The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-14
HAPPENINGS
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IN MISSOURI

Mystery surrounds the cause of the
suicide at Stanberry Of l.. II. Carlton,
superintendent Of schools, who shot
himself in the head with a shotgun.
When found he was dressed in his
night clothes, bathrobe and slippers.
According to his roommate, G.. H.
Birchfield, assistant superintendent,
Carlton and Birchfield worked late
at night and when they went to their
room at 12:45 o'clock Carlton seemed
in good spirits. Carlton who was 20
years old and unmarried, went there
two years ago from Versailles, his
home.
Mrs. William D. Steele, president
of Ladies' Musical Club at Sedalia
and formerly president, has been ad-
vised by wire of her appointment az
chairman Of music in the National
Federation of Women's Clubs. The
appointment gives to Mrs. Steele the
honor and distinction of being the
only resident of Missouri holding de-
partment Craftsmanship in the nation
al association.
Representatives of one hundred
business, civic and neighborhood as
sociations of Missouri decided, at a
meeting at the City Club, to launch
a campaign in st. Louis to pledge
$15O,OOO for booster work for Missouri.
1t was voted to ask Kansas City, st.
Joseph, Joplin and other cities to con-
tribute to the fund. The meeting was
called by w. H. Bloomer, president
of the Missouri Federation of Com
mercial Clubs.
Crossed electric wires are thought
to have been the cause of a fire re-
Gently that destroyed the First Pres
byterian Church at Carthage. The
loss was $4,000.
Fire, which for awhile threatened
to sweep the entire town, destroyed
eight buildings at Ilasco, five miles
south of Hannibal recently. The loss
will be about $4,000.
The body of Benjamin Mueller, 81
years old, who had been missing from
his home in st. Joseph since Septem-
Der 10, was found on a sand bar in the
Missouri river near Doniphan, Kas.,
recently.
Jewell Mayes, secretary of the state
board of agricultural of Missouri, took
advantage of the American Royal Live
Stock show at Kansas City, to talk
seed Corn Week" to live stock breed
ers and invariably finds that the
nan who believes in registered stock
also favors pedigreed seed corn.
Seed Corn Week." October 16 to
81, the secretary explained, is a new
very important one.
Maj. William Warner, former Unit
ed States Senator, died the other af,
ternoon at his home, in Kansas City,
following an illness that first was con
sidered dangerous September IL. Ar.
terio sclerosis was the cause.
luc DCIllSlV " hCtICl wa ChOuoCl
covering an entire block, burned al
Butler recently. 1t contained more
than SIS, 900 worth of farm m%achinerS
and wagons.
Vincent H. Igo, so years old, a far
mer, is dead at a hospital in Sedalia
A week ago one of Igo's hands was
mangled in a shredder, and lockjaw
developed, causing death.
Higginsville recently voted $4,000
for sewer mains and a disposal plant
The complete system will cost $50, 900
The vote was rs to $50.
William H. Kennedy, rs years old
a farmer of Linn county, died at hii
home, twelve miles north of Brook
field, the other morning.
Brooding over a love affair, z. c
Greene, 35 years old. a Missouri Pa
cific fireman, ran amuck on the mali
street of Sedalia and broke out $50
worth of plate glass windows in down
town stores with his fist.
Lemar G.. Mereness is dead at hi
home east of Liberty, after a ten days
illness. He was a widely known stock
man and president of the Missouri
Valley Fox Hunters Association.
The Rev. Calvin Allen, 80 years old
is dead at Brookfield. He was tn,
father of E. B. Allen, until three year
ago internal revenue collector in 81
Louis.
Four prisoners in the county jai
at Macon, set fire to their mattresse
and bed clothing and attempted L
escape recently, but the officials hui
ried the prisoners to upstairs cells an
flremen put out the blaze.
]. T. Pickens, a Druggist, was kille
when a motor car occupied by himsel
and five others overturned ear Jopli
the other night. None of the othe
occupants was hurt.
Miss Louise Disser of Denver lost l
the federal district court at st. Loui
n suit to establish her lain to q hal