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city KftNSAN KANSAS CITY, EAttSAS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1919 NUMBER 129 VOLUME Si. at the Carnegie library and was loved iivtcrjdepartmenk. Three of the men are ex-soldiers and Rudolph Schritzer Ft VI DOSED FOR PffllOG PLftt, S1YS BOYGOT LABOR But it would be necessary for them To live in barracks For two or three years Under military It is a jolly, healthy, open-air life For young men Especially- if there's a war And it is very interesting for the older men Who watch. I think in a big way.

We went into the war With empty heads; We have come out with the German colonies-- And, possibly, A mandate for Constantinople. This is a great thing for Turkey, And should place it On a level-As a center of civilization With Egypt, Ireland and India, As part of this great Empire On which the sun never wholly rises 1 mean to say sets. A club would be built at the Golden Horn For screaming scarlet Majors, Who will relate their "Ha! Ha!" Irrigation Engineer Declares Country Is Approaching a Crisis. ONLY HUNGER CAN SETTLE IT. Farmer Cannot Work 18 Hours a Day to Pay Wages to Hired 3Ien on a Six Hour Basis, H.

B. Walker Declares. The boycott of labor and the return of the farm to a family production basis is the radical solution of the labor problem as well as other labor problems, suggested by H. B.i Walker, irrigation engineer, who was in Kansas City yesterday on his way home from Hutchinson where he made an address at the State Irrigation Congress. As the decreased produc- tion of foodstuffs resulting from such reaches its goal, according to its pas-a program became acute the labor tor, the Rev.

C. H. Givens. The problem would adjust itself by the Second United Brethren church of families of laboring men settling upon and cultivating land that had neces-1 sarily fallen into disuse, he said. He said all delegates at the con vention voiced the opinion that the demand of organized labor for shorter hours and more pay was the most serious problem with which the far mer, especially the irrigating farmer, is now facing.

"We can't have the farmer work 18 hours to feed the laborer oi a 6-hour day basis," Mr. Walker continued. "Much of the labor shortage today is not due so much to lack of men as it is to the recent rapid decrease in the working hours, together with insufficient services rendered. We are up against a condition of unrest in this country which only hunger ever will settle. "Intensive, one family farming must come into more general favor.

By this it is understood that the farm will be "operated by the immediate members of the family on a large or small scale, depending primarily upon the size of the family. This affords an interested, independent, operating unit with the same point of It would be the most efficient productive basis for the greatest net profit to the family." by every little tot who visited there. Funeral services will be held at the home tomorrow afternoon at 3. The body will be taken to Ashland, her birthplace, for burial. LAUNCH BIG CAMPAIGN TODAY.

United Brethren to Raise $75,000 for K. C. University. A campaign was launched today among the churches in the Kansas United Brethren conference to raise the remainder of the $75,000 as an en dowment fund for the Kansas City, university The campaign was begun last spring, but postponed until October 1 on account of the harvest. About one-fourth of the amount al- leady has been raised.

The First United Brethren church of Topeka raised $2,000 in its cam- paign last spring and will only have an additional $500 to raise until it Topeka raised its quota of $1,000 last spring. RESOLVE AGAINST BAKER. George T. Davies Post Opposes Honor able 'Discharge for C. O's.

Concordia, Kas. Notice has been received from Senator Curtis that the resolutions criticising Secretary of War Baker for the honorable dis charge of conscientious objectors passed by the George T. Davies post, of the American Lecrion. would be turned over at once to the military committee. Governor Allen also has acknowledged the receipt of his draft of the resolutions.

Daniel C. Imboden is attending the state convention in Wichita of the American Legion and will introduce the resolution there. HAS CAR RIDE WITHOUT FARE. D. P.

Peterson's Ford Is Bumped by Speeding Motorman. D. P. Peterson, junior partner of Rose Peterson, architects, had the thrill that- comes' once in a life time on his way to the office this morning. He' was turning the corner at Eighth street and Minnesota in his Ford coupe, in the manner approved oy the latest edition of the traffic ordinance when a motorman, evidently in a hurry to get to Missouri, ran his car into Peterson's coupe.

The street car fender picked the rear wheels of; the automobile up and bounced it along on its front wheels for several yards, and then bumped the machine off to one side. Peterson was unin- Nure? machine Iost a fender nd a wheel. JOHN HENSLER IS INJURED. Loses Control pf Motorcycle and Runs Into Curb. John Hensler, 35 years old, was ser-1 iously injured at 6 o'clock this morn-1 ing when he lost control of his motor-1 cycle and mashed into the curb at Packard street and Kansas avenue.

His right shoulder was broken and he was injured internally. He was taken to St Margaret's hospital. Kensler resides at 816 South Boekel street. I ORDINANCE NO. 16423.

An ordinance creating certain offices in the Engineering Department, providing for the appointment of such offices and fixing salaries of such of-1 fees, and repealing all ordinances in conflict herewith. 1 a a I te li uraamea oy me xmmito oi who- i missioners of the City of Kansas City, Kansas. I Section' 1. There is hereby created I in the Engineering Department the position of three rodmen, who shall be I appointed in the manner prescribed by I law and who shall receive as their salary the sum of $95.00 per month, payable monthly, during the time actually employed. Section 2.

All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are, so far as they conflict with this rdinance, hereby repealed. Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication in The Kansas City Kansan. Passed by Board of Commis- sioners this 30th day of September, 1919. HOWARD PAYNE, City Clerk.

Approved September 30, 1919. H. A HENDENHALL, Mayor. 1919.) (First published October 1, i INFLUENZA AT A STANDSTILL. is a junk dealer at Junction City, Kas.

Most of the blankets recovered by Sergeant Lowe had been sold to members of the fire department. The men gay them up readily when they dis- covered tney naa been stolen. STATE FIRE LOSSj $503,175. 2trns the Heaviest Loser; Smokers Get the Most Blame. According to word reaching Fire Chief McNarrey from the state marshal's office in Topeka, the fire losses iriCKansas for August totaled more than $500,000.

There were 336 fires reported during the month, for a loss of, $503,175,. The heaviest losses were rdm barns and stables, sixty-three fires and a loss of $122,818. Seventy dwellings were destroyed or damaged by, fire, but the total loss was only, $39,120. Ten factories were burned; loss xnree colleges were damaged $475 by fire. Nine automobiles were reported destroyed: loss $2,831.

Grain and hay losses totaled $83, 323, the total number of fires being ninety-eight. Seventeen threshing outfits were damaged to the extent of $20,251. Smokers are debited with causing ten fires, the loss totaling $78,950. Smoking in fact caused a heavier fire loss than any other single cause, lightning being the heaviest offender, with a $74,933 loss. Thirteen fires, causing a loss of were charged against incendiaries.

BLUE SKY CLERK TO K. C. K. Fred Partridge to Be With New Mill- ing Firm Here. Fred Partridge, chief clerk in the blue, sky department in the office of Walter E.

Wilson, state bank com missioner at Topeka, has resigned to go into business in Kansas City, Kas. Partridge was head of the first blue skjr department in Kansas, under J. N. Dolley. He was in charge of the department until the Hodges adminis tration came into power in 1913.

when he gve place to a Democrat. For the next four years he was chief derk in the automobile department of the secretary of state office, returning to the blue sky department about a year ago. His new job in Kansas City, on which he takes up his duties today, is secretary to H. C. Nunn, president pf the.

Associated Mills and Elevator Co. His successor in the blue sky department has not been appointed. BUCKET SAVED HIS LIFE. Bull Attempted to Gore a Farmer Near Cuba, Kansas. Cuba, Kas.

A feed bucket, from which he was feeding, oats to a bull on his farm near Cuba, probably saved the life of J. E. Canfield, when the bull attacked him" and attempted to gore him to; death. The bucket caught over the bull's horns and acted as a shield to protect Mr. Canfield, who was prostrate and suffering from the animal's infuriated stamping.

He was severely injured by the bull's hoofs and is in a critical condition at his home. SELLS UNWRAPPED BREAD. Peddler Handler Wares With Salve-Soaked Bandages. His face and hands swathed with bandages, Fred Garnett, 42 years old, of 760 Central avenue, was before Judge Herrod-this morning charged with selling unwrapped bread. The case was continued until Friday night that Garnett's employer may be arrested.

Garnett was severely burned several days ago on the face and hands, and his. salve-soaked bandages didn't give one an for his bread, which he was selling unwrapped in violation of the city ordinances. THE MIND OF LLOYD GEORGE: i AN ENGLISH VIEW. (From the London Daily Herald.) I have had -A war-to-end-war. I have now made A peace-to-end-peace.

I think in a big way. Winston Churchill says That the best method Of raising an Al Empire Would be to make All the youth of the country Play games -Under drill instructors This, of course, -Would not be conscription; Health Officer Seeks Flock That Ducked a Diphtheria Quarantine. A FINE FOR WALTER SKIERS. Man Who Tore Down Card on Hous Before Child Had Recovered From Contagious Disease Has to Pay $25. Police Judge Herrod and Dr.

L. B. Gloyne, health commissioner, are working together to impress the fact that quarantines are effected to be observed for the protection of the public health. Judge Herrod this morning fined a man $25 for tearing down a quarantine sign, and Dr. Gloyne is now searching for a family that left the quarantine sign alone but moved out from under its rcstriction3.

Walter Skiers, 11 North Ninth street drew the $25 fine this morning for tearing down a diphtheria card. His daughter Helen, 8 years old was stricken with the disease on September 11 and the family was quarantined. Some days later Dr. Gloyne found the card torn down and the girl attending the public school. Skiers admitted tearing down the sign.

He said his daughter apparently was well and he telephoned the family physician to come and see her. The physician didn't come, so Skiers took matters in his own hands, and f' ter removing the sign started his daughter back to her lessons. Much the same procedure was taken by Zypco, whose present address is now sought by Dr. Gloyne. Zypco was living at 41 South Seventeenth street the middle of the month, when his 3-year-old daughter, Mary, was stricken with diphtheria.

"A physician reported the case to the health department and a quarantine card was posted. On making his rounds of inspection' yesterday Dr. Gloyne called at the Zypco house to see the little patient. He found the card still on the' front porch but the house was empty and none of the neighbors knew where the family had moved. Dr.

Gloyne will show Zypco the way to police court if he can find him. "We can not hope to prevent serious epidemics if we cannot enforce our quarantine rules," Dr. "Citizens for their own protection should aid us in enforcing quarantine regulations, and will confer a favor on themselves as well as us, by reporting NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. City Clerk's Office, Kansas City, Kansas, September 30, i919. Sealed proposals will be received at this Office until o'clock P.

of Thursday, October 9, 1919, for the following improvements: Curbing Second street from Central avenue to Lyon avenue with artificial stone curbing. Paving Second street from Central avenue to Lyon avenue with concrete pavement. According to specifications of the city engineer, now on file in this office. Proposals must be furnished and each bidder must deposit with the city clerk at the time of filing his bid the sum of $100.00 in cash, or certified check for that amount on some bank in this city. Said proposals shall be conditioned that he will enter into contract and file with the city clerk good and sufficient surety bonds as required by law on account of the work awarded to said bidder within five days after the same shall be awarded to said bidder and that upon failure to do so said check or deposit may be forfeited to the city as and for liquidated damages by reason of such failure and that iaid award may be rescinded and said contract awarded to the next lowest responsible bidder.

Said work to be paid for in internal improvement bonds of the city, bearing not to exceed five (5) per cent interest, or in cash, at the option of the city. All bids must be addressed to the Mayor and Board of Commissioners who reserve the right to reject any or all bids. HOWARD PAYNE, City Clerk. Approved September 30, 1919. H.

A. MENDENHALL, Mayor. (First published September 30, 1919. 3-t) Subscribe for The Daily Kanxxxx. National Safety Council Commends New Rule in K.

C. K. KICK FROM MINNESOTA AVE. Capt. Snyder Says Enforcement Will Be Mild Until Printed Copies Are Distributed and Everyone Has Chance to Know.

The parallel system of parking automobiles, which has met with some opposition during its try-out here, is in vogue in the principal cities of the country and has the endorsement of the National Safety Council. The opposition here has come largely from Minnesota avenue merchants, who be lieve the reduced number of automobiles, which may 'be parked oh the street means a reduction in the number of shoppers on the street. Exactly the opposite view is taken by L. J. Smyth, director of the Kansas City Division of the National Safety Council, who yesterday wrote Street Commissioner Beggs concerning the new traffic ordinance which was passed recently by the commissioners.

"I am heartily in favor of parking cars parallel to the curb on streets on which there are street car lines," Mr. Smyth said. "In my opinion it is-ab- solutely a menace to permit parking of cars on such streets at an angle. When a car, parked at an angle, is backing out from the curb, it is almost impossible for the driver to see what is coming, and it is Very seldom that the driver has anyone to look for him and signal when the street is clear. If he backs out without seeing he is liable to have three kinds of an acci dent: (1) Cause someone approaching to make a sudden stop and someone behind that person, whose brakes are bad or who isn't looking, to crash into the approaching car rom the rear.

(2) He is liable to cause the person approaching, in case of slip pery weather, or to. hit the rear of his car. (3) If both street car and machine are approaching, his backing out suddenly may cause the approaching machine to swerve onto the car track and unless the car is under control, cause a col lision that may be disastrous." Unquestionably it is difficult to please everyone in working out traffic laws. The one thing we must have in mind is that the streets belong to the people and that they must be kept open for the people and made safe for them. The present condition, in every large city is bad.

Streets were built for horse-drawn vehicles. They have not been widened since, and thousands of automobiles have replaced the traffic of twenty years ago. "The merchants, in front of whose places parking is prohibited or regu- lated so that few instead of many cars may stand at the curb, must look at the question from a large view point, to co-operate with city officials in helping to revolutionize traffic regulations. I don't believe it will hurt any business man if his patrons must walk a short distance. I believe even, that it will benefit him, for he will be bet- ter patronized when neonle rtair.t that open streets and safe conditions are made possible by law." Not many actual arrests have been made so far for violation of the rule, but the police have placed hundreds of warning orders in cars.

Captain U. G. Snyder of the police department says the arrests will not be made gen Ail citwiy unui every one nas nad a chance to know the law. Printed copies of the ordinance will be dis tributed by the city clerk's office next Tuesday, and after that Captain Sny- der says every violator will be given a ride to. police headquarters.

CHARGE FOUR WITH THEFT. Federal Agents Say They Stole Army Blankets. Four men arrested at Camp Fun- ston on evidence obtained by Ser geant James Lowe, in charge of, the Armourdale police station were ar raigned this morning before the fed eral commissioner on a charge, of larceny, of army property Three of he men, James Erskin. Hedrick Arm- strong and S. M.

Crewe waived Dre- liminarv Tlf5 finer rTVio -frvn-rVi Piu dolph Schritzer. insisted on a hearirnr and will be firiven a m-eliminarv nn Oc tober 7. During the last two weeks a large number of army, blankets, several typewriters and other army. property have been stolen from the quarter- jokes To one another. There will be whiskies and sodas, And, perhaps, A little unrest.

But I think in a big way. I love little countries, And am crazy About the Czecho-Slavs And Jingo-Slovaks. They appeal to me On the other hand, Because I don't know Where they It is so romantic. But the Irish are different, They are not a practical people, They are idealists. When we govern them they grumble; When we promise them Home Rule (And don't give it them) They rebel! It must be due to Bolshevik gold.

I think in a big way. ONE MORE REEL COMING. Final Episode of Farmer Case to Be Unreeled October 10. The second reel of the Farmer case was unwound last night at a special session of police court, and in final showing will be held the night of Friday, October 10. William Farmer is on trial charged with selling milk without a dairy permit.

The city's case was presented at a session last night until midnight last Thursday. Farmer's attorney did not offer much testimony, but moved to quash the charge on the ground that the order cancelling Farmer's permit was not issued by the proper authority. Attorneys for both sides were present with a truck load of law books and so many citations that Judge Herrod instructed them to file briefs. He will read their briefs and decide the case on October 10. COURT REPORTER A WOMAN.

Miss Mettje Middaugh Appointed by Judge Fischer. Miss Mettje Middaugh began work this morning as official court reporter in Judge Fischer's division of the district court. She is the first woman to serve in this capacity in the district courts of this county. She succeeds Karl K. Bell who resigned.

Miss Middaugh and her sister has successfully operated a public stenographer business for years under the firm name of Middaugh Middaugh. "Lid Lifters" at the Century. Lew Talbot's celebrated "Lid Lifters" is the forthcoming attraction at the Century for the week commencing next Sunday headed by Harry lang and players. The large fashion plate chorus of this chow is at once the pride and envy of burlesque, and includes i its membership some of the handsomest and cleverest girls on the stage: One of the most attractive of the many novel features of this meritorious show, is a Fashion Parade by the beauties of the chorus in the ensemble numbers gowned in; the latest feminine creatipns that are up to the minute in style whichowill surely prove an interesting feature for the ladies. Only Two More Cases in Kansas Last Week Than Week Before.

Topeka. The influenza epidemic evidently has not hit Kansas in force. Reports received at the office of the state board of health show, thirty- mere than, were reported the preced- ing week. Barton county, which reported eleven cases the week before, nov reports seven jiew cases. Marion county reports four new cases, Kansas City, Topeka and Kiowa county, three each.

The following counties reported each one new case: Allen, Rut- ler, Cowley, Ford, Miami, Pratt, Raw-1 lins. Rice and Stafford. LIGHTS MATCH NEAR GAS TANK. Robert Samuels Will Never Do it He Says. Robert Samuels morning smoke came near costing him dearly thi3 morning.

Samuels drives a bread wagon for the Schafer bakery at Thirteenth and Northwestern tracks. He was having the tank in his auto tiuck filled with gasoline at J. F. Anderson's filling station. Nineteenth and Parallel, when he decided on a smoke.

He lighted a match to start his cigar and bingo, the fire works started. Flames spouted out of the gas tank under the front seat of the Ford truck. Some of the flames lapped Anderson's right hand, causing painful burns. Samuels felt something hot near his hip pocket and jumped. The fire department was called.

The firemen salvaged a burning seat cushion, and Samuels drove off to deliver his bread. MISS BUCHAN IS DEAD. Made Many Children Friends During 15 Years at Library. Miss Ida Bell Buchan, 60 years old, known to practically every child in Kansas City, because of her long connection with the juvenile desk at the Carnegie library, died last night at the home of her brother, W. J.

Buchan, 562 Oakland avenue. She had been ill for several weeks. Miss Buchan was a member of one of the eldest families in the county and had been identified with the life of th? community lor many years. For fifteen years she was assistant librarian Daily Kansan, 8 cents per week..