The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-03
ENDANGERS SOLDIERS LIVES
Leavenworth Officials Believe Disease
Germs Were Thrown Into the
City's Water Reservoir.

city's Water Reservoir.
Following what is believed to have
been an attempt to poison water used
at Fort Leavenworth and in Leaven-
worth city by an unidentified person,
Col William a Skunk, post comman-
dant, has issued an order that all
water must be boiled before using.
The action was taken on the advice
of medical officers for fear that ty-
phoid germs were thrown into the
large reservoir.
Late the other night a sentry on
duty at the reservoir discovered a man
crawling toward it through the under
brush. He fired five times, but was
unable to wound him. Officers fear
that the man threw disease germs into
the water before ne was discovered by
the guard. The reservoir supplies
water to the entire fort and also to
the city of Leavenworth.
Officers in the laboratory at the fort
are making exhaustive tests OF the
water, but have not made public their
findings. However, it was on their ad-
vice that the boiling of all water con-
sumed at the fort was ordered.
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Typhoid at K. U.-Herman Douhitt,
professor of zoology at the University
of Kansas. and two University of Kan
sas students are sick with typhoid.
Another university student is suspect
ed of having typhoid. Helen Hertz
Ter and Dudley Brown are the two stu
dents now i'll at the university hos
of the cases was developed before the
student came to the university this
fall. In spite Of the fact that the
city drinking water has been analysed
by the university physicians as dan
gerous to drink on account of the
germs, only 325 students Of the approx
innate 2,1O0 enrolled have been inocu-
lated for typhoid this fall. University
authorities have warned against the
danger and advised that all students
be inoculated. Last year three or
four deaths among students resulted
from typhoid and most Of the cases
were traced to we'll water
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Train Kills Kansan.-Taylor Was
son, a retired farmer, received fatal
injuries at Hallowell when his motor
car he was driving was struck by
Frisco freight train. WATSON died a
short time later. The machine was
wrecked.
For Their Broomcorn, $44,ooo,-C. o.
Carson's Sons and Burggreen Broth
ers are shipping their broomcOrn crop.
of which there will be twelve carloads,
or about 144 tons The corn has been
sold fer 1910 a ton, or a total Of al
most $4,000.
School Buys Bonds.-The Augusta
High School has bought two 800 Lib
erty bonds and gave them to the Red
Cross. The $50 students of the school
were responsible for the idea and car
ried it out with, little help from the
faculty.
Augusta Police Accused. - Custer
proceedings against Walter overly,
| chief of the Augusta detectives, and
George Murphy. chief of police OF
/ that city, have been filed by Attorney
| General S. NJ Brewster and County
Attorney r. T. McCluggage. There
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/ against the accused officers.
Two Boys shot AZ Wichita.-Homer
Ruth. 10 years old. son of farmer
near Cunningham. is dying Of bullet
wound in his head, and Leslie Lees,
Is. son Of a Cunningham contractor,
has bullet in his right temple, the
result Of a mysterious shooting in
rooming house at Wichita Lees, who
spent the night with Ruth, told his
parents he was awakened by loud
report and a pain in his head. He
heard another loud sound and saw
Ruth fall across the bed, he declares
Wichita to Have Stock Show. -
Plans are being made to hold the Kan
sas National Live Stock Show in Wich-
ita the last week in February. Z. +.
Mcintyre, who managed the interna-
tionaI wheat show, has been named
manager of the live stock show.
Retired Farmer oead.-H. K Mer-
rift, 90 years old. a resident Of Atchi-
son county thirty years. is dead He
retired from a farm and moved TO
Atchison three years ago. His wife
and nine children survive. He was
born at Danville, Ind.
Lineman Killed Under Truck A
Stone, a Hneman in the employ OF the
Kansas Gas and Electric Company
at Parsons, was fatally injured when
his foot caught in the wheels Of mo-
tor truck and he was pulled under the
wheels. He died a few hours later
at a hospital
Receiver Takes Charges-The Colo
RADIO, Kansas & Oklahoma Railway
: is now being operated under a receiV'
I ershfp. Favorable traffic arrange