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APUL.PA HP.RAT.TI
Thm Only Sapalpa Newepaper
Receiving Wire Service
MEMBER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION
VOLUME IV. NUMBER 203
SAPULPA. CREEK COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. WEDNESDAY. MAY 1. 1918
FOUR DOLLARS PER YEAR
GERMANS UNABLE TO PUSH AHEAD
AMERICANS’
GUNS RAKING
TEUTON LINE
Waist Deep in Mud
and with Rain Pour-
ing Down, Sammies
Dig in and Erect
Wire Entanglements.
Steadying on French
Front.
£v United Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDI-
TIONARY FORCES ON THE BAT-
TLE FRONT. May 1. — Tike Ger
mans have concentrated additional ar-
tillery fire, following the arrival of
more Americans in the line here.
Fierce ouels are progressing and one
Tillage lias been entirely wiped out.
American guns are raking the
roads and villages behind the Ger-
man lines. They have been boom-
ing and shelling incessantly, bar-
raging the front lines for the past
48 hours. The Germans artillery Is
retaliating with hifth explosive
shells.
While the exact location of the
American fighting before Amiens
has not been officially announced
from American sources the French
war offfce gives their positions as
between Hangard-en-Santerre an8
Hailles Haneard Is situated on
the north bank of the Avre river
bend, where the stream Wows direct-*
lv westward after converging with
the Luce river three and one-half
miles southwest of Hangard and sev-
en and one-half miles southeast of
Amiens.
The Americans on the French
front ore steadying. Unless new
German attacks are launched the
trenches will soon be improved and
new dugouts constructed. It -will
then become the old problem of
trench warfare instead of the pres-
ent half trench, half open fighting.
Ivuring the heavy rain the Ameri-
cans are dicing in and erecting
barb wire entanglements. The
men are waist 'deep In the inud.
There are no shelters In the trench-
es Hot food Is carried to them
•while the\ are under shell fire.
About a mile east of Hangard.
back of the German lines, is the im-
portant town of Demuin. Three
milea from Demin Is Villers-Aux
Enables and Moreuil. three miles
southeast of Hailles. on the east
'tank of the Avre river.
The most important foads In this
area are the highways from More
uil to Amiens and from Roye to Am-
iens. Th.' Luce river flows west-
ward and southward. Along the
north ban of the Luce the Allied
line is supposed to be holding firm
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® CONTINUE TO SHOW
® COURAGE AND ENEMY
® WILL FAIL, SAYS HAIG
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® By United Press.
® LONDON, May 1.—The ene-
• my's efforts to break down the
® resistance of the British army
S will undoubtedly fall as all
® troops continue to show the reso- ®
S lute courage which Is charac- ®
® terizing the 19th division. Gen- ®
>® era! Haig declared in a special ®
® order of congratulations to the ®
® second army. ®
® Five other divisions were con- ®
® gratulated. . ®
NATION fTO CONTROL
RUBBER INDUSTRY
By United Press.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. May 1. —
The government has fixed the s' nd-
ard price qf crude rubber and as-
sumed control of the sale and man-
ipulation of all stocks through an
order of the war trade board which
becomes effective today.
The order affects every person in
the United States, as It will prevent
an Increase in auto tires. The prices
were fixed at ten per cent belAw
those of yesterday.
Twenty two men
WILL ENTRAIN ON
FRIDAY FOR CAMP
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Calls Durlni Past Sli Weeks
Are all ScMIid; Others Ex.
pocted Soon; 100 Moo lo
Put Few Weeks.
Tfcenty-two selective service men
from Sapulpa and Creek county will
report to Sapulpa exemption board
for entrainment tomorrow, aft-cording
to orders received by the board to-
day. They will leave hTlday.
Today's entrainment Order finished
the list of calls that have so far
been issued. The next body to de-
part for training ramps will leave
here on the seventh. This will make
100 men who have been tailed from
Sapulpa and Creek county during the
past six weeks.
Other calls are expected as soon
as the last body of men leaves on
the seventh and probably sooner, ac-
cording to board officials today. Ev-
ery indication Is that the calls will
start shortly and continue numerous
tor the remainder of May and
throughout June.
It was thought today that fhe de-
parting body of men Friday would
retort as accurately and systematic-
ally as did the last Tontlngent which
reported, every man, on the date set
The recent difficulty in getting men
to report is believed to be a thing
of the past, since federal officials
have taken auch drastic steps in re-
gard to those failing to show up.
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A. W. Brjan of Pitcher. OkU.. is
looking after business Interests here
today.
L.N.0ASSETTN0W
HEAD OF SAPULPA
FRISCO TERMINAL
HUGE SUCCESS IS
NAME TOO ROTARY i
BANQUETTUESOAT
Glenn Condon, Jessie McKener,
Oscar Stewart sod 6eor[e
Spook; to Blf
Coonotloo Jooe 24.
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AMERICAN BlRDMEN ®
OESTROY HUN PLANE ®
OVER ENEMY LINES ®
I®
• i idled Press. • ®
;• with the Americans in ®
• FRANCK. May 1—Capt. Norman ®
f Hall and Eddie Rlckenbut. ksr S
• Aniertcan aviators, divided 1 >n •
• or- iwlardS ■' Oattrorlm a •
• German plane over the Tv uton ®
• Me .
• The German plane op< n-'d
• re and fled. The American.- •
• pursued it past the enemy lines •
® and sent the IJoche aircraft ®
• tumbling to earth in flames. ®
• IP-cause of flving so low the ®
® American machines were struck ®
• by bullets from German infan ®
• trymen. but returned safely to ®
® their own lines ®
Hall was formerly a memlier ®
• of the Iaifayette cseadrlHe and %
to ®
in ®
•
is a famous ®
ST. JAMES HOTEL
IS FORMALLY OPENED
Rotating 16.000 turns a minute and
with a program that has hardly ever a®
been surpassed at a gathering of
the kind here before, the Sapulpa'® has several enemy planes
Rotary club last night held its ban • his < redw Hig home is
quet de luxe and, incidentally, the • Colfax, Iowa,
initial feast of the new St. James • Rickenbacker
Hotel dining room, Just opened to • automobile racer He formerly ®
the publie. •> drove General Pershing's V-ar. ®
Over 73 Sapulpa Hoi a: Ians were • His home Ik in Columbus. Ohio ®
present when the got*t sounded the ® This was his first plane viet- ®
starting note and the evening's pr»j® tint. ®
gram began. The banquet itself ® ®®5 ®® ®®®®®
bore the trade mark of all Rotary | -q -
repasts and was an affair to be add
ea to register of successful club
undertakings.
The after dinner speaking list was
headed by Jesse McKeever of Tul-
sa. who discoursed on “On To Kan-
sas City,’’ the convention at thai
place on June 24th, being the main
topic of comment last night. Mr.
McKeever's talk was appreciated and'
well delivered. Plans for a large
attendance of Sapulpa Rotarlans a'
the June convention are now under
way and many are expected to make
the trip to Kansas City by auto.
Glenn Condon followed Mr. Mc-
Keever antf. like his talk 'here In-
fo re when he had Just recently re
turned front the firing line In Fratfce,
he put forward an a*Mress that' Is
deserving of highest praise. The at-
tention of the audience was made
fast when he began and held until his
talk ended. Accompanying the tafk
Mr. Condon had brought with him
a number of stereoptff-an views,
which he offered as an added attrac-
tion. It was the first lima these
views, which he took himself while
“over there." have been shown In
America.
“ Oscpr Stewart, the blind orator,
frqjn Musku.-t-e, who accompanied
George Wilmarth to Sapulpa yesfer
day by auto, was the next speaker
to rise and it* was unanimously
agreed that his address was a strilt
® • • • • ® & ® ®
COMMITTEE TO GET .
ARMY INCREASE PLaAt
—MAY GO FAR AS‘ lIkE
The St James hotel, Sapulpa's
leading hostlery. was formally open-
ed today under the management of
Sidney Oakley and Herbert Moore,
who recently leased the plare for a
long term of years.
Although fhe new proprietors have
been in possession of the place but
a few weeks, the improvements that
have been made and those in con-
templation has assured the public
that they mean ; ake ft the very
best kinrt of hotel to be found any-
where. The place has been given
a thorough overhauling and clean-
ing.
The new dining room was thrown
o|ien for ttye (Jrat time today. •
New plumbing is being installed
and other Improvements are under
way at present. » .
Oakley and Moore are experienced
hotel men. having been connffoAed
with the 'Harvey Houses, and hgve
the besti wishes of their friends for
success in their venture.
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NUN PARTISAN LEAGUER
KIDNAPED FROM HOME
RED WING, MINN.. May I.—B.
C Bridal, an employe of the Nation
al Non-Partisan league, was kldnap-
I'ed from his hotel hetv last night
Mrs. J. C. Barnett came last even- j and found today at Zumbrota. 25
lng and is visiting «t the homes of miles away. He was uninjured He
• By I'nlted Cross
® WASHINGTON. D C. May
• 1.—Secretary Baker will present
• fhe governments program for
• ar ■ ■ ansion lo t:,e house •
® military committee tomoTow
® The program will probably be a ®
• blanket affair, giving the ad ®
® ministration power to draw ®
S' men as fur as they desire. S
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ASSASSIN, WHOSE
DULLET STARTED
WORLD WAR, DIES
Saluiel Principe, Murderer of
Atcliiluke Pentad and Duch-
ess, Dies ot Tobhrcolosls
hi Fortress.
HIS BHD DIVISIONS
(Continued
page four.)
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By United Press.
THE HAGUE, May 1 -Cabreel
Principe, whose assassination of the
Austrian Archduke Fran* Is Fcrdin
and at Sarajevo more than four
year-* ago and which is declared to
have precipitated the wiwld war,
died Tuesday at fhleresienstadt for-
tress. •
His death w-as dud to tuberculosis.
Prim Lu« shot the at'.thduke and
by firing into the royal automobile
as it passed.
The archduke mss shot, through
the head and the duchesa through
the neck. Tju* shooting clsely fol-
lowed a previous attempt to as-
sassinate the royal couple. A bomb
wws thrown into the archduke's au-
tomobile hut he warded It off with
his arm and it fell beneath a fol-
lowing machine, • *
• «
Assassination of Ferdinand and
the duchess resulted in an Austrian
uljim.atutii to Serbia, who was accus-
ed -of instigating the plot. Dqfore
Serbia could reply a geenral mobil-
ization of all European armies began
and war soon 'ollowed. *
T. M. Ellison and Mrs S. Ellison
Her home* Is at Sulphur.
was taken away by a party of Loyal-
ty leaguers.
HOME RULE BILL NOT TO
BE INTRODUCED THURSDAY
IXJNnON, May 1.—The introduction
of the home rule bill In the hotiae
off commons, which had been announ
c*d for Thursday, has been postpon
ed, the drafting Committee not hav-
ing completed Its task.
A. W. McElveny resigned his post
as superintendent of the Southwest
ern division of tbe Frisco railroad,
with headquarters In this city. His
successor will be L. N. Bassett, for-
merly superintendent of the Spring-
field terminals. He assumed
his now duties today.
It Is understood lhat Mr. McEl-
vony resigned fcls respnskble posi-
tion to "engage in the oil business
Mclflveney was a popular offl* ial
and a practical railroad man. He
succeeded O. H McCarty here. He
had made his homo here for thq past
year.
Bassett, the new superintendent,
w ill be succeeded by F. C Faulkner
"• superintendent of the Springfield
terminal while Faulkner's place will
be taken by J. A Moran, assistant
superintendent of the Southern di
vision, with headquarters In this
city, has been transferred to Armory,
Miss., to succeed Mortfn.
G. E. Dornblaser, a passenger con
tidrtor on the Southwesern division,
has been named to succeed Edmund
so as assistant superlntendeqt of
the Southwestern division Hla
headquarters will be here
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AUSTRIAN JUNKERS
CONFER WUH HUNS
YI * # »*l * d k.'tt i
By United Press.
WITH THE BRITISH IN FLANDERS, MAY 1. — GEN. VON AR-
MlN. STAGGERED BY THE SEVERE ALLIED BLOW, HAS BEEN
UNABLE TO PUSH AHEAD FOR THE LAST 24 HOURS. THE
BATTLE LINE IS COMPARATIVELY CALM, SAVE FOR CONSIDER-
ABLE SHELLING BACK OF THE AREAS OF YPRES AND WESTWARD
TOWARD HAZEBROUCK.
THERE HAVE BEEN MINOR OUTPOST CLASHES.
DOUBTLESS THE GERMANS WILL TRY AGAIN FOR YPRES.
HOWEVER. THEY WILL BE COMPELLED TO SHIFT DIVISIONS.
THE SHIFT WILL NECESSITATE HOURS. AND PERHAPS DAYS.
THE PREPARATION DEPENDS UPON THE SEVERITY OF THE
MAULING RECEIVED SUNDAY.
BABIES WERE FOUND AMONG THE DEAD IN GERMAN
TRENCHES.
By United Preia.
LONDON, May 1.—A local enemy atack on a poat in the neighbor-
hood of Si Julien, three miles norttr.east of Ypret yesterday was re-
pulsed by machine guns, Ha>g reports. Enemy posts In ths Mstsrsn
sector were raided and prisoners taken.
The French Imprsved their positions arouiul Locre by successful
minor operations. The entire battle front waa comparatively quiet yes-
terday. following the severe defeat infliced on the Germans in the Fland-
ere assault on Monday.
By Unite# Press 6
Haig's official report said nothing except local fighting at different
points had occurred. Added further reports confirm the fact that the
enemy losses have been heavy In unsuccessful attacks.
In a successful counter attack (he French took 94 prisoners near
Lrcre. A violent bombardment in the region of Hangard en Santerre,
south of the Some yesterday, preceded a German attack, which was re-
pulsed.
The German war office admitted the recapture of Locre by the
French, but qlaimed the capture of Biltiah trenches In northern Veor-
mezeele and Vierstraat. Artillery activity In the Kemmel region con-
tinued throughout the day, the Germane sal#.
By United Press
PARIS, May 1.—Artillery is active at Norvillers Bretonneux on
both sides of the Avre, the French war office announced today. French
patrols captured prisoners in Lorraine. The remainder of the front Is
quiet.
By United Press.
PARIS, May 1.— “If the allies hold Germany is beaten," declared a
Spanish statesman returning from Germany when interviewed by a
Paris correspondent at the Spanish frontier.
0 FICIALS FEELING
I' OPTIMISTIC NOW
£UHICH. May 1.—Emperor Karl,
of Austria, Foreign Minister Durian
i.niJ their staffs are on their way
to German headquarters to confer
on matiers of grave imporlanee with
Kaiser Wilhelm, according to Aus-
trian sources.
It Is believed that the future of
Ukraine and the Balkans will be
discussed.
f
Who Today
J. H. N. COBB
• i
Announces 111s Candid.’ cy To Succeed Himself As
Ommlssloner of District No. 1. °
MENiCANNOT GET
FARM LEAVE NOW
Furloughs for farm hands, per-
mitting toetn to return home from
training cami* to aid on forms, will
hereafter be dl ntlnued, aecordlrfg
to orders rerested In tbe Sapulpa
fxemption board today.
Th* inen, heretofore,* have been
'undo (urh/u^iis and allowed to
come home for three mom he to niu
on farms, provided they were known
to be actively engaged in that work
I rlor ln6 the opening of draft a?.d
wire fornesth *nd norli* to aid
!.i food production.® .
The men have been procuring fur-
4ongh- more to tieljfrthe farmers
save money than anything else re-
cently. ordefe to the board ^oday ex
pla<n. The cases, should all toe
measured with the same measuring
stick, i; adds, and exemption boards
should take every step to
the men are actually desffous of do
log active farm work.
A month will probably be the long
esi In the future that will be grant-
ed men for this purpose.
Dy United Press. •
LONDON. May 1. Though too
early for anything definite and re-
alizing that the Offrman drive tn
Flanders may be resumed, any min-
ute, military officials are more op-
timistic than they have been for
several days. .
Whatever follows, the allies have
won one phase of the battle In th<
Flemish hills. ’They smashed the
Germans in a hard trial of sheer
strength and have Inflicted a severe
and costly jolt In a notable defen-
sive victory,, although the enemy
hurled at least ,225,000 men into the
f|;htlng in (he hills around Ypres.
The press is carrying a brighter
aspect than for weeks.
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
MUST NOT DISCHARGE
Dj United Press.
WASHINGTON. D. C., May 1. —
The national war labor board today
wired heeds of the Postal and West-
ern Union Companies asking them
not to dlscharge0any more operators
pending the outcome of negotiations
for a«settlement being conducted by
the board. “fhe compunlea were
also requested to gent repr^sen^a-
ti*es to present their side of the
ctniroiArsy to the board.
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HOLY SMOKE! HERTLINtf
IS OUT FOR SUFFRAGE
COPENHAGEN, , Mfly 1—Chan-
cellor Hertliivg during a session of
i Prussian diet involving the dis-
cussion of electoral reform*, declar
hI tba' equal suffrage Is coming In
Prussia and tba the country cannot
long stand out against prugressrve
measures ,
He said It could be given nowi
while If It kaa refuged It might be
wrung from them later. •
TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY x
OF MANILA BAY VICTORY
Today marks the twentieth anni-
versary of Admiral George Dewey’a
great naval victory of Manila Day.
On the morning of May 1, 1898, the
best known and loved of all Ameri-
can naval heroes performed the re-
markable feat of sinking the Span-
ish fleet. It paved the way to the
end of the Spanish American war.
Admiral Dewey la gone, but this
generation and others will learn and
remember his great naval victory.
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PRESIDENT OF LEAGUE
QUIZZED BY SOLONS
D> Unit *d Press.
WASHINGTON. P. C., May 1. —
A. C. Townley, president of the
Non-Partisan league, denied beforg
the senate military committee of af-
fairs that the organization was
treasonable, or that Its officers are
traitors. Townley Is under In-
dictment In the federal courts for
violation of the espionage art.
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GOVERNMENT COMMANDEERS
ENTIRE U. S. WOOL STOCK
By Untied Press.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 1. —
The gb^emmnnt today comntandoer-
ed the envlre stock of unsold wool
in thd United States and In the
hands of dealers and growers, tbe
wool clip for the year A scale of
prices was agreed upon o stimulate
future production. Prices were also
fixed On raw hides and skins.
Sure He's A Soldier.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,o May 1. —
much begrimed Mt of a boy pon-
dered on a Washim ton street x-orn*-r.
Down the aveane* erect, with the
trenches stamped all over him, came
an officer.
The young one stiffened Into a
rigid -salute The offker smiled, re-
turned the salute and stopped to ask
the wherefor
“U. S. School Garden Army. 8lr,
The pin* (haven't come yet. but I’m
one. just the same “
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