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The Washington times., 1918-09-29
MARINE ACTIVITY
HUNS IN QuANTICO

Quantico is a beehive of industry.
IT. that Virginia sector Uncle Sans
marines are given final, intensive
day and night training, until they
rank among the worlds most efficient
fighters. And they work.
The marine begins his day at 1850
a. m. and keeps everlastingly at it
until 4:30 in the accommodating.
digging trenches, marching over the
hills with heavy artillery, hauling
light guns, learning to use the bay
onet, shooting on the range, and using
gas masks in gas houses. From $3.50
a. m. to 4:30 p. m. is his ordinary
day. but such days are few and far
between at Quantico now. There Is a
shipping range-a three-square mile
area cut up by a trench system, dupli
eating sector No. 3 (Vimy ridge), in
the Lens district in France. Every
night there are two or three hundred
nipers out on this area for hours at
I time. The men who handle the
heavy artillery, the machine guns. and
he anti-air craft guns, do great
'eal of their work at night, besides
"eatIng up" the ordinary day work
prescribed for the marines.
There are no slackers at Quantico
Everywhere work is being done One
ears the thrust long point! short
point! in, outT' of the men welding
rayonets, the roar of the big guns
among the hills, the bark of the rifles
md machine guns out on the range:
one sees men swinging pickaxes In
he trenches, police squads keeping
npa ~ the r1aanRSf pamnE in
the world; miners and sappers build
in~ lob cabins: road builders at work
When a half-mile cinder road was
needed to connect two important
points within the post, fifty road ex-
perts were given six trucks and dele
gated to do the job, and told to es-
tablish a record. They did. The road
eighteen inches of cinder and light
cen feet wide-was in use two days
after the work was started.
Quantico is built on a blum, fifty
feet high. cv~r1ooking the Potomac,
and at one time there was danger of
the ground giving way and part of
the camp sliding into the river. There
are experienced engineers at Guam
tico, and many willing workers.
Great trees were cut brought down
to the waters edge, and one of the
greatest riveting Jobs ever attempted
was begun. The engineers and their
helpers built a firm foundation, and
foot by foot, on a hundred-yard front,
the structure began to mount up
ward, saving Quantico from becom-
ing a floating city"
After the three or four months of
labor the marines go through at
Quantico, the work OF licking the
Huns should be a real rest in COM
parison-
Work was begun on the barracks at
Quantico in June. 1917. Instructors
are fresh from the western, Italian,
and Serbian fronts. drilling the ma
rines continuously in trench warfare.
The Washington times., 1918-09-29
BRITISH COMMEND
AMERICAN FLYERS

Twenty-nine American flyers are
mentioned with credit for their eX-
ploits on the Western front in the
British Royal air force reports, which
were received here today.
These American officers, who went
over early in the war, when there were
no flying schools in this country, and
were taught abroad, have brought
down fifty enemy airplanes and seven
balloons from July to August IS.
The War Department announcement
referring to the fact that many flyers
we're taught abroad says:
The acceleration in speed and the
enlargement in numbers OF the Amer
lean aerial program, made possible by
this whole-hearted cooperation by the
allies, is a matter of grateful ack-
nowIedgment at this time"
The instances OF extraordinary
merit in action are these:
Lieutenants NJ. L. Campbell. l. A.
Hamilton, p. C. lands. J. A Heating,
- Simpson
General Pershing's earlier reports
show that the British distinguished
FLYING cross" has been awarded to
the following officers OF the American
air service: First Lieut.. George A.
Vaughan. jr.; First lieut.. Thomas J.
Herbert, First Lieut.. Morton l. Camp
bell. and First Lieut.. Lloyd \. Hamil-
ton.
or those mentioned in the British
reports. Lieuts G. Reed Landi, James
Alfred Heating, and Howard Clayton
Knots are from Illinois, the two first
mentioned from Chicago, and the last
from Carlinville.
The Washington times., 1918-09-29
PRINTERS GET RAISE

A decision granting an increase in
wages to the printers of Chicago was
announced yesterday by the War
Labor Board.
The wages Of the workers are in
creased from S2l a week to S24,5O
week, retroactive to July IL, 1918. The
rates are to remain in effect for the
period ow war unless conditions jus
tify the board in making a re-adjust-
ment. Night workers shall Work
forty-eight hours a week. The board
will assign an examiner to supervise
carving out Of the award.
The Washington times., 1918-09-29

- Buy That LiOerty -
Bond Tomorrow
o.
Draft Your
Old Watch
For War Service
The Elgin and
WaIthan Watch
Factories have
not been able to
supply the large
number of Mil
itary Wrist
Watches requir-
ed for our SOL
diers.
lost EVERY
WOMAN in this coun-
try can help to relieve
this situation. The
movement in your
good old ELGIN or
WALTHAM watch,
which you may have
laid aside as too large
or out of style, can be
remade into a RADIO
LUMINOUS MILL
TARY WRIST
WATCH, Wit H
KHAKI OR LEATHER
STRAP, FOR A GIFT
FOR ONE OF THE
BOYS IN THE SER
VICE or it can be con-
verted into a WRIST
WATCH FOR YOUR
SELF.
We have superior
facilities for convert
ing your old watch into
a wrist watch at a very
reasonable charge.
Or if you are in a
hurry for a Wrist
Watch you can
Exchange your
old Watch for
r~ any Wrist Watch
In our stock.
The Washington times., 1918-09-29

IS progressing rapidly-thou-
sands of stones are brou~ht
IN daily-are you saving
yours? The government
uses them in making gas
masks for our boys at the
front.
Five prizes offered for the
most seeds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-08
BOAT WAS UNSAFE.
Something Wrong Several
Hours Before Sinking.
According to Statement of One
of the Survivors.

Peoria, July s.-That there was
something wrong with the steamer
Columbia hours before she sank to her
watery grave in the Illinois river late
Friday is the story told by William
Tinny. of Pekin. who with his wife,
was one of the survivors,
Mr.. Tinney here this morning said:
ST and my wife were on the boat
with Mr.. and Mrs George Hines. Mr..
trip up the river from Pekin he
noticed that the boat was drawing too
much water, indicating, in his opin-
ion, that SIC was slowly sinking. He
wanted US to get off then. but we did
not think there was any immediate
danger, and prevailed upon him to re-
main on board until Peoria was
reached. Mr.. Hines went down to the
~engine room to tell the engineer his
suspicious, and he says the engineer
admitted it looked like something was
wrong. So far as I know, however. no
immediate attempt was made to ascer-
tain the cause. When we reached
Peoria. Mr.. and Mrs. Hines refused to
make the return trip on the boat. 1
and my wife took a chance. We got
out of the death trap but not before
my wife had been severely bruised
and we both had a narrow escape
from perishing."
That the steamer Columbia was run
ming too low in the water when she
made the up-river trip last Friday
night from Pekin with hundreds of
persons bound for an amusement
park here, and that something was
then wrong with her, was the declara-
ton today of George Hines of Pekin
an old riverman, who was on board
From my experience with boats
on rivers" he said this morning. st
was convince that the Columbia Fri
day night was drawing too much
water
When we reached Peoria my wife
and 1 got off and remained there 1
did not want to risk going back on
that boat"
Ninety-three persons went to their
death on the steamer Columbia when
| it went down in the Illinois river at
midnight Friday night with more than
500 excursionists on board. This esti-
mate was made by Coroner Clary this
morning after three more bodies had
been taken from the hull.
The three bodies this morning
| brought the total recovered up to 10
Coroner Clarey said that fourteen still
were missing.
The coroner also announced this
morning that his inquest would not be
held until the latter part of the week
or at least until after the funerals
of the victims had been held.
Every effort possible is being put
forth by officials to place RESPONSE
bility for the disaster.
Capt. George NJ. Green. Louisville,
Ky, acting supervising inspector of
steamships for this district. and C.
F. Mansfield, of Springfield, of the
attorney generals office, left early
this morning for the wreck. It was
| their intention if possible to get view
of the hull. They were accompanied
! by divers. Later they plan to hear
| every witness who can throw light on
! the cause of the accident.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-08
IN TRIBUTE TO HART
Impressive Funeral Services Held in
Topeka Sunday.

The funeral of Geo. W. Hart, held
Sunday afternoon at the First Pres
byterian church, was attended by Ro-
tarians, Masons and members OF the
knights and Ladies of Security, as well
as scores of his friends, who Joined in
honoring the memory of one OF To-
peka's best beloved citizens.
DR.. S. S. Estey, pastor of the church,
delivered the funeral address, which
was followed by the beautiful Rose
Croix ceremony, conducted by Clement
Smith, venerable master, assisted by
Willis Coates, Fred VoiIand and Col
J. d. Norton. A large number of
| beautiful floral offerings were banded
upon the casket and around the
altar.
Six Scottish Rite Masons, all close
friends of Mr.. Hart, acted as pallbear-
ers. They were: Q. ]. Wood, Frank
L. Sturges. B. B. Eitelman, A. H.
Purdy. ]. B. Doncyson and Guy
Morse. Six Rotarians who acted as
/ honorary pallbearers were: Henry
Bennett, E. E. Brookens, F. J. Funk.
F. B. Bonebrake, Luther Cameron and
| DR.. F. A. Rooster.
| Sloan lodge. No. 225, A. F. & A. M,
! had charge of the ceremonies at the
! grave in Topeka cemetery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-08

Russia's first provisional govern
ment, Prof. Paul N. Miliukof and
M. Gutchkoff, were at Hardin,
Manchuria, laying plans for the
establishment of a provisional
government in Siberia that would
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-08

be friendly to the allied cause.
Should such a government be es-
tablished at Vladivostok, it would
doubtless have the backing of any
allied naval forces in that quarter
of the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-08
SHE DIED AT 100
Mrs. Katherine Mcclure Was in
Topeka Methodist Home.
Received Pension From Gov
eminent for War of 1912.
HER BABY WAS ST YEARS OLD
Youngest Son Came To Visit
Mother and Fooled Officers.
Mrs. Mcclure Lived at Colony
Before Coming Here.
HER BABY WAS Ct YEARS OLD

The United States government has
just ceased paying widows pension
from the war of 1912. The national
obligation was closed when a CEN
tenarian, Mrs. Katherine Mcclure,
widow of a veteran of the war of 1912,
died a>few days ago. Mrs. Mcclure
had been in Topeka for the last four
years as an inmate of the Methodist
Home for the Aged, and after an ill
ness of a few weeks. she died last
week and was buried yesterday at
Colony, Kan.
She was one of a very few pension
ers from. the war of 1912. if not the
only one. Her husband. who died
more than half century ago, was
about twenty-five years her senior,
and entered the United States army
for the second war of independence at
an early age.
Mrs. McClure's brother was the first
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-08

Kansas martyr to the cause of the
abolition of slavery. His name,
Anthony Beuly, is famous in the
annals of bloody Kansas" and there
are many Kansans who recall the
story of his death He is supposed to
have been called out and hanged by
some of the pro-slavery partisans-
Mrs. Mcclure was born November
Is, 1918, in Tennessee. Her father
was a pioneer Methodist preacher of
that state. One of her sons is min
lister, and her brother. Anthony Beuly,
was preacher
Tho southern people. the family
were Ioyalists in '61 Mrs. Mcclure,
then a middle aged woman, knitted
for the boys in blue just as the women
now are knitting for their men in olive
drab. One of her sons fought with
the northern army thru the war. while
the mother wove Hnsey and piled the
knitting needles
Her Baby 81 Years Old.
Mrs. McClure's youngest son, is
man 81 years of age. He came to
Topeka to visit his mother a year ago,
and while she greeted him as her
baby" the authorities supposed he
had come to apply for admission to
the institution.
Every year while she lived in To-
peka Mrs. Mcclure had a birthday
anniversary party. At these festivities.
she always invited as her choicest
spirit one of the young men who was
employed about the institution and
attended school in Topeka. This
young man celebrated his 21st birth
day anniversary at the same time that
Mrs. Mcclure kept her 9Sth- The
birthday dinner and celebration for
the two was always made a joint at
fair She was alert and keen of mind
and in possession of all her faculties
until within a few weeks of her
death.
She afforded the greatest entertain
ment to the other members of the
household, who compared to her. were
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-08

The accompanying picture of the
United States cruiser Brooklyn in
the harbor Of Vladivostok reached
this country at about the same
time that news came from the far
east that two of the ablest men in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-08

Mitchell, states "At a smoker at the
Country club Tuesday night, Mitchell
distinguished himself and brought
further praise for Kansas, because of
the new dances which he introduced
direct from his western state"
Mitchell went to Ohio to attend the
convention of the Cabinet Sales
association, of which he was unani-
mously elected president in 1917. He
is credited with a great deal of the
success of the organization for the
year just closing. Mitchell is secre-
tary and sales manager for Crane &
Company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-08

Several men, experienced in hand
ling wild animals, spent hours tryin@
to get the tiger to enter a cage which.
is fitted as a studio. When the dan
gerous job was done, the photographer
fixed his camera between the steel
bars and then, perched on a ladder,
waited for the tiger to assume an ex-
preston that would be worthy of re-
production. The expression came and
the photogra pher got busy. But while
he was looking into the ground glass
and in the act of pressing the sprin g
that worked the shutter, the tiger
sprang at him and his machine. In
less time than it takes to tell.
camera and ladder were wrecked and
in a heap from a smash of the ami
mails huge paw. The photographer,
more frightened than hurt was
tangled up in the wreckage. Out of
the mass he managed to rescue the
plate which, when developed. regis
tered the rage in the animals face
when he decided on the attack
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-08
DIES IN IS INCHES OF WATER
Ten Year Old Boy Meets Death With
Father Swimming Near BY.

Manhattan, July 8.-Edward P
Longworthy, 10 year old son of A E
Longworthy, was drowned this morn
ing in 1S-inches of water in Wild Cat
creek While his father and three
brothers were swimming nearby. The
boy was initiating his father and
brothers diving. and is believed to have
struck his head on a rock, stunning
him. Discovering the lad missing, the
others soon found him lying dead in
shallow water. The Longworthy fam
lily recently moved to Manhattan from
Atchison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-08
POLICE WANT LARSON
Charged That He Assaulted Merchants
Transfer EmpIoye.

The police are today looking for
Bob" Larson, said to be a former
employe of the Merchants Transfer
company, who late Saturday afternoon
assaulted ]. c. Murphy, a driver for
the company.
The assault on Murphy, it is as
serted, took place near Second street
and Kansas avenue. The police say
Larson was in sympathy with the
striking teamsters and attacked Muir
ply because the latter was at work
Larson, it is declared, is a police court
chara cter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-08
GIFTS TO 1O5 IN DRAFT
CoIored Organization in Topeka Has
Proud Record-NIeet Tonight.

All members of Company A. First
nue., at s o'clock tonight for the pur-
pose of arranging for the presenta-
ton of gifts to the los negro draft
men who will entrain for Camp Fun
ston July IS. Capt w. W. Russell
says this meeting will be one of the
most important meetings held by this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-08

military rganization. Thirty-eight
men have gone from the organiza ton
into the military service of the United
States government, and the sixteenth
one to France from this unit this
month.
No one has left the company with
out some token of appreciation from
the organization. And gifts have been
made, not only to the members, but
also to every negro who has been
called by the boards or indicted into
the service from Shawnee county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-08

young folks with her "reminiscences
of old, forgotten, far-off things and
battles long ago."
Mrs Mcclure is survived by three
sons, one a preacher in Springfield.
No, one a retired farmer in Texas, and
the youngest one, a ranchman in
Wyoming. She has also a number of
grandchildren, one of whom lived at
Colony, Kan. Mrs. Mcclure made her
home at Colony a number of years be-
fore entering the home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-08
TIGER WRECKS CAMERA
Animal With Barnum & Bailey Show
Doesn't Like Publicity.

Amateur photographers hereabouts
should not envy the Barnum & Bailey
circus operator who spends his time
during the winter months trying to
make lions, tigers, leopards, hyenas
and various other wild and untamed
animals look pleasant. For instance,
take the accompanying photograph of
a ferocious Bengal tiger which will be
in a cage of the greatest mena gerie
in the world when the circus comes
to Topeka July 25.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-08

E. V. King. prominent Topeka
photograp her, left Topeka this after
noon to attend the convention. He is
on the - program with a paper on
Making Money in a Studio"
The Missouri Valley Photographers
association is a merger of three state
ociations-Kansas Missouri and
Nebraska. The merger was brought
about by commission of six men,
one of them being z. V. King. King
came to Topeka about years ago and
started a little studio, doing all of
the work himself. Today the King
studio furnishes employment for no
less than persons at all times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-08
E. v. KING ON PROGRAM
Topekan Reads Paper Before Missouri
Valley Photographers.

were in Kansas City today to attend
the opening session of the annual con-
vention of the Missouri Valley Photog-
ra piers association. The convention
lasts until July L..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-08
MITCHELL A DANCER
Well Known Topekan Introduces
Steps to Ohio City.

Charles L. Mitchell, who is in Mari
eta. Ohio. in a business trip. has
again brought Kansas to the front as
a place where wonderful new dances
originate An article in the Marietta
Daily Register-Leader. which carries
d headlined story and picture of
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-08
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