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The Seward gateway., 1916-04-20

Quite be heard from all the territory about the ne" departure placing nomination congressional can" in the hands of committee v doubt handle the Wickersham forces should Mr. Werbau eventually the candidate selected but Mr. wcseham easily decided another After aI no matter constituted ,onuce the convention the convention of the Republican party Alaska As very often happens everything had been cut many had to crow might what might almost keynote phrase the speeches last night but is the only Republican convention expect for another couple of and on
 its actions will be Republican activities should Republican president only asked the delegates subscribe platform declare himself Republican and the nOmi nation was his This he failed to do.
The Seward gateway., 1916-04-20

Mackinaws, Pants, Socks, Boots, Packs, Underwear. Anything you need. SEWARD COMMERCIAL co,
The Seward gateway., 1916-04-20

Best cigarC ana refreshments at Terminal Bar. See ad. ll-l--u
The Seward gateway., 1916-04-20
WANTED

Lady Cook wishes position in camp. Apply Gateway.
The Seward gateway., 1916-04-20

tPlay uniforms for small children are fol. lowing on the heels of rompers fot creeping babies smocks being in the lead This three-year-old wears pima fore hung from the shoulders, dark blue linen bound with black silk braid and beautned. In her estimation, with do lightful kindergarten creaturesl
The Seward gateway., 1916-04-20

The poor Third division awful showing under yesterday The First Fourth had evidently everything ready and us d'S' nothing prepared possible a, the true state Of affairs dd not dawn until the convention proceedings had OeEu" Otherwise it would be natural expect complaint might have been uttered the newspapers public instead of hiding ,.f, ,oI rc-n reporters admission to their deep deliberations
 However m the thing came off showed that this division had
 chance It evidently had minority of delegates separated by some considerations from the majority e visiting delegates hed that the majority in this division had osaczcd that minority but anyhow all tn, speakers for the Third voiced very proper sentiment that
 anocr or not they were m party. and that is the only spirit possible in par, government practically over before a visiting delegate set foot in Seward anyhow.
The Seward gateway., 1916-04-20

Young widow wishes to correspond with gentleman. Photos exchanged, Mrs. c. E. Potter, Gen. Del, Chicago, III. 4-19-2t
Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-19

an examination. It took h1m onty a moment 10 examine and tabulate in his mind the kind Of sate he had to do with In another moment he threw back the bolts and swung the door open.
 They tcok the pay roll package out just as Lyons had placed it within the safe. But the easy triumph of the eX- pert and the congratulations of his friends did not seeu enough to satisfy him.. To make the job artistic. he di- rected his assistants tc get together some brown paper. and after they had taken the bills from the package. he filled it with waste paper, rewrapped the package carefully and replaced it just as he had found it in the safe.
 Leaving by the same way they had entered, the quartet took their way to Seagrue's camp. Seagrue was asleep, and Spike woke him and nut tered they had the money. Seagrue, somewhat upset by the size of the company of thieves with which he was now tied up, kept his own coun- sel. He listened to all that Spike had to say. and at once advised sending the three safe-blowers back to the city. This, however, it was decided. after a brief conference, would not do. as Spike needed somebody to help him foment a disturbance next day. In the erd, a compromise was effect ed, by which The Bat was sent tc town while Sykes and Dan were kept over night to aid in stirring up Rhine lander's men.
 The following day had already been announced in Rhinelander's camp as pay day. When Helen and Lyons ar rived at the office in the morning for duty they found Rhinelander waiting to take the money. Lyons, very will ing to be rid of his responsibility, opened the safe and unsuspectingly turned over to Rhinelander the pack age he had placed in it the afternoon before.
 When the construction boss reached
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10 dodge the issue and he assured such of the men as would listen that if they would give him a little time he would replace the pay roll on his ger. sonal credit: and that no enc shc nd lose a cent through the accident The difficulty was to get the men to listen. The strike idea spread through the camp like an infection, and reason was for the moment completely for gotten. Spike, perceiving the mischief well under way and anxious to get the two city criminals out of the way be- fore the detectives from headquarters should arrive and round up the camp for suspects, directed Spike and Dan to beat it. back to town on the To- cal passenger.
 At this time a sudden and unexpect- ed complication arouse. With Spike, the party returned to the shack fer a final drink. and when they left it, Sykes and Dan started for the stat ion. But a lighted match carelessly thrown to the ground inside the hut. falling among rubbish. had ignited it, and al most before the pair reached the sta tion the hut was on fire
 Entering the waiting room with his companion, Sykes bought tickets from Helen for the city. When with Dan he walked out on the platform, the local train had pulled in and the crew were looking at the fire in Rhinelanders camp.
 Sykes and Dan boarded the train al the moment it pulled slowly out. In the office, while Helen was putting away the bill with which Sykes had paid for the tickets. her attention was arrested by blot of ink on the edge of it. With a woman's intuition, she realized almost at once that the ink stained bill was one of those stolen from the express package the night before. Running out on the platform, she told Lyons of the discovery.
 Helen, frantic as she saw the train pulling away with the burglars. looked around for help. Nothing seemed 10
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SIXTH INSTALLMENT
HELEN'S WILD RIDE

Helen spied him the minute she stepped inside Rhinelander's hut to de liver the telegram-a small, fiuffy bun. dle of black and white, lying curled up tightly on Rhinelander's cot, as if this was the haven of warmth and refuge so long sought. Where" demanded Helen of Rhinelander, and emphasiz- ing each word in amazement, did you get that dear, little dog?"
 That dear, little dog," explained Rhinelander. with corresponding ea' phasis, 'is the last addition to my al ready overburdened pay roll"
 Whats his name? Who" demand. ed Helen in delight, put him on?"
 He just got hold with his teeth and hung on. He blew into camp the other day, the tiredest, orneriest, hungriest- looking cur you ever saw. Some mo- toring party lost him, probably"
 Rhinelander reread his telegram: RhineIander,
 Signal:
 Monthly pay roi on No. I. H.
 Say, this is news; best I've had this week. The pay roll is overdue three days and these Greeks and Mexics are a suspicious bunch. Whats your hurry?" he asked as Helen made ready to go.
 T must run" said Helen. I'm alone this morning"
 Don't be in a rush; I'm going over that way myself" returned Rhineland- CT, picking up his hat. ''The pup will keep house a few minutes"
 Leaving the hut door open, Rhine lander, accompanied by Helen. started for the station. Two good comrades. as we'll as devoted friends, Helen and he laughed and joked along their way,
Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-19
AUTHOR OF INTERFERING SMITH" THE MOUNTAIN
 DIVIDE" STRATEGY OF
 GREAT RAILROADS" ETC
SYNOPSIS.

Little Helen Holmes daughter of Gen eral Holmes, railroad man. is rescued from imminent danger on a scenic railroad by George Storm. a newsbOy- Grown to young womanhood Helen saves storm. now a fireman. her father. end his friends Amos Rhinelander. financier. and Robert Seagrue, promoter. from threatened col lision. Safebreakcrs employed by Sea- grue steal General Holmes survey plans of the cutoff line for the Tidewater, ia tally wound the general and escape. Her fathers estate badly involved by his death. Helen goes to work on the Tide water. SeagrGe uses Spike tc set fire to a powder train hauled by Storms engine. Helen saves Storm from a horrible death. Helen recovers the survey plans from Seagrue and though they are taken from her. finds an accidentally made proof of the survey blue print. Storm. employed by Rhinelander. wins a fight with Sea- grue's men for possession of a consign- ment of railroad ties.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-19

have caught him to save his life, but fortunately for herself. she could not reach him in time. Had she done SO, her own death would have been inevi- table, for Dan, swaying wildly, slipped again. He caught with fearfHl curse at the empty air. It was too late for anyone to aid him now. and the next instant he had plunged hsadlong on the roof to his death.
 Helen turned to the officer. who, in a grapple with Sykes. was fghtir g ,n the grasp of the powerful criminal. to save himself from being hurled through an adjoining skylight
 Below the two, the fat man. Bat. looking up. beheld his confederate in the grip of the law. Helen was too late to aid the officer to save himself. but the plucky policeman gripped Sykes around the neck ss he plunged forward himself, and before the fat
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watched from the farther end of the camp by Spike, who, disgraced, chafed, half in hiding. awaiting some oppor- tunity for mischief to turn up-some- thing that would release from honest idleness.
 It was to be an irony of fate that now made of the homeless dog an in strument to serve the purpose of the restless criminal. The puppy, alone, in the tent, refreshed by his nap. in vigorated by his breakfast, and im- pelled, Rhinelander would have said, by the devil, looked about for some thing to interest him. Seizing the tele- gram in his sharp teeth, the dc start ed to tear 1t to pieces. At that june ture an inquisitive squirrel, pausing before the open door, peered sharply into the hut.
 To the dog, this looked like formal challenge. He was so overcome by the impudence of it that he sprang from the table. forgetting to put the telegram back where it belonged. Away he dashed. telegram in teeth. after the squirrel
 There was but single spectator of this dash-the breeding Spike. As the dog tore past Spike the telegram
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offer in any direction and she turned distractedly back to the office 10 wire Oceanside when her eye fell on a speeder car.
 With a start she turned to it, tocT hold of the handles. pushed the ca forward length, found it responded to her touch. and hardly giving thought as to whether she could man. age the machine, conceived. as it be- gan to pick up speed. that possibly she could overtake the departing train. This idea, once in her head, she had only to jump into the seat and in an other moment she was in pursuit of the train-then travelling through a zone of fire from the burning camp.
 Catching at the infiammable mate rial with which its path was freely spread, ieaping from tent to tent and hut to hut. licking up the canvas and eating rapidly into the flimsy wooden structures that barred its way, engulf- ing machinery, wagons and equipment ! in it's quick advance, the fire, famed by Int HUI LII W inA dl4u Alo WI ShNNAbAs tore along like a whirlwind, with Rhinelander and his gang doing their best to check it. By the time the train had reached the vicinity of the camp. the fire had jumped the track and the flames rose on all sides as the local i headed through them.
 Close behind the train, Helen, run ming the lineman's speeder. was doing her utmost to attract the attention of the train crew. Their eyes were fixed on the fire. Helen sped through the angry fire. and gained on the last
 moving train until but a slight gap separated the nose of her speeder from the rear platform. Then mount ing on the footboard of the roaring lit tie motor, she sprang with all her strength to the observation platform of the rear car.
 The conductor and brakeman, look ing back at that moment from the coaches to watch the fire. discovered the pursuing speeder. The two started back for the rear platform and they reached it just as Helen landed in front of them from her jump.
 What in the world2" demanded the conductor, as he looked from the eX- cited girl to the deserted lineman's car. now falling back in the race it had maintained with the train. What in thunder" he again demanded of Helen, in simple. good faith. 'are you trying ,S do. Miss Holmes?'
 Helen, short of breath and wild with excitement, tried to explain: "Mr. Rhinelander, she said. between gasps, was robbed yesterday. Thieves took his pay roll from our safe last night They left punches of brown paper in
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OHiNC FllCO hisS VI GittS his camp, the men were lined up out side his tent waiting for their pay. Passing within, Rhinelander cut open the package. To his cCnsternation he found only brown paper instead of currency. Stunned by the revelation and breathless with amazement, he made his way, whitehead, back to the station for an explanation.
 Rushing into the office he threw the doctored package down before Lyons and Helen. The two paled n turn with excitement and each of the three looked blankly into the faces of the others. Lyons ran to the safe and opened it again-Rhinelander and Helen watching. Nowhere else inside was any money to be found. The cur rency package, apparently undisturbed, had been taken by the agent Tn the first instance from precisely where he had left it and seemingly in the same condition in which it had been placed in the safe. All that confronted the startled trio now was the worthless package of brown paper.
 Rhinelander wiped his brow and turned. dejected. from the counter. He had not the heart to wire Oceanside of the calamity. The first thing neces- sary, in any event, was 10 make an ef- fort tc appease the men and, starting to his camp. he attempted to do this. The men. made uneasy by Rhinelard- CTS sudden disappearance after his promise to pay, were GrumblinG around Wood, the foreman, who was using his best efforts to quiet them. Rhinelander now reappeare1 from the station, but empty-handed He brought with him the rihed package, showed this to Wood and to the men; eX- plained that he had been robbed and told the men they would have tc wait.
 Those closest m the group that crowded around him had been primed for disturbance by Spike and his two confederates. They sneered at Rhine laniers statements and told him they wanted their pay. Lyons, hurrying over from the station, reported to Rhinelander that the express company and the chief special agents office had been notified of the robbery and de tectives were oa the way. But while Wood and Lyons argued with some oi the disaffected. Spike and his com panions lured others Of them to a hut on the edge of the camp limits, where a sort of blind pig was in operation. Here Spike, spending money ireeiv piled the grumbl,ng .lborers with Gquor and advised them to stand on their rights and refuse to work II their money was not at once forthcom- ing. c
 Rhinelander made up his mind noI
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NoVELIZED FROM THE MoV- ING PICTURE PLAY OF THE SAME NAME. PRODUCED BY THE SIGNAL FILM CORPORA TON. COPYRIGHT. 1918. BY FRANK H SPEaHiEs.

dropped from his mouth almost at the convict's feet, and idly picking the paper up Spike opened and read it: :, RhineIander,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-15
A WORTHY CONGRESSMAN

The Seventh District of Kansas
never in its history had a congress
man more worthy of reelection than
present Congressman Jouett Shouse.
This district has sent some mighty
good men to Congress in past years,
but none have made finer record
of achievement than has Mr.. Shouse.
He has worked indefatigably for the
interests of his constituents, and at
the same time has taken such a
prominent part in the larger affairs
of the government as to mark him as
one of the leaders in the great leg
islative body of which he is a men,
Der. Mr.. Shouse in his term as state
senator showed a capacity for work
that was the marvel of his friends
and colleagues. He has continued
this pace during his service in Con-
gress. He is deserving of reelection
upon his good record and failure to
send him back would be reversion
to blind and biased craftsmanship. The
spirit of independence is too strong
among the people Of this district to
permit Of turning good man down
without much better excuse than Is
offered in this instance.-Stafford
Courier.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-15
DEEDS, NOT WORDS

Postmaster General Burleson re-
Gently forwarded to the Treasury De-
partment check for $4,000, 900, the
amount of the surplus in postal rev.
enues for the past fiscal year. Ac-
cording to Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo, it was the third time since
1885 that surplus postal revenues
have been deposited in the Treasury,
all those being since the beginning of
President Wilson's administration.
In the fiscal year 1913 the surplus
was $3,S0O,O0O and in 1914 it was
$3,5O0,OOO.
At about the same date that the
check above mentioned was sent to
the Treasury Department, a tentative
allotment of million dollars for con-
struction and maintenance of roads
and trails in national forests was an
nounced by Secretary of Agriculture
Houston. This amount is. to be ex-
pended during the present fiscal year
out of the $1O,OOO,000 appropriated
by the Federal Road Act. By the
terms of the act, the states are re-
quested to cooperate to the extent
of at least so per cent of the cost of
surveys and construction.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-15
FIRST ANNUAL COWBOYS
GENERAL ROUNDUP

Tucumcari, New Mexico, Sept. IL.
Extensive arrangements are being
made by Quay county citizens for a
big Cowboys Roundup to be held in
Tucumcari, October 3, 4, s, which
will provide three days of Wild West
entertainment in the shape of bron-
cho busting contests, steer roping,
steer bull-dogging, horse races, wild
mule races, novelty. races, etc, etc.
Twenty-Five hundred dollars in cash
prizes is being offered and the affair
promises to be one of the best enter
tainments ever staged in Eastern
New Mexico.
A splendid half mile race track has
been constructed short distance
from the business center of the city,
which will be in good shape in time
for the Roundup.
The program provides good prizes,
and additional entertainment is con-
templated in the nature of carni-
val at night, good band concerts,
aeroplane flights or balloon ascen-
sions, dances and boxing exhibition.
Those desiring programs, list of
events and prizes, or other detailed
information should write the secre-
tary, r. z. Boyer, Tucumcari, N. M.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-15
MORE CHARGES ARE FILED
Further Bad Conditions In State Or.
phans' Home at Atchison Revealed
by Committee Report.

cross mismanagement and dental
malpractice at the Kansas Orphans
Home in Atchison is charged by a
special committee Of the state board
OF health, sent to the institution by
Governor Capper to make a supple
mentary report on conditions there.
The report was made by DR.. Lydia
A. DeVilbiss, head of the Child Hy-
giene Bureau, and DR.. B. ]. Alexan-
der, ex'president of the board Of
health.
Here are the important items that
make up the charges against the su-
perintendent and the dentist:
Children given oleomargarine that
is unfit for human consumption.
Pillows placed in beds in daytime.
to make them look NICE" but not al
lowed the children for use at night
to Save washing"
Food furnished without regard to
proper dietetics.
Improper care Of sick children.
Allowing children to sleep in damp
beds.
Keeping chickens in buildings used
for attendants.
A dentist who examined the teeth
OF over ninety children and pulled 1872
teeth within five hours.
The committee demanded the resig-
nation of Superintendent Willis and
that the institution be placed under
the care Of a competent woman and
the committee filed charges Of NAL
practice against the home dentist for
his alleged careless treatment OF the
children.
Early in the summer this same COM
mittee visited the home and reported
its condition to the governor. They
said then that the home was dis
grace to the state. Governor Cap
per ordered many improvements made
in line with the committees re.
port and then directed that the com.
mittee go back and see what it could
find
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-15
KANSAS MINERS WALK OUT
Tired Of Operators Delay 5000 Union
Workers In Southeast Part
of State Quit.

Eight thousand union miners walked
out in the Southeast Kansas coal
fields the other day as a result of dis.
satisfaction over delay in closing a
new agreement with the Southeastern
Coal Operators Association.
The miners marched all day, calling
out members of the union from mine
after mine. At the close of the day
every big mine In the district had
been closed except Weir No. 81 and
two Santa Fe mines in the south part.
The walkout affected mines of the
Western Coal and Mining Company,
the Central Coal and Coke Company,
the ]. R. Grove Coal and Mining Com
pany, the Sheridan Company, Weir
Coal Company and the Katy companies.
The miners declared they would not
return to work unless a clause is in.
serted in their contract providing that
a union miner shall not be discharged
without reason nor without the con-
sent of the unions. Strip pits, big
contributors to the districts output,
were not affected.
Alexander Howat, president of Dis.
trict No. IA of the miners union, said
the miners were FESTIVE because the
wage scale conferences were drag
ging.
Il told local officials of the union at
Pittsburg over the telephone that the
men would not be asked to work any
more until the operators indicate they
want to be fair" said Mr.. Howat. Il
know and every miner knows the op.
orators do not care whether we ever
reach an agreement so long as the
mines continue to rum"
Lightning Hit Church.-St. An
drew's Catholic church, at Independ.
ence, large stone structure, built in
1884, was struck by lightning recently
and the roof and interior burned.
X X X
Picks Up Wire and Is killed.-Be.
cause she saw wire lying across the
road and took hold Of 1t, Nellie Dick,
10 years old, of Lawrence, is dead. The
wire was charged with 1900 volts of
electricity and the little girl was killed
almost instantly.
X X X
Fell 1900 Feet.-Capt. Ralph Nc.
Millen, an aviator, was killed at st.
Francis when his Curtiss biplane was
caught in an air pocket and fell nearly
1900 feet crushing him beneath. II
was the second time in a week that
McMillen had fallen.
Retired Banker Dles.-Wilson A.
Walker, retired banker, is dead at
his home in Atchison, aged 67. For
many years before moving to Atchison
he was in the banking business ct Eff.
f.ngham.
X X X
Mail Carrier kiIled.-Jacob Hosney,
rural route mail carrier out of Valeda,
a small town twenty-five miles south.
west of Oswego, was killed when
shotgun which he was attempting to
lift from behind stove, was accident
ally discharged.
X X X
Paralysis Case at Parsons.-The sec.
ond case of infantile paralysis within
week was reported at Parsons re.
Gently. Gladys Webb, 2-year-old
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Webb,
developed the disease but physicians
say she will recover.
X X X
Normal Teachers Called In.-Presi-
dent Thomas w. Butcher Of the state
normal school at Emporia has issued
an order by letters and kilograms to
the normal faculty to be in Emporia
by September 4 in view Of the Inn
pending railroad strike.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-15
CHRISTIAN CHURCH

The vacation season is over and
the churches have all returned tc
their regular services.
The junior G. e. society, which has
been taking vacation during the
summer, will hold their regular ser.
vice at 1900 a. m, September IT
We hope all will be in their places
at the appointed hour.
For the benefit of those who may
be interested, we wish to announce
that the Christian church at Hugo
ton will be dedicated September IT.
and the brethren would be glad to
welcome delegation from Liberal.
H. F. BOLTON, Pastor.