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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-21
AGE LIMIT
MAY BLOCK
ARMY Bill
By United Press.

By United Press
Washington, Aug. 21.-Ulwillins
ness on the part of some members Of
congress to draft men under 20 y"trs
of age, threatened to block tempo
rarily the army program of getting
so divisiDs of American troops in
France by next June.
Administration pressure may be
called into the fight if it is necessary
to swing the tide in favor of the pro
gram outlined by the military heads
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-21
80 DIVISIONS "READY"

By United Press.
Washington, Auug 21-Thirty-two
completely organized American diyis-
ions, approximating 100000 men are
now ready for service in France.
This movement Of men and supplies
was successful after securing The
world for ships More ships are to
be gathered into reach by the big
plan now on foot.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-21
RED CROSS UNIT
NOW ON JOB IN
RUSS. CAMPAIGN

BY United Press.
London, Aug. 21.-American re0
Cross units have arrived al Vladi-
vostok from Toxic bringing 10000
pounds of hospital supplies and pro-
visins, according to dispatches re-
ceiyed today
Part Of The units are scheduled to
so Immediately to the Czecho SlovaE1
front, the dispatches declare.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-21
MAY BE SUB FIGHT
ey United Press.

BY, United Press.
An Atlantic Port, Aug 21.-Reports
of heavy firing So miles off the At
lantic coast have been received here,
This may indicate that there is a
battle on between a steamer and a
submarine. These reports were
brought here by the captains of sew
eral fishing vessels. Captain George
Perry of the schooner "Goodshed" re
ported that he saw a large steamer
firing at an object in the Tcyer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-21
New British Push

BY United Press.
London. Aug. 2i-The British at
tackled on wide front north of the
Ancre this morning, Field Marshal
Haig reported Satisfactory progress
was being made at the time this
cable was sent and the dispatches
from that front indicated that the
Tommies We're advancing steadily
On a ten mile front.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-21
HINDY BACK AT HELM

By United Press.
London, Aug. 21,-Report received
here today declare that Hindenburg
has succeeded Ludendorff as COM
mander on the western front opera
tions. The illness of Ludendorf was
later said TO be the cause of the
change.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-21
+ T. + + !. j. J. + i i. j. (. + f.
i. THE GROWING
I GERMAN LIE :

4 THE United States govern
. ment will repudiate all loans
i after the war Liberty bonds
:. after the war will be so much
e worthless paper"
J. Perhaps the most palpable
's and utterly ridiculous German
j. lie which has been retailed in
i the state of Oklahoma was
i the above statement which
. recently found circulation in
= Blaine county
+ Il + T. + IL j. j. = f. + j. +
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-21
French In Flank Move

BY Ur"cl Press.
Paris Aug 21.-French troops, out.
thanking Ourseamp forest reached a
point near Pontois Great pressure
is being methdically exerted toward
Lassigny and Noyon There seems to
be stopping the steady advance in
this sector. The screws are being
slowly frightened.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-21

A marriage 1iceEsee was issued yes
terday in the office of the court clerk
to Charley Phillips, aged 21 of Grace
mont and Miss Liza Howard, aged p
of Gracemont.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-21
TULsAN IN CANADIAN
LIST, OF CASUALTIES

By United Press.

By United Press.
ottawa, Ontario, Aug. 21.-J c.
McEwen, of Tulsa. Okla, was the
only Oklahoma included inthe Ca
madam casualty list announced today.
Whether he was killed in action or
wounded, was not stated.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-21
Pinch Hun vesIe Line

By United Press.
With the Americans In France.
Aug. 2t-The French advance be-
tween the Oise and the Aisne is
rendering the German line on the
Fesie more difficult As the Boehe
line is swung back east and south
of Noyon, enemy positions east of
Soissons win become SO pinched that
there is every possibility OF them
being forced to retire before the
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-21

You will find all the
local news every day
in The Daily Express
The Washington times., 1918-01-31
BEGIN TOBU|LD
CAMP HUMPHREYS,
NEW ARMY POST

Camp A. A. Humphreys was the
name given the new army post at
Belvoir. Va, today when the p. +.
GormIey Company started a gang of
. 900 carpenters and laborers on the
work OF constructing cantonments
for 10000 engineeBing troops soon to
be quartered there.
Camp Humphreys. the first engf-
neer camp OF any great proportion.
was named for one of the most cell
ebrated engineer officers of the Amer
lean army. Gen. Andrew Atkinson
Humphreys. OF civil war fame. He
graduated from West Point in 1881
and entered the engineer corps. He
entered thelcivil war as a major and
in 1858 was made a major general
OF volunteers. He was bIeveted for
bravery at Fredericksburg, Gettysburg
and Sailors Landing. ~ the close
OF the war he was made chief OF en-
gineers with the rank OF brigadier
general.
The engineer corps is going after a
speed record in construction at Camp
Humphreys The contractors have
been given orders 10 work the labor
ers and carpenters in double shifts,
and engineer troops from Camp
Meade have been ordered to the site
to build railroad and dirt road con-
nections with railroads which operate
near the camp. II the weather per-
mits the camp will be ready for occu-
pancy by the latter part OF February.
1t was said at the office of the chief
OF engineers TODAY
The Washington times., 1918-01-31
ALIENS ARE EXONERATED
IN NEWPORT EXPLOSION

Enemy aliens are net believed to
have caused the explosion at the naval
torpedo station at Newport. accord
ing to statement issued by the Navy
Buesu Of Ordnance today.
The reports received by the Bureau
Of Ordnance" says the statement.
shows that the explosion occurred in
the dry house. located in the former
bomb proof. in which .5.000 d"tOners
that were being dried exploded. The
total weight Of the amount Ur fulIni-
nate Cr mercury destroyed was 10
pounds.
Every man in the drying room was
killed. 50 that. ther" is no reason {"
suspect the work Of IN enemy. The
workmen Of the torped" station re-
summed work on dNtonatnrs immedi-
ateIv. Notwithstanding the danger OF
That class of work"
The Washington times., 1918-01-31
Text of Presidents S
Address toFarmers

but that they should be exceeded.
] know what this advice involves.
1t involves not only labor but sac
rifice, the painstaking application
Of every bit OF scientific knowl-
edge and every tested prac-
tice that is available. 1t means
the utmost economy. even to the
point where the pinch comes. 1t
means the kind of concentration
and self-sacrlfce which is in
volved in the field OF battle itself.
where the object always looms
greater that the individual. And
yet the Government will help and
help in every way that Is possible.
The impression which prevails in
some quarters that while the
Government has sought to fix
the prices of foodstuffs, II has not
sought TO fix other-prices which
determine the expenses OF the
the farmer. is a mistaken one.
As a matter OF fact. the Gov
eTnment has actively and success
fully regulated the price OF many
fundamental materials underlying
all the industries OF the country,
and has regulated them not only
AOi Vi lne JONtEn-
ment but also for the purchases
OF the general public. and ! have
every reason to believe that the
Congress will extend the powers
of the Government in this im-
pOrtdnt, and even essential mat
ter 81 that tip tendency to prof.
teering which, is showing Itself in
TOO many quarters may be affect
lively checked. In fixing the
prices of foodstuffs the Govern
ment has sincerely tried TO keep
the interests OF the farmer as
much in mind as the interests OF
the communities which are to
be served. but II is serving man.
kind as well as the farmer. and
everything in these times OF war
takes on the rigid aspect OF duty.
will not appeal to you to con
tinue and renew and increase your
efforts do not believe that it
is necessary TO do so. ! believe
that you will do IL without any
word or appeal from me. becaBse
you understand as well as ] do
the needs and opportunities OF
this great hour when the fortunes
OF mankind everywhere seem
aboHt td be determined and when
America has the greatest oppOr-
tunity she has ever had to make
good her own freedom and in
making il good to lend a helping
hand to men struggling for their
freedom everywhere. You remem-
Der that II was farmers from
whom came the first shots at Lex
ngton. that set aflame the RevO-
luton that made America free.
hope and believe that the
farmers Of America will willingly
and conspicuOusly stand by to
win this war also. The toll. the
Intelligence, the energy. the fore
sight. the self-sacTifice and devU-
tion OF the farmers OF America
will, / believe. bring to a tri-
umphant conclusion this great
last great war for the emancipa-
tion of men from the control OF
arbitrary government and the
selfishness e "'"ss legislation and
control, and then, when the end
has cu,I' - look each other
in tho f. II - "Iad that We
are Americans and have had tine
privilege 4" T.a. .uvh part.
The Washington times., 1918-01-31
STATE DEPT. OFFICIALS
AWAIT MORE REPORTS
OF GERMAN UPRISING

The most important events in the
history of the war are believed i'm
pending today in the central empires
Withholding official comment on
reports of great strikes in Germany
and Austria, uprisings against the
government in Austria Hungary. re-
volt Of the Czechs and Socialists in
the Austrian army. and destruction OF
vast amounts Of war supplies in both
countries, the State Department is
utilizing every source to learn the
truth behind the Teuton curtain of
censorship.
Condition suspicIOus.
That so much news Of unrest in
over the borders is regarded at once
with satisfaction and suspicion by
officials here. In the past such news
has been carefully guarded. Little is
new reaching the outside world from
Austria, where the greatest uphesval
is believed going on. This censor
ship is stated on bfgh authority.
clearly confirms the Governments in
formation that events OF tremendous
import are transpiring in the dual
monarchy.
Meantime this Government is keep
ing the people of AustTia-Hungary
informed Of events transpiring in the
rest OF the world. The United states
is blasting the German censorship
with serop!anes and other means OF
communication with the Autsro-Hun-
garians. The unrest in Germany is
being communicated to the worlmen
OF Austria and insofar as is possible
the Germans in west front trenches
are being kept informed of conditions
in Austria.
See Democratic Move.
Officials here see in the German
and Austrian difficulties not only un-
rest at economic conditions. but a
sincere movement for greater repre-
sentation in the affairs Of the gov
ernments. This movement for demo-
President Wilson has
sought since he entered the war
The reported demands OF German
workmen. particularly for equal cleo
toral suffrage. democratizatiOn OF state 3
institutions. and participation Of work
mems delegates in peace pourparlers.
are regarded by international experts
here as highly Significant 1t is believed
the next few days will reveal the real .
extent Of the German difficulty and 4
what may he its vital effect ON the Kai .
ser's conduct Of the war
The Washington times., 1918-01-31
CONGRESS TO ACT ON
GARABED INVESTIGATION

Long-deferred Congress action on
,he resolution for Government inves.
Iigatiou Of "Garabed." alleged world
IevOIutiOnizing discovery Of an un
tapped natural force. w@s scheduled
today.
Cpnferees were to report TO both
houses the measure calling for i'm
mediate investigation by five emil
nent scientists Of the invention.
Garsbed T. X. Girragossian. Boston
Armenian, inventor, claims his inven-
tion automatically extracts from the
air vergin energy-no fuel what
soever being needed in the process
II will totally eliminate coal. oil
and all other fuel from production or
power in the future, he says; and It's
application TO battleships. aeroplanes
and submarines would bring the war
10 q quick close.
The Washington times., 1918-01-31
1000 DISTRICT EMPLOYEES
TO HEAR BILLY SUNDAY.

One thousand men and women EN-
ployed by the District government
will attend the Billy Sunday service
next Wednesday night.
Preparations for District Building
Night at the Tabernacle began today
with the announcement that reserva-
tions can be made through the fol-
lowing committee: T. J. Hartford.
auditors office; A. q. Cole. health de-
partment: Miss NJ. c. LiIlis. weight
and measures; +. L. Edgington. street
cleaning: J. f. Poole. purchasing
office.
The Washington times., 1918-01-31

LONDON, Jan. 31.-Nesrly 100000
persons are already on strike in Ber-
Jim. and the number is being added to
hourly, the Exchange Telegraph cor
respondent at Copenhagen teIegraphs.
The movement is being extended to
the provincial towns.
All the workmen in the Kiel ship
yards and in the Vulcan works at
Hamburg ard thousands Of miners in
the Rhenish Westphslian districts
SSruek on Monday, according to the
Beriint Vossische zeitung.
The erain warehouses OF the city OF
Vienna are afire. and enormous
damage has been caused, according
20 a Vienna, dispatch forwarded from
AmsteFdsm by the ,Exebange TelS-
graph. RevolutiOnaries are suspected
OF having started the fires.
The Berlin correspondent OF the
P0iitiken. OF Copenhagen, reports
The Washington times., 1918-01-31
rial revolt menaces all of Germany

trial revolt mensces all OF Germany
today.
Nearly 900. 900 men and women
workers. mostly engaged in war
work, are on strike.
Newspapers are being suspended
all over the German empire, public
meetings are forbidden and the i'm
periai government is threatening to
put the nation under martial law
with Won Hindenburg as dictator un-
less the agitations cease.
workerS' UutInatum.
The threat has been answered by
the working classes with an ulri-
matum demanding peace. food and
political reforms.
This, the ffrst real crisis Germany
has faced from her own people since
the war began, has been brought to
a head by the arrogance of the Pan
Germans. after they secured control
Of the governments peace policies,
and the influence wrought by the BOl.
skeviki upon German soldiers on the
eastern front. II has virtually uniteL
all Of the ahti-Junker parties.
The chief unrest now centers in
Berlin. where the strike is said to
be spreading.
The Washington times., 1918-01-31
FOITR SMAItPny GASES
IN CITY In FOUR DAYS

Eaur persons have beon stricken
u-'." smallpox within Washington
within the last four days. it was
IeP med TODAY.
The are Dwight ID. Wells. and hts
son. Theodore -. hwn wears old 1860
F"irmont strae' northwest: Curtis
Frank Scott thirty eight wears old
tho spn,e address: Mrs. Laura Bun
dell. 39OG M street northwest. and
Josenh +. nuy l". Of 81 First street
northeast.
The Washington times., 1918-01-31

that the strikers have formed a work
mems council of 500. with an action
commission" OF ten men and women,
Including Hugo Haase. the independ-
ent Socialist leader, and Philip
Seheidemann. the majority Socialist
leader.
The Washington times., 1918-01-31
AnarehIsts no De JaIIed.
Soda Fountains Serve II.

Iror helps a persons appetite.
nerves. blood. and complexion. Drives
out the uric acid. 1t builds you up.
Many fountains without extra charge
gladly put q drop or two in milk or
soft drinks. Tell the boy to put some
AIM Iron in yours.-AdVt
The Washington times., 1918-01-31
FRANCIS REQUEST
TOA|DROUMANIAN
minister DENIED
PETROGRAD, Jan. 81
American Ambassador Francis
request for an extension Of the
time allowed for the departure
Of ROumanian Minister Dia-
mandi has been refused, it was
announced today.

The acid test is being applied to
the Bolsheviki in the anarchist
threat against United States Am
bassador Francis at Petrograd.
Francis, whose experiences at
+ -t-ograd have been equaled only
by the siege about the Peking lega-
tion during the Chinese Boxer rebel
lion, is calm and determined under
the stress Of his dangerous position,
official cables show.
Delicate Situation Arises.
What will the Bolsheyiki do? is the
question on every hand now. There is
reason to believe this Government,
either formally or informa .ly. has al
ready moved to e.: --l,.
In the circumstances the Lenine-TTot-
sky regime Is placed in a delicate stu
alton Torn by many and varied con-
hicting elements in its efforts to estab-
lish n government in Russia. the Boil
sheviki leaders ind themselves now in
a position where they must apparently
take sides with the American Govern
ment against the anarchists. IL proper
protection Is afforded Francis. Whether
or not tie BOlsheviki will promise this
protection. official dispatches do not
yet show. The State Department is
waiting with concern to hear further
from Francis and IL prepared to put into
effect any recommendations he makes
to meet the situation.
Anarchists To BE Jailed.
Alexander Berkman and Emma
Goldman. for whose liberty the an
archists will hold Francis virtual
are 20 be jailed When this
news reaches the sailors and workmen
for the threat against the
American ambassador, the crisis is
expected TO come Immediately.
The Washington times., 1918-01-31
BAKER'SOFFERTO
RESIGN WAS TURNED.
DOWNBYPRESIDEVT
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Continued from First Page.)
his lesson: that heIs a changed man.
But those who have observed the Sec
retary from day to day in washing
ton can see no change in the man.
He Is the same personality with v hIeh
there was disagreement a year ago.
but in his own way has managed 10
get an unexcelled efficiency out OF
the naval establishment.
Criticism kept the Secretary alert
and permitted him to enforce 10 the
extreme the rule he had originally set
for himself-'of Ticking men without
regard to pull or seniority. \ de-
partment that is under fire canno.
afford to appoint inefficient men 10
office. no matter how urgent the re,
quests OF political persons And to-
day the Secretary OF the Navy has an
organization which for cooperation
and community OF interest Is nnsur-
passed In Washington.
Secretary Baker has been handicap
ped because most OF the regulars have
sought promotions in the fled. STAFF
duty was the least attractive. No re =
ular wanted a bullet-proOf job, as
desk positions have been called. But
the Secretary OF War will be COM
PEELED TO bring home rrom France
from time TO time experienced Of
ficers who have been imbued with
energy by contact with the rapidly
moving war machine abroad.
PubfIe WIN Agree.
The President confidently expects
the public eventually to share the
good opinion he now holds OF Secra-
tary Baker He believes the Secre-
tary OF War one of the ablest Off
cial sin the Government Tl7is II not
a novel description. Many OF the Of
fcers in the army think the same
thing. General Pershing told Charles
r. Crane recently that he believed
Mr.. Baker was the best Secretary OF
War we have ever had.
II Is always so. however. about
Cabinet officers-there are two ex-
tremes OF opinion. Either they are
roundly condemned or warmly com
The outside impression OF
Mr.. Daniels has been proved wrong.
The navy is being efficiently directed
II the army performs its task as
America expects that task tOtbe done.
the same will some day prove true
about Mr.. Baker. One thing is sure.
He has - ~>7ddsure OF President
son. He offered to resign and Mr..
Wilson N,u.-l.J usten to IT,
So henceforth his critics must go on
he assumption that the Secretary Of
Var is going to stay. and he therefore
'ught to be given the ungrudging Co
,peration and support OF everybody.
There are signs that Senator Cham
'erlain and the Administration will bury
he hatchet and pull together for Amer
ca.
So should II be everywhere. and
he circulation of false rumOrs about
he Secretary OF Wars status are Is
ikely to be subverSive OF public CON
denee not only in the United States
iut among the peoples OF the nations
llied with US.
The Washington times., 1918-01-31
V0RWAERTS EMPLOYEES
EXPRESS SYMPATHY
FOR GERMAN STRIKERS

AMSTERDAM. Jan. 31.-The copy
of the German Socialist organ. Nor-
waerts. received here today contain
ed a declaration of sympathy with
the strikers signed by employees Of
the paper. and another declaration.
signed by the editorial staffs. dis
approving IL.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 3I.-An indus
The Washington times., 1918-01-31
Troops Revolt.

GENEVA. Jan. 31.-According to {
BasIe dispatch printed by La Suiss'
today. there have been serious coI.
fiicts between troops and strikers Ia.
Berlin. with casualties.
At some places, the story asserted.
troops refused TO fire on the strikers.
Dispatches from Vienna received
here asserted that soldiers started thc
recent strike movement. many Aus.
trian officers leading. These officers,
il was declared. tore OF their insignia
aud Joined with their men.
A dispatch to the Democrat de-
clared "a revolution. not strike" Is
raging in Austria.
Prague messages reported that the
local authorities were unable TO sup
press the strikers and that troops
were arriving TO aid.
AMSTERDAM. Jan. 31.-While agi-
tation for a general strike failed at
Munich, following a stormy meeting.
it has spread to the munitions and
transportation workers in Furth and
Nuremberg, according to copies of
yesterdays Cologne Zeitung, received
here.
The Washington times., 1918-01-31
SOLDIERS IN
REVOLT; WILL
mot FIRE ON
STRIKE MOBS
fContinued from First PAGE

CONTINUED from First Page.)
scheme Of miliiarization Of war fac
tories: release of all political prison
.ers: demOcratization Of all state insti
tutions. and equal suffrage by direct
S.cret ballot
The Washington times., 1918-01-31
KIeI Workerr QuIt.

AMSTERDAM. Jan. 31.-The Vos-
siche' zeitung (Berlin) of Tuesdays
date reports that all the workmen in
the Kiel shipyards. including the gov
ernment yards. went on strike on
Monday. and that all bakers shops
have been guarded since Friday by
troops and armed police.
At Hamburg, says the paper. all the
workmen in the Vulcan works
struck Monday morning and marched
in procession through the main
streets to the trades union building.
where they held a stormy meeting.
All the demands were for better food
supplies. There We're no disturb
ances.
The Rhenische Westfalische Zei-
tung, OF EsseI-. copy OF which has
been received here. reports that Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg has warned
the strikers in Berlin to cease their
movements Immediately. He told
them, according to this newspaper,
that they were being misled. adding:
Every hour you lose means the
weakening Of Germany's defense. You
are committing a crime against our
army and an act OF cowardice against
your brethren in the front trenches"
Berliner Tageblatt, the Vorwaerts
and the Berliner Post TO cease publi-
cation, according to a dispatch re-
ceived here from Berlin. The ban was
placed ON the newspapers owing to
their attitude toward the striking
workmen in Germany, says the dis
pEtch.
ROTTERDAM. Jan. 3l.-EnIperor VII
liam is in sympathy with the movement
for peace by agreement, according to
Prof. Hans Delbrueck. OF the Univer-
sity Of Berlin, as quoted in an inter
view with the Sieuwe Rotterdamsche
Courant's Berlin correspondent
Professor Delbrueck. who himself is a
Deace-by-agreement advocate. said the
warning nations were now divided into
two camps. the first comprising those
who. like Premier Lloyd George in
England and Admiral Won Tirpitz in
Germany. wanted to fight to a finish.
and the second consisting Of those who.
like Emperor William. the German gov
ernment, the Reichstag majority and !
the great ma ajority Of the people. were
working for a negotiated peace.