Drumright Evening Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 276, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 11, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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KEGULAR AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PRESS REPO RTS, EXCLUSIVE IN CREEK COUNTY
LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN CREEK COUNTY.
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VOLUME FOUR, NUMBER 27G
DRUMRIGHT, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 11, 1918 DAILY, 15c PER WEEK. WEEKLY $2.00 PER YEAR.
WILHELM REFUSES TO SPEAK OF HIS SITUATION
EUROPEANS LOOK TO WILSON FOR PLANS TO SECURE PEACE
FORMER [KPERGR WILL Germans and
NOT GIVE VERDICT AS TO
GUILTY OF WORLD WAR
WILHELM REFUSES TO MAKE
STATEMENTS REGARDING WAR
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, DEC. 11.—WILLIAM
HOHENZOLLERN WILL NOT GIVE
ANY STATEMENT AS TO HIS
EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE OU-
IiREAK OF WAR IN 1914, AC-
CORDING TO THE AMERICAN
CORRESPONDENT. (THE EX-
PRESS CORRESPONDENT • FIN-
ALLY SUCCEEDED IN PUTTING
Ti IE QUESTION TO HERR HO-
HENZOLLERN.
FORMER KAISER SAID,
THROUGH COUNT VON BF.N-
TINCK, THAT IF THERE WAS ANY
POSSIBILITY OF HIM BECOMING
DEFENDANT BEFORE AN INTER-
NATIONAL TRIBUNAL HE PRE-
FERRED TO POSTPONE ANY
STATEMENT UNTIL THAT TIME.
INTERALLIED COMMISSION
CONTROLS RHINE SHIPPING
COUNT CZERNIN DECLARES
AUSTRIA HUNGARY FAVORS
al lies meet
' at treves STRONG LEAGUE OF NATION
(By Associated Pr«i.)
AMSTERDAM DEC. 11.— THE 1
i DISCUSSION OF THE PROLONGA- j
THE ARMISTICE BE-1
THE
MRS. PEAPER ATTENDS
COUNTY MEET AT BRISTOW
Mrs. Chailes Peaper, secretary of
I he Drumright chapter of the Red
Cross, has returned from Bristow
./here she attended a cour.ty meeting
which was largely attended. Mrs.
Per.pcr reports that much pood work
was done for promotion of the big
Christmas Roll Call drive, which is to
start December 16.
PRESIDENTIAL SHIP WILL
ARRIVE SOONER THAN
IT WAS SCHEDULED
(By Associated Press.)
BREST, FRANCE. DEC. 11.—U.
S. STEAMER GEORGE WASHING (
TON WITH PRESIDENT WILSON , 1 :ox 01'
AND HIS PARTY ON BOARD HAS i TWEEN GERBANY AND THE AL-
CHANGED ITS COURSE SINCE ! 1IES WILL BEGIN AT TREVES
LFAVING AZORES AND WILL AR i DECEMBER 12 ACCORDING TO
RIVE IN BREST IN ADVANCE OF]THE NORTH GERMAN GAZETTE.;
THE TIME ANNOUNCED, AC-1 ALL SHIPPING ON THE> RIVER , WIIAT 1N ms ESTIMATION, THE
CORDING TO NAVAL WIRELESS | RHINE IS NOW UNDER CONTROL
DISPATCH RECEIVED HERE TO- jjDl" THE INTER-ALLIED COMMIS- PROBLEMS TO BE SETTLED BE
DAY- — MJN" FORE PEACE CAN BE MADE SE-
CURE WERE. COUNT CZERNIN
(By Associated Press.)
VIENNA, DEC. 11.—CZERNIN,
FORMER AUSTR (^HUNGARIAN
MINISTER, DISCUSSED TODAY
HIS EFFORTS AND THOSE OF
THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT
TOWARD PEACE AND OUTLINED
STREET CAR
STRIKE AGAIN
IN KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY STRET CARS TIED .STRIKE OF CARMEN AND SOME
I P BY CARMEN'S STRIKE POWER HOUSE EMPLOYEES,
(By Assoc 'ited Press ) | i .I.LI'.D AT 4 OC LOCK NO EI-
KANSAS CITY, DEC. 11.—THE FORT HAS 1; - N' MADE T<. RUN j
STREET RAILWAY SYSTEM WAS TIIE CARS. A l.USH HOUR
COMPLETELY TIED UR ' THIS W VGE CONTROVERSY WAS RE-
"MURNING AS A RESULT OP A HFUNaliiLE Fl.R HI; M RFC •'
A MOST INTERESTING ROTARY
MEETING IN HIGH SCHOOL BLDGJ
The Rotary Club held their reg on December 27, and that two
ular meeting Tuesday evening at the captains bo appointed to see that two j
MAN CABINET SENT A WIRE j STEELE INDUSTRY AND STEELE High School building where a most1 different teams' be formed to go on a
AND PAINTED
LUDENDORFF, '
| GERMANY'S POLICY DURING THE
I LAST PART OF THE WAR, AS A
I MAN WHO STOOD BETWEEN
I THE CENTRAL EMPIRES AND
|PEACE ON NUMEROUS OCCAS-
| IONS WHEN THE SUBJECT WAS
| RAISED.
COUNT CZERNIN DECLARED IN
FAVOR OF A LEAGUE OF NA-
TIONS AND DISARMAMENT, AND
SAID PRESIDENT WILSON WAS
i THE ONLY MAN TO BRING THESE
| ABOUT. THE COUNT DECLARED
I THAT AUSTRIA GO NOHING BY
GENERAL VON
DICTATOR OF THE BREST-LITVOSK TREATY.
DECLARED THE BREST-LITVOSK
TREATY WAS THE WORK OF
GERMAN MILITARY LEADERS^
RUSSIA ASKED NOT
TO SEND DELEGATES
TWO MINISTERS ARE
WANTED BY TURKEY
GERMANY ASKS RUSSIA TO
NOT SEND DELEGATES
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN DEC. 11.—THE GER-
M1SSOUR1 VALLEY CONFERENCE
FOOT BALL GETS THE "HOOK '
GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION
OFr OF STEEL PRODUCTS
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. DEC. 11.—GOV-
ERNMENT SUPERVISION OVER
LEY
(Special to Daily Derrick.)
COPENHAGEN, DEC. 11.—TUR-
HAS DEMANDED EXTRADI-
St.
(By Associated Press.)
Louis, Mo., Dec. 11.—When TION OF TAI.A-AT PASHA, FOR-
PRODUCTS PRICE FIXING WILI
LESS MESSAGE TO THE RUSSIAN ( Nf) DECEMBFR 31, ACCORDING
TO AN ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE
the Missouri Valley Conference of-
fliials meet iate in tms month a pro-
posal p; obi.bly will be made that
the present foot ball season be thrown
MER GRAND VISOR, AND EN-
VER PASHA, FORMER WAR MIN-
ISTER, AS WELL AS OTHER MEM-
BERS OF THE TURKISH GOVERN-
(.OVERNMENT ASKING THEM
TO NOT SEND DELEGATES TO
BERLIN FOR THE CONFERENCE
WHICH WAS PLANNED FOR DE-
( EMBER 16. OWING TO "THE
PRESENT SITUATION IN GERM-
ANY" RUSSIAN BOLSHEVISTS
DELEGATES WERE INVITED BY
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF
TIIE SOLDIERS AND WORKMENS
COUNCIL AGAINST THE WISHES
OF THE CABINET.
Advertise in the Derrick.
WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD
DAY AFTER A
WITH SPOKESMEN FOR THE
DUSTRIES
delightful time was had. The young hunt. The team bringing in the least oul as a conference season in the re-
Iticues of tiie domestic science class amount of game is to pay the expense ,-nrds of varsity men and that the
iiu'uiahed a very magnificent spread, of the next banquet and an addition-; fresliman rule be permitted to ap-'
r The tables were decorated with au- al $:?!",.00 to the Red Cross. The ;r 0t]llr sports than football for MENT WHO FLED TO GERMANY,
CONFERENCE lumn ieave3 whiie r0(i berries added ; ime is to be used for the banquet.! ,|10 remainder of the collegiate year.1 T1)E \V0LFF BUREAU OF BERLIN
:. brilliant touch to the color scheme. This motion was moved and carried. Coach R. B. Ruthmford of Wash-
Miss Sylvia Mayer, teacher of the The chairman appointed Walter Mi-1 jngton university is of the opinion SAYS. TALA-AT PASHA AND EN-
TO-
IN-
ANNOUNCEMF.NT OF DEATH
OF LITTLE EARL BOTKINS
Mrs. Arthur O'Dell received a tele-
gram from Mrs. LoHie Botkins of
Electro, Texas, announcing the death
of their little son, Earl, aged eleven
years, died 4:30 a. m., December 10.
The many friends of the Botkins
family in Drumright extend their
svmpnthv in this hour of sa:d be-
reavement.
1!. F. Miller of the Norfolk Hard-
ware Co. is attending the Hardware
Men's Convention at Oklahoma1 City.
iiiomestic Science department, and : er and Bob Coyle captains to head
tue .\ou/ig ladies who prepared ths the respective teams. The hunt was j
luncheon are deserving of much decided to be held on Thursday and
praise for the manner in whicheach the banquet on the following Friday
course was served. The iollowing nigbt. Each member is to bring his
young ladies served as waitresses. game dressed and it will be inspec-
Garnet lierns, Audery Walls, Ha- ted and a valuation set thereon by
zcl Sivarion and Vera Wells. Rev. Lackey ard Rev. Parker, who
The following was tiie Banquet were appointed by the president as
inspectors.
TJte next question coming up was
. 09c the matter of the Frisco extension
• 0l,e from Shamrock to Drumright. It was
V'j i/^c moved and seconded that the matter
• !•!'' lie referred to the Public Affairs
. . 02c Committee and that they be asked to
that both suggestions will be adopted
PRAIRIE PIPE LINE IS
TO ENTER OKLAHOMA
was
nerved:
Menu
Fresh Fruit Cocktain
Celery .
Olives ..
Fried Chicken
Potato Roses
VER PASHA WILL NOT BE EX-
TRADITED BUT OTHER TURK
(iOVERNMENT MEMBERS WHO
ARE CHARGED WITH ORDINARY
POLITICAL'CRIMES WILL BE EX-
TRADITED.
Mrs. N. Raymond Bell, and little
THE STATE WILL OBSERVE
"OVER THERE" DAY THE 18TH
(Special to the Daily Derrick.) |
Governor Williams today issued a
j voclamation designating Wednesday,
December 18, as "Over There" day.
Proclamation
Rtrt? of Oklahoma, executive Dept.
Apairt at this pflorious Yuletide.j
••918, citizens of the btate of Oklaho-
ma hive the opportunity of answer-
• £ the roll call of the American Red
Cross With the engines of destruc-
tion hushed, the need has not ceased
for the acts of mercy of this or^ani-
•, ation of love. The Red Cross must
minister still to our armies which will
1 o in France for many months to
tome. It must minister to those mar-
t red thousands in France and Hel-
ium who rre now permitted to re-
turn to what once were their home".
If must minister to the people who
itfe in suffering and distress in Ser-
bia. Italy and Armenia.
The Christmas roll call gives Am-
erica an opportunity to show its spirit
of gratitude to our soldiers and to
the soldiers of the aPies. By univer-
sal membership we will show those
heroes who return that we do not
forjret our duties and our obligations
to them just as soon as they hav* com-
pleted the task of mokinc our liberty
• «:ife. We will install in the world
a more wholesome spirit of fellow-
ship nnd helpfulness. December 10
to 2.1 has boon named Roll Call week
fo rthe stat<* of Oklahoma,
December 18 has been designated
nr, "Over There" day, when each of
us, aside from taking out our mem-
bership in the Red Cross, shall dedi-
cate our time to some kind of ser-
vice to those still in France.
I call U| on all persons to answer
i v roll call. All that is asked is a
membership. A single dollar from
every person that believes in th nrs-
: ior. rn l vork of the America R •('
f ross. The Christians ro'l ea'l should
be a real roll call. I<* t it be univer-
sal in the state of Oklahoma.
P 1 WITJUMS.
The Governor of The State of
Oklahoma.
Creamed Peas 0Gl/i>c
Glazed Sweet Potatoes 04 ?.|C
Cranbeiry Jelly US^c
Hot Biscuits 01V&C
Waldorf Sa!ad 04c
Salt ines 00 Ms c
Individual Cakes 02c
Vanilla Cream
Coffee 01% c
Total Cost Per Plate 62 ?4 c
After the banquet the president
stated that there were two new mem-
hers, Dave Keller, proprietor of a
jewelry store, and A. E. HazMton,
proprietor of the Palace 13arber shop.
Mr. Miser affiliated these new mem-
bers.
Hill French gave an excellent talk
on some of the problems of the peace
conference. The talk was very in-
structive and enjoyed by all.
The next question coming up was:
Where «h« H we hold our next meet-
ing? After some discussion it was
.. overt u that the next meeting date
comes on Christmas day and that it
would be a good idea rot to hoid it
« n that day. As the discussion warm-
el up, it was decided that a little en-
joyment could he ondulged in dur-
ing the holidays and that possibly
j pome °f the members could be in-
duced to make a big hunt and cbtain
i me. Whereupon it was moved and
' seconded that the next meeting be
take the necessary steps to bring the
Frisco to Drumright.
Prof. French brought up the mat-
ter of the Lyceum course, tho first t
•umber of which is to be held De-
cember 21 at the Baptist church. A
total of 63 tickets were pledged by ,
the Rotarians. The following mem-'
bers were appointed as a committee
to canvass the members of the Rotary
Club and also the business men in
general: Harry Weinberger, Bart
Foster, P. J. Stephenson and H. L.
(7 hen.
Dr. Fry addressed the club On the
ouestion of the high school building
that is to be built. The capital is-
sues committee having removed the
restrictions on the building, bonds
will be sold Decern!)** ? 1. H. '
mentioned the necessity for a public
hospital for Drumright.
I.oil S. A Hard made a short talk
uf"rring o the recent visit of the
offiee inspector, who was here
looking over our city with a view
to establishing free mail delivery in
Drumright. He suggested numbering
the i .."iiicnces and putting down of
sidewalks and crossings, which wilt
l> a great factor in insuring the ob-
tninanee of free mail service her*1.
The matter was referred to the Pub-
lic iitrairs committee, after which thi
nicotine: adjourned.
^ort Worth, To\., Dec. 11.—
The oil pipe line of the Prarie com-
pany which now runs from Ranger
Tex., to the Gulf of Mexico, will he
torn up and will be rt-laid into Okla-
homa, it was announced here today in
dispatches from Independence, Kan.
This is because the urgent need of oil daughter Ray Nell, left yesterday to
for war vessels and war purposes has visit friends and relatives in Kansas
ceased. [ City.
0KLAH0MANS MAY YET GET
• THE DESIRED WAR TRAINING
Army Training Camp Open to Civil-
ian. Regordlm of Future Service ,
(Special to Daily Derrick.)
Oklahoma City, Dec. 11.—Civil-
arip have an opportunity to realize the
benefits of military training by ac-
tual experience without obligation for
further service. This is offered by the
opening on January 6, of a citizens
training camp to be held in the can-
tonment Zachary Taylor, Louisville,
k y., under the auspices of the war
department. Attendance at this camp
is voluntary. Enlistments are re tr c-
tc d to 500. Applications will be giv-
en preference in the order of their
receipt. The camp is in command of
( apt. F. L. Reals, United State*.
Army, who conducted the "Platts-
l uru idea" training camp ut Lak^
Geneva, Wisconsin last summer.
The cost of attending this two
week's training is $30, which includes
steam heated barracks, bunk, one of
two full courses of instruction and
meals. It will be necessary to provide
a uniform and other specified, articles.
Two courses arc provided: Fun-
damental course of nomenclature,
care and use of the rifle, manuel of
arms, close and extended order of
drill, interior guard duty, bayonet ex-
ercise and combat, setting up exer-
cise, marching, elements of field
sirvice, including scouting outpost
work and skirmishing and also some
trench warfare. An officers school
is offered for persons of previous
military training.
The movement is heartily endorsed
by President Wilson and Secretary
I'aker. Further details may be had
by applying to Capt. F. L. Beals, in
care of Military Training Camp As-
rociation, Consumers Building, Chi-
cago, Illinois.
M rs. ltobert Young was entertained
at tea Tuesday afternoon in the borne
of Mrs. B. F. Miller.
The Daily Derrick sent u> any ad-
dress 50 cents per month. •
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