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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-01-16

The League of Nations is to be
composed of nations which have a
reputation for truth, veracity and
responsibility. This is in accord with
a recent statement issued by those
who are doing the head pushing for
the League. The object of the league
is to obtain peace In fact to enforce
peace. If a nation gets unruly all the
other nations will jump onto it and
give it a licking and make it be good
If peace cannot be obtained in any
other way they will fight for it.
Now, that isn't so much different
from what we are doing in family,
affairs, school affairs or state affairs.
If one of the kids does not behave
himself someone in authority picks
him up and gives him spanking; if
a scholar in school causes trouble and
violates a rule he is reprimanded-
they used to get a Ticking; if a dis
trict of our state and nation becomes
rebellious a sheriff's possy or the
national guards are called out and
the riot is que1led and the offenders
punished. Nations are to be dealt
with the same way when the League
Of Nations gets into operation
There can be a supreme court of
nations just as well as there is a
supreme court of a nation and the
rules of the international court can
be enforced in the same way that the
national rules are enforced, providing
all the nations in the League stand
together We are of the opinion that
the League of Nations will work all
right for time but some day it will
bust up with a regular row and q
good sized world war will be fought
again However, there can no great
harm come from giving the League a
trial.
President and Mrs. Wilson seem to
be having a good time across the
Atlantic and we hope they are ac-
complishing some good. Critics are
still at work on Mr.. Wilson for hav-
ing made the trip but almost any one
of US would have taken advantage of
the opportunity and made the trip
If we had the chance. In the future
years the wisdom of the presd ent
making the trip may develop bat at
present it is hardly visible.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-01-16
JEwIsH-ARMENIAN RELIEF

The week of January 1919 has been
set apart for the campaign to raise
funds for the relief of Jewish, Ar
menian and Syrian people who have
been left destitute and helpless by
persecution and the ravages of war.
1t hoped that a fund of thirty million
dollars will be raised in the United
States. The sum assigned to the
state of Kansas is 100000 and the
quota for Trego county is $1,000 We
ought to be able to help to raise that
small sum-only one fifth of our
quota in the z in 1 drive in Novem-
ber We went over the top then
we can do it now with even greater
ease-and there is doubt that
every dollar of the money is sorely
needed. There are three million Jews
who are needing help Four million
Armenian men, women and children
will starve or freeze to death before
summer comes again if we do not
help them We cannot dodge our re-
sponsibility in this matter We can
not say LET George do it!'' Rich
Jews are the most liberal givers in
the world and are already doing their
part We cannot say LET the Red
Cross feed the hungry" The Red
Cross is already diverting $500, 900 of
its funds every month to the Amer
lean Committee for relief in the Near
East. This committee consists Of IS
prominent Americans, incorporated by
an act of Congress, and serving with
out pay Every dollar you give will
be applied to the relief of the needy,
all the expenses of distribution and
application being born by private
funds. Your contributions may be
handed to solicitors whom you know,
or to your banker. L. S.. Myerly,
county treasurer, is custodian of the
fund in Trego county and checks may
be made payable to him.
NO MORE BI rdONTHLY EXAM
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-01-16

twenty years I am sure it is nothing
compared with the progress you will
make in the next twenty. I have
great confidence in the future of this
country know its people have
worked with them I know that they
possess the qualities which wrest
success from seeming failure know
Good Byei Goode Byei
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-01-16
RETURNED SOLDIERS

Should keep up the government in
surance. The Red Cross Home Ser
vice Section will gladly give any nee
essary informa ton.
f-.~ Walter F. Swiggett,
- Chairman.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-01-16
FOR SALE

Second hand Fords. Will take Lib
erty Bonds, all or part payment
Ford parts: $50 radiators, new
bodies Send in your Liberty Bonds
Will issue credit for any balance due
and you can order balance later.
Four Champion K plugs $3.50
We want your Liberty Bonds.
Hudkins Motor CO.
Adv tip SaIina, Kans
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REPORT
County Superintendent OF Public In
struction of Treeo County, Kansas
OF THE


struction of Treso County, Kansas
To the state Superintendent of Public In
suction
December Both, 1915.
This report is required by section lsS. School
sfafe s1perinse noan on the last Monday
of March. June. September and December
bidden to order variant for County. super
nry made ana copy nled with the
seTh aSd snS aboHs fa ta s SAID Ry tnf
County Commissioners.
I Number Of District schools visited d;sd- this
!: s3.ae: g. 10 IL Il ID u Is 1e H. ls J9-
81 o. Il Il = e IS 8. e, q $50
school Inspection ! hour.
its sa@ T. oct the S1 d Mr1isn lara
5 Number of days ONCE has been kept
Num6e of e1aamin 3a Of of d ds a,s
tricts in which records are not kept accord
Z Number of examinations of district
in heh are not hept
cordine to law o.
Number of teachers meetings attended.
20 IS This o f snpped Ms
ord books. required by the existing law
II Number of certificates granted ?; Pro
third grade |: temporary Q:
TO the Superintendent of Public Instruction
I hereby certify the above to be correct
of the work of this ONCE in the
matters herein reported. for the quarter
Dated at Wa-Keeney. this Both day of
Decem Der, 1918
MINNIE O'NEIL,
County Superintendent of Trego County.
Printers ink has been responsible
for thousands of business successes
throughout the country. Everybody
in town may know you but they don't
know what bargains you offer. Ad-
vertising will do for you what it has
for others.
Fresh beef at Bakers. Adv.H.
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Adv tip.
NOTICE

You are hereby notified that all
needy people must apply to me per-
sonally for all aid, and all orders for
merchandise of every description are
cancelled, as I win look after all pur-
chases myself
H E. Tripp,
Adv At At Township Trustee
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The new secretary of the treasury
of the United States also favors gov
eminent control of railroads for an
other five years Government control
and government ownership are diff
ferent- Under governm emit ownership
the money spent for improvements
and that derived from oiIidends
would go into the treasury of the
government, but under the present
form of government control it does
not, or, in the end, will not
Since the government has remov-
ed the restrictions on wheat and mill
products the prices have gone sky
ward like an aroplane- This in face
of the fact that peace has come and
the reports are made that through
out the world there was the greatest
crop produced in 1918 that ever was
Why this condition should exist is
hard for the average consumer to I'M
derStand.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-01-16
POTATOES

Farmers Store at $1-50 per busheI
while they last Adv SO.
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QUARTERLY STATEMENT
of Is Myerlys. =

County Treasurer of Trego County Kansas
showing balance in his hands for the quarter
ending DecHm be. 81.
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CdSI IsoaO1 -
State of Kansas. Trego County, S.
I, L. s. Myerly. treasurer of Trego coun-
ty. Kansas do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true and correct TO the
l. 8. MYERLY.
County Treasurer
hereby certify, that the foregoing state
me. and my presence. by the above named
this 31st day of December. 1918.
c. H. BENSON.
(SeaD County Clerk Trego County
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State Superintent
The Washington times., 1919-11-23
GRANDALL'S.

Mrs. Sidney Drew's adaptation to
the screen OF Edna Eerber's widely
read short story Of "The Gay Old
Dog will be presented for the first
time in Washington as the chief fea-
ture of the bill at Crandalrs Theater
the first three days of this week, with
John Cumberland pictured in the role
of Jimmy Dodd, whose gay dog"
days came late in life.
Beginning Wednesday and contin-
uing the major feature of the bill
over Thanksgiving Day and through
Friday will be shown for the first
time in this city, Eastward Ho," a
magic combination of thrills. laughs
and heroics. in which the stellar role
is taken by William Russell. newly
recruited as a William Fox star. The
story is of a cattleman in Arizona
who encounters a fash of the East In
the person of Beatrice whitford,
whom he subsequently seeks in New
York and woos with all the adyentu-
rous fervor of a real man from the
big country.
Saturdays principal Offering will
be His Divorced Wife" in which the
role of chief Interest js taken with
complete success by Monroe Sails
bury.
The Washington times., 1919-11-23
At The Theaters
Next Week

BELASCo-Roland Vests mystery
play, "The Unknown Purple" with
excellent cast.
GARRICK-John Drinkwaters won
derful success, Abraham Lincoln"
First American performances
previous to opening of New York
run. Notable cast.
POLTS-"Maytime," well-known musi-
cal comedy success, with first cast.
NATIONAL-Otis Skinner. in a new
play, The Rise of Peter Barban."
BURTON HOLMES-At National next
Sunday night and following after
noon, "Battlefelds of France"
GAYETT-Jacobs and Jermon's, The
Burlesque Review" with Harry
Spillman.
B. F. KEITH'S-Wilkie Bard, Mile.
Nitta-Jo, Sheila Terry and Co.,
Emmet Dewey and Co, the Jazz
land Naval Octette, Frank Gaby.
De Onsonne and Baker, the Aerial
Sflvermaids
MOVIES
METROPOLITAN anniversary
week; Norma TaImadge, in The
Isle of Conquest" and subsidiary
features.
RBOCkER-Norma Talmadge
in THE Isle of Conquest" Nazi-
nova. in Toys of Fate"
Madame Traverse, in
Lost Money" and others.
Ferguson. in Count
erfeit." -.
COLUMBIA-Sun.-w Wed, The Miracle
OF Love-" Thurs.-Sat., William S.
hart In John Petticoats."
The Washington times., 1919-11-23
Burton Holmes
First ak
Tonight

Burton Holmes begins his annual
series of Travelogues in this city, at
the New National Theater tonight,
with Belgium as his topic.
Last Summer Mr.. Moles and his as
sistants motored through Belgium -
to Brussels. Antwerp. Bruges. Ghent,
Ostend. Zeebrugge, Liege, Dinant,
Ypres, Dixmude, and other cities, the
names of which have filled the pages
of the contemporary press for the
duration of the war.
Mr.. Holmes motion pictures and
colored views will not only show the
scenes of devastation ami wartime
horrors, but also will take his audi
ences to the countryside where Bel
gium is raising her crops, to beauty
spots untouched by war and to cities
and towns where daily life, in quaint
and picturesque setting, is even more
interesting than in the anti-bellum
days-and where there is the artistic
historic, and industrial appeal to the
American tourist.
The Travelogue will be repeated
tomorrow afternoon at 4:30.
The Washington times., 1919-11-23
GARDEN.

Moore's Garden Theater announces
another week of Cecil b. De Miles
Male and Female"
In this latest masterpiece, a pic
turiZation of Sir James NJ. Barrie's
celebrated play. The Admirable Crich-
ton," DeMille has practically reached
the zenith of photodramatic direction
and production. according to current
standards. The lavish manner in
which money has been spent in the
staging of every scene no matter
how short. is apparent at all timcs.
The cast Is such that the very mem
ton of q few of those appearing az
sure of acting that is beyond criti-
cism Thomas Meighan, Gloria Swan
son, Theodore Roberts, Lila Lee, Bebc
Daniels and many others of similar
high caliber are all seen in parts
which At them to perfection.
The film story carries very slight
changes from the original.
An exceptional musical setting has
been provided by the Garden orchcs-
ira under the direction of Claude v.
Burrows, WHICH together with shor.
attractions complete show that
everyone should see.
The Washington times., 1919-11-23
GARRICk.


That murder will out" is saying
that has stood the test of time and
proved its truth in innumerable in
stances. Such is the case eventually
in AT 9:45,' the melodrama of mys-
terry. marriage and murder, by owen
Davis, which William A Brady, Ltd,
will present at the Shubert-Garrick
for one week commencing tonight.
But in this instance, as in. many
other cases which have occupied the
attention Of the police and the keen
interest of the public, the Clayton
case. as disclosed ! by Mr.. Davis in
AT 9:45," is one of innumerable sur
prises and variety of complications.
From tine moment the curtain rises
on the first act the play moves apace,
and is said to furnish a wholly de-
lightful combination of thrills, sus-
pense and laughter
The players include Marie Goff.
Kenneth Mackenna, John Cromwell
George Backus, Edith Shayne, Idalene
Cotton. Mildred MacLean. Edwin Cald-
well, Louis barclay. Frank Dawson
Frank Hilton, Blythe Daily and Rob-
ert Thorne.
The Washington times., 1919-11-23
G0lDWYN TO USE SCREEN
TO SPREAD AMERICANlSM

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Nov. %. -
Before the great assemblage of mill
tant Americans brought together here
recently for the first constitutional
convention Of the American Legion,
Col. Henry ID. Lindsey, chairman of
the convention, read a letter from
Samuel Goldwyn, president of the
Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, Of
fering all the facilities of his tre-
mendous producing and distributing
organization to propagate the Leg
ions ideal of Americanism on the
screen. -....r.
The thousands OF delegates pres
ent received the letter from MI
Goldwyn with enthusiastic applause
and IT was referred TO committee
for action.
The offer means that as soon as the
American Legion decides to produce
any kind of a picture, it NAV use
Goldwyn's Studios, either in Culver
city or the east and that II will re-
eeiVe the fullest cooperation or
Goldwyn's producing forces.
The Washington times., 1919-11-23
METROPOLITAN

Thanksgiving week at Crandalrs ;
Metropolitan Theater will be notable
Tor the first presentation in Wash-
tnston OF The Gay Lord Quex." With
Tom Moore pictured in the title role.
a rash and genial lover is always
popular idol His very fiickleness
= enchanting. for the man who gives
rs sweetheart something to worry
about Is always in her thoughts. such
a one was Lord QueN, hkable
young man. popuiar with the elders
N society and sought by the younger
get. especially the girls. The romance
or the situation appealed 10 him, and
he became a lover of wide scope,
sever serious but always involved.
rhe manner in which he was brought
% a final realization of the value OF
genuine Affection furnishes the eli
fnscteric episode in a play that
soounds in delightful -humor and
startling incidents
As the chief supplementary feature
wll be shown The Yellow DOG
Catcher"
The Washington times., 1919-11-23

little son. The disrupting forces of
high-powered civilization. the lure of
the sensual and the love of gayety,
are breaking up her little universe
and she seems powerless to prevent It.
The crash finally comes that robs her
of love and her husband, but in the
mean time, the powerful bond Of moth
erhood is having its hold on the hus-
band and by series of episodes that
result tragically for at least two per-
sons, he is turned back toward his
real love and the mother and son and
father are reunited at last.
For the last three days of this
week, beginning next Thursday, Olive
Thomas will be seen as the star of
the Columbia bill in "The Glorious
Lady"
The Washington times., 1919-11-23
CRITERION,

How an adroitly evil tongue can
work the destruction of many lives
IS demonstrated in a dramatic fash
ion by Nitagraph's new picture, The
Vengeance OF Durand." This produc-
ticn. I'm which Alice Joyce takes the
stellar role. is the current feature at
the Criterion Theater
Armand LaFargc, villain of the
photoplay, employs the evil tongue.
With deft word and smile bestowed
here and there this creature incites
others to violent jealousy. The tre-
mendous emotion produced in Henri
Durand, an aristocratie Frenchman
brings about the dramatic climax of
the play. a startling revenge.
The Vengeance of Druand" was
adapted from the famous novel writ
ten by Rex Beach. 1t has its settings
in Paris before the war
The Washington times., 1919-11-23
STRA ID.

For the current week. starting to-
day, Moore's Strand Theater ar
nounces THE Broken Butterfly,
starring Lewis j. Cody. a photoplay
adaptation from the popular novel t.
Penlope Knapp.
1t is the story of a young and def
cately fibred child of nature-a wait
OF the Canadian woods. who, stolen
as child from her. noble parents By
a revengeful governess, becomes the
victim OF a cruel jest of fate through
an unfortunate love affair with u
orlllTant but thoughtless young com
poser. The inevitable happens where
love disregards convention restraint
ana Msreene the girl, finds herself
cast upon the world. She leaves her
lover and the attempts of the COM
poser to find her, his agony uppa
learning that she has supposedly
committed suicide, provide situations
IN which Ar. Cody reveals himself as
an actor OF imaginative caliber.
The Washington times., 1919-11-23
kNIcKEKnoCkER.

Al CrandalTs Kuickerbocker The
ster today and tomorrow will be
shown THE Gay Lord ouex, with
Ton Moore pictured in the name
part
On Tuesday and Wednesday. Wal
ace Reid will hold the stellar place
On the KniG,< crbOcker's bill as star OF
The Lottery Man" The story OF
Che young reporter who permitted
simseIf to be raffled at 81 a chance
% pay a debt, is too well known to
squire further elaboration
On Thanksgiving Day the knick-
srbocker will give continuous per-
formances. beginning with extra
Erliday matinee at 2:30, the chief fes-
-fre Of the bill being Mrs. Sidney
9rew's adaptation of The Gay Old
Doz.' by Edna Ferber, with John
Cnmberland. one of the stages fore
most comedians cast in the title 1oie.
he supplementary feature viii be
1rsck Sennett's best two-reef travesty'
--Ss lone VS. Shenandoah
On Saturday only. Mary MscLaren
win be the star in Bonnie. Bonnie
9.assie.r a charming Scotch subject
The Washington times., 1919-11-23
HOW HARRY WELSH :
BROKE INTO RlESoUE

The. influenza epidemic of last yer
is responsible for Harry Welsh, tAs
clever. comedian. who comes TO tAs
Gsyety. Thester this week at the heed
OF Barney Gerard,s aFoIfies of The
Day being in bprlesQue.
1t happened like this: Fer soDs
time Gerard had been worried over
a feature comedian for has ISde-o
"Follies of the Day" He had in miDd
a character. but after looking osas
several Interpreters of this character
in the East, he decided that he wDVD1
hsyesto build his show around aDo<Aes
type. Out in Dss Moines 'the ~Follies-
was playing when the epidsmie bruks
out. Gerard was ordered tb clsse o.
Friday night The vaudeville hc0es
In the city was allowed to ra8aeh
open through the Saturday niEht per
formances
Gerard had heard that there was o
comedian who was making q big hit
at the vaudeville house, and he de-
eided to look him over. Anxiousiy
did he await Wei.h's act Then II
came and Gerard was happy. welsh
was just the man he was looking fer
1t did not take the popular burlesQue
producer long 10 get behind ths
scenes and interyiew.the comedian.
you Are just the man I have bess
looking for" he said, ,&'T want ycu
for burlesuue"
At FIRST welsh did no: feel inclined
TO enter the world of buriesque. ~ be
was doing mighty well Ia vaudeville
over the Western wheel where ~
was most popular. At last he gave
in and signed a contract with Gerard
Tha at night Gerard went TO bed happy.
He was sure that be had landed an
other star, apd subsequent events
have proven that once again his sudg-
ment was right. Welsh is proving
just as big a hit on the Columbia
wheel as he was in vaudeville.
The Washington times., 1919-11-23
RIALTO.

a vfrtuous Nampr is the title ~
a new First National Exhibitors pro-
ductlon In which Constance ra'madge
i the featured star. whirh opens
{ Moore's Rialto Theatef today for
eeS's engagement
As Nellie Jones. Miss TalmI5ge
axes the part OF a girl who finds
II convenient TO cast aside her aris-
I oeratic name of Gwendolyn Diana
beaufort ArmitaEe in order to gain
q place in the Insurance office OF
.ames crowninshield. After obtain
ing the posit ion she innocently Vamps
q veryone in the office from the ele-
v stor boy to the cashier. On account
or her ability as a stenographer. the
.esident of the company is ,cIuctant
. dismiss her from his employ. al
.hough he has just reason because
nc has dernoralized the force. In
lead, he takes her into his private
>Tice as secretary. He Is proof
against her wiles. and she promptly
oIis in love with him. This is an
~ntireIy new ailment for the young
iady. and with her love unreturned
INC becomes hearfbroken. A younger
BROTHER, enraged because his sister is
Offering in this manner. visits her
3oss aud insists on a marriage. A de-
-sctive is hired and the boss snobbish
listers take hand in the ma liter. The
story is worked out in most enter
aiming manner from this poinI. max
ing all In all a most delightful pic
tare.
The Washington times., 1919-11-23
SElZRIcK NOW BUILDING
WORLDS BIGGEST STUDIO

The new studio of the SelxLics
Picture Corporation. which is In the
process of erection in Long Island
City, l. l. across the QusenseoronS y
Bridge from Manhattan Island, is 90
be the largest motion picture stUS'o
in the world.
Changes in the blue prints. made
last week, will give the structure =
length OF $50 feet and q width OF 3oo
feet The building will have eiget
floor Levels ari' tie root VIII serve
as a focr.
The Washington times., 1919-11-23
POI.I's.

As soon as Abe Potash and Maw-
russ Perlmutter begin to hire vam-
pire in Business Before Pleasure"
which A. II. Woods brings to Polls
Theater tonight for one week, the
high cost of living is forgotten,
strikes sink into oblivion, and the
audience settles itself to three hours
of continuous laughter. For 'Busi-
ness Before Pleasure" as nearly ev-
erybody knows, introduces or rather
reintroduces those familiar friends.
Abe and Mawruss, in an entirely new
of motion picture pro-
ducers and their attempts to engage
actors in their new endeavor-is even
funnier than when they dealt in
cloaks and suits.
Jules Jordan, OF the London COM
pany, comes to Washington as Abe
Potash; Harry First, who has been
seen here before as. Mawruss Peril
mutter returns in that role, and the
vampire is in the hands of Miss Mara
Keval s..-
The Washington times., 1919-11-23
CENTRAL COLISEUM.

The Central Coliseum is the scene
of large roller skating club every
Friday night which has been formed
OF members of the naval reserve
Next week the management will issue
call for contestants for the skating
races which will be featured very
soon. Another feature of interest Is
big roller skating act scheduled for
THIS week. during which the McClel-
lends, fancy and trick skaters, WIFI be
seen.
The Washington times., 1919-11-23
Fine Array of Feature
Films at the Iheaters

suits of clothes, an aeroplane. d rGc-
ing car, a couple OF bull pups, and a
record of having spent exactly S293,-
600 for his dad since birth. The smeti
OF his daddy's soap factory didn't
jibe with college education, but
when love entered his life and work
faced him. he bought soap from dad,
put il in a fancy wrapper, cleaned mp
fortune. won the girl of his heart
escaped Jail and fooled a phoney
countess. all at the same time.
The featured production will be de-
lightGully supplemented by a number
OF added attractions