LIFE OF FUNSTON
ADVENTUROUS ONE
His Early Career as Newspaper
Man Short and Stormy
in Spots.
HOW Eli LEFT CUBAN ARMY
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 20. Major
General Funston'i life was one of con
tinual adventure. His father, Edward
H. Funston, a prominent Kansas dem
ocratic politician, early learned this,
although it was not displayed in any
v sense of disobedience. Young Fun
ston wanted to go to the University
of Kansas, where the majority of his
high school classmates had entered.
His father had selected another
school. To Kansas Funston went
with no allowance. He did all kinds
of odd jobs around the school to pay
for his board and room until his fa
ther, perceiving the lad's serious in-,
tention commenced sending a remit
tance. ...
r When out of school he took up
newspaper work, being employed on
the old Kansas City Times and later
on Fort Smith, Ark., and New York
publications, His newspaper career
was stormy in spots, his Kansas City
position terminating after he injected
some wild tale into a supposedly staid
market report and his Fort Smith ad
venture ending with his "resignation"
after running I the,' paper in high
handed fashion during absence of the
managing editor.
s Calli it Dirty Trick,
: General Funston . was a feather
weight as far as physical dimensions
were concerned. When he was ap
pointed colonel Of the Kansas regi
ment Funston was told by J. , W.
Gleed, - an old-time friend, that he
would have a hard time passing the
doctors; '
"Then I'll dodge the doctors, im
mediately replied Funston. Funston
led his troops through the campaign,
which terminated with the capture of
Aguinaldo. The taking of the famous
insurrecto was characteriied as a
-"dirty trick" by General Funston in
talking of the event in later yean.
; The -report that, he deserted the
Cuban army after having enlisted and
fought with the rebelling natives of
that country was brought back to
New York. General Funston, telling
of his Cuban experiences, said he had
fbught through the vicious campaign,
enduring every hardship that an- un..
equipped army can endure". After serv
ing as expert gunner for more than a
year without pay he asked for a leave
of absence. This request was not
complied with and one morning Fun-
iton mounted a horse and rode away.
Presenting himself before a Spanish
blockhouse, he threw up his hands i and
surrendered. The commandant of the
blockhouse treated him kindly and
tnrned hint over to Consul General
Fitzhugh Lee at Havana, who sent
him home to the United Statea
Said He Talked Toe Much.
General Funston was a pioneer in
the project of paying the enlisted man
more money for his aervices. As early
as 1904 in hie annual report to the
War department at commander'of the
department of Columbia he aaid In
P"There it scarcely ny doubt that I
such action would bring into the army
a vastly superior body of men who
would remain in the tervice and make
it their life work."
His quick, snappy-ways of accom
plishing matters often led him into
situations where in .hit earlier years
caused him embarrassment - A few
years ago he said in an interview:
''In my earlier army career I talked
too much. I paid tor it, too. An
army officer has no business talking.
The less he talks the better off he la."
' On the arrival of the Kansas troops
from the Philippines Funaton was pre.
Rented with a aword, the gift of 3,000
Kansani. The tword was said at the
time to have been the handsomest gift
of its kind ever given ktt American
war hero. v '
M Never Forgot Kansas.
; General. Funston never forgot Kan
sas and had planed to spend his last
days in the Sunflower state. A re
port that he had bought a small plot
of ground in California during the
rime he waa atationed there gave rise
j to the rumor that he waa going to
renounce hia Kansas citizenship. This
he vigorously denied,
. On a recent visit to Kansas he waa
going over tome of the country in
which he spent hit boyhood dayt and
said to s companion of the trip;
"I surely nude a fool of myself
when I didn't ttay on the farm, 1 He
hetitated a moment and added: "But
then think of the fun 1 would have
missed." V ,
SIMPLE SERVICE
FOR FUNSTON AT
FT. SM HOUSTON
' (Ceatlaae ma fa Om.)
next in grade to General Funston.
General Pershing will retain command
until a permanent successor it named
iv the War department. No condider-
ation hat been given to appointing a
new commander tor the southern de;
nartment.'' ' ;
. The War department will reply to
the request of the Kansas legislature
that General Funston'a body might
lie in state- in the capitol at Tooeka
be referred to Generals Bell or
Pershing.
To Remain in El Paao.
El Paso. Tex.. Feb. 20. Maior Gen
eral John J. Pershing announced here
' today that he would remain here as
acting commander ot the southern de
oartment pending orders from Wash
ington. He will alto retain command
of the El Paso district for the present.
' It waa announced at district head
quarters today that the body of Gen
cral Funston . would pats through
here tomorrow at SJ0 a. m. and Gen
eral Pershing had hit staff at work
today preparing a memorial program
to oc given wnuc ine poqy it nere.
Flart at Half Staff.
San Francisco; Feb. 20. Flags on
all municipal buildings in San Fran.
cisco were at half staff today in re
spect to tne memory ot Major Gen
eral Frederick Funston, who died last
' night in San Antonio. Thev will re.
mam at half staff by Order of Mayor
Koipn until atter the tuneral here
saiurdayv . 1 v. ... , ,1 . ( ...
Burial will take place in the Na
Ambidextrous
tional cemetery at the Presidio, where
General Funston made his, home bo
fore going to the border. Carrying
out an expressed wish of the father,
General Funston will be buried be
side the body of his son, Arthur Mc
Arthur Funston, who died several
years ago.
All available troops at the Presidio
and other military posts in the vicinity
ot San hrancisco bay will participate
In the military funeral to be accorded
the dead commander.
Judge Crawford Was
Old College Mate of
. . General Funston
County Judge Crawford was one
of the Omahant shocked at the news
of the death of General Funaton., The
judge and the military man attended
college together at Kansas university
rrom lew to ibvj.
"Gen eral Funston, just a plain col
lege man at I remember him. was a
good student, especially fond of his
tory," aaid Judge Crawford. "He was
a favorite of James H. Can field, who
afterwards became chancellor at the
University of Nebraska. We called
him 'Tirnmie Funston' in college.
Where he got the nickname I don't
know.
General Funston'i father was a
congressman at that time. They called
his father 'Foghorn Funston.'
Kictiard il. Morton, public detender;
William A, Foster, chief deputy sher-
:rt 1 Y- ii , .
in. ana tce neraman, lawyers, are
Other Omahant who attended Kansas
university with General Funston in
the '90s.
Senators Would Return Funds
To Liquidated Banks
(Prom a Sun? Correspondent.) .
Lincoln, Feb. 20. (Special Tele
gram.) The tenators today argued
over keeping, the' guaranty fund of
liquidating banks in the state fund
and cam very nearly recommending
tne.DHi ror passage, but nnally they
switched to senate file No. 96. whirh
provides for the return of the fund to
the bank paying it. Mattel proposed
an amendment which would allow the
state to keep the funds, but this lost
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by a close vote. A motion to post
pone also lost. I ne Din was men
recommended for passage.
Senate file No. 79, requiring state
banks to bid on state funds was rec
ommended for passage with little
opposition, except that of Howell, who
was opposed to any measure interier
ine with the state banking laws.
The cities and towns committee of
the senate held a hearing this evening
on the Moriarty-Bennett-Tanner bill
to provide for nonpartisan election of
members ol the umana water Doara
instead of bipartisan. R. B. Howell
and Fred Shotwell appeared and
talked against the measure.
Mrs. Manchester Asks Order
Be Cited for Court Contempt
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Feb. 20 -(Special Tele
gram.) Attorneys for Mrs. Emma B.
Manchester today applied to the su
preme court for an order citing the
members of the executive council of
the Woodman Circle for contempt.
Those named in the application were
Ddra Alexander, Maggie Hyde, Mary
E. Larocca, Mary Taylor, Effie Rog
ers, Emma J. Campbell and Mamie E.
Lonf(- , .. . '
Arguments on the application were
heard in the supreme court today.
Mrs. Manchester's counsel claimed
that the executive board was taking
steps to 0U9t her from the office of
supreme guardian of the order, in vio
lation of the order recently issued by
the supreme court restraining the
executive council from interfering
with her in the direction of affairs.
Attorneys for the defense claimed the
orders issued by the executive board
were merely to dirct the work of the
6eld representatives.
To Welcome Soldiers Home.
Hastings. Neb.. Feb. 20. (Special
Telegram.) The Chamber of Com
merce has planned a welcome tor
Company G, Fifth regirnt'nr, when it
returns from Fort Crook tomorrow or
next dav. The boys will be met at
the depot with a band and escorted to
the' armory, where they will be guests
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or me citizens ai a imitiicuii, wmtii
will be followed by speaking. Presi
dent J. N. Clarke of the Chamber of
Commerce will preside. Speeches
will be made by Mayor Mangel and
Judge H. S. Dungan.
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'OPTOMETRISTS OPEN
CONVENTION HERE
Max J. Egge of Grand Island
Praises Work of the State
Examining Board.
SAYS RAISE STANDARDS
That the public is being greatly
benefited by the progress of the State
Association of Optometrists in rais
ing the standards of optometry was
one of the assertions made by Max
J. Egge of Grand Island, president of
the state association, in opening the
two days' convention at the Paxton
hotel. He praised the work of the
stale examining board in raising the
standard and gave the delegates some
crisp advice to be followed.
"When you make a promise to a
customer keep it, no matter what hap
pens." he said.
"Don't fail to talk and sell the best
lenses. It will pay. There are no
knocks on the best lenses. When
you sell a man a good pair once sell
him the same kind the next time, if
they have been satisfactory.
"Give everybody the best possible
service. Be sure your ability is sec
ond to none."
Report of Secretary.
H. R. Tillotson of Harvard, Neb.,
secretary-treasurer of the association,
reported that 1,800 pieces of mail had
been sent out from the secretary's
office during the year in the interest
of optometry.
The president appointed committees
as follows: Resolutions, A. S. Miller,
Madison; J. C. Mitchell, Red Cloud,
and C. B. Morgan, Holdrege; nomina
tions, C. C. McLeese, Davenort, Neb.;
D. L. Davis, Superior, and Ed Nei
wohner, Columbus; auditing, B. fl.
Combs, Omaha, and M. L. Jones,
Fairfield.
D. L. Davis of Superior, secretary
of the state examining hoard, said
that twenty-seven persons had passed
the examination during the last year.
He said several cases of illegal prac
tice had been brought to his atten
tion during the year and that in each
case he had taken the matter up di
rectly with the offenders, who quit
business immediately, saying they did
not know they were practicing in vio
lation of the law.
Should Be -Prosecuted.
He suggested that in cases of il
legal practice the local optometrists
take the matter up with the local
prosecutor, as often when an effort
is made to take the matter up through
the state board the offender flees the
city before they can get at him.
Alice Brooks of Hastings told of
her very effective method of ridding
the town of those who practice ille
gally. "I have driven a lot of them
out of town myself without even con
sulting a county prosecutor," she said.
"Only recently a fellow was selling
and fitting glasses on the street. I
simply went to him and gave him till
4 o'clock to get out of town. He
got."
E. J. Neiwohner of Columbus, Neb.,
made a report on a national confer
ence of optometrists he attended in
Chicago in December. He said he dis
approved the proposition they advo
cated of requiring the equivalent of
four years of high school .education
for the practice of optometry. He
favored the law there recommended
for reciprocity between the states in
the matter of licensing optometrists.
Four deatht have occured within
the association during the year. These
were reported by President Egge as
follows: Roy Roberts of Fairfield; A.
W. McKean, Sidney; G. W. Barnes,
Omaha, and T. Albert Jones, formerly
of Red Cloud.
Dr. W. B. Needles of Kansas Crty
occupied the floor most of the after
noon yesterday at the convention. Dr.
Needles gave a highly technical talk
on dynamic akiametry and answered
questions the delegates asked him
with regard to the fitting of glasses,
the testing of eyes, and other tech
nical and scientific points of the pro
fession. J
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Representative Sloan Says the
West Furnishes Soldiers in
Times of Crisis.
BUT PEACE WITH HONOR
i Krom k Staff C'orreKponrteju. I
Washington. Feb. 20. (Special Tel
egram.) Representative Sloan, who
never loses an opportunity to say
something pleasant and agreeable
about his state, had a most interesting
five minutes today when he told the
house of the splendid achievements of
the Fourth and Fifth regiments, and
the hospital and signal corps from the
prairie 'state.. The speech was made
on the army appropriation bill.
Among the other things he said:
"(jive our American National
Guards who graduated into the United
States service wholesome food like
tlicy might have at home, tents for re
freshing sleep, sanitary surroundings,
as all men during this age should
have, good books to read, humane and
intelligent officers to direct.
"Let all these in authority from
commander-in-chief down to the hum
blest noncommissioned officer' rec
ognize the soldier to be a man. Give
him then a worthy cause to either
carry or defend the flag and it will be
carried and where carried stay put.
Refers to Discussion,
"Discussion on this floor in recent
days has often been ill-tempered and
ill-advised. There have been some
special protestations of loyalty and
patriotism which no one questioned.
There have been strictures upon the
conduct and policy of certain mem
bers living in the great heart of the
continent. This prompted me to make
some investigation.
"First, relative to my own state,
and, second, the states where the re
spective majorities of their congress
men voted to warn Americans from
taking passage on endangered ships.
The scope of my inquiry was the rec
ord made in the Spanish-American
war and in the recent border expedi
tion. I found that Nebraska furnished
in these two military campaign forty
nine soldiers, out of every 10,000 popu
lation. "Compared with certain states, it
was: Nebraska, 49; Ohio, 45; Massa
chusetts, 45; New York, 43; Indiana,
40; Illinois, 40; New Jersey, 39; Ala
bama, 35; Virginia, 34.
"As compared with certain geo
graphic sections . compiled by the
census: Nebraska, 49; New England,
48; middle Atlantic, 42; east south
central, 41; west south central, 43;
south Atlantic, 37; east south central,
34; Pacific, 41.
Nebraska's Full Glare.
"Nebraska as a locality did its full
share in furnishing soldiers for the
union army. Nebraska in the only
two oppor)unties it has had since
assuming statehood demonstrated
two things. First, that it will wait
on the action of the constitutional au
thorities before engaging in battles or
winning victories. Second, when put
to the test for its share in full and
rounded measure. The west generally
always believes in and hopes for
peace with all the World, as long as it
can be maintained with- honor, as do
all the people of the United States.
Yet when war has been declared and
soldiers have been called for, history
shows that the west furnishes the
highest quota of soldiers to fight the
battles, win the victories and main
tain the honor of the United States.
"We will tolerate no aspersions of
our motives. We move in national
matters in harmony with the constitu
tion. We accept suggestions as to
our course from none who seem to
have forgotten that between sever
ance of diplomatic relations and for
eign war there isa deliberative branch
of the government known as the con
gress of the United States."
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SOUTH SIDE MURDER
Gyoko Sarati Arrested for Al
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Gyoko Sarati. Austrian, 2811 R
itreet, confessed murderer of a fel
low countryman in Austria three
years ago, was arrested at 9 o'clock
yesterday by the police in connec
tion with the murder of Cvajin Djoko,
Serbian, who was found dead under
an arc light at Twenty-ninth and R
streets early last evening with his
head partly severed from his neck.
Officers surrounded a West R
street South Side rooming house and
apprehended the man. He answered
the description of the dead man's
late roommate, who was seen walking
with Djoko a few minutes before the
bleeding body was found.
At the police station Sarati strongly
denied having anything to do with
the crime. He said he was visiting a
young lady friend of his on the north
side and could prove the alibi. At a
saloon where detectives brought him
on the way to the police j'a'ion this
morning he made jhis statement and
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and Austrian laborers that were there
at the time.
Admits Trouble.
Sarati admitted to the police that
he had trouble with his roommate
some time ago. He said that the latter
inflicted a knife wound on his scalp
in a fight that happened in their
room three months ago.
The police will show the body of
the dead man to Sarati some time in
the next two days. An endeavor will
be made to secure a confession. He
formerly worked at the Armour pack
ing plant in the beef kill department.
At the time of arrest $117.30 in cash,
beside five $100 postal certificates
ready to cash, were found in his
trunk.
General Funston v
Was Boyhood Chum
Of Captain Kline
Captain H. H. Kline of the Salva
tion Army knew General Funston per
sonally, having attended the same
grammar school and having served
with him in the Philippine Islands
during the Aguinaldo uprising.
Captain Kline's father was a Meth
odist circuit rider and often stopped
at the Funston farm near Iola. Kan.
The Kline farm was also near Iola
and, as a result. Captain Kline and
General funston were together a
great deal during their boyhood.
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