The Chickasha Star. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, June 1, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
eight pages : ill. ; page 22 x 16 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
INDEPENDENT
IN POLITICS
aha
mux
vi$t
ALL THE
coVScy NEWS
VOIIMK XXII
CHICKASHA OKLAHOMA FICIIIAY JI XI
t17
Ji UMHFlt l(i
ll""t- t22
FF you want long life in your furniture choose
your styles judiciously and buy of a concern
that you know is reliable j '
THE RE is no other necessity that is more de-
ceitful in appearance than furniture
rVEN we are deceived sometimes in the quality
of an article but our customers never suffer
We always make it right
News of the Court House
Relative to work the iiiud who
wrote "All Coons Look Alike to
me" might also have written "All
Days Look Alike" Insofar as things
over about the district court room
are concerned
Holidays May Come
And holidays may gojj banks may
close their doors and the state fire-
men's convention may convene rail
roads may raise their freight tar-
riffs and the Lindsay branch may
continue to boost automobiles from
bum crossings and Judge Linn con-
tinues to fire the engine which
turns the mill of justice
(leaa Slate Judicially -
The present week rounds up three
weeks of steady grind in the dis-
trict court and leaves a clean dock-
et to be tried in the fall Follow-
ing the hard work of the present
term and the low condition of the
Jury fund it Is not likely that a
June term of court will be held
However the court may sit during
that month for the purpose of dis
posing of any non-jury matters
which may come before It
Stopped to Sell Stove
With an eye open for business a
certain Chickasha resident who is
a member of the jury panel which
was called in when the Judge de-
cided that a number of farmer ju-
rors should be excused following
the recent reasonable rains stop-
ped ovef almost a few minutes too
long a few days since at the noon
recess of the court He was trying
to sell a prospective customer a
coal oil stove and became so busy
warranting tt not to smoke when
not burning that he forgot all about
the court until brought up with a
jerk by Bailiff Lindsay who ad-
vised him that unless he appeared
In the court room pronto he might
anticipate a fine of 'steen dollars
Hunkers on Jury
Leonard Hawn of the First Nat-
ional bank of Chickasha and Mr
Hollingsworth of the Amber State
bank served three weeks on the
petit Jury but were seldom retain-
ed on the same panel The reason
ascribed for this is that Hawn'e
haberdashery was so loud that Hol
lingsworth stampeded whenever I
was brought in Juxtopositlon there
with
Kteuking of Loud Appnrel
Reminds us that on Wednesday
of this week a prospective married
man appeared in the court clerk's
office seeking a happiness permit
arrayed like Solomon In all his
glory Rather to speak with a
closer regard for the literal truth
the young man was dad In a pair
of trousers of the ice cream variety
and a shirt which would have made
the famous coat of Joseph stammer
with envy
Xot Insane
A young man who gave his name
as Jennings and who claimed to
have recently come from Mlssou
to Oklahoma was haled before the
county judge Saturday on insanity
charges The suspected Insane per-
son Is employed as a farm laborer
in the east end of the county and
many of his neighbors attended the
inquiry Into his sanity It was
shown at the hearing that Jennings
had become despondent and after
a few words with his wife Satur-
day morning he grabbed a "razor
and took to the tall timber with
the avowed intention of discarding
all his troubles and his anatomy
Called Neighbors in
The man's wife badly frightened
summoned help Neighbors rallied
in and gave chase 'to the angered
seeker from mortal bonds The
man was surrounded and taken in
tow before he had a chance to whet
his razor on his jugular and brought
Into Chickasha Dr Emanuel of
the local insanity board questioned
him closely and being satisfied that
anger and not insanity was the
bottom of all the trouble advised
that the suspect be confined In the
county jail for f few days pending
further investigation Later he
was released from custody as being
perfectly sane
Offices Closed Wednesday
Wednesday being decoration day
MEMORIAL DAY
?HERE has not in the world's history
tCj been so splendid and continuing a
testimonial of a nation's gratitude as
the United States has paid to its citizen
soldiers but it has not measured up to their
deserts The last and most impressive of all
tributes is that which comes from the heart
bespoken by the faltering voice the moisten-
ing eye the quickening pulse It is the
human testimony to the fact tfcaas a nation
we have not forgot — the pledge on this
privileged day of a glorious anniversary that
we will never forget — the promise that the
future shall bring forth sons and daughters
capable and willing to sustain with equal
sacrifices the structure of human liberty and
national security that these veterans raised
Looking upon the spectacle the nation will
be moved to renew its assurance that after
all there are things in this world worth
fighting for even dying for that there are
worse fates than to give one's lifa for a
cause worthy the giving There will be a
new and resolute determination that if need
shall come as come it may this nation
again will rise to its obligation and its duty
inspired ' by the example of these men
who preserved for us the institutions that
have been made sabred by their sacrifices
if
WILLIAMS ISSUES
ORDERS TO ARREST
I'he Governor Instruct Various
I'uace Officers to Ai-iv-l IVr
sons Who Kefilse to
ltegister
Governor R L Williams has is-
sued the following order to every
sheriff constable and peace officer
in the state The order says:
Fvery peace officer Including
sheriffs constables and police is :
a Federal Agent to facilitate anr
aid In the registration to be madi
on June 5tl It Is the duty of r-
sheriff to arrest any person eligi-
ble to register who refuses to be
registered and also to arrest any
person who seek by force persuasion
or any propaganda to prevent an
person from registering or to In-
terfere with the registration in any
way whatever Likewise it Is the
duty of every constable and police-
man to make such arrests
Direction is hereby given to ar
rest any such person and report to
me or the Adjutant General or the
I'nited States Attorney of the Dis-
trict in which the arrest takes
place It Is also the duty of the
members of the registration board
to see that all such persons are ar-
rested and held to awult prosecu-
tion This registration system is a
plan adopted by our country in this
hour of national crisis to succt'iu
fully prosecute f war t'sftt Imperils
all democratic Institutions Any
person who interferes with litis
plan is a traitor to his country and
must be treated as such
Done and dated at the State Capi-
tal on this the 30th day of May
A D 1917
R L WILLIAMS
The Governor of the State or Oklahoma
How You Can Help
Your Country
and a legal holiday Judge Linn re-
cessed court at noon All the coun-
ty offices with the exception
(Continued on page 8) '
HEAVY HAIL STORM
DAMAGES FRUIT CROP
TRYING DRAFT ACT
IN THE COURTS
SUBMARINE LOSS
IS STILL SMALLER
Condensed Statement of
The First National Bank
Of Chickasha Oklahoma
At the close of business May 1 1917
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts
OverdarfU
Real estate owned
Premium on bonds ?
Furniture and fixtures
Federal reserve bank stock
United States bonds to secure circulation
U S bonds on hand $ 1500000 v
Cash with U S treasurer B 400 00
Cash In vaults 9S8034S
Cash with banks 37662140
Bonds and warrants 31245665
Bills of exchange i 2651742 S3479895
$81732034
88819
5000000
200000
1000000
780000
20000000
$193080748
LIABILITIES
Capital $20000000
Surplus
Undivided priflts net
Circulation
Reserved for taxes
Individuals $1328 50128
Deposits Banks 11730947
United States 1108021
1 J
The above statement Is correct
6000000
200000
14308909
$193080748
F L SLUSHER Cashier
The Storm Did Considerable Dam
age to Fruit and Young '
'
Cottou
Sell Pursley the well known far
mer from the southeast part of the
county was in Chickasha Thursday
He reports that a heavy hail storm
struck that country Monday night
doing much damage to the fruit
crop almost ruining the cotton crop
Corn waB badly damaged but It is
not so far along but that it will
come out In good shape The hall
covered a territory about two miles
and a half wide and extended sis
or eight miles to the southeast
Pursley who has had a serious
Illness this spring is getting to be
himself again He had an opera
tion performed and Is now rapidly
gaining strength once more
SOCIALIST DFMAND TO
KNOW WAR AIMS
Merger Is Vehement Failure to Ke-
ply Means ltevolt Leader Says
Statement Is Made "Any Man or
Woman Trying to Dissuade Men
From Registering Will be
Locked Up"
Kansas City May 30 — Coinci-
dent with the appearance in the
state circuit court here today of
proceedings asking an Jnjunction
to prevent officials from enforcing
the army draft registration law
every criminal investigating agency
here of the Federal government
was focusing its attentions upon
running down alleged conspiracies
to defeat the selective draft plan
In addition preparations were being
made for convening a special United
States grand Jury here June 6 to
consider only cases growing out or
alleged violations of Federal war
statutes
The injunction bearing the names
of Raymond I Moore and Thomas
R Sullivan officers or the Federa-
tion for Democratic Control was
filed In the circuit court only a few
mlnuteB after Judge A S Van Val-
kenburgh announced he would call
the Federal Jury upon petition from
Francis M Wilson United States
attorney for Western Missouri The
injunction proceedings were set im-
mediately for argument during the
afternoon but J D Shewalter at
torney for Sullivan and Moore ob
tained a continuance until Thursday
morning This met with objections
from Jacob Harsfeld city counselor
who with Samuel Sparrow one of
the election commissioners appeared
in behalf of the defendants Judge
Daniel Bird however ruled In fav-
I London May 30 — Only- twenty'
one British vessels were sunk by
German submarines during the last
I week according to th announcement
made tonight by the British admir-
alty This Is the smallest number
since the beginning of unrestricted
warfare '
Eighteen vessels of more than
lfiflO tons were sunk one vessel
of less than 1600 tons and two
fishing craft
The losses reported this week
compare with a total of thirty lost
In the previous week While the
losses of vessels exceeding 1600 tons
each remain the same as in the las)
previous report the number of ves-
sels of less than 1600 tons is re-
duced from nine to only one The
number of fishing vessels sunk Is
reduced from three to two
Seventeen Attacks Fail
The text of the announcement
reads: "Weekly summary: Arrivals
2719 sailings 2760
"British merchant vessels sunk
by mines or submarines — more than
1600 tons 18 less than 1600 tons
1
British merchant vessels unsuc-
cessfully attacked including one
previously reported 17
"British fishing vessels sunk 2"
The netitlnn sets forth that the
registration law is unconstitutional
and causes "Involuntary servitude
The law Is also in opposition to the
Missouri Constitution in that it
makes state officials act In- federal
positions It states
New York May 30 — Resolutions
favoring an early general and demo
cratic peace and urging the United
sintoa irnvernment "Immediately to
i r aim In definate or of Mr Shewalter
UIIUUIILC L " — — " ' - — '
and concerted terms" and to make
effort to Induce the allied coun-
tries to make similar declarations
were passed tonight at what its
promoters termed the first Ameri-
can conference for democracy and
terms of peace held at Madisot
Square Garden
The resolutions were offered by
Morris Hlllquit chairman of the
resoultions committee one of the
American socialists who fecently
was refused a passport by the state
department to attend the socialist
conference In Stockholm
"We favor International reorgan-
ization for the maintenance of
peace" said the resolutions in port
"As steps leading thereto we sug-
PRODUCE all you can
WASTE nothing
LEND all you can
Produce food stop all waste lend your
surplus to the Government by investing
in a Liberty Loan Bond which will pay
3 1-2 per cent and help our country win
the war
This Bank offers its services free in hand-
ling all details of your subscription You
can invest as little as $50 and make pay-
ments in instalments extending over three
months
OKLAHOMA NATIONAL BANK
MEMBERS FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
STORMS TAKE
BIG TOLL OF LIFE
Hundreds Killed nml MiNons
Property Destroyed
of
Summary ol dead and Injured as
a result of tornadoes Saturday and
Sunday:'
Mutton 111 dead 54 Injured
500
Charleston III dead 3S Injur-
ed 150
Andale Kan dead 26 Injured
60
Southern Illinois towns dead IS
Injured 65
Arkansas dead 9 Injured 12
Indiana dead 7 injured 200
Kentucky dead 3 injured 32
Tennessea dead 6 injured 32
Total dead 161 Injured 1036
Property damage $5000000
The property loss there will aggre-
gate tUUO00i) £
The next most serious loss was at
Andale Kan where twenty-six were
killed and a score Injured on Friday
Dublin Ky suffered three dead
and seventeen injured today
South Dyerburg Tenn was ra-
ported tonight to have six killed and
a considerable number Injured in a
tornado which swept Dyer couuty
toduy
CHICKASHA LOCALS
Tom Luker of rural route No 5
out of Chickasha was a visitor at
the Star office Wednesday Luker
raises cotton and corn and cattle
and mules He says if the wind
will Just quit blowing and winter
will quit that he will raise some
crops td feed the United States and
her allieB this year
Mrs Anderson of rural route
No 4 who has been at the Chicka-
sha hospital for a number of weeks
was very low all the first part of
the week Her life was despaired
of for several days but she In re
covering now and hopes are enler-
ODFSSA WH1TK DIFS OF
THF WHOOPIXt coutai
Odessa the three months old
daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles
White of the Little Rush community
died last week from a complication
of whooping cough and measles
The White family has been having
a siege of the measles and whoop-
ing rough this spring and ajl the
children have been HI
Chicago III May 27 — More
than 160 persons are dead 1000
more are suffering from injuries and
still other thousands are homeless
tonight as the result of freakish
windstorms of fierce velocity which
swept sections of Illinois Indiana j talned'that she will soon be well
iveniucay lennessee ivansas una
Arkansas on Friday and Saturday
and Sunday The property loss it
has ben estimated will aggregate
millions Vast areas lay desolate
wastes The landscape' is strewn
for miles with all manner of debris
and the dead bodies of horses cat-
tle hogs and other animals
Reports Indicate that a large
number of farm Implements needed
to produce the crops sorely needed
this year were ruined although the
storm struck only here and there
in frightful play through the rural
regions Crop damage is said to be
very heavy In grains
The heavest toll of life was at
Mattoon a city of 10000 population
In the brobm corn country of Cen
tral Iir where fifty-four are known
to be dead and 600 Injured with a
property loss approximately $2000-
000
Charleston III ten miles east of
Mattoon also was partly wrecked
Saturday evening with a loss of
Ihlrty-elght lives and 150 Injured
ASXOUNCFMKXT
Summer term of Mrs White's
Open Air school will begin June 18
1917 at 1328 Colorado avenue
Assistants: Miss Tempest Daven-
port elected principal of Little Rush
school district No 7 Miss Mar-
guerite Streeter junior In Oklaho-
ma College for Women Phone
881 18-3t
THF CHICKASHA MARKET
The Chickasha Milling Co was
paying the following prices (or
grain Thursday:
flood No 2 milling- wheat $250
Mixed corn 140
White corn 14S
Oats 60
The Tlgnor Grocery Co was pay-
ing the following prices for coun-
try produce:
Butter 30c in trade cash 25c
Eggs 32c In trade cash 28e
Hens cash 1c
Fryers eash 23c
Prices subject to change
1
among nations simultaneous dis-
iirnient freedom of the seas and
international watervraVB protect-
ion of small nations and other simil-
ar measures'"
WANTED — A girl to do housework
in a small family Good wages
paid and a good home furnished for
the right girl See J W Kayser
at Star office or phone 557
WILSON MAY HEAD
THE STATE NORMAL
Oklahoma City May 30— It seems
probable that the state board of
education will offer the presidency
of the Central State Normal college
to R H Wilson present state sup
erintendent Mr ! Wilson was men-
tioned In connection with the place
a year ago when President Evans
resigned He might have had the
plaoe then but the salary which the
board felt able to pay was not at-
tractive to Mm There is some
prospect that the pay may be made
what Mr Wilson could accept and
If this be done his appointment
seems probable
Mr WlUon is filling his second
four year term as state superintend-
ent He has been mentioned as a
probable candidate for governor
and would no doubt have been a
candidate for congress In the Lawton
district had Congressman Ferris de-
slded to run for governor as was
for a time expected
It has developed that there was
little ground for the report that the
Central Normal place might be of-
fered to President Brooks of the
Durant Normal school Mr Brooks
has made good at Durant and the
hoard of education U desirous of
having him stay there possibly with
an Increase In salary
There Is some speculation is to
th probable successor of Mr Wll-
scu as state superintendent In rase
he should resign to take the presi-
dency of the Edmond Normal school
The name of Charles Evans former
president of the Edmond school
and now president of the big Pres-
byterian college at Tulsa has been
mentioned as a probable appoint-
ment by Governor Williams for
such a vacancy
No 8203
Condensed Statement of The
CHICKASHA NATIONAL BANK
CHICKASHA OKLAHOMA
At the close of business May 1st 1917
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts $45556542
Overdrafts 344080
United States bonds 50000 00
Furniture and fixtures 482645
Real estate - 561231
Federal reserve bank stock 355000
Stocks and warrants 1533203
Cash and sight exchange - 126277
LIABILITIES
Capital
Surplus
Undivided profits
Reserved for taxes
Circulation
Deposits
The above statement fa correct
$66460459
$10000000
2000000
1912135
155! Oi
500O00H
47413llfi
Vi6460459
ROT C SMITH Cashier
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Kayser, J. W. The Chickasha Star. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, June 1, 1917, newspaper, June 1, 1917; Chickasha, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1895779/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.