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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1912-06-21

The Childrens Day exercises
at the Baptist church last Sunday
evening were excellent In every
respect. Some Of the numbers
were highly appreciated. We
cannot give the details Of the
entertainment much TO our re-
gret, but the large attendance
and interested attention speaks
more than we could. Our
children are being called on 10
furnish the big end Of all sorts
Of entertainments and are con-
sequently improving In ability
much more rapidly than older
ones. Escape from this kind Of
work Is made thru the broad
excuse haven't time" Labor
and honos should be more
equally divided.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1912-06-21

Jno. Coz and Miss Eva Keet-
ing attended . bIs dance st
Salisbury Wednesday night
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1912-06-21
Congressman's Job His
Idea OF an Ideal Sinecul

Judge Rucker was called out
by a Constituent who had made
a pilgrimage to Washington for a
position" but was now willing
TO take a Job"
Owing TO the industry Of
Champ Clark and the Speakers
disposition to look out for his
friends. the government Offices
are n little top-heavy just now
with ''show-me statesmen. "
and the prospect did not seem
bright TO Judge Rueker. but he
determined to do what he could.
Il suppose you would like 20
find some sinecurei" he asked.
Il don't quite get you. Judge.
What is that you menhoned7"
"A sinecure." Judge Ruckes
explained. Is q position where
you don't have 10 do much ex.
eept locl~wise and draw your
sahry."
Il amt looking for that,
Judge: not at all ! don't have
any idea Of bein' made Con-
gressman. All want d sons
good steady JOB payin' about S7t
or 500 . month. I'm willin' q
work. I amt Iongin' for one oi
those things you mentioned.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1912-06-21

Earl Cash is ready TO admit
that Elmer Finnell is q dead
shot Last Saturday Elmer took
. shot At him with an air rife
and hit the Bulls Eye Earl's
left eye came very near flying
the coop. He may retain the
sight. but Il was . close call. All
done ''projcckin aroun."
Miss Elizabeth White enter
tained q party Of her young
friends wednesday evening In
honor Of Miss Louise Montgomery
of Clinton. Mo. A number Of
games were enjoyed until . late
hour. q delicious light lunch
served and an aIl round Jolly
evening under the charming
influence Of one Of KeytesvuIes'
many delightful entertainsrs
vas participated In by ten Who
were present.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1912-06-21
Somebody In the Ditch

Libby and Burns. the attorneys
from Linn county representing
VIM Frakes and /. II. Clough in
q ditch matter before the County
Court last week. got the wrong
SOW by the ear. They procur-
ed an order directing the High
way Engineer TO remove what
their petition stated to be OBJ
structions In the ditch In drain
age 10. when the distractions
they wished taken out are in
ditch7. The Highway Engineer
could not act under the sorder.
and interested parties discovered
what was going on thru the
publication In the Courier. and
promptly took steps 10 head oil
the proceedings. I,
This case grows out Of the
construction Of q ditch by Joseph
Kaye. John Mccormick. Jno. ID.
Stoner Ct al. In the expense Of
which parties living north refus-
Cd to join. The ditch was paid
for wholly by these men. and "a
prevent its being utilized by
others. they procured an order
from the County Court permitting
them 10 put q concrete wal
across the head Of their ditch.
which they did. bat In such q
way as 10 not interfere with
water from the ditch along the
road Now parties living north
wish 10 csnnect with this ditch.
hence the action to have the OBJ.
struction removed. Such action
Il resisted on the principle that
those refusing 70 assist In the
construction Of the ditch. are
not entitled 70 in benefits.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15
THE CITY IS
FIGHTING THE
ice TRUST
SOCIALIST ADMINISTRATION OF A
NEW YORK CITY is ENJOINED
BY A TRUST, WHEN 1T TRIES TO
FURNISH CHEAP ICE TO THE
POOR.

Schenectady, N. Y, July 15.-"Cheap
ice for the poor" became the war cry
of the Socialist administration of
Schenectady today, and the whole city
is stirred by the attempt of the organ
ized dealers to prevent Mayor Lunn
and his officers from carrying out
their plans. The administration stored
a lot of ice last winter as part Of its
promise to help the people, and start
ed to sell ice at 25 cents this summer
while the dealers put the price at 40
cents.
Mayor Lund told his side Of the sto-
ry today in manner which showed
he had not given up his plan.
"They got local dealer to enjoin
us from selling ice to the people,
he said, "and that injunction cannot
be argued until July 2S. They went
at 1t as you might expect them to-
They don't cite any law as being vio-
lated by our efforts to help out the
poor people in this hot weather by
selling them ice at reasonable rate
but they just alleged that we haven't
the right to do it. They tied us up on
July 3 and on July we had fully TO-
900 people who needed our ice badly
So we tried to do our work by taking
the ice over from the city as indi'
yiduals, and in this way letting the
people have the benefit. Justice Whit.
myer has ordered the ice we have left
about $4,000 tons, sold at public auc.
ton and this win be done today. Ap-
Iparently the trust things It will gel
our ice. and II 1t does, 1t will pay wei
for IT,"
When asked II he feared any further
legal action, Mayor Lunn said
"They have already tried to hamper
our work here by asking to have thu
injunction modified so as to proven
us from using the telephone in th'
city departments and using one OF tn,
city offices as an ice bureau. The!
don't want to let the people call us NJ
to get cheap ice, and they don't wan
us to have any place where we cal
meet them to tell them about It.
But there Is a storm brewing. Sat
mday night we had big mass meet
ing and there were thousands presen
who will help us in our fight to Civ
the people this necessity at a pric
within their means or course, W
will have TO wait to unite the tangl
, until the court acts, but we are in thl
fight to the finish"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15
Ten Inches of Rain Fell During
Storm and More Than Three
Inches of This Fell in Half
an Hour.
FOUR DROWNED AT ALTON
Streets Were Streams Of Water Three
Feet Deep and in Many Parts Of the
City Buildings We're Flooded, the
Occupants Being Taken Out in
BOats-Damage From Wind and
Rain Is About $1,OOO,OOO.

st. Louis, July 15.-Estimates today
place the damage in St. Louis and vi
cinity at 81 100000 as the result of the
rain and wind storm yesterday Four
persons were drowned near Alton, ILL.,,
when the waters swept through two
homes.
Mrs. Frances Mcclure, her 3-year-
old son, Archie Boise, 80 years, and
Esther Moss, aged 95, were swept
through the windows of the houses
and drowned In St Louis S.16 inches
of rain fell in half an hour. Streets
In many parts of the city were flooded.
At Alton the gas plant was put out
of commission and the city was in
daetness last night All streets were
flooded, and William Nacey swan
from house to house, smashing in
windows and warning the inmates to
flee for their lives. Women and chill
dren were carried from houses by men
and placed in boats, while a wave Of
water three feet high was racing
through the town.
Granite City, Edwardsyille and 9TH
er points near st. Louis were also af-
fected. 1t is estimated that more than
10 inches of rain fell at these points.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15
WILSON
PICKS OUT
MANAGERS

Chicago, July 15.-When the demo.
cratic national committee met here
today in the st. Francis room Of the
Congress hotel, It was evident that the
will of Governor Woodrow Wilson,
presidential nominee, would be re-
corded as supreme. II the entire VIII
son program is carried out by the
ccmmittee-and it was generally un-
dcrstood today that It would be--the
old national committee will be prac-
tically out Of business
The committee which, It was under
stood Wilson desired should direct
his campaign, is to be headed by VIII
liam r. McCombs, as chairman, and
the following William McAdoo New
Jersey; Joseph =. Davies Wisconsin;
Senator's O'Gorman, New York, and
Thomas p. Gore, Oklahoma; Con-
gressmen Burleson and Henry Of
Texas; Committeeman Robert Huds-
peth, New Jersey, Joseph Daniel,
North Carolina; A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania, and William Salisbury
Delaware.
The desires OF Governor Wilson
were delivered by Committeeman
Hudspeth who arrived just before the
opening session Of the committee.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15

games will officially end tonight,
when prizes won will be distributed
in the stadium in the presence of the
king of Sweden and royal family. The
games have been successful from ev-
erything but financial standpoint
and there is nothing but congratula-
tions for the management.
First honors go to the United States
although the total points will not be
complete until tonight. But the Am
erican margin, especially insofar as
the real athletic events-the track and
field contests-are concerned, is so
great that everyone connected with
the team is being showered with con-
gratulations. America scored in only
one of the big running events today
the 16O0-meter team race, where the
American runners made show oi
their field. The visitors from over
seas failed to show at all in the 5000
meter cross-country race, where they
had hoped to have a man inside the
money" AS was expected, H. Koleh'
mainen, the great Finnish runner
who plans to turn professional this
fall, was first Anderson, of Sweden
was second, and Exc, of Sweden, third
H. Helawell proved the best Of the
Americans in the race but the best hi
could do was to land twelfth place.
The pace was terrific and many o.
the contestants were overcome while
all that finished were completely ex
hausted.
In the SOO-meter team swimming
event, America finished second t
Australia, with England third. In tn,
high diving event Sweden was frs
ard third, with Germany second,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15
PLACE RESPONSIBILITY
WHERE 1T BELONGS

When the city council convenes
this evening there will likely be pre-
sented to It an ordinance making It
unlawful for minors or persons black
listed from entering saloons and rep
resentng themselves to be entitled to
indulge in the liquid that cheers.
The ordinance is the result Of
charges being made that saloons are
violating the law on the subject The
saloon men take the position that
they do not personally know all those
who have been placed on the black
list, and that It is difficult at times
to tell whether a person has arrived
at the legal age, and that law
should be passed which would be ap-
plicable to them. as well as the sa-
loon men.
I Despite that the measure seem'
fair, some opposition has already de-
veloped to it, but not sufficient, it ID
believed. to prevent It from passing
the council.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15
KILLED HIS
BABIES AND
HIMSELF
TURNED ON THE GAS AND SIT
TING DOWN NOTED THE Eff
FECTS AS DEATH CAME TO HIS
CHILDREN AND HIMSELF.
[uNrrnp prrss LEASED WINE. |

Chicago, July 15.-That Rudolph
Uhman, a Bohemian inventor, killed
himself and his two children, Rudolph
Jr., four years old, and Julia, aged 8,
because they were victims of epilepsy,
was the opinion of the police today af-
ter questioning neighbors, who, at
tracted by the OdOr of gas, discovered
the bodies in the inventors Oak Park
home late yesterday. Mrs. Uhlman,
who was away from home at the time,
is still under the doctors care today
and unable to add any details.
The authorities made public today
letter left by Uhlman, in which he
described his sensations as he began
to succumb to the gas. The mans
body was found sitting upright at a
table, his children lying at his feet as
If asleep. The letter follows;
"11:45 a. MI turned on the gas In
the bedroom. Last regards to all my
friends.
"1;4O p. m,-Rudolph is getting
weak He is sobbing. Julia is crying
for mamma am getting weak also.
My strength fails rapidly. My God,
what can do now The two children
are motionless on the bed. My mind
feils to work properly. no longer
know what / am writing.
1926 p. m.-The pencil slips from
my hand, grope for It. seem to
hear the children breathing heavily
1t cannot be they are dead by this
time. All Is over Forgive and"
The record Of the approach of death
was lying before the dead man
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15
MARION COUNTY
POULTRY SHOW

The board of directors Of the Ma
rion County Poultry association was
In session in Salem yesterday On ac-
count of Salem possessing such ex-
cellent accommodations for housing
the show, in the new armory building
It was decided to have the next show
in Salem January 1918. Judge Dixon
of Oregon City was chosen to Judge
the show. An organized effort will be
made to secure the $25 cash premi-
um given by the state board to the
county making the best exhibit at the
state fair poultry show this fall. Mrs
Ella Plank, Of Woodburn, secretary
of the Marion county show, would like
to secure the names of those in the
county who have new or uncommon
breeds. All communications regard
ing the Marion county exhibit at the
state fair should be addressed to Mrs
Ella Plank, Woodburn.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15

The campaign to raise subsidy for
the Northwestern Stove Works has
not been abandoned and now that the
Cherry Faid, the Elks' convention, and
the Chautauquas are over with, the
work of raising the additional three
thousand dollars will be resumed.
Messrs. Loewenberg and Steiner bid
in the plant at the sale held in Port
land last week, and are now the own
ers.
They have sent the following letter
to the Salem Board of Trade, and this
means that the campaign will be re-
sumed independent of any organiza-
tiCn.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15
Apologize TO Burglar.

San Francisco, July 15.-"Just be-
cause fell asleep your bartender
needn't lock me up over night" said
an indignant stranger, greeting Thorn
as lawson, as he opened up his saloon
for the day. lawson apologlzed and
the stranger departed. Then Law
son found his safe was Just $500 shy.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15
The Tennis Turnament.

r Portland, Or, July 15.-With +
= large list Of entries, the Oregon =
= state championship tennis tourna- 4
+ ment was begun here today on :
+ the Multnomah courts, A num- =
= ber of clever racquet wielders =
+ from outside the state will con- =
+ tend with oregonians for honors. 4
= e. Fottrell, a San Francisco star =
= was scheduled to meet Gill, Of the X
+ Multnomah club this afternoon. :
+ Another San Franciscan, William :
= Johnson, will be seen in action I
+ later, as will E. Mccormick, of 4
= Long Beach, Cal. L. R. Richard I
= son is entered from Seattle. 4
r 4
+ + + + + + + = = + + + =
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15
FIRST HONORS GO To AMERICANS
KING DISTRIBUTES THE PRIZES
Fear Dam May Break.

+ Denver, Colo, July 15.-At =
+ noon today Mayor Arnold was +
= notified that the waters of Cas- =
= tlewood lakes, impounded by Cas- =
= tlewood dam, so miles north of +
= here are rising rapidly and that :
+ the dam threatens to go out at +
+ any moment. If the dam should =
= collapse, it would sweep a tor I
+ rent of water down upon Denver, 4
+ far greater than that which :
= struck the city Sunday. This :
= would create enormous damage. :
+ The dam is one of the largest in :
= the world =
4 4
+ r + + + p + + + + r + + Z
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15
UNITED pnrss leased wIRE.l

Stockholm, July 15.-ln the pres
cnce of the greatest crowd Of the
Olympic games, the king this evening
began in person the distribution of the
coveted prizes won during the long
drawn out meeting. James Thorpe,
the leader in the pentathlon, and con-
sidered certain to win it, was the most
popular of the Americans, although
all were warmly applauded. The
great Finnish runner, Kolehmainen,
and Macarthur the South African
marathon winner, were personally
congratulated by his majesty, in CIV
ing them the trophies.
Stockholm, July 15.--With the Am
orleans in first place, the Olympic
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15
lie Cot on Cheap.

San Francisco, July 15--George
Gregg. millionaire ranoher from Okla
homa, is looking for a gay widow who
showed MIN the town, promised to
marry him and then disappeared with
$1,000 OF his money.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15

= Berkeley, Cal, July 15.-Dr. c. I
= F. Nash, president Of the Pacific :
= Theological seminary, is today on 1
= his way to Kelseyville, Lake !
+ county, to bring back the body of =
+ DR.. George Caster, a professor in 4
+ the seminary, who was drowned I
+ yesterday near there. No details 1
= of the drowning were given. I
= I
Il l. l. 4 l. L L 4 l. L 4 4 4
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15

South Salem gets It's lights Just as
II got the noise Of the celebration Sat
uiday nightly reflection, and over
the long distance route.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15

The city council will take up to-
night the enactment of the amended
street car franchise. The corporation
already has 35-year franchise, and
the committee, which has gone all
over the city with the construction
company, has decided that 1t cannot
take that away, and do not want part
Of the same system on 25-year limit,
and the rest on S5 years. The new
franchise will pay the city about
$4,000 cash, and asks no additional
trackage rights, but such as are nee
essary to connect up with a union sta
tion in the business part of the city,
and to connect with proposed inter
urban extensions. The charge that
this is going to be part Of the South
ern Pacific interurban system in the
Willamette valley is not cutting much
ice, as most people who have ever
been in Southern California are say
ing that is just what the city needs to
make It a place of $4,000 in the next
10 years.
Extension Asked For.
The franchise provides trackage
rights necessary to connect with the
state fair grounds in several ways,
and, instead Of one street car line to
that great state institution, there will
be at least three lines to the fair
grounds, and direct connections with
five streets. There will be an inter-
urban north on Twelfth street, par
allellng the s. p. steam track. There
will also be lines out of the city to
the feeble minded institute, to Rose
dale and Liberty on the south, and
Mission Bottom on the north. There
will also be a belt line across from
the state prison to the asylum. The
Oregon Electric and the Falls City G.
Western franchises had emergency
clauses and the intelligence of the
people was not insulted, and the pro-
gress of the city was not interrupted.
VIII Lose Year.
To get signatures to his movement
for the referendum of the franchise,
Mr. Harris represents that It will only
hold up the franchise for 30 days
That is the time allowed to get up the
petitions. Then the petitions have to
be acted on by the city council, a spe-
clal election ordered and advertised
or vote on the matter under the law
at the regular city election In Decem-
ber, and thus all work would be held
up until the winter was over. The
city would lose a year of development
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15
AMERICAN team RECEIVES
MANY CONGRATUL TULATIANS---
FINNISH RUNNER PRAISED

In the Great 8000Meter Cross Country Race H. KOehman
en-, the Great Finnish Racer Was Easily First With Ande-
son, of Sweden Second and the Americans Not in for
PaCe-The Pace Was Terrific and All That Finished Were
Completely Exhausted Americans Second in Swimming
Race, Australia Winning 1t, England Third
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15
EMERGENCY CLAUSE in THE
STREET CAR FRANCHISE is
CAUSING MUCH DISCUSSION

Alderman Rgdon Replies to Threat Of Municipal League to
Employ ReCaI--Bate Royal Expected in the City Council
Tonight Managers of the Opposition Will Be Out in Full
Strength to Fight the Charter---OneS and Harris Want
the Referendum and Will Probably Make an Attempt to
Get It,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15

and progress, coming from the extern
sion of the interurban system. Mr..
Harris, who is also a leader of the
Municipal league, has had the follow
ing sent to each alderman;
The League Resolutions.
Municipal Improvement League Of Sa-
lem, Oregon, Salem, July 12, 1912.
Resolved, That we, the executive
board of the Municipal Improvement
league Of Salem, hereby condemn the
use of the emergency clause in any
all acts Of the city council, when no
emergency exists.
Resolved, That we endorse the pro-
test of citizens against the passage
Of a railroad franchise containing the
emergency clause, and pledge our eff
forts with them to invoke the recall
on any and all councilmen who vote
for the measure, II the emergency
clause Is not withdrawn.
Resolved, That we urge the citis0nv
of Salem to be present at council
meeting next Monday evening, In am
ticlpatlon of action on the franchise
under discussion, and at all council
meetings when possible, in order that
they may be better informed on the
work of that body. (slgned).
W. H. Trindle, Secretary
W. r. jerks, Chairman
p. G. Mlnton
II. c. Eppley
r. A. Harris
b. l.. Sleeves
Executive board.
One Alderman Replies
Salem, Oregon, July IA, 1912.
Mr.. W. T. jerks, Et al,
My Dear Sirs:
| am in receipt Of yours Of the 18th
containing three resolutions which no
doubt were intended well on your
part, but they have the ear-marks
of busy-body and trouble-maker.
and am very sorry that the munic-
lpal league has given ear to one who
is not in this matter for anything else
than notorlety I know you well
enough to know If you were man
aging this matter you would have
been gentlemanly enough to have left
out that insulting threat until had
at least dissented from your views,
and have the same opinion Of the
sense Of proprlety possessed by at
least three more Of your committee.
But to my mind the man who con-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15
SUBSIDY
FOR STOVE
FACTORY

LETTER WITHDRAWING CAM.
PAIGN FROM BOARD OF TRADE
AND PLACING 1T BEFORE THE
ENTIRE COMMUNITY-WORK TO
BEGIN WITH BIG COMMITTEE
TUESDAY.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15

knowledge is the discovery Of lg-
norance
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15
Letter to Board Of Trade.

July 9th, 1912.
Executive Committee, Salem Board Of
Trade, Salem, Oregon.
Gentlemen; AS the members ap-
pointed by the Board of Trade to act
as a committee to solicit subscriptions
to a bonus, for the Stove Foundry
which we contemplate establishing
here in Salem, have been unable to
make satisfactory progress, owing, no
doubt, to the fact that much Of theiir
time is being taken up by other busi-
ness Of a public character, we there
fore withdraw our proposition made
to the Salem Board Of Trade, to raise
said bonus, in order to place the mat
ter directly before the citizens of Sa-
lem
Thanking you for the effort put
forth by your organization in,our be-
half, we beg to remain,
Yours truly,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15
LoEwENGERG & STEINER,

Securing this industry means the
most for Salem in an industrial way
that has been accomplished this year.
The payrois that will be added to this
city are the best advertisement the
town can have, and there is no way to
help advertise Salem so effective as
to get such industries located here.
The work through a larger COM
mittee is to be taken up Tuesday and
pushed to a finish. Everybody will be
Invited to help and the sum Of five
thousand dollars should be easily
raised.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15

CONTINUED on Page 81
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-15
INTERURBAN EXTENSIONS MIGHT
ALL GO over FOR ANOTHER YEAR

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