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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
NEW HIGH MARI FOR CORN
UnfavorabIe Condition of Corn Crop,
Expected In Government Report,
Causes start Upwards.

Chicago, Ill.-Anticipating that
the government crop report, issued
Just after the closing gong, would
show eve more unfavorable condi-
lions for the corn crop than private
'advices, spectators in the corn pit
shot the market to a new high water
mark for September, the highest of
the year.
Starting with an advance of v cent
the bids for September corn climbed
steadily to 7zA, and then dropped a
triie, closing at Y cents, the highest
closing price since the big drought
scare.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Insurance Firms Agree to Resume.
Jefferson City-The Ere insurance
muddle in Missouri was settled in a
conference between Acknowledgement
Barker. representing the state. and
Charles E. Sheldon of New York and
F. N. Judsoan, F. W. Lehman and
Edward f. Goltra of st, Louis. sepre-
senting the companies. Seyenty-ive
per cent of the 1872 companies which
withdrew from the state, including all
the big concerns, Immediately will re-
sumo business in Missouri. Under the
terms of the settlement the small for
eign insurance companies, constitute
ing probably % per cent of the num-
Der which quit business, may with
draw from the state if they desire.
Judson and the other insurance con-
freres told the Encouragement that
the small companies had been losirg
money heavily because they were n
able to compete with the big Gem
panies and that they should be per-
mitted to withdraw from Missouri.
The Encouragement agreed to this
Must Rely on Court.
The insurance representatives as
sured the Encouragement that every
big company would take up business.
and write insurance as vigorously as
ever. The companies must resume
business and rely upon the supreme
court to dismiss the conspiracy pro-
ceedings by the Encouragement
Attorney-Genera Barker announced
he would Immediately file a motion to
dismiss the suits, which the court will
take under consideration when it or
venes Oct. IA. Until that time the in
surance companies must do business
in good faith.
The full terms of the settlement
are:
That all the companies, except cer-
tain small ones exempted, rssume
business at once.
That the encouragement file in the,
supreme court a motion to dismiss
his proceedings.
That small companies which have
been losing business be permitted To-
leave the state should they desire.
That no prosecutions will be under
taken against the companies bot
toned on section 10313A of the Orr
| antitrust act, which is held by the.
Encouragement in his opinion to the
insurance companies to be unconsti~
| tutional.
That if prosecuting attorneys instr
tute proceedings against the com
panies bottomed upon alleged viola
lions of section 10313A, he will dis
miss them.
Section 10313A Of the Orr antitrust
act makes it prima facie evidence Of
guilt for an insurance company to-
have in possession rate cards similar
to those used by other companies.
The attorney-general's opinion,
which was given to Sheldon, Judson
and Lehman, touching the validity
of the prima facie section Of the Orr,
antitrust act, was the basis Of a cir
cular letter issued by the insurance
representatives to the insurance com
panies, advising them to return to the
state. :,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
WHITE BABIES TURN BLACK
Philadelphia Twin Boys Suffering
With One of Rarest Diseases
Known to Medical Science.

Philadelphia, Pa,-Two 18-month-
old twin boys in the Children's
Homeopathic hospital are suffering
from one of the rarest diseases known
to medical science, which has changed
their color from white to black.
The disease is "pseudoleucaemia,"
or Hodgkin's disease, and it is an
affection of the Emphatic glands in
which the number of white blood cor
puscles is increased and the red blood
cells are greatly diminished.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
Not to Recognize Huorta.

THAT under no circumstances does
the administration propose to recog-
nize the Huerta government;
THAT Mr.. Lind has gone to the City
of Mexico to be the "eyes and ears"
of the Washington administration on
the ground and to explain the attitude
of this government when he has fully
familiarized himself with the situa-
ton
THAT by withdrawing Ambassador
Wilson and sending Mr.. Lind the
president planned to have a man on
the ground who was in sympathy with
the administration here and was In
no sense a factor in the situation in
the City of Mexico"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
Machine company offers HELD.

Jefferson City.-Gov. Major received
a letter from q road machine company
of Arthur, ILL.,, in which the company
tenders for use free August 20 and
81 one of its road graders and road
drag outfits, with which rs miles Of
roads can be dragged in one day. The
offer does not include motive power
to operate the machine, which re.
quires a 25 horsepower engine. The
governor accepted the offer and the
machinery will be shipped to some OF
the northern prairie counties.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
capltaI smokeIess Town.

Washington.-No putting locomo-
tive will come within 20 miles Of the
capital if Representative Charles NJ.
Thompson, a Progressive Republican
of Illinois, has his way. He has in
troduced a bill in the house to compel
railroads entering Washington to cleo
trify their lines within a radius of a
score of miles of the border of the
District of Columbia.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
California Bills Attacked.

Sacramento.-Some of the most i'm
p~ortant measures passed at the recent
session of the legislature have been
attacked in referendum petitions filed
here against the red-light abatement
act, the workinmen's compensation
measure, the employers liability act
and the blue sky law.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
LEE SINKS, 80 SAVED
Crew, Save Engineer, Gets Ashore
When Steamboat Is Wrecked at
Lake Providence, La.

Lake Providence, Lathe steam
er Peters Lee of the Lee Line,
plying between V%icksburg and Mem
phis, struck a coal barge at Lake Prov
idence and sank in 40 feet of water.
The steamer is wholly submerged
and is a total wreck, having broken
in several pieces. After striking the
barge the boat went down in about
three minutes, barely giving 30 cabin
passengers and the crew a chance to
get ashore.
The only life lost was that of Frank
O'Neil, the chief engineer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
II ARE DROWNED IN GERMANY
Only Five Of % Go Down When
Power Boat Captized While
Hundreds Look On.

Swinemunde, Germany.-Seventeen
persons were drowned off the beach
here in sight Of hundreds of
bathers and strollers when a power
boat capsized. There were % persons
aboard, and only five were saved. The
boat was equipped also with a sail,
and a sudden change in the wind
caused the accident.
The kaiser had Just passed the
beach in an automobile when the ac-
cident occurred.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
WEBB LIQUOR LAW INVALID
Unconstitutional Because Congress
Delegates Power to States to
Regulate Trofflc.

0ttumwa, lathe Webb-Ken-
yon law, prohibiting the shipment
of liquor from wet" to dry states,
is unconstitutional, in the opinion Of
State District Judge F. M. Hunter, in
a decision.
The express companies held that
the law was void, because it delegated
authority from congress to the states
to regulate interstate commerce in
liquor, which power Judge Hunter
says belongs to congress alone and
cannot be delegated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
LIND LOCATED IN
CITY OF MEXICO
PRESIDENTS PERSONAL REPRE-
SENTATIVE READY TO BEGIN
HIS MISSION.
GUNBOAT BOMBARDS A CITY
Mexican FederaIs Shell City for Hour
and Halt, Doing Heavy Damage
Aviator Caught Within Range
of Ships Guns.

City OF Mexico.-John Lind, Presi-
dent Wilson's personal representative,
and Mrs. Lind and DIR. William Baird
Hale, who has been in Mexico for
some time studying conditions on be-
half Of President Wilson. arrived here
from Vera Cruz, on a regular passen-
ger train.
Mr.. Lind declines to discuss his
probable actions in Mexico City or
the nature OF the proposal he is COM
missioned to make to President
Huerta.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
is Want Place on Bench.

Jefferson City.-TLere are Is appli-
cations for appointment as circuit,
judge In Jackson county to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Judge
James H. Slower. Some of the best
known members of the Kansas City
bar are said to be included in the list,
The names Of the applicants will not
be made public until after the return,
of the governor to Jefferson City.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
Atkinson to Turn student.

Jefferson City.-Chairman j. M. At
kinson Of the public service commits
sion will spend the remainder OF the
month investigating the methods Of
the commissions Of Wisconsin,, ILL
-nois, New York and Massachusetts.
No more hearings will be held until
September, unless an emergency
should arise.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
Mccluno BUYS RIoodhounds.

jefferson City.-D. G.. McClung
warden Of the Missouri penitentiary,
has imported two bloodhounds from
Oklahoma, which he will use in chas-
ing conyicts who escape. He will
turn out a "trusty" in a few days, give
him several hours start on the dogs
and give them a test in trailing him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
TURKS TOLD TO EvACUATE
Powers Order Ottomen to Quite For
tress of Adrianople and Respect
Treaty Signed in London.

London, England.-The representa-
tives Of the powers took the first step
at Constantinople to compel Turkey
to eyacuate the fortress Of Adrianople,
which her troops occupied after war
broke. out between the former Balkan
allies.
The diplomatic body demanded that
the Turkish government respect the
treaty signed in Loadon between the
former ~belligerents.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Recent solar discoveries promise
that experts will be enabled to make
accurate forecasts, extremely yalu
able to farmers, months in advance
But conditions will not be perfect
nor the public satisfied until some
way is discovered Of controlling the
weather.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
RarrinatOn to Try for Pardon.

Jefferson City.-The board of par
dons and paroles has tentatively set
November 4 as the date when Lord
Darlington" who is serving a life
term for the murder Of James P. Nc
Cam, will be given a formal hearing.
This will give harrington time to as
semble his new material and to bring
witnesses or persons interested in him
from abroad.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Old Orchard, Me.-Fifteen thousand
Bibles--15 tons Of Scripture-were
piled on the platform when the
Gideons, the commercial travellers or
ganization, opened their convention
here. The association plans to put
$1,000 Bibles in 5000 hotels through
out the country.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Gort Worth, Tex.-Edward Harri-
son and Paul Fowler, who murdered
Ernest Knesch a year ago, were
hanged in jail here. Fowler smoked
until the last moment and looked on
with a smile at the preparations being
made.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
Gov. Major Paroles Two.

Jefferson City.-Gov. Major granted
paroles to two inmates Of the peniten-
tiary. They are. Frank DAVIS of
Vernon county, sentenced for a term
of FIVE years on a charge of forgery,
and Robert Stewart of Grundy county,
serving five years for forgery.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
Rridae Fiaht to Hiah Court.

Jefferson City.-The proposition to,
build an $4,000 bridge across the Gas
conade river at Mays Ford, in Pu-
laski county, has stirred up litigation
against the county court which
reached the supreme court. Judge
Woodson, sitting in vacation, appoint
ed Judge G. G. Bland of Rolla to take
testimony in the case, and issued a,
writ of prohibition against Judge
Woodside to restrain him from pro-
ceeding to the trial of injunction pro-
ceedings against the county court.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

1t never pays to criticise the wealth
er man. The criticism may be Just.
1t may be deserved, but he can always
revenge himself by letting loose his
too-abundant stock Of humidity upon
a suffering public.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
Fish Break 10 4 Strike.

Vancouver, 3. CA heavy run OF
sockeye salmon, promising big wages.
even at the reduced prices offered by
the canneriss, caused the strike Of
5000 fishermen at the mouth Of the
Fraser river TO collapse. I
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
<. Of G. chooae 81. paul

Boston, Mass.-After voting not to.
move the headquarters Of the order
from New Haven, Conn, the knights
Of Columbus in supreme convention
chose ST. Paul as their meeting place
n 1914 and adjourned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Chicago.-County Judge Owens
.amed the irst women's Jury ever SCI
Sected in Cook county. A number OF
prominent social workers and club
women win hear cases In the court
for the insane at the detention hos
initial
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
RooseveIt's AssaIIant eankrupt.

New York.-John shrank, who shot
Theodore Roosevelt the night Of Oct.
IA, 1912, is bankrupt. Six weeks after
the shooting Shrank was committed
to the Northern hospital for insane, at
Oshkosh, Wis. i
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
1850 Fires in Rural Missouri.

jefferson City.-Figures compiled
by Supt. Revelle of the state insur-
ance department show that 1859 fires
occurred in Missouri in July outside
of st. Louis, Kansas City and st.
Joseph. The aggregate loss was,
$261,4 45.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Success will come t. snyone who
perseveree."
Il don't know about that. I've been
mraried for ten years now, and my
husband hasn't likea Anything had
for dinner yet"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
vie Held for Husbands Death.

Cincinnati, O.-Clara ABosken. the
divorced wife of Patrolman Peter
Smaller, who was shot and killed in a
lonely residential section Of this city,
was formally charged with the muir
der of her husband.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Washington.-The first Of the inter
national peace treaties ~embolying
Secretary Bryah's plan has actually
been signed. 1t was between the
United States and Salvador, and soon
will be sent to the senate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Quite %innocently an eastern news
paper says that efforts were made
at once to quickly dispatch the nu-
merous rats which had chewed up sew
eral thousand dollars worth Of
blanks in q telegraph Office.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
.LIahtn1na h ! TunneL.

Globe, Ariz.-Lightning Travelled
through nearly a mile Of tunnel in the
Copper Reef mine. jumped 300 feet
down a winze and nearly tore one
miners leg of and shocked morehhan
o score Of otherA
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
craftern Entate onIx s1o.aa.

New York-Capt. Thomas w, Walsh
Of the police department. who died
last June shortly after he had con.
fessed te police graft, left an estate
amounting to only $1O.32. SO far as It
is shown in his will.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

London--A policeman who with his
pocket knife cut the sputtering fuse
OF a bomb probably saved from de-
struction the high school at Sutton,
Nottingham, where Devid Lloyd
George made an address.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Patience-Everybody seems to DO
after the poor ny.
Pati ice-Ycs, there does not seem
70 be any place the lfy can go to avoid
'etecttan. ~
yatience--Only In the currant cake.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
State RacterloIoalst Stone Resigns.

Jefferson City,-Dr. M. G. Stone IF
Kansas City, state bacteriologist,
rendered his resignation to the state
board of health to take effect Sept. /.
Stons was appointed under the admin
istration Of Gov. Hadiey.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
Self to Prove Honesty.

New Orleans.-Charged with dis
honesty in a suit filed by his children,
e. M. Blank committed suicide by
shooting himself. Il die to prove my
honesty he said in a farewell note.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

There are a great many people IN
this world who don't know what is
good for them, but If they win only
wait long enough. somebody else will
give them the information they lack.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Seattle, Wash.-Organizations Of
farmer throughout the state Of Wash
ington sent to Coy. Lister a petition
urging an immediate passage Of legis-
lation which will establish a state
powder factory.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Bucharest.-The Balkan peace dele
gates showed no disposition to recon-
slider their rejection Of the request by
the United States that the peace
treaty contain a guaranty Of civil and
religious liberty.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Bill--This paper says that deep cul-
tivation with the aid Of dynamite is
being tried experimentally on tea
plantations In India.
Jnl-Wen, | should think they could
sAlse anything with dynamite.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
Sheriff lakes Jackpot.

Cheyenne, Wyo.-Jackpot, the
toughest town in Wyoming, has been
closed by the sheriff, and its mayor,
councilmen and inhabitants are
either under arrest or have been
driven out of the country.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Patience-The Persians are cred
ited with the original high heels,
which they constructed to keep their
feet from the burning sands.
Patrice-The Persian women never
get cold feet then, / imagine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Neutrality-suspicious. Of the greatest
naval radio stations in the world, even
eclipsing in size the new station at
Arlington, Va, Is to be constructed
by the United States at Caimito, in
the canal zone.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
Powder Exploded by Liohs Rays.

Partisan Italian inventor, Ulivi,
has interested the French government
In a discovery by which he is said
to have exploded gunpowder Is miles
away by projecting ultraviolet or
infra-red rays.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14
Oldest Conductor on Katy pIes.

sedalia.-David ]. Temple, the old
est passenger conductor in continu-
GUS service on the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas railway. died here. He had
been with the road since 1879.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Sedalia.-Fire in the La Moore ho-
tel, the second in two days, did $4,000
damage. Like the blaze of a few
nights ago, which caused a loss Of
$4,000, the origin is no known.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

The misguided person who knows
Just how to remove tan is deservedly
unpopular with bathing beach fre-
quenters.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Captains OF finance get a great deal
o publicity, but the boys Of tn
corn clubs are doing more for the up
building Of the nation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

No one has explained in q satisfac-
tory manner why it takes three grown
people to take one small boy to the
circus,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

If cooking your feet on high in
4duces health, then the average trav-
cling man should be a well person.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

We have reasons to believe that the
Boston man who said the singing OF a
fish kept the town awake told q good
fish story.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

The pedestrian who is disguised
with lodging autos should buy an
auto and get even.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

There are the usual number of dis
appointments in the 1913 watermelon
crop.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

There are several kinds of gamb-
ling, among them eating hash in a
restaurant.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

1t is a poor railroad manager who
cannot prove after a train wreck that
nobody was responsible for 1t.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Clocks are to be taxed in Berlin.
High timei
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Even Europeans who live In coun.
tries where morals are notably lax
take a slam at American high speed
divorce.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Not only do bachelors die moro
rapidly than married men, but they
lead IN crime. There 10 no denying
that woman ID q blessing
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Speaking of baseball reports in the
~vernacular, have you tried to under
stand a report of a championship
match Of checkers?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

1t has come out at last. A Denver
professor admits that the study of
mathematics has no value.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

The summer drownings are going on
with their usual regularity and dlsre-
gard of persistent warning.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

English may be making rapid strides
as a world language, but it Is our OBJ
servation that the civilized world eats
in French.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Some band leaders act as II they
were shadow boxing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Most Of US are not worried over the
fact that the London syndicate con
trolls all the diamonds In the country.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Some men must stand criticism for
being bachelors and others are pun
ished for bigamy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

No one eyer an aviator of
1oy-riding.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

1t is hoped that the garment work
ers' trouble will not affect the output
of bathing suits.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

Almost anybody can reform his own
currency by making it go farther and
less fast.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-14

The man who has just bought a new
automobile or yacht is discovering a
lot of new dear friends.