Drumright Evening Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 76, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 17, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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EMPLOYES
RECOMMEND WAGE INCREASE FOR RAI
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REGULAR AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PRES? REPORTS, EXCLUSIVE IN CREEK COUNTY.
LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN CREEK COUNTY
DA.LT, 10C PER WEEK. WEEKLY, $1.50 PER YEA*.
GERMANS SENT INTO CRUCIBLE OF DEATH
FIGHT WAY IIP SLOPE OF NIT. KEMMEl
COMMISSION URGES
INCREASE WA6ES OF
RAILROAD EMPLOYES
|COLONEL JOHNSON,
OKLAHOMAN, NAMED
BRIGADIER GENERAL
SUBMIT REPORT TO DIRECTOR
GENERAL McADOO FOR
HIGHER SCALE
BRITISH FIND 40,000
INHABITANTS JERUSALEM
WHO WELCOMED INVASION
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, APRIL 17.—THE
RAILROAD WAGE COMMISSION
HAS COMPLETED ITS RECOM-
MENDATION FOR WAGE IN-
CREASES FOR RAILROAD E M-
PLOYES AND A REPORT WILL BE
SUBMITTED TO DIRECTOR GEN-
ERAL McADOO UPON HIS RETURN
TO WASHINGTON.
NOTHING IS KNOWN AS TO
THE AMOUNT OF THE INCREASE
BUT JT IS THOUGHT THAT ALL
EMPLOYES WHO RECEIVED A
SMALL SCALE WILL BE AWARD-
ED INCREASES,
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SUBSCRIPTIONS THIRD
LIBERTY LOAN REACH
i'OTAL OF $931,156,050
* ' (By Associated Press.)
Washington, April 17.—Subscrip-
tions to the third Liberty loan as
shown in the reports reaching the
treaesury department now total $931,-
156,050. The first day's ^business
from the Minneapolis district, where
the campaign began Monday, netted
approximately $26,000,000.
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GERMAN PRISONERS TO
BE INTERNED OVER HERE
(By Associated Press.)
London, April 17.—Sergeant Frank
Smith of the royal engineers, the first
British postmaster of Jerusalem,
writing to a friend here, says:
"There are 40,000 inhabitants left
in Jerusalem, and they were all glad
to see us. The poverty is appalling,
but business is picking up now, and
the post office is doing a thriving
business."
Washington, April 17.—Col. Hugh
S. Johnson, whose home is at Okmul-
gee, Okla., was nominated by Presi-
dent Wilson to be promoted to the
rank of brigadier general.
Thsi followed General Johnson's
transfer from the provost marshal
general's department, in which he
was chief deputy to General Crowder,
to the quartermaster department,
where he will have charge of pur-
chases, under Major General George
W. Goethals.
This followed General Johnson's
pated since his transfer lo other work.
OVERWHELMING HUN FORCES
ENGAGE BRITISH AT MESSINES
IN GREATEST CONFLICT OF WAR
OIL WORKER BUYS
900 THRIFT STAMPS
THREE AVIATORS MEET
DEATH AT ELLINGTON
Houston, Texas, April 17.—Three
aviators, Lieut. Roland J. Winterton
of South Boston, Mass.; Lieut. Leo
Nugent, Washburn, Iowa, and Cadet
Forest Dean Jones, Worcester, Mass.,
were killed and Cadet Maurice seri-
ously injured in two air accidents at
Ellington field here yesterday. A
third accident occurred, but there
were no fatalities.
GRAVE SITUATION EXISTS AS
GERMANS PUSH FORCES
FORWARD
The record in local purchase of
thrift stamps would seem to have been
established by S. R. Gilland, em-
ployed on the Roxana lease. Through
the local, post office he has purchased Storage batter.es are recharged
nine hundred thrift stamps in two and rebuilt by expert mechanics at
days The stamps are worth $225.1 Acme garage. Phone 605.
(By Associated Pres .)
LONDON, APRIL 17.—ACCORD-
ING TO AN EXCHANGE TELE-
GRAPH DISPATCH FROM PARIS
THE GERMANS HAVE ADVANCED
FROM WYTSCHAETE AS FAR AS
STELOI AND ARE FIGHTING ON
THE SLOPE OF MT. KEMMEL.
Mt. Kemmel, mentioned in the
above dispatch, is one of the most im-
portant points on the whole Messineir
ridge. The fighting is now centered
about positions which arc the last rim-
ming the Ypres salient, which th«
British have kept out of the Ger-
mans' hands for the past four years.
The British cannot allow much more
ground at these points without ^ pres
being in serious danger of capture.
HE A VY ARTILLER Y FIGHTING
ALONG SOMME RIVER FRONT
GERMANS ,CARRY WYSCHAETE
Ottawa, April 17.—German troops
have carried Wytschaete and the
greater part of Mcssines ridge, ac-
cording to a dispatch from the Ren-
ter correspondent at British head*
quarters in France.
The enemy also has established
himself in Spanbrokmolen. Th®
British are still clinging to the slopes
of Messines ridge, battling desperately
to repel the attack^ made upon them,
by overwhelming German forces.
An Atlantic Port, April 17.—The
first German prisoners of war to ar-
rive in the United States, formerly
members of the crew of the subma-
rine U-58, which was sunk by an
American destroyers arrived here
yesterday on the same vessel on which
Secretary of War Baker made his
return trip from Europe.
GERMANS
HELD IN
CHECK
NO INFANTRY MOVEMENT BUT
PATROL ENCOUNTERS AT
THIS POINT
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, APRIL 17.—HEAVY AR-
TILLERY FIGHTING OCCURRED
LAST NIGHT ON THE PRINCIPAL
BATTLE FRONT BETWEEN THE
SOMME AND OISE RIVERS. THE
WAR OFFICE REPORTS PATROL
ENCOUNTERS OCCURRED BUT
THE NIGHT WAS COMPARATIVE-
LY QUIET WITH NO INFANTRY
MOVEMENT.
MAKE STRONG COUNTER AT-
TACKS AND RECAPTURE
METRER
REN ON THE NORTHERN BAT-
TLE FRONT BY COUNTER AT-
TACKS, THE WAR OFFICE OFFIC-
I ALLY ANNOUNCE,-
j THE BRITISH POSITIONS HAVE
I WITHDRAWN TO A LINE SOUTH
WAR SUMMARY
(By Associated Presg.)
LONDON, APRIL 17.—THE BRIT-j WERE DRIVEN OUT OF A
ISH HAVE RECAPTURED MET- | TRENCH THEY HAP OCCUPIED.
THE
(By Associated Press.)
WITH THE SALIENT IN SOUTH-
WESTERN WULVERGHEM MEN-
ACED BY THE CONTINUED GER-
OF ARRAS BUT THE GERMANS | MAN ADVANCE ON THE LYS BAT-
TLEFIED, IMMEDIATELY TO THE
TRAITOR
PASHA
SHOT
BOLO PASHA, CONDEMNED
TRAITOR TO FRANCE, EXE-
CUTED TODAY
TORONTO FIRE LOSS $750,000
Toronto, Ont., April 17.—Firemen
had vitually extinguished yesterday
a fire which did $750,000 damage at
the plant of the Harris Abbattoir com-
pany, at the Union stock yards, after
burning throughout the night. Tha
police are investigating a report of
mysterious explosions preceding the
fire, which started in the plant's
laundry.
This is to notify the public that
Robert Mclntyre and Robert Harper
have dissolved partnership and Rob-
ert Mclntyre will continue to run the
Harper & Mclntyre restaurant to be
known as Mac's restaurant.
APPOINT BURAIN MINISTER
FOREIGN AFFAIRS AUSTRIA
I EARLY THIS MORNING
| ARTILLERY BECAME ACTIVE.
SOUTH OF
I
BRITISH MADE
THE SOMME THE
SUCCESSFUL
/.nuriillll' COUNTER ATTACKS IN THE
TO SUCCEED COUNT CZERNIN |WYTSCHAETE NEIGHBORHOOD.
REPEATED GERMAN ATTACKS
FORMERLY HELD THIS OFFICE
AND LATELY MINISTER
OF FINANCE
BATTLE RAGES IN
fLANDERS; BRITISH
A„s™r«. r;Ua. ! are holding line
RON BURAIN, FORMER MINISTER
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOR AUS-
TRIA-HUNGARY FROM SEI'l EM-
BER 10, 1914, TO DECEMBER 32,
1916, HAS AGAIN BEEN AP-
POINTED FOREIGN MINISTER TO
SUCCEED COUNT CZERNIN, RE-
SIGNED. HE HAS BEEN AUSTRO-
HUNGARY'S MINISTER OF FI-
NANCE WHILE CZERNIN WAS
MINISTER 01 1 OREIGN AFFAIRS.
Edwin Clapp shoe for sale by
Massad Mercantile Agency. Phone
148. *
SOUTH OF BAILLEUF WERE RE-
PULSED, THE GERMANS SUFFER-
ING HEAVY LOSSES.
GERMANS GAIN LITTLE GROUND
NOTWITHSTANDING MANY
DESPERATE ASSAULTS
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, APRIL 17.—THE BAT-
TLE IN FLANDERS IS RAGING TO-
DAY WITH INCREDIBLE INTEN-
SITY, SAYS A TELEGRAM FROM
THE CORRESPONDENT OF REU
TER'S LIMITED AT BRITISH
HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE. AS
FAR AS THE LATEST REPORTS
ENABLE HIM TO JUDGE COR-
RECTLY, HE ADDS, THE BATTLE
IS GOING IN FAVOR OF THE
BRITiSH.
NOTWITHSTANDING DESPER-
ATE ATTACKS THE GERMANS
HAVE GAINED NO FURTHER
GROUND SINCE TUESDAY MORN-
ING AND APPARENTLY THEY
HAVE LOST SOME.
SOUTH, THE BRITISH HAVE BE-
GUN A WITHDRAWAL FROM THIS
LINE.
THE BRITISH MOST FORWARD |
POSITION, EAST OF YPRES, HAS
BEEN GIVEN UP AND A NEW
LINE FORMED.
THE WITHDRAWAL WAS MADE
WITHOUT ENEMY' INTERFER-
ENCE. THE PETROGRAD MOVE-
MENT IS PIVOTING ON THE
WYSCHAETE SECTOR WHERE
LONDON TODAY REPORTS SUC-
CESSFUL COUNTER ATTACKS.
THERE SEEMS NO DANGER AT
PRESENT OF A GREATER WITH-
DRAWAL OF BRITISH AND THE
RAILWAY LINES OF COMMUNI-
CATION HAVE BEEN PROVIDED
FOR THIS MASSING OF LAR£E
(By Associated Pie s.)
PARIS, APRIL 17.—IN A NEW
SUIT OF CLOTHES AND WEAR-
ING WHITE GLOVES BROUGHT
Sunday dinner $1 at Cafe Roberts.
Make reservations. 62-6t
TO HIM BY HIS BROTHER, MON-
SIGNOR BOLO, PAUL BOLO PA-
SHA, CONDEMNED TRAITOR TO
FRANCE, WAS EXECUTED BY A
FIRING SQUAD EARLY TODAY IN
THE FOREST OF VINCENNES.
BRITISH HOUSE COMMONS
PASSES MAN-POWER BILL
MAJORITY THREE TO ONE
Abstracts for Drumright property
Drumright Abstract Co., O'Dell Bldg
NUMBER OF TROOPS ON THE
NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE
LYS BATTLE FRONT.
THE GERMANS ARE STILL
HAMMERING THE BRITISH LINE
NORTH OF BAILLUEL WHILE TO
THE NORTHEAST THEY ARE RE-
64-lm PORTED CLOSE TO MT. KEMMEL.
LLOYD GEORGE WILL QUIT
POST IF LORDS REFUSE TO
PASS IRISH LEGISLATION
LONDON, APRIL 17. — THE
THIRD READING OF THE GOV-
ERNMENT'S MAN-POWER BILL
WAS CARRIED LAST NIGHT BY A
VOTE OF 301 TO 103.
The Lloyd George government wdl
resign if the house of lords refuses to
pass the new home rule bill, George N.
Barnes, labor member of the British
war cabinet, without portfolio, an-
nounced. He told the house of com-
mons that the government intends to
introduce a home rule bill immediately
and will use every pressure to pass it.
Premier Lloyd George said in the
house of commons:
llt is desirable in the interest of
the war that we should settle the
Irish question and produce something
like contenment in Ireland and good
will in America."
Referring to the situation at the
front in the house of commons, Pre-
mier Lloyd George said:
"The fluctuation between hope and
despondency must continue for some
time yet. But I am still full of con-
fidence. * * * General Plummer, in
command at Messines ridge, is quite
confident. We have lost territory, but
we have lost nothing vital."
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