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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-04-16
RACE PROBLEM
AGAIN RAISED
BY suRroN K. sTANoIsH.


tWrittten for the United Press.)
Washington, April l5The rae,
problem, even in these days of the
yexlng Mexican question and the fire,
tolls muddle, is one that is taking III
fair share Of the capital spot light
The appointment by President Wilson
Of Robert II Terrell, negro to Judge
Of the district municipal court, whicn
southern senators are opposing. serv
ed to accentuate the stir in congress
over the bill introduced in the house
by Representative Aswell Of Louis
lana. providing for the segregation Of
white and black governmental clerks
under the civil service.
There are today 22,54o negroes In
the employ Of the United States gov
ernment who draw down total OF
S12.456.760 a year or these negroes,
4426 ale in the army, 529 are in the
navy, and z 20 are in the varscus navy
yards and stations. OF the rest 6347
with an annual payroll of $4.099.l1G
are employed in Washington and the
remainder work ia government build
ines throughout the United States.
Twentyseyef negroes are employed
in the White House, 26 in the stale
department. 92G in the treasury. no in.
the war department, ia IN The navy
department 81 in the postoffice de-
parIment. 5aa In the interior depart
ment AZ IN the department OF justice.
IGf IN ne department OF agriculture.
22g ID the government printing office
~ IN the interstate commerce com
mission. no in the senate office build
inc, 50 N the congressional 1ibrary,I7i
III the Washington postoffice, 24sl IN
the District of Columbia local govern
ment
IN the department service outside of
IL negroes are employed
IN the diplomatic and consular SER
vice, 1882 in the treasury branches
2s42 in the war department 3599 in
the postcffice department. 81 in the
interior department. i02 In the depart
ment Of agriculture and ms miscella-
neously.
There are G85 negroes employed by
The government in New York. Gao in
Ig5 in ST. Louis. from 40 to
DO Ia the other large cities Of the coun-
Try and 1880 in miscellaneous towns.
The appointment by the president
y Terrell TO be a municipal judge !
70 bring on as warm little
light as the senate has seen in some
ime- Senators John Sharp Williams
md James X Vardamann OF Missis-
iippi Hoke Smith of Georgia and Eli
son of south Carolina have boasted
hat the senate viii never confirm Ter
ELL All Of the southern senators will
upport them
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-04-16
JAN LOCK sALKs.

It's one thing to lock bunch Of
prisoners in a jail and it's quite an.
other tfitg 10 be uuahle % gel them
out when you want to such an event
happened at the count Jail this morn.
ing, however when the combination
on the jail door refused to work
When Jailer Williamson let one Of the
TRUSTEES out OF the cells to cook break
fast all was well and good, but when
he went to the jail later to get a pris-
oner therefrom 70 take him TO court
the combination refused TO work 1t
had gotten out Of order ana to open
The door It was necessary to cut the
bolt heads of The lock with q chisei
Bad breath. bitter taste. dizziness.
and general mo account feeling is
a sure sign Of q torpid liver nerDme
is the MEDICINE needed II makes the
Ever active. yitalizes the blood. regu-
lates the bowels and restores fine
feeling Of energy and cheerfulness.
Prices aoc. Sold by Owl drug store
arid Public sldrug store Adv d&w
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-04-16

WHAT PEOPLE
ARE SAYING

Mr. Editor;
There were three young men oi
Monday made to suffer the death pen
atty in Sing Sing prison. New York
for the murder of gambler by til,
name Of Rosenthal. They were tried
convicted; the conviction affirmed bj
the supreme court. and the governor
Of the state. though importuned b
relatives and friends. declined to com
mute, or interfere IN the sentence
These young men were in the prime oi
life, and seem to have had educa
tional opportunities. and to have been
reared in average homes, but they fell.
and were lost TO their wives, their
kindred and to the world These
young men left a parting message,
which J think should be brought 10
the attention of a large class Of boys
and young men, and even older men,
who drlft into the deadly habit Of idIe.
ness, and loafing around pool halls
gambling dens and other resorts OF
the vicious. the depraved, and disso
Lutte. SHOW me your companions. and
J win tell you yoar character is AL
old but true saying
While the keepers Of these dens o.
Generalization have fearful Toll OF
life, and ruin 70 answer for, and while
those who are tempted By such places
and associations are severely blamed.
what is the limit Of the responsibility
Of communities that permit. foster. IT.
cense and uphold such places Or
temptation. and by Indifference. ana
the failure to look after .flfe Interest
Of the young, and provide wholesome
means. and places for their enjoyment
and elevation. permit them 10 be pull
ed down to wreck. ruin and untimely
death2
Here Is the message Of the dying
trio Of yonng mem
Whitley Lewis wrote There are
many boys who are well brought up.
and have good parents who do not
look out for the company they get in.
TO. Bad company is the cause of their
fall They gct a bad record. and then
no matter whether guilty or not, they
would be framed MI Keep Away from
bad company Is the best message |
can send
Lefty" Lonise said Add What
said the otIer day about bad company /
A fellow who honestly earns 81 a |
week is better Off chan he who gets
q thousand dollars week II he does
not get il straight We were supposed
10 have as many friends as any fol
low that WIS on the East Side. bat
when II came to the shown down II
was only the shool tthe. synagoguol,
hat stood BY us outside our parents.
4 had to liye.life over again. would
surely follow this advice.
ASK any officer who is capable and
reliable where be goes to look for
:riminals He win tell yen that he
goes to places where such characters
'esort. and where the idle. the gam
sler, the yagrant the bootlegger. etc,
IRE to 1s found. and that he generally
inds there also many who are Of the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-04-16
unfaIrness to Man.

Men never get fair deal. If. for
instance. baby happens to have d
good disposition everyone will insist
that it takes after its mother. .--Atchi-
son Gl@4f
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-04-16

better class. hut. seemingly on the
downward incline Of destruction, un-
consciously drifting Society should
strive TO uphold, help and make bet
ter every individual, that none may
be lost. "a Citizen.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-04-16

to check the increase in the number
OF bugs do not anticipate any damn
age to the wheat crop
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-27

medicine for her. Now she was abb,
to travel and. in fact. had started"
Mr.. Howell was frowning at the
floor. III. he was doing anything
wrong. he was doing It very badly
! he said.
This is where entered the case, .
| said Mr.. Holcombe. II rowed into the
lower hall this morning to feed the
dog Peter, who was whining on the
! staircase. Mrs. Pitman was coming
down. pale and agitated over the fact
that the dog shortly before had found
floating In the parlor downstairs a slip
per belonging to Mrs. Ladley and later
knife with broken blade. She main
tains that she had the knife last nighI
upstairs. that it was not broken and
that IL. was taken from a shelf in her
room while she dozed. The question
is. then. Why was the knife taken
Who took it and why? Has this man
made away with his wife or has he
notT'
Mr.. Howell looked at me and smiled.
mfr. Holcombe and are old enemies
he said. Mr. Holcombe believes that
circumstantial evidence may probably
hang a man: I do not" And to Mt.
Holcombe. $50, having found a wet
slipper and a broken knife you are pre-
pared for murder and sudden deathr'
81 have more evidence" Mr. Hol-
combe said eagerly, and proceeded to
tell what we had found in the room.
Mr.. Howell listened, smiling TO him
self, but at the mention of the onyx
clock he got up and went to the man.
tel
BY Jover' he said and stood looking
at the mark in the dust Are you sure
the clock was here yesterday
81 wound IL night before last and put
the key underneath. Yesterday, before
they moved up, wound it again"
The key is gone also. Well, what
of II. Holcombe? Did he brain her
with the clock or choke her with the
key"
Mr.. Holcombe was looking at his
notebook ITO summarize" he said, |
I'VE have here as clews indicating a |
crime. the rope, the broken knife, the
slipper, the towel and the clock Be |
sides. this scrap of paper may contain !
some information" He opened it and /
sat gazing at it in his palm. Then,
rs this Ladley's writing?" he asked |
me in curious voice.
YES"
I glanced at the slip. Mr. Holcombe
lad just read from his notebook:
Rope, knife, slipper. towel. clock"
The slip I had found behind the
said Rope, knife, shoe.
Owel. Horn The rest of the last
word was torn Off
Mr.. Howell was staring at the man.
ell "Clock"' he repeated
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-27

mention the piece Of paper that you
found behind the washstand. They
might say the whole thing is a hoax.
very WELL" 1 agreed, and went in.
The police sergeant In charge knew
me at once, having stopped Mt my
house more than once In flood time for
cup OF hot coffee.
"Sit down, Mrs. Pitman," he said. Il
suppose you are still making the best
coffee and doughnuts in the city OF Al
legheny? Well, what's the trouble In
your district? Want an injunction
against the river for trespassT
''The river has brought me good
bit of trouble" said. 'I'm-I'm wor-
ried, Mt. Sergeant 1 think woman
from my house has been murdered, but
/ don't know"
Murdered" he said, and drew up
his chair Tell me about it"
I told him everything, while he sat
back with his eyes half closed and his
fingers beating a tattoo on the arm OF
his chair.
When I finished he got up and went
into an inner room. He came back in
a moment
'T want you to come in and tell that
to the chief" he said, and led the way.
All told, repeated my story three,
times that afternoon-to the sergeant,
to the chief OF police and the third
time to both the others and two de-
tectiveS.
The second time the chief made notes
of what said
Know this man Ladley?' he asked |
the others. None Of them did, but they |
all knew of Jennie Brice and some of |
them had seen her in the theater.
Get the theater, Tom," the chief |
said to one of the detectives.
Luckily what he learned over the
telephone from the theater corrobor-
ated my story. Jennie Brice was not
N the cast that week, but should have
reported that morning CMonday) to re-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-27

I went back Immediately, only stop
ping at the market to get meat for MIR
Reynolds supper. 1t was after hall
past 5, and dusk was coming On.
got a boat and was rowed directly
home. Peter was not at the foot of the
steps. paid the boatman and let him
go and turned to go up the stairs.
Some one was speaking in the hall
above.
1 have read somewhere that no two
voices are exactly alike, just as no
two violins ever produce the same
sound. l think it is what they call
the timbre that is different. 1 have,
for instance, never heard a voice like
Mr.. Pitman'', although Mr.. Harry
LADDERS in a photograph resembles
1T. And voices have always done for
me what odors do for some people, re-
yived forgotten scenes and old mem
cries. But the memory that the voice
at the head of the stairs brought back
was not very old, although 1 had for
gotten it. I seemed to hear again all
al once the tapping of the water Sun
day morning as it Logan to come in
over the doorsill; the sound of Terry
ripping up the parlor carpet and Mrs.
Ladley calling me a she devil in the
next room, In reply to this very voice.
But when 1 got to the top of the
stairs it was only Mr.. Howell, who
had brought his visitor to the food
district, and on getting her splashed
with the muddy water had taken her
to my house for a towel and cake of
soap.
lighted the lamp in the hall and
Mr. Howell introduced the girl. She
was pretty girl, slim and young, and |
she had taken her wetting good |
naturedly
Il know we are intruders, Mrs. Pit |
man." she said, holding out her hand. |
Especially now, when you are in |
trouble
II have told Miss Harvey a little"
Mr.. Howell said. "snd 1 promised to
show her Peter, but he is not here"
I think / had known it was my sis
ter's child from the moment L lighted
the lamp. There was something of
Alma in her, not Almas hardness or
but Alma's dark blue
eyes with black lashes, and Almas |
nose. Alma was always the beauty of
he family. What with the days ex-
element and seeing Alma's child like
his. in my house. 1 felt things going
'ound and clutched at the stair rail.
dr. Howell caught me.
why, Mrs. Pitmanp' he said.
What's the matter?"
1 got myself in hand in a moment
ind smiled at the girl
Nothing at all" II said. indigestion.
most likely. Too much tea the last
lay or two and not enough solid food. | .
we been too anxious to eat"
Iida-for she was that to me at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-27

hearse the next weeks piece. No mes
sage had been received from her and
substitute had been put in her place
The chief hung up the receiver and
turned to me. You are sure about the
clock, Mrs Pitman?" he asked 1T
was there when they moved upstairs
to the room?"
Yes. sir"
You are certain you will not find it
on the parlor mantel when the water
| goes DOWN.
1.-The mantels are uncovered now.
| 1t is not there"
You think Ladley has gone for
good?"
Yes, sir"
He'd be fool to try to run away,
unless-Graves. you'd better get hold
of the fellow. and keep him until
either the woman is found or the body
The river is falling, In couple of
days we will know If she is around
the premises anywhere"
Before left described Jennie Brice
for them carefully. Asked what she
probably wore, if she had gone away
as her husband said, l had no idea:
she had a lot OF clothes, and dressed a
good bit. But 1 recalled that / had
Seen lying on the bed the black and
white dress with the red collar, ard
they took that down, as well as the
brown valise.
The chief rose and opened the door
for me himself. eff she actually left
town at the time you mention he
said. 'she ought not TO be. hard to
find There are not many trains be-
fore Z In the morning, and most of
them are locals"
"And-and if she did not, if he-do
you think she is in the house-or-or-
the CELLAR"
Not unless Ladley is more of a fool
than / think he is,'' he said, smiling. |
Personally 1 believe she has gone
away, as he says she did But if she |
hasn't He probably took the body |
with him when he said be was getting |
medicine and dropped it in the current |
somewhere. But we must go slow with |
all this. There's no use shouting wolf |
yet"
"But-the towel?"
HE may have cut himself shaving.
1t has been done"
And the knife7'
he shrugged his shoulders good ma
turedly.
I've seen a perfectly good knife
spoiled opening q bottle of pickles"
But the slipper? And the clock?"
My good woman. enough shoes and
slippers are forgotten In the bottoms
of cupboards year after year In food
line and are found floating around the
streets TO make all the old clothes men
n town happy. L have seen almost
floating about during one of
hese annual floods"
i dare say you never saw an onyx
lock floating around" replied a little
harpiy. i had no sense of humor that
lay lie stopped smiling at once and
TODD tugging at his mustache.
No.. he admitted. AN onyx clock
INKS that's true. That's very nice
title point. that onyx clock He may
e trying TO sell II or perhaps He
Id not hnish
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-27

once, although had never seen he,
before-Lida was all sympathy and
sweetness. She actually asked me "a
go with her to a restaurant and have
| q real dinner. 1 could imagine Alma
had she known! But excused myself.
/ 81 have to cook something for Mr..
| Reynolds" 1 said, "and I'm bette,
now, anyhow, thank you. Mr. Howell
may speak to you for momentY
He followed me along the back hall
which was dusk.
'T have remembered something thai
I had forgotten. Mr.. Howell l said.
ION Sunday morning the Ladleys had
visitor
"Yes?'
''They had very few visitors"
az see''
"I did not see him, but 1 heard his
voice" Mr.. Howell did not move, but
1 fancied he drew his breath in quick.
ly. cit sounded-it was not by any
chance you?"
81? A newspaper man. who goes to
bed at 3 a. m. on Sunday morning
up and about at 10.''
81 didn't say what time it was"
said sharply
But at that moment Ida called
from the front hall.
81 think 1 hear Peter" she said. He
is shut in somewhere, whining"
We went forward at once She was
right. Peter was scratching at the
door of Mr.. Ladley's room. although
had left the door closed and Peter In
the hall. / let him out, and he crawl
ed to me on three legs. whimpering.
Mr.. Howell bent over him and felt the
fourth.
Poor little beastr he said. His leg
is broken
He made a splint for the dog, and
with Ida helping they put him TO bed
in clothes basket in my upstairs
kitchen. 1t was easy to see how
things lay with Mr.. Howell. He was
all eyes for her. He made excuses to
touches that m de her color
heighten. And with it all there was
sort of hopelessness in his manner. as
If he knew how far the girl was out OF
his reach. Knowing Alma and her
pride, I knew better than they how
hopeless it was.
l was not so sure about Ida.
wondered if she was in love with the
BOY or only in love with love. She
vas very young. as I had been. Cog
lelp her If. like me. she sacrificed ey-
,rything to discover too late that she
vas only In love with J e.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-27

and kitchen from n floating plank; the
doors were too narrow TO admit the
boat. But be found nothing more I'm
por:ant than a rolling pin He was not
at all depressed by his failure. He
came back. drenched To the skin. about
8 and asked permission TO search the
Ladleys' bedroom.
II have n friend coming pretty soon.
Mrs. PItman." he said. "a young news
paper man named Howell He's
nice boy. and II there IS anything 10
this I'D like him 10 have it for his
paper. He and have been having
some arguments about circumstantial
evidence. too. and I know he'd like to
work on this
j gave him n pair OF Mr.. Pitman's
socks. for his own We're saturated and
while he was changing them the tele-
phone rang. 1t was the theater again,
asking for Jennie Brice.
You are certain she IS out Of the
city," some one asked. the same voice
as in the morning.
"Her husband says So
ASK him TO come TO the phone"
"He Is not here"
when do you expect him backT'
I'm not sure he Is coming back"
Look here" said the voice angrily.
cant you give me any satisfaction?
Or don't you care toY'
1--WE told you all / know"
you don't know where she is:"
'NO. SIR
"She didn't say she was coming back |
10 rehearse for next weeks piecef''
Her husband said she went away |
'or Il few days rest. He went away
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-27

/ That's all l know. except that they
! owe me three weeks rent that I'D like
| to get hold Of
The owner OF the voice hung up the
receiver with n snap and ~ me pom
dering. 1t seemed TO me that Mr. Lad
ley had been very reckless. Did he
expect any one TO believe that Jennie
Brice had gone for vacation with
out notifying the theater? Especially
when she was 10 rehearse that week ?
/ thought IL curious. to say the least.
/ went back and told Mr.. Holcombe.
who put IL down in his notebook. and
together We went 10 the Ladleys'
room
The room was IN better order than
usual. as j have said. The bed was
made-which was out OF the ordinary.
for Jennie Brice never made bed-but
made the way n man makes one with
the blankets wrinkIed and crooked be-
meath and the white counterpart pulled
smoothly over the top. showing every
hump beneath l showed Mr.. Hol-
combe the splasher dotted with ink as
usual
I'll take II on and soak IL in milk" |
/ said. It's his fountain per. When /
the ink doesn't run he shakes II, and
where's the clock?' said Mr.. HoI-
combe. stopping in front OF the manteL
with his notebook ia his hand.
THE clock?
l turned and looked. Ny onyx clock
was gone from the mantel shelf.
Perhaps IL seems strange. but from
The moment i missed that clock ray
age Mt Mr.. LadIey increased to fuzs
Il was all l had left OF my former
,eDtility. When times were hard and
got behind with the rent. as happen
d now and then. more than once I'd
zen tempted 20 sell the clock or pawn
I But / had never done II. Its tick
ng had kept me company on many
oneIy night, and its elegance had help
d me to keep my pride and to retain
ne respect OF my neighbors. For In
1e food district onyx clocks are not
lentiful Mrs. Bryan. the saloon
eeper's wife. had one. and i bad an
.her-that Is. / had had.
/ stood staring at the mark IN. the ,
ist OF the mantel shelf. which Mr.. ,
was measuring with a peck
tape measure. q
You are sure you didn't take it away !
urself. Mrs. Pitmaa?' he asked. I
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-27

(To Be Continued Next Wednesday,
What is your idea of happiness
asked the unsophisticated youth.
Being next in crowded barber
shop" replied the Miamisburg sage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-27
CHAPTER Nv.

was after four when Mr..
Holcombe had finished going
over the room. l offered to
make both the gentlemen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-27
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Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1914-10-19
Walk ma ZachOdzie
EurOpy.
Znaczne sukcesy sprzy-
mierzopych.

Londyn-Paryz, 10 Pazdzierni--
ka. Sprzymierzone wojska
Observation-Disclosures od'
niosiy ogromnie doniosle sukcesy
w ostatnich dwu dniach: urzedy
wojenne angielski i francusA do
nosza, Il Niemcy na samym kre-
sic swego prawego skrzydia 20
stall odrzuceni ma 80 mil wstecz,
mianowicie poza Lille, az ku Co
urtrai, a plany niemieckie W ce-
IN dotarcia do Dunkirku na wy
brzezu morskiem zostaly zniwe-
czone i udaremnione. Wojska bel
gijskie poiaczone obecnie re sprzy
mierzonymi znaczne tn bardzo od-
daily uslugi, a r6wniez wojska an
gielsIie wazny mialy udziai W
walce. Wszystkie ataki niemiec-
kie rozbily sic o nieustraszone me
stwo i wytrzyma}oSc obroncow.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1914-10-19
Walk ma Morzu.
WieIkie zWyciestwo an
gieIskie.

Londyn, 1S pazdziernika. -
Krazownik angielski ,,Undaun
ted, ktorego dowodzca jest ka-
pitan Fox, bohaterski obronca
statku ,,Amphion" zatopionego
przez Niemcow ma poczatku woj-
ny - otoz ,,Undaunted" onegdaj
zrana zatopiI W Srniaiym ataku 4
kontrtorpedowce niemieokie ma
Morzu Po4nocnem; angielskie--
mu krazownikowi pomagaiy CITE
ry torpedowce .angielskie; ze
wszysthch zatopionych statkow
uratowano tylko 81 marynarzy
niemieckich: okofo $50 Niemcow
utonefo. Szczego4ow o spotkaniu
tenn zwycieskiem narazie og}oszo-
no niewiele, ale pewnem jest ono
j potwierdzonen urzedowo.
- Transportowiec Ajax" Z
Grimsby najechai ma mine ME
miecka W Morzu Polnocnem i "a
tonal: tylko 9 osob jego zalogi IT,
ratowaIo sic.