The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-10-13

of Commons to deport Russian and
Rumanian refugees from England I'M
less they join the British army has
been sent to Sir Herbert Samuels,
home secretary of England. The pro-
test was the result of a, mass meeting
at New York called by the National
Workmen's Committee on Jewish
Rights.
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Southwest.
The Rev. William j. Williamson, of
st. Louis, who won and then lost his
battle against John Barleycorn, has
again mysteriously disappeared. News
Of his disappearance became public
few hours before the preacher was
to open services in the Peoples
Tabernacle.
Fire recently destroyed the Nor
row hotel and two other buildings at
.Drumright, Ok, and badly damaged
the Strand hotel. Gould Wright, an
oil field worker, said to have come
from Kankakee, ILL.,, was burned to
death.
A special election to fill the vacancy
in the United States senate, caused
by the death of James P. Clarke. has
been called for November 7, the date
of the general election, by Governor
! George w. Hays, of Arkansas.
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War Department statistics show
| there are about 100000 militiamen
now on the border. The 5000 just
ordered South will relieve a SINH.
lar force, which will be returned to
home stations for muster out Of the
federal service.
| The Second Kansas Infantry and
the Missouri Signal Company will be
relieved from border duty by the ar
rival of new state troops, it was an
nounced recently at the Southern
Department headquarters.
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, States senator from Missouri and an
ex-commander-in-chie of the G. A. R.,
is dead at his home in Kansas City
F., after brief illness brought on by
overwork during the recent national
encampment. He was 76 years Of age
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The body of Sergeant Frank A.
Alexander, II the quartermaster corps,
U. S. A., stationed at Fort Clark, Tex I,
was found at his home in Ell Paso
with a bullet wound through his head.
The coroner's verdict was suicide.
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Foreign.
The story circulated abroad that
the American ambassador, James A.
Gerard, is the bearer of an appeal
from the German emperor for peace
intervention by the United States is
declared authoritatively in Berlin to
be without foundation.
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Travellers arriving at Mytilene from
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Athens, report that the Turks arrest
ed the Greek metropolitan of Avail,
together with five hundred notables,
and sent them into the interior, sub
jecting them to the toughest treatment.
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Russia has lost six million men
during the first two years of the war
and at least ~ million in this years
offensive, according to estimates from
Danish sources given out by the Off
cial news agency in Berlin.
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The Greek provisional government,
composed of President Venizelos, Ad-
miral Coundouriotis and General Dan
glis, together with their suite, have
departed aboard the steamer Hes
peria, presumably for Mytilene.
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Further evidence of the heavy toll
neutral shipping is paying in the
world war is contained in a statement
given out by the British government
showing that nineteen vessels had
been SUNK "by enemy mines" be-
tween June 1 and September "a.
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The British admiralty announces
that the Cunard steamer Franconia,
employed for TRANSPORT duty, has been
sunk in the Mediterranean by an
enemy submarine. The steamer had
no troops aboard. Twelve men Of the