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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
'NTNNEKAH THROWS ITS
SUPPORT TO CHTCKASHA
in BUILDING GOOD ROADS
REPORTED
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
oklahoma City, Jan. 11.-With the
completion of huge task in account
ing, bringing the records only to June
30, 1915, State Examiner and Inspector
Fred Parkinson announced today that
on that date the county, city. township
and school bond and judgment indebt-
edness In Oklahoma amounted to a to-
tai of $56,676,S4S.46.
The average rate OF interest that IS
paid on this indebtedness is 5 per cent,
making the total payment annually
$2,S0O000 without reducing the prin-
cipal. Oklahoma county has the heav-
lest debt, with Muskogee second and
Creek county third.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
WILL SEND
REGRETS

London, Jan. 11.---(By mail.) Profes-
cor T. G. Masaryk will have to send
his regrets to Vienna when the time
comes for his execution. Masaryk is
scheduled to be the guest of honor at
the killing but doesn't believe he will
be able to attend.
The Austrian government conducted
regular orderly trial of Masaryk on
charges of high treason. He was sen
fenced to death following a verdict of
guilty. The defendant was in London
where he remains today as a lecturer
at the University OF London.
Masaryk is one of the most interest
ing figures in the Slav political and
scientific world. AS leader of the pro-
gressives in the Reichsrath he was for
ever demanding LIBERATION of the Czoch
nation from Austrian domination.
The outbreak Of the war made thing
very uncomfortable for the professor
in Austria so he left.
He had Organized and led the oppo-
sition to Austria s annexation of Bosnia
and Herzegovina
Masaryk, although theoretically an
enemy alien has found London a
friendly haven compared to his home.
land.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
THAW CUTS THROAT AS
DETECTIVE ENTERS DOOR

fmutilated with fazor he begged ia
be taken to st. Mary's hospital in pref
erence to any other and within a few
minutes he lapsed into unconscious
ness.
Lieutenant Detective Wood was the
first officer to enter the room of
Thaw's apartments. He says Thaw
was sitting calmly in chair watching
blood spurt from his open veins. The
officer snatched a handkerchief and
wrapped up the wounds.
AS Thaw slipped from his chair in a
faint he whispered "St, Marys." The
hospital is fully four miles from the
Fifty-third street house. Late this af-
ternoon it was announced that the con-
dition of Thaw is grave.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
NEW FEATURES OF
COMPENSATION BILL
BY United Press.

By United Press.
Oklahoma City. Jan. 1l.--Loss Of
both eyes by an employe in any Of the
industrial undertakings listed as "haz-
ardous" in the proposed new compen-
sation law will be considered a perma-
nent total disability, and will receive
compensation accordingly, If the pro-
posed law is passed by the present ses-
sion. Sixty-six and two-thirds per cent
of the average weekly wage Of the in
jured man will be paid during the con-
tinuance of the total disability.
In cases Of temporary disability six
ty-six and two-thirds per cent Of the
average weekly wage will be paid to
the injured during the continuance
thereof, but not to exceed three hun
dred weeks.
Permanent partial disability viii al
low an injured laborer sixty-six and
two thirds per cent OF the average
weekly wage but will be paid only for
the period named in the schedule. The
schedule viii be worked out by the in
dustrial commission should the bill be
encated.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
CHICKASHA
COUPLE
MARRIED
Miss Levy and Isaac SchIOtterbeck Wed
al Oklahoma City; Results of
School Romance

Another romance which began wher
both were students at c. H. S. culini
mated yesterday, when Miss Sadie lie
Wy and Isaac Schlotterbeck were mar
ried in the parlor OF the Skirvin hotel
at Oklahoma City. Judge Clark Of Ok
lahoma City performed the ceremony
in the presence of the parents of the
bride and groom and Mrs. E. Page OF
Dallas.
After a short honeymoon trip tc
Kansas City, they will be at home to
their friends at 6O2 South Seventh
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schlotterbeck are both
c. H. S. graduates of the class of '19.
The groom was fullback on that all
victorious G. H. S. football team OF
'12, the fastest team the locals have
ever had, He also starred in basket
ball and track meets. Miss Levy was
socially prominent at c. H. s. and was
a delightful hostess as all those who
had an opportunity to attend her fa-
nous weiner and chicken roasts will
agree. They have the very best wish
OF . Noe .. ,-isnds, that joy and pros
.ciity be theirs.
The groom is a son of C. Schlotter-
beck and the bride is the daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. Jorie Levy.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
ALLIED POWERS CLEARLY DEFINE AIMS IN FIGHTING
NEW RURAL
PHONE LINE

Another rural telephone line was con
nected with the city exchange yester
day. The new line has six subscribers
and will be known as the Washita Val
fey telephone line, the name being the
selection or Clyde Kelly, local manager
for the company.
With this addition the number Of ru-
raj subscribers who ring Chickasha di-
rect is 1926. On the new line the fol-
lowing have subscribed to date
XII SOL ], L. Smith.
XII 25 M, b. Johnson.
XII 525 A. H. Carter.
XII 255 C. E. Phillips.
XII Is Millard Holcomb.
XII Is Joe Nowatny.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
.YECCMEN
BLOW SAFE
AT TULSA
By United Press.

By United Press.
Tulsa. Okla, Jan. 1l.-Safe blowers
pulled off bold stunt here early this
morping whe nthey attempted by two
explosions to open the safe Of the
Usage and Oklahoma company in the
Pioneer Telephone building. The bust
ness district of the city was rocked by
the force Of the explosions.
A dozen telephone operators were in
the building at the time. The bandits
held two men workers in the room
while they were about their business.
The approach Of a third man drove
the robbers away and they made good
their escape.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
Will Be Out in Full Force on January "a
When Two Towns Will Convert Mime
kah Road Into Boulevard
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
TO BE BIG FACTOR
Citizens, However Prefer to Throw Sup
port to Rural Route Instead Of
State Highway

Ninnekah is behind Chickasha In the
, proposition 70 improve the roads to
that city and win give the movement
substantial support
This Is the word brought from the
meeting held at that place last night.
by J. w Kayser, publisher Of the Gra-
dy County Star, who was the spLzes-
man for the Chickasha delegation
which met with them
The meeting was numerously attend
ed by business men and farmers and
great enthusiasm became apparent as
the discussion Of the project progress
ed AS a result Ninnekah will be there
In full force on Jan "a the day set by
the Grady County Highways associa.
tion as the time for working the Min
nekah highway
John Crib Mr. Kayser, Conde Nc
Ginley and j. E. Holloway represented
chickasha at the meeting which was
presided over by DR. Gerard Of that
place. Among those who spoke were
r. A. Thompson. county commissioner
Frank Cabler and superintendent Isle
of the Nnnekah public schools. Mr.
Isles pledged the undivided support Of
the school boys In this great good
roads bee, and as evidence OF the in
terest already taken in the matter
thirty high school boys were present
and gave the school yell for Chickasha,
for Ninnekah and for good roads. All
the school children viii assist In this
great work, Mr. Isles declared.
Mr. Kayser gave detailed account
Of what was accomplished on the
Chiclxasha-C Cement Oil Field Highway
and outlined the organizion under
whieh the maximum results we're OBJ
tanned He declared Chlckasha was in
earnest in the promotion Of good roads
and wanted the co-operation OF Mime
kah in the Improvement Of the high
ways which connect the two towns.
Mr. Mckinley also spoke.
The discussion at Ninnelzah brought
out the fact that that town was as yet
undecided as TO which highway the cit
izens would throw their support to, fa-
voring the road which goes 1outh from
the Chickasha ball park and reaches
Ninnekah from the west which is the
rural delivery route and school wagon
road, in preference to the state high
way.
This matter, however, will be settled
at the next meeting which has been
called for Thursday night, Jan. IS,
when permanent organization viii be
effected
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
Calls Peace offer Trap.

By United Press.
London, Jan. live did not reject
peace terms. No terms were offered
We we're offered only trap baited
with fine Words
The foregoing language was used by
Premier Lloyd-George, speaking before
the guild hall meeting, commenting on
the allied answer to Germany's recent
peace note.
England and her allies have told
President Wilson that they desire
peace but that it must be real peace.
War is preferable to Prussian domina-
tion of Europe. Lloyd-George told the
guild hall meeting that this is the posi-
tion of the entente powers, made clear
in the note replying to the German
peace offer but clearer still in the re-
ply to the American note.
It was vociferously enthusiastic
crowd that greeted the premier as he
delivered his first speech since his
epochal address in the house Of com
mons voicing Englands refusal to en-
tertain Germany's peace terms. "The
kaiser told his people that the allies
had rejected peace so as to drug those
he could not dragon" said the pre-
mier
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
WANTS BASKET
BALL GAMES

Principal Madden of .ile Junicr High
school announced this morning that the
Junior High basket ball team, which
has been in training for month, is
now prepared to meet all comers Of
its class and will consider games with
any grade schools or small high
schools.
The Junior High takes in grades ur
to and including the eighth but feels
competent with high schools Of the
smaller towns.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
BY United Press.

Philadelphia, Jan. 11-Harry Ken
dali Thaw, slayer of Stanford White
now wanted in New York on an indiet.
ment charging him with kidnapping and
whipping a Kansas City youth, cut his
own throat in his apartments in west
Philadelphia early this afternoon.
Thaw was rushed to a hospital. The
seriousness of his condition could not
be learned. AT st. Mary's hospital his
condition was said to be serious. The
hospital authorities would not admit
that he was dead.
Thaw was located in an apartment on
Fifty-third street. He slashed his
throat and wrists as detective burst
into the room to arrest him. Terribly
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
oLEoMARGARINE FINDS
READY SALE IN STATE
BY United I'ress.

y NI11EV0 = EN""s
Oklahoma City, Jan. 11.--Oleomarga-
rine, or butterine, is a popular spread
for bread in Oklahoma, as is evidenced
by the three hundred and sixty licens-
es issued by the state board Of agricul-
ture last year to retail markets. The
apparent shortage Of butter fat, with
the accompanying high prices, has In
creased the sale Of margarine in the
state. Exactly s2.3s5.45 was realized
on the licenses.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
BY United Press.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE answer OF
the entente allies to President Will
sons note to the belligerents reached
the state department shortly before
noon today The deciphering Of the com
munication was started Immediately
and it was expected that the note would
be in shape for the president and Sec
retary Lansing to consider it within
an hour or two.
A state department message said the
allies reply had been delivered in Par
is and was being decoded. No advance
arrangement for the time Of publica-
tion of the note was made but the mes
sage will probably be given out here
and abroad concurrently.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
Reaches State Department Before Moor;
Will Soon Be Ready for President
to Consider
BRITISH PREMIER
RAPS GERMAN OFFER
Trap Baiied With Fine Words" Declares
War Preferable to Prussian
Domination
By United Presp


Washington, Jan. 11-Couched in
what officials hint is "clear, strong Ian
guage," the allied reply to President
Wilson's note to the belligerents reach
ed here today with an unmistakable
definition of exactly what the allies
are fighting for.
The note has not yet been complete
ly deciphered but it is understood that
it bears the foregoing character though
officially its contents have not yet been
disclosed. Secretary Lansing is expect
ed to give out the note in time for pub
lication in the morning papers.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
IN POLICE COURT

Eleanor Mckinney, negress, was
arrested for being drunk and disturb
ing the peace and was fined ste which
she paid. Hugh Whitworth was ar
rested for speeding on South Sixth
street.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
British HattIeship Sunk.

BY United Press.
London, Jan. 1.-THE British battle
ship CORVALLIS, OF fourteen thousand
tons displacement was torpedoed and
sunk in the Mediterranean, the admi-
rally announced today.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
BY Tn. ED Press.

Chicago, Jan. 1.-THE national exec.
utlve committee of the Socialist party
or America made a move to end the
war today.
By wireless and cables messages
were flashed by land and sea request
ing that an international Socialist con-
gress be held on June for the pur-
pose Of initiating a lasting peace.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
OPERATING INCOME OF
ROADS TAKE BIG LEAP
By United Press.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE net op-
Grating income OF IS5 large railroads in
the U. S. jumped 10000, 900 during the
four months ending Nov. 1, over the
corresponding period Of last year.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11

Mrs. H. H. Shaffer. who has been
the guest Of Mrs. W. E. Smith for the
past few days. returned tolay to har
home at FL Reno. aan
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
500 Turks Lost.

By United Press.
London. Jan. 11.-Six hundred Turks
were killed and wounded and sixteen
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11

Mr.. and Mrs. W. R. Paramore and
family left today for visit with rela-
tives at Duncan.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
NOT ENOUGH BABIES TO
GO AROUND IN DETROIT


BY United Press.
Detroit, Mich. jan 1l.-Pres-
tige Of the poodle suffered
blow here today when it was
learned that the demand for ba-
bies in Detroit exceeds the sup
uIy.
The Information came from
headquarters Of the Michigan
chidren's Zone Society, where
it was declared babies given
over TO the institution are TAX
en- away by women with an un-
satisfied mother love, almost
before they can be unwrapped.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11
WEATHER ELSEWHERE.

Western Union reports, 8 a. m.
; North Texas. clear; temper
, ature, 80 to 3S.
West Texas. clear to partly
) cloudy; temperature 27 to AZ.
Gulf Coast. clear, no rain re-
; ported; temperature As to 56.
: East Texas, clear; tempera-
ture 3s to 40.
Central Texas, clear; temper
) ature SO to so.
; Louisiana. part clody; tenn
perature 3S.
Oklahoma, clear, calm; tenn
perature 2S to "a.
Arkansas. clear; temperature
IS to "a.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11

You viii Find All the
Local News Every Day
in the Daily Express.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-11

News By Wire Daily
from the United Press
Association.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-16
GRANDMOTHER knew
There Was Nothing So Good for
Congestion and Colds
as Mustard

But the old-fashioned mustard-plaster
burned and bistered while it acted. You
can now get the relief and help that
mustard plasters gave, without the plas-
ter and without the blister.
Mustero1e does it. 1t is a clean,
white ointment, made with oil of
mustard. 1t is scientifically prepared.
SO that it works wonders, and yet
does not blister the tenderest skin.
Just massage Musterole in with the
finger tips gently. See how quickly
it brings relief how speedily the
pain disappears.
Use Musterole for sore throat, bron-
chitis, tonsilitis, Group, stiff neck,
asthma, neuralgia, headache, conges-
ton, p1eurisy, rheumatism, lumbago,
pains and aches of back or joints
sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chill
b1ains. frosted feet, colds of the chest
Git often prevents pneumonia).
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-16
pIMPLY? WELL, DON'T Be!
People Notice It. Drive Them Off
with DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets

A pimply face will not embarrass YOU
much longer if you get package of DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets. The skin
should begin to clear after you have
taken the tablets few nights.
Cleanse the blood, the bowels and the
liver with DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets,
the successful substitute for calomel-
there's never any sickness or pain after
taking them.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets do that
which calomel does, and just as effec-
lively, but their action is gentle and
safe instead of severe and irritating.
No one who takes Olive Tablets is
ever cursed with "a dark brown taste"
a bad breath, a dull, listless, no good"
feeling, constipation, torpid liver, bad
disposition or pimply face.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are
purely vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil; you will know them by their
olive color.
DR.. Edwards spent years among pa
tients afflicted with liver and bowel
complaints, and Olive Tablets are the
immensely effective result.
Take one or two nightly for week
See how much better you feel and look.
lOc and Csc per box. All druggists.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-16

medicine ! took. Every month since
was a young girl had suffered with
cramps in my sides at periods and was
never regular. / saw your advertise
ment in the newspaper and the picture
of woman who had been saved from
an operation and this picture was i'm
pressed on my mind. The doctor had
given me only two more days to make
up my mind so / sent my husband TO the
drug store at once for bottle Of Lydia
E. Pinkham' S Vegetable Compound, and
believe me, soon noticed change and
when l had finished the third bottle l
was cured and never felt better. Igrant
you the privilege to publish my letter
and am only too glad to let other women
know of my cure. Mrs. THos. MCGoN-
1GAL, 1882 Hartville Street, Phila., Pa.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-16
MEN HEARD
WAR NURSE
Miss johnson Spoke Saturday Even
inc to an Interested Audience
Regarding Her
Experiences.

An interested audience, composed of
a large percentage of men, heard Miss
l.. NJ. Johnson, Red Cross nurse in
her talk Saturday evening at the Y. w.
G. A. auditorium. At the close of the
talk Miss Johnson received volley of
questions, from her hearers, and sn-
swered these. supplenenting her form
al lecture with some informal data.
Miss Johnson told of the tea parties
which the English and the Saxons
have been having, there being bond
OF friendship between the two armies,
and their trenches being but short
distance apart.
One afternoon the English would
entertain in their trenches; the next
the Saxons in theirs. One day, how
ever, the Teuton officers saw this in
terchange of courtesies and decided to
remove the Saxon troops. The next
aftrnoon the English started for their
tea. and were met with rifle shots.
SISTER, that was the hottest cup OF
tea I ever had" one Tommy Atkins
told her when she was taking care OF
his wounds.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-16
OBITUARY

John Hall Dill, pioneer resident of
Lee county, died April Z, 1917. Mr..
dill was born in Warren county, Ohio,
January 10, 1926, where he resided
until the autumn of 1850, when he
came to Lee county as one of the early
pioneers. s
Fences and roads were unknown
when he with other heroic pioneers
gave themselves to the making of a
new country. He secured from the
government the farm on which he re-
sided these many years and lived to
see the wild prairie transformed into
a land of prosperous farms, schools
and churches. March rs, 1852 he was
united in marriage to Mary R. Bell,
who died August 10, 1870. Three chill
dren were born to this union, VIM.
Carl and Linnie B., who are left to
mourn his going and Julia Maud who
died December 5, 1898. He was mar
ried to Mary Ann Clark June 5, 1873
She died July 5, 1903. He leaves to
mourn his departure two children
VIM. c.. Dill and Mrs. frank Clark OF
Mt. Hamill, three grandchildren Ethel
and Marie Clark and Earl Carver, four
step children, Mrs. Martha Poulter OF
Cumberland, Wisconsin; H. R. Clark
of Salem, Iowa; Mrs. Lizzie H. Car
son of Gerly, Illinois and J. t. Clark
of Stockport, Iowa.
Mr.. Dill united with Sharon church
March 16, 1861 and during all these
wears has been one OF Sharon
staunch friends. In an official capacity
he served as Sharon's treasurer fol
about forty-fve years. He also serv
ed on the building committee of 1885
He passed to his reward on April Z
1917, having passed the ninety-hrs'
year of a long and full life. He re
tanned his physical and mental abill
ties in a very remarkable way until
few weeks before his death. His
hodv was laid to rest April at Sharon
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-16

and interesting report of the recent
state conference which she attended
as a delegate. The local chapter will
cooperate with the state society i'll
whatever patriotic work it shall out
line at the congress now in session ii
Washington A definite program VIII
be outlined, in which the Keokuk
chapter will have a part. Many eX-
presSionS Of regret were made at the
meeting because of the illness OF
Mrs. w. S. WINS. whose absence was
noted because she is one of the most
faithful in her attendance. The music
for the afternoon was by Mrs. Flor
ence Wright Schouten with piano aC-
compartment by Miss Clara Fry. Mrs.
Schouten led in the singing Of the
national hymn, and gave two delight
full solos.
Mrs. II. J. Reeves read The Spirit
Of America, Kipling's poem, hich
was written upon hearing that Amer
lea had joined the allies. There were
a number Of guests at the meeting,
among them Mrs. J. l.. S. Scadding
Mrs. L.. A. Hamill, Mrs. Schouten,
Miss Adalove Howell and Miss Kath
crime Martin of Chicago.
The afternoon closed with social
hour, at which delicious refreshments
were served. The patriotism Of tbs
hostess was displayed by the many
flags with which the rooms were deco
rated and her Americanism was
manifest in the portraits of five gen
erations which hung on the walls. IN
one of the rooms up stairs was a
spinning wheel which her great
grandmother had used in revolution
airy days.