Meade County news., 1917-11-01
.ENDANGERS SOLDIERS LIVES
Leavenworth Officials Believe Disease
Germs Were Thrown Into the
City's Water Reservoir.

Germs Were Thrown Into the
city's Water Reservoir.
Following what is believed to have
been an attempt to poison water used
at Fort Leavenworth and in Leaven-
worth city by an unidentified person,
Col William A. Skunk, post comman-
dant, has issued an order that all
water must be boiled before using.
The action was. taken on the advice
of medical officers for fear that ty-
phoid germs were thrown into the
large reservoir.
Late the other night sentry on
duty at the reservoir discovered a man
crawling toward it through the under
brush. He fired five times, but was
unable to wound him. Officers fear
that the man threw disease germs into
the water before he was discovered by
the guard. The reservoir supplies
water to the entire fort and also to
the city of Leavenworth.
Officers in the laboratory at the fort
are making exhaustive tests of the
water, but have not made public their
findings. However, it was on their ad-
vice that the boiling of all water con-
sumed at the fort was ordered.
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Typhoid at X. U.-Herman Douhitt,
professor of zoology at the University
of Kansas, and two University of Kan
sas, students are sick with typhoid.
Another university student is suspect
ed of having typhoid. Helen Hertz
Ter and Dudley Brown are the two stu
dents now i'll at the university hos
pital. 1t is believed that at least one
Of the cases was developed before the
student came to the university this
fall. In spite Of the fact that the
city drinking water has been analyzed
by the university physicians as dan
gerous to drink on account of the
germs, only 325 students of the approx
innate 2,10O enrolled have been inocu-
lated for typhoid this fall. University
authorities have warned against the
danger and advised that all students
be inoculated. Last year three or
four deaths among students resulted
from typhoid and most of the cases
were traced to we'll water.
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Train Kills Kansan.-Taylor Was
son, a retired farmer, received fatal
injuries at 'Hallowell when his motor
car he was driving was struck by
Frisco freight train. Wasson died a
short time later. The. machine was
wrecked.
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For Their Broomcorn, $44,ooo.-C. o.
Carson's Sons and Burggreen Broth
ers are shipping their broomcorn crop,
of which there will be twelve carloads,
or about 144 tons. The corn has been
sold for 1910 ton, or total of al
most $4,000,
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School Buys Bonds.-The Augusta
High School has bought two 500 Lib
erty bonds and gave them to the Red
Cross. The 150 students Of the school
we're responsible for the idea and car
ried 1t out with little help from the
faculty.
Augusta Police, Accused. - Custer
proceedings against Walter OVERLY,
chief of the Augusta detectives, and
George Murphy, chief of police of
that city have been filed by Attorney
General S. M. Brewster and County
Attorney r. T. McCluggage. There
are twenty counts in the petition
against the accused officers.
Two Boys Shot at Wlchlta.-Homer
Ruth, 10 years old, son of a farmer
near Cunningham, is dying of a bullet
wound in his head and Leslie Lees,
10, son of a Cunningham contractor,
has a bullet in his right temple, the
result of mysterious shooting in
rooming house at Wichita. Lees, who
spent the night with Ruth, told his
parents he was awakened by loud
report and a pain in his head. He
utdIu duOtutI lOuu bOunu anu saw
Ruth fall across the bed, he declares.
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Wichita to Have Stock Show. -
Plans are being made to hold the Kan
sas National Live Stock Show in Wich-
ita the last week in February. E. F.
Mcintyre, who managed the interna.
tional wheat show, has been named
manager of the live stock show.
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Retired Farmer Dead.-H. X. Mer-
ritt, GO years old, resident of Atchi-
son county thirty years, is dead. He
retired from a farm and moved to
Atchison three years ago. His wife
and nine children survive. He was
born at Danville. Ind