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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04
SUBSCRIPTIONS RATES.
spoNees, SURGERY AND LAW.

II a surgeon uses his can-opener on
your anatomy. cuts off your appendix
or some other part of your insides,
and then sews YOU up but leaves a
sponge Or two mixed up with your
innerds, and the excess baggage which
IL left within causes you TO kick the
bucket, in order that your heirs, sue
cessors and assigns may y'recover dam.
ages from the sawbones they must
prove that he was negligent,
Such is The decision Of the Oklahoma
supreme court. Even upon cursoryl
consideration. ii would seem that the
doctrine laid down by the learned
court is emnently sound That a sur
geon VINO would wilfully, malciously
and with malice aforethought sew up
sponge In one should be held strictly
responsible for his unothical conduct
would probably be admitted by any
fair minded person. but should such
thing happen in the course OF the
general run OF business without any
act of negligence upon the part of the
saw bones. manifestly ii would be very
unjust to hold him responsible for t.
In the case which was decided by
the high court this week. tine surgeon
set up as a defense the fact that he |
had told the nurse to take an inventory
of the sponges before he sewed up the
patient and she had assured him that |
all had been accounted for; hence he,
the said surgeon, was not to blame for
the unfortunate incident. Under the
circumstances II is easy for anybody 4
to see hat the surgeon was not guilty
He was hired merely to do the slash
ing, not to take out the sponges. which
was comparatively unimportant de-
tail delegated TO the nurse. Except
for the trifling matter that il might
cause the death OF the patient the re-
moval of a few sponges was too small
a thing to receive any special atten.
ton.
We are not surprised by the decis-
ion of the high court Indeed 1t would
be difficult to see how the sagacious
jurist could have ruled otherwise
That the sponge was left there and
that the patient died these facts were
not questioned. To the court the mere /
fact that they were left did not neces.
sarily imply any negligence on the
part Of the surgeon. Little things like |
that might easily happen without any
body being to blame and least of AMI
The man In charge OF the job. The
marvel is that the trial court didn't
see that the whole suit was foolish in
the first place.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

The average depth Of the sands on
the African deserts is from 80 to 40
feet.
There are 800 iron mines in opera
lion in Sweden and 40 mines Of other
metals.
The Siamese have superstitious
dislike Of odd numbers, ami they studi-
ously strive to have in their houses
an even number OF windows, doors,
rooms and cupboards.
Countess Molitcr. an English wom-
an, will shortly start an perilous
trip across the Ruba-el-Khali, the
great sandy desert Of South Arabia.
alone. using only native guides.
The tenement house committee OF
the Brooklyn Bureau Of Charities re-
ported that after careful examination
1t had found only 81 dark rooms in all
ienements In Brooklyn at present.
A pulp and paper course" has been
instituted at the University Of Maine.
Il gives four years training in chem
lstry and engineering to fulfill the de-
mand for specialists in paper manufac-
ture
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04
NEWEST IN SCIENCE

The daily ration of Japanese SOL
der in the field consists of three lit
tie bags of rice and a bunch of dried
vegetables.
Both Americans and Chinese are ex-
perimenting in China with Americail
cotton seed with a view to improving
the native cotton.
The bar which holds a new metal
and cork bottle stopper in place car
ries a corkscrew on its under side for
removing the cork.
An electric lamp and reflector for
inspecting the inside of shoes in
factory have been patented by a
Massachusetts Inventor.
A simple wire loop to be fastened
to door jamb and locked around the
necks of two milk bottles to prevent
their theft has been patented
Vienna has an automobile that can
be used as a fire engine, street
sprinkler or sweeper, or simply as a
freight truck of six tons capacity.
An old idea in the history of tele-
phony has been revived by a British
inventor who has patented trans
mitter shaped like the human ear.
For touring automohilists there has
oeen Invented a bed to be carried
under the Up Of a car and lowered
into position for use when desired.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04
SOME REFLECTIONS ON GIRLS


Call "CirIll," and those of sixty
look around tjust as quickly as those
of sixteen.
When the door bell rings, every
girl in the mousse steps to the nearest
looking glass.
1t is particularly important that a
girl should be taught the virtue of al
ways being right; fshe can never be
president. W ''e
Distinction sometimes comes easy
For example: 1t comes to the girl Of
sixteen who has the largest number
Of boy correspondents.
The Sbetter looking the young man
the louder fhe girls squeal at his Jokes
A very homely man has to say isome-
thing reafly'witty to get even aismile
A girls, idea, Of being equal to an
emergency is yto be prepared to make
a three weeks visit when she has
been invited to remain only three
days.
Tell girIsbefore marriage that she
is going to throw herself away and
she is indig nant. Tell her after mar
riage that she might have done bet
ter and she ds fattered.
A girl of 81 Kteen may demand that
man write Spencerian hand, or not
dare look at her; but after she falls
in love she doesn't care, If his writing
looks like a doctors prescription.
Once upon kTime Girl who had a
Good Job and a Big Salary. and no
one to Spend 1T on but Herself, Mar
ried Man who was so Penurious he
Courted her with Wild Flowers and
Gum Drops. being Proud and Re-
served, she Never complained to her
Friends, and they Never Knew that
her Purse was Stuffed with dry goods
samples to make it Look Fat, or that
her Pallor came no Longer from the |
Druggist, but from, the Flour Barrel. |
But it is Noticed that whenever she
sees Cow or Calf tied in a field |
with veryl Short Rope, and with the
Grass eatenia as far as can be reached, |
she Sheds Tear of Sympathy and |
Lengthenssthe Rope. Frances L. Gar
side in the New York Press
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04
PRESS VIEWS ON THE LAST GER
MAN NOTE.

1
The attitude OF the so-called German
American papers IN the controversy
between the United States and Ger
many will be distinct shock and sur
prise, says the Muskogeo TimesDemo-
crat. The Chicago Staats-zeitung, the
Cincinnati Volksblatt and the New
York (Germanl Herald, three OF tho
leading German papers. in their edl-
torial comment, plainly seek to Justify
Germany IN the sinking of the Lusi.
tania. and comment approvingly on
the German note However these pa
pers stand comparatively alone. <he
Baltimore Sun characterizes the Ger
man reply as "No answer at ALL"
The Baltimore American says the
note is hut "A reiteration OF PROPOSE
tions concerning which the American
attitude has been stated definitely and
with finality of conclusions from
which there is no retreating" ,hc
Louisville Times declares German di-
plomacy has blundered again and says
there can be no temporizing ON such
an issue. Either Germany must make
such amends as are possible or the
United States must take such action
as will compel respect for the lives of
its citizens The Minneapolis Jour
nal, speaking Of the German reply,
says 1T is quibble, an evasion pet
tiroggian argument about minor de-
tails"
The Milwaukee Daily News says Its
good faith will be questioned by
many" The Milwaukee Journal en-
phasizes "That this is the time to
stand firmly in support for the presi-
dent" The Evening Wisconsin says.
The note leaves unallayed the crisis
which called 1t forth" The Indianap-
oils News declares THE German note
will create the most unfavorable i'm.
preston IN tile United States. There
can be no Surrender of principle by
the president" Tho News Orleans
States declares the .nc-e to be charac-
lerized by Evasion as weak as they
are unworthy" Til Philadelphia Bul-
letin saws the note win Severely test
the temper of the American peopl.
The lei Paso Herald says THE note
denies our every suggestion and awaits
our next move"
The Houston Chronicle calls the note
while the Chicago Jour
nal terms it an unmixed insult to the |
United States, and the Louisville Cour-
IersJournal says ut is quibble" The
Chicago Tribune thinks Germany has
put one over us in suggesting arbitra.
ton, and the Chicago Herald declares
the note Fails wholly to meet the
main points at issue. The st. Louis |
ilobe-Democrat declares the note to
be unsatisfactory aud predicts this
government win not consent to pro- !
longed discussion while submarines
pursue their bloody way undeterred.
The st. Louis Republic says the Ger
man note Ignored the whole fabric
lf national law and the rights under
u, Of Americans on the high seas,
The Galveston Tribune calls the nofc |
"A palpable bubble" The Dallas
TimesHerald says Keep cool and
stand by the president The New
York Herald says Germany ignores
he real issue The New York Press
says Berlin's answer to President vii.
sons note is Friendly. gracious and
unsatisfactory The New York World
'alls the note Worse than evasive,"
md the New York Times declares IL
'annot fail TO create a most disagree
'ble impression in this country"
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04
EXPRESS PAcKAcErrEs.


Now wouldn't Il be fine. | say.
TO doll MP fairsMlss chickasha.
SO fine that all who come this way. Z
Right here fore'er would want to stay 2
But even patient man finally be-
becomes weary of watchful waiting,
Before we forget atout il, we hasten
to suggest that YOU NOV your parking.
81 Slmp says he notices that he can
always tel exactly how many eggs
have hafched as soon as he counts tho
chickens.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04

Vic Murdock is four-flusher When
he assumed the editorship of the
Wichita Eagle some time ago, he an
nouncea that all adjectives in the so
ciety dope" would be cut out. In a
recent issue OF the Eagle we read
about the fragrant honeysuckle"
forming most artistic setting for the
luncheon and other flowers which
made the Hoffman home wonder
fully pretty place" Vic seems to have
lost his nerve when the "sassiety" wo-
men began TO stop the paper"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04

y
~ believe the college boule- !
= ward should be built. !
! believe every street and al !
= ley should be kept scrupulous- !
: ly clean.
= ! believe every yard should
= be beautified. .
= ! believe every piece of 4
+ parking should be kept moved. 4
= believe every citizen should I
+ take pride in making his home I
Z attractive.
+ ] believe more flowers, trees, 4
+ and shrubs should be set out.
7 ! believe civic beauty is I
= good investment. \
+ ! believe enthusiastic coop I
= Grafton can accomplish wonders !
+ in a singel season. =
= believe every piece OF prop !
+ erty should be entered in the =
: contest for "pretty-up" prizes. =
+ | believe the town will be =
= better place to live in when it 4
+ is beautified. :
I believe everybody should +
= get busy and keep busy. +
= ! believe a dirty backyard is I.
= a disgrace to the lawn and its =
= owner. +
Z ] believe every man, woman +
4 and child In town should boost i
: the "city beautiful" +
= =
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04
Just Reminded Him.

The Professor (at the dinner table,
oh, by the way. Mrs Chopstieks.
have you seen your little boy, Willie,
lately?
Mrs, Chocpsticks No, professor, |
have not seen him since / o'clock and
| can't imagine what has become Of
him In fact am very much wor-
ried about II N.
Professrr-Wel seeing Martha pour
our that glass Of water just now re-
minded me of something that had ON
my mind to tell YOU some time ago.
but which unfortunately escaped my
mind 1t was just about 10 O'Clock, 7
think. that | saw little Willie fall down
the well
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04

years When | be-
gan to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Com pound I
could not sit up. l
had female troubles
and was very ner-
vous. / used the
remedies q year and
/ can do my work
and for the last eight
m on this | h av o
work ed for other
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04

law
Miss Charlotte Barth Of Denver, who
has Won a legal contest for the $4,000
600 estate Of her grandfather, has
arranged to finance religious mis-
sion In Denver with the object of gath
ering Jewish converts to the folds oil
Christianity.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04
A STOLEN sMlLE'R TWO.
+ = : = = = - = = + = = I.
Solicitation.

SOLICITATION.
Olive and Fred. aged five and three
respectively, had just been seated for
supper Olive saw there was only one
piece of pie and Immediately she set
up wall
"Why, Olive. what are you crying
aboutg' asked her mother.
Because there amt any pie for
brother was the fearful response.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04
STAR-BEAMS
Honesty is much counterfeited
policy.

Honesty is much counterfeited
policy. as
II girls face is her fortune she
seldom needs chaperon.
There might be less room at the
top If there were fewer cushions
at the bottom.
In after years man begins to
appreciate the woman who hand
ed him the frosty mitt.
Even society woman is glad to
get home occasionally in order to
get cut of tight squeeze and into
an old wrapper.--Indianapolis Star.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04

Will someoneA kindly explain to us
why we don't Z call collins bury
boxes?
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04
WOMAN COULD
NOT SIT UP
Now Does Her Own Work.
Lydia E. Pinkharn's Vegeta-
BILE Compound Helped Her.

Ironton, Ohio. - am enjoying bet
ter health now than have for twelve
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04

The trouble with other peoples ex-
perience is not that it does not apply
to US, but that we do not apply to it.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04

II there is anything In a name,
Przemysl must be given the grand
prize in the exhibit of war atrocities
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04

Your aspirations are not the prod
ret of your will; your will, and your
achievements, are,the product Of your
aspirations.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04

What you rvould do effectively to-
morrow must Nbe planned today.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04

As a rule man doesn't particularly
enjoy prolonged business talk with
woman via the telephone.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04

"PrzemysI Fails Again Seems to
be kind of habit that the thing has
fallen into.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04

For one thing. we don't want to hear
The S. 0. 5. call coming from the wheat
fields.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04
MpcLARYGRAMS

Where there is lack of preparation
opportunity Vhas no value
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04

Chickasha is going to have down.
right grand GLORIOUS the commit
tee gets the dough" Give them a
smile and then dig up when they call
on you.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04

II may compel the whole family to
hump 1t to make ends meet, but
that's no reason why we shouldn't ride
In honk wagons
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04

The manager of the Democratic
team pulled Off a big bone-head play
when he didn't sign Col J. T. Hin.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04

Call "Girlll." and those of sixty
look around yjust as quickly as those
of sixteen.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04

One reason why the politicians don't
shine on the diamond is because there
is big difference between wire pull
ing and playing baseball
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04

When the door bell rings, every
girl in the mousse steps to the nearest
looking glass
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04

Shadows, your opinion to the con
trary, perhaps, are the most consist
emily cheerful of things; they never
come out but in the sunlight.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04

The soil which will raise good crops
of wheat and hay and corn and cattle
is plumb sure, as well, to have its
most successful crop of railways and
factories and shops and homes
From McC1ary's Magazine.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-04

1t is particularly important that a
girl should be taught the virtue Of al.
ways being right; fshe can never be
president.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-06

gress, a law designed to meet both
demands.
Taking the safety at sea feature
first, the LaFoIlette bill, as amended,
provides that all Ocean-gOing ships
must have Iifeboats and RATS sUfh-
cient to accommodate all on board
Is per cent boats and rs per cent
RATS. Exception was made for coast
wies ships not going more than 20
nautical miles from short, during the
summer vacation season from May
Is to Sept. Is, when 35 per cent
boats and 35 per cent RATS 10 per
cent-altogether will be sufficient.
For the great lakes, on routes
more than three miles of shore at
any point, there must be hfebOats
and RATS for all, except from May Is
to Sept. Is, when 20 per cent of boats
and 80 per cent of RATS will be suffi-
Gent For boats plying within the
three-mile limit or over waters not
deep enough to submerge the decks
should the steamer sink, regulations
as to boats and RATS were left to the
board OF supervising inspectors OF
the commerce department.
In meeting the sailors demands
the bill was believed by the state de-
partment to violate number Of eX-
listing treaties. 1t provides that sea-
men on either American or foreign
vessels in American ports may, pro-
Viding they do not make two de-
mands within five days, get half the
wages due TENN.
Arrests for desertion are abolished.
The number of able-bOdied seamen
for different sizes and sorts of YES
sells is specified.
Shanghaiing is made Improbable
by a clause preventing a sailor from
drawing any wages in advance.
Better quarters for the men are re-
quired in ships built after July l.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-06
LiIl3anLoulse Rus11

Washington society has a new IA
vorite. Miss Lillian Louise Powell,
a charming young southern girl, has
come from Louisiana and captured
most of the social honors in the cap
ital city.
Miss Powell is the guest for the
season of Senator and Mrs. ]. E.
Ransdel of Louisiana.
-O-O
LAW THAT THE SEAMEN WANT
FINALLY GETS OVER
Washington, March 6.-After more
than two years agitation for safety
at sea, following the Titanic disaster,
and after more than 20 years of fight
ing by the Sailors Union for better
working conditions, there was on the
statute books today, as a sequel to
Presidents Wilson's signature of the
seamen's bill at the windup of con-
New Britain herald., 1915-08-05

l the results Of trying to influence the Japanese youth through this means l has been very encouraging. Excellent l work has been done among the bus l mess men. An outdoor physical de- partment has been started and is meeting with success The prospects for more playgrounds look bright. Since the last time that MT. Browns s report appeared in these columns, he and his wife have found it ad visable to change their residence from Tokyo to Kobe, where they will re- main until the middle. of 1916.
 The report as given by MT. Brown
 which covers. his work in Japan for
 the six months ending June 30 fol-
 lows:
 Progress in Physical Work.
 The past months have shown
 something really visible in the pro-
 gress of the physical work in the Jap s anese expectations. The facts@ that
 Tokyo was not vet equipped for this { york and that Kobe and Kyoto pos Is sessed modern gynnasiums and sOs-
 aka an auditorium that could be con- yertnd into one seemed AAto point ssout that, for a while at least, 1T would be
 more valuable in that section than II $ Tekyo prQviding that "a certain
 arnoipt of my time could be reserv-
 ed for language study. Accordingly souT residences. was changed to Kobe the first of February and we will probab bly, remain there until the mid- de of l916 These few months have been regarded in the light of an ex-S pertinent. The results have been so encourag gings that a very dfnite pro- gram is being laid out for the follow ing season as We now know whnt
 groups can be reached and are sure of hearty support of the boards of directors who, up to the present time, have had a very hay and not very en- sthusiastic notion of the possibilities
 of Influencing the Japanese youth
 through the physical department.
 Lay Emphasis on Group Games.
 Our experiment to date seems ,o
 have enthused them considerably and
 they will be whole e-heartedly back of
 the program outlined from now on Owing to the lack Of gymnastic equipment and trained physical dire-- tors it, has seemed best at first to lay our emphasis upon group games, which require comparatively little equipment and still serve grear number. The Japanese government schools provide good calisthenic drills regularly for the pupils and
 many of the boys play baseball until l graduation. After entering a business or professional life though 1t has been l the old idea that a man should not l so far forget his dignity as to take 1 part in physical recreation and we therefore anticipated some difficulty l in organizing any work for business l and professional men, which we l knew would have to be done before l the physical education program of the
New Britain herald., 1915-08-05
CALL TO JEWS OF AMERICA.
Rabbis Ask Hebrew Race to Fast and
 Pray as Protest Against War.

New York, Aug. 5.-A conference of thirty New York rabbis resulted today in the issuance of a call to the Jews of America to fast and pray next Monday as an expression of sorrow for conditions in Europe and of pro- test against This unnecessary war which is costing the lives of so ma ly men, Congregations also will pray that "The war may soon end and that our country may not be entangied in this wild and crazy conflict"
 Special services, conducted only on the Day of Atonement, will be held. and the bugle, used only on holy days will be sounded. The announcement concludes as follows: "A nation will fast g. nation will mourn, nation will pray. May the prayers reach tae Almighty"
New Britain herald., 1915-08-05
MAY SUCCEED CONNOLLY.

The office of investigator in the char ity department becomes vacant Sep tember 1, when the resignation of Ed ward c. Connolly. the newly appointed probation officer, takes effect and speculation is being made as to his probable successor. Tn this connection prominent mention is made of Burton c. Mercy, present chairman of the charity board. MT. Mercy became a, member of the board year ago last spring and his work has met with gen. eral approval He will make good man for the office if he can be induced to accept. MT. Mercy, who was for many years foreman in the pocket knife department of Humason & Reckley's, conducts repair shop and sharpening works on Glen street