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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
How We Got Alaska

InOmdS F. Logan, III LeSlle s.
 The man chiefly responsible for tho acquisition of Alaska by this country was William H. Seward, then Seore- tary of State During Johnson's imii : istration Seward renewed old discuss sions regarding such purchase with the Russian minister, Edward de Stoeckl He found that Russia was not unwilling to allow her possession to pass into the hands of tradition al friend. but would not permit 1t to go to an European power. The price to be paid was largely matter of maintaining the dignity of the con- tracting parties. Russia thought $i0,- 000,0 would be about right Seward proposed $5,000 900. "Splitting the diff ference" followed, after which Seward suggested Knocking off" half m1l- Hon. This brought the sum down to $7,000,000 It was then found that the Russian Fur company had clairs against the Russian government which 1t was thought the purchaser should extinguish This was agreed to and s200,0O0 was added for that purpose. The general argument was that the interest on the payment, $7,200.00O, would easily be met by the annual yield of timber, mines, furs and fish cries.
 On the evening of Friday. March 2s, 1867. the Russian minister informed MT. Seward at his home that the Elm peror had given consent to the ces- sion. And by 4 o'clock the next morn ing the treaty was engrossed. signed, sealed and ready for transmission by the President to the Senate. There was need of haste. for the end of the ses- sion was near at hand.
 In the debate which followed the Presidents message the extremes of ridicule of the proposition wer 6 reached. The matter dragged along. with outcries and protests, until the ratification on May 2S. But it was not until the 27th of July of the follow ing year that an act making appropria- ton to pay for Alaska was finally passed and approved. On the next day the Secretary of State made requisi- ton upon the treasury for $7,200, ,000 to be paid to the Russian government, whereby Alaska became ours by pay ment in full
 Within the half century that has since elapsed. Stewards folly'' has long since ceased to be byword. Of incalculable value have been the treasures taken from sea and land in Alaska and it's borders in fish. fur and minerals. During 32 years of mining z Alaska has produced over $351 ,000, ,000 worth of gold. silver, copper and ota- CT minerals, and it has seams of coal as yet scarcely touched that are not second in magnitude to any in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22

cause there is no means of communica- tion between the occupants Goblet and the Etappen Goblet.
 The well known tendency of sensa- tional reports to exaggerate themselves especially in time of war and in situa. tions like that existing here, with no news papers to serve as daily clearing house for all the rumors that are as avidly be- lieved as they are eagerly repeated, should. of course. be considered, but even if modicum of all that is told is true, there still remains enough to stamp this deed as one of the foulest that history records.
 STORIES CORROBORATED
 T am constantly in receipt of reports from all over Belgium that tend to bear out the stories one constantly hears of brutality and cruelty. A number of men sent back to Mons are said to be in a dying condition, many of them tubercular. At Malines and at Antwerp returned men have died, their friends asserting that they have been victims of neglect and cruelty, of cold, of exposure, of hunger.
 q have had requests from the burgo- masters of 10 communes from La Louv- iere, asking that permission be obtained to send to the deported men in Germany packages of food similar to those that are being sent to prisoners of war. Thus far the German authorities have refused to permit this except in special instances, and returning Belgians claim that even when such packages are received they are used by the camp authorities only as another means of coercing them to sign the agreement to work.
 Tt is said that in spite of the liberal salary promised those who would sign voluntarily no money has as yet been re- ceived in Belgium from workmen in Ger many.
 GERMANS BLUNDER
 "One interesting result of the deporta- tions remains to be noted, result that once more places in relief the German capacity for blundering, almost as great as the German capacity for cruelty.
 'They have dealt mortal blow to any prospect they may ever have had of be- ing tolerated by the population of Elan ders; in tearing away from nearly every humble home in the land husband and a father or son and brother, they have lighted a fire of hatred that will never go out; they have brought home to every heart in the land, in way that will im- press it's horror indelibly on the memory of three generations, . rearIzation of what German methods mean, not, as with the early atrocities in the heat of pas sion and the first lust of war, but by one of those deeds that make one despair of the future of the human race, deed coldIy planned studiously matured, and deliberately and systematically executed, a deed so cruel that German soldiers are said to have wept in it's execution, and so monstrous that even German officers are now said to beaashamed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
MARGUERITE CLARK
 AT STRAND THEATRE

The attractions at the Strand the com ing week are the best. probably, that any local picture playhouse has yet offered. Marguerite Clark comes today. tomorrow and Tuesday In ''The Valentine Girl. Wednesday and Thursday our own Henry Walthall will be seen in The Other Half.' followed Friday and Saturday by Jack Pickford and Vivian Martin in ''The Girl at Home"
 These are all first run pictures, in which the leading stars of the motion picture world are to be seen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
To Lecture on Bible

Evangelist F. F. Grist of Buffalo N Y, will deliver an address on Are We Entering a New Dispensation ?' at the Fraternal hall 2207 Third ave- nue, north. at o'clock this afternoon Tn the lecture he will call attention to the light which the Bible sheds upon present-day events as he considers the important question. The address will be given under the auspices of the Associated Bible students of this city. The public Is invited to attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
PROCLAMATION AND REWARD
 Q26.OO ~

$ Whereas. The people of Birmineham are planting gardens for food purIoses. which should be protected aad cared for,
 Therefore, the muniSipal government eRers . reward of e36.o0 for infor- nation leading to the arrest and con- vietion of any person or peEsons de- stroying, renewing or interfering with any plant, shrub or Garden on any pubIic or private property h the city of nirninghan.
 GEORGE D. WARD,
 President City Conniasion. Age-Herald. April 15, IT. 1s. 31, 22. 24.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
Limited Knowledge

From the YOnkers Statesman.
 Bill-Do you know you borrowed $a from me six months ago?
 Gill-Yes, I know that.
 And do you know you have never paid me7'
 ''Why. yes, know that''
 Do you know when you are going to pay mel" SM
 .'well, say you don't expect &fne to know everything. do your"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
Engineer and Fireman Die When Locomotive Expl0des

Dothan, April 21.--Louis H. Pickle, engineer. and his negro fireman were killed and another white man and nc- gro seriously injured this afternoon when log train locomotive exploded near Round Lake. Fla. The train was operated for the Aycock Lumber com pany of Aycock. Fla. The cause of the explosion is unknown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
Underwood Returns
 to Washington Today

Senator o. W. Underwood, who came to Alabama to attend the wedding of his son. will return to Washington this morn- the day quietly In Birmingham yester. day. paying informal visits to friends.
 Mrs. Underwood has not been well for several weeks and was not able to make the trip to Alabama with the senator at this time,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
To Preach Patriotic Sermon

Dr. Henry M. Edmonds, pastor of the Independent Presbyterian church, will preach a patriotic sermon Sun- day morning at Temple EmanuEl His subject will be. God and Caesar" The young men of Birmingham and the soldiers now stationed here are espe- cially invited to be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
Blountsville Makes
 Clean Sweep of Series

BlountsvIlle. April 21.-(special)- )-The Blountsville Aggies scored double win over the Albertville Aggies this afternoon and thus made clean sweep of the se- ries. Fridays game was won by Blounts- vile by the score of to l. < The games today were hotly contested but Blountsville's superior team easily won both ramee. Scores:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
BITTER INDICTMENT OF GERMAN CRUELTY BY BRAND WH|TLOCK Report Sent to Washington on Belgian Deportation
 Finally Made Public THIS DOCUMENT TELLS OF TERRIBLE SYSTEM Says Fearful Work Started Imme- diately After von Hindenburg
 Took Supreme Command
 L of the Armies

Washington, April 21.-A bitter in- dictment of German brutality in tho deportation of conquered Belgians for forced labor, written from behind the German lines by Brand whitIock, American ambassador to Belgium, was made public tonight by the state de- partment. 1t came in a confidential report last January when the United States was vainIy protesting to Ber- lin against the treatment of the help less people, but the department did not dare publish it at that time or Until MT. WhitIock was safe on French soil.
 The report begins with story of what happened immediately after the German army overran Belgium, of arrangements by the Belgian government to continue the wages of civilians thrown out of work and of the conquerer's determina- fion to put these men to work for them.
 When August Won Hindenburg was appointed to the supreme command" says the report, The is said to have criticized Won Bissings policy as too mild; there was quarrel; Von Blssing went to Berlin to protest threatened to resign, but did not He returned, and German official here said that Belgium would now be subjected to more terrible regime, would learn what war was. The prophecy has been vindicated.
 DEPORTATION BEGINS
 'Ihe deportations began in October in the Etape. at Ghent and at Bruges. The policy spread; the rich industrial districts of Hainaut the mines and stesl works about CEarleroi were next attacked, now they are seizing men in Brabant. even in Brussels. despite some indications and even productions of the civil authoIisies, that the policy was about to be aban- of life the winter has been more excess sivc,y cold than Belgium has ever known and while many of those who presented themselves were auequately protected against the cold, many of .hera were without overcoats. The men shiveIing from cold and fear, the parting from weeping wives and children, tne narlleis of brutal uhians, all this made the scene a pitiable and distress one
 RAGE AND TERROR GREAT
 The iagc. the terror and dasnair t1- cited ty the measure all over the I3clgi! m were boycDd anything we had witnessed since the day the Germans poured into Brussels. The delegates of the commission for relief in Belgium returning to Brus- sels, told the most distressing stories of the scenes of cruelty and sorrow attend ing the seizures. And daily, hourly all most, since that time. appalling stores have been related by Belgians coming to the legation It is possible for us to exercise all possible tact in dealing with the supbject at all, and secondly, be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
AT BEST WITH CHILDREN

Therefore. when nowadays. I see the Queen sitting erect, rather stiff, and ap- parently very cold in the midst of some monstrous public pageant. always think of tho self-control that she must have exercised in order to train her nerves to a semblance of dignified calm. With chil- dren. with wounded soldiers and with people who are in ordinary ranks of life Queen Mary. however, is always at her best.
 Two or three weeks ago I went to an entertainment at the hes0ital for wounded
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-05
WHO WORE THE
RED HAT WITH
RUDDER BEHIND?

A letter was received yesterday by
Postmaster Barefoot from an army
officer relative TO lost travelling
bag. Full particulars about the bag.
It's contents and where it was found
can be learned by applying at the Of
fice Of the postmaster. The letter
follows:
"a lady got off Of No. iii coming
from Oklahoma City Saturday, at
Chickasha. and left her bag in the
seat She got away in a machine be-
fore 7 could overtake her and l want
you to help me locate the owner.
"You can easily identify her by the
red hat. She was very well dress
ed woman wearing a hat Of bright
red velvet with rudder out behind
like a whales fin that you could see
for miles | am sure there is only
one like that in Chickasha.
IF you can identity the person by
the above, I shall be obliged if you
win drop me her name and address
on postal so can restore the bag
to its owner"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-05
sAEoRITE SPORTS or TODAY
Baseball and Football Are Games
Evolved From Daily Work of
Our Forefathera.

Play is ancestral work The things
our forefathers. near or remote. did
to live we do for fun, muses. an ex-
change. Away back in the dim dis
tance they lived by hunting-and by
dodging the creatures which were
hunting them. In those days, it con
siderably strengthened ones grip on
life to be able 10 throw a stone with
accuracy, to hit quickly and strongly
with a club, to run from tree to tree
so swiftly and with such nice iudg-
ment of distance as to foil old Saber-
Tooth, the original apostle of fright
fulness.
The men who could do these things
well left descendants. Generations.
centuries, aeOns passed. and these
descendants, struggling to repeat the
daily work of their forbears, evolved
such games as cricket, one old cat,
and FOUNDERS. Out Of this last, by |
happy chance and happier genius, was
developed baseball, to exercise our
lungs improve our eyes and Increase |
our voeabularies.
Far different is the origin Of foot
bail. The keynote of that is the
massed rush-like the one which won
the battle OF Marathon. Sometimes
the massing Is extra close, correspond
ing to the charge of the Theban col
umn at Leuctra, and with pretty near
y as high a proportion Of casualties
lntil the rule makers abolished the fly
ng wedge. But even in the most open
game, football is essentially a disci-
1lined charge. and the activities it
,alis into play are immeasurably less
incient than those Of baseball.
Why the one game has become the
,4atest Of professional sports and the
'ther the peculiar joy of colleges. no
ne can say, but so it is. Perhaps half
Ne problem can be solved BY recol-
Getting that the college age is the mill
ary age, and takes naturally to a
-ame which mlmics ancient var. ~
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-05
0-CERMANS
SPREAD MANY
FALSE REPORTS
Special 70 Tie Express.

Special 70 the Express.
Norman, Okla. Dec. 5-The food
administrator is warning the house.
wives Of the state 70 beware Of Pro.
German propaganda that tIere is
threatened shortage IN salt. laundry
blue and matches. The object OF
these reports is to cause panicky
housewives to buy up large quantities
Of these articles so that a shortage
win result and cause epople to be-
come dissatisfied with war conditions.
Three successive waves Of buying
have spread from the eastern states
toward the west Housekeepers have
purchased as high ss twenty-five
bags Of salt. and there Is one instance
where one man bought a barrel of
salt, enough to last his family Tor
life time Excessive salt buying was
followed BY runs on laundry blue and
some housewives buying q
years supply at one time. There IS
no shortage in these articles, but
such boarding may result in real
shortage in particular communities.
These drives point to organized ef-
fort. and the food administration is
warning housewives against these
reports and Of any other similar ones
that may follows.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-05

great help in prscticing war economy
The following have recently been re-
ceiyed:
Canning Tomatoes In the Home.
Poultry Management
Standard Varieties OF Chickens.
Canning Vegetables in the Home.
Canning OF Fruits and Vegetables
How 10 Select Foods.
Principles Of Nutrition.
Drying Fruits and Vegetables IN the
Home
Home Canning by the oneperiod Cold
Pack Method
Preparation Of vegetables for the
Table.
Small Vegetable Garden.
Nuts and their uses and food.
Fresh fruits and vegetables as con
servers OF other staple foods.
Three short courser in home ms
Homemade fireless cookers and
their use.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-05
ADDITIONAL LOCAL

Do children count? 9 it at Kozy
Friday. sgt
B A. Glover Of Rush Springs was
in this city on business today.
s. NJ. Foster of Blanchard was a
chickasha visitor yesterday
eoOo children in this town. DO
Children count2 5.2t
Judge S. w Hays Of Oklahoma city
was transacting business in this city
yesterday
Mrs j. G. Brazier of verden was
shopping with local merchants here
today
Boys, girls. 6OOO Of them in Chick
asha. DO they count? SIT
Mrs J. W Williams of yerden was
visiting with friends in this city To-
day
r. II Pratt who is connected with
the Indian agency at Tulsa was here !
on business yesterday.
Ladies. Do Children Count? Kozy /
Friday sgt
C A. McNabb Of the government
agency was here from Ok
ahoma CITY yesterday
Parents. DO Children Count? Ko-
" Friday sgt
w A. smith who has been in St.
-ouis for the past few weeks return
ID today
Miss Charity Cook Of Argouia. Kan
as. is here for a short visit with her
irother. Jonas Cook.
r +. Sampson and son James. OF
,ush Springs, were business visitors
.ere today. Mr.. Sampson says be
xpects to move to this city soon.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-05
Al WORD TO THE LADIES

Turczynourcz- when tho rrpssians
Came to Poland
Keeping up with Lizzie.
Bennett How 10 Live On Twenty.
tour Hours d Day
Locke Iae wonderful Year.
Wells Mr. Hrtllug sers i Through.
Cod the Invisible King.
Tho Library is daily receiving 2. 8.
Farmers Bulletins which VIII be Of
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-05

subscribe rur me DAILY Express.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-05

Chlldrenl Sunshine of homes Do
they count? 5-2t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-05

Ia Furnishings Hats in solt felt
and derby blocks, 81, So, 81;
Shirts at Sl.5O, 81, $3.50 and
$5; Underwear al 81, $l.50,
sl.75 and 81 per suit; Hose at
25c, Soc, 75c and Sl.OO; Neck
wear at Soc, 75c, $l.OO and up
to 81; Shoes S4, IS, Sc, IS and
$40.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-05

Suits and 0yercoats-- tailored
from selected aIl-wOol fabrics
BY the celebrated cIoihesmakers
Of stein-BIoch and A. B. Kirsch-
baum CO.--and particularly
fine showing Of the new styles,
belted a la militaise at Sl6.50,
$40, SIS, $50 and SIS.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-05
ExpIaIns corn,s EruItfuIness.

Many plant students are led to won
der how ears Of corn become so well
polenated that no vacancies occur
among the kernels. for the tassels are
so far above the silks and winds blow
freely throughout the fields. But close
observation has shown that there are
1000 pollen grains to every oyule, and
only one is necessary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-05
BETTER THAN CALOMEL
Thousands Have Discovered DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets are
a Harmless Substitute.

Or Edwards Olive Tablets-the substi-
trte for cal0mel - are mid but sure
LAXATIVE. and their effect on the liver is
almost instantaneous They are the result
Of DR.. Edwards determination not % treat
liver ard bowel complaints with calonel-
His efforts 70 Danish i brought out these
little olive-coiored tablets.
These pleasant iittle tablets do the good
that calomel does, but have no bad after
effects. They don't injurs the teeth Ike
strong liquids or calcrel They take heid
Of the trouble and quickly correct it. Why
cure the liver al the expense Of the teethf
caionel sometimes plays havoc with the
gums. So do strong liquids. It IS best not
10 take calomel, but 70 let Dr.. Edwards
Olive Tablets take its place.
Most headaches, "dullness" and that
lazy feeling come from constipation and
Z disordered liver Take Dr.. Edwards
Give Tablets when you feel "loggy" and
heavy" Note how they ''clear" clouded
brain and how they 'perk up" the spirits.
lGc and 25c q box. All druggists.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-05
CARNEGIE LlsHARY BULlETln

Gaylord Bros. * Syracuse. New
York. have issued al Emergency War
List Of books. The Caruegie Library
has The following titles from tie list:
Noyes-Lord of Aisraio.
Observation-Disclosures No. iO
Bleneau-Tne Nurses Story
Empey~Over the Top
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-05
A little itiunt
ad placed Hsre
IS q quick aUay
~
to get results
Fires KIN 5000 AnEua,Iv.

The National Fire Protective asso-
citation estimates about 1000 persons
are killed every year in 8the United
States by fire; as a result, OF ,conhagra-
tions or burns otherwise inflicted. The
property loss runs into theirlillions.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-05

A portable, but very powerful, hy-
draulic press has been invented for
bending large pipes to any desired
curve without injury.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-05

Alger Melton returned yesterday af-
ter spending several days in Shaw
nee on business.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-23

sg4 The Liberty Loan campaign in Bur
leigh county was real inspiration,
said J. L.. Bell. county chairman, TO-
day, in reviewing the effort which
brought forth subscriptions 100000 in
excess of Burleigh's original allot-
ment of $4,000. The first liberty
bond in Bismarck was purchased by
Kenneth Treacy, son of DR.. r. H.
Treacy, and a leader among the capt.
tai city boy scouts. Bright and early
on the first day of the campaign, Mas
ter Treacy reported at his bank. He
was there before the doors opened,
and the first bit of business transact
ed that day was the sale Of his Lib
erty bonds, for which he insisted upon
paying wholly in cash.
Foley Wires Order. -,
Another early order came from Cal.
ifornia, wired by James w. Foley,
North Dakota's poet laureate. Anoth.
er man sent in a subscription for his
daughter on her first months birth.
day. Many purchases were made for
infants and minors, to whom the semi.
annual clipping of Liberty bond cou.
pons will prove patriotic inspira'
ton for many years to come.
The Boy Scouts campaign was es.
pecially noteworthy, Mr.. Bell states.
All of the Scouts did good work, and
Warren Taylor and Kenneth Treacy
made remarkably fine showing. =
>.1a Brings Out Hidden Stores. CIR
"While the campaign has taken
some money out of the country, tenn
porarily, it also has resulted in bring
ing out much hidden wealth." said
Mr.. Eel" Much of the funds sap'
piled to individual bond PURPOSES had