Drumright Evening Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 255, Ed. 1 Friday, November 15, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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RMAIMENT WORK UNDER WAY
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Kt-GULAR AH'KRNOQN ASSOCIATE PRESS REpo
■ PLUME FOUR NUMBER 255
RTS. EXCLUSIVE IN CREEK COUNTY.
LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER
IN CREEK COUNTY
OMI.V. 15c PER WEEK WEEKLY $2.00 PER YEAR
HRUMRICHT, OKLA.. FRIDAY, NOV. 15, igjg
RHINE
HUN
HELD UN!
DUTCH Ai
PRINCE ISuTsTJvlAfdRSAMEfilGAN
BY REA CH COLOGNE
AASTRICHT
AMERICAN AVIATORS ARE FIRST
TO REACH GERMAN SOIL
BEYOND FRONTIER
I By Associated Prem.)
I LONDON, NOV. 15.—AMERICAN
I r AT I7IE DUTCH FRONTIER AIRMEN LANDED \T COLOGNE
I BECAUSE ALL WERE ARMED. IN- ONE THE RIVER RHINE thurs
, TERNMENT WAS ORDERED, BUT ON THE RIVEH UHINK thurs
IT BECAME KNOWN THAT ONE DISPATCH TO THE COPENHAGEN
OF THE PARTY WAS THE CROWN POLITIKEN, WHICH WAS TRANS
PRINCE AND AU, WERE DIS- FITTED BY THE EXCHANGE TEL*
ARMED AND DETAINED UNTIL EGRAPH COMPANY.
THE ARRIVAL OF THE DUTCH
COMMANDER AT MAASTRICHT. J
THE CROWN PRINCE ACCOM-
TAKEN A CIRCUITOUS PANIED TO THE LATTER'S
ro AVOID MUTINOUS HOUSE, WHERE HE REMAINED
WITH HIS SUITE UNDER GUARD,
FREDERICK WILLIAM ARRIVES
BY CIRCUITOUS ROUTE ON
LAST TUESDAY
(By Associated Pre «.) ,
AMSTERDAM, NOV. 15.—CROWN
PRINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM OF
GERMANY ARRIVER AT MAAS-
TRICHT TUESDAY FROM SPA
HAVING
ROUTE
TROOPS.
ONE PARTY, TRAVELING IN PANIED HIM TO THE LATTERS
IHREE MOTOR CARS, WAS HELD THE HAGUE.
HUNS IN RUMANIA JOIN \
V REVOLUTION \
* (By Associated Press.) X
* London, Nov. 15. The V
^ gi eater part of Field Marshal V
N Von Jleccksens German forces %
^ in Rumania have joined the rev- X
* olutjoiSists, according to a Buda- \
N P,e t newspaper at Est, says a V
N Copenhagen disatch to the Ex- V
^ change Telegraph company. \
LEAVES SATURDAY FOR
GERMAN HEADQUARTERS
SHAMROCK NEGRO KILLS SECOND1'
NEGRO NAMED "FREE HEART" IN
FORMER'S HOUSE AFTER QUARREL
DELEGA TES TO
CONFER A T SEA
MAJHEADEDlLEGATmNErnW,LL I *°UNCES A WIRELESS MES-
SKSZS"* SS.S'CEK,,,S
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quarteersmmarshalnfoc^n: prAssALL0W THE MISSI0N T0
ICONEIGSBERG WILL CARRY HUN , '
DELEGATES TO MEET AD.
MIRAL BEATTY
I GERMAN U-BOAT CREWS
OPPOSE REVOLUTION
WILL WELLS CLAIMS HE SAVED
LIFE OF SHAMROCK'S TOWN
MARSHAL
of which there was an altercation be-
I tween them, both seizing pistols.
| Wells fired first and "Free Heart"
j exclaimed: "You hnve shot me."
T„ (•■ ,, „, . Wells replied: "Yes, and I am
In a fight at Shamrock yesterday .u... , , „ .
koiiik to snoot you a train. and hp frip<l
morning at an early hour, Will Wells, a secon(! shot, using ^ 44 calibre^
1 nefiro, shot and killed another negro j0l
known as "Free Heart." Thera were «<'p H 4 , !
no witnesses to the tragedy which oc- , ! uPP ? rorch
u«Kcuy, ' n oc- and expired within a few seconds I
c wired on the porch at Wells' home ru; w n •
ur 1, . , I his is \\ ells' veris on of the shoot-
r l T 7, fT I *1 thn offi- I. t there were no witnesses al-1
oieluT-n I .V • ',nel"y ,houeht C,r'b"e inside 01 "the''
1 investigated C*** * bemK l"JUse a'l> ''^<1 lou.l talking between J
Marshal Ben Crabtree and a deputy ti "Tr"'' ?."** ba<l feeU!
went to Wells' house £0 search for some tim^ neRr0eS for|
•i'luor and "Free Heart" came un and \ , «
demanded entrance into Wells' place q Ass,stant ^°"nty Attolney Walter
accoruing to Wells' version of th Deputy Sheriff Charles
fight, declaring that he wanted to si amr k t DIrumr,srht went to
shoot Crabtree. , yesterday to investigate the
Wells told him to go awav he «aid \i,. e„ • ■ . . ,N
b«. „r^, """ **
fBv Associated Preu.)
LONDON, NOV. 15.—THE GER-
j man cruiser koenigsberg,
W HICH IS CARRYING GERMAN
DELEGATES TO ARRANGE THE
I NAVAL TERMS OF THE ARMI-
j STICE, IT IS UNDEDSTOOD HERE,
j WILL BE -MET by BRITISH WAR-
SHIPS i'HiS AFATERNOON AN!)
WILL BE ESCORTED TO A POINT
AT SEA. WHERE GERMAN DELE-
(■A fl'.S \\ ILL MEET ADMIRAL SIR
DAVID BEATTY, COMMANDER OF
THE BRITISH GRAND FLEET.
(By Associated Press.)
London, Nov. 15.—Crews of Ger-
man I -boats at a mass meeting at
Brunsuuteel, according- to a Copen
JENNIE B. WITHROW WINS IN
BREACH OF CONTRACT, TO GET
JUDGMENT AMOUNTING TO $800
j Jear unless developments were made,
i„ r - at 6 per cent interest, and that a
„8 j w FuTke "7 i Withrr C0"traCt f0r a refuml was made and
— .. w- Fulkerson, et al, a suit for signed.
hagen dispatch today, expressed a re- j contraet, heard in the Drumright di- The plaintiff claimed that th
O ve to oppose a revolution and will Vls,0n of superior court yesterday, money was not refunded Four *imi
reinstate their officers. judgment was rendered for $800 in lar eases growing „f F°Ur1,s,m';
They decided to fly the national fav°>-°f the plaintiff, Jenr.fe B. With- contract were heard in the Drumright
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War Work benefit dance at Cain's J' W' I " (erson, Bertha U. Cun- In the case of the Crescent Paint
Saturday night. ZtTZ A" "arP 0rKani*"1 & M^ vs. D. L. idwin, JudgL"n
a lead and z.nc company, stock for was rendered in favor of the "Z-
I
which was sold by the organization, tiff
OIL FIELD WORKERS WILL GIVE -
DAY'S SALARY TO UNITED WAR DEFENDANTS TO BE ARRAIGNED
WORK CAMPAIGN IN PROGRESS ,N SUPERIOR COURT ON MONDAY
PIVC TUAIH....K "" * DUIMCir... ... "
INTERESTING EXERCISES GIVEN
AT SCHOOL TO HELP CAMPAIGN
SPECIAL PAGEANT STAGED FOR
UNITED WAR WORK AT
HIGH SCHOOL
The chapel exercises of the Drum-
right High school were unusually at-
tractive today. As a climax for the
<!rive of the Victory Girls and Victory
C. A.,' which made a most fitting
prologue for the littlepLay itself. When
the curtain rose there was the typical
^. M. C. A. hilt, with a victrola, a
piano, and, of course, a proup of
boys in khaki and sailor costumes,
trola, while others were seated at the
were dancing- to the music of the vic-
Boys for the United War Work a . i "V — -
special pageant was staged under'the ?, were seased at the
' lirection of Mrs. Mary Thornton Har ' * lpttp" home or P'ay-
kvey, head of the expression depart. ! ^ ^ "Very-
ment. assisted by Miss Hazel Bennis 1 , . , aS„ VC y°U written to-
nd Miss Lida Langley. The sui- mo r totiuy' 'V|etory," and "Lib
''ents who took part were Misses
■rene and Imoo-ene Corinrton and . '
Juliana McIntosh, Messrs. James Cut ! " i"" i,™1' f'68 wrved «>oughnuta
^aw. J. B. Pickens, G^e Zochie1 ^ l° the b0yS'
Kollm Boyles, Orin Hughes, Charles
Shoup, Edgar Knhle, Willard Tharel i>„ tu ■
"nd Reuben Jeffries • , applause, cspe-
cmlly after each of the patriotic song.
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS SE
CURED, BUT MORE DOLLARS
ARE NEEDED
I PRINCIPAL CASE IN SUPERIOR
COURT THAT OF STARKS VS.
GAS COMPANY
"II the people of this city do not.
respond more generously," he said, I
. ( "we will not go over the top and it
Five thousand dollars have been "rt?'nly W0,uM not be a thing j
raised by the United War Work en i pcoP|e of this city and section ! defendants in criminal cases will
paigners in Drumright but it ia u r, " l'°wn on the Jotl now that peace he arraigrted in the Drumright divis-
cry to the town's ouota nf ii 1 nnn | ion of suPerior cotfrt next Monday, I ot„_L.. ,, ,
which must be raised by Satur I ' • Knlplo^'es of the various companies Sevvral 11 f the defendants in these leged loss of ' h '[mages Jor the al
night by >SatUrday th" "flying district of Drumright1 lasC8 have already been arraigned and v II I r, l'g °" East Broad-
Captain W. B Miser k • 6 agTeed to donate one llay' wage ! two h ve gone to trial and judgment r- h® claim 18 8et UP that
if «•*4 =£ . SsSSStttZZTZZ
UllW nf ...u: ..L. it.
of S. S. Starks vs. the Shaffer County
Gas company, in which the plaintiff
seeks damages for $7,000.
attorney H. A. Gassaway repre-
sents Starks and Attorney C. G.
Moore of Purcell represents the Shaf-
fer County Gas company.
Starks seeks damages for the al-
r thet dareVe"St^rninK "k * " ** -p.e oTw
holding back because the^warto^ >
erty for All'1 added much to the
scene. During the performance Sal-
1 hat the program was appreciated
by the students and faculty was shown
"The Old V. M.
"iintr by the bnv<
ACADEMY DANCE TO
GET FUNDS FOR WAR
WORK DRIVE HERE
LADIES OF DRUMRIGHT INTER-
ESTED IN CAMPAIGN TO
STAGE A DANCE
' he l-idies of Drumright interested
in the Uitcd War Work campaien are
making ariv.ngements to hold a big
oaniv at Cain's academy Saturday
"ight for the purpose of raising :non. |
ey lor the seven organizations which
lookng out after Ihe c
It goes without saying that the
dance will be eminently successful and
that a large sum of money will be
realized.
Everybody in Drumright is cor-
arraigned will be taken before Judge suh nf
G^ylord R. Wilcox in superior court 1 u ' there waa a leakage
next Monday morning I .T ', "'as fo"owcd by the ignition of
The principal case of today is that' ^ burned' ° re3Ult °f Which iC
dinlly invited to attend. The Driee of I .h,r: „"Ti"B Krealcst en
admission will be thirty cents There ThoT^i^TV- A1Sa0<> I'orraine'
will be special music I ^housnn<,s of Germans are leaving
.GERMANS LEAVING " —
ALSACE-LORRAINE Everybody welcome at the United
JEERED BY PEOPLE War w°>"k dance at Cain's Saturday
I night
Geneva, Nov. 15.—The greatest en-1
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s NAVAL TERMS BEING CAR. \
V RIED OUT \
There also is joy
fort of H ricd
^ ^ 'y A*«ocintpd f'r"**.) \
N terni's 'of tli"' r l5'~rhc .naval v because of cetsation'of
terms of the German and Aus- * raids.
> (nan armistices are being car- V
PRESS CENSORSHItP
Ihose provinces. The German authori- j Washingon, Nov. 1^--Withdra^fl
FrenT" -'"a 0ted by the Cr0Wd8' ' 0f a" VOluntecr censorship requests
J.cted dalt enCa" tr°°P' eX-i""der, Which American Publishers
pe.ud daily. have been working since the United
Iicciptions on a huge scale are be- States went to war has been in
ing prepared for the allied troops un- nounced by Georee Creel I
der the noses of ^ German officials, of the common pu Jl c nZZZ
the Rhine to^s after conference, with ^
allied air tar es Uuker and Daniels.
EEK COUNTY
.2,00 PER YEAR
AMERICAN
GERMAN SOLDIERS IN RUMANLTJOIN THE REVOLUTIONISTS VIANDER
1EN
MANY
1ES THE
1M FOR
OF AKRON, OHIO,
JEN OTHER PROMI-
LICANS ARE SPON-
E MOVEMENT.
IE IS HEADING THE
WHO SIGNED THE
INCORPORATION.
H IN THEINCORPO-
riCLES. THE LE/
,T IS TO CRYSTAL-
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3 PRESIDENT.
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lociated Prrt .)
'. 25—THE RUMAN-
MENT HAS ISSUED
, DECREE DISSOLV-
LIAMENT AND CON-
CONSTITUENT AS-
E ELECTED BY UNI-
?RAGE, ACCORDING
FROM JASSE.
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it now since the
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also for thos-
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club is vi
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to think o
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