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consolidated with the Ottawa Daily Republic January 1, 1915. OTTAWA, KANSAS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 12 1921. INVITES FOOTBALL PLAYERS HIE WEATHER Farm Bureau Elects Officers '4 SUBMARINES, fEXT and Hears WIVES OF STRIKERS TIED UPCOAL MINE WORKING MINERS STOPPED IN PITTSBURG REGION. SLAUGHTER CACHE REMAINS HIDDEN BANDIT DIED WITHOUT REPEALING $102,500. MAY NEED TROOPS IN PACKING- ZONE MAYOR BURTON CALLS UNION MEN IN FINAL MEET.

-ISSUE: QOTIOnS VIEWS DIVERGE UNDERSEA A FT.t.? fj. ir The Franklin county farm bu- women of the church. It was ol-reau session this afternoon "re- lowed by a program including Miss eecWd its old officers to serve an- Herr, soloist; Miss Hel-othet term Dr. O. O.

Wolf, presi- en Marcell, pianisVand Miss Win-dent; R. H. Lister, secTetary-treas- ured Casey, violinist, urer, and H. E. Gillettr, vice-presi- Charles R.

secretary of dent. Mr. Lister was chosen 'to the state farm bureau, was Vthe represent the county bureau at tharseaber af the mornw se9Si6n at convention of the state bureau. tne court rouse. He addressed-the Late this, afternoon the members 0f tne bureau on' matters were balloting on a delegate to rciating to tne work of thfi state Other Big ProblemsAll But Solved at Washington AgfeemeriiiV Reached Between Japa.

U. S. Regarding YapY '(. Washington, Dec; theV Associated Pres) The four power treaty dealing wlthr Fa cmc jsianas wm oe Biguea at vine state department tomorrow -by rep- lesentatives of jail the nations 1 party to iU-j The seVn reptesentAffves of the i British emprr will sign the. treaty; it was by vDritlsri'i- spokesman, The fortnal signing of the- treaty It, was in- volved agreement on the Yap question which was reached today Washington, Dec.

Associated Press) Submarines promise to- present 'the 1 cottf f-f erence wfth its next issuie.i. J. On air the 'other major' subjects before the conference, the delegate, prof essecL today, to see a prospect of early But the question. of whtlier submarines are to be included In quantity in the- of the, future is dtvelopin widclyf divergent opinions. Tpjobiera of naval the Pacific 'and naval holiday, while still, Xpen A Questions, are regarded as more or less bound up together and their i settlement simultaneously 'in ''the near future is "said to 'have been, facilitated by the, new agreernent of the United States, Great Britain, Japan and Frailce; for preserrfng the state board of agriculture.

Each township was. choose a vice president later in the afternoon. The township Vice-presidents make up he board of directors, i The annual dinner of the bureau was served at noon in the basement of the M. E. 'church by the BAD FIRE AT H0MEW00D BARN FIRE MENACED FUNK STORE FOR A TIME.

Ottawa Fire Department Arrived Too Late To Save Barn Much Corn Burned. One truck of the Ottawa fire department was sent to Homewood last night by order of Chief Willis Rodgers in, answer to an S. O. S. call from that place.

A big barn and storehouse 1 owned by Troy Herring was on fire and the J. E. Funk store and other, buildings pvere threatened by the flames. The call for the Ottawa, force did not come, however, until after the barn and contents were almost a complete loss. There were from 1,500 to 1,800 of corn in the storehouse which the owner thought might be partially saved by a late call for the fire trucks but the com was almost a total loss, bein charred and burned.

The Ottawa fire truck was driven to Homewood by Harry Thomas, assistant fire chief. The barn vfas under lease to O. O. McDaniel and R. H.

Ware. Mr. McDaniel lost a car of hay, set of harness and one horse owned by him was seriously burned. Total, loss partially insured. Mr.

Ware lost a threshing outfit and engine, valued at about $1,500. It was covered by insurances The corn was owned by Funk whose loss was partially covered by insurance. A number of mdfiyis ago there was a-serious fire in Homewood "which destroyed a store, a dwelling house and a church. "JUICE" WAS TURNED OFF. WTater Will Be Off Tomorrow For Work at I'qwer l'laat.

Electric service was suspended in Ottawa yesterday afternoon fori several hours while new wires were being placed in the power arit and new cross arms strung with wires on poles 'approaching the plant. Transmission line pat- rons alsovere affected yesterday. Water service wi1! be suspended peace in the Pacific fromTokio and further conferences of th naval Speakers bureau. P. Lambertson of Brown county Was the principal speaker thio afternoon.

He spoke cn modern farm problems. There were 65 people present at the dinner and probably twice that number -t the afternoon session. TJie morning session was not so well attended. A SOCK WITH $23,000 THAT'S WHAT SANTA CLAUS LAID UP HERE. The Security State Bank Is Mailing Out the Checks For Its Annual Savings Club.

More than $23,000 which has been saved for Christmas during tha past year will go into circulation thjs week. The Security State bank announced today that the checks, from its annual Christmas savings club will go into the mails tonight. There have been more than 600 members this year and their savings, plus interest at 4 percent, amounted to $23,647.17. 1 nis lc hv tar thf Inrcrpsr. amount ever saved in the club at I the Security bank.

The first year there was about $5,000. The members saved around $8,000 the next year and about $11,000 the following. Last year the total was over $18,000. The bank now announces the opening of enrollrrtent, on December 13, of its 1922 Christmas savings club. Members may enroll to save from 1 cent to $10 weekly, just as thoy wish.

Several differ- ent plans are available. Many families go lOiT percent strong on the Christmas taking out an account for tvery member. "Young and old save each year in this said Clay B. Shinn, the cashier. ilThe children are no more enthusiastic than the.

older people." Twenty-lhree thousand dollars is a tidy sum to spend for Christ mas, vvnue tpo, county treasurer generally gets a lot of the Christ- mas for tiys. vet much more of it is snent in the stores at the. Chnetmas time for useful and needed articles. HUSSEY RITES TUESDAY. Services of Ottawah at- Williamsburg in Afternoon.

The remains of Mrs. Mattie B. Hussey will be brought here tomorrow from Topeka, where her death occurred Saturday at -Christ hos- Ltle uuu' ey-uoug i c. Miss Mary Hussey, who isateaching at Lenora, fame home last night. CITY WATER OFF! The city water supply will be shut off for pbout 1 hout tomorrow beginning at 4 a.

m. CITY WATER LIGHT DEPT. Visiting "Dig tnree Dut nq one- appe'ars to believe a qlutifln "ii will be difficult. The Far? Eastern negotiations. v- also are described as proceeding1 satisfactorily with a sentiment de- veloping in s6me quarters to mak More Disorder Cause Executive to Put it Up 'to Strike Leaders Admits Troops May Have To Be Called.

Kansas City, Dec. 12. (By the Associated Press)-Renewed disturbances on the part of striking packing house workers occurred this morning outsid the plant of Armour Company here. A crowd estimated by the police to be between 200 and 300 gathered outside the Armour plant at the hour workers appeared to enter the plant. Many women were in crowd which was noisy and shouted threats to the Armour workers.

Kansas City, police, dis-persea the crowd and drove its members across the state line into Missouri. -There the strikers agam formed a crowd and leaders asked permission to cross into Kansas. The police gave the permission but insisted that the strikers cross in column of twos. As they did so. police searched them for weapons but found none.

Arrived atSev-enth street and Central avenue, Kansas City, the strikers again started to form a crowd. They were again dispersed. Mayor Harry Burton said at 10:30 o'clock this morning that he had summoned packing house union 11-1 leaders to his office for a confer ence. "As far as I am concerned," Mayor Burton said, "this conference will be "final. If the leaders cannot hold the men in line and prevent these infractions of the law, there are other ways in whirh it can be done.

We have not yet resorted to these means but we are prepared to do so." Asked whether these "means" might imply the presence of national guard troops, Mayor Burton admitted that that might be one of the measures he would seek. AN OTTAWA PIONEER DEAD. Abid B. Baldwin, 624 South Mulberry street, died last night at hishome at 7:30 o'clock. He had been in failing health for many years but his death resulted frtfm neuralgia ot the heart and follow ea a critical illness of only two days.

Mr. Baldwin was past 75 years, He was horn in Lexington, May 15, 1846. He moved to Kansas from Ohio in 1867 and for two years was at De Soto. Mr. Baldwin then came to Ottawa, which.

had been his ever( since. For several years- he was in the" general merchandise business at 132 South Main street with his brother, the firm being known as A. H. A. B.

Baldwin. Mr. Baldwin was unmarried. Hen- is survived by a nephew, Ralph Baldwin, Kansas City, and nieces, Mrs. Char'es Skinner of Chicago and Mrs.

Fred Hamblin of Columbus, O. Ralph Baldwin is here, Mr. Skinner arrived at noon yesterday and his wife came this morning. Mrs. Anna Asch of Murray Neb.ris here tomorrow f6r the funeral.

The deceased was a member of B. P. O. Elks Nou 803 and Lodge No. 18, A.

T. A. M. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon from the parlors of the Fst Baptist church at 2:30 o'clock. Rev.

W. A. Elliott is to conduct the services. The body is to lie in state at the Chenoweth chapel until the funeral hour Burial will be in Hope cemetery. i -t the final accompushments.

of the conference iri that direction basis of a formal nine power policy. Settle Yap Controversy. The text of. a treaty between United States, and Dapan covering an agreement' aV to the status of the island of 'Yap was made, public late today at the state department. "The treaty prohibits- vfortifica- of theisland of Yap and gives the right to maintain order.

me treaty, it was said in oiiicial American quartersT leaves suMr; ainty, pr control over the island of Vap to Jrfpan; observing the nian-vj, date received under the treaty Versailles. Japan it wasf said, altp "i was given control the other mandated islands" north of the Negotiations with H3reat Britain are to follow for an agreenent sim-' Ov ilar to that reached wth JapanJ Great Britain, under the trfaty of Versailles, Wai 'givenx. the; mandate'. Federated Church to Have Them as Guests at Organ Recital. The Federated church has invited the members of the college and high school football squads to be guests at the pipe organ recital tonights by Prof.

Powell Weaver of Kansas City, using the new Federated organ. The football squadsr will be guests" earlier in the evening of the Kiwanis cTub at a banquet. The organ recital will not open until 8 :30. The program is of a varied nature such as to appeal to all music lovVrs. Prof.

Weaver on his arrival at noon today, announced he would give some popular numbers in addition to- the program previously announced. NIGHT PILFERERS BUSY O. K. GROCERY STORE SOME OVERALLS. LOST Apparent Attempt at Robbery of Bancroft Store Thwarted Two Boys Seen at Window.

A thief entered the store of the 0. K. Grocery company at 622 South Cherry street Saturday and made away with a couple of pair of overalls and probably with some other articles. It was not known at what time the robbery was committed. About 10:30 o'clock, a colored rrjan was seen in the Bancroft gro; eery on South Main street by Arch Dial.

Dial questioned him. He said he thought he was in Ogg's store that he was the new janitor. Mr. Dial asked for his name and was told that the "name was Ray McNear. He reported the circumstances to the night police who investigated at once.

They found that several slabs of bacon and other articles had been'piled up, apparently to be carried away. Then they went in search of the colored man. They knew McNear. But, when they found McNear he proved such a conclusive alibi that he was released and the officers concluded that the colored man who had been in the store had been" clever enough to give his first questioner the wroner name and to pick one which would surely attract the attention of the police to another man. Two boys were seen Sunday afternoon making an- attempt to enter the Biederman sporting goods' store on South Main.

They were in the rear of the store an i were trying to remove the putty from a window so as to loosen the glass. The proprietor of the store saw them and learned who they were. No arrest was made. The police were given the names of the boys but the proprietor refusdd to file a complaint. No clues have beerf discovered, it is believed, which would seem to lead to the robbers who attempted the Mitchell Coop company's safe one evening' last week" nor to the man who robbed the cash register at the Jefferies store Friday night of about $100 in cash.

WHISKY AND LOVE BLAMED Kansas City Man, Sentenced, Ad mits He Slew Two Women. Kansas City, Dec Walter H. Coffey, 44 years old, charged with murdering two women was today sentenced' to life imprisonment. Coffey pleaded guilty to killing Mrs. Minnie Springer, 33 yeSrs old, with whom he was infatuated and her aunt, Mrs.

Margaret Franklin, 46, October 27, at the home of the women. When asked by Judge Latshaw if he had anything to say Coffey replied: "Nothing except I was infatuated with a woman and corn whisky did the rest." The killing of Mrs. Franklin Coffey said, was accidental, when she ran between him and Mrs. Springer with whom he had been quarreling. U.

S. HAS 1,740 SHIPS. Shipping Corporation's Assets Given as Over Three Billion. Washington, Dec. 12.

Assets of the United States Shipping board and Emergency Fleet corporation as of last June 30 are given as $3,070,599,518 in the report of the' board for the fiscal year 1921, made public today. Ships owned and controlled -numbered 1,740 6n that and the number tied up was 987, representing about 48 percent of the total tonnage. TO PROTEST HIGH TAXES MASS MEETING WILD BE' HELD HERE ON SATURDAY. Petitions- in Circulation Have Been Signed By Over 300 Hope For Some Relief. Following the lead of other localities, citizens of Franklin county have been circulating petitions during the 'past few days calling for a mass meeftng in Ottawa to discuss the tax situation.

The meeting will be held at the court house next! Saturday at 1:30 p. m. The petitions have been in circulation but a few days but bear the signatures of more than 3t0 land owners and -tax payers. The object of the meeting as set forth by those who are taking steps to call it, is to discuss high taxes and the means of relieving to some extent the great burden which the high tax rates place upon the property owners. 1 Whether any effort will be made to bring about an organization as a result of the meeting has not been stated, and it is presumed that move will be up to those most interested.

Wallace Nutting pictures for Christmas at Chenoweth LTnder-takingCo. 17-7t Cunningham's for sporting goods. .1922 Christmas Club Sow forming. Security State FORECAST Generally; fair tonight1 and Tuesday not much change in temperature. Fairly equal temperatures prevailed over the last 48 the last twenty-four beinjg by 4 degfees.

The extremes for Sunday were a maxintum of 65 an4 a minimum -of 34; for today jsvere 59 and 34. Yesterday was cloudless, with a southerly wind that turned briskly into the north in afternoon. clouds prevailed the greater part of the time. A 'Year Ago Today Temperature extremes: 45 63, cloudy; 35 1, snowv DEVELOPS CITY MARKET SEMI-MONTHLY SALES DRAW' BIG CROWDS. Buyers and Sellers Brought To gether with Mutual Satsfac- tion May Be Held Offener.

What a- bygone' administration endeavored to build vp here, a city market, has 'been completed by -the energy and practical effort of professional auctioneer with his idea of an' elaborated municipal sales scheme. From a very humble beginning, a few months ago, when a local auctioneer announced that he would cry sales for all and whosoever, if they should bring their lares and penates to the city feed, yard on stated" occasions, every other Saturday tosbe exact, has-grown an institution that is now county-wide and regularly patronized bv hundreds of farmers. Last Saturday the spacious enclosure at Main andPontiac was crowded with individual offerings of the things farmers and townsmen c'on-cltfded that they, could get "along without, and that other farmers and citizens were ultimately convinced they needed in their business. The idea' was that in every community are people' with valuable commodities to sell and other people who haveowants that can be satisfied if they are given the opportunity of selection and purchase. The municipal sales plan just fills the-bill.

Last Saturday, as on all Saturday sales-days recently a bewildering' assortment of offerings was made. 1 It was a veritable bazaar of "new products land used goods in most astonishing variety, rom the entrance on clear across the. wide area the vis-i itor threaded a way through individual lot3 of incongruous offerings; pgns of fat porkers, pilesof hedge fence posts, a load of hay here and a battered but still useful farm implement there, crates of chickens, kitchen mother sow and heivbrooa of shoats, baled a span of wagons, ducks and geese, furniture, horses, the" family cow, -werea few Ot. the me'anee. of useful things that probably iri no other way could have beerf so profitably disposed of and so satisfactorily distributed as by the staccato "going-going-gone" of the nimble-tonguec! auctioneer.

Inquiry the pleasing dual fact that the sellers that they had realised good prices, and the buyers were smugly certain that they had "secured -bargains. Anyhow, a lot of good people have satisfactorily disposed of articles that were of no further value to them, atiikthat are appreciated and were wanted by other people. The Ottawa semimonthly sale-r-only, betimes it will have to be oftener than twice a month; this last time, for instance, the offerings were so' many that they just could, not all be reached in course of a single afternoon has evidently become 'fashionable" in Franklin ccunty. MRS. Jt.E.

PJERSOL DEAD Ottawan Passed Away at Topeka Was III Several Months Mrs. Mary E. Piersol, widow of Silas Piersol and a reMdent of Ot tawa many years, dred last night at the home of her son, Guy in Topeks-' She passed away at 10 o'clock, her death following a several months' illness. Mrs. Piersol had suffered three strokes of the third one last Friday' and last August she'.

fell and broke one of her hips. The funeraVwill be held 'tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock from the home, 323 Walnut street. Rev. W. A.

Elliott of the First Baptist church is to conduct the services. The pallbearers will be M. R. Harris, Henry Ott, Peter Kaiser, A. P.

Elder, F. H. Stannard and F. Beeler. Interment will be in the family lot nt Hope "cemetery.

E. Guy-was born in Union county, September 1849. Soon after the Civil war she cams to Kansas with her parents, Mr and James- Guy, settling on a farm on Wakarusa creek near Lawrence. She married there in 1866 to Silas Piersol and they moved at once "to Ottawa. Mr.

Piersol was in the bakery business1 here several years. His death occurred 14, 1914. Three sons and a daughter 4 who survive are Guy Piersol, Topeka; George Piersol of Oklahoma City and Mrs. A. D.

'Rodgers of Cincinnati, JThe sons are all in TopeTca now ahd Mrs. Rodders will arrive there toniglvfc yThe ehilreij anrt their families -(will accompany the remains' arriving tomorrow morninC. Mr. M. C.

Mjlner of 'Oklahoma City is 4a sister' of the deceased. After; Mrs. Piersol fractured ore of her hips'she was taken to St. francis hospital m'TopeJca, where Bhe remained until three weeks ago when, she was moved to her son's home. Mrs.

Piersol was well known and had many friends here. New line of Wallace Nutting pictures at Cliehoweth's. 17-7t -y-r-. Dr. Webiter.

Pent tatover Zellaers. Call 367 'Phone 411. Ottatr Butoe Farmr 1m pleme'sit' at' closing out prkes. Nelaoa 4 Boas ,1 Two Thousand Women Accosted Motor Cars, Tearing Off Side Curtains and Using Trench-" ant Language. Pittsburg, Dec, 12.

The Kansas coa mining scene of open revolt on the part of many followers of Alexander Howat against the international union of the miners and the Kansas industrial court law, was facing this afternoon the prospect of being placed under guard of troops. Pittsburg, Dec. 12. A mob of women, estimated at 2,000, 'the wives and relatives of striking Howat coal miners, stormed mine No. 17 of the Jackson-Walker company shortly after 5 o'clock this morning and prevented the miners employed at the mine from returning to work.

The mob of women appeared to have no leader and was composed principally of foreigners. The mob formed in Franklin, about a mile from the mine. Men, in a number estimated at 3,000, assembled at Franklin but did not march on the ntine or take part in the storming of the mine. About 125 miners had been working at the Jackson-Walker mine. Many of the miners have been going to the mine in their moror cars.

An interurban railway line passes near the mine and other miners have bean using it to get to their work. This morning the women, after assembling in Franklin, marched downthe public highway, which runs parallel to the interurban line, to the interurban station near the mjne, and refused to let the miners get off the car. The women stopped motor cars coming along the road and ripped off side curtains. If miners were in the car they were told they could not return to work. Other persons, having no connection with the mining business, were compelled to stop their cars and wait until the women permitted them to go on.

Sheriff Milt Gould and two or three available deputies at the scene were powerless before the mob. The sheriff, who learned last night of the proposed storming of the mine this morning, after a secret meeting of women yesterday at Franklin, was at the mine this morning long before the mob arrived. After theyf storming of the Jackson- Walker the women went back to Franklin. Reports reaching the sheriff were that plans called for a similar demonstration tomorrow at two or three mines several miles from Franklin. Except for words, which the women used fluently, vigorously and in several different languages, the onlv weaDon the women appeared to have for the enforcement off their orders was red pepper.

Several instances of its use were reported butf it was not generally resorted to by the women. "You're scabs," 'was an expression freely hurled at men who had come to the mine to go to work. ''Stand by Howat," other women shrieked. John L. Lewis, international president of the union, and Governor Henry J.

Allen came in for equal condemnation in the verbal onslaughts of the women marchers, i When a motor car approached on the road, many of the women would "gang" the roadway and compel the driver to stop or run into them. In every instance the drivers stopped their cars. There was no gentleness of the sort usually attributed to their sex, in the way the women tore off the curtains of the motor cars. The women were looking for working miners and when, they found them, advised them quickly and enapthpt-ically that they vere not going, tp return to work. Daylight found the women marchers milling around the mine and-adjacent terrftojy.

The women agitators, in spite of the apparent lack of supreme command, were well organized. No man was among them. Several women appeared to be speaking with authority, but the mob itself was in command and leffrhe min6 after a motion to leave had been put by one of the women. Although there is a large negro population at Franklin and vicinity, no negro women were in the mob. Joseph Fletcher, general manager of the Jackson Walker, company and one of the most prominent figures in the.

Kansas mining field, was a spectator at the fnine. He was not molested by the wo-j men. Illinois Case to Board. Springfield, 111., Dec. 12.

Action on the demand of the international executive board of the United Mine Workers of America that the Illi-nois'miners refrain from giving further aid to the striking miners of Kansas will be taken lay the Illinois miners executive board Wedy nesday, it was announced this morning by President Frank Far-rington. LECTURE COURSE. Thursday evening, this week. Gregory Mason, lecturer. Mr.

Mason writes for the Outlook maga- zine. $ie nas a great lecture ana we urge everyone to hear him. Curtain for this number 8:30 on account of prayer meeting and tabernacle meeting. AUCTION NOTICE, Next Market Sale will be Saturday, December 17th, City Feed Yard. STEVE DAY, Auctioneer.

Res. Phone 806-Red; Office 335. JEoroll Wnr, NOtUwi BusleeM Colleg Loot Believed To -Be, Buried in Northern Texas faJatAutopipbile Tire Was Told Hiding Place Tomorrow. Pine Bluff, Dec. 12.

Buried somewhere- in an automobile tire in northern Texas is $102,500 worth of Tom Slaughter's share of loot obtained by nis band in' numerous bank -robberies, A. W. Mills, local agent, for an insurance company. Air. Mills said he had an appointment to meet Slaughter at the penitentiary tomorrow, and at that time the bandit was to have' told him the hiding place of the money sothat it could be returned -to-tl banks before Slaughter went to the electric chair.

Mr. Mills said that following Slaughter's conviction of the murder of Roy Brown and incarceration at the state farm at Tucker, the bandit professed religion to tne Rev. W. B. Hogg at-Little Rock and that the minister toldhim he would have to return the" mOney before he could be forgiven.

Mr. Mills had received, instruction's from the insurance company to try to locate the loot and had con-f e'ryed with the Little Rock minister. He had an appointment to see "Slaughter at the. Tucker farm September 20, when the bandit was to have reVealed the hiding place of the money, bub on September 18 Slaughter tried to shoot his way to freedom and killed a guard at the prison favm. After' Slaughter was sentenced to the electric chair for this killing, he again told the Rev.

Hogg that he wanted to have jjhe money recovered and wanted to give it to the minister to be. used for prison reform work in Arkansas. minister refused to take the money and told Slaughter the only way he could go to the chair with a clear conscience was to tell Mr. Mills the hiding place of the money. This Slaughter agreed to, do and told Mr.

Hogg to have Mills meet him at. the death cell on December 13. Jack Howard, the convict who shot and killed Slaughter, was arrested Sunday on a charge of first degree murder. MRS. C.

ELLERBECK DEAD Funeral of Ohio Township Woman Will Be Held Tuesday Mrs. Charlotta Ellerbeck passed away yesterday morning at -the home of her daughter, Jtfrs. A. A. Kochenower in Ohio township, three miles northwest of Princeton.

Her death at 8:45 a. resulted from cancer and followed an illness of about two years. The deceased was a native of Germany, and was nearly 82 years old. he was born January 9, 1840 in Berghailzen. She came to the United States when she was 14 vprrrs nld.

Tn 1R62 C.hnrlnt.t A Pelster and Fred Ellerbeck were married in St. Louis. Mr. Eller-Jbeck died in 1891.. The daughter and two sons, Fred, and Charles Ellerbeck of Princeton, survive.

Mrs. Minnie Groth of San Francisco is a sister and Memory and Floyd Kochenower grandsons of the oeceased. Mrs. Ellerbeck, was a member of the Lutheran chuiyh. The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon from the Kochenower home.

Rev. B. F. Pugh of Ottawa is to conduct 'the services at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in the Princeton cemetery.

MRS. M. A. WALSH DEAD. Former Ottawa Woman Passed Away Suddenly at Topeka.

Word was received thts morning of the death early today at Topeka of Mrs. M. A. Walsh, who until a few years ago lived here. She a resident of Ottawa about 10 years.

Definite funeral arrangements had not been made, but it was expected the' body would be taken to Collyer, Trego county, Wednesday for burial. Mrs. Walsh was about 58 years old. She had been in ill health until last spring, when apparently she recovered her" normal health. She is survived by a daughter, Miss, pose, who teaches in Topeka, and three sons, Douglas, Joseph and James, who- are living on a ranch in Trego county, the old home of trie Walsh family.

A sister of the deceased, lrs. Douglas Webster, livps at Sioux City, la. Members of the family of Wil.iam Bower will go to Topeka. DIED OF DIPHTHERIA Young Son of Mr. and Mrs.

P. W. I Smith 111 Two Weeks The sixth death here this fall and winter resulting from diphtheria was yesterday afternoon when Keefer Bolton, 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Philo W.

of 905 West Sixth street, died at 3 o'clock. The child Tiad ben ill two weeks. i The boy was bonu December' 4 1917 at Eureka Springs, Ark. 'The parents and five brothers, Howard Philo James Eugene S.J and Robert N. Smith.

survive. The family came here -two years ago from Eureka Snrings. An aunt, Annie Bair of Waverly, is Private funeral services will.be held tomorrow afternoon 'from the home at 4 o'clock" in charge oX Dri W. A. Powell of the Federated church.

Burial wilL be ift Hope cemetery. Tick your gifts at Madtson's. 209 Main. f-. Rent a good car.

Drive it yourself. County Motor Co. Cam Unules delirU Pao. J12 al 4 o'c'ock tomorrow morning for pital. The body will lie state about an hour while some work is from 10:30 o'clock until noon at the being 'done on the pipes at the residence, 234 South Elm street.

At plant. It is thought water service that time the remains? are to be will be restored by 5 o'clock. taken to Williamsburg where the r-i funeral will be held tomorrow aft- ISAAC MARTIN" DEAD ernoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. E.

V. Isaac Martin, a well known Civil Allen of the Methodist Episcopal war veteran, died at the National Church is to "conduct the services. Military home, Leavenworth, early Interment will be in Mt. Hope ceme-yesterday morning, according to, tery at Williamsburg. 1 word received here.

The body wiU a step-son and his wife, Mr. and be brought here tomorrow or nextiisL. T. Hussey and sons. Theo-day for it was stated.

dore and Glen, of Topeka will come 1 TJ.1 J.1 1 1 A IniiUn -4 for German Islands in Pacific 4 south of the Equator and itwas said that the United would Vv proceed to deal with Great Britain with respect tothee. New Naval Experts Board. naval experts committee pt the arms conference it was nounced today has' been disbanded and a fresh committee of delegates, from the five pQwera and experts were named Wdeal with all naval questions. yw Mr. Balfour, head of, the British- delegation, Lord, Lee and Rear.

Ad miral Chatf ield were named, as thf British members of the committee. -y It wis stated that. this 'bodjt would "-take up the proposed nava'l for France and Italy and also all probability, i Jipan through her. rrmtfeqnfer-' ence de'egatloh, announced ta the powers represented '--in the? "far eastern committee 'of the Wa shine- KBW IMT.P'PF.KnTJ'.TMrTi'. AT Washington.

Dec. 12. Nominations of postmasters sent to the senate today included Cary Johnson, Hot. Springs, and James A. Ginoochio, Jiittle Rock, and Charles A.

Connelly, Independence, Kansas. A I Grooming the Old Nag for the Great Annual ton conference today her willing- ness to withdraw JaDahese DOsWi irricies'f rom JanuaW 'jiftetoh Leaderto. 1SEE WHERE These Jockey ciDe me Ragged viviani, iurmer preraieroc i France, and head of his nation's aeiezBiion at me armament con--' feihcif the departure of Pre- 1-raier Bi land, made' TTlans tWay tq ril'for h'ome Wednesday. on- the'1 -Paris together Mm4 Vivlani and sevdral members of the k. HELtx KfjR DOUBLE XttiyEV? i Texas Farmer Accused of Oil Men Dallfts, Dee.

lgDoubla -funeraf service -for ElliottJMilier and' Fi Jbrthers aged 34 sand real estate 'v and oil men was held at the fillfefc Ne here tevday from gunshotx wounds received late Saturday In a lawyer's office at Wortham. Crterf Sessions, a farmer livincr 'npar Whr-' tham, with 'whm the Miller brot-- era were. s4 id vto have beenriego- tiatTbn regard'ng a -miners lease. ohthe farmer's' land; is in custody. of H.

'M. sheriff of "Free- stone county. Sessions'is Raid "to eanoel a lektd-Keld' -by the 'INSURANCE RATES Travis TMnks Fire and Hail Rates l' Come 'Down Too-ka: 'Dec ia-rThat Tire "and I hail insuraneoT rates in Kamas-are too highnd mast down; is flivered by Travis, -state i Buinmenceni: or insurance, at the of. genera', agents of insurance Companies doing- bust- ness in-Kansas, called for -next Wednesdav. it was' announced at i th state insurance department "to i .,.,1 -i-V-- RENT A NEW OVERLAND Overland-Palace ,4.

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