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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-10-24
MAYOR OF BUTTE is BUSTED
District Court Also Finds Sheriff
Guilty of Neglect During Recent
Miners Riots.

Butte, Mont.-Sheriff Timothy Dris-
coll and Mayor Lewis J. Duncan were
found guilty of neglect of their duties
in connection with the recent miners
riots, and removed from office by
Judge Roy E. Ayers of the district
court, after a trial which lasted more
than two weeks.
The court refused to grant a stay
of execution of ten days while an ap-
peal to the supreme court was per-
fected. Both offices were vacated
pending an appeal.
Mayor Duncan is removed from Of
flee on the charge of failure to pro-
vide the city with proper protection
last June, when miners union hall
was dynamited by an opposing faction
of miners.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-10-24
LAssEN CAUSING TROUBLE
California Volcano Spouting Fire Balls
and Flaming Gas-Irrigation
bitches Choked.

Chicago, Calif.-Balls of fire and
flaming gas were seen recently spout
ing from the craters of Lassen peak.
The fire balls are what scientists call
bombs and are superheated boulders
torn loose from the throat of the era
ter and shot upward by explosions of
steam
The streams rising on the snow
clad slopes of the mountain are bring
ing down SO much grit, ash and slime
that the irrigation bitches in the val
leys are becoming choked and the al
fa1fa fields are being overlaid-
Ranchers and homesteaders have Pc
titioned the government for permits
sion to build catchment basins on Hat
creek and Lost creek, thirty miles
downstream from the foot of the
mountain.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-10-24
How Europeans Get Our Gold.

Do you know just how Europe re-
Gently got that s125,000,000 in Amer
lean gold, Well. here is the way it
was done: Europeans hold great
amounts in American securities, which
is to say they have bought bonds is
sued in this country. When the war
crisis came they saw the need of &C
tual money in place of these bonds.
They cabled to their American bro
kers to sell at the market Irice. They
took whatever they could get, but
there was always something offered,
so the sales were heavy.
The purchasers of these bonds gave
their checks. These the brokers
cashed at their banks and got curren-
cy. This currency of the United
States is made good by the deposit
of gold in the treasures. For every
gold certificate in existence there Is
the actual metal In the treasury. So.
the brokers, getting the currency from
the banks, went to the sub-treasury in
New York and asked for the actual
gold. They received it and sent the
gold to their customers abroad.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-10-24
Finally Captured Eaese.

After defying a score of traps and
as many guns of farmers. who have
sought vainly to impose summary
sentence for the loss of hundreds OF
chickens over a period of six months,
Old Badly, a monster eaC'e, was
caught by a man with a 1asso. He
lay waiting In the shadow of his
chicken house for the chicken thief
for more than eight hours. The bird
swooped down shortly after daybreak-
The lasso was thrown around the
eagles neck. The man wanted to
capture the bird alive. but it fought
SO desperately that he was forced to
shoot 1t. The eagle measures eight
feet seven inches from tip to tip. and
weighs 70 pounds.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-10-24

Thus far the forts in the outer ring
of the Antwerp defenses have suffered
little harm from the German lombard
-ment- The German big guns are not
being worked by regular soldiers, but
by men in citizens c-oining who wear
only an armament to indicate their
military occupation Undoubtedly
these men are employees of the Krupp
factory. hastily summoned to replace
the losses among the regular gun Law
ers- The heaviest German guns are
located north of ViIverde where foun-
daticns of reinforced concrete have.
been prepared
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-10-24

Kidney Pills the swelling disappear
ed and he felt himself again He says
he has been benefited and blessed by
the use of Dodds Kidney Pills. Sew
eral months later he wrote: have
not changed my faith In your remedy
since the above statement was author
lied. Correspond with Rev. e. Hes
lop about this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills, SOC. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music of National Anthem
English and German words) and re-
cipes for dainty dishes. All sent free.
ADV.
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They Claim Great Victories But
Fail to Drive TeutonS Out
of Poland--Campaign
Unsatisfactory.
ANTWERP ASKS HELP
German Siege Guns Gathering Forts
to Pieces and City Must Surren-
der Unless Allies Send
Aid Immediately.
Summary Of EUenks.

There has been no decisive re-
suit yet in the steady general en-
gagement between the Germans
and the French-British, which has
proceeded in northern France
since September II. The battle
line, which first extended gener-
ally east and west, now runs
northward also, from Compiegne
to Lille Both sides are constant
ly REINFORCED, and the line of
fighting waivers back and forth as
first one side and then the other
gains an advantage.
Vigorous Counter Attacks.
The Allies extended front has met
with vigorous counter attacks on the
part of the Germans, who seem to
have weakened their position on the
center of the battle line in order to
throw heavy masses of men against
the right and left wings. The Allies,
although forced back short distances
at some points on their left, have
been generally able to hold their own
The eastern wing also was the
scene of severe comb bats, but there the
battle was between infantry and ar
tillery, and the Allies were able to
push forward.
German cavalry has again made it's
appearance on the scene of action in
great force, thus disproving the re-
ports that all its horses had been
rendered useless owing to the cpl
demic of CHAMBERS.
Still Quiet on Center.
In the center where infantry had
been deeply entrenched since the COM
mencement of the battle, the French
and English commanders took the OPP
portunity to relieve many regiments
which had been on the advanced fir
ing line. Two brigades of British
troops, chiefly Highlanders, had not
had relief for thirteen days. They
had burrowed so well that their cas-
ualties were unimportant, but the men
were thoroughly exhausted from con-
tinued watchfulness and the incessant
boom of guns.
Battle Moving Northward.
The battle on the Aisne is gradually
moving northwards of the Somme
river and the Germans are now oc-
cupying nearly the same ground as
they did the middle of August. The
normal position is, however, radically
changed and the German invading
army instead of promenading against
a retreating foe is desperately max
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-10-24
GERMANS KEEP POUNDING
AWAY AT ANTWERP FORTS.

London-The Antwerp correspon-
dent of the Daily Telegraph, telegraph
ing regarding the fighting around Ant
werp ander date Of Saturday, says:
The Germans continue their des-
perate effort to capture Antwerp.
They are in a desperate hurry to ac-
complish it, pounding away unceasing-
Iy with their artillery at Fort WaeI-
hem and Wavre ST. Catherine and
flinsfag their infantry forward in fran
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TdnCC
Fighting in the Vosees-
The Nord Deutsche AlIgemeine
Zeitung, leading German paper, de-
scribing the frontier fighting in the
Vosges regions, says: The officers
and men have been fighting day and
night for thirty-seven days and the
Germans are facing a difficult stra-
tegic situation in the mountain dis
tricts, where they are rendering SUI
perhuman services, chiefly in water
filled trenches and under almost in
describable conditions. The strain
is said to be almost uncomfortable. The
French are fortified in excellent po-
sitions on the Vosges and it is impos-
sible to see their guns. No German
troops have been able to retire from
the fighting line for rest. The army
chaplains accompany the troops right
to the front and are holding religious
services and preaching sermons in
the trenches. Bad weather is caus-
ing much sickness"
Antwerp Needs Help.
Despite the optimistic declaration
that the resistance to the German
siege of Antwerp is well maintained
the pressure is becoming so serious
that urgent messages have been sent
to the British and French general
stats asking immediate steps be
taken to force the Germans to raise
their siege.
Breach in Antwerp Forts.
Berlin=An official report from the
German army headquarters says that
in the siege of Antwerp the forts of
Lierre, Waelhem and Koningshohckt
and the intermediate redoubts, with
thirty guns, have been taken Thus
breach has been made in the outer
circle of forts,' the report adds, ''ren-
dering an attack on the inner circle
of forts and the town itself possible"
Is Won MoItke Out?
London-Lieut. General Helmuth
Won Moltke, chief of the German gen.
eral staff, has been removed from
that office by the emperor, accord
ing to a report received here.
Brussels Near Starvation.
London.-Seven hundred thousand
persons in Brussels are facing starva-
ton, according to Hugh Gibson, the
secretary of the American embassy
there, who is now in this city. Eff
forts to get food from Antwerp have
failed
Russian Operations Slow.
The Russians. and Germans are pun
ishing one another with frightful Sc
verify in Russian Poland, where the
Germans have invaded a distance of
fifty miles, and in Austrian Galicia,
where Russian operations have been
strongest.
Russia's operations in Galicia are
still halted, waiting apparently on the
perfection of plans for the next Of
fensive after the investment of Cra-
cow The development of the Ber-
lin campaign is the new objective, but
its details must depend largely on
the operations of the German army
in Poland. Reports of engagements
being sent from Petrograd and indica-
tive of the extreme optimism which
warfare seems to implant in the
usually lethargic Slav.
These descriptions of ferocious bat
ties are too uniformly followed by i'm
portant Russian successes. If they
were true the Germans should now
be in full retreat Qeaving the road
to Berlin reasonably open. Instead of
this, however, the road to Cracow has
not yet been freed.
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ing, was dizzy
and exhausted at
the least exer-
ton. Hands and
feet were cold
and he had such
a dragging sensa-
ton across the
loins that it was
difficult to move.
After using 5
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-10-24
A ST. LOUIS RIVER MYSTERY
Woman's Body Taken From Missis-
sippi With 25-Pound Sandbag
Attached to It

st. Louis.-The body of a seeming ly
refined woman about 35 years old with
a twenty-five-pound sandbag tied to
her waist was found floating in the
Mississippi river just south of ST.
Louis. The coroner of st. Louis coun-
ty, who took charge of the body, de-
clared it had not been in the water
more than three days.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-10-24
Plan Latin Trade Campaign.

Observation-Disclosures of a sub-com-
mittee to plan a Mississippi Valley
trade conference to be attended by
representatives of commercial organi-
cations met here to select date for
holding the sessions.
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Mine Sinks German Ship.

London--A German torpedo boat
destroyer. cruising off. the estuary of
the Ems. in the North Sea, has been
sunk by a mine, according TO a dis
patch from Amsterdam to the Reuter-
Telegram Company
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-10-24
Cooper as Hard as Steel.

There is no PROCESS known at pres
emit for making copper as hard as
steel. Such a process is supposed to-
have been known in ancient times.
If anyone can discover such a process
he will have valuable secret.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-10-24
A cLEReYmANs TESTIMONY.

The Rev. Edmund Heslop OF Wig
ton. Pa, suffered from Drcpsy for q
year. His limbs and feet were swol-
len and puffed He had heart f1utter-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-10-24

1t takes woman to settle man.
who is made of dust
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Relieved.

Relieved.
She-I hear small checks are to be-
favored for dresses this season
He-Thank heayeni
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-10-24
BATTLE STILL INDECISIVE'
Neither Germans Nor Allies Gain Marked Advantage
In Great Struggle Proceeding In Northern
France-YOn Kluck Evades Flank Trap
and Advances Large Cavalry Body.
Fighting in the Vosees

ing what may be its last stand in
France.
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Philip and his marvellous gifts and
his great sanctity, and urged them to
pay visit to the venerable saint. He
said they could not but derive great
edifcation from his holy and gentle
words, and that they would bear back
with them to Poland a joyous and con.
soling recollection of their visit. They
soon on their way to see Philip, ex.
pecting to find a man in no way like
other men. Philip was in his little
room when he was told that these
two great personages were coming up
the stairs, and he at once OWNED the
see a saint, and hear him speak OF
| things divine. He therefore ordered
one of those about him to take up a
certain book he had always in his
room, full of fables and jests, and he
had him begin to read and not to
The Polish mobiles came in prepared
to see a man of holy and devout as
pect, and to their great surprise
Philip turned towards them and said:
please wait moment till this fable
is finished" And while the reading
was going on he said again and again:
'You see keep good books about me,
and have matters of Importance read
to me-" And he continued to talk in
this strain as long as their visit lasted,
without one word of God or of spirit
ual things. The mobiles remained for
some time, looking at each other in
amazement, and then took their leave,
completely bewildered. It is proba-
BILE that they learned from the Pope,
or from some one else, the meaning
of this strange display, for by this time
all Rome knew how Philip was wont
to mortify himself. Anyhow, when
they were gone, Philip stopped the
reading and said, with an air Of great
satisfaction: There, we have done
all that was wanted for the present. "
He was now an old man, long exer-
cised in humility and modification,
yet he dreaded lest some slightest
mist of pride or vanity should dim
the light of God within him. It is a
lesson which should surely be to us a
light, and strike us with salutary
fear.
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EFFECTS OF HUMILITY.
Laeordaire and St. Philip Neri.

Humility has this effect: that of
all the topics, grave or gay, that a
true Christian may choose to talk
about in company with friends, he
finds himself and his affairs the least
worthy; he is not worth talking about,
writes Father Walter Elliott, C. 8. p,
in The Missionary. OF Pere Lacor-
daire it was said by one who knew the
great orator intimately, that "He was
never heard to speak of himself in
conversation, or of what concerned
him personally; and he would not al
low anyone else to do So" The same
sanity Dominican went even far be-
yond, and he readily revealed to 9TH
ers the sins of his unconverted youth.
We may not feel his pleasure in doing
the like of that, but at any rate we
should envy him the glory Of it. And,
besides, not all the virtues of the
saints are to be considered as more
admirable than imitable." That same
Lacordaire, if he got acquainted with
priest whom he learned to like,
would show his affection by making to
him his general confession. I may
not do as much as that with my pres
ent scanty stock of humility, but at
my monthly confession I ought to
select some very shameful "sin of my
past life" as makeweight for lack of
present sinfulness, rather than mo-
notonously repeat little offenses over
and over again. If ! am done with
my confession without being ashamed
of myself have missed one of the
most wholesome dishes of that peni-
tential banquet.
One of the saints most careful to
conceal his gifts from all observation
was st. Philip Neri, whose feast oc-
ours next week, May rs. He dreaded
the good opinion of others as the
ordinary man breads their censure.
He took such paints to belittle him
self in the opinion Of others that he
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A SAINT FOR THE WEEK.
IS. PETER AND DIoNYsIA.

In the Decian persecution the blood
of the Christians flowed at Lampsacus,
a city of Asia Minor. st. Peter was
the first who was led before the pro-
consul and condemned to die for the
name of Christ Young though he
was, he went joyfully to his torments.
He was bound to wheel by iron
chains and his bones were broken,
but he raised his eyes to heaven with
a smiling countenance and said, Il
give Thee thanks, o Lord Jesus
Christ, because Thou hast given me
patience, and made me victorious over
the tyrant" The pro-consul saw how
little suffering availed, and ordered
the martyr to be beheaded.
But little later in the same city the
virgin Dionysia showed like eager
ness to suffer. 20 wretched man."
she cried, when Christian denied
Christ under torture, why have you
feared a little suffering and chosen
eternal pain instead?" She was
seized and led away to horri-
BILE outrage, but her angel
guardian appeared by ner side
and protected the spouse of Christ.
Escaping from prison, she still burned
with the desire to be dissolved and to
be with Christ. She threw herself
upon the bodies of the martyrs, say
ing, II would fain die with you on
earth, that I may live with you in
heaven" And Christ, who is the
Crown of virgins and the strength of
martyrs, gave her the desire of her
heart.
st. Dionysia gained the crown which
an apostate had lost, and his history
may teach us that those who lose
Christ, rather than suffer with Him,
lose all. With the strength that was
left he cried out, Il never was Chris
tian. I sacrifice to the gods" There
fore he was taken down, and he offer
ed sacrifice. But he was possessed by
the devil, whom he had chosen for
his master. He fell to the earth in a
fit, bit out his tongue, and SO expired.
He escaped a little pain, and instead
he went to the endless torments Of
hell, and forfeited eternal rest.
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1--WE have an advocate with the Fa-
ther-Jesus Christ, the Just" If the
groans of our misery or the express
sions of our love are heard in heaven
it is because Jesus appropriates them;
for "He lives only to intercede for
u.s." He shows to the Father the
mark of His glorious wounds, and
makes His blood plead more strongly
than that of Abel.
o God! Thou canst not resist this
strong cry. 1t must be that Thou per-
mittest us to mark our places in the
sacred tabernacles which Thou fillest
with Thy blessedness. This is the
will of my Lord Jesus; and in pre-
pairing Thee to receive us He pre-
pares us to take possession of Thee.
The Incarnate Word, humbled and an
initiated in the days of His life on
earth, became on the day of His as
cension the inexhaustible treasury OF
the gifts of God. Christ, ascending
on high, led captivity captive, and
gave gifts to men, (Ephes. iv. 81.
Thus it is that the remedies of our
faults, the succor of our weakness,
the light of our darkness, the solace OF
our pains, the impulses towards good,
all descend into our souls to make
them worthy of God, whom we ought
to possess. He extends His benign in.
fluence even to our corruptible flesh,
which He prepares for the resurrec-
ton.
o Christian! mediate upon this
glorious and consoling mystery. Never
more turn to creatures as to the end
of your life. This world is not your
resting-place. Honors, riches, pleas
ures, human affections are unworthy
of a great and generous soul. Look
to your Leader and Precursor; have
confidence in His divine ministry;
abandon yourself to His holy grace;
raise your heart to heaven. Sursum
corda!
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sometimes shocked his dearest friends
and most reverent admirers. The fol-
lowing is only one instance of many
successful efforts of st. Philip to dis
appoint those who came to see the
celebrated founder of the Oratory Fa-
theirs.
Pope Clement VIII was not content
with mere private manifestations of
the veneration in which he held St.
Philip; he spoke often and earnestly
of his sanctity to the cardinals and
ambassadors of foreign powers, and
to the strangers who came from time
to time to Rome. He was one day
giving audience to two Polish noble
men of great distinction, and amongst
other things he spoke to them of
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EASTER DUTY BINDS ALL.

The Easter duty is the obligation
of receiving Holy Communion worth.
lily during the Easter time. The East
er time in this country extends from
the First Sunday of Lent until Trinity
Sunday. The precept binds all OF
sound mind without distinction,
whether they are in health or in
sickness, whether they are able to go
to church or not. Those who are not
able to go to church during the Easter
season, or those in charge of them,
must notify the priest, so that he may
bring Communion to the former, al.
though they be in no danger of death
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THE BALLAD OF ST. JOHN OF
NEPOMUK.

Now to you all be Christian cheer,
Good health and better luck!
Praise now the womb that gave to
men
ST. John of Nepomuk!
He stood before King Wenceslaus
With none to take his part
Despair upon his kindly face,
But honor in his heart.
How now, o priest!" the monarch
cried
(And death was in his smile);
'Didst shrive the faithless soul of her
Who did my bed defile?
"Didst bid her go in peace who now
Hath left no peace to me?
Tell them the sin that thou didst
shrive,
Fen as she told it thee!"
20 King" our saint, unblenching, said,
"Such may 1 not reveal,
For priesthood's VOW upon my lips
Hath set ghostly seal.
THAT seal which on my mouth is set
Forever and for aye,
Thou shalt not loose by mortal pain
Nor wrench with racks away"
They stretched his body on the rack
And fierce their will they wrought;
He cried in his woe to seven saints,
But not the tale they sought.
Confess" the King in fury cried,
''Her love as it befell,
Or steel shall cleave thy way to death
And fire thy path to hell"
90 King" he said, 81 will not speak,
Tho thou in tears shouldst kneel,
For Gods own honor on my mouth
Has set a mighty seal.
"And that seal set upon my mouth
More close than life doth stay.
Thou canst not break it with sword
Nor melt with fire away"
They wrought their will upon his flesh
With cursing and with scott
They gagged his mouth and from a
bridge
At last they flung him off.
They cast him into Moldan stream,
Our saint who did not wrong;
But that true mouth which told no
tale
God filleth now with song.
Wherefore pray thou our newborn
Lord,
And John our saint as well,
That when a fair fame thou canst
harm
No whisper thou shalt tell.
For since of her who gave him naught
He would not cause the fall,
How mightier shalt thou guard the
name
OF her who gives thee all!
George Sterling.
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He who, when he has once knocked,
is angry because he is not forthwith
heard, is not humble petitioner, but
an imperious exactor. However long
He may cause thee to wait, do thou
patiently bide the Lords lefsure.-St.
Peter ChrysologNs.