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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-12
OPERATIONS WITHOUT ETHER
Servian Hospitals Ran out of Pain
Killer Three Weeks Ago, the
Red Cross Reports.

New York, Nov. pa distressing
lack of medical supplies for the
wounded of the battle fields of Europe
is shown by appeals received by vari-
Gus relief organizations and by the
tremendous orders received from the
warning nations by American manu-
facturers of such materials.
Reports received at Red Cross head
quarters from nurses attached to some
of the hospital units sent to Europe by
that organization show that the supply
of absorbent cotton, bandages, gauze
anaesthetics, iodine are utterly in
adequate.
Servian hospitals ran short of an
aesthetics three weeks ago and surg
ica1 operations there have since been
performed while wounded were still
conscious, according to Red Cross re-
ports. Many deaths from shock of
operations are reported. From nurses
in French hospitals come such state
ments as t'bandages. medicines and
ambulance necessities are like the
treasure of kings. Gauze and anti
technique serum are very difficult to
get and cotton is disappearing"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-12
REFUSED FOOD TO BELGIANS
American Relief Commission Declare.
Germans Would Not Have Given
Supplies to the Starving.

London, Nov 25.-The American
commission for relief in Belgium to-
day issued the following statement:
With regard to statement publish
ed in America and credited to General
von Frankenberg, governor of Ant
werp, to the effect that if America had
not been so kind-hearted as to send
foodstuffs to Belgium the Germans
themselves would have considered it
their duty to bring food from Ger
many, we cannot conceive that the
German governor of Antwerp ever
authorized such a statement and are
inclined to believe that the report is
unfounded.
The following cities, through their
representatives, have made appeals to
the German representatives in Ant
werp for food: Malines, Lierre, Willie
brock, Boom, Duffol, Torhagen, ST.
Nicolas, Coutich and Wahlen. They
were refused.
Last Friday two town councillors OF
Antwerp came to our headquarters in
Rotterdam and stated that they had
been released by the German authori-
ties under bond of 5 million francs Il
million dollars) to obtain help for the
destitute of Antwerp, and upon their
urgent representation we sent $40 tons
of supplies to Antwerp.
The provinces of Limbourg and
Luxembourg adjoining the German
frontier, have made repeated appeals
to the Germans for the right to buy
food in Germany and import it into
Belgium and have been consistently
refused.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-12
FOUND TIME FOR AMENITIES
How British and Beers Exchanged
Compliments During the Long
Siege of Kimberley.

During the Boer war Mr.. Rhodes
was shut up in Kimberley, and the
Beers constantly shelled the town with
1ongrange artillery They were not
very successful, for with 300 big shells
they only killed IL people.
Meantime, Mr.. Rhodes accomplished
the extraordinary feat of getting
cannon built at his works inside the
town. 1t was regular modern rihed
gun, and fired shells-also homemade
ON each of which was stamped,
With compliments of c. ]. Rhodes"
The Beers themselves were not with
out a sense of humor. During Christ
mas, 1899, they We're besieging Lady
smith, and on Christmas eve they fired
ten plugged shells into the town each
with a piece of plum pudding inside,
and each bearing the words, with the
seasons compliments"
Two of the shells were found by the
garrison, and it was discovered that,
like Mr.. Rhodes, they were home
made, having been cast in a foundry
at johannesburg.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-12
Domestic Menace.

On matters of feminine dress we sell
dom venture to express an opinion I'M
less it be occasionally a word in de-
Tense of that liberalism which permits
a woman to consider her freedom and
comfort as well as her appearance.
But we are prompted now to utter
protest against the progress of Amer
lean fashion designers, who, with
free field for the first time in history,
can think of nothing better than to
mimic the military uniforms of Eu-
rope.
Is it not enough that we should have
the horrors of the war thrust upon US
by the news, filling our imaginations,
coloring our dreams? Is it not enough
that there should be signs of a military
epidemic in all our magazines, articles
on strategy, stories of fighting and
bloodshed? Must we have the worlds
nightmare intensified by the very
clothes the women wear?-Chicago
Post
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-12
sfUckY CAUGHT IN TAMPA.
Former Williamsburg Preacher who
Jumped His Bail in Kansas,
Arrested in Florida.

Wallace NJ. Stuckey, formerly a
preacher of Ottawa, who under the
name of DR. Marion Browning" has
operated a pharmacy at Tampa, Fla,
for several months, was arrested on
a charge of being a fugitive from JUS
t1ce- Stuckey, according to the po-
lice, has admitted his identity
Stuckey was found guilty several
years ago in Kansas of an offense in
volving a young woman and was SEN
fenced to serve a prison term of one
to five years. 1t was stated that he
escaped to Cuba three years ago.
while an appeal was pending in his
case.
Police officials who made the arrest
said Stuckey has consented to return
to Kansas without extradition proceed
ings and will leave his wife, whom he
married while in Cuba, in charge of
his business here.
When the Rev. w. NJ. Stuckey, pas
tor of the Christian church at Will
iamsburg, in Franklin county, disap-
peared on July 20, 1909, leaving his
wife and three children, Lorena Suth-
erland, 16, daughter of Williamsburg
farmer, also disappeared. They were
found in Waukegan, ILL.,, on Septem-
Der Is. Stuckey was convicted of an
abduction charge at Ottawa, but his
wife obtained bond for him and again
he disappeared. Mrs. Stuckey and her
children went from l.ere to Fort
Worth, Tex
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-12

"I took your Com
pound and have a fine,
strong b a by. Mrs.
JOHN MITCHELL, Mas
sena, N. Y.
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is .
wonderful medicine for
expectant mothers. "
Mrs. A. M. MYERS, Cor
donville, Mo.
Il highly recommend
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound before
childbirth, it has done so
much for me. Mrs. E.
NJ DoERR, r. r. 1, Con-
shohocken, Pa.
@'I took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Com
pound to build mp my
system and b ave tn
dearest baby girl in the
world" - Mrs. NOSE
BLAKELEY, Imperial, Pa.
"I praise the Com
pound whenever / have
a chance. 1t did so much
for me before my little
girl was born. - Mrs.
E. w. SANDERS, Rowles-
burg, w. Va
81 took your Com
pound before baby was
born and feel I owe my
life to it Mrs. WINNIE
TILLIS, Winter Haven,
Florida.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-12
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

Whipped by a school teacher at
Brookhaven, Miss, for a minor infrac-
ton of the rules of the school, Kirby
Clay collapsed and died within a few
minutes A coroner's verdict said
death was directly due to heart dis
ease.
The twenty-irst annual conven-
tion of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy has come to a close at
Savannah, Ga. The 1915 convention
will be held in San Francisco
A contract for s2,50O.OOO worth of
rife cartridges has been awarded to a
Swanton, Vt, company by a Euro
pean nation.
President Wilson will not adopt
the suggestion of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor that steps be taken
to have a receiver appointed for the
Colorado coal mines involved in the
strike, with the purpose of having
them operated by the federal govern
ment.
Thomas Mcclure, quarter back on
the Russellville, Ark, High School
football team, is dead as the result
of an injury received in q game with
Little Rock High School = week ago
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-12
Our Early Chinese Trade.

The rapid growth of our early trade
with China is shown by the fact that
the 81 vessels carrying in 1906 nearly
five and three-Quarters millions worth
of goods to Canton, represented a
larger fraction of our total foreign
commerce than our trade with the
whole of China does today. The silver
imported to balance American trade
with China averaged more than two
and half millions annually in the 80
years down to 1927, and reached a
maximum of seven and a half mill
lions in 181S-John Foord, in Youths
Companion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-12
HAVE YOU
A CHILD?

Many women long for children but because Of
some durable physical arrangement are deprived
OF this greatest of all happiness
The women whose names follow were restored
bic Compound Write and ask them about Il. !
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-12
HIGHER Criticism.

Visitor-Don't you believe in the
sand man?
Boston Child-Certainly not; how
could he throw through my spec
tacles?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-12

When a woman looks in her mirror
she is able to see herself as other
women see her
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-12

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOB
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Weak, Watery
Just Eye comfort. Write for Book of Eye
by mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-12

1t takes woman to point out the
faults of other women
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-12
No Need.

He-Do you believe in auto sugges-
ton?
She-No real gentleman forces a
lady to make one.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-12
Dared.

Dared.
Mr.. Wilgus tried to kiss me last
evening
How dared he?"
He didn't dared him
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-12

Reopen Fort Riley WireIess.-The
wireless station at Fort Riley has
been opened Sergt John w Cusick..
Signal Corps. arrived from Newport
News. Va, to take charge.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-12

Robbed Towns Stores--ThieveS
robbed the entire business section of
Piqua, a village seven miles west of
lola, the other night. The postoffice,
bank, l. C. Neiman's general mar
chandise store and the Wilson hard
ware store, were entered
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-12
INTERNATIONAL.
SUND6YSQ1OOL
LESSON
By E. o. SELLERS, Acting Director Sum
day School Course, Moody Bible Insti-
tute, Chicago)
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 6
CHRIST RISEN FROM THE DEAD.

LESSON TExT-Mark 16:1-S; Matt s:11-
Is.
GOLDEN TEXT-Why seek We the liv-
ing among the dead? He is not here but
is risen.-Luke PAS, 6.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-12

Baby Burns to Death.-Entangled in
the chains which held three dogs
which she had been playing with,
Grace Allen, 4 years old, of Scranton,
was burned to death with her pets.
The dogs were tied in a shed and the
child went in to play with them. The
barking of the dogs called attention
to the fire, the origin of which is I'M
known
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-12

Farmer Drops Dead.-W. P. DeMoss.
a farmer living a mile south of Win
field, dropped dead while building the
kitchen fire. His wife, who discov-
cred the body, is in serious condi-
tion from the shock DeMoss was 45
years old and besides his wife two
sons survive. His death is attributed
to heart disease.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-12

Civaf War Veteran Dies.-Thoma.
o. Oliver, 40 years old, and for thirty
years resident of Emporia. is deat
at his home there He served through
out the Civil War and for ten month:
was in the Confederate prison at Ty
Ter Texas
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-12

seIleViIIe to Aid.-At a mass meet
ing residents of Belleville, in les
than thirty minutes, perfected plan
for the shipment of caroad of Belle
vile flour to the relief of the Bel
gians. The car was, within forty
eight hours, consigned to the commit
tee at Topeka.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-12-12

Can't Close His Mouth.-John Mus
tain, a well driller working seven
miles east of Council Grove, is unable
to close his mouth. While waiting
for his supper he yawned. something
snapped, his jaw locked and his mouth
refused TO be closed
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-10-09
BOYS AND GIRLS HERE TO AID
CHRISTMAS SHIP

That the boys and girls of Washing
ton, as we'll as many of their elders,
are anxious to do their share toward
sending a Christmas ship to the war
orphans of Europe was manifested
today, when a number of residents of
the capital expressed unqualified ap-
prevail of the plan and inquired in re-
gard to details.
The plan of sending a Christmas
ship laden with things that children
the world over like and enjoy to the
war-torn nations of Europe was sug-
gested by James Kelly, editor of the
Chicago Herald, and the Washington
Star has pledged its cooperation in
making the plan a success.
81 think that all Americans, old as
well as young, cannot fail to approve
the suggestion of Mr.. Keely," said a
prominent Washingtonian today, land
believe the response to the sugges-
ton will be so spontaneous and so
generous that there will be no Difficult
ty in loading a ship with Christmas
cheer for the orphans whose daddies
have fallen in the war over there.
Such an idea gets right at the heart
string of everybody, you see, and l
know a dozen persons, besides any
number of youngsters, who, as soon
as they learned through The Star that
it was proposed to send such a ship,
declared their intention of sharing
their Christmas with those other poor
kiddies across the sea. Have no
fear that Washington will not do its
part"
Although no definite steps have
been taken to crystalize the Christ
mas ship plan into concerted action
in Washington, individuals in all
parts of the city have informed The
Star that they will do everything they
can to assist in making the project
a success. 1t is assured that the YES
sci flying the Stars and Stripes and
the snow white flag with the single
golden star-the star of Bethlehem
and the single word, "inasmuch," will
bear many gifts contributed by warm
hearted residents of the nations CAPT
tai for the cheer of those thousands
OF otherwise ChriStmaslesS little
ones, who have been made the inno-
cent and helpless victims of the
worlds greatest armed conflict
Washington Star.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-10-09

ceeded better even than they antici
pated.
The week before the opening had
been very busy one, parents teach
ers and pupils getting everything in
readiness for the opening.
The following constitute the new
high school faculty:
w. H. Cassels, principal; Miss
Tommie Alternately, assistan: princi
pal, Latin and French; Miss Gather
inc Scott, English and history; Miss
Carrie Dean, mathematics and sci
ence; Miss Mildred Groman, home
economics and drawing; Miss Eliza
beth Mizelle, eighth grade; Miss Bes.
sic McKissock, seventh grade: Miss
es Mabel Beck and Minnie Lee Car
Isle, sixth grade; Mrs. Rex Todd and
Miss Ethel Robinson, fifth grade
Mrs. H. S. Wesson and Miss Eugenia
Fuller, fourth grade; Miss Mary Lee
Hill, expression.
The primary school faculty is as
follows:
Principal, Miss ITellie Stevens; be-
ginners' Mrs. w. T. Evans and Miss
Eunice Marsh; advanced primary,
Miss Lula Griffin; second grade, Miss
Edith Griffin and Miss Nellie Stevens !;
third grade, Mrs. NJ. Rockford and
Miss Marcella Mclean; advanced pri-
mary, Miss Fannie Clark.
The morning was devoted to the
placing of the classes in their proper
rooms, examinations, assigning of les
sons, etc. Each department was told
which door to enter and at the ap-
pointed hour the temporary signals
were rung, and the children entered
in a most orderly manner, and soon
were seated in their proper places.
In the high school department
short opening exercises were held. DR..
w. H. Dodge, opened the exercises
with a prayer. Superintendent Brin-
son made a few appropriate remarks
and the new principal, Prof. Cassels.
was introduced to the pupils by Rev.
Bunyan Stephens, his pastor.
Mr.. Cassels made a splendid talk,
Immediately winning the confidence
and good will of both the teachers
and the pupils.
For the present the primary pupils
are most comfortably quartered in the
large, airy basement of the school,
and SO fine are they fixed up that they
say they aren't bit sorry their own
school isn't finished. There are near
ly 24O children already enrolled in
this departemnt..
Ocala has every right to be proud
of her school facilities, and is i'm
mensely proud of her magnificent new
s65, 900 high school building and her
two excellent brick primary schools.
Our school buildings cannot be ex
celled anywhere in the state, and we
have a school faculty that can com
pare with the very best.
We have already written quite a
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-10-09
OPENING Of 0CA[A'S SCHOOLS
Largest Enrolment in The History of
The City-Excellent Equipment And a
Splendid Faculty, With Prospects Good
For a Splendid School Year

number of articles describing the
new building, so we will not go into
details in this article. Almost every
person in the city has been to see the
school and all have been shown
through it and are already in a posi-
ton to know just how fine school
we have. Suffice it to say that our
school equipment at present is of the
best and fully up to the standard set
by much larger cities. The latest i'm
proved methods are employed and the
most up-to-date equipment provided.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-10-09
THE LAW OF GRAVITATION AND
ATTRACTION STILL EXISTS
0 the Editor ocala Banner:

To the Editor Ocala Banner:
Ocala, Fla, Oct. 2, 1914.
what, though the order as yet be lit
tie understood,
The diameter of human ignorance we
measured.
Say. Father, say if we may yet be
spared,
For fast the booming flames roll on.
The flames that lit the battle wreck
Shone roun rim DER the dead
The nrst organized rebellion in the
United States troke out N 1856. Com
motions of this sort, like snowfiakes,
gather strength as thew rslI, if there
is no opposition in the way 10 divide
and crumIle :. en-.
The Iron Hand of Fate!
see from the papers that the peo-
pie are asked to express their opln-
ions in regard to the bonding of Ocala
for certain things.
My friends, when the mariner has
been tossed for many days in thick
weather, and on an unknown sea, he
naturally avails himself of the first
pause in the storm, the earliest glance
OF the sun, to take his latitude. and
ascertain how far the elements have
driven him from his true course. Let
us initiate this prudence, and before
We float further on the waves OF the
imagination-a question so important
TO all of us-review the bonds Of 9TH
er cities and nations.
The past is secure. We need states
men, whole-souled men, who dare not
shrink from duty-duty to the whole
people. II discord and disunion shall
wound the grafters, if party strife
and blind ambition shall hawk at and
tear It; II folly and madness, if uneas-
mess under salutary and necessary
restraint heed not, hold your tenn
pers. The dogs of war are on the
Uail. No one who has studied the
subject as it should be can but see
me risk and the consequences that
must inevitably follow.
will now recall the panic of 1857.
me terrible crisis in the business and
financial world. known as "The Great
ranie." A sudden universal crash in
me heights of prosperity, caused by
me speculation and enormous debt,
suspension of banks all over the
country, failure of the oldest and
"ealthiest houses, fortunes swept
away In day, prostration of every
ofaneh of industry, prolonged embar-
'assment, distrust and suffering.
me panic of 1887, a comparison.
-Aravaganee and high prices, Chi
Ierlcal railroad schemes. mania for
anu investments, reckless stock gam
'ing, western paper cities, fabulous
S'aces for lots" Money absorbed in
,4as Way-bursting of the bubble. The
-.st great blow, bomb in money cir
s'ss' widespread shock and terror,
.e'oe crowds at the banks, run upon
.em Tor specie. They go to the wall.
& 'lngs bank excitement, rare doings
me counters, with mirth, despair
ssa ruin. Forty thousand persons in
van street, with factories. foundries,
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-10-09

The city schools of Ocala opened
Monday morning promptly, and con-
sidering that everything was new and
different-new buildings, a new prin-
cipal and a number of new teachers
the opening was orderly and with
very little confusion. Every prepare
ton possible had been made by the
county superintendent, the school
board and the principal for the be-
ginning of the new years work in
the new schools under just as favora-
bic auspices as possible, and they sue
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-10-09
tendance.

Mr.. C.. P. Howell, who has been
spending the latter part of the sum
mer at his old home in West Vir.
ginia, is back with us again. He is
making a big success in the farming
line and is giving some of us big,
practical lessons in the silo line. We
hope that Mr.. Howell will have big
exhibit at our fair.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-10-09

etc., stopped, business credit destroy.
ed.
The root of the whole difficulty
read for yourselves the full history.
MRS. NJ. A. TUCKE.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-10-09

Mrs. J. B. Borland and Misses Lou.
Use and Ethel Borland and Mrs. Harry
L. Borland and son, all of Citra. who
have enjoyed delightful summer Wis
iting in the north, arrived home Sun.
day.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-10-09

| The sanitary arrangements are per
feet, nothing having been neglected
| not even to the sanitary drinking
fountains on every floor, etc. A small
room has also been fitted up in the
| basement for the medical inspection
of the little children and when the
primary school moves into it's own
home this room will be used as a lit
tie emergency hospital. There are
also play rooms in the basement for
both boys and girls.
The lighting, ventilation, heating
and every detail of the new building
has been minutely attended to, and
nothing that can make for the COM
fort and convenience of the pupils
and teachers has been overlooked.
From his office on the second floor
the principal will call together and
dismiss all classes by a perfect sys.
tenn of electric bells.
F. NJ. Long & Co., of Jacksonville
were the contractors, Mr.. Earl V.
Mark, of Mark & Sheftall, Jackson
vile, it's architect, and Mr.. J. H. Ev-
ans of Jacksonville, the supervising
architect, looking after Marion coun-
tvs interests, and all have done their
work in a magnificent manner.
The North Ocala primary school
is also as yet unfinished, and for the
present school is being taught in one
of Mr.. Alfred Ayers cottages, near
the new school building.
Miss Ella Mendenhall is the eff
cient principal of this school, and her
assistant is Miss Collie Clark of this
city.
In few days the schools will be
moving along in perfect order, and all
parents are satisfied that their chill
dren are receiving the best possible
instruction in the best possible build
ings.
The total enrolment on the opening
day was as follows:
Beginners, 40; advanced primary,
65; second grade, So third grade. 75;
fourth grade, "a; fifth grade, rs; sixth
grade, As: seventh grade. 46; eighth
grade, So; high school, 1903; North
Ocala, 80. Total, 636.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-10-09

Mrs. r. o. Conner and three sons,
who have been spending the summer
in North Carolina, returned home
Saturday.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-10-09

Ocala's private kindergarten school,
taught by Miss Mary Gates and Miss
Frances Rowley also opened Monday
morning in the attractive little kim
dergarten building back of Mr.. W. T..
Garys home, with a very nice at.
tendance.