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DAILY ARDMOREITE
FULL LEASED WIRE
ASSOCIATED PRESS.
NEWS OF ALL THE
WORLD EVERY DAY.
A Newspaper of Character
VOLUME 24. NUMBER 268
BE GUNS BOOH
US SIS CLEAR
HERMAN AYRTILLER1 IN INTENSE
BARRAGE FIRE FOR POSSIBLE
COUNTER ATTACKS.
BRITISH BITE AGAIN
l niM Cover f Hssvy Cannon Pin
Inland y Goes Forward ami Hears
En tnj from S(. .Iiilicn anil Unci'
Mir- Take Up Strong PoehMoa
(By Associated Prm)
British Headquarters In France and
Belgium. August 4. The Hermans thin
norntni wars putting barrage firs of
great Intensity mi several point! about
the Ypres salient thereby indicating
possible counterattacks to regain
ground wrested from them the first
lay of the Iwtttle of Flanders. As this
dispatch wan filed however no reports
hud been received of any enemy Infantry
attack.
Bellewarrde ridge ulsive Hooge and
J'.itijse. southeast of Sain Jean were
under severe shell fire as were posi-
tions further north.
The ruin stopped temporarily this
morning and the huh struggled to
ploroa the dense low lying clouds
which enshrouded the now buttle front.
There was a change of wind for the
In ttcr ami some indication of clearing
Battle of Saint Julian.
The( reucrupatlon of Saint Jullen by
the British was followed by one of the
severest artillery duels since the first
days of the drive. The firltlsh entered
this place shortly after the advance
Pagan Tuesday and held It day and
night but on Wednesday withdrew Into
the form of a close salient about the
village. Iloth combatants concentrated
a heavy artillery fire on the Msltions
surrounding It anil Saint Jullen was
soon unoccupied . by troops of either
side.
YoatOrrtlJ forenoon the llritlsh In
creased the intensity of their gunfire
with disastrous effect on the Herman
batteries and under cover of u hem-v
Ad effective barrage sent the Infantry
forward to occupy the place and again
straighten their line.
In Strong Position.
This area has been consolidated ami
the llritlsh this morning were in strong
isisition.
The Herrhans have continued an In-
termittent shelling of the allied for
ward lines and battery istsitions
throughout the zone of the new offen-
sive. A large number of II and 21 centi-
metre guns had been turned against
the French on the left of the British
but the Krench positions are strongly
held and the morale of the tnsips con-
tinues high
CHATHAM COUNT! is REPORTED
S SCENE OF OPPOSITION
' ".OVEKNOE MAI) ' '
Raleigh N. l'. August 4. I'nrest is
evident and opposition to the draft Is
fBarad In Chatham county N C by
the local authorities according to a
report made to (iovernor Blckett by
the sheriff and county solicitor which
with (Iovernor Klckett's reply wus
made public tislay.
Chatham county adjoins WaV coun-
ty on the west and Is in a few miles
of tin- state capital.
The solicitor and sheriff reported to
the governor that certain parties in
CMtaagl county Were said to he so-
liciting funds from men called for ex-
amination for military service for the
purpose of employing counsel to test
the constitutionality of the draft law
and "arc using language that Is calcu-
lated to arouse the ignorant against
the government'
In one township In the county it was
reported thnt an effort was to lie made
to prevent the appearance for exam-
ination of any man called in the first
quota.
I do Mot propose to toll. int.- trees
on m North Carolina by word rtr deed
.f there be power In the state or fed-
eral government to prevent." the gov-
ernor wrote. "Vou ami all sheriffs and
.solicitors In the state are directed to
report by wire to the I'nlted States
district attorney and to this office any
mini who .because of word or deed
gives aid or comfort to the enemy li
seeking to palsy the nation's aim as
It Is raped to strike."
(Iovernor Pickett SUtd today hi- old
not anticipate ious trouble any-
where In the state. Thus far the
Chatham county Instance is the only
one of Its kind .eportcd
JAP COMPANY CONTRACTS
POM TEN lilt. STEAMERS
Toklo July U (lly Malb Contracts
have been placed with the Osaka Iron
Works a newly formed company nnd
other Ship building yards In Japan by
the Nlpism Yusen Kulsha for ten steam
ers. aggregating 85!00 tons They are
approximately valued at f 21 .100 000 and
are to i..- all flnlsbisj l bus
mm CAROLINA
RESISTING DRAFT
11 HUNDRED
WERE t ill
TWELVE REJECTED BECAUSE
THE1 FAILED TO MEET
PHYSICAL TEST.
68 ASK EXEMPTION
mi Men Appeared Before Carter Co on-
ly Hoard Veslerday anil 200 Are Sum-
moned (o Praaent Themselves for Ev-
emulation Monday.
Washington August I. Provost Mar-
shal Ganeral Crowderln a statement
this afternoon sa id failure to report by
men called under the draft law auto-
matically Inducte them into the military
service. Failure to report is equivalent
to desertion ami the whole strength ol
the military is aallalilc to apprehend
deserters if it is necessar) use each
force.
"If resistance is attempted later
when the army seeks to apprehend de
serter-." said General Crowder "it
will instantly i-uiounter troops of the
federal giiveriunent."
Of 110 men who appeared for pbysi
cul examination under the selective
draft law yesterday only twelve were
rejected liecause of physical debility
of the lis accepted HI claimed exemp
tion because of dependents and four on
Industrial grounds. Twenty who were
accepted have not. as yet. filed claims
for exemption. Sixteen failed to appear
one of whom is known to be a membei
of the Ardmore engineers company and
therefore not requrlsd to answer under
the provisions of the draft law
Two hundred men are summoned to
appear Monday forenoon as previously
published In The Ardmorelte.
It is IrpposolblO until after the ex-
emption board begins to puss usm
claims for exemption to estimate the
number of men who will be qualified
for service. If Hit quota of 403 to be
furnished by Carter county is not quail-
fled out of the X06 who have been sum-
moned to appear at this time additional
men will be summoned to appear st
later dates until the quota Is filled.
The disposal of the men examined
tislay. except those published In Satur-
day's Ardmoreite follows:
Accepted Claimed l Aemption.
Because of Itoqw-mlrnta.
No 122 Woodruff Herman c. wirt
-4. oil producer wife.
No. 3358 Thompson. Dessie Roy Aid-
more 924 A. N E.. 22. carpenter.
No. 73'J Cantrell Bias Stlngher. Ne.v-
isirt -.1 farmer wife
Ki. 4072 HIasener. Clyde. Ardmore
B St.. s. i: . laborer 24. wife.
No. 35S3 Bright. Krnest Klvln. Ard-
more. 317 K N. E.. 21. alioe rewirer.
wife.
No. 652 Nolan. Ott. QotWJU 25
farmer
No. JO Carroll. Mitchell BfWk 26.
farmer wife one child.
No. 1324 Trlplett. Lawsun. Mealdton.
2S roustabout wife 3 children.
No. 2549-Matlock. John W . lleald-
ton. 27. oil field worker.
No. 1723 Miller. lister Harmon New
Wilson 25 clerk wife. 2 lIllMlQB
No. 1178 Thrash. WBUe Tati-nnt. li.
farmer wife two chlldrei.
No. Slfl Taylor. Lindsay. MfaodfDfU
21. farmer
No. 1146 white MoFrataa Tueay
25. farmer wife 1 child
No 361." Magers. Carroll A'.fn
Ardmore. S22 .1th Ave . :in. relim-rv work-
er. wife 2 children.
No. 2952 Jess Jennings. lnc (1 e
No. 432 Barnes. Joe. Itaum. It
farmer
No. 487 (Hies. John. Berwyn.
No 1495 Bennle (lamer of New Wil-
son whose name was called "rl'luy.
appeared Saturday and claimed ex"tnp-
(ion for industrial reasons
No. 307a -James Byron Median p. of
Ardmore. whose name was called I'rl.lav
reported Saturday and claimed exemp-
tion because of employment In lb.- pm
till service.
No. 3827 Charlton Wilkes of Aril-
more whose name was called Friday
reported Saturday and claimed exemp-
tlon because of dependents.
No 1112 William Noah Morgan of
Ardmore. whose name was called l-'rl
day appeared Saturday and claimed
exemption because of dependents
No IIPMI Curtis Held of Ardmore
whose name was called Friday appeared
at in day ami claimed exemption he-
cause of dependents.
No. 1563-Klls- Hardin whose
name was called Friday. apenreil Sat-
urday and claimed exemption bOOSUM
of dependents
No. 2.130 L .1. Sutton of Wirt who
was to report Monday appeared Situt
day and claimed exemption twenuse of
dependants
Claimed Industrial Exemption.
No. 433 Chastatn Frank. Springer
. StOC . raiser. w ife.
Rejected
Been ye of physical disability:
No. 1.14 - McClure. Cyrus. Ardmore.
. (arfnar wife one child.
No. 967 Smith. Hardy Dixon. Hew
lit M farmer wife. 3 4-blldren
. 30 farmer y
No 927 Kuril
urllsoii. Khner. Ilealdton
-' . . O-iser
Sit IBB
wlf.
Thai Im i
James Allen
HeaVlton. 21. farmer
I." VI I'll. mm 111 HI" I
NfV 691 Johnson. Jai
ua er wife. 2 ehlldr
Mi. 1185 Joseph lb
James. Bcrw y n. 24
fav er wife. 2 children (negro!
isiks. of Tutiim
(Continued on pare eight)
WANTS CONGRESS
TO INVITE ENEMY
TO CONFAB IN U. S
Washington Aug. 4. A Joint reso-
li tlon asking the president to OOnvay
to the belligerent powers an invitation
of congress to elect delegates to an
Interparliamentary conference in tats
country wus Introduced today by Rep-
reeentattVe London of New York So-
cialist. E
FEflERAL SERVICE
ARDMORB COMPANY BECOMES
I NIT IN UNCLE sa.M's ARMY
TODAY.
158 ARE ENROLLED
Expected Thai Organisation As Soaa
As Equipped Will Qo Te Ft. Worth
For Training- Several Members
From Out of Town Reported.
The Ardmore Bnalneera eomnenv
will be mustered into federal service
this morning when the men meet at
the Armory for roll cull at 8 o'clock.
One hundred and fifty-eight men are
on the company's roster with several
on the waiting list to take the physi-
cal examination.
Temporary appetntataatS will be
made for sergeants and corporals Wno
will act until final appointments are
decided later by examination rending
the arrival of equipment drill work
will be carried on as near In line as
us sisslblc with army regulations. Cap-
tain Patterson said. Exercises In com-
pany formation and by squads will com-
isjse the greater part of the training
until uniforms and arms are received.
The study of military Memos will at
once lie taken up by the new soldiers.
Classen In road sketching and topo-
graphy will lie formed map reading
studied und lectures will be given to
the commissioned officers and men of
the comany Drill work will begin Mon-
day morning at six o'clock.
"We hope that by the time we re-
ceive our equipment ami go to Port
Worth for training that the members
Of the company will make as good ap-
pearance as those who have liecti in
the service for several months." Cap-
tain Catterson euid yesterday. The
Anlmore comjiany will remain here
pending the receipt of -iiulonient and
orders.
Arrangements have leen made to
Isiard the men at various cafes and
Isiaidlng houses In town. Ardmore mem-
ban of the company will Is- permitted
to stay ut home while cots will Is- pro-
vided at the armory for the out-of-town
men The latest advice is that the com-
pany will receive some of its equipment
lierore it leaves Ardmore. but It is not
known definitely how much of the
equipment will be sent here.
.Many out of town members of the
oompaa earns to Aithnore noateroajr
WAR SUMMARY
The Teutonic armies still advancinir.
although again encounter resistance on
the eastern front arc slowK bcim?
forced Iwtck by the pressure of the en
tente masses in the weat.
Cains made by the British on the
l-'landers front on l-'ridav when tlu. vlt.
lage of St Jullen was re-entered were
followed by an advance hv the French
on their front Friday night Notwith-
standing the continuing Inclement
Weather. French forces drove In be-
yond the Kortekeer cabaret moving
their lines forward while their natrola
pushed back (let-man ou4ssts and ex-
plor.sl considerable areas In advance
of the French isisltlons.
Bertia dmits Increased Fire.
Berlin announces an Increase in the
srtlllerx fire to great violence at times
on the Flanders front Appsrently the
iciiewal of the great Isittle In all Ita
fury is only awaiting the rgggfg of
fairly gissl weather.
The I .ond in war office makes It
clear that no shifting of British troops
was found necessary I cope with the
BttUaUOa created by the lieiman di-
version of Thursday night near Mon-
chy I Preux on the Anas battle
front through which Inroads were
mad upon the British isisition on In-
fnntry hill Attacks tainted out the
following ggj im night by the troops
on the spot the official statement an-
nounced forcisl the Hermans out and
completely restored xstons.
gaghn show Flcht.
The situation on the Kusslan line
ftom northern Callcla to the Carath-
latis continue favorable to the armies
of the central powers but the Bus-
I lans althoush symptoms of continu-
ing low mora are still noted appear
on the whole to Is- offering a suffer
defense iaitlciilarh along tb eastern
(ialiciau Isirder At one point an en-
orgetie naaratloo Maaiad the Anetra
Herman forces fiont a sectoi of tin-
east hank of the Zlu-oex. the river form-
ing the Isiundar) line. At another
polnt on this line near Skala. the
Teutonic troops were driven out of two
village.
The Itusslans continue to yield
ground la Bukowina atid In the Car-
pataMag They are engaged In a stiff
battle with the enemy northeast of
Klmpolung. however Below Klmpo-
lung. the Kusslan forces are falling
lack on the Moldavia and have yield
ed the town of Watra on that river to
the Austiodeiman inlvanve.
BEERS IflTO
BRUIT m
u ' nil ur
m HE SHOT
IK NO APPEARANCE AFTER THE ;
i.s ALLOWED U i BED
HE I VKED SELECTED.
T
When It s Hear That lay Eligible
t'ilizeu Is Absenting Him. elf Porposa
I? to Escape d)uty Only President
Can Save Him If Dxught
Washington. Aug. 4. Registered men
who resist the selective draft law face
military court martial for desertion and
Possibility of execution tot rfsSSI lloii
In time of war. The whole mllita-y
and civil power of the federal govei ri-
ment and the civil power of the states
cities or counties will In- amnlovail
This was unnounced tonight by Brig
tieneiul Kiiocb ii. Crowder provost
marshal general in response to reports
from North Carolina Georgia and Ok-
lahoma Of UltUMfl MmtMkmmmm
though tsdsnU aid has not been In-
vokad.
The only official notice received in
Washington Of fto disturbances was a
telegram from the governor of North
Carolina that regl.sterisl men of two
townships might refuse examination.
No official word had come from Ok-
lahoma early tonight where the most
serious situation prevails. but there
will be m hesitation In employing fed-
eral troops If they are needed.
C ertain Time Allowed.
In practice under (leneral Crowder's
construction of the law. registered men
who do not appear for examination will
be ported to the district boards as se-
lect; for military service at expira-
tion of the five-day H?riod allowed
them to put in an appearance. Two
days more will elapse after their names
i ca h the district board to await ap-
peal action by the Individual. They
will then be osted to the adjjtant
general of the state as selected to fill
the quotas of their district.
Orders for general mobilisation will
he given some time this month. If
the reslstered citizen fails to nhn ti.
order he will lie set down as absent
a tbout aVe and the machtnerv of
the army will get after him. aided Im
all slate and municipal police author!
ties and I iiitcl States marshals.
Caargs M Daesrtfea.
When It Is clear he i wilfully U
eeatlng himself a charge of desertion
will be placed against him. and any
civil officer who arrests him will earn
fifty dollars i . ward If foUn KUtv
tl.- individual may lie sentenced o
bath and only the president can save
him
Thb te. n army officers win n
Um cuaes of the men.
Though the government will mnk
affatl to bring In men who do .ot obey
me summons until they have passed
Into the military status. It arm s.. 13
ower to employ the army to stamp out
oisoi-oeis in liny state when aw
iwk for military forces
(ieneral Crowdei t..k actiOg M0g
to re.luce the number of applications
for exemption. In a telegram i.. Uu
sovernors. he directed that local boards
oe instructed to furnish dallv to ..
Papers names of all reglsterci men who
appiy lor exemption give grounds for
such claims and stute action i i
s ia ' 1 1 except m cases .f k. .i..i .
-- I'lllflllttl ins
qualifications which are grounds for
rejection by the boards.
Pasl of ( rnwder's TelegranT.
ieneral Crowder's telegram follows:
The names of all registered men
an otl a list arranged In the order In
which the will b.- raited for mllltarv
servlce Wherever imv i-eiritMr.l I
son ImiMises upon H local Isianl and Im-1
ploperlv s ciii. s a certificate of ev..m. I
Hon or gas barge he advances tlie time'
r call of all other uncalled nelsons on
the list.
"For this reason even registered per-
son and to some extent every porsoa
In the community is more or less di-
rectly Interested in seeing that the
true facts are brought to the attention
of the government. For every local
board a person has la-en designated w ho
will receive Information of such cases
ami take appeals to the district Isiard
or Inform the local Isiartl.
"For this reason the public Is en-
titled to know the grouads usn hi. h
claims for exemption or discharge ure
being askisl h legist .rs men.
Should Publish exemptions.
"Unal boards should therefore be
Instruct.sl Immediately to make avail-
able to the press fmm day to day the
names of persons claiming exemptions
or discharges the ground on which
such claims are Used and In general
the gsaggajf of cases that are being dls
paagdj of by the boank from day to
'lay. This Instruction does not apply.
"f courae to disrharg i the ground
of phy sical dlsquallfl. atlon."
Far from rugaralag t. ajnagrsss of
ele-tlon as slow I leneral Crowdei be-
lleves rapid strides uie being made. If
reports were available tonight he said
ftom each of th. I i'.iio :ea boards u
would h shown that many thousands
of men have already been passisl phy-
slcilly filed no application for ex
eniptlon and are now merely awaiting
orders to Join the colors.
An uccurate estimate of the numtci
In this class Is not obtainable.
Transatlantic Wireless Ceurs
New York August 4 Trsnaationllc
wireless service between I'nlted States
Canada and C.reat Britain has lecn dis-
continued until further nolle
REWARD FOR
ARRES
WEATHER FORECAST
Oklahoma: Sunday Increasing cloudi-
ness cooler In northwest portion: Mon
day. scattered showers and thunder-
storms cooler.
Kast Texas: Sunduy and Monday
partly cloudy cooler In northwest por-
tion Monday.
West Texas: Sunday partly cioudy
cooler in north ponton Monday: gen-
erally fair.
IIP FOOD RIIL
REED DBLAtS UMlMLATtON B1
I I BTHER ATTACKS ON
HOOVER
IVaahlngton August 4. Although
there were indications that the senate
dues not propose to adopt the confer-
ence report on the administration fooil
control bill without further debate
leaders Were hopeful tonight after It
had been discussed for several hours
that the measure may be in the presi-
dent's hands before the end of the next
'.vpek .
Attack upon the conference report
Was Opened today by Senator Heed In
a two-hour speec h which he concluded
by stating that he had "Just begun" his
remarks. The senate recessed at the
conclusion of his address until Monday.
Whan he is expected to resume. The
Missouri senator renewed his caustic
criticism of Herbert Hoover prospect-
ive food administrator and deplored ac
tion of congress generally and the fisnlJ
conferees .- iarticulur for cringing
under the official "lash."
Most of the time of today's senate
debate was occupied by Mr. Heed and
supporters of the conferenoe reiiort
plan to make few and brief remarks In
Its defense. Senator Keed however
stated that he did not intend to delay
adoption but would move to recommit it
to conference with Instructions -hpon
the various features against which he
has centered his opiosltion.
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon. In
charge of the bill for the administra
tion declared the country is demanding
immediate action.
W ESI ERN KENTI CK1 Is st im
OF HOLOCAUST WHEN I to
BEN IRE ENTOMBED
Cluy. Kentucky August 4 Twenty-
four men dead and tyventy-
five Injured was the known toll tonight
of an explosion here early today in
the south entry of number seven mine
of the West Kentucky Coal comitany.
ac cording to Chas. S. Richardson vice
president and general manager.
Of approximately 140 men In the mine
at the time of the explosion. 115 had
bean brought to the surface early to-
night of whom sixty six were unin-
jured. Those still entombed in the in-
ner workings canpot Is- reached before
tomorrow and hope that many of them
will Is? found alive is slight.
officials of the mining comistny say
the cause of the explosion cannot .be
determined until the mine has Is-en
cleured.
Heroic work was clone by volunteer
rescue squads nl bringing to the sur-
face all those It was imssible to reach
without helmets. Karly this afternoon
helmet men who accompanied a mine
rescue .-.ii here from Kvansvllle In-
diana began to explore the mine.
London. August 4 The executive
council of the workmen's and soldiers'
delegates according to Keuter's Ketro-
grud corressndent. has resolved to Is-
sue a proclamation to the ieople of the
whole world imlnting out the tragic
isisition in which the continuation of
the war would place them.
This was esp '. .ally true with respect
to the Russian revolution the over-
throw of which would Involve the wreck
of all democracy and the hope of a
i ! sal and jut p.- n
London. August 4 The arrest of
(leneral (lurko. former commander of the
Russian armies on the southwestern
front says a Reuter dispatch from Pet-
rograd. tcsik place in the Russian capi-
tal and. newspapers there say. was
brought alsiut by slltieal charges made
against htm.
A detachment of troops surrounded
his residence early in the morning. Af-
ter a search of three hours the general
was found and taken to general staff
headquarters.
(leneral I lurko was arrested because
In the correspondence of Nicholas Ro-
manoff the former emperor there had
been discovered a letter from (leneral
(lurko. It was written immediately af-
ter the revolution nnd In It the general
assured the former emperor thnt he re-
in lined faithful to the autocracy but
that he considered It ncceseury for the
present to pretend he accepted the revolution.
IRE TALK HOLDS
TWTK-FII OIL
IN FLUNG MINE
RUSSIANS ML
OUT IS REPORT
Threats By Draft Resistcrs
to Burn Konawa Keep Town
Under Heavy Armed Guard
Special Train Over Katy Takes 100 Ada Men
" a
io beminoie tounty Town as Re inforce-
ments Party Arrived Before Trouble
Occurred and Combined Posses Went in-
to Timbered Contry to Seek Out Suspects.
(Special by Long Distance Telephone).
Konawa. OWa. August 4-Konawa fft under armed guard tonight fearful
that draft n-sisters from the Utile River country will march upon the town
and carry out their threats to burn the place.
At mt p m. nearly 100 men under the leadership of Sheriff Bob Huncan
of Pontotoc county arrived from Ada. answering an appeal for assistance from
residents of this place. The Ada men. armed with shotguns rifles and revolvers
Untied with IM residents of Konawa and divided into posses and at once started
into the timber to run down two or three parties of twelve or fifteen each
which had been reported near town.
Sufficient men were retained to make certain that no attack would Im made
upon the town during the absence of the larger force. It la the opinion of
Konawa people that no trouble will occur within the town tonight
v in week (Mil Kvery Suspect.
President C. K. MeKlnney of the Klrst National Bank who has been active
for several days In assisting Seminole county officers seeking slackers said to-
night that with the exception of the element that Is known to have united with
the Working Class fnlon. an outgrowth of I. W. W. agitation the residents of
this county are a unit in their determination to co-operate In every reapect with
the officers In seeking out every slacker suspect. He believes that there will be
little more organized resistance and that the officers with the assistance of
civilians will be able in the next few days to pick up the scattered members of
mt- i iBgawui nov pitfmeni.
The contingent from Ada made the trip to Konawa without incident It had
been thought that there was a possibility that the slackers would anticipate the
sending of reinforcements and endeavor to prevent the arrival of the train
Several bridges ls?tween here and Ada were consider.! natural points at which
a blockade might Is? effected and therefore the train was run at a much slower
speed than usual more than an hour being required to cover the sixteen miles.
No damage to railway property was discovered.
Karly tomorrow morning the Ada contingent and Konawa men will muke
a concerted drive from Konawa In all directions. It has been determined that no
effort will now Is lost to round un everv iwram in i..oii u ..
pected of ls?ing Identified with the resistance movement.
runner assistance rrom pogfltS outside the county It is believed will not be
ntBlssarjr although tenders of aid have been coming In from various places Ada
last night offered to send a second social train with 200 more armed men hut
those who have leen directing the defense of the town believe that the present
force Is adequate.
l SKNDS AJfj
SPECIAL TRAIN TO KONAIt
iSpeclal by Long Distance Telephone).
Ada. Okla. August 4. One hundred
men armed with rifles shotguns and
revolvers under the leadership of Sher-
iff Bob Duncan of Pontotoc county
left here at 8:30 o'clock for Konawa.
In response to an appeal from residents
of that place yvho were guarding their
town against a threatened attack by-
draft slackers. The train furnished
by the Missouri. Kansas A Texas Rail-
way company was made up of locomo-
tive one passenger car and a caboose.
It was SXpaotSd that the run to Konawa
would be made In about an hour but
fear that damage might have been done
to the tracks or bridges called for an
order for slower running time than
usual.
Ada residents are determined to give
Seminole county people every assist-
ance desired and the Katy officials here
have equippment In readiness to fur-
nish another special train If required
and 200 more men will go uion a mo-
ment's notice.
AM D M BOOT MV I HI
(Ss?clal by Long Distance Telephone!.
Sasakwa. Okla.. August 4. Wallace
Carglll. an old man. said to be one of
the ringleaders of the draft reslstere.
was shot late this afternoon when he
resisted arrest by a posse. The squad
which captured him yvas small in num-
ber. Twenty men were surprised by
half a doien officers near Friendship
school hmi.e. and all but three besides
Carglll escaped. Carglll was taken to
a nearby farm house where he Is now
under guard. It is bSJarfSd tliat he
cannot recover.
In the Lone Dove neighborhood a
posse captured John Cray an aged man.
"Doc" White a negro and two boya
named McNecly. One of the McNeehs
wa-s strung up with a rone around his
neck in an effort to make him divulge
Information about the resisters. He
refused to make any statement and was
cut down Young McNecly. with the
tWO other prisoners. was taken to
Sasakwa.
Robert Carglll. C. C. Brewer and
Brewer's son were captured bOtWOaa
Sasakwa and Konawa after they had
thrown away their guns and attempted
to escape.
M I KM IN (I RTOD1 OK
III QHSfl 001 vi sin inn
(Special by Long Distance Telephone).
Holdenville. Okla August -I Several
alleged draft resisters from the Little
River section of Seminole county are
In Jail here. Jahcx ilenefleld A. D.
Menealy and his son. Sunday Duvls
and Taylor Wolf ull farmers from that
POCtJoa of the county ure lelleved to
le among the ringleaders who have
been apprehended and turned over to
the custody of Sheriff Sam Turner.
Roy Crane of Reno who was ar-
rested here yesterday is still In Jail.
Crane Is said to le known as an I. W.
Be agitator w ho has been active In this
county for several days
Roy Hayinc n. formerly an employe
of a local telephone company was ar-
reted last night after he had made
several seditious remarks
Sheriff Turner said tislay that he
believed thut with the co-operation of
citlxens In the four counties affected
TWENTY PAGES TODAY
Seminole. Hughes Pontotoc and Potta-
watomie that the situation can be con-
trolled. He is of the opinion that sev-
eral days of searching will be required
to round up the scattered bands of
slackers and thinks that organized re-
sistance la not likely unless It occurs
In the next day or so.
II OP 'MONKS I MII.V"
IN OKLAHOMA m ( OI'BT
Oklahoma City. Auguat 4. WJth the
arraignment In federal court here today
of eleven alleged leaden of the "Jones
family." a so-called anti-draft organiza-
tion it was disclosed through the office
of John Pain I'nlted States district
attorney that the organization had
planned to raise a red flag of revolu-
tion simultaneously In all parts of the
country destroying property and seiz-
ing stores especially groceries for food
supplies and hardware establishments
for arms and ammunition.
Attaches of the district attorney's of-
fice likewise disclosed that two federal
agents sent Into Pottawatomie county
became members of the "Jones family."
They were about to obtain all the Inner
secrets of the organization the namea of
the leaders and other information which
led to the arrest of the eleven men
now held here.
The federal agents appropriately dis-
guised took the Ironclad oath of the
"Jones family." according to their state
ment. learning all the passwords signs
and countersigns. The oath of fealty
prescribed that any member taking It
who discloses Information of the organi-
zation Is subject to Instant death.
When the prisoners were called be-
fore the court their attorneys entered
a demurrer to the indictments of con-
spiracy and pleaded for more time.
Eight of the men were arrested two
weeks ago. while three were taken Into
custody yesterday. It wus announced
that they had not taken an active iart
In the recent trouble.
The demurrer to the indictments la-
ter was overruled by Judge John H.
Cotteral Kali In each caae was fixed
at 17.500. The trial of the men will be
at Enid early in September. Judge Cot-
teral announced.
The demurrer was argued on three
counts returned against the men by the
last session of the grand Jury. The
first two virtually were identicul. charg-
ing Interference with the conscription
laws of the United States.
The third demurrer which charged
conspiracy and attempted insurrection
to defeat the draft laws by urging men
not to register and planning armed re-
sistance was overruled by the bench.
KEDERAL SPEt'lAL AOENT OMIMi
Amarlllo. Texas. August 4 Special
Attorney Lloyd Fletcher of the depart-
ment of justice stationed here tislay
received Instructions to report at Fort
Sill. Okla. Immediately to investigate
the antidrnft riot In that state.
Before leaving. Mr. Fletcher express-
I the opinion that the government will
Intern at Fort Sill all draft resisters.
where they will lie given examining
trials
Hoi. -in. Plague In Peru.
Lima. Peru. August 4. It la an-
nounced officially that fifteen cases of
bubonic plague were discovered In Lima
during the month of July.
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