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E CHANDLER TRIBUNE
VOL. XVI.
CHANDLER. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14th, 1916
NO. 43.
DISTRICT COURT NEWS.
5023—Lillie B. Wolf vs James W.
Lusk, et al. This was the case where-
in the plaintiff was suing to recover
damages for the injury of her hus-
band, Walter C. Wolf, which resulted
in his death. Plaintiff sued for $50000
Verdict for plaintiff for $2,500.
5022—David R. Owen vs James W.
Lusk et al. Damage suit ror injuries
received as a result of a collision of
a train with plaintiff’s automobile,
resulting in serious injury to him and
his son-in-law. Plaintiff sued for
$25,000. Verdict for plaintiff for
$1.000.00
4750—Temming vs Temming. Dis-
missed.
Bill—Webber vs Webber. Divorce
decreed plaintiff at her cost.
4995—Fouquet vs James W. <.usk,
et al. Damage suit wherein the de-
fendants were charged with operat-
ing a train in such a manner as to
cause plaintiff’s team to run away
and injure him severely. Verdict for
defendants.
State vs Flynn. This is a case
wherein the defendant was charged
with committing a statutory crime
upon the body of a young girl, while
iit his employ. Dismissed on motion
of County Attorney.. , ,
4978—Sample vs Deleyou. Verdict
for plaintiff for $73.25-. •
4999—Hood vs Hood.' " Application
fer order to transfer property. Ap-
plication granted. > , . ”
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ELECTRIC SPARKS.
LINCOLN COUNTV STUDENTS
IN UNIVERSITY FOOTR4LL
Norman, Okla., Dec. 12—(Special.)
Five Lincoln county students partici-
pated in foot ball at the University of
Oklahoma this season. The most
prominent of these is Ernest Lippert
of Stroud Who was on the Varisity
squad and who played in one or two
varisity games.
Albert Tallman of Wellston and
Carney Dean of Carney, sophomores,
played on the winning class team
against the Engineers. Loyal Hol-
land of Chandler, succeeded in help-
ing the Engineers hold the sopho-
mores to a post season tie-game on
December 5th. The tie was played
off December 7th. According to his
opponent, Tallman played a fast game
at left guard. Bayless Kirtley of
Stroud was a star end for the Law-
yers' team.
A place on a class team is as much
sought for as many other honors of
llie University and so the games
create quite a bit of interest.
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JOHN ADAMS WILL RECOVER.
A telephone system is being install-
ed by the Spanish Government to con-
net t up cities on the Canary Islands.
Electricity automatically awakens
U: firemen, releases the horses and
‘ opens the doors of a fire station in
England.
Wireless messages have been re-
ceived with a detector made of the
leailof a broken pencil and two safety
raaor blades.
More than one thousand electric
ranges were sold to the housekeepers
in ivtaid old Boston, Mass., during the
year, ending October 31st.
An electriaclly operated coffee mill
so small and light that the whole out-
fit could be tucked in an overcoat
pocket is used to grind coffee in the
henec .
Gongs will not awaken deaf mutes
in case of fire so one institution has
installed a fire alarm system for
Hashing electric lights in the sleep-
ing rooms at night.
Electrical goods to the value of
$35,000,000 it is estimated will be ex-
ported during the year 1916, the most
prosperous year in the history of el-
ectrical manufacturing.
Courts have recently sustained the
patents on Mazda lamps owned by the
'General Electric Company and no
further importations will be permit-
ted
The electrical hand mirror is the
newest vanity wrinkle of the boudoir
The mirror contains a battery and a
email electric bulb to throw the light
oe the face of the user.
A western trapper has arranged an
clbrtric signal system which lights a
tmy electric bulb when a trap is
eprtirg enabling him to locate it in
the darkness and kill the animal.
An electrically ignited pipe which
lights the tobacco at the bottom of
the bowl instead of at the top thus
avoiding the collection of moisture in
the stem is the newest in smokers
-inventions.
j\ miniature Mazda lamp lighted by
Claude Adams returned Sunday
afternoon from Oklahoma City where
he had been at the bedside of his
brother Jphp, ,yvho was taken to the
University, I^Qspual on last Friday
morning for. an operation on his
head.
It is Claude’s opinion that Johnnie
will recover completely.
His account of the operation is
something as follows: The doctors
first cut the skin in a sort of half
moon shape and peeled it, back, then
they cut the periosetum, or covering
over the bone, in the shape of a cross
and peeled it back, this left the skull
bone bare, then they took an auger
about an inche in diameter and bored
a hole through the bone, after this
they took a pair of pincers and broke
the bone off all around the hole until
the opening was about three inches
in diameter, then they put four drain
pipes, one of which penetrated be-
tween two sections of the brain three
or four inches into his head.
At the time of Claude’c departure
Johnnie was conscious and was able
to talk, the swelling in his eye had
gone down until it was almost normal
and the doctors gave their opinion
that inside of a couple or three weeks
Johnnie would be home as well as
ever.
This is certainly good news to
Johnnie’s friends as well as to the
familly, and we hope that the doctor’s
predictions will prove true.
Mrs. Adams is at Oklahoma City
with Johnnie.—Davenport New Era.
YULETIDE AGAIN.
The Yuletide season is with us again.
It is with us, but not of us, for much of the
earth knows little of joy today.
Upon many millions of people the sun shines
as brightly as in the days of old, but its lustre is
dimmed by the shedded blood of suffering hu-
manity.
The benjgn smile of the Divine One is as
tender and as loving as when the world was young,
but the twentieth century finds too many of the
human race bent upon pleasure, and profit, 'and
revenge, and forgetful of the beauties of life as
seen through eyes that are better and holier than
ours.
It is with this knowledge that the people of
our little community approach the Yuletide time,
when all should be sunshine, and gladness and joy.
But if we may not sway the rest of the world,
if our voice be not heard beyond the confines
of our own firesides, we yet may look upward with
a feeling of gladness and thankfulness that the
horrors that are engulfing the rest of the world
have at least passed us by.
We may be thankful that we have even an
hour of peace and prosperity for our country,
though no one knows when the withering hand of
the blight of the century may be spread over our
own fair land.
Let us be joyful today, but let us mingle that
joy with compassion for the stricken ones of other
lands, on whom the Yuletide season is but a mock- •*
ery and an agonizing delusion.
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VILLA THREATENS TO
LOOT U. S. BORDER TOWNS
11 I’aso, Texas, Dec. 13—Francisco
\ :ila announced in Chichuahua City
ho intended to divide his men into
groups of twenty-five each and dis-
tribute them along the American bor-
der and in the interior of the United
States to loot and bum property un-
der his instructions, a letter received
from a prominent Chihuahua City
business man and forwarded to Wash-
ington today stated.
Villa, while in the state capital, de-
clared his intention of raising an
army of 25,000 men, but denied he
intended to attack General Pershing’s
column, the letter added. These
statements, according to the letter,
were made to the meeting of mer-
chants called by Villa.
Villa, the Chihuahua City business
man wrote, said he would have liis
men in the border states issue a pro-
clamation calling upon the Mexicans
living on the Mexican side “to rise
in rebellion against the United States
and join his army,” the letter stated.
Vida also declared he had 2,000,000
round of ammunition hidden in the
desert and he could get it any time
bo needed it, according to this letter.
The Mexican leader, also is reported
Id have referred to political condi-
tions in the United States, saying
liv* European countries would sub-
jugate the United States in order to
get its enormous gold supply, in
which he, Villa, would have a part.
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CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
TEUTON PROPOSALS MAY
END IN PEACE LEAGUE
H ilson Reaches no Decision as to the
Course of United States, but
Sees Possible Opportunity
of World Alliance.
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BARGAINS IN KILOWATTS.
REV. PYLE WILL RESIGN.
The resignation of Rev. T. M. Pyle
as pastor of the Baptist church, will
be tendered next Sunday, to take ef-
fect January 1st, and he will leave
on about that date for Chambers,
Nebraska, where he and his family
will make their home, he assuming
charge of the Baptist church at that
place. A change of locality for the
tetterment of his health is the pri-
mary reason for his deciding to make
this move.—Wellston News.
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TWP. ROAD ORGANIZATION
Electricity is One of the Few Necessi-
ties the Price of Which is Being
Steadily Reduced While Food Prices
Are Soaring.
At the meeting held Monday night
an organization was perfected to fur-
ther the cause of good road in Wells-
ton Twp,, the principal business men
a single cell of dry battery and used i and leading farmers of the commun-
for surveying is visible for 50 miles, ity enrolling as its Tnafiiubxs, L. P.
King, was chosen as president, Rev.
Hundreds of thousands of
who never before gave the price of
food necessities a thought actually
realized the price of living was going
up when they were forced to pay an
extra cent for a loaf of bread.
“Flour costs nearly twee as much
now as it has in the past, we must
raise the price of bread,” says the
baker.
“Meat costs us more, so we are
forced to raise the price of meat,”
says the butcher. And so advance
him followed advance until the price
of food products at Christmas time it
is believed will be so high that the
average family may find it necessary
to leave turkey and cranberry sauce
off the Christmas menu.
“Everything is higher, you must
pav more,” is the excuse of the aver-
age merchant when the customer
complains. Yet there is one com-
modity of the American home, elec-
tricity, which may be purchased by
any householder today at a cost far
less than ever before. Improvements
in methods of applying electricity to
has dropped from ten to nine cents
pei kilowatt-hour.
In Milwaukee, Wis., the electric rate
for house lighting is ten cents per
kilowatt-hour instead of eleven.
In Philadelphia the residence rate
! fur electric lighting has been dropped
| two cents.
people j jn preepor(.j m,t the power com-
piny has consented to light the city’s
streets at a material reduction in
rates.
In Scranton, Pa., the cost of electric
lighting for residences has been re-
duced from ten to eight cents per kil-
owatt hour .
In Moberly, Mo., the electric light-
ing rate has been cut from twelve
cents per kilowatt-hour to eleven
cents.
And aside from these, there are
many other instances where the cost
of electricity has been voluntarily
reduced, even while a hundred new
electrical conveniences have made el-
ectricity applicable to almost any
task about the farm factory or home.
Chandler pay fiiteen cents for elec-
tricity for lighting purposes in the
residences.
John H. Booth of Kansas City will
speak at the Christian church Sun-
day morning. Every member is ex-
pected to be present.
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EASTERN STAR ELECT OFFICER
Mrs. A. D. Wright, Worthy Matron
Manford Cox, Worthy Patron.
Mrs R. P. Roope, Associate Matron
Mrs. II. Heilman, Conductor.
Miss Anna Laura Hereford, Asso-
ciate Conductor.
After election refreshments were
served and a social time enjoyed.
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CORDELL ELECTED PRES.
LINCOLN COUNTY CLUB
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PRESENT JURY PANEL
The Lincoln County Club, the old-
est county clnb in the University, re-
cently elected J. William Cordell,
writer of the Oklahoma Daily, to pre-
side over its deliberations, both social
and otherwise for the next year. Al-
bert Tallman is vice-president; Clara
Holland is secretay; Ellwina Hollo-
way treasurer; and Carney Dean, is
county publicity manager. The next
meeting will be December 6, when
plans will be made for the club pic-
ture. There are twenty-four mem-
bers of the club.—Oklahoma Daily.
It gives us pleasure to note that of
the five officers named, three were
graduates of our Chandler high
j school; and also that of the twenty-
‘ "• i four n.embers of the Lincoln county
iub, ten members are graduates of
The present panel of jurymen is j our high school. The Club picture will
perhaps the most fatal ever held
this county. On Last Tuesday one
heating and lighting combined with oP their member, T. W. Green, died i
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actual reductions in the price of the
energy itself have combined to make
the consumer’s dollar today purchase
more light and heat and cheer than
of apoplexy and later in the week,
another of their number was sent
home adjudged insane. The later
vho was a young man living near
three dollars would a few years ago. ^I;arks was possesed of the opinion
It jh used in the triangulation sur-
veys of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic
Survey.
A committee on Russian industrial |
affairs reports that there is need foi
* rapid increase in the means for
generating electric power in Russia.
At present there are 93 generating
stations with a capacity of 79,553 kil-
ewr.tts in European Russia.
Electric “eyes” according to an
English dispatch, are popular with
pedestrians on the dimly lighted
streets of London. Men use them in
buttonholes and cuff links. Women
use them for eyes in animal furs and
cany the batteries in a muff.
K. L. Cloud as secretary and Marion
Lindsay as treasurer.
Committees were appointed to hold
meeting in the several country school
districts, to secure the complete eo
operation of every resident of the
township, and to arrive at a better
understanding of the needs of the
different localities, and how best to
meet them.
A proposition is under considera-
tion for the floating of a small bond
issue to produce a fund for the per-
manent improvement of the roads
within the township, to put them in
a condition that the usual funds pro-
vided for maintenance can be used
'T THE METHODIST CHURCH. |to the fullest advantage. The pro-
- : oosition is meeting with considerable
The pastor will preach on "lhe: fnvori as Die small amount of tax
Fcittsrs Clay” at 11 o’clock. | vhich would be required to care for
At 2:30 p. m. Mrs. Bertha Here- the hOI1(]s would be laruel offset by
a reduction of the regular levy for
, the general fund of the township,
During the last few months when
prices for metals used in the electri-
cal trades have made new high rec-
ord* and when nearly every item of
electrical equipment has increased in
cost, when labor has asked for more
wages, and the demand for electricity
is greatest the electric lighting com-
panies, like the butcher and baker,
are in a position to demand a higher
rate. As a matter of fact, however,
eieetric power stations in eight cities [
have, within nearly a month dropped
lighting rates from one to two cents
per kilowatt hour, thus saving the
average citizen from ten to eighteen
per cent on his lighting bills at a
time when he must use more electric
light than in any other month of the
>ear.
In Waukegan, 111., the power com-
pany made the fourth cut within the
last two years when the lighting rate
was reduced to eleven and seven
cents per kilowatt hour to small and
large consumers restfbctively.
A $75.00 DOG.
There is at least 6ne $75.00 bird
dog in Vinita. This particular dog
i lint v.c are speaking of ran through
a plate glass window in the Cowan
i lidding occupied by a pool hall Mon-
day morning. He took the glass with
him and wrecked it most completely.
that the entire court business was for
the sole purpose of proving that he
was insane, and by his own actions he
proved as much. The judge excused The negro who ran through the plate |
him Thursday and he returned home.
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COTTON GINNING IS FAR AD
VANCED.
Washington, Dec. 13—Serious con-
sideration is being given by President
W ilson to the possibility that any ex-
changes of views that may follow the
peace proposals of the central pow-
ers to the entente allies may develop
ai< opportunity to gring forward the
suggestion fod a league of nations
to enforce permanent peace. He has
reached no decision, however, as to-
tlie course to be followed by the
United States.
The communcation handed Charge
Grew had not been received at the
state department tonight, and in the
meantime all officials were dost reti-
cent about discussing the situation.
It is understood that the communi-
if.tion will be transmitted promptly
to the entnete governments.
There is a genera! belief that any
steps taken by the United States'on
its own account will come after for-
ma! delivery of the proposals. It is
realized that the American course
ptobably must be guided largely by
the reception given, the Teutonic of-
fer to the entente countries, although
it is regarded as certain that the gov-
ernment here will find a way of dis-
playing its interest in the restoration
of peace.
Most officials think that a consid-
erable time will elapse before a reply
i i framed by the allies, and that is
the meantime a very clear idea of
what the reply is to he and how any
attempt at mediation by neutrals
would be view will be gained through
diplomatic channels.
President Wilson had only on con-
ference on the subject today aad that
with Colonel E. M. House.
Much interest is felt here in the
speech to be delivered tomorrom
night at St. Louis, the league to en-
force peace, by Senator Stone, chair-
man of the senate foreign relations
committee.
Count von Bernstorff, the German
ambassador probably will visit Sec-
retary Lansing in a day or two to
seek some indications of the views
of the United States.
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PILLS TO PREVENT CROSSING
MISHAPS.
As a part of a campaign by the rail
roads of the country to reduce the
number of deaths and injuries re-
sulting from railroad accidents, two
biik will be introduced at the coming
session of the legislature providing
for the punishing of tresspassers, and
requiring drivers of vehicles to “stop
look anh listen” at grade crossings
before venturing across. (
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GREATEST FOOTBALL
GAME OF SEASON
glass at the post office a
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.
T . In St. Louis, Mo., the electric com-
ford will have charge of the Junior n reduction of the ren-.-lar levy for pony will reduce its residence rate
League. The Epworth League will the general fund of the township, from eight and one-half eents to eight
■\ect at 6:30 p. m. 'with the additional advantage of hnv- cents per kilowatt-hour for residence
Evangelistic services at 7:30 p. m. jng the funds available in one lump lighting as soon as its patrons num-
Text Psa. 142:4. sum instead of beinp- received in scat- her 75.000. and 't is believed that will
The public are invited to these ser- tering amounts as the ordinary tax occur in December,
vici f. Come early and get a seat. returns are received.—Wellston News | At Frederick, Mil., the electric rate
ago this made a man-sized hole in
C ut glass, but this dog broke the en-
tire glass into small bits. The dog
was going out—and went. The sign
More Than 100 Percent More Bale " ’ p°o1 ro,)m <i°01' W1'U have be
Than were Turned Out bast Year i i‘nu‘n,k'd t0 rcad “Minors and dogs
-High Prices are Paid. i "ol admitted.’—Viaife Leader.
More than 100 percent more cotton;
was pinned in Oklahoma this season,!
pi ior to November 1, than was ginned | The Lawton Daily Constitution is
last yeai prior to the same date, ac-1 now $4.00 per year cash in advance,
cording to Samuel L. Rogers, director. This was imperative to kep from go-
of the bureau of census, department jng into bankruptcy,
ol commerce, who has just issued his One of our farmer subscribers
pieliminary report. ! wiote us that after his time was out,
During the comparative periods, he would have to quit as he could not
0b3,071 bales were ginned in 1916 and pay $4 per year. Last year four
329,84o bales were ginned in 1915. bushels of corn would pay for a year
High prices paid for cotton, and dry at $2 per year, now four bushels of
weather, contributed to the early corn will pay for a year at $4 per
ir.irketing of the cotton in Oklahoma. \ (ar. The same is true of wheat and
The following shows the three banner of cotton, it takes the same amount
counties of the state, counting round of wheat, cotton, corn, beef or pork
as half bales, and linters are not in- to pay for a year now at $4 as it did
Last Friday what was reported as
the greatest football game of the sea-
son was played on the local gridiron,
between the Juniors and the balance
of the school, in which the Juniors
outplayed their opponents to the tune
of 32 to 000.
The Juniors had the entire back-
field of the regular school team be-
sides two linemen. While the balance
of the school had only one exper-
ienced man in the their back field,
Fsco Westover.
The regular officials were present
few' year s' w‘tb tbe exception of head lineman,
1 which place was filled by Prof. Tope.
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ISN’T THIS SOFT?
eluded.
Bryan ____
Pottawatomie
Lincoln _____
last year at $2, while paper cost ns
1916 1915 last year $7.50 per hundred, now $7
-21,142 13,892 ner hundred, and the subscriber ?+:ll
-25,297 10,255 has the best end.—John N. Shepler
-24,701 10,186 in the Lawton Constitution.
Every person who holds a Rexall
Drug Store coupon bearing the date
of November 23, can get the cash for
them by calling at the store. No mat-
ter how large the amount all coupons
of above date will be promptly cashed.
This is in accordance with our new
profit-sharing plan—one day’s re-
ceipts, each month, returned to the
purchasers.
The lucky date for November was
announced at the store the latter part
of last week and, since then, the fol-
lowing coupons holders have received’
their money back, G. T. Dawson, G.
A. Pyle, O. L. Rea, O. W. Bass, A. C.
Egbert, H. G. Stettmund, Jr, Dick
Bradbury, J. J. Gayman, L O. Calla-
han, T. J. Hinchey, Mack Hinchey, E.
C. Love, Robt. Judy, L. B. Nichols,
Miss Fay Kent, Frank Dionst, E.
Flynt, J. F. Cleveland, C. Rrock and
Tom Ross.
Save all Rexall coupon? you stand
a chance of getting your money bank
next month.
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