Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-16
Southwest.

George Toney, track walker
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Southwest.
In response to a message by the
State Department in behalf of the Ger
man embassy at Washington, General
Trevino has sent an answer from Chi
huahua City saying that Carlos Ketel-
sen, the German vice-consul there, and
other foreign residents over whom APP
preheRsion has been felt, were safe
and well in Chihuahua.
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Charles E. Miner was killed when
four robbers who had looted the Buck
eye Valley Bank at Buckeye, Ariz., en-
gagged in a street battle with officials
of the bank and citizens. The robbers
escaped on horses.
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Harold R. Ward, private of the
Seventeenth United States Infantry,
was found dead in his tent at Column
bus, N. M, with bullet wound in his
head. At his side was an unfinished
letter to his father, a merchant of
Newark, N. j., asking that influence
be brought to secure his release from
the army.
The producing oil properties of the
late George H. Hermann, situated in
the Humble oil fields, in Texas, have
been sold to Neils of Houston for a
cash consideration of $1,1OO.OOO.
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The body of Corporal William Henry
Oliver, Company B, Third Iowa Infan-
try, who was drowned in the Rio
Grande near Brownsville, Tex, has
been recovered. Oliver enlisted at Des
Moines.
Exu1ting over his success in the Chi
huahua City battle, his store of NUM-
ton replenishcd with captured Car
rama munitions, and his men eager to
fight the Americans, Francisco Villa
has ordered an attack upon the camps
of Gen. ]. ]. Pershing's army in West
ern Chihuahua, Ell Paso hears.
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Foreign.
Herbert H. AsQuith resigned the
British premiership which he has held
through eight years of stormy domes-
tic and foreign history. The Unionist
leader, Andrew Bonar Law, was sum-
moned to the palace Immediately af-
ter Mr.. Asquith had departed and the
king offered him the prime minister's
commission, which he had just ac-
cepted from Mr.. Asquith's hands.
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The political crisis in England has
| become acute. 1t is stated in well in
formed quarters that David Lloyd
| George, the war secretary, has ten
| dered his resignation, which has not
yet been accepted. Premier Asquith
has decided to advise the king to con-
sent to the reconstruction of the gov
| eminent.
Michael Rodzianko, president OF
| the Russian Duma, has resigned on &C
count of being insulted by the Elk
treme Rightists leader, NJ. Markoff
according to a Reuter- dispatch from
Petrograd. Markoff interrupted NJ
Rodzianko. calling him a 'babbling
| blackguard."
A situation of tremendous import
to the Allies exists in Russia and
there appears to be strong evidence in
the yelled hints contained in carefully
censored dispatches from Petrograd
that the cars government has been
on the verge of concluding separate
peace with the Central Powers.
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At secret consistory, held recently
Z. which was attended by twenty-eigh
cardinals. Pope Benedict announced
the nomination of ten new cardinals
says a dispatch to the Havas New:
Agency from Rome.
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After holding Chihuahua City les.
than a week. Francisco Villa and hi.
bandit forces were driven out in re
cent fighting by de facto troops unde
the command of Generals Carlo
Ozuna and Francisco Murguia-
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wild timber wolf. believed I,
have escaped from a car in one of tn,
West Side railway yards, attacket
Frank Fennell on the street in Chi
cago and lacerated his shoulder badl,
before it was shot by a police
man.
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The most conservative opinion Il
) the political clubs and parliamentar
, | Hobbies in London is that the wors
| phase of the government crisis ha
, | passed and that the reconstruction O
| the cabinet would proceed harmon
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