM. DENMAN SEEKS HEARING
Washington, Jan. 3.—William Den-
man of San Francisco, whose resigna-
tion as chairman of the shipbuilding
board, was accepted with that of Ma-
jor Gen. Goethals as general manager
of the Emergency Fleet corporation,
when President Wilson settled the
first shipping board row, arrived in
Washington yesterday to seek a
hearing before the senate commerce
committee investigating the govern-
ment's shipbuilding program. Mr.
Denman objects to statements made
by some of the early activities of the
board and his connection with Gen-
eral Goethals.
Oklahoma City, Jan. 3 _F. Buell Sapulpa, Okla., Jan. 3.-Terror at
Adams has discovered that the law I the thought that he might be sent
does not look upon a man who begins „ver seas to fight the Boches is be-
courting three months after his wife j lieved to have caused Timmie Taylor,
dies and marr.es a month later, as a „ Creek Indian residing seven miles
i™ °J a minor child. The! SOuth of here, to commit suicide, by
mother of the first Mrs. Adams asked hooting himself through the chest,
for a writ of habeas corpus for the Taylor was sent forward to Camp
possession of their little boy, whom Travis with one of the first contin-
Adams held. '
., gents from Sapulpa and later was
When the case came up the court transferred to Camp Bowie. There he
| asserted that any man who had no was rejected on account of a physical
tender memories for a true and waith-1 disability.
'U'iT''e[-iWaS no' a guardian for a J He returned home and recently re-
Child He awarded the little one, a ceived a questionaire. When a
boy, to his grandmother. Granger approached the house Taylor
unncr uiurDr^PTrn I thought he was an officer and ran into
HOUSE WHERE PETER STAYED , room ,.vhpre he shot himsc,f) dyjnK
almost instantly.
The W. C. T. U. will hold their
regular meeting at 2:30 tomorrow at
the Christian church. A good pro-
gram will be given with Mrs. Ittel as
leader.
N. B. RITCHIE
TEAM CONTRACTOR
DIED AT NOON
N. B. RICHIE DANGEROUSLY ILL
N. B. Richie ,who has been seriously
ill for the past few weeks, is reported
in a dangerous condition. Yesterday
morning relatives wired for a special-
ist from Oklahoma City.
London, Jan. 3,—The house in
Joppa, Palestine, where St. Peter
stayed with Simon the Tanner, is to
be secured by the Chruch army as a
center for the care of British troops
fighting in Palestine.
Church army centers are located in
isolated North sea bases in all im- . ~~
portant camps in the United King- *'***>
dom, France, Italy, Egypt and Flan-1 * *
ders, at Malta, Saloiliki, Bagdad, Kut, ' S FURN'SHED ROOMING HOUSE \
along the banks of the Tigris and the' I ^ *
j Euphrates, and in East Africa. 1 ,wi" se" a rooming house \
j As many as two thousand letters I * consisting of 15 sleeping rooms V
are written home from one hut in a ' and bath or wil1 Iease same to *
j 'lay and a hut will supply two thou- V resP°nsible party. Located near V
'sand men with refreshments; but! V Passenger depot over Royal X
chief honors go to the coffee cart ^ <!ru? store- APP'y to Royal \
300-4t X
, . , -uuee cart ,
which accompanies the men whenever ~ " store
they go into action.
(vh
N. B. Ritchie, a well known team-
ing contractor of Drumright, died at
noon today following a short illness.
The body will be sent to Lilla, Ohio,
for burial.
Mr. Ritchie was one of the best
known contractors in the Drumright
oil field, having come here when the
city was first started. Always a
booster for Drumright he took an ac-
tive part in helping to build the city
and in getting new enterprises to To-
cato here.
He had been ill for several days and
his condition grew worse yesterday.
His family sent to Oklahoma City for
a specialist who, on arriving here,
announced that Mr. Ritchie could not
recover.
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drumright, okla.
This Store Closes at 6:30 p. m. Except Saturday."
Earl/ reports on the Guatemala
earthquake which began Christmas
'lay, declare,1 the loss of life was
heavy, some estimates reaching 1,000
A Guatemala City dispatch of Mon-
y* however, said that only a few
persons hud been killed.
fort smith paper
HAS CHANGED HANDS
Fort Smith. A^an. ,,._The ma.
jority of the stock of the Times-Rep.
ord company was sold by J. L. Bradv
to John F. D. Aus of the Des Moine,
Register and Leader and W It
Southwen, publisher of the Burling-
ton Hawkeye. Mr. Aus will assume
charge of the property as publisher at
once.
Mr Brady -announces that he will
seek a new location in the south.
J. W. Craig of Pauls Valley is a
busniess visitor here today.
Mrs. Harry Shoup was in Cushing
yesterday on business.
Attorney John N. Hill made a trip
to Stillwater yesterday in his car.
We are going to send the Ameri-
can eagle after the German buzzard.
Judge Fred A. Wagoner returned
yesterday from a trip to Chandler and
Sapulpa on business.
J. W. Myers of Cushing was th
guest of H. A. Nichols here yester-
day.
1 om Brooks of Tulsa is in town to-
day installing clocks for the Western
Union.
Miss Birchie Jones returned yes-
terday from Tulsa where she visited
relatives.
Mrs. ( . B. Stubblefield has received
word from Layfield. Ky., that her
mother, who has been dangerously ill,
is greatly improved.
I OR SALE—One touring and one
roadster car ,in good condition. Ap-
ply to owner, J. E. Taylor, care An-
derson Mfg. Co. 300-3tp
FOR RENT—Two well furnished
rooms for light housekeeping. Call
at Marion rooms or phofi.,' 615.
300-3t
A Happy New Year
We Desire to Extend the Season's
Greetings to all our Friends
and bespeak for them
a Happy New Year.
It is befitting at this time to offer
our sincere thanks to our custom-
ers for the greatest year in our
business history.
Here's to Health, Wealth and Pros-
perity to everyone.
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