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From Across the Sea Comes the Cry of Our Boys for Support to Arm Them to the Fight Now When Victory is Almost
Within Thsir Grasp. Stand Bshind Them With Your Dollars. Buy Bonds.
, Your Soldier Boy Over-
seas Wants the Home
News—Send us His Ad-
dress and $2—WE WILL
DO THE REST.
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TIMES-DEMOCRAT, VOL. 16. NO. 40. ■ ..E TIMES-DEMOCRAT. ALTUS, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, J918. OFFICIAL CITY AND COUNTY PAPER
London Believes Germany Will Sutrcndev To Escape Vengeance
, BY EDWARD PRICE BELL
Special to The Star-Telegram and Chicago News
PEACE IT IS BELIEVED HERE THAT GERMANY W^LL^OO^FOLLOW W THE FOOTST^ SURRENnF^fiN ^USTICE AND PERMANENT
THERE IS PRACTICALLY NO DOUBT THAT SHE WILLITAKE THISCOURSE^™™ SuVi S? ™5?!£DER UNC0ND|TIONALLY.
FRONTIERS. HER SINS AND CRIMES ARE SO COLOSSAL THAT SHE HAS A DEADLY FEAR OF viwr AN/M?A ARMI£S DRAW TOO NEAR HER
MIES IN THE WEST KNOWS THAT THIS FEAR IS FAR FROM GROUNDLESS. VENGEANCE AND ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE AR-
soldiers of liberty, they
DIED that the world might
HAVE AN ENDURING PEACE
Six of Jackson County's Noble Sons Give Their Lives—Three
Sleep in Flanders' Fields and Three in
Honored Graves at Home
soldier honored public gatherings central powers ask for
at-:;:::
now suspended
in this city
Eldorado showed her appreciation jpf j
the sacrifice of one of her boys accord-1 .
to tile plan indicated in the follow-1 Schools Closed Today Until Signal'
" ' Fiom Fire Whistle Notifies'
I in# notice which
city Wednesday:
; circulated in that!
armistice and transmit peace
proposal to president wilson
Work Will Resume
JOHN" L. GE
ARY, Altus.
Win.
MURPHY HE!
[-MS. Altit I
ALDA LAMB
. Altus. Route (i.
joh;
K D. HIX'KS. I
eldorado. * I
SMITH D. Wl
! LI JAMS. Eldorado
BUS'
i'l'R HAWKINS
>. Duke. I
Sgt. John L. Geary has given his [tiger's scream.-" At times it is not a
life for freedom's cause according to good fueling, when they are so near.
official report of the war department, J Had an Altus paper last night for die
received by his wife in this city Friday first time in months. Have not re-
evening. which stated that he had been,ceivcd any mail for a month, but will
killed in action in France September [get it all in a few day-.
1<>. Mrs Geary had received a letter! Where we are it is quiet, except at
from him on the Monday pre-!times we have to run, to duck a
■ vious, written Sept. 4. and indicating bucket of rocks. We mav run but we
that he was then very near the battle-never forget our gas masks for that is
front and i.T the way of shell fire from our best friend, Fritz is not at all
the enemy. .particular where he sends his whizz
John was one of the first group of bangs, but you can not find a bunch
boys sent out from Jackson cfluirty up- g<"t out of the way any quicker than
der the selective draft on September,we can. At times we have to run from
19,1917. On August 1, just a few weeks a large "humming bird" coming through
prior to his departure for Camp Travis!the air and not saying where it is go-
he was married to Miss Lillian Moore, >"g to light, and the only things we
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Moore can see are hill
of this city, who later went to San jacket _ .
Antonio and remained with her husband this is quiet, nothing to do but to drill Dr. W. S Spears,
until he was transferred for oversegS ser and to do other work t$> keep warm. rived to attend his
vice. He made good in his military! As to the war. you at home hear and'has also been ill
FOR LIBERTY
Again the bells of Liberty have
tolltd in our midst and another
one of our gallant boys has paid
tlie price <\
FREEDOM
in that he has laid rhis life down
for his country.
SMITH 1). WILLIAMS, son
of our neighbor. D. J. Williams,
of tlje Midway community, died
at Camp Dix. X. J., Saturday
morning, September 28, 1918, and
his body will arrive here under
Military escort this afternoon.
Citii-jus are requested U> close
their places of business at 4:30
o'clock p. in. and repair to the
station to show our sympathy for
he bereaved family and our heart!
felt appreciation for the life of
this young soldier.
The funeral will be held at
Carmel at 3 o'clock p. m„ Wed-
nesday October 9, 1918.
ORDER
Public Her.:-h Authorities Close All
Public Gatherings
Indefinitely
WHEREAS, pursuant to'the revis-
ed public health laws of Oklahoirfa.
and owing to extended epidemics of
the Spanish .'-niuenza. which has be-
come most -erious. and until such a
time as it deemed safe by the au-
thorities in remove the regulation,
every public school, church, theater,
moving picture show, and public
gathering ■ very character shall
be/closed.
Parents ;.re urged to keep their
rhildreu at home during such time
is the schools are,ctosed.
Dated. Altus. Oklahoma.
October, 10th. 1918.
S. E Hit KM AN. Mayor.
DK. EDW. V ABERNETHY.
Co. Supt. • i Public Health. Acting
Supt. of r.:; lie Health, Altus. Okla.
Our Chief Executive Replies With Note of Inquiry as to German
Chancellor s Exact Meaning, and Insists on Retirement From
Invaded Territory First Requirement of Peace Discussion
| Pari-. Oct. 5.—Germany. Austria -
j Hungary and Turkey have resolved
.simultaneously to ask PresidentWilson
to make representations in their interest
peeially his speech >>! Si ptember 27, as a
basis trtr peace negotiations.
"\\ ith a view of avoiding further
.bloodshed thp German government re-
f"ij a general armistice and negotiations quests the immediate conclusion of an
tor a general oeare. arrnr.limr „ I armistice on land and water and in
the air."
It is announced that Turkey will take
a similar step.
general peace, according to
j Berne dispatch t<> the Havas agency.
Paris. Oct. 5.—The Austro-Hungarian
minister at Stockholm has been charg-
ed to request the Swedish government
to transmit to President Wilson a pro-
posal to conclude immediately with him
and his allies a general armistice and
to start without dela
peace.
KAISER ONLY OF-
FERS GERMAN PEACE
Paris. Oct
tro-Hungaris
lows:
"The Austro-Hungarian
Dr. Spears Better
Dr. C. G. Spears, who has bee
rocks aud yellow ill with pneumonia the past week
Don't let this bother you, for'ported some better today His brother IT V/ ",ov-1P1 opost
-• ™ls oroiner 'to reopen. Many new cases among the Wilson
monarchy. I
which has made only defensive warfare
; On accotmt <■> ihe increasing preva- and has borne witness several times to
j nice of influenza the city schools were ts desire to put an end to the hlood-
Ner> suspended ;h;« (Ihursday) morning shed and conclude an honorable peace.
re until such time as it is deemed wise j proposes by presentation to President
conclude immediately with
. . . Berlin. Oct. 6.—Via Basel. Switzer-
negotiations for land—Emperor William in a proclama-
tion to the German Army and Xavv.
--The"-text of the Aus-i'^ °Ct * Say$/ .
peace proposal is as fol-I . 'nifthe *fdst ,hfe ;eVerc struggle
i the Macedonian front has crumbled,
our front has not been broken, and it
will not be.
"I have decided in accord with my
allies to once again offer peace to the
enemy: but it will be only an honorable
peace for which we extend our hand."
service, and was sergeant of Company know a/ much as we do. for we very their many friends hoi
M. 357th Infantry when transferred seldom see a paper, and the only thing!be speedily relieved.
from Camp Travis. we do know is that all of us are
anxious for it to be over soon. H. G. Jones, of Route 3, was
<nve the folks my love and regards' ness visitor in town Monday,
to the Chiltons and other friends.
■Your loving husband,
Sgt. John L. Geary.
Co. M. 357th Inf.
A. E» F.
Duncan, has ar-;childrciI devddped yesterday, and it wasjhim and his allies a general armistice
se. . rs. i>Pears,rcCOgnize<J by thf cjty authoritjes thatUn land. 011 sea. and in the air. and
an ounce of prevention will be worth start without delay negotiations for
ith influenza, aud j
TEXT OF WIL-
SON'S NOTE
John Loyola Geary was born May
9. 1895 at Vicksburg. Miss. Both his
parents died within one year when he
was about nine years old and he was
that thev mav
a busi-,
many pounds f cure. The suspension [peace.
is for an indefinite period, and the j ' These negotiation
teachers will remain in the city sub- the fourteen points
(Continue''
■ four. col. three)
same evening that brought the
of John Geary's death, a tnes-
>f the same purport reached Mrs
Kuhn of this city, stating that
William Murphy Helms had
Th
news
I sage
O. F
her ■
been killed in action in France on July |
-1. Mrs. Kuhn was in the country when
the message arrived, and it was re-j
ceived by her daughter. Mrs. Lilliej
Blagg. at the Clingan cafe where she I
is now employed.
W illiam Helms was twenty-three
years of age. He went out to service'
from this county February 29, to Camp
1 ravis from where his mother receiv-
ed one letter. The family had receiv- j pockc"t knife )u,t
ed no notification that he had been sent; Sam H. Ornate
pink murphy stabbed to death
by sam choate who in his
cell awaits process of law
will be based 011
1 President Wil-
json's message of January 8 and the
four points of his speech of February
12 (February 11). 1918. and those equal-
ly of September 27. 1918." j
Ravine Near Duke The Scene of TLe Terrible Tragedy
Wherein Murphy Lost His Life at the Hands of
One of Three Companions
Pink Murpln
f Duke and a
dead as the
a resident of the t<
farmer of that vicinity
ry^ult of a stab with a
it his heart, and
ho resides near
luntv
I
reared by a cousin who now reside* in
California and whom he always re-
garded as a foster mother. He was
christened and brought up in the Catlio-; homa in 1912.
He faith, the religion of his parents and
relatives. He came to Altus in 1915.
and was employed as traveling cotton
er seas. a„d were not aware that 1 Martha. occupies a cell in th
■ was ... France until they received jail. charged with the howici(|c
ie announcement of his death. He The killing took place Sundav ait.
as bom at Comanche. IVxas. and came an<! > uV||K.k " jn ac
ith his mother and family to Okla- ravine Tllrkvv Creck netr Duko ^ th,
th.
vidson. Mrs. W. H. Dean
ns|iector for the Western Weighing and Miss Clara Helms of Fairvi
Inspection Bureau of Oklahoma City, brother, John Helms of B
with headquarters at the Intrastate Com- Okla.
press Co. of this city. He made many ]
friends in this section who knew him Buster flaw kins died la*;
a» a young man of moral integrity and(pneumonia at Camj
real worth. Besides the young wife brought to his homo
who sorrows in the thought of the munitv where he w
faraway grave in the shell-torn fields at Rock cemetery
of France, he leaves three brothers re- That
siding in Dallas and a sister in Cali- countr*
*av.ne
Besides his mother and related by R A. Patterson who was ,
sister .„ Altus he ,s surv.ved by three u,rn„.g i„ a ear from Hollis Sund
Other s,sters. Mrs O S. Thornhill of afternoon. when h, neared „u. T„rk
Dix and
11 the Duke
buried M«nd
if \ ictory. Creek bridge just this side of Duke h«
rw. and a wa< haltcH hy ,w<> mp„ , M M(
owertown. Kibbens* and Arthur Middleton, who
asked Patterson to take them back to
Duke, saying that a man had been
* killed and thev wanted to Ket a doctor
all
hoys
ind 1
ervice is th<
rill be held
ind friends i
and a
ed to
they w
killing.
Patter*
deput
make
ere d.
an'
n Harrison, of I
i-d by teleicram from the
fornia. To these i* extended the svm- ,n its
pathv of the citizens of the county. «ho *hich
realiite that he gave bis life for the family and friends in futu
-afetv of their I.o.ir-, and loved ones
and for the protectant, of the weak and Mrs
oppressed in all the wotld
Sgt fitary'i Ta-it letter to Mrs
is in part a< follows :
. >«>mewheri in l-'ra
SeptA 4,
I am sitting out under a large tree!the me
w a wood, writing this letter where'
you can hear the "lion's roar and the 1 Continued to page four
rd
sheriff. The men refus
L-im-nt as to what
hat led up to the
ng the tact that
if which wer? an
dix-tor
party i.
killing, so
A h>*podt
dying man
and Murp
nuirmnr.
to those
the doet.
ly to his
the way-
statement
Patters
turned ti
WHAT MAXIMI-
LIAN PROPOSES
Amsterdam. Oct. 5.—(By th
ciated Press.)—The immediate suspen-
sion of hostilities has been proposed
by the imperial German chancellor.
Prince Maximilati. in the reichstag. ac-
cording to the Berlin Correspondent of
the Tijd. I lie entente allies are to be
asked t" -tate their terms.
Tne chancellor's proposal embraced
also the dispatch of plenipotentaries to
a neutral place to discuss the question
of a league for national arbitration and
disarmament.
The plenipotentaries are further to
be enqmwered to discuss the creation
of a federal Austria, the right of self-!3"
determination of Belgium, autonomy ior
he bridge where Pink Alsace-Lorraine and the return of the
und bleeding to death (German colonies.
The terms of the entente allies will be
asked at the same time with the object
of iiinning a basis .'or the consideration
of these important questions. *
and in compa-iy with Deputy Sheriff
Lum W alker and a physician they re-
turned to Turkey creek, where the men
guided them '!<>wn the ravine a short
distance from 1
Murphy was fc
from a stab .w ound in his breast. With
him was A. M '.usby Middleton, who
>mpanied McKibbens to Duke after
sheriff, was not with
avine at the time of the
stated by the others.
*as administered to tlie
rrival of the physician
evived sufficiently to
going to die." which
mlj, words intelligible
m He was placed in
and driven immediate-
his death occuring on '
his having made
affair.
Sheriff Walker :
nit ion to finding
nm.tied the deed.
TEXT OF GERMAN
NOTE TO WILSON
Amsterdam. Oct. f>.—<B
ciated Press t—The text
forwarded by the ini|>erial C
cellor. Price Maxitiiilan. to
Wilson, through the S«iss k
follows :
"l he < lerman government
•sident of the Unit
W ashingtdn. Oct. 8.—The text ot the
communication handed to the charge
of Ewitzerland here, follows:
"Sir: I have the honor to acknow-
ledge, on behalf of the President, your
i note ol Oct. • <5, enclosing the communi-
cation from the German Government to
the President; and I ain instructed by
i the President to request you to make
the following communication to the
Ass'o- Imperial German Chancellor:
"Before making reply to the request
i of the Imperial German Government,
and in order that that reply shall be as
candid and straightforward as .the mo-
mentous niterests involved require, the
President of the United States deems
it necessary to assure himself of the
enact meaning of the note of the Im-
perial Chancellor.
"Does the Imperial Chancellor mean
that the Imperial German Government
accepts the tends laid down by the
President in his address to the Congress
of the United States on the 8th of Janu-
last. and in subsequent aHdresset
and that its object in entering into dis«
: cussioli would be only to agree upon
the practical details of their applica-
tion?"
" 1 he President feels bound to ,a\
with regard to the suggestion<of an arm
istiee that he would not feel at liberty
to propose a cessation of arms to tht'
governments with which the Government
of the United States is associated
against the Central Powers so long as
rn.ies of tho
»oil. The
the As
i the note 1 the
rTlian chan- ' their
powers are upon
«»l faith of any dis-
part. and ft]
rou ha* e kil
;id dr;
Choan
had go
almost
I
h of her brother,
killed in act..«i
WW j twenty-one days prior
•sage The
»b.
Xbi
I..
the
int.. witt ami t.o.| damn you. I am going to kill on his
re about yoo ~ ami set ->m 111 pursuit to make his Murphy .
date of threat *.**1. the spred of the pursued cemetery a
nmg man enlisted however availed to make the second He is said
tragedy a failure of agt.
col one I • Mr Patterson drove the men to Duke young
tew steps v
over Choate
e Choate wa
iced in jail
which will
Juried Mondai
ought
await | hi <
held an
the
take
this
pleni
"It
th<> 1
nests
d States to
#1 of peace.
est
itiar
il tlie belligerent state
and invite them to
>r th<
pts the
hi* later
trogram
he Unit.
President, cuss ion would manifestly depend upo»
overnment jtlie consent of the Central Powers im-
; mediately to withdraw their forces ev •
-ywhere from invaded territory.
"The President also feels that he is
justified in asking whether the Imperial
f Chancellor is speaking merely for the
ttn to send constituted authorities of the Empir
purpose of who have so far conducted the war. H •
<!eems the answer to these qoe>tion<>
et forth by vital from every point of view.
I State* in "Accept, sir. the renewed assurances
January 8'oi my high consideration.
t-ments es "ROBERT LAXSIXt "
Preabytet.an Ladies' Aid
Miss Prudhom. teacher of Fren
the high school, has been quite
Aid met the past week at the residence
K,<k! The Presbyterian Indies' Ai.t met the past
^ril.,Kall,iDWkr'Wi,h UcN>,n ^ iOdoo, and her mother arrived from
- - been ab..ut « years noon with htteen pre^t. A quilt was [Edmond Sundav to be w.th her until
'ch!v -- liZa bUS,n<" SC4,ion w better Miss Miriam Landrum
gitj and a boy Mrs John Scott was a visitor. . „ her place at the high school
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