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VOLUME SEVENTEEN

CHICKASHA. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1916.

NUMBER 53.

Chickasha

Express

TORENEW

OFFENSIVE

ON VERDUN

French Evacuate Fort Near Captured Point;

Germans Reinforcing and Crown Prince

is Expected to Attack from

Southwest

GERMAN MERCHANTS

ARE LEAVING LISBON

Portugal to Refuse Demands of Teutons

for Release of Ships; Declaration of

War Expected; Russian Steamer

is Sunk

By T 'nltcd Presa.

PARIS, Marco 2 - The lull on tho

i

eidun front continu"l throughout thr

past night, tho war office announced

today.

By matted Press.

AMSTERDAM, Mireh 2 The

r ranCB forces have evrcuated Fori

Di vaux. one of the strong defenses

of Verdun, t wo miles southeast or Fort

Douamont, which was captured by tho

Teutons scvral duy ;u-.. according to

unconfirmed reports from German

k sources.

The Germans are reported to be con

centrating heaily in tha Argonne dis-

t t i t, having sent ninety thousand re

inforcemnts there during the last few

It Is believi'd that the German crown

prince Is preparing to prncw his of

fensive on Verdun with attack.- In Ar

gonne from the southeast, in an effort

to envelop the main forts.

Stir at Lisbon.

By T'nia Press.

LISIiON. March ?. The receipt or

reports thai Germany la about to de

clare war on Portugal caused sixty

laatdkll merchants of the German col

ony here to leave hurriedly for Spain

The majority of the German bavlatM

houses in the city are closed today.

U Is report"d that the foreign of

fice dispatched an answer last night

to th German note demanding the re

lease of the interned German merchant

The Portuguese answer is under

stood to be brief but to contain a flat

refusal to comply with the German

demands.

It Is rumored that the G'-rman mln

Nstcr will leave Lisbon this afternoon

ri be president conferred last night with

the cabinet and political leaden.

Prepared for War.

Br Vnlted Presa.

AMSTERDAM. March 2 A dispatch

from H'Tlin today says Germany is

jo c oared to declare was on Portuaal

ImniediBte'y in the event that the Us

bon government sends an unsatisfac

tory reply to the note demanding the

r lease or German ships

It Is reported that the Portuguese

eonaola in Germany have warned tlieir

countrymen to depart, declaring thai

the situation may become critical, fler

lln reports say Germany cannot allow

the ship incident to pass without

stultifying itself.

Purs Vessel Is Sunk.

By fnited Press.

LONDON. March 2. The Russian

steamer Alexander Wcnzel was sunk

with the loss of 18 Uvea, on the first

day during which the new German

rubmarine decree was In force

Eleven of the crew were rescued

There Is no Intimation as to whether

the vessel was a victim of the new

orders.

French Lose Mine Sweeper.

By United Press.

AMSTERDAM, March 2 It is re

ported that the French minesweeper

Anrevoir was submarined Tuesday, the

crew being saved.

WEATHER FORECAST.

For Oklahoma- Tonight fnir,

colder: Friday, fair.

Local Temperature.

During 21 hours ending 8

a. m. today:

Maximlm. 1 degrees.

Minimum. 2" degrees.

BUT PROBABLY SHE

DOESN'T PLAY BRIDGE.

By United Press.

l)P,AIN, O., March 2.

"Children are trouble some-

times, but they are the Bort of

trouble I welcome " today said

Mrs. Mary Pruni r.nicki, mother

:

ol sixteen boys and girls. Her

t-ldest child is 22. and the

youngest two are twins, five

months old. Besides caring for

the children and doing all her

own housework, Mrs. Prunchn

lcki arts as a police court in

terpreter whenever the cail

comes, which is often.

SLIDES HIT

TRAFFIC IN

COLORADO

By I'nlted Press.

GINNISON, Colo., March 2. The

worst snow storm in two years in

Colorado has resulted in nine slides

along the two-riiile stretch of track of

the Denver and Rio Grande railroad in

the MUck canon.

Three trains have been hit by the

snow slides and two lives have been

lost. A wrecking train is how cn route

lo the scene of one of the wrecks to

f;id a paasenger train that was brush

ed into the river.

A freight train was ali-o struck. La

borers are digging for the bodies of

two trainmen who were killed in the

wreck of a passenger train yesterdav.

EXECUTE

MEXICAN

GENERAL

By Lulled Press.

K.V.LK PASS. Tex., March 2 Ben-

janiine Argumedo, ex-general, was ex

ecuted yesterday in the state peniten

tiary ai Durango, according to semi-

flclitl advices received here today.

Argumedo served with Oroioc

against Madcro and later was -with

Huerta. He subsequently became the

ehlef lieutenant of Zapata against

Carranza.

More recently Argumedo joined the

Villi -tu forces. He was wounded and

cuptured Feiruary , near Durnngo

I leports say he was given a court

martial trial and sentenced to death

CARMEN SYLVIA

IS NEAR DEATH

By United Press.

HK11LIN. March I -Carmen yia,

dowager queen of Roumania and noted

nnot mid author, is critically ill witr.

bronchitis, according to dispatches

from Pucharest.

Six physicians are in attendance at

the bedside of the former queen and it

is said that they pronounce her case

hopeless.

TEACHERS MEET AT HUGO.

By I'nlted Press.

HUGO, Okla., March !,! hun

a.a toehers are attendiug the annual

convention of the Southeastern Okla

homa Kducational association nere to

day. The meeting will be concluded

tomorrow.

SIOUX CITY PACKING

HOUSE STRIKE IS SETTLED

By United Press.

SIOUX CIT., la.. March 2. The

rlke of 2.4Vt packing hmise employes

here was called off today. The mm

agreed to accept the packers terms,

which Include a raise in wages, but

no recognition for the union.

"SONNY" SMITH CASE CONTINUED

When the case of the State OkH-,

homa vs. Sonny Smith, colored.was call

ed In Justice Fuller's court this morn

Ing, it being shown that the defendant

was sick and unable t" appear for trial,

a continuance of fifteen days was

granted by the court,

TO AWAIT

ACTION OF

CONGRESS

Wilson Wants Lawmakers lo Fight It Out;

Confident Country is on His

Side; Eager tor Vote

on Resolution

COMPROMISE PLAN

IS NOT ACCEPTABLE

Record Vote on Resolution to Warn

Americans is Only Thing that Will

Serve Purpose; No Agreement

Yet Reached

By Vnited Press.

WASHINGTON, D. C. March 2.

President W ilson, it is understood, has

decided to apply his watchful waiting

policy to the present situation, grow

ing out of the controversy in regard

to warning Americans to avoid armed

merchant ships, leaving it to eongre s

and the country to fight it out. Ma

believes that the sentiment of the

country will swing congress to his way

of thinking about the matter.

It Is reported that the president

told Chairman Flood of the house com

mittee on foreign affairs that he doe

not want any compromise resolution

that would do anything short of clear

ly establishing how congress stands to

ward himself and the present situa

tion. To bring about a complete under

standing the president wants congress

to vote on one resolution, such as that

of McLemore, warning Americans not

(o travel on armed merchantmen. It

Is the desire of the chief executive

that the members of congress go on

record as to how thev stand on the

policy of the administration in regard

to armed merchant ships.

l'p to noon today no decision had

been reached by the house committee

on foreign affairs as to what course

will be pursued. It is known that the

ronate is ready to asquiesce in the

president's wishes, hut if is admitted

that there Is a possibility of the

house falling- to fall in line with his

suggestions

BEETS BEGINS

TO COLLECT TAX

Dan I'eets, commisisoner of streets,

has commenced the collection of the

street tax for the present year. Mr

Beets states that payments of this

tax are coming in in a most satis

factory manner and urges that all who

are interested in seeing the streets

of the city made the best of any city

in Southern Oklahoma to keep up the

good work. The street tax for the

year, including the moneys paid in,

the sums worked out by team and the

amounts worked out "single-handed"

w ill approximate $3,500. This amount,

judiciously expended, will go far to

ward the upkeep and the general beau

tification of the streets, avenues and

alleys.

In speaking of thei payment of ilic

street tax. and in referring to the

amounts which will be paid the city in

labor, Mr. Beets urged the necesity

of many of those who desire working

out their tax to send tetms. Several

teams. Mr. Beets claimed, could be

T'sed advantageously at almost any

time while the street work may be go

ing on.

COUNTERFEIT DOLLARS

IN CIRCULATION LOCALLY

When you get a silver dollar In

cha e In the future, it would be a

good tde to test its weight before

planting it In the cellar compartment

of your pocket book unless you care

to chance coming up one hundred centB

t-hy when you strike your daily bal

ance. Ixcal banks report several

spurious stiver dollars of the year 1910

In circulation in Chiokasha. These dol

lars are good counterfeits, have the

"ring" and the general appearance o.'

pood money, but are short on weight

and a close inspection will show that

the coin has been cast leaving tho

edges "bushed" in place of being clear

ent as would be tlu case had the coin

have been milled,

Mm

xiaHBhhBHaHSaanSaaW EMrasW &H"

Frederick Kolster. a young experimenter in the United States bureau of standards, has Just perfected the first

radio "detective." The machine, which is shown here with Mr. Kolster operating it, is a device to pick up radio

messages and tell where they come from. The machine has lived up to Us nickname of "detective." It has picked

up messages from OtOTJ? part of the United States, and even from Germany, and told without mistake their starting

point. This :: . .ention marks a brand new development in the science of the radio and, it is said, will be of in

valuable service in case of war.

BEATING FATHERS

AS FARMERS

By United Press.

DALLAS, Tex., March 2.

The patronizing air adopted by

tl e Teas farmer Junior to

ward the Texas farmer senior

niay be traced to comparative

statistics recently compiled by

H. H. Williamson, state agent

for boys' agricultural clubs,

Here's what 7.028 boys did to

their dads in Texas last year.

Corn Boys, average yield

per acre, :'".." bushels; fathers,

24.7. Grain Sorghum, boys,

43 bushels: fathers, 19 bushels.

Peanuts Boys, 58 bushelb;

fathers, 1C bushels.

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NEW ACT IN

ENGLAND IS

EFFECTIVE

By Unit

LONP

IX.

March ;-The

ment con

ription act went i

today and the machinery w

n in

mt 'on for its enforcement.

Proclamations were posted through

out England announcing that hence

forth all bachelors and widowers who

are eligible to be regarded as soldiers

will he drafted for servloa when they

are needed.

It is stated that the first nine groups

of men will be called to the color;s

under the new act by March 15.

ASSASSIN ATTACKS

RULER IS RUMORED

By Ur i'ed Press.

BOME, March 2. Bumors reaching

here by wireless say Czar Ferdinand

of Bulgaria is suffering from wounds

received when an assassin mad an at

tempt upon his life.

The czar is now at Coburg, Germany.

It is said that the effort to assassi

nate him was made while he was re

turning from his recent trip to Vien

na. A dispatch from Amsterdam says the

Bulgarain ruler is sufering from bron

chitis. MURDER AND SUICIDE

SAYS CORONER'S JURY

By United Press.

MUSKOt EK, Okla . March

-Tlx

coroner's jury today returned a ver

dict of7 murder and suicide In the case

of Harry Jens and wife, who were

found dead at tlieir farm, west of this

city.

It was held that Jens stabled his

wife with a butcher knife and then kilL-

, ,d himself. The couple had been mar

med five months,

RADIO "DETECTIVE" AND ITS YOUNG INVENTOR

TRAINING

FOR PEACE

AND WAR

Boyce Outlines Plan for Vocational Army

Schools; Scheme Endorsed by Presi

dent Wilson in Speeches on

Western Trip

By United Press.

CHICAGO, March 2. Au outline oi

how his proposed vocational army

training school plan, endorsed by

President Wilson, may be economically

efficiently and quickly started through.

Ottt the country, has been written by

V. D. Boyce of the Boyce publications.

I In brief, Mr. Boyce suggests that a

vocational and army training school

he added to each state college under

federal aid and guidance. Concern

ing the plan, President Wilson, in his

recent western trip, said in part:

"V.'e ought to have in this coui.try

a great system of industrial and voca

tional education, under federal guid

ance; and it will be perfectly feasible

and highly desirable to add to that

and combine with it such training in

the mechanism and use and care of

aims, in 'he sanitation of the camp,

in the simpler forms of maneuver and

orgaBizaticu, as will make these same

i rien industrially and individually serv

iceable for national defense.

"The point about such a system will

be that Its emphasis will lie on the in-

! dustrial and civil side of life, so that

men will think first of their families

and daily work and their services If

the economic fields of the country, and

r.nly labt of all of their serviceability

to the nation as soldiers and men at

arms That is the ideal of America."

Mr. Boyce in part says:

"To start the army vocationa1

schools, all that Is necessary is iw

United States army trp'ning barracks

(for drilling and living purposesrto be

added to the state colleges with a corps

of ml'itary instructors, equipment, etc.,

all of which can easily be provided by

the federal government. All the ex

penses of this addition must me borne

by the United States, which furnishes

hoard, lodging and clothing for tho

young men who take the course. The

r.overnment does this In exchange for

the student's services while he is -ing

trained to be a fit soldier. The

Flute furnishes the instruction in the

trade, profession or occupation w-hich

the student elects to take. He is put

to no expanse and he remains in the

vocational army school two years, or

more, going to his classes like say

student in a college, but being under

regular army discipline and living in

barracks. After his graduation he is

tuhject to the call of the United

States government for military serv

ice, but he goes into the trade, pro

fession or occupation In which he

has been Instructed and in which he

is a finished product.

"We have frequently called attention

to the fact that 85 per cent of the

hovs of the United States are obliged

lo go to work to support themselves

at the finish of their common school

education, going without the vocatiou

El training which they want and need.

The vocational army schools would

give every boy, whether his parents

are poor, well to-do or rich, an equal

chance to get a practical education and

at the same time fit himself to help de

fend his country.

"The federal government, would bo

doing only vhat it now doe3, in fur

niching military instruction, board and

equipment to its regular soldiers, and

at half expense, for it would not pay

salaries to the students. The states

would be doing only what they should

do, in furnishing educational facilities

for their citizens. The young men at

tending the vocational army schools

would not be kept out of productive

vcrk, as ti e regular soldiers are. When

the soldier goes back to civilian life,

h's productive capacity Is not inereas

ed, but when the graduates of the vo

cational army schools go into their

trades, occupations and profesbions,

their productive capacity and earning

ability will be increased many fold.

"I'nder the vocational army school

plan, 00 per cent of the youths of the

United States would become fit nin to

defend their country in time of need."

REPORT ON BOULEVARD

WORK IS SUBMITTED

The Business Woman' ilub submits

The following report on boulevard

funds donated to them by the C(hicka

fha citizens and now expended:

Donations.

Chickasha National bank 5 00

Oklahoma National bank 5 00

Citizens National bank 5 00

First National bank 5 00

Farmers' State bank I 50

P. F. Thweatt 2 50

G W. Austin 10 00

F. B. Linton 15 00

Chickasha Express 2 00

J E. Schow 2 00

E. lignor 5 00

Atwood grocery 2 50

G. W. Barefoot -- 1 00

J. W. BicKburg 1 0C

Mrs. J. A. Thompson 1 00

Dr. B. J. Base - 2 00

Dr. Livermcre 1 09

Dr. Downey 1 00

Dr. Leeds 1 CO

Dr. Emanvel 1 0

Dr. Penquile 1 00

Dr. Antle 1 00

Dr. Carbin 1 00

Business Men's club 1 30

Dr. Homer Bond 1 00

Total collected Oil

A. F. Bock donated tiling valued at

$3.60.

Amounts Expended,

Paid W. M. Venable for Z days

J. L Dickson, one day's work

with team 00

M J Marshall, two days work

with team

S 000

Willie Murray, two days' work

with team

Dean Paramore, for sign. "Keep

to right," ftr boulevard

2 Oit

Mr. SJari, advertising O. C. W. 10 00

Chickasha nursery, or 9T shade

trees and setting the trees SO M

Total expended 00

The Business Woman's club thanks

oneti ind every one who contributed io

'BOYS' FAIL

TO ARRIVE

AT CAPITAL

On Eve of Presidential Campaign, Political

"Dope" Purveyors are Particularly

Scarce at Center of Scene

of Action

VOLUNTEER PILOTS

FOR BIG SHIP SHY

Democrats Leary of Entering Lists Against

Wilson and Shdow of Big Moose

in Background Keeps Repub

licans Guessing

By United Press.

WASHINGTON, D. C, March 2.

Washington is wondering what has be

come of her wandering boys. "Tha

boys" usually show up in January pre

ceding a piesidential election, loadeu

with campaign buttons, speeches and

imperishable literature favoring some

candidate who is not only willing but

anxious to save his country from the

wolves of the opposition.

Four years ago there was a notable

reunion of "the boys." Taft and Boose

telt overshadowed most other candi

dates on the Bepwblican side, but In

the Democratic field the race was open

'o new entries right up to convention

time .and the entries came thick and

fast to the last minute. Every night

or sc some new candidate took a fly

ing dive into the heap of self-sacrificing

heroes willing to give up their

important private affairs to serve the

puh'.lc.

Wilson, Clark? Harmon, l.'nderwood.

Gaynor, a host in fact, put themselves

in the hands of their friends. Few

were the hotels that could not beast,

or could but admit, they were head

quarters for some one or eighteen of

the candidates.

Washington was headquarters for ex

and prospective office holders, public

ity men and press agents. At any time

after 2 o'clock in the afternoon an out

sider who braved the storm of argu

ment that enveloped the cob-webby

interior of the historic bar where

solons and other gather could per

buade himself that the presidential

chair would have to bo a community

affair, and tho White House turneel

into an apartment building to accom

modate the "can losers" who were

fc-oing to b-i elected.

But this year "the boya" have not

shown up.

Those of the Democrats who would

be willing to succeed Mr. Wilson as the

pilot of the ship of state are hanging

bashfully in the background waiting

for encouragement that doesn't, at tho

present time, seem 'likely to arrive.

I'ntil Theodore Boosevelt is down In

black and white and up in arms, until

his hat is in the ring and his big

stick swinging, or until he is definite

ly settlPd the other way. many of the

Republican martyrs who would be will

ing to run and save the United States

are likewise hanging back.

It looks rather bad for the oy

It takes some time to launch a good

publicity bureau. Unless they get an

early start, the succession of primar

ies makes impossible tho important

erly claims :o the several states.

Any evening In February, 1912, for

instance, a credulous reader would

have had to 6hoot dice with himseU

to find which of ten candidates could

he believed when he proved absolutely

and without fear of successful con

tradiction that he would get the solid

delegation to Baltimore or Chicago.

Few persons in Washington know

just what is wrong this year. Tb

boys do not affect any one very much

except the hotel proprietors, the res

tuurteurs and" the several hundred

newspaper corespondents. Principally

the newspaper correspondents.

Tt was a sad day in the old years

when a newspaper correspondent

didn't get enough campaign literature

to paper a room largo enough to houso

most of the presidential aspirants. And

this is a sad year: but so far. thev

have managed to bear up under the

strain. "

this fun. We will endeavor to finish

setting the boulevard in trees this tall

as we still will need something: near

200 trees to make It complete.

Respectfully wbmitted.

PI'SINESS WOMAN'S CLUB