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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-12
Vorwaerts Declares
War History Shows
Mad Man Ruled Huns
By The Associated Press.

Berlin, Dec. 1l.-Commenting
on a four-volume compilation OF
documentary prewar history, the
Vorwaerts says:
Whoever reads the former
emperor's marginal remarks will
have no doubt that Germany be-
fore the war was ruled by next
to a mad man."
The newspaper characterizes
the books as -four stones on the
tomb of the German monarchy"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-12

Piles Cured In Q - IL Days.
Druggists refund money II PAZO ONT.
MENT fails to cure itching, Blind, Bleeding
of Protruding Piles. Stops Irritaticni
Soothcs and Heals. You can get restful
sleep after the FIRST application. Price 500
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-12

were mentioned in the triangular
love quarrel that ended in the sui
eide.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-12
Handkerchief Are Appreciated Gifts

Women's ALL inen hem
stitched Handkerchiefs, in plain
white, at Csc each.
Women's crepe silk hem
stitched H a n d k erchiefs, in
white, pink, lavender, maise,
red, blue and old rose colors,
at Csc each.
Women's fancy Handker-
chiefs in white and colored ef-
fects, three and four in a fancy
gift box, at Soc per box.
Women's fancy Handker-
chiefs in white and colored en-
broidered effects. These are in
fancy boxes of three, four and
six handkerchiefs to box
8 in a box-25c to 85c per box
4 in box-50c to Soc per box
s in box-69c to S5c per box
Rrondeis C4o,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-12

Women's Handkerchiefs with
white and colored initials, six in
box, at 75c per box.
Mems hemstitched Handker-
chiefs, with white or colored
initials, your choice Of long or
block initials. Six in a box, at
81 per box.
Boys initiated Handkerchiefs,
six in a box, s5c per box.
Children's
Handkerchiefs
Children's initiated Handker-
chiefs, three in a box, at 29c
per box.
Children's novelty pictured
Handkerchiefs, three in a box,
at 35c per box.
,s-Basement
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07
THE FAMILY DOCTOR

Many are the slurs and left-handed
compliments hurled by the thought
less and ignorant at the professions.
Let us consider the case Of the doctor.
BY continued neglect Of duty Of your
self or by ignorant violation of the
laws of health, you have become sick
and after waiting until your condition
is serious you then send for the doc
tor, generally at night. You tell him
a part OF the causes that brought you
to bed and, Good Samatarian like, he
prescribes a new way Of life, gives
you medicine and you soon regain
your normal health. You feel CRATE
full and then marvel at his bill; you
ought to be thankful that you can see
his bill, for if you had continued in
your violation of natures laws, your
friends might be wearing black and
trying to pay an undertaker's bill.
There is no more God-like man in
q community than the conscientious
physician. He goes in all kinds of
weather and at al lhours of day and
night, going to the bedside of the
stricken regardless of the danger of
contracting the most dreadful dis
eases or taking them home to his own
loved ones; often without reward and
so many times without any reward
save his own peace of mind coming
from knowledge of duty faithfully
performed. l..
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07
YEA, VERIFY, WHAT NEXTI

Newton Evening Kansas Republic
can: A Newton mans mother resides
at Hill City, Kansas. Imagine her
concern when Sc read in her local pa
per the following item:
"A disease called the black tongue
is invading Newton, Kansas. There
are 80 cases of it now in the hospitaiS
Most of the patients only live frUm
one to three days. What next:"
Yes, that's right-what next? In
fact, these patients hardly ever live
more than a minute or two, because
they exist only in the vivid imaSina-
tion of some morbid mind, 30 far As Is
known here.
Newton has plenty Of black sheep,
perhaps a few cases Of black leg. and
some characters inclined to the black
rand. But this black tongue Stun u
too much. Using the term @tOngue"
as a personification, NewtOn's prod.
uct in that line is strictly white. The
newspapers are all perfectly virtnous'
and certainly nobody else would ex-
ercise a black tongue. A white lie h
bad enough.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07
IN ihN AAN'HE LEGISLATURES
Appropriations Bills All to Go In
This Week

By the end of this week the senate
committee on ways and means Will
have completed consideration Of all
appropriation measures, and put them
in the hopper. e. 'a1s
This was announced last night BY
Sen. Walter E. Wilson, chairmHn, who
is making every effort to hurry apprO-
priation measures. After getting out
of the committee, there il usually
very little delay in passage, so the IN
dications are that the senate will es-
tablish q record in the promptness In
completing its appropriation work.
Investigate Improvements
Senator Wilson stated that special
senate investigating committees are
being sent only to institutions where
now improvements are requested. The
statements of the state business man
ager are being accepted as basis for
maintenance and salary requests, al
tho the committee has adopted q pol
icy of only rs per cent increases IN
these items, instead Of SS per cent,
which had been requested.
An interesting question in regard TO
appropriations is the action Of the
house. To date, no appropriation
measures have appeared out Of the
house committee. The committee still
is carrying on it's own investigatiOAs,
preferring not to work with the SEN
ate.
May Use Senate Bills
By the time the house committee
gets ready to send its bills out with
recommendations, it is predicted that
most of the senate appropriation
measures will be over to the house Tor
consideration there. It would mean
time if the house would use the senate
bills as basis for its work, making
whatever amendments It desires On
the senate bills instead Of starting or
iginal bills.
Then the difference may be ironed
out in conference.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07
BACK To SANE
FARMING PRACT|CE
From Industrial Journalism De-
partment, Kansas State
Agricultural College

Manhattan, Kan. Feb. 4.-The Am
erican farmer should now play safe
Distributing risks by means Of diver
sifed faI1ning-one Of the oldest agri-
cultural doctrines in this country-ii
one Of the principal means Of play
ing safe. This is the suggestion Of
F. D. Farrell, dean of agriculture In
the Kansas State Agricultural col
lege.
American farmers should return
as soon as possible to sound agricul-
tural practices" said Dean Farrell
During the war 1t has been neces.
.sSy to deviate somewhat from thost
practices. II has been necessary, fol
example, to devote an excessive acre.
age to wheat. This has seriously in.
terrupted crop rotation in many sec.
tions. It has also resulted in the plow.
ing up Of much meadow and pasture
land, which in ordinary times have
been left undisturbed."
Europe's ability to buy and the
prices demanded by Americans will
determine the extent to which Europe
will buy foodstuffs from the United
States, Dean Farrell points out. The
reestablishment of order throughout
Europe will greatly improve the mar.
ket for American products. .
While the herds Of livestock In
European countries have been de.
pleted somewhat by the war, the
losses, Dean Farrell states, are prob
ably less than many had supposed
The report of the American agricul.
tural commission is to this effect. Con-
sequently Europe will not draw very
heavily upon the United States fol
breeding stock.
The dairy farmer must follow eff
cient methods and must keep higf
producing cows if he is to succeed in
the future, according to Dean Farrell
With the settlement of conditions ov'
erseas, exports Of dairy products from
the United States will diminish anC
the prices will eventually return Il
pre-war levels. -
"There probably was never a periOt
in our history when there was greater
need for the development of efficient
dairying methods" said Dean Farrell
"and the most important single factor
is the elimination of inferior cows"
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07
PUBLIC OPINION
Contributions to The Daily Citizen on Various
Topics of General Interest
THE INFLUENZA sCoURGE

Statistics now at hand give the fol-
lowing graphic story Of the awful
ravages Of the influenza epidemic that
swept over the country last fall and
early winter. The figures are for
Kansas only. Other states suffered in
kind or worse; when the total for the
nation is compiled we will stagger at
the cost in lives and money this
scourge has caused.
Toll of lives to Jan. 18th, 5547.
Estimated cases Of influenza, 22O,-
900.
Cost to Kansas, 100000.
Doctor bills and funerals, 1922, ,O5O.
Scientific valuation Of lives lost,
$1O2,S96, ,75O.
Loss to 10000 business houses
(closed DOWN., $6O,0OO,O00.
10000 school teachers idle 8 weeks,
loss 81, 1,440,000. 1--WE know Of no dis
tricts where the teachers were COM
PEELED to stand this loss
429 Movie shows, loss $1,387 900.
On January 18th there were 4083
new cases of the disease.
When the cost in lives in property
is finally computed, the cost Of the
war in Europe will likely not exceed
it much the loss Of lives at least, by
influenza will by many times exceed
the loss of life of our soldiers which
by latest report was $1,000.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07
SEGREGETI8KB|L
KILLED IN kAAsE.
House Committee on Education
Takes UnfavOrable Action
on Galena Represent
ative's Measure

Galena Kan, Feb. "A lower
house bill providing for segregation
Of negro children in schools Of second
class cities was killed Monday BY the
house committee on education at To-
peka and the efforts Of its author,
Representative YOunt Of Galsna, 10
replace the bill on the house calendar
were unsuccessful.
|. Yount announced that he would 10
new his efforts tomorrow.
A similar bill was passed by the
house two years ago, but did not got
a majority vote in the senate after
Arthur Capper, then governor, an
nounced that he would veto the meas
ure If necessary.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07
TEXAS PAPERS !.
BAR OIL ADS
Odds Against Investors Are
1000 to 1, Dallas News
Says

Texas newspapers have started a
campaign against oil gambling and
oil promotion. The Houston Post has
closed its columns to advertisements
Of oil stock, as also have the Calves
ton News and the Dallas News. The
Dallas News recently published the
following attack on oil gambling:
-'"The oil game is the worst gambling
game ever played in Texas, and yet Of
all games (of chance) It is the only
one which may be played lawfully.
"Just what the odds are against one
who plays the oil game have not been
calculated. Perhaps, when the excite
ment Is over. some statistician hav-
ing the idleness to indulge his curios-
ity will figure it out. Until then one
can only guess. And our guess is that
odds against the player are at least
1000 to /. For the one chance Of win
ming he incurs at least 800 Of losing;
for every winner there will be 999
losers. And the pity Of it is that,
more surely than in the case Of the
outlaw gambling game the winners
will be those who could afford to lose,
and the losers those who could not.
Some fortunes have been and will be
made in oil. But a much larger num-
Der will be made by gathering into a
fe whands the small savings Of the
multitude.
ut is probably impossible to con-
trive any highly effective method to
prevent the cupidity of the ignorant
from being exploited, although more
can be done than has been done. If
the craze which is impovershing so
many thousands is to be arrested, it
perhaps must be chiefly by counsel
and warning, and these, it must be
admitted, are but poor weapons with
which to combat the seductions Of the
stock seller.
"And yet, it seems to the News, it
rests as a duty on everyone who un-
der stands the dangers and iniQuities
of the. oil game to exert whatever in
fluence he can by way Of counsel and
warning. Among the thousands who
are tempted there are some who
would heed a word Of reason spoken
by friends. At least, any Of them
could be dissuaded from opening their
purses to those who do not offer them
even a gamblers chance, and this is
true of a good many of the 'oppor-
tunities' that are being capitalized.
"Much of the stock that is being Of
fered for sale does not represent even
prospect. It lacks even the value
of counterfeit banknote, because the
counterfeit may be so clever as to re-
main in currency long time without
detection, whereas only the man WHO
is practiced in swindling can pass cers
tificates so palpably worthless as is a
great deal of the stock which is being
sold. At best the oil game is a
gamble, with immense odds against
those who put their money into it; at
worst, it is q swindle."
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07
NO NINE INSPECTION
FOR LEAD AND ZINC

The mine inspection laws Of Kansas
do not include the lead and zinc fields
of the state, but they are for the coal
fields only, according to information
Just received by the Chamber Of Com
merce from Fred Green, Of Pittsburg
the states assistant state labor COM
missioner in charge Of inspection
work.
The matter of putting lead and zinC
mines under his jurisdiction is under
stood to be pending now before the
legislature, and Mr.. Green believes
that will be done. Until that is &C.
complished, however, he has no say
so whatever in this district.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07

form, that his military career was
bad. Nevertheless, an official Of the
Government accompanied him to
Junction City, Kansas, and there, un-
der the rules of the War Department,
bought him a complete new civilian
outfit, the government paying the bill.
Why Favor the Slackers
There can be no defense of a sys-
tenn which compels men who have
honorably served in the Army and
Navy to give up all Of their military
clothing, and at their own expense
buy civilian outfits, which, at the
same time, enable men, who have re-
fused to fight or even wear the uni
form of their country, to reclothe
themselves completely at the expense
of the government.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, in COM
menting upon the law which Senator
Watson would amend, says in an edi-
torial under the captionI"Must Uncle
Sam Become An old Clos MANI"
"Under the present army regula-
tions enlisted men discharged from
the Army are requested to turn back
within four months time one suit OF
uniform outer clothing which Gen.
March interprets to mean a hat and
hat cord, flannel shirt, service coat
and ornaments, a pair Of breechess'
pair of shoes, pair Of leggins, a belt
overcoat and slicker. The soldier
may keep his underwear and socks.
"What does the government want OF
the soldiers old clothes? The quar-
termaster's department is stocked
with clothes enough to supply an
army of 100000 men for a year, and
although the efficiency men Of the de-
partment are very keen on the mat
ter of salvage just at present, the
value of these old uniforms even for
conversion into shOddy, is. inconse-
quantial.
"Possibly their value to the indi-
vidual soldier will not be greater in
the majority of cases, but II here and
there a soldier may find himself in
such circumstances that paft OF his
uniform will serve his need for a pc
riod beyond the regulation -four
months, he ought not to be iqdietable
or liable to q military search warrant
for retaining the property. And If the
uniform which daddy" wore when he
fought the. Kaisers Huns is to have
no other mission than to tell its story
to the children and the children's chill
dren, as many q suit of faded blue
has served to teach patriotism, it Will
be worth more to the government. Of
the United States and to the nation
at large than Il it shall be returned
to a federal ragbsg. Let the soldiers
keep their. uniforms" 80 go
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07
WEEKLY KANSAS CITY
LIVE STOCK MARKET
Furnished by Greer & Company
Stock Yards
Monday, February 8, 19l9.

Monday, February 8, 1919.
Receipts of cattle are light today,
$4,000 on sale here. The top corn
steers sold at $17.35. The market on
fat steers is 10 q Is cents higher.
Cows and heifers sold strong. Bulls
are dull. Gamers are slow at last
weeks bad close. Veal calves are at
the low point of the year, top $11'
Stock calves are dull. Stock cows and
heifers are about steady. Stockers and
feeders are sharply higher on best
kinds; others are steady.
We expect a moderate run Of cattle
the remainder of the week and good
market. g..
We quote good to choice corn
steers, SIC a $19; medium to fair
$12 a $15.75. Good to choice cows
$685. q $1S;: medium to fair, 81 q
So. Good to choice fat steer and
heifer yearlings, mixed, $11 a $1S.25;
medium to fair, $7.45 q $10.25. Can
ners, IS a $6.25. Bulls, $s.25 a $11'
Good to choice veals, $40 a $11.
Good to choice feeders, $12.25 q
$16.25; medium to fair, So a $11'
Good to choice. stock steers, $9.7O a
$14; medium to fair, So q $3.50
Good to choice stock cows and heifersI
$3.50 a $8.25; medium to fair, $3.50
F@ $3.50. =. Good to choice stock calves
Ss.7O a s1O.S5; medium to fair, 50
q S725. ~.
!: With $1,000 hogs. here today and
:, 500 in Chicago, our marked opened
steady to strong and closed weak
Top $17.70. Bulk Of sales ranged from
s17 a S1F45. The best lights brought
$3.50. The pig market is steady tC
strong on good pigs, others are 30 @
75 cents lower.
There are $500 sheep here today,
Market is active and strong, TOI
lambs, S15.Aa $3.50.
HuRrs truly,
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07
PHILLIPs.sTRoNG NUPTIALs

A letter received Tuesday by the
News force announces the marriage
Of Miss Jimmie Phillips to Michael
Strong. The ceremony was performed
at CARRIER, Okla, Sunday, January 26r
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Spence, by Rev. Robert Brown, Of the
M. f. church. The home was prettily
decorated for the occasion and a de-
lightful supper was served at the be-
ginning of which the minister pro-
nouneed his blessing on the young
couple.
Miss Phillips for some time Occu-
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07
GETTING AT ROAD FACTS

A good many people are asking
what is the proposed concrete road
thru this district is going to cost. Can
we-afford it? Is this the right time
to take it on? And many other ques-
tions. Investigation discloses that
the first seven and one-half miles ex-
tending from Madison street in Webb
City to the Joplin City limits and
from Seventh and Schifferdecker
avenue in Joplin to the Kansas State
line, were let under one contract at
the rate of approximately $4,000 per
mile. This portion of the route covers
well established roads which had been
previously provided with substantial
bedding. The probable cost through
unbroken territory as remote from
rock and gravel as will be the Baxter
road, will likely be not less than
$4,000 per mile. The concrete road
association has apportioned for the
Lowell-Picher portion of this road
$4,000 from the popular subscription
fund.
A movement is now on foot to hold
a meeting some time this week at a
central point in the district west Of
Baxter Springs at which the matter Of
right of way for this road will be
taken up directly with the land own
ers and farmers concerned. Parties
interested are invited to watch the
dates and attend this meeting at
which delegates from the various
committees vii lbe present.
Investigation of the laws of Kan
sas and of all cases on record thruout
the United States since 1876, show a
unanimous legal opinion that in the
granting of an easement Of the sur
face the land owner in no way for
feits or depreciates, nor invalidates
any of his existing mineral rights. He
is free to mine and extract from the
ground any mineral or other valuable
substance, whether or not he has
granted the entire surface for the use
as publis highways.
This point seems to be one that is
worrying most of the land owners
west of this city, as in the most OF
cases their land is leased for mineral
and they are slow to do anything that
will jeOpardize their rights in any
way or the rights of the operators
who may be intending to work their
land. The fact that the big compan-
les like the Chanute Spelter Co., and
the Queen Esther and others permit
roads to cross their land should put
at ease any doubts of the status OF
this matter.
The land, under this Interpretation
may be mined out from under this
road just the same as from under
steam roads provided that the roac
bed is properly protected with suffi'
cient ground to support it safely al
all times.
Aside from this point which would
seem settled already by past cases il
point, there can be no argumen
against this road.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
ASKS FOR MEN

e The United States Employment Ser
vice has fled with the Chamber Of
Commerce requests for q coat MAKER
a pants maker, and q candy maker 1t
Wichita; two candy makers at lnds-
pendence, and also machinistS, boiler
makers, printers, shoe salesman, farm
hands, travelling statesmen, shoe maker
and. shoe repaireE
It is noted also that . returned 81
dier, married, with one child, wants q
position on a farm. He is experienced.
II b announced that John r
Greene, a Baxter soldier, II being diS-
charged from the army and and wants
position as laborer.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07

pied the position of reporter for The
Daily Citizen and Mr.. Strong was en-
ployed at Shead's cafe. Both were
popular with the Baxter younger set
all of whom will wish them a happy
and prosperous married life.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07

Mrs. o. NJ. Bilharz has returned TO
her home in Baxter after an absence
Of several days spent in St. Louis and
other points.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07
NEWS AND COMMENT

Someone, some Of these days, will
explain why a barber spends thirty
minutes getting ready to swipe the
face of his customer, and then takes
a corn knife and three seconds to the
back of his neck.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07

Mrs. Sniffles is about to buy a waf-
file iron, having supplied herself with
a heatless iron and a dustless sweep
er she will now serve the home with
eatless pancakes.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07

Bert Williams baby Is very N with
bronchial pneumonia
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07

Archie Bottom is i'll at his home Of
tonsilitis.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07

Nat Goodrich, that much married
Nat, is dead. Nat was just getting
ready to take unto himself wife No.
6. The funeral was done up in regu-
lar stage fashion. Another old timer,
De Wolf Hopper, delivered the
eulogy, whatever that is.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-07

Millionaire Duke, of Dukes Mix
ture fame (all small boys know him),
has just died at Durham, N. c., which
would indicate from the name of that
berg that Bull Durham and Dukes
Mixture must have been first cous-
ins after all.