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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-09-04
KAISER FOUGHT HARD AGAINST
ABDICATION FROM HIS HOME

the outline Just at the time wnen the
pan.German group in the assembly
was seeking to unseat Erzberger and
embarrass the government. The OBJ.
ject Of their disclosures perhaps was
to strengthen the position of the
kaiser with the people and thereby
to support the Deutsch national party
in Weimar, by picturing him as seek
ing only the veal of the fatherland up
the last minute of his rule
1t was on the first of November in
the great headquarters at Spa that
the subject Of abdication was first
preached to the kaiser, who promptly
rejected the idea. On the fifth and
sixth General Groener was in Berlin
whore he gained the impression that
the abdication of both the kaiser and
the crown prince could hardly be
postponed any longer with safety but
felt as an officer he ought not to
broach the matter further since the
kaiser had once refused On the
eighth, the kaiser conceived the no.
ton of leading an army against the
revolters.
On the SINE day, Hndenburg, Groe-
ner and Gen. Plesse conferred at
Spa, P!esse, who was close to the
kaiser, was a dissenter from the
whole scheme, but the discussion de-
veloped that the movement inside
Germany was desperate, that the sup
plies and food for the troops were
sufficient for only a few days, and
that transport OF other material was
already being hindered at important
junction points, including Cologne.
The group agreed that sufficient re-
liable troops for march against the
revolutionists were not to be had.
SO the following morning, the
whole proposal was presented to the
kaiser Plesse and Gen. Schulenburg
dissented. Hindenburg and Groener
said that the fact that the troops had
fought we'll in the spring was no
proof that they could longer be de-
pended on, and that chaos was un-
avoidable If the abdication did not
come Immediately
The kaiser still stuck with Plesse
and Schulenberg, but consented to an
armistice, saying he would lead his
army in peace back home, He was
old that this would not suffice; that
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-09-04

you certainly have to wash that stone
floor 10 keep it clean, but | don't
fin dthe cooking or the cleaning hard,
not a bit of it, though 1 75.'
You notice Mrs. Taylor still hasn't
explained about that $3.50 and she
won't. This is how Sheriff Knott
says it's done:
The daily orning emu consists OF
cereals coffee, bread and butter. At
night the inmates get tea, bread and
butter and prunes or apple sauce.
The noon meal is the big meal of the
day, and it proceeds according to a
generally UNMARRIED schedule.
Monday -Frankfurters, sauerkraut
and potatoes
Tuesday-Hamburger steak, pota-
toes and beans.
Wednesday-G Gou1ash with beans.
Thursday--Corned beef and beans.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-09-04
generated.

Cal oerated.
AS matter Of fact city officials
have very little todo with this mir.
acle, for a woman does the cooking.
1t is due to her that the price Is
kept down. according to Sheriff
Knott.
That woman is Mrs. Rose Taylor,
who for 81 years has presided over
the kitchen back of the jail. Mrs.
Tylor is VI years old, but says he
is just as spry and healthy as Il
youngster. Only her wrinklen and
hardened hands give evidence that
she has cooke d. with Tie help of one
assistant, three meals Tor DIN average
of thirty prisoners day, not to
The LUDLOW street jail kitchen Is a
big bare room, with a stone floor.
~ coal stove 60 years old is at one
end, a cupboard graces a side wall,
and a long kitchen tables occupies
tue S0Hlel' ~ 10 SpOLloSoiy SlSaHi lOi
Mrs. Taylor's life center around that
kitchen She has neither family nor
friends. Her home is in the prison
If you ask Mrs. Taylor how on
earth two hundred and ninety pen
nies ca ncover a grown mans three
Squares" seven days in the week,
she discreetly refers you to Warden
Johnson and Sheriff Knott, who or
der the food and spend the money
Her part she says only consists of
managing to get along"
at isn't hard to cook for a lot Of
people" she added, cutting the frank
furters monday is frankfurter dya
at the jaiD IF you have plenty of
stuff, and they're not stingy with me
here don't have to scrimp. wish
could have gas stove, though"
mo, haven't any modern convent
ences around my kitchen. | have to
make the coal stove every day and
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-09-04

Friday-Pea soup. fish, ,macaroni
Saturday, Roast beef and potatoes.
And we have 1t on the autahority
of Warden Johnson that the portions
are lot bigger than those one gets
in a restaurant
Neither does the Jail gets its stuff
at low prices. The warden buys, his
provisions from stores in the neigh.
borhood and pays for 1t the same
price that eevry housewife on Lud-
low street must pay.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-09-04
NeW York Sets
Lou Mark in
Feeding Prisoners

New York, Aug. 29-snappy foods
are barred but it still doesn't seem
possible that $3.50 will buy three
square meals every day for a week
in New York City. And ye; that is
the official report turned in to the
city from the Ludlow street jail,
where the Alimony club has its hang
out, and wher a few enemy aliens
and political prisoners have been in.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-09-04

Owners Of horses and blooded
stock are large users OF Liquid Boro-
zone. Ie heals wounds, fostering
sores, barbed wire cuts by a mild
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-09-04

power that leaves no disfiguring
scars. Price, soc. 6Oc and s1.2O.
Sold by Wren Drug Co. d&w adv.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-09-04
IN THE BASEMENT
IN THE BASEMENT

Read Big Advertisement IN ton1orroO's paper
offered n Chckah for Days
ba to
which
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n OF d for the ehlgnsw we are p
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-09-04
Bargain Basement Opens Saturday

A@ m
sci HH HI M Dixie an" hM HH
an Come Mw EEL or yourself bam
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Autos and Courting

Some days ago I had my car parked at Avenue F ana Seventeenth street and was standing by it when sedan passed at a rapid speed" said Com missioner Henry Page Burruss. The fact that there wasn't anyone there to be hit probably Is the reason that car didn't collide with another. closer observation of the car and its contents revealed the reason. There was young lady on the front seat and by her side young man, driving. Now it Is gen. orally understood that when driving nine -tenths of ones time should be di- rected to the successful performance of that task, and the other one-tenth might be given to something else. Well, for the amount of attention he was paying to driving, a speed of five miles an hour would have been entirely too fast for that young man, and he was speeding. l have now concluded there ought to be a law requiring that al least one-tenth of one's time should be devoted to the car when driving. even though the other nine-tenths be given the girl. Even at that, though, the law would have been violated in this instance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-27
What Brand, Clarence.

Going up Pike's Peak the sightseer easily recognizes long streaks in the snow," said Clarence Lloyd, who has just returned from the west, where he attended the International Rotary con- vention. T asked our driver what they were when I saw them, and he said they were trenches made by workmen who slide down the mountain on their shovels Of course I was skeptic. But when We reached the top I saw some workmen and asked them about it. We are ready to go to lunch now said one, whereupon he placed him. self in his shovel just as if he were a shovel of sand and held the handle between his legs. Then he slid down that snow wall, which is almost per- pendicular, 4000 feet to the bottom o1 the bottomless piE requiring about g minute to perform the. feat It takes your breath to see it<lone. They mere. I ly pull up on the handle to stop tho shovel"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-27
x x * Matter of Interest To Red Flooded Men.

1T EFT the uplifters say what they
 A please about our flow in- stincts," the favorite diversion of mil lions of Americans just now is pick ing the winner of the championship fight at Toledo.
 Experts are amusing when they take themselves seriously, and since this is a weakness of all experts the columns of press matter sent out from Toledo every day for the consump- ton of .merican readers are full of sapient observations that may be perused for what they are worth. If one is an admirer of the young Dempsey, and believes>him to be the next heavyweight champion of the world, he will find much to encourage that belief on the sporting page. Or the other hand, if he thinks the elder ly Willard, not yet in his dotage, but approaching senility, according tt some fistic authorities, will win all h' has to do is to read the opinions ot [ laathesities who solemnly sSsr that tA'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-27
Birmingham,s Improvement

''If people don't think that Birming-
 ham has improved, just let them leave here and stay away for little while as I have" said L. G. Mansfield, who has recently, returned from Atlanta, where he has resided for the past few years. I've been away from Birming- ham for quite a while, and when I re. turned l was struck, in the first place, with the humber of new buildings which had been erected in the past few
 years and also the character and style of the buildings enlisted my attention
 Then again the bus lines which have been inaugurated are a convenience and improvement in transportation
 The moving picture play houses the theatres have all improved. not only 1T appearance. but in numbers I am de lighted to see also such favorable busi-
 ness conditions here and my old home town on such a boom in spite of wal conditions which obtained for so long.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-27
Former Grown Prince
 Escapes From Holland

1T HARDLY had the allies recovered A H from their astonishment and chagrin over the scuttling of the Ger man navy when the flight of the for mer Crown Prince Frederick William to Germany gave fresh cause for un- easiness.
 So many conflicting reports have been sent out regarding Frederick William that it is difficult to surmise what plans are on foot in Germany among the monarchists. Before the war the Crown Prince was said to have been popular among the masses, as he was politician enough not to stand too much on his dignity and by his democratic ways, or the assump- ton of democratic ways, convinced the German people that he was the proverbial "good fellow"
 After the disastrous attempts to take Verdun and the Crown Princes flight into Holland it was believed that he had lost whatever hold he ever had on the German people, but the world at large may have been misin formed. Certain it is that Frederick William would not return to Germany if he did not have good reasons fol believing that he would meet with { friendly reception. Reports as t' whether or not he has ever renouncet his claims to the throne are also un certain
 The presence of Frederick William in Germany may well be viewed wit disquiet by the allied governments Recent activity at Amerongen leads t the belief that Wilhelm was informe of the Crown Princes designs. Fred erick may have returned to German to promote his own interests, or h may have been sent to prepare for tn Kaiser's return. In either event, thi latest coup is of more than ordinar interest and opens wide field fo speculation. The Hohenzollerns wi bear Watching.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-27
BOLSHEVIK "JUSTICE''

his home, and starved his baby;- killing her not in cold blood, but in the heat of passion. For killing hundreds of peo- pie that he did not know he was award ed cross of honor, but killing snake that was once a woman and his wire he is brought here in the clutches of justice My friend is guilty, and we will not attempt to squirm out of the charge confronting him; but I must ask the court, must insist, that the charge be corrected to read. Charged with murder of 200O men and one pros- titute.' -s
 Then the judge got up and spoke. Comrades and friends he said, this IS strange case and 1t pleases me great not participating. A good lawyer would divert the issue to the psychology of momentary mania or to the unwritten law. To me the case is simple. Human life has become of little value; It is pity We have enlisted this man, now A prisoner to defend his country against invaders, and must realize 1 that he is forced to XII to do his duty. | We have instructed him in the art which he has practiced these last two years, and now we ought not to object ! if he happens to kill someone in a
 rage This talk about crime, againsta
 society or nation differing from crime against person is beyond me! must
 confess I see little difference, except- 1 ing that in one case the prisoner has
 had our permission and sanction while l in the other no one asked him to do wrong Both cases are bad but to say that one is worse than the other ap- pears ridiculous.
 "In the conference we just held, it < was suggested that this act and sim lilar ones. should not be encouraged,
 and that to insure against this minor penalty should be inflicted; but in view
 of the love the prisoner had for his
 wife her loss is natures punishment, with which we ought not to interfere. The prisoner is therefore freed and or
 dered to return to flis regiment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-27

M Ew YORK, June as.-tspecial.o
 UNl A Russian soldiers account of, the acquittal by bolshevik tribunal of man who murdered his wife. as given out in the July Century by Manuel Komroff, a former official of Kerensky's government, now in this country, reveals to what an extent bar barous crimes are condoned in soviet Russia Manuel Komroff gives the story as the soldier witness reported it.
 There was a gunner in our regiment who was one of our crack shots. After the first year he had charge of 8 ma chine gun. A fine fellow, but his wife was flirting with other men, and he was of jealous nature and could not bear it. would often hear him humble, Yes, I love her; but she will die-she will die.' She did. He killed her. It was when he had a two weeks leave, and he was returning with St. George cross for bravery. When he came home he forgave her at first accidentally met them in a restaurant. eating supper. and they were the gayest couple you ever saw; but a black cloud must have crossed their horizon, for in the mid dle of the night he shot her through
 the heart. He was crack shot.
 Tt all came out in the trial I was one of the witnesses and so was his wife's mother. She defended him. The revolutionary court did not know the laws, and the man who defended him was a friend and not a lawyer. His friend was very clever. On summing UT he said: Here is a comrade before you charged with murder. If ever mar was guilty. he is. The objection have l is that you charge him with only ons murder, his last. He has been murder 1 ing for over two years; and, what i! more, he has been killing people 1T l cold blood. Those he killed in cold blooe l were individually inoocent, although
 collectively, I admit, they are a pest
 But my friend is not accused of these l crimes at all He is accused of Killing the woman who betrayed his love, solt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-27

mighty Willard is a superman who cannot be whipped. MT. Willard, we
 are told, has never in all his life hit man as hard as he could. He has "cast-iron" stomach and a "concrete"
 jaw. So far, so good. But isn't he
 Ia trifle old? True, but he has always
 taken good care of himself. Are his legs weak? Is he slow on his feet?
 Can he stand up against rushing opponent? Why ask such foolish
 questions? Admirers of MT. Dempsey contend that the crown cannot be much longer withheld from him. As matter of fact, on July the Fourth it will pass from Mir. Willard into his keeping. Consider his mighty forearms, his youth, his aggressiveness, the "pep
 and pugnacity" he is putting into his training, to the sorrow of his sparring partners. Look at the ring warriors he has sent to dreamland by his ter lrific punches and contrast his mur-
 derous opslaughts with Willard's ami
 able performances!
 Verify, it is no easy matter for the
 man in the street to reach decision,
 but he is going right ahead and mak- ing up his mind that one way or the
 other, the result is foregone con-
 clusion. If pride of opinion does not
 lead him to wager large sums, it won't
 make a great deal of difference to
 him cn the morning of July 5 if we
 have new champion or must con-
 tinue to worry along with the old one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-27
Fine Farm Lands

II have been making some trips in north Alabama recently" said Columbus Peach- CT. and as I went through the country in car l had a good chance to watch the crops and get line on what is be- ing done, for having been in the fertil- izer business for years, it has been my job to keep in touch with the agricultural situation. I was never more impressed with the beauty and Inability of the farm lands in Lauderdale, Livingston and Madison counties than I was during the past week. It's a pity that the great Tennessee valley country is not tied closer to this great manufacturing center. Bet ter railroad service and good roads can do it, but we are mighty slow in bringing them about"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-27
TWENTY YEARS AGO
 IN THE AGE-HERALD Events recorded June q 1893
Events recorded June

A race war seems imminent near Brook side, where a posse headed by Sheriff Frank P. OBrien has gone to arrest a negro rapist named John Shepherd. Ne groes armed with Winchesters are pa trolling the woods for the purpose of pre- venting Shepherds arrest. Nearly all ot them belong to secret order called che Knights of Africa" and the Mysterious Ten"
 The democratic state convention at Louisville yesterday developed into one of the most disorderly meetings ever wit ressed in Kentucky. For eight hours delegates sang and yelled and blew tir horns. Curses, drawn pistols and threats
 to hang the chairman featured an ex
 citing day.
 l Adjt Gen. w W. Brandon. who passed through Birmingham yesterday morning on his way to Montgomery, confirmed the report that he would be a candidate
 for Congress from the Sixth district mex
 year, opposing John H. Bankhead. 1 The welcome extended to Hon. B. M Allen, the newly elected grand exalted
 ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, on his return last nigh
 fl om St. Louis, was nothing short of al ovation. All Birmingham joined the loca Hodge, No. 7S. in greeting the new ex alted ruler. A special train met MT Allen at Blount Springs and brought hin hcme. The delegation included Secre tary w. P. McCrossin of the local lodge Mayor Drennen, Col J. J. Altman. Col Irwin Schillinger. Henry B. Gray. Jdhl IG. Housman. exalted ruler of No. 7S; RI
 Beasley, John w. O'Neill, Capt. E. Meglemery, w. A. Porter, A. l.. Fullen
 wider, Henry Badham. A. J. Camp. C. : Simmons. Zeke Solomon. Louis Saks, Be s. Theiss, s. s. West. D. c. Reddingtor Harry English. Joe Gerst. Walter (
 Lindsay. R. J. Baker. Joe Mccrossin. lB. Mayer of The Age-Herald and Bao
 Elks Carl schillinger. George Housma and Ned and Dixie McCrossin. The al rival of the train at the Union station where . large crowd joined in the recer tion, was followed by . street parade Elks' hall. where the festivities were keI lup until q late hour
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-27
Will Lighten DOckets

Our dockets will be materially les aened by the extra time decided upon for the circuit court" said Judge H. A. Sharpe, of the circuit court yesterday. "A great deal of time was lost in the trial of cases last fall because of the flu epidemic and now by setting the fall term of court up to September 8 instead of later in October it will aid greatly in clearing up the dockets of cases that necessity has caused to be continued over. Some judges will be on even through the vacation months, but the regular docket is set to begin in September. This seemed to be the most favorable plan."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-27
LUKE MLUKE SAYS

LUKE MLUkE SAYS Any married man who insists on having his own way is certainly fond of fussing.
 The intelligent Americans who thought they were voting against the discovered that they really voted against the use and possession of liquor.
 She lets him talk so much about himself during the engagement that he thinks she is different from other women. But he wakes up later on.
 The reason why a mother doesn't think that her first baby is the pret- tiest baby in the world is because the baby's father has to spend all day on the Fourth of July shoveling the snow off the sidewalk. If mother can't sart fight with father any other way she will gouge the goo out of the bowl of his pet pipe and clean 1t up for him. Another thing we have discovered is that a summer dress doesn't have to be white to be transparent. The dark goods worn in summer dresses is about as opaque as a show windqw. Another nice thing about being an American is that no matter what 1t is 1 that you like best, your state legtsao- 1 ture will see to it that you can't have i any of it.
 What has become of the old-fash- toned woman who always put the door
 key under the door mat when she went
 out?
 If he grabs her by the wing every | time they come to a street crossing it 1 is a sign that they haven't been mar i ried long.
 A man isn't really dipsomaniac un- 1 til he spends as much time thinking about liquor as a woman does thinking about clothes.
 Woman is not as sordid as man Tb1 only use she has for money Is because she can get rid of it in exchange for other things.
 It is proper to say that the bride waa led to the altar. But the fact of tho matter is that she is hauling the groom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-27
DESCENDING STOCKINGS

From CLe NdSHVIIIt bdHHST.
 Women of France are going stocking less, we are told Why not? It is but a reversion of the older days when beau- ty was decidedly less adorned, or bur- dened with apparel than now. Stockings really came into vogue only during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. and even that doughty and naughty princess. with noth- ing in the way of shanks to boast of, often went hoseless as to her nethers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-27
Listen ta Doctors

I'm not trying to advertise any spe-
 cial doctors" said Herbert J. Baum. the well known insurance man, "but 1 want to say that it sometimes pays, to
 instance, when you are sick, have teeth extracted if it's necessary and tonsila removed when it is thought best I've been in the hospital off and on for the last three months, starting with the ginning to feel like myself again, after several really very bad attacks. Ter
 days ago my tonsils were removed and I feel that I'm going to get we'll now and be on the job again pretty soon."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-27
sLUMBER soNG

SLUMBER SONG Siegfried Sassoon, in the July Yale Re-
 view.
 Sleep; and my song shall build about your
 bed
 Paradise of dimness. You shall feel The folding of tired wings; and peace will dwell
 Throned in your silence; and one hour shall hold Summer, and midnight, and immensity Lulled to forgetfuiness. For. where you dream. s The stately gloom of foliage shall en- Your slumbering thought with tapestries of blue. And there shall he no memory of the sky, Nor sunlight with its cruelty of swards. But to your soul that sinks from. deep to deep Through drowned and slimmering color. time shall Do Only rhythmic swaying; and your breath: And rosss the darkncss; and my Love