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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

I Perry Aver of Tucumcari visited
friends in Liberal yesterday.
Judge Grinstead made business
trip to Guymon Tuesday.
New alfalfa hay at Johnston's
Feed Store. Phone "a. IT,
G. w. Ellsaesser transacted bust.
ness matters in Bucklin Wednesday
Call Uncle Jim's Job Wagon when
you have any light hauling to do. tt
T. l.. Gray and son, Jack, left
Wednesday for a week or two stay
In Colorado.
WANTED Two ladies to run ma
chimes at the Liberal Glove Factory.
lst door south of Eagle Grocery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Adams of
Hooker visited relatives and friends
here the first of the week.
w. o. Woods went to Fowler and
Pratt Wednesday to look after bust
ness matters few days.
WANTED-A woman to take a
two-year course in nursing. Apply
giving age and education to T. ii +,
this office.
]. l.. Newly and family are enjoy
ing the scenery and climate of Colo
RADIO this week, leaving here Sunday
for the trip.
Mrs l.. A. Edison and children re-
turned Sunday from Kansas City,
where they have spent several weeks
with relatives and friends.
]. A. Brooks, real estate man Of
Pratt, returned Wednesday after
spending few days here on business
matters.
Lee Rhiness, one of the promin-
emit farmers Of Seward township, was
county seat business visitor the
first of the week.
Miss Ridenour, who has been visit
ing the R. P. Swartz home, returned
Wednesday to her home in st. John,
Kansas.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Blood arrived
the first of the week for visit at the
w. s. Wolley and B. H. Lemert
homes.
Miss Nancy Gregg of the S. & s..
Bakery left Wednesday for Dodge
City to spend a week or two with
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Lipprant and
daughter, Josie, returned Saturday
from a two months trip through
California and Colorado. They also
spent a couple of weeks with their
daughter, Mrs. VERNE Barrett, at
Hudson, Colorado, while on the re-
turn trip.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

About fifty members of the Y. p
B. enjoyed hay ride to the Vickers
farm, 6 miles northeast of Liberal,
Monday night, and had the pleasure
Of getting in shower of rain on the
way out A four-horse team and q
large hay rack were used as a means
Of conveyance, and jolly time was
had Notwithstanding the rain and the
crowded condition of the wagon.
The Sunnyside farm tracts recently
put on the market by John w
Baughman are going rapidly. Owen
Stotts of Beaver county has this week
purchased 4-acre tract on which he
intends building a Groom house and
other improvements; G. c. and F
A Tucker have purchased a 6-acre
tract, and j. A. Muse of Beaver has
bought a 4-acre tract on which he in
tends to erect substantial improve.
ments this fall. If this thing keeps
on any length of time the people OF
Liberal will realize the meaning OF
the old saying: Westward the
course of empire takes its way"
Things are not very conducive tt
peace Of mind these days. A sum.
mer that has no previous record fol
heat; the butcher shops refusing tc
do credit business; one of our print
ers laid up for repairs, and last but
by no means least, the state of Kan
sas, as our friend Millman would put
it, threatening in thunderous tones
to go Republican in the fall election
takes all the snap and pep out of
fellow who is trying valiantly t.
preach the doctrine of confidence
and hope" P. S.-Since the above
was written our job press has broker
down, giving added force to our be
lief that "man was made to mourn.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18
The Best Laxative

To keep the bowels regular the
best laxative is outdoor exercise.
Drink full glass of water half an
hour before breakfast and eat an
abundance of fruit and vegetables,
also establish a regular habit and
be sure that your bowels move once
each day. When medicine Is
needed take Chamberlain's Tablets.
They are pleasant to take and mild
and gentle in effect. Obtainable ev-
erywhere.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

A house for sale, rent or lease. Sc,
DIR. Higginbotham Saturday, If
Leo Tack of Beaver spent Sunda!
here with friends.
FOR RENT Three furnish e {
Hooms.-Mrs: E. LOOMS.
A nine-pound girl was born yester
day morning to Mr.. and Mrs. e. D
Cooper.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lawson of Bea
yer transacted bushes matters in the
city Monday.
]. r. and F. A. Blake and G.. e
Richard, all of Hooker, were here on
business few hours yesterday.
Mrs. Nettie Aaron of near Floris
died Saturday night. Funeral SER
vices were held and burial made al
Forgan Monday.
j. N. Evans and family, M. H. Scan
drett and family and Bert Dubois left
Wednesday for few weeks pleasure
trip in Colorado.
Mrs John Nicely went to Goodwill,
oklahoma, Saturday to spend cou-
pie of weeks with relatives who live
near there.
j. w. Wartenbee, prominent farm
er and famous raiser of cantaloupes,
who lives near Tyrone, transacted
business matters in the city Friday.
MIR. and Mrs. Chas. Williams, Miss
Sara HILBERT, and Miss Audrey Isbell,
all of Hooker, spent Sunday after
noon in Liberal with relatives and
friends.
Floyd #. Higgins and Miss Esther
M. Mcvey were married Wednesday
by Judge Campbell at his Office In
Che court house. They took No. 1
che same day for the west.
Mrs. E. o. DeVoss and daughter,
Miss Myrland, who have spent a
week at the home of Mrs. Anna
Keown, returned the first of the week
to their home in Hutchinson.
Halle E. Spalding and Miss Ethel
l.. McVey, both of Liberal, were mar
ried at the court house by Judge
Campbell Monday. They left on No.
3 the same night on their honeymoon
"trip through the west.
G.. e. Ingle, prominent farmer and
good fellow on route B, was transact
ing business matters at the county
seat Wednesday and called at the
Democrat Office long enough to have
his name put on the list
Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Spradling left
yesterday for st, Joseph, Missouri,
where OFT will buy goods for his
clothing store. They will also visit
other points in the east before re-
turning.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18
MUCH ADLER-I-KA is
USED IN LIBERAL

It is reported by Chas. Taylor &
Co. that much Adler-i-ka is sold in
Liberal. People have found out that
ONE SPOONFUL CT this simple
buckthorn bark and glycerine mix
ture relieves almost ANY CASE Of
constipation, sour or gassy stomach.
It is so powerful that it is used sue
cessfully in appendicitis. ONE MIN
UTE after you take it the gases
rumble and pass out. 1t is perfectly
safe to use and cannot grippe.
CHAS. TAYLOR & CO.,
DE- Druggists.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

cone Johnson, solicitor OF the otaus
Department, has announced his inten.
ton to resign before the end Of the
year. He said he intended to return
to his home in Texas and resume the
practice of law.
+ + +
Five sharks, the largest nearly
eleven feet long, were caught in Long
Island Sound, off Center Island. The
big fish were harpooned near the en-
trance to Oyster Bay harbor.
+ r r
W. P. G. Harding has been desig.
mated by President Wilson as gov
ernor Of the federal reserve board TO
succeed Charles 8. Hamlin and Paul
Warburg was named vice-governor TO-
succeed Frederic Delano. The desig-
nations are for one year.
+ + r
Secretary Lane Of the Interior Do.
partment and Associate Justice Bran
deis of the supreme court have been
selected as two of the three American
members of the joint commission
which will try to. settle the Mexican
hnrdar trnnhlae-
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18
Woman Claims to be Daughter
Of Hutchinson Man Who
Was Believed Single.
ASKS INTEREST IN ESTATE
Josiah Wright Kept His Family In 10,
norance Of His Marital Ven
ture, It Is Alleged.

This is the story of modern Enoch
Arden, who happened to be a bache-
lor, at least everybody, including his
own family, thought he was.
Two years ago when Josiah w.
Wright, Hutchinson business man,
died, 1t was generally supposed he was
an "old bachelor" Recently when his
brothers were about to divide up his
estate, young woman, Mrs. Kate
Probowsco, of Arkansas City, showed
up in probate court, claiming to be q
daughter Of the deceased.
The story she related is about as
thrilling as the original Enoch Arden
tale, with the additional merit that it
is true, providing, Of course, she sub
stimulates the tale In probate court.
Anyhow, here's her story:
Thirty-one years ago her mother,
now Mrs. Oberman, of Arkansas City,
and Josiah Wright, were married at
Halstead, unknown to his folks. They
lived together for several years, and
Katie, now % years of age, was born.
After time there was domestic trou-
BILE, and they separated.
One day Mrs. Wright received a
telegram, purporting to be from the
mother of her husband, which an
nounced that he was dead. In time
she remarked. Then one day Josiah
Wright dropped into Arkansas City to
visit his wife and daughter. He found
she was the wife of another.
1t was shock, for he had deter
mined to turn over a new leaf, return
to his wife and daughter, and re-unite
bis home. Now he found another in
his place. To protect his wife and
daughter from the shame there would
be should they learn of his being alive
he quietly left and not until his death
two years ago did his wife learn the
truth.
In the meantime Josiah Wright had
kept his lips sealed and never let any
of the members of his family know
of his marriage, or that he had a
daughter living. When he died, it was
supposed he was without relatives ex-
cepting his brothers. They laid him
at rest in mausoleum and later
gathered to divide his estate.
They were astonished to find as q
claimant of the property the daughter,
who had with her documentary evil
dence to prove her mothers mar
riage.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

The vigorous offensive Of the En-
tente Allies on the French, Galician
and Italian fronts is still being re-
warded with important successes. In
Austria the Italians have captured the
city Of Gorilla, twenty-five miles
northwest Of Trieste; in. Galicia the
Russians, In quest Of Lemberg, have
further carried out their endeavors
toward the capture Of Stanislau from
the Austro.G Germans while in France
the French and British troops in the
Somme region have attacked and won
additional points Of vantage from the
Germans.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

On the Isonzo front the Italians
have continued to throw their forces
across the river and have fought their
way to the east Of the captured city
of Goorizia. In addition, southwest of
Gorilla they have taken strong Aus
TRAN entrenchments.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

Boy, Saved Once Drowns.-Ivan w.
Weinbar, IS years old, high school
student, was drowned In twelve feet
Of water in the Rock Island gumbo
pit west of Wellington. Robert Tuck
er, chum, who dived and recovered
Weinbar's body, saved him from
drowning two years ago in the same
place.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

X X X
Anthrax In Kansas. Anthrax,
contagious disease, deadly to. farm
stock, has broken out on the farm of
E. H. Miller, near Jarbalo. nine miles
west of Leavenworth. Three cows
died and one was killed by order Of
the officials of the Kansas live stock
commissioner. The carcasses of the
animals were burned and quaran-
tine established on the Miller farm
and the neighborhood.
X X X
First White Child Dead.-Mrs. La
VIVA Cook, 81 years old, the first
white child born in Burlington, Ia,
is dead in Atchison. Her father found
ed her native town. She married
forty years ago to Noah R. Cook and
moved to Rushville, Mo- Twelve
years ago she came to Atchison.
X X X
Saw Her Sweetheart Drown.-Two
young women, one of them Smiths
sweetheart, watched Frank Smith
drown in the Neosho river near Co
lumbus, unable to help him. Smith
and the two girls were swimming
when Smith Owed, striking his head
on submerged log.
X X X
A Big Fire at lrvlng.-Fire of I'M
trxsx, xxrhtnh cto rtnd hAY tlxy
before midnight recently destroyed
five business houses and residence
with loss Of $4,000 at Irving.
X X X
Drowned Near charlottesville wad-
ing in Big Stranger river, near Jar
balo, in Leavenworth county, Albert
Murphy, 8-year-old son of Samuel Muir
ply, Jarbalo rural mail carrier, was
seized with cramps and was drowned.
X X 4
Gets Second oil Well.-Willhite
Well No. Q, at Toronto, came in re-
Gently at 1920 feet and is estimated
at 81 million feet, 24O pounds rock
pressure. The Pochequette Oil Com
pany is doing the developing. Well
No. l, brought in three weeks ago,
was hundred-barrel oiler.
| \ \ 4
The Harrington Sun Sold.-W. e.
Blackburn completed negotiations for
the purchase of the Harrington Sun
from NJ. F. Amrine and has assumed
charge. Under the new management
he Sun will be Republican paper.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-10
Gross Has Not Yet
Conferred on Slope
JOB; Manning Is Here

Because he was busy with other
park problems, City Commissioners r.
Il. Gross said to-day that he hadn't
mad a chance to have his proposed
conference with City Solicitor Seitz
relative TO using some of the park
loan balance to complete the riprap-
ping and other schemes of treatment
OF the river slopes north of Hard
scrabble. This was approved vester-
DAY by the State Water Supply Com
My intention is to take this up as
soon as possible and will make every
enort TO get the work under way this
ran II | can use the money to do so I"
said the park commissioner.
Park Expert Warren II. Manning
made flying visit to the CITY this
afternoon and conferred with Park
Commissioner Gross and Assistant SII-
perintendent V. Grant Forrer relative
70 the proposed requirement of a tract
OF land along the new parkway from
Miller Bros & Co
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-10
Preparedness" Parade
by Elks Going to Reading

The Preparedness" parade of the
Harrisburg Elks tomorrow evening
promises to be a gala night for those
who participate. The Commonwealth
Band will head the marchers and give
a concert at the Elks home after the
parade, when refreshments will be
served. The purpose of the parade
is to boost the attendance at the State
convention in Reading, where Harris
burg will be we'll represented in the
Elks parade of August 81. Members
on Friday night will march in COM
plete uniform used in Baltimore last
month. Members not having uniforms
will fall in rear.
All members have been requested
to be on hand at the Elks home. at
7.30 p. m. The probable route of the
parade will be up Second to Reilly. to
Third, to Market, to Second street to
Elks home.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-10
FEW HOURSLEFT
FOR UNLICENSED
JITNEY BUSES
Mayor Firm in Determination
to Enforce Ordinance; Plan
Long Siege in Strike

With only a few hours remaining
during which the police will permit
unlicensed jitneys to operate unmo-
Tested, leaders of the striking trolley
men and officials of the Harrisburg
Railways Company were busy to-day
strengthening their lines for a long
siege to decide Harrisburgs trolley
strike
Mayor E. S. Meals remains firm in
his determination to enforce the pres
ent jitney ordinance and has issued
orders to Chief of Police ]. Thomas
Zeil to instruct the officers to arrest
at once all jitneurs who are caught
operating without a license after 8
o'clock tomorrow morning.
John ]. Thorp. vice president of the
Amalgamated Association of Street
and Electric Railways Employees, to-
day expressed confidence that the
union men will win their demands,
and declared that the general public
will find some means for getting about
without riding the trolley cars. Felix
NJ. Davis, superintendent of transpor-
tation for the Railways Company, was
equally as confident that the strike
is about over. He declared that suffi-
cient men were now working to main
tain a complete schedule, without re-
sorting to the use of out-of-town
strike breakers.
To Explain Cause
The strikers will hold a big mass
meeting in Market Square this even
ing to present their side of the con-
troversy to the public. James Maurer,
of Reading, president of the State
Federation of Labor, and other labor
leaders will speak. Other meetings
will be held in Middletown this even
ing and at Highspire tomorrow night.
Nice-Prsident Thorpe. Chairman Hugh
L. Mclaughlin and Charles F. Quinn,
secretary of the State Federation of
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-10
Wreck Does Not Disturb
Concert in Freight Car

Noel, Mo. Aug. 10.--John Beck, a
farmer of Oretta, La. moving to Lana
hare, Neb.. was sitting in his car of
household goods and stock in a train on
the Kansas City Southern Railroad yes
terday. He was leaning back in a rock
ing chair. smoking his pipe and lis
tening to his phonograph play Put Me
to Sleep With an old-Fashioned
Melody"
The concert was interrupted by
broken brake beam hitting the ties
a crash followed. Eleven freight cars
loaded with bananas and cottonseed
piled up. On the very Top was the car
of goods. Beck smoking his pipe, the
phonograph playing. No one was hurt.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-10
STRONG FIGHT
ON PARALYSIS
WILDE WAGED
May Open Sanitary Hospital at
Almshouse TO Care For
Victims

Harrisburg not only may open the
sanitary hospital on the almshouse
farm for the care of patients suffering
with infantile paralysis. but provision
may be made tor erecting tents in the
hospital enclosure should the necessity
arise.
The problem was considered late
this afternoon by the Bureau of Health
and sanitation following the report by
DR.. j. NJ. j. Raunick, city health
ofheer, that Harrisburg's third case sof
the disease-tiny Lena Napolla, 126
Ann street-has developed in unusually
severe form
The child is one of six small chill
dren of foreign parents. For days the
youngsters have been playing about
the densely populated neighborhood
with scores of other children and Dr.
Raunick told the bureau this after
noon that he deemed it best not to
take any chances.
The health bureau chief, Incl
dentally, conferred with the Poor
Board relative TO opening the mu-
nicipal hospital.
The Ann street case is particularly
deserving of attention." declared DIR.
Raunick, ''and because of the fact that
there are so many other small chill
dren in the family and that the family
lives in such a congested district, !
think it might be wise to open the hos.
pital and to arrange to set up tents in
the enclosure for attendants if neces.
sary."
The Ann street case was diagnosed
by Dr. Oscar A. Newman, who re.
ported the matter to the authorities al
once. Later DR.. rtaunick agreed with
this diagnosis.
Lengthens Quarantine
TIE health bureau this afternoon
adopted DR.. Raunicks recommen-
dation that the quarantine period for
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-10
Mrs. Elinor Hoyt Hichborn
Elopes With Horace Wylie
By .4ssociated PreEs

New York, Aug. 10.-Announcemen ent
was made to-day of the marriage in
Boston on Monday of Mrs. Elinor Hoyt
Hichborn and Horace Wyhe, whose
elopement in Washington six years
ago, caused a sensation in social cir
cles. The marriage occurred two
weeks after Mrs. Catherine V. H.
Wylie. former wife OF Wyle obtained
a divorce.
Mrs. Wylie is the daughter of the
late Henry NJ. Hoyt of PENNSYLVANIA
Her former husband. Philip Hichborn,
Jr., son of Rear Admiral Hichborn,
committed suicide IN Washington
about two years after his wife's elope-
ment and shortly after her had filed
suit for divorce.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-10
Lady" Snake Charmer
Wants to Join Army

Captain Henry NJ. Stine, who is in
charge of recruiting for the Eighth In
fantry in this city. is hunting to-day
for tall, slender youth who applied
for enlistment few days ago and was
rejected because he was too light in
weight for his heighth. DIR. Stine took
an interest in the man who was very
intelligent and asked permission to
enlist him as it was apparent that the
man had not been well fed lately. 1t
turned out that he had been with a
carnival company which had exhibited
here and had quit the job as too
strenuous.
What work did you have?" asked
the captain.
"Oh, was the lady snake charmer." &"
replied the would-be recruit.
Permission has come for him to be
enlisted when he is in good trim but
he cannot be found
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-10
RESCUE PARTIES
ON WAY TOSCENE
OF CLOUDBURST
Death Toll Large and Property
Damage Is Heavy in Mar
row Valleys
TROOPS CARRY
Take Provisions in and Arrest
LooterS; Hundreds of Fami-
lies Are Homeless

Charleston, W. Va, Aug. 10.-Twenty-
three bodies have been recovered from
the debris carried down by the flood
which swept the Cabin creek valley,
near here, yesterday. Rescue parties
have penetrated some distance above
Cabin creek junction and meager re-
ports brought back by courier and
from the railroads indicate that the
loss of life has been heavy, although
no accurate estimate can be made.
Persons driven from their homes to
the mountains are returning to find
whole villages OF mining cabins swept
away, while distress and suffering is
seen on every hand.
Two companies of the Second West
Virginia Infantry left Camp Kanawha
by trolley this morning and were taken
to Cabin creek junction with orders
to penetrate the valley and extend re-
lief to all who needed it. They carried
provisions and tents.
Special Food Train
special train was being made up
here on the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
repaired tracks will permit. From that
point numbers OF men provided with
provisions will seek out the spots
where destitution is most pronounced.
1t is expected that they will be able to
so the entire length of the valley and
penetrate adjoining valleys, also hard
hit, before tomorrow.
Reports reached here to-day from
United States Commissioner Howard
c. Smith, who led relief party for a
number of mining companies last
night, that looting had commenced
and a number of arrests had been
made and some property recovered.
The commander of the military has
been ordered to detail men to guard
property and restore order, leaving the
greater part of the relief work to the
many parties which Will be in the val
ley before afternoon.
So great has been the loss that coal
companies with mines in the valley es-
timate that many thousands of dollars
will be needed to feed and clothe the
miners and their families, scores of
them having lost all their possessions.
Forty known Dead
R. Jaco. a lineman of the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Com
pany, reached Cabin Creek Junction
shortly before noon after a walk over
thirteen miles of the company's lines
between Miami and Desota. He de-
drowned, and half that number of
bodies had been recovered.
Jaco was unable to get up the Kay
ford branch of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad but expressed the belief
that damage and loss of life in that
district was greater than in other Sec
tions. The entire valley between
Miami and Desota was devastated, he
said, everything movable having been
washed away.
Excursion Marooned
The excursion train carrying 40
persons marooned by the flood was To-
Gated to-day between Main Horse
creek and Little Horse creek with
washouts on both sides. Relief was
sent from st. Adams. Women and
children constitute the majority of eX-
cursionists.
Soon after II o'clock the soldiers
reached Ronda where headquarters
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-10
City Famed by Cooling
BreezeS as a Diversion

Harrisburg folks enjoyed another
comfortable day, the cool breezes from
the northwest bringing the tempera-
ture down to 6S degrees at 8 O'Clock
this morning. Warmer weather is
promised for tonight and tomorrow.
The rise in temperature, however, will
not be great. An associated press dis
patch from Washington. d. c., to-day
says: Cooling winds from. the Mis-
sissippi valley were moving eastward
to-day, promising to sweep away COM
pletely the heat wave that has been
scorching the Middle West for weeks"