Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-06-27
LEAVENWORTH is DRY NOW
Shooting of Ex-Warden Codding by
Jointist There Stirs Up Attor-
ney General Dawson.

Leavenworth presents the appear
ance of city born anew, following
the shooting of J. K. Codding, assist
ant attorney general and former ward
en- of the Kansas state penitentiary,
Jake Wiseman, jointist, at Richard
son, near there. Attorney General
John S. Dawson arrived from Topeka
early in the day and his presence to-
gether with a public statement to the
effect that he intended to make Leav-
enworth the driest town in the state
caused CONSERVATION in the camp of
those who for years have persistently
violated the prohibitory law.
Not in the memory of the oldest
resident of the city has Leavenworth
presented such a sober appearance
No intoxicated man was seen on the
streets and many of those who for
years have frequented the joints
where liquor was dispensed Illegally,
said that the lid was on tight"
Immediately upon his arrival Attor-
ney General Dawson filed a complaint
in the city court against Jake Wise
man, charging him with assault with
intent to kill He was arraigned be-
fore Judge Floyd Harper and his bond
fixed at $4,000, which was furnished
by Tim Foren, formerly a saloon keep
er, and Nick Bukata, a wholesale
liquor dealer of Stillings, Mo-, across
the river from Leavenworth. His pre-
liminary hearing was set for June 16.
First Woman Graduate.-The first
woman to be graduated from a COM
plete course in journalism is Lucy A.
Barger of Beloit, when she finished
her four years work at the Univer
i Il
partments of the science of newspa
per making from editorial policy to
typesetting and press work. Miss
Barger has prepared herself to take
complete charge of country newspa-
per office, but she expects to enter
the field of metropolitan Journalism.
Hog Cholera plant Ready.-The
preliminary work of organizing Mar
shall county for the United States
government experiments looking to
the eradication of hog cholera is prac-
tica1ly completed and the government
expert and one assistant is now there.
The experiments will be in charge of
Dr. G. N Wickwire of the department
of agriculture.
Victim of His Own Bomb.-While
members of company A, K. n. G., of
Wichita, were asleep on a camping
ground ten miles from Wichita, Com
pany l, which was in camp with them.
decided on a sudden morning attack.
The surprise was complete. Earl
Curry, corporal in Company L,
touched off a gas pipe bomb and it
was exploded Powder and fragments
of gas pipe burned and bruised him.
He may lose the sight of his right eye
as the result of the maneuver.
Wesleyan Graduates Thirteen.-The
final exercises of commencement sea-
son at the Kansas Wesleyan Univer-
sity occurred when the Rev. Benja-
min Young of Topeka delivered the
commencement grafton and the de-
grees were conferred on thirteen stu
dents by President Robert P. Smith.
Wichita's Oldest Citizen Dies
Henry F. Gray, Wichita's oldest citi-
zen, is dead at the age of 102. Mr..
Gray cast his first vote for Andrew
Jackson. He attributed his long life
to regular habits and temperance
Boy browns in Blue River
Norman Facklam, IA years old, was
drowned in the Blue river at Marys-
vile the other day. Young Facklam
lost several fingers last winter when
a dynamite cap he was picking with
pin, during school hours, exploded
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Army Worms Near SaIina.-The
army worm has appeared in Central
Kansas, but no reports of damage
have been received. 1t is believed
that the wheat is too far advanced
to be damaged by this pest, but fears