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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-01
THE MESSAGE TO GARCIA.
Major 4. s. Rowan ~ Fort Douglas
RELATES Incident 90 students.

Alai Andrew s. Rowan the nm Who
carried me message 90 Garcia. tod ths
STORY " hf oyoutful Journey 20 the stu-
deuts of tine b. h s. university this
morning
Mas Rowan was introduced by col
Willard Young. a former instructor of
liF lf West Point
ln "a simple narrative Mai Rowan told
of Tho hardshIps and pfrlls he encluut-
eIod while in the difchargo of bis duly.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-01
NOTHING BUT
TARIFF LEGISLATION

Washington, April 1.-The senate to-
day by "a viva voce vote adopted SEN
ator Hales resolution 60 coudne The
business or the extra session 10 the
consideration OF the tariff question. to
the exclusion OF everything else. cx-
cept the bin making provision for the
thirteenth census.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-01
MILITANT SUFFRAGETTES
SENT TO HOLLOWAY JAIL

London. April Nine Of the militant
female sunrdgottes. who were arrested
yesterday afternoon while attempting t0
force 400 entrance into the house OF COM
mons. we're arraigncd in the Bow street
police court today and sent by the mag
istrato Co Join their sisters iu Holloway
jail FOR ono month AN refused Go EIgo
surDIies for their good behavior.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-01
PUGILIST JOHNSON.
Appears in Court to Answer Girls
Charge Against Him.

New York. April Jack" johnson.
the worlds champion pugilist. appeared
in court today 20 answer charge Of
long standing preferred against him by
Aimee Douglas, a negro girl OF II years
Before Johnsou's appearance in court
Joseph Nethcrlan, negro porter. was
arrested charged with attempting 20
bride Miss Douglas 10 stay away from
court.
After a. hearing Johnson was convict
ed on charge preferred by Aimee
Douglass and nne Of $500 was i'm
posed
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-01
MAnIoN clAWronp,s coNpIroN

Sorrento April 1.-The doctor in at
tendance ou .. Marion Crawford said his
patient was better this morning.
London. April La special dispatch re-
CcFed here from Rome says D. Maroon
Crawford che novelist. who bias been ODD
at Sorrento. Italy, for s0mo time. ia eInk-
IuE rapidly today Nr CrHWf1rIs UInl.s
began with IuHunnz1 and developed INTO
congestion of the lHuEE
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-01

Munich Tho next large town in tho
direction of the 1lcht BE- straubIng. a5
miles from Landshut Tho Austrian
frontier marked by n range OF noun
tains called the Boonmerwald o. so
miles beyond stuubinr.
a PERlLOUs JOURNEY.
pingolhng. April 1.-The Zeppelin air.
shin landed safely near here at O'Clock
thls afternoon. after having been ~
hours in the air.
Part of the time the circumstance of
the journey were porlous. The rear
motor refused TO work and the forward
motor clone could not develop sufn-
Client strength to drive the alrship
against the high wind.
Several anxious hours woro spont by
the aeronauta before am opportunity
offered to make "a safe landing.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-01

Tie Quick aud READY Rcsno~se Given
To Advertisements IN the News"
D. iurihutnhlc 60 IT, RitpREStNT-
ATfNE a. Wen ns EXTENSIVE
Clientele
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-01

lHudshut April Tho Zeppelin air-
Hhlp hHated over Land hut al no min
ui's past ~ going to the northeast 10
appeared quickly in a snowstorm that
hA1 arisen suddenly n is understood
uhele are between rs and 20 officers
tnl men on board the alrship
The count has dropped out a note add
I'7snH To the commanding officer Of
Che three squadrons of cavalry follow
ing hls route The message roads.
Beloved Comrades.
Many thanks, ploase remain I'M tho
.flfhn' hood rutil thc wind fails and
< oan return 40 Munich"
l"ndfhut is 40 miles northeast of
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-28
new PRESS NEARLY READY

The Daily Express big Duplex press,
which will print 5000 complete eight
page newspapers and fold them, each
hour, is set up and about ready to run.
But for delay in receipt of the paper
used by the press. this magnificent
machine would today be ready to start
on the regular edition Of this paper.
The installation Of the Duplex web
perfecting press by the Express marks
the beginning of new era in the news
paper history of Southern Oklahoma,
for it means that Chickasha now has
facilities for issuing a modern, up-to-
date newspaper of circulation any
where up to $4,000 copies daily OF
course even the most casual inspec-
tion of the Express new printing ma
chinery will show that a very large
amount of money has been expended
In the purchase and installation of the
plant, but the publishers OF this paper
have the utmost faith In the continued
growth and development of Chickasha
and the trade Of this city. 1t is be-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-28

cause of such faith that this big press
was purchased; and in order to show
to the thousands Of investors, business
men and homeseekers living in other
states but looking Oklahomaward. that
Chickasha and the Washita Valley
tributary TO this city offer exceptional
inducements to such as they. the Ex-
press is preparing to issue during the
last week in October Trade Exten-
sion Illustrated Edition OF many thou
sand copies and, we hope. OF forty
to forty-eight seven-column pages. This
edition viii be printed on the big
Ldplex press referred to. A prominent
tax payer of this city said to the Ex-
press:
From what have already seen of
the preliminary matter intended for
the Express Trade Extension lllustra-
ted Edition, and from what ! under
stand the scope of the edition to be,
Chickasha will be more widely, intelli-
gently and effectively advertised by
CONTINUED on Page A.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-28
HNULL IALhS AbUUl
The INTERURBAN

In an interview with the Express,
Mr., George W. Angle, consulting engi-
neer, of New York, stated that he was
here in the interest and at the expense
of ] p. Hornaday & Co., of New York
to supervise location and construction
of the interurban line from Chickasha
to Sulphur.
He also stated that Mr.. Hornaday
Is wealthy man and that Mrs. Horn
aday is a millionairess many times
over
This banking house has carried
through many enterprises successfully
and can and will carry this one
through il the citizens of the cities
towns and communities make good,
said Mr. Angle.
They ask that subscription O
100000 to preferred stock, bearing
per cent per annum be made, which
covers all the preferred stock to b'
issued, not so much for the amount q
money involved, but for the moral sup
port of the people which the line vii
serve and the fact that bond purchas
ers are always better pleased when i
is known that the citizens believe II
the enterprise in their own country
evidenced by their investment to tn,
extent of their ability. These bankers
are not asking for donations but fol
investments.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-28

the stub from the order.
On the person of the dead man
found near Chickasha the only mark
of identification whatever, was a
United States money order stub mum
perch 645,941l With this clue, the Of
ficers at Chickasha wrote the central
offices at New York asking who pur-
chased the order under that number
Through the general offices, the num-
ber of the order was traced TO Law.
ton and g, c. Biney, the local agent
of the company, has received com.
munication from the general offices
asking as to the identity of the .pur-
chaser
Unless the stub had been transform.
ed to the pockets or some other per.
soma thing impossible. the unknown
dead is the purchaser of the money
order. A. r. Snyder. Mr.. Viney says
that he remembers the description OF
the man found. it ta4iied exactly with
that of Snyder, although at the time he
had not thought OF il since the per
sonal description that could be given
was merely as to the size of the man
since the body was mangled beyond
recognition.
Snyder left Lawton in company with
a woman who had been in Lawton for
some time, supposedly for the purpose
Of marriage. Their destiny was un-
known Nothing has been heard since
of the woman Snyder was known to
have considerable money and in addi-
ton to the cash on his person, he
owned farm out east of town.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-28
SN YDER THE
DEAD MAN?

At the sheriffs office, the officers
are strongly inclined to discredit the
story coming from Lawton, to the ef-
feet that the dead man found on the
Washita near here was A. r. Snyder,
who was formerly tailor In this city
and who later moved to Lawton.
The sheriffs records show that sny-
der Was here on court business July
26 last, coming from Oklahoma City,
where he then lived The condition
Of the body found indicated that the
man had been dead at least six
months.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-28

Lawton, Okla, Sept 2S.-Is the un-
known man, found five weeks ago in
the underbrush along the Washita
river near Chickasha with head crush
ed and body mangled beyond recogni-
ton, to be identified as A. X. Snyder,
the Lawton tailor who mysteriously
disappeared from here about the first
of last April?
A. r. Snyder, formerly in the tailor.
ing business in the rear Of the Lawton
State Bank building. disappeared frc/l
the city about the first of last April
under mysterious conditions.
Some time before leaving, Feb. 5
last, heShad purchased for Mrs. w. A,
Tucker. 200 Avenue A, an express
money order from the United States
Express Company, payable to the Seig-
el-May-Cooper Co, of Chicago, and
numbered 645.941. The money order
was sent to the Chicago company all
right, but Snyder negligently retained
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-28

The road will cost in round figures
to build and equip $l,S21 900. and 1t is
estimated that it will earn net, $518,.
600 per annum, which would make the
payment Of $4,000 per annum interest
on the 100000 preferred stock safe
beyond any question"
Mr., Angle stated further that Sui.
phur citizens had made good their
$l50000 subscription and that he was
glad that the mayor of Chickasha had
called mass meeting for Wednesday
afternoon and hoped that as result
Of that meeting, that Chickasha would
make good the $l5O00O asked to be
subscribed by them. II the subscrip-
tions are made corps Of engineers
will be put into the field at once and
construction begun at an early date or
as soon as the location is completed.
1T is up to Chickasha to determine
II she gets this line or not. continued
Mr. Angle. "and If she does it will be
due to the foresight and energy of Mr..
Scott Jones and the willingness of the
citizens Of Chickasha to put their
shoulders to the wheel to the extent
Of an investment OF $l5O.OO0 which in
vestment will be worth more than par
when the line is completed
Mr.. Angle will be present at the
meeting and will be pleased to answer.
to the best of his ability. any questions
which may be asked him.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-28
L|CH T VOTE
is POLLED

The special election. called TO sub
nit the question of issuing bonds 10
the amount Of sl9O,O0O for waterworks
and sewer Improvements and exten-
sions Is in progress today
A very light vote Is being polled-
Up to noon at the City Hall precinct
only about % votes had been polled-
Everything indicates that the bonds
viii carry. A two-third's majority OF
those voting is necessary for the
bonds TO carry.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-28
PAYERS co
ON STRIKE

About twenty-five men, mostly ne
groes, employed as concrete mixers by
the paving company, quit work yes
terday when their wages were cut
from 25 cents to 90 cents an hour.
It is understood that the striking
men were offered 2214 cents an hour
if they would return to work this
morning but they declined to accept
the offer.
AS a result of the strike concrete
mixing is tied up.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-28

To the citizens Of chiekasha:

To the Citizens Of chiekasha:
Feeling that the time has come
when decided action should be taken
on the proposed chickasha-suIphur in
terurban railroad proposition, ! have
thought II proper to set an hour for
pronounced expression when the citi-
zens may In public meeting express
themselves, and to this end II has been
thought proper to designate Wednes-
day, Sept. 20, as the date, $3.50 p. M
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-28
RETURNS TO PANAMA.

P. e. Golather, who has been spend
ing several weeks in Chickasha With
his family, at 92O North Second street,
has returned to Panama, where he
will resume his position in the United
States engineering department.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-28

as the hour, and the New Star Theater
the place for such meeting.
II is urged that the property own.
ers and business men Of the city be
present at this meeting, as this qu>s
tlon Of great moment must be decides
at an early date.
In my opinion no proposition Of
greater moment has ever come before
the citizens Of chiekasha.
w. M. EDWARDS,
Mayor.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-28
FOUND WHISKY AND GLASSES.

A quart bottle OF whisky about half
emptied. one full quart unhroken. a
half pint bottle partly emptied and
three nice little whisky glasses were
what Undersheriff Yearta found at the
New State lunch room on Chickasha
avenue between Third and Fourth
streets Officers searched the place
las, night
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-28
FORMER cHlckAsHA MAN wEps

Cards have been issued announcing
the marriage of MIR. Maurice B. Lasley
and Miss Mary Ethel Cockrum at the
home Of the bride in Kansas City on
Sept 26. Mr.. Lasley was formerly a
travelling salesman for the Chickasha
h.11ssyh of the Swift Packing Company
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-28
MORE DIVORCE DEGREES.

In addition to the six divorces re
ported yesterday. Judge Bailey last
Saturday granted DEGREES in the fol
lowing cases:
Fannie VS.. Mont Campbell
+. A. VS.. Sophia Thiele.
Col. O'Neill filed divorce suit yes
terday for b. NJ. lobe.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-28
DnTITC nT nnnnnCrn
NUUlE UT InUI UJEU
STREET CAR Line

ing an active interest in the PROPOSE
tion have been working quietly but
effectively and they have all of the
amount required except $4,000 and
they are given ten days In which to
raise this amount among the property
owners along the proposed route.
Col. Woodward has promised to be
gin work as soon as the money is all
pledged If the $4,000 is subscribed
within the specified time. the build
ing of the line along the route out
lined is regarded as a certainty.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-28
ARRIVES WITH PRISONER.

Deputy Hodge Bailey arrived from
Roswell n. NJ, this morning with
Frank Armstrong VINO was arrested
there on a warrant from Grady coun-
ty, charging him with the crime OF
rape, committed near Rush Springs.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-28
SUCCESS AT THE REVIVAL.

At the revival meeting which is in
progress at the Methodist church there
were four conversions and many were
up for prayers The meeting will con-
tinue till further announcement.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-28
JACK RosT HERE.

Jack Frost put in his appearance
last night, although he didn't come in
killing form. At O'clock this morn
ing the thermometer registered Al de
grees.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-28
POLICE COURT.

In Judge Grigsby's court this morn
ing Prof" Powell was taxed Sll for
being drunk. The only other case was
that OF a woman charged with immoral
conduct.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-28

The Sulphur interurban
meeting, to be held at the New Star
Theater tomorrow. Is alone for the pur-
pose OF getting an expression of the
citizens as to whether they want II or
not No subscriptions win be asked
for.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-28

y Chickasha avenue from First to .
= Ninth street. I
: South on Ninth to Dakota. =
: West on Dakota to Nineteenth. 4
South on Nineteenth to Ne 4
= vada. 4
+ East on Nevada to Thirteenth. Z
= North on Thirteenth to vir- =
= ginia. =
= East on Virginia to Twelfth. =
= North on Twelfth to Tennes- !
= see. 4
= East on Tennessee to Ninth. =
y North on Ninth to Dakota. =
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-28

The above route is the proposed
route Of the first street car line, Sc.
lected BY Col Woodward the pro-
moter and builder.
i is little over five and one-half
miles long
Other lines contemplated are loop
70 the Frisco depot and one
10 the Industrial Addition. south Of
town. where the cotton knitting mill
Is being built
Considerable interest has been man.
ifested by property owners who desire
10 secure lines on streets where they
have holdings. but 1t seems that the
route outlined above has the call, and
will get it II the terms made by Col
Woodward are met.
a committee OF citizens who are TAX.
The gold leaf., 1909-07-08
Humor and
Philosophy
NEAREST ARE DEAREST.
~ DUNCAN n. MSTH

There arr many kinds OF trouble
Roaming round the world st large.
Some that cost you ready money.
Seine the trouble man viii charge.
But the brand that your attention
Gets yoa may as well allow
And makes light OF all the others
Is the one that strikes you now.
Troubles OF some other season
That when present did not please
Are ns last years birds nests swinging
In the hare and leaiiess trees.
And the troubles that are coming
Do not I'LL you with disfaay
Even though they may be frightful
IL they're far enough away.
Though your patient heart was broken
When the ease was fresh and new.
Distance lends its rare cnchantment
In about year or two,
You can smile In recollection
Even though IL left you broke.
And if II Is gone forever
You can treat II as Joke
But the ones that now are pressing.
That at present hold YOU tight.
Though they may bc only trifies.
Keep you sitting up at night.
II you stand aside and view them
As a fellow up n tree.
You can see they are but atoms
In the general trouble sea.
The gold leaf., 1909-07-08
Hard TO Choose.

Hard 20 Choose.
He looks mis-
crablc and all run
down"
Yes: he Is a
wreck"
What Is he
suffering from Z"
Ills friends are
divided In their
opinion. T b e y
u MT Il &C q @
W h ct h er II IL
mother-in-law or
indigestion"
The gold leaf., 1909-07-08
Expert Advice.

Maud Is troubled. and. like many per-
sons In trouble. she lays her heart bare
before the editor She writes In:
'Dear Editor- Knowing that you
can solve the hardest questions with
one hand tied behind your back. l
want to ask you delicate question.
II you had two positions. equally de-
sirable, offered. which would you take?
MAUD"
We, cannot say offhanded. Maudie.
but we think we would.
The gold leaf., 1909-07-08
The Gold. Sweet Sprino.

The season comes when verdure young
Peeps through the gray OF wintry cold.
Uncertain season. ever sung
BY poets since the world was old.
or this at least We may be sure
As day by day the plot unfolds
Well catch n cold that will endure.
No balm for Il the springtime holds.
And SO each blessed season
The verdure view with streaming
lamps.
It's all because the seasons shy
On dry and very long on damps.
The gold leaf., 1909-07-08
Not So Accommodating.

"They couldn't get along at all to-
gether. Nothing that she did seemed
to please him. and nothing that he did
pleased her"
"Why didn't she leave himf"
"She was afraid that would give
him too much satisfaction. and she
considered 1t her duty as a wife 20
stay and make him trouble"
The gold leaf., 1909-07-08
Those ColIere Bows,

Those College Boys.
There's nothing so happy. 80 CAV an3 so
free
As boys who are trying to make degree.
They shout till their threats arc as rough
a file
And ogle and stare at the ladies' mean
while.
On work they are short as a mother made
pie:
For football! and sym work they con-
stantly sigh.
They don't give a rap for the way tho
world goes;
They think that 1t lies at the tips of their
A chemical test of our varsity boys
Most likely would show big percentage &C
noise,
Together with nerve to put up a good
front.
And come out all right when they're do
ing their stunt.
They swagger and boast with an infinite
gall
And think that the world will respond to
their call:
They spend all the dollars their daddies
can send
And learn how It IS for themselves at the
end.
The gold leaf., 1909-07-08
Humor aae Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS
By DUNCAN n. SAfTa

A barefaced lie isn't nearly so dan
gerous as a two faced lie
The man who wins Is his own excu0
for occupying the earth.
Ii always looks so foolish to see an
bther fellow suffering with the tooth
ache
We don't notice other peoples faults
so much when they are paying close
attention 60 our virtues
The world Is growing better. but not
at such 4 rapid rate that it Is likely to
yearn TO support you and your family
Just out of the goodness of its heart
A new hair ribbon is as dear TO a lit
tie girls heart as his big automobile is
to her dad
Ii the man in the moon Isn't high
liver he looks It.
Learning to smoke seems to make n
small boy able to swear harder.
Most women insist on having their
| Swn way and then get mad ut some
man because he did not restrain them.
The gold leaf., 1909-07-08
Sighted.

Il suppose you never accepted .
bribeT said the innocent young per-
son, addressing seasoned alderman.
mo. sir" replied the alderman.
growing red with rage. .'No. sir: no
body ever offered me one"
The gold leaf., 1909-07-08
Reasonable One.

"How is your wifeT
"Quite miserable, thank you"
Don't thank me"
Pardon me: I took you for the doc
tor"
The gold leaf., 1909-07-08
Way to Get Solid.

Way to Get Solid.
II am going to heap Goals Of fire on
his head"
II know a better way"
"How is that?"
dump a ton Of coal in his base
ment"
The gold leaf., 1909-07-08
The Inference.
Hiuher Authority

Higher Authority.
II suppose your wife is boss at your
house."
mot any more"
Then you have asserted your au-
thorfty?"
"No; we have got hired girl"
The gold leaf., 1909-07-08
Know Better.

We eye him with suspicion.
Accent IL with a string.
The man who shovels snow and says
He likes that sort of thing.
The gold leaf., 1909-07-08

The man who has the cinch doesn't
have to prove H.
The world may be small and round.
cut to a great many OF Us II has
way Of appearing big and fat-de-
cidedly fat
Some men are obstinate because
they can't help It and others because
their wives can't help II.
The gold leaf., 1909-07-08
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Nobody liles q crouch: but lots
there be who act as wet nurses to the
same
II you don't use your bead. you
might as we'll have II nuipuiaied.
IL anybody Is dying To have you re-
form him ycu can bet that the job
isn't worth while.
A knocker isn't necessarily "ri nall.
ing lies.
Some people Always knock ard 9TH
ers walk right In and assaiI you with
out any ceremony whatever.
The people who think they are smart
undoubtedly are. for In many In
stances they have discovered the fact.
and how they discovered IL and what
evidence th~e Is Of It's existence In
beyond the understanding Of the rest
Of the wcrld.
The gold leaf., 1909-07-08
Abbreviated.

Abbreviated.
Nobody seems to he able to do any
thing with Susan"
''She Is wild as an Indian"
THAT is why they call her Sioux per-
haps"