The Ottawa World from Ottawa, Kansas • 1

The Ottawa World -F. S. MICKEY, Publisher. KANSAS, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1918 FRANKLIN COUNTY, OTTAWA, 1. NO.

38. OLD SOLDIERS HONORED TODAY Bunting and Flags Fly Everywhere -Business Houses Nearly All Close- The Weather Fine. The members of the G. A. R.

and Ladies Circle met at the court house this morning between eight and nine o'clock and formed themselves into two bodies to go to different cemeteries. Each soldier wore a boquet of flowers on his coat flowers lapel and many baskets of were carried to the cemeteries for use in decorating the graves. Fine weather prevailed and notwithstanding the recent rains, the roads were dried enough for the tion. use of cars for The Post went to Hope cemetery, and details were Grand sent Highland cemetery. my exercises were held at cemetery, after which the tributing of flowers over graves took same The emonies were at each cemetery, but by a different set officers.

Harry Hayes went bugler to Highland cemetery sound the taps, and Commander S. H. Fuller and Senior Commander H. H. Mathew cemetery.

A set of Hope cers were appointed for place. It is expected that Memorial the Day will American be specially army in France, observed and special homage will be to those who have lost their in this war and are sleeping French soil. Memorial Day been given a new, or rather newed meaning to us, and we the younger generation are ginning to realize more made fully for by the sacrifices veterans of the Civil that were A service is being held this ternoon at the high school 3 A committee composed of torium, commencing at P. Washburn, Mathew, H. Stall, Mrs.

Geo. P. Washburn, Mrs. Emma Wadell and Bertha Nichols arranged for following program which is ing given this afternoon: Song, "America" by led by Quartet. Invocation, by Rev.

B. Pugh. Music by Quartet, Mrs. Wadell, Mrs. E.

M. Angell, Sheldon and W. P. Morrow. Reading of Lincoln's Clarence burg address, by ley.

girls, drill under the direction Flag by twenty-four and Miss Iva Holderbaum. Reading, Mrs. R. H. Ritchie.

Music by Quartet. Tribute to "The Grave," by Rev. H. C. Case.

Music by Quartet. Memorial address by Mr. M. Harris. "God Be With You Song, Meet Again." Benediction by Chaplain Pugh.

Practically all in the Ottawa stores business houses closed for the day, or part One city delivery of mail made, but no rural Drug stores closed at noon, other businesses, such as court house, city hall, dry stores, shoe stores, stores, hardwares groceries, and other lines meat for all day. Nearly every iness firm has flags or decorating their place ness. In response to President son's proclamation that tion Day be made a day ing and prayer, the people town are asked to meet two union prayer services will be held tonight. side service will be held First Methodist church, Dr. W.

A. Powell will "The Moral Aims of the and Dr. W. A. Elliott on iation and Dedication." offer A.

Harshman will Dr. H. C. Case will this service, which with a' season of prayer. The north side union service will be held at Ottawa Baptist church, Rev.

J. C. Wilson will Rev. W. T.

Campbell will preside and there will be a season of prayer. It is expected to have Lincoln's Gettysburg address read at the motion picture theatres four minutes' time is to be used tonight by different men. About at each place. GIRL FAINTED AND FELL AGAINST STOVE. Miss Inez Ratliff of near Richter was burned severely about her face and arms last Thursday.

Shewas helping get dinner at the home when she suddenly fainted. She fell against a stove, splashing hot gravy her face and arms. She over was reported yesterday to be resting better, after a very restless night. THREE CRIMES IN OTTAWA THIS WEEK Wholesale House Broken Into An Arrest for White Slavery-An Auto Stolen. Ottawa has had enough crimes for one week.

There were only number three is of not so importance, signifibut the cant as the nature of the crimes. Tuesday night the Ottawa at Wholesale Grocery Walnut streets building was First broken into through from a glass load- window and entered the ing platform at the south side. It is not known exactly what was about ten 100-pound sacks of taken, but it is thought that disappeared. A piece of mud sugar 1 was found bearing the trade of mark imprint from the bottom, of a shoe and the officers believe they have found the have owner not yet us the shoe, but they arrested him. Last Thursday morning Mrs.

C. L. Spencer of 822 Hickory street was brought before Justice J. M. Edmundson on W.

charge of neglecting her three children, 5, 8 and 11 years She was charged with havage. the ing left home at times both being the day and home night, to do leaving the children at they pleased. Her husband night work. She pleaded guilty F. and was given a sixty-day sentence and costs.

She promT. ised to care well for the children L. in the future and was therefore However it was only few hours until it was discovSta- ered that afternoon that she left her home and gone out the country in a motor truck boys of with two men. Mrs. Spencer's parole was revoked and she 'information concerning improprelations between herself per two men which led to the Friday afternoon of Nelson the man who owned and Fred the truck, on a charge of ing the white slave law.

We Peed is married and has a ily. He has been in the F. business in Ottawa. His liminary trial will be held and 7. He is now on Peed a will out $500 If convicted Mr.

have to serve a term in the of it. tiary as the crime with which was delivery. is charged for the a grave arrest one. of is while warrant banks, other man who officers was has seen been goods her sued, by but the he has "skipped clothing and has not yet been found. markets, closed Tuesday night between bus- 9:30 o'clock, a Ford car bunting to Mr.

Frank C. and longing busi- of 221 Ash street was from in front of the high Wil- building, while Mr. Carey's Decora- Charles, was inside for attending fast- entertainment given the at the were informed as soon as of the efit of negro soldiers. which discovered that the car immediately was south and a search was at the begun but the car was not Some men who drove into where on tawa Tuesday night said War," had seen a Ford answering "Humil- description of the one Ottawa. lost Rev.

L. eight miles east of men were in the car. The prayer. at car was a 1918 model Ford close ing car, only two weeks license was 181904, Kansas the engine number prayer North $50 reward has been and finding the car and a talk. the thieves.

MARRIAGE LICENSES. Marriage licenses issued the past week are as follows: Fred L. Lemore, 20, Ottawa. Ivy Adene Henderson, 20, Ottawa. Frank C.

Magis, 27, Ottawa. Mary E. Krensch, 17, Homewood. Ray Joyce, 24, Ottawa. Culick, 17, Ottawa.

Judd D. Jack, 25, Garnett. Ina Maye Van Ness, 23, Waverly. Lawrence W. Brown, 21, Eldorado.

Gretta A. Roland, 20, Lawrence. by Judge M. F. Short.

A COUNTRY CONTRIBUTOR KICKS Says Apportionment of Liberty Loan and Red Cross Funds Made Ottawa's Quota Too Small. or three years ago WilAllen White, today the forewriter of Kansas, described as "that tin can dump on Santa Fe between Quenemo Loup." Quenemo and Le were geographical entities Ottawa was "on the road from Jerusalem to Daup The people who live were not intended to upon in this statement the lack of public spirit city, and for this reputation community of cities indebted to those who to lead us and direct our affairs. The merchants Ottawa by their enterprise it an attractive place but their efforts are largenullified by the prejudice the city in its relations the outside public, a prejudeveloped by selfishness is only equaled by the of those who speak for and county. The Third Liberty Loan Red Cross drives are examples of the practices have given Ottawa reputation as a tin can dump. the government plan the Third Liberty Ottawa's quota was $60,000 than the amount who had charge of the tribution in the county made order to make up the county's on the government $60,000 was passed to county towns to raise, thereby increasing the amount county towns were to raise $60,000, while relieving just that amount of her burden.

In the Red Cross drive government asked for one dred million dollars from hundred million people. tawa's share on this should been $10,000, but our said "Ottawa and surrounding districts" should raise and Ottawa should raise the country districts the asked "who fixed this us to raise?" Some were asked to raise more four times the proportionate amount that Ottawa proposed raise and the people said to do all we can propose we should do, but we want ers to tote fair." A different spirit was pressed by Kansas City, and Kansas City, Mo. of following Ottawa's plan raising half of their quota, started out to raise double quota. But our leaders do not us. Instead of stopping at our proper quota, we raised than our quota, and defeated deliberate plan to hinder great cause.

If our leaders get out of our way we will Ottawa something more "tin can dump between and Le Loup." Country Contributor. SIXTY- -FOUR MEN OFF TO CAMP FUNSTON Enormous Crowd Last Night Saw Program for Soldiers and Said Farewell. Victory is a Question of Stamina Send- -the Wheat Meat Fats Sugar the fuel for Fighters UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION WILL WEIGH AND MEASURE ALL BABIES Child Welfare Red Franklin County Board Acting in Accordance With National League. From 8:30 to 11:30 a. m.

of Tuesday Wednesday Thursday. Dr. Spencer, Dentist, over Walker's. Phone 796. tf Children to be taken to nearest school building: a Lincoln--Hickory Mas- sasoit.

of Washington-S. Main. Field 7th Elm. dur- Hawthorne 5th lar. as does Three mornings of next week, jail Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, from 8:30 to 11:30, are to be given in Ottawa to weighing and measuring the children una der school age, that is, from five years old down, at four of the had school buildings, Lincoln, Washin ington, Field and Hawthorne.

Parents are asked to bring the children to the nearest school at gave one of the stated times so that for their good and for the puband lic welfare the facts as to their arrest physical condition may be Peed, known. This is desired so that drove measures may be planned and violat- carried out for saving the lives Mr. and health of the children. fam- This is known as Children's dray Year," and the National Child pre- Welfare Bureau of Washington June is undertaking this work for the bond. first two months beginning with have April 6.

peniten- Judge C. A. Smart is president he and Miss Alma Anthony secreA tary of the Franklin County the Child Welfare Society, under with which Dr. F. C.

Herr will have is- charge of the work in Ottawa. out" Most careful use will be made of the records secured, and kind 8:30 treatment is assured by the be- physicians and assistants who Carey will conduct the work. Great imstolen portance is attached to general school help in this enterprise of saving son, the lives of the 100,000 children an who die annually in the United ben- States from fairly preventable Officers causes, and improving the health it was of those who survive, so that they may be of greater service gone to their country. found. Ot- sparks when the they the a freight train near Flying, about night, are supposed to Quenemo were applied last Two started a blaze on a leaky car stolen crude oil.

The blaze spread tour- The another car of oil and both old. burned. Brakemen succeeded and saving the rest of the train. 2440566. offered for COUNTY EXPECTS TO GO OVER $25,000 Red Cross Drive in Franklin County Last Week Successful in Spite of Rains.

quota. FUTURE SCHOOL TEACHERS. Franklin county expects to exceed its Red Cross quota by at least $5,000. Reports yesterday evening showed the total subscribed as $24,620.62, with Williamsburg and a few scattering districts still not heard from. Unofficial reports from Williamsburg show between $1200 and $1300 subscribed, which with the final reports from the other districts ought to put the total quite a little over $25,000.

000 was Franklin county's quota. Most of the money pledged has been paid in cash. Ottawa's quota of $5,200 has been oversubscribed to three times that amount. The work of E. H.

Becker, secretary of the war relief committee, is about completed for the present drive. The committee feeling pleased over the results shown, especially taking in consideration how the rains, hindered the carrying out "big drive" in the rural districts ion May 22 as had been planned. By oversubscribing her quota this time, Franklin county in part made up for the ciency of last year, when $10,000 was raised for a $20,000 The Ottawa Seniors who took the teacher's examinations given recently at the high school study hall were: ing Wahneta Bonine. Ethel Daugherty. In Irene Dugger.

ple Jenevera Garrison. for Dollie Higgins. Helen Horning. Ruth Jacob. Ruth Johnson.

Florabel Lancaster. Jessie Monfort. Bessie Porter. Mildred Sassaman. May Stoffer.

Melba Swift. Opal Wheeler. Pearle Wheeler. About sixty-five Juniors and Seniors from over the including county took the examination, about fifteen Juniors from the Ottawa school. Juniors however cannot receive teachers' certificates until after they take examinations another year, two years have being required.

of The papers have been sent to to the office of the state superincars tendent, and it will be three or in four weeks before they are returned. Each Senior who successfully passes will receive a over State Normal Teacher's Trainling certificate. Two liam most Ottawa the and Le Loup while going mascus." Ottawa reflected but the in the are sume public of make trade ly against with dice which pidity city Second cent which Under floating is more those In the quota this has defionly of Yesterday evening as the west side of the court house lawn and the adjoining street filled with people i it seemed that almost all the peopleof Ottawa and the surrounding territory had come out to say farewell to the sixty-four men who left last night with Ottawa's contingent of the second draft, for Camp Funston. Only one man failed to appear. Earl Nelson Fritz of Pueblo was sent as his substitute." The band was there and played several rousing selections.

Eloquent and appropriate speeches were made by Mayor Bowers and Judge C. A. Smart, giving encouragement both to the boys who countartin, out to defend their the world from a national beast, and to the parents and loved ones who must give up the boys possibly only temporarily and possibly until dead shall rise The Wellsville Drum Corps, consisting of a veteran of the Civil war who played the fife and his two sons with drums, both of whom might have passed off as Civil war veterans, were there and played both at the court house and at the station before the train left. They helped add a military air to the occasion. in Ice cream and cake were be served on the court house lawn to the men who were about to of leave.

the refreshments, F. L. Einsel of El Reno, we one of the departing soldier as- boys, made a speech of thanks on behalf of the soldiers for the fine treatment they were receiving, and urging the people to to stand faithfully behind them. The soldier boys then, went to the picture theatre which they had been given tickets, while they waited for the train to come at 11:15, as did also a stu- number of others. Part of the people went home, but the large a large part stayed to see the boys and off.

re- There was a great crowd at its the Missouri Pacific station to wait for the train which was of about half an hour late, o'clock making before it well towards 12 Loan, it left. With the beating of the drums, the blowing of the fife, the shouts of laughter, the which dis- of and sympathy, the tears it. sorrow hugging and kissing, the parting words and the cheers of bubbling basis, enthusiasm, it was a scene of the great impressiveness. The roll of honor of the men the who left last night is as follows: by Ottawa From Ottawajust Roy Ernest Bell. John F.

Bell. the Clarence Bell. hun- Roy Stoffer. one Victor E. G.

Hintze. Ot- Benjamin H. Barnes. have Edward William Britt. leaders Frank Hale.

Harry S. Dairy. $8,000 Nelson Baldridge. $5,200. J.

T. McCarthy. peo- Ernest H. Oberhouse. amount Frank Scott.

districts Clare Ray Joyce. than Harry Delmont Mapes. Zeb Vance Burnett. to Joseph H. Van Deventer.

"we William Carl Stoltz. and all William Henry Hjort. oth- Leonard F. Brumit. Joseph F.

Soerman. ex- Oscar Frank Johnson. Kansas, Harris P. Barkley. Instead From Wellsville- of James Elvas Patton.

they Fred J. Bivins. their Ben Irvin Coker. Noble Willard Shields. know James H.

Challender. half Ray Madison Langdon. more From Rantoulthe Ellis Clifford Smith. the Vern William Morland. will David John Johnson.

make than a From LaneRichard Conrad Loch. Quenemo Edwin Finley Brownlee. Ralph Leon Horn. Ernest Triplett. From PrincetonDe- Wayne William Billett.

Farmer's on page five.) The Security State Bank. posits Guaranteed. (The Farmer's Bank of Ottawa.).