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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-07
Mystery In History.

From whence came the Toltecs, the
Aztecs and Mayas who lived in Amer
let, even before the Indian, has never
been determined definitely It is pre-
sumed that they came to this country
from Asia when strait connected
that country with Alaska.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-13

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case Of catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
p. J. CHENEY & co. Toledo, Q.
We, the undersigned. have known =.
J. Cheney for the last 10 years. and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by bis firm.
NATIONAL BANK or COMMERCE,
Toledo. o.
Halls Catarfh Cure ls taken internal
y, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surface Or the system. Testl
monlals sent free. Price 75 cents pei
bottle. Sold by all druggists
Tae Halls Family pills for constI
patton. d-imt
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-13


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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-13
YggR GROCERY ORDER

L besf filed here where there
are complete fresh sticks Of err
erything in Fancy and St@Essle
Groceries.
Ii viii be promptly delivered TT
reasonable prices charged and
you will receive the best Of eour-
te0Hs quick service.
You can place the order in per-
son or via phone = either way se-
cures the same attention.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-13
NEWMAN THANKS VOTERS.

TO the Voters Of Grady County:
! wish to thank each and every vot-
er OF Grady county for the excellent
support accorded me in the recent pfl-
mary, and IL successful in the general
election. want TO assure you that I
will handle the office as economically
as iIosslble and to the best advantage
Of all concerned.
Again assuring you OF my aDprecia-
tioh, ! am A. ga
Sincerely yours,
S. Ia NEWMAN
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-13

Were are all medicines as meri-
torlous as chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
ard Dlarrhoe Remedy the world would
be much better off and the percentage
Of suffering greatly decreased writes
Lindsay Scott, Of Temple, Ind. For
sale BY all dealers. d&W
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-13
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION m
FiFTY.ElohTH CONVENTION.

Cleveland, Aug, 1s.-With delegates
present from an over the United
States and Canada, and even Hawaii
and the Philippines, the 5sth annual
convention Of the international Typo
graphical Union vas opened here yes
terday. President James Lynch pre-
sided The woman's auxiliary also IS
N ae8al0n.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-13
PENNY SOCIAL.

The Christian Endeavor Society Of
the Congregational church VIII give
penny social Thursday evening at
the home Of Mrs. Bird, corner Tenth
and Oregon. Everybody invited
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-13

Let Berry = Arnold call for and
deliver your cleaning ana pressing.
Work guaranteed Phone ~ sl13t
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Nies Ethel Pollard q ihe Dostofiiee
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weeks gisiE
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-13
RAGS WANTED

Cash paid for clean cotton rags.
Express Office.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-13

Hage Jour kDdax finishing 9one Dy
bfg9le only z5c Def dozeH; no charge
~ Developing your films u ia the
big studio 10iA chiekagha avenue
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-13

j. ~ Fisher. formerly Of the master
mechanics office force AZ the Rock
Island, Ieh last night for FL Reno,
where h= has accepted position as
secretary 70 SUPP McGie
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-13

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q ~ visitor Is Csiekasa yaa'es-
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-13

Mss Agnes Norw0od, assistant cash
lef oi the Rock Island, % expected u
return from aer vacation within few
dayg ana take 80 bsr duties IN the Of.
flee again
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-13

Misses Raia Morgaa AID Ada Baker
NJ Cfeamaais aftea4e4 f1e dance a.
University bafk laas Aght
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26

Somehow the public even the fremen, interest In fire department matters that O Reilly had supposed. The city editors apparently were right. It was bitter for c Reilly, but he had to bear it.
 There was enough to do, even with so small a newspaper to turn his mind to other worries The Chief was to be a weekly so he had to get right to work to get up copy for the second issue. He also had to consider ways and means of hring until he fulfilled his pledge of get ting out six issues of The Chief He had no office, no money and no backing but he went ahead. remarkable thing, a Il ing that cheered him very much hap pored about the fourth day after he got out that first number. A representative of the American News company called al the shop of the printer and asked for seme copies of The Chief He said the news company had received calls for the tpeper So far as Is known this is the only occasion on which the American News company ha. dasked any publication to dc business with them.
 But O Reilly had an evnerienca n ofs-~t this bit of encouragement. 1Io rode around town on his bicycle to eather ia returns of that first issue. Of the 800 papers that he placed with the news rev enue from that first sale was $6. As his expenses were SIS there was deficit of SIP While the size of The Chief was small, the number of returns was so largo that O'Reilly could not carry them all on his bicycle. After gathering I'D a pile at news stand he would ride along a, avenue for block or two and then f1rn into a side street. The first conve1-
 lent ash can he encountered got the re- turns from the news dealers. Joe O Reil- lv ould give s5 a copy now for each and every copy of The Chief that he dumped
 into the ash cans Of New York that day
 O'Reilly got out the second number and distributed 1t from his Twenty-second street home as he did the first issue. He suce eeded in placing It on a few mora news stands than he had before, and there was slight increase in the sales. ut not much. He was disappointed. but no- disheartened. 4 relative who worked in one of the city departments helped him ? great deal at this juncture by lendine sIr week to him on which to live. Bnt c Feflly saw that the paper was not ca r,sf1ie of s,rprert'n- hin, So he hustIef for some outside work. He managed to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26

kLocked them out by printing the ques- tions in The Chief 1t takes long time 10 make an impression, but gradually Tho Chief won the conhdence and good will of it's readers. He had 10 enlarge the paper ard he found it necessary to give atten- tion to the police department and then 10 the other departments. From the city der artments he went gradually into the state departments and then into the fed eral. It was hard work laboring for the City News Bureau and getting out The CLief and there was very little profit, but he was content. For several years he kept up in this dual capacity. Then came a crisis.
 Edward Croker had become chief of the fire department. One of the orders he ls- sueo curtailed the time fremen were per niitied to be absent from their fire houses U get their meals. Under the old system the men were permitted to be away from their fire houses three times a day for their meals. Croker cut 1t down to two. c Reilly protested through The Chief against this order and argued so effective lv that Commissioner Scannell revoked the order Croker became incensed. He is impulsive and went to the manager of the City News Bureau and asked that O'Reilly be removed as the News Bu- reaus representative at fire headquarters because he had interfered with the work Of the department by taking the side of the men in departmental matter. OReil- lv was removed, but was offered place in another department in the City News Bureau that he desired. He handed in his resignation. He bore no i'll will to Crolzer. but he devoted all his energies thereafter to The Chief. And 4 few years later he wen Croker's undying friendship
 Commissioner Sturgis. who was at the haad of the department at the time. was bitterly opposed to croker. SturgIs and O'Reilly were very friendly. but OReilly considered Croker magnificent fireman ard believed Sturgis was disorRanizing the fa-.1e hr' his antnvonisr to croker and when Croier went on his vacation Deputy tl ief Gharips D. Pnrrov was put Tn his place. O'Reily advised Croker not to leave the city. but Croker departed. While croker was absent Croker's desk was opened and those opposed tn him got busy ei deavorng to unearth things on which q charge could be based for dIsmissing h.m.
 C'Reillv hurried 10 Good Ground. where Croter was s.ayine and brought h''a hack to town. On the Monday following
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26

office clerks. Once a postoffiee clerk al- ways a postoffice clerk.
 or all the postmasters in the United States today there Is only one, Edwin M. Morgan, postmaster of New York, who has gone through all the grades. OReilly t,lIks the postal service will be much im- rrcved when every postmaster Is ap- pointed from the eligible list of postal clerks and letter carriers. He hopes to see the day when the merit system Is So extended that even the postmaster gen. eral is appointed from the eligible list of ligk postal officials and when every cab lnet officer is appointed from the eligi- bl.. list of his particular department.
 II is q remarkable influence that this man yields in the civil service. The ether day he was elected honorary vice president of the United States Employees association, a body that numbers 23o.000 members He was selected by the fire dt apartment as it's representative to pre- sent the gold badge to Helen Gould, the frs honor of the kind ever shown to a woman Men who have plans for the m- provement of the police or fire service or postal servae go to him for counsel. The platoon system under which the po- lice department of New York now works war devised by Patrolman Stanley, pre- scnted to O'Reilly for consideration, and as approved by him was adopted by tho police department. lie IS no more Dfll- llant today than he was In the days he sers ed as reporter. He simply pro- caeds on straight common sense lines, There probably is not man In all New York who Is more widely known. Where ever he goes he is saluted right and left by firemen. policemen and other civil ser- vice employees as The Chief
 His paper is not distributed today on bicycle. II takes two automobiles and ! various wagons to carry the weekly issue to the news stands The paper has cor respondents In Alabany, Washington and Trenton. He has written a whole library Of books on the civil service. Most oe them are designed for the instruction of men and women who intend to enter tho civil service. The little paper that was started b years ago celebrated It's 18th birthday recently. From circulation of 15d 1t has grown 10 2s,0oo and yields q pc erful influence in shaping the course of a great army of deserving workers. He never has solicited a subscription. The raper Is a wonderful monument to plain man working unfaiteringiy in a good cause
 Copyright. 1912, by Richard Spillane)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26

get a job with the City News Bureau. He was engaged at SIS week to cover ire headquarters.
 When o'Reilly got this birth a great weight was lifted from his shoulders. II provided enough money to pay for getting ott his paper By the most rigid econ omv he could serape along and live on the SIC a week, together with whatever he ob- tained from the sales of The Chief He dit his work for the News Bureau an1 he wrote every line that vent into his newspaper. Each week after The Chief had been distributed to the news dealers, OEei.ly and his mother wrapped up copies for the regular subscribers and ad- dressed them.
 o.Reilly did not know as much about bt siness then as he does now. He had not registered his publication and had to put l cent stamp on each copy he sent tc subscriber. He was so green that he expected the American News company to pas spot cash for papers as they took them from him They paid 1t, too. cents a copy the same price that he charged the news dealers. The news dealers sold for 5 cents It was not until long after the six weeks period that O'Relly had SC. for The Chief to live that the Ameri- cal, News company protested. The agent asfed him if he did not think the Ameri- cor News company was good Tor such papers as 1t ordered. Thereafter O Reilly extended credit to the s1.oDo.coo concern.
 Slcwly but steadily the circulation n- creased. It went to 200. to 25p. 300. 5f0 By that time it was on a paying basis. He was getting no return for his own services but 1t no longer was A drain upon him. He was winning confidence. There was nothing startling in his little Taper, but everything that he wrote was sound and correct.
 As the paper grew in circula tion he breadened and grew with 1t. He knew the evils of the public service He did not inveigh against them, but he worked stt adilv and patiently to overcome them. lie did not indulge in personalities. but gave good advice and argued on logical. ect lines. He was a stickler for merit as against political. social or bus mess influence. There was a lot of graft in the civil service. and he tried in his small way to lessen 1t. Various men picked up easv money by surreptitiouslv selling to applicants for positions in the fire. police and other departments the rrfstions asked men who sought post t:ons in the city government. O'ReIlly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26

Scout commission. Not long ago General Baden Powell the commander -in-chief of the Boy Scouts. visited the isthmns. A number of the boys went to Colon to meet him. and the general went over the work with the scout master and express ed himself pleased.
 The Churches of the Isthmus
 A good fight with the devil is being waged by the Christian churches which have been organized since we began our work here. There are now forty on the Canal zone. The first building authorized was the Roman Catholic chapel in the hospital grounds at Aneon. That was be- gun in 1903, and in the year following church and lodge buildings were con structed at Gorgona and Cristobal. Since then land has been granted for churches of many denominations and the govern ment has sold building material at cost to those who wish to put up such struc lures. The commission requires that there shall be resident ehaplains for the An con and Colon hospitals and the parsons or priests have to visit the wards of the hospitals daily and also to hold services over such Of the patients as die. l have before me q list of the churches of the zone. They are of almost every demnomi- nation. but there seem to be more Eps- eopal and Catholic than of any of %he others. There are fifteen chaplans In the commission service, of whom four are Eplscopalians, four Baptists, three Ro- man Catholics, two Methedlsts, one Wes- ieyan and one Presbyterian. There Is a Methodist Episcopal church in the city of Panama. to which the eommnnleants from Ancon are carried in government carriages every Sunday.
 Mission Work
 In addition to the regular churches considerable mission work and church extension work Is being done. There Is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26

would live six weeks. He would accept subscriptions and advertisements only or the understanding that he did not ex- pect The Chief to live longer than that time.
 OReilly had s15. That was all he had in the world. Greenbaum charged him SIS for printing 50e copies of The Chief. Mir Greenbaum was willing to wait with his bill He sent q boy up town to Twenty second street, near Ninth avenue. where O'Eeilly lived, and delivered the first is- sue of The Chief there. Then o'Reilly got on a bicycle and started to circulate his paper. He went to news stand after news stand and requested the dealers to take a few copies of the paper and put it on sale. Most of them looked at the queer little sheet. shook their heads and waved O'Reillv off. A few took chance. It was dull dispriting work. but O'Reiily kept at 1t. He pedaled around New York until he was nearly worn out
 At fire headquarters. however, there was a ray of announcement for him. Jar,es R Sheffield o. H. Lagrange and Austin E. Ford were fire commissioners then. They were holding a business meet ing when OReilly got there with his copies of The Chief. There was not newspaper in the United States devoted t9 fire department matters. and O'Reillv's little paper created bit of diversion when it was handed around. There had been some publications devoted to volun- tcer fire departments. but never one de- voted to paid department
 The commissioners suspended their bus mess meeting and each of them insisted UT on becoming yearly subscriber for The Chief. O'Reilly protested that Tho Chief was going to live only six weeks hut each commissioner insisted unon pay. ing s2.5o there and then for a full year's st bscription. Hugh Bonner. fire chief, also became subscriber. but to pr. IT Nj Archer. honorary medical officer of the department. went the honor of bel coming the first subscriber to the new par CT.
 The day after that first Issue of The Chief was one of great anxiety 10 O'Reillv. He travelled New York over un- tl his legs were weary. He tried to ap- pear unconcerned as he sidied past news stand after news stand, and glanced over ,ha stock fo see if any copies of The Chief had teen disposed of Tn meet in- sis~cns all Ttrn rar-orz rc lad 1e<t TO- maired just where thev had heen placed. He went home that night heavy hearted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26

, CT than a social downfall, and scores Of the employees who have come to Panama will leave here in a better state morally than when they arrived. This fight with tie devil is still going on. It may be seen along every part of the canal zone today, aid as far as I can see in every one of tho canal towns the devil is getting tho worst of the battle
 The Clubhouses for Canal Employees
 One of the most important features of the fight is the elubhouses which havs kbecn built for the canal employees. These have been contracted by the government, and the experienced secretaries of the Y. II. C. A. have been called In to run them. They are so managed that they are large ly Eelf-supporting, and the l. M. [. A. and the government unite in paying the deficit. I don't know how much they run short, but their operation last year cost more than s13o.ooo. A great part of this was made up of dues and other receipts Each of the two thousand and odd mem bers pays BIO annually, and the restau- rants and billiard rooms bring in con- siderable sum.
 There are clubhouses of this kind at every station of importance along the canal zone. There Is one at Porto Bello, on the Caribbean sea. where there are hl lndreds of men engaged In crushing rock for the Gatun locks There is an- o,le CT at Cristobal, adjoining Colon, the American port on the Atlantic, and a third at Gatun. where they are making the dam. And then we have a clubhouse a. Gorgona, patronized by the men at work in the shops. another at Empire, at the beginning of the Culebra cut, and one here at Culebra, about midway of the cut There is also a clubhouse on the Pacific division of the canal at Corozal.
 Inside the Clubhouses
 I wish I could take you into these build ings They have all the conyeniences and comforts of our mems clubs at home. These houses are great paviions sur-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26

other There are bowling tournaments, l il. which the most expert tenpin men of the different canal settlements come to- gether and compete. and there are duck pin tournaments as well. There are also weekly meetings at the various towns, here the best dnclxpin men and the best tonpin men compete. and 1t Is impossible tc appreciate the rivalry as to such mat ters.
 Every settlement has its baseball clubs and there Is also an isthmlan basket ball league The baseball clubs of Culebra and Empire play each other several times every season. and it is the same with the other towns along the line. Every place has its own team and it's regular days of ueetiee, and there are athletic meets, which are attended by the expert gym nasts from all parts of the isthmus. At these meets the programme Includes the 1Aa.vard dash. the mile run. the relay races, the shotput and the pole vault The prizes are medals of gold silver and bronze. and the competitors are not only from the employees on the canal. but from tie infantry and marine corps stationed Lere on the zone.
 Concerts and Minstrels Put there is a show going on now in tho hal, overhead. Let us go up. We find the room fned, and then on the stage at the back troupe of amateur minstrels is Eolding a performance. The men are canal employees with blaelSed faces. They look like the old time minstrels of the Ii tied States. and do not wear satin suits as in the new-fangled shows of today The Jokes contain many hits on local matters and bring down the house. These minstrel shows are gost tl up hv the secretaries of the clubhouses who hunt out the best actors and bring them together. A popular troupe will 20 from town to town until II visits all l the zone settlements.
 The band which Is playing tonight Is a part of the 10th infantry. Next week 1 the music may he furnished hv the ma rines or by the band of the isthmian ca ; nal commission. The latter Is support cd by the government. which spends something like s1n.000 a year for music alone. The Canal Commission hand gives concerts all along the line of tho zone.
 Among other features of the club house enterta lnments are moving pie tnre shows, the machinery and films for which are sent down from the states. These are free for members of the clubs. but outsiders must pay e5 cents l for each admission. The pictures are carefully censored and frequently the men bring their wives and daughters 10 see them.
 And then we have many lectures at the clubhouses. We have. frequent pub lie debates and also high-class musical entertainments. Last year there was an operatic carnival made up of amateurs which played the various canal settle ments. and the oratorio, "rhe Holy City" was given by large chorus com posed of the canal employees.
 Literary Societies
 Nearly every club has its literary so- ciety or discussion club. In these cur rent topics are taken, up. essays are read and lectures sometimes given. For instance. the discussion club which met here last Wednesday night had the