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The Name gl!!!HiiIli!!I!ii!iiiil Stands for The Longest History , The Widest Experience The Greatest Manufacturing Resources The Most Complete and Comprehensive Product The Largest Service Organization of : any concern in the Typewriter business. "From every angle and from every point of -view the Remington qualifies as the Recognized Leader Amon Typewriters" First and Always. Official Typewriter of the Panarru-P-dr.c International Exposition. Remington Typewriter Company (Incorporated) 137 North Market St. Wichita, Hans. iSISllllIEHililliOlO : !lOmLot Ladies Oxfords; broken ma; $2 to $3 values, for $1.15 ipef pair at KRAUSE'S. Will Pannins was a business visitor from Ellinwood yesterday a morning "Will Srhwpir was dnwn from . . ' , short business trip. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Froh ;were over irom noismgion vvea- nesday for a visit with r 'atives and friends. John. E. Wagner, Democratic candidate for lieutenant govern or, was here from Larned Wed nesday ' evening visiting with friends and attending the meeting of the Elk-s lodge. Alois Schwager, Jr., has been ery ill at the home of his. father this .week. He was threatened with an attack of typhoid fever and he is also suffering greatly from an attack of appendicitis. At the present time the fever seems to have been checked but it is probable that he will have to undergo an operation for ap pendicitis in a short time. John and Glen' Rowley were in from Albion township yesterday on a business trip and for .a visit with friends and while here mdae 8 arrangements with the county clerk to look after the dragging of ten miles of county roads run ning east and west through Albion and Grant townships, and the peo . pie ot that part of the county can count on having a piece of road that will be kept in good shape. Henry DeWerff was up frdjn Comanche township Thursday looking' after business matters and visiting with friends and re- ports that he has about all his .ground in shape for wheat already They had a big rain down in that section of the county Sunday and Mr. DeWerff says that it came in time' to help most of the corn and that most of the fields will make fat least a half a crop. All Ladies' $3, 3.50 and 4.00 Oxfords for $250, at Krause's MEN ARE I71ADE STRONG CHR0NIC-DL00D-NERV0U3 xnd SKIN DISEASES SEMINAL WEAKNESS and SEXUAL DEBILITY causing ibe loss of SEXUAL POWER, who Pimples and Blotches on the law, irersion tosocieij, extreme bashful ness with confused ideas and loss ot mem ory, cured for life. . Follies ot youth corrected and removed. SEXUAL, NEEVE and BRAIN POWER .fully restored. "606'' or "914" niltfinOiU . urn ClltlDPlM SALT Ail Mil II RLU-OHLIMnOAIl marvelous. . We administer this great remedy la our office without pain, lneonrnience or loss of work You can take thli treatment and return home the same day. Do not delay: CALL TODAY If you cn not cal! write o for full pai-JiuuUr. WHEN in the city Jon t f .il ... vi-it our FREE MUSEUM OF A5AT0MY See MAN In health and disease ADMHSION is FREE. STATE 04 f "A3N STrZCT NGTON iiiiiiiiniiiiiiii POOR TOWN COURTESY. The action of some of the offi rials here in refusing permission for the colored Grand Chapter 0. E. S. to hold their meetings in the court room, is one wnicn nas jusi y called forth severe censure irom me goou coiorea people oi 'this city and vicinity. The com : i r ii.. rr i i mad.e arrangements to hold their sessins at that place and at the "Ufc they would not be permitted the use of the room, and had it not been that a meeting of some of the men of the county was held at the court house that night and the matters was called to their atten tion by W. E. Stoke and others, the colored people would have I1 UP against the proposition of having about two hundred vdelfijgates here and no place in which to hold their meetings. As it was the men at the meeting immediately got busy and secur ed.the Library Hall and invited the Grand Chapter to hold their sessions at that place. The peo pie attending these meetings are among the best colored people of this and adjoining states, and as the court room has always been open for public meetings of all kinds, there was seemingly no excuse for making an exception in this case. COMMITTEE MEETING. Notice is hereby given that there will be a meeting of the Democratic County Central Com mittee held in the Court House in this city on Saturday, August 22nd., at 10 o'clock a. m. It is im portant that every member of the committee be present at this meeting and all are urged to at tend. W. E. STOKE, Chairman. Banker Frank Klepper was down from Heizer Sunday for a visit with Great Bend friends. AllBoy's$3and$3.50 Oxfords, $1.95 a pair, at Krause's. Year afiac yatr Owtliwri Practice Trtatitu? DImmm at Men wWeh WC HAVE MADE COOO is poaltiTa erlclene Ui.t we cur ibe dlaeuM wkJA ara oar Specialty. HYDROCELE, Varicocele. Piles and RUPTUKft oared wliaoat ibe knife and often ta one treatment. BLOOD POISON and all Private Dis eases Permanently Cared. Newly Contracted Cases Cared Quickly. PROSTATIC and KIDNEY TROUBLES and All Affections ot the BLADDER cured to stay cored. Pimples. Ulcers and SKIN DISEASES quickly cured and every symptom dis appears. Prof. Ehrlich's Famous Diseorery f the CURB of BLOOD POISON or SYPH- SY1 UJS Cures In a short time-Results are MEDICAL OFFI C KANSAS CITY, I'X HARTMETZ. I Word was received here yes- n-.nrninrt nf (Via fiootVl fF Mrs. ddkc naiiuieiz, ti mc lamnj If T 1 - IT I t lUn fntni l home in Ellinwood Wednsday ev ening after an illness of several weeks with typhoid fever. Mrs. Hartmetz was among the most popular of the young people of Ellinwod and her death is a sad shock to her many friends. She leaves to mourn her loss her hus band and three small children be sides other relatives. A more complete obituary will appear in next week's paprr. GIBSON. Albert, the fourteen months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Gib son, died at the family home in this city Sunday afternoon after an illness of several days with summer complaint. The funeral services were hem at me nome Monday afternoon, being in charge of Rev. Woodward of the M. E. church and interment was made in the Great Bend cemetery. The family have the sincere sym pathy of the community in their bereavement. Mayor S. J. Williams was down from Pawnee Rock Tuesday on a business trip and visit. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Baker are the parents of a fine ten pound baby girl, born last Friday. Jim Welch went to Rozel Mon day to look after his extensive farming interests in that vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Savage were here from Hutchinson the first of the week for a visit with their many friends and to attend to their business interests in this city. The typhoid patients are quite well, and but one new case, Mrs. M. Schroeder. Benno Schaeffer, H. R. Bremer, Mrs. Oscar Schre- pel are slightly improving. Melba Volh, Harry Uaitord and mc Deutsch are much better. Mrs. Jake Hartmetz, Ara Yoth, Well man Koch and Fred Sprinker are still in a very serious condition. The town is very lucky to have had no deaths with this disease. The authorities are investigating the cause and advise everyone to niit using shallow well water without boiling it hllinwood Leader. White Diamond Dehorning Pen cil. at the Great Bend Seed & Pro- duce Co. Every Pencil will de horn 50 calves from one day to one year old for SI. Call and get them. Phone 143. 23-tf. Commander-in-chief W. F. Lipp hardt is seriously contemplating the calling together of the famous Cherokee Volunteers to make preparations for a trip to Europe to quell the disturbances which have arisen in that country. Gen. Lipphardt is of the opinion that prompt action should be taken' in the matter in order that all of the population of the European coun tries may not be annihilated, and he says that he knows of no or ganization so well equipped to handle so delicate a situation as are the Cherokee Volunteers. The supply of ammunition is already on the way and the call to arms may be looked for at any time. . Oscar Frazier, who has been fanninjj near Clements, Kansas, this year, has rented his farm and will move back to this city: Mrs. Frazier and the boy have been visiting with relatives here for some time and Oscar came in from Clements the first of the week. He will assist in the Thompson &. Son Clothing estab lishment while Mr. Thompson is taking a vacation and will later probably go into some kind of business here. Fred S. Amyx, aged 21, and Miss Ethel Alexander, aged 19, both of Hoisington, secured a li cense and were united in mar riage by Probate Judge Hall at his office Thursday morning. The Misses Mary and Eva Zie ber were down from Pawnee Rock Sunday spending the day with Mr. and Mrs. Will Everett and family. lfe Have a Car Load Of he Latest and Best Styles of BANNER Buggies for Young Men and Ladies for Old People, for Fat and Lean People. They sell for Less Money than any other good buggy made. They are so good that a Written 2-year Guarantee is given on each sold on the wheels. These buggies are for you. Do you want one? We have sold them here for Eleven Years. This is why the peo ple want them. Let us show them to you. E. H ESSES 'EEC C9. ALLIED MIS WILL ATTEMPT TO TAKE LIEGE Begin General Offensive Move ment Along German Front and Flank in Belgium. FRENCH CAVALRY RAIDING BEHIND KAISER'S LINES With Import Duties Gone, War Tax May Be Necessary Industries Crippled Warning About China Given. Washington, Aug. 11. In seven days from the time England and Germany simultaneously declared war on ono another, the night of August 4, more thaa half the earth's surface became emlroiled in the great European con flict The situation is decidedly compli cated and will become more so. Eng land, France, Russia and Belgium are officially at war with Germany. Eng land and Belgium, however, were not at war with Austria up to the night of August 11, and France did not declare war on Austria, German's staunch ally, until the night of August 10. Servia and Montenegro are at war with Aus tria but not with Germany. Austrian and German allies are moving against France and Russia only. Italy forsook her alliance with Ger many and Austria, and when Germany protested Italy threatened to line up with the allies and fight defensively to protect her neutrality. Portugal has officially declared her friendship for England and Japan, remembering her alliance with Britain, Is prepared to aid the British against German ac tivities in the Far East The Week's Losses. During th week of fighting in Eu rope 100,000 men, the physical pick of Europe, were killed or wounded. A billion of money was spent for troop transportation and ammunition. Nu merous villages were destroyed. Hun dreds and hundreds of acres of crops were trampled. Some cities were bad ly damaged by bombardment Millions of poor are feeling the pinch of hunge Yet the activities of the great armies, vast machines of death and destruction, have only Just started Not a single historic battle has been fought say military experts. So far there have been only skirmishes on land and sea. Attempting to sweep across Bel gium, a country little larger than the state of Massachusetts, and on to France, a German army of 100,000 met strong opposition at Liege, Belgium, an important city on the Belgian-Ger man frontier. After four days of fierce fighting the Germans took the city, but they couldn't take the surround ing forts which the Belgian defender declare are impregnable. Big Battles Coming. The , French have entered Alsace- Lorraine, a territory taken from them during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. It is reported that Important battles will occur about August 15 be tween an army composed of 1,000,000 French, British and Belgian allies and a German army of 1,000,000, in Alsace, and between a large allied army and a German army, near Namur, Belgium. A great sea battle is predicted be tween the combined fleers of England, France and Russia and that ot Ger many, in the North sea. The fleets have been maneuvering for more than a week. The European conflict is having serious effect in the United States. Import taxes have practically ceased. On account of this loss of revenue it may be necessary soon to impose special war tax. Industry here has been seriously hurt; especially the rubber industry, and various machine- making lines. Cotton trade with Ea rope is practically dead. And tee United States may have to send a con siderable fore? to China to protect all foreigners. Secretary Bryan has noti fied the fighting nations that the neu trality of China muBt be respected and that the United States will undertake to see that it is preserved. To Attack German Flank. London, Aug. 11. A general often live movement by the French and Bel Elan forces has begun The object is to retake Liege and expel the German Invaders from Belgium. Allied cavalry, supported by field ar tillery and mounted auxiliary forces, met the German outposts north of the Meuse. This flying column is attempt ing to turn the kaiser's right flank, it Is believed. Fought In Close Order. The Daily Telegraph's correspon dent, who witnessed much of the Liege fighting, says the German artillery flr lng was excellent, but expressed sur prise at the infantry infighting in close order. Battalion after battalion was thrown into the fight in solid for mation, but, he adds, the estimate ol 25,000 losses was an exaggeration. Allied Troops Advance. Brussels, Aug. 11. The main allied army, composed of Belgian, French and English troops, has pushed its ad vance out of Louvaln. Raiding cavalry columns have passed behind the Ger man lines, burning bridges and de stroying railroad tracks. The German forward movement Ii now toward the River Ourthhe. Skir mlshlcg parties are retiring on tte ciln force. Dcfenrive works are t! CROWN PRINCE OF AUSTRlX t ; s. ) New portrait of Archduke Carl Franz, heir apparent to the throne of Austria-Hungary. constructed all along the German front An Artillery Duel at Liege. Fighting at Liege Itself, the war of fice says, is confined to a long range artillery duel between the forts and the German siege guns mounted In a circle in front of the forts. Accord ing to officials here, the Germans have apparently abandoned the plan of car rying the forts by storm. They assert here that the forts can hold out in definitely as they are well supplied with food and ammunition. Each has separate water supply. Declares War on Austria. Paris, Aug. 11. France has formal ly declared war on Austria. The dec laration followed the failure of the Austrian government to make satisfac tory explanations of the movements of Austrian troops from the Austrian Tyrol through Switzerland to the Al satian border. Harassing the German Base. By a series of dashes the French and Belgian cavalry and their supports have penetrated far north of the Meuse with the result that they are harassing the German base toward the Dutch border. The Germans, because of this, have been compelled to aban don their attack along the River Ourthe, which Joins the Meuse a mile from Liege and are concentrating to oppose the raiding column. It Is officially stated that the Ger mans who retreated from Mulbausen, closely pursued by the French troops In their flight, burned numerous build ings and destroyed, all the food that they were unable to take with them. They also set fire to the forest near Colmar. Servians In Bosnia. London, Aug. 11. Telegrams from Servia report a general success in the invasion of Bosnia. The Servians have occupied the Bosnia Valley and are marching on Sarajevo. It is said that the Austrian authorities have exe cuted the leaders among the Serbo Croatian deputies who are In favor of Servia. Germans Take Liege. Brussels, Aug. 10. Liege is in the hands of the Germans. The fortifi cations of Liege are occupied by Bel gian defenders who are standing off the vigorous bombardment of three German army corps. Belgian Forts Hold Out London, Aug. 10. A dispatch to the Express from Brussels says the Ger mans entered Liege on Friday night and occupied the town, although the forts were not taken. The occupation was accomplished decorlously, General Von Emlch hav ing been warned from Berlin against allowing his men to commit excesses. The troops, headed by cavalry, ap proached the town along the main eastern roas through charred forests, passing between the forts of Elerion and Devegnee, where the Belgian of ficers and Idle gunners were assem bled, and watched these strange pro cessions arriving. General Von Emlch summoned the principal citizens anJ Imprisoned them as hostages in a cita del in the center of the city to pre vent the forts firing on the German gunners who were entrenched in the public squares to overawe the inhab itants. Can Hold Out for Months. London, Aug. 10. A dispatch to the Chronicle from Brussels says Liege is Invested and all communication cut off, but the forts are intact and can hold out for months. Brussels, it add ed, has been turned into a vast hos pital hotels, private houses and public buildings having been given over to the Ked Cross. Concentrate 40,000 Austrlana. A dispatch to. the Times from Berne, Switzerland, says 40,000 Aus trian troops have concentrated near Basel and that German and French troops also are near the Swiss fron tier, and a big battle may occur at any time. Forty-eight trainloads of Austrian troops from the Tyrol have arrived at Leopoldshoehe in Baden, northwest of Basel, Switzerland. They were on their way to Alsace to assist the Ger- BATTLERAGIIIG MIG FfiOIlfiER SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSANp TROOPS GUARD BORDER BE TWEEN WARRING NATIONS. EIUTARY ITOllBE THAN ONE HUKDHED K!LES LC French Have Penetrated Into Alsact, Germany, and Seized 8evert Towns Attacks on These Po sitions by Germans Have , Been Repulsed. Paris, Aug. 12. The French troops along the entire French frontier ara la contact with the Germans. At Mao eiennes northeast of Verdun, thai Germans attacked the French on'Motf day evening. The French, reinforced by reserves, then took -the offensive and repulsed the Germans with con siderable losses. A German battery was destroyed by the French artillery fire and another captured, including three galtlng guns and ammunition. A regiment of German cavalry. Buf fered seriously. Near Moncel a- Ger man batalllon with artillery was rej pulsed! The German losses are Bald to have been heavy. The village of Lagarda in German territory was tak en by the French at the point of the bayonet German forces appeared at Longwjj and demanded the surrender of the town, which was refused. London, Aug. 12 A dispatch from Paris to the Exchange Telegraph com. pany says the official announcement wag made today that engagements had taken place between German and French troops at Longwy, Just injide the French border at a point where Belgium, Luxemburg and German Lorraine meet '. . Brussels, Aug. 12 An official state ment Issued today says that at Houffalize, in Belgian-Luxemburg, a French patrol attacked a squadron oi German cavalry today, sabered then) and took several prisoners; It was reported that the German troops appeared to be reorganizing to front of Liege preparatory to bejin ning a fresh forward movement -Their advance guards are on the banks of the River Ourthe. . Belgian territory, except Just around and to the south of Liege, was reported today to have been thorough ly cleared of German troops with the exception of some Uhlans who4 had lost their way. .. .'..r Germans Move Toward Capital. , . Brussels, Aug. 12. via Paris Ten thousand German cavalry with gatHn guns and followed by Infantry, ari operating between Tongres and St Trond. This seems to indicate a change in the German tactics, and a touring movement to the north. Important forces of German cava). ry with gatllng guns Tuesday attacked regiments of Lancers near Tirlemont, twelve miles southeast of Louvalne. The latter routed the enemy at first but bter retired before strong eln forcements. ; , Fighting has been resumed on thd frontier from St Trond to Jodoinge The German cavalry attempted td open a passage, but were stopped It the Belgians. "The Silent Victory." . London, Aug. 12 Two salient point! emerge from the latest news of the war. The first and most striking li what is described here as "The 81 lent Victory." This applies to th fact that the North Sea, over which almost absolute silence has brooded so long, is now open to England. This, in the opinion' of the atfthorU ties here, Implies that the Germaa fleet, for the time being, la aifeljj held in check. . The second point la that the Fretfcli have been obliged to evacuate Mai haasen and occupy new positions out aide the town. According to German reports, thd was the first Important battle of th campaign and the French, who bad 85,000 men, suffered a serious check In Belgium a great battle it expect ed on the line between Thionrille and Liege between the Germans, thd. French and the Belrfani Germans have occupied TongrsBj and are reported to have captured a railway station twenty-four mils from Liege. The respective armies still are engaged In concentration on the fron. tiers. Acocrdlng to the Cologne Gazette, Roumania has joined the triple allly ance and will invade Servia, It la re ported from Cetlnje that the Servian and Montenegrin arms have effected a junction. I ' President's Wife Laid to ReH Rome, Ga,, Aug. 12. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson was buried, here todar, al Myrtle Hill cemetery. Rain feu in torrents while the casket was being lowered into the grave beside those of Mrs. Wilson's father and mother and almost within sight of the house in which she lived as a girl. Ton!U the president was oa t!s return ' t3 Washington.