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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-05
BY United Press.

by United Press.
Washington. May 5.-President Will
son and his cabinet win begin their
consideration OF the German reply
as soon as the last vital paragraph OF
the note arrives.
From consideration of the piece
meal version before the cabinet the
members are convinced. il is under
stood, that Germany has met the de
mands of the United States govern
ment and they are not excited over
the conditions that Germany includ-
ed with it's concessions. II is believ-
ed that a tone Of sarcasm was inject
ed into the note for the influence IL
might exert on the German public
but this tone was switched to almost
abject compliance in the last para
graph.
The issue is considered closed un-
less Germany seizes upon Americas
failure to force changes in British
methods as basis for resembling
her order bringing her submarine OPP
erations into conformity with Ameri-
can principles.
Ambassador Bernstorff, believing
that the reply is satisfactory, will
take up charges OF British violation
OF international law with the state de-
partment next week.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-05
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WEATHER FORECAST.
For Oklahoma.

: Tonight and Saturday, fair
; and warm.
Local Temperature.
: During "a hours ending s
+ a. m. today:
Maximum, 81; minimum, SO.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-05
CARRANZA
ACCEPTS
PROPOSAL

Dy United Press.
Mexico City, May Gen. carran-
"a, the head OF the defacto govern
ment, has accepted the agreement that
was entered into by Gen, obregon,
Mexican minister of war, and Gen.
Scott. chief Of staff of the q. S. army,
in the conference at Ell Paso.
Carranza also expressed his con
currence in the principle upon which
the agreement is based. The agree
ment provides for cooperation be
tween the United States and Mexican
forces in putting down banditry.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-05
WILL HELP
FARMERS
IN HARVEST
Labor Commissioner Sends Letters to Wheat
Growers to Learn Number Of Men
Needed; Seeks to Improve
Past Methods

W. G. Ashton, state labor commits
sioner, while in Chickasha a day or
so ago, in speaking of the annual de-
mand for harvest hands in Oklahoma
each year stated that he thought his
department had done much toward
solving the problems and rendering
the situation more easily handled than
has heretofore been possible.
Mr. Ashton said that every harvest
season for the past several years, has
witnessed the invasion of Oklahoma
by a regiment of harvest hands OF
from 10000 to $4,000 and even $4,000.
These harvest hands, coming from
other states, have been attracted to
Oklahoma's giant harvest fields
through the publicity given Oklaho-
mas mammoth wheat and oats
crops through the press of the state.
The harvest situation in Oklahoma
each year demands a great deal of la
hor which cannot be supplied locally.
Heretofore it has been the custom
t. open the gates, and invite, through
the columns of the newspapers of the
state a rush of all the unemployed of
other sections who may care to come
to this state, never stopping to ascer-
tain how many harvest hands may be
IIeed,d, nor how many OF those who
may rush across the state line may
J ,.e supplied with work after they have
arrived here The rule, in other
words, has been to depend upon the
general publicity given Oklahoma
| harvest fields by the newspapers to
get harvest hands. in any sized num-
bers into Oklahoma and then trust
| to luck and the needs of the differ.
ent communities in the matter of ap
portioning these laborers out amongst
the farmers in the wheat belts of the
state. This system. slip-shod at the
BEST. Mr.. Ashton says. has been in the
past the origin of great troubles
Harvest hands have mobilized at diff
lerent points in numbers far in ex
cess of the demands. They have de
manded work in sections where there
was no work and have demanded that
they be fed and cared for by the pub
| lie in the localities which they in
vaded
| Mr.. Ashton. in seeking to eliminate
the trousles of the past, is making al
effort to get in touch. with the wheat
raising farmers of the state. There
are, Mr.. Ashton says. over six thous
and wheat raisers in the wheat belt!
of Oklahoma. An effort has beer
! made to get in touch with the major
( ity of these. with the biggest whea
growers in every section OF the stat
a wherein wheat is grown. The whea
{ grower is asked how many harves
E hands will be needed in his particula
g section; how many in a county or
r community. After his answer may b
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-05
By United Press.

Berlin. May 5.--Germany has yield
ed to practically every demand made
by President Wilson's last note. in
sistlng upon a complete change in sub
marine methods, it is contended in
the German reply which has been
published here. Every possibility OF
a break with the United States is ap-
parently ayerted.
The German government has de-
cided to make further concessions.
adapting her submarine methods to
the interests OF neutrals This is the
declaration OF the German answer to
the presidents note demanding the
abandonment OF her present subma-
rine methods The note states, how
ever, that Germany cannot dispense
with the submarine as weapon of
warfare.
The text OF the note which was de-
livered to Ambassador Gerard by
Foreign Secretary Won Jagow. says il
Is possible that the vessel torpedoed
was the Sussex but reserves judg-
ment in this matter pending the re-
ceipt of further information. 1t de-
nies that the presidents charge that
the Sussex affair was only one Incl
dent in the deliberate and indiscrim-
mate destruction of vessels of all ma
tionalities and says that the Ameri-
can note failed to substantiate this
assertion with concrete facts.
Continuing the note says Germany
has imposed great restraints on her
submarine commanders in consider
alton Of the interests of neutrals
though these restraints have aided
her enemies. 1t says errors inevitably
occur in carrying out the orders tha
have been issued and points out tha
the United States rejected proposals
that were calculated to reduce th'
periIs of neutral vessels to a mini
mum. 1t says Germany is still will
ing to come to an agreement alon
those lines.
II is declared by the note that sub
marine commanders have been in
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-05
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(By William G. Shepherd United
Press Correspondent
Berna May 4.--The average Swiss
man is better physically and as a sol
dier than the average American male,
thanks to the system of compulsory
military training in Switzerland.
Gets under the hide, statement
like this. but it's true.
Every male Swiss can shoot
straighter, run longer, march farther
and endure more than the average
male American. You have only to
know what the Swiss is taught to do
and what the average American isn't
taught to do to realize that this is
true.
Every Swiss school boy MUST go
to gymnasium. Every Swiss school
must HAVE a gymnasium. 1t doesn't
matter whether it's a church school
or a business college or fancy.
high-priced school for little Swiss
Lord Fauntleroys; it MUST have a
gymnasium.
In this gymnasium MUST be taught
daily. certain exercises prescribed by
the government These are the high
ly scientific product of the deepest
study in physical development.
The average American doesn't even
know what these exercises are.
Now and then, it is true, after he's
fattening up at thirty, the American
answers an advertisement and pur-
chases some alleged scientific physi-
cal Gu re book and follows the in
structions therein.
Any Swiss school boy of ten could
teach him world of valuable things
in this line.
By the time Swiss school boy is
twenty he has developed his physique
to its high point
He has made his body as fine and
strong as his particular body can be
made.
This has been done scientifically
and meanwhile, the call of his splen-
did muscles has driven, him to foot
ball and other sports.
That crowded Polo grounds in New
York makes YOU sick. when you look
over these Swiss You couldn't get
z
10000 healthy Swiss to sit around of
an afternoon watching OTHER men
play game. Each man wants to play
himself. Hundreds of little sport
centers are always. busy
That cheering grandstand at the
Polo grounds. filled with men that
couldn't run to first base without
putting, is a disgusting thought. here
in the war country
Anything in the world is better than
that. Any pacificist must admit that
even learning how to shoot, out in
the country-learning how to shoot
with the intention of killing an enc
my some day if you have to-is better
than the average Americans silly
MENTAL participation in baseball.
Or if you're too much of baseball
fan, make it Kelly pool
The average Swiss boy can out
: shoot the average American boy.
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-05

BY United Press.
Washington. May 5.-A high Off
cial here said that apparently there
was nothing in the German reply
that would Justify a break in relations
between the two nations.
1t was evident that the members of
the cabinet viewed the situation opti-
mistically at the conclusion of two
hours meeting during which the un-
official text of the German note was
considered.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-05
FOUR LEADERS ARE SHOT.

BY United Press.
Dublin, May 5.--Joseph Plunkett,
one Of the signers of the Irish proc
lamation. Edward DAILY, Michael
OHannahan and William Pearce,
we're convicted OF being leaders in the
rebellion and were shot, it is announc'
ed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-05
ALL SCHOOLS MUST
| HAVE GYMNASIUMS
Certain Daily Exercises for Development
Of Brawn Required by Government
Regulations; Boys Join Com
munity Rife Clubs

NOTE-This is the fourth OF
. a series of articles by Shep-
: herd dealing with the Swiss
!. system of military training for
: citizens, in its relation to the
, possibilities OF similar sys-
= TEN in the United States.-
; Editor.
Evening star., 1916-12-10
By BRUCE BARTON

lished, special copy should be sent to
Mr.. Arnold Bennett. 1t will give him
new idea of what it means to Live on
Twenty-four Hours Day. Having
issued his call for men, Sir Sam called on
the telephone William McBain, of the
Canadian Northern Railway.
"Good evening, Colonel McBain,' he
said.
@Colonel nothing" responded the chief
engineer. "Quit your kidding words
to that effect.
"This is Sir Sam Hughes" continued
Sir Sam, unperturbed, "and you're Colo
mel McBain, whether you know it or not.
l have just appointed you this minute.
Evening star., 1916-12-10

ing in the Greek Revolution.
~ So also might have sung Alfred
Jenkins of Peoria, Illinois, had he been
gifted with poets voice as well as
poets soul. But, being fashioned of hum
bier stuff, the keeper of a garage instead
Of a poet and accustomed to blunt speech,
Jenkins expressed his reasons for fighting
in another mans war as follows:
aI suppose I'm darn fool to be mixing
into fight that amt really none of my
business" he said to the recruiting officer
at Toronto. II had nice little trade
back home, and everything going good,
and no reason to be dissatisfied at all.
And when this here war started didn't
pay much attention at first. Then later
got to reading in the papers about them
Germans tearin' up Belgium and smashin'
churches and beatin' up women and
raisin' the devil generally, and darned if
it didn't get me sore. l says to myself, l
says, Every feller in the world like me,
that's free and got nobody dependent on
him, just orter join together and give
them guys good sound thrashin'. And,
by gosh, I'm here to help do it. X
Alfred Jenkins-I withhold his real
name for military reasons Alfred Jen-
kins has not the poets gift of expression, Z
as has already been admitted But there
must be spark of poetic fire in his soul,
and the soul of any other man who volun-
tarily casts aside comfortable security
to journey into another land and enlist in
war that is, strictly speaking, none of
his affair. And something like $1,000
More than 5000 of them were with the
uhsoh
already given up so many of its lives in
the trenches about Ypres. The remain
der of them, partly in England mostly
in Canada still, make up the various bat
talions of the American Legion.
We have heard almost nothing of the
American Legion on this side of the Ca
madam border. We probably shall not
hear very much about it until after the
last battle has been fought and the real
story of the war is told. When that story
is written, and the writer's take their little
filings at "America's commercialism, as
they are so fond of doing, they will have
to make one grudging admission. They
will not be allowed to forget that $1,000
Americans, at least, cared enough about
the issues of the world war to enlist for
action three thousand miles away, to die,
if need be, for country they had never
seen, and whose language they could not
even understand. Painful as it may be
for Europe to admit that courage in
America is not altogether thing of the
past, it will have to be DONE No chroni-
cler of the great war can tell the story of
American munition profits without telling
also the story of the American Legion.
Canada's First Call for Troops
ENGLAND declared war on Germany
August A, 1914. On August 4, Sir Sam
Hughes Of Canada, regular fellow if ever
there was one, got in touch with every
newspaper in Canada over the telephone
and dictated the stirring call for troops
which he had prepared. On August the
newspapers announced the declaration of
war on their front pages, and on the same
page printed in big type the call of the
Minister of Militia for recruits.
If Sir Sam Hughes diary is ever pub
Evening star., 1916-12-10

the CanaQlanS-raW troops. lnelr SOlO-
mel was ranchman from out Calgary
way. Almost their first taste of battle,
and confronted with the most terrifying
experience that troops can know. What
would they do-these lawyers and doc
tors and ranchmen and clerks?
Almost without orders they answered
the question. They lacked the machine
like discipline of their foes; but they had
that divine heritage which, when he is
once trained makes the American and the
Canadian the finest soldier in the world.
They had self-reliance, the habit of think
ing and acting vigorously for themselves.
And, before the Germans could seize the
advantage that their gas had won for
them, the Canadians had stretched their
line to almost twice it's length, occupying
the trenches that the French had lost.
Four divisions We're opposed to them, and
artillery that in the next two days simply
tore their trenches to pieces They were
holding 5000 yards of trenches with the
men who had been thought only barely
sufficient for 5000 yards. Yet they
held.
All night they held, and all the next
day, and all the next night. Beating off
attacks and counter-attacking, losing the
woods on their left and gaining them
again, being forced back out of the little
town of st. Julien, rallying and driving
the Germans before them from house to
house and street to street, without artil-
lery or infantry support, for two nights
and day they held on, and saved the
Allied line at Ypres.
Many stories are told about those
awful hours at Ypres which have not
found their way into the official accounts.
Here is one of them: Back of the town
of st. Julien, far enough back to be well
protected. the Canadians had hospital
filed with convalescents. They lay there
on that fatal Thursday afternoon, BAN
daged and nursed, but in good spirits and
we'll along toward recovery, when sud-
denly the news flew about that gas at
tack had been made. The French had
been forced to give ground.
With feverish haste the nurses and
doctors made preparations to move. their
patients back to safety. When they
came to get their men, every bed except
three was empty. And in those three beds
were three men swearing terribly, men
who couldn't get up and walk because
they had lost one or both feet. The Others
were gone-not back, but forward, hot
footto the trenches. Most of them died,
but they sold their lives dearly They
had their share in holding the line those
terrible two nights and day.
A Terrible Story of the Ypres Battle
THEY tell another story, also about that
battle. When the Canadians reached
out to occupy the French trenches, the left
of their line was forced back until it rested
on a wood. Later they lost that wood,
and still later took it again. have for
gotten the French name of that wood, if
it had name, but no one can forget the
name that the Canadians gave it. They
call it Crucitixion Wood: and they say
that when they retook it the second time,
they, found three of their companions
crucified on its trees, bayonets thrust
through their hands and feet.
There had been good many articles
in German newspapers of the general
character of the following extract from
the Rheimsche Westfalische Zeitung:
Evening star., 1916-12-10

"Whdt part of Canada do you come
frOm?" a ,par correspondent asked a
canadian" soldier on the streets of
London. And the other ,Uhispered:
Don't say a ,oord; I'm from Polo. ILL.,
nois." He iUds one of the $4,000 Amer
leans who had hurried across the
border to fight in another mans ,Uar
Well have 10000 men piling in here in
the next few days, and want you to have
a camp ready for them when they arrive.
II know just the place." the Colonel
replied. @Valcartier, down near where
was born. I'll fix up special train and
we'll start down there at once"
In train consisting of an engine and
one car, General Sir Sam and Colonel
McBain set out. They were in too much
of hurry: the train ran off the track
Somewhere they found and ndcommandeered
motor-car, and so, driving over bitches
and through rail fences, they reached VAL
cartier, laid out streets, and arranged for
water system and everything else needed
for we'll equipped camp. Then, with
10000 men on the way and Colonel
McBain ready for them, Sir Sam hurried
back, to find his colleagues in the Dominion
Government debating sohether Canada should
send any troops to the aDdr.
Lying Themselves into the Army
THE call had been published on August5.
By October the first Canadian contin-
gent had received enough preliminary
training to be ready to embark, Guns
they had, and bayonets; but no uniforms.
These were handed out to them in pack
ages as they boarded the train. There
were only, 10000 uniforms: Canada had
psofnised only 10000 men as first con-
tingent: only men in uniform were to be
taken on the ships.
When the trains finished their journey
to the. sea-coast, and the first Canadian
contingent was drawn up to be embarked,
it was counted. And the 10000 men ,oere
Evening star., 1916-12-10

form, as ordered. At least, each one was
in part of uniform. One had on the
trousers of uniform, another the coat,
another the shoes, another the belt. Each
man, when questioned, swore solemnly
that he had been entitled to a uniform,
had been one of the chosen 10000; but in
the hurry of entraining he had lost all of
his uniform except the part he wore. He
was sorry, very sorry. But he was one of
the 10000 all right Oh, yes, indeed; he
was entitled to embark.
So these men who few weeks before
had been peaceful lawyers and real estate
agents and dry goods merchants stood in
line and deliberately lied themselves into
the army. And because no man of them
would admit that he had slipped on to the
train against orders, and because the ships
were waiting and there was no time to
separate the sheep from the goats, the Of
ficers embarked the whole crowd for Eng
land, leaving the tangle to be straight
ened out on the other side. Which is the
real reason, gentle reader, why Canada
sent the queer total of 900 troops to
England as first contingent.
5000 Americans Discovered in
Canada's Army
THEY took the histories of the whole
$4,000 on the other side. "Who is your
next of kim" is one of the questions on the
blank And when the English War Office
came to examine the answers, that ques-
ton betrayed the fact that of the 33 900
more than 5000 were not Canadians at
all, but American citizens. 1t was an un-
pleasant predicament for the War Office.
England needed men, but Downing Street
was just at that moment having some cor
respondence with Washington on the very
subject of American enlistments. Here
was complication that could not be ac-
cepted. Word went out that no Amer
leans could enlist: they must all go home.
Like lightning the news spread through
the camp. The next day the contingent
was to be paraded, and all Americans
must be mustered out.
The day dawned, and the parade took
place. And, behold, miracle had hap
pened overnight. The preceding day
there had been more than 5000 Americans
among these $4,000. To-day, when the
showdown came, there was not single
one. Every single American had become
a Canadian overnight.
Oh, they could lie like gentlemen, those
first 5000 Americans! And they could die
like gentlemen, too. They proved that
few months later at Ypres.
In his book, "Canada in Flanders, Sir
Max Aitken has given as good descrip-
ton of what happened atYpres as can be
given until after the war. In untechnical
language, and briefly, the story is this:
The French and Canadians together held
what is known as salient" before
Ypres, meaning that the line at that place
curved out toward the Germans in great
half circle. 1t was badly exposed po-
sition, as every one knew, but it had to
be held nevertheless. The French were
holding the line on the Canadians left.
Nothing had happened all day Thurs
day: but about five o'clock Thursday
afternoon the Germans launched great
wave of gas directly at the French
trenches. 1t was early in the war. The
soldiers had heard of the terrors of the
gas, but no protection against it had been
provided. Borne by favorable wind, it
cts t<, 4ha NHnx,ah 4=.u..i....
Evening star., 1916-12-10

When man has no freedom to fight for at
home,
Let him combat for that of his neighbors,
Let him think of the glories of Greece and of
Rome,
And get knocked on the head for his labors.
To do good to mankind is the chivalrous plan,
And is always as nobly requited;
Then battle for freedom whenever you can,
And If not shot or hanged you'll get
knighted.
Evening star., 1916-10-20
CHunREN
NAVAL MILITIA BOARD
ENDS A MEETING HERE
Discussed Details for Organization
of the National Naval
Volunteers.

The national naval militia board has
just closed three-day session in
this city. The purpose of the meeting
here was to consult the Navy Depart
ment respecting the condition, status
and needs of the naval militia in gem
eral and to consider and recommend
regulations under which will be ad-
ministered the details of organization
of the force known as the National
Naval Volunteers. provided for in the
last naval appropriation act.
The members of the board, appointed
by the Secretary of the Navy for a
term of four years. are; Commodore Rob-
ert p. Forshew, New York Naval
Militia: Commander Joseph NJ. Mitche-
son. retired, Pennsylvania Naval
Militia; Capt Caleb d. Bradham.
North Carolina Naval Militia; Capt.
Edward A. Evers, Illinois Naval Militia,
and Commander John a. McGee, Cali
fornia Naval Militia.
In addition the following named Of
ficers prominent in the naval militia
were present at the meetings of the
board: Capt. A. b. Fry, New York Naval
Militia: Capt. Guy A. Eaton. Minnesota
Naval Militia; Commander A. F. Nick
lett, Ohio Naval Militia Commander
Charles F. Macklin. Maryland Naval
Militia, and Commander T. T. Nelson,
jr.. Pennsylvania Naval Militia.