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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-08-15


Under a new ordinance OF Cape
Girardeau, boys will he fined S25
for entering a saloon in that
town.
Capt. Jesse B. Jones Of Pike
county has been appointed game
and fish commissioner by Gov.
Major to take the place Of Jesse
A. Tollerton, who resigned re-
Gently.
Willis Shspley, 80 years old, a
pioneer Of Burton county, was
killed by a bolt of lightning late
Thursday evening as he was
closing the door Of his barn.
His body fell forward into the
barn and was badly burned. A
hundred tons Of hay were burn
ed.
Pat Hill, president Of the old
Maysville Chautauqua, can talk
dutch and write spanish, but we
hope the gatekeeper Of the chau-
tauqua grounds at Maysville will
be able to decipher the hier oygl-
phics attached to the compli-
mentary ticket he sent us, other
wise we will be left "outside the
breastworks." He failed to at
tach the usual condition, "Nc
snoring aloud on the grounds" +"
-Gallatin Democrat.
The Minnetonka Oil Co. vel
has reached a depth Of about 95(
feet, and it is the intention Of tht
company to go about 900 fee
more unless something develops
before this depth is reached
Thsy are still boring in sOlic
limestone rock and the work il
necessarily sInw, about three fee
lpsr day. The state geoloeist give
II that below this rock, sand vii
be- struck, possibly the oil bear
ing vsristy.-Dexter Messenger
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-08-15
'ROUNDABOUTTHES STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Madeb by the Shears.
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal. Some Credited and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.
Says the Maryville Democrat.


Forum: "Tom Lyle, the young
fellow of big capacity, failed to
eat q gallon Of ice cream Thurs
day. Tom is engaged in scoop.
ing wheat into the cars for ship.
ment at Guilford and gets very
hot at his work. Thursday he
went to the drug store and told
the proprietor he would eat q
gallon Of ice cream in twenty
minutes or pay for it. So the
proprietor fixed a gallon for
Toms special benefit and froze
the cream as cold and hard as
the furnace made hot for the
three young Hebrews we are told
about in Holy Writ. Tom went
at his pleasant task with good
will, but was unable to eat more
than three and one half quarts Of
it in twenty minutes and gave up
the job"
James Anderson Of Texas
county, who attempted to kill his
wife December Gath. 1912, while
she was preparing breakfast, by
shooting her twice with a. shot
gun and once with q. %; caliber
rife, and afterwards sentenced to
ten years imprisonment in the
penitentiary, will have to serve
the sentence, as the supreme
court last week affirmed the de-.
cision of the lower court. After
she had been shot twice with q
shotgun she ran from the house,
Anderson followed with his rifle
and caught her by her injured
arm and fred directly at her
head, the bullet passing through
at the base Of the brain, but she
recovered from the wounds. One
arm had to be amputated near
the shoulder.
Mrs. Luther Husksy, living
with her husband on the Ed Ev.
ans place, at Walnut Grove, six
miles directly north Of Ksnnett,
was bitten twice, on Q thumb,
last Sunday. by q ground rattle.
snake, She was. in. the garden
gathering vegetables for for din
ner when ths reptile bit her.. DR..
Harrison. was called and gave
her treatment that rsliaved- her.
and by Monday che was. COM
psrstively WELL. The snake wss
killed and proved to be Q small
one.-Dunklin Democrat.
Zone OF the by-laws OF The
Warrensburg Whiting Club,
remarks the Star-Journai, 'iI
never to pray for rain until the
wind is in the east. The olut
J has been OF the unanimous de.
cision for weeks that the weather
; man should send US rain, ant
Friday the wind was in the cas-
, for a time. The club memberl
were all 90 busy in o pitch gam,
that they forgot entirely the op'
perfume time for their devotions.
4 Nodsway county has a skunk
u
, farm. 1t 10 owned by P. NJ
, Smith near Arkoe. He commenc
, cd last April with one skunk an'
now has twenty one. They arv
, so tame that his young boys. pla.
with them. He is raising then
for their fur and oil.
A Judge down south has rules
that q razor carried, by q negro i
not weapon, but toilet article
Then q luaded buggy whip car
risd by q man looking for troubl
would simply be . horse gosr.
. To ''bsas the record" in; swAl
. loving soft drinks, . twelve yea
. old Maitland boy last week dram
II thirteen bottles Of pop, and .
9 that waa an unlucky number. b
disd.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-08-15


found g Spanish dollar dated
1899.
During the month Of June the
postmaster at Savannah handled
5000 pieces Of rural route mail,
or $3.50 pounds.
Residents OF st. Louis have
taken out to date 8.87l automo-
bile licenses while Kansas City is
second in the state with 1851.
A Barry county man was at
tackled by a snake recently and
the Cassvills Democrat, all ready
sympathetic, labels the story"Bit-
ten on Snoot."
There is nothing, the Carthage
Evening Press has noticed, tina
does more to check a back to the
coil stampede than q right dry
summer.
Mrs. Kate Link. said to be the
oldest woman in, Cape Girasdean
county. dis,l ct. her home near
Burfordsville. She was born in
1915.
Jim Andy Ford. the oldest
horse buyer in the county. has
shipped over 100. 900 horses dur.
ing the twenty six years he has
been IN business. .-Maryville
Tribune.
A small girl in Johnson coun-
ty fell out OF an apple tree and
broke her arm. ST was not the
FIRST apple to get woman into
trouble" remarks the Warrens.
burg Star.Journal.
Ralph Rsynor, who stole the
automobile of Col. Willis Wood
IN Kansas City and took a 1900
mile joy ride lasting twelve days,
has been sentenced to the peni.
tentiary for three years.
The Taylor correspondent oI
the Republic Monitor writes
Everybody 10 rejoicing over the
good rain we got last week. w.
have advertised In your paper
three times for rain and each
time got = good shower"
Says the village oracle Of the
Clark Chronicle: "Cf siL strange
things | ever dreamed. tn
etrangest one by Tar YES when
dreamed the other night | was Ii
a touring car" He explains
that he had been eating welst
rsrebit.
A Monroe City man has Sqai
drinking liquor aud taken up
butter milk, but shuoks, says the
County Appeal, contemptuou
like, that's nothing. Severa
years ago when Paris went dr.!
a half dozen citizens quit drink
ing whiskey and began drinking
lemen extract.
Mrs. Mary Hildebrant, o5 year
old, was found burned to dealt
in ths yard at her home in tn
midst OF Gullford last Thursda.
morning. The discovery wa
made by her husband who ha'
slept soundly all night in an ad
joining room and had hear
nothing OF the disturbance.
The Richmond Conssrvsto
has discovered rarams--a poll
ticisn who was elected count
collector Of Ray county fcu
years when he supposed the teri
was only two years. He 10 j.
Hill. When his time was up b
refused TO run again on th
theory that he was given ell b
expected In the fret place, u W
righti,r him to stand aside "a
sneshsr patriot. He deserve
q monument.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-08-15
Pennington has received 1900
gallons Of crude oil 10 be used on
streets to prevent dust.

That's some cow product.
1t is reported that q farmer in
Perry county harvested 800 bush
els OF wheat off ten acres Of
ground that he planted to wheat.
John Bledsoe, a Springfield
student OF the normal school,
found $3.50 worth of pearls dur
ing recent vacation trip down
White river.
The Maryvills Tribune reports
that with flytraps, swatters and
poison it's getting so a fly's life
is q burden to him in Nodaway
county.
Charleston seems to be trying
to get rid Of some of its worthless
negroes, having sent six Of them
to the penitentiary at the recent
term OF circuit court.
The heirs of Thomas Beckwith
of Charleston, have decided not
to contest the giving Mr.. Beck
with's fine collection Of Indian
relics to the Cape Girardeau Nor
NAL and the suit they began has
been dismissed.
A Webb. City mar paused In
Seneca long enough to show the
editor Of the Dispatch a colt with
two COW hoofs In front instead OF
the common or troting horse
variety. "Some snimulei' cries
ye cd.
A special election will bs held
ct Dexter on Monday, August II,
at which time two propositions
will be submitted to create a
bonded indebtedness OF S53, 900
for the purpose OF installing q
waterworks and sewer system.
An antsdiluvian denizen oil
Butler has q theory that motor
cars are responsible for drouths,
He says there used to be plenty
of rain before the pesky things
were invented, but now they
raise 90 much dust that the mois.
turs is. al soaked up before I
has. . chance to reach the earth
Mrs. Carrie Lee Carter Stokes,
we'll known in Missouri bsoanss
of her twenty-five years spent in
active temperance work, gave
farewell address at Dexter re.
Gently before departing for he'
new home in California. She anC
her husband, c, 8. Stokes, vii
continue their labors in tha
state.
Casey Ransom of Cape Girar'
deau, who was convicted Of boot
legg:n' In the county at our las
term of circuit court and filed al
affidavit for an appeal, failed Il
perfect it by the time allowed hin
July 10, has been placed in th'
Poplar Bluff Jail to serve out
fine OF $500 and costs.-Bloom
Vindicator.
There is a travelling maj
named Mcfarland who will se
snakes In his dreams for the mex
year Oh least, A few days ago L
G. Bridges was driving q travel
I
ing man to Delta. While drivinl
thru the bottom between her
and Allenvills one OF the horse
stepped on a big black-snake
The snake wrapped itself aroun,
the leg of the horse and, il
thought, bit the horse. The hors
kicked casting the reptile int
the buggy, The snake wrappe
itself around the travelling. man
neck and he tried to go thru tn
top Of the buggy. He GRABBED tn
I reptile BY the neck and. unwoun
, 1t and threw. il TO the ground. H
) was no. bitten.-cspe Republi
oan.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-08-15

President Wilson narrowly es-
capped injury in an automobile wreck
when his chauffeur had to drive on
the road. crash down an embankment
into a yard and -pn flush against a
house 10 avoid collision with q wagon
travelling In the opposite dlEsstinn.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-08-15

The senate passed the Oregon lien
land bill, providing that the state
may exchange school lands in United
States forest reserves for a single
tract Of land to be held as a state
forest reserve. and on which forestry
instruction Is to be given
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-06
NOMINATIONS SENT TO
SENATE BY GOVERNOR
IFrom a stan Correspondence

TRENTON, N. j.. May Gov
ernor. Fielder sent these nominations
to the Senate:
To be a member of the Pail
sades Interstate Park Commits
sion, Edward L. Partridge. of New
York city, to Ill the vacancy caused
by the appointment of Nathan F.
Barrett to succeed d. McNeely Stauf-
fer. deceased.
To be members of the New Jersey
Commission on the Care of Mental
Detectives, pursuant to joint resolu-
ton No. of the laws of 1915 Joseph
P. Byers, commissioner of charities
and corrections; DR.. Stewart Patton,
representing the board of managers of
the New Jersey State Hospital, at
Trenton; DIR. John L. Nevin, repre-
senting the board of managers of the
New Jersey State Hospital at Morris
Plains; Edmund E. Read, jr., of
Camden; Edward D. Page, of Oak
land.
To be a trustee of the State Home
for Boys: Arthur d. Chandler, of
Orange, to succeed Frederick NJ
Lockwood, deceased.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-06
SOCIETY is STARTLED
BY THE CUBIST GOWN

WASHINGTON, May 6.--The smart
set which has survived Alice Long
worth's glass heels, the Hope dia-
mond and Count Won Bernstorff's
red silk shirt succumbed today when
Mrs. Preston Gibson and her cubist
gown embodying all the maddest
dreams of the futurists' arts, burst
upon the horse show crowd in all It's
dizziness.
The foundation of the gown was
black and white scrolled silk trimmed
with checkerboard bands of red and
black. It was made close draped
around the ankles and rose with
cubist puffings all the way up to the
waist.
The hat worn with this costume
was of black and white scrol1ed
straw in the same fuzzy wuzzy de-
sign Of the gown and one light red
feather was deliberately broken in
the middle and bent crafty off to the
side to complete the picture.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-06
MOTORDROME SUIT !
PUT OFF TO SEPT. Is

Suit brought by Alderman Maurice
H WEIGH and others against the
Eastern Motor Racing Association
was continued from today until Sep
tember 26, on the plea of counsel for
the compliments to Chancellor
Stevens. The case had been listed
for final hearing today.
Edward o. Stanley, of sommer,
Colby & Whiting, who recently en-
tered the case for the defense, said
that it would be useless to go on with
the suit now because the racing assoc
citation is insolvent and no longer
owns the Motordrome on South Or
ange avenue. He explained that there
had been no racing at the track since
September 8, and that the defendant
were unable to commit the offense for
which an injunction was asked be-
cause they had lost the property.
The bill was filed by Michael ].
Tansey. Mf. Tansey asked that Al
derman WEIGH and his associates be
allowed to continue the action, as it
would make 1t simpler to resume than
start new suit in case motor cycle
drome. He declared it is being
rumored now that the sport is soon
to be revived and that there is likely
to be an abrogation of the ordinance
which barred motorcycle racing here
last summer, when eight were killed
at the Motordrome.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-06
$4,000 FIRE SWEEPS
R. R. TRESTLE AND CARS
West Shore Station at Wee
hawken Is Endangered.

=
wEEHAWKEN. May 6. = Fire
starting from defective electric wiring
last night burned 200 feet of the West
Shore Railroads lighter bridge here
to the waters edge and for a
time endangered hundreds Of cars.
the contents of which were valued at
over 100000.
The fire had gained such a great
start when discovered that little
headway could be made by the 300
firemen who fought its spread.
Twenty fire tugs of the New York
Central Railroad were rushed, across
the river and finally succeeded in
curbing the flames.
The bridge was within 100 feet OF
the Weehawken passenger terminal
and a change Of wind would have
meant the destruction of that build
ing. The damage will amount to
$500. 900. as not only the stretch of
bridge, but also ten freight cars and
a. lumber boat were destroyed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-06
METERS REDUCE
WATER RENTALS
East Orange Commissioners
Makes Report of Saving to
Consumer by New System.

Installing meters in East Orange
has resulted in reduction of the
water supplied for house and bust
ness uses, according to the report
for 1912, made by the water COM
mission head, Samuel WINERY, to
Mayor Julian A. Gregory today 1t
is estimated that 40 per cent. of the
city now is metered. many of the
appliances having been installed dur
ing the past year. The consumption
is now 1913 gallons per day for each
resident. m 1909, when but few
meters were in use, the daily aver
age was 1871 gallons.
For the last three months of the
years 1909 and 1912 the comparison
was even more remarkable. In the
months of October, November and
December last, with the maximum
number of meters, the consumption
fell to- 74.4 gallons daily, as against
1913 in the same months in 1909. The
water commission estimates that by
1918, when the city shall have reached
a population total of $4,000, increas-
ing at the present rate of average,
the saving through meters, which
then will be universal, will reach
1,150,000 gallons a day.
The city has purchased its last sec
ton of lands for the underground
system at White Oak Ridge, and the
problem of conserving the supply is
uppermost in the minds of officials.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-06
FLY OLD GLORY OVER RED
FLAG AS CROWD CHEERS

EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio, May 6.
-Cheered by thousands and later
meeting with a unique situation, two
men last night placed the American
flag above the red flag of Socialism
on high building in which the So
cialists have headquarters. Several
days ago the Socialists flung their
flag to the breeze, and the city au-
thorities found that there was no law
to haul it down. Protests from the
G. A. r. and Sons of Veterans caused
lively controversy.
Two men, one law student and
the other the owner of the building,
last night assembled to the roof of the
structure through a trap door, in
cidentally passing the headquarters
of the Socialists. The American flag
was nailed to the roof just above the
red banner. A large crowd had col
lected. When the men attempted to
leave the roof they found the trap
door locked. From the edge of the
buildings roof the men notified the
crowd below of their predicament
Within a moment an alarm of fire
was sounded. The ladders of the de
partment were used and the two men
descended to the street.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-06
"MOVIES" LICENSE is
y SOUGHT In HARRISON

1t was rumored today in Harrison
that an attempt is to be made at
meeting of the Harrison Town Coun-
ell to secure a license to conduct a
moving picture show in the town.
Members of the Council when asked
regarding the matter declared they
had heard an application is to be
made tonight for license. The
name of the applicant could not be
learned.
Judging from the attitude of mem
bers of the Council in the past it is
not likely that a license will be voted
Harrison at present has no movies"
and it has been the desire of the ma
jority Of members of the Council to
prevent shows in sthe municipality.
Those members of the Council who
were seen today declared they would
oppose any attempt made to have a
license issued.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-06

with the approval of the public, in
which case they would have to re-
vert back to the old order
Mr.. Burleigh contended that the
action Of the company in expanding
a million and half dollars In the
purchase of the necessary ground
should be sufficient proof for the
board that the work would be done
as planned.
what should we do that we
haven't already done2" asked Mr.
Burleigh.
To this Mr.. Denman replied; Il
don't think that is a proper question
to answer 1t is up to your company
to make every move and our duty
is confined simply to passing upon
your requests
Following the conference Commits
sioner Kraemer pointed out that the
property in question in Park place
was purchased several years ago by
the Pennsylvania Railroad for ter
minal site for the rapid transit line
but the dream did not materialize.
Further than this he would not dis
tcuss the proposition.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-06
WAR SEIZURES AT SEA
TO COST ITALY $4,000


THE HAGUE, Netherlands. May 8.
The Franco italian arbitration
board dealing with the seizure by
Italian warships during the Turco-
Italian war of the French steam
ships Carthage and Manouba decid-
ed today that italy was in the wrong
and condemned the Italian govern
ment to pay $4,000 and $500, in the
respective cases.
The Carthage was seized on Janu-
ary Is. 1912, on suspicion that she
had contraband goods on board. She
was released two days later on the
request of the French government.
The Manouba was seized on Janu-
airy 10, 1912, while she was carrying
a Turkish medical mission. She was
allowed to proceed on her voyage
after landing her Turkish passengers.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-06
SALOON-KEEPER MUST
SELL ONE BRAND OF BEER

On the application OF the Peter
Breidt City Brewing Company, of
Elizabeth, Vice Chancellor Howell to-
day granted an injunction restraining
Joseph Gadek, a saloon-keeper of
Perth Amboy, from selling beer
brewed by a Staten Island brewery.
In the application, drawn by John
]. Stanler. 1t was set up that the
Breidt Company advanced Gadek
1000, in consideration of which he
agreed to use only their product.
James F. White, of Perth Amboy,
appearing for Gadek, questioned the
equity of the bill, because 1t re-
strained Gadek even after the time
the money was returned. He said his
client was willing to refund the money
now. The vice-chancellor, however,
overcame this by making the injunc-
ton subject to dismissal by the court
on future application.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-06
KATzENBAC#G|vEs
VIEW ON JURY BILL
Says official Elected by Cit
liens. Not Judge, Should
Select Jurors.
Trro., \ s.an correspondeutJ

TRENTON, N. J., May 6.-Frank s.
Katzenbach, former Mayor of Tren-
ton and Democratic candidate for
Governor in 1907. who has been in the
West for several weeks, expressed
himself clearly on the jury question
last night at smoker of the Wood
row Wilson Democratic League.
He was against a judge-made jury
and In favor of safeguarding the
powers of the sheriff. II there have
been bad sheriffs so there may be
bad Jury commissions. To take the
view of those who wanted a judge
made jury commission was to as
sumo that a Democratic form OF gov
eminent was failure.
The rooms were crowded and Mr.
Katzenbach. who was cheered as the
next Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor. discussed a number of subjects
besides jury reform.
Mr.. Katzenbach referred to the
Democratic platform declaration Of
last fall on the subject of jury Sc
iecting and said that the plank in
question might fairly be said to be
open to two constructions. One was
that the power of the sheriff in the
selecting of juries should be circum-
scribed and safeguarded, and the
other was that the selection of juries
should be taken from the sherin en-
tirely.
Mr.. Katzenbach then explained in
detail the law of 1906 relating to the
selection of petit Juries which gives
the courts certain supervisory pow
ers. This law has been sustained by
the highest courts in the State and
its operation concededly has been sat
isfactory. 1t was perfectly feasible,
he said. to surround the selection OF
grand juries by the sheriff in such
a way that there will be no more
criticism of grand juries than there
now is Of petit juries.
On the question of taking the power
away from the sheriff and vesting 1t
in jury commissions, Mr.. Katzenbach
said that If there have been bad
sheriffs there just as easily could be
bad Jury commissioners. He ques-
toned the wisdom of eularging the
powers of the court by living them
the selection of jury commissioners.
He thought with the present Geran
and primary election laws that peo-
pie could easily elect good sheriffs
or good jury commissioners and for
his part he believed that the selec-
ton of juries would be best II
made by elected officials rather than
by commissioners appointed by the
courts.
To take any other view Mr.. Katzen-
bach said it was necessary to assume
that a Democratic form of govern
ment was failure. Mr.. Katzenbach
also declared himself in favor of en-
larging the number of State officials
to be elected by the people.