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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-06-27
EJECT A CANDIDATE.
Citizens of Pratt Resent Abus-
i've Language of WouId-be
State Senator.
CROWD OF BOYS START ROW
William n. Madison, Socialist, OF
sedgwick County, Roughly Han
died and Sent Away.

William H. Madison, candidate for
state senator from Sedgwick county
on the Socialist ticket, was egged out
of Pratt as a result of his speeches
there in the last two weeks. He has
abused leading residents of the city
and urged that no one work in the
harvest fields for less than "a day.
The other night Madison appeared
on the street to make his talk. He
had gotten a wagon to stand in and
was pulling it to the place where the
meeting was to be held. A crowd of
boys seized the wagon, loaded Madi-
son into it without ceremony and
rushed down Main street past the pro-
posed meeting place.
When some distance below the
meeting place, Mr.. Madison jumped
from the wagon and it is said he
pulled a revolver from his pocket and
demanded the possession of his wag-
on, which was given him by the boys.
Soon after the speech began, he
was halted by shouting. He waited
awhile but could not proceed. Mr..
Madison then started to leave the
wagon and as he stepped down he
hurled epithets at the crowd that
were STANDING near when THESE
names were heard several pushed
forward demanding an apology. They
got none. Someone struck the speak
er and a .free-for-all fight ensued in
which several harvest hands took
part.
Mr.. Madison then took refuge in
the Oxford cafe. A committee of the
business men of Pratt went to him
and asked him to leave the city un-
til the feeling had died down. He at
first refused to do so. He then left
by the rear door. He was met there
by other persons who insisted on his
leaving the city to stop any further
trouble.
Madison then went north toward
the Rock Island depot and there was
egged until his train arrived. His
abuse of the churches and Pratt citi-
ZenS caused the riot.
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BY A. Nicely HALL
HOW TO MAKE FIRE BALLOONS
FOR FOURTH OF JULY.

Fourth of July is not complete with
out a few fire balloons, and these
should be made beforehand because
there will be little or no time to spare
for the work on the Fourth
A balloon is made in sections
known as cores, usually eight in num-
Der. For a gore pattern for the bal
loon illustrated. get a piece of heavy
wrapping paper feet long. Lay of
spaces inches wide along the entire
length of one straight edge Gig. -;
then, beginning at one end, rule line
across the paper through each Of
these points, and along the lines lay
on the measurements given upon the
diagram. By now drawing a curved
line through the points at the ends
of the measurements, you will have
the proper outline for half a gore.
Strong tissue paper is best for bal
looms of medium size. Paste together
two pieces end to end for each of the
eight cores. if you cannot get 4-foot
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No Mention of Palmer.

MIR. Finn is confident of victory, as.
of course, 1 am. 1 don't think there
can be any doubt of it-Colonel Roose-
velt-
The colonel was talking about the
senatorial election in Pennsylvania, or
rather about the contest between the
Hon Boies Penrose and the Hon Gift
ford Pinchot- Why should the Hon. A
Mitchell Palmer be overlooked by the
ever-righteous colonel, except for the
reason that he Is a Democrat?-Nev
York Sum
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BRINGS IN BIG OIL GUsHER
Rich Pool Indicated by New We'll In
Vicinity of Arkansas City
Town Excited.

The Swenson test well drilled by
Jones and Buell., southwest of Arkan-
sas City, which was brought in recent
ly, making 125 barrels a day, has de-
veloped into a gusher, now making
$50 barrels every twenty-four hours
This well is the first of five wells
started in the Arkansas City oil field
by Jones and Buell. several months
ago.
ing up of what oil men believe to be
one of the greatest oil pools in exist
ence. Jones and Buell. have leased
over 10000 acres in this field. 1t is
the most solid block of leases in the
world owned by one firm. The own
ers are having difficulty getting tank
age at the Swenson well fast enough
to catch the flow and consequently
the oil is overlooking the tanks and
running into the fields.
Arkansas City is under the biggest
strain of excitement ever experienced
in that locality. Oil men are arriving
there on every train and the business
at all the hotels has been doubled
since the oil strike. Oil men said
recently that the new gusher proba-
bly, will make 1900 barrels a day
when the drilling is completed. Jones
and Buell. have closed their Tulsa Of
flee and have opened permanent of
fees in Arkansas City.
Representatives of the Standard and
Prairie companies have scouts there.
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UNFOLDED. CORE

lengths. Then fold them lengthwise
along their centers, and, one by one.
lay them fiat upon a table or the
floor, place the pattern upon them
with the straight edge along the fold
ed edge of the tissue paper, and with
scissors cut out along the edge of the
pattern Gig. p. The unfolded gore
will resemble Fig. 3.
Paste together the cores with flour
paste or mucilage- Place a folded
gore upon the floor or table, then lay
a second gore (unfolded) on it so
II inch of the lower gore projects
Gig ~. Coat the projecting edge OF
the lower gore with paste, turn it up
over the edge of the upper gore, and
rub down the seam with a cloth. Then
fold the unfolded upper gore, lay a
third unfolded gore upon it, allowing
~ inch of the edge of the second gore
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through each near the ends, for the
spool pegs to slip through, cut down
the width between the holes to about
II inch Gig. A. Slip the lower ends
of uprights D over the pegs in spool
wheels E, then the upper ends over
the pegs in spools A. Glue the upper
ends to the ends of spools A, then
slip the carriage sides c over the
pegs of spool A
The carriage top Gig. 81 is made
of a piece of writing-paper about "a
inches square
The carriage handle is made of two
cardboard strips (F. Fig . and a
match go.
The doll swing shown in Fig. z
has a cardboard base with two spools
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For HANDY Bous and
Girls 10 Make and Do
BY DOROTHY PERKINS.

SPOOL AND CARDBOARD TOYS.
ALI that you need to make the dolls
baby carriage are four common thread
spools, wooden pegs cut of the right
diameter to fit loosely in the spool
holes, and one-half inch longer than
the spools, a piece of letter paper.
some tacks, and glue.
Figure shows details for making
the carriage body. Slip two of the
short pegs into the holes of a pair
of spools "a, Fig. p, making their
projecting ends of equal length. Then
cut the bottom strip B four inches
long by the width of the spools. bend
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it slightly as shown, to give a curve
to the carriage bottom, and tack the
ends to the spools-
The sides c are of cardboard and
should be IL inches wide at the
widest point, by the length of the
carriage body. Punch holes through
these sides in the right places for the
ends of pegs A to stick through. Be
fore fastening the side pieces to spools
A, you must attach the wheels, Figs.
8 and 4. Cut the cardboard up
rights D BIZ inches long and IA inch
wide; then after cutting holes
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A FIRE CHIEFS GOOD WORK
Loss in Atchison During Last Twelve
Months Was Only $14,o44.6o,
the Lowest on Record.

Through the persistent efforts of
Fire Chief Compton, the fire loss in
AtchiSOn for the year ended June 1
was reduced to S14,044.60. This is
one of the lowest records in the his
tory of the town, in spite of the fact
that the amount of property perish
able by fire has increased from year
to year.
Mr.. Compton has made personal
visits to all the big wholesale, indus
trial and manufacturing plants and to
the retail stores, urging the owners
and employees to .be careful about
fire" He also has given many inter-
views on the subject of fire proven
ton, which have been given liberal
space in both daily newspapers. The
chief says he will beat this years
record next year if he continues to
have the cooperation of the public.
Dies on Selma Street.-Andrew
Hamburger, so years old, dropped
dead on street corner at Salina. Cor
oner w. E. Mowery held an inquest.
Humbarger leaves a wife and five
children.
UnveiI Monument to Student.-A
rough hewn granite drinking foun-
tain was unveiled at Emporia recent
iy with appropriate ceremonies in
memory of William S. Hay. a student
of the Normal School. who died in
July, 1912. The fountain stands on
the Normal athletic field, near the
gymnasium, and it's erection was the
work of the * Club, an athletic or
ganization of which Hay was a mem
Der.
To Have Welfare Board.-A board
of public welfare, modelled after the
Kansas City board of public welfare,
may be created by the city commits
sion of Pittsburg. Mayor Skourup
will submit a proposed ordinance to
the commission at a special session.
1t is planned to have a board of five
members and a secretary and agent
who shall be the censor of the thea
tiers and the dance halls and do other
kinds of welfare work.
Grade Crossing Fatality-B. NJ.
Chalfant, 20 years old, retired farm
er, was killed the other night by a
Missouri Pacific train at the Fourth
street grade crossing in Atchison.
Fall Kills Aged woman.-Mrs. Re-
becca Holcomb, 102 years old, is dead
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Henry Thierolf at Solomon River as
the result of recent fall She never
rallied from the shock She was the
Oldest resident of the county.
y
Boy Drowned.-Bradley Bower, 9
years old, only son of E. S. Bower,
was drowned in the Smoky Hill river,
at Lincoln Center. He was swim
ming with five companions ranging in
age from s to Is years. The lads
could not save him.
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Make. All the pIfference.

In Republican administrations Dem
ocrats regard automobiles for the use
of public officials as Injuries that
ought not to be enjoyed at the expense
of the poor taxpayer. But this Is a
Democratic administration.
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store). and fit it around the fireba1l.
Gigs. and 3D.
Build bonfire to supply hot air
for initiating the balloon, and place
piece of screen wire over it to pre-
vent sparks from flying Hold the
balloon above this fire until 1t is COM
pletely inflated. then carefully light
the fireball, and as soon as the bal
loon tugs to get away, release it.
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fastened to them inches apart to

fastened to them 4 inches apart to
support the framework Tack the
base to the ends of the spools. The
framework uprights are tightly rolled
tubes of paper 10 or IL inches long.
and the top cross-piece is another
paper tube 4 inches long. Stick the
lower ends of the uprights into the
spool holes; then. fasten the cross
piece to their tops by running pins
through the crosspiece and down into
the upright ends Gig. 81, and then
flashing with thread as shown in
Fig a.
The swing seat is made OF spool
with cardboard back fastened to 1t
Gigs and 10).
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LESSON TExT-Mark 1o:17-g
GOLDEN TEXT-"Ye cannot serve God
and mammon." Luke 1913. Read also
entire verse;
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-06-27

Boy overwhelmingly Bower, 9
years old, only son of E. S. Bower,
was drowned in the Smoky Hill river,
at Lincoln Center He was swim
ming with five companions ranging in
age from s to Is years. The lads
could not save him.
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Dies on Selma Street.-Andrew
Humbarger, so years old, dropped
dead on a street corner at Salina. Cor
oner w. E. Mowery held an inquest.
Humbarger leaves a wife and five
children.
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Grade Crossing Fatality.-B. M.
Chalfant, 20 years old, retired farm
er, was killed the other night by a
Missouri Pacific train at the Fourth
street grade crossing in Atchison.
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unhappy persons. lie sees respectable
and high spirited institutions adopt the
gentle art Of polite blackmni, to all
their Golfers. hiring for n wage experts
who know how to bring to bear the
pressure that makes man give beyond
his means under covert threat that II
he refuses shame will come to him In
the public places. lie sees the huckster.
the small tradesman and the grent mer.
chant graft on their customers through
"trude customs that sJelI twelve ounces
to the pound. a butchers thumb on the
scnle ian. i've quarts to the gallon. lie
sees the servants In the mansion grnft
on their ma ster's guests. their master
watching with sympathy and approval.
lie aces the chauffeur. the coachman.
the housekeeper. the cook. the janitor
graft Oh master and tradesfolk. lie
sees the labor leader graft on the con-
tractor. and the contractor graft on the
nnn who phys him. lie looks to the
right. to the left. above. below at trade
and profession. ut pleasure and work ;
he sees graft organised. disciplined. In
trenched. lie knows II has always been
40. He sees no sign Of a day when II
will not he 30.
Why shouldn't a politician eraft1
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Mr.. MURPHY has hitherto shown no
disposition to heed the hints that his
participation In New York politics was
not desired by some Of the other states.
men engaged, at great personal sicri-
dee, in serving the public, but can he
resist Mr.. CROKERs latest suggestion.
to the effect TINT he should retire be.
cause the newspapers are not united
in his supportf
To understand the full force 81 Mr..
CRoKER's Of course dlsnterested inter.
ventlon Mr.. MURPHY will need only to
recall those glorious days OF Mr..
CROHER's domination Of Tammnny Hail,
when free and untrammelled press.
quick to recognize and applaud virtue.
unanimously held up his hands In the
great struggle he waged 10 deter
minedly for purity In this town. MIR.
MURPHY need go no further back than
to the Days OF VAN WICK for a period
when Mr.. CROKER displayed his deli.
cate sensitiveness to adverse criticism
from the press.
And yet there are conrse beings to.
dny who wonder whnt the state Of the
freprOOfing business is!
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The successor Of DoYLE. the colleague
nj. KxkSEItpd. l.EEcM.. the getria rch art
lat Whose genius. undnned by age. was
most splendid In It's second generation
and among the brilliant worthy success.
sors Of the elder rice Of Punch. JOHN
TENN,EL poured out for Atty years In
that periodical an inexhaustible series
Of cartoons. His style was bold, strong
and salient; he had q definite concep
ton aud ldea to express: and his draw
ings are q record Of the political his
tory Of England rega rded from highly
respectable. ancient Whiggish Punch
Point Of view; dog Toby growls might
ily but Is n good natured critter. At
times, In national. and more especially
and memornbly In International poll
tics TENNirL's cartoon was an event In
Great Britain: he lmaged and shaped
the nationa, feeling and patriotism.
Useful and honorable and distin'
guished M 40 much Of his political work
Ia. II Is the usual lot Of political satire
to come to he dreary and unintelligible.
From its nature II Is evanescent. TEN
porary. and only II II Is fortunate
enough to deal with great historical flg-
ures can II hope to slip into immortal
ity by their side. TENNIEL's work has
someth hing Of that good fortune. One
Of his cartoons was born q classic. 30 to
speak: others IN his long gallery well
may share that fame; but those that
register a fugitive notor,ety or unim-
portant bigwig In his hour Of rave will
belong to the archaeology Of British
politics.
OF the hooks which he illustrated
one that genial production BLAIR's
Grave" which WILLIAM BLAZE would
seem to have preempted-perhaps The
SUN mny he pa rdOned for recording
what may be n personal liking, resting
on no impa rtial and austereiy aesthetic
ground, for two. 1t Is almost half a
century ago that he bodied In enduring
form the fantastic. delightful and best
OF all possible worlds Alice In Wonder
land" unless II be Through the Look
Ing Glass" wherethrough he made us
zee three or four years later. Among
those sprItely shows, those good peO-
ole" Of the fairyland Of CarrOllia,
some or many Of us may like to be-
lieve that he will stay the longest,
that sound and admirable and fertile
artist whose great span Of years ended
Yesterday.
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enterprise. public and private. can and
should he done through direct dealings
with investors. Nothing but experiment
In this direction will he regarded by the
proragandists Of delusion as at NIL con
elusive respecting the possibilities for
doing away with the banker. 20, that
the attempt OF the Third Avenue Rail-
way becomes altogether worth while
and deserves imitation whether or not
II succeeds. All the records Of nnnn-
cinl experience go to show that In the
long run bankers will I've Indispensable
In the financing Of economic effort while
society Is organized as now. but the
best way to demonstrate this will be
through numerous experiments Of the
kind In which the Third Avenue com.
pany Is engaged.
incidentally II may be remarked thnt
the State Treasurer Of Massachusetts
IL not meeting with overwhelming sue.
cess In his efforts to dispense with
bnnkers In the snle Of Ninssac husetts
public securities. II will lie reinem-
hered that. having advertised for bids
for $0.325mO Of T'er cent. bonds, the
Massachusetts Urea surer rejected all
the subscriptions Of bankers, ind. hav.
lug obtained through their subscription
banking CONSENSUS rs to what the
bonds were worth. proceeded to sell
them directly over the counter to the
people ut the bankers price.
'--fn'the 'cwse " the'Th,rb Avenue b0nk,
ers can doubtless bid for the bonds on
the confident assumption that their bids
will he received In good faith and moi
for the purpose of establishing sell.
Ing price for the issue. In the case
Of Massachusetts the State Treasurer's
juggle with the banking community has
not been working very well. In the two
weeks which have elapsed about two
thirds Of the bonds have been disposed
Of directly to the public, but the sale
hn Is now reached such slow going stage
that the question has arisen whether II
would not have paid the state better to
have dealt fairly with the bankers In
the first place.
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VOTED PENOLOGISTS To SPEtk
big Mass Meeting Arranged b,
Women Of Civic Federation.

One OF the most brilliant mass mtttir-'
rs regards speakers and audience ever
held In the city Is being ARRANGED fu'
March by the local branch ~ me
Woman's Depar ment ~ tn civic FeierA'
Ion. Of which Mrs. Woodrow Wilson +,
honorary chairman. Mrs Rogeis Bar'-
secretary, Miss Anne Morgan treasurer
and Mrs. Francis Bacon local chalrWsr
Gov. Glvnn will preside and me
Dr. J. 7, Glmour. warden OF rr.-7'
prison Farm, Guelph. Ontario, Clrai,
Dr. Frank Moore, superintendent RaHHH'
Reformatory Thomas MoU Osborn"
chairman Of the Commission on Prison
Reform, and John Manning ~ tho GNr.
ment Workers Union
The purpose OF tho me ting, Wa'N
many OF the speakers will travel tt- '7
t'tend. Is the coordination ~ plans -
nrison reform and Of he AGENCIES 20 Utr'.
them out. The reform measures r1 DO
introduced at the present sess',0 ~ or.
LEGISLATURE will also b, considered 'r.
vitations tn the la'fOTm have bee. I..
copied by Judse Alton h. Parser ju.-
Grain, Judge Muqueen, Iud Pa. Gc.-n.
Dr. Davis. Supt. John =. kl,N 3.
Mayo. Judge Manner, Judge deuel. Hr-
Judge Okeefe.
Among the box holders viii b, NJ.
Martin II. GIynn. Mrs. August Relm'7'
Miss Anne Morgan. Mrs Caroline
Alexander Mrs. Charles r SOM Mrs
Louis Slade. Mrs, Won r pholNs N-s
Montgomery Hare, Mrs. ogden Chisholm
Miss Msude Wetmore and Mrs sTo-
Gur genhein.
The NEE Ing will he free Tick''s mos
he obtained at the ONCE Of the Ne rop1'N
tan Section, los West Fortieth street
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The House Of Representatives. slim,
IN attendance and unresponsive In atti.
tude. listened day before yesterday al.
most in silence to q vigorously phra sej
arfaienment Of the Administration for
its failure to protect the lives and in
terests Of American citizens In Mexico
No one who Is observant Of American
sentiment at the present time dream
for an instant that the reason why this
speech fell fiat Is that It was addressed
to unsympathetic ears President Will.
son can hardly believe that all this
extreme forbearance and patriotic self.
restraint In Congress. In the newspapers
Of the country and In the open ex-
preston OF public opinion. denotes gen.
eral approval Of the policy and acts Of
his Department Of State with regard
TO Mexico. Even Secretary BsYAN by
this time must Know better than that
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ELEVEN SALOONS.
They set On EXAMINE fer Q PrehIbstss0
C~svWtv In MiUuesNta.

CWs,utv In Minnesota.
To THE EDITOR OF Tue suN-Sir: The
result Of the hrst vote on the question Of
liquor licenses In Breckenridge. MIMI. In
which the prohibition forces we're de-
feated by q vote Of more than three TO
one. needs some explanation for the bene.
At OF all students of the license question
wilkin county. Minnesota, In which Il.
Breckenridge with its eleven saloons. has
needed q grand jury but once In four
wears. At the last term court calendar
there was not one criminal case. There
are no poor In the county to be cared for
at public expense and the license income
to the county Is sls3.soo72 for the fou-
years.
Richland county. North Dakota. n pro-
hibition county and State. lies directly
across the river. In the past four years
there have been eightyfour liquor cases
tried there at the expense OF $3.50 so,
and there are Atty liquor cases pending
there before the district court The court
EXPENSE In Richland county was SIl.-
030.s0 more than that OF wllkip county.
which. counting the ''cense '-ror~ 70
wilkin county. gives wilkin s207,S31 80 in
real money on the right side Of the ledger.
as compared with Richland.
with grn nd jurv eve-y year In nro-
hibition county and a total OF forty-6ve
criminal cases on the January. 1914. term
calendar. II Is not wonderful that Breck-
enridge with its lack OF crime refused TO
Join the prohibition column. but elected
by vote OF over three to one to retain
license and strict regulation. No one has
an explanation for the fact that; Shese
actual figures do not bear out the pro-
hibition theory that the saloon causes
crime. courts and paupers. and that pro-
h!bition brings health, virtue. wealth and
happiness. I. II. L.
NEWARK. N, T.. February rs.
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The Supreme Court OF Illinois has given
young man convicted OF the murder OF
four persons new trial on the ground
that the work OF boodhounds, upon which
the prosecution mainly relied for his con-
viction. was too unreliable to be accepted
as evidence.-Houston Post.
Bloodhound testimony must be very
weighty. according to some OF our South
ern friends, who have written to The
SUN In past years their humorous dis
gust at the bloodhound Of the drama,
novel and saffron newspaper. These
experts hold that the average blood
hound Ii a sumph, not to say an idiot.
unable to find anything. including his
daily meals. without assistance; with no
more geographical sense than a dead
je.lyfish. Their bloodhounds lick fondly
the hands OF pursued criminals. snarl
at constables and other innocent folks
and when overtaken by the fierce Neck
lenburg rabbits OF North Carolina.
climb In wild disorder the tallest tur-
pentine tree.