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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-18
MaChinisls, Carmen and Their Helpers
Ask for Flat Increase Of Seven
Cents an Hour in Wages

Government intervention alone pre-
vented the walkout at the Rock Island
shops this morning Of about 2l5 men,
all asking for a flat increase Of seven
cents an hour in their wages These
included forty-nve machnists helpers
and 1855 men on tne rip track, in
side carmen AID their helpers.
The labor organizations involved are
the local lodges Of the Machinists I'm
ion and the Brotherhood Of Railway
Carmen Of America. both Of which
are represented in large numbers on
the rock Islands local payroll
The machinists are receiving forty
five cents an hour and their helpers
26k. The mechanics of the garments
organization work on a sliding wage
scale Of from 26h to 81 cents an hour,
being an Industrial organization com
posed Of carpenters, painters. etc.
Their helpers are paid from 29 % 2S1a
an hour
Ask Same Increase.
Recently the Rock Island increased
The pay Of their hoilemakers and
blacksmiths helpers west Of the mis-.
sonn river at the flat rate Of seven
cents an hour The machinists and
Garments organizations believe that
their helpers are entitled to the same
consideration
The company's Offer
When these demands were present
ed to the Rock Island officials a week
ago the company agreed to increase
the pay Of the machiniste seven cents
and the carmen six cents. They also
offered the helpers in question five
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-18

ALL KINDS OF SPORTS AND SHOWS FOR DRAFTED MEl
####### ########### #M####M######M# #M \
215 Men Scheduled to Walk
Out Of Rock Island Shop But
Stopped by Govt Request

cents an hour increase. This was re-
iected by the machinists organization
on account OF their helpers with whom
teey are affiliated and BY the carmen
for both themselves and their helpers.
Postponed TIL Friday.
The hour set for the strike was set
for 10 o'clock this morning. Shortly
before that hour, however, kilograms
from headquarters Of both organ2a-
tions stated that at the request OF the
United states government the strike
was postponed for forty-eight hours,
or until Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
Local Chairman Optimistic.
Walter Thompson, local chairman
Of the shop committee of the Brother.
hood Of Railway Carmen Of America,
who is at the head Of affairs Of the
carmen, was in consultation about 10
o'clock with Master Mechanic George
NJ Stone who came down from El Re-
no fhis morning. TIE local situa-
ton was gone over thoroughly, al
though The settlement Of these affairs
come from the central offices Of both
company and union divisions.
Il think we will get what we are
asking for" said Chairman Thompson
after the postponement had been ask
ed hv the government Il do not think
we will have % strike Friday morn
ing
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-18
Lynchings Of Germans Sent
to Poison Children Feared

germs, through the medium Of court
plaster which they sold three Ger
mans, alleged by the district attorney
to be agents Of the kaiser, are being
held Gin communicate" in Kansas
towns today
The towns where the alleged Ger
man agents are being held are kept
secret for fear that lyhchings would
result should the identity Of the arfs-
oners become known.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-18
William Thaw, Who Went 10 Trenches
10 Redeem Himself, viii Be Made
Major Of Lafayette Squad
By United rrsss.

BY United Press
Paris, July 1S.--Within fortnight
the Lafayette esquadrille. composed
OF American airmen who have been on
the firing line in France, will be for
nerly transferred to the American
army. American officers who will
have direct charge OF the trained fly
ers made the announcement today.
They are to reorganize the corps with
American flyers as officers.
William Thaw of Pittsburg will be a
major under the new organization md
other non-commissioned officers will
be commissioned in the American ar
my.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-18
WANTS TO FIRE
COCKTAILS FOR
KEEPING MUM
ShipbuiIding Row Reaches Acute Stage
When COeIhaIs WiihhOlds Re.
quesisd Information

sy United Press.
Washington, July lS.-The shin
building row today reached the most
critical stage in the long controversy
between Col Goethals and Chairman
Denman.
Mr. Denman today made his third
request that Col. Goethals give him
complete information as to his plans
and program
The chairman Of the board threaten
ed to ask for the resignation Of Goe'
thals. Friends Of the latter nave ap
peaed to the president
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-18
LICENSED 70 WE'D

Marriage licenses have been issued
to the following: Charles Bunnell,
1g. Chickasha, and Miss Nellie Chest
nut, 10, Chickasha; Allie Wesley
Burge, %, Ell Reno, and Miss Lena NJ.
carnihan, %, calumet Rev. w. s
Grigsby colored, 4as Ardmore, and
Eloise Spearman. 30 Chickasha.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-18
NEW SUITS FILED

The following new suits have been
filed in the office of Court Clerk Mrs
watkins: Adrian Melton VS.. Grady
county Oklahoma, Ira M Johnson, K.
A. Thompson. j. A. Temple, board Of
county commissioners of Grady eoun-
ty ct al, suit to quiet title; Victoria
smith VS.. A. c. Smith, divorce.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-18
Ice Brought iu From Fort WOrth and
Wichita and Refrigerator Cars
are Turned This Way

The Chickasha Ice company is max
ing every effort to supply the city
demand for ice by importing all avaii
able loaded refrigerator ears from any
point in Oklahoma when it can be OBJ
tanned and even from out OF Oklaho
ma. Ice is coming in from Fort Worth
and Wichita this afternoon for dlstri'
button to the city trade and as far as
possible no break in the service viii
be made.
Delivery to both the business and
the residence districts is being made
today and beyond the shut-oif TO the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-18
shawnee sIrIke peIaYed

BY United Press.
Shawnee, okla, July 1S-The strike
Of all machinistse, helpers and car
men in the Rock Island shops through.
ont the country which was scheduled
to start this morning was postponed
forty.eight hours at the request OF gov
ernment representatives
The employees demanded a wage in.
crease. Government mediators expect
to bring about compromise through
the suspension Of the strike order for
forty-eight hours.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-18
One KILLED
BY STORM
in CARTER
Electrical Display Today Burns Barns
and Homes and Destroys
Crops

BY United Press.
Ardmore, Okla, July 1S-An cleo
trical storm over the northern part Of
Carter county caused the death OF
one person and several are reported
to have been injured.
A number Of barns and homes were
burned BY lightning and crops were
destroyed by hail
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-18
Two More White
Victims of Riot
BY United Press.

Dy UHIItW Z 1850
East ST. Louis, ILL.,, July lS.-The
death OF two more white men from
wounds received in the recent race
riotlng here was announced today
This brings the total number OF white
deaths to nine. Both Of those whose
deaths we're reported today we're spec
tators.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-18
Women for Mems JOBS.
GERMAN ASSAULTS
FORCE RUSSIANS TO RETIRE


NETTTIaWa W WTTITII00 TEWVF7
BY United Press.
Toxic. July 49, Confirmation Of s..
ports that Germany financed the A..
tempt 10 restore the monarchy in Chi
ma was secured by Japanese officials
today.
IL was learned that large number
American women % aid in relieving
ing. The condition under which Cer-
many furnished money was that the rns
stored emperor would resume China Y
old relations with Germany.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-18
Germany Financed Recent Attempt TO
Restore Monarchy in China and
Germans Aided in Fight
sy United Press.

BY United Press.
Petrogfad, July ts-Violeni fight
ing along the Gaiician front was re-
ported by che statement issued by the
war office today.
1t was announced that the Russian
lines were compelled 20 retire south
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-18
Suffs in Prison
Garb Enter 90
Day jail Term
By United Press.

BY United Press.
Occoquan, Virginia, July 1S-Garb-
ed iii prison uniforms and in charge
Of prison guards, the White House
picketers this morning began 70 serve
sixty days sentences.
The suffragettes are sewing buttons
and patching the clothes Of prisoners.
They are treated teh same as other
prisoners.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-18

Mrs. Nj. r. Courtney and Cecil, ae-
companied by Miss Marth Vaughn,
left today overland for Colorado
Springs. where they viii remain until
September /.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-18
TORPEDO MISSES
AMERICAN LINER
BY THIRTY YARDS
y unItea PRESS.

" United PFeHs.
An Atlantic Port July 1s.--A torpe-
do missed big American liner thirty
Yards when the ship was attacked by
submarine on July Il. according to
british army officer arriving on that
steamer today. No shots were fired.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-18
Bio Amusement Plan.
~ United Press.

~ United Press.
Washington, July 1S--uncle Sam
win hare az kinds OF entertainment
and sports for the half million Of draft.
cd men at the military cantonments
this fall The head Of the war depart
ment commission on training camp ac-
tivities has nearly completed its pro-
gram.
Each camp will have monster .ee-
alter. Broadway successes win tour
the camps in regular circuits. All the
famous musicians and singers win ap-
pear in person and also tho famous
movie stars. There win be picked
vaudeville acts and famous theatrical
men and playwrights viii organize
home talent shows. All the athletic
champions will visit the camps regus
iarly to give exhibitions and inatruc.
tions.
Women for Mems Jobs.
By United Presa
Chicago, July is Railroads, meat
tCnntinued On Page Twc.l
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-18

The Latest News By
Wire Daily from the
U. P. Association.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-18

You will find all the
local news every day
the Daily Express.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-12-22
THE COFFEE MOTHER USED TO MAKE
By JAMES wHITCoMB RILEY

81 born in Indiany, says stranger lank and slim,
AS us fellows in the restaurant kind OF guyin him,
And Uncle Jake sdin' him another pumpkin pie
And cup Of coffee with twinkle in his eye.
81 was born in Indiany-moren forty years ago
And haint been back in 2Oand I'm wOrkn backwards slow.
And I've every twiN here and Santa Fe
And want this coffee like getting home
Pour another, Daddy, says the eer warmn up,
Aspeakin crost a sauCcrul, uncle took his
When seed your sign yonde he Uncle Jake
Come and git coffee like your mother used to make
! thought Of my old mother and Posey County farm;
And me little kid agin ahangn on her
As she the pot abn-brole the eggs an poured EN- in
And the feller kind halted with rmble in his chin.
And Uncle Jake fetched the eer coffee back and
AS solemn for moment undertaken would
Then he turned and ptoed tord the kitchen door,
next
Here the old wife with him a-rubbn' off his specs
And she rushes for the stranger, and she hoers ITS him.
"1hank God we've met him comm,
Don't you know your mother, JIM"
And the feler as he grabbed her, says:
you bet hain't forgot
But wipin off his eyes says he, Your cofees mighty hot
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-12-22
Extend Christmas Cheer Thruout the Year

OF all holidays the Christmas the one day
that touches the advent OF
the date higher civilization and human instincts OF
a when the good
of all blend in grand Paen OF
another
The by those who nave
searching the dark spots in lite to let IN
sunlight the chesng love tor chdhooo
the gladness from making others happy! -
is a unusual respects. lho
foreign foe there no lack OF merrlnent
in the home loved member OF the family is
training We wonderful
and look for the glad things OF life
brought blessings well burdens lhls OLD
world undergoing tho the baptism be human
perhaps find and human vel
hope for this 1t certainly
blessed Yude know that OF the
willing extend argess to less toru-
peoples n other parts of the world
let
all humanity and the atmosphere
witt well told in these poetic lines:
When the Christmas glows brightly in the west,
And friends love the best are by our side;
hunger been acken by the good things Just Paraken
all thoughts of and denied;
Thent live and hue,
And expand with warmth and good cheer
godsend blessing splendid dream
Could Christmas feeling last thruout the year!
We could fill with felow-feelng o day,
contending passions and drive dull
And toll would be peasure-and unmarried
the ceasless fret and that the OF lite
And less of laughter than of tears.
accomplished without
Christmas spirit last thruout the years.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-12-22
CONGRESSMAN BORLAND REVIEWS HIS
FIGHT AGAINST FEEDER AL EMPLOYEES

projects under the direction of the
Secretaries of Agriculture, Labor and
the Interior Each project would be
a separate community. and would be
cleared, drained and improved on a
wholesale plan b ygovernment engl-
neers before the farming operations
were started. The forest projects
would also be separate communities,
arranged so as to let the men living
there permanently do all the lumber
ing from the forest in their region,
and having enough woods to give them
steady work at this industry.
Crosser believes that by enabling
the lumberjack to have steady job
in one place. at decent paw, the men
will have a home and become active
as citizens, and the I. w. W. will not
get hold on him.
Up Against Hard Job.
Secretary of Labor Wilson and his
commission inquiring into Western Ia
Dor troubles and the I. w. w. have
been given another job, in the in
stance of the anti-union- button order
issued by the Minnesota Commission
of Public Safety, which led to the big
sympathetic strike in the Twin cities
this week. This investigating com
mission has looked into the lawless-
ness of county officials in the Arizona
copper camps, the crookedness in the
Mooney trials in San Francisco and
various other forms of governmental
shortcoming. In Minnesota it is go
ing to run up against stubborn lot
of politicians, if the samples sent to
Washington are true to the type.
This attempt by the state officials,
under the leadership of Governor
Burnquist to crush the rights of or
ganized labor in st. Paul and Mime
apolis has led politicians in Washing
ton to believe that the alliance of la
Dor and the farmers will carry Min
nesota next fall
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-12-22

THERE ARE NO GLOBS OF
/ gloom in Denver this Yuletide season
l even if direct touch of the war enters
so many homes. On every hand is to
| be felt cheerup atmosphere. AL
week the downtown shopping district
| has been thronged with merry Christ
mas gift buyers, and more money is
being spent for useful articles than
ever before. Merchants report larger
total sales than last year, which was
the record for business up until now.
Decoration of the principal streets by
the municipal authorities has helped
to spread cheer and give the city a
genuine Christmas dressing up. Fif-
teenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth and
Eighteenth streets are garlanded with
evergreens, flags, patriotic emblems
and stars of Bethlehem. Perhaps
above all the cheerful faces of the
hosts of children. who are in evidence
everywhere gives the real heart in
terest to the season of Christ's birth
day celebration. This is a natural Sc
quence of Denver being the official
headquarters in the Rocky Mountain
region for Santa Claus.
:. :. :.
WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES
and Red Cross memberships have
taken the lead this year in Christmas
giving-affording an opportunity
whereby every citizen, young or old,
rich or poor. could make a most ac-
ceptable and beneficial gift to him or
herself, or to some one else, a gift al
ways appreciated. Many large firms
are presenting employees with war
saving certificates as start on the
road to thrift and independence. We
predict that this movement will be
worth millions of dollars to the wage
earners of this nation in planting the
thrift instinct where it will grow with
the coming years. 1t will benefit the
Individual as much as it helps Uncle
Sam. No figures are yet available as
to the phenomenal success of the Red
Cross membership campaign, but judg-
ing from the emblems displayed prac-
tically the entire population has
Joined this noble organization Of
mercy, and the quota for Denver Will
be largely exceeded.
:. :. :.
MINNESOTA HAS JUST FORM
ed DRY Federation" made up of
various temperance forces, including
the Trade Union Dry League, and
State Senator Richard Jones, union
labor man, chosen as general cam
paign manager During the coming
year an active fight is to be made to
add Minnesota to the long list OF
states which have endorsed statewide
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-12-22
LOVES HERO-WORLD.
BY EDWIN MARKHAM.

Alas, how much of life is lost
How much is black and bitter with the
frost.
That might be sweet with the sweet
sun,
If men could only know that all are
one.
But it will rise, Loves hero-world at
last,
The joy-world wreathed with freedom,
and heart-fast-
The world love sheltered from the
wolfish law
OF ripping tooth and clutching claw
1t comes, the high inbrothering of
man,
The New Earth seen by John of Pat
mos, when
The comrade-dream was on his mighty
heart.
see the anarchs of the Pit depart
The Greeds, the Fears, the Hates,
The carnal, wild-haired Fates.
Comrades, rejoice with me,
For the joy that is to be,
When all the world, far as the blue
sky bends,
Shall be a light-heart company of
friends!
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-12-22
Congress Votes For National Prohibition

Congress has passed by decisive amendment to the
prohibiting the manufacture and sale OF
of land
approved hysx legislatures Twenty
will likewise before the
year limit to of Congress expires
half the organizations OF the
urging Congress the national prohibition
amendment quckened the revolutionary
esses conditions change night.
Senators from wet states voted for
Webb thus indicating that radical change OF
place.
The respectaby by the liquor interests the
claim labor is fast falling off In
have been formed and
in the national labor
supporting and national prohibition.
All of Colorados Congress supported the
tonal prohibition amendment
of members the legislatures of the
wet" will nationyvide attention.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-12-22

Peace terms should presage a con-
dition to a lasting peace grounded
upon conditions that are just, fair and
honorable to the peoples of all coun-
tries.
We agree with the executive coun-
ell that THE government should be
only an instrumentality of the people
instead of dominating and actuating
their lives and further, that This
terrific war must wipe out all vestiges
of the old concept that the nations be
longs to the ruler or government and
moreover, There is no element IN all
nations more concerned in the achieve
ments of conditions making for per
manent peace between nations than
the working people, who constitute the
majority of every nation. The future
must be constructed upon broader
lines than the past. We insist, there
fore. that the government of the
United States provide adequate and
direct representatives of wage-earn-
crs among the plenipotentaries sent
to the Peace Congress, and urge upon
the labor movements of other coun-
tries to take like action"
Basis for Negotiation.
The executive council offers the fol-
lowing declaration as a basis upon
which peace shall be negotiated:
l. The combination Of the free peo-
pies of the world in a common cove
nant for genuine and practical CO
operation 10 secure justice and there
fore peace in relations between ma
tions.
.. Governments derive their just
power from the consent Of the gov
erned.
3 No political or economic restric-
tions meant to benefit some nations
and to cripple or embarrass others.
L. No indemnities or reprisals
based upon vindictive purposes or de
liberate desire TO injure, but to right
manifest wrongs.
,. Recognition of rights of small
nations and of the principle. mo peo-
pie must be forced under sovereignty
under which it does not wish to live.
6. No territorial changes or adjust
ment of power except in furtherance
of world peace.
In addition to these basic principles.
which are based upon declarations of
our President of these United States,
there should be Incorporated in the
treaty that shall constitute the guide
of nations in the new period and con-
ditions into which we enter at the close
of the war the following declarations.
fundamental in the best interests of
all nations and of vital Importance to
wage-earners:
/. No article or commodity shall
be shipped or delivered in interna-
tional commerce in the production of
which children under the age of 1G
have been employed or permitted TO
work
2. 1t shall be declared that the
basic workday in industry and com
mercc shall not exceed eight hours.
3. Involuntary servitude shall not
exist except as a punishment to crime
whereof the party shall have been
duly convicted.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-12-22
FIRST AID is TAUGHT MINERS

In its annual report the federal bu-
reau of mines says that more than
1890 miners in twenty-thrce states
were trained in mine rescue and first
aid work during the past year. The
total number trained by the bureau
since its organization is 46,873. The
bureau, it is stated, has no police pow
ers such as are given to mining de
partments in other countries; consc-
qucntly it seeks to advance its pur-
pose by cooperating with all agencies
working for the same ends, and wei
comes the aid of all organizations, of
ficials and individuals to establish
safer devices and methods in mining
and in the enforcement and enactment
of better mining laws.