Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 120, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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CHICKASHA OKLAHOMA THURSDAY MAY 23 1010.
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NUMBER 121
SAYS
CLDjB RALLY
PROVES BE
A SUCCESS
5900 Club Members Prcstul; Show Good
Work Done by Farm Agent and
Home Demonstrator
STAGE BIG FEED
ON COLLEGE CAMPUS
Program Delights Big Crowe"; Clec Club
Sings; Slate Officials Deliver Ad-
dresses to Children
Yesterday marked the biggest day
iu tlio boys' and girls' Tub work in
Grady county when nearly 5000 club
members assembled -licro in a mon
ster rally. There wco delegates
from pig con. cotton kaffir calf
garden better bread canning and
a dozen other clubs and each dele-
Kate was whooping it up for his par-
ticular organization.
To the vast out of town delegates
wero added the Chickasha war gar
den club member. who have coaxed
their gardens along during tlio hot
dry weather until they rank with
the best in the state as was evi-
denced by the statement of I). C.
Mooring garden specialist of the A.
aud M.i College who was tlio judge
in tlio garden contest.
"Chickasha garden:; as a wUoh
rank as among the very best if uot
1 have uoeu in Oklaliouia" said Mr.
Mooring yesterday evening. "One
thing is strongly iu evidence. It is
that the young gardeners havo had
the proper kind of instruction from
Mr. Cooper. They have the ciithu
siustn and they aro actually doing
the work themselves. Yesterday
evening after the judging was com
pleted I visited several sections of
the city and found the youngsters
right out in their gardens at work.
A parade . was staged in which
4220 club members took part. To
these' were added hundreds of adult;
iu automobiles. As the parade cam!
to a hall at the city hall the club
lSembera vers loaded into automo
biles furnished by the citizens of
Chickasha aud were taken to tlm
Oklahoma Collcgo for 'Women where
tlio program was scheduled to take
place in the auditorium.
Long beforo the. arrival of tlin
thousands of children the auditori-
um was packed to capacity. There-
tore when the club members arrived.
it became necessary to seek larger
iuarters. Tlio entire assembly there-
fore was moved to the open and the
piograni staged from the broad steps
of Xellie Sparks hall dormitory of
tlio college. Addresses were made
to the club members by J. A. White-
hurst member of the. board of agri-
culture of tlio state by Mr. Mover.
Assistant director of boys' clubs of
Oklahoma 1). C. flooring. c.f the A.
and M. college state garden special-
ist and by Mrs. Frazier district
agent of tlio homo demonstration
v ork. Tlio invocation was offered
Iv Rev. J. II. Bowcrsox and the adder!--
of welcome was delivered by
Alger Melton. J. W. Kayscr present-
ed tlio ten prij.es to the winners in
the C'liickasha war garden contest.
S'ato Snpt. R. II. Wilson made a spe-
li;.! address to tho children touch-
ing ipoii tlio phases of- school life
and action '.that may bo directed lo-
vwnl tlio "help win (lie war" inovo-n..-i
t. -"'
".'he hH) club of the Oklahoma Col-
lege for Wotneii delighted ' tho big
crowd wT(h: seVcral songs in each
case being forced to respond to en-
cores. Special numbers on tho pro-
Stum which draft storni3 of applause
vcic readings by Lena Bruner of
Acme who lias recently won the
("isi.iit tion of being tho champion
i-adcr of tho county Claudia Hostick
t'f VcrJcn Person Woodall. Vcrden.
and Flossie Catterall of Chickasha.
While the program as a whoie and
the t'sy in general was a decided
B-.iocess thero was one feature that
for Cue time probably stood out more
.(Contlnuea en Fist Two.)
Bombs From Htm Airmen
Kill Red Cross Nurses:
Women WorkThru Attack
1 1I.V United Press.
Willi the British iu Franco May
23. A score of German machines
raided a largo number of hospitals in
tho general area dropping bombs
aud numerous small shrapnel killing
and wounding more than hundred
women nurses patients and attend'
ants
The bombs wero timed to explode
on level ground to insure the great-
est destruction of Ufa. Red Cross
signs were plainly visible on tho hos-
pitals. British aiUi-airenift guns and avia-
tors gave battle to tlio invaders and
Only Ten in County Fail " Pars Exam.;
Eighth Made Average Above 90;
AH Girls
1 Otii ' oi'a total of '"31tJ cifdith graJ-
crs in Grady couuly only tou failed
to pass the county examination a:i
shown by the records in tho office
of Supt. M. II. Kliepard who is just
completing tho mailing out. of the
grades to tho pupils. Seven hundred
and fifty-three pupils took the exam
ination-5"7 being seventh grade pu-
pils taking only five subjects.
Eight finished tho examination
with general averages of more than
90 and tho highest average grade
was made by Lou Emma Vaden of
Bradley whoso grades netted an av-
erage of tc 3 1. She is 1!) years of
ago. Hazel Pnoll of Tuttle. a 12-
year old kui; made tlio second high-
est average trade with 92 I I The
other six finishing with averages of
!)) or better are: Jewell Blair Rush
Springs aged II id 1-1; lOli.a White
Iicton aged J(i 90 0-ti; Katie. Milch-
ell Rush Springs aged 13 !)(! 5-12 ;
Thora Weaver. Veiden aged II
1)0 1-6; Wynoua Decker. Mario w
aged' 13 '90;- Maurto Wllkerson. Ire-
ton aged 11 t'0.
Tho records show that tho girls
have bested the boys especially in
the matter of high grades. Among
the select that is those making an
average of better than 90. not a boy's
nemo appears. At the same time be
It recorded that of tho ten who did
not pass some were girls. County j
Superintendent Shcpard is mailing
out passing grades to 303 pupils. Du
plicate grades have been sent to the I
office of the state superintendent;
from which office certificates or di- j
plomas will bo furnished to the suc-
cessful candidates for ninth grade
honors.
ANNOUNCE
8TH GRADE
AVERAGES
SPECIALIST
LOCAL GARDENS
ARE BEST EVER
That Chickasha is to bo congratu-
lated on the. many war gardens here
and that tho children who raised
those gardens descrvo to bo rccog
nized as true patriots was tho state-
ment of D. ' C. Mooring garden spe-
cialist of the state who was here yes-
terday finishing up tlio work of in-
specting local gardens.
"Tho children d;ervo a lot of cred-
it" Mr. Mooring caid. "Thero is
more interest shown here than any
whero else in tho state. 1 took par-
ticular pains to ask the children a
number of questions and tliey gave
rue answers that showed they knew
i something about tlie technical eud of
brought down tho cnomy comman-
der. Half oT an entire hospital disap-
peared iu a nearby crater which was
fifteen feet across and ten feet deep
where a. bomb fell on the mirsos'
quarters. Tho huts about tho place
were splintered. Women worked
amid tlio bombing for two hours. A
few Americans were in- the hospit-
als but none of then was injured.
Air Raid on Paris
By United Presn. -
Paris May 23. An air attack on
Paris laHt night consisting of two
distinct raids was officially announc-
ed today. An aerial barrage frus
RAP SALESMEN WHO
TRADE STOCKS
BONDS; ACTION RECOMMENDED
Wm. II. Donahue chairman of the
f Fifth Oklahoma district in the Lib-
1 erty loan campaign today addressed
j a letter to all the county chairmen
in this district 011 tho subject of
trading oil and milling stock for Lib-
erty bonds. This action is in lino
with tho views expressed by tho
Council of Defense which body has
condemned such .practice; -The let-
ter follows;
"Our attention has -linen called by
tho Oklahoma State Council of De-
fense to tho uctlvity on tho part of
salesmen of speculative stocks es-
pecially oil gas lead and' zinc ia-
suos to turn tlio great patriotic e'f-
lort exemplified in the third Liberty 1
Joan campaign to their personal -advantage-
by calling upon all purchas
ers of Liberty bonds iu an effort to
exchange their wares for fhcsd gov'
eminent securities.
Recently Grady county farmer
'.iid to me that he had quit wearing
his Liberty Loan ballon Iu order to
avoid lliosn salesmen who desired to
exchange him iSnniethiiig for his
be ud. Truo to tho spirit of our gov-
ernment which recommended tlio
placing of a Liberty loan bond how-
ever small in every home millions
of patriotic citizens left tneir farms
ami their places of business and
spent freely during the third Liberty
ban campaign of their time their
energy and their patriotism in an
effort not only to provide through
this medium this government with
the sinews of war but also to incul-
cate in to the minds of (lie least pub-
lic spirited and the slothful that
same high spirit of patriotism coup-
ied with tlio idea of saving in or-
MEET IN ST. LOUIS NEXT
jy Uiiit.en rr..
Columbus Ohio. May 23. The
Presbyterian general assembly will
select St. Louis us tho place for its
meeting in 191'J.
SAYS
gardening.
"I find a great many 'cucumber
barrels" iu tlio city. I also find that
tho gardeners havo utilized all avail-
able spaco in making their gardens.
It is gratifying to note that tho early
stuff such as radishes arc giving
way to other and later crops. In
other words tho Chickasha gardeners!
aro taking ono crop off tho ground
and putting another right in its place.
That's tho way to make a garden
pay a profit. I have noticed a lot
of egg plant here. That's one of the
best things iu tho garden.
"Another Important item is the
black-eyed pea. I have seen cousid-
trated tlio first attack.
Tho second attack was made with
several- relays or machines which
dropped the bombs within the area
of tho city despite a violent uerial
barrage. ..
Gotcbo Ooy Wounded.
By United Prf.is. .
Washington May as. Ross H.
Brown of Gofobo Oklahoma u pri
vate was severely wounded accord-
ing to the casualty list forwarded by
Genoral Pershing today.
Tho list included eighty-six names
fourteen being killed in action forty-
eight wounded ono missing and twenty-three
dead from other causes.
SEEK TO
FOR LIBERTY
cler nol only to enhance their own
personal welfare but to stabilize this
government which gives litem pro
toot ion.
"It is nol tlio patriot who will ex
change Liberty loan bonds for the
speculative stock certificate or other
icercliandise. II is tho man that you
and I have worked aud argued and
reasoned with In order that not only
fir the present but for all future
fine ho might be tho better citizen
who is susceptible to the siren tones
of the oil slock vender who in up-
pioaclilng him annuls in his mind
the spirit of patriotism that is has
:ut so much to inculcate (lure. The
effort of any man to by this method
mido tho great work that lias been
done by representatives of the gov-
c.r'iinent thereby tearing down the
spirit built up at so much cost is
not only unpatriotic but pro-German.
"In the Fifth Oklahoma district
this is absolutely going to be
stopped. In order that this may lie
accomplished you will plc-no there-
fore is;;uo under franked cover to
each member of your county Liberty
loan organization aud your city
uivmsinp ami school ili:;tricl repre-
sentatives a letter requesting that
ho bo 011 tho alert fm- any salesman
who appears iu his nelr:.-rhood to
exchange any commodity for Liber-
ty loan bonds and to report such
operations forthwith to your office
together with the name of die agent
the company and if possible the
terms of tilt proposed trade. WlicuJ
this inforinatioi; reaches you please
kindly repeat it tc this office. Pleasa
acknowledge receipt of this advice-
aud state your action upon it."
crable of this plant here. It's a won-
der. It. will save flour and it will
suvo meat. Plant the black-eyed peas
between potato rows. Dig up your
matured radishes or any other crop
that has matured and plant black-
eyed peai. sweet potatoes or eg
plant. Now is the time for these
threo important plants. Sweet pot-
tces w ill save sugar egg plant v ill
help savo meat tho peas will help
save flour. Go after tho three of
them and plant acres of the three in j
Chickasha. Peanuts is another good!
erop and is the nearest balanced ra-
tion of any vegetable."
The record shows that there are
2223 war gardens iu Chirkashii and
a. total of 7323 in the. entire county.
Mr. Mooring congratulated Mr. Coop-
er on tho -splendid work ho had done
hore in instructing the war garden-!
ers.
THE WEATHER
Tor Oklahoma.
Tonight and Friday partly
cloudy to cloudy.
Local Temperature.
Maximum 90; minimum iii.
AY
SES
ARE GIVEN
Monster Crowd Mends Frogram Staged
by C. II. S. 1918 Seniors; Enter-
tainment Big Stress
VACANT CHAIRS FOR
MEMBERS IN SERVICE
Chairs for Howard Norton and CLarlie
Rudolph Draped With Old Glory;
Golh Boys in France
When the curtain was raised last
night for the annual class day exer-
ciser of the 1918 seniors of tho C. If.
S.. tho first and most effective ob-
ject to greet tho eyes of the audience
was two vacant chairs iu tlio center
of the first tier of seats draped with
Old Glory. These were In honor of
Howard Norton and Charlie Rudolph
class members now serving in France.
The remaining forty-three members
of tho cl-iss in their dark caps and
gowns surrounded the vacant chairs.
Beforo tho program proper com-
menced tho high sc.-jol orchestra en
tertained the audienco with a num-
ber of pleasing selections. Rev. A.
f Frccso offered tho invocation and
Miss Millio Janet Gray salutatorian
welcomed the audience. I lor talk
v.'pg pointed and fitting its themo be-
ing "What -; you. iuins to do iu
this war?" Miss Gray is president
of (lie graduating class.
Tho class history by Misri Susie
King was clever and original. She.
likened I he class to j beautiful flow
er graden In the pdiape of an eight
pointed star. In each point were
planted tho members from the name
slate those of another stato border-
ed the garden and the others wero in
its center. 'Miss King gavo a short
sketch of tho lifo of each and in
closing said "Though tho garden is
torn apart at graduation and the
plants transplanted to tlio four parts
of the earth there will still linger in
their lives tho strong principles on
which it was based and tho deepest j
love for the gardener Mh;s Flar.-
Icr. the rlj:;a advhjor and her assi'jt
urits the other member:; U:u fac
ulty who so carefully tended it
these four years."
Roy Norton delivered the cIubs
poem telling of his travels through
tho Chickasha high school and the
wisdom ho acquired giving the
school full credit. An instrumental
solo by Herbert Pucker followed the
popular pianist being forced to re-
spond to two encores.
In tho class prophecy Emery Con-
rad told of a trip taken in 1932
starting from San Francisco and end-
ing iu Washington D. C 011 which he
visited all of the class members.
His visions of tho ftuure were of
great interest to the graduates who
wero wondering what the coming
years held for them.
Miss Doris Gow (!y- who read the
(lass will prefaced her talk by tell
ing how all the best physicians had
decided that Miss Eighteen must tie
or. May 23 and that she had been
called upon to write her will. Sho
said that death was caused by en-
largement of the head as well as the
heart and other organs of the body.
The will was ingeniously written and
in conclusion Miss Gowdy remarked
that sho hoped tho faculty would
ccndiict the funeral excreires with
the fame dignity that the class has
always upheld.
Miss Olga Nelson who delivered
the valedictory dwelt upon the war
as it affects all of us and brought
Luno tho fact that not only tho men
tut the women must find a place to
serve. Before bidding her friends
of her class and tho faculty a last
good-bye sho thanked Mr. llainey
and tho school board for tho iniiny
privileges and advantages the clas'j
. I had enjoyed during their four years
(lji high school.
1 The class song composed by Miss
( Dorothea Freese was then sung and
j two spirited class yells were given
before the curtain was lowered and
.the class of 131$ passed iuto history
CLASS D
EXERCI
RRED CLASS MEN
urn
LSI
ENGAGE IN
OR SHOULDER ARMS
OFFENSIVE
SCHEDULED
FOR JUNE 1
British Believe Next Drive Will Be Last;
If Fail Teuton Turn to
Italy
Cy United Preus.
Washington May 23. Tlio third
and perhaps tho final great drive of
tlio Germans on tho western front
will bo launched about June 1 ac-
cording to tho prediction of General
W. A ru-idires chief ..r n. m-m..i.
..." . .
limitary mission in tins country.
Should tho Teutons fall to hiru' uuuu 110 UWorrca elassea
tho allied lines in tho Yprcs sallnct
and around Amiens which are tliei
immediate nhlm-HvPr.. fipi! Itrl.lJ
es looks for an Ausin.-ficrnu 1-ivn
against Italy. A determied effort to
crush Italy would mako it imperative
to lengthen tho allied line.
Genoral Bridges expressed com-
pleto confidence in the ability of (ieu.
Forli to deal effectively wilh tho lu
vaders. -
American Pilot Killed.
Tho war department today issued
a supplement to General Pershing's
report saying Lieutenant Kurtz an
American air pilot. fell within the
lines and was killed. Apparently lib
death was accidental.
German Dombardirx'.nt.
By United Tress.
London May 23.A Gorman bom-
bardment of tho Anero valley south
o? Lens east of Robecq and east of
Nieppo forest during the night was
reported today by Field Marshal
liaig.
Tho British inflicted casualties
capturing machine guns In success-
ful raids at Ayetto Bok'latix and St.
Mart
Aii'Tjt.m ;Mcmc'it.
By United Press.
With the Americana iu France
May 23. Tlio official American state-
ment issued last night said artillery
fire had decreased In tho sectors
occupied by the American troops.
Thero wero no -new developments.
SOLDIERS MAR
JAIL A BEDLA
AS FACE "WATER CURE"
Privates Smith Allen Shiirpn and
Cook of tho Until infantry aro bad
hombres and have been making tho
city hail hero a bedlam for two days.
Confined in the jail in the basement
they havo whooped it up to such an
extent that tho clerks in" tho upper
stories were compelled to leave off
work. Quiet reigns now however
being forced at tho point of a bi;c
fire. hose.
Tho men wire lakeu from a box
car on ' the Frisco tracks hero by
Serg. Guy Rogers of the provost
guard assisted by tho city policemen.
Tho charge against them is being
absent without leavo and they are
being held here uutil transferred 10
the army post. Serg. Rogers states
it is the second offense for the men.
Business picked us as soon as the
lock was turned on the jail door.
The jailer knew that considerable
noise was going on but paid no more
attention to it until morning. The
cold light of dawn revealed nothing
but wreckage as to furnishings in
the jail. - Bed clothes were torn to
shreds stools and chairs broken into
- bits the bath tub was wrecked
com
WAR WOR
Loafers ard Uselessly Employed Hard
Hit; Gamblers Waiters Bartenders
Counter Lmpcrs on Lt
NEW ORDER TO BE
EFFECTIVE JULY 1
Dependency No Protetlian; Go Before
Local Boards; Women Take Places
Men Thus Drafted
By United ires?.
Washington May 23. Kffcctivo
July 1 all men subject to tho draft
must do a man's work or fight ac-
cording to a. plan announced today
by Provost Marshal General Crowdcr.
Tlll Itntir .!.. . ..
. J" 1J""' movmca. mat all
loafers
era and men uot usefully cmolov-
cwt It t ...1 I.. J 1 ...
Tf?0 work or ba
' . tulc'
r" lulitary authorities will seizfl
K;mWc-K. raco track 'men 'waiter
aim bartenders besides hotel and
apartment houso attendants domestic
servants department storo clerks and
persons engaged In amusements and
sports. Dependency will not protect
uion thus classified.
'.Local boards will 'call idlers' and
non-esfwiitiui workers and givo them
a clianeo to show useful occupation.
I.: they fail they will b0 drafted.
Tim new plan Is constructed m
that the places' of men shifted into
Hio army may bo filled by women.
General Crowdcr duclared that ho
MM glvo a ruling that baseball ' hien
who aro draftablo will go. War de-
partmeiit experts say the order will
! lllaft Players. Actual performers In
legitimate concert.'? .opera and then
i leal performances . will bo excepted.
This is tho most drastic step yet
taken by tho war department.- Tho 1
order is expected to bo extended la-
ter to other non-essential occupa-
tions. "
GtNErtAL WOOD SOON TO
SEE FOREIGN SERVICE
By United Pret
Washington May 23. Major Gen-
eral Leonard Wood Genior on the
army list will soon be In foreign
service. His army friends say that
ho will bo placed "in command of a
corps on the western front.
pletely having been torn loose from
its connections and even tho legn
broken. Whim tho morning meal was
passed through to the men they de-
voured it then breaking tho dishes
into bits used tho fragments for
practicing "sharp shooting" using:
tlio electric light globes for targets.
"Artillery practice" was also a fa-
vorite pastime of tho men said "a"
tillery" being their sturdy shoe
kicked against tho sleet cages. AVa
ter from tho broken tub flowed over
the jail floiD- aud stood several inch-
es deep. Every time tlio jailor or a
policeman appeared at the wicket hi
was roundly cursed or percliauCQ d
piece of a broken dish would wills
by his ear.
After two warnings to tho soldiers
Mayor Coffinaii bad the fire depart-
ment attach a section of hoso to tun
plug. Tlio business end of tho hoso
Wi.s then taken into tho jail olid
after having locked fiio men in sep-
arate cells tho men wero told that
if another outburst was forthcoming
they would draw the. full force of
tho stream. Last reports were that
they were again quiet.
E CITY
M; QUIET
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