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ENID, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY, JUNE 6. 1918
No. 35
Amricans are Too
Much For Boches
Art- Baffled by Krcliltwinm of
Sammies Ural Hasty KM rut From
M> r, Handful of I'. S. Soldiers.
VAST OUTPOURING
OF MERCY MONEY
With the American Army in France,
Jnne 5.—An American patrol of
thirty men penetrated to the enemy
third lines in the Luneville sector
early this morning. The Americans
encountered two hundred Germans,
and attacked them with grenades,
bayonets and bullets.
The fight lasted twenty minutes
and many losses were inflicted upon
the enemy. The American loss was
extremely slight.
American Front, Lorraine, June 6.—
Unusual concentrations of Germans
are observed under way near Metz, op-
posite the Toul front.' Troop trains,
reported to be carrying Austrian sol-
diers, pour into the city from neigh-
boring Rhine towns. German airmen
are noted to be more numerous and
more inclined to fight in order to con-
ceal operations from allied fiiers.
Activity is taken to indicate Ger-
man offensive at this point in order to
force withdrawal of American troops
stationed on the ogensive in the Lor-
raine sector. .,r ,
London, June 5.—The part played
by American machine gunners in the
defense of Chateau Thierry bridges is
classed by Reuters correspondent at
French headquarters as worthy to
stand with the achievements of the
American infantry recently at Can-
tigny. Telegraphing under date of
Monday the correspondent writes:
"On Friday when the Germans were
already in the outskirts of Chateau
Thierry, an American machine unit
was hurried thither in motor lorries.
The Americans had scarcely reached
their quarters when news was re-
ceived that the Germans had broken
into the northern part of Chateau
Thierry, having made their way
through the gap driven in our lines
to the left of the town and then
pouring along the streets to the
bridge, intending to establish them-
selves firmly on the south bank and
capture the town.
"The American machine gunners
and French colonials were thrown
into Chateau Thierry together. The
Americans immediately took over the
defense of the river bank, especially
the approaches to the bridge. Fight-
ing with their habitual courage and
using their guns with an accuracy
which won the highest encomium
from the French they brought the
enemy to a standstill.
"Already wavering under the Ameri-
can fire, the Germans were counter-
attacked by the French colonials and
driven from the town. They returned
to the attack the next night and un-
der cover of darkness crept into the
town along the river bank and began
to work their way through the streets
toward the main bridges, t the same
moment a tremendous artillery bom-
bardment was opened up on the south-
em half of the town.
"When within range of the machine
guns the Germans advanced under
cover of clouds of thick white smoke
from smoke bombs. They were al-
ready crossing the bridge, evidently
believing themselves masters of both
banks, when a thunderous erplosion
blew the center of the bridge and a
number of Germans with it into the
river.
"Those who reached the southern
bank- were immediately captured. In
Subscriptions to the Second
Red Cross War Fund now
amount to 0166,439,291, and
Chairman Davison feels con-
fident that the total will be
$170,000,0(10. About 6,000,00(1
persons contributed to the
first fund; more than 47,000,-
000 to the present fund. These
are inspiring figures, both as
respects the oversubscription
of the fund by 70 per cent,
and the popular character of
the participation. That near-
ly half of America's hundred
million of men, women and
children shall have given
money to the Red Cross testi-
zes eloquently to the diffusion
of esteem for the great body
of mercy.
DEAD DODIES
FODND ON FARM
Virgie May. 14; George Houch. 22; ol
Oklahoma City. Committed Suicide
Few Days Ago.
, Billings, Okla., June 5.-—The bodies
t of a young girl, about fourteen, and
, a young man about twenty-two years
( of age, were found in the farm house
, on the Waggoner farm, a mile south
of here today at three o'clock. Mrs.
* I Waggoner and her boys had been
, lover in the reservation looking after
Million Bays
Were Registered
Men Turard 21 in Last Year Enrolled
flor Selective Service Itequirementa.
• WATCH FOR THE ECLIPSE.
•
* On Saturday, June 8th will
* be a total eclipse of the sun
* and Enid lies in direct path of
* the totality.
* Don't become alarmed.
* Just watch it.
* Will be a wonderful sight—
* seen only once in a lifetime.
Washington. June 5.—One million « # •
more fighting men were added to the
rolls of the United States today when
every young man who has become 21 [SUB-BOATS HERE
years old since the first registration j
day just one year ago was listed under |
the selective service law. So
At the same time Provost Marshal I
General Crowder sent to the govern-
Says
FOR TWO MONTHS
the Captain to People on
Torpedoed Ship.
over in the reservation looking after I ^ ^ ^ #r_| AUantic aty N_ j.f June 5._The
their torn, am ia> >«<n away o .iers rur the mobilization between 36 survivors of the steamship Texel,
this battle in the streets and again
at night the young American soldiers
showed a courage and determination
which aroused the admiration of their
French colonial comrades. With their
machine guns they covered the with-
drawal of troops across the bridge
before its destruction and although
under severe fire themselves, kept
all the approaches to the bank under
a rain of bullets which nullified all
the subsequent efforts of the enemy
to cross the river. Every attempt of
the Germans to elude the vigilance of
the Americans resulted in disaster to
them.
three weeks, when they returned to
harvest their wheat crop. A boy by
the name of Trumley entered the
house, and passed on into the room
where the bodies were. He saw a
man's hand hanging off the bed, and
became frightened. The neighbor*
were called in and a thorough search
was made. The girl was lying on her
back lengthwise on the bed, and the
man was lying over her. A few spots
of blood were found near them.
From the evidence that could be
gathered, the death was caused by
suicide. A diary was found on the
window sill, and stated that they left
Oklahoma City, about six weeks ago,
coming to Enid, wherejhey spent the
night, and then went to Garber. They
walked to Billings, and the girl be-
came sick, so they stopped in the
Waggoner farm house until she was
better. They called at the Conway
farm house, on Saturday, for some-
Penitentiary is
Skinning Farmers
ICepresented That Twine i* 500 Feet
to Pound Hut in Running
Far Short.
Medford, Okla., June 6.— Teats
made here the last few days of Okla-
homa penitentiary twine indicate that
the state penitentiary is working a
confidence game on the farmers of
the state.
The penitentiary has been selling:
twine at 22% cents a pound to the
farmers here and elsewhere in Okla-
per
, except Arizona, or-| Atlantic i ny, in. j., .iune o.— ine larmers nere and eisewnere in u
the mobilization between 36 survivors of the steamship Texel, homa, a price considerably less jm.
f 200,000 more regis-'sunk Sunday afternoon sixty miles pound than the pound price of stand-
trants. I south of New York by two German ard twines sold by the various imple-
During the last two days the enemy u- --- - - -• . .
has renounced the occupation of the thing to eat, for which they >n,,gted
northern part of Chauteau Thierry that they pay for. On Sunday they
which the American machine guns
have made untenable. It now be-
longs to No Man's Land as since the
destruction of the bridges it is not
worth while for the French to garri-
son it.
AgainBt their casualties the Ameri-
cans can set a much greater loss in-
flicted by their bullets on the enemy
They have borne their full part in
what a French staff officer well quali-
fied to judge described as "one of
the finest feats of the war.
That was the last time
until today, when
called again.
they were
found dead.
A letter was found, written by
Houch, to the girl's father, L. N.
May, Capitol Hill addition, Oklahoma
City, upbraiding him for the mis-
treatment he had given her while at
home. The girl had evidently had
some trouble at home, was why she
left, and later committed suicide. Her
condition was all right, and there was
no other reason for such an act
ti Ilia. ,*uui.ll ui i i/1 i\ try vwv v.*;.. „ • .
Thi brings the total number of se-' submarines, prepared today to leave' ment dealers. The twine was repre-
lective service men eailed to the col- here for New York. |sented to measure 500 feet to the
ors to 1,695,704, and when they are] "The first warning we had," said pound, and each ball delivered hens
in camp the nation's army will number Captain R. K. Lowry, "was when a iB go tagged.
well past the 2,000,000 mark. jshrapnel burst over the bridge at 4:20 | Local dealers have been contending
The call already had been an- on Sunday afternoon. Two submarines that the twine will not measure out.
nounced in Oklahoma and includes next drew alongside our ship. The Saturday Luther Stover, a farmer,
the 3,000 to be sent to Camp Travis, captain, who spoke good English, and others took some of the peni-
Texas, and 3,000 to Camp Cody, N. M. boarded our boat, demanded our pl-'tentiary twine to Stewart Brothers'
The registration today apparently pers and ordered us to leave the ship. | store and measured it. The Deering
as attended by perfect order that, The guns of his U-boat were kept'twine sold by Stewart's and the Ply-
arked the enrolling a year ago of turned on us." | mouth twine sold by Fisk and Tharp
10,000,000 men who form the great | After the submarine commander WPre also measured. The penitentiary
reservoir upon which the nation is had taken over the Texel, Captain twine varies quite a bit in length per
drawing to furnish the balance of Lowry reported that the captor said: pound as it does not run uniform in
power on the western front to crush | "1 hate like to do this, but gjze, ranging from about the size of
le German war machine. |we have been ordered to get into ac- common cotton twine to small clothes
The men who appeared today before tion or return home. We have been l|ne rope. That measured averaged
the 4,500 local boards over the coun- over here for two months." 384 feet to the pound, or 114 feet
try haye become of age since the first J "There was no uttempt to get the short of the guaranteed length per
registration day, June 6, 1917. Mili-,men," Captain Lowry continued. "We pound of 500 feet.
tary authorities estimate that from manned two boats and eevrybody was The Deering and Plymouth twines
their number there will be had 750,- saved. When we were leaving one nre also tagged as running an aver-
000 men fit for active duty. !submarine nearly smashed into us. a(,e 0f r>00 feet to the pound. They
While an act of congress requires The captain shouted and waved us run over, however, the measurements
that the new registrants be placed at back to safety." showing from 614 to 524 feet. *
the bottom of the class to which they | Captain Lowry is convinced that his ( The twine is sold by the bail, five
are assigned, many of them may soon ship was sunk by one of the new Ger- pUUnds to the ball, and the peniten-
be called to the colors as today's man submarine cruisers and that it tiary twine is four ounces lighter to
requisition upon governors probably crossed the Atlantic and did not come the ball than the other twines.
will exhaust the first class in some from a base on this side of the Atlan-| Both the Medford dealers are of-
states. | tic. fering to measure their twine against
Result of the second registration j
A LETTER FROM ARTHUR
TAFT AT TAYLOR FIELD
STATE WILL SEND 6,000
MEN IN JUNE MOVEMENT
THE VILLAGE ORACLE
Arthur Taft, a boy of 18 years, just,
out of High school, volunteered and is
now in the aerial service at Taylor
Field. His parents, Dr. and Mrs. O.
D. Taft, reside at Garber, Oklahoma.
Taylor Field, U. S. A., May 26, '18.
Dear Mother:-
Your letter received today. I cer-
tainly was glad to hear from you. I
suppose you want to know just what
I am doing. I am working on the
same old job, only on another ship,
No. 67. Just as I got No. 10 ready
and in good flying condition, I was
shifted to this old crow-baited, lop
sided bos. I suppose when I get this
one in shape I will be shifted again.
So tomorrow I will have to level No.
67, tighten front stagger-wires, raise
the rear of the stabelizer, not to men-
tion a thorough overhauling of her
motor. No. 10 used to be an old death
trap, but now she is the best bal-
anced ship in the field, bar none.
There is to be a big relay race
Thursday into Montgomery; I am go-
ing to run. The relays are one-half
mile in length.
We had services today at the Y. We
have a splendid leader; his name is Dr.
Smith. He gave us a talk Friday
night on "When Must We Fight." It
was certainly inspiring. Last Mon-
day night a Russian army officer and
his wife were here, and they talked
about the new condition of affairs in
Russia. They are old Kerensky sup-
porters. and seem to think there is
hope for Russia only after many
years of bloodshed. He is an in
structor in one of our camps and is
strong for the Allies.
It is about 95 degrees in the shade
but we have a nice breeze here all
the time which mitigates the extreme
heat.
I received the packages you sent,
and you may be assured they were
certainly appreciated. With love to
I am,
Your son,
ARTHUR.
Three Thousand Go to Travis and an
Equal Number Will Go to Camp
Cody. New Mexico.
ivchuu oi u.«r , any of the penitentiary twine brought
will not be known until tomorrow. GALA OCCASION FOR CARRIER, in, and as a result of the tests made
(J' leral Crowder has requested the ad-1 ■ |to date, the farmers who bought the
genejral of each station to tele-j Saturday evening, June penitentiary twine because of the
them a comprehensive summary men> women and children of th« wide- false representations made by fte
of the results giving the total regis- jawake and patriotic little town of state prison officials are beginning to
tration, the croportion to the number 'Carrier were made happy by the ar- feel that they were gold bricked. As
that had been expected to enroll, rea- rjval 0f the A. R. D. base ball team the state is not subject to the same
sons for any difference between fig-iof Camp Doniphan. Leaving camp regulations as private dealers, and is
ures and the nature of any untoward jute in the day, the boys did not reach not accountable for false statements
iVio i*airiat rut inn n : — ..„ ■•* •■«* lata <4 mnLoo in unllinir it.K
occurence attending the registration.
Registration days for men hereafter
, e civ thnu becoming 21 years old probably will
Oklahoma City, June S.-Slx t^ou-!^ ^ f ^
sand Oklahomans, three thousand to
go to Camp Travis, Sun Antonio, Tex-
as, and three thousand to entrain for
Camp Cody, Deming, N. M., will make
It is estimated that 1,000,000 men
become of age yearly and the new
registrants are expected to go far
Camp Cody, Deming, . ., , t toward keeping up the first class in
up Oklahoma's contingent in Re draft ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
mobilization for the five-day P^ od|men for the nationa, army have been
beginning June 24, according to in-1
•tractions received at the «Jutan Assi(almentg fw th(1 men calw to
generals office heI"e . y' ' shall the colors under today's orders indi-
tions say that o y Pate the rapidity with which troops
be sent in this call. The men win an -
their destination until a very late it mfckes in selling its products, it
hour but regardless of this, a large may be that nothing can be done
crowd awaited them and a reception about the matter.
was enjoyed in their honor. | The twine is costing about 80
Sunday morning at the Congrega- cents per 500 feet instead of 22 V4
tional church special services were cents as advertised.
held, patriotic in nature, with special) —
tribute to the boys who, to quote Ser- OKLAHOMA WILL GIVE
riniun Sn Kio unlun^id artrlrfae A AAA M
be from class one.
now are moving overseas. In nearly
every instance the registrants under
ucacitrps today's requisition are assigned to na-
OPPOSED BY PRESIDENTjtional army cantonments whereas re-
Un rUOwl' <.rV.nn sialic uioro TYinrlp it WHH
, Tko# iT/wwi necessary to send the men to national
Writ™ Sn . J regular ,™, rad .th.r
"SEE ""IS " "IM
jcently when calls were made, it was
4,000 MORE MEN
Washington, June 5.—President
Wilson today declared his opposition
to further prohibition legislation un-'
SUBMARINES MOVE SOUTH
to further prohibition legislation un- Fr(>nch Tank steamer Attacked Off
til the food administration decidesjt Maryland_{Vmcenlrate Grolmd.
all.
Oh, Listen to the Village Oracle dis-
cuss the Timely Topics of the Day. He
knows ill about Everything and when
he dies, all Knowledge will Perish
with him. He can talk about the War
by the hour. What does he know about
Wart Well, he has a Cousin who mar*
{rted a nan named Gano,
necessary to conserve foodstuffs
His position was made known in a let-
ter to Senator Sheppard of Teras. A Washington, June 5.—Concentration
house amendment to the agricultural today of American naval forces off
appropriation bill would prevent the the Maryland coast followed the re-
expenditure of $6,000,000 unless the ceipt of advices by the navy depart-
president prevents the use of grain in ment that German undersea craft
the production of alcoholic liquors. j having sunk a probable total of 10
vessels off the New Jersey coast had
CIVIL WAR PENSIONS yesterday transferred the scene of
ARE TO BE RAISED their depredations further south. Just
geant Dorfcn in his splendid address
of the morning, "are giving their all
in order that we may continue to en- Oklahoma will furnish 1.4 of the
joy the manifold blessings of our 280,000 selected men called in the
United States." Music was furnished june 24 draft, according to E. H. Gib-
by the Carrier choir assisted by gon> gtate adjutant general. The ad-
Francis Nay and Ellen Carrier-Hart jutant general estimated that between
of Enid. '3,800 and 4,000 Oklahoma men will
At 3 o'clock p. m„ the boys in ^ called.
khaki crossed bats with the Carrier j General Gibson said he believed
team and played for several hundred none 0f the youths registered on
people the best game of base ball june 5 wiH be included in this call,
witnessed on the Carrier diamond this'He deciared that it will be impossible
season. Great enthusiasm was shown have the questionnaires returned
on the field but certainly no greater anj ciaasjfied and the men examined
than that among the crowd of spec-jag their physical qualifications in
tators who actually seemed to enjoy tjme to be included in the June 24
seeing the home team walloped by 11 cajj_
stronger team and without doubt by | Oklahoma has sufficient men in
a bunch of men in whom all present f,iass \ to meet the June call, the ad-
felt the keenest interest and silently! jutant general asserted. He added
thanked the Father above for the op- that there will yet remain in the state
portunity of being able to help give after the June call sufficient men in
to these boys a few hours of happi- |m.„ ^ create a surplus for similar
ness. 'call.
Following the game the teams wentl
to the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. E.
naval officials had conclued that ures.
CARD OF THANKS.
Washington, June 5—The Civil the German raiders hal left American
war pension increase bill was passed waters for their home port there came
today by the senate 36 to 22. It the news that a French tank steamer,
amends the house bill by increasing the Radioleine, was saved from de-
the minimum monthly perfsion to struction early yesterday by an
those who served ninety days_ from American destroyer 65 miles off the
$25 to 630 and provides pensions of Maryland coast. The same dispatch
$32 to $40 a month according to brought the news that there had been
length of service for those 72 years another schooner, the Edward Baird
or older. The bill would increase the jr., added to the list of submarine
pension roll by $35,000,000 a year. 'victims.
t I The Baird was found in a sinking
Sylvester Hardy and Simon Reeves condition by the destroyer which
were given a preliminary hearing took 0n board two of the schooner's
Tuesday on the charge of stealing a survivors. The Baird was a vessel
We desire to thank our friends and
neighbors for their many kindnesses,
assistance and sympathy during the
illness and death of our beloved child.
MR. AND MRS. FRANK MESSALL.
Francis Byerley went to Oklahoma
City Monday to take examinations
for service in the Naval reserve. He
was accepted and will be home for a
little while waiting to be called. Mr.
Byerley ha? just completed a course
in wireless and "buzzer" and may
later be transferred to signal corps
service.
Tuesday on me ciwigc ^o. ~
cow belonging to Jim West, living 0f 279 tons hailing from Wilmington,
near the south county line and taking Dei. No report had been received
it over into Kingfisher county and early today as to other members of
disposing of it. They were bound the schooner's crew and it was not
over to the district court. known whether other additions would
be made to the list of 53 persons be-
Mrs. Jack Minear pf 518 East Mil lieved to have been lost when the
pie, has gone to Omaha, Neb., Sioux steamship Carolina was shelled and
City, Iowa, and South Dakota. She gnnk.
will make a short visit with relatives
in each of these places, then leave for
a month's visit with her brother in
Great Falls, Montana.
Mrs. R. L. Hammer has moved into
her new home on South Independence.
In attacking the French tanker, Ra-
dioleine the German raider3 made
their flrst attempt to sink a trans-
Atlantic vessel. The navy department
dispatch stated that the Radioleine
was later reported as having reached
an American port.
Carrier, where a splendid dinner and
delightful evening were added to the
| day's long-to-be-remembered pleas-
""es.
At 9:00 p. m. the boys said "good
bye" and started on their return to
camp and service, followed by the
good wishes of their many friends
with a renewed desire to do still more
for the greatest of all soldiers, "the
laddies in khaki."
Following was the line-up for the
game:
A. R. D. Boys:
McCoy, Sgt. rf.
Hickox, Sgt., ss.
Hare, Sgt., lb.
Dewey, 2b.
Crooks, Sgt., 3b.
Hall, cf.
Gore, If.
Stahl, Sgt., c.
Carrier, Sgt., p.
Carrier:
Carrier, 2b.
Lindaman, ss.
Fletcher, lb.
Lindamore, 3b.
Marshall, rf.
Shorter, If.
Jones, cf.
O'Brate, c. and cf.
Shultz, p.
Score—9 to 3 in favor of the A. R
D. boys.
TWELVE BILLIONS
VOTED FOR ARMY
Largest Appropriation Bill Also Em-
powers Wilson to Call Men
as Needed.
Washington, June 5.—The largest
annual army appropriation bill in
history, carrying $12,041,682,000 and
authorizing the president to call into
military service all men who can be
trained and equipped, was passed by
the house and sent to the senate.
Mrs. George Emrick, who has been
in Silver City, N. M„ for her health,
arrived here Monday for several
weeks' visit with her family before
returning.
* This paper has enlisted
with the government in the
cause of America for the
genod
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