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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-02
NEW TELEGRAPH
RATES ARE HIGH
Increase Goes Into Effect at keolcuk
Under Government Control
and Is Enough to


Telegraph rates at Keokuk were
raised yesterday enough to be felt by
every sender of telegram It is one
of the orders issued under the gov
eminent control of the lines as war
measure, by Postmaster General Burl-
son.
The war tax is raised and is now
five cents on all kilograms between
fifteen cents and fifty cents, and ten
cents on all costing over fifty cents
The local telegraph offices gave out
the following statement:
1.-THE following schedule of domes-
tic commercial telegraph rates shall
be effective April 1st, 1919, and con-
tinue until otherwise ordered:
Present rates-25-2; S0-2; 35-2;
4O-3; sos: 6O-4; 75-5; 100-7.
New rates-3o, 21A; So, 21s 40, 21s;
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-02
CHARGED With plotting.

CUnited Press Leased Wire Service.1
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Apr. Charged
with having plotted to seize United
States government property and over
throw the government, William Wy
ciss, 3S, is being held here today by
agents of the department of justice.
Wyciss had planned, according to the
federal agents, to lead movement to
seize the government arsenal here.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-02
|CutiClIra Soap
For the Hands
Soap 80, Ointment Is & 6oc., Talcnm 2oc. sample
zach m allied free by "Cuticura. Dept. f, Boston.

announced today by C. B. Cochran,
boxing promoter.
They Will fight for purse of 1000
and will be required to make III
pounds ringside. Wilde's hackers are
ready to wager $4,000 on him.
Wilde, British fly weight champion,
won decision over Joe Lynch, Ameri
can bantam Monday night He lost
to Pal Moore in the Anglo-American
service tournament,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-02
MARCH HAD THE
USUAL WEATHER
vas Not Much Out of the Ordinary,
Although the Rainfall was
Rather Light for the
Month.

~, march was neither lamb nor
! MI, mn IN Its weather here, and was not
s ssen out OF the ordinary as, the first
w.. .he highest the thermometer got
Mas. y degrees on March 80, but on
ssao eh u. 1907, 1t reached SS de-
'''es' which is the warmest March
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-02
1t to Z degrees below zero.

ter went to Z degrees below zero.
It rained eight days In March this
year, and most Of the inch and a
half of rain fell the night of March
Is and 16, when 1.21 inches were
measured. The normal rainfall for
March is about one and half times
what fell last month.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-02
Like Old Times.

Chicago Daily Times: 1t seems
almost like old times when one reads
about the defeat of Villa by Mexican
federal troops, but the reports will
Pancho begins to lose a few more
legs.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-02
4s. 81: 60, s,k. 7s.b: soe; 1.2s, sk.

4S. 3h; so, BIZ; 72.b; s0.e; 1.2s, Sk.
DAY and night letters shall be com
puted as at present but charged for
on the basis of the above rates.
Might messages shall be charged
for at an increase Of 20 per centum
over existing night message rates.
There will be no change In rates
on kilograms to and from points in
Canada"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-02
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obtain arms and ammunition stored
there and start general strike in
the Pittsburgh district.
Worlds Bantam Wsiaht.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
LONDON, April Jimmy Wilde
has signed an agreement to meet Pete
Herman or Pal Moore for the world S
bantam weight championship, it was
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-05

forty million dollars are to be spent
are the following:
Half a million dollars for use among
returning soldiers and sailors, to
whom assistance is also to be given in
finding jobs and In getting new start
in life.
Half a million dollars for recon-
struction work in building Protestant
churches in Europe devastated by the
war.
Four million dollars for work over
seas, where last year Presbyterlans
conducted IT'S hospitals and dispen-
sarles, in which 100000 patients were
treated and where educational institu-
tons and religious services were main
tained, which were attended by many
millions of natives.
Eighty thousand dollars will be used
for temperance and prohibition work,
especially in foreign lands, in which
American brewers and distillers are to
begin operations as soon as their
plants are closed down In this country.
Nearly a million dollars viii be ap-
propriated for disabled preachers, and
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-05
ORDINANCE RATIFIED
led
BY PEOPLE

Continued from page 1.)
sage dealt with the modern social
evil, and the speaker urged that
every agency unite in the protection
of the boys and girls. Education
and by means of constructing provi-
sions for the child's social, mental
and moral needs, was the route sug-
gested for the reaching of this goal.
The point of the lecture on Nor
NAL Childhood" was the study of the
child himself, see what the child
does, and how, and try to ascertain
what is happening in his life Mr..
Wilcox likened the ideal home to
the greenhouse, where whole con-
struction and provisions are sky
light, temperature, soil, moisture
and care are for the welfare of the
little plant. Home should be for
child, not child for home,' the
speaker declared.
Mr.. Wilcox talked to the student
body of the Chickasha Business col
lege this morning; he was booked
for lectures to the junior high
school boys this afternoon for the
southern part of the state. In the
near future, Mr. Wilcox will con-
duct community welfare campaigns
in Enid, Ardmore and Durant.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-05

PROGRAMS prepared before the
war are as useless as a last
years birds nest-and this ap-
piles to the work of the Church just as
much as it does to any other kind of
an organization which deals with hui
man relationships.
The New Era Movement of the Pres
byterian Church was organized to
study the conditions which have come
out of the war and then to set up an
adequate program that will frankly
face the facts.
The financial "dpive" is being organ
ized by business men who were among
the most successful workers In Liberty
Loan, Red Cross, War Savings Stamps,
Y. NJ G. A and the other war time
drives"
Leading preachers all over the
country are leaving their important
churches for the sixty day period of
the Campaign, becoming responsible
for certain areas, seeing TO it that
these are thoroughly organized for the
final rally.
Among the objects for which the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-05

another million will be used to in
crease prea chers' salaries.
About three millions are needed for
special work in American cities and
among immigrant populations and
lumberjacks and for work among In
dians, Mexicans and other depressed
peoples, and for relief work in the
sparsely settled sections of the coun-
try.
Presbyterian women are to raise
nearly two million dollars for educa-
tional and social work in this country.
Half million will be used for build
ing new Presbyterian churches and an
other half million for educational and
religious work among negroes.
Nearly a million is to be spent for
general religious education and theo-
logical training. half a million for Sun
day School work and religious litera-
ture and about one hundred thousand
for special mems work and general
evangelism
Twenty-Five million dollars will be
spent by the local Presbyterian
churches for their general community
work.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-05

George Rice, formerly connected
with the Booterie shoe store, but who
give up that position to join the ar
my several months ago, has accepted
position as head of the Dixie store
shce department.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-05
ADJUDGED INSANE

Mrs Beulah B. Norris Of this city
was adjudged insane when she was
examined by the Grady county in
sanity board yesterday. She was i'm.
mediately taken to the Oklahoma
Hospital for the Insane at Norman.
County Judge Davenport and Mrs.
Drs. Stinson and Corbin comprised
the board that adjudged Mrs. oNrris
insane
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-05
ASSESSORS NOTICE

I will be in my office in the
courthouse from March the 10th to
April the 1st, 1919, for the purpose
of assessing all property subject to
taxation Property owners failing
to meet me on above date, must turn
in their assessment within 20 days,
according to law or be declared de-
linquent. ]. D. BRAYAN,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-05

4 Mention

Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Frey are
spending the day in Oklahoma City.
Fatty Disturbs the Peace" Kozy
today.
Miss Claire Woodson and Miss
Clarice Tatman, are twisting friends
in Oklahoma City this afternoon.
Latest styles in tailoring can be
seen at the Chickasha Cleaning
Works, phone sos. 5-3t
L. C. Hutson spent yesterday in
the state capital on business.
Riding Wild" a thriller with Hell
en- Gibson. Koz ytoday.
r. G. Altman, formerly of this
city, but now located in Lawton, is
spending the day here on business.
See the Pathe News at the Sugg
tonight. Latest news in pictures
Alger Melton spent yesterday in
Oklahoma City on business.
Just Plain Folks a clever Chris
tie comedy. Kozy today
7. w. Woods of Paden, Okla, was
in the city today, visiting his daugh
ter, Mrs. S. l. Taylor.
Phone S43, Cox and Son, for coal
Lump coal delivered, 1925; nut coal
delivered, $500. S-5-9Ot
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed F. Johns are
spending the day in Oklahoma City
where they will attend the play o.
David Warfield in "The Auctioneer.
All kinds of hat cleaning done by
Chickasha Cleaning Works, ia N
4th street phone sos. 5-9
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Grif in ar'
spending the afternoon in Oklahom;
city They will see David WarfielC
in "The Auctioneer7
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-05
HOME WANTS MATRoN

NJ e. Harris, manager of the Cor
nish Orphans home, announced that
the home is in need of an industri-
Gus, christian woman for assistant
matron Applicants may address Mr..
Harris at 2O25 Dakota avenue, this
city.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-05

Prebytd in s9
on n Opening e Q
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-05
BROWN QUITS
AS TUTTLE Pm.

The resignation of T. j. Brown as
postmaster at Tuttle, Grady county,
has been accepted and the appoint
ment of his son, Luther E. Brown,
has been ratified by the post office
department, Mr.. Brown states.
Mr.. Brown, now secretary of the
Chickasha Chamber of Commerce,
rendered his resignation as Tuttle
postmaster July 1, 1918. His son, ap-
pointed as his successor, has been act
ing postmaster since that time.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-05
LADIES

| wish to announce that | am now
handling the exclusive Schweizer line
of imported embroidered robes,
waists, all-overs, etc. Also all kinds
of yard goods. Table damask and
handkerchiefs and will have same on
display at my home Tuesday, We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday after
moons of each week, or if you wish.
telephone for appointment, and will
gladly call. Am sure you will want
something.
Mrs Clovis C. G. Courcier,
72S Kansas Ave. Phone 1887
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-05
RETURN FROM ENID

G. w. Austin, president of the Ok
lahoma College for Women, with
Prof. Edgar Cowan, returned Tues
day from a directors meeting of the
Aubyme Oil and Gas company, held
at Enid.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-05

Chas. Brown left yesterday after
noon for Camp Travis Texas, where
he was called as witness in a fed
eral case.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-05

Fatty Arbuckle, that 800 of com
edy. Kozy today
Judge Frank M. Bailey returned
yesterday from a busines trip to
Enid.
Chickasha Cleaning Works, phone
sos, for the very best service in
cleaning and tailoring. 5-3t
Claude Pickard, Norman real es-
tate man, was in the city today, look
ing after his interests in the Cement
oil fields.
Perfectly Fiendish Flanagan" a
two.reel satirical comedy by James
Montgomery Flagg. Sugg tonight.
Earl Miller returned to his home
in Lawton yesterday, after short
visit with Mr.. and Mrs B. Hestand
and other friends
Mr.. and Mrs. H. ]. Brownson are
spending the afternoon in Oklahoma
City, where they will attend the play
"The Auctioneer," to be presented
there This afternoon.
Pathe News showing the latest
happenings the world over. Sugg to-
night.
Dave C. Hybarger, president of the
Chickasha Peanut Oil and Products
company, with H. c. Mcdonald, vice
president, are transacting business in
Ada.
Judge II. L. Grigsby, city attorney,
is i'll at the home Of DR.. and
Mrs. J. E. Stinson, 727 South Sixth
street. Reports this afternoon were
that he was improving.
1.-The Spreading Evil" state
right" special super-feature endorsed
by the leading men of the country
as a picture everyone should see.
! C,,go tonnorrovv
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-05

Mrs. E H. R. Sabens and daugh-
ter, Theadora, and son, Norman Rus
sell. left this week for a visit with
relatives in Montgomery, Ala. They
will later visit Mrs. Sabens' rela-
tives in New York and Boston and
will be absent from the city several
months.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-05

Try Want Ads for Results.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
Taxis and Other Motor
Vehicles Must Pay Tax

Taxicabs, jitney buses and other
passenger automobiles operated for
hire are subject to special government
taxes under regulations issued by the
international revenue bureau inter
preting the provisions of the revenue
act. An automobile with a seating ca
pacity of from three to seven Is taxed
$40 a year, and buses capable Of car
rying nor than eve are taxed $40.
Two-passenger cars are exempt. The
regulations provide that bus lines, au-
tomobile stages and jitneys operating
owe regular routes" and cars operated
by sightseeing companies are liable
to the tax. The tax is assessed against
the a and not the owner. 50 that II
a man sells a car he may not transfer
the tax to another car. This tax be-
,ame effective January 4.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
TIPS FOR THE
POULTRYMAN

Chickens and fruit make a combi-
nation hard to beat. Plum trees do es-
pecially well in the Npoultry yard.
Chickens are a benefit to any orch
ard. There are heard complaints that
fruit trees did not do well In the chick
en- yard, but in every case the owner
Of the yard had set out trees without
regard to their suitability for the To-
cality.
A man who is willing to buy fruit
trees as he would lumber need not ex-
pect to get good results anywhere. The
purchase Of fruit trees is a matter for
study and investigation. Find out from
the neighbors what varieties of apples,
pears, plums, peaches and cherries do
well In your locality. Then choose q
reliable nurseryman and take his adj
vice on varieties and location. Ask
your college or the horticultural de-
partment. A man who doesn't know
what varieties to buy and says So, will
get the benefit Of the experience of
those who know. Whereas, a man who
doesn't know and will not admit, As
not likely to be satisfied with his plant
ing. and II he has planted In the chick
en- yard will find the chickens handy
as q scapegoat.
Chickens are a ~by-product ON most
farms. For that reason, 1t IL some
times best to have colony houses al
together for summer use. and move
the chickens where they can pick up
the most food. A permanent poultry
house requires yard room Of 80 feet.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
Thrush Has Own Method OF
SIaughtering the Shelled
SnaiIs to Get the "Goody"

Tn districts where shelled snails are
abundant it is no rare thing, says a
writer, to come across q stone utilized
as a slaughter block by some particu.
lar thrush. Even If the bird is not
caught in the act. numerous broken
and empty shells scattered in the
~neighborhood betray the place where
the mollusks have been done to death.
The method adopted by the thrush
is simply that Of dropping a snail
from q height time and again until
the shell is broken and the %succulent
body within is exposed to the Captor's
beak. But the anvil Is sometimes
made use of in a different way and
with a different end in view. The
other day, in the depths of a Highland
birch wood, an observer came upon
such a sacrificial stone, at which a
thrush was busily occupied. Field
glasses made evident that not a snail
but a common black slug was his cap
tive. This he grasped by the middle
with his beak, dashing it repeatedly
with resounding smacks upon the
stone, whence it occasionally rebound
ed, only to be caught and hammered
once more.
Subsequent examination of the
stone revealed with what effect the
operation had been carried out. But
what of it's purpose? Here was nc
shell to be broken. 1t may be that
the thrush simply wished to kill it's
prey, but the fact that thrushes swal-
low wriggling worms without hesita.
ton renders this explanation improb-
able. 1t is more likely that the skin
Of the slug was too thick and coarse
to be palatable and that the thrush
was simply endeavoring to dash out
the edible portions within; or that it
was attempting to render the skin
tender by a method analogous
to the domestic "batting" Of a steak.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
Cape Prince of Wales Is
Said to Be the Stormiest
Region in All the World

The stormiest place In all the world
is said to be Cape Prince Of Wales,
which is .the w~esternmost point Of
Alaska. 1t is marked by a considerable
mountain 2,210 feet high, and fierce
winds blow there perpetually. Storms
from the Arctic ocean assail this in
hospitable region all the year round.
Frank Hess of the government geo.
logical survey says that August 80 he
found himself in the midst Of deep
snow on Cape Prince Of Wales, with a
wind blowing so hard that he had to
get behind a rock to avoid being blown
into the sea.
The weather for the moment was
clear and he could see the coast Of ST.
IBERIA, across Boring strait, 40 miles
away. Here and there were rocks that
bore curious masses of snow crystals,
which stood out horizontally, having
been thrown and compacted by wind.
1t was bitter cold, but down below
were vast fields Of beautiful forget-me-
nOts.
On the south side Of the mountain
Mr.. Hess says that he came across
! Eskimo NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." dug un-
d%erground and walled and rooted with
timbers. No trees grow in that re-
| gion, but the natives Of far northern
Alaska have always a plentiful supply
of driftwood, carried from the Yukon
river by an ocean current that skirts
the coast.
The underground igloos construct
ed to escape the storm and WINDY were
so built as to form connecting rooms,
with communicating doors that were
mere holes through which the occu-
pants were obliged to crawl on hands
and knees. The only ventilation was
afforded by the vertebrae Of a whale
(Which served as an airtube), thrust
up through the roof.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27

OF course, the poets and writer's OF
light opera are all wrong when they
try to make out that farming is a bust
ness wherein the jovial harvesters
join hands with the merry villagers
and dance around a Maypole, singing
roundelays. They are taking too liter
ally Shakespeare's observation that
"All the worlds a stage" There is
something about routing out the cows
in the morning before sunup, and
something about plotting q plow
through heavy soil and salty sweat,
TINT does not conduce to song.
But there are farm songs, and farm
Ing songs. The country heard a lot
of them last fall when volunteer help
ers went out from the cities to help
meet the situation created by heavy
yields and few harvesters. Most Of
that singing was done on the way to
and from the fields, but it was pretty
good singing, anyway. And then there
are songs heard mostly at farm bu-
reau meetings and the like. All that
10 hCNNoouAJ w DlONC llldl IdIllItlS Ndh
sing when they want to is TO hear q
dozen or a hundred of them join In
this, using the tune Of "Old Black
joe"
Gone are the days when my farm return
ed no pay,
Gone are the folks who used to call me
Jay"
Gone are my debts for the better crops I
grow,
i hear my neighbors' voices calling,
Farm Bureau"
Youth, however, is the %springtime Of
life, and springtlme is the season when
the human family, and the birds and
the locusts and the organ grinders,
seem most disposed to make q more
or less harmonious noise. Therefore,
IL is among the farm youth In the
springtime Of life that you will find
the most singing Of and at their daily
tasks. The boys and girls clubs, or
ganized under the direction of the
United States department of agricul-
ture and the state agricultural col
AS6CSs hoNO hlOAC bOh6s thuh you Gull
shake a stick at. And how they can
sing 'emi
Imagine that you are sitting In the
shade Of an old apple tree In the green
fields OF Virginia or Maryland, my
Maryland, or some place like that.
Down the road comes a bunch of gar
den club boys and girls, with spades
and rakes on their shoulders and the
light Of achievement in their eyes.
They are singing, and the strains are
the same as In that "Over There song
that went from Broadway to Chateau
Thierry and back again. Listen:
Johnnie. get your hoe. get your hoe, get
your hoe;
Mary, dig your row, dig your row, dig
your row.
Down TO business. girls n boys,
Learn to know the gardeners joys.
Uncle Sans in n~eed-pull the weed, plant
a seed,
While the sunbeams Turk, do not shirk.
get to work.