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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-20
PUMP AT
OIL WELL
DEFECTIVE

According to word brought to town
last night by Chickasha men who Wis
tied the new oil field yesterday, the
pump was started at the well on the
Kunzmuller farm but it failed to work.
There was some trouble in the
valve and it failed to operate said f.
G. Hall The pump is being te
out to remedy the defect and il should
be ready to start again this afternoon,
We heard that NARROW parties have a
geologist on the ground to select a To-
cation for another we'll"
The Chickasha party also visited the
Henry. well about mile south and
three and a half miles east of Anadar-
ko This well is now about 400 feet
deep and the company is equipped for
making thorough test. Mr. Hall, j,
B. Kelsey, f. L. Slusher and Mr.. Sin
gleton composed the Chickasha party
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-20
President, Cabinet Officers and Officials
Mingle With Jackies, Soldiers and Civil
ians iH Rendering Homage TO Dewey
SALUTES OF NINETEEN
GUNS AND TAPS"
Body Of Lale Admiral Drawn to Last Rest
ing Place Under Escort Of
Annapolis Middies
BY United rress.

By United Press.
Washington, Jan. 20.-The last trib-
ute was paid to Admiral George Dew
ey today. President Wilson. secre-
tary Daniels and other government Of
ficials, with middies, jackies, soldiers
and civilians, joined in the impressive
ceremonies which closed with taps"
at Arlington cemetery.
The body of the late admiral was
borne on flag-draped caisson under
an escort Of Annapolis middies, the
casket being taken to the capitol where
on the rotunda the public might at
tend the ceremonies.
At noon the salute of the secretary
of the navy, nineteen guns, sounded
over the city while battleships at dis
tant points took up the same farewell.
Government departments were clos
ed and congress adjourned at noon in
honor of the departed admiral
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-20

DONORS
TO FUND
Large Subscription List for Money, Teams
and Men for Improvement Of
Ninnekah Road Jan. rs

On to Ninnekah is the watchword Of
the chiclSasha public and that they
mean business Is demonstrated BY the
size of the subscription list both in
cash donations and in volunteer SER
vices Of both men and teams.
The list of subscribers will be print
ed in the Daily Express on Monday. In
the meantime any liberal citizen who
has not yet been seen may add his
quota to the general fund by advising
any member Of the committee
Several people on whom we called
were not in and consequently do not
appear on the list, although we are as
sured that they are in perfect sympa-
thy with the movement" declared
Chairman J. E. Schow this morning.
"All who have not yet subscribed may
do so through any of the following
members of the committee and my
self: L. I. Bitsche, w. W. Horne, n
V. Adamson and p. G. Spinning"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-20

The modest hero OF many a battle
with Indians. participant in more
Indian fights than he could keep track
OF, pioneer in two states and Texas
ranger for many years before the Civil
war, George Wagner, Of Rush Springs,
at the age OF seventy-six, is leaving
for San Antonio, his old home, to
spend his remaining years. Mr. Wag.
ner, or "Uncle George" as he is more
familiarly known in Rush Springs,
went to shat town twenty-five years
ago and saw the first railway train
which pulled into its station. He has
engaged in the painting and wall paper
business there for a good many years
and his two children, p. W. Wagner
and Mrs. Lee Morris, will continue to
reside there.
The last day which Uncle George
spent In Chickasha was devoted to
looking over records in the county
clerks office relating to property
which he owns in this county.
Although having passed the three
quarter Of century mark the old In
dian fighter is hale as straight as an
arrow, with keen eye which even yet
unaidcd by glasses can sight as far
and with the same precision as they
did back in 1853 when he first joined
the Texas rangers under Bill Callahan
and in which service he remained un-
til he enlisted in the Confederate
cause at the very outset of the Civil
war. After five years service he found
himself at Kickapoo Springs on the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-20
FEAR OF COMPLICATIONS
WITH GERMANY GREATER
THAN In MONTHS
AGED INDIAN FIGHTER AND TEXAS
RANGER RETURNS TO SAN ANTONIO

day that Lee surrendered. He is a
member Of Joe Shelby Camp in Chick
asha.
After putting up his musket he en-.
gagged in COW ranching in texas until
1870 when he again entered the SER
vice Of the rangers with Captain Hamp
Cox, who was succeeded as comman-
der of that dauntless body of criminal
hunters in 1872 by Jim Roberts and in
the following year by the latter's
brother, Dave Roberts.
During his long years Of service and
his many exciting encounters Uncle
George was wounded five times. the
only visible outward evidence OF his
troubles being a wound on the top Of
his head which forms about The only
bald spot on Iuxuriantly covered pate.
This wound was received ilt an Indian
fight at Blue Beaver near Lawton.
Uncle George is as good shot to-
day as he was at 21 and his memory
Is as fresh and keen as when young
man. Except at short distances he
does not use glasses in Workmanship
lie expects to spend the balance Of
his days in peace and quiet at San
Antonio, Texas, in which he will find
himself among vastly different sur
roundings than those which prevailed
sixty years ago. He is thoroughly
contented with life but modest In the
relation Of his many thrilling expert
ences, referring the interrogation to the
records Of the adjutant generals office
at Austin for details
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-20
OKLAHOMA CITY DELAYS
OZARK TRAIL WORK BUT
CHICKASHA Is ON MAP
@. G. LINN
FOR MAYOR

o. G. Linn, at present member OF
the city council, makes his announce
ment today as candidate for the
Democratic nomination for mayor, sub
iect to the March primary.
For about nineteen years Mr.. Linn
has lived in and around Chickasha
and for six years has been engaged in
business here. During the past three
years he has conducted wholesale
flour and feed business and prior to
that time he was a member Of the gro
Gerry firm of Carter e Linn located in
the north part Of town.
The only public office that Mr.. Linn
has ever held is that Of alderman,
position to which he was appointed to
fill out an unexpired term and later
was elected. In this position he has
been diligent, aggressive and always
faithful IL looking after the interests
of the taxpayers.
CAS- a member Of the council have
always tried to give the people the
best service of which ] am capable"
said Mr.. Linn, "and if I am honored
with the office Of mayor l shall do my
best to give the city an honest. eff
cient administration. | shall appre-
ciate ali the support that is given to
my candidacy"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-20
AND
GIRLS CLUB
FOR MED
County Agents Cooper and Mrs. COryell
Active in Organization Of Young
People to Improve Farming

Success has attended the efforts Of
the county agents in the organization
Of clubs this week for active work
during the coming year. Yesterday
was spent by County Agent Cooper
and Mrs. M. Coryell, at Bradley, where
they addressed the school at $3.50 a. m.
and at Alex, where they began their
instructive talks at 1 o'clock in the
afternoon. AS result two strong
clubs were organized.
Earlier in the week Mrs. coryell had
addressed and organized clubs at the
Tuttle and Friends schools.
County Agent Cooper has eleven
boys clubs which he is interested in
organizing and while three girls clubs
demand the attention OF tho woman
agent. The boys clubs are corn, cot
ton, peanut. crop rotation, grain sor-
ghum, kafir, feterita, milo, pig, fatten.
ling and breeding, calf, fattening and
breeding, and poultry, the latter being
for boys and girls.
Mrs. Coryelrs clubs are better bread
candy and poultry.
I'VE got nice clubs in both Bradley
and Alex yesterday and found both
teachers and pupils very much inter.
ested in the work" said Mr. Cooper
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-20
NEARLY HALF MILLION
WORDS in ENGLISH
Our Language BOrOws PrOfusely aud
Vocabulary MuliipIies Rapidly

"The English vocabulary has grown
to great size says Professor Clark S,
Northup, Of Cornell University one OF
the editors of The New Universities
Dictionary now being distributed by
this paper exclusively to it's readers ;
'the number of words found in Old
English literature does not exceed
thirty Thousand: recent dictionaries
have i'sse -ore than four hundred
lslsand, mostly Of foreign or,1sn.
Yet most writer's use mairiy English
words.
Shakespeare used ninety per cent
of English words; the English Bible
contains ninety-four per cent; Milton,
eighty-one per cent; Addison, eighty
two per cent; Tennyson, eighty-eight
per cent. Most of our shortest and
simplest words are of native origin
"If any language comes into close
contact with another, there is likeli-
UQcu VI 1LhSAlpu 10
one Of the most cosmopolitan Of Ian
guages. From the French it began to
borrow even before the Norman con
quest; after that, as intercourse with
France increased, it borrowed heavily
from the Norman and Partisan French.
Many Spanish and Italian words have
come in as a result Of commercial ac-
tivity."
Floods Of coupons continue pouring
in for The New Universities Diction-
ary. The distributing clerks are kept
busy. The publishers have been or
dered to keep big supply bound and
ready for emergency calls 1t looks
as though the raid on the supply would
soon make a replenishment necessa-
ry. Such a rush was not expected, but
this paper ~ greatly pleased to see
readers taking such enthusiastic adj
vantage Of its educational offer
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-20
JUNIOR HIGH DEFEATED
BY RUSH SPRINGS FIVE

Though badly defeated in their meet
ing with the Rush Springs High school
basket ball squad the Junior High bas-
keteers return to Chickasha after the
game last night in fine spirits, happy
in the thought Of meeting high class
ed aggregation Of tossers. The score
was 40 to 3 and even at that the local
Juniors feel encouraged considering
the high standard which the Rysh
boys have maintained in basket ball
circles.
The game was declared to pc a splen-
did exhibition Notwithstanding the
unequal score and the best Of spirit
prevailed. The absence Of wrangling
or the least show Of bad humor was
noticeable.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-20
MISS MEYERS RESIGNS

After five years Of efficient service
Miss Levia Myers has resigned her po.
sition at the Junior High school and
leaves today for Oklahoma City where
she has accepted position in one Of
the ward schools Of that city. Miss
Myers. in public school work in this
city for five years, has proved very
successful teacher.
VIM f. Raney, city superintendent,
has wired for a substitute to fill the
vacancy but has received no reply as
yet.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-20
COUNTY SCALES BUSY

Another carload Of hay was shipped
out of Chickasha today.
A great rush has been made to the
county scales since the bad weather
broke up. twenty-five loads OF produce,
hogs, hay and corr having been
weighed yesterday and thirteen more
loads weighed up till ii o'clock today
with several wagon loads Of hogs watt
ing for the Inspection OF buyers.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-20
BY United Press.

5y United Press
Washington, Jan. 20.--Swiss Minis
ter Ritter acting upon instructions
from home issued orders through
Swiss counsels in America that all re-
scryists on conditional leave Of abb
.sence shall return home Immediately.
Notification was received that three
additional Swiss army corps will BE-
imohilized on January a. The new
troops will relieve a part Of the two
army corps now modified, Ritter be-
ieyes
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-20
Has PIsmy Submarines.
BY United Press.

py CulLeu Frehs.
Bueons Aires, Jan. 2o-Pigmy sub
marines, eighteen feet In length. car.
ried by the German raider. have
wrought much damage to the allies
shipping in Atlantic wavers.
The commander Of the captured
British steamer NetherDy Hall is au.
thority for this statement. There are
three submarines carried BY the raid.
err" the captain Of the British vessel
said in an interview at Pernamhuco.
"They are capable Of operating within
a small radius and are equipped with
torpedoes, dynamite and ammunition. :"
The raider has not been definitely
located yet despite the fact that big
fleet Of warships is literally raking the
ocean for her.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-20
Holding Of Captured EeuIraIs on Steamer
YarOwdale Increases Gravity Of
Situation
GERMAN RAIDER BEARS
PICMY SUBMARINES
SOuIh Atlantic Swept BY Huge Fleet Of
Allied Warships in Search Of
Graft Destroyer

BY United Press
Washington, Jan 2O-The danger Of
complications with Germany over ma
rine problems seemed today to the au-
thorities to be nearer than for months
past.
The capture Of neutraIs and making
them prisoners on the steamer Var
rowdale, plus the strong trend of Ger
man sentiment toward wider subma.
rine operations, made the possibilities
more ominous
The official German statement re-
counting the fact that the missing Var
rowdale, with more tirl 450 men
aboard. had been brought into harbor
as a prize gave rise to graver concern
than anything in months in the ups
and downs Of critical relationships be-
tween Germany and America.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-20
NO ACTION
ON OWENS
PROPOSAL
By United Press.

BY United Press.
Oklahoma City, JAN 2O.-Having
heard United States Senator Owen
who made a two hour address before
them yesterday, the lawmakers today
awaited the appearance of Judge c. B.
Stuart before a joint session next
Tuesday before discussing the matter
Of the endorsement of the Owen reso
luton in congress forbidding federal
judges to hold acts of congress uncon-
stitutional.
The proposed address Of Senator
Owen to citizens in the auditorium
here tonight has been indefinitely post
poned.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-20
DENIES PERsHlNe RuMoa

BY United Press.
San Antonio, Tex. Jan There
is positively nothing to it." said Gen.
eraI Frederick Funston today com
menting on the report that General
Pershing's expedition was being with
drawn from Mexico.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-20

Dick Louthan, Of the state examin-
er and inspectors office. was here
from Oklahoma City today to visit
friends.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-20

Germans Capture Nanesti.
BY United Press.
Berlin, Jan. 20--The capture OF the
Roumanian town Of Nanesti on the
river Sereth was officially announced
today.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-20
THIRTY KILLED AT
MUNITIONS PLANT

BY United Press.
London. Jan. 20.-Thirty or
forty bodies have already been
recovered from the explosion
Of munitions plant near Lon
don. it is officially announced
here today.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-20
By United Press.

BY United Press.
New York. Jan. 2O.-Cotton
futures broke s1.5O a bale be-
|. fore bear selling today based
on the German raider activity.
May closed at 17.15 a pound,
July 17.14 cents.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-20

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News By Wire Daily
from the United Press
Association.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-20
COTTON BREAKS

s1.5o A BALE
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-20

You will Find All the
Local News Every Day
in the Daily Express.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-16
PREDICTS WORLD MEAT FAMINE
Associated Press)

London, August 16-Predictions Of
a world famine Of meat after the war
were made recently by viscount Lewis
Harcourt. He said the decrease of
pasture land resulting from more ex-
tensive cultivation would, reduce the
supply of cattle, and the supply of
homs-produced meat would be further
affected by the decision Of the war Of
fee to feed the army for three months
on home grown meat.
While at the Board Of Trade last
year he obtained estimates of the Ger
man government that N would take
five years after the war to restore
Germany's stock of cattle to the nor
NAL figure of 23,00O,000 head.
He estimated that, after the war,
Europe would want to obtain or I'M
port 10000, 900 to 20,oOO,O0o head Of
cattle. For several years Germany
would have to feed her people on i'm
ported frozen or chilled meat and
would come into a market where she
never bought before. Further the men
of the Allied armies had been taught
to eat a pound of meat a day and one
could not expect that they would
abandon that habit Immediately.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-16
AUGUST 16 IN HISTORY.

1S29-Salt Fields discovered in
Great Sodus Bay, N. Y.
1848-Serious instruction in Cay
Ion against British rule.
1854-Russians blew up the fortif-
cations at Hangho, in sight of the
allied fleets.
1904-Gen. Stoessel received the de-
mand of the Japanese Emperor to sur.
render Port Arthur.
191O-State troops entered Column
bus, Ohio, to preserve order during
street car strike.
1911 - Gen. Leconte inaugurates
President of Hayti.
1912-Americans in Nicaragua ap-
peal to home government for protec-
ton.
1916-Philippine bill, as reported
from conference, with the Clarke
amendment providing for independ-
ence of the islands with four years
eliminated, but containing a promise
of freedom whenever the Filipinos
have demonstrated their ability to
maintain a stable government, was
approved by the United States Senate.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-16
B NEWS AND NOTES.

For ease in carrying = folding drum
for orchestra musicians has been in
vented. which is extended to full size
by hinged ribs between the heads.
The Peruvian Government will es-
tablish an industrial school at Iquitos
to teach the arts Of sciences Of agri-
culture.
More than 10000 workmen are killed
and 100000 are seriously injured each
year in the industries.
Although only 6 per cent. of Spain's
cultivated land is under irrigation, the
irrigated sections produce one-fourth
of the c~ountry's crops.
Of the 500 different processes in
munition work upon which women are
engaged, in England, two-thirds had
never been performed by a woman
previously to q year ago.
Experiments are to be made at Hon.
olulu, Hawaii, with the fibre of BAN
ana stalks in the manufacture Of bags
for shipping sugar. The necessary
machinery was brought from the Unit
ed States.
If every one Of the country's TO-
900 1000 homes throws away one slice
of bread q day, It means wasting daily
$4,000 pounds of -four, or enough for
more than 100000 loaves Of one
pound a day.
Storages for wheat are to be built
in the State of Victoria, Australia, at
a cost Of $3,565,00O. After the war a
complete system Of grain elevators is
planned, American machinery may
find an opening now and later.
The trade in Japanese toys has late
ly increased tremendously, and toy
buyers state that probably the Japan
ese will keep up this increased trade
in toys Of the lower grade, EVEN after
the end Of the war. Toys can be pro-
duced cheaply in Japan, because labor
and other conditions permit them to be
turned out at low cost. A skilled Jap
anese toymaker, SO it is said receives
a wage Of only 81 cents = day.
The daily income Of the 10000
"movie" theatres in the U. s. and
~ ~ T. ~.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-16
New Orleans, Aug. Is, 1917

New Orleans, Aug. 10, 1917.
Mrs. T. R. Henderson, Chairman,
American Red Cross, Greenwood,
Miss.
The Red Cross has an urgent call
from Major Grayson Murphy for an
enormous quantity of knitted wooden
articles. Here is the cablegram from
Major Murphy: Last winter broke
the record for cold and misery among
the people here. l inexpressibly dread
the coming winter finding US without
supplies to meet the situation. l urge
YOU on behalf of our soldiers and those
of our allies who will suffer in their
frozen trenches, and also thousands Of
French and Belgian refugees and re-
patriates being returned through
Switzerland to France. Everyone
here looks to America. Begin shipp-
ing at once one million, five hundred
thousand each of warm knitted wool
en- articles requested. They must
come before cold weather and in view
of shortage of fuel and other discom-
forts they will be of incredible value
in both military and civilian work."
We ask your chapter to furnish a
definite number of these requirements.
Your allotment is three hundred
sweaters, three hundred mufflers, three
hundred pair wristlets, three hundred
pair socks. Full instructions will fol-
low in two days. Ask your members
to finish all knitting work now on hand
and clear the decks for action. We
want every chapter to have a chance
to do its part in making good on this
call for help from France. You are
urged to place copy of foregoing part
Of this message, including %cablegram
from Major Murphy, in the hands of
all newspapers, with request to give
full publicity to this first call. Then
get knitting together and have them
lined up for the rush job.
W. J. LEPPERT,
Director Gulf Division.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-16
HUBBARD-WALKE Err.

A pretty wedding was solemnizcd il
the home Of the brides mother, 1895
Oliver Avenue last evening at ESQ
o'clock, whom Miss Ruby Hubbard he
came the bride of MI. Faris Thomas
Walker, the Rev. H, o. Hofstead Off.
ciating in the presence Of a few rela.
tives and friends.
The rooms thrown open for the occa.
sion were prettily decorated in a
green and white motif, palms ferns
and white asters being used. An i'm.
provised altar was banked by palms,
ferns and white flowers in the living
room, where the ceremony TOOK place
Mrs. J. P. Mcdonald presided at the
piano and, preceding the entrance Of
the bridal party, rendered i progrars-
me Of wedding music, and during the
ceremony the soft tones OF "Traum-
erei" were heard.
The bride was beautifully sowned in
white crepe de chine and carried an
arm bouquet of Ophelia roses and val
ley lilies.
Following the ceremony an informal
reception was held, after which Mr..
and Mrs. Walker left for a southern
bridal trip, the bride wearing n golden
brown tailored suit, with a black PIC
ture hat. Later they will be at home
to their friends in Greenwood, Miss.
Commercial Appeal, Aug. 10
Mr.. Faris Thomas Walker referred
to in the above is the City Engineer
here and the announcement Of his mar
rage will come as a distinct surprise
to his many friends in this city.
Since making his home here he has
won a host of friends who will welcome
with delight his bride and join with
The Daily Commonwealth in extend
ing congratulations to them both.