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State Historical eoaesy Co REPUBLICAN UNGIL THE DAILY GUARD, FOUNDED 1115; CONSOLI DATED JTOH THE REPUBLICAN SEPT. 1M4 VOLUME 59 NUMBER 208 COUNCIL GROVE, (KANSAS) REPUBLICAN SEPTEMER 5, 1333. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY PUPILS CROWD SCHOOLS HOLD TWO BOYS Supply Ship for ByrtTs Voyage to Antarctic ENROLLMENT 89 OYER 40 BELIEVED OUT WITH WHOOPING COUGH SEND WARSHIPS SECOND CUBAN REVOLUTION RUSHES CRAFT TO HAVANA jr. liWiilllllllllliliilll f7f' I 1 $mm xf- vr-4 ii'i Marion County May Surrender Them To Chase. Carlton Holthouse, who joined Lester May at Marion as a suspect in the Lincoln ville hardware robbery, has been identified as one of the boys who gained access to the hardware office on a pretext of ordering tires, so county officials report.

The office safe was robbed the next night. If Sheriff Lou Rich-ter finds his evidence insufficient to definitely connect the boys with this robbery, it is expected that he will allow Chase county officers to question them about the Clements store robberies. Cartons of cigarets stolen at Clements were found in May's possession, it is alleged. A German Luger was taken in this robbery, and a Luger was found in Holthouse's possession later, local officers state. GALE WHIPS TEXAS An Appalling Property Damage Done Along Coast Many Lives Feared Lost.

Houston, Sept. 5 (IP) (A staggering oroperty damage and a heavy loss of life from the tropical hurricane that hammered the lower Rio Grande valley for several hours was indicated to- day as the first meagre reports from the stricken area filtered in. Winds of 80 miles velocity or more began blowing in the Brownsville sector about mid night and were reported as still howling furiously today. Tremendous seas piled up ay the wind caused an appalling property damage all the way from Bay City to Rio Grande. Grave fears are felt for a score or more persons marooned on low outlying islands along the coast.

The weather observer at Rockport said the damage there would reach at least one million dollars. Brownsville. Harligen and other cities in that area are without any power service of anv kind or water nlants. The storm was still slowing up the Rio Grande today. AUTO COST 10c An automobile that cost 10 cents and which came from Sar asota, here on $7.50 worth of gasoline, is being driven by Mrs.

Harry Martin, who is visit ing her sister, Mrs. Eugene Res- er. The motor car, a small aus tin. was won in an American Le gion raffle on a ten cent tic ket. Mrs.

Martin is here with her- small daughter and plans to remain until November. Mr Martin is with the Ringling Cir cus which shows in Topeka on Thursday and which the family will drive up to attend. APPENDIX HAD BURST Details of the illness which resulted in the death of Frank Hadley at a Minnesota conservation camp reached his mother today from the youth's com manding officer. Just a few hours after he was taken ill an prmy ambulance was called and the natient was started to a hospital 16 miles away. During the trip the diseased appendix burst, and although he was hurried to the operating room, the patient was unable to throw off the infection which, quickly permeated through his body.

LAST WHEAT MEETS The last township meetings at which farmers may apply for bonus payments will be held Wednesday night at 8 o'clock in the following townships: Burdick at high school, Ohio at Dwight high school, Grandview at Del avan high schools Parker at Parkerville high school, darks Creek at Latimer school, Neosho and Warren at Center View, Dist. 89. RAISED LAKE LEVEL Lake Herington, which has been a favorite fishing spot with many Council Grove anglers all summer, has been greatly benefited by the recent rains. Ray Tripp reports that it has risen 5b feet from the low mark reached during the long dry period. VICTIM STILL LIMPS Geo.

Ewing, Wilsey man who was shot by two tramns who unloaded from a passing freight train last week, was at the court house today. He is walking with crutches and still limps badly from the bullet wound below his knee. COPS TOURNEY TITLE Shady Brook won the invitation baseball tournament in Dickinson county yesterday by trimming Tampa, the opposing finalist, 8 to 7 in a close and hotly contested game. Delavan was the only entrant from this county. HAD NO QUORUM The regular session of the Boar dof Education was not held last night due to inability to obtain a quorum.

FAIR WEDNESDAY The weather will remain generally fair tonight and Wednesday. Little change in Enrollment Larger in All Except Two Towns A dearth of employment is op erating to increase the student enrollment in high schools over the county. A check of seven towns the county seat today revealed that all except two had larger registrations than last year. The onlv towns to lose in student population are Wilsey and Burdick. Enroll ment figures as reported to Supt.

Richardson today noon are: 1933 1932 Burdick 30 35 86 33 51 36 96 97 Dwight 93 Delavan 37 Dunlap 60 Parkerville 38 Wilsey 85 White City 102 Total 445 434 Two years ago the enrollment for 1931 totaled 428, showing that a steadily increasing number of young people are taking advantage of the county school facilities. FILE 80 COUNTS Brings. Finney. Total, to 140 Against Two Prisoners Grant Continuance Topeka, Sept. 5 (IP) After 80 additional counts had been filed, against Ronald Finnev and Leland Caldwell, under arrest in the bond forgery investiga tion, their preliminary hearings set lor today were continued until next Tuesday.

The filing of new counts toy Lester Codell, Shawnee county attorney, who also dismissed several others, left a total of 140 counts pending against the two. Both men entered nleas of not guilty through their attorneys on tne new cnarees. rnese in cluded 40 counts alleging for- eerv 01 sauna Boara or Educa fion bonds totaling $20,000. and 40 counts alleging their sale to the citizens state loanik of To peka. THREE GOLF DATES Feminine golfers of the Cbun.

try Club have three invitations to adjacent, tournaments this month, Mrs. Harry Williams re ports. Wednesday the Manhattan club will be hostess at both golf and bridge. Those expect ing to play are Mrs. c.

W. Black, Mrs. Minnie Wolf and Miss Kathryn Black. Herington has invited a delegation to enter a tournament there on September 16. Council Grove has also been invited to the Junction City tournament on September 23.

FIRST P.T.A. MEET The first Parent-Teacher meeting to be held in the coun ty since the opening of school is scheduled for Delavan, next Monday evening. Mrs. Grace Hodson is president of the asso ciation whose programs will be arranged by Mrs. Edna Da vis.

The principal speaker next Monday will be Miss Arlone Richardson, county suoerinten dent. She will outline some of the new school plans contem plated ior the present term. ABANDONS FOOTBALL Another Morris county high school has joined the towns which have abolished football. at least temporarily. Dunlap will have no school football team this fall.

No regular coach was hired oy the ecnool board and so many of the upper class men lack the necessary weight for grldsters, that the school has decided to play baseball and basket ball instead: OPEN HALF DAY The Red Cross work room at the court house will not be kept open run aays now tnat school has started and most parents have made needed garments for tneir children. Mrs. Harry will iams will observe a half day schedule, opening the rooms on Thursday and Friday after noons. TAKES OVER SHOP The barber shop operated by A. J.

Johnson in the old Citizens bank building was taken over this morning by w. R. Laramore The latter is an experinced barber who owned the Hays Tavern shop about three years ago and who has worked in most 01 the shops in town. He plans to nave extra help on busy days. LIKED JUNIOR BAND Rev.

M. M. Thome brought many comments home from Wilsey praising the junior band wnicn piayea ior tne county "dry" rally there Sunday. The youngsters had seventeen pieces out ior tne concert. VISIT COURT HOUSE Cyrus Huxtable, manager of tne elevator at sidddy.

was transacting business at the court house today. George Stew-are of Parkerville was a county seat visitor aiso. IN PROBATE COURT Lloyd Garner and son of Wilsey were transacting business in proDate court today in connec tlon with an estate. Howard Krause is off duty today from the Ruch-Krause market. Garfield and Washington Have Identical Enrollments High I School to 255 Enrollment -in the city schools liad reached 689 this morning.

Teachers in Washington estimate that 19 small youngsters are out with whooping cough, -while at Garfield Prin. Chester Huntsinger believes 27 have failed to enter classes. Washington and Garfield liave precisely identical enrollr ments 207 in each school. The high school registration is 255 ana Lincoln 20. 01ns outnum ber boys in Garfield where the enrollment Dy graaes is Grade Boys Girls Total 31 24 28 19 27 27 26 25 207 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 18 13 13 16 12 12 14 7 7 11 12 7 15 13 19 18 108 Total 99 Washington Ward: 1 12 20 32 2 12 11 23 3 14 7 21 4 11 9 20 5 13 7 20 6 9 15 24 7 17 16 33 8 15 19 34 Total 103 104 207 The high school gained number of new registrations this morning over the pre-school enrollment of last week.

The freshman class has grown to 65, sophomores 60, juniors 54, seniors 47 and post graduates 9. Reclassification of some students now rated as juniors may increase the senior ranks, at least Dy the end of the first semester. With the entry of young pupils now quarantined tor whooping cough, enrollment in all primary rooms is expected to ex-eed 40. Parents are co-operating with teachers in keeping suspected cases at home, and in Teturn the teachers will make extra efforts to aid these pupils in catching up with work when they do appear in classes. GRID SQUAD OUT Aspirants for football honors during the present high school season were issued suits last night and given a preliminary -workout by Coach C.

W. O'Bry-ant. About 25 candidates were out. The high school is with out a regular coach this season, Prin. CBryant having agreed to take over athletics in addition to his regular teaching schedule.

Most of the boys are small but the mentor hopes to mould tnem into a last speedy crew as the season progresses. KERN BARN BURNS Lightning struck a barn on the M. J. Kern farm near Dela van during the storm Friday nignt, starting a fire which completely destroyed the building, the bolt struck about 9:30 o'clock and was followed by a flash of fire that seemed to envelope the entire building. It contained 15 to 18 tons of hay.

several small pigs, and some sets of harness, which were lost. The barn was only partly covered by insurance. TRIBUTE TO HAD LEY The memory of Frank, Hadley, Council Grove youth who died in civil conservation service at JCamo Schley, Minn, probably will be honored by rechristenlng that camp and officially entering it on the army rolls as Camp Frank Hadley. A movement with that objective has already been launched (by Ralph C. Thomas, camp commander, bo a letter to the boy's mother liere states.

1 ROY FUNERAL TOMORROW Funeral services for Chas. Roy, postmaster at Wilsey, will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Methodist church in that city. The service will be conducted by Rev. C. H.

Gerkin, pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. T. P. Henry. A short Masonic ritual will be held at the cemetery.

HOLD BURIAL HERE' Burial services for Frank Mor-gan, a news salesman on the Missouri Pacific who died in the railroad depot here Sunday, will be held in Greenwood cemetery Wednesday morning. The services will be conductd by Rev. W. T. Williams at 10 o'clock.

LOST CONSOLATIONS Delavan lost the consolation finals at Tampa yesterday by a score of 6 to 5. It was playing Durham for the "little championship." TRIP TO K. C. Mr. and Mrs.

Harry White, accompanied by Mrs. N. Dflley, drove to Kansas City this morning where they will cpend the day. NEW OFFICIAL nERE Geo. Sandford of Wilsey, county treasurer elect, was at the court house today on business.

Provisional Goverment Is Overthrown in Bloodless Revolt By Army and Navy Washington, Sept. 5. (IP) Warships were ordered to Cuba today because of the coup d' etat there. A cruiser and three destroyers are being dispatched with orders to protect American lives and property from danger in threatened strife precipitated by a revolt of the army against the new provisional government. Forces of marines and blue jackets capable of providing a formidable landing detachment are aboard the warcraft.

This step was taken promptly after Secretary Hull was apprised of the swiftly developing situation in telephone calls from Ambassador Sumner Welles at Havana. The craft sent includes the ers MacFarland, Bainbridge and cruiser Richmond and destroy-Studevant. The quartet steamed immediately for the troubled area. Havana, Sept. 5.

(IP) The revolutionary government, less than a month old, is prepared to resign in favor of a commis sion of five men selected by the leaders of the soldiers, sailors and national police who seized supreme power in a bloodless coup d' etat last night. Provis- ional President De C'espedes was hurriedly summoned to Havana from Canta Ckara. He is expected to call a cabinet meeting at which his colleagues win re sign. ACCLAIM HUEY'S MASTER New York, Sept.5 (IP) A design for the medal to Ibe given the man who took a poke at Huey Long, United States sena tor from Louisiana, nas oeen completed. Its designer, Geo.

de Zayas, said today it would be struck off in gold this week. To whom the medal is to toe given has not been determined, owing to the reluctance of the washroom foe of the chubby senator to admit his part itt the affair DRYS AWAIT VOTE Montpelier, Ver. Sept. 5 (IP) The weather man smiled on prohibitionists as the state began balloting on repeal today. Clear skies mean a heavy rural vote which has been traditionally dry in this state.

However, the anti-prohibitionists remained confident that ballot boxes of western cities would easily make Vermont the 25th state to repeal the eighteenth amendment. ir BACK TO TOPEKA Homer Hoch. chairman of the state corporation commission, returned to Topeka last week from taking part in hearings on the old grain rate case reopened in Chicago recently before examiners for the Inter-state Commerce Commission. Hearings on, case are still In progress. Hoch sat with iners, taking a double interest, one in the interests of Kansas farmers and the other as father of the Hoch-Smith Resolution that started the original case back in 1926.

A SENSATIONAL FINISH A ball game that was tied 1 to 1 in the ninth inning ended in a thrilling finish at Wilsey yesterday. The opponents were Wilsey and Burdick. In the first half of the ninth, the visitors managed to push a score across the home plate and regarded the game as won 2 to 1. But Wilsey launched a swatting rally that Burton, the Burdick pitcher, could not check. A pair of counters were forced in to make the score 3 to 2.

Alspaw was on the mound for Wilsey. IS CLAIM NIGHT This is claim night with, the city commission and much of the time of the session will be devoted to auditing and approving expenditures made during August. Mayor Pullins is still waiting for Salina engineers to starte a preliminary survev and estimate of federal aid to which the city is entitled on its water and sewage disposal projects. HAM HELD PRACTICE R. E.

Hamler, who is to be line coach at Lawrence high school this year, was in Lawrence a few days ago and gave the group a Eeriiminary worKout. xne squad 1 not as large as usual, altho the line has plenty of beef. IS HOLDING COURT Judge C. M. Clark is at the court house today holding a short adjourned session at which attorneys may take con firmation of sales and secure rulings on routine motions.

Nelson Tobvne returned to Belvue Monday evening after having spent the week end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. k. a. looyne.

He was accompanied to Belvue by Mrs. R. J. DeHoff and John, who will spend this week there as the guests of Mr. and Mrs.

George Mast. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd The steamship Pacific Fir, shown Travis, Staten Island, MARKET FORECAST Manhattan, Sept. 5. WP) Steady to higher prices during September for most classes or farm products except corn and poultry were forecast today by the Kansas State college econ omists on the basis of usual fac tors affecting market conditions.

The forecast of the specialists indicated probability of higher cash wheat prices; steady to stronger hog prices; steady to higher prices for most grades of cattle; steady butter prices; higher egg prices; steady to lower corn prices and lower prices for poultry. Stressing the importance of conservation available feed for use during the winter, the economists in their report said "the drought of the past summer has been nation wide, and as a result feed is limited in all sections of the country." A CHEAP TRIP Independence, Sept. 5. Col. P.

Dunn, who left hitch-hiking for the fair with 70 cents in his pocket is home with 45 cents of the ongmal amount left. He saw the world's fair at a total cost of 25 cents. Friends and a chance to do buck and wing dancing on the grounds ex plains his luck. DISAPPOINT THIEVES Hiawatha, Sept. 5.

Thieves who broke into a car belonging to Walter Nolte, a candy sales man, will rob someone else next time. They found the stolen chocolates had been coated with bitter shellac as a hot weather preservative. TAX PAYER MOAN Augusta, Sept. 5. The failure of a bank in which city money was deposited has cost every tax payer in town owning $1,000 worth of property an extra $7.70.

The original tax levy has been boosted the figure and is now $42.30. TWO ESCApjTjATL Junction City, Sept. 5 Elmer uossieu, neia for bigamy, and Ronell Martion, a robber suspect, sawed their way from Jail yesterday by severing two steel bars in a small communication window. Twenty other prisoners remained in their cells. IS MINE INSPECTOR Wfr.tcVmrcr RArtf tlP Wm Glennon of" Pittsburg, has been appointed state mine inspector, witn neadquarters nere in succession to William Keegan.

Mr. Glennon was a deputy state mine inspector for 11 years. MOTORIST KILLED Independence, (Sept. (5. Win.

Murrow was killed in Iola Sunday morning when his car crashed into the reservoir of a cement plant there. (Ed Ney-hard of Chanute suffered a broken shoulder. ELECT ABILENE MAN Abilene. SeDt. 5.

D. D. Jones of this city was chosen president of the 353rd regiment reunion association at its annual meet ing here yesterday. 1 WON A CONTEST McPherson. Sent.

6 The lo cal veterans post won the national membership contest a report from the national convention in Milwaukee states. The award is $200 in cash. SELECT SLAUGHTER Lawrence. SeDt. 5.

Rev. Z. W. Slaughter of the Christian church has been named dean of the Kansas Bible college to sue ceed Dr. S.

B. Braden. has about completed preparations for his above, will be his supply ship and has h- TWO WAYS TO GO Salina. Sept. 5 The American Legion faces two crucial alterna tives, to go on and up, of to go down, Frank E.

Samuel, nation al adjutant, declared an address here Monday. "Let us be frank and face this issue squarely," Mr. Samuel said. "Is the American Legion to be the constructively patriotic organization is was designed to be? Shall it make the welfare of the country its first consideration? Or, in blunt language, the kind of language the press of this country is using, will it be primarily an agency for promoting selfish interests beyong the power of the coun try to sustain?" He declared a decision is demanded of the Legion and quoted an editorial from a metropolitan newspaper which de clared that if the Legion takes the former course, "it will go on and up; 11 the latter, it will go down, and ought to go down." He added that this same editorial which he declared to be typical of the press generally, asserted that "the former policy of patriotism, if adopted and rigidly maintained would indeed, find unfaltering public support." KILLED IN CRASH McPherson, Sept. 5 John Powell, a Bridgeport tool dresser, is dead from injuries received in a head on auto collision on No.

81. Frank Missimer of Russell and Walter Ragan of Hoisington, traffic inspectors, died from injuries received in the other car. Sally Rorabaugh was in the second car and received a fractured skull. NAB GAMBLERS Salina, Sept. 5.

Harry Armstrong of Abilene and Chas. Vermillion of Mankato, here to run a gambling game during the convention, were arrested and lodged in Jail early Monday morning. TOWELL AS SPONGE Marysville', Sept. 5. Using a towell as a sponge at the Old Dutch Mill enabled A.

L. Park, county attorney, to capture enough spilled liquor to base a prohibition violation charge against Cle McMahan. TWO CARS WRECKED Junction City, Sept. 6 Miss Merceoes Oliver was injured Sunday night when her car was struck toy a truck near Ogden. Carlyle Camerons was severely cut by windshield glass when his car olunged through a fence south of town yesterday.

FOOTBALL AT $2 Lawrence, Sept. 6 The big games on the Big Six schedule may be seen at a top price of $2 this season. Minor games will cost less. Both football and basket ball games will toe handled by electric timing devices. MOONLIGHT SCHEDULE Caldwell, Sept.

fc This city is on a moonlight schedule now. the brilliant moon substi tuting for street lights, which have been turned off as an economy stunt. KANSAS CITY MARKETS Kansas City. Sent. 6.

(JP) Cattle receipts 8300. Market is steady to weak. Steers $2.75 to $6.50. Veal tops at $6. Hog receopts 25.000.

including 22,000 government pigs. Market is steady with prices to 10c higher. Tops at $4.10 and bulk of sales $3.10 up. Packing sows $1.85 to $2.95. LOCAL MARKETS Eggs, dozen 10c Cream 18c Hens and frys 6c and 7c Wheat 70c second expedition to the Antarctic.

just been scraped and painted at HE NAMES PROBLEMS Salina, Sept. 5. (IP) Ernest A. Ryan, department adjutant of the Kansas American Legiont at the annual convention here said that problem which faced the Legion the past year had not been paralleled. In making his tenth annual report as adjutant Ryan said that "while there have been hardships and problems which taxed the utmost from your de partmental headquarters, there were many phases in which it has been one 01 the most satis factory years as BONUS $10 AN ACRE Dodge City, Sept.

5. Ford iarmers will receive $10.65 an acre for each acre of wheat ground they take out of produc tion up to 15 per cent. Next spring they will receive an additional $5 an acre as a second payment. INJURED IN WRECK Conway Springs, Sept. 5 Mrs.

C. C. Smith of this city was injured in an auto accident near Rawlins, and is still unconscious in a hospital. Her injuries include a broken collar bone. The car in which she was riding turned over four times.

PD7E GAS WEST McPherson, Sept. 5 Gas from the McPherson county fields is being used in Medicine Lodge this week while repairs are made on a 16 inch main that was damaged by flood water last week. nt GALVA GIRL HURT Galva, Sept. 5 Billy Bachman, a local girl, is in a McPherson hospital with a broken left wrist received when her car was struck from behind by a machine driven by Pete Gurley and turned over. LIQUOR AT DANCE Marquette, Sept." 5.

H. A. Schriner has pleaded guilty of liquor possession in a McPherson court after his cache at a McPherson dance was found and raided by Sheriff Ebben Nordling. HIGH SCHOOL DORM Senect, Sept. 5.

A dormatory for eight high school girls is being remodeled by Mrs. Blanche McNergeny, county superintendent. Accomodations will be rented the girls at very low figures. SPURIOUS APPRAISERS Troy, Sept. 5 Fraudulent federal loan appraisers are working in this section of Kansas, bilking farmers of small fees on the strength of obtaining government loans.

WRECK VICTIM DEAD Russell, Sept. 5. Frank Missimer, is being brought here for burial from a Wichita hospital where he died Sunday following an auto collision near Emporia. TWO LOSE PURSES Lawrence, Sept. 6 Pocket cooks belonging to Miss Mary Jamison, county case worker and Sarah Flory were stolen by thieves Monday.

They contained ROB AT CONVENTION Salina, Sept. 5. C. E. Watson of Glen Elder reported to police that his purse containing $10 was lifted by a pickpocket here yesterday.

NEW RAIN RECORD McPherson. SeDt. 5. Autrast broke a record of 18 months when 4.50 Inches of rain fell in a 31 day period here..