The Kansas City Kansan from Kansas City, Kansas • Page 9

A AS CITY KAN AN Wednesday, March 16, 192L OIL CONCERNS LAY TLANS- KANSAS fclTY BUSINESS Murdered Mart's Double Irivolyedin Indiana 's Strangest Murder Mystery MERCHANTS DISPLAY THEIR CHOICEST WARES timely questions were submitted for investigation. Building operations are on the Increase in New England and the Southern states, and there is a temporary labor -shortage in the Middle Atlantic states, according to the company's survey. Agricultural conditions are reported good everywhere. GUARD "IRISH CONFETTI Continued "from page 2. column ft.

Carl Fv At wood, formerly a partner in the Atwood Ice Cream Is opening a new plant, 62S Reynolds avenue for the manufacture of ice cream and" ices. The industry will be housed in a brick building with a cement 'floor. A number of wagons will be kept on the street for delivery service. "wonderful rariety of goods from shoe Expected Today to Determine. Policies In Mexico.

Galveston, March 16. Determination of future policies of American oil companies operating in Mexico, was expected today. Executive representatives of oil corporations operating in Mexican field will confer with managers and superintendents of the foreign properties. A representative of President Obregon, of Mexico, will meet with the American oil men. Indications were today that Aftlclo 27 of the.

Mexican constitution, dealing with the question of confiscation of forclfm-owned property, would lm discussed. Edward L. Doheney, Los Anjceles, president of the Mexican Petroleum corporation, with extensive oil holdings in Mexico, was in attendance. A coroner's verdict decided that death had been caused by gunshot wounds instead of by the train striking the buggy. Lovett's relatives identified the body positively as that of Leroy.

The body was clad In clothing belonging to Virgil The actual murder, authorities claim, was committed in a cabin, belonging to Ered Decker, brother of the accused youth, on the banks of the Tippecanoe. Blood stained clothing was found in the shack. Outside the cabin buggy tracks (By th Urritd Press.) Warsaw, IndV March 16. Virgil Decker, 19, was under arrest at Marlon, IncL, today charged with murder in one of the strangest crime mysteries that ever came to the attention of Indiana police authorities. His mother, Lydia.

was held Bourbon, authorities in connection with the' crime. Leroy Lovett, 19-year-old chum of Virgil Decker, was the victim of the murder. Lovett and Decker were "doubles, one often being mistaken for the other. Lovett's body1 was found Saturday night after a Pennsylvania train had struck a buggy standing at a crossing. The body was identified by members of the Decker family as that of Virgil.

Both Decker and Lovett had disappeared. i Decker carried a $14,000 accident insurance policy with provisons for double payment in case of accidental death. Insurance investigators, working with local authorities, discovered that no horse had been hitched to the buggy standing across the tracks. Authorities claim Decker killed Lovett so that his family might collect the Insurance, after identifying the body as that of Virgil. Police Aid Asked to Stop Looting CUy's Brick Pile.

J. lV Beggs, street commissioner, has enlisted the aid of the police department in guarding fhe "Irish confetti" piled at the foot of Minnesota avenue for use in street repairs since raids, thereon began several nights Morris T. Benedict, special agent for the Commonwealth Insurance of Topeka, was in town today for an interview with J. A. Cable, local agent.

He expressed himself pleased with the rising trend of insurance reports in leading to the railroad Kansas City. were found crossing. laces up to the most elaborate collect tionsf gifts. T. B.

Herndon, jeweler, and Miss Nlswanger, milliner: 625 Kansas avenue, displayed Jointly Jewelery and hats. The Jewelry display was excellent and the show of hats Included Lata Mor all occasions from knockabout headgear for every day street wear to a dress hat for an elaborate function, On of the attractive displays on Kansas avenue was that of the Reliable Furniture C21-C23 Kansas avenue. This display showed a Ilep-pelwhito three-piece brown walnut bedroom set, and a living room set in inanogany with chairs -having blue plush backs. Bine velvet rugs were included in the display as well as a plnnet desk and a pipe stand. To add realism, stationery, pens and other correspondence accessories loaned by K.

II. Burns, druggist, were on the desk. Cigars and a pipe also loaned by Burns were on the pipe stand. i Railway towermen reported that people were coming with wheelbarrows, "tin Lizzies" and now and then even a limousine to salvage the brick. "We'll be glad to give these secondhand brick to anyone really in need members, this treat" "for the regular shark of no mean calibre during his leisure hours.

of them for legitimate purposes, but we cannot permit the practise that has grown up to continue," declared Beggs a banquet will be served. Josephine Winskey and Zella Elam, bdth of Rosedale, were arrested this morning by Marshal Charles E. Pointer 4 of the South City court charged with disturbing the peace. Bell Fhonq Fairfax 404 AUL WORK GUARANTEED STROM DODSON Ford Eepairs a Specialty In Rear 60S North Hlith St. KANSAS CITY.

KANSAS newest patterns. While the east portrayed a setting unique and rustic. A wooded scene with shrubbery, grass and stumps, together with a little bantam hen and a dozen chickens, with true Easter spirit. Sam 633 Kansas avenue, has a clever display of men's furnishings, showing the latest in spring wear. Suits, hats, shoes, shirts, collars and ties were arranged in a neat manner to set.

off this display to its best K. L. Browne, casHr of the People's National- bank, is back at his desk after a five treeks' illness. He underwent an operation three weeks ago at St Margaret's hospital. one is gladder to see him on the Job than I am, because I had to hold his end of the rail and it got pretty heavy," said F.

M. Holcomb, president. "Caution" is still the word in financial circles, but there is a wholesome tendency towards a relaxation of commercial anxiety in many parts of the United States, according; to S. H. Reynolds, Kansas City agent for the Fidelity and Deposit of Maryland.

The information was procured by an economic survey conducted thru 900 Al Kau, a 32d degree member in good standing of the old 400 block, writes from Enid, that he has Just read his first copy of The Kansan and as a result has decided to come back home. Ike Magruder says a generous distribution of copies of The Kansan among former residents would add 50,000 to the city's population. Five candidates for the "page" rank this morning in police court when Steve Fabina, 530 Orville avenue, was introduced by the police. Fabina, it was said, had carried away several loads in his auto and did not deny the allegation. "I needed them to build a sidewalk in front of my house," he declared.

"That's a commendable purpose and I'll ask the Judge to let you go If you can prove the fact," offered Beggs. Judge A. J. Herrod withheld sentence pending investigation. At CIO Kansas avenue.

F. B. Gille had a varied disulay of electrical WINNEY. This is the way Winniey Chose a husband: There were seven men who liked Winnie's ways: So she said: "Eeny, miney, moe And took Mp. Cartoons Magazine.

Harry J. Kaelin for Park Commissioner (Political Adv.) iroods In his window and a demon strator showed how the Crystal electrical washer cut down household ex will be given the initiatory work at the hall of Fellowship Lodge No. 1, Knights of Pythias, 624 Minnesota Snap Shots C. P. Lakin, station agent at the Santa Fe depot, yesterday held his regular class in Spanish, as it wa pay day on the Santa Fe and many Mex penses and how to keep house with a Hoover vacuum cleaner.

avenue, Thursday night. Following representatives to whom a list of P. K. riurch. erocer.

617 Kansas icans had to be addressed In the Span ish language. Frank McCoy has recovered his au tomobile, which was stolen Monday. Police found the car deserted on Pa Preach to We At cific avenue, in the vicinity of Tenth street. Charts illustrating cardinal princi avenue, showed a well arranged window of vegetables and fruits and a tempting display, of delicious cakes. Attracts Housekeepers.

Helfenblne 613 Kansas avenue, displayed aluminum ware and pure white granite ware which made a clean, tasty and inviting window for the housekeeper to Inspect Another window showed a display of white organdies and lace. Miss Dorothy lleiman in an organdie and lace frock was a living model in this window. W. E. Hutchlns, furniture, 605 Kansas avenue, displayed an attractive dining room suite with leather back chairs in one window and an attractive solid brass bed and mahogany dinner and dressing table in another.

A large sign, Your Credit is Good," was conspicuously displayed. A number of rues also were in the display. The Kansas Clothing Sixth ples for maintaining good health, pre pared by pupils in tne gymnasium classes of Miss Emma Vanous at the Junior High school, are on exhibition kt the school. Colonel P. Connor, weather forecas ter The Kansan.

is a dandy news paper and one that Kansas City ought to be proud of. I. B. Morgan, director of the con tinuation schools, will; speak before the Society of Applied Psychology Sunday afternoon at Hotel Baltimore on "The Psychology of Happiness." of preparedness, the wisdom of safeguarding one's home, in looking to the future when lean years may come, when one may get tired of their job, or the job get tired of them? The world is demanding an increase in the production of food and this demand will The Grandview W. C.

T. will hold food sales Saturday, March 26, at the Morton Furniture store and at the Gorman Furniture store. Charles Sanders, who Is ill at Bethany hospital, is improving. street and Kansas avenue, showed an attractive Easter display of silk hosiery. Hk and satin dresses, sport skirts and georgette and crepe waists.

Artificial Easter lilies in this display helped to give It a seasonable touch. Coy Slmms, furniture, 519 Kansas avenue, showed a four-piece bedroom set in one window and another window reminded one of the summer time as it displayed a complete line of Alaska refrigerators. Shades and Colors. Mrs. J.

Brady, 61S Kansas avenue, an Armourdale milliner for many years, displayed hats of all shades and colors iu her window. Hats for all purposes, all sizes and discriptlon, as well as all prices were shown. There was also an attractive showing of black tulle veils. The Modern Clothing 615 Kansas Jacob Bladsky, vice-president of the jry "r4 1 Farmers State bank of Lawrence, and widely known In. Kansas City and turnout banking circles of Kansas, is a patient at Bethany hospital, where he recently underwent a major increase, hence the: cautious person today is securing a portion of the soil that may be the main dependence in years to come.

To be a producer means independence and it will also bring health, happiness arid in time to come competence. presented a window showing Two hundred baby chicks perished in a fire at the home of Edward Luckow, Orville avenue and McCune Itoad. at 10 :30 o'clock last' night An overheated stove caused the blaze, it is lelieved. Loss on the building was insignificant, it was said. everything in men's furnishing goods.

Another window was given up to gin haras in many patterns. Milcram Fogel, 601 Kansas ave The M. E. B. nue, displayed everything In the way of food and fruits for the home.

One window was given over to fish, another showed assorted canned goods. Meats took up another window, while oranges, grape fruit, and apples placed in var ious piles and decorated with sprays GARDENS celery made up another window. GERD The Peoples Store, notions. JI15 Kansas avenue, had an especially at tractive display that particularly ap Two young Greeks who "oggled" young girls and made offensive remarks to a number of women strolling on Kansas avenue last night were arrested by Sergeant Thomas Lowe and J. P.

Cashin, faithful guardians of the Ieuce aid dignity of that section of the city, and are now. thinking up "alibis" for presentation to Judge A. J. Herrod when they appear In police court Fridav. Both are being held in bonds of L.

II. Chapman, commissioner of water and lights, and James L. Beggs, commissioner of streets cn-1 public improvements, spoke last night at a political meeting held at Casino hall, 2417 Metropolitan avenue. Both are candidates for re-election. J.

Wim-mer, candidate for commissioner of pealed to the Kansas avenue section Workmen's overalls and caps used by the men emplov-' in the railroad yards and packintr houses made up one win dow and showed the very latest in denims. Another window showed offer a solution for the high cost of food for just 83 families located on theeavenworth Road, 3 blocks wTest of the Quindaro Boulevard car line. It is close? in and easy of ac woman's wear novelties. Shoes for AIL cess. Jake Levin, oil Kansas avenue, showed everything for the home In the shoe line, displaying shoes for younjr and old.

son. daughter, mother streets and public improvements, also spoke, as did J. K. Cubbison. and father, and everybody.

A luncheon will Ik? given at 12 :30 to fsam L.H1CK. 01.5 Kansas avenue. morrow at the Chamber of Commerce bv the music department of the Conn showed an attractive window display of clothing of all kinds. Suits, hats, gloves, shoes and other articles made cil of Clubs. An Irish program will A great portion of the property is covered with the choicest of fruit.

Some of it was used for truck purposes and the rich black land has been built up to a high degree of efficiency. Nothing like it for suburban homes has ever been offered to Kansas City, Kansas, people. be given. up the display. The Star Clothing 507-500 avenue, showed four windows of Co-operation and careful buying and business methods were ursed before women's and men's wear, men's silk shirts, boys' and men's suits, caps.

the ICetail Grocers association bj Walter S. Clark, sales manager of the shoes, women's wear of every descrip II. D. Lee Mercantile at a meet tion, towels and counterpanes. ins of 'the retailers last niimt.

The J. oitterman. wr Kansas avenue, showed furniture and heaters in thMr mating was in the Motter building. Tenth street and Central avenue. windows.

In their furniture display parlor sets In mahorany with old roe 1 Opening Sale March 20th andlark bine velvet trimmings were thief with a sweet tooth visited shown. In their kitchen display every the Knights of Columbus club rooms thing in heaters was shown including at Seventli street and Ann avenue yesterday, it was reported, to the police this mornincr. AnuarentLv only candy Reservations Can Be Made Now. and chewinsr gum anpealedr. to the mauroder, many articles of valuo being passed by.

Two hichwaymen, one of whom effec tively concealed his features behind a white handkerchief, held up Milton Merriam, Ellis Benton Miller, 1031 Metropolitan avenue, a short distance sonth of the Morris school about 10:30 o'clock last night, he reported to the police. He was rel 605 Minnesota Avenue ieved of a small amount of change. Cord Kerr, past exalted ruler of the Elks and pioneer citizen, is a pool gas and electrical ranges, coal heaters and electrical heaters of all sizes and descriptions. Mixed with the heaters to give a cooling effect were a number of large and small refrigerators. Community Affair.

In the days of the automobile such as wo havftoday many of the fashion show spectators stopped to view the display at the harness shop of Edward Schlenker. 620 Kansas avenue. Here several sets of heavy draft harness, studded with brass nails, attracted the attention and many recalled the days when the packing industries had their splendid large teams of Percheron and French coach stallions drawing their trucks In the Kansas avenue section and wearing such harness, in contrast to the motor truck of today. Horse collars, dog collars, leather legrfns ard many strips of different kinds of leather were displayed here, as well as everything pertaining to the equipment of horses. The fashion show on Kansas avenue was a community affair, shared by all and Voted a huge success by both exhibitors and spectators, all of whom said that it was bound to stimulate the trade at home movement.

An original and distinctive touch of spring attracted crowds to the windows of the Fuhrman Jewelry House. at 623 Minnesota avenue. The west "window cleverly dressed with" Jwelry, watches and diamonds of the F. C. Wahlenmaier Eye Specialist Eye Examined OUmes Fitted.

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