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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-15
Greece May Accede
to Allies Demands

London, Dec. 15-An Athens de-
spatch to Reuters says that the indi-
cations are that the allied ultimatum
will be. accepted in principle by King
Constantine. The despatch says that
this decision is the outcome of g. cab
met council held under the presidency
Of the King.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-15
which was to last until the end of the

which was to last until the end of the
peace parley.
Meanwhile, the European Powers,
realizing the gravity OF the situation
continued efforts for peace. Presi-
dent Poincare of France offered q pro-
posal early in November that the Pow
ers should pledge themselves to "ter-
ritorial Observation-Disclosures" But this did
not meet with the approval Of the
Triple Alliance Of which Austria
Hungary took the initiative. The
Austrian Government ON several occa-
sions announced it's purpose of taking
all necessary steps to protect its own
vital interests.
Late in November Sir Edward Grey,
on behalf Of England, proposed that
representatives of the Powers be au-
thorized to confer on the Balkan sit
uation at some European capital. This
was accepted and London was select
ed. The conference opened on De-
cember 16. 1t was deadlocked, how
ever, by unalterably contradictory
views on three vital questions.
The Turkish diplomats rejected the
Balkan allies terms Of peace OF jan
uary 6, and the conference was sus-
pended. Ten days later the great
Powers sent a collective note to Tur-
key, advising the Porte to act favor
ably upon the unsettled problems. This
resulted in a council in Constantinople
on January %, 1913, which gave it's
assent to the proposal.
But on the. next day the concilia-
tory Ministry of Turkey was over
thrown and mo surrender" Cabinet
put in it's place. This Cabinets only
concession was unacceptable to the
Balkan allies and hostilities were re-
ssumed. Nm II
1t was then that the principle Of AL
bantam autonomy entered into the sit
uation, so as to threaten hostilities be-
tween Austria-Hungary and Italy on
one side and Russia on the other.
Montenegro proved the stumbling
block. Finally King Nicholas was
notified on April 1, 1913 that the Pow
ers had unanimously agreed to block
ade his coast if he did not raise the
siege Of Scutari.
AS a result Of the pressure brought
to bear, King Nicholas yielded on May
5 and placed Scutari in the hands Of
the Powers. AS Sir Edward Grey in
formed the House Of Commons, it was
just in time to prevent an outbreak
between Austria andsRussia.
Meanwhile, the Powers on March
again offered to mediate. An armi-
stice was signed at Bulair on April
10 by all the belligerents except Mon
.tenegro. On April rs, when the Mon
tenegrins captured Scutari, the truce
was made general. 1t was on May
81 that the SECOND London Peace Con-
ference began.
The delegates were warned by Sir
Edward Grey that the Powers would
not countenance protracted delibera-
ton. AS a result, on May 80, the
Treaty Of London was signed and peace
concluded.
SECOND CONFLICT WAS BRIEF.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-15

An embargo has been placed on
shipments, Of grain and -four to east
ern terminals by the Northern Pacific
Railway. III
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-15
His Iniuries Fatal.

Morris Finney, carpenter, died in
the Stamford hospital Sunday night
from injuries sustained Saturday in g
house on which he had been working.
His skull was fractured at the base,
and he also suffered severe concus-
sion Of the brain. He died without
regaining consciousness.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-15

ton of peace plenipotentiaries. Two
days later Russia took similar action.
The conference was to be held in
Washington, but it actually assembled
at the Portsmouth Navy Yord, on Au-
gust 9.
After being In session nine days
the conference recorded definite dis
agreement on four points in dispute.
An adjournment was taken until the
twenty-second.
In the meantime President Roose:
welt summoned Baron Rosen, the jun
ior Russian plenipotentiary, to Oys-
ter Bay. To him the President ex-
pressed his earnest desire that the
work Of the Congress- not prove fruit
less, and rendered his good offices to
avoid such an outcome
The conference, upon re-assembling
again deadlocked upon Russia's refu-
sal to pay an indemnity. There was
a prolonged session of the Japanese
Cabinet at Toxic on August %. The
outcome Of this was made apparent
on the following day when greatly
to the surprise of the Russians. the
Japanese plenipotentiaries waived the
claim for indemnity and agreed to-
make peace on the basis of the Cars
ultimatum.
The peace treaty was signed at
Portsmouth on September S. It was
subscribed by the two Emperors', in
duplicate on October IA.
FIRST BALKAN FARLEY BROKEN
Peace negotiations bringing the first
To CO oil
ly intermingled with preparation for a
resumption of hostilities that their du-
ration extended over more than a year.
In November 10, 1912, Turkey open
ed negotiations for an armistice, and
operations were suspended for the time
being. She asked the Powers to me-
date, and received reply that no
terms unacceptable to all the bellig-
erents would be forced upon them.
But when a, week later the Balkan al
lies presented their terms Of peace,
Turkey at once rejected them.
However, on November rs, a meet
ing, was arranged between General
Savoff, of the Bulgarians, and Maxim
Pasha, the Turkish Commander-in-
Chief and Minister of War. This re-
suited in the peace negotiations be-
ing resumed three days later at Tchat-
alja- Finally on pecember g.. a pro-
focal was signed f0f an armistice
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-15
PROTOCOL HALTED /
WAR WITH SPAIN.

The war between the United States
and Spain had been in progress for
about three months when on July 26;
1898, Spain made oyertures for peace
through the French Ambassador at
Washington, M. Cambon. He was au-
thorized to act as Minister Plenipoten-
tiary for Spain during the negotia-
tons. The peace protocol and pre-
liminary arrangements were conclud-
ed on August IL, or seventeen days af-
ter the first overtures were made.
1t was provided that the final treaty
should be made by a Commission
meeting in Paris not later than Octo-
Der /. After prolonged discussions
and threatened failure time and again.
the Peace Treaty was signed on De-
cember 10. 1t was ratified by the
United States Senate on February 6,
1899, and signed by the Queen Regent
of Spain on March II. 81
Final notifications were exchanged
on April IL, and diplomatic. relations
were shortly afterward resumed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-15
pEBATED FOR 70 DAYS.

It was seventy-three days after the
first peace overtures before a nnal
agreement was reached in the war
between France and Germany in 1871.
France, in a desperate plight, took
advantage Of cessation of hostilities
on the part Of Germany. caused by
the consolidation Of the different states
Of that country into an empire. to form
responsible government that could
conduct peace negotiations. Theirs
was selected Chief Executive and Inn
mediately undertook the task Of se-
curing peace. f
: His indefatigable efforts resulted in
preliminary terms of peace on Feb,
ruary 26, 1871. The final treaty was
signed at Frankfort on May TO-.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-15
Shfpued 200 Sheep.

A very unusual sight was the drove
Of sheep on the New Canaan highway
Monday afternoon. The sheep, num-
bering 200. came from the Southeast
ern Farms Co.'S farms in ound Ridge,
and were railroaded in cattle car to
the Jersey City stock yards.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-22
THE NEW ACHIEVEMENT

Only President Wilson's efficient
leadership prevented the strike OF
four hundred thousand railway train
men that would have tied up the
principal railroad systems of the
United States.
Not only would trade and money
have been lost If the strike had oc-
Cured. The vast mechanism OF
transportation which supplies the
populations of all large American
cities with daily nourishment would
have been disorganized. There would
have been suffering, perhaps starva-
tion-and interruption of the coun-
try's unexampled prosperity.
All this President Wilson accom-
plished. 1t was a service of meal
culable magnitude and should meas
ure large in the public's final esti-
mate of Woodrow Wilson next No
vember.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-22
ON BEFTTTING CONDUCT

l plead not for eccentricity, for
roughness of Manner am no
stranger to the bland amenities and
suavities of life. acknowledge a
fitness to time and duty, and circum-
stance, in dress and in incidents of
even lighter moment. l accept the
common sense of mankind as the ar
bitter between what is real and natur-
al and what is assumed and fantastic
The banker, the capitalist, the mer-
chant, who should ape the dress OF
the car man, the hodcarrier, would
be justly the ridicule of every healthy
mind, and of none more than the cal
man himself. loathe perverseness
lit is at war with harmony and the
supreme good. Convince me that the
Quaker remains stubbornly covered
in the presence Of his equals, hi
seniors, from mere mulishness o.
whim, and abandon him to your re
Dukes; will second them with m.
own. But let me realize that tina
rude noncompliance stands to hin
for vital fact-that it symbolizes t.
him great principle, to-wit, the sterl
uprising of true manhood agains
servilfty and fawning adulation, an
l will defend him to the last gasp
Horace Greeley.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-22
x14O Fl. "PAY AS YOU LIVE" Price $50 to $500
E. D. COOPER, Mgr.
Land and Credit Dept.
John w. Baughman

is money in sheep, grub in the head
takes what the dogs and coyotes
leave. When he sells his grain early
the market hits the ceiling a month
or two after he has disposed of his,
and II he holds on the market says
and he loses not only the difference in
price but the loss from shrinkage and
what has been devoured by the rats.
He falls out of tree and breaks leg
just at the beginning of harvest and
can't get hired hand to take his
place who is worth whoop in a rain
barrel, and as a result loses half of
his crop and he has to pay doctor
bill besides. He manages to build a
reasonably comfortable house and
says: Here I will take comfort" A
cyclone comes whooping along, scat
tiers his house over the next two
townships, kills most of his family
and leaves his mother-in-law on his
hands unscathed.
Yes, by necessity the farmer is the
most persistent gambler in the world,
and very often he seems to be playing
against fate which deals with loaded
dice.-Tom McNeal in Mail and
Breeze.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-22
LOST:-Lady's gold watch. Re
turn to this office. SIS reward.
HAS WORK FOR LEGGED MEN


P. Goldsmith's Sons manufacture
baseballs. Some time ago the Off
Gals of the company discovered that
a LEGGED man can sew baseball COW
ers as swiftly and as neatly as his
more fortunate brother with two
good legs. Since that time the firm
through cooperation with charitable
agencies has given a number of l.
legged men employment, and thus
has enabled them to become indie
pendent, self respecting citizens. The
officers have, furthermore, made II
known that they welcome the appli-
cation of such men for employment.
Business men who contribute large
sums to charity, and the heads Of the
agencies which administer such funds
will do well to pattern after the plan
adopted by P. Goldsmith's Sons, as
one of the safest and sanest methods
of eliminating dependents that has
yet been devised.-Des Moines Capt.
tai,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-22
First published Sept. Is, 1870
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, U. s.
Land Office at Dodge City, Kansas.
September 9Th, 1916.
Notice is hereby given that Andrew
J. Jernigan of Liberal, Kansas, who,
on December 14th, 1912, made
Homestead Application, Serial No.
011505, for NWA, Section "a, Town
ship 34S, Range 31W, 9Th Principal
Meridian, has filed notice of intention
to make Final Three Year Proof, to
establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before the Clerk of the Dis
trict Court of Seward County, Kan
sas, at Liberal, Kansas, on the 21st
day of October, 1916.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Edmond o. Fast, Wilburn Risley,
John Stakeholder, John Long, all Of
Liberal, Kansas.
Not coal land.
r. R. WILSON,
Register.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-22
WHY RADIUM is EXPENSIVE

One-sixth of the worlds output Of
radium is made within seven miles
of this city in factory at Lans-
downe, which is one of the six plants
of its kind in the world. It has a
capacity of producing three grams Of
radium a year. The process by which
the metal is made was discovered by
DR.. d. H. Kabakjian, assistant pro-
lessor of physics in the University Of
Pennsylvania and resident of Lans-
downe.
There are only two other radium
factories in the United States. One is
operated by private corporation in
Pittsburg and the other, a govern
ment enterprise, is under the super
vision of the bureau of mines in
Denver, Colo. In all three plants the
process by which radium, the most
valuable of all substances, is made,
broadly speaking, is the same. In all
the plants "radium salt" is made
from carnotite, yellowish, claylike
mineral found in Colorado. Doctor
Kabakjian's secret method of treat
ing the carnotite ore, however, is
bringing better results than any of
the other processes used in this coun-
try or elsewhere. According to the
inventor, it is extracting 80 per cent
of radium from the ore.
Some idea of the delicacy Of the
secret chemical process which the
carnotite ore undergoes can be
cleaned from the output of the fac
tory. Hundreds of tons Of carnotite
are used during the course of year
Twenty-Five men working nine hours
a day for year will produce three
grams of pure radium salt. The mar
ket price of radium is 100000 8
gram at this time, and the Lans
downe factory's yearly output IL
worth 100000. A gram is one
twenty-eighth of an ounce.
Radium is sent to all parts of thu
world from the factory at Lansdowne
1--WE have to be mighty careful how
we ship this material" said Docto
Kabakjian. "The radium salt i
placed in sealed glass tube like thi
one." and he rolled between his fing
'ers little glass tube not much large
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-22
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
R. R. WILSON,
Register.

Department of the Interior, U. 8.
Land Office at Dodge City, Kansas.
August 18th, 1916.
Notice is hereby given that Albert
o. Shaver Of Moscow, Kansas, who,
on April 18th, 1914, made Homested
Application, Serial No. 011995, for
NJ NEA, Section 35, Township 32S,
Range 35W, 9Th Principal Meridian,
has fled notice of intention to make
Communication Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, be-
for the Probate Judge Of Seward
County, Kansas, at Liberal, Kansas,
on the 30th day of September, 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Henry Berg of Liberal, Kansas; John
w. Edmonds of Moscow, Kansas;
Emery ]. Castle of Moscow, Kansas;
Stanley e. Darby of Ematon, Kansas.
Not coal land.
r. R. WILSON,
Register.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-22
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, U. 8.
Land Office at Dodge City, Kansas,
August 18th, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that Ira H.
Swan of Liberal, Kansas, who, on
January 10th, 1910, made homestead
application, Serial No. 09378, for
NWA, Section 80, Township 34S,
Range saw, 9Th Principal Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make
final five-year proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, be-
fore the Probate Judge Of Seward
county, Kansas, at Liberal, Kansas,
on the 7th day of October, 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Gus Grimsley, Israel G. Clark, Her
schell L. Russell, Charles Wallace, all
of Liberal, Kansas.
Not coal land.
R. R. WILSON,
Register.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-22
19O7-1916

This is not the first time that ex-
traordinary conditions have necessi-
tated resort to extraordinary meas
ures, and that it has been necessary
for the Government to serve private
interest in order to protect the pub
lie interest.
In the year 1907 the United States
experienced one of the most disas-
trous panics of its history. Years
were required to liquidate it.
In the midst of this panic President
Roosevelt placed the resources of the
United States treasury at the dis
position of ]. Pierpont Morgan and a
coterie of New York bankers.
Some of these men were immedi-
ately responsible for the panic, in the
sense that it began in their determin-
alton to crush Morse. They did not
intend to have a panic, but they
loosed forces that they were unable
to control.
When the panic became a fact,
however, there was no time to waste
in fixing responsibility. The thing
to do was to stop it. The quickest
way to stop it was to turn the treas
ury over to Mr.. Morgan and his asso-
ciates and let them re-establish the
market. This was done.
In theory there could be no act OF
government more reprehensible NOR
ally, legally and politically than to
put group of Wall Street bankers
into physical possession of the Unit
ed States treasury. No sane man
would think of defending it as an
established policy of government
Nevertheless, there was no Other
method Immediately available Of
meeting the crisis. The United States
had an antiquated Banking and Cur
rency Law which encouraged panics
and the situation had to be met with
out an hours delay.
The panic was stopped. Mr.. Nor
gan and his associates are said t
have made fortunes out of their op
erations, and probably they did. 1
could not have been otherwise, bu
their gains were small in comparison
with the losses the country woul,
have sustained il the panic had con
tinued even week.
Out of this situation, however
came the public sentiment that final
ly enabled President Wilson to OF
tain the enactment of the Bankin
and Currency Law which has mad
the United States panic-proof.
The country confronted a simila
situation of disaster in the threatene
railroad strike. The President an
congress took the swift and sure wa
Ito avert It.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-22
THE GREAT GAMBLE

1t may be that sometime the farm
ing business in this country will be so
reduced to science that 1t will be
reasonably sure, but at present the
farmer is necessarily the greatest
gambler in the world. He never
knows when he plants crop that he
will gather harvest. At the time
when he should be planting his seed
in the springtime, Gentle Annie, the
rains probably are falling in torrents
every day and when the ground gets
dry enough to plant he finds that he
has just hit the edge of dry spell
which ruins his crop prospect. His
orchard blooms profusely in April
and belated freeze comes in May,
and that summer all the fruit he eats
he has to buy at the store. His corn
perhaps comes up beautifully and he
looks down the long green rows with
pride and satisfaction. The next day
he goes out and discovers that the
Internal cutworms have got in their
deadly work and his corn has to be
replanted. The spring, perhaps, is
reasonably favorable and his pros
poets bright, when with savage Joy
million chinch bugs lope into his
fields and the growing crop withers
like Jonah's gourd. He sows large
area Of wheat and says Next year ]
will make killing" The Hessian
fly hears his gladstone refrain and as
she deposits her eggs in the growing
stalks, remarks 1--WE will see you
later, me buck"
In the morning he looks out over
his ripening field of wheat which
has somehow or other escaped the
ravages of the chinch bug, the greer
bug and the Hessian fly and his eyes
brighten as he sees the yellow whea
wave in the wind like a glorious gold
en- sea, and he says Tomorrow the
reaper will be busy" Before tn,
morrow comes hail storm has sweep
across his land and left his field {
ruin. He watches his growing swim,
and reads with interest the marke
reports and figures that each of thes,
hogs is good for $25 or $50 or mayb
even more. The next day the choler,
comes in and the last one of his beau
tiful fat swine passes over into tn
saccharine subsequently. His COW
fade away with the hollow horn an
his horses die of some disease tn
veterinarians don't understand, an
all the satisfaction he gets out of
is in watching the horse doctor
make post norton examinations c
the interior of his dead equines, an
afterward bring in their bills fo
futile services rendered. If he goe
into the poultry business his hens di
Of the pip. II he concludes that thel
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-22
The President and congress saved

The President and congress saved
the country from civil war and gave
it time for calm, dispassionate action
to prevent a similar crisis in the flu
ture. What would be the state of af-
fairs in the United States today If
less prompt and effective measures
had been adopted by the govern
ment? That is the complete reply to
all this irresponsible criticism.-New
York World (Ind. Dem.)
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-22
PHONE 121
Autos Waiting
than a 5-penny nail.

A wealthy philanthropist has just
placed an order for $50, 900 worth of
radium with the company. When the
order is completed the metal will be
sent to large Eastern hospital as a
permanent memorial to its donor. 1t
is to be used for establishing a free
radium treatment clinic.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-22

DR.. Higginbotham, specializing on
surgery Of eye, ear, nose and throat,
will be at the Liberal hospital Thurs
day, October 5. Phone 378.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-22

For SALE-Auburn five passenger
car, purchased new last April, bar
gain. win give terms to right party
"A. P. Sanford.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-22

For SALE-Two four-room houses
and a number of choice lots. Inquire
of Liberal Produce Co.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-06

tend well up into the head or top II no
head is formed. These streaks are due
to fungous threads which enter the
roots and grow up through the stem
into the leaves. Diseased fields mas
yield half crop or there may be al
most complete crop failure.
Cabbage yellows is spread from dis
cased fields TO healthy fields O
wind blown dust. which carries the
spores or germs along with it, O. sur
face water which runs across sick
field and then floods another field on n
lower level, Co soil carried by the fee;
of men and stock, a. wheels or wag
ons, plows, cultivators and other far
machinery. In fact anything VIII, b
may carry soil from one field to an.
other may also carry the disease.
Because the disease lives In the soil
the seed 1lsmfcction, fertilizers, crop
rotation and soil treatment cannot be
used with any success in its control.
II can lie controlled, however, by using
| strains of seed selected because OF
| their disease resistant qualities.
Such selected strain of llollander
or Danish Ball Head, known rs Wis
consin llollander No. s." has been de-
ycloped 10y the Wisconsin experiment
station In cooperation with the cab.
bage growers Of southeastern Wiscon'
sin. This strain will stand up almost
perfectly under the worst disease con.
ditions. Test Yields of this in 1914 nv.
craged from 90 to % per cent of fuD
crop. while plants from commercial
seed planted alongside yielded only
from . TO per cent OF crop. In the
commercial field, out Of every 100
plants set forty.six lived, but only
twentyfour made heads. which yielded
two tons TO the acre. In the Wisconsin
Hollandrr No S field out of every loo
plants set 100 lived and ninety.cighl
made heads which yielded more than
eighteen and onc-half tons TO the aero