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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-31
NICHOLS SOLD;
WADE MANAGER;
EFFECTIVE FEB. |

Announcement was made today
that the Nichols cleaners and tailors
establishment bad been sold TO J. ?
Wade, formerly of lFaniilton's, the
tran. er to be effective t0m)'1ow
February l. The firm will be operat-
ed under the name of Nichols and
the same force of workmen will be
retained. Mr.. Wade will assume ac.
tive management tomorrow.
Mr.. Wade needs no introduction to
the public, having been identified
with the cleaning and tailoring bust
ness in Chickasha for more than a
wear during which time he has been
on the job at Hamilton's. B. g. Ber-
" will continue in charge Of the
tailoring department Of the estab-
lishment under the new management.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-31


ter follows:
Camp Keany, Calf
Jan. %, 1918.
Dear Mother:
"Just wee little bit OF message
from this western coast to inform
you that | am still existent, and all
to the good. We know nothing moro
of joining our companions in France
than we did the first day we landed
here, but | Judge we are some closer
This old army of ours has developed
into marvelously efficient thing
and is no more the army of last year
than the warblings of a movie star
are those of Schuman Heink, who
sang out here for us few days ago.
And, tho uninitiated | am in the
mysteries of music, | want to register
myself as calculating that she can
do wonders with the "do-re-me" stuff
"Only small part of the soldiers
business nowadays is doing fours-
right and fours-left' That is merely
for discipline. And the major part
Of his sleeping hours is after day
Of interesting work with a bayonet
hand grenade, offensive Or defen
sive gas, listening posts patrols,
sniping, or what not One thing is
sure. once a dcIlI or detail is per-
fected he is not kept on it uIti he
sickens at the sight or mention of
it, as wont of last year.
Every company now has its ma
chine gun squads, bombing squads,
throwers, caifl1Is, listeners, bayon.
ct experts, snipers and all of that
Each company is a regiment of 1t.
self, and offensive and defensive or
ganization, ready and equipped for
anything.
Nov, about the army of a year
and half ago: there was a tented
Y. N. c. A. perched up on the hill
for some 1000 men, in it were few
writing tables, few years-old maga-
zines, a phonograph and some chairs;
there was no place lady could rest,
put powder on her face, gee bite to
eat or do any OF the hundreds Of
other things that make the cheeks
look brighter and the lips redder;
there was no place for the soldier to
go, that is within the camp, to Gmuse
himself, if he Soul1 shage the r1em-
ories of hard day he must take
himself to town or to bed; there was
no alternative; If perchance he de-
sired the trip to another part of the
camp, he must take 1t ever some
rutted path or road; his tent was
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-31
CRISIS OF
STRUGGLE
HAS COME
BY United Press,

By United Press.
Washington, Jan. 91-The culmi-
mating crisis of the struggle has
come and the achievements of this
year will determine the issues with
one side or the other
President Wilson thus warned the
farmers of the country in making
public the address which he had
planned to deliver at Urbana, ILL.,,
today.
He said that the fighting and free
dom of the world depended upon us
to an extraordinary degree for their
sustenance and for the supply of ma.
terials by which the men are to
move and fight. We must win he
said "and we will VIM
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-31

lighted with candles; his meals
were cooked over an i'll heating, mis-.
shaped blasphemed stoves; his tent
was pitched on the side of a rocky
hill; his food was, like as not, half
cooked, over cooked, or full of flies;
and things were generally run in an
ill managed, soul sickening manner
To-day there are numerous, large,
accommodating Y. NJ c. AS floored,
amply supplied with writing paper
writing desks, seats, etc. And today
there is Y. M. G. A., more fittingly
called "The Hostess Home" where
all kinds of Accommodations are pro-
vided for lady visitors, OF houses a
cafeteria, lounges, waiting rooms,
and the Lord only knows what other
artificial beautifying devices are pro-
vided. Then we have our coney
island, an amusement corner whore
the boys are wont 10 gather after
the last recall has gone; 1t has a
shooting gallery, an immense one. a.
gigantic movie theatre, two photo.
graphic galleries, thirty table pool
and billiard hall, well equipped II.
brary, and various and sundry other
wholesome amusements, and more
are being arranged for.
Again, our streets are all paved.
our tents are electric lighted, floored
and not crowded Our meals are
cooked by competent, cleanly cooks
on gas ranges that will cook. Things
are as clean and sanitary as ones
own home, and the meals are excel
lent, better than any boarding house
and an Improvement on three out of
five restaurants; and there is not
enough food wasted to support any
considerable number of birds.
my detail to the University Of
California was held up some place
by the loss of paper and SC, tho
have been recommended as irg
mentally, morally and physically quail.
flied for entrance to the selected
crowd, aviation section, it will he
another month before | will leave
this camp. Such is the way Of the
army my papers must again go to
and be indorsed by some
clerk and signed by another clerk
and sent through another Clerk to
San Francisco, and then come through
a couple of clerks here and the lul
after these various and sundry Eu,
mans have done their damage l will
be ordered to report
while the army has improved in
lots Of ways / believe it is as ham
pered today in the way of paper work
and red tape as was 1t ever.
Glad you liked the service bars
and are proud of them. sincerely,
Van"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-31
G.O.P.PUTS
BARRACE ON
WARDELAYS
Camp Kearny, Calf
Jan. %, 1918.


By United Press.
Washington, Jan. S1-A republican
barrage on the war department delays
is under way in the senate Numer-
GUS members are preparing speeches
designed to throw a heavy support
back of the Chamberlain War Cabi-
net bill before it gets out of the
committee.
Senator Wadsworth of New York
vol probably lead the attack. He
has prepared elaborate charts show
ing how the present system has three
unofficial boards between the presi-
dent and the war making agencies.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-31
GAS TROUBLE AGAIN

For the third time this month. the
gas pressure today was very low and
at times completely shut off. At
the office of the company it was an.
nounced that a frozen pipe was the
cause Of the trouble.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-31
ICE IMPERILs SECTION

BY United Press.
Cincinnati Jan S1-The Ohio river
is held back by an ice gorge at Mad
ison, Ind, where it is at flood stage
and rising so rapidly that families
appealed for rescue from their homes.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-31
College Recital Postponed

1t was announced by President
Austin this morning that on account
of the weather, the students recital
that was to be given at the college
this evening has been indefinitely
postponed,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-31
SUBS GET IS SHIPS
By United Press.


London, jan S1-Nine ships Of
over 1900 tons and six under that rig
ure, we're sunk by submarines, the
weekly statement says.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-31
seiae at HAMBURG

By United Press
Copenhagen, Jan. 31--According to
q Hamburg socialist newspaper, the
commanding general of the Hamburg
section has declared state of seige
at Hamburg, Altoona and Wandsbeck.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-31
: SHORT STORIES !
3 OF THE TOWN !
. .sIIItl1Istsfittst1tt,., ,,,tt....,s...,,,,,,,s.
Held for LawtOn Officers

Held for Lawton Officers
Jim Taylor was taken off tho train
here yesterday by Offices Who lad
been Notified that he had stolen n
watch at Lawton He was placed in
Jail here TO await officers from Law
ton.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-31
Minimum Casualty List
Air Raid on Paris
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
Paris, Jan. 91-Numerous casualties
were caused by last nights German
air raids on Paris according to Off.
cial statement received today. Two
hospital women and children were
victims. Four escadrilles crossed the
French lines.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-31
GOVERNMENT SElZES
ALL WHEAT IN CANADA
By United Press.

Dy DuILtu TIbob.
Winnipeg. Jan S1-All the wheat in
elevators throughout Canada, ap.
proximating l0OOO0.OOO bushels was
seized by the government today for
export overseas,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-31
Judge Lin at Lawton

There was a change of his Honor
at the court house today, Judge
win Linn having been called to Law
ton to sit as a special judge th,>e
for a few days and his place here was
taken by Judge Cham Jones Of wau-
r4ka
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-31
Soldiers and Strikers Clash

Soldiers and Strikers Clash
BY United Press.
Geneva. Jan. 31--A Basle dispatch
reports serious conflicts between
troops and strikers in Berlin and adds
that the fighting resulted in casual.
ties.
AT some places the soldiers re-
fused to fire on the strikers. viena
dispatches report that the soldiers
started the recent strike, various Of
the officers leading the movement.
Glasses DemobiIized
BY United Press.
Petrograd Jan. 31-The demobili.
zation of army classes Of 1904 to 1907
inclusive. was ordered today.
Minimum Casualty List
Bv United Pres1.
London, Jan 31-The smallest
British casualty list since August Is
contained in the months report just
passed. It shows, 47,OS4 killed,
wounded and missing.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-31

e+%+4++++++* $50
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-31
AMERICANS ARE KILLED in BOCHE RAID ON SALIENT
Big Difference In Army
Camps Year Ago and No1O
Says Chickasha Soldier

DR.. and Mrs. C. S. Foster Of this
city have just received letter from
their son, Van Foster, who is now at
an army post in California The let.
ter follows:
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-31
THE WEATHER
For Oklahoma.
Local Temperature.

10; minimum SR
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-09
FRAUD CHARGED
IN THIRD SUIT

A third suit has been filed in the
circuit court against the Wayne In.
ternational Building and Loan assoc
iation OF Cambridge City, in which
officials Of the company are charged
with conspirirg to defraud the public
through the sale OF worthless stock.
Ruth Mckee filed suit late Monday
alleging that she had purchased $500
worth Of stock in the company. claim.
ing that officials at that time repre-
sented the investment as bona fide.
Some time later. she said, she learned
the stock was worthless. "
She asks the court for $1,000 dam
ages to include the amount she in
vested and dividends which were new
er paid by the company. The offic-
ers Of the organization at the time it
was declared defunct are named as
the defendants in the case.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-09
DOCTORS ADVISE
SPRING TONES
Say There Is Nothing Equals Iron
and Phosphates

Experienced Doctors claim that ev-
e~vorn should take a good tonic in
the Spri-g. that during the cold win
tor months we all eat too much meat,
fats. heavy foods and too little fresh
vegetables. that the entire system is
clcgged up. overloaded and over-work-
I'd. causing thin, impure watery blood
and that tired. nervous feeling. PIN.
pics and lad complexion.
Honest doctors all over the land
haze fcurd and are recommending
ard prescribing phosphates and iron
as their spring tonic for the blood and
nerves. they say it removes all i'm
purities. unclcss the channels and
sends the rich. red life-giving blood
through the veins. renewing health.
strength and nerve force as nothing
else will.
II you are all in. run down. tagged
out and your nerves all shot to pieces
and the JOY gone from life take Phos.
phated Iron. the red blood and nerve
builder. II will make a new man or
woman OF you. make you feel like
doing things again, renews that youth
full feeling, you can almost feel your
self coming back. Try Phosphated
Iron today. il has helped thousands
and will not disappoint YOU.
To insure physicians and their pa
tents getting the genuine Phosphated
Iron II is put up in capsules only. do
not allow dealers to give you pills or
tablets. Insist on capsules. Conkey's
Drug Co, and leading druggists every
where.-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-09
Sister of A. L. Study
is Buried at Dublin

p CAMBRIDGE CITY, April 9.-Mrs.
Elizabeth S. Cranor, 81 years old,
widow of Rev. John Cranor who died
at Warren. Ind, Thursday was buried
at Dublin Saturday. Mrs. Cranor was
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Study Almost her entire life had been
spent in Wayne county. She had been
lifelong member of the United
Brethren church.
She leaves five children: o. n. Ora
nor of Albany, Ind, Mr.. Meta Cranor
and Mrs. Lewis Eliason of Muncie,
Mrs Asa Wellington of Elwood, and
Mrs. Samuel Saintmeyer of Seattle,
Wash She is also survived by two
brothers, A. l.. Study Of Richmond, and
DR.. j. n. Study of Cambridge City; and
four sisters, Mrs. w. r. Fairy and Mrs.
William Locke OF indianapolis, Mrs.
Miller of Berkeley, California, and
Mrs. Josephine Nichols of Chicago.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-09
Start Tomorrow
and Keep It Up
Every Morning
Get In the habit Of drinking 4
glass Of hot water before
breakfast.

=. We're not here long, so let's make
our stay agreeable. Let us live well,
eat WELL digest well, work well, sleep
well. and look we'll. What a glorious
condition to attain, and yet, how very
easy it is if one will only adopt the
morning inside bath.
Folks who are accustomed to feel
dull and heavy when they arise. split
ting headache, stuffy from a cold. foul
tongue. nasty breath, acid stomach,
can, instead, feel as fresh as a daisy
by opening the sluices of the system
each morning and flushing out the
whole of the internal poisonous stag
nant matter.
Everyone, whether ailing, sick or
well. should, each morning, before
breakfast, drink a glass of real hot
water with teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate in it to wash from the
stomach liver and bowels the preyi-
Gus days indigestible waste, sour bile
and poisonous toxins. The action of
hot water and limestone phosphate on
an empty stomach is wonderfully in
MIGRATING. 1t cleans out all the sour
lamentations, gases, waste and acid
ity and gives one a splendid appetite
for breakfast.
The millions of people who are
bothered with constipation, bilious
spells, stomach trouble; others who
have sallow skins, blood disorders and
sickly compilations are urged to get a
quarter pound of limestone phosphate
from the drug store. This will cost
very little, but is sufficient to make
anyone a pronounced crank on the
subject of inside bathing before break
fast-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-09
Awarded $50 for
Personal Injuries

Mrs. Beulah Hobbs was awarded
$3.50 damages in circuit court Tuesday
morning, in her case against Glenn
Walters for injuries she claimed to
have received when she was struck by
his automobile some time ago. The
suit was for $500
Two other suits filed against Wal
tiers by Robey Hobbs setting forth the
same complaint, were dismissed by the
court.J In these two cases the plaintiff
asked $500 and $500 damages. Court
charges were ordered paid by the de-
PENDANT in all of the cases.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-09
THREE MINISTERS
IN AUTO ACCIDENT

EATON, O., April s.-Dr. Daniel
Brownlee, DR.. J. X. Gibson. DR.. M. 2
Wilson and Rev. D. L. Meyers. promi-
nent Presbyterian ministers OF Day
ton. Ohio. were injured. but not Sc
riously, in an automobile accirent
near Eaton Monday afternoon. Their
injuries consisted OF cuts. scratches
and bruises. The car they occupied
turned over at a point about one mile
south of here on the .Eaton-HamiltOn
pike. 1t is said the driver lost con-
troll of the car, causing 1t to swerve
and turn over. The car was being
driven at a moderate rate OF speed at
the time the accident happened. 1t Is
said
The ministers were going from
DAYTON to Oxford, O., where the Day
ton Presbytery was in session. Ihey
had stopped here for dinner and had
resumed their journey. They ex-
pected to go south from here to Cam
den and then across to Oxford.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-09
LETTERS 4 CITE
[contlnued FROM Page one.l

times said that It could never be cap
tured by the German army no matter
how vast an array should be levelled
against it. Mountain peaks, thous-
ands of feet high, extend into the
sky upon both sides of it with the
Rhine coursing its way through the
gorge.
Huns Nearly Starved.
In one Of the letters recently re-
ceived from a relative there was con-
siderable comment regarding German
prisoners that were being shipped in
to Switzerland by the allied armies.
These Germans, according to the let
ter, are so weak and feeble from hun
ger and privation. that it is remark
able they are able to fight at all.
Many of them. the letter said. have be-
come so thin and worn that their
skin hangs in pouches from their
bodies
Well fed and we'll kept in the days
before the great war. they are now
experiencing its terrible toll These
conditions are said to exist through
the entire German army and would
seem to indicate that there is an
acute shortage of food in Germany.
The men eat, it is said, as though
they had not tasted real food for
many days. They are we'll cared for
by the Swiss, and kindly treated in
the cause of humanity, though this
can never he said of the prisoners
taken by the kaiser's hordes.
In the extreme northern part of
Switzerland thousands of children
brought across the border from Aus
tria-Hungary are being cared for by
the kind-hearted Swiss folk. These
children are mostly orphans made
fatherless and homeless by the war
When first brought into the country
they are almost starved and only half
clothed There is not enough food or
clothing In Austria to provide for the
little ones, the letter further states
and the Swiss are caring for the chill
dren purely through humanitarian
motives.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-09
FORMER POSTMASTER
OF new PARIS DIES

NEW PARIS, O., April 9.-Augus-
tus A. McNeill, IS years old, promln.
ent- in political circles here, died
Monday afternoon at his home north
of here. McNeill has been in poor
health for the last year and Monday
suffered his third stroke of paralysis
He was at one time postmaster OF
New Paris and has been prominent IN
Republican politics. He was a mem
Der of the Knights of Pythias. BE-
sides his widow, he is survived py one
daughter and one son, Paul Mcneil.
and one grandson. His mother ana
one sister, Miss Nell Mcneil, also
survive. Funeral arrangements Will
be made as soon as Paul Mcneil ar
rives.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-09
five BILLION
Tcontinued From page one.l

ognize even now that it is the cities
such as New York. Chicago. Boston.
Philadelphia, San Francisco and other
financial centers that will supply the
bulk of the subscription figures, but
the evidence Of small towns and rural
competition indicates probable wide
distribution of bonds.
Every new buyer means a new
booster for the war, the loan promo
tiers say, and this is one of their
chief reasons for exulting over the
prospects Of reaching communities
whose showings heretofore were poor
The enthusiasm apparent through
out the South, has been subject of
special comment at the treasury
since the campaign opened Saturday.
Towns of considerable size, which ap-
peared Indifferent in the first and
second loans, now are buzzing with
activity.
The suggestion has gone out to
small towns from headquarters that a
great signboard be erected at the
railway station, to bear the design Of
the honor flag with the words. Help
our town win the right to fly this
flag" When won, the flag could be
raised on a mast at one side of the
board and the sign changed to preach
the winning of double subscription
star. This has been done by several
towns on Long Island, where the idea
Of the honor flag originated.
Under Secretary McAdoos new ar
rangement for giving out only figures
on actual subscriptions reaching fed
eral reserve banks, it will be probably
three or four days yet before an ade-
quate idea OF the country's pledges
can be determined
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-09
Eaton Boys Get Medals
\ for Selling Liberty Bonds

EATON, O.. April Each of these
Boy Scouts has received service bar
for having sold ten or more Liberty
bonds in both the first and second
Liberty loan campaigns: John Parker.
Jr., William Hiestand. Cooper Waters,
Walter Fichback. Howard Petry and
Marion Young. These scouts received
service medals for selling ten or more
bonds in the second campaign: Elmer
Frech, Arthur Jackley, Cecil Stephens,
Joseph Lugar. Jr., Demetrius Manoo-
sos, Herbert Scofield. Malcolm Clear,
Joseph Christman and Glenn Wright.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-09
400 Bushels of Seed Corn
Sells Fast at Greensboro

More than 400 bushels of the seed
corn being sold at Greensboro by c:
S. Martindale. proprietor Of an eleva-
tor there, has been ordered already
by farmers in that section. according
to J. c. Kline, Wayne county agri-
cultural agent, who was in Green's
fork Monday.
Mr. Kline said that while the corn
was grown in Missouri, he is of the
opinion that it will mature in this soil.
Farmers who wish to purchase any of
the, present shipment will have to
hurry their orders.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-09
Attending State Meeting
of Food Administrators

Harry S. Gilbert, Wayne county food
administrator. Guy Gottschall. chair
man of the Richmond hotel and restau-
rant keepers association. and w. H.
Quigg. head Of the bakers division Of
the county. are in Indianapolis attend
ing a state conference of food conser-
Walton officials.
The meeting was called by DR..
Harry F. Barnard, federal food admin
istrator for Indiana. its purpose being
to discuss food conservation problems
that confront local administrators.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-09
City Statistics
Deaths and Funerals.

TRUMAN-Elvira F. Truman, So
years old died at I o'clock Tuesday,
at the home of her son, 206 North
Eleventh street, from paralysis. She
leaves one son, j. l.. Truman. Short
funeral services will be held at the
home Wednesday evening at 1880
o'clock, and the body will be taken to
Xenia, O., for burial Thursday morn
ing.
COX-Mrs. Jefferson Cox died at
noon Tuesday at her home. 322 North
Seventeenth street. Funeral arrange
ments have not yet been complied.
KINGSLAND-The funeral of Mrs.
Mary KinSsland, who died in Huston
Texas, will be held here Wednesday
at 10 o'clock. from the home of B. B.
Myrick, 1926 North Eleventh street.
Rev. r. d. Baldwin will be in charge
of the services.