Drumright Evening Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 114, Ed. 1 Friday, May 31, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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REGULAR AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS, EXCLUSIVE IN CREEK COUNTY
VOLUME FOUR. NUMBER 114.
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LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN CREEK COUNTY.
DRUMRIGHT, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1918.
DAILY, 10c PER WEEK. WEEKLY, $1.50 PER YEAR.
HUNS STRIKE WITH FULL FORCE EFFORT REACH MARNE
GERMANS FORCING BACK ALLIES LEFT FLANK
ADVANCE
HELD IN
CHECK
EFFORTS OF HUNS SLACKEN AS
ALLIES' RESERVES COM£
INTO PLAY
(ASSOCIATED PRESS SUMMARY)
BAFFLED IN THEIR EFFORTS
TO STRIKE EASTWARD AND
WESTWARD FROM A NEW SALI-
ENT IN THE ALLIED LINE, THE
GERMANS ARE ATTEMPTING TO
REACH THE RIVER MARNE BE-
FORE THE ALLIES BECOME
STRONG ENOUGH TO STOP THEM
MRS. EARL ANDERSON
MAKES FIRST SPEECH
AT ROXANA BENEFIT
MAKES ADDRESS AT RED CROSS
BENEFIT DANCE LAST
NIGHT
ENTIRELY.
IN THE CENTER THE ENEMY
PROGRESS IS SLACKENING AS
The people on the Roxana lease are
congratulating themselves upon se-
curing: Mrs. Earl Anderson, city food
administrator and war speakers, for
the first address which she has de-
livered upon her return from the con-
ference of war workers at Washing-
ton.
Mrs. Anderson made a splendid ad-
ddress at the Red Cross benefit dance
and entertainment given by the peo-
ple on the Roxana lease last night. A
goodly sum was netted the local chap-
ter of the Red Cross.
Drumright Red Cross members who
attended the Roxana dance were Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Anderson, Mr. and
Mrs. F. B. Cummings, Mr. and Mrs.
W. Fox, Mrs. Seik and Miss Hudson.
OKLAHOMA PIPE LINE
STRIKE SETTLED AND
MEN RETURN TO WORK
The difficulties between the Okla-
homa Pipe Line company and the
workers, which resulted in a strike of
I two days' duration, have been amic-
THE ALiLIED RESERVES COME ! ably settled through the Oil Field
Workers Union and the men have re«
■ When, How and Where Boys of 21 ■
Must Register ■
.
■ WHO MUST REGISTER: All male persons (citizens or aliens) '
■ born between June 6, 1896, and June 5, 1897, inclusive, except offi- ■
_ cars and enlisted men of the Regular Army, Navy and Marine Corps, ■
I and the National Guard and Naval Militia while in Federal service, and ■
officers in Officers' Reserve Corps and enlisted men in Enlisted Re- g
® serve Corps while in active service. m
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WHEN: On Wednesday, June 5, 1918, between 7 a. m.*and g
® 0 p. m. g
■ WHERE: At City Hall, Drumright, i C. C. Taylor, president of
■ the Local Exemption Board will be here to register.
■ HOW: Go in person on June 5 to your registration place. If
■ you expect to be absent from home on June 5, go at once to the ®
H office of the local board where you happen to be. Have your registra- ■
B tion card filled out and certified. Mail it to the local board having ■
jurisdiction where you permanently reside. Enclose a self-addressed, g
stamped envelope with your registration card for the return of your g
registartion certificate. Failure to get this certificate may cause you ^
■ serious inconvenience. You must mail your registration card in
_ time to reach your home local board on June 5. If you are sick on ®
June 5 and unable to present yourself in person send some compe- ■
" tent friend. The clerk may deputize him to prepare your card. ■
B INFORMATION: If you are in doubt as to what to do or where ■
® to register consult your local board. ■
■ PENALTY FOR NOT REGISTERING: Failure to register is B
■ a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for one year. It may ^
B result in loss of valuable rights and privileges and immediate in- ^
H (taction into military service.
INTO ACTION.
The fighting is heavy all along an
arch-shaped front from Soissons to
Rheims. By penetrating to the Marne
from a point which they now hold
seven miles north of the river, the
Germans apparently hope to spread
out ea|tward and outflank the allied
position at Soissons and Rheims.
The Albert salient is about eighteen
miles deep in the center. It has
noticably affected the allied lines
eastward from Montdidier.
Berlin claims the capture of much
war material and the number of pris-
oners it declares to be now more
than ?15,000.
West of Montdidier tne Americans
still maintain a hold on the village
of Ontingy despite many German
counter attacks.
I turned to work.
TO FREIGHT PAYERS
I Under the order of the "Director
General" you are required to pay
freight on delivery. Should you want
longer time you must give a bond. I
'am ready to make that, or any other
bond.
114-2t ' W. A. MADARIS.
BRAUGHT, CONVICTED
MURDERER, DIVEN
15 DAY REPRIEVE
NAUFAL
FREED
LATE THIS AFTERNOON JUS-
TICE OF THE PEACE R. G. CLEM-
ENTS, SITTING IN PRELIMINARY
HEARING IN THE CASE OF JOE
NAUFAL, CHARGED WITH THE
MURDER OF HIS WIFE, WHO WAS
SHOT AND INSTANTLY KILLED
BY A BULLET FROM A GUN USED
WHEN NAUFAL WAS IN A FIGHT
WITH JOHN FRANCIS AND JOHN
FRANCIS, JR., SEVERAL WEEKS
AGO, SUSTAINED A MOTION OF
THE DEFENSE THAT THE CASE
BE DISMISSED.
THE STATE FAILED TO PRO-
DUCE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO
SUSTAIN THE CHARGE AND IT
WAS DISMISSED AND NAUFAL
RELEASED.
THE EVIDENCE BROUGHT OUT
THE i-'ACT THAT MRS. NAUFAL'S
DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL. SHE
WAS KILLED AS SHE RAN BE-
TWEEN THE COMBATANTS.
JOHN FRANCIS, JR., WAS SHOT
AND SEVERELY WOUNDED IN
THE SAME AFFAIlli.
OIL FIELD WORKERS
WILL SEND LIVE WIRE
TO ST. PAUL CONVENTION
Ms. T. F. Laidig and Mrs. R. E.
Letherock motored to Cushing yes-
terday afternoon to do some shop- [
ring.
o
ladies' Phoenix and Onyx silk ho ,
siery are sold by Massad Mercantile
agency. Phone 148. 82-ni
GERMANS RAID
U S. HOSPITALS
BACK OF LINES
•w-"- t-TTW
SLAYER OF OTE ROBINS HAS
HEARING BEFORE COURT
OF APPEALS
TIBBITT R. BRAUGHT, SEN-
TENCED TO DEATH FOR THE
MURDER t>F OTE ROBINS IN OIL-
TON LAST JUNE, WAS GIVEN A
FURTHER LEASE ON LIFE WHEN
HIS CASE WAS GIVEN A HEAR-
ING BEFORE THE COURT OF AP-
PEALS IN OKLAHOMA CITY
WEDNESDAY. AN EXTENSION
OF FIFTEEN DAYS WAS GRANT-
ED TO ALLOW HIS ATTORNEYS
TO INTRODUCE NEW EVIDENCE.
COUNTY ATTORNEY EARL FOS-
TER STATED TODAY THAT IT IS
NOT BELIEVED THAT NEW EVI-
DENCE WHICH CAN DO
BRAUGHT'S CASE ANY GOOD
WILL BE INTRODUCED AND IT IS
THOUGHT THE DECISION OF
THE DISTRICT COURT, WHICH
FOUND BRAUGHT GUILTY AND
SENTENCED HIM TO DEATti,
WILL BE AFFIRMED.
The Oil Field Workers' Union of
this district held a meeting last night
and arranged to send a delegate to the
International convention of Oil Field
Workers which will convene in St.
Paul in June. The delegate has not
been selected but a live wire will be
chosen who will let them know that
Drumright and its union is on the map
and on the job. The delegate will be
named in the near future.
FAMILY REUNION
Thi.i has been a happy waek for
Mrs. Ada Griffin of Drumright. She
has had all her ahildren home with
their wives and husbands except her
son Claude who ia now at Camp
Bowie. Ernest Berry, a son, leave?
today to serve his colore and Clarence
is anxiously awaiting his call. Mrs.
Griflin is happy that she has these
•turdy sons to offer to her country
and its righteous cause. Her daugh-
ter Lena and her husl and, W. A. Sal-
roy, bcth of the Toby players, are
spending a week's vacation here and
leave Saturday to join Toby at Shaw-
| Edwin Clapp shoes are sold by
Massad Merc. Agency. Phone 148.
No Name hats are sold by Massad
Merc. Agency. Phone 148.
GERMANS
GAIN ON
RIVER
TRENCH AND BRITISH HOLD
THEIR POSITIONS AT ALL
OTHER POINTS
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, MAY 31.—THE ALLIES
LEFT FLANK ON THE A1SNE
FRONT HAS BEEN FORCED BACK
BY VIOLENT GERMAN ATTACKS
IN THE AILETTE RIVER REGION.
IT IS ANNOUNCED OFFICIALLY.
NEAR SOISSONS AND FURTHER
SOUTH THE GERMAN ATTACK
BROKE DOWN, THE FRENCH
MAINTAINING THEIR POSITIONS.
IN THE CENTER THE GERMANS
MADE A SLIGHT ADVANCE
NORTH OF THE MARNE.
FUTHER EAST AND AI.SO
NORTHWEST AND NORTH OF
RHEIMS ALL GERMAN EFFORTS
WERE IN VAIN.
The French by counter attack won
back the town of Thillois, west of
Kheims. Withdrawing before the
German onslaught in the Ailette re-
gion, the French fell back on posi-
tions north of Bleancourt, nine miles
southeast of Noyon and Epaigne,
seven miles northwest of Soissons.
The French are holding their posi-
tions along the road between Soissons
and the Chateau Thierry as well as
on the western outskirts of Soissons.
CALL 280,000
MEN TO COLORS
BY JUNE 24TH
HUN AIRMEN CONTINUE WORK
OF ATTACKING THE
WOUNDED
(By Associated Press.)
WITH AMERICAN ARMY IN
lrRAN£E, MAY 31.—GERMAN AIR-
MEN MADE A PRETENTIOUS AIR
RAID BEHIND THE AMERICAN
LINE IN PICARDY LAST NIGHT,
DROPING BPOMBS ON ALL SIDES
OF ONE OF THE LARGEST HOS-
PITALS IN THE TOWN MANY
MILES TO THE REAR OF THE
BATTLE FRONT.
American and French wounded
were carried into cellars and caves by
^American nurses and Red Cross mem-
bers.
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WASHINGTON HAS OPENED WIDE
ITS GA TE TO THE WAR WORKERS
, '
| DEVELOPMENS RESULT IN
I NEW CALL FOR MEN AT *
EARLY DATE
LOCAL WOMAN'S IMPRESSIONS
OF COUNTRY'S CAPITAL
DURING WAR TIMES
Only a few were injured by
flyina glass. Several private homes
were wrecked and a number of civil-
ian*, including several babies, were
killed.
Charles W. Briles. professor of ed-
ucation at the A. and M. College, ant
n candidate for state superintendent
of public instruction, was a Drum-
right visitor yesterday afternoon.
(The following article is contrib-
uted by request by Mrs. Earl Ander-
son, city food administrator, one of
the five Oklahoma women who have
been appointed war speakers, and who
returned this week from a two weeks'
conference of War Workers at Wash-
ington, D. C.)
(By MRS. EARL ANDERSON)
Having been asked to give my im-
pression of war-time Washington I
v ill say that never having veen peace-
time Washington I feel that i can
hardly be competent to draw a com-
' t arison.
ihe Washington of today is one
11; whirl of war workers and no
j matter where one goes the question
; , not where are you from, but are
j > ou a war worker, too? Should you
I say no you are of little interest to
the questioner. The streets are
crowded by the hastening throng of
workers and earnest eyed soldiers,
and to those of us who have seen the
' happy-go-lucky soldier of the can-
tonment of the middle west with his
ever ready laugh, we are more than
impressed with the brisk walk and
! the eyes front" of these soldiers who
' have changed from boys to men, each
! intent on his duty, and, it is almost
j incomparable to us who are so used
to the do-as-I-please methods to see
| the absolute manner in which they
j each follow the exact letter of com-
mand; for instance, out on the Mary-
, 'and road to Camp Meade is an over-
t urned truck which bears the inscrip-
• tion, "U. S. Supplies." On this truck
I its a man who does not in hi-s face
bear the trim looks of the clean
I shaven khaki boy. On questioning
| him it wus found that this truck had
been overturned about three weeks
before when his company had been
ordemed to move, and the officer in
charge had told him to stand guard
untd relieved. His company is in'
France, and in the rush of leaving in
soma way he had been forgotten. A
farmer's wife had taken pity on him
and had been sending him his meals,
for he would not leave the truck day
or night, and no word of complaint
passed his lips because of his enforced
stay only "I wish that I too might
have gone on to take a poke at the
! l.aiser." When asked if he had slept
well he answered 'Slept well! Say, I
! didn't know there was so much sleep
. in the world. Why, I've slept enough
to lasc my whole company for three
| months in the front trench 'over
. there.' "
When was there a time tli
! born American lad would H
; out on a country road ir. 1
i until now when they cr ? w>
, necessity of guarding th
The one thing that 101
most was the way that ti.
j Washington has opened it >1
the many workers that 1-
a free
stayed
me
tv of
to all
ne to
answer their country's summons for
more help. Crowded? Yes, they are
lor there was never a time when the
city had so many girls and boys in it.
The best homes in the city are opened
to house war workers and in the
churches every Sunday there is a call
for chaperones to go with the girls
to the different places of recreation,
and in the government work rooms
| each week there are passed slips to all
the workers which they are asked to
; sign. These slips are called recrea-
tion slips, and have on them the dif-
1 ferent amusements such as tennis,
swimming, dancing, boating, etc., and
I each one can sign to do the thing that
he or she cares to do most and these
• lips are taken care of by the women's
(•(•mmittee of the Council of Defens-v
and the signers are given passes to
I the place nearest where they live that
they may have, for a small sum, the
1 thing for which they have signed,
j The cost is very small so that no one
j (Continued on page Eight)
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, MAY 31.—OF-
FICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT IS
MADE TODAY THAT 280,000 MEN
WILL BE CALLED TO THE COL-
ORS TO REPORT JUNE 24. THE.
LIST OF APPORTIONMENT IS BE-
ING WITHHELD FOR THE PRES-
ENT.
•SERGEANT JIM," WAR
HERO, WILL SPEAK AT
THE STRAND SUNDAY
' Sergeant James E. Fisher, "Ser-
geant Jim," a returned wounded
| American soldier who comes back
ifrom France after twenty months in
the trencher and thirteen months in
military hospitals, will be at the
Strand theater Sunday. He will tell
of his personal experiences in th<
I trenches and will sing many Lrem lg
; songs, including "Sergeant Jim's" own
(omposiiton, "Passing By." Manager
A lifer has also arranged to show three*
1 big reels of war pictures.
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