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New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
.27 Missing in
Loss of Tug in
Lake Superior
Owners Report % Pssssn'
gers Aboard Vessel Be
sides Crew When She
Went on the Rocks in Fog
Lifeboat Drifted IS Miles
9 Known Survivors, Believe
Vanished Men Left FOun-
dering Craft in Launch

sAULT STE. MARIE. Mich, Dee i''
-Twsnty.sevsn persons are missing
and are believed TO have dro~sed or
died from sxposurs following the a''-
.s,.r which overlook the tug Rellanes
whsn /. hit the rocks on LiSIard lei
and In Lake Superior four days ago
This vas the fear expressed by or
neiAis Of the Superior Paper Company
owner OF the tug. who tonight, for the
sr,t time. admitted that In addition 70
the crew OF fourteen, the Reliance car
ried twenty-tvo passtngere. ,
Ssyen survivors Of the wreck reaohea
here last night. Two others, M. ana
Nrs. John HarteS. eookb, were surer.
Ing 40 from cold and eHposure that
thsv were ieft at q station OF the Al
vorna Central Railroad for medical at
tentlon By the other SURVIVORS,
Goes Down Swiftly
The last secn Of the missing twenty
seven persons was Wednesday morning
when Inc Reliance, battling through .
hiIndine snovstorm, weat on the rocks
of Lizard Ialsnd. stripped her wheel
and sank slmost Immediately.
Captain d. A. Williams. Of this city.
and six others who were forward, took
ono lifeboat, while nine others, inelud-
Ing Mr.. and MrS. HArtsn, toek the
Other. The second boat drifted several
hours In the storm and was blown
Ashore on ,ho Canadian mainland,
eighty-fve miles north of here.
Mrs. Hartcn was 30 exhausted that
the party was held up thirty-siK hour
IN ar Indian shack before II was able
70 start inland toward tho railroad,
which was reached Saturday. The sur-
ylvors express little hope that the
others outlived the storm.
Put on In Launch
The announcement by the company
tonight said that IN addition 10 the
crew Of fodneen the Reliance carried
twenty lumbsrjseks, an otidsl Of the
eompAny's forestry department and a
fisheries company agent who had been
picked up By the Reliance on its last
trip 10 the lumber camps.
The missing men, II is said b. sur
vivors, left the wrecked tug In q
launch which vas carried By the Re-
nance IN hdoltloH 70 lNe wv lAHeSe ~
The Lizard Islands are q few miles
OF Che northern Ontario mainland,
psventy-fve miles north Of Point Aux
Pins, az the western entrance 20 the
81. Mays River. The nearest railroad
is ten or fifteen miles inland.
All the sastern end Of the lake, from
white Fiuh Bay 70 Michipieoten Island,
has been gwept By severe storms for
several days and is reported allied With
drifting lee.
ST. JOHNS, n. Y, Dee. i7.--one
hundred and twenty passengers Of the
steamer ProEpero, which ran aground
on Small Island, near Green's Pond,
on the east coast Of Nswfeuneland, last
night, we're safely landed this morning
The vessel. which 10 owned By the NeS:
foundlAnd Goysrnment vas rthoateo
later with Nos. and holds damaged.
According 20 word reaching here the
passengers we're landed In small boats
on tina bleak and rocky coast without
untovsrd incident.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
1877 Deed Cited as Proof of
Claim on Ossiuing Waterfront

Maps and deeds i35 years Old we're
submitted 70 Supreme Court Justice
Arthur S. TompkinS on Saturday By
attorneys for Howard Bishop, OF os-
sining, in support o. Bishops claim 20
be one Of the rightful owners OF 3,o00
feet Of waterfront on the Hudson, In
the vicinity Of Ossiuing, which includes
the property upon which Sing Sing
prison now stands.
Bishop elaine The property ss one Of
the heirs Of Gilbert Hunter, the son
Of Elijah Hunter, OF ossining, who, II
Is claimed. was granted waterfront
rights In the property by the State
Land Board in 1857.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-18

charge ofthe entire Police D..
Of the city Of orsnge. An ssn1,,l
and III police matters shsll 4. lliln.
70 me AZ my once on the fr,s' n at'i..l,I
The amazshsent a. g.
platoon was eqoelled, II nss '.,i,h,
by that Of joseph MeDonssIl ,l,,.,2
Chief OF Poliec sppointed to ,ss..1 ,ssa.1i
from the rank Of petrolr.s 80 ,,
order was read 70 Sim Al NJ sat
said he would hnd out 49,. 'yha
There has been soms eritIs,,. -
Ofange police force undsr Nsn.g y
administra'iqn because of ~ ...f
OF bootleggefs, whose bevey..s,A -
.sid 70 have invaded .hs fsrss ~,
New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
France Fights Infant Mortality

PARIS, Dec. 1.-The recently
formed National Child Committee,
which Il 10 coordinate the many as.
sociations conducting campaign
ut s,I pIsg 'uonuindodsp lsulosy
augural session to-day at the Soroonne
under the presidency Of Paul Strauss,
Minister Of Hygiene. II viii work 70
reduce infant mortality.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
War Fleet Sighted OFF
Brazil Flying No Flags

PERNAMBUCO, Brazil, Dec. 1.-THE
captain and passengers of the British
steamer AlmsnZora, which arrived here
to-day, report having seen last night
on the high seas feet Of twelve phan-
tom wSrships Of the destroyer type
steaming southward conveying a msr-
chant vessel. presumably collier.
The nationality OF the feet was not
aseertsined.
The semaphore station this morning
also reported observing a feet. the
vessels Of which few no Gags. So far
as is knoTn no feet at the present time
Is navigating these waters and the re-
ported presence Of the ships is eaus-
Ing speculation.
BUENoS AYREs, Dec. iT.--A dis
patch 20 "Ls Naeion." from Pernan-
bueo. reports that a Swedish squGdron,
sailing southward on cruise Of In
struetion, passed PernsmbueO to-day.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
Copeland Is Guest of Honor
AID. X. L. Frat Dinner

senator-siset Royal s. Copeland vas
the guest Of honor At q dinner given
last night By the D. x. Z. fraternity
AZ The clubhouse, so West Forty.fourth
street. Gtnsrai Charles Z. Sheriff.
was the toastmaster. Besides MI:
Copeland, Luther Little, president OF
the Amen Corner, and Major John
Bowler also spoke.
In referring 70 his coming sojourn
In Washington senator-eleet Copeland
said he hoped 10 obtain action on
health measures which he believed 70
be Of pressing Importance. His tsst IN
the senate makes a total Of eight held
by members OF this fraternity.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
OuigoingPo Police in Orange
Learn Last Shall BE First
Lieutenant Of Few Days Ago IL
Now In Command, Youth
full Ex.Chfef Ia Puzzled

The outeoIng platoon Of policemen IN
Orange, NJ j., betrayed amazement last
night when the following order was
read By Captain Thomas Ryan, who was
q lieutenant until few days sgo;
by order Of the Commissloner OF
Public Safety I have been placed In
New-York tribune., 1922-12-18

IN the United States left the ccuntryl
90 that practically nothing was seced
10 the Industrial man-power Of the
country euring the year.
~ln the hrSt three months Of the
present fiscal year, however, 5000
skilled and unskilled laborers and SER
wants were admitted and only 1880
Of the came classes departed, indieat-
ing that the tide has turned and The
present immigration is Contributing AZ
ieatt something 20 the industrid
forces to the country.S
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-05-04
CHILDREN PARADED
AND BAND PLAYED

The parade to have been held as a
climax to the Child Improvement
Week was called off last Friday on ac-
count of the weather, was held Tues
day afternoon.
To the music of the Boys Band, led
BY Bert Holloway, something like
1000 school children marched thru
the streets bearing banners with the
inscriptions calculated to interest the
people in childhood.
Several prettily decorated floats
were in the parade, and decorated
cars hauled the cradle roll members
of the diffeent Sunday schools.
It was an inspiring sight and will
no doubt cause many to pause and re-
fleet that the little folks who marched
in the parade will be the citizens Of
this great country in few years, and
that their present standing will be re-
flected at that time.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-05-04
COOKED A SKUNK AT
THE BUNTING OIL TEST
New Experience For Harry McQuigg
Likewise Smelly One
He Says

One day a Democrat reporter asked
Harry McQuigg of the McQuigg In
vestment Company, if he had a story
for the paper. Our idea was to get
something of what was going on at
the Bunting test, now being put in
readiness for drilling.
Harry replied that he had no oil
stories of any consequence, but that
he could tell us a good one that had
nothing to do with oil.
He said that when cleaning out the
boilers a few days ago, one of the
lower hand-holds was left open. When
ready to steam up, the opening was
closed, and the water turned into the
boiler. A scratching was heard inside
the boiler as the water entered, but ii
thought to be nothing more than a
rabbit and no attention paid to it.
Finally the boiler began to heat up and
as the steam escaped around the joints
in the pipe, a peculiar odor was notice.
able. The hotter the boiler, the more
pronounced the odor. Finally the en-
gine was started and Harry said that
the entire crew hiked for their gas
masks, and it dawned upon them that
they had boiled skunk. SO strong
was the odor, that it was almost i'm.
possible to stay on the premises, and
made work anything but pleasure.
Harry says he has had many anus
ing experiences, but this is an entirely
new one, and he does not care for a
repetition.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-05-04
OTIS TURNER WAS
VICTIM OF GUNMEN
Lost More Than 5000 When Hold-U VI
Men Stopped His Car Near
TexhOma

Otis Turner, former Liberal mer-
chant, but now travelling salesman
for wholesale house, was the victim
of stick-up men few miles out of
Texhoma, Oklahoma, last night.
Otis was on his way to Liberal and
when turning a corner at low speed
man stepped from the road side on
to the running-board of his car, and
poking a gun between his ribs order
ed him to stop. Otis lost no time in
stopping and then another man ap-
peared who went thru him, extracting
his spare change amounting to some
thing like four dollars, as well as $94
In cash and o check for $115 which
were in his Wallet.
All he kept was his watch. He had
this in his hand to see what time II
was when he was ordered to "throw
'em up" and the watch went up with
IlS manu-.
The back of the car was locked and
when the robber demanded that he
give up the key, Turner replied that
he did not have the key which was
the truth. However there was moth
ing in the car but some checks belong
ing to the firm which were in the
grip.
Owing to the fact that the car was
closed, he did not get very good de-
scription of the men, other than that
they were short, dark complicated and
poorly dressed.
The police in the towns along the
Rock Island were notified but thus
far there is no clue to the perpetra-
tors.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-05-04
STEVENS COUNTY GETTING
BACK OF THE X. & o. RR.
Enthusiastic Meeting held at Hugoton
And New Proposition Was
Given o. X.

The long drawn out difficulties be-
tween the Kansas & Oklahoma rail
road and the people of Stevens coun-
ty seem in good way Of being salts.
factorily adjusted.
At a meeting held at Hugoton 9
few days ago the railroad company
by its president, o. P. Byers made g
new and modified by its proposition tc
the people of the city and county anC
according to our best information one
that will be acceptable.
An election is being called and the
people of Hugoton and Center town.
ship will vote on the proposition with
every prospect of it carrying by 6
good majority.
Should this be done the X. & o. ex
poets to be into the town of Woods
by June 18th.
Things are also adjusting themsel
yes nicely on the Oklahoma end o.
the line and no further difficulties ar
anticipated in this direction. An in
junction on the Kansas side stoppe,
work temporarily but Mr.. Byers is o
the opinion that this matter will no
delay work much longer and that thi
matter will soon be settled.
The X. & o. will be railroad on'
of these days and will be big thing
for Liberal. While the town has moi
given the road much encouragement
this will not keep it from being ben
eft once it is completed.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-05-04
PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES

The Presbyterian Sunday School is
engaged in contest with the Sunday
School of Ashland and the End church
Of Hutchinson. The Hutchinson S. s.
reports eleven new scholars for last
Sunday. We have accepted their chal-
lenge and will do our utmost to see
that Liberal comes out ahead. All
Presbyterian Sunday School pupils
are urged to bring in new pupils who
are not going elsewhere. Christian
Endeavors will meet at P. M. In
the evening colored slides will be ex-
hibited and good music.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-05-04
ANOTHER IMPORTANT
HIGHWAY FOR LIBERAL

The Memorial highway is the new
est highway through Liberal, and the
route is to be logged and marked
from the Canadian Border to the Gulf
of Mexico.
Liberal was represented at a meet
ing at Scott City Wednesday by six
teen delegates, Perryton, Texas by
seventeen, Garden City had dozen
or more and the towns of Spearman,
and Canadian Texas; Colby and At
wood, Kansas, Big Springs Stratton,
Wanet, and other cities in Nebraska
sent delegates.
1t was first thot to have the D. C. d.
take over the road, but at this meeting
different plan was made. 1t was
decided to call this the Memorial High
way and the plan is a unique one. The
route is to be divided into sectors"
each belong to the town half way to
the next town in both directions. 1t
is to be dedicated to the soldiers of the
big war and is in the nature of a me-
mortal
AT this time it is expected to mark
and log the road from the Canadian
border to Perryton, Texas, the route
there on to the Gulf to be left to the
towns beyond who may be interested.
The Liberal fellows say Scott City
treated them royalty. A splendid ban
quet was served in the domestic rooms
of the magnificent high school build
ing by the Ladies of the Civic Club of
Scott City.
According to W. B. King, secretary
of the Liberal Chamber of Commerce,
who was present, it was splendid
and every delegate full of
This will give Liberal good outlet
thru Perryton, and put that town on
a real road, that will bring that city
a lot of business.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-05-04
TAYLOR DRUG STORE
GIVES ONE CENT SALE

Beginning Saturday May 6, and las
ting one week the Taylor Drug Store,
"The Rexall Store" will give another
of its well-known and literally patron
ICED One Cent Sales.
This is an advertising feature put
on by Rexall stores occasionally put
on to keep the public in touch with
Rexall preparations, and is a great
drawing card. Look up the ad in this
issue and make a list of the things
you want and be on hand early, as
there is always a rush for the big
bargains.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-05-04
WILL PAVE PERSHING
FROM OHIO TO SEVENTH
Council Acted Favorably On Petition
of Property Owners and
Made Order

A lot of people had decided that
Liberal had done enough paving
when Grant Avenue was finished, but
they had not reckoned with the proper
ty-owners on Pershing Avenue, and
as a result, their predictions were vain.
When a good big petition was pre-
sented to the city council recently ask
ing that this avenue be paved, that
body Of necessity complied with their
request, and the paving will be laid
as prayed for.
At the meeting Tuesday night ad-
ditional paving of the cross streets
were ordered in as follows,
Fifth street from Kansas to Pros
pect.
Fourth street from Kansas to Wash
ington.
Fourth Street from Lincoln to
Grant.
Third street from Lincoln to Sher-
man.
This paving was ordered in by reso-
luton as 1t was not necessary to have
petitions for the cross streets.
When this paving is completed a
large share of the city will be paved
and while some say it is enough, peo-
pie living in the mud may decide they
too, want paving, and get their petit
tions before the council.
Once in while you hear someone
speak Of the high cost of paving but
we have yet to find the individual who
would have It taken up to reduce the
taxes on his property.
To our notion nothing the city has
done has helped SO much in both looks
and convenience as the paving, and we
would like to see as many of the
streets as possible paved. .i3
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-05-04
LIBERAL GIRL WINS
FIRST AT CIMARRON

We are pleased to o'learn that Miss
Mildred Cure took first place at Cim-
arron in the piano contest that was
held during the recent track meet at
that lace. Miss Cure is one of our
most gifted students of instrumental
music and we are expecting brilliant
career for her. She is a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Cure of this city.
John Irwin, son of Mr.. and Mrs. E.
s. Irwin, also Of this city, took third
place in the declamatory contest. This
young man is exhibiting a fine foren-
sic ability and we feel confident that
he will reach the top before long.
They were the representatives of
the Liberal High School.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-05-04
NEWLY ELECTED TEACHERS

The following teachers have beer
elected and have accepted positions
in the Liberal schools:
Miss Elsie ers'lem, of Franklin
Idaho, will teach English in the High
School. Miss Jessie Marie Wilt OF
Hiawiatha, Kansas, will have charge
of the History and Science department
Miss Kinny Stitt of Spiviy, Kansas
will head the Mathematics and Biology
department. Miss Laura Barns OF
Greensberg will teach in the inter-
mediate grades.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-05-04
PUTTING THE FRONT IN v
SOUTHWESTERN BUILDING
Splendid New Structure on West Sec
Ond Street About Ready For
Occupancy

The new brick being constructed by
r. A. Evans, of the Southwestern
Hardware Company, just west of the
hardware store, is almost ready foi
occupancy. The bick work is complet-
ed and carpenters are now putting in
the fronts.
Each of the buildings has a fifty
foot frontage and are Of faced brick,
making a very handsome structure,
The east room will be used by the firm
while the west room is to be occupied
by the Motor Parts & Supply Company
of which E. 4. and d. S. McfIugh are
the owners.
The completion Of this building
gives the Southwestern $50 foot front
age on West Second Street and one Of
the incest buildings in the city. When
it is considered that the firm lost
their building and stock about a year
aga, with but little insurance, they
J are doing mighty well to get such q
splendid building finished at so early
a date.
1t is certainly a big improvement tc
the street and credit to the city.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-05-04
DRILLING AT BUNTING WELL
TO START ON TENTH OF MAY
Drillers For the Test Are Coming Friday Morn
ing. They Expect to Start the Drill at
Once e-Will Continue to Completion

The anxiously awaited word has at
last been given out. The drillers for
the Bunting test will arrive Friday
morning and after cleaning out the
hole, will start the actual work of
drilling.
Harry McQuigg today received a
message from his brother Frank stat
ing that two drillers would arrive in
the morning ready to go to work. The
tool dressers will, be employed. local
H. I.
The. eight inch casing arrived sever
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-05-04
FASTEST TRACK


MEET ON RECORD
The Tenth Annual Track Meet of
Southwest Kansas was held at Cimar-
ron, Kansas, on the second of May. It
was humdinger from the start. This
meet was the fastest ever held in the
southwest or for that matter in the
state. Three state records were bro
ken, the relay record was won by
Bucklin team in 1881, the javelin throw
by Oakes of Cimarron, 1855, and the
Quarter Mile race by Holtz of Fowler
in 2:3 2-5. These are the three that
were lowered. The Haviland team
won first place, capturing 35 1-2
points. Fowler ran a close second
with 81 points. Ford came in for
third place with 23 points and Cimar-
ron fourth with Is 1-2 points. There
were fourteen towns altogether that
entered the meet. There were immense
crowds to view the contest, and the
enthusiasm was at q high pitch thru
out. This was the, best meet BY far
that has eyer been held IN this part
Of the country.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-05-04
CITY MAY INSTALL AN
ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT
Council Employees Engineer to Make
Preliminary Estimates of
/ The Cost

came the announcement Wednesday
morning that at a. meeting of the City
Council the previous evening, an en-
gineer had been employed to make
preliminary plans for municipality
owned electric light plant.
To a Democrat reporter Mayor
Griffith, speaking for the council, said
sowing to the ever increasing high
rates and the numerous complaints
from private residences and business
houses over the large light bills and
poor service in many parts of the
town, and the further fact that the
city has spent a large sum for the
White Way system, which has proven
very unsatisfactory, the council has
decided the time has come to take
action to protect the citizens Of the
city,.
Continuing Mr.. Griffith said: Past
councils as well as the present council
have been unable to get any relief by
taking the matter up with the light
company, and the fact that the fran
chise held by the present company ex-
pires in a few years led the council
to believe that it was unwise to long
er delay action"
According to Mayor Griffith, F. H.
Kilburn, an expert electrical engineer
came to Liberal at the request of the
council, and made an investigation OF
the needs of the plant to be installed,
and conferred with the council as to
the situation. After listening to his
report, and a discussion lasting well
into the night, the council decided
unanimously for municipality owned
light plant as the only relief.
Mr.. Kilburn was instructed to pre-
pare preliminary plans and estimates
for a plant to be equipped with Diesel
type engines, and the Light committee
consisting of w. H. Vickers, Burris
Wright and ]. T. Newby were instruc-
ted to select location for the plant.
Until Mr.. Kilburn makes his report
It is impossible to give an estimate as
TO the Approximate cost of the plant.
While the Democrat has known OF
the dissatisfaction with the White
Way system, and was also aware of
the fact that we were not aware that
the agitation had reached such proper
tions that the step was contemplated
until the announcement was made.
The following statement OF compar-
ative rates was furnished by the coun-
ell, and was used in their discussion
as to the rates which should prevail,
In Liberal.
Figures showing what other towns
are paying for domestic lighting.
The following is comparison with
other Kansas towns, based on the
cost of 20 kilowatts which is about
the average used in residences per
month.