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Saturday Morning Advertiser
Surrender
of Austria May
Come Quickly
Lh IM
IflMllI
Ln.ii .
I limn
Wur 1" Continue In-
i.cioi.iiis Alt' in Close
i i.ii Out Xolliing lit
Movements.
ii I In' most promlii-
most Intel estlng of
hi lis is III!' (lispatcll
that nil indications
oiidltlnnul surrender
i ho Austro-llungnr-
ini'iliiitt'ly anil Dial
hi ought closer anil
.iry by the cutting
iipplb s from Austria
 y ivi rniiR'iit leaders
j villi other allluil gnv-
eri in approving rri'si-
Inil. nil' to (iertnnny de-
PL- infer tines mil look
n i in' ciipiiuiauun inn
;. i. to go ) until till'
h no longer liold to-
rtl! polls tell of many
Ifi.nl "l lienuuli govern-
ii.il ' iry officials of -i
h ff Kaiser hlniM'lf which
ulillc anil of a general
It of m that seems to per-
t-v nit' German I'ije?
mm In (ivnnaiiM seem to
I in fti ny
fi!i 'lie dispatch of the
to (! n. Flench AiuiM'iran
BriiM inns all made small
lulu u won font I v toot
rd " in.' Herman with-
liji enabled them to short
er l't .mil put up a more for-
lie 'i ' I against the advance
ni'HAXT OKLAHOMA SATlltDAY OCTOUKIl SMI 1IIIH.
ci.osimj oitoKi: wii.i. miti.
VK I.N Kl'l i:cr
Okliilioni.i State llr.ilili l)iMiinient
lias lln- Situation hi Charge.
Xo School et Week.
Theatres schools ami t lunches
will not be allowed to open next week
even though app.ireiillv Hie lufluen.i
epidemic Is subsiding It Inis ..n
stated at the offices ot the Slat
Jloatd of Health It had In en hili-
muted that pi)sllily ilty ofii.lah
would lespond to a leanest fur the
ieopoimig ot these places next Mon-
'day. Olflti.ils of the State Health
Department s:ly tlint Hie matter i
i now In the hands of that dep.ui-
i ini'lit and that no nhnes uln i... .......
lilltted to open without pei mission
from that source Positive ussiir.inc
was Riven yestenla that no perntN
slon ot the kind Win. il he given to
hecome effective next MoMav It i;
believed that the neuer.il rain' oi the
past few da.s will have n lieiietiil.il
effect on the epidemic of intliiena
hut that milled precautions units h-
taken against (olds mid pneumonia
The number of cases of intltienz.i
In the State will pinhuhl.v icaili n-
0110 It was stated at the State Health
office It Is possible that uianv oth-
ers could not be leporled.
Statu si.oott.oiHi ovi:i: it loan
M'ota
Latest flguies not lln;il ufticl.il.
show that Oklahoma has stili-uibed
Its quota of $::s!t5l::.'iii. ami about
$ 1.000 Uliu over foi the Foiiith l.lh-
erty Loan Two lountles trnm which
reports ale yet to come did not net
the iiiota that h.id Ik en :iss;uei to
them The counties of the dioiith-
slllcken district ot the Stale over-
subscribed their quotas i:s." pei cent.
In the communities falling to talsc
tin piescribcd amount many lesi-
t dents were sick with Influenza Sub-
'scrlptlons as reported show ih.it a
total of $4:;S!uliriU was subscribed
0 YS CLOTHING
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Wr-
Hy this time all of you
know that we specialize in
HOYS' i 'LOTH INC. into
this branch of the business
we put our hardest and
best efforts. We are striv-
ing for the preference of
boys and it is easy for you
to see the forward strides
the department is making.
7.50 $10 $12.50 $15.00
a the values at the
Wf 'rices. They are
fcialili ( hievements. The
Ban 'lever Stunning
P nd many of them
ariuu 'lie famous Elk
nl Soys whose choice
"l n them can't go
Fra.v ' hey are the. fore-
1061 s' ndards of every
Fell
'oys' Shoes
fUtlli .K.TIIKII at
M.nn $:i..-ti im.oi) $r.oo
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OURANT OKLA.
Defense Council
Is Weeding Out
Non-Producers
All l.o.ileis anil .Voii'Kssenti.iHx Km
ploicil Men Musi ; oik on
(Mitenitiieiit .lolis Cnless The.x I'ro.
Ule Work in HsM'iillnl liulilstries.
The Countx Council of Defense oil
Thill sil.iy nlKht held Its fhs sesnon
lor the imipose ot ntti iiiIIiik to the
lo.ifeis mid Hi ikiii essentiiillv em-
Pi" id men The l.iihnr llo.nil was
plesent in toto also Air. Ualnes a
tepreseiitntlve of the Cox ei iimeiit In
seiuiitiK lalmr ior tlineniincnl work.
A sinie ot men uiuie before the
Council. Some weie horse tradirs.
some weie waiter otheis weie Just
oidinaiy lo.ifeis ami still others up-
piiieiitl maile it Hvinn. hut in a
ilouhlful wa To a man these wetv
coiainceil that they should sIku lip
for wink on himn Coveriimeut wotks
in pioi;ress in I.iMiNtllle. and .Mr.
(iiilni's secured about a doen sIkhii-
t tire- to cuds of men who nppiured
and who will leave Sundav with a
contingent tor l.ouisxilie
One or two who haxe been em-
plineil at wml classed ;is noti-essen
tial. nwncil shut jobs walled them
In woik (hat litis I ii classed as es-
sential and they were jjlven the op-
poitiililty to chiuiKO their orcupi-
tilllls
This (Iiixernment woik p.ns a
inliilmum of :;- .r i;t t(ir ..
limn labor and (orieMiomllnelv liied.
er w.ikcs for the more or less skilled
work I he mens meals are tnrnlsli.
ed them for fiOc per day and their
beds aie furnished flee Tin v are
paid time and a half for all 'over-
time with double time for Saturdav
afternoon linil Suiuliiv woik. It Is
estimated that with the number of
bonis each will work incliiillin? nv.
eiilme ami Sunday that a man can
make about 11". to S 1 1 i net- iiumiii
oxer and ahoxe his hoard The (Sov-
erniuent nihauces to t. meM t)Pr
car fate and meals on the wav to the
Job. and they nre not compelled to
lemaill on tlie ton loncer linn re.
united to repay this advance ill ex
penses
The Council of Defense plans to
hold nightly sessions tint! ithe town
Is rid of loafers and until all men
emploxed In work thai the (Jovern-
ment classes as iioii-essenli.il. nre
eiiK.iKPrt In essential work
This anion of the Council of De-
fense whs made necessary by the fact
Hint riryan county has fallen down
badly on her quota of men for this
sort of work while the percentage
of idle men In t lie countx in said to
be very larse
The scope of the Council's author-
ity is the entire county and tlnoimh
locnl information and reports every
Idle man and every non-e.ssentiallv
employed man in the entire county
will he railed up and examined mid
at once.
Ws5
.Ills WII.I.AItl) TO CMillT KOU
waii rrxn
.Iiss Wlllard heavyweight ebain-
pion of the wot Id has accepted an
Imitation to appear In an exhibition
bout for the benefit of the I'nited
War Work CnnipaiKn. It Is stated
that the sports committee would se-
lect Willard's opponent and the date
and place of the match which prob-
ably will be staged at one of the
InrKe army cantonments
"I ko on the broad principle" s-ijs
u prominent writer "that no prlvi
lefcp of American citizenship whlih I
enjoy is any dearer to me or mine
peculiarly mine than it is thai of
my mother my wife my sister oi
my daimhter Therefore I s iy If
they want the ballot they should
certainly have it."
ItlN'.WVAl SMASIIKD ICII U'.UJON
A team di.iwIiiK an ice wagon i.iu
away dm ill r the noon lioiii causing
some little excitement and smashing
the wagon pi tty badly. The team
started south on Thiid avenue turn-
ing east on Kvergrcen hut when
Kiist was reached and they tried to
tin ii north one horse fell and the
other swerved to the tght striking
the h.vilr.int at the corner turning
wagon and t am both bottom side
up The Ice was spilled over the
ground the wagon pretty badly dam
aged nnd one of the hoises Injured.
The driver one of whose lines broke
making it useless to try to hold the
team crawled out through the wag-
on and escaped Had he remained
in the wagon when It (npsied he
might have been badly hurt
MM UK It I'OKTV.XINK
Regulations on
Coal Shipments
More Drastic
Co.il Kiiilpmcnt Musi lie I'tilleil
to llie rtniost to Insure t.'ov em-
inent mill Civilians Sufficient Coal
for Hie Coming Inter.
As winter approaches It becomes
en ii mine essential that all coal
equipment be used in the most effl
clem way acuirdiug to infoiiu.itloii
fiom Stale I'uel Ailmlultrator I. A
Nonis In a letter to the tetnil
in.il dealeis and Industrial plants
.Mr Nonis threatens to cut otf alt
io.il shipments from those consign-
ees who lefiis. co.il .shipped on or
tiers legnlnrly given and filled The
litter as sent l given below
"A lew industrial plant managers
lllld a few retail emil iIi.mIi.is sllll In.
slst on handling cn.il In the same
ciieiess way they were accustomed
to before the war In the last week
a tar Ot conl sbtOlteil nil n lei'ttlmnt..
oidir was erfused by the conslgnie
bmiuse he did aoe fcmciiihcr the or
d.'i- was outstanding nnd heciuse it
was not convenient to unload An-
other was tni'iu ii down heciuse it
was shipped a week ahead of time
111 both of these cases the e.it- wtw
tlelaved tor several da.v.s ami con-
sequently coal production has been
if tin Ilfll
"Hereafter whenever a couslgncu
ictuses to unload a car of coal ship-
lied on n lel?lll:ir iinler tin fuel. It
the case will he obtained an nearly
as possible and given to the coal op-
tr.itors in this and adjoining States.
If the consignee is at tault. the op-
ll.ltllls will lie advised Dial w:ir eiii-
dltions Justify vvithhnldlng ship-
ments fiom such retail co.il dealer or
ludiistil.il plant manager until fur-
ther notice. I slnceretv- trust lien
vou will make this unnecessary
"This action will he taken ' with
some reluctance as I prefer appeal-
ing to a dealer's or consumer's pa-
liiotism to arbitrarily shutting off
coal shipments: M .-o:tI car.s must
not stand Idle. I can think of no
sufficient leason for refusing rn.il
shipped on an order regularly placed
aim not cancelled.
IIIIYAV MU'NTY l-KAII.S STATK
IV COTTO.V (ilNNKI
Anordlng to glnneis' leprnts is
sued bv the Covernment lor Oil :'.
lit yen (ountv li.nl ginned up to that
1 1 in t !' "!': 1 1 ile.s of cotton counting
l nnd bales as half hales as against
li'il.v ll!' bales till the -Hill" date
ot the l'.MT t'lup.
Hi v.ui count v leaiN all iMiiu.ties ol
lh' State it. glniiiugs the next lar-
gest being that ot I'ottaw.itoml"
eoilPtv. with 7::i3 b.ilis
;wss
Sills. ox Kt Mil.KD
Denial that (J"rmanv has ordered
the cessation of all distrurtlons on
the W iierii trout l made by Hm
fliirman (5i7Ptte of llerlln This
t-amo paper also denies that the Hub-
mailncs have been recalled to their
bases as as been asserted In press
dhpatches of the paBt week.
INI'l.rK.NA SITCATIOX Is HIT
i.rrn.i-: ch.wckd
Cpidemlc Is Subsiding Movvlv Hut is
Still Serious in ii (irenl
Miiiiv Localities.
Puithei- subsidence of Ibe lufluen-
.i epidemic over the country was In-
dicated in repmts tecelved at Wash-
ington Thui.sdav fiom fort.v-four or
the States Tin situation sllll Is ser-
ious In many localities however ami
more paitleul.irl.v in the larger titles.
Theie was ptaclicully no change In
ami camps noted Thuisd.iy. i.TTJ
Hew cases being repotted a dccieise
of one from the pievloiis day's total
I'neumimla cases dtcie.isi'd horn
"12 Wediiesilaj to iliiii 'I'huisilay and
deaths were I'.n" against ;!t" the
day hefoie. The total of infliien.i
cases lepoiteil now Is Jsis.Sifi. pneu-
iiioula cases :l-Js. and deaths 1U-
171. Camps liix. New .leisev and tlr.int
ill Illinois wheie lllt'llleni ephlem-
ics have been p.iiticul.irly seiioits
tlid not lepnti a single new case 'I'he
largest iiumher of new cases repell-
ed Thursday was fiom Camp .McClel
Ian Alabama with l:i Arkansas
reporletl that the peak had been
passed In the larger towns but that
conditions were more seilins In the
imal districts In the Noilhwesi
lollititions rimtiuiie seiloiis
Over the South and K.ist general
Iy Impiovemeni Is shown but the
disease still Is active in most of the
large cities. Including New Yoik In
which city 7."i! deaths were reported
Wednesday; lloston I'lovidcnte. It
I.; Philadelphia Washington Cin-
cinnati. Cleveland Indianapolis Cbi-
isigo and Louisville.
Fight on Booze
Law Looms Up
Big In Texas
Attiirne.v (icneral Holds That Only
Thai Seel Ion of the Law Iti'litllng
to Snlc l Affected bv the IKvl1-
ion of the Higher Court..
Texas now Is giving signs of hav-
ing a leal tight on the bonze law
which was declared unconstitutional
this week bv the Ciimiiial Court ot
Appeals of Texas
It seems that while the sect lull of
ttdi law prohibiting the sale of li-
quors has been knocked out that
those M'ctioiis ptohlhititig the trans-
.......i t t .... .1
iniitiiiiHi in ii nil i illinium liiiiieis or
otherwise Is still in effect which
will have the efled of making It Im-
possible toi a man lo engage In the
liquor business even though Hut
si lllug of it is legal
Simultaneous with the holding of
the Ciiuiliial Coil 1 1 of Appeals as to
sellln the Travis county district
toiirt has upheld the law and has
issued orders lesti.ilniug several tie-
fondants fiom engaging in the li-
quor business; and the Attorney
Heueral has notified all railroads
that It Is still tnutrarv to law for
common cairiers to accept liquor of
any kind for tintisportntion into or
thiough the State of Texas
lll'NCAIir ItHPOItTLT) WAVI'INO
SKI'AKATK I'KACK
A dispatch from Paris s.iy.s that
Hungary intends applying ill t to
the entente governments to ascer-
tain on what terms they will grant
an atmistice and peace to Hungary.
IMIIS 4'AltTMIt iii:d or
wor.vDs
Kililay's casualty list contains the
name of Piivale Itufus Culler who
died of wounds received in action in
Pram ! Mr Carter was sent to the
.irmv thiough the local hoaul some
time ago. and has been In l-'rancn
with the Ninetieth Division No de-
tails nre ns el available as to how
he sustained the wounds that taiised
his dentil
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IIKitiKK SALAIUKS lOlt OCCICK
IIOI.DKKS
The iiiiestion of salaries for State
III III... ..... l. .... n.. .. ..11 .. . .1 I
..'...s.- iiiiei". un i t;ii Ht llie
hlglier Statu officials is going lo ho
oil of Ihe llillles fif illsi.iisal.iii In tin.
coming Legislature. If present IntU-
cations may he considered. War timet
living expenses has made some of
the Stale House salaries look small.
.T.n.iio-s weie an escaiiiisueii ny leg-
islative act long ago and before the
war began and although theie has
been one special anil one regular
session since the war started noth
ing was done with the payroll
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HOW TO SKXI) MOXKY TO A.M
I ItOM I'lt.WCi:
Theer have been many inquiries
as to how to send money lo the bo.s
in Flame and how money may he
sent tioin hovs in Frame to ilieh
peopb in this country The Y Jl
C. A aniiounres the following pro-
cess .
Soldiers turn their remittanies
over to the Y .M. C A secretaries
In the Y. M. C A. huts In Frame
and obtain a receipt. These secre-
taries forward the money to our Par-
is office where lists ot remittanies
aie made out Thise remittances are
mailed to our New York ofifce
1'pon teieipt hi New York these
leinittauce lists are tinned over to
our check wi Hers to make out the
checks and tin funds are thus sent
lo the pavee- as promptlv as possi-
ble The whole prorcilure takes about
eight wotks from the time the sol-
diiis Hist turn ovi their money to
the V M C A secielaiies in Frame
If tills time has not elapsed you may
feel very sine that vou will receive
remittance In due time It eight
weeks have elapsed please nolil.v this
office and state the iiiiiuhei appeal
ing on receipt it sueh has been Mint
lo you
If vou have had a rei out change
of (iililress please notify tills office
giving both old and new aildiess
thereby avoiding a possible delay
The usual procedure in (.ending
money to a soldier owmens is to
purchase a draft (original and du-
plicate) at a hank or trust company
having a branch or correspondent In
Paris The original draft may be
mulled in your teller lo the soldier
in the same manner as your other
letters ami a week or ten daH later
the duplicate of the draft may he
mailed in the same way The dupli-
cate draft Is sent to cover the pos-
slbillty of the loss of the original
draft and cannot in cashed If Ihe
original has ber-n
Another method Is to buy a for-i
eign express money otdet and sllll'
anoihei an arm.v poclal money order
An. one oi Hiest three way is sat 
Isf.Ktoij and milile. the soldier to
asilv iash the ih.ifi oi order In i
Prance
It it is ueit s ii v in -end mom v
IhliiilKh lh Y V C A thl I- dull'-
by cable tin i h irges im- sm h si-r
vile helnc '."i ii wold tor lh" ciblei
message. Im lulling the addf-s This
irMJ.illv (o-t- bet wet ii Jl and J"
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UAC.S WANTKD lllghe t irire
paid for clean Cotton Hag D-llvei i
at citiec to Durant Weekly N-'vi.'
Third Avenue City
IT .MAY Hi:
A Good Overcoat
or
A Doctors Bill
A Cutp of Spun Mi IiiNhciixu or I'nciiHioiiIu. Vlih-li of
These Would Von Clioo.sc!
Wft-
Aro you kicplng up with your W
S. S. I'leelge ?
tb Uvjt uf KutittcabttUiti
Kuppenheimer
Overcoats
W'fitr and look koikI inany Sfiihons ami if you knew tins
Ureal .scarcity of Coinl All-Wool Clothf- liko wi- tlo you'd
oiiic in today ami bo .sure of a ood um for you can wear
one of rjuih inany siasoiiK and heif's wliorc i h economy
coiim's in
Kuppenheimer Coats $25 $30 $35 $45 Up
Other Overcoats $15 $17 $18 $20 and up
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Kavs No More.
Wool for
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