Arkansas City Daily Traveler
Saturday, October 1, 1921 to Monday,November 7, 1921
Saturday, October 1, 1921 to Monday,November 7, 1921
OFF TO CONVENTION
Local Delegates to Legion Meet Will Leave City Tomorrow.
The delegates from the Shelton Beaty post ofthe American Legion, of this city, will leave tomorrow for Hutchinson wherethey will attend the state convention of the Legion to be held October 3,4, and 5. The delegates who were chosen some time ago and who are expectedto attend the convention are: W. B. Oliverson, chairman; Robt R. Cox, secretary;Dr. R. Claude Young, Dr. L. M. Beatson, Dr. V. L. Overstreet, and Boyd Mohler.The alternate delegates are: Donnal Fisher, Forrest Kuhn, Quinn W. Terrill,Darrel C. Haney, Dr. A. J. Berger, and W. O. Craig.
Arkansas City Daily Traveler, Saturday, October 1, 1921.
Secrecy Surrounds the Work of Postal Inspectors,in Mail Case.
Oklahoma City, Oct. 1An air of secrecy markedthe work of federal, county, and city police officers Friday in connectionwith the robbery of the Santa Fe mail train near Edmond early Thursday morning.While several theories are advanced by the officers working on the case,it is the general impression that no arrest will be made for several daysat least.
The report that two men, who gave their namesas George Felix and George Morris, were arrested by Okmulgee police Fridaynight and were being held for Oklahoma City police, cast no new light onthe robbery, C. P. Johnson, postoffice inspector, said. Police here deniedany knowledge of the men.
"I have heard two men were arrested inOkmulgee," he said, "but there is no evidence to show they wereconnected with the case."
Suspects are said to be numerous, with federaland county officers both holding clues that may implicate a number of OklahomaCity men in the robbery, but the careful manner in which the hold-up hadbeen planned and the skill with which it was executed have left few cluesupon which to work. It is quite likely, according to federal officers, thatseveral suspects will be given a thorough examination in the next few daysin an effort to find the robbers through a process of elimination. Few ofthe officers believe they will be compelled to go out of Oklahoma City toarrest the gang, and several men are said to be under surveilance. Postofficeinspectors arrived Friday morning from Kansas City district headquartersand will assist Johnson in the work.
A call early Friday morning took Alva McDonald,United States marshal, and a squad of deputies to Shawnee, where it wassaid the robbers had been found; but after the party arrived at the designatedplace, it turned out to be a false alarm.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1921
Few Liquor Vendors Lay Out Their Fines andCosts These Days.
It used to be that liquor cases yielded littleto the county in the way of fines, and were a dead loss in the way of costsof prosecution. Men convicted and sentenced to fine and imprisonment wouldserve their time in jail, then stay there until the county commissionersgrew weary of the expense, and turned them out. In such cases the countylost not only the fine but the court costs and fees which the county hadto pay.
It was this which made the payment of fineand costs by Harry Medley, colored, of Arkansas City seem unusual and callfor a mention in the news two days ago.
It transpires, however, that the only unusualfeature in the story is that Medley paid his fine and costs at the timeof his sentence, and before he entered upon his term of thirty days in jail.
A look at the records in the courthouse disclosesthat for the past year most of the men convicted of selling liquor havepaid their fine and costs before being released. The determination of thecounty attorney and the sheriff that the fine and costs must be paid, operatingthrough investigations of actual ability of defendant to pay, brings aboutsettlements before release of most of the prisoners.
Formerly, it appears, it was taken for grantedthat a man jailed for selling liquor had no property or means of payingout. That may have been the case at that time. In these days, however, themen who break the prohibition laws are found to have prospects of some sortas a general thing. Once in awhile the investigation shows that the manin question is practically penniless. Only two or three such cases havebeen turned up in the past year. And in two of these, the defendant wasable to pay part of the costs.Courier.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1921
101 Ranch Animal Being Fattened for ChicagoEvent.
Ponca City, Oct. 1A cattalo steer that willweigh a ton when he arrives in Chicago this fall for the National Livestockshow is being fed and groomed for that distinction in a private stall atthe 101 Ranch. The animal is an eighth buffalo. He was put in the stallJune 1 and placed on a balanced ration to fatten him.
After the show the Miller Brothers had arrangedfor the steer to be killed apart from all other cattle in one of the packingplants there and all data in regard to him, including dressed weight, foodvalue, and other points.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1921
Kansas Gas & Electric Co., now in FineNew Quarters.
The Kansas Gas & Electric Co., which formany years past has occupied offices in the Hess building on West Fifthavenue, is today comfortably located in the new quarters of the company,at 224 South Summit street, in the W. S. Peck building. The move to thenew quarters was made yesterday and last night and this morning at 8 o'clock,the force was in the new building, the doors were thrown open to the public,and there were many callers in the new home during the day.
There is a large and commodious show room inthe new location, and there is to be seen there a large line of the mostup-to-date electrical appliances of all kinds, which are displayed in amanner to enable all those who call to view the display. The sales roomof the company is in the front of the large room and the office force islocated in the rear. The work shop is in the basem*nt, clear away from theremainder of the force and therefore the shop men will have an opportunityto work sepa-rately and apart from the office force.
In the front of the room, there is a new businessor commercial department and a rest room in connection. M. McMillen, ofWichita, is the new man in charge of this department. He was on the jobthis morning. Miss Lillian McNaughton is also a new employee of the company.She will have charge of the desk in the new sales department. She too wason duty there today, assisting the force in making the general public acquaintedwith the new quarters.
C. B. Tingley, the superintendent of the companyhere, has a neat and comfortably located private office in the large roomand the office and accounting department has a large and roomy space inthe rear of the store room. A. L. Newman is still the manager of the companyhere, but he is not compelled to be in the office all the time; therefore,he has no private office there.
Taken as a whole, the new location of the KansasGas & Electric Co. is one of the best and most modern in the city. Theowner of the building has spared no expense in making the place as neatas possible for the company, and the building has been leased to the electriccompany.
The company is carrying on a most interestingguessing contest, during the first week in the new location; and this morningthere were many men and women callers there to make a guess on the numberof hours that an eight day clock will run. The clock was wound at 8 thismorning and was started at that hour. It is located in the show window andwill be left there until it runs down. The guess is as to how many hours,minutes, and seconds the clock will run. To the one guessing the nearestto the time in this regard, will be given a baby Hoover, the second prizeis an electric waffle iron, and the third is $6 in merchandise. The companyinvites everyone to call and take a look over the new quarters and to makea guess on the time that the clock will run.
LATER: OBITUARY MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1921...DR.FRANK McMILLIN.
Dr. Frank McMillin was born in Dubuque, Iowa,September 2, 1862. He came to Kansas with his parents in 1876. He unitedwith the Church of Christ at the age of 19 years.
On February 23, 1889, he was united in marriageto Emma J. Regal at Patmos, Okla. Three children were born to this union,Earl, Anna, and Ella, all of whom are living. His wife, Emma, passed awayon June 18, 1898.
Dr. Frank McMillin was united in marriage toCora M. Bristow, Nov. 26, 1902. They united with the First Christian churchof this city in the year 1914. They resided in and near Arkansas City untilthe time of his death.
Dr. McMillin is survived by his wife, oneson, Stewart E. McMillin, who is in Costa Rica, two daughters, Mrs. J. E.Hodge of Hutchinson, and Mrs. Carl Bell of this city. Five brothers andtwo sisters also survive him.
He passed away at his home at 621 North Thirdstreet, on the afternoon of September 27th. He was a loving husband andfather and would make any sacrifice at any time for his family.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1921
If all the witnesses are called by the defensein the case of Kansas vs. John W. Kastle, a murder trial, it will requiresome time to try the case as eighty-two witnesses have been subpoenaed byKastle's attorneys. It is not know how many the state will call.
Kastle is charged with the murder of his wifeat Arkansas City several months ago. It is not known on what ground he willhave his defense. He is in jail, never having given bond.
Free Press.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1921
Webster Moore, Aged 74, Died After BeingCaught in Elevator.
Webster Moore, aged seventy-four years, whowas an employee of the Central Hardware Co., of this city, met with an accidentat the hardware store Sunday evening about 5:30 o'clock, which resultedin his death soon after that time.
Mr. Moore was in the store at the time aloneand the real facts in regard to the manner in which he became fastened inthe elevator shaft probably will never be known. Those who got to him firstsay that he was on the floor of the basem*nt of the store with the elevatoron top of him. He was so badly crushed in the chest and the abdomen thathe died soon after being removed from the scene of the accident and takento Mercy hospital. He never regained consciousness and, therefore, had noopportunity to tell the particulars of the accident which caused his death.
Policeman Downing, one of the night officers,and John Butos, who is employed in the Kansas City Waffle House, first doornorth of the hardware store, were the first persons to reach the man whowas pinned under the elevator and they at once extricated him from the positionhe was in at the time and called a physician. The doctor said as soon ashe saw the man that he could not recover and he was rushed to the hospitalin the doctor's car.
The accident occurred between 5:30 and six o'clock,and it was almost 6 when the men who found him reached his side. John Butosfirst heard the cries as if someone were in distress and for some time hecould not determine from which direction the sounds came. Finally however,he figured they were coming from the hardware store, next door south, andhe went to the rear of the store. There he found the door to the basem*ntunlocked and he, with Policeman Downing, who arrived about that time, enteredthe basem*nt and found the man in a dying condition. He could not say aword and was almost dead when the rescuers reached him.
The owners of the store, Messrs. Fogle and Day,and the employees of the place are at a loss to know how the man came tobe in the position in which he was found, at the time the rescuers locatedhim. The elevator is one that is operated by hand; and when the rope ispulled for the start upward, the elevator will run alone. But when it isdescended, it must be operated by the rope all the time. It is the suppositionthat Mr. Moore got onto the elevator at the first floor and that he wascaught between the elevator and the floor. Then in some manner he fell andthe elevator kept on going down until it pinned him to the floor.
Webster Moore resided in this city a part ofthe time and in Pittsburg, Kansas, a part of the time, where he has somerelatives. He has one brother, Luther Moore, in this city. He resides at900 North C street and is in the employ of the Arkansas Valley Gas co. Thedeceased was quite well known here, as he had worked off and on at the CentralHardware Co. for several years past. He was employed there during the falland winter season and assisted in the work of putting up stoves, when therush was on.
Mr. Moore was an uncle of the Ellis boys, whor*side in the First ward. He was not a stranger here, as he had made hishome in Arkansas City for several years, the relatives state. Dr. H. W.Marsh, county coroner, was in the city this morning to hold an investigationin the case; and on account of the absence of the physician, Dr. L. M. Beatson,who attended Mr. Moore, he was compelled to put the case over for a fewdays. Dr. Beatson has gone to Hutchinson as a delegate to the state conventionof the American Legion. The coroner took the testimony of the other witnessesin the case, however. The body of Mr. Moore was removed from the hospitalto the undertaking rooms of Parman & Powell, on Saturday night.
Late today it was announced that the funeralof Mr. Moore would be held at the home of Ed Ellis, at 914 North F street,tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
AD: DAY & fa*gAN FILLING STATION
200-2 NORTH SUMMIT STREET
ELMER DAY JAMES fa*gAN
[Annnounced the purchase of the Bigley FillingStation]
MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1921
Five-eighths Mile Road Law Excepting in CowleyCounty.
M. R. Amerman of Wichita, who was in the citythis morning bidding on the brick paving contract, which was let to theStanton-Wallace Construction company, dropped into the Traveler officefor a short visit with the editor of this paper.
Mr. Amerman is one of the big contractors ofKansas, and in discussing the Howard five eighths of a mile paving law,he complimented it very highly, and said it was one of the best paving lawsthere was. It was a very useful factor in securing paving at the edge ofthe town and a short distance into the country. He said it was a fair andjust law, and a good thing for any community to use in its up-building.Mr. Amerman says that the towns of Ottawa, Abilene, Minneapolis, Wichita,Beloit, Lyons, Garden City, Hutchinson, and Emporia are all building pavingor have been building paving under this law. The town of Leavenworth ispreparing to let several contracts for paving under this law. Mr. Amermansaid a large number of other towns are preparing to use the law in buildingpaving and improving the tag ends of streets and paving into the country.
The only place it seems that they are not usingthis law is in Cowley County, the home of its author.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1921
The Arkansas City mare, Elsie Baird, won firstplace in the "free for all" trot at Wichita Saturday among a fastbunch of starters. This mare is showing up good this season. She was raisedhere by Sam Baird and is owned now by Anthony Carlton.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1921
Stanton-Wallace Construction Co. CapturePaving Contract.
Five contracting firms had in bids for streetpaving in Arkansas City, when the City Commission met this morning. . ..
The bid of Stanton-Wallace was lower than thatof any of the out of town competitors, and after the bids had been consideredby the mayor and commissioners in executived session, the regular sessionwas resumed and the announcemewnt was made in open session that the bidof the Stanton-Wallace Construction company was the lowest, and had beenaccepted by the city.
C. L. Bessler of Winfield was present, but afterlooking over the requirements, decided to not put in a bid.
The bid accepted is for brick paving at theseprices: Paving $3.65, curbing 90 cents, excavation $1.
It was stated by Mayor Hunt that the commissionersin considering the matter of brick and asphalt paving found that none ofthe bids on asphalt paving complied with the requirements and exactionsmade by the city in receiving bids, in the matter of the ten year guaranteebond.
The proposed paving covered by the bids is onMadison avenue from Fourth street to Seventh; on B street from Maple avenueto Birch avenue; on Jefferson avenue from First street to Summit street;on Van Buren avenue from First street to Summit street; on Cedar avenuefrom Fourth street to C street; on Pine avenue from Fourth street to Firststreet, and on Spruce avenue from Fifth street to C street.
The rejected bids were: A. L. Cook, paving $3,84,curb $1.05, excavating 97 cents; Amerman, paving $3.80, curb 94 cents, excavating$1; Geiger Construction Co., paving $3.80, curb $1.01, excavating $1.05;Kaw Paving Co., paving $3.72, curb $1, excavating $1.
There were other items I did not cover.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1921
Harry Hendryx Loses Good CarLoss Coveredby Insurance.
Harry Hendryx, who with his son operates twofilling stations here, lost a Ford roadster Saturday night by theft. Thecar was left in front of the filling station at 527 South Summit streetand Mr. Hendryx had closed up the place and had been across the street toeat a bowl of chile before going to his home. When he returned to the stationshortly after 10 o'clock, the car was gone. He thought at first that someof his friends had taken the car for use for a short time, as some of themoften do, but after waiting for some time, he decided that the car had beenpicked out by thieves and was gone. He notified the police and they begana search for the car that night. There seems to be no trace of the car atall, and no one has figured out which way the car went after it was takenfrom the station on South Summit street.
The Ford roadster was a 1921 model and it hadbeen run about a year. It was insured by the Gould agency of this city.Late today the car had not been recovered.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1921
Man Who Stole Feaster Auto Went Out of Windowon Train.
By jumping through a window on a Frisco trainearly this morning, Torbet Clark, charged with stealing Guy Feaster's car,made his escape from the sheriff of Ozark, Mo., according to a message toSheriff Goldsmith. Clark was handcuffed at the time; but up to late thisafternoon no report of his recapture had been received.
The escape was made at or near Oswego, aboutthree o'clock, it was stated. The sheriff and his prisoner were on the Friscotrain, which is due at Winfield at a quarter past nine in the morning. Thesheriff gave no particulars, merely stating that he was starting in pursuitand if he caught the fugitive he would let Sheriff Goldsmith know.
Clark had refused to return to Kansas withoutrequisition. To save time, Sheriff Goldsmith arranged that when the requisitionwas issued, the sheriff at Ozark should be appointed agent of the stateof Kansas to take charge of the prisoner and bring him to Winfield. It wasin carrying out these arrangements that the sheriff left Ozark yesterdayafternoon with his prisoner bound for this place. The desperate chance takenin making the escape leads to the surmise that Clark is wanted somewherefor an offense more serious than that of stealing a car.Courier.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1921
Proposition Will be Presented to County CommissionersTomorrow.
A party of about fifty people will go from hereto Winfield tomorrow morning to be present at a session of the board ofcounty commissioners of Cowley county in the interest of the improved improvementto the road from First street in Arkansas City to the Riverview cemetery.The party will be made up of farmers who live near this road and businessmenof Arkansas City, and will be headed by E. C. Mierau, president of the chamberof commerce.
The county commissioners have been asked bythe city commission of this place to cooperate in putting in a paved roadcovering the five-eights of a mile from eight street to the cemetery.
"This road is in very bad condition,"said Mr. Mierau in speaking of the matter today, "and it should berepaired by making a hard-surfaced road. The present rock road can be usedas a base for the paving, and will cut down the cost. Most of the farmersadjacent to the road want it built and the cost will be so small to theindividual that it will never be noticed."
It is Mr. Mierau's idea that if the matter ofbuilding this road is clearly understood, that the county commissionerswill endorse the proposition.
The opposing farmers near Winfield will meetwith the county commissioners and the Arkansas City crowd tomorrow at thecourthouse.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1921
House Robbery and Auto Fixtures Stolen HereLast Night.
Burglars and night prowlers are busy in thiscity again, after a lull of several months, and last night there were twodaring cases of robbery reported to the police. In one of the cases thenight police got out the city's three blood hounds and put them on the trail.No arrests had been made in the case this morning, but the police areat work on a clue that may bring results in the near future, they believe.The hounds are said to have taken up the trail under a window where therobber was seen and they followed the trail to a location in the First ward.
The first case was at the home of L. M. Williamsin the 100 block on East Central avenue, where a man said by neighbors,who had a good view of him, to be a negro, went into the house by raisinga front window and from the bedroom there he took a new 38 Colts revolverthat was loaded all around. The bedroom was ransacked thoroughly, but therewas nothing else missing from the place. The thief evidently was in searchof money, for he tore up everything in this one room and even went intothe bedding and all the dresser drawers. Leaving the house he went to thestore room back of the Williams home and there he was seen by neighbors,as he attempted to get into the store, where Mr. Williams operates a pawnshop. The night prowler broke the glass in a window and also broke the glassout of the front door of the store. He did not gain entrance, however, ashe saw that someone was watching him and he left the place by the alley,going out from the store to the north around the building.
Officer Fox got out the hounds and made aninvestigation of the affair and as stated above, the dogs took up the trailand followed it nearly a mile to the northeast part of the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Williams were away from home atthe time, being in attendance at the Isis theatre. They returned home early,however, and neighbors told them of seeing the man about the place. Whenthe man, who was attempting to get into the store room, heard someone ina house nearby, he turned in that direction and pulled his revolver, whichwas loaded, and which if it had been discharged, would have injured someone,without doubt. This robbery occurred between 7 and 8 o'clock in the evening.
The second case was at the home of O. O. Holtat 207 North Third Street, where someone took all the fixtures off of threeautos, one of which was standing in the street in front of the Holt residence,and the others were in the garage at the rear of the house. The stuff takenfrom the three cars is valued at about $200, according to Mr. Holt, whowas interviewed by a Traveler reporter this morning. He said thatthe stuff taken was partially covered with insurance. He stated that heand Mrs. Holt had company at their home last night, and that he missed someof the accessories off the car in front of the house when he went out tothe car to take some friends to their homes. He first missed a spotlightand then noticed that the spare tire was gone. When he went to the garagewhere the other two cars were, he found that the thieves had taken fivetires in all, three motor meters, a spotlight, and other smaller articles,all of which count up into big money when the total is made. All three carsbelong to Mr. Holt. He called the police and they made an investigationof the matter. There is said to be no clue to this robbery today. Thehounds were not used in the tracking of the robbers in this case.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1921
Miss Cathryn Vance, student secretary of theY. W. C. A., who has been in North China for the past five years, spoketo the high school Y. W. C. A. club yesterday afternoon at the high school.Miss Vance gave an interesting talk on school life in China. After the meetingthe girls went to the Y. W., where they were served with a dainty tea. MissVance had many interesting souvenirs she had brought from China, which sheshowed the girls.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1921
Miss Cathryn Vance, returned Y. W. secretaryfrom China, spoke to the Y. W. C. A. club at Chilocco Sunday evening at7 o'clock. The Chilocco girls are very much interested in Y. W. work andappreciated Miss Vance's talk very much.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1921
State President in City to Visit With LocalLodge Officials.
Program of Big Doings to Take Place October18, 19, and 20 Is Outlined And All Ready To Go.
The state president of the A. H. T. A., JohnW. Lapham of Chanute, was in Arkansas City yesterday afternoon in conferencewith Judge W. D. Kreamer of the local suborder regarding arrangements forthe big state convention to be held by the organization in this city onOctober 18, 19, and 20.
Mr. Lapham anticipates a large attendance atthe meeting here and he expressed complete confidence that the conventionwould be royally entertained by Arkansas City. The state convention washeld here about eight years ago and at that time the members seemed highlypleased with the reception accorded them. At the last state convention,held at Salina, the attendance was not as large as usual on account of thedifficulty in reaching that city, and the local committee as well as thestate president believe that the attendance should be especially large thisyear.
This organization represents a large numberof substantial Kansas citizens. There are 600 locals in the state. The localhere, number 157, has 300 members.
The national association is in session thisweek at Newkirk and has important matters up, and will submit some of thequestions to the state organization to be acted upon at their state convention.The work of the association has been broadened and changed by conditions,and it is said that many of the members desire new changes, among them theselection of a new name for the organization. In many localities it isstated the name Anti-Automobile Thief Association would be more applicablethan the present name. The association has standing offers of rewards forcapture of horse thieves, auto thieves, and for capture of anyone stealingany personal property. The largest reward offered is for the auto thief,and he is the fellow that is receiving the most attention from the associationnowadays.
While speaking about the coming convention andthe affairs of the association yesterday evening, President Kreamer, ofthe local suborder, recalled many exciting times of the past.
In the associations' early days when a horsewas stolen the word would be hurried to the members. Often the members wouldride forth fifty to seventy-five strong, scattering and going in all directions,and when a trace of the thief was found, the word would be sent to as manyof the riders as possible so that they could help capture the fugitive.It took a pretty lively rider to get away from some of the old time members.
One incident recalled by Mr. Kreamer happenedhere 8 or 9 years ago, and will be remembered by many Arkansas City people.This incident was a race in which members of the association used automobiles.Two horses stolen were recovered and the two men that had them were caughtover the line in Oklahoma, one being killed in the capture.
Many people do not have any definite idea ofthe broad purposes of the A. H. T. A. Its protective measures against thetheft of property is only one feature. There are many other features. Amongthem social as well as protective. The association has a ladies' auxiliary,which is one of the important social features, and at the state conventionto be held here in two weeks, many of the delegates will be accompaniedby their wives.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1921
Drs. Day, McKay, and Douglass have begun thework of moving their offices to the new quarters in the Trimper buildingat the corner of A street and Washington avenue. At present the X-ray machineand other fixtures are being moved from the second floor of the Travelerbuilding to the new quarters of these physicians.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1921
C. H. Quier, attorney at law, has moved to thiscity from Winfield and he and Mrs. Quier are now located here. Mr. Quieris well and favorably known in Arkansas City, as he has been a residentof the sister city for many years. His office is in the Walpex building.Mr. Quier is the newly appointed deputy county attorney and he will hereafterattend to all the state cases here, in the absence of the county attorney,Ellis Fink, who resides in Winfield. He was appointed to this office whenJudge C. L. Swarts resigned the position, the first of the present month.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1921
A. C. Asks County Commissioners for CountyRoad Improvements.
Big Crowd Meets with County Dads and ArgueQuestionsCommissioner Dees "Told It To Them"
A large crowd of Arkansas City people, headedby E. C. Mierau, president of the chamber of commerce, Oscar Seyster, secretaryof the chamber of commerce, Mayor C. N. Hunt, and Commissioners Sturtz andThompson, went to Winfield this morning to appear before the county commissionersin behalf of the proposed cemetery road which Arkansas City is asking tobe constructed under the Howard five-eighth of a mile paving law.
The commissioners adjourned their meeting tothe district courtroom where Commissioner Dees acted as chairman. Therewere possibly one hundred citizens in attendance, some of them for and someagainst the proposed improvement, and others who were there just as spectators.Commissioner Dees announced as there were quite a number there who desiredto speak on the improvement, made a ruling that each speaker could havethe floor once and speak as long as he wanted to, but could not have thefloor the second time.
Mayor Hunt was the first one called upon andhe stated succinctly the object of the meeting, which was in effect to pavethe road to Riverview cemetery from First street under the Howard five-eighthof a mile paving law. He showed the demand for the road by informing themeeting that ninety-eight percent of the property owners along the roadhad petitioned for the improvement. He gave the cost that it would be tothe individual taxpayer in the county, based on the present valuation perthousand dollars and other data that was favorable to building the road.He was followed by other speakers, some talking against the improvementand others for it. It was an easy matter to see that the farmers aroundWinfield were absolutely opposed to the improvement, and so far as gettinganywhere in the meeting, it was just like butting your head against a stonewall.
C. T. Franks, J. F. Orr, Ed. Shepherd, and numerousother people living in and near Winfield claimed the law was un-American,but did not say in what way it was un-American for the simple reason theycouldn't. Then they claimed it was an unjust law, claiming it imposed aburden upon people that can illy afford to have imposed upon them at thistime.
Every argument opposed to the law was met byspeakers of Arkansas City and in the benefit district through which theproposed improvement is to run.
The fact of the matter is the bunch opposedto the law is just opposed to it, and that is all there was to it.
During the meeting Chas. Baird, Ed. Mierau,City Engineer Lusk, Albert Newman, and several other Arkansas City peoplemade short talks to explain the law, the improvement, how necessary it wasto have permanent pavement on roads in Cowley county in order to save money.
In favor of the proposed paving, CommissionerCarl Dees made the best address of the meeting. He went into detail andexplained that Cowley county would never have a better opportunity to getcheap paving, that the individuals will pay a share of, the city a shareof, and the county a share of. He showed that the cities pay for a goodlyportion of the country road work in Cowley county, but that the countrynever pays for any roads in the city which they use fully as much as thetown people do the country roads. Commissioner Dees predicted that if certainobstructionists continue to throw obstacles in the way of road building,it will only be a question of time until the town people will get togetherand get a law passed preventing cities paying for road work in the countr.He said the cities were willing to pay their share for road improvement,and the farmers should meet them at least half way in securing good roadsbecause it was of as much benefit to the farmer as it was to the city people.Commissioner Dees said he believed that in their hearts the other two commissionersfavored the road paving asked for, but that they would not consent to itfor the reason their constituents are unwisely opposed to it. CommissionerDees made many other good points and not one of the opposing crowd couldanswer them. His argument in favor of the improvement was absolutely unanswerable,and none of the bunch of obstructionists opposed it.
The hearing lasted some two or three hours,and toward the latter portion became quite warm, and finally ended witheveryone quitting and going home. What the commissioners will do in thematter can be only guessed at, and that is two of them will be against theproposition.
Under the five-eighth of a mile law, Burdencan secure paving, Dexter can secure paving, Udall and Atlanta can secureit, and they need it fully as much as Winfield and Arkansas City.
Commissioner Dees was right. If the county canget paving at thirty cents on the dollar, it ought to accept it no matterwhere it is located, for the time is coming when the roads of Cowley countywill be paved north and south, east and west, several times and the countrywill have to pay 100 cents on the dollar for it. The more paving that thecountry can induce the cities to pay thirty percent of, the better off itwill be.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1921
Private Chas. Donovan Will Be Buried HereIn Few Days.
The body of private Charles Donovan, Jr., CompanyF, 115th Infantry, who was killed in action in the Argonne forest, October23, 1918, will arrive at Hoboken about October 5, and should be in ArkansasCity about October 10, according to advices received by relatives here.Private Donovan was a son of Mrs. Augustine Donovan of 817 North Third street,and a half brother of Anthony Carlton, 905 North Second street. The youngman was an Osage Indian, and was a direct descendant of Madame Choteau.He enlisted at Pawhuska March 27, 1918, and went to France in the summerof that year. He is said to be the only Osage killed in action in the war.The funeral, announcement of which will be made later, will be held fromthe Catholic church in this city, it was stated by relatives today.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1921
Arkansas City Express Robbery Will Be OnDocket Soon.
The adjourned term of district court beginningnext week will try among others the case of Dean Randall, of Arkansas City,charged with robbing the express office at Arkansas City some time lastwinter. Subpoenas for the state's witnesses have been issued and the sheriff'sforce is serving them today. The robbery was by taking the train box usedto carry valuable packages from the express office uptown to the expressoffice at the station of the Santa Fe. About fourteen thousand dollars inmoney and jewelry are said to have been in the box. It was slipped out ofthe back door of the station office while the men were working at the train.A few days later it was recovered intact. A curious story was told at firstabout the valuables having been found in the attic of an old house and theempty box in the canal.Courier.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1921
Retail Merchants Take Up Plan Of MonthlySales Day.
New Club is Organized and Plans Are Placedin Hands of Committee, Which is Given Power to Act.
The Greater Arkansas City club has come intoexistence, with the avowed intention of a long campaign, in which the informationwill be spread further each month that Arkansas City is "the place"to get bargains in trade, the place to live in and be happy.
At a meeting of the Arkansas City Retail Merchantsassociation held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms at the city building lastnight, the monthly sales day idea, which has been up before the merchantsfor some time, was further discussed and practi-cally disposed of so faras adopting the idea is concerned.
The plan adopted by those attending the meetinglast night is to begin the monthly sales day on the first Monday in November.
All arrangements for launching the plan wasleft in the hands of a committee, which was elected last night, and givenpower to arrange for the first sale and continue as a clearing house committeefor the organization of merchants, to be known as the Greater Arkansas Cityclub.
This committee is made up of five members representingfive different lines of business: Guy Ecroyd, of the Newman store, chairman;J. E. Day, of the Central Hardware company; J. A. Haney, of the Economygrocery; Mr. Sears of the Kuntz clothing store, and J. Lewis Shank, jeweler.The committee was delegated the power of filling any vacancies necessaryshould any of its members fail to act.
The fact developed in the meeting held lastnight that a difference of opinion is held among the merchants of the cityregarding the monthly sales idea. It was stated by some of those favoringthe idea that it has been hard to get the matter thoroughly understood.Some of the members expressed the confident belief that as soon as the planwas working, other merchants would join in the movement.
The plan as discussed last night is to advertisemonthly sales, each member making a special real bargain price upon someone article. The clearing committee will see that the same article is notused in the same sale by different merchants. The committee also is to seethat the article offered is a real bargain, and that the advertising isnot misleading in any particular, so that the buying public will have absoluteconfidence in the sales; that when sales day comes, the public will knowthat an actual bargain may be had at any of the stores named in the advertisem*nt.
The president of the merchants association,R. H. Rhoads, expressed the belief that the plan will prove a benefit tothe trade of the city and that if carried out as planned, it will be a bigsuccess.
The matter of the success and failure of themonthly sales plan in other cities was discussed last night. According tothe investigations made by the association in this matter, it was statedthat the plan has been a success wherever the merchants have worked togetherin good faith, always giving actual and honest bargains in the specials,and keeping the advertising absolutely truthful.
The town of Neosho, Missouri, that has had theplan working for five years, was mentioned as one of the most successful.The report from that place is that both the merchants and the buying publicare very much pleased with the monthly sale idea.
The committee in charge of the matter was instructedlast night to go ahead with arrangements for a sales day for the first Mondayin November, taking in the merchants who have already signed an agreementto participate, and adding any firms who decide to join during the comingweek.
While the list that was assured up to last nightwas not a large one, most all of the different lines of business were represented,and this list the committee thought could be aug mented considerably beforethe first sale.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1921
Rev. J. E. Tedford Purchases Boardman Placeon North Fourth.
Rev. J. E. Tedford, the new minister for thePilgrim Congregational church in this city, intends to remain in ArkansasCity and he has purchased a home here. Rev. Tedford has bought the fineresidence of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Boardman, located at 505 North Fourthstreet, and he will secure possession of the place about the first ofthe coming month. Mr. and Mrs. Boardman have not as yet decided just wherethey will move, but they do not intend to leave Arkansas City, by any means.Mr. Boardman is the manager of the Badger lumber company here, and he andhis family have resided in the place on North Fourth street for a good manyyears. It is one of the finest homes in the city today.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1921
Dwight Moody is erecting a new home on NorthSixth street, located near the Moody garage, which is owned and operatedby Dwight Moody and his father, G. E. Moody. The new home is now under courseof construction and is being built by Lou Scott.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1921
Committee Requests All Who Enter Club ToReport By Friday.
The committee in charge of the launching ofmonthly sales' day for the greater Arkansas City advertising club, has definitelydecided to bring off the first sale the first Monday in November. All merchantswho want to be in on this sale, and who have not completed arrangements,should see the committee sure before Friday of this week, as the committeewill get in all of the advertising at that time and prepare for its advertisingcampaign, sending out circulars, etc.
The committee wants to get the affair properlyadvertised and are determined to make the first sale go as big as possible.
The committee held a meeting today and has madeone change in its membership, one of the members finding that he would nothave sufficient time to give to the matter.
The committee as it now stands is: Guy Ecrody,chairman, Guy Pantier of the Reed stores, J. A. Haney, J. Lewis Shank, GrantO. Sears.
The merchants who have signed up are expectedby the committee to have their advertising in by the coming Friday. Thefirms already represented and who will offer special bargains on that dayare as follows:
The Central Hardware Co.
Palace Grocery
The Reed Stores
Kress & Co.
Kuntz Cash Clothiers
E. L. McDowell, jeweler
Collinson Hardware Co.
Newman Dry Goods Co.
Gilbreath-Calvert Dry Goods Co.
Parman's three stores
Shank-Dweelaard jewelers
Economy Grocery
J. T. Brown, jeweler
Other members who will not hold sales, butwho have contracted to give their financial support to the movement are:
Security National bank
News Publishing Co.
J. C. Penney Co.
Home National bank
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1921
Jury is Being Secured and Murder Trial ComesFirst.
The case of the state versus John W. Kastle,of this city, on the charge of killing his wife some months ago, will bethe first criminal case to be tried in the district court at Winfield inthe fall term, which opened at Winfield this morning. This case probablyis the most interesting one on the docket this term. H. S. Hines is theattorney for the defendant and he has a large number of witnesses calledto testify for Kastle.
The work of securing a jury for this case wasbegun this morning and additional jurors were drawn this afternoon. Themost of the day today was taken up in motions in cases of various kinds.The murder case will begin tomorrow morning according to the clerk of thecourt, and all the witnesses are called to be on hand at that time. Theline of defense is not known here at this time. Kastle has been in the countyjail since the date of the killing here, being unable to make a bond.
[DEAN RANDOL]
The case of Dean Randol, on the charge of robberyin connection with the disappearance of the strong box at the express officein this city last winter, will be the next on the docket.
District court was busy today on motions andthe securing of jurors for the term. There was a large crowd of attorneysand witnesses in the courthouse all day today.
The Midwest Tire Co., at 116 North Summit Street,have taken on the Dayton Tire Agency in this city. This they are sellingin connection with the Goodrich tires. Mr. Mayfield, proprietor, receiveda big shipment of Dayton tires this morning.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1921
The police were notified this morning that thegrocery store of William Fultz, located at 415 West Birch Avenue, was brokeninto last night and that a quantity of goods has been stolen from the store.The goods taken included a case of lemon extract and some smoking tobaccoand cigars. There seems to be no clue to the theft, according to the reportof the police this morning.
Last Saturday night, while the proprietors andall the employees of the Kuntz Cash Clothiers were very busy waiting onthe trade, and when the back door was open, someone entered the store andstole a suit of clothes which was left lying in the rear of the store. Thesuit had been sold to a young man and it was to have been taken to the tailorsto be repaired. There is no clue to the thief, it was stated this morning.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1921
Lease Highland Hall, Second Floor, Will ConvertInto Lodge Room.
The Arkansas City Moose lodge, which is oneof the largest fraternal organizations in the city at the present time,has contracted to lease the entire second floor of the Highland Hall blockfrom J. F. Burford, and will convert this into a real up-to-date lodge halland permanent quarters for the order. This lodge has been located in theFifth Avenue theatre building for some time past; but recently this buildingwas sold by the Moose to the local Masonic order. The owners of the HighlandBlock will put the second floor of the building in first class shape forthe lodge and will expend at least $2,000 on the improvements of the placefor the Moose alone. The Moose plan to have the place in readiness for occupancyby the lodge by Nov. 1, if everything goes well in the line of preparation.W. W. Brown has the contract to do the repair work there.
Since September fist, the Moose have held acampaign for membership under the supervision of J. F. McCracken. This campaignwill close on Nov. 24, when they will hold the initiation of their new membersand dedicate their new home. They will have with them at this time the nationalorganizer, Jas. J. Davis, secretary of commerce and labor of the PresidentHarding cabinet, and G. J. Gahan, of Moosehart, Ill.
[CARL KINSLOW & J. B. LANTZ PURCHASEWELLINGTON FORD AGENCY]
Carl Kinslow was in the city over Sunday visitingwith his family. Carl is stationed at Wellington now. He and J. B. Lantzrecently purchased the Ford agency there and he is devoting his time atthat business at present.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1921
The Jury Secured and State is PresentingIts Testimony.
Late this afternoon a message from the countyseat to the Traveler was to the effect that the J. W. Kastle murdertrial was well in progress. The state is at present presenting its testimony and it probably will take several days to complete the trial. In hisopening statement to the jury, which was secured this morning, H. S. Hines,attorney for Kastle, stated that he expected to prove that the man shotand killed his wife in this city last winter, in self defense. He also statedthat Mr. Kastle was the fifth husband of the woman, with whose murder heis charged. Hattie Franey of this city is assisting Mr. Hines in the defense.
There are no Arkansas City men on the jury inthis case.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1921
Police and Cafe Owner Looking For Man NamedTaylor.
The police were asked late last night to assistin the search for a man by the name of Taylor, who is said to have takena large sum of money from the Cozy Corner cafe, located at the cornerof A street and Fifth avenue, last night. The proprietor of the cafetold the officers that Taylor, who has been working at the place for sometime, was left in the room last night to do the night cleanup and scrubbing,and that he took the sum of $160.40 from the place and skipped town. Hehad not been found by the police this morning...offered $25 reward for arrestof the man suspected of stealing the money.
Taken From Farm House of Earl McKimpson,West of City.
Earl McKimpson reported to the police this morningthat his Dodge roadster had been stolen at an early hour this morning fromhis home, several miles west of the city...1917 model, insured by SturtzInvestment Co. of this city...reward of $25 offered for the return of thecar and the arrest or conviction of the thief.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1921
Col. Lane in the City Today to Take Matterup Officially.
For the purpose of explaining all of the detailsof requirements for locating a battery of artillery at Arkansas City, Col.Mc Lane is here today from Topeka, representing Gen. Martin's office. Thereare five of these batteries still to be placed in Kansas, and the departmentlooks upon Arkansas City as one of the best locations.
Aside from the enlisting of a company of 65men, the main requirements are: a place to house the property and a suitablearmory for drill, which can be rented by the state. After the enlistmentof 50 men, the battery will be eligible for federal inspection.
The battery here will bring to the city propertyreaching the value of about a quarter of a million dollars in stores ofsupplies for the men, equipment for the battery, horses, etc., and therewill be a nice little pay roll connected with the company.
The Kansas National Guard under the presentlaws are a part of the national army; in fact, the guards of the variousstates constitute the greater portion of the standing army of the UnitedStates.
The matter of putting in the battery of artilleryhere was taken up with the adjutant general's office by the chamber of commerceand Col. Mc Lane will go into detail regarding the necessary requirementsat the meeting the chamber off commerce will hold this evening.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1921
The speed burst of Carl Wright in a race whichcost Marion Lockard his life two months ago near Martha Washington schoolput a $250 dollar burden on Carl Wright of Arkansas City, who drove oneof the racing cars. Wright pleaded guilty in district court this afternoonand was assessed the fine stated. He will have the costs to pay also andstands committed to jail until fine and costs are paid. He admitted havingbeen in police court twice for speeding. It also came out that he ran intoa cow on the road coming here this morning.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1921
Defense Expected to Rest This Evening.ManyWitnesses Heard.
Late today the case of the state versus J. W.Kastle was still on trial in the district court at Winfield, and it wasreported that the defense probably would rest late this evening. Then comesthe arguments and it is not known just how much time each side will be allowedin this regard. The defense put on a large number of character and otherwitnesses today. The state had rested its case last night, and the defensebegan its inning this morning.
It was stated yesterday that there were no ArkansasCity men on the jury in this murder case, which occurred here, as J. W.Kastle and his wife lived here at the time of the shooting. Today it waslearned from the clerk of the court that Fred Oliver, the grocer of thiscity, is one of the jurors in this case. The jury list is: G. H. Harris,C. E. Kistler, Fred Oliver, W. E. Holfan, I. Odenweller, C. C. Sitton, TedHefner, A. W. Althouse, D. F. Haines, C. K. Kukuk, J. M. Koeling, LekisTaylor.
The defense has taken up the line of self defenseall the way through, it is said, and H. S. Hines is making a strong pleafor his client. The state witnesses yesterday included three Arkansas Citypolicemen and Mrs. Agnes Malone, who worked in the Kastle store sometimebefore the killing. She was the first person to see the dead woman the morningafter the shooting, and she told the same story as was given in the papershere at the time of the killing. It is probable that the testimony willbe completed tomorrow and then the case will be given to the jury.
The next case on the docket is the Dean Randolcase, on the charge of stealing a strong box containing money and jewelsto the amount of $7,000 from the railway express office at the Santa Fehere last February.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1921
Commander and Past Commander Local LegionPost Are Members.
The "military committee," a committeeto take charge of and rush arrangements for the national guard battery forArkansas City, was announced this morning by President Mierau of the chamberof commerce.
The committee is: Walter Oliverson, Robt. J.Cox, and Chas. Spencer. Mr. Oliverson is present commander of the AmericanLegion post here and Mr. Cox was the first commander of the post.
The military committee will not carry riflesor wear Sam Browne belts, but it will turn heavy artillery of action onthe arrangements for an organization of a National Guard Battery at ArkansasCity. The committee is in action today and will try to put the matter throughhere before Independence can organize its company.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1921
Routine Matters Taken Up, Battery and OtherPlans Discussed.
The regular meeting of the Arkansas City chamberof commerce was held last night, beginning at 8 o'clock. The attendancewas not large and it was suggested by the president it might be beneficialfor the interests of Arkansas City if the members of the chamber would attendthe meetings.
In the routine business of the meeting, theindustries committee reported that it had met and discussed the pendinglight franchise matter, and later had conferred with the city commission,learning that no formal application had been brought before the city atthat time by the Kansas Gas and Electric company. The committee furtherreported that such action had been taken since that time and that the matterwould be taken up soon by the commission.
Under new business the matter of a batteryas a part of the Kansas National Guard, to be located at Arkansas City,was introduced. This matter, it was stated, was taken up recently throughthe local post of the American Legion and the office of the chamber of commerce.Col. M. R. McLean, assistant adjutant general of Kansas, was present andwas called upon to explain the requirements necessary for securing the company.
Col. McLean stated that his department wasready and would be much pleased to place a firing battery at Arkansas Cityif the necessary requirements were met; and that these requirements consistedonly of finding a suitable armory, storage building, and stables which couldbe rented by the state at a reasonable charge within the allowance for thatpurpose and the further furnishing of the personnel of the company.
Col. McLean suggested that the chamber ofcommerce take the initiative by appointing a committee to work in conjunctionwith the American Legion and Rotary club and other organizations which mightbe interested, so that those interested could be brought together in actionat once. The main thing to look after, he said, would be buildings for drilland storage or property, and stables for the thirty-two horses that wouldgo with the Battery. Col. McLean said he was sure that Arkansas City haseverything necessary for an ideal location, and that the personnel couldbe found in short order.
Col. McLean came here from Independence,where another Battery is to be stationed. He stated that the arrangementsat Independence are at the same stage as here, that city being only oneday in the start of Arkansas City.
There are five batteries and six other artilleryorganizations to be added to the National Guard forces in Kansas, Col. McLeansaid. One regiment has been completed and one battery has been organizedfor the second regiment at Salina, one is in porcess of organization atLyons, and the start has been made at Independence and Arkansas City onother organizations.
It was voted by the chamber that a committeebe appointed to start at once in cooperation with the American Legion onthe definite location of the necessary buildings. The committee was notnamed last night.
W. B. Oliverson, commander of the local postof the American Legion, stated in the meeting that he was confident thatthe Legion post would get back of the movement promptly and that all arrangementscould be made in short order. He said that membership in the Battery wouldbe better and more varied training than in any other branch of the service.
At last night's meeting it was voted that thechamber of commerce request the Kansas Gas and Electric company to adoptthe plan in Arkansas City of flashing the city lights each evening at 8o'clock, correct central time, so that all time pieces may be correctedor the correctness verified once a day.
Col. M. R. McLean, who was here yesterdaylooking after the extension of the Kansas National Guard, was in Francewith the 35th division, which contained the National Guard from this state.He is a member of the American Legion post at Topeka and is very popularamong the guard and the Legion members.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1921
Chairman Guy Ecroyd of the Greater ArkansasCity Ad Club, reported this morning that the committee has secured the namesof two more local merchants who had joined the sales day proposition. Theyare:
Cornish Studio
W. N. Harris, of the Rexall Drug Store
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1921
W. M. Stryker's Car Taken from His Home LastNight.
W. M. Stryker, president of the Security Nationalbank, and the police were endeavoring this morning to get some trace ofthe Cole eight car belonging to Mr. Stryker, which was stolen from in frontof the Stryker residence, at 110 North B street, sometime duringthe night.
Mr. Stryker missed the car when he arose thismorning and went out to get the car and drive to the bank. He has been inthe habit of leaving the car in the street or on the driveway in the yard,leading to the garage, on account of having some goods stored in the garagebuilding at present. It is the supposition that the thief or thieves pushedthe car to the corner north of the home and then rolled it down the Centralavenue hill, before starting the engine, and in this manner there wouldbe no sounds which would arouse the suspicion of the owner or the neighbors.There seems to be no trace of the car today and the officers and the ownerare at a loss to know in which direction the car was taken from the city.The Cole eight was almost two years old, and recently Mr. Stryker had spent$500 on repairs. He had intended to have the body painted at once. However,the car was in good shape, and the owner says it was about as good as new.
The insurance on the car, which is not enoughto cover the loss, Mr. Stryker states, was carried with the Sturtz InvestmentCo. and L. A. Sturtz today joined in the search with the owner and the policein the attempt to locate the car and the thief.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1921
Chamber of Commerce Hears All About AffairLast Night.
Col. M. R. McLean in the City to Explainand Committee of Three is at Work on Recruiting Today.
Arrangements are underway today to meet therequirements of the state and the government for recruiting and musteringinto service a battery of artillery at Arkansas City. The American Legionpost, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Rotary club are back of the movementto see that the plan is carried out in the least possible time. The townis being carefully canvassed for buildings for armory and storage of governmentproperty, and for stables to house the 32 head of horses that go with thebattery.
It is believed by those who have looked intothe matter that the work of recruiting the 65 men necessary for the batteryhere can be accomplished in short order. W. B. Oliverson, commander of theAmerican Legion post here, has expressed belief that a large portion ofthe required number can come from members of the Legion. The plan to befollowed is to form the company, select the officers, locate quarters whichmay be rented by the state, this work being done under direction of a localcommittee. Later General Martin of the adjutant general's offfice will lookthings over, arrangements will be approved and completed up to the pointof federal inspection, which will be done by an officer directed here forthe purpose from Washington.
There will be four commissioned officers, acaptain, two first lieutenants, and one second lieutenant. These will beselected here and recommended for commissions.
The non-commissioned officers, which will bemade by the captain commanding, will consist of one first sergeant, sixadditional sergeants, seven corporals, making a total of eighteen offficerscommissioned and non-commissioned.
After the non-commissioned officers are made,out of the privates may be made a first cook, a chief mechanic, two horsesho*rs,a second cook, a saddler, and two mechanics. These places are looked uponas good jobs, as they come under the classification of specialist, 4th class,and receive pay on the basis of $47 per month, excepting in case of thecook. The cook is a big man, and under the new state law he is entitledto draw $2 per day straight when on duty.
The members of the Kansas national guard whenon duty receive full pay. The following is the rate of pay per month thatwent into effect in this state in May of the present year.
1st grade master sergeant . . . . . $88.00
2nd grade first sergeant . . . . . . 63.60
3rd grade staff sergeant . . . . . . 54.00
4th grade sergeant . . . . . . . . . . 54.00
6th grade private, first class . . . 35.00
First class privates may be given rating asspecialists in six different classes with the following monthly pay: Firstclass, $60; second class, $55; third class, $55; fourth class, $47; fifthclass, $43; sixth class, $38.
In the seventh grade, consisting of privates,they may be given a rating of specialists in six different classes and drawfollowing pay per month: Specialists, first class, $55; second class, $50;third class, $45; fourth class, $42; fifth class, $38; sixth class, $33.
The equipment which will be furnished by thegovernment for the battery will reach about $250,000 in value. The quartermaster'sdepartment will have a large supply of clothing, tentage, mess equipment,a rolling kitchen, and ration and water carts.
The ordnance will have four .75 mm guns, twomachine guns, 126 .45 Colt automatic pistols, 30 rifles, and all of thecaissons, wagons, armament, and equipment necessary. There will be a largeamount of equipment for the signal department.
At other places in the state where batterieshave already been placed, they have been used locally in various parades,on decoration day and for military funerals, and have become a matter ofcity pride.
It is expected to make a record in ArkansasCity in meeting all requirements and getting the company established.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1921
The Dodge roadster which was stolen from thehome of Earl McKimpson, of west of the city Monday night, ws found todayon the Jarvis hill northeast of the city and it is burned to ruins. Mostof the fixtures, including three of the tires, had been taken from the car.This car was insured with the Sturtz Investment Co..
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1921
John Kastle May Get Three Years or as Lowas Six Months.
The jury in the case of the state versus JohnW. Kastle, on trial in the district court at Winfield, on the charge ofkilling his wife in this city on February 26, 1921, returned a verdict thisafternoon at 3:15 o'clock, after being out since nine o'clock this morning,and the verdict was manslaughter in the third degree. According to the Kansasstatute, this may mean a sentence in the penitentiary of not to exceed threeyears, or a sentence in the county jail, of not less than six months. Sentencewill be passed on the defendant at the close of the present term of court.
H. S. Hines, assisted by Hattie Franey, defendedKastle in the trial of this case. The testimony and the arguments were completedlast night and the jury was then excused until 9 o'clock this morning. Atthat hour the jury began deliberations on the testimony. The exact wordingof the verdict was as follows.
"We, the jury empaneled and sworn inthe above entitled cause, do upon our oaths find the defendant guilty ofmanslaughter in the third degree, in the unlawful killing of Arlena Kastleby the use of a dangerous weapon, in the heat of passion, without a designto effect death, as charged in the information.L. A. Taylor, foreman."
The case of the state versus Dean Randol wason trial this afternoon. Arkansas City readers are well versed in the case,as it is the famous matter of the disappearance of the strong box and moneyand jewels valued at over $7,000, and taken from the railway express officehere last February. Atkinson and Pringle of this city are defending, andCounty Attorney Fink is prosecuting. The state was submitting testimonylate this afternoon and was expected to rest tonight. The jury on this caseis composed of the following: A. C. Newman, Frank Ballein, C. A. Bartlow,Geo. Koons, John Anderson, J. J. Winsett, S. M. Wilkins, W. A. Griffin,A. E. Hon. E. N. Rice, Geo. Wright, and J. A. Conrad.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1921
Local Post Go Limit in Helping Organize Batteryfor A. C.
The purpose of establishing a National Guardbattery in Arkansas City was strongly endorsed by the American Legion ata meeting of the local post last night. It was decided by the post to getbehind the movement and help make a record on completing all arrangementsfor the battery and securing the personnel necessary.
With this in view a special committee will beappointed from the Legion post to work in conjunction with the Chamber ofCommerce committee in devising ways and means of completing the batteryorganization and meeting all requirements in the shortest possible time.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1921
"If I Shot Her, I Didn't Know it,"He Testified.
"If I hot her, I don't remember,"declared John Kastle Wednesday afternoon, testifying on his own behalf inhis trial for the murder of his wife last February at Arkansas City, saysthe Courier.
He told of drinking a last glass of vanillaextract and "appleju" and of becoming drowsy. He remembered nomore, he said, till he woke up next morning beside the corpse of his wife.
The woman had been shot through the head asshe lay on the bed, her head on the pillow. The shooting had been with anautomatic pistol, calibre 38. Testimony by other witnesses and by admissionof Kastle, established that Kastle had bought this pistol on February 14.
Kastle went into detail as to the troubles hehad had with his wife for a number of years, troubles which became intensifiedafter he had started the grocery on May 1st last year. He described heras nagging, fault finding, and jealous. She threatened to kill him manytimes, he stated.
On the night of the murder, the Kastles hadsome company in the evening and an hour or so was spent in playing auctionbridge. Vanilla extract and appleju were supplied to plenty from the storeand all of them were drinking.
When the company had left, Mrs. Kastle beganto quarrel with him again, he stated. She made him go to the store and getsome more vanilla for her to drink. She had poured out two glasses of thedrink and they had drank. Then he became drowsy and knew no more till nextmorning.
Kastle testified that before going for morevanilla, he had protested that she had had enough and that she should goto bed. "She went into the kitchen and put some water on the stoveto heat, and she said, 'I'm not going to bed. I'm going to heat water andscald you. You ______'!" Kastle said. He said he had no thought ofkilling her at any time.
He began to drink vanilla last October, he said.Somebody told him vanilla was good for the nerves. He tried it, and foundit had a soothing effect. After that he drank as often as his nerves neededquieting. This became several times a day so that it got so he would drinka dozen bottles a day, at times.
Before Kastle was put on the stand, a largenumber of witnesses were called by the defense to testify as to the disagreeabledisposition of Mrs. Kastle as regarded Kastle, and as to her making threatson his life. Kastle was placed on the stand about two o'clock this afternoon.At press time he was still under cross examination.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1921
One more name was added to the Greater ArkansasCity Ad club today. It is the Hill-Howard Motor Co., and this firmwill offer real bargains in autos on the first sale day, the first Mondayin November.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1921
BID AD: FRIDAY NORTH END MEAT MARKET...WILLBE OPEN.
NORTH END MEAT MARKET
121 NORTH SUMMIT STREET
IRA JONES, MANAGER
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1921
The Young Women's Christian Association is offeringa course in Bible study for any girls who care to take up the study. Differentcourses are offered and will be held for the next few months. Any girl wishingto take up the study may call the secretary at the Y. W. and she will beglad to give any information concerning the courses desired.
Mrs. A. J. Hunt will be hostess at a party givenfor the girls of the Business College at the Y. W. C. A. this evening. Theparty is to welcome the girls of the college and have them make the Y. W.their home. Games and music are planned for the evening and refreshmentswill be served, with a committee of the business college girls assisting.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1921
Considered Great Victory for Attorneys forthe Defendant.
The verdict of the state vs. John W. Kastle,charged with murder in the first degree, is a distinct victory for H. S.Hines, attorney in charge, and Hattie Franey, who assisted him. The juryreturned a verdict yesterday afternoon, which was given in last evening'spaper, finding Kastle guilty of manslaughter in the third degree.
J. W. Kastle, on the night of February 26th,1921, at his home in the Sleeth addition, shot his wife three times andkilled her. There was no one present who witnessed the deed, and when Kastleawoke from his drunken sleep on the morning of the 27th and found his wifedead beside him, it was patent in the eyes of the public that he had murderedhis wife some time during the night.
Kastle kept a little store in the Sleeth addition,and the evidence showed at the trial that both he and his wife were in thehabit of partaking of intoxicants. Kastle was arrested, and for severaldays after his arrest and incarceration, he appeared to be in a dazed condition.He did not seem to realize what he had done, how he did it, and when hedid it. At the preliminary in this city, he was bound over to the districtcourt and his bond was fixed at $12,000. Later the district court reducedthe bond to $7,000, but he was unable to give it.
Kastle's story to his lawyer was to the effectthat on the night of the murder, his wife was drinking and threatened toscald him with a kettle of hot water. She told him to go to the store andget some extracts, during the evening, and threatened if he didn't, shewould proceed to scald him, as above stated. He finally went to the storeand got the extract and returned to his home.
In the meantime, Mrs. Kastle had taken a bottleof apple-ju and poured it into two glasses. Upon his return she took thestuff he had brought from the store and emptied and mixed the contents intothe glasses containing the apple-ju. He drank one glass and she drank theother. He claims that from that time he doesn't remember anything distinctly.Soon after drinking the mixture, he became drowsy, went to sleep, and justwhat happened he is unable to recall.
The state took the grounds that Kastle deliberatelykilled his wife, shooting her while in bed, and consequently was guiltyof murder. The defense observed three points of defense. One was that theshooting was committed in self-defense; the second, the deed was done duringa temporary fit of insanity; and the thirrd was that it was possibly doneby someone else. Evidence was introduced showing that Kastle and his wifequarrelled and Mrs. Kastle frequently threatened to kill him, and a sufficientamount of evidence got before the court to create a doubt in the minds ofthe jury that deliberate murder was committed. The bullet from the firstshot fired took effect in Mrs. Kastle's upper lip and passed straight backto the vertebrae, indicating she was standing up. If she had been lyingdown, the bullet would have had a slanting passage.
Only two points of the defense was permittedto go before the jury. One was self defense; and the other was the possibil-ityof someone else having committed the crime. The penalty for manslaughterin the third degree range from six months in the county jail to three yearsin the penitentiary.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1921
Some Work Now Under Way On Homes and NewBusiness Blocks.
The plans have been completed by Wm. L. McAtee,the Arkansas City architect, for a commodious and modern residence buildingto be erected in the 300 block on South B [?? HARD TO READ] street. Thisresidence building is to be the new home of R. T. Keefe and from the plansit will be one of the most attractive homes in the city.
The style of architecture will be on the Californiabungalow order and it will be built of brick and hollow tile material, withtile roof having an aeroplane effect. The plans provide for eight roomsvery tastefully arranged, for ventilation, steam heating, and every modernconvenience.
Work on this new home is to be started at onceand the intention is to complete it as soon as possible.
The first of next week the plans will be readyfor the new business block to be built by W. R. Ranney in the 300 blockon South Summit street. This building will be of brick and hollow tile construction,and will have a 75-foot frontage. There will be a 25-foot store buildingin the center and two 12-foot rooms on each side, so that it will accommodatefive business firms. It it understood that most of these rooms have beenspoken for by prospective tenants.
Work on the Keefe-LeStourgeon company's newbuilding, to be erected in the 700 block on North Summit street, is to bestarted in a short time now. A part of this building will be used for anice and cold storage depot by the ice company, and there will also be aroom for a market.
There has been some protest made against thiskind of a building being put up in the 700 block by residents in that partof town, it is understood. Architect McAtee stated this morning that theplans for the building are so arranged that it will not detract from theappearnce of the block. It will be used as supply storage for the northpart of the city, not as a shipping point which will have any trackage,it is said.
Plans are being drawn at the office of Mr.McAtee for the remodeling of the James B. Lantz residence at 405 North Cstreet.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1921
Jury Returns Verdict in Express Robbery Casein 40 Minutes.
Two Detectives Testified That Randol HadMade ConfessionHe Denied This on the Witness Stand.
The jury which heard the testimony in the caseof the state versus Dean Randol, in the district court at Winfield, on thecharge of stealing the strong box containing money and jewels from the expressoffice at the Santa Fe station here on the night of December 28, 1920, thismorning returned a verdict of not guilty of the charge. The jury was outabout 40 minutes. The case was given to the jury shortly before ten o'clockthis morning, after the arguments in the case were completed. Each sidewas given 20 minutes for argument. The testimony was all in last night whencourt adjourned. It is reported from the court today that two of the SantaFe detectives, Gregg and Tutton, testified that Randol had made a confessionof the robbery some time ago; and Randol, on the stand in his own behalf,testified that he did not make any confession and that he did not leavethe picture show on the eventful night. The prosecution was made up principallyof circ*mstances, and the jury seemed to take Randol's word as to the transactionsof the case on that night.
C. J. Abbott, of St. Louis, chief special agentfor the American Railway Express Co., who was in the city after the robberyand who gave out the story of the finding of the strong box and its contents,at the time, was not at the trial. It is said that he could not be foundfor service in this case. C. T. Atkinson and Tom Pringle defended Randolin this trial. Randol was formerly employed by the city here as a policeman.
Robbery of the express office at the Santa Festation at Arkansas City last November, is the charge upon which Dean Randol,of that place, is being tried by a jury in district court. He is accusedof carrying away the strong box in which valuables are carried from theuptown office of the company to the station office in order to meet thetrain. The box, unopened and with its contents intact, was removed abouta week after the robbery and turned over, it is said, by Randol himself.
On the afternoon before the evening of the robbery,the express company received a shipment of a considerable amount of moneyand a shipment of jewels amounting in all to several thousand dollars, thetestimony shows. These valuable packages were placed in the strong box andlater taken to the station office. Randol was an employee of the expresscompany, being a driver of one of the delivery wagons.
Tracing Randol's movements, the state showedthat he had gone with his wife to a picture show that evening at seven o'clock.At the show he excused himself and left the theatre. Shortly after thisRandol was seen sitting in an automobile in the rear of the Santa Fe station.A little later he returned to the theatre. Clerks who worked the southboundtrain, about half past seven, testified that the box was in the "cage"in the office when they went out to work the express on the train. Whenthey came back some fifteen or twenty minutes later, they found the cagehad been opened, the back door had been opened, and the box was gone.
Santa Fe and express special agents were puton the case. After several days of investigation, the box was found, asstated. The detectives gave out to the press a story that the valuableshad been found in the attic of the old hotel back of the station; and thatthe safe had been found in the canal in the south part of town. The tipfor finding them had come from a Greek shoe shining parlor in Wichita, itwas asserted. Express employees, who had been under observation, were givena clean bill by the chief of detectives for the express company.
Randol, however, it was stated at the time,had become so enraged at being even suspected of having committed the crime,that he had resigned his job. Gradually other circ*mstances leaking outled the county attorney to suspect Randol and an investigation was started.
Testimony at the trial goes on to develop thatRandol under the sweating process on the night on which the box was recoveredwas closeted for a time with the chief detective. Then Randol and the detectiveleft the house unaccompanied by other detectives or officers; and in a shorttime, the box was loaded into a car near the old hotel building back ofthe station, and was hauled back to the express office. Witnesses testifyingto seeing the box at that time stated that it was not wet or muddy; andthat it was as it was when it left the office. The box was opened there,and the valuable packages were found intact.
The theory of the county attorney is that Randol,finding himself in a tight place, had confessed to the detective on a promisethat the property would be returned and that a fake story should be framedup to account for finding it. In this way, the express company would besaved from any loss. Randol was then to have a chance to get angry and resign,thus saving his reputation in the community. The detective is out of thestate and cannot be subpoenaed as a witness to substantiate the theory ofthe confession.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1921
Friends of Dean Randol, who was on trial inthe district court at Winfield, yesterday, on the charge of stealing thestrong box from the Santa Fe express office in this city, and who was acquittedby a jury, called at the Traveler office today to say that some ofthe statements published in this paper in regard to the trial were not correct.The Traveler gathered the story of the case from Winfield parties,who should know the facts, and from the attorneys in the case; and has nodesire to make any misstatements in the matter, or to give Randol the worstof it when the jury says he was not guilty of the charge.
Friends of the defendant say that the two detectivesdid not testify that Randol made a confession in their presence. They alsosay the strong box was not in the Randol house and never had been, but wasproduced by the detective, Abbott. Randol, they say, was not dischargedfrom the employ of the express company here; and he had made arrangementsto move to Kaw City 30 days before this case was ever started.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1921
Military Committee May Get Suitable Headquarterson South First Street.
The matter of settling upon a location for theheadquarters for a National Guard battery in Arkansas City will be delayeda few days. The military committee has been negotiating with Keefe and LeStourgeonfor the building formerly occupied by the Polar Ice company. This building,in the opinion of the committee, could be remodeled for storage of armsand supplies and for stables; and if the company can be induced to builda suitable place for a drill room, adjoining, very satisfactory quarterscould be arranged there for the battery.
The company is considering the proposition;but has reached no decision, as yet, although it is understood that theylook in favor upon the matter. Mr. LeStourgeon will be Topeka on next Mondayand Tuesday; and while there, will have a conference with General Martin.After his conference with the adjutant general of the state, his companywill be able to reach a decision.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1921
A Hung Jury, One Conviction, and Sonny JonesNow On Trial.
District court at Winfield was still grindingaway today on the large criminal docket and the case on trial this morningwas that of the state versus Sonny Jones, a negro of this city, on the chargeof assault committed some time ago. Testimony in this case was being takenas late as noon and it was expected that it would be completed and go tothe jury late in the day.
The cases on trial Saturday were state versusHerbert Cornelison, the charge of robbing the Interurban office in Winfieldof some small change some time ago, andstate versus Wilson and Harvey, on the charge of attempting to steal anauto off the main street in Winfield several months ago. Sunday morningthe jury was discharged, having failed to agree, and it is reported herethat the twelve men stood 6 to 6. The case probably will be tried againat the next term of court.
Cornelison is a Geuda Springs lad and hewas arrested at Winfield shortly after the alleged robbery, for the reasonthat he had a lot of small change on his person at the time. His contentionwas that he won the "chicken feed" in a crap game at Grenola,Kansas. He did not take the witness stand. The evidence shhowed that hewas seen near the interurban station on the morning of the robbery, accordingto a report in the Winfield Free Press.The evidence was circ*mstantial and therefore the jury failed to agreeon a verdict.
Case of state versus Wilson and Harvey was completedlate Saturday and the jury was excused until nine o'clock this morning.Shortly after being sent out to deliberate on the case this morning, thejury returned a verdict of guilty as charged in the information. These twoyoung men said to be strangers in the county seat will be sentenced at theclose of the present term of court. They were captured by the officers ofWinfield on the night of the alleged attempted robbery, after two othermen of that city had noticed them trying to start the car and putting theofficers onto them.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1921
Sheriff's Force Arrested "Bill"Wallace and Seized Wet Goods.
Party of "Visitors" at the PlaceEast of the City Held as Witnesses in the State Court at Winfield.
Last Saturday evening the sheriff's force fromWinfield, assisted by officers from this city, raided the "Bill"Wallace place east of Arkansas City; and in the dragnet, the following wetgoods were seized and taken to the county seat town to be held as evidenceagainst the alleged owner: 11 cases of what the officers term "homebrew", a quantity of empty cases, and ma-terial said to be used inthe making of the brew, four fifty-gallon barrels of wine, one five-gallondemijohn filled with wine, four fifty-gallon barrels, each of which wasabout one- half full of wine, and one sixteen-gallon barrel of wine.
Wallace was arrested and taken with the wetgoods to Winfield, where he will stand trial in justice court of Judge O'Hareat a later date. The warrant in this case was sworn to by County AttorneyEllis Fink, of the county seat, upon information furnished by city and countyofficers, according to the report of the officers in this city. In the dragnetthere were a number of people taken in charge at the Wallace home and whowill be held as witnesses in the alleged booze case. The names of the witnessesas given to the Traveler by one of the local officers who was withthe sheriff's force at the time, are as follows, but there is no means ofknowing at this time whether or not the names are all real or whether theyare fictitious names.
Mary Smith, Wichita; Alice Lake, 710 North AStreet, Arkansas City; Maud Jones, Winfield; A. Baker, 925 South SecondStreet, Arkansas City; Clayton Dunbar, Newkirk; Chas. Hamm, Winfield; W.H. Jones, Tulsa, Oklahoma; C. C. Thorp, rural route, Arkansas City; T. B.Adams, 619 North C Street, Arkansas City; J. M. Borban, Wichita; Many Smith,Arkansas City; Mary Smith, Arkansas City; Ellis Cummins, Arkansas City.
The raid on Saturday night was made about 8o'clock by Sheriff Chas. Goldsmith, Undersheriff Don Goldsmith, both ofWinfield, and Deputy Sheriff Fred Eaton and the "old wheel horse,"Ed Pauley, of this city. The start to the alleged booze cellar was madefrom this city and the raid was successfully pulled off, as stated above.This is considered to be the most successful catch in this county sincethe rigid prohibition laws went into effect; and it is said that the officershave had the place under suspicion for some time.
There were bottles, glasses, and pitchers ofthe alleged beverages at the wine cellar when the officers called and weresaid to be all ready for service, in a room between the wine room and thecellar. All these items were confiscated also, and all were taken to thecounty seat to be held in the county jail until the day of the trial ofthe man who is said to be the owner. There was a quantity of the wine foundin short plain bottles capped and wrapped in paper, ready for a "rush",the officers report. The alleged bar tender was loaded into the sheriff'scar, after he had made an attempt to destroy some of the evidence by throwingthe bottles against the rocks, and the wet goods were placed on a largetruck and hauled to Winfield that night.
Officers report that the wine cellar was lockedwith a combination lock, and the alleged owner wanted one hundred dollarsto unlock the door. Wallace said it would cost the county a lot of moneyto fix the place up again, after the door was opened, but the sheriff andhis force took his word for that statement.
On several different occasions in the past fewmonths, the Traveler has been informed by parties riding east ofthe city that there was a great deal of joy riding in that direction; andit was said some time ago that on the return trip, the young folks and otherswho motored in that direction came in making lots of noise, generally. TheTraveler has made mention of the alleged joy riding and the allegedbooze joint east of the city on account of the reports coming to the cityfrom that vicinity.
The location of the Wallace farm is eight mileseast of the city, and near the town of Cameron. Local officers report somefunny instances in connection with the case of Saturday night, one of whichwas the fact that Wallace evidently misunderstood the order to load thewet goods into the truck and he began to break the bottles on the rocks.Policeman Pauley discovered this transaction while the other officers wereotherwise engaged and stopped this procedure. Officers report that a wellknown Arkansas City man drove up to the place hurriedly, while the raidwas on, and taking in the situation at a glance, he said he wanted waterfor the radiator of his car. He was told to help himself and after securingthe water, he beat a hasty retreat from the alleged booze farm. There wereother parties in the car, beside the driver; but the occupants were seenface to face, as the officers had no charge against them in connection withthe case.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1921
W. H. Parman, who has truck gardens and greenhouses north of Kansas avenue, presented the editor of the Travelertoday with a beautiful bouquet of dahlias. Mr. Parman says that he has alarge number of these flowers growing outside at this time. Mr. Parman alsohas an acre of radishes, which he is harvesting and marketing. If anything,the fall radishes have a better taste than those raised in the spring.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1921
For Fortieth Annual Convention of A. H. T.A.
ENTERTAINED TODAY
Business Sessions of Order Will Begin Tomorrow
CROWD FROM WEST
An Open Meeting to be Held Wednesday Morningto Which Public is Cordially Invited.
Arkansas City is entertaining many visitorsfrom over the state today on account of the fortieth annual session of theA. H. T. A. being held in this city. The business sessions of the stateconvention will not start until tomorrow so that the visitors have givenall their time today to meeting each other and the people of Arkansas City,and being entertained by the convention town folks.
One of the first things mentioned by the statesecretary of the association, in speaking about the sessions for tomorrow,was the fact of the morning Wednesday session being an open meeting, andone which it is very much desired to have the public attend. "Telleverybody in Arkansas City," said Mr. McCarty, secretary of the association,"That we want to see them at the Wednesday morning meeting." Afterthe Wednesday forenoon meeting, the sessions will be closed business sessionsonly attended by the delegates and members of the organization. The sessionswill be held in the auditorium of the new high school building.
The session for Wednesday afternoon will beone of the most interesting to the majority of the delegates as the mattersof nominations for state officers, nominations for national delegates, andthe selection of a place for next year's meeting will come up and be disposedof.
The A. H. T. A. has been in existence for 67years, having been started before the civil war. The story of the inceptionof the organization was recalled by Secretary McCarty while talking witha Traveler reporter yesterday evening.
In the month of October of 1854, Mr. McCartyrelates, there was a most active and annoying gang of horse thieves operatingwith headquarters in Clark County in the northeast corner of Missouri. Inthat county also were some strong hearted men who believed that law andorder must prevail.
As a result of study and planning as to howproperty in that part of the country could be protected and the gang ofthieves broken up, a man named Major David McKee and five associates metin a little log school house and organized themselves together under thename of "Anti-Horsethief Association," at a conference held atLuray, in Clark County, Missouri. That is how the association got its name.Major McKee added to their association, and in the end drove the gang ofthieves out. Just what disposal was made of the gang has not been made apart of the history of the organization; but whatever it was, it broke themof the habit of stealing their neighbors' horses.
The success of Maj. McKee and his little bandof associates in maintaining law and order up there in the corner of Missouriinduced other localities to follow their lead. In other localities A. H.T. A. bunches were formed. The idea spread into Iowa and Illinois. Up until1881 every sub-order organized was taken into one association, and thenat the national meeting held at Keokuk, Iowa, the association was separatedinto state divisions giving charters to Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, and Illinois.And at present there are two divisions in Oklahoma and one in Arkansas.
The first association in Kansas was organizedby a few neighbors in Republic County in 1876. These men met in a dugout,which was the home of one of the organizers, and formed the sub-order, whichis today local No. 74, although for the first five years it held that numberin the national association.
Members of the order who attend a state meetingnow days, where they congregate by the hundreds and thousands, where everythingis prepared in advance for their meeting, place, and entertainment, canscarcely realize what the first state convention in Kansas was like. Thatconvention was held at Humboldt, and it had a total of seven delegates.These men arrived in Humboldt with no one to meet them and no place arrangedfor holding a meeting; but they made a start and went on record with thefirst annual convention.
In the present days the membership of the A.H. T. A. is made up from all of the walks of life almost. The farmer, theranchman, and the banker are represented in the association; and the merchant,minister, lawyer, and doctor. It is an organization for the protection ofthe members, for the general upholding of law and order, and at presentincludes social features.
The horse, which was the particular object ofpersonal property that caused the first organization, is no longer in theforeground, having given the right-of-way for the automobile; but the associationprotects alike all personal property, and stands for personal justice andfreedom as well.
The present state secretary, G. J. McCarty,who is also treasurer, has seen many years of service in the state association.He is now finishing his 19th year as state secretary, and has been a memberof the organization in Kansas for the past 24 years; and for several yearsserved on the state executive committee. Mr. McCarty first became a memberof the A. H. T. A. in Iowa in 1879. At present he is now a member of sub-orderNo. 86, Coffeyville.
Senator Alfred Docking, of Manhattan, who wasa delegate to the national A. H. T. A. convention recently held at Newkirk,is here attending the Arkansas City meeting.
President John W. Lapham, of Chanute, was notamong the earlier arrivals, but is expected to arrive today. Mr. Laphamhas been president of the state association for the past two years.
Parsons is accredited with being the largestsub-order in the state, having about 500 members. Chanute comes next witha slightly smaller membership. Each one of these locals has 20 delegatesto the state convention.
The main body of the Coffeyville and Parsonsdelegates are expected to arrive this evening.
Bert Williamson, of Newton, who has the honorof being an ex-president of both the state and national association, isexpected to arrive today to attend the 40th annual session.
Colon Gray of Sterling was among the early arrivalslast night, also Fred Graham of Peabody.
Sylvan Miller and H. J. Wagner of Humboldt wereamong the first registrations this morning.
The registration headquarters is in the banquetroom at the Osage Hotel, and is in charge of the local association.
T. J. Sargent, of Newkir, an ex-president ofthe national association, will be among the visitors here tomorrow.
Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. Miller, and Miss Allenof Pittsburg arrived last night as the first visitors among the Auxiliarycontingent. Mrs. Miller was secretary of the auxiliary's state organizationuntil last year.
C. H. Hare of Coffeyville, a member of the presentstate executive committee of the A. H. T. A. and also state organizer, wasone of the first to reach the headquarters at the Osage Hotel last night.
Vice President W. C. Salome arrived in ArkansasCity last night to attend the convention. Mr. Salome's home is at Mt. Hope.
A message was received here this morning byChas. Peek, from President Lapham, stating that Frank Smith, chief of policeof Cleveland, Ohio, and a prominent man in police training, will arrivein Arkansas City tomorrow morning and will make an address before the A.H. T. A. convention, probably tomorrow forenoon, on how he trains his policeforce.
NOTE: AT FIRST MEETING WEDNESDAY MORNING,ADDRESS OF WELCOME ON BEHALF OF THE LOCAL SUB-ORDER, NO. 157, WAS MADE BYW. D. KREAMER, PRESIDENT.
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[TO BE ADDED TO STORY ABOUT CAPT. HUGH H. SIVERD]...
Arkansas City Daily Traveler, Tuesday, October 18, 1921.
The liquor trail by which Morgan Wright wentwrong, and which led him to kill Capt. Hugh H. Siverd, here in October,twenty-eight years ago, appears to have enticed his feet into crooked waysagain, it might be gathered from a story in the Oklahoman. A specialdispatch from Ponca City is authority for the statement that Wright wasrecently taken by federal officers in a raid near that place. The chargeagainst him is left to inference.
The raid was on a log farm house somewhere inthat locality, it would seem from the story which is hazy as to time andplace. Wright and several other men were taken. The officers found a stillin the house, the story says. Whether Wright was making whiskey or was onlydrinking in the place, is not stated.
Wright and Wilbur Norton were convicted of themurder of Captain Siverd. The killing took place on the corner of the CowleyCounty National, where a bronze star marks the spot. They were sentencedto be hanged; but under the laws then existing, this meant only a life sentence.After serving about twenty years, they were pardoned, or paroled. Wrightwent to his people in Oklahoma; Norton to Illinois.Courier.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1921
Body of Chas. Donovan Started From New YorkToday.
Word was received in the city this morning thatthe body of Charles Donovan, who was killed in the world war in France,had been shipped from New York and it is expected to arrive here on Fridayor Saturday. Upon the arrival of the body in this city, arrangements fora military funeral will be made. In fact, a part of the arrangements havebeen completed already. The services will be held on Sunday afternoon at3 o'clock, in the Sacred Heart Catholic church. Rev. Father Daveren, ofWalnut, Kansas, will have charge of the services in the church. Father Daverenis a former army chaplain and is quite well known here. The local AmericanLegion post will have a part in the services and Chas. Donovan will be givena military burial here. Post Commander W. B. Oliverson requests that allthose who can furnish cars to go to the cemetery that day notify eitherhim or the Oldroyd undertaking firm. The body will be taken to Oldroyd'supon its arrival here, to await the day of the funeral and burial.
Chas. Donovan was a former resident of thiscity and his parents reside on North Third street.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1921
Russell B. Scott, late of Chicago and San Diego,California, is in the city for the purpose of locating here, with an up-to-datecigar factory. He has secured a room at 116 North Summit street and withintwo weeks he expects to have his stock of tobacco here and be ready forbusiness. He will make Scotty's Big Four, a four for 25 cents cigar, andalso the Xtragood cigar, for selling at ten cents, or three for 25 cents.Mr. Scott comes here with splendid recommendations and he intends to locatehere permanently.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1921
Al G. Wright Buys Boyer-Bredenkamp-McNabbStock.
The hardware stock of the Boyer-Bredenkamp-McNabbcompany was purchased yesterday evening by Al G. Wright, a popular travelingsalesman who has represented the Weyeth Hardware company of St. Joseph inthe past, and who has a good many acquaintances and friends in ArkansasCity.
Mr. Wright did not buy the implements that havebeen with the stock, but he will retain the present stand of the Boyer-Bredenkamp-McNabbcompany, and will conduct an up-to- date hardware store.
"I like Arkansas City," Mr. Wrightsaid last night, "and I want to get off of the road so that I can spendmore time with my family. I am going to give all my time to conducting afirst class hardware house in Arkansas City."
Mr. Wright's family at present is located inAnthony, but will move here as soon as arrangements can be made.
BIG AD: AL G. WRIGHT, FOR 25 YEARS A TRAVELINGSALESMAN FOR THE
WYETH HARDWARE CO. OF ST. JOE, MO., HAS PURCHASEDTHE
ADDRESS: 102 SOUTH SUMMIT STREET.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1921
Among the delegates to the A. H. T. A. conventionwhich closes here today were a number of men who could recount some livelytimes in the past in connection with the work of the association. Some ofthese occurrences are still remembered by many of the citizens of this partof the state.
A Montgomery County man told the story whilehere of a chase which lasted quite a long time and ended by the forced killing.Down in Montgomery County a fellow brought his wife home to her father,deserting her there, and leaving on a mule stolen from his father-in- law.It was probably worth a mule to get rid of that kind of a son-in-law, butthe mule happened to be under the protection of the A. H. T. A., and thethief, while as slippery as thieves are ever made, found there was no suchthing as getting clear away. After he had done some clever dodging, he waslocated in the Panhandle in Texas, and brought by a sheriff back as faras Winfield.
He escaped from the sheriff there and the chasewas on again. Notices were out everywhere to the members of the A. H. T.A., and they were all on the lookout for the wanted man. Escaping at Winfield,he had rode away on a race horse, so he was well mounted. He was seen occasionallyby some member of the association, and after dodging here and there, heapplied for work on a ranch in the Indian Territory. The ranchman was himselfa member of the A. H. T. A., and he had received a description of the horsethief, and knew the fellow as soon as he saw him. He gave the thief a jobin the hay field; notified the sheriff of Montgomery County, and kept thefellow busy until the officers could get there. The sheriff and a deputyU. S. marshal, dropped into the neighborhood and tried to take the thiefby surprise; but he saw them in time to roll off the hay stack and drawhis gun. The sheriff and marshal started around the stack in different directions.As the thief threw down on the sheriff, the deputy marshal shot him beforehe could fire at the other officer. It was either the life of the sheriffor the horse thief.
The story illustrates the benefits of the associationin locating and capturing criminals. The fellow wanted in Montgomery Countywas a hard man to catch. But there were association members everywhere,and they all had a description of the man wanted. He might get away timeafter time, but he would always be seen by some other member and reported.
Under the broad spread of the organization nowplanned, the auto thief may find things quite as difficult as the horsethief of the past.
"This convention desires to go on recordas appreciating the message delivered by our speaker, Honorable Frank Smith,chief of police of Cleveland, Ohio, dealing with his school for policemenand his modern methods of handling crime in one of the best police citiesof the world.
"We desire to protest against the use byany railroad of liquid materials sprayed over its right-of-way to destroyvegetation that is destructive of animal life both wild and domestic animalsand request that our officers take this up with the railroad company.
"Resolved, that we positively disapproveof the control in the public affairs in the state or nation of people whoare not naturalized citizens of the United States, but are still citizensof foreign countries. We endorse one hundred percent Americanism and theexclusion of all foreign influences that would tend to destroy it.
"We favor a positive educational campaignamong the schools of our state that shall bring into play all the deterrentinfluences possible among our citizenship looking toward the preventionof crime and its attendant evils.
"We urge that the organization in thisstate influence that uniform laws be passed in the group of states coveredby our order regarding the registration of automobiles, with adequate penaltiesfor non-compliance, making it easier to trace, locate, and recover carsand thereby to capture and convict the thief.
"Resolved, that we condemn the suggestivenessof many of the moving picture films that depict crime by low, lewd, basesuggestions showing the success of participants in daring holdups, bankrobberies, etc., and urge that such be restrained.
"Be it resolved that this convention veryurgently condemns the practice of delegates leaving the hall, and remainingaway, while the convention is in session.
"Resolved, that we ask the national orderto change the constitution so that the ladies are admitted to full membershipin our order.
"Realizing the financial stress at thistime, we nevertheless go on record as favoring that just as soon as theright time comes, we shall put the subscription price of the A. H. T. A.News at some stipulated amount into the membership dues so that every familyreceive the paper."
On request of the auxiliary, the resolutionfor changing the constitution to admit women to the A. H. T. A. was reconsidered,and tabled temporarily until the matter could be considered and decidedupon by the ladies of the auxiliary.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1921
Mrs. Edna Zerber is moving her popcorn stand,which has been at the Rex theatre all summer, to 110 South Summit street,the first door north of Hockday's. Mrs. Zerber will also open a fruit andcandy stand in connection with the popcorn stand, but will still furnishthe corn for the Rex theatre. Mrs. Zerber formerly had her stand at theStrand; but in the new location and with the additional fruit stand, itwill help her greatly in serving her many customers and will also increaseher business.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1921
Ed Morris was in the city today from Wichitaon a business visit. [QUESTION: IS THIS THE SAME ED MORRIS WHO OPPOSED WILLIAMSAND HILL GETTING HANGAR?]
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1921
Alfred Stettheimer has taken over the waistshop in the Osage hotel, formerly known as the Miller Waist Shop. This exclusiveshop is patterned after the Stettheimer shop in
Wichita and will carry a full line of everythingin ready-to-wear and small furnishings. The shop will still be in chargeof Miss Gatwood Heck. Mr. Stettheimer says that the shop will be exlusivein style, as their prices are made to suit their customers, and those whopatronize their shop.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1921
Mash, Liquor, and Parts of a Still Are Foundon Arkansas River.
About twenty gallons of mash, a gallon of cornwhiskey in jars, and a gallon of the same in a glass jug were taken by thesheriff in a raid on Ray Vaughn's place on the Arkansas river a mile northand about five miles west of Martha Washington school last night. Vaughnlives on a farm belonging to H. P. Hansen at the bend of the river. Themash and jars of liquor were found in the cellar of the house. The jug wasfound in the weeds across the road. Some coils and other parts of a stillwere found hidden in the hay in the stable.Courier.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1921
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Seeley are in the city fromRussell, Kansas, on a visit with relatives and friends. He is the fatherof Ray Seeley of the Fitch Music Co., and he may decide to locatein Arkansas City again. Mr. Seeley has been on a large ranch near Russell,with another son, Earl, for some time past; but it is the belief of hisfriends here that he is longing to be back in the best city in the stateof Kansas again.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1921
G. A. R. Protests Against Removal of FlagFrom Cemetery.
Plumbers Also Before City Board Today toDiscuss Ordinance Regarding the City Inspection.
The regular weekly meeting of the board of citycommissioners was held at the city building beginning at 10 o'clock thismorning.
Representatives of the Arkansas City post ofthe G. A. R. were present in force, to protest on an action taken in cleaningup the cemeteries wherein flags placed upon the graves by the G. A. hadbeen removed by the city. There seemed to be considerable feeling workedup among the G. A. R. members over the matter, and a general protest wasmade before the board of commissioners by John Patterson, who stated thathe was one of a committee elected to find out by what authority the flagshad been removed; by L. Logan, commander of the post; and Mahlon Hunter,another member of the committee.
The mayor stated to the committee that the actiontaken by the city, instead of containing any disrespect to the G. A. R.or the flag, had been entirely with the intention of the opposite. Afterit had been represented to him that the flags were torn and worn out, inplanning for keeping up the general appearance of this sacred ground, hehad allowed the flags to be removed; not the flags as they were when placedon the graves, but the torn shreds and remnants of them. The mayor insistedthat the intentions of the city were of the best, and that the action wastaken with all proper respect for the flag and the soldier dead.
Mr. Patterson stated that the post had expectedto replace these flags in the spring with new ones, and made the claim thatmany of them were not much worn when they were taken out.
Mohlon Hunter said that it was his idea thatthe flag which had been used for such service, even when the post shoulddecide to remove it from the grave, should be cared for and held sacred,but that these flags had been left careless and were now scattered and carriedoff.
Later: heard from plumbers on the present inspectionordinance. Plumbers pleaded with them to cut down plumbing fees for thebenefit of the public. The mayor stated that the real purpose of a plumbinginspection was to protect the public; that it was the inspector's duty tosee that the public gets a first class job and not a defective one; andthat the city had tried by forming the present ordinance to place a nominalfee, which would pay for such inspection. Matter was put under advisem*nt.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1921
Services Held in Catholic Church and BodyTaken to Pawhuska.
Funeral services for Charles Donovan, worldwar hero, who was killed in France and whose body arrived in the city lastweek from overseas, were held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in Sacred HeartCatholic church. This was not a real military funeral on account of thefact that the body was not interred here; but was taken to the former homeof the family at Pawhuska for burial. The Catholic church, however, doesconduct the military funeral, Rev. Father Degnan states, in spite of thefact that this has been denied here.
There was an escort of about fifty of the locallegion men in uniform at the services yesterday, and they accompanied theremains of the soldier boy from the morgue to the church and then back tothe Oldroyd parlors, where it was kept until this morning. Relatives ofthe deceased accompanied the body to Pawhuska this morning, and it willbe interred in the cemetery there.
The church was crowded for this service Sundayafternoon and there was not even standing room in the new building on SouthB street, when the hour of service arrived. On this occasion Rev. FatherJ. Davern, of the Catholic church at Walnut, Kansas, gave the address andit was one of the best funeral addresses given in the city for a deceasedsoldier. The priest held the audience for some time and the services throughoutwere very attractive and appropriate. Roy Williams of the Arkansas Cityhigh school, sang "In the Garden With God," and the church choiralso rendered special music at the service. There were flowers in abundance.
Father Davern was a senior chaplain in the UnitedStates army in France and served with the American boys. He remained inthe city today and will address the local legion post in their hall thisevening at 8 o'clock.
Chas. Donovan is said to be the only Osagewho gave all in the late war with Germany and the local Catholic church,together with the members of the American Legion post, paid high tributeto his memory with the impressive service held here on Sunday.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1921
After spending six months visiting New YorkCity and traveling through the east, Mrs. Albert Worthley has returned toher home in Arkansas City. Mr. Worthley, who travels for an eastern firm,will not be home until late in November. Mrs. Worthley states that she hasenjoyed her trip, but is very glad to get home again. Mrs. Worthley saysthat times are much harder in the east than here, many more men being outof employment and general economic conditions more abnormal. She has beenwith her daughter, Mrs. Edna Worthley Underwood, while in New York. Mrs.Underwood is famous in the east as a writer. She is a former Arkansas Citygirl.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1921
Fair Association Organized to Make YearlyExhibits.
OFFICERS ELECTED
J. C. Jarvis Heads Organization and Pollomis Secretary.
MEETING LAST NIGHT
Of the Men and Women of the Farms and theCity Was a Happy Event, and Bore Fruit.
J. C. Jarvis, president.
W. G. Mullett, vice-president.
L. B. Pollom, secretary.
O. B. Seyster, assistant secretary.
V. E. Creighton, treasurer.
Board of directors
Al Beeson; C. M. Baird; W. G. Bufffington;H. B. Holman; Harve Christy; Robert Warren; J. C. Dulaney; C. E. St. John;H. S. Collinson; Blaine Adams, J. Davis; Mrs. Lilly Crampton; and Miss MaryParsons.
The Arkansas City Fair Association was organizedlast night in this city at the meeting and dinner at the Osage hotel, atwhich time a number of the progressive farmers and stock men and their wivesof this immediate vicinity and some of the businessmen of the city participatedin a real love feast. The above names are the officers and directors ofthe association, which was perfected at this meeting. The old saying, "strikewhile the iron is hot," proved to be very successful for the meetinglast night, and this gathering following closely on the heels of the splendidlivestock show of last week was the real cause of the fair association beingorganized at this time. The men and women elected as officers and boardof directors of the new association, are representative men and women ofthe farming interests near Arkansas City, and of the business interestsof this city.
That they will all serve in a capable manneris already certain, as shown by the interest, of those in attendance atthe meeting last night. The dates for the next annual livestock show andfair in this city have not yet been decided upon, but this matter was alsodiscussed at some length last night and the men and women interested aredetermined to set the dates so that they will not conflict with other fairsin this immediate vicinity in order to give the regular exhibitors the chanceto take their stock and household wares from one fair to another withoutany conflict in dates.
The officers of the Arkansas City Fair Associationare all well known in and around the city and they are:
J. C. Jarvis, president, one of the most prosperousfarmers and stock men of the county, who resides northeast of the city.
W. G. Mullett, vice-president, a new man inthis vicinity, who resides south of the city and is already well known here,as a thriving and up-to-the-minute farmer.
L. B. Pollom, secretary, has been the competentinstructor in the vocational agriculture department of the local schoolsfor several years past and is a scientific farmer.
O. B. Seyster, assistant secretary, is the secretaryof the local Chamber of Commerce and the Retailers Association.
V. E. Creighton, banker, and president of theTraders State bank of this city.
The board of directors, though numbering thirteen,promises to be one of the best and most thrifty bodies of its kind in thecountry and they are determined to make the Arkansas City fair the bestin the county or in the entire country, it may be said.
The two women on the board, Mrs. Crampton andMiss Parsons, took an active part in the show last week and they demonstratedthe fact that they are up to snuff on such subjects.
All of the men on the board are well known hereand claim Arkansas City as their permanent home. Therefore, the board ofdirectors and the officers of the association are bound to win out in thisvaluable enterprise.
Following the dinner served at 8 o'clock lastnight, the meeting here was called to order and "Big Bill Buff,"W. J. Buffington, was the toastmaster. He called upon a number of the menand women present for three minute addresses on various subjects pertainingto the main object of the meeting.
Mr. Buffington paid a nice compliment to thecity and rural schools for taking such an active part in the affair of lastweek and said the city school authorities worked very hard for a numberof days to make the show the success that it proved to be. He called uponMayor Hunt and the mayor made a few appropriate remarks.
He said there is no line between the city andfarm folks and that the city was open to the farmers at all times. Cityand rural districts are closely connected now, he said, and the city andcountry are one and the same at the present day and age. His remarks wereaddressed for the most part to the rural folks. They are the community life,he said, as he passed a nice compliment upon Mrs. Crampton, who spoke atthe A. H. T. A. convention here last week. Mayor Hunt said that ArkansasCity was going to ask for a division of the county, and stated that if SenatorHoward and Representative Murray did not assist in this matter, they wouldbe fired.
C. M. Baird spoke on Shorthorn cattle, and toldof the start he made in this line some twenty-three years ago. "Praisesof the Shorthorn." was his subject.
Elmer Bufffington, of Oxford, well known horseman, talked on "What It Takes To Make A Real Livestock Show."He proved to be equal to the occasion and gave those present some excellentadvice on the subject. He praised the show of last week and said the stockmenof Oxford would be here in full force next season. Elmer Buffington saidhis father, J. M. Buffington, who was unable to be present at the meeting,was the first man to bring a stallion into this section of the country.
The entire countryside knows of the successof J. M. Buffington and his two sons in the matter of raising pure bredhorses. Proper feed and care of the stock was given by the speaker also.Animals must be fit to show and must be raised properly, he said. He saidthat C. M. Baird and Al Beeson were the best boosters for the livestockshow in the country.
"The benefits of a stock show from thestandpoint of the auctioneer," was the subject of Harve Christy, ofNewkirk, who said he resided in the southern suberb of Arkansas City, andthat his wife says they will move to this city some day to live. He wasreared on a farm west of the city and he is still in love with ArkansasCity. He said the livestock men come here from Kansas City and Fort Worthregularly to pick up our fine horses and mules. Arkansas City needs a pavilionfor the stock show, he advised.
"The benefits from the household section,"by Mrs. Crampton, of West Bolton, was one of the best of the short addresses.The farmer's wife anticipates the shows in this connection; and thereforemakes an effort to prepare something good at these times, she stated. Thissection of the show is far reaching. The woman prides herself in carryingout the plans in this connection and will always have something of interestfor the fair.
"The future of the mule colt," byAl Beeson was one of the subjects; and he said that Elmer Buffington hadfully covered this subject. It was stated by the chairman that Mr. Beesonraised the premium list $15 on the mule exhibits at the recent fair.
At this stage of the meeting, the committeeon nominations of officers and directors was sent out to deliberate.
John B. Heffelfinger, of the Security Nationalbank, spoke on the "Influence of the stock show on the boys and girls."The show must be successful to be of interest to all, he said. He asked,"What are we going to do with the boys and the girls on the farm?"He stated, "We must give them a chance. It is worthwhile and they mustnot be overlooked." John is known in this city as a real friend tothe school boys and girls.
"How it feels to be the biggest prize winner,"by F. D. Mielkey, the auctioneer of Oxford, was the next subject. He wasin charge of the exhibit of cattle and horses from that town last week,which carried off the biggest end of the prize money, and he says it feelsgood and inspires the stockman to better grades of animals at all times.The Winton exhibit was one of the best at the show, he said. He said hehad never seen a better line of stock in a small show as he had the opportunityto look upon here.
Senator R. C. Howard was called upon to speakon the subject, "Which end of the cow gets up first." Bill thoughthe had the senator stuck; but he turned the tables nicely by asking Buffwhich end his father spanked when he was naughty. Mr. Howard showed thathe knew something about farming and live addresses. He said he was a memberof the I. X. L. Farmers Union and was therefore a farmer. He was born ona farm, also, and served three years in the dairy department while there.
"Why do we need a stock show?" byO. B. Seyster. There are three distinct reasons, he said. One never knowswhat he can do for himself until he tries, and sees what the other fellowis doing in the same line; it's an inspiration and one wants to do betterthe next time; and last, it takes good livestock to make the community prosperand grow.
V. E. Creighton, the next speaker, said he wasproud of the show of last week. He said the city was always willing to helpthe country folks. Mr. Creighton was elected to the office of treasurerafter he had left the hall.
Bob Murray defended the Jersey cow and he saidthat all other breeds were raised on the Jersey cow's milk. He said everyoneshould use more milk. He said, "The percent of infant mortality inArkansas City is less than in any other city in the state, with the exceptionof Lawrence; 62 out of every 1,000 are the figures here. Wichita's is muchmore than that." He attributed the well raising and the good healthof the Arkansas City babies to the fact that they are fed on good milk.Bob also got off a few jokes on the other cattle men in the audience.
R. E. Harp, Holstein raiser, spoke on "Thebenefit of the livestock show to the Holstein man." He was the firstman here to show two of these cattle at the Arkansas City show, he said.They are better cows and more profitable. He said to make the show an annualevent, at all costs. It is a good thing to see what the other fellow hasat the show, as the farmers have not the time to call upon one another tosee the livestock.
Supt. C. E. St. John spoke on the subject, "Thestock show and its relation to the schools." He emphasized on the cropof boys and girls. He said the country schools should be interested in thestock show. The rural schools should be tested in this matter and shouldhave their attractions along this line. All schools should enter contestsof various kinds in order to keep up the interest. He is for boosting therural schools and is of the opinion that they are coming to the front. Heis for the show again next year.
Several impromptu talks were then given andthe toast master called upon nearly everyone in the room. Among those whogave short talks were: Chas. Spencer, L. B. Pollom, Myron Bell, W. J. Gilbreath,J. C. Jarvis, W. N. Harris, W. G. Mullett, Mr. Howen, E. G. Newman, RoyKuhns, Ferd Marshall, J. Davis of Ashton, who had Herriford cattle at theshow, John Elliott of Ashton, who classed the recent Wichita fair as a fake,Ollie Christy, local auctioneer, the Williams brothers of north of the city,Mr. Fite of Kay County, and Dr. J. H. Knapp.
H. S. Collinson gave an account of the plansthat were carried out at the recent show, and he stated that the agriculturalcommittee of the Chamber of Commerce, of which he is the chairman, is willingat all times to be of service to the farmers in this vicinity. The stockshow and fair is always of advantage to the merchants and the farmers, aswell, he said.
E. C. Mireau, president of the Chamber of Commerce,stated that the dinner of the evening was served at the expense of the chamberand he welcomed the farmers to the city on this occasion.
C. M. Baird reported for the committee on therecent show and said that everyone in connection with the show and the exhibitswas well pleased with the attraction and the results. He said that Houserand Adams, of Oxford, were well pleased with the show here and would comeagain next year.
R. C. Howard stated that he would be one offifty men to donate the sum of $50 for the next year's stock show and thisbrought forth a round of applause. There was no action taken on this suggestion,however.
Here the nominations and elections of officersand directors took place, and the names presented by the committee wereread by J. W. Wilson. As they were presented before the meeting, they wereeach chosen without any unusual formalities, and none of those named bythe committee offered any serious objections.
H. B. Holman, one of the exhibitors, who hadalfalfa at the recent show, stated that he would turn in his premium moneyto the next year's show.
Here there was a lively discussion in regardto the admission charge and the entrance fee, for the coming attraction,next fall. There were differences of opinion in this regard and the matterwas finally left to the board of directors, upon motion of W. N. Harris.Mr. Fite of Kay County advised that the fair be a free fair, as is heldin the Kay County towns. He gave various reasons for this contention andsaid he was for a free fair all the time. Others objected to this plan,and some of those present thought that the plan of the recent show, to chargea small admission price at the gate and give the entrance fee for exhibitsand the stalls free, was the best.
Then the matter of a name for the associationwas brought up and discussed. Mr. Mullett suggested that it be called theTri-County fair. The chairman thought this was not the proper thing andso stated. He said not to give the impression that it was to be a county,or one, two, or three county affair, but to have it open to the world, sothat anyone who desired could come here and exhibit their farm and stockproducts. The Kay County man urged the promptors to keep it a clean showand not to allow fakirs of any kind on the show ground. Finally a motionby R. C. Howard to call it the Arkansas City Fair Association prevailed,and the discussion ended.
Upon motion of Elmer Buffington, the crowd extendedhearty thanks to the Arkansas City crowd for the fine dinner and the cordialtreatment extended to the members of the audience at this time.
The meeting ended shortly before 11 o'clock,after a very harmonious and interesting discussion of the entire matterand the perfecting of the fair association, as outlined above.
There were representatives in attendance fromSumner and Cowley counties in Kansas and from Kay County, Oklahoma; alsofrom Winfield, Oxford, Dexter, Ashton, and some of the smaller towns inthe surrounding country.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1921
A. A. Newman will erect another building onthe corner of Summit street and Jefferson avenue. The building will be onestory, and will be 50 x 132 feet. When completed it will be occupied byA. L. Bendure, who is going to run a "drive your own car" garage.He will also have a work shop in part of the building, and it is a possibilitythat there will be a service station connected with the building in someway. Will Bunnell perfected the arrangements by which Mr. Newman will putup the building.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1921
Ten Days Old Boy Left in Rooming House HereToday.
A baby boy, ten days of age, which was leftin the Model rooms today by the mother, was rescued late this afternoonby the city officers and at 4 o'clock the infant, peacefully slumbering,was in the hands of the public health nurse, Miss Fern Smith, and Mrs.Emma Ray, who is engaged in the sewing room at the city hall. It wasstated by the officers late in the day that the baby boy would be takento the probate court at Winfield, tomorrow, provided the mother is not foundand there some disposition will be made of the little boy.
The mother is said to be Mrs. Hope Brady, andshe claimed to be from Wichita. She is supposed by the officers to haveleft the city on the noon Santa Fe train and an effort is being made tohead her off at Wichita, where it is presumed whe will stop, and have herbrought back to the city to answer to the charge of abandoning her babyboy. The woman giving her name as Mrs. Brady gave birth to the child inMercy hospital ten days ago and she was dismissed from the hospital yesterday.At the time the child was born, she told the attending physician that shedid not want the child. When told of the abandonment today, the physicianstated that he was not surprised. The woman told the attendants at the hospitalthat her husband was in Wichita and that her mother, whose name she didnot give, was in Tulsa. The woman appeared to be 21 or 22 years of age.She secured a room at the Model rooms, in the 300 block on South Summityesterday after leaving the hospital and she was last seen there about11 o'clock this morning, the proprietor told the officers and the nurse.They thought nothing of her absence until they heard the baby crying andthen they found it in the room on the bed alone. A search for the motherwas then begun and she could not be locat ed. Hence, the alarm of abandonmentand the turning over of the baby to the city authorities.
Miss Smith, city health nurse, and ProhibitionOfficer O. H. Isham are in charge of the baby and they plan to take it tothe county seat tomorrow morning, provided the mother is not located.
When the woman left the rooming house this morning,she stated that she was going to the hospital to pay her bill; but she didnot go there, and the bill is still unpaid.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1921
Hudson Speedster Which Caused the Death ofTom Perry.
The big car which turned over and killed TomPerry on the rock road south of Hackney one day last summer is now ownedby Russell Kimberlin, who bought it at sheriff's sale Saturday for $651.The big speedster was sold under the law as a "wet" car, thatis, a car alleged to have been used in transporting liquor. Its owner, R.B. Putnam, of any old place, did not appear to defend the car.
Perry was killed when the car, speeding fromArkansas City to Winfield, overturned after blowing out a tire. Putman wasarrested on a charge of manslaughter, but showed that he was not drivingthe car at the time. A week or so after the Perry killing, the Hudson raninto a Ford on the road west of town and caused injuries to several persons,as well as smashing a wheel. Putnam was not driving. This time the car wasarrested as a wet car. The climax was reached in the sale Saturday afternoon.
Courier.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1921
W. A. Coats opened a new grocery store yesterdayat his old stand, 845 North Summit street, where he formerly had a store.Mr. Coats has built a new building, which joins on to his house, and isnow ready to serve the public in the best way possible. It will be knownas the "Home Grocery."
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1921
The report is prevalent that A. H. Fitch willerect a fine business block at the corner of Summit Street at Adams avenue.He is contemplating work very soon.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1921
New York, Oct. 25.W. B. (Bat) Masterson, formersheriff in the southwest, and in recent years a sporting editor of the MorningTelegraph died of heart disease while at work at his desk today. Hewas sixty six years old.
Masterson had an adventurous career. Born inFairfield, Illinois, he went with his parents to Wichita, Kansas, when hewas 14, and two years later became a full fledged buffalo hunter.
He fought with Captain Baldwin's scouts againstthe Indians in the battle of Red River and was severely wounded. After theIndian warfare, he returned to Buffalo hunting. When barely 21 years old,he was elected sheriff at Dodge City, Kansas, and was a terror to "badmen."
Later he moved to Trinidad, Colorado, wherehe became a marshal. Subsequently, he went to Tombstone, Arizona, and thento Denver and Chicago. He came to New York a number of years ago and becamewidely known as a writer of sports.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1921
Ulman Paris Has Secured More Ground on SouthSummit Street.
Donations of One Thousand Dollars and OtherSums Make it PossibleGiven to City Soon.
Ulman Paris, of Park park fame, who has beeninstrumental in the past several years of adding two parks to the city ofArkansas City, the first one known as Paris park, and the second as Newmanpark, has shown his loyalty to the city, by acquiring title to another plotof ground on South Summit street, which will be turned over to the cityver soon, as an extension to the Newman park.
The plot in question lies east of Summit street,and will be a valuable addition to the Newman park, which was recently turnedover to the city authorities. The new plot contains about four and one-halfacres of ground and is two and one-half blocks long and one-half block wide.
This new proposition in the line of purchasingmore ground to be used as a city park was started some weeks ago when anArkansas City man donated the sum of $1,000 to apply on the ground whichMr. Paris desired to secure for this purpose. Then the city agreed to putup $500 on the plan and soon afterwards there were two donations of $100each and one for $300.
The house and other buildings on a part ofthis land, known as the Matt Chadwell place, will be sold for the sum of$250, it is said by Mr. Paris; and this also will be applied on the purchaseprice of the entire plot.
Mr. Paris suggests along this line that theapproach to the city from the south is a fine place for a park, as it willbeautify the city in that section and will also be a valuable asset to ArkansasCity in other ways than this. The new park place will be a valuable additionto the Newman park and will be an extension of that plot, for park purposes.
Mr. Paris and the others who have been instrumentalin this latest move for park grounds (whose names have not yet been madepublic) are to be commended for this bit of enterprise. Further announcementalong this line, in the matter of the time when the ground shall be turnedover to the city, and other plans along this same line, will be made inthe very near future, it is promised by Mr. Paris.
Since the above story was written, Mr. Parisstates that he has sold the houses on the ground there to Henry Russell,and they will be moved immediately. Mr. Paris says that the deed to thenew plot for park purposes will be turned over to the city just as soonas all the money to pay for the land has been collected, which probablywill be by tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1921
The plans for a business block, 75 x 50 feet,one story, on South Summit street, on the vacant lots north of the JarvisImplement Company, have been prepared and bids are received for the same.
The building is to be erected by W. R. Ranneyand will be one story, and will contain four rooms. The plans were preparedby W. L. McAtee.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1921
Recent Stock Show Started Myron Bell as anExhibitor.
Myron Bell has broken into the fancy saddlehorse exhibitor class, through his connection with the recent stock showhere. While assisting in the horse department at the show, he purchaseda colt which took the blue ribbon in the saddle horse class. The colt wasraised by Jim Butler, and is a son of Al Beeson's prize horse, "JohnnyWalker." At the time of showing here, the colt was just five monthsold. It is not only bred in the purple, but is an unusual individual. Dr.McCampbell, who judged the horses at the Arkansas City show, said that injudging in five different states this colt was the only 100 percent colthe had found in the saddle classes. As yet the colt has not been named,but it has been arranged to leave the naming to Mr. Beeson, who is veryproud of this young prize winner.
The colt's first appearance away from home willbe at the stock show which will be held in Wichita this winter. Mr. Bellexpects to capture a long string of first prizes in future exhibits.
[VISIT OIL TOWNS]
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1921
Arkansas City Men Interested in Appersonand Whiz Bang.
Several businessmen of this city went to Apperson,Oklahoma, this morning to look over the new oil town, which has sprung upthere in the last month or so. Apperson is located about seven miles southeastof Kaw City on the Santa Fe, within five or six miles of Whiz Bang. Severalof the largest oil companies of Oklahoma have wells there and it is a thrivinglittle town. Tulsa and Ponca City have alreaady had excursions there, andhave bought lots there, that are being sold by the oil companies.
The businessmen going from here today are urgingan auto road service between here and the new town, which will greatly helpArkansas City. Clyde Roseberry is heading tthe trip and those accompanyinghim were O. B. Seyster, F. W. Theaker, J. A. Prescott, R. T. Keefe, W. H.Nelson, and Mr. Whiston.
It is said that Mr. Apperson paid the town company$20,000 to name the town after him.
[SCHWARTZ ELECTRIC REORGANIZING]
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1921
Schwartz Electric Co. Makes Many Changesat Place of Business.
The Schwartz Electric Co., has undergone a completereorganization in its business. This firm has grown from an infant in thepast few years, until it is now one of the largest electrical firms in thecity. Its reorganization means better service to its patrons. F. J. Schwartz,who has been in charge of the outside work for the firm, has moved insideand he and his brother, J. M. Schwartz, will look after the retail department,fixtures, and appliances, hereafter. This firm has secured the servicesof R. L. Patterson, formerly proprietor of the A. C. Electric Co., and hewill have complete charge of the contracting and wiring department. Theyalso have secured the services of Marion Parsons, of St. Louis, Mo., anexpert electrician, and with the aid of other efficient electricians intheir employ the Schwartz Electric Co. will be able to take care of itsever growing business.
BIG AD THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1921...ADDRESS:302 SOUTH SUMMIT STREET, PHONE 492.
[ACTON/PAULINE SLEETH]
Arkansas City Daily Traveler, Thursday, October 27, 1921.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Acton of Silverdale receiveda telephone message last night announcing the arrival of twin baby girlsat the home of their son, Grant M. Acton, of Ponca city.
Miss Pauline Sleeth, well known former teacherin the local high school, who is now making her home in Wichita, is in ArkansasCity at the present visiting relatives and her many friends here.
[SIDENOTE: KKK AT ENID, OKLAHOMA]
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1921
Enid, Okla., Oct. 27.A parade of approximately250 automobiles, each containing four or five men clad in white robes andhoods, last night passed through a negro street here amid a tumult of noise.A score of negroes shortly before the parade had received anonymous warningsto leave town, according to reports to the police. Several were reportedto have fled. The parade was thought to have been a sequel to a pistol fightbetween officers and two alleged negro thieves yesterday in which the negroeswere killed and a policeman injured.
[MOTHER OF ABANDONED BABY IN MODEL ROOMSRETURNS/WANTS BABY]
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1921
Wants the Foundling Returned to Her.ClaimsCaldwell as Home.
The mother of the baby left at the Model roomshere day before yesterday returned to Arkansas City today, and went at onceto the Model rooms, where she had left the child. She seemed surprised thatthe child had been taken before the probate court, and that it had alreadybeen placed in a home. The mother's excuse for leaving town was that shewanted to get money to pay her hospital bill; and further that she wantedto find out if her mother would let her bring the child home. In talkingwith the officers here this afternoon, she claimed that her home is in Caldwell,but it seems here this afternoon she claimed that her home is in Caldwell,but it seems that she has been working in another town.
Since leaving Arkansas City she had been toWichita and other towns. It will depend upon the action of the probate courtwhether or not she can regain custody of the child; and of course whetherthe authorities decide to be lenient with her for temporarily abandoningit. The child is still in charge of Mrs. Will Callahan here.
When the woman was registered at a local hospitaltwo weeks ago, where the baby was born, she gave her name as Mrs. Hope Bradyand said her husband was in Wichita. She also claimed Wichita as her homeand said her mother was in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Chief C. H. Peek of the policeforce had the young woman in charge this afternoon and late in the day thedisposition of her case had not been decided upon by the local authorities.
[CARPENTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 1907 GIVE BANQUET]
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1921
Seventy-five Local Members Were in Attendance.
WILLIAMS - SPEAKER
Editors Howard and Spencer Also Make Talks.
SPLENDID UNION
Member Executive Board Said all Labor OrganizationsShould live up to Contracts.
RECAP ONLY:
Geo. M. McDowell, president of the localunion, No. 1907.
At the conclusion of the dinner [Osage Hotel],Editor Howard made a brief talk. He stated that the toastmaster [McDowell]was some joker, and related the following incident to prove it. A year orso ago when the toastmaster was remodeling the Isis Theatre as the editorof the Traveler passed, Mr. McDowell hailed him and wanted to knowwhat was the matter with him, said he looked like he was very sick. Theeditor denied being sick; but the toastmaster insisted that he was sick,and when the editor left, he looked like a corpse, according to Mr. McDowell.Afterward the toastmaster said it was a joke. Now the toastmas ter was aboutto play another joke, not on the speaker, but on the members of the unionpresent, by calling on him for a speech.
[CHARLES DONOVAN, JR. - CARD OF THANKS BY RELATIVES]
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1921
We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks, especiallyto Farther Degnan and Father Davern, and the American Legion; and to allall friends, the kind citizens of Arkansas City, for their services rendered,and the many acts of kindness shown, in the death of our beloved son andbrother, Charles Donovan, Jr., who gave his life for his country. We alsowish to thank all for the beautiful floral offerings.Mrs. Augustine Donovan,Mr. and Mrs. Jesse C. Donovan, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Carlton, Mr. and Mrs.B. M. Plomondon, Mr. and Mrs. George Carlton, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hadden.
[MORE DETAILS ABOUT TRAVELING TO OKLAHOMAOIL FIELD...BEST ROUTES]
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1921
Chamber of Commerce Investigates Roads andHickman Oil Fields.
The party that went to Burbank or Hickman oilfields from the chamber of commerce here yesterday had an interesting tripand returned feeling they had been well repaid for the time spent.
The party had two purposes in making the trip:first, to locate the best and shortest road between Arkansas City and theoil field; and second, to look over the routing of the proposed spur whichthe Midland Valley contemplates building into this oil field.
The party on leaving Arkansas City drove outthe Madison avenue road and to Fall City, from there to Grainola, then directto the Hickman field, going into Whiz Bang, as this start of a town is called.This route, according to Mr. Seyster, who was with the party, is the shortestand in all ways the best road from Arkansas City to the fields. Practicallyevery foot of the road is good. Near Fall City there is a bridge neededand it is claimed there is a strong possibility of it being built; but withoutthe bridge, this road is the best route. The drive can be made under twohours. It is a main traveled thoroughfare and will be kept in condition.
Notwithstanding the reports, that there is littleactivity in the old business and the restrictions made by the governmentin withholding leases on abutting property, the Arkansas City crowd foundthings looking very active in the Hickman field with new rigs going up rightalong in the tried territory, and everything looking like the operatorsare going in for production on a big scale.
The proposed Midland Valley spur is plannedto be built 14 miles south from Grainola, bringing the terminals right intothe heart of the drilling operations. This road would give Arkansas Citya direct short line to the oil fields; and from the present prospects, ArkansasCity is likely to get a lot of business from that locality.
The crowd that went out from here yesterdayincluded: O. B. Seyster, Dick Keefe, Clyde Roseberry, Mr. Whiston, FrankTheaker, Sydney Prescott, Chas. Spencer and W. H. Nelson.
INMAN, MAN WHO ROBBED E. L. McDOWELL, ARRESTEDIN TULSA]
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1921
Arrested at Tulsa for Stealing a Kansas CityCadillac.
When His Record is Given to The Tulsa CourtFrom an Invisible Source, He Wilted.
Elmer Inman is in the toils again.
Inman is the man who stole over $7,000.00 worthof diamonds from E. L. McDowell several years ago, and was sent to the pen.He had no sooner landed in prison than the warden and a lot of other peoplebecame interested in securing his pardon. They claim that he was a modelprisoner, and that he would go straight if he got out. All the time he wasin prison, it was simply nothing more than being out, for he was the warden'schauffeur. He told the officials and those whose friendship he was ableto win, that he was not guilty of the diamond robbery, and that he wouldmake good if he was turned loose, and would absolutely go straight fromthe time he gained his freedom until the end.
But Inman's promise was just talk. His recordshows he has been a crook for many years, and couldn't get away from iteven if given his freedom. He was paroled the latter part of September.According to a telephone message to E. L. McDowell from a Pinkerton detective,who is now stationed at Tulsa, Inman has been picked up again, and by thistime is probably on his way back to the Kansas penitentiary.
Accorrding to the story of the detective, whichwas told to Mr. McDowell over the phone, Inman, after his parole the latterpart of September, went to Kansas City and there stole a fine Cadillac machine,after which he drove to Tulsa and has been there the greater portion ofthe time since. Shortly after locating in Tulsa, he married a Tulsa girl.
A few days since Inman was picked up by thepolice on the charge of stealing the Cadillac at Kansas City. The preliminarytrial was set for yesterday. Before the case came to trial, friends wentto the officers and offered to put up $500 not to have the case prosecuted.
But this time fate was against Inman. The detectivewas behind a screen in the police court room when Inman was brought in.The detective could see him, but Inman could not see the detective. Afterthe court had about finished up the preliminary, and when it began to lookas though the case was about to be settled up, the detective butted in.
While Inman was sitting in the chair in court,and the taking of testimony had been completed, the detective, while stillhidden behind the screen, said "Let me give you this man's record."And he did so from behind the screen. He told of the various thefts whichInman had been charged with, of the diamond robbery, and of his term inthe Kansas penitentiary, and other misdeeds he had been charged with inthe last few years.
The detective informed Mr. McDowell over thephone that Inman absolutely wilted as he sat there in the chair and listenedto a recital of his record from an invisible source. It had a terrifyingeffect upon the prisoner at the bar.
According to the phone message, Kansas authoritieshave been notified, and it is possible that officers from the penitentiaryare en route to Tulsa after Inman, and will take him back to the state prisonwhere he will more than likely get what he deserves.
This time he will probably not be able to convincethe officials that he has reformed, and that he is not guilty. The sob stuffwill no longer be listened to from Inman. His parole probably will be revoked,and he will more than likely serve a much longer sentence in prison thanhe would have if he had been left to serve his sentence for the stealingof the McDowell diamonds.
[AL G. WRIGHT REMODELING]
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1921
The Al G. Wright hardware store is undergoinga thorough remodeling at the present time. Mr. Wright recently purchasedthe store from Boyer-Bredenkamp-McNabb. He is having a deck placed in therear of the store where he will move his offices. On the side of the roomhe is placing shelves to display his wares on. When finished Mr. Wrightwill possess a most attractive hardware store.
[ITEMS NEEDED FOR PROPOSED BATTERY IN ARKANSASCITY]
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1921
What the Proposed Field Battery Will CallFor.
Following is the list of the principal itemsfor a field of battery artillery, which Arkansas City is going after atpresent, the list having been furnished by the office of the adjutant general,C. I. Martin of the state of Kansas.
Carts, rations ---------------------------------------------1
Carts, water -----------------------------------------------1
Kitchen, rolling -------------------------------------------1
All clothing, tentage, mess equipment, includingeverything
required for the personal comfort of the soldier.
Battery reel -----------------------------------------------1
Caissons for 75 mm guns ------------------------------------7
Carriages, 75 mm guns --------------------------------------4
Guns, 75 mm ------------------------------------------------4
Limbers, caisson -------------------------------------------7
Limbers, carriage ------------------------------------------4
Machine guns, Browning -------------------------------------2
Pistols, Colt, automatic 45 --------------------------------126
Quadrants, guns --------------------------------------------4
Rifles, Browning automatic ---------------------------------8
Rifles, calibre 30 -----------------------------------------30
Saddles, etc. ----------------------------------------------35
Shrapnel, rounds -------------------------------------------100
Wagons, battery and stores ---------------------------------2
Glasses, field ---------------------------------------------10
Range finders ----------------------------------------------4
Sitogenionierers [?] ---------------------------------------5
Switchboards, signals, lamps, flags, etc.
Telephones -------------------------------------------------6
Telescopes -------------------------------------------------2
Watches ----------------------------------------------------10
Wire, feet ----------------------------------------------43,000
Voltmeters, etc., medical equipment, engineer.In fact,
everything to completely equip a battery forfield
service, except horses, of which there are 32.
The following rates of pay for enlisted menof the Kansas National guard are effective on and after May 25.121: (Seesec. 2, ch. 206, S. I. 1921.)
Month Day
1st gradeMaster sergeant ............ $88.80$2.96
2d grade(first sergeant);
(technical sergeant). ....... 63.60 2.12
3rd gradeStaff sergeant ............. 54.001.80
4th gradeSergeant ................... 54.001.80
5th gradeCorporal ................... 44.401.48
6th gradePrivate 1st class .......... 35.001.17
With rating as specialist, 1st class 60.00 2.00
With rating as specialist, 2d grade 55.00 1.83
With rating as specialist, 3rd class 50.00 1.67
With rating as specialist, 4th class 47.00 1.57
With rating as specialist, 5th class 43.00 1.43
With rating as specialist, 6th class 38.00 1.27
7th gradePrivate .................... 30.001.00
With rating as specialist, 1st class 55.00 1.83
With rating as specialist, 2d class 50.00 1.67
With rating as specialist, 3d class 45.00 1.50
With rating as specialist, 4th class 42.00 1.40
With rating as specialist, 5th class 38.00 1.27
With rating as specialist, 6th class 33.00 1.10
[WALLACE BOOZE TRIAL POSTPONED]
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1921
Wallace Case Set Over Yesterday Until ArmisticeDay.
The trial of Bill Wallace, arrested ten daysago when about $3,000 worth of wine was confiscated at his residence nearCameron was continued in Justice O'Hare's court Friday forenoon. The casewill come up in the same court on November 11th.
County Attorney Fink, however, filed an amendedcomplaint this morning and now Wallace is facing seven counts. The statenow charges him with selling liquor on four counts, with manufacturing liquorwith an infraction of the "bone dry" law (possession), and witha nuisance count.
Judge O'Hare, after the original charges hadbeen changed and added to, held that the old bond of the defendant was notenough and raised the figure to $1.000.
"Make it $10,000, if you want to."said Wallace indiffer-ently. He added that fifty men had informed him theywould be willing to go on his bond. He gave the new bond.
After the continuance had been granted, Wallacejokingly asked the sheriff if there was any chance to get any of the eightbarrels of wine taken from his cellar. The sheriff thought there would beno chance. Wallace, however, will be given a chance to get a chemical analysismade of the wine, and a chemist named by him will be given a sample fortesting.
Wallace, who is a widower, lives near Cameron.He was arrested after the officers found a huge quantity of grape and rhubarbwine in his cellar. The wine was brought here and is being kept at the jail.Eight barrels, more or less full, were found and nearly 300 pint bottleswere also found containing a like mixture.
The state has caused a chemical analysis, butno announcement has been made of the percentage of alcohol found.
Free Press.
[WOLFORD LOOKING AFTER OIL INTERESTS]
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1921
J. M. Wolford, the Fifth Avenue theatre manager,left this morning for a visit to his oil interests near Iola, Kansas. Hehas twelve producing wells on his lease there, which were closed down untilthe recent raise in the price of oil. At the time of closing, he had histanks full; and he is now running this into the pipe lines. A little overa year ago Mr. Wolford was offered $85,000.00 for his lease. The productat present is bringing him in about $200.00 per month. The run of his wellsis being taken by the Standard Oil Co.
[MIDLAND VALLEY SPUR TO OIL FIELDS]
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1921
Chamber of Commerce Bringing Pressure toFavor Arkansas City.
Secretary Seyster of the chamber of commerce,has information which leads him to believe that some of the road's officialsfavor Foraker as against Grainola, as the point from which the proposedMidland Valley spur to the new oil fields is to be built.
The spur will be about fourteen miles in length,and would cost less to run from Grainola than Foraker, but Mr. Seyster learnsthat the parties interested are proposing to raise the difference in thecost in order to get the line from Foraker.
Mr. Seyster has wired President C. E. Ingersollat Philadelphia in regard to this matter, also endeavoring to get in touchwith the vice president and general manager. A. W. Lefever at Muskogee,in order to feel out the exact status of the matter.
According to Mr. Seyster, the road officialsseem to be figuring on the bulk of freight traffic coming from Muskogeeand Tulsa, instead of from Arkansas City and Wichita.
The chamber of commerce is using its influenceto have the proposed "spur" located so as to be favorable to thiscity and Wichita, and is presenting as the weight of the argument that thevolume of business coming from the north would far outweigh any differencein the cost of construction on the proposed routes, or the possible volumeof business coming from the south.
[ERROR ACKNOWLEDGED BY PAPER RE HEAD OF CARPENTERSUNION]
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1921
The Traveler was in error yesterday whenit made the statement that Geo. McDowell was president of the local carpentersunion. While Mr. McDowell was toastmaster at the banquet, he is not presidentof the union. Herman Gladmann holds that position.
Hermann Gladmann and John Campbell have beenelected delegates to the state meeting of the carpenters union at SalinaNovember 3rd. They will leave for that town the first of the week.
[SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTIONIN KANSAS CITY]
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1921
National Anthem Sung by Schumann-Heink. She was presented by John G. Emery, national commanderof the legion, as "Mother" Schumann-Heink. With eyes flashingand holding an American flag aloft upon a standard, the white haired singerpoured out her voice to her "boys."
Participants: General Armando Diaz of theItalian Army; General Baron Jacques of Belgium; and Vice-President Coolidge,who represented President Harding; Admiral Earl Beatty of the British GrandFleet; Marshal Foch of France, commander in chief of the allied armies;and General John J. Pershing of the American expeditionary forces, actingas Marshal Foch's aide.
Unemployment; Finances.
Efforts made by the American Legion to combatthe unemployment situation as it affects the former service man and thesuggestion of remedies for the problem were set forth at length in the annualreport of Adjutant Lemuel Bolles to the national convention of the Legion.Mr. Bolles suggested stimulation of public works, a more rigorous exclusionof aliens, and a systematic effort on the part of local posts and departmentsto find work for the 900,000 former service men said by the report to bejobless. National treasurer, Robert H. Tyndall, showed the present financialworth of the Legion as $608,933.99 as against $461,717.37 at the time ofthe last national convention. During the year more than 1,050 posts hadbeen added. Departments were created in Mexico, Panama, the Philippines,France, British Isles, Argentine Republic, and Canada, while posts wereextended to twelve additional countries.
On Third Day of Convention.
The committee on Americanism in its report,urged more stringent examination of immigrants and closer supervision ofradicals.
The use of English only in the country's publicschools was urged, and it was asked that all teachers be required to takethe oath of allegiance.
More respect for the flag and more drastic safeguardsagainst using it for advertising purposes at home and abroad, were requested.
Better election laws declared to be necessary.
Punishment for all slackers was demanded andthe action of the legion officials in opposing the release from prison ofpersons convicted of wartime law offenses endorsed.
Radicals: suggested that newspapers be requestedto publish notices of radical gatherings and that legion posts notify theproper authorities of all radical meetings coming within their observation.
A policy in Hawaii "which shall resultin a larger population of distinctly American origin and a diversificationof alien population with a view to military, social, and economic safety."
Report was adopted section by section. One clauseurging that clemency be not given Eugene V. Debs, serving a sentence inthe federal prison at Atlanta for violation of wartime laws, was adoptedamid cheers, the convention rising and shouting its approval.
Resolution on compensation was read and adopted...thismeasure was pending in congress at the time. It would provide adjusted compensationto the soldiers, sailors, and marines of the great war.
The American Legion reaffirmed its standupon adjusted compensation and asked that the Congress of the United Statespass this measure without further equivocation or delay.
A resolution castigating Col. George W. Harvey,American ambassador to Great Britain, for a speech made soon after his arrivalin England and in which he discussed America's reasons for entering thewar, was indicated in the resolution committee's report...greeted with cheersand shouts. The resolution declared Mr. Harvey was unworthy to hold anyoffice whatsoever in the gift of the American people and that a public rebukeand an immediate recall would be punishment mild in form compared with theenormity of the offense which he had committed. This resolution was tabled576 to 444, 50 not voting. There was a brisk fight on the floor over Col.Harvey.
Resolution asserted the Ambassador's remarksat the Pilgrims' banquet in London, shortly after he arrived in England,in regard to the motives that actuated America's entrance into the war,were "false and untrue," constituting a "gross slander"upon the service men and women of the country.
"Whereas, George Harvey, American ambassadorto Great Britain, a colonel by the courtesy of a South Carolina Governor,has seen fit in a recent public address, to cast reflection upon the motivesactuating the American people in entering the recent world war, by sayingthat they were controlled by fear and selfishness; and
"Whereas, such statements, even if true,would be peculiarly out of place as coming from the public spokesman fora great people, but, being as they are, false and untrue, constitute a grossand malicious slander on the good name of the entire American people andparticularly upon the memory of those who have given their lives for thesake of humanity; now therefore, be it
"Resolved, by the American Legion . . .that the words of George Harvey at the Pilgrims' banquet in the city ofLondon are a miserable calumny, worthy only of a little mind, dominatedby envy and jealousy, and incapable of appreciating the higher ideals oflife and therefore ascribing to others the only motives which it is ableto understand; that we, therefore, respectfully represent to the presidentof the United States that the said George Harvey is unworthy to hold anyoffice whatsoever in the gift of the American people and that a public rebukeand an immediate recall would be punishment mild in form compared with theenormity of the offense which he committed; and that the national adjutantbe instructed to send a copy of this resolution to the president of theUnited States."
After the original Harvey resolution had beentabled, a substitute Harvey resolution was adopted. It was couched in lesscaustic terms, and was adopted by unanimous vote.
It stated that Mr. Harvey's remarks did notrepresent the sentiment of the American people and was attended, on motionof South Carolina, to omit the title "colonel" in referring toMr. Harvey.
[VIRTUAL AGREEMENT: CITY AND KANSAS GAS &ELECTRIC CO.]
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1921
The city commissioners and the Kansas Gas andElectric company have virtually agreed upon a franchise, and this morningoccurred the first reading of the franchise before the city commission.
The franchise ordinance agreed upon by the citycommissioners and the Kansas Gas and Electric company is about as favorableto the city as can be drawn under the laws of Kansas. This franchise containsno schedule of rates. It is useless to have one in a franchise as the statepublic utility commission fixes the rate. It would make no difference whatkind of an agreement the city would make on rates with the electric lightcompany, for the reason the state public utilities commission would changethem either higher or lower on application from the company.
The constitution of the United States guaranteesall contracts to be inviolate, but here comes the state public utilitiescommission and changes any or all provisions there is in a franchise betweena city and a public utility corporation, to suit itself or the corporation.
Unless otherwise ordered, the Travelerwill publish this ordinance franchise next Wednesday. We hope every citizenof Arkansas City will read this franchise over carefully and make up theirminds in regard to it. It is quite an important matter.
While it is not contained in the franchise,one of the agreements of the Kansas Gas and Electric company, is that thecompany will build and maintain bridges across the canal within the citylimits wherever such bridges are necessary. While it is possible that thecity could compel the electric light company to build the bridges, yet ismuch easier to have the agreement for it to do so than to go to law aboutit and spend considerable money endeavoring to build these bridges.
More was said, which I skipped.
[EAST CRESWELL BUILDING]
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1921
Number of Substantial Improvements BeingMade There.
Just at the present it is the opinion that EastCreswell township is doing more building than any other portion of any townshipin the country. Will Bramer, who lives east of the city, about two mileson the Madison avenue road, has completed a fine large barn. He is now startingthe erection of a fine residence. Mr. Bramer has twenty acres of land onthe north side of the Madison avenue road, west of the Hardy farm. Whenhe finishes his improvements, he will have one of the nicest places in EastCreswell township.
Joe Booten is another builder. He has commenceda fine barn 30 x 60 feet. Underneath the barn is a basem*nt. In the secondstory, the barn will have ample room for hay and feed. Mr. Booten livesnortheast of the city.
J. C. Boans has just finished a fine dairy barn.His farm is three miles east of the city near Parker cemetery. It is oneof the most complete dairy barns in this section. Tomorrow Mr. Boans startswork on a seven room bungalow residence. It will be built of frame and veneeredwith brick. Mr. Boans owns one hundred twenty acres of land: twenty of itis west of the Parker cemetery, and one hundred acres south of the cemetery.He is confining his work principally at this time to the dairy and fruitbusiness and is doing well.
[NOTE: PAPER SAID BOOTEN OWNED THE 120 ACRESOF LAND, ETC. BELIEVE THIS WAS A MISTAKE.]
NEXT PARAGRAPH SAYS BOOTEN AGAIN...NOT SUREIF THEY MEANT BOANS OR BOOTEN...HARD TO TELL!]
Mr. Booten is one of the farmers who hit itoff pretty well during the war. He had the Brecount farm rented then, andraised wheat and sold it at $2.89 a bushel. He saved his money and is nowshowing the fruits of his success and thrift.
[MORE ABOUT OL PARIS/NEWMAN PARK ADDITION]
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1921
Ol Paris appeared before the city commissionersto make a request that the city allow him $500 to apply on the purchaseof a tract of land known as the Matt Chadwell property, lying on the eastside of South Summit street near the Arkansas river bridge. He stated thatMessrs. Newman, Denton, Wallace, Keefe, and one other party had contributeda total of $1,750 and the $500 asked of the city would make a total of $2,200,representing the purchase price of the land. The entire tract is to be turnedover to the city by Mr. Paris for park purposes, and the equity will restin the city.
[DENTON]
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1921
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Denton returned this morningfrom a visit with friends at Chicago. They stopped off at Kansas City wherethey were met by their son, Frank, who is attending school at Lawrence.Mr. Denton reports the Legion convention one of the biggest events everstaged in Kansas City and that representatives were there not only fromall over the United States but from distant Honolulu.
[ELWIN HUNT]
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1921
Elwin Hunt is taking his vacation this weekfrom the News office and started the sale of his new book of poems, whichis now on the market.
[MORE ABOUT THE CIGAR FACTORY...RUSSELL B.SCOTT]
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1921
Russell B. Scott Will Put Out Handmade ProductHere Soon.
Occupying floor space with the Mid-West TiresStore Co. at 116 North Summit street, Russell B. Scott is preparing to opena cigar factory. Every cigar put out will be absolutely hand made and alllabor employed will be strictly union.
Mr. Scott's home is in Chicago, but for thepast year and a half he has been in San Diego, California. Although a youngman, he has been in the cigar business for fourteen years, having startedin this line at the age of twelve years. His wife and baby boy are at presentin Chicago, but are coming here soon.
His headliner in cigars will be the "Extragood"brand and will sell at 10 cents straight. This cigar will be five inchesin length, made out of the best Havana and domestic tobaccos in genuineSummatra wrapper. His "Scotty Big Fours" will sell four for 25cents.
Mr. Scott has been a member of the Cigar Makers'union for seven years, and every box or can put out by him will bear theunion label. He reports that he is receiving much encouragement from thebusiness interests of this city and states that while his place of businessis small, he will put out the goods, and has ambitions to make his quarterslarger. His cigars will be all hand made, no machinery whatever being employedin their manufacture.
Incidentally, Mr. Scott is a Kansas boy, havingbeen born at Lyons, and jokingly remarked that he had come back to his oldhome state to make his fortune, "having it all to make," he added.He expects to be ready for business by Nov. 1.
[ANOTHER BUSINESS: CONNELLY AND KARNES CELEBRATE]
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1921
Connelly and Karnes Gave Away Corn. Therewas Lots of Fun.
Connelly and Karnes, who operate the popularcold drink and lunch stand at 111 South Summit street, planned a big timefor the boys Saturday night by offering them one hundred sacks of corn free.In less than thirty minutes after the free offer started, all the corn hadbeen removed from the window and the boys had great sport scattering itover the sidewalk for a distance of a block each way from the dink stand.Mr. Karnes says it seems a shame to littter up the street; but neverthelessthe boys must be treated once in a while, and from the excitement he created,it seems the fellows celebrated one real corn-night even if it was at theexpense of the public's tired feet.
[MORE ABOUT J. W. KASTLE...HIS SENTENCE FORMURDERING WIFE]
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1921
Asking Minimum Sentence for Kastle400 Signatures.
A petition will be presented to Judge Fuller,of the district court at Winfield, tomorrow morning, asking that he giveJ. W. Kastle the minimum sentence, which is six months in jail. The petitionhas been prepared by Attorney H. S. Hines and is signed by practically everycitizen in Sleeth addition, by the employees in the Santa Fe store house,and many railroad men, as well as by many businessmen on Summit street,it is said, embracing altogether about four hundred names of reputable citizens.
Kastle was recently convicted of the chargeof killing his wife, in this city, several months ago.
[GROCERY STORE ROBBED AGAIN...SCOTT]
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1921
C. C. Scott Store Broken Into And Goods CarriedAway.
The grocery store of C. C. Scott, located at512 West Spruce avenue, was broken into and robbed of a large amount ofgoods, on Saturday night. The case was reported to the police and they havebeen at work on the robbery clues since that time.
The thief or thieves gained entrance to thestore by breaking a window pane in one of the front windows. There was alreadya small hole in the glass, which was made there some time ago when thisstore was visited by robbers. By breaking the glass, it was an easy matterto unfasten the latch on the window and then raise the window. The goodsmissing from the store include cigars, tobacco, candy, extracts, and chewinggum. Chas. Morrow is in charge of the store at present, as the proprietor,C. C. Scott, is on the sick list and is unable to be at the store.
[ITEM ABOUT MR. AND MRS. ALBERT WORTHLEY]
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1921
The residence at 523 South B street, owned andoccupied by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Worthley, is being improved by the additionof a kitchen and putting in hardwood floors.
[LOCATION OF NEW MOOSE QUARTERS...REMODELING]
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1921
Location in Highland Hall Being Remodeledand Put in Fine Shape.
Lodge No. 972 of the Loyal Order of Moose ofthis city will soon be comfortably located in their new home in Highlandhall. The order has just secured a five year lease on these quarters fromthe owner, J. R. Burford, who is remodeling and putting the hall and roomsin first-class condition.
Through the courtesy of Clarence Miller, thelodge secretary, the Traveler reporter was shown over the premisesand noted the splendid improvements being made. The carpenters, painters,and paper hangers are busy and will soon have the improvements completed.
The walls of the main hall are beautifully panelled,the designs being done in oil colors. The lighting effect is very prettyalso. The various apartments consist of a kitchen, store room, steward'sroom, billiard hall, ladies' parlor, and secretary's office. Each of theserooms have been newly papered and painted, and the effect produced throughoutis quite artistic.
The reporter also met Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McCracken,the former being the deputy supervisor of the lodge with headquarters inMooseheart, Ill., and who is at the present time supervising a special membershipdrive which has resulted so far in about one hundred new members being added.
According to Secretary Miller, the lodge isjubilant over securing their new quarters, not only on account of theiradaptability for the lodge work, but also for their convenience to clubmembers.
The secretary has put out notices announcingthat the first meeting of the lodge in the new quarters will be Wednesdayevening, November 2. It is the intention to make the induction into thenew home one of such splendor and importance as will be remembered for along time.
[MIDLAND VALLEY SPUR/SEYSTER]
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1921
O. B. Seyster, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce,went to Pawhuska today on business in connection with the location of thespur to be built by the Midland Valley to the oil fields near Apperson.He is putting forth every possible effort to have this line located advantageouslyto Arkansas City.
[J. W. KASTLE CASE]
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1921
Case of J. W. Kastle, who was convicted of thecharge of killing his wife was passed until Thursday in the matter of thesentence, and the court stated that Judge Fuller would in the meantime lookover the names on the petitions presented by Attorney H. S. Hines. The attorneypetitioned the court to give his client the minimum sentence, which is sixmonths in the county jail. There are some 400 names on the petition. Thismatter will be decided upon at 9 o'clock Thursday morning. Mr. Hines withdrewthe motion for a new trial in this case.
[SCOTT GROCERY BURGLARY CASE CLEARED.]
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1921
Chief Peek Found Boy Offenders By FingerPrint Photos.
Chief C. H. Peek, of the city police force,carried out a very clever piece of detective work yesterday, in connectionwith the store robbery of the C. C. Scott grocery, located at 512 West Spruceavenue, which occurred last Saturday night. Ant the work in this line wasthe real cause of the capture of four boys, all in their teens, who werecaught in the act and afterwards confessed that the chief had the real dopeon them. At the time the store was broken into and robbed, there were cigars,tobacco, gum, extracts, and some other articles missing. In gaining an entranceto the store, the parties had broken a window pane, and on the glass waspasted a piece of paper and another one on the end of the piece of glass.There was a finger print on the piece of paper and another one on the endof the piece of glass. The glass was found in the alley back of the store.Chief Peek figured out that the thumb print on the glass was put there bya left handed man or boy, and so he went to work on this theory. He gatheredin a dozen boys, whom he learned had been out the Saturday night in question,and began the finger print photo method on all of them. Finally he locatedthe one who was the left handed man and who left the print on the glass,and the lad confessed.
Chief Peek says this boy is Ed Rea and the othersimplicated in the case gave the names of McEtheran, Merriam, and Jim Paline.They were turned over to Probation Officer O. H. Isham and he took the quartetto the county seat this morning, to have them appear before the probateJudge, J. W. White, of Winfield. They proably will be placed on parole,or it is possible that some of them may be given a term in the state reformatory,the chief reported this morning.
[EDITOR HOWARD SOUNDS OFF ABOUT ADVERTISING...FRONTPAGE.]
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1921
The Traveler wishes to call attentionto the fact that the retailers association has secured the passage of anordinance protecting them against outside interests coming here and takingbusiness away from them that rightly belongs at home. The Travelerbelieves this ordinance is all right. We believe the local merchants shouldbe protected from outside interests. Home businessmen pay the taxes, andpaid more largely in building the city than any other set of men. This ordinancehas not yet been published; and before it is published, we hope the retailerswill take the trouble to amend it so that the printers of this city willbe protected.
For the past few days, a representative of aWichita printing office has been in the city securing orders for printing,and making contracts for future printing. Of course, it should not be necessaryfor the Traveler or any other paper to refer to this matter. Theinhabitants of our town should have sufficient patriotism in their make-upto get all of their printing done at home they possibly can. That is oneway to build up a town, and that is also one way to build up the industryof printing in a town.
There is no good reason why any printing shouldbe sent out of this town. The printers here, what little money they make,keep it here and re-invest it. The more they make, the better it is forthe upbuilding of Arkansas City. When printing is sent out of town, thatindustry's payroll is cut. Those doing it may think such action is goodbusiness, but it is not.
The editor of the Traveler is told thatsome time ago a man who sends most of his printing out of town, made theremark that as long as he could get printing done cheaper out of town, hewas going to get it out of town. That certainly is a very peculiar spiritfor any man to carry around in his bosom. If all people in the town werethat way, Arkansas City would be one mighty poor town to live in. Fortunately,there are only a few of those kind of people in Arkansas City and we areglad of it.
A businessman who has such an idea as expressedabove, may be able to get away with it for quite awhile, but there is alwaysa turn in the road. There is always a day of reckoning for the man of thatstripe, and when it comes, the newspaper men are not going to be on hisside.
The Traveler has a payroll of some $600per week. Since 1884 the editor of this paper has struggled along to givethe people of this town a good papera paper that was a credit to the townandto turn out good job printing at prices not only reasonable, but frequentlycheaper than could be gotten elsewhere. An industrial payroll of $600 aweek is not to be sneezed at, at any time. It means that all of this moneypaid to the Traveler force is spent among the merchants; and themoney you pay for printing to our office comes back to your tills. Sendyour printing to Wichita or some other large city, and your money nevercomes back. If the send-out-of-town plan is followed, there can be onlyone result; and that is the payroll of the printing industry will have tobe cut according to the decrease of the receipts. You can get just as goodprinting in this town as you can any place; you get it quicker; you getbetter paper; you get better service, and you aid in the upbuilding of yourhome town. There is no money saved by sending out of town for your printing.
[NEW DOCTOR...ALLSHOUSE]
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1921
Dr. F. B. Allshouse from St. Joe, Mo., is preparingto open an office in the Walpex buillding. He has leased quarters from W.S. Peck, and expects to be open about the 15th of the month.
[MILLER STUDIO SOLD TO NINA M. MARTIN]
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1921
Miss Nina M. Martin of Augusta, Kansas, MadePurchase Today.
T. T. Main sold the Miller studio on West Washingtonavenue yesterday to Miss Nina M. Martin. Miss Martin has been in the studiobusiness at Augusta, Kansas, for the past several years, and just recentlysold her successful photograph studio there. Miss Martin comes to ArkansasCity with a splendid reputation as a high class photographer.
Miss Martin will remodel the Miller Studio assoon as the Christmas rush for photographs is over. She has renamed thestudio the Martin Studio. Mrs. P. A. Miller, who with her husband, establishedthe Miller studio in Arkansas City many years ago, will have charge of thereception room for Miss Martin. Miss Sue Chapman, who has been in the employof Mr. Main, will continue in charge of the kodak department.
Mr. and Mrs. Main, who have successfuly conductedthe Miller studio for the past few years, are going to remain in ArkansasCity. Mr. Main is contemplating opening an art studio in this city in thehear future.
[A. C. HAT WORKS SOLD]
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1921
A. C. Hat shop changed ownership yesterday.James Matos, who opened the A. C. Hat Works in this city several years ago,sold out to George Benitt and John Poulos.
Mr. Benitt and Mr. Poulos are from Wichita wherethey have been in the employ of one of the largest hat works in the southwest.They come here well recommended and know the hat game thoroughly.
Mr. Matos is going to remain in Arkansas Cityand has taken a position with the A. C. Floral Co.
AD NOV. 3: ADDRESS--310 SOUTH SUMMIT. HATSCLEANED & REBLOCKED FOR $1.00 TO $1.50...AD STATED THEY HAD A SHOE SHININGPARLOR.
[A. H. FITCH BUILDING TURNED INTO AN ARMYSTORE]
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1921
N. Gerson, of Wichita, has leased the A. H.Fitch building at 327 South Summit street, and will open an army store.Mr. Gerson has a large army store in Wichita and he was so favorably impressedwith Arkansas City that he could not resist putting in a store here. Largestocks of army goods have already arrived and are being arranged for theopening of the store tomorrow. Don S. Hughes, a former Arkansas City boy,who is now at the head of his own advertising sales company, is here withMr. Gerson, assisting in the opening of the store.
[BLOOD HOUNDS TRACK DOWN MEXICAN WHO SHOT...JOSEMARTINEZ]
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1921
Jose Martinez, Mexican, is Being Held byCity Authorities.
The night police had a wild and eventful chaselast night after a Mexican who was charged with shooting another Mexicanat the Santa Fe apartments, where the company Mexican section hands reside,and the chase ended in the arrest of Jose Martinez, after the city bloodhounds had trailed the alleged offencer more than two miles.
The man charged with the shooting was seen atthe city jail this morning, and while he spoke very good English, he wouldhave nothing to say in regard to the shooting, when questioned in this regardby Chief Peek and a Traveler reporter. He will be held for the stateofficers, it is said, and if he proves to be the man wanted for the shooting,will be tried on a criminal charge.
According to the notation on the blotterat the city police station, put there by the night officers, "the policeused the city blood hounds to trail the Mexican who is in jail, and whois supposed to have shot the other Mexican, now in the hospital."
In other words, the arrested man is chargedwith shooting his companion, who is now a patient in Mercy hospital. NightOfficers Fox, Harris, and Downing answered the call about 8:30 last night,according to the record on the book, and took with them two of the cityhounds. The dogs were placed on the trail at the window of the house, locatedeast of the Santa Fe yards in Enterprise addition, where the shooting issaid to have occurred, and after taking the trail, the hounds made a runwhich led the officers all over that part of the city and then east alongthe Walnut river bottom. Finally the dogs came upon Jose Martinez, who forsome reason was hiding out, and he was duly arrested by the three policemenand was landed in the city jail.
The officers report that the gun which was usedto do the shooting had not been found this morning, and the day officerswent to the scene of the shooting and along the trail which the supposedcriminal took after committing the crime, in an effort to locate the missingfirearm. At last reports the gun had not been located.
In the hospital last night, following the shooting,the wounded man, who gives the name of Gabriel Ezquibel, stated to the attendingphysician and nurses, through an interpreter, that he was shot while lyingin his bed at his home. He said that he had been home from his work on theroad only a short time when someone approached the window and shot twicethrough the open window. If he knows who did the shooting, he has not toldthis part of the story. The attending physician stated that he was of theopinion that the man was shot with a 44 calibre revolver. The bullet enteredthe body about four inches below the right arm pit and about even with thefourth rib. From the range of the bullet, it is supposed that it lodgedbelow the breast bone. The bullet was not removed last night as the patientwas too sick at that time to withstand the operation.
Late today the local officers were still attemptingto ascertain the real cause of the shooting and to learn positively, whetheror not, Jose Martinez, the man being held in the city jail, was really theman who did the shooting.
Late today it was reported that the woundedMexican was in a bad shape and that the bullet had not been located. Theinjured man is too weak to withstand a surgical operation at this time,the physicians reported.
Officer Fox reports that the man who is allegedto have done the shooting last night was arrested in his own house afterthe hounds had trailed the supposed gun man for over two miles.
Late today there had been no action taken inthe local courts in regard to the shooting.
[ANOTHER REPORT ON MIDLAND VALLEY/SEYSTER]
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1921
Consults With Midland Valley Officials AboutProposed Spur.
Secretary O. B. Seyster, of the chamber of commerce,made a trip to Pawhuska yesterday to consult vice president and GeneralManager A. W. Lefever, of the Midland Valley railroad, with reference tothe building of the proposed branch or spur from a point on the MidlandValley to the newly opened oil field; known as the Hickman or Burbank field.
At Grainola Mr. Seyster was joined by threerepresentatives of the Grainola business interests, Dr. Miller, W. H. Singular,and Mr. Myers, and the consultation of these gentlemen with Mr. Lefeverbrought out three or four definite propositions.
First, the spur will be built. The initiationfor the building of the line, however, does not emanate from the MidlandValley but comes directly from the Osage agency or government interests.The immediate object being to lessen the cost of transporting oil materials,which is now being done by team or motor truck.
The next issue is the location of the spur.The Midland Valley already has two surveys: one out of Grainola, and onestarting from a point about three miles southeast of Foraker.
As before noted in these columns, the MidlandValley officials rather favor the one below Foraker for the reason thatit makes the handling of the shipping more directly accessible to the terminalfacilities at Pawhuska. However, on the other hand, all evidence to dateindicates that the Burbank field extends to the north and west, which leavesthe road officials in a quandary as to the advisable location of the line.Should the line be built on the Foraker survey, and the field subsequentlydeveloped to the north and west, it would leave the spur hitting high anddry and the project almost a total loss.
Secretary Seyster states that the railroad officialsdo not give the north end of the Midland Valley any consideration so faras the shipment of materials is concerned, as the supplies are furnisheddirectly from the oil fields to the south. While the road built on the Grainolasurvey would result quite advantageously to Arkansas City, the matter hingeswholly on what will be to the company's interests.
However, the present quandary as to the locationof the spur will not long detain action as the spur must of necessity bepushed through in the immediate future, and Arkansas City is likely to be"lucky" in the matter of location of the line as not. Further,it is a practical "cinch" the Santa Fe will immediately extendinto the field from the west, the field being of comparatively easy accessto this line.
[ATTEMPTED ROBBERY OF THE McGREGOR HARDWAREIN WINFIELD]
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1921
Two Men Frightened Away From McGregor's HardwareStore.
An attempt at ransacking the McGregor hardwareestablishment was frustrated Monday only by the timely appearance of CarlMcGregor, who returned to the store late in the evening and frightened awaythe would be robbers.
The men had broken into the Ninth avenue storeby forcing the sash of a rear window and crawling through some shelvingto the back room. Having once gained the back room, they released the nightlock on the rear door and made themselves merry with the cash register,which contained only about $3 in small change.
At this point the thugs were interrupted byCarl McGregor, who was returning from the Elks lodge about 11 o'clock andstopped at the store to get an overcoat. He saw the thieves by the lightof the safe light, which was left burning, and started in pursuit; but themen bolted through the back door.
Others of the party who were in the car in thestreet ran for the officers and others attempted to head off the robbersfrom the back door; but the marauders made a clean getaway, leaving no cluesbehind. Nothing was molested except the small change in the cash register.Courier.
[AUTO ACCIDENTS]
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1921
C. H. Bumgardner, driving his auto south onA street, and James Madden, accompanied by his mother-in-law, Mrs. R. Lewis,driving west on Madison avenue, came together at the intersection of thisstreet just after noon today...only damage visible was the crushing of theleft fender on the Bumgardner car and a similar damage to the right fenderon the Madden car. Mr. Madden is the proprietor of the A. C. Paint andPaper company, while Mr. Bumgardner lives at 720 South A street, towhich place he was going when the accident occurred.
A Ford coupe driven by a traveling salesmanand a Ford roadster driven by a young fellow, whose name was given as Young,came together in a head-on collision on South Summit street near Madisonavenue. Young's car had a front axle twisted, lamps knocked off, and somedamage to the radiator. The front end of the coupe was caved in. However,the radiator escaped damage. Both cars were taken to the A. C. Motor Worksfor repairs.
[CURRENT HISTORY CLUB]
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1921
The Current History club members met yesterdayafternoon for their first meeting of the season. They met at the homeof Mrs. H. H. Hill. The afternoon was spent in arranging their programfor the coming year's work and upon urgent request of the members, Mrs.Hill told of her recent visit to France with the American Legion delegation,which was very much appreciated by everyone.
[ADDITION TO FILLING STATION]
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1921
Day & fa*gan, who recently succeeded E. A.Bigley as owners of the filling station on the corner of Summit street andChestnut avenue, are building a 25-foot addition to their station, the extensionbeing made on the lot adjacent to the station on the north. The additionwill be used for storing automobiles and trucks belonging to the company,and the space will also be reserved for washing cars.
[JOHN W. KASTLE GIVEN A THREE YEAR SENTENCEFOR KILLING WIFE.]
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1921
Court Pronounces Sentence on Wife Slayerat Winfield Today.
John W. Kastle, who shot and killed his wifein this city one night last winter, was given a sentence at Winfield ofthree years in the state penitentiary. This was the maximum sentence, accordingto the verdict of the jury. The minimum was six months in the county jail.The trial was completed several weeks ago and the case set on the docketfor sentence at today's session of the court. It was passed upon this morning.Judge Fuller did not take any action in regard to the petition in this matter,presented by the attorney for the defendant, H. S. Hines, of this city,in regard to the asking for the minimum sentence for Kastle.
The court stated that the jury had found theman guilty and that he did not feel like interfering in this matter. Theevidence seemed to show, the court said, that Kastle had killed a bad woman,but that this was no excuse for the killing. He stated also that the defendantowed a great debt of gratitude to the trial jury and the counsel, for thelight sentence. Kastle was paroled under the charge on his attorney thisafternoon, to come to this city to settle up some business matters beforethe beginning of his sentence. He was here for several hours, and the attorneyreturned him to the sheriff's office late in the day.
[HUFFMAN & WARD COAL YARD/LATER APARTMENTHOUSE]
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1921
Huffman & Ward Will Open Coal YardLaterApartment House.
Huffman & Ward, proprietors of the feedmill, corner of First street and Central avenue, are preparing to open acity coal yard on the rear of their premises, next to the alley. They areerecting a stone and concrete building, the construction at present consistingof front and back walls and one side wall running on a line with the alley,while the opposite side line will consist of piers, the building thus openingout into their feed yard. The dimensions of the construction are 26 x 79feet, facing on First street. The walls are being heavily built of concreteblocks with a solid stone footing, and the side wall next to the alley isprovided with several double window openings, while the building will havea regular garage front.
Mr. Huffman stated to the Traveler thathe is building with two objects in view. One is that he can convert thestructure into a garage at any time he may wish. The other is that he expectsto add a second story to the building, making it an apartment house. Thatis why the walls now under construction are being built so substantially.
For the present it is a proposition of addingcoal to their mill and feed business. Mr. Huffman states that he has hadseveral years experience as a coal dealer, having been engaged in this businessseven or eight years at Geuda Springs before coming here. His son- in-law,R. L. Ward, at that time was employed in the bank at Geuda Springs, butis now interested with Mr. Huffman in their new ventures.
[MOTORCYCLE COP]
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1921
William Cunningham, Jr., will appear in thecity court this evening at 5 o'clock, on the charge of speeding. MotorcycleCop Chadwell made the arrest last night.
He was fined $5 in city court by Judge HarryBrown next day.
[BUILDING NEW RESIDENCE...J. C. BOANS...CHECKPREVIOUS ARTICLE]
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1921
J. C. Boans of east of the city has startedwork on his new house, which will be one and one-half stories and containseven rooms. He has just completed his new barn.
NOTE: PREVIOUS ARTICLE WAS ABOUT BOANS ANDANOTHER MAN...VERY
CONFUSING! MAYBE THIS WILL CLEAR IT UP!
[ANTI-CIGARETTE LAW...???...DID NOT KNOWTHERE WAS ONE!]
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1921
Topeka, Nov. 3.Reno county officials have seizedseventy-two cases of cigarettes valued at $2,800 wholesale from the SentneyWholesale Grocery Co. of Hutchinson, according to word received today byRichard J. Hopkins, attorney general, from W. H. Burnett, Reno county attorney.The company is charged with violation of the anti-cigarette law in possessionand sale of cigarettes.
The attorney general recently sent out instructionsto enforce the anti-cigarette law.
[REPORT BY HARRY DERRY ON AMERICAN LEGIONCONVENTION IN K. C.]
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1921
Harry Derry Says It Was The Biggest CrowdHe Has Ever Seen.
Harry Derry returned this morning from the KansasCity convention. He says the crowd in attendance at the convention was estimatedat 125,000; and also states that Arkansas City was well represented in theparade, there being between forty and fifty in the Arkansas City contingent.Speaking of the crowded condition at the hotels, he said there were nineof the boys of his bunch quartered in one room at seven dollars per headfor three days. That everything was free and easy is indicated in his statementthat they brought billy goats and steers into the hotel and tied them tothe furniture. En route home he was in company with Harry Moore of theTraders State Bank.
[WARRANT MADE FOR ANTHONY MAN...FATHER OFBABY ABANDONED HERE.]
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1921
Officer Goes After Alleged Father of BabyAbandoned Here.
County Attorney Ellis Fink and his deputy, C.H. Quier, assisted by H. S. Hines of this city, have announced that theywill prosecute the man who is alleged to be the father of the baby boy,who was abandoned in this city one day recently by the mother; and accordinglya warrant has been issued for the arrest of the man wanted in this connection.The warrant was issued out of the state court of G. H. McIntire in thiscity, and Constable R. W. Callahan went to Anthony today to serve the paperson the alleged father and bring him here for trial. His name, accordingto the local officers, is Gay Neil, and his home is at Anthony. The complaintin the case was made by Jim Montana Edwards, which is said to be the nameof the girl in the case. The Edwards girl, her baby, and the mother of thegirl are at present being cared for at the home of Probation Officer andMrs. O. H. Isham, on North D street. The mother and babe have been theresince the day that they were taken before the probate court in Winfield,very recently. The local officers have been at work on the case since thattime and finally learned the truth of the matter and the name of the manin the case. The baby is said to be doing nicely and he is being cared forby the mother, assisted by Mrs. Isham. The baby in question was left ina rooming house here one morning, and the mother left the city. She returnedin a couple of days, however, after she had made a trip to her home, andclaimed the baby. This was on October 25. The young woman gave her nameas Mrs. Hope Brady at that time and stated that her husband was in Wichita.
[KANOTEX REFINERY]
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1921
NOTE: JOHN McE. AMES WAS PRESIDENT AT THISTIME.
400 Car Loads Went Out From Kanotex DuringOctober.
The Kanotex Refining Company of this city shippedfour hundred car loads of petroleum products from its refinery here duringthe month of October. It is believed to be the largest shipment ever madeby any of the refineries here in any one month since these industries havebeen in operation.
The territory covered by these shipments extendsas far west as Idaho and as far east as Connecticut, thus indicating whata tremendous asset such an industry as the Kanotex Refining Co. is to thecity.
[THE MEXICAN CASE...SHOOTING OF A MEXICANWORKER FOR SANTA FE]
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1921
Gabriel Esquibel, the Mexican laborer who wasshot at the Mexican settlement on the Santa Fe here several nights ago andwho is a patient in a local hospital, is reported to be doing as well asexpected today. He is resting well, the attending physicians report, buthe is not yet considered to be past the danger point, on account of thegunshot wound in his right side.
The Mexican arrested in connection with theshooting is still in jail here and will be held on that charge until thewounded man is able to appear in court.
[REPORT ON CHANGE IN BUSINESS]
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1921
It is reported that the O. J. Watson motor companyof Wichita may establish an agency in this city. This company is distributorsof the Overland car with headquarters in Wichita. It is probable this companywill purchase the lease on the building now occupied by the Kinslow MotorCompany, as this company has the Ford Agency at Wellington.
[BUSINESS MOVES TO ANOTHER BUILDING]
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1921
Miss Ruby Francis is nicely located in the newTrimper building and has opened her millinery shop to the public. Miss Francisrecently moved her shop from the Fitch building at the corner of Adams avenueand Summit street. She is carrying the nicest line of millinery this fallshe has ever had and her dainty little shop is an offset to her stock. MissFrancis' shop is one of the classiest places in Arkansas City, and her customersand patrons will wish her the best of luck in her new location.
[NEW PLUMBING SHOP...A. C. PLUMBING CO. -FRED W. SCOTT]
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1921
Fred W. Scott is in Business Here For HimselfNow.
Fred W. Scott, a well known young man of thiscity, who has been employed here as a plumber for some years past, has enteredthe business world for himself and his place of business is at 108 EastAdams avenue, in the building immediately to the east of the E. C. Dye drugstore. The new firm will be known as the A. C. Plumbing Co., and it is nowopen for business.
Mr. Scott and his associates will carry a fullline of all the latest plumbing fixtures and will do a general plumbingbusiness. Contract and repair work will be carried on here by the new firmfrom this date on. The new plumbing shop of the A. C. Plumbing Co. is nowopen for business and Mr. Scott invites his friends to call upon him there.
[McCool Flower Shop Opening]
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1921
NOTICE IN PAPER:
Don't miss the opening of the McCool FlowerShop in the Trimper Building Wednesday evening, 7:30 to 9:30.
[TWO BUILDING PERMITS: DAY AND fa*gAN...PRIVATEGARAGE]
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1921
A building permit was issued from the city clerk'soffice this morning to Day and fa*gan, to build an addition onto their fillingstation at the corner of Chestnut avenue and Summit street. This additionwill be used to wash cars and will cost about $300.
Another permit was issued to F. O. Herbert,to build a garage on his property at the corner of Jackson avenue and Firststreet, costing $600.
[ABANDONED BABY CASE CONTINUED]
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1921
Alleged Father of Infant Released on Bondto November 17.
Case of state versus Gay Neal, on thecharge of being the father of the baby boy who was abandoned here by hismother, one day last week, was today set for preliminary hearing in thestate court of G. M. McIntire for November 17. Neal was arrested at hishome in Anthony yesterday by Constable R. W. Callahan and was brought tothe city last night. He was accompanied here by his brother, and they arrangedfor a bond of $500 for the accused man, for his appearance here.
The woman in the case, Jim Montana Edwards,by which name she signed the complaint, is still in the city and she andher mother, together with the infant, will remain here, it is said. Theirhome is in Caldwell, Kansas. The scope of this case takes in three of thesouthern counties in Kansas. The girl is from Sumner county, hence the prosecutionof the case is being carried out in this county. Harry V. Howard will defendNeal in this action.
[SHOOTING OF MEXICAN, GABRIEL ESQUIBEL, BYJOSE MARTINEZ]
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1921
Witness Testify to Seeing Martinez Near OtherMan's Window
Jose Martinez, the Mexican who is held on thecharge of shooting Gabriel Esquibel, another Mexican, several nights ago,with intent to kill, is still in jail here and this morning he was feelingall right, he told the chief of police. He ate a hearty breakfast and seemedto be in fine spirits. So far, Martinez has not told anything in regardto the shooting and he seems to be at perfect ease. He was captured andarrested several nights ago after the city blood hounds had tracked himto his cottage. It is reported today that the state has a witness whowill swear that Martinez was seen at the window where the shooting occurred,about five minutes before the shooting of Esquibel, while the latter layin his bed. The case was set for preliminary hearing this morning in thestate court of G. H. McIntire and was put over until next Tuesday.
The injured man, who is in a local hospital,is reported to be doing nicely today and he is very cheerful, too, the officerswho have seen him say. There is a chance for his recovery, it is said, andit may not be necessary to perform an operation on him in order to locatethe bullet.
[ANOTHER NEW CIGAR FACTORY IN TOWN]
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1921
A new cigar factory is to be opened in one ofthe Fifth Avenue hotel shops by Mr. McKern from Winfield. Mr. McKernhas a factory in Winfield, and is now selling "Mack's" brand ofcigars from his quarters in the hotel building here, but does not expectto have the factory ready to open before November 28. He will move his familyhere.
[MORE NEWS ABOUT ELMER INMAN, WHO ROBBEDE. L. McDOWELL]
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1921
Elmer Inman Returns to Kansas Penitentiary.
Wife Pleading For His RelaseViolated Paroleby Marrying Lavonna Codding Aug. 25 at Bartlesville.
Sunday's dispatches contained the followingof Elmer Inman and his escapades.
Elmer Inman was back to the Kansas state penitentiarySaturday night because he broke his parole by secretly marring his warden'sdaughter and for the alleged theft of a motor car.
Inman and Miss Lavona Codding, daughter of formerWarden,
J. K. Codding, of the state penitentiary, weremarried at Bartlesville six weeks ago, according to advices here. Inmanwas on parole. Following the wedding, a motor car which Inman drove fromKansas into Oklahoma, was identified as one stolen. He was indicted by agrand jury and held under $6,000 bond.
Mrs. Inman before her marriage to the convict,who acted as the Codding chauffeur at the prison, was active in welfareand war work. She has gone to Topeka to plead with Governor Allen for releaseof her husband.
Inman was originally arrested for the robbingof E. L. McDowell of almost $8,000 worth of diamonds; and officials saidthey believed he disposed of part of the loot while a trusty in the prison.He was returned from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Saturday.
Mrs. Elmer Inman was in Topeka Saturday andpleaded with Judge K. W. Smith, parole clerk in the governor's office, fora parole for her husband. She did not see Governor Allen. Judge Smith toldher that it would be useless to do so at this time.
It is a close legal question whether the marriageof the Codding girl to Inman is valid. When Inman was sentenced to prisonfor robbery, his civil rights were all taken from him. Although out on parole,those rights had not been restored. He could not legally marry in Kansas.But the ceremony was performed in Oklahoma. The courts have not passed ona case of this kind.
A dispatch from Leavenworth says: Leavenworthcounty was shocked by the news of the romance. The Coddings have lived herefor years and Mrs. Codding has been active in W. C. T. U. work.
This is the third prison romance in the Coddingfamily. Three years ago the eldest daughter married the warden's stenographer.Later, a son married a sister of an inmate, whom he met when she came tothe prison to visit her brother.
A Sunday's night dispatch from Leavenworth says:Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Codding refused tonight to discuss the efforts of theirdaughter, Mrs. Lavona Inman, to secure a pardon for her convict husband,Elmer Inman.
Prison officials at Lansing tonight refusedto divulge any information.
Mr. Codding, in refusing to comment, said:
"The report of my daughter's marriage isa surprise to me. I know nothing of it, and have nothing to say."
In a conversation with the governor recentlyrelative to a parole, it was learned tonight that Mrs. Inman said she andInman were married August 25 at Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
Inman recently was returned to the Kansas penitentiaryat Lansing as a parole violator. He is charged in the federal court in Oklahomawith the theft of a motor car in Kansas. It is alleged he drove the carto Oklahoma and sold it. Mrs. Inman denied the charge, when talking to theKansas executive.
Inman was serving a sentence for the theft ofdiamonds valued at about $8,000 in Arkansas City. He was a trusty and chauffeurfor the Codding family when Mr. Codding was warden.
Mrs. Elmer Inman was not at the home of ElmerInman's sister in Rosedale last night. The sister, Mrs. E. V. Rowe, 19 Wordenstreet, said Mrs. Inman had visited her Wednesday, and had left, presumablyto go to Topeka. It was reported in Leavenworth yesterday that Mrs. Inmanwas with Mrs. Rowe.
Mrs. Rowe said the publication of the marriagewas not a surprise to her. She had known it for some time, she said.
[EDITORIAL RE ELMER INMAN SAME DAY AS ABOVEARTICLE.]
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1921
Elmer Inman has shown his true colors. He hasbitten the hand that succored him.
Upon different occasions the Travelerhas furnished its readers with a rather complete history of Elmer Inmanand his wrong doings. Our readers will remember that he planned and assistedin the robbery of the diamonds belonging to E. L. McDowell. He was finallylanded in the penitentiary after breaking jail a couple of times, and doingother things in violation of the law.
He no sooner became an inmate of the penitentiarythan he proceeded to get good, and in a very short time had Warden Coddingon his side, and a number of other people in a more or less degree connectedwith the management of the penitentiary. He had been there only a few weekswhen he was made a trustee, and finally chauffeur for the warden. Scarcelyany time elapsed after his confinement, until the warden and all his friendsbegan a fight to secure a parole for Inman, and they kept it up until theysucceeded. Codding and those trying to get Inman out would not believe anythingagainst him, thought he was a much imposed upon man, and that he shouldgo free. Notwithstanding the fact they were furnished with the record ofthe crook, they continued in their work to get him paroled.
Even while Codding was working for his release,Inman took advantage of the warden's good heart. He crept into his familyand secured without the warden's knowledge, the affections of his daughter,and persuaded her to marry him secretly. The marriage took place last Augustin Bartlesville, and soon after Inman was arrested in Tulsa, charged withstealing an automobile, after his parole from parties in Kansas City.
There are no words strong enough to condemnthe villainous action of Inman or the unwise action of Warden Codding andhis friends in securing his release. Of course, the public will not wastea great deal of sympathy upon the warden nor his foolish daughter, but everyonewill say that a more severe penalty should be imposed upon Inman. He isa shrewd crook, and has been one for many years. Only through incarcerationis the public safe from Inman. This escapade will have the effect of cuttingout the Inman sob stuff that has been put out about him ever since he wentto prison. It should be the coal mines for Inman.
[MORE ABOUT INMAN...WHO ROBBED E. L. McDOWELL][J. W. KASTLE]
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1921
Local Officer Saw Inman, John Moore, andOthers There.
Policeman J. E. Pauley returned to the citythis morning from a trip to the state penitentiary at Lansing, where hehas been to accompany Sheriff Chas. Goldsmith, who went there to take severalconvicted prisoners to the state institution.
Those in the party who were taken at thattime were J. W. Kastle, convicted of killing his wife in this city lastwinter, and who will serve a sentence of three years, and Wilson and Harvey,convicted on the charge of attempting to steal an auto at Winfield. Theywere given a sentence of from two and one half years to seven and one halfyears, each.
Pauley saw several of the Arkansas City menat the pen on Sunday, all of whom have been there for some time. Among thesewere John C. Moore, Elmer Inman, Bob Collins, and Frank Bagby. Moorehas been at the state institution for a number of years and he is a trustee.He showed the Cowley county officers all over the institution and the ArkansasCity officer witnessed the Sunday services and the prisoners at exercisewhile there yesterday. He says that Elmer Inman, who was taken back to thepen only a few days ago, was in the "Bull pen" with the otherprisoners on Sunday afternoon, where they are correled for exercise.
Inman, who recently was married to the daughterof Former Warden Codding, probably is there for a much longer stay thanbefore. At any rate, he is there aat present and is not a trustee at thistime.
Pauley saw many sights at the pen, whichhe desires to forget as soon as possible.
[BANKRUPTY PETITION: BALDRIDGE, FORMER OWNEROF STRAND THEATRE]
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1921
Cora Merle Baldridge Files Case in WichitaCourt Saturday.
Mrs. Cora Merle Baldridge, of this city, throughher attorneys, H. S. Hines of this city and J. T. Rogers of Wichita, fileda voluntary petition in bankruptcy at Wichita Saturday. Mrs. Baldridgeand her husband were formerly the owners of the Strand theatre in this city.The assets in the case are $15,000 and the indebtedness is about $10,700,according to the petition. The Traders State bank of this city claims amortgage of $3,700 on the Baldridge property and the petition recites thatthis is void. The Traders State bank also holds assets on the Strand theatreand which the petition states are held void. The bank ruptcy court is askedby the petitioner to take "over all the proceeds, to be equally dividedamong all the creditors." The petitioner also asks for the confirmationof the sale of the Strand theatre to the recent purchasers, Ewing andDresser.
W. B. Conrad, owner of the building in whichthe Strand theatre is located, and some of the laborers of the theatre,are named in the petition as preferred creditors.
Up to this morning there had been no date setby the court for the hearing on the petition.
[NEW STYLE ENGINES...CLASS 1300...FOR SANTAFE OKLAHOMA DIVN.]
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1921
For Passenger Work Being Furnished to OklahomaDivision.
The Oklahoma Division will soon have new stylepassenger engines in operation. Two of them have already arrived, and arebeing used for the first time today. These new engines will be providedfor all passenger trains of the Oklahoma division, as soon as they can beproperly equipped. They are what is called class 1300, and have been usedbetween Chicago and Kansas City. In transferring them from the Chicago divisionto the Oklahoma division, they first go to Topeka, where they are changedfrom coal burners to oil burners. The two here have just been changed.
These engines are greatly improved and possessa power reverse, causing them to be easier to handle than the old style.The engines that have been used as passenger engines on the Oklahoma division,are what is called 1400 class. The new engines have three drive wheels oneach side while the old ones only had two. All the engineers are feelingmighty proud of the prospects of getting one of the new engines.
[BUILDING PERMITS EPISCOPAL CHURCH/A. C.FLORAL CO.]
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1921
10,000 More Going Into New Buildings In ThisCity.
The building permit foor the new Episcopal churchwas let Saturday from the city clerk's office. The Trinity Episcopal Churchis to be built on the corner of Walnut avenue and A street, as a memorialto the late Andrew J. Hunt. The church will cost about $50,000 and is expectedto be finished about June 1 of next year.
A permit was also given to the A. C. FloralCo. to build a green house in the 600 block on North Sixth street, costingabout $2,500, and to Bernice M. Wiley for a residence on North Summit street,in the 1000 block, to cost $2,500.
[MORE ABOUT INMAN, WHO ROBBED E. L. McDOWELL]
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1921
Former County Attorney McDermott is Appealedby Mrs. Inman.
Topeka, Nov. 7In seeking clemency for her husband,who was returned to the state prison last week for violation of his parole,Mrs. Elmer Inman, daughter of J. K. Codding, former warden of the prison,appealed to Judge J. A. McDermott, of the industrial court, it became knowntoday. Judge McDermott, while Cowley county attorney, prosecuted Inman fora diamond robbery at Arkansas City. Mrs. Inman was unable to obtain anyencouragement from Governor Allen or other state officials.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 7.C. J. Koch, a jewelerhere, said today that he had known of the marriage of Elmer Inman, paroledconvict from the prison at Lansing, and Miss Lavonna Codding, daughter ofJ. K. Codding, former warden at Lansing, for some time. Inman told him ofthe marriage confidentially, Koch said, and asked him to keep the informationsecret.
Koch added that, in his opinion, Inman was "squareand honorable, and was sent to prison unjustly, as a result of circ*mstantialevidence and over zeal on the part of detectives."
Koch said that Miss Codding was employed inthe welfare department of a large store here, and that Inman used to driveher here from Lansing.
Inman is now in prison at Lansing, as a resultof an alleged violation of parole. His wife, the former Miss Codding, leftTopeka Saturday, after an unsuccessful attempt to obtain a pardon for herhusband. Her whereabouts today are not known.
[McCOOL FLOWER SHOP...TRIMPER BUILDING]
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1921
Mrs. Anna McCool will open her new flower shopin the Trimper building on Wednesday of this week. The new flower shop willhave its formal opening that day from the hours of 3 in the afternoon to7 in the evening, and the public is invited to attend. It had been previouslyannounced that the opening would take place from 7:30 to 9:30, but the hourshave been changed.
[ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED: RUTH LEVERNE NORRIS/DR.A. J. BERGER]
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1921
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Norris, of South A street,announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Ruth Leverne, to Dr. A.J. Berger. The marriage is to take place in the early part of December,the announcement states.
Miss Norris is one of the most charming andaccomplished girls in the city and her friends are numbered by the hundreds.
Dr. Berger is one of the most prominent physiciansof the city and has, for some time past, been connected with the ArkansasCity Clinic at the Arkansas City hospital. He is well and favorable knownhere and his friends will compliment him on the matter of his choice fora life helpmate.
[CITY/KG&E ADOPT AGREEMENT TO BUILD BRIDGES]
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1921
Adopt Agreement With Kansas Gas & ElectricCo., To Build Bridges.
The city commissioners met at 10 o'clock thismorning, and Commissioners Thompson and Sturtz were present. Today's sessionwas brief and mainly minor matters were taken up and disposed of.
Tom Pringle, in behalf of F. O. Herbert, tookup the question of Mr. Herbert's rights under the building ordinance withreference to the construction of a concrete block garage at the corner ofFirst street and Jackson avenue, the proposed structure to be a public garage.The ordinance provides that the building line must be not less than twentyfeet from the front lot line. The proposition is to face the garage southoff Jackson avenue with the side walls flush with the lot line on FirstSt. Some objectors who have residence property adjacent were present andprotested against the proposition. The mayor disposed of the matter forthe time being by stating that he and the commissioners would go to thelocation in question so as to get an accurate idea of the situation beforetaking any definite action and assuring the parties interested, that thecommissioners would do everything within their province to protect the rightsof all concerned.
More items covered....
An agreement with the Kansas Gas & Electriccompany was adopted to be effective when this company's new franchise shallhave been adopted by the city. The agreement provides that the company shallbuild and maintain bridges across its canal at F street, D street, Firststreet, Adams avenue and Fourth street, Washington avenue, Fifth avenue,and Chestnut avenue, and four other locations to be hereafter designated.
According to the agreement all bridges are tobe constructed of steel or reinforced concrete and the Fifth avenue bridgeis to be of ornamental architecture. City Clerk Sinnott explained that thefirst of the bridges to be reconstructed under the agreement would be atF street, First street, Fifth avenue, and Chestnut avenue.
