Meade County news., 1916-06-29
POLICE IN ROW WITH |. W. W.
SaIina officers Threatened by Leaders
of Organization When Ordered to
Leave the City.

Following an order Of the police that
all members of the Industrial Workers
of the World leave Salina at once,
Maj. Fred Fitzpatrick of the Kansas
National Guard was warned by man
from the l. w. w. camp to station
guards at the armory of Company M.
The man who gave the warning said
he knew the plans that had been laid
by the members. The l. w. W., about
three hundred in number, have been
giving trouble in Salina several days
in various ways. Isadore Schwartz,
James Sullivan and a man named
Gray, leaders and organizers in the
order, were arrested today and all
other members were ordered to leave
town.
Two hundred left and fifty others
marched to the city hall late in the
afternoon and demanded the release Of
the three leaders. Gray and Sullivan
were released, and Schwartz still is
held. Schwartz had letters concern
ing literature printed in different lam
guages that had been sent to him
there and at Ellis. Thousands Of
pieces of literature have been scat
tered over the territory and it is all
calculated to cause trouble.
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Students to Make ShelIs.-Thirty
students Of the Kansas State Agri-
cultural College left Manhattan re-
Gently for Charleston, S. c., where
they will work during the summer
months in munition factories. The
students are members of the junior
and sophomore classes in the engi-
neering department. They will re-
ceive thirty to forty cents an hour.
Recently several munition plants
wrote to students in the college offer
ing them jobs. The letters stated
that difficulty was encountered in OBJ
tanning semi-skilled labor.
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Judge L. s. Steele Dead.-Judge l..
S. Steele, who for forty-five years
had practiced law in Lawrence and
for twelve years police judge there,
died recently at Kansas City hospi.
tai. He was 83 years old.
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First Graduation In Prison.-The
first annual commencement exercises
Of the Kansas state prison schools
were concluded at the prison in Lans
ing when. thirty-pne prisoners were
given certificates for the completion
of a years work In the extension de
partment of the Kansas State Agricul
tural college. It was said to be the
first graduation service held in prison
walls. President H. j. Waters Of the
agricultural college made the princi
pal address.
Convict Inherits Fortune.-Wilbul
Hanley has come into fortune. but
he must wait until he has served
term In the Kansas state penitentiarJ
for forgery before he can get 1t. Han
ley, under the name Of ]. H. Kallem
was sent to the Hutchinson reforma
tory for forgery, but later transferred
to the Lansing prison.
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Oil Near NinfieId.-Oil was strucl
in the well on the Fred Clarke rancf
} at Akron, Cowley county, recently, a
: a depth of 1850 feet. 1t will be drill
I ed in at once. Several barrels Of OF
were taken from the well and testet
of fine quality.
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| Poured Oil on Fire; One Dead
Mrs. Thomas Welch, 80 years old, tn
wife of farmer in the southeast par
I of Saline county, is dead from burn
received when she poured coal OF
] from 3-gallon can into the stove t
hasten the FIRE. A 10-year-old son wa
burned about the face and hands try
ing to save his mother.
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K Lightning Kills 6oy-In sever
+ electrical storm at Manhattan LUX
I Dixon, IA years old, was instantl
s killed when bolt of lightning struc
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