The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-07-14

kind the cares of business are left at
home and the spirit Of good fellow
ship reigns supreme.
]. w. Lewis, formerly of Pratt,
who was here last spring in the inter-
est of delivery system, is again in
the city and is endeavoring to make
arrangements to establish the system
in the near future. Mr.. Lewis has
moved his family here and will make
Liberal his home.
The Y. P. B., at business meeting
held Monday, elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: Miss
Irene Vickers, president; Charles
Buchanan, vice president, and Miss
Grace Blatchley, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
To fill the vacancy caused by the
leaving of Rev. John 1. HUFF, Rev.
D. G. MacLennan was chosen as one
of the directors. With Mr.. MacLen-
nan, Mrs. Grinstead and Mrs. Wick
ers on the board of directors the in
terests of the Y. P. B. should be well
taken care of.
]. w. Claim of Wichita was in
Liberal Friday and Saturday of last
week attending to business matters,
incidentally slipping us q little sub
scription money. Mr.. Claim has
property fourteen miles southeast of
Liberal, and says he wants to keep
posted on affairs down here. He is
property owner in several different
states, and informs us that he is kept
pretty busy going from place to place
looking after same. He has placed
a half section near here for sale in
the hands of Griffith & Baughman.
The l. w. WIS are giving trouble
to the farmers and officers in differ
ent parts Of the state. In many places
they are setting fire to the farmers
grain stacks when the farmers don't
pay their exhorbitant demands for
wages, and elsewhere they send for
achievements when one Of their
dirty bunch gets in Jail. The I. w.
w. is becoming a national menace
and steps should be taken by the fed
eral government in the near future
to put stop to their pernicious and
lawless activities.
The Deutschland, a merchant sub
marine built in Germany for trans
Atlantic commerce, arrived Monday
at Baltimore. Her cargo consisted
of $50 tons of dye-stuff and chem
icals which the United States has
been sorely in need of for over a
year. Captain KONG, commanding
the submarine, said there would be
another one along in few weeks
and that commerce with Germany
would now go On as formerly, not
withstanding the blockade Of that
country by England. This particu-
lar submarine sailed under the en-
tire British feet and only went out
of her regular path few hundred
miles. She travelled 1900 miles un-
der water.
The Eighth Regiment of the Penn
sylvania National Guard stopped off
here an hour Wednesday morning
while on their way to the Mexican
border. The soldiers favored the
people of the town with an exhibition
of marching and each soldier carried
his army rife in true battle style.
About four hundred men marched
through the streets, four abreast,
while the regimental band dispensed
martial music. 1t was quite an in
| spring sight and the boys had the
appearance of real soldiers. Penn
sylvania has up till now furnished
about the best looking material of
any Of the state guards that have
passed through here, and we believe
that when the regular army officers
put them threugh q course Of sprouts
for few months they will make as
good soldiers. as any Of the regulars
noM in. the aela.