Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 172, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 20, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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IICKASHA liAILY' .
You will Find AH the
from the United Press
Local News Every Day
in the Daily Express.
Association.
VOLUME SEVENTEEN.
CH1CKASHA. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY JULY 20 1916.
NUMBER 173
"UN
EXPRESS.
TED
STATES DOES NOT TREAT? MILITIA
FAIRLY"
GRADY COUNTY AND
OKLAHOMA SOAKED
Rainfall One and One Half inches in
Chiikasha and Heavy Rains in
County and Slate
A rain which deluged Chickasha
and fell over a large part of Grady
county last night was practically gen-
eral throughout the state according
to reports which have heen received
from various sources in Chickasha to-
day. The long dry spell was at last
broken by a heavy rain which in
Chickasha was preceded by a violent
windstorm which blew down some corn
tn this immediate vicinity and tore
several signs from their fastenings.
The following general reports were
published In the Dally Oklahoman this
morning:
Enid Hard rain and wind between
(I and 7 o'clock.
Guthrie Rain.
Perry Heavy rain
dishing rain.
Sapulpa Prospects for rain.
Law ton Looks like rain.
AltiiH Looks like rain.
Hobart Prospect for rain.
Maugum Prospect for rain.
Bartlesville .Heavy rain.
Cherokee More than two inches of
.-in. . I
Alva Rain.
Woodward Rain.
Kingfisher Rilu.
Hennessey Rain.
Orlando Rain.
Chickasha Rain.
Ardruore Rain.
Vrom other reports received by the
Dally Express todav it is practically
a certainty thai (lie downpour was
general both throughout the state and
.Grady county. - From nil parts or the
county come tales of from one inch to
two inch precipitations which came l
time to save the big crops which were
in peril of damage from the recent
drouth.
The rainfall in Chickasha was one
and one-half inches. t
The benefit to the state of Oklahoma
is variously estimated at from $20.
wm.ooo and S4oononoo
Rain General.
Manager Clyde" Kelly of the Pioneer
""elepbono company reports that rains
over tho southwestern district were
pmty general. While no heavy rain-
fall were reported from Elk City EI
Rei.o Mangura or Anudarko the ro
ports Bay the fall was heavy at Dun-
ran. Verden Hobart and Altus.
The Western Union reports Okfaho-
ma today to be partly cloudy with tem-
perature at 81! after a heavy rainf 1
Reno clear after a rain and Lavvton
a I wo inch rain.
County Scales Flooded.
The county scales were flooded thi.i
morn n? as a. resn t of tlm li..
ilut there were many volunteers to
assist in balling out the water. "I
could have gotten all the promises of
help that I need to get this water nut
if I had guaranteed this rain last
night" said the county weigher.
Heavy Downpours.
From reports received at an early
hour this morning by Secretary Coop-
er of the Commercial and Farm bu-
reau the rain extended from Rush
Springs to Tabler.
That a portion of this report was
true Secretary t'ooper and two com-
panions are In a position to iear wit
ness.
Yesterday afternoon a party con-
sisting of Secretary Cooper W. II. Don-
ahue active vice president of the Ok-
lahoma National tfank and Geo. W.
Smith of Fort Smith Ark. a brother-in-law
of Elmer Terrell went out in
the secretary's little Ford to blanch-
ard near which point they witnessed
a hng vaccine demonstration on the
farm of John D. Edwards and then
visited the properties of Mr. Smith
near Tabler.
The party encountered the rain at
Tabler and at three different places
went into water half way up the ra-
diator before reaching Chickasha. At
one place on the road. the other-side
of Dr. Moon's farm the water rose
over half way up the radiator and kill-
ed the engine. Cooper after wading
in eight inches of sand finally got
matters adjusted and the damp trip
was concluded without further inci-
(Coutinutid ou Page Four.)
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WEATHER FORECAST.
For Oklahoma
Tonight partly cloudy; cool-
er In east portion. Friday
generally fair.
Local Temperature.
During 24 hours ending 8
a. m. today:
Maximum 10.1; minimum 70.
Rainfall for 24 hours ending
8 a. m. 1.5 Inch.
IT MEANS
ANOTHER
HAY CROP
Buyer Says Heavy Rain Will Mean An-
other Cutting of Alfalfa in Washita
Valley This Season
"The hay crop had all been about i
gathered and shipped for the season" !
I said J. M. Peters hay buyer this
J morning to an Express man. "Anoth
er crop looked very doubtful and this
would have been the last week of ship-
ments. But as a result at this heavy
downpour I expect to get at least seventy-five
more carloads this' year. The
ten cars which I shipped out last week
and about fifteen which I expected to
get this week I believed would wind
tip my work in alfalfa."
"This has been a prosperous year
for raisers of hay. While the price
has not been so good as in other years
they have had a fine growth nd have
had a splendid chance to save it all.
Frow now on they will have more fa-
vorable weather in which to mature
it than at any other time of the year.
There will be at least one more cut-
ting all around and in some cases
where another cutting was about
ready; there will be two. As every cur
means on an average of $100 coming
Into this section the revenue from hay
this year will not be inconsiderable."
ONE MAN
BRINGS IN
5 QUARTS
"A Flyless Town" is the Ambition of
City Physician Dawson and He
Wants to Make It One
"A flyless town" is the slogan which
has been adopted by Dr. E. L. Dawson
city physician and to this end he so-
licits the co-operation of every boy and
girl in the city. And his appeal does
not end w ith the' youngsters but in-
cludes the grown-ups as well. One of
the latter was the first to respond to
the call embracing an offer of two
cents a quart for all of these perni-
cious pests captured in Chickasha. W.
I.. Edward. residing at No. 512 Penn-
sylvania avenue was the first person
to draw any revenue from this fund
havi.'ig pocketed ten cents yesterday
afternoon for his delivery of 'iv
quarts of health destroyers.
"If everyone in town would work at
this" declared the health officer "we
could destroy every fly in thfo town."
CHRISTY GOES TO REDS.
8t United Press.
Cincinnati. Ohio. July 20. A deal
was closed at noon today whereby
Christy Mathewson becomes manager
of the Cincinnati Reds today. Charlie
' Herzog. ihe present manager goes
with the giants with Wade Killefer.
I In addition to Mathewson tb'e Reds g"t
i Bill M Kethenie and Ed Rousch.
Says United States Though Not Cruel
is Negligent of Welfare of Families
of Troopers; A Condition Which
Does Not Exist in Europe
Ily William G. Shepherd
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
San Antonio Tex. July 20. Not one
soldier with whom I rubbed elbows
within all the armies of Europe in tho
past two years ever worried as much
as some of these American soldiers
along the edge of Mexico. These
American are worrying about their
families back home and do not know'
whether their wives and children have
enough to eat.
Such a deplorable condition is not
possible to exist in any European
army for the European governments
care for the families of their soldiers.
If the Germans knew that the British-
ers were treating the families of their
soldiers as we are treating ours or
vire versa the fact would be blazoned
to the world as an indication of gov-
ernmental cruelty by the enemy. It is
not cruelty on our part however but
only an oversight and the lesson we
have learned has cost unhappiness ann
embarrassment in many American
homes.
BRITISH RETAKE ALL
FORMER POSITIONS
By United Press.
London July 20. General Haig in
his report today stated the British re-
took a little more ground than was
captured by the tiermans in their
counter attack oh Longueval and Del-
ville. For Polish Relief.
By United Tress.
Washington July I'd. Ambassador
Francis has notified the state depart-
ment that he has had a conference
with Premier Sazanoff and that the
latter had promised to consider the
American appeal for Polish relief.
This is the first of the five countries
heard from.'
British Will Blacklist.
By United Tress.
New York July 20. The Journal of
Commerce says a prominent banker of
this city claims that the British black-
list against American firms with Ger-
man connections includes 8.000 nan'es
to be made public from time to time.
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":M i'-i V
;tV
i S
Coii)p;:iiy A of the .Sixth infjhtry ou the l.ii.c li im on camp
Cannot Fight.
I asked General Funston if a man
can be a good soldier if he is wonder-
ing whether ills family back home has
enough to eat. "Of course not" he re-
plied. "I permitted fourteen men to
return home yesterday because their
dependents' were suffering and I have
so many requests for relief on like
grounds that it will prove necessary
to release thousands of men in the
next few weeks.
Money Well Spent.
"The money which has been spent
in bringing the militia to the border
feeding them and equipping them and
then after two weeks sending them
back home. Isn't wasted" he added.
"It Is our payment for a lesson which
we must learn that we must provide
for the care of our soldiers' families
if we. are going to insist on taking
men away from their families. and puf-
.'ting them into the army.
"'What about my family?' is the big.
gest question iu all mjlitia camps along
the. border" declared Funston.
To Investigate Campaigns.
By United Press.
London July 20. Premier Asquilh
today told the house of commons that
tho government had decided on an of-
ficial investigation of the Dardanelles
and Mesopotamia campaigns.
Russians Make Progress
ly United Press.
Petrograd July 20. The Russians
today occupied the village of Kugil
sixty miles southwest of Erzerum
which marks farther progress of
Grand Duke Nicholas' right wing.
French Resume Offensive.
Pun's July 20. The French resum-
ed the offensive on both sides of the
Somme river last night with success-
ful drives north west and southwest
of Peronne.
The Deutschland Waiting.
Baltimore Md. July 20. The
Deutschland is still in dock here. The"
P.re'men Is expected to arrive before
Saturday.
HIKING FROM CAMP TO CAMP IN
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AMERICANS
ORDERED
GUI AGAIN
Pershing Inspects Roads; Pancho Villa
Again Located; Many Mexicans
are Starving
AMERICANS ORDERED OUT.
By United Press.'
Galveston Tex. July 20.-
Refugees from Vera Cruz re-
port that Consul Canada has or-
dered all Americans out of
Mexico. He got these liistruc.
tions despite apparently peace-
ful conditions.
Villa Again Located.
By United Tress.
Mexico City July 20. Pancho Villa
is once more definitely located and the
constitutionalists have every expccla
lie of capturing him It Is reported
from Chihuahua. The constitutional-is-ts
have captured and killed a messen-
ger who was sent by Villa for medical
aid. ;
Mexicans Starving.
P.y Uulted Press.
El Paso Tex. July 20 An Ameri-
can arrived here today says starvation
is causing the death of forty Mexicans
daily at Guanajuato Mexico.
By United Press. ' "
field Headquarters in Mexico July
20. General Pershing today inspected
the roads one-third of the way back
to the border and pronounced them to
be in a satisfactory condition to stand
heavy motor transportation through
tiie rainy season.
BLANCHARD PICNIC STARTS.
Blanchard's annual picnic begins to-
morrow and is scheduled to continue
over Saturday.' Arrangements have
been made for two big days the pro-
gram including speaking and all kinds
of amusements. J. C. Sparger the
manager of the big doin's promises a
good time for all visitors.
. The fire department responded t a
call from the corner of Third street
and Dakota avenue during the storm
yesterday evening but the summon
proved to be a false alarm.
MEXICO
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to another Iu McUcoj
NO EYE WITNESS TO KILLING
OF BOY BY FREIGHT CAR
IMPORTANT RULING.
By United Tress.
Washington July 20. In a far reach-
ing opinion based on the complaint of
1 00.000 livestock breeders against
every interstate rail carrier in the
country the Interstate Commerce
Commission today lowered the mini-
mum rate changed the regulations to
higher ability and held that shippers
are not required to furnish attendants
with shipments.
SLIGHT
DANGER
FEAREDPrecautions However are Being Taken
Against Infantile Paralysis Spread
Should Case Be Found
!
l
Every precaution Is being taker. In
Grady county by Dr. L. K. Emanuel
health officer to avert tho introduc-
tion and spread of infantile paralysis
in this part ot the world. At the same
time precautions are being taken by
the state board of public health to
avoid any unnecessary uneasiness over
the situation or the prospect of Its in-
tro'i;tcliou. Commissioner John -W.
Duke has cautioned all county health
officers against making premature re
ports of the discovery of this disease
and suggests that they be thoroughly
convinced that the diagnosis is cor-
rect before reporting it to the state
board of health. The report he says
becomes a public document as soon as
received in his office and a few mis-
taken diagnoses regarding the disease
would throw the people of the state
Into a panic.
The board of health he nays is anx.
lous to have all cases reported -.it
dees not want uncertain cases report-
ed. Ue adds:
Don't Give Out Interviews.
"Please send us the information by
vire at the expense of this office but
under no circumstances give inter-
views to anyone else."
As an example of the precautions
which are being taken Dr. Emanuel
nas sen i me following letter to every
physician In the county outside of the
city of Chickasha:
"Dear Doctor:
"Since there Is at this time In all
sections of the United States and es-
pecially In the east infantile paraly-
sis and a few cases in our own state
as county superintendent of health I
desire to ask your co-operation and
alertness If at any time you find a sus- crossing the track between the cars
picious case to report to me by tele- and another one following close be-
phone at my expense the very moment hind. At this moment the coupling
diagnosis is made and I will lend you ' was made about at the elevator. The
all assistance
possible.
"Dr. Duke state
health has requested of all county;
health officers to keep a close lookout
for the development of all cases of this '
character." j
: '
MOVES MILITIA
TO THE BORDER
J. II. Lynch roadmaster for the
Kock Island with headquarters iu
Chickasha returned yesterday from
Waurika and Ft. Sill having been call-
ed to the latter point to superintend
the loading of equipment and starting
of the XUional Guard for the border.
He accompanied the trains as far as
Waurika.
Mr. Lynch said the troops were :
moved in three sections taking 71
ais in all. All have now been moved breathed his last. He stated that peo-
from the fort but one detachment of Pe V through that part ot the yards
the engineering corps.
The final destinat on of the troops
had not been made known but ttelr
routing was to Dallas over the Rock
Ihland to Houston over the II. & T. C.
and on to destination over the Culf
t.'oast line.
Inquest Held Over Body of Ellsworth
Hushey Throws No Further Light
on Exact Manner of Death
The inquebt which was held over
the body of little Ellsworth Iluakey
who was killed in the yards by a Rock
Island train yesterday afternoon fur-
nished no further details as to tha
manner in which the boy came to bin
death than were rontained ln tha ac-
count published in the Express yester-
day afternoon. From the little Keyes
boys who were not on the stand how.
ever but who were with Ellsworth
shortly before the accident it was
learned that at the place where Ells-
worth met his death werti two box
cars about six feet apart through
which he attempted to pass. Wheu
the engine shunted other cars into tho
siding these two cars collided catch-
ing the boy between them. No one-
so far as can be learned however wit-
nessed the accident at the time of
compact.
At the inquest in the office of Jus-
tlce of the Peace T. P. Moore at 4 : 30
o'clock yesterday Dr. D. S. Downey
was the first witness called. When
he reached the scene life was not yet
extinct but the only breathing wus a
death gasp.
Dr. Downey Testifies.
The physician noted a small bruise
on the left foreram about an inch and
a half long through the skin the mus-
cles of the arm being lacerated. j Tho
fatal bruise extended 18 Or 20 iichen
along the chest on the right siite th
full length of thtj r(bsn .AU the fUw
on the right side were broken as wiere
many on the left. There were also
bruises in the side and along the spline
and bleeding at the nose indicated itho
injury to the lower base of the biiiin.
The lumjs were also punctured by the
broken ribs. The crushing of the Tib
was sufficient to cause death the wit'-
ness asserted.
Young Brother on Stand.
David Carlisle Huskey the teu.year-
old brother of the deceased testified
that he and his brother had been
shooting birds under the viaduct with
nigger shooters. Returning to town ha
crossed the track ahead of his brother
and did not hear the engine. When
about four feet of the other aide bo
heard the crashing occasioned by tho
collision of the two cars and heard his
brother cry out. That was tha first
he knew that Ellsworth bad been
caught. ( When he crossed the cars
were not movlug he said and were
about six feet apart.
Caught Between Drawbars.
A. Womack who has a position at
the Rock Island freight office was tho
nearest to being an eye witness to the
tragedy. He had just returned from a
trip to the Santa Ke yards delivering
a waybill and had taken a seat in his
office when he noticed onf small boy
.slack iu the cars caught the bov he-
superintendent of.tween the drawbars. When the cars
came together they hid the boy from
his view until the curs came back and
dropped him to the ground. The child
tried to get away and fell on the west
rail. He ran to his aid but was beaten
there by a man from the Chickasha
mill who had removed the boy from
the- rail. The accident occurred on
a side track the industrial track at
the Chickasha mills. He said this was
not. a regular crossing for the public.
Carried the Boy Awiy
W. W. Vale superintendent of Ihe
Chit kasha Milling company was Bit-
ting under the viaduct when the acci-
dent occurred. He heard the cars
moving but paid no attention to them
till lie heard a boy shouting for help.
He ran in that direction and saw an-
other boy lying on the track. He
thought th child had fainted so he
Picked him up and carried him Over to
ia Place under the viaduct where he
every day but it is not
a pufcic cros-
ing.
Henry Askew another mi!l man
could give no further details.
. II. L. Moore another employe saw
(Continued on Pa.ce Fosr.)
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Evans, George H. Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 172, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 20, 1916, newspaper, July 20, 1916; Chickasha, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc731665/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.