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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-23

9Th GRADE
ERACES
Only Ten in County Fail Pass Exam;
Eighth Made Average Above 80;
All Girls

Gu. ot Z total of 516 eighth grad
ers in Grady county only ton failed
to pass the county examination as
shown by the records in the office
OF Supt NJ. H. Shepard who is just
completing the mailing out Of the
grades to tho pupils Seven hundred
and fifty-three pupils took the exam
ination, 537 being seventh grade pu-
pills taking only five subjects.
Eight finished the examination
with general averages Of more than
80 and the highest average grade
vas made by Lou Emma Walden Of
Bradley whose grades netted an av-
erage of % 81. She is - years Of
ago. Hazel Smell of Tuttle. a IL
yearo old lass, made the second high
est average grade with % ia The
other six finishing with averages Of
81 or better are: lowell Blair, Rush
Springs, aged il, 81 Ia; Eliza White,
lreton, aged l6, 80 90; Katie Mitch
ell Rush Springs, aged 15 80 5-12;
Thora Weaver Verdcn, aged H..
90 1-6; Wynona Decker, MARROW,
aged 10, 90;1 Maude Wllkerson, Ire
ton, aged H. 90
The records show that the girls
have bested the boys, especially in
the matter of high grades Among
the select, that is, those making an
average Of better than 80, not a boys
name appears. AT the same time, be
it recorded that of the ten who did
not pass, some were girls. County
Superintendent Shepard is mailing
out passing grades to 3O5 pupils. Du-
plicate grades have been sent to the
office of the state superintendent
from which office certificates or di-
plomas will be furnished to the sue.
cessful candidates for ninth grade
honors.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-23

pletely having been torn loose from
its connections and even the legs
broken. When the morning meal was
passed through to the men they de-
voured it, then breaking the dishes
into bits used the fragments for
practicing sharp shooting" using
tho electric light globes for targets.
ARTILLERY practice was also a fa-
yorlte pastime Of the men, said "ars
tiIlery" being their sturdy shoes
kicked against the steel cages. Wa.
ter from the broken tub flowed over
the Jail floor and stood several inch
es deep. Every time the Jailer or a
policeman appeared at the wicket hs
was roundly cursed. or perchanee 4
piece Of broken dish would wniz
by his ear.
After two warnings to the soldiers
Mayor Coffman had the fire depart
ment attach a section Of hose to ms
plug The business end Of the hose
was then taken into the jail, and
after having locked the men in sep
arate cells the men were told that
if another outburst was forthcoming
they would draw the full force OF
the stream. Last reports were that
they were again quiet.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-23
SOLDIERS MAKE CITY
JAIL A BEDLAM; QUIET
AS FACE "WATER CURE"

Privates Smith, Allen. Sharpe and
Cook of the 10th infantry are bad
hombres and have been making the
city hall here bodlam for two days.
Confined in the Jail in the basement
they have whooped it up to such an
extent that the clerks in the upper
stories were compelled to leave off
work Quiet reigns now, however,
being forced at tho point Of a big
fire hose.
Tho men were taken from a box
car on the Frisco tracks here by
Serg Guy Rogers of the provost
guard assisted by the city policemen.
The charge against them is being
absent without leave and they are
being held here until transferred TO
the army post. Serg. Rogers states
it is the second offense for the men.
Business picked us as soon as the
lock was turned on the Jail door
The jailer knew that considerable
noise was going on but paid no moro
attention to it until morning. The
cold light of dawn revealed nothing
but wreckage as to furnishings ii
the Jail. Bed clothes were torn tC
shreds, stools and chairs broken int
bits, the bath tub was wrecked com
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-23
LOafers ard Uselessly Employed Hard
Hit; Gamblers, Walters, BarIenders,
Counter Jumpers on LIST
new ORDER TO BE
EFFECTIVE JULY /
Dependency No Protection; Co Before
Local Boards; Women Take Places
Men Thus Drafted
BY United Fress.

washington. May Effective
July !, all men subject to tho draft
must do mans work or fight. ac.
cording to plan announced today
by Provost Marshal General Crowdcr.
The new plan provides that all
lcafers and men not uselully employ.
ed, listed in the deferred classes.
must engage in war work or be
drafted into war service.
The military authorities viii selzo
gamblers, race track men, walters
and bartenders, besides hotel and
apartment house attendants, domestic
servants, department store clerks and
persons engaged in amusements and
sports. Dependency will not protect
men thus classified.
Local boards will call idlers and
non-essential workers and give them
chance to show useful occupation.
l. they fail they viii be drafted.
The new plan is constructed 90
mat the places Of men shifted into
me army may be filled by women,
General Crowder declared that he
"lli give ruling that baseball men
VINO are draftable viii 60. War de.
partmeht experts say the order viii
draft players. Actual performers In
legitimate concerts opera and theat.
rlcal performances win be excepted.
This is the most drastic step yet
taken by the war department The
order is expected to be extended la
Ter to other non-essential oceupa.
tions.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-23
RAP statesmen WHO SEEK TO
TRADE STOCKS FOR LIBERTY
BONDS; ACTION RECOMMENDED

VIM. II. Donahue, chairman of the
Fifth Oklahoma district in the Lib
erty loan campaign, today addressed
letter to all the county chairmen
in this district on the subject OF
trading oil and mining stock for Lib
erty bonds. This action is in line
with tho views expressed by the
Council OF Defense, which body has
condemned such .prectice The let
ter follows:
Our attention has been called by
the Oklahoma state Council of De-
fenso to the activity on the part OF
statesmen OF speculative stocks, os-
pecially oil, gas, lead and zinc is.
sues, to turn the great patriotic ef-
fort exemplified in the third Liberty
loan campaign to their personal adj
vantage by calling upon all purchas-
ers Of Liberty bonds in an effort to
exchange their wares for these gov.
ernmcnt securities.
Recently Grady county farmer
said to me that he had quit wearing
his Liberty Loan button in order to
avoid these salesmen who desired to
exchange him something for his
Dcnd. True to the spirit of our gov
ernment, which recommended the
placing Of a Liberty loan bond, how
ever small, in every home, millions
Of patriotic citizens left their farmsl
ard their places of business and
spent freely during the third Liberty
loan campaign of their time, their
energy and their patriotism in an
effcrt, not only to provide through
this medium, this government with
the sinews of war, but also to incul- |
cate in to the minds Of the least pub
lie spirited and the slothful, that
same high spirit Of patriotism. coup.
led with the idea of saving, in or
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-23

gardening.
i find a great many cucumber
barrels in tho city. also find that
the gardeners have utilized all avail
able space in making their gardens.
L is gratifying to note that the early
stuff such as radishes are giving
way to other and later crops. In
other words the Chickasha gardeners
are taking one crop off the ground
and putting another right in its place
That's the way to make a garden
pay profit l have noticed a lot
OF egg plant here. That's one of the
best things in the garden.
Another important item is the
black-eyed pea. / have seen consid
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-23

der, not only to enhance their own
personal welfare but to stabilize this
government which gives them pro,
lection.
ut is not the patriot who will ex-
change Liberty loan bonds for the
speculative stock certificate or other
merchandise. 1t is the man that you
aud I have worked aud argued and
reasoned with in order that not only
FIR the present, but for all future
time, he might be tho better citizen,
who is susceptible to the siren tones
of the oil stock vender, who, in mp.
preaching him, annuls in his mind
the spirit of patriotism that is has
cost so much to inculcate there. The
effort Of any man to by this method
undo the great work that has been
done by representatives Of the gov
ernment thereby tearing down the
spirit built up at SO much cost, is
not only unpatriotic, but pro-German.
IN the Fifth Oklahoma district,
this is absolutely going to be
stopped, In order that this may be
accomplished, you win please there
fore issue under frankod cover to
each member OF your county Liberty
loan organization and your city,
township and school district repre-
5entatives q letter, requesting that
he be on the alert for any salesman
who appears in his neigs'. >orhood to
exchange any commodity for Liber-
ty loan bonds, and to report such
operations forthwith to your office,
together with the name Of the agent,
the company. and if possible, the
terms of the proposed trade WhenI
this information reaches you, please
Kindly repeat it tc this office. Please
acknowledge receipt of this advice,
md state your action upon it."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-23
SPECIALIST SAYS
LOCAL GARDENS
ARE BEST EVER

That Chickasha IS to be congratr-
lated on Che many war gardens here
and that the children who raised
those gardens deserve to be recog
nized as true patriots, was the state
ment of D. C. Mooring, garden spe-
elalist of the state who was here yes.
terday finishing up the work of in
specting local gardens.
The children observe a lot of cred
it," Mr.. Mooring said There is
more interest shown here than any
where else in the state | took par
ticular pains to ask the children a
number Of questions and they gave
me answers that showed they knew
something about the technical end OF
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-23

SCHEDULED
FOR june |
British Believe Next Drive Will Be LasI;
If Fail TeuIOa Turn 10
Italy
Gy United Press.

Washington, May 23,-The third
and perhaps the final great drive Of
the Germans on the western front
will be launched about June /, ac-
cording to the prediction Of General
w A. Bridges, chief of the British
military mission in this country.
Should the Teutons fail to break
the allied lines in the Ypres sallnet
and around Amiens, which are the
immediate detectives, General Bridg-
es looks for an Austro.German drive
against Italy. A determined effort to
crush italy would make 1t imperative
to lengthen the allied line.
General Bridges expressed com
plete confidence in the ability OF Gen.
Foch to deal effectively with the in.
VAdprg .l.-s.s..
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-23
NEN MUST DO MANS WORK OR FIGHT SAYS CROWDER
Bombs From Hun Ajrn1en
Xii Red Cross Nurses;
Women w orkT ThruAttack
BY United Press.

BY United Press
With The British in France, May
PA score Of German machines
raided large number of hospitals in
the general area, dropping bombs
aud numerous small shrapnel, killing
and wounding more than hundred
women nurses, patients and attend
ants.
The bombs were timed to explode
on level ground to insure the great
est destruction of life Red Cross
signs were PLAINLY Visible on the hos
pitfalls.
British anti-aireraft guns and ayia-
tors gave battle TO the invaders and
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-23
German Rombardmcnt.


By United Press.
London, May 23.--A German bonn
bardment of the Ancre valley south
OF Lens, east of Robecq and east OF
Nieppe forest during the night, was
reported today by Field Marshal
Haig.
The British inflicted casualties
capturing machine guns, In success
full raids at Ayette BoisIaux and St.
Mart.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-23

brought down the enemy comman
der
Half of an entire hospital disap-
peared in a nearby crater which was
fifteen feet across and ten feet deep
whore bomb fell ON the nurses
quarters. The huts about the place
were splinterod Women worked
amid the bombing for two hours. A
few Americans were in the hospit-
ais but none Of them was injured
Air Raid on Paris.
BY United Press.
Paris, May 23.--An air attack on
Paris last night, consisting Of two
distinct raids, was officially announc.
ed today An aerial barrage flus-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-23
AmerIean PiIot KlIIed.

The war department today issued
supplement to General Porshing's
report saying Lieutenant Kurtz, an
American air pilot, fell within the
lines and was killed Apparently his
death was accidental.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-23
American statement.

By United Press.
With the Americans IN France,
May 23.-The official American state
ment issued last night said artillery
fire had decreased in the sectors
occupied by the American troops.
There were no new developments.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-23
cotobo Boy Wounded.

G0tobo Boy Woundod.
By United Press.
Washington, May 23.-Ross II,
Brown, Of Gotebo Oklahoma, pri-
vate, was severely wounded, accord
ing to the casualty list forwarded by
General Pershing today.
The list included eighty-six names,
fourteen being killed in action, forty,
eight wounded, one missing and TWEEN
ty-three dead from other causes.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-23
GENERAL WOOD SOON TO
SEE FOREIGN SERVICE

By United Press

By United Press
Washington, May 2a-NIajor Cen
oral Leonard Wood, senior on the
army list, will soon be in foreign
service. His army friends say that
he will be placed in command of a
corps ON the western front.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-23

trated the first attack.
Tho second attack was made with
several relays OF machines which
dropped the bombs within the area
OF the city despite violent aerial
balTage
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-23

MEET IN ST, LOUIS NEXT
50 United Press
Columbus, Ohio, May 2S.-The
Presbyterian general assembly will
select ST. Louis as the place for its
meeting in 1919.
Evening star., 1918-02-18

predicts that the bureau, and probably
the entire United States will never
again be dependent upon Germa an made
dyes. There are cobalt blues, browns
reds. greens and other inks used in en-
craving the new bonds as vivid and
brilliant as any of the imported colors
used in the past.
1t will be many day, if ever, before
the bureau is back to a pre-war status.
For one item of production it will
have to engrave and print in the fu-
ture defnitive bonds to take the place
of the bonds of the first and second
issues and of those prepared for the
third issue, all known as "two-year'
bonds. This is because no matter what
the term of the bonds, they carry cou-
pons enough just to represent interest
payments over two years When these
coupons are exhausted it will be neces-
sary to replace the entire bond. II
will be some job. and to prepare for
it is one of the tasks ahead.
The plates engraved for the third
issue of liberty loan bonds, by the
,, standardization adopted. will be availa-
BILE for any later issue. The bonds, as
printed from these plates, bear all re-
quired information except the designa-
ton. by number or otherwise, of the
bond issue, the number of the identical
bond. the terms and date of issue and
| the seal. These are to be put in by
surface printing, in accordance with
any bond issue authorized at future
| date. This standard bond can also be
used for conversion bonds by surface
| imprint to that effect.
Evening star., 1918-02-18

NEW YORK. February ia huge
chimpanzee. fashionably attired in a
suit of mems evening clothes, strolled
into the lobby of the Knickerbocker
Hotel at the dinner hour last night The
animal behaved decorously and attract
ed no particular attention until wom-
an guest of the hotel noticed its face
She screamed. Many other women
joined in the chorus.
Police reserves and a patrol wagon
were called and some of the hotel en-
pIoyes wished to send in a fire alarm.
Several policemen arrested the CHM
panzee and escorted it to the patrol
wagon. The driver saw its face and
announced he was through for the
night. A police captain then called for
volunteers and several animal lovers
agreed to escort the prisoner to the
West Goth street stationhouse.
The wind was cold and on the way
the chimpanzee had a chill. Two or
three of the volunteers fell off the
wagon when he began to manifest his
discomfort by shrill screams. Arrived
at the police station, the chimpanzee
astounded the lieutenant in charge by
leaping up on the desk and from there
to a radiator, where it perched con-
tentedly while the police matron
tainted.
Later the animals keeper was ar
rested on a charge of disorderly con-
duct. He said his pet escaped from a
Broadway theater. where it vas on ex-
Evening star., 1918-02-18
HOLDS STATUES UP TO sCoRN.
Representative Sherwood Says Some
in Capital Are Disgrace.

Starting with "Armed Liberty on
the dome Of the Capitol. Representa-
tive Isaac r. Sherwood Of Ohio held
the statuary Of the Capitol UP to scorn
as 'hideous- at a gathering in Con-
gress Hall Hotel last night, at which
were present members of Congress,
public officials and Army and Navy
officers
He said the statue Of Columbus dis
covering America. at the east entrance
to the Capitol. looks like a base ball
player; that the Lincoln Memorial tenn
pie in Potomac Park is Greek and not
American art; that the Grant group
in front of the Capitol, with its lions
and cannons, should be dedicated to
Theodore Roosevelt instead of the civil
war hero. and that Greenough's statue
of Washington now in the National
Museum Is a naked disgrace.
Evening star., 1918-02-18
EXCITEMENT AT MOVIES.
Colored Girl Snaps Pistol and Shoots
Her Friend in the Leg.

Patrons of a 7th street moving pic
ture theater last night shortly before
o'clock experienced an exciting Incl
dent that was not on the program
Edna Jackson. colored, seventeen years
old, Lincoln Heights. was shot in the
leg. when Pearl Carter, also colored
sixteen years old, 635 Madison court
snapped a pistol. Pearl didn't know i,
was loaded"
After Edna and her friend Pearl had
taken their seats a young colored man
came in and sat near them. He ex.
hibited a revolver. He snapped it sew
eral times and nothing happened, said
the girl from Lincoln Heights, and
never having handled a weapon. she
stated, she took it and snapped it.
Policeman woodward. who responded
to a call for help. took charge of Pear
and sent her to the house of detention
to be held for a hearing in Juvenile
Court, while Edna was taken to Emer.
gency Hospital.
Evening star., 1918-02-18
DELIVERY IS PLAN
ON THIRD LIBERTY BOND ISSUE
Extraordinary Labors Put on Bureau of
Engraving and Printing Overcome
and Work Is Up-to-date.

When you buy your third liberty loan
bond it will be ready for delivery to
you when you have the cash to put up
for it There will be no long delays,
such as attended distributions of bonds
Of first and second issues. made neces-
sary by the extraordinary labors put on
the bureau of engraving and printing
at a time it was not ready. The expan-
sion of its personnel and capacity to
meet the prospective requirements of
the government for printed securities
of whatever character will obviate fu-
ture possibility of being behind
handed.
There are already eleven million backs
of bonds printed on the plate printing
machines that will not have to have an
other thing done to them There are
over two and three-quarter million
faces of bonds printed that will have
to have added to them the title of the
bond issue, the date of legislative au-
thorization according to act of Con-
gress, the terms of such authorization,
the bond number and seal.
There were about seven million bonds
printed for the first issue of the liberty
loan. For the second issue there were
between sixteen and seventeen million
bonds. So that 1t would seem that the
bureau of engraving and printing is
already in a position where it can as
sure delivery Of third liberty loan
| bonds as fast as demanded.
The bond of the first issue was a
double-sheet four-page document Its
production gave infinite trouble, and
many bonds of the second issue were
| ready long before the first issue was
duced to a one-sheet, two-page docu-
cent, and engraved four to a plate.
Evening star., 1918-02-18
CH0KEs ON BREAD; DIES.
Henry G. Klockenbrink Taken With
Coughing Spell at Dinner.

Henry G. Klockenbrink, sixty-seven.
was choked to death yesterday after
noon while eating dinner at his home,
630S 9th street. 1t is stated he was sub
dinner yesterday a piece of bread
lodged in his windpipe and brought on
an attack.
Four children-Mrs. NJ. H Stafford,
Frederick A., Walter and Harry Kock-
enbrink-were seated at the table when
their father became sick. They made a
strenuous effort to save his life, but
Mr.. klockenbrink expired before a
physician from Emergency Hospital
arrived. The coroner gave a certificate
of accidental death. Funeral services
will be held in the chapel at Talta-
vulrs. 443 7th street southwest, tonight,
and the body will be taken to Chicago.
Evening star., 1918-02-18
SPECIAL. NOTICES.

X8B TWENTY EIGHTH SEMI-ANSUAL DIVl-
dend Of two and one-half t2lal per cent has
beea declared on the preferred stock OF me
washinzton Railway and Electric Company.
PAYABLE June /. 1918. All holders Of certificates
Of sajd preferred stock OF record on the l9ti
day Of February, 1918. bearing u stamp chang
inS the time and manner of payment OF dlyi-
Aesds thereon from semannually to quarterly
ohaIl receive one-half of said semi-aEnual divi-
dead On March 1. 1918. 49,,
A quarterly dividend of one and one-fourth uA)
Uer cent on the common stock of the NashlnS-
I'm Railway and Electric Company has been de-
e3ared payable March 1. 1918. TO common stock
Solders Of record at the close OF business on the
18th day Of February, 1918
Books for the transfer Of the preferred ano
common stock will be closed from the close OF
business on the 10th day Of February. lslS 70
the opening of business on tic 2ist day OF rep
1uary, 1918. s. R. BOWEN. SECRETARY.
sTARKWEATHER BIOGENErIC FOUND I,a
TION'S friends. recently saG5cned by GhEEI
ING" will rejoice that we arc actiaIly o, neso,
tiating on business basis for '3NIiHTENiNU
about ninety millions OF peoples, not Caucasian;
Stranger than aerial mail routes: Yet hoth VIII
presently become famili2-. GEORGE EkiGHs
.STARKWEATHER. f. r. @. s.
FOR THIRTY-FOUE YEARS TIE HOME
Building Association has been helping thrifty
: people to obtain homes and accumulate savings
for other purposes. 1t has never paid less than
E6z interest. Ask about IL r. Z CI-AuGH-
TON, Pres: WIN. 7. GALLIHER. v. Pres; J.
paul SMITH. v. Pres: JAMES n. WOOD
WARD Sec; EDw. S. WESCoTT, Treas. 1907
Pam NV
Evening star., 1918-02-18
Kill Eleven, Hurt Four.

Eleven persons were killed and four
injured in the aerial attack on London
Saturday night, it is announced ofl-
ciaily.
Only one of the six German airplanes
which made an attack on London Sat
urday night succeeded in reaching the
capital. it is announced officially. An
aerial raid on Dover was repelled by
British pilots who engaged the Ger
mans over the Kent coast. One large
raider is reported to have crashed into
the sea.
With the advent of the new moon.
Saturday nights air raid was not un-
expected in London. Police whistles
warned the people and except for stray
omnibuses and automobiles here and
there the streets throughout the city
were nearly deserted. Everybody had
taken cover when a barrage in the
outer defenses was started. Less gun
fire was heard in the metropolitan dis
trict than on previous raids, but in the
distance it was quite heavy.