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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-17
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-17

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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-17

Don't forget the sock social and card
party at st. J0seph's school at 8 D. m.
tonight all are cordially invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-08
WANTED, TRAINED NURSES

hOiildS Y. l<OSdns III 1<oSllc s.
 The committee on nursing of the coun- cil of national defense is calling for trained nurses. Volunteers are needed not for the firing line, but for the 1922 training schools for nurses in the United States At present there are in the United States approximately So,000 regis fered nurses, of whom only 600O are pub lie health nurses. America needs a fai greater number of trained women to aid in the prevention of disease epidemics for industrial accidents and for tfre gen. eral preservation of public health. Never theless. this available supply is being cut down rapidly by war requirements. Thou sands <have gone voluntarily to France and others have gone into public work, directly or indirectly related to the war These depletions must be met. There. fore, an appeal has been sent to women's and co-educational colleges and high grade private schools. The response, re date, has been generous. For example one New York hospital had 40 applicants for admission as students last June There were 624 applications in July and August More than 50 per cent of this number were college women The gov ernment needs nurses, but only trained nurses can be accepted for important work. European experience has shown the vital need of experts behind the firing line and to replace the nurses al home who are drafted for the front.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-08

entirely in keeping with the occasion. i As historic processions are now in great vogue, there should be pageants in the larger towns, each presenting local legends and important incidents relating to that particular community.
 Few states are so rich in tradition land history or so full of romance as Alabama, and such being true the .oratorical and literary side of the cen tenary will not lack for inspiration.
 As the programme committee re- Icently appointed has been requested to make its report to the Educational association at its annual meeting next spring, there will be no time to lose. The members of the committee in- |clude educators and historical re- !search men of distinction.
 There will be an opportunity for constructive work and the exercise of fancy and that the committee will perform its task well goes without saying.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-08
TEN HATS AND DIAMONDS
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. A note of strong human Interest is heard at last in the trial for high trea-
 son of General Soukhomlinoff, the for mer Russian minister of war; It echoes from the speech of counsel for the generals wife. who was accused of be- ing his evil genius, in that her extrav- money. Mime. Soukhomlinoff, 1t may be added is young and beautiful, fact to which the sternest man of law can not be wholly indifferent. Shakespeare nodded when he described beauty as a vain and doubtful good. and the Proverbial Philosopher who declared that 1t cheateth half the world was a bad mathematician, for the whole world is captive to it. Emerson, not a Susceptible person, admitted that it was it's own excuse for being. Who will not agree with him? The spectators at the
 trial, who cheered so loudly for Mme. Soukhom1inoff that the court had to
 suspend the proceedings for time, were at least not made of such stern stuff. The only evidence against her, as counsel pointed out, was that she wore diamonds and ordered 10 hats in one season. If her husband had done this it might have been suspicious. But what else could be expected of her?
 Diamonds belong on womens fingers; where else? And what are 10 hats in a co A pv,JA -fv Por
 young and beautiful woman-or for any woman who has a proper pride in keeping up with the fashions. And why should the possession of 10 hats be in any way connected with a deficiency of Russian ammunition? Why" said sian howitzer costs tenfold more than scores of hats" It would have been petty pilfering indeed to buy them from the public funds. Counsel admit ted that the source of the money spent by his client was unknown. But why should this be of concern to the public? Such mysteries are not infrequent. As the Italian proverb puts 1t. there is always less money than people imagine, and many give themselves unnecessary anxiety about their neighbours expendi- lures. Grave charges against minister of state should not be reduced to a question of his wtfe's hats Mme. Souk- homlinoff had only 10. she bought and paid for them. and doubtless all were most becoming to her. What more Is there to be said? No wonder this proof of her innocence was so vehemently applauded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-08
PAY OF FIGHTING MEN

s4.42 monthly wage and Germany has built up her military engine of fright
 fulness with 8 wage scale beginning | at $1.65 a month-less than S cents | day to do the ruthless bidding of ruth less rulers. Japan's soldiers at home, with $S year, fare a little worse than
 the Austrians Turkey is an indul- gent employer by comparison, grant ing $11 year--92 cents a month. "A frst-class American private. drawing s36.e0 month in France, gets $41 a year more than a Russ!sa e==s5- onel, and $64 year more than a Cor man lieutenant for the first threa years; sS1 a year more than a first lieutenant of the Austrian army and s19 a year more than a junior lieu tenant in the service of Italy. "The pay of an American second lieutenant (disregarding all allow ances) is s100 a year greater than that of lieutenant colonel in the British army, SIS more than that of full colonel in the French army s62 more than that of a German lieutenant col onel, $260 moro than a colonel of Aus trian troops and only s100 less than that of 8 major general of the Italian army, while to fun general of the Russian army the American's $1700 would seem fortune. as the Musco- vite of the highest rank only gets s1272.
 'srhe pay of an American captain compares favorably with that of British colonel, French brigadier general, a Japanese lieutenant gen. eral and an Italian lieutenant general.
 "A brigadier general of the Ameri- can army, drawing minimum salary of s60oo, receives nearly $240 more than marshal of France, $200o more than full general and field marshal in the German army, s2250 more than a full general of Japan and nearly five times as much as a Russian general of the highest rank. Italy's highest army officer at the beginning of this war was a lieutenant general whose an- nual compensation was $150 less than that of an American major.
 Since the outbreak of tho war the French government has revised its scale of pay for the army. The man in the first line trenches now receives a franc day (s6 a month), but he is not permitted to draw all of this amount He is paid partly in cash and for the balance receives a certificate of deposit in a reserve fund which is to be disbursed at the end of the war. All thOaa not in Inc first Ifpa trauChAs still receive their 25 centimes 0 cents) a day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-08
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

It IS easy to tell classical music from the other kind. If it is hard to play and was written by someone whose name is, hard to pronounce, it is classical all right.
 Isn't 1t wonderful how thin girl can love fat man, and how thin man can love fat girl?
 1T man is success, he knows 1t. And 1T he isn't. the world knows it.
 There are thousands of weddings in this country every day. But there are mighty few marriages.
 It might help some if the Bible and the dictionary were as we'll thumbed in the average household as Is the copy of the latest slush fiction sensation, "The Passionate Pups
 Our literature has been on the hog for sometime. It has just about gotten to point where the worst smeller is the best seller.
 It is hard to understand a girl She can have good job. good clothes and a little money In the bank. But she ism t happy until she gives them up for the privilege of taking a mans name and becoming his slave and kitchen me chanic.
 we may leave undone those things Which we ought to have done, but we SCicoiii iStNe ullSalu those LnluSS WHICH we should not have said. A man may believe that hanging a horseshoe over the door will bring him good luck, But he doesn't forget to put lock or bolt on the door. Another thing that we have learned while moseying through this world is that man doesn't have to be so bright to cast reflections. And. one thought naturally leading ur to another, man isn't so careful of the language he uses when he knows that he can lick the fellow he Is a talk ing to.
 It doesn't help any to apologize for taking up busy man s time. Tt merely takes up little moro of his time.
 What has become of the old-fashioned boy who used to say: Did you ever gel left?"
 A woman may never realize the worth of her husband, But it doesn't take hei long to realize his worthlessness.
 The man who marries a corn fed may have his troubles But he isn't going to feel cheap by discovering that he fell in love with a lot of padding and ex- celsior HHt,
 some men complain thshs their wives drve them to drink. And other men would like to have such wives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-08
sHooED OUT OF THE ARMY

From the PHladelpnla FQpuc Leuger.
 The handmade. finely tailored uni form Is losing out in the army. Once considered de rigueur in certain mili- tary units composed of the socially elect. 1t has received the cold shoulder of disapprobation at the army canton- ment at Wrightstown in such a definite manner as to forecast its permanent punishment
 The seal of disapproval did not come from the government. but from a TO- 'cruit serving in the draft army as 8 private in the One Hundred and Thir- teenth infantry. Young Kingdom Gould robbed Uncle Sam of his services long enough to chase away tailor who came unbidden to take his measure for bet ter fitting uniform than the one he was wearing, which happened to be one ot the regulation, machine-made fighting suits supplied by the government. The fsAlor insisted upon fulfilling his mission nnfil, according to press reports, Gould lsa forced to '.shoo'' him out of camp a rm of ejectment sufficiently severe, Tn jew of the nonmilitary nature of the ats Hk.
 1iiere was a time when tailors were an important adjunct to the equipment ce many military organizations Who ae, not remember the tailored excel }enee of the First City troop. the Rich Ncid Blues, the Boston Cadets and senle of the New York companies? But thls is war. The very men who. years s se, carried their elaborate uniforms
 kit jauntiiy today are lying ont 3l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-08
Food Waste Not
 Entirely Stopped

NNTHILE in the average household
 WV less food is wasted than formerly, there is yet room for inn provement; but the greatest waste, perhaps, is in hotels and restaurants. Garbage cans in large cities disclose the fact that articles fit for human food are being thrown away every day.
 Conservation in food has been urged by the government as war measure of vital importance, but many people are needless and go on wasting just as if it were matter of small concern. No one should be underfed in a coun- try like this, but the tendency of peo- pie blessed with good capacities Is to eat more than they need to satisfy the wants of the body and much more than is good for health.
 Specialists in dietary science tell us that comparatively few men who bvereat live to old age.
 The waste, however, that enters most into the volume of food that might be saved, but is not, is the re- Bult of indifference or wanton care lessness on the part of those who pre- pare and serve the daily meal, and to large extent on the part of those who partake of 1t.
 i Let the campaign against waste continue earnestly and systematically. What has been done to educate men and women in conservation has caused D saving of millions of dollars. It is estimated that if all providers for the table would acquire the saving habit in the little odds and ends the country would be $70,00O,O00 better off each year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-08

! M5{ 7 RASHINGToN, October 7-(Spe- | mW cial.) .)-'Tf, as has been re- l ported recently, the German
 Kaiser has offered prize of SIS to 1 the first man of his forces in France who captures an American soldier, the
 bonus will prove a tempting one to | the Teutons, for this sum represents
 more than three years pay for pri- vate in the German army" says a war bulletin issued today by the Ma I tional Geographic society from its Washington headquarters on the pay of soldiers in the armies of the bel ligerent nations.
 "The American soldier boy abroad
 will draw 8 princely wage compared with Tommy Atkins, the French poilu, | the Italian Alpini, the German boche and all the other fighting men of Eu- ropean nations," continues the bulle- tin.
 ''Disregarding the extras and the special allowances of various kinds,
 provided for in all the armies of the
 world, but taking the lowest wage of the humblest private as the standard, the comfortable rate of pay allowed
 Uncle Sam's fighting men affords a remarkable contrast to the lean pay envelopes of the men with whom our soldiers will join forces in France, as well as to the slim compensation of the enemy armies.
 with his quarters, clothing and ra- tions furnished him, as they are fur. nished in all the armies of the world, the American second class private, re- ceiving his foreign service pay of s33 a month, will be a plutocrat com pared with the French soldier who draws the bare pittaace of $1.50 ev- cry 80 days. scarcely enough to keep the American fighting man in cig- arettes Incidentally, Americans are being supplied the luxury of smokes by the folks back home').
 "But the French soldiers wage is, in it's turn, princely compared with the 32 cents a month which the Russian government allows it's private, and the "a cents which Austria Hungary pays its troops-one and two and half cents day, respectively.
 Great Britain is the most generous of the European governments in its pay of privates, who receive $7.60 month at home and an additional al- lowance while fighting in France, Mesopotamia and other foreign fields Italy ranks second in generosity with monthly minimum allowance of $5.S3. Spain compensates her soldiers with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-08
Pershing and Bliss
 Now Full Generals

.NONGRESS has revived the grades
 S of general and lieutenant gen. Ieral in the United States army and Pershing and Bliss were nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate Saturday just before adjourn ment. As each army corps is to be commanded by a lieutenant general, instead of major general, as was the case in the Union army in the civil war, at least seven or eight will be needed as soon as all our soldiers in training, or to be in training pres
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-08
LaFollette on the
 Side of the Enemy

e ENATOR LAFOLLETTE may lg have been incorrectly reported in his St. Paul speech, but he has said Ienough to make him unworthy of a lseat in the Senate. To all intents and purposes he Is more German than American. The senators who criti- lcized him Saturday voiced the senti- lment of all good, loyal citizens. The remarks of Senator Robinson of Arkansas were scathing, but none too |scathing.
 If there were many persons in pub lie life as disloyal as LaFollette has proved himself to be the United States would have hard time in carrying ion the war, but, thank heaven, the little band of wilful men" referred to by President Wilson will remain a
 little band. Party lines were virtually
 wiped out when the administration war measures were under considera- |tion. It is Americas war and every
 patriotic heart beats true.
 Whether or not the Senate will rise Ito the occasion and oust membef1 whose attitude has been reasonable lis question. While this government stands for liberty and free speech liberty must never be allowed to be confused with license and even free speech must be restrained in time of war.
 In a crisis such as now confronts the country actions rather than words tell. The enemy appreciates this fully. A cartoon in popular Ameri- can periodical recently represented I.aFollette, Vardaman, Gronna and a few others as squad armed and in uniform being reviewed by the Kaiser. The lines under the picture make Will helm say: "A little awkward, but you are worth more to me than a million men," Could the truth have
 been conveyed with more force?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-08

improvised shell holes and trenches in army camps, mud caked, dust covered and rain soaked, preparing themselves for the plunge into the great adventure soon to come. Needless to say. the tail- ored equipment long ago has gone the way of the dress clothes and the high hat
 The ancient Chinese believed in dress ing'' for battle. and decorated them selves accordingly. The custom came down through the horn helmets of the Norsemen and the hideous painting of the American Indians. In this war, how ever, it is not probable that the Ger mans would notice the distinction ere ated by "a finely tailored shoulder, nor that they would become alarmed if they did The least that may be said of young Gould's shooing is that 1t will tend to clinch the style among others of the na- tions gilded youth for the ready-to- wear garments furnished by Uncle sam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-08
To Arrange for
 States Centenary

c7THE one hundredth anniversary of
 H Alabama's statehood will occur fin December, 1919, and will be fit- tingly celebrated under the auspices of the Alabama Educational associa- ton. The legislature to be elected next year will be expected to make such appropriation as may be deemed necessary, and it will be in order for the committee appointed to prepare a programme to proceed on the assump- tion that there will be no lack of funds when the time comes.
 When w. P. c. Harding was presi- dent of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce in 1913 he started a move ment to promote a centennial exposi- ton on large historical basis. A committee on scope and plans was appointed, but year later the Euro pean war was in progress, causing widespread confusion in business and in the affairs of the nation; and in view of the unsettled conditions, al though only temporary, the exposition project was abandoned.
 While the Educational association will not undertake such an elaborate celebration as Mir. Harding had pro posed, it may be counted upon to de- velop plans that will be adequate and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-08
Trifling Grievance
 Causes a Strike

1 @TRIKES are usually the result of 0 economic unrest. Seldom indeed lis so trivial grievance aired as in
 the case of the longshoremen's strike in New York. The loss to steamship
 companies and shippers is estimated
 at about $2OO,0O0 and the loss in wages at $25, ,0O0.
 A board of arbitration which inves- Itigated the differences between the l1ongshoremen and their employers decided that they did not produce lenough evidence to support their de- |mand that a foreman be dismissed. The men struck because the foreman was said to have refused permission Ito a man suffering from cramps to get drink of whisky. The man ad- mitted that he did not say he was ill, but merely asked permission to leave the pier, which was refused. The foreman was reinstated in the service of the White Star line and the strik-
 CTS got nothing for their pains.
 Gases of this hnd--and they are hv m ,,oeans ,,pcornrooY in roay.;oa constitute serious reflection on the intelligence of workmen and bring their leaders into disrepute. A total loss of $250, ,000, in which both sides suffered, was the direct result of man wanting to quit work and get drink of whisky. And he admits that he offered no excuse that could have been accepted.