Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06


+ r. +
Two men carrying $500, the pay
roll of the Winslow Brothers Iron
Works, were shot to death in front of
the plant in Chicago by five men. who
escaped with the money in motor cars
r r r
The American government was
warned by the German emperor early
in the European war that America
would be held to an accountability for
her nonsense" at the end of hostili-
ties according to James W. Gerard.
former ambassador, who addressed
two patriotic mass meetings at Mime
apolis.
A shortage of 81 and 81 bills. acute
in many sections. exists throughout
the country. Banks, looking to the
treasury for relief, are unable to have
their full demands satisfied because
of the low reserves of these denomi-
nations in the vaults.
r. r. r.
The government is planning to build
several cold storage plans, in cooper
alton with farmers and reclamation
projects, to care for the expected rec
ord crops of potatoes and onions,C. ].
Blanchard, chief statistician of the
reclamation bureau of the Department
of Agriculture, said recently.
r r r
Southwest.
The invitation to Senator Gore to
speak at Chickasha, Ok, on September
13 under the auspices of the Grady
County Fair association, has been re-
called by the fair board. The coming
of Senator Gore to the city threatened
so much discord that the board recon
sidered its action and so notified the
senator.
John Scott, deputy sheriff at Thack-
erville, Ok, was shot, beaten and
thrown from a moving train by boot
leggers the other morning near Ard
more. His injuries are not serious.
r r. r
More negro troops are to be sent to
Houston, Tex, despite rioting of negro
regulars there recently, Maj. Gen.
George Bell, Jr-, in charge of the stu
alton, said. The Eighth Illinois In
fantry, all negroes, are being sent
there, Bell stated.
r. r r
Corporal Charles F. Hummell; %
years DID, of Medicine Lake, Mo, a
gunner in Battery B, Fourteenth Field
Artillery, was killed at Fort Sill when
a high explosive shell exploded pre-
maturely, blowing a piece of 3-inch
cannon, which struck him in the head.
r r. r
John Sturm, a farmer living six
miles southwest of Beatrice, Neb., was
awakened in his room the other night
and stabbed in the neck. His assail-
ant escaped in a motor car which was
standing a quarter of a mile from the
house.
Announcement that General Parker
had ordered the removal of negro sol
diers of the Twenty-fourth Infantry
from Houston to Columbus, n. NJ,
served materially to restore spirit
of quiet there, after a day of unrest
following the race rioting which re-
suited in the death of seventeen per-
sons and the wounding of more than
a score.
Miss Ruby Monday, Samuel Lloyd,
81 years old, and Oscar Sims, 80, were
say, Ok, recently. The bodies were
recovered.
r r r
Donald B MacMillan's Arctic explo-
ration expedition has arrived at Sgd
ney, n. s., on the relief steamer Nep-
tune, after four years spent in the Po-
lar regions. Macmillan, who was one
of Rear Admiral Peary's lieutenants
on his successful dash for the North
Pole, confirmed previous dispatches
from him that there was no Croker
Land, such as had been reported by
Peary.
James E. Ferguson was suspended
from the office of governor of Texas
recently when the board of nine man.
ayers, named by the house of repre-
sentatives, presented to the senate
twenty-one articles of Impeachment,
alleging official misconduct.
r r r
Foreign
Germany's note embodying a de-
mand in connection with the subma-
rine campaign as affecting Argentine
shipping has been received in Buenos
Aires. In official circles it was stated
that the reply was satisfactory.
r r r
The Rev. Ernest w. Shurtleff, a
native of Boston and for twelve years
a leader in the religious work of the
American students of the Paris Latin
quarter, is dead of heart disease at his
SIMMER home in France