The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-05

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A resolution has been submitted to
the Texas legislature by Senator
Johnson, by which 1t is proposed to
submit to a vote of the citizens OF
Texas a proposition to create new
state from the western half of Texas.
The proposed new state would be
called Jefferson"
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William ]. Cummins, the banker,
who is serving a term of four years
in Sing Sing prison for wrecking the
Carnegie Trust Company, New York,
has been elected chairman of the
Golden Rule Brotherhood of the
prison.
Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the
Federal Commission on Industrial Re-
lations, has announced that the com
mission would conduct in Chicago an
investigation into the entire traspor.
tation conditions of the country early
next month.
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The jobless of New York are just
$4,000 better off as the result of a
sermon" delivered recently by ex-
President Theodore Roosevelt at the
Metropolitan opera house. The box
office receipts-given to helping the
unemployed-were $4,000. A like
amount was raised by collection and
Colonel Roosevelt then gave $4,000.
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Governor Dunno, greatly moved,
listened to the appeal of Marietta Sny-
der 10 years, Rockford, ILL.,, who has
had to act as head of a household of
five, caring for an invalid father and
three young children. She sought the
release of her mother who received a
4-year sentence about a month ago
for conspiracy.
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A shortage of seventy-six thousand
tons of food for the relief Of Belgium
refugees must be made up within the
next three months by the commission
for relief in Belgium or many people
will perish, Vice-Chairman Lindon w.
Bates has announced to relief COM
mittees throughout the United States.
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James Henry Parker, president Of
the Mutual Alliance Trust Company
and active among business men in
New York is dead, after an illness OF
several weeks from blood poisoning,
resulting from a slight cut caused by
broken glass in a swinging door.
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Shipment of live stock to other
states from the Pittsburgh Hers Is
land stock yards has been stopped UNI
til the fumigation Of the yards, made
necessary by the presence last week
of stock infected with foot and mouth
disease.
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I'VE don't want anything from
working people" said the leader Of
two masked highwaymen holding up a
street car at Fort Smith, Ark, when
they returned fifteen cents to the con.
ductor, after relieving him of $S5 of
the companys money.
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California, the countrys chief pro-
Queer of raisin grapes, had a crop of
$50 million pounds in 1914, an increase
of 81 million pounds over the previous
year. The state viticultural commits
sioners' report just made public places
the market value of the crop at seven
and half million dollars, and the
net profit to growers of the raisins at
one and a half million dollars.
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An embargo against the shipment
of cattle, sheep or hogs from the Chi
cago Union Stock Yards has been re-
stored by the United States bureau
of animal industry, in an order to Dr.
U. G. Houck, chief veterinarian of the
bureau.
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Ward NJ. Snyder said to be widely
known oil man of Pittsburgh, Pa,
killed his wife, who was a patient in
Houston, Tex, sanitarium, and
swallowed poison.
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Three men were wounded, one prob
ably fatally, at Houston, Tex, when
police pursued youthful bank rob.
Der to house in the residence dis
trict and engaged in a pistol battle
with the occupants. None of the Off.
GERS was shot.
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Woman's suffrage and rapid
change in public sentiment causing a
80 per cent decrease in the liquor
business, are held responsible for in
voluntary bankruptcy proceedings
against the Ernst Tosetti Brewing
Company.
The Chicago Drug Club enlivened
it's banquet at the Hotel Sherman by
having a woman ride a large white
horse among the diners. She dis
tributed cosmetics to the women
guests.
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Foreign Affairs.
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