Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-07-19

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Col Benjamin B. Herbert of Chi
cago, founder of the National Editorial
Association, who was taken suddenly
ill, is dead at a hospital in st. Paul.
Death was due to heart trouble. Colo
mel Herbert had been attending the
National Editorial Associations con-
vention in Minneapolis.
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The last step necessary to make the
entire national guard available for
duty in France was taken recently by
President Wilson with the issue of
proclamation drafting the state troops
into the army of the United States
August 5.
Emma Goldman and Alexander
Berkman, anarchists, convicted at New
York of conspiracy to obstruct oper-
alton of the Selective Draft Law, start
ed for prison in the custody of fed
era1 marshals a few hours after the
verdict had been returned.
An amendment TO the Food Bill by
Senator Cummins of Iowa, prohibit
ing imports of distilled liquors during
the war and also use of those now in
bond for beverage purposes was
adopted by the Senate by a vote of
"a to so.
Another step in building up the Sc
1ective CONSUMPTION army was taken
with the distribution of a circular by
Provost Marshal General Crowder
notifying the registered men to hold
themselves in readiness for appearing
before the boards which will conduct
examinations and consider exemptions.
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Southwest.
Private Clyde H. Gardner of Lynn,
Mass, and Private Martin l.. Dietz
of Staten Island, N. Y, were drowned
and eight or ten others had a battle
for life in the waters of the Rio
Grande river at Ell Paso, Tex, recently.
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A leader of the Industrial Work
ers of the World announced recently
that he had received a telegram from
the Pacific Coast saying all the ma
rine transportation workers on the
coast were ready to go out ON strik.
to aid the metal miners.
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1u0 MlSSOuTI anu hduSdS udIlOHdl
guard, formally drafted into the fed
eral service August 5, will be trained
in a camp at Deming, N. NJ, instead
of Fort Sill, as originally planned.
They will report to their armories Au-
gust 5, but the camp will be ready
few days later and they soon will en-
train for their New Mexico camp.
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dred men, has been reported fifty
miles west of Ojiniga, opposite Pre-
sidio, Texas. Merchants in Ojiniga
have transferred their stocks across
the Rio Grande in anticipation of an
attack on the town.
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For the first time in about two
years Mexican freight cars will be per-
mitted to be sent across the border in
to the United States as a result of
| conferences at Laredo by representa-
tives of American and Mexican rail
ways
| In the Healdton fielG>in Oklahoma
in the month of June. seventy-six wells
were completed, and the field now has
| 1851 wells producing about seventy
| thousand barrels of oil a day.
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| Foreign
| The American steamer MassapeQua
was sunk recently by German sub
| marine. The crew was landed at the
small Island of Sein off the French
Coast, twenty-eight miles southwest of
Brest.
According to reports reaching Rot
| terdam from Berlin and forwarded by
the Exchange Telegraph, Emperor
| William invited the neutral ambassa-
doris and ministers to conference
the other day.
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A. H. Muir of Philadelphia and
Pierre Bischoff, an American resident
of Paris, have received the war cross
for distinguished service at the Amer
lean field ambulance around Moron
villiers.
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Fighting has begun at Lang-Fang
about thirty-five miles southeast OF
Peking, between the troops of Gen
era1 Cbang, Hsun, supporter of the
monarchy, and the forces of the re