Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-11-01

Ernest Deegert, the Chicago soldier
who was killed when the transport An
TILES was torpedoed, was on the way
home to be married. His arrival was
to have been a surprise to his fiancee,
Miss Edna Burnett
Federal secret service agents have
reported to Washington the discovery
in a Buffalo warehouse of 10 millions
of pounds of sugar in bags and barrels
labeled top crust flour"
At least SO million men are bearing
arms in the war-2711 million on the
side of the world allies and 10.600,00O
on the side of the Central Powers, ac-
cording to latest War Department COM
pilatkons from published reports in
various countries This does not in
clude the navy personnel.
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Mrs. J. c. Atkinson of Seattle, Wash,
became the mother of triplets aboard
a westbound Rock Island train recent
ly. Two of the children were born in
Kansas-one at Ruleton and another
at Kanorado-and the third was born
at Peconic Siding, Col.
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Federal officials for the Colorado
Wyoming district have received orders
to investigate what is believed TO De
an attempt to kill thousands of cattle
and sheep by placing anthrax germs IN
the Pathfinder dam reservoir near
Casper, Wyo.
The Illinois state council of defense
has issued warning against swindlers
who have been reaping harvest by
posing as inspectors from the food ad-
illustrators office.
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The solicitor of the treasury has de-
cided that distilled spirits may be i'm
ported into the United States, notwith-
standing the prohibition against such
importation contained in the Food bill.
Southwest
Coal miners and coal operators in
the Southwestern district, composed
of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and
Arkansas, came to an agreement on
their wage scale after two weeks OF
negotiations at Kansas City and
signed new contracts.
Two women and man were prob
ably fatally injured at Los Angeles,
Cal, when a Pacific electric car struck
their motor car near Van Mugs The
| injured were Miss Hottee of Pasadena
| and Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. .Bruhm OF
| Whitewater, Kan.
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One hundred and seventy alleged
draft resisters were arraigned in the
federal court at Ardmore, Ok, recent
ly and all pleaded not guilty Attor
nys are estimating the length of the
trial all the way from three to si1
weeks.
| Frank A. Feldman of Zebre, KY, al
organizer for the Industrial Workers
of the World, was sentenced to two
months imprisonment by United
States Judge Dyer for refusing to reg
lister for the draft.
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A plot to force the $500 coal miner!
| in the Oklahoma district out on strike
said to have been directed from 1. w
w. headquarters in Minneapolis, wa'
declared to have been uncovered a
Henryetta by policemen who arrested
Earl Ebert, alleged l. w. w. organize
and draft dodger.
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| Five persons were killed and tw'
seriously injured when a southboun'
M, K. & T passenger train struck al
automobile at Little River, near Tenn
pie, Texas.
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A record was made in the selling o
cattle at the auction at the Kansa
City Stocf Yards recently AT the rat
of thirty-five a minute, J. A. Blags
auctioneer, sold 1892 cattle. Tn
sale, the largest in the history of tn
cattle industry in the West, amounte
to $565. PTS.
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Foreign.
Robert Hanford of Brooklyn, N Y
an American aviator with the Frenc
army, was killed while landing at a
1fr,