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VOL XVI No 5
OKEMAH OKLAHOMA THURSDAY NOVEMBER 7 1918
$150 PER YEAH
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VE8V LIGHT VOTE
REPUBLICANS CLAIM
BOTH HOUSES DEMO-
CRATS DENY LATTER
Democrats Elect Full County Ticket
Except Commissioner in West End
Geren Defeats Butler Jones Wins
for Sheriff Over Cochran 70 Votes
Returns from Tuesday’s election I
throughout the United States are com-
ing in slowly and the contests in J
many of the states are so close that
the result may not be known for sev- later reported wounded As there are
eral days It appears certain hoy- ’ many ofhisfriends who have not on deserter9 from any
ever that the republicans have gained earned that he was not killed I take amy or nayy
control of the house by at least 29 mav this means to let them know that he young men enligted
jority Both parties are at present was only wounded
claiming the senate but with two I If you will kindly print same I re-
states in doubt it is not impossible main Yours truly
M L WISDOM
The soldier’s letter follows:
September 30 1918
In New York Alfred E Smith dem- Dear Brother and Sister:
ocrat is claiming the election for I I will write you a few lines as I ment to all state councils of defense
governor over Whitman his republi- haven’t anything else to do I guess 8ving the full name rank organiza-
can opponent- you all have heard by now about’ me tion home address and status of sol-
In Michigan Newberry republican getting wounded I got wounded on dier and whether he is absent without
has gradually increased his lead over the 12th by a machine gun Was hit Peave or absent in desertion A list of
Henry Ford democratic candidate in the right side of the head high up soldiers previously apprehended will
However democrats declare that it in the temple and it came out just also be sent All community councils
will require the official count to ’ de- about even with my nose just above will be asked to assist in this matter
termine the result of the contest be- the righ eye The Adjutant General also requests
tween Newberry and Ford I was afraid it would cause me the State Councils of Defense to as-
In Missouri Spencer republican has trouble in my eye It is getting along sist in the detection of delinquents and
defeated Joseph W Folk democrat ' o k I am getting to feel fairly well technical draft deserters that is regis-
for the United States Senate again now I am able to go again trants who have failed to file question-
I feel that I am a lucky fellow ha! naires appear for physical examina-
The Americans sure are putting the tion or otherwise comply with the Se-
Princeton N J Nov' 6— The re- Germans on the hike The papers lective Service Law The work of the
publicans carried Princeton President tell a whole lot of truth now I know Department of Justice in this field
Wilson’s ho'me" town in yesterday’s some to be true Ha! I was in some of will be amplified by the county coiin-
election The president’s own district it It sure is some sight A fellow ' cils of defense with their extensive
— the seventh — gave small pluralities 1 don’t know what he can do until he ( local organization especially in the
to Gov Walter E Edge Senator David has the trial Some life but don’t suit rural areas of the country which the
Baird and Elijah C Hutchinson the J Joda ' ' agencies of the Department of Justice
republican candidate for congress I have been a little of everywhere j cannot reach so effectively Through
On prohibition the borough voted since I got -wounded I have been in their publicity machinery and through
“wet” three different hospitals I am where their county and community councils
entire republican I can see the boats coming back to the of defense the state couneils touch ev-
I States I came clear across France I
got to see some pretty country For
In Kansas the
ticket is elected
New York Nov 6 — The republicans
have reversed the democratic control
of the house of representatives on the
face of incomplete returns up to 6
p m today
At that hour both the republicans
and democrats were claiming a major-1
ity of the senate Returns indicated
that the membership of this body
would be close and possibly a tie in
which event Vice President Marshall
would have the deciding vote
With returns from seventeen con-
gressional districts missing the re-
publicans apparently had succeeded in
filling 221 of the total number 435 of
the seats in the house The democrats
seemed assured of 192 seats the so-
cialists one and the independents one
The senate race was in doubt at 6
p m The democrats had seated 46
on the face of the returns up to that J
time and the republicans 48 seats will get a letter from home I sure prescribed by the local board and ap-
Reports from two of the contests were ' am anxious to hear from home again j proved by the commanding officer of
still incomplete with returns so far ! I will get some pay too if they have j the camp to which the deserter is de-
favoring the republicans in Michigan paid off I have two months coming livered the total not to exceed $50 per
and New Mexico
Senator Weeks the junior republi-
can senator from Massachusetts de-
feated by former Governor Walsh
democrat Senator Lewis of Illinois
the democratic whip defeated by Rep-
resentative Medill McCormick of Chi-
cago Senator Saulsbury of Delaware
(Continued on Page Four)
County Judge — W A Huser
County Attorney — Ben C Ballard
Sheriff — Berry Jones
Sheriff — Ben Cochran
Sheriff — J L Raney Sr
Court Clerk — M C Jones
County Clerk — ChaB R Diehl
County Treasurer — R H McKinnon
County Surveyor — A L Atchison
County Superintendent — Geo Durham
County Weigher — J E Crossley
County Assessor — T E Hill
County Com 1st District — J W Butler
County Com 1st District — B Geren
County Com 2nd District — C C Whitson
County Com 2nd District — Ed Stine
County Com 3rd District — J R Autry
County Com 3rd District — Riley Ayers
JOSEPH R DAY WRITES FROM
HOSPITAL IN FRANCE
The News is in receipt of a letter
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from M L Wisdom of Welty enclos-
ing a letter from Joseph R Day who
reported killed In action but who
was afterwards located in a hospital
in France severely wounded
Mr Wisdom’s letter follows:
Welty Oct 30 1918
Editor Okfuskee County News:
I submit herewith for print in your
I submit herewith for print in your
paper a letter from Joseph Day now
with the 90th division in France pre-
viously reported killed in action but
my first I have seen a whole lot of
France I sure have been some round
since I crossed the pond I would like
to be lucky enough to see Berlin Of
course I am not going to kick if I fail
1 have had all the sight-seeing that I
am looking for
This will be a civilized country if
the Yanks have to stay over here The
kaiser calls us doughboys Uncle
Sam’s schoolboys Ha! The dough-
boys sure are doing good
How is your crop ? Have you plenty
of corn ? They just raise small grain
here I have nearly forgot how corn
and cotton look
The weather is getting awful rainy
here or has been in the last month
Well I don’t know very much else
to write I guess I will go back to
my company before long Maybe I
I haven’t much use for it Nothing to
spend it for All I buy is just eats
cake and candy something like that
There are lots of wine and other
drinks here but we don’t mix together
Well I am going to close hoping to
hear from you all soon
PRVT JOSEPH R DAY
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DRAG TO BE MADE
FOR ALL DESERTERS
COUNCILS WARNED
B1wUj wl b Made ot
All Men Who Are Wanted by
Uncle Sam— Payments' of Re-
wards to Be Made Promptly
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0klah° City Nov 6-At the re-
Te Waf denartmT'the1
Crowder’ of th® war department th®
Oklahoma State Council of Defense is
urging all war workers and the citi-
zenship of Oklahoma generally to be
for
duty Uncle Sam is in no mood to tol-
erate slackers and swift punishment
will be meted out to all guilty parties
Advices just received from Wash-
ington show that bi-weekly reports
will be submitted by the war depart-
ery section of their state
The prompt payment of reward is
promised by the government when the
deserter is delivered to a military post
under the following conditions
In the case of wilful default of a
registrant who is physically disquali-
fied for service the person making the
arrest is entitled only to expenses
and not to the $50 reward
In case of a physically sound de-1
linquent if such deserter has volun- 34-A
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or has been brought before it by a
person not entitled to collect a reward
the local board shall make proper ar-
rangements for his delivery to the
nearest army camp post or station
as a deserter but no reward shall be
On Wdnesday October 30 a host
of friends and relatives met to sur-
paid The person delivering such de- prise Mr and Mrs Van D Ward of
serter shall be entitled to actual and I Banner on their thirty-fifth wedding
necessary expenses only plus such
reasonable compensation as may be
man
(2) In all cases the person 'de
livering a wilful deserter is entitled
to collect a reward of $50 In either
case local boards shall issue Form
1021 but shall Vecommend thereon
whether the entire reward of $50 or
reimbursement of expenses should be
paid
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TWENTY-FOUR MEN OFF
TO GAMP CODY FRIDAY
MOBOLIZE HERE TODAY
This Contingent Ordered to Report
Twice Before but Calls Were Can-
celled on Account of Epidemic of
Spanish Influenza
The following registrants have been
local exemption board at 3 o’clock
notified to report at the offices of the
Thursday November 7 to be inducted
into the military service of the United
States They will entrain the follow-
1 d“y f°r Camp C°dy’ Deming’ New
Mexico
mobilize on two former occasions but
-
the call has each time been cancelled 1
on account of the epidemic of influ-
enza '
The list of registrants in this call
is as follows:
509 Bruce Stiles Welty
1262 James Robert Walls Welty
1312 James Alcie Byrd Okemah
1396-A Henry Musgrove Okemah
1458 Lewis Smith Morris
Joe Austin (1918) Okemah
James Henry Beck (1918)
Paden
James Marcus
(1918) Paden
Edda Claude Martin (1918)
Dustin
Carl Victor Cheatwood (1918)
Paden
Dan Buttler Cochran (1918) j0ws:
Zee W Rogers (1918) Bearden
Okfuskee
Jasper McKinley Davis (1918)
Castle
John Samuel Harnett
Castle
Young Dan Watson
Okemah ’ -
William Elijah Davis
Paden
Amberst Charlie
(1918) Micawber
MKinlev Tone MURl Oke
McKinley Jones (1918) Oke-
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193
195 Willie Bryan Seay (1918) Pa-jtbe
den
Edward
Mason
Bennie Carter (1918) Morse
Lawrence Herbert Lane (1918)
Paden
Oliver Ray Myers Paden
14-A Walter A Eakens Okemah
Alternates
Everett E Morse Okemah
William Edward Hoppe We-
leetka Chancy Barrows Paden
Jesse B Taylor Paden
E Nichols (1918)
18-A
19-A
SURPRISED ON THIRTY-FIFTH
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
anniversary It was quite a surprise
to them as they hadn’t thought any-
thing of it being the anniversary of
their wedding
At noon a bountiful dinner was
spread and everyone fotgot for a
while at least the high cost of living
Those present were:
Mrs Mattie Barger Mrs C B Low-
rimore and family Mrs C H Derrick
and children Mrs Ollie Green and
children Mr and Mrs Jim Nichols
and daughters Julia and Flora Mr
and Mrs Martin Burnett of Welty
Mr and Mrs Henry ’ Douglas and
children of Mason Mr and Mrs H A
Nichols Mr and Mrs Frank Nichols
Mr and Mrs Frank Mitchell and chil
dren Mr and Mrs V P Sowder and
family Mrs Will Petit children and I
mother Mr and Mrs Sam Ward and
baby
There were fifty-four in all present
and they all went away feeling that
they had enjoyed the day indeed
Linen presents were received
FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY
DIES OF INFLUENZA
Willie Maloy the 15-year-old son of
Dave Maloy of Bearden died at 5
o'clock Sunday morning of influenza
The funeral was held Sunday evening
interment being in Bearden cemetery
Monday Mr Maloy informed the
News that there were sixteen cases of
influenza on his farm alone and num-
erous other cases on neighboring
farms
GOV’T AUTHORIZES
UNITED WAR WORK
Public Warned Against Promis-
cuous Giving to Societies
not Properly Authorized
Oklahoma City Nov 6 — That the
public may be relieved of promiscuous
war giving as a result of appeals from
sources unauthorized by the federal
government the Oklahoma State
Council of Defense has issued a notice
' urging all citizens to give freely to
the United War Work fund which
campaign is now in progress In-
ld6 ' ar® )be en 8
Christian Association the Young
I Wobleng Christian Association ihe
National Catholic War Council K of
I C Wi Wplfro IWd wr
' can Library Association and the Sal -
I W
vation Army
The total amount to be raised is
$170500000 and constitutes the larg-
est gift ever asked from any people
at one time
ORA DODSON RECOVER-
ING FROM WOUNDS
John O Dodson of this place has
received a letter from the American
Red Cross reporting the condition of
his son Ora Dodson who was wound-
McElhannon ed in action in France on September
12 Mr Dodson has also received a
letter from Ora from his dictation in
which he states that he will soon be
able to write his own letters
The letter from the Red Cross fol-
The American Red Cross
National Headquarters
Washington D C ‘
Bureau of Communication
W R Castle Jr Director
Oct 29 1918
My dear Mr Dodson:
Private Ora Dodson Co G 357th
Infantry was wounded in the right
hand and hip but he was doing welH
when our report left Base Hospital
N°' 68 T SeptembS 20tland Wished 1
you not to worry Please try and car-
— a4 iLi- am La mt1 Vi Vioirmr
ry out this wish as he will be having
best 0f care and everything will
be done for him just the same as if
he were in this country
Sincerely yours
Ora Dodson’s letter is as follows:
France Oct 11 1918
J O Dodson
Okemah Okla
Dear Father:
I am getting along fine Am up and
around a good bit now Got wounded
in the right hand and right hip
My hand is sore yet but will be able
to write to you myselfinafew days
I got hurt on the 12th of September
PRIVATE ORA DODSON
Base Hospital 68 Am E F
BIG CONTINGENT TO
MOBILIZE SUNDAY
The local exemption board has re-
ceived an order to mobilize 100 white
registrants at Okemah on Sunday
NovemberlO for entrainment the fol-
lowing day for Camp McClellan An-
niston Alabama
The list of registrants in this con-
tingent has not yet been completed by
the local board
COUNTY ELECTION
BOARD IN SESSION
John B Poynter has been appointed the holiday season and will avoid long
secretary of the county election board hours and the employment of extra
to fill the vacancy caused by the res- help in December
ignation of Sam Woford Mr Poyn-I Gifts should be purchased early and
ter with Claude Jordan of Paden and if designed for out-of-town distribu-
A L Sanford of Weleetka have been tion should be mailed as early ns pos-
in session yesterday and today making sible preferably at this time
the official canvass of the vote cast in
Tuesday’s election
Oklahoma City Nov 7 3:50 p m (Special to Okfuskee
County News) The United Press news service was so certain
that the armistice terms submitted by the allies to the Germans
would be signed this morning that they took a chance and stated
that they had been signed Several towns have been putting on
celebrations on the strength of these dispatches A cablegram
received at Washington a 2 o’clock this afternoon American time
however denied that the armistice had been signed
Press dispatches also announce that Sedan has been captured
by the Americans and that they have also made other substantial
gains
The Oklahoma troops are believed to have been in this sector
and no doubt assisted in the capture of this important point M
ONLY ONE PACKAGE TO
MAN IS NEW SOLDIER
CHRISTMAS PLAN
Relatives of Men Overseas Are Per-
mitted to Send Boxes Under Cer-
tain Conditions — Must Be Mailed
by November 20
Oklahoma City Nov 6 — One Christ-
mas package to the fighting man over-
seas is the limit which has been placed
‘ on gifts for men on the western front
General Pershing is distributing to
I
members of his command
m®mber8 of h-s command coupons
hich on ar"vali'ere W‘U b® taken to
rarest Red Cross chapter or aux-
( or cartons- These pasteboard boxes
I m a v Ka ri 1 1 I nif n Amv aamKi MnfiAvt a
may be filled with any combination of
articles not barred by postal officials
which prohibit the sending of all in-
toxicating liquors all inflammable
material including friction matches
and any composition likely to ignite
or explode liquids and fragile articles
improperly packed Nothing should
be sent which will not keep for Christ-
mas No note or message must be
sent other than inscription such as
“Please do not open until Christmas”
“Merry Christmas” “Happy New
Years” “With best wishes” and the
like
No package will be accepted for
transmittal after November 20
Christmas packages for sailors sent
by parcel post should be inclosed in
substantial boxes with hinged or
screw-top cover to facilitate opening
and inspecting must comply with pos-
tal regulations Boxes shipped by
express are limited to 20 pounds in
weight should measure not more than
2 cubic feet in volume be of wood
well strapped and have a hinged or
screw-top to facilitate opening and
matter should be addressed
now prescribed by postal regala
AU expre9S packagei should be
forwarded in care of Supply Office
Twenty-Ninth
Ir
and Third Avenue South
Brooklyn N Y
shipment of Christmas pack
a recess untn the
DISTRICT COURT AD- "t
JOURNED TO JANUARY 1
Judge Crump came up from Holden-
ville Monday and opened district court
but owing to the epidemic of influenza
first Monday in January
I All of the cases growing out of in-
dictments returned by the grand jury
which convened the first Monday in
September except those which had
been transferred to the county court
were passed over until court convenes
in January The question of the sus-
pension of Sheriff Berry Jones was
also passed till that date
BUY CHRISTMAS GIFTS
EARLY SAYS UNCLE SAM
Early Christmas purchases as a pa-
triotic measure is asked of the buying
public by the Oklahoma State Council
of Defense This course will relieve
rail congestion during and preceding
Give with a grin and get to Berlin
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