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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-10-27
The girls of Fulton have organ :

The girls OF Fulton have organ
lied an slang society. A
certain miss with golden hair was
elected president. Asked if she
would accept the position, she re-
piled: "Sure, Mike! Gosh, girls,
| am so ratified in my cupola that
| am really short on CAB. We are
certainly hitting the high places
and l never tumbled to such a
posish before, but when | give
you the high ball l expect you to
get there, Eli, and whoop 'er up
for all that's out. think I'm up
to snuff enough SO that the flies
won't light on me while doing the
president stunt of this society act,
but won't stand for any monkey
doodle business from you gals
while I'm running this ranch. We
ought to extend an invite to the
married ladies to get in out OF the
wet and help US shoot this slang
business. It's getting fierce.
Gosh, gals, come on in; the water
is fine!"
In cleaning out we'll in the
southwest part of Bloomfield
Wednesday, October 18th, work.
men discovered the remains OF an
infant, practically intact, which
had apparently been preserved in
some kind OF embalmipg fluid
previous to being thrown into the
well. The bottle, or glass jar, in
which the faetus was found was
also found in the water, broken
into several pieces, The coroner
held an inquest over the pihfu
find, but investigation only
reached the simple conclusion
that the remains of the child were
thrown into the we'll by some per
son unknown. The body and tn,
supposed glass reoepticle wer'
ordered buried together by tn,
, authorities. - Stoddard County
, Republican,
Judge W. s. G. Walker havinI
! refused to try the libel suits Q
/ Thos. d. Jones against Fulle
Swift, ]. M. Hays and the Bon
D Company brought to this count
e from Iron, by agreement Of tn
k parties, The case was sent to Rip
d ley county where they will b
It tried by Judge j. G. Sheppard
THE suits will probably be prett
bitterly contested, as there seen
n to be considerable feeling hetwee
: the parties thereto. .-BloomheI
= Vindieator.
N James Cookemboo OF near Ii
0. dock, was arraigned before Es
h Crosser last Thursday for exam
is ination on an Information char
9, ing an attempt to commit ince
q with his daughter, Mrs. L
h, Young, who is only 10 years 0
ts and who was married last Augui
ly He was held by the justice
l. the circui. court in q $500 bol
Of which was furnished. d.--Bloomfs
OF Vindicator,
: The Catholic Fair held at Ere
Of ericktown last week wssvsry 81
lcessful, the receipts being $500
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-10-27
The Cassville Democrat is print

ing the names OF all persons in
Barry county who are more than
10 years old. Judging from the
Democrats first installment Of
"eligibles," living to a ripe old
age there must be something in
the nature of an ingrown habit
down in that part of the Ozerks.
Occasionally someone in Saline
county is induced to sell his farm
and when he does there always is
established a new record for farm
prices. In Saline county recently
308 acres were sold for S64, $3.50,
or S510 per acre. Very few coun-
ties on the earth have richer soil
than is found in the vicinity OF
Marshall.
"The unprovoked murder of one
innocent student boy by ten me-
groes is an abominable crime that
calls aloud for punishment" says
the Monet Star. As a result OF
the murder the natives Of that
burg don't permit a Pullman por-
ter to alight on the depot platform
and "limbe. up" while the engine
crew was taking water.
Two months ago the pastures
in this county were completely
dried out and bare and there was
nothing for the cattle to eat. Now
the pastures are better than they
ever were before at this time of
the year. II the winter should
be open there would be enough
for the cattle to live out doors all
winter. r.-Weston Chronicle.
B. s. Head, a Moberly pioneer
says that when Champ Clarh
landed in Missouri he was "fla
broke" Inasmuch as Speaker
Clark now has attained to grea
fame and reasonable competence
Mr.. Heads assertion can b.
printed without fear OF arousinl
: the anger Of the Pike count.
: statesman. Clark first obtaine,
a position as a country schoo
teacher near Mobsrly, Mr.. Hea'
Q says, and borrowed money t
Q keep the wolf from the door. TIL
money was promptly paid bac
after the future statesman ha
n experienced the joy OF his fri
g payday.
\ We didn't know just how muc
: we owed our various school teach
!. ers until we had read the follow
. ing eulogy from the Lockwoc
o Luminary: "The schoolms'a
a. is the guiding star OF the fepubli
She takes the little bantling fret
from the home nest, full of h
,. pouts, his pets and his passion
ID ungovernahle in many cases,
IN rampant, riotous little wrete
ys whose own mother often ADM
nj she sends him TO school purpose
ne to get rid Of him. The schoo
ed ma'a takes Q whole carload
these little anarchists, half
lit whom singly and alone cannot
90 handled by their own mothel
re and she puts them in the way
,s. becoming useful citizens"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-01-20
INCLUDES ALL OHIO CHURCHES
First Presbyterian Brotherhood Con.
Vention Ever Held in Buckeye
State Meets at Lima.

Lima, O.-The first Mems Broth.
7rhood Church convention ever
held in Ohio. met in Memorial hall
here January 16. The Brotherhood en-
braces male auxiliaries to Presbyterian
churches throughout this section of
the state, and Rev. Samuel c. Black
Of Collingwood church, Toledo, made
the opening address. Some of the
leading men of the state and nation in
religious work were on the program at
the after-sessions. including Andrew
Stevenson of Chicago, Foster Cope
land, Columbus; Doctor Hudnut,
Youngstown; DR.. F. N. Palmer, Win
ona Lake; DR.. Clark J. Hill, Spring.
field; Judge VIM. West, Bellefontaine; (;
Doctor Gibson, South Charleston; Doc
tor Rogers, Bowling Green; Doctor
Gordon, Van Vert; Doctor Reinbolt,
Warren; Doctor Wylie. Delaware; Doc.
tor Atkinson, Urbana; Doctor Vernon,
Newark. and Doctor Houston, Wooster.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-01-20
STAYS BRUTAL FATHER
SON KILLS PARENT WHO WAS
sTRANGLiNo BROTHER.
Tragedy the Result of Mans Atten-
tions to Servant In Household
and Attacking Wife.

New York City-Hyman Friedman,
48, wealthy Junk dealer of Pat
erson, N. j., was shot and killed by his
21-year-old son Isadore in a quarrel
resulting from the fathers attentions
to Annie Oalp, SO, a servant In the
Friedman household. The boy put
ten bullets into his fathers body while
the latter was strangling Archibald
Friedman, 10 years old, another son,
who had undertaken to defend his
mother against the old mans attack.
After shooting his father young Fried
man went to the telephone and sum-
mohed an ambulance from the Gen.
eral hospital The surgeon found that
the old man was dead. Then the boy
telephoned to the Paterson police and
gave himself up. He was held on
charge of homicide. Public sympathy
is with the boy and his release on
bail will be asked for.
The Friedman household has been
in a turmoil for many months because
of the fathers attentions to other
women. The other morning the father
was caught making love to the serv.
ant and Mrs. Friedman Immediately
discharged the girl. Later the old
man ordered that the girl be rein
stated and when Mrs. Friedman re-
fused he flew into a temper and pick
ing up a chair struck his wife over
the head with 1t. Archibald, the
younger son, rushed to his mothers
assistance. AS he attempted to pick
her up from the floor the old man,
who was powerfully built, caught the
boy by the throat and backed him
into a corner. The lads face turned
blue and he was slowly strangling to
death, 1t is said, when Isadore ran
to his room and returned with two
loaded revolvers, the contents Of which
he emptied into the old mans body.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-01-20
RULES HEN IS NOT A BIRD
Court of Customs Decides Eggs Are
Eggs, However, in Case of
Chinese Importer.

Washington, D. eggs are eggs.
Also a hen is not a bird. So.
says the United States court of Gus
toms appeals, in decision which
seems to settle a question which has
muddled tie, customs, perplexed the
experts and finally called in the ZOO
logist. Eggs coming from China usu-
ally are broken out of the shells,
packed in tin cans and frozen. Gus
toms officials contended they entered
this country in competition with home
laid eggs and assessed a duty of five
cents dozen. The importer objected,
claiming they should be free of duty
under that section of the tariff which
puts the eggs of birds on the free list.
The five justices agreed that the i'm
porter's claim that hen is bird,
lacked merit, and that an egg is an
egg in the shell or out of it.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-01-20
FOOD TRUST GOES TO WALL
Gold Storage Butter, Eggs, Cheese and
Poultry About to be Thrown
on Market.

Chicago, Ill.-Millions of pounds
of cold storage butter, eggs,
cheese and poultry, some Of it as
much as five years old, according to
estimates of dealers, are about to be
thrown on the market. These are
to be sacrificed at whatever price they
will bring as the result of the collapse
within the last few days of the food
trust, which by steady aggressions
has piled prices of provisions up to
their present figures. Chicago, as the
center of the cold storage industry
Of the country, is to be the vortex OF
the wholesale unloading. Chicago
wholesalers admit that the bottom has
fallen out of prices for dairy products
and poultry and that big slump is
due as soon as the contents of the
cold storage warehouses can be put
on the market. They claim that an
attempt is being made by retailers to
keep prices up to an abnormal level
by buying small stocks at low figures
and selling them to the public at the
old high levels.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-01-20
SEEKS MUCH BROADER SYSTEM
Herbert Knox Smith, Federal Commits.
sioner, Urges Publicity by
Corporations.

Washington, D. CA broader fed.
eral system of publicity for all in.
terstate corporations is urged in the
annual report of Herbert Knox Smith,
commissioner of corporations, to the
secretary of commerce and labor
which has just been made public. The
report recites the good work that has
been accomplished during the last
seven years through the present sys-
TEN Of publicity, referring especially
to the Cancellation by the railroads of
the discriminatory rates enjoyed by
the Standard Oil Co.; the improve
ment in the methods of the New Or
leans cotton exchange; the abandon.
ment by the American Tobacco Co.
of certain questionable methods of do.
ing business and many other reforms.
"Such," says the report, have been
the practical results of efficient pub.
licity even within the narrow range
which the bureau has been able to
cover 1t can be extended to all i'm.
portant corporate business"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-01-20
URGES CONGRESS TO ACT
TAFT WANTS WORK OF FoRTiFY-
ING CANAL STARTED AT ONCE.
President Forwards Report Of Joint
Army and Navy Board for Safe
guarding Big Ditch to Congress.

Washington, d. C.-President w. II.
congress to make provision for be-
ginning work Immediately on the for
tification of the Panama canal. In a
special message to the house the pres
ident asked that S5,000,000 be appro-
priated at once for this purpose. The
total cost of the Notifications, the
president said, will be S12, 1928,
which is a reduction of about SS,-
100000 of the original estimate.
With his message the president for
warded the plans of the Taft board Of
army and navy officers for safeguard
ing the canal which are now made
public for the first time. The report
of the joint army and navy board is
submitted in place of a report of Au-
gust IL, 1910, and was prepared by in
structions of the president to reduce
the estimates to the lowest point con-
sistent with secure defense for canal.
There has been reduction of ap-
proximately 10 per cent. in the
amount of armament as compared
with the former report. There has
been redistribution and greater con-
centration of the proposed garrisons,
the adoption of more economical types
of quarters and emplacements than
those outlined in the first report. The
fortification board recommends that
the following seacoast army be pro-
vided for the defense of the canal
against naval attack. Eight 14-inch
rifles; twelve 6-inch rifles; twenty
four l2-inch mortars. This arma-
ment is less than that recommended
in the original report by two 14-inch
rifles and four 12-inch mortars," says
the report. The board recommends
the construction of permanent field
works for the defense of the canal and
Notifications against land attacks by
raiding parties. 1t believes that these
should be completed by the time the
canal is opened. A permanent gar
rison is recommended for the canal
zone to be composed in time of peace
of 1S companies of coast artillery,
four regiments of infantry, one batta-
lion of field artillery and one squad
ron of cavalry. This force is to be
augmented in time of war by de.
tachments from the United States
| whenever necessary.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-01-20
CHARGE Detective Murders,

Oklahoma City, Okla.-A. o. Chris
tensen is dead, T. D. Anderson
is seriously wounded, Mrs. Nora
Updike is held by the police as an ac-
cessory, and B. d. Updike, her hus-
band, detective and nephew of for
mer Gov. Charles N. Haskell of Okla
homa, is sought on charge of MUIR
der and of wounding Anderson. An
derson is brother-in-law of the al
legged slayer. Before he became un-
conscious from loss of blood he said
that Updike shot him and Christensen
when the latter interfered to stop Up
dixie from beating his wife.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-01-20
PREACHER ATTACKS HOLY WRIT
Man Who SCOTS at Virgin Birth and
Bodily Resurrection Gets License
From Presbytery.

New York City.-Old-fashion doc
trine had setback when the New
York presbytery granted preachers
license to Norman M. Thomas, who
doesn't believe in the virgin birth, the
raising of Lazarus from the dead or
the bodily resurrection of Christ-all
of which are cardinal tenets in the
confession of faith. Mr.. Thomas went
through the same experience and met
the same opposition that fell two
years ago to Messrs. Steen. Black and
Fitch, graduates of Union Theological
seminary, where he is senior. They
now are preaching and he will be as.
sistant pastor.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-01-20
FIRE SWEEPS BUS|NESB BLOCK
conflagration in Welch, w. Va, Wipes
Out Hotel and Causes $780,
600 Loss.

Bluefeld, w. Va.-Fire originating
in a saloon wiped out two blocks
comprising the principal business
section of Welch. The property
loss probably will exceed 100000. The
Hatfield hotel. Hutson Bros, Payne
building, McKindley club and num-
Der of other large buildings are among
those destroyed. The fire started
shortly after daybreak and an hour
later the water supply gave out. The
flames ignited the Hotel Hatfield. The
hotel. valued at $4,000. was destroy
ed. The First National bank building
was destroyed and the Mcdowell
County National bank suffered loss
estimated at $4,000.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-01-20
Author of Arbitration Law Dies.

Allentown, Pa.-Constantine ]. Erd-
man, author of the arbitration
labor law which has been called
into play during several important
strikes during the past ten years,
passed away at his home in this city,
Mr.. Erdman has been in failing health
for the past eight years, suffering
stroke after stroke of paralysis. He
represented this district in congress-
two terms and the Erdman arbitration
bill referred to above is one of the
few labor laws which has stood the
test of judicial disputes.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-01-20
Five Die When Gas Lets Go.

Connellsville, Pa. = Five persons
were killed and twelve injured in
gas explosion that wrecked well
filled five and ten cent store here and
the fire that followed, which com.
pletely destroyed the buildings. The
clerks and customers were buried in
the collapse of the walls. One young
woman went mad in anticipation of
her horrible death, fought off res
cuer and burned to death. the heat
and smoke were so intense that at
tempts at rescue were futile. The fail
ure of workmen to cap the supply pipe
after removing natural gas meter
caused the blast.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-01-20
TRAGEDY IS A DEEP MYSTERY
TWO Men Seen Struggling In Top
Floor of Hotel Fall to the Ground
and Are Killed.

Seattle, Wash.-As spectacular as
any setting in a thrilling melo-
drama was the scene of the kill
ing of John Anderson, we'll known
and wealthy Seattle horseman and an
employe, Ben Christensen. Early
morning pedestrians on Washington
street heard cries proceeding from the
top floor of the Lexington hotel and,
glancing up, saw the shadows of two
men, evidently in ae desperate strug-
gle, thrown on the window by strong
light behind them. Suddenly the men
moved closer to the window and, with
out moments warning, both crashed
through the glass to the street three
stories below, dying instantly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-01-20
BITTERLY ARRA|GNS
OIL CO. S METHODS
KELLOGG SAYS STANDARD HAS
CLOSED DOOR OF oPPoRTu-
NIFTY TO HUNDREDS.
PITTSBURG LAWYER TAKES EXCEPTION
Declares Combine Is Beneficient
Law Abiding Corporation and to
Dlssect II Would be Disas-
trous and Unjust.

Washington, ID. C.-Breaking into
the bitter araignment of Standard
Oils monopolistic methods, unfair
treatment of competitors and GRIM
inal practices with railroads with
which Frank B. Kellogg, trust buster,
closed his argument in the supreme
court, David T. Watson, the Pittsburg
lawyer and counsel for the trust, told
the court Standard Oil was being pros
ecuted for offenses alleged to have
been committed more than 20 years
ago; that it was a beneficent, law
abiding corporation; that its methods
were legitimate and that its dissection
would be disastrous and unjust.
ut is said there is no evidence Of
the Standard Oil having influenced
rates." said Mr.. Kellogg. "Of course
there is not. But the Standard Oil
had its directors on the boards of di-
rectors of the great railroads of the
county. Did anyone expect they would
testify to having influenced rates
When it is shown that independent oil
companies had to pay higher rates
than the Standard Oil, that should
suffice" He showed how the price of
refined oil and it's products had risen
since 1897 from 39 to 65 per cent.
while the price Of crude oil had de-
clined. This combination with all its
wealth, power and boasted capacity,
did not give the American people the
slightest consideration in the cheap
ened productions through improved
methods" he observed. Mr.. Kellogg
produced evidence to show that in sec.
tions Of the country open to inde-
pendent oil companies, the Standard
Oil had cut prices to break the inde.
pendents, making up for this loss by
advances in prices in purely Standard
Oil territory. In the fntermountain
states the profits run from $50 to 19e
per cent. One of the great advantages
| to the people is to keep open the door
of opportunity" declared Mr.. Kellogg
"The Standard Oil has closed this
door to hundreds"
Mr.. Kellogg criticized the business
methods of the Standard Oil. "This
company" he argued, has system
| of unfair methods of competition. II
uses bogus Independent companies
through which to cut rates against
genuine independent companies where
the law and popular sentiment are
against the Standard Oil. We proved
this in 110 towns. We could have
gone on, but there is limit to ouI
strength and time. We showed from
the books of the Standard Oil it's dis
eliminating methods. Jennings, prom
inent Standard Oil man, admitted
We want to drive the independent
companies out of business. Sometimes
we drive them out. But we always
make it as expensive for them as we
can For such practices the Stand
ard Oil was ousted from Tennessee
Missouri and Texas. They set III
dummy companies and advertised
them as absolutely independent hav
ing no connection with the trust OF
monopoly. / don't believe to maintain
any great business in this country il
is necessary to lie, steal or commi
frauds. Had this policy not beer
stopped Standard Oil would have
ruined every independent"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-01-20
Lawyers wife Stays saIewoman.

FIT. Worth, Tex.-Walking calmly
into a crowded department store
here, Mrs. T, M. Brooks, wife of
prominent attorney, drew an old
fashioned pistol from her muff and
fired five bullets into the body of Mrs.
Mary Binford, saleswonian, killing
her instantly. Mrs. Brooks replaced
the revolver in her muff and coolly
made her exit. Walking to the office
of her husband. two blocks away, she
said: "Im sorry" then tainted.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-01-20
steel Man Drops Dead on Street.

Pasadena, Cal. - Walter Graham
Miller. a member of the Jones &
Laughlin Steel Co. of Pittsburg, fell
dead at the corner of Marengo and
Colorado streets from an attack OF
heart failure. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter G.
Miller and Mrs. Miller's mother came
here short time ago and have beeH
living at the Caledonia, a private
hotel. Mr.. Miller. who was only 3h
years old, has been in the habit OF
coming to Pasadena in the winter to
rest His father and mother are both
alive aNd live In Pittsbusg.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-01-20
Five Die as Train Crashes,

Batavia, N. Y.-Five men were
killed. two probably fatally in
jured and more than a score hurt
when the Western Express ran past
the cautionary signal and crashed into
the rear of the Boston & Buffalo spe-
cial, which was standing in the yards
on the New York Central here. Lydell
admits he saw cautionary light 1000
feet east of the station and the rail
road officials say he also admits hav-
ing passed a light set against him.
All of the five dead had been in the
rear of the forward coach.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-01-20
Conservatism Rules rrade.

New York City.-Bradstreet' says:
Trade shows an increasing dis
position to throw off the quiet of the
post holiday period and the business
world is setting its face, with a fair
degree of optimism, toward the ap-
preaching spring season. Wholesale
and jobbing trade as whole is, how
ever, quiet. Conservatism governs. In
fertilizers, implements, seeds and farm
live stock good business in prepara-
ton for the next crop season is in eyi-
dence at most markets. Goods and
prices are scrutinized closely.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-01-20
Married Among the Clouds.

San Antonio, Tex. = While soar
ing aloft over San Antonio in a
dirigible balloon at a height of 500
feet, Miss Marie Shelton and w. Wal
ter Stowe, two well known young peo-
pie of San Antonio, were united in
marriage. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. ]. II. Adams OF the
Cumberland Presbyterian church. The
balloon was piloted by Captain H. e.
Honeywell of st. Louis. The wedding
was actually in the clouds as the day
was foggy and misty. The couple en-.
ioyed an aerial honeymoon trip.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-01-20
Rebels Victorious in Battle.

Comstock, Tex.-More than twenty
men were killed in desperate bat.
tie between the Mexican federal sol,
diers and a small party of insurrectos
on the bank of the Rio Grande, oppo.
site this point, The insurrector had
only 1S men, and for three hours they
held at bay about 75 rurales and loo
infantry soldiers. When darkness
ended the battle the insurrectos had
the field and the federal troops had
withdrawn a couple of miles and
camped. The insurrectos left foI
their mountain headquarters.