Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 293, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 12, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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CHICKASHA OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 12 1917.
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ADVISORY
BOAUD TO
GET BUSY
Davcnpor! Chairman; Hold Meeting To-
nijhl to Plan lor Volume of Work When
Questionnaire Is Mailed
SENDING DOCUMENTS
IS MAMMOTH TASK
Force at Exemption Office Now at WorL'
Durbin Can Use More Volunteers;
Grady Bar Active
This evening at 7io0 the members
of the Grady County Bar association
will meet with the . legal advisory
board of this county to formulate
plans for taking care of the volumi-
nous amount of business that will
arise from the mailing out of the.
questionnaire to the 2991 registered
men in Grady county.
Governor Williams has appointed
County Judge It. E. Davenport as
chairman of the advisory board with
J. D. Carmichael and Harry Ham-
merly as associate members of the
board. The meeting will be held in
Hie office of Judge Davenport and
the members of the bar association
will be advised as to the nature of
the work expected of tliem and will
discuss the best method of handling
it.
The advisory board will 'maintain
offices after Dec. l."Hh on 'the third
floor of the federal building. They
will be authorized to administer
oaths to the registered men fre of
charge and will assist the men in
answering the questions in the pro-
per manner. The Grady County Bar
association volunteered the services
of the body .at a meeting held re-
cently to the work accruing from
t he exemption board activities.
In regard to the questionnaires S.
C. Durbin secretary of the Grady
county exemption board said "If
they are not made out properly it
may mean tno loss ot some vaiuame
rights to the registered man and
will certainly mean a lot of trouble.
The advisory board will assist the
men in making out the questionnaires'
in the proper manner."
At this time the Grady county ex-
emption board assisted by a force of
clerks is busy preparing the ques-
tionnaires to be mailed out. Tho
task is a large on. In addition to
making a new and complete classifi-
cation of every registered man in the
county it is' necessary to stamp the
name of the board and write the
name serial and order number of the
man and his; address on the ques-
tionnaire. In addition there are
cover shents for each questionnaire
bearing the same information. These
are kept as a part ot the periiiaireut
records of the office.
Beginning Dec. 13 the question-
naires will be Dialed out. According
to instructions five per cent will be
mailed out each day until the entire
list is covered. This means about
i in a day. The Chickasha board has
taken over tho entire work ot the
board of southern Grady county for-
merly at Rush Springs. In the north-
em district of the county there are
1707 men to receive questionnaires
and in the southern district 1224
Making a total of 2991. The men
must make a return to the board
within seven days after the question-
naire is mailed to him.
"We have had sonie volunteer
workers helping us but the work is
getting so heav; that we could use
a tew more." said Mr. Durbin today.
1 here is a great amount of writing
to he done as well as stamping. The
board would appreciate the volunteer-
ed service of any who can and will
do so.
The rress dispatches of the past j
few days have carried reports of sev-
eral of the board members in various
localities requesting pay for their
services. In the regulations rover-
the work it
stipulated that
the board members may draw
high as $l-jO per month. The
as
f urtnif lit also requests that the wm-k
he rarrit'd on through a sense of pu-
f'otle duty ami that no pay bo re
ceived. The Grady county board of
the northern district has adhered
slrlctly to the wishes of the depmt-
i lent and no remuneration has been
urked.
Word has been received from the
cani) at t'liillicotlie Ohio stating
that eight of the ten negro selectmen
sent from Grady county have passed
the physical examination and have
been accepted the local board having
been credited with them. None have
been rejected but two have not been
passed upon.
ORGANIZE
POCASSET
COMMUNITY
The women's club work carried on
by Mrs. Nettle Coryell county home
demonstration agent was explained
at a meeting held at Pocasset today
where a club is in the process of or-
ganization. For the past week Mrs.
Coryell has been assisted through-
mlt )lle .oimty by Mi(iS sexaiier from
Stillwater.
In shaking of the work done dur-
ing the past week Mrs. Coryell said
this morning:
"Miss Scxaner assistant in homo
economics of Stillwater spent two
days in the county assisting me in
the work. Tuesday at Ninnekah she
gave a demonstration of sweet potato
bread and rice muffins to sixty -wo
men and girls. Miss Fay Wetherly
resigned as secretary of the dub. and
Mrs. John Lents was elected to fill
O ut ViS Eyuuiii came in the
afternoon to give the club instruc-
tion in the Red Cross work. Mrs.
Guy Looney is knitting Red Cross
socks more rapidly than any one Ave
have met.
"On Wednesday Miss Sexaner gave
the same demonstration at Acme to
the women and girls and the club
girls demonstrated corn muffins. The
girls at Stover held their regular
meeting Thursday electing the fol-
lowing officers: Edna Blalock pres-
ident; Loie Brown secretary; Thel-
ma Flurry assistant secretary. The
club girls prepared according to in-
struction furnished fro mStillwater
I the following dinner: Roast chick
en and dressing chowehow creamed
potatoes stewed tomatoes' com meal
yeast broad peaches and cream cake.
"The Home Demonstration club
met at 2 p. m. and demonstrated
Boston roast (beans). Mrs. E.
Brightwell rend a splendid paper on
food conservation. This club ia anx-
ious to begin Red Cross work. At
Amber Friday the girls madeapnlis
and caps working busily alt tho af-
ternoon. The weather was so bad
that the women did not meet."
OFFICIALS'
SLOW WORK
IS BLAMED
By United Tress.
Washington Dec. 12 Slow work
by congress and the war department
red ape and the bickering with con-
tractors and labor situations are
blamed by Ordnance Chief Crozier
for the delay in getting America on
a war footing. His statements were
made before the investigating mili-
tary committee.
Congress today began a sweeping
investigation of the military situation
and the sugar and coal shortage.
Chief of Ordnance Crozier was the
first witness to appear before the
military committee. Hoover and Gar-
field were called before the commit-
tee on manufacturers.
Plans for a war time control of
(he railroads will probably be coui-
pleted by tonight. The railroad war
board is scheduled to see the presi
dent and the chiefs of the brother-
hoods today.
The president today issued a proc-
lamation limiting the alcoholic con-
tents of malt liquors except aie. to
Z Z i pr tc lit.
NINNEKAH
CITIZENS
INDIGNANT
Strong Eeeling Showj After Inquest Over
Body of Little Cirl; Theory that She
Fell From Train Exploded '
Sllico tho coroner's inquest that
was held yesterday evening relative
to tho death of Lois Englebretson at
which tinio tho jury found ithat she
had come to her death as a result of
freezing indignation has been mani
fested by the people of Ninnekah ami
feeling is running rather high it was
learned through the county attorney's
office.
In the inquesj yesterday afternoon iC
developed that the little girl had
been staying with Mr. and Mrs.
Schultz anil attending school ait Nin-
nekah In her testimony Mrs.
Schultz admitted that she whipped
the child just a short time before
she left. She also said that she
thought she was justified in inflict-
ing the corporal punishment as the
ciiild had told her a "story."
When the child's father Hans En-
glebretson testified ho admitted that
he had been called over the phone
yesterday morning and told that thoj
child had been missing all night lie
said at first he thought he would
get a car and go to Ninnekah . and
see about the matter but that ho
was rather busy and decided to wait
until the 2 o'clock train. Tho next
tiling tilt? he heard of his child he
said was that sh-o had been frozen
to death and was then lying in the
morgue.
The theory that she might have
fallen from the train was exploded
when Mr. Schultz testified that he
went down to the train to see if she
got on at Ninnekah and found that
she did not.
It was further developed at the In-
quest that only a very short search
was made for the child on the night
she ran away. The last that was1
seen of the child by Mr. and Mrs.
Schultz with whom sho was staying
was about 5:30 in the afternoon the
testimony stated. She came home .
from school about 4 o'clock and ai.e
lunch after which Mrs. Schultz ques-
tioned her about her report card and
then whipped her "because die told
me a story." Mrs. Schultz said. Soon
after this tho testimony showed the
child said that she was going to the
church to practice for a program that
would be-given Christmas night. Af-
ter she left the Schultz home (she
was not reported to have been seen
again until picked up beside tho rail-
road track frozen and dead.
Several Ninnekah citizens came up
yesterday afternoon for the inquest
and they showed a groat interest in
the matter an interest that amounted
to indignation. No word had been re-
ceived early this morning from Nin-
nekah but the county attorney eald
that he was anxious to know wheth-
er any action had been taken there
last night
The funeral services of Lois En-
globretson were to be held at 4
o'clock this afternoon after which
she will be laid to rest in the Rose
Hill cemetery.
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THE WEATHER
For Oklahoma.
Tonight and Thursday
cloudy; probably snow; cold-
er tonight in west portion.
Colder Thursday.
Local Temperature.
Maximum ?3; minimum 15.
"DAYS
VICTIMS OF BURNS
REPORTED IMPROVED; j
RESULTS UNCERTAIN!
Mrs. C. M. W'hceloik and Mia. C.
W. Illoodworlh who were severely
burned yesterday when their clothes
caught tire from a slovc aro report-
ed bo petting along nicely but aro
not wholly out of danger.
1'hysiclaiis say the burns are worse
than they seemed to be at first and
because of the ago of the ladles It is
hard to say just what may develop.
"BABYBOND"
BUSINESS
IMPROVING
Many Chickasha People Take Advantage of
Saving Method; Postmaster to Appoint
Agencies to Handle Stamps Here
t Col. G. W. Barefoot Chickasha
postmaster has his troubles. At this
particular time tho fact that Christ
mas is coming with its rush of mail
matter is one of them. This would
not bo so bad were it not for the
a(t tIlat the 8a0 ()f government war-
savings stumps is picking up as tho
people become acquainted with the
method of purchase and the purpose.
"I don't see what we are going to
do" suid Col. Barefoot this morning.
"With Christmas coining on and the
mail already getting extr"-i''y
heavy I don't know who around the
office will have time to sell any war-
savings stamps or if they devote
their timo to that who will handle
tho mail. At the present timo the
post offlep is the Inly place in Chick
asha where the stamps can be pur
chased. I am going to appoint some
agencies in the city probably among
the banks. We had a good business
on the stamps and thrift cards yes
terday. One woman came in with
something over $13 that her children
had saved and put it all in the sav-
ings certificates and stamps. In ad-
dition to the agencies that I will ap-
point; tho rural and city carriers are
going to handle the stamps."
In this campaign two classes of
"little baby bonds" are issued. The
thrift stamp costs twenty-five cents
and with the first ono goes a thrift
card containing sixteen spaces. That
costs $4 whim filled out. Ono adds
12 cent in December or next Janu-
ary and for 4.12- one gets a war
savings stamp. With the first of
these stamps you get a war saving
certificate which holds twenty stamps
and in five years from January 1
1918 one-can cash this in for $100
It costs only $82.40 if one bought the
war savings stamps at $4.12. This
brings interest at the rate of 4 per
cent a year compounded quarterly.
In February these stamps will cost
$1.13 and they will increase in cost
ono cent a month through 1913.
On' should keep war savings cer-
tificates for five years to do Uncle
Sam the most good. But if one must
cash them sooner one will be paid
interest at the rate of about 3 per
cent a year on what he bought. If
one doe3 not buy twenty $.". stamps
by January 1 1919 he will receive
the same interest on those which he
does buy. No one can buy more than
$100 worth at ono time.
FREIGHT
EMBARGO
DECLARED
By United Tress.
Oklahoma City. Dec. 12. A full
embargo for 48 hours effective at
midnight Tuesday was declared by
the state corpontUon commission on
freight consigned to the Frisco line.
This order affects tin freight be-u-opii
Onanah. Tex. ami Sapulpa
Okla. Madill and Sapulpa and Mo-j
nett Mo. and Sapulpa.
CLEAN UP
CITY FOR
CHRISTMAS
Street Department on the Job; Asks that
All Trash Be Piled in Alleys; No
Extra Expense
If tho plans of the street depart
ment are carried out Chickasha will
soon be looking like a queen's gar-
den. With the approach of cold
weather the work of tno strnet de-
partment is somowhat hampered so
far aa tho actual street work is con-
cerned and so they are going to make
a general cleaning up of the entire
city.
Everyone in the residence section
of the city has been requested by
the department to rako all the wasie
matter off their yards and pile it up
in the alley so that wagons which
will be sent around over the city can
pick tho debris up and carry it off.
The purpose of the department is to
have this -work all done before Christ-
yr.as day so that when guests visit
here from other places this city can
be pointed to with no little pride on
the cleanest city in the state.
Not only is this done In order to
merely have the city clean but this
will in no small' manner help to keep
tho city in a healthy condition. This
will cost nothing extra but in order
for each one to have trash taken
from their property they will have
to rake the stuff together and have
it in a pile so that wLr.i the wagon
comos around tho toaniHters will
have nothing to do but load the
wasto. in and carry it away. The
last time that this was done some
people did not understand and failed
to have tKe trash collected in a pile.
This will bo done again unless this
precaution is taken.
On most every lot in town there
aro doad weeds and grass that have
grown up along tho fences and In the
coruers that Bhould be cut now and
carried away both for the sake of
cleanliness and to lessen the danger
of fire. If this is done now these
places will look much betlter next
spring when tho grass hegiiw to
grow.
The wagons havo already been
started at the north side of town and
will work their way to the south lim-
its of the city. It is hoped that ev-
erybody will have the trash from
their property collected so that when
the wagon comes it may be hauled
away.
Those in charge of the work say
that one of the peculiarities of the
work ia that In that section of the
city where most of the laboring peo-
plo work the trash is always ready
while in other seof.ions they are rath-
er negligent. Therefore it is espe-
cially urged that everybody pee that
the trash is collected so thai the city
may be made as clean as possible.
ASKS FOR BIG CREDIT
By United Press.
London Dec. 12. Chancellor of the
Exchequer Bonar Law moved in tne
house of commons that a credit of
$2361000 00 be extended.
MORE COURT MARTIALS MAY
FOLLOW FROM INVESTIGATION
3y United Pres
San Antonio Tex. Dec. 12 It wasH
announced today that an investiga-
tion as to the Houston riots is still
progressing and that additional court
martial may follow.
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REPORT NAMES OF
NEEDY CHILDREN
If you know any children
who might be overlooked by
Santa Cans report their
names nnd ages at once to the
Daily Express the Chickasha
Star or B. B. Barefoot. These
names are wanted at once in
order that gifts may be placed
on the Christmas tree which
the lodges of the city will
have for them. It is hoped
that all the names may be re-T'-'ted
by December 10.
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TRANSPORTATION
IS BLAMED FOR
SHORTAGE OF FUEL
l)y United Fresi.
Washington Dec. 12 .The faully
rail 'transportation Is responsible fur j
tno serious coal situation In the Mut-
ed Stales today Fuel Administrator
Garfield daid today. Tho federal
trade commission mid the Niillonnl
Coal association also mad u sla le-
nient to tho same effect. They say
thero is enough coal but t lie re nro
no cars to move It from I ho iiiliic.i
WILL FIND
CHICKASHA
ON THE JOB
When the morning of December I"
dawns it will find Chic kasha and
Grady county ready to launch tho big
drive for 2000 new members to the
Grady county chapter of the Red
Cross. The following committee lias
been appointed by J. W. Kaysor to
work In the down town district:
Mayor O. Coffman Scott Jones. R. S.
Cox W. P. Smith Rev. ISyron Hes
ter S. J. Goldsmith John Duff and
Chas. E. Day.
In the Christmas Red Cross mem
bership drive Oklahoma's quota will
be (100000 new members. Every
home will - be visited.' Workers will
got first the name of every person
solicited and these will bo set down
in threo classifications:
Thoso who subscribe to member
ship thoso who cannot afford to sub
scribe and those who manifest lack
of sympathy with America in the
war. In the first two classes will be
embraced the children for whom sub
scriptions are taken.
Active campaigning began last.
week in all of the ten districts and
during the present week this will be
extended to embrace 102 counties In
Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle.
Speakers are furnished through the
councils of defense and u strong bat-
tery of four-minute men have been
placed upon the ground by Instruc-
tions from Washington.
"Tho Christmas Red Cions mem-
bership campaign is the most inten-
Blve of all war activities instil ut'il
to date. It. will have the (neatest
scope in its personal touch since no
home in Oklahoma will lie overlook
ed" is tho official slaleuieiit. from
Red Cross stale lioiuIiiiartirs.
FAILED TO
REGISTER
IS CHARGE
S. E. Jackson arrest' a D-mean
on a charge of failing to register
was bound over to tho action of tho
federal grand jury by Commissioner
Spoake this morning and his bond
was placed at $1000. He will be Lik-
en to Muskogee this afternoon Ly
Deputy Marshal Worley who brought
him here from Duncan yesterday.
In regard to the charge agiiinst
Jackson Deputy Worley said "Jack-
son claimed that at the time of reg-
istration he would have lost a cou-
ple f days from work had he gone
to regise.tr. He h.n be'n In Califor-
nia and Colorado since the registra-
tion date and it is my opinion that
he was simply trying to 'hide out'
and evade the draft."
T. C. Collier deputy U. S. marblial
at Ryan was here todav wiih H. P.
Webb who lives east of TerraL The
latter is rharged with introducing
liquor. He was released on bond
placed by U. S. Commissioner Speake
and bis preliminary hearing was set
for Dec. 19. Webb claims to bo a
cattle an from the Terral district.
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TROOPS FOR
OFFENSIVE
i
Woik Goes On Day and Night; Aviators
Report Lines of Transports Bringing
t Up Reinforcements
AUSTRIAN BATTLESHIP
IS SUNK BY TORPEDO
London Hears of First Uash Betweca
Belsheviki and Cossacks; Petrograd
Quiet; British Planes Active
By United Presa.
New York Dec. 12.--TI10 American
positions In tho allied lino present
such strategic possibilities to the
Ueriuans that it is believed the mass
ing or Teuton troops may be for an
offensive against the positions hold
by the Sammies.
Germans Mass Forcen
By Uf'le.l Ha..
London Dec 12.--TI10 Germans ars
preparing for a great stroke on the
western front. Reports state that
they are mussing vast forces' day
and night ftt various points along the
French and British Hue. An Increas- '
ed number of German aeroplanes are
flying over certain of tho British po-
sitions. Air Scout Active
fly United Tres.
With I lie JUrltish Afield Dec. 12.
Long lines of transports ilura"y
speaking with' Carman relnforco-
liieitts are seen by tun British avia-
tors buhlqd the German lines on the
northern British flank In tho Cainbrat
sector today. German aeroplanes
aro endeavoring unsuccessfully to
prevent tho British (avlatoia to got
information.
Sink Austrian Battleship. .
By United Press.
Amsterdam Due. 12. The sinking
of tin) Austrian battleship . Wien. by
a torpedo Sunday was announced of-
ficially by Vienna iliupatchcs receiv-
ed today. The ship had a displace-
ment of 5'J2 tons (
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Arrcat CommHteman.
By L!nitcd Press
Petror.rad Dec. 12. General Kal-
cndlim arrested one of tho committee
of !lio llolnlievlkl nval represent-
lives sent to talk with liltn by the
i.axiiualist commissioner 1 of tho
Bl1.11 k Sea fleet according to word
received hero.
First Cl.uh Reported.
By Uniled Press.
London. Dee. 12. Russia's dispatch-
es today report the firpt actual clash
between tli-e 'Solshevikl and the Cos-
sackn around Taaisnovka. Tho result
of the fight was not given In the dis-
p.llcll.
Petrograd Quiet.
By United Press.
Petrograd Dec. 12. Tho expected
disorders in Petrograd failed to ma-
terialize up to 4 o'clock this after-
noon. Tho only demonstrations were
the crowds parading to celebrate the
constituent assemb'y's election.
Planes Bomb DocXs.
By United Press.
London Dec. 12. British sea
planes bombed the Ostacker aero-
dome and the Bruges docks the offi-
cial statement today asserts.
Vot on Conscription.
By I'nited Tress.
Willi the American Army In France
Dec. 12. Canadians among the
Ameriean forces are today balloting
on the Canadian conscr'ption. Th
decision is said to be unanimous in
favor ot conscription.
By United Press.
Rome Dec. 12. According to i
announcement that was made at the
Vatican. Jerusalem was uudaxaged
vnoa the Briti-b occupied it
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