The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-27

HAPPENINGS
of the eOeek
IN MISSOURI

oNi UAACSNAAb NhS ANSNCA
at Mexico the clay mines near Mont.
gomery were ordered closed until fur
Their notice. Manager John Long said
recently that he would put his men
to work developing coal mines in Cal
laway county if the coal famine was
not ended within a short time.
Antoine F~riendorffer, g. years old,
was burned to death as he lay i'll in
his bed at his home in st. Joseph. His
body was found On the floor beside
the bed by firemen. Apparently he
had been smoking his daily cigar and
had fallen asleep with it lighted in
his hand.
Benjamin Lunn burned himself to
death at his home in Charleston in
his second attempt at self destruction
in twelve hours. Lunn was a r~ecluse,
and to force an entrance to his cot
tage 1t was necessary to traverse a
network of barbed wire %entangle-
ments.
lie INeN. T. u. ollNtiNs DdSlOI VI
he Paris Christian Church, expects
to start for France as a Y. M. c. A.
worker in February. He was notified
this week that his application for a
commission had been up for consid-
grafton by the New York board and
that he probably would be appointed.
Tbo TTo;toJ non1b+or. ,c A. ro,
federacy, in their state convention at
Columbia, sent a telegram to Presi-
dent Wilson pledging themselves to
stand by him in the country's crisis
and do all in their power to help our
soldiers and those of the Allies win
the war.
John Schmoll, director of public
welfare in st. Louis, announced re-
Gently he will submit to the board of
estimate and apportionment a plan
for the establishment of municipal
coal yards in different parts of the
city for the sale of coal in small guam
titles to persons of moderate means.
Charles D. Matthews, "a years old,
president of the Bank of Sikeston,
died suddenly the other day at his
home of heart disease. His fortune
is estimated at $4,000, 600.
Judge D. P. Dyer of the United
States district court has appointed
William j. Vance receiver for the Mis-
souri, Plate Glass Company of Valley
Park, Mo. The action was taken on a
petition filed by creditors. The com
pany is capitalized at $500, 600.
Fire which recently destroyed the
shoe department of the Cess & Glenn
Clothing Company at Nevada, one of
the largest concerns in the city, caused
an approximate loss of $4,000, and for
4 time threatened an entire block in
the business district.
Mrs. Thomas Wood Parry of Kansas
City was elected president of the
state division, United Daughters of the
C~onfederacy, at Columbia, over Mrs.
Hugh Miller of Kansas City by a vote
Of 105 to Sc.
A newspaper consolidation deal
that has been pending for months has
been consummated at Nevada, the
Daily Mail buying out the Evening
Post. The consolidation becomes eff
tective on November J.. The Mail will
continue under its old management.
r. w. Curd and Hal Long, owners of
the Post, will retire from the news
paper business here.
c. o. Carlson's Sons and Burggreen
Brothers are shipping their broomcorn
crop, of which there will be twelve
carloads, OF about 144 tons. The corn
has been sold for 1910 a ton, or a to-
tai of almost $4,000.
Custer proceedings against Walter
overly, chief of the Augusta detec.
tives, and George Murphy, chief of
police of that city, have been filed
by Attorney General Brewster and
County Attorney r. T. McCluggage.
There are twenty counts in the petit
, ton against the accused officers.
The Augusta High School has
bought two 500 Liberty bonds and
gave them to the Red Cross, The 100
students of the school were response
BILE for the idea and carried it out
with little help from the faculty.
Leslie Wilkes, As years old, died
the other night at his home near Viii
. liamsburg. Blood poisoning followed
the prick of bramble briar on one OF
his hands.
julius Leon, IS years old, vice-presi'
dent of the Vandeventer Trust Com
pany of st. Louis, died recently in a
drug store near the bank. After leav-