Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. SEVENTEEN, No. 129, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 30, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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SHALL CHIC KASHA HAVE A NINE MONTH'S SCHOOL TERM? VOTE FOR TH E EXTRA LEVY T0
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NUMBER 123
VOLUME SEVENTEEN.
CHICKASHA OKLAHOMA TUESDAY MAY 30 1916.
PEOPLE OF MILAN ROUSED BY AN AIR RAID
TAPS FOR
FAMOUS
VETERAN
CAPTURED
BURGLARS
SPECIAL ELECTION TO
VOTE EXTRA LEVY FOR
SCHOOLS TOMORROW
kf II t - it i n y i. S
GET AWAY
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Clyde Mattox Bags Charley Crisp and
Dan Kelley in Pool Hall; Pilfering
Pair Escape from Police
at Statbn
CRISP RECAPTURED
BY SHERIFF BAILEY
Location is Learned from Brother Relum-
ing in Car; Kelly Reported to Have
Gone North but No Tract
Left Behind
Caught and hold by the man whose
place of business they had entered
with ''alleged felonious Intent turned
over by him tJ tlie police and taken to
.the pollen Million Charley (.'lisp and
Dan Kelley uiade e spectacular escape
Horn Officers Balrd and Looney at
4:30 o'clock this morning us they were
being conducted into the rotunda at
the city Jail.
Kelley and Crisp ench of whom
have police records the first named
being an ex-convict wcro overheard
by Clyde Mattox plotting the burglar-
izing of the Mattox pool hall at J17
Chickasha avenue. While Mattox did
not hear much of the converHaliou. he
gathered enough to lead him to think
this morning would be the time for the
staging of the eveut and prepared him-
nelf to be on hand when the doom
opened for the big performance.
Officers Balrd and Looney w ho had
been watching Kelley and Crisp for the
past two night suspecting them of
knowing something of the several
small burglaries which have been pull-
ed off in Chickasha during the past
few weeks were in Bill and John's
restaurant lictween two and thro
o'clock. While In. the restaurant Offi-
cer Balrd noticed the two suspects
sitting in the police car which stood
on the street immediately in front of
tlie )ol hall. Shortly before I o'clock
(lie officers were given a trouble call
to I'cjn South Shepherd the home of
a negro named Boyd. Arriving at
Boyd's house and being assured that
they hail been made vi.llnis of a
phony trouble call they speeded their
nuto and hurried hack to the city
arriving at Bill mid John's Ju.rt as
Clyde Mattox herded Kelley and Crisp
out of the alley into the-street.
Mattox turned the prisoner over to
the officers telling them how he had
effected their capture. He stated
that he had hidden in an outhouse In
the rear of the' pool hall and seen
two men breiika rear window and en-
ter; that he had vailed the cook lu the
restaurant and stationed him to
guard the front door and returned to
the window; that when he again look-
ed through 'thx window Crisp was
ftiiuatting behind an ice box peeping
out while Kelley was in the extreme
front of the building trying to opeu
the safe; that hi fired at Crisp the
bullet nasslne immediately In front
of him and burying Uelf In "the side
of the Ice box; that Crisp ducked and
ran brfhind a pool table; that as Crisp
peeped up over the top of the pool
table he fired at him again cutting
the cushion of the table and throwing
felt and splinters over Crisps' face;
thut as Kelley ducked toward the rear
door ho shot at liim the bullet boring
a hole through Kelloy's cap and knock-
ing it from hts head; Hint one of the
burglnrs unbarred the rear door; that
they surrendered; that he got thorn
In front of him and drove them out
of the alley Into tho street and turn
ed them over to the police officers
who were hastening to the rear of the
building coming ') his assistance.
Officer Balrd when seen by .a re
porter this .morning stated that he and
Officer Loonev luijl loaded .the pris
oners into the' police car Looney
getting into the 'rear seat with the
prisoners; that they arrived at the po-
lice station w ithout either prisoner of
fering trouble; that they called Desk
Sergeant Klston; thut they started to
the stairway leading Into the "bull
pen" of the police station; that one of
the prisoners said "Hold on a minute
boys we want to arrange bond;" thai
Baird told them bond could not be nr
hinged until the arrival of the mayor;
that Kelley (linked between Baird
iiml Looney shouting "tiood bye then.
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Tomorrow Is the day fixed by the
board of education for the special elec-
tion at which the question of voting
an additional levy of one mill for the
support of the public schools will be
submitted to the voters of the Chicka-
sha district.
The maximum levy allowed by law
for the maintenance of the schools is
five mills. Calculations made by the
board show that the amount of revenue
thus derived will not be sufficient to
conduct a nine months' term of school
and hence authority for the excise
board to make an additional levy is
asked.
The board has announced that no
more of the extra levy Bought will bo
used than is actually needed to main-
tain the schools for a full term. The
amount ask&l for is precisely the
same as was voted a year ago. In
I'm gone. You'll have to shoot;" that
Kelley ran around the corner of the
city hall and turned west on Chicka-
sha avenue; that Officer Looney gave
chase and fired two shots at the fugi-
tive who turned from the avenue and
ran through a yard and made his es
cape;' that Just as money returnee
Crisp broke and ran south on Sixth
street; that Looney fired at Crisp
three times; that the officers had the
prisoners at tho head of the stairs
leading Into the hold over when Kelley
made his break for liberty; that both
Baird and Looney had trailed Kelley
and Crisp all Sunday night and were
watching them Monday night; that
they were watching them when the
Itogus phone call took them to South
Shepherd; that Bajrd threw his night
stick at Crisp and struck him in the
back with it as he broke from him and
ran.
Shortly after 8 o'clock this' morning
Sheriff Bailey. who-ns doing a bit of
sleuthing in the matter ran across a
red hot tip that Crisp had been seen
(Continued on Fae Three.)
BOOZE IS
SEIZED BY
SHERIFF
Sheriff Bailey accompanied by Dep-
uties Castlemau and Mucker swooped
down on the II. C. Bondurant ham-
burger stand on Chickasha avenue
last evening about " o'clock and seia
ed two quarts of whiskey and the
glasses used the officers allege in the
marketing of the booze.
Later the officers visited a suppos-
ed restaurant on "Two" street. This
restaurant was not transacting an ac-
tive business but. under the auspices
of a woman who was lu charge it is
alleged a Hue of drinks was being
served from an improvised bar in the
rol" ' ""''''
rear of the
hash end of the place. After the offi
cers had taken In charge the bottle of
booze from which the customers were
being served the woman proceed
ed to bawl out the customers to tho
queen's' taste accusing them of being
stool pigeons who had led the officers
to her place.
County Attorney Venable stated this
morning that he thought he would file
information in the first case this af-
ternoon. GOLFERS GOING
IN THIRD BOUT
The golf teams which played two
tournaments under the leadership if
"Stopper" Witherspoon and G. Black-
burne started thefr third engagement
yesterday afternoon with two matches
Other games were played today and
the contestants will finish tomorrow
in time to enjoy the big "feed" which
Is the losers' treat Thursday night.
The wives of the players will be in-
vited to the dinner and there will be
places reserved for members who did
not "play if the roiumittee in charge
is notified lu time
crease In school population has made
a corresponding increase in the
amount necessary to operate the
schools and unless the extra levy is
voted the school - term will be cut
short next year.
In view of the fact that th voters
by a large majority approved the same
request when it was made by the
board last year it Is not expected
that there will be any pronounced op-
position to the proposition this year.
Realizing however that it would be
a calamity to Chickasha if for any rea-
son there should be a "slip up"
through the failure of a sufficient
number of citizens to vote it Is
strongly urged that every voter in the
city tuke tho trouble to go to the polls
and go on record in favor of a full
term and aduquate support for tho
schools. Don't forget it bo sure to
vote.
CATHOLIC
SCHOOL TO
CLOSE WED.
Interesting Programs for Afternoon and
Evening Prepared; Exhibits will
Show Work of Pupils in
Various Departments
The closing of St. Joseph's school
after a successful year's work will be
celebrated tomorrow with two inter-
estiiiE nrocrams by the students. All
relatives of the pupils will be admitted
free at the afternoon entertainment
and lu the evening a small admission
fee will be charged.
Exhibits of the work in the various
departments of the Catholic school'
will be open to the public all day to-
morrow until 7:30 p. m. There will
be an especially good display of the
fancy needlewoik.
The program for the closing exer-
cises are as follows:
Wednesday 2 p. m.
Greeting Chorus School.
"Grown Cps" Intermediate Grade.
Instrumental Ouet Misses It. Bow-
ers and M. A. McConnell.
Tlay. "Wanted to Sell a .New rea-
per" Masters James O'Shee Leo
Miller. Karl Hebinck. Maurice Burson
and Frank Vcker.
Instn-mental Duet Misses O. Bur-
son and V. Lambert.
Playlet "Vacation" Minims.
Farewell Chorus School.
Wednesday 8 p. m.
Instrumental Solo Miss . Blanche
Mosler.
Hay "I'ontia; The Daughter of I'i
late."
Cast of Characters.
Poutia (Pilate's daughter)
Thelma Mahoney
Corlna (Sister of Poutia)
Huby Bowers
Agrlppina (Roman empress)
Claudia (mother of Pontiat
Opal Burson
Petromilla (Jewish maiden)
Marie Decker
Tullla (daughter of Jairus)
Leonora McCaull
Dimfmah (daughter of Herodias)
Bertha Link
Miriam and Ruth (Jewish girls)
Myrtle Link. Catherine Ikard
Klamintina (Vestal Virgin)
Bertha Link
Pamphilia (prison keeper)
Alma Jackson
Noble ladies angels slaves children.
v
etc.
Specialties Between Acts.
Instrumental Trio Misss F. True.
B. Mosler M. Rigney.
Instrumental Duet Misses M. Deck-
er O. Burson.
Instrumental Trio Misses P. Lam
bert. M. Lindsay L. XuAton.
Instrumental Duet Misses B. Link.
R. Bowers.
Instrumental Trio Misses M. Deck-
er M. Link. L. Burson.
Presenting of eighth grade certifi-
cates.
The people of .Milan fHliug the streets after a late Austro-Hungurian air raid which caused considerable damage
and injured several people. They are watching the soldiers handling the anti-aircraft giuia that are altuated around
the outskirts of the city.
ROOSEVELT
SPEAKS AT
RAN. CITY
Makes Plea for Preparedness in Memorial
Day Address and Pays Tribute to
Veterans Who Fought for
Country
By United Press.
Kansas City Mo. May 30. Making
a plea for preparedness and paying
tribute to the soldier dead of the na-
tion Col. Theodore Roosevelt deliv-
ered a Memorial Day address here
this afternoon. After dwelling at
length upon his well-known arguments
for natiouul defense he concluded In
part as follows:
"Now friends the men here today
whom I have particularly addressed
the 'men who wore the Blue and the
men who wore the Gray in the Civil
war proved that they had convictions
worth dying for. They thereby made
riils a land worth living in. They
showed that they were willing to sac
rifice everything including life itself
for certain great ideals. They thereby
ranged themselves among the great
peonies of mankind. No nation is
rcallv great no race is entitled to at
permanent position of leadership or
of equality on this earth unless its
sons are willing to die at need for
great ideals. Rut it is equally impor
tant that they shall show a like pow
er of fealty to ideals in the way they
live their ordinary lives. If after the
lose of the Civil war the soldiers who
fought in it on both sides had shown
themselves so demoralized by the
four years of fighting that they con Id
not settle down to civil life but in-
sisted on continuing in arms and
plunging the country into anarchy
the" net re'.'lt of their former heroism
would have been destruction for this
nation.
"Such result would have proved
that although we could produce sol-
diers we could not produce citizens
and the soldier who is u bud citizen
and the bad citizen who cannot at
need serve as a soldier are equally
unfit to live in a free self-governing
commonwealth.
"This is Memorial Day. You have
today decorated' the graves of gallant
men who paid by their death for the
lack of wisdom and foresight shown
by their forefathers. This is a day
of homage to heroism. But it is also
a day of mourning. For forty years
prior to the Civil war our people re-
fused to face facts and soberly bend
their energies to make war impossi
ble. Heroes shed their blood and wo-
men walked all their lives in tho shad-
ow because there had been such lack
of foresight such slothful lazy optim
ism. Let the lesson thus taught sink
into the minds of us of this genera-
tion. Let us not from laziness and
lack of foresight create a situation
where bravo nieu shall die to msi.r-
good our short-sightedness. I ask that
wo prepare not because I wish war
but because with all my heart I desire
to keep war afar from us; and only
by forethought and by pieparation of
soul and body can we thus keep it
afar off.
"The end we have in view is a high
and fine national life based on an in-
dustrial efficiency which shall be ac-
companied by social and economic
justice. M-i-li-t-a-r-y preparedness
against war is merely a means to this
emj. But it is an indispensable
means. We are not fit to be free men
i unless we show the toretUou.Ut and
mi.
m
will power' necessary to insure tluit
we ourselves shall have the right to
decide our own destinies und not be
forced helplessly to submit to have
them decided by alien conquerors."
In addition to discussing prepared-
ness Roosevelt covered a wide range
of topics in his address which is re-
garded as the keynote of his cam-
paign. Ho touched upon the tariff
and attacked the administration for
alleged failure to enforce treaties and
mitigate the honors of war. Infer-
entially he dubbed Henry Ford us a
"sensual materialist whose shriveled
soul is wholly absorbed by automobiles
and movies."
MEXICAN
MESSAGE
MYSTERY
Messenger of Carranza Arrives but Brings
No Note; Believed Withheld to Await
Outcome of Coming
Conference
By United Press.
San Antonio Tex. May :'0. The
mystery of the Mexican note had Gen
Funston puzzled ( today. It was re
ported Saturday that a megaouer
passed through here en route to Wash- j
ington with Carranza's note to Wilson
but the messenger arrived and claim-
ed that he had no note.
It is believed likely that Carranza
sent the document and then ordered
it held temporarily to be destroyed
or delivered according to the outcome
of tho coining conference between Ga-
vira and Pershing.
It is understood that Pershing has
been Instructed to tell Gavira that the
only thing Mexicans can do is to quit
talking about co-operating and get
busy.
By Vnited Press.
Mexico May :ii). It is reliably re-
ported that Carranza's note to Pres-
ident Wilson charges that American
politicians inspired the border raids
troubles for presidential campaign
purposes. It is not known when the
note will be received at Washington.
THREE LOST
IN TORNADO
30. Three
By United Press.
Memphis Tenn. May
lives were lost as a result of a torna-
do that swept this section of tho state.
In addition to those killed accord-
ing to reports at this hour fifty-three
persons were injured.
Property valued at thousands of dol
lars was destroyed. The storm swept
the territory about Memphis for a ra-
dius of one hundred miles.
FLAG DAY OBSERVANCE
URGED BY PRESIDENT.
By United Press.
Washington. May III). Presi-
dent Wilson Issued his Flag
Pay proclamation today urg-
ing the country to give special
significance to the day on June
H.
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ADVANCE BY
GERMANS
ADMITTED
Teutons Take Small Amount of Territory
Between Deadman's Hill and Cumieres;
Assaults in Other Sections
are Repulsed
tfy United Press.
Paris May 3(1. It was admitted to-
day that the powerful German assaults
compelled the French to give way be-
tween Deadmen's Hill and Cumieres
dropping back south of the Bethiu-
court Cumieres highway.
It was stated however that the Ger
man gains did not exceed one hundred
and twenty yards in that locality and
that In other sections on the front
northwest of Verdun violeut German
attacks Were repulsed by tho French
forces.
German Report.
By United Press.
Berlin May HO. It was announced
today that the Germans won fresh vic-
tories on both banks of the Meuse
capturing positions at Cumieres and
In the Corbeaux woods with fourteen
hundred prisoners and advancing In
the riiiamoht forest.
COMMITTEES OF
BUREAU NAMED
BY PRES. COOK
President Jonas Cook of the Grady
County Commercial and Farm bureau.
announces the appointment of the fol
lowing standing committees for the
years I'.UiM":
Executive committee W. H. Gilkey
chairman; Orin Ashton O. Coffman
li. L. Wallace J. W. Kayser.
Good Roads committee M. F. Court
ney chairman; Ed F. Johns V. H.
Gilkey.-
Manufacturers committee Orin
Ashton chairman; W. H. Donahue C.
H. Caueman.
Entertainment committee M. E.
Humphrey chairman; W. H. Dona-
hue F. L. Slusher J. W. Kayser W.
W. Clark.
Finance committee Ed F. Johns
chairman; L. C. Hutson O. Coffman.
Membership committee C. H. Cane-
man chairman; Ben Morgan R. L.
Wallace George H. Evans.
Advertising committee George II
Evans chairman; J. W. Kayser O. C.
Cooper.
Agricultural committee O. Coff-
man. chairman; Ben Morgan M. F.
Courtney C. H. Canrman O. C. Coop
er.
Industrial and Development commit-
tee L. C. Hutson. chairman; Bun F.
Johnson T. II Dwyer M. E. Hum-
phrey H. T. Bettis.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Holiday; no forecast.
Fir Oklahoma.
Local Temperature.
During 24 hours nding 8
a. m. today: '
Maximum 89; minimum 53.
Col. Mosby Confederate Cavalry Leader
Passes Away at Age of 83 After
Brief Illness in Capital
Hospital
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WAS DASHING FIGURE
DURING CIVIL WAR
Sponsor for "Mosby'i Men;" Declare!
Outlaw and Denied Richt of Sur
render; Ostracized for VoN
ing for Grant
; Si
By United Press.
Washington May 30. Colonel Johnj
S. Mosby famous Confederate cavalry
leader died at tho Garfield hospital
hero today. Ho wus S3 years of afcti.
He had been llslnce Sunday.
Colonel Mosby the sponsor of "Mos-
bv's Men" and one of the last of tba
dashing figures of the Civil war w
admired by both north and south e
though ho had jnany enemies ia both)
sections.
He was the originator of the Mosby
method of warfare; to use only picked
men and tto make each man seem a!
hundred. So dangerous was he to tbs
north that he was declared an outlaw
and denied the Tight of surrender at
the eud of the war.
Cavalrymen searched for" Mosby in
the Virginia mountains until General
Grant appealed to by Mosby'u wife
ordered the outlawry order cancelled.
Colonel Mosby started Ufa peacea
bly enough at the Mosby plantation at
Edgomont Powhattan county Va.
where he was born in 1833. He was
graduated from the University of Vir.
ginia a full fledged lawyer at nine
teen In 1852.
Three years spent at hts parents'
home palled on him and be started
the practice -of law in 1S55. Soon
thereafter he ruaiTled Miss Paulina
Clarke daughter of Judga Beverly J.
Clarke who had served as a member
cf congress and U. S. minister to Gaut
emala.
When the Confederacy called for;
troops Mosby enlisted with Gen. J. B
B. Stuart's First Virginia cavalry. In
Stuart and Mosby the regiment fur-
nished the south two of its famous of-
ficers. Stuart then colonel becamo cavalry
leader for the south and it was to him
that Mosby outlined the plan bo bait
conceived for Mosby's Men.
In the winter of 1862-1863 Iha plarf
was completed and launched. Mosby
given a roving commission circled tw
the rear of General Burnside facing:
that of Lee along the Rappahannock:
river. His raid there was the first C
many that took the heart out of th
Union men who felt the sting of Ll3
little band of wasp-like cavalrymen.
It was Mosby's plan to hit quick and
hard always from behind. When hw
was cut off from all help with hostile
! troops between him and his people.
He was captured once and wouffded
several times. When be was captur-
ed he was taken to Washington. It
was a matter of regret for the north
that he was soon exchanged and sent
back to his army.
After the war and after .General
Grant by his magnanimous ordtr had
the order of outlawry against him lift
ed Mosby started to practice- law ia
Warrenton. Va. He startled tho south
when in 1X72 lie voted for Grant
hated Republican for president. .
Virginians could not understand that
motives of Colonel Mosby. Ostraciz-
ed ho left Warreufon and went to)
Washington. He practiced law until
ho was made consul to Hongkong. On
his return in lsfi5. he was put on tba
legal staff of the Southern Pacific. Inf
San Francisco. He resigned and took
a place In the general land office In
vestigating land frauds.
In 1905 he entered the DeBartmen!
of Justice as special attorney. He was
removed as 'senile" bjj Attorney Gen
eral Wickershiim in 1910. Coincident
with his removal he published a booli
on the cavalry maneuvers of the bat
tlo of Gettysburg that seemed so far
irom "senile that it was adopted ttn
a text book by the war college.
. S.'n.e his removal from office Col
uuei jioBuy uau maue n:s noma wuii
nts uaugnter Mrs. Stuart Colemau lu
Washington .
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