Meade County news., 1917-09-13
Government is in a Position to
Keep Vice From the Big
Army CantOnment.
SPECIAL AGENTS ARE At WORK
VioIators of Federal and State Laws
Will Be Vigorously Prosecuted
Officials Declare.

WIN dlC W OCNuDg DlS al my Suh
tonment at Fort Riley may be sur
prised to learn that they have done
much needless worrying about the
vice conditions liable to follow the
mobilization of the soldiers. The
federal government has taken hand
in the matter, through Fred Robert
son, United States attorney for Kan
sas, in so effective way that Camp
Funston will be better protected from
vice than the cities from which most
of the men will come.
For a week a large force Of special
agents has been at work locating the
probable sources Of vice. They will
continue throughout the stay of the
soldiers. An office has been created
by the government authorizing the ap-
pointment Of a special deputy United
States marshal to participate in the
investigations and to write complaints
and begin prosecutions before the
United States commissioner now sta
toned there. C. B. Drake, a deputy
on the staff of o. T. Wood, United
States marshal of Kansas, has been
assigned to this place.
The force of special investigators is
working under the direction Of the dis
trict attorney. They are instructed
to report any violations of state or
federal laws.
Prosecutions will be carried to the
fullest extent where covered by fed
eral statute. For offenses not covered
by federal statute, but which are
covered by the state laws, Mr. Rob-
ertson has cited a federal law which
gives the government jurisdiction.
This law says that the federal govern
ment may prosecute under the state
law if the offense is committed on gov
ernment property within the state, pro-
viding no federal statute fits the case.
Mr.. Robertson explained that under
this statute the government can prose-
cute every violation of both the state
and federal law in the federal court.
Even the Kansas Bone Dry Law will
fall under this statute. All Of the rigid
Kansas laws prohibiting gambling are
in the same class. Only petty Of
fenses which are common to police
court are liable to escape the govern
ment prosecution. State authorities,
through L. B. Morris, county attorney
at Junction City, are giving the gov
ernment fullest cooperation.
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How to Send Mail TO camp.-The
distribution of mail for the national
army is going to be one of the most
difficult things the division officers
will have to contend with. The regi-
mental and company rosters will not
be complete for possibly six weeks,
and meantime those already here must
have thteir mail.
Capt. John c. II. Lee, acting chief
of staff, has asked that all mail for
men of the national army be addressed
as follows:
John Jones, Jackson County, Kan
sas, Camp Funston, Kas.
The men will be assigned with ref
erence to the communities from which
they come and all of them from each
state, or from certain sections of their
home state, will be together. So if
the home town or county and home
state is placed just below the name in
brackets the mail clerks will send the
mail to the regiments composed of
men from that community, and the
mail will be sorted and distributed
there.
Ask Fort-to-Fort Road.-Petitions
for the building of the fort-to-fort con.
crete road are being circulated in the
southern part of Leavenworth county.
The route of this road runs through
Reno, Tonganoxie, Stranger and Fair.
mount townships in this county and
It is to connect with the Parallel road
out of Kansas City.
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"Lame" Railway sod.-The sale OF
the Leavenworth & Topeka Railway
to eastern capitalists has been an
nounced by W. A. Austin, receiver
The new owners will take control as
soon as possible and start to operate
the road. he said
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New Railroad Progressine.-Survey
work on the Gulf, Plainville e North
ern Railroad has reached Hoisington
ten miles north of Great Bend AL
work on the new north and south rail
road will be pushed from this end oi
the line.
Oats Went 1903 BusheIs.-Mark San
ders, farmer near Westphalia, raised
on ten acres 1880 bushels of oats, an
average of 10S bushels an acre.
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Bull Attacks Farmer.-C. Kanning
an Atchison county farmer, living
near Everest, sustained serious com
pound fracture to one of his legs anC
was bruised on the chest when he wa!
attacked by a bull recently. He Il
now in the Atchison hospital and Il
in serious condition, but probabl.
will recover,
Carry or Pay In Wichitt
retail grocers have voted to stop al