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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12

some portion of said lands first above
described. not later than twelve
mouths from date OF lease, and also
purchaser shall pay not less than "
per acre bonus, attorneys fecn and
costs OF sale. failure OF any OF said
conditions on the part Of purchaser
shall render said lease null and void.
Said sale TO be held In the County
Court Room OF Bryan County. Okla.
homa. at the time above stated.
Dated this 9Th day OF December.
1899. NJ. ID. LINGO. Guardian.
VIM. s. Murphy, Bennington. Okla
homa. Attoine, for Guardian.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
johnson Moves office.

Senator jed Johnson OF Walters.
who has been maintaining branch
Law office In Chickasha for several
weeks. has moved his office here
into room AS First National bank
building. Mr.. Johnson has closed
his Walters office and expects to
devote his entire time to his prac-
tice here. He announced today that
he had under advisement the form.
ing of partnership and In that
event his partner will be In charge
OF the office while he is in Okla
homa City serving in the state sen
ate. Senal 4 Johnson is a graduate
OF the law school of the University
OF Oklahoma.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
coNFEssEs TO MURDER.

Los Angeles, Calf, Dec. 12.-Del
Gibbs, arrested on a burglary charge
here, has confessed to the murder
of Theodore Van Thess. wealthy
Kansas City cigar dealer, police said
today.
He also confessed to a long series
of burglaries and other crimes, ac-
cording to the police.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
Streets Being Cleaned.

City street department workers
Monday began cleanup of the
paved streets in the city. Foliage
from the trees is being removed to a
dumping ground. This foliage was
threatening to clog the storm sewers
in some parts of the city, it was re.
ported.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
Man to Norman Hospital.

Tom Largent yesterday in pro-
bate court was given permission to
enter the Central Oklahoma State
hospital at Norman. He will be
taken TO Norman this afternoon or
tomorrow. Largent lives in the
Bradley community near the Nc.
CLAIM county line.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
ANOTHER BLIND DEATH.
(By The United Press.)

Oklahoma City, Dec. 12.-Ushering
in the first real cold spell OF the
season, a poison liquor death ap-
peared on the police blotter here to-
day.
Henry Thomas, 60, died at a local
hospital, where it was said evidence
showed he had been drinking some
sort of perfumed alcohol.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
He Came Into the Chapel and Told OF
His Engagement.

ensnared him." someone said. He in.
qulred the various definitions Of the
word "vamp." He almost failed to be
amused; he became so angry. And
this was the joyous Christmas season
when love and good will should have
been In the hearts of his peoplel
A man told him "vamp" was dan.
gerous delight.
A woman told him "vamp" was a
woman without principle.
A young boy told him "vampo was
a misunderstood, innocent lady with
sense enough to appreciate that "men"
Of seventeen were not children.
An oculist told him that "vamp"
was an adept at the possible uses Of
the eye muscles.
An old man said a "vampr was
dear little girl.
And mother told him "vamp"
was dangerous creature from whom
every mother should keep son as
from deadly poison.
A young girl told him she envied
"vamp" and wished she could be called
one.
And father told him that "vamp"
was one from whom it is best to keep
away the son, but whose society 1t
was all right for an older man to en-.
Joy.
He sought the dictionary's version
and found "vamp" described as deal
Ing with such things as feet, short
hose, parts Of boots and shoes, music,
and various other things.
They were making the Christmas
decorations for the church when tho
minister came into the chapel and tcld
them all of his engagement.
"The wedding is to be on Christmas
eve" he said.
Everyone stopped winding ground
pine and looked amazed. They nut.
tered congratulations. and then the
future wife appeared and worked with
them.
And then they all began to feel bet.
ter. For while they had been gossip
ing and quarrellng pettily as they had
worked, the future wife of the minis
ter brought with her the spirit of the
Christmas season. Perhaps she wasn't
typical wife for minister they con-
cluded, but she was an ideal wife for
a minister.
For she lived and breathed good.
will and cheer and her gaiety fresh
ened the very atmosphere of the place
and gave them new incentive,
The minister called her his 'vampp
His definition Of one was:
"a Merry Christmas In real lifew
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
YuIetlde Marriage Rush.

Has the Yuletide marriage rush
begun? Attaches of the court clerks
office answer this question in the
affirmative. This belief is supported
by the fact that three marriage per.
mits were issued yesterday. The
couples were: Benjamin S. Roffe
and Miss Georgia D. Sloan, both of
Cement; John Bowling and Miss
Carrie Green, both of Blanchard;
c. s. Corley and May Mcclure, also
of Blanchard.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
Officers Seize Money.

Sheriff Matt Sankey and his two
deputies, Oscar Dryden and D'Arthur
Wilson last night raided an alleged
card game In the Frisco addition
Money in the amount of $33.75 was
seized on the table, the officers said
this morning. c. Walker. Claud
Owens and b. Hurst were arrested.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
UNEMPLOYED DEMAND WORK.
Qsy The United press.)

London, Dec. 12.-The red flag
revolutionary hymn was sung in the
lobby OF the house of commons to-
day by sixty unemployed who gained
entrance by mingling with the mem
bers. When they had established
themselves in the lobby the unem-
ployed started demonstration, de-
manding work. The police were
called and the lobby was cleared by
force.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
SHORT STORIES
OF THE TOWN
Grady NEEDLES Elect.
..t-Aysv'ls'. l'...1 N.s,AA

Officers OF the Grady County
Medical association elected officers
at q meeting held here this week.
DR.. Martha Bledsoe. of this city,
wns elected president; Dr. ]. c.. Am.
bristor. county health officer. first
ylco-prea'dent; DR.. X. X. Hume, OF
Mlnco. second yice-presIdcnt; DRY A.
H. Leeds Chickasha. secretary.treas-
urer:' Dr. A. w. Nunncry. Chlckasha,
censor; and DR.. II, c. Antle, dele.
gate TO the State Medical Associa.
ton for the years OF l92S-2i.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12

Mrs. D. Pierce and daughter, Miss
Elizabeth, and son, b.. jr, arrived
IN the city yesterday from BlrmIng-
ham. Ala. They made the trip
overland. n distance OF 1880 miles.
Mr.. Pierce is United Press operator
here.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12

priest; w. N. Struggled. king; T.
N. West, scribe: a. Y. Shockley
treasurer; +. Hamilton. secretary;
l.. j. Sudderth. captain OF hosts; Carl
Jaggers. p. c.; J. NJ. Hopkins, II.
A. c.: Claud Roark. master third
veil; c. C. Griffin. master second
veil; Frank Ilulon. master first veil;
George Vanlaw, sentinel.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
TuttIn vetcran Honored.

Col. Harvey fIulen, commander of
the Cnickasaw brigade of United
Confederate Veterans, has appointed
Capt. George A. Hosey of Tuttle.
assistant commissary general of the
brigade.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
81 "cum Laude" Students.

Fifteen seniors, one postgraduate
student, nine juniors and six sopho.
mores won Cum Laude" honors in
the Chickasha high school during
the past six weeks, j. f. Hatcher,
principal, announced today. To win
this honor, student must make
"a grades tabout 92 per cent? or
higher in four subjects. The fifteen
seniors wen the honor during the
past six weeks are: 10 Beryl Bet
tis, Helena Hayes, Gladys Cheney,
Alice Burney, Kate Shepard, Henry
A. Roach, Arvie Bell McKemy, Jewell
Knowles, Edna Elston, Mildred
Qnisenberry, Lola Looney. Larene
Davidson, Willie Barham, Marian T..
Nease, Ada Davidson. Juniors:
Spencer Barefoot, Ruth Livermore,
Stella McMahan, Irene Edwards,
Ruth Schlotterbeck, Margaret Bing.
ham, Edith Wasserbeck, Mae Heas.
ley, Albert Cook. Sophomores:
Frances Ellis, Erwin Chiles, Vir-
ginia McCauley, Mary Roach, Rose
Patton, and Elizabeth DeMoss. The
postgraduate student who won the
honor was Sadie Long
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
NOTICE.

On account of advance in cream
prices Daniels dairy butter will be
65c per pound. 12-1t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
chapter Elects Officers.

Chickasha chapter No. II, Royal
Arch Masons, elected officers at a
meeting of the lodge held last night
in the Masonic hall. These were
selected: G. 2. yenables high
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
Open Riaito News stand.

Ernest Powell and James Mallory,
proprietors of the Postoffice News
Stand on North Fourth street, today
began the making of arrangements
to open branch in the room former
ly occupied by the Rialto News and
Cigar Stand on Chickasha avenue.
The branch will be opened, tomor-
row, the proprietors said.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
Will Build PARSONAGE.

The Second Baptist church, corner
Eighth street and Michigan avenue,
Is making plans for the construction
OF parsonage near the church build
ing. Work on the house, which will
be q flve-room, modern structure,
will be started some time in the
very near future. Rev. William f.
Cost, who last week assumed the
pastorate of the church. and family
are now living at 915 Illinois ave-
nue.. Before coming to Chickasha
Rev. Mr.. Cost was pastor of the
First Baptist church of Apache.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-17

mot definitely" the professor
hesitated. "One would suppose
naturally that they were descending
to escape by way of the street and
yet it seemed to me that they were
coming up, although we met no
onep'
He paused. Framed in the hall
doorway there had appeared a tall,
middle-aged man clad in tattered
dressing gown, with lean, smooth
shaven, irascible face upon which
establishment struggled with resent
ment.
Whats been going on here, Off
cer?" he demanded. "I'm Griswold,
on the floor above. Who's been
pounding on my door fit to wake the
dead?"
There's been murder going on
STRIP Officer Boyle retorted grimly.
$50 it was pounding you heard?"
''That was l." Professor Semyonov
remarked with dignity. 81 stopped
on the way down at this persons
door but received no response"
"And your names Griswold?" the
policeman prevented an evidently
heated rejoinder by his sharp ques-
ton.
Henry Griswold, and l know
nothing whatever about any MUIR
!, derw declared the newcomer. Il
do not care to be embroiled in any
such -"
you're here, and you'll stay, sir.
till we hear from headquarters"
Boyle replied significantly. $50
you're on the fourth floor, and this
gentleman here on the fifth, So
indicated the professor with marked
courtesy in Difference to the SER
geant, and then turned to the young
man in the chair. "You have the
apartment on the second floor, sir,
just over the shop?"
The young man nodded without
lifting his head and replied with
muffled tones:
Eyes. My name is Gordon Ladd,
IL heard you making that racket,
you know, and went down to the en-
trance and let you in"
"And that's all that lives in this
house?" Boyle looked from one to
another of them but his gaze finally
fastened upon the professor and the
latter replied:
"a lady lives on the top floor, the
one above mine. / do not know her.
Of the shop | can tell you nothing,
but there is janitor or superin-
tendennt who occupies the basement,
although / have never found him
there when he is wanted for sud-
den repairs or other emergencies.
There are no other occupants of tn
building to my knowledge"
Thanks, sir" Boyle turned again
to the telephone and the municipal
machinery of investigation into the
death of Miriam Vane was set in
motion.
WELL" Boyle squared his Shout
ders with a satisfied air. "I'll get
what dope | can. I'll ask you, SER
geant, to see that these three gen.
tlemen stay in this room. Don't let
one of them put a finger ON the
corpse, either!"
He added the last in a hoarse
whisper that must have been plain
ly audible to the entire group, for
even the young man in the chair,
overcome with horror as he APP
Feared, shuddered and as the police
man started up the stairway with
a heavy tread he raised a haggrd
face.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-17

sor turned. at is evident that we
are too late here, for this kitchen
cite door leading into the outer hall
is bolted from the inside; but some
one is coming"
Someone had indeed arrived. They
FASTENED back TO the living room to
find standing just within the door
way a young man in dinner coat
with wildly rumpled hair, and a po-
liceman in uniform.
The latter advanced with agrees
sivc authority which suffered a sud
den change.
What has been going on here? |
heard shot and I've been pound
ing below till this young gentleman
here let me in! Oh, you're here,
Sergeant Barry! This is my regular
beat, sir, and thinking there was
something unusual"
"There is, Boyle" Barry nodded
grimly to the policeman. an that
studio yonder there's woman lying
shot through the hearth
"a woman" The young man in
the dinner coat repeated with a gasp.
mot Miriam Vane! It's IMPOSSIBLE
He rushed past the group to the
studio doorway, clung there for mo-
ment in wordless horror, then col
lapsed into the nearest chair, bury
ing his face in his hands.
Boyle was instantly all business.
After a quick examination of the
body he turned to Barry
would you mind telling me, Ser
geant?" he began but the other in
terrupted him.
"Not in the least, although we
know very little. was here UNI
officially, visiting this old friend of
mine, Mr. Semyonov, who lives on
the fifth floor--two above this
when we heard the shot and rushed
down to investigate. There seems
to be no one in the apartment di-
rectly above this one, and / took
the responsibility of breaking in the
door here because we could get no
reply to repeated knocking and the
light from the studio there streamed
out under the sill into the outer hall.
You can see how brilliant it is; it
must be some sepcial light for artists
to paint by at night"
"I'll have to report this at once
to the station" Boyle, who had
been listening attentively, nodded
and turned to the professor. "Have
you anything, sir, to add to what
Sergeant Barry has told me?"
Professor Semyonov pondered for
a moment, and then said slowly:
"Only that when we heard the
sound of the shot and opened my
door / fancied that | heard foot
steps on the stairs below
Barry, whose eyes had turned to
that collapsed figure in the chair,
thought that he saw q shudder
sweep over it as though an unseen
hand had shaken the inert form,
but he said nothing as the policeman
passed at the screened telephone on
the table in inquire:
Gould you say, sir, whether those
footsteps were going up or down"
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co ON WITH THE STORY.

Sergeant Barry made no comment
but gently dropping the limp, warm
head back upon the rug he rose
and started a swift, comprehensive
search of the apartment. From just
behind him over his shoulder a
large reflector threw the powerful
light whose refracted rays had pene-
trated even into the outer hall; back
of the case and at one side where
the artist could obtain the best view
Of it stood small, improvised model
throne with three steps and a sec
ton of balustrade, and back of it
again the draw shades over row
of half-opened windows tapped in
the little, hot breeze which had
sprung up with the passing of the
threatened storm.
A long table covered with scatter
ed tubes of paint and brushes,
few plain chairs and many cam
vases of various sizes stacked against
the walls completed the furnishings
OF the workmanlike studio, the cell
ing of which was one huge sky
light Of glass, and the detective turn
ed back into the luxurious living
room, his hand mechanically search
ing for and finding the light switch
in the wall
Instantly the soft glow of many
low, opal-tinted lamps sprang into
being and revealed the sheer beauty
of the arrangements of the room,
but Sergeant Barry's eyes searched
only for some sign of disorder that
would indicate hurried flight, and
finding none he opened the door at
the back. It led into a boudoir
upholstered delicately in light blue
and rose, and through that he passed
into an ivory and gold bedroom and
to the tiled, immaculate kitchenette
beyond, but nowhere was there a
sign Of alien presence.
THE icebox contains only butter
and cream, and that dress and hat
upon the, bed would indicate that
Mrs. Vane had dined out" the pro-
fessor observed.
"vane? Miriam Vane?" Barry
wheeled suddenly. as that who she
is, the artist who has created such
q stir with her new type of por-
traiture among the celebrities?"
Eyes. Her portraits are danger
ously near caricatures, for some per-
verse impulse has seemed to guide
her brush although so subtly that
her clients themselves have rarely
detected that sardonically revealing
touch or two, but the critics have
raved about her genius" The profess
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-17

tMy dear sir the sound of the shot
came from below my rooms some
where and my friends and I could not
tell whether it dame from your
apartment or this one"
81 can tell when hear a fiddle
playing at ungodly hours over my
head whether it comes from above
or the top floorv the other retorted.
II moved down here, away from my
club, and my office, and my bankers
in order to get peace and quiet and
land in this sort of thingi"
"A scream, shrill but subdued by
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THE AMERICAS TIMEs-REcoRDER.

at can't bep' he muttered as if
to himself. mot Miriam! l must
be going madp'
$50 it's Miriam Vane, the woman
painter, that's been murdered, as
that police officer said?" Griswold
drew his dressing gown closer about
his lean form. Il should like to
know, sir, why you banged on my
door and dragged me into it?"
He turned irascibly to the profes-
sor, who shook back his name of
bushy white hair and smiled with
suave urbanity.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-17
BEGIN HERE TODAY.

Detective Sergeant John Barry is
spending the evening with his
friend, Professor Semyonov, in the
latter's rooms on the fifth floor of a
new York apartment house. A re-
yoivcr shot is heard from below and
then hurrying footsteps on the
stairs. They rush downstairs and in
TIE studio apartment on the third
floor discover the occupant, beau
tiful woman, lying dead on the floor
in front of an unfinished portrait. A
bullet has just pierced her breast.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-17

of the tragedy none too diplomat,
ly to my neighbor in the skvIiaSt
aEartmentR'
Continued in Our Next Issue a
Copyright, 1929
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-17
TUESDAY. JANUARY. II. 1922,

distance, floated down to them at
this juncture and the professor MUIR
INJURED in an aside to Barry:
Evidently your excellent friend
of the police has broken the news
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-08-02

angles OF life. In both city and back.
woods. that VIII never wholly con.
verge. one with tho other.
Granted both Burr and David love
Manere with the same intensity OF
devotion. naturally her choice should
be Burr.
In him che viii find honor. char.
actsr and noble manhood not con.
taminatsd with the soriid things OF
city life.
Theirs are IDEAS. views. ambitions
and DESIRES that are inscparabie.
which 20 them will blossom into a
perfect growth Of love and unity that
win srow stronger with the passing
Year, and there an understanding Of
the subllmnity 81 God and nature
that David cannot fully oompre.
bend.
The pleasures and joys Of the
great ouf.of.doors are r~al-not the
finsicd baubiea OF city life that 40
often tarnlnh or burst ard ieavo but
an aching. yearntng heart.
Mancffr ~ tho woods win find
there with Burr fuller measure Of
ilfe'r sweets than shs vii ind IN the
city with David.
In her native element. shielded by
the love and strength ~ Burr. she
will fulnu ilfe'n mission and attain
iiwr fullest growth. physically. men.
tally and spiritually.
IRE question Star readers are try.
Ing 20 solve IN tho ono that rises In
the heart % Manettc. heroine Of
The Storm" Iangton Nicer.
mlck's famous stage play. which In
screen form II Noon 60 - shown at
the Columbia This Girl suffers a
conflict OF emotions. She " thrown
for a winter into tiN sole company
Of two men. One r. city sports.
man. tho other n woodsman. and
both fan in love with her. which
should she choome7
Read tho contest rules carefully.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-08-02
DOG M0RGUE" FOUND
KEPT BY 2 WOMEN IN
ARIST0CRATIC HOME /!

MILWAUKEE,. wis, Aug. a.
An arintocratlc dog morgue."
containing tho iusuriousiy en-.
baimed bodies OF nine CANNES,
was uncovered by firemen here
yesterday.
When flremen arrived az tho
Mellon mansion. in the arlsto.
cratic south aide. they were first
denied admission by tho Melons
Jane. so. and Mary. Is.
Forcing an entrance. they were
greeted with strange odors. In
the parior were the bodies Of nine
doRN. lying IN state. enshrined IN
brilliant silks and safins.
Upstairs they found eight liv.
lng dogs IN regal BACKGROUND. on
a couch IN the center WAS the
queen" white and SILKY of hair.
and almost blinded. an were the
others. from lack Of light.
The two roomcrr Of the house
we're taken 20 the hospital for
observation" A brother. Charles.
was allowed 20 remain az the
home. where he rresiden IN the
exotic parlor. smoking his pipe.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-08-02
Contest
Conditions
"a PrizesOpen
to All

First prixo ...............S $500
Second prixe ..... ........ lo.oo
Third 10 tenth prizes. Co
lumbia pass for two for
balance Of season
Eleventh prize ............ 800
Twelfth and thirteenth -. ESQ
Fourteenth 30 tweniy.fourth
Tickets for The Storm"
The above prizes are offered by
The Star for the best answers 20
tho problem OF Manette. heroine
Of ''The Storm" which Is 20 DO
shown soon at tho Columbia.
namely.
should a Eiri choose q city
man or an outdoors man7-
RULES
Letters must not exceed 200
words.
Answers must be written on
one side of paper only.
Decision OF Judges 20 BE- final.
Employees OF The star. Columbia
and Universal Exchange barred.
Address Problem Editor. Seattle
Star.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-08-02
Picture hffe

Wallace Reid IL coming soon In
-rh. Dictator II will be shown AT
thu Liberty.
Hurricanes GAL which open.
Saturday al tho Coliseum. features
Dorothy Phillips.
Stub roihra will be starred IN q
new series OF two.reei comedies. In.
sued once every four weeks.
Up and nj I'm" - the title %
Doris Mays next. fIallam Cooley n
her leading man.
Sylvia Ashton will appear IN
Country Love- Billie Doves next
picture.
Irwin WiIiai ~ directing "Aii the
Brothers Were valiant a sea rnclo-
drama by Ben Ames williams.
Lewis Sargent Is 70 be featured in
a series Of ona.reel messenger boy
stories.
Elaine Hammers,oln and Conway
Tcarie viii co-atnr IN Blazing
Sands