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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-16

gHs IeflHHszs
lt isAt aFerg body That gets q place
2 life thats Jus. suited 70 him. SAID
Ar Hobart thoughtfully. but ] de.
clare it seems as II Jed Lorlng had
.anded n the very spot he'd choose
above every other"
7 didn't suppose anything would
ever SUIT Jed. remarked Mrs. Hobart
a man that always thought ever.
body was better OF than he, and never
appeared 70 enjoy anything EXCEPT
other folks misfortunes. Where ID
the world Is her
While I was visiting Henry's folks
said M Hobart, they took me
aeross the ferry 70 the island one
day I thought the face O. the man
that worked the gates looked kind O.
familiar, and he gazed at me real
searchingly Is Henry and I stood
there.
Aren't you Jim Hobart that used
% live in Bushbyf be asked me at
last
I an, and stin do. says I, and
IT'S Just come TO me who you are.
You're Jed Loring.
de nodded that ! was right.
Got a Job that suits you here. !
guess, said. for he's grown stoutsr
and looks considerable cheerfulfer
than ne used to when he was here in
Bushby.
Yes, ! have. says he, real hearty
Why this ferrybost runs back and
forth every haf-hour all day long. and
there's hardly a trip but what some.
body misses IL, and gets as mad a.
tury! Youths Companion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-16
More ADVICE.

Ought a man in politics to be com
municative or silent?" asked tn,
young man who is learning the state.
manship business.
Well, answered Senator Sorghum
he should not 80 to an extreme eth
er way. The man who wants Il
tell all he knows becomes a Dor,
and the man who seems afraid h
tell anything he knows becomes al
object Of suspicion"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-16

FOR BENT

FRONT ROOM NeHiy furnished
hath, electric light and g close in5
"a private family in best resident &,
portion Of city; reasonable Cal SOP
Iowa avenue. tf
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-16
FOR SALE
FoR -

On West Hill; 4-room house; easy
terms; fine bargain. John Deering.
Phone $50. 5-6-tf
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-16

On Southeast hill; 5-room house, 100
foot east front; corner lot. $500; $3.50
cash. balance on easy terms John
A. DeeFing. Phone 2s0. 5-s-tf
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-16
Doesn't TAKE warnIno.

Does your son profit by your exam
ple2 Does he initiate your succesae
and avoid your mistakes?"
mo he wants to get married. -
Philadelphia Inquirer
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION
HOLDS CONVENTION
Many Interesting and Instruc-
tive Papers Are Read
by Delegates

The second annual convention of the
California land title association began
in this city yesterday morning and
the session will continue today. The
meeting is being held in the rooms of
the Title insurance and guaranty COM
pany, $50 Montgomery street.
A. j. Carmany called the meeting to
order and Immediately surrendered the
chair to the president, Lee c. Gates of
Los Angeles. The morning session was
occupied with the business of the asso-
citation and the afternoon meeting was
given over to the reading of interest
Ing and instructive papers by a num-
Der of the delegates. They were as
follows:
Abstracts OF Mining Claims" by
Ashley Tabor of Sacramento.
Title Insurance. by A j. Carmany.
manager of the Title insurance and
guaranty company of this city.
Legal Liability of Abstractors and
Title Insurers" by l.. II. Rixford, at
torney for the California title insur-
ance and trust company
Certificates of Title" by Lee C.
Gates of Los Angeles.
Addresses and papers by prominent
delegates In attendance on the con-
vention will be continued today After
the final adjournment the delegates
and their families Will be the guests
of the Title insurance and guaranty
downtown cafe.
An interesting feature Of the con-
vention is a complete display of alb
stracts of title and title insurance poll
cies donated by various members of
the association
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
LEADS CHASE WITH
GAUDY BATHROBE

There was suspicious bulge under
the coat of John Mooney. an employs
of the Pacific Mail steamship company
as he stepped down the gangplank OF
the steamer Siberia yesterday. The
bulge was an oriental bath robe, gaudys
vivid and hamboyant. The hawk eye
Of Searcher Enlow of the custom de-
partment caught the bulge and received
q telepathic "hunch" that somebody
was trying to smuggle something into
the United States of America.
Hi" he shouted What's that un-
der your scoat2"
Not having been formally introduced
to the emissary of the customs DEPART
ment, Mooney politely refused 10 rec
ognize him. WhereupOn EnlOw ordered
him to halt and show what he pos
sessed. Instead. Mooney broke into a
run and made a dash for safety En-
low followed. Along the water front
went Mooney. with half of the bath
robe flying behind him. and close on his
heels came Enlow. The chase was a
lively exhibition of sprinting. but
Mooney and his bathrobe were finally
captured.
The case was reported to Collector
of Customs Stratton. Mooney was arr
rested by Deputy United States Marshal
Paul Arnerich and haled before United
States Commissioner Heacock. who or
dered him held under $500 bonds for
his appearance in court THURSDAY.
Mooney has been an empIoye Of tha
Pacific Mail steamship company for "a
years.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR
SEVEN LOTS SOLD
Receiver MO0ser of Market
Street Bank Unable to Trace
Mysterious Transaction

More mysteries developed yesterday
Mooser of the books of the Market
street bank which has closed it's doors
in the face of jumbled finance. Mooser
stated yesterday that seven lots in the
Burlingame tract were marked sold for
cash on the books, but no sign of the
money received for them could be dis
covered
or the tract II lots were sold for
cash and of these 2 there is the record
Of the money received for but five OF
them Seven are unaccounted for.
Mooser said he could not tell if the
lots were decided away free of charge
or if the money received for them was
misappropriated.
+. A. Martel, who was president of
the bank at the time of its wreck, was
asked TO explain the transaction, but
view. He had another engagement
p. l. Shuman. attorney for the Mar
ket street securities company, said that
there We're no new developments in the
efforts of that concern to secure east
ern capital to salvage the wreck of the
bank
The report of L. II. Mooser was not
completed yesterday. Mooser is en-
gagged in strengthening out the affairs
of the bank for the information of Su-
perior Judge Sturtevant, but so far has
found the knots encountered too tight
to submit to ready disentang clement.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
SHORB THREATENED WITH
PROSECUTION BY JUDGE
Denies Being Served With Pa
pers to Appear in Court
to Show Cause

Young Donald McNeal Shorb brother
Of Bernardo Y. Shorb and Mrs. Ynez
Shorb Buck. heard himself threatened
with the possibility of prosecution for
perjury by Justice of the Peace Golden
yesterday. A sharp conflict of state
ment between Shorb and BENJAMIN
Montgomery, process server, as to
whether or not the latter served Shorb
with an order of examination in con-
nection with judgment for 5000 re-
covered by DR.. Clyde Payne against
the young man, led the Judge to put
the inquiry over to next Friday with
an intimation that he intended to
probe the matter to the bottom. Shorb
was In court on an order to show cause
why he should not be punished for con-
tempt In disobeying the order of ex-
animation, and on the witness stand he
swore. that the latter order was never
served on him. Montgomery testified
that at Shorb's office he served the
order on a man who said he was Dom
aid McNeal Shorb.
IF the man was not the defendant.
1t must have been his twin brother.'
said Montgomery
Il will hear further evidence on
Friday" said Judge Golden, and if
find perSiry has been committed /
will turn the matter over to the dis
trict attorneys office for criminal pro
ceedingS."
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
OFFICERS EXHIBIT
SPEED IN WALKING
COlOnels and Majors of Army
Cover First Lap of Their
Endurance Test

Like the soldiers of history who
marched UP the hill and then marched
down again, a doughty aggregation of
colonels and majors marched to the
beach yesterday and then marched
back again They are going to do the
same thing again today and again to-
morrow. With Colonel Glenn In the van
they stormed the Baker street en-
trance to the park, captured the speed
way, surrounded the stadium, routed
the sandpipers from the ocean beach
charged down the boulevard and re-
turned to camp, fatigued but victorious.
They had not only survived the first
round of the so mile walk, but had
beaten the speed limit by 30 minutes.
In the party were Colonel G. II. Tor
ney, Major Bethel, Colonel Benet.
Colonel Anderson, Major Kennedy,
Colonel Teckler and Colonel Glenn. In
column Of twos they swung out of the
Preside gate at o'clock in the MORN
ing, and after covering the 1s miles
returned to camp at the Cairn hotel
near the park. A mysterious wagon
ambled along carrying carefully Gov
cred stores, which served to lure the
pedestrians onward. as the elusive
sheafs of hay spur the animal of the
treadmin to new exertfons.
II the military authorities at Wash
ington were apprehensive as to the
marching ability OF the local officers.
they may now dismiss their fears. Not
one Of the seven lost his swinging gait.
1t is true there was a plentiful appli-
cation last night of warm water. but
that was only in preparation for the
II mile hike planned over a slightly
different course for today The seven
officers will traverse the Great high
way and will then heel and toe up the
new Parkside boulevard. returning TO
the city by way of the park. On
Thursday they Will again alter the
course to some extent
Major Torney had charge Of the odo-
meter, which registered 1s miles last
evening. Today's walk will add II
miles and Is mile stroll on Fridav
viii complete the test imposed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt
According to the official report the Of
ficers "camped near" the hotel last
night.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
BABY FALLS TO HER
DEATH FROM PORCH
Infant Daughter of Policeman
John B. Berrie Breaks
Neck and Skull

Just a second before her mother
reached the place where she had been
and vainly tried to catch her, Baby
Ruth Victoria Berrie. the 2 year and
: months old daughter of Police Cor
poral John B. Berrie, a popular mem
Der Of the force, slipped from the clutch
Of her tiny sister Dora yesterday and
fell 45 feet OF the back porch OF the
Berries fat.
with skull crushed and neck broken,
the baby was lying a pitiful. bleeding
little figure when her white faced
mother ran to her side. The mother
tainted in horror, and kind hearted per-
sons cared for her and took the infant
10 the emergency hospital. But Baby
Ruth Victoria was already dead.
The accident which crushed out the
infants life was one of peculiar pa
thOs With her sister Dora, years old.
leading her. Ruth climbed the back
stairs Of the apartments where the
Berries live on the top floor at 120
Hancock street. At the porch Baby
Ruth leaned over the banisters to look
down. She leaned a little too far, lost
her balance on the railing, and slipped
over the edge. But her valiant little
sister caught her disappearing skirts
and as she hung on with more than
natural strength, she screamed for her
mother.
As Mrs. Berrie ran to the porch, Dora
could maintain her grip no longer. The
garments slipped from her fingers.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
THREE INJURED BY
UNITED RAILROADS
Plumber Is Knocked Uncon-
sciOus and Skull Seems
Cracked by Car
Aged Woman Has Leg Frac-
tured and Mechanics
Ribs Are Broken

Three persons were seriously in
jured by United Railroads cars yester-
day. The accident list:
Thomas f. Cullen of 70 Perry street
Knocked unconscious by a Turk street
car; skull thought to be fractured.
Hannah Smith, IS years old, right
leg fractured in fall from McAllister
street car
John Pass, sOs Caseln avenue, two
ribs fractured by fall from Mission
car.
Cullen, plumber, was struck by a
speeding car at Turk and Laguna
streets and thrown under the wheels
He is expected to die. The careless
ness of the motorman is given by wit
nesses as the cause of the accident
Hannah Smith may die as the result
of the impatience of the carmen, who
started while she was getting off Nc
Allister street car. She was thrown
heavily on the street. Physicians say
her age of 75 years is against her re-
covery.
John Pass, a mechanic, fell off a
Mission car as 1T was rounding the
curve at Fourteenth street and badly
hurt.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
SHORB TRIES FOR
ARMY COMMISSION

Norbert Shorb returned from Fort
Leavenworth yesterday. He is Of the
opinion that he has successfully passed
his examinations for admission as a
commissioned officer of the United
States army. He says that while the
examination was rigid it was not
nearly as hard as he was prepared for.
His brothera Bernardo Shorb, who has
recently been in the limelight over his
divorce troubles with his wife formerly
Miss Elizabeth Sheehan), has decided
not 10 enter army life. Some time ago
he applied 10 enter the service as an en-
listed man and tried to join the Four
teenth cavalry. He was unsuccessful at
that point and then tried TO join the
Fourth cavalry.
In the meantime his mother. Mrs. j.
de Barth Shorb, took a hand in the
proceedings and decided that place
in the ranks of the army was no
place" for the noble scion of the Shorb
household. kilograms, telephones and
letters were sent right and left to the
commanders OF the regiments to which
young Bernardo had applied to join,
with the result that young Shorb has
decided to remain a citizen in private
life
His divorce suit, filed by his wife
against him Saturday. will, however
bring him again into the limelight.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
TAIT'S PATRONS IN
PANIC DURING FIRE
Gay Diners Flee in Fright
When Blaze EnvelOps
Attic of Cafe
Had Hour Been Later Tragedy
Might Have Resulted in
Stampede

Fire, caused by crossed electric Wlres'
gutted the attic floor of Tait's cafe at
O'Clock last night and drove the patrons
of the place in mad scramble 10 ene
street. The blaze was discovered ps
employees, who ran through the cafe
shouting "firer' and at the sound the
dining and merry making was proushe
to startled conclusion. The next IN
slant the men and women were making
for the DOORS Women forgot their
wraps, or hung, half hysterie, on tie
arms of their escorts. Men threw asiue
chairs In their eagerness TO see 70
safety. Had the blaze occurred Two
hours later, when the place Wouio naVe
been filled with people, tragedy "ouio
have resulted.
The fire was seen a few minutes be-
fore 8 o'clock and an alarm was at
once turned in, followed by second ana
third alarms. The blaze spread quickly
over the roof and for several minutes IL
seemed that there was no nope ol say
ing the building. Quick work, ho"
ever, checked the spread of the nre, anu anu
within five minutes of the time the Hrst
stream of water was played on the
building the flames were under control.
In one of the second story rooms OIL
Taits cafe was a wedding party Oh SIN
persons at the time the fire broke Out,
and in another room near py was
second party of diners.
Melvin Goodwin, cigar boy employed
by the cafe, fell down flight OF STAIRS
during the excitement which folloWeo
the first cry of alarm and was badly
cut about the face and hands Louis
Allen, waiter cut one of his hands
badly on broken glass. In one or the
second story rooms of the cafe woman
became hysterical, and it was necessary
for several walters to assist her from
the building.
TAFT was the heaviest loser by the
fire, although the stocks of all the
stores on the street floor were more or
less damaged by water The building
in which the fire occurred is the old
residence of Judge William I. Wallace,
noted years ago as a social center of the
city. TAFT had a quantity of furniture
stored in, the attic, all Of which was
burned, was also the stock of New
mans cigar store, stored in the same
place. The other losers from damage
by water were Fishbeck's saloon, the
Pure Food restaurant, the Pacific tele-
phone and telegraph company, the Art
floral company, Shannon's haberdash-
cry. the keystone jewelry company, the
G. ID. Young real estate company and
Charles Lyons, the tailor.
John TAFT carried about $4,000 in
surance on his place of business the
property being leased from the Wallace
estate. No estimate has yet been made
of the extent of the damage, which is
considerable
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
CONTEND TREADWELL
INDICTMENT is FAULTY
Attorneys for Former Director
of Bank Make Argument
on Demurrer

Argument on the demurrer to the
Indictment charging James Treadwell,
a director of the insolvent California
safe deposit and trust company, with
perjury was conducted before Judge
Conley yesterday. The attorneys for
the accused man, Louis r. Byington
and Judge Dozier of Shasta county.
contended that the indictment was
faulty and void because 1t did not set
forth what particular matter was at
issue before the grand jury when
Treadwen gave the testimony before
that body in which his alleged perjury
occurred. The indictment states gener-
ally that the perjury was committed
while the matter of the California safe
deposit and trust company was being
investigated, and Assistant District
Attorney Cook contended that thfs
averment was sufficient Judge Conley
took the question under submission and
will decide II on Friday.
The trial of Treadweli is set for Mon
day next. In reply to Dozier, Judge
Conley said the trial would positively
commence that day If he overruled the
demurrer to the Indictment
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
RFvALK'S SUICIDE
DUE TO ABSINTH[
His Letter to Sparks Told of
Intent to Die, but Gave
No Reason
Family Learns That DespOnd-
ency Developed After He
Began Drinking
when this letter reaches you 1 will

when this letter reaches you L will
be gone.'
These words written by Vernal Re
cleared away the remaining vestiges of
doubt surrounding his death and proved
TO a certainty that the young student
had committed suicide.
Apart from the brief mention of his
forthcoming death the unfortunate boy
was silent on the subject. The letter.
which it was thought contained the
reason for his act, proved when opened
to have nothing in ii which would clear
away the mystery and the final con-
clusion at which both the police and his
relatives arrived yesterday was that
the suicide was directly due to despond-
ency brought about by overindulgence
in frozen absinthe. The letter was
brought to San Francisco by Sparks
Monday morning and turned over TO the
dead boys father unopened. Sparks on
receiving news OF the boys death came
to the conclusion that the letter be-
longed to the father and mother alone
and that if there happened to be a
skeleton in the family cupboard 1t
would be better If no one outside of the
happened the 1etter was of a most
prosaic order. Except for that one SEN
tence at the beginning ii was letter
such as one boy would write to another.
Revalk told of the party he had at
tended a few hours before and then
went on in a reminiscent manner to re-
vive old meetings and old gatherings.
Not q line was there as TO his mental
worries. The father returned the docu-
ment to Sparks, who said he later de-
stroyed It.
few weeks before his death Revalk
had gone TO Monte Rio, where he drank
his first glass Of frozen absinthe. On
returning to San Francisco he con-
tinued to drink the liquor. His parents
were unaware of the condition OF af-
fairs and looked upon him as a boy
able to take care of himself. So sure
were they of him that they We're will
ing to let him go to Manila and the first
they knew Of the absinthe episode was
after his death. In brief three weeks
the characteristics of the boy were
changed. The constant drinking of the
liquor developed a suicidal mania and.
dependency coming on him as the
liquor died out, he took poison.
The saloon keepers who served him
the drink win be cited to appear be-
fore the police commissioners to show
cause why their licenses should not be
revoked for selling liquor to a minor
Chief Biggy stated yesterday that this
phase Of the affair would be investi-
gated and an effort made to put a stop
to what seems to be q common violation
OF the law.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
BRONSON HOWARD
EXPIRES SUDDENLY
Famous Playwright Passes
Away of Heart Failure at
New Jersey Resort

NEW YORK,'Aug. 4.-Bronson How
ard, dramatist and author, writer OF
several plays which stand as landmarks
In the American dramatic field, died to-
day of heart failure at Avon by the Sea,
n. j., after an illness of about a year.
Howard was 6S years of age.
Bronson Howard began his journal
istic career in 1885, when he came to
this city. He was connected at various
times with the Tribune, the Evening
Mail and the Evening Post. AS a
dramatist Howard was best known by
reason of the successes of Saratoga, y
The Bankers Daughter" "Old Love
Letters Young Mrs. winthrop" The
Henrietta" Shenandoah" and "Aristoc-
racy.'
In 1890 Howard married Miss Wynd-
ham, a sister of Charles Wyndham, the
English comedian.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
WfFE'S COMPANION is
BEATEN BY HUSBAND
Returns Unexpectedly and Finds
Man in House in Company
With Spouse

When I. Allen returned unexpectedly
to his home in O'Farrell street last
night and found William Smith, car
penter, in the house with his wife, he
struck him with a revolver and pum-
meled him until the man beat retreat
through the back door and over a fence,
leaving some of his clothes behind him.
In the scuffie the pistol was discharged.
Angered at her faithlessness, Allen
then struck his wife several times. She
fell down and was so severely injured
that she was taken to the emergency
hospital, where physicians said that her
skull was possibly fractured. The hus-
band was arrested by Detective Ed
Plume of the Bush street station and
charged with assault TO do bodily harm.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
oLYMPIC CLUE ELECTION

George Jones, L. D. Bacigalupi Rob-
ert Macarthur, Samuel Joseph and
Philip Bolger were chosen last night as
members Of a committee which will
prepare the list of candidates to be
voted for at the annual election of the
Olympic club. The annual meeting of
the Olympic club will be held Septem-
Der 4. More than 200 members partic-
ipated in the election Of the nominating
committee. President Humphreys made
an informal report to the members as
TO the condition of the clubs finances
and he stated that IL was out of debt
and had a substantial balance on the
right side of the ledger.