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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-04
Drawings by Modest Stein

full spot of all the lovely places about Oberanmergau
small natural grotto in the mountains where
these dear people have enshrined an image of the
Virgin and Child. You will want to this shrine;
SO, if you don't feel too tired from your long walks
to-day,-and you look fresh as a rose,-why
should we not go tonight know that our host and
"Oh, that will be lovely!' exclaimed Mary. I've
wanted all my life to hear nightingale sing! But
I've promised RoSe never to go anywhere can't
take her and the Baby She is perfect child about
anything she does not understand; and one of the
greatest bogies she's met with in her life is
foreign language. 1t frighens her terribly if she's
left alone among people who can't talk English to
her. | really believe she thinks they saying
wicked incantations over her, 'hoodooing' her,
she would say
The poor childish creature!" said the tender
hearted spinster. And she is efficient with the
Baby that wouldn't have you leave her alone for
the world, then. My dear, We'll just take her along"
All but you'd never get her to leave the Baby
with any foreigners minute. She's possessed with
the idea that they'd hoodoo him or steal him."
laughed Mary.
Then, my dear we'll take the American Baby
to hear the nightingale too said Frauein Lechner.
He'll be quiet, because he can't be in this air
and stay awake and the mountain air will be good
for him.
If YOU willing to risk his good behavior
GO.
THAT night, after the moon, barely clearing
the fringe of fir trees the mountainous,
looked into the Passion Play village, Fraue1n
Lechner had her party ready to start for the Virgins
Grotto. Cens1 looking very quaint in her pointed,
capuchin hood and round cloak led the way with her
father. Roxe, with the sleeping American Baby
snugly wrapped in big cape, came next. Mary and
Fraulein Lechner walked last.
Il hear voices behind u.s. said Fraulein Lechner.
There others romantic You must
member, Mary to be very quiet not to speak at ALL
if you wish to hear the nightingale The Oberam-
mergau people say that if prays to the Virgin
at least is in pious mood, he will have a better
chance to hear the nightingale sing
They followed the winding white path by the
Ammer; then in single file footpath through lush
and fragrant meadows; last path between dark
frs round the mountain which descended into
natural amphitheater followed in the mountainside.
This is dream spot whispered Mary into
Fraulein Lechners ear. In the moonlight the tall
image of the Virgin robed in
,.a Is blue that stood in a small
in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-04
AN AMERICAN BABY ABROAD

How He Played Cupid
to Kentucky Beauty
By Mrs. Charles N. Crewdson
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
FAILS
TO AGREE
Second MiStrial in Mexi.
cans Case Robinson
Now on Trial

After wrestling with the evidence
nearly all right, the jury in the case
OF andre Solo this morning reported
70 Judge Bailey that they we're un
able to agree upon verdict.
This Is the second trial Of andre foi
the same offense, the first trial re
sultlng as did the last one, in a huns
jury and It is said that the jury stood
six TO six both times
The greater part Of the morning II
the district court was consumed II
picking a jury for ihe trial Of II. w
Robinson. who is charged with assault
ing Tom Burk with intent to XII. The
transaction out OF which the case
grows. occurred over two years ago
when Deputy Burk and Ed Burney
were coming to town one night A bul-
let struck Burk In the side but, fortu-
nately. a package Of papers sidetracked
the ball and he escaped with slight in.
jury
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
Loss In MUSKOCEE FIRE
REACHES TOTAL
Started in Restaurant Kitchen by Negro Servant
Who Spilled Water Into Crease Pot
List Of Losses

Muskogee, Okla, Jan. 1.-THE total
loss Of the fire In this city yesterday
morning Is now estimated at sl25.O00.
Because negro kitchen scullion en-
ployed IN the Saratoga restaurant In
filling tea kettle splashed a few
drops Of water into a pot OF boiling
grease sitting upon the kitchen range.
an explosion occurred which was the
originatIon Of the most disastrous fire
experienced in this city in recent
years The entire extent Of Third
street in the heart or the business
section, from Okmulgee to Broadway
avenues, including the German and
Carolina building. was totally de-
stroyed
Fourteen business houses occupying
the lower floors Of the buildings were
totally destroyed.
George Kremans, lineman. was Sc
yerely injured while cutting wires.
The Carolina and German buildings
loss is $4,000; insurance. $4,000; five
shacks we're town down on West Ok
mulgee, at a loss Of $500.
Tenants in the German building:
Keystone lailors; Chief Bakery, owned
by Claude Peters, loss s4OO, insurance
5000; Indian Curio store, loss s400;
Markham e. Johnson, real estate, s400.
no insurance; Anderson & Anderson,
real estate, slight loss; Molten & Nc
Coin, lawyers. total loss; S. B. Dawes.
lawyer, total loss; Saratoga Cafe, loss
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
DEPENDENT
CHILDREN
Are Provided For In a
Bill introduced By
Stafford

Guthrie, Okla, Jan. l4.-An act to
provide for the dependent children Of
the state was introduced yesterday by
Senator r. f. stofford Of Oklahoma
City 1t is the purpose OF the bill to
provide for all children who have no
homes Of their own the care Of the
state and the protection of the ju-
venile court.
Il is the intention that all homeless
children, those who have no parents
or guardians to help; those who beg
or receive aims, who live in houses Of
III fame or disreputable places unfit
for children to live or any child under
found begging, selling or playing any
musical instrument on the streets or
in public places OF amusement shall
become wards of the state.
Any child which violates any Of the
laws of the state or nation is to be
deemed delinquent and subject to the
finding Of the juvenile court. which is
given the control Of such dellnquents.
The bin provides for all necessary
officers for the enforcement OF the
proposed law. and is complete in its
details. One of the important fea.
lures is the manner in which the chill.
dren may be taken from inhuman par.
ents and put where their surroundings
viii be more profitable to the grow
ing mind. Should the efforts of the
juvenile court seem insufficient TO con.
troll the child, it may be sent to the
boys or girls training schools.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-14

TAX LEVTES
Inspectors Will be Sent
to Every County Lin
its Exceeded

Guthrie, Okla. Jan. l4.-State Exam
iner and Inspector Charles Taylor an.
nounces that as soon as the bill now
pending IN the legislature providing
for the reduction Of excessive tax
leyies. Is passed by both houses and
signed by the governor. he viii send
inspectors into every county Of the
state and examine closely the tax lev
les. II any are found excessive. and
the taxes are known 10 be so in many
school districts and several counties.
Mr. Taylor will report to the governor
and the local boards viii be asked to
meet at once and reduce the levies to
the constitutional Limitation.
In many school districts the school
tax Is double and sometimes quadru-
pie the county tax and many times
larger than the state tax. In one
school district the school tax upon one.
half section Of land was sl32 or near
ly 50 cents an acre The administra-
ton realizes that these excessive dis
trict and county taxes will be laid to
the Democrats now In control OF the
government where as the administra-
tion has reduced the state tax to one
and a half mills. and claims that the
excessive taxes are due to extrayagant
ievles Of county and township boards
OF assessors. The governor will re-
quire all boards to reduce the levy
to what is actually necessary for con-
ductlng the business Of the county
or school district for one year.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-14

Says LOuthan Of Grady Co.
SOIOnS- -SheriffS Want
Rangers

"Glover Is sitting right In the amen
corner, close to the speaker and he is
IN mighty close touch with the house
organization; lreton stands well and Is
winning respect and gaining friends ev.
eryery day; Senator Taylor. ambitious
always, is showing his usual energy
and is exerting a strong influence in
shaping lagislation."
This was the report on the Grady
county men brought back from Guth-
rie by Sheriff Louthan last night.
Following the meeting Of the sher-
ifs Association in Oklahoma city, Mr.
Louthan went to the capital with the
legislation committee the organiza-
ton to present TO the lawmakers the
wants Of the sheriffs Besides a gen
eral bill covering the conduct OF the
sheriffs' office. the following memo
rial was presented
OMlh6 10 iht present prevailing
conditions that exist not only in our
own state, but in all surrounding states
as well. we the State sheriffs' Associa-
tion Of Oklahoma. IN convention assem-
bled, do hereby recommend the crea-
ton Of a company Of what is common-
ly known as mounted police or state
rangers. they TO be made peace off
GERS Of the state Of Oklahoma and to
be subservient to and under the direc-
tions OF the sheriff in whose county
they may be called upon to operate"
Chief Goodwin accompanied the
sheriff to Guthrie and returned with
him.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
CAN'T ELECT COUNCIL
UNTIL Law IS PASSED
Opinion From Attorney Generals Office Rendered
TO Miller-GeneraI Officers Will be Elected
Follows Court Decision a

Guthrie, Okla. Jan. 14.-In an opin-
ion BY the attorney general to Henry
J. Miller secretary OF the Grady coun-
" election board Il is held that pres
ent members Of the city council viii
serve until the legislature provides a
new law for city elections Il Is also
held that for city elections there is
no provision for the registration OF the
voters and that party primary nomi.
nations need not be had.
The conditions at Chlckasha are pc
ouliar to an cities OF the Indian Ter
riiory part OF the state. and It is prob.
able that II the attention Of the mem
bers Of the legislature IS called to
this condition OF affairs that lmmedi-
ate legislation will be adopted. but II
not the present members OF the city
council and school board will serve
until such law Is passed and after this
legislature adiourns there will be two
years before another session.
The opinion in full is as follows:
II. J. Miller. Chlckasha. Okla: Dear
sir-This office is in receipt Of your
Inquiry Of Dec 2S. relative to the time
and procedure for the nomination Of
candidates 10 fill offices IN cities cf
the first class in that part OF the state
formerly known as Indian Territory.
Nearly all the questions presented
by letter were considered by the "a.
preme court OF Oklahoma in the case
OF State ex rel. Kline. vs.. Bridges. "a
Pac 1905. From this decision it ap.
pears that:
u) The present officers of munlci.
Continued on Eigbth Page)
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
Exams over, PROMOTION NEXT

Teachers in the city schools have
been holding examination and tests
this week. All promotions up to and
including the seventh grade will be
announced for all the white schools
next Friday. New classes for the sec
ond term will be started next Monday.
the 18th. Children who win attend
school the second term should apply
for admission on onday. Pupils
known as beginners should enter dur
ing the first two weeks of the term.
Superintendent Ramey some weeks
ago gave Instructions to the teachers
TO place special stress upon the sub
ject of letter writing in all the grades
Quite often children will spend several
years in school and pass out without
being able to write a creditable bust.
ness letter. The addressing and re-
turn card Of letters, definition and i'm
portance of letterwriting. kinds of let.
ters. structure of letters and many i'm.
portant details are very practical
things in the education of any one.
Postal instruction has been conduct.
ed in the public schools of Cincinnati
for the past three years and the au.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-14

thorities claim that errors in mail mat
ter sent out from that office have been
reduced so per cent The postOffice
department at Washington is urging
that postmasters and teachers cooper
ate in order to have careful instruc-
tions given in the schools touching this
subject.
Postmaster General Meyers suggests
that postmasters If possible, arrange
TO give personal talks to pupils on the
subject and give teachers access to
postal guides and regulations. In line
with this suggestion our postmaster,
Mr.. Rose, will meet our teachers and
pupils at his convenience and discuss
this important matter with them.
Every year thousands of letters
and packages are miscarried through
the negligence or carelessness of writ
ers who fail to direct their letters
Even school teachers have
placed 1-cent stamps on United States
postal cards and have placed a money
order in their pocketbooks, thinking
that that is all that is necessary in
)rder to transmit the cash to some one
else, says a postal official.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
KANSAS AvENue PAvEMeNr.

The 1908 lnstaIlment Of the assess.
ment against each Of the lots and par.
cells Of land in Improvement District
No. 2 is due and payable on Jan. /, and
the statutory penalties for non-pay.
payment attaches after that date. The
payment Of the instaIlment should be
made to the city clerk on or before
that date in order to avoid the penal
ty. Must give number Of lot and block
you want to pay on.
JOE DEws,
1-t4-3od City Clerk.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-14

WEATHER FORECAST.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
EXTEND LIMITS AGAIN.
RAISE coLsVs SALARY.

At the council meeting yesterday
afternoon. the city limits were still
further extended by taking In the Hen
bricks addition. The salary Of the city
engineer was raised to 5000 per month,
fees for surveying being cut off. Ordi-
nances were passed fixing assessments
in several sanitary sewer districts.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
THE NATIONAL BANK OF
vERDEN MAKES BIG GAIN.

The annual stockholders meeting Of
the National Bank of verden was held
Tuesday and reports showed that the
business had grown about so per cent
during the past year. The deposits
grew from $4,000 in January, 1908. to
$4,000 in January. 1909. A 10 per cent
dividend was declared.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-14

r chIckasha and Vicinity: To- =
night. fair and colder In northern
E portion. Friday. fair; colder.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28
HAVE YOU EVER?
Just Pause While You Ask Yoursel,
These Questions.

Just Pause While You Ask Yourself
These Questions.
Roasted your officers at noon hour
Presided at "harpoon-throwing"
contests
Missed three meetings of your union
Mt a stretchs
Made sacrifice for your union. and
to wha, extents
Taken more than a lukewarm inter.
est in its deliberations
Done any work for the union with
out wanting pay for the samee
Circulated He said.s L heard" and
1T is rumored" stories detrimental to
some msmherse
Had opinions YOU failed to express
ON the fioors
But expressed those opinions after
the meeting adjourned in a wei
goods emporium Makers
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28

Sunday evening. September s. Her
topic win be The Helpless In Indus
try and every working woman should
hear her Everybody invited
Frank p Hart. secreszTy-treasurer
OF the Nebraska State Federation OF
Labor, was In Lincoln last Friday
attending to Federation business.
East Chicago has a woman paper
hanger and painter in Mrs Belle Brad
ford. who for ten years has supported
ton.
The Cincinnati Publisher Associz-
ton has signed an agreement for five
years The wages agreed TO are SIS
per week for night work and s25 for
day work
So great has become the demand
for the Union Label on mineral water
in Brooklyn. " ". that the bosses
water makers union for q conference
The Italian lime burners at Rock
land. N " went on strike for an in
crease from $50 to $1-s5 per day.
and free and independent American
scabs went TO work in their places for
Sis
Only one mere meeting OF the
Labor Day eomnlitfee-Friday even
ing of next week. at the labor eons-
missioner's Office Be there If you
have been selected to represent your
union
IN agreement has been reached
with the Jonn A. BEutaeh Printing
company. OF Rochester n Y This
firm mas for several years done most
of the printing for the hreverIes IN
Rochester
The Bill Posters OF the city OF Bos-
ton- Mass who were on strike for
three weeks for an increase in wages
and better working conditions against
the DonneIly company Of that city.
have been successful in their strike
winning a complete victory
The Allied Printing Trades CoEncss
IN CINCINNATI wanted 4 desk and r1eg
ran all over town trying To get one
They were unsuccessful IN their
search, but sFETI insisted On the Label
and therefore had one made TO order
at the Cincinnati Butchers Supply Co
That's unionism for you and the right
kind too
OF the International StsreotypeEs and
Eiectrotypers Union of Kansas City
was q welcome caller at The wz<g
worker shop early IN the week Ir
Sumner is on an organizing tour Of
| the northwest and expects TO be IN
Lincoln again IN q Eew weeks 10
! -ginsT mp the boys hers.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28
GENERAL MENTION.
Brief Bits of News Picked Up Here
and Thereabouts.

Brief Bits of News Picked Up Here
and Whereabouts.
Dancing at Capital Beach on the
evening of Labor Day.
There are more than 5.034 local
unions of farmers in Texas
The Iron holders Union in Dallas.
Texas. has been reorganized
Job printers in Chattanooga. Tenn
have received a raise from $3.50 to
SIS per week of eight hours
After negotiating for eight months
the printers and publishers in Fort
Worth. Texas have signed contracts
The Brooklyn Publishing company
and Hamburg Mirror company. New
York. have been granted the union
label
The eight-hour law of Oklahoma APP
plying to public works has been held
constitutional by the State Court of
Appeals
The Burlington. Ia Typographical
Union signed new wage scale with
the newspaper employers. securing an
increase of 50 per week
The Southern California Printing
company one of the largest plants
outside the fold in Los Angeles. has
been added to the union list
Be sure and hear Miss Mary z.
Mcdowell at ST. Paufs NJ E. church
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28

ital The writer's state that they have
read in their local papers that Lin
coin is an exceedingly prosperous
city and stands in need of more
workers. The chief executive will
look the situation over before an
swering the nquiries-Lincoln Even
ing News
We have full confidence in Mayor
Loves willingness to do the right
thing. provided he sees the thing
rightly. With this confidence in
Mayor Loves honesty of purpose The
Wageworker would beg leave to give
him little friendly advice.
In looking over the situation as it
concerns the labor market, Mr. Mayor,
do not take the word of contractors
who want to increase the supply of
labor to such an extent that undue
competition will bring down the
wages.
Don't take the word of employers
who are taking this method of OPP
posing the demands of the trade I'M
ions for living wage and decent
working conditions
If you want to know the real facts.
get out among the workers and get
the facts first hand We feel sure
that your mental horizon will be en-
larged by little close contact with
the men who work for wages And
We feel equally sure that if you will
make your observations on this sub
ject from the standpoint of the
worker. and not from the standpoint
of the employer. you will endorse The
Wageworkers claim that there is nc
demand for the Importation into Lin
coin of more labor. skilled and I'M
skilled
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28

The best paid labor in the carpet
mills receive from 20 to % cents an
hour, yet carpet manufacturers are
protected by the tariff to the extent OF
e6.1e per cent. Union bricklayers re-
eeive from 60 to 90 cents per hour.
and there is absolutely no protective
tariff on the bricklayers What's the
answer. Senators Burkett and Brown
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28

money and controls thousands of miles
of railroad But he hasn't got good
digestion and a cancer of the stomach
is making him lose interest in his
millions.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28

We heartily endorse Secretary
Whitten's demand for a better sys-
tenn of street lighting If We had it
right now perhaps Secretary Written
could get better view of the real
labor situation
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28

The workingman who wants to buy
a carpet for his little cottage finds
it taxed 66.72 per cent by the Payne
tariff law. The rich trust magnate
who wants to buy some paintings and
statuary finds the tax to be but 20
per cent.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28

Haters of organized labor ordered
Raymond Robins out of Pittsburg,
claiming that he was a .disturber."
The Wageworker will give a million
dollars in cash for a photograph of
Raymond Robins obeying that order.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28

right thing by themselves, however.
they will have a big parade, and a
solid one, on the Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, 1910.
That's when we elect another con-
gress, and legislature that will elect
kett.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28

The politicians who imagine that
the enactment of the Payne tariff law
will have the effect of putting a stop
TO tariff agitation. merely write Them
selves down as economic asses
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28
THE STATE FEDERATION.

Secretary Hart Says Local Unions Are
Rapidly Coming In.
Secretary Frank Hart of the Ne
braska Federation of Labor, reports
are coming into the fold in a most
gratifying manner. Already some
thirty unions are affiliated, and are
of weeks Secretary Hart will have
printed copies of the constitution OF
the Federation, and each local union
win be supplied with copies In the
meanwhile. if your union has not yet
affiliated get busy.-Omaha Western
Iaborer-
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28

The wool and cotton stockings OF
the workingman's wife pay a heavier
tax than the silk stockings of the
trust magnate's wife The tariff is
benefit to the workingman.s Rats.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28

Here's hoping You viii get right and
be right at the Labor Day picnic by
smoking union made cigars and to-
bacco-
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28

trim on the tariff question and vote
to suit Aldrich This reminds US
that Nebraska's two senators were
not, annoyed by noisy greetings from
the hoi polloi-
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28
WHERE TO SEEK INFORMATION.

Mayor Love has received several
letters, two from Kentucky and one
from Ohio. asking what the chances
are for jobs for tradesmen and un-
skilled workers at the Nebraska cap
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28

Maybe you can fool lot OF the
working men into believing that the
Payne tariff is revision downward. but
YOU can't make their wives believe it.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28

Ii YOU don't believe the tariff is a
tax, just watch the priQes of the
things you have to buy
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28

Labor Day in Lincoln win be a
great day for labor if you will come
forward and do your part
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28

Mary E. Mcdowell at St Paul's NJ.
E. church. Sunday evening, Septem-
Der 5. You are invited to hear her.