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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-09-28
BY HENRY WOOD

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent }
Paris Sept. A. (By Mail Thanks
to submarine tanks-or rather to
subfluvial tanks-rivers which in
the past have constituted one of the
greatest handicaps to advancing
armies will in future wars no longer
be an obstacle.
The army which thinks it can
place itself in safety by getting be-
hind wide river and blowing up
the bridges will have some disap-
pointing and fatal surprises in store
for it.
These are the declarations of Gen
eral Estiennc, who as" father of the
French tank during the war is still
at the head of that service in the
French army.
AS a matter of fact, had not the
armistice put an end to operations
when it did in the fall of 1918, and
had the French been obliged to
carry the campaign into German ter
ritory the Rhine would have been
crossed by sub-fluvial tanks, and the
bridgehcads wrested from the Ger
mans with this new form of warfare
General Estienne declares that as
carly as the spring of 1918. when the
campaign plans for that year in
volved the possibility or necessity of
crossing the Rhine, the French had
already undertaken and solved the |
problem of sub-fluvial tanks.
! The idea is already several years
old" General Estienne declared "At
the moment of our advance in 1918,
it was by means of amphibious tanks
that we counted on forcing the pass
age of the Rhine and capturing the
bridgeheads on the other side
Thanks to them we would have been
able suddenly to burst into the mid
die of the enemy in the most unex-
pected fashion and pulverize every
thing within range. 1t is very easy l
to comprehend the importance of
such a method of attack
THE methods we have studied and
perfected will permit Of the use of a E
rery heavy assaulting car. These !
Weigh about twice as much as an r
Qual volume of water. Fitted with
aterpilla crawlers like the land h
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-09-28
OLD MAUD FROM MISSOURI
STILL ON ARMY PAYROLL
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 20
The army mule is stalking a come
back.
Drastic steps are being taken in
the southern department of the U.
S. army. headquarters at San An
tonic, for the restoration of the old
methods of transportation used be-
fore the war emergency, according
to Col A. f. Saxton, adjutant. Cut
ting down expenses and inability TO
get parts for some of the automo-
miles at the camp are given as the
reasons for the revival of the mule.
Colonel Saxton is expecting the
horse and mule drawn wagons to be
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-09-28
Urge Chickdshd
Send Delegates
to Trails Meet

Urging that Chickasha send a
strong delegation to the annual
meeting Of the Ozark trails conven.
ton at Pitt9burg, kans., October 7,
and pointing out that by combined
elf ortthis city has splendid
chance Of winning the convention or
1921, but Also sounding warning
that Chickasha may be left off the
Ozark trails route unless intensive
efforts are made at once, Col. W. H.
Harvey, president of the Ozark
Trails association, has addressed the
following letter to DR. a. b. Leeds,
president of the Rotary Club OF
Chickasha
"Chickasha is logically situated.
and there are other reasons why /
would look with favor on it's getting
our next annual convention Okla.
hcna has not had one of our con-
ventions for several years. A pecu-
liar situation exists relating to
Chickasha that behooves it to take
an extraordinary interest at this
time to save it from being switched
of the Ozark Trails. The bridge at
New Castle has been long delayed
and is now in as much doubt as to
its being completed as it was be-
fore it was started. A bridge is
being built at Union which will d-
vert the Ozark Trail from Verden
north, leaving Chickasha out. The
way to meet this situation is, for
Chickasha to come strong to the
Pittsburg convention seeking our
next annual convention, with a full
explanation as to its activity in Sc
curing work to be again started on
the New Castle bridge; and guar
an alternative route to be
promoted by Chickasha via the Nor
man bridge and Shawnee to Chand
Ter, asking the convention to aid
you in the promotion work that will
help out in this critical situation
"As to your ability to take care
of 1000 or 1000 delegates-any
eity of Chickasha's size can do so by
July awakening its citizens, as | \
IAN explain to you-and it has been
lone several times. do not sec
my way out for Chickasha, except
by a Herculean effort that enlists
he best enterprise of your citizens.
f you do this. believe you will |
There are many delegates coming
nut of Texas and New Mexico via
Iangum and Hobart, by automobile,
the weather is good, all members
# our association; and you Nigh,
1ake friends of them by one of you
leeting them at Anadarko guiding
hem into Chickasha and over their
'ouble in crossing the river. I hear
lat a bridge is out on the Farm ers'
1ute, making much trouble for
'avelers, that is promised, by N
iarko, to be in by October t.
Gu might get in communication by
hone, with Anadarko and Hcbert. TO
Up this trouble out, thus bringing
ie delegates from the west into
lickasha with a good feeling. If
'ur delegation leaves ChicRasha be-
re they arrive, you should leave all 7
ese matters in good hands so as t.
n the delegates from the west. I: |
is bad weather. they will, probably
ne by train, but they are now :
uniting on coming by automobile;
d two sets of them, each. one c
'ng brass band with them"
TWENTY-EIGHT ENTER
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-09-28
TWENTY-EIcHr ENTER

Oklahoma City-Twentyeight of
the most progressive breeders in the
southwest have been entered in the
800 900 900 Livestock Show" at the
Oklahoma State Fair and Exhibition
which will be held here September
25 to October 2.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-11
Another Guess at Suns Ace.

A new calculation of the age of the
sun was made recently by NJ. Perun-
not, who read a paper on the subject
before the French Academy of Science.
Here is his version in a nutshell: On
the principle that the mean temporal
ture of a star remains approximately
equal to the surface temperature
it had when first formed, and Civ
ing the sun an internal temperature
of $4,000 degrees Centigrade. or dou-
bic that of its surface, and calculating
its mass TO be , by 1890 Kilograms.
the sun cannot have been formed more
than between 100000 and 100000
of years ago. A star with a surface
temperature of 100000 degrees Cent?
grade would have been formed from a
nebula in 800 days and one with s.
O00,0O0,O00 degrees in seven hours.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-11
S8 MILLION FOR LID
DRY LAW HITS THE TAXPAYERS
HEAVY JOLT.
Expense of Enforcing the Voistead
Act Is Told Congress by Repre-
sentative GaIIivan.

Washington, May 5-Prohibition en-
forcement will cost $SS,OO0,OO0 annual
ly, Representative Gallivan, Massachu-
sets, declared in the house.
There are more illicit stills now than
before prohibition became effective, he
said, adding that the bulk of Anti-Sa-
loon league funds are used TO hire spe-
cial agents to locate the stills.
There were zoos stills found in
Georgia in 1915" he declared, 81, 534 in
North Carolina and 26 in Nebraska, the
home of the first apostle of grape
juice.
Blind tigers are now surrounded by
romance, if not responsibility. Men,
bers of congress could tell interesting
personal interviews with bOOtleggers
who have become respectable citizens
of the communities in which they live.
During the year when prohibition
was young over 5000 stills were cap
tured by prohibition inspectors and
100000 gallons of 'mOOnshine' cOnfis-
Gated
Besides the stills raided in Georgia,
North Carolina and Nebraska, Mr.. Gal
livan said 752 had been found in Ala
bama, 4S8 in South Carolina, 1856 in
Tennessee, 546 in Virginia, 121 in Ken
lucky, 191 in Florida, 40 in Michigan,
Al in Texas and 40 in West Virginia.
Control of congress and the presiden-
tial election may be decided by the pro-
hibition question, Mr.. Gallivan de-
clared. You can no more settle the
prohibition question or keep it out of
politics than you can sweep back the
ocean," said he.
Every teakettle and stewpan is
placed under suspicion since the Vol
stead act has become effective. 1t pro-
hibits everything with more than one
half of l per cent alcohol and yet the
sap of every tree flows in violation of
that law"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-11
HIRAM EVIDENTLY A SNoRER
Faithful Wife Thought She Recog-
nized Porcine Lamentations as
Made by Her Lord and Master.

An amazingly fat couple boarded a
sleeping car just before the train
pulled out of the Pennsylvania station
in New York. and soon retired, the
woman taking the lower berth and the
man the upper of a section. 1t was
necessary to enlist the aid of the pOr-
ter and couple of friendly passen-
gers to enable the man TO attain to
his lofty couch, but it was accom-
piished and the car presently became
quiet.
Some time during the night the
train was held up on siding, and, as
it happened, the sleeping car was
stopped right alongside a car loaded
with uncomfortable and loudly protest
ing hogs the noise of whose lamenta-
tons assembled to the stars.
''Oh, Lord :" the occupant of the low
er berth was heard to moan. Just
listen TO that! Hiram has started to
snorin' and l can't get up there to
make him turn overt"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-11
POLES AND REDS FIGHT
BIG BATTLE RACES NEAR CITY
OF KEW.
Heavy Fighting in Progress for Pos
session of Ukrainian Capital
Both Sides Use Artillery.

Warsaw, May 5.-The bolsheviki are
intrenching in the hills on the west
bank of the Dnieper in great semi
circle, with their backs against Kiev,
the Ukrainian capital, according to
information from the front.
Fighting for possession of Kiev is
at its height, raging day and night
along the line through the valleys and
rivers.
Both sides are using artillery, but
Kiev has not yet been bombarded by
the Poles. 1t is reported that the
Poles, who are within % miles of
Kiev, are making effective use of
armOred automobiles and other mod
ern equipment. From the north the
Poles are proceeding southwark be-
low the Pripet and Dnieper rivers
with a flotilla, using some monitors
recently taken at Czernobyl, the flotil-
la base of the reds.
Great excitement was caused in
Warsaw by the premature announce
ment of the capture of Kiev by the
Poles. Flags were flowing and pic
lures of Gen. Joseph Pilsudski, head
of the state, appeared in stores and
residences.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-11
DANIELS PLAN UPHELD
BENSON DEFENDS WAR POLICY
OF THE SECRETARY.
senate investigating Committee Told
That Navy Plans Were Prepared
Before HostiIities.

Washington, May Sin view of the
seheral sentiment over the country,
the navy would not have been justified
III actively preparing for war with Ger
many IN advance of a declaration nv
congress, Admiral w. S. Benson war
tlme chief of naval operations, testified
DeIore the senate committee investigat-
ing the Sims-Danie1s row.
The admiral said that even hefora
the beginning of the world war he ner-
sonally had believed that war between
the United States and Germany was
inevitable. He added that he had com
municated this belief to Secretary Dan
iels.
Replying TO Chairman Hales, the wit
ness said the navy prepared plans be-
fore the declaration of war.
They were not complete" he testi-
hed, land are not complete in some
respects today. We knew if we did
enter the war we would have to con-
form our operations to the general
plans until after we declared war"
Chairman Hale asked whether the
secretary had held up or delayed Ad-
miral BensOn's efforts to prepare the
navy after war was declared.
Il don't think So" the admiral re-
piled. There were many things that
l, as military man. thought ought to
be done that he did not approve as
matters of policy. Among these were
improving the powder supply and get
ting more small-caliber guns for mer-
chant ships. Subsequent events juSti-
fed Mr.. Daniels attitude, l believe.
There were things, / think. we were
not justified in being prepared in, per-
sonnet particularly"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-11
10000 WISCONSIN MEN IDLE
High Wages, Soldiers Bonuses and
Prohibition Are BIamed-AlI
Women are WORKING.

Milwaukee, May 5.-Ten thousand
men are idle in Wisconsin, according
to ]. S. Miller, state superintend-
ent of employment, III a bulletin is
sued to branch agencies.
COntending that high wages, SOL
diers' bonuses and prohibition are the
causes, Mr.. Miller says:
THE result of this excessive amount
of money in circulation among young
men is that gambling and idleness are
becoming common. Some form of ex-
element apparently is necessary, and
because many young men work one
half of the time and still live there
is great deal of loafing, with gamb-
ling as Z result.
1T is important to notice while there
are so many young men idling away
their time in gambling there are practi-
cally no unemployed women in the
state"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-11
HOME BREWERS
GIVEN A JOLT
Government to Stop the Manu-
facture of the "Fixins.'
DECLARES SALE Is ILLEGAL
Fruits and RaisIns for DistilIing, and
Yeast Under Ban-SaIe of Hops
and Malt Must Cease, Says
Dry Dictator.

Chicago, May 5.-Four large brew
ing companies are under investigation
here by federal agents following the
report that they had been manufac-
turing and selling and s per cent
beer.
The complaints against the brewers
were lodged with Maj. A. V. Dalrym-
pie, federal prohibition enforcement
chief of this district, and Capt. HUI
bert Howard, state prohibition admin
istrator, by other brewers, who say
that they are being put out of bust
ness by the practices of law evaders
whose product seems to be the most
popular.
The brewers under investigation are
the Monarch Brewing company, the
Mutual Brewing company, the Best
Brewing company and the North
American Brewing company. Captain
Howard has placed a quantity of their
alleged "over proof beer in the hands
of government chemists and a test is
being made.
Fine, Prison Provided.
The brewers are liable to a fine of
$1,000 or twO-year prison term, or
both, for conspiracy to violate the
VOlstead amendment if they are con-
Victed.
Two other matters are being given
careful attention by the federal pro-
hibitiOn officers. One is the absolute
elimination of all sales of hops and
malt in packages and the other is the
possible arrest of five manufacturers
of so-called beverage boilers" which
are sold OStensibly for the diStillatiOn
of water
The illegality of the sale of malts
and hops was pointed out in letter
from John F. Kramer, prohibition
chief. The letter in part reads:
"This is a manifest attempt to sell
materials for the manufacture of in
tOXicating liquors in homes and else
where, and in consequence is in direct
violation of section Is of the amend
ment. Any person selling these ma
terials under circumstances which
would point that they were to be used
for lntOxicants is liable to fine as
conspirator."
The letter was also interpreted to
mean that dealers selling fruits, rails
ins, yeast and other materials from
which alcohol might be distilled will
be subject to arrest if they know the
materials are to be used for an illegal
purpose.
In regard to the beverage boilers"
it has come to the attention of Cap
tain Howard that mail order houses
and department stores have been sell
ing them in large quantities. They
are nothing less than almost complete
stills, according to the prohibition adj
ministratOr.
Sal Pint Rumor Starts Quiz.
RumOrs that in preparation for the
Republican national convention in
June bellbOys and others have said
that whisky will be $41 pint and that
many stores have been rented in the
vicinity of the Coliseum for soft drink
parlOrs have started an investigation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-11
DESERT CRAVE
YIELDS VICTIM
California "BIuebeard" Leads
Way to Remains of Wife.
BURIED IN CANVAS STROUD
Body Found by Posse Directed by
Watson Five Miles North of Coy
ote Wells in Imperial County
Many Curiosity Seekers.

DiXieland, Cal, May 5.-The body of
Nina Lee DelOney was found by
searching party directed by Walter
Andrew Watson, alias James r. HURT,
who, in a reported confession admit
ted he had killed the woman, who was
among his twenty or more wives.
Five miles moth of Coyote Wells, I'm
perial county, Watson halted the am
bulance
That's the gulch," he said.
Assisted by deputy sheriffs. Watson
walked to a spot near a small cliff.
That's the ledge" he declared,
pointing.
Deputy sherifs turned few shovel
fuS, of earth and revealed the body.
Points Out the Ledge.
Watson, haggered, white faced, with
straing eyes and trembling limbs, due
to his physical condition, was mistaken
until the body of his victim lay in view.
as he walked feebly from the ambu-
lance to the place where he said the
body was buried he was accompanied
by scores of officers, public officials
newSpapermen and photographers.
More than 100 curiosity seekers fol-
lowed the party. Seventy-five automo-
biles, carrying nearly 500 people, had
made the trip across the desert from
Ell Centric.
That's the ledge" said Watson,
pointing to a rock spot a few yards
from where he stood. Deputy sheriffs
with shOvels stepped forward and
tuyrned a few bits of earth, while cam
eras clicked and the crowd stood
watching
Then one of the men started back,
dropped his shovel and bent forward;
an instant later the canvas shrOuded
form of the dead woman was taken
from the small grave into which it had
been thrust, distorted and almost
broken.
Start Out for Desert.
The canvas was opened just enough
to make sure that there was no mis-
take. Then it was allowed to rest I'M
til a caSket arrived and the prisoner,
the body of his victim and their escort
of hundreds started again for FL Cent
70, where an inquest was ordered to
be held Immediately, according to the
statement of the sheriff.
Watson collapsed when the body was
uncovered and had to be assisted to
the ambulance, where he lay during the
subsequent stir of getting the body
ready for transportation.
The position of the body bore out
every part of WatsOn's statements con-
corning his course after he had killed
the woman. He had said he put the
body in an automobile at SantO Monica,
adjacent to Los Angeles, and carried
it down over the coast highway, inland
through San Diego county and then
carried it in his arms to a spot he
could not reach by automobile, where
he thrust it into q small excavation
hardly to be classed as a grave in the
ordinary sense.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-11
BANKER BEATEN TO DEATH
H. J. Robbins, Formerly of Sheldon,
Neb., Found Slain in Los
Angeles.

Los Angeles, Cal, May 5.-The body
of II. J. Robbins, wealthy retired bank
er, who recently came here with his
family from Sheldon, Neb., was found
in one of the better residence sections
here. He had been beaten to death. A
considerable sum of money, his watch
and other valuableS were undisturbed.
Robbins lived near where his body
was found. He had been missing all
night. The body had a rope around
the neck and police said it had been
dragged 80 feet from the spot where
there was evidence of a struggle. The
police said they had nothing to indi-
cate the motive or the perpetratOr of
the crime.
Sheldon, Neb., May 5.-H. J. Robbins
was president of bank here, where he
had lived for 80 years, when he left
for Los Angeles last May. He dis
posed of his banking interests, but re-
tanned large land holdings. He was
estimated to be worth $500,OOO He
was sixty-five years old.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-11
League Baseball
Games
3@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
STANDING OF THE CLUBS,
Tuesdays Results.

Cincinnati, 5; Chicago, T.
New York, 5; Philadelphia, T.
Brooklyn-Boston, no game; rain.
st. Louis-Pittsburgh, no game sched-
uled
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-11

RumOrs that in preparation for the
Republican national convention in
June bellbOyS and others have said
that whisky will be $41 a pint and that
many stores have been rented in the
vicinity of the Coliseum for soft drink
parlOrs have started an investigation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-11
Novel Handle for Your saa.

A chain which win be very fetching
upon a black bag is one which is
easily and cheaply made. Get a num-
Der of the smallest white bone rings
and connect them with loops of black
silk braid. These loops should be
about an inch in length. The black
and-white costume viii be very smart
in spring. and if you are going to
have one Of these costumes a black
taffeta bag with this sort Of chain
fastened to the top viii give an effect
which is chic. OF course a bag Of
navy blue or gray would lend itself
TO this sort q handle re .ueEt aga
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-11
ANOTHER WAR IS IN SIGHT
AzerbaiJan Sends an UItimatun1 to the
Armenian Republic Regarding
Frontier Territory.

London, May 5.-Diplomatic adviceS
state that the government of Aver
baijan sent an ultimatum to the Ar
menian republic of Erivan demanding
that the latter withdraw from dis
puted frontier territory, failing which
the Azerbaiian forces were crossing
into Armenia. Armenia refused to
comply with the ultimatum. No mill
tary action has thus far been report
ed, but the situation undoubtedly is
serious.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-11

called the nuns scourge," suggesting
10 the Gallo mind the 1agellations of
the penltents. In Belgium the nastur-
tium is named the "capuchin." because
It's shape suggests the hood of Capuch-
ms. In England the cowslip is some
times called ST. Peters wort. because
II Is supposed to show the bunch of
Keys that is ST. Peters symbol. The
Germans call 1t "the key of heaven"
and as such it figures very beautifully
IN Hauptman's The Sunken Bell"
The Speedwell, or veronica, from early
times was associated with the legend
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-11
FLOWERS OF EASTER TIME

Trinity: the monks regarded the pansy
as the flower of trinity or herb trim
lty;" name also given by the Fa-
theirs TO the triple leaf of the anem-
one. The amaranthuS, as far back
as the Greeks, was a symbol OF i'm
mortality, and still in some Roman
Catholic churches it Is used for decora-
ton on Ascension day. The variety
we best know as Notwithstanding"
because OF its color, is in France
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-11

eral months and tried other remedies.
l had read of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
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After taking twelve bottles l found
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trouble in that respect since. have
done all kinds Of work and at present
am an attendant at d state Hospital
and am feeling fine. / have recon-
mended your Vegetable Compound to
dozens of my friends and shall always
recommend it. ~ LILLIAN THARP, S24
S. 9Th St., Carrollton, KY.
If you have any symptom about which
you would like to know write to the
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,
Mass, for helpful advice given free OF
charge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-11
JOHNSON LEADS IN CALIFORNIA
Hoover Runs Strong in the South,
While Senator Is Ahead in
San Francisco.

Los Angeles. Cal, May 5.-One hun
dred and nineteen precincts complete
out of 725 in the city gave johnson
1890: Hoover. 1923.
Pasadena. s out of 70 precincts COM
plete gave Johnson, $40; Hoover, 1914
San Francisco, May 5.-Snap tally of
first vote counted in San Francisco
gave Johnson GAO; Hoover, 1903.
This vote shows johnson leading four
to one.