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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-29
On the Spur
of the Moment
Age of Actresses.
BY ROY K. MOULTON-

/
| Gin Germany a law has been passed
compelling actresses to advertise their
| true ages. 1t is said a congressman
may introduce such a bill to cover this
country.) -
The age of actor ladies? Wow.
Let some one else go ask;
We must make bold to say as how
We do not want the task
We've heard of little Evas who
Were fifty-nine years old,
And gay Soubrettes of Sixty-tWo
Are plentiful, we're told.
How old are you? Pray tell. my
love-"
Would you this question ask
Within the frigid presence of
Our Minnie Madden Fiske?
Should you ask Julia Mariowe that
The frost would bite your heart;
You'd stutter, stammer, grab your
hat
And hastily depart.
OF course, some actresses might tell
What age they liked, forsOoth;
But be convinced-you may as we'll
You'd never learn the truth.
Perhaps, Who Knows?
Billy Sunday got little better
delphia conversions. 1t is rumored
that in some cases the conversions
may have been worth it.
Not on Your Zinc Etching.
Wonder if homely woman would
go free of a murder charge as easily
as the beautiful ones do?
Anxious to Oblige.
Lord Kitchener says the allies are
little short of ammunition. The
Germans are willing to send plenty
in the direction of the allies.
Maybe 1t Didn't ''Take."
war correspondent writes: Ger
man bullets swept the trenches and
killed twelve of u.s." Perhaps the
writer was only psychologica1ly killed.
Something Like That.
Over in Indiana they apparently
need something that will knock the
stuffing out of the ballot boxes.
Great Britain claims to have got
her prohibition idea from the United
States. 1t is not decided whether this
expression shall be considered by dip
lomats as a friendly or an unfriendly
act.
Why Not?
ing about safe and sane Fourth of
July? Well, a person can talk about
it, can't he?
Doc Is Right.
DR.. Wiley says many of our ills are
due to the mouth. Yes. Too much
gossip nowadays
Contributed.
A very small youth was struggling
down the street with a very large
load of newspapers. A kind-hearted
old gentleman saT#f1inn and said:
Little boy, don't i those papers
make you tired ?''
NO" replied the youth. Il don't
have to read EN-. I just sell EN-
Maybe.
When a French soldier receives the
cross of the Legion of Honor he has
to be kissed by the general. Wouldn't
the soldiers fight harder if the kiss
were omitted?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-29

OF course, if the women gathered
at The Hague, representing as they do
the women of most of the civilized
world, could have their way, the half
world war would be ended tomorrow.
Unfortunately, they cannot. This war
is going on until one or more of the
kings engaged cries Quits 1t is al
together too big Il thing to be controll-
ed or guided by any interference from
the outside
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-29

Instead of raising huge funds. such
as S1O,OO0,O00 or so, to pension their
superannuated clergymen, the several
church denominations might reach the
same end by providing their minis
tiers with sufficiently liberal salaries
during the years they are fit for ac-
tive service and thereby give each of
them the opportunity to lay aside a
competence for his declining years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-29

Such a fine showing is being mad .
by all the Kansas cities that are striv
for the Stubs and Horner model town
prizes, that the judges of the contest
are assuredly entitled to the sym
pathies of those unfortunates who
have served as referees at old-fashion-
ed Baby Shows. They've got tough
Job on their hands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-29
Ply Clara ln@ramJudson

only a crack was quite enough for
Kitty Lou.
She climbed out the window, down
over the porch roof and ran out of
the yard to the street Now guess
III go to this circus everybody seems
so excited about" said Kitty Lou; and
away she went.
Down alleys and across lots she hur-
ried; ever watchful for danger-she
didn't want to be caught and sent
home in disgrace-not shel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-29
Kansas Comment
BOOZE AND GERMANS.

I,loyd George. chancellor of the ex-
chequer, is inclined to believe Dooze Is
a greater menace to England than the
Germans. At least he thinks the
surest way of coping with the Ger
mans is by fighting booze to death
first The American nation has Deen
quick to see the drink evil ana the
movement to check it is well on the
way. The Old World has been slow in
depriving its people of their personal
liberties, Notwithstanding the fact that
booze is more generally and perhaps
in some countries, more temperately
consumed, than in the United States
Drinking in England has been curse
1t has kept the poor man poor ana
struck deeply at the efficiensy the
Britishers possesses. The recent labor
troubles in the shipyards can be
traced to booze. If this war continues,
the British government Will prohloit
the sale and manufacture or intoxcat-
ing drinks. 1t will be forced 10, just
as France has been forced to prohibit
the sale of absinthe, Russian vodka,
and as Germany has curtaHeo the
amount of beer manufactured. Tne
nations have awaked to the fact that
sobriety is an economic necessity
Atchison Champion.
START THE SEASON RIGHT.
AS the spring drags along toward
the boating season it is we'll for those
who enjoy boating as a pastime and
are conscious of having a mOdicum of
horse sense to get together and agree
upon policy to pursue toward the
fool that rocks the boat. To shoot
him and throw him overheard may be
what he deserves, but such a course
would render some one liable to prose-
cution for manslaughter, and it is not
right to run the risk of having such
useful citizen incarcerated during the
busy season. We would suggest the
course that has been adopted in some
Missouri localities during the past sew
eral years, and that is to wait till the
boat makes shore, If fortunately 1t
does, and then turn in and lam the
boat rocker with the first club that
comes handy; lam him until 1t is nee
essary to take him to a hospital while
his assailant is being taken to the po-
lice court. Start the season right
Lawrence Journal-World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-29

How the professors of filibustering
in the United States senate would well
come Colonel Roosevelt to their midst.
His recent remarkable endurance per-
Torrance on the witness stand at
Syracuse demonstrates his capabilities
in that line. But is there any human
activity at which the Colonel isn't a
ssSbarL<'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-29

At any rate, it will be impossible
for the University of Pennsylvania
professor who sets up the claim, to
convince the Germans that he has es-
tabIished the location of the Garden
of Eden in British Guinea.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-29

As far as the European war has
gone it is distinguished also above all
other conflicts of men for being a war
of the defensive variety. None of the
participants seems to be able to do
very much on the offensive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-29
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
Ranization, for the exclusive afternoon
publication IN Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-29
MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.

In the line of freckles of major pro-
portion, the spots on the sun of TO-,
900 miles in diameter appear to be
entitled to the championship.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-29

Gar Nicholas has made a trip Of
inspection to Przemysl, maybe for the
purpose of seeing for himself how a
town looks that carried such a name
for so long
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-29

Hey Mr.. Baseball Fan! Show your
appreciation of the efforts of the
Savages by going out to the games as
often as possible on other days be-
sides SATURDAYS and SUNDAYS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-29

There is a much better excuse for
roses to fall in love with each other,
as a professor of Horticulture insists,
than there is why many humans
should do so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-29

Both the heaviest and the lightest
woods grow in the United States, the
former being Florida ironwood and
the latter the so-called cork of south
western Missouri
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-29

Canada is supplying 100000 pairs
of military trousers for the British
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-29

midas 1914 imports of hardware
were valued at $13,728,255.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-29
Maybe.

Maybe.
When French soldier receives the
cross of the Legion of Honor he has
to be kissed by the general. Wouldn't
the soldiers fight harder if the kiss
were omitted?
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-15
WHEAT and
CORN CROP
I'M M ENSE

BY United Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-Federal
statistics made public today show
that the country produced bumper
wheat and corn crops in 1915. far sur
passing those harvested last year.
The 1915 wheat crop, it is stated
totaled one billion eleven million five
hundred thousand bushels, while the
crop for the preceding year amounted
to eight hundred ninety-one million
seventeen thousand bushels.
The total amount of corn grown
this year was three billion fifty-four
million five hundred and thirty-five
thousand bushels. as compared with
two billion six hundred seventy-two
million eight hundred four thousand
bushels in 1914.
The value of the cotton crop this
year is estimated at six hundred two
million three hundred ninety-three
thousand dollars.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-15
ROUNDUP
OF RAIDERS
is STARTED

BY United Press.
ADA, Okla, Dec. 15.-Sheriff Bob
Duncan has sent deputies into every
part of Pontotoc county in an effort
to round up the night raiders that are
destroying property of county off
cials as protest against the compul
sorry dipping of cattle.
The activities of the night raiders
are reported to be widespread The
barns of l.. B. Gilmore and V. S. Ma
lone, county commissioners, in the ex
treme southern part of the county,
were the first personal property de-
stroyed although concrete dipping
watts in various parts of the county
have been dynamited from time to
time.
Cattle men who favor dipping are
aroused. 1t is feared that the next
depredations Of the raiders may result
in civil warfare.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-15
ORGANIZED
SYSTEM Is
INDICATED

By United Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 15.-Gov-
ernment authorities here believe that
the Teutonic agents who are alleged
TO have planned the destruction of
American munition plants and con-
spired to plant bombs in American
vessels were members of an organ
lied staff with a system of offices
spanning the United States.
1t is reported that certain oper-
ations at Detroit have entered the
scope of the investigation and the
inquiry in progress is expected to
learn whether agencies were operat-
ing in other big cities.
The authorities are trying to deter
mine whether there was any connec-
ton between the dynamite plans and
the attempt to smuggle four Teutons
into the states aboard an American
transport This attempt was frus-
trated by the arrest of the aliens and
four American soldiers. The trans
port arrived from Honolulu.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-15
SPILL
IS STAGED
BY SHERIFF
Forbidden Fluid Captured in Recent
Raid is Poured into Sewer
in Presence Of Thirsty
Spectators

Yesterday afternoon, just as that
dark, smoky feeling began to spread
over the city and to obscure the out
lines of the encompassing horizon, be-
fore a large and select crowd drawn
from all walks and vocations of life,
Sheriff Bailey and couple of his dep
uties staged the second scene of the
first act Of the whisky raid of recent
date.
The staging was simple in the ex-
treme as were the settings. With
drab, grey background of frost
Drowned Bermuda and granitoid side
walk, the actors got down to business
and began showing" even before the
spectators arrived There was no
orchestra present to add to the enjoy
ment Of the occasion with lively
strains of soul-stirring and nerve-mur-
dering musical attempts.
Without preliminaries of any kind
the actors walked to the front of the
stage, in other words to the sidewalks
breezy edge and began the work be
fore them. the work of emptying two
hundred and eighty quarts of footwear
whisky across the absent footlights
into the gutter along which it ran and
purred and sparkled and ''beaded" to
the sewers entrance.
And then, unheralded by beat of
drum or blast of trumpet the crowd
began to arrive 1t came in pairs, in
fours, in droves, until before the doz-
enth quart had been poured into the
gutter fully half a hunderd pairs Of
longing eyes and half a hundred
watering mouths gazed and saped as
Stage Director Bailey, also star actor
in the performance, opened and
poured and opened and poured. One
or two kind-hearted spectators offered
their services, brave volunteers. to
Mr.. Bailey in the matter of helping
him empty the nerve tonic into the
sewer However, that gentleman
kindly but firmly declined the serv-
ices thus offered at sacrifice prices
and told all that if they wanted a
drink get a straw"
Profitirg by the experience of sev
eral moons ago when a couple of in
quisitive boys had struck lighted
match to the Flowing bowl" as It
le'flew" along the gutter, setting
thereby fire to the sewer, Sheriff
Bailey, after the last headache juice
had been poured forth, called upon
Chief Gattis of the fire department
who Immediately responded with his
trusty lads and flushed" the gutter,
washing all the whisky well on its
way to the thirsty fishes. Curtain
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-15
SHERIFF SEXES
COLLAR BUTTONS

Some weeks ago County Attorney
Venable advised all parties in whose
places of business punching boards"
were to be found that they should see
to it that those boards Immediately
became scarce articles and that after
a stipulated length of time all such
boards would be confiscated as gam
bling devices.
For a time the order was observed
and the gay and festive punching
board became an unknown quantity in
Chickasha. OF late, however. several
parties in business i'll this city have,
Mr. Venable alleges, permitted the
idea to permeate their mental facul-
ties that the attorney and the sheriff
were both joking when the original
order was made
Such an erroneous idea led to Dep
uty Castleman of the sheriff's force,
acting upon orders of the county attor-
ney to descend like unto the falling
of a brick wall upon two punching
board found in the pool hall at POS
Chiekasha avenue. As result of this
falling there now reposes in Mr.. Ven
ables office two boards containing
enough collar buttons to supply the
allied armies of Europe for the next
seven months with collar fasteners.
Mr.. Venable says the anti-punching
board crusade has come to stay.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-15
Inability Of Constantine to Take
Leading Part at Critical Time
May Have Effect on Del
cate Situation
FORD PEACE ship
ARRIVES SAFELY
Reaches Kirkwall, England; Ger
man Secretary Quotes Scripture
Oh Fall Of Ct. Britain; Russ
Troops Near Sweden
BY United Press.

By United Press.
LONDON, Dec. 15.-The sudder
illness of King Constantine has fur
ther complicated the political stu
alton at Athens, according to a dis
patch today printed by the London
Chronicle
The Chronicles correspondent wires
that the king is suffering from a mild
attack of influenza and that his ply
siciana have advised him not to par
ticipate in state affairs.
Because of the delicate situation ere
ated by the retreat Of the allies into
Greece and the Greek elections that
are set for next Sunday, it is believed
that the kings inability to take q
leading role in affairs at this time
may have important results. The
king only recently recovered from Sc
we're illness.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-15

milo maize, corn, wheat, oats and
during the summer they raised all
kinds of vegetables which the children
ate for their noon meal; had flowers
all along the walks, and had vines
and flowers all around the we'll; this
shows that the children can be taught
to take care of flowers and raise any
thing on the school grounds; we will
get good club here. Next we went
to Prairie Dale school, Miss Shirley,
teacher; % children present; found
another very fine school; everything
nice clean and neat, well equipped.
AT this school we found one of the
latest Grafonolas bought by the chill
dren and teacher at a box supper;
used for music by the school, Re-
turned home 6;2O o'clock. Travelled
81 miles today.
Wednesday, December 8.
Mr.. Shepard and | went to Ninnekah
to take Mrs. Coryell to visit the
women's club there. Then we went
on southwest and visited four schools;
visited Banner school first; Miss
Hazel Bloss, teacher; 81 children
present; found a nice, neat, clean
school house, well equipped, curtains
at windows and good teacher; will
get good club here.
Visited Fairview school, next; Miss
lila Whitaker, teacher; 81 children
prospects not very good here
Continued on Page Two.)
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-15
safe Conduct Granted.
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-The state
department was notified today that
England has granted safe conducts for
Captains Boy-ed and Won Papen. the
attaches of the German embassy here,
who were ordered recalled.
Reports from Swiss sources say
Austria will yield to the american de-
mands made in the Ancona note, A
special meeting of the Austrian cab
met was held yesterday to consider
the matter.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-15
ORDER Rate
R VISION
By United Press.

BY United Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-In a de-
cision announced today the interstate
commerce commission holds that the
feight rates on fresh meat and other
packing house products from Houston
to Utah, Missouri, Nebraska, Illinois
and Wisconsin points are unjust inso-
far as they exceed the rates on the
same products from Fort Worth.
The same finding is made by the
commission in regard to fresh meat
rates from Oklahoma City packing
houses to Little Rock. The commits
sion issued orders for new schedules
by January 29.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-15
Sees End for England.

By United Press.
BERLIN, Dec. 15.-Speaking before
the Reichstag today, DR.. Karl Helffer-
ich, secretary of the treasury, quoted
the scriptures in foretelling the fall of
the British empire.
The speaker said the inscription,
Meme, meme. tekel, upharsin,' which
appeared on the walls of Belshazzar's
palace, were written on the columns
of the British empire.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-15
COUNTY COTTON REPORT.

c. c. Goetting, cotton reporter for
Grady county, has received from the
census bureau a report of ginnings in
the county prior to December l. The
total number of bales this year was
8,919, against 1884 bales ginned prior
to the same date in 1914. Mr.. Goet-
ting requests all county papers to
publish this information.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-15
BANDITS WILL
PAY PENALTY
By United Press.

By United Press.
GALVESTON, Dec 15.-Thirteen
men and five women, alleged to be
bandits. we're arrested in Mexico City
and all of them except the women will
be publicly executed, according to
cable messages received here today.
Masquerading as army officers, the
men committed bold robberies, get
ting million dollars worth of gold
and jewelry They were captured
after running fight in which two
policemen we're killed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-15
MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED.

Late yesterday afternoon Court
Clerk Newman was called upon to
issue a marriage license to James
Freeman Rogers, aged 21, and Miss
Frances Cooke, aged 10, both of Chick
asha. Mrs. Watkins. deputy court
clerk, who has kept close tabulation
on all marriage licenses issued month
by month, figures December will
prove one of the heaviest in the year
in the matter of licenses issued. The
marriage permit Of yesterday brings
the total for the month to date up to
an even twenty
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-15
CLUB MEETS AT BUTTON.

The patrons club of the Dutton
school district No. l27, will hold its
regular semi-weekly meeting in the
school house tomorrow evening at
1880. Superintendent Shepard will at.
tend from Chickasha, as will Mrs.
Coryell and possibly Agent Cooper.
Miss Mary Liten has written Mr..
Shepard that she will endeavor to
formulate plans for starting the moon
light school in that district at tomor-
row evenings meeting of the club.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-15
FEARED BODILY HARM.

Through his attorney, Judge e. F.
Baker, Elvis c. Cook today filed di-
vorce proceedings against his wife,
Mrs. Eva e. Cook. The petition sets
forth that the parties were married
March 22, 1915, and separated June
27, following. Petitioner alleges ex-
treme cruelty on the part of the de-
fendant, claims he feared bodily harm
at the hands of defendant and alleges
other reasons why the divorce should
be granted.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-15
ADOPTS LITTLE GIRL.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Brooks Of Rush
Springs. appeared before Judge R. e.
Davenport this morning and secured
the necessary papers for the adoption
by them of little Esther Huff aged
eight years, an inmate of the Pryor
Creek Orphanage.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-15
To Control Commerce.
BY United Press.

By United Press.
BERLIN, Dec. 15.-The interruption
of telegraphic communication be-
tween Russia and Sweden is inter-
preted here, in connection with the
concentration of Russian troops near
the Swedish frontier to mean that an
effort is being made to enforce Anglo
Russian commercial control in Swe-
den.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-15
TO EXTEND wAR TAX.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.-The
Democratic members of the ways and
means committee today submitted
through Representative Kitchen. a
plea for the extension Of the emer
gency war tax for another year.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-15
oscar II Arrives.

By United Press.
KIRKWALL. Eng, Dec 15.-The
liner Oscar II, with Henry Ford and
his peace party on board, arrived here
today.
Further plans of the peace ENJOYS
are not definitely known, but it is sup
posed that they will proceed to Chris
tiana, Norway.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-15
PAVING CASE POSTPONED
TILL JANUARY TERM.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 15.-The
supreme court has again postponed
arguments on the motion for re-
hearing in the Chickasha paving case.
By order of the court, the oral argu-
ment has been reset for the latter
part of the January term