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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-28
lack DEMPSEY OFFERS
Def TO CIRCUS JESS

CHICAGO. May ll-With the Will
lard Fulton fight called off, Jack Demp-
sey jumped into the limelight today
by challenging willard to a fight or
sparring exhibition for the benefit of
the soldiers at Camp Grant or the
jackies at Great Lakes. Dempsey pre-
fers to make it n fight so he has
chance at the championship.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-28
META scov PICKING
TEAM FOR SWIM MEET

SAN FRANCISCO, May IL Meta
Scov, physical director of the WON,
ans Athletic Club is working mighty
hard with her picked team who are to
swim against Stanford on May 20. Miss
Scov is banking on Mildred Pollok for
the long distances and Margaret Ga!
in the sprints. u
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-28
HOURLESS, AMERICAN
TURF KING, HAS QUIT

NEW YORK, May : Hourless, a
leading three year old on the Ameri-
lean turf last year, will not race again,
it was announced today by his owner,
August Belmont. The thoroughbred will
be sent to Mr.. BeImont's stud farm
near Lexington, Kentucky, for breed
inp PURPOSES
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-28
Mitchell s CUBS .
BEAT GIANTS AGAIN
Washington Blanks Detroit IA
Sunday Game Played n F..
80. Z. Capital City -. !.
LEAGUE srANDfSd

At Cbicago--Chicago s; New York 1.
At st. Louis-st. Louis 2, Brooklyn
].
At Observation-Disclosures 4, Gin,
cinnati 3. - ...
Al Pittsburgh, - Boston VS.. Pitts,
burgh, no game; Sunday
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-28
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Eesterday's Results

At Oaklaud--Vernon 2, Oakland l,
(morning game); Oakland ., Vernon
(afternoon game).
At Los Angeles-Los Angeles 10
San Francisco 3.
At acknowledgements l6, Salt
Lake O.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-28
Castle &COOke,
LIMITED

SUGAR FACTORS, sHIPrfNo AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
INSURANCE Agents.
.-' .fr', .ar.----
EN Plantation Company
Wailuku Agricultural Co., Ltd
Apokaa Sugar Co., Ltd.
Kohala Sugar Company
WabiawA Water Company, Ito
Fulton Iron Works, of St. Louis
Babcock & Wilcox Company
> Green's Fuel EconomizeI Comoan
Chas. C. Moore & Co., Engineers
MATsoN NAVIGATION COMPANY
ToYo KISEN KAISHA
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-28

At Washington-Washington 4, De
troit 0.
At New York--New York o, Cleve.
land 3.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-28
BUSINESS CARDS.

HONOLULU IRON WORKS CO.-MA.
chinery of every description made to
order.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08
CHIX. BANKS TO
BE REPRESENTED
AT STATE MEET

A number of Chickasha bankers
left today for Oklahoma City where
they will attend the meeting of the
State Bankers association, in session
there today and tomorrow. Those
attending from Chickasha are: Ben
F. Johnson of the First National
VIM, H. Donahue of the Oklahoma
National, Thos. II. Dwyer of the
Chickasha National, M. f. Courtney
of the Farmers State, and H. p Ell
lis of the Citizens National.
Mr. Dwyer will go from Oklahoma
City tomorrow to Little Rock where
the executive committee of the
American Bakers association will be
in session. He will visit Hot Springs
before returning to Chickasha. Mr..
Courtney will go from Oklahoma City
to Hot Springs where he will spend
three weeks.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08
c. OF c. TO
ELECT IS
DIRECTORS

Friday, May 10, is the day set for
the annual election of directors OF
the Chamber of Commerce. Secreta'
ry Clark is having ballots prepared
ard will mail them to all members.
The ballots may be mailed to the
secretary or deposited in u box at
the Farmers Staet bank between the
hours of 8 a. IN. and 4 p. m. on the
day of the election.
Under the new arrangement mem
bers will vote only for directors. Of
ficers will be chosen by the directors
themselves. From the thirty names
placed on the ballot fifteen directors
will be chosen. The names appear
ing on the ballot will be as follows;
I. H. Dwyer, Orin Ashton, B. c
Garvey, Fl. j. Brownson, ]. r. Nu-
gent, NJ F Courtney, w. H. Donahue,
Ed F. Johns, w. W. Horne, j. D.
Buie, G. H. Evans, j. w Kayser, M.
G. Conrad, c. 0. Finch, q. O. Killey,
C. H. Ritter F. D. shaffer G H.
Caneman, H E. Marks. DR. A. B
Leeds, A. Schuler, R. F. Thweatt, j.
S. Garner T. f. Major, Roy c. Smith,
L. C. Hutson, E. E. Wren 0. L. Bing-
ham, E. C. Burton, j. r. Abercrom-
bic.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08
55 MILES DISTANCE "FLY' HAS
IRA VELED IN"UPS AND DOWNS''

If you have case of nerves or are
subject to heart failure stay away
from the corner of Fourth street and
Chickasha avenue Friday evening
for promptly at Z o'clock on that
date, Jack Williams, the Human
Fly" viii start his ascent of the
First National bank building, cling
ing to the sheer wall by the tips of
his fingers and his toes
Since the announcement was made
yesterday in the Express that Will
liams will make the climb, much
speculation has been indulged in as
to whether or not it is possible for
man to accomplish such a stunt.
A million and four questions have
been asked. Some have gained the
idea that he will be equipped with
some sort of mechanical appliances
such, possibly, as a telephone OF
electrical lineman uses in climbing
poles. On the face of it, this theory
is a joke, for it would ordinarily be
considerable job to drive the point
of a linemans "climbers" into a
brick wall.
The powerful strength of his fin
gers, the wonderful grip of his knees
and his surefootedness, are the three
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08

curtains for him.
Chickasha man who Witnessed
Williams stunt in Oklahoma City
the other day when he climbed the
Colcord building, said, when he
learned that "The Fly would climb
here Friday, "You say it is going to
be Friday? Well one thing is a
cinch. / am going to be out of town
that day. / don't care to see another
exhibition of the kind. l saw him in
Oklahoma City and though l would
have given a lot to be somewhere
else, couldn't leave the spot. l was
fascinated. BY the time he had pass
ed the sixth story, was mighty ner.
vous and before he gained the top, a
cold sweat had broken out all over
me. / couldn't sleep that night for
thinking what might have happened
to him, had an accidental slip oc
Cured. like excitement, thrills and
all that, but this Human Fly stuff
is too much for me. In the fucu.se, {
baseball game is going to be my Inn
it Whenever l hear of a Human
Fly performance, am going to b.
elsewhere"
This man may think he will not b.
there, but it is dollars to nothing tina
he will be on the job in a ring sin
seat"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08
UP
FOODWORK
in COUNTY
Miss Alma Jones Appointed Assistant
Home DemOnstraIOr; Will Instruct
Class in Saving Food Supply

Miss Emma A. Chandler, state
home demonstration agent of Okla
homa, spent yesterday in Chickasha
in attendance at the meeting of the
home demonstration clubs of the
county, and for the purpose Of ap-
pointing an assistant to Mrs. Nettie
Coryell county home demonstration
Miss Alma Jones, domestic science
instructor at the Junior high school,
was selected as assistant home dem
onstrator for the county.
Miss Jones will take UP her new
work for a period of three months,
Immediately following the close of
the junior high. She will spend a
part of each day in the office of the
home demonstrators in the federal
building, and when necessity de-
mands it, will make trips 10 the va
rious clubs over the county.
The special work for which Miss
Jones has been employed. will be to
assist Mrs. Coryell in instructing a
class of women in the art of canning
and drying fruit and vegetables and
for preparing food from flour and
meat substitutes In short, the
course will comprise every phase of
saving the nations food supply and
preserving the crop of food that is
now being raised. Volunteers will be
called Tor to take this course. When
they have completed it, every one of
them will be put in charge of another
class and will then continue the work
az instructors and will carry on the
work until every homo in the county
is reached. Miss Jones salary will
he paid by the government and the
work of the class will be carried on
in the laboratory of the junior high.
At the meeting Of delegates from
the various home demonstration clubs
of the county, every section of the
entire county was represented. Miss
Chandler made an inspiring talk to
the delegates, declaring food to be
the biggest problem the day and
urging the women to do everything
in their power to preserve the crop
that is now being raised. She went
into detail as to the Importance OF
raising and keeping food for use next
winter, declaring that nothing will
be of greater benefit in winning the
war than the home gardens, if the
produce from those gardens is pre-
served for use next winter
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08

things Williams depends upon to car
ry him safely on his long and tedi-
Gus journeys up and down the sides
Of tall buildings. According to Mr.
Murray, his manager. Williams can
crush a potato by the grip of his
fingers.
When asked If his man objected to
climbing on Friday, generally consid-
cred to be a day of i'll luck, zlr.
Murray replied: mo, Williams will
climb any day. He is a fatalist and
strange as it may seem, is practically
without superstitions. He believes
that the time for him to die is pre-.
destined and that no amount of i'll
luck will hasten the event. Will
liams has been at the Human Fly
game for a number Of years, and only
the other day estimated that he had
travelled a distance of 55 miles uT
and down the sides of buildings. He
is in no way a freak, but on the 9th
er hand is just an ordinary man, a
pleasant and likable chap. The only
way he differs from most men, is
that he has superhuman strength il
his fingers, arms and legs and tn,
cool, unfaltering nerve to back it up
Nerve is what takes him through hi
dangerous stunts. If for an instan
that nerve gave way it would b.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08
ANNOUNCE
REFINERY
LOCATION
Secure Acreage Near Old Cigar Vender
Plant; will Build Complete Outfit;
Three Dwellings Included

Officers of the Chickasha Refining
company announce that they, have
closed deal Tor grounds upon
which the refinery will be construct
ed and rapid progress is being made
toward the actual breaking ground
for the plant, pipe lines, tanks and
everything that goes with modern
refinery.
The location is on the Rock Island
tracks at the northern limits of the
city, and just west of the old cigar
vender plant. The refining company
has secured block of land comprIs-
ing 171a acres. The final papers and
abstracts are being completed today.
In the meantime, an expert refin-
ing man is at work on the blue prints
and plans of the refinery and imme-
diately upon the completion of these
plans, work of construction will start,
according to Mr.. Cowan, secretary
OF the company. Material has been
ordered and should be received with
in the next ten days. In addition to
the plant, tanks and sheds that com
prise the refinery, three residences
will be constructed on the property
of the company for the use of work
men employed at the plant.
1--WE are ready to begin work on
these houses, only for the reason that
it will be necessary for us to wait
until we have the complete plans
and blue prints, showing the exact To-
cation pipe lines and buildings. If
we went ahead with the construction
Of these dwellings now, we might
build them right where the architect
had planned to put a part of the
plant. When those plans are receiv-
ed, however, we will be ready to go.
We are building these houses for
the reason that the expert refining
men we will bring to Chickasha
might find it hard to locate a house,
for it is we'll known that houses in
Chickasha are mighty hard to get.
Also, we will start work at once, fol
lowing receipt of the finished plans
on an office for the refinery. ]
think we should be in full swing with
the construction end of the business
within two weeks"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08
Okla. Shriners to Raise
100000 onSack Flour;
for Red Cross of State

Anyone will admit that time was
when one did not have to part with as
much coin of the realm fora sack OF
flour as is the case today. Still, it
is long way between the price ask
ed for a single sack at the present
price and 100000. Despite that fact,
the Shriners of Oklahoma aspire to
pay that amount for a single sack of
flour.
The thing was started by party
named Gridley, away back in 1864
not this same sack of flour, but an
other sack BY the repeated sale
of this sack, Gridley raised a total
of $275,00O which was donated to the
sanitary commission, an organization
that cared for the widows and fam
lilies of Union soldiers. Today there
is monument at Stockton, Calf,
erected to the memory of R. c. Grid
ley.
The Oklahoma Shriners intend toI
go Mr.. Gridley and his famous sack
OF flour several better The Islam
Temple Of the Mystic Shrine at San
Francisco have started the move
ment. The Arizona Shriners rolled
up a total of $4,000 by the sale of
the now famous sack of flour. This
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08
Roads and Bridges Repaired aud VasJ
Concentration Of Troops
Prepared 10 Strike
ARTILLERY ACTIVE
ON FLANDERS FRONT
British Advance Lines; American Guns
Pour Heavy Fire on Many Enemy
Positions
By Uaited Press

BY United Press
With the British IN France, May 8.
~ Field Marshal Hindenburg appears
to be ready to strike again. It ID
known from various sources that a
vast amount of machinery has been
used in preparing the roads, railways
and bridges. Aeroplanes and artil-
lery have been concentrated and are
ready while the great armies have
reen refreshed and refitted, awaiting
for the signal to strike.
According to the personal compila-
ton of the United Press correspond.
ent the Germans have 2,272,O00 men
on the west front, with over half OF
them in line. The remainder are held
in reserve, nearly all of them having
been refitted and made ready for ac-
tion. Twetny-one of the German d.
visions on this front have not yet
participated in the offensive.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08
DOGGY" JOHNSON
PAYS CHICKASHA
FRIENDS A VISIT

Lieutenant Charles Johnson arrly
ed last night from Houston where
he has been stationed for the past
few weeks in the aviation service
He leaves tonight for Texas to take
up his aviation camp work again.
"Boggy" has been improving won.
derfully from the effects of his fall
when he was caught in a tail spin
over an Illinois field. He is appa,
rently absolutely fit again and looks
it. Since his return to active duty
following his fall, he has been In the
air regularly and has been deYotlng
considerable time to observation
work flying In a single scatter.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08

money was turned to the Red Cross
The sack went back to its point OF
origin, after having been covered by
the Arizona Shriners with special
wrapper This wrapper win remain
on the sack until some body OF
Shriners raises the $4,000 ante. The
"raisers" will then be permitted to
place their special cover on the sack,
after which it will be turned to the
San Francisco temple and sent on its
way rejoicing to another tribe for
the purpose of raising more Red
Cross money.
This famous sack is now In posses.
sion Of India Temple at Oklahoma
City and the Oklahoma Shriners are
at 1t hammer and tongs to best their
Arizona brothers. Chas. Kimbro is
chairman of the Grady county
committee in charge of the work.
There are SO mobiles living here. Mr..
Kimbro announces that there will be
meeting Of the Grady county Shrin-
ers tonight at 8 o'clock in the Red
Cross rooms, federal building,at which
time he will explain the plan by
which he hopes to put Grady county
chapter over the top. He urgently
requests all Shriners in Chickaaha to
be present tonight.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08

| sweater, pair wristlets, ] helmet
Bailey, SO bed shirts, "a handker
chiefs, sweaters.
Verden, 40 bed shirts, 1S sweaters
% pairs socks, / box gun wipes,
pairs wristlets, l helmet, wast
rags.
Spring Creek, bed shirts, L
bandages, 10 infant blankets, paia
ma suit, 3 helmets, pairs socks.
Dutton, 10 helmets, IA pairs socks
81 bed shirts, sweaters.
Rocky Ford. 10 pairs wristlets,
helmets, IA pairs socks So bed shirts
27 suits pajamas, Z sweaters.
Gilbert. sweaters, pairs socks
A infant blankets, IL bed shirts.
Tuttle, 10 sweaters, II helmets, A
mufflers, l pair socks, pairs wrist
let's, 121 wash rags, 20 handEerchiefsI
refugee aprons, 5 refugee shirts
Pocasset, A bed shirts, infant
dresses, wash rags.
Pocasset Juniors, 4 infant dresses,
pairs bootees.
Union Hill, 10 pairs socks, sweat
ers, bed shirts.
Laverty, 78 bed shirts, II pair
socks, pair wristlets, wash rags,
2 sweaters, 5 suits paiamas.
Woods Memorial, 5 pairs wristlets,
27 pairs socks; 16 wash rags, 2 he'll
NETS, 6 sweaters.
Rush Springs, l6 sweaters, 9pairs
socks, 107 bed shirts, helmets.
MincO, 48 bed shirts, 55 sweaters,
80 pairs socks, 10 pairs wristlets. l
scarf, 1 helmet, 40 wash rags, 25
suits of pajamas.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08
cHIcKAsHA CORPORAL HERE

Corporal James Bird, who has been
in training at Camp Travis, rs here
on a short furlough. He is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Bird Of this
city and was formerly employed by
the Indiahoma gins. The corporal is
looking fine and dandy and from al
appearances he has taken to amy
life like a duck to water.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08

CRISIS OF
PREMIER
BY United Press.

By United Press.
London, May 8-The most serious
political crisis in the life of the
Lloyd George government exists to-
day. Following the letter of Gen
eral Maurice, charging the premier
with lack of veracity, Mr.. Asquith
moved in favor of the house of com
mons investigating the charges in
stead of allowing the government to
appoint two judges for that purpose.
This action amount to a direct dec
laration of lack of confidence in the
government.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08
POST OFFICE RECEIPTS
INCREASE OVER 1911

That business has picked up" con-
siderably at Postmaster Barefoots
place of business, is shown by the re-
port for the month of April, just is.
sued. This report indicates that the
returns increased $773.OS over the
same month a year ago and $4,000
over March, the preceding month
this year. The figures are: April
1918. $3,773.O3. April 1917, s3.11S.15
March 1918, ss.412.99. This Of
course exclusive of W. S. sales.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08
QUARTERLY
DRAFT
Be CALLED
By United Press.

BY United Press.
Washington, May S.--A quarterly
draft and registration of men who
reach the age of twenty-one may be
necessary with the present program
OF army expansion, Provost Marshal
General Crowder told the house com
mittee on military affairs today.
Crowder presented estimates for
draft expenditures amounting to fiji
teen million dollars, three million
more than was asked last year.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08

BY United Press
Washington, May S--Heavy rains
in Flanders have cooperated with
the harassing fire of the allied guns
to block the German offensive, the
British war mission declared. Mem
bers fthe mission regard the situa.
tion as entirely satisfactory
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08
OPENS REAL ESTATE
AND LEASE OFFICE

w. S. Richards has resigned his
position with Major Brothers and has
opened an office at Ala First Nation
q, bank building. He will handle real
estate, oil stocks and leases. Mr..
Richards is well known in Chickasha
and southwest Oklahoma and has a
host of friends who wish him success
III his new enterprise.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08
Heavy Artillery opens.
By United Press.

~ OuitSu IEcSSs
Paris, May 8.--A most violert 81.
tillery fire is under way north and
south of the Avre on the Amiens
front. the French war office an.
nouneed today.
German attacks were repulsed and
prisoners taken west Of Montdidier
in the region of Hangard- -En-San-
terre, Themes and Grievesnes.
American troops. are officially re-
ported to be stationed west of Mont.
didier and in the regions of Han.
rd-En-Santerre ana Themes.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08
Australians Advance Again.

BY United Press.
iWth the British in France, May 8.
The Australian troops again ad-
vanced north of the Somme. One
advance west of Morlancourt midway
between Albert and the Somne was
to depth of three hundred yards on
five hundred yards front.
Other advances were made by the
Australians northeast of Sally Lessee
on the north bank of the Somme.
three miles southwest Of Molancourt
where they went forward five hun
dred yards along a front of six hun.
dred yards.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08
INCREASE RATES
TO MEET DEFICIT
By United Press.

By United Press
Washington, May Sit is learned
that an increase in freight and pas
senger rates is the plan of the rail
road administration to meet the defic-
it which threatens to reach eight
hundred million dollars year.
A uniform passenger rate of two
and three-fourths cents is forecast
while it is believed that freight rates
will be increased seven and one-half
per cent.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08
courtmartial Pending.
BY United Press.

Washington, May S.-Brigadier
General Arthur Donnelly, of st. Louis,
an officer of the Missouri national
guard, is charged with having liquor
in his possession and entertaining
junior officers in his tent at Camp
Doniphan, Okla.
1t wa sannounced today that Gen
eral Donnelly will be tried by a court
martial at Governors Island, May g.
Three major generals and i've brig.
adler generals will constitute the
court.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08
British Advance.


BY United Press.
London, May 8.-The British adj
yanced their lines between the
Somme and the Ancre, taking several
prisoners, Field Marshal Haig an.
nounced in his report from the front
today.
Enemy artillery increased In actlv,
ity this morning on the northern por.
tion of the Flanders front.
Between LOGON and Robeq in the
neighborhood of st. Julien, northeast
of Ypres, enemy artillery was active
last night.
The firing In the Meteren and KEN.
mel sectors increased this morning.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08
Americans Pound Enemy.
L. TInlAna No.

oy united Press.
With the Americans In Picardy.
May S.-American artillery through.
out the night was pounding the Ger
man positions in the vicinity of Can
tigny, Courtemanche, Fontaine, Sous
Mondidier, Mesnil, st. Georges and
all the roads to the woods nearby.
Enemy supply trains we're deluged
with shells. The German guns direc-
ted their fire to the American organi-
zations in the rear. French aero
planes are swarming over the Ger.
man lines.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-08

Mrs. H. E. Marks. Mrs. George Nor
ton, Mrs. S. o. Edwards and Miss
Lehman went to the Gray school this
afternoon to organize a Red Cross
auxiliary.