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WESTERN KANSAS WORLD H. S. GIVLER. Publisher. KEENEY ........KANSAS LONDON AND NEW YORK. "London has reached a stage when the growth of population has nearly come to an end," says a report to the county council On the decline in tax able values. For. almost 100 years London has grown in population more steadily, though less rapidly, . than New fork, averaging about SO. per cent, increase in each decade. Bat in 1901 the increase dropped sharply -to seven per cent., and in 1911 In the county of London there was a slight decrease, instead of tbepredieted in crease of four per cent. The Interna tional Whitaker, an English almanac, places New York, with- 4,770,000 pop ulation, at the head of the "largest cities in the world." London, sec ond with 4,523,000. Both are round numbers from the census of 1910-1911. If the decline has been constant, Lon don has now about 4,520,000 Inhabit ants, New York, if its rate of growth remains the same, would have by May 1, 5,250,000 souls. It is credited by the World Almanac with 5,173,064 on January 1. There is more than 650, 000 margin In favor of the American city. , Metropolitan -London had In 1911 7,252,963 inhabitants, which may have increased to 7,400,000, consider ably more than metropolitan New York can claim. No storm ever disturbs the sea more than a comparatively short distance beneath the surface. There Is little ef ' feet of wind er- waves 100 feet down. At 200 feet both practically cease to exist At 500 feet light and all motion having its source on the surface van ish as forces affecting the still, dark depths. Since there are many parts of the Great lakes where the water is from 100 to 700 feet deep and a few spots where it reaches 900 or 1,000 feet, is it strange that the storms which sweep these Inland seas should attain extreme force and often cause great havoc? The lakes present many stretches of open water much wider than certain channels and bays of the salt seas which are notorious for their tempests and giant waves. Lake storms may be nearly as dangerous as ocean gales of the most destructive kind, says the Cleveland Leader. It depends upon the wind more than on the extent of the bodies of water affect ed. There is room for almost any thing in the form of waves on Lake Superior or even on Lake Erie. The so-called craters, ring moun tains and empty lava beds of the moon are not the only Interesting phe nomena which our satellite presents to the view, says Harper's Weekly. There are on many parts of the moon's surface long, narrow lines call ed "rills," evidently much below the general level of the ground, some of them comparable In breadth and depth to the great canons of our western country. Certain astronomers have been disposed to regard these rills as cracks and rents in the crust of the moon, but others have adopted the suggestion, made long ago, that they are river channels. It may be re marked of these ancient lunar river channels, if such they really are, that their wider ends always terminate In pear shaped hollows like little cra ters, and this end is nearly always higher than the other, so that if the craters were once lakes their waters must have flowed out into the rivers instead of the waters of the ' rivers emptying into the lakes. An unusual form of pen was used when the treaty of Paris was signed after the Crimean war. On March 23, 1856, the Empress Eugenie having ex pressed a wish to possess the pen with which the plenipotentiaries were to sign peace, the emperor ordered that the finest eagle In ths Jardln des Plantes should be plucked of its best feather, which, being "taillee en ' plume," was used on that occasion - and then handed over to her majesty. .The eagle's feather had been used for the signature of one or two copies,' "mais. qu on e est revolts," against the employing of it for all, as in that case the plenipotentiaries never would have got to the end of their labors. A Russian lawyer says that Ameri can prisons are worse than those in . Russia- After recent strenuous efforts at equipping our penal institutions with all the comforts of home, includ ing orchestras for dinner and base ball teams, this is really dishearten ing. Germany Is officially considering the powers of the divining rod. As popu lar superstitions are often based on a grain of truth or fact. It is some times a prudent matter to Investigate them that the underlying truth so car ried to absurd extremes, may be dis covered. One above these foolish su perstitions is apt to smile at divin ing powers, as at present understood, but too German officials evidently aee - enough in the efforts to warrant a ae rious investigation. THE WEEK III KAIIdAS A RESUME OF INTERESTING OC CURRENCES FROM ALL PARTS OF STATE. ADIEU TO DISTRICT SCHOOL State 'Teachers' Association Goes en Record in Favor of the County Unit System Want Rural Schools Standardized. Topeka. The Kansas school teach ers have demanded of the Kansas legislature a complete change in the Kansas school system. It is proposed that the teachers enter into an active campaign at once to see that the next legislature carries out the plans which the teachers believe will make the Kansas schools more efficient and offer- more equal opportunities to every boy and girl in the state. The biggest school meeting ever held in Kansas was enthusiastic for the im provements. ; The important changes asked for by the teachers ia these school systems are: .... That the county be the unit of school organization and administration instead of having so many districts independent of each other. That departments and schools of ag riculture' be established in every school in the state in order to cre ate among the youth of the state a greater love for farm life. That the rural schools be standard ized and an examiner of rural schools under the direction of the state board of education should devote his en tire time to the standardization of the rural schools. That county normal, institutes be changed so that less emphasis be placed upon academic work and more upon professional subjects of teach ing. - That physical training work in all the schools be encouraged. That free high . school tuition be provided for all Kansas students. That state uniformity in high school textbooks be abandoned, that supple mentary text books be allowed in the grades, that free texts be fur nished the school children. That rural schools be consolidated wherever possible. That the course of study in the rural schools be concentrated to elim inate unnecessary classes and give the teachers more chance to instruct. After $180,000 for Baker. Several men from Baker University, prominent in the endowment campaign now being carried on, have returned from Topeka, where they had been called by Bishop Shepard of Kansas City, the resident bishop of this con ference. The meeting at Topeka was that of a special committee of seventy gathered to formulate definite plans to secure $180,000 endowment for Baker University in subscriptions of less than $500. Bishop Shepard has apportioned the following amounts to be raised by the various districts: Atchison, $20,000; Clay Center, $18,000; Emporia, $19,000; Fort Scott, $20,000;; Independence, $18,000; Kansas City, $22,500; Manhattan, $20,000; - Ottawa, $25,000; Topeka, $20,000. The central office will be in Baldwin City and Dr. O. G. Markham, dean of the university, has been released from all classes for the rest of the year or until such time as the conference raises the $180,000 for endowment. He will act as exec utive secretary and will direct the work. The End. to a Salina Pioneer. . Word was received in Salina of tlia death of James W. Russel at Elmo, in Dickinson county. He was 84 years old.. He was one of the pioneer resi dents of Saiina. To Tear Down a Miser's Home. The buildings on the farm of Daniel Killahan, a miser of Saline county, who. - died amid plenty from starvation, are to be torn down by the administrator of the estate,- -Daniel Cunningham, In a search for cash and valuables, by order of the probate court. Since his death more than $2,000 has been found in banks throughout the county and a hundred dollars In bills were found wadded in a - ccat -pocket. Other money was found in drawers and oth er hiding places about the .house. Death in Dugout Playhouse. While playing with other school children at Jennings in a dugout they had built for a playhouse, the 6-year-old son of Hans Jypson was smoth ered to death. The roof fell in, bury ing two boys. : One was rescued, but young Jypson was dead when found. Trading Land for Motors.- Deeds being filed in the office of the registrar of deeds at Wichita show that considerable property is " being traded Tor motor cars. Almost a third of the chattel mortgages filed in Sedg wick county now are on motor cars. To Emancipate Teachers. Emancipation, for the high school teachers of English is the object of Prof. E. M. Hopkins of the University cf Kansas, who has been appointed by the United States Bureau of Edu cation to gather Information cn the work of that department. " Kilted in Runaway. Guy Little, representative - of the Standard Oil Company, was killed at Oketo when his" team ran. away, up setting the heavy wagon. Little was caught under the vehicle and crushed. ' Urged to Grow More Cattle. Southwestern Kansas farmers who nearly kill themselves in summer car ing for a wheat crop and then have little or nothing to do the remainder of the year are engaged in a wrong system of farming. Plant fewer acres to wheat, raise more live stock and grow more drought-resisting kafir, milo and feterita. - This is the gospel preached on the Santa Fe silo special and if several thousand farmers in Southwest Kan sas are-not converted to. that system of farming the special operated by the Kansas Agricultural College and San ta Fe railroad will have, been run in vain. That is the doctrine expounded on this train, and the lecturers told in plain words what ails farming in Southwest Kansas. , "We're not here to discourage wheat growing," said H. M. Bainer, agricul tural demonstrator for the Santa Fe, to a crowd at Hutchinson, "but we want to encourage you to grow other crops and live stock with it. Grow truck, raise some sorghum crops for silage, and by rotating crops and manuring you can get just as much wheat on fewer acres, besides having a dependable income from live stock in bad wheat years. You've got to come to that sooner or later, for it is the only permanent system of agri culture for this region. So, in the words of the revival leader, 'Why not now.' " ' The Cost of Living at K. U. According to statistics compiled by University of Kansas authorities, the high cost of living which may strike the college student who gets his edu cation in the East, does' not touch the boy or girl who chooses to remain in, Kansas to obtain his higher education. A report just issued by Registrar George O. Foster shows that the ex penses of the University of Kansas student varies from as low as $186 up to $350, depending upon the courses pursued and the tastes and habits of the student. " ' "The average price of board, rooms, light and fuel may be- placed at from $4 to $7 a week," says the report. "Day board in private families and at restaurants may be obtained for $3.50 to $5 a week. Day board in clubs va ries, from $3.50 to $4 a week. Fur nished" rooms usually occupied by two students range from $4 to $15 a month. Students who can supply their own furniture and buy and prepare provi sions for the table themselves can less en expenses materially. A Miner Sues With Thirten Lawyers. Thirteen lawyers represent L. J. Chapman, a miner of Radley, in an at tack on the Workmen's Compensation act, brought in district court aTPitts burg. Chapman was injured in a mine of the Fidelity Coal Company in August-. A rock fell on him, causing se vere injuries to the chest, shoulders and lungs. When Chapman sought to take action under the act he discov ered he could obtain nothing, not hav ing been incapacitated for more than two weeks, as the law provides. The suit filed by the small army of law yers asserts that the law is not con stitutional and asks for damages un der the common law. He asks for $2,9S5. iris understood that the law yers have given their services free, wishing to test the law and get it out of the way, if possible. Scratch Causes Boy's Death. Frank Swartz, the 10-year-old son of - Mr. and Mrs. Frank Swartz, .a farmer of Olmitz, is dead as the re sult of blood poisoning. A few days ago while putting on his shoes he scratched himself on his leg with the tin on the end of a shoestring. Atchison Forms Militia Company. "Atchison Is to have a militia com pany. Sixty names have been pledged and the company, to be known as Com pany A, will fill a vacancy in a state regiment. M. A. Marey, a veteran of the Spanish-American war, is pushing the work cf the organization. Suit Hits Taxpayers.' As the result of a heated contro versy and a lawsuit between city and county officials, taxpayers residing in Wichita will not be given rebates for paying all taxes In advance.' Prop erty owners living in the county will have this advantage. - - The city officials have brought suit against the county to collect $60,00 said to be the amount of rebates with the coun ty nllswed city taxpayers since 1898. In retaliation the county commission ers decided they would refuse rebates to city taxpayers,' thus avoiding an ad ditional suit. Masons Lay Cornerstone. The grand lodge of Masons of Kansas convened at Olathe recently for the purpose of laying the corner stone for Olathe's $15,000 Masonic Temple. The exercises were opened by Elrick C. Cole, grand master. There were 300 Masons in attendance and a procession formed at the lodge rocm, after marching through the main streets, assembled at the temple site. The proceedings were watched by more than 1.000 people. A Careless Cleaner Burned. Ignoring recent warnings sent out by the state Are marshal, Walter Campbell, a clothes cleaner of Pitts burg, used .gasoline in cleaning and an explosion resulted when, the fumes gathered in such quantity that a gas stove ignited them. He was severely burned, but will recover. Kansan Killed Under Car, -Ernest - Hunt, 20. years old, - was killed recently one and a half miles west of Formoso in a motor car acci dent. .'..-.: HUERTA IS STILL DEFIANT Lind Gives It Up and Leaves for Vera Cruz No Further -Parleying. - The City cf Mexico. Gen.r Victorlano Huerta . tacitly refused to accede to the demands of the United States, ex pressed in an ultimatum sent to him by President Wilson's personal rep resentative, - John Lind. - ." , . General Huerta was notified early in the day that unless he- returned an answer, by 6 o'clock to the effect that he would prevent the -newly . elected congress from convening, and fur thermore make this action known to the members of the diplomatic corps by midnight, the United States would have no further parleying with the Mexican government. Mr. Lind waited until 6 o'clock and received no" answer. He then made arrangements for his departure on the train leaving for Vera . Cruz at 8 o'clock. . " - . -Tr AT WORK ON NEW TRUST LAW President Wilson Will Devote. Most of His Annual Message to That Problem. Washington. With a certainty that the Currency bill will socn be before him for his signature. President Wil son turned to the trust policy. This will be the all overshadowing issue of the regular session of congress. The president will devote the major part of his message to that problem. He has told a score of congressional visitors in the last few days that the anti-trust bugaboo must be eliminated for all time. The big. corporations, he believes, are ready to go ahead and do business under the new Tariff bill, but they have, the president believes, the right to expect that they will have defined for them "how they can operate and whether they are to be limited by a se ries of new laws. NO CAUCUS ON MONEY BILL Committee Shows Signs of Agreeing on Measure And Is Given Further Time. . Washington, D. C. The attempt to force the administration Currency Bill through the senate by the way of the .Democratic caucus has been aban doned and 'the banking and currency committee of the senate- was given time for further consideration of the bill. A " practical agreement by six Democratic senators, half of the com mittee, and hope for a final report within five or six days, was reported to the Democratic conference when it met by Senator Owen, and at Ms re quest the conference took no action. A FUNK DEFAMER CONVICTED Jury Finds Attorney Cor.ahoe Guilty and Assesses a Fine of $2,000. Chicago, 111. Attorney Daniel Dona hoe, charged with conspiring to de fame Clarence S. Funk, former gen eral manager of the International Harvester Company, was found guilty and fined $2,000. Detective Isaac Stief el, . tried on the same charge of conspiracy, was found not guilty. Dcnahoe and Stiefel were indicted, charged with conspiracy, to defame, after a suit charging Funk with hav ing alienated the affections of Mrs. John C. Henning had been dismissed. SHOT GUARDS FROM AMBUSH Strikers at Walsenburg, Col., - Have Confessed to Killing Four Mine Guards. - Walsenburg,. Colo.-Majcr K&nnedy, provost marshal cf the Huerfano County Military district, has obtained from Charles Shepperd, a striking miner, a confession regarding the am bushing and killing of four- mine guards at Laveta, which corroborated in detail the confessions of five other strikers. The men agreed that they had lain in wait for the guards and had shot them down. Shepperd and his five companions are held in seclu . sicn. A Kansas Marshal Slain. Caney, Kan. When Jchn Hackin roy, city marshal stopped a motor car at 10 o'clock at night, he was shot ty cne of the two occupants, said to be bootleggers from Bartlesville. Mackinroy died a half hour later. The men in the meter car escaped, driving west from Caney. Senate to Give Silver Service. Washington, D. C A silver service will be the wedding gift from sen ators to Miss Jessie Wilscn, accord ing to an announcement trade by Sen ator Martine, who is receiving volun tary subscriptions from his colleagues. Peru, Quake Killed 2C0. . " Lima, Fern. Late official dispatches confirm the reports of a disastrous earthquake in Abancay province. The dispatches say that the city of Aban cay was wrecked and that more than 203 persons were killed. Thousands of persons are homeles3.- Eig Eanquit for Rocasveit. Fuc-nos Aires. Col. Theodore Rocsa velt was the guest of honor at a ban quet at lhe Colon theater here at which covers werejaid for more than a thousand. ' - JEW ACQUITTED IN RUSSIA Much Discussed Trial of Beilis "at . Kiev Resulted in Verdict of v Not Guilty. . Kiev, Russia. Amid scenes of wild excitement Mendel - Beilis, the Jew. .was acquitted of the blood ritual mur der of Andrew Tushinsky, the 12-year-old Christian boy who was slain in March, 1911. " " When the verdict was announced a roar of protest went up from the crowd" that jammed the little, court room, which wasquickly taken up by the throng that surrounded the court house. - - Beiliss, half fainting from fear and excitement, broke down completely when he heard the verdict that made him free after almost three years. He uttered a cry of thankfulness and then began to weep. His coun sel supported him cn either side and soldiers escorted him to his home. THE SITUATION EXPLAINED Secretary - Bryan Tells Foreign Na " -tions That Huerta's Congress Won't Be Recognized. Washington, D. C. Developments in the Mexican situation here tended to emphasize a purpose on the part of the Washington government to re fuse to recognize any of the acts of the Mexican new,, congress. Secre tary Bryan had a long conference with Senor Algara, charge d'affaires of the "Mexican embassy. -i. - The secretary also summoned the ministers from five Central American countries and outlined to thenT the actions of the United States in its diplomatic parleys with the Huerta government. Later he announced he also had been in communication with the diplomatic representatives of the European powers and had informed them of the steps taken by the United States thus far. . OFFICERS FIND JOPLIN MINT A Fine Residence There Used by Coun terfeiters for the Making of Bogus Money. Jopl;n, Mo. That a plant for the coining of spurious United States money flourished throughout the sum mer in one of the principal residenca sections of Joplin has just become known. Federal officers who raided the plant several weeks ago kept the fact secret until after the arrest of W. C. Gardner, a miner, who is charged with having operated the coin fac tory. . .Gardner was arraigned before a federal commissioner and pleaded not guilty. He was held for trial No vember 11. Molds for the coinage of dollars, half dollars , and quarters were seized by the officers. Gardno- was- arrested on instructions from Harry J. Head of Joplin, a "' deputy United States marshal. -" '' l. ' - INCREASED - CORN ESTIMATE The October Figures of the Govern ment Raised 9.0CO,03D Bushels Plenty of Old Corn. - Washington. The preliminary esti mate of the corn crop, announced by the Agricultural Department, makes the crop 2,463 million bushels, which is S9 million bushels more than tho figures Indicated -by the October re port a month ago. Even with thi3 In crease the crop is 706 million bushels less than last year s big crop, and the smallest since 1903, when the crop was 2,244 million bushels. The aver age farm price is 70.7 cents a bushel. - The Quantity- of old corn on the farms November 1 was 138 .million bushels, compared with 64,764,000 bushels reported a year ago. DYNAMITE IN THE COAL BIN A Panic Among Engineers and Fire men When Explosive Was Discovered in Utah. - Grand Junction, Col. Oce hundred pounds of giant powder and fifty sticks cf dynamite, accidentally found In the coal at the Rio Grande West ern Railroad supply depot atHelper, Utah, spread a panic among engineers and firemen of engines stopping fbr fueU The explosive is believed to have teen placed in the fuel by sym pathizers with the Colorado . coal strikers. The ccal vas shipped to the supply depot from Castlegate, Sunnysfde and other Utah towns. . MORE MONEYFOff TRAINMEN Fight for Higher Wages on Eastern Railroads Won Aftsr Long . ; ! - Contest. - "-. New York, N. Y. The long contro versy between, railroads of - the East and their conductors and trainmen over demands for more pay has ended. The employes are granted .an increase in wages averaging 7 per "cent and totaling $C,003,COO--annually - from Oc tober 1 last, effective for one year. One hundred thousand men will share in the increase. The award' is about half the Increase - asked by men. . Cheer Leader Died at Game. ' St. Louis. Over-wrought by the excitement of a soccer footcall game at which he was cljeer-leader, Ramon Uarcia, a Spaniard, fainted while watching the gamehere and died a few minutes later." "'- '' Stricken at His Organ. 1 St. Loui3. Philip Kolb, organist at the Lutheran church at Masccntah, ! 111.,, was stricken with paralysis while playing at the church service. He had Just finished a hymn- when he 'fell from- his seat. I "GASGARETS" FOR SLUGGISH LIVER No sick headacheV soiir stomach, biliousness or constipation by morning. Get a.10-cent box now. Turn the rascals out tho headache, biliousness. Indigestion, the sick, sour stomach and foul gases torn - them out to-night and keep them out with, Cas carets. Millions of men and women take a Cascaret now . and then and never know the-mi8ery caused by a lazy liver, clogged bowels or an upeet stom ach. - Don't put in another day of distress. Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach; remove the sour, fermenting " food ; take the excess bile from your liver and carry out all the constipated waste matter and poison in the bowels. Then you will feel great, - A Cascaret to-night straightens, you out by morning. They work . while you sleep. A 10-cent box from any drug store means a clear head, sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver and bowel action for months. Chil dren love Cascarets because they; never gripe or sicken. Adv. Some men are willing to say noth ing if others will saw the wood. Mrs. Winslow'a Soothing Syrup for Children teething, softens the gams, reduces Innamma Uon,iUla;s pain, cure wind colic,25c bottleJkO) Members of parliament in Belgium, receive $85 a month while parliament is sitting. The most effective, yet simplest remedy for coughs is Dean's Mentholated CouxU Drops 5c at Drug Stores. ' Heredity. "That gambler's son is a chip of the old block. i "I see. A regular poker chip." j Suggestion. . ''- He Don't you love birds? ' 1 . .' She -Not jays. Baltimore Ameri cas. Her Status. . "Jennie is a very bright girl." ; "Then why did they send her to a polishing school?" Any Way He wanted. The Professor Boy, get me a fly.'. New Page Yes, sir. Dead or alive, sir? Punch. - Other Side of Shield. Wife (Complainingly) The Wilfin eons' house is much larger than ours. Husband Yes, my dear, and so is their mortgage. Boston Transcript. " The Diagnosis. - "Did the dog that bit"you when you tried to take his bone away seem mad?" " "Well, he was somewhat peeved." Persuasion. - "No," said the timid man, "I don't want any flying machines today. I'm afraid of them." "Why, sir," said the persuasive salesman, "a flying machine might save your life." "KOT7?" "You might be out' riding In one when an earthquake takes place." Washington Star. Near Traaedv. A' Pittsburgh millionaire stood be side his $8,000,000 automobile wonder ing where to go next. A -woman wnom ne naa Known rushed out of the hotel and sought to solve this problem for him in a hurry. ' She shot at him, but, of course, she did not hit him. Instead the bullet punctured the chauffeur's leg. "Great guns, that was a narrow es cape!" exclaimed the millionaire. "She might have punctured a tire!" WORKS ALL. DAY And Studies at Night on Grape-Nuts Food. Some of the world's great men have worked during the day and studied evenings to fit themselves for greater things. But it requires a good consti tution generally "to do this. I A Ga. man was able to keep it up with ease after he had learned the sustaining power-of Grape-Nuts,, al though he had failed in health before .he changed his food supply. He says: "Three years ago I had a severe at tack of stomach trouble which left me nnable to eat anything but. bread and -water. '-.,... ' "The nervous strain at my office . from 6 A. M. to 6 P. M. and Improper foods caused my health to fail rapidly. Cereal and so-called "Foods" were tried without benefit until I saw Grape Nuts mentioned in the paper. "In hopeless desperation I tried this food and at once gained strength, flesh - and appetite. I am now able to work all day at the office and study at night, without the nervous exhaustion that was usual before I tried Grape-Nuts. - "It " leaves me strengthened, re freshed, satisfied; nerves quieted and toned up, body and brain waste re stored. I would have been a living ! skeleton, or more likely a dead one by this time, if it had not been for Grape-" Nuts." Name given byJPostum. Co.", Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to WellvUIe, in pkgs. "There's a Rea- " eon." - ;- ' ' ; T- Ewf read k mhT Wtrrt A new me appear from tine to time. Tbey an (raalae, trme, ud fall of hanss iatcveat.