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a Junction City Union. SIXTY-FIRST YEAR JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS, between White City and Herington, on Sunday evening, when the machine told him that man had been lost somewhere between White City and Skiddy. He got into his car, and came down as far as Skiddy without finding any trace of this lost man. but at the latter town learned of the disappearance of the Koepke boy. Joe Maloney then guided him to the Koepke home, where he took up the search with his divining machine.

This machine, as described yesterday, is reported to have led him to a point in the road where he said the boy was hit by a car and picked up. The trail of this motor car then led toward Junction City, to the bridge across the Smoky Hill river on the East Sixth road. Here, according to this story, the car stopped, and the body was thrown into the river on the righthand side. A mysterious telephone call to the Koepke home late yesterday was a subject of investigation. Over an indistinct party line came a message that was interpreted as saying that the boy was alive and well, but that the search for him should not be pressed too hard, lest it result in injury to the child.

The call was traced to town and the speaker was interviewed. He said that he had merely been giving the Koepke family advice, based on what he had read regarding a similar case some time ago in another part of the country. A Junction City woman telephoned in to the authorities that her little girl had dreamed that the body of the boy would be found in the old stone house on the Munsen farm west of the city. The house, a part of which has fallen into ruin, was searched wtihout result. Mr.

Morris was in conference over the telephone today with the attorney general's office regarding a reward for finding the boy, and was promised that the matter would be taken up immediately with Governor Allen and GovernorElect Davis. It was stated that whatever reward is offered by the state would be duplicated by Mr. Koepke. A decision as to whether the state will offer a reward will be made tomorrow. A detailed description of the missing boy was given to County Attorney Morris last night by Mr.

Koepke. Marvin is years old, about three feet tall, rather small for his age and of slender build and features. He has very light hair and blue eyes. When he left home Sunday he was wearing black shoes, the tops of which were rather higher than common, home made cotton flannel underwear, blue overalls with brown stripe, home made blue shirt, well worn white sweater, originally an Angora sweater, but with most of the wool worn off. He wore a dark red stocking cap.

The search will be continued tomorrow. One hundred men were out today and it is hoped to increase this number tomorrow, with the searchers working farther away from the house than fore. A plan to call out the boy scouts of Junction City, Salina, Manhattan, Abilene, Chapman and Council Grove was considered earlier in the day but abandoned this afternoon. Men who wish to aid in hunting for the missing boy can find transportation at the Chamber of Commerce. A rumor was current last night that the boy had been found in a church several miles from the Koepke home and that he was dead.

It created great excitement, but was absolutely without foundation, and could not be traced to its source. (Continued on Page Two) PARTY NEXT WEEK. One Hundred and Fifty Children Have Been Invited. The Business Girls' Club is issuing 150 invitations this week to the children of this city who will share in the joys of the Christmas party at the Elks club on Thursday evening, Dec. 21.

Only children who perhaps would otherwise miss the visit of Santa Claus are being invited and work is being sent to Santa for a gift and bags of candy and nuts for every girl and boy present. The party will start promptly at 6 o'clock, and if the children arrive as they did last year, two hours in advance of the time set, there should be no delay in the distribution of the gifts. Pat Breen, who for years has been a prominent farmer of eastern Geary, was in town this morning. Mr. Breen lives within a few miles of the Koepke farm and has been over there searching for the missing boy until this morning.

He said that yesterday the army of searchers got right down to business, and he believes that every foot of ground for a radius of three miles around the home was gone over carefully. Every corn shock, every stack, every drift along the creek, every deep hole of water was dragged and every place where it was possible for the little fellow to be was carefully searched. 2 be a at be all ble ald and fair. club Club week Price, George a The a house members a Mr. RAIN AND SNOW COMING.

Warmer Weather And Moisture Are Predicted For Kansas. Rain and snow with warmer weather tonight is the forecast issued by the federal meteorologist at Topeka today. Thursday will partly cloudy and colder in the western portion of the state, he indicates. The lowest temperature here last night was 16 and the o'clork reading toay was 30. A year ago this date the extremes were 37 and MAY GET RADIO Junction City Delegation Works for Fort Riley Washington The government's mid-west radio station will be established at Fort Riley and a telephone broadcasting radio station in connection therewith probably will be established, as a result of the visit of a delegation of Junction City business men to Washington this week.

The reserve officers' training camp and the citizens' military training camp of the Seventh corps area also likely will be held at Fort Riley, through the etforts of the same delegation. In the Junction City party were R. B. Fegan, owner of the telephone exchange; T. B.

Kennedy, banker, and G. O. Brophy, superintendent of the Union Pacific railroad. They reached Washington Monday, and spent the afternoon and today seeing war department officers. Sen.

Arthur Capper, accompanied by Rep. James G. Strong, and Rep. Hays B. White, escorted the delegation to see General Squier, head of the army radio activites, Monday afternoon, and today the delegation, accompanied by Senator Capper and Mr.

Strong, called on General Lassiter, acting chief of staff, and were told that Fort Riley would be recommended for the training camps, to General Duncan, commander of the Seventh corps area, headquarters at Omaha. Senator Capper took the delegation to call on President Harding at the White House this afternoon. "I feel sure that our mission has been successful," said Mr. vegan, "and we wish to express our appreciation of Senator Capper's efforts in our behalf. He was with us all the time, and was at big help to 119 Congressmen Strong and White so were helpful in bringing our quests to the attention of the war department." SNOW ON WEATHER PROGRAM.

Rain Also Probable In Eastern Part of State. Topeka, Dec. is on the weather program from Kansas for the next 24 hours, the weather bureau reports today. In the eastern part of the state temperatures may rise sufficiently to bring rain which will develop into a snowfall, according to Forecaster Flora. The lowest temperature in the state last night was 10 above, at Goodland, and 20 degrees above at the same place yesterday afternoon was the highest in the state in the 24-hour period up to 7 a.

m. The predicted snow will be the first this season in the eastern half of the state--the first year on record that snow has not fallen before Dec. 11. Temperatures will rise today and hover around the freezing point tomorrow, dropping tonight not lower- than 20 in westernKansas and 25 in the eastern part, the forecaster reports. AERO FIELD FOR COLUMBUS.

Oil Company Leases Land to Government for $1 Per Year. The Columbus, 0., Sunday Dispatch had almost a page writeup of the new aero field that will be established by the government. A large tract of land owned by the Pure Oil Company has been leased to the government at an annual rental of $1 per year. The government has accepted the lease of the owners and work will be started at once to make the field the finest in the country with the exception of the one at Dayton, 0. The 1 new field will be encircled with electric lights, which will make it a perfect landing place during the night.

HE SEEKS NATURALIZATION. Filliplino Soldier With Ninth Cav. alry Band Wishes Citizenship. Emilio Jarnilla, a Filipino with more than 20 years of service in the army, has filed a petition for naturalization with Geore J. Webster, clerk of the district court.

Jarnilla was formerly stationed at Fort Riley with the Ninth, and has been a member of the band of that regiment during most of his service. Fort Riley Flyer Made Distance in Less Than Four Hours One of the Fort Riley flyers made a flight to Cheyenne, one day last week in less than three hours and thirty minutes. For many miles he drove his machine through a blinding snow storm, but had no trouble. big of for DECEMBER the of Mr. T.

14, 1922. PARTY AT COUNTRY CLUB. the This Evening Carnival and Tacky Party Will Be Held. Tonight Country will time the have and will the attraction carnival and tacky party. committee, composed Mrs.

Roy Dalton, Mr. and Mrs. Roesler, and Mrs. Ger- Kerr and and Mr. Mrs.

Will been for the past have busy getting ready the big afBooths have been made and the big dancing room will resem- real carnival ground. The free attractions will open 8 o'clock. Later in the evening few special attractions will be opened at which an admittance fee of one, two and three cents will be charged. After the carnival closes the members will enjoy a dancing party. All members of the club and their families are invited and must come dressed in tacky clothes.

A SUBSIDY FOR LABOR Britain Devotes One Million Pounds to Unemployed Dec. the Associated Press) A supplementary estimate of one mlilion pounds sterling for the relief of unemploy-fing ment was agreed to by the house of commons today toward the close of a 16-hour session, prolonged by the tactics of the Labor party. The Laborites had agreed yesterday to try to keep the house in session until it is prorogued Friday night, in an effort to force the government to take further steps toward the alleviation of unemployment. Members of the party endeavored to get the issue discussed at every available opportunity during the session, but a motion for cloture, made by Stanley Baldwin, chancellor of the exchequer, at about 6:30 o'clock this morning, was carried by a substantial majority. The motion was hailed with cries of "shame," "gag," and "scandal," while epithets of a more personal character were hurled at the occupant of the treasury bench.

INVESTIGATORS ARE BUSY Uncle Sam Getting Information Regarding Building of Camp Uncle Sam has been busy getting information regarding the building of the army camps and within the past two months secret service men from the department of justice have been in Junction City working on the Camp Funston case. One of the men who was in the city recently stated that the had been secured of all the subcontractors, the foremen on all kinds of work, and many of the men had been interviewed and information desired secured. All this information has been filed away, and will be used when the cases come up before the courts. NEW DISPLAY CASES ARRIVE The Junction City Bakery Will Soon Retail Pastry This morning several truck loads of display cases arrived for the Junction City bakery, just north of the Loeb drug store, and Manager Habiger will have them erected and put in place at once in the sales 1'00m. Pastry of all kinds will be retailed from this shop, and every fort will be made to make an assortment that will meet every demand.

Mr. Habiger is an expert pastry man, and will take special pains to cater for social affairs of all kinds. DAIRY MEETING MONDAY. Will Be Held at Court House Starting at 7 P. M.

A meeting of dairymen will be held at the court house at 7 p. m. Monday at which time Dr. C. H.

Kinneman will explain the details of the new city milk ordinance. All dairymen are urged to be present. The meeting wll be over in time for the wrestling match. VACATION STARTS DEC. 22.

City Schools Will Convene Again On January 2. At the regular meeting of the board of education it was decided to adjourn the schools on Friday, Dec. 22. The schools will convene again on Tuesday, Jan. 2.

This will be equivalent to a ten-day vacation to the schools. Death of Mrs. Bena Woods. Word was received in the city at noon of the death of Mrs. Bena Gross Woods at her home in Cleveland, this morning.

Mrs. Woods was born in Junction City and grew to womanhood here. Although not living here for many years she has a host of friends in Junction City who will learn with regret of her death. Mrs. Woods was a sister of Geo.

M. Gross, Miss Kate Gross, Mrs. John Gartner and Mrs. John Clark. The funeral arrangements have not been announced.

23, near anniversary a They during Breen Jerry at Ireland, born were seventy-sixth was the came in their some born Breen to December and holidays. home miles Aug- wed- New will in in as of FOR BOY IS CONTINUED NEW SET OF BLOODHOUNDS USED ON TRAIL LAST NIGHT, One Hundred Men Were Searching Today--Hope to Increase This Number Thursday (From Wednesday's Daily.) Every farmer in Geary and surrounding counties. who sires to be of aid in finding little Marvin Koepke is asked 4 to take an hour or two off 4 and thoroughly search his own farm. This will in most and cases may require lead a to very the little finding time of a garment or some other clue that would result in the find- ing of the little boy. At 3 o'clock this afternoon, almost 72 hours from the time his disappearance was first reported, approximately 100 men were still searching for 6-year old Marvin Koepke, and the mystery of his disappearance was apparently 110 nearer solution than when the first alarm was given.

At 3:30 afternoon it was announced that General Craig, commandant at Fort Riley, would send a detachment of 400 cavalrymen to aid in the hunt. The troops will leave the post early tomorrow morning, and spend the day hunt: ing for the boy. Bloodhounds owned by George Eaton of Kansas City, last night led to the discovery of the first actual clue in the disappearance. Following their trail, which at that time was practically duplicating the course taken by the Concordia, bloodhounds on Monday, the searchers found a bit of white Angora wool snagged on a barb on the lower strand of a barbed wire fence. Marvin Koepke wore a white Angora sweater when he wandered from home.

The bloodhounds were brought to this city secretly, and taken out to the Koepke farm late last night soon after their arrival, in order that their work might not be hampered by crowds. Mr. Eaton's dogs are well known around Kansas City and vicinity. He was in Lawrence yesterday when he read that the Koepke boy had not been found. Mr.

Eaton at once telephoned tot he local aulthorities and offered to bring his dogs up to aid in the search, asking nothing but his actual expenses. The offer was taken up, and Mr. Eaton brought three dogs in on the night train. Two Junction City men met him in a motor car to the Koepke home. Mr.

Eaton brought wtih him a late editon of Tuesday's Kansas City Post, showing a picture of himself and four of his dogs. In the accompanying article he is en credit for stopping a series of frat house burglaries at Lawrence. The dogs at the outset took a different trail than the Concordia bloodhounds. They followed a track to a dep hole in the creek, and there stopped. They repeated this maneuver a number of times.

Mr. Eaton then asked whether. the creek had been searched at this point, and was informed that it had been gone over minutely and that the hole in question had been probed. He then took his dogs back to the farm yard and later they picked up the trail taken by the Concordia dogs, following it, with a few minor variations, to the point where the scent was lost in the road. Mr.

Eaton then summed up the case as follows: If the boy is not in the creek, he has been picked up in the road by some passing motorist. He left this morning for Kansas City. His only charge was for railroad fare. Mr. Eaton told a reporter that he had children of his own and realized what it would mean to him if one of them should wander away.

For this reason he offered his services free of charge. His dogs, according to local men who watched them work, are exceptionally fine animals, and picked up the scent In good shape. Co. Atty. L.

B. Morris last night had a long conference with George Koepke, father of the boy. His life was traced over step by step in an effort to find some instance that would provide a motive for revenge, such as kidnaping the boy. Mr. Koepke has served on juries in three cases and these were gone over minutely as well as details of his relations with other persons, without establishing revenge as a motive.

Mr. Morris also interviewed Rhiney Longhofer of Latimer. wealthy farm owner, who has invented a "doodlebug" that is described as working on the same principle as a radio receiving set. According to Mr. Longhofer, he was at his home at Latimer, which is WOULD COMBINE ARMY ANY NAVY CONSOLIDATION IS NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION.

Recommendation May Be Laid Before Congress Soon By President. Washington, Dec. of the war and navy departments in a department of national defense designed to function under a cabinet member with assistants in charge of the army and navy respectively, has been definitely recommended to President Harding by Walter F. Brown, head of the commission appointed to prepare a plan of governmental reorganization. The president is giving serious consideration to this and other recommendations submitted by Mr.

Brown and may lay them before congress within a week or two, accompanied by a special message expressing the opinion of the administration on each of the changes expressed. DECLARES WAR ON STINNES German Chancellor May Take Action Against Capitalist London, Dec. 13. Chancellor Cuno, addressing the general imperial council of economics, delivered a friendly but firm declaration of war upon the group of Hugo Stinnes, which he declared was doing its utmost to hamper cabinet in its attempt to solve the reparations problem, says a dispatch to the Times today from Berlin. Insisting that this group of industrialists, the same as other sections of the people, must cooperate in the task, Chancellor Cuno said.

"There is no, central, force within ecomomic circles strong enough to take the leadership out of the hands of the government under any circumsta: ces. Oniy an active policy of conscientious cooperation for the settlement of excessively difficult problems facing us can bring us any profit." OFFICERS WERE ELECTED. American Legion and Auxiliary Held Meeting Last Night. At the meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary last, evening the following officers for the ensuing year were elected: Mrs. 1.

I. M. Platt, president; Mrs. A. F.

Clarke, vice president; Miss Anne Meyer, treasurer; Mrs. C. E. Zollinger, recording secretary, and Mrs. James Humphrey, corresponding secretary.

The Earl C. Gormley Post of the legion also held a business meeting in the home last evening, and following both meetings the members of the organizations met for a social hour. The Ukelele Club played several selections which more than pleased the large number of members present. A refreshment course was served at the close of the evening by members of the auxiliary. CHANCE TO DO GOOD TURN.

Mrs. Nelle Baker Has Need of Supplies for Poor People. The cold weather has brought calls from poor families, according to Mrs. Nelle I. Baker, and people who wish to do a good turn now have an opportunity.

Mrs. Baker wants a heating stove for a widow with four small children who have no means of keeping warm. She also wants a warm coat for a girl ten years old, as well as underwear of all descriptions. IS AT MAYO BROTHERS Dr. Smiley to Undergo Operation There Saturday Mrs.

W. A. Smiley and Dr. W. A.

Carr left this morning for Rochester, where Dr. Smiley is to undergo an operation tomorrow for stomach trouble. Dr. Smiley went to Mayo Brothers' hospital at Rochester a week ago, and has been under observation since that time. Yesterday, it was decided that an operation was necessary.

Someime ago Mayor Thompson bought for the Junction City fire department two gas masks of the latest pattern, for use of the firemen where they have to go into a room filled with gas and smoke. At the last two fires the men have had an opportunity to use them, and they will be of great value 10 the firemen in fighting inside fires. At the last fire the men put on the helmets and went into a smokefilled house and remained twenty minutes. They carried in a small chemical and with this extinguished the blaze. Without the helmets it would have been impossible to enter the place, and a large stream of water would have been used, which would have caused a great deal of damage.

START TRIAL IN MINE MASSACRE FIVE HERRIN STRIKERS FACE MURDER CHARGES. Are Accused of Death of Howard Hoffman, One of 20 Victims of Strike Outbreak. Marion, Dec. 13 (By the A. -Testimony to show five men charged with murder in connection with the Herrin mine killings had no part in the rioting, but were elsewhere at the time of the killings, was promised by A.

W. Kerr, chief counsel of the Illinois mine workers, in his opening statement to the jury in the first of the mine riot trials here today, The five men are charged with the death of Howard Hoffman, one of the twenty non-union men killed in the outbreak. Mr. Kerr declared the killing of the non-union men was the result of an "invasion" of. Williamson county by "armed guards" and the "many acts of brutality culminatin the ruthless murder of three union coal miners." State Attorney Delos Duty, speaking for forty minutes, explained what the state would try to prove in the Herrin riot case.

He told of the events leading up to the riot that day. During the night some kind of an agreement was made, Mr. Duty said they would prove, whereby the non-union men were to lay down their arms and leave the mine, and that also "a man named Hunter, who was presumed to represent Governor Small and the adjutant general," made arrangements for the men to put up a white flag and leave. The men in the mine, Mr. Duty says, put up their flag and were promised safe conduct out of the county.

He then "told of the march for two miles to Moake crossing where Otis Clark, one of the defendants, and Oscar Howard, defendant in another case, are said to have led Supt. C. K. McDowell, a one-legged man, down a side road and to have returned at once. Five minutes later witness found dead, he said.

Witnesses will be introduced to show that Clark made threats and struck McDowell over the head with the butt of a big gun Mr. "Duty declared there was "no semblance of a conflict between capital and organized labor" in the trial, adding it was "a straight trial for murder." "They will be tried fair and square," he asserted. "Then we will expect you to do what your oath requires." A. W. Kerr, chief counsel for the Illinois mine workers, stated the defendants would prove by alibis that they had no part in the murder of Howard Hoffman, the specific charge on which they are being tried, land that they were not even in the mob.

Howard Hoffman was one of twenty non-union men killed in the rioting. Funeral of Emil Lundeen. The funeral services of Emil Lundeen, aged 45, who passed away suddenly Monday evening, were held this afternoon at 2:30 from the First Presbyterian church. Dr. D.

M. Clagett conducted the services and interment was made in Highland cemetery. Mr. Lundeen leaves to mourn his death a wife and small daughter, a stepdaughter, two sisters, Mrs. G.

Sahlberg and Mrs. H. Berry, and a brother, Axel Lundeen. MOTORED TO HERINGTON. Local Eastern Star Officers Attend School of Instruction.

The following officers of Melitia chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, motored to Herington today to attend a school of instruction: Mrs. Nora Roark, Mrs. W. S. Yates, Mrs.

F. L. Durland, Mrs. Golliday, Mrs. L.

W. Sargent and Mrs. B. N. Meade.

WORKING ON KATY BRIDGE Steel Gang Is Doing the Preliminary Construction Now An K. T. steel gang is doing the preliminary construction work on the Katy bridge across the Smoky Hill river south of the city. Another steel crew, equipped with big derricks and hoisting machines is now working at Council Grove, and when they have completed the bridge there, will come to Junction City to install the bridge here. MERCURY GOES UP.

Thirteen Degrees Was Hutchinson Minimum Last Night. Hutchinson, Dee. 13-The mometer registered 13 above zero at 9 o'clock last night with slowly rising temperature since that hour. THEIR 76TH ANNIVERSARY Mr. Mrs.

Jerry Breen Will It During Holidays Mr. and Mrs. their celebrate ding Mr. Breen was Sneem, County Kerry, 1830; Mrs. ust 4, 1831.

married Sneem in 1850, and York in 1852. After time spent in New York and Chicago, they came to Junction 1870 toook up homestead south of Junction City, near Skiddy, where they still reside. They increased their holdings, now owning a halt section of land there. Mr. and Mrs.

Breen had the usual experiences of the pioneer. Six sons and six daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ereen; they have 28 grandchildren grown and in homes of their own, with numerous great grandchildren. Mr.

and Mrs. Breen are a fine old couple, and their many friends will wish them long life and continued happiness on the occasion of their anni- PLAN KATY IMPROVEMENTS A $15,000,000 Program Will Follow Sale of Road St. Louis, Dec. of a $15,000,000 improvement program, probably the largest undertaking by any of the southwestern railroads in recent years, will follow the sale of the Missouri, Kansas Texas railroad, scheduled to be begun today at Colbert, it was announced at general headquarters of the road here today. Reorganization of the railroad is in progress, following the dissolution several months ago of a receivership under which the road operated since 1915.

Charles E. Schaff, receiver of the road, has been appointed president of the new company, which has incorporated in Missouri as the MissouriKansas railroad. The main lines of the road are scheduled to be sold at Colbert 'today. Tomorrow the Texas properties will be sold at Denison, Texas, and Friday the Wichita Falls Northwestern is to be sold at Deval, Okla. PLAYED PRANK ON BUDDIES Fireman on Vacation Turned in 11 Alarms Washington, Dec.

13. William Lampe, veteran of the city fire department, who began a ten-day leave of absence on Monday, called around at the station house last night in a frolicsome mood and played havoc on the evening of 80- renity of the institution with his insistence on being admitted to the pinochle game. Citing the chill of the outer atmosphere, brethren in the service advised him in the language of the street "to go jump in the lake," and Lampe left in al huff. In the next few hours 11 fire alarms calling out six companies of equipment destroyed the normal tranquiltly off the District of Columbia's fire fighters, but no blaze was found. Lampe probably will be released front jail today, it was indicated.

HELD ON LIQUOR CHARGE. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Brown Were Arrested Ye. terday.

Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Brown, colored, were arrested yesterday, charged with violating the state law. Officers armed with a search and seizure warrant went to the Brown home in the north part of town and under a runway leading into the garage found four pint jars of corn whiskey. Their hearing is set for Saturday, Rev.

C. F. Hartman or Ordway, arrived this week for a short visit here with Miss Alma Hartman and will later go to Wamego for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. A.

F. Stein. TURKEY WOULD BAR ARMENIANS at Skiddy REFUSES TO SET ASIDE TERRITORY FOR PERSECUTED RACE. Acion May Result in International Complications -Turks Take Firm Stand. 62.

Lausanne, Dec. 13-(By the A. -Turkey refused at today's versary. session the near east conference to assign any special part of Turkey a national home for the Armenians. Ismet Pasha declared this would mean a new attempt to dismember Turkey.

Ismet Pasha was irreconcilable on other points concerning the treatment of minorities in Turkey. Besides declaring Turkey would not set aside an inch of Turkish soil for an Armenian national home, he said she would not accept the regulation of rights of minorities by an international commission in Constantinople or elsewhere. Lord Curzon warned Ismet that there would be no sympathy anywhere in the world for Turkey if the conference broke down on the question 1 of the treatment of minorities. After a long and unsatisfactory discussion, the entire question of minorities was referred to a subcommission. In his declaration regarding the Armenians, Ismet said there was not a bit of territory in Turkey proper or in its provinces or in Cilicia which did not contain a Turkish majority, and no territory which could be detached in any way from the fatherland for the Armenians.

Ismet declared that it the Greeks and Armenians were unhappy, it was because they had put themselves in the position of aggressors and that this attiude had received support from other countries. A BAND CONCERT At the Wrestling Match Next Monday, December 11 The Junction City band will play a regular concert at the wrestling match next Monday, following the usual street parade. The concert will begin at 7:30 p. and will continue the entire evening, with the exception of the time of the wrestling proper. All of the band members will appear in full uniform, and promise the public a good, well executed program.

Harry Amthauer, who lives near the Koepke farm, was in town at noon today. Mr. Amthauer was one of the first to reach the farm after the general alarm was sounded and he has been in the search for little Marvin Koepke night and day since Sunday evening. He says that every foot of ground in the vicinity of the farm has been searched and gone over, and he i is convinced that the little fellow is not near the place. DFEATED THE CONSTITUTION.

Illinois Voters Returned Big Majority Against It. Chicago, Dec. 13- With 250 precincts missing of the 5,656 in Illinois, the vote on the constitution this, morning showed a majority of 696,341 against its adoption st Returns from- 5,406 out of the 5,656 precincts. including Cook county, complete gave: For adoption, 186,508. Against adoption, 882,849.

Mrs. Eugene Kellar and two children of Nacona, are spending several weeks here as the guests of Mrs. Kellar's mother, Mrs. R. Bauer and other relatives, Today's Latest Telegraphic News (By Associated Press Leased Wire) Washington, Dec.

St. Paul attorney, to be associate concluded late today by a senate voted unanimously to recommend Sydney, N. S. Dec. syndicates during the last year South Wales coast line with the ties.

Buffalo, N. Dec. shop of the International Railway cars and four dwelling houses mated at $250,000. Edward McGiyney, cars, was burned to death. Pittsburg, Dec.

District 14, United Mine Workers strong lead for William Bogartz, for president, later returns threw way, international union representative that Joe Clark, candidate supported tional union's supporters, had been on the nomination of Pierce Butler, justice of the supreme court, was judiciary sub-committee which then Mr. Butler's confirmation. Evening News states that Japanese purchased a tract of land along the New official sanction of the federal authori- starting in the Cold Springs repair Company today destroyed 32 trolley adjoining the shop. The loss was estian employee, asleep in one of the first returns from the election in of America, yesterday indicated a the candidate of the Howat faction, the election in doubt. Ora Gassain charge of the election, said by the larger part of the internaelected.

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