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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-21
AUDIT or INSURANg
FUND BOOKS DNAY1
Special AcNary Unable to G.
Access to Compensation q
Board Records Now

DNts ~.
When Miles NJ. Dawson, the NexF
York actuary engaged by Auditor Gem.
eral Snyder TO make special audit o.
the state compensation insurance fund
came here today and asked to see the!
books lie was told that he would nrtt
have TO get permission of the board
The chairman of this board is Harrnou
NJ Kephart. state Treasurer. who y
slightly Ill at a Harrisburg hotel, ana
there will he no meeting of the board
until January. Dawson reported to
Snyder but made no other efforts.
The Auditor General said that Dawson
had come here merely to get general
view Of the situation and had no inten-
tion OF making formal examination at
this time. He added, however. that the
audit will be made when he is ready.
Members of the board have ques-
toned the right OF the Auditor General
TO withhold the pay OF clerks and other
employees of the bureau until the board
explains the nature of their duties and
says whether or not their services
actually are necessary. The assertion
Generals reflections on the conduct OF
the insurance funds affairs were made
for the purpose of weakening the conn
pensation scheme and are therefore an
attack on labor itself.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-21
WILL PERMIT CAR
TOLEAVE RUSSIA
Slavs Grant Request of Ger
mans That Nicholas and
Family Be Freed

PETROGRAD. Dec. 10 ,delayedD. via
London. Dec 81.
Former car Nicholas and his family
are 20 be permitted TO seek haven In
some other country than Russia
II was authoritatively stated today
that a decree would be issued Thursday
allowing members Of the imperial fam
lily, Including, those at Tobolsk," TO go
abroad" In compliance with their re-
quest.
This action of the BolsheyiN is due
TO insistence of Germans in the armis-
tiCe negotiations.
The German negotiators. il was stated
had raised the question of disposition of
the former members of royalty at Brest.
litovsk. The Boshevik leaders asked
the opinion of the Grand Dukes Nicholas
MihhailoNitch and PAU Alexandrovitch
who suggested that all members of th,
royal family I've allowed to leave
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-21
LATIN PLOT BY
LUXBURG Barred
Teuton Intrigue Sought to
Link Chill, Argentina
and Bolivia
AGAINST UNITED STATES
Lansing Publishes kilograms
Showing Former German
Minister'S Connivance
vyAsu,NGToN. Dec. 81.

WASHlNGTON, Dec. IL
Secretary Lansing has made public
the complete record OF Count Lux
burg, former German charge daiialres
to Argentina, in the German Govern
ments South American inuigues. IL
IL long Indictment of German diplo-
macy, based on Luxburg's official diary
of underhanded connivance against the
Argentine and other countries In Soutn
America.
One of the messages revealed that
Luxburg had induced the PRESIDENT OF
Argentina tolseek n secret agreefnent
with Chill ana Bolivia, IA mutual rap.
prochement for protection against
North America" 1t also showed that
Luxburg did everything possible to
have Peru brought into such an agree
ment.
In Iatin.American diplomatic quar-
ters here 1t Is regarded as certain that
the disclosures will result QUICKLY IN
an Argentine declaration OF war agaihs.
Germany. Congress and n majority or
the people favored this step Wnen me
American Government made public the
"spurlos vcrsenkt" tsink without "a
trace) messages of Iuxburg, aud II is
believed that the Presidents opposition
now will be swept away, IL II Is not
withdrawn.
Tho disclosures Of Secretary Ian
sing include forty secret telegrams
which passed between Count LuNpurg
and the German Foreign Office IN july
August and September. when relations
between Germany and Argentina were
strained over submarine warfare. In
the correspondence were several mes
sages to Luxburg signed by kuehl
mann and Zimmerman. the present
and former German Foreign Secrc
taries, and others in the German For
cign Office.
The correspondence deals largely
with efforts made by the German MIN
lister to prevent any rupture OF reia
tions with Argentina, ana Throughout
the dispatches there was Il warning
70 his Government to flatter the Ar
gentinians and tC word the note III
reply to the Argentine protest against
the sinking of the steamship loro III
such way as not to offend them.
Evidence of the apparent pliabilltS
Of the Argentine President and or tht
opposition of Minister of Foreign Ar
fairs Puerreydon is disclosed in many
of the dispatches. Frequent reference
is made by the charge to diff1culty h'
was having in dealing WIN the TOT
eign Minister, but emphasis Is placed
upon the ease with which he com
municatcd with the President
The disclosures complete tht
story of Luxburg's intrigues, whici
began when the State Department
gave out the famous "spurlos yer
senkt" messages. They are of I'm
portance chiefly because Of their bear
ing upon various heretofore uneN
plained activities in South Amer
lea. and are particularly interesting a
this time, when Luis Cabrera. envoy
President Carranza, of Mexico, is OF
his way to Argentina to attend sc
called neutrality conference.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-21

possibility OF Teuton domination of all
the Russias. even the east They pointed
out that the American consul at vladi-
vostok had said there is need for troops
at that port.
Confirm ltion of the Russo-Japanese
pact was not Immediately obtainable
here
However. it was stated that insofar
as china II now concerned the Japan
ese are discouraging large military prem
aration In that nation, and that Of
fetal feelers have been put forward
with a view to American-.Tapanese CO.
operation In China's military, economic
and financial problems
President Wilson. 1t was suggested
will be the determining factor in tn,
decision as to whether japanese troops
shall invest Nladivostok, provided that
Is the actual wish Of Japan as re.
ported.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-21
BOY OF IL HANGS HIMSELF
Brooded Over Gliding From Father
on Purchase of Shoes

HARltlSBtRG, Dec. "a -- Raymond
q: Hagan, fourteen years Old, "a member
or the freshman class of the Steclton
High school committed suicide by hang
ing To q bedpost at the home Of his IA
rents, MI. and Mrs. John I. Hagan. at
SteeIton. lie wrote two or three letters
to friends and left note, reading
, "Good-by TO all"
The boy recently bought pair OF
shoes and his father chided him mildly
Tor the purchase. His companions said
he brooded over this matter
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-21
46 KILLED, 40 HURT
IN RAILROAD SMASH

LOUISVILLE. Dec. 2i.--Forty-six are
dead today and forty injured several
probably fatally. in n rcar-end collision
between two passenger trains at Shep-
herdsSlle, Ky. twcnty-three miles south
&C here. Louisvill" and Nashville pas
senger train No. :. cincinnati to New
Orleans, crashed into the rear Of the
Bardstown. Louisville and Springfield
accommodation train.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-21
JAPAN WOULD STRIKE
GERMANY IN SIBERIA
WASHINGTON. Dec. Of.

W NOfIINIT IVN, VVV' II
Japan Is anxious TO strike at Ger
many by occupying Siberia. according
to advices reaching here today. This
information. coupled with Russian publ
cation Of an alleged Russo Japanese
agreement TO pounCe on any nation at
tempting supremacy in China, created
a profound impression in official and
diplomatic quarters.
Some Allied diplomats were said 20
favor the Siberian move in view of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-21

miles by their commanding officers TO find
out just what sort of eats" they wanted
for this Christmas spread has developed
some freakish appetltes.
one captain asked his mef whether
they wanted turkey or pork and beans
tho latter piping hot with strips of
bacon Drowned on the top The pork
and beans won hands down In the sub
lsequent vote
There will be no fraternizng with tho
Huns on the British front. That much
is certain
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-21
DINNER TO OLD ENGRAyER
Friends Join in Celebrating Ninetieth
Birthday of Edwin Benner

An Informal dinner was rendered I'd
win Bonner. an old established en-
graver. in celebration of his nineticth
birthday. The dinner was held at his
home, l23j Locust street at . O'Clock
lie has lived there since 1929.
Mr.. Benner was born in Philadelphia
at @i7 South Camac street. in the build
ing now occupied by the Poor Richard
club. He is in splendid health despite
his adv tnccd age. and daily goes to his
place Of business at 22t South Fifteenth
street
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-21

YORK. Pa, Dec. 21.-The Bethlehem
steel Company has purchased tho Bitten
ger farm along the Carlisle turnpike.
near Hanover containing rich and eX-
tcnsivc limestone deposits, and will de-
Nelop the property for the quarryng of
them for stone to be used for fuxiug
purposes. The consideration for the
property is said to have been Sl25.0OCr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-21
Cash for French Orphans

Contributions of more than $1,000 and
pledges of about $500 in addition have
been obtained in behalf Of the fatherless
children of France through efforts Of n
committee of the Emergency Aid.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-28
Start the Day Rioht.

Start your day right. bury the
hatchet Of the night before. Leave all
your grouches in the bedroom and
come out into the dawn OF q new day
with a smile What matter If some
one has annoyed you the night before?
That day has passed with every pleas
ure and annoyance Today is only
started, and no one knows what will
happen, good or bad, 50 it is well to
be prepared for the best. Too many
prepare for the worst. look for it and
get it, Smiles are the least expensive
Of all joys Of life, and the most up
building. So smile whenever you can.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-28
Mar No bigger Than Ills IdesI.

You will realize the Vision (not the
idle wish) of your heart, be It base
or beautiful, or Il mixture Of both, for
you win always grayitate toward that
which you, secretly, must love. Into
your hands will be placed the exact
results OF your own thoughts you viii
receive that Which y0n eurn no more,
no less Whatever your present envi-
ronment may be. you viii fall, remain
or rise with your thoughts your
Vision, your Ideal. You win become
as small as your controlling desire; as
great as your dominant aspiration
James Allen.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-28

Chicago. Aug 27 Fear Of frost in
the northwest did much to strengthen
corn prices today after liberal offer
ings had taken away an initial rally.
The market closed strong and near
the top, lc to ! 3-Sc higher. with De-
cember at s1.09 to sl09 1-S ana May
at $l.o6 ~. Oats closed strong, $3.50
to 7-sc higher, and provisions finished
at an advance Of &c to soc, final fig
ures being at the top for the day.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-28
THE eEs.r LAXATIVE

To keep the bowels regular the best
laxative is outdoor exercise. Drink a
fall glass of water half an hour before
breakfast and eat an abundance OF
fruit and vegetables, also Establish a
regular habit and be sure that your
bowels move once a day. When a
medicine is needed take Chamberiain's
Tablets. They are pleasant to take
and mild and gentle in effect Obtain
able everywhere. d&w-1m
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-28
LIVER TRouelF

4 am bothered with liver trouble
about twice a year" writes Joe Ding
man, Webster City. Iowa. II have
pains in my side and back and an aw.
ful soreness in my stomach. / heard
Of Chamberlains Tablets and tried
them. BY the time | had used half
bottle Of them was feeling fine and
had no signs Of pain obtainable ev.
erywhere. d&w-im
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-28

New York. Aug PA sharp early
break was followed by a very rapid
advance in the cotton market today
with December selling up from 2L46c
to 22.15c or about $3.50 per bale from
the low level Of the morning, and %
points above Saturdays final quota
ton. That delivery closed at 220Sc
with the general list cicsing irregular
at net advance Of four to 2S points
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-28
highest spot casn Price VIII be
0r some clean cotton rags deliv.
once to the Daily Express ct.
s,1ltf
EoR cHoLERA MoRRus

our little boy, now seven
!, was a baby he was cured OF
/ morbus by Chamberlain's Col
olera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
Mrs. Sidney Simmons, Fair Ha-
Y. "Since then other members
family have used this valuable
ne for collie and bowel troubles
God satisfaction and ! gladly en-
it as a remedy OF exceptional
Obtainable everywhere.
d&w-1m
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-28
Real Estate and dFarmLOans

200 acres five miles from Chiokasha
TAO acres smooth upland IN cultiya.
tion' Go acres good grass; we'll inn
proved Part Of this years crop goes
With the place II sold this month: inn
mediate possession Price $40 per
acre. We can loan s25 per acre on
this tract
100 acres scven miles from Chicia.
sha ;smooth Washita bottom, ne
waste land; SIS acres in alfalfa; godd
fonr room house and ont buildings: i'd
acres fenced hog tight Has loan ID
$1,000 due IN four years at G per cent
interest Price $40 per acre.
. acres adjoining the city; well i'm.
proved suburban home; good eight
room house. barn and outbuildings: on
car line Cost $1,000 to build house
Price $500.
700 acres wen improved stock farm
four miles from Amber on Bitter creek.
60 acres in alfalfa, living water, fine
shades. 200 acres first class bottom
land, improvements well worth ST..
500 Price sSS per acre.
CITY PROPERTY
New six room bungalow located on
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-28
Fort Worth Livestock.

Fort Worth. Tex. Aug 27-Cattle-
Receipts 10000; steady; beeves $3.50
70 $40 Hogs Receipts 1000. steady;
heavy. 1855 to Sl675 sheep-Re-
ceipts 500: steady; lambs S13 to Sl4
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-28
A. B. COCHRAN
FOR SALE

A well paying business in good CON
dition. Groceries and cold drinks.
Small investment involved as owner
has to leave town. Call on Jose Il.
de Negrete, ais South Second ST.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-28

The htghesr spol casb prices win BE-
paid for some clean cotton rags deIlv.
cred at once at the Daily Express og.
ice. s-s1N
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-28
LANoAN SPRINGS WATER

with the request made
RS OF Shanoan Springs water, q
len OF this water was collected
Il. Dawson, city health Off
sent on August to the state
department at Guthrie for anal
r $ analysis, which was receiv-
Dawson today, shows the wa
be unsafe for domestic use"
e. L. Dawson, M. d.,
City Health Officer
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-28
Games To-Day.

Cincinnati at Boston.
Chicago at Brooklyn.
Pittsburgh at New York.
81. Louis at Philadelphia.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-28
Games rodnN.

Ardmore az Oklahoma City
Sherman at Muskogee
Denison at Fort Smith.
McAlester at Tulsa.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-28
NATIONAL LEAGUE
How They Stand Today.
Results Yesterday.

AT New York 0, Pittsburgh !
At Brooklyn Z. Chicago l.
At Philadelphia ST Louis 4.
AT Boston 2. Cincinnati 4.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-28

sRENT Rooms in modern home
Furnished or unfinished. Tel
1857 or call at S27 Kansas.
27-3t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-28

corner OF seventh and Oregon avenue
Finely finished throughout, oak floors
breakfast ROOM fire place and all con
veniences that go with modern home
Price $500 on terms
Five room modern house we'll locat
cd on Iowa avenue oue'half block from
car line; lot 5Oxi65 fet Price $780,
$500 cash, S25 per month
Five room modern house we'll looat.
Id ON South Hill one block from paved
treet, corner lot 75xi65 feet; nice
Shades lawn, good orchard; cave and
outbuldings Price s225o; easy terms
Nine room moee.l house, one OF me
best mcatlons IN Chickasha; lot S5x1G5
feet Steam heat, good cistern, cave
and outbulldmgs. This house is com.
pletely furnished with strictly high
grade furniture; can be bought for
$4,000
FARM LOANS
We represent the largest loan com.
panies doing business in the state.
win loan from $500 to $4,000 from one
to ten years al low rate Of interest
We examine your land on short no.
tice; give you draft for your money
as soon as your abstract is approved.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-28
! 4l44& 4444444
> WESTERN ASSOCIATION .
, 4<% - @44 %4$ . =
How They Stand Today.
Results Yesterday.

HrauTts tVattTuaJ.
AT Oklahoma H. Ardmore 3.
At Fort Smith 3, Denison 3.
AT Tulsa 6. McAlester (.
AZ Muskogee 3, sherman 9.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-28
FOR SALE 7

Or SALE-Furniture, rugs, dress
beds, stoves, chairs, dishes, cook
utensils, etc. 800 Colorado Ave,
uie 975. 25-3t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-28

= 4444 444 :
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-28

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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-28
CITY PRoPERT'

New six room bungalow located on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-24
co ERVV NlENT FIXES PRICES on Steel
Another Disclosure Made and More Likely
Russian Troops
Open Offensive
Upon igaFront

Perograd, Sept II Russian forces
on the Riga front in the region south
of the PskoT high road yesterday took
the offensive ard after a fierce strug-
gle occupied the German positions in
the sector Of SiIzeme. the Russian war
Office announced today.
Berlin. Sept. - via London Gen
eral Won Ludendorff announces in the
official German statement issued today
that rich quantities OF provisions, in
Guiding bread and -four. fell into the
hands of the Teut0ns when they cap
tured the Russian town Of Jacobstadt,
on the DFiua river, last week
The statement says that the British
troops made no fresh attacks yester-
day on the Flanders front
Paris. Sept. 24-North of Eerdun
and ia the region Of Fosses and
Chaumes woods the artillery duel was
intensely violent last night. the French
war Office announced this afternoon
German airplanes bombarded the camp
OF German prisoners near Bar-Le-DuC
and two prisoners were killed.
London Sept 24-German heavy
guns were active early this morning
on both banks of the river Scarpe, on
the Arras front in France, Field Mar
shall FIaig reported today. A German
raiding party near La BASKERVILLE was
driven way after sharp lighting last
night with the British
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-24
THE WAR TODAY

Heavy cannonading was again
in progress last night On the Elan-
ders battle front northeast Of
Npres. but The infantry had 4 re-
lief from the recent hard lighting.
The last German reaction was not
encouraging enough. apparently,
to warrant a speedy repetition Is
Field Marshal Haig in his dis
patches last night reported that
when the Germans assaulted the
British lines northeast OF LANCE
marck yesterday they net only
were repuIsed but lost ground ia a
British counter drive.
Signs Of possibly important ac-
tiyity impending are appearing in
other sections OF the British front
notably in the Arras region mean
tie Scarpe and in the vicinity of
Lens. which, city Is still being
closely pressed By Canadians. Ton
siderable artillery activity II an
n0unccd from these sectors.
The artillery on both sides Is
notably busy on the French front
in the Ferdun region. Last night
lis activity reached the stage 0f In
tense violence north of thp fort
FesS in f1la Posses and Chaumes
wood regions, Paris reports.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-24
GERMANY AvERTS
ARGENTINE BREAK
Berlin DisaF0wal OF LuxbuTg Affair
Received as Vote On Cut OF Re-
lation Was Being Taken.

Huenoz Aires. Sept. 24-Just as the
Argentina chamber of deputies early
this morning was preparing to vote on
the question Of breaking diplomatic
relations with Germany an official
communication was received from the
Berlin foreign Office The note disap-
proved of the ideas expressed by Count
Won LuzbuTg. the German minister
here. regarding Germany's cruising
warfare
The word cruiser Ieft some doubt
i'm the minds of government officials
as to whether Germany intended to
modify her submarine campaign.
A declaration OF war by Argentina
on Germany. however was postponed
by the receipt Of the German note.
London, Sept ga dispatch from
Buenos Aires to Reuters agency says
that Argentina has received note
from Germany which has given com
plete satisfaction to tae Argentine
government
Adyiees received here today indicate
that Sweden SIS on the verge Of q min
iSterial crisis The causes are three
fold. namely. the elections, the results
of the Baenos Aires telegram reyela-
lions and the fact that Germany has
not yer given satisfactory answer to
Swedan's demand fer full ezplana-
tio1 Of the Count Won Luxburg affair.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-24
Bingham Waits
Future MOUe in
Autopsy of Wife

Louisville Ky, Sept Robert
Worth Bingham and his friends here
are today awaiting the next move Of
those who, according TO q statement
given out last night by counsel for
Judge Bingham, in the early hours of
last Tuesday morning caused the body
elf his wife. formerly Mrs Henry vi.
FiaEler. to be eXhumed. an autopsy
performed and some of the vital or
sans removed and sent to New York
after which the body presumably was
relnteTred
After racitinr that vi eth Mrs Bing-
bam became iii three physicians had
been called in attendance. the state
nent adds that when two weeks be
fore her death her condition apua -
emily became serious, her brother.
William T. keuan, was sent for and
came TO Louisville He and Mrs.
Bingham sister, who was called TO
Louisville a few days later, were in
formed Of the measures that hal been
taken and gave their approval. the
statement asserts.
In it's concluding paragraph the
statement says IL whispered suspi-
cIo1s" shall end n the making of
charges. the charges viii then be
met with facts
Wilmington. y. C.. Sept 24-Dr
Charles t. %esbitt. county health off
Ger. acknowledged today that he had
issued q permit for the examination
OF the body of Mrs Robert Worth
Bingham Ee explained that the rea-
son he had withheld Information was
that ne had been told by those seek
ing the permit that they thought d
crime had been committed
Graham keuan. first cousin and