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The Oklahoma News
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l-I LL LEASED WIRE HERVICK OF
THE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION8.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1917.
PRICE £ '.'W j;: OSEWHEIE?* ‘ r*”’
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KK GUARD
All ISSUED
IY SHERIFF
WEATHERMAN CANT
I SEE ANY RAIN COMING
"Generally fair weather tonight
ami Hatu.day; not much change
In tempCTMture," nave the weulh-
ei man chaining the old saw on the {
Hind day of the Oklahoma City
drouth. ■ •'
MuUture la slightly noticeable
in the air, but the Indications are
that no rain will fall during the
next 24 hours.
Hourly temperatures from
Companies of 25 Men!"'al°m'......41 10 ft. m..
tch to Be Formed—Meet-jjj “noo“:;
l Time Is Set for Satur-1 1 p- m......64
7 a.
...67
...59
...62
y Night.
CAPITOL ENTRANCES.
ial Officers to Be Station- ‘
at State’s Home — 33
lunties Now are Organised
More Special Session Talk
BILLINGSLEY
SKIPS AGAIN
With empty, oh so empty hand*.
Sheriff G. E. Johnston returned
to Oklahoma City Friday, leaving
Igogan Billingsley. wanted here for
maintaining and bond-skipping,
somewhere to the north.
The famous bootlegger had again
quicksilvered his way thru the
fingers of the law when Johnson
arrived, post haste, in Omaha.
Hillingsley, on recommendation
of the special prosecutor, had been
Trades Council, Incensed at
“Vagging” of E. E. Ball, Pe-
titions City Commission to
End "NScholtUm.”
1 for 250 volunteer* to op
e mt home guards was Issued
Iherlff (I. E. Johnson Friday,
Ing to lw held at the court
Saturday night,
orations will he strictly mill-
Tentative plans call for 10
anles, of 25 each, with cap- released under $500 bond, pending
and other officers, all ready j Johnson’s arrival with extradition
?port for duly at a moments' papers,
e. According to the sheriff's story,
o secretary will he selected to! the fugitive hid ucross the line, In
records of meetings and Council Bluffs, Iowa, while the
'S of all members which likely! light for extradition was being
be held secret, after the first waged before the governor of Ne
ilzatlon. 1C. J. Biddings will | hraska. Johnson declares he was
principal speaker Saturday i forced to make the legal battle
1 by himself, the prosecutors there
OUST CHIEF,
DEMANDS O.C.
LABOR BOARD
, SHE HELPS RED CROSS.
JOINING EVERYWHERE
Mr*. Luell.t C. Howe, traveling j
business woman was a visitor at
i Bed Cron* headquarters Friday.
I In an annual or biennial trip.
Mrs. Howe make* the entire south-
western part of the U. 8. and In
each county she pajuses thru,
makes it a point, whenever po*
Bible, to hunt up the lied Cross
county chapter headquarters and
subscribe for u $1 membership.
8he already holdfi 100 or more
buttons but this method la b*?r
chosen one for donating her part
to Red Cross.
APPEAL TO GOMPERS
Resolution Declares Federa-
tion Organised Was Work-
ing Peacefully Among Pack-
ingtown Butchers.
OPENS HOME
TOREDCROSS
INQUIRY INTO
OCCUPATIONS
IS MINUTE
Next to Dependents, Draft
Questionnaire Moat Inquis-
itive About Exemptions for
Work.
REQUIRES MUCH PROOF
ins for calling out the guard
he worked to an extent that
250 men may he brought to-
rn a few minutes, without
commotion or noise. Emer-
y call will he given to the
nanllng officer who will re-
It to the 10 captains, each of
n will pass It to his subordl-
j, by telephone,
ntectlon of life and property
hunting down of all maraud-
are the purposes,
erlff Johnson, while In Omaha
l,ogan Billingsley, partlcl-
I In tho raid on tho I. \V. W.
entlon. The entire meeting
rounded up.
To Guard Capitol.
lardB at all entrances of the
capitol, to admit no one who
lot clearly state Ills business,
additional attendants to guide
ors thru tho building, may re-
from conference of Adjutant
•rat Earp and Capt. C. C.
imond, state fire marshal and
of the home guard organlza-
of the state, Friday,
lard organization had been
led In 32 counties Friday, and
Hammond, acting on Cover-
Williams’ suggestion, called
t every eherlff to organize ir
remaining 44 counties.
'he need of these Is becoming
apparent every day," said
imond. "When gin fires are
g started in every section
n a city is threatened as
1a was, the state must tie pre-
■d."
dloatlons Friday pointed more
i ever to a special session of
legislature to put the home
rd on a firm basis, and pro-
funds for equipment,
seemed probable Friday that
ornor Williams would be made
■csentatlve of National bureau
mines for Oklnhomu, lo give
power to direct gunrds to >■«
ed around manufactures and
age houses for explosives. All
oslves went under government
trol Thursday.
refusing to help.
Johnson won, hut when Billing*
ley’s case was called In the lower
court, he was nowhere to be
found. His attorneys had signed
bond for him, and he had skipped.
Second Ttlme.
This Is the second time Billings-
ley has won In a fight against an
Oklahoma-co sheriff on an extra-
dition trip. The Inside story of how
he got away when Sheriff M. C.
Binlon, Johnson’s predecessor, went
to Seattle for him, was told Friday
as follows:
Binlon, arlvlng In Washington
state, seemed to have a "cinch" to
get the bootlegger.
Billingsley, however, had acted.
He was under surveillance at Seat-
tle at tho time, for bootlegging.
He sent a man around to federal
headguarters, it Is reported, with
this story:
’’Look here, I.ogan Billingsley
lias quit the bonze game; he has
Demanding the end of the "reign
:,f Nlcholslsm" In Okluhc ma City,
and petitioning that W. B. Nich-
ols therefore be removed as police
chief, organized labor took action
In Its regular weekly meeting last
night on the «r—of E. E. Ball.
Ball, American Federation of La
bor official, was arrested by Nich-
ols us a "vag”.
He was later released by Nichols
order, upon, Nichols said, Ball’s
agreement to leave town.
Ball, local trades officials say, Is
now in Kansas City to report to
union officials there. The matter
will be taken up to Samuel Oorap-
ers, American Federation president.
The formal resolutions by the
council say, referring to Ball's ar-
rest:
"His (Nichols') more recent ut-
ter regard for law and order was
In the arrest and treatment un-
corded E. E. Ball, an accredited
representative of the American
Federation of Labor, drawing a
salary of $150 per month and ex-
penses, and being engaged In the
peaceful and lawful enterprise of
endeavoring to organize the butch-
er workmen of this city that they
might Improve their working con-
ditions and he able to reclve a do-
cent living wage from the corpora-
tions for whom they toil; and,
"WHEREAS, It seems the longer
Nichols continues in office, the
more Intolerable and czar-llke are
Ills dealings with human beings,
whose constitutional rights he
tramples under foot; and,
“WHEREAS. We believe the ab-
solute concensus of opinion among
Industrial and Agricultural
Employes or "Bosses” Must
CHRISTMAS CARDS
; 7. 71 T. , . , ..
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4 AsAjAuLaiI t
TO MOBILIZE
ONE MILLION
WOMEN, PLAN
Training Schools in Oklahoma
City and Tulsa Part of
"Third Line of Defense’*
Project Now Forming.
ST. LOUISAN IS FOUNDER
Replaced.
Next to the affairs of registered
men who claim the duty to feed
other moutlis than their own,
Provost MarshnI General Enoch 8.
Crowder’s famous draft question-
naire Inquires most minutely Into
FORMER M. C WONT
LET WIFE GO TO JAIL
IIv Cnilrd I'rett.
Washington, Nov. 16.—Question
of n husband's right to pay Ills
conditions surrounding registrants|wife’s fine und prevent her going
who assert that because of their i to Jail was decided today In favor
Industrial or agricultural occupa- of ex Cc-’grc'sman Kent, Cnllfor
The first volunteer division Red
Cross work room waa offered
Thursday by Mrs. Albert R. Nel-
son, 4500 Classen-blvd, who phoned
headquarters that she was equip-
ping tho entire third floor of her
home and had called a meeting of
women for next Wednesday after-
noon when work will begin.
This floor la being prepared for
a surgical dressings work room,
white pine shelves are being built
and Mrs. Nelson will furnish
everything, even tables and chairs.
Other patriotic women who hnve
spare rooms and will offer them for
Red Cross work, are requested to
notify the eecretary as soon as
possible, because additional rooms
are Immediately necessary.
As vacant rooms are secured,
sewing machines, tables nnd chairs from Immediate superiors, executive
will also he wanted and the re-: heads, co partners, neighbors, em-
quest is that an idle machine be ployers, heads of agricultural
loaned for as long as possible, for enterprises, land owners or lessees, CHARGE BERGER WITH
two months or even for a month, j varying In different cases.
Competent supervisors from the ! The registrant will find In his
work room will be sent out to; HI page questionnaire sent him
each dlvlelonal point. «oon after Deo. 15. two pages of
questions on occupational conditions
The best of the message on this heaven the angels bring, glad lid Branches of “Women’s New
lugs to the earth they sing." Hid
tilers blinded In the war will road
this Christmas greeting sent them
by Institutions for the hllnd, by
liasslng their fingers uver the
for the blind, "Good news from raised dots.
Christmas card you cannot read-
hut a blind war hero enn read It
Show Why They Cannot Be with hts fingers. The little raised
dots say, In the Braille alphabet
lion they should he given a classi-
fication which will assure them
freedom from military service.
To establish claims for occu-
pational exemption, a sheaf of
supporting affidavits must bo filed,
ASK LABOR TO
JOIN MERGER
Rp U nitrd /Vfii.
Ruffalo, N. Y., Nov. 16. — Tho
Farmers Non Partisan League to-
day invited organized labor. In
IlKiiB*3 I'iunctci • |
Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, wife of convention here, to Join It In put
the food expert, refused her at -ting field and factory war to
torney’s offer to pay her fine nnd 'Iin-tw on the market at lower
accepted a 15 day term. prices nnd In greater quo < ties.
The Invitation waa exte.mcd in
nia, by Police Judge Mullowny
v ho accepted $25 and prevented
Mrs. Kent martyring herself a* a
suffrage picketer.
tional Home Guard” Being
Organized — Learn Trade*
Firzt, Fight Later.
a smashing speech by (’resident
A. C. Townley of tho league, to
DISLOYALTY, MUTINY! Whom the American Federation
of l^ahor delegates listened pend-
HARMON CATTLE SUFFER
FOR WANT OF FEED
gone to peddling dope, and he’s «” respectable and law abiding
citizens of Oklahoma City Is that
the reign of Nlcholslsm In this city
Imss reached the point where the
people will no longer tolerate his
unlawful and unwarranted acts of
malfeasance in office; therefore be It
"RESOLVED: That we respect-
fully petition the honorable mayor
and board of city commissioners to
doing big business. Better get
him."
Caught Red-Handed.
Federal authorltlea went around,
and caught Billingsley In the act
of wrapping up a package—ob-
viously "coke". It was a white
powdery substance. The federal
man took Logan, for violating the
IlHrrlson drug act.
It was severel days, It Is re-
ported beforo the white powder
was found to be no "dope" at all,
but a harmless substance. Bln-
With 8000 horses and mules.
11,000 cattle, 16,000 liogs nnd 4000
sheep suffering by lack of feed,
llurmon-co defense council Friday
appealed to state council for as-
sistance.
That n feed buyer for Harmon-
cc had been buying corn at
Springfield, Mo., and had to pile
surrounded him. Series tl and 12.
The series on Industrial occupa-
tion. with Instructions following
It, Is:
On Industry.
i.’g 1 sited /‘rr»».
Washington, Nov. 16.—Victor L.
Berger, former congressman, to
day wns charged with disloyalty
nnd mutiny In the postofflce de-
partment answer showing why his
paper, the Milwaukee Loader,
should bo denied the second cluss
"Instructions: Every registrant mnl||I1({ privilege,
must answer the first question. If repjy accueed Berger of
he answers yes, he must answer all ; -interfering with the success of
remaining questions except as t))e g llt war, causing insubor
stated In the Interlined Instructions ,||natlnn. disloyalty and mutiny
and must sign his name at the end.
If the registrant deferred classifi-
cation on account of engagement tn
It along the track because the' industry ),e must secure the two
Frisco could supply no cars, was
one difficulty complained of.
The Interstate angle makes nec-
essary an nppeal to Washington.
Like appeals have rome from Al-
tus, Frederick and Cherokee.
ANOTHER PALACE MAN
INTO THE WAR SERVICE
and promoting tho success of Am-
erica’s enemies.”
The papers were filed by the
postofflce department In the II
supporting sffldavlts at the end of g supreme court In answer to
Berger’s suit to enjoin I’ostmaster
General Burleson from barring the
Leader from the mails.
Twenty-nine closely typewritten
pages of extracts from the paper,
all doclared unmatlahle, were se*
Series 12 of two persons In con-
formity with the following rules:
”1. If the registrant Is an em-
ploye, affidavit No. 1 must he
made hy his Immediate superior
nnd affidavit No. 3 hy the execu-
tlve head of the enterprise. If the i forth. Obstruction to the draft,
registrant’s Immediate superior Is' opposition to government loans
also the executive head of the j Hnd urging of drafted men to dis-
obey were alleged.
Bage announced Friday that he
va'IK leave next week for the Cur-
ion, however, had returned to Ok- amoving from that position
Business of Own.
.................................... ™,» wro1 „J. £ ££&£?!££££,
remove the stigma that has been|*’,a- ^a^ep t0 *ran 'must he made according to the
cast upon this fair city by tho j Nolan Leary Is soon to leave for j ^0jj0WjnR rules: (a). ff he Is a
Russian-like reign of terror caused military duty. | co.partner, affidavit No. 1 shall
by said W. H. Nichols since his i vmv/'IJTC f\r /V\l V1MR1 IQ be made hy the co partner and
appointment as chief of Police, by | Iv»r* 13 ^,1 affidavit. No 2 hy a near neighbor.
lahoma without his man.
Logan Billingsley, long In Okla*
at once.
Nichols cnarged that Ball was
stirring up trouble at Packlngtown
homa City and Seattle newspapers,, and thereby endangering the gen-
has broken Into the magazines. Ini oral cause of food and war.
tho current issue of American
magazine is the story of a newsboy
of Seattle who lias made a small
fortune.
The boy’s picture is shown with
an armful of papers. On top is
the ".Seattle Star”, and In an
8-column line that is plain in the
magazine reproduction is this an-
nouncement: "I Released Billingsley
—Hodge.”
TO PLAN FOR WAR FUND ^ Jf I,e jn business ns an
individual both affidavits must he
made by two near neighbors.
“All affidavits nnd other proof In
OUVER TWIST
FOUND HERE
TAG AUTOMOBILES
For selects’ benefit , .... „r „nil _ , ,
V hen "Oliver Twist" arrived in
klahoma City War Relief club, \ NEGROES PARADE FROM Oklahoma City "Facin’’ promptly
lposed of about 35 live-wire I ‘CITY’ TO THE ‘COUNTY’
s, will tag automobiles Satur- --
at a minimum fee of a dime | Hay foot, straw foot!
tag, to raise a fund for Okla- I The Mg parade came off Friday
la City drafted ..oldlers, it was Just before noon when 33 negroes.......
Miss Helen Led-i were marched down Grand av 1' agln's” real
took charge of the diminutive lad.
"Oliver's" real name Is Sidney
Smith. He ran away from home
in Fort Smith, Ark., and came
here.
lounced by
;er of the club, Thursday.
;very auto In use from 7:30 a.
to midnight Saturday Is likely
he stopped by the girls, who
wear broad hands over their
ulders, marked "War Relief."
yor Ed Overholser 1ms sane-
led the girls’ campaign by giv-
each a special police commls-
i.
tGES ATTENDANCE AT
OCCER-VOLLEY GAMES
hpeeial pica for attendance by
rent* upon the soccer and vol-
ball games at 4 this afternoon
i issued hy I. Newton Richer,
ygrounds supervisor, Friday.
The type of sportsmanship dis
name is Clyde
from city Jail to the county jail. *>p*ers' now facing robbery
They had been arrested for va-! ch,,rKes-
granev. I Sidney is just 15. Peters is
Heavy odds were offered at po- j a^out 3°*
lice station that the officers would) ITlan used the boy ns a
arrive at county Jail minus thioir I *0°K°ut. it is alleged, nnd would
prisoners. The court showed this a »hare of the
was a bad bet.
loot for the danger he faced.
Wednesday Captain Snelson nr
rested Sidney, charges of vag
rancy and assisting in robbery
were filed. While he
prison Snelson received
At the beginning of the Re<’jfn,m the P0'1™ Fort Smith con
Cross surgical dressings work, the tahdng a description of the boy
RED CROSS WORK HERE
GAINING MUCH SPEED
Local and state Knights of Co-
lumbus officials will meet Sunday
morning to plan for Ok’ahoma's
part in the fund camp .Ign by
which a two million doller addi-
tion to the three million already-
raised nationally will be seeured.
In the war camp cause.
Oklahoma City's quota, It Is es-
timated, will be about $2500. The
state’s quota will he determined
after communication with national
officers.
The Knights of Columbus nnd
the V. M. C. A. do Bimllar work
In all war camps. The building
In each case la the reading, writ-
ing and social gathering place for
all . soldiers, regardless of creed.
The fund to be raised by the
Knights of Columbus will go to H<J t mlrd firs.,
ward maintenance of buildings al-
ready established, and to additional
construction. A building already
Is In service at Camp Doniphan.
Officers In charge of the state
campaign will be Ed J. Delaney,
stale deputy; P. J. Ilodgins, advo-
cate, both of Oklahoma City; O.
W. Flanigan, state secretary, El
Reno; Tom Wade, treasurer, Mar
low; J. J. Madden, state warden.
Tulsa; Rev. A. Hubert, state chap-
lain. Okmulgee.
City officials of the organization
was in are: Frank Menton, grand knight:
letter j John Wilson, deputy grand knight:
HUN TO YIELD
GROUND AGAIN
ingr completion of their detailed
war proarain in committee.
Townley also pointed out tho
political advantages of such a
program.
"Ijet the creatoHt of produces
Join behind the government in
this war.” pleaded Townley.
Wipe Out Middleman.
"Let us wipe out the middle-
man. Let us put down the profi-
teer. Wo would find In a sur-
prisingly short time, our people
at home will be better and more
economically fed, our forces at
the front better and more eco-
nomically equipped.”
Turning to the political aspect
In said:
"Remember this would be no
mean coalition. The farmers rep-
resent 37 per cent, labor 25 |>cr
cent of the nation’s voting
strength”
This speech Inaugurated a whirl-
wind tour of the east by Townley
who comes from the leaguo'e head-
quarters in St. 7’aul to Is at hi*
politico-agricultural organization.
Another Kndorses.
Vice President B. L. Ktrayer of
tho Farmers Congress endorsed
Ry Cnilrd Rrra*.
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 16.—Amor«
leas third line of defense 10
standing at attention.
It is the women.
Plans were hiking form In %
number of cities today for tho mo-
bilizaztion of an army, 1,000,00(1
strong, an«i tho name of tha
"Woman’s National Home Gunrd.’*
“We are not a ‘I.eglon of Death*
yet,” Mrs. Anita Calvert La
Bourgeois, lawyer, public speaker
and founder of the movement, told
tho United Press today.
Want to Fight Ijiter.
"We aro not the generals be-
hind tho lines, but wo will get into
the actual fighting later If tho
government will take us," she con-
tinued. "We women want to
fight."
In their oath of membership the*
women pledge to Uncle Sain not
only their lives but their homes
and fortunes.
They will seek federal recognt
tion, carry guns and wear trousers
— regulation knee trousers tucked
into puttees. Their uniforms are
to he of brown, patterned after
those worn hy tlie aviators.
As the nucleus of the million
enrollment, 1000 Missouri women,
mostly recruited from St. Louis’
fashionable homes, are organized
and partially equipped, according
to Mrs. La Bourgeois.
"While many of our member®
will begin training for the avia-
tion corps and home guard work
at once, we expect to center our
energies In teaching women men’s
trades so that the men may be
released for fighting service,” sh*
continued.
Branch Here.
"We have applied to Washington
for an army officer to drill n*.
From our 'one thousand' we ex-
pect to get our Instructors for
training schools to be established
In Chicago, Cloveland, Detroit,
New York, Pittsburg. Indianai>olis,
Louisville, Kansas City, Wichita,
Little Rock, Ark . and Dallas, Tex.
j “In most of these cities we have
women now forming branches.
With the British Armies
Flandere, Nov. 16.—German news-
support of claims for deferred ! ppperg found on prisoners show
rrrs.’irrains!!*-
except Ruch proof as the fllntrlct
board may directly require; and
all affidavits and other written
proof must be, leRlbly written or
typewritten on one side only of
white paper of the approximate
size of this sheet.
"Questions: 1. Are you enRai?ed
(Continued on I’aRe Eight)
WOMAN'S DRAMATIC
SUICIDE IS MYSTERY
the battle of the Homme used
86 divisions (1.290.000 mom.
Denver. Colo., Nov. 16.—Police
hero today were seeking a clue
to the identity of a woman known
only ns "Margaret Manning", who
dramatically ended her life with
a revolver shot in the office of c n%
James Gingrich, president of a local Capture OF Ciamon
creamery* i By Germans, Claimed
Gingrich told the police the I'nitfd 1‘rrar.
had been following and | jiorlin, via London. Nov. 16.
lng the public for another "striir
teglc retreat” on the west front.
Captured German officers admit
the German high command enter-
Townley’s idea in a brief speech.
"1 urRsntly recommend a strong Tuta'and Oklahoma city’
wln-the war coalition between the
tillers and tho tollers," fitrayer]
snid. "This will not only half win
the war, hut will keep certain | After r)pc. ir., , ox„ect to aiMrcss
I fluences from working tho "'0, k’ „rK„nlzllt|„n meetings In all those
,n on* farming tho formers. L,Ues wHh olh,.r speakers. In
the meantime, I will go to Wash-
BALDWIN ENGINE PER ! lnK'°» t° ‘-"nrer with President
Ufkl ID IQ U/AD BFrORn!" !!*00 an‘1 ’’ar department offi
HOUR IS WAR RltOKU ^ )n an L.ffort to galn fedPrui
Hy United Rroti.
Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 16.—A
locomotive tn hour Is tlie contrl-
Johnson mi
talns“ the fear “the retirement ofjbullon of the Baldwin locomotive
a distance of "several miles" may i works to the allied war ma
he r.eressary by recent British
advances.
Data now in possession of the
British staff shows that Crown | workmen
Prince Runpreclit of Bavaria In i locomotives
two months baa exhausted 61 Ger- working himn^_
man divisions (nearly 1.360,000 monV J^|JLJ^\y^QQNJVIAIDS TO
DRIVE ROUTES IN CHI
chlnery.
President A.
nouncod today
were
recognition for our guards.”
The women will bo trained for
work In fnctorles, r;illr’’uds, trac-
tion lines, fin farms, driving trucks
nnd all branches of mechanical
work, Mrs. L© Bourgeois said.
An executive hoard with hepre-
that tho 20,0001 sentntlon from each state is to bo
turning out 78 formed at a meeting of delegates
in defending—vainly- the Passchen
daele ridge and In fruitless counter
attacks.
In a similar period of about
two months the Germans during I
week—one for each in Ht. Louis after Jan. 1 when
plans will be further perfected to
- —— I put a million American women
In actual service for the govern-
ment.
I‘y United Rrra a.
Chicago, Nov. 16.—
If you’re waking call me early;
Call nie early, mother dear,
For I’m due on the milk route at
3 a. m.
And i'll bo late, I fear.
600,000 MORE BUYERS
IN N. Y., SECOND LOAN
filling of an 8000 box of compres-
ses looked like an impossible task.
It did take long and tireless ef
fort to complete the big shipment,
which left last week.
But from the record set Thors-
>cd lii these games Is high, andlday, that 8000 accomplishment will
students should be encouraged j he a matter of not much more
attendance," said Richer. than a week’s work. More women
Hie schedule: jllr<’ responding nnd workers nre be
toccer: Wheeler at Columbus; | coming better skilled,
verslde at Shields; Whittier at Ninety-nine women Thursday fold
gene Fields; Edgemere at Haw ed 1080 dressings and compresses,
true; Putnam at Jefferson; Bry j °,le hundred more women made
t at Emerson; McKinley at Lin- 328 large abdominal bandages. 2
; suits of pajamas and 3 bath robes.
nnd offering $25 reward for In
formation as to his whereabouts.
A message to Fort Smith car-
ried tlie Joyful news to the boy's
father that he had been found.
On the next train J. Henry Smith
came to the assistance of his son
in trouble.
rich arranged for a deputy sheriff
to remain at ills office. After tho
IgV' w. Voegli, financial secretary. I officer had gone, the woman en-
_____— tered and Gingrich, with his wife, about seven miles south
TRAINING CAMP MEN TO
ADDRESS LOCAL WOMEN search of the officer. --—
1 "When they return***! with him, j Successful SeAplftne
Rp l nitrd Rreas.
New York. Nov. 16.—A tctal of
2,182.018 persons subscribed to the
second Liberty loan in tho New
The mllktnnuT romance, soon will Vork federal reserve district com-
be supplanted hy tho mllkwagon- l«*red "1U, 1,500,000 who bought
bonds of tho first issue.
Ponds in denominations of from
$50 to $10,000 were bought by
been -M73,884 persons, while 5,869 sub-
FIND WAY OF RELIEF
FOR STARVING CATTLE
woman had ueen ronowing ana i jterlin, via
harrassing him several months, rapture of Cismon nnd taking of j mMid of reality
Yesterday she telephoned him, ac- several hill positions along the Stephen Sumner, business agent
cording to his story, telling him Hrenta river was announced In for Nlllk. Wagon Drivers Union,
she was coming to his office. Ging-1 today’s offichil statement. .nuld the organzlatlon had been
—IT 7 , ,, A hit so hard by tho draft that only
Clxmon I* at the Juncllon of the lhe mBiit of dl.lv(.rH and $.,u,uuu. In the larger de
Brenta and the | would nave the cream for the tired , ‘»n". >-w7 subscribed to
, _. . . , , business man’s morning coffee,
who was in the office, went in sano. _____________
scribed to issues between $10,050
bonds between $50,050 and $100,000;
413 betwiM-M $100,060 and $200,000,
and 75 took bonds over $200,000.
LICENSE WASHERWOMEN
IS DEMAND IN DALLAS 600 WAR BRIDES’ BY
ONE CAME IS CHARGE
n; Washington nt Lowell.
Volleyball: Riverside at Wheeler;
;> • Franklin; Shields at Our*
•rLon ■' ‘ .i-vnr.t; McKln-
nt -.j inert so ’ n nt
well; V’tu. * F M--
goni^re nt •• r o.
J^i h
Rp I’nitfd Prrsa.
Houston, Tex, Nov. 16. — The
million bend of stock on
drouth parched ranges of west
L. Stanley Kelly, in charge of I the Manning woman produced a Raid By British
training camp activities at Ft revolver and shot herself, turning | London, Nov. 16.—-Two German .
Sill, will speak at Chamber of! to Gingrich as she fired, saying:: p]ane;, were destroyed, two morel ^ e r’**\ //v Rut*.
Commerce Monday at 2:30 p. ml “have mo arrested now if you j forc*d lo descend out of control | Dallas, lex., Nov. 16.—War time ’Washington, Now 16. — chal-
to women of Oklahoma City. | want to.” and bombs were dropped over Ger- j dency arid thoroness took a ),.„KjMg Mrs. Grace llumiston to
Mrs. C. R. Phelps, president of! —;— M \*»rT man aeroplane sheds at Hand- J'*w turn here today when the | proof, Raymond l-os
tho city federation, is urging at I CONTEST AUSIHN Wfc.1 | za,.jn« in a seaplane raid an- *‘alias Federation of Women's uh U, dir*-, tor of the commission
tendance of all women. MAJORITY, DRY PLAN nounced hy the admiralty today. ‘ announced it would ask the on ’training camp activities, to-
The object especially is to se- - i All British machines returned city commission to require wash-!,j.,v i,ir..<l her charge that 600
cure Thanksgiving entertainment /*,, i nnnj Rrraa. safely. j < rwomen to take out licenses. ghls n ;ir one camp were about
for soldiers who will spend that j Austin, Tex., Nov. 16.—Travis-|------ Unhealthy conditions In the t„ mothers, is “the great-
day In the city. Women are asked ,.0 and Austin, the state capital, Q£Djy|/^J^ RAID STOPPED i *4°mPH of rertuIn washerwomen est xayg. ration “
to come prepared to say how n.niained In the wet column to- AMFDirAM RAPPACF un^ ”the ,OHH Mn,i destruction of **T|,ar„ * f,.w unfortunate
1 10 many soldiers they can entertain, j (jay {IS ,-i result of yesterday’s local tJT AIYlLKILAfs dAI\I\AVjIL , clothes'' were given as tho reu-
BEGIN BEAUTIFICATION were practically assured to e^ST CAPITOL HILL
scant
OF CAPITOL IN MONTH
RST t
ARE
rfF.SS REP’
i G SENT v
day of enough cotton seed oil
_ sake to keep them from perishing
improvement state capitol |,ind to niak'’ thpm rc,ldv fnr ship
rround* will begin in about 30 h1'0!-
Gove-nnr Williams said Frl- T,‘° conference of crushers nnd
rattle raisers unanimously adopted
, • being moved from!11 rt,solu“nn callln« u'”m tl,e foof.
>- .. front of the capl- I administration to lake over all
rear, and will house cnke nml mpal llck' 11 VttrlouB
ports for export to foreign coun-
tries and after milling sell to
stock raisers at a price to he
fixed by the food administration.
• »_ convicts who will he
ght over for the work.
.1 4lie property around the capi-
tol necessary has been secured, the
governor said. The last tract, im
mediately east of the grounds, was
cleared up Friday, when quit claim
deed was given the state.
Work on the 23rd-st macadam
road will follow Immediately upon
the ertpltol grounds work, the gov-
ernor said.
•Mrst refunds o. expre.H i
erchargea from the lunu o
10,000 held by corporation com-
*sion, were mailed out Friday.
Vbout 15 claims, totaling $3500,
paid. Wright Produce com
W got $1050; Continental Cream-
Co., $2146; Kerr Dry Goods
and Morris and Co., received
reral small refunds.
'Claims are coming in too
iwly.” said Judge Humphrey,
nyone who has a claim should
tefunlln 'nrc 'duc fnr overcharge*! SAYS PORTUGAL SAFE
ween Aug. 1, 1363, ami Mar. 3 I Hu I mini Prnt.
4. Corporation enrnmlKxIon low j London, N'nv. 16,—"England 1* j
■d the rate In 1303, hut the ex- i not responalhle for any proposal
companies appealed, nnd con-j to deprive Tortuga! of nny of her!
ued charging the higher rate j colonies," Lord Ceell declared for
proms court upheld the com the government In commons to-
sslon. I day 1
HE MAY BE WONDER-
ING TONIGHT—
How arc tlie. folks in
Oklahoma — news about
his friends and hundreds
of other thinps found in
The News, but which
can't he put into a letter.
Send The News to the
hoys at the front.
Per month ,v'c.
Walnut 7000.
option election, by
votes, according to unofficial re-
girls near <*\*
camp and
i R>p United Rrenn.
,
American Field Headquarters, EXONERATE HAISELDEN
WOMEN AIDING R# C. turns. ^ noted to contest l,,ranrp* Nov. 16.- American artl!-
Kart Capitol HIM women nre not j,he election__^shells over"Mm’frnnt ‘.7 trenclms ,/( , . ...
going to fall behind in Red Irons' ■ ■ ■■---— . w . „ M»V « nxtrd Irina.
work. A,tho many have SAYS CONGRATULATION
working Individually, from today j QN SUB DEFEAT, EARLY j **n plans fw a raid |( "lcaco "
on they will work as a unit. __ V
Mrs. M. O. Nation called for; „„ , 'vw ' r , fro, ' nm md.lnr
2:3f» Friday a meeting of the Pa- Washington. Nov. 16.—“This is1 Ameri an rront n g foi-tive. whoso suffei !»ign arc be
Iron’s club of Wheeler school and|nn tjme to pat ourselves on tlie|aIU)t "l!*_____| lng relieved—ami life shortened
other interested women.
The I
hot stage.
.............................. ..... , on Tuesday and Wednesday !jj;^u • < ;TmJ given drugs" iireecrlhed
^kK,uhtyv^ tzr: nr- —
into a Red Cross meeting, when i ^jy (Jf the greatly decreased sub
a supervisor of the Ued Cross|martnw totals la^t week. Ho de
work room took charge
ganlzed an auxiliary.
Mrs. Nation has offered her
home. 420 Fast D, as a regular
Bed Cross work room.
i
and or c|arej Hpip construction must be
pressed to tho utmost If the U. H
GALVESTON MARKETS
TO CLOSE FRIDAYS
j can’t .help it under the circum-
stances,” said Fusdick. “But this
! story of Mrs. Humiston’s is damn-
FOR DRUGGING CHILD •>. her the lmpres
sion tli.it our boys in uniform are
wild animals, when in fact they
are behaving in splendid fashion.
"We have m«M watching every
c,-mp and they havo never r«-
ported any such state of affairs.
I am wiring Mrs. llumiston to
com** to W ishington arid subait
her proofs.”
The New York woman lawyer,
f,.niel In the Ruth t'ruger case,
16—Tho eity of
(’hicago today officially endorsed
the death Hentem e [»rononnced
upon Paul Hodzlrna, 2-year-old de
, Dr. Arehihald L. Hoyne and Dr.
countered German rwnnimlmmnca. Herman Spalding of the health, , , .
parties. There Were brief, hurried L , rf,1 to Dr. John I'hll “ 1 *• . TT 1FU ^-molntlcal-
,'ar'< | Robertson! health < ommlHsinncr Cop. wh"’h 0™IUk -ntphatlcal
tha* <n investigation hud disclosed v (' n M _____
nothing on which lo eritldMu Dr. SHOOTS MAN HE SAYS
CALLED HIM SLACKER
exchanges of Hh*»ts in
and the enemy scurried away.
NEGROES CALLED TO
COLORS, MAIM SELVES
Haiselden.’
The child rallied today and Dr.1
and her allies are to outstrip the
U-boat. He welcomed tho sugges
tion of Thomas A. Hdlson that ns
many as possible of the 5382 : Haiselden fluid It might live tuo|
American sailing vessela he con I nitrd Rrraa. months,
verted into stoatn craft. Senatobiu. Miss, Nov. 16—A f-w
At the same time navy officials minutes after they had been no-
Rl> United Rrraa. I looked ff>r some wily trick In theMlfled to report t* rump Pike.; '
fJalveston, Texas, Nov. 16— Re- sudden diminished submarine ar Ark., as drafted soldiers, Caleb /fg I nitrd Inaa.
butcher shops here will bflWitv. Recent reports of strange Haulsbury and Charley House, ne | Sheveport, La , Nov. IR. By
much nearer grr»es, each shot off a right hand , majority of more than <00 votes
ei Jclty at a referendum election slacker late yesterday, but was r^ |
rday voted to eliminate its i leased today. Zero said ^fttulflkl
VICE DISTRICT GOES
tall
closed on Fridays beginning Nov. submarines sighted
23, butoherss anonunre«l today. The AmeHcan shores than the U-boat I today
closing order by the Master Butch* main hunting grounds ........... ,|M*
Chicago. .Nov. 16. Albert Zero,
:<2, was shot and probably fatally
wounded as he lay in bed today.
I He told the police the shot was
fired by Frank Putulskl.
Patulskl was arrested ns a
One lost
ers’ Association affects 50 shops. called.
blood and mu> die.
great quantity {J
district.
Accused him of causing his 4irreat.
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