Drumright Evening Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 202, Ed. 1 Friday, September 13, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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REGULAR APTitKOON ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS, EXCLUSIVE IN CREEK COUNTY.
DRUMRIGHT, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1918
LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN CREEK COUNTY.
DAILY, 15c PER WEEK.
HUNS RETREAT BEFORE SAMMIES
"DANGEROUS DAN" KILLS HIMSELF AT CUSHING
TRAGEDY BELIEVED DUE AMERICANS YANKS TAKE 9,500 GERMANS
TO ARMY SERVICE FEAR
AND DOMESTIC TROUBLE
CUSHING CHAUFFEUR ATTEM-
PTS WIFE'S LIFE AND TURNS
GUN ON HIMSELF
"Dangerous Dan" Miley, a Cush-
ing chauffeur and livery stable helper,
shot and killed himself near the mid-
night hour at Cushing last night, after
an unsuccessful attempt to kill his j
wife
Police say that Miley killed him- j
self because he did not want to go
into the army. He registered yester- ■
day under protest and police believe j
that he went to his wife's home on
East llroadway in Cushing, having
fully determined to kill her and him-
self in order to avoid army service. |
Miley killed himself by shooting •
himself through the .tmck of the i
head, having placed a 38-caliber re-
volver near the base of his brain and j
pulled the trigger.
Pistol Misses Fire.
Prior to the tragedy he pointed the
gun at his wife and pulled the trig-!
ger, but the weapon missed fire and
Mrs. Miley doubtless owes her lif?'
to this fact.
Miley and his wife had been sep-
arated for pome time and she was
living with her parents. The courts
had granted a • restraining order in
her behalf, to prevent Miley from
visiting her, as she was afraid of him
and wanted to keep him away.
Last night Miley came to the house
and asked for her and after con-
siderable conversation started to
kill. About that time an automobile
drove up tp a neighbor's residence
and it is believed that possibly Miley
thought that officers were coming to
arrest him.
He then drew his gun and the
shooting began. Miley was from
.loplin, Mo., originally.
MORE THAN 300,000
REGISTER IN STATE
(By Associated Press.)
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA., Sept.
13. THE NUMBER REGISTERED
IN OKLAHOMA YESTERDAY FOR
I MILITARY SERVICE WILL RUN
WELL OVER THE 300,000 MARK,
ACCORDING TO ADJUTANT GEN-
ERAL GIPSON'S ESTIMATE TO-
DAY. NO OFFICIAL COUNTY
REGISTERS REPORT HAS YET
BEEN RECEIVED.
ENEMY
YANKEE AIRPLANES AND ARTIL-
LERY DRIVING BOCHES
OUT OF LORRAINE'
(By Associated Freu.)
PARIS Sept. 13.—AMERICAN AT-
TACKS IN ST. M1HIEL REGION
ARE CONTINUING SUCCESSFUL-
LY, THE FRENCH WAR OFFICE
ANNOUNCED TODAY. ON THE
FRONT WEST OF ST. QUENTIN
FRENCH TROOPS CAPTURED SA-
VEY.
IN DRIVE IN ST. MIHIEL AREA
ST. MIHIEL NOW
IN GRASP OF
U. S. BOYS
Picture Framing—Sills Studio.
STRIKERS IN
EAST WARNED
HUNS ATTEMPT TO
REMOVE ARTILLERY
(By Associated Pi-pss.)
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN
LORRAINE, Sept. 13.—GERMANS
LAST NIGHT AND EARLY TODAY
WERE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE
THEIR ARTILLERY THROUGH
VIGNEULLES UNDER STRESS OF
THE AMERICAN ATTACK ON THE
ST. MIHIEL SALIENT. THEY
WERE HAMPERED BY AMERICAN
AIRPLANES AND ARTILLERY.
DEPUTY WHITEHEAD AND
FAMILY HAVE RETURNED
presiden;
TELLS MEN
OF LABOR EXEMPTION
MAY BE DENIED
I Wm. Murphy of Wichita, Kans.,
I is the guest of judge R. G. Clements.
Phone 90. The News.
(By Associated Pre*®.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13
ING MACIHN1STS AT BRIDGE-
, Edwin Clapp shoe for sale by
STRIK-j Massad Mercantile Agency. Phon
148.
Deputy Sheriff Charles Whitehead,
and wife and boy returned yesterday
from a pleasant visit to Arkansas.
Mr. and Mrs. Whitehead and child
went to the hills of Arkansas to
recuperate and report that they en-
joyed every moment of their trip.
I ' o
Want rds in the Derrick pays.
TWO GERMAN DIVISIONS MAY
BE SURROUNDED IN
SALIENT
(By Associated Praas.)
LONDON, Sept,, 13.—GENERAL
PERSHING'S FORCES IN THEIR
ATTACK ON THE SOUTHERI*
SIDE OF ST. MIHIEL SALIENT
HAVE ADVANCED FOR A DIS-
TANCE OF EIGHT MILES.
THE ASSAULT WAS MADE ON
A FOURTEEN-MILE FRONT.
THE AMERICANS ARE MAKING j
RAPID PROGRESS IN A CONTINU-
ATION OF THEIR DRIVE,
j GERMAN PRISONERS SAY THE
! ATTACK WAS EXPECTED BUT
I DELIVERED SO RAPIDLY THEY
HAD NO TIME TO PUT UP A
STUBBORN RESISTANCE.
THE AMERICANS ARE REPORT-
ED TO HAVE TAKEN VIGNEUIL-
LES, SEVEN_ AND ONE-HALF
MILES NORTH OF XIVRAY,
THROUGH WHICH THE FORMER
LINE RAN. .
PERSHING'S TROOPS ALSO
ARE SAID TO HAVE CAPTURED
BENEY-HAVRINCOURT.
IF THESE PLACES HAVE BEEN
TAKEN OR IF ST. MIHIEL HAS J
BEEN NARROWED TO LESS THAN !
SIX MILES IT IS DECIDEDLY IM-|
PROBABLE THAT THE TWO GER-
MAN DIVISIONS REPORTED
WITHIN THE SALIENT LAST
NIQHT WILL BE ABLE TO GET
AWAY.
AMEBICANS SO FAR HAVE CAP-
TURED 9,500 PRISONERS.
I ON THE ST. MIHIEL SALIENT'S
WEST SIDE, WHERE THE
! GROUND IS DIFFICULT, THE
AMERICANS HAVE ADVANCED
j THREE MILES ON A TWELVE-
I MILE FRONT.
FIRST ARMY OF UNITED STATES
IS SURROUNDING HUNS
ON ALL SIDES
(Associated Press
War Summary.)
ST. MIHIEL'S SALIENT, AFTER
FOUR YEARS GERMAN OCCUPA-
TION, IS TODAY THREATENED
ON BOTH SIDES BY THE FIRST
AMERICAN ARMY.
FRENCH UNITS ARE CO-OPER-
ATING IN THE FIRST MAJOR OP-
l ERATION UNDER AMERICAN
I LEADERSHIP, THE IMMEDIATE
AMERICAN OBJECTIVE CLOSING
THE SALIENT'S MOUTH AND PRE-
VENTING THE GERMANS WITHIN
FROM ESCAPING WITHOUT I
GREAT LOSS OF MEN AND MA-
TERIAL.
IT IS BELIEVED PERSHING's
ULTIMATE HOPE IS IN SHUTTING
THE ENEMY CONTROL OF BRIEY
OR THE REGION FROM WHICH is
OBTAINED MUCH RAW MATER-
IAL FOR GERMAN GUNS AND
AMMUNITION.
AT THE PRESENT RATE OF
AMERICAN PROGRESS THE OC-
i CUPATION OF THE GERMAN for-
TRESS AT METZ IS A POSSIBILI-
. TY.
THE DISTANCE OF THE SA-
LIENTS MOUTH IS NOW ABOUT
TEN MILES.
IN THE NORTH THE BRITISH
ARE ADVANCING ON COVERETT-
CAMBAI POSITIONS \FTER SE-
CURING THE CW'AL DU NORD.
BRITISH TAKE
HOLDEN WOOD
Ladies' Phoenix and Onyx silk ho-
j siery ar© sold by Massad Mercantile
agency. Phone 148. 8 2-no
ROYAL NEIGHBORS TO
MEET ON SATURDAY
The Royal Neighbors will hold a
! meeting tomorrow afternoon at 2 ;00
o'clock. All members, are urged to
j attend. Oracle.
PORT, CONN., HAVE BEEN NOT1-I
FIED BY PRESIDENT WILSON j
THAT UNLESS THEY RETURN TO |
WORK AND ABIDE BY THE WAGE |
AWARD OF THE WAR BOARD
THEY WILL BE BARRED FROM
r.EING EMPLOYED FOR THE |
YEAR AND DRAFT BOARDS WILL
BE INSTRUCTED TO REJECT ANY
EXEMPTION CLAIM BASED ON1
THEIR USEFULNESS AND WAR
PRODUCTION.
BOY HELD UNDER $5,000 BOND
ON CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER
SALESMAN GIVEN
LIFE SENTENCE
IN PENITENTIARY
IRA E. WILLIAMS GOES TO PEN
FOR ATTACKING
YOUNG WOMAN
LAWRENCE ALLEN'S HEARING mobile he was driving on East Broad-
l way yesterday afternoon, was bound
TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE oyer court jn the sum of $5,000
HinrF CLEMENTS >ate yesterday afternoon. He is
j charged with manslaughter. His case
Lawrence Allen, 19-year-old boy will be called on September 19 before
Lawrence Alien, , I justice of Peace Clements,
who killed E. A. Snell, a Tidal pump- No other arrests were made in the
er, by hitting him with an auto- \ case, it was stated at police head-
quarters this| fcnorning. Allen has
given bond, having done so immediate-
ly after it was fixed, and was re-
leased from a cell at the city jail,
where he was taken after his arrest
by Officer Bob Thomason yesterday
I afternoon.
j The body of Mr. Snell, victim of
J the automobile tragedy, was taken
to the undertaking establishment of
C. B. Stubblelield late yesterday after-
noon and prepared for burial. The
body was sent to Mena, Ark., former
home of the deceased, this morning
for burial, being accompanied by
j friends and relatives.
Mr Snell is survived by his widow
| and two children.
!GERMAN ATTACKS ON HAVR1N-
COURT SOUTHWEST OF CAM
tSRAI REPULSED
LONDON, Sert. 13.—GERMANS
LAST NIGHT DELIVERED AN AT-
TACK ON HAVRINCOURT SOUTH-
WEST OF CAMBRAI, BUT WERE
REPULSED WITH LOSSES, AC-
i CORDING TO AN OFFICIAL
I STATEMENT TODAY.
j FARTHER SOUTH, OPPOSITE
S ST. QUENTIN, THE BRITISH TOOK
POSSESSION OF HOLDEN WOOD.
I GERMAN ATT4CKS OPPOSITE
MOEUVERS, WEST OF CAMBRAI,
FAILED COMPLETELY. BRITISH
TOOK JEANCOURT, NORTH OF
MAND.
(By Associated Press.)
OKMULGEE, OKLA., Sept. 13.—
CONVICTED OF ATTACKING A
22-YEAR-OLD WOMAN ON A
COUNTRY ROAD NEAR HERE THE
NIGHT OF JUNE 23 IRA E. WIL- ]
LIAMS, SALESMAN, WELL-KNOW
THROUGHOUT OKLAHOMA, KAN-
SAS AND MISSOURI, WAS SEN-
TENCED TODAY IN SUPERIOR
COURT TO 99 YEARS IN THE
STATE PENITENTIARY
AFTER A HARD-FOUGHT AND
SENSATIONAL TRIAL, THE SEN-
TENCE WAS THE LONGEST EVER
IMPOSED ON A WHITE MAN FOR
A SIMILAR OFFENSE IN OKLA-
HOMA. ,
TOM BEABOUT TAKES A SEA T IN
AIR; FALLS FROM GARAGE ROOt
OILTON MAN IS
| PLACED IN JAIL
IN DRUMRIGHT
CARPENTER DANGEROUSLY IN-
JURED IN ACCIDENT
HERE THURSDAY
Tom Beabout, a laborer, about
42 years of age, was dangerously,
perhaps fatally, injured as a result
of a fall from the roof of an addi-
tion being constructed on the rear
of the Brush garage- on Pennsylvania
avenue about 5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
Beabout in a moment of weariness
resulting from a hard day's labor
sat down on a 2x4 scantling that
was projecting from the north window
of the structure that is being erected.
He evidently thought the scantling
was nailed to the side of the building.
"Well, this is the best seat I have
h d today," he said, as he sat down
on the scantling on the outside of the
window.
Hurled Into Air.
The scantling was not nailed and
| Beabout was projected out of the
window and fell a distance of iifteen
or twenty feet to the board sidewalk
that is underneath the structure.
It was reported soon after the ac-
cident that the man's back was broken,
: but later reports indicate that the
| man did not suffer any fracture of
| the vertebrae, but the whole length
1 of his spine was badly bruised and
lacerated and he sustained numer-
j ous other bruises along his back and
sides of a serious nature.
Picked Up Unconscious.
! Beabout was picked up unconscious
and was conveyed to the Emergency
I hosptta^, where medical treu{ment
was administered.
| Beabout was taken to his home on
North Ohio street last night about
! 7 o'clock by Captain B. E. Morford,
1 in charge of the Salvjition Army
I corps here, and others.
I Capt. Morford stated that Beabout
' is a member of the Salvation Army
i corps here and a faithful worker.
| The injured man was conscious to-
I day and is showing signs of improve-
ment. He has a wife and several
children.
JUSTICE OF PEACE FIXES MAN'S
BOND, IT IS STATED, AT ..
$5,000.
Fred Tindall, known as "Wetump,"
was arrested by Officer Smith at
Drumright on a charge of being the
principal in a shooting at Oilton a
few days ago.
Tindall was placed in the county
jail here. The justice of the peace
at Oilton, it is stated, has fixed Tin-
dall's bond at $5,000.
No Name hi.ta are sold by Massad
j Merc. Agency. Phone 148.
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