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VONDERMARWITZANDVON
HUTIER FLYING IN TER-
ROR FROM RAWLINSON
PMSBNERS ROWTDTAL 36,000
Oarmans Back to thi Old Chaulnsa
Royi-Noyon Lint Whirl They Art
Making a Despsrats Stand
Till Thsy Oat Their
Munitions Away.
Parts.—Tbe allien are fighting their
«tjr forward, and the artulea of Gen-
•rail von der Marwltx and von Hutler
are in full retreat In the direction of
Pronne, Nealei and Ham. Important
rear guards are being aacrlflced by
the Germans to Insure the safety of
the main armies, and there la a well
defined feeling among military critica
here that the German reaervei are
not as important or numeroue as was
originally thought. The recklessness
with which the crown prince threw
them Into the battle of the Marne,
drawing from the stock of his royal
cousin. Crown Prince Rupprecht of
Bavaria, is believed to be causing
tieneral Ludendorff some worry.
The Germans are holding the Chaul-
ns-Roye-Noyon line but the allies are
making progreaa south ot Koyon. The
enemy's reaervea are coming into the
action and the defense is stiffening
•11 along the battle front from Noyon
to Chaulnes.
Bitter Struggle In Progreaa.
Desperate fighting is going on be-
tween the British army of General
Rawlinson and the Germany army of
Ton der Marwiu. The enemy ia
counter-attacking aavagely west of
Noyon and seems determined to bold
Um town at all costs.
French troops captured the entire
aaaaair of Boulogne-la-Grasse and pen-
etrated to the east of Bus, 6% miles
eaat of Montdldier.
Further south on the line the French
have penetrated the wooded area be-
tween the rivers Matx and Oise, reach-
ing in this region the environs of La
Berliere and Gury. Moreuil-Lamotte
has been captured and the French line
bas been pushed two miles to the
north of Chevrincourt.
36,000 Prisoners Captured.
The number of prisoners taken so
HUB TWEDO HOWL UV
680 SURVIVORS LANDED IN
ENQLAND
100 Lives Loot—Seven Amirleani mi
Beard Accounted For Inept
One.
A British Port.—The torpedoing of
the British ship Warllda waa one of
the most harrowing dlsaaters In the
history of submarine warfare. The
number of dead la variously estimated
from 106 to 130 and upwards and in-
cludes several women nurses
The ship carried 600 sick and
wounded. Among them were seven
Americana, two officers and five en-
Hated men. all of whom have been
accounted for except one private.
There were 89 nuraea and member*
of the voluntary aid department and
the crew compriaed about 200 men.
The torpedo atruck the afterpart of
the engine room, killing the third
engineer and two other members of
tbe engine room force. The dynamo
was destroyed, plunging tbe vessel
into darkneaa.
Just over the dynamo waa the ward-
room. which contained more than one
hundred patienta. Most of these were
killed outright by the explosion and
the others, many of whom had been
freshly Injured by the torpedo, found
themselves trapped. It was Impossl-
ble for outside aid to reach them.
This part of tbe ship quickly settled
and water flooded the wardroom,
drowning the caged men.
Stories of the fearful struggle In the
darkness to rescue the helpless In-
vallds are told by survivors. The ship
remained afloat more than two houra,
but for a great part of the time con-
tinued under headway because the en-
gines could not be stopped. This con-
dition greatly hampered the rescue
work and in addition three or four
boats were amashed while being low
ered. throwing their occupanta into
the sea.
The Warllda bad been in the chan-
nel service two years and this was
her first crossing from France in
which she did not carry a number of
German wounded prisoners. Mem-
bers of the crew remarked over this
fact and some expressed the opinion
that it was of ainlster significance.
The American Red Cross is making
the survivors comfortable and putting
the patients on trains to be removed
to hospitals.
The Warilda was built at Glascow
in 1912. She was 411 feet long, fcad a
beam of 56 feet and a depth of 34 feet.
Her registered tonnage was 7,713. She
was owned by the Adelaide Steamship
tar In the allied offensive in Picardy i Company 0f port Adelaide, Australia.
Is now estimated at 36,000, including i washington—The captain and forty-
more than 1,000 officers. More than , two memberg of the crew 0f the Amer-
(00 guns have been captured, accord-, Jcan Unk gteamer 0 g Jennings, sunk
log to the latest advices. I gun^ay j,y a German submarine off
The pivot of the German resistance Virginia coast, have arrived safe-
at this stage of the battle, it now j ]y ^ Norfolk Va
appears, is the town of Noyon, about | Gennan submarines now are operat-
midway between Montdidier and Sois- a( (WQ widely geparated points
•ons. The enemy is throwing in re-; aloQs the AtUnttc seaboard-one in
penes from this base in an effort (he lmportant 8ea ,ane ofl the Vir-
to prevent, regardless ot cost, the ^ and the other in canadian
allies from gaining control of the where fishlng smacks and oth.
er unimportant craft have been de-
TAKE A
ACTIVE CAMPAIGN A0AINST
THE BOLSHEVIKI. IS
BEGUN
SIBERIM EXPEDITION BODY
Tan Thousand American Troops Will
Join Largi Pores of J a pa, Chi-
nesa and Other Allied
Seldiera.
.with material, guns and troops.
The Germans are expected to make
a desperate stand on the Roye-Noyon
line to permit the columns which are
retreating in the direction of Nesle
and Ham to reach safety.
Lihons Changes Hands Twice.
The resistance of the Germans is
stroyed.
The Standard Oil Company's tank
steamer Luz Blanca was torpedoed
and sunk forty miles from Halifax
after a thrilling three hours' battle
with a German submarine.
The crew took to their small boats
where they were shelled by the sub-
stiffening against the Fourth British j marine, but escaped without being hit.
army under General Rawlinson. They j The chief cook and the chief steward
are reacting violently in the region of the tanker, however, were killed
of Lihons. which changed hands twice j when the exp:osion of the German I Igainst temany. was set up August 2
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London-After tbe occupation of
Archangel by the allies, the bolahevlkl
withdrew acroas the river Dvlna and
on August 4 were again drlvsa out of
their positions there, chiefly by ahell
fire, according to new* received. The
alllea have since pushed rapidly south-
ward along the railway toward Volog
da.
The hostile forces so eaally over
come at Archangel numbered about
8.000 men, comprising 1,500 armed
Maximalists. 400 Lapps, soma MO Ger-
mans and 5,000 workmen. Large
quantities of rolling stock and atores
were captured by the allies, aa well as
two heavy batteries.
The' German forces north of the
Gulf of Finland have been recently
reinforced and are estimated to num
ber 50,000, mostly inferior troops.
American Troops To Siberia.
Washington — Msj. Gen. William 8
Graves will command the American
forcea m the Siberian expedition, the
nucleua of which will be two regi
ments ot regulars from tbe Philip-
pinea.
General Gravea now la In command
fo the Eighth division at Camp Fre-
mont. Cal. The regiments to form the
vanguard of the American contingent
General March announced, will be the
Twenty-seventh and Thirty-first, neith-
er of which is recruited to war
strength. This force will be supple-
mented by additional troops from tbe
United States.
Information now available Indicates
that the Japanese will send a lieuten-
ant general in command of the Jap-
anese forces, which probably will ex-
ceed slightly in numbers the Ameri-
can contingent. The American forces
probably will number less than 10,000
under present plans.
General Kikuizo Otani. one of Ja-
pan's most distinguished soldiers, has
been chosen to command the Japan-
ese section and will be the ranking
officer of the Amertcan and allied ex-
pedition in Siberia.
The Japanese force In conjunction
with the Japanese force in in will et
Japanese direction, probably will be
more numerous than the American
contingent, in fact, Japan is preparing
to send to Siberia any number of
troops necessary to carry out the de-
clared purpose to give effective aid to
the Checho-Slovaks.
Bolaheviki Regime Declared Ended.
Kandalaska, Russian Lapland —The
government of the "Counter of the
North," recently established at Arch-
angel after a revolution against the
bolshevikl, has' addressed a proclama-
tion to the people of the district, de
daring the bolsheviki regime &' an
end and announcing that the new B*ov
crnment has taken up the duty of gov-
erning the regit J.
The government upon which the
allies are building high hopes for a
rejuvenated Russia in the fight
SUB SETS 13 RSHM6 SMACx$
U-BOAT CROSSES OCEAN
FOR SMALL GAME
Crews Probably Leaf, aa Only a' Paw
Survivor* Have Been
Washington — Coming to Ike lurface
la the midst ot a fleet of tlahing
schooner* off the Maaaachuaetta coast,
a German submarine aank nine vea-
•els ot the fleet. The schoonera In-
clude the Kate Palmar, the Amlta
May. the Rsllknce. the gtarbuck and
the Progreaa. The namaa of tbe other
four ships were not given.
Pour survivors from tha crew of
the Kale Palmer were picked up by
the tlahing achooner Helen Murley
and have reached port In aafetjr. No
information had been obtained by the
navy department aa to tha fate or
the crewa of tha other schoonera.
After tha crew of tbe Kate Palmer
had been taken aboard tha aubmarlne
and held prisoner for one hour, they
were aet adrift In a small boat.
TH. ..LLJT
jsrsstT-'— r
Lieut. James Hankerry. Bnld, died af la operation before the «•< of IW
wounds. yaar.
Pvt. M. L. Clark. Walters, severely F)f# ^ BBdetermmad origin. «•;
—... s&zszsssgs
P*. William W. Yeager. Tulsa, killed to itlmatad at 1N.-
In nation. ^ ooo
Pvt. Claude Smoet, Canon, died o ( gh0rthora ban won by
hlaboma county'a delegation for
largaat attendance
wsunds. . aramere 6hlaboms county'a delagallon tor
Lieut One. It. Andereen, Ardmore, Ohlabo at lha Farmers'
An Atlantic Port.-The auxiliary
fishing achooner Gleanor arrived and
reported an attack by a aubmarlne
on four tlahing vesaela off the south-
erly edge ot George's banka. Capt.
Edward A. Proctor of tbe Gleanor
saw a two-masted schooner disappear
but waa unable to aay what became
ot the other three veiaela. That aame
morning he aaid, he heard gunfire,
but it waa ao tar away he could aee
nothing of the vessel doing tbe fir-
ing.
ENLISTMENTS ARE STOPPED
Until Detaila of New Draft Law Are
Worked Out.
|Mit which is th-mly held by the j torpedo smashed the steamer's stern.
British. j The submarine which had been
All the bridges across the Somme operating for several days in Canadian
between Peronne and Ham. a stretch i waters is believed by ocfficials to have
of about fifteen miles, have been de- sowed tbe mines of foreign manufac-
atroved by allied aviators. Tbe Ger-1 ture picked up off the coast of Long
mans have been attempting to throw island after the armored cruiser San
temporary bridges across the stream Diego was sunk near Fire Island, N.
and the allied airmen are now system-
atically bombing these improvised
structures.
On the Soissons-Rheims front the
enemy is contesting every inch of
ground along the river Vesle with
the Americans, who are fighting with
superb heroism. The struggle cannot
last long, however, and a German re-
treat to the river Aisne or beyond ia
clearly imminent.
Between Arras and Albert the enemy
|s showing signs ot great activity and
apparently la anticipating a wide ex-
tension of the fighting front to the
north
Sixty-one German airplanes were ac-
counted for by the Britiah in the air
fighting of Friday. August 9. the sec-
ond day ot the ellied offensive. Thirty-
nine of these were destroyed and
twenty-two driven down oat of control.
Twenty-three Eritlab machines are
miaaing. Tbe active work ot tbe Brit-
iah airmea continues without ces-
Y, July 19.
STORM DEATH TOLL IS 26
Loss at Gerstner Field Laaa Than Mil-
lion; Rebuilding Started.
by a constitutonal assembly represent-,
ng the distrcts of Vologda, Novogo-
rod, Kascan, Samara and Vatka.
Leninc'a Day About Over.
London.—The anti-bolshevik move-
ment in Russia is growing rapidly,
the bolshevik soviet organization has
vitrualiy gone to pieces and Nikolai
Lenine, tbe premier, and Leon Trotzky.
his war minister, intend to flee to
Germany should the situation become
too serious according to recent Rus-
sian newspaper advices, the Exchange
Telgraph correspondent of Copenhagen
telegraphs.
Te Petrograd newspaper Izvesta la
Lake Charles. La.—Further infor ^
mation assembled here from the ter-. * ^ Vy"thrcorre^ndent as stat-
ritory in the path ot the tropical hurri- tbat at Mveral po^ts "in the
cane which struck aouthweat Louisi-
ana raised the total of dead to 26 and
placed the number injured ao aerious-
ly aa to require medical attention at
(1.
In Lake Cbarlea 11 were killed; at
Gerstner field 3 were killed; st 3ig
Lake 3 were killed; at Sulphar 2 were
killed; at Oakgrove. in Cameron par-
ish. 5 were klHed; and at De Qulncy
there were 2 deaths.
Major Longnecker, commanding
officer at Geratner aviation Held, eati-
mated the damage at tbe geld to be
leas than a million dollars. Tbe camp.
be stated, would be rebailt aa rapidly
Washington.—Voluntary enllstmenta
In tbe army and navy were complete-
ly suspended to prevent disruption of
industry pending disposition of the
bill proposing to extend drart agea
to include all men betwen 18 and 45
yeara.
Tbe orders also exclude civilians
from appointment to officers' training
camps until further notice.
It waa explained that tbe view of
the government is that many of the
older men are indispensable in their
present occupations but the natural
result of tbe debate on the draft age
question is certain to lead to a rush
to the recruiting offices. It is regard-
ed as essential that men greatly need-
ed at hojne should be prevented from
rushing into the army under a mis-
taken idea that they are certain to be
drafted anyhow and prefer to join the
service voluntarily.
It was quite evident that plans for
applying the new draft limitations to
the older men include a very careful
classification of each individual to de-<
termine his position at home and prob-
ably a far more liberal construction
of industrial exemption rules than has
heretofore been the case.
In a brief statement to newspaper-
men, the secretary said the order
suspending all army and navy enlist-
ments until definite action is taken
on the man-power bill does not apply
to any person who had taken steps
prior to the issuance of the order to
enlist or to enter a military training
camp.
May Exempt Married Men.
New draft regulations under which
the government would do the select-
ing rather than leaving it to the reg-
istrant are under consideration by the
war department.
The secretary of war is not satisfied
with the present system under which
the registrant must claim deferred
classification, as many men with de-
pendents hesitate for patriotic reas-
ons to make such a claim. In this
connection, Mr. Baker said he was
inclined to the opinion that the mar-
riage relation will in itself constitute
deferred classification.
What Mr. Baker ba3 in mind ia to
lay down a set of questions which the
registrant would answer and then
have rules which would take care of
tbe classification. He is understood
to regard this as the fair and equit-
able system.
kiled In Mtlon.
Pvt Clifford Blam, Bnld, killad
pJt^'Saymend Id. Ooodsen, Hobart,
klllod in notion.
Pvt Juntos W. Ounn, Potssu, dtod of
seeidont
Pvt Mart Pssley. Bsrtlosvllli, aovoro-
FM. "prenk^O. Cnrlltlo, Wslootka,
pJt*j"m*M. Duff In, Bruno, wounded.
Pvt Mnrion Jay, Spiro, woundsd.
pvt. Mark (loading, Wood Springs,
woiindidi
Pvt Wm. H. Roberts, Prevense,
Corp. Roger J. Bainbrldgo, tdmond,
ssvoroly woundod.
Lieut Cllvo B. Murruy, (marines)
Kenefic*, woundod.
gerg. James S. McCrisdy. Tulsa,
MrfrBaaH. C. Thompson, Bartleavllls,
Ssrg. Oso. A. Albln, gwsetwatar,
wounded. j .
gerg. Jeaae Bueh, Lane, woundod.
•erg. Roy Campbell, Enid, wounded,
gerg. Clint Coe, Muakogas. wounded.
Uerg. Wm. H. Dawson, gemlnols,
woundsd. „ .
gsrk. Chas. D. Dalinger, MeAlsater,
woundtd
gerg. Walter T. Ferguaon, Outhrie,
woundidi
•erg. Jamea A. Ooettinga. Kenefic*,
wounded.
gerg. Wm. H. Gray Klngaton, wound-
ed.
Berg Floyd Mallory, Ellondale, /wound-
Berg. Wm. D. Maxey, Vera, wounded.
Sirg. Clyde Morlson, Guthris, wound-
ed.
girg. Lester E. Thornton, Sasakwa,
wounded.
gerg. Nichols W. Wilson, Wstonga,
wounded.
Ssrg. Guy O. Brown, Ashsr, wounded.
Ssrg. Clyds W. Goerdon, Lorena,
wounded.
Serg Jamei H. Kirk, Guymon, wound-
ed.
Serg. Hugh F. McClurg. Sand Springe,
wounded.
gerg. waiter Martindaie. Howe,
wounded.
Berg. Arch Barnes, Pierce, wounded.
Berg. Bird Libby, Stidham, wounded.
Serg. Babe More, McCurtain, wound-
ed.
Pvt. Geo. Caatlaberry, Wellston, miss-
ing.
Lieut Miller H. Bond, Enid, ssverely
wounded.
Pvt. Ervin Ellis, Bryant, wounded.
Pvt. James S. Dufford, Healdton,
wopnded.
tn Connreas, hold at BlllwaU<r laat week.
h£ JTn donated to the lUd Crow.
Tbe bull was given to ttao farmsra
alliance by J. R Whlatlsr ot Watonga.
Fire, which startsd from an un-
known cause, dsstroyid the ejovitor
and warehouae of tha Road Milling
Elevator Co. of Tulaa. ApproilmaUly
flSO.OOO worth of grain waa burnad.
Including 31.000 bushels ft wheat,
4.000 bushels ot corn and 4,500 bushala
of oats
The glghteenth Summer convoca-
tion of tbe Unlveralty of Oklahoma
waa held on Boyd field, wbon thirty-
four degrees were conferred. Tbo
class addreaa waa given by Arthur
Lee O'Dell, president ot Henry Ken-
dall college. Tulaa. Besidea the de-
greea awarded, thirteen life certlfl-
catea were granted.
Mrs. Julia Hoffman, mother of Brig.
Gen. Roy Hoffman, now commanding
a unit in France, died laat weak at
tbe home ot her daughter, Mrs. C.
C. Pottlnger, Oklahoma City, after an
Illness of but a tow daye' duration
Mra. Hoffman recently vlalted rela-
tlvea In Indiana and contracted a
cold. It waa not considered serious,
but quickly developed into acute pneu
monia. She waa 76 yeara old.
STATEHOOSE BREVITIES |
Perefcing Asks MWa Te Serve.
New Tort —Tweaty-Bve rabble for
service la tbe American forces in
Prance are wanted by Oeaecal Pernfc
Sea between New Tart aad Chicago,
railroad time In
knit In fB
No eaOrnate waa made of the dam
age in tbe city, although it was roaghly
sstlmated at $1,000,000. Wort of re-
bnlldlag factories aad mills partly des-
troyed will bo started a tonce.
I Its Killad.
Bmwanvflle. Texas —Seven Fell da-
tes were killed In n fight with Mexican
Inderal troops at Oaadalope. fifty mile
sethwset of Matamoree. aecordlag to
made from Ma-
part of Russia, not occupied by the
enemy," counter-revolutionsry move-
ments have broken out in a number
of towns. The bolshevik roviets have
been overthrown in these placea and
replaced by councils consisting ot
representativea of the Mensbevikl, or
moderatea.
In the city of Kaxan. the newspaper
adds, the widely known bolahevik
leader Olachlasky has been killed,
while there has been greit bloodshed
among the bolsheviki in the Novgorod
aad Riaaaa districts
Gennan Embasay Moves.
Copenhagen.—The German embasay
at Moscow will remove immediately
to Pikov, owing to conditions la Moo-
cow. (Pskov is 1(2 miles southwest
of Petrograd apd approximately 400
miles nearly direct west of Moscow.)
Quentin Roosevelt's Grave Fownd.
With the America* Army on the
Vesle—On a woodi a cross at
head of a grave at tbe edge of a wood
at Chamery, east of Pereea-Tardoaoln.
la this laacrtption: "Lieat
RoooeveM. burled by tbe
Germaa aewapapers aaaounced aev
eral dajra ngo that Lieateaaat
By a substantial majority, voters
In Newkirk adopted the commission
form of government. The charter
provides for three commissioners to
be elected by the people.
Two thousand Indians of the Coman-
che, Kiowa. Apache, Delaware and
Washita tribes are holding a dance
fifteen miles north of Lawton. The
dance is for the purpose of stablish-
ing a closer bond between the tribes
of southwestern Oklahoma. It is tbe
biggest event of the kind ever held in
the vicinity of Lawton in the past ten
years.
THE AUGUST DRAFT.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
telegraphed E. H. Glpson, adjutant
genera], directing that during a tive-
day period beginning August 26, that
7,000 Oklahoma selective service men
be entrained for Camp Pike, Little
Rock, Ark.
The provost marshal specifies that
only white men and men physically
fit for general military service are to
be inducted under this call.
Each county will furnish the follow-
ing number of men:
Adair 25, Alfalfa 35, Atoka 70,
Beaver 40, Beckham 75, Blaine 35,
Bryan 190, Caddo No. 1. 60; Caddo
No. 2, 39; Canadian 100, Carter 200.
Cherokee 45, Choctaw 105, Cimmaron
10, Cleveland 145, Coal 70, Comanche
75, Cotton 60, Craig 50, Creek No. 1,
215; Creek No. 2, 110; Custer 75.
Delaware 30, Dewey 15, Ellis 50, Gar-
field 75, Garvin 100, Grady No. 1, 50;
Grady No. 2, 35; Grant 35, Greer 50.
Harmon 30, Harper 30, Haskell 60,
Hughes 75, Jackson 600, Jefferson 65.
Johnston 70, Kay 100, Kingfisher 65.
Kiowa 70, Latimer 65, Le Flore 105.
Lincoln 130, Logan 125, Love 25, Major
25. Marshall 50, Mayes 50 McLain 45,
McCurtain 105, McIntosh 100, Murray
115, Muskogee 120, Muskogee City 40,
Muskogee City 30, Noble 65, Nowata
75, Okfuskee 193, Oklahoma No. 1,
25; Oklahoma No. 2, 25; Oklahoma
City No. 1, 93; Oklahoma City No. 2,
90; Oklahoma City No. 3, 100; Osage
150, Ottawa 175, Pawnee 90, Payne
90, Pittsburg No. 1, 85; Pitsburg No.
2, 100; Pontotoc 85, Pottawatomie 75.
Pushmataha 75, Roger Mllla 25, Rogers
135. Seminole 90, Sequoyah 120,
Stephens 86. Texas 20, Tillman 50.
Tulsa 140, Tulsa City 370, Wagoner
50, Washington 100, Washita 70,
Woods 40, Woodward 35.
STOP PLEASURE
Whsn federal and county officers
searched the home of W. C. Phillips
In Duncan one day this week, they
found, not only twelve quarts of
whiskey, but also two 50-pound aacka
of flour. Phillips was arrested and
granted ball in the whisky case, but
did not get off so easily on the charge
of "hoarding flour " He was tried
before the county counil of defense,
fonnd guilty and a tine of $100 assess-
ed to be paid to the Red Croaa. The
AUTOS fine was paid and the money turned
over to the local chapter ot tbo Red
N. New Car. To Be Make AfUr Firet ,Cro"' and tb* 0our W" « " cated.
of Year. J. M. Aydelotte, chairman oC the
state council of defense, la letters
Washington. - Manufacturers of ^ out to 5.000 farmers and
passengersutomobiles were advUed !£^J*SS «Z
by the war Industries bflerd to get on UoB l° th* f*f? ^ ^
a 100 per cent war work b«i. for their
plants, before anJ 1. 1919. in a letter ^ nit
addressed to the Natloaal Automobile , th?T ^
Chamber of Commerce respondiag to "tl'* JSTTi..
Its proposal for a volaatary 60 per "
cent curtailment ot paaaenger car pro-
duct Ion. Tbe board jay. the maaa- j Jf^J^r^T il
lecturers can be sue ot continuing I wUh^bTnOraU
their industry sad preserve their or- *** P°"*ibto wlth th* rm0r*4
gantut ions oaly by converting to war
orders.
Tbe war industries board declared
tbat the present situation regurdtag
steel aad other materials needed for
war work gnve little asearance of ma
terial required for the manufacture
of
providing
! authorities.
J. P. Prater, n farm band, who wsa
ladifltad by the federal graad Jury at
Guthrie last week on n charge of huv-
Ing dynamite In hia pasnsslon with-
out the proper government exploelvee
t. was sreeutad at Bird City.
Prater was brought tn
Chy and Is na« In JnlL
rtsrgn agnant Prater reeahed
of eevernl otlchs of dyan-
Twenty-four line, six staff and one
medical company comprising the Sec-
ond and Third Oklahoma national
guard, it Is expected, will be accepted
by the war department within the next
ten days. Following their offtcal
recognition in all probability they will
receive ordera for a fifteen-day en-
campment for maneuvers.
E. H. Glpson adjutant general, baa
been Instructed by Gov. R. L. Williams
to advise the commanding officers ot
the companies of the Second nnd
Third regiments, Oklahoma national
guard, to refuse release to mea who
desire to he discharged from their
companies.
Local exemption beard members
hereafter are to receeive pay unless
they desire to donate their services
to tbe government or are disqualified
from receiving compennntlon through
tbe holding of county offices. This an-
nouncement wan made by Adjt. Oen.
B. H. Glpson. who has Just retnraed
from attending n meeting ot slgbtnon
adjutants general with Provost Mar
ahnl General Crowder.
Mnra automobile lieenas tax money
bna already baon collected by tbe
state highway department than waa
collected la Oklahoma durtag tbo en-
tire year of t 17. according to Geo
B. Noble, commiaslonsr af htgbwnyo.
Dp to August l ovsr «1JM.«0« had
baon enllectnd tnm satoaoMle. ante
track nnd tractor
around
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Orr, J. P. The Altus Weekly News (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1918, newspaper, August 15, 1918; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc276785/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.