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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12
ORGY OF GRAFT IN CALIFORNIA
The Interstate Commerce Commission
Says Judges, Public OFFICIALS and
Shippers are Guilty.

Washington, d. C. Astounding
revelations of an orgy of petty
graft" by judges, state, county and
municipal officials and members of the
legislature in accepting passes over
Colorado roads were made in an IN
terstate Commerce commission report.
1t followed the commissions investi-
cation at Denver of the extent of the
free transportation evil in Colorado
and the commissions demand for in
dictment of the Colorado Fuel &
Iron company, Victor American Fuel
company, Colorado Portland Cement
company, United States Portland
Cement company and the Great West
ern Sugar company for accepting such
favors of the Colorado & Southern
and the Rio Grande railroads for
granting of passes prohibited under
the anti-pass law.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12
AFLoAT ON A BROKEN LEVEE
Squad of Missouri Militiamen in =
Dangerous Predicament on the
Mississippi River.

Cairo, Ill.-Thirty-six soldiers of the
Sixth Missouri National Guard are
floating down the Mississippi river on
a section of a levee zoe yards long
and only ten feet wide, which broke
off. A rescue party of naval reserves
has started in search of the men in
a steam launch.
The information was brought to
Cairo by Capt. S. A. Martin, regimen
tai quartermaster, and Capt. H. A.
Jameson, who were rescued from the
broken leyee. They said that the
dixie gave way at Bird Point, Mo.
The men had no chance to get off the
broken section. The soldiers were on
military duty at the city, which is
threatened by floods
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12

Dr. Wiley says that half the chill
dren of the United states are starving.
and that the child that is not supplied
with nutritious food becomes sluggish
mentally and eventually criminal. an
idiot or an imbecile. THE very founda-
lions of the government are threaten
ed" declares the doctor. IIe makes
these remarks in the course of an adj
dress condemning food adulterators
and their products. Obviously he ex-
aggerates tremendously, for the pur-
pose of gaining attention. Is exagger-
alton wise? The doctor throws out
practical hint which If generally fol-
lowed would go far to reduce the cost
of living He says a pint of wheat
can be made to provide breakfasts for
a family of four for four days at cost
of a cent and quarter day. by grind
ing it in a coffee mill and preparing it
as mush
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12

An Italian engineer has invented a
process by which he claims that the
costliness and Inconvenience of pneu-
matte tires for automobiles are abol-
fshed, while all the advantages of
these tires are retained. The resiliency
of the wheels is obtained by pneu-
matte cushions arranged between the
hub and the felly, so that the driving
force from the axle may be communi-
Gated to the felly through these cush-
ions. Lateral shocks are absorbed by
these cushions, it is said, to a greater
extent than in wheels provided with
a single pneumatic tire on the out
eide. According to an Italian periodi-
cal. these wheels were recently tested
on a six seated automobile and fully
justified the claims of the inventor,
coming successfully through tests of
speed running up to nearly so miles
per hour
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12
A HARD WIND HITS ATCHISON
Small Houses Were Unroofed and
Wires Blown Down by Funnel
shaped Cloud.

Atchison, KAMA heavy windstorm
struck this city about 6:30 o'clock in
the afternoon. Houses in the west
part of the town were unroofed and
wires blown down.
Joseph Dickerson, a grocer's boy,
was blown from a delivery wagon and
painfully injured. DR.. Virgil Nor
rison, a physician, was caught in the
whirlwind and had to lie down to es-
cape its force.
The whirlwind lifted when it reach
ed the business section, and crowds
of people watched it's course over the
city The air was filled with shingles
and light debris.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12
Democrats Sweep CHICAGO.

Chicago, HL-Democrats swept the
city in the municipal election, return
ing % aldermen and the superior
court judge, city clerk and city treas
urer. The proposed bond issue of
$3.50 900, urged by the Eearst-Har-
rison faction of the Democratic party,
carried by small margin. Repub-
iioans elected eleven aldermen, Pro-
gressives three and the Independents
one The Progressive candidates in
other wards were outvoted by the Re-
publicans by nearly three to one. The
Socialist vote was consistently scat
tered and was not far below the Pro-
gressive total.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12

Now q scientific expert says that in
the future chemists will advance so
far in the knowledge OF life conditions
that life viii be created artiicially
and baby factories will be establish
ed But science is not to be blamed
for the wild theorists whom its won
derful achievements stimulate Their
next step in this new creation will be
the restoration of the Garden of Eden
conditions and a general revolution
which win put the millennium to the
blush
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12

The young idea has cause to be APP
palled at the demand coming from the
schools for the restoration of the rod.
In New York it is declared that the
needed to prevent a race of young
hoodlums from being graduated from
the schools in consequence of too mild
discipline. One of the police captains
of that city, who has to deal with
many boy gangs and potential young
criminals. lays the blame on the lack
of discipline in the schools
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12
OVERTAKEN BY PRlARIE FIRE
A Man, His Wife and Their Nine-Year-
Old Boy Perished in
Oklahoma.

Fairview, Ok-Grant Leslie, his
wife and their 9-year-old son were
burned to death in a prairie fire that
swept part of Major county. Farmers
driving along road near Golden dis
covered the bodies. The carcasses
of their team and parts of the buggy
lay nearby.
Leslie and his family started from
their home to visit near Granton, Ok.
Soon after they left Golden the fire
overlook them.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12
DAYTON PEOPLE GIVE THANKS
Special Services Held in All the
Churches There That Escaped
the Flood.

Dayton. Ohio.-Thanhsgivin ser
vices were held in all the churches
of Dayton that escaped the flood. Al
though thousands of its homes have
been destroyed, Dayton is grateful
with the sheer joy of living
Latest estates show that the death
list will not go over 10
Money cannot buy anything in Day
ton a man with million dollars
could not buy loaf of bread, but he
could get at the relief station as
many Ioaves as he needed for his
family.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12
PIQUKS DEATH LIST is LOWER
The Early Estimates Of Heavier Loss
of Life Were Not Confirmed
There.

Piqua, Ohio.-Early estimates OF
deaths in Piqua dwindled to so, after
scores of missing ones believed to
have been drowned reported co tho
relief committee, headed by Mayor
Charles w. Kiser. Two hundred and
fifty houses are in ruins and at least
$500 are homeless. The residence
district known as East Piqua was de-
vastated, and many persons there,
trusting to the high levee. which was
thought unbeatable. stayed in their
homes until too late to escape.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12
IN SIX MONTHS, A NEW OMAHA
Section Says Business
Mems Committee.

Omaha, Neb.-A committee of Oma-
ha business men, in whose hands the
work of restoring the city from the
effects of the tornado has been placed,
has promised that within six months
the devastated district would be re-
built.
The known dead in Omaha and inn
mediate suburbs totals 136, the injured
number 402, while many sustained
minor bruises; LOO homes were de-
stroyed or wrecked.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12

An English bishop favors smoking
for. women on the ground that one
sex has not the right to monopolize a
pleasure But custom is stronger than
justice, and its violations are often
taken more seriously than the viola
tons of the moral law. And custom
has not yet sanctioned the general
smoking of women. or is it desirable
that it should do so.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12
Rain and Hail in St. Joseph.

ST. Joseph, Mo.-More than two
inches of rain has fallen here in two
hours. The heavy downpour was az
companied by hail and high wind.
The streets ran several inches deep
in water and a number of houses
were flooded, while lightning started
several small blazes which did no
damage.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12
]. PlERPONT MORGAN is DEAD
END COMES TO AMERICAS LEAD
ING FINANClER IN ROME.
Mr.. Morgan Was Unconscious for
Several Hours Before His Death
Was 76 Years Old.

Rome.-After an illness, which
members of the family had known to
be hopeless since last Wednesday, j.
P. Morgan, the ruler Of Americas
finances, died at the Hotel Grand at
1905 o'clock in the afternoon.
Mr. Morgan had been unconscious
several hours and did not revive suf-
ficiently to recognize. relatives. His
death followed a week of critical ill
ness and was not a surprise to close
friends, who knew his case was hope
less.
AS soon as announcement of the
death was made, the flags of the
Grand Hotel were put to half mast
and signs of mourning were visible
throughout Rome.
Mr.. Morgan's body will be sent to
New York by an early boat. Funeral
services will be held here before the
departure of the body.
The death of the banker was not an
nounced Immediately, as Herbert Sat
terlee, his son-in-law, desired time to
get off cablegrams to London and
New York, but when the announce
ment was made the Grand was imme-
diately overwhelmed by anxious
crowds.
The messengers from the king of
Italy and the pope returned bringing
condolences. The American ambassa-
dor, Mr. O'Brien, called on Mr.. Satter-
lee and the various embassies came
back to bring messages of sympathy.
The scene around the hotel was one
of vast confusion.
The death of the monarch would
have created no more confusion. Cor
respondents fell over each other to
flash the news, and brokers' agents
We're equally in a hurry to communi-
cate the event to the worlds eX-
changes and bourses.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12
CITY orafters to Prison.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Henry Clay, eX-
director of the department or public
safety, and Col. John R. Virgins and
Willard. H. Wall, heads of the Wig
gins Construction company, building
contractors. were sentenced to serve
not less than eighteen months nor
more than two years Imprisonment
for conspiring to defraud the city.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12
Ex-senator bal land Net.

Chicago, Ill.-Judge Lands has is
sued 8 subpoena and ordered George
H. Turner. ex-United States senator
from Washington, brought into court
Immediately to tell what he knows
about the S10O.O00,000 Alaska land
fraud cases now on trial here.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12
Patterson Wants No Pardon

Dayton. John H. Patterson of
the National Cash Register Company
and leader of the relief work of the
flood, has telegraphed President VII
son that he deplored efforts of friends
to get pardon for him He faces i'm
prisonment for violation of the Sher-
man law
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12
Lons~waIk for Injured Man.

Norfolk, Neb.-Elmer Warner,
farmland near Norfolk. chopped half
of his right foot of witL an ak and
then walked a mile and a half to a
house, where the wound could be
treated
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12
Lost LIZ zen.

Sofia-According to the first infor-
nation from headquarters the Bull
garian losses in the fighting March
"a, 25 and &c, which ended in the
capture of Adrianople, were 1000
killed and wounded
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12
NO MORE INDIANAPOLIS DEAD
Groups of Refugees Rescued From
Flooded Districts Were Half
Starved, However.

MISUNDERSTANDING of half frozen,
half starved refugees are being found
in isolated parts of flooded West In
diapapolis, but investigation trips into
all possible territories have revealed
no more bodies so far. A rescue party
found Captain of Police Coffin with
more than twenty suffering persons
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12

London--Lieutenant Pervloski IF
the Russian army committed suicide
at Warsaw by shutting off the motor
of an aeroplane in which he was fly
ing He dropped six hundred feet
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12

After a quarrel about the proper
composition of a dressing. 4 New
York diner thrashed waiter. Which
leads one to gather that. In the end.
the dressing was good
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12
5000 Barrels of WHISKY Into Flood,

Louisville, ky--Weakened by flood
waters, large warehouse OF the
Rugby Distillery company, in the
western end Of the city. collapsed, re
leasing to the river about 5000 bar
rels of whisky, calued at syst. 000-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12
Thieves Raid Oklahoma Town.

Westyille, OLA series of rob-
oeries occurred here when the ST.
Louis e San Francisco railroad sta
lion, the postoffice, general mez'
santile store and a drug store were
robbed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12

A ventilating apparatus has been in
vented that automatically changes the
air in telephone booths. Great thing
where a fellow is shooting hot air
over the wire to some girl
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12

A notorious burglar has invented a
burglar alarm system If he succeeds
in disposing of it. he should make
good money tipping of the secret of
lodging it to his associates.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12
AerooIane Motor ExpIoded-

Paris--Lieutenant Brasser, an avia-
tor. fell one thousand feet to his death
near Verdun, when the motor of his
aeroplane exploded
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12
A Joke on a Baggage Man.

Chicago. nl.-George Kelley. a bag
gageman employed by the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad, was severely burned by
the explosion of a trunk filed with
explosives.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12
Prince of WARES to Ameriear

London, England.-The Pail Mail
Gazette says that the Prince of Wales
probably would visit Canada and the
United States the coming summer
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12
EIGHT over sIxtx-Eixe Gents.

Fort Smith, Ark--Quarrelling over
65 cents, due on rent, William Green
shot and killed Pete O'Brien, owner of
Green's farm near Mount Ida. Ark.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12
Rebels XIII orozco's Father.

City of Mexico.-The report from
Cuernacava on the shooting of Pas
cual Orozco, Sr-. by followers of the
rebel, Emf1iano Zapata, is confirmed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-12

New York.-The stock market
showed no weakness as a result of J.
P. Morgan's death. There were a few
declines in the opening prices, but by
noon they had regained all losses
There was no evidence of nervous
ness 1t was announced no change
would be made in the Morgan firm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-22

crude and inefficient. but simple, TO the
later highly efficient but relatively
complicated forms is that they demand
less and less skill In operation but more
and more skill and knowledge in main
tenance, while the output Increases. much
more rapidly than the cost of upkeep with
a resulting increase in net profits
1.-The present day truck certainly re-
qulres no more and probably less skill
to drive than did the horse. and the
output per day or per dollar of invest
ment is many times greater, but it re-
quires more skillful careful and costly
attention than was ever given to the
wagon.
'"rhis increase In cost of uplSeep is.
however, very small when compared TO
the enormous increase of work done, so
that the net profits are much greater
The responsibility for the efficient per-
fotmance of a truck is evenly divided
between the manufacturer and the user
.tThe user Is responsible for three
things: First, he must so arrange tho
organization of his shipping and receiving
departments and as far as possible in
fiuence external conditions so that his
truck loses as little time as possible; sec
ond he must see that it is not overloaded
and third. he must arrange for periodical
competent inspection and adjustment.
1 would venture to say somet times the
user is responsible for a loss of eff
cheney of 80 per cent because of neg
lect of these three items. and until he
appreciates his responsibility for this loss
and takes steps to avoid 1t. and saving
in operation possible by a change in de-
sign by the manufacturer will be small
by eompa rison''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-22
MIR. MEL DRENNEN
BOOSTS THE CLEVELAND

The overland automobile, for which
his company Is the agent, was given
another series of bouquets yesterday by
Walter Melville Drennen. He gave out
a short summary of the performance
of that car in Europe sometime ago.
Mr.. Drennen said:
Europe was given a thorough dem
onstration of the superior quality of
American-made automobiles last month
when an Overland model GOT finished
seventh in the third annual Targa
Florio race, the classic endurance tour
of the Island of Sicily, The Overland,
the only one of the five American cars
to complete the run and one of the Ii
entries which lasted throughout the
grilling race, finished the $50 miles of
difficult travel in % hours, IL minutes
and AZ seconds, little better than 3
hours behind the high-powered Naz-
zaro, which took first place and IA
minutes and 80 seconds ahead of .the
time set by the winner of the event
in 1912.
The performance of the Overland,
which in comparison with its big, high
priced German, Italian and French com
petitors, looked like a toy racer, was
especially noteworthy, according to
European racing authorities Those for
eigners who inspected the cars before
the start of the race laidsheavy wagers
that no American car would finish the
run and hackers of the Overland found
plenty of money at long odds. Bets
were especially plentiful after it was
announced that the Toledo-made entry
was regular stock model entered BY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-22

them was due to DR.. Arne. whose sister,
Mrs. Cibber for whom Handel composed
the contralto airs in Samson and the
"Messiah') took part in the perform
ance. The anthem was sung as a trio
for contralto. tenor, and bass. The Cen
tleman's Magazine" for October in the
same year also mentions this perform
ance, giving as the first line God Save
Great George Our King" John Beard
sang the tenor. and Thomas Rheinhold.
native of Dresden, was the bass. The
performance, being. such a success, was
continued, and the stage management of
1t developed. Berry Victor writes on Oc-
tober 10 to David Garrick, incidentally
Identifying the second stanza: THE stage
of both houses is the most pious as well
as the most loyal place in the three king
doms. twenty men appear at the end of
every play, and one. stepping forward
from the rest with uplifted hands and
eyes, begins singing to an old anthem
tune, the following words: % Lord, Our
God, Arise etc, which are the very
words and music of an old anthem that
was sung at St.. James's chapel for King
James II, when the Prince of Orange was
landed to save us from Popery and slav-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-22
MIR. DENEGRE CITES
THE PACKARD TEST

In reference to some additional tests
given a Packard motor, Charles Dene-
gre, local agent for that machine, said
yesterday:
Following its official nonstop run OF
900 hours at the Automobile club OF
America, the Packard "3s" motor which
established this worlds record, is pro-
longing its endurance test by additional
mileage on the road.
After the completion of the block
test, which more than doubled the pre-
vious worlds record of 1872 hours, the
motor was sealed under the observance
of the technical committee of the Auto
mobile club, and replaced in the chassis
from which 1t had been taken. 1t was
then run at full speed on. the Long ISL
and speedway.
From the metropolis, the car con-
tanning the motor was driven at a high
rate of speed to Philadelphia, where
1t is now the center of much interest
occasioned by its endurance record. 1t
still carries the seals which show ii
has undergone no adjustments.
During the 800 hours of continuous
running on the test rack, the motor
made 21.600,000 revolutions at con-
stant speed of 1900 per minute This
represents 1928 miles, a distance
greater than a -stoptrun from New
York to Shanghai"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-22
INTERESTING ORIGIN
OF NATIONAL,SONG

From r. P.'s Weekly.
The origin of national songs Is Nof great
interest 1t comes as a shock to realize
how modern is the National Anthem. In
Poetry and Drama" (2s. 6d.) one finds
an article not only criticizing it as a
work of art, but giving the following
interesting particulars: The Daily Ad-
vertiser,'' of September O. 1745, records
the first public performance of God
Save the King: "On Saturday night last
the audience of the Theatre Royal, Dru-
ry Lane, were agreeably surprised by the
gentlemen belonging to the house per-
forming the anthem of God Save Our
Noble King The universal applause 1t
met with, being encored with repeated
huzzas, sufficiently denoted in how just
an adherence they hold the arbitrary
schemes of our insidious enemies and de-
test the despotic attempts of Papal
power
This arrangement of the National An
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-22
BY CLYDE w. ENNIS

~ iORGE II. BODEkER, chief Of
police. announced yesterday that
~ he would Immediately organize
and thoroughly drill traffic squad to
handle the ever increasing grade dan
gers in the downtown district. Through
persistent requests of many leading citi-
zens the organization of the squad will
be arranged. Chief Bodel1er said yes
terday that just as soon as he was able
to let up on the strike proposition and
get a free breath from his other wor-
ries that are more pressing that he
would train a set of police officers here
TO handle traffic downtown efficiently.
To a party of friends yesterday Chief
Bodeker said that he had one time a
thoroughly efficient traffic squad that
worked 10 hours per day on the down.
town streets which was subsequently
abolished by the commission in their
campaign of economy. He pointed out
that most of these men had become
we'll Informed as to traffic regulations,
knew how to handle themselves in a
"pinch" and were in every respect cap
able fellows to handle the hazardous
traffic downtown. Since that day how
ever and as automobile sales increase
1T has become even more dangerous to
cross the streets downtown. In the
meantime the chief has been held down
to such a small force of men that he
has been unable. so he says, of better
ing the situation. Notwithstanding this
he said yesterday that he recognized
the extreme dangers that are growing