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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-29
RED CROSS DANCE
ON FRIDAY NIGHT

Friday night a Red Cross dance
will be given in the quarters of the
new garage firm to be operated un-
der the name of the Motor Inn This
establishment will be- operated by F.
W. White and Gerald 2ednar.
MIR White stated this morning that
everything was being done to make
the dance a success. I'VE are doing
TO have a band and it will be the
best one that can be assembled in
Chickasha. Every penny derived from
the dance will go to the Red Cross
except the charges OF the musicians.
said Mr. White,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-29
DEMANDS MADE
OF DENMARK BY
GERMAN CHIEFS
ev United Preas.

By United Press.
Washington May 29.-The German
government has demanded that Den
mark Immediately withdraw from al
lied trade four houndred thousand
tons of Danish shipping, offered in
exchange for needed products from
England and the United States.
Negotiatios are now under way be-
tween Germany and Denmark and al.
so between Denmark and this coun-
try in an effort to reach an agree
ment.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-29
Break TWO Attacks.

BY United Press.
Paris, May 29.-American troops
have broken up two successive Ger
man attacks on the newly captured
town of Cantigny, the war office an
nounced today.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-29
HospitaI for Wounded.
By United Pres.

London, May 29,-The u. S. army
took over a two thousand bed hos
pital for the American wounded. 1t
will be operated by the American
medical staff, including one hundred
and fifty nurses. fifty doctors and
three hundred orderlies.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-29
Thirty Casualties.


Washington, May 29.-Thirty cas-
ualties were reported to the war de-
partment today by General Pershing.
The list included five killed in ac-
tion, seven wounded. two missing and
sixteen dead from other causes.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-29
Casualties Light.
By United Press.

With the Americans in France, May
29.-The American losses in the bat
tie at Cantigny we're light, it was of
fieially announced. Artillery activity
increased in all of the esectors occu.
pied by Americans.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-29

NdlSCF dt luS TTOHts
BY United Press.
Amsterdam, May 29.-The kaiser
IS on the Aisne front at a point north
and east of Laon, according to a dis
patch from Berlin. The location men
toned is fourteen miles north and
east Of Scissors and about nine miles
behind the original battle line.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-29
the Vesle where the French are de-
Tending the heights
Report Is MIIes Advanced.

BY United Press.
Paris May 29.-The German ad-
vance at certain points on the Aisne
front amounts to fifteen and a half
miles, according to report printed
by the newspaper, Echo de Paris
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25

OF General Ailenhy's plan viii thus
lie realized and there is far promise
that its execution will tend to out
bid the conception.
The Turks already have been com
PEELED to form front to a flank and
tbs ir fourth army u.s. to say the least
Of it, dangerously compromised. SO
much for German command The
Turks have long account OF selfish
ness and neglect against the Germans,
disasters in 1879 and 1918, abortiFe
and disastrous oTensives at Sarikamiss
and against the Suez canal Mt the be
ginning of the war the waste Of their
men IN the Dardanelles.
The full effect OF the Dardanelles
campaign has not been correctly APP
preciated by the world ..-
The loss OF BasrL, ia glad. Mecca,
and Jerusalem the almost inevita-
bic loss Of Medina. the Turkish lives
sacrificed in order 80 provide the Ger
man exploitation Of Rumania and the
isolation of their arabian garrison
must also provide bitter memories.
The present Turkish advance in
the Caucasus has been carried out
not with the assistance OF but In de-
rance of the Germans and this with
the isolated success under Turkish
command at kut forms the only en-
try on the ere dit side OF the book. The
net result has been for Turkey the
loss Of territory and prestige and the
depletion Of her man power, which
can only provide Il source OF keen
satisfaction in Sofia.
1t is a marvellous thing how long
the Turks have 9uhrltted 10 the ma
chinations Of the Committee Of Union
and progress and the amateurism Of
her German leaders, who display ahii-
lty only in their escape from the
! consequences of the lnterferences and
p in tfIrfr avoidance ~ The btftttefitfd|
Germans Lead to Defeat.
After losing Jerusalum. Faihen-
hayn of 'thunderbolt fame made good
his escape to Europe while Cress Won
Sanders escaped the net thrown
around his armies including his Ger
man bodyguard by the short space
OF six hours and, thanks to Turkish
gullinlity ana the protection OF com
mittee of union aud progress. may
vet survive 10 sport his iron crescent
n 1lnter den Linden
Not the least remarkable part OF
GENERALLY ANenby's achievement is the
reorganization, which he has e.
fected since the Ge~man offensive o.
last March necessitated the with
dFaWa1 Ia FIauCe 0i II part Of his
force, antt ii is q source OF the greatest
inspiration to the British empire thai
her Indian representatives. have hae
so large - share in this far-reachlne
victory,
The striking powe9 and maneuver.
ing capacity which tifey have devel
oped under the able leadership o.
their commander cannot be ciassed a.
other than remarkable when the aim
oulties Of The terrain are considered
In conclusion, ii may he source ot
satisfaction to Berlin. but can scarcely
he so TO the Turk sh people, that under
the dictatlon Of Falkcnhayn and Nof
Sanders. Palestine alone has present
ed the British with fully COCO pris
ouers Of war from he depleted ranks
of the Turkish ARMY within the las
twelve months"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25
MINIMUM WAGE BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE

Washington, Sept. 24.-fhe Nolan
minimum wage bill. sponsored by
Representative John !. Nolan, of Cali
fornia, was passed by the house today
! by a vote of 252 to II, with five MEM
bers voting present" The bill now
goes to the senate.
I Mr.. Nolan led the fight for the bill
and carried it through in the race OF
n seemingly adverse majority. he
succeeded In having all amendments
voted down except one by Mr.. Mad
den of Illinois to which he agreed.
This amendment eXempts from the
measure the employees i'll the classi-
fed postal service. Railway employees
a lSo are exempted:
The bill does not apply to any en-
ployees who have been in the govern
ment service less than two years. nor
to employees in the Philippines. Porto
Rico Hawaii. Alaska or the Panama
Canal zone. Persons in the army and
navy are excluded, as are Dostmas-
ters
All other employees of the govern
ment or of the District of Columbia,
will be entitled to receive the minimum
of SO a day. or If paid by the hour,
81 IL cents an hour, or $50 month.
or 81 ,0S0 a year
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25
FRENCH AMBASSADOR !.
ADDRESSES SENATE
Presents to Upper Chamber Two
Magnificent Vases With Compli-
mcnts OF His Governments, !

Washington, Sept. ga m bassador
Jusserand, speaking with the voice
of France before the senate OF the
United States today, assured the
American people that the French will
use force to the utmost to gain q
conclusive decision ever the enc my.
who can understand nothing but
forCe.
The speech of the French ambas-
sador. who never speaks but with
the highest authority. was the most
gratifying and encouraging that has
been delivered by a foreign official In
the senate chamber since the Begin
ming of the war.
1t showed the absolute hopeless.
ness of the German attempt to In.
fluence France with wicked peace
propaganda and held out hope OF the
coming of victory that will forever
Tree the Democratic states of the
world from the menace of military
autocracy, Ambassador Jusserand. on
behalf of his government. presented
TWO magnificent Sevres vases, the
product of the government factory, to
the senate. Long-esta blished rules
ara precedents were swept aside to
permit the ambassador TO make the
presentation direct TO the members OF
The senate in the senate chamber and
for the first time the flag of another
nation-the tricolor of Frs,nce--was
displayed with that OF The United
States behind the desk Of the vice.
president.
We are now at one Of the grandess
periods OF the world" said Ambas-
sador .iusse rand. We see sights
never to be seen AGAIN. not only
scenes of horror but scenes of
spiendor. To those latter scenes
American contribution is one which
YOU and your descendants may well he
proud forever"
ice-Prcsidert MARSHALL accepted
the vases and made touching and
f"liing reply 70 the speech of the
French am ba ssador.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25

sales unavoidable; but we should
constantly appeal To the intetli-
gent seif-intcrest and patriotism
of those who buy Liberty bonds
10 keep them to the utmost limit
Of their ability as one OF the
sacred duties they have To per-
form in this war.
I'VE must not be content with
IA subscription merely OF our own
allotments. No district must be
content with that. We must.
from one end of the country To
the other, make ii Il point 10 sur
pass our aiiotmcnts. Ii Is neCes-
~ary to that because some SEQ
lions of the country have suffered
gricyousiy from drouth and other
causes and may not he able to
reach their full quota In this loan.
The Best Argument
II was asked not long ago
what argument could be made
for the fourth Liberty loan.
replied immediately 'Pcrshine
and our heroes In France No
other argument l. necessary.
rhe American people know and
feel the need of those men and
arc prepared to go the limit TO
supply that need.
democracy in America Is
pregnant everywhere, and the
discipline of democracy and the
organization OF democracy as ey-
empliiied by America, have been
an example to an amazed world.
But more than all. the sons OF
democracy upon the field of bat
tie have Yindicated the nobiest
traditions. OF our country and the
highest ideals of our nation.
Who is not thrilled by what
PciShing and his glorious men
haze done already upon the field
of battle? Those unframed free
men of democracy have met the
veteran fighters and the best
trained soldiers of autocracy and
have yanquished them, not by
foul means. but by fair fighting.
They have already demonstrated
that the power of righteousness
and of democracy is irresistible
that the doom OF autocracy Is
sealed and the day of reckoning
near ut hand
w hat we must do in America
il TO keep the pressure high.
Now that We have the kaiser and
his brutal hordcs on the run. let
us not relax effort but intensity
cffort. Keep hitting high and
smashing harder. That is the
way To win surely and uuie'kiy
That is the way to eliminate the
Rhine: that il the way To open
the way for an American parade
ON Inter den Linden"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25

''
last spring. has present feat is be
lieved to be one a. the greatest
achievements OF the war.
Military observers look for an early
demise of Turkish power IN the Fales-
tine thcater of operations, and the
British, it Is confidently expected, viii
soon recover Baku from Turkey to-
gether with lis tremendous OH field s.
A comprehensive review af the
Palestine operations was made today
ny Major-Geueral J. H. Mcl.aehlan,
the British military atfaohe:
General Allcnhy's victory has been
obtained over, q group oftthTee Turk
iSh armies under the supreme com
mand of l.iman Won Sanders. who. as
will he remem hercds participated in
the defense OF the Dardanclles. These
armies were from west to cast, the
eighth army under feVad faSha, com :
prisinE the twenty second and Asian
army corps. and the seventh army,
comprising the twentieth nineteenth.
sixteenth and. forty sixth divisions
The hove two armies, with a division
detached from east OF the Jordan. pro :
yided west Of the Jordan strength
Of about 1900 rifles and ! SEQ sahres
an erroneous impression appears TO
f1,1vr tJetr ct1ttsett iry announce
ment OF the approximate Turkish rifle
renEth as representing the total
strength Of the Turkish force
Fast of the Jordan was the fortieth
army under kuehkek Jemal Pasha,
com prislns the second and eighth
army corps tand the forty eighth
composite and tho siXty-second divis
ION with a strength of about 5000
rifles and ii300 sa bFes. with pro
portiouate number of guns. The
twenty fourth division from this army
was attached TO the troops west OF the
Jordan.
The fourth army s charged with
the defense Of the E,eJaz railway in
liaisoh, with the two armies west of
tbs Jordan: and i, Will be realized
that the Turkish hold on Jezaz. in
ending the closely LcIeaguered gar
rison at Medina. depends upon the
ability of this army to maintain tt
position while the Turkish garrisons
in Asher and Yemen VIII be irrevocab-
Is tut of from Europe by its failure.
In reserve 70 the above thres
armies was part Qt q division recently
arrived from the Caucasus and some
depot troops
Arabs Lend Valuable Aid.
III will thus be seen that q. neral
tieufy has heefl dealing with q group
Of armies9 representing ii ration
strength of about 90 600 men tabout
80 eco rifieAJ ana lnat, great as is
the success OF the practical annihiia-
lion OF two of the three armies stili
further results hang an the fate Of
the third and ii is here the vaiua BILE
cooperation 81 the Arab allies has
made and win make itself felt from
south 70 north.
The Arabs. acting in close ope RAJ
ton with General Allenby have al
ready severed the communications of
this army with the north above and
below Dcra. The mastery conception
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25

lNont tRu"d rom rage one.1
French attack. there were only a
color sergeant and seven men left
out of the First company, and only
twenty men ana myself OF the Second
company hat lost fifty-three ki1ef
or wounded: on July ,. near Scissors
a single she'll wounded seventeen and
killed three"
An oesierweg woman, writing on
June %, explained how all the
eighteen-year old class have gone,
and how on that day news had been
posted in the church Of the -fo2nd
regiment dead. ON July a man In
formed a comrade in the Twenty
second reserves
june IS was the worst day of
all The French showed over heavy
stuff on us from four in the morning
until six nj night. After fourteen
hours rolling fire there was not much
left OF us. The last battalion on our
left had only about one hundred men
was the only man to escape All
the rest were taken prisoner. The
battalion has been completely de-
stroyed. but they won't have us re-
lieved."
letter from another infantry re-
There arc more than 5000 men
here, but only those of over forty
five or fathers of more than six chill
dren, Those under fortv-two have
had to go west, but We don't know
where"
A letter from I.enterodc states
IAN males born in 1901 must now
enroll"
A convalescent soldier wrote: ut
is very doubtful whether | shall still
be here when You come on leave,
for All the time men are being sent
off Even the company OF GONZALES
cents has had to supply 100 men he
cause the other companies could not
supply any achievements
A woman III Berlin on June 3
stated: They are now calling up
boys OF seventeen. They were in
tears as they left here. What will
happen when they reach the front ?"
letter from a divisional depot
read; ~ esterday the 1900 class had
TO leave Even cripples are taken. 3"
number of letters speak of wide
spread death and sickness through
the German empire due to the Span
ish fever or famine typhus" they
term it, a woman at Dannstatt in
forms her sons:
I'm the factories every one is ii,
and many of the schools are shut
spanish Influenza is raging through
out the poorer population Do YOU
know what IL really isr II is famine
In order that no one should realize
that IT is due 10 famine they call it
Spanish influenza"
From Munich there is a letter
dated July 16, which says. in speak
ing of so many deaths due to the
disease:
"All the dead can no longer be
buried in the East cemetery. There
alone there were on Sunday twenty
FIVE burials. What Will the winter be
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25
EDGE Is SURE WINNER
IN NEW JERSEY PRIAAK,

Trenton, N. J.. Sept Ex-Governor
walter K. Edge was regarded late 10
night as the almost certain winner Of
the Republican nomination for the
ians-term United States senatorshjp
in the New Jersey primary election
Governor Edge had two rivals. Edward
w. Gray and George l. Record
George A. La Monte was regarded as
the winner of the long term Demo
cratic nomination, although he was
opposed by three candidates for the
nomination7~-Charies OConnors Hen
massey, Frank McDefmott and Alexan-
der Simpson. La Monte was. popularity
believed to be President Wilson's IA,
vorfte for the nomination
The shoft-term senatorial nonfna
tons went to DAVID Baird. Republican.
and Charles O'connor HennesSey
neither Of whom met with opposition
In the primary campaign and the lat -
ter OF who WAS candidate tor both
the long term q nd the short term nom
0AtieaA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25

Continued from Page One.)
try and the people of moderate
means and or large means par
ticuIariy should buy Liberty
bonds.
Wages and salaries arc higher
I'm American to-day than ever be-
fore i'll its history. Those who
spend everything they earn are
not only living in n fools para
disc, hut they are doing gr'tcvons
injury 10 their country
saving for Freedom,
Every dollar saved now and
invested i'm Liberty bonds will be
worth much more when peace
comes again. Every povidcpt
man and woman in the United
States may find their savings
worth twice as much In purchas-
ing power after the war as now,
How can any one more certainly
make money than by saving ii
now with assurance of Its enor-
NOUS enhancement In value when
normal conditions ARE restored?
We must continue our Efforts
10 impress upon people who buy
Liberty bond, that il IL the very
essence OF patriotic duty to keep
them 10 the utmost limit Of their
ability 10 do so.
we must provide the ma
ciiincry and the means through
which those who have to sell
their bonds may do 80 aud get
the highest possible price for
them. while at the same time
protecting the Innocent Investor
against swindicrs and unsrrupu-
ious and nnpatriotic people who.
contrary to the earnest request Of
the treasury department have in
duccd holders OF Liberty bonds to
exchange them for stocks or in
Nc~tncnts of doubtful value. The
effect al these operations is To-
force the treasury to buy tire
Liberty bonds which those un-
scrnpulous or unpatr iotic people
acquire and throw upon the mar
kct. The treasury. therefore,
must take IL part of the money II
has borrowed from the American
people after 50 much difficult and
patriotic work on the part of
bankers and Liberty loan organi-
cations and buy back these Lib
erty bonds In order to protect
the market and the credit of the
government have repeatedly
said that no objection could. or
should, bc raised TO the sale of
Liberty bonds where imperative
necessity or adversely make such
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25
FOOTBALL STAR WINS
TWO NEW DISTINCTIONS

state College Pa, Sept. 2+--Ifarry
f, Robb, captain-elect of the State col
lege football team. has acquired two
new interests in life which have in
duced him TO forsake the team He
won iieutenants bar at the Platts-
burg training camp and was married
yesterday at Pittsburg He has been
detailed to Columbia university as AN
instructor in the students army train
ing corps
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25
SUBMITS TO ''COOT|ES"
AIDS FIGHTING MEN
Department of Agriculture kntomolo-
gisis Seek Prevcntivcs for Parasites
That Spread Disease.

There is in Washington i man in
eonspicuously doing his bit, or his all,
for his country by serving as a host
for body lice. the Coolies OF the war
zone. He is o-operatin IN u very
personal and intimate degree with
entomologists Of the United States
department of agriculture, who are
striving, under The direction of the
council of research of the council OF
national defense, to find preventives
and exterminators for the pests that
not only annoy and irritate American
soldiers, but that spread trench fever
and other diseases among them. -4
This man formerly served the city
OF Chicago in public capacity. He
has son with the American expedi~
tionary forces in France, and when
he volunteered TO be subject in the
experimental work of the entomolo-
gists, he said he was willing 10 do
anything that would help out the
boys over there Valuable data in
regard TO the control Of TIE "cootie'
have haen obtained from the para
sites living on his body and moving
pictures of them have been taken
through a microscope. The pictures
/ are to be magnified and shown at
army camps before scientists and
! army officers engaged In delousing
I work
What Scientists Aim to Do.
The entomologists. in addition to
/ watching these uartIcular "cooties''
] and others confined in glass tubes
! and other places. are testing chemt-
Gals to learn their destructive action
s on lice. their effect ON human bodies.
and their penetration of clothing
Also. they are cooperating with
army officers In testing laundering
and delousinr processes They are
irving 10 ada to the KNOWLEDGE or
/ how 10 repel1 kin. or drive AWAY the
tiny parasites that 70 MANY Of our
soldiers have proved more trouble-
some than the Huns or the bullets of
+ the Huns.
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25
Gompers Urges Industrial Power

Paris, Sept a4.-Samuel Gompers
addressing French labor leaders to-
day urged that there should be no
strikes in any of the countries fight
ing the central powers until the war
was over. He declared the Ameri-
can workers were making great sacri-
fees for victory
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25
Alderman Fmvors Children.

New York. Sept. 24-It viii soon
cost a landlord $3.50 fine or five DAYS
imprisonment. or both. 10 bar any fam
iiy from an apartment because some Of
it's members are children. II resolu-
tion offered today by Alderman Clar-
enco Y raltz Is adopted by the board
Of aldermen
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25

VIEW YORK, Sept. 24-Judge p. II
Gary today announced that on Octo-
her an eight-hour day viii be adopt
ed by the United states Steel corpora
ton. of which he is chairman and all
it's subsidiary companies. The open
shop plan heretofore adopted through
the works will be continued" he said.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25

Husbands should he frank and tell
their wives everything and wives
should he generous aud believe II
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25
THE WEATHER
Omitted states Weather Bureau,
Department Of Agrieulture.)

Washington, d. c., Sept. .4.--Fore-
cast.
For Virginia: Fair We d a "
warmer IN west portion; Thursday in
creasing Cloudiness.
FOR North Caroiina-Fair Wednes-
day and Thursday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25

like? The future is very dark -
A woman in Berlin said that on
July 5 there Were more than 10000
cases of the disease in the city
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25
Local Temperature Yesterday.
Local Rainfall.

LOcAI NatnfMII.
Rainfall last twelve hours. ..
Rainfall last twenty -four hours.
Excess in rainfall since March l. |
Excess in rainfall since January
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25
APTUREO LETTERS

Continued from Page OneD
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-25
AlLENby'S ARMY

Continued from Page oneA