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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-14
CEMENT IS
QUIET FOR
PAST WEEK
Nothing Sensational Reported; Prosperity
Has Showing al Deeper Level; Fortuna
No. z Hits Sand

Nothing sensational has happened
in the Cement field for the past week
and according to the actions Of the
drillers, it seems that they are of the
opinion that the wells that were
threatening to come in,p must be
drilled to a deeper Level, #, indeed,
anything worthy of note is encoun-
tered.
An oil scout for the Prairie conpa-
ny who visited the Cement field yes-
terday afternoon stated that the
Prosperity had resumed drilling and
at a depth of 2450 to 2463 feet an oil
sand was encountered This sand,
the information stated, showed for
more oil than was picked up when
the big excitement over the Prosper
ity was evidenced several weeks ago
Even in the face of this fact, accord
ing to the opinion Of some of the oil
men, there is nothing to get excited
about, with reference to the Prosper
ity. 1t is stated now that the flow
from the Prosperity was more gas
than oil and that the spouting was
due to the fact that oil seeping from
two or three minor sands had accum
lated in the we'll and was forced out
when the bit encountered a gas pock
ct
The Gorton No 1 in 2-5-9 is still
plugging away with no developments
reported this morning. They are
down to their four inch casing and Il
is thought that If they are required
to go much deeper, 1t will be neces
sary to pull out and under ream
their larger casing. The flow of gas
Is still in evidence, but the latest re
ports stated that it did not show any
stronger pressure.
Eyes of the oil men are now cen
tered on the Fortuna No. in 3-5-9
Drilling at a depth of about 1000 fee
a strong showing of oil has beer
picked up. The depth of this sant
was not stated yesterday evening
but it was described as being de
cidedly good showing. The same sanC
was found by the Fortuna No. ! be
fore they landed the big gasser.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-14
TO STAGE
VICE DRIVE
In STATE
Chickasha Officials Meet With State and
Army Men; Report Of Officer Gives
Chickasha Good Record

Oscar Simpson, county attorney o
Toffman, mayor, and Hodge Bailey
county sheriff, have returned from
Oklahoma City where they conferred
witn the attorney general and an ar
my officer, relative to the elim'na-
tton Of vice in towns and cities Of the
state where soldiers visit.
Speaking of the proceedings at the
session, Mr. Simpson said this morn
ing: There were the mayors Of the
prir cipal cities in the state present
as well as the county attorneys and
sheriff of number of the counties
The affair was in no way a calling
upon the carpet" for the officials,
bat a general get-together meeting
1.-THE army man had made a tour
of the state and had visited a mum
ber of cities. He had a report on
eacA one gathered by his personal
work and not through the offices Of
any official. These reports dealt
with whiskey, gambling and women.
The report from Chickasha was good,
showing that there are no whiskey
peddlers in the city except the negro
'nipHrrs5 This report also stated
that there was only one gambling
house attempting to run and that 1t
was in the nature of private game.
"The purpose of the officers will
be to work In conjunction with the
county Council of Defense and with
the army officers in eliminating vice
for the protection of the draftmen
that are to come and those who are
now in the service. A state wide
drive on vice Is under way and it is
impossible to tell on what town the
weight of the drive will fall first.
They are all coming to it and the Of
ficers propose to make it so hot for
the law violators that they will be
compelled to move on. The reports
Of the army officer on the various
towns was very complete and compre.
hensive.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-14
Local Men Secure Oil Property With 200
Barrel Production; Leases in
Good Fields
NAME OF CONCERN is
CENTRAL PRODUCERS
Burke Burnett, Electra, Garfield County
and Ranger District Represented; Will
Have Office in Chickasha

Capitalized for $1,O0O,OOO, with pro
duction amounting to 200 barrels
daily in the Electra Burnett field and
with valuable acreage in the Garfield
county, Ranger, Brownwood and Ce-
ment fields, the Central Producers
Oil company was incorporated today,
its principal office being in Chicka-
sha and, with two exceptions, the Of
ficers and directors being local men.
The officers of the company are
President, John S. Grammar of Enid,
formerly OF NARROW, one of the best
known and most succ, sful oil men in
Oklahoma; first vice president, Ben
r. Johnson, active vice president of
the First National bank of Chicka-
sha; second vice president, Alger
Melton, attorney in this city; secre-
tary, Ed Sheegog, successful oil op-
orator in the Electra Burnett and
Healdton fields; assistant secretary,
M. S. Cralle business associate of
Mr.. eheegog; treasures j. L. Slnsh-
er, cashier OF the First National bank.
Other directors are c. T. Erwin, oil
and land man in this city; M. E.
Humphrey, manager of the Chickasha
Milling Co., and Jack Kilgore, of the
Oil State ePtroleum Co.
In the Electra Burk Burnett field
the company has so acres, with pro
ducing wells that turn out 200 barrels
day The producing wells are on
81 acres, leaving 90 acres on the same
lease for future development. This
property has been developed during
the past year by Mr. Sheegog and as
sociates. The wells are connected
with the Magnolia pipe line and the
oil is being marketed daily. In ad
dition to the large number of shallow
wells now producing a 2OOO-foot deer
test is being drilled
In the Garfield county field, the
new company has 12O acres leased
practically all surrounding the Oh
State Petroleum company's leases
and part of it adjacent to the famous
Barnes well. In the Ranger, Texas
field, it has acquired 40 acres, adioin
ing the Ranola property, and in the
Brownwood, Texas, field it has 12C
acres in two tracts, Off-setting the
Oil State company's holdings Prom
Using acreage is also owned in the
vicinity of the Gorton, Prosperity
and Fortuna wells in the Cement
field.
Offices will be opened by the Cen
trail Producers company at once il
the First National bank building.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-14
WILL PUSH
WAR WORK
WESTWARD
By United Press.

By United Press.
Washington, May 14--Because OF
the congestion in the great eastern
manufacturing centers, officials are
attempting to push government work
westward.
Permits for new factories to be
built in Pennsylvania were refused.
No more contracts for new construc-
ton of factories east of the Allegha-
nies and north of the Potomac will
be approved for the present.
Agents are scouting through the
middle west for available plants to
take new war contracts. Small fac
tories in the middle-west are now idle,
unable to get contracts, because larg.
er eastern industries took orders by
the wholesale without regard to their
ability to execute the same.
Oklahoma labor and manufacturers
recently took steps in preparation for
, handling war orders.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-14
4 KILLED
80 INJURED
in WRECK
By United Press.

BY United Press.
Albany, n. Y. May 14.-Four per
sons were killed and thirty injured
by the deralment of a westbound
New York Central passenger train
rear Schodack Landing at midnight
last night.
The locomotive was overturned
and one coach went into the Hudson
river upright, permitting the passen
gers to escape from the windows.
A car of horses was overturned
the animals being so badly iniure,
that they we're shot.
Only one of the dead has beer
identified.
Officials hint at outside interior
ence as the cause of the disaster.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-14
GOVT GET
PLATINUM
By United Press.

BY United Press.
Washington, May 14,-Platinum has
been commandered for war purposes.
the war industries board announced
today.
The supplies in the hands of jewel
ers, manufacturers, wholesalers and
in porters, received by them to June
80, will be bought by the government
at five dollars per ounce.
iridium was also commandered al
seventy-five dollars an ounce and pal
ladium at s135 an ounce.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-14

cept for possibly one speaker Of ma
tional reputation who wili open the
campaign. In regard to the Four
Minute Men, Mr.. Barefoot is working
in conjunction with D. M. Cavaness,
head of the Four Minute Men in this
county. Definite announcement of
the speakers for the county and for
Chickasha will be made as soon as
the schedule is completed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-14
NEW YORK MAN
AIRCRAFT HEAD

By United Press.
Washington, May 14.-Archer A.
Landen of Buffalo, New York, was
appointed by the president as chief
of the aircraft production division, it
was officially announced today. Lam
den was formerly vice president of
the American Radiator company. He
has assumed charge of his office.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-14
French Patrols Active.

By United Press
Paris, May 14--French patrols took
positions north Of Hangard and west
of the Meuse, the French war Offices
announced today.
A German surprise attack north
west of Orvillers Sorel and southwest
of Montdidier was repulsed, it was
stated. The Germans were also re-.
pulsed north of Focht.
Cannonading was reported In tha
Verges and Butte des Nesnll sectors,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-14
RAILROAD MAN HURT

Clarence Dixon, an employe of the
Rock Island, had his foot injured in
an accident at Agawam yesterday at-
ternoon. He was brought in to the
Chickasha hospital.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-14
MORE COTTON CONSUMED

BY United Press.
Washington, May 1.-THE cotton
consumed in April totaled 544,559
bales against S22,244 bales during the
same month last year, the department
Of commerce reported today,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-14
NEW YORK JOURNALIST DEAD

NEW YORK JOURNALIST DEAD
By United Press.
New York, May thames Gordon
Bennett, proprietor of the New York
Herald, died this morning at his
home near Nice, France, according TO
a cablegram. He has been i'll for
some time. Bennett was one Of the
best known figures in the newspaper
world.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-14

Twenty-Five girls from the ChiclSas
sha Business college worked in the
surgical dressings department this
afternoon and expect to work one at.
ternoop each week,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-14
Bloody Battle Near Lartis.

BY United Press.
Moscow, May 14.---Tour thousand
Germans and members Of the Finnish
white guard were killed in a baltic
near Lartis, northeast Of Heisingfors,
according to reports received here
today The German bombardment
killed many civilians.
After the occupation Of TANNER.
fors the white guards executed five
hundred Russian officers and soldiers
with machine guns, reports say.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-14
Big Guns Boom Along SOmme: Raiding
Huns RepuIsed While British Enter
Trenches; Take Prisoners
OKLAHOMA CAPTAIN
KILLED IN ACTION
Total Americans Missing Ia Present Fight
Number Over 100; Finnish White
Guard XIII Germans
By United Press.

By United Press.
London, May II. Enemy artillery
was active last night In the Somme
and Ancre sectors, according to the
report of Field Marshal Haig to the
war office today.
An enemy attack east Of MeryllIa
was repulsed, with losses to the Ger,
mans. The British took prisoners in
a raid north of Robecq, without losses,
Okla. Captain is Killed. 4k /
BY United Press.
Washington May l4.--Captain
Lloyd B. Russell, of Manchester,
OKLA was killed in action in France.
according to the casualty list issued
by the war department today.
The names of twenty-seven missing
were reported, bringing the total
number captured by the Germans in
the fighting at Seicheprey to over one
hundred.
Today's list reported fourteen killed
in action twenty-one wounded and
ten dead from other causes.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-14
By United Press.

Oklahoma City Nay 1.-THE state
banking commissioner today issued
a call for reports of state banks at
the close Of business May 10.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-14

CALI FOR BANK STATEMENTS
ey United Press.
Washington, May 14.--A call was
issued by the comptroller of the cur.
rency for reports showing the condi.
ton of national banks at the close OF
business May 10.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-14

You will find all the
local news every day
in The Daily Express
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-16
Huns Mani Power
Is Dwindling

CONTINUED FROM PAGE oND

are said to have large number men, troops
viii ages Of Parer and Damey These points are about two
miles the highway and railroad running north and south
through Chaulnes and Roye.
in the ebuterne sector Albert Berlin oc
av that German troops were withdrawn from small salient
However it yet far the Germans have retired
The still holds Albert but the British are IN the western
outskirts.
pressure gained additional high ground of the Ose
and northwest of Rbecout The Germans fought hard hold
Monolihe and Atticle finally driven by
General The farms of Thiescourt wood
aud the high ground dominating the river Dvette small
tributary of the 0ise.
Appointment General Boehn, who led the retirement
command of the German group Peady
confirmed officially from Berlin 1t believed London that
of the scarcity the Germans will fight the
defensive their line Fifteen ssns already
thrown in between the Anere Disc and the
have only sixteen fresh divisions the entire front from
the North Sea to Switzerland
Unofficial estimates London place the allied
August $4,000 and go 1t declared the proportion
of German allied loss has been greater in the recent fighting
any 1914 The total allied casualties not be
as large the number OF German prisoners captured All other
of the western front appear to be affected by fighting ul
The artillery fire and aerial activity has decreased along
vee French Americans maintain their
Aerial operations still intense On the British front 2s
machines put of action Wednesday while the
British loss was 5 Bombs dropped railway functions
lines and British aviators have flown
Germany attack Thonv and Offenburg American aaors
have brought down two machines and have bombed
railway functions the Mcven with good effect Paris
visited Thursday night by raiders VINO dropped several bombs
small number OF persons killed and there was some material
damage.
On the Italian front the situation is normal The Italians
seized an slet the southern reaches of the Pave.
In the east vadivosok and the White
Sea the Caspian the situation daily becomes interesting and
menacng 0 Germany.
Archangcl allied troops made good progress south
ward toward voogda and apparently operating in three
columns against the Boevk whose opposition reported to have
been fairly determined The occupation of Baku by British
who north through Persia from Bsgdad blow to German
and Turkish the Caucasus To the north the Czecho
Sovaks force along the Voga under the command Of
nced Russian generals In Eastern Siberia the position the
allies apparently is improving, more troops are landed at
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-16
MEN At RECRUITING STA
T|ONs PREPARE FOR SERVICE

Oklahoma City. Aug AFTER the
publication yesterday afternoon OF
General March's statement to the eff
feet thar II the draft ages are fixed
ei from Il to IS years. the system Of
volunteer enlistment IN the United
States army will Automatically dis
appear. the sfficers a1o men at tht
army recruiting station here immedi-
aiely began cons iering what branch
Of the active service they could be
transferred to
AT the naval station. Lieut. G :
Dale. in charge of all navy recruit
ing stations in Oklahoma. said tha,
While he had no advice from head
quarters he was satisfied that the
asin recruiting stations would not be
closed. but Il is likely. in his judg
lent. that the sub-stations will be
closed
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-16
The Daily German Lie

yation sviators ami bombers the per-
centsge OF wast1ge" is much smaller
The war department reports: The
probability OF uninterrupted service
for an aviator is about - days. but
/. must be remembered tina, less than
o. per cent Of the wastage is due 10
deaths"
The French authorities report that
during 1917. the loss In dead. 9ris-
oners aud permanently disabled
amounted to II pr cent OF the fight
iEg forces. for Tire year. OF the
wounded in action. more than four
f!fths return to service. many OF them
IL less than two months. A mat
ter OF fact. because OF the improve
ments in saniist on and hospital ser
vice. the soldiers chances OF return
iEg from this war are greater than
ir any war in the past
Similar stories shout danger to life
or limb in our shipysrds are simi-
larry false. The Emergency Fleet
corporation has established a depart
ment Of safety engineering. aud the
work OF this department has reduced
the percentage OF accidents In the
shipysrds below the average OF other
industries Of the came sort The sta
tistics of the department Of labor from
1912 to 1916 gave the accident rate In
shipysrds as - per thousand men.
The accident rate in the Hog Island
shipyards for the month Of May was
s per thousand Moreover. the gov
eminent has established q health de-
psrtment in connection with the ship
building TO see that he men are well
housed. have adequate medical atsen-
ton and are protected from unheaith-
fnl conditions jus. as the soldiers are
protected. Az consequence Of these
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-16
LAST |NsTAllMENT Of
THIRD LOAN DUE

Washington. Aug 1.-THE last in-
stalment paymen. on the third Liber-
ty loan. due today was expected TO
bring in the s3so.ooo.o 900 unpaid bal
ance OF the s4.i76 100000 total OF che
loan
All federal reserve districts except
Richmond, Minneapolis and Dallas
oversubscribed their quotas for the
lstest certificate .csue. The fact that
the allies have 1alled on the United
States so far this month for only s7i.-
ooo,ooo loans. wes an element in
promrting treasu . officials today 10
believe tina, s.. 900 600 900 would be
sufficient for the fourth Liberty loan.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-16

The Germans have invented two
nazing new weapons in this war.
Gao is official frightfulness on the
+ I'D of battle. The other is organ
I'd lying in the field OF propaganda
There is circulating in New York
{ tya story tha. ''1feo deserters are
i4.yrisoued in stockade at Camp
. orritt"
camp Merritt . not permanent
G MP. The so.5iers leaving from The
..crt OF New .e-s pass through il. to
!. number of 1000 month. Many
. them. strangers in New York. ov-
:. stayed their passes and were eharg-
with being absent Without leave.
! acse men were punished by being
IN q camp stockade. They
, erc not desertars and we're not
, aarged With dcsertion. In. CON-
j udirls general a. f.cc5@an reports;
soldiers cannot be controlled in the
, entity OF Nou York unless there is
sne means OF restraining those who
, oIste orders and are absent without
ave- At no ,srre were there 100
a der restraint
. I:eports from ssrious parts Of the
rrntry indicate hat German props
: liists are engaged in masnifying
i'.c chances Of death which our SOL
! -s face in France. II is said. for
I. lance. that "tke average life Of an
: istor at the front is only seven
{ rs This Is . gross exaggeration-
Figures from the French and Prit-
4 armies show that the average
18th Of service Of a pursuit avia-
g. II the frc7t Is about three
aths. and one half Of these men
sithdsswn fcr physical deteriors
t-os snd Ioes o. nerve Among obser- :
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-16
ENEMY MAN.powER is GIVING OUT

With the British Army in France Aug l5 Thursday-ier
has acknowledged that her freely wasted
dwindng proportions enough apparently
considerable anxiety The high command The toll taken
icuav fighting by the allied armies and the prospect of
being confronted by everowng American forces has caused
General Ludendorf issue imperative orders for vigorous
immediate combut in the German army order from
auxiliary units all men capable of entering the trenches
In the combout says the order issued by General udendor
consideration will be 49, who have served in
the front lines months He that
been apponte/ investigate the entire situation
including men every rank All available for the infantry
depo Belgium the special of the high
command being to get infantry
Appended 10 order special instructions to Field Marshal
General Schez make "a greater de-
upon the instead of using Germans the
,uxilary services rcnforcements.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-16
PRESIDENT GIVES
VIEWS ON BlElsE

spsrsanbars. : c. Aug is-Press-
dent Wilson has addressed letter to
Thomas II Daniel. Washington cor
resoDndenf Of the Spartsnbsrs Her
aid. in response o a request for an
expression Of ms yiers On the sens-
torisl race IN Sou Csrolinz. IN which
former Gov Cole L Biesse Is q ozndi-
date. in which he says
Let ne say that have p.Ffect con
fidence that the eo1ie Of south Car
olina vii judge rightly in The sens-
.orisl contest AM have not the least
tear that they vii believe that Mr.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-16
CH|CAGO MAYOR SUES
TWO NEWSPAPERS

Chicago. Aug I6-Mayor William
Hale Thompson filed suit today
agsinsi the Chicago Evening Pos'.
John G Shaffer. It's publisher. and
Frank r Robinson. owner Of a news
psper in Ogie comfy. The suit ask
irg seoooo damages Is said to be
ii.cited BY an article questioning the
mayors loyalty. originally printed In
Rebinson's paper. and reprinted in
the Post
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-16
LOCAL BOARDS ReAvy
FOR is.45's.


might be held early in September
To have the first instalment OF the
new class one ready for camp Octo-
ber il would be necessary to have the
registration not later than September
ls."
Existing draft machinery in the diff
ferent states will be used to enroll
the 100000 men. General Crowder
said, with such additional regisirants
as may be neces sary. The actual
registrations will be made in the Gus
tomary voting precincts within the
Jurisdiction OF each board.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-16
18TH W|F['s UNlUCkY
FOR WANT AD EXPERT

London. Aug iS-Thirteen wives
proved unlucky f3- John Leslie Smith.
arrested recently with his thirteenth
spouse on charges of bigsmy and lar
'crny. Smith had been a soldier al
the ifcn'. but deserted
The couple was arrested on com
paint Of the twelfth wife. who charged
bigamy and the theft Of her furni-
tlre Smith was given seven year
ard Mrs Smith XIII was given five
months.
Police say Smith got his wives
through want ads and in most eases
had left them destitute