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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-18
THE RIGHT IDEA, But

I'VE will put everybody to work.
says Gen. Pancho Villa. Since armies
are the strength of dictators he intends
to establish the Mexican army as soon
as things once get settled. There
never will be another dictator in Mex
ico." he declares.
His idea is all right, but will it
work? He would disperse the army
by having the men lay down their arms
for three days week and work.
Three of the remaining days he would
have the men drill in military tactics
and SO be prepared to spring to arms
at moments notice, the command be-
ing given over the telephone.
In view of Mexico's history, it looks
as if Villas plan would do no more than
keep the citizens in good fighting trim
for a next uprising
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-18
UNIVERSITY BUYS LIVE STOCK
W. A. Weaver Gets Highest.Pr
SOws at Poland. China Sale.

W. A. Weaver. instructor in animal
husbandry. attended the pure-bred
Poland-C China hog sale held at Bunce-
ton, Mo-. Friday by w. B. Wallace.
Mr.. Weaver bought two fine brood
sows for the department. They were
the highest priced animals sold
I'VE now have thirty classes of live
stock a week, requiring 120 head of
stock" said Professor Weaver BE
cause of this We are increasing the
number of our live stock and at the
same time endeavoring to get the very
best stock"
The animal husbandry department
recently bought Honorable. a pure
bred Percheron stallion. He is II
years old. was imported in 1904 by H.
A. Briggs. Elkhorn. Wis. and has
proved to be a good sire. He won
fifth place at the International Show
when a 2-year-old and was champion
Percheron stallion at the Wisconsin
State Fair in 1905 when 3 years old.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-18
IDEAL MARRIAGE TODAY
Romance Of Miss Hanan and the Duke
DurrazzO Began Two Years Ago.


By United Press.
NEW YORK. Feb. 1S.-The ideal
marriage" of the Duke Don Arturo de
Majo Durrazzo, "a years old, to Miss
Elizabeth Frances Hanan, 54 years old,
sister of John H. Hanan. took place
today at the brides home, 1913 Fifth
avenue. The Duke comes of an Italian
family, recorded in the Book of Gold
of the Nobility of Italy" His family
dates back to 1872. Its history is
replete with romantic facts in the his
tories of the famous old Italian cities
of Capua. Foggia, Lucera, Catanzaro,
Venice, Naples and Rome. The father
of the Duke, Marquis Francesca
Demiao Durrazzo, has been dead two
years.
The romance began two years ago on
board the Hanan yatch in the Mediter-
ranean, when the Duke was a guest of
Hanan. He had begun philanthropy
ic movement in Italy for the scientific
application of funds donated by the
rich to the poor. Miss Hanan. who
has devoted her life to such work, i'm
mediately became interested in him
and his work She had been variously
reported to have been engaged to
marry many titled Europeans and
many wealthy Americans.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-18
Y. W. c. A. ELECTION MARCH )
Present Officers Will Finish School
in une-NOminatiOns Due Feb. 10.

Things are stirring in Y. w. c. A.
circles. 1t is time for the nomina-
ton of officers for the annual cleo
ton which takes place March ).
Here and there you will see groups
of girls earnestly discussing possible
candidates. The present officers are
all seniors and will not be back next
year.
The Office of president is especially
important because she appoints the
chairmen of the different committees
who make up the Y. w. C. A cabinet
1t is also necessary for her to give
at least a half an hour a day to the
work Miss Mabel Hurst has beef
president this year. The other Off
GERS are: Vice-president. Miss Louise
Let's; secretary. Miss Mabel Banks;
treasurer, Miss Lummie Lynch.
All names that the Y. W. c. A.
members wish to suggest to the NOM
mating committee must be in by
February 10. The members of the
committee are: Miss Elizabeth Kis-
kaddOn, Miss Adaline Jesse, Miss Ida
Lilly, Miss Louise Let's, Mrs. F. F.
Stephens and Mrs. Henry Price.
At the annual business meeting
March ) several members of the. ad-
visOry board will be elected also. The
members of this board serve for three
years and may be reelected. 1t is
of faculty women who are
in Y. w. c. A. work. Mrs.
A. Ross Hill resigned when she went
to Europe and the vacancy is to be
filled.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-18
PRESTO! YOUR BLACK EYE GOES
Barber Removes Signs of Combat; /;
Charges According 10 Appearance.

Barber Removes Signs of Combat ;
Charges According to Appearance.
BY United PresA.
NEW YORK, Feb. -Shakespeare's
cobbler who said he was 'by way of
being mender Of bad soles" had
nothing on a Seventh avenue barber
in the LOngacre Square neighborhOOd
who holds himself forth as a black
eye doctor" No, he is not a negro bar
Der. He is just what his sign says. a
black eve doctor. He is skillful
remover of all signs of physical COM
bat, and night riders in the theatrical
and lobster palace district say he does
2 thriving business.
Barbering is his regular trade, and
black eye dOctOring is side line. The
barber-dOctor's treatment is both med
ical and chromatic First off. he gives
the victim treatment to remove the
pain of the kaleidoscope optic bruise
that is rapidly turning from pink to
red to vermillion, to yellow, to green
and purple. to blue and then to black.
After he has applied lotions, beef
steak and all the well-known first aids.
the doctor then brings forth a make
up outfit and with dexterous fingers
paints the discolored eye and its con-
tiguous territory until it looks natural,
and it would take an expert observer
to detect the discolored bruise. !
In a few minutes, a man who has
had fistic encounter can remove all
traces of it by visit to the black
eye doctor The barber has a sliding
scale of charges. based on the appear
ance of his customer. If the disfgured
one wears a claw-hammer coat and
high hat, and looks furtively about
as if dreadng the appearance of the
police or reporters, the barber gauges
his fee accordingly
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-18
THE END.SEAT FIEND.

There are still some persons who
need instruction in etiquette at public
gatherings. People still have to put
up with that nuisance. the "end-seat
fiend." wherever they meet together.
He goes to public entertainments, to
the University Assembly. to church and
to all kinds of meetings. And he goes
early, so that everyone else has to go
in past him.
There are several species of this
nuisance. One gets up politely and
quickly. steps out in the aisle, and lets
others pass him. This species is toll
erable. Another species gets half
way up and lets persons squeeze past
as best they can. A third species sits
still and makes people climb over his
feet.
The end seat is often a desirable
place. but that fact does not give any
one the right to the seat at the eX-
pense of the convenience of others. A
''move-over" compaign ought to be
started for the purpose of exterminat-
ing the "end-seat fiend."
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-18
Sleeper Was Cold; Asks $5O,OOO.

By United Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18.-Legal
representatives here of May Irwin. the
actress. are preparing today to bring
suit for $4,000 against the Southern
Pacific. This amount. it was claimed.
is due the actress because of illness
suffered while travelling over the Com
pany's lines and which, it was alleged,
forced her to cancel a number OF
Pacific Coast engagements. While trav-
cling from California over the South
ern Pacific, Miss Irwin's train was
held up by a washout near Dunsmuir.
California. 1t is charged that the
sleeper in which Miss Irwin was re-
quired to remain II hours carried no
heat and as a result she was seized
with an attack of neuritis.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-18
CLASS INVESTIGATES SOIL FACTS
Experiments Made to Better Methods
of Growing Field Crops.

L
Special soil investigation work by
an advanced class in agrOnomy is be-
| ing done to determine some helpful
things in the growing of field crops.
I Frank l.. Dudley is conducting pot
experiments and field tests with wheat
( to determine the relative efficiency of
phosphate fertilizers on Missouri soils.
The average Missouri soil is relatively
low in PHOSPHORUS. AS bone and mus
sci shells that carry PHOSPHORUS to
the soil are fast being used in the
manufacture of buttons and other or
naments, this will eventually necessi-
tate the use of acid phosphate from
rock and other phosphate materials.
H. X. Thatcher is conducting ex-
periments with different degrees of
heat
c. E. Neff is attempting to devise
rapid quantitative field test for soil
acidity. 1t is simple enough for the
farmer to thrust a piece of litmus
paper into the soil and find out wheth-
er or not there is an acid condition
present, but finding out the exact
amount SO that it may be corrected
without waste of material or labor is
a more extensive and difficult opera
ton.
Nathan Marquis is working with the
turnip, seeking to find whether it is
possible to fatermine by the use of
such crops. now much plant food is
available in a soil. Turnips and like
plants, with their limited root systems
and absence of heavy growths of root
hairs, have to depend upon the food
supply which is readily available in
the soil, and it has been suggested by
German scientists that work with
crops of this type will give the investi-
gator soil Information which he could
not determine satisfactorily from
chemical tests.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-18
4 Pamphlets Published by BOtanists.

Among the pamphlets recently pub
lished by the department of botany
OF the University of Missouri, appear
the following: Infection Experiments
with the Powdery Mildew of Wheat
and The Powdery Mildews-Erysi-
phaceae," by George NJ. Reed; "The
Effect of Toluol and Carbon Bisul-
phide Upon the Micro-Flora and
Fauna of the Soil'' and Real and
Apparent Nitrifying Powers" by P.
l.. Gainey.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-18
30 YEARS WITHOUT WATER
Denver Restaurateur Attributes Health
to Drinking Beer and Wines.

by United Press.
DENVER, Feb. 18.-Denver has a
man who has not had drink of water
for thirty years. He says so himself.
His name is ]. c. Lehner a restaura-
teur."
Water has only one use," said he
today" That's washing. l have
not tasted water since I was IA years
old and l tasted very little before
that"
AS a resident of Hungary, France,
Germany. Egypt, England and Italy, he
has become accustomed to the use of
beer and light wines. Not until he
passed the age of 20, when he first
went to New York, did he see water
served with meals.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-18
VOTES on WATER RIGHTS
A $3,OOO.0 900 Loan for Railroad Tunnel
Accompanies Franchise Controversy.

By United Press.
DENVER, Feb. 1S.-Whether the
CITY of Denver shall grant to the
Denver Union Water Company a
twenty-year franchise and vote S3,O0O.-
600 in bonds to be lent the Denver &
Salt Lake railroad for building the
Moffat tunnel through James Peak are
the two important issues at a special
election being held here today. The
water company franchise is contained
in proposition fostered by the Den
yer Retail Association as settlement
of the long-standng controversy over
the acquisition of the water plant by
the city. A bitter campaign on this
question has preceded the election.
The Moffat tunnel proposition pro-
vides for a S3,OOO,OOO loan to the rail-
road on the provision that the road
will add s1.5OO,OOO to that sum for
building the tunnel and guarantee re-
payment of the city's loan. In addi-
ton, there will be retained on the bal
lat a charter amendment providing
for bi-monthly pay day for city en-
ployes, who are now paid once a
month, and for an increase in the run
ming time of local improvement bonds.
Citizens will vote on five questions. as
the water provisions consist of both a
charter amendment and a franchise.
All questions were initiated by the
people.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-18
AMERICAN ART HERE IN MARCH
Forty Oil Paintings by CARRIER and
Others Will BE Exhibited.

An exhibit of forty oil paintings by
some of the most distinguished Amer
ican artists will be shown here by
the American Federation of Arts dur
ing March.
Among the artists represented in
this collection are Kenyon Cox,
Charles c. Curran, Robert Henri,
Gardner Symons, Charles Warren
Eaton and Daniel CARRIER. The Uni
versity purchased one of the best
known of Garber's pictures several
years ago. This picture. a landscape.
hangs on the walls of the corridor of
Academic Hall near the library door.
Meet me at Booches. 132)
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-18

A Carnegie medal for Mrs. Bryan.
The Secretary of State was on the
verge of taking a sip of wine, absent
mindedly thinking that it was water.
His wife averted the catastrophe by
putting her hand over the glass.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-18
WOMEN WANT TO BE JURORS
Denver Suffrage Leaders Demand
Right to Serve on Grand Juries.

k1ght 10 serve Oh VISuu SuhFSs
BY United Press.
DENVER, Feb. 1S.-A grand jury
with women on it is the demand that
has grown here out of the disputes
and difficulties which surround the
work of the last grand jury In this
city. The women of Denver have de-
cided that they can clear up matters
much more quickly than the men nave
been able to clear them. Only the fact
that a state statute debars women
from jury service prevents the women
from waiting upon District Attorney
Rush to demand the right of service
To remove that law the women have
started a movement to introduce bill
of repeal in the next legislature or,
failing there, to initiate such a meas
ure.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-18

President Wilson has cold" was
the headline on a news story last
week. Which was very little news.
So did all the rest of the country
about zero or a little worse.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-18

The linotype man in his haste made
the Senator's name ogre" but Mrs.
Bond and her associates apparently
have failed to make him out as such.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-18
A Dance for the Graduate Students.

The graduate students of the Uni
versity decided at recent meeting
to give a dancing party at Columbia
Hall. March IA. The arrangements
are under the direction of L. E.
Thatcher.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-18
Civic League to Elect.

The Women's Civic League will meet
at 2:3O O'Clock tomorrow afternoon at
the Y. NJ. c. A. Building to elect
officers. and to plan the work of the
organization.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-02-18
Bryan and Marshall Speak at W. Z.

By United Press.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-Vice Pres
ident Marshall and Secretary of State
Bryan will be the chief speakers to-
night at the annual dinner of the
Washington University Club.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-24

McGraw may be planning to start
league OF his own. He already has
enough players for six clubs under
contract
The Detroit times., 1914-12-24
\ Witch! A Witch! And Poor Katie Shorts
Blood Is Drawn to Lift the Shuddering Spell
WHAT SALEM WITCHES DID

The Salem witchraft" delusion
fell upon Salem about 1858.
Almost every ill-fortune, espe-
cially sickness and theft, was as
cfibed 10 witches.
The Victims or the supposed
witch carried on curious antics TO
prove that they were bewitched.
They would alternately become
blind. and deaf and dumb. They
would bark like dogs, or purr like
cats 10 show that they were under
evil power.
The statement was often made
In court by the person charging
witchcraft that he saw the devil
standing by the supposed witch
whispering in his ear Persons
suffering from commissions or hys-
terra Invariably ascribed their III
ness to wftchcraft. .
Nineteen persons were hanged.
one pressed TO death, and 200 ar
rested on charges of witchcraft be-
fore the craze abated.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-24

"a witch by neighbor whose child
had died
Witnesses testified in court that the
cat and dog had been seen paradins
the streets at night, their bodies glow
ing phosphorescently Also that they
had heard two animals converse with
one another in human speech.
A father and mother OF 20 children
N of whom had died. made public
statement. not long ago that these
children had all been killed by witch
craft. To save their three surviving
children cuttings OF their nails and
hair were put in newspaper ano
burned
All three had been failing in health
the parents announced, but after thai
they soon got well!
But, alas, for the faith OF Pennsyi
yania's witchcraft devotees, Mrs. re
manowski's voice hasn't improved the
least bit since she scratched old Mrs
Short
The Detroit times., 1914-12-24

the summer and saved enough money
TO buy necessary clothes and pay for
his second year in the technical
school.
Willie Ball graduated from Car
negie Tech" an expert molder when
he was barely IS!
For two years he engaged in a sort
of postgraduate course in moulding,
without going to the expense OF pay
ing for instruction. On the contrary,
other folks paid him for the work
that gained experience for him. He
worked in various foundries, picking
up knowledge about diverse methods
and processes. Presently he got a
job with a concern near home and he
went back to school-this time to
train his head rather than his hands.
lie began night course in metallur,
gical engineering.
Now. at 20, he is foreman in the
die-casting department OF the West.
inghouse Electric & Manufacturing
Co. Folks who know anything about
moulding know that die.casting is 4
new and fertile field in foundry work
Willie Bali is on the main travelled
road now. Like enough no will make
his mark in the world OF metal work.
ing. At any rate, he has escaped for
good the danger OF the blind alley
Ithanks 70 mis- two hands,
The Detroit times., 1914-12-24
Young Boy Wins Job As
Foreman In Huge Plant

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. 24-Now
only 90 years old, yet foreman OF a
department I'm one OF the largest man
ufacturing plants In the world, Will
liam NJ. Ball, Jr., has learned les
son 10 teach other boys.
''Skiilful hands are a sure passport
to prosperity" Is the lesson.
William Ball found himself in
blind alley only five years ago.
He left high school when he was
Is. He wanted to make his own way
In the world, and, not being very wise
to the game, he did the fatally easy
thing that is open to every boy who
leaves school before graduating--he
entered an Office as sub-clerk.
Willie Ball wasn't 16 when he woke
up. He saw that, with his Incomplete
education, there was absolutely no
future for him in an once he saw
The clerks above him, men who had
started as The was starting, growing
gray and shabby and sad-eyed. He
saw s'his finish" in Office work. and
he laid plans Tor escape, He. saved
his money that summer, and la the
fall quit Office work for good. and
started to scIiool where they teach
toys TO work with their hands.
No odd job was too dirty or too diff
fcult for Willie Ball during the two
years he spent in learning TO be AN
expert moiders He. did Jobs OF 1ath.
ing and whitewashing, washed dishes
and bottles in 8 chemical laboratory
did anything and everything that
offered an honest penny
During his first summer vacation
when he was but Is aud rather frai
for his age. he did mars work in q
big steel foundry. IL was heavy
grnelling work, 10 hours day in the
fierce heat OF the foundry, with the
old hands about him making life mis-.
cradle for him with their Kidding.
but he stuck to his work throughout
The Detroit times., 1914-12-24

her plea. Ii appeared from the evil
dence that she had obeyed her hus'
band in attacking Mrs. Short
Under the Pennsylvania law, wife
is held to be coerced when ordered by
her husband TO commit an unlawful
act, so Mrs. Zemanowski was dis
charged, and the husband as the cul-
pable assistant. was fined 81.
Not long ago farmers OF a neighbor-
hood near here prowled about at
night, each bearing rife, loaded
with a golden bullet. to kill black
hex cat" witch catl, alleged 70 be
four feet high, which had been set
upon the heels of young woman by
some malicious enemy,
In one town a poor seamstress was
stoned ont OF town as witch because
the baby of the family with whom she
boarded cried a good deal of the time
was bewitched.
A woman who owned black cat
and a white dog was accused OF being
The Detroit times., 1914-12-24
VIGILANCE STILL
NEEDED TO CHECK
CATTLE PLAGUE
Foot and Mouth Disease Germs
Live For Long Period, is
Warming
SAFEST COURSE is
TO OBEY OFFICERS
Farmers Warned Against At
tempts To Eyade Regu-
latiOns

The department OF agriculture and
the state authorities seem at this
writing To have stamped out the foot
and mouth disease.
To be sure, il exists In certain local
tiles. but il appears 10 be surrounded.
This plague-w which we may call an
epidemic" because that inaccurate
use OF the word is almost universal
admonishes Us OF the real need We
have OF intelligent government.
The government has made good,
and justified the taxes IL collects from
us. Foot and mouth disease uncom
bated by government would destroy
the live stock industry.
The germs of foot and mouth dis
ease live a long time and are easily
carried from place TO place. For
months ii will break out here and
there unless we are more fortunate
than We have any right TO expect
What will be your attitude toward
the disease IL il breaks out on your
farm? This is an important question
for each OF us.
Many men will feel the impulse &c
sell suspected animals, thinking &c
save a quarantine and the loss o'
money: but this Is a bad deed NOR
ally and foolish thing financially.
1t will pay TO watch for symptoms
of foot and mouth disease as a hawh
watches for rabbit, and TO send the
news to the state veterinarian anC
the nearest local vet as soon as any
thing suspicious is observed.
The government will pay in full fol
the cattle. sheep, hogs or goats IL ths
state law allows Ii, and more in every
case than can be got by trying L
dodge the issue by sale. II the ami
mails go TO any public market Their
diseased condition will be discovered
and they will become a total loss, FOL
outlaw cattle in distant market vii
be dealt with summarily.
The sale of cattle under such cir
cumstances is a fraud on the purchas
er. and he can demand his money bacl
| IL he has paid any.
There is no safe and no right wa!
but to deliver the diseased stock q
the government. More money can b.
realized in that way than in any 9th
| er. Sell TO the government and saw,
loss.
| In some states the local govern
ment pays half the value OF the cat
| tie and the United States government
the other half. but this is not every
where true. In some states appropri
ations will have TO be made. There
lis every reason TO think that they
will be made in every state. This
will enable stock owners TO realize