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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-05-29
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

-Constantinople papers publish in
terviews with wounded Turks, describ-
ing the terrible artillery and machine
gun fire, turning the earthworks into
"a veritable hell" Bayonet charges
continue in the ravines, and the Oar
danelles peninsula is thickly strewn
with the dead of both armies
President Wilson's prompt dis
claimer of any intention to declare, in
his Philadelphia speech recently, this
country's policy concerning the Lusi-
tania matter. has left official Washing
ton puzzled.
Charles T. Russell, an unordained
minister, known as Pastor" Russell
has lost his libel suit against the
Brooklyn Eagle The Eagle printed a
cartoon which, Russell claimed in his
petition, was intended to charge him
with dishonesty in the sale of his
miracle wheat
Assurances from the Turkish gov
eminent that Americans in Urumiah,
Persia, where bandit uprisings were
reported some weeks ago, were safe
and not in need of financial aid, have
reached Washington
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hams Vegetable Compound After tax
ing the third bottle of the Compound I
was able to do my housework and today
] am strong and healthy again. I will
answer letters if anyone wishes to know
about my case. Mrs. JOSEPH AsELIN,
Cos Fourth Avenue, Minneapolis, MINI.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harmful
drugs, and today holds the record of
being the most successful remedy we
know for woman's ills. If you need such
q medicine why don't you try it?
IF you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help you, write
to Lydia E.Pinkham MedicineCO.
(confidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened
read and answered by a woman
and held in strict confidence.
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JURY ACQUITS MRS. CARMAN

Mineola, n. Y, May 1e.-One hours
elaboration was sufficient for the jury
which had the fate of Mrs Florence
Carman in it's power to return a YER
dict late Saturday acQuitting the wife
of the Freeport physician of the
charge of numbering Mrs. Louise Bal
ley. The courts charge was unusual
ly favorable to the defendant Eight
months ago twelve men debated
eighteen hours without agreement.
Mrs. Bailey was killed by a bullet
fred from a revolver put through a
window in Doctor Carman's office The
prosecution sought to prove Mrs. Car
mans ''unreasoning jealousy of her
husband as a motive.
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POLICEMAN KILLS A FORGER

Austin, Tex, May 13.-After obtain
ing S29 on a forged check. Clyde r.
Burcham of Kansas City went to the
Missouri. Kansas & Texas depot here
last night, bought a ticket to Mem
phis and sat down to wait for his
train A patrolman who had been
given a report of the fraud and a de-
scription of the forger approached him
there and told him he was under ar
rest.
He was six feet two inches tall and
neatly dressed
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SAYS Fumes Killed MANY.

New York. May 11.-Hudson Maxim,
an expert on high explosives, says that
unQuestionably many of the Lusi-
rania's passengers were made uncon-
scious and some killed outright by the
poisonous gases from the torpedoes
which struck it.
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my sides which the
doctors said w re
caused by inf1amma-
ton. L suffered a
great d e al every
month and grew very
thin. l was under the
doctors care for two
long years without
any benefit Finally
after repeated sug-
gestions to try it we
got lydia e. Pink
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Another Pluneer Victim.

Sunderland, Scotland, May 11-Tha
steamer Wilhelmina. owned by the a
4 Bull Steamship Company, of 1886
tons. has been torpedoed and sunk by
o German submarine.
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Council Fiqhts Woman Mayor.

Warren, ILL.,, May S.-Victorious in
her first skirmish with members of
the council, Mrs. A. R. Garfield, may
or of Warren, issued a statement yes
terday threatening to import a man
for marshal unless the council con-
firms the candidate she already has
appointed.
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Boston Opera Company Failed.

Boston, May 1.-THE Boston Opera
Company, which produced grand opera
in this city for six seasons, filed a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy yes
terday. The schedule shows iabili-
ties of S216,0OO and assets of $4,000.
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ALIENS FOOT-EASE for the TROOPS
Over 100000 packages of Aliens Foot-Ease, the
antiseptic powder shake into your shoes,
being used by the German and Allied troops at
the Front because it rests the feet, gives in
slant relief to Corns and BunioDs, hot, swollen
aching, tender feet, and makes walking easy.
Sold every where, 25c- Try 1t TODAY. Don't
accept any substitute. Adv.
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Four over a Dam to Death.

East Liverpool. o., May 12.-Four
members of one family were drowned
here yesterday when a yawl in which
they were passengers was swept over
dam No 1 in the Ohio river at Mid
land. Pa
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Elect NAV STAY in Atlantic.

Washington. May 13--Though Sec
rotary Daniels did not confirm it,
there was a persistent navy depart
ment rumor yesterday that the Attain
tic fleets trip through the Panama ca
nal has been definitely abandoned
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seized Six swedish Ships

London, May IA Stockholm dis
patch to the Post says six more coal
laden Swedish steamers have been
seized by the Germans and taken into
Swinemunde.
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Allies Widen at Arras.
Hang Oklahoma Physician.

Norman, Ok, May 10.-Dr. B. E.
Ward, a well known physician, was
taken from the county jail here by
twelve masked men at z O'Clock yes
terday morning and his body was
found suspended from tree two miles
from town a few hours later
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DENY British Cabinet Rumor.

London, May 1S.-Reports that
Lloyd-George and certain others were
to retire from the cabinet and that
coalition cabinet was contemplated
was denied by the premier yesterday.
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Resume Anti-German Riots-

Liverpool, May 10.-The attacks
upon German shops. which began yes
terday, were renewed tonight, as the
result of the fury aroused by the sink
ing of the Lusitania.
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mans reputation for politeness
should be based on his attitude toward
the women of his own family.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-05-29

A faint heart seldom lands a fellow
in a breach of promise suit.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-05-29

Always proud to show white clothes.
Red Cross Ball Blue does make them
white. All grocers. Adv.
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midas cotton crop. is estimated at
100000 bales of 430 pounds each
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after SUFFERING
TWO LONG YEARS
Mrs. Aselin Was Restored to
Health by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.

Minneapolis, Minn.-'tAfter my little
one was born was sick with pains in
The Washington herald., 1915-03-28
BOWSER TSA SCARE
His Root Had a Kick in II.

One of Mr.. Bowser's hobbies is the
family medicine chest. and the quack
who wants to get his money has only
to so to him with some new spring
| tonic, a winter porous plaster. a fall
liver pad or an every day cure for
rheumatism. There is at this moment
in closet set apart in the Bowser
mansion for that purpose more sure
cures for coughs. colds. influenza. hay
fever. catarrh. toothache. rheumatism.
consumption. torpid liver. neuralgia.
fiatulency, general decline. yellow fe
yer. smallpox, cholera morbus and
pneumonia than any New York hos
pital could use in n month.
Mrs Bowser hasn't seen all this stuff
come into the house without n pro-
the least avail At the rrst word of
reproach Mr.. Bowser would turn on
Mrs. Bowser. how many doctors
and drug stores are there in this
country"
81 don't know"
'Of course you don't. II isn't your
business to know. do know. how
ever. and I'll tell you there are over
100000 doctors-one to about every
thirty of our population. Just think
of that, There are also nearly two
million drug stores. each one support
ed by about forty such people as you
are"
We'll" she asked.
We'll. it must follow that there is
mighty little sense among average
people TO run to a doctor every time
anything gets out of killer. Think
of the money thrown away
But nothing ever ails any of us
but headache" she protested.
NO: of course not. But why not7
Simply because I'm n prudent and far
seeing man. lock the stable before
the horse is stolen. In other words.
during the five years We have been
married | have saved us from at least
fifty fits of sickness. each one of which
would have cost at least $50 in cash.
We'll; ,hays you you been getting any
might as well throw il out of the
window, for we don't need it,"
Don't need it. Mrs. Bowser-dont
need it, he echoed. as he stood up
and waved paper package aloft But
we do need it. all of us need it. need
il bad. DO you know what season of
the year this is
of course. it's spring"
Well. what takes place in the
spring"
Various things"
Yes. and one of them is 4 sort of
collapse % the physical system. We
loose flesh. We are spleeny. We are
bilious and subject to chilis. We are
in just that state to invite 4 fever
to seize upon us. and IN nine cases
out of ten il would be fatal. Is il /
The Washington herald., 1915-03-28
DER GERMAN COBBLER

like To know if dot war in Europe
has brought troubles to some odder peo-
Pics hCsi'i.a me.
Nncu ] buys u paper dot says dere
vhI- war, | says IN myself:
50 Germany declares war. does she ?
Who'll. Nhas som" Dootchnans. und ]
stand l.y GCrInamy.
In ten minutes a man comes in to scc
lift on MS heel. lie vhas excited. He
says:
Say Hans. do YOU know dere vhas
Il do" ! says.
1t vhas Germany makes some war"
Il know it"
''Vhcll, what you do about it,
Il hope Germany shall lick
oh, You do. you old scoundrel YOU.
Ind he don't get no lift on his heel,
und h" hits me a cuff dot makes my
head ring for two hours. BY und by dot
leetlc German tailor comes in. und | tell
him about it. He holds oop his hands
und says:
BY some great horn spoons. Hans.
but you vhas Ger biggest fool in Amer
But Why"
Because you make folks mad ind
ruin your business. If You like Germany
10 win you mustn't say SO. You must
keep still about it
But don't ! he some DootChmans?' l
says.
some customers so? I shust keep quiet
ind h,. SOMEBODY else. Over here in
America Nc must not say who shall be
licked We must say What ticket DO you
wot" und What is your religion?
Dot tailor goes avhay. und a woman
comes in NIT 4 pair of shoes to be fixed
COP ind she saws:
Eth. Hans. We haf some war for a
CHANGE"
"Tcs
You vhas some Dootchmans. be-
lief
NO: vhas a Persian, und I don't
care about der war
- Persian2 II YOU Was a rersian
The Washington herald., 1915-03-28
UNCLE ELISHA SAYS
Words of Wisdom Brought Down to Date

old world to live in. when you have
traded jackknives insight and I'M
seen, and gothic best Of the trade.
you. and no ono can make you longer
doubt that the whale did actually
swallow Jonah. and maybe two or
three of his relations besides.
/ hold with thousands of others that
il is my duty to help spread the Cos
pei among the heather. but the other
with only 5o-cent piece in my pocket
and the contribution box under my
nose I settled the matter by dIscov-
ering rat in my pew. do not be-
of more than a nickle's worth of Cos
pei at once.
When ! lived next door to a doctors
pearins with undue rapidity. 1t was
SO when l lived next door to a school
house. 1t was so when I moved next
door TO hospital. In despair I moved
prayer meetings every Thursday
evening. and my wood disappeared
faster than ever. / don't go as far
as to say that any person took it.
time goes on-the world Is no respeC-
tor of any mans wood pile, however
much it may let his hay and oat,
alone.
1t has happened three different times
in my life that I have saved discour-
aged men from Il suicides grave, but
this is TO give notice that I have gone
out of the business. | have had to
financially support the trio more or
less since saving them.
] went to a lawyer and paid him q
fee of $40 for telling me what might
happen me If I shot a neighbours dog
Tor being nuisance. l'nOn
rival home ] learned that the dog
had been dead for two daYS Thus
The Washington herald., 1915-03-28

right up against US before they SAY
the ship. Their compass had been
broken and they had been lost for six
days on that fearful waste of ice
One man died of exposure that nign,
and two others were used up for a
month. Two weeks later the second
mate headed a party. but they only
went about fifteen miles to the north
They reported travelling so difficult that
they had to return. Nothing further
was done until the sun and daylight
came again. The the first mate set
half the distance he found open wa
ter and signs of 4 breakup and re-
turned.
No further efforts were made. Day
by day the sun lasted a little longer.
light. and at last gale cane TO
break up the great field and show ed
us streaks Of open water. When we
which had held the ship. we headed
for Point Barron, sometimes gaining
and sometimes losing ground. One day.
] remember, we made twenty miles to
the south: but on the very next a
change of wind packed the ice and
drifted us that far back 10 the north
We were slowly working down tooard
the straits. however. when one day
at noon. snow squall lasting about
two hours. drove us into n channss
running southwest. we had Scarcely
entered it before we caught sight or
a from
the north. and not over a mile to
the west of us. Twenty voices at once
cried out that the stranger was our
old craft. and as We neared each
other. running on the lonR lines OF
a triangle, everybody felt sure of IL.
We also noticed the crew on the mark
but 1t was only when the two crafts
were within a stones throw of each
other that matters were fully ex-
planned.
Who do you suppose the strange
men were? None others than the crew
of the Endurance. They had our
bark and we had their bark A swan
had been made Of crafts. Their ship
had hove up about the same time
ours did, and they had abandoned her
for the same reason. Instead of try
ing to make the land. they mad sought
to find n brig which had been sighted
- the north of them. This vessel
was a myth or some foreign vessel
which had gotten safely out and could
not be traced. In hunting for her
they came across our bark. Three
days only had passed. and yet she
had canted back to an eve0 keel. They
had boarded her, taken full posses
sion. and then workec aer out on the
break up. We changed crews and re-
sumed the voyage. and both crafts
entered the port of Nuweek together.
whence. later. on. both resumed the
business of whaling. II was called
sven up all around, and neither was
debtor nor creditor.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-28
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The Washington herald., 1915-03-28

vessel. At DAYLIGHT on the morpip O
of the fifth a squall came out of the
southwest. accompanied by snow. and
before noon the ice-feld was broken
up
At night the wind fell again. and
at o'clock the thermometer marked
AZ below As soon as the heaye of the
sea subsidized the ice was firmly weld
ed together again, and when morning
came there were hills and hummocks
in sight as big as the ship. The men
were now told by the mate that our
position was just about ninety miles
north of Smiths Bay. and that our
foe WAS no longer drifting. This Sig
nified that we were in for il, unless
some unlocked for streak of luck
came to our aid
For tho next month our life was
that so often described in the books.
Then sudden and terrible iu,errup
tion came. The bark began TO heaye
out. The first movement came about 10
o'clock in the forenoon, and filled
everybody with dire alarm. After
five minutes she heaved again. lifting
right out OF the solid field with great
cakes clinging to her. as II machinery
was at work. As she lifted she can't
ed to starboard, and at noon her decks
were at an angle of As degrees. It
The Washington herald., 1915-03-28

The only difference l can see be-
tween a modern statesman and a sue
cessful horse-trader is that the for
! mcr wears 4 frock coat most of the
time.
We can't he sure about these things.
The other evening at the postoffice
Deacon Bascomb announced that the
world was growing better all the time:
and on his way home he was robbed
OF 81 and his watch.
According to scientists and doctors
any man can live to be 70 years
old il he lives on the right sort Of
food. You may have seen this state
ment before. and you will recall that
it was followed by q new sort of
breakfast food making its appearance
on the market
All of us believe in prayer, of course.
and that's why we can't make out
why, during this war in Europe, the
sent up the harder has been the fight
ing. Perhaps IT ought TO be turned
the other end to.
happenings in this world. ] had just
passed a bogus half dollar on an I'M
suspecting grocer the other day when
an evening paper published my pic
ture with the announcement that /
was one of the few honest men of
the town. l didp't ask for correc-
ton.
night to rob the pockets Of her sleep
ing husband cannot be criticised too
harshly. and yet we must admit that
the wives who don't do ii never have
pin-money enough to puy a stick of
gum.
Farmer richards didn't have but
half a crop of corn last fall and the
rf., nf in nj nj
ing time he was kicked by a COW. and
he spent the next three months 'in
wondering why In thunder the COW
didn't kick the hired man instead of
the owner.
IT'S cold day I said to Mr..
Thompson as we met on the street.
Yes"
IT'S within FIVE degrees of zero"
Motive below"
Five above"
You are liar. Uncle 'Lish"'
And you are another
And II was because we both had
thermometers. and all thermometers
are liars.
Elisha said my wife as ! was
going down town. Il wish you would
stop at the store and get me a darn
ing needle"
when l caRsd for the article the mer-
chant replied that his stock was out.
After little bordering / made pur-
chase, however. and laid il in my
wif.'s ham, when I reached home.
But. Elisha" she said. instead of
one darning needle you have brought
me two sewing needles"
But are they not half the size"
"JNst about"
Then peace be with thee. for two
halves make whole one the world
over"
The man who poisons his own dog
while seeking TO poison his neighbor's
cat needn't feel so very much cha
grined over it. Humanity is SO consti-
tuted that a man who doesn't make a
fool of himself now and. then would
get to believing that ne was not earn
ing his salary.
In some communities they have tried
the experiment and il has worked out
fine. They have named a good salary
for their ministers and they have paid
it promptly in cash, and they have
had better sermons than when they
paid $500 a year. and paid it only
when the grocer and butcher were
ready to sue the pastor for their bills
1t takes money even to prepare ones
self for that better land.
After all. il takes very little to
make a man realize that this is q good
The Washington herald., 1915-03-28

the tea-kettle. started up a good fire
and at iHcrvals Of every FIVE minutes
he walked out to cool his face and
TO say to Mrs. Bowscr
doctors! Drug stores, Faugh, In n
self"
poured OF two quarts of dark liquid
which gave out an odor similar to that
OF a ripe cucumber flung against the
smoke house door in August. Being
alone in the kitchen at the time. he
of course took down the roller-towel
to strain in through. He then added
TO the liquid half a pint OF whisky.
an ounce of cloves. one nutmeg and
II all in an old fruit jar.
.'There-that's off my mind he
said. as lie returned TO the sitting
one tablespoonful three times a day
for you and twice that for me-
'If we need It"
go to all this trouble If we didn't
need 1t. | saw IN" signs of collapse
in your eyes ten days ago. and | may
not be in time 10 save your life. The
lEnoranc" and ohstinacy of some
women is amazing"
She was Interested in a book and
did not care TO pursue the argument
further. and nothing more was said
he went to the pantry and took a
pretty good pull at it. and rs he came
out wipinG off his chin he said:
You can begin tomorrow morning.
Lands. but that is tonic, | really
feel a year younger for that one
dose"
Then you won't need to buy any
other kind"
''Prohably not, but I am the best
judge OF that If you want to COL
lapse like an old wash-tub after six
weeks of dry weather. that's your
lookout. hut ! propose 10 live as long
as possible and TO have a good health
to back me-"
She had her revenge sooner than
could be hoped for. Mr. Bowser had
snored about ten times when his toes
began to crack. And a minute later
he was clawing around with his legs,
and when Mrs. Bowser gave him
nudge TO arouse him from sup
posed nightmare he sat up in bed and
exclaimed:
Lands. but how queer I feel, I'm
The Washington herald., 1915-03-28

| After rest of six hours we pushed
on again, and now our marches and
| rests were marked by hours. 1t was
terrible hard work crossing those ice
fields and five hours of pulling, haul
ing. climbing. and sliding were enough
to wear out the best man in the crew.
We had made forty miles or more.
and were strung out on the pack for
mile or so when the two of us who
were in advance to pick the route,
turned a large hummock or hill OF
ice TO find ourselves humping up
against three-masted ship. There
she lay, broadsidc to us and not over
fifty feet away. looming up. in the
darkness like a mountain. We rubbed
our eyes and looked again but it was
not a deception. We sent the news
back and waited until all had come
up. and then Capt. Tree went forward
with his mates and hailed her. There
was no response. and after hailing
her again the first mate climbed In
over the bows. In three or four min
utes he reported her abandoned. and
we all went on board. We soon found
her to be the Bristol ship "Endur.
ance." whaler. of course. and two
thirds full of blubber and oil. She
had n slight list to port, and after
looking her over. the officers said that
she had hove out, the same as our
bark, but had settled back again. She
had been abandoned in a hurry, as
there were many evidences. but an
inspection showed plenty Of provI-
sions aboard, and proved her perfect
~ sound. We had our bedding and
clothing and when IL was decided to
take possession Of her the crew was
pleased. In three hours after first
sighting her we were as much at
home aboard as IL we had formed the
original crew. She was a larger craft
than ours, and also better found. and
We profited by the change.
We had been aboard the "Endur-
ance" about a month when the car
penter fell sick. In his case II was
pure Inconsistencies and nothing else
He was moody and taciturn, and re-
fused to make any effort to throw on
the feeling, and at length took to
his bed. There was really no medicine
TO touch his case. He was slowly dying
because of his desire to get home to
his wife and BARNS. All OF US had a
touch of his malady, but We shook IL
on by hunting. trapping. INDUCING In