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The Washington times., 1917-07-23
TRAGIC DEATH FOLLOWS
KUHN GOLDEN WEDDING
Aged Grocer Killed by Automobile
Near His Old Home.

Fhree months ago the children and
grandchildren OF Henry W. Kuhn. gn,
OF the Oldest residents Of wa.b,r..
ton' gathered at his home, B24
Eleventh street southeast, to ceIe.
orate his golden wedding aniversarv
They wished him many more years a,
life and prosperity.
Yesterday the aged man was knock
ed down and killed by an automobile
q short distance from his home
Coroner hewitt held an inquest At
the morEue this afternoon.
John L. Bailey. seventeen years old.
OF ll5 street southeast, operator of
the machine, will be REQUIRED nv IN.
police 10 appear at the inquest.
Mr.. Kuhn was born at Doetzbach.
Germany, in 1871. but came to this
country when a young man, settling
hrst In Baltimore. In 1858 he moved
to this city and started a grocery
store.
-Four years later he married a Ger.
man girl, who, with seven children
and six grandchildren, survives him
She Is seventy-four.
MI. Kuhn was known to nearly
everybody in the southeast. Ten
years ago he retired from business.
He served three terms as master of
Anacostia Lodge, No. 81, F. A. A. NJ.
and up until his death yesterday he
carried a gold-headed cane presenta5
to him by the Butchers BeneyoIsnt
Association in 1876, when he was fts
president.
The Washington times., 1917-07-23
RUSSIAN.

PETROGRAD, July 23.Spite
instability of certain rents,
Russian forces today sued in
achieving a signal succSver
Teutonic troops in the NOR
hood OF Krevo. in the Niec-
tor, according to today's ial
report
I'VE occupied a portion he
enemy's positions at Tsary
sIic, penetrating to a del u
two miles at one place and
a thousand prisoners" the
ment said. "Our success,
jeopsrdized by instability ot
tain detachments."
The Washington times., 1917-07-23

time ago and was not the outgrowthr
OF the wrangie which has become ex-
ceedingIy bitter during the past two
weeks.
|. Captain White 'shedEed" IN q rather
amusing fashion when he was frst
visited by newspapermen earfy this
morning. He eapitulated about noon,
but at the earlier interviews was an.
evasive Individual. .
Might Have Acted I'm Sleep.
'Tf the President says I've resigned,
then I've resigned" said Captain
White.
-'But have you sent in your resiE-
nation?"
"Well, you see, don't remember. ]
might have done Il in my sleep. OF
course, II the President says 90, /
have"
Captain white was reminded that
there had been no official announce
ment by the President.
There are some things a man can't
tell even his wife" said the captain
"a moment later. D.
There are a lot Of things" said
one of the newspaper men.
e. Wanted To Buy ClEar. -.
That's pretty good" said the
laughing shipping board member,
who Is Indirectly involved in the
GaethaIs-Det tman controversy.
into his offiSIn
A moment Nater he came out into
the anteroom again. The newspaper
men were still there.
"You can say you don't believe It,
said Captain White.
He went on down the hall. Within
five minutes he returned.
Come on, you fellows" said the
captain. Lets go get q cigar. ]
know just how it Is. You boys want
a story"
Sure, worse than We do a cigar"
said one OF the rumor chasers.
Refuses To Commit Self.
Standing at the cigar counter IN
the Munsey building, seven foors be-
/ low where the rumor chase began.
Captain White said:
well, / don't believe the President
is going to say that we've resigned;
but II he does. it's So"
"Of course. 1t would be SO; but
what do you say?"
Captain White shook his head myu-
teriously.
You'd better just say that Captain
White wouldn't say anything at all
about It. You might also say that he
doesn't know anything about It,"
But captain, shouldn't you say
| yes OF mo- to the story Of your
resignation? Have you sent It InE'
There are some things you makf
worse by denial" said the captain
whether they're true or not"
A Denmah Supporter.
Captain White is regarded as q
Denman supporter on the shippinE
board: that is, in the wrangle which
has ensued between Chairman Den,
man and General Goethals, he ha.
, sided with the chairman. Mr.. domain
and Mr.. Stevens, of the shippinl
board. are understood to have voted
with General Goethals on one or NOR,
occasions and have not been insIs
tent upon the submission OF Goethals
: detailed plans as have the other mem
: : bers OF the board.
Indications were today-aside from
reports OF the resignations-that tn
President must personally take
hand IN the settlement of the Denmar
GoethaIs row this week. Tine matte
awaited the attention OF the Pres
dent when he returned from hi
q cruise down the Potomac today
There was before the President tia
letter Of General GOethals offering I
get out II the President thought
e necessary for a solution OF the diff
d culties and the eNpediting Of tn
= shipbuilding program. Whether tn
President also has before him wha
& amounts to letters Of resignation fruI
Mr.. Donald and Captain White is ne
d definitely established.
The Washington times., 1917-07-23
CUTS CUSTOMS REWARDS.

Comptroller Of the Treasury War
wick today ruled that in future in
formers who enable the customs ofTi-
eIals to run down customs frauds
shall receive not to exceed 5000 as
rewards. Heretofore Informers re-
ceived IS per cent OF the amount re-
covered. The percentage Will hold,
With a maximum limit sst.
The Washington times., 1917-07-23
C[l
LOSE N'
IN SALAR|ES
AS WAR MED.
House Appropriations Commit
tee May Revert to Old Gov
ernmentaI Scale to Cut Ex-
penditureS of Nation.
By BILL PRICE.

An attempt will be made at the
next session of Congress to deny 10
the Government clerks the incresas
in pay they are enjoying this fiscal
year.
Congressman Fitzgerald, chairman
Of the House Committee on Appro-
priEtions, intimsted this possibility
in a talk with The Times.
There is grave doubt whether
Congress will wish to continue the
arrangement made for this fiscal
year rs to the increased pay for
clerks" said Mr.. Fitzgerald. "The
matter viii be taken mp when the
Appropriations COMMITTEES meets n
November to begin work upon the
regular appropriation bill.
Drain To Be Terrific.
The Government will spend y1o.-
OOO. .O00, 900 during the present year.
and heaven knows just what the ex-
penditures are going to be in the next
lscaI year. The drain will be some
thing terrible IN the years to, come,
and IL will be absolutely. necessary TO
hold expenditures to the minimum.
When Congress authorized this bonus
to the clerks the war was not on. and
the expenditures, including the large
items for preparedness. did not ex-
coed 81, SOC, ,OOn, 900 per year"
In the next breath Mr. Fitzgerald
showed a Willingness y stand By
Government CLERKS 10 the limit IN the
matter of q penk ion for the super
~ arFNr al
best years to Uncle Sam, and Tor
whom there Is ne provision for re-
AEaaast CoatrfbniOFy PIaa.f r,7F
~I want to see thiA thing. Of PEN
s4ons done right by Congress-" he
declared. II am not. hl favor of
system OF pensions Let
the Government retire Hts -old and
faithful clerks in the only right
way-out OF its own money"
AS the watchdog Of the Treasury"
Mr.. Fitzgerald scents Tremendous en-.
for the fiscal year ending
June so. 1919, and wants opportunity
to cut somewhere, but the COMPARE
lively small item OF S27 900. 900 which
the clerks will get this year m addi-
tional pay is a mere drop n the
bucket. and the warm-hearted Brook
lyn representative doubtless VIII se9
70 many. other places to cut when he
starts upon the appropriation bills
next winter that he will change Nhis
mind about the clerks
waeeGRaiaess Nesaed
But the point 81 that the friends OF
he clerks In Congress must be on
ruard against then economy cry being
Ipplied to them. u is less than four
months until the Appropriations Com
nittee " i'll begin work upon the bills
or the next fscal year.
The argument that national CON
itions" are far differealt now, Is an
wered by Congressional friends OF
he clerks today by the statement
hat there has also been asvast change
i "con 1itions" confronting the clerks.
he necessaries Of life are enormous
? higher than when Congress recog-
lied the justice Of the additional In
rease in salary, and there is no pros
ect that the cost will grow less for
good many years to come
Every Senator and Representative
,els the touch OF the high cost Of
wing, and there will not be wanting
earty support in Congress for con-
nued recognition of the strain under
hich clerks OF the Government as
ell as all classes OF citizens are
DIV laboring.
The Washington times., 1917-07-23
BRTTIS

LONDON, July 23uccessfuI
local attacks were HsTed py
the British south Of n during
the night. the Britishr office
reported today. Up he time
Field Marshal Haig shls on
ciAl dispatches on Knights
operations Itty-ohe VI Sn pris-
oners had been count
(AVion IL a supuro ON south
ern side OF Lens on Arras
'front.'.
The Washington times., 1917-07-23
cHoKEs TO DEATH ON MEAL

sIAMFoHD' Conn, July "a
Michael Dora, a middle-aged man OF
this city. choked to death while eat
ing a steak in a local restaurant A
large piece OF the meat lodged In
his windpipe, and he died before an
ambulance could convey him to the
hospital
The Washington times., 1917-07-23
KERENSKY AT .
TOIFORCE HIS
TROOPS BACK

LONDON, July 2S.-The Rus
SLAMS have evacuated TarnOpol,
the Galician stronghold, without
Q struggle, according to authori-
tative word received here late
today.
The Washington times., 1917-07-23
Inersa-sa Output

Exclusive OF the advantage in lower
transportation rates both TO the Gov
ernment and individuals II there Is an
increased output OF t0nnags Is. of
course. the greater v6fue OF ships 70
feed the peoples OF the entente coun-
tries and tire allied armies as well as
TO transport the large armies OF the
United States. General Goethais, gen
eral manager OF the Emergency Fleet
Corporation, is stifl subject TO the
orders OF Chairman Denman OF the
United States Shipping Board.
Rumors OF resignations are curr5n1.
Mr.. Whites retirement from the
Shipping Board was declared by
White Hooas officials to have been
due to ill-heafth and TO have been ap-
piled for VwV weeks agO-kefore the
controversy came 10 q head
The figures shown above tell what
the United States has lost and what II
can gain n there II Tess personal fric-
ton and more solieitude for the na-
tional interest 50 vitality does the
controversy affect the outcome or the
war that announcements as to fu-
ture policy were expected from the
White House either late today or to
morrow.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-02-12
UP WITH "oLD GLORY"

AS by a common inspiration and inn
pulse. following the presidents an
nouncement Of the breach with Ger
many, great cities, smaller towns and
even the littlest communities blossom
ed forth with "Old Glory" The imme-
diate raising Of the flag Of our country
was the visible evidence of the surge
OF patriotism that swept the nation,
arousing the pride and strength Of the
American people at the call to rally
round the nations chief in the hour Of
peril.
Guthrie, we all know, yields to none
in love Of country, in honor of the flag
or readiness to respond to the sum
mons to national service. Possibly
the very depth of our patriotism
which finds expressionain deeds rather
than in words, has made us less prompt
to demonstrate our feelings, less quick
to fling out our banners, but a stran.
Eer entering this city yesterday could
not help but be struck by the contrast
To flag-decorated cities elsewhere.
Doubtless this failure 10 emphasize
the national unity of spirit was due
TO oversight to lack of thought, per-
haps, even, in many cases, to the zero
blasts which suggested postponement
of chill duty on blustery and glacier
like roofs. Be that as it may it ought
TO be remedied for the good name Of
Guthrie.
Let us, one ami all, hoist the Stars
and Stripes, symbolic Of what our
country represents to us and to all the
world, freedom justice and democracy.
Let 4Old Glory" fly from tower top,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-02-12
RANDOM SHOTS

The revolving hy-wheel gathers no
flies.
SeIf-love never seems to grow weary
Of itself.
A doctor seldom gives his patients
hope without pay.
II takes smart woman to look
pretty If she isn't.
Many a man has landed in jail by
taking things easy.
People who talk the most usually at
tract the least attention.
When money talks It usually gets
the better Of an argument.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-02-12
Shall Federal Courts
Continue to Legislate?

the people; that the people havo the
right, through their government, to de-
stroy these monopolies, to regulate
them, own them, or do anything else
with them necessary for the common
good.
shall show that congress has at
tempted to destroy private monopoly
and that this attempt was paralyzed
BY shA United States supreme court.
shall show that the supreme court
did this, and unless checked can do it
again by exercise Of power which it
has usurped and which is not vested
in u by the constitution.
shall show thar unless congress
curbs the power Of the supreme court
when 1t has the right to do SO that act
win constitute an abdication OF power
and leave the supreme court as abso-
lutte master over the executive and Leg
isIative branches OF the government.
Az bottom, this As simply question
Of who shall rule this nation, the elect.
ed representatives OF hundred mill
lion people are majority Of nine
judges sitting for life and responsible
to nobody but themselves.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-02-12
HAVE COLOR IN YOUR CHEEKS
Be Better Looking Take
Olive Tablets

II your skin is yelow-complexion
palld-tongue coated appetite poor
you have a bad taste in your mouth-a
lazy, no-good iceling-you should take
Olive Tablets.
Dr. Edwards Olive Tahlcts--a sub
stiiute for calomel--werc prepared by
DR. Edwards after Il years OF study
with his patients
Dr. EdwardS Olive Tablets are a
purely vegetable compound mixed with
olive OIL You viii know them By their
olive color.
To have a clear, pink skin, bright eyes,
ne nimplcs, feeling Of buoyancy Ike
childhood days you must get AZ The cause.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act or the
liver and bowels Ike calomel--yet have
no dangerous after effects.
They start The bile and overcome con-
stipation That's why millions Of boxes
are sold annually al Zoe and 2Sc per
box. All druggists. Take one or two
ni~lt. end note the pleasing results.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-02-12
EXPRESS PAcKAeETTEs

+ + = T. + = = + + : = = y
Sitting steady in the boat
But prepared to shed his coat,
Uncle Sam viii fight, it's fact,
If there's any covert act"
safety first should check the feek
less speeder il he gets by Sammy.
81 simp says he looks for spring to
come just as soon as winter is over.
And somebody could save mere man
lots of domestic trouble by devising
an ashless cigar.
A campaign OF "frightfulness9
against conscienceless gossips would
not be such bad idea.
Don't cut your tonsile," says an adj
vertisement, the idea doubtless being
that it is better to let EN- go to seed.
John Bull would probably pay a good
round price for the investion Of kind
of bait that the deadly subsea demons
win bite.
The report that the town Of Cement
was destroyed by flood the other day
when the oil well broke loose was
more or less exaggerated.
Strictly speaking, it is doubtful
whether this pirate bridge business
is any more permissible under inter
national law than unrestricted subma-
rining.
Actually, the east end Of Idaho ave
nue. is so chuggy that it is absolutely
for r. D. Moore to make
fifty miles an hour Or more over it !
without jarring his lungs loose
After having had some experience
IN both positions, J. Al Temple is Of
the opinion that county commissions
er and a city councilman have approx
mately the same amount Of grief
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-02-12
Wronu Quarry.

With wild sweep the wind tore
round corner and removed the hat
from she head of respectable and
near-sighted citizen who chanced 10
be passing PeerIng wildly round, the
man thought he saw his hat In a yard,
behind a high fence. Hastily climbing
oycly he started to chase it. but each
time he thought he had caught 1t 1t
Got yet another move on. Then wom-
ans angry voice broke on his ears.
"What are you doing there?" she de-
nandcd slriIly. He explained mildly
TINT ne was only trying to retrieve his
hat Whereupon the woman said, In
wonder: Your hat? Wen. l don't
know where It Is, but that's our little
black hen you're chasingp
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-02-12

pose and the main result of this work.
With a common knowledge of the prin-
ciples and possibilities Of crop produc-
ton, the wage-earner of the future will
not need to measure his income solely
by the size of his pay envelope He
will consider, also, the productive ca
pabilities Of his garden plat and the
extent to which it will reduce the cost
Of living. He will see the advantages
of a suburban home contrasted with
the crowded and unwholesome tene-
ment"
The Bureaus bulletin points out the
possibilities of gardening from the
point Of view of democracy in educa-
ton; its usefulness in developing
thrift and industry its value as a sub
stitute for illegal child labor; and its
justification in intoxicating the Joy Of
living. The bulletin also analyses the
methods Of introducing gardening into
the schools; describes the different
types Of gardens; shows the kinds Of
and supervision that have
proved useful; and goes somewhat in
to detail in planning garden plots and
The disposal Of the garden crop.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-02-12
GARDENING IN ELEMENTARY CITY
SCHOOLS

That home gardening, directed by
the school, is the most effective way
for bringing boys and girls into closer
Relationship with the affairs OF life
is asserted by C. d. Jarvis in a bulle-
tin on Gardening in Elementary City
Schools" just issued by the Bureau Of
Education Of the Department of the
Interior Mr.. Jarvis declares: '1n or
about almost any city there may be
found an abundance OF land that may
be used for productive gardening by
school children. Within the limits of
many cities there is sufficient land, if
intensely cultivated, to supply the peo-
pie with an the vegetables and large
proportion of the fruits and flowers
needed. This unused land should be
brought under cultivation"
In order that the best use may be
made of this land for educational and
pr Iuctiye purposes, it is suggested
that trained and experienced teachers
Of gardening should be employed in
every city. "Such teachers would in
struct the children directly and the
parents indirectly declares Mr.. Jar
Wis, with the result that in few
years generation of capable garden
srs would be developed. But the de-
of strong-hodied efficient,
and contented citizens is the real pur-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-02-12

Editors Note:-At the request Of
the United Press, Senator Robert 4.
Owen has written q series Of six artl-
cles explaining his fanloas resolution
depriving the supreme court Of the
United States to declare acts Of con-
gress unconstitutional" and showing
what his proposal has to do with the
high cost of living and actual condi-
tons prevailing among tile common
people We print today article No. ~
CBy Robert L. owen, United States
tSenator from Oklahoma)
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-02-12

good roads enthusiasts
People everywhere farmers mer.
chants bankers real estate men,
everyone seem TO be realizing the tre-
mendous value OF good roads and they
are building them everywhere Prof
Tucker said in discussing the improve
ment They are holding good roads
days or good roads weeks in many
sections The results they are getting
are most satisfactory for just one or
two really good roads through any
section give the people chance to
see just how valuable they are The
result will be many improved high.
ways IN a few years
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-02-12
BUILDING MANY ROADS IN STATE

Every section Of Oklahoma seems to
have absorbed some Of the good roads
enthusiasm and better highways are
being built in a score of centers, ac-
cording to Prof j L. Tucker, head Of
the school Of civil engineering at the
Of Oklahoma and consulting
state highway engineer who has made
several trips over prospective Ozark
Trails with Floyd Thompson and other
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-02-12
A FEW FooLISH FACTS

Ornamental penmanshlp IS a flour
ishing industry.
And there's many a penitent man ~
the pcnitentiary.
The easier It is to reform a man
the oftener you have 10 do It.
And 1t sometimes happens that when
a woman loses her husband the loss Is
fully covered by insurance
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-02-12

county judges office and asked for a
license.
What kind Of a license?2 asked the
Judge "a hunting licenseg'
mo" was the answer. "Aye tank
Aye bane hunting long eonugh Aye
want marriage license -Eyerybody's
Magazine
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-02-12

from school and church, from roof and
dome, from every building and every
house and let us keep it flying until it
can be frrled in peace with honor.
Guthrie Leader.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-02-12
ELEPHANTS

+ The wonderful thing about !
+ an elephant is his nose.
: He can wave it. He can wrap !
it around his ear He can chase
; flies Up and down his back !
with it. And if he happens to !
+ be travelling in a stock car he .
: can send it out for air.
+ Think what a man could do .
: with nose like that When !
: his wife smelled smoke he .
: could sit where he was and !
: sniff in the other rooms. And :
when it came to Dutch lunch .
es he could hang his nose out
the window and enjoy his~lim- !
: burgher in peace. .
: o for a wandering nosel-
; Geo. Martin. :
= ; ! i. = = ! + J. = ! 4 !
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-02-12
what The issue Really d.


The most acute problem facing the
average American home today is the
lHgh cost of living The situation IL
becoming intolerable. The people are
thinking as they never have thought
before. They want to know what is
wrong and how to remedy it. They are
asking why in rich country like ours
and with a people like ours, it is diff
cult for the great majority to make
thcir incomes meet the growing gro-
Gerry bill They want to know why
crime, pauperism, unemployment, so
c'al discomfort and political radicalism
IRE increasing.
in response to the editors request, |
am to state the relation between this
problem and the powers now exercise
cd by the federal courts. Also to show
What the tempest is all about which
has been raised by simple little res
oiution introduced few days ago in
the United States senate
The fundamental economic evil OF
our time is the existence of monopolies
which control the natural resources
and means Of life or which the people
depend for existence. Everybody
knows that
Everybody also knows that the sover-
eign power OF this nation II vested in
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-02-12

The present agitation for good roads
brought about by the Ozark Trails has
resulted in sufficiently good roads in
many sections to warrant farmers buy
ing motor trucks with which to trans
port their produce to market Porter
X. owen, south Of Grandfield, in Till
man county, was one Of the first to
adopt the new method.