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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
SERVICES AT FIT. RILEY
Student Troops Hold Fitting Memorial
Day Exercises at Camp.

Fort Riley, Kan, May 30.-Appro-
pirate Memorial day services at Fort
Riley were being carried out today I'M
der Colonel Tyree R. Rivers, comman-
dant. The Thirteenth cavalry, recent
ly returned from the border, and the
fifteen companies of student officers,
all without arms, were to be massed
about the flagpole on the parade
ground. shortly before noon.
The Rev. E. o. Grey, chaplain at the
student camp, was to deliver the ad-
dress. Lincolns Gettysburg address
read by Captain L. P. Butler was on
the program, following which were
songs by the entire body of troops
The firing of the national salute, with
a benediction and music by the Thir-
teenth cavalry band, was to close the
service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
WESTERN LEAGUE.
BASEBALL TODAY.
National LeaYue.

Chicago at Pfttsburg, clear, ., first 10 80 a
m. and 8 80 p.
st. Louis at Cincinnati, 2, cloudy, first
p. IN.
Philadelphia at New York, clear, 2, 10 i;
a. m. and p.
Brooklyn at Boston, ., cloudy, 10 80 a. m
and 3 p.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
CODELL /. o. o. F. HALL
Handsome New Building Fills Big
Need in Progressive Town.

Codell, Kan, May 30.-The new
Odd Fellows hall here has been COM
pleted and dedicated. The outside
walls are of cement. The main build
ing is two stories, SO feet front by
90 deep, with a 10 by SO addition.
The first floor will be occupied for
an assembly room, and is fitted up
for theaters and their public enter
tainments The second floor is the
lodge room. The entire building is
lighted by electricity.
The building, If contracted for,
would have cost about $4,000. Much
of the labor was donated by Odd Eel
lows, so the lodge is out about 5000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
DID NOT ASK FOR AID
Mayor of Anda1e Denies Making an
Appeal to Governor.

Wichita, Kan, May 30.-Leo B.
Focke, mayor of Andale. the town that
was nearly wiped out by tornado
Friday, has denied that he sent a tel
egram to Governor Capper, asking the
executive to launch public campaign
to raise fund for the relief of the
Andale sufferers.
Citizens of nearby towns are Civ
ing amply of food, clothing and mon
ey,' said Mr.. Focke. land it has been
unnecessary to ask for aid outside
SedgWick county,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
TO BOOST FOR WAKEENEY.
Reorganized Commercial Club Plans
Big Things for Town.

WaKeeney, Kan, May 30.-The
business men have reorganized their
Commercial club. and chosen c. H.
Benson, president, and J. H. Heck
man, secretary-treasurer. The club
starts out with a large membership
and a big lot of enthusiasm.
The club will go after a new mod
ern up-to-date hotel which the town
needs badly. Other enterprises are
under way. The club expects to SEQ
a prosperous year for Wakeeney.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
REGISTERING AT RILEY
Officers of Companies Act as Clerks
for the Student Troops.

Fort Riley, Kan, May 30.-Details
for the registration of men at the Of
ficers' training camp here have been
completed, post authorities announced.
The commanding officer of each COM
pany has been appointed deputy
county clerk of Geary county and will
register the men under him.
Registration cards will be mailed to
the homes of the men before June 5,
the day set for final registration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30

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the accumulated wastes of winter from
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Get that sluggish spring fever feeling out
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-our complexion. Get that vim and snap
of good purified healthy blood. DR..
Kings New Life Pills are a non-griping
laxative that aids natures process. try
them tonight At all druggists. 25c-Adv-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
Dillon Outpoints Chin.

Cincinnati, Ohio, May 30.-Jack Dill
Ion of Indianapolis, shaded George
Chip, of Newca stle, Pa, in a hard ten
round bout before a big crowd at the
local ball park Tuesday night. There
were no knockdowns but Dillon rocked
Chip several times with rights to the
law
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
American Association.

indianapolis at Columbus, ?, clear, 10 a.
m. and 8 80 p. m.
Louisville at Toledo. ., clear. 9:45 a. m.
and 40 p. IN.
Kansas city at Milwaukee. ., cloudy, first
game :45 p. IN.
Minneapolis at st. Paul, rain. 10 80 a. m.
st. Paul at Minneapolis, cloudy, p. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30

Copenha gen, May 30.-All attend
ance and betting records were broken
at the Whit Monday races on the
Gruenwald track near Berlin. The
pari-mutue1s took in more than two
million marks, half a million being
wagered on one race.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30
JOE LOOMS TO COLORS
Chicago Athletic Association Donates
Two AmbuIances to Corps.

Chicago, Ill, May 30.-The Chi
cago Athletic association has donated
two ambulances to the ambulance
corps One of them will be run by
Joe Loomis star athlete of the c. A.
A. Mrs. A. Montgomery Ward has
also donated two ambulances, it was
announced today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-30

ADDITIONAL SPORT WILL BE
FOUND ON OTHER PAGES
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-04
BERRYVILLE AGENT INJURED.
Fred Sheclxler is Run Down by Small
Gasoline Speeder and Seri-
ouSlY Hurt.

Fred Sheckler, the Chicago & North
Western Railway agent at Berryville,
was badly injured last evening when
he was struck and knocked down by a
small railway gasoline speeder. His
left leg is broken, left arm fractured,
a cash is cut on the back of his head
and there are other cuts and bruises
and indications of internal injuries.
He is at st. Luke s hospital in Racine.
Between FIVE and six O'Clock Mr..
Sheckler went out on the tracks and
turned a switch for a north bound
freight train to pass. After turning
the switch he handed the conductor of
the train his orders and the conductor
asked him to close the switch. This
he proceeded to do when the speeder
came along without any lights burning
and ran him down The injured man
was carried to the Berryville station,
where north bound passenger train
was tagged and he was taken to the.
main depot in Racine from which place
the police ambulance conveyed him to
the hospital, where reports from him
today indicate he is doing as well as
can be expected.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-04
TRAVELLED WITH RIkGLINGS
Son of Former Kenosha Bandmaster Is
Found Dead at Entrance to a Tunnel
"Details Of His Death Shrouded In
Mystery-Body Shipped to Chicago.

Letters have been received in Keno
sha announcing the tragic death of
James Swan, formerly Of Kenosha and
son of Prof. Thomas Swan who for
some time was leader of the Kenosha
band. Swan was killed near Tyee,
Wash, IN rail accident, but the de-
tails of the accident will probably
never be known. He was travelling
with the Ringing Brothers Circus as
musician and the train was speeding
along through the little village way up
in the northwestern part of Washing
ton. Swan had been passenger on the
first section of the train and the crew
of the second section found his man
gled remains near the opening to one
of the tunnels along the road. No one
of the great crowd with the circus had
witnessed the accident which resulted
in the death of the former Kenosha
musician. James Swan was about 35
years of age and he was musician
whose ability had attracted consider
able attention. He worked with his
father in Kenosha and learned the var
ious band instruments but he had gain
ed distinction as a baritone player. He
had been featured with the Ringing
band for several seasons and he had
just made arrangements to make con-
cert tour with a number of famous mu-
sicians. After considerable difficulty
the management of the circus located
The parents of the young musician in
Chicago and his remains were sent to
that city for internent. Swan has
many friends in Kenosha and to them
his death will come as a great shock.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-04
PIONEER DIES.
Mother of DR.. George M. Mcintyre
Died Friday In Chicago, in
Home of Daughter.

Mrs. Abbie Stout Mcintyre, mother
of DR.. George M. Mcintyre of this city,
and known to many Kenosha people
through her visits here, died yesterday
in the residence of her daughter, Mrs.
j. FL. Perry, 2031 Eastwood avenue,
Chicago, I'll. Mrs. Mcintyre was born
in Hopewell, n. J., September IS, 1892,
and was in her eighty-fifth year. She
was of Dutch and English ancestry
dating back to the earliest colonial
days. She came to Jerseyville, Jersey
county, Illinois, with her family in
1889 and to Chicago in 1886. She was
the widow of the late Thomas A. Nc
Intyre. and is survived by four children,
DR.. George M. Mcintyre of this city;
Thomas HI. Mcintyre and Mrs. J. Fl.
Perry of Chicago, and Mrs. Robert
Strain of Idana, Kansas. Funeral SER
vices will be held on Sunday afternoon
at 2031 Eastwood avenue with inter-
ment in the family plot at Rose Hill.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-04
MILWAUKEE, SHOW FIRST.
Kenosha Motor Car Makers Getting
Ready for First Show of Season
Opening Next Friday.

Kenosha men interested in motor cars
are getting the show fever and the first
Of the week there will be an exodus to
Milwaukee for The annual automobile
show which opens next Friday.
The Milwaukee event, by the way, is
the first showing in the United States
of new things in the motor world, open
ing one day ahead Of the New York
show and more than two weeks in adj
vance of Chicago.
The show committee has dedicated
the opening to the cause of good roads,
and all of the gross receipts of the en-
tire day will be donated to the Wiscon-
sin Good Roads Association. The sec
ond will be Milwaukee Automobile
Club day, the third Interurban day, the
fourth Merchants and Manufacturers
day, the fifth State Dealers day, the
sixth to Milwaukee generally, and the
last on Thursday, January II, will be
known as Grant Six day.
AS matter Of comparative size, Mil
waukee really does better than Chicago
or New York, which statement has been
affirmed by many big factory men who
each year make the circuit of the larger
motor car expositions. If there was too
much to see in other years, that situa-
tion will prevail to a greater extent
next month than ever before. Besides
the educational features generally, NOV
ing picturs of actual construction in
factory from the beginning to end
should hold much interest.
The show will represent the most re-
markable mechanical development of
decade. Each year it appears that the
limit has been reached, but the visitor
will find that the inventive genius of
the automobile people seems to have no
stopping point. The wonderful advance
ment has been marked not only by
general decrease in the price, but also
by the decreasing cost of maintenance.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-04
POST OFFICE EMPLoYE KILLED
Gustave Ferguson, Of Winthrop Harbor,
Struck by Train and Dies in
Hospital Friday.

Gustave Ferguson, 72 years of age,
Of Winthrop Harbor, died in the Wau-
kegan hospital yesterday afternoon from
injuries sustained when he was struck
by train at the Winthrop Harbor sta
tion while performing his duties as post
office employee. Mr.. Ferguson s death
will sadden many old friends in Keno
sha county where he lived for thirty five
years before going to Winthrop Har-
bor He has lived in the latter city for
Twelve years, acting in the capacity
Of post office messenger there.
He is survived by his widow.
Funeral services will be held in the
Hansen undertaking parlors at p. m.
Monday and interment will be in Green
Ridge cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-04
NEW ELKs PLANS APPROVED.
Architect Messmer Is Instructed to Get
Working Drawings Ready by First
Week of the New Year.

The building committee of the Keno
sha lodge of Elks at q meeting held on
Friday afternoon at the club rooms ap-
proved the new plans for the building
as prepared by Architect Messmer and
he was instructed to prepare the work
ing drawings at once so that bids could
be asked by the early part of February.
WINGED that the present plans will meet
closely the needs of the lodge and the
desires of the members and give to
Kenosha lodge the best club house not
only in the state but in the Middle
West. 1t is expected that the contracts
can be let so that work may be started
not later than the first of March
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-04

and he went into the work room of the
store and tried on the pants. When
he came back there was a half of a
bottle of beer on a table in the store
and he picked it up and drank it. He
complained that the suit did not fit
him. -
After some argument he came over
and reached for my watch. That a
pretty nice watch he said, and with
this he unsnapped it from the chain
and put it in his pocket. You give me
the watch with the suit the fellow
said as he started for the door. Two
men were passing the store and I called
them and they held him until the Off
Ger came.''
Wise declared that he had gone into
the store just after six clock and that
the proprietor had called him in. He
insisted that he had been drugged with
beer into which something had been
put and that after he was stupid from
the effects of the decoetion that insults
were heaped upon him. His story is
of most sensational nature.
Wise remained at the lookup during
the night and when he was brought up
for examination this morning he stuck
to his story for half an hour. He stood
up like major with his hands at his
side, his finger pointing right straight
down the seam of the pants in true
military fashion. His actions at once
caused the officers to believe that he
was a deserter but Wise had carefully
omitted any mention of army service
in the story of his life.
When was it you deserted from the
army9" was the question which was
finally pumped at him. "Oh well, 90
and collect the fifty dollars' was his
response and then he related the facts
in regard to his desertion. He asserted
that he had been a member of the
1O6th Infantry and that the company
had been sent to Ft. Douglas for in
structing citizen soldiers. He declared
that he believed hat the date of his
desertion was September 7 of this year.
Wise was not taken into court for a
hearing and he was returned to the
lookup to permit the officials to get in
to touch with the army officials at Fl.
Sheridan and find out just where the
man is wanted. It is just possible that
the name he has given is an assumed
name. At the time of his arrest he
gave the name "Walter Scott" and
asserted that his home was at Westin,
Mo. He had been in Kenosha for the
past four days and had worked for a
couple of days at the rope factory and
on Wednesday he had secured work at
the tannery.
The watch which had been taken
from Thomey was returned to him this
morning and it is probable that the
local officers will turn Wise over to the
federal officials rather than put a
charge of larceny against him in the
Mccall courts.
Try a Want Ad.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-04
MADE SENSATIONAL CHARGES
Told Police That Instead of Being Rob-
Der He had Been Victim of Dragged
Beer and Had Been Submitted to
Insults Police Seek His Record.

Edward Wise, Pleasanton, Kansas,
alias Walter Scott, aged % years, is in
the city lookup awaiting some news
from the War Department as to wheth-
er or not he is wanted as a deserter
from the United States Army.
Under a "third degree examination -
at the police Office this morning he ad-
mitted that he had deserted from Ft.
Douglas, Wyoming, on September of
this year. Wise was arrested just after
eight o'clock Wednesday night by Po-
lice Officer Ohmstead on charges of
grand larceny after a watch had been
taken from the tailor shop of Evan
Thomey on North Main street.
Wise told the police officers a most
sensational story in regard to the way
in which he had come into possession
of the watch. Thomey denied every
ma terial fact in regard to the story of
Wise this morning, but even after he
had admitted that he had violated his
oath as soldier in the United States
Army he declared that his story of his
arrest was true.
Police Officer Ohmstead arrested
Wise as he was making an effort to
leave the Thomey store on Wednesday
night. When he was searched, a gold
watch valued at twenty dollars, which
IS admitted to have belonged to Tho
mey, was found in his coat pocket.
This fellow came into the store
just after seven O'Clock, - Thomey told
the police. "He wanted to buy sec
ond-hand suit and [ showed him one
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-04
P. o. EMPLoYE INJURED.
Fred Jensen was Struck by Railway
Train at Garden Street Cross
ing and Seriously Hurt,

Another serious accident throws its
pail of sadness over the holiday time
for still another Kenosha family. Fred
Jensen, messenger of the post Office,
was struck by the 7:15 train Friday
night on the Garden street crossing
while pursuing the duties of his en-
ployment and sustained fracture of
the thigh bone and severe scalp in
iuries. He was driving when the acct
dent occurred and the horse got across
the tracks in safety before the oncom-
ing engine struck the vehicle, cutting
it clear from the horse and practically
demolishing it. The young man was
taken directly to the Kenosha hospital
and today gives promises of recovery
although it will be a long time before
he can expect to be in condition to go
about his work.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-04

Mrs. Louisa Malm, aged seventy
years and a resident of Kenosha for
many years, died on Thursday at
Racine hospital. She had been an in
valid for nearly twenty-five years.
The deceased was a daughter of the
late Peter Olsen. She was a native of
Sweden, but she came to Kenosha as a
young woman and lived here for most
of her life. She is survived by four
daughters, Mrs. Hulda Henderson, now
living in California, and the Misses
Gertrude and Ada Malm of Chicago
and Miss Rose Malm of Carleton,
Mimi, and two sons, Edwin and Albin
Malm, both of Kenosha. Announce
ment of the time of the funeral will
Ae made on Saturday
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-04
SEEK MISSING GREEK GIRL.
Kenosha Police Asked to Aid in Search
for Girl Long Missing from
Milwaukee.

Members Of the local police depart
ment have been asked to give their aid
to the Milwaukee department. in
search which is being made for
Voscilikie Bicos, Greek girl who has
been missing from Milwaukee since the
middle Of October. The girl is but
fourteen years of age and she left her
home to 60 on an errand. Nothing was
ever heard of her. At the time of her
disappearance she wore coat, dark
blue suit and hat Her relatives
think that it is possible that she came
to Kenosha to seek work in one of the
factories employing girls. A search
has been made of the factories here and
no trace of the girl has been found.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-04
Basement Green Tags
Left Overs and Samples
AT vERITABLE RUMMAGE PRICES

Women's Winter Coats Cleft overs) up
to $500, now .s...............S5 $500
Women's Winter Coats Cleft overs) up
to $25.00, now ...............S $500
Children S Warm Coats Cleft overs) up
to 800, now ............... $500
Junior Warm Coats Cleft overs) up to
$1,000, now ......$5 $500
Women's Separate Skirts up to 800
now 9o.UU
Women's Dresses, up to $500,
now ................... 90.OU
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-04

Try a Want Ad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-21
The Draft and the Harvest.

Secretary Bakers announcement that
the first call for troops under the new
army law will not be made until about
September l should allay apprehensions
of a general disturbance of the agricul-
tural labor this summer. 1t is vitality
important that the harvesting Of the
crop should proceed with the least in
reference. Actually it is more urgent
that the food supplies be gathered than
that the new army be organized. Yet
both processes can be conducted at once.
The work Of registration will begin i'm
mediately. The available men will be
enrolled and the actual draft of those who
are to 60 into the ranks can take place
without interrupting the farm work.
Those who are drafted can remain at
their present posts until the government
is ready to uniform and equip them and
put them into camps for instruction.
Those who are urgently needed in
the industries and on the farms can be
sent to the camps last, if they are ac-
tually taken at all for military duty.
By careful scheduling of the draft the
summer can be passed without disturb
ing conditions on the farms at all. II
ID obvious that the United States is not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-21
Readjusting the Train Service.

1t is announced that progress is being
made toward the reduction of unneces-
sary passenger service over competing
railway lines as a means of facilitating
freight movements. This is an impor-
tant measure of national defense. In
the more congested parts of the country
there has been for many years surplus
age Of passenger service. Competition
has led to the establishment of fast
trains and the addition of trains to
schedules as a means of attracting
patronage until in some instances the
. service is nearly 100 per cent beyond
the requirements. 1t has been estimated
that when the present plans have been
put into effect net saving of one-third
in the number of passenger trains op-
Grated will have been made, with cor,
responding gain in power and trackage
/, for the movement of freight.
But the saving of tracks and power
from the passenger service for the
Freight movement win not facilitate
isoods hauling II blockade i permitted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-21
Roosevelt.

Let not Mr.. Roosevelt's head be cast
down. There are cakes and ale for him
on this side the big water There is a
large field for usefulness at home.
That he desired service, and early
service, abroad one can understand by
simply considering the man. He is of
an eager and impatient nature. He loves
the thick of fray. President Harri-
son, who admired him, said that he not
only wanted to reform all things, but
to do it all at odce. Rome, as we all
know, was not built in day.
Mr.. Roosevelt has large following
among men of action. Young men of
adventurous turn come easily under his
SPELL 1t is upon men of action that the
country is relying today. This is their
opportunity, and Mr.. Roosevelt, though
not an orator, has the power to point
out the fact to them. Let him improve
his opportunity, and he will be doing
the state distinct and notable service.