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Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-10
MISSOURI PACIFIC OFFICIALS
CANNOT ASSIGN CAUSE FOR
DERAlLMENT.
ACCIDENT NOT DUE TO SPEED
Belief Held That Part Of Engine Fell
and Rolled Under Wheel Near
Berger as II Travels 49
Miles an Hour.

Jefferson City--The state public
service commission spent several
hours trying to ascertain the cause
of the wreck of Missouri Pacific train
No l at Berger, which resulted in the
death of the engineer, b. f. Meyers
of St Louis, and the injury of more
than 80 passengers.
In spite OF an all.afternoon investi-
cation and examination of railroad Of
ficials,. the cause OF the derailment
still remains a mystery.
The wreck was caused, according to
]. +. Murphy, general superintendent;
William A. Bedell, master mechanic
at Jefferson City, and A. p Morrison,
general roadmaster, by some part of
the engine dropping and getting under
the wheel or by the engine striking a
spike, bolt or something on the rail.
It was not due, they testified, to ex-
cessive speed. to a defective rail, bad
ties or poor trackbed. The track at
this point had been resurfaced last
November and was put into excellent
condition Morrison said all bad ties
were taken out new ballast put under
the ties and the trackbed placed in
first-class condition.
Engineer Meyers was making q
speed of 4S miles an hour when the
accident occurred, according to the
speed recorder. The highest speed
registered between St Louis and the
point Of derailment was 80 miles an
hour.
Morrison and Bedell testified that
As miles was a safe speed around that
curse. They said the track was con.
structed on that curve for a speed OF
IS miles. Bedell says he rounded the
same curve only few days ago in an
engine going So miles an hour.
Bedell gave it as his opinion that q
brake shoe on one of the engine truck
springs, or some other attachment, be
came defective and dropped on to the
rail. He says one of the rails was Bills
tered a distance of 20 feet, as though
some hard object had been skiddlnl
before a wheel.
n. a. Adams, inspector for the inter
state commerce commission, partici
pated in the inquiry.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-10
Exhibit Room in New CAPITOL.

Jefferson City.-An exhibit room for
the display of the agricultural, min
eral and other natural resources OF
Missouri will be a feature of the new
state capitol, according to f. w
Stephens, chairman of the commits.
sion. This will be upon the ground
floor of the building and will be 6sx6S
feet. Each OF the counties of the
state will be asked to prepare a suit
able exhibit. There will be offices pro.
vided and a lounging room for the re-
porters, Adequate telegraph and tele-
phone conveniences will be provided.
The commission received from the
architects pencil sketches of the in
terror of the house and senate cham.
bers and Of the ground floor or base
ment. Mr.. Stephens says the adver-
tisements for bids for the cOnstruc.
tion of the new statehouse will be
made about July Is unless the archi-
tects have to have little more time
upon the final plans.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-10
Insurance Company Gets Charter.

jefferson City.-The Mercantile
Town Mutual Fire Insurance company
of Kansas City completed the neces-
sary preliminaries for securing incor-
poration papers, and received char
ter fom Secetay of State Roach. The
offices Of the company are: Philip S.
Brown, Jr, president; Reynold Bar
mum, secretary, and Homer B. Mann,
treasurer. Among the incOrporators
are former Gov. Herbert S. Hadley, A.
L. Cooper John r. Grove and George
s. Edwards.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-10

Nation dispersed. disbanded. gone 10
their homes forgetful Of the common
cause? Are our forces disorganized
without constituted leaders and the
might of men consciously united be.
cause we contend, not with armies, but
with principalities and powers and
wickedness in high places. Are we
content to lie still? Does our union
mean sympathy. our peace content
ment, our vigor right, action, our ma
turity seIf-comprehension and a clear
confidence In choosing what we shall
do? War fitted us for action, and &C.
tion never ceases
Our Laws the Orders Of the Day.
l have been chosen the leader of
the Nation. cannot justify the choice
by any qualities OF my own, but so it
has come about, and here | stand.
Whom do l command? The ghostly
hosts who fought upon these battle
fields long ago and are gone? These
gallant gentlemen stricken in years
whose fighting days are over, their
glory won? What are the orders for
them, who rallies them? have In my
mind another host, whom these set
free Of civil strife In order that they
might work out in days of peace and
settled order the life of great ma
ton. That host is the people them
selves, the great and the small, with
out class or difference Of kind or
race or origin; and undivided in inter
est. IL we have but the vision TO guide
and direct them and order their lives
Alright in what we do. Our constitu-
lions are their articles OF enlistment
The orders of the day are the laws
upon our statute books. What we
strive for is their freedom, their right
to lift themselves from day to day and
behold the things they have hoped
for, and so make way for still better
days for those whom they love who
are the little children crowding In.
The quartermaster's stores are in the
mines and forests and fields, in the
shops and factories. Every day some.
thing must be done to push the cam
paign forward and II must be done
by plan and with an eye to some great
destiny.
How shall we hold such thoughts IN
our hearts and not be moved?
would not have you live even today
wholly in the past, but would wish to
stand with you in the light that
streams upon us now out OF that
great day gone by. Here is the ma
ton God has builded by our hands.
What shall we do with it? Who stands
ready to act again and always In the
spirit OF this day of reunion and hope
and patriotic fervor? The day of our
country's life has but broadened into
morning. Do not put uniforms by.
Put the harness Of the present on.
Lift your eyes to the great tracts of
life yet to be conquered in the inter
est Of righteous peace, of that pros
perity which lies in a peoples hearts
and outlasts all wars and errors OF
men. Come, let US be comrades and
soldiers yet to serve our fellow men
In quiet counsel, where the blare OF
trumpets is neither heard nor needed
and where the things are done which
make blessed the nations of the world
In peace and righteousness and love.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-10
Major Paroles Four convlcts.

Jefferson City,-Goy. Major released
four convicts from the state peniten-
tiary on parole. Those released are
Levy Moore. Kansas City, sentenced
to 80 years for murder in the second
degree; Edward Long, negro, sentenced
from Howard county for SO years
for murder in the second degree; John
Bailey, negro, Cape Girardeau coun-
ty, sentenced for FIVE years for rob
berry, and Walter Cox, Cooper county,
sentenced to ten years for train
wrecking
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-10
Smashing Force Of the Sea.

The great gales which have re-
Gently swept the Atlantic have dem
oAstrated In a most emphatic manner
me force of the sea, as represented
oy the bucE!srg, bending and tearing
away OF iron and steel plates from
vessels" says the Times Engineering
supplement- Within the last few
years also, engineers have had to
witness the destruction OF seawalls
ana half completed harbor works by
me storms which have directed the
0-~eE.sy forces Of the breakers
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-10
Barker Threatens Criminal Suits.

Jefferson City.-The fact that fire
insurance companies are continuing
their fight in the supreme court and
before Supt. Reyelle, refusing to re-
court has decided that they have VIC
lated the antitrust law in combining
to quit the state, has caused Attorney
General Barker to decideito fight with
all the power the state possesses. The
by Judge Woodson, that the Oliver
law did not repeal the antitrust law,
and that the companies were in a
combination in violation of the laws
of the state.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-10

Mrs Vaughn was out shopping one
morning, and upon her return home
she asked Annie. her maid, If there
had been any callers during her abb
sence.
Yes, num-" replied Annie,
who called?" inquired the mis-
tTess.
Mrs. Cassidy, num-" said the girl,
Mrs. Cassidy" repeated Mrs.
Vaughn. thoughtfully. Why, I don't
know any Mrs. Cassidy"
NO, num-" answered Annie. "She
didn't call to see you, mum; she came
to see me. "--Lippincott's
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-10
CAUSE for Gratitude.

Mayor Gaynor at a luncheon In
Brooklyn, praised New York's abun.
dance of amusements.
New York furnishes the people, :"
he said, with more amusements OF
wholesome and uplifting kind than
any other city in the world except
Paris.
Let us be thankful that we live in.
New York instead of In one OF those
gloomy cities whereof the citizens
say:
THE only place our people have to
so TO Is back to work."
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-10

Jefferson City-Searchlng parties
found the body Of DR. j II Howe. the
aged dentist who disappeared from
the home of his niece, Mrs Frank B.
Miller in the Missouri river about two
miles west of Jefferson City.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-10
Iowan cos Mines chair.

Rolla.-W F. Demoss Of DEBORAH,
la. was appointed instructor in Eng
lish in tie Missouri School of Mines
by the executive committee. He took
his masters and bachelors degrees at
the University of Chicago.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-10
To Abolish Grade crosslnns.

Jefferson City.-The state public
service commission laid down the
principle that all new railroads here
after constructed in Missouri shall
carry clause in their charter agree
ing to eliminate all grade crossings.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-10

against vulnerable points in the struc-
lures. There is no uncertainty about
the results. but the precise nature of
the destructive action. and the quanta-
tive measure OF the foces involved.
can scarcely be said to have been
submitted to adequate examination.
even in cases where the facts were
favorable to such research"
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-10
Kansas Minister to Capital.

Jefferson City-Rev. J. F. Cowling
OF Usage City, Kas., has acoeq<ed
call to the pastorate Of the First Pres.
byterian church of Jefferson City and
will remove h,s family to this city in
two Weeks
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-10

The Isle OF Man, which has just
defeated the worknIan's compensation
bill, Is one OF the most backward por
lions OF the British empire.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-10
N. Y. sTocKeRoKER DECLARES
HE ACTED AT ALL TIMES FOR
EDWARD LAUTERRAcH.
SOUGHT PERFECTLY LEGAL
EMPLOYMENT FOR FRIEND

Ledyard Testifies Lauterbsch Called
Upon Him With Plan to make
Wall Street Good" After Lamar,
Posing as Palmer, Had Arranged
Observation-Disclosures Dlsresses to
Charge sss, 100000 Foreeries Were
Committed on Union Pacific Books
and That Road JugeIed Its Assets.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-10
Postpones Gas Company HEARINGS.

Jefferson City.-The appointment of
a special commissioner to take :esti-
mony in the Kansas City Gas COM
pany case has been postponed by the
supreme court in banc until legal
propositions involved have been
passed upon by the court,
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-10

Jefferson City,-Speed Mosby, state
beer inspector, collected fees on beer
inspection for the month of June
amounting to $52.245.s1. This is an
Increase of s6,sOs.S9 over the fees col.
lected last June.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-10
Wanted to Do No Injury.

You were trying to convince Led.
yard that Lauterbach was a sort -
John the Baptist for the Morgan
firm?" suggested Senator Nelson.
That's it exactly" returned Lamar.
Then | called UP Mr.. Palmers Of
flee in Washington" said Lamar with
a smile, land found he would be in
Bethlehem, Pa, the next Sunday.
Then | called Mr. Ledyard and told
him to call Palmer there. | had done
all l wanted to-gotten an interview
for Lauterbach with Ledyard-and I
didn't want Mr.. Palmer injured |
wanted to clear the atmosphere and
prevent a possible scandal for Pal.
mer."
The deception was revealed to Pal.
mer and Ledyard that Sunday.
Senator Overman insisted on know.
ing IL Lamar ever impersonated any
other congressman,
"Oh, Lord, | may have" said La
mar.
Lamar said that the attorney gem
eral had been "derelict In his duty"
and that if the Union Pacific had had
Lauterbach as counsel they would
have secured "a plan that would have
been advantageous 10 everyone con-
cerned." Lamar admitted he had
changed his name several times but
refused to give his true name or say
whether or not he was a Hebrew,
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-10
INTERNATIONAL.
SUNDGYSC[IOOL.
LESSON

Dry r. o. SELLERS, Director OF Evening
Department. The Moody Bible Instltutsy
Chicago)
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-10
LESSON FOR JULY 10
MOSES PREPARES FOR HIS WORK.

LESSON TEXT-Ex. 2:1i-G5.
GOLDEN TEXT--"Blessed are the
meek. for they shall inherit the earth"
Matt. b:5.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-07-10

After the conference, he said, the
strike was settled. Odell then threat
ened to rescind the charters of the
coal carrying roads. and Quay threat
ened to force the Pennsylvania legis-
lature at a special session to acquire
the coal mines by right of eminent
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1913-11-28

further greatly improved. On
this portion of the road lying be-
tween Cedar City and the north
fields there is a great deal of
travel, particularly in the sum-
mer season, and the natural clay
Of the country is not substantial
enough to withstand the wear of
narrow-tired wagons. 1t requires
surfacing with stone or other
such substance. In the canyons
and foot hills near at hand are
extensive beds of shale which
is excellent for surfacing roads,
and if this stretch of the state
highway were covered to depth
of six or eight inches. it would
be converted into a boulevard
for years to come. The local road
commissioner agrees that this is
the proper thing to do, but the
State Engineer for some reason
has withheld his consent. We
respectfully direct the attention
of that official to this matter,
with the recommendation that it
receive early attention. The
cost need not be at all great. If
nothing is done in relation to
the matter soon, we suggest that
the people of Cedar City petition
to have the work done, in order
that this piece of road may be in
good condition before the farm
work commences next spring.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1913-11-28

Notices are posted in the local
postoffice, by order of the Post
master General, requesting
that the people mail their
Christmas packages early, the
object being to avoid a conges-
tion of the mails on the eve of
Christmas, for with the advan-
tages of the parcel post system
will be a serious matter to cope
with, and will no doubt tax the
department to the limit to find
equipment sufficient to handle
the business. By mailing your
parcels early you viii be much
better assured of their safe de-
livery, as many packages are
broken and lost in the final rush
just prior to Christmas.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1913-11-28
Had to Call it Off

A local coal dealer who has
been advertising in The Rec
ord the other day asked to have
it dropped out. In explanation
he stated that he was getting so
many orders for coal, particular.
ly from the outlying settlements,
that he could not fill them; that
be was obliged to send three
teams home empty just the other
day which he was unable to
load. and all on account Of the
ad. in The Record. Under the
conditions described, he of course
did the right thing. There is
no use denying it, people WILL
read what appears in The Rec
ord, and they have confidence
that it means what it says. We
notice that our contemporary
still has the advertisement, but
the dealer evidently anticipates
no difficulty of the kind men,
toned above from that source.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1913-11-28
What is Needed Now

The Record takes it for grant
ed that it is no longer necessary
to argue in favor of good roads.
This is question that has been
decided pretty thoroughly by
demonstration and observation.
The question is not now regard
ed as fad or a graft in the in
terests of the automobile and
against the interests of the
masses of the people. 1t is
found that the man who teams
for a living. or the man who
uses the roads to transport his
crops over and in the pursuit of
his other various vocations, il
benefits quite as much as it does
the owner OF an automobile. The
road from Cedar City and Par
owan is a vivid example of what
good roads mean to the people.
And while the road above re-
ferred to is an excellent road in
the main. there are points of it,
practically in the near proximity
of Cedar City, that could be still
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1913-11-28
The Tongue of SANDER

Many naturally good meaning
people unwittingly do a serious
wrong to others by repeating
slanderous stories that reach
them concerning some third
person, which are absolutely
lacking of proof or confirmation,
and which, in a great many
cases, haven't the slightest
foundation in fact. Frequently
this is not done with any inten-
tion of injuring the person ac-
cused, but is the result of
thoughtlessness on the part of
the gossiper. and our human
prediction to accept anything
of an evil nature as fact,
which we hesitate and question
the motives behind every good
and laudable action. Did you
ever stop to think of this? Ask
yourself if such In a majority Of
cases is not a fact.
Frequently it transpires that
some person is under reproach
for some imaginary offence,
which became quite notorious
in the community before the
person slandered or accused
has the slightest kowledge of the
accusation made. Such stories
are commonly circulated with
they say" or 81 hear" as the
only authority, and when the
accused or some friend tries to
run the stories to their source, it
is often found to be an impos-
sibility to do SO or to get any
farther than II heard it,"
Let us, as a community, try
to cultivate more faith in each
other, and in our private criti-
cism take the legal version that
a man is innocent until he is
found guilty, and not be too
ready to repeat idle Islander,
which only shows a vitiated
taste on the part of the tale
bearer. Unity, confidence and
sympathy one for the other are
mighty fine attributes to cult
vate. and will tend to make all
happier and the world in general
better. Insist upon scandal
mongers either producing their
proof, or holding their tongues
in your presence, instead of
keeping an ear always bent to
the ground to hear something
evil about your neighbor.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1913-11-28
HAD NO JUSTICE

hurricane, Nov. II. The case
against Joseph Griffin for burg
larry was brought before r. P.
woodbury. at LaVerkin and was
dismissed temporarily on the
grounds that the office of justice
OF the peace became vacant in
the LaVerkin precinct this year
inasmch as no nominee for that
once was placed on the ticket
last election. Washington Coun-
ty News.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1913-11-28

Mt. Pleasant has just complet-
ed new modern amusement
building. having a front AZ feet
wide and a depth of las. feet.
1t is equipped with commodious
stage for theatricals, and will
also be used for showing moving
pictures. The tendency all over
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1913-11-28

the country, inaugurated by the
metropolitan cities. but fast
spreading to the smaller COM
munities. is towards amuse-
ments. is a general de-
mand for theatres and resorts of
various kinds.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1913-11-28
Preliminary Work Now

This year the county fair was
held at Parowan, and very
successful fair it was. Next
year, according to agreement, it
should come to Cedar City. In
the past the county fairs have
received altogether too little no.
tice. No attention is paid to the
matter until midsummer, and
then everything has to be rushed
through, and the gun is exploded
at half-cock. The premium list
is issued two weeks or possibly
a month before the date set for
the. fair, and exhibitors roll in
whatever they happen to have
on hand, or left over from prev
ious fairs; a few big squash and
some dry land corn in the corner
completes the exhibition. For
the rest we depend upon the
horse-racing and a game of bas-
ket ball to draw the crowds. But
really, is this a county fair?
Does this fulfill our ideals of
what a fair should be?
We believe that almost year
is required to get up a really
good, rousing county fair-one
that will have the effect of slim
ulating the inhabitants to i'm
prove the quality of their COM
modities; one that will fittingly
advertise and demonstrate the
possibilities and resources of our
county. There is an immense
amount of work about the pre-
paration of a good fair, and the
organization should be perfected
and the various committees ap-1
pointed and set to work at once.
Corresponding ecretaires s.
should be appointed and set to
writing to wholesalers who draw
business from this section of the
country. Many of these will
offer valuable prizes for various
exhibits if their attention is
called 20 the matter in time.
The premium list should be got
ten out early in the year-not
later than February or March,
so that the people may know
what prizes there are to compete
for and can make their plans ac-
cordingly.
The Record would like to see
the county fair next year the
best ever held in Southern Utah,
and we can make it so if we all
work together to that end and
start early enough. We respect.
fully refer the matter to the
Cedar City Commercial Club for
its early consideration.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1913-11-28
THANKFULNESS

Pm thankful life is Drumming full
of various
And sundry sorts of blessings,
multifarious.
For instance, there's the garden
of my neighbor.
Where in the spring, my chick
ems love to labor.
Then there's the telephone he
kindly pays for,
Whose usefulness we daily find
some ways for.
I'm glad to share his car. good
man. toot-tooting
For that comes even cheaper
than computing.
TO use his mower in summer |
don't sickle.
Nor am | diffident to try his
sickle.
In winter | am greatful for his
shovel,
Likewise his evening paper. or
a novel.
Most people seek a selfish end in
living,
But the whole year round keep
up thanksgiving.
Exchange.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1913-11-28

Don't neglect to look over the
interesting story in this issue
entitled Delinquent Tax List"
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1913-04-30
p. E. O, BANQUET.

The annual J.. y. o. banquet was
given last evening ~ tn" home of
NJ. and Mrs. l. Harry Ingram on
Grant avenue. and was one Of the
most delightful affairs that has bcon
given by the society during the past
year. yellow and whit. were the
prevailing coiors used In decorating
vases of apple blossoms adjoining the
tables and added attractivcncss To
the occasion. The ioas,s wcr" givcr
M follows:
Presidents Address OF Welcome
Mira. u. II. Iiindman.
Til" Days "" C.l.brai"-W. II.
Howell.
1.-THE Absent =. =. O.-Miss Lula
Watson.
up. y. O.'S ms II. I. l.. Sees Them
r.. IL Ross.
up. y. q. and Other Elmor.
Floyd.
Up. =. O'S An Others ,narbarians,
Sec Them. Harry Ingram.
Our Mayors. I. I.."-iIcIry
Hunter.
up. +. O.'S From Feed Stand.
.point'-A. l.. Branson.
Thos" present wcr" Mr. aud Mrs.
W. =. Duniavy. Mr.. and Mrs. A. !.
Floyd. Mr.. and Mrs. 4. l.. Eransop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles He'll. Mr.. and
Mrs. !. A. Dopp. Mr.. and Mrs. BERT
Gilbert. Mr.. and Mrs. D, I, Iiirdmnn
man. Mr.. and Mrs. ". II. Howell.
NJ IL. n a