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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-26

John DuG, second vice president
International union, also
district organizer A. F. Of L.
IT. Dickerson. member Of the exc
cutiye committee Of the state Bar as
Reford Bond member Of general
council fer same.
c. NJ. Fechheimer, member Of com
mittee on supreme court rules OF the
same
VIM Hun. grand scribe I o. o. F.
DR.. Chas. P. Brown. grand represen.
tatise. past grand patriarch Of l. o. 0.
F. encampmeRt, department command
er OF patriarchs militant
A Darnell. grand sentinel Of the
grand lodge OF AIaccabees.
". C. Matthews. chairman commit
tse on charities. grand lodge Of Masons.
H. e. Burt, a grand cficer in The
grand lodge Of Redmen, also represen-
tative grand encampment !. o o. F.
md grand lodge Eagles.
J s. Tatman, one Of the grand Of
.ficers of the grand lodge A. 0. 4 W.
w S. staley. member executive COM
mlltee setate Teachers association.
W. p Stewart member legi ilative
committee of the same
r. Stephens. grand generalsssimo
knights Templar
]. w. speake. deputy grand conlman
der Of Knights Templar.
I'D F Johnhs, member executive
committee state Bankers association
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-26
ENGINEER
INJURED

Frank Ball. an engineer on the Rock
Island suffered a hard fall last night
while getting on an engine at Eaid, aud
injured his hip quite baby His wife
bride of three months. VAS on the
came train on her way to st. Louis.
but thinking his injuries Of little con-
sequence Mr.. Ball told her not to stop.
Later his side commenced to trouble
him and he was brought back to Chick
asha last night. and taken TO his home
8 SIS Colorado avenue.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-26

The citizens Of Bradley want better
train service on the Lindsay line.
DR.. W. R. Barry a prominent citizen
Of that place who was in the city
today conferring with the commercial
club officers. said. I'VE want the
trains run so that we can come to the
county seat and do our trading. re-
turning home the same day. And we
want a regular passenger run daily in
addition to the freight train
A petition was sent TO the corpora.
ton commission some time ago. To.
Questing that an order be made roquir-
ing the railroad company to improve
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-26

Numbered among the most success
FIJI entertainers in Chickasha are the
Ladies' auxiliary and the Brotherhood
Of Railway Trainmen, the members 9f
which were the delightful hosts and
hostesses Of last evening at the bali
at Convention hall. And those favor
ed persons who can testify to the pleas
ures Of the evening are not a few, as
It was estimated that there were at
least 600 dancers on the floor az one
time.
Convention hall, well known as ona
uf the best dancing halls in the state,
was ablaze with electric lights, ia the
red, white and green 50 well known
to railroaders. The beautiful sound
ing shell at the end OF the room, also
brilliantly lighted, added to the Ct
fectiyeness Of the scene and several
large American flags. draped upon the
walls, completed the decorations
The grand march. led by Mr. Franl
Tinsman and Mrs. Robert Vaughn op
ened the program at nine o'clock am
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-26
NEW EXPRESS OFFICE
WILL OPEN MONDAY

4 The American Express company will
open an Office in Chickasha next Mon.
day. It viii operate in connection with
he Oklahoma Central
Office room has been4 secured in the
building occupied by the Western I'M
ion Telegraph company
This viii make three Express com
panies for the city. the others being
the United States and the Wells-Fargo.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-26
MIHEAT CLEVELAND
PR0SPEGFORS IN THE CITY

Three prominent citizens Of Cles
land, 0. We're In the city today They
we're Albert 3. Dunning lawyer, r H.
Yogel architect; S. S. Robinson, coal
dealer
The gentle men have been lOoldns
over tie new state having visited En-
ia. Guthrie, Oklahoma City and FL
Reno They were very fayorabsg i'm
pressed with Chickasha.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-26

4. B. Cochran IS erecting a frame
and iron clad building 24xe0 feet at
the corner OF Third and Choctaw.
which will be occupied by the J. d.
Peacock Co.. as a machine shop
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-26

The time for the visit Of the Su.
preme President and the Supreme
Secretary Of the N. 3. A. lodge has
been definitely set for March z7.
The local lodge Is preparing to make
It the grzndest event ever known
among the fraternal orders Of Chick
eeha.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-14

A British tramp steamer, an Amer
lean negro, a naval surgeon and kind
hearted colored mess attendant of the
navy, figure in this tale from the South
Seas, told aboard the vessels of Ad-
miral Swinburne's fleet.
After the British steamer Strathyre
arrived at Page Page from Norfolk,
Va, with coal for the warsh1ps, negro
seaman who had shipped at Norfolk
painfully made his way along the Page
Page shore after having slipped away
from the steamer. He hid himself for
night and the following day a color
ed messboy of the destroyer Preble
came across him. The man was bare
footed and he exhibited his feet to his
countryman. The attendant was shock
ed to find the soles blistered and tester
ed and in horrible condition, the re-
suit of burns The flesh was peeling
off in callous pieces. The ailing negro
told his story.
At Norfolk he had gone aboard the
British tramp. He had few clothes and
no shoes. He had no money and shoes
were not offered to him. The captain
forced him into the stokeroom of the
steamer. and, barefooted, he shovoIed
coal into the furnaces. His feet blister
ed on the floor and hot ladders, but no
one helped him in his misery. On ar
irving at Page Page where the fleet
lay, he decided that the Stars and
Stripes should float over him, and there
fore he deserted the ship. He wanted
to 60 to Honolulu and from here he
, expected to work his way back home
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-14
NEGRO'S FEET BLISTERED
IN STRATHYRE'S STOKEHOLD
American on British Tramp Collier Given Aid
by BIueiackets of the Destroyer
PrebIe.

or stay and grow up with the country.
aboard the destroyer, and the surgeon
poulticed his feet, and the torpedomen
fed him royalty and gave him shoes
and clothes. He went ashore and hid
in the mountains, but there were de-
lays, day after day in the sailing of the
feet, and the opportunity to stowaway
on an Uncle Sam boat became more
difficult every day. He finally went be
fore the naval governor Of Tutuila and
for him. Finally he was taken aboard
the tramp again.
The collier steamed away before
evening one day, but the next morning
she returned to Page Page, and what
little information came from the tramp,
indicated that mutiny had taken place
during the night Then the cruisers
started for Honolulu, and as the Preble
went by the tramp the men saw the
negro huddled up in the bow, looking
forlorn and cowed. but he waved a
farewell to his friends.
There had been fights before the ar.
rival at Page Page, and the American
negro had been prominent in them. The
abuse he had received, according to the
story told, caused him to resent it and
fight followed He knocked the mate
down and another man and was knock.
ed out for his temerity. Others of the
crew sided with the negro, but whether
or not a last clash between the crew
and the officers took place before the
cruisers sailed, the men did not learn.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-14
Destroyers Cast Of.

Owing to the loss of time oceasioned
by the delay in coaling, and desiring
to reach Honolulu as quickly as pos
sible, Admiral Swinburne on Saturday
gave orders for the destroyers to be
set loose and proceed to Honolulu under
their own power. They kept pace with
the cruisers at y IL knots. The Sec
ond division will do likewise. In this
way extra time was made.
But this was using up coal and when
the Preble arrived in the harbor Lieut.
Commander Freeman, in command, stat
ed that he was down to his last ton,
in fact, the men were digging into this
ton. He had hoped to keep this as his
nest-egg. When the coal supply began
to run short, Captain Freeman did not
slaeken the amount going into the fur
naces. Had the fuel given out, it is
likely, according to the reputation Cap
tain Freeman has, he would have used
up the loose furniture to make port.
And as to Captain Freeman, he is one
of the best liked officers that stands on
bridge. He is daring torpedo skip
per, and is generally known in the navy
as FREDDY Fearnot " He was in COM
mand of the waterfront detachments
fighting fire during the San Francisco
cOnfagratiOn.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-14
Shore Liberty Begins.

Many bluejackets and marines were
ashore last night, and during the week
most of the men will be given chance.
The feet patrol will also be on duty as
before. Most of the warships will pay
off the men before Friday, payday hav-
ing fallen due on the 5th of October.
As there is prospect of the fleet going
direct to Magdalena Bay, the men are
planning to lay in an. extra stock of
necessary things.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-14
Tow Lines Part.

Several tow lines parted on the way
up from Samoa The Preble had two
breaks, the others one, save the Perry.
which kept a clean line throughout
One night an order TO the engineroom
of the Preble was misunderstood. En-
gines stopped, lights were extinguished,
and the destroyer fell back and strain
ed at the tow line. She skewed about
until the West Virginia and the de-
strOyer were sailing apart at right
angles. The fagship's searchlight was
thrown upon the little vessel and an
order was flashed through the air from
the Admiral inquiring what had hap
pened down in the engineroom The
destroyer got into line again, lights
came on, and the even tenor of the
cruise was reestablished.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-14
colorado's Captain Exonerated.

The arrived of the cruiser Colorado
yesterday morning from San Francisco
was almost unnoticed in the excitement
of the return of Admiral Swinburne s
vessels from the South Seas. The yes
sci made a quick passage from the
Coast, and the trip was uneventfu1. The
arrival of the Colorado makes the Big
Four squadron complete again. The
Big Four includes the West Virginia,
Maryland, Pennsylvania and Colorado
The Colorado went aground in the
Sound waters several weeks ago, but
was gotten off the rocks without serious
mishap. The accident occurred during
foggy weather. The naval inquiry com
pletely exonerated the captain. While
in San Francisco the splendid silver
service presented by the people of the
State of Colorado was given to the
cruiser, delegation of Coloradans go
ing from Denver to San Francisco to
do the honors. The service is complete
for the captains and the wardroom
table.
On the vessel is Hawaii s first naval
appointee, Ellis Lando, who graduated
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-14
SUPERVISORS IN WRANGLE
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One.)
call the doubtful ones of the board
swung over to Hustace and the petition
was killed. The petition coming from
all three clubs of the district showed
that all the voters had to be satisfied
and the supervisors made haste to put
themselves on the right side.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-14
Was Spite w ork.

At the outset Harvey said his mind
was made up as to how he would vote.
Hustace reminded the board of the seri-
| BUSINESS of the matter. Harvey sad the
"voice of the people should be recog-
nized y Hustace said that would be
decided by vote Then MIR. Hustace
said he believed the entire list of
charges was unfounded. The work on
the road spoke for itself and the coun-
ty had value received. He said that
the statements of responsible men in
Koolau were not being properly con
sidered by the board and they were
branding men if the petition was sus-
tanned, as men who could not be trust
ed To him the matter looked like
petty spite.
Harvey said he had been a seafaring
man and knew how officers knocked
men down and the men were afraid
to say anything to those who might
help them. 1t was the same in Koolau.
The road men were afraid to make
statements People outside these road
workers had nothing to say at all. Hus
investigation that Gere paid for the
barley he is alleged to have made the
county pay for. Harvey retorted by
saying that anything Gere said would
have to be sustained by Crowder, his
helper, or he would get fired. Archer
said the work showed for itself 1t
was good work done by Gere. There
might be some little differences in Ko-
olau, but as the present board had only
a few months to sit, it might well let
the matter go to the next board and if
they wanted to change the personnel
of employees they could do SO. He did
not believe there was anything wrong
that should require Gere to be fired.
Thought They Were Afraid.
Kealoha admitted he had never heard
of anything wrong before the petition
came in. Then came the voting. Archer
voted against the petition; Cox was
kanalua and so was Dwight Fern and
Harvey voted aye and Kealoha did
likewise. Then the supervisors began
to discuss the matter again. Up to this
time Kealoha had not said anything,
although he is the Koolau supervisor.
Then Harvey prodded him to make a
statement. One came almost autcma-
tically, and it was devoid of argument.
A petition had come in and should be
sustained. Harvey had moved to sus-
tain it and it should be sustained. Ke-
aloha confessed he never had heard Of
these things before but thought perhaps
the people were afraid to talk to him.
"They hide it, he said.
Cox asked Kealoha if he recommend
ed the removal of Gere. Kealoha said
the taxpayers did Cox was not salts
fed. He fgurativeIy jumped on Kea-
loha and said as he was supervisor for
that district he should know his own
mind and should represent the people
Then Kealoha said he recommended
Gere s dismissal
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-14
Cruise of the Warshlps.

Z cruise OF ELe w dISl4pSs
Lieut.. Poreer. [. :. n, aide to Ad-
miral Swiuburne. said that the cruise
( had been quite uneventfui. The war
ships left here On the 10th Of Septem-
Der and arrived at Page Pago on SEIZED,
ule time. September 20. En- route all
the vessels stopped at the Equator to
adjust compasses and receive King Nep,
tune. his court officials and retinue,
aboard The novices who had never be,
fore crossed the Equator were Initial
ed. Neptune in this instance making the
ordeal more trying than usual. Several
hundred on board the flagship received
their certificates as subjects of Nep-
tune. The usual ceremonies of shaving,
bathing. etc. were carried out.
The vessels expected to coal at Sa-
moa on arrival. but the two British
steamships carrying coal from the At
lantic did not arrive until the end Of
the month. The Strathyre was the first
to arrive on Sept. 90, and the West
Virginia and the destroyer Preble went
alongside and coaled at once, followed
by the Maryland, Pennsylvania and
lastly the South Dakota and three de-
stroyers. The vessels did not leave I'M
til October 4 for Honolulu. A second
collier arrived and from this the other
cruisers and torpedoboats and the
Solace took their coal supply. They
are three days behind the main divi-
sion. The GOLFERS carried 5000 tons of
coal each.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-14
dispatches to ascertain just what ra-
dius the wireless took in.
viii Cut Out San Diego.

Owing to the feet being behind its
scheduled time, and the necessity for
the warships to get to Magdalena Bay
for the regular fall target practice, San
Diego may not see the fleet until after
the target practice is over In that
case the fleet will leave Honolulu and
90 direct to Magdalena Bay. This win
give Honolulu contractors an oppor-
tunity to dispose of more supplies than
if the feet had gone direct to San
Diego. The ships viii take on about
10000 tons of coal
Aboard the flagship it was stated that
the feet would depart from Honolulu
entire, and in this case it may not be
until Monday before the warships get
away
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-14
Solace Gets Survivors.

The SOlaee made two trips to Suva
The first time it was to get information
concerning the Aeon, and to send a
message from Suva to the Navy De
Partment at Washington, announcing
the fleet 5 arrival at Page Page. The
Solace made a second trip to get the
naval passengers of the wrecked Aeon
and take them to Page Page. the origi-
nal destination. In this party were
Chaplain Patrick and wife. two chill
dren and nurse, and the wife of Lieu
tenant Riddle. One of the children
was born on Christmas Island. The
Solace with these survivors aboard
reached Samoa after the flagship left
Page Page, and this information came
by wireless.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-14
Will Check Up Wireless.

Several messages from different parts
of the Pacific were received on the flag
ship and other vessels during the trip
up. and one is believed to have come
from San Francisco The officer in
charge of this work viii check up the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-14
Fleet Ball Next Monday.

The formal ball in honor of Admiral
Swinburne and the officers of the fleet
has been set for next Monday evening
at the Young Hotel, and invitations
will be issued today This will be strict
ly invitational committee in dis
cussing the plan for the ball with the
Admiral yesterday ascertained from
him that unless other plans interviewed
next Monday evening would be salts
factory
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-14
The Solace Fire.

Inquiry aboard the flagship as to the
nature of the alleged fire aboard the
Solace while at Samoa resulted in no
information at all on the subject, no
one appearing to know anything about
a fire on that vessel. If there was
fire, one officer said, it was probably
in the hunkers. The coal is moved out
and cooled off, and then is moved back
again.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-14
The Last Bugle Call.

During the cruise a couple of seamen
died. One was buried at Page Page
and the other was buried in Honolulu
yesterday with naval honors. The lat
ter was named Franzen, an oiler, who
had served for twenty-seven years in
the navy, and was soon to be retired
The remains were followed to their last
resting place in Nuuanu valley by a
detachment of bluejackets from the
Maryland, to which vessel Ffanzen had
belonged, and by the cruisers band.
Three volleys were fired over his grave.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-14
Hawaiian Band Plays.

After playing off the transport
Thomas yesterday afternoon, the Ha-
waiian band went over to the Alakea
wharf and played for an hour in honor
of the arrival of the Admiral and his
warships.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-14
Pake Laundrymen Evicted.

Probably no assault upon the peace
full fleet of Admiral Swinburne was ever
more determined than that of the Chi
nese laundrymen yesterday. 1t was like
a charge of the Light Brigade, and
Lieutenant Fay, who was in charge of
the marine sentries on the wharves,
where the warships were moored, found
them to the right, to the left and under
foot. They were after business, those
pake laundrymen, and whenever a SEN
try had his back turned Iaundryman
slipped by, only to run into bayonet
further down the dock Then a bunch
would start down dock, only to be
chased off again
Finally, they decided that the assault
must be made from the water side, and
they hired boats, slipped under the
stern quarters, and climbed up on the
dock. They needed not the eye of the
gangway sentries, and made wild dashes
up the ladders One laundryman who
gained the deck of the flagship tried to
argue the matter with the officer of the
deck, and refused to bulge when order
ed off, but bayonet in the hands of a
sentry put him to fight.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-14
THE FLEET
ON HAND

Continued from Page One.)
going 5y train and using the station ting
Irogu0ts. either going TO the harbor
or returning from il.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-14

from the Naval Academy. Also Lieu
tenant Kingsbury of the Marine Corps,
a son of Judge Kingsbury
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-14
Much-Saluted Governor.

While at Page Page there were more
salutes fred than at any other place for
long time, at least in the Pacific.
About every vessel in the fleet saluted
during her stay in Samoan waters, and
when leaving for this port another
round was INDUCED in. Guns seemed
to be blazing away all the time. Ac-
cOrding to bluejacket, rain fell every
time salute was fired.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-28
H0BS0N STILL SHIFTS WAR
Regards as Imperative Retention of
American Fleet I'm the Pa
Ill Waters.

Captain Richard Pearson Hobson, profess
sionally a naval officer and forecaster of
naval wars, socially an osculatory expert.
politically a member of congress from Ala
bama and financially a c~hautauqua lee.
turer, still views with misgivings the pur-
poses Of Japan in. the far east and believes
that the retention OF the United States bat
tleship fleet in the Pacific is Imperative.
ut has been long known" said Mr.. Hob
son, In an interview at the Henshaw, that
the Japanese have been in touch with the
Chinese revolutionary forces for a consid-
cradle length of time and have been await.
ing the death Of the empress dowager to
start something. Unfortunately for their
plans the American fleet was on the ground
when the empress died. but with the fleet
ordered to sail for suez and Atlantic waters
December / the japanese win be given the
opportunity they seek,
There is good reason TO hope that at
the coming session OF congress we can
increase the appropriation for battleship
construction from two to four ships and
II is to be hoped that this will eventuate.
I am in favor of building even 5000 and
SO.OO0-ton bsttleships. We were two years