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Barton County democrat., 1914-04-17

Attempting to fool the women sR
pears to be the favorite pastims q
our Bull Moose and Republics
friends these days. The Bull Moosa
and Republican platforms will proba.
by be framed along those lines. u
will probably be more difficult, hUW.
ever. to put something over On tha
women Of Kansas than II Is on tA&
men OF Kansas. When the women.
reflect that neither Mr.. Capper nne
Mr.. Allen have any record Of accoua
plishments along Legislative lines ana
that Governor Hodges b not only 'tha
author Of the present suffrage amenA
ment to the constitution which giveo
them the right to vote at the eenee.
al elections, but that he has placed
women at the head Of many import
ant state institutions and o. man
state boards and given them more rA
cognition In state affairs than they
ever had before, they are not going
to forget the difference betwe q q.
comphShment and promises. The
women of Kansas know that Govss.
nor Hodges has made good all his %
litical promises to them and they see
not likely to experiment with Henri
Allen or Arthur Capper.-LACrossa
Chieftain.
Barton County democrat., 1914-04-17
state and county treasury and remOv,
es about 80 per cent of the fees for.
merly received by county officials.

state and county treasury and remoV.
es about 30 per cent of the fees for.
merly received by county officials.
School houses should be opened to
the holding Of public meeting, said
Mr.. Capper. A recent legislature
thought so, too. And for more than
year there has been a provision to
that effect ON the statute books.
.Workmen's Compensation Act
Workmen's compensation was an,
other public need. But the legislature
Of 1911 realized the fact three years
before Mr.. Capper's s 1914 platform
was written and a workmen s com.
penSatim act was written and upheld
BY the supreme court. 1t was strength
ened by the 1913 legislature and
among lawyers is rated as one of the
best compensation acts in the coun-
try.
Cheap justice. That is one Of the
big demands for humanitarian laws in
the Capper platform for this year.
Yet the last legislature enacted what
Attorney General Dawson terms the
best law on the statute books for add
ing to the public respect for courts
of record. That law was the small
debtors court bill. Possibly Mr.. Cap.
per had small debtors court bill
in view when he outlined the issues
before the voters i'm this campaign.
Another thing to which MIR. Capper
pointed with scOCn was the states
positive refusal to recognize the wo-
men Of the state and to give them
places on the big boards and as headt
Of the state institutions. Yet here are
a few things that have actually been
done in Is months. Two women phy-
Sicians, one at TOpkea and another
at Osawatomie, have been placed in
charge of the unfortunate women in
mates Of the big state hospitals. For
the first time in the history OF the
state, a parole officer has been placet
in charge Of Girls Industrial school
Beloit. For years a woman has been
matTOn of this institution. Women are
now at the heads Of both the schools
for the deaf, school for the blind and
state orphans home. In fact, It is
claimed that more women are at the
head Of state charities in Kansas than
in any state in the union.
Perhaps when Mr. Capper made his
Emporia speech he did not know that
a good many Of his platform promises
for the coming campaign had already
been enacted into law. But the wo
men who attended the meeting and
heard the TOpekan read his speech
knew
Barton County democrat., 1914-04-17
COUNTY COMMITTEE MEETING

The Democratic County Central
Committee will hold a meeting on
Monday, April 20. at 8 O'Clock P. NJ,
in the office of the Barton County
Democrat, for the discussion Of mat.
ters Of importance to the party. All
members of the Committee are urged
to be present, as this is likely to be
the only meeting held before the n "
Committeeman are elected at tn
August primaries.
WILL E. STOKE, Chm.
Bring u your Job Work.
Barton County democrat., 1914-04-17
POLITICAL GOSSIP
'capper Platform Contains PIanks Al.
ready Laws. '..

Arthur Capper's long promised per
,sOQal platform for 1914 has atsonish.
ed many politicians, legislative mem.
.bers and state officials who recall
that at least eight Of the panks in
the carefully drafted platform have
either been enacted into law or are
being observed during the present
state administration. The Capper
platform, containing 20 separate and
distinct plalks and advocating both
state and nation wide reforms, was
read Friday might at the meeting of
the Good Citizenship league in EN-
pOria
The Capper platform was written
and read after the Republican state
committee had met in Topeka and
drafted a tentative platform in the
form of resolutions setting forth the
things which the party in Kansas rep
resented in the Judgment of the COM
mittee members. But that there
should be no question as to the pro-
gressive stand which the Topeka man
would take in his campaign, he went
beyond the provisions Of the state
committee and borrowed reforms from
the Republican, Progressive and Dem
Ocratic platforms and embodied them
in his personal declaration of prin-
ciples whether the state committee
saw fit to endorse them or not.
But that isn't the point. 1t is the
fact that many of the things for
which Capper preached the lOudest ar
longest in his appeal to the Kansas
women are already in the statute
books and are being observed and en-.
forced and hoNored and respected ir,
the same degree that the laws against
manslaughter and bigamy and liquor
tratficking are Obeyed. Possibly Mr..
Camper didn't know about the enact.
ments.
There was the white slave law. The
Brown bill, enacted by the 1913 legis-
lature after having been defeated in
the Republican session two years
prior, is now on the books and mum.
ber Of prosecutions and convictions
have already resulted from its pro-
visions. .
Then there was a plea for child vel.
fare and child labor. A child labof
law is and has been on the statute
books for number OF years and has
been quite successfully enforced. A
bureau Of child welfare has been
established at Kansas university and
Kansas is rated IN the front rank in
this reform. .s.
Wife desertion was one Of the
things which Mr.. Capper wanted sc.
Verely punished. The Travis act Of
1911 makes wife deSerttOn in Kansas
a criminal 0ffenSe and a number Of
men in the state pnitentiary al
Lansing know quite well of the pro
visions of the act.
Excessive fees was another thing
to which Mr.. Capper pointed as a
needed reform. The fee. and salary
Dill, passed In 1918, provides a new
fee schedule, turns fees into the
Barton County democrat., 1914-04-17
EGGS FOR SALE.

From my pen Of pure bred, high.
scoring White WyandotteS, $50 per
setting. Eggs from my farm flock,
Of pure bred birds, soc per setting,
$500 per 100. Let me supply your
incubator eggs. z. n. Ewing, Route
I, Pawnee Rock, Kansas.
Barton County democrat., 1914-04-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hagen and fam
lily autoed up from Comanche town
ship Sunday afternoon for a little
outing and visit with their many
Great Bend friends.
Barton County democrat., 1914-04-17
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

The evening sermon will b tAa
third Of the series 70 Sunday evnhnr
addresses given during April. suhs.
ject: What VIII We Take wa
Us?'
EYervOne mazda uneLeona
Barton County democrat., 1914-04-17

Martin Keenan, was a business visi.
tor from Clarence township Saturday.
Barton County democrat., 1914-04-17

Everyone made welcome.
Evening star., 1914-08-02
PLAYGROUND CHILDREN
HAVE EXHIBITION GAMES
Pupils of Phillips School in Contests
While Parents Look On
Their Efforts.

A large number Of parents witnessed
the various activities Of their children
at the Phillips School playground yes
terday afternoon. The grounds. as in
preceding years, are open this summer
for six weeks.
Exhibition games of basket ball and
volley ball were played. The youngsters
also took part in relay races. potato
races. ring games and folk dances
DR.. Marie B. Lucas, the principal
speaker, emphasized. in her address. the
growing need for Fairgrounds to aid in
the physical. mental and moral develop
ment of children. Allusion was made to
the campaign among the children Of
Washington to exterminate the fly, and
diseases transmitted by the pests were
enumerated.
Winners in events were: Girls, bas-
ket ball-Eva Hall, Jennie Granderson.
Lucy Brown, Maize Locke and Beatrice
Brown.
volley ball-Gladys Duncan, Eloise
Butler, Helen Allen, Lillian Webb,
Louise Hall and Beatrice Brown.
Shuttle relay-Eloise Beason, Charles
Turner. Josephine Lee, Gertrude Nc
ington. Agnes Hall and Rosetta Nc
Boys: Basket ball-Ferdinand Myers.
French Carter. Robert Hankins. Charles
jackson and Randolph Ridgley. Score.
IL to 10.
Relay race-Parker Marshall. John
Anderson, William Hall and Albert
Johnson.
Fifty-yard dash-John Jones.
Potato race-John Hall
Monday, August 10, will be devoted
to an industrial exhibit.
Evening star., 1914-08-02
BOX OF FANCY BEADS
CAPITAL OF RUNAWAY
Russell Young and Companion
Started on Bicycles to See Life
and Leave No Trace.

A box Of fancy beads is the stock in
trade carried away by Russell Brooke,
the fifteen-year-old boy who disappeared
from his home. 1872 l. street. Tuesday
morning. The boy and his bicycle have
not been heard from. Another youth is
supposed to be his companion in this ad-
venture.
Russell Brooke told some Of his play
mates. before he disappeared. that he
was going away. His father. H. Y.
Brooke. state examiner Of public accounts
of Alabama, learned this. in trying to
find trace Of his son. Nothing said by
the boy to his parents gave suspicion Of
such purpose.
Mr. Brooke is in Washington to exam
inc the pension roll for the record of
Alabamians. The work will probably
keep him here year or longer. He
brought his son here to be with him and
to see the National Capital.
Russell Brooke and his companions on
this escapade both rode bicycles when
they started on this adventure. They
Will attempt to barter the beads they
carry for food, it is supposed.
A description of the missing boy has
been sent to other cities. No response
had been received up to q late hour last
night
Evening star., 1914-08-02
LICENSES UNDER THE
jONES-WORKS LAW
Number of Saloons to Be Reduced
From $50 to 300-Fee Much
Increased.

Sixteen applications for. permission to
engage in the liquor business in the
District of Columbia during the license
year that begins November 1 were filed
yesterday with the excise board.
The Metropolitan Company, which
conducts the barroom in the Riggs
building. was the first to make a de-
posit under the provision of the Jones'
Works law. This law went into opera
tion for the first time yesterday. In
creasing the amount for retail license
from $1,000 to $500 and for wholesale
from $500 to $500. The law requires
that applications be filed during Au-
gust.
OF the sixteen applications fourteen
were for retail and two for wholesale
establishments. There are now ap-
proximately $50 barrooms in operation.
~ hhe law directs that this number shall
be reduced to not more than 500 by
November l. The excise board, there
lore. will be compelled to deny about
$50 applications should renewals be
sought by ali present license holders.
No limitation is placed on the NUM-
Der OF licenses that may be issued for
wholesale establishments. There are
row 1O7 in operation.
During the months Of September and
october the board will consider applica-
received.
Although the number of retail licenses
IS to be reduced. the District will re-
ceive approximately the same amount
OF revenue on account of the Increase
In the license fee. 1t is estimated that
the municipality will receive about
$4,000 from retail liquor licenses,
while the income from wholesale
licenses will increase this amount bv
approximately SSJ.MD making total re-
ceipts OF about $535,000.
Evening star., 1914-08-02
TREASURY CROP FUNDS
T0bE AVAILABLE SOON
Secretary McAdoo Says Banks May
Have Money When They Com
ply With Conditions.

Secretary McAdoo announced last
night that the $34,000.o00 which the
Treasury will deposit in national banks
to help in the movement Of crops
would be available as soon as they
complied with conditions outlined to
them yesterday. The money will be
deposited by installments of from 26 to
SO per cent Allotments by states
probably will be announced this week.
Conditions outlined in the depart
ments letter to the banks stated. in
part:
1T is understood that such deposits
are made to prevent or mitigate the
financial tension so common at this
period Of the year incident to the
movement of crops. and that the funds
received by the banks will be used in
good faith for this purpose and not for
speculative or other transactions. 1t
is not intended that such funds shall
be utilized by the depositaries select
cd to discharge their obligations to
other banks. such as rediscounts or
bills payable. but in order that the
legitimate purpose OF the deposit may
be accomplished the banks receiving
same will be expected to extend to
the banks in smaller towns such ac-
commodations as may be consistent
with sound and conservative princi-
pies of banking, and that in all cases
the rate of interest charged such
banks will be moderate and reason
able"
Evening star., 1914-08-02
BRITISH JOY DAMPENED.
Colin Bell Was Ill When Bombardiey
Wells Beat Him.

LONDON, July 25-The operation for
abecess in the ear upon Colin Bell. the
Australian heavyweight. has cut short
the joy Of British boxing enthusiasts over
the recent victory of Bombardier Wells.
Bell. his physicians now say, was a
sick man when he stepped into the ring
ws;h the Bombardier. and should never
have been allowed to fight But this
:act was carefully concealed from the
public by his managers. who denied
rt.mors of the kind previous to the fight.
Beii admits he thought the fight was so
easy he could win even in bad condition,
and helped in the deceit. He says he is
promised another match with Wells, as
soon as he recovers.
The operation was serious. taking about
Two and half hours. Besides the alb
sccssed ear. his nose and bronchial tubes
were blocked with blood clots the night
OF the fight.
In view of his condition. the rejoicings
Of the British press over Wells Opening
back and English prestige restored"
are now thought to have been premature
Evening star., 1914-08-02
SHOT BY FRIEND UPON
whom HE PLAYS JOKE
Midland, Va, Veterinarian Is Pain
fully Wounded as Result of
His Own Prank.

William c. James. fifty years old,
veterinarian, whose home is at Midland,
Va. was brought to this city last night
and taken to Emergency Hospital for
numerous wounds received when he was
shot by Murray Courtney. his closest
friend and neighbor. He explained that
friend having shot him while he was
playing practical joke.
James and Courtney had an engage
ment to attend picnic yesterday. the
wounded man explained. and Friday night
on his way home James thought he would
stop and tell Courtney he would have
to break the engagement.
The hour was late enough for a caller
to announce himself from a distance, it
is stated. II he did not want to run the
risk OF being taken for an intruder and
shot or otherwise roughly handled,
James and Courtney were such close
friends, however. that the former never
gave shooting a thought, and approach
ing the house as noiselessly as possible
he thought he would have little fun
Who is that coming?" demanded
Courtney.
James made no response, but proceed.
ed through the darkness in the direction
OF the house. A second shout for infor-
nation was treated with silence, and
then Courtney sounded a warning, but
before James could heed 1t shot was
fired James turned and started to run.
Dozens Of bird shot entered his back,
aoandsd and he fell to the ground painfully
1t was not until the shot had been
fired that James managed to call his
name. Courtney. distressed over the
shooting. assisted his friend into the
house and summoned a physician. The
latter found the wounded mans con-
Evening star., 1914-08-02
OPEN SUNDAYS EREAFTER.
Washington Monument Also to Be
.. Accessible on HOLIDAYS.

Beginning today, the Washington
monument will be open to the public
every Sunday and legal holiday here
after from 1880 pm. to 4:s0 pm, un-
ii, otherwise ordered. Action to that
end has been taken by Col. W. w.
Harts. engineer officer in charge of
public buildings and grounds. in con-
formity with q provision of the sundry
civil appropriation act. which was ap-
proved by President Wilson yesterday
In the general appropriations for the
care and maintenance of the monument
and the operation of the electrical ele-
Nator Is special provision appro-
priating $500 'foT extra services of
employees and additional employees and
Tor additional supplies and materials
20 provide for the opening of the
Washington monument to the public
on Sundays and legal holidays"
Evening star., 1914-08-02
GETS BATTLESHIP CONTRACT.
British Firm to Build Most Powerful
Ship for Brazil.

LONDON, July 25.-The Brazilian gov
ernment has placed contract with a
British firm for a battleship to take the
place of the one sold to Turkey. and now
known as the Sultan Osman. The new
vessel will be the most powerful armor-
clad warship in the world, and will great
ly exceed in offensive power and de-
fensivc qualities any battleship at present
afioat
The total length will be go feet, and
the width 94 feet. while the tonnage will
amount up to 3O. 500 tons. She will carry
eight 15-inch guns fourteen 6-inch shells.
ten 4-inch guns. and two torpedo tubes.
On the main belt, barbettes and gun
shields the protection will include 1917
inch armor.
In some Of the latest British battleships
now building 15-inch guns will be mount
ed, but the stoutest armor today is only
twelve inches thick.
Evening star., 1914-08-02

mately so.ooo. 900 "a year.
Mr.. Brandeis declared that "a sum
approaching $100, 100000 year is easily
within the railroads grasp II methods
Of conserving revenues which are being
suggested are adopted"
The greatest opposition from shippers
came from those interested In coal ana
petroleum, and it was charged by tnde-
pendent refiners that the increased
Oil Company at the expense Of the inde-
pendent concerns.
Various attempts were made to repre-
sent President Wilson as being in favor
Of the increase, but he took the stand
that the case was before quasi
judicial body, and no word of the Presi-
dents attitude ever was ofi1cially given.
He did. however. express the view that
the case should be determined without
any unnecessary delay.
Evening star., 1914-08-02
New Studebaker Features.

Washington representatives OF the
Studebaker have received formal notifi-
cation OF the details of the new Stude-
baker -Four and six cars. In addi-
ton to many improvements in design,
the news is Of especial interest. as It in
wolves a radically lower scale OF prices
than anything heretofore asked for cars
Of such quality. Reduced weight great
er roominess, more powerful motors and
attractive lines are other points of the
announcement.
Evening star., 1914-08-02
"YUM, YUM" SAYS CAPITAL:
WATERMELON SEASON ON
Two Power Boats Bring in $500
From the Rappahannock
River.

Inc watermelon season is on at the
nth street wharf market Two power
ooa,s the Ruth and the Annie May. with
loo melons aboard from the Rappahan
mock river. are the vanguard of the
melon fleet, but others are expected to
arrive today and tomorrow, and by the
middle of the week it is thought the
season will be in full swing.
There was good demand for the melons
Yesterday, the dealers reported, and
during the day a good proportion of the
cargoes of the two vessels was sold to
uptown dealers for the Saturday night
trade. 1t is stated that the melons which
are coming from the Rappahannock
river are of excellent quality and are
selling at s25 hundred for selects, s1s
for primes. and Sc for culls.
Where Melons Come From.
Most of the melons expected in the next
Few days will come from the Rappahan-
mock river. but the Washington market
draws from North Carolina, the patches in
the vicinity of Norfolk and over on the
eastern shore of Virginia. as well as from
The York river and the Potomac. 1t is
said 1t will be week or ten days be-
fore the Potomac melons begin to arrive
Reports received by the dealers here
rom the melon-growing country. It Is
stated. indicate a fair crop. which was
retarded considerably by the cool and
wet weather of the early spring.
Busy Season Last Year.
Last season the first .nelon-laden YES
sci the schooner NJ. D. Nutter arrived
here on the afternoon of July 3, and
from that tine until the end of the sea-
son in the middle of October about
10000 melons were landed on the melon
wharf The opening of the melon season
Is the beginning of the busy time at the
wharf market for several months.
Before the melon season Is over. oys-
ters will be coming and the oyster sea-
son will run into the spring fishing sea-
son. SO that from now until about the
early part of May next year something
viii be doing at the oyster wharf all the
time The dealers in melons at the wharf
market have made all arrangements for
handling the shipments as fast as they
can be brought in.
Evening star., 1914-08-02
One Of Many.

Prom the Boston Transcript.
Jack proposed to me in such an origi-
nal way
How, dear"
He asked me II I would permit him to
add another engagement ring to my col
lection"
Evening star., 1914-08-02
WHAT He Prayed For.

From the Boston Transcript.
Bobby. suppose you say your pray
ers every night"
"Yes'm."
And what are the things you pray
fort"
Mostly that pop won't find out what
I've been doin' through the day
Evening star., 1914-08-02
The Opposing Contentious.

The opposing contentious were in ef-
feet that the railroads were constantly
enjoying higher revenues: that they
spent more on improvements last year
than any other year in nis-ory: that
one terminal alone. built ut cost OF
10S,O0O.000, would have built an en-
tire railroad from New York to Chi
cago," and, above all, that the free
services which the railroads performed
for large Industrial concerns. would.
Evening star., 1914-08-02

dition was not critical and later took |
James to his home, a mile away
Courtney remained with James most
of the time until the latter was
brought to the hospital.
Evening star., 1914-08-02
Heard at the Station.

From the Boston Transcript.
where's the bulldog?
I'm the baggage car"
"On account of his grip. / suppose"
Evening star., 1914-08-02
The Owner Loses

The owner loses for good
what he has lost when he
fails to advertise the fact of
the loss in The Star. The
finder will seldom find the
loser unless what's been
lost is advertised in The
Star. All the people of
Washington read The Star.
Telephone your Want Ads
to The Star. Phone Main
244O.
Evening star., 1914-08-02

The first Photographic portrait taken
was Of Mrs. Dorothy Draper, in 1889. by
her brother. DR.. John Draper.
Evening star., 1914-08-02
Favors Property Sale.

'The commission suggests that as soon
as reasonable opportunity offers. proper
ties heretofore required by the carriers
which are not used or held by them for
transportation purposes be sold.' adding:
From compilations prepared by the
commission Of the incomplete replies to
our questions. 1t appears that the aggre-
gate cost of such investments in official
classification territory was more than
1854, coo eco. Included in these are prop
critics Of the aggregate cost of $1S3. 49,
$780, from which no net income whatso-
ever was received in the year 1918. These
Investments by the carriers have
through increasing the amount Of capital
required to be raised. imposed in many
cases q great and unnecessary strain
upon the carriers credit. with the result
of an increased charge on all new capt.
tai secured and sometimes Of preventing