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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-11-09

WANTED-Whlte man and wife for
cooking and yard work; steady en-
ployment Phone 1892. 1851
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-11-09
clTY PRoPERTY.

Modern 4-room house. blocks from
business center; near car line good
neighborhood. Price $500 Terms
given
One OF the best modern Groom
houses in chickasha; fine location;
northeast corner, on Kansas avenue.
We can sell you at bargain and give
terms, or win trade for farm
broom house, on car line, in Sparks
addition; viii exchange for house
closer in and pay cash difference.
We have $4OO private money to loan
at 10 per cent, one, two or three yeas
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-11-09

WANTED A ianitor for First Bap
tist church See G. N. Davis, at Har-
ris.lrby cotton office, over Chickasha
National bank ll-G-3t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-11-09

rnE MONEY WHICH YOU SPEND
At HOME MAY COME BACK TO
YOU; SEND IT AWAY AND YOU
SEE Iv NO MORE.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-11-09
Land and Loans

TO TRADE $1,000 stock general
merchandise, clear, to trade for land.
A good paying business in good
town, clear, price $4,000; to trade for
land in oklahomai poor health reason
for trading.
A first class hotel, doing good bus
mess, to trade for city property or
land
20 acres Joining Chickasha to trade
for larger tract.
improved farms in Missouri to
trade for Oklahoma land; also haYe
many other trades. WIN be pleasea
to list any lands you have for sale or
trade.
Farm and city loans made at a low
rate; quick returns.
FOR SALE Modern home at one
Enalf its real cash value; small pay
ments.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-11-09

abundance Of running water; good
timber along creek; half Of land can
be cultivated: no sand. rocks, or blacK-
Jack One Of the best tracts Of grass
land in Oklahoma. Price $40 per
acre. Has loan Of $4,000; will trade
foi good residence In Chickasha or
good income property.
20 acres, miles south Of city IN
cultivation, on section line. Price $50
per acre
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-11-09
R. M. COCHRAN

Pa chiekasha Ave.
11-6-l0t
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-16

or q sewing basket. / feel that
we must get out to make the
world better; to help level class
barriers and to create a world in
which everyone shall have fair
chance.
People are surprised that I,
a so-called society woman,
should of all persons, be under
taking the organizing of the
Women's Wilson-Marshall asso-
citation. l don't look upon 1t in
that way 8. all. We should all
be fighting for the common cause
the progress of mankind.
And so / consider that all
women, rich or poor, should take
upon themselves in these days
when thought is advancing, to
help in the general purging Of our
public life.
Women can do a great deal tc
create public sentiment for Will
son, in addition to pust control
ling one or two home votes. They
can form Wilson clubs and bring
speakers in his behalf before the
voters of their home town.
"But the greatest thing the
women can do Is just to TALK,
TALK, TALK Wilson everywhere.
l am great believer in the
thought-currents that roll over a
nation. 1t was such a thought
current, sent up from the minds
of millions of people, that nom-
mated Wilson at Baltimore.
ut is the work of the good
women of this nation to create
this thought-current. The voters,
under its influence, will do the
rest for u.s."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-16

STATE SENATOR CHARGED
WITH MISAPPROPRIATION

Peter Jensen, state senator
from the Fern Hill district, Ia
coma, was today charged with
misappropriation of $1,1S0 be-
longing to the state board of
pharmacy, of which Senator Jen-
sen was formerly secretary.
A warrant for his arrest was
sworn to by John Lee, present
secretary of the pharmacy board,
in Justice Dewitt Evans court.
1t Is. alleged in the warrant
that Senator Jensen on and after
June 2, 1909, and up until No
vember 80, 1911, appropriated
money out of the funds of the
state board of pharmacy for his
use to the amount of $1,1S0.60
and that the books show this
amount still unaccounted for.
Just before noon today Senator
Jensen was notified of the ex-
istence of the warrant and stated
that he would appear at the court
house without aid of the sheriff's
office.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-16
PIONEER DROPS
DEAD IN
STORE

Standing in the doorway of the
Fisher shoe store. 05 Pacific ave-
nue., shielding himself from the
rain while he waited for a car,
F. HI. Hatch, 20 years old, o pio-
neer of Tacoma, and one of the
first men to be engaged i'm the
lumber business here, with a sud-
den gasp for breath pitched sud-
denly to the sidewalk, dead.
Heart failure is thought 70
have cause the, aged mans cath.
He was quickly removed from. the
sidewalk inside the store where
employees did everything possible
to revive him, but without suc-
cess. The unfortunate incident
occurred about 1 o'clock.
His home Is In Burton. He had
but recestly retired from the lum-
ber business I'm which he had been
engaged for 25 yearG.
The remains are lying at the
Gaffney mortuary awaiting the
arrival of some Of the dead mans
people from Burton.
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yEGGS BLOW UP
SAFE At GIG
HARbOR
USE NITRO-GLYCERINE AND
GET AWAY WITH 800 In
MONEY AND STAMPS.

After burglarizing the store
owned by A. Uddenberg at Gig
Harbor, suburb of Tacoma, q
party of yeggs last night forced
the rear door Of the postoffice at
that place, rolled the 9OO-pound
safe out upon the beach where
they blew It open with nitro gly-
cerine, and escaped with the con-
tents. They secured in all about
500.
Uddenberg, who Is also, the
postmaster, reported the affair to
the police and the United States
marshals office when he discover
ed the robbery today. The sound
of the explosion did not awaken
anyone in the neighborhood.
1t Is believed the safe-crack-
ers took to a boat after they had
completed their work and escap-
ed across the Narrows, as no
tracks could be discovered leading
away from the wrecked safe.
They then went at once to the
postonlce which Is but few
feet distant from the store build
ing. Here they smashed in the
door. q,
The safe was rolled and skid
ded to the beach and blown to
atoms. Besides about $50 in
money the safe contained several
dollars worth of stamps. These
were also taken.
Peter Stenso, deputy sheriff,
and H. J. Doten, deputy U. s.
marshal. went over this morning
to investigate the robbery. taking
along a John Doe warrant sworn
out by the assistant postmaster
here before U. s. Commissioner
Jameson. There is no clue 70
the perpetrator Of the job, how
ever.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-16
THE PRIZE

q
For the best two kodak
camera pictures of vacation
pleasures submitted each
week the Tacoma Times will
give box at either the EN-
press or Pantagcs theater.
For the best series of pic
tures submitted up to Sep
tember 15, an Eastman
Hawk-eye four-by-five foId-
ing camera will be awarded
by the Shaw Supply Co.,
Inc, 910 Pacific ave. This
has a rapid rectilinear lense
and automatic shutter and
Is as good or better than any
camera ON the market. 1t
uses Eastman's noncnrIihg
films and can be "Ioadedn
In daylight.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-16
NEGRO WOMAN
EXECUTED IN
VIRGINIA
FIRST WOMAN IN THAT STATE
TO DIE FOR COMMITTING
MURDER


RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 16.-
Smiling and unafraid, Virginia
Christian, a negress II years old,
the first woman to be executed in
the history of Virginia, was sent
to her death here in the electric
chair at 1928. O'Clock this morning
for the murder of Mrs. Ida Be-
lote, 70 years of age, a white
woman, at Hampton, Va.
Just before the cap was placed
over her head the woman turned
to her spiritual adviser and said !:
Il am glad to go. I killed Mrs.
Belote and deserve to die. feel
no fear. Kill me quick"
The negress was employed as
a washerwoman by Mrs. Belote.
Angered by reprimand, the girl
felled her employer, beat her into
Inconsistencies, choked her, par
TALLY scalped her and then thrust
a towel down her throat.
Miss Christian was well educa,-
ed. 1t was brought out at the
trial that she killed Mrs. Belote
In fit Of temper.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-16
SOME WEATHER

This mornings steady driz-
zle brought the total amount
of rainfall for the month of
August up to 2.33 inches,
which, although the month
is scarcely more than half
gone, makes this the wet
test August IN history.
The previous record was
set in August. 1909, when 2.26
inches fell during the month.
According to the weather
report the rainfall during
the entire month has been
general throughout the Pa
cific Northwest.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-16
OROzCO TIRED,
ASKS FOR
PEACE
PEACE EXPECTED SOON -
REBELS ARE BELIEVED TO
BE READY TO LAY DOWN
ARMS.
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 16. =
Definite proposals for peace were
received by President Francisco l.
Madero here today from General
Pascual Orozco, commander in
chief of the revolutionary forces.
1t is expected that truce will
be declared Immediately and ne
gotiations opened which result In
the rebels laying down their
arms.
General Orozco telegraphed
President Madero stipulating that
all terms must be in keeping
with the dignity of the provis-
ional government"
1t agreed to not insist on Ma
dero's retirement, but demands
that all revolutionists, cluding
himself, be restored to full citi-
zenship.
Orozco, however, insisted that
Madero pledge himself immedi-
ately to fulfill reform promises
made when he took the presi-
dency and that 800 Of Madero's
relatives be ousted from their
jobs. 1t is expected that an ex-
ira session of congress will be
called to consider the proposal.
Ell PASO, Aug. 16.-Without
disorder and but little looting,
the last of General Orozoco's e
Mexican rebel troops quietly
boarded a train of the Mexican
Central railroad in Juarez today
and departed for Villa Ahumad
there to start marching overland
into the state of Coahuila
through the mountain passes
southwark, hoping to join Gen.
eral Zaaata in the campaign
against Mexico City.
After the departure of Gener-
al Orozco, Juan Medina, head OF
the vigilance committee, took
charge of Juarez, and Is reserv-
ing order pending the arrival oi
Generals Telez and Huerta, who
are coming at the head of an
army Of several thousand feder-
ais.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-16
s PRISONERS TRY
TO ESCAPE

RENO, New. Aug. 16.-Using
broom handles for levers. eight
prisoners sentenced to the peni-
tentlary, twisted the bars of their
cells and We're about to escape
when Deputy Sheriff James Foe
discovered the attempted jail
break, according to a dispatch re-
ceived here today from Yerring-
ton.
The prisoners were ell driven
back into their cells. Joe Rsy-
nolds, sentenced to four years
for grand arceny, was the rine
leader.
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} . . . % . . . . . . D . . . . .

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
SEATTLE, Aug. 16.-Progres-
sive candidates on the republican
ticket are rapidly deserving the
old party and coming over to the
new progressive party which will
hold preferential primaries on
September z to nominate full
state and county ticket. Twenty
two candidates have already
formally withdrawn their candi-
dacies from the republican prim-
aries to be held on September 10.
Before the week is over, every
progressive candidate In the state
is expected to follow suit.
The list at present includes two
candidates for governor, Robert
4. Hodge and, John G. Lawrence.
Otto A. Case, another progressive
will issue his formal withdrawal
from the republican party tomor-
row, 1t Is expected.
Three candidates for congress-
men at large, John A. Ballaine of
Seattle; State Senator j. A. Fall
coner and State Senator j. w.
Bryan have quit the old party.
Representative w. T. Christen-
sen has announced his intention
to run for reelection on the pro-
gressive ticket. Candidates for
sheriff, coroner, legislature and
other county offices are prepar-
ing a wholesale migration from
sAEsssIsoLd eq1 o. uBoUqndeI eul
party.
Representatives from all over
the state, members of the Roose-
welt campaign committee chosen
at Aberdeen, will meet here Sat
urday. At the same time local
progressives will hold a county
mass meeting. e. G. Snyder,
chairman of the campaign COM
mittee, who had gone to Spokane
to arrange for the progressive
primaries east, has returned here
today and predicts that county
progressive party tickets will be
named In every county in the
state.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-16

NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-Mrs.
]. Borden Hartman, pet of New
York's 400" and wife of a great
millionaire, has come out of her
luxurious country home on Long
Island to spend twelve hours a
day in hot Office organizing the
women of this country in a ma
tional Woodrow Wilson associa-
ton.
Said Mrs. Hartman i'm her
quick, decisive way, 81 feel that
the time has come when women
have more to do i'm the world than
Just to sit around q bridge table
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-16

party September Z.
Will H. Reed, candidate for
county commissioner In the Ta-
coma district, pulled out of tho
old party this morning and an-
nounced himself on the progress
sive ballot.
Other progressives are getting
ready to withdraw from the re-
publican primaries and by the
time they get through pulling out
the real primary contest promises
to be transferred from September
10 to September z when the pro-
Igressives will have their contest.
There will be nothing left on
the old party ticket but stand-
patters and nobody Will take any
interest in the contest.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-16
STEAMER SUNK

(By United Press Leased Wire. J
SEATTLE. Aug. 16.-A mis-
take Is the signals resulted 10 the
steamer Sioux of the Inland Nav
igatSon company. crashing into
the steamer Camana. OF the Islan1
Navigation company as she lay at
the doc kin Everett this m0rsin (.
No ono WAS injured.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-16
WEATHER FORECAST.
Showers tonight and Saturday.
THE USUAL CROP

He has little place Elizabeth
making garden His wife called him
Husband, promised least OF Pttsbure
friends some early vegetables
Il know did"
We'll what are you going to do about it?"
Il just wondering IL they wouldn't
the theater
radishes dozen families s''-Pittsburg Post.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-16
CANDIDATES DESERVING
COP, FOR THE BRAND
NEW ORGANIZATION

Progressves holding a meeting
Dow this afternoon to
September H. He will be the progressive
September 10, which will pur-
to have him here in the stadium following
monster demonstration IL
With Roosevelt progressive
the followers of this figure
enough left of the old republican
through to make a respectable funeral
At the last In
dunn packed with 20 900 1t
this record be eclpsed
candidacy. 4
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If you don't get your pa
per regularly before 8 o'clock.
every evening kindly call up
the Times circulation de-
partment. Main II. We are
glad to receive complains or
suggestions as to the deliv-
cry of your paper. You are
entitled to perfect service.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-16

What Mrs. j. Borden Hartman,
Millionaire Society Woman,
Means by DESERVING 400" to
Battle for Wilson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-16

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Aug.
16.-The steamer Pieiades, re-
ported ashore on Providence ISL
and carried no passengers. She
had full cargo of freight for the
1sthmian canal commission. A
cruiser and another steamer are
said to be in the vicinity and
standing by to give assistance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-16

PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 16.---
Colonel Roosevelt will speak in
Portland September IL, accord
ing to DIR. H. w. Coe, national
committeeman of the progressive
party of Oregon. DR.. Coe stated
today that Colonel Roosevelt will
come to Portland from Seattle
where he is booked to address the
progressive tsate convention Sep
tember 10. His Portland speech
is the only one Sc far arranged
for him in Oregon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-16

The real progressives are be-
ginning to get their bearings now
and are coming out OF the republic
can party and withdrawing as
candidates on that ticket to enter
the primaries of the progressive
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-16
SUICIDES

OAKLAND, CAL, Aug. 16.-J.
T. Miles OF Los Angeles commit
ted suicide last night at the Ho-
tel st. Mark in this city. The
man shot himself with a heavy
caliber derringer. The body was
not discovered until this after.
noon when q chambermaid en-
tered the room. An incurable ills
ness and unfortunate love affair
are believed to have been the
cause of the mans act.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-16
STEAMER BEACHED
CREW IS SAFE

HUENEME, Cal, Aug. 16.--
The steamer Pleiades, San Fran
cisco to the Isthmus CT Panama
went on the beach of Providence
Island, off the coast of Lower
California, early today, acco; :
Ing to wireless messages picked
up by the Standard Oil barg.
No. 81. According to the mes
sage, the crew is safe. 1t is not
known whether the ship is q to-
tai wreck.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-15
AN ALGERIAN STORY.
All and Mohammsd Exchange eserseD
Of rhelrsTrade.

All and Mohammed Exchange esersoI
Of rhsIrsTrads.
Mohammed ben Mohammed wa.
q marabout whose affairs were in 6
most fourishing condition. Pill.
grims visited his ANCESTOR tomb BY
hundreds, leayidA many and rich
offerings, and Mohammed ben No
manned grew fatter and wealtMe,
daily.
His servitor, Ali ben Ali, became
tired Of watching his masters in-
creased wealth and bulk, Wills biz
own pocket was as fat a. his body
was thin. So one dark night he 81
lently took his departure, riding on
the back Of q young ass belonging
to bis master.
After q march Of about thirty
miles the ass had enough of carry
Ing All. 1t was q young ass and
knew no better. so # went on
strike, lay down and forthwith died.
Thereupon Ali dug hole and
put the ass in, piling a great noun
tain of stones over 1t. Then, sit
ting down beside the heap, he be-
gan to pray A traveller passing in
CURED by whose tomb he prayed so
farvently. Ali was filled with as
constituent.
What! Had be never heard Of
the great saint Amar ben Amar
Qiterally IAN ass. the son Of an
ass)2 All the people Of the coun-
try around came there TO prey. =
The traveller did not fail 10 naeH-
ton the marehoat Amay ben
Amar's tomb, anE soon pilgrims
6ocked to it with Merings,, and All
ben Ali grew fat aSa rich.
The faithful neglected Moham,
med ben Mohammed, who ct last,
furious, abandoned his mrabout in
order to pay a visit 20 big rival.
Great was his astonishment when
he recognized his runaway servitor.
Taking him aside. he whispered:
'oTell ne the truth. Who Is your
marabout?"
'"The ass I stole from you. And
now tell me-who is your mara
bout'?"
'The mother Of the ass you stole
from mep'-"My Experiences In
Algeria" by Baroness. de Boerio, In
Wide World Magazine.
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DUMAS AUDAcITY.



American readers are accustomed
TO surprises In their newspapers
but imagine their establishment
should some favorite journal pub
lish in good faith, in daily install
ments and adapted according to the
motions of some staff writer, q
classic. such as, for example
fDantes "1nfernow Yet the aston
ishment so excited would not be
without a parallel in the annals of
newspaper management, inasmuch
IS Homer once figured as a feuille-
toniste for Partisan newspaper.
When Dumas the elder was edit.
ing bis journal, LIE Mousquetaire,
Urban FACES, one of his assistants,
who was an Exceptionally fine Greek
scholar, was one day enthusiastic
ally expatiating upon the beauties
OF the "Iliad" and the Odyssey"
Dumas grew most interested.
off only you could read them in
the original" sighed FACES.
*Why not ?" asked Dumas.
But" exclaimed FACES, "my
dear fellow, you don't know alpha
from omega"
U"Will you translate for me?"
asked Dumas eagerly.
Accordingly FACES undertook the
task. Beginning with the first
book Of the "Tlad," he would read a
line Of the Greek and then give a
literal tranSlkion. Dumas quickly
caught the. 1Pkfit of the epic. AS
cages read be wrote a translation
and sigped it.
In1Ehe name of all the ancients,
n Dumas" exclaimed FACES, "but
I Zeu :: are J. =, signing your name to the
Certainly" responded Dumas,
"tbat is, to my version of it. It
will appear as a feuiueton In LIE
Mousquetaire."
FACES was filled with dismay, as
he afterward related, but before
such audacity and naivete he felt
helpless. How was he to convince
q writer accustomed to every til
umph that he was too bold?
And go the next day an install.
ment of the "Iliad," as rendered ia
half an hour or so by o man who
could not sead the Greek alphabet,
at the bottom Of the page
Of LIE Mousquetaire, with the note,
"Continued In our next"
This enterprising bit Of journal
Ism raised such storm Of criticism
that Dumas was persuaded to dis
continue it after the third INSTALL
ment, though it was doubted that
he quite understood what was the
trouble.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-15
Cursd BY Funny Stories.

Having vainly tried many and
various remedies TO res tore to health
a business man whom | know and
who had fallen Into morbid con-
dltlon owing to years Of overwork,
a famous Baltimore physician al
last persuaded his patient to take
course OF funny stories, one al
each meal, with an extra two at
dinner. The patient, a solemn and
gloomy fellow, at first rebelled, but.
finally falling in with the idea,
adopted the course recommended
and was in the end restored to
health, the effect of laughter being
entirely to change his mental and
bodily condition.
Laughter, in fact, is one of the
cheapest and most effective of med
icines, breaking up stagnation of
mind and body and sending a
healthy vibration through ones sys
tenn. /, There is very little the mat
ter with the man who can enjoy
hearty laugh. - Nashville Tennes-
Deean.
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~--I ~
Benefits ofEdueation.

Mistress-Good gracious. Mare, whit
o mess your kitchen Is IN! Whatever
have you been doingl II will take you
week to clean Il, should think.
Marle-Yes, mum: the young ladies
have been down here showing me how
to boil a potato according to the cook
book
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-15
How He w on Her.

1.-THE man marry said the girl
n the parlor scene, must be but a
little lower than the angels"
"Well, what's the matter with
GeY" queried the young man as he
dropped on his knees at her feet
You see, I'm little lower thaL
me Of them. Houston Post.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-15

You don't look like a man who haS
tasted for three days"
Appearances Is ag'n NE, lady; but
nh. If you only knowed how many
pairs OF pants got Phiiadelphis
Press.
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Old Gentleman-Is there anything to
see on the other slider
Ferryman-No.
Old Gentleman-Is there an inn OF
anything7
Ferryman-No.
Old Gentleman-Then what do peo
pie 60 across forf
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.