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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-08
Task Will Not Be Complete Here for -Four
Months, is Estimate; Work is
Progressing
MEN FROM SOUTH
HANDLED FIRST
Many missionaries Not Properly Filled
Out; Returned to Registrants for
Correction; Other Data
When will I be elassifiod2

w uen Will De cidbSlLlDu
This question is being asked by
nearly every man of draft age who
has had to fill out a QUESTIONABLE
and some are waiting anxiously to
find out just what class they will be
placed in. With the recommends
tions made by General Crowder that
none but men of the first class be
taken men are wondering whether
they will ever have to listen to the
shrill music of the machine gun or
go over the top while hand grenades
are being thrown thick1s about
When S. c. Durbin, chairman of
the Grady county exemption board,
was asked about the matter this
morning, he said that it would prob
ably be four months before all who
had filled out questionnaires would
be classified
1--WE are beginning to classify and
are classifying as fast as possible.
We are able to classify about thirty
five day and at this rate it will
take us at least three months and
more than likely we will be four
months. We will make the classifi-
cations as fast as possible and if the
men do not get their notice of classi-
fication soon they will know that we
are working as fast as possible and
will have them made out as soon as
we can so do
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-08
To Run for Year; County Organization
Being Completed; Will Be Thorough
in Every Detail
$1,000 PER CAPITA
REQUIRED AMOUNT
Stamps Sell for rs Cents Up; No One
Allowed to Own More Than 81 900
Worth at Once

During the year Grady county cit
lzens must purchase War Savings
stamps and Thrift stamps to the
amount of $961,94O to make up the
minimum quota assigned to this
county.
This is not going to be a short
drive. 1t is more in the nature of a
marathon race. 1t is going to take
endurance and the men in charge of
the campaign are making their plans
accordingly. One of the most com
plete organizations that has handled
any war work drive in this county
is being assembled and will be com
pleted in few days
The method of organization is the
same in every county in the state
George W. Barnes Of Muskogee, is
state chairman for Oklahoma In
Grady county, George H. Evans has
been appointed as chairman. Work
ing with MI Evans will be a county
executive committee the full men,
bership of which has not been an
nounced Also a county advisory
committee will be appointed This
committee will be composed of prom
inent farmers, leading business men,
bankers, prominent women workers,
members Of the school board, minis
ters and fraternal men.
Township organization.
In addition each township in the
county will be organized along the
same plan carried out by the county
organization: Every township will
have chairman. Working with that
chairman will be township advisory
committee and an executive commit
tee the members of which will be
chosen from among the most ener-
getic and prominent citizens.
The purchase of War Savings or
Thrift stamps is not limited to any
class. Everyone has an opportunity
to become owners of the Baby
Bonds They are sold in denomina-
tions from % cents up. There is
only one restriction No one person
is allowed to hold more than $1,000
worth of War Savings stamps at one
time The War Savings stamps are
interest bearing and are backed by
the government.
Many AlreSdy Sold.
Hundreds of dollars worth of the
stamps have been sold in Ghickashe
and Grady county at this time. The
very day they were placed on sale
at the post office a number of people
availed themselves of the opportuni-
ty. During Christmas week many
Chickasha firms and business men
who had formerly given cash pres
ent5 to their employees. purchased
War Savings stamps for them in
stead. .,....s-.
The method Of computing the quota
of each county, is on basis of. $40
per capita on the population. estimat-
ed by the bureau of census for July,
j, 1917 Grady countys quota was
computed on basis of 4S, 600 popu-
lation. Following is list of the
counties in the state with their quo
tas:
Adair, $2S4,02O Alfalfa. S469,56O;
Atoka, $S6S,7OO; Beaver, $2S6.4OO;
Beckham, S494,20O; Blaine. 1897, ,O6O;
Bryan. s699,76O; Caddo, 1894 $40; Ca.
madam, $645,12O;. Carter, $5O716O;
Cherokee, s464,9OO; Choctaw, $780,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-08

BY United Press.
London, Jan S.--The third often
siye against the Turks has been start
cd by the British expedltionary fore
es according to the official report re-.
ceived today In Arabia and In the
vicinity of Shanin the British cap
tured several guns and a number of
Turkish soldiers.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-08
Might 10 Right.
8y United Press ,

Zurich, Jan. S.--fWe must recog.
nize only one principle, that might
is right and we must know neither
sentiment or consideration, humanity
or compassion" said General Won
Leib in speech before the conserva-
tive congress in which he declared
that Germany must have Courland,
Belgium and northern France.
The speech was delivered before
the congress meeting at Sale, Prus-
STA. He said, 1--WE will incorporate
Courland, bring in 6O,O00,OOO Rus
slams, and the Slav nightmare viii
ride us no longer"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-08

bership running from 81 to $40. Mem.
bership runs while contributions are
paid. The membership elects board
Of directors of Is men to run the
business of the organization, and reg
ular monthly business meetings are
held at the rest room. The direc-
tois now are as follows: Orin Ash
ton, president; o. L. Bingham, vice
president; NJ. F. Courtney, treasur.
er; c. H. Caneman, w. H. Donahue
Geo, H. Evans, Jno Crib, L. C. Hut
son, Ed F. Johns, B. F Johnson, ].
W. Kayser, w. G. Patten. w. E..
Smith, F. D. Shsffer and r. F..
Thweatt.
Judge w. w. Clark is secretary and
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-08
PLANS BIG
SAVING ON
OPERATION
BY United Press.

By UnIted PTesB.
Washington, Jan S.-Secretary
McAdoo plans saving Of 100000
600 annually in federal operation of
the railroads.
Sweeping economies will be inaug.
urated Immediately after the passage
of the railway control but the meas
ures are now heing considered by
congressional committees. The econ
omies which are planned by Secreta-
ry McAdoo are expected to net more
than sufficient money to pay the in
creases in wages granted to the rail-
road workers.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-08
Miden nnlt.
BY United Press.

BY United PresB.
London, Jan. 8.--Russian papers
say that instead of bridging, Lloyd
Georges speech has widened the
gulf between the west and revoIu.
tionary Russia The papers say that
the Russian casualties have been
more than all the allies put together.
The Russian press deplores the lack
OF consultation with the allies.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-08
Might is Right Says German General;
Would Take COurIand, Belgium
and Northern France
BAKER PREDICTS
BIG HUN THRUST
Resume Peace Negotiations; British Drive
on Turks; Comment on Lloyd
Georges Peace Terms
BY United Press.

Amsterdam, Jan 8.-"We must
fight until the enemy accepts our
conditions" declared King Leopold
of Bavaria in speech delivered on
the occasion of the celebration OF his
birthday, asserted dispatches receiv-
ed today May we beat our latest
enemy, the Americans" the kind
added
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-08
Resume Negotiations.

BY United Press.
Amsterdam, Jan. S.-Bolsheviki For.
eign Minister Trotsky has arrived at
Breat-Litovsk and the peace negotie.
tions will be resumed this afternoon,
according to Berlin dispatches.
Emperor Karl Of Austria Hungary,
will shortly make visit to the sui
tan of Turkey on o political mis-
sion" Vienna dispatches state.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-08
Southern Board First.

"We are classifying those in the
southern board first as we have prac-
tically G64 of the northern board al
ready classified. This number was
classified under the old regulations
and there will be very few changes
as we considered them pretty care
fully when we went over them be-
fore and since none of the southern
board have been classified we decid.
ed to work on them first"
The majority of those who will be
classified on the northern board are
expected to go in the fourth class,
tContinued on Page Sky
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-08
No naaia say csrrnana.
BY United Press.

by UuIJtu tIttss
Washington jan. Preliminary
reports indicated today that Germa-
ny is indisposed to accept Lloyd
Georges peace terms as basis for
negotiations. Some advices show
that Germany's liberals are beginning
to assert themselves stronger than
ever before. This gave some hopa
that international reconstruction de-
sired by the allies as a peace basis
will eventually get under way.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-08
BIG Thrust Predicted.

By United rress.
Washington, Jan. s.--A gigantic
German thrust on the west front, pos
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CONTINUED on Page Two.x
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All the latest news by
wire every day from
the U. P. Assoc iatiOn
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-10
GINGHAMS AND PERCALES

TOLL DU NORDE AND OTHER STANDARD BRANDS
ON SALE AT YOUR CHOICE PER YARD ~
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-10
TOWELING AND CRASH

THIS is MERCHANDISE THAT IT Is ALMOST nMPOSs
lBLE TO BUY NOW LAY IN A GOOD SUPPLY
ALL WORTH FROM 32la TO so CENTS PER ~
YARD. ON SALE AT " Zj
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10
WASHINGTON.

Organization of corporation under
President Wilson's control to buy and
sell metals and minerals was discussed
at meeting of the senate mines
committee.
Austrian workmen, dying of starva-
ton, official dispatches received in
Washington say, recently sent dele
gates to a convention in Vienna. All
the delegates, the dispatch says, de-
clared that in certain provinces the
population was dying of hunger. The
death rate is enormous and epidemics
were raging throughout the country
Delegate Schawel, from Moravia,
warned that there was absolutely no
coal for the coming winter.
The prohibition against vice in the
vicinity of military camps, stations,
posts and cantonments, and all dis
tricts under naval jurisdiction will ap-
ply hereafter to all territory within a
radius of ten miles from army camps
and naval districts, under orders is
sued bv Secretaries Baker and DAN
iels.
President Wilson has let it be
known to members of the house ways
and means committee, which is franz
ing the new eight -biliion-dollar reve-
nue. bill, that he is interested in a
heavy tax on war profits.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10
New Mexico.

The Lincoln oil we'll has reached a
depth of 1000 feet, and the drillers
work DAY and night
A large number of burros are being
used in packing ore from the upper
dumps of the Last Chance mine at
Mogollon. This was mined under 60
cent silver and now pays we'll
The steel manufacturers in the east
who have been making a working test
of the r2anganese-iron ores shipped
from Boston Hill by the Stevens com
pany of Silver City, have found the
product to be highly satisfactory in
every respect and have placed orders
for a minimum shipment to them of
10000 tons with absolutely no maxi
mum limit.
The first commercial we'll in the
famous San Juan basin of New Mex
leo, thirty-five miles south of the Col
orado line, has been brought in, &C
cording to a telegram received in
Denver. The oil was found at 800 feet
depth and the we'll is estimated good
for between 100 and 200 barrels. The
oil is of high gravity, and the sand
has been drilled into eighteen feet.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10
SPORT.

Clarence Lang, catcher for the
American Beauty nine, and Burns,
shortstop for Allisons, will leave Den
YER for Lincoln, Neb., Aug. Is, in the
next draft squad. Johnson, pitcher for
Miles & Dryer, will also leave for the
same place.
The American league baseball
schedule will be played out until Sept.
2 without any readjustment, and a
worlds series staged starting Sept. 3
or 4, it was decided at the Cleveland,
Ohio, special meeting of American
league club owners. Every club was
represented.
Another battery of young Denver
athletes, practically all Of whom are
ton-notchers in their various lines of
endeavor, have signed up with the
greatest tourist director in the world,
Uncle Sam, to tour Germany, with
Berlin and Potsdam palace as their
ultimate destination.
Cornelius Westervelt, deputy clerk
OF the Denver District Court, returned
from his vacation in Estes Park, full
of enthusiasm for the new Estes Park
golf course, completed this year on the
site of the old Dunravan ranch near
the entrance to the park. ut is one
of the prettiest things in the country" ;"
he declared.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10
WEST ERN.

Officers left Silver City, N. M, for
Lordsburg to assist in running down
the bandits who robbed the Lordsburg
State bank of $4,000.
Free camping sites for tourists are
now offered by Seattle, Wash, in
Woodland park. The arrangement
was necessitated by the crowded con-
dition of the city.
Gold mine operators will meet in
Denver to name Colorado delegates to
the gold mining conference called by
Governor Boyle of Nevada, to be held
in Reno, Aug. II, 13 and IA.
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the Eng
lish militant suffrage leader, is now
one of the speakers of the Labor De-
partment division of information, the
department announced.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10
Gosh

Old Lady-Tut, tut Do you know
what becomes of little boys who tell
fibs?
Willie Hibrow (aged ive)-Oh, that
is an optional matter with the boys
parents. Some are fOOlishly threat
ened with eternal damnation; corporal
punishment is inflicted on some; 9TH
ers are incarcerated for short periods
Of time in cellars, sheds and closets or
are Inundated by being put prema-
turely to bed. Others are subjected to
a course of light mental gymnastics
containing q smattering child psychol-
ogy, psychOpathy psychOmancy, often
times with an element of alectryo-
NANCY or dactyliomancy. After all, the
question is one of a belief in or
against a personal devil. Personally,
I
(But the good old lady was gasping
for breath.)
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10
FOREIGN.

The German retreat continues un-
abated, with the allies everywhere In
hot pursuit.
Lord Justice Thomas Francis Mo-
lony has been appointed lord chief
justice of Ireland
President Poincare gave luncheon
in Paris in honor Of Herbert {.
Hoover, the American food admins
traitor.
The flour ration in Germany again
will be raised to 200 grams Oh Aug.
19, according to dispatch from Ber-
lin The first meatless week also will
begin Aug. 1S.
King Alfonso is reported to have in
vited the family of the late emperor
of Russia to come to Spain to remain
until the end of the war, occupying
one of the royal palaces.
Admiral Won HoltzendOrff, chief OF
the German admiralty staff has been
retired for reasons of health, accord
ing to an announcement by the semi
official Wolff bureau of Berlin. Ad-
miral Reinhart Scherr, commander Of
succeed Admiral Won Holtzendorff.
Fridays splendid success is but a
link in the chain of victories since
General Foch launched his counter Of
fensive on July 18. Rarely in war has
a plan been followed out with such
clockwork regularity, and military
opinion in Paris is lost in admiration
of the splendid genius which conceived
it and of the mastery way in which
it is being carried out.
Communications have been received
at Berne by the Red Cross from ten
American aviatOrs who were taken
prisoner during recent aerial raids by
American squadrons on towns along
the Rhine river. All the aviators are
in excellent health. They have been
interned at Baden and Aastate. The
names of the pilots and the details of
their capture have been forwarded to
Washington.
Andrew Bonar Law, government
spokesman in the house Of commons,
stated in the lower house that Ger
man submarines were being sunk at
far greater rate than heretofore.
In asking for a vote of credit of
700,000,000 pounds in the house of
commons, Andrew Bonar Law, the
chancellor of the excheQuer, said that
the largeness of the amount was not
the fact that parliament was about to
adjourn.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10
GE N e RAJ.

Cadet S. w. Rodgers of Brookline,
Mass, was killed in an aeropaane ac-
cident at Chanute field at Cham
paign, Ill.
1t was reported in Paris that Herb"
ert Hoover, American food administra-
tor, and his party had narrow escape
in a German air raid on Boulogne
when bomb blew in the windows of
their private car.
The crew Of nine men from lumber
laden four-masted schooner were land
ed at Grand Manan, N. B. The men
reported that their vessel was sunk
by a submarine while between Eriar
Island and Gran Manan.
Cotton advanced between Sc and 81
bale in the market at New York
Aug. 8, attributed to favorable war
news, unfavorable weather advices in
the southwest and indications Of in
creased consumption of American cot
ton abroad.
Draft ages of from IS to As years
was recommended to Congress in the
U11l Oul lUOUyl ing ILO w ol DOPoA tlAOAA. -
Eew man-power program, introduced in
both houses of Congress. Official
statements by the American and Jap
anese governments, made public in
Washington, announced that the plans
for extending military aid to Russia
in Siberia will be undertaken by the
United States and Japan alone, with
the other co-belligerents asserting in
principle.
Two city policemn were shot, one
perhaps fatally, one payroll bandit
killed or fatally wounded and two
other bandits injured in a gun fight
at Cleveland, Ohio, following the theft
of $22,S64, the payroll of the H. J.
Walker Company airplane plant. The
money was all recovered when the
bandits car was wrecked in its flight.
A motion was filed at Santa Fe, N.
NJ, by counsel for Elbert w. Blancett
sentenced to hang Aug. Is for the mur'
der of Clyde Armour, asking rehear'
ing by the Supreme Court. No new
grounds were adduced.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union news service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

British casualties during July to-
tailed 67,291. This compares with to-
tai casualties reported in June of 14l,-
147.
Eight hundred and fortX-four enemy
aeroplanes were brought down by the
allies during July, while 325 allied ma
chimes were lost during the same Pc
riod.
There again has been considerable
activity on the Italian mountain front,
where at several points the Italians
have attacked and defeated the Aus
trians
In the Rheims region, in addition to
Thillois, the village of Ville-en-Tarde-
nOis Friday was in allied hands and
the French on the heels of the Ger
mans, two and half miles north of
the Dormans-Rheims high road, over
a front of nearly four miles.
Friday nights officia! report from
Paris carried the most startling mes
sage in several days. scissors, the
key of the German right flank in the
whole Aisne-Marne position, was again
in French hands. At the same time
the brief announcement that Thillois,
west of Rheims, had been taken,
shows that the jaws of the great trap
created by General Foch had begun
to close.
The complete success of the allies
Is indicated by a confidential message
reaching General March, chief of staff
in Washington, from an officer who,
ct the time of writing, had just re-
turned from Fere-en-T -Tardenois. This
officer reported that 1t was seemingly
impossible" for any army to gather the
number Of guns and shells that were
abandoned by the Germans in their
retirement. The message added that
the Germans had been driven back
without time to bury their dead, and
the German bodies lay so thickly it
was impossible to advance without
walking over them.
Allied troops in the Aisne-Marne
salient reaped "the full fruits of vic
tory on Saturday, when the enemy,
who met his second great defeat on
the Marne, was driven in confusion
beyond the line Of the Vesle," Gen
eral Pershing reported in his COM
munique. American troops alone have
captured 8,40O prisoners and 1873 guns.
The town of Fismes was taken by the
American troops, supported by the
French. Southeast of Amiens, on the
old Montdidier sector, the Germans
have fallen back across the Avre river
over wide front, while northeast Of
Amiens, in the region of Albert, a SIM
liar retrograde movement has been
made across the Ancre. All through
the salient towns are still ablaze be-
hind the retreating Germans, and even
cornfields have been set afire in or
der to prevent the allied troops from
garnering the ripened crop.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10
Colorado.

A rich ore find is reported in the
Guadalupe mine in the San Juan belt,
near Ouray.
Two carloads of ore from Monarch
camp, above Salida, were sent to the
Pueblo smelter.
Work is being done on many claims
in the Ward district, and some good
ore being taken out.
According to a Boulder statement
rich ores are being taken out from
the old Belcher mine on Caribou hill
The Iron Mask mine, situated about
a mile north of the depot at Brecken-
ridge, on Shock hill, is being steadily
operated.
The placer mines and river and
stream beds of the Breckenridge dis
trict are producing considerable guam
titles OF placer gold.
At Central City, Gilpin county, the
Gilpin-Eureka mine continues a steady
shipper regardless of the hardships
and inconvenience of war.
The July production of the Cripple
Creek district, as compiled from re-
ports of the mills and smelters, TO-,
tailed 96,710 tons with a gross bullion
value of $912,110. The average value
per ton is $9.43.
After long period of steady work
the Colorado Central mills and rock
house in Leavenworth cahon. near
Georgetown, are completed. Already
200 tons of ore have been placed in
the bins of the rock house.
Georgetown, Clear Creek county, re-
ports that the ore vein cut in the
Georgetown tunnel and from which
samples of ore returned over $500 per
ton is of great width, the crevice mat
ter being full of scattered mineral.
The White River we'll, west Of
Meeker, which recently drilled thru
thirty feet Of oil-saturated sand, will
be drilled to the deeper sands and q
thoro test made Of the White River
field, according to decision made by
the officers of the company.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10
Montana.

Further demands were not made
upon the companies operating in the
Butte mining district and as many
men were employed at the properties
as usual. The executive committee Of
the miners organization which made
a demand upon John D. Ryan, presi-
dent of the Anaconda Copper Mining
Company, while in Butte, for a six
hour day, Sc scale and other working
conditions, issued statement re-
questing the members of the organiza-
tion not to go out at this time.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-10
Court Halts WreckIne of Midland.

Denver-Owners of the Colorado
Midland railroad will not be allowed
to tear up the tracks and junk the
road, as authorized in an order by Dis
trict Judge John W. Sheafor of Colo
RADIO Springs. The Supreme Court
granted the application of the COM
plainants in the Midland junking case
stay of execution pending hearing
of the case, and the owners are
estopped from tearing up the tracks,
but the order does not restore service
on the road.