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The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1911-09-28
Death To
800 at Sea.
The Magazine of the Freach
Battle Ship Liberte
Blew Up.

Toulon, France, Sept. 25.-Torn
by unexpected explosions In its
own magazine, the French battle
ship Liberte sank IN the Toulon
roadstead, where Il was anchored,
at daybreak this morning. Prob
ably three hundred seamen went
10 death when the Liberte sank.
And as the great steel hull shiver-
ed after the last roaring explosion
and settled rapidly into the sea the
few guns still in commission boom
ed a requiem salute. A few min
utes later all that could be seen
OF the proud sea fighter was its
upper structure and mastheads,
from which the tricolor OF France
fluttered above the swiriing death
filled waters.
The first explosion came when
most OF the crew were asleep in
their hammocks. The first instinct
was to run to the rail and Jump
overheard.
"Sauve qui peut," the sailors
shouted and a panic began. Then
came the order ITO fire stations
on the ships bugles.
Instinct and discipline clashed
and discipline won, for most of the
seamen went to their posts and
were there when the Libsrte went
/ down. OF the scores who jumped
many We're rescued, but those who
stayed ON board perished.
The killed include officers and
men OF the Liberte and also many
OF those from nearby warships
The first alarm OF fire was sound
ed shortly after 5 o'clock this
morning II was followed by four
successive explosions of increasing
intensity as the fire neared the
powder magazines. At SIS o'clock
a deafening explosion literally tore
the great warship TO pieces and
sent il TO the bottom mass of
twisted wreckage.
The force of the explosion was
such that huge fissures We're OPEN
ed in the steel armor and frame
work OF the warship. A piece of
armor plate was hurled against
the cruiser Republique with great
force, damaging its plates. Scores
OF bodies were hurled high into
the air with huge fragments OF
framework, armor, bursting shells
and the suffocating smoke from
the exploded magazines.
The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1911-09-28
Aeroplane Wrecked

C p. Rodgers, the aviator who
is flying from New York to San
Francisco and expected to pass
over Marshall yesterday, was de-
layed near jamestown, New York,
by the wrscking OF his machine
He is to follow the C \ A. from
Chicago to Kansas City and while
the time OF his passage over Sa-.
line is much In doubt, II win not
be before Saturday He will fly
low at Marshall we are told
The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1911-09-28
The Piano Contest

The judges In the piano contest
of r. NJ. Sutherlin, Marshall's, en-
terprising piano dealer, yesterday
noon handed in the following re-
port:
awe, the judges in your recent
"ca" Rebuss-Piano Contest, wish
to state that We have carefully
examined all answers received from
all contestants, and find that Miss
Ruth Chiswell, OF Miami wins the
new Kimbali Piano given away by
W. w. Kimball Co. Said papers
have been graded according to
''neatness, correctness, originality,
penmanship and legibility."
j. s. NJ. Huff,
q. Z. c. Sharp,
l.. f. Leyhe. Judges.
The contest aroused good deal
of interest. The award goes to
one OF Saline's most worthy young
ladies'. Miss Chiswell entered the
Republicans piano contest but
dropped out later, so we are pleas
ed tlat she has a piano anyway.
The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1911-09-28
New Store Open

Ed + West threw the doors OF
his new department store open to
the public Saturday He Is in the
VanDyke building on the west side
OF the square He has a large stock
of department store goods His
assistants are Misses Vallie Mad
dox. Cora Burton, Ruth Patterson,
Make Jackman and Marvin Barns
Mrs West will also assist as CASH
Ter
The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1911-09-28
Among the Sick

Miss Bessie Henry has been sick
of typhoid fever the past two
weeks
Jack Patterson yesterday took
his brother, C. II. Mug Patterson
to Kansas City to undergo an OPP
GRAFTON. The latter has been suf-
fering terribly the past two days
and is a very sick man. His many
friends here are hoping for the
best.
The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1911-09-28
Triple Anniversary

Rev and Mrs. VIM. Leatherman,
OF Malta Bend, have issued invita-
tions to a triple anniversary cele-
bration at their home this evening
from to Q p m.-wedding day,
rs year In the ministry and birth
day The event viii be OF unusual
Importance to the Malta Bend pco-
pie
The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1911-09-28

II w. BALLEw, OF the firm OF
Bailew & Hollister, lumber mer-
chants OF this city, died at Excel
sior Springs on Monday OF last
week, aged SO years, OF Bright's
disease Mr.. Ballew's home was In
Kansas City While he has been
interested here for many years, he
never resided here and was not
well known His funeral occurred
at his old home In Princeton last
Wednesday and was attended by
X HOLSTER, his partner here.
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County Court

The county court met Monday
in regular annual session to listen
to merchants appeals There
were no cases
The court then appointed Ed II
Mitchell commissioner for the
Marshall road district for term
of 8 years; Arthur Hupp 2years
and c NJ. Siler year.
The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1911-09-28
Jim Wilkes Dead

Carroll Logsdon's weTI-known
stallion. Jim Wilkes, owned the
past two years by A C. Potter,
was shot Thursday on the Potter
farm to end his misery, having
been brought down from some
cause He was 20 years old and
many OF his colts have great repu-
tations as family horses
The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1911-09-28

The flour trade has au aited a
break in prices in anticipation Of
Canadian reciprocity carrying, but
with that out Of the way anticipa-
pations are for an active flour de-
mand Prices yesterday were up
3oc barrel Other grain moved
up in sympathy with wheat st.
Louis Globe-Democrat
The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1911-09-28
J. r. Redman a Grand Pa,

j. T. Redman yesterday received
the following telegram from his
son-in-law, John p. Landrcth, OF
Chicago: "Your granddaughter,
Mary Virginia, arrived tonight; /;
has good pair Of lungs, weighed
eight and half pounds. Wo arc
oil pleased and wish you were
here to see the big girl.n
The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1911-09-28
The Biggest Hog

DR. @. T. Nuckles says his uncle
Joe Robinson OF Bowling Green,
will have on display at the State
Fair the largest hog he ever heard
OF The hog weighs 100 lbs and
Is Q feet long from snout to tail
We are not informed on big hogs,
but that seems pretty big-can you
beat 1T
The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1911-09-28
Broke an Arm.

Clifford, the 1i-year-old son of
F A. Jones OF north Marshall, fell
off the fair grounds fence Sunday
afternoon and broke an arm DR..
SPOTS was called and attended his
injuries
The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1911-09-28
DEATHS

MELVIN PERDUE, formerly Of
Malta Bend died in Kansas City
September goth. His remains
were brought back to Malta Bend
Friday for burial
Mr. Perdue was born in Cumber-
land county Virginia October 23,
1925 In tsi2 he came to Missouri
settling first in Ray county, but
moved to Saline in 1852 and settled
a few miles south of Malta Bend
In 1883 Mr. Perdue married Mrs.
Hattie d. Snoddy. One child was
born to this union, Mary Virginia,
now Mrs Earl Leonard. In 1895 he
moved to Springfield, where he
has made his home with his daugh-
ter, Mrs Leonard since the death
OF his wire
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Brown
Snoddy of Amarillo, Texas; Mr.
and Mrs John c. Snoddy OF Kan
sas City; and Mrs Earl Leonard OF
Springfield we're all at Malta Bend
to attend the funeral Mr.. Leonard
was In Iowa on a business trip and
the telegram did not reach him In
time for him to reach Malta Bend
The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1911-09-28

Mrs. Bert Price arranged stag
party I'm honor of her husbands
birthday last Thursday evening at
their elegant home north of Black
barn. A number OF their congenfal
nsighbors were invited in and a
fine evening spent.
The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1911-09-28
Births

Allen Coffman and wife OF south
Of town are the parents OF new
son since Sept. goth.
The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1911-09-28
Defeat of Reciprocity
Restores Prices
A Jumping Market Dis
closes Damage Done by
Reciprocity Scare

No matter whether you favored
or opposed reciprocity, whether
you want high or low prices,
whether you are consumer or a
producer, you must admit that
when the market speaks up as
plainly as Il did when reciprocity
was first suggested and again
when II was killed you must adj
NIT that the tariff does regulate
our prices
Wheat fell ten cents bushel i'm
mediately after reciprocity with
Canada seemed assured II jumped
back when It was beaten Other
products rose in proportion
Read some of these market re-
ports, which are non-political and
some from freetrade papers, then
decide, Mr. Farmer, whether you
want protection or free-trade:
The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1911-09-28

HENRY ALPERs, ayoupg man
OF near Sweet Springs, died in the
st Joseph asylum recently at the
age of so years
The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1911-09-28
Marriage Licenses

Eugene B. Fisher. Cleveland, Ohio.
Mary Land, Slater,
The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1911-09-28

M0oRERThe six weeks old baby
girl OF Mr.. and Mrs. Will Moore
died at their home on West Mar
ion Thursday Sept. 2ist. The re-
mains were taken to Shiloah for
burial. We extend sympathy.
The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1911-09-28
Wheat Prices Shot Up

want protection or free-trade:
Wheat Prices Shot Up
In the markets today the most
conspicuous effect OF the defeat OF
reciprocity In Canada's election yes
terday was rise OF six cents a
bushel in the price OF wheat In
Minneapolis The quotation for
December delivery rose to 81 10 Ia.
In Kansas City December wheat
rose i5-e cents to rs 3-t cents, and
In Chicago there was an advance
OF STA cents to 90 Is cents
Corn advanced about a cent and
oats two cents In Minneapolis
barley sold up seven to eight cents
n bushel The crops OF spring
wheat In the Dakotas and Mime
sofa and OF hard winter wheat In
Kansas are short and the United
States has an exportable surplus
OF probably so millions bushels
Canada, on the other hand, has the
biggest crop It ever produced,
with an exportable surplus exceed
ing 100 million bushels
II reciprocity had won, Canadian
wheat would have been shipped to
Minneapolis In sufficient quanti-
ties to keep prices there down to
the level of the worlds market
With the tariff barrier continuing
to keep Canadian wheat out, the
markets in this country will be
maintained somewhat above an ex-
port basis Kansas City Star.
Food Stuff Prices Soar
Chicago, Ill, September 22-Food
stuff, which might have been AZ
fected by an influx of Canadian
products had Laurier and MS gov
ernment not been defeated In Can
ada yesterday, rose sharply In price
In all American supply centers to-
day Wheat led the advance and
was followed late In the day by
flour when millers ignored their
previous price list and adjusted
quotations to figures more com
mensurate with the advanced cost
of grain staple Oats, too, felt the
effect OF the Canadian vote.
The greatest advance in wheat
was recorded at Duluth There
traders were paying as high az
cents q bushel more for the grain
than before reciprocity was re-
jected Minneapolis showed net
advance OF Q cents, paying 81 OF for
this months delivery Increases oi
a less sensational character were
recorded at Kansas City, St Louis
Omaha and Chicago
Drop in Canada
Winnipeg, Manitoba, September
22-That Winnipeg will not have
for its wheat the market. that the
reciprocity treaty II adopted would
have opened up, was felt bitterly
by the local bulls today October
which closed yesterday at 81, opeI
ed today at ssc, and later sold al
9s7 rs and 9ss-i cents -Kansa'
City journal
Grain at Chicago
In reciprocity's defeat the grair
traders were caught unawares
They had anticipated that 1t woult
have gone through, and that Can.
adam wheat, oats and flax woult
be admitted free OF duty The.
bought In Winnipeg. and sold IL
Chicago and Minneapolis, In ex'
pectation OF a bulge in Winnipeg
and a break in the other markets
The Lichtstern interests were hea'
lily short of wheat In Minneapolis
, against holdings in Chicago, ant
| bought several million bushels o
wheat In Minneapolis yesterday a
general evening up resulted, an'
while Winnipeg declined other ma
kets advanced, with heavy and ex
cited trading, and closed well to
I ward the top Sentiment In whea
a.. h..tlt.I - a. a. v>~>5frfad l,u fh,
The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1911-09-28
Drop in Canada

Winnipeg, Manitoba, September
22-That Winnipeg will not have
for its wheat the market, that the
reciprocity treaty II adopted would
have opened up, was felt bitterly
by the local bulls today October,
which closed yesterday at 81, open
ed today at e9c, and later sold at
9s7 7-s and 9ss-i cents Kansas
City journal
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-11-09
KINGS TALKED OF A DUEL.
But George II. and Frederick Of Prus-
STA Didn't Fight

The personal enmity which existed
between George II. and Frederick,
king OF Prussia. reached Mt one time
to such height that, as Baron Byfie!d
was informed on good authority, the
monarchs conceived the very singular
design Of gratifying 1t in a duel.
King George made n choice of Briga-
der Sutton for his second and the
king Of Prussia of Colonel Derschau.
The territory of IIilderscheim was
picked on for the meeting, His Bri-
fannie majesty was then mt Hanover,
and his Prussian majesty had come as
far as Salzdahl. near Brunswick.
Baron Borck, the Prusslan minister at
London and lately dismissed from thu
court In a very abrupt manner, having
repaired to the king, his master, at
Salzdahl, found him in such violent
passion that he did not think 1t nd
vis0hle directly to oppose his design,
but to gain time feigned to approve
of the extraordinary combat which his
majesty meditated, and he even Of
fered to carry the challenge
The challenge WAS not sent Minis
tiers on both sides gained time the
choler of both parties evaporated anf
the following year the quarrel wa:
made up.-"The Percy Anecdotes"
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BABY HAS SIX GRAND
PARENTS
Daughter Of Mr.. & Mrs.
John Healey
The Great Great Grandfather is Isaac
Osborn of IT. Adams.

Althoa Elizabeth Healey, the little
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Healey,
has more grandparents than probably
any other person in this vicinity She
is a year and a half old and has six
grandfathers and gfandmothers. She
has great great grandfather who is
Isaac Osborn of st. Adams and gives
beautiful Althea Elizabeth the dis
tinction of being the only one in
Skowhegan that possesses such an
honor. She has a great grandfather
who is Charles Cool of Hartland. He
is the oldest resident of the town and
has so been honored by the selectmen,
he being Sc years old. Another great
grand father is John Weston of Show
hogan who is 81 years old. Mr. Wes-
ton is the only Forty-niner, so called,
in the town and a descendant of the
first settlers of Somerset county. The
grandfather is John Cool who is en-
ployed by Fairbrother & Soule. He is
&c years old.
Althea has three grandmothers;
Mrs. RoXana Osborn OF Missouri who
is 67; Mrs. Lizzie Healey a teacher,
of Skowhegan; and Mrs. Alfredo Cool
is another grandmother. She is AZ.
Althea is the youngest member of a
five generation family now living. The
members of this family, beside this
baby are: Isaac Osborn, who is 80
and is only a few days younger than
the Oldest resident of his town; the
next Oldest member of this family is
Mrs. Roxana Osborn; and the next
Mrs. John Cool, and then comes the
baby's mother, Mrs. Lois Healey. Mrs.
Healeys husband is one of the hust-
ling young men Of the town, being EN-
.sxH
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foot yards for each pen extend to the
north 4f the house.
BY carefully watching the effect of
different feeds he has constantly in
creased his profit through never in
creasing the number of hens. He
feeds regularly several times a day
and never loafs away from home when
feeding time has come. Dry mash
forms the mainstay of the hens food.
In the morning and at night they
have hard grains, either corn, wheat
or oats, in deep litter, the amount Of
grain being determined by the
weather, the egg yield and the condi-
ton of the hens, and to get the best
results is a science all by itself. About
noon winter and summer they are fed
some kind of green stuff. In early
spring it is rye, from which as he
sows it thick, he is able to cut three
crops before it becomes too tough
Later clover and alfalfa are used and
last of all mangle beets and other
vegetables. All of this green stuff he
raises on his poultry farm which is
quite remarkable when you consider
that he has only three acres for house,
barn, poultry house and brooder and
cultivation, and besides raises stuff
for a horse and COW and has a vege-
table garden. He does this by keep
ing most of the land in cultivation all
the time. He places a good deal of
emphasis on green food to increase
profit and his success seems to bear
him out in this belief
One thing in his favor is the kind
of soil on which his farm is situated
1t is sandy loan, perfectly drained,
and consequently the hen yards never
have to be plowed. His spring SOW
ing of oats in the chicken yards
sweetens the soil there yearly. He
has never had much trouble with YER
win. His preventive measures are to
spray the roosts regularly with crude
petroleum. The breeders are also
sprayed. Ample opportunities for
dust baths take care of other para
sites.
Unlike good many poultry men
Mr., Wells has no side issues, does no
farming, but devotes his entire time
to the management of his poultry.
Furthermore his wife helps a good
deal in the care of the hens The hens
for their part amply repay this good
care and are the most profitable flock
Of the size in the state The annual
expense of each hen is about one dol
lar and a half and the profit never
falls below three dollars. John e.
Taylor in Profitable Poultry Magazine
or September.
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layers. Also 250 of the best year old
in the fall for breeding purposes. In
this way when it is time to breed all
there is to do is to put in the cocker
els, three being run with each pen
of twenty-five hens and four with
larger pens. Now blood is introduced
every third generation through pur-
chased males.
In September the other hens are all
killed off and sent to a wholesale
marketman in Boston where Mr.. Wells
always sells all of his poultry and
eggs. He finds this very satisfactory
for he strives to maintain the high
quality of his products and receives in
return the highest prices of the mar
ket, though having to ship a distance
of 230 miles. Indeed he has too much
stuff to sell to bother with uncertain
local markets and gets better prices
in the Hub" This killing of the old
hens lasts about a month. Then when
the hen house is ready for occupancy,
the new pullets are shifted to their
permanent places in it from the
brooder house where the first half of
their lives has been spent Mr.. Wells
has a hard and fast rule never to
move his hens about more than is alb
solutely necessary.
Mr.. Wells is noted for his methodi-
cal ways. He constantly keeps an ac-
count of what each pen of hens is
doing, though he never uses trap nests
to determine the layers as he believes
vigorous pullet must lay if given
the proper food to make eggs From
the first year of his poultry business
he has been able to tell just what the
cost and the profit of running his
business amounted to- He now uses
the same house he started with, it be-
ing of the open window front type
with curtaned roosting closets. 1t is
263 by - feet and is divided into 10
pens Is by 20 feet and four pens Is
by -, with 60 birds in the larger and
p in the smaller pens. One hundred
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ployed by the American Express COM
pany.
The oldest member of this family
is a remarkable old gentleman. He is
the oldest living photographer as far
as is known in the county. lie was
born in the county and has lived all
his life in ST. Adams. He was born
farmers SON but took to photo
graphy when he was very young and
has followed it all his life. He has
never been out OF the state excepting
once when ne visited his relatives in
the west He now lives with his
daughter, Mrs H. l.. Frost His other
children are: Mrs. Hannah Reed,
Portland; Mrs Alice Matthews. St.
Adams; and Wallace Osborn of St.
Adams. lie has one sister, Mrs Eliza
Hilton of Machias, formerly of Show
hogan, who is - years old, and one
brother, Alfred Cressey, Avon, Ill.
Mr., Osborn's relatives have all lived
10 be nearly hundred years old. lie
is of good health and possesses all of
his faculties.
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LUMBERMEN'S !. NJ.
c. A. BUILDING
First in State at Green
vile Completed
Has Been Built by HoIlingsw0rth x
Whitney Go. for Its Men in the
WOods-W. j. Miller to be Secretary.

Within a few days the new Y. NJ
c. A. building at Greenyille will be
completed is the report from Steward
q Blunt who are doing the heating
and plumbing in the building. In an
interview with member of the
Horace Purington company, contrae-
tors of Wateryille who put up this
building, he stated that the building
would be dedicated on December 18th.
This building cost $4,000. The furni
ture will cost about $4,000. 1t is an
exact plan in size and construction
with the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. building
at Wateryille. 1t has about 80 rooms
with a reading room, bowling alley,
and reception room and will have
restaurant.
". J. Miller has been chosen secre-
tary for this work among the woods
men. This enterprise is the first of its
kind ever started in Maine and this
building is the first one ever built.
1t is the gift of the Hollingsworth &
Whitney company and is under the
direction of the State Y. NJ c. A. 1t
embraces one of the greatest educa-
tional and religious methods in Maine.
This company employs during the
greater part of the year about 1000
men and this building is for the bene-
fit OF them The duties of Mr.. Miller
will be to make trips at various inter
walls to the different camps of the com
pany and there hold religious ser
vices; also distribute wholesome read
ing matter among the men. This
means a 6reat amount Of work for the
secretary but it also means big things
for the lumbermen. This company
will get no direct returns in the way
of money from this project but it be-
lieves that by giving the men the OPP
portunites that this building will
afford they will mean more in the way