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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-17
ORDERED TO
M { N A c T
SUEz CANAL
BY HENRY WOOD.

Constantinople. (By courier to Ded
eagatch and thence by mail to Now
York)-July 13.-Somewhere down In
the interior of Syria are several thou
sand German officers and men who
must remain there either until the
war ends or until Kaiser Wilhelm
changes his mind. 1t is their duty to
annoy the Suez canal
With neither sufficient men nor snf.
ficient war material at their disposal
to do any damage they must nevertbe-
less make enough showing to force the
English at all times to keep large con
tingents OF troops in Egypt for the de-
fense of the canal. They must hold
themselves back in the desert out Of
harms way, subsisting as best they
can. until favorable moment presents
itself. Then they must swoop down
on the canal, and by capturing some
lone vessel or in some other way OBJ
struct navigation even If only for a
few hours. Then they must dash bar k
into the safety of the interior OF the
desert.
These are the orders:
These men are the remnants of the
tragic Turko-German expedition which
was sent last January against the
canal.
AS recompense for their faithful
ness an officer or a soldier is occasion
ally given permission to come up to
Constantinople for renewal Of CON
tact with civilization From these Of
ficers and men learned few still
unpublished details Of the disaster last
January.
When the expedition finally ap-
preached the canal after having push
ed its way across the desert for weeks
carrying pontoons for crossing the
canal and transporting the bulk of its
water in tin cans, the plan Of attack
decided upon was that usually employ
ed by the Austrians. Simultaneous at
tacks were to be begun by the right
and left wings in order to district and
engage the enemy and then the main
body of troops comprising the center
was to make the dash for crossing the
canal.
To the surprise of all the attacks
met with such little resistance that
the center in its mad rush to get across
did not stop to build pontoon bridge
but leaping into the pontoons them
selves rowed to the other side. There
the mystery was explained. Along
the front of the canal were found
whole lines of trenches which the En-
glish evidently had abandoned in haste
at the approach of the expedition Into
these trenches the Turks piled and be-
gan at once establishing their posi-
ton when suddenly the English artil-
lery stationed miles away but having
the precise range Of the trenches
poured into them terrible fire.
A mad rush was made for theo ther
side of the canal where the survivors
gathering up their wounded and load
ing them onto camels pushed back into
the desert to point where DR.. Ward
had come down with Red Cross unit.
There the wounded were taken care
OF until it was possible for them to
return north.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-17

with interests of the south to agree
upon the best method of handling the
crop of the south.
President Dwyer is to appoint a rep
resentative from this state. He will
name the Oklahoma representative
possibly this week after comforting
with w. B. Harrison of Oklahoma city,
secretary of the bankers association.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-17
TRANSPORT
SUNK; 1000
LIVES LOST
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
London, Aug. 17.--It is believed that
one thousand lives were lost when the
British transport Royal Edward was
torpedoed by German submrine while
enroute to the Dardanelles.
The disaster occurred in the Aegean
sea Saturday. The transport was car
rying 1880 soldiers, thirty-two officers
and a crew of $50 men.
In announcing the loss Of the vessel
this morning the admiralty says, six
hundred are known to have been
saved"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-17
War Party In Power.
BY United Press.

Athens. Aug. 1.-THE resignation
OF Premier Gounarfs head of the ''neu-
trality ministry. was accepted by
Kenizelos. head OF the war party" Is
now comforting with the king. presum-
ably over the forming of new minis
try.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-17
italians Closing In.

By United Press.
Rome. Aug, 1.-THE Italians are
closing in on Plezzo at the points of
bayonets, reports from the front today
state.
The city has been bombarded dur
ing the past forty-eight hours. 1t is
claimed that Austrian attacks on Car
MIA have been repulsed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-17
ARBITRATE
FRYE CASE
BY United Press.

BY United Press
Washington. Aug. 1.-THE state de-
partment today made public the Amer
ican reply to Germany in the Frye
case.
The United Statesc government
agrees that leach government desig-
nate an expert to fix the amount of in
demnity for the vessel
The American government also
agrees to let the Hague arbitration
board decide whether the Prussian-
American treaty was involved in the
case.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-17
Gov. sIaton Condemns It.

San Francisco. Aug 17.-"Men who
would do this would kill women and
children or murder men from behind
fence,r Former Gov Slaton of Geor.
gia said, when told of the lynching OF
Leo Frank. Every good man and wo
man Of Georgia will condemn the COW
ardly abduction" hec ontinued. IT
was an attack on civilization
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-17

EVENTS IN THE WAR
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY.


: Belgian seat Of government
: removed to Antwerp. German :
= cavalry approaching Brussels. !
; French claim continued for .
, ward movement in Alsace and !
: capture of one Alsatian regi- !
, ment .
, Russia says Austrians suffer .
, severely in sabre engagement .
; on frontier. .
The Adriatic is swept clear 1
of Austrian warships by I
French fleet. Four vessels 4
: sunk. 1
The kaiser reported to have 1
; left for the battle front in AL 4
SAGE. 4
Wealthy Americans reach 4
New York in steerage. 4
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-17
City Safe, Says the Latest Wireless
Report; Five Persons Perish;
Numerous Craft in Har-
Dor Destroyed
TWO FIRES RAGE;
MILLION DAMAGE
Five Feet Water in Front Of Union
Station; One U. 5. Transport
Drifts from Moorings and
is Damaged
By United Press.

By United Press.
New Orleans. Aug. 17-Direct wire
less advices from Galveston received
here this afternoon say the city is safe
and that the waters are receding.
Five persons perished in flood and
property damage is estimated at mil.
lion dollars. Two fires we're reported
to be raging. The U. S. transport Nc
Clellan. which drifted out into the gulf,
was damaged.
Refugees arriving at nearby points
in autos this morning said the waters
in the streets we're receding when they
left the city late yesterday
Numerous craft in the harbor we're
destroyed but no big ships were among
the number. The wind blew at rate
of thirty miles an hour.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-17
Take kovno Forts.

BY United Press.
Berlin. Aug. 1.-THE Germans cap
tured forts defending Kovno. says the
official statement.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-17
Rapulse Germans.

BY United Press.
PariS, Aug. 1I-Heavy cannonading
continues in Argcnne. The Germans
we're repUlsed at Lathe Point.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-17
BY United Press.

by OnltCu tCHo.
Dallas, Aug. 17.-Unconfirmed re-
ports received here early this morning
say the shore line at Galveston is un-
der seven feet of water
Reports further say the causeway is
washed away, cutting off all means
from the city.
All wire communication with Calves
ton and Houston is still cut off and no
accurate information concerning condi-
tions there Is available Thus far no
loss of life has been reported.
Before the wires went out last night
reports from Galveston gave the wind
velocity at 65 miles an hour, the ba.
rometer 2s flat and still falling, and
about three feet of water in the streets
near the bay front.
No great property damage had been
done, it was stated. although the cleo
trio power plant had closed down as 3
precaution. The wind, earlier in the
evening, had attained a velocity of 70
miles an hour or more. The last mes
sage from Galveston giving its veloc
ity as 65 miles an hour, indicated thai
the storm was abating somewhat al
that point. The water is all over the
city.
| At Houston the local weather OBJ
server expressed the belief that the
hurricane had left the gulf and was
working inland between Houston and
Galveston. There had been no damage
reported at Houston at midnight.
While other Texas coast points re
| ported high winds, reaching as high a.
sixty-five miles an hour at one or twr
points. no great property damage haf
been reported up to midnight. AT Por
| O'Connor and Port Arkansas severa
hundred inhabitants hurriedly left fol
interior places of safety.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-17
To Land in FinIands

BY United Press.
London, Aug IA dispatch to the
Morning Post today from Stockholm
says the Germans are preparing to
land troops on the coast of Finland.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-17
erItish Gaining.

Athens. Aug. i7.-Severe fighting
continues in the vicinity of Krithia and
caba with the British gaining.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-17
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
San Antonio, Aug. IA wireless
message from Galveston. received at
1910 this morning. says water is five
feet deep in front of the union station
there.
Two fires in Galveston were report
ed, one, of them being in the Grand
hotel.
The U. S. transport McClelland
broke it's moorings and driited half a
mile out into the gulf.
The big government wireless sta
tion at Fort Crockett is out of COM
mission and also the commercial wire
less plant at Port Arthur.
The message received here this
morning was the only direct word that
has come from the storm stricken city
since last night.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-08
sLAueHrERINc MEMS MINDS

Every army actively engaged in the war has its Fsychopathc ward" where soldiers driven insane by the fighting can have expert treatment It is a striking nlhllment of a prophecy made in fiction by Wilhelm Lamzus In "The Human Slaughter House he repre-. 7ented German soldiers turned to a bowling deIirous mob by the rishtful carnage of modern battle For hat portrayal he lost his government iob and then same along this and proved him right
 How could it be otherwise? Human brains and nerves were never meant to endure the horrors that make e odiers daily portion today To meet ones enemy lace to face and fight him to the death with ass clubs word bayonet rifle that is endurable. Men have al says done that; they have died. but died sane But .hen they fighting against men; now they aglt machinery which has neither nerves nor heart
 They do not see the foe nor the foe them They bur TOW in the ground hide there day after day cramped h1ed bemired with explosive shells from everywhere md nowhere searching them out and blasting away their iefenses, and the enemy mining the ground beneath blow them to eterity. The exposure. the confine- nent the detonatous the uncertainty Che waiting hour after hour and day after day for they know not what an this is ntolerable than oi wounds or death Hence the crop of madmen to make this mad war stI nore horrible and to be death-iulfe reminder to hu uanity for half a century to come
Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-08
TAE pEcAY oE LYNcHlNe

Lynching fell off in 1914 There were only 52 cases the United States the smallest number in any year nce the records have been kept Aside from this gem ral indication of growing respect law and order scrutiny of the records develops some less gratifying acts
 First of al it should be noted that if "the usual rime" were ever regarded as blanket justification for be institution of ynchng it must now be definitely discarded. Relentless statistics declare that only seven nchngs out Of the 52 came within Che category of chi- alrc murders for the protection of womanhood, and nly five of the victims in these eases were coored.
 Looking into the motives for the other 45 Killings, find that men and women-three women-were nched for murder for assault and battery for rob cry for stealing mules for burning barns assisting other men to escape and for being discovered 'ouse. Booker Washington points out growing ten lency "to lynch for any cause, however trivial"
 We arc forced to the conclusion that in a typicaN modern ynchug the original crime the factor of least importance The chief appears be a criminal de- ire for blood the of inflamed mob Most any ~ffense will serve for pretext
Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-08
coNuuLslvE BROADWAY

A New York architect says that Broadway "isnt street-fts conyuson" Which leads us to hope that other New Workers eventually discover the tawdri- ness and uaness of that ovarratad thorouehfara with its architectural eyesores and it's nightmare ulumna- ions.
 Broadway one of the inezpHcabe things about New York The natives have boasted of 1t and New Yorl-uade musical shows have advertised it until they have somehow persuaded the rest of the country that the little old reconstructed cowpau winding through Manhattan Island is something admirable And when outlan6er without binders or coIored goggles vanders into it, he may inquire as Jack London did last winter, "Where is tho Great White Way" when he situated the very moment in the geographical midst of it. Or he may remark, with the Hammond Ind. ser want sir sizing up the ycinage of Times Square ESQ this is Broadwayl Well. don't think much of it."
 There are fine and famous heaters bordering on Broadway and likewise where five times what rs worth, plus incidental eztortion, man may get a most excellent meal But wholly mpreiudiced would probably say that the feature about Broadway is the subway underneath which enables disillusioned visitor to get away from it quickly IT. New York ever grows up, it may come to realize that glare is beauty and height is and ex pense is elegance. and that bit of unobscured sky with stars stuck it worth all Che blazing cigarette and whisky signs and iigsaw sEyncs and azcab pa- rades iu Che universe.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-08

churches of New York have given their answer More than 1900 of them representing nearly all denominations have started systematic campaign to help people out of work An Interchurch Unemployment Committee repre- senting the who,e group win maintain an winter central headquarters open day and night and 1900 substaon
 throughout the five boroughs of Greater New York will re- port all cases of need
 The churches will try to relieve want directly when ever that seems wise 1T it comes to the worst religious edifces may be opened to house the homeless The church people recognize however that the real need is not charity but and so their chief effort is directed toward getting jobs for men and women Their repre- sentaves canvass neghborhoods for employment They urge employees of labor continue operations as re-
 gious duty and declare that he employer who creates obs is doing religious work" They try to help the work ingman maintain fair stadard of wages" and urge employers not to try to profit by the workman's neces- sity and reduce his They an businessmen or fam Hes that expect to have a days work or a weeks work done after while to have it done now They make a special effort to keep children in school
 This looks like genuine effort though perhaps a superficial to apply Christianity in practical way 10 existing economic conditions The churches are to be congratulated their enterprise Nothing is better calculated the waning influence of the church with the masses than such demonstration that it is interested in the most fundamental and nsstent problem of the masses everywhere
 There is no more honorable occupation or finer bene faction than getting men jobs The lack of work Is the greatest of industrial evils Without steady and prop erly remuneratiye employment there can be no self respect which is the foundation of private and public
 r'ue To the father of family iobless and pennless he social system is likely to grim conspiracy of property and power against manhood and religion it. elf may appear mockery.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-08
ANorHER PRIsoN rHEoRIsT

Thomas Mott Osborne, the nyw warden Of tla Nev York state Yri. reformer His rredeces sor was a plmutu-p possibly d good plumber-who was violently zeparned from his office because us made life SO exceedingly pleasant in Sing Sing for banker conycts. Ward Osborne is ryns without discrimt nation make life pleasant as possible for all the inmates In doing he has naturally subjected himself to the sweeping condemnation of practical mem and has been denounced a visionary and "theorist' who is making prison life comfortable crimi existence in the free outside world is for vast numbers of honest citizens. And here is the wardens answer:
 CT want my critics to go to their homes and pick olt parlor rug about four feet wide and feet long, l want each one of them to make that lit- tie rug their home for one hour Let them stay on such a rug without breaking over the boundaries even ioi a second. ! warrant they will never again talk about Iuxuries in Sing Sing prison want them to remember that We have cells in Sing Sing which are only three feet and four inches wide seven feet long and only six feet and a half high. and be men often stay in those cells for twenty hours on sun day. the Lords Day. Don't you think it is rather cynical to talk about luzurly so long as stay in cells like that? But they are even worse than ! pictured them for there is no ventilation"
 When Warden Osborne put it that way, be seems t7 The critics are further embarrassed by the fact that in spite of-or maybe as result of-greater personal liberty and fair play there has not been single in fraction of discipline requiring punishment the month or December.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-08
M NEAL BASIN RUSH
 BY HOMESTEADERS
 Is A RECORD MAKER
So Many Settlers Are Making Filings that Little Real Good Farming Land Will Be Left By End of Year.

McNEAL. Ariz Jan. 7.-Every day brings more settlers into the McNeal easm Looking for land During the ast three months of last year nearly one hundred d 'uas were made Al rhe rate settlers arr coming in SO fs' 'n's year. an recor5s for niInrs wili be broken and by the close of this year there will be but little real good farming land left for entry
 There are several townships that have been withdrawn from entry SO that a new survey might be made. The new corners win not wait for the survey to be completed and the land thrown open for entry but go upon the land and squat, make it their home and improve the place the same as though they had filed. This gives them the preference, by ninety days to file when the land is finally opened for filing.
 sl fast are the settlers coming that they are locating two and three deep on many claims. The land around McNeal can be filed upon at the various commissioners. either in Bisbee. Douglas Courtland and some dle in Phoenix only last week one claim, three miles south of McNeul
Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-08
c4uRcHEs ANp uNEmPLoYEn

Last winter the unemployed of New York City is- sued challenge to he churches Radical leaders rounded mp groups of followers during spell of bitter cold weather and invaded church after church demand ing food and lodging Some of Che churches responded giving the penniless invaders ccffee and sandwiches and letting them sleep in Che buildings. Others called police and had them elected As the homeless men grew more daring the authorities grew more severe and soon the movement broken mp.
 That campaign however the first of the kind in Che United States made deep impression on the commu uity It aroused keen discussion of what individual Christians and religious organizations should do to ale yiate the suroungs of the unemployed And now me
Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-08

was filed upon by Mr. HayIor recent ly from Arkansas in the Courtand land office and the next day same claim was filed upon by Mrs Smith, recently from Missouri, at the Doug las land office The Courtland dlme reached the Phoenix office first and secured the land Two weeks ago Mir. R. w. Cobb filed upon a half sec ton of land. east of McNeal one mile, in the Phoenix land office and about the same time a friend of Mir Cole filed on the same land in the Court land office and another party in Douglas Mir Cobb is now on the land. having brought with him some fine horses, dairy cows, and a motor cycle
 West of McNeal three miles is @ township of land that has never been surveyed, and upon which squaters are going and doing their own surveying. to determine about where their corners will come when the land is surveyed These farmers are going in and improving their places and doing real farming. Application has been made for a survey of the township The soil is some of the best in the valley, being a sandy silt soil covered well with grass and some mesquite The water is shallow and pure It was in this township that s West shot and killed another squatter named Johnson, a few days ago. Both men claimed the same piece of land
Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-08

Amazing little has been heard during the war of must be well within the truth when he announces that t is stronger than Aug 4 It easily outcasses the Austrian yy As for the Turkish ships they eclusion that he Black Sea grants behind the shelter 1f the Dardanelles.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-08

King Georges distribution Of New Years honors in- cuoed gifts of he Garter to two Ears and other deco ratons Holiday honors with us seem mostly to take the form of prison pardons for -ongtem conyicts by ndu gent Governors.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-08
4 Batch of Smiles

Alice. an enthusiastic motorist, was speaking to her friend Maude in re lation to the slowness of a certain young man at proposing.
 Charley seems to start easy" she remarked and he speeds up well: but just at the critical moment he always skids"
Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-08

In shop in Georgia stands glass tank filled with water nwhich there in single goldfish. Hanging on the outside of the tank is a placard which contains the following answers to questions which the proprietor of Che sbop has got tired of replying to br word of mouth.
 This is goldfish.
 It is alive.
 Thre is only one of it.
 lt has ueved died.
 We feed it whenever we want to. lt eats what we give it
 That is water it is fn
 We get the water out of a well. We do not know how old it is. We have had it ever since we got it
 We have had more but have not got them now
 If it sleeps we do not know it. We change the water as often as we want to-
 We do not know how long it will live
 We do not miss the water it drinks We do not know how large it viii grow
 We can catch it. but do not want to. When we get too much water in the tank we take part of it out This is an we know about it. It is not for sale
Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-08

A well known physiologist was lee turing on the effects of alcohol
 We now perceive he concluded. that drunkenness destroys one of the most important organs. The reck- jess liver, in a word winds up as a liverless wreck"