Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-05-10

German submarines. The vessels will
be constructed under government su-
pervision.
Rear Admiral Samuel Loring Perez
val Ayres, U. S.-N., retired, died sud-
denly from heart disease at his home
in Philadelphia the other night.
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The flags of Great Britain, France
and the United States noated proudly
together recently over the tomb of
Washington. Beneath them spokes-
men of the three great democracies
paid homage to Americas soldier and
statesman, and pledged themselves,
each to the other, in the name Of the
dead, to prosecute the present mighty
struggle against autocracy on the lines
he himself had followed in bringing
America into being.
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Evidence of growing success for the
ruthless German submarine blockade
has forced the problem of supplying
the Entente quickly with food and
other necessities sharply into the fore
front of the American governments
war program.
By overwhelming majorities both
the Senate and House passed the ad-
ministration bill to raise a war army
by selective draft. The final roll calls
brought into line behind the bill many
senators and representatives who had
fought for the volunteer system until
routed by decisive defeat of volunteer
amendments earlier in the day in both
houses.
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Southwest.
The Rev T. J. H. Taggart, super
fntendent of the Oklahoma City dis
trict of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. president of the board of trus-
tees of the Oklahoma Methodist Uni
versity, is dead at his home there.
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Thirty men of the First Oklahoma
Regiment encamped at Fort Sill, en-
listed prior to the call of the Presi-
dent. March 81, who failed to report
to company commanders have been
placed on rolls of the regiment COM
mander as deserters.
Practically every member of Henry
Kendall Colleges famous football
team of 1916 has joined the army at
Tulsa, Ok. Recruiting officers stated
enlistments since have broken all rec
ords.
Colonel Saenz, Carranza commander
at Casas Grandes, was put to death
there Friday after papers had been
taken from Villas secretary showing
that Saenz had offered to join Villa
with his de facto command.
q.
Villa, after making a second threat
against the border district formerly
occupied by the American punitive ex-
petition, has again turned southeast,
according to a statement by General
Francisco Murguria.
While making his first flight in an
airp1ane unaccompanied by an in
structor, Ralph Kelly, a student avi-
ator at Houston, Texas, fell to his
death.
Southern Oklahoma and North Tex
as were visited with a heavy rain,
wind and electrical storm recently.
The property damage in North Texas
will probably reach several hundred
thousand dollars. No loss of life has
been reported. Several of the smaller
towns are isolated from wire COM
munication, however.
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The First State Bank of Bradley,
Ok, was robbed of $1,050 by a bandit
recently. after Roy c. Smith, the cash
Ter. had been held up at the point of
revolver and locked in the vault. The
robber was captured later.
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Foreign.
A Christiania dispatch says an e1-
pertinent is to be made With two mo-
tor ships, the hulls of which are con-
structed of ferro-concrete, to test the
fitness of such vessels for North Sea
trade.
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