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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Ora Cole, son of Mrs. Lima Cole
received quite a severe injury to the
third finger of his left hand one day
last week, while he and another boy
were assisting a farmer take off his
wagon box. The wagon was near a
car and the boys tried to keep it
from backing into the car and in so
doing, Ora's finger was caught be-
tween the box and the car, bursting
the flesh open to the bone, making it
necessary to take several stitches.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Clyde R. Commons has returned
after visit with relatives and friends
in different parts of Kansas. Clyde
was to have entrained the 18th for
training camp, but is now awaiting a
further call. He is of the opinion that
he can yet get into the service.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Clay Fulton of Hooker, was Wis
itor in the city the last of the week.
Mrs. f. E. Nancy left for Hutch
inson Friday in response to mes
sage stating that Mr. Nancy was
quite i'll with an attack of the flu.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14
NOTICE

Effective with the opening of the
Photoplay Theatre next Monday, the
first show will start at 1880 p. m. and
the second at S:45 p. m.
26t1c HENRY TUCKER, Manager.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14
Mrs. C. w. Smith transacted bust
ness in Kismet Monday and Tuesday.

Mrs. C. W. Smith transacted bust
ness in Kismet Monday and Tuesday.
Chas. Davis of near Range is in
the city visiting relatives and friends.
ROOMS for light housekeeping, rs
south Prospect. Call 4434 or 154.
26t3c
Robert Baughman who has been
i'll with the flu the past week is better
at this time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Ellis left for
Fowler, Saturday to visit with Mrs.
Ellis parents.
Mrs. G. P. Murphey of Hooker was
a business visitor in the city Friday
and Saturday.
G. R. Wilson of Ocihtree, was in
the city yesterday for osteopathic
treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Gilmore and
Mrs. Bradley of Tyrone are shopping
in the city today.
Miss Anna Hamm of Hooker is
spending the week in the city taking
osteopathic treatment.
Emil Harrison came from Funston
last Thursday and visited friends in
the city until Sunday.
Mrs. Fern Holloway, of near Hook
er, came Sunday to visit Mrs. George
Armstrong a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ginns of
Wichita spent a few days visiting
friends in the city last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kirk, of Kismet
were visiting friends in the city a
few days the first of the week.
Mrs. NJ. Higday and Mrs. Walter
MILESTONE of near Moscow were Wis
iting relatives in the city Monday.
Homer and Corbett Cain, of Ty- !
rome attended the funeral service of
the Kaiser in Liberal last week.
Mrs. Arthur Prather and son left
for Norton, Saturday to spend a few
weeks with Mrs. Prather's parents.
Mrs. S. L. Williams came over from
Tyrone Monday to visit her niece,
Mrs. Archie Christner for few days.
G. S. Root of near Tyrone is
spending the week in the city that
he might take osteopathc treatments.
FOR SALE-Jersey and Holstein
cows. Fresh soon.-O. w. Sprad-
ling. 26t2c
+. f. Ellis returned from Durham,
Kansas, Monday where he had taken
the remains of his wife for burial last |
week.
Miss Mary White returned from
an extended visit with her grand
mother in Dalhart the last of the
week
Miss Cenith Blevins left for Kan
sas City, Saturday where she will
visit her parents until the quarantine
is lifted.
Miss Celestine Lane is again on
duty as messenger girl, having been
a victim of the fue for more than a
week
NOTICE
Effective with the opening of the
PhntnnlaN Hhnatrn nnNt MnndnM the |
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Mrs. NJ. NJ. WINNER who has spent
"a few weeks with her daughters,
Mrs. Gene Jarret and Miss Flo VIM
mer in Nara Visa, spent Monday and
Tuesday at home, returning to Nara
Visa Tuesday night.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Miss Celestine Lane is again on
duty as messenger girl, having been
a victim of the fue for more than a
week
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. McDermott
went to Pratt the last of the week to
visit their daughter, Mrs. C. G..
Stephenson and family.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14
DIED IN CAMP

John T. Redden age % years, son
of Mrs. J. w. Wallace of this city
died in camp at Fort Bliss, November
9th, following brief illness of pneu-
monia.
The remains were shipped to Lib
eral the last of the week, and a mill
tary funeral in charge of Company E
was held at the cemetery Sunday af-
ternoon at 4:30. Rev. A. NJ. Wilkin-
son of the Methodist church assisted.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Mrs. G. P. Murphey of Hooker was
a business visitor in the city Friday
and Saturday.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Y. o. Mann and their
two daughters, Eva Lucille and Paul
inc, returned to their homes at Pitts
burg, Kansas, after two weeks Wis
it with Mr.. MAINS parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. X. Mann, and other friends
in Liberal.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

We are just wondering if thinner
man will kick on the armistice on the
ground that it was an eleventh
hour" affair. The armistice went
into effect the eleventh hour of the
eleventh day of the eleventh month
of 1918.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Mrs. Camblin of Kansas City is the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. Roy
Johnston, of the Pullman Cafe, this
week.
Miss Grace Sewell arrived from
lobe, Colorado, Sunday, where she
has spent few months on her claim
near that place.
Mrs. John Harvey came from Fow-
Ter, Saturday to visit her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Ellis of the Ema-
ton vicininty.
Miss Elizabeth Siler, of the Boles
Dry Goods Company returned from
a few days visit with her brother in
Pratt, Monday.
B B. Miller went to Tyrone Tues
day to ship his household goods here
Mrs. Miller and the children who have
been visiting relatives in Bucklin ar
rived in the city Saturday night.
B. B. Miller, former editor of the
Tyrone Observer has recently accept
ed a position with the Democrat,
thereby adding to its efficiency as
Ben is first class newspaper man.
Miss Maude Nix who has spent the
past two weeks with her mother, Mrs.
Mollie Nix, returned to Wichita Mon
day where she will resume her work.
She has a stenographic position there.
Mrs. A. j. White returned from
Camp Funston, Friday, where she
has been with her son Clyde, who was
i'll with the flu. Clyde secured a
leave of absence and returned with
her.
Miss Ada Carson of the Western
Union Telegraph office will leave for
two weeks vacation tomorrow,
which she will spend with relatives in
Kansas City, Salina, Wichita and 9TH
err points.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. De Camp and child
100 ACRES near Boyd, Okla,
priced at $4,000 Federal loan of
$1,000. Will trade for Liberal prop
erty, clear.
j. A. Brooks, Phone 1870.
Mrs. Fred Clark of near Cass, Mis-
souri,, Saturday, where she had at
tended the funeral of Lyle Mcbride,
a member of the U. S. Navy, who
died in an eastern camp as result
of pneumonia.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

H. M. Just, Of Reedy, California,
who visited his brother Jim Just and
family last week left for Fairview,
Oklahoma Saturday, to join his wife
and children on the return trip to
California. John Just and family ac-
companied him to Fairview.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

ROOMS for light housekeeping, rs
south Prospect. Call 4434 or 154.
26t3c
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Robert Baughman who has been
ill with the flu the past week is better
at this time.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Ellis left for
Fowler, Saturday to visit with Mrs.
Ellis parents.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

G. S. Root of near Tyrone is
spending the week in the city that
he might take osteopathc treatments.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

G. R. Wilson of Ocihtree, was in
the city yesterday for osteopathic
treatment.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Miss Cenith Blevins left for Kan
sas City, Saturday where she will
visit her parents until the quarantine
is lifted.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Chas. Davis of near Range is in
the city visiting relatives and friends.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Mrs. S. L. Williams came over from
Tyrone Monday to visit her niece,
Mrs. Archie Christner for few days
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

FOR SALE-Jersey and Holstein
cows. Fresh soon.-O. w. Sprad-
ling. 26t2c
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Mrs. Fred Clark of near Cass, Mis-
souri,, Saturday, where she had at
tended the funeral of Lyle Mcbride,
a member of the U. S. Navy, who
died in an eastern camp as result
of pneumonia.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Mrs. Fern Holloway, of near Hook
er, came Sunday to visit Mrs. George
Armstrong a few days.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Miss Anna Hamm of Hooker is
spending the week in the city taking
osteopathic treatment.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Mrs. Arthur Prather and son left
for Norton, Saturday to spend a few
weeks with Mrs. Prather's parents.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Mrs. NJ. Higday and Mrs. Walter
MILESTONE of near Moscow were Wis
iting relatives in the city Monday.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Homer and Corbett Cain, of Ty-
rome attended the funeral service of
the Kaiser in Liberal last week.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Gilmore ard
Mrs. Bradley of Tyrone are shopping
in the city today.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Mr.. and Mrs. John Kirk, of Kismet
were visiting friends in the city a
few days the first of the week.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ginns of
Wichita spent few days visiting
friends in the city last week.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

+. E. Ellis returned from Durham,
Kansas, Monday where he had taken
the remains Of his wife for burial last
week.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Miss Mary White returned from
an extended visit with her grand
mother in Dalhart the last of the
week.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Emil Harrison came from Funston
last Thursday and visited friends in
the city until Sunday.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Miss Grace Sewell arrived from
lobe, Colorado, Sunday, where she
has spent few months on her claim
near that place.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-11-14

Mr.. and Mrs. j. De Camp and child
100 ACRES near Boyd, Okla,
priced at $4,000. Federal loan of
$1,000. Will trade for Liberal prop
erty, clear.
j. A. Brooks, Phone 1870.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-14
ARMY AND NAVY CLUB
PLANT DAY TOMORROW
Cftiaens Arc Asked to Give petteA
Plants 10 Make CHnb
H0uarlike

The house committee OF the Army and
Navy club OF which Mrs. w. l.. sgd
nor is chairman, has designated August
Is as Plant day. II is the purpose of
this committee to decorate the Army
and Navy club SO as to make IL as
homeiIke as possible for the thousands
of men IN uniform who visit the club
weekly. This club is the most popular
place in Richmond for these visitors
who come from all parts of the United
States. Its reputation for hospitality
and good cheer has become so wide
spread that the commanders OF ships in
foreign waters have recommended IL
to sailors when they get to Norfolk.
Newport News or Yorktown when the
men are given liberty.
All persons who are interested in
making the club attractive to these
visitors are requested to bring to the
club Thursday, August is. either a
palm. fern or a pink gerantum.
The house committee will be on hand
all Of that day TO receive the gifts. The
florists OF the city are requested to as
sist IN furnishing these decorations for
the club.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-14
WESTERN UNION TRIES
new DISCRIMINATION


Washington. Aug. I3.--wage in
creAses announced by the Western
Union for members Of the employees
association organized by it's officials
IN opposition to the Commercial Teleg-
raphers union. but refused to members
OF the union doing the same work will
be Investigated by the wire control
committee of the postonice department.
The Western Unions announcement
was that 1t was granting \ 10 per cent
increase to members of its association
after a conference with the wire con-
troll committee. The wire committee
says that the increase may come after
the conference In time, but that IL he
not result of the conference. No
such proposition was suggested to the
committee. members say.
The Western Union smashed another
point In President Wilson's labor policy
by its action. His proclamation says
equal pay for equal work" but the
Western Union proposes to pay mem
bers of it's office association 10 per
cent more for the same work than IL
pays union men.
Just another indication of the pur-
pose OF the Western Union to en-
barrass the government In it's con-
troll of the wires. said President Kon-
OF the Commercial Teleg-
graphers' Union" I'm sure Postmas-
ter General Burrleson Will not permit
1t. when the matter comes to his OFF,
cial attention.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-14
keep BOYS away
FROM POOL ROOMS
Jastice Crutchneld and Chief sherry
Cooperate In Keeping Minors I'm
straight Path.

Acting under instructions from Chief
sherry members of the police force are
paying closer attention to the pool
rooms, and are clearing them OF minors.
who are prohibited from going into
pool rooms. All such places will be
closely watched. The policeman on the
beat has been instructed to take in the
pool rooms as a part of his rounds,
and to arrest all minors found therein.
and report the owners for permitting
them to enter.
THE idea" said Major Sherry last
right. sis not to arrest the boys, so
much as to keep them away from the
forbidden places. This warning may
have the desired effect. but IL IL does
not. the police will have the boys and
the conductors OF the places in court.
where they viii be punished"
Justice Crutchheld yesterday fined
Boyian Mathews $40 for being an
habitue OF pool room. and stated that
he would gladly cooperate with the
police in their efforts TO keep boys
away from the pool rooms.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-14
Famous In A Day For Her
Beautiful Complexion,
Oatmeal Combination Does It

coarse pores, rough skin. ruddiness.
wrinkles. and, IN fact, every blemish
the face. hands and arms are heirs to.
II your neck or chest is discolored
from exposure, apply this combinati ton
there and the Objectionable defect will
disappear as II by magic 1t is ahso-
mtely harmless and will not produce
or stimulate a growth Of hair. No
matter how rough and ungainly the
hands and arms. or what abuses they
have had through hard work and ex-
posture to sun and wind, this oatmeal
derwillo combination will work a won
derful transformation in twelve hours
at the most. Thousands who have
used II have had the same results
have had
Note: To set the best effect be sure
to follow the complete directions con.
tanned in every package Of derwtllo.
You have only to get derwillo and oat-
meal You need nothing else and ii
It Is SO simple that anyone can use II.
and Is so inexpensive that any girl or
woman can AFFORD it. The manufac-
turers and druggists guarantee that
there will be a noticeable Improvement
after the first application or they win
refund the money. II is sold in this
city under \ money refund guarantee
by all department stores and druggists
Including Tragic Drug Co. Grant Drug
CO. Polk Mf1lsr Drug Co.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-14
NAVY INVESTIGATES
CONTINUED from First Page

the officers investigating the origin of
the gas shows that the German trick
is practical and may be used on a
large scale. the navy and coast de-
Tense viii take steps to neutralize its
effects. Secretary Daniels said today.
however, that the question of gas
masks for coast guards and others
who might be exposed to the deadly
fumes was somewhat premature,
According to the opinion of experts
the German scheme generally is to set
the oil afioat with a time limit for
sea water to evolve the gas. The
enemy would choose such places as
those in which there were channels
along which were coast guard stations
lighthouses and perhaps naval sta
tons. BY calculation the oil would
begin TO throw off gases and this
would be an extremely dangerous
matter, If the tide drifted the oil In
successfully, late at night or early In
the morning, 1t was pointed out thai
| in the Smiths Island case the German
| scheme was frustrated by the It'd.
setting in strongly along Smith
| Island instead OF penetrating NOR,
directly into the open channel The
channel in question leads into tn,
important city of Wilmington. n. c.
For the present the attitude of this
officials is to await the facts and the
report from the officers who will in
vestigate at first hand at Smiths
Island
It is realized that in order to make
The oil gas scheme Il success the sub
marines must be able to carry a large
number OF barrels of oil. They are
disposed. now to took the possibilities
squarely In the face. but without any
alarm, as the known facts do no
justify such alarm. 1t was suggested
today that the oil gas was the thing
referred to by the German admiralty
when 1t said, after the first submarine
raid. that they would come back ane
strike terror into the Atlantic coas
by Commandment Mustard gas is &
sort of hombardment even when pro
duced as reported from Smiths Island
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-14
.BOREAS PLAYS HAVOC
WITH 4 FRAxINUS
Colonel John Richardson Grieves Over
Damage to His ravorite In
Capitol Square.

Colonel John Richardson la grieving
fraxinus Americana sIaminate by the
storm Monday night.
The storm not only blew Alderman
John Mitchells two-doilAr straw hat
out of the window in the City Hall
looking out from the utilities commit
tee room. but 1T shattered the beauti-
full fraxinns slaminate, and so Colonel
Richardson and Chief Tom Haynes are
In tears
For many years Auditor Lee Moore,
and his first assistant, Roosevelt Page.
had wiped the sweat from their high
foreheads, beneath the shade of the
fraxinus. and for years, perhaps aeons.
the squirrels of Capitol square had
slowed away quarts and quarts OF
COOLERS within the leafy bowers of the
slaminate.
Perhaps dear Pocahontas studied her
Mother Goose rhymes on the soft YER
dure within the soughing sound Of the
breeze as 1t famed the brow of John
Mason and Patrick Henry and the other
notables gathered in a group at the
top of the hill.
but ii amt never no more
moaned Richard Blankinship.
Yesterday ten convicts were busy
cutting and cording the wood cut from
the fraxinus slaminate Americana, and
hundreds of people who daily pass
through Capitol square in front of
the Library building and did not know
that there was such a thing as frax-
mus slaminate Americana, expressed
their regrets that the wind had played
such havoc,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-14
HAPPY FAREWELL TO
RETIRING ALDERMEN
Board Hands Handsome Bouquets to
Colonel Barton III. Grundy and
Major Il. T.. Christian,


A short farewell speech ana euioss
to Alderman Barton II. Grundy and
Alderman L, r Christian. who retire
from, the hoard at the end OF August.
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n,.S Nv. 49, ~ ,,,s. hasnra fhs "a.
s ias' nie. - s,Sa-a,
path A. .ettr,ns sIaerrner have
:. ,a- hrar.h -,
~. e., ~ ,onls t,rn. Thav
hnya haan s.a,,rnr ads,ocatea ~ A..
ar,+h,ro .hat sa,,nrad ~ eood ~ TIC
c;tv "a 90 ,i,,,a. haya Seen strone
=, .,.,S .,,,.ra ryht,b
thev ha,,a,,oS .,o,,ia ~ radound ~
tho ...s "a. ~. -,
been looked upon as leaders by their
colleagues. and it was with real re-
gret that the members OF the board
babe them official good bye last night
Mr.. Fuller said: IT am sure that
speak for the other members of this
body when / SAY that 1t Is with deep
regret that we give up the two faith
full and fearless members of the board,
who have been so energetic and sin
cere in their work for the city, and
move a rising vote OF thanks to them
for their efforts for the public well
fare during their services with us
We give them God-speed and trust
their efforts may always and every
where be as sincere and successful! for
good az they have been here
Alderman Grundy said: II am
deeply grateful for these kind words
and expressions. You may get better
men, / may say. for both Major Chris
tian and myself, but you will not get
more faithful 1t has been n great
pleasure for me to work here with
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-14
Free Prescription Does its work
Overnight. You Can Prepare II At
Your Home.

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Overnight. You Can Prepare II At
Your Home.
New York II is my own discovery
and il takes justsone night to get such
marvellous results. saws Mae Edna Will
der when her friends ask her about
her wonderful complexion and the i'm
proved appearance OF her hands and
arms. You can do the same thing II
YOU follow my advice she says: l feel
it my duty to tell every girl and
uonan what this wonderful prescrtp-
tion did for me. just think of IT. All
this change In a single night / never
tire Of telling others just what brought
about such remarkable results. Here
Is the Identical prescription that re-
moved every defect from my face,
neck. hands and arms. Until you try
Il you can form no idea of the mar
Vicious change IL will make in just one
application. The prescription which
you can prepare at your own home
Is as follows* Go to any grocery and
get ten cents worth of ordinary oat-
meal and from any drug store a bottle
OF derwiilo- Prepare ths oatmeal as d.
rectcd in every package of derwiilo and
apply night and morning The nrst
application will astonish you. II
makes the skin appear transparent
smooth and vAlvety. especially rec.
ommend II for freckIes. tan. sun spotas