Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 57, Ed. 1 Friday, March 7, 1919 Page: 1 of 10
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You will find all the
local news every day
in The Daily Express
"HIT 7
EXPRESS
All the latest news by
wire every day from
the U. P. Association
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Volume Twenty
Chickasha Oklahoma Friday March 7 1919
Number 57
OA1LY
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ET READY
OR TRADE
h Mercha.. . .d Luoiiiess Men
Busy on Plans for Booster
' Tour; Visit Chickasha
Trade Territory.
GET ACQUAINTED IS
OBJECT OF JOURNEY
Be Away Three Days; Band
Boosterettes Automobiles
Souvenirs on Tap; Ex-
pect 200 People.
'lans.are rapidly nearing comple
tion for the Chickasha- trade excur-
sion which wil lbo Htaged in the
surrounding territory on March 25
20 and 27 when Chickasha mer-
chants business and professional
EXCU
SION
men representing every wide-awake aml universities second 10 none ue-
onterprise in the cltv. will loin in ! "S classified with the well known
visiting the neoole in Hie towns and
f districts of Chickasha's trade terri
tory.
II. won't tie jinvllmif but- n "irnt. I
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attainted" affair but it will be all
of that and then some. There will
be nothing for sale on the trip. The
proposition as summed up by. a lo-
cal merchant today is as follows:
'f "Chickasha merchants have been
asking the people in the trade ter-
I jitory to come to Chickasha and
I see them. Now on this trade ecur-
(ti nion Chickasha is going to go to
y them shake them by the hand slip
1 tlieri n souvenir tell them we an-
preciate their business meet the
whole family from father - to the
hired hand and then tell them that
-j. !e flal a a Ci.;.i i:i
Chickasha because we have a reg-
ular town that is going to be a lot
B bettor. When we leave a town we
& want them to feel that Chickasha
jjlks are the right sort."
This is not strictly a tour for the
boosters. The boosterettes will bo
there with hells on. In fact they
g are booked to be one of the "main-
j est" parts of the brigade. They are
going to invite Mip. veruen Mrs.
Anadarko Mrs. Tattle Mrs. Dun-
can and all the rest' to come over to
Chickasha and swap ideas' on the
latest methods o putting fancy
work on the pillow' cases and point
lace on the handkerchiefs or
whether the incubation plan of rais-
ing chickens is equal to the time-
honored custom of setting 'em unue.'
old "Biddy."
And that ain't all. No ma'am.
What would a booster trip be with-
out a hand? Answer: A fizzle. Well
this one is not going to lie a fizzle
if the Chickasha has to blow the
hell off the big tuba cave in the
bass drum and wjggie all the thing-o'-ma-bobs
off the clarinet. The
Cuckasha band is goin to be there
and with a three-day job staring
them in the face aul with the op-
portunity of advertising themselves
over a wide territory bobbing 1'P
the organization is slated to work
ver-tinie to get the old lip in shape.
hey will ship out of here with
.... iun mi.miiic of March
me liufcL. v. i.n. .... r
25 and they are duo to play a con-
cert every timo the caravan stops toi
. . . .. . i- r i i .... I
pump up a tiro or give uie umn
drink at the town pump.
According to the plans that are
Accoiume .
under way now inro win no i'.ss
of the spell-binding orations and
more of the hand-shaking fcoiug cp.
Figuring on the basis that the pub-
lic is pretty well fed jp on these
Four-Minute men who sper.k nine
hours at a stretch the chief exx-
tioner will be there with a friendly
i club handy to cool the first man
t in attemnts to say mor3 than a
few "well chosen words"
The plans call for a night in An-
adarko and one in Duncan with
stops at every town on the route.
Arrangements will be made in ad-
vance for dinner at the towns se-
lected and with breakfast and sup-
per at the two towns mentioned.
Two committees started work in
city today getting up a list of
''hose who represent the various
Chickasha business houses. These
committees were appointed from the
Retail Merchants association and
DEVEREAUX PLAYERS TO
APPEAR AT COLLEGE SOON
The Oklahoma College for Women
will present the famous Devereaux
Players under the auspices of the
Dramatic Art Department March 17
and IS for three performances. Nev-
er in the history of the college or in
fact the history of Chickasha has
such an opportunity been offered tr
the student body of the college and
' the people of Chickasha. .
; Owing to the cancellation of a
scheduled performance at one of the
leading universities of the south due
to the influenza epidemic the Dev-
ereaux Players were able to come
to Oklahoma three clays in advance
of their apeparance at the University
of Oklahoma where they will formal-
ly open the (handsome new auditori-
um of the University. The Oklaho
ma College for Women desiring to
bring the best talent available there
by raising the standard of entertain-
ment offered the 'student body and
the citizens cf Chickasha seized this
unusual opportunity and engaged this
company for a series of performances.
The Devereaux Players have an es-
tablished reputation among colleges
Ben Greet and Coburn Players. They
offer a series of performances at the
leading universities each session play-
ing to packed houses at such institu-
GORTON IS
ED TO
(LA. LINE
According to advices received from
Oklahoma City this mcrning the Cor-
mK.".tion Commission ordered the Gor-
ton No. 1 gas well in the Cement
field closed to the Oklahoma Natural
Gas company's line connecting the
field with Oklahoma City.
It is charged that the Oklahoma
Naatural violated the state law which
iprohlbits carrying "companies to pipe
more than 25 per cent of the poten-
tial production of any gas well dur-
ing twenty-four hours. Tests made
by the commission's experts it was
stated show no difference between
the amount of gas flowing at the
mouth of the well and the amount
passing through the line indicating
the entire flow of the -well is going
into the pipe line.
Officials of the Oklahoma Natural
assert they have not violated the law
and that not as much as 23 per cent
of the potential production of the
well has been permitted to run into
the line during any day since the
well was connected. The question
will be threshed out before the com-
mission on March 12 officials of the
gas company having been notified ti
appear on that date and show cause
why they should not be fined for be-
ing in contelnpt of the commission's
order.
.Meanwhile the well will remain
closed according to the order of the
corporation commission and the $1-
500000 pipe line will remain idle.
This is the only well in the Cement
field with which the Oklahoma Nat-
ural has connections.
.WIINJO wnM'T I ex nee
smps WTH0UT F0QD
By United Press.
PARIS. March 7. Germnnv has
... . . . ...
refused to allow the United Stat.s
to use her merchant ships to carry
United States seldiers home unless
America furnishes her food sup-
plies says word received hero.
BOY SCOUTS ATTENTION
Boy Scouts meet at headquarters
at 7 o'clock tonight. Troop and pa-
trol units will be assigned and
Scoutmasters will take charge of
their troops.
Scout Commissioner.
from the Chamber of Commerce.
They are: Retail Merchants; R. L.
Jones. Ben Garvey. Olin Erasheare
J. W. Owsley and Arthur Ersland.
From the Chamber of Commerce: J.
W. Coiner C. E. Schow. John T. .
Owsley and F. L. Slusher.
The trip wil lbe made overland
and it is expected that 50 automo-
miles and 200 people wil participate
CLOS
tions as Columbia University Yale'
Harvard University of Chicago. The
Devereaux Players ore now booked
for a season on Broadway this
spring.
The performances billed for the Sesgi Open With 140 Reffis-
:ollogo are unusually attractive be-! ... ' ??s
COll0
uig very entertaining and highly ed-
ucational. The dramas offered are
from the pen of the greatest dramat
ist. The series is arranged as fol-
lows: Monday evening "Love and Ceog-
raphy" by Bjornatjerne Bjornson; a
most delightful comedy of Norwegian
life.
Tuesday afternoon three one-act
plays: "The Bear" by Anton Tchek-
hoff a comedy of Russian life; "In-
dian Summer" by Meilhac and Ha-
levy a comedy; i'The Stronger" by
August Stringberg a comedy. I
Tuesday evening "The Great Oa-
leete" by Jose Echegaray the great-
est of Spanish darma in three acts
and a prologue.
Price of admission: $1.00 single
performance; $.00 for the series of
three performances. A special stu-
dent rate will bo offered the school
children as follows: 75 cents per
single performance; $1.50 for season
ticket.
Tickets on sale at Brown son's. No
reserved seats.
GUARDSMEN
WILL GIVE
BALL HERE
Company A Second Regiment 'to
Stage Hop on St. Patrick's
Day; To Raise Funds for
Armory.
Arrangements are being completed
today for a St. Patrick's ball to be
given under the auspices of the
Chickasha National guard company
at the armory on the night of March
17. The funds derived from the ball
will be used to improve the armory.
V. II. Hulen captain of the com-
pany states that in order to secure
the remainder of the equipment for
the company the armory must be
improved. An inspection officer
from regimental headquarters re-
cently paid the local company a visit
and in his report stated that the
company as to men and officers is
0. k. but he condemned the condi-
tion of the armory and pointed out
improvements that must be made.
"Guns and the remainder of our
equipment are now in Oklahoma City
but we cannot get them issued to
us until we improve our present
quarters" said Captain Hulen this
morning. "It will be necessary for
us to build another store-room and a
number of gun racks. The company
1. s without funds with which to do
this work hence we decided to give
the St. Patrick's ball and hope- to
raise sufficient money to do the
necessary work."
Workmen will start immediately
on the task of putting the floor in
good condition. It will be scraped
to a smooth surface and waxed so
that the revelers will have a fine
surface on which to "trip the light
fantastic."
Cood music will be furnished and
a nomiiial sharge will be made to
the dancers. The affair is the first
feature to be staged by the local
company and it promises to be a
head-liner.
SAYS ROADS DUE
GO BACK OWNERS
By United Press.
WASHINGTON March 7 Sena-
tor Cummins head of the interstate
commerce committee of the next
senate stated today that he believes
the new military law will return
the roads to private ownership with
governmental supervisory powers.
He believes that the road. will he
consolidated into a few great sys-
tems and that the powers of the in-
terstate commerce commission wi'.j
be greatly increased.
teacher:
OF COUNTY
200 When All Trains in
Today.
COLLEGE GIRLS TO
ENTERTAIN MEMBERS
Program Is Arranged; President
Austin to Speak; Meeting to
Come to Close at Noon
Tomorrows
i
One hundred and forty members
of the Grady county; Teachers'
asscosiation had registered here at
noon today for the annual meeting
of the organization. County Super-1
intendent Shephard expects the at-
tendance to react) I wo himd;-el after
the arrival of a. : 1. 1 T.
membership el: U.e (.' ;:Hy "'civile;-'.)
association numbers two hundred .
and seven and at least two hundred
of these are expected to attend the
annual meeting.
The afternoon's program opened
at the Methodist Episcopal church
at 1:30 o'clock and will last until
about 4 o'clock according to the
program as follows:
1:30-1:40 Roll call.
l:4?-l:4a Invocation Rev. Salter.
1:45-2:00 Address.
2:00-2:20 "The Teacher a. a Fac-
tor in Community" George A. Cof-
fey.. 2:20-2:40 "Military Training" Lil
lian Shuster.
2:40-3:00 "The Loyal Ten' her." E.
2:40-3:00 "The Loyal Teacher" E.
II. Black.
2:00-3:30 Address Mrs. Wm. P.
Phren field secretary of Junior Red
Cross.
Announcements M. II. Shephard.
The- evening session will be called
order at 7:30 J. W. Morgan presi-
dent of the association declared this
afternoon. Music by the girls from
the Oklahoma College for Women
and an address by G. W. Austin
president of the O. C. W. and the
address by the president of the as-
sociation will make up the evening's
program. The session closes at the
church tomorrow morning.
"The present outlook is that the
meeting will be one of the most
successful in the history of the
Grady County Teachers' association"
hard this morning.
said County Superintendent Shephard !
this morning.
The program for tomorrow is as
follows: t I
9:00 Roll call. I
9:10-9:0 Discussion: "How to
Make Up Lost Time" H. F. Allen.
9:30-10:00 Address W. F. Ramey
superintendent of the Chickasha
ftr-hnnls J
10:30-10:30 Round table discussion.
"Improvement of Rural Schools"
club work; "Athletics and Intellec-
tual Meets" "County Fair Exhibits"
Graded and Consolidated Schools"
annual reports. .
11:30-11:45 Business session.
$25000 FIRE LOSS
AT NOWATA PLANT
By United Tress TT4 S T.;
j NOWATA Okla. March 7. A loss
' of ?2a000 was incurred in the ex-
plosion and fire at the plant of the
I Western Gasoline company early to-
day. .
Roy Dyfield engineer was blown
through a wall and seriously injured.
Two others were slightly burned.
WEATHER FORECAST
For Oklahoma.
Tonight cloudy; farmer Sat-
urday; cloudy; somewhat
colder in eastern portion.
Temperature. .
Maximum G2; minimum 29.
MEET HERE
ARKANSAS CORN-FED GIRLS
CAN'T COMPARE WITH BOCHES
"Talk about cornfed girls Ar
kansas is backed clean off the map"
says Sergt. Jesse Luster speaking
of the German fair sex. Luster
has been with the army of occupa
tion and on January 22nd was sta
tioned at Longcamp Germany. In a
lottter just received by his father
Otis Luster of the Live Grocery
Sergt. Luster says:
"it has certainly been cold here
this week. We played a concert in
the park today and I nearly froze.
Not like the cold weather of Okla
homa however just a still biting
freezing cold that makes one glad
to pull one's overcoat collar as high
as possible.
"There doesn't seem to bo anyone
here that has any idea when we are
coming home. Some say March oth-
ers April May June etc. But I
can tell you this and you may
form your own opinion: I'm coining
J just as soon as they will let me. The
happiest moment of my life will be
! when (h.i en tain r.-.yn: 'Sergeant
pad: y.nr c . Is yoa'.-j going back
back t Coil';.' country.'
"I had a funny experience the
other night. I walked to Benrenk
castlo and had started back. It was
snowing like f 700. I decided to cut
through a field and save a mile or
DURBIN IS
CANDIDATE
FOR MAYOR
Files for Re-Election; No Op-
position in Sight at Noon To-
day; Last Bay Candidates
May File.
Mayor S. C. Durbin this morning
filed for re-election to office of
mayor of the city of Chickasha. At
12 o'clock today the last day in
which candidates may fil no other
man had announced his candidacy
in opposition to Mayor Durbin.
E. G. Reynolds city clerk and
W. W. Clarke city treasurer will
also be candidates to succeed them-
selves both having filed with the
election board. Others who filed
were: C. H. Caneman re-election as
councilman from the Third ward;
Henry DuBose re-election as coun-
".
Hawn councilman from the second
ward; S. E. Newman 'Councilman
from the Fourth ward. M.. S. Oralle
and W. T. Cloud filed for re-election
as members of the school hoard
I from wards two and three respect-
I ively.
No one had filed as a candidate
I for member of the school board
I from ward 4 at 12 o'clock today
I but it was generally understood that
Judge Frank M. Bailey will drop his
hat in the ring as a candidate for
! re-e'.ection to that position and
would file this afternoon. Leonard
R. Hawn present treasurer of the
school board this morning filed for
re-election.
Messrs. Newman and Hawn are
the only new candidates in the field
for seats in the city council. If
elected Mr. Newman will succeed
Dick McKay deceased and Mr.
Hawn will succeed J. W. Wellborn
present councilman.
Registration books close this eve-
ning according to Mr. Murray. The
primary election will be held March
ISth.
SHIP MATERIAL
LOCAL PIPE LINE
That progress is being made to-
ward the starting of work on the
Ijcal Cement pipe line and loading
rack is evidenced by a t.siam ic
ceived this morning by T. J. Brown
secretary of the Chamber of Com-
merce from II. T. Davidson who is
in St. Louis.
The telegram stated that tankage
and pumps had been shipped and
that three cars of pipe will be
shipped out of St. Louis today. It is
expected that work will start im-
mediately after the arrival of the ma-
terial at the field.
so. The result was I got lost and
walked 'til nearly morning before I
arrived in camp. I had gone some
ten miles out of the way.
"You remember I wrote you that
we might stay in Coblenz some
time. I heartily wished it as it is
some 'burg.' But I fear 1 was mis-
taken. It looks as if it is 'Onward
Christian Soldiers.' for us.
"The Dutch or I should say the
Germans had a big dance here last
night. Believe me it was some
shindig.' All wore hob-nail boots
and from the noise you would have
thought the house was tumbling in.
Talk about corn-fed girls Arkansas
is backed clean off the map. I
laughed until I was sick
"I understand the death toll from
the flu was awful in the states.
Some say there were moro deaths
from flu over there than from Hun
bullets over here. That is frightful.
I hope the epidemic abates soon.
"The United States officials ar-
rested a Gorman here the other day
because he refusd to obey an order
which compelled him to keep his
barn door open. He complained of
it being too cold. Well they put
him to work the next day and he
I sure had to 'hit the hall' too. That
(Continued on page 2.)
LOAF MAY
AGAIN BE
A NICKEL
By United Press.
Washington March 7 The nickle
loaf rnayreturn Jt was forecast here
today in announcing plans for reduc-
ing flour prices while paying the
farmers the guaranteed price of $2.26
for wheat.
The plan includes the taking over
of all flour by the government pay-
ing the millers a nominal profit and
reselling the flour to the public at
$2 less per barrel depending on the
foreign demand to keep up the wheat
price.
The plan is to pay the millers $3
per barrel reselling thj flour to the
public at $G.
Millers See Dime Loaf.
By United Press.
Chicago March 7 Millers here
forecast the return of the ten cent
heavy wheat loaf in the near future.
STAGE SET
FOR PLAY
The stage is set for "The New
Co-lid" to be presented tonight at
the high school auditorium by the
Junior class under the direction of
Mrs. A. 'B. Morgan.
Supported by a well-trained cist
the play gives promises of being
one of the most interesting events
in the present school year. The play
reveals college life from the recep-
tion of the new student her trails
and final triumph.
The curtain will be raised at S
o'clock it was announced this aft-
ernoon. AGAINST INTERVENAION.
WASHINGTON March 7. Ray-
mond Robbins former member of
the American Red Cross mission to
Russia today told the senate that a
bolsheviki investigating committee
should be sent to Russia. He de-
clared against military interven-
tion until the facts are known
ATTENOS GRANGE MEET
J. V. Owens county agent at-
tended a meeting of the Meridian
branch ot the Grange at the school
house 8 1-2 miles northwest of
Chickasha Thursday night. Tonight
he will attend a meeting of the
Grange at the Friend schoolhouse
four miles cast of the city. LeRoy
Wallace asistant state organizer of
the Grange accompanied M. Owens
to the meeting last night.
MILITARY
TERMS TO
BE SEVERE
Official Believe Final Terms Bg
Harder on Germany Than
Suprepne War Council
Made Outline.
TAKE UP PROPOSAL
SENDING HUNS FOOD
May Prevent Spreading of Bol-
I shevism; Street Fighting
Breaks Out Again in
Berlin
By United Press.
Berlin March 1.A battle is rag-
ing around Central police headquar.
ters this afternoon. Government
troops are going over to the rebel
forces and aiding them. Both slde.1
are using armored automobiles.
The official government commit
nique -says that the attack i3 going
on against the rebels successfully.
It announces that the naval division
which went over to the rebels wa3
disarmed.
Terms Aie Hard.
By United Press.
PARIS March 7. Forecasting that
the final military terms to be im
posed on the Germans will be mora
severe than were proposed by the
supreme war council Captain Tar-
dieu commissioner of Franco-Amer-ic-affairs
said "The unanimous
desire of the peace conference
seems to be to make the terms the
most drastic possible."
. Cai)tajrL.TjLrdJeii.lU2baslzea tha
"necessity" of keeping connection
between the peace treaty arid the
League of Nations
but said that
Germany will not find any Leajue of
Nations terms in the treaty until'
she is admitted to the league.
Discuss Sending Food.
By United Press.
PARIS March 7. The "Big Five"
of the peace conference has taken
up the proposition of sending food
nto Germany and Austria to pre-
vent the spread of bolshevism
hunger.
The naval terms include the de-
struction of the German submarines
but the fate of the German fleet is
still undecided.
Premier Lloyd George of England
insists on an early signing of the
peace treaty and the meeting of the
food situation. Central Europe in
reported as starving.
Fight in Berlin Streets.
By United Press.
BERLIN March 7 Street fight
ing broke out again in scattered
parts of Berlin last ngiht with the
result that many of the republican
guards were wounded.
Earlier in the day the Spartacan
leaders Haas and Barts admitted
that the revolution had apparently
failed and that the government by
the use of guns tanks and poison
gas was master of the situation.
CHICKASHA GIRLS
WIN FIRST ROUND
AT WEATHERFORD
Special to the Express.
Weatherford Okla. March 7. The
Chickasha high school girls' basket
ball team defeated the Thomas high
school sextette 21 to 20 in a fast and
rpectacular game played thU morn-
ing during the tournament being
staged under the direction of the
Southwestern State normal.
Every member of the Chickas'ia
team played an aggressive reliable
game. Guarding on the part of Don-
ahue Horn Ruby Hill and McGehee
and . the marksmanship of Minnett
and Mabel Hill Chickasu.3 forwards
was the best seen oa the local court
for several seasons.
The Chickasha team p'ayi again
this afternoon.
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