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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-02
GOOD rain
INSURES A
CORN CROP


ut will insure corn crop as big as
Grady county has ever raised, even as
big as that of 190s,g j. C. Good, presi-
dent of the Grady County Commercial
and Farm bureau. said this morning
while commenting on the rains of Sun.
day morning AS to a yield of corn
over the county, Mr.. Good declared it
to be yet little early to place esti-
mates, but that he had not seen a
field this year that he thought would
make less than 25 bushels. Il have
some" he said, that will make so
bushels. Many fields will do it,"
"'rhe rain was just what we needed p
0. G. Cooper. county demonstration
agent. said this morning. 1T seems
to have been general over the county,
though heavier in the north part than
in the south. 1t will give cotton a
big boost and it will make all kinds
OF feed that is now maturing"
Many farmers attending the market
day sale reported good rains in their
sections. Though stubble lands were
not soaked down far enough to permit
plowing, every farmer reported vast
benefits to all growing crops.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-02
MANY HURT
In WRECK
SATURDAY
Easibound Passenger Derailed just
This Side Of Anadarko; No
One is Seriously Injured;
Defective Tie Cause

Everyone on the train received Sc
we're shaking up and several received
more or less serious injuries at about
6 o'clock Saturday afternoon when
passenger No. 7lO, east bround, struck
spreading rail two miles this side Of
Anadarko. The engine is reported to
have stayed on the track but the ten.
der broke loose and it, the mail car
and combined smoker and negro car
left the rails but did not turn entirely
over
The train Is due here before Z
o'clock. 1t did not arrive until 1880
The onlyy explanation given for the
accident is defective tie.
The list of injured includes the fol-
lowing
Express messenger. nose broken.
Mail clerk. hurt internally, thought
not serious.
Clarence Jones, negro, knee sprain-
ed.
H. f.. Day, Chickasha, hurt in shoul-
ders and internally.
William Goden, Chickasha. badly
shaken up,
Thomas Gault. chickasha. hurt in
ternally.
George Ferguson, negro. chickasha,
lower ribs broken.
Aaron Pierce, negro. Chickasha, in
jured foot
Addie Shaw. negress. chickasha, leg
injured.
Well Shelton. negro, Lawton, back
injured
claud Wilson. negro. Chickasha,
knee injured.
Carl Sherard. Chickasha, back hurt.
Harry Brown, Anadarko, back in
iured.
Joe Alexander Chickasha, hip in
jured
H. Franz. Anadarko; c. c. Devins,
Oklahoma City; Harry Waldron, I'll
Reno, badly shaken up.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-02
SOON MANY
WILL Have
TRACTORS

The gasoline tractor never will take
the place of the brood mare for motive
power on the small farm, but it will
probably replace the mule, especially
on the large tracts, thinks o. @. Coop
er, county demonstration agent, after
returning Saturday afternoon from the
Enid tractor show.
Sixty-four farmers attended the
show Friday and Saturday from Grady
county, each wearing one of the red
badges, GRADY County Booster Club
The crowd went up on the early Rock
Island Friday morning. most of them
returning Saturday afternoon or night.
Part of the farmers and stockmen,
including Nathan Driscoll, w. h.
Smith, c. Whalen and o. G. Cooper,
stopped off at Kingfisher on the re
turn trip, where the party inspected a
large jack farm. a thing Mr.. Smith is
especially interested in as he is owner
OF one or the largest JACK farms IN
Oklahoma, Union Hill.
''They had every Kind of tractor
there, from the four to the sixty horse
power Mr.. Cooper says, "and they
demonstrated that the machines can
be made to do the work, even to culti-
waiting corn. One thing that attracted
much attention was the sight of Mrs.
Mccormick, daughter of the president
of the big harvester company, han
ding those big tractors as if she had
been raised on them"
The county demonstrators declares a
number of Grady county men are ser
iously interested in the possibilities OF
tractor farming after attending the
show.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-02
Commissioners RuSy I
with Road Affairs

Routine business and the assigning
of bridges to roads over the county is
taking the time of the county commits
sioners, who are meeting in regular
session today Every neighborhood
IN the county wants half dozen
bridges one farmer said after talk.
ing to the commissioners. He dec.ar-
ed roads to be in frightful condition
all over the county. The commission
ers will probably be in session tomor
row.
Valuation figures have not yet been
received for the excise board. A meet
ing will be called just as soon as the
state authorities foreward the figures
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-02
STRIFE
IS MAKING
U. 5. GREAT
By United Press.

By United Press.
Berlin. Aug. 2.-Prof. Simmel. who
is recognized as an authority on In.
ternational policies, in an article ap
pearing In the Tageblatt today, says
Europe by prolonging the war is com
hitting suicide and making the Unit
ed States the greatest world power.
Prof. Simmel likens America to the
waiting heir at wealthy mans death
bed, enriching herself by the traffic in
munitions and helping the European
nations to kill off themselves so that
she herself can become great.
The professor declares that there is
room enough in the world for botn
England and Germany to realize their
ambitions and serve their objects if
England will rid herself of her short
sightedness.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-02
Turks lnilicting Terrible 0aIrages;
Thousands Deported and Whip
ped Along Road; Mothers
Drown Babies in Wells
RUSS. REAR GUARD
FIGHTS VALIANTLY
Retirement Of Main Russian Armies
Toward East Continues; Capture
Of Railway Compels Slavs
to Retreat
By United Prssll

By United Press
Deosa-Gatch. Bulgaria. Aug. 2.-The
Young Turk government is inflictine
appalling atrocities on the two million
Armenians in Turkey. rivaling the out
RACES perperated under the orders OF
Sultan Abdul Hamid, according to re-
ports reaching here
The officials at Constantinople are
trying to prevent news Of the outrages
from leaking but it is known that
thousands of Armenians have been de-
ported and their families broken up,
never to be reunited
The outcasts are whipped along the
road and are killed If they are unable
to keep the pace. Mothers drown their
babes in wells along the route, pre-
ferring death for them to the cruelties
they suffer.
Ambassador Morganthau at Con-
stantinople has enlisted the aid of the
German and Austrian ambassadors IN
efforts to stop the outrages. Many
Armenians are put into the operations
in the Dardanelles in order that they
may meet quick death.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-02
MiNco DEFEATS oKARcHE.

Minco trimmed" Okarche after the
defeat at the hands Of verden last
Sunday. according to Barney Whise-
nant of Duncan, Nlinco second base
man. who passed through Chickasha
this morning. The score was 10-2
Minco lost the first game of the season
last Sunday when Verden surprised
the north county team.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-02
MAY NOT
REPLY TO
AM. NOTE
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
Berlin, Aug. IA semiofficial state
ment here says the German govern
ment has not decided whether it will
make any reply to the last American
note in regard to submarine warfare.
1t is understood that Germany is
waiting for the next American note tc
England on the orderin-council be-
fore deciding the question as to max
ing an answer to the last note.
The attitude of the German press
and people remains firmly opposed to
yielding to the United States by modi-
flying the methods in submarine war
fare.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-02
BOARD MEETS AND ADJouRNs.

The county excise board merely met,
organized and adjourned at O'Clock
Saturday owing to the failure OF the
state boar dof equalization to send tnu
approved budget to County Clerk +. ?.
Bradley. who is also clerk of the ex'
else board The board will meet and
.adjourn from day to day until the val
uation figures are received.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-02

1T is a slow and difficult process,
this stamping out of the cholera" Dr.
Robnett said. as he was preparing to
leave for headquarters in Oklahoma
City. SO many farmers think it is
unnecessary to immune their herds
until the disease is actually among
them. and SO many others are so back
ward and out-of-date that they have no
faith in the work even though 1t has
been absolutely proved to be effective.
We hope. however in the course of a
short time, to have state without
hog cholera"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-02
In
MEXICOCITY
By United Press.

By United Press.
Washington, Aus. 2.-The poor in
Mexico City are eating leaves, grass
and dead horses, says Red Cross Agent
OConnor in asking the state depart
ment TO take steps to alleviate the sit
uation.
O'Connor says deaths in the capital
are frequent as people collapse from
starvation. 1t is expected here that
Gen. Gonzales will send all his forces
ino Mexico City soon
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-02
STARR SAYS
HE'SCUIL1Y
By United Press.

By United Press.
Chandler, Okla, Aug. 2.-Henry
Starr. the famous bandit, who was shot
while attempting to escape after he
had robbed the bank at Stroud several
months ago, entered a plea of guilty
when he was arraigned in the district
court today.
Starr was sentenced to twenty years
in the state prison at McAlester.' The
trial of Claude Sawyer. who was ar
rested in connection with the same
crime. was started. Starr will testify
against him
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-02
BY United Press.

~ 1httta 4 tSD0.
Petrograd. Aug. 2--According to re-
ports received here today, the small
Slay forces along the Narew river
and west of Warsaw are fighting a
brilliant rear guard action. holding the
Germans back while the main Russian
armies continue their retirement east
ward.
Military men here say the Slav de-
fensiye just outside the city's gates
was so effective that the Germans
could never have taken Warsaw by
direct assault. Only the German pro
gress along the Lublin-Cholm railway
made such thing possibility.
Nevertheless, 1t is claimed, the Ger.
mans were disappointed at their fall-
ure to envelope the Russians and they
brought in fresh troops, apparently
from the western front.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-02
THREE GET LICENSES.

Marriage licenses were issued over
the weekend for Rex o. Campbell. %,
Tabler. and Miss Virgil Agatha Mer-
rill, is, Denver, Colo; Robert H. Wier.
26, Chickasha. and Miss Mary Sulli-
van. 90, Chickasha, and Henry Manis,
20, Chickasha. and Mrs. Elsie Mcclure,
ss. Chlckasha
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-02

By United Press.
Washington. Aug 2-The English
note supplementing the previous COM
munication in regard to the British or
der-in-counciI was received today and
will be published Wednesday. A part
of Germany's note dealing with the
Frye case was also received.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-02
CONDITION OF COTTON.


By United Press.
Washington, Aug. 2.-The census
bureau report today gives the condi-
ton of cotton ON July 25 as 1858 per
cent of the normal, as against SO.s per
cent on the samed ate last year.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-02

MRS. BECKER MAY
LOSE TEACHING JOB.
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
New York, Aug. 2.The ac-
tion of Mrs. Becker on placing
a silver plate on her husbands
coffin. calling Gov. Whitman
Becker's murderer, endangers
her position as a teacher in the
public schools of the city. says
the board of education. At pres
ent teaching is her only means
of livelihood.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-02

Best Of References.
Mrs. Hiram DaIy-Can you get a
reference from your last employer?
Applicant-Shure | can. I've been
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-02
JERUSALEM PAPER
BEATS WAR OFFICES.
BY United Press

London. Aug. "A Jerusa-
TEN paper received says Ger
man Zeppelin crew picked up
King George with magnet
which was thrown overheard
and also captured the car OF
Russia and the president Of
France in the same way.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-02
MOORE BOY RELEASED.


By United Press.
Dallas. Aug Wallace Moore, who
was held in connection with the ex-
plosion at the home of his father last
week. was discharged. The dynamite
dealer failed to identity him as the
purchaser of large quantity of explo-
siyes.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-15
Former Local Girl WEEDS.

Miss Leila Payne, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. H. C. Payne of Seattle,
WASH, was married Thursday even
ing to U. S. Holt. also of Seattle, the
ceremony taking place at the Payne
home. The couple left that night
for st. Louis where they will spend
some time visiting the groom's par
ents before returning to Seattle to
make their future home. Mr.. Holt is
a bookkeeper for a firm in that city.
Many Webster City people will re-
member the Payne family, who re-
sided in the east part of town until
about eight years ago, when they
moved to Seattle. The bride is a
niece of Mrs. w. W. Boak and Mr.
and Mrs. r. c. Foster and visited in
this city two years ago with these
and other relatives.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-15
Diploma From Grinnell College.

Grinnell, June 15.-Special to the
Fred Metcalf of
Webster City will receive his diplo-
ma from Grinnell College tomorrow.
He has taken very active part in
the student life during his college
course. He has been member Of
the famous Grinnell glee club dur
ing the last four years, which has
won notable honors in the State
Eisteddefod contest and in its tours
through the neighboring states. Mr..
Metcalf has been member of the
Forum society and of the Studio
club. He also has participated act
lively in class athletics. Mr.. Metcalf
will teach next year at Dallas Cen
ter, this state.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-15
YOUNG WOMAN FROM
NORWAY AT HOSPITAL
Government Official Here 1nvestigat.
ing Case-Relatives at
Ellsworth.

An official in the interests Of the
government immigration laws was
in this city and community few
days ago, looking up matters per-
tanning to the case of young wom-
an from Norway who came to Amer
lea less than a year ago from her
native land and was at the time of
her arrival in poor health.
The young woman-Miss Nellie
Hanson by name-had relatives liv-
ing in the vicinity of Ellsworth
with whom she was making her
home. Soon after her arrival she
became i'll and was brought to Mercy
hospital in this city where she un-
derwent an operation. Many in the
hospital at the time will recall the
young woman, who was hospital
favorite because of her happy, sunny
disposition. Speaking no English
she lay upon her bed and sang Nor.
wegian songs by the hour. Conva'
lescing she was again sent to the
home of her relatives where a sub
sequent injury made her return tc
the hospital imperative. She has
been here at the hospital for several
weeks
Her relatives are in no circum.
stances to stand the hospital eXpen.
ses and she babe fair to become a
public charge. The immigration
laws are very plain upon the fact Of
admitting an immigrant liable to be-
come public charge. In Other
words, the steamship companies are
not very particular to whom they
sell tickets in Europe, and undesir'
ables are brought at least as far as
Ellis Island on their way to United
States citizenship.
Upon a technicality, therefore
the young woman will be returned
to her native land. She is very anX
ious to return there for her life up
on earth will not be long and sh'
wishes to spend the remaining
months of it with her home people
The steamship company will pa!
half of her railroad expenses to New
York and give her return ticket t.
Norway, and as soon as the trans
portation arrives, Miss Hanson viii
return to that country.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-15
Gun and Medals on Display.

The beautiful silver cup and four
fine gold medals won this season by
Glenn Greenwood, one of Webster
City's high school athletes, are on
display in the news stand show win
dow. The silver cup was won by
Mr.. Greenwood for securing fifth
place in the discus throw event at
the inter-scholastic meet held by the
University of Chicago on June 18th.
One medal was won this year in
Fonda, another at the state meet in
Des Moines, the third at the Grinnell
inter-scholastic meet, and the
fourth was won at the inter-scholas-
tic track carnival held at Simpson
college in Indianola.
One more gold medal will be add
ed to this fine collection-the med
al won by Mr.. Greenwood recently
at the Boone Valley meet in Eagle
Grove when he and others repre-
sented the Webster City high school
This medal has not yet been receiv-
ed by Mr.. Greenwood.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-15
The Queen Vote.

The committee were unable to
complete the count of the festival
queen votes before today's paper
went to press, but report that so far
as they have counted, the count is
in the same order of standing as on
last evening, the first four young la
dies being in exactly the same order.
No votes will be issued tomorrow
after ) O'Clock in the afternoon by
any merchant, but votes will be on
sale at the booth at the rear of the
Oppenheimer & Bermann clothing
house until 10 o'clock in the even
ing. Promptly at 10 o'clock, upon
a specially erected and decorated
stand, the winner will be crowned
queen and receive the diamond ring.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-15
Think BURGLARS
VISITED HOME
Mrs. J. H. shafer and Daughter, who
Reside on Walnut Street,
Frightened.

Residents in the southwest part
of the city were startled from their
slumbers about 2:30 O'Clock this
morning by terrific screaming
which came from the Mrs. J. H.
Shafer home on Walnut street.
Mrs. Shafer and her daughter
sleep in their separate sleeping
rooms and were awakened by what
they think were two would be burg
lars. They think one of the maraud-
ers gained entrance by key through
the front door which closes with a
night latch and that he was in the
upstairs hall. BY the time neigh
bors had arrived no signs of thieves
were visible and the front door was
shut and locked.
The clear evening air carried the
screams of the two frightened WON
en- down to Second street where
Nightwatchman Williams heard the
noise. He located the screams IN
the vicinity of the Hanson & Tyler
garage but on arriving there the
sounds had ceased, Sc he returned to
Second street to look for the red
light signal which was on and which
directed him to the Shafer home.
The two ladies are sure they
heard the front door open and some
one ascend the stairs and move
about in one of the upstairs rooms
Also that they saw two men running
from the yard as soon as they began
calling for help.
At the Dan F. Shea home some
one was heard trying the door al
about / o'clock in the morning and
it was probably the same marauders
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-15
KANSAS CITY BALL
BOYS GET SHUT0UT
Ball Game in This City Yesterday
Afternoon Results in Score
Of II to 0.

The Webster City Nationals en-
joyed nice little workout at River
side ball park yesterday afternoon
when they met the Kansas City Red
SoX in a so-called base ball game.
Coming as it did following the siren
uous work of the home boys on their
weeks Minnesota trip, it allowed
them a chance to get some batting
and base running practice for the
remaining contests of the present
week. The usual large crowd was
in attendance and the fans certain
ly had fun enough to last through
out the present ball season. The re-
suit was II to 0 in favor of Webster
City. The box score tells the awful
slaughter:
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-15
SPRING FESTIVAL
OPENED LAST NIGHT
The Big Doings Of Merchants Trade
Week and June Festival
Now On.

The spring festival under the aus
pieces of the commercial league open
ed last night to a large attendance.
All the attractions are furnished by
the ED. A. Evans Greater Shows
an organization that has made a
reputation this season as one of the
most pretentious carnival compan-
lies on the road.
The attractions are arranged on
the Northwestern lot facing the al
| ley, extending two full blocks. The
| brightly Illuminated fronts present
a very attractive appearance and II
the crowd last night is a criterion
the patronage will be good during
the week. Merchants are working
in conjunction with the commercial
club putting on dollar sales and bar
gain days during the week and the
influx of visitors on these particular
days is expected to be very big. A
noticeable feature and an innovation
to the show going public was the
lady ticket takers. The commercial
club have worked very hard to make
the week one gala event and with
good weather their efforts will un-
doubtedly be rewarded.
| The predominating feature is the
mammoth portable motordrome car
ried by this company. Three daring
riders racing around on an almost
perpendicular wall is thrilling in the
extreme. The Australian pursuit
race presenting three riders on the
track at the same time makes SEN
sational and spectacular exhibition.
The Tango show pleased the audi
ences at each performance. An en-
tertainment consisting of advanced
vaudeville is the offering in this at
traction. The Juvenile performers
seen here are above the average,
their portion of the performance be-
ing well received.
Zenes' big ten in one show was a
center of attraction during the ev-
ening. Bluey-Bluey, the monkey
man, is one of the strangest human
being born to live, yet one Of the
cleverest entertainers in the show
business.
The shows will open promptly al
1880 each evening. THE Evans
Prize Band" will render concerts
prior to the opening.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-15
Stroke of PARALYSIS.

Mrs. Charles Smith, who resides
on the c. D. Carpenter farm about
three miles south of the city, sus-
tanned a stroke of paralysis in the
night Friday night and today is un-
able to move or speak.
Mrs. Smith is a young woman only
about thirty years OF age, which
makes the case more than usually
sad. She is the mother of one child,
a little girl of about eight years, and
had not been i'll that anyone knew
but was undoubtedly in a run down
condition. The attending physician
gives some encouragement that she
will regain her faculties in short
time
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-15
AFTERNOON LETTER.

Chicago, June 15.-Wheat and
oats reports are good. Corn reports
mixed. Markets affected by weekly
government weather forecast OF
higher temperatures and better
weather for period of June 10 to %.
This is in line with the Foster fore
cast. Shorts have covered easily all
day. Export demand still poor. On
the weather forecast the market may
work lower and the overdue rally in
wheat may come some time tomor-
row.