The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-09-10

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The American nag now floats over
more ships in the foreign trade than
at any time since 1868, and the United
States is pressing close on France and
Norway as a maritime nation. Ship
| ping for foreign trade has increased
1888 gross tons over 1914.
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Domestic.
Because of repeated acts of van
dalism, James B. Duke, head of the
American Tobacco Company, has
closed his 2,000-acre park in New Jer-
sey to the public. Instead of the ia
miliar signs This park open to the
public on Tuesdays and Fridays"
signs marked CLOSED" are up.
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The American Smelling and Refin-
ing Company of Denver has paid Har-
ry B. Tedrow, United States district
attorney, as representative of the fed
eral government, $112,766 as damages
and rent for the use of 3,475 acres of
Southern Colorado coal lands valued
at $1,0O0,000.
DR.. Wellington Koo, recently ap-
pointed Chinese minister to Mexico,
has arrived in San Francisco from
Hongkong, China, on the way to Wash
ington, where he will remain for some
time. DR.. Koo is graduate of Co
lumbia university.
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Three children were burned to
death, eight cottages destroyed and
three blown up to save others in a
fire at Lake Delavan, Wis, a resort
one night recently. The fire was
brought under control in time to save
the hotels.
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> A demand for better working con-
ditions, higher wages, uniform scales
and blanket wage contract is to be
made this week upon their employers
by 5000 women garment workers of
Chicago.
The United States coast guard cut
ter Bear, which carried the mails to
Point Barrow, the most northerly part
of Alaska, has returned to Nome and
reported that no word of Vilhjalmur
Stefansson, the explorer, and his two
companions has been received. Belief
is growing that all three have died.
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Sadie Walker, IS years old, jumped
from a moving Rock Island train at
Cashion, Ok, recently, and sustained
injuries which probably will result in
her death. She leaped from the car
without warning and it is believed
with suicidal intent.
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Henry Ford, multi-millionaire motor
car manufacturer, will be a private in
the ranks at the Fort Sheridan mill
tary camp for business men. Colonel
Frederick has accepted the Detroit
mans application. Ford was one Of
the first applicants for permission to
be rookie"
Steel mills and blast furnaces in
the Pittsburgh, Pa, district, and in
the East generally, are refusing to
accept orders for delivery the remain
der of the year. There remains a
large untitled tonnage for export, and
domestic demand is suffering for lack
of supplies in some lines.
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Two small boys, sons of Pearl
Phelps, farmer, near Scion Springs,
Wis, we're blown to pieces recently
when $50 pounds of dynamite explod-
ed. The dynamite had been stored in
an old shack near which the boys
were herding cattle.
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Under the direction of Charles M.
Schwab, president of the Bethlehem
steel corporation, American war
plants are to put the government of
China on a basis of military and naval
preparedness.
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America was discovered in APO A. D.,
according to the Rt. Rev. DR.. Mazzin.
ianda, swami and lord abbot of the
Jain sect of Buddhists, now in Amer
lea. Five Buddhist monks from Cobb,
China made the earlier discovery, he
says, and they landed near Monterey,
Cal
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The Fraternal Order of Policemen,
to which only patrolmen and plain
clothes men are eligible, has been or
ganized by Pittsburgh policemen. The
object Of the order, according to the
members, is to promote the mems
general welfare.
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w. Foreign.
General Won Kissing, military gov
ernor of Belgium, has issued an order
providing for the punishment of every
person who, without adequate reason,