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The San Francisco call., 1908-09-06
WHAT THE NEW LONG
DISTANCE WAR WILL BE
LIKE WHEN UNCLE SAM
BRINGS HIS SIGNAL CORPS
UP TO DATE

the signal corps, as witness the JAP
anese- Russian war.
But today we use the wireless and
across miles of roaring battlefield
come instant instructions as to range
and direction for firing, minute orders
that must be obeyed though they tell
the hidden battery hardly a word of
the fight. 1t is big game played in
the dark to all except the general and
his staf, over great expanse of miles
with fearful engines of death COM
-manded absolutely, certainly and in
stantly by the spark of the. wireless.
AS some one recently put it: I'VE do
not fight today man to man, company
TO company, brigade to brigade or di-
vision to division. The modern battle
is a fight between two men-two gen.
erals. each armed with an army"
And the general who best controls
his army. who best and quickest knows
where all parts of it are and what
all parts of it are doing, and who can
best and quickest tell all and several of
its parts what to do next, wins the day.
In fist fight between two pugilists il
is not always the hardest hitter, but
the quickest hitter, who wins. 1t is
not necessarily the strongest wrestler
who throws his man. but the wrestler
with the quickest nervous reaction. It
is the army which can act as a whole,
not as a collection of little wholes-
the army which can fight as one body,
not as lot of little bodies-that is the
army of today.
The nervous reaction" of an army is
its ability to respond quickly to COM
mands. ability TO get the commands
quickly and ability to deliver the COM
mands quickly. Per contra, the "ner-
vous action" of the army is the ability
to send the commands quickly, and to
receive with ease and certainty the
news at the front. and the reflection of
events not seen but felt. The nervous
system" of any army is its signal corps.
. and today the United States army is
much in the position of a big man
whose nerves are not long enough to
reach his feet and hands What we
nave 10 lnS DcSl pOeSlule, Out lueTo Is
all too little of it,
That fearful term "reorganization"
frequently means, in the public ears,
investigation. fumigation, castigation!
But applied to the signal corps, ac-
cording 10 the bill introduced in the
senate by Senator Burkett and in the
house by Representative Hepburn, 1t
means expansion, development. There
is no question of the efficiency of the
present corps, as far as it goes. The
only trouble is that it does not go far
enough. 1t is general consensus of
opinion. not only among our own
military authorities but among the
best of those abroad. that minimum
OF "a per cent of the strength OF the
army should be provided for signal
corps work. Moreover. this minimum
should be outside of the legal strength
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efficient signal corps. At the battle of
and operated 155 miles of field teie-
graph line during the battle. At the
battle of Liaoyang General Kuroki, like
a spider In giant web. controlled the
entire force by wire, sitting IL miles in
the rear and keeping the position OF the
various forces before him upon the map.
from intelligence which came TO him
from and by his perfectly organized and
entirely efficient signal corps.
General Allen. chief signal corps off,
Ger of the army, has said: IF troops
are to succeed in war they must have
field lines of information which are so
reliable and certain in action as to in
spire and insure the complete conf
dence of the mobile army which has to
depend upon them. The equipment also
must be so mobile as to provide instant
communication by the side OF the COM
mander. wherever he may be required
to go in the exercise Of his duties.
TT Is now fully realized by the lead
ers of military thought that the
strength Of an army is not alone meas
ured by the number of men it contains,
but the number of rifles, guns and sa-
bers it can put into comparatively ef-
fective action at any one time"
The plan is that the signal corps
shall consist of one chief signal
officer with the rank of brigadier gen
eral, four colonels, four lieutenant
colonels, 12 majors. 36 captains. 80
81 aIa III Hrsf CIo
geants, 800 corporals, 1900 first class
privates. 500 privates. so cooks, 4s far
.riers and blacksmiths, "a saddlers, "a
wagoners, As trumpeters and 1 band
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-06

The word "cockney' has an inter-
esting history, one quite at variance
with its present application.
Now applied to the low. slangy life
of London. it originally had a reference
to the elegant life of the pampered
rich.
1t il connected with the Dutch word
cocker" which means literally ito
pamper." Then comes the French
form. "coqueliner." which means pri-
marily to rock the cradle. Originally,
therefore, a cockney was a child deli
cately reared. Gradually it came to be
extended to citizens of towns where
wealth was ample and all the comforts
of life were obtainable.
The French Pays de Cocagne," and
similar expressions among other ma
tions. denote Utopia. an imaginary
land Of luxurious ease without labor
From earliest days London was
famed for its elegance. and the most
fashionable section of the city was
that which has now been abandoned
by the wealth and nobility and turned
over to the lower classes.
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The plan OF procedure to achieve
the desired object is a most eIaborate
one
Literature will be sent out calling
attention to the error OF letting the
priceless heritage OF the tongue fall
into disuse and vulgarizatiori
New methods os teaching will be
introduced into the public schools.
and one of the first things to be done
will be revival of the valuable study
of etymology. a study which never
should have been permitted to pass
from the curriculum. since by teach
Ing the derivation of word its be-
g1nnings and it's various evolutions
down 20 the present time the student
gets an exact understanding of the
history of the word. and hence is less
likely to maltreat it In the p-czunss--
ton
AS befits a man prominently con-
nected with the stage Mr. Shaw has
guaranteed to interest theatrical man
ayers to insist on the use OF faw1ess
English by characters in their plays
excepting, Of course. where. as In a.
low comedy role. cockney dialect IN
essential to the part But those char
acters who are supposed to be SPEAK
ing good English must do so or get
ruled out of the casts.
Parents are to be urged to teach
their children the value OF accurate
speech. and lyceums for oratory will
also make their contributions.
II the progress Is carried out on the
scale OF the plan the time NAV vet
come when England will not have to
labor under the reproach that to hear
good En- glish one must visit the United
States.
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NssNGLAN@ SEEKS = =
III bPESCUE ENGLISH
from he COCKNEY

q HAKESPEARE, Byron. De Quin-
cey and Macaulay can rest in
4 peace
league has been formed to
rescue the language in which they
wrought their mighty masterpieces.
It is called The Pure English
league its home is in London and it
already has membership of couple
of thousand, though il has only been
organized few weeks.
For most literary men of England
are allied with the new movement, one
Of it's leaders being George Bernard
Rhaw. disciple Of Ibsen. whose witty
s.aa brilliant plays have made his fame
koown all over the world of letters.
Mr.. Shaw is one of the many noted
English workers in letters who have
been bemoaning the terrible havoc
done to the Anglo-Saxon tongue by the
horrible perversion of it known as
"eockney."
Professor Brandie did much to arouse
the nation with his striking saying
that English is rot English"
This striking phrasing called ma
ticnal a,.eotion TO the increasing vul-
garizat.on OF the language
Then Shaw arose to protest against
the gradual obliteration of the let
ter "a
~Biby's mime is Jimes plin Jimes."
Chis sentence has been used all over
the United Kingdom to show how COM
pletely the accuracy of pronunciation
is being abandoned. That is the way
the average Englishman with classi-
cal education would refer to the fact
that the new baby had received the
highly honorable cognomen of James.
A leading barrister in the London
courts was heard to say to a witness:
"Dijjer sye yo sawr i'm in the liner
a question which witness, being a
cockney himself. was able to translate
as did you say you saw him in the
laneT'
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each grade to receive the rank. pay
and allowances now provided by law.
1t should not be argued that while
such force is necessity In time or
war its maintenance at full strength
will be a burden in time OF peace.
1t has been stated that such corps.
highly trained as they need be. TO
be efficient must be maintained in
time of peace In order to be ready In
time of war. But the signal corps In
time OF peace does a great deal more
than merely train itself and devise
new and effective apparatusg and sps-
cialize in its use.
The signal corps Is charged with ths
construction and maintenance Of extern
sive land and sea telegraph lines In
time OF peace-some OF the Alaskan
cable work of the present corps might
be mentioned as examples The signal
corps is almost entirely constructive
only indirectly destructive. Yet. as tn
field work In time Of war Is OF the most
dangerous character. requiring the ut
most courage and GOODNESS, 1t is any
thing but a noncombatant arm OF the
service. 1t can fight. and has fought.
and fought well. when required. al
though its main end and aim Is not 70
fight, but to arrange matters 50 the
other fellows can fight to utmost ad-
vantage.
General Macarthur says: The most
recent experience has demonstrated
that efficient service of military lines Of
information is indispensable to success
full strategic and tactical operations.
The organization charged with this
service has become so intimately associ-
ated with strategic marches and tacti-
cal movements on the battlefield that 10
must in the future be regarded as an
integral part of the combatant force
a fourth arm. so to speak-and as such
it's organization becomes a matter OF
quite as much concern as that Of infan-
try. cavalry or field artillery"
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of the army and not drawn from IL.
The old argument of those to whom
a uniform means only national expense
is, wait until war-then expand" And
this is with the great adaptability Of
the American to unfamiliar conditions
in mind and his facility of dropping
yardstick and hammer to pick up gun
and pistol. But while national guard
and military schools train the average
man so that he can be made into a
first class fighting machine in few
weeks, when necessity arises, making
him into competent signal corps man
is another thing entirely. You can
train the average man to obey orders
and shoot a gun in a short time. 1t
takes a life time to train an officer of
the signal corps as he should be
trained and many, many months to per-
feet the rank and file. The service, in
Guiding such things as wireless teleg-
of service telegraph lines, rapid putting
UP and taking down of telephone COM
munication, signaling at night, by day
with flags and sun, and the establish
ment of reliable communication by any
available means in the face of Difficult
ties all but insurmountable. requires
more than the average intelligence ex-
pected of the soldier and much careful
training. The signal corps at present
has the apparatus-highly technical,
thoroughly ingenious and most COM
pact-that enables some very wonder
full things to be done in the transmits
sion of intelligence in the field. But 1t
lacks the men.
General Macarthur has said of the
signal corps in the Philippines: THE
splendid service of this corps in these
islands makes 1t matter of regret
that we have not had as much force
in that body as is necessary. AS it
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-06
AIpKRr GExAIIE9
TIE NoTED 0OeKNEY
SINGER M TfIE GA1ah
| CT A
| LONDON oOsrER
50 s&

admired all these clever artists. 1t has
no idea OF the enormous vogue they
enjoy at home
The music halls that have them for
attractions are ever crowded Their
songs and witty comment are ban
died from one country to the other.
That which began as piQuant conf
edy becomes matter OF habit, and
from laughing at the recommendations
OF Chevalier in one Of his wonderful
limitations of coster life, the British
public has come to adopt the same
mode of speech.
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threatened points, and altogether is of
30 much Importance that 1t is impossi-
BILE to say too much in behalf OF its in
definite extension to the limit of possi-
BILE usefulness"
front, from the man who writes not of
the theory, but the practice. But apart
from our own experience it is a world
lesson, given by the Russian-Japanese
war-the importance of an able and
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is, their wire service is simply indis-
pensable. tt not too much to say that
in the absence OF this efficient service
1t would be impossible to hold this
archipelago with less than 10000 men,
a duty now well and efficiently per-
formed with $4,000. We need wires,
instruments and operators everywhere.
the more the better. 1t simplifies every
thing. makes unity of action possible,
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-06

An alderman of the city of London,
who lived in the suburb of Highgate,
said to cabinet minister: "D'ye think
Ighgit pretty?" When the states
man replied that he had not noticed
any changes in the alderman's appear
ance the latter, bewildered. said: I'm
not talking about myself said
'Ighgit'' -
These are instances of the sort of
butchery of the kings English that
has finally resulted in the big contem.
porary protest.
In recent years a debate has grown
up as to where the best English was
to be heard, in England or in the
United States Formerly the nasal
twang of the Yankee was ridiculed.
Fun was also poked at the negro ef-
feet Of the pronunciation of many
words by southerners.
But now il is argued that the Eng
lish of Uncle Sans realm is much
more nearly correct than that of King
Edwards domain.
The education dealt out in the public
schools of the United Kingdom is dis
tinctly classical There teachers busy
themselves with instilling Latin and
/. Greek in the minds of their pupils.
In American colleges English takes
the most important place. The study
of the mother tongue has constantly
been developed. Students are taught
the pronunciation of the Anglo Saxon
and the middle English and are led
through the various stages of the evo-
luton of the tongue till the English
OF today is reached.
Constant attention to the phonetic
history OF words naturally leads to an
eventual nicely of pronunciation with
the result that English visitors to the
United States have not hesitated to
pay enthusiastic tribute to the great
Improvement in Uncle Sans use Of
the common tongue.
But while the younger country has
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-06
TfEEAMUUs Bow GTJKcH,
THOSE BORN WITHIN MIE
SOUND OF WHOSE c1MES RE
EEGARQED AS 0OcFKE9g.

been making progress in the direction
of right diction, England has been
steadily going backward.
large part of the blame IL put by
many experts on the vogue OF the cock
ney and coster singer. as, for Instance,
Albert Chevalfer. Marie and Alice
Lloyd and yesta Victoria.
Although Americans have seen and
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= HERE is a lot of difference be-
between the battle of a few
years ago and the battle of to-
dsv All ouY. old conceptions of
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-20
BECOME STATE
BANKS

Guthrie. Okla, Aug, 20.-Nearly
dozen national banks have signifed
theIr intention Of liquIdlzing and TAX
Ing out state charters IN order to se-
cure the protection Of the state de-
posltors guaranty law. according to
Bank Commissioner smock
Five natlonal institutions have re-
Gently followed that course and those
10 which Mr. smock refers have writ
Ten him asking for organization pa
Ders. They are al Madili Hobart
oulnton. the First National Of Poteau,
First National Of Waukomis, City Na-
tional and Duncan National Of Dun
can, and both national institutions at
Walters
Commissioner smock first passes on
The standing Of the bank and the
charter Is then Issued. # the report
be favorable, By the secretary d
state. Ar. smock is authorized to re
fuse 10 give his approval That meant
the inability Of the bank to secure
charter.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-20
GERMAN BECOMES IN
AMERICAN CITIZEN

IN the district court this morning
Andre Schneider received a hearing
on his application for naturalization
and at the close Judge Russell order
ed his name entered on the roll Of
American citizenship. He spoke Eng
lish 80 poorly that G. schlotterbeck
was called upon TO act as interpreter.
The application Of Herman Dues
man also came up but owing to the
fact that one Of his witnesses did not
appear the hearing was postponed.
G. A. Outcelt Of Guthrie and Frank
Lee Of Muskogee, both assistant Unit
Sd States attorneys, represented Uncle
Sam Ia the proceedings.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-20
A MOTHERS GRATITUDE
Many : Mother in chiekssha Will
Appreciate the Following.

Many a strong man and many a
healthy woman has much for which
to thank mother. The care taken dur
ing their childhood brought Inem past
the danger point and made them
healthy men and women. Children
are generally bothered at some period
with incontinence Of urine, and in
ability to retain It is ofttimes called
habit It is not the children's fault
the difficulty lies with the kidneys,
and can be readily righted If taken in
the proper way. "A Chickasha mother
shows You how
Mrs. Gentry Johnston, living at 220
Minnesota avenue, Chickasha, Okla,
says: my ten year old boy was an
noyed for three years by she weaken
ed condition Of his kidneys. He had
no control over the action Of the kid
ney secreuons and bed-wetting was
an almost nightly occurrence. / knew
that bis kidneys were affected and
gave him everything that I thought
would do him any good but he was
not benefited, until Doan's Kidney
Pills were procured at the Owl Drug
Store and he began their use. This
remedy proved highly satisfactory.
Last winter he had slight return at
tack Of the trouble and two boxes Of
Doan's Kidney Pills relieved him. !
take pleasure IN recommending Doan's
Kidney Pills to all parents having
children afflicted as my boy was.
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-ant
take no other. dit wi
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-20
BUY CITY PROPERTY

There is no better investment than
Chickasha property. 1t always pays
a good per cent on the investment.
The stringency in the money market
The last few months has caused city
property to sell slowly and Chicka
sha property is cheaper now than it
will ever be again, Buy now; don't
wait until the rush comes this fall and
prices go up, but get busy now
Read on down the list and select
what you think might suit you Call
me by phone No. 2SO and let me tell
you of some Of my big bargains.
4-room house with bath, good barn,
chicken house, all kinds Of fruit and
shade trees, lot SOx165, situated west
of 10th street on Kansas avenue.
Price, 1920.
5-room, new, modern home, close in,
electric lights, gas, fine level let 5Ox
165, blue grass yard, city water, all
kinds Of fruit and shade trees. cave
barr This IS a snap oI terms. Price
$500
Broom ho1se close il on Ord street
rents for SIC per month. lot 6Ox1o0
cost owner 81 200 before ,hc panic
Price Iov. Slice.
very beautiful homes close in OF
south 9Th street, modern and up-to
datc Prices s1.75O 20 $4,000.
See me for all kinds Of investments
and farm loans ONCE basement FRS
National Mank
] A. J. JENKINS, chickasha, Okla.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-20
DIVORCE DENIED.

In the district court this afternoon,
Judge Russell denied a decree Of di-
yorce in the case Of E. D. VS.. Melissa
Butcher The court took occasion to
deliver the plaintiff a strong lecture
on the duties growing out Of the mar
riage relation.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-20
TAKE VACATION

and 90 to Colorado. Low rates every
day all summer Ask your local agent
about them. And If you want to get
. beautiful folder Of the most wonder
ful one-day trip - the world, write
C. A. Johnson, G. P. A., Gray's Peak
Route, Denver, Colo. s-s-tf
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-20

Grady county democracy should
show hey loyalty and devotion 70 The
cause by contributing literally 70 the
national campaign fund This 70 q
personal appeal To yCu Democratic
Reader Don't put It on. send ID pour
dollar now. n we would win Vie
tory We must be willing % help pay
the necessary cost Of a vigorously
CONDUCTED campaign.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-20
c4IcKAsHA PRoeaEss PoINTERl

@flALfhFfSFfrs = fRt~
street car Ene ara interrpan to
Sulphur assured
water power plant nearing compile
tiou and sites selected for additional
plants-caeap electric power 70 run
factories
Jacobs CIGAR Tender factory nearly
ready to start-emDloy forty TO fifty
men from the beginning
Ten modern brick business build
angs in process Of construction and
dozens of residences going up Ma.
sons at work on a $4,000 Baptist
church
A big grain elevator 10 be built and
the second wholesale grocery com
pany chartered with capital stock Of
100000.
-Four miles Of paving petitioned for,
whole streets Of sidewalks, $4,000 70
be spent for a handsome high school
building and $4,000 for a city hall
Homeseekers and investors arriving
every day-Indian lands On the mar
ket
This Is just a few Of 'em, but
enough to show that the wheels Of
progress are Ia motion Chickasha
steps forward by steady sure, sub
stantial strides.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-20

The Express wants il thoroughly
understood IL is unalterahly opposed
To the nefarioue fever tick and al his
works. Our personal acquaintance
With the fellow is very limited bat We
are convinced by reports that be is
an altogether undesirable citizen and
the whole tribe should be extsrminat-
"a. We note that the caddo coun-
IL farmers institute has started q
vigorous campaign against Dr. +.
Tick and Grady county should Join IN
the fray
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-20

Every farmer in Grady county
should cooperate IN the farmers in-
atitgte movement II means more in.
tslllgent and better cultivation Of the
soil, more harmony among farmers,
larger yield from the land Grady
county should stand second TO none
in agriculture. She has soil eq1al 10
that Of tarfamed Egypt and her pro
gressiye farmers win do the rest
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-20

And Mf Sherman also informs rs
that the continuance Of Teddy's poll
clea Is he real issue We are in-
clined 70 think be IS right but the
makers of the Chicago platform didn't
seem 70 think 20 There Is more
Roosegeltism IN the Denver platform
than there Is IN the republican declar-
alton of principles It IS admitted
that the reactionaries dominated the
Chicago convention and while they
lauded Roosevelt 10 he skies they
coldly ignored the advanced policies
the president has advocated.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-20
AUGUST q isas-

szs-ss-ss ~ 2 = = =
sn1 mai g the theory upon which
shs thlng 81 rm. but q appears that
& hss been mainly theory since the
rep1tlicaa party has been in charge
of arzirs The large interests. the
trusts ard the nilllonaires have
nsalthily us1rYed ths powers dele
gated to the people VINO hare permit
ted themselves to be bambooaied- DIR.
Sherman would perpetuate this deiu-
sion. bur bis spler is vain one.
The people at last have their eEes
wide open and Trey are resolved 90
again assume that which belongs to
them The people will rule when the
democratic party is restored 10 pow
en- and MOI until then