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New-York tribune., 1919-03-24
Police Save Two i'm Fire
Children Rescued After Being
Penned In by Flames

John Earries, six years old, and his
brother Dominick, seven, were carried
down fire escape last night by police
men from the Brownsville station.
Brooklyn, after they had been penncd
in by fiames in their apartment, at 10
Liberty Avenue, adjoining the police
station, Angelina, an elder sister. res
cued Salvador, two years old. The fire
was started when one Of the children
overset lamp.
vile police station that the policemen
prepared to leave. Patrolmen Thomas
New-York tribune., 1919-03-24
Girl Dies After Lying 7s
Days in State of e..

KANSAS CITY. March 2s-Aa.l.,s
O'Dowd, a 16-year-old school s;r, ;,s'aics M
mas lived in a state of coma Sar. Sas VINO s
seventy-three days, died to-dav sie dS i0r
became i'll with typhoid fever ..s one
weeks before losing consciocs,nnna'es ,naes
hight physicians who attended '"sss. hN.
nave been unable to explain the cas-. mex
. :. WILMINGTON, N. G., March %
Aiter remaining in comatose coms
tion for week, Charles T. Cumh;oa bIau,r ar
years old, died in a hospital here here ~ ~
gay from sleeping sickness" v Curt;. y,
mad suffered from the disease iHu,o tS,ao
weeks and previously had infuen,s ,a'''
New-York tribune., 1919-03-24
tenants in Langhorne
Begin Legal Fight To-day
Injunction Will Be Sought
Against Owners of River.
side Drive PrOner,v

The legal fight between the tenants
Of the Langhorne apartments. $50
riverside Drive, and their landlord
the bergmill Holding Company, which
threatens them with eviction On April
l unless they renew their leases at
New-York tribune., 1919-03-24
German Ships Sail
From Hamburg as
Food Transports
Reported Refusal of Sea-
men to Man Vessels Is
Regarded With Suspicion
BY Berlin Newspapers

BERLIN, March 20 (By The Associ-
ated Press Up to 7 o'clock this eve
ming, eighteen ships had cleared from
Hamburg, including the Patricia. Santa
Cruz, Cordova, Kigoma, Kleveland and
Cap Finisterre
Many other vessels are manned and
coaled and ready to sail Sunday. The
example of the Hamburg seamen in
proceeding to sea, it is believed here,
VIII have good effect on the other
Hanseatic and Baltic seamen.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-24

byrnes and William Cordes rescr.s.
two brothers. 'sscued the
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14
CHANUTE MUNICIPAL
LIGHT PLANT PAYS

The Baxter Springs Chamber Of
Commerce Is collecting data on tie
financial showing made BY the differ
ent municipal electric lighting plants
Of the state Of Kansas:
According 70 q statement recently
received Chanute conducts Q $500 900
yearly business which includes sup
plying its citizens with municipal gas,
water and electricity. The city clerks
annual report estimates that the set-
ual expense Of maintaining the city
and municipal works this
year win be $27e, ,sS7, and expects that
fees viii b collected IN
excess of. the amounts expended On
the working plants. At the close Of
last year, the. city held . balance Of
s2s,724.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14
THE POULTRY SHOWS

The newspapers about now report
many poultry shows. From many
rural centers and halls in large cities
as well, there comes the chorus Of
cackling birds and Growing cocks dear
to the heart of every hen fend. The
reporter who attempts to write up
these exhibits feels helpless. He may
see no difference between q hundred or
thousand dollar bird, and plebeian
fowl of the most debased strain. But
there is q difference.
The poultry circle includes large
group of people with a keen interest
of their own. They have their own
trade journals, and watch the news of
shows and prizes in distant towns.
They exchange products with growers
in distant states. An intelligently
bred stock is getting q wide market
at large prices.
1t all shows a growing realization
on. the part of producers that blood
tells in animal culture, and that cart
full selection of productive strains
pays in the long run. Years ago when
the majority of country people kept
fowls, few people ever thought about
breeds. A hen was hen. The own
er might not even know to what fam
lily of the tribe she belonged. That
kind of poultry growing won't 90
now.
The poultry game attracts people
Of many types. Men who are worn
out by indoor work and the strain of |
business and professions, have found
It pleasant and healthful. Lonely peO-
pie in the country, families with only |
a congested back yard, find it alike a |
pleasant diversion, as well as a help |
in meeting living costs. The poultry
shows give all these people the ihcent-
we of competition and common inter-
EST. They promote a vital food pro-
1ucing industry. There should be such
IN exhibit in every center,
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

and 10 establish his rights as . citlSen'
Is The substance Of proposed law for
Kansas. The bill, now being framed
rs q part of the children's code COM
mission, will be introduced in the SEN
ate by Sen. Paul H. Kimball, Of Par
sons.
The proposed bill will make II man
datory that in all cases proceedings
must be instituted to determine pater-
nifty, and shifts the responsibility for
such proceedings from the mother to
the state. Being adjudged the father
Of n child born out Of wedlock, the
man in the case will be responsible
for the child in exactly the same man.
ner as tho 1t were born in lawful we'd
lock For refusing To obey the orders
Of the court, the adjudged father may
be tried on criminal charge and SEN
fenced to the pententiary. Extradi-
tiOn also is provided.
In the opinion Of DR.. Lydia Allen
DeVibiss, chairman of the children's
code commission, the father Of a child
born out Of wedlock should not be sent
TO the pententiary II II can be avoid
ed. Instead, she says, he should be
made to work, that his earnings
should 60 to the child.
Tllegitimacy is a wholly artificial
condition created by law and peculiar
to so-called highly civilized peoples" /,
Doctor DeVilbiss said. every child
has two natural parents. He was Gre
ated that way. Yet If he happens to
be born outside the bonds Of wedlock,
the law says in effect that he has only !
one parent, and that parent the moth
er. The child is therefore deprived Of !
a father, of a natural home, parental /
care, guardianship and Sustenance,
and he is condemned to stand rs q
quasi-criminal thruout his life. The !
onus Of being born out of wedlock
shoul be shifted by law from the inno-
cent, helpless shoulders of the unfor-
tunate child and onto the natural and
legal parents, where it rightfully be-
longs"
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14
''SPECE" STRONG
INTO TROUBLE
Violates 'BOne Dry" Law and
ElOpes With School
Girl Under
Age

G. A. Strong, known as "Speck"
among his acquaintances, booked to
take a trip Mon. afternoon with Con-
stable Gene Turner, to begin serving
a sentence Of 80 days in the county
Jail.
"Speck" was caught one night last
month bringing whiskey into the Stats
from Joplin. He didn't have much,
only a couple of half pints partly con-
sumed, and on that account he was
not prosecuted. Instead he was told
to leave town and stay away, for he
was not leading the kind Of q life that
would tend to improve the morals Of
the other young people Of the town.
"Speck" went away, but he didn't
stay. Perhaps he wishes now he had,
for it was his latest escapade that
landed him behind the bars. He came
back recently and induced Miss Bertha
Skies, a sixteen year old school girl,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Skies, to run away with him and get
married. The couple stole away from
here Saturday afternoon, and accom-
panied by a young, married couple Of
this city, went TO Carthage, where It
is said they swore falsely about the
girls. age, secured q license and got
married. 81. ~ 70 '--.
The object. .of the young Couple was
suspicioned by the girls parents and
officers were sent after them, but Il
was too late to prevent the marriage.
They We're followed and overtalen at
Monet, Mo-, where they were buying
tickets to some point in Oklahoma.
The young couple was brought back
and the girl, sadder and wiser, was
taken to her home; while Strong was
on the old charge Of viOlat-
ing the bone dry law, and Mon. morn
ing he pleaded guilty and was SEN
fenced to pay a fine Of $500 or serve
ninety days in Jail.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

It Is vital thing to have the svi!
dence as to who stated the recent
war, presented In such clear and COM
plete form that even the German peo-
pie must be convinced. Unfortunately
there h as yet no indication that they
have learned the falsity Of the expla-
nations given them by the Kaiser and
his propaganda machine.
II two men got into 4 fight, and one
Of them was all loaded up with pis-
tolls and knives and had been shooting
at q mark for a long time, while the
other was wholly unready and unpre-
pared, most people would feel con-
vinced as to which was responsible.
Furthermore II the well armed man
was found over on his neighbor's land
where he had agreed not to trespass,
the evidence would be still clearer.
But there is in existence plenty of
more positive testimony.
Every scrap Of such evidence now
held IN the German foreign office and
state department, should be handed
over.
It is Of course quite likely that the
gang around the Kaiser, in the days
just before their collapse, destroyed
most Of the incriminating evidence in
their possession. But the final collapse
came SO suddenly that they might pos
sibly have neglected to do this. The
Socialist provisional government
might or might not care to destroy
this evidence If it survived the down.
fall Of the Kaiser's government.
It has been reported that represent
atives Of the provisional German gov
ernment, on examining these archives,
found abundant proof Of the Kaiser's |
government. II they wish the allies |
to take at face value their protesta-
tons Of desire for a peace Of justice,
they must make no obstacles to the
fullest investigation of the causes of :
the war. They should at once hand
over all documents and files contain
ing any material evidence.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14
GETTING RID OF COLDS

The easiest and quickest way to get
rid of a cold is to take Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. This preparation has
been in use for many years and its
value fully proven. No matter what
remedy you use, however, care must
be taken not to contract q second cold
before you have recovered from the
first one, and there is serious danger
Of this. A man Of middle age or old
er should 90 to bed and stay in bed
until fully recovered. It Is better to
stay in bed three days at the start
than three weeks later on.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14
PUBLIC FORUM
PROVES POPULAR

Mr.. Garretson returned last week
from his Eastern trip and was greet
ed Sunday by two splendid congre-
cations in spite of the bad walking
and cold weather. The Public Forum
started off in good shape with the
congregation at least half men. Next
Sunday night the subject will be "The
Religious Outlook"
The growth of the Sunday school is
noticeable. Teachers Of merit and
conservation head all classes and Mr..
Willis the new Supt has 1S years ex-
perience behind him and certainly Is
making a MT with the school.
Sun. night Christian Endeavor was
attended by 2l young folks. Consider
ing the cold and ice, and the ups and
downs Of this society the leaders were
greatly pleased. This organization
promises to be one Of the strong fac
tors in the building up Of this church.
Some thirty children remained for
the five minute children's sermon
Sunday morning. This is q feature
of the morning service and is thought
by many to be one of the real bits Of
work being done in this
church today.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14
DREADFUL COUGH CUREp

A severe cold II often followed by q
rough cough which Chamberlain
Cough Remedy has proven especially
valuable. Mrs. F. w. Olsen, Marys-
vile, No., writes: about two years
ago my little boy Jean caught q Sc
we're could and coughed dreadfully for
days. / tried q number Of cough med:
icines but nothing did him any good
until I gave him Chamberiain's Cough
Remedy. Il relieved his cough right
away and before he had finished one
boffie he was cured. : think Il Is
juSt fns for children"
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Tickets for the Reading by Miss
Parsons of Denver, Wednesday night,
are on sale at SCOTS drug store.
Nichols & GOOdeagle's drug store and
]. W. Grantham's music store. This
entertainment is at the Presbyterian
church under the auspices Of the
Ladies' Aid Society. Admission,
adults 35c, students 25c.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Russell Barnes, who has been at
tending the School of Pharmacy at
Wichita, Kas., spent the week end
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W.
Barnes of this city. Mr.. Barnes will
leave this evening for Lawrence, Kas.,
where he will finish his course Of
studies.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Hearing that a speed Of 1876 miles
per hour has been made on Dayton,
Fla, track, by an automobile with an
airplane motor. many Of the speeders
are sore at their old junk that only
makes 40 per through the crowded
streets of their home towns.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Mrs. L. S. Dubois and two children
of Los Angeles, Calf, arrived in this
city Thursday to visit her sister, Mrs.
R. M. Hale, of East Sixteenth street.
Mrs. Dubois will visit with her sister
until her husband, who. is in training,
will receive his discharge.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Fancher, who
have been in California and Arizona
during the winter months, have re-
turned to this city. Mrs. Fancher is
in Carthage, Mo-, visiting friends and
Mr.. Fancher was the guest Saturday
and Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. D. s.
Chubb.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

However, butter, eggs, and meat
prices have come of 4 bit. This Is
perhaps u case Of feeding up the Con-
sumer before undertaking q major
operation on his pocketbook.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Miss Helen Parsons, who will give
an evening of readings Wednesday
evening at the Presbyterian church,
will appear before the schools tomor-
row with short readings.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14
THAT TERRIBLE HEADACHE

Do you have periodic attacks Of
headache accompanied by sickness Of
the stomach or vomiting, q sallow
skin and dull eyes? II so, you can
get quick relief by taking Chamber
lain's Tablets as directed for bilious
ness, and you make be able TO avoid
these attacks If you observe the di-
rections with each package.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

DR.. Cannon reports u ten pound
boy baby born to Mr.. and Mrs. J. L.
Hindman Of the Thomas Wholesale
Fruit Co. It's fine boy.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

When the cost Of producing goods
goes up, the full advance is stuck on
the consumer. When the cost Of pro-
duction goes down, the difference is
needed by the middlemen and distribu-
tors.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Horse flesh is declared to be the
most sanitary meat there is. It is ap-
parently highly popular and satisfac-
tory when labelled and sold as beef.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Havey's ambulance met the S:1b
train Monday q. m. and took patient
from Columbus Hospital to his home.
Mr.. Mcdonald, the patient, is recOv-
ering from an operation.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

When the saloons close, what will
those men do who formerly were call
ed out from their homes to attend so
many evening committee meetings on
public business.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

These father and son celebrations
they are having are not wholly new,
but formerly they always used to 0c-
cur out in the wood shed.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Mrs. John Hackney and small son,
Jack, of LeMar, Mo-, who were the
guests for a few days Of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Mertz, 14O5 Grant Ave., returned
to their home Saturday.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Jack Fox, recently released from
service at the munItiOn plants is in
Baxter Springs and will work as a
mechanic ct the Jefferson Highway
garage.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

The people who about this time Of
year always growl because the win
ter has been so cold, are growing af-
ter this warm winter because they
foresee q cold spring.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Mrs. H. Hinton, who has been quite
i'll ut the Baxter Hospital has i'm
proved so much that she returned to
her home on East Fourteenth street
Sunday.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

What is more entertaining than to
listen to an accomplished reader?
Hear Miss Parsons at Presbyterian
church Wednesday night.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

The jOurneymsn carpenters who
want $500 . day for doing odd JOBS,
may have plenty Of leisure time tbs
spring to plant their gardens.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Trimble, Of
Commerce, Okla, were Sunday guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Davidson.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

The politicians would better be re-
conciled to the League Of Nations
idea, as it seems likely to provide a
good many offices.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14
THE CITY IN BRIEF

Glen Lane was n Joplin visitor Sum-
day.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Plan to hear Miss Parsons, the
reader, at Presbyterian church We'd
nesday night. You will be delighted.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14
INDIGESTION

Take a few doses of Chamberlain's
Tablets as directed for Indigestion,
and you will soon forget your stomach
troubles. Try it.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Russell Barnes, Ivan Chubb and the
Misses Gail and Lois Hamilton were
In Joplin Sunday.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Make your dates now, young men,
to attend the reading by Miss Parsons
Wednesday night.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Mrs. Ray Gerber, who has been Wis
iting her mother, at Crestline, has re-
turned to this city.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Miss Neyna BilellO, Of this city,
spent the week end with her parents
in Chetopa.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Chas. Smith and family spent Sun
& day ut the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
Cole III.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14
Law TO PROTECT RIGHTS
OF MOTHER AND OF CHILD
SOON TO BE INTRODUCED

Topeka, Feb. 10.-TO protect the
rights Of a child born out of wedlock
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Ed Hamilton and daughters, Lois
and Gail, were Webb City visitors
Sunday.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Miss Edna Wene and Frank Stroyx
were in Webb City Sunday.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-02-14

Misses Freda Lurwick and Grace
Newmeyer were in Joplin Sunday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-25
CONVENTION
OF HANCOCK
That County Association of the
Christian Endeavor VIII Meet
at Dallas City Next
Week.

With its president and treasurer
from Hamilton and it's vice-president
from Elvaston, and Hamilton minis
ter on the program, the Hancock coun-
ty Christian Endeavor union will hold
it's annual convention at Dallas City
next week.
The sessions will be Thursday and
Friday in the Christian church, and
the planning of junior programs and
fellowship lectures will be the princi-
pal topics discussed.
State Field Secretary E. (. Gates
Of Chicago will be on the program
and the Rev. l. w. Bingaman OF
Quincy, president of the state union,
will be present. Rev. Dennis Mason of
Hamilton is also on the program.
The retiring officers of the county
association are: Margaret Russell, OF
Hamilton. president; Miss Edna Mar
shall, of Elvaston, vice president; Jas
per Shoemaker Of Colusa, secretary;
Miss Nan Yeast Of Hamilton, treas
Crer.
The pastor councillor is Rev. D. w
Gates of Colusa missionary superin
tendent, Ed Marshall, of Elvaston;
high school superintendent, Grace
Hedgecock Of Plymouth; junior super.
intendent, Florence Stevens of Car
thage; efficiency superintendent, Fred
Smith of Colusa-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-25
County Supervisors Resolve to
Go Under Federal Aid Law,
if People Approve at
Polls.
NO BONDS ARE PROPOSED
Five or Six Miles Of Road a
Year to be Built Until Peo-
pie Express Desire
for More.

Early In October, Lee county will
vote on whether to go under the fed
erai aid law for good ROADS.
No bond proposition will be sub
mItted, the idea of the board Of
supervisors being to 90 slow and not
make much hard roads In the begin
rin1.
The project is, to build about five
or six miles of hard roads next year,
and let that be an experiment, the
results of which will give the people
all the information possible about
what the new road law actually &C
complishes.
The roads selected for this first
experimental test are two in number.
One is from the end of the concrete
street entering Fort Madison from
the south down this way to the Santa
Fe railroad crossing this side Ut
Devils creek.
The other is from the end Of the
macadam near the county farm ON
out the Red Ball road to the first
railroad crossing beyond the county
house.
Supervisors Act on It.
The Lee county board of super
Ivisors yesterday passed the neces-
Isary resolution to this end.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-25

Tricotine will be the most popular
OF all fabrics for fall suits,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-25
DECORATION
FOR PROFESSOR
Fosg Is Given French Medal Which
Goes Only to Teachers Who
Gain Distinc-
ton

NEW YORK, July 25--Prof. M NJ.
Fogg, professor of rhetoric In charge
Of Journalism in the University OF
Nebraska, who recently returned from
service in the army educational corps
as director Of the college of journal
ism Of the American expeditionary
force university, Beaune, Cote d. Or,
France, was decorated by the French
republic in recognition of his services
as head Of the college. The minister
OF public instruction, L. Lefferre, con-
ferred upon him the Palmes Acade-
mique, the officer d. Academic This
decoration, which was established by
Napoleon in 1908, and which has been
given to but few foreigners, is
awarded in France to heads of uni.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-25
GOOD ROADS ELECTION
HELD EARLY IN OCTOBER

One notifies the state road
department that this county intends
to 60 under the federal aid law, with
two roads designated for improve
ment, subject to the approval Of the
voters at an election to be held this
fall.
The election was not actually or
dered, nor the date selected beyond
change, but October was talked
about the most, and that will prob
ably be the time the election will be
held.
The supervisors decided not to
submit any bond proposition, nor
make any move toward bonds to
build the new roads all at once, be-
lieving 1t better to use the federal
aid money and state money, with the
tax provided in the new road law
added, which will not increase the
taxes in Lee county appreciably. as
paying interest on bonds would do,
Supervisor Maxwell stated today.
Fixes Two Bad Roads.
The road this side of Fort Madison
is over four miles long. It includes
the worst road between Fort Madi-
son ana southern points, the IouS
stretch of sand with which motorists
are familiar.
The road beyond the county house
has been for some years the worst
piece of road between Keokuk and
Des Moines after rain. The stretch
which is included in the proposition
Is that which has always been worst
and the hard road there will be OF
immense benefit to the entrance to
Keokuk from Iowa points.
The cost of both combined will be
about $1S5.000. This will come al
most altogether from the United
States and the other special sources
provided in the new road law.
If the proposition to go under the
federal aid act carries In October,
the same policy of building some
miles every year may be pursued.
but If it seems desirable to build all
the roads in Lee county at once
which ought to be made hard roads,
en- another election authorizing
bonds will be necessary.