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| WE NEED REFORM * GUESTS JESTS ENJOYED A nove Si | Wedetihiie of Monkeys at Formal Din- - ner by Mrs. Longworth Made = A ' a Decided “Hit.” Samuel Un'ermyer Says Labor | cea ht , af, Ate ; —It ~happened that Mrs. Nicholas we Does Not uct square Deal | Longworth, the daughter of former From Capita: iow. President Roosevelt, and wife of the 3 ee distinguished Ohio, representative, had presented to her among many a ay hundred other gifts, two little mon-: MONEY SRUSHING TH: | ‘ah KER keys, who lost no time in sustaining their reputation for mischievous an- . : C | ties, and kept the Longworth house-| - At an industrial Commission Probe: hold in a panic as to what was going Famous Lawyer Ceclared the | to happen next. : : Pa velahouidiaslonanced: , + They were too nimblé and quick to be punished for the evil of their|. nace ways, and so, week in and week out New York, Jan, 19.—Drawing a vivid) the monkeys had a lovely time of it.| picture of labor being slowly crushed’ When Mr, and Mrs. Longworth enter- beneath the steadily increasing powel, tained, the little creatures were shut of concentrated wealth, Samnei Unter up behind lock and key, and usually myer, fermerly attorney for the; wore themselves out in their effort to “money trv investigating ccommit-) break through, and went ‘to-sleep in tee, today « d upon the government, consequence, from sheer exhaustion. federal conimission on. industrial rela This had always insured the suc- ‘A tions to aid the workers cess of a.party, without any disturb- ‘The trades unions and workers’) ing interruptions, until one fateful ations are graually growing! night when Mrs. Longworth looked d. “To such an extent; up to discover a monkey grinning at has walt! en concentrated in a tes ‘her from the top of a picture. It was hands, that capital is now arrayed: only a second until the other one against labor in a bitter, but neverthe-, climbed up the corner of the cloth, less unequal struggle. . and snatched a few nuts from some Many Reforms Needed. of the ' panic-stricken guests. His “We need laws to protect the worker! partner in crime leaped from the pic- mT and to curb the power of the corpora-| ture and perched himself upon the tions. We need government insurance; shoulder of a guest, and the details against sickness, unemployment and) of what followed are not laid down, _accidents, We need a whole compre-| in the directions given to polite so- hensive system of reform, and I be ciety as how to entertain. — lieve the creation of this commission “But,” laughed a guest not long Scene on the Exposition Yacht Harbor on San Francisco Bay Months Before the Geait' Fair Opens. HE New York to San Frapcisco| motorboat racing. The course is laid) ing the splendid Internationa! Yacht-{ San Francisco bay: is one of the Sp- Cruising Power Boat Race for 2| from New York to Charleston, 8. C.; to| inz Regatta to be held there, nnd sev-| est harbors in the world and by many * prize of $10,000. offered by the | Key West, around the western end of} eral hundred thousand spectators will{it is considered to be the most beau- Panama-Pacific International Exposi-| Cuba and on through the Caribbean|crowd the finish as the contestants | tiful. It is‘ideal for yachting und beat- has launched that movement, Labor ago, “T shall never forget how ut-| tion, starts at Sea Gate, New York, | sea to Colon, passing through the Pan-/dash in through the Golden Gate past | ing, being protected on the ocean side hasn't had a square deal. We're a gen-| terly funny it was, nor how we all from the Atlantic Yacht club on Oct. 1,]ama canal to Panama northward to|the wonderful City of Palaces that} by high hills and Mount Tamalpais, eration hehind Huron in looking me enjoyed it, just as soon as we were| 1915, and finishes at the Exposition| Corinto, Nicaragua; to Salina Cruz,| has grown there to receive the honors|the only opening being the Golden — the man who tolls.” asured the monkeys would not eat| Yacht Harbor on the Exposition! Mexico; to San Pedro, Cal., and ends/ due the winners and the losers of the} Gate. The Exposition Yacht. grounds in, San Francisco. It is the/in San Francisco bay. The finish of} most spectacular race of its kind ever} offers safe anchorage for yactite l thefirst witness | us.” in ae Ea A iaauliy into the | ee cee a Re most important event in the history of | the great race is timed to occur dur-| run. power boats. concentration of wealth and influence WAR NEWS FROM KANSAS 5 —_: on public thought and public policies, / we be __, with specific reference to the Rocke-| Up to 1 A. M. the Situation in Jenks’| BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS in general. This school can not af- feller, Sage and other big “founda Home Was Reported as Re- AND TEACHERS. ford to Tet Mic Patker’ leave’ then tions.” | maining Unchanged. i SeLEEM cease ioe COWRGTAHI: By Supt P.M. Allison | soon as he has done much for them Summit has an enrollment of 33 and can do more than any one “else Mr. Unt yer attributed the pres- The battle at Short Jenks’ home con- ent industrial unrest to “absentee own-| tinues unabated, says the Atchison|/and 30 were present. Most of them ,¢4%- +t ership,” and the accumulation of top; Globe. At eleven o'clock this morn- attend well and do good work. They Hume has an enrollment of 206 the heavy fortunes, “ing Mrs. Jenks made the following ‘ have too large a house to keep com- most they have ever had. The peo- | eat trouble with our big! official announcement: “With a bril- } s | ple say they are having a good school | 1 leaders,” he said, “is that! liant charge about breakfast time 1|fortable in with the present means of they live in New York and know noth-, flanked my husband with my stalwart/heating. Miss Anne Golladay is/and all seem to be of the same opin-| ing of the work’ng ccndittons of their! foot and he doubled up and then re-/ teacher and is doing good work. lion. The teachers ‘are all working men and even less of the ' treated in haste. It was almost a rout.” | ‘i . |to m of the country, New Yerk, At one o'clock this morning Mr. Jenks| Black has an enrollment of 23 and) to make it the best possible and are fs even more provincial than Oshkosh.” | officially announced: “The situation|22 were present. They recently gave | all succeeding in their efforts. They Mr. Untermyer said {t was rare that} remains unchanged. There have been|an entertainment and are putting in| | have added a room to the high school directors iunning a corperation from! attacks and counter-attacks on both| pew equipment with the. proceeds. and have plenty of room now. Mr. New York knew anything a’wut the! sides, with no decisive results. I'm Stevens is not n sbusiness. “They are just figureheads,” | now well intrenched and confident be- They hope to be placed on the Bes | | that will Waele ae sr he said. hind a tub in the cellar. I believe 1|Proved list soon and! am sure they| YORI Me BCHOD) d Prozoses Radical Changes. will ultimately triumph. The enemy is| Will. Miss Ruth Wayland isteacher| Foster has not so large an attend- Radical changes in the forms of or-| making many claims, and making|andis doing good work as she al-;ance but they have pupils who are ganization of the Rockefeller and other | those things is the easiest thing in) ways does, very regular in their attendance. fcundations were w'ged by Mr. Unter-’ the world to do. If she had a cannon| witjer has an enrollment of 17 and|They have so far failed to get ari in- myer. that was as rapid as her mouth I would H ; “I do not share the fear and distrust. be compelled to admit that my posi-|16 were present. The attendance |spector and are anxious to know that there founcations may be mis- tion is serious. At is it, I concede|here is good on the part of most of| about the State Aid. I am sure they managed,” sa‘d Untermyer, ‘but 1 do nothing. I will conserve my strength] the pupils but one ortwoare not |sShould have this and believe they suggest the following chenges in their and force, with the view of getting quite meeting the requirements of | will receive it but they want to know form of c tion: out of the cellar and consulting a law 4 ant ; d 3 ; yer. 1 urge Amertes ‘1 : the law. Miss Cecil Nicolay is teach-| and are not to be blamed for it. Mr. “First—That they be incorporated | Yer, ‘ge American newspapers to - i | i 3 i : ; under a federal law instead of under judge not. until the real situation is |e? and is doing good work for them. |J. L. Gallatin wants this passed on state charters. known, History will vindicate me Star has an enrollment of 29 and 23 | 8° he may know what to do. a q srpetual charter, 2nd decl F p es 4 4 Second-—That no pervetual charter | fad eee road inp site| Were present. Some pupils in this| The next few weeks will be taken be granted; there is no reason so| tO start them. My wife didn’t need district are not doing as well as they | up in making the assessed valuations wane Benen Low sv ould he a great deal of urging.” should in attendance. This school|ofthe school districts of the county It is all right for a man when he is. along in “Third—-Their size should be limited aaa i has some fine workers and are will-;and such other work as may come|}' years, and can AFFORD it, to spend money for u —That they should not be i dah) i ji i i . Ve M oe fi rhe talons thelr size’ _ A theatrical woman went into a lng to: try. Miss Crags Morelandiis be ——______. luxuries, but the young man and the middle aged by allowing the'r income to accumu. Broadway drug store and leaned upon | ‘aching bi uareiaabueia onan CRYING FOR HELP. should remember that “Life’s December” come to it 4 ; ; the show case. A drug dispenser ad-| Miami Center has an enrollment of TS oe cr sere vanced precipitately and stood smil-|22 and 18 were present. They have| Lots of it in Butler But Daily Growing|| ¢Vef¥one, and that to be old and POOR is life’s JUDGE M'PHERSON IS DEAD '"%,<x?° Dean dey teens eae ordered a nee erie Eivinoere A Less. greatest tragedy. : pee | der?” inquired the woman sternly. are anxious for it (o arrive. ISS‘ i i i - Federal Jurist Had Seen Ill Only Short; The young man backed off in fear | Bertha Craven is teacher and is anx- fn pis Aine ae for belp. Fs To prevent this, begin NOW pur veur ones Time at His Home in that the war news from the other side | ious that her works should be second ot another organ in the whole in our BANK: Let it STAY there and ADD TO IT Red Oak, lowa. ; had unsettled the woman's mental to none. ba more delicately constructed; every time you can pees | ‘balance, Jetad fe ot one more important to health. ? Red Oak, la, Jan, 18—Smith Me-| “Smokeless powder?” he gasped.|_ Bethel has an enrollment of 33 and} 4 kidneys lata filters of the Gee = Pherson, fifteen years judge of the| “No, madam, we haven't any. You |26 were present. Some pupils here blood. : | federal court in the Southern Iowa dis-| will have to go to'a gun store for|are very irregular in their work due When they fail th | Make OUR bank YOUR bank iH trict, died last nizht at his home on | that.” to former classification and as a re- Poul sf ch ail the blood becomes i ii} He hed been ill for six months, fol- | You haven't got any then?” she sult_the present teacher can not do foul and poisonous. lowing heat expesure in Kansas last! persisted, piercing him with her deep, There can- be no health where July, which caused severe indigestion. | dark eyes. what she would like to do. Miss ‘ The automobile in which he was trav-; “No, ma’am,” he said, all of a trem-| Maude Martin is teacher. — . aa oe i Missouri: State Bank eling broke down five miles from town | ble by now, Tygard has an enrollment of 14 Po ton ihe ac ead in- tna Bae Reliab S * ie. se e le and he walked the distance, was taken; “What do you call that in that box itl and had been unable to preside in| in the show case?” she asked, point- and 12 were present. They are obey-| It is often the kidney’s cry for help. court since. A few days ago he was’ ing at the article in question. ing the attendance law here and do- Heed it. granted a leave of absence of one year; “That's ordinary face powder, lady,” | ing good:work. Miss Winnie Priest-! ead what Doan's Ki 4 to recuperate and announcement of| he explained freely ley is teacher and does them excel-| have done for over we, Pills his death was a surprise. He had been | ‘Well, that’s smokeless, isn’t it?” lent work. 2 ‘wor! Ineys. confined to his home, however, since | she said with a silvery laugh, and the : Read what Doan’s have done for his attack in Kansas and following a| drug dispenser was nearly overcome| Tripp hasan enrollment of 20 and | Butler people. critical relapse in August. | by the reaction. . 16 were present. They are wi M..T. Duncan, 620 W. Pine street, Judge McPherson had been one of | : the Republican leaders of Towa. since Joffre’s Nickname. 1870, but the many important offices! In a note or General Joffre, London he held were chiefly in line with his} Truth says: “A man of bourgeois|. profession, being district attorney, at-| family, very much the soldier, very torney general and judge and having; much the mathematician, very much served in Congress only one year. His| the man of action, and quite as much wife survives him. mR. BRYAN WARNS CARRANZA Washington, Jan. 16—The United States government has sent a warning = to Gen. Ven@stiano Carranza, point- ing out that “serious consequences 2 may follow” his threatened confisca- tion of foreign-owned oil _ Plants in _ ‘Bampico. : "Big Fire in Trenton, N. J. Trenton, N. J., Jan. 19.—A fire ‘Which threatened an entire manufde rn ingyen Dane pi eg Benge workers and most of them Butler, says: ‘‘For several years I regularly with but few tardy marks. | suffered intensely from-kidney com- Mr. Louis Cole is teacher and js striv- | plaint. I had severe pains’ in my ing to give them the, best school pos-| sides and the kidney secretions both- sible. ered me, After using several reme- ‘Passaic hag’an enrollment of 32 and|dies without benefit, BE he 26 were present. They have a new | Doai clock and have ordered some books Store. for the library. Their work is di | better and.their teacher L. W. hopes. to make his school secnau: day to day. ~ ‘Thie series inoe sis well as the