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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-05-05
commemorate Panama
Ditch Transformation

washington, d. c., May 1-Manag
ing Director Dave, of the Southern
commercial Congress returned today
from two weeks trip that included
New Orleans and ten other southern
cities. 1t resulted in a national move
ment to commemorate the transforma
tion of the Panama ditch into the
Panama canal.
In an interview today, Mr.. Dave ex.
planned the connected details of the
idea. He said:
Water will be turned into the Pan,
ANA ditch between September and No
vember, 1913.
That will be the time for the nation
to celebrate the existence of the Pan
anna Canal.
The logical point for such COM
memoration is the nearest great city
to the thing commemorated, so that
the canal itself will be visited as part
of the commemoration.
Louisiana, having gone in and fail
ed to secure the 1915 exposition is by
that fact unable to move in the mat
ter of national celebration.
"The Southern Commercial Congress
being southwide in extent will move
to give to the celebration a national
sifnigcance with the southern states
acting unitedly as hosts.
THE region affected by the Panama
canal is the entire nation and the con-
gress will therefore, invite to New
Orleans the leaders of the nation along
various lines.
Under the guidance Of President
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-05-05

Fletcher and the executive committee
of the Southern Commercial Congress
there will be held a series of conven-
tions in New Orleans affecting each
chief commercial interest of the ma.
tion, and running throughout the
month of November. Concurrently with
the convention, Louisiana will arrange
a series of land and water pageants,
historical and allegorical, setting
forth the progress of the nation from
the time of the savage to the date of
the wedding of the Atlantic and the
Pacific. At certain prearranged dates
in the month or possibly daily,
throughout the month, one or more ex-
cursions will leave New Orleans to
carry the nations business leaders to
see the canal on which so much of
the nations money has been used
The plan will endeavor to make it
possible for men living within one
thousand miles of the gulf to spend
not more than 500 in travelling ex-
penses to the canal and home again.
Il visit New Orleans again on May
2, to confer with a committee of ten
of which Crawford H. Ellis is chair
man and M. B. Trezevant, president
of the Southern Commercial Secre-
taries Association is secretary.
"The Southern Commercial Congress
and the Louisiana leaders are en-
phatically of the opinion that as this
celebration will have no exposition
feature, it will aid rather than hinder
the work of the victorious Pacific
coast during the Panama-Pacific ex-
position of 1915"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-05-05
SAPULPA PHYSICIAN IS
CHARGED WITH MURDER

Sapulpa, Okla, April 28.-Dr. w. L.
Short, a prominent physician of Sa.
pulpa, was last night locked up in the
county jail charged with the murder
of Miss Bertha Adams and her little
baby. The arrest was made late yes
terday afternoon. The county attor-
ney refused to admit the prisoner to
bail.
DR.. Short is charged with commit
ting criminal operation on Miss
Adams on April 25 which is held to
have caused her death two days later.
The child, which it is alleged, was
borne as a result of the operation, is
said to have been placed in box and
chloroformed.
The mother of the girl is also want
ed as an accomplice in the crime, it
being alleged that she persuaded the
young girl to undergo the operation.
Up until late hour last night she
had not been found by the sheriff who
had warrant for her arrest.
The father of the baby is not known
at this time. The dead girl lived in
Sapulpa with her sister, father and
mother.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-05-05
ohcers Seize Condensed MIX.

UE NsoUOIdICU TTEao.
Chicago, H.. April 29.-United
States marshals yesterday seized a
consignment of 10,5OO cans of "con.
densed milk" in a warehouse. The
raid was conducted by Assistant Unit
ed States District Attorney L. R. HUI.
bert, on information furnished by the
department of agriculture. The test
made of the product in the pure food
lsbratory showed it to be boiled and
not, the chemist says. condensed
milk" 1t is ordinary skinned milk
boiled down. 1t was stated that the
product was shipped from Kansas
City.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-05-05
Two Steamships Reported Lost.

BY Associated Press.
London, England, April 29.-Lloyds
agent at Corcubian, Spain, today, re-
ported two steamships lost off Cape
Vilano Promentory at the northwest.
ern extremity of the Spanish PENN.
sular. One is the Italian ship "F. S.
Ciampa," bound from Fenarth Wales
for Genoa with a cargo of coal. The
identity of the other ship is unknown.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-05-05
Revision of Book of Prayer.

Washington, D. c., April 28.-A re-
vision of the book of common prayer
was urged by Rev. DR.. Percy S. Grant
of New York, in addressing the twenty
nineth congress of Protestant Episco-
pal churches in session here. Rev
DR.. George w. Douglas of the Canon
cathedral of st. John, The Divine OF
New York, also recommended the re-
vision
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-05-05
Anadarko Indian School Burns.
By Associated Press.

Anadarko, Okla, April 2s.-Fire
early today destroyed the three-story
dormatory of the Riverside govern
ment Indian school, on the Washita
river, just north of here. Eighty-seven
girls, and two matrons who were Sleep
ing in the dormatory escaped without
injury. The dormatory was the larg-
est of the school buildings.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-10
: r E M E M q Err
) $3.50
{ for COUGHS Z COLDS s
SENT HAIL TO THE MOON
Embryo Man-of.War's Man at Leasi
Convinced Officer He Was A.
tending to His Duty.

This is the story of one of the mem
bers of the Massachusetts, Naval Re
serves. On the second night Of tht
cruise of the San Francisco one Of
the amateur ta,s was on watch. The
night was clear, and myriads of stars
twinkled in the sky, but there was nc
moon. Suddenly the reserve sang out
Light ahoy!" Where awayT asked
the officer of the deck. Far, fal
away replied the would-be manef
wars. man. When the officer had re
covered from the shock OccasiOned b!
this unseamanlike answer he looked
over the rail in the direction indf
Gated by the reserves finger, and
then he had another fit. What's the
matter with YOU" growled the officer
Cant you recognize the rising moon
when you see it?" Moon! moon!
stammered the embryo sea dog. I
beg your pardon, SIR Then De
shouted, as If making amends for hb
error, moon ahoy!"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-10
Accident Is Said to Have Sunk Maine

ammunition. This theory is borne
out, it Is claimed, by the evidences al
ready developed 1t has been found
that in the mud and silt surrounding
the hull of the Maine there is a great
quantity Of coal. Human bones have
also been picked up outside the hull.
An internal explosion naturally
would force outward large part of
the contents Of the vessels hull. This
condition has been found. The report
was prevalent in Havana and in the
United States shortly after the work
of raising the Maine was begun that
wires had been found close to the hull
Of the ship which communicated with
the shore, but this report was found
to be false. The wires were those in
use between Havana and Casa Blanca.
The battleship sunk in % fathoms
of water. Its bow is plunged deep
into the clay, and in the years that
have elapsed since the disaster the
constant washing Of the waves has
increased the depth of the deposits
that surround this part Of the vessel
below the water line until now it is
surrounded by from II to II feet of
mud and silt
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-10
See Little Hope for Low Food Prices

ten years the, value of his products
has been increasing at such a rate
that the, tiller of the soil is now able
TO afford hitherto undreamed of luxu-
ries and the old: homestead has been
fitted with every modern convenience.
In the Crop Reporter Just issued by
the department considerable space is
devoted to the cost of living problem
from the farmers point of view. The
Reporter says: within the last ten
years the purchasing power Of the
farmer has increased more than fifty
per cent. Such conditions are having
and will continue to have more force
in keeping the rising generation of
farmers children upon the farm than
volumes upon volumes of printed ad
vice to stay there"
With the mass of figures before
them from which to draw compari.
sons, the statisticians set to work and
now announce that while the cost of
articles purchased has increased. the
increase in purchasing power of each
farm acre has outstripped it and the
farmer is left with a comfortable mar.
gin Of profit for his work.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-10
Pension Claims of Ready-Made Widows

source of interest in the pension Of
fee. In fact, the widow business has
developed into a highly organized in
dustry in some of the border states,
where many negroes who were in the
Union army, are buried. Recently
from one such community 106 claims
for widows pensions poured into
Washington within a few days, all of
them being from widows of colored
soldiers in that neighborhood Sus-
picion was aroused in the minds OF
the examiners and it was found that
sharp lawyer had worked up the
claims for a commission. Today only
four Of those claims remain on the
books and it Is probable these are
false but evidence for wiping them off
has not been unearthed.
Dependent mothers furnish some
trouble to the pension department
with their claims, though many have
remarked since the war. In some
cases lawyers have coached them into
destroying all records of their mar.
riage and then to claim the common
law marriage which makes more trou-
BILE for the pension Office
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-10
The Breakfast, Table.

AS the appetite is more apt 20 De
hckle in the morning great care
should be taken that the table Is at
tractive. A well-laid table and lie"
dainty dishes will often call torth al
appetite. ...,.. .......,.
The no-breakfast fad has died a
natural death, although it certainly
had much to recommend it. mink Oh
the time, temper and bother saved
each morning. The ideal Engllsh
breakfast would not suit the average
American. Pigeon Pie and Coilared
Tongue seem a little hearty for the
simple breakfast"
The French idea Of a roll and a cup
of coffee is simple, easy to prepare
but would be very monotonous day
In and day out.
For those who are able to have sew
sral sets of china. that used for break
fast should be different from the din
ner set. Blue is generally considered
a good color for the breakfast china.
A well-laid table Is decidedly mill
tary in its appearance. precision is
the watch word Knives. forks and
spoons are laid in careful order, a half
an inch from the edge OF the table.
The blade of the Knife turned toward
the plate, at the right, the fork tines
up at the left. The spoons in regular
order next to the knife. The first ar
ticle of silver to be used is the one
farthest from the plate The water
glass Is placed at the point of the
knife, the napkin at the left OF the
fork and bread and butter plate when
used, just above the napkin. One
may decorate a table with few flow
ers laid carelessly on the table. But
it is best not to trife too much with
the military effect Of the table.
Southern Rolls.
Take six cupfuls Of -four, two eggs,
one cake Of yeast. one cup of milk.
two tablespoonfuls of lard and tea
spoonful Of salt. Mix and set to rise.
knead, shape into rolls and let rise
again Bake in hot oven
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-10
Uncle Sam Nips Many Postal Frauds

died by postoi!ice inspectors covered
the operations Of the sO-called Ma
bray gang, The swindle is believed
to have been the most gigantic
scheme Of this Kind that the postal in
spectors, ever had to contend with! 1t
was worked by an organization OF
confidence men BY means of fake
horse races. athletic contests, etc. -
The Swindle. was perpetrated sue
cessfully in various parts of the
United States and victims in all parts
of the country were robbed OF sums
varying from 81 600 to 100000, 1t is
estimated that the promoters secured
approximately $5,0OO,OOO
!, John C. Mabray; the principal of
the organization and eighty-nine of
his assistants were indicted in connec-
ton with this scheme and many of
them have already been tried and
convicted.
A scheme to defraud, international
IN us scope. known as 'the Sold
brick" swindle. by which victims
have been tieeced out of. various
sums, ranging from $500 to $4,000
! and it is believed the swindlers Sc.
cured over a million dollars-has
been in operation number Of years,
Letters were mailed in the United
States addressed to deceased persons
in Great Britain, the general idea. CON
veyed being that the deceased was in
terested in mining speculation; that
the undertaking had been successful
and that gold in vast quantities had
been discovered.
The investigation Of this case re-
quired the utmost skill on the part of
the inspectors handling it; trip to
England was necessary to obtain i'm
portant information and evidence
and investigation had to be made in
various parts Of the United States
and Canada.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-10
Z6I!9li K[13?ElG1IEN
226{EE@(:9AB1N|EI

this day of outdoor sleeping rooms
to speak Of the importance of airing
the bedding and room each day ou'
there are many, many homes where
fresh air only enters because carpeh-
try cannot make Woodwork AR
tight
| We may excuse the extreme poor
who are saving fuel and heat put
what of those who have plenty ana
yet deny themselves the blessing OIL
pure air? One of the best ways Oh
training housekeepers is In the school,
the children who are taught the way
to air a bed and make 1t are learning
valuable lessons in housekeeping.
These lessons may be taught win d
dolls bed IN the rural schools, "here
this knowledge is as much needed az
. in the cities.
No equipment seems TO De 'he
great drawback in so many SCHOOLS
First, teacher with some training III
the line of household economics and an
interest deep enough to overcome oo'
stacles, and this teaching becomes a
great educational factor 10 both boys
and girls.
It is we'll that the boys should De
trained in the knowledge Of the value
of a well-managed home, that it takes
skill of a high order to keep the house
hold running smoothly and without
friction.
Roosevelt says: Teach the boys
to be home-makers and the girls TO %
home-keepers.
The Importance Of this training
cannot be estimated as a large ma
jority of the boys and girls receive
none of this teaching in their homes.
and all they acquire will be from
school training.
The great obstacle to household eco
Monies in the rural schools, beside
lack of equipment and trained teach
ers, is the already crowded curricu-
Ium; but even this may be met by
giving the training in connection with
language, reading, arithmetic and fo'
the opening exercises.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-10
! TOLD EN- 50 !
AL THE TINE |
BuT THEY |
WOULDN'T
BELIEVE ME /

II HE United States battleship Maine,
4 destroyed In Havana harbor in
February, 1898, with a loss of many
lives, was blown up by an internal
explosion. and when the ship is raised
it will be shown that the Spaniards In
Cuba had absolutely nothing to do
with the destruction of the vessel
This is the opinion of officials of the
war department, based upon informa-
ton conveyed to them by army Off
GERS engaged in the work of raising
the shattered hull.
Persons who have arrived in Wash
ington recently, and have an intimate
knowledge of the work of raising the
battleship, 1t is learned, agree that the
destruction of the Maine was due to
the explosion of one of the alright
compartments used for the storage of
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-10

g lXTEEN thousand claims for pen.
- sions growing out of the Spanish
war are on file in the pension office in
Washington. All the pensions Incl
dental to this war are being disposed
of more promptly than those growing
out Of the Civil war, because the ma
chinery was in full operation at the
time the claims accrued. The events
are recent enough that they do away
with the difficulty of, finding witness
es; the records of the hospital sur
geons and of the field hospitals have
been carefully kept from the start.
Indeed, all conditions are favorable to
prompt examination and adjudica.
ton of these claims. But when it
comes to the Civil war things are diff.
ferent.
Widows claims have always been
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-10
Had an Eve to the Future.

1T would probably take many gesef'
ations of adversely to train Americans
into the farsesing thriftiness 81 my
people" once observed an American
of Scotch birth. II remember a case
of a Scotch woman who had been
promised a new bonnet by lady. be
fore she undertook the purchase the
lady called and asked the good WOE
an:
Would you rather have felt Of a
straw bonnet, Mrs. CarmichaeiF
Weel,' responded Mrs. Carmlchae'
thoughtfully, I think III TAX suae
ane. It'll maybe a mouthfu to the GU
when I'm done wi it. "-Lippincoa'
Magazine.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-10

lily, but I tell them of my good 90 lI; Iss,
your Vegetable Compound, I and iIi W.
there will be no backache and IR ba. wat
down pains for them if thew 0 v GTatlas
1t as !. | have, l am scarcely ever rsl With IN
out it in the house. "" "lh
will say also that | think ths,s :.
no better medicine to be fon rnS't u
young girls to build them I'D and m. III
them strong and well. NV a a uisss
daughter has taken lydia i G piSs
hams Vegetable Compound for f, l na;s
full periods and irregularity, and i fpa,.
always helped her. ''N''
Il am always ready and wilIino :,
speak a good word for the lydia , p
Pinkham's Remedies. tellevery on n
/ meet that owe my health and b yTs
piness to these wonderful medicines
Mrs. JIG. JOHNSON, SeottYille, Mia.
RED. 8.
Lydia E. Rnkham's Vegetable Com.
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm.
full drugs, and to-day holds the recon
for the largest number of actual cun,
Of female diseases.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-10
Helpful Hints.

Helpful Hints.
Uses Of the Lemon.-Take daily the
Juice of large lemon. either in cold
water or clear This is a remedy for
biliousness.
For a felon, cut off the end OF
lemon and insert the finger, bind 1t
on. In the morning the tester will be
near the surface and may easily be re-
moved.
Lemon juice and loaf sugar Is
good remedy for coughs.
Lemon is a good stain remover.
either from the hands or clothing
To remove tan, wash the face in
water and lemon juice.
A trained nurse of experience has
emphasized the necessity Of keeping
mirrors out of the sickroom.
The patient should never be al
lowed to look into one, If the ravages
wrought by disease are very evident
as the shock which it gives a nervous
patient is hard to soothe away
To Wash White Cashmere,
First remove all the hooks and eyes
and any colored trimming. Then
shave up about four ounces of white
soap, put it into a saucepan, cover
with water and allow it to melt over
a gentle heat. When quite dissolved.
take out cupful, beat the remainder
to lather in gallon of water. When
the suds Is little cooled, immense
the cashmere, squeeze it and knead
it in water. Do not rub soap on the
material When all the dirt has been
removed, squeeze without wringing,
and, place the goods In bath of
tepid water to which the cupful of
dissolved soap has been added.
Squeeze as much Of the water out
again as you can and hang to dry in
the open air.
When nearly dry, press with an iron
not too hot.
Very pretty porch pillows are made
by drawing pretty colored strips of
worsted through burlap. Different de-
signs may be used and contrasting or
well-blended colors make the pillows
very artistic.
Honey Is one of the best remedies
for cough.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-10
Omeiets.

Omeiets.
The making Of a successful omelet
means skill with the best of materi-
ais Almost any leftover may be
used advantageously in an omelet.
Vegetables may be used in the
sauce to serve with an omelet or they
may be spread on half the mixture be
fore folding.
Sweet omelets are delicious. Add a
teaspoonful of powdered sugar to the
eggs and spread the jam, jelly or pre-
serves thinly over the omelet before
folding
With juicy fruits the juice is poured
over the omelet just as it is served.
Lemon Omeiet.-Put the yolks Of
four eggs into a bowl with table
spoonful of sugar. beat until light and
add the grated rind of lemon. Whip
the whites of the eggs to stiff froth
and mix lightly with the yolks Then
stir in a fourth of a teaspoonful of
baking powder Pour In the omelet
pan, in which tablespoonful of but
ter has been melted, and cook care
fully until done. Cut in half and put
together with the following sauce:
Take half cup Of sugar a table
spoonful of butter, the juice and rind
of lemon. two well-beaten eggs;
beat together and stir over the fire I'D
til thick.
Friars' Omefet.-Cook a dozen ap-
pies as for apple sauce, sweeten to
taste and add tablespoonful Of but.
ter When cold stir in four well.
beaten eggs and turn into a buttered
baking dish. Sprinkle breadcrumbs
over the top and bake in moderate
oven.
Peach omelet.-Dice three or four
peaches. cover with sugar and stand
aside. Make an omelet with six eggs,
pinch Of salt and six tablespoonfuls
of the peach juice. Serve the omelet
with the peaches and strip of the
juice with sugar, all hot
omeIet With Oyster sauce.-serve
a plain omelet with a rich white
sauce and half cup Of oysters that
have been cooked until the edges
curled. in their own liquor. Chop the
oysters.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-10
RESULTS OF FOOD.
Health and Natural Conditions I'"''
From Right Feeding. :

Man. physically, should be llke e
perfectly regulated machine, GOV.
part working easily in its apprp'r
ate place. A slight deransepieD,
causes undue friction and wear, anu
frequently ruins the entire system
A wellknown educator OF bos'0l
found a way to keep the brain ah0
the body in that harmonious coope'a
ton which makes a joy of living.
1.-TWO years ago." she writes, "pe'ne
in a condition of nervous exnahss'O1'
/ resigned my position as teache.'
which I had held for over ~ ~"
Since then the entire rest has' "
course, been a benefit, but the use "
Grape-Nuts has removed one si'a
cause of illness in the past, hanI =,
constipation, and its attendant e'ns'
~ generally make my entire p'ean .
fast on a raw egg beaten into iuui
spoonfuls of Grape-Nuts, with ia,'e
hot milk or hot water added l I'D,
II extremely, my food assimilates' an'
my bowels take care of themseises,
I find my brain power and physical
endurance much greater and l Kno'
that the use Of the Grape-Nats nr
contributed largely to this result
1T is with feelings of gratitude ,na,
! write this testimonial, and truse =, !,
may be the means of aiding others :
their search for health" Name e''
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, MICE :.
Read the little book, THE hoau :"
Wellville," in pkgs. There's i'
SON."
Ever read the above letter. Th.r
one appears from time 10 time ,,ss
are genuine, true, aud full OF H'
interest.