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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-04-05
CLOSE TYRO GERMAN SCHOOL

The peace officers of Montgomery
county were called to Tyro, near the
state line Tuesday to investigate o
disturbance over the war. A real es-
tate agent there, George Seeman, said
to be an enemy alien and German
sympathizer, recently organized q
colony of his countrymen there, and
conducted q German school and a
German church. A Rev. Mr.. Mueller,
was both the preacher and school
teacher, and it was alleged by other
citizens there that meetings have re-
Gently been held there which were
not in the interest of the United
States. Battle developments early in
the week caused them to open up and
talk freely. Hail Bowyer, a young
patriot, asked Seaman what he would
10 in case Germany was successful
and attacked this country. Seeman is
said to have replied that he would
help the Germans, whereupon the
Young man knocked him down with
out further ceremony. Further
trouble followed and there were
threats of burning the school and
church. A search of the seeman
house revealed a high powered rifle.
He claimed it belonged to a man in
Oklahoma who had bought it to kill
wolves with. The officer took it and
closed the school and all the facts
will be placed in hands of federal Of
fcers.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-04-05
BIG NEW SMELLING PLANT

A fifteen million dollar smelling
plant with departments for the manu-
facture of sheet zinc and sulphuriC
acid fertilizers is being built near
Henryetta, Okla, where the cheap
gas can be utilized. The report is
hat operators of mines in the Kan
as-Oklahcma field are financing the
project. 1t is further reported that
he stockholders are owners of ~
mills in this district in operation and
20 now in construction. The new COM
aany is Incorporated under, the name
Of the United States Producers smelt-
ing Company. 1t is said to be the
irst producers institution in the en-
tire Missouri-Kansas-O Oklahoma dis
.ricts ever organized to fight the
smelling combine in this district. The
owners Of the plant say they will have
he smelters in full operation before
he first of August and now have 70
cars of material ready for business.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-04-05
DOUGLAS SCHOOL PLAY

"An Evening With Dunbar" will be
presented by the Douglass Auxiliary
Club of the Douglass school, Satur-
day, April 8, $3.50 p. m, at the A. M.
e. church. The features Of the pro-
gram will be the setting to music and
dramatization of some of the work OF
the late Paul Lawrence Dunbar, and
some "reminiscences of plantation mel
odies. A social will follow the pro-
gram, at which hot fish and numerous
other refreshments will be served.
Where the social will be given, will be
announced later. The proceeds Of both
affairs will be placed in the piano
fund. Mr.. Lee is anxious to complete
the payments on the school instru-
ment before the scholastic year ends.
The pastor and trustees have kindly
donated the church. All are welcome.
Admission, adults, 15c; children, 1Oc.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-04-05
CLEARING HOUSE
FOR FARM HELP
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
WILL AID FARMERS TO
SECURE HELP
CITIZEN DONATES SPACE
Farm Help Shortage Expected
To Be Acute In and Near
Industrial Centers About
Baxter Springs

The Chamber of Commerce, al
though busy with affairs of municipal
growth and expansion is not forget
ting the farmer population within the
city's trade territory, which fact is
instanced by the formation Of clear
ing house branch of the Chamber OF
Commerce to help the farmers secure
help this summer.
Secretary C. NJ. Sarchet has already
notified the farmers and farm help
within the circulation of the Citizen
of this action of the civic body. In
response to this he has already two
names of men wanting work on a
farm for publication at this time and
doubtless will have several more in
the near future.
This service will cost the farmers
or help nothing, but is in line with q
national movement to give the farm
ers of the country every assistance in
the raising and harvesting of crops
this year.
To make this possible and inexpen-
sive the Citizen will contribute free of
charge whatever space is necessary
in accomplishing this service, how
ever large or small it may sum up.
Following are the names of the
two men who have written to the
Chamber of Commerce wanting farm
work: Thos B. Strickland, Rt. d, Ga
lena, and Chas. Buyenhagen, Rt. l,
Richey, Mo.
Those wanting work should write to
the Chamber of Commerce and the
secretary will Immediately have the
names published in the Citizen. Those
wanting help should also correspond
with the secretary, which, if done in
advance of the application for work,
will save publication and make certain
being in early as farm help is said to
be very scarce in the lead and zinc
mining section.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-04-05
AGREEMENT COVERING RE-
LATIONS OF WORKERS
AND CAPITAL REACHED
FOR DURATION OF WAR.
Terms Will Not Be Made Public
Until Approved by Secre-
tary of Labor
Wilson

Washington, April IAN agree
ment governing the relations of CAPT
tai and labor for the duration of the
war, which will be made the basis Of
national labor policy, has beer
reached by the labor planning board
after sessions lasting more than o
month.
Terms of the agreement will not be
made public until approved by Secre-
tary of Labor Wilson, charged by
President Wilson will the formulation
of labor administration, but it was
learned tonight for the main purpose
of the conference.-the adoption of q
plan to prevent strikes-had been
achieved. Labor representatives, it
was said, pledged the members of the
unions engaged in war work not to
strike until after government inves-
legation of differences between the
workers and their employers. This
was taken to mean that ALL disputes
would be put in the hands of mediat-
ion boards for settlement, an arrange
nent long sought by government Of
iicials who have to do with the pro-
duction of war materials.
Two important points on which a
full agreement is understood to have
been reached are the question of the
open or closed shop and that of re-
;triction on output.
Both sides, it was said, agreed that
here should be no discrimination
either against union or nonunion
labor and that the so-called closed
shop should remain open until it be-
came impossible to fill shops with
workers without putting unorganized
workers in union shops OF union men
open shops to make up deficiencies.
The unions, according to the terms
If the agreement, will be permitted
% proselyte and will not be restrict
ID in organizing labor.
In return for assurance on the part
of labor that no restrictions will be
put upon the outfit of union mem
capital has agreed, it is understood,
that wages paid for piecework shall
not be reduced during the war. This
arrangement was hailed by govern
ment officials as a long step forward,
as a great amount of complaint has
arisen because of restrictions unions
have put on the amount of work that
a man may do.
The labor planning board COM
prised twelve members, five named by
The American Federation of Labor
and five by the National Industrial
Conference board. Each side named
two men to represent the public. Re-
of capital named former
President Taft and the labor delegates
named Frank P. Walsh. These two
men alternated as chairman of the
board.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-04-05
HIGH SCHOOL STAGES PLAY
Almost Entire High School Assists In
Operetta To BE Given This
Friday Night

The Baxter Springs High school
under the direction of Mrs. Hazel
Cammack, assisted by Misses Mabel
Rummel and Mildred Abel, is staging
the operetta "Slyvia" next Friday
night. Misses Rummel and Abel will
handle the drilling and dancing and
Prof. o. NJ. Rhine will supervise the
speaking parts.
Practically the entire school is TAX
ing part in the production, which it
is said, will he the great hit Of the
season. Drilling and other prepare
ton has been under way for the past
three weeks and every one in the
caste is certain the play will be q
great success. Tickets will be placed
. on sale Tuesday and may be secured
from any high school student for 5C
cents for adults and 35 cents fol
children. The play will start prompt
" at s o'clock in Library hall. The
chorus is made up of farm lads and
lassie all decked out in bright cos
tunes. Most of the costumes for the
play have been ordered from the cos
tune houses at considerable expense,
Time or effort has not been spared in
making the play as nearly perfect and
interesting as possible.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-04-05
OBSERVE THE TINE CHANGE

It has been reported that some few
of Baxter's merchants are adverse to
observing the change Of time as it re-
lates to the daily opening and closing
periods of stores. This is the wrong
attitude and the measure, as a war
measure, is deserving Of 100 per cent
observance. The change in time should
apply to the hours Of the highly paid
professional man just as much as to
the man who is moving dirt-and
will. If certain merchants are Of dis
position to sleep little longer in the
mornings and take advantage Of the
longer afternoons to keep their stores
open in the afternoons and evenings
we do not believe it is necessary to
call attention to officers regulating
the change in time. Try this; Let
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-04-05
CONGRESSMAN COMING
iTan High in Federal Administrative
Circles Coming to Give Mining
Field q "Once Over"

Hon. Scott Ferris, representing the
Sixth or Lawton, Oklahoma, district
in Congress, will visit Baxter Springs
and the Oklahoma Kansas mining dis
trict in the near future. A letter
from him was received today by c.
II. Sarchet, secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce, accepting the invita-
ton recently extended to him by the
Chamber of Commerce and the Tri-
State Mine Safety and Sanitation As
sociatiOn. Mr.. Ferris says: "This
would enable me to get acquainted
with conditions and become of more
help not only to my own state but to
the State of Missouri, the state Of my
nativity, and the State of Kansas"
Mr.. Ferris is a native of NeoshO, No.
He is chairman of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee to conduct the De-
mocratic campaign this year.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-04-05
SLEEPY BUT CHEERFUL

All Mondays are blue Mondays, but
today is sleepy Monday. When ev-
erybody in a community rises an hour
earlier when unused to it, close scru-
tiny Of a crowd is a little amusing.
OF course yesterday was the official
day for the changing of the time, but
folks slep just long enough on Sun
day morning to be fifteen minutes
late for Sunday school and didn't
make formal acquaintance with the
early hours yesterday. Lots Of folks
saw the dawn this morning for the
first time this spring and'as it was a
beautiful spring dawn it didn't taste
bad. But just an hours difference
does have a powerful effect upon a
regular man and what a good play
the leaning posts viii get all day To-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-04-05
MOVE LINCOLNvILLE DEPOT

The. Lincolnville depot, south OF
Quapaw, is to be moved about a half
mile north of where it now stands
which will make it somewhere near
the east end of Fourth st. For some
time an agitation has been under way
to move the station on account Of the
inconvenience occasioned by the pres
ent location. The work Of grading
has already begun. LincOlnville has
been growing somewhat Of late and
many thought the depot would not be
moved at all.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-04-05
HOW THE WIND BLOWS

Many people argued that Baxter
would be injured seriously by an in
terurban line. With the line not yet
into the territory Baxter will tap
the medium of the interur-
ban, it is easily perceived that the in
terurban is more asset than liability.
At one time Columbus was very much
opposed to an interurban and the city
would not allow the company to enter
the town. Later when the advan-
tages of the interurban became APP
parent and trade from the coal min
ing towns north began OF pour in all
opposition to the line disappeared. So
strongly were the people convinced
that they paid the company several
hundred dollars to get the line built
in to the square and the interurban
was the biggest contributing instru-
ment to the prosperity Columbus en-
joyed until the coal mines north were
worked out. Baxter is strong in a
commercial way and is waxing strong
er every day and need have no fears
of any town or city brought in reach
of competition. Baxter now is almost
unanimously in favor of the interur-
ban, not because it is here, but be-
cause it is demonstrating its worth to
Baxter. Fear of good rail facilities
is indication of weakness on the part
of q town and Baxter is strong, very
strong. Baxter as a residence city
don't take her hat off to anything
within reach and the more interur-
bans, railroads and good public high
ways she has, the better. Baxter
Springs, Kansas, is going to be the
address of several hundred dozen
people busy within quite a mileage
circumference. Those who get in on
the ground floor won't have to climb
flights Of stairs.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-04-05

The Holly Club of this city has on
display in the window of the Baxter
Supply store the first baby layette
ever made in this city for the Belgian
and French refugee babies. This
club meets the first Monday in each
month and makes an entire layette'
Mrs. Leon Willard and ]. Z. Wiles are
he purchasing committee who pur-
chase and cut out the layettes and
have them ready for the club so that
there is no delay in starting the work
The Club ladies are thoroughly enjoy
ing this work and are displaying this
layette hoping to interest other clubs
of the city in this much needed work.
Mr.. E. E. Woods, of the Baxter Sup
ply store, donated the material for
The layette to be made Monday, April
1, when the club will meet with Mrs.
C. H. Griest, of Lincoln Ave., and
when finished will be on display at
this store. The members wish to most
heatily thank Mr.. Woods for donat-
ing the material for the layette. The
following are members of this club:
Mesdames w. T. Hope, Frank Perkins
Jas. Hartley, C. H. Griest, Jno. Wiles,
r. NJ. Gilman, Leon Willard, M. E.
Wheatley, E. L. Wright, Geo. Rucker,
and Misses Grace Perkins and leila
Wright.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-04-05
FAIL OPENS OFFICE

o. W. Fail has opened a real estate
insurance, loans and mining lease Of
flee in half of the new Gas Company
building on South Military st. Mr..
Fail now has a desk in the office but
all of his new office fixtures will not
be in until Saturday. Mr.. Fail will
have a very nicely appointed office.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-04-05
GOOD JACK FOUND
CLOSE TO CITY

Samples of drill cuttings taken from
a hole on the Opperman forty joining
the city on the southwest, show up
mighty fine, indicating that there is
plenty of ore on this tract for mine
Seven holes have been drilled on the
forty and in all the drill has penetrat-
ed a good face of jack. The forty is
just south of the A. L. Jones ten acres
that fronts on Military street, recent
" purchased by L. C. Hooker.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-04-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hunsaker came
down from Anna, Kas., Saturday
night and spent the week end with
visiting Mrs. Hunsaker's mother, Mrs.
Jennie Rowe, in this city. Mrs. Hun
saIzer was a teacher in the city schools
OF Baxter before she was married
Mr.. Hunsaker is the manager Of the
WaIbert q Undertake store at Anna.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-04-05

Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Fail have moved
to Baxter Springs from Yuma, Ariz.,
and are locating in the south part OF
town. Mr.. Fail intends to go into the
real estate business with his brother,
Mr.. o. W. Fail.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-04-05
RED CROSS RECITAL

Next Tuesday night at the Presby-
terian church Miss Ruth Barnes,
pianist, will appear in recital, assisted
by Mrs. H. D. Long. The admission
fee will be % cents.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-06
BARRIERS Ask Moro Pay
or VIII Strike Sept. 16

A general walkout of the journey
men BARRIERS in this city is threatened
if the boss BARRIERS do not accede to
their demands by the middle of Sep
TENDER, it became known this morn
ing. The Journeymen BARRIERS Asso-
citation met al 1876 Smith street last
night and, after a lively discussion,
decided to make a demand on the
boss BARRIERS of the city for a raise
in salary. They are now reoeiving
SIS and $40 a week n they want
$25. The hours to be from 8 in the
morning until 8 at night with the
exception of Saturdays. Sol Barba-
.rotta is president of the JorfusJmen
BARRIERS and there are thirty-two
members in the CITY,
The association decided to send a
communication to the Bos BARRIERS
Association stating their demands
and il they do not receive a reply fav-
orable to their letter they will go out
on strike September 16. The high
cost of living, the journeymen say. Is
the a they are forced to ask for
higher wages at this time. They say
if the bosses do not yield many OF
them will open shops of their own in
opposition to them. The cutting out
of tips by many customers when the
last raise in haircut and other extras
in shops Is believed to have prompted
the journeymen to take action.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-06
Germans Claim FOCh Copying
Hindenburg's Offensive Tactics

NEW YORK, Aug. 22-Marshal
Foch Is credited by some of the Ger
man newspapers with adopting q
new method defense learned from
.Hindenburg." The allied commander
is said by the German correspondent
of the Berlin Vorwaerts to have APP
piled the method to the defensive
fighting just before the great Allied
offensive began at the Marine salient
In July.
The method is described as a with
drawal of troops from the first line
and placing the main force on the
second line. This weakened the effect
of the German artillery.
Enemy batteries were In such deep
formation" writes the Vorwaerts' COR
respondent, that their barrage struck
the German attack not in front of the
first line, but only in front of the sec
ond line. This defensive action, learn
ed from Hindenburg, naturally de-
mands a new method of attack WHICH,
will not be long in coming "En"l t1t
ao4fffffSN1D has made
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-06
Canine Life Saver.

Dogs have been given their share OF
credit for saving human life, from time
to time, but II is doubtful II any canine,
however faithful, has ever given a bet
ter account Of himself as a life saver
than a dog did here. While driving
home to their farm from Pipestone,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Thiele were run
down at a cross road by another car
which was travelling at great speed.
When the crash occurred the Thlele
car was picked up by the other and the
force OF the collision threw a fifteen
months-old baby from Mrs. Thiele's
arms. The child would have met GER
tain death beneath the cars but for the
fact that In falling the baby struck
a dog which was riding on the foot
board Of the other a r The dog grab
bed the dress of the child and chung
to 1t until the cars could be stopped.
The baby received fewer injuries than
did the other occupants Of the cars.
Both machines were badly wrecked
Pipestone (Minn.) Dispatch.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-06
AiTTnen Make Record
When the Big Push Started


~6n PIKE, dnder state aid anE5s.)
ton, and the. -akN AEHODROME
lized.fss HERE IN FRANCE. Aug. %
pilots stood in a semi-cfr-
Gle around a desk on which was
spread a large map.
The push starts tomorrow" said
the colonel. I'VE have allotted to
US this zone. II Is our job to wreck
stations. trains and bridges in there"
The pilots saluted and walked out.
BY nine o'clock the next morning.
two trains had been derailed, one
ammunition train was ON fire and
still exploding. and two railway sta
tions lay In ruins. The infantry,
thanks. in part. to the work OF the
airmen in hampering the movements
OF the German reserves. had advanced
a mile on a ten mile front.
The official aviation report for the
day said: "One of our machines is
missing; two German machines were
destroyed"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-06
-Four Commissioners to Go
to Europe for Soldier Vote

TRENTON, Sept. 6-Four commits
sioners from the state will go over
SECS to take the New Jersey soldiers
votes instead of two. as originally
planned.
This information came from Secre-
tary of State Martin here today.
The Republicans will be represent
ed by two commissioners and the
Democrats by two. He declared this
was considered advisable not only
because of the possible danger to
which the commissioners might be
exposed in travelling across he At
lantic, but also because of the ma
ture of the work four men could do
1t better than two.
State Motor Vehicle Commissioner
william l.. Dill, who was the Demo-
cratic representative to go abroad on
this mission, has decided that he can
not leave his work h~ers<sssduse OF
Hfartia decfccd that the COM
missioners would be named Monday.
One of them is to- be Captain Arthur
Foran, o Republican of Governor
Edges staff.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-06

The moon may be Of tremendous
importance TO young folks hanging over
the garden gate or to night marauders
with an incurabIe thirst for water
melon. but II should have no sinister
significance to gardeners or farmers.
In some sections OF the country pre-
walls a popular belief that in the sea-
o when frost is TO be expected its
occurrence Is largely Influenced by the
phase OF the moon or other periodical
phenomena. Careful tabuiation or
frost data and comparison with moon
phases fails to disclose any such rela-
ton. All persons interested are there
fore cautioned to watch not the moon
but the forecasts issued by the wealth
er bureau.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-06
French omcial Report

BIZ Associated Press.
PARIS, Sept 6:-French troops last
night continued to push forward on
the entire front between the Somme
and Vesle, says today's war official re-
port.
South of Peronne, French troops
made further crossings of the Somme
in the region of -Epenancourt. Fur
there south the Ham-Peronne road
was crossed at several points.
South of Ham the towns of lie Pies
s-Patte-d-Oie and Berlancourt were
captured, and still further south the
pursuing troops pushed beyond Guivry.
Crepigny and Abbecourt.
In the region north of the Ailette the
French reached the outskirts of Sin
ceny and the plateau north of Landri-
court, and south of the Ailette, the
advancing forces are along the Vaux-
aillon ravine.
The statement reads:
I'm thescourse of the night we o
tinued to advance on the entire front
between the Somme and the Vesle. Our
troops continued to cross the Somme
in the region OF Epenancourt, and
further south pushed forward al sew
eraI points as far as the road from
Ham to Peronne. South of Ham the
French occupied lie Plessis-P atte-d-Oie
and B~erlanconrt and passed beyond
Guivry, Caillouel-C repigny and Able
court.
North of the Athletic we attained
the approaches to Sinceny and the pla-
tear north of Landricourt. South of
the Athletic we are along the Vauxail-
lon ravine.-
"On the vesle front the Americans
carried out their lines as far as the
outskirts of villers-en-Prayeres and
occupied Glemies.