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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-12
&c Zoe
Confident Assertion.

do you actually expect to stay at
home and read all those books you are
buying?" Certainly. Till I get
through paying for those books /
won't have money enough to go down
town"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-12
LOOK FOR THE WORD
0ZY |
ITSPELLSG0OD SHOW |


. ne snow nat FdChS HcH Gfcfy
Night. There's Reason."-Grape-
Nuts"
A crackeriack variety program TO-
day. One good enough to come through
the snow to see.
-VAUDEVlLLE-
"BARTH AND BARTH"
Sensational novelty acrobats. Best
ever in this town.
Photo Plays
HER LESSON 2 reels 2. A socie-
ty drama featuring G. NJ Anderson
The settings, photography, and acting
is great. Ladies don't tail to see it.
THE LESSER EVIL" featuring
Blanche Sweet supported by Chas.
Males, Alfred Paget. Edwin August.
and Mae March. Directed by D. w.
Griffith
LOVES TRANSCEDENT" A pow
erful Biograph drama.
"FEMINNIE WIT" A Nina comedy.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-12
no Make Metallic Maaneslum

A factory has been established at
Niagara Falls for the manufacture Of
metallic magnesium, which is the
lightest metal known. and is said to
have many qualities superior to alum
mum. The output of the factory has
been contracted for by the French
government until the end of the war,
the material to be made use Of in the
manufacture of aeroplane parts. After
the demand for this purpose has
ceased the company viii engage in the
manufacture of household utensils,
and some interesting novelties will be
brought out, it is said.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-12

CONSTIPATION AND INDIGESTION
81 have used Chamberlain's Tablets
and must say they are the best / have
ever used for constipation and indiges-
tion. My wife also used them for in
digestion and they did her good. .
writes Eugene S. Knight. Wilmington,
N. C. Obtainable everywhere. d&w
The Washington times., 1916-01-04

with This COupOn Only.
Double Initials, for marking un-
derwear, linens, etc. Quarter gross
In each package. Any two letter
combination. Motion Dept.) CTA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
WHY FRENCH SEIZED
 THE ISLAND OF CORFU
Due Chiefly to Location There of Ger man Submarine Base-Another
 Located in Channel

London. January 21.-Seizure by the French of the Greek Island of Corfu is now known to have been due chief ly to the location there of an Austro- German submarine base. A second base has been located in the narrow channel between Corfu and the All banian coast. Most of the submarine raids in the eastern Mediterranean have been directed from these two bases by a fleet embracing German as well as Austrian craft.
 Submarine activities of the Germans in the North sea have largely abated owing to international complications and the relentless warfare of British destroyers. German submarines have been diverted to the Mediterranean to such an extent that, according to the best information, only two small un- derwater craft of the Germans remain in the North sea.
 Cooperation of German submarines With Austrian craft in operations against Italian shipping is regarded here as of political significance, it hay ing been stated on good authority that Italy would declare war against Ger many if it should be established that German submarines had contributed to the loss of Italian ships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
THE COR0NER'S JURY
 THROWS NO LIGHT ON
 GEORGIA LYNCH|NG
Five Negroes Taken From Worth County Jail and Hanged as Result of
 Killing of Sheriff

Sylvester, Ga, January 21.-The bodies of five negroes, taken from the Worth county jail here last night and rushed in automobiles to the adjoining county of were cut down late today, and prepara- tions made to bury them tomorrow.
 A coroner's inquest today returned a verdict that the negroes came to their death by strangulation and gunshot wounds at the hands of unknown parties" There had been no arrests to- night in connection with the lynching, and whatever steps authorities of this or of Lee county may be taking to appre- hendng the lynchers are not known here. The men who took the negroes from jail late last night after getting admission to the jail on pretense that they wanted to put a negro in a cell for safe keep ing, apparently had laid their plans so carefully, and carried them out so well, that they left no open trail behind them
 The negroes lynched had been brought here for safekeeping after being arrested as suspects in connection with the killing of Sheriff Moreand of Lee county. They were Rodius Semore, Felix Lake, and Lakes three sons, Frank, Dewey and Major. James Keith, another negro ar rested and said here to be suspected of the actual killing of Sheriff Moreland, had been taken to another jail before the mob arrived last night. Sheriff l.. A. Potts of this county has refused to tell where he sent Keith
 Reports circulated here tonight reached county officials that Felix Lake and his sons. before being placed in jail here, had confessed to being connected with the shooting of Sheriff Moreland. There was however, no continuation.
 The negro whom the mob picked up
 Continued on Page Twelve)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
TO TEACH CAUTION
 IN HANDLING GAS
Fourteen Accidental Deaths in New York in December Due to Care
 lessness in This Respect

New York, January 21-Coroner' officers of Greater New York have uni ted in a crusade to lessen the number of accidental deaths from gas poison Ing, 1t was announced today, and will undertake to teach the people the dan ger arising from careless handling of gas fixtures. An inquest was held to- day into the deaths during December of IA persons from gas poisoning in the borough of Manhattan
 Coroner l. l.. Feinberg has directed chemists of the Consolidated Gas com pany to send consumers cards bearing explicit instructions for the proper maintenance of gas appliances and dent
 Carelessness, according to Coroner Feinberg, is mainly responsible for ac- cidental deaths. In addition to the dis tribution among consumers of cards prepared by the gas company, it is pro posed to follow the lines of the police department in also making use ot slides in motion picture theatres.
 Coroner Feinberg strongly approves of the idea of blood transmission as ap- piled in cases of gas poisoning and said he would urge hospitals through out the city to aid in this respect. He said, however, that in extreme eases the pulmotor would have to be used first
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
OLIVER SETS FORTH
 CLAIMS OF MOBILE
 BEFORE COMMITTEE
Urges Alabama City as Site for Pro- posed Naval Dry Dock Base. EstOpinal Presents Advan-
 tages of New Orleans

Washington, January 21.-The advan- tages of Mobile and New Orleans for a big naval dry dock plant were presented before the House naval committee today by Representatives of Oliver of Alabama and Estopinal of Louisiana.
 Mr. Oliver told the committee Mobile offered the best site of any port on the gulf because of an excellent labor mar ket and it's proximity to Alabama's S iron, coal and ti1Iber supply.
 When the present naval station was es- tablished at New Orleans, Mr. Estopinal told the committee, it was because it was found that graving dock would be en- tire!y practical there.
 Some of the advantages claimed for Mobile for a dry dock base by MT Oliver were as follows:
 Safe from sea attack because it is 3C miles from the gulf, with the entrance to Mobile bay protected by two forts
 Mild climate permitting outside con. struction the year round.
 Water transportation from the coal and iron districts of Alabama in addition to five railroads.
 More skilled machinist labor than any gulf port; more ship carpenters and caulkers than all the other gulf ports: more foundries and boiler works than any other gulf port.
 Cheap rail and water rates.
 Fresh water
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
WILL CLAIM PART OF
 ANY INDEMNITY PAID
Insurance Companies Will Ask Re- imbursement of Policies Paid on Lusitania Victims

Washington, January 21.-Notice that several life insurance companies will claim a part of any indemnity Germany may pay for the loss of life on the Lusitania has raised a question for which state department officials say there is no precedent. Heirs of many of the Lusitania victims already have presented claims Final decision as to whether insurance company claims on account of policies paid out shall take precedence will rest with Secre- tary Lansing
 Officials pointed out today that where insurance was paid on cargo indemnity for its destruction usually went to the insurance companies, but it was said there were many arguments in Justifi- cation of a different course In the case of loss of life.
 Germany has offered indemnity for the Lusitania victims but acceptance by the United States hinges upon the out come of negotiations for the settle ment of all issues growing out of the tragedy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
AUSTRIA PLEADS NOT GUILTY ID SINKING THE STEAMER PERSIA
Austrian Craft Sunk by British Submarine in Ad- riatic-Russians Push
 ing on Into Persia

Vienna, January 22-(Via London) The government has informed Frederic c. Penifield the United States ambassa- dor that no Austro-H Hungarian submarine was concerned in the sinking of the penin- sula and Oriental line steamer Persia.
 London, January 21.--A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company from Rome says a British submarine has sunk in the upper Adriatic an Austrian hydraero- which went to the rescue, taking tine crews of both craft prisoner
 Teheran, Persia, January 21.-(Via London. )-Russan columns operating in Persia, have pushed to and occupied the town of Sultanabad, 15O miles south west of Teheran and about an equal dis tance northwest of Ispahan. The garri- son and the German consul have fled to Bouroudjir, 50 miles west of Sultanabad
 Lcndon, January 21.-The cessation, be- cause of heavy casualties, of the Rus sian attacks against the Austro-Hun- garans near the Bessarabian frontier. the capture by the Russians from the Turks of the town of Sultanabad Per sja and taking from the Germans by the British of additional towns in the Kamerun district of Africa, are the prin- cipal features of the fighting as con- tained in the latest official communica- tions.
 There also have been small engage ments in Russia, around PinslS and in the region of Czartorysk; artillery and mining operations along the front in France and Belgium, and continuation of the artillery duels and occasional in-
 (COntinued on Page Twelve)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
PLANS FOR WILSON'S TRIP ARE COMPLETED
Itinerary of Tour Through the Middle West Is
 Announced

Washington, January 21,-Final plans for President Wilson's forthcoming trip through the middle west to speak on na- tional preparedness, approved tonight, in- clude stops at Pittsburg, Cleveland, Mill waukee, Chicago, Des Moines, Topeka and Kansas City,
 Tonight the President and Ms Wilson left Washington on the naval yacht May flower for a two-day cruise down the Po- tomac river and Chesapeake bay, the President having decided to seek se- clusion for the preparation of an address he will deliver January T in New York before a banquet of the Railroad Busi- ness association, and to tentatively out line the speeches he will make in the middle west. He will keep in touch with the White House by wireless while away. and plans to return Monday morning
 On the middle western trip the Presi- dent will leave Washington Friday night, January 2s, and will return February 1
 (Continued on Page Twelve)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
ROBERT M. RAWLS
 WILL BE CONFIRMED
Senate Committee Sits Charges Pre- ferred Against Athens Postmaster
 Elect and Finds Them Baseless

Washington, January 21.-(SpecialO Robert M. Rawls, appointed by the President to be postmaster at Athens, will be confirmed by the Senate. This was made certain today when the Sem ate committee on postoffices and post roads sifted the charges preferred against him and found them wanting. The action of the committee was unan- imous
 Mr. Rawls is a veteran editor of Ala bama, and one of the best known citi- zens of the state. While he had mag : nificent indorsements, there were also vigorous protests filed against him. The committee of the Senate investigated every charge, but found that none of them, even if sustained, was serious enough to warrant more extended ex- animation.
 Postmasters appointed today were w. w. Christian, Flat Top, Jefferson coun- ty, and John D. Britt, Guerryton. Bull lock county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

Limited Kingdom will soon be object
 of wrath.
 Mexican rebels plot to kill Ameri-
 cans.
 Austria did not sink Persia. lndorse continental army plan. No light on Georgia lynching 2-Heart disease and cancer hardest dis
 eases to quell. 3-Holand letter. 4-Edtorial comment 5-Tuscaloosa will have great time cen
 tennial week.
 Fear Mobiles proposal.
 McAdoo may come here next month Candidates for bard of revenue should
 be pledged to aid Birmingham. 6-Women's page. T-Universal service solution of national
 defense
 Large audience greets Arion club. S-Sports. g Gives interview to English paper n-n4arkets. 12-First diplomatic dinner very suc-
 cessful. -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
DEATH TO CITIZENS OF UNITED STATES
 IS DECIDED UPON AT
 REBEL CONFERENCE
THINK GERMAN SPY BEING PROTECTED BY
 FOREIGN REFUGEES
Powerful Political Organization Be- lieved to Have Aided Escape of Lin- coin From Deputy Marshal-Con-
 ditional Offer to Surrender

New York January 21,-Federal secret
 Isnatius T. T. Lincoln. self confessed
 German spy and former member of the
 British House of Commons, was aided in his escape from United States deputy marshal last Saturday by Group B." a powerful organization of European politi- cal refugees. The government agents also were satisfied that Lincoln has not left New York and that he has walked the streets of Manhattan since his escape. Following two boastful communications to morning newspaper defying the gov- ernment to recapture him, Lincoln sent a letter today to Superintendent William H. Offley, head of the local bureau of in- vestigaton of the department of justice. In his letter he offered to surrender if promised immunity. This was taken to mean that he wanted a pledge that he would not be turned over to the British authorities. Before his escape an order was issued for his extradition as forger, l but Lincoln has always insisted that the English government intended to shoot him as a spy.
 1 Group B, the organization which the federal agents believe arranged Lincoln S | escape, is a body formed in this country | in 1872.
 | Group B came prominently into public | notice some years ago when it went to the aid of Jan Pouren, 8 Russian political 1 exile, whose extradition was demanded
 by Russia on the ground that he was a
 | murderer Pouren had attempted to
 start revolution in the Baltic provinces
 of Russia Theodore Roosevelt was then
 President, and Group B got an order
 from him for Pouren's release.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
POLICEMAN KILLED
 BY DARING RObbER Cooks Agency of Chicago Robbed in Broad Daylight.
 Cashier Wounded

Chicago January 21.-A bandit, accom- panied by woman, this afternoon robbed the tourist agency of Thomas A. Cook & Son of 800. wounded the cashier, killed a policeman and escaped
 According to the police the deed was the most daring of years in this city.s It was accomplished on one of the busiest streets of the downtown district at an hour when the thoroughfare was con- gested with automobiles and workers on their way home.
 The woman did not participate in the actual robbery. She ordered a taxicab at the Great Northern Hotel and John McCabe of the Fay company responded. The woman instructed him to drive to 15 East Jackson street. the Cook offices. There she waited without alighting.
 CASHIER SHOT
 Meanwhile the robher had entered the offices The cashier. Ernest l.. Walsh,
 (Continued on Page Twelve)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
COPPER IS SOARING IND HARD ID OBTAIN
Prices Set Record for Eight Years-DOmestic and
 Foreign Buying

. New York, January 21.-An unprece- ented demand for copper metal result d today in an advance in the quotation rom 24% to 25A cents for delivery in he second quarter of the year. A price Il 27 cents a pound was reported to ave been offered for March delivery nd rumors were current that 30 cents as bid for delivery in February, mich, however. could not be con rmed.
 Not since March, 1907, when the metal kood at 25 E cents a pound for short eriod, has copper been so high.
 French and Russian interests have haced enormous orders in this mar ct running into the first six months the year. Domestic manufac cturers specially' those making arms and mu- itions in which copper forms a com bnent part, also are clamoring for the letal and rivaling the foreigners in heir bids.
 The market has been bare of avail
 (Continued on Page TweIvey
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
FLOODS SUBS|DE
 WHEN RAIN QUITS
Damage Is Comparatively Light in Illinois Despite
 Wide Area Inundated

Chicago, January N.--The floods which spread over parts of the two northern tiers of counties in Illinois were subsid- ing tonight with the cessation of the rainstorm.
 The damage considering the area cov- cred by the waters, was comparatively slight, the most serious being the wash ing out of a bridge at Joliet Colder weather was predicted for tomorrow, and it was expected that in most cases the hundreds of persons driven from their homes in the lowlands would be able to return. Only one death by drown ing-that of boy at Ottawa-was re- ported.
 Ottawa, Ill.,, January 21.-Hundreds of families have been driven from their tomes, many bridges have been destroy ed, and a. number of factories closed by
 Continued on Page Nine)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
HOUSES BURNED BY
 GERMANS IN BELGIUM
Report Just Issued by the Belgian Government Places Total at 1S,207.
 Flanders Figures Unavailable

Paris, January 20.-A dispatch from Havre says that a report has just been issued by the Belgian government giv- ing the number of houses in the vari- ous provinces of Belgium which, the report says, were burned by the Ger mans.
 The following figures sre given:
 Brabant, 5S21; Liege, 2s03; Antwerp. 1900; Malines, 174S; Dinant, 2232; Namur, 1710; Philippeville, 1901; Huy, 255; Yer vieres, 5S1; Waremme, Is; Turnhout, 40; total 1S,207.
 The figures for Flanders are not yet available.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
TEUTONIC CONSULS HELD BY THE ALLIES
 WILL BE RELEASED
Secured Through Good Offices of the United States-Charged With Civ ing Information to the Germans
 Regarding Allies at Saloniki

Washington, January 21-Through the good offices of the United States, the Ger man, Austrian, Turkish and Bulgarian consus at Saloniki who have been held under arrest by the allies on board q French warship in the harbor. are to be released.
 The consuls were arrested on the charge that they were communicating military information to the Bulgarians outside of Saloniki to direct an attack upon the town by enemy aeroplanes.
 The condition of release. will be that the consuls return to their own countries The state department activity in the case was exercised in pursuance of the duty it assumed at the outbreak of the war of looking after the interest of the citizens of most of the warning coun- tries.
 Charge Einstein, head of the American legation in Sofia, has been instructed to surrender, if Bulgaria insist upon it, the British vice consul there who took refuge III his quarters when Bulgaria ordered the arrest of enemy consular officers in retaliation for the seizure of the consuIs at Saloniki.
 The vice consul fled to the rooms of the American charge and claimed asylum upon hearing of the arrest of his French colleague. He was received temporarily and when the Sofia government demanded his surrender, MT. Einstein cabled Wash ington for instructions
 The state department held that unless 1t could be shown that the vice consul S life was involved in the surrender, he could not be given asylum. Nothing fur ther has been heard from the case since this decision was communicated to the authorities in Sofia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
THE VARIANT VIEWS

A leading London newspaper in dis |ussing this subject declared:
 "Such ports as Rotterdam, Holland, nd MnImO. Sweden. being entrepOts of koods destined for Germany, must be |lassed as German ports and blOckadesi SccOrdingIy. The doctrine of 'cOntin- kOus vOyage' must be enforced and 5eutral ports blOckaded."
 To blockade the port of Malmo, stu : ents of international law declare, would be an act of war, and thus the King of Sweden, in making prepara- lions, seems to be within his rights. The United States could not, it is
 ointed out, protest against the block
 ding of German ports if the blockade made effective. But the United States. t is made evident today, will protest
 Continued on page TwOl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
VILLA sURROUNDEDs

Pearson, Chihuahua, January 21 Francisco Villa, according to mili- tary reports, is at Fl Rucia, 13 miles from here, and surrounded by Carranza troops, His capture was expected at any moment, military officials declareu.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-22
CAUSE FOR ACTION

To the protest of the United States that England abandon it's policy of stopping American vessels, searching American mails, and, at times, con- Iiscating American goods, no answer is made. Col. E. M. House, the Presi- |lent's special envoy to Europe, Is said to have informed the American gov |rnment that England, instead of abandoning it's present policy, intends to extend it's blockade-to prevent America, in other words, from dispos- ng of it's goods to any save the allied ,ountries. Sweden, in anticipation of he English act, has spoken for pre- paredness" for the possible emergen- ies of the future; and there is no se- ret made of the preparation in Amer ca of a sharp note of warning and demand.
 It is reported that England has
 three reasons for it's proposed
 course of action: The demand of
 the people that Germany be starved
 into submission; the suspicion that
 goods shipped by neutrals to ports
 of neutrals find their way even-
 tually into German stomachs; and
 that America is about to ship 1,-
 O0O 900 bales of cotton to Germany
 through neutral port of northern
 E1Irone