Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 125, Ed. 1 Friday, August 24, 1917 Page: 2 of 14
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wi.l remain tloiei
j Jttf) HULEN.
vif ae9 pM every cltiien - of
white ana coiorec 10
jane the peace to m quietly
-t tk ttttifieei dM o reit at
; : J Sit there li awiat bt full
1 Ji mm fwoec punishment fr
i tmM which have been com-
lUt H WW for coolness and lor
f'Tthl awWaace of furtlur trou-
U no titM for further eneiae-
Vw'' under martltl Itw a
.-...? J3t which to me-it regretta-
? belt It U HCH7.
s &iA)Nrt will be no further trouble
.'-v-Cf ejearjr cititen will carefully tee
M HI conduct inctnaiery
it of no avail. . J
tituatlon 4s welt in hindJ
iCsei there be .melee4 -effort to
v Bilie wort inninie.
fW. "Dan .MJKOODY.
"rV . "Acting Mayor."
IV : Cwettyta IllUf
I The kKSni of Cant. Joieph W. Mtttri
'':. jf Ike ttftnoi Second field artillery wai
I -dseosfiSejiiW by extreme cruelty on the
ri'fsrTM nil ilaytri according to early
Frm
A i.owdad by a rifle tllet Certain
.j je wa eurroundad by-the mutinoui
Jera. riddled with buckihoi and hit
; : t hacked and itabbed in maty placet
:J ('bayonet.. .
2M$ flree evidently at cioat ranee
k: format lectioni of hia iWt to b
III!
V tape body when discovered wai al-
' Cf Mnrtcofnlaable.
i ;i ; BaatMr thot foar Tlaaa.
v tTATWIaa. while trying to a an
rirW. wwmdad man wai hot three
f Lx-i te h toft arm and once in the
' " &jt; Telling of the ihootinf .Wlie
C'tsiii . "
"I Jward ihootinf and . at ! Brunntr
'r::vM man whoat name 1 nt
Ttad fell apparamly dylat in the
( .Ok Blood wu uihinf from bu
'4 I ruehed to Bit uilltanea and
V! d .on an automobile dakajr and
- J3t for heb. While wa tra trying
toa the dyinj man iq the car buH
f t-tttarod all about m and the
.cU vtn hatpint mo fled. -1
1 do nothing mora and toon became
I from loaa of blood."
vlag ia a mochanie and haa bien
jg n' Caat 1 acan
-T7lis5f Waa M la tkot
" Wi ktan luh j here like doci
'--t bRMring what to do" taid Ed
' A. brother to Alma Raichert.
wwa ihot among
1 tint dartaf tha Vkn by th ntfrol
a JTMr of
4 mm M
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wu
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School day
ouito with'
EXTRA pants
v'-
VACATION days are nearly over
vi v." HlJlfJ? gt b3r widy.for achool dyg.
Thlg big NEW itore for boys is ready to help you
wth great gtocks of iturdy euiU for school wear.
TRpNCH and Trooper models with
K..v..il'dJpocket; Junlor Norfolkg with belted
till lJlVLJom fmy"; t1nB( brown and mixture! ;
nit SSfSL? iHt UNED throuirhout; each
pncee are 5.50 6 $6.50 to $16.
BHu iSoF.RrGE
K SfLTwli wrge:
Ppt Ytry moderate;
inOYS' hats in Alpine shapes all col.
; Atlil W Rh RTrench and
; v J VClil In all ahaden 60c to 2.00.
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1 1 !' . i L-n
6m' itort miwiMyv w'litJfig Inothtt
rolley olTmllett. . .
Facki Midi -Tne wora waa eioeto
whea tha negro eoldiert oeea fM ti
wtHL.frifhtened when the ihootinf be-
gan. Alma bjod run in from tha aMo
nlk She waa tkofln tha Monuch and
tha ballet came through a double wall.
ratal Iaclteat noma.
At the home of lira. Mary Winkler
4910 Lillian etraet waa enacted one of
the moat brutal (nciotnti of the night
htn the mutinoui Hidieri omea ner
two eoni. rrert wmmer gea a ytari
old and William J. Drucki iteppad to
tha front pafch to ree what provoked
tha loud taM Tred Winkler
flatbed on tha glllrry light anTWU.
liam Drucltitjot far at' the iteot.
With that a bullet nenetrated to the
heart of the younger boy while the right
arm of Drucki wai ihattered at the
wrlit and above the elbow.
For what teemed an eternity the
Winkler family remained In a houic
of darktlen where Drucki lay upon
the bed bleeding. Not antil a reporter
had entered the houie and Humbled in
the dark over the hody of the younger
lad. prone on the porch at if executed
by a iqual would the family flaih on
elactrk llftiU.
Light tit Novate Shot Out.
ifhe 'trouble ii laid to have been be
gun late yeiterday alter tome oi tne
neero loldien had complained of treat
ment accorded them by memberi of the
Houiton police force. About y ociock
lilt night tome eighty negroei formed
it their camp and began a march to-
ward downtown Houiton. Llght in
residence alinig the way were hot
out and a number ol perioni wounded
ai they ial iniida their houiei. The
first thooting however l laid to
have been done within the camp.
Crowdi of Houiton men with un-
armed Texai guardimen here ttarted
for the camp but Hopped when an army
officer mounted an automobile and
addreiied them. Captain L I. Snow
of the negro troopi guarding Camp
Loean lut niiht. declared that he at
tempted to control the men when he
ii what wai about to happen "but
they were beyond control and tome ISO
of thorn ttarted to ihoot promiicuout-
ly In the camp and loon frittered in
every direction."
Attempt to Kill tipuua.
An attempt wai made to kill Captain
Snow he dectaredtnd he had a nar
row etcape Early today mldien pa-
trolled tha itreett of Houiton and per-
ioni abroad before daylight were
Hopped and quettioned.
l-onereiiman hi git at minnignt lent
thii telegram to Secretary of War
Daker
" Blander It Charged.
'At conrreiiman from thii dlitrict
I rfoort death and wounding of tev-
era) parioni reiutt of tending negro
aoldlcn hen Without ttating who It
to blamc.it It clearly a race riot and
It a tragedy lunlcient to compel tne
itatement that it ii a tragic blunder to
end negro troopi to louthern camp.
I protett vtgorouiiy againtt tne uiinoii
aetro toKleri ordered to Houiton be
ing lent By all meant order them to
northern training rampi and promptly
order the negro troopi who are already
here lent eUewhere.
(Slmed) "JOE n. EAGLE
. Captain C S' Snow coaitnandjng
battalion bf'nefroei made tnii ta
the
state
i la8t color da'rk blue
"tye" wtth o Pair of
5 and $6.60.
1 rzr
raent f two occurrence! Thurlday that
nyttailiied feeling among men of nil
command that hid been Incrtating
tinea tha battalion wai tent here from
Detain. N. M . three weeki aio for
guard duty.
NaM VawiAJi fllaootd.
Thuriday morning a Houston police
ofiictr arretted a negro woman on or
near San Felipe meet and in doing to.
1 am. informed flapped her (tea A
toldier of the Twenty-fourth who had
been drinking remoniiriteg witn tna
patrohntn (or what he coniidcrcd hn
Unneceuary violence In itriklng hat.
The officer then begin betting tha tol
dler with hit plitol. . A
"The man'i face and head were bad-
ly cut by the piitol butt. He wai ar-
retted by. the tame officer and taen
to the nation where he ii now held.
Carpetal It Itbaktd
"Thuriday afternoon according to rt-
porti made to me ny Corporal Baltimore
of ml military police force t toldier
of my. command wit arretted by an
officer. Corporal Baltimore who wai
nearby wearing hit military police
badge aiked the policeman purely for
information he ityi why the man wai
arretted.
"The policeman told him It wai none
of hit buinet. Then Coporal Balti-
more arretted the toldier who hit Bal-
timore over the head with hit piiw4
butt Coporal Baltimort rtn up the
treet the policeman firing at him ai
he fled. He took refuse in a home un-
der a bed. The policeman followed
dragged him out and uted further abut-
Ive language to hfrn and ttruck him
twice more with the piitol.
Taratt of ReUliatloa.
"When the men In the camp heard of
Uiete orcurrenret Thursday afternoon
it excited them wreatly and they made
open threati of retaliation."
Evidencei of the riot pecame apparent
at early at 7:30 Thuriday night. A
little titer word came to him that the
pegroet had entered tne ammunition
tent and had armed themteivei. tne
commanding officer ruined to the icene
and made an effort to stop the riot. The
mob wai beyond control. Hit ettimate
it that 150 negroei left the camp.
Ammunition Cut Off.
That the riot did not sain recruit! at
the camp and include the whole of tha
negro troopi I nue to tne tact mat
he ammunition lupply wai taken in
charge. Long after 4he rioting troops
had ceated to fire thote In camp
ciitllng for ammunition and makin
threat!.
It was not until the negroti retched
the Reichert ttore that the taking of
life began. The little Reichert girl
wai no doubt ihot by a stray bullet
at the sought ' tafety in the store of
her father.
It was a block farther south at the
negroes turned in mat direction on
Sandman road that the victim! were
tingled out. The police did what .they
could but they wre overwhelmed.
Taggle Flrtt to Throw Bhltll.
Captain Tuggle commanding Com
pany t ruth iniantry nunoii ra
tional guard tt was said today was
first to throw a shield of armed men
between the negroes and the yjiorgan-
lied crowds
ot Houston citi'ent wnic
ouston citi'ent
sought revenge for the deaths of po
lice ofticers tour of whom were killed
d
In the earlier
fighting
fork. V.
S. A. in clkrt)(
Captain Rothtork
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Boys' sturdy
shoes for
school days
STURDY black
J leathers in blucher
style $3.00. Black Ene-
liiih lace at $4 $5 and $6.
Tan and dark mahogany
$5 and $6. Boy Scouta at
$8.50.
T ITTLE Genta'
patent dull and tan
laathers at $4.00. Boy
ScouU at $3.00.
it
I Camp LoflMt pendmi tha arritPal of
mcral Belli detigned to comma4 the
iinoli diviiW joined with the Illl-
9I1 troopi ad by perional appeal ma
rtiino
oil troooi astfl bv nerso
aerially tubduad the riling tpirlt of
mob .Valence among tha white dti-
aeni: . .
Two Dm! Ia Aaiomowu.
One of tha gruesome incidenti of the
evening wai tna discovery of an auto-
ntobikt with two of its oecuptntt dead
and two otkert wounded.' One of tha
dead wai a policeman. The two
wounded were Tikis loldien Zlmraie
Foreman of Qimpany E Fifth Texai
infantry nd M. D Everton. Evertou
diasf aftei being taken to a hospital.'
The itkteenth - victim was E. M.
Jones a jitney driver whose body wis
ound near Camp Login shortly be-
forf noon. Hit right arm wai almost
severed by taber ttrokrt. There were
numeroui bullet wounds in his body.
General Bell
On Way to Houston
SAN ANTONIO Teati. Aug. 31-
Oen John A. Hulen. in command In
Houttoq. following ine declaration of
martial law by Gov. Jamet E. Ferguson
will be relieved tomorrow morning by
tMaJ. Can. George Bell of the regular
army who Is in Sin Antonio oti nit
way to hit nation a Houston.
A battalion of the Nineteenth infan
try regular army from Fort Sim Hout-
ton waa tent to Houiton thii morning
and thould arrive there about I p. m.
to relieve 'Illinois militia now guardng
the camp. Two companies of coait ar-
tillery ordered from Galyettnn today
ire on the tcent tna oinciiii neiieve
thete troopi will he iraple to control
the iltuttinn.
General Hulen reported by long dlt-
ttnee teleohone ihortly before noon
thtt the lituation was well In hand and
that no more outbreaki were expected.
About forty of the men of the 1 wenty
fourth infantry implicated in the trou
ble were ilill at large he nid but had
icattered and pretumably were trying
to make their way back to camp
Governor Issues
Martial Law Order
AUSTIN Teaii. Aug. 24-Govemor
Jimei E. rerouson iitued a proclaim
tion at 11 i. m today declaring mar-
tlal law in Hnutton and Harm coun
ty. .He announced that in a telephone
ronvertation with deneral barker at
San Antonio the generalr'iaid that
battalion of infantry was being sent
from Fort $sm Houston to Houiton.
The governor donated with hit at
torneyi in the imoeachment proceed
ri againtt him. denied admittance to
! .caflers ontll U o'clock. .
Ahhough the city of HoiQjo Wa'
placed under martial law last night b
an order of Gen. John A. Mullen
wai explained here that offlcUl action
on. the part of the governor wat need-
ed to technically make the order legal
To Drive Out 'Malaria and Build Up
the System.
Take the Old Standard GROVE'S
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
whit you ire taking as the formula is
prinjPKl .on every label showing it is
Uultiinc ana iron in a imeiesi iorm
fflc. Adv. - 1
1. 1. 1- ii .in ea '
PAO FAVORED
DY KINGFISHER
City Commissioners Pass Pav
ing Ordinance.
KINGFISHER Okla. Aug. 24-(Spe-
I claL) The city commllsioneri at th
regular monthly meeting Monday night
passed a paving ordinance and the mat-
ter is now up to the citireni of the town.
An election will be called at an early
date and the friends oi the paving
movement are going to try to put the
ittue through. Brick'paving leemi to
be the choice of the majority.
KINGFISHER. Okla.. Aug. 24-(Spe-
riill Ruildinff ooerationa are in evi
dence on every hand in Kingfiiher. Con-
crete eievaton oeing own oy n
tahoma Mill are climbing akyward;
I work on the Masonic temple it tinder
way : the church erected by the Metno-
ditt people ii growing rlpidly and the
i new school buildings are being ruined
to completion. The scarcity of home
workmen has made if necessary to tend
out of town for help but enough- men
have been secured to auarintee me
1 completion of most of the new buildings
now under wiy
Vital Statistics
Mtrrlaaa LlMfleee.
O F.. Halts.
il yara old ana Anna
i MfRtynolrti M
yaara
old both of Ok'
i iHhoma t 'lty.
irtha.
and Mrs r. ii. I'nsipa m
Ttv. h4t atrcat BOV
Mr. and Mrs. 1. A. Bharp H0 Weet
Taiilv.aarnti4 atrMt. airl.
Mr and Mri. E. M. Hutrhlnaon III
Vat Thlrtaxnth alraat. alrl.
Mr. and Mri. ly Leonard 110 West
Mr and Mrs W T. Miller I0 Weet
l lalilhtarnlh trft. boy .
Mr anil Mri K. J. rowlar. lit Fiat
Tt avanua. lrl
Mr. and Mm A. U Funk Til North
Kallav avnu. llrl.
Mr and Mis J J. Eddy. Oklahoma
fli. hov.
Mr and Mis E. D. Peek. UT Bast
T)lrd alrasl. bny
Mr and Mrs L W. Qlhaon III North
Broadway lrl.
. Darilha.
John R. r.lrchild It yre old. local
hnaiilial.
Fluyd BliW tt yare old. ton or Mr
and Mr A A aietxe. loaal hoaoltal.
Ida Cas. II VaHi "Id. lotnl hnamtaL
I J J Cmmora. II yara old Hno and
liroaflway.
Building Parmltt.
A. KntaM. 0i Wat
mi Wast Twenty-fourth
iraal alaanlita lwtrf.h. ISQA
... r r '-w r ' L . T .
AurlUi wnti. sue muMn
houra
vard
nn olnry frame dlllii.
II.OOu.
l
' Kowlur tot Hat Rano avanua
ona-atory nrldt adVltlon
I loo
Nloholi and tttandlar.
til Weet Kins
tn(h strst ont atory
I AAA
frame dwUn
hiawart and Wlldtrann 8118 Weal Kit
unlh strtt two-story brlrk vaner
dwaillne. S eon.
Kiar1 and Wlldtrann. lilt W
rourtaatilh ilratt twotory atureo and
noun Ml "waning lit.'
aswart and Wlldaraon
at Camp Lotai pandir
Houston Riot
Casualty List
lOVBTOlf. Teiaa Aug. 24.-Tie
lead:
IIA D. BAIIflT. nsouiUd potlca of.
(leer.
UFI PAHIXH Bouatad potlee
effieer. . s
HOBACI MOODY poUoe officer.
Mldlle-aged man turned tmlth.
iATTOW barver.
CAPf.
P. I. W. MATTES Batury
acoad Illiaoit field artillery.
Illiaoit field artUlar
I. J. MIINXB. police effieer.
I A XL fllfllT.
A.'R. CAtSTINI talater.
MANVSL OA11IDO.
FIID I. W1MKLII.
I. M. JOMBt )ltey driver. '
E. A. TXOlfPMN of Xeaapateed.
IBYAXT WATION. litre eeUltr.
Catapaa K Tweaty-fourU imiaatry.
D. TOM) pattary s a leeai
C. W. WIIUIT.
The VMadeti
WVHaja 1. Dratka ahet la right arm
ampuUtloa aecMury arltlaal.
W. H. larkett ttet la left etie
ayrinkled aa alia and back with abot.
taa aaot tenetti.
f ST ll.k.ilua VaI im kaat bUS
J. IHVWI Mr... vhw mm www
rifle by atgre toUler tat lertoaa.
Aaa iUat abot over ten aye injury
light'
Wvlle Itrotf. negro private Com-
aaay I Twenry-fourth aigra iafaatry
taot la rigat out aeeueauuy ty aa-
ether itldler of hit eonatuty aot se
rious.
D. R. Fartoa mouatti poltoa effieer
reeeived five or fix wouadt la hip
thigh leg and thoulder.
aammle roremaa or Limgatoa
Compaiy t Flftk Teste iafaatry. ihot
la lag.
jamtt axawia Lyon aaot u itg ana
am.
Unldeartfiae; negro trooper ihot
throagk abdoasea.
TJniiaatlfidd aegro trooper tnot la
bg with batkibot '
O. W. Bttteher Cottaae Orora thot
la left ehett and right loia; seriously
wounded.
W. A. Thompson shot through right
hip. enadition itriout. x
Wiley ftroag aegro toldier Twenty-
faurth iafaatry.
City Detective T. A. Biaford ahet
oam HmiN vmuij pun ia wiv
mobile aocidaat going te camp.
Alma BaUherj white girl ihot ia
itomaca
George Bearena aegro aolditr
woaadel
it in
leg-
fjr about droppin tobacco
l . aaheiy on the carpet. J
11 Them ashea keep I
the moths out an' the I
VOU-ALL who know
J- pipe tobacco
won't fail to notice
VELVET'S natural
aged-in-the-wood
smoothness.
It is the smoothness
that only comes from two
years' ageing in wooden
hogsheads: Nature'o
Way. .
le Be lee Tlsu I
Cl'TOSTIOI
WASHINGTON Aug. 24-Complete
confidence ia the new Ruiiian govern-
ment wai expressed today by the ttate
department . '1 regard the government
of Rutiia ai stronger today thin it has
been for a month"- Secretary Lasing
slid. "I mean hs general" he added
."both from eolllietl and military points
of view. Thla opinion is i bated upon
rcDortl mora or leu confidential than
we have been tatting."
LAX-EOt Aa improved Caaeara.
A digeitivt liquid laxative cathartic
and liver tome. Combinet strength
with palatable fromatie tuts. Dots
not gripe or disturb ttomtch. 50c.
Ad.
Udlea' Gray
Hid Uce
Boote covered
Louie hewla
in aoiid colore
nd two-tone
ffocU.
All
exit id . V
IWltOTI IJis' 1
L. e$5e95
Sii
Ivory an"d chimpagne
tame price.
C
le Cleea lltteafcMse
Xaaw Ii Mated oa Cfgarg.
Name) of cigan un be printed dU
reef on the tobacco-leaf Nwrappcr by
meant of a machine of late invention
not yet placed on the market The
freshly rolled cigan are fed into the
machine at one end and conveyed side
by side on a belt U the orintlng stamp
at the entfbf aVerWthtt is operated
by a haa( crank or may be run by a
nvtor. The name is printed lengthwise
on the cigar in Ink without injuring the
wrapptr. The machine whiek it de-
scribed and illustrated in the August
Popular Mechanics Magazine it de-
signed to replace the perforating de-
vice now in tne for the same urpote.
It will brand 25000 cigan a day it it
aid tt a considerable saving in cost
oer that of cigar bat;ds put on in the
usual manner by girls.
No High
Prlcoo Wore
ZZJ
IF we were a single
store buying and
selling on today's
market these shoes
would retail for just
two dollars more.
Incidentally there
is a notable shortage
of Grey Kid and
the prices are bound
to go higher but the
sixty-four stores in
our organization
have prepared to
combat the high
prices consequent-
ly popular prices at
the "Boston" al
ways.
BOST03 SHOE SHOP
1344 West Main Street '
UPSTAIRS 2nd FLOOR
Mall Orderi Promptly Filled
at the
3
r-t
(nin iiratt ona-atory rrwitie ewewna
tl.ono.
Plar and Wlldtrann rtnalr d If hall
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