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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-30
Much Work Being Finished Up BY
Commissioner; Cleaning Up
Curbing viii Be Tackled
as Next Task
.BEETS DECLARES
SYSTEM COSTLY
Says Present Laws Make it More
Expensive; Co.lld Cut the Bill
by Paying Cash into
City Treasury

Ten miles OF grading within the city
limits Of Chickasha is being completed
by he street commissioner and his
crew this week. The work includes
the building of grade on Oregon,
Idaho and Texas avenues and Seven
teenth street In the west part Of the
city and the alleys between Fifth and
Sixth streets farther east
This work kept the street commits
sioner busy for some considerable
time. added to this regular task Of re-
pairing broken boards in bridges, fill
ing of ruts along suburban roads and
keeping the pavement OF the city
clean.
Crews ranging In size from five to
thirty men have been busy on Chic}f
asha streets all summer, part Of them
running the grading apparatus, part OF
them working with teams and pillow and
part of them Just handling spade or
shovel 1t takes eight head of horses
and three men to handle the machine
that does the grading.
Work on the dirt streets of the city
is to stop with the end OF this week
unless 1t rains again. Commissioner
Beets said this morning The next
task confronting the street department
is the cleaning up Of the curbing rub.
bish along both sides Of eight miles
of paving.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-30
BULLET IS
BURIED IN
BLACK BODY
Jack Smith Receives Fatal Wound
from Winchester on Midnight
Visit to W. H. CatteraIps
Hog Pens
TEN ANIMALS
TAKEN RECENTLY
Owner Believes Gang Of Thieves
is Operating; Vanishing Fig
are Refuses to Halt and
Shot is Fired

John Smith, the negro shot In Cat
terail's hog pen at midnight last night,
died at the county jail at 80 this aft.
ernoon. He made no statement when
first shot and was too weak to make
one during the last hours that he was
alive. His body Is now being held at
the schow undertaking parlors await
ing funeral plans by the dead mans
family.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-30
VILLISTAS
DEFEATED


BY United Press.
Galveston, July S0.-The Carranza
consulate here has just received a
message from Gen Ohregon stating
that he has just defeated strong force
of Villistas south of Torreon then cap
tured Zacatecas. which place surren-
dered without resistance. Three gem
erals are converging on Torreon now.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-30
American Arrested.

american ATrcSteu.
BY United Press.
Washington, July 30.-Official adj
vices from the state department to-
day declared that the department had
made urgent representations to the
zapatista government over the arrest
of Allen Mallory. an American mail
carrier. and his foreign passengers
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-30
PREMIER
RESIGNS
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
Toxic, July 3V.-Premier Okuma
today rendered his resignation and as
also that of the entire cabinet The
resignation has not yet been accepted.
The premier felt, following the res
ignation of the home minister, that the
action Of the cabinet deyolved on him
The emperor it is understood. does
not desire cabinet change while the
war continues in Europe
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-30

By United Press.
hTe Hague, July 3D.-The kaiser is
quoted in letter from one Of his Of
ficers, printed here. as saying that the
Germans will be fighting year hence
and still on foreign soil.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-30
BY United Press.

Ossining. n. Y. July 30.-charles
Beeker's three year fight for life, which
ended today when the big steel lever in
Sing Sings execution chamber crash
ed on the current that drove the life
from his body. was the most bitterly
fought in New York court annals.
Twice had the convicted police lieu
tenant had his hopes raised only to see
them tumble about his ears. Since
June IS, this year. however. when the
court of appeals that once had saved
him from the chair, refused to grant
d motion to reargue the appeal he had
been rather resigned to his fate, al
though he professed hope to the end.
II was exactly three years ago last
Sunday that Gambler Herman Rosen-
that made the utterances that sealed
his fate- wren ne first publicly accus-
ed Becker or being a CRATER Rosen-
thai, IN published statement, swore
that Becker was his partner in the
Forty-fifth street gambling house. The
police lieutenant. he said, had invested
$500 with him. Amplification of these
charges followed daily from then until
June IA. when Rosenthal made an af-
fidavit OF his charges, which was pub
lished In New York newspapers The
next Day he agreed to go before the
grand jury the following day and tell
what NE knew of New York's police
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-30

Jack Smith. negro, fifty-fiye years
old, is dying at the county Jail as &
result of an alleged attempted hos
theft at the Catterall hog pens, two
and half miles east of Chickasha just
before midnight last night. He il
thought to be breathing his last with
a bullet from 3S Winchester buried
somewhere in his vitals and with a
dozen members of his family and his
friends watching him.
The negro was shot by w. H. Cat
terall, owner of the slaughter house
where the negro was found, just be
fore midnight last night, when the
black was making preliminary sur,
vey prenaratory, the men believe, 70
stealing hogs from the pen. A total
Of ten animals, averaging in worth
about SIS, has been missed from the
pen in the past ten days and Mr.. Cat
terall and his helper, G. G. Nokes, were
lying concealed in the yards waiting
for return of the thieves.
They had been lying in feed wagon
not more than half an hour, Mr.. Cat
terall said this morning. when they
saw man climb over the gate and
begin search of the premises. They
left him alone, because they wished
him to take back word that the way
was clear to the gang he is believed
to have been working with.
When the black looked over the side
Of the box, he saw the two white men
and he ducked under the wagon. He
had been keeping one of his hands in
a pocket during the search Of the
premises, and Mr.. Catterall says that
when the man ducked under the
wagon box, fearing he was armed, he
shot at the vanishing figure.
AS soon as the two men found that
they had shot the man, they searched
him only to find that claw hammer
was in the pocket where the negro 5
hand had been.
They had Immediately telephoned
to the sheriff's office that man had
been shot and that gang of thieves
was in the neighborhood Deputy Bob
Castleman and Policeman Haley of the
city force left in an automobile to
bring back the wounded negro and
search for the rest of the bunch. They
found the negro still lying where
he had been shot and removed him as
quickly as possible to the county Jail
where l.. e. Emanuel, county physi
clan, examined him and declared that
nothing could be done except to re
lieve the pain. The bullet entered the
body on top OF the right shoulder
ranging toward the left and probably
passing through his lungs, the doctor
thinks
The officers returned immediately
to the scene of the attempted theft te
search for more men At vacant
house not far from the pens they en-
tered one door to see a large Negro
flee from the door on the other side
They pursued him several yards, or
dering him to stop and shooting in ths
direction he disappeared, but the mar
escaped to the tall brush along ths
river.
"It is my belief" Mr.. Catterall sait
| this morning. while aiding the officer:
| in their attempts to locate the buncl
that must have been with Smith, tha
there is gang operating in this coun
try, and that Smith is nothing mors
nor less than their advance guard
Ten days ago we missed nine heat
of hogs In herd of a hundred. on,
would not usually know the descrip
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-30
Switzerland Protests.
By United Press.

London, July 30.-Berne dispatches
say Switzerland has protested against
violation of Swiss neutrality by Ger
man airmen.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-30
CRASPINC CRUCIFIX, GASPS
"JESUS HAVE MERCY"
Walks to Chamber of Doom Unassisted
and Aids Guards in Adjusting Straps;
Expires at 5:55 A. M; Pays Final
Tribute to Wife; Warden Refus-
es to Witness Execution
BY United Press.

by united Press.
Ossining. N. ", July 30--Charles
Becker died game. as he promised
After three electric shocks had been
administered to him, he was pronounc
ed dead at 5:55 this morning.
With his wife's picture pinned ON his
shirt above his heart and holding a
crucifix in his clutched hand, while his
lips moved In silent prayer as he went
to his death, the iron will Of the con.
demned man never faltered AS the
current coursed through his body he
gasped. "Jesus have mercy"
Before entering the death chamber,
Becker issued a dying statement, pas
slonately protesting his innocence
and saying that his only legacy to his
wife was that he was proud of having
been the husband OF Helen Becker,
the purest, no6lest woman that ever
lived"
In his final statement. Becker denied
that he was guilty of Rosenthal's muir
der by deed. conspiracy or otherwise.
He marched to the death chamber un-
assisted and helped the guards in adj
justing the straps about his body. They
failed to fasten one over the chest on
the right side and the body shifted on
account of this, Becker died in
agony Of gnashing teeth. Smoke curl
ed slightly frem under one ear as the
fatal current shot through his body.
Warden Osborne. as protest
against capital punishment, refused to
witness the death scene, leaving the
prison for walk over the hills as the
time for the execution drew near
AT midnight. Mrs. Becker said she
had given the day TO her husband and
what had transpired was not for a
newspaper story. 1T has been hard, "
she said, her face pale. calm and tense
ly drawn. Her hands were clasped as
in prayer as her husband followed the
priests intonations OF prayer. Beck
ers Jesus have mercy" was more like
the prayer OF one iunoeently sacrificed
than that OF person fearful Of death.
The priest who was with Becker dur
ing his last hours says he firmly be-
Iieves that the man was innocent as
men invariably confess in the last
hour Becker told him after the last
sacrament was administered, "As |
stand on the brink of the grave, say
am not guilty in any way Gov.
Whitman at Albany said he had not a
shadow OF doubt as to Becker's guilt
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-30
WEATHER ELSEWHERE.


western Union reports received at
s a. M:
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-30

''Is street work in Chickasha expen-
sive! If it is, what makes 1t so?"
were questions asked Dan Beets, street
commissioner. this morning "Yes,
street work in Chickasha is expen-
sive," was Mr. Beets' quick and EN-
phatic reply, "and there is distinct
reason for it,"
The present street tax laws are what
makes the building. and maintaining of
good roads in the city OF Chickasha
more costly than they should be, the
commissioner declares. The man at
the head Of the work has a small crew.
possibly, that he works part or all the
time They are the men who handle
the grader and do other work of the
kind that requires some practice and
above all, workmen whom the commits
sioner knows ha can tust to do the
work properly.
But outnumbering the regular crew
several to one are the men and boys
who do substitute work for those who
prefer to dispose Of their street tax in
this way rather than to pay the money
to the city. Every man in town must.
under the present law, work two days
on the city streets with shovel each
year, must work one day with 8 team.
or must pay the sum of SO into the
street department for his share of road
building and up-keep.
''The greatest trouble Mr. Beets
says. with the present law is the fea-
ture which permits q man to hire .
substitute. OF course most anyone
who does not wish to work out his
street tax has some one In view whom
he would like to give the work. He
hires that person. possibly boy. wilo
knows little or nothing about handling
a shovel anyway, and the lad spends
two days Of time necessary to relieve
the man of his poll taxes. 'rhe lad Is
paid the 50, and possibly he earns II,
but the city has not got full value from
the money
THE fact that. the substitute hired
probably knows little or nothing about
street work is only one of the draw
backs to the system. The other one is
that whenever man appears to work
out his tax with shovel. you must
accept the work whether the city needs
work with shovel or not
IF every man who does not wish TO
work out his own taxes we're eompell-
ed to pay the money direct to the city.
we cotad use the money in hiring
more teams if we needed them. or we
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-30

Light showers in northeast, rest
cloudy. warm.
Oklahoma.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-30
WEATHER FORECAST. 4
For Oklahoma. =
n Assls,.

Generally fair tonight and Saturday.
not much change in temperature
Local Temperature
During the twenty-four hours ending
at 5 a. m.
Maximum -------- 100
Minimum -------- SO
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-30

tcoutinued on Page SKI
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-30

Clear and hot
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-26
COTTON

NEW YORK, March go Cotton showed
still greater strength and activity today
with prices making new high records for
all deliveries. and with the close firm at
q net advance Of 22 60 2G points.
The opening was steady 40 an advance
Of two 10 six points ON overnight huylng
orders. which were doubtless attracted 10y
the strength OF yesterday, the large spot
sales reported In the Atlantic port markets
yesterday and the steadiuess OF Liverpool
For moment or two the advance was
checked by heavy realizing, but fresh buying
orders seemed 10 be reaching the ring from
soon developed almost sensational strength.
After showing II net advance OF about 20
points there werc slight reactions under re-.
ali1iug around midday and demand seemed
to be tapcring OF, but ON sctbucks ut only
few points, offerings were readily ABB
Sorbed, and the market sooU showed renewed
flrmuess with prices making new high
ground i'm the late trading May sold at
g.64, or % points net higher, while October
contracts touched 1923 or $500 per bale
above the low level Of March L.
Closing prices were only two or three
points of from the best under realizing.
Prominent spot houses were heavy buyers
Of both old and early new crop deliveries
during the day while there was am active
demand from southern, Wall street and west.
ern sources
The advance and large sales reported for
the day in the New Orleans spot mark 20
probably helped the upward movement here
in the late trading, while bulliSh sentiment
was also created by reports Of continued
unreasonable weather in the southwest aud
untayorable conditions for the new crop
start.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-26
GRAIN

CHICAGO. March 25-What was termed
peace feeling had much effect today in
lowering the value OF wheat The market,
which throughout the session. leaned heavily
to the bear side, was weak at the close
and / a 10 1be under last night Corn
finished "a a lc of and oats varied from
A@1c decline to X advance In provis
ions the outcome ranged from ~ decline
TO a rise Of 5@7iac
Most traders in wheat appeared 10 be
governed by indefinite rumOrs uat an early
end Of the war might now be assumed rs
a fact. Selling here began with rush
and at no time had TO encounter determ ned
support.
Little was heard today OF damage by
Hessian fly.
Corn suffered from the depression Of
wheat. Liquidatiug sales in May option
was the principal feature Of the oats trade.
Dispatches from Texas said the oats acreage
was the largest ever known. Liberal buying
OF May lard strengthened provisions
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-26
SUNRISE MEETING
FOR HIGH SCHOOL

The program has been arranged for
the annual sunrise meeting Of the
three religious organizations Of the
Tulsa high school on Easter morn
ing. The members Of the student Y.
NJ. c. A.. the student Y. W. &. A. and
the young ladies' rible class OF the
high school will assemble in the as
srmbly hall of the high school build
ing at Gas o'clock a. m, where the
impressive program now being pre-
pared will be rendered. The program
follows:
Leader. Elsie Berry Y. N. c.. A..
quartet. Glenn Campbell. Maurice
Taylor. Veneverette White and Ray
mond Carr. solo. The Great jehovah
by Fthel Fisher; prayer, Mr.. w. H.
lial.e. An Easter Message" Helen
North: What the Resurrection Has
Meant. a. Is" Carl G. Magee. ire.
reading. Evelyn Hope.f Susie Reed;
THE RosaJy." Lillian Roach.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-26
Report Tells Of Inspiring
and d-TingIing
Heroism Of Women.
THOUSANDS ARE DEAD
All of Europe Threatened
With Unprecedented
Plague; Typhus Kills.

WASHINGTON, March 25.-Hero-
ism Of American Red Cross doctors
and nurses In the plague-stIiCken dis
tricts OF Serbia are graphically de-
scribed in reports 10 headquarters of
the American Red Cross
one report tells OF "the inspiring
and blood 'ingling heroism Of a corps
Of American women and men who
have been facing the ugly cOuntenance
OF death every day they have been in
service In the Gevgelia country, as
well as OF certain additional Ameri-
can Red Cross surgeons and nurses
who, forewarned and fully advised
about the state Of affairs in that sec
ton. volunteered to go 10 the rescue
Of their fellow Americans and are
now on their way there. after having
arranged their personal affairs as
though preparing for certain death"
At the time the report was written
early i'm March-one American sur
geon, Dr James f.. Donnelly, OF
Brooklyn, has died as the result Of
typhus and cabled reports said nine
Of the twelve American Red Cross
trained nurses and three Of the re-
naming five surgeons sent to Gevgelia
last November were down with the
malady.
90 Physicians Die.
An official communication received
here placed the deaths from typhus
i'm Serbia so far at 10000 and says
sixty physicians have died Of it in the
last two months. Not only typhus,
but typhoid. is spreading rapidly. How
gravcly the situation is regarded was
expressed today In this statement
made at Red Cross headquarters:
with much Of continental Europe
in a highly unsettled state; with fields
and trenches drenchcd with blood;
with shallow graves OF thousands or
dead scattered throughout the war
area, with vermin and fifth on every
hand; with hundreds Of thousands Of
wounded men being cared for I'm a
pitifllly inadequate way a vast num-
ber Of them having infected wounds.
and with the approach Of warm
weather and attending flies and mos
quitocs. Europe may be well gravely
apprehcnsive- fearful that an unpre-
cedented plague will sweep the old
world?
In one portion Of a report from
Serbia the heroic conduct Of Amer
lean Red Cross surgeons and nurses
who volunteered to go to the rescue
OF their fellow workers in Gevgelia is
described as follows.
Ready for Death.
ITO the lasting credit OF American
womanh6od. It should be said there
we're numbers OF offers from Amer
lean Red Cross trained nurses TO go
to Gevgclia. IN two or three cases
they announced they had made a
final adjustment Of their personal af-
fairs and were ready to face death
itself one insistent nurse said she
r., NO.. - relatives and therefore
would rot be missed-that there was
no one dependent upon her. Another
nurse who had only an aged father
OF her immediate, family living, said
she had talked the matter over with
him fully and had at last persuaded
him to permit her'tO accept this haz-
ardous service"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-26
Ready for Death.
Qualified

Need any more talent FOR your
moving picture dramas"
we might use you. Had any eN-
perience at acting without audi
ences?"
Acting without audiences is what
brought me here
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-26

LIVERPOOL, March 25.-Cotton spot
5A2d: low middling 504d: sales 1000
speculation and export TOO; receipts 10000
Futures steady: May-June 5.99hd; June
July 5.44IAd; July August 5.5lRd: Octo.
ber.Noyember 5.6IAd; January February
5.37iad
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-26
New Orleans Cotton Fntnras


NEW ORLEANS, March 25-Sp0t cot-
| ton firm 10 points up; sales on the spot
1915 to arrive 4,9IO good ordinary SO
strict good ordinary us; low middling
ISL; strict low middling s2G. middling
500, strict mddling 8.ss good midding
9.32; strict good middling 0.69: receipts
1859: stock J52, ,45l,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-26
ADWIEIR TrNSUENG RATES

All advertisements viii be accepted In
The World on the following conditions
Only:
No ad less than IS cents. We reserve the
rlght 10 reyise and classify all ads. Return
wrong replies Three. time ads. very seldom
fail Money refunded on unused insertions.
Errors corrected or money refunded.
RATES.
One cant n word FOR all clsssfications
except clairvoyants. personals and matri-
inonial which ia two ceatt per word: mini.
mum charge % cents. YOui credit is good
II you own a phone, except for personal
furniture for sale and position wanted al.
vertising which are cash. Classification NOT
guaranteed after p. IN.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-26

Kaneag City Grain

KANSAS CITY March 25.-WHFAr -
No. 2 hard Sl49M l.5Oiz No. red Sl.is
"a 40.
CORN No. mixed re; NO. ? white
72iac
OATS No white 5sc, No 2 mixed
53 = a 5ihc.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-26
New York cotton Fntnres.

NEW YORK, March 25-Spot cotton
steady Middliug uplands 9 30. Sales
300 bales
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-26

GALVESTON, Texas, March 25--Cotton
middling 920, receipts l27ss. sales 65ot
stock IO2 i2J
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-26

CHICAGO, March 25 WUENT-Np
red S1.53Wl.54h No. hard nominal.
CORN-NO 2 yellow jsik njs&c
OATS STANDARD 5sh @5sac
BARLFY-74n 4ne2c
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-26

EGGS Higher. receipts l2.5s9 cases; at
trsts lIal5Ac. firsts lsMlSAr.
POTATOES Receipts 10 cars; uu.
changed
POULTRY Alive higher; fowls l4,4c,
AItE ORGANIZING PIG CLUBS.
viii Educate Farmer Boys in Payne
County.
special TO The World.
CUSHING, okla, March 20
Prof. II. E. Wilson, representing the
department of agriculture, is organic
ing Pig and Calf clubs among
farmer boys in Payne county and
teaching the latest scientific phase OF
plant Hfc and soil culture. Gushing
bankers are supplying the necessary
cash with which to establish the boys
in business under the direction OF the
farm demonstrator.
The chamber of commerce is ar
ranging 20 offer large cash prizes for
the best pig or calf to be shown at
the county fair in October, also big
prizes for the best yield Of corn or
cotton from an gCre Of land. The high
$ hool of Cushihg win furnish a large
number Of students during the sum
at once for truck growing on small
plots i'm and near the city. Prof, Will
son promises TO teach boys and girls
the art Of soil culture free of cost to
them.