Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-05-09
CLUB WOMEN TO AID GOODS
Good Citizenship League Starts Move
ment for Girls Dormitories at
Static Schools.

A statewide movement for dormi-
tories for women at K. U. and other
state educational institutions was be-
gun at recent meeting of the Wo-
mems Good Citizenship League at
Emporia, when resolutions were
passed providing for an appeal to the
legislature for the installation of
dormitories.
The Kansas Federation 70 Women's
Clubs also will work for women's
dormitories and in addition will try to
influence the legislature in behalf of
the mill tax for the support of state
institutions. Prof. Alberta Corbin, of
the University of Kansas and Mrs.
Eustace Brown, advisor of women at
the University, will appear before the
annual meeting of the Federation at
Wichita, May 4, 5, and 6, and will
speak in favor of the dormitories and
the mill tax.
Miss Genevieve Chalkley, of Law
renee, is president of the Citizenship
League. which recently met at EN-
poria- Mrs. Brown is chairman of the
legislative committee of the State
Federation of Women's Clubs Both
of these women are strenuous work
eds for the mill tax and for women's
dormitories.
Dogs are Cattle There.-Dogs are
cattle according to the action of the
city council at Salina, and after the
taxes provided by state law and city
ordinance have been paid the dog may
be taken up and impounded if it tres
passes on neighbours yard the same
have to pay for all damages or the
dog will be killed
Shortage is sso,ooo.-searcnlng
through the records of o. W. Jones,
former county treasurer of Sedgwick,
Tom Boydston, special auditor hired
by the county, reports that he has
found an apparent shortage of more
than $4,000.
Woman Took Poison.-'Tired of
life, Mrs. William Baker of McPher-
son attempted suicide by swallowing
the contents of a bottle of poison A
physician was called and Mrs. Baker
was revived.
Attacks Wichita Girl. H. Elem,
an insurance and loan agent of Wich-
held captive for more than an hour
and tortured, while her escort, George
Grove, Friends university student,
was held at bay at the point of gun.
| The report created a big stir there
Mr.. Elem says the thug failed in his
purpose, but that his daughter is suf-
fering from severe nervous shock.
| Private detectives have been employed
to hunt the assailant, and a reward
| of $1,000 for his arrest has been Of
fered by the father and his friends.
Commissioners outvote MAYOR
After fight that lasted two weeks,
| Mayor Babb of Wichita was beaten
in the contest to name a city clerk TO
succeed William Sence, who resigned.
w. ]. Mclean, a merchant, was ap-
pointed clerk by vote of the four
commissioners Mayor Babb refused
to VOTE
Defeats Caney Debaters.-Burling-
ton won the semi-finals in the Kan
sas high school debating league by
defeating Caney Highs, who won the
championship in two districts.
Sells Bankrupt store.-Joseph NJ.
Schaap, a New York city merchant,
who bought at auction the stock, fix
lures and building of the bankrupt
Cox-Blodgett Dry Goods Company of
Wichita for SIS, 700, announced that he
would organize a $500 corporation
and resume the business.
|
Auctioneer Dies.@Col. Sam Lang
worthy, a well known resident and
one of the oldest settlers of Clay
county, is dead in Clay CENTER Colo
mel Lang worthy was born in England.
came there in an early day.