Meade County news., 1917-08-30
GLASS IN THE WAR BANDAGES
Hutchinson Red Cross Workers Dis
covered Substance in Time-Gov- 4.
ernmcnt Agents Notified.

A catastrophe in France has been
prevented at Hutchinson by the dis!
/ covery of large quantities of powdered
glass in bandages prepared by the Sur
| gical Dressings Society of Hutchinson
| for use in the American Red Cross.
A great quantity of bandages was
where the women met daily for their
work On Friday, on their return
| from lunch, some of the women no
ticed the cabinet had been forced.
Powdered glass was found on most OF
| the bandages and small particles on
the shelves.
Government agents have been noti-
fled of the discovery and will conduct
thorough inquiry A man who wSs
seen by the women lettering about
Convention hall recently is suspected.
He made several remarks, they say,
showing strong German leaning. The
ontire lot of bandagcs was burned.
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Labor Men Elect.-The Kansas
State Federation of Labor elected
these officers for the year at the re-
cent meeting in hutchinson: A. ].
Johnson, Wichita, president and or
ganizer; Charles Hamlin, Leaven-
worth, secretary-treasurer; S. b..
Weaver, Topeka, first vice-president;
w. E. Freeman, Pittsburg, second vice
president; j. L. Gere, Hutchinson,
third yice-president
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Negro Gets commis5ion.-Dr. F. NJ.
Pearl, a negro physician of Atchison,
has received commission as second
lieutenant in the medical reserve
corps. He has not yet been instruct
ed where to report for duty.
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For Permanent Road.-A petition
filed with the jefferson county com
missioners asks permanent improve,
ment of the road from Oskaloosa to
the Northwestern depot at Valley
Falls
Lightning Struck Cistern.-Light-
ming struck the cistern of Arch Mil
Ter of Cottonwood Falls and so dam
aged it at the bottom that the water
is running out 1t is believed the
| lightning came down the water pipe.
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Daub Germans Store.-Daubs of
paint and signs accusing him of pro.
German sentiments, on his home and
store, greeted the eyes of Fred Gecke-
| Ter, for many years a shoe merchant
| in independence, the other morning.
1t is said he recently refused to con-
/ tribute money to d fund for an army
Y. NJ. G. A. While Walter Salathiel,
Socialist, viewed the signs he made
some remarks which displeased the
crowd and was chased for two blocks,
| when he was taken into store and
| protected by friends.
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Sanitary Zone for Fort RiIey.-The
| government will establish at once a
five-mlle civil sanitary zone around
Manhattan, Ogden and the Fort Riley
reservation, it was announced by Dr.
Paul Preble, of the federal health de-
partment.
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Gets Philippines Berth.-E. c. Ross,
for four years teacher of economics
and football coach in the Lawrence
high school, has been made chief of
the civil service bureau of the Phil
ippine Islands.
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$4,000 for Roads.-Plans have been
completed by the board of county com.
missioners calling for the improve
ment of twenty miles of permanent
hard surfaced roads in Labette county
in the next year. For this work a
fund of 100000 is available, the com.
missioners estimating that the road
improvement will cost $4,000 mile.
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Professor to Pupit.-Carl Kruger,
for twenty-five years a professor at
Midland college, in Atchison, has ae.
cepted the pastorate of st. Johns
Luth Iran church at Paterson, N. J.: