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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-10
By United Press.

Paris, Aug iO.-The capture by the
French OF Colmar is confirmed.
The French also hold Ferneit, Mul-
hausen and Altkirch in front of which
fighting continues. According to the
official report the French losses at
Altklrch were only a hundred killed
and wounded
A peremptory demand was made by
France on Austria for a statement OF
her intentions in the present war,
The Germans are damming the Seile
river to check the advance of the
French on Metz. II is reported that
a general battle which win settle the
control OF Alsace has begun.
=. .'iisgs~ A.l;! BY. Ge.mars. ~
BY United Press.
Brussels. Aug. lo-The city of Liege
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-10

Generally cloudy: good rains over
most of state last night; still
raining in northern part----7O to n
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-10
WEATHER ELSEWHERE.

Conditions at s a. m, reported by
Western Union Telegraph Co.:
Oklahoma.
Tenn.
Generally cloudy; good rains over
most of state last night and this
morning ---7O 20 to 70
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-10

FRANCE DECLARES WAR
ON AUsTRlA-HUNGARY.
By United Press.
Paris, Aug. 10.-France today de-
clared war on Austria-Hungary
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-10

by Unlted Fress.
Brussels. Aug. lo- The city Of Liege
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-10
Local Temperatur

Tonight, cloudy and cooler; Tues
day, generally fair.
Tar,arat.tra
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31

That's the gas main,' whispered
Nikolsi. We must have missed the
pipe. Widen the hole" he directed
the soldiers. and the excavation began
to spread out in all directions. until
all at once an immense earthen pipe,
of wide dimensions, appeared above
our heads amidst the crumbling soil
Nikolai unfastened his coat and, from
his waist, took a length of rubber
hose, tough but flexible: it was a
marvel to me how he had worn it.
Kaulbars sprang to his feet
What is that?" he cried, bending
into the darkness.
The electric conductor" Nikolai
answered briskly. Now. general, will
you throw down the dry cells to me?''
Rather dstastefully, Kaulbars
picked up the cells and dropped them
upon Nikolai's shoulders. They
tumbled dow into the pit
In ten minutes. general" said he.
you will see the conspirators strong
hold leap into the air II may be that
some nearby building will fall"
Let the whole town burn" respond
ed Kaulbars savagely, stamping his
feet to warm them against the frosty
air.
The soldiers, leaning upon their i'm
plements, looked to Nikolai for in
structions.
This is ticklsh work" he called
to Kaulbars. Let your men step out
/ of the pit"
( The general called them and they
clambered up the yielding sides. leav
/ ing Nikolai and myself alone
He drew the rubber hose close, tieC
( one end, and held the other agains
the pipe. Very carefully | chinkeC
my pick against it A chip few, an
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
STUPID VICE OF SWEARING"
Magazine Explains Why 1t Has Prac'
tieally Been Barred From
Its Pages.

For two months | was printers
devil for the proprietor of the Val
paraiso Vidette. l learned to set type
and makeup the paper, but what !
most remember was learning to swear.
Profanity was then the accepted Ell
Guette about a country newspaper Of
fee. The oaths meant nothing. They
we're not even ingenious or amusing.
and they we're not indicative OF strong
feeling IT was simply an ugly habit
ike tobacco chewing I got &c
hate there because the loafers in the
Office used to spit on the floor about
the type cases. from which ! often
had to pick up type. soon became
expert in profanity myself, and could
scarcely utter a sentence without an
oath. When / got over the habit OF
swearing. got over It entirely. Ever
since it has seemed TO me a vice as
stupid as it is ugly.
I have always been against using
profane expressions in McClure's Mag
azine, except where the author could
convince me that they we're absolutely
/ necessary for the truthful portraya
/ Of character-and then the autho
I had TO be some one who knew wha
/ he was talking about. - Mcclure
MAGAZINE.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
! SAW THE REVOLVER TREMBLE
~ HIS HAND.

temDt would have disastrous results,
and propounded an alternative
scheme. The other end OF the wire,
I explained. runs into their arsenal.
Pv disconnecting the wire midway,
and establishing a miniature battery
underground the current can be re-
versed and sent into the revoln-
tionists headquarters, where an &C
complete will have affixed a side-wire
running into the revOlutionists' cor
dite store One touch of a button.
and the fort goes into the air. Picture
the generals joy, l found by a few
judicious questions, that he knows
nothing at all of electricity. He is
too terrified to remain in the palace.
so he himself will take charge of
the party of excavators; and at the
first sign of treachery. he will shoot.
| told him that it might be necessary
to destroy a few harmless people
in blowing up the fort. Burn the
whole cursed town. If you want to,
he answered SO there you are. Sum-
mers."
Then from a desk he drew a large
sheet of blue paper, which he spread
out on the table in front of him.
DO you know what this is?" he
asked
| saw a multitude of white and red
| lines traced upon it, but their mean
Ling was incomprehensible TO me.
This" said Nikolai, lis a map OF
| the underground city of Batoum. Il
| is the only complete map in existence
although, of course, it exists in sec.
tions. The sewers are known to the
sewage department for instance. and
tho gas mains to the gas companies
1t was prepared for the inner section
by one of the city engineers. 1t 4
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31

streams through the gas main. The
gas. choked off by the oil, flows into
the oil pipe, which is temporarily
er,ptied. The result?'
THE oil pours through all the
branches of the gas main. into every
home. comes into contact with the
light, and sets fire to the city ! cried.
Precisely. But since only the Of
ficers and police have gas in their
homes. the poor will not suffer. And
the gas. rushing through the oil pipe
into the refneries, comes into con
tact with the lights and explodes with
terrific violence; moreover. it passes
straight through the pipeline beneath
the water into the hold of the Cas-
plan and the work of the revolution
airy party is accomplished"
He looked at me triumphantly, and
| saw. not the horror of the scheme,
with its attendant holocaust of lives,
but only the master-plan of a master
mind l grasped his hand fervently
1T is the plan of a genius ! ex-
claimed
Kaulbars and his men were already
upon the spot when we arrived at the
corner of Presbykoff street upon the
following evening. The general was
dressed as a captain of sappsrs. Be
hind him his six men stood at atten
ton
1T is something of a tramp" said
Nikolai. as he greeted him. IF you
will follow US"
Il shall accompany you" said Kaul
bars grimly. And ii you play u:
false, Captain Skobeloff-" He hest
tated and looked back. Two mei
sprang forward and grasped me; two
more grasped my companion.
Search them" said the governor
general.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31

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- '-'''
-,-- liz
mere, ne ooi-li'io'u' - ''','''7 -
"1'i Guns q
...-'S, a. IN. CO -, - -.
S"'''Cs III -''' O-- " a.
''' '-i'S. i', ''s 'l.- 80 -,
.- many -. .,, ~ 40
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
Famous Woman Astronomer

Miss Annie J. Cannon, who has well
under way the task Of cataloguing star
mates at the Harvard astronomical Oh
servatory. has come TO be known as
the most distinguished woman astron-
omical worker in the world. Miss Can
mons work. now being awaited with
interest by all the great astronomers
will. when finished, tell what the stars
are made of as well as locate and tabu
late their motions IN the heavens She
is native OF Delaware. and in the
course Of her work has discovered LOT
yaTial
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
tCopyught. 1918. ey w, c.. Chapman.

w.. general sank back into his
CHAIR .I.. mus. have them he
uuu.r.# .H.aa Tire sweat iTou ms
n,uH .W... shall da''
.Gra ID. Sis men touorro" eve
n-.g said N.a.aL lie. the" NEE.
-.. p. pin. corner of PrasaEsnI street
with ...-. and aA"'.i7. .a. '7 900
r.rufr. to discriminate r.FoiuIon IN
-.tuau."
And ho went OIL 20 .sE""na h..
.rrau. as Fag.bars listened .."
ID. sweat STAR. out upon IBIS tae"
...... c-r't not understand the
words >..rIel uttered. but ! could see
Eliza. E.aIIars was badly terrified. AT
last d.. STOOD up
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
Too Wise to Start a Hunger Strike.

"A white man was talking, down 70
de postoffice dis mawnin'. bout dat
ar Mis- Pankyhurst, de English sui
ferer," said old Brother Buiginback
Nigh as could make out, san, DE-
ladv swo' she wouldn't eat nuth n
tvell dey done emigrated her, or sup
pin like dat. Uh-well. sab, wild all
doc respect to a white lady, If my old
mule was TO take dat notion-he
amt never zibited no symptoms like
il Wit. but | says, il he should Z
dess remark, 'Ah-ho, Brudder Mule
much obleeged; uh-kaZe de less 70
eats de mo dar am Tor de cow"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31

ct was a. "a Tamu-ns dinner, just
after Mayor GayLor had appointed
Rhinelauder Waldo police head. E&
Comptroller Herman a. Metz was
present Metz is about as formal as
Eowery lad. Well 'Hhiuey, he
said. holding out his hand, you've got
a hard job ahead of YOU. hope you
make good Hut don't forget what
you're mp against
We'll. lis my intelligence against
theirs; my intelligence against theirs,
replied the police commissioner. and
he pointed 20 himself significantly.
Rhiney,' you lose" retorted Metz
New York Tribune.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31

o.H. struck uo.. strongly ana
III" .'H" split instantly s,..,t ID.
escaping gas filed the 'l". N-'- aA
las to'.. \..".Hi tn--.. t.. rai OF
'-. ... '..' .-' '.i...e.
"..' 3D.. 5o' DONG. '.-.- '-.-'
'.r. 3" .....1
gu.
NO" ... -'..0
~. ...-+ .' '". %. UT. p'' '.-
'.-." ,-' ms 'E
.. ''.' Dr., ".. . '.''"
'.'' .-. ''
i.. -... WI" ''-'..-
'..'' '- .- .. '. .'
.. -
.-.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
Settlement in Sicht.

You have made 200 hearts happy
Have you such large family
inquired the heiress.
Il refer to my creditors, said the
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31
WAS HOME DOCTOR
Mother I. Old DAYS Believed II
Roots and llTkS-


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~,r d., ...,..... fiscour.,.n,.uf I'm
,r,.. .,,.,.. - .,-,, d.cootior ar com
c,c,;o,, ,.,rr,5 fr,,, mothers coI
I.c,i.r nr ..,rh.. And il ua- NOT
only rba ms inf the ries,g generation
,f I.- a.,. chat ,..fl..... .,,I,-.,s.iuqIv
wont mn aoairet ,.I.. her home cura.
.Sic.. haa-.o,. WA. forced IN be-.
cc-.o , ,... ..-, ,.b., hr,1oh4 iu
o,,+,ot ,.fh ,.1i.,v..of h.r< -9uscd
I'm vh-cl-, v-r1s b,ros,t te3 was a
t.brfruo. that ,.,,ira9 bur a few
drafts or - to mako one. t.nnera-
mr.. .,n,I,i.. l,acl. IN ror7,,I And MAS
s,,,b,6, .,to,+ tho .o,,a feeling all
-.p dry.n and f-sr-lv2 Well there's
+,. ubi.i., and Wild cherry barl, hot
n. nm an tho ton shelf of the cum
hoard aforgefda ~ the .camnhire' bot
-arotbe. ro,,ar failino resort in
time or need Daily with that whisky
and wild Cherry oo.-1a GENTLY three
times q dav and the first thing You
l,o,, vou.I ne ae good as now
eff any sr.ri,o had como and gone
,rithort tba animal eas-afras fen he
inc browod and rartakeu Of confous-
" nv every m,mbar Of the house
hold mother vor,Id have REGARDED the
ou,Ircl for tha family health as dark
indeed for il was then that the blood
re,dad thinning and eaesafras tea
was the imuortart thing 10 DO that
imDortant sanitary ion
"But the household doctorine
wasn't confined To- the use of roots
and banks and herbs. There were
salves and ointmouts and washes and
gareIcs and auulications OF numerous
kinds. and gifts to meet the occasion
ali ready 10 the making from ingre
dents on the premises. The cargIe
OF VINEGAR. salt and cayenne pepper
with the accompanying slice OF fat
pork. made hot with ;he same Kind Of
pepper and bound round the throat
on piece oil old red hauuel-ueces
sarily old red flannel. according e
al. housewife traditiou-was the al
sufficient treatment for sore throat
not only the simple kind, but the
dreaded one known as quinsy.
The bottle OF strained honey-al
ways the dark honey or honey made
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-31

If you want to please a woman, shut
your mouth and listen
Evening star., 1914-11-17
COTTON EXPORTS MAKE UP
4OPER CENT OF U. S. TOTAL
Their Value in Last Quarter Century
Was SO, ,3s4, 900, 900, Department
of Commerce Reports.

Cotton and its manufactures COM
prised more than one-fourth of the en-
tire value of domestic products export
ed from the United States during the
last quarter century, according to sta
tfstics compiled today by the Depart
ment of Commerce Their value totaled
S9.3s4, 100000.
Raw cotton exports from 1890 to 1914
were valued at 100000, having
increased from s251 100000 in 1890 to
S61O,00O,000 in 1914
Cotton manufactures exported during
the same period aggregated sIes,ooo.-
coo, increasing from s10,000,000 in 1880
to $4,000, 900 in 1914.
Practically all the raw cotton was
shipped to Europe in the earlier years.
Recently, however. Japan has been pur-
chasing much of it's raw cotton from
the United States. During the fiscal
ear 1872 cotton exports to that coun-
try exceeded 24o.O00,0U0 pounds, and in
1914 were 1000, 900 pounds
Cotton goods have been exported
chiefly to Asia and North America, and
in smaller amounts to South America,
Europe, Oceania and Africa.
North America now is the leading
market for United States cotton goods,
having taken more than 40 per cent OF
the exports during the last fiscal year.
Imports of cotton during the last
900 coo coming chiefly from Egypt;
while cotton manufactures totaled ST.
1S5,UO0,000 in laces, embroideries ano
similar articles, made in France, Ger
many. Switzerland, Belgium and the
United Kingdom
Evening star., 1914-11-17
ORDER AGAINST ALIENS
IN FRANKFORT DISTRICT
Germans Take Steps to Restrict Sub
jects of Hostile Countries,
Correspondent States.

LONDON, November 1.-THE Amster-
dam correspondent of Reuters Tele-
gram Company sends the following
dispatch:
THE Berlin Vorwaerts announces
that the prefect of police at Frankfort
has issued an order to the effect that
all subjects of hostile countries, ire
spective of age or sex, must leave the
town and district of Frankfort by the
evening of November "a. They are free
to go where they like, with certain
restrictions. For example, they are not
allowed to go to Berlin or certain
other towns.
They must inform the police forth
with where they intend to go, and IL
they are found in Frankfort after the
24th they will be arrested and interned
at a concentration camp. The only eX-
ceptions which will be made will be
in the cases of the people who
are seriously ill or those whose friend
illness is guaranteed by well known
Germans. All are permitted to return
to their own countries, except Rus
SLAMS. especially Russian agricultural
laborers, who will not be allowed to
leave Germany for the present.
The Vorwaerts expresses the hope
that this drastic measure will not be
initiated and urged Intervention by
the neutral ambassadors with view
of arriving at an agreement for the
of all belligerent aliens.
Evening star., 1914-11-17

rested at Neumarkt, Galicia, November
5. charged with high treason.
Skarbek was the leader of the mill
tant Poles Of the East Galician section.
and organized the Polish Legion. which
marched out Of Lemberg at the end of
August 5000 strong. During Septem-
ber the legion disbanded at Mszana,
West Galicia owing. it is charged, to
the action of Skarbek in demanding
that the members should refuse to take
the military oath unless it contained a
clause that the Polish Legion was or
ganized for the purpose of fighting for
the liberty of Poland.
At meeting of the East Galician
section of the Polish national commit
Evening star., 1914-11-17
FUEL PROBLEM DESPERATE.
Belgians Lack Mining Facilities and
Means of TRANSFORMATION.

AMSTERDAM. Holland, November II,
via London.--The question of a fuel
supply in Belgium is becoming des-
perate one. The German authorities
have given permission to the Belgians
10 work the coal mines, but horses and
machinery with which to operate them
are lacking. Permission also has been
granted to the people to cut wood, out
TRANSFORMATION facilities are so thor
oughly disorganized that it is almost
impossible to distribute this sort of
fuel.
The report that the Germans had is
sued proclamation threatening to
withdraw their permission for the dis
tribution of supplies by relief agencies
if the Belgians did not return to work
was baseless, although the military au-
thorities continue to urge that the IN
dustrial life of the nation be resumed.
Evening star., 1914-11-17
SWISS TO CARE FOR VISITORS.
Preparations Made to Entertain For
eigners During Winter Sport Season.

War has not interfered with the sys-
tenn of hotels in Switzerland which re-
ceive the foreign visitors who flock
there each year for the winter sport,
according to advices received and made
public at the Swiss legation here. Al
though the army. is still modified, ar
ranpements have been made for the
accommodation of foreigners.
The manufacture of Swiss watches
has not been stopped despite the in
dustrial conditions which have caused
the reduction of the output in other
business because of the war. Matches
and watch parts are still being manu-
factured and exported, according to
Swiss officials here.
The Swiss relief fund has reached a
total of 900. which is deposited in
New York to the credit of the federal
council of Switzerland and drawn upon
by them for the purchase of supplies
in the United States for the home
country.
Evening star., 1914-11-17
Fears Felt for British Liner.

LONDON, November 17.-Grave fears
are expressed for the safety of the
British liner La Correntina, which has
not been heard of since she left Buenos
Aires for Liverpool, October 5. The
steamer is now three weeks overdue.
She carried a cargo of meat worth
81 900. 900. The liner was armed for
defense. and one rumor suggests that
she has been in collision with the Ger
man armed liner Kronprinz Wilhelm.
and that both vessels were sunk.
Evening star., 1914-11-17
Russia Forbids Metal Exportation

LONDON, November 1.-THE Rus
sian government has forbidden the ex-
port of copper, brass, steel and lead,
according to u dispatch to Reuters
Telegram Company. Exemptions will
be granted in the case of the allies.
The minister of finance, according to
the same dispatch, has authorized the
expectation through Archangel of
sugar, duty free.
Evening star., 1914-11-17
10000 SLAIN AUSTR!ANS
BURIED IN SINGLE GRAVE

AMSTERDAM, via London, am,
November 17-The Nieuwe Rotter-
damsche Courant quotes a letter from
Galician priest stating that 10000
Austrians have been buried in one day
in a grave six and one-half feet wide
and a little more than four miles long.
The bodies, the letter says. We're laid
next to each other in three layers.
These men were killed, it is stated,
during battle lasting only few
hours.
Evening star., 1914-11-17
German Cruiser at Norway Port.

LONDON. November II, 5:5s am
Dispatches stating that the German
auxiliary cruiser Berlin has appeared
at Trondhjem. a seaport of Norway.
probably indicated. according to the
underwriters. that she is endeavorin-s
TO escape from the North sea to act
as a commerce raider.
Evening star., 1914-11-17
River Meuse Nearly Cleared.

LONDON, November IA dispatch
to Reuters Telegram Company from
Brussels via Amsterdam states that
the governor of Namur province an
nounces that the clearing work of the
Meuse has so far progressed that the
river from Rhine to Namur Will be
navigable next Sunday.
Evening star., 1914-11-17
Possibility May Not Return.

"The possibility which is now offered
may never return. The time has come
to act Immediately, and coming genera
tions will thank the queen and the Pres
ident for their courage to say the first
mighty word which will show the peo-
pies of Europe the way to lasting peace"
Evening star., 1914-11-17

tee Skarbek was severely censured for
this action whereupon he and a num-
ber of his sympathiZers withdrew from
the committee.
military escort first to Cracow and then
to Vienna.
Evening star., 1914-11-17
COUNT SKARBEK is HELD
ON HIGH TREASON CHARGE
One of Most Prominent Members of
Polish Party Arrested in Galicia
and Taken to Vienna.

VENICE. via Paris, November IL
Count Alexander Skarbek, a Polish
deputy. vice president e the Polish
Club and one of the most prominent
members of the Polish party. was ar
Evening star., 1914-11-17
Grain Awaiting Orders.

Huge shipments of grain are awaiting
transportation at many ports. 1t ap-
pears probable this condition will re-
suit in renewed activity in behalf of
the administration federal merchant
marine bill when Congress reassembles.
There was vigorous opposition to the
bill last session by many democrats.
Evening star., 1914-11-17

Pennsylvania has nearly one half of
the total number of lime producers in
the United States. but it's production
is about 25 per cent of the total guam
tity and 20 per cent of the total value
Evening star., 1914-11-17
Prisoners in Tents.

81 visited the detention camp at Do
britz. Here there are 5000 soldiers.
composed of 1000 British and the re-
mainder French, Russian and Belgian
troops. These men camp now in tents.
but they are about to enter permanent
buildings erected onthe maneuver
ground The Russians are doing the
cooking, and they feed the entire camp
in fifty minutes. The prisoners erected
their permanent buildings themselves.
In both the civilian and soldier camps
the prisoners are allowed to buy tobac-
CO and food from the commissary, and
their friends and relatives are permit
ted to visit them at certain hours"
Negotiations are now pending be
tween Germany and Great Britain for
the exchange of military prisoners, but
Mr. Anderson does not think that any
exchange OF soldiers soon will be
brought about.
Women and invalid old men are not
being held in either Germany or Eng
land.