Iola Daily Register (Newspaper) - January 24, 1919, Iola, Kansas VOLUME to Tnc lohi Daily Daily and lela nally JAN. 24, The weekly TM Dally 1M7. EIGHT PAGES m WIDE KILLS en VOLTS THROUGH BODY FOR Fair and 42. at 5 p. lowest lust 36, at ti mi: normal for 28; excess 11; excess since January ' 71. Precipitation for the 24 hours ending at 7 a. total for this year to since January humidity at 2 p. m. per 7 a. M per reduced to seu 2!t.:i7 DEPARTMENT TO J. TOTAL DEM ONLY 827" VICTIM I WAS ON - FLOOR I Has Asked ' of the furnished liKht over ills Hurl was at 3:30 yesterday ul the lola Pearl Button fac Mentzer was on a damp floor with water and his body took the and the rent between the wet and the line lie by the of 110 volts anil the by Dr. R. O. and G. county revealed the fact that his body did not bear a single burn as result of 'the charge which through his The chief electrician from the city department and an assistant were placing an extra battery form to furnish more through the near the yesterday Over lifty workmen were busy at the time of the - dent and one of the workmen cut tlie 1^ ptl Examination of the oord about the 1. on tht button machines thai j ' have been by workmen and it is barely that hand wet at ' the time he reached for the It is that other men have received shocks from the live wires these shocks are from natural causes and due to defective The body of Mentzer was removed ro the tu Vt. G. Shadwick to hold on over the body but according to the there was nothing unlawful the death nor is the cause and he no authority to tlx responsibility for Mr. and Mentzer have in lola a coining here from Yates The a very button i and hyd been with the The on West - Davis - Funeral were over the remains at o'clock this the Hums of the First K. church shipped to Yates this and interment will be in the Yates cemetery CHILDS AT TOPICS V. M. C. A. War Worker Will the Speaker ul MR. SAYS HE INVITES Shown War Allen Says Not All In. It. formerly a uf a brother of well known to a great many lola will lie the at- file of the Current It had been the to the railroad problem at this next Mr. K. W. Myler had been appointed to lead the Hilt it is always understood that a program shall give way when an out-of-town can be and cheerfully yielded his priority in order that Mr. Childs may be And the address will be well worth no of was up the Front for from the commencement of the battle of the Argonne straight through to He served with the 3r>ih Division and the 42nd and the met scores and hundreds of our He had a great many wonderful experiences and cannot fail to tell a fascinating and gripping Without doubt there will be a rush for seats at the dinner table Monday night and toi sure of getting one application should be made As the address s one that will interest as will as men the doors be open s jon as the dinner to any ladies who wish to The hours are as and 0:4.'). MERLE STILWELL Firing Line 7.r and and Only KEK SHARKS at - The will meet in at the at row evening when a luncheon he tlic business be held play for tlie will follow out of ani expected at pan of the and Hayard well and is on home cf the president of the be weli It is that between and thirty players will ih tills A. W. 213 was last night when his arrived home from Camp enlisted in Kansas City spring and was with the Independent in France June He has had some wonderful He waji on the firing line days and escaped without a He gassed once and sent to an evacuation hospital where he only remained for a Uie of the armistice there was no need anti-aircraft batteries in so his was sent back to 1". S. He landed at I 2'i. and from to Camp Zachary from which camp he received his honorable as a class gunner and has sleeve one a bullet a a for First of J cold for six s. H s friends are glad to he hss arrival SIIT fhe of soon as of the In the suit brought J. a demurrer was and sustained by down ruling in case the in bis relative in ihle long of the of in conduct of trials In for statements made in touching on mailer the on the ' is Principal Viz 21 There vm the of Ih v in this year will of ini on the January States K of 1 K I by k W. Tot * ' F. J. vl Kingman Miss V. F. ' Kan. the Jan. 24 - of the 35th division national guardi tn trilled and died of wounds during its entire service in France up to Nov. 7. were Secretary Haker told the House rules committee in connection with a resolution by Representative of calling for investigation of reported excessive losses in this The Campbell upon ports current in and state ments made by Governor Allen on his ' return from service with fhe Y. C. A. attached to the 35th U asks for an investigation of the reports thai the division in days I lighting in the Argonne forest lacked airplane e care of 1,200 of whom vere said to have been left on wei ground without shelter for 3t; I In the course of the hearing Gen. who accompanied Secretary said that troops in the Argonne They had behind them 4,0tM) he an of the chief of stalT of the of army of which the a staled that the infantry never got beyond the artillery Secretary Haker said the Department Invited fullest CI lion of the of iUp by and lo the I fact that after the civil war a very f - expensive investigation of this was He Indicated would Welcome a similar after the return from France when full .So as tile as tu the 3.'it!' were Haker he felt the men who could tell of all that happened in the lighting in the Argonne were still in anti would be to hold a just inquiry without their lU lie did not favor a to France to and Representative Campbell he had no Kuch The total replacement for the for all Haker were from iis arrival in tin to 7. He thought il in the report by thai of the infantry of the division been killed or 'n the Campbell brought out the fact that both infantry of the 3Sth Generals I. p and McClure n had been removed on the eve of the Secretary and said they had no information as to the of these hut Gen it was to the KANSAS AND In Their ji Note Said Hud to it Air } Workers Worn I rny the 24. Mi Gl uf leaped from the rail of the I Lorraine -is the the Garonne York today The ' have French steamer steamer was in bound for were been Hoth to Ihe Ue I and returning A letter found in stateroom to the ivf their Hed informed him their to it They had spent f the front and they complained of being tired and Slightly Jan Henry r. was | in that anil dead from the division up to 7 was men the do not w int lo be put in ihe if any report by the Wars At I would to hear Its full report Baker's f gures are I an that men of the who were only and hit to the division will not Ih the total by fhe war de- S. S. stationed at Boston arrived home this and has thrown li rivr for a the seamen are In the Neosho i few Kerr Is home on In Jumes aire and for Ihe past ten years a resident of passed away after an from a and over a of During fhe past few weeks he hus very low and Ihe end was not bv the relatives who have been at his Mr. Gray came lola from was farmer in Iowa and Missouri Three Mrs. John Mrs. Fred Gray and Lucy Gray live in this The funeral was held this at the Sleeper chapel at three Burial was made in Highland -ere be lo he front aUi t Mian 7.111111 II I III r from loH Were Jan. 24.-The dispatch from Bordeaux telling of the suicide the Gladys and Dorothy a Circles in this The who were daughters of Ihe late Frederick for many years treasurer and trustee of the Mutual Life Their ii of the Society for the Fatherless France and of of the Legion of ' Gov. Allen the Star ' Jan. 24'.- The Kansas here for a The tu ilie largely with that the editors encountered war time and the mean the and advertising The convention colled to order Ihe acting Glick of J. K. his and Will of Great Following the of K. of the told lo Win th J W. of the of public speakers at the afternoon session were Harrison of the Times H recently returned ittle of This evening the Ihe club will of of at a 1"ti'.> principal will be Gov. ' - Y. M. C. A. in The will he William Free F. W. J. I. IN OK Take Near of I I. the war did not 1 after the deleat of by the bu to a di owing inle Finnish in Livonia ern the country cleared of 01 the I spatch from ol ind becti fir Tenth He erve and George K. The of will lie held Saturday TAX FRAT a Lite In Kansas I hi E The - For made by r the Inttle of Argonne le 3r.lli more of all 1 to Jan. 21 The Is if rust barnacles off the turn of the He has been service since last July has been more fortunate than most naval reserves in having drawn duty forty-one days of dry land He will return to after a few days Dr. K. H. president of the members of the Freshmen basketball team from the Baldwin City Methodist school President Lough's son U center on the Freshmen which plays ( III the lo lengthen the for the will Increase egg nn now under way at has The lights are turned at o'clock in the andj kent burning ' until 7 In tile evening the lights go from 4 o'clock to S has shown that the fowls wake up earlier when the lights on and stay off roosts later in the They get more eai ivore hence lay more eggs than birds which are not a rather rotten trick on la 1',. I- I 24. or not college Inn ses H he On fiv ' ' I issue when It went before Ihe house as a of the whole Douglas author of II hill III repeal the from I'll the of because worth of fraternity properly Ibat dtv 110 of Wichita I cause of frats but the I through Ihe college line at will stored Liinl Ihe of NAMES SI ( ii t la 1 K1 rind 1 hall Vf irs r. t I iry KiHli fine I i near the fall for I re Iv rir The 1 Ills of -In o' Detroit th ( halli c. e here L. of iii I Ky the Jan. 24.-W. D. Wdll known Emporia was nai led by Gov. today as a state public utilities to succeed Charles H. Sessions who to become ing editor of fhe Toi eUa Daily Jan. 21 A association called the was e member of wru chairman of the provisional which and the The rule for Ireland the Marshall Myler came from today to witness the basketball game this evening and visit with his parents over the have a defeat upon iKi about to reports from Kovno -Il- of lae heavy and they are to have 6,.nOO in said to be advancing toward The losses of are to have Leen IN. Have Oter to Ihe I Jan. - ' -n tic Portuguese to a receive on tile Portuguese 24. The iter of Lisbon has accord 11;; to reports on the progress revolution received here from in northern an 1 other The near Lisbon said to be In Nil Headway In SouHi 21. The apparently no in South Portugal In northern police forces are to be lined against the and these forces have been Ihe disturbed from Navy Remains Jan. 24. The navy has loval to ihe to nil accounts received in The Madrid tnut the is side of lire Jan. 24.--Thfr>AVar Department has been following units have lieen for convoy .No 42: 11. 2'.'. 24h\ 4R7, 494. and -ir service number CONSIDERED TODAY PEACE IN VIEWS OFFER INIM PLANS FOR Will on Halii for Submission lo That i Hv the Jan. 24.-Tlie second of Ihe peace congress to be held like the open to the ' 1 Tlie subject Ion the order of aa was announced by the will be International legislation on Instructions given at the various national delegations liave been preparing written of views on the subject and it Is understood that under a order these will be received by ' the congress and referred lo a- committee which will give to various reports and endeavor to them into a general project to be recommended to for view haa ' been and it Is believed to harmonize in many with those held by the British There is reason to believe principles enunciated acceptable to most of the It has Leen deemed proper up to time to adhere to the of until presented to the It is believed of the States are full of tion of by offsetting what is regarded a dangerous tendency toward of Data to a simultaneous In direction by labor organizations in file England ih the by the of report tile Heme fhe war as by tiie held at in The 1 of the at its session today decide I to appoint a committee to Into the strength of the forces to be lained by the and rs on fho western front during the of the Tlie is composed of H. Gen. ' the minister of and M. minister of Panama The of whether fhe Panama be I tinder tlie league of depends ly the altitude of the according to the II tonight by Lord Lobert who to the peace a draft of the view of the of the lie spoke at a of in an to a query epon by the press of the new society of said he hud not heard any the among the it being mentioned only in with other lie held the much on the basis as it of the it be for that country to say how it shall be in speaking of tlie admission of into the league on the same basis as other Hobert said it his should be no sovereign should have ' In a general following tills lie it be a disaster South nations were included In the As to raised to if a big Is Germany she .be bept out of the league until Is Lord she not be merely because of her In over a long lie said no definite had as yet been regarding the of which is presenting an extremely difficult In his opinion there be limitations but there can not be total since every must maintain certain ' - Warn World The Allied and today agreed to send a throughout world nations using force to gain possession of territory they to which the neace conference will be asked fo determine would seriously I the claim to those who used such If placed side by side the German been delivered to the the terms of the armistice wonld reach nearly twelve In some parts of wool lieing and into Yanks Jan. 24.-.More than American arrived here today on five including ihe battleships Hampshire in service as
