The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-12-11

/ $275,OOO, Is being filled by company
comprised of three Spring Lake, N. j.
men for the British and French ar
mics. Germany, it is said, is Offering
$500 head for horses, while England
and France are purchasing them for
$4O0
Breeders of blooded hogs from all
parts Of the country organized the Ma
tional Swine Growers Association in
Chicago. The organization plans to
aid in eradicating foot and mouth dis
ease and to protect shippers from
railroad rules which are considered
unfair.
David Lamar, on trial in the United
States district court of New York.
charged with impersonating Repre-
sentative A. Mitchell Palmer of Penn
sylvania, with intent to defraud j. p.
Morgan & Company and the United
States Steel Corporation, has allowed
his case to 60 to the jury without en-
tering any defense.
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To make amends to society for a
crime he committed few years ago
a life prisoner in Auburn prison, New
York, has written Thomas Mott Os-
borne, the newly appointed warden
of Sing Sing, offering himself to be
inoculated with cancer germs to prove
whether or not this terrible disease is-
contagious.
The Rockefeller Foundation, in a
statement issued to the public, says
1t has received from its war relief
commission, which has reached Rot
terdam, very favorable report Of
the efficiency of the organization for
the distribution of food and clothing
for the needy Belgians.
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A thousand negroes attacked $50
policemen in New York following an
attempt of a patrolman to arrest a
negro soldier for alleged drunkenness
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One dead, half a dozen shocked,
many driven from homes, street car
service badly disjointed, all streams
out of banks and damage in evidence
all over the city is the result of
terrific wind, rain and electrical
storm that swept Houston, Tex
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A permanent morals commission OF
five members, who will inquire into
immortality in Chicago and report to
the chief of police with suggestions
for improving conditions, has been
authorized by the city council.
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Six hundred employees of the Iron
Mountain shops in Argenta, Ark, re-
turned to work after lay-off approx
mately ten days.
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Official returns from the recent cleo
ton show that the amendment to
abolish capital punishment in Oregon
carried by majority of 157. The af-
firmative vote was 100,552 and the
negative 100,S95.
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More than fifty persons are suffer
ing from ptomaine poisoning at Pana,
ILL.,, as the result of barbecue held
there in celebration Of the completion
of a new brick road. More than a
score are in dangerous condition.
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Alarm on the part of foreign cOnsuls.
in Tampico regarding the safety OF
$500 foreigners in that city in the
event of an attack by Villas forces
has induced the American consul to-
request the sending Of an army trans
port to that city.
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Louis Foss, negro, and ]. Mckee
were injured probably fatally at
Springfield, H., when trunk which
they were unloading from a Chicago
& Alton train, was blown to pieces by
explosives it contained. The trunk
was owned by an Italian coal miner.
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Foreign Affairs.
The Methodist Episcopal church in
America VIII attempt to raise S25O,-
900 for the relief of European war
sufferers.
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The method of bone grating discov-
cred by DR.. Alexis Carol of New
York and Doctor Veronoff of Nice at
the Rockefeller Institute for Medical
Research, New York, is being taught
to French army surgeons by Doctor
Veronoff at the Russian hospitals in
Bordeaux.
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Twenty-three persons were killed
and a number of others were injured
in an earthquake which occurred in
Western Greece and the Ionian Is
lands.
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The American Belgian relief COM
mittee characterized as wholly with
mt foundation the statement Duhlish-