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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
LAD RESCUED 81 MINERS
SURVIVORS TELL OF TRAPPER
BOYS HERoISM.
With rs Bodies Found, 81 Still Remain
in clossed Runway of EccIes,
w. Va, Coal Mine.

Eccles, W. Va.-Thirty-seven min
ers employed in No. 6 when the
explosion occurred last Tuesday owe
their lives to Davy Buckhanner, a
trapper boy, and the resourcefulness
of A. p. Buriss, the fire boss.
The boy heard the explosion in No.
5, and, like all miners, knew the awful
cloud OF after-damp would soon sweep
the workings of No. 6. He also knew
the dust in No. 6 might explode any
minute, but he ran along the gallery
shouting a warning at the mouth of
every room.
The men ran to the main entrance,
where the fire boss quickly gathered
them at the underground storehouse.
There he distributed brattice cloth,
and directing them into a room far
from the entry connecting with No. 5,
showed them how to build a wall that
would shut out the gases.
Every one of the men in that hell
pit is dead" gasped a government
mine rescue worker as he emerged
from below ground. He had carried
a canary bird until it died from gas
and then with his companions had
adjusted his oxygen helmet and re-
manned until the oxygen was about
gone.
With rs bodies found there are still
81 somewhere within the clogged run
ways Of the mine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
NEW G0VERNOR CRITICISED
SAID TO BE TOO CLOSE TO DIG
TAToR's FRIENDS.
Vera Cruz Official. However, Is sstis-
factory to President Wilson
and Cabinet.

Washington d. C.-S Secretary
Tumulty, when Informed of charges
against Robert j.. Kerr, civil governor
of Vera Cruz, made this statement:
Admiral Fletcher selected Robert
]. Kerr as civil governor. The admin
istration knew nothing of Mr.. Kerr or
any of the other men selected for the
civil government of Vera Cruz. We
had no intimation as to who would be
chosen before the announcement Of
actual appointment
The charges against Kerr are that
he is a Huerta ~sympathizer and had
criticised the administration. Secre-
tary 'Tumulty said he did not know
how Admiral Fletcher arrived at tta
selection of Americans for civil Of
ficers. He intimated that the ques-
tion did not bother the administration.
1t was pointed out by an army Of
ficer familiar with martial law pro-
~ceedings that the real power at Vera
Cruz will be Brigadier-G General Fun
ston. He is the controlling head and
civil authorities must take orders.
from him. s,ie5s.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
GREAT W TO CHINA HEAD
Amended Constitution for Republic in
Far East Promulgated For
mally Today.

Pekin.-The amended constitu-
ton for the republic Of China,
which was formally promulgated to.
day, is notable for the widespread
powers its gives the president. The
document, as it now stands, is the
work of a constitutional convention,
which has been laboring here since
the middle of March.
The president is empowered to con
woke, open, suspend, close and dis
solve the legislature; submit to it the
budget as well as other bills and refer
back to the legislature for reconsid-
Grafton the bills already passed by it.
If such measures are repassed by a
three-fourths majority, the president
may, with the consent of the admins
trative council, still withhold their
PRONUNCIATION.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
BANDIT SLAIN AFTER THEFT
Lone Robber Shot by Citizen in Posse
Following Hold-Up Of Cashier Of
Bank in Willis, Tex.

Willis, Tex.-One of the bold
est daylight bank robberies ever
attempted in this region occurred at
Willis, Tex, a station AZ miles north
of Houston, on the International &
Great Northern railway, and terminal
ed in a lone bandit being shot to death
by a number Of a posse of armed citi-
zens.
Selecting the early part of the after
noon because the cashier of the Willis
State bank, Sam Beard, Jr., was alone
and few persons were on the streets,
the robber walked into the bank and,
aiming a rifle at the face of the cash
Ter, demanded that he turn over the
funds.
The robber told the cashier to give
him only gold and currency, stressing
the fact that he did not care to be
burdened with silver.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07

this constitution gives to man OF citt
zen be altered.
Article XVI. This article establishes
the principle that the family and domi-
Gle are inviolable, except for the pur-
poses OF arrest under a warrant from
a proper court expressing the charge.
Article XVII. No one shall be arrest
ed or imprisoned for debts Of a purely
civil character. No one shall exercise
violence to claim his rights. The
courts win always be ready for the
administration of justice. This will
be free, the costs being abolished.
Article XVII. Private property shall
not be taken without the consent of
the owner. except in case of public
utility. and by just payment therefor.
Religious corporations or institutions,
no matter of what denomination,
character, durability or purpose, and
civil corporations when under the pat
ronage, direction or superintendency
of religious institutions, or ministers
Of any cult, shall not have the legal
capacity to acquire or manage any
real estate except the buildings which
are used Immediately and directly for
the services OF the said institutions;
neither will the law recognize any
mortgage on any property held by
these institutions.
Article XVIII. State and church
are independent. Congress cannot
make any law establishing or forbid
ding any religion.
The practical abrogation Of the con-
stitution under Diaz and Huerta has
resulted in the building up of a privi-
legged class and the cruel exploitation
of the people. Vast territories have
passed into private ownership. TIE
disinherited peon has become the vir-
tuaI slave of the land owners, and
freedom has been a privilege pur-
chased from the government by those
who had the means.
These are the conditions that De
Lara pictures, and 1t is to end them
the present fight Of the constitution
alists is waging.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
WIDOW DEAD, SUITOR HELD
Contractor, 80, Arrested on Charge of
Numbering Woman, So, After
Automobile Spill.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Frank j. Nat
tall, 80 years old, a contractor, was
arrested charged with the murder of
Mrs. Helen McCombs of Argenta, Ark,
a wealthy widow, last Sunday morn
ing, while he was taking her for an
automobile ride on Lookout mountain.
Nuttall told the police he and Mrs.
McCombs, who was 68 years old, were
to be married as soon as he obtained
a divorce.
The police believe Nuttall killed
Mrs. McCombs to get possession of
about $4,000 of her property.
Nuttall contends the brakes failed
to work and that after the automobile
started down the mountain he told her
to jump, he following.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
Cattle Raising on Large Scale.


Springfield. - The largest cattle
ranch in Missouri is being opened by
two Springfield citizens, A. j. John
son, a real estate dealer, and T. W..
Robertson, a cattle buyer, who have
closed negotiations for purchase and
lease of more than 10000 acres of land!
in Christian, Camden, Ozark and
Texas counties. The Texas county
ranch comprises $4,000 acres and the.
Christian county ranch contains 5000
acres. The combined deals involve
the control of land valued at between
$780, 900 and $400,0 00.
Robertson and Johnson have been
engaged for several days in the pur-
chase Of cattle for the big ranches.
and have procured more than 1000,
cattle which are being grazed on the
immense tracts. Mr.. Robertson is in
charge of the negotiations for the cat
tie and Mr.. Johnson is looking after
the land interests.
The perfecting of deals for some of
the tracts has not been completed but
there have been purchases of land
enough to maintain the ranch for
many years. The leases Oh the other
tracts are being made wherever suff-
GENTLY large bodies of land may be
procured at reasonable prices.
Many visits to st. Louis and Kan.
sas City in investigating the cattle
markets have been made by the
Springfield men. 1t is planned to buy
at least 1000 additional head of cat
tie in Chicago. The cattle will be fed
on the Ozark county ranges during the.
spring and summer and will then be.
reshipped to the big markets.
One of the big ranches leased by
Johnson and Robertson is the Newton
tract of $4,000 acres near Mountain
View, across the Howell county line
in Texas county. The cattle will be
shipped to Mountain View and will be-
driven overland to the ranch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
Ruffum Checking Highway.

Hannibal.-Col. Frank w. Buffum of
Louisiana, state highway commits
%sioner, was in Hannibal recently on an
automobile tour of the Red Ball route,
checking the highway from Keokuk
through st. Louis to Little Rock, Ark.
This road begins at st. Paul and fol-
lows the Mississippi River to st.
Louis. Mr.. Buffum urged immediate
work on the road near Spencer Creek
in Rails county.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
REHEARING FOR GOVERNMENT
U. S. Court Decides for Review Of
Order Granting New Trials for
Three in Dynamite Plot.

Chicago.-The United States circuit
court of appeals granted the pc
tition of the government for a rehear-
ing Of the appeals of Olaf A. Tveit-
moe, Richard H. Houlihan and Will
liam Bernhard, labor leaders, con-
victed in the dynamite conspiracy
trials in Indianapolis and granted a
new trial by the court of appeals.
The court also directed that argu-
ment on the petition for a rehear-
ing be set for May 16 and that all
the defendants in the dynamite case
appear in court that day.
Herbert S. Hockin, one of the lead
ers, elected to serve his sentence.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
PASTOR FREE; WOMAN SINGS
Mother Holding Baby Leaps Upon
Table to Lead Celebration In
Fort Worth, Tex, Court.

Fort Worth, Tex.-A woman with
a 3-year-old baby in her arms
leaped upon a table in court here and
started a song service to celebrate
the acquittal of Rev. j.. Frank Norris,
pastor of the First Baptist church
here, who had been accused of burn
ing his church and parsonage.
The song service, which was led by
Mrs. Charles U. Butler and her hus-
band, singers in Mr.. Norris church,
and participated in by several hun
dred members of the congregation,
lasted an hour. 1t was closed with a
speech by the acquitted pastor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
FUGITIVE SLAYER GIVES UP
Albert Wing %surrenders at cincin.
natl and Asks to Be Taken
Back to Kentucky.

Cincinnati, O.-Confessing to two
murders and numerous holdups, a
MAI giving his name as Albert
Wing of Baltimore, Nd, surrendered
to the police and asked that he be sent
back to the Frankfort (Ky.) peniten-
tiary to complete a life sentence.
Wing said he escaped from the Ken
tIscky institution in January, 1908. He
was serving a life sentence, he said,
for the murder Of a woman in Louis
vile. He also said he had served
time in the Jefferson City (Mo.)
prison for the murder of a man in
st. Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
Huerta Willing to Suspend Hostilities

Washington.-Gen. Huerta accepted
the proposal that there be no further
hostilities between the United States
and Mexico pending the efforts of the
ENJOYS of Argentina, Brazil and Chile
to bring about an amicable settlement
of difficulties between the two coun-
tries. This was announced by Secre-
tary Bryan after he had been in con-
ference for two hours with the three
South American diplomats at the Ar
gentine legation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07

almost every block, according to old
Spanish custom.
The Paseo de Ia Reforma, the finest
avenue In the city, is a broad boule.
ward almost three miles long.
There were d90S) s5s government
schools in the city, including 10 pro
fessional and technical schools, and
nearly 200 private schools; q geo
graphical society, a geological society
an association Of engineers and archi
tects, and a society Of natural history
also a national library dedicated i.
1902, Of upwards Of 225. 900 volumes
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
COOK CHAMPIONED IN SENATE
~Poindexter Seeks to Have Senate
Acknowledge Pole Was Dis
covered by Doctor.

Washington, d. C.-The Cook polar
discovery claim was laid before the
senate by Senator ~Poindexter of Wash.
ington. He asked passage of a resolu.
ton acknowledging that the pole was
discovered by DR.. Cook and awarding
the doctor a 5000 gold medal.
Poindexter insisted that Cook and
not Peary was the real pole finder.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
10000 COAL MINERS QUIT
More in West Virginia Likely to Ig.
more President Whites Exhor-
tation to Remain.

Charleston, w. Va.--Ten thou
sand miners in the Kanawha coal
field quit in spite of an order from
John P. White, president of the United
Mine Workers Of America, that they
remain at work, and it is expected
5000, who did not go out, will do so.
The men were urged to remain at
work until negotiations were Officially
broken off with the operators. The
agreement between the operators
and miners does not expire until next
March.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
| FROM ALL OVER The STAIE
Wins Waaes From Father.

ChillcotheAA jnry in the Living
ston county circuit court brought / n a
verdict in favor OF Miss Elizabeth WI
ley, who sued her father for $500
wages. She fled suit against her faith
er for the collection of money. alleged
to be due her as wages while working
for her father from the time she was
Is years old until last March. xhen
she left her fathers home. The plain
tiff asked for So per week, believing
this amount as fair wages for house
hold work. A large number OF wit
nesses were examined.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
Special Train for Refugees.
Embargo on Arms.

Trinidad, Colo,-Maj. w. A. Hol.
brook, in command of the federal
troops in Colorado, placed an embargo
upon the Importation of arms or am.
munition into the state. He announced
that the order was issued upon the
authority of the secretary of war and
that any arms shipped in in violation
of the order would be confscated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
FACTS ABOUT MEXICO CITY.

Mexico City is 7,415 feet above sea
level, and by rail 264 miles west by
north from Vera Cruz. .
With a wet undrained subsoil, and
many thousands Of Indians and half
breeds living in crowded quarters the
death rate has been VIGOROUSLY high
40 to Sc per 1000. though drainage
works, underground sewers, and SAM
tation have tended tn improve these
conditions.
Tile name of a street changes with
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
Floods Carry AWAY BRIDGES.

Fort Worth, Tex.-A 28-foot rise,
sweeping down the South Canadian
river. carried destruction to railroad
and wagon bridges with it. At Logan,
N, NJ, the Rock Island was forced to
remove its huge iron bridge bodily to
a V it from the torrent. At Tascosa,
1000 feet of the Fort Worth & Den.
ver's bridge were washed away.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
Wilson 10 Work In rent.

Washington.-In anticipation that
President Wilson will spend much Of
the summer In Washington, a large
tent has been erected in the flower
garden just south Of the White House.
and 1t is expected the president will
transact much of his business during
hot days beneath it's cool shade.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
Iowa wins o~ratoricaI Contest.

Cedar Falls, Ia.-Representatives
from the normal schools of five differ
ent states took part in the interstate
oratorical contest at the Iowa State
Teachers college. w. w. Paddy OF
Cedar Falls, Ia, won first; Miss B,
Stalker of Normal, ILL.,, second; Carl
H. Skinner of Emporia, Kan, third.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
Record Kansas Wheat cron.

Hutchinson. Kau.-Once more the
big wheat crop in central and western
Kansas has been assured. All wei
the Kansas wheat belt and into Colo
RADIO, Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle
and New Mexico rain fell and reports
tell OF washed out railroad tracks,
bridges gone and traffic delayed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
War Shaft Dedicated.

Andersonville, Ga.-New York state
dedicated a monument to the memory
of its 1900 civil war dead buried in
the national cemetery here. Robert
F. Wagner, lieutenant governor of New
York, made the ~dedicatory address.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
Convicted Burglar Freed.

New York, N. Y.-James Brannigan
doesn't agree with Gen. Sherman.
Found guilty of burglary, he promised
Judge Mulqueen to go to war with his
commany, company B. Sixty-ninth N.
Y. N. G., II discharged. The court
agreed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
Files 5o.Year.old Will.

Omaha.-A curious will, made in
1868 by George Harding in st. Louis,
and disposing of a negro slave, has
been filed in Omaha more than SO
years after it was written. Harding
died several years after the instru-
ment vas drawn, but the will had
never been placed on record.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
Miss Morn in Appellate Court

Chicago.-To decide once for all
whether Miss September Morn shall
be permitted to continue her public
bath" Jackson G. Semmelmeyer, art
dealers, will present arguments In the
appellate court.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07

New York.-Maj. Gen. Daniel q.
Sickles is dead at his home here. His
wife was at the bedside when he died.
The couple had been separated nearly
so years, and a reconciliation was ef.
fected only the night before the gen
eral died.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
covernor TO Make Address

Maryville. = The Missouri state
board of agriculture will meet in Ma
ryville on May 6. Gov. Major has sent
word he would deliver a message Of
interest to the farmers especially. c.
d. Bellows of Maryyille is a member
of the board. w. D. Mckee and MIR.
Bennett of Carthage and J. Kelly
Wright of Columbia will also make
short addresses in regard to dairying,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
WllIiamsvlITe to BuiId sehooI.

Piedmont-The Williamsville board
OF education has employed an archi.
tect to draw plans for the new high
school building. The district voted
1880 bonds at the recent election.
Negotiations for the sale Of the bonds
r pending.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
GOO Feted on DOCS victory.

London.-J Z. and Stanley Dennis.
whose dog Dilwyn o the Waterloo
cup, celebrated the event by enter.
tanning their 900 workmen with their
wives. mothers and sweethearts at
luncheon in Widnes town hall.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
Have Extermlnated Mo,o,,,o..

IN Livingstone, the capital Of the
African territory Of that name, the
MOSQUITO problem has been practically
solved- a c~easeless war has been
waged against these insects, with the
result that they are now scarcely ever
seen.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
Reatralned Ersrn noIf.

Yonkers, N. accomplishing that
he had lost one ere playing golf and
he was afraid he might lose the other,
Mrs Mary Helwig asked the court to
restrain her son Max from playing the
game
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
Cleveland Sells Electricity,

Cleveland.-The city of Cleveland
home of 3-cent street car fares and
other progressive municipal advan.
tages-began furnishing it's custom
ers,' residents of Cleveland, with cleo
tricity at 3 cents the kilowatt hour.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
Mexico to Have Two nsiIop DAYS.

Mexico to Have TWO "Silo" Days.
Mexico.-At the suggestion of E. G.
Bennett of Carthage, state dairy COM
missioner, who addressed the Mexico
Commercial club at its weekly lunch
con, two "silo days. May 5 and 6, will
be observed in Mexico, instead of n
day as originally planned. The first
day will be devoted to discussions Of
the use of silos in connection with the
dairy industry and the second day the
uses of silage in the production of
beef cattle will be shown.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
To suy summer Home IN ozarks.

Perryyille.-Tom Taggart, owner of
the health resort at French Lick
Springs, Ind, and we'll known in DEM
ocratic politics of Indiana, was here
recently in conference with M. r.
Coffman, with a view of purchasing
Schumer Springs, near here. Taggart
inspected the property and was we'll
pleased with the possibility of devel
oping the springs into a famous Ozark
health resort.
G. s.. Beck, manager of Schumer
Springs, says he does not know how
far the negotiations have progressed.
Mr.. Beck also says he has things in
shape at the springs for the reception
of the summer visitors and that they
already are beginning to arrive, and
that several will be in next month.
There is no question that the waters
of Schumer Springs have great health
giving qualities, and it should grow
from year to year in favor, he says.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
Canal Use in Ten DAYS.

Panama, G. PLANS are being ma
tured under the instructions of Gov.
Goethals to put a Panama railroad
steamer through the canal in ten days,
with the approval Of Secretary OF War
Garrison.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
Roosevelt Party in Brazil.

New York-Col. Theodore Roosevelt
and the main part of his exploring
party are at Manaos, Brazil. The re-
discovery Of a new tribe Of
Indians by Col. Roosevelt in Brazil
mad been predicted by scientists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07

Anderson. Ind.-Tive thousand per
sons participated in public health
day here, marching In d parade
which was It blocks long. The cele.
bration was said 10 be the first Of its
kind In the United States
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
Dancing as Liver JoqqIer,

New York.-Dr. G. Ward Crompton,
director Of physical training in the
city schools, says dancing of any kind,
and especially tangoing, is fine exer-
else. 1T keeps your liver joggled up
said the M. d.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
Militant HurIs psckao. =. kim

Cambridge, England, May IA suf-
fragette broke through the police lines
here while the automobile of King
George was passing through the
streets and hurled a bundle OF suf-
fragette literature at his majesty.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
Steamer slnks On suuerior.

Duluth, Minimize freighter Ben
jamin Noble sank off this port in
Lake Superior during a storm. Twenty
men, members Of her crew, were re-
ported missing, and 1t is believed they
were lost.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
Library FOR HuntsvlIIe.

Huntsville.-The Carnegie corpora
tion has notified the Huntsville H.
brary committee it will provide $4,000
for q building II a lot is provided and
plans submitted for approval. The
city. April 2, voted a 2-mill tax, or
$500 annually. to maintain the library
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-05-07
Huckleberry Cordial for Bryan,

Raleigh, N. C.-"To give Bryan
nerve for the Mexican crisis" Col.
George Peterson, state senator, says
he will send the secretary of state a
bottle of homemade huckleberry cor
dial.