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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-06
IN
CONTROVERSY
WITH SENATE
8y United Press.

By United Press.
Washington, July 6.-The presiden
clashed with the senate today on the
question of passing the measure EN-.
powering him to seize the communi-
cation lines of the ntaion before con
gress recesses.
According to Senator Martin and
Democratic leaders, the senators were
unanimous in stating that it is abso-
lutely impossible for the senate to
act before taking a recess. The pres
ident authorized the statement that
he is keenly anxious for the senate
to act on this important measure now
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-06
DEATH TOLL in RIVER DISASTER REACH IS is BELIEF

ance that they would be delivered in
time for the election"
The plan now determined upon by
the election boards secretary is to
have the friends of the Grady county
men get the ballots from the cleo
ton board, when said ballots are
ready, mail them to the soldiers and
let the soldiers send them back to
the friend who would then deliver
them to the election officials. The
friends thus acting for the soldiers
must be a voter in the precinct in
which the soldier, for whom he is
acting, resides.
Double seal for Votes.
To forestall any possibility of
fraud, the returned ballot must be
sealed in an envelope, within a seal
ed envelope. In other words, doubly
sealed, which seals must not be brok
en- except by the election officials
Announcement will be made when
the soldiers ballots are ready
The order for ballots placed with
the printer viii not include an order
for envelopes for the transmission of
soldiers ballots, according to Mr.
Durbin. He states that his under
standing of the matter is that the
state will furnish envelopes for this
purpose.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-06
BABY SLIM DISCHARGED

Yesterday before Justice NJ. E. Bun
nell, Baby Slim, who was arrested
Thursday on a charge of assault and
battery was discharged. The hear
ing of Jess Thrower, who was arrest.
ed on charge of bootlegging and
assault with a dangerous weapon on
the person of Baby Slim, was set for
July 9.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-06
MARINE LIST IS
LARGE; INCLUDES
3 0KLAHOMANS
BY United Press.

By United Press.
Washington, July 6-Private P. II.
Hoover, Lequire, Okla, died of
wounds, Sergeant R. D. Donahue.
Winona, Okla, and Corporal W. A.
Pevahouse, Muskogee, Okla, are
wounded, degree undetermined, the
Marine casualty list reported. Tha
list tOtaled ia and included six kill
ed in action, 15 dead from wounds
75 wounded, is missing.
General Pershing reported 43 army
casualties, including Is killed in ac
tion, II severely wounded, two miss
ing, nine dead from other causes
The army list included Corporal E
P. Hagedorn, Paoli, Okla, wounded
severely.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-06
Chief Names Units.
By United I-ress. 4.

DJ OulI6u ITSSS.
Washington, July G.-The Ninth
and Twenty-third infantry and the
Twelfth, Fifth and Seventh field ar
tillery are the units responsible for
the American success at Vaux, Chief
of Staff March stated in his weekly
war summary.
These units formed a part of the
Second division under the command
of Major General Omar Bundy Chief
March stated that, having embarked
over million men, America is now
going after the second million. He
renewed the prediction that the Ger
mans are preparing to make an as
sault in force.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-06
MOORE MARRIED EN-

Yesterday afternoon in the office
of the court clerk, the wedding cere.
money Of Lewis Cluch, aged 80, of
Amber, and Miss Dora Bazaar, aged
10, of Middleburg. was performed by
Justice T. P. Moore.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-06
GRADUATES
NAMED in
FOOD CLASS
AZ Grady County Women Complete Work
Outlined by Government and Taught
by Demonstrators

Forty-two women in Grady county
have finished the series of special
demonstration lessons given in the
canning and drying Of fruits and
vegetables for the last few weeks
by Mrs Nettie Coryell, county dem
onstrator, and her assistant, Miss
Alma Jones, according to reports is
sued from Mrs. Coryells office late
Yesterday All club members who
have completed the work have re.
ceived certificates from the govern
ment office at Saltwater.
Seventeen women have been grad
uated from the course given at the
Junior high school here during the
last two weeks, five from the Pocas-
set class, sixteen from the Rush
Springs class and four from the Tut
tie class All who have completed
the lessons are qualified and willing
to repeat the work to neighbors in
their communities, Mrs. Coryell
states.
Mrs Coryell finished a short course
in the new canning methods here
last Tuesday and has since been col
lecting exhibits for the county fair
| in September Demonstrators will
so to Bradley Monday and Tuesday
Of next week and on Wednesday, July
10, Miss Jones will start another
school of six lessons here that is
scheduled to last five days. Follow
ing is the list of graduates up to
date;
chickasha Glass.
Mrs. John T. Meadows, 1915 MINI.
Ave.
Mrs. A. M. Jennings, S15 Dakota
Mrs. Emily Kalkhoff, 1919 Shepherd
Mrs. L. L. Stone, 1112 Texas.
Mrs William Bledsoe, 917 MINI.
Miss Ruth Smith, 422 Colorado.
Mrs. c. P. Sigmon, 1919 Chix Ave
Mrs. c. B. Crawford, S23 Choctaw,
Mrs w N. Tally, 1917 Choctaw.
Mrs Ernest Hollingsworth, 1904
Tenth st.
Miss Mary May Stone, 1112 Texas.
Miss Emma Mumford, 18th and Park
Mrs. Hattie Asper, 1928 Choctaw.
Mrs. Byron Hester, 627 Iowa.
Mrs. E. II. Russell, Chix, Route 8.
Mrs. s. E. Kicker, 1413 Colo.
Miss JEANNE V. ONeill, 7O1 S. 9Th.
Poeasset Class.
Mrs. C. W. Sawyer, Pocasset, R 1.
Mrs. F. w Dubois, Pocasset, R ?.
Mrs. NJ F. Henning, Pocasset. R 1.
Mrs. Walter Bell, Pocasset, R ?.
Mrs. c. H. Dow, Pocasset, R 1.
Rush Springs Glass.
Mrs. R. E. Harris, Rush Springs.
Mrs. j. A. Lees, Rush Springs, R
| Mrs. J. E. Dempsey, Acme, Okla.
: Mrs. E. F. Dawkins, Rush Springs
Mrs. Maise Pendley, Rush Sprgs. r
} Mrs H. A. Mileur, Rush Springs.
3. Mrs Theo Slower, NARROW, r 4
{ Mrs. J. H. Stover, NARROW, R 4.
) Mrs. ]. A. Stover, NARROW, R 4.
Mrs. c. F. Harris, NARROW, r 4.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-06

~ OHllSG IIGHhs
Peoria, Ills, July -Sixty-four
bodies had been removed from the
wrecked steamer Columbia late this
afternoon. Messages indicated that
eleven more had been located.
By United Press.
Peoria, H., July Professional
divers will search the submerged
decks and saloons, of the excursion
steamer Columbia which sank in the
Illinois river near Peoria, shortly af-
ter midnight last night with 593 per.
sons on board.
Twenty-siX bodies have been identi-
fled and seven others that had been
recovered at the time this dispatch
was sent had not received identified.
ton. Nearly 10 persons remain un.
accounted for River launches are
being used to take the dead to Pc,
kin, ILL.,, the home Of the majority
of the victims.
Estimate rs dead.
The chairman of the Red Cross in
Pekin issued statement declaring
that the list of dead would be be.
tween so and 75 Scores of small
boats were circling around the wreck
at noon, searching for the bodies of
the victims
Many of the survivors were taken
to Pekin in a pitable condition from
exposure and injuries. The Colum.
bia was carrying members Of a Pc.
kin social club who were homeward
bound from river excursion to a
summer resort when she struck a
submerged log on a sandbar. A dense
fog enveloped the steamer, making
the work of the pilot difficult.
Panic overturns Ship.
According to statement of the
second engineer, she sank in less
than two minutes. The boat over.
turned when scores of terrified pas.
sengers who were dancing on the
deck, rushed to the port rail. Doz.
ems leaped into the water and other
were thrown into the stream when
the boat turned over.
Many who were between decks are
believed to have certainly gone down
with the steamer. The shrieks of the
victims as they struggled in the wa
ter and on the slippery deck as she
turned, could be heard in the village
of Wesley on the short opposite.
Immediately several small boats
put out from the shore and calls for
help We're sent to Peoria and Peltin
and launches were started at once
for the scene of the disaster A spe-
cial train carrying nurses and doc.
tors was sent from Peoria.
Survivors of the wreck declare that
four babies that were left on the up
per deck while the dance was under
way, went down with the ship and
perished. A coroner's jury was
sworn in today to make investiga-
tions and attempt to place the respoa-
sibility for the accident.
The Columbia was a three deck
steamer, 15O feet long and was own.
ed by the Mehl Excursion company
Of Peoria and was under charter by
the Pekin club.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-06
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FORMER NEW YORK
MAYOR is KILLED IN
AERoPLANE ACCIDENT

BY United Press.
: Lake Charles, La, July e.
+ Major John Purroy Mitchell,
+ former mayor of New York,
+ was killed in an airplane acct
!. dent at Gerstner field this
J. morning He was flying alone
: using a fast scout machine.
I. He fell 500 feet. Officers were
!. unable to assign cause for
+ the accident.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-06
Hostile Artillery Busy.

By United Prese.
London, July 6.-Hostile artillery
firing in the ViIlers- -Bretonneux re
gion was reported by Field Marshal
Haig today. Prisoners were taken
in a patrol encounter in the neighbor-
hood of Ypres, the report stated.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-06

BY United Press.
Paris, July 6.-Americans on the
Toul front and in the Vosges region
repused German raids, the French
war office announced today The
French penetrated the German lines
taking prisoners in Lechaume wood
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-06

Mrs. George H. Swihart, Rush Sprgs
Mrs. Tom Jones, NARROW, r 4.
Pearl Eaves, NARROW, R 4.
Mrs. NJ. A. Summers, NARROW, r 4.
Mrs. J. s. Blalock, NARROW, r 4.
Mrs. r. A. Moore, NARROW, R 4.
Tuttle Class.
Mrs. E. c. Craig.
Mrs. c. NJ. Duckwall.
Mrs. Gertrude Hale.
Mrs. George W. Hogan.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-06
River Excursion Steamer Runs Into Log;
In Panic Boat 0yerlurns and
Scores Thrown Into Water
DIVERS SEARCH FOR
BODIES IN WRECK
26 Identified, Many Caught Between Decks;
-Four Babies Perish; 593 Persons
on Board III Faled Boat
3y United press.

3y United Press.
Peoria, his, July G-Sixty-four
bodies had been removed from the
wrecked steamer Columbia late this
afternoon Messages indicated that
eleven more had been located
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-06

You will find all the
local news every day
in The Daily Express
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-27
THE YANKEE "SOUP-PLATE.

Tho helmet wern hy American sol
dicrS follows the general lines Of the
British type q inverted soup-plate
rather than the French 'casquc or the
German coal-scuttlc says francis \
Collins IN The Fighting Engineers
Penetration tests show that no helmet
Is more efficient than that Of tho american
type Every helmet Issued 10 'he imrr-
can soldier has passed severe test and
Is absolutely free from cracks CT flaws
To turn out tins complicated hcadCcar
by the million, using only the highest
grade materials. Is a bIg order bur tho
great manufacturing resources Of the
| nIted States have proved equal 70 the
work Of quantltative production
Steel helmets had never before been
made in the United States but new
machinery was designed and the supply
has never fallen behind the demand The
helmets are made by stamping and punch
ing sheets OF steel SO thousands may be
turned out IN day, with great saving of
labor Each steel sheet Is one foot
square and one-sixth Of an inch thick
The pieces shearcd of and other wastage
are returned to the government, so that
nothing Is lost
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-27
AL THAT Is FOREIGN. :

Il IS time 70 abolish all that IS foreign
kaiscr Bill!
This mercy that We read about.
The Kaiser said, sand he.
Is foreign IN It's origin
And little use to me,
l don know who invented it
But | am free to say
II 5 foreign and think We best
Abolish It today.
And Honor: there's another thing. +"
The lOrdly KAISER spoke,
"In hich We al can recognize
some form oi foreign Joke.
And Truth, OF course was brought "a light
On some far foreign shore
50 let abolish them III once
And see them nevermore'
But liquid flame and poison gas
And trcachery and lies
And all the tactics which wc use
To blind our focnens eyes
Those things are ours. or handed down
by PrussIans Of the past
And 50 wei treasure al of them
As long as PruSsiaus last Judge.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-27
i. s. DECLARED LEADER
OF THE MOVIE TRADE
90 Per Cent of Good Films Are
Made IN America, London
Paper Explains.

Washington. JULY . ct Is through
the cncma that the nations nf the world
viii get 10 understand each other 0nCna
Will hc tremendous power IN comcntug
the projected league ot nations Which Is
to MAINTAIN world peace, declares "a
writer ~ tho London Evening News.
urging that British motJun picture
manufacturers. should host themselves,
"a overcome tmcritan domination
of tho market Calling attention IL tho
powerful lnfitmnce - the screen ln affect
ING the thruIbt - the puhhc thc writer
further demands that the government,
po>SlhlN through tho tcIanal htlyc.
should ASSIST u pushing British htn- on
the markets N the iUpre aud ser that
the heart # InrIaaI i n"t \wruoan
Ninety pr cent 81 tho lictl~ oud south
mcut emanatIuc from British Screens
AZ \mcrlran the writer continued.
according 80 2 ruiN ot tho artro trans
mttci - o'hclai dispatches ~ the Bureau
ot torugn and Domestic Commcrs,.
We ~hau.an gr.ntlc au Stare d ln
pct cent - the tica.S aud uae p,rccut
pt faC sentiment shown uu \mcugtu
Screens were prtf~h i}tt thc, III, unt
\mCr.a mcaI> aud sentiment dominate
thc screens 1T the whole world
tT fft % l~i3 tAtftttti+t Was. '~tt iil t~ ttF
cincnJa Is concerned ARE n tho hands
j. the angIua hsnEs ot the uit.J >t at,s.
~,mc ot them pi German orlli. hut u.s.
kccuIv \worlcau a- Hu> 81 -ec the stars
aud Stripes .iattcr ot the screens of the
world There are tcw pict,!rc- nowadays
in Nairh oii t,inr1 ioc~ not ct look iu.
Amcrioanl2atou ~ the world through
tho moving pictur has hccu going ga fer
thc pas; four wears American Ideals
It'd \mcrrau Gag railway stock, motor
ears. p1dc courts. flood the screens
10 the people of the British Empire
thc greatest men ct all ,lmc are George
Washington ana abraham Lincoln \ci-
son DRAKE and Wellington have no place
on the screen
Canadian pictures ARE almost whoilz
made Ul tm"rlca. She writer asserts
Australia viii have none of Brush PIC
turc- cNccp, topical hinl and there
ilsa Is 10 market Tor the British product
III New Zealand India Is the one bright
spot IA 'hc Empire where Ertssh h!Ins
ar welcomed
let rs have some TccIprocItv with
America the article concludes Let
us exchange our pictures and learn o(
one another Il Is tina; or the Amcrlcaul-
zatIon or Gcrnanlzauon Of the world
through The cinema And 1t Is gong
10 have q big effect
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-27
1,O4O JOHN SMITHS
NOW FIGHTING BOCHE
Enough of the Family to Make
a Great Army Are With
the Flag.

As n matter of public interest, the Of
fetal keeper of the card index informs
ua that the frat name on the rolls oi
the Army Navy and Marine Corps Is
Clayton Aloysius Aah. and the last ono
Joseph XynV Every letter of the alpha-
bet is we'll represented, and because of
the Smiths the 5 ? are the greatest host
There arc Smiths enough IN their
country uniform TO have recruited the
whole regular army at Its authorized
strength before the war, and double tho
number that would have been needed 10
man the Navy more than 100000 of
them We may believe that 1t requires
the services of a battalion of filing ex
peri." 10 look after the Smiths alone
The official information with reference
to this matter Is not impaired solely to
entertain the public These are serious
times and the mere statement TINT there
arc | .0t0 John Smiths aud which NAV
cause some surprise several hundred
more William Smiths, 2n0 John Smiths,
and So on. prompts tho serious reftection
that IN our communications with the
government on any subject relating
to the bows IN the service We should t'e
exact about details as IN residence, next
of KIN and other essentials 10 poeltlve
Identification. and above al write every
name lcgilv
George Miller may identify person,
without chance of mistake. ~ hs family
his immediate ncighi,orhand ar even IN
whole community 4 Il Is not too large
But m the government s muster roll
that ualt has about ~ much individuality
~ 2 lobIlp en- the beach lhere arc
! .0in George Ailllcra. WHICH happens
~ be the same nnmleer as II lahn Smiths
\ middle lnitlal helps. ol eonrset tlit
there ~ still room fnr tlnnhi ~ manY
,aacs The i1.0n NIllcrs include not
a (rv George ! aud as another example.
therc arc ~ l"hn ] aIirlene Further
tn emphasize the suggestion that every
care should hc taken IN correspondence,
II Is stated that hfty Il tie John J 9
Ilrcns have wives ~ the nane Mary
Tic war risk insurance htfcau Tor
the administration # vhich tic absolute
ricuflty nf persons IS 81 exceptional
Importance. suggests TINT names and
addresses hc ptuted rather than
wrttcn ~ script - is correspondents
Confusion aud resulting anpoyanfe. both
~ tic Officials and thofe who have bus
nos. "a 10 attru,lrd tn viii h. avoldcd II
people write leglhly will complete n
formation. and csreeiallA taxi the uf
most ralus with all names and addresses
Providence journal
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-27
WHAT LIBRARIES MEAN
To MEN IN THE NAVY

Libraries are maintained ou Al crit
belonging TO the Navy, including ~l
marines, submarine chaserS, transports.
receiving ships, and warships pu thu
varships tho chaplain has supervision
Of the libraries From tho S
Iowa comes the following
DO vou ask il the hoys appreciate fhe
hooks froln the library fhcrc would hc
no question in your mind if Won had thc
privilege some afternoon Of standing nn
our berth deck shortly after knock oh
They come from all parts oi the ~ltn
They read everything. from biography
and science to tho technical books ot
trade. from the textbooks ri college to
tho latest popular fiction and thc> Are ID
ii All he tlmc tnvwhcrc after working
hours. YOU can find mon pcrchcd near any
light plugging away the lonely hours
with fascinating novel of advent urr
Nearly every man not standing a watch
can bc found porlng over a book somewhere
III be decks
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-27
DEATHS.

BUSH In this city. on July % 1915 John
NJ Bush
Relatives and friends are invited 10 attend
the funeral scrNi ices at he residence of his
brother. Henry Bush SIS West Ninth
street on sunday afternoon, al > 50 O'Clock
lnterment private.
COOLING In this city. on July ~ 1918
Josephine NJ. wife Of Zachary T Cool
ing ST. aged 6s years
Relatives and friends are invited 20 attend
the funeral services at Bethel NJ + Church
Cecil county. Md. on sunday afternoon
July IS at , clock. interment az Bethel
cemetery. Friends may view the remains
a. her late residence. 203 West Seventeenth
street. on Saturday evening
TEMPLE In this city. on July 26. IolS.
sarah z widow Of George j Temple.
aged = years
Relatives and friends are invited 10 ATTEND
the funeral services at the residence Of her
son-in-laW. Eugene W Terry. los Frank
lin street, on Tuesday afternoon July 40
a. clock. lnterment at NJ. = cemetery
New Castle. Del.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-27
CONVICTIONS.

Great thoughts demanding uttcrance.
Gcrminate IN the inmost rcccascs Of being
And grow and spread in a fellow.
And initiate him like q balloon.
And he feels that the voice within him
Is the voice Of a prophet
Nox populi, voX Del, and 50 on
And i he Is repreSsed by plain folk.
He thinks there Is a conspiracy against
progress
And he goes forth as one crying.
A message in the wilderness.
So that in the quiet even,
When the tired working man sits On his
doorstep.
Chasing the gr0wlcr FOR more slds
And the equally tired business person
Snoozes by the open window, bcholdl
The party with the message bellows il
To a quiet world and s heard,
And PEOPLE listening, say "Oh, what Is
it2'
And others make answer. saving.
Another wild ass brayiug on The noun
tain"
And they let il 70 al that
And the world goes on rs before
Chicago News.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-27
MAN NEVER BETTER
NOR So FIT AS NOW
Army Examinations Show There
Has Been No Physical Dc
generation of the Race.

The big average height of the men
drafted into the United States Army Is
being widely commented upon IN tho
press. and IT appears that tine facts justify
the favorable remarks being made.
Records of the Quartermaster ofhce
show that the Americans who arc donning
the army uniform today are bigger than
the men who fought in former wars.
The size most in demand for the standard
army shoe in the past was az, while the
average size of the marching shoe today Is
SID and that Of the field or trench
shoe OF.
The STYLES arc issued, for it has been
found by experiment that soldiers re-
ouirc larger shoe for the trenches, II
being necessary to wear two pairs of
socks at a time IN cold and wet weather,
Similarly. the present day American sol
dier has TO be provided with a size larger
than his predecessor. in coats, shirts and
brooches lie is a bigger man all round,
which is decidedly satisfactory from the
national point of view
Events in other bcllCcrcnt lands since
the war began have served to prove that
men generally arc as strong physically
and morally as ever they were IN history
The long campaign IN the trenches IN
Europe has put the soldiers 10 greater
tcst than the fighting men ot the past
were submitted 10 IN the worst 0i the
numerous old wars They have stood
that test, and the hundreds of thousands
who survive the cannon blast and the
rifles bullet VIII emerge physically fno
specimens OF manhood
II IS not necessary to look to the nltCd
States or over 10 Europe tn sCC that the
human race has not dctcrorated tanada
is r small nation compared with IFS
tremendous ncighhor and with othor
allies II had a population n tho cCnSis
IN 1911 Of :. 200 600. 3 bout halt nt whom
were males out of tic young man part
of this total 100000 mon have measured
IN to the severe medical test oi the army,
and some tens of thousands ot others
have hecn examined and rejected for
minor defects that DO not interfere with
their life rs civilians and 10 not threaten
to shorten their days aTprcclahly Inc
mon who were taken io he field Of war
have lived IN the orcn. through the heat
Of summer and tho cold and snow and Wet
Of winter. and tho thunder ot the guns
has been constantly IN thctr cars
The stress of the dcAdhcs; warfare has
not broken fhcir spirit. and they stand
ready today 10 face attack from 2 power
ful enemy and 70 deliver i IN return ln
Wow of these facts tho httlc bodies ot
gloomy and narrow minded rrt>ou~ who
meet periodically and resolve That TIC
race il dcgcnerat3ng physically and NOR
alIv should rest ifom thcn o,cak'ng ior
the time being ActHal cond'1ous arc
confoundlnc thcir slandcrou- assertions
The race j. stronger today than ever
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