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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-04-14
(First published in Western Kansas
World, April z, 1929

World, April z, 1929
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
State of Kansas, Trego County, S.
In the Probate Court of Said County.
In the matter Of the estate of Charles
Hearting, deceased.
To All Creditors of and Other Persons
Interested in Said Estate:
You are hereby notified that at the
next regular term of the Probate
Court in and for said county to be
begun and held at the Probate Judges
Office, In WaKeeney, in said county, on
the End day Of May 1921, being the
first Monday in said month Of May,
I will make final settlement of said
estate, and at which time application
will be made for and order of the
Court finding and adjudging who are
the heirs Of the deceased.
Lizzie Hearting,
1t Executrix.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-04-14
oGALLAH SCHOOL CLOSING
April p. 1921-1O:3O a. m
May Fete

Song-Happy Greeting to All.
Growing the May Queen
Winding the May Pole:-
Straight winding (balance step)
2.-Weaving.
3.-Straight Winding (Skipping) :
4.-Spider Web.
Races
Three legged race.
Basket ball race.
May basket relay
Sack race.
Weaving. the May Pole:- -
Grand March. 20
Dinner-12:oo o'clock.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-04-14
$500 REWARD

VIII Be paid for the information
containing the where abouts of my
son, George Spencer, 18 years OF age,
weight 100 pounds, fair, height feet
and inches, large right nostrl. AID
dress, G. W. Spencer, Hays, Kas- 6-3p
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-04-14

The Christian people have been
p1astering and otherwise freshening
up the parsonage for their minister,
who we understand has gone to move
his family to this place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-21

Zeponiah foresaw that Askalon
would come to bad end, "for GAIA
would be forsaken and Ashkelon n
desolation." And no one can forget
the lamentation Of David over the
defeat and death Of Saul, his king,
and Jonathan, his soul-brother,
which opens: "Tell it not in Gath,
publish it not in the streets Of Aska-
lon lest the daughters of the Philis-
tines rejoice"
In the twelfth century Richard
Cmur de Lion partly rebuilt the
Askalon fortress, and William Of
Tyre, the historian of the Crusades,
describes the town. But it was lost
beneath layers Of sand until the
work of excavation began, and in
the great war it was for long
time the advance post of the British
expedition. It's slow emergence
brings back ancient days and shows
again how accurate is the Bible as
a book of history.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-21
The Middle West Goes Coatless

the EDITOR OF The Tribune.
Sir: Anent the "coatless man" dis
cussion, let me state that stand firmly
upon the affirmative. / want to be COM
Portable and to appear cool in my office
and on the street.
In the central sections of the country
st. Louis, Kansas City, etc.-wher.
this "coatless man" idea started some
years ago, it is common to see men 60
ing about their daily business without
coats, but, as "a Woman" remarks in
Fridays Tribune, it means shirts and
belts, not vests or suspenders. As a
matter Of history, the silk shirt was
produced in response to a demand for
something little more dressy than the
false front" shirts then common. And
it was produced for use in the central
West, where men are not compelled 20
wear their coats unless they want to on
hot summer days. A MAN.
New York, July Is, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-21
Legionnaires and Bonus

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Alexander Sidney Lanier in to-
days issue states that "the heads of
the American Legion, of which l am a
member, do not represent the majority
sentiment of the Legionnares." Ex-
cuse the slang, but "where does he
get that stuff %
| am a member of the Legion myself
and would like to say to Mr.. Lanier
that the best thing for him to do if
he wants to be a good Legionnaire
is to back up the officers, even if he is
not in favor of what they are doing.
That's the trouble with some mem
bers; they object to what's going on
and then claim themselves the ma,
jority.
Will some one answer this question
for me? Why can country like
Canada hand out bonuses to it's men.
amounting in some cases to hundreds
of dollars, and this country can't do
1T? WILLIAM FRED TAFT.
Edgewater, N. j., July 10, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-21

Lord Bryce apparently cannot con-
quer the habit of coming to America
and Americans cannot conquer the
habit of giving him the warmest of
welcomes. He is here to participate
in the Institute of Politics at Will
liams College. In his lectures he will
reGgiously refrain, he says, from
discussing current affairs.
But, try as he will, it is not likely
he will succeed in keeping altogether
to the academic and the abstract.
His mere presence is of immediate
influence. The tones Of his voice, no
less than the temper Of his mind,
have a potent effect in promoting a
better understanding between Great
Britain and America. Attempts to
reSxcite old anti-British prejudices
wither when brought into the COM
pany of this Enlishman, in many
respects so English and different
from the American type.
So, simply by being what he is,
the former ambassador, who is more
proud of his authorship of The
American Commonwealth. than of
his title or any place he has ever
held, is messenger of good WILL
Eighty-three years young, he fur
nishes an example of proving that
it is not necessary to go back to
Cato's day, or even Gladstone's, for
an example of glorious advanced
age.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-21
News From Askalon

That the great court built by
Herod the Great in his native Aska-
lon, border city of the Philistines,
has been uncovered and identified is
news that will be received with in
terest by all students of the Bible
and of a dramatic period of the
worlds history just prior to the
shining of the star above Bethlehem.
Herod was a m. .,hty builder. AS
such he We'd with Solomon. AS
sub-king Of Palestine he showed con-
summate political ability by "keep-
ing in" with the Romans while hav-
ing his way in most things, even to
leaving authority to his son, "Herod
the Tetrarch," who fell in love with
his brothers wife, Herodias, and be-
fore whom Salome, her daughter,
danced "and pleased Herod." Ac-
ccrding to the fattering Josephus,
the great Herod came of the proud
Jewish stock which returned from
Babylon, but his detractors asserted
he was of the hated race of the Phil
istines. The story runs that Idumean
robbers attacked Askalon and car
ried off Antipas, his grandfather,
who in time became governor of
Idumea and begat Antipater, favor
tie of Alexandra, the Maccabean
queen. Herod the Great, who
united the sagacity of his grand
father to the craft of his father,
ruled in his own name with great
magnificence, while the onetime
heroic Maccabee line came to an end
in palace intrigues.
Askalon is mentioned in the Bible
many times. Judges tells of it's
capture by Judah when the Hebrew
children swept across the Jordan
from the desert. But it was recap
tured. Samson operated in its
neighborhood, killing in the city the
thirty young men who had induced
his Philistine wife (not Delilah, but
her predecessor), to betray the
answer to his famous riddle, and
thus caused Samson to lose a bet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-21
The Harding Way

During the disarmament confer
ences President Harding will not
keep his motor car in gear to rush
to and from the meeting place. He
will be a close observer of the pro-
ceedings, but not a personal partici-
pant. He is willing to trust his Sec
rotary of State.
Moreover, on the delegation he
plans to have representatives of the
Senate--one from the majority and
one from the minority. Other men,
bers are expected to be men of
weight-neither lackeys nor speak
ing tubes, and capable of forming
their own judgments, while at the
same time not insensible of the
value of team work.
The President is headed toward
reestablishing nornalcy in the ham
ding Of the country's international
relations. He saw how a departure
cid not work. So old-fashioned
practices seem especially good to
him. A prudent gentleman, he
would have any arrangement ar
rived az indorsed by public opinion
and ratified by the Senate. It's
safer to consult early those who
must some time be consulted.
The President has made no loud
boasts of his knowledge of psychol-
ogy, yet he has some notion Of how
the average human mind works. He
deals with conditions not as they
might be, or perhaps should be, but
as they are. So he is surely, even
though slowly, building up repute
that will stand him in good stead
should crisis arise.
The formula on which he acts is
not difficult to imagine. He has
seen how one way didn't work, and
he tries it's contrary. No one will
ever know how much the iasco of
one great negotiation was due to
fault of method and how much to
insufficiency Of idea. The way to
avoid the one defect is simple, and
by careful consideration the Presi-
dent hopes to avoid the other.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-21
Whirlwind Dawes

General Dawes, at work less than
a month, is able to notify the Presi-
dent that the heads of govern
mental departments estimate that
they will be able to effect savings
of one hundred and twelve and
half millions out Of the appropria-
tons for the current year.
Even more hope inspiring is the
statement of the general principles
that Wall promote economy. They
are Sc simple that some may sheer
at them as platitudes. First, an
appropriation is not necessarily to
be expended; second, administrative
officers should be weancd from the
idea that deficiency appropria-
ton is easy to get; third, expendi-
ture should produce the maximum of
practical result.
Thus the attention of the coun-
try is drawn to che specific appli-
cation Of elementary business prin-
ciples in government. And General
Dawes serves warning to Congress
that economics and not politics
must determine appropriations. To
the President and Cabinet he gives
gentle hint that Executive sup
port will go far in helping the bust
ness reorganization Of the govern
ment.
The general affects the demeanor
of a whirlwind. Some prejudice
has been excited against him by the
blaze Of his unconventional methods.
But behind the tornado maker
stands man Of steady and clear
ideas, whose program is solid and
whose head is not tempestuous.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-21

in life. the masculine tear being
strictly literary property.
Or at least it was. But since
chemistry began to experiment with
the lachrymal gland men, not one by
one but in battalions, are made to
look like crybabies. "Tear gas" is
the implement Of inducement. From
the tests Of it's efficiency which the
Philadelphia police bureau has just
made it appears that a powerful,
non-deadly weapon against evil
doors, singly and en- masse, is now
available. Imitation automobile BAN
dts vera dissolved in binding tears,
a believe mob was wept into
submission. The tear-gas bombs did
the work of machine guns. The
disturbing thought occurs that GRIM
inals may also find these, bombs USE
full.
Tears, idle tears, l know not
what they mean" They mean tenn
porary incapacity for action, is the.
utilltarian answer. But the poets
and romancers' monopoly of tears is
broken. The symbols of deep emo
ton are to supplant the policeman's
billy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-21
Spa;,a's National Hero

SPANS great festival at Burgos
might, merely as the seventh CEN
tenary of the cathedral, command
but little attention in America, al
though the city was once the capital
Of the kingdom of Old CASTLE and
the cathedral is one Of the supreme
masterpieces of thirteenth century
architecture, rivaled in interest by
only those of Leon and Toledo.
13ut what makes the celebration
of interest to all the world is the
fact that it will witness the transfer
of the dust of Rodrigo Diaz and his
wife Ximena from the Town Hall to
a stately tomb in the cathedral, and
will thus be reminder and con-
frmation of the reality of that ma
tional hero of Spain who, as Ell Cid
Tampeador the Lord Conqueror, has
; ~ centuries been SO enveloped in
extravaganza Legendary as to seem, like
Roland and Prester John, more
mythical than real.
The "Poern of the Cid" the oldest
existing document in the Spanish
language, does indeed actually sur
pass the "Chanson de Roland" and
vies with the clay of the Nibelungs"
for fanciful and extravagant inven-
ton. The familiar romances of the
Cid cutting off the head Of the Count
of Gormaz and then marrying his
daughter, his invasion of France
and his defiance of the Emperor and
the Pope are all sheer invention.
Yet there was Rodrigo Diaz who
because of his prowess in battle was
called by his Moorish vassals
"Sid-I," or "My Lord" and because
Of his overthrow of a mighty Ma
varrese champion was called Gel
Campeador." He married Ximena,
cousin of King Alfonso of Leon. He
scourged the King of Aragon and
the Count of Barcelona, he con-
quered and captured Valencia, he
routed the vastly superior forces Of
the Almoravides, for five years he
ruled as sovereign over the fairest
and richest territory in the Iberian
Peninsula, and he died of grief and
wrath at the defeat of his hitherto
always victorious army. His bitter
est enemy. Ibn Bassam, of Seville,
uttered his most striking eulogy,
coupled with fierce malediction:
This man, the seourge of his time.
was, IN his love of glory. strength of
character and heroic courage, one of
Inc marvels of the Lord. Victory al
ways followed his banner-God's
curse be on him!"
lie vas descended from the pro-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-21
Hinc Illae Lacrir,aae

The poet by immemorial license
has floated pathos in a flood of
tears" Mr.. E. V. Lucas quotes a
nameless bard describing the funeral
passage of Queen Elizabeth on the
Thames. "At every stroke the oars
did le4 tears fall";; the fish "wept
out tn .ir eyes; and there was such
grief among the population that the
barge would have come by water if
1t had cols>s hy land" Less general
inundatlons occur in most we'll regu-
lated romances. Strong men weep
copiously in fiction, though seldom
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-21

genitor of the royal house of CASTLE,
and one of his daughters was an an
cestor Of the houses of Bourbon,
Hapsburg and Guelph. For ten
years after his death his embalmed
body sat enthroned beside the high
altar of church near Burgos; then
his and his wife's ashes were buried
in the Town Hall of Burgess, whence
they We're yesterday transferred to
the one spot in Spain deemed wor-
thiest to hold them. Students of his
tory, lovers of romance and wor-
shippers of heroism may we'll turn
one thought this week to ancient
Burgos.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-21
The Law and the Con1n1unistic Press
Rep BY the Solicitor for the Postofce Department ppemed The
Milwaukee Leader and New York Call Cases
Copyright. 1921. New York Tribune Inc.
BLANKS

eminent whose protection is invoked,
is certainly not Of a class intended to
be made free by our Constitution But.
however this may be, the Federal Con-
stitution provided for the establish
ment Of a postal service, and many
laws have been passed by Congress
defining and limiting the matter which
this governmental fundamentally may
transport and deliver
The administration of these laws
in no way involves censorship OF
tho press. If matter is published
which does not violate the law il can
go through the mails. If it does VIC
late the law it may be thrown out
of the mails. That is all there is to
it. The administration of the non
mailable features of these laws is i'm
posed by Congress upon the Postoffice
Department, which has nothing to do
with prosecutions under the criminal
law
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-21
The Coming ower

1t strikes US that society news, dull
TO us, at any ratein the winter, is
even less readable in summer and that
1t might be enlivened by rewriting, in
verse, some of the society paragraphs.
Yesterdays news, frexamp, might have
been jolilcr reading with;
Mr.. and Mrs. John Henry Meek
Sleepy Hollow Country Club all this
week.
Miss Elizabeth Hobbs is spending July
UP at Cooperstown, N. Y.
Among those leaving for Lake Bono
seen
Are Mrs. Sally Farnham and Miss
Neysa McMen.
Returned from Paris, Mrs. Lydig Hoyt,
Who says that Paris Has Quit Short
Skoit.
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY
(As M. r. thinks Beatrice Farfnn
1pOuld do III
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-21
The Submarine Orphan
Question for the General Board:
"Where is Our Threc-Planc Navy2"

Question for the General Board:
Where is Our Threc-Planc Navy?"
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Commenting on the letter of H.
l.. Abbott, late lieutenant commander.
u. S. N, on "The Navy's Needs" 1
would say that, as the late bearer of
the same title, indorse his recon-
mendation that the Office Of Naval
Operations take over the functions Of
the General Board.
How many of the deserving officers
who are members of the board repre-
sent Intelligent and informed knowl-
edge Of air craft and submarines ?
How can that board, whose member
ship lacks submarine or aviation Of
ficer or one who has served in COM
mand of such units, be expected to
give due weight to those arms when
drawing up naval program which
should comprise the elements of a
three-plane navy?
Fortunately, Congress has established
g. WI eau VI dVldClOI WHICH projects
this weapon in so far as the actual ex-
penditure or employment of the meager
funds allowed are concerned.
The submarine, however, is an
orphan whose only friend and guardian
is the director of Submarines" in the
Office of Naval Operations, and this d.
rector admittedly lacks under the law
the punch" or influence necessary to
enforce his opinion of submarine needs,
if contrary to the tenets of the
bureaus.
Had submarines a separate bureau,
and this bureau and that of aviation
unlimited power, it would not avail
them, since the General Board alone,
under the perhaps unconscious control
of the Secretary of the Navy, formu-
lates in theory and practice the needs
of the navy.
Perhaps the General Board can
answer the question: "Where is our
three-plane navy7" NAUTILUS.
New York, July 10, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-21
In 1917
To the Editor of The Tribune.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir; Your explanation of Mayor
Mitchel's defeat in 1917 attributes it to
William M. Benefits refusal to "fuse.'
Will you permit three reminders? Ben
nett won over Mitchell in the primaries
IN spite of violent efforts by the Repub-
llcan organization to win out for Mitch
Ell; the Bennett and Mitchell votes COM
Lined were over 100000 fewer than Hy-
lan's votes; there was an enormous anti
Mitchell opposition among voters due to
specific, preventable mistakes by Fusion
WILLIAM H. ALLEN.
New York, July IT, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-21
TAO Glasses of Laos

The criminal laws are administered
through the Department Of Justice.
A failure or delay on the part of the
legal department to prosecute is no
excuse for the failure of the postal
establishment to execute the non
AVAILABILITY statutes The one class of
statutes is civil and preventive.
While the other is criminal and puni-
tive. The administration of these two
classes of laws involves the applica-
ton of different rules of evidence, a
preponderance of evidence being suf-
ficient TO establish a fact in a ciyif
case, while guilt must be established
beyond reasonable doubt in a
criminal case.
Such editorials would lead the pub
lie to infer that under the decisions
of the courts in the Milwaukee Leader
and the New York Call cases the
newspapers generally are left at the
mercy of the Postmaster General. his
fiat" being the equivalent of law.
Such is not the case. In fact, these
laws place no power in the hands of
the Postmaster General which affects
the freedom of the press or the in
dividual when engaged in undertake
lngs which have not been declared by
the Federal statutes to be contrary
to public policy.
Any publisher who feels aggrieved
at the action of the Postmaster Gen
eral can 90 into court of equity i'm
mediately and restrain the execution
of any order of that official if it has
been illegally or arbitrarily issued.
The real question is, therefore.
whether these editors find reason to
fear the equity courts of the land.
whose decisions are renewable by the
Supreme Court of the United States
in such cases.
There can be no dispute on the
proposition that our people can, by
constitutional and legal means, change
their form of government. but such a
proposition can have no place in this
discussion for the simple reason thar
the very publishers in behalf of whom
the principle is invoked repudiate on
all occasions any such plan for ac-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-21
Those Erie Birds

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Replying to Main Lines" let
ter in to-day paper. the birds he has
seen from the Erie train, near Crox-
ton, are coots, or mud hens, and if he
Will watch more closely he will see
with them small flock of black ducks.
have watched these birds for several
years. H. C. C.
Jersey City, N. j., July 1s, 1921.
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mrs,nEs OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to
che use for republication Of su news dispatches
credited TO st or not otherwise credited IN this
paper and also the local news OF spontaneous
origin published herein,
fsrein also reserved.