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THE ALTUS NEWS
II. S. LINES SOLID
i
HUNS ARE USING POISON
AGAINST AMERICANS TO A
VERY GREATER EXTENT
nnm RAIDS THE GERMANS
Cree* "I'm A >•' at *>«**- |is'i 9«
Wit* Idtttf M-
twm to Our U ** >■
low.
With ti* aswcu F'jm* os ti*
pare* —Ti* Ctratu titm u.2| (u
to a r i' r extent aiotg tils treat
lUr 'be? h*V« doa* heretofore Ti*
Bat de Bel eas it for its Hare
Wt ig ti* i.«avy CM kti
tx' r rbeUing. ti* Asc.tr.rAs Uses re
ti:: intacx.
C'-.u to German Lm
Ax Asserkan patrol crvued tb*
r*«r Mi" t Lu: nig:.: •**; of Chateau
Thierry tL' a: oac* «:at:. i^ coo-
tact with ti* Germans After aa 'ex-
cui{- of ibou ti* Asmcuj re-
crossed lie river safely by eeaxs of
boati
There has Wsea aa tirreaj^ :a the
artillery and aerial activity a-oag tie
Mane front but tie infasiry has aot
beea _a ti* iast twentytocr
hoars.
The ei^eaiy artillery £re ia tie sec-
tion east of Chateau Tiierry has t-een
tatrea-.zg tor soine ;':e tad tie
Azaer.can fire has increase propor-
tionally
Tie Germans riarted to oonstract a
loot tr.ige across the Marae at tiia
point bat were iiscorererf aad aban-
doned tie attempt ev a before tie
Americas cA:i:e f--r*ers oa tie
bars'r coald get la to action
To tie vest tie Gerttars have taken
to drenching certain localities with
mustard gas One of tiese piacee ia
BeUeaa wood Tie Aarrciu axe
■till holding ai. tie r position* and at
tie aase tim* giT-.ng tie enemy some
eic«ds of American gas.
German tirplitw were very active.
There was hardly a moment wben ti'e
archies were aot bear! Tie enemy
has bees especially active against the
ti.is.ire baLoons. The downpour of
raia cans-ed a temporary loll ia tie
artillery duel
Germars Lose 250.
With tie Americans on the Lorraine
Front.—The Germans failed to renew
their attacks on the Amer.can front 1
aortiwest of TouL The enemy losses
abstained wKec the Germans were de-
feated ia aa attempt to take American
prisosers are estimated at a number
ia excess of WK Tie American casu-
alties were considerbly fewer.
Patrols Only Activity.
Washington.—Aside from patrol ac-
tivity in Picardy, Lorraine and the
Yosges no important developments at
point* held by tie American troops
ia France were reported in a com- j
mnafcp/e from General Pershing. In J
the Vosges a hostile raid was broken 1
ap by the American fire.
PRESIDENT WILSON HAS AP-
PROVED COMPLSORY MOVE
Ota*r lutn *1 ***** to Aao« fa.
!*•«•** -W** or f.(«- R t«
e« M*«yu *
Washiagtoa—President Wilsoa ui
1 appro* < aatioe-wid* wpaleery >
■ vfk ft.reara-. to Protott
Mania. General Cro d*r • 'week or
I l|ki* rmUitoM la ft iectcr t Go*-
•cl'jt £a*raoft C Harr a<t-c of Mar?
iaad ti* ;.'♦*.«►!•. «^4. •*«•: a^opuos
by otier iuu« of U* Maryland c >a
puUory work la .aad*r iici ti*
* ork or tilt" prtacipl* ar* sad* ap
|HciM< to ftD Mft bMVMt ti* a(*i
of II to M.
<"i* erai Crowder ftlao ftas approred
ti* s.0T*aa*at aad b*ii** « tkat u ot
only will gS*« fr*a*.«r to b-i
se« r«calatx>as. bst wlL fsrtier aid
ti* coaatry .a it* ta*k of w.aaiag ti*
*ar by naoitag sea bt-ov and abon
ti* draft ages. Witioct oa<e tack law
ai proposed. *:tier rot* t<r aauoaa-.
it «a* poiated oct. sea o! draft ax«
wio taaaot pass tic pkysical res 1.re-
seau for actir* or liaitei military
serr te cannot be sad* to engage ia
aeceatary oocnpauoaa
DUTCH PROTECT HUN SHIP
Ptcj'iMr V>ew ef Netherlands On In-
tematonai La* la ftnown.
London.—D.rect ciarre tiat the
Dutch goTemmeat ibeltered a Ger-
man Teasel at a Dutch port to save it
from be:ng captared by tie British, is
sade ia a British press dispatch lost
made public.
Tie case was tiat of tie Maria,
4,000 tons, which entered the harbor
of Taadjoag Prick. Jara. Dutch East
Ind.es, m May. 1 1C. She was flying
tie German mercantile flag, bat is
beLered to haTe been a German aux-
iliary cruiser.
Tie correspondence between Great
contains some Tery sharp language.
Britain and Holland on the subject
The British minister at The Hague in
a letter to Jonkheer J. London, the
Dutch minister of foreign affairs,
wrote:
"The question does not stand alone
as aa eridence of the peculiar and
unsound Tiews adopted or inrented
by the N'etherUnd's government dur-
ing the present war in matters of in-
ternational law."
MARINES LOSE 52 IN ACTION
General Barnett's Report Shows Only
Ore Held Prisoner by Hun*.
Washington—Total casualties among
the American marines overseas from
the date of their landing to last Jane
9 number "17, according to a sum-
mary issued by Major General Bar-
sett, marine corps commandant. This
include* 104 killed in action, 58 who
died of wounds, iZ2 wounded in actios
and one missing and one held prison-
er is Germany.
Total Caaualtie* Announced.
Tie summary includes all the casu-
alties heretofore announced as well
<u> those giTen in a list received but
has not be«n made public. The total
casualties are divided as follows:
Officers:
Killed ia action, 5.
Died of wounds receired in actios, 3.
Killed, fairplane accident; L
Other causes, L
Total, 10.
Wounded seTerely, 26.
Enlisted men:
Killed in action. 101; died of wounds
received in action, 62; died of diesase.
It; accidentally killed, 2; other
cause*. 2. Total, 172.
Wounded serenely. 134; wounded
•lightly, 373. Total, 507.
One Prisoner Listed.
Is hand* of the enemy 1; missing. 1;
total deaths (oflheers and men i, 182;
total wounded (officers and men>, 533;
In hands of enemy and missing, 2. To-
tal casualties, 717.
This casualty list shows the United
State* marines hare lost 52 killed ^nd
17 wounded aince the last list was pab-
lished This loss presumably was sus-
tained ia ti* fighting at Chateaa
Titery and Beilau wood Jane < to I.
DRAFT ALL AFTER JAN. 15
Exemption Only To Those Who Mar-
ried Before January 15, 1917.
Washington. — Manage since the
enactment of the selective draft la*
so longer will be accepted as cause
for exemption from military service,
except in the cases of men who haTe
become of age Bince Jane 5, 1317, who
may be exempted if they married be-
fore January 15, 1917, the day on
which the joist resolation Requiring
their registration was indorsed in
congress.
Drastic amendments to the draft
regulations were announced by Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder, under
which local boards are required to re-
classify all cases involving sach mar-
riages. Dependency claims on account
of children of such marriages will be
allowed where children are born or
unborn before Jane 9, 1918."
JAPAN LANDS MARINES
Proposal For Dry Nation During War
Laid Aside.
Washington.—The senate agricul-
| tural committee reconsidered its vote
j of earlier in the day for a favorable
j report on the proposal of Senator
' Jones of Washington, for national pro-
J hibition during the war and decided
to hold hearings on the amendment.
i The commitee, however, sustained its
: former action in eliminating from the
| emergency agricultural bill the Ran-
| dall prohibition amendment
WILL BE NEEDED
SECRETARY DANIELS TELLS
HOUSE COMMITTEE OF
NAVAL REQUIREMENTS
eUIUHR6 PR06RESSJN6 FAST
N vy Wovij ft* t**.*u*iy Ha*d
cipp+s in H* ftajrft, C«w
•ee* M t ft*cvtt« R*im'9
In Immedat* Future.
Washington— fpward of 40* sea
vfL' be a«*d*d saa ti* great «**•.
of wan hip* which ti* 1'ailed State*
111 turn oat daring th« next fiscal
y«ar. ti* house naval committee was
adv^«d by Secretary IHaiels
Chiefs Submit Figure*.
la ask.ng tie house to concur la the
senate amendsest to the naval appro-
priations bill increasing tie navy'i
ea:iited persoaael from 7,000 to 131.-
4i5 men. Mr Daniels transmitted let-
ters from Admiral Benson, chief of
navsl operations, and Rear Admiral
Pa'mer. chief of the bureau of naviga-
tion. showing in detail a by this is-
crease is necessary.
Ship Building Speeded.
The correspond eat* revealed that
new warships are being tamed oat
faster than they can be manned with
the present limited personnel and that
should there be a change in naval tac-
tics and the nation be forced to a de-
fensive instead of an offensire fight,
the navy would be seriously handi-
capped la handling the fleet against
an enemy.
Shortage of Oncers.
Admiral Palmer said in his letter
that a shortage of officers of higher
grade should be made up pointing oat
that American destroyers now are op
erating in the war rose withoat a des-
ignated commander other than the
British officer Admiral Bayley. The
submarine chaser force in foreign
waters Is commanded by a captain,
the admiral said, whereas, there
should be at least one rear admiral
and preferably two for this force.
The two American divisions of ar-
mored cruisers also are without a flag
officer and there is no flag officer for
the dvisions of superdreadnaught*
which will be added to the navy with-
in a year. Admiral Palmer also point-
ed out that the admirals and vice ad-
mirals in command of American fleets
should have rear admirals as chiefs of
staff.
"Merely to man oar fleet properly
and to make our war organization ef-
ficient," Admiral Palmer's letter said.
Many Rear Admirals Needed.
"We must have immediately 27 ad-
ditional rear admirals, and by July 1,
1919, six more, ia addition to those we
have now."
Admiral Palmer said that specifical-
ly 42,146 men will be needed to man
the warships which will be turned out
daring the next fiscal year endin?
July 1, 1919. This force he divided
as follows:
For battleships, 4,400; destroyers,
29.992; patrol boats, 5,400: seagoing
tugs. 3.70g; submarines. 1.026; fleet
fuel ships, 1.070: gunboats, ammuni-
tion ships etc., 553.
On last .April 1 he wrote ?3,475 men
were required for the permanent navy
as follows:
On battleships, 33.486; cruisers and
monitors, 18,590; gunboats. 3,228; de-
stroyers and torpedo boats, 8.234: sup-
ply vessels. 5,304; naval transport and
hospital ships, 2,506; tugs, 1,000;
yards, stations, hospital, radio sta-
tions 6,000; sabmarine and teaifers,
5,037.
With a force of 131,485 men be esti-
mated that there might be a surplus
over those actually on daty of 5,864 to
replace men wounded, on sick or Regu-
lar leave.
OKLAHOMA STATE NEWS
(TLaary Found Hiding in Cahin.
Washington —The capture of Jer
•taft OT^eary, Irish American leader,
Indictment in Mew York. In ft
cabin In Washington, will
ft* followed soon by tie arrest of a
•amber of ©tier Irish agitators in th*
United State* on charg** of treason
Ti* government ia* considerable
undisclosed eridenc* against O Uxit
and his ooapaaiens. It was l«arn«d to
dsgr. and arrest of hi* co-workers has
bean deferred only pending his appre-
NEARLY 2 BILLIONS VOTED
Sundry Civil Bill Is Passed by the
House.
Washington.—The sundry civil bill
carrying $1,761,701,000 for the ship
building program, $50,000,000 for the
president's emergency war fund and
$.250,000 for the committee on public
information was passed by the house
without a record rote. It sow goes to
the sesate
The measure carries a total of $2,-
115.000,000.
The appropriations for the presi-
dent and the information committee
were approved by the house appropri-
ations committee and attached as
amendments to the bill. The house
amended the measures so none of the
information committee appropriation
can be used to pay salaries to men of
draft age unless they are physically
disqualified for military service.
2 MORE VICTIMS OF SUBS
Norwegian Ships Sunk by L-Boats Off
Coast of America.
New York.—Two Norwegian steam-
ships, the Vindeggen and Henrik Lund,
were sunk by a German submarine
whes about 200 miles east of Cape
Charles, Va. Th-3 briars the total of
vessels sunk by U toats since they be-
Their crews, sixty-eight men, were
brought here by a Danish steamship
which picked them up at sea after they
had been set adrift la their small
boats. Eighty tons of copper ignots.
psrt of the cargo of the Vindeggen.
were taken aboa/d tie U-boats before
the steamship was sunk by means of
bombs.
The Henrik Lund waa from Norfolk
for New York. Stopped by the subma-
rine, the crew of this sh:p waa like-
wise ordered into small boats and the
ship sent to the bottom by bomb*. The
two crews were taken in to* and when
the Danish vessel was sighted, accord-
ing to their story, the submarine cut
them adrift and submerged
Germany Wants Prisoners Returned.
London.—Because the German del-
egate* ftt tie British-German war
prisoners' conference at the Hague
are pressing for the return of nil pris-
oners in Canada sad Africa aa well
aa those ia Great Britain a hitch has
occurred in the negotiation, tele-
graphs the correspondent at thfc Dates
capita! of the Times The difficulties
of soch a course, it 1* contended by
tie British delegates particularly in
aspect of shipping transport, make it
■pActicaJi*. The negotiations bar*
*ow reaci<el a moat critical staga
Labor Must Help To Crush Kaiser.
St Paul.—Working men of tie
United States will be sat.sfled only
with a peace brought about by the
complete overthrow of the German
military machine, according to Pres-
ident Samuel Gompers, who made tie
principal adress at the opening ses-
s.on of the annual convention of tie
American Federntion of Labor. Call-
ing upon delegates to be prepared to
made nntiring sacrifices ar.d urging
maximum prod set ion of war mater
iala President Gompen declared tiat
success of ti* allien was .xoemtlva
MUG. 1919
CROWDER ESTIMATES ALL
OF CUSS ONE IN TRAIN-
ING BY JAN. 1: CLASS
TWO TO FOLLOW.
AMERICA HAmOOO
MEN JJRJWCE NOW
Oen. March Says There Will Be Mil.
I*n Ovsr There By July 1, Hit,
B*tt*r Than 100.000 V*t
To Go Ov*r Thi*
Month.
Washington —Three million Amerl-
eans will be under army by August 1,
next, the sesate military committea
was told by Provost Marshal General
Crowder Extension of the age limir
In the array draft bill will be neces-
sary, General Crowder said. If the
prasest rate of draft calls is eon-
tinned. He estimated that all the men
is Class 1 would be exhausted soon
after sext Jasuary l.
Heavy Calls In 1919.
Re<juisitioss from the draft to com-
plete the 2.000,000 total by August 1.
General Crowder said, have been
made Of these. 2.000.000 will be draft
registrants, and the others volunteers
and national guardsmen.
"Everybody thinks there will be
heavy calls during tfie first six months
of 1S19," was a significant statement
made by General Crowder.
Genera! Crowder approved the gen-
eral principle of the bill introduce!
by Senator France of Maryland, ex-
tending the registration ages from IS
to 45 years, thereby providing addi-
tional men for military and industrial
service. H"e did not, however, approve
the age limits fixed in the bill.
May Go Into Other Classes.
After outlining the p:ans of the war
department for additional calls. Gen-
eral Crowder said that at the present
rate class one woald be exhausted by
the end of the present year and that
unless the age limits are extended and
another registration held, it will be
necessary early next year to call men
In class two and probably soon there-
after in class three.
Final figures of classification of tbi
first registration totaling 8,689.441
were given. The registrants were
shown to have been divided as fol- j
lows:
Class one, 2,428.729; class two, |
2.509.656; class three. 427,870: class
foar 3,483,226; class five, 1839,856.
Progress of Draft
General Crowder submitted figures
showing the progress of the draft this
year. A total of U27,512 men, all
from class one, will have been called
by the end of July, divided by months
as follows:
January. 23.JS8; February. 83.779;
March. 132.484: April. 174377; May,
360,220; June. 83,354; July. 290,000.
Troops Limited Only By Ships.
To give the allies a mastering super-
iority of numbers over the German
invaders. American troops are being
rushed to France as rapidly as trans-
port tonnage will permit. When the
purpose will be realired cannot be
foretold, but more than 800.000 men
have been sent overseas and this num-
ber will be increased to 1.000,000 early
In July.
These facts were announced by
General Peyton C. March, chief of
ataff. icaagurating the government's
new policy of giving newspaper men a
weekly summary of battle conditions.
The numbers of American troops now
overseas and soon to go were dis-
closed by the genera! in explaining
the situation, which makes the need
for American man power urgent.
Graphic Picture Drawn.
Facing a great may In the battle
lines with every operation of the Ger-
man offensive shown upon it General
March drew a graphic picture of a
single gigantic campaign extending
from Rbeims to the sea where the al-
lied lines have been battered back in
foar successive phases.
Tie great wedge of assault has now
increased the allied lines siity-six
miles from Rbeims to Ypres.
"In condition of this kind," says
General March, with a quick gesture
at the map." where a new lia'e has to
be held aad where the attacks of the
Germans have been made with such
large forces as they have, the import-
ance of getting American troops to
the front ia more and more pre-emi-
nent
"W* have passed the 800.000 mnrX
In troops shipped overseas." be said.
The extent of American troop move-
ment was particularly striking bo-
cause Secretary Baker stated leas
than a week ago that "more than 700.-
oeo" had *mbarked Ti* fact that the
figure had increased approximately
100.900 In les* than seven day* drew ft
quick question aa to whan definite
superiority of man power might be
attained.
The matter of the number of
troop* on the western front" General
March replied, "i* a question that
must be considered with reference not
only to the enemy divisions which
have been knows to be there all
aloag. but with the potential Increase
which might be attained by bringing
division* from tie Mrtera front.
THC ROLL Of HONOR.
Corp Bernard A. 0111. McLoud;
til lad In ftctloa.
Corp 0. O. Abbott, Newkirk; died
•f wounds.
Private Ro*s 0. Avlett, Pittsburg.
kLled is action
Prtvat* Harry T. Ray, McCurtain;
died of wounds.
Carp. A. GUI, Bha o*«, killed la
Prlvat* Cecil C. Craig, Phillips;
killed ia hailoa.
Stat* Register* 15,416 In Draft.
A total of 15,436 men who bar* be-
com* of ag* alac* registration day,
Jane 5. 1917, were registered la Okla-
homa. Th* figure* show a total of
14 061 white mea and 1,257 negroes.
Only a amall number of alien born
men were registered, there be.ng lli
of ties*.
Ti* large*t aamber to renter li
nny county waa in Tolsa cojnty,
where a total of 860 men were reg.a-
tared. Of this number 142 wi-re ne-
groes. Clmaroa wunty registered I
tie imallest number, only 21 belag
registerd. There were ao negroes or
aliens to register in Cimarron county-
The followiag Is ft table as arrang'.-d
by the adjutant general:
Adair, 103: Alfalfa, US: Atoka, ill;
B«*ver, 1; Beckftam. lit, iiame, lii,
bryan, ill
Caddo No. 1; 147: Cad<!o No t. 102:
Canadian. 1ST; Carter, Jii; Cherokee,
1« ; Choctaw, VA\ Cimarron, 11, Cleve-
land. 1M; Coal, ICS: Cor.i.-.che, 174; Cot-
ten. 122: Craig. 12T: Creek No. X. 41i.
Creek No. 2, 114: Custer, lit
Delaware. H. Dewey. 10*: Ellis. M;
Ga.-Ae.d, 21"; Garvin. 241. Grady No. t
12); Grady No. 1, 100; Grant, 1X1; Greer,
lit
Harason. ts, Harper. (4: Haske'i, 121;
Hughe*. 222.
Jackson. 147; Jecervon. 154; Johnston,
Ut
Kay, 2J : Kirgflfher, 112; Kiowa, !*7;
Latimer, 12S: LeFlore, Hi. Lincoln, J02.
Logan. 1(1; Love. 12L
Major, 120, Marshall. 141: Mayee. V.S:
McClain. Hi; McCurtain. 2SS; McIntosh.
t&4. Murrar, 0; Muskogee county, it-:;
Muskogee City No. 1. 44. Muskogee City
No. 2. 12.
Noble. 112; Nowata, 12S.
Okfuskee, 201: Oklahoma county No. L
41; Oilaborra county No 2, V.; OVIs-
homa iCty No. 1, 12S; Okiahomi City No.
2, 222; Oklahoma City No. J. 164: Ok-
mulgee, 2(7; Osage. 21S; Ottawa. 140.
Pawnee. 1*6; Payne. 2!(; Pittsburg,
tHAOOttt OP COMINO tVEWTt.
Jvtr -Aeg C raresarV Cmmgrtm.
nAiwaur
r.t,. 11-11, Atoka oeeary fa r Atata.
n«*( 17.Jo. |j*ckAaia Covs.tr lair. ■
city. _
wp« 12-14, I'iaiM OXusty fair. W* ea-
12-14, Caddo Coeetr fair. Aaa.
darhe
lupt 14-11, Caaadia* OooMy fair. Bl
H*ts>
Mept II-it. Carter C*v*'r «a r, Ard-
m"r*
Het*. 24-21. Choctaw Coor.tr fair. Ha.
go
Mel* 14-12, Comaaei* Covaty fair.
Lairtoa.
Kept 11-14. Cotton County fair. Wai.
Urs
Kept 12-14. Coster Cowaty fair. Thorn.
as
Hept 1-12. Grady County fair. Chick,
asha
Kept. 11-14. Greer County fair. Mar..
gum
Kept 12-14, Haskell Cottnty fair. Stig-
ler
Hep4. 4-T, Ja ksoo Cowity fa'r. Alms.
Kept. 12-14. Johnston Couo4y fair. Tub.
OR) IngO.
Kept. 11-14, Jeffereor. County fair.
Ryan.
Kept. 14-14, Kay county fair. New.
kirk
Kept. 12-14, Latimer County fair. Wil-
burton.
K*pt. 12-14, L*PV>re County fair. Po-
teau.
Sept. 17-29, I ra County (C:marrors
Val*y fair). Guthrie.
Kept. 12-14, lyi.e County fair. Mariet-
ta
Kept. 8-7, Marshal County f !r. Madill..'
Oct. 2-4. Nowata County fair, Nowata-
Sept. 17-11, Oklahoma County fair, Ok-«
lahoma City.
Kept 14- , Osage County fair. Paw-
huska
.^ept. 4-20, Pottawatomie County fair.
Kfcawr.ee.
Sept. 16-12, Stephens County fair, Dun-<
can.
S pt. 1-12, Tillman County fair. Fred-
erick.
Sept. 21-21, Wagoner County fair. Wag-
oner.
Sept. 24-21, Waahington County fair-
I>ew*y.
Oct 22-24, Waukomis Community fair,
Waukomis
Sept 17-11, Woods County fair. Da-
coma
county No. 1, 145; Pittsburg ccur.ty No. ]
2. 1C2; Pontotoc. 277; Pot*.i atomle. Z 4;
Pushmataha, 122.
Roger Mills. €2: P.ogers, 14L
Seminole, ISO; Sequoyah, 211; Stephens.
1*1
Texas, 114: Tfiran, 148; Tu'st county,
Vn. Tulsa c1*t. SS7.
Wagoner. i'.2; WashlnrMn. 220: Wssh-
tta, 204; Woods, 123; Woodward. US.
The Confederate reunion at Altaa
last week re-elected Gen. D. M. Hailey
as commander.
Harry H. Rogera, millionaire oil pro-
ducer of Tulsa, will not try for the
republican nomination for governor
on account of por health.
A bond iasue of $95,000 to be used
la improving the Poteau water works
gystem was passed by a vote of 205 to
70 at an election last week.
Robert Galbraith of Tulsa former
democratic national committeeman,
filed with the state election board as
a candidate for the United States sea-
iita
The Rev. Walter B. Niles, recently
appointed pastor of the M. E. church,
south, at Ryan, to succeed the Rev. R.
E. Regan, has resigned and volun-
teered his service* as chaplain In the
medical department of the army.
Th* University of Oklahoma cam-
pua took on something of the aspect
of an army camp when 150 drafted
men, selected by local boards In ail
part* of the state reached there for a
sixty days' period of Intensive train-
ing for skiled service in th? National
Army.
F. H. Mayland and Fritz Craoaur,
whose arrest at Muskogee followed
a riotous demonstration In which the
two men were roughly handled by an
anti-German mob. were held under
bonds of $3,000 each by a United
State* commissioner on charge* of vi-
olating section 3 of the espionage act.
Oklahoma's fir* loss for May waa
1240,127.77. The loss In May waa the
amallest of any month la 191$. accord-
ing to the report Losses aggregating
153,947 were from causes unknown,
while the losses from supposed Incen-
diary conflagrations reached 27,455.
Oil fires caused the largest amount of
damage, property valued at $101,911
being destroyed.
Th* Westville Milling Company of
Westville haa been ordered by Judge
C. B. Ames, state food administrator,
to make rebate* on all bran aold dur-
ing 191&. The mining company, in
violation ef the price schedules aa
ftxed by tha food administration, sold
100-pound sacks of bran at $2.25 a
sack. Ia January and Febrnary tha
price fixed for 100-pouad sack* waa
91.14. and la March and April tha
price tied via $1. L
In order that rafTlclent men win he
left to help harv**t th* wheat la tha
wtten conatie* during the latter
part of June aad tha first part af July,
ao mea la class 1 from Clmalroa.
Tata*. Beaver. Harper, Woods, Al-
falfa, Grant. Kay. Noble. Pawnee. Gar-
field. Major, Woodward aad EUia
eaaatles are to bo Included la the
laae 24 call when Oklahoma I* to
tarnish «000 mea. IavMtigatioa mads
by the adlataat geaeral revealod that
the wheat harveet la the** eoaatl**
wtll be at Ita heat when th* mm
aftUed. from lae 14 to Jnae !
A Christian church has been organ-
ized at Healdton and a church bulitfc.
ing probably will be erected soon, h
result of a revival closed recently.
Rev. N. L. Llnebaugh, presiding eld^
er of the Vinita district, M. E. Church,
South, is going to quit the ministry
aad is to become a resident of Miami,
and a zinc promoter.
Loafing on the streets of Durant has
noticeably decreased as the result of
the whiping administered to a buna
named Red Scott by masked men, re-
ferred to locally as the "Knights ot
Liberty." Scott was taken from jail,
chained to a tree and severely*
whipped.
STATEHOUSE BREVITIES f
The members of the faculty at ther
A. k M. college at Stillwater hav
been re-elected for the neit term an&
granted an Increase In salaries-
amounting to about $100 a year each-
Arrangements are being made by E.
B. Howard, state auditor, to refund
the $1,250,000 paid In taxes by tha
Gypsy Oil Company on Osage leases.
In accordance with the decision oC
the attorney general.
H. H. Cook of Atoka, who was ap-
pointed at the last meeting of tha
j state board of agriculture to be presi
j dent of the Connors district agricul-
tural school at Warner to succeed
George A Coffey, has resigned.
In an opinion announced from tha
attorney general's office, superior
Judges are state officers and tha
names of candidates for such officea
should go on the state ballot. Sev-
eral of the candidates and the stata
election board requested the opinion.
Fifty complaints have been filed
with Benjamin Hennessy, food admin-
istrator for Blaine county, by persona
who bought what they supposed were
seed potatoes, but which turned out
to be an irrigated variety which would
not reproduce. From $1.50 to $3.45 a
bushel was paid for the so-called seed.
Oklahoma's memorial tablet has
been placed In the Washington mon-
ument. The stone was inserted ia
the east wall at the 69-foot landing,
adjoining the Colorado memorial.
Major Charles F. Barrett, judge ad-
vocate of the Second Regiment. Okla-
homa National Guard, announced that
Governor Williams had requested oC
the militia division of the war depart-
ment at Washington authority to or-
ganize another battalion of the guard
regiment.
Plans for the construction of the
$175,000 bridge which will span tha
South Canadian river on the national
highway south and west out of Okla-
homa City, were approved by the fed-
eral good roads department Plana
for the construction of a hard sur-
faced boulevard from Fort Sill and
Lawton to Oklahoma City at an esti-
mated coat of $20,000 a mile and tha
construction of five miles of hard sur-
faced road east from Oklahoma City
were alao aprovad. Federal appro-
val of the rlaaa mean* that the gov-
tat will go tfty-flfty with tha
•lata paying the eoet ot each of theea
Oaveracr William* say* that every
effort will be made hy the state ta
enable the Oklahoma men called ta
the color* to cast their votes at tha
primary aad the general elections.
The governor declared that tt woald
be Impossible to glv* all of the mea aa
opportunity to vote aa hnndred* of
them will be enroot* to points of em>
barkaiioa or on th* sea* The official
ballots will not ba prepared until early
la July, snd whore th* state official*
find Oklahoma troop*, th* ballots wlU
h* Mat them for thatr vet*, the go
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