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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-04-26
THIS IS WHAT'S
CALLED GUSHER

~ UDited Press.

'y UDited Press.
Dallas, Tex, April 26-The New
England Fuel company's oil well in
the Fauncu field, Mexico, has broken
loose and is flowing 10000 barrels
daily, according to reports received
here.
Hundreds Of workers are building
impounding tanks to conserve the oil
and prevent the flowing river from
creating q fire hazard,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-04-26
CLARK DECLINES
SENATORSHIP

BY United Press.
Washington, April 26.-Champ
Clark, speaker of the house, declin-
ed to accept the Missouri senator
ship to succeed the late Senator
Stone.
In a telegram to Governor Gard
ner, of Missouri, Clark said he be-
lieved he could render more service
to his country as speaker of the
house than he could in the senate.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-04-26
Nine Killed in Action.
By United Fress.

Washington, April 26.-Nine were
killed in action, five died of wounds
three Of disease, thirty-three were
severely wounded and twenty-five
slightly wounded, according to the
casualty list forwarded to the war
department by General Pershing to,
day.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-04-26
GERMANS DRIVE WEDGE
BETWEEN ALLIES BUT
WINNER IS IN DOUBT
slleIIs
tionors for Americans.

TTVTTVTo Tut NIWUTTVaTo'
BY United Press
With the American Army in Lor,
raine, April pa French general
will decorate with a war cross the
colors Of the American regiment that
defeated picked German troops in a
five day attack at Toul two weeks
ago.
individual members of the regi-
ment viii also be decorated. This
will be the first time for an Ameri-
can regiment to receive the French
war cross. The ceremony will take
place Sunday.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-04-26
cPERETTA, "THE WILD ROSE"
o. c. W. APRIL 80, s:15 P. M,

This will Be one Of the snappiest
numbers Of the years entertainments.
1t is given by the Glee club and is
full of good, wholesome fun, catchy
music and attractive dancing.
Don't fail to see this operetta.
Admission 25c.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-04-26
Bombed with Kaiser There.

Bombed win Kaiser ! mere.
BY United Press.
Copenhagen, April 26.-A British
airmen bombed the Zebrugge mole
while the kaiser was inspecting the
results of the naval raid there, ac-
cording to dispatches received here.
II is reported that the kaiser remain
ed, completing his inspection.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-04-26

lContinucd on page 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
LEADS DELlVERANCE OF
GREEKS FROM BONDAGE
Former Gov. Metaxa of Saloniki
Tells Harvard Club Of Pressing
Needs of His Countrymen.

BOSTON, December 21.-The appeal
domination of the Turks and Bull
garians in Macedonia. Thrace, Asia
Minor and the islands Of the Dodeca-
nese was voiced recently by John N.
Metaxa, formerly governor OF SALON.
Xxi, in an address delivered before the
Harvard University Club. He declared
that the great majority of the Greeks
in Epirus. Macedonia, Thrace ana
Asia Minor were still in bondage.
Now" he said. 1.-The critical moment
is at hand when the great debt owed
Hellenism by civilization may be re-
paid. 1t is on behalf of the liberia
ton, the self-determination, the hu-
man dignity of these millions that l
great country.
People of America. be. the first
to acknowledge this debt Help us not
only by expressing your sympathy,
but by actually proclaiming to the
world your unshakable determination
that Your will shall be asserted. that
the Turk be sent back to his lair,
and that for the Greek people the day
of liberty and national unity shall at
last dawn"
In support of the Greek demand for
the restoration of the territory he
history of the Byzantine empire and
the centuries during which it main
tanned civilizations bulwark against
the hordes of Turks and Bulgarians.
In Constantinople, he said, there are
now 364,459 Greeks and a total of
1884, $50 Christians and Jews as against
449,114 Turks. In Asia Minor he said
there are 1,617.900 Greeks, and in
Smyrna more than twice as many
Greeks and Turks. In northern Epirus
the Greeks numbered 107.557. in the
Dodecanese Islands, the twelve
islands of the Aegean, there were
120,727 Greeks.
In Thrace, he said, the Greek cities
of Yanthi and Ghioumouldjina were
handed over to the Bulgars by the
treaty of Bucharest, while there were
more Greeks than Turks in the villa
yet of Adrianop1e, the second city of
the Turkish empire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
PUBLIC LIBRARY. HOURS.
Announcement for Holiday Season.
Will Close Christmas Day.

The Public Library announces the
following hours for the holiday sea-
son. The central library will open
on December n from 8 am. to IL
o'clock noon and will be closed on
Christmas day. On December 81 the
library will be open from 0 am. to
) pm. On January l the library will
be open at the usual hours, 8 am.
to pm.
The regular week day hours at the
Takoma Park Branch are to 9.p.m.
On December "a the branch will be
open from to ) pm, but will be
closed on Christmas day. On Deem
Der 81 the branch will be open from
. to ) pm. and on January 1 from
. to o pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
WELCOMES MEN OF THE 10Th.
Wife of Division Commander Ere
quent Visitor at Meade.

CAMP MEADE, December 21.-Now
that men of the 10th Division are
arriving, no one is taking more in
terest in their stories than Mrs. Kuhn,
wife of Maj. Gen. Joseph E. Kuhn,
commander of that division. Men
from overseas are delighted to find
the wife of their commander on hand
to welcome them and acclaim them.
They have told her many incidents
of the generals own activity and
fearlessness in the face of great dan
gers. '
Mrs. Kuhn's visits :. to camp have
prompted Gen. Joseph A. CASTOR to
put his own automobile at her dis
posal. SO that she can get about in
her visits to the convalescent men
now in widely scattered parts of the
reservation. The only ones in the
hospital are those ill or suffering
from some wound that seemed to be
nearly healed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
I Off to Porto Rico to Study Quakes

Prof Harry +. Reid of the Johns Hop
kins University and Prof. Stephen Fa-
Der of the University of South Carolina
have gone to Porto Rico at the request
of the Secretary of War to study the
severe earthquakes which did serious
damage to that island in october.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22

Brig. Gen. Martin Gets Discharge.
Brig. Gen. Charles I. Martin. U. S.
Army. has been honorably discharged
by the President as a brigadier gen.
eral
The nonpartisan leader., 1918-05-13

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Want Buy 4 If :ss S i s; Ss
Something? ~ '''s"s 100. ''''o WHO
!: 2- The Leader help him 1ook
the advertising of highclas articles
Shop First in the farmer Firms which advertise the Leader giving
Pages the Leader not fighting farmers organzatens
to oirmswh hichadvrts tseint1
acremsep write
line in rprei
s in advertising
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the Advertiser 600. S:s:
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sl winning the and at the time helping
i'll
these advertisers
Ill o oyou adngas
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Mexico Missouri message., 1918-05-02
All He Wanted.

Two out-state monument dealers
CHANGED to meet on the rear platform
Of a street car, and they were soon
talking shop. After they had discuss
ed designs and inscriptions for several
blocks, one Of the dealers happened to
notice that a colored passenger was
listening to the conversation with APP
parent interest.
Turning to the colored man, the deal
er asked:
"You seem to be interested In tomb
stones, what do you want on your
gravef"
Say, boss" replied the negro. y
don't want none OF them stone mark
ers. When l die want 'em to plant
watermelon vine on my grave and
then let the glorious Juice soak
through. Indianapolis News.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-05-02
MAKE MIGRANTS WORK

them to put in operation the following
plan:
/. Join forces with their sheriffs,
solicitors and superior court judges to
arrest and convict all Migrants.
2. To give the Migrants the choice
OF going to the chain gang or going to
the farm, and probation them to work
on farms under proper supervision.
8. Follow UP the prosecution of
Migrants with the utmost persistence
and vigor, making 1t certain of pun
ishment for Migrants, that idle men
will go to work voluntarily.
Governor Dorsey believes 1t is the
duty of every state to force every idle
man to work before 1t calls on the
government to furlough men from mill
itary service. He believes there are
thousands of men loafing in cities and
towns throughout the state. He be-
lieyes the sheriffs and courts will be
glad to Join In statewide crusade,
which shall not be relaxed, to put
these men to work. He believes the
man power thus conserved win great
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-05-02

One of the most attractive booklets
Issued recently is the year book put
out by Swift G Company, covering the
activities Of the big packing concern
during the year 1917. Serving as an
introduction is the address of the vice
president e. f. Swift, to the stock
holders. in which he tells of the abnor-
mally high prices paid for live stock
in Chicago and of the prices obtained
for meat; of the investigation by the
federal trade commission, and the H.
censing by the government Of food dis
tributing agencies and the limiting Of
profits on slaughtering and meat pack
ing to per cent on money employed.
Mr.. Swift also told with pride of the
$500 employees who had entered the
various branches Of the United States
service, and concluded with the state
ment that Swift & Company would do
their utmost to help win the war.
An interesting and illuminative sec
ton of the booklet is that devoted to
statistics Of live stock prices and pro-
duction, and another Is given up to
telling "the packers service to pro-
Queer and consumer" Figures are
given showing that the net profit of
the company per head, 1912 to 1916.
averaged $1.22 for cattle, less than Is
cents for sheep and less than SO cents
for hogs. 1t is explained that the large
aggregate profits are due to the Inn
mense volume of business done.
The booklet is handsomely illus
trated with photographs and color
prints and the cover illustration. made
from a photograph of a corn farm in
Ohio, Is especially attractive.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-05-02
ARRANGEMENT OF HEN HOUSE
NO Floor Needed Where Drainage 10
Good--DroppIng Boards Should
Be Cleaned Daily.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
When the soil Is well drained and
consequently will remain dry no floor
need be used In the poultry house, the
ground itself serving as the floor.
Often a slight dampness can be cor
rected by filling up the floor several
inches above the outside ground with
sand, cInders, gravel, or dry dirt.
Three or four inches Of the surface of
the floor, and of the run IL very small
run is used, should be removed and re-
placed with fresh dirt two or three
times a year. II the ground is so wet
or damp that this condition cannot be
corrected by filling 1t is best to provide
a board floor, as this will help to keep
the house dry. will allow easier clean
dng and will promote the general
health and welfare of the hens. A
house with board floor should be set
on posts or blocks, so that it is.5 to IL
inches above the ground. When this
space is left the floor will not rot so
quickly and rats are not so likely to
take refuge under the house.
In order to keep the flock in clean
and sanitary condition, dropping
boards should be provided and roosts
above them. This makes 1t easy to
remove the droppings each morping
and helps greatly to keep the house
free from objectionable odors. A lit
tie sand or ashes sprinkled on the
dropping board after each cleaning
will be found to make the cleaning
easier.
The dropping boards and roosts
should be placed against the back wall.
Here they are out of the way and at
the same time where they are least
likely to be reached by drafts. The
dropping boards should be about 20 to
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-05-02

interior Of WeiI-Equipped Hen House.
80 inches from the floor, depending on
the height of the building. This gives
space enough under them so that the
hens have room to exercise and is not
too high for the heavier hens to fly up
to. The roOsts should be or inches
above the dropping boards. If more
than single roost is used, they should
be on the same level; otherwise all the
hens will try to crowd upon the high
est roost. A piece of 2 by or by 8,
laid on edge and with the upper cor
ners rounded off, makes good roost.
A pole, or even a piece of board or 8
inches wide, may be used. If the roost
Is of light material and fairly long, 1t
should be supported in the center, as
well as at the, ends, to prevent it from
sagging badly. An allowance of z to
10 inches of roost space per fowl, ac-
cOrdlng to the size of the birds, should
be made. If more than one roost is
used, they should be placed about 10
inches apart.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-05-02
Georgia Is No Place for the
"Weary WiIlies."
Governor Puts Into Force Machinery
That Will Reach Them In
That State.

Savannah, Ga.-Woe to every
"Weary william" that brings himself
Geotgiaward In the quest of rest and
peace under the balmy Southern skies
from now on.
AS a war measure Gov. Hugh Dor
sey has put into force machinery de-
signed to force every vagrant in
Georgia to go to work, and 1t will be
systematically and perslstently fol-
lowed up by him as a means Of reliev-
ing the farm labor shortage.
To meet the situation Governor Dor
sey has addressed'a special and urgent
communication to every county coun-
ell Of defense in the state requesting
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-05-02
FINDS PEARL WORTH $500
Discovery in Black River In Missouri
Sends Whole County Wild
With Excitement.

West Plains Mo.--A pearl, said to
be worth $500, was found In shell
in the Black river, near here, and the
county is wild with excitement. A
stranger stepped into the store Of Mel
Fry a few days ago and showed him
a pearl as big as a hazel nut sticking
In a shell. The two soon came to
terms.
A few days later pearl buyers made
an offer of $1,000 to Mr.. Fry for the
pearl the way 1t stood and $500 If
It proved perfect. 1t weighs $50
grains.
Fry refused to sell.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-05-02
RECALLS DAYS OF LAFAYETTE
Sign That Formally Hung on Tavern
at Lisbon, Conn.,, Is Unearthed
In Attic.

Lisbon, Gonna sign, finely carved,
which formerly hung on the Johnson
Tavern In this town and bearing on its
face the inscription, "Refreshment for
Man and Beast" with the date of its
construction, 176S, and finely carved
representation of an elm tree, which
formerly stood In front of the old tav-
ern, was recently unearthed in an at
tic of the home of A. f. Read here
The tavern formerly sheltered Lafay-
cite when he passed through this
country after the Revolution.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-05-02
SEAT-SP0NGERS UNDER BAN
Women Organize Society to Diseoun
age Practice Of Accepting Seats
From Tired Workers.

Denver, Colo.-A Society for the
Prevention of Seat Sponging Among
Women" is being organized by Mrs.
Marie Jeanne Silvestre-Thorpe. Den
yer social leader.
The object Of the society, as ex-
planned by its sponsor. is to foster a
sense of justice and proportion among
idle women relative to the acceptance
of seats in street cars from men who
have been working Srom eight to
twelve hours"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-05-02
BUFFALO HERD THRlVES WELL
seventy-FlVe Placed In Yellowstone
Park Twenty-Five Years Ago
Now Totals 800 Head.

Cody, Wyo.-There's no race suicide
among the herd of buffalo that the
United States government maintains
Mt Yellowstone park. Twenty-Five
years ago, when Uncle Sam feared the
buffalo was becoming extinct, he
placed a herd Of IS in the preserve
here. Today. according to T. G. Fra
ger, keeper Of the herd, there are 800
head. Flfty-six calves have been born
during the past six months.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-05-02
Her Good Taste.

"Say, listenw uttered CIaudine of
the rapid-fire restaurant. The for
tune teller told me last night that
was going to be married next month"
"Geep breathed Helolse Of the
same establishment. "Who tor
Jaw. didn't think It was Just ex-
actly proper to ask his name. You see,
I amt got my divorce from Silver yet. "
kansas City Star.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-05-02
ERADICATION OF ALL PESTS
First Step Should Be to Clean House
and Then Thoroughly Spray or
Paint Interior.

The first step to eradicate the pests
which live in cracks and crevices in
poultry houses is to clean the house.
All litter, nest material and droppings
should be removed. Then spray or
paint thoroughly the entire surface of
the house and literally food all cracks
and inside Of nests with per cent
spray and do the work thoroughly.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-05-02
RICHEST TOWN IN COUNTRY
Population Of 1900 Has Per Capita
Cash Wealth Of $2,133.

st. Clairsville, O.-Thls town is prid-
ing itself as being one of the richest
Of its size in the United States. With
a population of only 1900, made up
mostly of farmers and coal miners,
its three banks recently had cash de-
posits amounting to S3,20O,0O0. The
per capita cash wealth of every man,
woman and child is therefore 50, 1873.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-05-02
DANCES jig AT AGE OF 1902
Wisconsin centenarian Is spryer Than
Most Men at the Age Of
Thirty.

La Crosse, Wisdom Edwards Of
Viola, Crawford county, who is one
hundred and two years old, can dance
a Jig and hurdle a chair with greater
ease than most men of thirty. He at
tributes his longevity to the fact that
he never worries, has never drank any
thing stronger than sweet cider and
has never used tobacco. He confesses
a weakness for candy.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-05-02

The German postal authorities are
organizing a telephone service between
the large cities and the army fronts.
Conversation cannot last longer than
nine minutes.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-05-02

ly, If not entirely, relieve the farm la
Dor shortage. As he points out, Geor-
gia's vagrancy law is one of the best,
while Georgia's probation law exactly
fits in with the present situation by
enabling judges to send convicted vag-
rants to work on the farms.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-05-02
Aunld nIseased Fowls.

There are those who never breed a
fowl that has once been subjected to
disease, particularly in a malignant
form.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-05-02
IN PRAISE or THRIFT
BY Katherine Lee Bates
Of The Viullantes.

Hail, homely Virtue, Wealth incognito.
Train US in all those little arts you know.
Until this reckless nation learns to sift
Its golden grain and gather oceans drift
And woodlands waste to make far
hearth-iras glow.
We have been spendthrifts, and we liked
II So
But for the worlds wide hunger we FORE
Our pleasant prodigalities. Wen mend
Our clothes, our ways. and burn candle
end
To you, o Patron Saint in Calico.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-05-02
Dirty Fresh Eggs.

A fresh egg that has contracted dirt
In any form can never be made to APP
pear quite so attractive as one laid
in clean nest by a clean hen.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-05-02
Shortage Of Animals Means Loss
eS of Cannon and Prevents
Rapid Advance.
$4,000 A MONTH ARE KILLED
About 30 Per Cent Of Animals Wound.
ed Are Sent Back to the Front
After Treatment In Red
Star Hospitals.

New York.-Necessity Of sending
hundreds of thousands Of horses to
France for the American artillery
units and of establishing hospitals for
the treatment Of wounded animals Is
emphasized by DIR. w. o. Stillman,
president of the Red Star animal re-
lief, in bulletins upon the work of the
organization. He said that the Ger
mans had lost many batteries of field
pieces because of lack of animals to
draw them to safety during allied adj
vances, while fewer guns had been lost
by the British partly because they had
large numbers of horses.
100000 Horses in Use.
Figures compiled by the society
show that there are 100000 in use
by all the armies In the war, and that
the losses on the western front alone
have averaged 1900 a month. In a
three-mile front at Verdun the French
lost more than 5000 horses. About l.
100000 Of the horses we're bought by
the allies In America and were trans
ported with large losses. About 1900
purchased and were awaiting ship
ment to Europe and 5000 died in the
ships. The value OF the horses ship
ped to europe last year was more than
S5O,OOO,0O0 and the loss for a heavy
month of fighting is about $1.500,000.
There are about 100000 horses In
America, and the estimates are that an
American army of 100000 men will
need about 10000 horses for draft
purposes and mounts, and several hun
dred thousands more to fill up the
losses of battle. The need of shipping
to maintain this force at highest eff
cheney, to transport animals to fill
the losses, with only part of the fod-
der, would be so ships a month.
Fighting units can deal only with
well animals. AS soon as a horse be-
comes sick, diseased, shell-shocked or
wounded 1t must be removed to the
rear and sound, vigorous animal
sent forward to take its place. Thou
sands of animals are in the hospitals
at one time. They must be cured as
quickly as possible to take the places
of the injured which are certain to
| reach the hospital.
Animal Hospitals.
Behind the British lines animal nos
pitfalls are everywhere. To the left, to
the right, there is hospital not more
than four miles away, and eight miles
away from each is another. The Roy.
al Society for the Prevention of Cruel.
ty to Animals has hospitals for 10000
horses and mules. A field hospital is
no mere stable shack. 1t is a group OF
well-designed buildings, complete with
operating rooms, operating equipment
ambulances, forage barns, cooking
kitchens, quarters for the staff, and
every other detail necessary for cur.
ing and restoring thousands of wound.
ed animals. 1t must have an ample
staff of veterinarians and helpers-nOt
mere stablemen, but men with expert
ence in animal hospital work, who can
bandage wound or give hand to the
veterinarian who Is performing an OPP
Grafton. They are saving 80 per cent
of the horses and sending thesS back
to their batteries again.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-05-02
Variety of Feeds.

Variety is not only the spice Of life,
but in poultry feeds and feeding It is
one element that stands for success.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-05-02

Motorcycles and bicycles are becom.
ing popular throughout CLAM.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-21
U. $. FARM AGENTS ID
 BE SUBJECT ID DRAFT
House Amends Appropriation Bill to Exclude Salaries for Wen
 Given Classification

Washington, May 2o.--An admnis- tration carrying $11,712.3S3 for use by the department of agriculture in stimulating food production and con servation was amended by inc house today to forbid the use of any of the money appropriated in paying salar- ies of employees of the department who have been given deferred classified ton in the draft.
 Adoption of the admendment fol- lowed charges by Representative Me- Laughlin of Michigan, Republican. that Secretary Houston has certified more than 2,000 employees of his de partment for deferred classification, and statement by Representative Madden of Illinois, Republican. that the hection approgriating $6 10000 to promote conservation by county agents of the department would en- able men of draft age to escape mili tary service.