The Morning Chronicle from Manhattan, Kansas • 1

THE MANHATTAN MER CURY VOLUME IX. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. MANHATTAN, KANSAS, MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1917. SIX PAGES NUMBER 109 RUSH FOR AUTO LICENSES. WANT TO COMPROMISE.

British ortelon torpedoed. THIEVES STEAL A BH WATER CRUSHES BI9 DAM ON PRICE RIVER IN UTAH IS CREATED BY PRESIDENT WORJt OF CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN SOON. '7 Applications for New Tags Must Re Made by July 1. Following the rush of taxpayers the county treasurer Is now having a riiti.fi of applicants for automobile license All auto owners must have made application for their tags before July 1 or they are subject to purest. When the application for the tag is made to the treasurer and the required $5 paid, a receipt is issued which serves the motorist as a license Until the tag arrives.

Application must be made before July 1 and with the other necessary information the car owners should state in what township he lives as part of the lloense money now goes to the townships as a road fund. QUAKER PREACHER LECTURES PRESBYTERIAN' CHURCH TUES. The Rev. Mary Sibbitt, state superintendent of work among soldiers and sailors, will speak at the. Presbyterian church at 8 o'clock on.

the subject of "The Bugle Call to Arms." Mrs. Sibbitt is a Quaker preacher and a veteran lecturer and reformer, an orator of national reputation. She has a (personal message for every father mother in Manhattan. Come and hear her. MANHATTAN RESIDENT DIES ON STREETCAR NOON TODAY A.

Shull of 920 Fremont Succumbs to Heart Disease Had Been 111 Some Time. F. A. Sltull of 920 Fremont street died of heart trouble on a Poyntz avenue street car at noon today. Although he had not been well for some Ume, he was able to be about.

Mr. Shull was down town this morning apparently in as good health as usual. About noon he boarded a street car at the Fourth street and Poyntz avenue crossing to go home. He had seated himself but a moment when it was noticed that he was dy ing. Mr.

Shull, who was 58 years old and had lived In Manhattan for the past nine years, and had been a resi dent of Kansas for the past 33 years, coming to this state in 1S84, is survived Ijy a wife, two sons, C. W. Shull, route 8, Manhattan, and Louis Shull of Kansas City; and three daughters, Mrs. Koppenhaver and Mrs. Losebach of Topeka, and Mrs.

Speck of Holton. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. KANSAS VS. GERMAN AUTOCRACY State Will Deliver kaiser Crushing Blow 10 Million Acres In Wheat Next Fall. (By Associated Press.) Topeka, June 25.

Plans for a crushing blow to German autocracy were announced today by H. J. Waters, president of tho Kansas State Agricultural college and' also president of the Kansas council of de-tense, in the form of a drive to plant 10 million acres of wheat in Kansas next fall. This acreage will be the largest in the history of the state. The campaign will be carried on during July and August.

Demonstration trains in charge of experts will be run through the wheat producing sections of the state for the purpose of informing the farmers of the best methods of preparing the soil for As a part of the campaign, a survey for the seed wheat situation is being carried on at the present lime and a will be made at the meeting of the Kansas council of defense here July 2. GEORGIANS FAVOR AUTONOMY. InliniiltaiiH of Small Russian Province Declare It. (By Associated Press.) Tlflia, Transcaucasia, June 25. At a congress of the Georgian national democrats, a resolution has been adopted in favor of the autonomy of Georgia.

Georgia Is a district In Transcaucasia, Russia, Included in the governments of Tillis and( Kutais. The Georgians form about one half the population and are celebrated for athletic men and beautiful women. They number more than 1,000,000 and are divided into various tribes. FROM J. W.

ALSO TARE $800 WORTH OF PERSONAL EFFECTS. Car Was Loaded With Clothing and Jewelry Preparatory to a Motor Trip to Eureka No Trace of Thieves Yet. Car thieves started their summer operations in Riley county early Sunday morning when a -seven passenger, six-cylinder Buick car and alKHit $800 worth of personal effects belonging to 'Jas. W. Rannells were stolen from the garage back of his home Just across the Kaw river bridge.

Mr. Rannells had loaded the car with four suitcases full of personal effects in preparation for a motor trip with several members of his family to Eureka, Kan. The car was loaded Saturday night and run into the garage so that an early start could be made Sunday morning. When Mr. Rannells went to the garage after the car about 4 o'clock Sunday morning the garage was open and the car gone.

Can Find Trace. A search for the missing car was made but no trace could be found though a light six Buick touring car was found deserted around a bend in the road just across the Rock Island tracks. Tracks wore discernable leading from the Rannells garsS. to the light six buick so it is deducted that the car thieves arrived at the Rannells home in the light bx and changed to the larger car near the bridge. The engine and chassis numbers had been removed from the deserted car with a cold chisel which would mate it appear that the light six is also a stolen car and that the numbers were removed to make it more difficult for the officers to trace Ms ownership1.

$80 In Personal Effects Stolen. 1 Mr: Rannells says that the personal effects which were in the car were worth about $800. In one of the suitcases was $55 in cash and in another was all of the jeWelry the family had expected to take with them on the trip, including a la valliere valued at $75. Besides these more valuable things all. of the clothing the family had expected to take on the trip were in the suitcases.

No oue has yet been found who noticed the car thieves passing through the town -but Mrs. Rannells believes they took the car about 2 o'clock as she was awakened at about that time by a light from car headlights' flashed through her bedroom windows. A reward of $200 is being offered for the recovery of the car and the coriviction of the thieves. SCHOOL HOARD MEETS TONIGHT. May Make First Issue of the Time Warrants.

At the meeting of the board of education w.hich will be held this evening at the high school building, at 8 o'clock the first issue of time warrants for the construction of the Junior high, school building will probably be issued. meeting will be devoted to the discussion of details revelant to the time warrants and at the close of the meeting the warrants may be distributed. The amount, denomination and expiration date of the warrants will be determined this everting. Between $40,000 and $50,000 worth of the time warrants will be Issued and they will bear 5 per cent Interest. The clerk of the board has already received many applications for the warrants but it is not thought, that enough applications have been eelved yet to take up the entire sue.

Application' for the. bonds should be made to the clerk of the board or at the mesting this evening. Two Marrlasre Licenses Issned. The probate: Judge Issued marriage licenses Saturday afternoon to William L. Shaffer of Greeley, and Dorothy L.

Hereford of Colorado Springs; Clyde S. Constant and Olga M. Thudlum of Lawrence, Kan. Revolting Chinese Provinces Desire a New Election. (By Associated Press.) Peking, June 25.

All the provines which declared their Independence of the present Peking government have now ceased their warlike preparations. Leaders of the southern provinces have telegraphed Peking that they are willing to compromise provided a new election soon might be held without military interference. General Ghang Hsun, jth'e. military governor of Anhwei province who came to Peking after the president dissolved yarliamnt expressed the hope that a settlement of the Crisis might be reached. The administration's affairs are becoming disorganized through lack of a cabinet while iho various government departments have masses of documents which require answering.

AN EXPLOSION DESTROYS GERMAN SMELTING WORKS (By Associated rress.) Amsterdam, June 25. The Berlin Vorwaerts says that an explosion practically destroyed the Lichtenberg smelting works near Berlin Saturday night. Six workmen were seriously injured. THE BRITISH RENEW ATTACKS ON FRONT IN NORTH FRANCE Unusual Number of Raids Carried Out by Eiglish in Im-' porfant Sectors. (By Associated Press.) The British front in northern France is again developing signs of renewed activity.

Today's British official statement details an unusual number of raids carried out by the British in every important sector from Belgium to St. Quontin. Operations by raiding forces on this scale are usually a prelude to offensive movements of moment General Haig has not struck a hard blow on any extended front since the week of the Messines fighting when the famous ridge on tho Belgian coast was captured and way pre pared for further smashing opera tions in this sector. Incident to last night's raids were local operations that gained ground for the below Lens and northwest of Warne-ton in the Messines area. Lull in Infantry Fighting.

There is a momentary lull in the Infantry activity on the Alsne front. The French have succeeded in rees tablishing almost in its entirety their line in the Vauxaillon area, dented by the crown prince's forces in a sudden drive on a narrow front last week. Further fighting is in pros pect east of this sector in skirmishes for positions On the part of the two armies, each anxious to gain dominating points" for either offensive or defensive purposes. In this connec tion, artillery activity is reported to day along various parts of the Chem-in-des-Dames plateau as signiflcent. Continue Artillery Fighting.

Paris. June 25. Sharp artillery fighting continued during the night near Froidmont farm and Ghevreux, says today's official statement. FIGHT OFF A SUBMARINE. American Naval Cuniwrs Check At tack Off Ireland Coast.

(By Associated Press.) An English Port, June 25. Ameri can naval gunners successfully fought off a big German submarine which attacked an American passenger liner off the coast of Ireland last night. The torpedo which was fired by the submarine missed its target less than 20 feet. Local Weather Report. According to Dr.

Blachly the maximum temperature yesterday was 98, with a minimum this morning of 68. Let us reoalr 1 vour iewelrv for von. However insignificant you may feel the work will teem to a busy ieweler, be assured It will be important to us. Be cause it Dermits us to show von what service such as ours means to you. And permits us to make our elves useful and helpful, which is wnat we are nere for.

wenot only repair jewelry skilfully, but re construct it. you may nave some okj jewels whicn yon can not nse in meir present torm. Wtiy not Bring- tnem in ana s. Int na ihnw van what A can do with tbem? A Vub now yon wnat llXcan do with VamxcT jk Three of Crew Lose Lives Snnk Without Warning. (By Associated Press.) Montreal, Canada, June 25.

ThJ British steamship Ortelon, a vessel of 2145 tons gross was torpedoed and Sunk by a German June 14, and three members of the crew lost their lives according to survivors of the ship who arrived here today. The Ortelon was sunk without warning. The Ortelon was sunk without warning and not until the crew was in th-3 lifeboat did it get sight of the U-boat. An American vessel which was about four miles from the scene of Jhe sinking of the ship came to the rescue and several shots were fired at the submarine from guns on that ship. ELECTRIC SIGN INSTALLED AT THE MARSHALL THEATER A new electric sign was installed in front of the Marshall theater Saturday night.

The sign Is of the latest design and contains removable letters so the name of the star and the film can be changed every day. W. F. Doelker of Arkansas City is here to spend a few days with his family and look after some business matters. GERMANY REPORTS BRILLIANT PROSPECTS FOR BUMPER CROP Says Conditions Are Thoroughly SatisfactoryPrivate Advices Don't Substantiate Claims.

(By Associated Proas.) Copenhagen, June 25. A report sent out today by the German government for free distribution in the neutral press says in consequence of the long desired rainfall, crop in southern and western Germany really are brilliant. The report would deserve more credence i Germany had not followed the same tactics every harvest during the war. The 1914 crops were being harvested when the war started, and -were declared, for the encouragement of the Germans and the discouragement of their enemies, to be bountiful and unprecedented. Many months after, the exact figures showed merely an ordinary miserable grain harvest.

Last year when the Associated Press correspondent vainly tried to telegraph from Germany Information from farm circles that grain was running mostly to straw, the official propaganda announced that the yield of grain was exceptionally heavy, although agricultural statistics showed that it was only 25 per cent alwve that of 1915. 1917 Prospects Poor. Private reports receiv.ed by the Associated Press up to the end of the second week in June described the prospects for 1917 as anything but brilliant. It is said that rains are urgently needed, and if they would come opportunely, they could do much to save the suifering spring grain prospects, but in no case could more than a bare middle harvest be produced. Official reports today saying that fodder cut now is far aboe the average is flatly contradicted Vy private advice and are difficult to reconcile with past weather conditions.

Danish crops grown under similar conditions are given bb poor to bad in last week's official 'report USE GUNS ON SINN FEINERS. Police Order Rioters Fired Upon When Can't Quell Disturbance. (By Associated Press.) Cork, Ireland, June 26. Machine uj Bj3Uaj uuis oo pasn ojsa BUII.i the disturbance yesterday morning. The guns were brought into action after the police with clubs had failed to restore order.

Soldiers corded at various points while the police chased the rioters to the aide streets. After having borne much stoning, the police ordered the guns fired on disturbers One rioter was killed, several were wounded, whilea dozen were treated In hospitals for hayont and other wounds. Tlie riot was eventually quelled without troops coming into actif n. CONTRACTS IET FOR 84 MERCHANT SHIPS (By Associated Press.) Washington, June for 10 complete steel merchant ships, four complete wooden merchant ves sels and 20 wooden ship hulls was announced today by Major General Goethals, general manager of the Emergency Fleet corporation. Delivery will be made In 1918.

Many Manhattan Workmen Go to Ft. Riley Dally Five More Care, Will Be Pt on the In-ternrban Line. Ogden Flats have been chosen as a camp site for the soldiers in training at Fort Riley. This will bring the suburbs of Fort Riley to within ten miles of Manhattan. Railroad ties are now being hauled and a spur to the Union Pacific railroad is being built to permit the delivery of lumber and other building material to the Flats as soon as possible.

Overtime for the workmen starts again tomorrow morning it was reported today and a large number of workers from Manhattan arc going to the Fort daily. Traffic and passenger travel has become so heavy between Manhattan and the Fort that Interurban Railroad company will soon have live more cars in operation on the line. One big 50-foot motor car is expected the latter part of the week from the east and will be put in operation as soon as it arrives. Two other cars, which were bought in New York, are awaited anxiously it was stated, and the company is now looking for two more cars for ser-tice to relieve the increased traffic. Will Help Manhattan.

It Is expected that when the construction work, starts at Ogden Flats more of the workmen will make their headquarters in Manhattan and move their families here as the flats are closer to Manhattan than Junction City. At the present time there are about 200 workmen from Manhattan employed at the Fort. A special car has been provided for them by the interurban company which leaves early each morning and returns each night. The special car is constructed of benches on a long flat car and by using it as a trailer on the regular cars the Interurban company is able to make the workmen a special rate by the week for their transportation. When the new cars arrive and are put Into service they will be run at shorter intervals than the present schedule provides and this will no doubt induce more vistors to come to Manhattan from Fort Riley.

BACKMAN BUYS AN INTEREST. Engages With Manhattan Fnrnlture and Undertaking Company. John Backman today purchased the interest of E. Sanders in the Manhattan Furniture and Undertaking company and will become actively engaged in the business at once. C.

A. Wood, who, until recently, was in charge of the undertaking department of the store, has taken up his old position and will have etiarge of all funoral work. He will, however, retain the business he reecntly purchased in Riley. Sons of Veterans Auxiliary will meet at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the G. A.

R. rooms. A good attendance is desired. All members are urged to be present. Mrs.

E. Skinner of 904 Humboldt street is visiting in Beverly. Uden F. Huge. Geo.

D. Page. HUSE.PAGE ICE AND FUEL CO. Handle the very best quality of crystal I You can cut down the H. C.

L. by buying a coupon book of ua on the cash payment plan. Phone 55 and have our dellveryman call. PANAMA, FELT, STRAW HITS of All Kinds Cleaned and Block-d by Experts. ciirliewiltc'ssiicsililii Pariir GUUttHotal CAUSES DAMAGE OF MORE THAN THREE MILLION DOLLARS.

Flood From Melting Snow Flows Snd-denly Into Reservoir Over, flows River aVlley 1 No Lives Lost. (By Associated Press Falrview, Utah, Junt 25. The dam' of the Price River Irrigation company, 12 miles northeast of here, which started to break yesterday, was a total loss today. Fear that there would be a loss jif life in Scho-fleld, Helper, Castlegate and Colton, towns in the path of the feet of water released by the break, was dispelled this morning the announcement of the Rio Grande railroad that hundreds of men, women and children had been taken to safety. Officials of the Irrigation company said that the damage will probably exceed $3,000,000.

Fairview, Utah, June 25. The crushing force of hundreds of millions of gallons of water caused by the' melting snow which flowed suddenly into the mammoth reservoir which impounds theiwaters of the Frlce River Irrigation company, 12 miles northeast of Fairview yesterday afternoon, caused the concrete core of the immense dam to give way. At an early hour this morning the dam was reported crumbling rapidly and 11,000 acre feet water that l-ad been stored is rushing down the Price river valley. No loss of life has been reported. BREAK A SUBMARINE IN TWO 1 1 Riltlsu Steamer Sends Shell Into U.

I'oat's Magazine, Causing -an Explosion. (By Associated Press.) An Atlantic Port, June 25. Offi cials of a British steamer Which ar rived here today report the sinking of an attacking German submarine. The British vessel sent a) shell into the U-boat's magazine', causing an explosion parted the underwa ter boat about amidships, each end sinking separately. The British steamer was uninjured.

WANTS DRYDALE CLOSED. Governor Capper Asks President Wil son to Establish Dry Zone. (By Associated Press.) Topeka, June 25. On receipt of Information from Missouri officials that they could do nothing In regard to closing the saloons at Drydale, across the Missouri river from Leavenworth, and that the matter was up to President Wilson, Gover nor Capper today wired the president asking him to close the saloons by establishing a prohibitory dry zone. CONSTANTINE BUYS CHATEAU.

Former Grecian King Locates Near Thun, Switzerland. (By Associated Press.) Amsterdam, June 25. Former King Constantino of Greece, who recently arrived at Lugano, Switzerland, has, according to the Berlin Lokal Anzei- ger, bought the magnlflent chateau of Chartreuse, near Thun, Switzer land, belonging to the German Bar on von Godlipz. DIAMONDS The sparkle of quality shown in every piece of Jewelry you'll find it in our Lavalliera, Rings, Pins and all pieces of jewelry we handle. That reputation is your guarantee of safety in jewelry buying.

We invite you in to see our Graduation and Wedding gifts SHIDE WILL PREVENT SUPPLIES FROM REACHING GERMANY. Coal and Grain to Be First Commodities to Go Under the Act May Be Put in Effect With-In 48 Hours. (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 25. President Wilson by executive order today created an export council to administer the export embargo provision of the espionage act. Keep Snpplies From Germany.

By the administration of embargoes through this council the nation will be able to take many steps for the sucessful prosecution of the war and also prevent supplies reaching Germany through neutrals. The president's order vests in the secretary of commerce the executive administration of all Instructions to be issued by the president under the 'act and the establishment of an export council to be composed of the secretary of state, the secretary of agriculture, the secretary of commerce, and the food administrator. All matters of policy in connection with the operation of the act will be decided by the council recommending to the president that a proclamation be issued putting certain commodities under export control. Coal and grain will be the first commodities to go under the act. Into Effect In 48 Hours.

Food exports will be left largely in the hands of the food administration whioh will take maters before the council where international questions are involved. One of the first eltects of the act's operation will be to give the government a firm control of the domestic food situation. Shipping, too, will be controlled to a large extent under the act. Plans for rationing the neutral countries have been worked out and will be put into effect immediately. Secretary Redfield said today that his department would have the act in op eration within 48 hours.

TO EXTRADITE COCCHL File Papers to Brln Back Self-Con-fessed Murderer. (By Associated Press.) New York, June 2S. The papers required for extradition application to bring Alfredo CocchI, self-confessed murder of Ruta Cruger, from Bologna, Italy, where he lied, weer completed today by Edward Swann, district attorney. In the opinion of Mr. Swann and lawyers conversant with Italian can be extradited.

Miss Mildred Oliver of Abilene is spending a few days in town on business. TODAY'S MARKET REPORT. 'By Associated Pwuw. Live Stock. Grain.

Kansas City, June 25. CATTLE Receipts 20,000, with market steady. Prime fed steers, $12.50 ito dressed beef steers, $9,50 to cows and heifers, $6.50 to $13; stock-ers and feeders, $7.50 to bulla, $7 to calves, $7 to $14.50. HOGS Receipts, 6,000, with market 5 to 10 cents lower. Bulk of sales, $14.90 to tops, $15.80.

Grain. Kansas City, June 25. WHEAT (close) July $1.89 1-2. CORN (close) July, $1,88 1-8; $1.45 1-2; Dec, $1.65 3-4 to 7-8. Cash Wheat.

Receipts, 63 cars; market, 2 cents higher. No. 2 hard, $2.52 to No. 3 hard, $2.48 to No. 2 red, $2.30 to No.

3 red, $2.28 to $2.34. Cash Corn. Market, higher. No. 2 mixed, $1.68 1-2 to No.

3 mixed, $1.68 to 1-2; No. 2 white, No. 3 white, $1.70 to 1-2. Hay. Timothy, $18.50 to prairie, $22 to alfalfa, $18.50 to $19.50.

Local Markets. Wheat No. 2,. $2.20 to $2.50. Corn $1.60.

Oata 70 Eggs Firsts, 28; seconds, 25. Poultry Heavy hena, 15; light hens, 12; springs, 15; broilers, 21; old roosters, 11; ducks, 8. It, i i iTlnir-' R0BER1 G. SMITH THE LOAVES WITHOUT A FAULT- Almond Nut Special. Tis a satisfaction to know these splendid loaves are always available at your own grocerfs every day, just when desired 12c BAKED CLEEN, SOLD CLEAN, KLEAN MAID in the Sunlit Bakery THE COLLEGE INN.

A. F. COLSON, Proprietor JEWELERS.