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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-26
BLANCHARD
HAS BLAZE

According to a report reaching
here, Blanchard. 20 miles east Of
chickasha, on the Oklahoma Central,
was visited by destructive blaze
early today The fire broke out at .
o'clock this morning, completely de-
stroying the First State bank, the
postoffice and 2 vacant store build
ing
OF the bank building only the vault
remained. In the vacant building
were 15O sacks Of feed. The feed be-
longed to G. T. Baze and was not in
sured.
The origin of the fire is uncertain,
but there were strong indications OF
ineendiarism.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-26
GETS Line ON
BURGLARY

Through information gathered from
a coke" fiend recently arrested the
police and sheriff's force were put on
the track OF the daylight robbers who
pilfered the home of Clark Ruther-
ford last week Late Saturday even
ing George Eagan was arrested and
the watch and ring recovered Eagan
is in the county jail and the authori-
ties are of the opinion that another
man is connected with the affair
and they hope to obtain information
concerning him from Eagan. The
missing man made the getaway with
the diamond brooch. Eagan is tran
sient and states that he is native
of New York. Other developments
are expected within the next fen
days.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-26
Crossed Canadian
on Railroad Bridge

The Grady County Motorcycle club
completed a very successful tour yes
terday evening when they returned
from El Reno. The membership was
quite small. only eight riders leaving
here. Five more were picked UP at
Minco, and thus REINFORCED, they tour.
ed into El Reno In order to skirt
the sand at the wagon bridge across
the Canadian river, they crossed The
rived on the railroad bridge, making
it imperative that they travel some
three miles over the ties, all Of which
did not add particularly to the pleas
ure and comfort Of the trip. Enthus
iasm runs high yet, however, and the
men say they are ready for anothei
tour next Sunday.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-26
KaySer EnthuSeS Over
the Crop Prospects

] W. Keyser was sputtering good
humor and enthusiasm this morning
as a result Of a trip into the country
yesterday and a peep at what nature
is doing in the way Of producing crops
Of cotton. corn, wheat. etc. His report
is one radiating optimism and he
speaks as one who knows.
q drove into the country yesterday
12 miles southwest Of Chiekasha and
am right here to say that everything
in that section is looking good. In
the Little Washita Valley the wheat
looks good for bumper crop and will
make from 20 to 80 bushels per acre
without an ounce more rain West Of
the city, however around yerden. the
wheat is not SO good. Some sort OF
lfly has entered the fields and is do.
ing much harm. Wherever the fly
gets in his work, the heads immedt
ately turn white and it's all off. | be-
lever from one tenth to one sixth Of
the wheat is damaged.
Cotton and corn are looking fine
and with only little more rain botl
these crops will average among the
best in years.
Down nine miles vest OF Rusi
Springs, drilling outfit is on tn,
ground and within a few days a tes
well will be commenced. The com
pany to drill in that section is a Tulsl
concern and | understand that the.
have taken several thousand acres 0
leases in that section"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-26

PROTEST
TeIegram By unIted Presa

Telegram by United Press
Paris, May 2G.-The chamber Of
commerce today formally petitioned
the French foreign office to protest
in Washington against the section OF
the tariff bin which provides for the
examination Of the books Of foreign
ers and exporters and forbids entrance
to the United States Of products Of ex-
porters who refuse their books for ex-
animation.
Yrenehmen assert that the United
States is oyersteppmg It's power in
trying to make laws for France.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-26
TRIAL Is
RESUMED
TELEGRAM By United PresA

Boston, Mass May 26.-The min
utes Of The meeting Of The directors
Of the American Woolen company
during the Lawrence strike were pro
duced in court by Treasurer Dwelly
when the trial OF President Wood
and Associate Atteaux for the dyna-
mite planting conspiracy was resumed
today.
The treasurer testified Saturday
that the discovery Of dynamite in
Lawrence was never discussed at any
meetings
The state planned today to connect
the Two checks paid to Atteaux on
Woods order with the alleged con
spiracy and summoned several EN-
ployes Of the wooden trust
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-26
LA.NDS.HARD
ON LOBBY
Telegram by United Press

lSle6Idm ny united FresS
Washington, May 26.--The president
today declared war on the lobbyists.
He issued a personal statement to
advise the country Of the systematic
Misrepresentation d. facts" as to the
tariff legislation by lobbyists main
tanned here
The fight against the WilsOn-Under-
wood bill, he said, was the greatest
and most powerful in years, IL not In
the entire history Of the government.
The president asserted that he did
not mean to intimate lobbyists were
corrupt, only that they waged cam
paign Of misrepresentation to create
an artificial sentiment against the
new schedules.
He believes public opinion should
relieve congress from the burden inn
posed by such a campaign.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-26
HANSEN is ExoNERATEp.

Edward Hansen, charged with a
nameless crime, was tried in Justice
T. P. Moore's court, where he estab-
lished complete alibi and was found
not guilty by the court The courts
decision was that the crime has been
committed, but as Hansen was not
connected with the affair, it was a
case Of mistaken Identity. Hansen
was completely exonerated.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-26
COURT TERM POSTPONED.

According to a report issued from
the authorities this morning, the con
tinued session Of the April term Of
the county court that was to have
convened this morning. has been post
poned on account Of the illness Of
Judge N. NJ. Williams. The cases set
for trial at this time. viii be carried
over ana will appear on the docket Of
the regular July term.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-26

himself and in no sense can it be said
the same is exacted without due pro
cess Of law"
IN concluding the opinion the court
says:
We are therefore Of opinion that
the court was right in sustaining the
assessment proceedings and in effect
holding as to them that the bar Of the
statute Comp. Laws Of 1909, Sec.
72s) bad fallen upon the objection
thereto urged by the plaintiff but
erred in holding that the assess
ments levied against the property in
volyed should bear per cent inter
est only per annum prior to maturity
and II not paid when due. should
thereafter bear interest at the rate Of
10 per cent only per annum until the
sale of the property. The cause Is
therefor reversed and remanded with
directions to dissolve the injunction
and modify the judgment so as to per-
nit the collection Of per cent inter
est per annum on the assessments If
paid when due and, II not, interest
at the rate Of is per cent thereafter
until paid. IN all other respects the
judgment Is affirmed"
The opinion was concurred in by all
Of the Justices except Dunn, who was
disqualified.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-26
PUCS Are
ARRESTED
tcoOyrightn
Telegram BY United Press


Calgary Alberta, May 26.-War-
rants We're issued today on the orders
Of the attorney general at Edmonton
for the arrest Of Tommy Burns and
the promoters Of the fight in which
Luther McCarty was killed.
William Mccartney MeCartys man
ager Referee I'd Smith and several
trainers and attendants were includ-
ed. The police were instructed to
make these arrests Immediately on
charges of completely in the murder
Owen Pelky, who struck the fatal
blow, was arraigned today. It is un.
derstood that the preliminary hearing
will be postponed to await the result
OF the coroners inquest late today
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-26
MlLIrANr is RE.ARREsrEp.

Telegram BY United Press.
London. May 26. Mrs. Emmillne
Pankhurst, the militant suffragette
leader, was re-arrested today and Or
dered back to Holloway Jail, from
which she was released several weeks
ago temporarily because of her illness
caused BY her hunger strike.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-26
MlNco RAISES S250O
FOR CANADIAN BRIDGE

Mlnco, Okla, May 26.-The business
men of Minco are going after the Me-
ridian road in manner that spells
success. The committee appointed to
solicit voluntary subscriptions have
already raised $25OO to secure a bridge
over the Canadian between that town
ani Union City.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-26
NEeRo ARREsTEp oN al
Ii ouoR SELLING CHARGE.

q UOUH oLLIIlN0 OFIHhNE.
In the county court this morning, a
criminal case was filed against b. w.
Warren, a negro of Two street, charg-
ing the sale Of whisky. This is the
second case against Warren for sell
ing intoxicating liquors. His bond in
the latter case was fixed at $3.50. AS
yet he has not secured bond.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-26
List Of Long Beach
Victims Growing
Telegram BY United Press.

Long pa..cb, Cal. May 2e.-The list
ot victims of the collapse Of the mu.
nicipal auditorium Is growing It is
feared that the deaths may total 10
by tonight.
The council is planning to provide a
special city tax to create fund for
the benefit OF the Victims and to the
care Of the injured
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-26
MlKApo MUCH IMPROVED.
Telegram by United Presa

Toxic, May 26-The condition Of
the mikado was SO far improved today
THAT ihe physitiahs' probably viii sus-
spend the issuing of bulletins.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-26
WEATHER FORECAST.

For Oklahoma:
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-26
BattIeshfp Oklahoma.

Work on the new battleshIp Okla.
homa, which will be one Of the finest
ever constructed by any nation, is
progressing rapidly according to ad-
vices received by the war department.
It will be fully year before the ship
is completed, but when the finishing
touches are placed upon the vessel.
she will be one Of the most terrible
I engines Of war afloat.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24

the goods; and now he's been caught
neutrality-suspicious. by some one he
thought he had trapped" speculated
the chief ''Oh, yes-I forgot you
had been away so long and wouldn't
know the secrets of our underworld
Larry. Well, the mans name prob
ably won't mean anything to you
either 1t is Flagg- -Judson Flagg
He was the vilest blackmailer at
large-and now he's done for.''
When We see the shadows of des-
tiny they lie always behind, never
before. Holbrook felt no stir of pre-
monition that the death of Judson
Flagg was inextricably woven with
the life-or death-of the girl he
loved.
"Oh. yes. l have managed to hear
of Flagg even in the short time since
! returned. In fact, | suspect him
of having been the blackguardy au-
thor of the announcement of my en-
gagement to Miss Graham"
"Blackguardy? The announcement
of your engagement to Aline Gra-
ham?" asked the chief in surprise.
Later this idle remark would do great
harm to both Holbrook and Aline.
'Oh, solely on her account. I re-
gretted it for her-and l almost traced
it to Flagg-but you know it is harder
to run down rumor than to dodge a
creditor. and he sidestepped it."
"Oh. here We are, Larry, the sensa-
tion mongers are on hand already. See
the woman trying to break through
the dead line the police have estab-
lished, and see the edifying sight of
one of the finest threatening her
with his club.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24
A THRILLING STORY OF
SOCIETY BLACK nAuER,S

mind We, in the most sacred conf
dence. You'll give it?"
Father shannon smiled. You know
well you can trust me. Larry
''WeIl-thcn-I AM Dugan's Expedi-
tion."
You. me ladr'
Yes And Dempster is going to
talk to me about it-seriously-as
soon as that phone calls done for
But something else was done for.
and Chief Dempster would never
again talk of Dutch Dugans expedi-
tion to Captain Harry Holbrook.
With that confidence off his mind,
for Larry Holbrook was sure that
Father Shannon would know how he
must always carry guns to a people
fro mthe Rio Grande to Patagonia IL
a despot were setting himself up
against them, Larry turned to other
matters.
How long will you be in Washing
ton. father?"
Indefinitely, / hope. Why?"
"I've a packet of papers here. I
brought them to leave with you il you
were in the country.
What kind of papers?"
AT Port Arthur the Japs fetched
In a CHRISTIAN from the Otn6T CdIip
He had a hole through his lungs and
there wasn't a priest in 20 miles.
He asked me to take these and a
book to his people here. When I first
came back, two years ago. I'd left the
envelope in a trunk in San Francisco.
and so I've put it off, and now this
trip of Dugan's takes me away
again."
'T'll be glad to keep It,"
And some day Larry Ho1brook
would be glad he had helped bury
an unknown chap from the other
camp"
Thank you, father, and maybe
you'll find the people yourself: that's
the family name on the outside"
HE wrote a bad hand,' said the
father. trying vainly to deeipher it.
But he was dying, you say?"
That's my writing, and it's not a
bad handv said the captain a tone
of mock heroic resignation.
But the time for mock heroics was
over. The moment for action had
come. Chief Dempster returned hast
lily to the room, donning his hat and
copt as he walked.
my excuses, gentlemen, but I'm
called from here on a murder"
"Oh, it's the shank of the evenin'
and I'm pining for excitement Take
me along" said Holbrook, idly.
And the god of jests would balance
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24
Tragedy Briefly Told

An old negro went into drug store
in Richmond and said: Boss, will
you please. sub, call de colonel on
de telephone?"
This was done, and the old darkey
said
Colonel, dat ar mule done stall
right in de main street, right out here
in front of de store. Yass, sub.
done tied strings round his ears but
he didn't bulge. What's dat? What's
dat? Yass, sub. / built a fire under
him. but it didn't do nuthin' hut
scorch his harness. Yaas. sub. vass
suns | took the things out, but he
wouldn't bulge. Yaas, sub: vaas
sun. What's dat? No sub: no. sinh
colonel, ! didn't twist his tail Yaas
sub; yaas, sub, another gemman twis'
his tail; he look like a no'then gem
man What's dot, colonel? Yaas.
sur dey TUX him to de hospital"
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24
Do You know That

The same species of flower never
shows more than two of the three
colors, red. yellow and blue. Roses.
for instance, are found red and yell
low. but never blue; verbenas are red
and blue, but not yellow
During the last 10 years more than
100000 persons are said TO have been
killed in India by snake bites, white
tigers, leopards and wolves have ac-
counted for $4,000 deaths.
Since women's suffrage was granted
in Illinois there have been three
elections, and on each occasion less
than 10 per cent of the women voted
A bee, unladen, Will fly 40 miles
an hour. but one coming home laden
with honey does not travel faster
than Il miles an hour.
Grapes contain from IL to 26 per
cent of sugar-more. that is, than
any other fruit.
Austria was the first country to
adopt the system of postcards. This
was in 1869.
If eyelashes are cut, the eyes are
weakened.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24
Household Suggestions

When custards are wanted in
hurry it is often difficult to serve in
a glass dish To prevent this make
the custard in the ordinary way; turn
the glass dish for few minutes over
a basin of boiling water to steam. The
custard can be safely poured in with
out the risk of breaking the dish
Should the inkpot be accidentally
upset on tablecloth or carpet, pour a
little cold water over it at once. The
ink will float on the water, and when
cloth or carpet is rubbed dry no stain
will show.
In wet weather clean the windows
with chamois leather in the usual
way, then sprinkle a little flour on
the polishing duster. The result will
be an easy and brilliant polish.
Used in water as a daily gargle.
borax keeps the throat healthy. Used
in water for cleansing the teeth, it
''disinfects" them and prevents their
decaying.
To make linen easier to write on
when marking it, dip the piece to be
marked in cold starch. and the pen
will write without scratching.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24
:: Once Upon a Time =
BY FRANCES L. GARSIDE

sack on his shoulders filed with
topys
That is Santa Claus their mother
explained, and ever after that his pic
ture was looked upon with great love.
They wrote letters to him, they
talked of him, they dreamed of him.
they wished he would come TO their
house to live or that they could go
to live in his house where all the
rooms were hung with sugar plums
and filled with toys.
I'VE don't see,'' they grumbled to
their mother, why. we had to be
your children. why couldn't you
have let US stay in the hole in the
tree where you said you found us.
and let Santa Claus find us?"
But she only smiled tenderly at
their complaints, and at night when
they lay asleep dreaming of their
imaginary saint, a real saint tired
and worn, sat up late dressing dolls
and scheming and planning means
to buy them the things they wanted
She denied herself new clothes, and
wore her old hat, and stood between
their wishes and their fathers COM
plants that he wasn't going to give
a cent to the Christmas tomfoolery,
and on Christmas morning was re-
warded by their gratitude to an inn
aginary Santa Claus and the cross
looks of her husband.
you have grown up and must be
Santa Claus to your own children
that you realize what pitiful expe-
rience Christmas means to mother.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24
You Can Begin This
Great Story Today
by Reading This
F irst

Aline Graham. the beautiful daugh-
ter of Y. 5. District. Attorney Cor
don Graham, is beloved by Captain
Lawrence Holbrook, soldier of for
tune, free lance and all around good
fellow. Aline loves him, but, because
of some secret in her past, she refuses
to marry him. While Holbrook is at
her house she receives a telephone
message from Judson Flagg. a lawyer
and notorious blackmailer of society.
Holbrook begs Aline to tell him her
secret She refuses and makes him
leave her The message from Flagg
has made her frantic. and she is at a
loss to know what to do Aine goes
to Flagg's place. and he offers to sell
her letters. written by her and to her,
which establish tire fact that she was
the victim of a mock marriage sew
eral years before Flagg demands
$1,000 as the price of the letters. The
girl has not the money. The man
struggles with her and Aline kills
him with bill file. AS he dies he
clutches her emerald brooch and. with
Satanic malice, takes a fashlight
photograph of her.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24

n ONE, gather closer, children,
mas tales l am about to relate.
Once upon a time there lived
little girl who was never satisfied.
She wanted a whole lot of things for
Christmas, and when she got out her
stocking to hang it up in front of the
fireplace, she was mad when she saw
how small it was.
1T will never hold all I want" she
grumbled, Il wish 1 was a woman and
wore stockings big enough to hold
something
Then she remembered that she had
seen pair of her grandmother's
stockings in the closet, and when no
one saw her she got them out, and
hung them by the fireplace instead
of her own.
And when Santa Claus came down
the chimney that night, children,
dear, he saw those stockings, large
and thick and sensible. and thought
they belonged to an old lady. So he
put in them a pair of spectacles,
knitting needles. night cap and
bible,
And lots of us. children, dear. who
want a whole lot of things as we
pass through life, and are not satisfied
with what is our share, are going to
catch it some day just as this little
girl did.
Once upon time a little girl and
little boy looked in a book and saw
a picture of a kindly faced old man.
He had red cheeks, a big jolly stom-
ach. and long beard, and he carried
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24

="
"A murderl" exclaimed Father
shannon. Larry. ye rogue. where
will you be finding your interests
next? I'm thinking I'll be of more
service to the living if / go home and
get a good nights sleep now-but, if
you lads need me. you'll know I'm on
call
Out into the night went Chief
Dempster and Captain shannon, spec
ulating casually about the crime and
the criminal. In the background of
Holbrook's consciousness always was
the thought of the slender girl he
|loved-the girl of whose love he was
sure-and of whose mysterious re-
fusal of him he was sadly soon to
know the cause. And as they ira
versed the silent midnight streets of
our nations capital, the girl of whom
Holbrook was ever dreaming was
covering in her room, struggling to
forgot the horror she had endured
that evening-and wildly questioning
herself again and again, What have
done?"
In Judson Flagg's chamber of hor-
ror all was just as it had been half
an hour before The police had come
quickly in answer to Tommy's wild
shouting; the machinery of the law
was in motion. Judson Flagg, master
criminal, was at last victim instead
of vanquisher-the deadly foe of So
ciety had perished and the law he had
always managed to evade was back of
him now--it would trace the doer of
the deed. The law. which he had
twisted and distorted to his evil uses
would proceed coldly and systemati-
cally to trace it's latest criminal. They
say dead men tell no tales, but in
Judson Flagg's hand there was still
gripped in that final clutch of death
an iron bill file and girls emerald
brooch.
In death, as in life, Judson Flagg
was an insatiable-an implacable-
| foe.
Say, chief, I'm showing a touching
trust in your case-just where am
so blindly going g?-who's your mur-
dered MANI" asked Holbrook as the
two men hurried through the black
ness of night to the blackness of
death, and the horror of what the
den of the spider would soon disclose
to Lawrence Holbrook.
"A lawyer-a blackmailing chap
we could never get our hands on him.
he was too wise to be caught with
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24
Now Read On
eNoyELIzED BY,

The chief smiled. and a CLINT of
steel came into his eyes and over the
settled lines of his mouth.
In the further office telephone
sounded it's insistent call.
Excuse me, gentlemen" said the
chief with grave courtesy.
Holbrook turned to the father.
We'll, now, I'll tell you something in
confidence, as a man to his priest,
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24
THE TWO DETECTIVES

the life of the girl Holbrook loved
on a moment as casual as this.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24

Continued Tomorrow