Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-02

Senator Roies Penrose, an Important
Figure In Tariff Debates.
questions are handled by the finance
committee, whose present chairman is
Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania. Pen
rose, who is a regular Republican, has
been known as a standpatter. Just
now the tariff standpatters are in IA
vor of wool bill which, in their
opinion, follows the lines of the tariff
boards report and the presidents
message on schedule X.
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THE NEW NAVY
1t is expected that on March 10 ev-
cry United States battleship in the va
rious navy yards for repairs will have
been put in condition and that the per-
centage of ships of this class ready for
service will be 100 per cent. There
will be twenty-one of these warships,
all in the Atlantic fleet, and a reserve
feet of ten others. The Atlantic fleet
will include the Dreadnoughts Florida
Utah, North Dakota, Delaware, South
Carolina and Michigan and the battle
ships Connecticut, Louisiana, Vermont,
Kansas, New Hampshire, Minnesota,
Missouri, Mississippi, Idaho, Ohio,
Georgia, Virginia, New Jersey, Nebras-
ka and Rhode Island, besides the ar
mored cruisers Washington, North Car
DINA and Tennessee and the scout
cruisers Chester, Salem and Birming-
ham and several f1otillas of torpedo
and submarine craft.
The new Atlantic reserve fleet will
be made up of the battleships Maine,
Iowa, Indiana and Massachusetts,,
which are now ready for service, and
the Alabama, Illinois, Kentucky, Kear-
sarge and Wisconsin.
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NAVY LEAGUE OF U. s.
Although so well equipped for war,
Uncle Sam, through his spokesman, did
not boast about it at the annual con-
vention Of the Navy League of the
United States in Washington. Thirty
three states and the territory of Ha-
wall were represented. The program
included addresses by President Taft
and Secretary of the Navy Meyer.
The league has between 5000 and
5000 members. President Taft is an
honorary member and Theodore Roose-
Welt an honorary vice president.
A visit to George Washington's
tomb in Mount Vernon was a feature
of the convention.
STATUE TO CARNEGIE
:. statue of Andrew Carnegie is to
be erected in Scotland in recogni.
ton of the ironmaster's benefactions
to his natal town. The decision was
reached at meeting of the town
councl-of Dunfermline
The councillors appeared to be in IA
yor of a standing figure of Mr.. Carne
gle wearing his doctors robes and
with one hand stretched out holding
a book
The site proposed for the statue il
Pittencrieff glen, which, with the
park. was purchased by Mr.. Carnegie
in 1908 for S25O.CO0 and presented tt
the city, together with an endowment
of. Sc. 100000. 20 be administered fol
the educational. social and moral ben
eft of the citizens.
AMERICAN ATHLETICS
The, passing through Paris of Amer
lean athletes on their way to tn,
Stockholm Olympic games next sum
mer will be made the occasion of grea
sporting festivities Marquis Polignac
a relative of the singer, has signifie,
his intention to place the magnificen
grounds of his chateau at Rheims a
the disposal of a committee with tn
view to promoting an internationa
athletic meeting where American
champions will be invited to partici
pate Marquis Polignac delegated hi
friend NJ. Laigner to begin negotiation