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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
PROPOSED AEENDNENTS 10 TIE
CONSTITUTION OF MISSOURI.
FREr CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MIMI.

HHsT CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
Giving the General Assembly optional
ppVger TO provide for establishing and
maintaining free public schools Tor az
persons between five (6) and SIX VSl
kearu OF age and over twenty (S0) years
o. age.
Jo,nt ana concurrent resolution sub
nattinR to the voters OF the state OF
Xfesouri an amendment TO section l OF
asticle XI. of the Constitution OF MIS-
souri,, relating to education.
ne n resolved by the Senate, the House
Of Representatives concurrins therein;
That at the general election to be held
IN this state on the Tuesday next iolioH-
ing the first Monday in November ~;
there shall be submitted to the quailleu
voters Of Missouri for adoption or reJec-
ton the following constitutional amend
ment, to-wit:
That section / Of article X Of the Con-
stitution of the state Of Missouri De anu
the same is hereby amended, by aoains
to SAID section the following words, To-
wit. land may establish and maintain
free public schools for the gratultous IN
etructon of all persons in this state pc
tween five and six years Of age, ana over
twenty years of age so that saio section
when 60 amended shall read:
"Section l. A general diffusion or
Knowledge and Intelligence being essential
to the preservation Of the rights ana ND
critics Of the people, the general Assembly
shall establish and maintain ffee PuplIC
schools for the gratuitous ~lnstructlon On
ali persons in this state between the ages
Of six and twenty years, and may estap-
fish and maintain free pubic schools lor
the rratuitous instruction of all persons
in this state between five ana SIX years
of age and over twenty years OF e.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
Proposed BY Initiative Petition.
NINTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND

Providing for Ievylng and collecting,
on each one hundred dollars assessed
valuation, a state tax of ten cents for
the support of the public elementary
and high schools, state normals, Lin.
coin Institute and the State University.
Proposed amendment to the Constitu-
ton of Missouri to be submitted to the
legal voters of the state of Missouri for
their approval or rejection at the regular
general election to be held on the Tues
day next following the first Monday in
November, A. D. 1912, providing for
revenue for the support of public educa-
ton. by adding to article X of the Con-
stitution one new section to be known
as section twenty-eight (2S). which is in
words and figures as follows:
Section 28. A state tax of ten cents on
each one hundred dollars valuation shall
be annually levied and collected on the
assessed value of all property subject by
law to taxation in his state, The pro-
ceeds of said tax shall be set apart in the
state treasury and appropriated by the
general assembly for the support and
maintenance of public elementary and
high schools, state normal schools, Lin
colin Institute, and the State University;
but in no case shall there be appropriated
less than twenty-five per cent of said
proceeds to be used in aiding public ele-
mentary and high schools.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
FOURTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMsED-
MENT,

Requiring con3!.ss compliance with
naturalization law by persons OF fer
eien birth as 4 qualification for voting
Joint ana concurrent resolution provid-
ing for the Tcac2l Of section 2 of article
3 of the Constitution of the state OF
Missouri, relating to suffrage and cleo
lions and the enactment of a new SEQ
ton in lieu thereof. to be known as
section 2 of article S.
&c it resolved by the Senate, the House
of Representatives concurring therein,
as follows:
That at the general election to be held
in this state on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November. A. D. 49,
there shall be submitted for adoption to
the qualified voters of the state the fol-
lowing constitutional amendment, to-wit;
That section 2 of article s of the Con-
sti,ution of the state of Missouri be n
the aame is hereby repealed and the fol-
lowing new section enacted in lieu there
| of, to be known as section 2:
Section 2. Every male citizen OF the
United States, and every male person OF
foreign birth who shall [havel become a
citizen of the United States according to
law by complying with all Of the laws OK
naturalization in relation thereto, who IS
over the age Of twenty-one years, pos
sessing the following qualifications. shall
be entitled to vote az all elections by the
people:
First. He shall nave resided in the
state one year immediately preceding the
election at which he N to vote.
second. He shall W ed u in ot the
Lcnunt&.-citY-nrtoY A 1k MI one
to vote at least siAl- N fediately
preceding the electia w
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
FIFTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT.

Empowering the General Assembly to
provide by law for the registration OF
voters in St. Lauis county or any other
county Of fifsy thousand 100000 In
habitants or more adjoining a city with
three hundred thousand (3oo,ooo) In
habItants or more.
Joint and concurrent resolution SUD-
hitting to the qualified voters OF the
state of Missouri an amendment to the
Constitution thereof, providing for the
registration Of all voters In all counties
having a population Of fifty thousand
inhabitants or more and which adjoins
a city having a population of three
hundred thousand inhabitants or more.
Be it resolved by the House of Represen-
tatives, the Senate concurring therein:
That at the general election to be held
in this state on the Tuesday next fol-
lowing the first Monday In November,
1912, the following amendment to the
Constitution of the state of Missouri shall
be submitted to the qualified voters Of
this state, to-wit:
Section /. That the general assembly
may provide, by law, for the registration
of all voters in all counties having a pop
ulation of fifty thousand inhabitants or
more, and which adjoins a city having a
population Of three hundred thousand in
habitants or more.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
THIRD CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT.

"ElNlS
Increasing the limit of tax rate that
may be levied fer municipal purposes
by cities and towns of more than one
thousand $4,000 inhabitants and less
t;an thirty thousand 100000 inhabit-
ante,
Joint and concurrent resolution sub
r1itting to the qualified voters of Mis-
souri, an amendment to section IL, ar
ticle 10, of the Constitution thereof con-
corning taxation.
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House
of Representatives concurring therein:
That at the general election to be held
on the Tuesday next following the first
Monday in November, A. ID. nineteen hum
bred and twelve, the following amend
ment to section IL. of article 10 of the
Constitution Of the state of Missouri,
shall be submitted to the qualified voters
Of the state, to-wit:
That section II, article 10, of the Con-
stiturion OF the state of Missouri be
amended by striking out the word sixty"
~ line 10 and inserting in lieu thereof,
the words, ION hundred" and by strik-
irg out the word, fifty" in line q there
Of and inserting in lieu thereof the word,
ninety so that when amended the Sec
tion shall read as follows:
Section IL. Rates for local purposes
erecting public b~ulldings-St. Louis may
! levy as II part of a county.-Taxes for
county, city, town and school purposes
may be levied on all subjects and objects
Of taxation; but the valuation of property
therefor shall not exceed the valuation Of
the earae property iA such town, city or
school DISTRICT for state and county pur-
poses. For county purposes the annual
yate on property, in counties having six
million dollars or less. shall not, in the
aggregate, exceed fifty cents on the hun
| drod dollars valuation; in counties having
six million dollars and under ten million
dollars, said rate shall not exceed forty
cents on the hundred dollars valuation;
tho counties having ten million dollars
and under thirty million dollars, said
rate shall not exceed fifty cents on the
hundred dollars valuation; and in coun-
ties having thirty million dollars or more,
said rate shall not exceed thirty-five cents
on the hundred dollars valuation. For
city and town purposes, the annual rate
on property in cities and towns having
thirty thousand inhabitants or more shall
not, In the aggregate, exceed one hundred
cents on the one hundred dollars valua-
ton; In cities and towns having less than
thirty thousand and over ten thousand in
habitantn, said rate snail not exceed one
hundred cents Oh the hundred dollar val
untion; in cities and towns having less
than ten thousand and more than one
thousand inhabitants, said rate shall not
exceed ninety cents on the hundred dol
lars valuation; and In towns having one
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
Proposed By Initiative Petition.
SIXTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
MENT.

SIXTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
Providing for raising all revenue by
taxes on land, Entertained and fran.
chIses for public service utilities; ex-
empting from taxation all personal
property and Improvements on land;
abolishlng poll taxes and occupation
taxes for revenue purposes; aoolIshing
rates of taxation for state, county,
school and municipal purposes and pro"
Viding that the laws regulating the man
u~facture and sale Of intoxicating liquors
shall remain unaffected hereby.
Proposed amendment, by initiative PEE
tition, to the Constitution of Missouri,
submitting to the legal voters Of the
state of Missouri for their approval or
rejection, at the general election to be
held on the Tuesday next following the
first Monday in November, A. D. 1912. by
adding new sections relating to revenue
and taxation, to article x.
Be IL enacted by the people Of tho State
OF Missouri:
Section /. All property now subject to
taxation shall be classified for purposes
ton, as follows:
Class one shall include all personal
property. All bonds and public securities
OF the state and Of the political sub
divisions and municipalities thereof, now
or hereafter issued, shall be exempt from
all taxes, state and local, from and after
the adoption of this amendment; and all
other personal properly SHALL be exaInpt
from all taxes, state and local, In the year
1914 and thereafter: Provided, that MOTH
ing in this amendment shall be construed
as limiting or denying the power of the
state to tax any form Of franchise, privi-
lege or inheritance.
Class two shall include all improve
ments In or on lands, except improve
rnents in or on lands now exempt from
taxation by law. In the years 1914 and
1915, all property in class two shall ba
exempt from all taxes, state and local.
to the extent of one-fourth of the as
sessed value of UGH property; in the
years 1916 and 1917, to the extent OF two
fourths; in the years 1918 and 1919 to the
extent of three-fourths, and In the year
1920 and thereafter all property In class
two shall be exempt from all taxes, state
and local: Provided, however, that in the
year 1914 and thereafter, the improve
ments to the extent Of SO, 100000 In as
sessed value on the homestead Of every
householder, or head OF a family, shall
be exempt from all taxes, state and local
Class three shall include all lands In
the state, independent of the improve
rnents thereon or therein. except lands
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
YE>S
NO
STATE OF MISSOURI, |

I, Jos.A REYBURN, Clerk of the Coun-
ty Court within and for the State and
County aforesaid, HEREBY CERTIFY that the
foregoing is a true copy Of the Proposed
Amendments to the Constitution of the
State of Missouri, as certified to me by the
Secretary Of State, under Section 1867 R.
s.. of Missouri for 1909.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, | have here
unto set my hand and affixed
(sEAL) the Seal Of the County Court
at my Office in I%ronton, Mis-
souri,, this 21st day of Octo-
Der, 1912.
JOS. A. REYBURN,
Clerk Of County Court.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31

Coal for Sale-A.R ieke & Son.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
The Otter a Wanderer.

OF all the beasts in the world, the
otter, that fierce outlaw, is the great
est wanderer. It is as If he were af-
iicted with a curse that forbids him
to be still, that forces him ever to
push on-on-on! Rest, as rest, he
knows not. Three days will see the
end Of his longest inaction, and the
amount Of miles he covers in q fort
night would amaze some folks.-out-
Ing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31

Increasing the limit of tax rate that
may be levied for municipal purposes
by cities and towns of more than one
thousand $1,000 inhabitants and less
ttan thirty thousand 100000 inhabit-
arIe,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-05
ROOSEVELT WILL
NOT SEEK THE
NOMINATION
Nor Will He Accept it As a
Result OF Intrigue
WILL NOT TIE HIS HANDS
II People Should Declare Him the
One Man for the Job He viii
not Shlrk

Huntington, w. Va, Feb. 4.-Col
Theodore Roosevelt has made his
course clear in letters to West Virgin
ians regarding his presidential aspira-
tons. He writes:
Il am not and shall not be candi-
date. | shall never seek the nomina-
ton, nor would | accept it if it came
10 me as the result of any intrigue, but
/ will not tie my hands by statement
which would make it difficult or i'm
possible for me to serve the public by
undertaking a great task if the people
as whole seemed definitely to come
10 the conclusion that | ought to do
chat task"
No attack is made upon President
Taft by Col. Roosevelt. In one state
ment he called the latters nomination
probable" Col Roosevelt's own
words are:
IF | should consult my own pleas
ure and interest, | should most EN-
phatically and Immediately announce
that under no circumstances would |
run. If, as | deem it probable, Mr..
faft is nominated, and my name con.
tinues to be mentioned, my opponents
will all say that | secretly or openly
strove for the nomination and was
defeated. If Mr.. La Toilette is nomi.
mated the same thing will be said.
If the utterly unexpected happens
and am nominated | may very prob
ably be defeated, in which case |
shall be not only assailed, but be de
rided. If won | should take Office
carrying burden for which am not
responsible and facing conditions such
as TO make ii almost certain not only
that | should be unable to accomplish
all that would like to accomplish, but
that should be very severely condem
ned, probably by considerable ma
jority of the people, for failure to &C
complish what 1t would probably be
beyond the power of human being tC
accomplish.
IF at this particular crisis, with the
particular problems ahead of us al
this particular time, the people fee
that ! am the one man In sight to de
The job, then should regard myself
as Sinking a plain duty IL refused L
do it,"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-05
FREDERICK NOBLE
AND BRIDE ARE
SUICIDES
Former Wife of Walter Suydam
Married Less Than a Month
COUPLE DEAD IN KITCHEN
Elopement of Young Plumber and
Wealthy Woman Had Created
Much Notorlety

New York, Feb. 5.-F'rederick Noble
and his bride of month, who eloped
with him from Blue Point, L. l., while
she was still the wife of Walter Lis
penard Suydam, Jr, agreed on Satur-
day night to end their lives. The
'twenty-two-year-old son of Brooklyn
plumber and the older woman who had
left home Of luxury for his sake, lay
down together in the kitchen of the
apartment they had rented in the Re
gina, So West Twelfth Street. They
were found dead there yesterday morn
ing. Gas escaping from five jets in
the stove had killed them.
The couple whose love affair had
brought them so much notoriety had
not been altogether happy. They
quarreled less than a week ago. The
woman. il is said, had realized that
she was, after all, not in love with
Fred Noble, but with her first hus-
band 1t is likely that Noble, too, had
discovered her real feeling, for he
made an unsuccessful attempt to end
his own life last Friday night Nc
letters were left behind by the couple
to explain their act.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-05
AssEMsLYMAN LANSING DEAD
Represented District Which borders
Southern Bennington County


Represented District Which borders
Southern Bennington County
Troy, Feb. 5.-Assemblyman Brad.
ford h. Lansing died at his home in
Rensselaer, yesterday morning after an
illness of two months. Death was
caused by a complication OF diseases.
Mr.. Lansing had represented the sec
ond assembly district OF Rensselaer,
county in the legislature since 1906
and was chairman of the present com
mittee on internal affairs. He had
been unable to attend the sessions this
year
Mr.. Lansing was born September 6
1860 in the town of Niskayuna, Schen
ectady county, and was of Holland
Dutch stock. His early training was
in the free school in that district
where he attended the sessions every
winter until he reached the age OF
10 years, when, with his parents, he
came to Rensselaer, county, settling in
the town of Greenbush, which has
since become a city under the name
of Rensselaer,. He went to school a
couple of years in this county, but at
the age of - he matriculated in the
school Of hard work and began life in
real earnest He was employed In
various capacities for a decade or
less, when he saw an opportunity to
embark in business, and he did so. He
established a general store. and by fair
dealing he built up large trade.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-05
BIG NIAGARA ICE
BROKE AWAY AND
3 PER|SHED
Tragic Deaths Witnessed by
Hundreds on Shore
TWO VICTIMS WERE HEROES
Man and Boy Might Have Saved
Their Own Lives but Would
Not Leave a Woman

Niagara Falls, Feb. 4-The big Mia
CARA ice bridge moved out suddenly to
day. causing the loss OF three sight
seers who were borne down the gorge
on the ice and persisted while thous
ands looked on from the shores and
bridges, unable to help. This is the
first time in the history of Niagara
that lives have been lost in this way
The victims of the thrilling tragedy
were:
Burrell Heacock, II years old OF
Cleveland; Elbridge Stanton of Tor
onto, and Mrs. Elbridge Stanton.
The older man twice put aside chan
ces of rescue to remain with his terror
stricken wife, and in the shadow Of
death spurned assistance for himself
and tried to bind about the woman's
bodya rope dangling from the lower
steel-arch bridge. The Heacock lad
was cast in the same mold. Had he
not turned back on the ice to aid the
men, he too, might have reached shore
For weeks great fields Of Ice had
been coming down the river, piling al
against the barrier until 1t was sixty
to eighty feet thick. The jam was
about 1000 feet wide and in some pla
ces a quarter of mile in breadth. Fol
weeks it had offered safe passage &c
the hardy, and today a great crowd Of
excursionists came to view the wonder
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanton started frs
toward the American shore, but they
were stopped by open water. Bacl
they ran toward the Canadian side
then turned about and made for The
American side. When hardly more
than fifty yards from the rocky shore
the woman fell on her face exhausted
Il cant so on; ] can't go on, sh'
cried. Let us die here"
AS the woman fell the man tried t
get her on her feet and drag he
along the ice, calling for assistance t
Roth and Heacock, who were nearest
Heacock turned back and helped SUP
port the woman.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-05
KEEPS TABS ON FRATERNlTIEs
President sehurman to Compare Soho
larship Of Secret Society Men.

Ithaca, n. Y, Feb. A record OF
the scholarship standing Of the thirty
odd fraternitles at Cornell is to be
compiled by the university officials af'
ter the close of the examination this
week and when the tabulation has
been completed President Schurman
proposes to make It public at a meet
ing OF fraternity men.
For several years he has been en-
deavoring to raise the general scholar.
ship standing OF the fraternity stud
ents. OF whom there are 1000 in the
university, by publishing at the close
OF each mid.year examination period
the list of those who lost no men be-
cause OF scholarship deficiencies.
President Schurman thinks that a
fairer and more comprehensive method
will be TO average the marks OF each
fraternity to make up his honor roll
on the marks Of the fraternity as a
whole. on the theory that while one
fraternity may lose one or more men,
the general average standing Of the 30.
ciety may be higher than some frater'
nifty which does not lose man.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-05
DENMAN THoMPsoNs DRAMA
"The Old Homestead" at the Opera
House Tuesday Evening

For a quarter of century Denman
Thompson's "The Old Homestead" has
been seen in the various cities through
out the country and the desire to wit.
ness it does not seem to show any
abatement 1t may well be called a
problem play, the problem being how
to account for the really phenomenal
success which it has enjoyed through
all the theatrical seasons that have
interviewed since Mr.. Thompson first
presented it to the public at the Bos-
ton theatre in the spring of 1886.
In speaking of the success OF his
play, Mr. Thompson once said he had
never doubted what the ultimate re-
suit would be if only he could succeed
in convincing the theatregoing public
that he was presenting on the mimic
stage real live people and not the
venerable pictures which our fathers
knew in the days of John Owens Sol
on Single" with his "bar1 of apple
sass And when people began to re-
alize after a while that way back in
boyhood days they had known charac-
tiers like Uncle Josh, Cy. Prime, Seth
Perkins, Aunt Matilda and the rest,
they were not slow to come to the
conclusion that at last the real Yam
kee farmer had been transplanted
from the New England farm to the
stage. The Old Homestead" became
a success from the start, and the rea-
son it is so successful in this, its
twenty-sixth season, is due to a great
extent to the fact that the same at
tention is paid to detail as at the be-
ginning, and that Mr. Frank Thomp-
son, son of Mr. Denman Thompson, is,
and has had for years, the personal
direction and management. The orig
lnal company will be seen in the grand
old masterpiece, at the opera house on
Tuesday evening next
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-05
PARACHUTE JUMP
FROM EIFFEL
TOWER
Killed inventor Who Dropped
Like a Stone
PARACHUTE DIDN'T OPEN
Inventor Was Urged to Try a Dummy
First But He Refused to
Listen

Paris, Feb. 4.-Franz Reichalt, an
Austrian tailor, who had been expert
menting with new form Of parachute,
jumped today from the first platform
of the Eiffel Tower, $50 feet high, and
fell to the ground like stone. He
was killed instantly.
Reichalt had long been interested in
aviation questions. Every spare hour
he spent pursuing this hobby. He re-
Gently decided to compete for a prize
offered for the best form of parachute
or other device which would safeguard
an aviator in the event of an accident
happening to his machine.
Reichalt tried several designs for a
parachute and experimental with them
in the courtyard of the house he occu-
pied. Apparently his experiments to
some extent were successful. At all
events for weeks past Reichalt had
been petitioning the authorities to
allow him to make a serious trial of
his apparatus from the Eiffel Tower.
Such permissions were not easily
obtained, and that which he finally got
from the Prefecture stipulated that the
test be made with a dummy. There
was little secrecy about the fact, how
ever, that Reichalt intended to substi-
tute himself for the dummy in spite OF