Antlers News-Record. (Antlers, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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Volume XV
ANTLERS OKLAHOMA FRIDAY May 11 1917
Number 8
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Rome May 8— Kaiser William
had a narrow escape from an
assassin' bullet while motoring
to Berlin a Zurach to the Cor-
riere d'ltalia asserted today
' An unidentified man fired tfyree
shots at the Kaiser’s carjfro of
them striking the tonneau the
- third going wild
- He was arrested The dispatch
said the police were silent on the
subject ' 1
- The greatest precautions have
always been taken to guard the
Kaisefs from attack' :
When he’i$ at the front he
lives in a bomb proof house with-
out any insigna thereon by which
hostile avaitors might learn of
his whereabouts ' ’
Circumstantial stories have
told of special precautions taken
during his frequent automobile
trips such as an extra car made
up to resemble a baggage auto-
mobile in which the Kaiser rides
while preceding it is his gor-
geous decorated automobile with
man resembling the Kaiser seat-
ed insider ’ ' L
The newspaper Corriere Italia
is the clerical organ in Rome
F1RSI TROOPS TO FRANCE
ENGINEERS
They Will Be Used to Work
Lines of Communication
Washington May 7— The war
department issued orders Today
for the raising of the first Amer-
ican forces to be sent to France
The first expeditionary forces
to set foot on French soil will be
a large force of engineers
The orders provide for the
raising of nine additional regi-
ments of that branch destined
to proceed to France “at the
earliest possible moment for
” work on the lines of communi-
cation” - '
The recruiting points' for the
nine organizations will be New
York Atlanta San Francisco
Boston and Philadelphia
The war department made the
following official report
“it is requested of the press
that no speculation or rumor of
this 'force Be carried by them
other than given out by the War
Department All detail re-
garding the" forces will be re-
leased by the department as fast
"as compatible with the-best pub-
lic interests’
The nine regiments jo be rais-
ed by voluntering are additional off
to any troops thus far mentioned
Authorization fors obtaining
these men is granted under the
national defense act which per-
mits of recruiting added units
for special service such as en- Ish
gineers aviation and the like
Two officers of the regular
army will be attached to jach
regiment of engineers--The
work of the expeditionary
force will be done close behind
the first line trenches Their
task will be to keep open the rail
line of communication which are
frequently blasted or wrecked by
shell fire'
Many ox the men will be re-
cruited from the ranks of rail-
road men
No man without the requisite
technical knowledge will bef accepted
“BUT HELL! 1
Capt Ben Davis Locke Writes
Letter to News-Record
Editor from Camp
Fort Sill' May 2 1917
Hon J H Reigner
Antlers Oklahoma
My Dear Sir:
Just a line to again thank you
for your talk to the- men of Com-
pany L
r The typhoid immunization" has
been completed but all are feel-
ing badly- and have thirty men
sick and excused from duty and
three cases of measles The
entire regiment has been quar-
antined for "a number rJf days
and the strain on the men is in
tense: but all seem to be deter
i '
mined to do their very best' It
looks very much like the regi-
ment will be among to first to
cross the big lake and do our fin-
ished training near the big guns
where we can become gradually
accustomed to the" noise and
hurry of activities of a real war
I have refused to accept Tom
D ck and Harry from over the
state But in the rush in filling
the depleted ranks I shall soon
be obliged to accept them as the
other organizations are fast' get-
ting theirstrength I only want
men from Pushmataha Choctaw
and McCutain counties but un-
ess they report 'Within : a week
they will have to go with strange
organizations - I don’t under-
stand why thfcy do not get busy
The time is new here— forced
upon them’ by Congress and to
wait longer is a - reflection
Transporta i ion by wire from
the Adjuant General will be fur-
nishe 1 at once ' ' r
The day we get orders to
move to the front I shall mail
you the honor roll roster also
a photo of the personnel of the
organization
Picture the r boys from the
“Pine Top Regions”' of Oklaho-
ma away over in Fraijce fighting
and fighting like Hell so that
thce who will may stay at home
and ? But Hell! we should
worry - -
Ben Davis Locke
THE “BOYS” LEAVE
FOR LITTLE BOCK
THe School Children Turn
Out In Body To See
Them Off
A great throng of people as-
sembled at the depot on Tuesday
afternoon to see the Antlers boys
who - enlisted in the officers
reserve corps Those who en-
listed were Major V M Locke
Harry Zimmerman Grady Gos-
set Nevins Kirkpatrick James
Miller Isham Nelson William
and Floyd Nealy The
school children " all turned out
in a body and marched to the
depot At the depot they sang
the Star Spangled banner Ma-
jor Locke andfsham Nelson' both
made short addresses to them
They ‘ left for Fort Logan H
Roots at Little Rock Ark where
they will go into a three months
training after which they will be
sent where they can do the most
good
I IT S -Halley arrived here
Norman n Tuesday He will
have for Ft Logan H Roots on
Thursday -x '
THE NEWTOWN TRUSTEES
W W Powell Will Be Mayor
of Antlers
The hew board of trustees met
Monday night last The new
board retired and all the newly
elected officers were sworn in
aifd gave their bonds The new
council organize by electing
W VV Powell chairman of the
board which makes him mayor'
of the town for the next two
years -
Blake Caldwell succeeds A J
Walker as Town Clerk F C
Amend succeed Jas A Herman
as Town Treasurer and W T
Parks succeeds Herbert Cocke as
Justice of the Peace The new
board of trustees consist of W
W Powell Judge Davenport
Clark Wasson H L Westphal
and W A Butler
The old board of trustees of
which J M Cornelius was chair-
man have made a wonderful
record for achievement Under
their regime the sewer system
was put in'" the electric light
plant was purchased and made a
public utility three concrete
bridges were erected the gravel
hill was purchased for $500 'to
supply gravel for the streets a
new motor and transformer was
purchased for the waterworks at
a cost of $1500 the streets were
greatly improved and they turn
over practically $3000 to the
new"b'oardv":'-The’olti 'council
didn’t know much about parlia-
mentary law but they delivered
the goods
The new council held a special
meeting on Wednesday night and
elected Ota Sailor city marshal
and'Lewis Guy city scavenger:
TO DIE
W R Carson Hovering Be-
tween Life and Death '
W R Carson ' was brought
home to Antlers from Paris in a
dying condition on Tuesday and
taken to the home of his fat'ier
M F' Carson Mr Carson is a
victim of tuberculosis For many
years he jived in Antlers and
worked at the plumbers trade
Over a year ago he left with his
family for New Mexico in' search
of health He went overland so
as to gradually become accustom-
ed to the high altitude After
being there a while he came
back to Antlers but later went
out again to Southwest Texas
He did not improve and came
back a second time to Antlers
He then went to Paris but his
condition became worse each day
until finally he was to weak to
stand on his feet and was com-
pelled to take his bed After he
had been taken to his father’s
house he wanted to go back to
Paris His father just begged
at him to stay at least two or
three clays longer but he said
that he would only live until
Wednesday and that he wanted
to be with his babies They took
him to the station and he was
taken back to Paris on the 9:i5
p m train Tuesday night
The Baptist Meeting
The Baptist meeting now go
ing on at the Baptist v Church is
being well attended Rev Sid
Williams an old time revivalist
is preaching a series of sermons
He is a forceful speaker and
those who have not yet heard him
should not fail to attend his
meetings
8GARS OF ST
Will Stop off ijn Antlers for a
Few Minutes Next Mon
day at 1 :05 p m
Arriving Monday May 14 i
l:05p m via the Frisco
special train carrying 100 of the
heads -of the largest wholesale
and manufacturing houses in
St Xc’uis will reach Antlers
They will only be here for a few
minutes
' The excursion is to be made to
46 towns in Oklahoma to spread
the doctrine of optimism and as-
surance to Oklahoma that busi-
ness will not lag or be depressed
by existing war conditions
Seymour’s Army band will ac-
company the St Louisans and
will i play concert and patriotic
music while here
GOL: STUMP ASHBY FIRES -j
UP MILLER AUDIENCE
A rally meeting was held at
Miller last Saturday night The
meeting was held at the school
house and was called to order bf
Eck M Spencer chairman J C
Goodgion acting as secretary
The meeting was then addres-
sed by' Col H- S P (Stump)
Ashby who made a forcible talk
on the war situation the gist of
i whi& vvasf-Wh jr-this world-
wide war who is responsible for
it and-who will have it to fight”
He advocated absolute freedom
independence and 'Americanism
He dwelt largely on the joss of
life and destruction of property
but he said: “our freedom inde-
pendence and Americanism are
at stake We must all pull to-
gether and lend a helping hand
The iarmer must feed the army
The man with a gun is helpless
without food” Col Ashby still
has some of his old time vigor
left when he gets before an audi-
ence Antlers Lumber Co
Changes Hands
The Antlers' Lumber Co has
changed hands by reason of a
deal made in which J M Cor-
nelius F G Speer and R J
Speer disposed of their stock
to C W Maddox of Paris Texas
and Judge Dudley W C Dud-
ley who has been manager the
past two years still retains his
stock but he has resigned as
manager to answer his country’s
call by enlisting in the army
He has joined the officers reserve
corps and left Wednesday for
Fort Logan H Roots He will
be succeeded as manager byMr
Maddox
Secretary Baker Thinks
War Will Last Long Time
Washington May 7— Secretary
of War Baker attending a demo-
cratic caucus here today inferred
that he believed the war will be
of long duration
“This is only the beginning”
he said
Mr Baker indirectly expressed
hope that the solution of the sub-
marine menace declared to have
been fourid would be successful
in riding the 1 ocean of the U-
boats but said that was not
der his supervision
The Farmers Exchange Bank
have installed a large new safe
ADJUTANT GENERAL EARP
CALLS ON BOTS TO ENLIST
First Oklahoma Regiment
Still 177 Short s
Our country is at war with a
foreign enemy The First Okla-
homa Regiment of Infantry' is
still short 177 men Three good
cornet players are needed at once
to complete the firsLRegimental
Band Five men are needed in
medical department and one hun-
dred sixty nine men for the in-
fantry Oklahoma has furnished her
quota for the navy but still the
First Regiment is sfccrt I will
furnish transportation from their
homes to Ft Sill Where ten or
more men are desirous of enlist-
ing I will send a medical officer
of the medical corps to conduct
the physical examination at their
homes No man will have to
bear a cent of expense he is fur-
nished with transpotartion after
enlistment uniforms equipment
and comfortable quarters The
enlistments are for the period of
the war
Mrs Westphal Entertains
The home of Mrs H L West-
phal was the scene of one of the
most delightful social events of
the season last Wednesday even-
irtjjrwften 'eheYahd ‘'MrrW':R
Sparks were joint hostess to the
members of the Priscilla club and
their friends The club colors
green and white were used in
decorations and may baskets fill-
ed with roses were in profusion
Several - contests were engaged
in andseveral delightful musical
numbers rendered after which
delightrul refreshments were
served
The club guests were Mdms
Weaver Kennawd Harris and
Powell and Misses Price Sever-
ance Leard Currie Grace Wat-
son Loy and Permenter The
club members present besides
the hostess were Mdms C C
Stephenson Paris Pipkin Leim-
bach Schooler Morris and
Halley '
Doings at Durant Normal
The Southeastern State Nor-
mal School at Durant will offer
special courses this summer aid-
ing the movement for the con-
servation of the food supply in
the United States Since the
war situation is so grave and the
needs of the country are most
urgent every day it develops up-
on all our' people to practice the
greatest economy and to allow
nothing useful of food products
togo to waste The schools have
a part in teaching the people
how
Miss Hallie McKinnie head of
the Home Economics Depart-
ment is making special prepar-
ation for this work She is just
now attending a conference of
workers' in this field in Dallas
where the matter of canning of
food products will be given
consideration Work in other de-
partment will bear on the same
general problem
Mrs Frank Bryan Dead
Mrs Helen Levell Bryan wife
of Nelson died Wednesday at
Wichita Falls Texas Her re-
mains were taken to Mobile
Ala for interment Mr and Mrs
Bryan had only been married
six weeks
High School Notes
Six seniors compose the gradu-
ating class this year in the high
school The members are: Mar-
garet Powell Nell Eubanks Elva
Oeheler Irene Burnham Elmer
Stephenson and Newman Helm
The exercises will be held Wed-
nesday night May 23rd ' The-
class address will be delivered
by Prof A Linscheid head of
the English Department South-
eastern State Normal The class
last year contained eight
Elmer Stephenson one of our
seniors’ is laid up with the meas-
les George and Henry Swein--ning
are also absent for the same
reason All eight of Mr' Swein—
ning’s children have recently had
the measles
Several of the teachers Supfc
Payne and others spentSaturdajr
afternoon as the guest of Mr
and Mrs Arnote The occasion
was highly enjoyed and all ap
predate this hospitality and aa
eyening among the flowers and'
trees which lend -so much to the-
charm o£ the home of the host
Isham Nelson a member ol the
first year left Tuesday in com-
pany with the other boys for the
training camp Should Isham be
given an officer’s commission we
feel sure that he will measure up
tp the requirements He has
been much help to the teachers
in various ways and in Athletics
rendered valuable aid
Mesdames Welch Westfall and
Mry ELS Lawrence-Prof J E
Emery were visitors list Week
The eighth grade examination
will be held next Thursday The:
Antlers class will have its gradu-
ating exercises on the following
Tuesday night
A Card
To my friends and custorpersr
Feeling that my duty lies ire
the service of my country £
have severed my active connec-
tion with the Antlers Lumber
Company and the business wilL
continue under the management
of-Mr C W Maddox of Faria
Texas as my successor assisted
by Mr B F Ward of this city
It is with the greatest apprecra
tion I wish to thank you for your
patronage in the past and trust
when you are in need of any kind
of building material you will
bear in mind that I still have as
interest in the company and shall
appreciate your business all the :
more
Sincerely yours
Bill Dudley
Notice to Taxpayer
As this month will close the
timeTor paying all 1916 taxes
ends We therefore request and
will appreciate very much if all
will pay at their earliest conven-
ience All personal tajc not paid
at this will be advertised June 1
Hoping to have your cooperation
in this I am
Yours respecti'fully
W A Redman
Co Treasurers
Advertised Letters
Been Florence
Bryant E
Hall' Albert
Kirby Frank
Morris U S
West J A
please say advertised
J M Ennis P
W P Cochran went to Fort
Worth Tuesday on business ‘
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