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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-10-02

A gift of 100000 has come from
John D. Rockefeller to the Young
Mems Christian Association Of Brook
lyn. It will be used in furthering the
various enterprises of the association.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-10-02

After making many careful inquir-
les as to the penalty for murder,
Thomas White, 81 years old, of Great
Bend, Kas is said by the authorities
to have confessed to the killing on a
farm near Helser, Barton county, Kan.
sas, on September II, of Lee Morgan,
farmer; Mrs. Mayme McQuillan,
housekeeper, and Clarence McGuin,
the latter a farm hand, IS years old,
He mentioned an accomplice, 1t is
said, and gave the motive as cupidity
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-10-02

Charged with assault to kill, Officer
]. A. McCarter of the Tahlequah po.
lice force, conducted his own defense
in the district court at Tahlequah, Sc
curing an almost immediate verdict
Of acquittal. Although urged to en-
ploy counsel, McCarter refused and
several offers of legal assistance were
declined by him. McCarter shot and
seriously wounded Cook Still some
months ago while acting in an official
capacity.
Assessed valuation Of all property
in Oklahoma City was $69,322, 0S8 for
1914. In 1896 the valuation was re-
corded at $1,505,312. BY 1902 values
had increased to only $2,S12,91O and
as late as 1905 the amount had reached
only $4,715,154, From this on to 1907
values climbed steadily. In 1909 and
1910 tremendous increases we're made.
Since then increases have been grad.
ually made until the enormous total Of
1914 was reached.
Oil men operating in the Yale field
are inclined to treat lightly the sug-
gestion made at the recent oil mems
convention that Governor Cruce call
out the state militia If necessary to
curtail oil developments in Oklahoma.
Local operators say that they will
not oppose the commissions ruling,
but after having tested their wells
will await better market before sell
ing. Operators here say that in the
meantime they will build storage tanks
in which to take care of surplus pro-
duction.
John Mcclure, dope fend, is being
held in the Alva Jail, suffering from
the effects of prolonged use Of drugs
Mcclure, while on a train en- route to
Alva, recently, attacked a party of
three ministers, Rev. Dodd Of Enid.
Rev. w. M. Hutchinson of Henela and
Rev. F. o. Seamons. Mcclure struck
Rev. Dodd on the cheek and hit Rev.
Hutchinson in the mouth. The minis.
ters we're in route to Alva for the pur-
pose Of installing IN the local pastor.
ate, Rev. G. w. Anderson, when the
trouble occurred.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-10-02

The Clayton antitrust bill, the
second Of the administrative anti
trust measures, is at last ready for
the final consideration of congress,
after many months of elaboration in
both houses.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-10-02

On complaint of the British en-
bassy the department of agriculture
has begun search for a mysterious
wireless plant supposed to be operat-
ing in the mountains on the Pacific
coast.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-10-02

gress, Muskogee.
Building operations in Okmulgee
now total S175,000 and the city claims
to lead the entire state.
About eighty bales of cotton have
been ginned during the present season
at Roosevelt.
Work will be started at once on
the bonded warehouse for Seminole.
The first warehouse will hold 1000
bales of cotton, and others will be
built as demand requirts.
A suburbon electric road will be
constructed from Cushing to Drum
right, according to the Gushing indie.
pendent, which says that the contract
for the construction work has already
been let,
Claude Cox, 49, was killed; Walter
Buckley was fatally injured, and Jess
Works was also hurt by being run
down by extra freight train No. 1872,
between Seneca and Wyandotte one
night last week.
Citizens of Clinton, by a majority
Of eight votes, have rejected the com.
mission form of government. Had the
charter been adopted affairs of the
city would have been in charge of q
municipal manager.
The townships in LeFlore county
including the city of Poteau, have
authorized bond issues aggregating
$4,000, to be used in new road work
which is to begin as soon as the
necessary preliminary arrangements
are completed
Every merchant in Ada has pur
chased bale of cotton, in response tC
the "buy-a-bale-of-cotton" movement
which is sweeping the country. Many
of the Ada merchants have placard
ed their cotton with signs reading
40 cents per pound" and placed the
bales in front Of their stores.
Pupils of the Madill hlghsohoo
have Joined the Madill "Buy-a-B ale.of
Cotton" club and purchased $50
pound bale at the stipulated price Of
10 cents per pound. The bale was or
exhibition at the Oklahoma State Fair
after which 1t will be stored in the Ma
dill warehouse and held for Is cents
per pound.
Charged with assault to kill, Officer
]. A. McCarter of the Tahlequah po
lice force, conducted his own defense
in the district court at Tahlequah, Sc
curing an almost immediate verde
of acquittal. Although urged to EN-
ploy counsel, McCarter refused ant
| seVpraI Offpra Of legal assistance warf
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-10-02

Fred Mayer, fireman on Rock Is
land train No. "a, which was wrecked
near Vale, Mo, when 1t struck huge
bowlder that had been washed on the
tracks by the heavy rains, is dead in
Kansas City at st. Luke's hospi'
tai. Five other persons who were
seriously injured also were taken to
St. Luke's hospital, but will recover.
r. + +
A dust explosion wrecked Black
Bros flour mill and hurled Ben Hag-
erman, an employe, fifty feet from a
second-story window into Big Blue
river at Beatrice, Neb.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-10-02

Further and more stringent regula-
tions to prohibit all forms of gambl-
ing in the Panama Canal zone have
been made in an executive order by
President Wilson.
The Washington times., 1914-05-21
MOTHERS CONGRESS
TO GO ON A PICNIC
District Club Will End Years
Activities With Excursion to
Great Falls Saturday.

The winding up of the years activities
of the District Mothers Congress will
be marked by a picnic at Great Falls
Saturday.
1t will not be wholly a day. Of lolling.
for in the afternoon the picnickers will
be called. TO attention by short pro-
gram. which is being arranged by a
corImittee or which Mrs. S. r. Wilcox
is chairman. To date. the program will
cor sIst of several speeches. vocal solos
by Miss Hamlin, and interpretstive
dancing by six girls from the Lucia
Gaze Barber School.
While the District congress is in 4
way disbanded for the summer months.
its committees survive through and in
tend to meet regularly. preparing plans
and work that may receive the atten-
tion of the full congress In the fall
The officers of the Grub expect 20 do n
graat deal OF work during the coming
winter. in the way of school improve
menL Juvenile Court aid, and many
otner specific reforms having to do with
child betterment
TIIe funds raised at the Great Falls
picElC will be used for buying pennants
f." the girls competing i'll the gymnastiS
gaines which the city Fairgrounds eX-
pect TO hold. The mothers are taking
srcciS! interest in the girls who are TAX
ing part in these games. Certain bust
ness men have made themselves re-
sponsible for the prizes for the boys.
The Washington times., 1914-05-21
ARREST PRINCESS
ROYAL OF ENGLAND

LONDON, May 21.-Englands prin.
cess royal a prisoner. The daughter
OF King George charged with preparing
TO set fire TO the military hangers a,
Aldershot and detained by a scoffing
British sentry.
Those facts came out today.
Queen Mary is angry not only at the
arrest, but that the story should have
leaked out after every effort TO keep
1t secret had been made. But King
George has declared 1t good Joke.
even II his daughter was the victim.
and the princess agrees with MIN.
IL seems the princess had stepped into
the air craft enclosure alone 10 ger
some snapshots. A sentry, believing
she was a suffraGette trying TO tire The
hangers arrested her.
= When Princess Mary heard what .b.
WAS charged with being she laughed
and declared her identity. The soldier
told her with soldierly plainness thai
he had heard that sort of warn Lefore
and he vas not going to be hosyed Inv
il. y!
Prlncess Mary protested in vain. She
was Harched OF 10 headquarters. ON
The way an officer was passed Che
princess did not need to appeal to him
he knew her at once. The trembIinr
soi1ler returned to his post. with orders
70 keep his mouth shut. IL is aaid y.
has rarely opened II since. bur IN .w.ar
at the suffrsg gettes.
The Washington times., 1914-05-21
WILSON GIVES AID
TO PLAZA OWNERS
Approves Measure to Permit
Payment Of All Awards Not
Considered Excessive.

President Wilson today came to the
rescue Of the Plaza property owners
He approved an amendment to the Post
resolution which would give him au-
thority to purchase all the property
required for the proposed Union Station
Plazs.
Under this amendment the President
ia authorized to purchase, at the price
fixed by the original condemnation Jury,
all the properties regarding which
there was no charge Of excessive
awards. The remainder of the property.
practically confined to that owned by
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. he ID
authorized to obtain by private pur-
chase at lower figures than those f1xed
in the original award or by recompensa-
uon. He is authorized to appoint an
expert to arrange the details of the
pur chases.
The President gave his approval this
morning when Congressman Post Of
Ohio. author of the Post resolution.
called at the White House to obtain his
support for the amendment. As he left
the White House. Mr.. Post announced
get the legislation passed through Con-
Eress before adjournment Of the pres
ent session.
To do this in the ordinary way. ii
would be necessary to have the meas
ure placed on the unanimous consent
calendar. and the objection OF q single
member Of the House could hold up the
LEGISLATION. II Is possible. therefore, IL
there are Indications tina. such obtec-
tions will be made. that he will ask
the Senate to attach the resolution as
a rider to the civil sundry appropriation
bill
President Wilson has felt the keenest
sympathy for the property-owners. who.
because Of the charge made by Chair
Fan Ben johnson. Of the district Com
mittee. and substsntiated bv investiga-
tlons of the Department Of Justice that
the Baltimore and Ohio awards were
excessive. have been compelled for
more than a year to see their invest
ments hopelessly tied up.
The Washington times., 1914-05-21
OWNERS THRONG|NG
ASSESSORS OFFICE
Complaints Of 0verassessment
Already Number $500.
Limit Set for June !.

Following the announcement Of Dis
trict Assessor Richards that the
period of appeal from the findings OF
the triennial assessment win close at
p. m. Monday. June 1, the office of
the assessor was thronged today with
people eager TO gain more informa-
ton as 10 their chances of making
their appeals from the rulings of the
assessors reap results There have
been received 1880 complaints.
Written appeals showing prices paid
for property and refusals and offers
over sworn statements of an agent
or an owner. are Of especial value in
arriving at correct assessments, ac-
cording TO Assessor Richards, and
with that idea in view no hesitancy
should be felt in making appeals. He
reminds property owners that the
present bills are based on the old tri-
ennial assessment.
After the close of the appeal period
the board will consider one block at
a time. and expects 70 handle about
100 cases day.
The Washington times., 1914-05-21
BEAR, ON SPREE,
TEARS UP TOWN

PITTSBURGH, May 2l.-After
escaping from his cage a large
cinnimon bear tore things
loose in Braddock last even
ing.
Bruln, a performing member of
a wild West circus, has a
taste for firewater. After
gaining his liberty he made
for the saloon of Kent Nc
Aztec, and, taking possession,
sat down and drank two bot
ties of whisky. He then sal
lied forth into the street on a
rampage. Rolling from side
to side, the big beast defied
every effort to capture MIN.
He lurched into several
teams, throwing the horses
into a panic. Show cases and
everything movable that hap
pencd to be in his way went
down, including several Pc
destrians who were slow on
footwork.
Finally bruin entered a fruit
store and, after gorging him.
self, climbed to the top Cir
der of a bridge, where he was
lassoed by Ed Walters, cow
man from the show.
The Washington times., 1914-05-21
Mrs. Montgomery to
Be Buried SATURDAY.

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary L.
Montgomery, forty-seven years old, who
died at her residence. s23 Sixth street
northwest, will be held Saturday at .
a. N. at ST. Dominic's Church. Inter
ment will be made in Mount OIiyet
Cemetery.
Mrs. Montgomery is native o:
Washington, being the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. James T. TurnburIle. She is
survived by her husband. DR. Charles
". Montgomery, and two sisters. Mrs.
\. l.. Reynolds and Mrs. b. H. Parker.
All reside in this city.
The Washington times., 1914-05-21
joyce Still iii.

The condition Of Col. John A. joyce,
who has been confined at his home, 2Ii
Fifth street northeast for the past five
days with stomach catarrh and old
wounds, remains unchanged today
Colonel Joyce. who Is employed IN the
Auditors office of the treasury, sent
note today saying that he was ply
sically unfit to report for duty.
The Washington times., 1914-05-21
TailleSS Comet Found
By u. S. Observatory

Astronomers at the United States
Naval Observatory here located the
new comet last night and gave its yea
ton as: Right ascension. hours s.
minutes and seconds: decllnation, a
degrees and minutes north.
II l.. Burton, an assistant observer,
said IL was not far from the bright star
Capella, appearing as a patch of nebu
lols light without nucleus or tail, NOV
ing furiously east by south.
The Washington times., 1914-05-21
WASHINGTON SPLIT
OVER SUNDAY BALL
Protests Pour Into Offices
OF Commissioners Against
Playing Game on Sabbath.
Sudden Awakening.
Continued from First Page)
over the matter of Sunday amusements
in Washington.

4
| Sudden Awakening.
! Il feel that every man is entitled to
| an opinion. but it seems mighty pccu-
liar to NE that all these other shows
We're allowed TO go along without in
ferruption. but rs soon as the bail
cup s, Washington institution OF
thirty-nve years standing. tries to stage
a lesitinIate sport. there Is a sudden
Sabbath.
have never felt that 4 manager
should butt in on religious matters
WIN his ball players, but / have al
ways encouraged church-going and will
continue to DO so. But when ball games
rc1ore q cato on Sunday, moving pic
lure SHOWS have run for many hours
each Sunday, and other theatricals have
peen allowed to go on without inter-
rul't!on L question the sincerity of
Iuany VINO have entered upon the cam
paIen TO stop a corporation that is COM
rcsed of stockholders who are as rep
feseEtative as the best there Is In
washington, at least rs much as any
cther company here, ard whole lot
moro SO than a whole lot OF other con-
Germs that have been behind the shows
that have been held here.
am Tor Sunday baseball first, last
and all the time, and IL anyone can
snow me By records that law and order
Is worse In any city where it is legalized.
l WIZ change my position. We are not
gong TO have any baseball during
church hours, ana we ara not going 10
to attend. ~
Clean Outdoor Sport.
. But. IL the court gives us permission
To have games We will afford. for a lit
Tie money. clean. Icyitimats outdoor
entertainment for working people who
cannot enjoy the sport during the week
hecausc of their work.
We have been fair in this whole
matter We have not tried TO force il.
II mas come from the outside, and we
are going TO give the people what they
are asking for. But TO 60 back TO the
original proposition-if the Feds are 60
IhS TO De allowed to get away with IL.
YOU can bet your sweet life that We
VIII see that patrons of National Park
That's all. -
Robert Fl. Young. president OF the
district Amateur Commission. which
includes the numerous leagues of the
city; supports Griffith in several par
From my travels through the U..,
! am convinced there Is nothing in
nerent,v wrong In Sunday baseball. and
think the Washington club has as
many rights as have the theatars.
! don't want to go TO games on
sunday ] will not go, and the same
holds good for everybody In the city,
don't believe in forcing my opinions
on the matter any more than I do in
IRVING 10 alter the religious beliefs OF
IF the court upholds Sunday baseball.
let Griff play. and those who desire to
go. may 60. and those who do not. NAV
stay away, said the head OF the
amateurs today.
j know there are lots of cpopIe
mere who want games on Sunday, and
happen to know there are others who
are opposed to II. / think each has a
right TO his own opinion. and, indi-
/ will be guided by my own
conscience In the matter. and will not |
trv to force my views on anybody" !
The Washington times., 1914-05-21
Sunshine Society to
Meet at the Raleigh

The Sunshine ard Community So
ciety, Of washington, will meet at the
Raleigh tomorrow afternoon. Cere-
monies will be conducted by the Rev
Henry n. Couden. blind chaplain Of the
House. Among the speakers are: ].
Wilmer Latimer, judge Of the Juvenile
Washington Asylum and Hospital, and
Mrs. Philander p. Claxton- The mu-
sical recitals will be directed by Mrs.
Ella s. Knight, president Of the So
ciety. The public Is cordially invited
The Washington times., 1914-05-21
Grand Army Men Lay
Captain Lyon at Rest

me funeral of Capt. Gideon A. Lyon,
.eiefan empioye OF the Pension Bureau
VINO died at the Homeopathic uosnIt.l
s'ter long illness. will be Conducted
from the Wright undertaking establish
meht al O'Clock this afternoon, under
tne auspices OF the C. A. r. Intermen,
VIII be made in Arlington Cemstery
The Washington times., 1914-05-21
Cured His RUPTURE

was badly ruptured while lifting a trunk
several years sso Doctors said my only hope
OF cure was an operation. Trusses lid me no
goo. FrrslIy ] got hold OF something thss
quickly and completely cured me. Years have
passed snI the rupture has never returned.
although / am doing hard work a csrpen-
ter There was operation. no lost time. no
trouble. l have nothing TO sell, but will give
full information about how YOU may lind a
complete cure without operation, II you write
10 me, Eugene II. PuIIen Carpenter. &c Mar
cellus avenue. Manasqusn. y. J. Better cut
OH, this notice and show il TO any others who
are ruptured-you may save life or at least
stop the misery OF rupture and the worry and
danger OF an operation.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1914-05-21
Charged With Breaking
Into Crown Lunchroom

Charged with HOUSEKEEPING. William
Slingland, of 1913 H street northwest, is
under arrest II Is alleged that Sling
land broke into the Crown lunch room.
1917 New York avenue northwest. dur
ing the night, and stole cigars and Gig
The Washington times., 1914-05-21
Laugh Proves Fatal.

NEW YORK. May 2l.-Keith Stewart.
cashier for n brokerage firm. fell dead
ber of the party with which he was din
ing.
The Washington times., 1914-05-21
By ]. r. HILDEBRAND.

vi AAC hos VI AiiS lDl ~ -StNOHu ANN
yersary OF the entry of William W
Mills into the City Postoffice, Uncle
Sam observed the occasion with the
following note:
Sir: The department has issued ar
order dropping your name from the
rolls of this office. effective at the close
Of business May Is, 1914. your services
being of little or no value, due to i'm
paired efficiency on account of your
age and 1nfirmities."
Mr.. Mills Is seventy-scven years old,
and has been in the service Of the Gov
eminent, either military or civil, with
a single lapse of eight years, since he
Was fourteen years old. Few men have
worked so long or in so many branches
Of Uncle Sans service. His career is
one of the most varied and picturesque
among those of the nearly two-score
veteran employees who recently were
ousted from the City Postofficc because
OF ole age.
Killed in the War.
Mr.. Mills father Vas Kill ID during
the Mexican war. He had been a lGe-
chscic in the Washington ELVy Yard.
and had been assigned 10 a ircm ans
post aboard the Water Witch, the first
iron vessel the United States owned.
Mr.. Mills had worked on the building of
this vessel at the navy yard.
When young Mills was fourteen he
and went TO work in the navy yard as
an apprentice. He served time there as
a molder.
When the call came for volunteers
in 1861 the young man enlisted. and
served for the first three months in
Company +. Sixth Battalion. National
Guards, d. c.. and then he was trans
ferred to Company +, Second Regiment,
District of Columbia Volunteers. where
he served throughout the war. He was
made a corporal, then a sergeant, and
finally was promotes to a capta.nc:',
the grade he held when he received his
honorable discharge at the end of tie
war.
Mills was in the thick OF the second
battle of Bull Run. and likewise, had
narrow escapes from death at Anlictan.
On Police Force.
Following the war, Mr.. Mills was
for two and a half gears a memoer of
the Metropolitan Police Force. Then he
went on a farm in Virginia for two
more years and returned TO Washing
ton to take a place in the Washington
City Postoffce.
Because of his mechanical skill Nj.
Mills was assigned to the operation
OF the first cancelins and asso-'inS
machines installed there. Though these
devices are automatic now, and their
operation is simple. the early models
used were complicated and re Hired
continuous readjustment- and repair.
member of the odd Fellows and
the knights of Malta, Mr. Mills is
widely known in fraternal circles in
Washington. He has been active in
the work Of these organizations. de-
spite his years. lie now is seventy
seven. For many years he has lived
~ 42Z Sixth street northeast.
Though he WAS offered e chance 10 /
resign. Mr.. Mills fatty refused to do ,
any such thing. He asserted n. was
able to do the work required of him
and pointed 10 his efficiency record,
ranging from 90 10 IS per cent. Then
he asked for a statement Of his work
from JanuIry ! 10 April -. the dsy
on which the letter or dismissal v as
received.
This showed a record OF - per cent
since the irSt of the year.
Even that comes within the good
The Washington times., 1914-05-21

rating Mr.. Mills said. 1T is an un-
usual coincidence that my record should
take such a drop at this opportune time,
when 1t never fell below 90 Ier cent for
the last five years"
Mr.. Mills case is one of those on
which Commander J. X. Gleeson, of the
Department IF the Potomac. G. a. r.,
will base his fight for the reinstate-
ment OF the discharged employees who
are Grand Army men. The discharge Of
Mr.. Mills as held to be illegal, in view
CT his efficiency rating. Commander
Gleeson and others point to the law of
1912, which expressly prohibit the dis
charge of en- Old soldier unless his rat
ing is below good. 4 penalty of not
more than $1,000 fine, and imprison-
ment. Is attached to the violation of
this law.
The Washington times., 1914-05-21
Reports Loss of Jewels.

Mrs. Katherine f. Harrison reported
to the police TODAY that Jewelry valtsed
at 500 had been taken from her apart
wect.
The Washington times., 1914-05-21
1t holds to the
road like the
heaviest car.
That's one of the
beauties of the
light-w eight
S t u d e b a ker
SIX.

That's one reason why II
leads in sales.
That's one reason why
every owner is an en-
thuSiast.
Another reason is its
small-bore, long-stroke
motor well-balanced,
full powered and eco
nomical.
Another reason is it's full
floating rear axle.
Another is its full equipment
of Tin,ken bearing-even
20 the hubs.
Another reason is its Stude-
baker-Wagner starting and
lighting system.
These things are very evident
marks of Studebaker value
so evident you can't
escape them.
They make for long life-for
constant service-for eco
nomical service.