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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-11
Eonnders Of MoAlester.

AT least two 81 the veterans Who
are ChicRasha's guests today have
played picturesque part III the mak-
mg Of oklahoma state. They were
among the very first white men to sol.
tle in tie region Of MeAlesior al the
time when the Katy road was building
ehough the Choctaw nation in 1870
ana 1871 General j J. McAloster
whose photo is run in today's issue.
and after whom McAlestor was named,
arrived at the site Of that now Wost
per0us city ia 1871 lie came from
Fort Smith, Ark aud brought q stock
of merchandise with an OK team
Planting himself III what is now North
McAlester he established the first
store IN chat neighborhood which vas
then known us he Choctaw nation.
he eamped and engaged IN real estate
and cattle transactions. he has since
acquired property il several parts Of
Oklahoma but ne continues % conduct
his store Ia North McAlester
EARLY IN his career he married Re-
bccca liuimev a tihickasaw Indian
who still lives.
General HALEY went to South sa.
madam IN 1870 as a practicing physi-
clan and shortly after took UP his
abode III McAlestel where. with Colo
mel Mcpherson he started the star
indicator the first newspaper in the
state Of Oklahoma.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-11
The Rest Library.

We have suddenly seemed TO grasp
what Solomon walled over when he
had only a small bunch Of parchments
(and 900 wives to dust them) "Of the
making Of books there IL no end We
start out in life with the idea Of read
ing them all theu we decide to keep
up with the latest we end up by lays
ing hands only on what appeals to us.
Aud this is wisdOm.-The Publishers
Weekly.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-11


good will as ooad ever have charac.
lteflipd their reveile responses The
meeting was called 10 order nv Major
General n NJ. Bailey commander OF
the oklahoma Division who served
throughout Yesterday afternoons con,
ventiou In the official position Of
chairman The songs from the Red
Cross girls proved the feature extra.
ordinary OF the afternoon rAa veter-
ans were delighted by the perform
anee OF the young ladies and gave
their selections many hearty eneores.
The address OF welcome was deliy.
erred by Mayor Coffman ana was re.
sponded to BIZ Gen. HALEY The re-
mainder OF the program with but
slight change. was carried out as am
nounoed Judge H. D. Grgsby deiy.
cred the welcome address for the vet
Grams. Committees on credentials
and resolutions We're appoint.
ed and those bodies set 70 work. In
behalf OF the Sons and Daughters
Judge Il Nj Bailey and Mrs. r. M
cayett respectively greeted The com
vontion
Social Element Strong.
One Of the principal features of the
opening day was the informality Of
the social hours enjoyed BY the old
warriors From 3 o'clock until the
/ hour Of the reception at $40 came one
OF the most enjoyable periods Of The
day At their leisure to spend the
slime in amy manner they pleased the
narration OF Old stories and the re-
counting Of old adventures well filled
in the time The administration buld-
ing, the Nellie Sparks hall, and the en-
/ tire campus was open 10 the Volts
pleasure and rooms were assigned at
the dormitQry at an early hour
chlokasha Hospitality
] The Veterans seemed more Than
pleased With the reception rendered
Them by Chickasha people on All
sides "a the O 6 w. yesterday could
be heard Che commendatory comment
Of the old soldiers regarding their
Treatment here
~ have been 10 every reunion Of thc
/ tnrauq hpfd III (tb{ckaaha IN, urae-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-11

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GlgeraOr Williams Addresses
Confederate Vets al College

CONTINUED from Page one.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-22
WAGE FARMERS ORGANIZE
AffiIiation With A. =. Of 1. 10 UItl.
mate Plan Of Body.

A w. Gray, an attorney-at-law of
this city. was the principal speaker at
the second meeting of the recently or
ganized wage-earning Colored wom-
ems Association, which was held yes
terday afternoon at the Columbia
Academy,
Others speakers were Joseph z.
Toon and F. Manning, both local or
ganizers for the American Federation
Of Labor. 1t is the intention of the
association to affiliate with the feder-
alton after becoming thoroughly or
ganized.s The officers for the new as
ISOLATION are: Jeanette Carter. pres
ident; DIR. Julia P. H. Coleman, sec
rotary, and Mary Chase Terrell. treas
urer.
Those behind the movement plan
soon to erect a building in which will
be conducted a domestic science
school for the colored domestics Of
Washington. 1t Is hoped, also, to con-
duct an employment bureau in con-
nection with the school According
to the president, the association plans
to elevate the standard of work done
by its members, and in this way gain
the sympathy and cooperation Of the
white employers of the city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-22

Billy went, and Numbered, and con-
quered. Conquered to the tune of
63,4S4 trail hitters, as compared
with 41,724 in Philadelphia, and 3d.
0s5 in Baltimore. Conquered, to the
sum total of $4,000 in a free will
offering, as compared with about
S51, 900 in Philadelphia and $40,7S0
in Baltimore. Conquered, moreover,
to the extent of $50, 44s.76 for ex-
penses in Boston, as compared with
$4,000 in Philadelphia, and $42,290
in Baltimore.
Billy has often announced that he
feared the higher criticism and
"your high brow Smugness" more
than the Devil at his worst. Hence
New York now has. no terrors for
him. Washington, even. with its
traditional coldness toward emotion
alism disturbs him not at all, it is
now reported, and he is all ready, on
next New Year Day. to come down
here, vie with investigations, notes,
probes, and psychological depres-
sions, and pit his oratory and
"Rody's" trombone against them all.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-22
BILLY CONQUERS BOSToNl

Boston has fallen. and fallen hard,
IN the course of Billy Sundays vic
torious onslaughts upon the supposed
cohorts of His Satanic Majesty. The
last ditch fighters of Billy's anti
evil gases, and verbal bombs, are
looking to New York to sustain the
force of his big drive which is grow
ing to ominous proportions.
Boston has disappointed his critics.
Let him rage out in Iowa, let him
"get away with it" in devout Balti-
more and staid Philadelphia, they
said, but when he hits culture and
enlightenment and all the sects he
has so vigorously denounced he will
miss fire and rebound with an awful
shock.
Billy marches away from Boston,
smiling and rejuvenated. He even
admits now it almost chad my goat. I"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-22
THE INAUGURAL PARADE

Plans to keep the freaks out of the
inaugural parade viii have the
heartiest support from most Wash
ingtonians. The parade should not
be made circus or carry features
Of a side show. 1t is held to pay
tribute to the incoming Executive,
who has just taken a solemn oath of
. office, and 1t should be in keeping
with the dignity and true signifi-
canoe of the occasion.
Most folk would not be sorry,
either, if the parade were shortened.
Any group Of folk who wish to come
here to march in the procession
should be permitted to do so. 1t
should be made as democratic and
representative as possible. Beyond
that there is nothing to be gained,
either for paraders or spectators, by
stringing out the procession I'M
necessarily.
A third point Of common agree
ment with the ideas of the grand
marshal lies in his effort to have
more diversified musical program.
Some of our most popular melodies
become irksome after they have been
listened to q dozen or more times in
succession. Likewise the playing
should not be distributed, along the
line of march so that spectators in
certain blocks never hear-a band at,
all. Because every band must play
in passing the reviewing stands
bands have sometimes arranged their
playing for the same points all along
the line of march. With a little team
work this could be avoided.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-22
MORE NEWS OF RUSSIA

Events continue to transpire in
Russia of deeper significance than
they are getting credit for in popu-
lar attention. The Times predicted
recently that the death of Razputin,
now generally conceded to have been
friendly to the proposal Of separate
peace, and the accession of Golitzin
meant that Russia would pledge her.
self anew to stand with the allies to
the end. It also was feared that the
accession Of the new premier, the
third within two months, would tenn
porarily give a check to the popular
movement which found its manifes-
tation in the downfall of Sturmer at
the direct behest of the Duma. This
fear is borne out by the news that
the reassembly Of the Duma has
been postponed.
Not long ago the statesmen and
military leaders of the allied powers
held a conference in Italy. Golitzin
was there. The imperial rescript of
the Gar emphasizing "the complete
solidarity with our faithful allies -
and calling upon the government for
combined action in provisioning the
armies and the civil population" and
''the further improvement of trans
port, railway and waterway" is in
dication that the new premier not
only intends holding Russia to its
troth with the allied powers, but is
working to make that alliance eff
fective.
After all, the strengthening Of this
alliance is the thing of greatest i'm
mediate importance to RussiaS 1t is
pre-eminently the thing the Russian
people, reports show, stand for. A
victory achieved in company with the
allied powers means greater GER
tainty Of wider liberties for the Rus
sian populace. Unable, usually, to
think as one on any political subject,
NAlCJ W nave olIdluCu q
ing unanimity upon this point.
Students of the military situation,
especially those who figure upon the
results of further prolongation of
the war, would do well to ponder on
one sentence of the Cars message.
He states:
The natural resources of our
country are unending. There is
no danger of their becoming ex-
hausted, as apparently is the case
with our enemies.
Poorly organized as are these re-
sources, unavailable as many of
them are, they still will cut a figure,
and a figure of increasing import
ance, in any campaign of attrition
against the central powers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-22

Dinner to President Ernest NJ. Hopkins of
Dartmouth College. by Dartmouth Alumni
Association OF Washington, Raleigh. p. m.
Meeting. main committee Of the Federation of
Citizens Associations on inaugural exhibit
in headquarters, 7:30 p. m.
Meeting general committee on preparation for
the anniversary Of the sinking Of the battle
ship Maine. Ebbitt, p. m.
Smoker senior class OF Georgetown UnIver-
sity Law School. Raleigh, s p. m.
Addresses. Home Economics" Congressman
Addison T. Smith, before District OF Column
bia Federation Of women's Clubs. Ebbitt.
I go p. M.
tProEram for the blind. Mrs. Richie. McGrann
and Miss Casselman. Library Of Congress,
Meeting. craftsmanship Club of Washington.
Chamber OF Commerce rooms. p. m.
Meeting. North Capitol and lexington Citi-
zens' Association, Matthew C. Emery
School building. $50 p. m.
Bail for benent OF Washington ward in French
military hospital. old Masonic Temple. Z
Masonic-Federal. No. l. f. A: Acacia. No.
Us. NJ. NJ: Takoma. No. %.
Royal Arch-Mt. Horeb. No. I: Potomac. No.
knight, rsmplar-oe Molay. No. Z.
Scottish Rue-Robert de Bruce Council
Eastern Star-Bethlehem, No. I; Friendship.
Odd Feliows-Amity. No. n: Washington, No.
6; Golden Rule. No. y.
Encampment-Fred D. Stuart. No. I. degree.
Red Men-Idaho. No Is: Waneta. No. 8.
| sior No. Il: Capital, No. "a: Myrtle. No. 3.
Meeting committee on municipal legislation
| Chamber OF Commerce. Chamber OF Com,
merce rooms, $3.50 p. m.
Dinner Masonic Veteran Association, Ebbitt
p. m.
/ limitation and entertainment, washington
| Council, No. go. knights OF Columbus, X
| OF c. Hall. 7:3O p. m
Address MSS. Matilda Dunbar. Mother OF
| FauI Laurence Dunbar. the Poet" beforG
| bethel Literary Society, Lincoln Temple
CONGREGATIONAL Church. Eleventh and r
streets northwest. p. N.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-22
MAY GET SIOUX STATUE
Movement Under Way to Bring Dali
Inns "The Scout" Here.

Washington is to have a real
statute of a Sioux Indian. il a move
ment that Fraknlin Steele. jr., local
authority on Sculpture. isspushins.
succeeds.
The statute is of a mounted Indian
entitled THE Scout" and is the work
of CYRUS f. Dallin. Mr.. Dallin was
given a gold medal at the Panama
Pacific Exposition for his work. The
figure Is about ten feet high, and 10
said to be so realistic that even the
stole Sioux in Kansas City. whore
the figure is at present. were i'm
pressed.
Every detail OF Dallin's masterpiece
is said TO be correct. even to the wam-
pun and bear claws about the neck.
1t is believed the statute would add
to the beauty of the city's decora-
tions. and undoubtedly would NETT
the approval of the fine arts comis-
sion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-22
"SUFFS" CAMPAIGN
FOR NEW MEMBERS
District Organization Now
Ranks Third in Size in
Country.

with its membership already
fourth In size IN the entire country,
the District Of Columbia branch Of
the Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage will begin. an organization
campaign this week 70 top the list
and be entitled 20 the greatest num-
Der Of delegates 81 the convention
Of the union here IN March.
The District branch has more than
1000 members enrolled, being ex
ceeded In tee only By state branches
in New York. Illinois. and California.
Miss Bliss Finley arrived from Mary
land yesterday 10 take charge Of the
campaign.
The nrst report on the new organ
ization campaign Will be made at 3
o'clock saturday afternoon at . meet
ing Of officers and members Of the
district committee At national head
quarters. Mrs. w. r. Burch will pre-
side. Mrs. Richard Wainwright, wife
OF the rear admSsI, viii discuss
plans for pickstIng the white House
on March g. Mrs. John Jay white
will be, hostess at the tea following
the meeting.
The newly ORGANIZED lobby com
HiNfNog VI WHNJu AANa8 MAUI AN4A8 81 .
OF California, IL chairman. win meet
afternoon.
There will be dance In national
headquarters Saturday night The
In charge includes Mrs. w.
T. Burch, Miss Bliss Finley, Miss
Grace Needham, Mrs. Nina z. Allen
der, Mrs John Kerfoot Haywood.
Mrs. William Kent and Mrs. ellison
Gardner.
Meanwhile the pIcketfng Of the
White House r. to be continued.
Every Monday will be known as Dis
trict day. the pickets being supplied
by the District branch. Wednesday
Of this week will be Pennsylvania
day. and Saturday, Virginia day.
Miss Ella Riegel, OF Bryn Mawr.
has come to Washington to take
charge OF the preparations for Penn
syIvania day. Another new arrival
at the little White House" Is Miss
Alice Henkel, of Chicago. who will
make her first appearance on the
picket line this afternoon
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-22
WHATS ON PROGRAM
Many Interesting Events Of Import
.anee Are Scheduled.
To-day.

Addresses, Congressman Chandler and Kahn,
Iown and Country Clubhouse, $40 D. m:
Church, Fourteenth and Corcoran streets
northwest, p. m.
Address, "Forelgn Exchange" J. L. Burns.
before postgraduate class OF Washington
? Chapter Of the American Institute Of BANK
Ing, LA + street northwest, d. m.
Meeting, Capitol Hill Literary Society at
home Of Mrs. J. B. Hyatt, LIS New Jersey
avenue northwsst, 1:So p. m.
Lecture, DE-. W. c. Woodward. Y. II. c. A,
concs1t. Bachelors. Gle. Club, lobby of Y. NJ.
Reception to Capt RoaId Amundsen and Can.
Robert A Bartlett, University Club, to IL
y. m
Election of officers. Washington branch of
Cyprian's School, thirteenth and C streets
southeast. s p. m
Travelogus, Yellowstone National Park -
Charles Norton Hunt, under auspices Of the
Rinnear classes. Calvary Baptist Sunday
school. In church, p. m.
Bible conferences, Gospel Mission, . p. m. and
Lecture, L. Oscar Moon, An Interuret.t,op
OF the Life of Today and the Old Responsi-
biiity Toward It," At Friends Church, :
Junior Prom. Catholic University. Graduate
Meeting. Board of Trade. New willard, 9
D. m.
Dinner. trustees. National Cathedral School
d.
Meeting. West End Citizens Association
Kidder Hall, So Twentieth street north
west, p. m
Dinner, Democratic women. for Mrs. George
Bass. Hotel Lafayette, Z p. m.
Meeting, committee on suffrage, Chamber Of
Commerce, in rooms Of organization D. m.
Lecture, Miss Louise Cults Powell" Current
Events for Busy People Cairo, 8 p. m.
Meeting Of executive committee Teachers
Club. coz Eleventh street northwest, 3:45 p.
m.
Meeting, MId-City Citizens Association, U.
s. Savings Bank building, D. m.
Meeting, College Equal Suffrage League, 1876
Rhode Island avenue. at .. m.
Meeting, Central Citizens Association, North
Capitol Savings Bank, p m.
No. IS: Z. c. Stansbury,
No. "A: Z. A.
Royal Arch Chapters. Mt. Vernon. No. J.
memorial: Hiram. No. TO- grand visitation;
Anacostia. No. L.
R. asnd 8. M.-washington Council. No. 1.
installation.
Eastern star-Temple. No. Il; Columbia, No.
Is.
Odd Fellows-Union. No. IL: Beacon. No. Is:
and Langdon. No. IS.
Red Men-Redwing Tribe. No. 20
Knights Of Pythias-Decatur, No. .; Calan-
the. No. II.
Rebekahs-Esther Lodge. No. ).
National Union-Scott Council. No. t5S: Fed
eral Council. No. 47s: Northeast Washington
Council. No. 7SS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-22

year, with a smaller crop to meet it
and without the resource of outside
purchase open to her last year, can
Germany maintain the even mini
mum food ration hitherto supplied
until next autumn?
To consider leading items in the
ration, the meat allowance was Sc
verely scaled down last summer,
while the potato allowance, the main
reliance of the poor mans table,
was cut down about rs per cent, to
one and one-half pounds a day, i'm
mediately after the harvest. This
argues that as long ago as at har-
vest time the authorities became ap-
prehensive. The Berliner Tageblatt,
as quoted via London, December 13,
put the 1917 potato crop of the Ger
man empire at 21,000,O00 tons, as
against 100000 in 1916. The re-
duced crop amounts to about one and
eight-tenths pounds per day to the in
habitant, but this allowance must be
cut down to allow for deterioration
in storage and for the special needs
of soldiers and workers.
1t may be illusory to judge by the
comments of travellers and letter
writers. The judgment formed by a
comparison of admitted conditions
in 1915, 1916, and 1917 admits of less
error. 1t shows the food stock now
in Teuton hands to be gravely short
Of the requirements for sound diet
in the next eight months.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-22
AN EDUCATIONAL TEST

Side by side with the MontessorI
theories and the Gary system, a.
potential in its influence upon mod.
ern educational methods, is likely
to be the experiment undertaken
by the General Education Board
in connection with Teachers College
Columbia University.-> The professed
aim of this effort is to remove
dead wood and lumber Of tradition
from modern education.
Unlike the Montessori method and
the Gary system the innovation al
Columbia plans nothing revolution
airy either in teaching methods or in
school administration. Indeed il
seeks to do what school systems OF
many cities now profess to be doing
gradually. Only the Columbia ex-
pertinent will Ego the limit" and il
will abandon at one fell swoop all
the courses that cling to school
courses through sentiment and ira.
dition, and leave only the bare skele.
ton of those things "for which ar
affirmative case can be made out.
Out will go Greek and Latin, mot
because their literature are less
wonderful than they are reputed to
be-" the report states, "but because
their present position in the curricu.
lum rests upon assumption"
Formal grammar. will be dropped
because the evidence at hand in
dicates that grammar is not best
learned in the old ways.
"A realistic treatment Of .litera-
ture will take hold of the child's
Normal interests" the report con-
tinues. Methods will not be calcu-
lated to train the mind or to make
make-believe literary scholars"
Anent mathematics it is stated
that subject will be taught Gin such
amounts and in such times as other
subjects require"
Great stress will be put on modern
languages and the position will be
taken that Languages have no value
in themselves; they exist solely for
the purpose of communicating ideas
and abbreviating thought and action
processes
Here is a program formulating
into cohesiveness features which
business men long have been advo-
eating. 1t is not wise, perhaps, to
leave the formulation of educational
programs entirely to future employ
ers. Child training must embrace
something more than vocational
study, though it certainly should in
clude that. The principal benefit of
the New York test will be to furnish
a laboratory for working out certain
theories which school, superinten-
dents now fear to try on their own
systems with the knowledge of their
result somewhat problematical.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-22
DAYLIGHT SAVING TOPIC.

National attention will be centered
on the subject OF daylight saving at
the nth annual meeting OF the Cham
Der OF Commerce OF the United
States, to be held in Washington this
month. Robert Garland, president OF
the Pittsburgh chamber OF commerce,
is chairman of a committee which has
been studying the question thorough
ly. 1t Is expected there will be def
mite recommendation On the subject.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-22

Admiral Dewey was handicapped
from the beginning by the atmosphere
Of a typical cultured New England
home" writes a contributor to the New
York Sun. May there be many more
young men entering the navy with a
similar handicap.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-22
Amusements-

Nationai-'Ths Birth OF Nation" IN and
sis p. m.
Belasco-"Experience," Sis p. m.
Keith's-Vaudeville, AIS and Sis p. m
Poli's-Thurston. the magician. Sis p. m.
lGayety-Burlesque.- 2:l5 and S:i5 y. m.
Loew's Columbia-Motion pictures. 1880 a. n.
to II p. m.
strand-PhotoPIays. 10 a. m. to 1870 p. m.
Garden-Photoplays, 10 q. m. to 1880 p. M.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-22

Elsie Ferguson is reported to be going
into the motion picture fed at 10000 a
year. Soon these movie" stars will be
wanting to form a union like the base
ball players are discussing. to keep sal
aries I'D to a living wage
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-22

Admiral Dewey's body has been laid
away. but the spirit OF You may fire
when you are ready. Gridley.". is march,
ing on more rapidly than ever before.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-22

The price Of laundering collars has
gone up. and the fellow who joked about
those "Gertie collars" won't laugh so
hard next summer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-22

A French deputy has a new name for
the war. the German invasion" That
description fits the purpose better than
the actual accomplishment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-22

Even the price Of being philosophical
about the high cost of living is going up.
according to the announcement Of in
creased prices for tobacco.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-22

Judging from the length Of the news
print paper report there won't be much
paper left TO make reports about
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-22

Honest, now. DIR. Grayson. aren't you
as much surprised as the rest Of us?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-22

Pershing is on the way out Is Villa
saying "au revoir" or farewell"