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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
Railroad Extension Report.

There comes via Paris, rumor
that the st. Louis & San Francisco
and Santa Fe railway companies have
entered into trackage agreement
that will change much of the traffic
in the southeast section of the coun.
try. In substance the rumor has it
that the Frisco will give over to the
Santa Fe system its trackage north
out of Paris to Arthur City on the Red
river and that the Santa Fe will route
train north through Hugo. thence
west over the Ardmore & Arkinda
division north again on the Frisco to
the Santa Fe.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
eIeakmore WIN succeed RUSSELL

w. R. Bleakmore of Ardmore has
taken up his new duties as associate
justice of the state supreme court,
succeeding the late Stilwell H. Rus.
sell. Judge Bleakmore was county
attorney of Carter county and is con.
sidered one of the ablest lawyers in
the state. He will resign from that
Office and at the end of his term as
supreme court justice will return to
Ardmore to take up again the prac-
tice of law.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
Queen Poor conversatIonaIIs,.

Queen Mary is poor conversation
alist, On some one being brought up
to her it is said she will begin to talk
with remarkable felicity, setting the
other at ease and delighting him.
Then, all Of a sudden, she suddenly
ceases, an acute silence supervenes
and the other does not know whether
to break the pause or ship away. The
fact is the queen talks we'll by dint Of
concentration; this does not always
last until the end Of the conversation,
and once the thread is broken she
grows distracted, thinking Of some.
thing else,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
Railroad Lines Planned.

Announcement direct from high off,
cials of the Rock Island railway says
that company is contemplating con-
struction Of spur from McAlester to
Ashland possibly extending on to Sui,
phur by way Of Tupelo. The Katy,
too, 1t is learned, is considering sim,
liar project, Such line If the Katy
builds is to be an extension of its
Wilburton branch.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
Eastern Prep. Commencement.

The 1914 graduating class of the
Eastern University Preparatory
school, located at Claremore, was the
largest yet graduated from that insti-
tuition.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
East Central Graduates.

The address of the Rev. J. e. Car
penter Of McAlester at Ada closed
the 1914 commencement of the East
Central State Normal. Seventeen per-
sons we're given the normal diploma.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
Stick to Your Intentions.

Don't put on getting Hanford's Bal
sam OF Myrrh until something hap
pens. Get 1t now and be prepared for
accidents. You will find frequent us0
for 1t in your home and in your stable
for cuts, burns, bruises and any sore.
any lameness. Adv.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
DOTS AND DASHES
WIRE NEWS OF
THE WEEK
Washington.

| ElNO huhulOu anu
representatives OF commercial organi-
cations launched the first national for
eign trade convention in Washington
recently with prominent speakers
analyzing perils and opportunities for
the commerce abroad. At banquet
Secretary Bryan outlined the admins
tration's attitude toward the cam
paign for Industrial relations with bth-
er countries.
Acting on information of Charles L.
Dougherty, labor commissioner Of Ok
lahoma, that from thirteen thousand
to fifteen thousand men would be re-
quired to help harvest and thresh the
wheat crop in that state, Secretary
Wilson has ordered bulletins placed in
postoffices throughout the country de-
scribing oklahoma's needs.
+ + +
Former President Roosevelt came
back to the national capital, where he
spent seven years as chief executive,
and into nine hours he crowded a
speech on his South American expe-
dition, call on the President Will
son, political conference of first i'm
portance with the Progressives in
Congress, visit to the Smithsonian
Institution to see the trophies from
his African hunt Of four years ago,
mn NJ raa xr,tfh 20 har nf Tho
diplomatic corps and a dinner with
his old friends there.
+ + r
Because the Inflated Titanic struck
an iceberg rather than another Brit
ish steamship, the supreme court has
held that the owner, the Oceanic
Steam Navigation Company, was en-
titled to have its liability for loss OF
life and property in suits brought in
American courts limited in accord
ance with American maritime law.
This means that those who sue in
American courts will get virtually
nothing, the law limiting liability to
the salvage from the wreck, and the
passenger and freight money collect
ed for the voyage-about $4,000 in
all. The total claims against the
company have reached $1300O,OOO.
r. + r
The tap line" cases, involving mil
lions of dollars annually in alleged re-
bates by trunk railroads to lumber
and logging roads, were decided
against the government and the In
terstate Commerce Commission by
the Supreme Court. 1t sustained the
old commerce courts decision enjoin-
ing the commissions order Of 1912
prohibiting joint rate rebate pay
ments to the tap lines.
+ + +
Conviction of Martin Ocampo and
Teodoro NJ. Kalaw, editors Of a Man
lila newspaper, on charges of Grimm
ally libeling Dean c. Worcester, for
merly a member of the Philippine
commission, was sustained by the SUI
preme court.
r + +
The Oklahoma Demurrage Law, fin
ing railroad 81 car for failing to de-
liver cars ordered by shippers within
live days, was declared void by the
federal supreme court in test case
brought by the Rock Island Railroad.
r. + r
The senate has passed the agricul-
tural appropriation bill which it re-
ceived from the committee nearly a
month ago. 1t carries about $19,7OO,-
900, little more than the house pro-
vided.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
Foreign Affairs.

Foreign Affairs.
Reports reaching Vera Cruz by pri-
vate sources declare General Huerta
has specifically committed himself to
turn over the government to COM
mission composed Of prominent men,
bers Of the various factions in the re-
public, such as has been suggested at
the Niagara Falls peace conference.
r r +
The German steamer Bavaria has
been held at Vera Cruz, upon its ar
rival without manifest, at Brigadier
General Funston's order. The Bavaria
recently landed a large quantity OF
ammunition on Mexican soil. 1t is
estimated the Bavaria put ashore
100000 rounds Of ammunition.
+ + +
Ammunition consigned to the Huer-
Ia government in Mexico which had
been kept in the hold OF the German
steamship Ypiranga ever since the
American occupation of Vera Cruz has
been landed at Puerta Mexico.
r + +
In the presence of the king and
queen and brilliant throng, Durbar
II, owned by H. B. Duryea, an Ameri-
can, and ridden by Jockey MacGee,
an American, won the $4,000 EPSON
Downs Derby.
The famous Wagner Opera House
in Bayreuth, Germany, is TO be made
gift to the German people, accord
ing to an announcement made in a
newspaper interview with Siegfried
Wagner, son OF the composer.
r r
The minister Of agriculture and col
onization in Huerta's cabinet, Eduar-
do Tamariz, member of the Catholic
party, has resigned his post.
+ + r
The Irish Home Rule Bill passed its
third reading in the House of Com
mons by vote of 951 to 274, ma
jority of n. An amendment is to be
passed at once, If the Unionists agree,
to meet some of the Ulster demands.
Upon the rejection Of the present bill
by the lords, which is taken for
granted, it will automatically become
a law with the kings signature, and
within the next twelve months the
new Irish Parliament will be sitting
at Dublin.
+ + +
The steamer Royal Edward of the
Canadian Northern Steamship Com
pany collided with an iceberg 10
miles east Of Cape Race while ON its
voyage from Montreal to Avonmouth.
Little damage resulted.
+ + +
Thirty-one refugees, incluSiing five
women and eight children, have just
sailed from Vera Cruz for the United
States on the navy tug Patuxent.
+ + +
Navy hydro-aeroplanes were fired
upon by the Mexican outposts just
beyond the American lines at Vera
Cruz. A dozen shots were sent after
the airmen who were sailing high in
the air The bullets sang over the
heads of the American sentries, but
failed to reach their mark.
+ + +
A new International element has
entered into the situation at Mazat-
Ian when Constitutionalist bullets,
fired at some launches that were bear
ing provisions to the beleagured fed
erals in the city, fell dangerously near
a launch belonging to the Japanese
cruiser stationed there.
+ + +
Shouts of Shoot the king!" filed
the hall in which a meeting of the
Woman's Social and Political Union,
the militant suffragette organization,
was held in London.
+ + +
The threatened deadlock in the me-
diation conference at Niagara Falls
over the vexed land question in Mex
leo is believed to have been averted
by a compromise in which both the
Mexican and American delegates
made concessions.
r + +
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05

After probably fatally shooting De-
tective Ed Rice in a running revolver
fight at Tulsa, Ok, Douglas Rowe,
negro, who robbed a drug store OF
$500. escaped from posse.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05

lite Natural Suggestions.
Here's a good work on chiropody."
II notice 1t has a good many foot
notes."
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05

$50 Julia came up to the scratch
without whimper She's a duck Of
girl"
"Yes, she's game"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05

Announcement has been made that
Miss Nettie Yoerb of Sterling, ILL.,, had
given $4,000 to the foreign mission
society of the Methodist church. She
earned the money working as seam
stress.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
Cynical.

What / am, ! owe to my wife"
We'll, take my advice and don't pay
the debt She made a mess of the
lob"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
Small Meaauna.

She-Tm afraid young Jones Is 90
Ing to hide his light under bushel
He-Under a gill, you mean.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05

Dr.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coateds
easy to take as candy, regulate and invig.
crate stomach, liver and bowels and cure
constipation. Adv.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
New Ycrk's taxable property. city
and state, is valued at 11,Ss3,720,614.

Keep Hanford's Balsam in your sta
BILE. Adv.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05

Lou Burk, widely known in Amer
lea, England and Scotland as an ami
NAL painter, is dead at his home in
Bloomington, Ill. He had painted
more than ten thousand pictures of
prize winning horses, cattle and dogs.
He was 60 years old.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05

Governor Major of Missouri in ad-
dressing the convention of the Ozark
Trails Association at Tulsa, Ok, pre-
dicted the American politician who re-
fuses to wake up to the importance
of the good roads movement that is
sweeping the nation will soon find
himself relegated to private life.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
Personal.

Charles G. Lathrop, treasurer of
Leland Stanford University, and
brother of the late Mrs. Jane Lath-
rop Stanford, is dead at Palo Alto,
CAL, after long illness.
f. +
Theodore Roosevelt, as President,
was ready to take measures "equiva-
lent to action in time of war" to end
the great strike in the anthracite
mines in 1902. He was determined to
take action even though an effort
should be made later to impeach him
for it. Mr.. Roosevelt SO testified in
giving testimony before referee
T. r r.
Gustave Hamel, the aviator believed
lost in the Channel recently, is safe at
South Shields, England. He was res
cued by fishing boat after his mono.
plane fell into the water.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
Domestic Items.

The journeymen BARRIERS union, at
tempting to unionize all the Chicago
shops, announced that if it was sue
cessful all tipping would be abolished.
= r +
After a 9-hour fight, practically the
entire fire fighting force of Cleveland,
o., brought under control fire that
swept bare an area of one-eighth
square mile in Clevelands lumber
yard district, with an estimated loss
between IA and III million dollars.
r r. +
The Bible still is the best seller"
Besides millions of Bibles issued by
scores of independent publishing
houses last year, the American Bible
Society alone issued 4,049,610 vol
umes, according to statement just
given out in New York.
r r r
For the first time since they as
sumed control in the strike districts
of the Colorado coal fields, the United
States troops were fired on, it has
just been learned. The shooting &C.
CURED at miners camp at Segundo,
near Trinidad, where twenty shots
were fired at the federal troops.
r. +
William Warner, an aeronaut, fell
1000 feet into Lake Erie and was
drowned. He gave an exhibition at
Avon Beach Park west of Cleveland,
o., His bride was in the crowd that
saw him fall.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
OKLAHOMA NEWS NOTES
SHADOWS OF COMING EVENTS.

oTADOWS OF OOMINo ENGNIo o.
June 7-l1-commencement, State Uni
versity. Norman.
June 1O-12-christian Endeavor conven-
June l2-summer school begins, State
University.
June 12-lS-Fifth Annual monster pic
nj, Pittsburg
June 15-.southwestern waterworks
July BAL. o. o. F. celebration, Gran
ite
July S-Aug. l-cotton school. Still
July s-McIntosh- Hughes annexation
election.
Aug. 7-summer school closes. State
University.
Aug. 20-Sept. I-Rvan Fair Ryan.
Sept. 2-15-Jackson County Fair Blair.
Sept, 7-12-Caddo County Fair, Ana
Sept S.lO-caddo County Fair. Binger.
Oklahoma City.
Kinghsher.
Sept. S-12-Greer County Fair, Man
Sept 14-1s-wah- Shah She Fair, Paw
huska.
., Sept. 15-17-Pottawatomie County Fair,
Shawnee.
Sept. l5-1S-Pawnee County Fair. Paw
Sept 15-lS-Beckham County Fair, Elk
City.
Sept. 15-1S--Kay County Fair, Newkirk.
Sept 1918 Cimarron Valley Fair.
Guthrie.
Sept. 1e-celebration Opening Chero-
kee Strip, Perry.
Sept. 16-ls-fIaskell County Fair, stig-
Ter.
Sept 16-1S-McIntosh County Fair,
Eufaula.
Sept. ls-1s-The Sterling Fair, sterl-
ing
Sept. 16-1S-Pittsburg County Fair.
McAlester.
Sept. 16-1S-Lincoln County Fair,
Prague.
Sept 22-24-Delaware County Fair.
Grove.
Sept. 22-oct. ,. lsl4--state Fair. Okla
homa City.
Oct; 7-l7-Dry Farming Congress.
Wichita.
october-southern Commercial Con-
gress, Muskogee.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05

H. H. Tucker of Kansas City, Kas..
president of the Uncle Sam Oil Com
pany, and nine other defendants were
declared not guilty, on charge of at.
tempting to defraud the government.
+ + +
John D. Rockefeller, IT,, by letter
finally refused to hear from Judge
Ben B. Lindsey of Denver any details
Of the mine war in Colorado.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05

Conviction of Martin Ocampo and
Teodoro NJ. Kalaw, editors of Man
lila newspaper, on charges of Grimm
ally libeling Dean c. Worcester, for
merly a member of the Philippine
commission, was sustained by the SUI
preme court.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-05
Corporation Assessments

The following are the valuations OF
the public service corporations of Ok.
lahoma for 1913:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-19
DRASTIC ACTION
AGAINST HAZ|NG
Fifty -Four Sophomores Suspend
ed and Seventeen Placed on
Probation at Lafayette.

Easton, Pa. April 1S.-Fify-fou
sophomores. have been suspended in
definitely from Lafayette University
and seventeen others have been placed
on probation as tho result of hazing
episode by the sophomore class on tho
night Of April 10.
Tho sophomores rounded up nearly
every member Of the freshman class
and took them 10 lonely road along
the Delaware River. The freshmen
were made to run the gauntlet be-
tween rows OF sophomorcs, who struck
them with clubs. II Is charged.
When the authorities at the univer-
Fity learned of the incident they or
dered an nvostigation, in which every
member OF the sophomore class was
examined. and each man was sentenced
on his own admissions. All who by
their own statements took an active
part have been suspended. ana all who
wero present, but took no active part,
have been placed on probation.
The suspension is the most drastic
that the faculty of Lafayette ever has
taken 10 abolish hazing. All OF the
leaders OF the sophomore class are
among those suspended. ana many OF
the most prominent athletes in the col
lego arc among them. Great excite
mcnt rcigned at the college throughout
the day. and talk OF general strike
Of students was frequently heard.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-19
Nine Year Old Child Rescued
From q Monster

AT 100 South Linden street resides
Mrs. Florence s. Duggan and her two
little sons. eleven and nine years, re-
spcctively. Littlo nine-ycar-old Lon
ME has been almost q constant suf-
ferer of one malady or another for six
years; has had three attacks OF fever
in fact he had cough ut times that
seemed rs though he had consumption.
He has had the best OF attention from
q loving mothers hand and tho best OF
treatment. but tho child could never
fully regain perfect health. At times
he had ravenous appetite, then again
the sight OF food would nauseate him,
stomach would bloat. Jumps would
form. heart would jump and fiutter.
pains In back OF head. sometimes over
eyes, dizziness, weak rundown, tired.
.languid feeling. His mother said. II
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-19

have to be very careful OF him. Il
seems as though I have to give this
child some kind OF medicine all the
time. He has had n bronchial trouble
ever since he was born. was afraid
he inherited the tubercular disease
that his father succumbed to: hut af-
ter reading In the papers about the
worms that affect children and adults.
and how tho wonderful Quaker Herb
Extract that was introduced at the
Tragic drug store would expel all
worms from child or adult without
sickness. dieting or any Ill effects.
decided to try them. and a thousand
times pleased | am, for after giving IL
only six days little I.onnie expelled n
monster NE sapping tapeworm forty
one feet In length, head and all COM
plctc, and [ feel that this has been
the cause OF most all his trouble. And
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-19
NEW APPOINTMENTS
Of POSTMASTERS
Especial 10 The Times-pispatch.l

Washington. April lS.--The follow
ing Virginia postlnnsters were APP
pointed to-day: Cartcrsville. Cumber-
land County. Mary II. Moon: Glen VIII
ton. Botctourt County. Walter Il.
Circle: Ilarborton, Accomac County
Edwin j.. Adams; Seaford. York
County. Clarence j. Slaight: Schuyler,
Nelson County, Sanue, 4. Durham:
Troutville. Botetour: County. Fannie
Dowdy: Wayer's Cave. Augusta County
Maude y. q, Kagoy; Irvington. Ian
caster County, Joseph w. Hayden:
lIudgins. Mathews County. Joseph IL.
Williams
The following postmastcrs passed
the recent civil service examination
with n good standing and have been
ordered appointed permanently under
the classified service: Dcancs. Nansc-
mond County, George H. Wcathcrby;
IIobson, Nanscmoiid County, James r.
Johnson: Pleasant Ridge Princess Ammo
County. George w. Dawley; Pope
Southampton County, Edward H. Marks;
Walters. Isle OF Wight County, John
CT. Duck; Exit, Nansemond County,
Crafford c. Parker; Many, Southamp-
ton County, Leila a. White; Raynor,
Isle Of Wight County, Leroy l.. Vol
lines; Rcid's Ferry. Nansemond County,
f.. Cleveland Staylor; Sigma. Princess
Ammo County, Willard i. simmons.
PostmaSters temporarily dcsignated:
Rocky Point, }Sotctourt County, George
w. Webstcr: Oriskany. Botetourt
County Cora Il. Lemon. G.. ". NJ
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-19
TO CALL
PROCEEDINGS OFF
Folk Is Awaiting Indictments
Against Four New Haven
Financicrs.
HEARING AGAIN ON APRIL 20
Men Expected to Present Them
selves and Answer Every
Inquiry Possible.
HEARING AGAIN ON APRIL 29
Especial to The Times Dispatch

Washington. April 1S.--Homcr S.
Cummings and Judge Henry Stoddard.
attorneys for the four New Haven
hnancicrs. Hemingway, Whipplo. More
house and Field, mixed up In the New
Haven Railroad scandal, came to Wash
ington-day to personally plead Tor
their clients
Tho attorneys went TO the Interstate
Commerce Commission. met Joseph w
Folk, chief counsel. and asked that
tho men be given the privilege of an
Bwering questions which they had re-
fused to answer last week.
Criminal proceedings were Instituted
against tho men on Thursday morning
last. and tho commission Is awaitins
the return OF indictments by the grand
Jury.
MIR Folk refused TO cali the indic,
ment proceedings of. The lawyers
argued that the statutes on which the
prosecution is based Is not constitu.-
tional. Mr.. Folk. however. showed the
men several decisions OF the Supreme
Court. which held tho contrary.
On April 20. the commission will
again hear evidence in that branch OF
the New Haven case relating to tho
disappearance OF some ,l2 900. 900, said
to have vanished through the chan
neia or the Billiard Company, n sub
lidiary corporation.
Attorney Folk to-day told tho two
New England lawyers. Cummings and
Stodderd. that on April % he would
expect the four men they represent to
present themselves bcfor the commits
sion. and not only answer every ques-
tion thcy refused TO answer before. but
any othr inquiry that may nc made.
'Tet Cns ont of Bng."
Whom John l.. Billiard organizer Of
Billiard Company. which Is now under
investigation By the Interstate Com
nerce Commission. gave out an intsr
view yesterday. telling how he bought
5000 shares or Boston ana Maine stock
for sl3.000.0o0 he let the "cn, out OF
tho bag" say high officials OF tho com
mission.
billiards. story OF his great pur.
chase. whereby he cleared $500. 900 In
so-called purely personal Investment,
is what We have been trying TO learn
for nearly two years" said an official
VINO IL Investigating the case
Attorney Folk. chief council or the
commission. 49, soon az he read tho In
terview purportinS 10 come from Bill
lard. and published In a Hartford
Comm paper Immediately wired the
managing editor OF that paper for the
name OF tho reporter who got tie ia
tcrNiew The reporter probably Kill
lie called 10 tho stand To testify agatns,
Billiard here on April 20
whether or not BILLIARD Will be called
t. the stand when tho hearing takes
place here is ii matter Of conjecture.
some Of the commission, il IS known.
wants billiard 10 tell. under oath Just
now lie made tho deal. O,hcrs arc not
IN favor OF giving him an immunity
bath
The story as told by Billiard In Hart
io.d Yesterday WAS branded here ns
more OF a fairy tale than anything
else Members OF the commission.
while not wanting to discrcdit Billiard.
think ii highly Improbable that he
used 'l2.ooo'oo' OF his own money 10
take such Il chance