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May 24, 1916 ~ LORD'S PRAYER ON PIN HEAD.

May 24, 1916

LORD'S PRAYER ON PIN HEAD.

Masterpiece of Engraver's Art Is Being Shown Here.

M. E. Lundberg of Spokane, Wash., who is in the city, is the possessor of two works of the engravers art, which are said to be the finest of their kind in existence. One is a gold pin, the head of which is 47 one-thousandths of an inch in diameter and upon which is engraved the Lord's Prayer. The other is a gold sewing needle upon the point of which is engraved "U. S." The engravings were made by Mr. Lundberg's brother, who formerly was a bank note engraver for the German government. As he progressed in his trade he attempted continually to surpass works of engraving of which he learned. Until two years ago the "championship" in this line was held by the Chinese. Lundberg used a highly tempered steel needle to do this work. Gold was the material for the pin because of its finer grain. The work was performed under the lens of a high power microscope. One gold pen was spoiled after nine months' work had been put upon it. The vibrations caused by a passing wagon caused the engraving needle to waver.

The next attempt was made far from any possibility of vibrations. The engraving was completed and enclosed in a glass case. The letters can be seen only through a microscope. The needle bearing the letters "U. S." on its point also is enclosed in a glass tube. The engraver is now an invalid and is writing a text book on engraving at his home in Spokane.

My brother has been offered $6,000 for the engraved pin," Mr. Lundberg said yesterday, "but he would as soon sell a member of the family as this one masterpiece of the engraver's art."

May 24, 1916 ~ ICE CREAM VENDOR ROBBED.

May 24, 1916

ICE CREAM VENDOR ROBBED.

First Sampled His Wares Then Took His Cash.

"Let's have a couple of ice cream cones."

A. Minniear, who drives an ice cream wagon, filled the above order at 10 o'clock last night for one of two men who stopped his wagon on Bales avenue between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets.

"Now, let's have your cash," the same man demanded as he showed the driver a revolver pointed in his direction. They took $7 in money -- and the cones.

"And they didn't even pay for those cones," Mr. Minniear, who lives at 2561 Cissna avenue, Kansas City, Kas., told the police.

May 23, 1916 ~ SOLD THE FEDERAL BUILDING.

May 23, 1916

SOLD THE FEDERAL BUILDING.

Then Man Taking Siesta was Peeved When "Cop" Woke Him Up.

Two men lounging at Ninth street and Benton boulevard, one on a park bench and the other stretched full lenght on the grass, attracted the attention of Patrolmen Bart Casey and James Orford yesterday evening. They awakened the man on the ground. He became talkative at once.

"I don't see why you should disturb me," he complained. "I have just sold the federal building. Here," he said, displaying $50 in bills, "is the money." The patrolmen looked further and found four pawn tickets for six watches.

They took the men to police headquarters, where they were booked for investigation. They gave their names as Arch Faulkner and Thomas Shelton. Faulkner had the money and pawn tickets and a bottle of morphine. Shelton had a long, keen-bladed knife.

Neither would explain how Faulkner came to have the watches, but admitted having been together much before the siesta.

May 23, 1916 ~ AUSTRALIAN PRELATE HERE.

May 23, 1916

AUSTRALIAN PRELATE HERE.

The Rev. T. Haley is En Route to Father's Home in Ireland.

With a brogue so rich that his conversation could barely be understood, the Rev. T. Haley of Victoria, Australia, was in Kansas City yesterday, en route form that island continent to his father's home in Killarney, Ireland. Kansas City is not on the route of the usual line of travel from Australia to Ireland, the Rev. Haley admitted last night at the Hotel Baltimore, but it was preferable on this occasion because of the general conflict that has torn up most of Europe.

Of recent events in Ireland, the Rev. Mr. Haley preferred not to talk, although it was evident that he was torn between conflicting emotions of loyalty to Australia and his father's country. Australia, he declared, was mustering in men rapidly and sending them to Europe to aid England.

May 23, 1916 ~ DRUNKEN CHICKS CAUSE FINE.

May 23, 1916

DRUNKEN CHICKS CAUSE FINE.

Fowls Sample Hidden Supply of Whiskey.

Drunken chickens -- the fowl variety -- were responsible for Lester Richardson, 474 Fourth street, being fined $500 by Police Judge Brady yesterday morning. A state warrant was also issued against Richardson charging him with operating a liquor nuisance.

After finding no liquor in the residence occupied by Richardson the police noticed chickens in the rear yard staggering about. Investigation resulted in the discovery of a large jar containing whisky sunk in the ground. The chickens had uncovered it by scratching and had sampled the contents.

May 23, 1916 ~ THIS WIFE TOO LOVING.

May 23, 1916

THIS WIFE TOO LOVING.

Seeking Divorce, Husband Also Says She's Deaf, Dumb, Partly Blind.

"She's too affectionate," is the principal charge made by Claude D. Ellmaker, 18 years old, in a divorce petition yesterday in the district court against Mable F. Ellmaker, 19 years old.

Ellmaker sets forth in the petition his wife is deaf and dumb and blind in the left eye. He also claims she has hugged and kissed him on the street, on street cars and other public places. Ellmaker also claims she is extremely jealous, and her parents guard him so closely he has no liberties.

They were married here on September 7, 1914, and have resided in Rosedale since.

May 22, 1916 ~ FOUR RUN OVER BY AUTO; ONE IS DEAD

May 22, 1916

FOUR RUN OVER BY AUTO; ONE IS DEAD

Picnickers Jolted Out of Truck Are Victims of Following Car

OFFENDERS SPED AWAY.

Accident Occurs Near Martin City as Party Is Returning to Kansas City.

The Dead
JOHANNA FRANKLIN, 15 years old, 1514 Myrtle avenue; left hip broken; succumbed from internal injuries at the General hospital at midnight.

The Injured

   Ruth Madick, 19 years old, 2040 Cypress avenue; right leg wrenched, bruised on the side of the head and internal injuries; condition serious.
   Edward Relford, 17 years old, 1803 Kensington avenue; right hand bruised, back sprained and nervous shock; not serious.
   Robert Ayers, 19 years old, Nineteenth street and Myrtle avenue; bruised on face and body; may have internal injuries; not serious.

Two young men in a motor car, believed to be students of Missouri university, early last evening, near Martin City, Mo, ran over several of a party of picnickers who had been jolted from a motor truck, seriously injured four, one of whom died later, and then plunged down the road in their big black touring car without offering assistance or disclosing their identity. The accident happened at about 8 o'clock.

All of the injured were brought to General hospital in Kansas City. Miss Johanna Franklin, 15 years old, of 1514 Myrtle avenue, was the most seriously crushed by the wheels of the car. She died at midnight of internal injuries and shock. She was a student at Central high school, and is said to have been a talented musician for one of age.

Miss Ruth Madick, 19 years old, 2040 Cypress avenue, was also dangerously injured but she may live. She sustained a wrenched hip, head bruises and internal injuries, the seriousness of which had not been determined that night. Edward Relford, 17 years old, 1803 Kensington avenue, was bruised about the hands and body and is suffering from nervous shock, and Robert Ayers, 19 years old, Nineteenth street and Myrtle avenue, sustained face and body bruises and possibly internal injuries.

Spent Afternoon Picnicking

According to a story told by the injured boys, fourteen boys and girls yesterday "chipped in" and hired a motor truck to take them to a grove beyond Martin City where they spent the afternoon picnicking. After they had lunched, the party, composed of nine boys and five girls, started home and near Martin City they were approached from behind by a large touring car. Two young men who said they were college students and lived at the Densmore hotel were in the front seat. They began to "jolly" with the girls in the motor truck.

"Get out of that old wagon and give us a chance," they called. "We'll show you a better time than you can have with that bunch." Then they produced a camera and took snapshots of the van and its occupants. The picnickers soon tired of these attentions and the van driver was told to "speed up." He did so. Suddenly as the truck encountered a rough place in the road, the end gate became unfastened and two boys and two girls were spilled out almost under the front wheels of the pursuing touring car.

"Went Right Over Us."

"It went right over us," Edward Relford said last night, as he lay swathed in bandages at the hospital. "The girls screamed. I guess I yelled, too. We were all jumbled up in a mess. The car wobbled around, I think, as it went over us. A fellow gets kind of rattled being run over that way. When I came to, some of the boys had me out on the grass working over me. But Glover got the number of the touring car. It was their fault, crowding us from behind. The old truck wasn't intended to to keep ahead of a high speed automobile. That's how we got jolted out. I am lucky not to have had any bones broken."

The injured were given emergency treatment at Marten City and attended to by Dr. B. M. Colby at the General hospital. Parents of the injured and other members of the party visited them last night. No trace of the occupants or of the car had been found last night.

Car Drivers Speed Away.

All of the injured members of the party said the boys, whom they took to be students of Missouri university, from remarks they made, cut around the van after bumping over the bodies and disappeared down the road in the direction of Kansas City.

The police made an effort to locate the youths and the car last night, but were not successful up to an early hour this morning. The Missouri statutes make it a penal offense for a motorist to run away without disclosing his identity after injuring a person.

May 22, 1916 JUDGE CHRISMAN, LONG ILL, IS DEAD.

May 22, 1916

JUDGE CHRISMAN, LONG ILL, IS DEAD.

Former Presiding Officer of County Court Succumbs to Kidney Disease.

George Lee Chrisman, formerly a judge of the county court for ten years and a resident of Jackson county for many years, died at 7:45 o'clock last night at his home in Independence after an illness lasting about six months. His condition became acute a week ago and his death was expected momentarily the last few days. Funeral arrangements have not been completed by the family.

Judge Chrisman was one of the prominent figures in Jackson county for many years. His business interests were extensive and he was known as an agricultural expert. In the county court his activities kept him before the public eye for several years.
Elected Judge in 1896.

He was born on August 8, 1854 in Lafayette county, Missouri, the son of William and Lucie Lee Chrisman, who were pioneers of Jackson county. His parents were prominent socially and financially, William Chrisman's life being devoted to a great extent to philanthropy. There were two other children, Maggie, now the widow of Logan O. Swope, and James, who died at the age of 19.

Judge Chrismas was a graduate of Forest Home Military college in Anchorage, Ky. He was first married on November 26, 1872, to Miss Lottie S. Duke, daughter of Colonel William Duke of Danville, Ky. They had no children, but adopted two daughters, now Mrs. Frank Ashley of Denver and Mrs. Wallace J. Ferry of Kansas City. After the death of his wife, Judge Chrisman, in 1895, married her sister, Mrs. Lutie Gates, who, with two daughters born to them, Charlotte and Lutie lee, survives him.

On a farm south of Independence Mr. Chrisman became a raiser of thoroughbred cattle and horses. He moved later to another farm near Lee's Summit, where he continued for years the stock business in partnership with J. A. Lee, the firm being Chrisman &; Lee. He was devoted to his occupation and lived on his farm many years.

In the fall of 1896 he entered politics and was elected on the Democratic ticket for judge of the county court for the Eastern district. This was the first office he had ever held. He was re-elected in 1898 and again in 1900. In 1902 Judge Chrisman made the race for presiding judge of the county court, was elected for the four-year term and served until 1906, when he ran for the judge of the Eastern district, but was defeated by George Dodd
Part Owner of the Times
At one time Judge Chrisman was mentioned as a candidate for governor, but he did not enter the race.

Late in his political career Judge Chrisman associated with A. A. Lesueur and John Groves in the ownership of the Kansas City Times, selling it to W. R. Nelson. The venture was not a paying one, Judge Chrisman's losses being heavy.

Soon after the beginning of his political career, Judge Chrisman moved from his farm in Lee's Summit to Independence, purchasing the home of the late Preston Roberts, 700 West Maple avenue. He had been engaged in various enterprises since retiring from the county court. He was interested in mining in Mexico. His associates were political friends. The mine they owned, said to be rich, was purchased from Grant Gillett, at one time the cattle king of Kansas.

Judge Chrisman was robust and in excellent health until six months ago, when he was attacked by kidney disease.

May 22, 1916 ~ FAIRMOUNT PARK IS OPENED FOR SEASON.

May 22, 1916

FAIRMOUNT PARK IS OPENED FOR SEASON.

Attendance Record Broken on First Day; Concessions Draw Well.

The amusement park season in Kansas City began yesterday when Fairmount park started on its summer cycle. Despite the threatening weather of the morning the sun came out brightly in the afternoon, and with it came throngs of pleasure seekers. By 7 o'clock last night the park's attendance record had been shoved up several notches and at closing time the turnstiles registered several thousand admissions more than on any previous opening day.

The crowds patronized all concessions freely. Probably the band concerts in the amphitheater and the balloon races over the lake received the most attention. The studio of the Fairmount Feature Film company was one of the places of greatest interest. Several special scenes were photographed for the opening crowds. It was the first opportunity many had had of witnessing the production of a "movie." The dance pavilion, Fairmount Inn, and the children's playgrounds were largely patronized.

The sea beach was not opened yesterday on account of the cool weather, but boating was popular. Fairmount Park is to be managed this year by Sam Benjamin, formerly of Electric park.

May 22, 1916 ~ SURGEONS' WORK IS SEEN ON THE FILM.

May 22, 1916

SURGEONS' WORK IS SEEN ON THE FILM.

Woman Faints as Overland Park Screen Shows Operations.

Modern surgeons now do their work while a moving picture camera records every detail of their operations on the film. That this custom has reached Kansas City developed yesterday when, at a private exhibit in the theater at Overland Park, two operations performed last week at a Kansas City hospital were faithfully reproduced. One depicted the amputation of a woman's leg and the other the removal of a boy's appendix.

The removal of the appendix was shown and no detail of the operation was lost in its reproduction. It was performed in eight minutes and on the screen seemed quite simple. Everything was shown from the incision of the knife to the removal of the patient from the operating room. The movie crows was particularly concerned when, at one point, as the wound was being sewed up, the lad showed signs of returning consciousness and the attendant applying the anesthetic reached hurriedly for the cone.

The leg amputation was far the more vivid and as the reproduction of the operation was concluded one of the four women in the audience fainted. This operation required seventeen minutes.

It was stated that when the operations were finished at the hospital the camera operator fainted and had to be carried from the room by one of the attending surgeons. The film taken will be used to illustrate surgical lectures.

May 21, 1916 ~ JESUS NOT "SISSY," SAYS BILLY SUNDAY.

May 21, 1916

JESUS NOT "SISSY," SAYS BILLY SUNDAY.

Evangelist Declares Christ Was Vigorous Preacher, After His Own Heart.

A new Jesus -- a Christ militant -- was preached by Billy Sunday at the tabernacle last night.

"Away with those effeminate pictures of bowed humility and those stories of a sissy Messiah -- Christ was a man," Sunday declared. "When He stood in the presence of hypocrisy He bawled it out with a tongue that cut their thick hides like a lash.

"Jesus shot His preaching into the biggest guns of the synagogue of His day. When you read what He said in the Bible you read it in a sanctimonious tone that takes all the fire out of it.

"There's a lesson for the preachers in the way He preached. He said, 'Oh you scribes of Pharisees! You lobsters, you false alarms, you folly-flushers, you excess baggage, you vipers! You are little white sepulchers, all nice without but all rottenness and dead men's bones within. You're a fine bunch of guys! You rob the widows and the orphans and the whole bunch of you ought to be in jail.'

"Every Inch a Man," He Says.

"That's the way Jesus preached, declared Sunday, shooting out his clenched fist over teh audience. "Don't you think He was a sissy, because some old granny of a religious pussy-foot told you He was. He was a man, every inch of Him, and you will recall how He stood with dauntless face when the mob crowned Him with thorns and spat in His face."

In spite of the rain, which fell continuously through the evening, 16,000 persons attended the night services. There were several hundred members of the Association of Post Office Employees and about 4,000 members of the Patriotic and Protective Order of Stags. Other delegations were from the Cochrane Packing Company, Social Outlook Club, Gillpatrick's laundry and the St. James hotel.

The Stags brought a brass band, which formed near the platform and played "Brighten Up the Corner" and other hymns.

"I am glad to welcome you Stags. I understand that you have the only club in town that won't allow a bar in your club house. I hope you will establish a second, too, in all coming to Christ at this meeting."

"We will!" shouted a member. And when the invitation was extended, 100 members of the Stags marched down the aisles.

May 21, 1916 ~ WOMAN, 53, ADOPTED BY FOSTER MOTHER.

May 21, 1916

WOMAN, 53, ADOPTED BY FOSTER MOTHER.

Court Rules Paper Legal, Although Mrs. Marshall Died Without Signing.

Judge J. E. Guinotte in the probate court yesterday held legal the adoption of Mrs. Minnie Evans, 53 years old, by Mrs. Lorinda Marshall, 80 years old, at the time of her death, on last Wednesday. While the adoption of a person of 53 years is in itself a very unusual occurrence, whit is of deeper interest is the fact that for fifty-three years Mrs. Evans believed she was the real daughter of the elder woman.

Two days before her death Mrs. Marshall, who lived at 1119 Olive street, called her foster daughter to her bedside and told the story of how the Marshalls had taken a 3-months-old girl to rear fifty-three y ears ago. They had not adopted her, believing it was unnecessary. The waif, she said, was mrs. Evans. All these years Mrs. Marshall had kept the secret. So also had her husband as long as he lived.

In the meantime, Minnie Marshall had grown to womanhood as the daughter of the Marshalls. She had married and has five children, one of them also married. As Mrs. marshal had property of her own and was also an heir to another estate, there was need for a legal status of her heirs. An attorney advised her adoption by Mr. Marshall and papers were made out. Although Mrs. Marshall died before she could sign them, the probate court ruled the adoption legal.

May 21, 1916 ~ SUNDAY BATS .500 AND STEALS BASE.

May 21, 1916

SUNDAY BATS .500 AND STEALS BASE.

Billy Also Umpires Part of Time in Rotary Clubs' Game for Charity.

Beaten by Billy Sunday. That was the only consolation the baseball team representing the Rotary Club of Kansas City, Kas., took home with them after the game yesterday afternoon at Association park with the Rotarians of Kansas City, Mo., and it was considerable consolation after all. As to the regular team of the Rotarians on this side of the Kaw the Kansas men expressed their sentiments thus: "They never saw the day they could beat us."

But to get back to the most interesting part of the game. It was in the last half of the sixth inning with the score of 9 to 7 in favor of the men from across the Kaw, a safe enough margin, they reasoned. Craddock of the Kansas City, Kas., team had just been given his base on balls, and there were two men "down," as the sporting reporter would say.

Then the big event happened. Three thousand people cheered when Billy Sunday came to the plate, bat in hand, and took his position on the "port" side. He fouled the first ball pitched, a good one. The next one he caught squarely, a stinging hit to right field that landed him on second. On the throw to catch Sunday Craddock scored. Just as Craddock crossed the late, Sunday stole third, with the crowd still cheering. Riddle was walked. Then Pierce hit past second base and Sunday came in with a run. The fireworks did not end until seven runs had been scored and the hopes of the visitors were completely ruined.

May 21, 1916 ~ SEES "SPUDS" WITH CANTALOUPE FLAVOR.

May 21, 1916

SEES "SPUDS" WITH CANTALOUPE FLAVOR.

Speaker Before Horticultural Society Predicts Other "Wonders.".

The day is coming soon when potatoes dug from the ground will taste like cantaloupes; grapefruit will be plucked from trees like cherries and the Sahara desert will bloom like a rose garden. Such at least was the prediction made by Howard Dean, professor of chemistry at Park college, Parkville, Mo., speaking before the Missouri Valley Horticultural society yesterday on the lawn of the home of L. A. Goodman, Fortieth street and Warwick avenue.

Professor Dean said he already had succeeded in reducing the starch of a potato to sugar through chemical treatment. He asserted that be feeding certain plants on formaldehyde they can be made to develop sugar and starch.

He said that investigations now being made by chemists show that plants manufacture compounds that are not normal to them. These investigations, he said, are being continued and chemists are diligently searching the leaves of plants in an attempt to find the agent which converts the carbon dioxide in the air and the moisture into plant products.

when that secret is discovered -- and of its early discovery he is confident -- he said we would possess an unlimited source of energy. The point he brought out was that the possession of that secret would enable man to convert the sun's energy to his own use in any way he desires.

Then it would be possible, he asserted, to fill the Sahara desert with plant life; to grow any plant so that it would taste exactly as its grower wished. He also said, in answer to a question, that it would be possible to raise grapefruit with the bitterness removed. Fruits, he added, could be raised so they would taste just as the grower desired.

Dr. J. C. Whitten of the State university at Columbia, Mo., spoke on the spraying of trees. He declared that spraying is absolutely essential to successful orcharding and explained the best methods of spraying.

Other speakers were Miss Florence H. Russell of Kansas City who told of a visit to Luther Burbank, and Arthur H. Helder, a landscape architect of Kansas City. Prior to the meeting a luncheon was served on Mr.r Goodman's lawn

May 21, 1916 ~ JUDGE G. L. CHRISMAN IS ILL AT HOME.

May 21, 1916

JUDGE G. L. CHRISMAN IS ILL AT HOME.

Former Member of County Court Is Not Expected to Recover.

Former County Judge G. Lee Chrisman is believed to be dying at his home, 719 West Maple avenue, Independence.

Judge Chrisman became ill about a year ago with stomach trouble. His strong vitality kept him up a few months and only of late has he been confined to his bed. Many of his old-time political friends called yesterday at the home, but none was allowed to go to the sick chamber.

Judge Chrisman is a brother of Mrs. Logan O. Swope of Independence, and was elected judge of the county court for two terms and as presiding judge for one term. During his terms of office there was much road building in Jackson county. Later, Judge Chrisman engaged in the newspaper business, purchasing the Kansas City Times. The newspaper venture was a losing proposition, and the greater portion of his fortune was lost in the venture.

Four years ago Judge Chrisman again made the race for nomination for county judge from the Eastern district, but failed. Judge R. D. Mize was elected. Judge Mize died a year ago.

Judge Chrisman was born in Jackson county, August 8, 1851, and was a son of William Chrisman, an Independence banker. He was reared in Jackson county and graduated at the forest Home Military academy of Anchorage, Ky., and was married November 26, 1872, to Lottie Duke of Danville, Ky. Mrs. Chrisman died twenty years ago. His second marriage was to a sister of his first wife, Mrs. Walter Gates. By the second marriage two children were born, both of them girls, who reside with their parents in Independ3ence.

May 20, 1916 ~ WOMEN'S REFORMATORY IDEAS.

May 20, 1916

WOMEN'S REFORMATORY IDEAS.

Suggestions From the East to Be Included in Plans Here.

L. A. Halbert, superintendent of the board of public welfare, returned yesterday from the national conference of social workers at Indianapolis. He brought back many suggestions regarding features to be tried out in the proposed new women's reformatory on which plans are to be definitely made this week.

Mr. Halbert says that great care has been taken in the Indianapolis institution to eliminate the atmosphere of a prison. Even the bars on the windows are sent into the glass in such a way as to have the appearance of fancy window panes and are painted white. Each woman is given a room to herself and the furniture is neatly enameled in white. There is a rug on the floor of the room, pictures on the wall and a fine mirror.

"I consider that the humanest item of all, giving them a mirror," said Mr. Halbert. "A woman always wants a chance to know how she looks and personally I believe in the mirror as a preserver of self-respect even more so than vanity."

A discussion was also held of the possibility of interesting the government in carrying part of the burden of ill, degenerate or incompetent humanity now shouldered by the state and municipal philanthropic bodies.

May 20, 1916 ~ CAUGHT ON A FIRE ESCAPE.

May 20, 1916

CAUGHT ON A FIRE ESCAPE.

Man With Skeleton Keys and Flashlight Said He Was Seeking Friend.

As Patrolmen Thornton and Devers passed the Lorraine hotel, 1614 Broadway, at 12:30 this morning, they saw a man standing on the second landing of the fire escape, which extends outside the building. the patrolmen thought this odd and to make sure, arrested the man. He gave his name as C. W. Rice and said that he was looking for a friend, who had a room in the hotel. A bunch of skeleton keys and a flashlight were found in the pockets of the prisoner.

May 20, 1916 ~ DAMP CABLES DELAY CARS.

May 20, 1916

DAMP CABLES DELAY CARS.

Railroad Company's Explanation for Tie-up of Lines.

Dinner in many homes was delayed last night because of dampness on electric cables. Such was the explanation given by the Kansas City Railways Company last night for the short circuiting of the power cables yesterday afternoon. It was this short-circuiting that caused the stoppage of the street cars for about fifteen minutes. The stoppage occurred at 4:44 o'clock and ended at 4:58 o'clock.

May 20, 1916 ~ EULOGIZES HIS PREDECESSOR.

May 20, 1916

EULOGIZES HIS PREDECESSOR.

Judge Southern Makes Speech on Late Frank G. Johnson.

On his first day as appointed judge to succeed the late Judge Frank G. Johnson in division five of the circuit court, Judge Allen C. Southern yesterday spoke a eulogy on the public life of the judge whom he succeeds.

"Patience, kindness and sincerity were his attributes were the attributes that were most shown in his career on the bench," Judge Southern said. "He was a good judge and will be remembered as such by the many attorneys who had legal dealings in his division of the district court."

When the death of Judge Johnson occurred the trial of Harvey H. Shank against S. Erwin Wilmore was in proceedings in his court. Judge Southern continued the case yesterday because it had been invalidated by the death of the judge.

May 19, 1916 ~ DR. PAUL PAQUIN VERY ILL.

May 19, 1916

DR. PAUL PAQUIN VERY ILL.

Health Director Believed to Be Threatened with Meningitis.

Dr. Paul Paquin, director of the public health, is very ill in his room at the new tuberculosis hospital, where he took up his temporary residence for the purpose of directing the beginning of the work at the institution. His symptoms indicate that he is threatened with cerebral meningitis, it is said. Dr. W. L. Gist, Dr. Paquin's assistant, and Dr. W. W. Duke are in attendance and declare his condition as serious.

It is believed that Dr. Paquin's illness is due to his unflagging attention to the cause of public health and the various plans he has been earnestly promoting toward protecting it. Hi has not been well for some time and became bedfast on Tuesday.

May 19, 1916 TO CURB SMOKE NUISANCE.

May 19, 1916

TO CURB SMOKE NUISANCE.

City Counselor Is Drafting Ordinance Requiring Abatement.

The city counselor's department is busy on the draft of an ordinance to be introduced in the council providing for the abatement of the smoke nuisance from the manufacturing and heating plants.

City Counselor Harzfeld, as president of the City Club, has for a number of months had experts at work compiling data for the ordinance. It embraces the results obtained in twenty-eight cities that claim to have mastered the smoke situation.

May 19, 1916 ~ COPS IN NEW "DUDS" MAY 25.

May 19, 1916

COPS IN NEW "DUDS" MAY 25.

Chief Hammil Issues "Easter" Order for the Force.

Chief Hammil has grown tired of waiting for the weather to turn warm and yesterday issued an order to the police to blossom forth in their new summer uniforms on May 25, regardless of temperature. If the chill breezes still prevail, so much the worse for the "finest."

Those policemen who had been slow about giving the order for their new clothes yesterday rushed to the tailor in order that they may be ready on Tuesday, which will be the force's "Easter."

May 19, 1916 ~ FIRE WRECKS 4-STORY WALNUT ST. BUILDING.

May 19, 1916

FIRE WRECKS 4-STORY WALNUT ST. BUILDING.

$30,000 Damage Is Done to Old Morledge Place; Water Pressure Weak.

A spectacular fire in the four-story building at 808 Walnut street attracted 10,000 spectators at midnight. The streets for blocks were black with people, who cheered the firemen and freely offered advice.

The building was occupied by Schooler & Cleveland with a fish and oyster market and restaurant. It was for year previously occupied by Morledge's restaurant. To the south of the building is the bunting-Stone hardware Company's building and to the north is a three-story brick structure, the first floor of which is given over to a furniture auction house, the upper stories being vacant.

A private watchman, who discovered the blaze, said it originated on the third floor, above the fish and oyster restaurant. Fire companies responded promptly, but for nearly half an hour it seemed impossible to obtain strong water pressure. the streams thrown from the nozzles fell short of the fourth floor and in the meantime the flames mounted rapidly.

The entire top floor was soon roaring, waves of flame mounting high in the air and great showers of sparks falling like spray. A water tower was put in position, but the pressure still remained so weak that it was useless.

Damage to the building, estimated at $30,000, was done by the fire before it was put under control. The floors on which it raged were occupied as store rooms and much of the space was empty.

May 18, 1918 MUEHLEBACH CELEBRATES.

May 18, 1918

MUEHLEBACH CELEBRATES.

First Anniversary Is Occasion for Many Congratulations.

Flowers, a profusion of palms, extra musical programmes and entertainment and dancing marked the first anniversary yesterday of the Hotel Muehlebach. Fireworks in the evening from the roof formed the outdoor display. The lobby and all the cafes were decorated with flowers. Kelly's orchestra played a promenade concert in the lobby from 12 until 2 p.m. A Dansant followed in the Trianon cafe from 4 until 5, and a dinner dance from 6:30 until 9:30.

Vaudeville, dancing and a concert in the Plantation grill was continuous from 6 until 1 a.m. A de luxe dinner also was served in both Trianon cafe and grill. S. J. Whitmore and Joseph Reichi received many congratulations during the day and evening upon the success of the first year of the Hotel Muehlebach.

May 18, 1916 ~ "BLACK MIKE" GETS 12 YEAR SENTENCE.

May 18, 1916

"BLACK MIKE" GETS 12 YEAR SENTENCE.

Leader of Gang, Convicted of Holdup, Is Known as Bad Man.

A jury in the criminal court brought in a verdict last night sentencing "Black Mike" McGovern to twelve years for highway robbery in the holding up of the of Herman Allman's saloon, 2515 East Fifteenth street, on the night of December 29 last. For the same offense, John F. Lanza, a member of "Black Mike's" gang was sentenced last week to fifteen years. There remains to be tried on the same charge Tom Bosco, an associate of the two convicted men.

"Black Mike" has not been in Kansas City long. But in the short time he has created a decided impression among the police that he is a dangerous character. when arrested he shot four times at Police Captain Ennis, and on the witness stand yesterday it was testified that he said after the shooting: "If the smoke of the officer's gun hadn't blinded me I would have got my man."

After getting away from the policemen into an alley he was brought out of a basement by Policeman Doarn and it was found he had thrown away his overcoat and pistol in the basement. It was also testified that McGovern, who has several aliases, was the leader in a plot to break out of jail two weeks ago. A bar was found sawed almost in two in his cell.

McGovern still faced a charge in the killing of Arch Tirado in a quarrel over a woman. He is the type of young man who wins friends easily in his chosen class of associates and he is known in the late-hour restaurants as an utterly fearless character. Testimony yesterday showed that he rented a house near Forty-sixth street and Agnes avenue at the time of the Allman holdup and that he ordered the car driven to this house on that night.

May 18, 1916 ~ WINDOW CLEANER IS KILLED.

May 18, 1916

WINDOW CLEANER IS KILLED.

S. O. Twombley Falls Four Stories at Downtown Store.

S. O. Twombley, a window cleaner, 32 years old, 1015 East Fourteenth street, was instantly killed when he fell from a fourth floor window of Kline's cloak and suit store, 1113 Main street, about 10 o'clock yesterday morning. He plunged downward, and through a steel and glass arcade over the entrance, to the sidewalk. Passers-by narrowly escaped being hit by his body. He was dead when picked up.

Twombley was cleaning the store windows and lost his balance as he stepped from one to the other. He is survived by his wife and a son, Kenneth H. Twombley.

May 18, 1916 MAN KNOWN AS 'COCKEY' DEAD.

May 18, 1916

MAN KNOWN AS 'COCKEY' DEAD.

Hospital Physicians Suspect He May Have Been Poisoned.

A man known only as "Cockey" was taken in an unconscious condition from a rooming house conducted by A. T. Myers at 1729 Oak street by an ambulance from the Emergency hospital to the General hospital at 12:20 o'clock yesterday noon. He never regained consciousness and died at 6:30 o'clock last night.

At the hospital he was entered on the records as an unidentified man. A search of his clothes failed to reveal a penny or a bit of paper that would prove a clew to his identity. At midnight last night the police had no report on the case.

At the General hospital physicians worked over the unconscious man all afternoon. They used up six tanks of oxygen in their efforts to restore him to consciousness, but without avail. He died at 6:30 o'clock. The physicians believe he was poisoned, but are not absolutely sure. An autopsy will be held this morning to determine the cause of death.

May 18, 1916 ~ HOME OWNERS OPPOSE PARK.

May 18, 1916

HOME OWNERS OPPOSE PARK.

Brush Creek Scheme Would Mean Confiscation, They Say.

Twenty-five men who are paying for their homes on the installment plan remonstrated with the park board yesterday against the contemplated revival of an effort to establish a park along Brush creek from Prospect avenue to The Paseo. They told the board that the cost of the improvement would mean confiscation of their property.

The charge was openly made that the promoter of the park is a man who owns the most of the land to be taken, and that he hopes to sell it to the city at a high price. A hearing will be given to all parties interested a week from next Wednesday.

During the Jost administration both houses of the council passed ordinances for the park, but Mayor Jost refused to sign them.

May 17, 1916 ~ DANCED AS STEAMER CRASHED INTO BARGE.

May 17, 1916

DANCED AS STEAMER CRASHED INTO BARGE.

Druggists' Outing on the River Narrowly Missed Disastrous Accident.

The festivities of the Kansas Pharmaceutical Association's outing on the Missouri river had just started at 9 o'clock last night. The band was playing and 450 men, women and children, guests of the Parke-Davis Drug Company, were aboard the steamboat Chester.

The strains of a hesitation waltz came floating over the waters and the steamer was aglow with hundreds of electric lights. The capricious dance hall was the biggest attraction to the young druggists, their wives and sweethearts. The floor had only recently been waxed and the dancers glided across the decks to the tune of "Cecile."

At the same time the chairs in the front end of the boat were occupied by those who preferred the moonlit waters of the river to the dance.

Suddenly, without warning, the steamer struck a sand dredge. Those in the dance hall noticed it but continued dancing. On the forward deck a panic was narrowly averted by Captain McCaffrey, who cooled down the passengers by showing that the dredge was a small one and that no damage was done. The dredge, cut loose from its moorings, floated in the middle of the river.

In lurching away from the sand barge the Chester nearly swerved into one of the piers of the Armour-Burlington-Swift bridge. A woman screamed and many others held their breaths. But within a few seconds the Chester continued on its trip down the river.

All of the time the passengers in the dance hall were unaware that their friends in the bow feared a tragedy. The fiddle and the horn and the flute kept on playing without any knowledge of trouble. The rest of the journey down stream and return was made without any further incident.

May 17, 1916 ~ "MONK" MISSES STAGE TREE.

May 17, 1916

"MONK" MISSES STAGE TREE.

Chimpanzee Mistakes Painted Limb for Real One and Falls.

The Jamaican Jungle training of "Napoleon," a trick vaudeville chimpanzee, nearly proved his undoing last night at the Electric theater in Kansas City, Kas., when he mistook a painted tree on the scenery for the real thing and fell on the stage after making a leap of about ten feet to one of its branches. Before Napoleon was captured seven years ago he lived with his family in the jungle. Leaping from tree to tree was Napoleon's principal occupation.

Perched on the the wood and canvas limb of one of the stage settings, the chimpanzee spied a perch on one of the "trees" on the back drop of the setting. Not trained to look before leaping, Napoleon sprang at the "limb." He crashed against the curtain and fell to the stage on his back.

For a moment he was still. His eyes flashed defiance and his demeanor changed. Clattering across the stage on all fours, he butted his head against the "trunk" of the tree. With his hands he attempted to gain a hold of it. Finally he gave up in despair, chattered disgustedly and walked off the stage. Napoleon's act was finished. He could not be induced to complete his part in the programme.

May 17, 1916 ~ SCHOOL CIRCUS IS VOTED BIG SUCCESS.

May 17, 1916

SCHOOL CIRCUS IS VOTED BIG SUCCESS.

'Poly's' Eccentric Entertainment Is Lively From Start to Finish.

"La-dees and Gentlemen! The glittering galaxy of triumphant, turbulent tumblers will now occupy the center ring."

Thus spoke Ringmaster Joseph Stein at the festival of fun and frivolity staged by the students of the Poly-technic institute's multiple school, Eleventh and Locust streets, yesterday afternoon. With a bull fight in the gymnasium and side shows in practically every room on the first floor of the school building, the fun was fast and furious. The junior college, the normal school, the high school division, the commercial and mechanical training classes each presented a convincing argument against dull care. The admission fees were 1, 2, and 3 cents to the shows.

The proverbial snake-eater, fat woman and tattooed man were superseded by a specially convincing replica of Sis Hopkins, given by Miss Velmatto Williams. Virgil Thompson, as the Hindoo seer, offered the "past, present and future shamelessly revealed."

Among the side shows given was the shoot the chutes, a popgun rifle gallery where, if you did lose the game, you couldn't lose the bullet, and the most convincing demonstration of electricity yet shown in Kansas City. The "class" to be initiated into the marvels of the electric fluid was ceremoniously seated in room 34 after an exhaustive lecture on electricity and its merits was given. Then a plea was made for contributions for the newly organized electricians' clubs and a request made that "all who will donate $5 toward the cause will please stand."

The reason why each and every one not only stood, but arose with surprising alacrity was that at that psychological moment some one threw a switch conveying certain lively portions of the current to the anatomy of every person who had been so courteously seated the few moments before.

Dancing backwards, or what appeared to be backwards, was another amusing feature. A class of normal training students tied their hair over their faces, put masks on the backs of their heads, put their clothing on backwards, and then went through an eccentric dance. The effect was uncanny.

"I told them to go as far as they liked as long as they had lots of fun and broke no bones," said Principal E. H. Rainier, who was "game" for every "stunt" pulled. "The students obeyed my instructions."

May 17, 1916 ~ SCANDINAVIAN CLUB FORMED.

May 17, 1916

SCANDINAVIAN CLUB FORMED.

Organization Outgrowth of Recent Bethany College Campaign.

Fifty residents of Kansas City of Scandinavian origin have organized the Scandinavian Business Men's Club. The organization is the outgrowth of the recent campaign for endowment funds for Bethany college. The promoters hope soon to have a membership of several hundred. The purposes are to promote the social and business interests of Scandinavian people in Kansas City, of whom it is estimated there are 8,000 to 10,000.

The officers are: President, Godfrey Swanson; vice president, Ernest O. Brostrum; secretary, N. A. Johnson; treasurer, Olaf Mattson.

May 16, 1916 ~ BENJAMIN LARKIN IS FREE ON BOND.

May 16, 1916

BENJAMIN LARKIN IS FREE ON BOND.

His Wife Remains in Jail on Charges in Baby Keller Case.

Benjamin Larkin, husband of Mrs. Elizabeth Larkin, who had been held in the county jail since January awaiting the outcome of the illness of little Helen Keller, who was almost dead from bruises when taken to the Mercy hospital last winter, was released yesterday on $1,000 bond.

The release was on agreement between Judge Ralph S. Latshaw and Prosecutor Floyd E. Jacobs and followed the statement of a number of neighbors as to the good habits and reputation of Larkin. Mrs. Larkin has maintained that her youthful husband never struck the child.

When the case came up again yesterday for trial Mrs. Larkin announced that she had no attorney, her advisers having withdrawn. Judge Latshaw appointed Francis O'Sullivan and George F. Birmingham as Mrs. Larkin's attorneys. Mr. Birmingham at once held a conference with Mrs. Larkin and then talked with many of her neighbors. As a result, he said he was willing to sign the bond for $1,000 for Larkin's release. Mr. Birmingham said Mrs. Larkin will be ready for trial when the case is called.

Attendants at the Mercy hospital say little Helen Keller will recover. The state charges the child's condition was due to beatings she received at the hands of Mrs. Larkin.

May 16, 1916 ~ ACCIDENTALLY WOUNDS GIRL.

May 16, 1916

ACCIDENTALLY WOUNDS GIRL.

Jefferson Beale Shoots "Becca" Levitt While Loading a Gun.

While customers were few last night at the "Joy Palace," 1233 Main street, Jefferson Beale, who takes post card photographs, wounded Miss "Becca" Levitt, the cashier, in the right thigh with a shot from a .22 caliber revolver. Both the photographer and the cashier declare that the shooting was an accident. The police arrested Beale, however, and are holding him for investigation. They say that other empolyes at the penny amusement resort declare the girl and the man have quarreled frequently recently.

Miss Levitt was taken to the General hospital and later to St. Margaret's. Her injury is declared painful but not dangerous. She told physicians at the General hospital that Beale was trying to load the rifle for her when it was discharged.

The cashier is the sister-in-law of Harry Fogal, who is her employer, and resides at his home, 2715 Harrison street. Beale lives at a hotel at Thirteenth and Main streets.

May 16, 1916 ~ STUDY MODERN BUSINESS.

May 16, 1916

STUDY MODERN BUSINESS.

Girl Students Make Comparisons With Ancient Methods.

Forty girl pupils of the Westport high school made an automobile tour of the city yesterday afternoon to compare modern methods of business with those of ancient times, which the girls are now studying. They inspected the General hospital, the kitchens of the Hotel Muehlbach, the city hall, the court house, board of trade and Second street and Troost avenue, where a trading post was maintained in the early days of Kansas City.

The girls were accompanied by three of their teachers, Mrs. Ada J. MacLaughlin and the Misses Ida B. Lilly and Ann Shire.

May 15, 1916 ~ MAN SWALLOWS A FROG.

May 15, 1916

MAN SWALLOWS A FROG.

John Arnold Fights Assistance Until He Ejects Live Amphibian.

John Arnold, 45 years old, swallowed a small frog while drinking from a spring near Twenty-seventh street and Spring avenue, Kansas City, Kas., yesterday. Arnold, who had stopped at teh spring to quench his thirst , was seen running through the streets, tearing madly at his clothing. Neighbors could not control him and the police were summoned.

At the Emergency hospital little could be learned by Dr. G. H. Hobson, a police surgeon, as to the cause of Arnold's misery and suffering. A stomach pump was applied in the belief that he might have tried to commit suicide. Arnold fought desperately until an emetic was given as a last resort.

The result was the ejection of a tiny but lively frog. The whale that swallowed Jonah, and John Arnold, who swallowed a frog, now will occupy rival positions in medical works.

May 15, 1916 ~ MORE TROOPS PASS THROUGH.

May 15, 1916

MORE TROOPS PASS THROUGH.

30th Infantry of Plattsburgh, N. Y., on Way to Mexican Line.

The Thirtieth infantry of Plattsburgh, N. Y., is on the way to the Mexican border. One troop train of sixteen cars, containing fourteen officers and 288 men of that regiment, accompanied by their horses and equipment, was scheduled to pass through Kansas City en route to Fort Sam Fordyce, Tex., at 2:30 o'clock this morning. Two other trains, containing the remainder of the regiment, will pass through here en route for the same destination a little later this morning.

Both these trains will consist of fifteen cars. The first is scheduled to pass through Kansas City at 5 o'clock and the second at 5:30 o'clock. All three trains left Plattsburgh last Friday and are using the Wabash road into Kansas City. From here the trains proceed south over the Santa Fe. On arrival at Fort Sam Fordyce the troops are scheduled to march to the Rio Grande.

May 15, 1916 ~ BOMB PLOT IS SUSPECTED.

May 15, 1916

BOMB PLOT IS SUSPECTED.

Man Who Got Black Hand Threats Discovers Battery "Plant."

When Frank Barbero, an Italian saloon keeper, saw a man concealing a box at the foot of a tree near his place last night, he recalled several Black Hand letters he recently received and notified the police.

Patrolman Patrick Conlon found the box contained a dry cell battery with connections and a switch. It is believed a bomb later was to be placed under the saloon and wires laid to the box.

May 14, 1916 ~ ANOTHER MUST HEAR SUNDAY.

May 14, 1916

ANOTHER MUST HEAR SUNDAY.

Unruly Boy Sentenced to Attend Evangelist's Revival.

Billy Sunday as an adjunct to the juvenile court, entered his official duties yesterday by lecturing a boy brought before Judge E. E. Porterfield for unruliness at home. Of course the evangelist didn't lecture to this boy alone, but the lad was technically "sentenced" by the judge to hear Billy Sunday's sermon to young folks.

The boy was Earl Snodgrass, 16 years old, of Independence. Court officers testified yesterday morning that he had an unruly temper and kicked over the chairs at home when angry. Judge Porterfield talked to him, telling him he didn't like to send a boy to the McCune farm who had a good home.

"You go and hear Billy Sunday this afternoon and if you promise to do this and hear two other sermons at the tabernacle, I'll release you, for I believe it will do you good," said the judge.

Earl promised.

May 14, 1916 ~ INDIAN RELICS TO BE ON EXHIBITION.

May 14, 1916

INDIAN RELICS TO BE ON EXHIBITION.

Mo. Valley Historical Society's Celebration Begins This Week.

Silver shoe buckles worn by Pocahontas and the great seal of William Walker, the first governor of the territory of Nebraska, will be on view at the rooms of the Missouri Valley Historical Society all week, beginning on Tuesday evening.

The exhibit, which will include many other Indian relics, is in celebration of "American Indian week." There will be address on Tuesday evening by Mrs. John A. Hale, a member of the Great Turtle clan of the Wyandottes, and by Mrs. Madeline M. Garrettson, a member of the Pottawatomie tribe. Mrs. Hale is a niece of governor Walker and Mrs. Garrettson is the granddaughter of the commissioner appointed by the Canadian government to move the Pottawatomies to the northern part of the United States. Her father was appointed by the federal authorities to move the tribe to the reservation near St. Mary's, Kas.

The public is invited to view the exhibit. No admission will be charged.

May 14, 1916 ~ CONDUCTOR REESE FREED.

May 14, 1916

CONDUCTOR REESE FREED.

Man Who Knocked Smoker From Car Not Held for Death.

Justice Casmir Welch discharged Conductor Curtis C. Reese from custody yesterday when Reese was arraigned before him charged with the killing of Carl A. Kiefer, who died at the General Hospital on April 20 a few hours after he was ejected from a Troost avenue street car at Thirty-first street by Reese.

According to the testimony of Rese and other witnesses, Reeses' car on the Troost avenue line was southbound. Keifer and another man boarded it at Eighteenth street. Both men, Reese said, persisted in smoking, despite his remonstrances. At Thirty-first street one of the men struck him, he said, and in the fight that followed Reese accidentally knocked Keifer off the rear vestibule of the car. Keifer's head struck the pavement.

Reese stopped the car and he and the motorman, Y. M. Woods, carried the injured man into a nearby drug store. From there he was removed to the hospital. His skull was fractured and he died a few hours later. Reese was arrested by officers from No. 2 police station.

May 14, 1916 ~ WOMAN IN JAIL BUYS POISON.

May 14, 1916

WOMAN IN JAIL BUYS POISON.

Agnes Keller Prefers Death to Two Years in Prison.

Life lost its charm for Agnes Keller, 24 years old, yesterday when she learned that she was to be taken to the penitentiary tomorrow. So late yesterday afternoon she swallowed fifteen bichloride of mercury tablets at an early hour this morning and was in a serious condition in the General hospital.

Last fall the woman was arrested and charged with stealing a diamond pin from a dentist while he was working on her teeth. She was convicted and sentenced to serve two years at Jefferson City. On her promise to reform she was granted a parole.

About six weeks ago she was again arrested at that time being charged with vagrancy. She gave bond for her appearance in court, but when her case was called she failed to appear. Later she was arrested at Pittsburg, Kas., brought back to Kansas City by Detective Ed Smith and her parole revoked by Judge Porterfield of the criminal court.

After being informed yesterday that she would be removed to Jefferson City tomorrow, Agnes called a messenger boy to her cell in the county jail and sent him on a mission. He returned about 4 o'clock. A short time later Agnes swallowed the bichoride tablets.

May 13, 1916 JUDGE F. G. JOHNSON, LONG ILL, IS DEAD.

May 13, 1916

JUDGE F. G. JOHNSON, LONG ILL, IS DEAD.

Circuit Court Magistrate Had Been Off Bench for Months.

Judge Frank G. Johnson of Division No. 5 of the circuit court died yesterday evening at 6:15 o'clock, at his home, 3100 Garfield avenue. He had been seriously ill for several months and various attorneys, acting as special judges, have carried on his duties at the court house.

Judge Johnson was "a self-made man." He read law as a shoe clerk in Philadelphia and finished a long and successful legal career ranking as one of Missouri's respected lawyers and magistrates. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cora M. Johnson, two sons, Herbert F. and Walter L., both living at home and two sisters, Miss Mary E. Johnson, West Boyleston, Mass., and Miss Maverette Johnson of Gill, Mass. Funeral services will be held Sunday, but the details had not been arranged last night.

Judge Johnson was born January 18, 1851, in West Boyleston, the son of a farmer. In his boyhood days the example of Abraham Lincoln was held up before country lads as an illustration of what opportunities might be found in reading law by those who possessed plenty of pluck and perseverance.

After receiving a common school education and attending Worcester academy, he went to work in the shoe store in Philadelphia, employing his evenings studying law. Later he went to Towanda, Pa., where he completed the course of reading and was admitted to the bar in 1883. In 1884, after an unsuccessful attempt to establish a clientele in Towanda, he packed up his belongings and moved to Kansas City, where there were fewer young lawyers and, he believed, proportionally greater chances of making good.

It happened that just at that moment Kansas City was experiencing a boom and legal business was plentiful. He was fortunate enough to associate himself with Henry Woodman, who since has made his mark in New York legal circles, and from that day on his rise in the profession was assured.

He was appointed assistant prosecuting attorney by Marcy K. Brown and served in the same capacity under James A. Reed, Edward E. Yates, and Herbert S. Hadley. He was elected police judge, serving one term, and he also served a term as associate city counselor. he was police commissioner from 1890 to 1896. Later he was trial lawyer for the Metropolitan Street Railway Company.

Judge Johnson was practically forced to run for the nomination of judge for Division No. 5 of the circuit court by the members of the Jackson county bar, in 1912, on the Democratic ticket. He took his place on the bench in January, 1913.

He was married in 1876 to Miss Cora M. Moore of Towanda, Pa. Both of their sons were at the bedside last night.

May 13, 1916 ~ REMINDED OF MOTHER. Prisoners in County Jail are Given Flowers and Cards.

May 13, 1916

REMINDED OF MOTHER.

Prisoners in County Jail are Given Flowers and Cards.

Sentimental reminders that tomorrow is "Mother's day" were distributed among the men and women prisoners at the county jail yesterday by George F. Rerminghingham, as has been his custom for four years. Enclosed in envelopes handed the prisoners was a Mother's day card and a flower.

"Write to mother," was the stirring appeal Mr. Rermingham made to each recipient.

May 13, 1916 ~ FIREMAN DIES OF INJURIES.

May 13, 1916

FIREMAN DIES OF INJURIES.

Eugene Green Was A Victim of Explosion of Can of Powder.

Eugene Green, a Kansas City, Kas., fireman, injured in a powder explosion about ten days ago, died at his home, 50 South Fifteenth street, last night. He was 25 years old and lived with his mother.

Green was injured while trying to explode a can of powder, which he had found in a park. he extended a fuse about twelve feet from the can, and though that he could get to a safe distance before the explosion occurred.

May 13, 1916 ~ VICE IS "HIDING OUT."

May 13, 1916

VICE IS "HIDING OUT."

Police Crusades Against Resorts Brings Very Few Arrests.

The underworld has kept out of the way of raiding squads since Chief R. W. Hammill began his crusade against vice, and recent night raids have not been very successful. Immoral resorts, the police say, have temporarily quieted down.

The vice squad, under Sergeant Michael Cassidy, made two raids yesterday afternoon, one at 706 Wyandotte street, and one at 907 Wyandotte street. Two women and four girls were booked on vagrancy charges and later released.

May 12, 1916 ~ LIBERATI, FAMOUS BANDMASTER, HERE.

May 12, 1916

LIBERATI, FAMOUS BANDMASTER, HERE.

Martial Notes of Italian Bugle Calls Stir Him to Patriotic Words.

The bugle notes of the Italian army assembly call rang through the fourth floor of the Hotel Baltimore yesterday afternoon, awaking strange echos. Perfect each note, clear and true, only a master could have produced such tones. Then followed the Italian army reveille, gracefully slurred a stirring call to arise. Again it was played, piercing strong, then delicately soft. The player paused. Standing in Room 435, he held a horn aloft in one hand and gesticulated with the other.

"Fifty years ago today, my friend, a half century ago this very day, I played that call. Played it in the Tryol in the ranks of Garibaldi's army to the music of the retreating Austrians. I, Alessandro Liberati, played it in Bezzecca, where only two months ago the brave Italian army, after fifty years, again made the Austrians flee. So I play the bugle call again, ta-ta, ta-ta, ta-ta, while the victorious Italian army marches over the same ground that I, Liberati, did so many years ago with Garibaldi.

"It is like a dream, almost, my friend. Fifty years ago with Garibaldi, and today the brave Italian army again is conquering the Austrian Tyrol. Few are left of Garibaldi's army. Fifty years is a long time, but I, Liberati, I still play."

May 12, 1916 ~ CHURCH ADVERTISES VIRTUES.

May 12, 1916

CHURCH ADVERTISES VIRTUES.

'No Dancers or Card Players Here,' a Sign Pointed Out.

If rivalry develops among the churches of Kansas City over the members to be derived from the Billy Sunday revival, there is one congregation that will be able to cope with the others by its unique means of advertising.

The Beacon Hill congregational church, at Twenty-fourth street and Troost avenue, has a large blackboard in the corner of the church yard in which both pedestrians and those who ride on the street cars may read the notices of meetings and other church bulletin items. Passers on the cars read on this board early this week the following placard:
NO
Dancers
Card players
Theater goers
Tobacco users
Beer drinkers
HERE

The sign was changed yesterday and this one took its place:

We are the happiest people in the city.
Saved
Singing
Satisfied

May 12, 1916 ~ MEXICAN MAY BE DEPORTED.

May 12, 1916

MEXICAN MAY BE DEPORTED.

Hotel Proprietor Accused of Conducting Immoral Resort.

Sebastiano Carrello, the Mexican proprietor of the Paradiso Hotel, Seventeenth and Holly streets, will be deported unless the department of Justice beings proceedings against him under the Mann White Slave act.

Carrello was running a hotel for Mexicans, where a cabaret was offered, and where American girls were in the habit of participating. He was arrested by M. Arthur Coykendall, immigration agent, who said he was authorized to act under the immigration law, which provides that any foreigner who is found to be conducting an immoral resort may be deported. The case as it now stands is not a judiciary one,. Coykendall can return his man to Mexico without court proceeding.

Charges were made to the police yesterday that Carello had brought girls from Kansas to reside in his resort, which was a mysteriously arranged three-story building. The police had raided Carrello's place several times, but had never been able to substantiate charges against him.

Carrello came here from Garden City, Kas., where he conducted a hotel.

May 12, 1916 ~ FALLS FROM WINDOW; DIES.

May 12, 1916

FALLS FROM WINDOW; DIES.

Miss Dora A. Ford is Killed at School for Deaconesses.

While seated on the window ledge yesterday morning, cleaning the window of her room on the third floor of the Kansas City National Training School for Deaconesses and Missionaries, Miss Dora Alice Ford, a 26-year-old student, fell backward to the concrete pavement below and was instantly killed.

Miss Ford, who was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Ford of Little Rock, Ark., has been a student at the training school since last September. She was to have been graduated with a class of fourteen tomorrow. Her fall was witnessed by a fellow student, Miss Clara Rust, and Miss Edna Hayes, a guest at at the school. They were returning to the school after an early morning walk. Miss Rust glanced up toward the row of third story windows and saw Miss Ford pitch to the ground.

Mr. Ford will arrive here this morning from Little Rock, Ark., and will accompany the body to Detroit, Mich., where burial will take place. A telegram to that effect was received by Miss Anna Neiderheiser, superintendent of the training school. Miss Ford's room was in the west wing of the building, which is at Fifteenth street and Hardesty avenue.

May 11, 1916 ~ BILLIKOPF HEADS MOVEMENT.

May 11, 1916

BILLIKOPF HEADS MOVEMENT.

Kansas Cityan Elected President of Jewish Workers' Association.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND. May 10 -- Aaron Cohen of Pittsburgh was elected president of the National Conference of Jewish Charities at the close of the four-day session here today.

Jacob Billikopf, of Kansas City, was chosen president of the National Association of Jewish Workers. The workers named Monroe Goldstein of New York secretary-treasurer.

May 11, 1916 ~ 45 MEN ON ROLLS OF AERO SQUADRON.

May 11, 1916

45 MEN ON ROLLS OF AERO SQUADRON.

Mexican Trouble Stimulates Interest in New Organization.

The Mexican trouble has stimulated interest in the aero squadron, which is being organized by the Kansas City Aero Club. Several young men offered their services yesterday to Louis W. Shouse, manager of Convention hall. There are now forty-five men on the rolls, but 110 are necessary.

Although experienced aviators and mechanics are badly needed, any young man of military age and qualifications may offer himself as a candidate for admission to the squadron. The greatest pains are being taken to keep the personnel on a par with that of the regular service and only young men of intelligence and unquestionable habits will be admitted. The militia pay bill, which has been agreed upon by committees of both houses of congress, with amply remunerate the citizen soldiers for time spent in training.

The aviation corpsmen receive 30 per cent more pay than any other branch of the regular army. If the squadron is completed before the end of the current month the members will come in for regular army pay during this yea's encampment.

May 11, 1916 ~ MISS STELLA SWOPE IN AUTO ACCIDENT.

May 11, 1916

MISS STELLA SWOPE IN AUTO ACCIDENT.

Young Woman Says Her Car Was Traveling 50 Miles an Hour.

Miss Stella Swope, who lives at the St. Regis hotel with her mother, Mrs. Logan O. Swope, motored on Rockhill road with three friends yesterday afternoon and at Forty-sixth street collided with an automobile driven by W. N. Bauchus, Forty ninth street and Mission road. No one was injured.

Miss Swope said last night she was going at a high rate of speed when her roadster was struck by teh Bauchus car. She denied that her machine ran into his motor car. The Swope car skidded nearly fifty feet after the collision.

"Our automobile was damaged to the extent of $350, I believe," said Miss Swope. "I was going about fifty miles an hour and the little car came up from behind."

Miss Swope laughed as she said that she traveled fifty miles an hour. The police from No. 9 station reported teh affair, but did not say at what speed the two machines were going. A patrolman, H. C. Johns, who investigated the accident, said that Miss Swope was speeding. The damage to the Bauchus car amounted to $150.

May 10, 1916 ~ SUNDAY SEEKER IS ROBBED.

May 10, 1916

SUNDAY SEEKER IS ROBBED.

Kansan Walks About, Falls Asleep and Loses $10 and Shoes.

A Kansas farmer fell asleep in a Kansas City alley last night and when he awoke he discovered that $10, his brand new shoes and a spring hat had been stolen. He walked from Sixth and Washington streets to the police headquarters in his stockings. He said he is James Kinney of Hayard, Allen county.

"I came to Kansas City to hear Billy Sunday talk," he told Lieutenant Peter McCosgrove, "and I spent the afternoon looking over the city. Finally I became so tired from walking that I sat down to rest. I fell asleep and someone unfastened my shoes. He also took about $10 from any pockets, two cigars, a plug of chewing tobacco, a bag of rock candy, a bottle of ginger ale, two pencils, a copy of an Iola newspaper, my new green neck-tie, a dime's worth of chewing gum, a package of cigarette papers, an automobile catalogue, a pocket knife, two ham sandwiches, and my new hat.

The lieutenant gave permission to Kinney to spend the night in the city holdover.