The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-08-07

The Panama canal, which will be
opened to commerce in two weeks, Is
destined at the outset to become, a
strategic highway Of the world, if the
present hostilities between Austria
Hungary and Servia develop into
general conflict, involving the other
great European powers.
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Contrary to all previous experience,
wheat prices in the final dealings at
Chicago were being driven down, not
up, by prospects that the war would
spread. After a rise of nine cents
bushel, values shrunk as much as
three cents in thirty minutes.
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Seven persons were Injured, two
probably fatally, when a street car
rammed a motor truck carrying thir-
teen passengers at Buffalo, N. Y.
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Foreign Arralrs.
A Belfast dispatch to, the London
Post says that 1t is reported that an
agreement has been reache over
home rule which is satisfactory to the
| Obstetrics.
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More than 100000 persons, bare.
headed and silent in the streets of
Dublin, saw the funeral procession of
the three killed when the Kings Own
Scottish Borderers fired into a mob in
an attempt by the police to seize arms
which were being brought into the
city for the Irish Nationalist Volun.
teers.
Fearing a general European war;
many Americans who had been plan.
ming prolonged continental trips have
temporarily abandoned them and de-
cided to remain in England. London
hotels expect large numbers flom the
continent from now on.
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Twenty-Five persons were killed and
fifty others injured, some of them ia.
tally, by an explosion of fireworks,
in festival at Tudela, Spain. Most
of the dead were decapitated by the
force of the explosion.
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Madame Henriette Caillaux was &C.
quilted by jury in the court of assize
of the willful murder on March 16 of
CASTOR Calmette, editor of the Figaro.
The verdict was returned after fifty
minutes elaboration. The announce
ment was followed by the widest tn.
mutt. Demonstrations against the
Caillaux verdict occurred in several
places. In the boulevards excited
crowds discussing the merits of the
case grew to large proportions and
when the jury's verdict lecame known
there were shouts of derision and
cries of Down with Caillaux.'
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The greatest Alpine fight with
passenger on record was accomplished
recently by the Italian aviator, Achillo
Landini. He was accompanied by
Doctor Lampugnani. They left No
vara, Italy, at sunrise and traversed
the Mount Erosa range, 1927 feet in
height. They landed safely at Visp at
1850 o'clock, thus taking nearly three
hours to cover a straight one hundred
miles.
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No details are available regarding
an engagement between Austrians and
Servians reported to have occurred on
the Danube, and it is not believed to
have been of Importance. AS far as
the censorship permits to be known,
Austria has not yet opened her mill
tary operations. Meanwhile, diplo-
macy is proceeding with energy along
two separate lines to avert the war,
il possible, and, II that is impossible,
to confine the conflict to Austria and
Servia.
Personal.
President Wilson intends to appoint
a member Of the supreme court to sue
coed the late Justice Lurton in the
present session OF congress. He Is
now investigating the qualification of
different lawyers who have been sug-
gested to him, including names of
about ten judges from different states
and several members of the cabinet,
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General Carranza and Provisional
President Carbajal have agreed on
basis for the arrangement of peace in
Mexico, according to a message re-
ceived in Washington by Jose Castel-
lot, personal representative of Carba-
jail.
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The Rev. Jesse Bowman Young, 20
years old, minister, editor and mill.
tary author, is dead in Chicago. Doc.
tor Young served eight years as editor