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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-17
Head OF a Firm, United Party.

Unquestionably the president has
made himself the party leader, the
leader whom the majority of the Demo
Gratis will follow, forsaking all others
and cleaving unto him only, declares
the Boston Transcript. The Demo
Gratis are often accused of having the
Bourbon characteristic of learning
nothing and forgetting nothing. 1t
must be admitted that in their 16
years in the wilderness of opposition
they have learned that it does not pay
for dominant party to be perpetually
Quarreling with the president Of its
choice The lesson of their detection
from Cleveland in 1893-94 is not one
of the things they have forgotten. By
their opposition to his policies they
drove him to solicit the aid of Repub-
licans. The Democrats split their own
party, and condemned it to period Of
feeble opposition that was SO long con-
tinued that the country came to think
of it as the normal condition" of the
Democracy.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-17

sea would cut down the load to be lift
ed to approximately $4,000 tons, which
would call for 1880 electro magnets,
representing a dead weight in them.
selves of fully 10000 tons. That is to
say, that the special pontoons. or cam
els. must be equal to providing a total
buoyancy of a good deal more than
10000 tons, because the magnets must
be suspended by chains or wire ropes,
and here again is an additional load.
II you are fond OF figures you can
while away your time calculating the
number and the size of the caissons
which Mr.. Smith would have to use
under the most favorable circum-
stances. and when that conclusion has
been reached you will find some diff
Guilty in getting anchorage space for
the necessary feet in New York har-
Dor If you are at all familiar with the
practical difficulties Of towing you will
realize what 1t would mean to convoy
these squadrons to the site OF the
wreck, and when you have got them
there and have crowded them over the
Titanlcs hulk, imagine what would
happen II storm arose! 1t will be-
seen. therefore, that Mr.. Smith has
many difficulties to overcome.
Even II 1t we're possible to recover
the whole or any part Of the hulk 1t
is hard to conceive how the salvers
would have anything but an irrepar-
ably damaged mass. Remember that
II any air pockets or chambers filled
with air survived for a while during
the vessels sinking, they ultimately
we're burst In by the increasing hydro
static pressure as the craft plunged
deeper and deeper to her grave. Prob
ably this happened In large number
of directions, and thus successfully
the ships steel honeycomb was rup-
tured II not fattened into veritable
pancake.
OF course. Mr.. Smith may have an
answer for every point raised; but
even 80 the salvage OF the Titanic
would in no wise pay for the labor
and the enormous expense involved.
True, an achievement of this sort
would be OF the utmost engineering
significance, inasmuch as it would her
aid the feasibility of dealing with
treasure ships and other profitable
wrecks that lie in shallower water. II
Mr.. Smith can do this latter work he
will do something we'll worth while.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-17
NO HELP TO NATION
Subsidies to Coastwise Vessels
Would Not Be Of Benefit.
Argument That They Would Tend to
Build Up American Merchant Ma
rine ls Not Tenable, as consld-
GRAFTON viii Demonstrate.

The strongest argument In favor OF
ship subsidies is that such subsidies
will bring into existence ships to be
used as auxiliaries to the navy In war
times; will bring into existence At
lantic and Pacific liners, ships with
greater speed and greater cruising
radius than the scout ships of the
navy, and which. equally valuable as
the scout ships, will be maintained at
a much less cost than such naval YES
sells; will bring into existence ocean
going passenger ships which can be
used as troop ships in time of war, and
will bring into existence ocean going
freighters to carry military supplies
and coal to the battle squadrons and
armies operating over sea.
The other argument for ship subsi-
dies is that they will build up steam
ship lines to carry American products
direct to foreign ports, and thus help
American producers In their competi-
ton for the worlds markets.
The American public has seen plain
ly that voting money to the coastwise
ship trusts will not tend toward either
of these results.
Coastwise vessels are not of char
acter to be used In time of war. They
have not the speed nor the bunker ca
pacity nor the seagoing qualities to
make them scouts or troop ships, or
even coal purveyors.
Our coastwise ships steal along the
coast from port to port, running to
shelter from ocean storms and replen-
ishing their coal supply at frequent in
tervals. The same ships and the same
class of ships will extend their voyages
through the Panama canal. II their
number Is increased 1t will merely
increase the amount of traffic carried
from port to port. 1t will not create
one ship capable of independent action
on the high seas.
Subsidies confined to ships in the
coastwise trade, as provided in the ex-
listing Panama canal toll act, cannot
stimulate the building of single ship
for foreign trade.
Every alleged reason for ship subsi-
dies falls to the ground when applied
to coastwlse shipping.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-17
Democracy Now In Order.

Mr.. Wilson has not shlrked RESPONSE
bility. Rather has he gone forward in
the spirit of man who not only knew
his power, but was perfectly willing
to exercise it. Nor should 1t be for
gotten that in whatever progress he
has made as party leader he has had
unusual encouragement from men I'M
accustomed to follow so far. Long in
the minority, and for 20 years torn by
factionalism, the Democracy until re-
Gently had resembled nothing so much
as a balky team, with the leaders fac
ing one way and wheelers the other
and bad language from the driver fill
ing the circumambient air. 1t is Mr..
Wilson's distinction to have reduced
the team to order.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-17
Material For Concrete sIIo.

A correspondent of the Dairy De-
partment of Oklahoma A. and M. Col
lege at saltwater writes to ask the
capacity of 14x30 foot silo, and the
material necessary to construct such
a silo with solid concrete walls. Pro-
fessor Roy C. Potts answers as fol-
lows: "a silo IA feet in diameter and
80 feet high has capacity of 100 tons.
To build this silo with solid concrete
walls inches thick hould require 1853
sacks of cement, ~ yards of sand and
"a yards of crushed rock. These are
all the materials needed.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-17

is some encouragement in the fact
that they should quarrel over a ques-
ton Of culture and not Of craps. And
is the use of knife to demonstrate
the superior merits of Dickens essen
TALLY different from the French meth
cd of settling literary arguments on
the dueling ground?
AS matter of fact, long and cost
ly wars have been waged and whole
populations massacred over disputed
questions of no greater Importance to
the world The boys who fought over
the rival claims Of Tom Sawyer and
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-17
spsoiaI prlvIIsus Rebuksd.

Special privilege advocates thought
to fool the people by untrue state
ments concerning the effect of the
subsidy act and by an appeal to hatred
supposed, with more or less truth, to
exist towards the kingdom of Great
Britain.
The plan has faileti dismally, and
with it its proponents.
The people have seen through the
pretenses of the privilege seekers. The
loud voices and flushed faces of con-
gressmen have aroused no emotion
but disgust.-Chicago Tribune. y
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-17
The SPLENDID Paupers.

First Turkish Official presented
with photograph of the new Turkish
navy in lieu Of six months deferred
pay)-So we've got a dreadnaught,
have we?
Second Turkish Oficial-I don't
know who gets the dread. but I know
we've got the naught.-Punch.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-17
DREW KNIVES OVER AUTHORS
New York Boys In Duel over Respec.
tive Merits of Dickens and
Mark Twain.

Any juvenile stabbing ARRAY is re-
gretable, but the encounter between
New York schoolboys in which one re-
sorted to the knife to prove Dickens
was "a better author" than Mark
Twain, had aspects that distinguish
it from the ordinary boyish brawl.
Surely. If boys are to quarrel there
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-17
Alfalfa Land in Demand

A 2OO-acre alfalfa farm near Milburn
was sold recently by w. j. Milburn
and Mode Milburn to Herman Lange
of Iowa for $4,000, $50 per acre. Five
cuttings were secured from the farm
last year.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-17

Little Nell only did in a rude way
what organized society has been do
ing since the birth of civilization.
Altogether this encounter Of street
boys over disputed point of litera-
ture may be taken as hopefully illus
trating the seriousness Of the juvenile
pursuit of culture. They are the stun
of which great cities are made, and it
is satisfactory to know that the poten-
tial supply exists.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-17
Bankers Love the Farmers.

A recent inquiry by the United
States Department of Agriculture re-
suited in the conclusion that Okla
homa farmers pay higher rate of in
terest on short time loans than do the
farmers of any other state.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-17
How to Shell Seed Corn.
Should Have All Been Fed.

The kaflr fodder which rotted in the
shock in Oklahoma last fall was
shameful waste.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-04-17

The dead past buries It's dead. The
future viii believe IN cremation.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-11

pIOl0SSOrS anu the 6QC1r6 prOI6SSlOndI
class toadying to wealth and position.
The so-called cultured class bows
and scrapes before the money-grub-
bers, the shylocks, the cent-per-cent-
ers, the dollar-worshippers.
Personally have only pity for the
employing class generally. Long as
ISOLATION with successful business
men, employers of labor, has enabled
me to find out that outside of their
own money-making business they are
the most ignorant class. And pity
ignorance. l don't mean ignorance
of the rules of business, inability to
read and write, ignorance of when to
use a knife, fork or spoon. / mean
ignorance of life, of humanity and the
real meaning of Christianity.
So what can you expect of COM
mon policemen, when judges on the
bench, governors, mayors, congress-
men and even presidents tOady to the
Well-dressed?
Do you think for a moment police
men would have this mental attitude
toward Workingmen and working
women if they didn't get it from the
higher-ups?
have seen this very matter tested.
When Golden Rule Jones was
mayor of Toledo he took the clubs
away from policemen. He told them
they were the friends and protectors
of the people, not their enemies.
And when the mayor and chief of
police of Toledo assumed that atti-
tude toward all of the people, includ-
ing not only the workers. but even
the rich and the so-called fallen men
and women, the policemen assumed
the same attitude; and know they
were glad to do it.
And the policemen became popular
in Toledo.
This year-this very month-To-
ledo policemen again were ordered to |
carry clubs. For Toledo is now en-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-11

UnQ6r CQ6 CQrlSIlaQ ADMINISTRATOR
there has been more crime in Toledo
since the first of January this year
than during any twelve months dur
ing the II years the policemen didn't
carry clubs.
l don't feel any luminosity toward
policemen. They are working men.
They come from the loins of working
men and working women. Like state
militiamen they do as they think they
are expected to do. They line up
against the working class because
they think all government is lined up
against that class, and they are a
part of the government.
If you want to see the attitude of
the policeman as he would be If he
thought his superiors wanted every
body treated alike, look at the traffic
cops right here in Chicago. Their
work is helping people, not arresting
and beating them. They are guard
ing human life. They are regulating
the flow of traffic in congested streets
so as to protect the lives of men, wo-
men and children. Women step up
to them without fear and ask for in
formation. Women and children feel
that the traffic cops are there to pro-
tect THEM.
Firemen give you an idea of what
policemen would be if permitted to
be what they really would like to be.
Firemen risk their lives to save prop
erty, but their first consideration is
human life And many hero has
risked his life to save that of others.
Isn't that why all of us love the
fireman and regard him as a hero?
Well, there is the same heroic stuff
in the average policeman. We see it
when he risks his life to stop run
away horse, or helps fremen at their
life-saving work.
But the policeman on the beat
he's a soldier He obeys orders. Even
, 1914-01-03
A CASE OF SUTTEE IN INDIA.


Mr.. Justice TudbaIl aud Mr.. Justice
Ryyes, in the AlIahabod High Court, have
upheld on appeal the conviction If five
Brahmans on a charge of allotment Of sui
eide ut Yuraule, Il village in the Mainpuni
district. The sentence of one and a half
years rigorous Imprisonment passed on thlee
Of the accused was upheld, while that of
two years passed on the two persons most
prominent in the alfair was increased to four
years each.
A Brahman who died at Yaraule on June
27 last left n young widow who announced
her intention to commit aattec, and wouId
not listen to efforts to dissuade her from the
determination, One Of the village watch
men was sent off to the police station, eight
miles away, but when be returned with the
police i'm the afternoon the act Of seIf-immo-
latiou on the funeral pyre OF the dead man
had been committed, IN the presence Of a
crowd of spectators roughly estimated to
number from 1,500 to 1000, drawn from the
neighbouring villages. The accused persons
assisted to build the funeral pyre, aud one
of them is alleged to have-pourea qb5
clarified butter) over her. The sympathies
of witnesses we're with the accused, and
there was a conspiracy of silence, said Mr..
justice IudOau III giving judgment, as to
who actually fired the pyre. In fpct, the
witnesses joined the accused in declaring
that it was miraculously fired 10y the widow
herself, when she was told that if there was
any virtue in her act flames would burst
forth.
Mr.. Justice Tudball held that though the
accused might in the beginning have sin
cerely demonstrated with the widow, they
finally gave way to her determination and
Intentionally aided in the doing Of Tie Iced.
WI respect to the enhancement u sch
fences, he observed that any relaxation Of
, 1914-01-03
INDEPENDENT mia
RULER Or The New STAT

Vienna, Nov. %.
Tho 1Ibauischc Correspondence reports
from AyIoua that the Albanian Provisional
Government has received an off ;ial intima-
ton that Prince William OF WED has been
selected by the Powers as the future Sow
oloign Of Albania.
Prince Wil1iam Frederick Henry of WED
is 81 years old and an Evangelical Pro
%tostant He is the second son Of the fifth
Prince Of Who'd by his marriage with Marie,
Prncoss Of the Netherlauds-a marriage
which made Prince Williams elder brother.
the present and sixth Prince of WED. come
near to the succession to the Dutch Throne.
The Wied family has been settled on the
Rhine sInco ut any rate the lIth century,
and gave its name to the county of WED.
which was divided about POO years AGO into
Wied-RuuEel and WED Neuwied. Both lost
their sovereign rights in 1906, on the for
nation of Napoleon's Confederation of the
Rhine, and the Congress Of Vienna made
WED u Prbssian St0U6eShelrSch0H Prince
William is a nephew of the Queen of Ru-
mania, who was Princess Pauline Elizabeth
of WED and married King Charles in 1869.
PrMce William married in 1906 Princess
Sofia Qf Sch6uburg Waldenburg, by whom
he has one daughter, fCur years old. His
Younger brother, Prince Victor Of WED,
IS a GcSbtary in the German Legation Of
ChrlstialiA.
Prince William IS popular in Berlin and
Iotsdam society, and is regarded as a we'll
Uniformed and capable soldier who is sure to
deynte himself to his new task with energy
aud courage. Hitherto he has had no bust
ness whatever with politics. Born at Neu-
WED III 1876, he became a lieutenant in the
Regiment of Gardes du Corps at the age
Of p He served with the regiment at
Pot5dam until +9@5 eqd was for some time
adiut9nt. He studied f&v three years at the
, 1914-01-03
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONY
early Opening OF Service To svitzarlaul

early Opening OF Service To Switzorlunl
Arrangements for direct telephone com
muujcation between London and Switzerland
are now IN an advanced stage. The hece7-
sary agreement has been signed by the
British and French Governments and is eX-
pected to be signed on behalf Of Switzerland
at an early date. When thar is done, the
organization Of the service VIII be put in
hand and London will be placed il commnni-
cation with Basel ana Geneva. It viii be
a month or two yet, however, before his
service will be open to the public. but ex-
perimental talking has shown that no tech
meal difficulty stands in the way. The pos
sibility of placiug telephone communication
between London and Basel and Geneva on
q commercial basis is u direct result Of the
improved type of loaded telephone cable loid
between Dover and Calus last year, which
has increased the range over which speech
is possible. These are the only SWISS towns
to be included in the initial services.
yHE NV ZoNE TARIFF.
There are now four telephone cables Iai3
in the Straits OF Dover and q considerable
traffic IS conducted beween London, Paris,
and other parts Of France. This is likely t.
Increase IN the near future, as the scale
OF charges has been reduced aal q zpuo
SC lie put in force. To Paris and a numbe.
OF small towns aud cities IN the first zoue.
the charge for a three minutes couye ~rsn,iou
is now A.. to towns in the second zone, Of
which Lyons is one of the most important,
IS and to third zone towns, including Mar
soIIIes and Bordeauy, the charge has been
reduced to S.. for three minutes. T ese are
the ordinary day rates. For the service to
Switzerland the charge is to be about tho
same as for the third z5ue--LbiL
, 1914-01-03
WOMEN EXPLORERS.

Mr.. p. Amaury Talbot, a District Com
missioner in Southern Nigeria (West Afriaal.
who has just completed a journey of over
4 300 miles in the Eket district, stated IN an.
interview with Reuters representative thnt
he found customs and ceremonies which an
pear to have come LEVIN unchanged from the
days of the Pharaobs. lie found also traces
of bird worship ana witnessed q bird dance
never before seen by Europeans.
Mrs. Talbot, who with her sister has been
travelling through the region, has been max
Ing a SPECIAL study Of the women Of Tie
tr!bes.-Lbj&.
, 1914-01-03

the severity Of the law in such a matter
would result IN the recurrence Of an evil
which it had taken many years to reduce 10.
a minimum. The feeling and beliefs which
prompted 8,dtee still existed.
It may be recalled that the practice Of
a"ttee was rendered illegal, in spite Of fierce
opposition, by a regulation Of Lord William
Boutinck's Government in 1929, declaring
that all who abetted suttee were guilty Ut
cuIplbIe homicide. '-Ujd
, 1914-01-03
DIAMOND IN THE BREAKFAST.

Inside a bloater She was preparing for
breakfast Mrs. Burcham, Of the Alexandra
Tavern, Norwich, saw a glitterins object the
SIZE OF u large pea.
Persuaded that it was q gem she had is
submitted to a jewellers test, and it was
pronounced a genuine diamond. The gem
had apparently once been set il D ring
DaiIy Najl, Nor, @9t5.
, 1914-01-03
DEATH OF SIR ROBERT BALL.
FAMOUS LECTURER WHO MADE Astronomy
POFuLAE.

We regret to announce the death Of Sir
Robert Ball, the eminent astronomer, Which
occurred on Tuesday at Cambridge. He bud
been i'll for u considerable time.
1t was by his books and lectures on astro-
nomy that he was best known to the public.
lie was one of the most popular lecturers Of
his time. 1t was SAID Of HIM that he could
attract larger audiences tnon any other living
scientist, and for years he popa'grisal tho
study Of astronomy. "The Story Of the Heav~
ems one of his most widely read books,
was published in 1855, and this was followed
by 'Starland, "In Starry Realms ecThe.
Story Of the Sun popular Guide to the
Heavens" and many other volumes in whicle
he expounded the romance of seience.-H1id
, 1914-01-03

Staff College in Berlin and for two years
held an appointment IN the Great General
staff He IS at present captain IN the Bird
Regiment Of UhIans Of the Gulrd Times,
gSH NoU.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-24
NEW STANDS Al ST. LOUIS.

ST LOUIS. Feb "a Contrasts Tor
the construction OF concrete bleacatrs
at Sportsman Park the home grounds
Of the St. Louis Americans have been
let according 10 announcement Of Pres
ident Hedges.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-24
Gibbons 0utpoints
Mccoy in 10 Rounds

NEW YORK. Feb 24.-Mike. Gibbons
of 81. Paul. easily outpointeh Al McCo y,
Bro6klyn last night Each man weighed
l53 pounds.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-24
DOUBT Richie
WILL RECEIVE
$4,000 PURSE
Little Chance for Champion to
Get Big Amount to Meet
WoIgast in Milwaukee.
By Left Hook.

7lLLIE RICHIE has been
w guaranteed $4,000 for his ten
round bout with Ad Wolgast,
according to press dispatches sent out
from Milwaukee. The chances are,
however, that the champion will not
get this sum for exchanging punches
with the Milwaukee Wildcat"
The Federal League magnates are
supposed to be champions at offer
ing high salaries, but they are only
amateurs when compared to some Of
our best little fight promoters. But
when it comes to paying out the real
cash-well that is a different story.
WHEN Richie was matched to
w clash with leach Cross in New
York, it was announced that he would
receive $4,000 for his end of the
But after the encounter the San Fran
cisco boy only drew down $4,000. It
was STAGED at the time that he was
satisfied with the percentage of the
house and did not ask Promoter Billy
Gibson &c give him the much talked
of $4,000 guarantee
The lightweight champion is one Of
the most gentlemanly young men in
the country, but we hardly believe he
would make Gibson gift of $4,000.
Boxers, or, for that matter the great
majority of people, are not in the hab-
1t of doing such things.
f It is true that Richie is to re-
ceive $4,000 for fighting Wolgast,
the Milwaukee promoters will have a
difficult task making any money for
themselves. And nobody has ever ac-
cused boxing promoters of being con-
nected with the ring game merely for
the good of their health. Wolgast
also has a pretty good idea of his
drawing powers, and will not be sat-
isfied with less than $4,000 for fight
ing Richie.
THE Michigan boy Is a bigger IA
vorite than Richie through the
Middle West, as a result Of his great
battles in that section Of the country
this winter. Ad recently outfought
Joe Rivers in Milwaukee, and any
boxer who can beat the Mexican over
the ten-roUnd route is forced 70 per-
form at a merry clip.