The Black Dispatch (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Ed. 1 Friday, November 23, 1917 Page: 3 of 8
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THE
BLACK
DISPATCH
STATEHOUSE BREVITIES ❖ I (state news notes)!
Game Warden Gets Busy.
A fight on "game hogs" will be
prosecuted by state authorities,
chargeable with enforcement of the
Oklahoma game laws. As the open-
ing of the quail season approaches, a
warning is being sent out in a notice
from the state warden's office to city
and county officials to enforce vigor-
ously the provisions of the law.
There are more quail in Oklahoma
than ever before, according to O. A.
Smith, state game warden. Sports-
men will find excellent sport in Decem-
ber, the open season, if the "game
hogs" are not allowed to slaughter
the quail before the season opens.
Mr. Smith points out that it is as
much to the interests of the real
sportsmen to help thedepartment in
conserving the quail as It is that of
the state authorities.
The law makes all sheriffs, deputy
sheriffs, constables, deputy constables,
city marshals and policemen, game
enforcement officers, authorizing them
to make arrests, receive the same fees
as the sheriff receives in civil cases
and 50 per cent of all fines collected.
Removal from office is the penalty pro-
vided by the law for any officer know-
ingly permitting any violation of the
game regulations.
TRAINING CAMP
NOTES
Howard May Get One More Clerk.
The refusal of State Auditoi" E. B.
Howard to audit warrants on the re-
volving funds of the state created by
the last twojegislatures does not find
favor with Governor R. L. Williams
or Fred Parkinson, state examiner and
inspector, it is possible that Gov-
ernor Williams and Mr. Howard may
The war department has just made
public a statement giving the outline I
of the organization of the Thirty-sixth
national guard division composed of!
Oklahoma and Texas former national I
guardsmen.
In perfecting the new organiza-
tions, not only at Camp Howie, but
at all other national guard camps in
the country, many commissioned and
non-commissioned officers were ren-
dered surplus In near.y every instanoe
where two old infantry regiments
were merged into one new regiment.
These officers, however, the war
department states, will not be demot-
ed or discharged, but will be used
elsewhere" when an opportunity is
presented for the utilization of their
services.
Following is the outline of the or-
ganization of the Thirty-sixth division
showing what units ot the old organi-
zation go to make np the new units:
Division Headquarters troop, Texas
Headquarters troop.
ho? 'inHundred Thirty-first Machine Oun
battalion, machine gun companies. Third
andUKWfluP; fourth Texas Infantry
and * ust Oklahoma infantry.
71st Infantry Brigade.
IrUnnhnM,.Md,'ed Thirty-second machine
First Te*«i°in'f ni,Hohlno Sun company
r t texas infantry (nucleus).
ernor williams and Air. Howard may j ' '"lantry (nucleus).
reach an agreement bj* which the Texas Forty-first infantry. First
eovernor will «l*n „ , ■ si®"}? J}?** machine gun com-
governor will sign a deficiency appro
priation for the employment of an ad
ditional clerk In the auditor's office,
and the work of auditing the warrants
"will be undertaken by Mr. Howard.
Only fbrty per cent of last year's'
wheat acreage has been planted this
.fall and 10 per cent of that is dead
or damaged, according to Frank M.
Cault, president of the state board of
agriculture.
This is the most discouraging report
to come from the board of agriculture
(regarding next year's wheat crop, but
Mr. Gault says the situation will be-
come even worse if there Is not a gen-
eral rain In Oklahoma within the next
two weeks. A rain throughout the
state soon probably would result in a
full acreage but much damage already
has been done by the drouth which
has extended nearly two months in
some parts of the state. '
School Helped Cotton Harvest.
The request of R. H. Wilson, state
superintendent of schools, that schcols
in the cotton picking districts be
closed for a period to enable studentB
to help in picking cotton, was gener
ally recognized and resulted in a de-
cided relief from the labor shortage
puny); Second Texas Infantry,
SevenH,Hnn!]dre<1i *"orty-second infantry,
Infant™ m Infantry, First Oklahoma
mfantiy (le&s machine sun company).
72nd Infantry Brigade.
0.m"h„tn,Hnd''ed Thirty-third Machine
! machine gun troop, First
texas cavalry (nucleus). P'
Thir,? Twnd!-01,1 Forty-third Infantry,
laird lexus infantry (less machine min
company); Fifth Texas infancy
Foinh T^n/ff K,ortv-/ourth Infantry,
cr nv eX; J flnlry lleKS machine gun
company), Sixth Texas infantry.
61st Field Artillery Brigade.
Headquarters, Troop E, First
monlrtbaVUe7y).(BUrPlU8/nien to Trench
Seco^6d^dflJirif4reryfleld
P.^n\<wndred Thirty-second Held artil-
. ',lK cavalry (less two let-
teied troops and machine gun troop)
erynain.H,un^''cd Thirty-third Held artil-
er>, First Texas field artillery.
Hu,!'dred K'eventh trench mortar
battel j, troop K, First Texas cavalry,
(plus surplus men from Troop E).
h^n "USdred Eley«nth engineers, 1st
Xaho<SaT^neeernSK'neer8; l8t batta"on
.„9"® IiV"(!r®n Eleventh field signal bat-
talion, first Texas Held signal battalion.
SHAOOW8 OF COMING EVENTS.
■ Nov. 19-Feo. 2.1, Agrl. and Eng. short
pourse, Stillwater.
Nov. la-Jan. 12, Dairy school short
pourse, stillwater.
^""tbali, A. & M vs. U. of 0..
Oklahoma city.
pec. 11 state Bankers' Association, Ok-
lahoma City.
City*0 11 -1 o, State Poultry Show, Elk
Dec. 27-29, Poultry show. Enid.
Greer county is planning for a coun
ty poultry show December 4, 5, ti.
Five thousand turkeys will be shlp<
Uep 'from Frederick this week to the
Mew York market.
A movement has been started at
Ponca City for holding free township
fairs in all of the nineteen township*
of Kay county.
Albert Barr, secretary of the Tulsa
local of the I. W. W. was among the
| men arrested at Augusta, Kan., in the
: drive on radicals.
Recent rains in northeastern Okla-
homa during the past few days have
caused wonderful revival in the con-
dition of the growing wheat.
Charles B. Johnson of Minco, drop-
ped more than 300 feet and suffered
injuries which aro expected to prove
fatal while flying at Cbanute Field,
Kantoul, 111.
CUTTING LAKE STEAMERS IN TWO FOR PASSAGE TO ATLANTIC
Train*.
nnrt" ii Elev®nth headquarters
and military police, TVxas train head-
quarters and military police.
irSn° w"u"dred Eleventh ammunition
'rst separate squadron Oklahoma
cavalry (nucleus for horse section); mo-
ln many places, according to letters lectlor ^^ from6'?^^!^ dlWsfon
which have been received by Mr. Wil- j with knowledge of motor transportation!
aon. One Hundred Eleventh supply train; to
J. O. Crook, superintendent of J
schools at Stigler, has written that j ,n°tor transportation.
schools have reconvened there after ,,?"e Hundred Eleventh sanitary train,
' MlSt flmhll nnoa *' . *
i d_i , . VIILII ■'«111idr,> ir<iin.
list ambulance company, 142nd ambu-
nnn°v *1 j'm""'5, i 113"1 llml)ulance com-
,/v , , am,)ulance company, Hist
field hospital company, 142nd field hos-
pital company. H3rd field hospital com-
pany 144th field hospital company; Kec-
SflTexaa ambulance company (part);
rlrst Texas ambulance company <r.;<rt);
ambulance emnpany
(part), First lexas ambulance company
In threo days students of the Elk l>any}ptrtjT^'irst8Texas lYeld'hospitai I
company; Second Texas Held hospital I
company (part); First Oklahoma Held '
hospital company.
One Hundred Eleventh engineer train.
Transfer of olllcers and men of One
Hundred Eleventh engineers.
two weeks' vacation and that as a
result of the work of the school chil-
dren all of the cotton near Stigler
has been vpicked. Some of the boys
In the upper grades made from $3.00
to $5.00 a day, according to Mr.
Crook.
City schools picked 31% bales of cot-
ton, according to a letter rroin there
received by Mr. Wilson.
Institutions Are to be Checked Up.
Governor Williams announced that
a special assistant of the state ex-
aminer and inspector had been placed
at work checking up state institutions
to determine if all state money is be-
ing kept in the depository.
A letter was written by the govern-
or to George W. Cable, president of
the Northeastern State Normal at
Tahlequah, in which the governor as-
serted that the depository law was be-
ing violated through state money ap-
pertaining to the normal being kept
tn private banks instead of in the
state depository. This resulted from a
report from B. E. Witchell, deputy ex-
aminer and inspector, who pointed out
that school money was being kept in
banks at Tahlequah.
Governor Williams said in his letter
that
before
its next meeting.
Another Complaint Agains Lawton.
Dr. J. W. Duke, state health commis-
sioner and Dr. H. V. L. Sapper, assist-
ant commissioner, are at Lawton at
the request of the Governor Williams,
who asked their co-openation with
army officers to prevent a threatened
epidemic at Camp Doniphan. Accord-
ing to a telegram received by the gov-
Liberty Bond Census.
A Liberty loan census of Oklahoma
i? to be taken at once under the di-
rection of the state council of defense,
according to an announcement made
by J. M. Aydelotte, chairman of the
council.
The census will be compiled by
counties and every citizen of the state
will be liSted. There will be tables
showing the number of Liberty
bonds of the first Issue by each indi-
vidual. the number of the second loan
issue, the financial status of each
subscriber with remarks as to wheth-
er he should take more bonds, wheth-
er he is pro-German in his tendencies
and such other information as th®
compilers may care to give.
he intended bringing the matter I is exPected thai this census will
■e the state board of education at of great aid the next loan cam-
—* paign and an Effort will ly> made to
have all of the information on hand
so that solicitations for the next issue
will not be made on a hit-and-miss I
plan.
Religious Freedom Is Altar Wine Plea
A brief in the case of Rev. Urban •<
De Hasque against th? Santa Fe rail-!
road was filed last week. The are.i- |
*.... ,DV,C1ICU ur in*j guv-1 ments set. forth the violation of rights
ernor from General Berry, command-1 under the constitution of the United j
ing at Doniphan, the chief surgeon of | States in the strict enforcement of th« j
Camp Doniphan has recommended a I "bone-dry" law and cited cases and i
quarantine against the city. The j P^ts of statutes of the states of West
military authorities have made several .Virginia. Arizona and Tennessee to I
complaints about conditions in Law-j show that wine-for religious purpose
ton is shipped in with freedom.
Dangerous Disease In Cattle Is Found
Fear was expressed by C. R. Bon-
art county farm demonstration agent,
that hemorrhagic septicemia, a con-
tagious disease among cattle, similar
to the blackleg, was infecting the cat
tie of Oklahoma county. An examina-
tion was made yesterday on the car-
cass of an animal belonging to a farm-
er northeast of town, and the infection
was discovered by veterinary experts.
The rest of the herd was vaccinated
and quarantined. Bon an says the dis-
east is very dangerous and once it
gets oat of control !s hard to check.
, U. S. Gives State Access to Records.
. State Auditor E. B. Howard has
received an official order from Frank-
lin K. Lane, secretary of the interior.
I which will make possible state ac
,cess to records of full blood Indians
The state contends that the Indians
are liable under the income tax law
bnt without access to the government
records the state would have been un-
able to assess the Indians Mr. How-
ard and Charles, F. Barrett, legal ad-
viser of the auditors office, recently
made a trip to Washington which ro-
suited in Mr. Lane's agreement.
County officers investigating the fire
which destroyed several hundred dol-
lars' worth of cotton In the Brown gin.
at Vlau, declare that the blaze was
without any doubt the work of Incen-
diaries.
Rev. R. B. LeFevre of Fort Worth
has been called as pastor of the Bap-
tist church, at Grandfield. The former
pastor, the Rev. T. E. Carter, resigned
and Is now pastor of the Baptist
church at Howe.
The German-American State Bank
of Blackburn now is the Blackburn
State bank. The bank in making its
I application for a change of name said
I the "German" part of its handle had
proven odious to officers and deposi-
tors.
Ten alien enemies, who had filed
their first naturalization papers at
Lawton were denied final papers. A
majority of those who were refused
their papers are natives of Germany.
Their cases wore continued by Judge
Cham Jones until the first hearing fol-
lowing the end of the war.
Robert E. Lee Mounts, of Kay coun-
ty, namesake of the Confederate gen-
eral, does not show the Stuff from
iwhich General Lee was made. That is
the claim of federal authorities at
guthrie who have placed Mounts un-
der arrest on a charge of being a
slacker. It is charged he failed to
register for the draft.
T. A. McDaniels, a farmer residing
near Choctaw, in Oklahoma county,
Is under arrest charged with obtain-
j ing money under false pretenses. It
I is alleged that, after selling a load of
j cotton, he drove directly in front of
[the gin house and unloaded 895
pounds of rocks which were concealed
under the cotton.
University of Oklahoma debating
teams will meet five opponents thin
year—the universities of Colorado and
Kansas in one triangular debate, the
universities of Texas and Missouri In
a second triangular debate and Tiilano
university in the third contest. Ten
men will be selected in try-outs to be
held this month to make up the teams.
Several towns in southwestern Ok-
lahoma may obtain electrict current
from the plant at the state reforma-
tory at Granite as - result or an offer
from prison authorities who propose
negotiations for the sale. It. is be-
lieved current can be obtained from
such a central plant, operated by the
state, cheaper than from municipally
owned plants.
The Tulsa home guard was called
out last week to protect city prop-
erty and also the property of the city
officials following threats of retalia-
tion for the recent flogging adminis-
tered seventeen members of the I. W.
W. by the "Knights of Liberty" and
the theft of enough high explosives
to raie the entire city of Tulsa.
Secretary Lane has announced that
20,000 acres of Osage Indian oil lands
In Indian Territory offered for leas-
ing sold for $1,687,000 bonus. In au-
dition to this sum which goes to the
Indians, they will also receive a roy-
alty of one-sixth upon the oil taken
out of the land. The Osages have long
been the richest people per individual
in the world.
Mart Louthan, captain of the capitol
police, Washington. D. C„ is also a
successful farmer and stockraiser. Mr.
Louthan. who is spending his vaca-
tion at his home in Chickasha, shipped
a carload of hogs to Oklahoma City
last week and topped the market at
$17.35. The hogs were raised on his
500-acre farm near Rush Springs,
where he had seventy-live acres of ex-
cellent cotton and 100 acres of corn
1 that averaged forty bushels per acre.
| Breaking a drouth which has exist-
ed almost without interruption since
August, rain fell over many, of the
I counties of the wheat belt of Okla-
homa. saving the winter wheat crop
snd making possible pasture for stock.
The early sown wheat that was up,
was suffering badly from lack of mois-
ture while thousands of acres had
been sown and the moisture was In-
sufficient to brng it np. There is also
said to be much prepated whe«t land
so far lying idle, farmers not caring
•o risk high prices of seed wheat in
*~o".nd "Btil there was more moisture.
Owing to the urgent need of ships for transatlantic service, freighters in use on tho Great Lakes are being refitted
ror the work. At the ynrds of the American Shipbuilding company at Cleveland these lake carriers are being cut la!
two parts to permit their passage through the short locks of the Wellund canal to tho Atlantic. The photograph show*
the bow of the steamer North Wind.
WELL-CONCEALED FRENCH GUN HAMMERING THE GERMANS
Photograph taken on the western front showing a heavy French gun well concealed In the ruins of a house whene*
It Is sending Its big missiles of death at the Germans.
BRIDGE BLOWN UP BY RUSSIANS TO CHECK THE GERMANS
1
This remarkable photograph is one of the very few made during tho war showing a bridge actually being blown
„fVho 'lSPan,Ca? H7" buckling under the strain of the explosion, and water spouts all about, showing the effect
Ru2r«n p ? ^ (nn1nlS? b® **""■ The hlHwln,{ up of ">ls bridge was one of the episodes In the
Russian engineers mined the river nnd destroyed the bridge as part of the usual military tactics for
orevent 1ts fhmn 1°inT" IT' i, ^ !l!eW op a np|Khborlng village that had been used as u munition depot, to
prevent Its falling Into the hands of the Teutons.
for the war photographer AIRPLANE AMBULANCE IS LATEST DEVICE
The st«H-| helmets that have been
I almost universally Hdopted bv the
•nnles on the battlefields of Europe
are now to he used by the photo- To the many inventions that military ingenuity and war's necessity have
r* ™ k«ng the pictorial Teate<l during this wsr is now added hs Mrplane ambulanca. Wbea speed
wrabat. They are | Is urgently needed to prevent death. ^e aero la Infinitely better An the Mtor
■lightly different from the ones In gen- ambulance. This British official photograph shows a ritiarwl of the ase of
■ ! we. being conical tn shape aad one of the new aero ambulances. Its use Is advocated by Doctor a
tomlng down far orsr the eyeo. , netaber of the French chamber of deputise.
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Dunjee, Roscoe. The Black Dispatch (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Ed. 1 Friday, November 23, 1917, newspaper, November 23, 1917; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc152056/m1/3/?q=War+of+the+Rebellion.: accessed July 7, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.