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Fort Scott Daily and Semi-Weekly Monitor, Established 18C3. CONSOLIDATED. FORT SCOTT, KANSAS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1914. VOLUME 33; NUMBER 250. if fttire't frn rr; wv dNy being deferred owing to the feverish THE LAST ALL A THEIR SKIP VA FARMERS MEET HERE TOMORROW Y- Wv rafter GOLD IN GHICAGOJWO KILLED condition of the emperor.

DRESDEX IX PORT Escaped German Battleship, Hunted by British Squadron, at Port Arenas Uninjured. Valparaiso, Chile, Dec. 14. Dis patches from Ponto Arenas declare that the German cruiser Dresden has come into that port uninjured. HONORS BELGIAN BRAVERY.

Commander Says Belgians Fought Well Says Situation Is Normal There. Berlin, via The Hague and London Dec. 14. The correspondent of the Tageblatt in Sofia, Bulgaria, wires an interview he had with Field Marshal Baron von der Goltz, while the latter was on his way to Constantinople. Re garding Belgium, von der Goltz said: "The situation is normal, the popula tion having convinced themselves the Germans are not barbarians.

Life continues as if in peace, times and com merce and transportations are getting better. The Belgians fought bravely for their Fatherland. Such opponents should be eseemed." HEAVY BRITISH LOSSES. King George's Army Has Lost 3,466 Officers Since Outbreak of war 263 Last Week. London, bv mail.

Dev. 14. The offi cial officers' casualty list for the week ending November 30. was made public today. It shows that in these seven davs the British forces on the conti nent lost 79 officers killed and 141 wounded, and 32 were reported miss ing.

This is a total of 263 for the week. Added to the previous total-i the last reports show that since the outbreak of hostilities Great Britain has had 966 officers killed and 1,918 wounded, while 582 have been reported missing. The total casualty of offi cers up to date is therefore 3,466 men. HIS SON A PRISONER. German Chancellor's Boy Seriously Wounded in Poland and Taken Captive by the Russians.

Paris, Dec. 14. Reports reaching here from Berne, Switzerland, say a son of the German chancellor, Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, has been injured seriously at Pitrkow, Russian Poland, and that he has been captured by the Russians. Russia Wins in Caucasus.

Petrograd, via London, Dec. 14. An official Russian statement says: "All day Friday fighting occurred in the Caucasus on the front extending through, the villages of Pyrus, Asmer and Tutak southeast of Erzeroum. The enemy was everywhere repulsed and pursued beyond the Euphrates river, with severe losses. Shot for Independence Move.

London, Dec. 14. A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Copenhagen says that a Czech resident of Prague has been shot for corresponding with a Czech union in Chicago, which it is alleged is carrying on a campaign for the establishment of an independent kingdom in Bohemia. WALNUT EAGLE EDITOR DEAD. Published the Smallest Paper, But Not an Issue Without Argument for Temperance and Prohibition.

Pittsburg, Dec. 14. Lewis Martin, editor of the Walnut Eagle since 1887, died in a hospital at Girard Saturday night, after an operation. Mr. Martin was, one of the most picturesque editors in Kansas.

He was a cripple and his paper was one of the smallest in size in Kansas. But it was nntprl nss an advocate of prohibition and no issue was sent to press with out one or more articles in iavor oi temperance and prohibition. Mr. Martin was a native of Prussia and was 64 years old. He was brought to America ilnrinsr the vear of his birth.

His funeral was held this afternoon. GOETHALS IS INSISTENT. Reiterates His Demand for Destroyers to Enforce Neutrality in the Canal Zone. Washington, Dec. 14.

Colonel Goe-Vioi om-omnr nf the Panama Canal Zone, today reiterated his request that two torpedo boat destroyers be sent to the canal zone to prevent violation of neutrality through the misuse of the wireless and the taking on of supplies by belligerent vessels. Restricts Rate Discrimination. Washington, Dec. 14. The Interstate Commerce Commission established today the principle in the case of the Oklahoma Portland Cement Company against various western, southwestern and southern railroads, that "a carrier may not by rate adjustments reserve the territory it serves for plants located on its own line.

It was held by the commission that on shipments of cement from Oklahoma to Arkansas destinations there would be a differential of three cents under the Kansas gas belt rate and a differential of two cents under those rates to destinations in Texas and Louisiaia. Open Wall Street Market Tomorrow. New York, Dec. 14. An open market for all stocks on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange will be created tomorrow.

This action was decided unon this afternoon. It was voted to eliminate, beginning tomorrow, the so-called clearing house list and to place the stocks therein on the same basis of trading as the 182 issues already approved. To All the People of Kansas: When women and children by the thousands and millions are facing death from starvation, plain words are pardonable. Within one month less than one-half of the people of Kansas have given approximately two-thirds of a shipload of Kansas flour for Belgium. We make this final appeal, asking every man, woman ana emiu to give one dollar more if possible less if necessary, but for the sake of suffer ing, starving human beings, to give something and have a share in send ing this ship-load of food to these stricken, homeless people across the sea.

If every Kansan would share a very small portion of his Christmas with these starving people who ask only bread, not even enough, for a good square meal, but barely enough bread to sustain life, we can load the Kan sas ship to its capacity. Send your contributions at the earliest possible date to your local committee or to the Kansas Belgin relief committee, 70 Mills building, Topeka. We ask and urge every home, every business house, bank and institution and every stockman, farmer and, indeed, every man, woman and child, to become part of the Kansas Belgian re lief organization and make some little sacrifice to help fill this Kansas ship and get it started across the sea be fore Christmas time. We want the help of every minister and his people, of every fraternal or ganization, of every labor union and every women's organization. In mak ing plans for Christmas won't Kansas remember the hungry, helpless mil lions of Belgium? We, personally with the best infor mation to support the belief believe that every sack of flour, every dollar given now, will save the life of a child or a woman.

Who would sacrifice a human life for a days' wages? W. R. STUBBS. Chairman. CHARLES DILLON, Secretary.

CHURCH LEAGUE SOON. Much Interest Is Being Shown Meth odists to Organize Tonight Suits for the Baptists. Every indication points to the fact that the Sunday School Basket-Bail League, which was formed Friday Friday night at tho same time a Sunday school athletic association was organized, is to be fully as much of a success as the Twilight Ball League. A great deal of interest in the newly formed basket ball league is being shown by all the church athletes, and everybody is itching to get the games started. The Methodists seem to be even more eager than the others, if anything is to be judged by the fact that they have called a meeting for this evening at 7:30 at the Y.

M. C. A. for the purpose of organizing their team. The Methodists claim to have, much good material and it may be that their haste in organizing is due to an aim to determine the ability of the various players in actual play.

At the Baptist Sunday school r-day morning the matter of the basket ball league came up for discussion among the young men, and a decision was reached by those present that the Baptists should wear purple suits with a big or the word "Baptist" on the front of the jerseys, in green. Physical Director Paul Leonhardt of the V. M. C. A.

said this morning that he is anxious that th teams should organize before New Year's day, as it will then be possible to arrange for one or possibly two games of basket ball on New Year's day at the Y'. M. C. on the occasion of the association's open house. IT WAS TWO BELOW.

Mercury Fell Below the Zero Mark for the First Time This Morninj Yesterday Also Cold. The meicuiy this n.orr.irg set a new low nu.rk for thii winter up to the present, falling to tvvc dizr below zero. It was th first tin this winter, with the exception cf yler-day morn ins, the merury hid even come near goinv Lelow zero. Yesterday morning at 5 o'clock the mercury stood just five above the mark, ar.d this morning at o'clock ihr thermometer registered junt two below. PERSONAL MENTION.

-11. L. Stout in Chicago on busi Will Campbfll was in from Bron rcn today. I can recommend "My Official Wife," a Vitagraph Broadway Ptar feature as the greatest photoplay I have seen. C.

R. Blubaugh, Manager of Pictureland. Adv. The Ladies Aid Society of the Grace M. E.

church will hold a bazaar and exchange, Wednesday, the 16th, at the New Way Cafe. Both brown and white Leghorns. Come early. Get your choice. Big stock portrait frames Art Store.

SAVED RUSSIANS CLAIM ANOTHER BIG VISTORY NORTH OF WARSAW. SOME PEACE TALK Prominent Polish Member of Austrian Parliament Urges Austria to Make Peace With Russia. Petrograd, via London, Dec. 14. Reports reaching here today from the front say the operations of the Russian forces north of Warsaw, the partial success of which was announced last week, have now resulted in a decisive victory, after having pierced the German front beyond Ciechanow and Przasnysz.

The Russian' success in this front, according to these advices, has been clinched by a wide swinging movement of the advancing Russian left on the main highway from Flock to Mlawa, concluding in a heavy cavalry engagement. Lemberg, Galicia, via London, Dec. 14. M. Mmerunovitch, an influential member of the Polish delegation to the Austrian parliament, has caused to- be published in a Polish newspaper at Lemberg request to the Poles, in court, diplomatic and government circles at Vienna, to exert all of their influence toward obtaining an immediate conclusion of a separate peace agreement between Austria and Russia, without reference to Germany.

In his announcement he says it is the sacred duty1 of the Polish aristocracy to take this step in view of the future interests of Austria and Poland. lie expresses the opinion that the present time offers a favorable opportunity for the conclusion of peace with honor for Austria. Petrograd, Dec. 14. Russian official communication: There has been no engagement of importance on any of the fronts.

In the region of Mlawa we continued to force back the- German troops, who are in retreat. On the River Vistult there has been no change. In the region of Mount Buekla, Austrian columns are coming down the northern slope of the Carpathians. Berlin, Dec. 14.

Light attacks by the French on parts of our positions between the River Meuse and the Vos-ges were easily repulsed. Otherwise nothing of importance remains to be reported from the western theater. From East Prussia and Southern Poland there is nothing to report. In Northern Poland our operations are taking their normal course. Paris, Dec.

14. Official statement: There has been nothing of importance to report between the seti and the Oise. In the region of the Aisne, northwest of Soupir, the enemy bombarded heavily our entrenchments. We replied and demolished his positions. There were no infantry attacks from either side.

Our artillery destroyed the field work of the enemy in the vicinity of Ailles. In the Argonne we made slight progress by the use of mines. There were no attacks from the enemy. On the heights of the Meuse there has been violent cannonading. Batteries of the enemy would appear to have been moved to positions further north.

In the Woevre district, after having occupied a line of entrenchments along a front of 500 yards, our troops repulsed two violent counter attacks. In Servia during December 10, 11 and 12, the enemy continued to retire along the entire front. The Servians have advanced as far as Valeki, Bisniak and Zaclaka. From the time the Servians resumed the offensive to December 11 the number of prisoners they made reaches 28,000. They captured 74 cannon and 44 machine guns.

Montenegrin forces have occupied Vishnegrad and driven the Austrians back to the other side of the River Drina. TURK SHIP SUNK Battleship Messudieh Torpedoed by British Submarine Dived Under Many Mines. London, Dec. 14. An official communication today announced that the Turkish battleship Messudieh has been torpedoed by a British submarine.

The official statement follows: "Yesterday Submarine B-ll, charge of Lieutenant Commander Norman B. Ilolbrook of the royal navy, entered the Dardanelles and, in spite of the difficult current, dived under five rows of mines and torpedoed the Turkish battleship, which was guarding the mine field. Although pursued by gun fire and torpedo boats, the B-ll returned safely after being submerged, on one occasion, for nine hours. When last seen the Messudieh was srnkmg by the stern. WILLIAM IS SICK Has Become Necessary to Operate on German Emperor, But Fever, Causes Delay.

London, Dec. 14. Wiring from Peine, Switzerland, r. correspondent of the Central News says: A telegram received here ror Munich says it has been decided to operate an Emperor William's throat, but the operation is BEST INSTITUTE FOR YEARS PREDICTED FOR TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY. BIG CONTESTS IN CONJUNCTION Ecys' Ccrn Contest and the Girls' Contest in Domestic Science Program for Institute.

The annual meeting of tho Bourbon County Fanners Institute will be held in the Y. M. C. A. building in Fort Scott tomorrow and Wednesday, and it is predicted thai the meeting this year will one of the most successful that has ever been held In this county, in point of attendance, displays, and general interest shown.

This year has been one of the greatest corn crops in the history of the state, and some of thot who are interested have said that if the Institute here is to attract a crowd at any time, it will attract it now. The farmers, encouraged by good crops, and the certainty ot a great demand for their products created by the European war, are expectpd to turn out in such numbers as never before. And it is expected that th displays at the Institute will fully proportionate in quality and quantity to the crowd. Tliiee displays are not to be confined to those of the boys and girls who are taking patt in the contest, as anybody wishing to display products will be allowed to do so; and there are prospects that many farmers will make sucn although they stand no chance of winning prizes. The boys' and girls' contests, of course, will really bo the most Important features of th affair.

Nine trips to the meeting of the State Institute at Manhattan ate the capital prizes offered, five of these being offered to the girls, and four of them to the boys. Resides these prizes, the Institute has offered a long lint of cash and merchandise prizes, and it is almost safe to say that the majority of the contestants will receive some kind of prizes. The boys' contOf-t Is confined to competitions In the quantity and quality of corn which they l.ave iai.ed on a special acre which each of them selected in the sprincr. It is understood that there are a considerable number of boys entered, and that fonio of them have peeupcd wonderful yields. As for the girls' contest, everything points to its being more of a succena this year than ever befoto.

The boys contest in past years has always so far eclipsed the that the contest in which he latter took part came near being .1 failure. This yar, however, the number of girls entered breaks threcotd, f.nd there Is every indication that their disnlava of domestic science work will pur- pass anything of the kind thnt bait ever been seen here in connection with the Farmers' Institute. The sessions of tl Inctitntn nn both tomorrow- and Wednesday, will convene at nine o'clock in the morn ing, continuing until six o'clock In the evening. It will bo observed thai the nn Miss Hepwcrth. teacher in tho dom- tic science dornrlineni of thn Inl.i school, who is also connected with the state Agricultural College, has 'een omitted from tho nroL-rjini r.

low. Miss Hepworth will art as Judge in the girls' contest, and will deliver several talks to the wo 'icn cn domes-tic science. Following is the program for the two days PROGRAM. Tuesday Morning 0:00 Plaeine exhibits 10:00 The need of more live stock and how to increase same Mr. J.

G. Crist. 10:. ".0 Live Ftock essentials for South eastern Kansas Mr. Carl G.

Filing, demonstration agent. Southeastern Kansas. 11 :30 Co-operative work of agricul tural e-ommitteo or Fort Scott Indus-tHal Association Mr. C. IJ.

Griffith. Tuesday Afternoon 1:1." Demonstration in vaccination of hogs Dr. A C. Pylp, Kansas State Agricultural College. -Experience with hog cholera Mr.

C. H. Morrow. 2:20 Experience with hog cholera Mr. C.

M. Howard, Mr. Jl. G. Campbell.

r. :00 Hog cholrra and vaccination Doctor l'ylo. Wednesday Morning Judging exhibits. .0:30 Feed crops for this county and utilizing feeds to the best ad- vantase Prof. Reere Huehes.

acri-ultural department. Fort Scott High School. .1:00 Feeding farm animal Mr. El-ling. .1: 4.1 Business meeting.

Wednesday Afternoon 1:1." Drill in judging horses. 1:30 The great need of a milk con-densary for this community Mr. Geo. W. Marble.

2:00 Duties of the county agricultural agent Mr. W. E. Watkinn, agricultural agent, Allen county. 2 Modern equipment for the home Miss Isa Green, domestic science teacher.

Fort Scott High School 3:30 Report of prize winners In Boys' and Girls' contests. WOMEN'S MEETING. Tuesday Morning Receiving entries and arranging dla- (Continued on Tage 2.) REEVES IS DEAD "Bobby" Reeves, Missouri Pacific Conductor for Years, Died Last Night in Hot Springs. A message received here this morning by Missouri Pacifl? officials conveyed the sad word that "Bobby" Reeves, for fourteen jvars conductor on the Missouri Pacific, died last night at nine o'clock at Hot Springs. as the result of a stroke of paralysis which he suffered a short time ago.

The body will probably be sent at once to the home of the deceased in Yates Center. Mr. Reeves suffered the stroke of paralysis a few days ao, one entire side of his body being paralyzed, and it was seen at that time that there was r.o hope of recovery, and only hope being that his life could be prolonged. Since being stricken Mr. Reeves had been wholly unconscious, with the exception of a period of about three hours a day or two ago.

His family, consisting of his wife and two sons, both of whom live in Kansas City, were at the bedside when the end came. Mr. Reeves who was rlmost as well known in this city as in Yates Center, where he resided, had been in poor health for the past two years, and had made frequent visits to Hot Springs in the hope of being benefitted. THOMAS STADDEN DEAD. Died at Mercy Hospital Yesterday After Short Illness Came to Bourbcn County in 1869.

Another old resident was called to Lis reward yesterday when Thomas Stridden, brother of the' lnte Col Isaac Stadden, died at Meicy hospital, whore he was taken or Tuesdiv of last week in a weakened Loath was due to old age, the deceased having been well past three rore yrnrs ane ten. He came to Pourbon countv in 186:) wiih his who settled in the Itockford Valley neighborhood. For several years he resided on hi; farm about three mile.s west ot town. The funeral services were held this morninsr at 11 o'clock, conducted by Rrv. Albert Wat kins.

Interment was made in Evergreen cemetery. THAWING PIPE FIRE. Mrs. Antrim's Home Damaged When Fire to Thaw Pipe Iqnited Wall Flue Burned Out. The home of Mrs.

Antiim, 405 Scott avenue, which is the property of Ed. Dennicomb, sustained damage yesterday morning amounting to about ,340 when a small fire which she built under the. house to thaw out water pines isrrited the walls between the lathes and the The fire department prevented further damage. The department vas tailed out Jrt evening at 5:30 when a ib'o at the home of Harry Harris. 124 Ncrth Judson, burned out.

There was no damage. Don't fail to see Vitaeranh Broadway Star feature. "My Official Wife," starrins Clara Kimball Young and Earl Williams, at the Pictureland theater, tonizbt only. Tomorrow, at 'st. Zi'dora will be here Also Mary Pickfcrd anc" Kathlyn Williams.

Sherman, the healer, who was carrn-cd in this city for a number of weeks a year ago last summer, is now at Buh-ler, a little town 45 miles northwest of Wichita, on the Frisco road. He is practicing bis healing there. in bigo BRYAN INQUIRING INTO DEATH OF TWO AMERICANS THERE. CARRANZA BLAMES AMERICANS Says U. S.

Must Not Use Force to Prevent Mexicans Firing Across the Border at Naco. Washington, Dec. 14. Thomas Fran-' cis and another American, whose nanie has not been determined, have been killed in Sonora, Mexico, accord- frig to a report today from the Ameri-1 can consular agent at Cannanea. Secretary Bryan directed an investigation.

The killing took place between Agua Prieta and Nacozari. General Carranza, through Consul Canada, at Vera Cruz, today advised the state department that any use of force by the American troops at Naco, in their efforts to keep Mexican bullets from American soil, "will be considered an act of hostility, however well disposed the government may be." Carranza deplores that Americans have been killed and wounded, but suggests that these accidents have been due to carelessness on the part of Americans imprudent curiosity." DIED OF PARALYSIS. Mrs. May J. Eurch Passed Away Early Sunday Morning Funeral Tomorrow Morning.

Mrs. Mary J. Burch, wife of James Eurch, living five miles east of town, died yesterday morning at half past three, after an illness of twelve hours, as the result of a paralytic stroke. Mrs. Eurch suffered the first stroke about two vears asro.

nut was anie to attend to "her household duties and she prepared dinner as usual on Saturday. The deceased was aged 56 years on her last birthday, September 14. She wps born in Trenton, but for many yeprs resided at 730 Bar-bee street, Fort Scott, moving to a farm seven miles east of town only five weeks ago. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Adeline Johnson of 13 South Margrave street, and Mrs.

Nora Leek of Independence, and two sons. Ralph Burch and Ernest Burch of Fort Scott; also by a brother, Sheridan Perkins, and three sisters, Mrs. Guy Foster and Mrs. George Ragin of this city and Mrs. J.

F. Ted-ford of Lawton, Ok. She was a niece of Mrs. A. N.

Allen of South Holbrook street and of Mrs. L. Love of Bronson. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock from the home of Mrs. Johnson, 13 South Margrave street.

Interment will be made at Cen-terville cemetery. A very painful accident was sustained by Mrs. E. E. Witt this morning as she was coming dcwn the Clark rtreet hill, when she slipped and fell, badly spraining her left wrist.

She isited a doctor who placed the injured member in splints and warned her that the hand must not Vir iiccH fnr rm timp Thp hill is bad for pedestrains as the children! have been coasting tnere ana it is particularly icy. E1T Chicago, 111., Dec. 14 For Kansas: Generally fair tonight and probably Tuesday. Slowly rising temperature. Charitable Organizations Swamped by Demands From Homeless or Needy People.

Chicago, Dec. 14. Charitable organ izations were swamped here today with appeals for aid as a result of a cold wave which swept the Great Lakes region lsst night. The Jempera-ture dropped 31 degrees to zero in 12 hours. All municipal lodgings were packed with homeless men at night Low temperatures from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic and from Canada to the Gulf created discomfort today.

The coldest point in the United States is officially reported as Huron, S. where it was 18 below zero. In Moorehead, 16 degrees was reg istered. Points in Canada along the United States border recorded 22 degrees below. The local forecasters said the wave was sweeping east and within 24 hours the crest would pass Chicago, where one and one-tenth degrees below zero was recorded today.

BELOW ZERO IN KANSAS. Five Below at Topeka, Three Below at Kansas City, and Six Below at St. Joseph. Kansas City, Dec. 14.

Temperatures from 1 below zero in northwest Kan sas to freezing in Corpus Christi, prevailed in the southwest today. It was 3 below here, six below at St. Joseph, 5 below at Topeka and in the eastern section of Kansas, two above at Wichita and Concordia, and eight above in Oklahoma City. At Galves ton it was 28 above. BILLIARD EXPERT HERE.

George H. Sutton, Handless Billiard- ist, to Play at Smokewell Mail All This Week. George H. Sutton, the handless billiard expert of Milwaukee, came i in this morning from Kansas City, i and will spend the week here play- ing games, and giving exhibitions and lessons at the Smokewell billiard hall. Although Mr.

Sutton has no he is a most wonderfully ex-1 pert player, having beaten all the champion players at various times, i He executes every possible shot, and his skill tends to disprove the belief of many billiardists that a supple wrist is necessary for skill in the game. His high run at straight rail is 3,009, and his best run at 18.2 balk line is nearly 300. KANSAS NATURAL AUTOPSY. Meeting of Receivers and Creditors of the Gas Distributing Company to Be Held Tomorrow. Tonpka Dec.

14. John S. Dawson. attorney general, will leave here tonight for Independence, where he will mpt th receivers and creditors of the Kansas Natural Gas Company in an effort to perfect a plan to carry on me cnnrlv nf in th future. "None of the creditors are willing to sink more money in the Kansas Natural business." said the attorney general today.

"Most of them will De representee Dy counsel at the meeting called to hold financial Utilities Commission's Report. Tnneka. Dec. 14. In their biennial rpnort filpd with Governor Hodges to day the members of the Kansas pumic utility commission lay claim to the saving of hundreds of thousands of dollars tn Kansas farmers and erain deal ers through the suspension of certain freight rates the last two years, in that' time the commission disposed of 603 cases.

There are now 84 cases of various kinds on the docket..