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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-12
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NAVY TO GO AHEAD i.
WITH BIG PROGRAM. l

4 WASHINGTON, Nov. Fin 1
+ dicating a determination to go !
+ ahead with the great naval pro ;
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4 retary Daniels, the navy depart =
i ment today sent 20 congress a ,
+ request for $6O0,OOO,0OO to be +
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-12

by United Press.
London Nov r. The British bat
tleshiD. Britannia, was torpedoed Sat
urday at The western entrance to the
straits Of Gibraltar and sank within
three and half hours, the admiral
ty announced
Thirty-nine of the officers <and So
Of the men were saved. the admiral
ty announcement states
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-12
THESE LIBERTY BONDS
ARE TOO SAFELY STORED
By United Press.

by UHlleu ITes5.
New York, Nov 12-When the [
S. S. San Diego was sunk last Jun.
off Fire Island, approximately $780,
coo in liberty bonds belonging to
the crew of the American vessel
went down with her
Efforts are being made to obtai
a ruling sfrom the treasury depart
ment that these bonds are to be con
sidered as destroyed. Such ruling
is necessary in order to have the
bonds replaced.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-12
Hun shIps . Port.

BY United Press
LONDON Nov 12-Wireless mes
sages picked up, have recommended
that German merchant ships run for
the nearest port
(Note~This probably refers more
directly to the German ships in the
Black sea which the allies we're un.
able to penetrate before hostiities
ceased)
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-12
ARREST GRAND DUKE
AMSTERDAM REPORTS

By United Press.
AMSTERDAM Nov. 12-The Grand
Duke Of Hesse has been arrested ae-
cording to reports received at the
Amsterdam office of the United
Press. No details were given.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-12
ReIalansl occupy ehent.

BY United Press.
London. Nov. 12-After the armis-
tice became effective. the Belgians
moved forward and occupied Client.
according to front line dispatches.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-12

CALL GENERAL STRIKE.
By United Press
COPENHAGEN, Nov IA gen
eral strike win be called at Vienna
tomorrow il was learned here today
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HUN REVOLTERS LOOM AS BIGGEST ALLIED PROBLEM

+ = - = = 4 80 4 + = =
/: THE WEATHER j
= For Oklahoma. 4
j. Nov II, 1918 Tonight and +
+ Wednesday fair; frost tonight +
. Local Temperature. 4
Il Maximum temperature G6; !.
! minimum 80. +
:. =
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-23
Louie Schnik

und knees on der ground. init mein
eyes mainly on der front end off der
gun to see dot I didn't gedt shooted,
und quietly und silently approached
der pond. When only apoudt half
milo from der water 1 couldt family
hear der talking off some ducks, SO
proceeded NIT mein advancing
Adj last in apoudt half an hour
reached der bank off der pond, und
sooch a sight vot met mein eyes. Der
pond vos full oop init ducks, all kinds
off dem. Heine. 1 must haff hadt a
sudden attack off der FLU" for idt
took me apoudt five minutes to find
ouidt vich vos der business end off
dot shoot-gun I vos SO nervous. How
efer, 1 finally got idt pointed toward
der lake, und pulled both triggers
Heine, hadt forgot to load der blame
thing. However, dot didn't take long.
und pretty soon dot blaze sounded
like der attack on Verdun. Chust as
finished killing der tenth duck some
Teller came oop back off me und saidt.
''vot ISIS? Vot ISIS der reason for kill
ing all off mein ducks?" 1 looked
oop. Heine, und puy golly. hadt been
SO excited dot nefer noticed dot der
pond vos in der back yard off a barn,
und der ducks vos so tame dot der
farmers wife hadt given dem each a
pet name. Idt cost me twenty dollars
to keep dot farmer Teller from hating
me arrested, und dot made me so mad
dot if hadt only hadt a dog NIT me
I vou1dt haff ge-kicked him all ofer
der blaze. Not hating a dog off mein
own I got mad und threw der gun
adj der farmers dog. und busted both
barrels. Off course hadt to buy dot
friend vot owned der gun a new vun,
una dot cost some more money. But
dot iss nodt der most bad part off
der business. I didn't dare go home
mitouidt some ducks und finally all
der ducks yot I got I bought adj a
meat market blaze on Kansas avenue.
Heine. am some duck shooter.
Hoping you are der same,
Your fader,
LOUIE SCHNITZ,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-23

the stream.
After long waiting and long search.
he returned to his village and told
his people Of this happening. There
was long lamenting, and the maiden's
parents were sore stricken. Next day
a hunter came running to the village
with amazemeht in his eyes. Flow
ers are growing in the water" he
cried, and the people hurried to see.
Their fleet Of canoes is speeded to-
ward the Island of Elmo and there it
was as the messenger had said. the
lake was white and gold with bloom.
and the air was deliciously perfumed
by the flowers.
This was not so yesterday" ex-
claimed the men.
Tell US what this MEANS" demand
ed the women, of their prophet.
The prophet answered, This bed
of flowers is Oseetah, changed in
death to these forms of life. Her
heart was as pure as these white pet
ais. Her love burned like the gold
they enclose. Watch. and you will dis
cover that the flower unfolds in the
warmth of the sun. and when 1T sets
its life will be darkened. and it will
close and sleep on the surface of the
lake"
Then wayotah went into the forest
and sat with head bowed toward the
earth.
"Oh. lilies on the lake af1ont
Whence come your hearts of goldr
Have you found some water-cave,
With shining wealth untold?
Or have the sunbeams, flashing meath
The water. pure and fair.
Been caught by your sweet. winning grace
And closely prisoned there?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-23
The Stars and Stripes

The Stars and Stripes not only stand
For the flag of the brave and free,
But each star that shines on our fair land
Stands for a son Of liberty.
Our sons and brothers and husbands dear
Who sailed across the sea
Have place in the heavens high, but,
To guard over you and me.
There's many a lad both brave and true
Who may ne'er return to this land
As we march behind the band
To give the praise for a victory won
~ To the boys who gave their lives
Those Stalwart men behind the gun
Who protected mothers and wives.
Thus every day in the heavens shine
New stars go bright and clear
To throw more light with their soul divine
- On the ones they loved so dear.
So it's up to you and up to me
And offer a prayer that world be free
From the grasp of a German lie.
The stripes in our flag are re-! and white
The stara in field of blue,
Yet Of all the stripes that stream so bright
And mean most to me and you
is stripe on the arm of one We love
An insigne Of work well done
BY one beloved who's been called above
In battle lie had won.
1t may be stripe of color gold,
1t may be a stripe Of white.
A stripe of siiyer-a story untold
OF glorious fight for right.
1t matters not the sbr'" ot that stripe,
The color. we will ignore,
Let the stories be rrIt.lei In brave bold
type,
OF the loved ones that won the war.
Every mortal here on earth
Should love the stripes and stars,
Should sing its praise around the hearth
Its bright stars and cleaning bars
Each star and stripe has a meaning rare
One so sacred and divine
An unspoken message from one lover there
Who gave his life for mine.
c. ID. wRAY.
'uUY 'gYsdoL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-23

Mein dear son Heire:
Der figures showing der cost off
your edumacation looks like an avia-
ton appropriation stadtmendt. How
efer. explanations don't cost some
ding SO heremit is der check.
vell,. Heine. adj last haff I made
Colonel Roosenfeldt look like thirty
one cents. He hass a greadt reputa-
ton like a hunter, but, Heine, you
ought to see your fader on a hunting
trip. Idt vos like der following: I
noticed puy der bapers dot shooting
ducks vos in fashion, und der idea
got to buzzing puy der inside off mein
bonnet dat maybe already shouldt I
shoot me some ducks. So der oder
morning I decided to gedt oop early,
und set der alarm clock for half past
eight. In der meantime, howefer.
hadt to borrow a shoot-gun from a
Teller vot vos a friendt. likewise puy
a hunting coat und two dollars und
sixty cents worth off shotgun bull
lets. Veil, when der alarm clock
made me gedt oop I chumped in der
tin wagon und started hunting. Heine,
idt ISIS authoritively stadted dot ducks
inhabit sometimes der air, und oder
wise rivers, und ponds, und sooch
places. Now, after carefully study
ing der map, 1 know dot I personally
Investigated all der ponds. rivers. lakes
und oder tributary waters in der whole
stadt off Kansas dot morning, und
only once did I gedt mitin speaking
distance off a duck. Dot lake vos a
pond. und I saw idt before 1 saw der
ducks. In der gloom off der early
morning I snook oop MT mein hands
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-23
Dugouts Like Homes.
NEWS FROM Y NO. 6
BY w. S. TRAVIS.
(From Trench and Camp.)


With tho present war prospect of
having the quartermaster corps here
till all troops are mustered out. Y 6
promises to have the largest number
of permanent residents in its unit of
any in camp. It's staff is. therefore.
continuing it's work and plans as tho
the war was still going on. to a much
greater extent than the other build
ings. It is their hope that a full staff
will soon be possible. that no combi-
nations may be necessary and every
. secretary give full time to his branch
of the work.
One of the biggest plans now in view
Is to make the auditorium gymna-
SUM. with basketball and volley ball
courts and as full equipment as posi-
BILE for indoor athletics. Competitive
teams from different permanent or
CARNATIONS are being arranged. not
only to beat each other to a FRAGILE,
but to meet all Corners.
Secretary Lindemann. who recently
came to Y 6 to take charge of the re-
ligious work. has been transferred to
Camp Dodge. This takes Secretary
Jones from sports and puts him back
into religion as his speciality
Y Is finding that the men in Its
unit are taking up the united war
work subscription campaign with the
same spirit which put them first over
the top in the Association Men cam
paign. and their returns are very
promising. The spirit of the Y to do
everything possible for the men seems
10 meet with a response showing those
men anxious to do everything possible
for the Y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-23
TOOK HUN WOMEN STOP. CAR THIEVES
Nicely 13Oth A. H. T. A. Has Big Success
F. A. Captured Them. Protecting Auto Owners
Style Organizers Here to Boost for
in Their Trenches Association.
ME HAD feather BED TO HOLD MEETING TUESDAY
line Made Holes Bigger All Owners of Automobiles Are
Than Novelty. Urged to Attend
Topeka Boys Won't Hear 40 Out of 46 Cars During the
Clocks n Future Last Year.
A. H. T. A. Has Big Success
Protecting Auto Owners.
Organizers Here to Boost for
the Association.
TO HOLD MEETING TUESDAY
All Owners of Automobiles Are
Urged to Attend.
40 Out of 46 Cars During the
Last Year.

The Anti-Horse Thief Association,
an organization of "a years standing.
with $4,000 sub orders and $4,000
members. is now branching out from
the business of solely attempting the
capture of horse thieves and the re-
covery of stolen animals 1t now in
cludes automobiles in the list of things
1t intends to protect.
On Tuesday evening. November 26.
a meeting will be held at the Chamber
of Commerce, under the direction OF
s. e. Wilkinson and c. r. Hare, state
organizers for the association. 1t is
their intention to organize a sub-order
in Topeka. Already this year more
than 100 new sub-orders have been
organized in Kansas. Sub-order Is
the term used by the association to
ton under the state organization,
which in turn is under the national
division
Meet Success Here.
The two organizers have already
had a promising success while here
been given the approval and backing
OF many important Topeka men. The
organization, while going under the
name of Anti-Horse Thief. really now
has more to do with automobiles
than it does with horses as it is not
easy 60 steal a horse as it is an auto
mobile.
The average criminal mucfr prefers
the motor to the horse. 1t is for these
reasons that the association should APP
peal very strongly to Topeka motor
car owners and it Is expected that all
members of the Topeka Auto Club will
get behind the movement.
Cost Is Small.
The cost of becoming a member
Of the organization, 81 to join. and
81 per year. is an infinitesimal ex-
pense as compared with the value in
real service which may be obtained
from being a member. AS an example
Of the efficiency to which the organi-
zation has developed the organizers
say that the reports for last year show
that out of 46 reports from n-em-
bers of the association on stolen cars.
40 out of this number were recovered
by the association which does this
without any further cost to the MEM
Der beyond the initial fee and the
yearly dues. A large crowd is ex-
pected at the meeting Tuesday night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-23
A new Home
Junction City To Open New
Community House.
Formal Dedication All Next
Week.
wrDVrSNa
(From Trench and Camp.)

The new Community House at
Junction City. built for the purpose Of
furnishing a recreational center for
the soldiers of Camp Funston and
Fort Riley, will be opened to the pub
lie next week. The dedication pro-
gram is a novel and interesting one
and will cover full week. 1t started
off Thursday night of this week with
a game party and was followed on Fri
day night by Lieutenant Elliott and
wife in program of readings and
music.
Saturday night the first dance for
privates will be given at the new
house. Music will be furnished by the
66th Regimental orchestra.
Sunday a piano rectal will be given
by Ma lame Nero. This recital will
be given by special courtesy OF this
talented musician, who is on her way
to her western tour.
Funston's Night.
On Monday night the magnificent
structure will be formally opened to
the men of Camp Funston. Maj. Gen.
Tenth Division and Camp Funston, has
been asked to speak. The goth In
fantry band will furnish music.
Fort RiIeS's Night.
Tuesday night the formal opening
of the building to the men of Fort
Riley and the NJ. o. T. c. will occur.
Music will be furnished by the M. o.
T. c. band and Colonel Watterson has
been invited to speak. On the same
evening a dance for privates will be
held in the old Community building.
On Thursday, Thanksgiving, a COM
munity sing in charge of c. H. Guth-
RE, camp music director, will be held.
On the same date a concert will be
given by the 69th Regimental Or
chestra.
Friday night at the old Community
house, a camp dramatic program will
be put on, under the direction of H.
w. Pemberton, camp dramatic direc-
ter.
Saturday night dance in the new
house will be given for privates.
The Junction Community house was
erected by the Rotary clubs at cost
of $4,000 and is one of the most beau
tiful structures to be found in this
section of the country. 1t is beauti-
fully furnished and is to be used az
the home of the soldiers, for their
recreation and comfort, whenever they
visit Junction City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-23
ARMY ORGANIZATION

Here is some information that is
helpful in reading the war news:
An army corps is $4,000 men.
Aninfantry division is 27,152 men.
A brigade is 8.442 men.
A regiment of infantry is 3,775 men.
A battalion is 1925 men.
A company is 256 men,
A platoon is so men.
A corporal's squad is 8 men.
A field battery is 1875 men.
A firing squad is 20 men.
A machine gun battalion has 1858
men.
An engineers regiment has 1866
men.
An ambulance company has 81 men.
A field hospital has So men.
A medical detachment has Sc men.
A major general heads the field
army $50 each army corps.
A brigadier general heads each in
fantry brigade.
A colonel heads each regiment
A lieutenant colonel is next in rank
below a co. Il.
A major lads a battalion.
A captain heads company
A lieutenant heads a platoon.
A sergeant is next below a lieuten-
ant.
A corporal is a squad officer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-23
THE WATER LILY.
A Legend of the Saranac Indii

A Legend of the Saranac indiana.
Altho the man who renamed the
Lake of the Clustered Stars. and called
it Upper Lake, escaped hanging, he
deserved the penalty. Still the lake is
singularly beautiful under any name.
Here on it's hilly shore dwelt the
Saranacs. Blazing Sun was their
chief. His Indian name was Wayotah.
Oseetah (The Bird) was the fairest
maid of all the tribe. Oseetah loved
was entranced with his tales Of war
and his boastings of what he still
would do
But her parents had promised her
to another warrior, and her parents
she felt bound to obey. Blazing Sun
laid strong siege to her heart, but she
avoided him until, on his return from
a successful campaign against a hos
tile tribe, he followed her across the
lake in his canoe. She eluded him
when he sought to embrace her. She
was silent when he asked her to sing.
He grew more eager and advanced to-
ward her with outheld arms. She ran
up on a rock which projected over the
water and looking back at him with
a glance that made confession of her
love, yet raised her hand to warn him
back.
Wayotah was not to be warned. He
was close beside her and smiled as he
sought to grasp her hands. Oseetah
plunged into the lake. and the waters
closed above her. The young chief
leaped to the rescue, hut she had dis
appeared as the rain drop vanishes in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-23
A BIC PROGRAM
Thanksgiving Service at "Y'
Auditorium.
General Wood and Doctor Jen.
kins VIII Speak.
(From Trench and Camp.)
THURSDAY.

(From Trench and Camp.)
A camp-wide Thanksgiving service,
which promises to eclipse in magni-
tude any similar program ever put on
in camp, will be held Thursday morn
ing, November IS, at 10 o'clock in the
Y. NJ. c. A. auditorium.
The chief speakers of the occasion
will be Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. COM
mander of the Tenth division and
Camp Funston, and the Rev. Burris
A. Jenkins, pastor of the Linwood
Boulevard Christian church, who has
recently returned from a trip to the
western battle front.
The program will be under the
auspices of the Army Y. M. c. A.
The music will be in charge of c. H.
Guthrie, camp music director. who is
arranging a program which will con-
sist of vocal and instrumental selec-
lions. A regimental band will be Sc
Iected for the band music.
Every officer and enlisted man OF
Camp Funston is extended an invita-
ton to attend this camp-wide Thanks
giving service. The program is of
such a nature that it will be enjoyed
by every man in camp.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-23
Corp. Clyde j. Shore Writes of
Trip to Hospital.
Wounded in Foot He Had to
Travel Thru Shell Holes.
He WAS HIT ON SEPTEMBER %
DugOuts of Hun Officers as
Comfortable as Homes.
Ground Crossed That Had Not
Been TrOd in Three Years.

Mrs. Nettie Shore Of 1913 Topeka
avenue, has received word that her
son, Clyde j. Shore. was wounded in
battle September %. She has not
learned the seriousness of his injuries,
but she is certain of his reco. cry,
inasmuch as she received letter from
him, written October Z. The letter
was written on German stationery
taken during the drive. He also sent
his brother a German hymn book
which he found on the body of dead
German. Shore is a corporal in Com
pany L, Forty-seventh infantry. He
has brother. Alonzo f. Shore. in
headquarters company 100, field ar
tillery. who has beensin active service
SlSO,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-23
Frank B. Nicely Says the 13Oth
F. A. Captured Them.
German Officers Lived in Style
in Their Trenches.
]NE HAD 4 FEATHER BED
line Traps Made Holes Bigger
Than Novelty.
Topeka Boys Won't Heal
Alarm Clocks in Future.

In a letter received from Mechanic
frank B. Nicely. of Headquarters COM
any, 130th field artillery, he asserts
hat in an attack on a German posi-
on, his company captured German
women with machine guns. He tells
also of the comfortable quarters which
the Germans had arranged for them
selves in their dugouts, and of the
danger from traps set in dugouts just
before the German retreat. He write s.:
1.-The war Is he'll, all right but l
think the Huns got most of the hell.
We have captured a good many pris-
oners, and most OF them seemed to
De well fed and clothed. On the out
side OF a captured town was a solid
line of dugouts and cement villas. On
a tour of inspection I found COM
handing officers quarters made from
concrete and steel, roof four or five
feet thick, a real oak floor. good rugs.
pictures on all four walls. combination
coal and wood stove. walnut library
able, and bed and chairs to match.
That Dutchman was right up in style.
lie had a feather bed three feet thick
md pillows that couldn't be beat.
Captured Women Fighters.
I'VE captured a battery of nine-inch
russian guns and turned them around
md fired right into the German lines.
We got about 5000 rounds of ammu-
,ition, enough to last three or four
lays, until they got out of range. One
Of those shells in a regiment could
kill and wound about 1900 men. so
you can figure what we did with 5000
of them. We also captured women
with machine guns.
1.-The Huns lay traps in the shape OF
explosives in fountain pens. etc. ]
have seen several trap mines explOd-
ed, and every one left a hole big
enough to put the Novelty theater in
We were gassed every night from one
to four times, but I am so used to II
now that I can sleep with my gas
mask on.
1.-The boys coming home won't be
able to hear an alarm clock, because
they have been sleeping in front of q
six-inch gun that is firing all night
The only guns now that awaken US are
the sixteen-inch naval guns.
II have had many narrow escapes
since have been in France. and will
be glad when can set foot on Amer
lean soil again. Write often. To us
the mail is one-hah Of our life. and
the smokes are the other half"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-23
AviatOrs Return.

Paris, Nov. 20 (by Wireless to New
York. )--Among the American prison.
ers who reached Paris Thursday by
way of Switzerland was Capt. James
Norman Hall, of Colfax, Iowa, Ameri-
can aviator and author of "Kitchener's
mob" Other American aviators to
arrive were Lieut.. Robert J. Brown
ing. of Minneapolis; Lieut.. Charles r.
Goldman. of Boston. and Lieut.. Henry
c. Lewis, of Philadelphia. They said
they owed their rapid return chiefly
to unsettled conditions in Bavaria.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-23
INTERESTING WAR FILM
Pictures Showing Fourth Of July in
Paris at l1rst Baptist Church.

An authentic film taken last Fourth
OF July in Paris under auspices of the
American Red Cross society will be
used in the program at the First
Baptist church Sunday night These
war pictures have been attracting con-
siderable attention and it is antici-
pated a large attendance will be- on
hand to see this film which brilliantly
shows the first American troops back
from their great victory at Chateau
Thierry.
The first parade of the American
heroes after their success or the
Marine is also shown with Red Cross
nurses just returned from the battle
area. There will be an interesting
musical program and the pastor, Mr..
Gordon, will speak on THE Declara-
ton Of Interdependence"
Connecticut was the first state to give
complete authority to policewomen.