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Evening star., 1916-03-09
Chicago Representative Pre-.
pairing Bill to Amend the
Constitution.
HIGH PRICE OF GASOLINE
is CAUSE OF HIS DECISION
Federal Trade Commission Rushing
Investigation Into Causes of Soar
ing Quotations on Product.

Representative Britten OF Chicago is
preparing for introduction today or TO-
morrow in the House a bill looking to
an amendment of the Constitution
whereby an export tax may be LEVIED
on commodities shipped from the
United States. The immediate cause
of Representative Britten's decision to
introduce. "A resolution of this sort is
the fact that indications point toward
the exporting of American gasoline as
the cause of the soaring price of gas
in the United States today.
However. said Mr.. Britten today,
gasoline is not the only commodity
which should be guarded by an export
tax. suppose some day wheat from our
fields is needed so badly abroad that
foreign wheat buyers cause the price
of American wheat to rise to unheard-
of heights. IT will be very easy to
stop the exporting of our commodities
by imposing an export tax. 1t may be
that il is needed but once in twenty
or fifty years: but some day some Pres
ident is going to find it very BILE
to haze an export tax as q lock on the
door. so as to keep foreign nations
from coming here and taking away
what we have of our own.
Evening star., 1916-03-09
DR.. CLAYTON ADDRESSES
WOMAN'S FEDERATION
Says Child BON Into Civilized
Country Is Entitled to Highest
Order of Education.

Addressing the Washington section
women's department. National civic
Federation. on Educational Ideals at
Rauscher's this morning Or. Fhilander
p. Claxton, commissioner of the United
States bureau of education, told his
audience that the very fact that a child
is born into a civilized country gives
it the right to the highest order of edU
cation that civilization can provide.
The greatest offense against a child,
said DIR. ClaXton, lis to ordain il to an
uneducated maturity, and the greatest
ideal of our country is that Of universal
education. whereby one is fitted for in
tellisent labor and citizenship and al
appreciation of life.
"Out of $215 1000 100000 in this coun-
try, more than 80 per cent is held as a
result of education
Dr. CIaxton advocated universal high
school education, and predicted that the
school children of today will see an in
crease of 100 per cent in the number OF
citizens and cities OF the United States
and that their responsibilities Will be
proportionateiy increased.
Evening star., 1916-03-09
OPINION OF WAR HEAD
ON NEW BRIDGE SOUGHT
Senator Nelson Introduces Resolu
tion Asking for Proper Location
Across the Potomac.

A resolution was introduced in the
Senate TODAY by Senator Nelson OF
Minnesota requesting the Secretary Oh
War to report to the Senate his OPINION
as to what should be the proper ioca-
tion of a new bridge across the Poto-
mac river. The resolution recltes tne
fact that measure is pending pro-
viding for the erection of new briose
across the Potomac at or near the
Aqueduct bridge at a cost of about
81 900 600 The resolution asks what,
IL any, request has been made by any
committee of Congress for the OPINION
of the Secretary of War as to SUIT
able and proper location for the pro-
posed bridge.
The Secretary of War is asked to take
into consideration in making his report
the question OF military necessity and the
requirements of the government ana OF
the business interests of the District OF
Columbia. The resolution was referred
to the Senate commerce committee
Senator Nelson explained later that ne
wished to get as much light as possible
upon the proposal for a new bridge. a
bill for which has already passed the
House.
senator sheppard OF leNdS M .'"N VI
a bill prov iding for the supervision bH
the superintendent of insurance in the
District of fire insurance rate-makln% :
bureaus. The bill also provides for thc
examination of these bureaus by the
superintendent of Insurance and pro-
hibits discrimination i'll fixing and col
lectinG fire insurance rates.
Senator Sheppard also introduced a
bill to prevent and punish the desecra- :
ton mutilation or misuse of the Amer
lean flag in the District of Columbia
Evening star., 1916-03-09
Victory Is Expected.

IF any man doubts what the senti-
ment of this country is today. he should
go out and mingle with the people, as
] did for two weeks. No matter in what
section of the country he may go. he
will come home firm in the conviction
that President Wilson and a democratic
Congress in sympathy with him will be
overw h lmingly elected in November.
Il know of but one way to accurately
determine public sentiment. and that
is to talk face to face with those who
do the voting. Any man who cares to
employ that test will he convinced of
the truth of what ! say
What impreSses me more than any
thing else is the assurance that has
come to me recently o: support from
republican and independent sources.
cratic ticket before frankly avow their
intention to vote and work for Con-
;;ress in sympathy with Mr.. Wilson be-
cause they realize that the Presidents
hands would be tied if a republican
Congress were elected.
In 1914 for the first time in many
years the party in power retained its
control of Congress following a gem
eral revision of the tariff. All the in
dications are that this ma ajority will
be substantially increased this year
and notable gains made in the entire
group of doubtful districts"
Evening star., 1916-03-09
Sure of Winning the Next Con-
gress, Says Representa-
tive Doremus.
SAYS BELIEF is HELD
BY PEOPLE EVERYWHERE
Expects Majority in Legislative
Body Will Be Increased
This Year.

Prediction that President Wilson and
a democratic House will be returned
by the people at the November cleo
tions is made i'll statement made
public today by Representative F. L.
Doremus, chairman of the democratic
congressional campaign committee. A
mingling among the people of the
country can do nothing but develop
this opinion, he says Following is the
statement:
IN certain inspired quarters sedulous
attempts are being made to create the
impression that despite the tremendous
popularity of President Wilson the demo-
crats entertain slight hope OF winning the
next Congress. One Indication of this
Iropa ganda is shown by the wide public
ity that has attended the announcements
of Representatives Page of North Caro-
lima. Eagle of Texas and Sherwood of
ohio that they will not seek reelection.
"Of course. the North Carolina and
Texas districts are sure to send demo-
Gratis to the SiXty-ffth Congress, and
the same may be said of the Toledo dis
trict. 1t can safely be predicted that
Representative Sherwood viii be sue
ceeded by a democrat. In fact. | con-
slider the election of a democrat in the
Toledo district one of the certainties
the campaign.
Evening star., 1916-03-09
First Series of Addresses.

Mrs. Archibald Hopkins. chairman of
the Washington section, womans dera:t-
ment. National civic Federation. presided
and Ernest l.. ThuEston. superintendent
of schools. Opened the discussion Oh the
subject.
The meeting today was the first of Il
series of addresses to he given at Rau-
scher's each Thursday mcrnirg Gu il e
Lent at the same hour. The general sui
iect Of the series is Community Ideals.
1t is announced that each meeting VIII
last an hour. the last half CT the hour be-
ing devoted to questions and general dis
cussion from the floor. This is the sec
ond season of these Lenten talks which
have been arranged by the Associated
charities
Evening star., 1916-03-09
FOR PATENT MEDICINE PROBE.
American Medical Association Com
mittee Calls on President.

icaf Association called on President
Wilson today with a request that the
White House and Congress give serious
consideration to the advisability of
creating a commission to investigate
the patent medicine business in the
United States. which, the committee
told the President. is. to large extent.
IAN evil of national scope. They said
that much had been accomplished by
the government under the pure food
and drugs act. but that the problem
has been scarcely touched"
The committee declared that investi-
cations conducted by the British and
Australian governments of the patent
Evening star., 1916-03-09
Gasoline Probe Being Pushed.

Every effort is being exerted by the
federal trade commission to obtain
every bit of information bearing on the
rise in the prices in gasoline as quick
ly as possible, in order that the public
may have the report in a short time.
commissioner Harris. the member of
the commission having charge of the
Evening star., 1916-03-09
FOURTH WAR LOAN PROGRESS.
Further Subscriptions Announced
From Berlin by News Agency.

BERLIN, March 3, by wireless to Say
ville.-Further subscriptions of $4,000
900 marks to the fourth war loan were
announced by the Overseas News
Agency today. The Cologne Savings
Bank took 2O,000,0o0 marks. the Pro
vinciai Bank of Wesphalia $4,000, ,00G
and the War Leather Society, Ltd,
2O,90O,000.
Evening star., 1916-03-09
Robberies Reported to the Police.

Unidentified individuals who dld early
sbonn;ne at the store of Samuel Rubin.
200 Capitol avenue. Ivy CITY, oet"eeh
midnight and daybreak are wanted oF
the police Rubin explained that the
shopping was done while he slept. ana
said his visitors carried away meats OF
all kinds. ten dozen eggs, hve POUNDS OF OF
smoking material,
H. l.. Ryon. Benning. complained TO
the police of a theft committed in ms
stable last night. TWO sets OF harness
worth $50 were taken.
Evening star., 1916-03-09
English Farms Inundated.

LONDON. March ?.-Hundreds have
been made homeless and thousands OF
acres - farmland in southwestern Eng
land have been inundated as result
of the overflow of rivers caused 10y con-
tinued heavy nowfalls. Reports from
the provinces show that snow fell gem
orally over England last night. and that
the fall WAS especially heavy in the
midlands and north.
Evening star., 1916-03-09

case those responsible for. the high
prices. if any persons or corporations
The price of the product has, reached
the wholesale rate of IS Y cents gall
lon here, with the prevailing opinion
that it will go higher. The retail rate
varies in various parts of the city. put
wholesale rate.
Evening star., 1916-03-09
Nolan Bill Hearings Begin March 20

Hearings on the Nolan bill to provide
minimum wage for government employees
will begin Monday. March 90. before q
subcommittee of the House committee on
labor The Nolan bill provides $50
month as the lowest scale for government
employees. and also provides for series
of progressive promotions.
Evening star., 1916-03-09

ton Saturday for Chicago. where he
is to practice law permanently. MIR.
Gordon. who 81 the son of j. Holds
worth Gordon. was graduated from
Princeton University with the class or
1909. and was given the degree OF
LII. B. ny George Washington Univer-
sity in 1912.
Evening star., 1916-03-09

medicine business. and especially Of
American patent medicines. had ''re-
yealed facts not to the credit of our
country" The American Medical As
sociation does not believe the problem
can be dealt with by state legislation
and urgently asked the President to
recommend a sweeping investigation.
Evening star., 1916-03-09
To Address Capital Yacht Club.

Secretary RedGeld is scheduled to
make an address at the annual banquet
of the Capital Yacht Club to be held at
the Raleigh Hotel March -. Thomas
Fleming Day of New York also is en-
pected TO taIk.
Evening star., 1916-03-09
Experts Voice No Opinion.

The Investigation has not developed
enough information so far for the ex-
perts to base conclusion to what
is causing the sudden rises in the price
of gasoline. They will not venture an
opinion until all of the information is
in.
There is a feeling about the commits
son's quarters that the price will
not advance above the thirty cent mark.
and it is believed assured that it will
not reach the predicted tifty-cent level.
If the thirty-cent mark is reached and
the price should begin to climb above
that. the officials of the commission be-
lieve the full force of the law of sup
ply and demand will be felt.
The people will stop using it. it is
contended, and the demand will de.
crease to such an extent that it may
prove drug on the market, in which
Evening star., 1916-03-09

duty of directing this Investigation, de-
clared today it was impossible at this
time to say, just how. long the investi-
cation will take. but that the public
will be given the report in the quickest
time possible.
purpose. 49,
Every piece of information which it
was possible to obtain by letter is in
Washington. and now the commission has
out large number of investigators get
ting the needed date. which could not be
obtained by correspondence. l.. A. Haney.
the economist. employed by the commits
sion. especially to take up the gasoline
investigation. reported today. and al
ready is taking hand in directing the
commissions forces. scattered in all parts
of the country. He. too. is anxious to get
the report out just as quickly as pos
sible. in order that the public will know
just what is responsible for the big in
creases in the price of this product.
Evening star., 1916-03-09
Against Deportation Limit.

An amendment to the pending immi-
grafton bill SO that there would be no
ma ximum time limit i'll which aliens
guilty of felony abroad could be de-
ported by this country will he CON
sidered at a meeting of the House i'm
migration committee Saturday. The
New York police department, which ad-
vocates taking off the limit. will be
represented then. This would remove
ali deportation limitations until the
alien is naturaliZed.
Kansas City's public library circulated
60 l39 books in 1915.
Evening star., 1916-03-09
FEBRUARY CIRCULATION

DISTRICT OF Columbia. s.:
FLEMING NEWBOLD. business manager o,
THE EVENING and SUNDAY STAR, does sol.
ennly swear that the actual number Of copies
~f the paper named sold and distributed during
;',e month oi February, AID. 1916, as fol
laws.
Evening star., 1916-03-09
Goes to Chicago to Practice Law.

Spencer Gordon of the law firm of
Fenning & Gordon i: to leave Washing
Evening star., 1916-03-09

Wolfe, Striped Striped
and Lace, Wolfe, Tub Silk,
So So. So.
The three styles pictured and 1s
other styles in this wonderful. big
$500 Friday Sac. Such pretty
BIouses at such an attractive price
should win your instant attention.
Bags and Purses
ALL NEW SPRING STYLES.
Special Opening Week Assort-
ments, S1.e5.
Envelope Purses. in pin seal.
crepe seal, morocco and vachette-
s1.e5.
Large Patent Leather Envelope
Purses, with inside frame, fitted
with purse and large mirror-s1.o .o5.
Black Real Leather Bags. inside
frame. silk lined, new pouch shape
-S1.e5.
Black Moire Silk Bags, best quail
ity silk. inside frame, silk lined,
oval and square shapes-S1.95.
All these the very newest OF
Bags.
Remnants
All Leatherette Gloves.
Evening star., 1916-03-09

35c and 65c pair.
Were 75c and S1.oo.
2-cIasp and Biarritz. with elastic
at wrist-broken s.zes.
MENDEC GLOVES
45c pair for small lot Of 2-c!asp
White Kid Glcves-broken in fit
ting-but perfectly niended.
75c pair for regular $3.50 to $3.50
Lcnu C.cves-12 to 20 Button.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-30
The Liberal Democrat
Published by
ABE L. HILBERT

Published every Friday morning
at Liberal, Seward County, Kans.
Subscription Price $3.50 Per Year
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-30
MEXICO

President Wilson has never wanted
war. In the days when his oppon-
ents attacked him and tried to goad
him into the use of the armed forces
OF the United States, he remained
steadfast to his determination that
the blood Of young American soldiers
should never be shed except as the
last recourse in the effort to uphold
the honor Of the nation.
Once, when even graver eventuali-
ties were threatened, the patience of
President Wilson's craftsmanship
was rewarded by diplomatic victory
that made the shedding Of blood un-
necessary. 1t was the Presidents
pervious moderation that gave such
force to the ominous ultimatum
which brought full concession to the
rights of America and humanity.
No President in the history of the
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-30
HOW TO HANDLE THE BABIES
Or. Lydia A. DevIIbIss Of State Health
Board Issues Bulletin on the
Subject.

The physical development Of chill
dren Is In a great measure determined
by the way babies are handled when
In infancy, according to DR.. Lydia A.
DeVilbiss, head Of the Child Hygiene
Division of the State Board of Health,
who has issued a bulletin ON How to
Handle Baby"
"A baby must be handled carefully
because the composition Of bones is
part cartilage; they bend and break
easily" the bulletin reads. "Deformi-
ties such as at heads and crooked
spines, are partly caused by bad posi-
tions. II the baby's arms and legs are
not free he will not gain proper use
of them. Ears should be kept straight
and flat on the head"
It was also pointed out that baby
cannot turn himself over and that a
part of the duties of every mother was
to change the position Of her baby fire.
quently so that the muscles do not get
tired by being in one position too long.
A baby cannot hold up his own head
until he Is four months old and he
should not sit alone until six months
old, according to the bulletin which
advises mothers to support the back
and head of infants when they sit up.
The bad effects of improper or too
much handling are sore muscles and
sick babies, 1t was pointed out.
Handling after eating upsets the
digestion" the bulletin continues,
land jolting, bouncing, rocking and
other forms of baby play upset the
childs nervous system and make him
dependent on such attention. Never
pick up child by the arms and when
walking with the baby do not walk
too fast nor compel him to reach up
to take the hand for 1t Is very firing
to a baby to walk in that position"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-30

Veteran Dead at salina-Ezekiel
Jones, Is years old and veteran Of
the Civil war, is dead at the home
OF his son, John w Jones, in Salina.
-Four children survive.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-30

Fred L. Schultz. soldier who had
deserted from Fort Omaha a few
weeks ago, surrendered to Corporal
Donate of the local recruiting Office
last week and was taken by him to
Fort Bliss. Oklahoma, the last of the
week. Corporal Donate has picked
up several deserters since the local
office was opened and escorted them
back to camp.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-30
Fire at Ringing, Loss Of $4,000.

Ringling.-Fire Of an unknown or.
igin starting in the Colson ruoming
house at o'clock in the morning de.
stroyed a quarter Of block in the
business section Of Ringing. The
total loss to buildings and stocks was
about $4,000. There was no insur.
ance. Frank Wildman Of Oklahoma
City lost three buildings occupied by
a drug store. a saddlery store and a
real estate concern. A bucket brig
ade saved buildings across the street
that many times were on IRE.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-30

United States has ever placed the
cause Of the people of the United
States upon higher plane. No
President has ever struggled more
valiantly to preserve peace with hon
or. His critics have proved the case
for President Wilson. Their unan-
imous approval of his present course
has not dulled the edge of his de-
sire for honorable peace.
The immovability of the President
In the face of selfish and partisan
criticism, coming from those who
thought more of personal advantage
than Of the welfare of the nation, has
been the best security of the Ameri-
can people throughout the time the
world has been darkened by war
clouds.
II the sword of Righteousness must
now be unsheathed, the American
people know that 1t is because peace
full means have been exhausted. II
the sword is raised to strike 1t is be-
cause the head of the de facto gov
eminent of Mexico refuses to re-
spect the rights of America.
No President has ever tried so
hard to interpret the real spirit of
America. Mr.. Wilson has said that
he would rather know what the men
and women, gathered around their
own Preside, are saying than to listen
to the orations of the self-appointed.
In his handling of the Mexican
problem, President Wilson has been
guided by the single impulse to do
what the American people would
have him to do-exhaust all the
peaceful means at his disposal to pro-
tect the lives and property of Ameri-
cans, and, failing III that, to uphold
the honor and dignity of the nation
by the use of its armed forces.
The note written by the State De-
partment to General Carranza in re-
Spouse to his threat to attack the
American troops presented the COM
plete case of the American Govern
ment against Mexico. AS in the Eu-
ropean situation, when the ultima
tum with its ominous note brought
full concessions, 1t marked the end
Of President Wilson's patience.
The lives of the American soldiers
in Mexico, soldiers who were sent
there to protect the border from the
raids of bandits, bent on numbering
Americans, had been threatened.
In the might of righteousness, the
sword of America was then raised to
strike, and in the struggle that
threatens, the nation enters upon its
task with clean and fearless heart
Behind the President, who has sc
truly represented the charitable
spirit of the American people, be-
hind the President now in his grin
determination to use the full mill
tary and naval strength of the ma
ton in support Of the American
troops in Mexico, stand the might!
host of patriotic Americans, united
valiant and conscious of the faithful
ness of their leader to the ideals o
real Americanism.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-30
Old Romance Revived.

Alva.-Rev. c. B. Parkhurst, former
representative from Alfalfa county in
the state legislature, now a minister
at Amorita, has married Mrs. Mary ].
Knowles, in East st. Louis, after a
se'aration Of forty-seven years. They
were engaged to be married in 1869
but the engagement was annulled and
they moved to different parts of the
United States. They married other
sweethearts and raised families but
both have become widowed through
death Of the respective husband and
wife.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-30
Two Thousand Men To Harvest.

Oklahoma City-Two thousand men
are needed in the northwest part of
the state to harvest the wheat crop,
according to telephone message to
the state labor department from Labor
Commissioner w. G. Ashton, who is
in the wheat belt personally looking
after the situation. The four employ
ment bureaus have been notified to
send harvest hands to that section to
supply the demands.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-30
Helpful
Health Hints

Indigestion is the pleasure Of eating to ex-
cess.
Headaches are usually sensory nerve dis
tress; and osteopathy relieves distressed
nerves.
Everything may be all right in its place, but
how about bellyache?
The most common sort Of starvation now
adays, is starvation from overeating.
A distorted body needs something done to
it, not something in the nature Of poison
Gus drugs put into it.
1t is an exceptional case of insomnia that
osteopathic relaxation and adjustment will
not cure.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-30

Entered as second-class matter January 9.
1911 at the post Office at Liberal. Kansas
uuder the Act Of March 3, 1879.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
WILL ENLARGE GARAGE.

Business is good" says Sam
Grossman, of the Grossman Motor
company. "In fact, it is so good, and
our business has grown so during
the past year that our present quart
ers are far too small"
The demand for more space in the
Grossman garage has become serious
and to remedy it deal was made
this week for the purchase of two
bits adjoining the garage on the
east and an addition will be built on
them. When completed, the garage
will have a 6O-foot front and will
furnish ample storage room. The
addition will be directly connected
with the main garage and will be
used mainly for storing cars.