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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17
Step by Step with the Stars and Stripes
Yankee Chewing Gum Works Way Round World

'iariy with char
a~eteristic tree
h~andednesu. Last
ear chewing
gum exports e.
oeedcd ea.beo.-
600. In 1914
they . about
100000.
No longer 10
gum chewing .
y h o pants
habit. Hundreds
Of Thousands OF
grown ups chew
rum. The King
and Queen Of
Norway became
converts At the
Norwegta n
American Expo
aition last Sep
tember. presI-
dent Wilson was
noted IN the
press dispatches
as having chcwed
gum at the YER
aailles peace con-
ference. NJ o Q
peoples chew IL
today than Ma
lions.
Little journeys
with the trail
blazers Of foreign
trade extension
will feature tho
nth annual
convention Of the
National Foreign
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17
Personal Mention

AVA
Mr., and Mrs. g. w. Burch. Of
waurika. were visitors In tho city
today.
Paint or spray chicken houses for
mites. Use llgolite. nltaehe Seed
House. ii0t.
y. N. Reynolds. OF Carnegie, trans
acted business and visited friends
in the city today.
City subscribers TO the daily Tx.
press not receiving paper by $50 p
m. are requested to notify Mrs. W.
D. Collier, phone esi. Il.
H. G. Hall Of Blanchard. was a Wis.
itor In the city yesterday afternoon.
city subscribers 70 the daily FIX.
press not receiving paper by $50 y.
m. are requested 10 notify Mrs. W.
ID. Collier. phone Gsi 81
I'd coyic. Of Rush Springs. trans
acted business and visited friends In
C~hickasha today.
pansy plants IN bud and bloom.
frost proof cabbage plants, Gamma
Gladlola, aud Tuhcr Roses, all klndss
OF bedding aud porch box plants.
Ditsche Seed House. li.ct.
A. W. Howard. Of Lawton, is trans.
acting business and visiting friends
In the city today.
W. a. Slngloton's sale was a good
one and | am we'll pleased with Il
and think that A. Brannon got rs
value. have heard the SAINT from
others. W.. A. singleon. i7.it.
w. S. Montgomery. Of Enid, was
n business visitor in the city to-
day.
-
Any man, woman or child. invest
your savings with me each month.
highest percentage and safest invest
ment yet known. Bruce and Kessler.
15,2t. J
Mrs. L. w. Lockhart, of Acme. Wis
fled friends in Chlckasha yesterday J
afterL IN. !
Bring us your h%emsthching and
Picot work. loo per yard. Singer
Sewing Machine Co., ia South Srd
street. 2-16-30 u
Mrs. J. Il. Dempsey. of Acme. Wis.
tied friends in this cit yesterday
afternoon and this morning.
Mr.. Renter. lay plans TO W your
own home. Let me show you how.
Bruce & Kessler. 15-2t.
Morris Balk son of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Balk, has accepted a position In
the Citizens National bank here.
Morris receives his degree at the
University of Oklahoma at the CLOSE
Of the present semester. Z
We are not spoofing-we are doing
business. We like to have you in.
vestigate. Bruce & Kessler. 17.2t.
Otis ]. Hallowell, proprietor of the
Washita Valley Creamery company,
is transacting business in Oklahoma 4
City today.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17

Canadian soldiers first found II
was n good substitute for tobacco
in the trenches where smoking
wasn't permitted. They intro
duced It 20 the Belgians and tho
French poilus. Later the Amer
lean doughboy spread its popu-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17
NOTICE

All butcher shops will close at
$3.50 on week days and 10 on Sat
urday starting Monday. March II.
17-3t c. Il. VENABLE, Sec.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17

Auto repairing. stor .ge. cleaning.
@. II. W. 42l Kansas. 14.tf.
Gas and electric bills are due and
payable at the company's office on
or before the 10th. Unless paid the
service may be discontinued with.
out further notice. oct.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-17

Don't be skoptical and lose money
in delay. Come up and talk II over
with me. We do loan money Mt 3 per
cent. interest or viii show you ap-
proximate 100 per cent on an invest
ment. Bruce G. Kessler. 17-2t.
Evening star., 1921-03-06

1T must first be realized" Admiral
Kerr said, that the character of the
late war at sea was entirely condi-
toned by the fact that we held the
whole German naval force in bottle.
We commanded the exits to the seas
Of the world. Only by defeating our
grand fleet could the Germans get
their commerce raiders out. The
Emdtn, Karlsruhe and a few other
cruisers and converted merchantmen
that did get loose at the beginning
played havoc with our commerce. and
for two months disorganized our
traffic in every ocean. but these ships
were finally one by one brought to
book.
not stop American cruisers, subma-
rines and converted merchantmen
from putting out from any one OF
the hundred ports on your thousands
of miles of coast line in such num-
bers that no matter how big our fleet
might be, were it four times the
present size. our commerce would
stop everywhere excepting in Euro
pean waters. We could close the
channel, the North sea and the Medi-
terranean against you. and we could
probably send conveys along the Eu-
ropean coasts so strongly guarded
that your surface craft could not
get at them. And whether you could
seriously molest them with subma-
Evening star., 1921-03-06
PLEDGES TO BE MET
BY EXTRA SESSION
Problems of Peace, Tariff, Taxation and
Government Reorganization Among
Those Demanding Solution.

! laws to meet after-the-war condi-
tions are also imperative.
Progressive measures. such as are
| will be urged for early passage by
some of the republican leaders, who
feel that their party is pledged to
something of this sort.
Tariff and Taxation.
Repeal of burdensome taxes, re-
vamping of the entire series of reve-
nue. laws and the enactment of new.
scientific, up-to-date tariff law Is the
! big and vexing task before the House.
| 1t has been twelve years since the
! House enacted a real tariff law.
| Science and industry have developed
so much in the meantime, and world
| conditions have been in such up
heaval, that many commodities IN
the last tariff law are no longer
manufactured. and new materials
have taken their place which are not
| mentioned in any existing tariff law.
SO the ways and means committee
has to blaze way for new things.
Members of the ways and means
committee are going to have a con-
ference early this week with Presi-
dent Harding, at which time the re-
, publican policy on taxation and tarif
will be outlined. The committee will
not meet until March IA.
Then there are three propositions
to be considered: (1) Will they adopt
the plan outlined by Chairman Ford
ney for putting in force the Payne
Aldrich rates as a stop-gap. until ex-
change gets more nearly stabilized?
t2) Or will they tackle internal reve-
nue. first-which now pays IS per
cent Of the costs Of government
eliminating the first proposition?
(3) Or will the committee scientifically
and deliberately study, without haste,
a bill which will coordinate eff
GENTLY both sources OF revenue to
afford the utmost relief to the over
burdened taxpayers?
1t goes fithout saying that any
legislation along this line will be
drafted to safeguard American stand
ards of living.
The ways and means committee must
revise the tariff primarily FOR the
protection Of American industries. but
secondarily to increase revenues 1t
is important to see how far the tar
iff or customs duties can go to re-
lieving domestic taxation. The Gus
toms duties during the present fiscal
year amount to sss7,0oo,o0o. 1t is
estimated that they can be increased
to $500, 100000. ~.
Revision of Taxing System.
The most driving task Of the ways
and means committee is to revise the
taxation system. The present sched-
ule is entirely acceptable as war
system, but totally unacceptable in
time of peace. The country is becom-
ing fretful because, two years after
Evening star., 1921-03-06
fish Grow Alarmed Over American Naval Program

rines would be doubtful. Thus, if the
continent were friendly to US. we
could trade with Europe. But that
would be all.
What you could do to US. we could
do to you. Your ocean trade would
cease. You could not even send mer-
chantmen. to South America A
coastal trade might be possible, if
the conveys were kept always strong
ly guarded and near land.
Difficulties OF Battle.
Now we come to the question of
the grand fleets. 1t is my belief that
your people are foolish to build SO
many dreadnaughts. but that is none
Of my business. What I do have the
right to say is that it would be alb
surd for US to become alarmed by
your program and bankrupt ourselves
in building against it. The reason
for this is that, provided both coun-
tries posses a reasonably strong
battle feet, which they would care
fully keep in home waters, the other
battle fleet could not attack it.. The
only way in which a fleet action
could be fought would be for the two
battle fleets to meet somewhere in
midocean at a pre-arranged place, as
the old knights used to fight. and
there have it out. But in modern
warfare it is always to the interest of
one side or the other to avoid hazard
ing everything on such a battle. and
80 it would be here"
what are the reasons why your
feet, if much stronger than ours. or
ours il stronger than yours. could
not sail across to the enemy's coast
and force the other side to come to
action?" asked Admiral Kerr.
THAT can be answered in a few
words" the admiral quickly replied.
Suppose one fleet, it does not mat
ter which. is half as strong again as
the other. and suppose it's country has
suffered so and is so near economic
strangulation that the government
has decided to hazard everything and
orders the navy into action, as the
Russians sent their Baltic fleet round
the world to meet its doom in the
Straits of Japan.
"The grand feet-ours or yours
would put forth heavily laden with |
coal, and sail $500 miles or SO across |
the ocean. When it arrived in the |
region where the enemy fleet might |
appear it would continue to sail
about at high speed for fear of sub
marine attack by day; at high speed |
for fear of destroyer attack by night. |
until much of its coal was gone. AS |
the bunkers became empty the great |
ships would get higher in the water, |
their protective armor would rise |
nearer to the surface of the sea, until |
they would be riding so high that in |
case Of action the chances of being |
holed below the water line would be |
greatly increased. The invading fleet |
would merely commit suicide by ap-
preaching near to a defended base, in |
view OF modern submarines. mines |
aud coastal defenses. So it would
Evening star., 1921-03-06

ton at Secretary Daniels for giving
the American public to understand
that in 1925. in spite of an American
equality" in big ships. the British
will have more light cruisers, Destroy
ers and submarines. If the American
public is sanctioning the naval pro-
gram with a view to obtaining naval
equality with Great Britain. the
authorities here think the Americans
are being misled, and that what Is
aimed at in Washington Is not equal
ity, but tremendous superiority.
In three years England will have
forty-six light cruisers. as compared
with the American ten, but her de-
stroyer feet which is at least equal
in Importance to cruisers in feet
action, as Jutland proved. will con-
sist of only 1913 modern destroyers
capable Of travelling from thirty-four
to thirty-six knots, against 2s5 Amer
ican. The United States will have.
according to the admiralty figures.
ninety-four modern submarines, and
sixty-nine that are not post-Jutland,
but are efficient, against 105 modern
British vessels.
Public Opinion Hope Fading.
Overwhelming superiority" a phrase
used to me by a high naval authority
here, represents. in the British view.
the aim of the naval authorities at
Washington. 1t has been hoped hith-
erto that public opinion in America
against tremendous expenditures on
useless building competitions would
stop or modify this program. but that
hope is now fading.
Britain when her sea supremacy
u menaced is not given over to senti-
ment To talk about blood Is thick
Or than water and hands across the
sea-" confronted by such a situa-
ton. would be foreign to John Bulls
traditions. But in discussions dur
ing past months and weeks with
hundreds Of representative English
men. ! have felt that the sentimental
consideration is not without some
weight; Britain would feel much
more alarmed than she does and
would have already started vigorous
rival any other nation in the world
but the United States. II belief that
American naval power will ever be
used for aggressive purposes exists
It is Of recent growth and is develop
ing slowly. In the same breath that
men now say how unthinkable it is
that the United States could plan to
attack England. they each. however.
repeat Lord Northcliffe's query,
Against what enemy is America
feverishly arming?' On looking
| about the world and seeing none.
misgivings are beginning to mingle
| with their confidence.
Hair.TFiEEer British Sentiment.
Writing on such a subject, any cor
respondent must feel q strong sense
| Of responsibility. For q large part
of six years l have lived in England
! in touch with British opinion. and ]
put forward. ~ personal opinion
Evening star., 1921-03-06
LOOK TO CONGRESS
TO CURB GUN TOTERS
Statistics of Homicides In United States
Show Necessity of Hating Carry
ing of Firearms

each instance it got AZ far as the Sem
ate judiciary committce--but no far
ther. This bin died again with the
close of the Sixty-siNth Congress on
Friday. 1t had actually been referred
TO subcommittee of the judiciary
committee. But that is as far as it
ever got.
But Senator Shields is not easily
discouraged He plans to offer this
bill again in the special session of
the new Congress soon to meet, and
he has hope that the aroused public
sentiment in the National Capital and
in other parts Of the country will
force some favorable action at the
hands of the committee and of Con-
gress. He himself is a member of the
Senate judiciary committee.
Manufacturers Opposed.
The opposition to the measure. ac-
cordinS to Senator Shields. comes
from the manufacturers of the fire.
arms. They see lucrative field van
ishing into thin air when the Shields
bill is mentioned. The argument has
been made frequently that the manu-
facturers of gunpowder. arnor plate
and guns are responsible for big
armaments and wars. Now it appears
the manufacturers are to be blamed
for the homicides in this country.
The Shields bill proposes to get at
the sale of pistols through the power
of the federal government to regu-
late Interstate commerce. IL provides
that it shall be unlawful for any per-
son or corporation "to deliver. or
cause to be delivered. to any common
carrier. or to- deposit in the mails to
/. be carried from one state or territory OF
the United States, or the District of
Columbia, to another state or terri
tory or the District of Columbia, for
the purpose of sale or in performance
of a contract of sale a pistol, revol-
Yer or other firearm of like form,
size or description, except those which
| for the time being have been adopted
and are commonly used in the Army
and Navy, under the rules and regula-
tions of the constituted authorities Of
the departments of War and Navy"
Only for Use of Military.
With the verbal wrappings re-
moved, the bill means that no concern
shall ship pistols from one state to
another or to the District of Column
J bia. except for the use of the Army
/ and Navy. The measure also makes
it unlawful for any common carrier
to accept pistol for interstate ship
ment, except it be for the Army or
Navy. Any corporation found guilty
of violating the proposed law win
be held guilty of a misdemeanor and
| punished by a fine of not less than
800 nor more than $500. Any per-
| son found guilty of such an offense
| shall be imprisoned not less than
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Evening star., 1921-03-06

super r-dreadnaughts. strong enough
to hold their place in the first line;
England will have eighteen.
In battleships of the first line alone
America in three years. the admiralty
says, will have twenty-one to Eng
lands eighteen. but those twenty-one
will be enormously superior in design,
speed and weight Of metal.
One Battle Cruiser Only.
Turning to battle cruisers. Britain
has completed only one. the HOOD.
laid down since Jutland. and there
are none on the stocks. She possesses
three of pre-Jutland design. carrying
14-inch guns or larger. AS against
these, the United States. in three
years, will have in commission six
battle cruisers. carrying 14-inch guns
and above, designed since the action
off the Dogger bank.
According to the admiralty. there
fore, of ships of the first line. Amer
ica will possess twenty-seven and
Britain twenty-five in 1924. but the
true disparity of strength will be
much greater than those indicated by
these figures.
There is some suppressed indigna-
Evening star., 1921-03-06

great care must be taken to protect
the American industries from being
disrupted by the European goods.
And still further, Europe cannot
pay in goods without the ability to
purchase raw materials from America.
She cannot pay cash for raw mate
rials and will demand an extension Of
credit for the same. That means
that Europe's prospect of paying her
debt depends upon our allowing her
to increase her debt.
Secretary Hoover's stipulation for
reorganization of the Department of
CONTINUED on Third Page.)
Evening star., 1921-03-06
nv John LLOYD BALDERsTON.

BY JOHN LLOYD bALDENSioS'
Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON, February 1s.-Alarm and
astonishment concerning the growth
of the American navy are increasing
rapidly in London as the fact that
within four years the United states
will have a fleet overwhelmingly su-
perior to the British sinks into the
minds Of the public.
Until the past week or two 1t was
not believed even in well informed
circles that the American 1916 pro-
gram would be put thro, gil. The
sueeches of Secretary Daniels, re-
garded here as needlessly provoca-
tive. were taken as SO much bluff"
But now the report of the Naval
Board and the debates in Congress.
coupled with what AMBASSADOR GeddeS
appears TO have said here concerning
the attitude of the republicans, has at
last convinced Englishmen that they
are I'D against the first serious threat
TO their lordship OF the sea in several
centuries.
Before discussing possible counter
measures mere dllu iitioi i'hiS' ~
should be made clear to americans
what is the British view the United
States program involves in fighting
power The statement commonly made
at home that the American Navy Will
only about equal the British in 1925
is not accepted here. The declaration
OF MI. Daniels to that effect is re-
.t,Nro yyha r.
acterized in harsher terms
u, 3. Fleet Soon Superior.
Even IL the British do not take to
building furiously. they will have ton
mage four years from now slightly
greater than the American. The figures
will be 1866 ,332 British tons against
1,s17.282 American. But here, English
naval experts have explained to me. the
equality ends. II America continues her
program and Britain does not promptly
counter it, the American fleet will soon
Be strong enough to blow the British
out of the water should they meet in
battle.
Figures obtained from an informed
quarter in London concerning the
strength of the two fleets in 1924, year
ahead of the time at which Daniels said
they would be equal, foreshadow even
within three years crushing Amer
lean superiority. The battle of Jut-
land. fought in May. 1915. is the only
action in which first-class modern
armoured ships have met. and the
lessons of that fight have been ap-
piled to all ships built since by any
navy: SO that experts here declare
that post-Jutland battleships. bat
tie cruisers or destroyers will be
infinitely better than warships laid
Gown in times of peace and mex
periencc.
BY 1924 the United States will have
twelve battleships of post-Jutland
design. carrying fourtecn-inch guns
or guns Of larger Caliher: the Brit
ism will have some.
>Anaxiee wu have nine4pre-tutla
Evening star., 1921-03-06

latter. frustrated Of his aim to be the man 10
bring about world peace and write his name
above all Americans?
Champ CIarks own party dealt him the first
blow which undermined his spirit, In taxing
back the nomination which had almost been his
The republican party, in defeating him for Con-
gress. delivered the finishing stroke 1t IS De-
lieved it hastened his DEATH
He lived by politics. did he conform to the
scriptural edict and die by politics? His friends
believe that history will write him down as a
great democrat Of the school, that keeps close
to Jeffersonian principles.
But the capital is intent upon the rising sun
and has little time for more than sigh of re-
gret for those passing out. officially and pollt-
cally and physically. And the rising sun Of the
new administration illumines the faces or men
who already are nationally known.
II is like "Old Home week" to the republicans
in Congress and those who have stuck around
Washington the winter through to see the Off
cials of the new administration settle down TO
work This is especially true with regard to re-
publicans in Congress, for the vast majority of
them personally acquainted with most OF
the cabinet.
Now this is very gratifying to them. but it
has it's drawbacks for the aforesaid officials. 1t
forebodes early and frequent visits Of gentle
men with ingratiating smiles and widely ex-
tended glad hand looking for patronage
favors
Oh and what hungry bunch they will have
along with them! They have been out eight
long, lean years now, and can hardly restrain
their eagerness to get sight of the fatted calf.
President Harding, it is said by those close
to him. will develop his foreign rolcies grad
ually and after maturest deliberation and full
and free conference with members of the United
States Senate. his cabinet and prominent pub
licists outside of official life. His first
thoughts are for domestic affairs, and while
he does not propose to exercise overlordship
in every detail Of domestic policies Of adj
ministraton. he will have enough to do to CO.
ordinate and direct the efforts of his cabinet
officers in Strengthening out affairs at home.
While it is the fashion to poke much fun
at patronage seekers and distribution of the So
called "spois," the fact is that one of the most
important duties of an incoming executive Is to
build up an effective organization in the public
service. The popuace may look upon the offices
as "spoils," but they are not: they are essentia!
cogs in a great system of machinery. working
Evening star., 1921-03-06

a sales tax. Both Of these are being
seriously considered.
EurOpe's Debt to L. s.
But the European situation has
serious aspect that must be taken
into consideration by the House and
stuffed carefully IN relation to the
fiscal policy.
Europe owes the United States gov
ernment more than $11,0oo.000.000
principal and interest It is contend
ed that Europe cannot pay. except In
goods. since there Is not gold enough
in the world to pay the debt AS
suming that it will be paid in goods.