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BARTON
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COUNTY DEMOCRAT-.'
TOLUME XXXI.
GREAT BEND, KANSAS, FBIDAT, JANUARY 22, 1915,
NUMBER 4&
Don't Forget That The Daily DemocrdUs Going To Be The Leading Paper Of Barton County. Come In And Have Your Name Put OnTheList
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INSULT UNITED STATES.
. American Steamer Held Up On
High Seas by British.
(By Karl H. von Wiegand.) .
Berlin, (via wireless)JJan. 19.
Charges of insults to the Ameri
can flag and of improper inter
ference with his vessel have been
transmitted to Washington by
Captain Farley of the American
steamer Green brier, now in Bre
men harbor. The Greenbrier sail
ed from New Orleans for Bremen
with a cargo of cotton on Decem
ber 10, after the state department
had assured her owners that she
. would not be interfered with.
The story of the holdup on the
high seas as recorded In the log-
book of the Greenbrier, has been
sent to Secretary of State Bryan
0 by Captain Farley, under instruc
tions from owners of the steamer.
The record declares that on De
cember 30, while proceeding to
o ward the German coast, the vessel,
which was flying the American
flag, was halted by a solid shot
across her bow, fired by a British
cruiser.
A cutter's crew, in charge of an
officer, boarded the steamer and
the officer demanded the ship's
papers. As soon as they were
shown the British officer signall
ed for more men. A prize crew
was sent aboard and then he or
dered the American flag hauled
down and the British ensign rais
t ed over the steamer.
Captain Farley says he refused
to comply and alleged he was or
dered from the bridge while the
0 prize crew took over the steamer.
They hoisted the British flag and
headed the liner toward the Bri
tish coast. Captain Farley alleges
that through incompetent naviga
tion by the British officer and in-
capable handling by the prize
crew, his vessel was damaged.
Three booms were swept away
when she was needlessly brought
about in a heavy sea, he ajleges,
and the vessel was finally brought
into Kirkwall. Here Captain Far
ley declares he was ordered to re
sume command of his vessel and
to take her to Leith for examina
tion, carrying the prize crew,
whose responsibility ended at
Kirkwall, as passengers:
Captain Farley declares he re
fused to. have anything more to
do with his ship so long as the
British flag flew over it. Finally,
after three days; he claims he was
allowed to replace his own colors
and then he took the vessel to
Leith, finally being permitted to
complete his journey to German
waters.
MAXWELL MOVIES
MAKE BIG HIT
The .$40,000 5-reel Maxwell fea
ture picture show was put on to
an overflow house at the Echo
Theatre last night, and its appro
val was manifested by the favor
, able remarks of the audience as
they passed out. '
In anticipation of the large
crowd and wishing to give every
one, young and old, a free show,
"Mr. Pritchard, at a considerable
extra expense, run the pictures
through especially for the school
children immediately after school
hours.
Anyone who doubled the ac
claimed immensity of the Max
well factories and their ability to
produce 60,000 high grade auto
mobiles in one year under their
own roof, and the car's ability to
stand the most outragious abuses
possible to subject an automo
bile to and stay in the car, or of
' its power, speed and hill climbing
ability, or the safety of its brakes
and steering equipment, its abil-
ity to stay right side up in mak
ing perilous quick turns upon the
Rocky Mountain cliffs, must have
another think coming since see
ing the pictures.
-The settings for the pictures
were the finest to be found any
where and were selected from
. scenes found all the way from
. New York City to Pasadena, Cal
ifornia. Of course, these pictures were
produced at enormous expense
and shown for the purpose of ad
vertising, yet it is only men that
have the courage of their convic
tions that will advertise upon such
a scale and any producso ader
tised is invariably a safe thing
to buy.
Send in your order now for The
' Daily Democrat v
TALBOT-HAYES.
The wedding of Miss Grace M.
Hayes, oldest daughter of Mr.
LOd Mrs. William Hayes, of 705
Odell street, this city, tof Mr. Le
Roy R. Talbott, of EdisV, Calif,
occurred at the Hayes residence
at 7:00 p. m., Sunday, the 17th,
Rev. Woodward of the M. E.
church performing the ceremony.
Only a few friends outside of
the relatives were present, yet it
was one of the prettiest weddings
of the season. Miss Laura
Spruill played the wedding march,
and the bridal party came in the
following order: Reverend Wood
ward, followed by little Elizabeth
Edman as flower girl, carrying
the ring in an open lily; the bride
groom and Miss Helen Hayes, sis
ter of the bride, and the bride and
her father, Mr. Hayes.
The decorations were red, white
and green, and the couple stood
under a large wedding bell in one
corner of the parlor. The ring
service was used. A light lunch
was served after the ceremony
and congratulations.
The bride is a native of Great
Bend, with a large circle of friends
who will join in wishing the
young couple joy immeasurable.
Mr. Talbott is an electrician em
ployed in one of the immense
power stations that furnish elec
tricity for the city of Los Angeles
and other cities, and it was while
Miss Hayes was visiting in Cali
fornia three years ago that they
first met. They will leave for
their home in that city on the 20th
inst. ;v .
Those present at the wedding
outside of the relatives were,: Mr.
and Mrs. Elbert Hart, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Hans, Mrs. Woodward,
Mrs. Flo Putnam and Miss Laura
Spruill.
IT SEEMS TO TAKE. ;
Judging from the interest
shown and the large number of
subscribers who have ordered
their names placed on the list
as soon as The Daily Democrat
starts, the new daily is going to
be a winner right from the begin
ning. Wednesday morning at 0
o'clock the first batch of fu e hun
dred notices of the change was
sent to the post office, and by 6
o'clock that evening over one hun
dred people had either come to
the office and suscribed or had
telephoned or given their order
to one of the office represenlatwes
on the street. Mrs. Ed Hotchkiss
has the honor of being the first
to turn in a cash subscription.
She was in the hospital at the time
she heard that another daily was
to be started and she immediately
dispatched a messenger to the of
fice with a cash contribution and
ordered her name placed on the
list. James Tarpy was second in
this matter. He happened to be
in the German-American bank
when he heard of the new daily
and immediately came to the of
fice and planked down the where
with for a year's subscription in
advance, and if the present rate
keeps up for the next three weeks
The Daily Democrat is going to
start out with the largest subscrip
tion list of any paper in the
county.
R. C. Russell left the first of the
week on a business trip to Topeka
Kansas City and other points in
that vicinity.
Guy Wright was in fn-r.i the
farm on the south side Tncvlay
to attend to busine. matters and
for a visit with rehtives nl ,!
friends. Guy reports that the
roads out that way are rone loo
good but he has no kick coming
for the fine snow of Saturday is
going to be a mighty good thing
for the wheat and thinqs ;,re i ot
so rushing right now on lha. larni
that it makes much differw;
whether it takes one or three
hours to come to town.
Pawnee Rock has one of the
livest buches of chicken fanciers
in this part of the state, and that
they have about as fine birds as
can be (ound anywhere is evi
denced by the fact that they are
making sales of their stock at
high prices all over the country
and at every show in which they
exhibit they are taking down the
big share of the premiums. Wal
ter and Bert Bowman, Reub and
Harry Houdyshell, Will Billups,
Ray Baird and a number of others
are among the principal breeders
and their stock is as good as is
found anywhere in the country.
A Personal Word
. On Friday, February 12th, the
last issue of the Weekly Barton
County Democrat will be mailed
to our subscribers, and the publi
cation so far as being a weekly
paper is concerned, w$ll cease,
and on Monday, February 15th,
the Daily Democrat will enter the
newspaper field and make its
maiden bow to the public.
The step which I am aboui
take in the newspaper business
is one which has been contem
plated for a long time and is not
a conclusion which has been ar
rived at hastily or without due
consideration. It is a step which
has .been urged by our many
friends ever since we first took
charge of the Democrat two years
ago the first of last January, but
this solicitation alone is not the
sole reason for making the
change. With the advancement
of the rural mail delivery and the
free city delivery the life of the
weekly newspaper in cities the
size of Great Bend is rapidly
drawing to a close. People want
the news when it is news and not
when it is from two days to a
week old, and the demand has be
come such that the local daily
newspaper is the only solution to
the problem.
We fully realize that the change
devolves greater responsibilities
and greater labors than in the
past and we believe that we are
prepared to meet these added
duties. We are not going to make
any rash promises as lo the great
deeds we expect to accomplish in
this work. It is enough for us
to say thai we expect to give Great
Bend a newsy, up-to-date paper
in every way, and one which will
be a welcome addition to the
homes of all the people of the
county. , It will be my aim to
cover the local field in a thorough
manner and to give to the readers
of the paper all the news worth
while, and give it to them prompt
ly and correctly. In addition to
the local field I am making ar
rangements for complete tele
graph news of the state and na
tion on all the important sub
jects of the day, and in every
way shall endeavor to give to the
people a paper which they will
read and enjoy and which will be
of benefit to the community. I
am not going to start out with any
blaze of self glory or heralding of
trumpets, but am simply going
to start at the gait which we cx
ect to maintain, and that is to
give the people the very best pa
per which the patronage will sup
port. I am not going to start
with a big contest lo begin things
with a whoop and a hurrah. I
do not believe in the contest pro
position for several reasons, and
the chief of these is that it costs
FEDER'S LETTER LATE.
The Democrat is in receipt of
another most interesting letter
from W. P. Feder, telling of the
work of the legislature during
the past week, but owing to the
delay in the train service it was
received too late for publication,
this week. It will appear in next
week's issue together with an
other, telling of the work done up
until that time.
Mrs. Robert Bean is still on IbeJ
sick list this week. She contract- '
ed a severe cold some lime ago'
which she neglected, and compli-j
cations set in and she has been;
m quite a serious condition.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Zimmer
man left the first of the week for
Kansas City for a visit of a few
days with friends and from there
will go to their home at Atlanta,
Ga., where Mr. Zimmerman is
employed as manager of one of
the large state institutions. Mrs.
Zimmerman was formerly Miss
Angie Stickney, and the young
couple have been visiting with
relatives and friends here since
their marriage about three weeks
ago.
C. R. Aldrich, who some lime
ago purchased the building occu
pied by the Hammond bakery, is
contemplating erecting a fine mo
dern store building on the site
some time during the summer.
The building was formerly owned
by H. Feldkamp, who for many
years conducted a bakery thert
but who, with his family, moved
to California some years ago.
To Our Readers
a whole lol of 'money, and the
subscribers either pay the bill or
else the publisher loses Wmey,
and we are frank enough to say
that we are not engaged in busi
ness altogether for our health.
In order to get a good, big sub
scription list right from the start
I am going to reduce the price of
the paper for the iirst year, and
thus, instead of giving the bene
fit to the few, as is the case in
all subscription contests, I am go
ing to cive it to all the subscribers
who take advantage of the offer
during the next sixty days. Duly
accredited solicitors will call upon
all of our readers shortly, but we
ask that you do not wait for any
special invitation, but write or
phone me lo have your name add
ed to the list with the first issue
of the paper. I have a special
proposition to make to all those
who have been readers of the
Weekly Democrat and these will
be mailed to 'my subscribers in
due time if I do not see or hear
from them in the meantime.
The paper will be Democratic
in priciples and in politics, but
in this case politics is going to be
a secondary consideration, for 1
am of the opinion, and I am glad
to see this state of affairs, that the
independent voter is the man o!
the present, and while I shall sup
port the principles of Democracy
in all things which I believe to be
for the right, I shall treat all par
ties in a fair manner, and our
chief aim will be to furnish a pa
per which will contain ALL the
important news 'and will be of
benefit to ALL the people. To
this end we ask the co-operation
and support of every reader of
the Democrat. Talk the matter
oyer with your friends who are
nt readers of the paper atthe
preseni lime and induce them to
subscribe. The benefit will, in
many ways, be mutual. The more
subscriptions we secure the bet
ter paper we will be able to fur
nish you, and the better paper we
issue the more you will be getting
for your money.'
Every subscriber can be assur
ed of getting all the local news;
a good telegraph service," and ev
ery bit of the official proceedings
of the county as well. When you
subscribe for a paper you pay
for news, and that is what vou
are going lo get in The Daily Dem
ocrat.
Here's hoping lo see every sub
scriber to The Weekly Democrat
enrolled on the subscription list
of the Daily Democrat, and I give
you my personal assurance that
it is going to be the best news
paper investment you have ever
made.
Very truly yours,
JOHN K. McMULLEN.
T. II. Naylor and family have
moved into the J. W. Smith prop
erty in the northeast part of the
city.
Minor and Glen Rowley were
Albion township people who were
looking after business matters in
the city Wednesday.
Will Hayes was visiting with
his son, Arthur, and family, and
looking after business matters up
at the ranch near Burdette this
week.
Joe Patterson, of Clarence
township, was in the city this
week attending lo business mai
lers regarding his school district
and visiting with relatives and
friends.
Will Armstrong was up from
the farm south of EHinwood last
Friday to attend to business mat
ters here and for a visit with rel
atives and his many friends.
George Tucker was in from the
south side Monday to attend to
business matters and to see how
the town folks had survived the
storm of Saturday. "The roads
are fierce" was his verdict, but
he thought the snow was pretty
fine.
J. B. Ochs, treasurer of Fair
view township, was here Tuesday
on business for his township and
to attend to other business mat
ters and for a visit with friends.
He reports that they had a very
heavy snow up in that part of the
county, much more than down
this way, and that the fields are
covered in fine shape, even if the
roads are pretty bad for traveling.
COMPANY T ATTENTION.
A full attendance for drill work
is required Fny night, at the
Moses Hall at thi corner of Main
and 12th streets.
H. C. COLF ROVE, Captain.
TRESTEF ""aRASON.
Mr. Louis Trt
er ana miss Aia-
bel Larason wer
tniietlv married
at the Presbytei ,in parsonage in 7 ana P,aCCi e.r import or
this city Saturc y, Rev. William nd "fr
Westwood offir. L Mr. TW )hlte .Sa', which began in all
ivomuuu unit. iiiiK. itir, ires-
i ;c n, r it i
Mrs J. B. Trtster of this ritv.-Hp
iv ij nit juuiitcai sun ui iir. anil
is a young man of sterling worth 0 fmeanai! than ever be
and character and is one of the rJ 1 w" W any wrnan, lo
progressive young farmers of the pU n I??'
community. His bride is the Snn V
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milt p,?lc and !he Presenl. sPecial-
Larason, of north of town, and is
an estimable and accomplished
young woman who is very noDU-'wcek
lar among a large circle of
quaintances. The young couple
will make their b'xne on a farm .
norinwesi oi mi., city, and with
their manv other friends, flip
Democrat joins in wishing for
them a long and happv wedded
life.
GREAT BEND THE FRONT, j
Wesley Dammes, representing ;
the Duplex Printing Press Co., of j
Battle Creek, Mich., was in the'
city on business yesterday andj
made a pleasant call at the Dem-i
ocrat office. Mr. Dammes' home j
is in New York and he is now on '
his way to the Pacific coasL It
is his first visit to this part of the
country, but his work has taken
him over a good part of the Unit
ed States and he says that wher
ever -he goes he hears some one
speak of Great Bend and he is of
the opinion that it is one of the
best advertised towns in the
United States. And, after look
ing the town and surrounding
country over, he is inclinvl to
think that Great Bend 'and- Bar
ton county have not been over-estimated.
John Anderson, who has been
making his home with the John
Welch and P. E. Murphy families
west of town for several months
past, left Wednesday morning for
his home in Chillicothe, Mo.
Miss Florence Wismeyer, of El
linwood, was here yesterday visit
ing friends and doing some shop
ping. Ilectric
in your home is an absolute necessity. We will
Wire Your House .
on
Convenient Payment Plan
You pay a small amount on the completion of the
work, the balance as you pay for the electricity!
With electricity in the house you can iron, cook,
heat and enjoy all the comforts of life.
Great Bend Water &
Electric Go.
Phone
THE WHITE SEAS6N IS HERE
The Stores Are Holding Their
Annual White Sales.
Notwithstanding the fact that a
great many of the laces and em
broideries used now-a-days are
imported, the Lischesky. Born
and Samuels stores prepared for '
.v- ,: w
1U" my noma
il. . , ,
three stores this week, are show-
? ... . . . .
ng m.ore teauti ui ana varied
1 ,CCS preva"' '
j Cam Dawson left the first of the
for Kansas Citv uWa h.
ac-iwill enter a business collece for '
a few months.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Talbott left
on ;o. II Wednesday morning for
hdison, Calif., where thev will
make their future home.
Mrs. J. W. Shirley was here
from Hoisington Tuesday on a
shopping trip and for a visit with
friends. '
Charley Baird was down from
the Pawnee Rock neighborhood
Wednesday for a visit with his
friends and to attend to business
matters.
Mrs. Ed Hotchkiss was taken
to the St. Rose hospital for treat-
ment this week. She has been
in rather poor health for some
time.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Krucken
berg were in from the Heizef
neighborhood Tuesday on a shop-'
ping trip and for a visit with
friends.
Ward Lobdell was down from
the ranch at Tribune the first of
! the week to attend to some busi
ness matters and for a short visit
with home folks. '
Mr. and Mrs. Kirb Evers, of
west of town, are the parents of
a fine little baby girl, born last
Friday and Kirb is about the han-
jpiest young farmer in the.coun
! try these days.
J Mrs. Guy Johnson, who recent
ly underwent an operation at the
St. Rose hospital, had recovered '
sufficiently so that she was able,
; to return to her home in Lamed'
J the first of the week. , '
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