The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-04-28

American Association OF Journalism
Teachers at Lawrence adjourned
bringing To close its twoday session
with the election Of officers. James
Melvin Lee of New York University,
was elected president; VIII H. Myers,
University of Texas. was chosen vice
president, and Carl H. Getz. Univer.
sity of Montana, secretary.
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Fire OF unknown origin destroyed
the general office building Of the
Southern Railroad at Washington.
The fire started on the third floor and
had swept the three stories to the
roof before it was discovered.
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Thomas z. Wilson Of Chicago, who
started in life as an office boy and
now is AZ years old, has become head
of the Sulzberger & Sons Packing
Company at $125,OOO year, said to
be the highest salary in the world.
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| Woodrow Wilson was defeated In
Zone precinct in Seward county, Ne
braska, by Robert G. Ross. proprietor
of livery stable. The precinct is
German-American and the vote was 80
| to 38.
Senate Democrats, in conference,
have decided to enact into law the
house bill repeating the provision in
the Underwood Simmons tariff, which
would have placed sugar on the free
list May l, 1916.
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Southwest.
Twenty houses were blown from
their foundations, many barns were
demolished and much live stock killed
by violent windstorm which swept
Longview, Tex, and the country be-
tween there and Big Sandy late the
other day. So far no persons have
been reported killed.
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Maj Gen. Hugh l.. Scott, chief of
staff of the United States army, and
Major General Funston, in charge of
operations along the frontier and in
Mexico, personally discussed the
problems that have grown out of the
punitive expedition in pursuit of Fran
cisco Villa General Scott arrived
from Washington and was met by
General Funston, the two going i'm
mediately to General Funston's head
quarters at Fort Sam Houston.
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Formation OF $50,000,000 oil cor
poration for the purpose of producing,
refining and marketing crude oil and
it's products was announced at Tulsa,
Ok, recently, by H. F. Sinclair,
wealthy oil producer and former Fed
eral League baseball magnate, on his
return from New York. The new COM
pany, which will be headed by Mr..
Sinclair, will be known as the Sinclair
Oil Refining Company.
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History in the oil world was made
recently at Pawhuska, when 5000
barrels of oil production were sold at
public auction to operators from all
parts of the country. Many of the 1903
oil leases brought bargain prices. To.
tai figures from the sale during the
afternoon were $1,721,187.
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The six Villa bandits placed on trial
at Deming, N. M, charged with killing
Charles D. Miller in the Columbus
raid, have been found guilty of MUIR
der in the first degree. The jury was
out thirty minutes.
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The French government has grant
ed authority for the shipment of two
thousand carloads of American corn
for Switzerland which has been de-
layed many. weeks in Marseilles. The
forwarding already has begun.
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Foreign.
Pablo Lopez, Villa lieutenant held
responsible for the murder of seven
teen Americans at Santa Ysabel and
who was shot through both legs in
the raid on Columbus, N. NJ, has been
captured by Carranza forces near the
scene of his crime, according to in
formation received by General Gavira
at Juarez.
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More than thousand soldiers and
men of the crew of the steamer Hsin-
Yu were lost when the steamer sank
after collision with the cruiser Hal
Yung recently, south of the Chusnn
Islands.
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Baron holman Won der Goltz, COM
mander-in-chief of the first Turkish
army, died Wednesday of spotted
fever at the headOuarters Of his Turk