Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-07-10
The Commissioners of Jefferson
County Must Provide Funds
to Pension Mothers.
GOV. CAPPER ACTS PROMPTLY
Allowed to Abrogats Provisions
of Statute.

children of the county suffer for lack
of necessaries of life received shock
when Governor Capper and s NJ
Brewster, attorney general, told them
no Kansas county would be allowed to
abrogate the terms of the Mothers
Pension Law enacted by the last legis-
latiure.
In the official paper of Jefferson
county, recently, this notice appeared:
I'VE, the board of commissioners of
the county of Jefferson, state of Kan
sas, hereby servie notice that we will
not make any allowances under the
Mothers Compensation Act
THAT law was made to keep poor
women and children from suffering,
the governor said when he saw the no
tice. He asked the attorney general
to look up the law The attorney gen.
era1 notified the governor that it was
mandatory upon every board of coun-
ty commissioners in Kansas to pro-
vide the pensions and that no board
may ignore the law He also sent
brief but pointed letter to the Jeffer
son county commissioners and the
county attorney
The pensions will be granted, the
state officials say.
Tornado Near Mound City.-A tor
nado which destroyed about ten farm
houses and twice many barns and
silos in Linn county recently, was fol
lowed by rainstorm that was almost
cloudburst. The tornado formed
near Selma, in Anderson county, and
crossed the county line north of Blue
Mound, passed in northeasterly d1-
rection, missing Centerville, but tax
ing out more than thirty farm build
ings in a path less than a quarter of
a mile wide. A woman was injured
on the c. o. Hoag farm, twelve miles
northwest of Mound City, but is ex-
pected to recover.
Biggest Kansas Woman Dead.-Miss
Mabel Hammond, aged 26, and known
as the heaviest woman in Kansas, is
dead at her home near Harlan. Her
weight was 500 pounds, but until her
last illneess she was remarkably &C
tive. Her sister, Bertha weighs sos
pounds
Negro browns at Paoia.-John Tou-
sci, a 19-year-old negro youth living
in Kansas City, was drowned at Paola
the other afternoon in Wallace park,
which is flooded, when a boat over
turned
injured in Runaway.-John Beard.
a retired farmer. was dangerously in
jured in a runaway at Winfield. A
light wagon in which he was riding
was demolished in the accident, and
Mr.. Beard suffered a conclusion of
the brain.
Died from Brothers. BulIet.-James
Spicer, 9 years old, died in a hospital
at Pittsburg from a bullet wound acct
dentally inflicted by his younger
brother.
The Spoiled ChiId's Debut.-The
first issue of the Spoiled Child, a
weekly publication for the Normal
summer school. appeared recently.
Baker Brownell. head of the Normal
school department of journalism, is
editor-in-chief. and the staff will be
changed each week.
New Pest.-"Barber worm" is the
name given by farmers for new
wheat pest which has been discovered
in Reno county. The worm gets its
name from the fact that it shaves the
boards of the wheat off clean. ]. E
Merritt, farmer living near Hutch1n
son, showed a bundle of wheat, ths
beard of which had been eaten from
every head.
Fought with Carl Schurz.-JohI
Yocker. IS years old, a veteran in thu
Prussian revolution with Carl Schurz
is dead in Safina. He came to Thu
country in 1879. Mr.. Yockers joine,
the Prussian revolution when he wa
Is years old and after being captured
he was sentenced to death for trea
son. His father assisted him to es
cape.
New Teacher for Aggies.-Mis
Blanche Enyart, director of physics
education for girls in the Westpo,
high school, Kansas City, has bee
elected instructor in the Kansas Stag
Agricultural college. She will hav
charge of the work in physical trail
ing for women
Gate rpiilar Tractor in Kansas
tractor of the caterpillar type. such g
is used to transoe TT big guns in e
pc. vas put to work recently on tn
90o-acI farm of Charles. Thomas an
Hatthe W Ionach, west Of Sabetha. TIL