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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-07

FOR NEW
BUILDING
Board Meets Tonight to Talk Matters Over
Call for Bids From Architects--Re-
port That Site is Practically
Selected

The Chickasha school board will get
busy on the matter of the erection of
the new junior high school building at
very early date.
A meeting of the board has been
called for this evening at which time
architects will be consulted and the
proposed plans talked over Notices
to architects and dealers in bonds
were mailed out Tuesday and the
board will hold a meeting Monday Of
next week, at which time bids will be
received and opened The site of the
building will be settled upon at an
early date. It is understood at the
present the board has practically set
tied upon one Of two sites.
The seventy thousand dollars voted
will be issued in bonds of $500 each,
and will draw five per cent interest
from date of issue until maturity. Ac-
cording to present plans, on March l,
$4,000 worth of these bonds will be
sold. No further sale of the bonds is
contemplated after that date until
May 1, at which time an additional
$4,000 will be thrown on the market
The remaining $4,000 will remain un-
disposed of until the completion of the
building and will be in payment of
the final estimate made for the con-
tractor. and used in part for the addi-
tional equipment to be given the build
ings now in use.
The junior high school building is
to be completed in time for occupancy
with the opening or beginning of the
schools in September, 1916.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-07
GRAND JURY
Is DRAWN

Sheriff Hodge Bailey and Mrs. Edna
Watkins, deputy court clerk, drew the
special grand jury and the petit jury
for the January term yesterday after
noon az O'Clock. The grand jury was
drawn in response TO the order issued
by Judge Will Linn yesterday morn
ing following the filing of the petition
calling for the jury by County Attor
ney Venable.
Twenty names we're drawn as grand
Jurors from which twelve will be Sc
lected. The grand jury is to report
Monday morning, January II. Forty
names were drawn from which to Sc
lect the panels of the petit jury. This
jury will report in open court on the
morning of Monday, January "a. Sub
poenas we're mailed out to each iuroi
drawn this morning, the notices being
sent by registered mail.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-07
Gov. Williams Issues Proclamation for Law
Makers to Convene Monday Jan. IT,
Thinks Thirty Days Will Be
Long Enough
CHICKASHA SENATOR
RECEIVES SUMMONS
Work Will Be Limited to Subjects Specifi-
ed and Will Deal Only With Emergen-
cy Measures Declares Chief
Executive

By proclamation which was issued
by Governor Williams late Wednesday
special session of the state legisla
ture was called for January II.
Senator O'Neill of this city this
morning received the following com.
munication from the governor:
Oklahoma City, January 6, 1916.
Honorable Thomas J. O'Neill, Chick
asha, Okla. My dear sir:-I have this
day issued the following proclamation
convoking the legislature in extraordi-
nary session at o'clock a. m. on Mon
day, January II, 1916, towit:
Proclamation.
BY virtue of the authority vested in
me by section of article OF the con-
stitution Of the state of Oklahoma, I
do hereby convoke the legislature of
said state in extraordinary session at
Oklahoma City at O'Clock a. m. on
Monday, January II, A. D. 1916, no
subject to be acted upon at such ses-
sion except such as may be recon-
mended for consideration by the gov
ernor of the state.
Done at the state capitol at Okla
bona City this sixth day of January,
A. D. 1916.
THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
OF OKLAHOMA.
Countersigned: Secretary of state"
Only such questions as affect the
state generally and demand immediate
consideration and cannot reasonably
be delayed until the regular session in
1917 will be submitted for consider
alton.
l am convening this session from a
sense of public duty, and not from a
inclination. In my official
relations with every member of the
ltSlctdtuit INC odAi4C SlhdAi bC III
patriotic effort to bring about the best
results for the state This session
should not extend beyond thirty days.
Nothing can be done more to establish
the legislative department in the con-
of the people of the state than
by closing this session within thirty
days.
l hope that you have had merry
Christmas and happy New ar
and that we may join hands and work
together for the upbuilding of the
state and the happiness and prosperity
of the people.
Very sincerely yours,
r. L. WILLIAMS,
Governor.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-07
BY WILLIAM G.. SHEPHERD.
U. p. staff correspondent.

MONASTIR, Serbia. Dec. 1.-Wy
mail There was a white stone
monument, man high. beside the
Serbian trenches In fact it was part
of the trench line. ! asked Colonel
vassich, who was pointing out the
Bulgar position six miles away across
the Halinci valley, what the monument
meant
Three years ago." he said. I'VE
fought the Turks there. IL is eighteen
miles from Monastir and marks the
nearest point to the city that the
Turks attained. It's a gravestone.
Four thousand Serbians died in this
valley in four days. but stopped the
Turks. Monastir and the Serbian gov
ernment we're preparing to build a
memorial church where that stone
stands. when this war began A Ser
bian trench ran to the foot Of the
monument, exposing its base. Middle
aged, third reserve Serbian soldiers in
the trench were building fire and
putterinig over kettle filled with raw
meat. The memory OF that battle of
fHalincl three years ago, was not on
their minds. Neither was the present
battle. There was no firing just then,
but their rifles lay on the trench
ridge, ready. They weren't interested
in the monument. The thing on their
minds was dinner.
Across the valley we heard rifle
shots, perhaps hundred. But no bul.
lets whistled near us. The colonel ex.
planned that II was in little village
on the flat plain mile and quarter
from us. Our maps showed that its
name was Lau We could see the
short main street, with perhaps 90
.houses. Tall, leafless trees. regularly
ranged, marked the cross street. The
shooting sounded again. Through our
glasses we looked in vain to discover
humans there. In the autumn sun
shine the village lay, quiet ana ue'
serted except for the sound of shoot
>ing
"Comitadjis,p explained the colonel
i asked If there were any people left
in the town. He replied that evidently
the Bulgars had found somebody. Who
was the somebody? Women and chill
dren? They must have been hiding in
-their houses. Were the comitadjis go
ing from house to house, shooting ana
killing? Was this a massacre?
asked the colonel He didn't know; II
might be- A column of smoke rose
from the village. Through our glasses
we saw house burning
We couldn't find out what happened
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-07

in the little village of Lau that morn
ing. Other buildings were afire when
We left. No one could go over there
A thousand men, perhaps, might have
fought their way there, but that would
have caused the resumption of the
battle of Halinci, which Colonel Vas
sich was not quite ready to resume.
1t was lunch time when we got back
to the main road and our auto
On a bale of hay a soldier stretched
tablecloth and placed tin plates, tin
cups. wine, bread and cheese. Other
bales of hay were our chairs. Behind
us stood a caisson. | noticed soldiers
leading six huge oxen up to it. They
hitched them to it and the wheels
touched the back of my "chair" as the
caisson rolled away.
A hundred feet off stood cannon
in a crude, cellar-like hole. A dozen
soldiers hauled it out on level ground.
Other oxen were hitched to it. Within
a few moments the caisson and the
cannon were drawn from the field to
the main road. and guarded by a score
of soldiers. the procession started
slowly back toward Monastir.
That was all part of the Serbian re-
Continued on Page Three.)
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-07
Little New Light.
By United Press.

By United Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Consul
Carrots at Alexandria cabled the state
department today that he had OBJ
tanned the affidavits of hCarles s.
Grant and twenty other survivors from
the liner Persia, all saying that the
vessel was torpedoed without warning,
but that they saw no submarine.
1t is understood that the negoti-
ations with Germany concerning the
Lusitania disaster may be settled at
any hour. The only outstanding diff
ference now is the question OF the
phrasing to be used in the official cor
respondence Ambassador Bernstorff
is to confer with Secretary Lansing in
regard to the matter late this after
noon.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-07
FIRST LADY
AT INITIAL
RECEPTION
Washington VIII Give Official Greeting to
New Mistress Of White House al For
NAL Function-Seyeral Other New
Faces in Line
BY United Press.


WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.-Official
Washington tonight is to greet the
new mistress of the White House for
the first time in her social capacity
as first lady of the land. President
and Mrs. Wilson will entertain the
delegates to the Pan-American con
gress and their wives at huge recep-
tion in the executive mansion. 1t will
be the formal opening of the social
season at The White House.
The reception in many ways will be
unique II will be the first formal
event OF its kind that has been held in
the mansion for two years. all Gus
tomary events being put aside last
winter by the death of the presidents
first wife. Also, the reception win in
troduce not only Mrs. Wilson, but a
number OF new faces in the reception
line.
For the first time Mrs Lansing will
be there as the wife Of the secretary
of state. At the last reception in the
White House, Mrs. Bryan held this
position. The appointment of Attor-
ney General Gregory to fill the va
cancy causeG when Attorney General
McReynolds resigned to accept a place
en- the supreme bench. will result in
that department being represented for
the first time by a cabinet wife. Mr..
Continued on Page Three.)
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-07
DISTRICT COURT PROCEEDS.

The business of the district court
continues to grind along with the
usual regularity. At the afternoon sit
ting yesterday Judge Linn granted a
decree Of divorce to Mrs. May Cheaney
from M. F. Cheaney. This morning.
after having disposed of number of
motions, the matter of Weatherford
VS.. Weatherford was again taken up
and the remainder Of the day devoted
to hearing evidence in the case. This
case has occupied the attention Of the
court for the greater part OF the time
so far this session.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-07

ular deputies, s1,500.O0.
July l to Dec. 81. 1915. salaries extra
help, $4,000.
July 1 to Dec. 81. 1915, supplies for
office, s1,10715.
July l to Dec. 81. 1915, contingent
expense, $105.32.
Total expenses of office, $S,792.47.
Showing on Dec. 81, 1915, deficit
OF $351.27, thus showing the net
amount paid for the maintenance Of
the county clerks office from the tax
levy for this term to be $951.27.
Respectfully submitted,
"F. p. BRADLEY.
County clerk. Z"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-07

who have business here. commenting
upon the care with which he attends
to every detail of his duties.
Mr.. Gibbs interests are well identi.
fled with the best interests OF the
people Of the county. Should he win
the office he asks, he promises to
serve the people Of Grady county well.
conscientiously and faithfullS.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-07
Premier at Toxic is Quoted as Saying
Offer Of Germany for Separate Deal
With Russ and Japan
is Refused
Loss OF BRITISH
SUB Is ANNOUNCED
Grew is Rescued --DardanelIes Failure Due
for PrObe--No Submarine Seen By
Persia SuvivOrs-Lusitania
Case Near End

By United Press.
LONDON, jar. Tn dispatches
printed by London papers today, the
Tokyo correspondent of the News
Agency reports that Count Okuma, the
Japanese premier, stated that Ger
many had made overtures to Japan
and Russia with view to concluding
a separate peace arrangement with
those nations.
The dispatch further quoted the
premier as saying that the Teutonic
offer had been rejected.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-07
MONUMENT MARKS
SITE OF BIG BATTLE
Shows Where 1000 Serbs Fell in -Four
Days, Defending MOnastir From Turks
Village in Valley is Burned
By Bulgars


r. MONASTIR, Serbia, Dec. 1.
+ (By mail )-One OF Colonel .
+ Vassich's six bodyguards when .
= he took me to the Serbian .
J. trenches which protect Mona :
+ stir, was Christie George, 2l3
+ r. Twenty-third street, Fort .
! Worth, Texas. "The colonel I
+ gave me permission TO come to 4
= the front today" he told me, 4
I. so | could try to find out in 4
+ the trenches what became Of .
4. my wife and children when the 4
I. Bulgars took uribiani. / left !.
+ my wife there with the girls, 3 4
+ and years old. and while 1
+ was gone the Bulgarians came. I
+ ] have heard the town was
& burned and | am afraid they 4
+ we're killed" George spent I
+ that day in the trenches with 4
I. the last Serbian soldiers who I
I. left Uribiani | met him on the I
r return trip and he said he
+ Couldn't find out word about :
+ them. The soldiers all said the
+ town was burning when they I
= left and that the Bulgars came I
= ini shooting in every direction. =
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-07
Inquiry in Prospect,

BY United Press.
LONDON, Jan. Indications today
are that the entire failure OF the Brit
ish in the Dardanelles operations may
be subjected to an official inquiry as
a result of General Hamilton's report.
General Stopford was criticized by
Hamilton for his failure to attack the
Turk trenches during daylight on
August 5 and was relieved of his com
mand. He demands that the war
office investigate the Sulva Bay cam
paign
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-07
UNCLE SAM
ROBBED OF
RICH LOOT
Million Dollars Worth Of Stamps Stolen
From Internal Revenue Office in ST.
Panl-SOme Currency Too
is Secured
By United Press.

By United Press.
ST. PAUL, Jan. IA million dol
lars worth of internal revenue docu-
mentary stamps, weighing three hun
dred pounds, was taken from the
United States internal revenue office
in the heart of this city last night.
The robbers also secured between
four and five thousand dollars in cur.
rency Automobile tracks were discov
cred in the alley at the rear of the
building
Local officers and secret service
men are working on the crime, but
thus far there have been no develop
ments.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-07
Limit Cotton Rate.

By United Press.
GALVESTON, Jan. THE British
government have limited the cotton
rate from the gulf to Liverpool to two
dollars per hundredweight, with for
feiture of the ship as the penalty for
charging more. The present rate is
three dollars.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-07
BY United Press.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Internal
revenue officers say documentary
stamps, such as were stolen in st.
Paul asst night, are the most nego-
table of all revenue stamps.
These stamps are not numbered and
there is therefore little opportunity to
trace them. They are used on deeds,
mortgages, ETC., and range in value
from half cent to five hundred dol
lars.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-07
DEATH AT BLANCHARD.

The 13-year-old son of DR.. and Mrs.
Slower died yesterday afternoon at
the residence of his parents in
Blanchard. The remains will be
shipped today by Claycomb & Ander-
son. undertakers, to former home
for interment.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-07
WEATHER FORECAST.
For Oklahoma.

Fair tonight and Saturday without
decided change in temperature.
Local Temperature.
During twenty-four hours ending
a. m. today:
Maximum, 90 degrees.
Minimum. % degrees.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-07
Submarine is Sunk.

By United Press.
LONDON, Jan. THE admiralty
announced today that British sub
marine had been sunk off the Dutch
island of Texel, the disaster occurring
yesterday.
1t was stated that the Dutch steamer
Nord Brabant rescued all the mem
bers of the crew of the vessel.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-20
WEST FLORIDA NEWS
NERAL.

Merial, Aug. 19.-Mr. and Mrs. ].
E. Pitcher entertained as house guest
the past week, Miss Kate and Master
Joe Pitcher of Slocomb Ala, and
Master Alton Pitcher of Chipley.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. M. Jordan spent
a couple of days the past week with
relatives at Bombay.
Misses Minnie Lee and Clara Mil
Ter of Bombay visited their grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Murfree this
week.
Archie, Wilson and Barton Knight
of Chipley came down Saturday Aug.
9Th and located good luck, camped
at historical Court Martial lake. A
recent storm had destroyed or lost
their boat; so Monday the camp was
moved to lake Merial
Twenty-Five guests enjoyed the
hospitality of Miss Minnie Brown at
a garden party at the home of her
parents, the evening of Aug. 9Th. 1t
was given in honor of Miss Susie
! Mae Wolfe of Pensacola, and Miss
Kate Pitcher of Slocomb Ala.
The house and porch were beauti-
full with decorations of Southern
smilax and shasta daisies.
Music and games were enjoyed
throughout the evening, one of the
amusing games being an elephant
party"
Miss Kate Pitcher and Robert Hud-
son winning the first prize, Miss
Meta Leavines and Joe Pitcher the
BOBBY.
At a late hour refreshments were
served, and the guests departed, hav'
ing spent a most enjoyable evening.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-20
KLoNDYKE.

Klondyke, Aug. 19.-Mrs. Rosa
Gibbs and children were in Pensacola
Wednesday visiting her father, H.
Taylor, who has been at the hospital
for some time. His relatives and
friends will be pleased to learn that
he is improving.
Messrs Ernest and Fred Yonker
were Pensacola visitors Wednesday.
A. H. Bailey and daughter Miss
Minnie were Pensacola business visi-
tors Wednesday.
Tom Blackman of Baldwin County,
Ala, has moved into our neighbor-
hood.
C. L. Taylor of this place has NOV
ed to Beulah.
]. F. Pierce was a business visitor
to Pensacola Thursday.
Mrs. ]. F. Pierce was Pensacola
visitor Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lister visited
c. B. Bushel of Beulah Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Listed Of Bald
win County, Ala, are the guests OF
her parents, Kr. and Mrs. ]. w. Hill
ton this week.
/ A. 81. Bailey was visiting relatives
at Gonzalez Sunday and Monday
E. C. Weaver made business triI
to Alabama Wednesday.
A. Fl. Bailey visited his father S
Bailey of Cottage Hill, Friday.
Miss Ella Weaver was the guest Of
Miss Minnie Bailey Sunday.
Mr.. Homer Diamond of Gonzalez
was visiting here Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Doyle wert
visiting relatives at Cottage Hill
Friday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-20
COTTAGE HILL

Cottage Hill, Aug. 19th.-Mrs.
Clark of Pensacola spent a few days
here this week visiting at the home
of Mrs. w. E. Carr.
Mrs. Joe TAFT Is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Jessie Daley, of At
more, Ala.
Mr.. Harold has gone to West Vir-
GINA to work in the TIMBER there.
Joe Huelsbeck, Frank Gear and
VIM. Mckenzie motored to Pensa-
cola Friday.
Our dipping vat is nearing com
pletion.
Rev. Hammitt filled his regular
appointment here Sunday.
Misses Ruth and Jessie Scott Of
Cantonment attended Literary here
Tuesday night.
The following program was render
ed:
Reading Shirley Pope.
Town Election.
Song-Cornelia Mckenzie.
Northumberland Mckenzie.
Reading-Dora Mckenzie.
Song-Jessie Scott.
Cottage Hill Mirror.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-20
Crop Forecast

Reports from the field indicate
that the prospect for an average
corn yield is somewhat diminished
from what it was a few weeks ago.
In the western section of the state,
particularly, the early planted corn
crop has suffered severely from ex-
cessive rains and high winds. In
several Of the counties, especially
Walton, Santa Rosa, and Escambia,
the foliage of the crop was whipped
to the extent that it win be perfect
ly worthless for feeding purposes.
The cotton crop promises to be
considerably under the average. In
some counties in middle Florida
there are some very fine fields of
cotton but in other sections the OUT
look is very unpromising. The boil
weevil is now in Madison and Taylor
counties and will undoubtedly cross
the Suwannee River this fall as their
migration distance is about fifty
miles every year.
The sweet potato crop promises to
be above the average. The summer
rains occurred just at the time when
farmers were preparing their lands
and their continuance into July per
mitted the growers to plant larger
crops than usual.
The sugar cane crop is very much
spotted. In some sections where one
would expect good crops the outlook
/ is not very promising. There are
a few exceptionally fine patches but
upon the whole the crop will not be
above seventy-five per cent of a full
crop.
Haying is being conducted in a
spasmodic manner owing to the pre-
vailing rains, particularly in the mid
die and western part of the state
In the eastern and southern sections
the farmers have been able to secure
considerable hay of a high grade
The hay crop yield this year will be
somewhat above the average. This
is particularly true of cowpea hay.
Peanuts are very promising ii
sections in which this crop is made
a speciality of.
Upon the whole the outlook for ar
average yield of all crops is not very
promising, Notwithstanding the fac
that in some sections crops are above
the average but in other sections
owing to high winds and rain storms
the average has been cut down to ;
very large degree.
Hog cholera is again getting some
what prevalent in some sections bu
there is no epidemic of it reported
from any county as we had a couple
of years ago and farmers are now be
ginning to recognize the money-mak
ing qualifications of the hog and ar
taking better care of him. Nor
hog feeds for fall and winter US
have been planted than ever befor
and the hog promises to be the larg
est the state ever produced.
G. K. McQUARRIE.
State Agent.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-20
BEULAH

Beulah, Aug. 1s-The fine wealth
er for the past week has made con-
ditions on the roads, and in the
field a good deal better. Fall gardens
that were destroyed by the storm
are being plowed again and replant-
ed, with the hope of better luck this
time.
Mrs. G. E. Snowden returned to
her home in Baldwin County, Ala,
last week.
Miss Eunice Snowden was this
guest of Mrs. Joiner Thursday.
Miss Monteree Barrineau viii be
in charge Of the primary room in our
school this term. Mr.. Jorere viii be
the principal, he came here last year
with success and gave US a good
school and catisfied the patrons.
Miss Bessie Tate has gon to GUM
tette for short visit with relatives
and friends.
Mrs. Victor Resmonro was the
guest of Mrs. ]. M. Snowden Thurs
day.
Mrs. Mack, Snowden is confined to
her home with fever and has been for
several days.
Maxwell and Dewey Garrett have
gone to Dothan, Ala, to take a course
of book keeping and shorthand in a
business college there.
J. R. Snowden spent few days on
business in Baldwin County, Ala,
| last week.
Arthus Spare was in Pensacola on
business Monday.
I. Hurst was a business visitor in
the city Wednesday.
Cane is looking well in this section,
and will be the only crop that farm
er will break even on, as it was not
hurt by the storm of July or the
long continued wet weather.