Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-12-21
: u y :: Il u = y :. = :: :. :. = :. /.
) GENERAL INTEREST NOTES 8
! . :: :: :: :: :: - .; :. Z: y q Z. Z,

Md Stmkmcn. a bill il before
Congress Ia appropriate Sju.Uru. .OaJ
I" be- loaned 10 rat;lcmen in the
drouth-strichon communities with
which To- buy feed for their famish
ing stock.
Prohibition Passed. The Hon .r
ni Repre- s"ni;tiN"f passed thr ma
ti"n-w!i" prohibition bill 10y a yutr
Of ~ tn rs Monday getting ci,ht
NOR" VOTES than the necessary two
thirds majority. PAS sage hy thr
Senate is expected Under IN, terms
of the bill, the several state l.r.iS.
liiur"~ have s"v"n years in which
to rLtify the nEonimcnt tn :nnkr 4.
National law.
Sink Eleven ships. Four Ger
man d"siroy"rs sunk eleven British
ana neutral SHIPS an convoy vessels
in III" North S"a that were hoia,l
from Scotland Ia Norway The enc
my first destroyed ,h" armed con
'oyS and thea sank Tia" helpless II =.
chantLcn.
" To Bond Sales. \ resolution
introduced in Congress would make
it unlawful to buy United States
bonds AT il price less than par and
accrued interest
Men May Still Enlist. Provo t
Marshall General Crowder has is.
sued to Governors new rules under
which men of draft age may join
the colOrs ut their own request On
ly white men will be accepted. and
they may enlist only in the infantry,
Signal Corps. Medical Corps. and in
the Quartcrmaster's Department. 1t
is said by General Crowder that sup
ply conditions are such that no men
can be accepted in coast artillery.
field artillery. cavalry. or Engineer
Corps. Volunteer enlistments in
the regular army by men of draft
Iage ended at noon last Saturday.
and they may be inducted into ser
vice now sonly through their local
boards.
Americans Captured. News has
been received in the United States
that seventeen American Engineers
were among the prisoners taken by
the Germans in the Cambrai battle
recently.
Pcnitcntiary Wins. Warden Sam
Morley reports that the state peni-
tentiary industries have earned a
profit Of S64 900 in five months II
Is expected that within II year the
plant earnings will sustain the in
siitution.
} Telephone Strike. At IIrnryetta.
Oklahoma, Il telephone strike is in
force. and strike-breaking women
are operating the switchboards The
company has even removed phones
from the homes and business places
of people who show sympathy for
the strikers by leaving the receivers
down.
Must Resign. Governor Williams
says that any appOintive State off
Ger or employee must resign his Of
flee when he makes announcement
of his candidacy for office.
German Break. -- Senator Owen,
usually slow to give public utter
ance to his opinions. predicts that
within year the German Govern
inent will show IA moral and finan-
cial collapse If tn" American and Al
lied forces show solid front in
Europe.
Five Million. Mitchell Palmer
close To the administration. and Gus
todian Of alien property in tn" Unit
ed States, predicts that if the war
\ lasts through 1919. America will
\ have 2.oo0.OUb soldiers in Europ"
l and ii it i still on in la2n sh" Will
, have five million on III" lin.
\ American Sub sank. Tn" Am, ri
\ can Subnarin" l'-3 accidentally ram
\ med and sunk its mat" boat IN" =
Z in Il foS Tuesday. and nineteen sea
\ men on the sunken sub prriSh"d A.
Y yet tn" Navy Department hasn't
n given out the details.
Save Wheat. a Government sta
Y tisiician has figured that if every
I person in the United States vii
through diligence and economy say,
\ during the Who'll" year of 1915 JUS
y onc-siXth of IA bushcl of wheat. i
II may mean the winning of the war
NI I. ". ". Leader. With the ar
" rest of Harry Casey AT Lawton.
Y matchmaker. and the discovery u
Y enough nitrnglycerinc, buried be
\ hind his unpretent4uus little watcl
Y repair shop in the heart OF Lawton'
II business district TO destroy IN. bus
y mess section of the city, Federal of
q ficials believe they hav" at last dis
x covered the real leader of III" |. "
n w. organization in Oklahoma, Wh"i
" arrested. Casey refused to max"
N statement. and demanded that h
" be given permission 10 get a Social
" list lawyer, who reside AT Snyder
N 36 miles west of l.awton, 4 com
Id plctc search of the watch shop no
n only disclosed "A supply Of nitrugly
lN Cerinc. but also n lurg" quantity %
VI J. W. W, socialist. and anti-war lii