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Williston graphic., 1919-04-03
CHECKER COLUMN
Edited Especially for the Williston
Graphic by r. r. Rutledge

Last Wednesday evening the check.
er player Of the city spent very en-.
joyable evening at the home Of Iven
Metzger. Many interesting games
were played and some very close
scores recorded.
Among the 50 called professional
players that were present, Mr.. Cal
vert was the lucky winner and among
the tournament held by the other
players U. L. Burdick took first prize,
Rev. S. Hitchcock second and Ted
Settle third.
After the game very splendid
luncheon was served by Mrs. Metz
ger assisted by her sister-in-law Mrs.
Robinson which was we'll enjoyed by
the guests.
Below are the answers to the prob
lens that have been running in this
column for the past weeks:
Problem No.
Black 21; Kings 20-22-28.
White 30; Kings 1892.
Black to move, white to draw.
Solution-2O-24, 1927, 24-19, 27-32,
1923, 1927, 22-18, 27-31, 1915, 1926,
1919, 1851, 1924, 1926, 23-19, 1851,
Drawn.
Problem No. 2
Black 1, 2, 3, 5; Kings 10, 27.
White z, 9, 10, II; Kings 18, 25.
White to move and win.
Sclution-9-6 2-9, 1916, 10, 17-14,
1O-17, 1922, 1926, 25-22, $40, 22-13,
White wins.
Problem No. 3 -
Black 4, IL, ID; King 21.
White 9, 10, 20; King %.
White to move and win.
Solution-9-6 4-8, 6-2, 8-1l, 2-7,
11-15, 7-3, 14-18, 22-17, 21-7, $40.
White wins
Problem No.
Black kings 4, IA, 10.
White 6, Is, 16.
White to move and win.
Solution-15-10, 1912, 6-2, 14-7,
Pill. White wins.
Problem No. 5
Black 16, 21; King 18.
White 26, 80; King "a.
Black to move, white to draw.
Solution-16-2O, 24-27, 1915, 27-23,
1911, 23-19, III, 1928, TO, 23-18,
1916, 1914, 6-1, 14-1O, is, 1916, 81,
6-2, is, 2-6, 81, 60, is, GA, 81,
14-18, is, 1928, SO, 1927, Ola,
1915, 14-17, 1913, 1913, 1922, 1879,
1926, GA, 1928, 14-1O, 23-18, 1O-6,
1914, 6-1, 14-9, is, 22-17, 5-14, IT. 10,
21-25, 1915, $3.50, 1919, 1926, 27-32,
1922, 1924, 2O-27, 1928. White wins.
Problem No. 6
Black II, 21, 26; Kings 8, 20, 20.
White Is; Kings 6, 18, 10, 32.
White to move and win.
Solution-18-22, 1925, 1924, 20-27,
1920, S-11, 6-10. White wins.
Problem No. Z
Black 3, 6, 7.
White IL, IA, Is, 30.
White to move and win.
Solution-12-8, 3-12, 1926, 1916,
1928, 1920, % -19, 2O-24, 1910.
White wins. ~
Problem No. 8
Black 2, II, 21; King 20.
. White Ia, 10, 26, 80.
White to move and win. IN
Solution-19-15, 11-1S, 1922, 1926,
14-1O. White wins.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-03
Dated April I, 1919.
Williams Council Council of Defence.
Per O. L. Hide, Chairman.
42-2t. John Murphy, Secy.
WHERE ARE THE DEAD?

WHERE ARE THE DEAD?
Lecture by v. c. Rice, Pittsburg, Pa.
In order that the people of this
city and vicinity may have an op-
portunity to consider this convincing
and heart cheering message, the In
ternational Bible Students have ar
ranged for this great lecture to be
delivered FREE to the public, at the
Court House Sunday 800 o'clock P.
NJ. April 13, 1919. a NJ 42-2t.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-03
Approves Irrigation

Mr.. Arthur of the Irrigation Pro.
ject received wire today from the
Secretary Of the Interior in which the
Secretary says that the operation of
this project has been approved. There
was some question about appropria.
ton but this wire clears the way and
assures irrigation. Further particu.
lars will be given next week.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-03

FOR SALE-Household furniture. In
quire at Hedderich basement.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-03

FOR SALE--Two fine lots, each front,
1O0x14O feet. l block from West
Lawn school. Inquire at Graphic Of
flee.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-03

FOR SALE-Red cedar split posts in
car lots. Buy direct and save re-
tailers profits. Reasonable terms. j.
F. jacobson, Kennewick, Wash. 3S-4t.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-03

FOR SALE-Ten head of horses and
mares, good work horses and safe
drivers for women and children. Six
miles northwest of Williston. H. c.
Blankenship. 39-tf.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-03
Black
White
White Is, %, 26; King ~.

White Is, %, 26; King 27.
White to move and win.
Answers to the games will be pub
lished in this column from time to
time by the editor. Try and work
them out and then wait for the an
All questions pertaining to the
game will be answered in this col
umn. Address your questions to
r. r. RUTLEDGE,
Williston, N. Oak.
FOR RENT - Two partly furn-
ished rooms for light house keeping,
4O8 North Main Street.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-03

LOST-Bunch of keys at post Office,
2 or 8 keys. 81 reward for return
to Graphic Office. 35-tf.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-03

FOR RENT-A modern fiat. Inquire
of H. R. Lampman, Phone 572.
41-tf.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-03

ROOMS FOR RENT-Have rooms
for rent in modern house. Call at
618 first avenue east or phone 162
Black. 42-tf.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-03

POSITION WANTED - Experienced
janitor wants more places, offices,
stores or banks. I can keep your
places clean. Prices reasonable. Am
reliable. Inquire Of Janitor, Graphic
Bldg. Att.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-03

FOR SALE-House for sale at .
bargain. Nice little house located
on West Broadway. Can quote at
tractive price to party who means
business. Address 565, care Graphic,
Williston. N. d. 19-tf.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-03

WANTED-Clean cotton rags for
wiping purposes at the Graphic
office. SC per pound. 37-tf.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-03

WANTED-Girl for general house
work. Phone 800. Mrs. ]. A. Cor
bett. 1st Ave. East. 35-tf..
Williston graphic., 1919-04-03

Salesman. Actove, ener-
getic man, with or without selling
experience. Opportunity to estab-
lish in own community business pay
ing 81 to SO per day. Stetson Oil Co.,
Station E., Cleveland, Ohio. 42-1tp.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-03

FOR SALE-Three hundred twenty
acres good land, sixteen miles from
county seat, eight miles from nearest
town, one mile from good coal mine,
one-half mile from school. Must be
sold. Mrs. F. E. Tilden, Williston,
n. d., Box 451. 42-3tp.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-03

WANTED-Men with cars wanted at
once to sell stock for Farmers
Newspapers. Can be employed in
home territory. Apply P. L. Aarhus
box 919,. Fargo, n. d. SOFT.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-03

WANTED-Girl for general house,
work. 2OS West Broadway, phone,
433. 34-tf.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-05
KANSAS HEROES
Continued from Page one.l

(Continued from Page one.l
price for their victory and come home
covered with an equal amount of
glory. The 10th field signal bat
TALON includes one Topeka unit-the
radio company, recruited and com
manded by Capt. Elmer E. Stahl, be-
fore the war superintendent of the
Topeka city light plant.
The radio company of 10th field
signal battalion is practically an To-
peka men. The unit was quartered
at the Topeka high school, received
it's first instruction in military move
ments on the lawns of the state house
grounds and went to France at the
same time as the men in the 1S9th in
fantry.
In forming the parade the head of
the column reached almost to the
middle of the Melan bridge And the
cheers of the crowd resounded all dur
ing the time themen in the 139th in
fantry band stood waiting for the
order to move
But when the band struck up the
music. when Band Leader Lieutenant
Morse twir1ed his baton, and the long
column of veterans began to move
the cheering began.
Noc did the noise lessen even to the
slightest degree as the men moved
south on Kansas avenue. Instead it
grew more and more spontaneous
and more noisy-if such were possible.
1t TgaS no circus parade lhlS tlTne- IL
was the vociferous. heartfelt welcome
home of a city to her sons who had
covered themselves with blood and
with glory and who were home again
ready to follow the pursuits of peace.
Off To Funston.
The last section of the 13eth infan-
try entrained for Funston left at 2
O'Clock this afternoon. The men were
allowed to mingle with the crowd at
the state house grounds for a short
time and were then marched back to
the station and loaded onto their train
sections for Funston. The parting at
| the depot this time was not at all like
] the parting two years ago Then the
men were going to war and no one
| knew whether they would return or
not. Some of them were destined not
| to. But this parting was just for a
short forty-eight hours or such a mat
The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-05
DELAY PEACE AGAIN
French Press Says Foe Will Get Peace
Treaty Thursday.
(By the Associated Press.)

Paris, May SIT is now certain, ac-
cording to the French press, that the
tr atty of peace will be& solemnIy
handed to Count Won Brockdorff-
Rantzau, the German foreign minister,
by Premier Clemenceau at Versailles
on Thursday afternoon.
The contents of the first five chap
ters of the treaty have already been
outlined, dealing with the preamble,
German frontiers, territory changes,
German colonies and the military
naval and aerial features of the pact
The sixth chapter will define the
status of prisoners of war, and the
seventh will concern the responsibili-
ties of the former emperor and other
Germans for the war. The eighth and
ninth chapters will be devoted to
phases of the reparation problem and
financial clauses. The tenth will deal
with economic clauses, the eleventh
with ports. railroads and water COM
munications; the twelfth will concern
international labor legislation; the
thirteenth will embrace guarantees,
and the fourteenth will contain gen
eral clauses dealing with Ratification
Marcel Hutin, of the Echo de Paris,
learns that France will get absolute
control of the mines in the Sarre val
ley and a guarantee for their ex-
ploitation. He says the president of
the administrative council will be a
Frenchman and will probably have
executive powers
The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-05

FURNISHED by the Topeka Board Of rrade'
Chicago, May 5.-The Tribune: GRAIN
The corn market is SO nervous that ma
jority of the big local operators are letting
it alone. They say it is too fast market
for them to try to guess and it is too dan
gerous to have extended lines either
side. A fluctuation of nearly 40 cents for
the week is something unknown to corn
the bears as favorable for break in the
price should the weather conditions be bet
tered this week. 1t is a good deal of two
sided market. Sentiment In oats is divided.
Some of the larger operators are disposed
to sell on the bulges. They do not take
Those Te nS' Who are % friendly to the buying side
argue that oats put in the ground when
it is exceedingly wet. do not grow well,
but there have been years when oats seed
ed under conditions equal to the present
have made a good crop. point made by
an advance of purchases of oats Is that
Corn receipts at Chicago last week were
the largest of the season, being 2,0230O0 or
15S, 900 in excess of last year. Nearly one
third of the corn came over the>Illinis Cen
tral, showing tlrHt it. came largely from
Illinois. Oats receipts were 1,2i5.00O short
in New York Saturday for shipment by
June 10 at 20 cents under Chicago. Septem-
Der b. of I. memberships sold Saturday at
SSSI5 net to buyer. julius Barnes. presi-
dent of the food administration grain cor
poration, will talk to r. of T. members
Tuesday; May Q. from 12;lO TO II; Tho The
ley interests have decided to recommend
a change in the contract grade and in the
method of grading and trading, favorfng
that in force in Minneapolis. They VIII ask
the directors to make No. contract grade
with No. / deliverable at contract price
and No. at discount This will put the
Chicago barley market on the same level
with Minneapolis and encourage spreading
between the two markets.
New York. May 5-The Financial News
Bulletin: STOCKS-We expect to see more
bullish interest in rails. The industrial
speciality list continues attractive, but more
conservative trading seems advisable in
this department. Speculative concentra-
ton may be gradually transferred for
time to low priced rails and railroad equip
ment issues which have not advanced eN-
tensively. The Tuesday holiday may in
duce profit taking on a considerable scale
during bulges today.
Reports in anthracite circles have lately
been persistently referring to accumula-
ton of Reading, com. for several days
Segregation rumors are, however, again
brought forward. The broad proposition
that the carriers are about to enter n new
and constructive era with more liberal
treatment should not be ignored by those
active in speculative Investments in prop
critics like Reading, whose enormous poten-
tial assets hold out big promise when
normal conditions return as they must in
the not distant future. strong bull pool
is reported among floor operators to be
working the long side of Mo. Pac. and
there is a great deal of enthusiasm for the
stock found among leading houses. Sources
which have been very bullish on r. L. o.
are recommending profit taking with the
idea of replacing on declines.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-05

mother and wife who held the babe up
high that the father might kiss the
daughter who arrived after he had
sailed for France.
Only scattered details of the fight
for life at the Thacher home, 1921
Mulvane street, ever reached the
fighting sergeant with the field signal
battalion. In the days when the war
news from over there was just be-
ginning to carry tho right ring. Baby
Thacher came. For three days the
physicians fought for the lives of the
mother and her babe. 1t was a hard,
uphill struggle. A cable went to the
father at the end of third day, how
ever, which carried the assurance that
the wife and baby were safe.
Mother and Baby Down Early.
And this morning the Thacher home
was deserted early. With Baby
Thacher wrapped in warm blankets,
the mother went to the Union Pacific
station where she gave the returning
sergeant a welcome received by few
soldiers. 1t was the welcome of the
mother and babe who had fought the
battle at home and won.
Mrs. Thacher was formerly Miss
Anna Crane. Sergeant Thacher was
formerly employed by the Topeka Edi-
son company. He was a mighty val
liable man. Manager Purdy said to-
day when told the former employe had
returned. you can bet there will be
a place waiting just as soon as he
cares to return to work"
The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-05
BAD WEATHER AHEAD


Continued from Page One.)
passed over the weather in this state
will remain unsettled.
Since O'Clock Sunday morning the
river has risen feet. 1t is now flow
ing at a depth of 121z feet. A two
foot rise was passing Wamego this
morning. 1t will hit Topeka some
time tonight. 1t will put the river up
to about bank. full. There is no dan
ger at present, says Flora, but if
heavy rains should occur in the valley
northwest of here, it might bring the
river out of its banks. No heavy rains
are indicated, however.
The temperature at o'clock this
morning registered 45 degrees. To-
night it will drop to about 55 degrees
and will rise to 65 tomorrow after
noon, altho the day will be cloudy and
possibly bring showers. The extremes
on record for this date were 86>in 1896
and "a in 1890. At o'clock this
afternoon the wind was blowing at the
rate of s miles an hour from the
northeast
The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-05

night Tobacco specialties were .aln
prominent. American snuff rising points
and Lorillard Z. Gains of l to points
were made by Royal Dutch, Texas coin-
pany, Harvester. Linseed, Inspiration cop
per American zinc, writing paper prefer
red, international paper and Atlantic Gulf,
the latter rising to the new record of 1JiA.
st. LOUIS ami San Francisco preferred
featured the rails at point advance
Tomorrow's holiday nrobably accounted
for the intermittent profit taking aud con-
sequeut irregularity of ericeE during the
the first half hour but tie sluggishneSs of
U. S. steel and 1 to points reactions in
several of last weeks favorite issues ere
more than balanced by tile strength else
where Canadian Pacific rose points aud
other standard rails to rs, oils also al
utilities. notably Texas company, Amefi-
cnn sugar, beet sugar. California packing.
Brooklyn transit consolidated gas and
Ohio rls
The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-05
TOLEDO THE CITY?
Tex Rickard Will Name Willard
Dempsey Fight Site Today.

New York, May 5.-Tex Rickard.
promoter, was expected today to an
nounce a site for the Willard-Dempsey
fight.
1t was believed his announcement
would be to the effect that Toledo had
been chosen. but he stated last night
that guesses in this direction were
premature.
In case Toledo has not been selected,
it Is probable some other Ohio city
has. In any event it is believed Matt
HinkeI, Cleveland, will be named ref
cree, largely because of his high stand
ing in Ohio pugilistic circles.
Ohio Governor Silent on Bout.
Chicago, May 5.-Gov. James NJ.
Cox of Ohio, who was here today, said
he was not ready to announce wheth-
er he, would permit the heavyweight
championship fight between Willard
and Dempsey to be held in Toledo,
should Tex Rickard, the promoter, an
nounce that the Ohio city had been
chosen as the battle-ground.
"All developments concerning the
Willard-Dempsey bout at Toledo
have taken place since I left Ohio "a
few days ago" said the governor. 'I
have nothing to say until 1 return to
Ohio"
The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-05

ter and then the soldiers will be
home-to stay. There was no occa-
sion for tears or forced smiles at this
parting. The smiles were spontaneous
nom existence.
The 11Oth field signal battalion left
Topeka for Funston a little after 8
o'clock this afternoon and the parting
of the men In this unit and their rela-
tives was much the same as the part
ing of the men of the 139th and their
relatives.
The evacuation hospital unit ana
the units of the 10th sanitary train
left short time after the other units.
From Over State.
Topeka never entertained such a
happy, expectant and anxious a group
of visitors in its history as Sunday
afternoon and evening when fathers.
mothers, wives and sweethearts by
the hundreds from half a dozen Kan
sas towns poured into the city to wait
for the soldier boys who pulled into
the Union Pacific station at different
hours of the night. 1t was the ONE
day that had been pictured in every
ones heart for years. the day that
they would see again the face of thei:
soldier boy.
Restaurants, hotels and roomins
houses were besieged and filled to
overflowing by q nervous, hysterical
and question asking crowd of out OF
town people who had driven into To-
peka in automobiles and wagons to
wait for the trains that would bring
the boys into Topeka. From the min :
ute of their arrival until they found
| themselves in the embrace of a SOL
der boy in olive drab, their anxiety
and questioning about the arrival OF
the train did not cease.
Streets Crowded.
The streets of Topeka Sunday after
noon were filled with out of towr
folks waiting for the boys. The res.
taurants did a land office business in
the evening and bachelor Topekan;
found the same difficulty in eating g
quiet evening meal/a they do wher
the Kansas State Teachers association
holds its annual convention.
Hotel blotters today bear the name.
of 'the home folks" from Abilene
Downs, Oskaloosa, Herington, Well.
| 1ngton, Marion, Newton. Junction City
and even Coffeyville. Hardly had they
| learned the time of the arrival of theil
| soldier boys train when they rushed
to phone the glad tidings to mother
| father or whoever was the bedriddeI
or crippled member of the family wht
| had to stay at home. 1t was a golC
mine for the telephone company, al
| inferno for the long distance tele
phone operators and great excitemen
for the folks at home. who were thu
| kept in constant touch with news from
| the front in Topeka.
And, when they did arrive, all TIN
| pent up feelings, anxieties and low,
exchanged only at long distance ant
| censored, at that, was expressed il
| kisses and embraces which will liv,
/ in memories for years. There wer,
tears, tears of joy.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-05
KANSAN MADE OWN WINE
Now He Must Pay $tOO Fine and Go
to Jail.

Pittsburg. Kan. May 5.-The plea
of Jutino Avellino, of Gross, that he
thought he was not violating the bone
dry law by keeping his home wine
which he made himself, failed to save
him when he was brought into court
on that barge by Co -nty Attorney A.
B. Keller. He did Aot appeal from the
800 fine and thirty days sentence
imposed by the justice.
Mrs. Margaret Kleier. of Franklin.
who was convicted on four counts as
the result of being caught with a
motor car load of booze, appealed
from her S4O0 fine and four months
Jail sentence.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-05
Ohio Governor Silent on Bout
MUST BE A JUNE BRIDE
Even Thrills of Aerial Nupttal Cannot
Gust Favorite Month.

Chicago. May 5.-Anybody want to
buy a nice. shiny, gold wedding ring,
cheap?
Apply to the Chicago victory loan
campaign committee.
The ring was all that remained of
tqday's advertised airplane wedding.
Miss Marge Racine and Raymond H.
Perkins were to be made man and
wife way up some thousands of feet
The minister, the airplane,- the pho
taGraphers and the crowd were all on
the job.
THE wedding is postponed until
June" came the word from Perkins.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-05

A number of girls walked outside
the lines, following the parade and
beating tins as they kept abreast of
the soldiers.
A doughboy turned sharply to leave
a group OF friends TO whom he was
talking. He fell into a baby buggy.
Never fused or embarrassed for a
single instant, he carefully picked him.
helf up, removed his overseas cap
bowed low over the little maid in the
buggy, Pardon, Mademoiselle, I'm
SO sorry" he murmured to the little
one who was just preparing to cry
from sheer surprise. But the smile
of the doughboy proved infectious and
when the soldier, still with his cap in
his hand, bowed to the mother, her
faca was wreathed in smiles as she
reached her hands out to the soldier.
The companies swung into the state
house grounds and came up in forna-
tions. "At ease" was the order. Can
teens came out and tn boys were
drinking all the water they could hold
after the march up the avenue, which
was a mighty hot experience for them
as it is cooler in France.
A group of Topeka fairies came by
Up to that time they had not landed a
soldier. See those boys" one of
them said, ''They are drinking whisky
They just came fr@ l Kansas City, you
know" And the poor fellows would
not have given one drink of water for
all the whisky in the world at that mo-
ment. A canteen near the state house
steps was about the most popular
place on the grounds. They were serv-
ing cool drinks and the lads were sure
putting the cooling liquid away in
great shape.
a signal corps man laughed exciceI-
ly. II saw dad this morning" he said.
''A1l he could do was to stand there
and jump up and down like a six year
old kid without saying word"
What are you going to do when
you get home" a woman asked a
bronzed soldier. "I don't know ex-
actly, but 1 am going to be hard to
catch for a few days. There are sew
eral things l want to do. OF course
the folks come first. But there is a
girl you know. Then 1 want to eat a
lot. L don't know just how much but
1t is going to be all l can get outside
of. I'll bet L bust up all the dishes
mother has inside of three days. But
she won't care"
One pretty young lady had evident
ly missed her sweetheart at the station.
She was mad1y searching the throng
at the state house for the face of her
lover. "A tall soldier came thru the
crowd, that anxious look was on his
face also. Charley" called a girls
voice. The lad stopped as if he had
been shot. The girl made a flying
leap and landed safely in the man't
arms Come on into camp re-
marked another soldier sitting on the
ground, his face framed in one broad
friendly, sympathetic smile. 81 am
going to do something like that in a
day or So Hope my girl makes a stab
like that at me-"
When the troops left the state house
grounds, two of the boys from one of
tlre infantry companies evidently de-
cided they would rather witness a par
ade than participate in one. AS the
column turned north on Kansas ave-
nue., the sharp eyes of an officer
picked up the two boys happily doing
a little AWOL. But the officer called
| their names and they fell in at the
rear of their company.