The Mangum Mirror (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 25, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 12, 1917 Page: 2 of 8
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THE
BELOWESTIHATE
FIFTY PER CENT OF THOSE
WHO SIGNED MAKE CLAIM
OF EXEMPTION.
OKLAHOMA IS 50,000 SHORT
«And Nearly Seventy-fivs Per Cent of
Those Registering File Ex-
cuse* For Exmp-
tion.
COMPLETE RETURN8.
State Registrants. Estimate
pelaware 21.864 29.825
Bew Jersey ™2,866 309.563
1st. of Columbia 32,327 5.693
Vermont 27,658 36,826
gouth Carolina ..128,039 137,861
Connecticut 159,561 158,278
Wisconsin 246,758 229,897
Arkansas 147.522 158,473
Washington.—Returns are coming
pn slowly from last Tuesday's great
(registering, preventing anything ap-
Eiroachlng a conclusive estimate as to
he number of men actually enrolled.
[An official statement, however, said
ruch incomplete returns as were at
band indicated that the 10,200,000 es-
timate of the census bureau as the
number of men within the prescribed
ages would not be equalled.
A feature of the few complete re-
turns is the high percentage of the
indicated exemptions, averaging ap-
proximately 50 per cent of the total
registration. Officials pointed out,
however, that this did not mean ac-
tual exemptions, as the indicated fig-
ures include all married men and
those in executive, judicial or legislat-
ive office. Until exemption regula-
tions *have been promulgated it will
be impossible to say how many of
these will be included in those to be
marked off the military rolls.
The one conclusive result of the
registration that cannot be altered in
the slightest degree by any possible
variation from the estimate is that
pilliors of young Americans have put
In their names claiming no exemption
and stating no reason for release from
war service.
In regard to the married men, Sec-
retary Baker said that in all.the let-
ters he has received on the subject
of exemption, not even one suggested
that marriage should establish a class
exemption. He added that it was not
the purpose of the department t
make such a ruling, but that individ-
ual cases would be dealt with on their
merits, no matter what the reason for
exemption might be.
Oklahoma 50,000 Short.
Oklahoma City.—With sixty-one
counties of the state having reported
to Adjutant General Earp, the total
istration for war service thus far is
111,986, of which a total of 80,139
claim exemption from service. The
ratio is almost 72 per cent.
The total is >ess by half than the
estimated quota for the state of Okla-
homa—215,312. Officials of the adju-
tant general's office believe that the
total c^n not be increased by more
than 60,000 when all returns are in,
meaning that Oklahoma has supplied
about 44,000 less young men than was
expected of it.
Registration by counties is:
Reg. Claims
Exemp.
Adair 1.112 681
Alfalfa 1,277 806
Atoka 1,567 1,172
Beaver 1.068 786
Beckham 1.478 1,097
Blaine 1,291 839
Bryan 3.1S1 2,251
Caddo 2,701 1,794
Cherokee 1,674 1,128
Cimarron 299 15S
Coal 1,583 858
Comanche 1,751 1.1
Cotton 1,096 7B*
Craig 1,195 840
Custer " 1,604 1,015
Ellis 899 585
Garvin 2,657 1,961
Grady 2.830 2,155
Grant 1.232 723
Greer 1,348 898
Harmon . . 947 6<9
Haskell 1.677 1,184
Hughes 2,223 1,665
Jackson 2.057 1,535
Jefferson 1.575 1.083
Johnson 1,652 1.170
Kingfisher 1.424 957
Kiowa 2.066 1.236
Latimer 1.036 702
LeFlore 3.255 2.261
Lincoln 2.925 1,561
Logan 1.8*9 1.199
McClain 1.483 1.062
McIntosh 2.488 1,062
Marshall 1.351 994
Mayes 1.178 817
Muskogee 2.326 1.584
Muskogee City 2.475 1.384
Murray 954 684
Noble 999 425
Nowata 1.486 1,000
Okfuskee 1.920 1.2*5
Oklahoma City 7.343 4,278
Oklahamo County 1,752 969
Ottawa 3.537 1,500
Pawnee 1.525 985
Payne 2.765 1.937
Pittsburg 3.746 2.67H
Pontotoc 2.540 1.766
Pottawatomie 3-221 2,3*3
Pushmataha 1,307 828
Koger Mills 842 388
Rogers 2.010 1.384
Remlnole . 2.018 1,579
Stephens 2.042 1.434
Texai. 1,076 701
Tillman 1,664 1.098
Tulsa County (exclusive of
city > Ull S.441
Wagner 1.4M *31
Washington 2.620 1.945
Washita 5.-3S 1.439
Woods 1.277 812
Woodward 1.167 730
iu.m 8«.m
Allies to Recruit Here.
Washington. — Regulations under
which foreign legions may be author-
ized in this county by agents of tbe
allies were announced by Secretary
Baker to make effective the la* au-
thorizing allen enlistments Great
Britain Is the first country to apply
for permission to conduc a recruiting
campaign In the I'nlted States and if
eanected *o oi en offices In New York
TERRIBLE BUTTLE AT YPRES
QEN. HAIG RE-OPENS WEST-
ERN OFFENSIVE.
Million Pounds of Ixploaivee Let
Loose In Greatest Mining Oper-
ation of the War.
With the British Army In France.—
The British armies struck on a new
front and won a vlclory which supple-
ments the success at Arras during the
last two months. The Germans,
though apparently aware that the
blow was coming nnd seemingly pre-
pared to meet It, were driven from
their nearly three years" hold on the
Messines ridge, opposite poor old
Ypres, the last remnant of an import-
ant Belgian town, which, with the
help of the French and British In
turn, has held out against all the
massed attacks the (lermans could
fling against it, including the first
great surprise of poison gas as a
means of supposed civilized warfare.
Ypres in a sense was avenged for
Messines ridge has been the vantage
point from which the Germans have
poured torrents of shells into the
stricken city. The British also wiped
off an old score against the Germans
for they held the ridge In October,
1914, with thin forces and with vir-
tually no artillery fought bloodily,
vainly, to bold It when the Prussian
troops marched the\r modern and
overpowering weapons of war against
It.
Sir Douglas Halg's forces have
dealt a mighty blow against the Ger-
man line in Belgium and have been
awarded with notable gains in terrain
and the capture of more than 5,000
prisoners and numerous guns. The
captures of the first day of the Arras
drive two months ago numbered
5,000.
Ofer a front of more than nine
miles extending from the region of
Ypres southward nearly to Armen-
tieres the British started their drive
and everywhere advanced their line,
capturing villages and numerous
points of vantage, among the latter
the Messines-Wytschaete ridge
which commands the surrounding
towns for miles and which for two and
a half years has been a troublesome
salient. , _r .
The villages of Messines and Wyt-
schaete fell into the hands of the
British during the attack and the
British even pressed on eastward
from Wytschaete and ocoupied the vil-
lage of Oosttaverne and trenches east
of the village on a front of more than
five miles.
For days the Wytschaete salient had
been the objective of the British guns
which had hurled tons of steel upon
It. When the time for the attack
came the British loosed mines con-
taining 1,000,000 pounds of high ex-
plosive in front of the German posi-
tions, the detonations being heard 130
miles away in England.
With consternation reigning among
the Germans and under a curtain of
fire, English, Irish, New Zealand and
Australian infantrymen, with "tanks"
to aid them, started across the open.
The Germans offered only slight re-
sistance and everywhere were beaten
off.
SUBS STILL LOSING OUT.
London.—The weekly report of the
British admiralty concerning British
registration for war service thus far is
rines says that fifteen vessels of more
than 1,600 tons and three vessels less
than 1,600 tons, besides three fishing
vessels, were sunk last week. This is
a total loss of 511 British ships for
the fourteen weeks ending June 5, as
follows:
More Less
Than Than
1,600 1,600 Smaller
Week Tons Tons Craft
First 14 9 3
Second ..i. 13 4 6
Third 16 8 21
Fourth 19 7 10
Fifth 18 13 3
Sixth 17 2 6
Seventh 19 9 12
Eighth 40 15 9
Ninth 38 13 8
Tenth 24 22 16
Eleventh 18 5
Twelfth 18 9 3
Thirteenth 18 1 2
Fourteenth 15 3
Totals 287 120 107
Grand total 511
American Steamer Routs U Boat.
Paris.—The American steamer Sil-
ver shell has had a battle with a sub-
marine in the Mediterranean. After
exchanging sixty shots the submarine
disappeared.
Rear Admiral Lacaze, minister of
marine, said it was unknown whether
the submarine was sunk by a shot
from the Silver Shell or submerged
voluntarily to avoid further punish-
ment. It was always impossible, he
said, to ascertain whether a subma-
rine which disappeared had been des-
troyed unless the wreckage was dis-
covered later. '
Four Kidnappers Arrested.
Springfield. Mo -With several ar-
STATE-WIDE
NEWS EVENTS
SEVERAL ARRESTS IN OKLA-
HOMA FOR INTERFERING
WITH CONSCRIPTION
OTHER HEWS OF THE STATE
Little Incidents and Accidents That
Oo To Make Up A Week'a History
Of A Great Common-
wealth.
Okmulgee.—A* a result of the dyna-
miting of the water works plant at De-
war, nine men are In Jail here, while
a dozen or more arrests in connection
with the case are expected. Excite-
ment Is running high in the south part
of the county and there Is much talk
of mob violence.
Sheriff Roach wai told over the tele-
phone that unless the accused men
were given a speedy trial the citizens
of Dewar and vicinity would take the
law Into their own hands. Every pre
caution is being taken to protect the
prisoners.
The confession of C. H. Baker, one
of the men under arrest, that the des-
truction of the Dewar water works
was only one step in a plot to destroy
other public utilities and manufactur-
ing plants in the south part of the
county, has only added fuel to the lire
of wrath that is enveloping that part
of the county.
The men in jail are: Mike Bra-
shears, his sons, Lee and Claude; Wil-
liam Barnes, William Montford, Bert
Jenkins, A. M. Hayes, C. H. Hayes, C.
ti. Baqer and Bert McLaughlin.
Hanged; Admits Plot.
Baker was found in a stunned condi-
tion near the water works plant im-
mediately after the explosion. He at
first denied that he knew anything of
the affair, but after being hanged to a
tree he confessed, implicating the men
arrested and twelve others as being in
the plot. He also declared the con-
spirators had started two fires recently
that threatened to destroy the entire
town of Dewar.
All the men implicated are mem-
bers of the Working Class Union.
It is said that a fund of $4,000 was
raised some time ago by citizens of
the south end of the county and that
detectives were employed to investi-
gate the working of the W. C. U. The
evidence gathered by these men wfll
be used in the trial of the men ar-
rested.
0KLA. WHEAT HARVEST ON.
Five Hundred Acre Field Will Make
Twenty Bushels.
Ardmore.—The harvest of Oklaho-
ma's wheat crop began last week in
Carter county, in the extreme south-
central portion of the state. On the
Aiberson farmt near Ardmore, binders
started cutting a 500-acre field which it
is estimated will yield'20 bushels of
grain to the acre.
Oklahoma's wheat crop this year
will run between 25,000,000 and 30,000,-
000 bushels—practically a normal
crop, according to the state depart-
ment of agriculture. Although about
20 per cent of the crop was abandoned
on account of droutby condition and
high winds during the winter and early
spring, more than enough of the aban-
doned acreage was replanted to over-
come the deficiency.
Recent rains have made possible a
profitable harvest on many farms
where the wheat stalks are so short
heading will be necessary.
DEGREES AWARDED TO 226.
Largest in University's History—Half
of Class Not Present.
Norman —"What are you worth?"
That was the question asked over and
over again by Curtis Lee Laws of New-
York while delivering the commence-
ment address to seniors of the Uni-
versity of Oklahoma. One's worth to
himself, to his community, to his
friends and family and to his country,
were the things of which Mr. Laws
asked each senior to think.
Two hundred and twenty-six de-
grees and certificates were granted,
Including those for the medical school
at Oklahoma City. It was the record
number in the history of the univer-
sity Included in the number were
thirteen who receive* the degree of
master of arts. Less than 150 seniors
were present to receive their degrees,
the others having either joined the
army or gone back to their fathers-
farms to aid in the production of food.
The exercises were hvld in a tent on
the campus with music furnished by
students in the achool of fine arts.
rests made in conr
leged kidnaping
Lloyd Keet. son n
Holland Keet. ic
clared tbe affair w
rtion with the al-
of 14-months-old
Mr and Mrs. J
Jail Bars Chill Girl's Resolve.
McAlester — Elvessie Mo(!earent
, the 19-year-old girl arrested two weeks
ago at Anadarko in company with J d.
Sturges. Apoatolic preacher, has finally
consented t oleave the county jail-
Since their arrest tbe girl has «tead-
lastly refuaed to be sent away unless
the a at bo titles would let tbe mu go.
HORRIBLE TALE
FROM
DURANT
Durant.—Four motherleaa—and
now fatberlesa—children, the oldest
of whom Is a girl 13 years old, and
the youngest a boy. 8 years old,
stood before County Jtidge Paulln
In juvenile court charged with the
murder of R. L. WIlkerBon, their
father. They are said (o have ad-
mitted killing him because be was
"mean to us."
Wilkerson waa killed while
asleep In his farm home near Ben-
nington, Bryan county. His head
had been blown off by a charge of
shot fired from a heavy shotgun.
Ruby Wilkeraon, 10 years old, and
her little brother, Otto, 8 years old,
are accused of having been directly
responsible tor his death. The
other two stories told here Indicate,
plotted the murder of their father
with their younger brother and sis-
ter and worked out the details of
the death. The original informa-
tion placed the responsibility solely
on the two smal children.
According to a semi-confession
made by the children to County At-
torney Abbott, they had planned to
kill their father the night before
the murder. The scheme was to
shoot him as he entered the door
and then to declare that they
thought he was a burglar. When
he did not apear at 10 o'clock, how-
ever, the children became sleepy
and went to bed.
Early the following morning they
dressed and arose before their
father, according to Abbo<t. They
got together in the kitchen and
planned the death. Ruby and Otto
were instructed to go to the bad-
room. Ruby, according to her con-
fession, wanted to hold the gun and
also pull the trigger, but her short,
chubby arms prevented. Otto was
then instructed to attend to the
trigger.
Ruby then lifted the heavy shot-
gun' from its usual resting place
and pointed it at her father's head.
Otto became frightened, it is said,
and refused to do his part. He ran
into the kitchen and was sent back,
the county attorney declares, three
times before he would consent to
pull the trigger. The older boy,
Jack, 12 years old, is said to have
cocked the gun and showed the lit-
tle fellow how to fire it. It is be-
lieved that both Jack and his elder
sister, Bessie, 13 years old, watched
the murder from the kitchen door.
As soon as Wilkerson was shot
the two older children ran scream-
ing to a neighbor's house and told
that Ruby and Otto had killed their
father. They admitted later, it is
said, that they had planned to
throw the whole blame upon the
younger children.
All the children concede that
they had planned the shooting for
days — ever since Ruby was
whipped with a rope.
All four children were sent to the
reform school.
PROPORTION OF MALE FOWLS
One Rooster to Fifteen Hena Is About
Right With Larger Breeds, Such
as Plymouth Rock.
Birds of the general-purpose class,
such as the Plymouth Rocks, Wyan-
dottes, Rhode Island Reds, Orpingtons,
etc., usuully require one male to 15
females, depending upon the vigor of
the male. Among birds of lighter
Barred Plymouth Rock Cockerel.
breeds, such as Leghorns, Anconas,
Campines, Hamburgs, etc., one male
Is sufficient for a flock of 20 females.
About ten days should be allowed
for the fertilization of the flock by
the male. However, In small flocks,
such as four or five females, only four
or five days is needed.
GOOD MEDICINE FOR FOWLS
GIRLS HELP IN
DOUBLETRAGEDY
*
Innocently Assist Woman
Hurl Baby and Self to
Death.
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CHARMED BY CHILD
LAWTON TREASON ARREST.
Former Chattanooga Man in Bad
With Authoritiea.
Lawton.—A. D. Engle, formerly a
clerk in a store at Chattanooga, Okla.,
was arrested by agents of the federal
department of justice on a charge of
treason.
When arrested Engle was boastful
and arrogant, but later admitted the
truth of the accusations and impli-
cated others. Other arrests may fol-
low. Engle is being held in jail *o
await a preliminary hearing before
United States Commissioner Blending.
Engle is accused of having circu-
lated seditious literature; of defaming
the government, and of attempting to
influence men to resist the selective
draft by force if necessary.
On Account of High Price of Perman-
ganate of Potash Substitute Is
Sought by Poultry Men.
(Storrs Experiment Station.)
Many poultry men have been using
permanganate of potash to prevent the
spread of colds and other catarrhal
diseases. During the past two years
this product has risen in price from 50
cents to $2.50 to $3 per pound; thus
It is not surprising that a good substi-
tute is being looked for.
One authority suggests the use of
bluestone or copper sulphate, which
can be used as follows: Dissolve four
ounces of the bluestone In a quart of
water, this to be known as a stock so-
lution. Add one ounce of this solu-
tion to each gallon of the drinking wa-
ter. This can perhaps be well used for
a short period, but should not be too
long continued.
Furthermore, one ought to use en-
ameled or earthenware vessels, as the
copper sulphate solution may produce
undesirable chemical changes when
used in galvanized pans.
BOY FARMERS ARE ON TOUR
Autos Start From Enid for Four Days'
Trip.
Enid.—.Agricultural specialists dis-
trict and county demonstration agents
and representatives of boys' agricul-
tural clubs, left here In nineteen au-
tomobiles on a four days' excursion
through the wheat belt of the state.
The counties of Payne, Noble, Kay
Grant. Alfalfa, Woodward. Major and
Garfield were represented by agents
and boys' club delegates.
The first day's journey ended at Wa-
tonga. where the tourists spent the
night on the ranch of H. C. Looka-
baugh.
Accompanying them were James A.
l. director of agricultural ex-
and state agent; District
James Dailey of Muskogee, C.
Kellerman of Oklahoma City and
George Vincent of this district. At
atonga and El Reno they were
d by the Blaine and Canadian
vy contingents and at Oklahoma
and Guthrie by other club repre-
aentatlves.
Mother, Who Had Been III, En'lata Aid
of Youthful Bridge Promenadera
to Leap Ninety F««t to
Ground.
New York.—Sadie Winkler and Syl-
rlu Klein, wise beyond their years In
(he sophistication of the East aide and
us inured to thrills as only tbe movies
can blunt the sensibilities of girls of
fifteen and fourteen, respectively,
•sauntered urm In arm across the Wil-
liamsburg bridge yesterday. It was-
!Vve o'clock of a sunny afternoon
|n spring, a time when the bridge forms
& promenude for the fashionables of
(he East end of the East side and the
West end of Williamsburg.
That was one reason why Sadie and
Sylvia were strolling on the bridge,
iliey found the throng eminently satis-
factory and had a pleasant conscious-
ness that their own bright ribbons and
nodding plumes were not lost in it.
Attracted by Baby.
As they approached the Brooklyn
anchorage, where the six-foot guard-
fall gives way to a granite structure
only three feet high, the two girls
paused as even movie patrons will at
the sight of a toddling, chuckling,
friendly baby. The child was not much
more than a year old and was dressed
fn immaculate white from dark curls
to uncertain feet. Lurching precari-
ously, It clutched with confidence at
jSadle's hand.
"He's a boy," said a woman in a
sleek brown suit, of which even Sadie
approved, as she noticed Sadie halt
at the command of the small fingers.
"Will you hold him for me a minute?
My bag dropped over the railing."
Instantly the odd feeling that had
obscured Sadie's ordinarily clear vision
at touch of those fingers vanished. She
looked over -the head of the baby and
into the eyes of the woman, and her
cool stare had a glint of suspicion Id
It
"What do you take us for?" she de-
manded. "Easy marks, that we should
be left with a baby on our hands?"
She was wise In movie lore.
"Aw, take the kid," pleaded Sylvia^
"She's all right. Sure, we'll take him,
Wilson,
tension
Agents
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Dynamite Wrecks Dewar Standpipe
Dewar.—Agitator* against tbe army
■ draft law are suspected of dynamiting
a 110 •'>'"-gallon standpipe which Stored
I Dewar's water supply The dynamiting
took plat e late at nigbt. The water
rushed down the side of Dewar moun-
I tain and off into a creek, doing no
i damage It la believed that the de-
soe I (traction was carried out as an ex-
Jail; preesioa of otpoeitioi to tbe draft law
any ' Tbe steH standpipe was pert of tbe
•be I city water work*, and its deetratciea
itth 1 ;««*** «fce tow* eitkoct water. Tbe
i daautf kaottu to
GUINEA FOWL IS PROFITABLE
Large Farma Now Being Established
Where Guineas Are Being Raised
for Meat Purposes.
Raising guinea fowls In Kansas is
profitable, according to N. L. Harris,
superintendent of the Kansas State Ag-
ricultural college poultry farm.
"Large farms are now being estab-
lished where guineas are raised for
meat purposes," said Mr. Harris. "The
eggs are small and consequently are
of little value commercially.
"Guinea fowls are easy to raise.
They are noisy and good fighters and
are not subject to the attacks of
hawks.
"There Is a good market for guinea
fowls. The meat of the young guineas
resembles that of prairie chickens and
wild ducks. The clubs and stylish
jafes use the guineas as a substitute
for ducks, prairie chickens, quail, and
other game which the laws make it im-
possible for them to secure."
IMPORTANT EGGS BE TURNED
Comparatively Small Hena Have Trou- i
ble in Turning Goose Eggs—Crip-
pled Goslinga Result.
Sometimes It Is necessary to set
goose eggs under comparatively small
hens, that have not the strength to
turn the large eggs. In setting eggs
under a hen, mark them on one side.;
so that you can tell whether or not
the hen Is turning them.
If she does not turn the eggs, the
goslings will he crippled, unless the
eggs are turned by hand.
Hatching Duck Eggs.
In hatchiug duck eggs In an Incuba-
tor give them more ventilation iind
moisture, less cooling and a lower tem-
perature the first week than hen a
eggs. The heat must never get above
103 degrees.
&
JIS
I
Run for Little Chicks.
Give the little chlcka a run outdoor*
on the groun-1 .very day when be
weather is suitable.
Sadie and Sylvia Stood Transfixed.
ma'am," and Sylvia snatched up the
baby, who gurgled wlih delight at his
new situation.
Jumps to Death.
The woman promptly climbed over
the low granite railing. She picked up
a handbag and then extended her arms
for the child.
•Til hold him till you get back," said
Sylvia.
"Give him to me now!" demanded
the woman, and Sylvia did so.
The woman kissed the smiling little
face, hugged the white bundle and with
a swift movement of her arms flung It
upward and outward.
Sadie and Sylvia stood transfixed.
Before they could move or utter a
sound the woman had leaped after her
child.
Without knowing how they got
through the throng thnt pressed upon
them with questions. Sadie and Sylvia
found themselves stammering Inade-
quate words to a policeman at the Man-
hattan end of the bridge.
Ninety feet below the brh'ge the
woman and baby lay dead in South
Sixth street. She was Mrs. Sophie
Levitt, whose husband. Charles, has u
tobacco shop at 407 Cornelia street.
Rldgewood.
For several weeks she had been un-
der medical treatment for a nervou*
trouble. When she left the boose yes-
terday. after dr *««lng her only child.
Chartes. In bis best, sbe told her hus-
band they were going to the doctor's.
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Found big Snake in Partridge.
Milwaukee.—A snake I? Incite* Inns
as found by F. J I- foe: In a j«ar-
1dcr which be bad shot Tbe <oakr
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