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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-05-23
A TORNADO NEAR HAYS

Hays, May 22-(SpeciaD en-
persons were killed, two probably IA
tally injured and dozens of others less
seriously injured, in tornado which
swept across northern Ellis and south
ern Rocks counties last night. The
little town of Codell, in Rocks county,
is practically wiped out, all the church
es, school buildings and larger bus
mess houses and residences, being de-
molished by the tornado and the de-
bris swept away.
The tornado started fifteen miles
northwest of Hays and swept a strip
mile wide in a northwesterly dir
ection, for a distance of thirty-five
miles. Only meager reports have been
received and the death list may be in
creased when full details of the devas-
tation are learned.
The list of dead:
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Geist and
three children, near Hays.
Mrs. Walter Adams and baby, of
Codell.
Two children of Frank Jones, of
near Code1l
Mr.. Turan, of Codeu-
Those fatally injured:
Anton Bungardle, of near Hays.
Frank C. Huber, of Ellis
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Geist.
Hundreds of head of horses and
cattle were killed by the storm and
much damage was caused to growing
crops by hail which came after the
wind had passed. Scores of farm
homes and barns were demolished, in
some instances every vestige of the
buildings were swept away
George BAIL, his wife and two child
ren had q miraculous escape from
death When the tornado struck his
farm it picked the house up and hurl-
ed it 400 yards through the air, set
ting it down without injury. Then the
wind sucked out all four sides of the
! building and left the family seated
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-05-23
HAYS NORMAL EXPECTS LARG.
EST SUMNER SCHOOL

Hay, May 20.-Judging from the
number of inquiries received by the
Registrar of the Fort Hays Normal,
the enrolment for the summer school
will be the largest in its history. The
summer term begins, Tuesday, May
2Sth. The entire graduating class of
several high schools will attend IN a
body. The number of older people
who will be in school here will also
be larger than usual.
In addition to all the regular col
Iege work, special courses will be Of
ferad in war public speaking, war
cooking, war sewing, war singing, and
the agriculture department will give
training in war gardening and irri-
cation farming.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-05-23
THE FARMERS FRIEND

Ever alert to the interest of the
Kansas farmer, Governor Capper has
on many occasions come to the aid of
the man of the soil since the United
States entered the war against Ger
many. On numerous occasions before
the war, Governor Capper stood firmly
for the interests of the Kansas crop
producer. Since this country entered
the war, though, the governor has
championed the interests and rights
of the farmer and stood for justice in
the fixing of prices, exemption of
farm labor and distribution of cars
for farm products.
Thousands of letters have come to
the governors Office from the Kansas
farmers in the last year. Instinctively
they have looked to Governor Capper
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n the floor all unhurt-

On the James Mcintosh farm all
four wheels of a new wagon were
torn off. The wheels were scattered
in all directions and were found half
mile apart. One was discovered hang
ing to fence post. The Mcintosh
house was torn in half, and each Sec
tion tossed in different direction
At the Geist farm the buildings
were so demolished and the debris
blown away that rescuers had to tear
up che floor in a milk cave to get
boards on which to carry the bodies of
the victims.
A 2-year-old baby was blown out of
the arms of its uncle on the Geist
farm and carried an eighth of mile
by the cyclone. When found every
bone in the child's body had been
broken. The Geist children were aged
2, and 5 respectively.
The storm occurred at 9 o'clock last
night. For three hours the people. of
the stricken section crawled about in
a sort of stupor. 1t was / o'clock be-
fore Sheriff Weltz was summoned. He
has been in charge of the situation,
particularly overseeing the roundup
of the stock and finding shelter for the
unfortunate.
The finest orchard in western Kan
sas owned by James Mcintosh, is a
complete loss. Lightning struck his
house, divided it; then the twister
turned the parts in different direc-
tions; blew the barn at the house
from one direction and the concrlte
roof of the milk house at it from the
other.
Many of the homes in the district
were of stone and the occupants of
them are bruised from flying debris
Robert Harmon saved his mothers
life by throwing an elbow in the path
of stone from the walls of their
home. A post was carried one-half
mile, driven through a window and
neatly deposited on the dining table
of George McIntosh's home. No dam
age was done to the place
On the P. ]. Dean ranch thirty
miles north of Hays, every building
was demolished, including a steel re-
and concrete silo. Concrete blocks
from these buildings were strewn for
500 yards. The house was a new one,
made of stone and concrete and che
family rushed to the storm cellar
seven feet below ground, with a con-
crete roof. Everything was blown
away. Dean came to Hays in borrow
ed clothing today. His individual loss
was over $4,000. The C. G. Cochran
ranch home in the same neighborhood
was leveled.
The western half of Osborne county
was visited by tornado during the
night, and several people slightly in
jured. A two-inch rain accompanied
the wind storm Heavy rains cover
ing the wheat belt of northwestern
Kansas were reported.-Capital
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-05-23
SUMMER KINDERGARTEN

Beginning on Monday, May 9th,
will open kindergarten for children
from four to six years old, In the
Primary room of City School build
ing. I have had three years exper-
fence in teaching little children and
also special training.
4. Hours 900 a. M to 11:30 a. m.
Length of term eight to ten weeks. II
interested see or phone
Irene Hemphiu.
Phone No. 160.
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FOR RED CROSS BENEFIT

A Pyramid Nut Fruit cake will be
placed on sale for the benefit of the
Red Cross and will be put on display
in Caron's store window. Largest bid
by p. m. Saturday, May 25th, takes
this cake. Phone or leave your bids
at Caron's.
The cake will be made and donated
by Mrs. II. M Bosserman and daugh-
ter.
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to speak for their rights and to cham
pion their cause. Every letter receiv-
ed attention. Every statement voic-
ing discrimination against the farm
er, received fair hearing On num-
erous occasions Governor Capper pro-
tested to the federal officials in Wash
ington when an unjust or discrimin-
atory order confronted the farmers of
his state
Exemption of Farm Labor
Governor Capper early in the war
urged the exemption of young men of
the farm actively engaged in produc-
ing crops. He urged upon officials in
Washington the fact that the army
on the farm was as important in the
war crisis as the army on the battle
field of France. Expert farmers must
be kept at home, he declared, that the
American army and the armies of the
Allies should be properly fed. As
result of the protests against enforc-
ing the selective draft against bona
fide farmers, the war department rul-
ed that men actually engaged in the
production of crops should be exempt
ed from service until the crops were
planted or harvested.
The governors protests were not in
the spirit of protest against enforce
ment of the selective service law To
the contrary it was that the effect of
the law might be made the more thor
ough and efficient. Under the program
which he urged the production of the
farm might keep pace with the build
ing of the national army. Realizing
the serious labor situation confront
ing the farmers of Kansas the other
great crop producing states, the war
department has co-operated with 9TH
er federal departments in establish
ing a program which will not retard
the production of record crops
In keeping with the enormous ad-
vance in the cost of farm machinery
and seeds and the high wage scales,
Governor Capper urged upon the gov
ernment a proportionate advance in
the price of farm products. He urged
not only an advance in keeping with
the increased farm expense, but such
an advance as would insure stimulat-
ed production. Nor was that all The
governor in his statement of the case
of the farmer to the federal govern
ment, urged that the government con-
fine itself not alone to the f1xing of
prices of farm products, but also fix
the price of conditions and materials
which the farmer must buy.
Through the program Urged by
Governor Capper, the state council of
national. defense organized the state
In a campaign to secure best possible
seeds Nor did the work outlined by
the governor stop when the defense
council merely found the seed wheat
and seed corn Its next step was to
inform the farmer in need of seed as
to the sources of supply. It also keeps
watchful eye on prices and opposed
any attempt at pro6teering either by
the man with seed to sell or the man
who might speculate in the grains
produced on the Kansas farms.
Cars For Movement of Grains
In his efforts to protect the interest
of the farmer Governor Capper di-
rected fight which had for its pur-
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NOTICE

All men who have become FL years
of age since June 5th, 1917, are here
by notified to register with the local
board at Wa-Keeney on June 5, 1913.
C. n. Benson,
Sec. Local Board.
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.DICTAGRAMS

As for me have only to say that
it is very short step from Schwinn
to Schwindle. From that point we
drive on to Schwindleheimer and the
whole thing has such a pro-German
sound it won't buy anything for Mr..
Schtubbsky. Bolshevikism gets mo-
body anywhere.
No boys, whatever else you may do,
"get" Kaiser Bill and all his bloody
brood and put an end to the fallacy
that any one man or any one nation
should enslave the rest of the world.
If a man believes that he is the
chosen instrument of the Almighty,
and if he can make his nation be-
lieve it and worship him, he may then
write his own bible and if powerful
enough he may force the rest of the
world to swallow his dope And of
such stuff the "divine right" of kings
is made.
The selective draft is the fairest
way to recruit an army but for all
that lot of good-for-nothing-els
fellows get by and remain at home to
eat the bread they don't earn. OF
draft age, over draft age and under
age, doing nothing and without vis-
ible means of support they are use-
less to the community and sooner or
later may become a menace. In the
meantime worth while boys are taken
by the draft or else they volunteer
Of course the war is not getting all
the workers but have you ever heard
of q loafer that volunteered, or do you
know of one that has been pulled Off
his perch by the draft?
An editorial in the Topeka State
Journal recently suggested Roose-
velt and Taft as the Republican pres
idential ticket for 1920. In the name
of all the outraged affinities, misfits
and misalliances, whoever could con-
ceive of a more ominous, hopeless,
impossible conglomeration
Stop whining and eat the substi-
tutes. You are not the first and these
sub are not the worst. Think of the
multitude that were grateful for the
barley loaves and little fishes-two
measley dried herrings, perhaps. For
shame's sake, eat and stop whimper-
ingi
Certainly, your Uncle Heck eats
whatever is set before him and asks
no questions. He goes even so far as
to accept cold greens for dessert.
Henry Ford can make anything
even music boxes@and some of the
Lizzies seem to be rather sweet sing
ers.
More and more, the war gets close
and closer. Another family with two
volunteers in the service is that of j.
j. Keraus and wife.
Take down your stale posters and
get ready for something new, fresh
and beautiful. And the sooner the old
ones are down the more effective the
new ones will be. Give the windows a
chance to get ready for efficient work.
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As for me have only to say that
it is a very short step from Schwinn
to Schwindle. From that point we
drive on to Schwindleheimer and the
whole thing has such a pro-German
sound it won't buy anything for Mr..
Schtubbsky. Bolshevikism gets mo-
body anywhere.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-05-23

No boys, whatever else you may do,
"get" Kaiser Bill and all his bloody
brood and put an end to the fallacy
that any one man or any one nation
should enslave the rest of the world.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-05-23

Take down your stale posters and
get ready for something new, fresh
and beautiful. And the sooner the old
ones are down the more effective the
new ones will be. Give the windows
chance to get ready for efficient work.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-05-23

An editorial in the Topeka State
Journal recently suggested Roose-
welt and Taft as the Republican pres
idential ticket for 1920. In the name
of all the outraged affinities, misfts
and misalliances, whoever could con-
ceive of more ominous, hopeless,
impossible conglomeration
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-05-23

More and more, the war gets close
and closer. Another family with two
volunteers in the service is that of j.
J. Keraus and wife
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-20

City Mission. Miss Mary Anthony
of the mission has asked for girls to
instruct children in the sewing class
es on Saturday afternoon from 2
until 4 o'clock. The girls will also
be asked to take Sunday school
classes from 5 o'clock until o'clock
Sunday afternoons. A choir may
also be formed.
The Iyega group, with their guar
dian, Myrtle Hall, hiked to Child's
Point Wednesday.
The Akita group, Mrs. c. J. Hub
bard, guardian. liked to the Owls
Nest, north of Florence, Saturday.
They cooked their lunch in the
woods and held a council fire. The
girls were dressed in the Indian
costume, which is always worn at
council fires. A new member, Eliza
beth Patton, was welcomed. The
girls belonging to the Akita (The
Seekers group, are: Gladys Mick
el, Flora Shukart, Ruth Peterson,
Jean Kennedy, Jean Field, Eliza
beth Austin, Dorothy Steinbaugh.
Charlotte Michaelson. Winifred
Travis, Camilla Edholm. Ann AK
tell, Ann Porter, Dorothy AFTER,
Mary LOOMS and Onolee Mann.
Miss Virginia Offutt will be
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-20
SOLDIER QUEEN
WEEPS AS men
LAY Down ARMS
Pathetic Scenes Follow Dis.
banding of Roumanian Army,
Forced by Germany
to Quit.
Correspondence Of Associated Press.

Paris, Sept. 26.-Queen Marie.
Roumania's heroic Soldier Queen
wept when the gallant Roumanian
army was .demobilized by order OF
the Germans; but sine declared that
II would not be for long, that Rou-
mania would fight again.
The disbanding of the army OF
100000 soldiers was one Of the
stern measures forced upon Rou
mania by the terms Of Germany's
humiliating and uncompromsing
peace treaty. Emperor William Of
Germany gave King Ferdinand Of
Rounlania just one month in which
70 strip his army Of all its power.
Troops Are Reviewed.
In a great open stretch OF land at
the foot of the rugged Carpathian
mountains, not far from the Aus
trian frontier, the queen. accom-
panied by the king and the royal
family, reviewed the regiments of
officers and soldiers who had fought
50 bravely during the IS months that
Roumania faced the four formid-
able foes that surrounded her.
As each division passed along the
line of march, there were repeated
demonstrations, shouts OF acclaim
and many marks of affection on the
part Of the troops for their below
ed queen, whom they revere with
devotion almost as ferv!d as that
shown by the French soldier for
the memory OF Joan of Arc.
Loyal To Their Queen.
On the way to Che review every
inhabitant Of the villages through
which the queen passed gave her
demonstration SO overwhelming
aud spontaneous that she herself
acknowledged later that it was the
greatest single tribute she had re-
ceivcd at the hands OF the people
since the beginning OF the war.
There could be no doubt even in the
mind of the .frmest pacifst that
Roumania's fighting queen had the
loyal, and whole-hearted support OF
the entire population in her strug-
gle to stave off humliatlng peace
with Germany.
As the men who had fought on
the sanguinary field OF MaraseSti,
which is the Gettysburg OF Rou-
mania, marched by, each bearing
on his breast the coveted Michael
the Brave. medal for gallantry, the
queen broke into tears and, turning
to the king, who stood beside her,
said. in voice that betrayed deep
emotion:
What tragedy that this magni-
siicent army must lay down its arms.
But, please God. it shall not be for
long! ] repeat it, it shalt not be for
long! Germany, by her might and
sbrutishness. may subdue, but she can
never crush the spirit and will Of
my soldiers. With Gods help, we
will fight again, and pray that the
Day is not far off. My soul will
never rest until the honor of the
country is vindicated before the
ewes of our allies"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-20

Misery writes II have such a very Sc
we're cough and cold and have not been
able to get anything to help me- 1t Is
weakening my system.
Answer: Use the following and your
cold and cough will vanish and you will
soon be strong again. Get 9 " oG. bot
tie of Concentrated Essence Mentho-LaH-
enc and take every hour or two. This can
be taken pure or made into 3 full pint OF
home made syrup. Full directions as to use
will be found on bottle. This is mild lax
alive and will drive the cold from the
system.
Lucille asks: II have tried TO cure dan
druff, itching scalp, falling hair and bald
ness with numerous tonics, etc, but IN
vain. What do you recommend?
Answer: have been recommending
Plain Yellow Minyoi for the past seven
years and scores of my patients are de-
lighted with the quick. pleasant action Of
this remedy in stopping itching, falling
hair, dandruff. etc. Il gives the hair
health, lustre and vigor as nothing else
does. Obtain in 4-oz. Jars with full diree-
tions.
Maude writes Can you please prescribe
medicine which will relieve me of such dis
tressing symptoms of kidney and bladder.
as the following: Pains in small of back,
soreness in region of bladder. frequent calls
at night but scanty flow with pain. burn
ing and foul odor, putting of limbs, etc. ="
Answer; Those seeking relief from kid
ney and bladder disorders should begin
taking Balmwort Tablets, a very successful
formula sold In sealed tubes with full
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-20
Germany Sees
Moral Collapse
In Its Future

New York, Oct. 13.-International
political weakness in Germany is
eoutrasted by the Cologne Gazette
with the solidarity Of the entente
allies on the western front. The pa
per bemoans the lack in Germany
OF something like the steel wall"
along the German front.
Our interior front Mas always
showed gaps says the Gazette 1T
Seemed a. il we lack certain spiritual
eemen. which kept the others to-
gether. despite the blow our vic
tories gave them in these four years.
The English interior, as soon as
an external enemy has 10 be fought
is gapless and without weaknesses.
Danger of a moral collapse in
Germany evidently is foreseen, for
the Gazette says, only one thing
could rob us OF victory; the crumbl-
ing up of the interior 'front.'.
The most serious menace of this
internal front is declared to be the
doctrinaires to be found in all parties
and classes of society. The paper
declares that such men as Prince
Lichnowsky, formerly German am
'bzssador to London who wrote
memorandum accusing Germany of
beginning the war, and Macmillan
Harden. editor OF Die Funk
sfurt, whose paper was sup
pressed for defending Prince
Lichnowsky, as well as same
sof the socialist leaders in the
|teiehstae should be removed from
Qoliticsl Aositiops. !.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-20

when he received two calls to say
field masses one Sunday morning.
The call came from villages 50 miles
apart where troops were billeted.
An aviation pilot solved the prob
lem for Chaplain Moran by offering
to take him to both places, and he
went. The result was field mass
at one village at s o'clock in the
morning. and another mass in the
village 50 miles further on at 7:30
a. m,
Rev. Edwin O'Hara. rector of the
cathedral at Portland, a volunteer
chaplain for the Knights of Column
bus, used tank to fulfill an engage
ment to say mass to distant troops,
and a secretary went with him to
supply the soldiers with boxing
gloves and base bali material for use
after the services.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-20
I"Y0u'RE LOOKING YOUNGER EVERY DAY, MoTHER1

Gray, faded hair turned beauti-
fully dark and lustrous almost over
night, is aTeality, if you'll take the
trouble to mix sage tea and sulphur,
but what's the use, you get large
bottle of the ready-to-use tonic,
called "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Compound" at drug stores here. Mil
lions of bottles Of "Wyeth's" are
sold annually, says a well-known
druggist, because it darkens the
hair so naturally and evenly that
no one can tell it has happened.
You just dampen a sponge or soft
brush with Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur and draw it through your hair,
taking one small strand at time.
Those whose hair is turning gray,
becoming faded, dry, scraggiy and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-20
Discolored, Wrinkled
Skin Easily Removed

Since brown or yellow, over-red or
blotchy compilations are decidedly not the
fashion, cannot understand why 50 many
continue to wear them. Surely every woman
has heard of mercolzed wax. This ! know
from my own and others experiences
will positively Danish every unsightly tint.
The wax really takes off bad complexion.
1t gradually. harmlessIy. absorbs the thin
layer of surface skin with all its defects,
as liver spots, pimples, freckles. black
heads. just as gradually the discarded skin
is replaced by the clear, white, youthful
skin underneath. Mercoli5ed wax, procur-
able at any drug store, is applied nightly
like cold cream and erased mornings with
warm water. One ounce will produce the
loveiiest girlish complexion in less than
a fortnight.
I can't understand, either. why folks
will be bothered with wrinkles. since the
famous saxolite formula has become public
property. One ounce Of powdered saxolite
dissolved In lf-pnt witch hazel, makes
a wash lotion that will quickly efface
every line even the deepest.-Julia Orff In
Social Mirror Adv,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-20
Check and Abort
a Bad Cold
In Five Hours With MENTHO-
LAXENE.
You Buy 1t Concentrated and
Mix With Pint Of Syrup.

Doubtless every reader recalls
having neglected a slight cold until
in "a hours it settled into "Bad
Cold" and then about Y hours of
distress, discomfort, if not weeks of
bronchitis or pneumonia or catarrh.
Now confess, if you've had such an
experience, and take time by the
forelock by preparing to check and
abort colds. coughs, catarrh, diff
cult breathing. watering eyes and
painful headaches.
1t can be done, by taking Mentho-
Laxene either in its raw state-ten
drops to the dose--or by making a
granulated sugar syrup and mixing
in a pint bottle or jar. A pint will
last a whole family for long time
and keeps every member free from
the distressing after-effects of a
bad cold. Mentho-Laxene is guar
anteed to please or money back by
The Blackburn Products Co., Day
ton, Ohio, and any we'll stocked
druggist can supply you. Don't take
a substitute. There is really moth
ing to compare with Mentho-Lax-
ene.-Adv