Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. FOURTEEN, No. 107, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 3, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME FOURTEEN.
CHICKASHA OKLAHOMA SATURDAY MAY 3 1913.
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CAR CRASHES
INTO BANK
OF SAND
Body is Badly Crushed and End
Comes in Few Hours Dies
in Dallas Hospital
Others Injured
DEAD.
Dick Estcs Chickasha body crush-
ed. '
INJURED.
Kirk Brown Bowie Texas.
J. G. Cowa'n Dallas Texas.
Lee Downs Bowie Texas.
Aubrey hern Bowie; none seriously.
Kpeci.il to the Daily Express
Dallas Texas May 3. As a result
of an automobile accident here at mid-
night Dick Estes of Chickasha OMa
was to badly crushed that he died
h": h'j Ic-'c In Zi. Paul's hospital
from Injuries.
Ektes with four companions was
riding at a fast rat? on Forest avenue
when the car ran into a pile of sand
on the strett and was overturned.
The h(tr;vy car fell in such a manner
that F.stea was terribly crushed about
the rhrri; A number cf ribs were
broken and he was also badly Injured
about the head.
The Injured man was hurried to the
emergency hospital lit a police ambu-
lance and was later transferred to the
sanitarium where he never rallied
from te sho;k.
The body is being held by a local
undertaker ponding the arrival cf a
brother Eob Estcs w'ho is on his way
to Dallas from Chickasha.
The car which crushed the life out
cf the young man was being driven by
Kirk Brown of Bowie. Brown was se-
verely Injured about various parts of
the body but none of his Injuries were
serious.
The other men in the car were J. C.
Cowan of Dalian. Lee Downs of Bowie
Texas and Aubrey Horn of Bowie.
All of them were bruised and injured
but not seriously.
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night's ;;;:!'
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t. iilcknsha.
in Men! in Dall.i.-. was
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'I fTflW'l I'l in
Hi' has been holding a po-
fill ion us HW'il
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iiinaii for tlte RoeU Isl-
! vrar:!.
Y.-. .; :;ri ry U.Ux Timre-
day cveiiin;: for iJalias to visit friends.
At about o'clock this nioruintr (he
family received a tnesxagi! s'a'jiiK
that. !.c h.ai t . u m-riouaiy injiu ed in
an auto act -iiU nt. and an Imnr later
Rliotller luefaue a nnoiiuci II g his
death no d tails being given. The
first informal ion the family had as to
the details of the accident was con-
tained In an Kxpr's dispatch.
'Hob Ks!"s. 'brother of the deceased
left Chickasha for 1 'alias on the Firs
tly at N ocloiK 'ill-: morning. Ik was
due to arrive in Hallas at l!:20 I Ins
nfternoon and is expected tu bring the
ludy home (oniuitl. Ji is pianued lo
hold the fuiiera! at the Kstos resi-
dence iiii Cln.riaw avenue at .'!::!
Sunday aS'ii'ismOu
Dick Cj:t..a lagan work for the IvoA
Island abo'it ten years ago as a call
boy and wa.i in '.he bcrvlce of (lie :om-
pany a!nu?t cmt innonslv mi to Ills
death lie was the victim of a serious
accident )n the yards about two years
ago as a result of which lie was off
duly for months lie was well liked
by every one hating a host oi friends
among the railroad boys and among
the people of the town Generally.
S. H. lirown and I J. P. Prim both
Rock Island switchmen accompanied
liob Kstes to Dallas
CARRIERS LEAVE EARLIER.
I'oid master J. W. Kayser nnnonnc-
ed this morning that rural carriers on
routes Xos 4 and would leave
the office at f) o' lock a. ti. insteail oi
n o'clock the change to lie effective
on and niter Jhty 7. Tho change t:
made possible by the changing of
tnvjt pcheduli-n whereby th morning
n'ail arrives in Chii kasha at an cnrlier
Jiour.
Cripple Claims He
Was Robbed on Train
L. L. Col I on was laken from Kock
Inland Iruln No. 12 this morning at
2:30 ami placed in tin; Savoy hotel.
Holli his logs arc cut. off below the
knee ami lie. is helpless. Thin morn-
ing lie 'claimed to have been robbed of
$2." In bills and three dollars in sil-
ver. Mr. Johnson manager of Hie Savoy
(lid not know lie wan in the hotel uu-
ti1 this morning ami males that wliile
lie in not. mire who carried Col ion to
tlx! hotel from I ho train it is under-
stood hut a baggageman ami the. por-
ter were the means of his transporta-
tion. From all appearances Cot ion was
doped or drunk when taken from the
train. He stated today that lie form-
erly lived here imd that last. January
lie had his feet frost bitten after
wheih blood poison began to form and
it became necessary to have his fret
cut off the operation according to
bin statement taking place in Wichita
Ki'!!s Texas on January 4 11)1'!. H
claims to have come from Wichita
Falls last night from when; lie was
released only recently. A physician
was called this morning and dressed
his legs. He is penniless and cannot
slate where he wants to go or what
lie Intends to do.
42 CENT!
AT
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FEATU
RE
OF PA
ADE
Suffragists Pn!l Off a Big One in
New York Following Rally at
Which Roosevelt Speaks
Thousands in Line
Ttlegrara ky I'uiied Fresa.
New York .May ".Thirty thousand
adwjiaics ot woman siitirsige marched
through tho streets in their third an-
nua! parade. There wa no laughing
nr tiilkinir in ih" rnki '!o! mi rdi
ol' grcc.iiia to .... lido ah.itg t.tie luule.
'I lie orders were givctt tendiiig to bliow
hew serlmis it was.
The parade suited at o'clock from
Washington square and proceeded up
! :-'i;ti avenue to the ida.a. whc. ad
I. : mil; diiivcifd hi j.'ioininem
niflracetlei.
Ti h ;:ram hy I'nit
yew Yui I 5l.i
hand made lials
till wore tlie 11
I Dr. -s.
.". Wearing 4J cent
at b ast all the faith-
cent brand--several
tliousand men and women today pa-
raded Filth avenue in tin greatetst and
most inspiring woman suffrage t-ro-cession
New-York has yet witnessed.
In many respects the parade was one
of the most impressive nVinonst ra-
tions in the history of the recent cam-
paign for voles for women.
Today's parade was the culmination
im u seriea of events which had been
planned to give the demonstration as
much publicity as possible. On April
2S thu surfiagettcii held their famous
"ttasUiug bee" at which scores of
women who "paraded today "did the
Mitmlay svasluiig" in Cieir best cloibes
just to sliow the men that women who
want votes for women know as inue'.i
about housework and especially about
clothes washing as do those who
don't want votes. Then emm? the
great mass meeting and pageant on
I ho evening of May 2 at the .Metropol-
itan opera house where Col. Roosevelt
spoke and' a spectacular program of
barefoot dancing by .men and women
was given.
At tho pageant "one beautiful wo-
man from each state and from Alixska
and u boamiful man to match" pnrtic-
iieipated. All wore flowing Crock
robes. These men and women in
classic costumes were features of to-
day's monster parade which wa.i wit-
nessed by many thousands' who pack-
id thu pavements along Fifth avenue
for miles. Seme of the parnders rode
in carriaues. Pome were a horseback
hut urn great majority walked. '
EOPLE
Anti-Jap Measure Passed by the'
Senate and Expected to Go i
Through Assembly Busi- .
ness Interests Aroused
TWO NEGATIVE VOTES
ON FINAL PASSAGE
Measure Was Adopted by benate
After Ten "ours Debate-Democrats
Support it Because
of Party Pledges
Telegram by United Fresn
Sacramento May 3. Following the
passage by the senate of the aowml--d
Webb anti alien bill at 1:43 .this
morning it is conceded .that it. will
pruoahly be passed by tho assembly.
Chambers of commerce and business
interests rbrongnout the state are pre-
paring to invoke tho referendum in
the. hope of oelaying Dm operation of
the bill until the general election in
Jit'il.
Wright Iiepublieati and Cartwright
Democrat cast the noly negative votes
against the measure w hich was adopt-
ed after a violent factional debate of
ten hours.
Many declare against tho provision
which allows the Japanese to lease
three years. The minority declare they
Vot.(! jo. a n)ea.ir' because of their
pledge to enact an anti-alien law. Tho
progressives admit that they do not
believe the bill is sufficiently drastic.
Democratic oppo.Vnton to the Webb
bill was purely tactical. The minority
eouft.'sfed i's sympathy with the ends
Fought nn-1 freely criticised the bill
hot as too drastic but. as too weak.
Where thx' minority differed -was in
its judgment of the means wi st to
employ. This attitude lound its ex-
pression in a resolution offered by
Senator Curtiu and deteated by avote
'of It) ayes to "0 noes. The adminis
tration majority for the bill was solid
with a single exception. In opposition
were eight out of ten Democrats one
progressive and Senator Wright of San
Diego the lone. Taft Republican in
tho chamber.
Gov. Johnson will sign the anti-alien
land bill as soon as it comes to him
reserving a reasonable time to look
over the bill and listen to protests.
"I have assured the legislature that
when tiin bill comes to me 1 will wait
u reasonable time for protests. I can-
not say bow long" su.:C tho governor.
Identical with tin.' Webb re-draft
there i.i pending In tin: as::enib!v. the
Hloodi'ood bid and le v. .lohnsoti ex-
pected one -jf the two to pass the as-
sembly today.
"It has been said." the governor con-
tinued "that President Wilson and
Mr. Dry an wish to place the bill be-
fore the Japanese government at Toluo
before it is signed. That can be done
by cable in la minutes."
SUSPECT SUFFS
OF STARTING A
$500000 BLAZE
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Telegram by United Press.
London .May 2. -The freight
depot of the Midland railway
at Itratiford was today com-
pletely destroyed by fire caus-
ing a loss of $.'oiim0.
The building was fired in three
places and was h vend saving
when discovered.
Suffragettes are suspected of
starting the fire. A wing of tho
Ashley school at Aberdeen was
also burned.
Sentenced to Prison.
Telegram by United Press.
Loudon May I!. Ixird Tansbury a
male suffragist and former member
of parliament this afternoon was sen-
tenced to three months in prison for
Inciting to malicious di-struciiou of
property. He was later releas.cd en
his promise of good behavior and bail
A W
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(t'tiin-rlirht'
iome Team Will
Play First Game
This world is full
Of songs that pull
And wrench the human heart;
Of songs as sweet
As rippling wheat
Where pulsing drift winds start;'
Of melodies
That grip and sow -
The well known savage breast;
That furnish dreams
Of moonlit streams
And well you get the rest
Tomorrow will be to the faithful in
Chickasha what April 10 was to the
bugs around the circuit in. the "big
show" to-wit; the opening of the base-
ball season. Possibly a greater attend-
ance was recorded in Gotham and the
other big league hamlets than will be
present at University park tomorrow
but it's a cinch that no lusty lunged
rooter in Xew York can make any
more noise than some of our home
grown tans and lunettes.
Verden is scheduled to oppose the
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Li
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Telegram by United Tresa
Washington Mav 3. The Demo-
cratic administration bill to leform
the banking and currency laws will be
introduced before tlie special sesnion
of congress is adjourned. If not pass-
ed this summer it will be the first
considered at the winter session.
This ieformatiou was obtained to-
day following a conference o cur-
rency experts. It. was stated that a
special message wilt- be sent to con-
gress by the president soon outlining
the administration's policy oil cur-
rency and banking.
LAWYERS TO MEET.
The C.rady County Par association
will bold tho J'eguUr niolll'aly meeting
at the court house at T:li( o'clock this
evening. "Matters ot importance will
be-diseussed" said F. E. Riddle pres-
ident "ami it is hoped that all the
members will be present."
PRESIDENT OF HAY i t DEAD.
Telegram by United Press.
Tort au Prince May 8. (ien. Tarn
icrede Auguste president of the Re-
public of llayti died today after a
short illness.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
For Oklahoma:
Unset tied; showers tonight
or Sunday; cooler.
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This world is filled
With notes that thrilled
Since old Doc Adam's day;
Of liquid notes
From high priced throats
That hold a siren's sway
Hut at Vhe end
Of mut ic's b!.:iiil
This gets" tlie final call-
When a bloke ih blue
Looks up at you
And bowls "P-L-A-Y H A LL!
braves and tlie bell wil! tap about
ii:uO. Word came from the hostile
Verden camp that they aro coming
strong and well they might for Chick-
asha will present a reasonably bold
front for the opener. Rumor has it
that. Mayor J. li. liurton will open the
season by heaving tlie first ball across
across the plate in harmony with the
custom now generally in practice in
the big league towns. The mayor has
not promised definitely bat when an-
proachfd on the subject
and says "Mayb."
just STIlHc:
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RECEIPTS SHOW
MARKED INCREASE.
That conditions are general-
ly better this year than last is
plaiut'y shown by tlie receipts
at the postoflice which con-
tinue month by month ahead
of the corresponding month of
1'JIi.
April business for 19K! shows
an increase of $f;o over April
PU2. The receipts for April
)h!2 wuc $2003 and for April
Ptl.". ?21i;i.
YOUNG GODON
IS BOUND OV
Tins atternon at 3 o'clock Justice
T. P. Moore rendered a decision in
the caso against William Godon
charged with perjury. The ruling of
tho court was that the defendant be
bound over to the action of the dis-
trict court under a bond of ''. Tho
decision of Justice -Moore came after
considering the testimony hi the case
since Thursday evening.
DEMOCRATIC CHIEFTAINS
BURY THE HATCHET
Telegram by United Press.
New York May 3. Williams V. Mc
Combs .chairman of the Democratic
national committee and Win Mc.Vloo
secretary of treasury have been re-
conciled' through the president at a
conference attended by President. V. il--n.
Ttio patronage question caused
the row. .
IGMON 10
ENLARG
USINE
Will Install Additional Felting and
Mattress Machinery and Erect
a Large Warehouse
Increase Force
The Signion Furniture Manufactur-
ing company soon will enlarge their
felting and manufacturing buSires3 by
putting in one more C.arnett felting
machine au automatic mattress stuf-
fing machine and a box wilier for the
separating and cleaning of linters and
cotton. They will use both floors of
their present brick buildiefr i4- the
manuiacture of lelt and mattresses.
The size of this building is aS by 100
.ect and the cost of the machinery lianie' relations between.
M-'ifio. u has all been contracted fpiy
The factory is running Uu Guinetl
macaines making mattresses and felt
and uses about 200 bales of linters
and cotton per month Ky i.fstalllng
the third machine they wt'1 increase
this to about ::no bales per mouth.
The Sigmons are buying material
to build a brick warehouse "it by 120
feet two stories high on tho side-
track north of the present warehouse
on Fourth street. The second floor
of litis building will be used for the
setting up and finishing of chairs.
Chairs will be bought in white knock-
ed down ami they will bo set up and
finished here.
Mr. Sigmon says these improve
ments will increase their pay roll by
about twelve more employes at an
average of $15 per week. They ex-
pect to have these improvements com-
plete and in operation by tho first of
July.
"l!tu;iness conditions look good to
us and we propose to keep up with
the procession" said D. H. Sigmon.
LABOR LEADERS
ED
nnL
Telegram by United Press
liopedalo Mass. May 3. Within a
day of his arrival Arturo Giovatinittt
the I. W. W. leader today was ar-
rested charged with violating the or-
dinance forbidding a parade without
permit.
Leaders of the Draper mill strikers
were also arrested.
Giovannitti was to have lead a dem-
onstration of the strikers today.
Silk Workers Parade.
T-legr.-tm by United Press
I'atcrson N. J. May 2. The entire
Bilk i iiu ust ry of northern Xew Jersey
paraded tlie streets today following a
svinpathetie strike' of ten Duet
workers in the luiiis of neigbbi
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Speaker at Peace Meeting Points
Out Friendly Relations Be-
tween Two Countries
Too Busy for War
ENDORSE WILSON'S
PEACE FASHION
Congress Favors Unrestricted Ar.
titration Among the Nations
Would Settle the Japanese
Row PeaceaMy
Telegram by United Tram
. St Louis .May 3. The plana of
President Wilson to provide for the
settlement of international disputes
by negotiating treaties for unrestrict-
ed arbitration with Great ISr'rain
France and oilier countries' were en-
dorsed today by the peace congress.
Tho congress also urges that Interna-
tional agencies and federal govern-
ments settle tho anti-alien land dis-
pute without alienating Japanese citi-
zens. : Rivalry in the maintenance of war
preparations among nations is deplor-
ed and the repeal of the toll exemp-
tion clause in the Panama canal is
urged or the settlement of the tolls
by arbitration.
Telegram by Untied Press
St. Louis May 3. That Canada and
the United States have set Cue world
au example of a new kind of interna
tional relation that has proved Unqual-
ifiedly fiticeessfui and bus greatly ben-
efit.ted both countries was the declar-
ation today rr John Lewis editor ot
the 'Toronto K.ur In an address be-
fore the third and closing session of
tlie Fourth American Peace Congress.
The Canadian editor pointed to the
fact that Canadian and United States
disputes "far more serious than
those which have led other nations in-
to disastrous wars have been settled
satisfactorily because both countries
"have been busy industrially with no
time for war and its terrors." He
pleaded for an establishment of the
all nations.
Justice William Renwick Riddell of
the supreme court of Ontario' end
Justice R Russell of Halifax spoke
on "One Hundred Years of Amh-
Ameriean Peace."
Sectional meetings dealing with ' In-
ternational Peace Through Interna-
tional Law" "Tho Militarist's Chrt!-
b Hire" 'Sepflt iqti? fin.J J;; f on ictiu!
Peace" and "Relations of Business to
International Peace" occupied the
first two hours of the afternoon ses-
sion. Tlie congress closes tonight with ad-
dresses by President David Starr Jor-
dan of Leland Stanford university;
Mrs. Percy V. 'Penny-backer president
of the General Federation of Women'i
clubs.
HIGH SCHOrt TEACHER
ELEC ' J AT ADA NORMAL.
Miss B. Alice Francisco for thrp4
years with the Chickasha school a.i
instructor of domestic science and do-
mestic art has been appointed as do-
mestic science inst merer in the. 3.ato
normal school at Ada. Miss Francisco
left Wednesday for Ada where she
will take up her new work. Her many
friends in Chickasha regret to see her
leave but wish her much success in
her new field. Her position in thu
Chickasha schools will not be filled
until next year.
TUTTLE TOWNSITE CASE
DECIDED BY CAMPBELL
Muskogee Okla. May .'! Tiie town-
site of Tattle a ihriving town i:
('.rt'.dv county ;vac huaily wiped orf
the map by a dec-mion of Jmlg.t Camp-
bell in the United Stales court. Prior
toe the laying out. of the D'.o acr-
towiiKtte by the government tnie!it
commission the flame land had Keen
sold to K Dowden. FiPtwIii a decis-
ion of tin! appeal c;iir' Jii.Ue Camp-
bell heki lh.lt the f.e''r..i;iry of the ic
terior had no authority to set. the 'ami
tl aside f.-r tow ic-ite pu ;-:u:f Ti- U:'.t
A !!(! land was -s!ed m Do ..i .. . :
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