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United Pren Association
VOLUME 8IXTEEN
CHICKASHA OKLAHOMA. TUESDAY AUGUST 31 1915.
NUMBER 237.
PREPARING
TO DEFEND
PETROGRAD
WERE IN A HURRY.
REST 'AND READING ROOM.
That the public will witness the
county fair exhibition will not only
have a place to rest but a reading
room to rest in was decided last night
by the library board.
The Carnegie library exhibit will be
a reading room and this room will be
made an attractive rest room for the
public.
ECONOMY
IS KEYNOTE
IN ENGLAND
WHITE STAR LINER ARABIC SUNK BY GERMANS 1
M. E. Williams. 25 Marlow and Miss
Mulcle Isomer 18 an Indian maiden
roster were in such a hurry to get
married last night that they insisted
upon Judge R. K. Davenport JuBt re
maining at his home issuing them the
license and marrying them without
more ado. They came to hiB home at
6:30 last night.
ASHA
Russians Reported Evacuating Vilna
and Withdrawing Military Mate-
rial from Grodno; Austrians
re Pressing Lozk
"PEACE FEELERS"
FIND NO FAVOR
Nj Change in British Sentiment;
Determined to Fight Till Foe
Driven from France
and Belgium
By United Press.
Berlin Aug. 31. Russians are fover-
Uiily preparing to defend Pelrograd
as they evacuate Vilna say reports
from German aviators who are scout-
ing over the sectiou. Leaders at the
Iront declare the Russians are with-
drawing military supplies from Grodno
and falling hack on the Llda railway.
The fall of the Luzk fortress seems
only a matter of time with Austrian
forces drawiug constantly nearer.
- Bulgaria Sign Treaty?
By United Prese.
London Aug. 31. Athens report
that Bulgaria and Turkey have actual-
ly signed a treaty by which the neu-
trality of the former during the re
tnainder of the war Is guaranteed. The
report bas neither been confirmed nor
denied by the Bulgaria legation.
Peace Not In Sight
Br United Press.
London Aug. 31. The United Press
is able to state on the lx-st of author-
( ity that the peace situation despite
the alleged Gereman "peace feelers"
has undergone no change. Neither the
official England not" the public is in-
clined to accept peace honorabale or
otherwise. The country is determin-
ed that Germany shall be driven from
France and Belgium.
Sweden Favors Allies
Edward BJorkman. the Swedish-
American author stated to the United
Press this morning that Sweden would
never enter the war on the side of
Germany. "The majority of Swedes
are against war." he said "but they
lavor the allies."
Advisory Committee Approved.
By United Press.
Petrograd Aug. 31 The council o
the empire appointed by Tzar Nicho-
las it is announced today approves
the Duma bill providing for an advis-
ory committee with powers of admin-
istratlon In army affairs. The rumors
of a coalition cabinet continue.
The advisory committee will Inc'urt-?
members of the Duma and the imper-
il council. It will also undertake re-
lief measures for refugees In the dis-
tricts occupied by the enemy.
British Claims.
London. Aug. 31. A report from
Field Marshal Sir John French rem
maW.-r !n ch'.e.' of the British army
in U" T'cld. as given out by the
British war office as follows:
"Since my last communcation of Au
gust 18 there has been no fighting on
our front to record. There ha been
a certain amount of mining activity
erally have beeu
U 11 V luiiuii.""- "
normal.
"Both on the 18th and the 21st we
Succeeded In shooting down enemy
aeroplanes. On the 2:th our heavy
artillery set fire to a railway train at
Langemarck etation (about five miles
northeast of Ypres.)
Turkish Claim.
Vienna Aug. 31 Via London
official statement says:
--An
..t.. ..!. ihiiiter of war: Tha
armies of Gen. Planizer and Bothmer
have advanced to atrip A. At several
points the enemy attempted to arrent
our pursuit but was everywhere re-
pulsed. "The troops of Gen. Boehm-hrmolU
encountered strongly manned posi-
tions east if Silorxow and on the line
-nnnin from Baily-Kamien
acrops
Tnrnw to Riulzieehow
The enemy
was attacked and repulsed at several
Mnt along this front.
in volhvnia our forces advancing
toward Lutf ealned ground."
ESKRIDGE
PRESIDENT
OF NORMAL
Dr. J. U. Eskridge for two years
head of the Oklahoma College for Wo-
men has been elected head of the
Weatherford normal according to a
message he received late this morning
from R. H. Wilson state superintend-
ent. Dr. Eskridge left for Oklahoma
City at 2:30 this afternoon from where
he will go directly to the school he Is
to head and begin work immediately.
While no advance information was
received as to the appointment friends
of the educator were not at all sur-
prised at the place given him by the
state board of education. In fact his
name had been mentioned prominent-
ly In connection with a number of
state schools.
"I will keep Chickasha as my legal
residence" Dr. Eskridge said as he
was preparing to take the train for
Oklahoma City. I will move my fam-
ily to ;Weatherford about September
10 but Chickasha will remain my vot-
ing place."
Full credit to bis host of Chickasha
friends is given by the normal presi
dent for his getting the new position
"It is Indorsements from tfie people
with whom one has lived and been as-
sociated and with whom one has la-
bored that really count after all" he
said.
The Weatherford nojmal of which
Dr. Eskridge will take charge immedi-
ately last year had a total enrollment
of some twelve hundred students the
new superintendent states. It Is de-
clared to be one of the fastest grow-
ing Institutions in Oklahoma.
Best wishes for success in his new
field follow the educator from Chicka-
sha friends. '
MYSTERY
IN DALLAS
SHOOTING
By United Press.
Dallas. Aug. 31. Police here are
utilizing every means in their power
to penetrate the mystery of the H. N
Swain shooting In his residence lasi
night. He Is a prominent attorney and
former army officer.
It Is thought here that Swain's wife
may nave commiuea me ci. oikt nu
arrested this morning but released on
S1000 bond on the charge of assault
with intent to murder. She has stead-
fastly refused to make any statement.
Swain is shot once In the abdomen
ence in the face and once in the hand.
It Is thought that be will recover and
police are impatiently awaiting his
statement.
Neigbbors declare that five shots
were fired following Swain's return
from down town last night. They de-
clare that they heard a woman scream
Just before the shooting began.
SUNK "SUB"
DRY DOCKED
Bv Uritert Press
Honolulu Aug. 31. The U. S sub
marine F-4 which sank in Pearl bar
bor on March 25 and ws brought to
dry dock last night was fully exposed
today.
AH of the compartments of the .ves
sel were examined through a larg'
hriu hut no bodies were found. It is
believed that the bodies are burie
deep in piles of sand and debris i
the interior of the submarine.
Officers in charge of the derelict re
fuse to say anything to indicate wtK-th
er the cause of the accident has been
discovered.
r -s"
Steamer Arabic of the White Star line torpedoed and Bunk by a German submarine off the South coast of
Ireland as she was on her way from Liverpool to Boston bf the 423 persons aboard about twenty are missing and
two of these are Americans. The map shows where the Arable lies in relation to the location of the'similar suc-
cessful attacks on the Lusitania and the Iberian.
NEW CIGAR
FACTORY TO
OPEN HERE
A cigar factory employing at the
beginning only three men but which
will be increased In size as the de-
mand for goods grows Is to be opened
in Chickasha September 1. "A Lewis
& Son" is the style of the firm. They
already have a plant in Oklahoma City
which employs fifteen men.
The "Dixie" cigar Is to be the spec-
ialty of the new Chickasha factory.
Mr. Lewis stated this morning thet
they would place the brand in even-
store in town and they themselves
would push the sale. The goods are to
be manufactured in the building ad-
Joining Bill & John's restaurant at
221 Chickasha avenue.
The cigar maker will work In the
window there bo that one can e just
how good tobacco is In the "Dixie"
cigar the manager of the new concom
stated. They will do both a wholesale
and retail business.
FRAUD IS
ALLEGED
K.t fiuess. a Chickasaw thinks H.
C. Entz Charles N. Vuss Frank G.
Jenkins and R. L. Murray have de
frauded him out of the land which be
longed to his son Overton Guess now
deceased so he has filed suit in th
district court here against him asking
for the possession of the land and the
payment of $3.50 an acre as rental ou
the property for the last eight years.
Guess claims that Deck and Conned
attorneys for K. L. Murray got uie
name of the infant Guess placed on
the rolls then got for $150 a deed to
the land when it was really worth
$3000. The Indian Is being represent
ed by A. L. Iewis of Denison and Por-
ter Newman of Durant.
VICTIM COUSIN
OF PRESIDENT
By United Press.
Denver. Col. Aug. 31 Edward F.
Welles who was killed by Mexican
bandits according to yesterday's dis
patches was a cousin by marriage of
President Wilson.
Welles was a prosperous mining man
here before he went to Mexico and
became connected with a tobacco plan
tation company.
MUCH RUBBER REQUIRED.
Jacksonville. Fla. Aug. 31. Thou
sands of feet of sheet rubber fur Uncle
Sam's second dirigible are leing tun
r d out here. The rubber which is of
unusual tensile strength will be
shipped by the Connecticut company
building the huge balloon.
MANY FLOATS K
ARE ENTERED
The Chickasha Milling company Is
offering a hundred pound sack of flour
as one of the prizes in the big flower
parade and trades procession to be
held at 2 o'clock on September 22. The
Owl drug store has also offered a
thermos bottle us one of the prizes and
others are to be announced later.
Meanwhile all kinds of entries are
coming in the committee in charge
announces. Mrs. M. B. Emerson has
charge of the commercial floats. She
says it seems that all the business
houses in town will 4e represented.
All those who wish to enter in this
division should phone Mrs. Emerson.
Mrs. R. M. Cavett agreed to take
charge of the comic floatj committee.
She will take the place of Dr. Martha
Bledsoe who as presidert of the Bus
iness Women's club la ex-officio mem-
ber of ali committees
FINED FOR
GETTING IN
ITDWUf! R&n
Harry Broadway wanted to go to
bed and be peaceable all right but he
just simply found the wrong house. He
saw a front porch on Iowa avenue that
looked inviting to htm so he just
walked right up opened the door and
went into a bed room without out
any formality' at all. The residents
didn't raind his making himself at
home so much but when he "turned
In" in one of the beds without even
taking off his shoes they called the
police.
Broadway squared things with the
city by paying a fine in police coirrt
of $15.
Ethel Strong a negress paid part of
her fine this morning then had a frienu
out trying to hustle the rest of it.
Kthel had been in police court before
officers say. She was accused this
time of immoral conduct and theft.
She was convicted of stealing a bill
hook that did not contain money but
did contain lodge receipts and other
valuable papers. She had only $5 of
her on n so she sent for a friend to go
out and get $10 more. Judge Coffman
declared that the floors at the city
hall needed cleaning anyway so they
would ju."t keep her there for a while
if she couldn't raise the money.
'B. W. Warren a negro was accus
ed of immoral conduct and maintain
irg a house of ill fame. He was let off
for $10 which ho paid.
TOMATOES COMING.
Those tomatoes are beginning to
come in. Mrs. E. C. Stuckwiseh of 61?
North Eighth street brought in the
first ones this morning. They w-.-r
of a small variety being the little pear
preserving kind but they were declar
ed to be extra choice ones. They will
be preserved for the county fair.
SCORE OF
BABIES ON
LIST NOW
"Three hundred? Yes we'll have
five hundred babies In that show if
the amount of early interest In it is
any criterion" Dr. Martha Bledsoe in
charge of the Better Babies contest
said last night as she marked down
the name of the twenty-first entry on
her "baby1 book." . . .
"We have been having letters and
telephone calls ever since ' the an
nouncement of the show" she said.
"Mothers In every part of the county
seem anxious to take advantage ofthe
big opportunity offered them to have
their baby examined by physicians
who are especially instructed in the
work. We may not get all the chil-
dren in the county between the ageb
of six months and three years but wo
will get most of them."
COLLEGE TO
OPEN SAT.
Furniture was being moved into the
first annex to Nellie Sparks hall this
morning preparatory to the coming Of
students the last of the week. Prof.
and Mrs. Edgar Cowan are to have
charge of the house. They are moving
their goods to the dormitory building
and Mr. and Mrs. Howard are moving
into the Cowan house. Mr. Howard Is
an instructor in the high school.
Preparations meanwhile are contin
uing for the beginning of registra
tion Saturday. President Austin is
insisting that all Chickasha girls re-
port on that day.
DENVER SOCIETY
WOMAN SUICIDE-
Br United Press.
Dallas. Aug. 31. "I'm tired of life."
is the note friends of Mrs. Rena Kemp.
a Denver society woman found on the
dresser this morning when they en
tered the room-to find the woman dead
with a builet hole In her head and a
revolved clasped in her hand.
The woman was found in a room of
the Campbell hotel where she was
staying during a visit with her sister
in this city. She died instantly the
attending physician stated the bullet
having penetrated the brain.
PREPARE FOR ROUGH WEATHER
By United Press.
Pensacola Fla. Aug. 31. Members
of the coast guard along the gulf have
been ordered to roport at their sta-
tions today for stormy season service.
The complete guard will ge on duty
to morrow and remain through the
rough weather until early spring.
KILLED BY
ADHERENTS
OF ALLIES?
By United Press.
Gary Ind.. Aug. 31. The belief is
growing that Rev. Ediaiund Kaysor
who was murdered here a week aro
was killed by adherents of the allies.
This belief is based upon alleged
telegrams that are believed to have
passed from the Lutheran minister to
Ambassador Bernstorff. It Is said that
these telegrams indicate that Kaysor
If not a paid spy was at least an
active worker for the German cause.
Apparently harmless messages sent
by the minister urging an embargo on
the shipment of arms to Europe it Is
declared by federal officials Investi-
gating .'he case may have been In
code.
REPORT OF
GEN: SCOTT
SUBMITTED
By United Press.
Washington Aug. 31. Secretary
Lansing today received the) report of
Gen. Scott concerning the attitude of
Villa.'
It was already known that the Vil-
iistas favor the peace plan.
The report of Gen. Scott is expected
to largely influence the Pan-American
conferees the next meeting of whom
will be held within a few days.
Munitions Go to Mexico. -By
United Press.
Washington Aug. 31. The steamer
Isadora which has been held at Pensa-
cola for two weeks on the order of the
department of justice cleared for a
Mexican port with a cargo of muni
lions. The Btate department declined
to interfere with the shipment.
STRIKE IS
AVERTED?
By United Prese.
London Aug. 31. Following a con
ference today the miners' committee
announced that they would recommend
that the men accept the new agree-
ment. The strike is considered set-
tled. By United Press.
London Aug. 31. The danger point
in the threatened general strike of
coal miners in Wales is today believ-
ed to be past.
A thousand or more miners quit
work in the Monmouthshire district
but officials of the miners' organiza
tion express the opinion mat a satis-
factory agreement with the operators
will be reached before night.
What transpired at thc.-mferenoea
that were held yesterday has not been
revealed.
Parliamentary Saving! Committee
Issues Strong Appeal to People
on Opening of Second
Year of Strife
URGE REDUCTION
IN LUXURY BILL
Must Consnme Less in Orde?
to
Conserve Credit; Thrift Cam-
paign to Permeate Every
Kitchen and Garden
BV WILBUR 3. FORREST.
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
London Aug. 19 (By mall.) Eng
land has entered the second year ot
war on a strict basis of economy.
Saving is not only a natloual duty
but a bald imperative necessity. The
government must have $5000000000
a year to carry on the war. The gov-
ernment's annual revenue is only
$1350000000. The balance $3650.
000000 must be furnished by the na-
tion the people.
The answer is: Strict economy
starting right away.
This is the keynote of a stefn mes
sage to the people from the paliatnen-
tary war savings committee headed by
Presmier Asquith Bonar Law and
other notables. Assisted by experts
on national ecenomy the committee is
telling he people' what to save and
how to save it. ...
A booklet for nation-wide distribu
tion soon to be published by the com
mittee will place the issue before
every British citizen rich and poor
high and low. The language Is simple
ind to the point.
Here is the little problem la arith
metic that the government economists
write on the national blackboard tor
Mr. John Bull:
Eliminate the millions and just sup-
pose that the British government were
an every day garden variety of man
John Bull. John has been enjoying
a comfortable Income of $11500 a
year. After spending money for house-
hold necessities week-end trips to the
eea shore and furnishing gasoline for
his automobile he ha been able to
save $1500 a year. Thci suppose sud-
denly he finds himself enmeshed in a
lawsuit with his aggressive neighbor.
Heir Johann iSchmidt of Berlin. To
carry on the law suit he must spend
$5000 a year. How can he find tha
money!
He has four alternatives the govern-
ment experts say:
1. Sell his investments. .
2. Borrow from other peoplb.
3. Draw on money he has in the
bank.
4. Save out of the money he usually
spends.
But if he employs any of the first
three suggestions he will come out of
the lawsuit poorer than he went In.
There is but one logical suggestion and
that Is to save eliminate the luxuries.
It means that he'll have to eeonomissfc
to eat. drink smoke and dress les
expensively; keep fewer servants
travel less go to the theater less; ntil-
lse his garden to grow the flowers
that he formerly bought of the florist
and the potatoes and vegetables that
he previously took from the grocer;
garage his automobile and do without
innumerable unnecessary things that
eat into the family exchequer. If John
Bull d-?es all this he can kep on with
bis suit against Johann Schmidt Indef-
initely and when it is all over he will
be no poorer. He can then rerert to
the original and more comfortable
mode of living.
This say the parliamentary econo-
mists Is the government's plan in a
nutshell. It means to save and scrapo
to keep up its battlefield lawsuit to
the indefinite end and to emerge
with unimpaired credit.
It is pointed out to John Bull col-
lectively and individually that to sell
stocks and 'riuu: abroad means a
poorer. Kr.giand; to borrow from other
nations means a greater and heavier
national debt; to draw on the prevail-
ing national fund means sending gold
abroad and endangers British world-
wide banking. The problem that
Johann Schmidt's lawsuit puts up to
John Bull is the same problem that
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