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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-30
MAY DRAFT MEN
FROM CANADA OR
GREAT BRITAIN
By United Press.

BY United Press.
Washington, Jan. 30--Great Britain
and Canada have agreed that the
United States may draft their nation.
ais here into the army, Secretary
Lansing announced to the senate
today.
The nationals OF Canada or Great
Britain will be given time to return
to their own countries but If they do
not return, they will be drafted into
the American army.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-30
FORMER GERMAN
STEAMER TAKES
SAMMIES OVER
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
Paris, Jan. 30-The great steamer
Loyiathan, formerly the Vatreland
arrived today at an eastern port
carrying thousands of American sol.
diers. The steamer had an unevent-
full voyage and did not sight sub.
marine. 1t is permissible to an
nounce today that several of the
German transports seized at the out
break of the war had arrived. They
carried thousands of American troops
and thousands tons OF supplies.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-30
ATTENTION, AUTO OWNERS

The Auto Owners Supply Co, have
a special representative, Mr.. ]. w.
Price at the New Chickasha hotel
this week. See him and he will ex-
plain to you how to save from Is
to 40 per cent on all tires. tubes and
accessories you must buy.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-30
25o,ooo Reported out

By United Press
Zurich, Jan. 30-Two hundred and
fifty thousand workmen were strik-
ing in Berlin yesterday and there are
$4,000 more going to walk out be.
fore night the Berlin vorwaerts, a
socialist organ says.
1t Is reported on good authority
that some of the workmen in the
Krupp works are striking. The en-.
tire list of war industries is at
standstill the Vorwaerts says.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-30
KILL CHAMBERLAIN BILL

By United Press.
Washington. Jan Secretary
Bakers appeal for until aroused the
opponents of Senator Chamberlain's
war cabinet bill to a determination
to kill the measure. The first as.
sault will be made when Chamber
lain brings up the bill for eonsidera-
tion in the committee probably today
or tomorrow. .cs r
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-30
ULTTMATUM DE-
LTVERED TO FRANCIS
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
Petrograd, Jan. 30-An ultimatum
declaring that United States Ambas-
sador Francis would be held person
ally responsible for the life and lib
erty of Alexander Berkman. was for
warded to the ambassador by an
anarchist group of sailors working
at Helsingfors today.
Alexander Berkman and Emma
Goldman are being prosecuted in
America for an alleged conspiracy to
defeat the conscription law.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-30
Transport Lost


BY United Press.
London Jan. 30--The British trans.
port Aragon was torpedoed in the
eastern Mediterraiean on Dec 30
with a loss of 61O lives, the admiral.
ty announced today The announce
ment added that the destroyer res
cuing the survivors was also sub
marined this occurring on Dec. 81.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-30
Movement Spreading
By United Press.


COqenhagen, Jan. 80 -Berlin's s
strike is growing hourly. The move.
melt is spreading to the provincial
towns.
Danzig and Hamburg are now be.
coming affected. A workmen's coun-
Gil of 500 members has been formed
in Berlin. This information came to-
day in dispatches direct from Berlin.
Rumors are circulated here that
German soldiers on the east front
have shot some Of their officers and
it is also reported that wide disturb.
ances are evident among the sailors
of the German fleet at Kiel.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-30
Unrest in Central Powers Due to Ameri-
can Publicity Campaign; Austrian
People Make Stringent Demands
MAY THROW OFF
PAN-GERMAN YOKE
Many Labor Troubles; Say Affect Krupp
Works; Italians Hold Gains; RumOrs
Of Revolt at Kiel


BY United Press.
Washington, Jan 9O--The unrest in
Germany and particularly in Austria
Hungary is attributed by government
officials to open air diplomacy.
Reports now show that grave sit-
uation is facing Austria In the form
of the peoples demands to throw off
the militaristic yoke of the panGer-
mans The open propaganda the
United States is carrying on with
the Austrians and Bulgarians has
had good effect and President WI.
SON is much encouraged,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-30
100000 Germans Strike

BY United Press
Berne, Jan SO-Ono hundred thou
sand working men are striking in
Berlin, according to copies of the
Frankfurter Zeitung arriving here
today. The paper stated that the city
was orderly and quiet
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-30
Italians Hold PosItIons

BY United Press
Berlin, jan 30--Monti dc Valbella
and Coldelrosso, remained in the
hands of the enemy, today's official
statement from the italian front de.
clares.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-30
No Just Peace

BY United Press.
Peuograd, Jan. s0--Russia's nan,
SOVIET congress, the voice Of the peo.
pie VII, reject Germany's peace offer
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-30
Report says soo.ooo

Amsterdam, Jan. 3O--Five hundred
thousand strikers walked out Monday
in Berlin alone, copies OF a German
socialist newspaper received here
today declares.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-30

vited. The entertainment will con.
sist Of selections by students from
the piano and voice departments of
the school, and will begin promptly
at S:15. The program follows:
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-30

|. CONTINUED on Page TwO.y
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-30

Tomorrow night at the Oklahoma
College for Women the students Of
the institution will give a compli-
mentary recital to which all are in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-05

To the Editor Of Womar's PAGE:
Dear Madam am seventeen years old
and engaged 10 bov of TWENTY-FIVE
He drafted and has been In camp for
several months. For two months I have
not heard from him. What would YOU ad-
wise me to do? Shall I write to him? When
he did not answer my last letter ] stopped
writing TO wait for his letter and one never
came. JEAN.
I think. my dear little girl. would
write again. II was foolish to stop
writing because he missed answering one
letter. There is so much mail traffic
these days il Is easy for a letter to be
lost And it is not well to let these
misunderstandings come into your lives
If they can be helped Write a bright
letter and say you suppose something
must have happened to the letters So
far. but you are going to try again. Then
If you do not hear 1t might be we'll to
find out II he is on the sick list or per-
aaps he may have sailed good many
men are going over there" now. and
they cannot send word before they leave,
you know
Give him another chance, and IL YOU
do not hear get YOUR brother or father
or mother to make inquiries about him
for you.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-05
CAN SUMMERS PLENTY
FOR WINTERS MEALS
Luscious Berries Peaches and Cherries Afford Desirable
Desserts for Cold Days " hen Eggs and Butter
Are Soaring in Price

canned without sugar Instead of using
syrup, simply fill the cans with clean
hot water and process in water bath.
The fruit must not spoil. but, of course
will not have the fine color and favor
which it would have If packed in
syrup. The use of even a thin syrup
in canning fruits will give more at
tractive finished product than can pos
sibly be obtained by canning in water.
If sugar is not available. it will be
we'll to consider drying the fruits in
stead of canning. since a good dried
product is far better than a poor canned
one The Importance of canning in less
water should be stressed this year be-
cause of the high cost of containers.
Fruits canned without sugar or with
the addition of very small amount OF
sugar may be used for pie filings. des-
serts and in other ways.
Fruits for home use can be canned
with corn syrup or refiners' syrup in
| place of part of the sugar ordinarily
used Syrups with a distinctive flavor
| add sweetness, but also, of course.
change the flavor of the canned fruit.
little experimenting in handling
| fruits should enable a housewife to
develop various combinations of fruits
and syrups which are pleasing to her
own family.
Caution: Fruits canned with plain
water or with other than sugar syrup
should not be sold until the Jars have
been labeled to comply with local and
! Federal requirements as to description
of contents.
Boil empty jars and lids for at least
! fifteen minutes before you fill them with
the fruit. Rubber rings just before be-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-05

lowed hard, remembering how much I
owed my landlady. who would hire me
to help with the babies and housework ~
mo. You don't claim to be an en-
perienced servant, I suppose" With
out waiting for me to answer. she
called out to somebody in the back
ground, Bertha what time is it?" and
discovering 1t was later than she thought
gasped and turned to me with an ex-
preston of long-suffering
Trying to be brief and honest too about
my qualifications for domestic work, the
possibility of which became more al
dren were out of my reach. l said apol-
ogetically, I'm not a pastry cook"
whats that" Mrs MOdry pounCed
on the idea like one who scents a joke.
Whatever do you mean?"
Why, you asked about my training"
I replied.
oh yes, what about it?"
I'm not very good at pies and cake.
But my great-aunt brought me up to
do plain cooking and keep house And
She / ventured as an afterthought,
"she-was-pretty hard to please"
We'll. you're too small anyway" Thus
my second hope was slain. IF you were
larger and stronger | might take you in
couldn't think of il. The work here is too
heavy. How old are you. anyway"
I'll be sixteen the last OF January"
That's a long ways off" said Mrs.
Modry. turning with a gesture OF fnallty
to go into the house.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-05

GONE may think that home canning is
y hot work But how would they de-
scribe work in the trenches? 1t is
thoughts like these that make woman
determine to put away summers plenty
at all costs. For it is the plenty or
summer that is the best insurance
against the scarcity of winter
Take desserts. for instance. In winter
eggs and butter are high.
Those luscious berries, peaches, cher
ries, figs and other fruits. so abundant
this summer. can be made to supply
many desirable desserts for winter, and
with little trouble.
Virtually all fruits can be canned
at home in ordinary Gamers or in a
large vessel with tightly fitting cover.
In fact, fruits are easier to can than
most vegetables. They are prepared
more quickly and need to be boiled in
the jars only once and generally for n
other products.
Canned fruits preserve most of the
delicate favors and succulence of fresh
fruits and are the nearest substitute for
fruits fresh from bush or tree. They
are very valuable IN the winter diet,
They supply acids and mineral sub
stances very useful in keeping the body
in condition.
Do not cook or handle fruits in gal
vanized veSselG The fruit acid attacks
the zinc coating and makes the product
dangerous to health and spols its color
and flavor.
Fruits Can BE Canned without Sugar
Don't let cost or difficulty of obtain
ing sugar deter you from canning guam
titles of fruit this year. Fruit can be
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-05
Alice Kent and the Days Work
The Story of Business Girl Who Would Not Fail
By
SXN'IT
fARTHA keller


XVII
r ROSE and looked at Mrs. Modry with
! eager interest. To find her so much
younger than dear Mrs Carruth was n
distinct surprise and I was disappointed
too. in her personality. A smPll. dark
woman with a thin, fretful face. she
: frowned at me in the sunlight and her
manner showed extreme nervousness.
But the disappointment represented by
all this was nothing in comparison with
the shock of her first words: There is
no place for you here"
why" l burst out. so taken back
that l felt there must he some mistake
Mrs. Carruth told me ."
'It was three weeks ago that I talked
With her. A great deal has happened
Recognizing that Mrs Modrv was an
noyed by my impetuosity. this time ]
held my peace. Presently she proceeded
to explain: While we were away
band insisted after | left the hospital
that the only thing to do was to engage
q nurse for the children. So we got one
there In Boston who knows more about
babies than 1 do. and I've had four" >.
to ask: what have you to say to
stili cIinging to the Mrs Modry whom
I had pictured in my dream on the porch
while was waiting for the real woman
to appear: and still under the spell of
the babys loveliness, / exclaimed. try
ing to dispel the barrier between US.
"Oh. why didn't I know .about you a
month ago when you needed somebody
3 "a young girl like you wouldn't have
suited me anyway" was the prompt
reply "You don't look strong"
But l am said |, forgetting for the
moment that at the farm tainted.
though for the first time in my life.
''Wiry, you know
"Well,' Mrs. Modry declared in a
superior tone. Strengthening the door
mat which was not designed for me. as
II bore the word Welcome that
doesn't make up for years and expert
ence.
"Of course | didn't mean" I ex-
plained contritely. "to compare myself
with a trained nurse. But | am strong
and / love children. Please tell me, do
you know anybody who" here l swal-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-05
From a Civil War Nurse

- the Editor Of Woman s Page
4 Y,ear Msdam-Having read OF so many
asinC helped through your page. ] write 10
- II there is some one VINO can help d
u Eebekah. was volunteer nurse during
me war of 1s81-sI. hut now iar tw9 years
lave not been able to get out or 70 Walk.
Snd II is very lonesome and hsrd 70 nav
q Sit indoors these hot days what hysn5 wan
S-bs has a rolling chair that they VIII sen or
rent cheap? Then would pe able TO get
ossf and see the parks and what is dolns
SSfside in the world. l am seventy SIX
Sssrs old and II is very tiresome sitting
kere day in and day out
& Hoping that you know Of some one or
<sst some kind hearted person will read this
latter and help one of the past May Gop
STEADY READER OF YOUR PAGE
There is a shut-in society that rents
Invalid chairs very cheap. but feel al
most sure some one of our many readers
vfIi want TO step forward and give this
Grand Army woman the chair that is
'nrobably standing around in some home
1oInG nothing. In reading letter such
- this somehow one looks ahead and
knows that age comes to us all. In 1861
Sur reader was doing her bit as we are
irving to do ours now. Even more, she
was nursing Now is the time she should
IS out In the parks seeing the grass and
h<inG cool Who is going to ask for the
address of this soul who has served and
who should now be served?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-05
COMMENCEMENT
College Degrees Are Conferred on
Thirty Graduates

MyerstDwn. Pa, June 5.-Prof. Leon
Gushing Prince, of Dickinson College, de-
livered the commencement day Grafton
at Albright College. DR.. l.. c. Hunt.
president, conferred degrees on the fol-
lowing:
Bachelor of arts-Charles Earl Bau-
meister. Elsie May Berger. Harry. Mer,
wyn Buck, Carl Halbert Burg Harold
Heiiman Church, Edwin Franklin
Crumbling. Minerva Pearl Hartzler
Sara Virginia Hartzler. Charles Victor
Hassler, Judson Franklin kast. Jennie
Margaret Kline, Grant Cochran knight,
Guy Raymond Mergenthaler, Leah Ruth
Miller, Newton STANFORD Miller, Martha
Ruth Morris, Jonas Harper Schrettler
Ralph Feger Stauffer, Blanche May
Strickler, Ethel Mae Thompson and
Ruth Margaret Wunderiinch.
Bachelor Of science-Ivan Keller Kline,
Christiana Amelia Kohl. Eugene Angus
tus Long and Glenn kelchner Morris.
Graduates in pianoforte--Miriam Cen
semer Bowman, Amy May Stroup and
Anna May Himmelberger.
Graduates in voice culture and singing
Mamie Irene Albert and Leah Elena
Hangen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-05
WOMEN'S PAY STILL LOW
Not Replacing Men as Rapidly as Was
Expected

Washington, June 5.--Although 44,471
have been placed by the womans
division Of the Federal employment
service, women are not replacing men
in industries as rapidly as expected, the
Department of Labor has announced
Wages offered women are less than
those paid men and are not sutfic' emily
high to attract women except In favor
able localities. a summary of reports
shows.
More than 100000 children are en-
tered in the nationwide weighing and
measuring test. according to figu' es
made public by the depa rtment. Di-
rections for saving the lives os children
have been sent to thousands OF local
workers. the recommendations being
based on six years of study of the
causes of infant deaths
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-05
MS PRODUCTS-SEASH MILLLNERY-PORC
Hunting a Husband

CHAPTER L\NNn
UTI Ca II H. T,fas

Inc Story Of Her LVe
UCAN'T I do something for your" ]
~ knocked timidly at Mrs Ashby s
door.
Come in." she called She was
stretched out on her couch. I'm too
tired to lift finger, Sara Lane" she
said.
Well knew why Now that last
nights affair was over. the tension was
let down. Jenkins had driven Judge
Ashby back to his hotel--far the worse
for what he had drunk. And Mrs.
Ashby felt "all in." as she said:
wanted to help her. To let her
know I felt for her But I could say
nothing to her directly. So I offered
my services.
You can do something for me. You
can write some letters for me. Would
your"
Gladly" I said
picked UP some sheets of paper from
the desk. And a pencil She dictated
slowly at first. Then she said, How
can you do IT so fast? Read 1t to me-
| did.
That's perfect" she said. How"
I held up my paper Shorthand -
she cried. Where did you learn it?
How wonderful!'
In a few short sentences I told her
had been a secretary less than six
months ago. was taking A year off
How clever you are, Sara Lane.
Think Of earning your own living"
! did not tell her thought her far
cleverer. She knew how to win men.
Then | thought of the man she had
won. copied her letters
carefully. I went to the door.
Sara, Sara Lane want to talk to
you You saw it all. last night. You
felt badly, know that. You must like
me. yes? Perhaps now YOU understand
more. How can l be other than l am
with that man for husband
Divorce? 1t is impossible. He is
too clever for me. He is a big law
yer. He can outwit me every time.
He wants things as they are. He is
satisfied, and as for ME
You wonder why | married him.
perhaps? | was in love. was eight
cen He was thrty-two. He was big
and strong. I had head full of dreams.
loved his masterful way-you saw it
last night" She shivered. That is
what 1t became after our marriage. |
had a baby. a boy. He died when he
was four.
other women see me. They envy
me--are jealous. | am the fascinating
Mrs Ashby Married d-irreproa cha BILE,
as far as that goes. have money
plenty---and time. and freedom. And l
am young. So women are jealous of
me. They hate me. And men. they are
infatuated. You know, now. why I f1irt
hard--then laugh 1t is a small thing.
1t takes my time. Amuses me.
For what have I? There. Sara Lane.
you have the story of my life! = You
are the first woman I have ever talked
to, So
II understand" said softly. II see,
now"
Tomorrow-The Little Drama.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-05

ing put on the Jars should be cleaned by
dipping for a minute into a quart OF
boiling water in which a teaspoonful OF
cooking soda has been dissolved. Take
the Jars out of the water bath, drain
quickly and fill, while still hot, with the
fruit prepared as described below. Fill
the jar with hot syrup or hot water. Put
on the lid, but do not seal absolutely
tight. so as to allow for expansion inside
the jar.
Put the partially sealed Jars. while
still hot into a hot water Gamer pro-
vded with false bottom of Stats or
wire mesh. Do not put cold jars into
hot water-or boiling water into cold
jars-they'll crack. Boil (process) the
filled Jars for the time specified in the
recipes, counting from when the water
In the Gamer begins to boil again. Re-
move jars seal alright: when cold test
for leaks and store in a dark, cool, dry
place
Individual recipes for canning fruit
will be sent free UPON request by the
Department of Agriculture, Washing
ton, d. c.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-05

WRUT if he's going to get anywhere,
z - ne can't do 1t with his arm
around a girl. Loves young
dream. He's got to cut the dream
STUN II he's going to get anywhere"
Love! Let me tell you. Love is a
luxury. 1t is a rival. 1t is a COM
petitor. 1t is all right when the time
comes. But he has no business fool
ing with 1t now"
What do these words mean to you?
The minute I read them in a story in
one OF the June magazines I wanted
70 stop and think. The story is about
q young man they are trying TO teach
to sing. But there is a girl. 1t is
the singing teacher who goes to her
and asks her to give him up until he
makes good.
NAN a young man get anywhere
~ with one arm around a girl? Think
OF all the young men you know who
are trying to do it. I am thinking
of one in particular. He was bright
and full Of ambition. If the manage.
ment wanted some one to work nights
on particularly important job they
knew where to come. If there was
work for a keen brain they knew
where to take it-until he met her.
Even then no one knew what was the
matter.
], however. had It from his own
lips. Everything is a side issue now
but her" he confided one night when
ne was low in spirits. My Job used
to be the main part of life The other
things were just like fringe around
the edge. Now it's just the opposite
my Job is the fringe around the edge
It's awful"
And it was awful until he asked her
to marry him. Then he became A
rational being again.
Can man get anywhere with his
arm around girl? Yes, if he's sure
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-05
TALKS ON SCHOOLS
Columbia University Professor Speaks
to Association at Oak Lane

DR.. julius Sachs, member of the
faculty of Columbia University. was the
speaker last night at the school years
final meeting of the Parent-Teacher
ASS citation of the Oak Lane Country
Day School. About seventy-fve men,
bers heard the address on the school
in relation to its constituency" which
was followed by informal discussion.
Doctor Sachs dwelt upon the neces-
sity of cooperation between parents and
sc.Iooi authorities as essential to thu
proper conduct of a modern school,
Poets may be born, he saiu, but teacaers
are made. and unless they are trained
experts they are not teachers.
Home study. as 1t used to be applied.
was termed by Doctor Sachs as cruelty
Superfine." and as general rule he
though there should be. no lessons as.
signed for home study before the pupil
is eleven years old, with great care
and discretion exercised even after the
pupil mas reached that age. Ii was
voted by the association that the trus-
tees be requested to print Doctor
Sachs address for distribution.