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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-05-24

First Published in the BaHter Springs
News May 3, 1919
NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION
TO VACATE A PART OF VANEP'S
ADDITION TO THE CITY OF BAX.
TEN SPRINGS. CHEROKEE
COUNTY. RANS.
Notice IL hereby given that the under.
signed owners have filed with the County
Clerk OF Cherokee county, Kansas. their
petition, directed TO the Board OF County
Commits aionerA Of said county. praying
that the said Board of County Commits
sioners vacate that part Of Vanep's addi-
ton to the city Of Baxter Springs. county
Of Cherokee aud State of Kansas. as fol
lows, to-Wit:
All Of blocks nine ~. ten uOD, eleven CD
six 90, seven ca, eight i0, three co. and
two (sl, and Iotr one ID. two ~, three go,
four 90, flve 80. ak tel. seven 90, eight
-, niue (sl. eleven IN, twelve I'D,
thirteen (lsl. fourteen.(l4l and hfteen u5)
~ block one ~; and Grove street In said
addition from the north side of Water
~trret to the South side of Walnut street.
and Grand street from the north side OF
Water street TO the south side Of Walnut
street and Murray street from the east
siIe ui Center street 20 the east end there
Of: and North street from the esat side of
Center street 20 the east end thereof; ell
~ ul'"ve described land being . part OF
and ,i'uated in said Vanep's addition TO
the CT, of Baxter Springs, and that said
petition will be presented 20 said Board q
County commissioners at Columbus.
Kansas. Ou fuue 4, 1911. at q m, the same
being the iir day OF the regular June
session Of said Board, and that all persons
interested or concerned can appear ut that
time and plsce, and be heard under said
petition.
Dated this Sr,i day Of May. 1911.
NATION STAPLES
Al. HARvEY. Bx'r
Estate A u C,Hsrvry, deceased.
Owners % 81 the property described IN
aid palltlnn.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-05-24
Schroeder. Defendant.
PUBLICATION NOTICE

State 1T Kansas to the above named de
PENDANT. Luther Schroeder-GreetinR
You are hereby notified that the Plnint
i'll, Charles r. PolsteT, on the 3rd day al
May. 1917 filed his petition in the above
entitled court In said cause, wherein lac
nAks that the following descT bed real es'
tate, situate in Cherokee county, Kansas,
to-wit:
The east half CE I'D Of the south vest
quarter (SW 10 and the southwest quar-
ter (SW / Dof the southeast quarter SEl.+l
OF section fourteen 90 in township thirty
four (3p south Of range tWenty.fuuS (9tl,
east ~ the Sixth Principal Meridian, con.
tanning in all approximately Que hundred
twenty (l2Ol acres be pHTtitiOued between
the plaintiff and defendant according 10
their respective interests rs set forth in
40 id petition and You are further notified
that You have been sued and must nn-
swer the petition filed by the plaintiff on
or before the 18th day of June, 1917, or the
petition will be taken as true and judg.
ment rendered accordingly, as asked by
the plaintiff, and that said real estate will
be partitioned.
CHAS, +, POLSTER,
By Grant WaRgoner, Plaintiff
His Attorney
lSeall Attest;
FRED SIMKIN.
Clerk Of the District Court.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-05-24

lost his feet, rolled upon his back for
an instant and the pack rushed in,
eager to rend the last of life from the
leader whose power had ceased to
exist.
From out Of that gray, snafllng,
blOOdy-llpped mass, Kazan drew back,
painting and bleeding. He was weak.
There was a curious sickness IN his
head. He wanted to Ne down n the
eneG hut the old and iufanibls IN
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-05-24

First Published In the Baxter Springs
News May :. 1917
In the District Court of Cherokee County.
State Of Kansas, sitting at Columbus.
Charles +. Pulster. Plaintiff.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-05-24

Estate A n C1Hsrvey, deceased.
Owners of Ell the property describsd IN
aaid pe1ltion.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10
Every Member of Last
Years Grid Champions
Hears Call to COLOrS

A record of which they may be
justly proud has been set up by
the Athletics foot ball team, Class
B champions of Omaha last year.
Every member of the team and a
number Of the regular rooters have
responded to Uncle Sans call to
the colors.
George Flannery, Albert Golden,
Charles Greene, Joe Hasford, Joe
Adams, Will Greene, Maurice Kahn,
Ed Alpherson, Ed Callahan, Fritz
Nygaard, Carl Lutes. Vern Mag
ney, Harry Trembly and Albert
Stahl have joined the quartermas-
ter's department.
Elmer Small and Frank Kenni-
son have joined the regular army,
while Tom Dineen, ]. Kennedy,
Jim Vickery, Tom O'Leary and Jim
O'Leary row are bluejackets in the
navy.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10
OMAHA'S LIGHT
PLANT IS SOLD
TO new owners
Nebraska Power Company Has
Taken Over Interest Of Omaha
Electric Light and Power
Company.

1t Is now officially announced that
the plant and property of the Omaha
Electric Light and Power company
have been purchased by the Nebraska
Power company.
The new owner institution is COM
posed of men extensively engaged in
operating electric service companies
in various paris of the United States
and eminently successful>in develop
ing such properties.
The company's power plant has re-
Gently been enlarged by the installa-
ton of new steam turbine, giving it
a total generating capacity Of $4,000
horsepower, while further extensions
are already preparing.
The development of territory be-
yond the limits of Omaha as we'll as
in Omaha will be pushed on an ex-
tensivc scale and in an intensive man
ncr,' said Vice President Davidson.
Our effort will be to add new indus
tries to this city by imp cssing indus
trial prospects with the electrical
power advantages offered here
To Transmit Power.
Transmission lines will also carry
current to many towns and communi-
ties and even to the farms beyond the
metropolis. Electric current, when
available, is playing no small part in
solving the labor problem on the
farm. 1t is a vital factor in enabling
the farmer TO market his produce at
a reduced overhead expense. The
possibilities Of electric power on the
farm have not yet reached their limit
1t is a twenty-four hour service and
thus is its value enhanced many-fold
There are churns, feed grinding ma
chimes, separators. mixers, pumps for
irrigation and mapy other kinds Of
apparatus which the farmer may op-
crate by touching a button; the little
motor does the ret"
See Lower Rates.
The promise is held out that as the
territory increases the tendency will
be TO lower rates, for the history of
power plants shows that one central
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10
Pershing and Staff
Presented to King

London, June e.-General Per-
shing was received this morning at
Buckingham palace by King George.
He was presented to the king by
Lord Brooke, commander of the
Twelfth Canadian infantry brigade.
General Pershing was accoma
panied to the palace by his per-
sonal staff of twelve officers. After
the audience the officers paid for
NAL call at the United States en-
bassy.
A further contingent of American
officers arrived at British port to-
day on the steamer that brought
Foreign Secretary Balfour. The Off
GERS were met by representatives of
the American embassy.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10

) Paul. o'Day, county prosecutor.
later went to the farm and identified
the body as that Of the Keet child.
Fearing possible mob violence, sew.
eral prisoners held in connection with
the abduction here have been taken
hurriedly out of the city.
Parents Identity Body.
J. Holland Keet, wealthy banker,
and his wife identified the body of
their son.. which was wrapped in the
same blanket in which the child slept
when he disappeared. This was COW
cred by woman's underskirt. D..
The body was found on nearby de-
serted farm which previously had
been searched on information that it
was the headquarters of an abduction
syndicate" which also had planned
the kidnapping of rich Springfield
jeweler and St. Louis munitions
manufacturer. ....
A coil OF wire was tied around the
body and death apparently was due
to drowning. There was a slight
bruise on the face, probably sustained
when the child was thrown into the
well. The body was found by friends
of the Keet family, acting on private
informaticl.
Abductors Forced to Flee.
The belief is general that the baby
had been thrown into the well when
the abductors, fearing for their own
safety, were forced to abandon the
child.
Federal authorities today joined in
the alleged abduction plot activities
of the seven persons being held in
connection with the kidnapping in the
belief that they may have been con-
cerned in German plots to tie up the
munitions traffic.
Citizens Follow Close.
Clinton, Mo-, June "a telephone
call was received by hotel keeper
here late today stating that citizens,
following the sheriff who is removing
the prisoners who were held on ab-
duction charges at Springfield, Mo-,
would arrive here this eve. The citi-
zens requested that accommodations
be reserved for them. 1t is not now
known how far the citizens are be-
hind the sherif's party.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10
HAIG'S men MAKE
new ADVANCE ON
MESsINES FRONT
British Troops Again Smash
German Line, Penetrating
for Distance of Half
Mile.
ASSOCIATED Press War Summary,


General Haig's determination to
give the Germans no rest was exem-
plihed last night when the British
penetrated German positions around
Lens to a depth Of more than half
mile.
The field of this attack lies from
fifteen to twenty miles south of that
Of the big drive made by the British
in Belgium on Thursday, which re-
suited in the capture of the command
ing Wytschaete- -Messines ridge and
its retention despite desperate Ger
man counter attacks.
The two fields of attack constitute
points from which the great manufac-
turing district of northern France,
centering in Lille, may be subjected
to alternating pressure.
The British success today is taken
to mean that the fall of Lens, the
great French coal city, is near and
that another great blow is about ready
to be struck towards clearing the
Germans from their long held and
much priced French possessions in
this area.
King Congratulates Haig.
London, June 9.-It was officially
announced today that King George
has sent to Field Marshal Sir Douglas
Haig, communicating chief of the Brit
ish forces in France and Belgium, the
following message:
1--WE rejoice that, thanks to the
thorough preparation and splendid
cooperation of all arms, the impor-
tant Messines ridge, which has been
the scene Of so many memorable
struggles, again is in Our hands.
Tell General Plumer and the Sec
ond army how proud we are of this
achievement by which in few hours
the enemy was driven out of strongly
entrenched positions which had been
held by it for two and half years.
GEORGE R. L.
Counter Attacks Beaten Off.
British Headquarters in France,
June 9.--(Via London with their
overwhelming weight Of massed guns,
and i'll hand-to-hand lighting at some
points, the British have beaten off all
German counter attacks upon their
newly won positions beyond the Mes
sines ridge. Prussian and Bavarian
troops, driven forward under a storm
of fire poured upon them from ad-
vanced British batteries positions,
suffered frightfLlly. As this dispatch
is written they had succeeded in re-
capturing and holding only one Brit
ish post at Klein Zillebeke, which had
been pushed we'll forward of the con-
solidated main British line.
Beaten back in the center, the Ger
mans apparently have massed toward
the fanks of the front on which the
British advanced. They attempted
several times to organize heavy coun-
ter attacks in the direction of Warne-
ton, but the British guns upset their
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10
Russ Soldiers Den0unCe
KaiSer'S Peace Offer

Petrograd, June 9.-The council of
Soldiers and workmen has made pub
lie the fact that the German conf
der-in-chicf on the eastern front
sent wireless message inviting the
Russian armies to separate armistce
and proposing that they enter into
secret pourparlers with the German
leaders. The council denounced the
proposal
In the telegram the councils an
nounceme. states the German COM
mander proposed to how the armies
a way toward an honorable peace
and means of ceasing to wage war
without rupture with the entente
allies.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10
PROPAGANDA OF
FALSE HOOD TO
ALARM PEOPLE
Persistent Reports Of Big Dis
aster to U. S. Navy Result
of Teuton Conspiracy,
Says Sec. Daniels.

Washington, June 9.-Widely cir
culated false reports of naval battles
and disasters to American and en-
tente forces have reached the point
where Secretary Daniels has concluded
that they are the result OF an organ
lied conspiracy to alarm and distress
the American people. Today the sec
rotary issued the following statement;
The country is being poisoned by
rumors OF battle and disaster that are
without the slightest foundation.
Among most persistent of these
false reports is one that naval en-
gagement has taken place between the
German feet and the combined fleets
of England and the United States,
and that in this battle sixty English
and American ships were sunk or dis
abled, two of the number being the
Pennsylvania and the Texas.
No Ship Lost.
"No such engagement has taken
place. The American feet has not
been in action. No ship has been
lost. The declared policy Of the Navy
department is one of absolute open
ness. If disaster comes no effort will
be made to minimize it,
THE people of the United States
are asked to trust in this pledge and
to aid in stamping out this campaign
Of rumor that is SO plainly the product
of disloyalty."
False Statements in Berlin.
Copenhagen, June 9.-(Via Lon
don. 1.-The Continental Times. sub
sdized newspaper, appearing in Eng
lish in Berlin, prints as New York
report statement that the Ameri-
can senate has made arrangements TO
intern all Germans who arrived in
the United States during the last
three years.
Washington, June 9.-The state
ment attributed to the Continental
Times is obviously inaccurate and is
regarded as another evidence Of the
persistent campaign of misrepresent-
ing conditions in America to the Ger
man people.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10
Rousseau Named Manager
OF the Fleet Corporation

Washington, June 9-Harry L.
Rousseau, civil engineer and member
OF the Navy department commission
on additional navy yards, has been
appointed assistant general manager
of the emergency feet corporation,
succeeding F. A. Eustis, who was
dismissed yesterday by General Goe-
thals.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10
WILSON STATES
POSITION OF The
UNITED STATES
President in Strong Terms Out.
lines Attitude of the Amer
lean People in Note
to Russians.

Washington, June ??.-Presiden
Wilson, in a communication to the
new government of Russia, has made
nlain the war aims of the United
States and its position on mo annexa'
tions; no indemnities.
"No territory must change
hands, except for the purpose Of
securing for those who inhabit it
fair chance of life and liberty
says the communication.
"No indemnities must be insist
ed on except those that constitute
payment for manifest wrong
done.
mo adjustments of power must
be made, except such as will tend
to secure the future peace of the
world and the future welfare and
happiness of its people"
In unmistakable terms President
Wilson declares against Germany's
proposal to restore the Status quo
before the war.
1T was the status quo ante, out OF
which this iniquitouS war issued
FORTH" he says, "the power OF the
imperial German government within
the empire and its widespread domina-
tion and influence outside of that EN-
pire.
That status must be altered in such
fashion as TO ..revent any such hid
eous thing from ever happening
again.
Text Of Message.
The presidents communication was
delivered to the Russian government
by Ambassador Francis at Petrograd.
In full it is as follows: ~-
'In view of the approaching visit
of the American delegation to Russia
to express the deep friendship OF the
American people for the people Of
Russia and to discuss the best and
most practical means OF cooperation
between the two peoples i'll carrying
the present struggle for the freedom
of all peoples to successful consum-
nation, it sens opportune and ap-
propriate that | should state again in
the light of this new partnership the
objects the United States has had in
mind in entering the war.
Those objects have been much be-
c1ouded during the last few weeks by
and misleading statements
and the issues at stake are too momen-
tous, too tremendous, too significant
for the whole human raceto permit
any neutrality-suspicious. or misunder-
standings, however slight, to remain
for moment.
Kaiser Using All Means.
"The war has begun to go against
Germany, and in their desperate de-
sire to escape the inevitable ultimate
defeat, those who are in authority in
Germany are using every possible IN
strumentality, are making use even Of
the influence of groups and parties
among their own subjects to whom
they have never been Just or fair or
even tolerant, to promote pro-
paganda on both sides of the sea,
which will preserve for them their in
huence at home and their power
abroad, to the undoing of the very
men they are are using,
The position of America in this
war is so clearly avowed that no man
can be excused for mistaking it. 1t
seeks no material profit or aggrand-
izement of any kind. 1t is fighting for
no advantages or selfish object of its
own, but for liberation of peoples
everywhere from the aggressions of
autocratic force. The ruling classes
in Germany have begun of late to
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10
U. S. Ship Virginian
Has Fight With Submarine

An Atlantic Port, June "a run
ming fight with a German submarine,
in which forty-two shots we're fired,
was reported today by the armed
American steamship Virginian upon
its arrival from a French port.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10
IoWa Municipality
Buys Liberty Bonds

Webster City, Ia, June e.--(Spe-
cial Telegram.)-The city council
this morning made application for
$4,000 worth of Liberty loan bonds
to be paid for with municipal funds.
Webster City is municipal owner
ship town, owning the electric light
and power plant and water works.
There is $4,000 on hand in the cleo
trio light fund, and it is planned to
take more Liberty bonds when the
next call is issued.
Webster City is the first town in
Iowa to invest in these bonds.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10
N0UeL Scheme to AU0id
Draft Fails to Work

A novel scheme to avoid army
draft was tried by young man at
Valentine, Neb. The federal author
tiles soon will arrest him. He regis
tered under an assumed name and
received 4 registration certificate.
Under this plan if the name he gave
was drawn, he could claim that he
was not drawn. He failed to con-
slider that the officials would note
that his real name did not appear
on the registration list.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10
EIihu Root and Party
At IrkutSk, Siberia

Irkutsk, Siberia, June 9-Elihu
Root and the other members of the
American commission to Russia ar
rived today enroute for Petrograd.
The commission was enthusiastically
greeted at the larger stations along
the route.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10
New York's Registration
Is NearIV One Million

Albany, N. Y, June 9.-New York's
total selective draft registration was
992,834, Governor Whitman tele-
graphed Provost Marshal General
Crowder today. The indicated pos
sible exemptions were 45l l,3l5. States
eligibles estimated at l.l00,20S.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10
OMAHA BABIES
COME TO CLAIM
LIBERTY BONDS
Bouncing Cir! at SChoessIer
Home Gets Under Wire for
First Honors Fifteen Min
uteS Past Midnight.
LET THEM COME.

The promise of a Liberty bond
for every baby born in Omaha Sat-
urday did not exhaust the possibili-
ties. Suppose the family happens
to be blessed with twins or trip
let's" someone asked.
At the mere suggestion the
patriotism of General Harries
promptly rose to the occasion and
he has offered an extra bonus Of
an additional $50 Liberty bond for
each of the babies that arrive in
Omaha during the day in twos or
threes. mo limit to the number
of applications" said the general.
A baby girl born TO Mr.. and Mrs.
Conrad Fl. Scboessler, 24l5 South
Nineteenth street, at l2:l5 Saturday
morning will be the first bab. born
TO claim a $50 Liberty bond. The lit
tie stranger was Immediately named
Liberty"
The Omaha Liberty bond commit
tee announced several days ago that
a $50 Liberty bond would be given
to each and every baby born June 9.
The Schocssler baby is not the
only infant that will claim a bond.
Many Others Arrive.
A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Harry L. Gustafson, 4515 Franklin
street, at Sis this morning. This
little chap will also get bond
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Wayne E. Sawtell, 72O North
Twenty-eighth street, at $50 this
morning. Eleanor Ann, as she has
been named, is entitled to bond.
William McAIoo," son of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. NJ. Harden, l4l9 North Fiji
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10
Three Million Dollars '
Loaned by U. S. to Serbia

Washington, June 9.-Loans Of 49,
100000 to Serbia and $75,000,000 to
Great Britain were made today by the
Treasury department.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10
There is
There is
an untitled demand
for rooms of the better kind.


Hundreds of desirable peo-
pie are 5eeking j:-::==tt the kind
of room you have vacant.
Y,u will be doing thesA peo-
pie a Great favor by supply
ing them with comic table
pleasant home.
Then think of the additional
income you will receive.
Many of these folks will
gladly pay S25 per month or
more for a homelike room.
Write an ad describing that
spare room, or, better still,
just phone
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10

Springfield, Mo-. June 9-The body of Lloyd Keet, IA
months old of j. Holland Keet wealthy banker found
well the Crenshaw farm here today, according
reliable reports. [h."t
The report by telephone from investigators who had
gone the farm response information the Of which
has been revealed The child kidnapped than
week ago. ' r..'
The body, wrapped in woman's underskirt, partly
decompoed and apparently had been the well
days, according to the report
The Crenshaw farm eight miles from here recently
searched by authorities after it had been named in alleged
statements given by under arrest here An old
house there deserted for several said to have been
chosen the headquarters for the alleged abduction synd
cae which planned to kdnap A. Clement wealthy eweler
here, and a St. Louis munitions maker. y 4# 1l-EN
The Keet baby stolen from the family hoe here the
night of May 80 His parents had gone dance and the
baby was left with nurse and older Three
believed be the abducors and they took the
baby from his crib and escaped in an automobile -.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10
The Weather

For Nebraska-Fair; warmer.
Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10
Tyler 1000

and a competent ,d-taker
will assist you to tell what
you want
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10
BODY OF KIDNAPPED KEET BABY !
FOUND IN WELL ON FARM EIGHT !
MILES FROM SPRINGFIELD, MO-.
Child was Wrapped in Woman's Underskirt and Had
Probably Been Dead Three Days; Farm Named
by Alleged Suspects as Headquarters
of Abduction Syndicate. -.

BULLETIN. &c.,.
report just received from Bolivar stated that the
had captured and returning with the prisoners.
No confirmation of the Bolivar report had been received
at 745 p. Police report they received from
Osceoa, saying that the citizens automobiles less than
half mile behind the sheriff machine. t.~ ut..s
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10

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