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Gilpin observer., 1915-08-26
Foreign

Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli, dean
of the Sacred College. is dead at Rome
at the age of 81.
1t was announced by the minister of
finance that the deficit of Peru for
1915 aggregated s1,500,0OO.
Thirty-nine persons lost their lives
in the sinking of the steamer Arabic,
the White Star line announced after
completing an investigation regarding
the total number of persons aboard.
To celebrate their silver wedding
anniversary, the Prince and Princess
of Thurn and Taxis, in Regensburg,
have created charity fund Of 100000
marks for the benefit of the inhabi-
tants Of Regensburg.
Reuter- dispatch from Petrograd
says: almost unbelievable details of
Turkish massacres of Armenians in
Bitlis have reached Petrograd. In one
village 1000 men, women and children
are reported to have been locked into
wooden building and burned to
DEATH
The Toxic Kokumin Shimbun says:
has decided to give greater assistance
to Russia to prosecute the war. He
could not discuss details, but allowed
it to be understood that this assist
ance would take the form of forward
ing of greater supplies of munitions"
The Overseas news agency at Ber-
lin gave out the following: Official
reports from Sofia and Constantinople
state that Turkey and Bulgaria have
signed new treaty, Turkey granting
Bulgaria her desired direct railroad
connection with the sea, and Bulgaria
agreeing to observe benevolent
neutrality"
For the first time in the history of
the Japanese empire, extending over
$500 years, an emperor is to accede
to the throne in the presence of the
representatives of his people. That is
one great reason why the coronation
Of Emperor Yoshihito, which takes
place on Nov. 10, is regarded as one
of the supreme events in Japan.
The Paris foreign office upon rec
ommendation of the minister of war,
has awarded a gold medal to Mrs. w.
X. Vanderbilt of New York, president
of the American committee for cloth
ing the wounded. In comforting the
medal the foreign office expresses ap-
probation of the services of Mrs Van
derbilt, whose active sympathies have
so often come to the aid of our
wounded"
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-26
WILL AERoPLANEs STOP WAR
orrvIIie Wright 10 Moved to Say He
Likes to Think So,
Anyhow.

Did you ever stop to think that
there is very definite reason why the
present war in Europe has dragged
along for a year with neither side
gaining much advantage over the
other? The reason, as figure 1t out.
is aeroplanes, Orville Wright writes
in Golfers. In consequence of the
scouting work done by the flying ma
chimes. each side knows exactly what
the opposition forces are doing.
There is little chance for one army
to take another by surprise. Napoleon
won wars by massing his troops at un-
expected places. The aeroplane has
made that impossible. 1t has equal
lied information. Each side has such
complete knowledge Of the others
movements that both sides are obliged
to crawl into trenches and fight by
means Of slow, tedious routine rather
than by quick, spectacular dashes.
My impression is that before the
present war started the army experts
expected It to be matter of few
weeks or. at most, q few months. Today
It looks as If 1t might run into years
before one side can dictate terms.
Now, nation that may be willing to
undertake war lasting few months
may well hesitate after engaging in
one that will occupy years.
The daily cost of great war is OF
course stupendous. When this cost
runs on for years the total is likely to
be SO great that the side which wins
nevertheless loses. War will become
prohibitively expensive. And the
scouting work in flying machines will
be the predominating factor, as It
seems to me. in bringing this about.
! like to think 80, anyhow.
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-26
COLDS SIREN LURE FOR MEN
Hardship and Death Dared by Thou
sands That They May Gain
Riches Quickly.

1t was in 1898 that the rush of gold
seekers to the Klondike reached its
flood. The ninety-eighters probably
never will know the fame of the forty
miners, but they have a place in the
long history Of the gold hunters. the
men OF all nations. ancient, medieval
and modern. The book has hundred
chapters telling Of failure and Of death
to every one lightened with the story
Of success.
H. M. Cadell recently visited the
present conditions. He describes them
and adds an interesting account Of the
early day rush to the Northwest terri
tory. The Smithsonian institution has
put Mr.. Cadell's report into print. It
is an interesting document. Some Of
the happenings In the Klondike were
duplicates of like happenings in Cali
fornia and Australia during the first
years of the surface washing in those
fields. These Implications show that
human nature is unchanging.
Men went to the Klondike daring
hardship and death that they might
get rich quick. Some of the gold
seekers were quickly successful. A
large percentage of the successful
ones almost literally threw their mon-
ey away. Easy come. easy go. This
sort of thing has marked gold min
ing in all ages The Klondike is not
what It was, but human nature stays
the same. The discovery Of gold at
the North pole would start . north
ern migration that would take no &C
count of the insuperable obstacles of
distance and cold. The lure Is ire
sistible.-Chicago Post
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-26
PRoTEcToRATE OVER HAITIANs.
}. S. to Take Over Revenues and
Police of Black Republic.

Port au Prince, Haiti, Aug. 25.-
The American government has ad-
dressed the government of Haiti. ex-
pressing its desire that there be ac-
cepted without delay the draft of a
convention for ten years under which
there shall be established an effective
control of Haitian customs as well as
as administration of the finances Of
the country under n receiver-general
and American employees.
Under the terms of the convention
both municipal and rural police are to
be natives. under the command how.
ever, of American officers. The plan
includes the arrangement of the debts
of Haiti to foreigners and agreement
to cede no Haitien territory to any for
eign power except the United States.
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-26
Tho Bonnie Conductor Lass e.

Edinburgh. Scotland. has two dozen
women street car conductors who are
Q thorough success in the new line Of
work. Other tramways are already
recruiting girls and training them to
be conductors. 1t is said that girls
working in the English cartridge fac
tories are so fred with patriotism
that some of them work thirty hours
In stretch without any rest. Miss
Elizabeth Lister has been appointed q
stationmaster in South Wales, the first
woman to act in that capacity. In
the north Of England and in Scotland
and Wales the men workers are being
supplanted in the fields by women.
who can be seen following the har-
row or digging and hoeing.
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-26
NOTHING TO Be Said.

Judge-You admit. then. that you
stole the loaf of bread?
Woman Prisoner-Yes. your honor.
Judge-What have you to say for
yourself?
Woman-Nothing your honor. II II
was lace or jewelry. I might plead
kleptomania, but We can't try that
when it's bread.
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-26
Edison Secs Years Of Prosperity

East Orange. n. beyond the hec-
tic flush which immense orders have
given business conditions. Thomas A.
Edison sees seven years of untram-
meled prosperity ahead for the U. s.
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-26
Frost in North Dakota and Manitoba.

st. Paul. Minn.-Light frosts were
reported Tuesday by the official
weather bureau here to have fallen at
Minot, Napoleon. Bottineau, Dickinson
and Fessenden in North Dakota and
Mendos Manitoba
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-26
Amnesty ProeIamatIon by carranza.

Laredo, TEXAN amnesty proclama-
tion by Gen. Carranza. the terms of
which have not definitely been made
known, began to draw many Mexican
families out of this section into Mex
leo.
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-26
Baby's Eyes.

Do sound a warning to mothers
about letting tiny babies lie fiat gaz-
ing straight at the sky. Unless a
baby is sitting up in its carriage. the
top should always be over its face.
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-26
Family Days.

Family occasions ought to be cele-
brated frequently. even If the celebra-
tion is the simplest form Of little fes-
tval. Bringing the family together
helps to promote affection. Whatever
the event, birthday or wedding anni-
versary or a welcome home from .
Journey, It ought to mean something
to every member Of the family. and
can be made an occasion that will re.
main bright in memory when the fam.
fly circle is broken.
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-26

field. This Will be put at the disposal
of the allies in their Turkish cam
paign.
Washington-Coun Won Bernstorff,
the German ambassador, commune
Gated to the State Department Tues
day instructions from his government
expressing regret and sympathy If
Americans lost their lives in the sink
ing of the liner Arabic and asking
that the United States delay taking
definite stand in regard to the affair
until Germany could be heard from.
This was the first word from an Of
ficial German source concerning the
Arabic, on which two Americans per-
ished Its receipt was followed by an
evident relaxation of the tension,
which had been growing here as days
passed with no indication of desire
on Germany's part to disclaim~an in
tention of committing an act "delib-
erately unfriendly" toward the United
States.
Amsterdam. Russian claims of
great German losses in the naval bat
tie in the gulf of Riga are repudiated
in semi-official telegram received
from Berlin, which says that no dread
nought or cruisers were sunk or dam
aged.
penhagen.-President Wilson is
the man chosen by the neutral ma
tions to make peace in the European
war. While no early meeting of the
pacificists has been arranged, a dele
cation will visit the President early
in September in an endeavor to in
duce him to take decisive action to-
ward ending the struggle.
The neutrals, whose trade and in
dustry are suffering as the conflict
continues. contend that the further
the war progresses the more futile
appears the hope Of decisive victory
While the German and Austrian ad-
vance in Russia may continue to Mos
cow and Petrograd itself before win.
ter demands a check in the campaign,
the peace advocates point to the limit
less versts that must be conquered be-
fore Russia ever would consent to
surrender. The deadlock in the west
they say, admittedly could not be
broken.
The sensational triumph of the Teu-
ton arms in the Polish campaign. it is
contended, is offset by the German
naval defeat at Riga, the allies hope
full outlook in the drive against Con-
stantinople, the opening of the Dar.
danelles and the early prospect of Bull
garia, Rumania and Greece joining the
cause of the allies with their fresh
and eager armies. These facts, it is
argued, make decisive German vic
tory as impossible as the sweep of
hostile armies over the Kaiser's i'm
pregnable defenses.
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-26

The best throw one can make with
dice is to throw them away.
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-26
Safest Marrlaoes.

The safest marriages are declared
by a statistician to be those contract
ed with men under twenty-four OF
more than thirty-four years of age.
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-26

Kind acts are never stepping stones
TO misfortune.
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-26

The United States produces more
tale and soapstone than all of the rest
Of the world combined.
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-26

Frank Lynchers Unknown, Is Verdict.
here into the lynching of Leo M.
Frank resulted in verdict of death
at the hands of parties unknown"
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-26
somethIno Ju.t =. Good

Something Just as Good.
Lets get up a piscatorial excur
sion"
why not have Just = good old fish
ing party?"
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-26
Sporting News
'tanding of Western League Clubs.

According to advices received in
Denver, the crack racing cutter crew
of the armored cruiser Colorado won
the championship of the Pacific fleet
and a purse of $4,000 at San Fran.
cisco.
Miss Elaine Rosenthal of the Raw
isloe Country Club turned in one of
the best cards in the qualifying round
of the wOmen's western champion
ships at Chicago. Miss Rosenthal shot
the eighteen holes in 81. Miss Caro-
line Painter of the Home Club was
next with 100.
Gilbert Anderson won the sixth an
nual 301-mile road race for the Elgin
national trophy. His time was 3:52:25,
an average Of 77.25 miles per hour or
nearly three miles faster than the
record, established by Ralph De Pal
ma, who won last year when Ander-
son was second, and two miles faster
than Cooper's record.
At the preliminary hearing of
frankie Harris and Abe Attell, Jr.,
charged with being principals in a
prizefight at Milliken, Colo. on Aug.
4, and Ralph Brogan and ]. w. Rob-
erts. charged with promoting a fight
on July 5 and Aug. at the same
place, all four defendants were bound
over to the November term of the Dis
trict Court.
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-26
General

million dollars in gold reached
New York on the steamer Phila.
delphia.
1t is stated at Atlanta, Ga, that a
member of the mob who hanged Leo
M. Frank is known, and the arrests
are likely to be made
Three persons were injured and
two score were bruised and scratched
in a wreck of westbound Western Pa.
cific train No. l near Halleck, New.
Four hundred girls and 100 men
employed by the Bridgeport, Conn,
plant of the Westinghouse company
walked out to enforce a demand for
the eight-hour day and better shop
conditions.
Summaries of the reports, three In
number, of the divided United States
Commission on Industrial Relations
as to findings and recommendation
for the information of Congress. were
made public at Chicago.
Arrivals from northern Mexico de
clared Gen. villa is mobilizing his
forces at Torreon preparatory to a GU
errilla warfare against Gen. Obregon
in the belief that Obregon's forces are
superior in organization and equip
ment.
Stimulative cooperation in the rear
ing of future citizens of Wyoming
and Colorado to meet the exigencies
of defending home or country, was
proposed by Gov. John B. Kendrick
of Wyoming in a letter for the con
sideration of publlc-spirited citizens.
The Synod of the Eighth province
of the Episcopal church adopted a
resolution at Oakland, Cal, memorial
izing President Wilson to take imme
diate action in urging an amendment
to the constitution of the United
States as basis of a federal marriage
and divorce law.
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-26
COMMUNICATION ON SINKING OF
LINER VOICES REGRETS AND
URGES MORE TIME.
TO END WAR BY WINTER
NEUTRAL NATIONS UNITE ON
PRESIDENT WILSON AS MAN
TO MAKE PEACE.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London, Aug. 25.-A dispatch from
Rome to the Daily Telegraph says the
Balkan league is to be reconstructed
with a provision for putting a COM
bined army of 100000 men in the
field. This will be put at the disposal
of the allies in their Turkish cam
paign.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-10-16
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Stall and Floor Plan.

to eight inches deep. The gutter
should slope to one edge and also to
one end, as in Fig. 1, which shows
a cross-section.
The front gate should be adjusta-
Bile, SO as to close to the rear edge of
the platform. The manger may be
made of wood or cement, but in all
cases should be partitioned off so as
to keep each cows food separate.
Some stockmen object to cement floors
on the ground that they give the
COWS rheumatism and produce sore
feet. If proper bedding is given,
there should be no trouble. Many
think such floor construction extrav-
agant and impractical for the average
dairyman, but it is not. While the
original cost may be a little more, it
will be cheaper in the end and far
more serviceab1e. Such a floor will
be far more sanitary in every way.
They are easier to clean and do not
give off oGors like board floor,
which soaks up filth and causes an
ever-present odor in the stable
The stalls should be separate so
that each animal will be by herself,
and she will soon learn to take her
own place when entering the stable.
This is not saying that good stables
cannot be built of wood, but it is to
remind the man who contemplates
building or wishes to remodel his barn
that it pays to build well.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-10-16
Revision Imperative.

Another tariff revision approaches.
1t would have been advisable if no
war had come. The war has made IL
imperative We need great deal
more revenue than the Underwood
law provides; and the rates and
schedules of that measure should as
soon as possible be changed to meet
conditions that not only did not exist.
but were undreamed of. at the time
the law was enacted. Let US have a
new law, fashioned on the new con-
ditions. and fully meeting all re-
quirements.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-10-16
MUST Be PROTECTED
This Country Can Manufacture
Its Own Dyestuffs.
Necessary, However, That Capital Be
Assured Consideration in the Mat
ter. of Competition With
Germany.

Shall we manufacture dyestuffs in
quantities to meet our own necessi-
ties? The industry can be established
in this country, and should be. We
have the raw materials, and can COM
mand the skilled labor. We have suf-
fered in that line, as in others, as the
result of the war. We have been de-
pendent on Germany for our dyes;
and our business relations with that
country have been dislocated for 13
months Hence the interest now at
taching to that particular subject.
The leading considerable in the
premises is protection. Shall protec-
ton be afforded? The German indus
try has not been, and will not be, de-
stroyed by the war. Upon the return
or peace. German manufacturers will
return to full speed again, and have
greatly the advantage in our markets
unless our markets are protected for
the home industry.
Secretary Redfield favors the pro-
lection, and puts the case in this way:
Capital hesitates under existing
conditions to embark heavily in an un-
dertaking where there is a strong
probability, if not a certainty. that
upon the return of normal conditions
an incipient, half-deveIoped American
industry would be exposed to pro-
longed and relentless underselling by
foreign competitors possessing al
most boundless resources, financial
and technical"
A similar situation in general ex-
listed when we launched our govern
mental scheme, and a similar argu-
ment was made By the fathers in sup
port of the general policy of pro-
lection. At that time we were a
small nation of farmers and mer-
chants. almost wholly dependent on
the outside world for manufactured
products. Why not become a self
supporting nation? Why not do our
own manufacturing? Protection as a
policy was adopted, and in no great
while we became in many things in
dependent of the outside world and
today we hold a place among the
leading manufacturing nations.
Protection has done wonders for
America. The policy, of course, needs
adjustment from time to time, as
President Mckinley, the foremost
protectionist of his day. pointed out
at Buffalo in what proved to be his
last public utterance. But adjust
ments can be made without impair
ing the strength of the policy. or in
juring any well established and
prosperous American manufacturing
plant.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-10-16
COULD RECOGNIZE NUISANCE
Judges Retort Set Courtroom Laugh
ing and Gave Lawyer Something
to Think About.

City Magistrate Krotel, who is noted
for characteristic brand of dry hui
NOR, occasionally manifested in ut
teranceS from the bench, turned a
cruel shaft loose upon pestiferous
young attorney this week, to the SUI
preme enjoyment of a crowded court
room, says the New York correspon-
dent of the Cincinnati Tines Star. The
young attorney was prosecuting in
case where the maintaining of a nui-
sance was alleged. The rulings of
Magistrate Krotel did not please him.
His numerous objections became per-
sistently controversial. If your honor
pleases," he said, Il would not pre-
sumo to instruct the honorable court
in a question of law, but / am impelled
to observe that l doubt-in the pres
ent case only, of course-if the court
properly conceives of what constitutes
a nuisance
You are mistken, SIR was the re-
Spouse from the bench. ssThis court
has never had more clear or exem-
plary idea of what constitutes a nui-
sance than in the present case at the
present time. And for that, in
measurable way, the court thanks you,
sir
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-10-16
Where 1t Was Appropriate.

Lord Kitchener, it is said, is very
pleased with the result of the present
temperance move
1--WE are all temperate now said
his lordship recently
ITO get drunk is an unheard-of thing
among gentlemen. If gentleman
ever gets drunk nowadays he has. you
may be sure, a remarkable excuse to
offer" To illustrate his point Lord
Kitchener told this story:
A major, after fancy dress ball at
Sfmla, came home drunk and his
shocked wife said to him:
Aren't you ashamed to return from
the ball in that condition.
Don't blame me, my DEAR" said the
major; you must remember that the
character l assumed was that of a
sponge"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-10-16

GOOD cow STALL AND FLOOR
Dairy Building Should Be Constructed
With Aim to Keep Cows Dry and
Clean as Possible.

While it is more pleasant to work in
fine barns, it is not necessary to have
them in order to. get good results, but
items under this head are quite nee
essary for getting the best returns.
With the comfort Of the animal in
view, our buildings should be con-
structed with the aim to keep the cows
as dry and clean as possible. Cement
floors built with about the same thick
ness as sidewalks and so construct
ed as to offer good drainage are the
most serviceable, says a writer in West
ern Farmer. They should contain a
gutter Is to 20 inches wide and seven
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-10-16
CHECK NEEDED TOUCHING UP
Bank Cashier Handled the Subject
automatically, but Sensitive MIR.
Brushly Was Annoyed.

This check of yours said the
large-hearted cashier to Brushly, the
impressionist painter, lis drawn ex-
ceedingly well, and in composition
seems to be pretty nearly perfect; but
it lacks background, Mr.. Brushly. But
for that it would be a work of art.
Your foreground is charming, but just
a trifie towel, shall we say too
fanciful?"
4 don't know what you are driving
at growled Brushly. Il suppose you
know what you mean, however. What
kind of a background would you sug-
gest?'
CASH" said the cashier. "A work
of art like this, calling for the pay
ment of $50, is not wholly convincing
with a sketchy little overdraft of 2S9
on deposit to provide the necessary
contrasts in light and shade and to
give the thing what we might call
balance"
Whereupon Brushly, like the self
respecting man he was, snapped his
fingers under the impudent fellows
nose and transferred his overdraft to
the trust company across the street
Judge.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-10-16
Jersey Cow With a Fine Record.

you in owning Babcock milk tester,
and test the product Of each COW.
6. Discard the animals which have
failed at the end of the year to pay
for their keep.
z. Breed your cows to purebred,
registered dairy bull from family
having large and profitable produc-
ton of butter fat.
8. Raise well the heifer calves from
cows, which for one or more genera
tions have made large and profitable
productions of milk and butter fat
8. Breed heifers to drop their first
calves at twenty-four to thirty months
of age. Give cows six to eight weeks
rest between lactation periods
10. Join dairy cattle breeders as
ISOLATION. 1t will help you keep post
ed and in touch with the best and
most modern ways of managing your
dairy herd.