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Arizona republican., 1914-02-11
.D|SbROW LEADS ALL
 THE DIRT TRACK MEN
Heads List of Race Drivers and Holds Records He Established
 in 1912.

When Louis Disbrow defeated Ralph De Palma in three straight heats at San Antonio. Texas, in the final dirt track race meet of last season he attained for the second year in succession the dirt track honors of America, as far as compe tition goes.
 In the record book DisDrow also stands as the premier honor man, having held throughout the last sea- son the records he established in 1912. These are seven in number and more than all the other drivers put together hold.
 Disbrow spent most of his season on the dirt tracks in the middle west and south. De Palma attended to the east and Bob Burman, Teddy Tetlaff and Barney" old
Arizona republican., 1914-02-11
SELF STARTERS WILL
 FEATURE AUTO SHOW
Majority of Cars to Be Displayed at
 Savoy Show Are Equipped With 1 These Devices

| Amang the many new interesting
 things displayed at the auto show will
 be the self starting devices, which, this year are found on the large ma
 jority of cars. The starter is not a
 new device; but so rapidly has it been
 perfected and so great is it's popularity
 in it's two years of eXistance, that to-
 day all large and most small cars are
 fitted with it. The Arizona Auto show
 under the auspices of the dealers asso-
 citation of Phoenix will reveal in a most
 comprehensive way the great strides
 made in the improvement of automa-
 tic cranker, an motorists will find that
 this improvement is gladsome thing. Whereas the self starter of the past
 interfered with accessibility of parts, the newest devices are now so design ed that this valuable feature is not lost. The apparent complication of pipes and wires and jiggers has been greatly re- duced, and today the cranker has reached a high stage of construction. Several Sorts Exhibited Self starters are of several kinds. Some of them depend on the storage of power in springs, air tanks or ele- ctricaI batteries until wanted, when this power is applied to whirl the crank shaft and start the engine to function ing. Others simply insert the com | bustible charge in the proper cylinder, and by it's ignition cause the engine to | rotate and take up its work Both kinds have their advocates
 | But the buyer cares little for com parative deficiencies, so long as the de- | vice works, and no better place can be | found to test out the working qualities | than at the auto show.
 | Early Forms
 The first self starter was a spring starter. These were arranged to turn ed. when the mechanism was rewound from the rotations of the crank shaft and prepared for the next application
 of the divers hand to the lever or but ton. Another early make used com presesd air. Examples of both sorts | have survived are now on the mar
 ket and still doing good work. | How Electric Starters Work Il Electric starters use storage batter ies of convenient size, in which the juice is stored from little generator
 which may or may not be the motor that turns the engine, when the direc-
 ton of the current is reversed by the operator The motor when such is
 used separate from the dynamo, is us-
 ually so geared to the engine that il
 can be automatically disconnected
 when the engine is firing
 One sort of starter that has not
 been popular is the combustion form
 the principle of which is the introduc- N tion and ignition of gas in the cylin-
 ders The explosion, with the pistons
 at rest, always jars and in time harms II the engine.
 There is a third great class of start l CTS which are really not self start
 CTS, at all. There are usually straps or NJ pulleys so arranged as to twirl the
 crank by the effort of the driver, sit
 ting behind the wheel and applying the
 energy through wheels. These devices II are very simple but involve manual ol foot labor
Arizona republican., 1914-02-11

covered the standard distance in 46 2-5 seconds
Arizona republican., 1914-02-11

The great bronze statue of Free dom surmounting the capitol dome in Washington is nineteen feet six inches high and weighs nearly 15.000 pounds.
Arizona republican., 1914-02-11

The LiebIer company will produce Cyril Maudes success, Grumpy, ' with a juvenile company such as presented 'Disraeli'' and "PomandeI Walk"
Arizona republican., 1914-02-11
AUTO RACERS PRIZES
 BUY MUCH PORK CHOPS
Over s2oo,ooo in Prizes to Be Won by Followers of the Speed Game
 1914: Arizona Races.

Judged by present prospects, 1914
 will be a great year in a financial
 way for motor car pilots who earn
 their pork chops in the racing
 game.
 Over S20O,000 in prizes has been
 or will be offered in prizes for auto
 mobile races in 1914 according to
 a conservative estimate. taking into
 account only the larger events. Of this amount the Indianapolis Speed
 way contributes the largest share,
 it's s50,000 representing one fourth
 of the total, with Seattle close be- hind with s30,000. Ranged in the
 order of prize money, the other events to be run during 1914 ale as follows:
 Vanderbilt and grand prize. =. 16,000 Los Angeles Sacramento ..... 14,300 Corona II, 900 Tacoma .... 10.500 Santa Monica ....... 10000 F,lgin ........ 10000 Los Angeles Phoenix - $500 Fl Phoenix .......... 6,400 Galveston ..... 5000 | Adding to these prizes the sS0. o0e represented bv Indianapolis and Seattle. a total of $197,700 is ob tained. The numerous small track contests that will be staged during the year will bring the total easily over s200.900, even should some of the larger races be abandoned. It will be seen that according to the above list the Pacific coast of fers the greatest financial induce ment to racers during 1914, the prizes here totaling $107.7O How ever, if to the s50,O00 Indianapolis purse be added the $20000 offered by the accessory and parts manufac- turers, the east becomes the winner ty offering a total of $110.000 for races. This prize list exceeds any thing offered abroad.
 --O- John Hyams and Leila Mcintyre are appearing in a vaudeville play let written for them by William Col Her and Herbert Hall Winslow The Liebler company will produce Cyril Maude's success, Grumpy, :" with a juvenile company such as presented 'Disraeli" and "Pomandel' Walk"
 The great bronze statue of Free dom surmounting the capitol dome in Washington is nineteen feet six inches high and weighs nearly 15.000 pounds
Arizona republican., 1914-02-11

John Hyams and Leila Mcintyre are appearing in a vaudeville play let written for them by William Col Her and Herbert Hall Winslow.
Arizona republican., 1914-02-11

field shared the honors of the year on the dirt track of the far west and in Canada
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-01
FRENCH ADMIT THAT
THEY MAY WITHDRAW
TO DIFFERENT BASE
Deny Report that Removal Of Capital
is Considerably Censorship Tight
ened- Rear Attack on Germans
May Be Planned by English

I, defensive into an offensive action.
There is no confirmation of the re.
port that the Russians are in Koenigs-
burg.
If silence means that there is moth
Ing doing Sir John Frenchs statement
Sunday that the British had not been
molested since Wednesday still holds
good. Nothing is known by the public
in London of new fighting either in
northern or eastern France.
From Canada, India, Australia and
South Africa the British army front
soon will receive large reinforcements.
Some Of these troops are reported
already to have landed in France.
In England the recruiting fever was
not abated At Liverpool Monday a
battalion of 1000 business men was
filled within an hour and there was
such an overflow that it was decided
to enroll a second battalion
The British government has started
negotiations through the American
consulate at Berlin for an exchange
with Germany and Austria of noncam-
batant prisoners,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-01
RAINFALL
RECORDOF
II MONTHS

While the returns from the battles
in Europe are more or less uncertain
and conflicting. there is no question
at all as to the success of the cam
paign waged by General Jupiter Pluy-
Jus during the past twelve months. 1t
may be a slight surprise to you, but
nevertheless it is a fact that the ram
dispenser, although tagging a little at
times, has run up a mighty good rec
ord during the past year and he has
the figures to prove it.
According to the reports Of the local
observer for the United States wealth
er bureau, the rainfall in Chickasha
during the period beginning Septeln-
Der i. 1913, and ending September /,
1914, amounted to 37.4 inches, or con
siderably more than the average rain
fall for this country, which is approx
imately 81 inches.
Comparing August, 1918. with the
samem onth in 1914, it is discovered
that while the total precipitation for
that period last year was only .Oi
OF an inch, during the past month the
total was 5.67 inches. 1t will be re-
called that the drouth of the summer
of 1918 was broken by rains which
began falling on September 5.
The dry months this year have been
January, February and July. During
January and June the weather bureau
recorded eaiy a trace CT laill, wsss:ie IN.
February the total amount Of Z of
an inch.
The record by months from Sep
tember /, 1918, TO September ] of the
present years is as follows: Septeln-
ber, II; October, 2.S4; November,
1888; December, Alp; January, trace
February, 4; March, 1.94; April, S.59;
May 81; June, trace; July, 2.7l; Au-
gust, 5.G7.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-01
AT LEAST SO PERCENT OF
CROP SHOULD Be HELD

Taking issue with certain ideas that
have been advanced and urging the
necessity for holding the staple for
better prices, L. c. Hutson, manager
Of the lndiahoma Gins, in discussing
the present cotton situation said to-
day:
"There has been much said and a
free expression of opinions on our
present cotton situation, but we fail
to find any real action taken, or defi-
mite policies adopted
Let ME say that it is my unquali-
fled opinion that not less than fifty
per cent of this cotton crop should be
held to be marketed judiciously as the
situation clears up in the future. Just
as small per cent of the first cotton
should be sold as possible.
ITO put my opinion into effect, am
adopting fixed policy and instructing
those in my employ that we are not in
the market for the farmers cotton
under present conditions, and al the
present ruinous prices. If the gins
and cotton buyers will adopt this policy
and refuse to be the "go-betweens" by
which the mills can buy This cotton
at ruinous prices, a great service may
be done the cotton farmer and the en-
tire business interests Of the south. |
am of the opinion ! could sell cotton,
no matter how cheap just now, and
go buy the cotton to fill my contract
at nice profit. If | did this l would
be assisting the manufacturer in buy
ing the farmers cotton for less than
1t is worth, and would be demonstrate
ing to those who want to make an ex-
orbitant profit out Of the farmer just
how cheap the cotton could be bought
4 don't express my opinion from any
philanthropical standpoint. The farm
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-01
CUPID KEEPS BUSY,

"Everything's Lovely with Cupid,
might be the title of very appropri-
ate ballad to be sung exclusively in
the marriage license department of
thee ounty judges office. The inspira-
tion for such a song would come from
perusual of the marriage license rec
ords of the office SINE January l..
1914. In that time 642 marriage IL
censes have been issued or an average
of fraction of 80 licenses a month.
That's fair business. as most any one
will tell you, especially the clerk.
whose duty it is to make out the ap-
plication. then issue the license and
later record it all over page in one
of the biggest books you ever saw. is
Of the opinion that the marriage bus
mess has been good.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-01

er, the business man and the gin man
are all in the same boat at the present
time. We are on rough sea; if we
all don't sit steady in the boat some
body is going to get wet.
The interest OF gin man and cotton
man should always be in seeing the
cotton raiser get fair price and fair
profit from growing cotton Ii the gin
and cotton man sits idly by IN a time
like this, and takes his profits while
the farmer goes to ruin he will be kill
ing the goose that lays the golden egg.
IF the banker or merchant forces
his customer to sacrifice the present
crop he will be doing likewise. have
no sympathy with the idea that Ger
tain people are putting forth. that
the business of Oklahoma can't get
along without the cash that this cot
ton crop would bring if sold at &C or
national treasurer has said that he
would approve cotton tickets as col
lateral against which currency may be
issued The farmer should begin to
help himself by economizing, picking
as much of the cotton himself as pos
sible, and refusing to pay more than
a reasonable price where pickers must
be hired
Sixty cents per hundred seems to
be the idea in most sections, and with
the good crop on the stalks, making
picking easy, this price should be sui
ficient and reasonable.
"The cotton is beginning to move
Let each community look first after its
own interest and try to work out it's
own problem. We should not weaken
our position by waiting on the national
government, or some other power to
do something for us what we can do
ourselves The treasurer has said that
cotton tickets will be accepted as col
lateral, against which currency may be
issued / am OF the opinion our gov
ernment could not go further"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-01
Dancing Pavilion is
Built at the Park

In preparation for the big Labor Day
celebration to be held at Shanoan park
dancing pavilion, temporary, of
course, has been constructed. Tempo
rary though the structure is, it boasts
a good floor and is 40 by rs feet The
floor will be tried out few times be-
fore Labor Day with public or private
dances. The first, it is stated by the
management, will be staged Wednes-
day night, when five piece orchestra
will be on hand to deal out the syn
copated harmony for the dances The
floor will be waxed and put in the best
possible shape and in case of rain, a
canopy top has been stretched over
the floor This with plenty of seats
for the spectators, makes quite cred
table dancing pavilion, and will suf
flee at least until the big permanent
one is constructed this winter for SER
vice next summer.
thoughts of the pleasure seeker have
again turned to the Shanoan park with
its matchless bathing pool and follow
ing the announcement that 1t was
again open to the public big crowd
attended last night and reveled once
again its cooling depths.
Since the place was closed down last
week improvements, are in evidence.
Every drop of water was sluiced out
OF the natatorium and it's sides and
bottom we're scrubbed, foot by foot,
as one washes the front porch. Then
the water was turned in again, and
Mr.. Hopkins announced today that by
this evening the pool would be full
again.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-01
new MAN
In CHARGE
OF DEPART.


Frank Scrimager today, by previous
action of the city council, succeeds e.
A. Peyton as city water superintend-
ent, and has full control of plant and
equipment. Together with the advent
of Mr.. Scrimager to the helm, Chas.
Bullock, formerly employed at the
plant, is no longer with the depart
ment, but has accepted position with
the Rock Island
Seven years ago Mr. Scrimager was
employed in the service of the Chick
asha water department. He has been
constantly on the job since that time.
He has been with the system during
its growth from six to thirteen miles
OF mains and his work from first to
last has taken him through practically
every job in the department, making
him thoroughly conversant with every
item.
His latest position with the depart
ment has been that of meter reader,
and during the time he was not thus
employed he was general handy man
on the job, helping to repair a break
in main or to put over whatever
job needed attention
THE action of the council in making
ME superintendent of the department
came as complete surprise to me,
said Mr.. Scrimager this morning.
However, now that they have placed
me in that position. / ami going to be
superintendent in every sense of the
word. For the present | will continue
to read meters as no one else on the
job knows the exact location of them.
Il can see no reason why the force
we now have on should have the least
trouble in the world handling the
work. ! think the force ample. Dis
pensing with one man at the. plant
leaves only one man on there, but it
is really a one mans job. There is
absolutely nothing to do except turn
switch and what work there is con
nected with the treating of the water
The pumps run about ten hours day,
Il didn't try to get the job The
council just handed it to me and there
was nothing left for me to do but take
It, | know every crook and turn Of
the entire system and feel that shall
have no trouble in handling the job"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-01
THREE CARS DERAILED.

The derailment of three cars Of a
north bound Rock Island freight train
at Kingfisher this morning created
some anxiety in Chickasha this morn
ing when the supply Of morning mail
was shy. Train No. 81, the "Firefly, "
south bound, was several hours late.
It was the only train affected by the
delay Train No 20 was reported on
time, the wreck having been cleared
during the morning.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-01
By United Press.

By United Press.
Paris, Sept l-Rumors / Of a serious
disaster to the British are emphatical-
" denied here but it is admitted that
the allied line has again been pushed
back in the north.
The Germans have renewed the bat
tie with redoubled fury and are desper-
ately trying to surrounded the allies
and cut them off from further retreat.
They are fighting with unequalled fe-
rocity
Following an extraordinary session
of the cabinet it was agreed that there
was no immediate danger of Paris be-
ing besieged although every precaution
is being taken. Fifty troop trains are
helping to carry refugees away from
Paris.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-01
WINS RACE
TO HARBOR
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
Chicago, Sept. with more than
five hundred people aboard. the ex-
ctgsion steamer City of Chicago raced
against flames to the breakwater har-
Dor and safely landed everyone of her
passengers and all the crew before
sinking
Before reaching the harbor the
steamer had burned to the waters
edge in the rear
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-01
By United Press.

by united HreSS.
London, Sept. Lit is rumored here
that another large British force has
landed in Belgium and will cooperate
with the Belgian army in an attempt
to flank the German right wing in
France. Rations are said to be scarce
at the German front On account of the
rapid advance.
The Russians are reported to have
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-01
"crushine Defeat" for Austria.
BY United Press.

London, Sept. IA dispatch from
Bucharest says the Russians inflicted
crushing defeat on the Austrians
IN Galacla It was estimated that the
Austrian casualties numbered twenty
thousand.
The dispatch stated that the Aus
trian army was completely routed and
retreated in great disorder. leaving ail
supplies on the field. Residents Of
Lemburg were reported to be fleeing
in panic.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-01
MIIIIOnaIres Pay War Tax.

By United Press.
London, Sept. THE correspondent
Of the London Express at The Hague
stated that four leading Belgian mil
lionaires had guaranteed the payment
of the war tax of forty million dollars
levied on Brussels by Germany and
that if they had not done so Brussels
would have been destroyed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-01
@AlIies Driven Back"
BY United Press.

~ CniACu tCoos
Berlin, Sept. 1.-The war office an
nounced this morning that the ''allies
have been driven back with heavy
losses near Lafere. The German ad-
vance on Paris continues.
"The crown princes army is operat-
ing from Longwy with uninterrupted
success.
"Reinforcements that arrived we're
taken off to use against the Russians
in Prussia. 1t is reported that tho
Russians are menacing the vistula de-
fences"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-01
PITCHER o,rooLE SOLD.
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
pittsburg, Pa, Sept Pitcher
o'TooIe for whom the Pittsburg club
paid $4,000. was sold to the New
York Giants. The amount of the con
sideration was not given out.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-01
BY United Press.

London. Sept 1.-The London Ex-
press says. THE kaiser has left the
French front to lead the Germans
against the Russians"
An Antwerp dispatch asserts that
the movement OF German troops from
Belgium to Prussia is very marked.
II was stated that the Belgian army
would now attempt with the assist
ance OF the British troops. to cut com
munication between the German
armies.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-01

BY United Press.
st. Petersburg, Sept IAN official
account Of the situation issued this
morning says:
THE German defense has been stiff
fened and we are suffering severe
losses but the Germans far more. In
Galacia our troops continue to be vic
torious.
"The Austrians who invaded Rus
sian Poland in attempted thanking op-
erations we're repulsed with enormous
losses. the Russian cavalry covering
itself with glory. They surrounded
an Austrian regiment and forced it to
surrender.
"From August 26 to August 80 the
Russian troops took seventeen thou
sand prisoners and 100 Austrian and
German guns.
Austria has more than a million
men in the field opposing the first
and second Russian armies but the
Russian armies are numerically super
ior to the Austrians. Lembdrg is sur
rounded and it's capture is almost GER
tain and also the Vistula
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-01
Badly Peeved at Germans

Badly PeeVed at Germans.
BY United Press.
London, Sept. Lit is reported that
the name of St Petersburg has been
charged by the czar to Petrograd, be-
cause burg was of German origin.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-01
cARRANzA c coNFlscATEs
The MEXICAN RoILWAYs.
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
Neuvo Laredo, Sept 1.-Messages
from Mexico city today stated that
the Carranza government had confis-
Gated the Mexican railways.
1t was stated that Washington offic-
ials and others Interested had been
notified.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-01

Taken at its face value. the French
official statement issued late Monday.
which mentions that the progress OF
the German right wing has forced the
allies to yield further ground, would
seem to indicate that the Germans.
Notwithstanding repulses, are making
daily advances. toward Paris.
The statement Sunday of Field Mar
sbal Sir John French, commander of
the British troops, however, spoke of
fighting on the French left, but this
according to one report, resulted in
the German right being slightly
turned.
Thus Austrian invasion of Russia in
the Dublin district. which aroused the
apprehension of the allies, has, if
Russian dispatches are to BIT relied
upon. been blocked and the Musco-
vites claim to have turned the Russian
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-01
Consider TurkIsh Alliance.

ODHsIucF TuTKIbH HIIIdHce.
By United Press.
Washington, Sept 1.-The Turkish
ambassador stated that Turkey and
Bulgaria were considering an alliance
that would give them the balance of
power in the Balkans.