Drumright Evening Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 282, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 18, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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regular afternoon associated press reports, exclusive in creek cou^t
LARGEST CIRCULATION of any paper in creek county
VOLUME
Okla. 111' '><>«■ -i Sort**
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n.ru-r.ht oklahoma, wednesday, dec. 18, 1918 daily. -
PRESIDENT AND FOCH
HOLD APPOINTMENT
DISCUSSING ARMISTICE
BOOTH TO BECOME
!FRENCH HOTELS BAN
MAJOR GENERAL
ALL ENEMY SUBJECTS
Chickasha, Okla.,
Booth of Chickasha
word that his nephew
"Dec 18 s. Paris, Dec. 18.—The general syn-
has' received diacte of French hotel men announces
Ewing Booth, that it has decided that for ten years
PRESIDENT FAVORABLY IM-
PRESSED WITH THE FRENCH
COMMANDING OFFICER
NO EXPRESSION FROM
PRES. WILSON AS VET
(By Associutcd Press )
paris, dec. ts.—president 1
WILSON AND MARSHAL FOCH;
TALKED FOR AN HOUR LAST',ALLS AT AMERICAN PEACE
NIGHT. j MISSION AND CONFERS WITH
the subjects under dib-1 MEMBERS
cussion were. mainly in ref-,
FRENCE TO THE ARMISTICE BE-. Associated Press.)
TWEEN THE ALLIES AND GER- pARis, DEC, 18.—UP TO T!®
MANY. -"MOMENT PRESIDENT WILSON
MR WILSON WAS MOST FA-jHAS N0T EXPRESSED HIMSELf
VORABLY IMPRESSED AS A RE-1 FAVOR OF ANY OF THE VA-
SULT OF HIS FIRST EXTENDED R1QUS ,PROPOSITIONS THAT
CONVERSATION WITH MARSHAL ,AVE BEEN ADVANCED AS RL-
FOCH ACCORDING TO MARCEL' RDg THE CREATION OF A
HUT IN IN THE ECHO DE PARIS. .EAGUE 0F NATIONS, SAYS A
ItUTIN STATES IT IS MOST PROB-]s'TATEMENT ISSUED TODAY BY
ABLE A TREATY OK PEACE WILL AMERICAN PEACE COMMIS-
liE SIGNED AT VERSAILLES ^
sometime about the begin- thg statement applies
king of june particularly to a report
• WHICH HAS BEEN PUBLISHED
CASES GO TO MEDIATION B°ARD|THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS AC-
'cEPTED THE PRINCIPLES OF A
Washington, Dec. 18.—Approxi- 'AGUE 10 ENFORCE PEACE.
THE PRESIDENT THIS AFTER
that his nephew E^ng noo^, recciye a llntive ot cnemy
been promoted to Oie rank ol | „s an employe or customer.
brigadier This decision will be transmitted to
hotcl raen in aU
the United States declared war on filled countr.es.
Germany, Booth waB a cap^'n 0'^ OKLAHOMANS RETURN
the staff of General Bell. He was Dec 18._First
promoted to major and was among ] ^ Lew'iS) medical corps
the first American soldiers tc, dwmj| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ , L Wa,
hark at the 1lencu shore. - ... i . \ivn Okln were among f>40
„„ the staff of Marshal Foch until,ton of i^ ^
the American army arrived in lorce, | mei , d ,esterdav for dis-
when he was placed in command of a.h.re from r-gland yester
large number of men. I m e Ladieu, a
Brigadier General Booth advanced, trem Camp d w'ho
to his present rank .from that J>f a | ^ 350.milc radius 0f
EX-PREMIER SAYS JAPAN
WILL APPROVE DECISIONS
OF AMERICA AND ALLIES
THE POLES WANT
IN AT THE FINISH
, ADVOCATES OPEN DOOR POLICY
1 AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
WITH CHINA
private. He is a
ish war.
veteran of the Span-
| Pike. They are in good health.
PERSHING TO SEND
MQRETROOPS HOMJ
POLISH GOVERNMENT NOW
READY TO ENTER THE
WORLD PEACE MOVE
(By Associated Press.)
FORT WORTH COUNTY DRY
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 18.—Additional
units overseas including about 1,500 j F(jrt Wolth, Texas, Dec.
officers and men assigned by Generalj joong werc voted out of
Pershing for early return home were
18.—Sa
Tararnt
rersnuig -— icounty by a majority that will run
announced by the war department to- j above thre(. l0 one. Approximately
day as follows: Sixth, Thirty-fifth,!
«• , I
one hundred and forty-ninth, on^ hun-1
dred and fifty-eighth, one hundred
rotes were cast, being about
a year and possibly two years will be
required before the nation can return
nicu •■••j — imt — ----- to normal peace conditions and we
and seventy-third and eight hundred | thR(. prohil>ition would win that many I ^ fortunate if conditions abroad
(By Associated Pi-ess.)
TOKIO, DEC. 18.—OFFICIAL
JAPAN IS SILENT AS T/> WHAT
JAPAN WILL ASK AT THE PEACE
CONFERENCE BUT MARQUIS
OkUMA, EX-PREMIER. 1IAS COME
OUT WITH \ STATEMENT OF
.WHAT HE THINKS JAPAN'S
Copenhagen Dec. 18.—The Polish TERMS SHOULD BE.
government has declared itself ready MARQUIS SAYS JAPAN SHOULD
to conclude military and political al APPROVE ALL DECISIONS
liances with the entente allies, accord REACHED BY GREAT BRITAIN,
ing to the Cologne Gazette. FRANCE AND THE UNITED
STATES AS TERRITORIAL AL-
o TERATIONS ON THE WESTERN
SECRETARY DANIELS NOT ! 1KONT IN CENTRAL EUROPE
nPT,ln"Tir AS TO TIME OF THE BALKANS AND AFRICAN
OPTlMIoTIC AS TO TIME Of | (.0L0N,ES ARE CONCERNED BE-
RETURN NORMAL CONDITIONS I cause japan j[AS NO DIRECT
INTEREST IN THESE.
I PROBLEMS RELATING TO THE
Annapolis, Md., Dec. 18. At least
(By Associated Press.)
6,(.'00 — ■ .
one-third of the voting strength of
| the county.
So confident were
all
Dec.
matelv 250 case3 which were on the ^ ^
docket of the national war laborlNo0N CALLED AT THE HEAD
board today were referred to the oUARTERS OF
mediation and conciliation service of|1>EACE MISSION IN THE HOTEI
the depaartment of labor for adjust- 'CRIIiL0N F0R THE PURPOSE
ment. This is in line with a recent GREETING OTHER MEMBERS
declaration of policy by the board TI]E COMMISSION AND 1N-
which declared that industrials QpECT1NG 1HE ORGANIZATION
should, as far as possible, be settled IREADY CREATED.
through other channels than the ^ -f—0
board, which was created primarily , A(ivert;.j in the Derrick.
us a war agcncy. ! --'' __—-——
illiu 3VTVISVJ ••••- | ! Ulitt, |I1 U1IIWI'- . VX III UV -- - - -
and first aero squadrons; companies | voterJ, did not go to the polls. makc demobilization possible at so
[A and B, Twenty-sixth engineers, six ja t)ie thlril ioc.n\ option election held | ,„t , aai,q s.,pr,,tarv Daniels,
hundred and second and one hundred jn Tarr;mt
™ T AMFRICANI and eleventh trench mortar batteri^,' having Riven" ihe "wet.'' a large ma-
THE AMERICA^ | headtfuarters thirty-ninth brigade iorUy Eycn in Kort Worth the pros
local option election held & sajd Secretary Daniels,
county, each of the others thc conference of state
coast artillery.
largely in th.e majority.
letter from drumright boy
who was wounded in action
before signing of armistice]
,n my back, but feeing good because
ne have them whipped liiul whippel
good. You people muni nil feel happy
over the outunr.e.
I I ,-m hoping Elmer neer had to
i cmc over. 1
Piownie, 1 f' ught > lit i hardei
Sou wouldn't have to come. I put
down a few to your credit as I thought
WOUNDED SEVERELY
Earl E. Melott of Drumright was
among those who was wounded se-
\erely over there.
CORPORAL EARL E. MELATT
WRITES TO HIS FATHER
g6" Delr' Father "l you'wouMu't get a chance, ha! ha!
<109, Nrfl-. Z2, 1918 l I , , consolation, that is I was
will after such a long time see ( pushing
can write you a few lines to Ifor^«rd until they
know I am lucky enoughto8 ^ m(J and then i was captured and
alive. I guess you have seen in the ^ hands thrce days without
t aper or heard before now that I g ^ you know the Lord must
mine on Nov. 3, h a. m. b.,t'.!have been with me or I would have
enough to make it until the last bat , n« «
tie and then got shot. But.1can cer- < ie . story but
tainly thank the Lord that I am hv-] J -uldje, y ^ ^ ^ wi„
ing. I am shot about t\.o inc te , )( .(U llbout it some day.
the right of the center of tne che.t . a„ „ joyful Tluinks-
the bullet going through my rig ! _ j Merry Xmas and Happy
lung. This is my third week in «he ? a" „s ever "Ikie.-
hospital. I CHRP EARL E. MELATT,
Would have written sooner but was ( Ho iUll Center A. P. 0., 909.
not able. I am getting along fine (
now, but it Will be a long time before , irliNGTON BUILDINGS BURN
i can get up as you know this is a ^RLINGTO^ ^ ^ ^
slow case to heal. I bllildiiv's in the business section
I think 1 will be ^.l-ped 0'f'Burlington were destroyed or badly
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MAINTENANCE OF ORDER IN SI-
DERI A SHOULD BE SETTLED BY
THE ALLIED CONFERENCE BUT
THE ALLIES SHOULD REFRAIN
FROM ANY ACTION FOR ACQUIR-
ING CONCESSIONS IN SIBERIA.
RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINA
addressing the conference of stMe |^ould^bE^ASED^E^DOOR
-Id « ssMt b,|™cm.Es and WH orrOR-
increased and strengthened to enable; TUMl^j
our country to contribute to inter-1 « ♦v®
titive navy building. |luind-
ORGANIZED LABOR IS MAKING A
STREN0US EFFORT TO ENROLL A
FULLMEMBERSHiPFOR REDCR0SS
KING GEORCE WAITS UNTIL
ARMIS1ICE FOR THEATERS
London, Dec. 18.—Until armistice
week King George had not been in-
side a theater since the outbreak of
the war and had not partaken of in-
^ , .li ««
wide diversity of opinions
as to "league of nations";
ORGANIZED LABOR IS
BACKING RED CROSS DRIVE
(Special to Daily Derrick.)
Oklahoma City, Dcc. 18. Organ
ized labor is mal ng a strenuous ef-
fort to enroll a full membership in ulc „nL „„„
the Red Cross during the Christmas toxicants since 1915. On the night of
lioll call campaign. Every local in tlie 3igning of the armistice he had
'oklahoma received a message today (h:impagnc with his dinner and
rum the supe: intendent of labor or- after perusing a long list of theatri-
• aiiization in America under the ,.aj attractions, he selected some-
nption "Labors Message to Labor," tt,ing lively—one of the most popu-
iterating the e-sential part which |.ir "jjirl" shows, which he seemed
the American Red Cross played in cn;0y.
The message
SENATOR KNOX OF PENNSYL-
VANIA IN SPEECH BEFORE
SENATE URGES DELAY
CBv Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, DEC. 18.—DE-
CLARING WIDEST OF DIVERSITY
the great world war.
adds:
"In war times next to our Ameri-
j can army and navy—there is no in-
pnRPTGN i r.titution so important and so neces-
RELAT.ols COMMITTEE HAD | sary or so useful-In peace times it
discussed AND DECIDED
BELGIAN SENATE IS
FOR RESTORATION OF
DUCHY OF LUXEMBURG
Brussels, Dec. 18.—The Belgian
government has submitted to parlia-
BOB SPURL0CK IS SHOT
AND KILLED BY JAS. AHUPPER
lED TO i helped the workers when disaster
government nas suuiuuww w
.. ,,KITTI 0 4THR came, notably in the mining regions, ment a bill limiting compenstaion for
DELAY ACT1^, U '''.;m0N'where it quickly furnished nurses, war damages to material losses, ex-
IJAY ON HIS K^&uu doctors, food, clothing and shelter, ciuding those based on moral grounds.
WHICH WOULD RECORD \ m, then ,aw to it that the widows The scnate in its address replying
GLARING WIDEST ur ,v„«.u. I POSTPONEMENT ^ AND ALSO orphans were prcperly and per- t the speech from ft. throne has
OF OPINION EXISTS REGARDING l1 THF AMERI- manently cared for. declared strongly in favor ot the
THE FORMATION OF A LEAGUE ^ ^unARY \NI«' NAVAL1 The message is signed by the restoration of the Duchy of Luxem-
Oi NATIONS AND FREEDOM OF EUROPEAN ABRO- heads of the American Federation of l urg to Belgium.
r/oX^ISS "e^R— K ""he message will be read at meetJ Dr ~ ^ur Liberty Bond H
,,urcRFTARY OF STATE, IN -3°N s EX IRA f )ocal unions and then posted worth par if you purchase your
AN ADDRESS TO THE SENATE '>0WKRS' 5 j in local papers. ^ | clothing at O Dell 4 Stephenson tf.
TODAY URGED POSTPONEMENT
OF THESE QUESTIONS UNTIL
AFTER
ENCE.
A two million membership com-
THE PEACE CONFER- ing from Oklahoma will be a glow
JUST BEFORE KNOX ing tribute to the boys over there.
ALLIED TRANSPORTS
PUT BACK IN TRADE
YANKS SHARD EX
Want eds in the Derrick pavs. j ^ job printing phone 90.
THE FRENCH ENDORSE
PRESIDENT WILSON'S VIEWS
Paris, Dec. 18.
has been deeply
-President Wilson other hand, that his attitude was
thoroughly sympathetic.
impressed b> the wilson., visit to th„
magnificent reception given him 111 American lr00pS at the front and his
Paris, the more so th?t nssurances are veview 0f them in Paris that
declared to have come to him
Bob SperlocU was shot and death
resulted almost instantly from a shot — j
li°"ner I"on°'fte ^Magnohf, oil lease, Paris, Dec. 18.—President Wil on j
Un V Tirod about 8 o'clock this i.-,s .inferred with 'Idwnrd N. Hur-
,.cllr Shamrock, about ,ey> thfi shippinB director, one of the i
morning. who is f:irm boss subjects under discussion being that what was regarded
-aBTaO.5 SSsHaHS®
ssBrH-S
. , lM, man wa8 he nu. b-k in trade. The The palace lands on the banks of remove ° ^ ^deddJdthit WUson and Premier Clemonceau.
The boov of ii , i i.i problem is to hold enough tonnage to the Rhine, o stone's throw from the p.. a<.<. uri i , j .,r„und There was no lack of warmth in the
Ukenin,1a - troops home at the rate ex- ,-ashless center of Co^en, The pal- be guard ftould^pbced .round ^ apprcciation of
ptr was brought t . - i,v the Amerian people, with ace is surrounded by rovol gardens the . inside the American position, it was de-
Crabtree of Siiamroc , am wi. completing the movement and cqntains many articles of his- the fuini ure an. e icr clarcd, it being indicated, on the
* hearing before Judge W ilcox n the the hope °^omp 8■ tgric ,ntercsti in addition to silver-1 heme d.sturbed,
superior court tomorrow morning. by Decembei ot next sea..
from r,limned will be oat of the way by the
dependable lirst of the year. Meanwhile, the in-
formal conferences wihch mean so
much and decide so much in laying
Ihe groundwork for the peace confer-
•nc.- will continue. The president is
seeking to get acquainted with tho
men with whom he is to deal.
Dig up your "Good Morning Mr.
Zip" record and let your phonograph
tell yon how to sfrig the "Red Cross
fJuy."
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