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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-12

most of US had to rent the cheapest
kind of rooms and buy food in the
shops, thus living on a few cents q
day. The Germans seized Vervierss
suppressed the newspapers and sub
jected the Inhabitants to strict control
Every window facing the street had
to be closed The houses were shut
and in the evening nobody was al
lowed on the streets.
Prevented From Leaving the City.
For many days every one was pre-
vented from leaving the city. Horses,
automobiles and every other means of
conveyance were appropriated by the
Germans unless the owners could show
credentials from the German army
The Belgian citizens were reduced to
a state of terror. Cannonading began
at noon, August 4, and was incessant
day and night, rain or shine. Houses
trembled, windows ratified and at first
it was impossible to sleep because of
the noise Afterward we got quite
used to the uproar.
81 saw 1000 or 5000 Belgian prison
ers marched through the streets of
Verviers and it was pitiful to watch
the crowds of relatives, fathers, moth
ers, wives and sweethearts running
beside the prisoners trying to throw
bread and cigars to them. The cap
tives were not given time to catch
the gifts, but were ruthlessly hurried
on by the German soldiers. We Amer
leans sympathized heartily with the
Belgians. Persons who had escaped
from Liege told us that the Germans
had taken three forts, caused a small
fire in the city and captured $500 pris-
oners.
Citizens Shot at LIeqe.
August IA a party consisting of two
other Americans, myself and two Eng
lishmen and a Frenchman obtained
from the German commandant passes
to return to Herbesthal on the way to
AK la Chapelle. Armed with these, we
attempted to get a conveyance to the
German frontier, but the cab drivers
were SO terrified that we tried five diff
ferent men before we found one with
sufficient nerve to take us. Even then
l was compelled to conduct the driver
to the German commander to get a
paper guaranteeing the safety of the
cGbman, his horse and his vehicle Our
horse was SO old that we had to walk
up the hills. The age of the beast, the
driver said, was the only thing that
kept the Germans from taking it.
while we were in Liege several
citizens were shot because of remarks
they made to German officers and sol
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-12
FACE FULL OF PIMPLES

1910 So. California Ave-, Chicago. Ill
About a year ago my face was full
of pimples and red spots. To sleep
one night without itching was almost
impossible Some of the pimples
would get big and red and II touched
them they would pain, while others
would get white heads on them and
when they broke open some matter
came out. They would burn and itch
and / scratched them so that some
times they would break and bleed
That always caused them to be worse.
Il bought all kinds OF salves and
creams and found out that they did
me no good I noticed the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment advertisement and
l sent for a free sample. I went to
the drug store and bought a cake of
Cuticura Soap and some Cuticura
Ointment and / found the pimp1es
were drying out In two months I
was we'll" (Signed) Chas. J. Peck,
May z, 1914.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura. Dept. L. Boston-"-Adv.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-12

diers- Apart from this the Germans
appeared to treat the citizens we'll and
paid for their supplies. The larger
portion of the population who work in
the wooden mills are reduced almost
to starvation. The Germans buy most
of the meat, bread and other supplies,
and no supplies can be brought In
from the outside.
AT Terrestrial we were searched
and examined by German officers, and
were then allowed to take military
train to AK la Chapelle, from which
place we got a cab to the Dutch from
tier. At the village of Baaz they told
us that we could get a train to Mas
tricht- On arriving there we found
the Dutch army modified, practically
all the trains used for soldiers and the
main roads and bridges blockaded to
resist an army OF $780, 900 German sol
diers Just outside.
I'VE deemed it inadvisable to wait
at Maastricht for a possible tram, and
the next day we hired an automobile
This broke down at ten o'clock that
night The chauffeur worked frantic
ally two hours to repair the machine,
but at midnight announced that it was
impossible to run on account of a fiat
tire. Finally he consented to go on.
Left Stranded In Auto.
AT 1 a. m. we were still twelve
miles from Helder, whittier we were
going The chauffeur stopped in the
village of Durne- He refused to bulge
and left us stranded in the middle of
the road while he reused nearly every
one In the village In search of horse
and carriage. He returned In an hour
or 90 and announced that It was Inn
possible to reach Helder. and that we
must spend the night I'm Durne- The
next morning We got a train from
Durne to Rotterdam We found that
city flooded with Americans from all
parts CT Europe. most of them pos
sessed of only the clothes they were
wearing. The next morning we caught
q train to Flushing. and thence came
on a crowded boat to England
German officers I'm Liege assured
us that they had captured the forts,
driven the Russians back on the east
ern frontier and would be In Paris in
two weeks.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-12

of an aggressive war for at least a
century.
Even If the Germans break through
the line of the allies or turn it on the
north OF the south they will not find
the roads to Paris unobstructed. The
allies are not likely to put all their
money on one card, strong though that
card may be. The roads to Paris are
guarded by growing forces which at
present will not take any part in the
fighting The battle line from Hol
land to Switzerland is merely the first
barrier the Gerr-ans must clear.
chicaqoan Tells Of Trip.
Louis A Dumond, the Chicago
municipal investigator, has reached
London after a fortnight OF interest
ing and severe experiences in Ger
many and Belgium.
August 8. while 1 was in Hamburg,
the army began to mobilize" said Mr.
Dumond. Troop trains were running
in all directions and the regular SEIZED
ules were reduced hourly. The Amer
lean consul advised me to leave i'm
mediately and escape to London by
way of Belgium 1 left Hamburg the
same afternoon and was due on the
oS4Sldn AIOAlSE al OO a. M Inc
train was delayed at every station and
at Cologne we were forced to wait two
hours. We reached the German from
tier town OF Terrestrial at ten o'clocks
the next morning
There we found that the Germans
had violated the neutrality OF Belgium
and were marching In the direction of
Liege- The Belgians had DESTROYED
the railroad from Herbesthal to Yer
yiers, which place managed to reach.
The trains had stopped running and 1t
was impossible to return to Germany,
as Americans had been ordered to
leave that country.
Says Roads Were Blocked.
Il made numerous attempts to get
through Liege ahead of the German
army, but was unsuccessful, either be-
cause the roads were blocked or was
turned back by German bayonets. The
banks were closed and no shops, ho-
tells or business men would cash
checks, recognize letters of credit or
trust any one English and American
travellers had little Belgian money and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-12
A Good Shot.

A San Franciscan, who had been
hunting in the vicinity of Lake Tahoe
without bagging any game, came upon
a mountaineer who was feeding .
Gagged wildcat he had caught the day
before
How much viii you take for that
beast?" he asked.
The captor said So, and the money
was paid over.
Now" said the Nimrod, tie one
end of strong cord to that tree and
another to the cats neck, and then
open the door of the cage
This was finally accomplished and
the fierce animal stood straining at it8
tether.
The sportsman, who was Watching
the exercises from the interior of the
cabin, Ieveled his rife across the win
dow sill, took careful aim and blaze6
away. The wildcat gave Joyful yen
and disappeared In the forest The
bullet had cut the rope.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-12
A Piece of Fiction.

is this the bookkeper?"
Yes, SIR"
I'm the head of the firm. came In
to ask you il you would accept an In
crease in your salary"
No sirl I'm getting too much as it
Is. You could get any number of men
to fill my place for half the money"
But our profits are SO great we
don't know what to do with them"
Sorry; but to encourage me In that
sort of thing would only result in dis
aster. Besides, IL I got more money
my family of nine children might get
enough to eat And If the practice
should spread. the whole civic fabric
would be upset"
But really feel
go away, siri 1 won't listen to
you! Discharge me If you must, but
raise my -neveri"-Life
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-12
Different Meaning.

One of the principal owners Of a
promising gold mine was expatiating
on its merits to a capitalist and pros
pective investor. He described the
vein in which the miners were work
ing, showed him specimens of the ore,
and backed up his statements with the
written opinions of experts.
Well" admitted the capitalist, sit
looks as If it might be a good invest
ment- As my old Uncle Hiram would
say, 1t has .p'ints.'"
"Pints!" exclaimed the owner, car
ried away perhaps by his over-anx-
iety: why. sir. we're in quartz right
nowi"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-12

Possibly I b Q
q e n @ r a t / o n to
which the people
of the twentieth
century b ell o n g
has more to dis
turb its faith than
a n y preceding
one There may
be no rejection of
the testimony of
the senses. of in
tuition, or of faith
itself, but the ap-
peals to faith
come from more
sources than for
merly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-12
The stomach's Function.

The Stomach's Function.
The teacher was examining the class
in physiology
MARY, you tell u.s." she asked, what
Is the function of the stomach?'
The function of the stomach" the
little girl answered, sis to hold up the
petticoat-'
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-12
In with the Trusts

Did I understand you to say tha8
Senator Flubb came up from the
people?"
Yes. and he's going back on them
now"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-12
aith Gives
Confidence
BY REV. J.. H. RALSTON
s~erss.ry Of Core.poodenee DepHfm@
Moody Bihls lnssiausa Chie.ss

TEXT-And we believe and are sure that
thou art that Christ, the Son of the hv-
ing God John 6:6e.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-12

Occasionally you meet a man who Fl
so chfvalrous toward women that he II
actually polite to hts own wife.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-12
Close ousrten

Janitor-This is the vacant suite,
sir.
Pompous Party-My good fellow,
said apartments. not Compartments.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-12

Stand up for your rights II you ex-
pect others to take back seat
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-12

II IT is necessary to make enemies.
choose lazy men
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-12
Il TO Mothers

Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle Oh
a safe and sure remedy foH
infants and children, and see that 10
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-12
The Uncaptur

The Uncaptured.
Paw, what's fugitive verse?"
THAT written by a poet still al
large, my SON"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-12

signature col Of &2gzzm
In Use For Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-12

A man with long head seldom has
. long face.-L B. Coley.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-12
INTERNATIONAL.
SUNDNS0lOOL
LESSON

by E. O. SELLERS, Director of Evening
Department. The Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago.)
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-12
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER
THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LESSON TExT-Mark p:2s-A.
GOLDEN TEXT@Thou shalt love
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and wi
all thy soul. and with all thy streng'
and with all thy mind; and thy neight
as thyself." Luke 1927
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-12

Your Druggists Soc per Bottle Murine Eya
Salrein Tubes25c- For Book offhe Eye Freeask
Druggists or Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-09

-
The addition Of compound lhtsrea5
will mount up wonderfully IS time
passes. In q few years your earned
interest Will be consfderab les portion
OF the total Of your accompl ishInent
II you can once get into the habit Of
saving and 1depositing something
every week, no matter how moderate
the sum, you are fairly started on the
road to financial success because you
are developing the habit Of thrift.
You are simply buying future in
come when you use part OF yonr regu-
lar income now TO build mp a fund
whose earnings viii reward you later.
The more you pay-that is. the lar
ger your deposits-the greater your
future income wiz be, either from the
compound interest paid or sayings,
or as interests or dividends from Sc
curities when you graduate into the
investor class.
Don't be content to limit your in
come to your own earning power Add
the earning power of savings to i.
You always want to shield that little
daughter Of yours from the harsh
world, don't you?
or, if she must go out to battle with
1t, you want her to be as we'll prepared
for the conflict as possible, do you notE
And that boy of yours-You have
aInD1IlOnS LOT HlIls Oh COu1S C.
Thrift in the home Is a splendid
heritage for eitheF-a-boy or girl.
Do you realize that your son will be
a better business man and enjoy
greater opportunintnies IL he learns
the value OF money and saves some OF
it while he is growing up?
Do you know that your daughter
will be a more sensible and attractive
young person, and in time a better
wife and mother, il, early in life, she
acquires the right attitude towards
money and learns that spending it is
not the only way to use It?
Besides the training in thrift which
you give. your actual accumulation OF
q reserve fund for future requirements
is important.
Parents, if you have already saved
a little nest egg and there is a young
child in your home about whose future
education you are concerned, why not
deposit 1000 in the bank for the child
now?
BY the time the child is ready for
college, there will be two thousand
dollars waiting for him or her instead
of one thousand, even if YOU never
deposit another cent in the meantime.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-09
Coming Events
In CIarEksburg

Thursday. Friday, Saturday, April
9. 10, 11-"Traftic in Souls" after
Moons and nights, Robinson Grand
tneater.
Monday. April 13.-Easter dance,
given by Assembly club, Waldo hotel.
tuesday, April 14-Lyman n.
Howe's motion pictures, Robinson
Grand theater.
Tuesday, April 14-DanCe given
by knights of Columbus.
Tuesday, April 14.-Easter ball,
given by Delta Kappa Club Masonic
w Wednesday, April Excuse
Me-" Robinson Grand theater.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-09
THE DAILY
NOVELETTE,
!. ;. ;. :. :. ;. :. ;. :. !. ;. :.
ME YENIAL SIN.

George Washington had been mar
ried only a month when his wife
Martha, (see Alexander Bindo's First
Names of Famous Women'D made her
first batch of biscuits.
EAT all you want of Them" she
said when he sat down to dinner
There's plenty l made them from
the recipe in Mrs. shouter's Colonial
Cook BooS-frst a layer of yeast
then a layer of dough, and SO on. Go
on! l want to see you eat one,
Washie." (See Blindon Kopp's His
torical Pet Names.")
So Washington let her see him eat
one 1t was the 5ravest thing he had
done SO far in his life, for he was not
hungry anyway, having spent the
morning sitting for his fourteenth
portrait But he let her see him eat
"wen?" she said. "well?"
! Great" said Washington immedi-
ately.
He had to let her see him eat four
more before she was satisfied, and he
couldn't manage to drop more than
half of each one under the table.
Great" he said nlanfully after
each.
That night he thought he was going
to die
IL.
Scene: Heaven.
say, Joe,' said the first recording
angel, Il sort of feel for this chap
Washington, who wants to go down in
history as the champion truth-teller.
What do you say if we forget to reg
lister those lies about the biscuits?"
Pm with you, Gabe," said the sec
ond recording angel. THE biscuits
nunished him enough.
SO they let it slide.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-09
An Intere n Income.

"If one does not have the right re-
gard for the value of money nor the
Importance OF thrift in business rela-
lions, he will be handicapped just so
much in his striving toward success. "
Ernest G. Draper.
Have you one income from the work
OF your hands and brain and another
from the work Of your savings?
It lis an encouraging fact that the
person who starts out to create cap
itaI for himself need not rely solely on
his own energy
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-09
Great Easter Rcfivty In Millinery
Beautiful New Hats $500. $500, $500, S.,
$1,000, $1,000 and $500

They include all that is new ana
,all-black Hats. Hats in colors to
match costumes, black Hats with qlst
a touch of one of the brilliant high
colors now SO fashionable, and many
in the pretty pillk=and-blue effects
which tue vogue for the Vatican hat
has inspired.
New Hats, with new ideas work
ed into them, are coming to.ollr tables
hourly. fresh from our workrooms
where the newest Paris styles are
copied as soon as it is possible to get
them.
ANY taste, any requirement can
be satisfied in this wonderful collec-
tion.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-09

An Evening Echo.
Carry the radiance OF your soul IN
your face; let the world have the
benefit of it.-FOX.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-09

Every woman who goes in for out-of-doors life
Knows them; the loose, easy coats, slightly DeL
shaped, with raglan sleeves and buttoned h1gn at
the throat. In cut they are copied from the Eng
is, Balnnacaan, but the fabrics used in them are
mostly American tweeds in soft gray and brown
mixtures and plads Each coat is Train repel-
lent; that u.s. it has been eravanetted as to shed
moisture and light showers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-09

The most wonderful collection of
Every silk fabric that is stylish for spl
these HANDSOME costumes. Printed Sill
meuse, Messalines. Exquisite color e
skirts, girdles of same or contrasting
fon. or batiste embroidered in eolors.
strikingly beautiful dresses IN Thu
bodies OF printed or broeade Silk in hi
monte. Other beautiful models are Of
rufied skirts. All alterations free.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-07-26

HAYES was divorced from Ernest
Hayes. whom She charged with de-
scrtIuu and Matte Fuller was
granted divorce from y. II. Fuller
ON the same grounds. q. H. Rogers
filed suit asking a divorce from
MlrgaI,t Rogers, whom The petition
oh.rgc~ W.th adultery.
MIDLAND VALLEY trains viii
probably he running on The regular
schedule some time today. Due to q
fire on th, bridge between Haskell
and stone Blun Yesterday about noon
all trains were forced TO detour over
the KATY tracks. making the passen.
ger train due Iu Tulsa al 3.l1, more
than three hours late Bridge crews
were hurried To- the place and have
been husily repairing the flaws since
il was first discovered.
TWO MEMBERS of the city chain
Canp escaped yesterday while the
prisoners were cutting weeds I'm a
residence section of the city. The
men gradually worked their way away
from the main crowd. They got about
half-block away when the guard
told them not TO run. They Kept ON
ENInG ana iuc hlII'NI llltu At 'b'I
several times A bullet cut open the
shirt ON one ot them, hut did not
lessen his spccn. Tho police last niAht
had found no trace of the men. Both
were under long sentences.
1R. FRED s. CLINTON returned
from Atlanta yesterday morning al .
O'Clock. He has spent three weeks
In Atlanta observing clinical work.
lie reports good time and that he
has observed things which will be
Of local benefit some time I'm the ~,
ture. Doctor clinton stated that he
was as usual glad to be back in Tulsa.
One Of the Things which he observed
Of local interest was the reading room
in the Piedmont hotel where 70 of the
leading papers Of America are kept Of
file for the benefit Of the public. The
only Oklahoma paper I'm this collcc-
ton is the Tulsa Daily World.
A. p. WATSON. corporation conc
missioner of oklahoma and caudi-
date to succeed himself was In Tulsa
Yesterday ON business and inOideut-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-07-26

a. p. WATSON. corporation conc
missioner of Oklahoma and caudi-
date to succeed himself was i'm Tulsa
yesterday ON business and incident
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-07-26

TWO DIVORCES were granted in
the superior court yesterday and one
new divorce suit was filed. Lille
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-03-10
INvENTs A COTTON PICKER.
Cuthbert Man Has One He Thinks
Will Do the Work.

1t will be news to many in this
county to learn that Cuthbert has a
citizen who is the inventor of cot
ton picker that has been patented.
The individual in question is Mr..
Phil E. Pearce, better known as a
cotton buyer than an inventor. He
says he has been working for eight
years to devise a practical cotton
picker and thinks he has succeeded.
The picker runs on three wheels,
the two rear wheels being adjusta-
BILE so that they will straddle two
rows of cotton. An air pump and a
small gasoline engine are a portion
of the equipment. An arm that is
movable, the end containing several
small saws that revolve, is placed in
contact with the open bolls. The
saws pull the cotton into the hollow
arm or tube and it is carried by sue
ton into bag. Trash is eliminated.
The picker is light and may be
pulled by man or boy, or, If pre-
ferred, propelled by the engine.
Several who have seen the descrip-
ton of this cotton picker believe it
will do the work.
Mr.. Pearce is having Mr.. Fred
Wilson build him a machine, and it
will be tested as soon as possible.
Mr.. Pearce's friends hope that he
has solved the problem that has so
long defed inventors and that his
picker will fill not only a long-felt
want but his pockets with money
Cuthbert Leader.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-03-10
KNIFE SEPARATES SIANESE TWINS
Delicate Operation Often Attempted
is Declared by French Surgeon to
Be First Successful One.

PARIS, France.-The delicate OPP
Grafton of separating the "Siamese
twins" Madeline-Suzanne, who had
been born united, was performed
successfully here today.
No such operation had taken place
in France since DR.. Doyen, in 1902,
separated the two Hindu children,
Radica-Roodica, who died of tuber-
culosis after the operation.
The twins operated on today were
born November %, 1913. At birth
they weighed ten pounds. Both the
children appeared perfectly healthy
and were extremely lively.
Madline-SuZanne were joined to-
gether in the region of the stomach.
The juncture was of the most super
fetal kind and an X-ray examination
showed that there was no organ of
importance in the uniting membrane.
Today's operation was considered
justified by French surgeons in view
of the tragic deaths of former pairs.
Eng, one OF the original Siamese
twins, saw his brother, Chang, die
by his side, and he himself died OF
horror in a delirium few hours af-
forwards.
Millie-Christine and Helene-Judith
died in a similar manner.