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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-14
worst DISASTER
IN MANY YEARS
Catastrophe at Halifax Appall-
ing in the Loss of Life
and Property.
GIG PART OF CITY IN RUINS
Fire Following Rain Of Explosives
Completes Dsstruetion-Port and
harbor One Of the Most Valued
Of British Naval Posts.

Outside the toll Of life claimed on
land and sea by the great war, the
catastrophe at Halifax Is by far the
greatest disaster in many years.
Numerous explosions have occurred
In munition plants in this country and
Europe, but the Halifax disaster is the
most tragic explosion, in the number
Of lives lost, In the last quarter GEN.
fury. Indeed, few catastrophes of any
nature have probably exceeded 1t in
the number of dead.
Pilot Frank Mackie of the Mont
Blanc declared that the collision re-
suited from q confusion of whistles
sounded by the Iona, causing a col
ision with the Mont Blanc, which ar
rived at United States Atlantic port
on November 8, laden with 5000 tons
of munitions for France. She was in
bound from New York when she was
rammed by the Belgian relief ship
Iona.
Flames Caught Benzine.
The impact set fire to a deck load
of benzine on the French ship and the
flames quickly communicated with the
munitions, resulting in practical
bombardment of the city.
The zone Of destruction In Halifax
itself extended from the North street
railway station as far north as Afric-
Vile to Bedford basin and covered an
area Of about two square miles In the
section known as Richmond. The
buildings which were not demolished
by the force of the terrific explosion
were destroyed by the fire which fol-
lowed.
District Denseiy Populated.
The devastated district was the old
er part of Halifax and thickly popu-
lated. 1t contained, in addition to
Citadel hill, many churches and
schools, the railway station, govern
ment dockyard, Wellington barracks.
Admiralty House (the official resi-
dence Of the admiral in command Of
the North American British squad
ron), the military hospital, post office,
provisional parliament building. city
hall, the ordnance department. most Of
the department stores, all of the tele-
graph and cable Offices and few ho-
tells.
The better residence district was al
most unharmed. 1t lies southwark
from the Queens, and includes most OF
the churches. including st. Mary's Ro-
man Catholic cathedral.
In the fire-swept section were the
parliament buildings, post office. three
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-14


Halifax
which ships
bers Of injured
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-14
CALLS THEM "SLOUCHY"
Explains Why College Men Did Not
Get Army Commissions.

Many of the college men who at
tended the reserve officers training
camp at the Preside at San Francisco
"were mentally and physically
slouchy," and this prevented their OBJ
tanning commissions, according to q
letter from Adjt. Gen. Henry P. Nc
Cain at Washington, received by Pres
ident Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the
University Of California.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-14
DESIGNATED BY INDIANS
GREATEST OF HAvENS.
Halifax Was q Settlement Before the
Dominance Of the White Men
In America.

Long before the coming Of the white
man the site Of Halifax had been oc-
cupied by an Indian settlement. The
spot was called Chebucto t"greatest
e havens'D by the Indians because
they recognized the almost impreg-
nable position Of the harbor and inner
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-14
Puts Runners on Auto.

When the snow is heavy, an Alaska
man puts runners on the front wheels
Of his automobile, heavy chains on the
back ones and encioses the engine
with special body and runs the ma
chine ~ well a. In summer.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-14
SOUTH SEA RULER OFFERS
HIS KINGDOM TO BRITAIN.
Monarch Of Loyalty Islands EXPRESSES
Hope They Will Become Part
Of Commonwealth.

king" Watriama of the Loyalty is
lands has returned from Flanders,
where he has been serving with the
Australian expeditionary force. full Of
hope that the islands over which he
claims kingship eventually will be-
A.-.~.. ri ~ AaASfr0llQ.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-14
Trimmed Up.

Trimmed Up.
Customer-What, you want 40
cents for a haircut like this? It's a
skin game.
Barber-Well, you said that you just
wanted a trimming.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-31

Six of the Pythian Sisters sewed on
paiamas at headquarters Monday af
ternon.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-31

4 The brickwork on all three new
ward schools of the city is now sill
high. The temporary difficulty which
developed from a-lack Of bricklayefs
has been overcome aud now the crews
Of workmen for aii bNiidings are prac.
tieally eomplete One trouble which
is being felt everywhere however and
still exists here is the lack Of trans
portation facilities. Several cars Of
materials have been ordered for weeks
and have not yet been delivered Cut
stone is now greatest in demand on
the schools and more than the usual
trouble is being encountered In getting
this delivered A shipment was bin.
ed from ST Louis last week bat a telo.
gram the day following its loading am
nomoed that the car and contents had
been destroyed by an l. W. w. upris-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-31

south OF Chickasha, is just north Of
the Santa re and Back Hawk wells,
the latter recently reported a 400 bar
rel well also just north Of a weyy that
was drilled five years ago, and pro
nounoed dry. and was uncapped about
ten days ago and sprayed oil 80 feet
IL the air. See photo On another page.
This section bids fair to be one Of the
very best oil countries in southern
Oklahoma
"Ol has been struck near the west
line of our county at Cement in Caddo
county and twelve to fifteen wells now
drilling Just south Of Grady county
in Stephens county near Kilgore in
Grady county, and six miles further
at Cruce, considerable oil has been
found with a good find at Doyle to
the northeast
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-31
FOR STONE WORK
0NTHREE WARD SCHOOLS

ing Mr. Mackln Of the Macklin and
fe~sht company who are architects
fer the building work thinks somo'
.stene win reach here in the. course Of
a few days
The repairing Of tho three old city
ward buildings will be finished In
short time The south school has
been reshingled, the recovering is al
most done on the north ward. and the
gutter torn away in preparation for
starting the west building roof repairs.
Plastering and other inside mending
viii require only a few daSs for com
pletion once the new roofs are ON.
The contract was let yesterday for
the Norge consolidated schools and
another building will have been added
to the county's educational advantage
before the new term begins
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-31
mot one Cent for IrIbute.n .

Charles Cotcsworth pinckncy first
used the phrase millions for defense,
but not one cent for tribute.7 Sent
as peace envoy to France in 1897, he
was told that only a payment of money,
to be called a 'loan," would make the
directory Of France cease violating
American rights on the sea. "War be
it, then he replied "MHlons for de-
fenses, but not one Sent for tribute y
A little later Napoleon Bonaparte
came into power as first consul Of
France and, seeing the folly OF pro-
bokiug war with America. he treated
eis country with fairness. War
Which had really begun, quickly ceased
Pinekueys phrase was used again by
Captain Decatur ia his dealings with
Algeria, a country which. early in the
nineteenth century, tried to make
American ships pay for the privilege
Of sailing the Mediterranean sea un-
molested
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-31

Phone all news Tor the Red Cross
column to 745.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-31
Earllest Eorm of Rread.

Lotus bread was not the oldest form
Of bread by many centuries. The ear
liest bread was probably made Of
crushed acorus and beechnuts. Grind
ing the grains, seeds or nuts, generally
called milling was, in the earliest
times Of which there is written record,
an integral part of bread-making In
Genesis it is written that Abraham
bids his wife Sarah make ready quick
ly three measures of fine meal, knead
It and make cakes upon the hearth"
10 is not TO be Inferred that the am
cient Egyptians used lotus bread alto
gcthcr. They ground up a n. mber OF
varieties of grain, among these being
miiiet and they baked ioaves Ike mod
ern muains. II has plso en- proved
that they ale hot rolls and that in
some cases these were sprinkled with
sweet-smelling and pleasant-tasting
seeds.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-31

THE OKLAHOMA NATIONAL BANK
chIekasha. okIahoma.

official statement tcondcnscd Comptroller Of Currency at the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-31
RIGHT OF DEFENSE

In Judge Moore court yesterday af.
ternoon Mac Cameron was fined $40
and costs Tor assault and battery and
John Wist was acquitted on the same
charge
"ln discharging Wise Judge Moore
said God Almighty and the laws Of
Oklahoma give q man the right to de.
tend himself AID it is not for a small
mortal like me to deprive him Of that
right
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-31

Another name was added to the
Stacker list when Edgar Wampla Of
Amber was arrested last week on a
charge OF failure to register and was
|placed under bond this morning by
Judge Speake Evidence balanced the
scales rather strongly against the pris-
oner and his bail for appearance before
the United States commissioner for ex
animation here August 2 was fixed at
$1,000.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-31
GO OR
GIVE
Red Cross Headquarters at Carnegie
Library Phone l452

Phone all news FOR the Red Cross
column to 745.
Red Cross chapters have been form
ed iii Haiti Guam, Porto Rico, Cuba,
the Canal Zone, Syria. Persia, Turkey
and several South American countries.
Monday morning garments were cut
at local headquarters by Dr. Smith and
Mesdames Browder Harmon Ellis and
Dwyer
Six of the Pythian Sisters sewed on
paiamas at headquarters Monday af.
ternon.
The following ladies' ladies have sent
in finished knitted articles. Mrs.
lCranwelL a muffler; Mrs. Ca1thel,
pair Of socks; Mrs Booth a pair Of
socks Mrs Wadsworth, a sweater and
pair Of wrisuets.
Mrs. Reford Bond visited Rcd Cross
headquarters in Dallas and returned
home with some valuable INFORMATION.
The Grady county chapter has been
officially notified Of its transfer from
the Denver to the ST. Louis division
The members Of the comfort bag
committee are busy working ON nee
die cases and button bays
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-31

wANTEfs-Clean cotton rags At the
Daily Express office, Higheet saaS
price RsiG
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-31

BOOKLET
Is ISSUED
Campbell Sales Company Puts Out
Handsome Piece Of Advertising
Literature

Containing hundreds of interesting
facts concerning Chickasha Grady
county and the state Of Oklahoma
handsome booklet, beautifully illus.
trated With halftone views has just
been issued by the Campbell Sales
company of which L. e Campbell is
manager Ten thousand copies have
been printed and are ready for distrbu
zion. The booklets contain S6 pages all
Of which bristle with interesting infor
nation which tends to show the attrac-
tiveness of Chickasha as a place for
residence or investment Copies Of
this splendid piece Of advertising it,
erature may be obtained by calling at
the office Of the Campbell company,
! 20l Chickasha Avenue, or addressing q
letter to them.
The Illustrations show residences
business houses, churches, schools fac
tories, scenes in the oil fields and farm
views Special information is given
concerning Liberty addition which the
Campbell company is marketing
The Campbell company controls $50
acres Of land Immediately south Of the
city and the land viii be sold in lots
and small tracts on easy terms Forty
acres will be offered to the city as an
amusement and pleasure park.
1--WE have a beautiful and prosperous
city, a wonderfully beautiful county, q
rapidly growing state, composed OF a
high class citizenship, and the fastest
class Of business people In the world.
declares the author Of the booklet Mr.
Campbell states that many local peo,
pie are already speaking for lots and
1 tracts.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-31
Grady County Crops.

AFduy Counly SlSpS'
The booklet gives the following
Grady county statistics
First in corn in value, 1916, ST.
9s97s7
Second III corn III bushels 1916 p
957O7e.
First IN wheat acreage consider
edl 1916.
Second in oats. acreage consider
edl 1916.
First in cotton acreage consider
edl 1916
Second in alfalfa Cacreage conaid
ered) 1915.
First in mules and mule value 1916.
Sixth in cattle 1916.
eighth in horse value 1916.
Second in corn in bushels, 2,260,952,
Second in corn in value. 1915 or
2l9,7S1
Second in wheat acreage consider.
ed 1915
First in oats Cacreage considered)
1915.
Fifth IN hay 1916
Fifth IN alfalfa (acreage considereO
1916.
Third in hogs 1916
I Sixth in milch cows 1916.
The oil situation in the cuonty is
treated at some length, the writer say
Ing in part.
oil Development.
The oil development in southern
and Southwestern Oklahoma is at fever
heat. in all the counties adjoining era
dy county is steadily increasing devel
opment activity and in some localities
remarkable excitement prevails. Der
ricks are ebeing erected wells being
drilled I'M this and MI adjoining eoun-
ties The operators are big ones,
people who know the oil business. the
class who have never been called
"qutters. There are eight or more
wells now drilling in this county See
photos Of these on another page The
Unity OH company (one), the Uncle
Sam Oil company ltwol southeast of
Chjckasha, the HALEY Petroleum com.
pauy to the southwest OF Chickasha,
louel northwest and two northeast
Pocasset and Mlnco just north OF
Chickasha in Grady county are reeeiv.
ing rig tmbers preparatory to drill
ing. A strong company is also prepar-
ing to drin soon at Ninnekah. six
miles south OF Chickasha, where they
have several thousand acres under
lcasc John S. Graham, whc = a well
informed OH man, is president Of this
company. Fl. II. Anderson and d. B.
Boswell are on the directorate. and
leading merchants of Nimekah. The
Langston well south is at this time a
little over 1900 feet deep, has eneouu.
tered three good showings Of oil. At
1878 feet the oil stood over so feet deep
in the well and i'm quality compares fa-I
volably with the oil produced in the
CARRIER field north Of MS. This viii bel
deep wcli the wells being put down
by ,his company viii an be deep ones
The formation between the Ft Scott
and Mississippi lime being in view
The Langsion wen in Grady county,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-31

suDscri0e I0a alv Dany E1prela,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-03
HOW TO LIVE WELL
ON 25 CENTS A DAY
New York Police Recruits Under.
going Diet Test to Reduce
High Living Cost.

Following the lead of several other
cities throughout the country. a dozen
Of New York city police recruits have
volunteered for a diet test which Is
to last several weeks and which will
attempt to prove that the high cost
Of living can be downed If you 60
about it In the proper way. The test
is being conducted by the Life Exten.
sion institute and Is directly In charge
Of Miss Marian +. Walker. expert
dietitian
II is claimed 10y the food experts of
the Life Extension institute that p
cents day is sufficient to feed any
one, even big, strapping policemen. and
accordingly the three meals day serv-
ed during the test to each victim" VIII.
be purchasable within that limited
sum.
AT a cost of rather less than 10 cents
per man it made possible this menu on
The day the test began:
Lamb Stew. With Vegetables.
Stewed Apricots.
Gingerbread.
Coffee Bread and Butter
DR. Eugene Lyman Fisk. medical di
cctOr Of the Lire Extension institute.
who Is in general charge of the ex-
.1eriwent. has put il on the basis OF
supply ing the rockies with $500 cal
1ries day. The above meal gave
them about 100 calories. ana at the
total cost OF a little less tl,an 81 20
would have fed two more me.l. 1t was
omputed
Police Commissioner Woods made a
speech 10 the rockies before they sat
down
This is "a serious business" said the
commissioner. IF you continue to
take it as seriously as sou have thus
Tar the results Of your endeavor will
he equivalent to giving every wage
Garner In the city a raise In pay.
ms in that. for II you help us to show
the average family way In which to
make a dollar go further you have In
creased the value of the dollar by just
lhat much"
BY the last of January. when the
experiment Is at an end. there will not
be much that isn't known about the
techniealities OF 1t. The foods from
which the daily selections will be
made have been chosen by III. c. Sher-
man. professor of food chemistry at
Columbia university. The effects of
the feeding on the rockies will be OBJ
served by both Or. Fisk and Profes-
sol Irving Fisher OF Yale.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-03
SCHOOL DEBATE
SIOUX FALLS WILL MEET MADI-
son AND MITCHELL FEB
RUARY o.

Sioux Falls. Feb. 3.-Teams have
been selected to represent the Sioux
Falls high school in the first debate
of the 1917 schedule, in which the To-
cal school will take part as a member
of the State High School Debating
league, the selection of the teams
having been made by Coach NJ. NJ
Brumbaugh The debate here, which
will be held on the evening of Febru-
airy 9, preceding the basket ball game
between the Sioux Falls and Sioux
City teams, is one Of the three tri-
angular meetings in this district OF
the state league. The negative team
will meet the affirmative Madison
team, while the affirmative Siou2
Falls team will meet the Mitchell
negative team at Mitchell, and the
Madison negative will debate the
Mitchell affirmative at Madison
Judges for the opening debate have
been selected.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-03
OLYMPIAN Wreck
FAST TRAIN WHICH WAS DE.
RALLIED NEAR ROSCOE
FIFTEEN INJURED

Aberdeen, Feb. 3.-Fifteen persons
were injured, several seriously, when
the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
fast continental passenger train No.
Is, the Olympian, west bound, went
into the ditch near Roscoe, forty
miles west of here at midnight Tues
day night
The seriously injured are:
Katherine Sieberoboesse, Big San
dy, Mont, scalp wound and bruises.
Mrs. l.. Russell. Petersburg, Alas
ka, bruised shoulder.
Robert Pierson, Mcintosh, S. D.,
cuts on face and general bruises.
A. L. Whiting, Sioux Falls, S. d.,
sprained back.
Henry Goebel, Glenham, S. d..
bruised side.
Arthur Knowles. Glenham. S. ID.
bruised hand and arm.
Margaret Glazer, Anoka. Minn.
sprained shoulder.
VIM. s. Mcclure, Chicago, colore6
porter, scalp wound.
r. B. Burton, Chicago, colored por
er, sprained back.
Latham F. Brady, Chicago, coloret
waiter, sprained back.
George Schaefer, Chicago, colorec
waiter, bruised back and shoulder.
Several others received minoi
bruises and wrenches and all suffered
from exposure to the cold. Many hae
their ears frozen.
OF nine or ten heavy coaches only
The observation car remained on the
rack. A special train carrying ply
ricians and nurses was hurried TO tho
scene of the wreck. The injured were
taken TO the hospital at Roscoe
The wreck occurred during one OF
the worst snowstorms which has
swept this section in almost thirty
years.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-03
WRONG AT BOTH ENDS.
Leese's Hair Too Red For His Girl
Feet Too Flat For Uncle Sam.

Chicago. His hair Is red. and his feet
are tlat, and therefore neither husband
nor hero may he become.
A girl turned down Albert Z. Legge
Of Waukegon. Ill. because of his Grim.
son top piece. aud this brought about
such condition Of disc0nsolation that
he bet0ok himself 10 the recruiting sta
tion Of the United States marine corps
in this city and offered himself as a
tighting man.
The surgeon had no fault TO find with
his red hair but when he got to the
other end OF Legge bis feet-he said
officially:
You have been standing on them too
much The arches of your feet are toe
low to withstand service hiking
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-03
THE Legislature
I. w. w. MEASURE TOO DRASTIC
FOR THE FARMERS.

Pierre, Feb. 3.-The Widlon bill to
came out on the floor of the house
for final vote this afternoon. There
was an apparent fear that with the
drastic amendment which had been
prepared for the bill the whole farm
labor movement to the state in the
fall would be stopped, and the farm
ers would be worse off than under
present conditions.
They want a law which will allow
the real farm laborers to come in and
keep the toughs out, and the bill was
sent back to the judiciary committee
to so shape the law as to give the
railway officials or some one else .he
power of passing judgment as to who
should be allowed to come in and
who should be barred.
An abstract of clear title Ito a
bride" was what Senator Urdahl da-
clared today would be required by ar
intending bridegroom under the pro-
visions of senate bill 81, which was
passed by the senate after opposition
from several of the members on diff
ferent grounds. The bill makes a
husband and wife equally liable for
any purchases of the necessities OF
life, and reaches back to claims
against a woman prior to marriage
1t was also declared to be a means OF
compelling a married woman to pay
whatever bills a worthless husband
cared to incur, but it passed after the
opposition talked itself out.
The warehouse and terminal ele-
vator people had another fight or
their hands in the senate this after
noon when the motion was made to
reconsider the vote by which the SEN
ate yesterday killed the bill author
izing the state board of corrections
to sell a tract of land in Sioux Falls
The question of the moral right OF
the state to hold property for spec
ulative purposes" was raised as the
reason why the tract of land should
not be placed in the hands of the
board to be disposed of. But on the
vote to reconsider, the senate refused
to grant that privilege.
The house passed the bill to reduce
the legal rate of interest to ~ per
cent in the state, after considerable
opposition by bare majority.
A constitutional amendment for
longer time and smaller annual pay
ments on sales of state lands is be
ing prepared by State Land Commis-
isoner N. E. Knight, who is working
on the theory that the state could
make more advantageous sales IL the
terms were made more liberal and thu
purchaser given longer time in max
ing his payments, or, in other words
place the sales of state lands on terms
near those under a rural credits plan
OF operation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-03
us. BREAKS DIPLO.
Matte RELATIONS
With GERMANY
GERMAN AMBASSADOR WILL BE
HANDED PASSPORTS
AT ONCE.
PREPARATIONS FOR WAR
PRESIDENT INFORMS CONGRESS-
THAT BREAK WAS DUE TO
SUB-WARFARE.

Washington, ID. c., Feb. 3. 2:45 p.
m.-Special: The United States has
broken with Germany. and Ambassa-
dor Bernstorff, German Ambassador
to the United States, will be handed
his passports at once. President Will
son will so inform Congress in joint
session this afternoon. Whether or
not there will be an actual deelara-
tion of war depends on Germany.
This country has made all prepara-
tion for any eventuality.