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The Cordova daily times., 1915-01-04
FIRST BELGIAN REFUGEES ARRIVE IN NEN! YORK TO SETTLE IN
 SOUTHEASTERN STATES

NEW YORK; Jan. 4The steamer St Paul, of the Ameri- ine arrived here today from England Among the pas sengers Belgian families refugees who fled to England before the German invasion of their country consisting of twentyone persons This the advance contingent of nearly hundred Belgian families who will later all of whom expect to settle in the southeastern states.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-01-04

JUNEAU, Jan 4-The Mcdonald coal claims in the Katalla field, have gone to final patent according to an announcement by the land office today. The charge made by the land office that the land located and that applied for by Mcdonald and associates not the same, has been dismissed.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-01-04

The Mcdonald claims considered to cover some of the best coal ground in the Boring river field They are situated on Boring Lake, and cxten-
The Cordova daily times., 1915-01-04

George Moshier. the engineer who in 1908 laid out the townsite of Nel- son. at tie head of the bay, for Donald MeKin-ie. is a passenger on the Al ameaa for cordova.
 S. 0. Freedman. of chisana, was an arrival on yesterdays train from the interior. He will make business trip to the states. expecting to be gone for about month.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-22
Servian Soldiers

The Servian soldiers are a splen-
did looking lot. They are ragged
and dirty and tousle headed beyond
description; but they are very tall
and well built; their shoulders are
square and their eyes are clear. They
make me think of Fuzzy Wuzzy. who
was a poor benighted eathen but a
fust class lightin' man" If their
government could only afford to buy
uniforms for them! | have heard of
a large order of them coming from
the United States, and | live in hopes
that they will arrive and be moved
into before / leave. Just now a
marching regiment looks as If its
keepers had forgotten to put its leg
chains on.
In the first place, the men have no
music and they shuttle disgracefully;
then they are CARRIED in every kind
of thing, from the remains of faded
old uniforms to tattered and misit
civilian clothes and unbelievably
ragged and dirt incrusted native
peasant costumes. If they were de-
Gently trimmed up and uniformed
and properly drilled, in the dressy
sense of drill, they would make one
of the handsomest armies in the
world. | have seen whole compan-
les without man in them under six
feet tall: and as every Servian is a
soldier, this is a sort of general COM
mentary on the physical Servian
Eleanor Franklin Egan in the
Saturday Evening Post.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-22

In discussing the lack Of quality in
ordinary goods made now, in contrast
to the value that was offered some
years ago, a piece goods salesman
said: "The reason our piece goods
won't give as long service nowadays
is because the workmanship is slight
ed. You don't get the same number
of picks and ends In the piece Of
cloth you buy today as you did in the
past A worsted cloth bought some
years back was a substantial piece Of
goods. OF course, the matter of
weight has something to do with the
question. We are selling cloths for
winter now that have less weight
than those we formerly sold for sum-
mer. The lighter material won't give
the service-thats certain. You can't
expect a 16-ounce fabric to wear as
long as the old 24-ounce goods that
were sold for manufacture into cold
weather garments"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-22

Do you know that the most chronic
kicker about his home town" is gen
orally a vociferpus booster of his
home town when he gets away from
home? If a Sterling knocker were
transplanted to the Dakotas or Mon
tana for a six weeks summer vaca-
tion he would spend his entire time
telling what a grand city he came
from; etc, and so on. He does this
for two reasons first, he is 50 con
Stituted that he cannot see the adj
vantages OF his immediate environ
ment and he must lend his tongue To
criticism. In the second place, he
would be reflection on his home
and his choice OF place to live If he
continued to ambast his home town
In strangers community. Then,
too, a little touch of inconsistencies al
WAYS ills the heart with the same re-
Elections that harassed the prodigal
son. If few of the most harping
critics would live away from home
long enough they might be converted
into pretty fine folks. Sterling Bull
letin.
Not long ago young farmer OF
this vicinity was urged to buy reel
pc for making condition powder for
stock. The stuff was to do wonder.
full things and he was to have the
right to sell to his neighbors for five
dollars the amount of powder that
would cost him but $500. lie gave
his note for fifteen dollars for the
recipe, and later got word that thu
bank had his note for $50. He wen
to see lawyer about The matter, anC
the lawyer charged him So for tellin,
him he would have TO pay the note
The Kansas farmers would get NOR,
good out of the dogs they pay take
on, by setting them on these smooth
grafters. Mulvane News.
The writer has lived in this tow
forty-four years. During that tim
he has never bought thing in tn
merchandise line outside of Winfield
except once when his hat blew int
the Mississippi river and he had t
get another or go bare-headed dow
State street, Chicago. He buys
box of cigars OF Winfield merchan
when he leaves town and a tin {
of smoking tobacco to ill in with
case he runs out. And we deem tn
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-22

same action to be the religious duty
of every person in Winfield male or
female, who has the interest of their
town at heart. Try it for a year and
see what a difference it will make in
WinfeId-and incidentally in the
value OF your own property. Ed. P.
Greer in Winfield Courier.
Our old friend Eli Hawk came up
from his home northwest of Liberal
the last of the week and made the
Courier editor very pleasant visit.
lie was accompanied on the trip up
to this part Of the country by Mr..
and Mrs Chas. Hawk and Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Hoskinson, and they WIS.,
tied relatives and took in the state
fair al Hutchinson before coming
here. Grandpa Hawk was laid up a
part OF the summer on account of an
accident that bruised him up severe
ly. lie had been carrying water to
the boys at work in the field, and as
he mounted his horse to make trip
a colt running loose about the yard
made IA lunge at the horse which
caused it to shy and try to run away.
MIR. Hawk held on and was dragged
some distance by the lead rope which
lie held. He was confined to the
house for some time but being only
81 years young he managed to recu,
perale and get about again. He is
now about as well as Stafford
Courier.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-22

Attorney f, S. Macy made a busi-
ness trip to Guymon Wednesday.
See DR.. Higginbotham for bargain
in house and furnature.
Attorney G. w. Sawyer transacted
business matters in Forgon this week.
Two furnished rooms for rent.
Phone 25O. II
Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Leete returned
yesterday from an extended trip
through the central and northwest
ern states. They have come back to
stay permanently, and state that Sc
ward county is the most prosperous
of any country they Travelled through.
Prof. Novas of Wichita will in Lib
eral on the 9th and 28th for the pur-
pose of assisting the leading teachers
of piano in Liberal-to arrange for a
more progressive system of teaching
and grading the work of the serious
students.
The A. O. U. W. will hold social
and oyster supper at their hall Mon
day evening. The deputy grand
workman will be present, as we'll as
other state officials of the order. A
large attendance is desired at the
meeting
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-22
Sermon and Comment

+. W. Hirst, in his Political Econo-
my of War, remarks that at the birth
Of Christ the standing armies of the
Roman Empire numbered about three
hundred thousand men. They were
stationed in Europe, Asia and Africa,
and held In check not only the old
populous of civilization to the east
hut countless hordes Of Oarbarians TO
the north and northeast. Not long
afterward new code of human con-
duct was given to the world, which
all Europe presently adopted
In the time OF George the First
say, two centuries -ChristlanlZed
Europe managed TO get along with
about the same number Of lighting
men that had sutiiced pagan Angus
tus. Ibe modern phase of civiliza-
tion was by way of beginning then.
Louis the fourteenth was dead. 1t
had recently been decided definitely
that England was to have constitu-
tional representative government.
White settlers we're pushing into the
Mississippi Valley. The steam en-
CINE as well as the French Revolu.
tion were both in the making.
BY the middle of the next century
tine modern phase was in full flower.
Democracy had been invented, and
measurably put into practice by the
United States, England and France,
The deep Continental stir and upris-
ing of 1913 had taken place. And
Europes standing armies had risen
to more than two and Il half million
men-to go ON augmenting steadily
up to the grand Christian climax of
this year OF grace, in which we see
something like thirty million men in
arms.
That is our comment on the Ser
mon on the Mount. Augustus is not
credited with sense Of humOr: but
we suppose his shade grins now and
then Saturday Evening Post.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-22

The most solid book in the world,
says the Fine Arts Journal of Chica-
go, has recently been presented to the
Field museum. 1t has only ten pages,
but they consist of exquisitely carved
slabs of the finest Jade. The book
was made by order of the Chinese EN-.
peror Kank-hsi (1662-1722), and is a
family document of great historic
value. The text is in Chinese and
Manchu, with elaborate ornamentation
on the first and last pages. 1t is be-
lieved that this precious relic was
turned into cash through the necessi-
ties of the deposed imperial family,
which has been in retirement with a
limited income, since the establish
ment of the Chinese republic.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-22
When Nnm Take Cnld

With the average man a cold Is
a serious matter and should not be
trilled with, as some of the most
dangerous diseases start with COM
mon cold. Take Chamberlain
Cough Remedy and get rid of your
cold as quickly as possible. You are
not experimenting when you use this
remedy, as it has been in use for
many years and has an established
reputation. 1t contains no opium or
other narcotic. Obtainable every
where.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-22

Mrs. o. NJ. Woods and Mrs. }. H.
Cavanaugh returned Wednesday from
"A trip to st. Louis and New York
where they have spent several weeks.
Mr. Woods will remain in the East
attending to business matters for an
indefinite time.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-22
The Kansas Rural
Credit Association

From ten to thirty-five year loans
al 5 per cent. Farmers cooperative
concern. Only members can borrow.
See CLYDE r. Commons, Agent, Lib
eral, Kansas TT
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-22
"The Sanford Hotel"

For sale or lease, will make a good
deal to right party. Call, or address,
A. Z. SANFORD.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-22
Depends on the Bank Roll.

Hub-"HaVe you much shopping to
DO today" Wife-"I don't know, dear.
How much money have you?"-Boston
Transcript
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-22
Uncle Eben,s Philosophy.

de man dat sells de Dice" said
Uncle Eben. rs de only one dat
makes sure money Out'n q crap game"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-22

- months approved security
No settled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-01
To Uphold one-Term Plank.

The interesting phases of the latest
reports are that Mr.. Bryan conferred
with intimate associates some days
ago, after leaving the cabinet. and pri-
vately informed them that he regarded
the one-term plank as a great party
principle and that. he would be com
PEELED to stand by his principles. how
ever regretful that in doing SO he
would clash with the presumed desire
of the. friends of Mr.. Wilson that he be
rehominated to succeed himself.
1t has frequently been stated. with
out denial, that Mr.. Bryan himself
drew the one-term plank, which favor
ed a single presidential term by urging
the adoption of an amendment to the
Constitution making a President in
eligible after one term, and pledglng
the candidate of this convention to the
principle" ~
President Wilson has consistently re-
fused to be pledged to this principle.
even prior to his assuming the office OF
President. and because of his luke
warmness as to the plank his friends
in Congress have made no serious at
tempt to put through legislation pro-
Siding for an amendment TO the Con-
stitutioD such Mr.. Bryan advocates.
Mr.. Bryan's Idea.
Mr.. Bryan's aim. at the time of the
writing of the plank, was to reach
eases like that of Col Roosevelt, it is
said. and he believed that the plank
would make voters for the democratic
party because of the conviction in
thousands of American minds that Col.
Roosevelt wished to keep the White
House mortgaged to himself to be en-
tered when he desired. Persons not so
friendly to Mr.. Bryan have, been open
enough to express the belief that he
not only had Col Roosevelt An mind.
but that he was thinking Of. his own
prospects in 1916.
whatever the motives that actuated
the writing and adoption Of the
plank, politicians and political writers
have long foreshadowed break be-
tween the President and his friends
and the Nebraskan and his friends over
the principle involved. Mr.. Bryan got
out of the cabinet, ACCORDING to pepu-
lar opinion, because he saw that diff
ferences that would arise between him
and the President over national polfti-
cal problems next year would be inev-
itably serious and that he had better
leave the cabinet while he could do SO
on grounds presumably other than po-
litical or personal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-01
WEARS BEST To WORK,
UPSETS WEDDING PLANS
Sweetheart Also Telephones and
Thereby Spells Romance Billed
for Rockville.
Alpheus lie Roy Franks, Only 10,
and Katie Bean, Just 16, Fail to
eliminate Rapid Courtship.

If Alpheus LIE Roy Franks had not
dressed himself in his best clothes when
he went to work at the bakery a few
days ago today there might be Mrs.
Alpheus LIE Roy Franks. AS it was,
Alpheus could not bear to think OF
running off with Katie Bean in his
working clothes, no matter how nice
and white they were from the flour of
the bakery. Furthermore, if Katie
only could have kept her tongue quiet
few more hours--but, alas, Katie had
to go and telephone and spoil the whole
romance.
Alpheus LIE Roy Franks lives at 33S
18th street southeast with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alpheus B. Franks, and
they call their son by his middle name
Everybody up and down the street
knows Roy" and were surprised tc
hear he had contemplated entering the
holy and almost inextricable bonds OF
matrimony, because he is so young.
Planned Scoop on Old Town.
Roy had been thinking about taking
that famous Rockville trip winding VI
with a visit to the parson for several
months past
However. Roy's father and mother
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-01
Roy's Mother Some Observer.

Mother Franks Gets Busy.
Mrs. Franks heard of this in hurry
and somehow or other put an end to it
for the day. She said that katie's
aunt was going to be with them in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-01
Recover J. R. Burners Body.

Word has been received here that the
body Of J. Raymond Drummer. who was
drowned at Edgemere. Long Island.
June 20. has been recovered and will
be brought to this city for interment
al Glenwood cemetery this afternoon.
Mr. Drummer was the son of ]. Bur-
CESS and Mrs Margaret PIumley Brun-
ner aud a grandson of Nr. and Mrs. s.
NJ Plumley Of this city. He was a
teller in the New Netherlahd Bank of
New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-01

capita: county debt. 1911 .52s,000, or
s4.33 per capita: and municipal debt
S2.sS4.SS3.O00 or s5427 per capita. Thus
the average urban citizens share of the
ipal debt combined was s72.76: and the
average rural citizens share of the net
federal. state and county debt combined
was s1S.49.
S2.916.205.000. of which amount $685.
$4,000 was represented by bonds. $780,
$4,000 by MISUNDERSTANDING debt
principally United States notes or
"greenbacks"), and sl.573,157,0o0 by
certificates and notes issued on deposits
debtedness there was in the Treasury
s1,ss7,s41,0o0 in cash available for pay
ment Of debt, leaving the net national
Indebtedness at s1.02S,5 64 900. or s1o.59
per capita. The increase in the net in
debtedness between 1902 and 1913
capita figure there was a decrease of 10
per cent The burden due to the national
debt is thus very light in comparison
with that imposed by the Indebtedness
of other great nations.
Volume of Municipal Debts.
BY far the greatest item of indebted
ness in this country is that of munich
palities. This amounted in 1913 to an
aggregate of s3,46O, O0o,0 900, of which
s2.SS4.SS3,oOo or s5427 per capita, rep
resented net indebtedness. The rate of
increase in net Indebtedness between
1902 and 1918 was ia per cent.
The total levies of taxes on real es-
tate, personal property and other prop
erty subject to ad valorem taxation, by
states. counties, municipalities. school
districts and other civil divisions, in
creased from s724,737,00O. or 1922 per
capita. in 1902. to s1,344s41 900, or 1891
per capita. in 1912, the percentages of
increase being Sc for the total amount
and 81 for the per capita.
Levies for state purposes increased
from sS0.402.o00 in 1902 to s155, $4,000
in 1912, or by "a per cent. During the
same period the levies by counties, mu-
inequalities, school districts, etc, in
creased from s644.335.O00 to $1,1s4.-
$4,000. or by 81 per cent. The county
levies in 1912 were $2SS.932.000, and
those of municipalities. school districts
and other minor civil divisions amount
ed to $685., 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-01
He<aM DYSPEPSIA Xp,.

will relieve your Indigestion. Many
people in this town have used them
and we have yet to hear Of case where
they have failed. We know the for
null" Sold only by us-25c box.
.o'Donnsll,s,- DfHE, Stesses:---x,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-01

had vastly different ideas on the
subject because Roy is only eighteen
and few days over, and Katie was
just sixteen when she gave that party
last spring, according to one of the
interested neiGhbors. However. court
ship progresses rapidly, and despite
parental objections on the part of the
Franks Roy and Katie evidently had
planned scoop on the old town.
Roy's Mother Some Observer.
But Mrs Franks noticed that for the
first time in his life Roy was putting
on his Sunday-go-to- meetng clothes
on workday. That was a curious cir
cumstance. Later in the day-about
o'clock in the afternoon-a telephone
message was received at the bakery
where Roy works. 1t was in the anx-
ious voice of young woman inquirins
if Roy had left there yet" What the
reply was is not certain. but the young
woman at the other end of the tele-
phone line, who was just bursting te
let some one know she had a secret to
keep. said, impulsively:
You know what is going to happen
today, don't your"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-01

Over half the newspapers published
in the world are printed in the Eng
lish language.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-01
BafHed Bride Only Laughs.

George l of England revived the most
Honorable Order of the Bath in 1925.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-01
Presidents Friends to Fight.

President Wilson's friends are be-
lieved to fully realize the seriousness
of the opposition of Mr.. Bryan to any
President wishing to succeed himself
and are said to be convinced that Mr..
BRYAN will stand by his views on the
subject even If he is not candidate
for the democratic nomination himself.
They will therefore be prepared for the
fight that looms ahead. They do not
believe there is any strong sentiment
in the United States against Presi
dent going before the people for In
dorsement of his work and policies and
frankly say that there IL nothing or
nobody in the way of Mr.. Wilson hav-
ing virtually unar%anus renomina-
ton.
The opposition that 10. Bryan could
muster to the President next year will.
u is recognized, depend much upon the
strength he may show with the people
generally on other subjects. His po-
litical enemies frankly admit that while
he may be at low ebb in popular esti-
nation now, he is an adroit man at
Yallying the various elements of
thought through the country and that
II is possible for him to have a follow
ing next year.
Mr.. Bryan and President Differ.
Mr.. Bryan is not in accord with the
President on either prohibition or
woman suffrage. and II he should ma
ripulate his followers who are be1iev-
ers in these doctrines and hold them to
him he would be a menace to Mr.. VIII
son or any other candidate the demo-
Gratis might select. That. however, is
the side of the future pessimstically
Inclined Wilson men see it BY far the
large majority Of the Presidents
friends and hackers make the bold
claim that the country is strongly with
him on issues greater and more alb
sorb!ng than that of one-term, prohibit
tion or woman suffrage. and they feel
unlimited confidence In his Endorsement
next year by the country. They would
prefer that this Endorsement come with
the backing of Mr.. Bryan. but they are
also sure that il will come without that
backing, If the issue is made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-01

Queensland is estimated to have 49,
100000 acres of forests as yet unin-
spected and unreserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-01
PROPERTY !! | VALUES IN US.
!. TOTAL many BILLIONS
Census Figuring for 1912 Gives
$1,9S5 to Each Man, Woman
and Child.

There has been allotted to every man
woman and child in the United State:
s1.9s5 worth of property-that is. the
allotment was made in 1912. That Is
how much the statisticians of the bu-
reau of the census have computed the
per capita property values of the Unit
ed States and Alaska in that year te
be They also figured that 40 per cent
more than each man. woman and chile
had allotted in 1904.
These deductions. together with q
lot of figures on the wealth, public in
debtedness and taxation of the United
States in 1912. have just been made
public today by the census bureau.
The statisticians estimated that the
total value of all property in the Unit
ed States and Alaska in 1912 was $1S1,-
$4,000, 900. or about rs per cent more
than it was in 1904. Real estate and
improvements. including public prop
erty, alone constituted $110,677 100000
or 50 per cent of the total in 1912.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-01
Railways and Manufactures.

The next greatest item, s16.14e. 900. 900.
was contributed by the railroads; and
the third, s14.6s4 zoo, 900. represented
the value of manufactured products.
other than clothing and personal
adornments, furniture. vehicles and
kindred property.
The net public Indebtedness in 1918
amounted to S4,S50. 461 900. This amount
was made up as follows: National
debt, 81 ,osS. 584 900 or s10.59 per capita;
state debt. s345.942 900, or 1857 per