Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 134, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 8, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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The Barrage is Lifting and the W. S. S. Bombing Squad is Due to Advance; Over the Top June 28
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VOLUME TWENTY FIVE
CHICKASHA OKLAHOMA SATURDAY JUNE 0 1918
NUMBER 13-t
DAILY
KASHA
11 A
ALLISON
APPEALS
TO WOMEN
Srys Time Has As rived for Fair Sex to
Skw Love of Country; Chance
For Service
25080 DIXIE NURSES
IS R. C. QUOTA ASKED
5000 Needed at Once; Balance by Janu-
ary 1; GreStest Opportunity Ever
Offered Says Speaker
In a stirring appeal (a (lie people
i.' Chlckuslia and Grady county for
mi undivided co operation toward ;i
relief of suffering along the Ameri-
can front in Franco Dr. George W.
Allison of East St. Louis opened t lies
urive hero at the Flapli.it church last
night for the raising of I lie south wm-
tern district quota of 2r0i trained
nurses for Immediate service and
pointed Hie way for a more united
prosecution of Hie war at home. The
war and im clone association v.'itli
chriellu.'lly a:i one of the point:;
emphasized by tin; speaker as an i:i
sue Ilius far almost ignored by the
American people. 'Willi no possi'dl-
'iiles for peace in night and with the
result of (lie war hinging entirely
upon the menial attitude of those
v ho remain at home It even con.sU
1 lMcts an act of treachery to hesitate
i:i the cheerful performance of duly
Dr. Allison allowed.
Christianity in Balance.
"I think it is highly filling that a
meeting of this kind should he held
i.i a church. If there ever was a
time when Christianity is in the bal-
ances it is now" the speaker began
and continuing along tlio same lino
pointed out that the church faced
extermination at the hands of a Di-
vine Right delusion. "There can be
no pea o with Germany been use trie
war liar gone too far for us to talk
o. a peaceful settlement; one of the
contending principals must he wiped
out. Germany cannot lie trusted to
I he signing of a truce. She in-
veigled Russia into a i'parato peace
without annexation and kept ::o per
cent of trie best part of Russia. And
again a world community spirit pro-
hibits peace until autocracy or dem-
ocracy topples to ruin.
"The real "issue of the war as our
boys over there see it is tin; menial
altitude of t'ne Americans toward
the struggle. A poor altitude here
will lower t Ho morale of our fighting
men hat the right spirit is the great-
est asset we have toward victory.
Germany plays upon the uenl inieiif of
her people 1y executing -great
boasts. If (hey could have located
and crushed our first little contin-
gent in the trenches their mental at-
titude would have been bolstered
up"
Dixie Nurses Wanted.
V'r. Allison finished his address
with an appeal to the women of the
country to hear the call of humanity
while (he mammoth lied Gross nurse
drive is on. "Before we can think
of victory we must get every man.
every woman and every dollar enlist
cil in the caur.e. The fiienfion Is not
how ping will li lie nor now many
men will it lake hut who can slay
the longer. There was never u bet
tir time for the young trained wo
THE WEATHER
For Oklahoma.
Tonight and Sunday partly
cloudy.
Local Temperature.
Maximum. 72; minimum Gl.
Rainfall during past twenty-
four hours. .'J5 inch.
n. en of America lo show a love for
country ami their' suffering fellow
man. Wounded and dying the boys
over there bless tlio ministering hand
of an American nurse. A veritable
lu ll may be changed to a vision of
heaven through the patriotic efforts
o.' a nurse from home. A Dixie
nurse for a wounded boy from Dixie
is the greatest luxury our boys can
Imagine. and they desrve . that lux-
ury" Dr. Allison declared.
Five thousand trained nurses must
be furnished at once and 23000 he-
fore the first of next January. The
lied Gross chapter here will have
charge of local enrollment.
CROSS
CONFERENCE
S SUCCESS
CliicKasrta Delegates lo Division Meet
Enthusiastic; Work of Organization Out-
lined; Includes Care of Soldiers
That I he division Red Gross con
fei''ii'e which ended yeslenmy af
ternoon -it Oklahoma City
of the most beneficial of
ever conducted in the stall
opinion of del"gatcs who
was one
its kind
was Hi"
relumed
Ihls morning.
livery phase of civilian relief and
hm- :I".J'." " Was discussed us
the conference laid plans for tlie care
of disabled soldiers and Ihoir fami-
lies. Division leaders from hend-
uiiarlers at St. Louis met. with slate
representatives for a discussion of
war problems and the formtaion of
an outline for active work hero that
is to constitute a second line of de-
fense. Among tin: most interesting fea-
tures of tin? conference were the lec-
tures by division officers on tlie bettering-
of conditions for civilian re-
lief as wo'tndi'd men return from the
fiont and for the relief of suffering
families of soldiers. Alfred fair-
banks division chairman from SI.
Louis discussed the scope ami ex-
tent of home service bringing out
tiie opportunities for relief work In
the fnited Slates. A thorough ex-
planation of the War lllsk Insurance
bill was given.
Fred Sl.rudell. chairman of the War.
Risks Insurance depart men! spoke
on the ailoltmont to families of sol-
di! is while Dr. Robinson lectured on
the care of crippled soldiers giving
slereoptican illustrations throughout
the speech. Miss Elizabeth Wood
talked on the social side of the Home
Service work.
Miss Pauline Willierspoou slate
secretary of Oklahoma City explain-
ed the financing of rhe work in the
slate and Dr. Kohoditz instructed the
conference in I lie care of tuberculo-
sis during and after the war. Tlie
conference closed yesterday after-
noon with a general round atele dis-
cussion. Thor." wlio attended the oonfor-
en .o from Chit-kasha wore: Mrs. T.
II. Dwyer Mrs. Will Hopkins Mrs.
George Evans Mrs. Roy Smith audi
llev. A. S. Kp-cse.
SHIP ATTACKED "
BY SUB SAVED
BY DESTROYER
By Unitfxl Fress.
Newport. June S.--Captain Parker
of the steamer Westerner declared
that llis ship was attacked by a sub-
marine 100 miles off Nantucket
shoals Thursday.
Patrol boats appeared and the sub-
marine vanished according to the
report of the captain who added that
' his ship was chased for some time
io midocean by another submarine.
RED
4'
PERSHING DIRECTED AS
SAMMIES TOOK CANTICNEY
fulled Press
I;
Uy
Washington June 8. Gen-
eral i'ershing commander-in-chief
of the American forces
abroad personally directed
an attack that resulted in the
capture of Cuntigny a few
days ago the Senate Military
Committee was told at a meet-
ing of tlie War Council.
LONG GONE
IS LOCATED
Grady County Jail Breaker Arrested In
Council Bluff; Facing Penitentiary
Term and Heavy Fine
Jake lllghluwer Chii-kasha negro
i) again In lite toils of the law ac
cording to a lolegruiii received from;
the sheriff f Council Bluffs la.
who states that the Grady county jail
. . .
oreaiier is saieiy muter kick anil
... I
ney ami is iiwaiung me arrival oi inn
. . f .
Oklahoma officer to lie returned i
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At the January term of the dis-
Irlct court here ilightowor was con-
victed on a liipior charge sentenced
t ) two years in the penitentiary and
assessed a fine or 5-5P. He filed mo-
tion for a new (rial which was over-
ruled by Judge Wll Mini and he
was given the usual lime in which
to file an appeal. During this time
be with two other inmates of the
Grady county jail made their escape
since win'cli time neither hide nor
hair of tlie negro has been seen
reported around these parts.
His downfall and recapture is but
another horiihle example of what
the eternal conversation of womai
wii) do. llightovver's wife's relatives
live In Topcka Kans. Tim sheriff's
force here so advised the officials
at Topekn who keeping in touch
with the talkative Highlower woman
learned (hat Jake was doing a nifty
little job of scouting in Coiiucii
muffs.' The sheriff at that point
was iinmedhHely advised to pick the
man li) which stunt he Immediately
pioceedod lo execute. A member of
the Grady county sheriff's force will;
have today for Iowa to bring Jake
beck "home."
Iiightower is a member of the Iu-
Lad club in more than one way and
it is probable that he will have a
warm not lo say super healed recei
tion when landed surely back in the
Grady county jail. In addition to
the unserved penitentiary term plus
the unpaid $250 fine and a charge
of jail breaking be is also of draft
age and if it develops that he should
have been present to go lo an army
camp with a Grady county increment
lie may have to face a charge of be-
ing au absentee.
GIVE OUT TOTAL
OF SUB SINKINGS
FOR THIS WEEK
Py fnilcd Prrs.i.
New York June S. Ten vessels to-
taling L'2.201) tons 'vere lost as a rc-
srlt of the German submarines oper-
ating in American waters the week
ci ding June 8 according to unoffi-
cial figures.
The week ending June 1 approxi-
mately 3. U(J tons were sunk. The
figures -Include the Norwegian ship
Vinland. the last to bo officially re-
ported lost. A life toil of 13 was re
ported from the Carolina. No other
deaths
were reported from the sub
' nariued ships.
GHT0WER
THIRD TEUTON OFFENSIVE NOW
'AT STANDSTILL; SPECULATE ON
LOCATION OF NEXT BIG DRIVE
By United Tress.
Willi tlie British in Prance June
8.--llindeiiburg's third offensive is
al a standstill. When and where he
will begin a fourth is tlie question
that is occupying the allied comman-
ders. German prisoners reflect I lie
general opinion that on the side of
the enemy it is now do or die. for
Germany.
Despite the colossal number of
trops flung against I lie allies the
r.ost desperate blows are ahead Be-
tween the North sea and Switzerland
Stale Ueiu'quatters Swamped WitliRequcsIs
for Supplies to Be Used in Coining
Drivf; Buying Brisk
Muskogee oiila. June S. The Cor
man submarine raids on the Allan
lie coast have not been without r
suits. Tin; day fcV-'vio;: u:. ri"
cessful raid I lie War Savings head-
quarters here was besieged with tel-
ephone and telegraph messages from
county chairmen asking that sup-
plies for Hie big drive le rushed In
them.
Practically every one of the county
chairmen admitleil that the news
ft oni New York had stirred them up
and that they saw the necessity of
speedy action. On and a half mil-
.'lion pledge; cards for use
on
June
2Mh National War Savings Day
l.ad been wrapped ready to mail next
week.
Tb" bad news r.nised many of the
roinitiiltees in lie- respective conn
ties to ""grow imj;:ilienl and urgent
calls followed. All records for in-
coming telephone calls were broken
and nearly every s'ctien of the slate
r. P njed.
Deulenant P.. J. I adge of lb- Brit-
Ish army who arrived in .Muskogee
today from New York where he land-
ed from Prance three we-ks ago.
said that the raids would stir Hie
1 ico pie up. "The people of Kngland
were aroused to the gravity of Hie
situation by raids on the coast" be
said "and I hope that the American
people undergo the same experience."
COURT APPROVES PETITIONS
This morning in district court.
Judge Will la'nn approved applica-
tions of I wo oil companies in disso-
lution proceedings. Tlie companies
were the Chickasha Oil and Dovol-
o;:;i"iit company and the Lindsay Oil
and Gas company. The approval d
the court gives the companies per-
mission lo file pel ii ions for disso'u
lion. Hearings will he had later.
BEAT GERMANY I -
that oppojerPruwianirm
Tat lwfA food FljJ-rftri- i 1
- - "WASTE NOTHING
SUB RAIDS
HELP SALE
BABY BONDS
4
Germany has HIM divisions and It is
estimated that there-are slightly un-
der 35 divisions on the east front.
This shows that Hindenburg has in-
ert used his armies by nearly 40 di-
visions. This increase was possiblo
by recruiting new classes of younger
men ami combining them with other
classes by reducing I lie sizes of tlie
divisions and by bringing half way'
good divisions from the eastern
front. There are now about SO di-
visions more on the east front lha:i
there were a year ago.
VETS HAVE BIG
TIME AT ALTUS
SAYS GEN. VANCE
According lo llrlgadier General J.
D. Vance of tin's eiiy just returned
from Alius where he attended I he
Tenth annual reunion of the V. C.
V. of Ihe stale too much praise can-
not h( given the cili.ens of Alius
lor Ihe manner in which the veter-
an:) were entertained.
"It was one of the best meetings
we have ever had and I want you
lo know that the Alius people cer-
tainly know how to entertain" said
(be brigadier general "blvery where
we were met most cordially and the.
he. timenv given us was of -the best.
To the good ladies of Alius the vet-
trans are indebted more than they
(an ever pay. No city or town not
(ven Chielii'sha could have been
more cordial."
Resolutions were passed al I ho
session requesting Ihe president of
the fnited States to act favorably!
upon Hie application for foreign ser-
vice in any capacity forwarded to
the war department by General
Vance some time ago.
NAVY OFFER IS
INDUCEMENT TO
BOYS IN SCHOOL
.Sciio-d boys who have heretofore
hesitated lo enter Ihe army or navy
because of Ihe fact that enlistment
would interfere with I heir education
have no further reason for delaying
Iheir joining tlie navy according lo
information issued by Chief Klectri-
ciau White in charge of naval re-
cruiting here after receiving a Id
ler from the department yesterday
offering unlimited opport unities lo
the young man who is reluctant lo
have his schooling interrupted.
Young ni"ii who are leaving school
and who wish to continue. thrir
course in the fail may enroll in Ihe
I nileil States naval service now and
continue their school room training
in September at. the expense of the
govonuiM nt the proposition offers.
During the summer (hey will re-
ccive .10 per llioni 11 liesules a
new ami complete $i'0.imi uniform up-
on enlistment. This is the induce
ment advanced by the naval reserve.
Tlie coast defense Naval Reset" c
is wide open lo enlistment lo men
between the ages of eighteen and
I hirly five. II holds the same advan-
tages in lime of war as the regular
r.avy including pay dudes and
chances for advancement.
OKLAHOMA BOY IS
KILLED IN ACTION
- i
Ry United FrS8
Washington June s. Private Kosn
Cawlctt of Pltsburg Okla. was killed
ii iKtion according lo the list .of 10$
casualties issued by the war depart-
ment today.
Tlie list included 30 killed in ac
tion 2G dead from other causes and
52 wounded. Captain Hufus Mont-
fall of Kansas City Lieutenant Ham-
let P. Jones of Kaufman Tex. were
killed in action.
AMERICANS ON MARNE
CONTINUE TO ADVANCE;
HALT COUNTER ATTACKS
NO ORDERS
ON CLASS 1
RECEIVED
Local Board Has No Wvicc as to Pro-
cedure in Revision of Classes Un-
der Selective Draft
Just what difference will be made
in the Class 1 draft rolls of Grady
county by Provost Marshal General
crowder's orders lo all boards for a
general ami I borough revision of
iii Is to swe ll the number of men ac-
cessible for selective service could
not he estimated by the local hoard
this morning.
Though it is understood here that.
I the re cxaniii.al ion will not be long
delayed definite instructions as to
Ihe date and method of procedure
had not reached the board office at
noon today. General Crowder's in-
vest igat ion of all board records is I
based upon the recent discovery by
Ihe war department that Class one
rosters in some localities had fallen
as low as 10 per cent while the. na-
tional average is above 2H per cent.
Tim list has not been reduced to
thai extent in the Grady northern
division J. K. llollowny local board
member estimates.
No enlistments either in Ihe navy
or I lie marine corps will be permit-
led men included in the 1018 regis-
tered class the order states. After
order cud serial numbers have been
posted enlistments in the navy and
murines may he made with the per-
mission of the local board members.
These will only he allowed where the
i"gi."l rant is not In Hm current quoin
of Ihe hoard.
EA
FORW.
That extensive preparations are
under way for the big W. S. S. drive
.i be staged on June 28 is evidenced
b- the activity in the. office of II. N.
riullican county treasurer and .1. D.
liryan county assessor.
These officials are compiling the
valuation in each school district of
Ihe county the personal and real
property being listed separately.
They are also listing the number of
lax payors in each school district.
Prom these figures (he W. S. S. quo
ta for each school district will be
computed.
With I hose various quotas est ah
lisleal Hie campaign innnagerri will
have a definite end to work to. By
the detailed lists (hey will be aide
to tell what district is doing or is not
doing its full shave. This Informal ion
can also be carried lo the individual.
MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED
The marriage record at the office
o' the court cleik shows the follow-
ing licenses granted this morning
and yesterday afternoon: Loouio
Gibbs aged 20 of Hush Springs and
Miss Ruby Stanton aged If. of Rush
Snriims. Maloy Andrews aged 28
of Ft. Si'l . and Miss Marie Me
Gaugh aged 20 of Arkansas. Lu-
ther M. r.ilyou aged 28 of Ft. Sill.
i and Mis-i Ella Williams
' Lawton.
aged 19 of
DY
S. S.
CAM
AIGN
Drive Forward Northwest of Chateau-
Thierry; Art'llery and Rifle Fire
Slop Hun Thrust
MARINES STILL IN
THICK OF BATTLE
Don Gas Masks and Cut Down Bode
Horde; French Co Operate Willi
Sammies in Big Battle
3y United Tress.
With the Americans in Prance
June 8. Americans on the Maruu
and adjoining units again drove for-
ward northwest of Chateau Thierry
leday German coupler attacks were
blocked by American advance artil-
lery fire which was incessant
throughout Ihe night and increased
vickntly at 1 o'clock when the right
i
I wing of the Marines attacked the
si.uth part of the wood Where tlio
Genua us retained a fool hold.
Numerous prisoners were taken in
this action but the full nucceS:i at
(his lime Is not known. The enemy
attempted lo advance at PMIO tllhl
morning using infantry supported by
prlillery ami nirehlno guns and pre-
ceded by a barrage of poisonous gu
shells and clouds of smoke. The
.Marines donned their gas masks and
stopped the advancing Germans -100
yards rrom Ihe trenches by artillery
and rifle fire. The Germans attack-
ed Hie adjoining unit at the same
time. but. were repulsed losing lot)
men. The American loss wan email.
Trench Co .operating
fly United Press.
Paris. June 8. - French Iruops co-
operating with Americana northwest
' Chateau Thierry continued to ad-
vance OIi (ho northern portion of
the front the war office unnounecd.
Tw o violent Gorman nt tucks on
the southern portion of the line in
that region were repulsed with heavy
losses to the enemy. South of the
Ourcq the French made considerable
lt ogress pressing the Germans back.
The Freinh lines now reach to tlio
west. borders of Dammard just
north of Neiiilly lal'olerie. Fifty
prisoners wore taken in Hie fighting
ai this point.
Two violent. Germaii attack -i were
broken up with heavy enemy losses
as they charged against. Iloureschej
five miles west of Chateau Thmrry
and l.etholel southeast of Pour-
esrhos. Heavy caiiiion-nliiig is in progrcm
on the Aisne front. Tim French im-
ptoved Iheir position" at Antblepgy
which is six miles west of Sois.sons.
ftritir.li Launch R.iidn.
By United Presa.
' London June S. Sncren-ful Kiit-
i; I raids and active German artillery
fire is reported by Field Marshal
liaig. A few pris'oiers were taken
in a successful raid last night in the
neighborhood of Iiullich. Patrols in-
flicted casualties and captured many
machine guns ill the Strazeele sector
north of Albert. Southeast of Arras
hostile artillery is active.
Hon Seaplane Burned.
Py United Press.
Amsterdam. June S.- A German
seaplane was set on tire ami sank
when seven German and five British
seaplanes fought a night engagement
off Ylieland Island a report declar-
ed. Two British planes landed in
Dutch territory and their crews were
interned.
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