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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-01-20
MAJOR BROTHERS
s,t FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG 2so
Residence s7o 1915 J646 or 54
To Mn Friends and Customers

Thanking you enjoyed the past take this
opportunity telling you office for thirty days
repeag and getting ready for the biggest business this
spring Grady county has experienced
Anyone wishing will consult D. H. Emerson
Grlbfs phone 76
cordially
MRS. NJ g. EMERSON
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-01-20
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Two lots near O. G..
w. Call S2S MINI. ave-, or phone
900. 1886.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-25
JESS WILLARD MISSED
A HIGH FLY" At TOLEDO
Now He Wants to Show the Public
1t Was All a Mistake That
Dempsey Beat Him.

New York, Jan. 25.---Jess Willard
began search to-day for training quar-
tiers to prepare for his match here with
Jack Dempsey on March II. The tall
Kansan, who now tips the scales at
240 pounds, arrived in town last night
and had lengthy conference with Tex
Richard, the promoter. He said he had
been in light training for several
weeks.
In his typical quiet drawl, Willard
declared his defeat at the hands of
Dempsey was an accident. 'I'm salts
fed I can beat him. | was unfortu
nate at Toledo. But you know set
backs come in the life of every man.
For instance, you can't name a ball
player who plays year in and year out
without missing a fyball now and
then / missed high fly at Toledo"
Willard INDUCED in guffaw that
shook his sides when he was asked if
he wanted to fight Dempsey in order
TO replenish his financial store. II
wish ! had less" he said Maybe l
wouldn't be bothered so much with in
come taxes. / don't care about the
purse; all want is chance to show
the public that | am a better fighter
than Dempsey
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-25
TRYING TO SETTLE
MELW AIN STRIKE
State Labor Commissioner John S. B.
Davie Goes to Manchester,
N. II.

Manchester, \. H., Jan. State
labor Commissioner John S. b. Davie
of Concord came here to-day in an ef-
fort TO settle the strike called by the
United Shoe Workers OF America in all
the factories of the McElwain com
pany in the state, which has now been
going on for q week and half.
Mr. Davie arranged conferences with
the managemnt of the factories and
members of the joint council OF the
union for this afternoon.
Conflicting statements as to the null-
ber now at work in the factories here
continue to be issued by officials of
the company and union headquarters.
the former declaring to-day that pro-
duction has increased 80 per cen, and
the latter claiming that comparative
ly smallf number enter the plants.
many being turned back by the pickets
who are daily sent by the union 10
patrol the area around the shops.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-25
BUTLER AMES
BADLY HURT
Former Congressman Was
in Automobile
Accident
OTHERS IN MACHINE
SUFFERED LITTLE
Mrs. Ames Was One of Pas
sengers in the
Car

Woburn. Mass, Jan. 25.--General
Butler Ames, former congressman, and
for time head of the state guard, was
injured in an automobile accident here
o-day. Mrs Ames, Mrs. Priscilla Ken
nard, Miss Elizabeth Kennard and 10.
seph A. Lagarc, all of Lowell, who were
other occupants of the car, suffered only
minor cuts and bruises.
The party was bound from Lowell to
Boston with Mrs. Kennard, the owner
of the automobile, driving. On the turn
into Lake avenue from the Arlington
road, the car cut across the corner,
the sidewalk and struck pole
which stopped it on the edge of deep
gravel pit.
General Ames was thrown through
the windshield sustaining severe lacera-
tions in head and body. A motor truck
which was passing took him to the
Choate hospital, where it was said that
his injuries, while severe, were not con
sidered serious.
Other members Of the car required
only slight treatment. The car was
wrecked
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-25
Fire Broke Out in the Men
del and Freedman De-
partment Store, and That
Was Destroyed, While
Adjoining Property Was
Seriously Damaged =
Cause of Fire Not
known.

New Haven, Conn, Jan. 25.-The fire
which destroyed the Mendel and Freed,
man department store on Chapel street
and spread to several adjoining strue-
tures early to-day, did damage esti-
mated at $l,00O,000.
The fire was under control about 4
o'clock It. m, after the entire fighting
force of the city had worked for fully
three hours in zero temperature
The fire wrecked fve-story store
house of the II. NJ Bullard company
in the rear, and did some damage TO
the building Of the Chatfeld paper com
pany and S. c. Mersick on State street.
the Besse Richey building and the
Charles $. Monson company on Chapel
street. the Western Union building and
The Bulard store on Orange street, all
these buildings being adjacent to the
rear of the Mendel and Freedman build
ing The calling out of every piece of
apparatus for the one fire was the first
occurrence of this kind in II years, the
fire being so threatening to an entire
the city were left unprotected that
the firemen might give attention to this
single big blaze. The low temperature
made the handling of hose difficult.
The fires origin has not been de-
tcrl.ined. 1t is thought to have start
ed near an elevator in the Mendel and
Freedman building The watchman gave
he alarm but almost before the first
fire company had arrived the flames had
began to spread. For this reason the
general alarm was at once sounded.
The concerns which suffered losses
in the fire were: Mendel and Freed
man, dry goods and department store;
Charles S. Monson company, dry goods
and department store; Besse Rchey
company, clothing; c. 5. Mersck com
pany, Wholesale hardware dealers;
Chatfeld Paper company, wholesale |
paper dealers; H NJ Bullard and com
psny. furniture dealers, and a number /
Of firms who had space in the West
ern Union building.
The building occupied by the Mendel |
and Freedman store was built about |
IS years ago and in recent years had I
been added to and changed over to meet |
the needs of a department store. In |
the immediate rear was a small space
against which were backed the build |
ings used by the other firms men
toned.
The roof of The Mendel building gave
way about 45 minutes after the fire
started. Firemen who had been on the
roof with their lines of hose moved to
other buildings when the danger of the
eave-in was seen and were in position
TO food the Mendel building
In spite of the extreme cold large
crowd of spectators were on the street
and surgeons and ambulances were in
readiness in case Of need.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-25
James Smart Announced
His Candidacy for Barre
Office
H. w. SCOTT y<EADY
IN IT, CONTEST
Mr.. Sm9 ~ Financial Sec
ret ey of the Granite
cutters Union

That the office of city clerk and
treasurer is not to go to successor
OF James Mackay without contest
was made plain to-day by the an
nouncement of the candidacy of James
Smart of Central street. H. W. Scott
Of Richardson street had already an
nCunced his candidacy. Whether there
will be other candidates for the offices
was uncertain to-day,
In announcing his candidacy for the
nomination and election, Mr.. Smart
said to-day that if he is the choice
OF the voters he will give his best en-
deavors to the conduct of the office
Mr.. Smart came to Barre 80 years
ago and has been a resident of the city
almost continuously since then, work
ing at his trade of granite cutter. For
two years he has been an efficient
of the board of health and for
IA years he has been financial secre-
tary of Barre branch of the Granite
Cutters union, caring for the finances
of the local union with membership
ranging from 1900 to 2200 and hand
ling as high as $1,000 monthly at the
times when the membership was the
highest.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-25
S4,000,000 FIRE LOSS
At ATHENS, GA.
Three Entire City Blocks Were Wiped
Out and Adjoining Property
Damaged.

Athens, Ca, Jan. 25.--A large part
of Athens downtown business district
was a mass Of smouldering ruins to-
day and it was estimated that the fire
which early this morning swept clean
three entire city blocks and damaged
adjoining buildings had destroyed prop
erty valued at least S4.0O0.OO0. No loss
of life was reported.
The fire, of undetermined origin.
started shortly before midnight and It
was FIVE hours later before the com
bined efforts of iremen from this and
nearby cities got it under control. At
its height the fire appeared as IL Il
would wipe out the entire downtown
section and il was then that calls for
outside assistance were sent
Rapid spread Of the blaze was said
q have been due 20 the explosion Of
gasoline drums in the Max Joseph
building on Wall street. the lower floor
of Uhirh was occupied by the Denny No
tor company. This scattered the flames
beyond control and the fire spread down
The east side II Wall street. south to
Broad. virtually destroying every
building in H. path.
Iae fame tbeu lenpcd across q the
west side nf Wall street 70 building
occupira by Michael brothers. wholesale
aud retail drg goods merchants. THIS
structure. c1rcriag nearly block. was
destroyed, Frum there the FIRE spread
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-25
PEOPLE "MULCTED" OUT
OF BILLION And HALF
Declared Senator Calder of New York
Testfying on Coal Sit
uation.

Washington, d. c., Jan. 25.-The
opinion that the American people were
"mulcted" of billion and half dol
lars Last year by the men in the coal
trade" was expressed to-day by Sena-
tor Calder. Republican. New York,
who was a witness before the Sen
ate committee considering his bill for
federal regulation of the coal indus
try.
Very we'll. how about the -four men,
the shoe men and some of the rest, 4"
asked Senator Reed, Democrat, Mis-
souri,.
yes, yes replied the New York
senator, but this trade is the one we
are starting with. Coal is neces-
sity.n
Senator Calder is chairman of the
Senate reconstruction committee, which
has investigated the coal trade and
which, it was announced to-day, will
begin an inquiry next week into the
lumber industry.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-25
BODIES BROUGHT TO BARRE.
Mrs. George Taylor and Infant Son,
Who Died in Ottawa.

The bodies of Mrs George Taylor and
infant son, who died in Ottawa, Can
ada, Jan. II, of pneumonia and small
pox, arrived in Barre yesterday. in a
sealed casket The remains were taken
to the b. w Hooker & Co. chapel to
await private funeral services to-mor-
row morning at 10 o'clock
Mrs Taylor was the youngest daugh-
ter Of Mrs Nellie Baker of Ss South
Main street and leaves. besides her
mother and husband, her sisters, Mrs.
Charles Cluff of ottawa, Canada, and
Mrs. Kimball of Montpelier; an aunt,
Mrs. George Duncan of Worcester.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor went TO Ottawa
about two months ago TO reside and,
while out riding New Years day, she
caught cold which soon developed into
the disease which caused her death.
The family has the sympathy of a
large number OF friends, both here and
in Burlington. where Mrs. Taylor and
her mother made their home together
for several years. Mrs. Baker had
planned to rejoin her daughter at her
home in Ottawa. after dispOsing of her
business interests here.
The funeral services, as before stat
ed, will be conducted privately at the
Hooker chapel. and burial win be made
later at the Wilson cemetery.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-25
JOINT MANAGEMENT
OF Industries in Italy Proposed By Pre-
mier Giolitti.

Rome, Jan. 24.-Conservative and
radical elements in Italy have virtually
joined forces in combating the bill pre-
pared for Parliament by Premier Giolit-
ii, which would give workers a share
in the management Of industrial plants,
State industries. concerns which have
been doing business less than four
years and factories employing less than
60 workers would be exempt from the
measure, which would appear to place
in the hands of working men general
supervision over Industrial operations
in this country.
Article / states that the legislation
is designed to secure participation in
industrial affairs by workers, make it
possible for workers TO know the condi-
tions prevalent in industry and bring
about an improvement in technical in
struction and in the moral ard econom
ic condition of workers" II is asserted
the bill seeks to Improve and make
more economical methods Of production
and render the relations between work
ers and employers more peaceful
Another article provides for n nation
al commission of nine members, six
elected by workingmen and three by
engineers and clerks. which would be
given authority to appoint in each fac
tory two or more men to share in the
Other articles of the bill
provide that employers shall be repre-
scented on the commission but shall
have no vote
An employment bureau would he con
stituted by the employers and their
men. Political or syndicalist considera-
tions would not influence engagements
or dismissals except in cases of crime
pr OF indiscipline Disagreements would
be settled by arbitration. Should it be
come necessary to reduce stats, work
ing hours would first be cut down to
80 per week and seniors in the service |
Or men with families would be given |
treatment. The commits |
.ionis expenses would be shared equally 4
by employers and men.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-25
$500. 900 CHARGED
TO PROFIT AND LOSS
Denial Made By F. A. Shick That Any
Part of 1t Was Charged to
Ship Construction.

New York, Jan. 25.-Denial that
any part of a 100000 voucher, made
out for expenses of Charles NJ. Schwah
for October, 1918, was ever charged to
ship construction was made by f. A.
Shick, general auditor of the Bethlehem
Steel corporation, in testimony before
the Walsh congressional committee in
vestigating the shipping board.
Mr.. Shick said he had personal knowl-
edge that the voucher was charged to
profit and loss of the Bethlehem cor
poration.
His testimony eontradicted that Civ
en- last week by Colonel +. II. Abadie,
former comptroller general of the ship
ping board, to the effect that the item
was submitted as Mr.. Sehwab's per
sonsl expenses.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-25
INSTALLING METERS.
Barre Water Department Plans to In
stall $50 Each Year.

The water department is employing
its men during the cold weather in
placing meters on certain streets as
directed by the city council. About
$50 meters are to be set each year un-
til the whole city is on metered basis.
Instead of taking isolated consumers,
the city council directed that the work
be done hy streets, one in each ward to
be selected by 1ot-eantf AFT consumers
on the street to be metered.
Beacon, Sheridan, Franklin, Madison
Granite and Wiley streets have been
completely metered as far as weather
will permit and the streets next drawn
are South Main street, left side, Pros
pect street and Hill avenue; Blackwell
street and Brooklyn street.
For those who have paid rent ON the
fixture basis to April l. 1921, the met
cred rate will not go into effect until
after that date. The water department
will make special provision for those
consumers whose cellars are cold if no
titled in advance.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-25
HERRING WAR ON.
MattapOisett, Macs, Stirred Over the
Discussion.

New Bedford, Mass. Jan. 25.-Matta
poisett's anti-denuded herring party
has lost its candidate for the post of
herring inspector 70 displace Alonzo
Kinney, present incumbent. Frank X.
Sisson has changed his mind and vouch-
safes no reason why. Though his pa
pers are in the town clerks hands he
asserts he'll resign if elected, "the
same as one Of our selectmen did I"
But he hasn't changed his mind regard
ing scales for herrings. He still be-
lieves IN them.
Meanwhile. the controversy has
reused the ire Of George NJ. Besseve
of East Wareham. who has the leased
rights Of the river for herring. He says
scaling the fish makes them more val
liable. and adds that if he had known
Mattapoisett folks wanted the scales
he'd have sold them along with the Ash.
But other citizens assert that the de.
nuded herrings salted down last spring
already are rotting. which they should
not. And the controversy goes merrily
on.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-25
JAPAN IS RE1DY
TO CUT ARM4HEINTS
But Wants the Proposal to Come from
Some Other Ma
finn

Toxic, Jan "a (By the Associated
Press Restriction OF armaments will
be considered by the Japanese govern
ment should it be proposed by another
nation, but little hope is held out by
discount Uchida, foreign minister. that
there will be immediate movement to-
ward disarmament. Interpellated in the
lower house of Parliament by members
of the opposition, he admitted that the
limiting OF armaments was being dis
cussed by the powers
Some practical men abroad, how
ever, he declared, do not approve of
immediate disarmament although they
agree in principle. The existing German
situation is one factor which prevents a
complete agreement on the subject.
Some people believe Japan has no in
tention to restrict armaments because
Vice Count Ishii, japanese ambassador
TO France, favored the opinion of prac-
teal men who object TO reduction. ia
pans naval policy is not one of expan-
sion but is one that cannot be avoid
ed in the interests of self-protection.
Japan, however, is ready to consider
I
assure world peace in case any power
should make such a proposal"
If Japan had withdrawn her troops
from Siberia when the United States
did she would not have been open to
the charge that her ambitions were mil
itaristic, declared Niscount kato, lead
er Of the opposition, in speech AZ
tacking the governments Siberian pol
icy. As il was, he insisted all the in
dications were that the maintenance
Of japanese troops in Siberia had no
bearing upon political conditions there.
When Premier Hara in his reply de
,lared his belief that the maintenance
Of troops in Siberia was necessary to
lapan's national defense, Viseount |
<ato reioined the declaration that the
Dremier's explanation was not at all
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-25
NEW ENGLAND
ROADS DENIED
Were Not Permitted Re-
division of Rates By Con-
Meeting Lines
HEARING ENDED
WITHOUT RESULT
At One Hearing Before In
terstate Commerce Com
mission Was Ordered

Washington, ID. c., Jan. 25.-Presi-
dents of IL New England and trunk
line railroads interchanging freight at
Hudson river crossings adjourned their
conference to-day without reaching an
agreement as to the re division of rates,
through which the income Of the New
England carriers would have been in
creased.
The New England roads have asked
for such re-division as would increase
their annual revenues by $27 500 900
and their spokesmen were understood
to have refused offers of an increase
in revenues of from Sl2,000,000 to Sl5,
100000.
Chairman Clark of the interstate
commerce commission, who suggested
conference, was informed of the failure
to reach an agreement and he immedi-
ately ordered resumption of the hear
ings on the application of the New
England carriers for re-division of
the rates by the commission.
J. H. Hustis, president of the Bos.
ton and Maine. and u. j. Pearson,
president of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroads, representatives
of the New England carriers, were
understood to have fatty vetoed the
of the trunk lines on the
ground that the highest offer made
would leave the carriers with Sl2,500.-
600 revenue to be made up from other
sources. They could not see their way
clear TO cut personnel or make up the
deficit in other ways, it was said. They
that their roads We're eff
GENTLY managed and operated.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-25
ROBINSON RESIGNS
At BARRE POSTOFFICE
Was Assistant Postmaster for IA Years
and an Employe There for 80
Years-He is to Go on the
Road for Granite

Frank +. Robinson, assistant post
master at the Barre postoffice for the
past IA years and one of the employees
there for the last - years, has re-
signed from the office, his resignation
taking effect yesterday and Mr.. Rob
inson at once assuming new duties as
travelling representative OF Little
John, 0dgers & Milae Of Bsrre. s'e-
Mr.. Robinson has given fine service
while engaged in the postofiice work
in Barre and his work has been very
much appreciated by the public in
general. There will be regret that he
is to leave the postcffice.
Mr.. Robinson has served under five
in the days of 80, on June 3, when but
lad, he began work at 81 a week
under Clark Holden, father of w. NJ.
Holden of l4 South Main street, and
postmaster in the town of Barre at
that time In those days the post
office and the town clerks office were
one and the same. in the old city
building There were no mail carriers
then. nor any postofiice building.
Mr.. Holden's term Of office expired.
Burt Wells succeeded him. Then Frank
McWhorter filled the office. +. ".
Bisbee was the next in line for post
master and il was during Mr.. Bis
bees term. on June !, 1907, that AIR.
Robinson became assistant postmas
ter. George w German is the sec
ond postmaster, to whom Mr. Robin
son has been assistant
To night Mr. Robinson leaves for
Reading. Pa. where he viii be met
by John Leslie. another representative |
Of the Littlciohn 0dgers & Milne firm, /.
who was formerly a working compan
ion of Mr.. Robinson's at the postofiice. /
After attending the Pennsylvania con
ventiou al Reading Thursday and Fri (
iay. Mr.. Robinson begins three 1
trip through his territorial
field
In his new undertaking Mr. Roh- 1
nson has the heartiest wishes of all .
the postoffice patrons and of many
friends in Barre.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-25
FOUGHT THREE HOURS
IN ZERO TEMPERATURE
AGAINST RAGING FIRE

to jackson and Clayton streets, sweep
ing everything in tits way to College
avenue.
Hundreds of persons struggled to
save. their property from buildings
threatened by the flames and the
streets adjoining the fire area were soon
jammed with wagons, trucks and even
wheelbarrows loaded with merchandise
and furniture.
Adding to the confusion and difficult
ties was weakened water pressure at
the fire plugs but this soon was over
come when extra facilities at the res
eryoirs were brought into use. Final
ly, after more than five hours of bat
tling the firemen managed to check the
flames and hold them to the buildings
already practically destroyed. 1t was
daylight, however, before the confiagra-
tion was safely under control
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-25
TREASON CHARGE
WILL BE BROUGHT
Naturalized Austrian Served in the
Austrian Army During
the War.

San Francisco, Jan. 25.-0scar Won
Windshagen, an architect, arrested here,
will be charged with treason, federal
officials said to-day. A naturalized cit
izen OF the United States, he served in
the Austrian army during the war, it
is charged He Is declared to have come
to this country from Austria in 1907
and was naturalized in San Francisco.
In 1918 he obtained passport to vis-
il his mother in Austria, it was, said,
and joined the Austrian army, remain
ing a soldier until June, 1919.
lie recently returned to this country
and filed on a homestead in northern
California.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-25
NEW REBELLION IN FINLAND
Number Of Secret Service organiEa-
tions Are Working.

London, Jan. 25-A dispatch from
Copenhagen quotes Finnish newspa-
peTs t. the elect that q number Of So
cret organizations are sFstematica ] y
preparing for 8 new rebellion in Fin
land with the object of enabling the
Vroletarist % assume power with tie
help 81 troap- from Russia. The min
i-ter 81 home affairs denies the message
has any information on the subject
hut admits that 3 gave situation e1-
ists