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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-12-26
PRESIDENT
Is RESTING
Telegram Dy united rress.


Pass Christian, Miss. Dec, 26.-Mod-
Grating temperature permitted Presi-
dent Wilson to start today on a real
holiday He planned to devote both
today and tomorrow to resting.
All business was tabooed by the
president, who huriedly answered
Washington kilograms He started for
the golf links at East Gulfport and de-
clared he would sleep eleven hours
daily.
Every male white resident of the
village has constituted himself a mem
her OF the volunteer safety committee
during the presidents stay here
While the president and Dr. Gray
son played golf today Misses Margaret
and Eleanor and Helen Boles went
Tor a horseback ride.
The president was pleased when the
negro boss Of caddies, who said he had
been a servant Of Jefferson Davis. in
sisted personally on acting as his cad
die for the first two holes.
The executive took long nap be-
fore luncheon and this afternoon he
plans a motor trip for inspection Of
the c6untry n TIE neighborhood.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-12-26
BAILEY Is
ASKED TO
GIVE Bail

At the finish of the preliminary hear
ing of Chas. Bashara. charged with the
killing of Col Selby, Justice I. p.
Moore remanded the prisoner to Jail
without bond and subject to the action
Of the district court
No new testimony was introduced,
the only witnesses being placed on the
stand this morning being bp the state
in rebuttal. This afternocn before
Judge f. NJ. Bailey, habeas corpus pro-
oeedings are being started and through
this proceedcure bond for the accused
man will be asked for At press time
no decision had been handed down by
the judge.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-12-26
FOR BENEFIT
OF CHILDREN

A big mass meeting TO be held at
city hall. Sunday at 230 p. m, viii be
addressed by local speakers on ques-
tions pertaining to child Welfare and a
collection with be taken up Tor the
benefit Of the children Of the striking
miners in Michigan and Colorado The
meeting is to be held under the au-
spices of the Socialist local
Following are some of those who
win participate in the exercises:
Jonas Cook a. w Bennett. J. S Tat
man, Mrs. Eva A. Powell, Miss Clarice
Tatman, Mrs. G. c. Guy, John w Duff.
w. E. Whitaker
Everybody is invited to attend the
meeting.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-12-26

Tell me you know him.
Racking his brain. the trainman sum-
moned a mental picture Of every man
who frequented the Tuttle station. I'M
til finally he recognized one as
John He was a ~roustabout" who
stayed at the Tuttle station and per
formed what odd jobs came his way.
Yes. | know your boy John" he re-
piled. kindly The dim old eyes light
by the fires OF anticipation, twinkled
for a moment and her hand trembled
on his shoulder
Il haven't seen John for such a long
time. He used to come to see me
often. but he don't any more. want
to see my boy John Whea you get 70
Tuttle. won't you please tell John that
his old mother wants to see him SO
much2" She produced a note. scrawl-
ed in pencil and hardly decipherable.
Here. take this to him and tell him
that his mother wants him to come
home for Christmas. You'll have 70
read it TO him, because he cant read"
The bell from the engine changed a
warning. the trainmaa promised. hur-
ried and swung up the steps and as
the train rolled cut of the station. the
old bent figure stood on the platform
waving a farewell to the train, the
man aud the message. that she hoped
in her heart Of hearts would bring her
boy John home TO her for Christmas.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-12-26

In POSTAL
BUSINESS
Christmas Record Shows rs Per-
cent Gain Over Inst Year
Local Force Give Prompt
Service Through Rush

Uncle Sans store smashed all prev
ious records for Christmas business in
TO small bits and set q mark far above
the expectations OF any OF the post
office employees Up to the present
date the amount Of business done az
the postoffice for the month Of De
cember is more than 800 in advance
OF the entire month Of December last
year and while the exact figures fer
the actual Christmas business have not
been compiled as yet it is safely est,
mated that the business for Christmas
increased - per cent over last year
The increase OF Is per cent means
the actual money taken in for stamps,
and the uumber Of packages. Il is
hard to conceive the volume of in
crease in the number Of packages, but
an idea may be CLEANED Of the enorm-
Gus increase when rates during Christ
mas this year and Christmas last year
are compared. Last year a package
that would cost 64 cents to send, went
this year by parcels post, if it were a
short haul, for eight cents With the
amount OF money received with the
cheap rate IN effect surprising the re-
ceipts Of last year, with the higher rate
in force. by IS per cent, the volume OF
business based upon the number Of
packages transmitted was of a neces-
sity enormous
The great volume of business at the
local postoffice was handled without
a single extra clerk, and with but one
extra delivery wagon Last year. one
wagon was used to handle the heavier
packages, and this year two parcels
pest wagons were used. The prompt.
ness with which the business was han
died is another feature of the holiday
rush. At not time during the period
did the situation grow larger than the
capabilities Of the force. There was
no delay caused from congestion, every
pounch went out on time and all city
deliveries were made promptly The
wagons are this morning delivering the
parcels that were received here yester-
day afternoon.
Last Monday was the banner day Of
the season, not only in Chickasha. but
in almost all offices the country over.
Reports have been received here from
offices in this section of the country
and in every instance show that Mon
day was the banner day of all record
breakers. On that day more stamps
were sold in the Chickasha postoffice
than on any other day since the office
was established
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-12-26
She Wanted to See John

Old and bent with the burden OF
many years. josiIed BY a laughing.
happy throng who crowded and ell
bowed their way to the train that was
TO take them home TO loved ones and
Christmas, a woman tottered along the
Frisco station platform at Oklahoma
City Wednesday evening. Over her
thin. dropped shoulders was a thread
bare shawl which she gathered togeth-
er at the throat with a hand wrinkled
and calloused. while in the other she
held gnarled cane, with which she
partly felt her way.
Her eyes dimmed. yet alert. peered
from under the folds Of faded scarf
that told It's own story of long. hard
service. The entire length Of the plat
fern she hobbled. gazing wistfully to
right and Left, till her eyes rested on
the blue uliform OF a trainman. Her
pace quickened and tottering up TO the
man Of the blue uniform and brass but
tons. she laid her free hand on his
locked up into his face and
said wistfully. DO you know John?"
Taken somewhat by surprise. the
said, "Do ! know Johns
John who2"
"Oh, don't you know John? My boy
John You surely do. He works al the
station IN Tuttle and has been there
'or a long time. ! want to see him
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-12-26
ADMIRAL DEWEY is 7s.

Telegram by United Press.
Washington. d. c.. Dec. 26.-Admiral
Dewey. hero Of Manila Bay. was 76
years young today. His years did not
keep him away from his desk and du-
ties at the navy department. but the
continuous stream of callers to offer
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-12-26

congratulations did Besides best
wishes" personally offered by high Of
ficiais and friends in Washington. the
Spanish-American war naval hero was
literally showered with letters and tel.
egrams of congratulations from all
over the country.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-12-26
MUSICIANS MEET.

The Musicians Protective union will
meet tonight at the usual place All
members are especially requested to
be present-0. G Gulihur, President.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-12-26
NEGRO SHOT.

Late this afternoon Jake
Hightower. a negro, shot George
Williams, another negro. in
pool room brawl on South Sec
ond. Williams face and neck
were filled with shot, but he
will recover At press time
Hightower had not been caught.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-12-26
PREMlER's SON KILLED.
Telegram by United Press,

Amsterdam. Dec. pa son of the
Dutch premier was among the eislt
persons killed in the wreck Of an ex-
press train approaching Amsterdam
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-12-26
DROWNED
In BUCKET
OF PAINT
+4++++%+++++4+++
Telegram BY United Press.

: Telegram by United Press.
+ Chicago. Dec 20 Drowned
+ ed in a bucket OF paint, Geo.
+ w Riggs, a prominent business
= man. was found dead in his bath
+ room today
+ He was painting the ceiling
+ and It is supposed that he was
+ overcome by fumes and swoon-
+ ed RE was found in the tub
= with his head in the bucket Of
+ paint
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-12-26
DISASTER MAY BE
END TO The STRIKE
Secretary Of Labor Declines to Or
der Federal Investigation
Horror in No Way Con-
nected with Strike
Telegram by united press.

Telegram by United Press.
Calumet. Dec 26.-The list of dead
in the theater disaster Wednesday
night has increased to 20. The coroner
announced that three unidentified vic
tins We're still In the morgue.
1t is believed that the strike may be
settled as a result of the panic
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-12-26
TeIegram By UnIted Pres.

Telegram BY United Press.
Washington, Dec. 2s.- Secretary of
Labor Wilson today wired President
Moyor Of the Western Federation of
Miners that the panic horror was not
in any way connected with the strike
situation and so there would be no fed
eral investigates
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-12-26
DEATH IN viNITA.

News was received yesterday in
Chickasha Of the death OF Miss Anna
Butler in Vinita Funeral services and
interment occurred in Verden On last
Saturday. Death was caused from an
operation following an attack of appen-
dicitis. Miss Butler lived in Cticka-
sha for several years and had a wide
circle of friends here.
has held ever since Recently Mr..
Frascer was elected mayor Of one of
the suburbs of Dallas.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-12-26

Vera Cruz, Dec %. Ge battleships
Louisiana and New Hampshire sailed
today for Norfolk, Va. the Connecticut
and Kansas relieving them.
Officers OF the Spanish cruiser Car
los V prepared to go to call on Huerta.
Mexico City, Dec 26--Free grain to-
day was distributed to the poor to pre-
vent bread riots, which. is was feared,
might develop a reign of terror
The rebels are reported moving
against Monterey Tampico, Maatlan
and Saltillo.
Money was almost unobtaiaable Il
is feared that the banks will fail when
the emergency bank holiday ends
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-12-26
TO ATTACK
FEDERALS

Telegram by United Press.
FL Paso. Dec 26.-The rebel army
sent by villa to attack the federals az
Ojinaga will not reach there before
Sunday afternoon, according to dis
patches received today from chihua.
hua
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
POWER PLANT
PROGRESSING

The new power house that is being
built at the south side is expected
to be ready to operate sometime In
June. The forms are now ready for
the pouring of the concrete and TINS
will be done as soon as the weather
is favorable The turbine wheels Tor
the new plant are expected here next
month and the dynamo will follow ID
a short time. As soon as the CON
crete work is finished, the water VIII
be turned in through the guard lock
and the wheels of the old power plant
will be used for grinding pulp in the
| old pulp mill,
The new power plant will be euiid
ing 40. feet high A feet wide ana ap
Iproximately 100 feet long. The buiid
ling will be of brick and the outer
wall will be of faced brick. There
Will be four large double windows,
each IL feet wide and Is feet high,
with a smaller window at each end
of the building on the front side and
| windows to correspond, but Of dlf1er-
ent design on the rear side OF the
building. This will assure an aoun-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
PARENTAL MEETING
LARGELY At TENDED

1t is pleasing to report that great
interest is being manifested by all
classes in the Parental Association
connected with our public school work
At the meeting held Friday night at
the Lincoln school about five hundred
people We're present and enjoyed a
most interesting and Sociable time
inconnection with the work being ac-
comphshed by this association. The
high school orchestra was present an
furnished the music throughout the
evening We want to say right here
that the young people who make UP
this orchestra are an aggregation OF
young people who possess consider
able talent in music. They We're cor
dially encored and received many com
pliments for the excellent qualities
of the music rendered. The paren-
tai association was called to order
by the President George K. Gibson
and the minutes of the last meeting
was read by Mrs. c.. A. Boormon. At
ter they were approved tho motto n
was made to amend the constitution
so as to admit all teachers of the pub
lie schools in Grand Rapids as hon
orary members of the Parental as
sociation. This motion was carried
and adopted. Another motion was
made providing for four standing con
| mittees, to consist of three members
each and they to be selected by the
President The following was the IL
ties of said committees: Ways and
Means, Program and Entertainments,
Public School Interests, and Social
Welfare. The President will take
some time to select the members of
these committees. After the buslnes
session was over the President with
| the aid of Professor SchWede threw
upon the curtain seyenty-two slides,
Illustrating the social and civic cen
ter work as carried on in other cities
of the country. The talk was explana-
| tory of these pictures and proved TO
| be very interesting. After the lee
| ture everybody was informal and had
a social good time with neighbors and
friends who had gathered together
| for this purpose.
We understand that Mr.. Starks,
manager of the Ideal Theatre, has
offered his theatre building to the
Parental Association Friday night OF
every week at which time films Will
| be shown specially selected for
social and civic center work in con-
nection with school work and other
subjects that may be considered ana
| selected for the educational bene-
fits that the young people may OBJ
tain from such pictures. This is yer
kind on the part of Mr.. Starks and
we understand that the Parental AS
sociation will avail themselves OF thli
offer and one half of the proceeds
| thus received will go to the Parental
| Association as an income to help fur
| ther their work in connection with
our public schools This offer Will
undoubtedly be accepted and carried
out.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
PREP AIRING PLANS
FOR MORE CHANGES

j. c. Jacobson is preparing plans
for more work that is being contem-
plated at the south side This new
work, if it goes through, will be the
continuing Of gates and stop log chan
nels from the present guard lock TO
the island. The old dam and spill
way will be removed and replaced by
a steel and concrete structure. There
will be twelve flood gates in this
new piece Of work, each gate will be
10 feet high and, 16 feet wide. The
gates will be of steel construction.
There are already two gates in the
work that has been completed. This
will make a total of IA flood gates
between the guard lock and the island
The distance from the island to the
work already in, is 236 feet. A cot
fer dam will be put in front of the
old spillway. Should the company De
eide to go ahead with the work, it
Will be started as soon as possible and
it viii take about three months to
bring it to completion Mr. Jacob
son who is drawing the plans, will
have charge of the work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
FEDERATION
CONCERT

The second and last of the concert
arranged for in the early winter by
the City Federation will be held Tues
day evening, March H. in the Con-
gregational church.
Paulo Grippe the celebrated Dutch
violin cellist will give the Recital. Nj
Isaac van Grove of New York City
will accompany him. Although very
young, Grippe has concertized with
great success in England, Germany,
Belgium and Holland, and this is his
fourth tour in the United States.
The Chicago Tribune says of Grup-
pc:
"N1r. Grippe has an unusually large
and yirile tone. He makes his in-l
strument sound like the cello section
Of an orchestra, so sonorous, vital
and aggressive is the tone which he
wrings from it. 1t is a tone capable
Of wide variation, both dynamically
qualitatively, and he is fully alive to
the artistic value of contrast
In January Gruppe played in Phila-
delphia with the following comment:
Public Ledger, Philadelphia, Thurs
day morning, January 9th, 1913.
YOUNG MEMS HEBREW ASSOCiA-
TION CONCERT.
''Paulo Grippe evoked from his
sonorous cello tone of breadth and
penetrant volume, and appeared to
find brilliancy of technique equally
congenial. He is assuredly a master
of his instrument, and he plays with
virile buoyance and confidence"
Here we have an artist visiting us
who is making a sensation in the
music world by splendid playing The
cities are surfeited with splendid mu-
sicians and it must necessarily take
a real artist to draw great audiences
and evoke the fine comment which
Grippe succeeds in doing. His geni-
us is known and acknowledged.
Don't let the opportunity pass un-
noticed. Tickets sell for 75c.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
TWO HORSES
KILLED BY TRAIN

A peculiar accident occurred in Mer
rin Thursday morning when the bag
gae car of5a passenger train was de-
rallied by "a horse striking a switch
stand The passenger train was en-
tering Merrill when some horses be-
came frightened and started to cross
the track in front of the locomotive.
They were hit by the pilot of the
engine. One horse was dragged con-
siderable distance, the other was
thrown against switch stand, throw
ing the switch and deraiing the bag
gage car A logging train standing
ON siding was struck by the derail-
ed car ana considerable damage was
done to the baggage car. None of the
pas aneerS were injured and but few
realized that an accident had occurred
The engineer had applied the brakes
as soon as he saw the horses headed
for the track and the train was
brought to stop almost Immediately
after the baggage coach and had beel
derailed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
$4,000
STAMPS A MINUTE

1t is fact not generally known
that the United States has at Wash
ington, D. c., one of the largest and
best equipped printing plants in this
| or any other country. Uncle Sam may
| be safely said to hold the worlds
record as a printer-not only in size
of plant, number of employees and e.
tent of output, but also in up-to-date
scientific management, efficiently and
economy.
An interesting example of what this
sort of modern efficiency means is a
machine which prints, gums and per-
forates $4,000 postage stamps a min
ute. Figuring on an eight hour day,
this is a production of 5,760,000 two
cent stamps, worth $115, 200. as a.
days work for the two operators re
quired on the machine. The stamps
are shot out-there is no other way
to express it-at the rate of 70 feet
of postage stamps a day.
The machine eliminates 19 separ-
ate operations required by the previ-
Gus method of printing and has ef-
fected saving of 81 per cent in cost,
The whole apparatus, which is three
feet wide, twenty-five feet long and
seven feet high, is driven by Crock
er-Wheeler motor. One man and a
girl are able to operate the entire ma
chine and the perforating device con-
nected with it. Mr., B. R. Stickney,
3sslechanii ial expret-@ OF the Z, S.
Bureau Of Printing and Engraving, is
me inventor who developed the ma
chine. for the special use of the gov
ernment printing plant.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
SNOW, MONEY
To ALL farmers
Means Plenty of Moisture for
the Spring Crops.

While thousands of dollars worth
of damage was occasioned to rail
road companies as a.result of the heav
fall OF snow last Friday and Saturday
it was worth thousands of dollars
to the agricultural interests of Wis
consin.
The eight or ten inches of snow
which fell amounted to nearly an
inch of precipitation The cold spell
that followed the storm has retard-
ed a premature spring and indications
are that there will moisture
in the ground for crops at the pro-
per season of the year.
The warm spell that preceded the
blizzard was not to the liking of
the tillers of the soil, as there were
indications of the frost coming out
of the ground too soon.
Not only does the heavy blanket
of snow guarantee plenty of mois-
ture to the soil but it also acts as
a fertilizer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
death Of MRS.
S|CEL|A ZERO

Sicelia Feavel Jero was born in
Oswego county, New York, March /,
1881, and was raised to Womanhood
at that place. At the age of twenty
three she was married to Mr.. Isra-
el Jero. She was mother of fourteen
children, seven of whom were living
at the time of her death which oc-
Cured at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. George He1sor, Grand Rapids,
Wis, on February %, 1913. A part
of her life was spent in Wisconsin
where she was loved and respected
by all who enjoyed her acquaintance.
All that loving hands could do was
done for her during her severe i'll
ness. The funeral services were held
at the house, Rev. H. c. Logan pastor
of the NJ E. church officiating.
Her remains were laid at rest in
Forest H''l cemetery. She leavse to
mourn her loss, the following chill
dren; Mrs. E. NJ FeaveI OF Eldron,
Wis, Mrs NJ S. Wiengarden of the
town of Saratoga; Israel Jero of Van
Driessen; Thomas Jero Of Grand
Rapids, Wis; VIM. Jero of New Lon
don and Dave Jero of Washington
She was greatly loved and respected
by relatives and those who enjoyed
her acauaintance The members OF
her family have the sympathy of
the community in this hour of their
bereavement A large number of re-
latives and friends were present at
the funeral services to pay their re-
spect to one whom they had learned
to love in life The following lines
are contributed to her memory;
A loving one has left us,
A voice We loved is still,
Those loving hands are folded,
Her place can never be filled
We miss thee dearest mother,
But we know you are az rest,
Free from pain and sorrow,
And with Jesus your are at rest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
DEATH Of MRS.
MATT HARC|NSK|

Mrs. Harcinski, the beloved wife
of Matt Harcinski, who has been in
poor health for many years died at
her home On the west side at 5:15
o'clock, Wednesday, February 26th,
1913, of dropsy- She was born in
Germany, February 18th, 1852 and
was51 years and IL days old. She
leaves a husband and one son to
mourn They have resided in Grand
Rapids for the past twenty-four years
She was a member of st. Lawrence
Catholic church, where the funeral
was held at nine o'clock Saturday
morning, Father c. Ciszewsh Off
ciating. Burial took place IN Calvary
cemetery.