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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
SEEKERS FOR JOBS
HARD TO HANDLE
UNEMPLOYED BOUND FOR HAIR.
VEST FIELD BECOME MEN.
ACE TO TRAFFIC.
TRAIN CREWS LET THEM RIDE
Not Ordinary Hoboes, but Real Work
insmen Looking for Employ
ment-Labor Commission.
er Keeps Busy.

Jefferson City.-Freight traffic over
the Missouri Pacific between st. Louis
and Kansas City has been rendered
so hazardous to human life by the
large number of men beating their
way on freight trains in quest of jobs
in the wheat fields that policemen
have been employed at Kirkwood to
put them off, according to John Can
non division superintendent.
Emmett Meyers, freight conductor
on the Missouri Pacific, said that
every one of his trains during the past
several days carried from 25 to rs
harvest hands," He said the train
crews could hardly do the necessary
switching, so fearful were they that
some of the load" would be killed.
One brakeman stated that what the
train crew took for a car of stock on
a siding at Warrensburg one night re-
Gently proved to be a car packed with
men waiting to be picked up by some
train and carried to the wheat fields.
Members of train crews and others
who have seer them say they are not
ordinary hoboes or occasional work
ers, The general impression is that
the men now stranded without work
in Missouri and Kansas are working
men who lost their jobs because of
the business depression which forced
the closing Of the mills and manufac-
tories, throwing them out of employ
ment.
Labor Commissioner Fitzpatrick did
all that he could to get employment
for the multitude Of work seekers. He
directed them to communities in Mis-
souri, where hands were needed until
these demands were soon supplied,
after which he directed them to points
in Kansas where they could be used
until that state was stocked up.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
GOVERNMENT COSTS REDUCED
State Auditors Report Shows That
Administrator 10 Conducting
Business Economically.

Jefferson City.-The enormous
cost" of the present state government,
SC frequently referred TO by poll
ticians these days, is not borne out by
the actual warrants honored by State
Auditor Gordon. The items show that
the present officials have not been X
travagant.
From Jan. /, 1918, to Jan. 1, 1914,
the cost Of assessing and collecting
the revenue Of the state was SAL
703.87. Five years ago the cost was
$267, 42s.76. For the same period the
expenditures for criminal costs under
State Auditor Gordon were $780,
920.50, and under a former state audi
tor $~417,024.61. For the same periods
stated Auditor Gordon collected $685.
692.24 under the Inheritance tax law,
while the 1908 auditor collected $751;
229.63.
The law under which the auditor IL
authorized, upon petitions Of resident
citizens, to audit the accounts of coun-
ty officials, has not proved SO costly
as predicted. 1t has been in force
about one year and has cost exactly
$9,688.50. The examinations conduct
ed up to date have revealed shortages,
due to interpretations OF
the statute or faulty accounting, TO
the amount of $S7,895.22 in some IL
counties, of which $67, 1885 belongs
to the counties and $~2O,337.29 to the
state.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
BUYS THREE ILLINOIS MINES
st. Louis Concern Takes Over w. M.
Wood Properties Near HerrIn,
Valued at 100000.

Herrin, Ill.-The most important
coal mining deal Of the year
was consummated when the Taylor
Coal Company took over the holdings
of the Southern Illinois Coal & Coke
Company, consisting of three mines,
approximately some 1000 acres of
coal rights. The properties are val
ued at $500, 900 and we're owned by
William M. Wood of Boston, head of
the American Wooden Mills.
The Taylor Coal Company now op-
crates two large shipping mines in
this field and with the newly &C.
CURED properties will have a daily
capacity of 1000 tons, the largest out
put of any single mining company in
this field.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
At GERMAN ENVOY.
COUNT Won sERNsToRFF HAS
NARROW ESCAPE.
Champaign, H., Waterman Fires at
His Taxi When Driver Ignores
Signal to Stop.

Champaign, nl.-Count Johann
Won Bernstorff. American ambas-
sador from Germany to the United
States, narrowly escaped death when
a special policeman fired point blank
at the automobile in which the am
bassador was being driven to the COM
mencement exercises of the University
of Illinois, where he was to deliver
the chief grafton.
The shot went wild and was not re-
peated.
Count Won Bernstorff was riding to
the campus from the railroad station.
He was the guest of Arthur Meeker
of Chicago and was escorted by
Meeker in his own automobile. DR..
David Kinley, vice president of the
university, and DR.. Ewarts Boutelle
Green were also in the automobile.
AS the automobile neared First and
University avenue, Michael Murphy,
a merchant policeman, employed by
neighborhood business men, held up
his hand as a warning signal. Murphy
was not in uniform and the chauffeur
paid no attention to him. Apparently
angered at the i%nattention, Murphy
fired n shot at the automobile.
Mayor Dobbins offered apologies to
Count Bernstorff, who seemed inclined
to treat the incident lightly, but pro-
fessed surprise that American police
should carry ball cartridges.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
MOON NOT WEATHER FACTOR
U. S. MeteoroIogists of Agricultural
Department Say A~strology Has
Led People Astray.

Washington, D. C.-Astrology is
branded as a superstition by the de-
partment Of agriculture in its current
weekly news letter. Discussing the
question of whether the planets affect
the weather, the department declared
"the belief still to be found in all
countries that the planets and the
moon do affect the weather never had
any scientific basis whatever; it is
only a remnant of the many super
Stitions generated and fostered by that
other greater superstition, astrology."
I'VE have every reason to believe
that neither the planets nor the moon
a have any appreciate effect on the
weather, because they furnish so lit
tie heat upon which all weather
changes ultimately depend and this
belief is fully supported by weather
records"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
M|L|7ANTs HAVE HEARING
ASQUlTH is FORCED TO HEAR
WORKING WOMEN.
Sylvia Pankhurst, Beginning Hunger
Strike On Steps Of Commons,
Wins a Point.

London, England.-BecaUse Sylvia
Pankhurst started a hunger strike on
the steps leading to the house of COM
mons in Westminster Palace, East
End working women were given a
hearing by Premier Asquith. The
premier capitulated to the SUI
fragettes' demand that a deputa-
ton be received when Miss Pank-
hurst, just out of Jail and weakened
by her eight successive hunger strike,
took her place, propped by pillows,
on the commons steps. Friends sur
rounded her. Efforts of Keir Hardie
to persuade her to go home were re-
buffed.
After her release from Holloway
eJail, Miss Pankhurst drove in a mo-
tor car direct to the house Of COM
o and took up her vigil at the
central entrance. She had been there
but a short time when Mr.. L%andsbury,
Asquith's secetary, brought her word
that the premier had surrendered.
The militants' plans were effective
ly arranged. When their leader
emerged from Holloway Jail on the
arms Of two attendants, a motor car
was waiting. Two nurses took charge
Of her. A group Of militants had
gathered outside Westminster, and
when the car drove up they cried:
Here's Sylvia"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
BOARD OF CHARITIES MEETS
AImshouses Show Improvement but
JaiIs Are Said to Be Relics
of Barbarism.

Jefferson City.-Marked improve
ment in the county almshouses of
Missouri is reported by the members
of the state board Of charities and
corrections, which met in Jefferson
City to transact routine business and
to pass upon and approve plans for
jails and county homes in five or six
counties.
"The county homes have been
greatly improved during the last few
years." said Miss Mary Perry of st.
Louis, v~ice-president of the board. I'm
more than so counties the buildings
are modern or comfortable and sani-
tary. The lease system under which
the county court farms out the home
to the persons who will agree to feed
and clothe the inmates cheapest has
been abolished in all but 80 counties"
County jails are in a deplorable con-
dition, according to J. l.. Wagner Of
Columbia, secretary Of the board.
There are few modern jail buildings
In Missouri, and some of them are dis
ease-breeding holes of the worst sort.
what we need is a law compelling
counties where the jail is unfit for
habitation to send the prisoners to
adjoining counties for safekeeping.
Prisoners have some rights"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
COAL STRIKE ENDS IN W. VA.
Agreement Is Reached by Proposals
Of Three ConciIiators Appointed
by Secretary of Labor. ;

Washington, D. Can agree
ment that will end the strike of about
5000 men in the Kanawha coal fields
of West Virginia was reached here,
when representatives of the operators
aiid the mine workers accepted pro-
tosals offered by the three concilia-
tors appointed by Secretary of Labor
Wilson.
The principal demand of the men
was for the adoption of the 'check
off" system by which their union dues
will be deducted from their pay en-
welopes each month by the companies,
and to this the representatives of the
Kanawha Coal Operators associations
agreed with the understanding that
not more than $1.10 is to be taken
from each mans envelope each
month. Minor points are to be settled.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
CHAINS HERSELF TO STATUE
Militant %Suffragette Then Calls on
Passing Throng to Intervene in
Behalf of Her Cause.

London, England.-A militant suf-
fragette chained herself to the statue
of the Duke of Wellington in front of
the Royal exchange.
She then shouted to the passing
business men, calling on them to in
tervene in behalf Of the imprisoned
women. She eventually was removed
by the police amid the jeers of a large
crowd.
A party Of suffragettes carrying
sandwich boards to advertise their
cause was attacked by a crowd of
working girls as they were parading
through Whitehall. Two of the suf-
fragettes were knocked down and the
others were severely handled.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
MORE ARMS FOR Obstetrics
Britain to Patrol Irish Coast to Stop
Gun-Runnins Which Supplies
Ulster With Rifles.

Dublin, lreland.-Large quantities
of rifles and ammunition were
landed during the night on the
Connemara coast in the West of Ire
land by the Nationalist volunteers.
The consignments are supposed to
have been brought by mysterious YES
sells which had been sighted cruising
along the coast for a week past, but
had refused to reply to any signals.
The rifles are said to be of the latest
American pattern.
Torpedo boats have been ordered to
patrol the coast to prevent further
gun-running.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
ATTEMPT TO SHAY CAR
DYNAMITE SET FOR ROYAL TRAIN
BLOWS UP ENGINE.
cossaeks and Secret Police Hurried
to Scene, but Search in Vain
for Would-Be Assassins.

Berlin.-Assassination of the czar
of Russia barely failed Wednes-
day, according to special st. Pc
tersburg dispatches which escaped the
Russian censor and were Just received
here. An anarchist plot to dynamite
the rulers train between Kishineff
and the capital cost the lives of two
passengers and injuries to 2S on a
preceding train.
The car and his whole family were
near death. With the czarina and
their children, the Russian ruler and
his encourage left Kishineff in two
special trains. From Kasatin an ordi-
nary passenger train preceded the
royal coaches, according to the usual
custom when a Russian emperor takes
his life in his hands to journey across
his empire.
Near Tschudnow a terrific explosion
overturned the engine and derailed
the coaches Of the passenger train,
two of their occupants being killed,
and % severely injured by flying splin-
tiers of the wreck, which were scat
tered for many yards when the dyna-
mite exploded.
Immediately the news of the ex-
plosion was telegraphed back to Kasa-
tin, and the czar's two trains were
held there, while secret police and
cossacks from the ears guard were
rushed on a special train to the scene
of the attempted assassination.
No arrests, so far as known, were
made. The attempted murderers of
royalty fed, leaving no trace of their
identity.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
Jury Pay a Burden.

jefferson City.-A law enacted at
the last session of the legislature in
creasing the pay of jurors in the cir
cult and criminal courts is proving a
hardship IN the hill counties of south
era Missouri, according to Judge John
T. Moore of Ozark, Judge of the Thir@
ty-first judicial district. Judge Moore
said that the added expense is espe-
cially burdensome in his district, as
the counties are sparsely settled. ut
is getting to be a serious problem in
counties in my own and in other dis
tricts where the annual revenue is
SMALL" said Judge Moore. ut is i'm
perative That something be done to
cut down the expenses of holding
court in the Ozark counties"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
Supreme Court Far Behind.

Jefferson City.-That the Missouri
supreme court is two and one-half
years behind it's docket is indicated
by figures obtained from Jacob D. Al
len, clerk. On June Is there were
1,011 cases on the docket and 1877
S awaiting decisions. Probably
all cases under submission will be de-
cided before adjournment about July
l. The supreme court, with the aid
of the four commissioners, during the
last year disposed of 702 cases. The
cases on the docket now will not be
reached for argument before two and
one-half years. Cases filed at the Oc-
tober term this year will not be
reached before the April term, 1917.
The increase in litigation is indicated
by a table prepared by Allen, which
shows that between 1898 and 1903
2,703 cases we're filed, between 1903
and 1908 3,016 and between 1908 and
1918 3,201. Four years ago the court
was approximately three years be-
hind.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
STEAMER SINKS; q MISSING
Excursion Party Of Phone Girls Had
Been Landed at Alton Shortly
Before Accident.

st. Louis, Mo.-The steamboat
Majestic of Peoria, ILL.,, n of the
most beautiful excursion steamers on
the Mississippi River, hit the cribbing
of the new waterworks intake tower
north of st. Louis at 1875 o'clock
this morning and sank within a few
minutes.
Only the crew of the boat, the band
members and a scrubwoman were on
board and all are believed to have
escaped in three row boats. Two men
were said to have jumped overheard
after the crash have not been &C.
counted for.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
SENATORS PLAY MUMBLE-PEG
His Teeth That Chiffon Drove
in the Ground.

Washington, D. Gust the COM
NOR ordinary mumble-peg is the lat
est diversion for high government Of
ficials. Some days ago, wearied by
the long tolls debate in the senate,
Senators Overman and Chiffon OF
Nogth Carolina and West Virginia, re-
'spectively, jumped into an automobile,
rode about 20 miles into Virginia, sat
down in the cool shade to play.
Chiffon possessed the two-bladed
knife and started the fun. After a
tough contest Overman lost and had
to kneel down and pull with his teeth
a peg from the ground.
Chiffon had the pleasure Of driving
the peg"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
LAUNCH CAPS|zEs,
TWELVE DROWNED
NINETEEN ARE THROWN INTO
WATER WHEN CRAFT HITS
STUMP IN N. Y. CANAL.
EIGHT SWIM TO THE SHORE
Accident Near Syracuse SO Sudden
That Life Preservers Were Not
AVailable-Most Of Victims
Women and Children.

Syracuse, N. Twelve persons,
mostly women and children, were
drowned when a motor launch in
which they were riding struck a stump
and capsized in the Oswego canal, a
few miles north Of this city.
The dead are: Mrs. George H.
Adams, %, and three children-Mar-
garet, 4; Lillian, 2, and infant; John
Moos, Mrs. Harry Welsh and daugh.
ter, Katherine, l; two Dainer chill
drer, Howard Crane, 3; Charles
Schultz, 10, and Mrs. Mabel Tibbitts,
26.
Eight persons, including Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Dainer, reached the shore
safely. Mrs. Dainer is in a serious
condition as a result Of the shock and
exposure.
Boat Tips Over.
The accident occurred at 1920
o'clcck, less than ten minutes after
the launch left the dock. According
to Dainer, 10 passengers were aboard
when he started on his trip through
the n to Liverpool.
Il had just started on my journey
and was less than a quarter of a mile
from the lock when the launch struck
a stump" he said. Before | knew
what had happened the boat tipped
over.
Il had life preservers aboard, but
there vas no chance to use them.
There was no opportunity to rescue
the women or children. 1t was every
n for himself in the darkness"
Nineteen In Sunken Craft.
The dicaster occurred south of Mud
Lock, near Onondaga lake in an iso-
lated section in the enVirons of SYRIA
cuse. There we're 10 passengers on
the little vessel and seven of these
reached the canal bank in safety.
They were on their way home after a
day spent at lake resorts.
For seven years the launch had
been plying between the two points
on the canal, 1t is a 25,foot craft.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
7. R. MUST NOT USE THROAT
impossible for Colonel to Conduct
Speaking Campaign, Says Famous
London Specialist.

London, England.-A silent cam
paign" will be the only sort possible
for Col. Roosevelt when he jumps into
the political ring this fail If declara-
tons of a famous specialist, Sir st.
Clair Thomson, who examined the
Roosevelt speech apparatus here, are
true.
Col. R~oosevelt's larynx, the physi-
clan said, is in bad shape as the re-
suit of his Brazilian fever, and it will
be impossible for the former president
to indulge in any kind of continuous
speechmaking campaign, certainly not
in the open air.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
RAILROADS TO DIG UP COSTS
overcharge Suits Brought in State
Courts Make Roads Contrib
ute $1,000 Each.

Jefferson City.-The bare costs TO
the state of the railroads injunction
proceedings to prevent the enforce
ment of the 2-cent passenger ard max
imum freight laws, which ended adj
versely to the roads when the United
States supreme court upheld the laws,
amounted to $4,000. This sum the
roads must pay.
Twelve roads have each forwarded
their check for $1,000 to Attorney-Gen-
eral Barker, and that sum is still due
from the st. Louis & Iron Mountain.
The encouragement will turn this
money into the state treasury.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
Governors Anpointments.

Jefferson City.-Appointments were
made by Gov. Major as follows:
James /. Mcdonald, reappointed mem.
Der OF the board of police commissions
ers of st. Joseph for three years from
April IA, 1914. R. B. Anderson of St.
Louis, member of the board of man
ayers of state hospital for the insane
No. 4, at Pennington, for a term end
ing April II, 1915. He succeeds Byrd
Duncan of Poplar Bluff. James Kill
lien, presiding judge Of the county
court of Texas, vice Henry Thrasher,
resigned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
Iron and Tin Plants Close.

Atlantic City, N. J.-Sixteen sheet
iron and tin plate plants, employing
more than 1000 men, will close of an
indefinite period on July /, it was an
nounced here, as a result of the fail
ure of the Amalgamated Iron, Steel
and Tin-Plate Workers association
and the owners of the plants to agree
on wage rates at the conference which
has just closed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
TWO STEAMERS IN COLLISION
Kaiser Wilhelm IL. and the lncemorc
Are Damaged In Crash During
a Thick Fog.

London, England.-The North Ger
man-Lloyd steamship Kaiser Wilhelm
H., which sailed from Southampton
for New York by way of Cherbourg,
put into Spithead after a collision in
a thick fog with the steamer Incemore
from Liverpool for Southampton. The
bows of the Incemore were badly
damaged above the water line.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
Aircraft in Collision

Wenna.-For the first time in his
tory an aeroplane rammed an airship
here, resulting in nine deaths and
the destruction Of both aircraft. The
dirigible caught fire and collapsed
with its seven occupants. The aero
plane crashed to earth, killing both
pilot and observer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
Protests Phone Eavoritism.

Jefferson City.-A complaint filed
with the state utilities commission by
Charles B. Butler, a lawyer of Doni-
phan, against the Doniphan Telephone
company, brings before the commits
sion the question of discrimination in
rates. Butler alleges that under a
city ordinance the company is max.
ing a rate of So a month for tele-
phones to physicians and lawyers,
while to all other business men the
rate is $3.50 per month. The COM
pany wal given 10 days in which to
reply.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
Express Rates Lower.

Jefferson City.-The interstate
commerce commission notified the
state public service commission that
on its application Missouri has been
changed from zone No. 3 to zone No.
2 in the matter of express rate sched-
ules. This means a difference of
about 4 cents on package shipments
in favor of zone No. 2. +.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
10000 Battle in Mexico.

Saltillo, Mex.-The second battle Of
Zacatecas. involving 10000 troops,
more than have taken part in any CON
flict in the Mexican revolution, began
when Gen. Villa sent his veterans
against the stronghold from which the
federals some time ago hurled back
the rebels with heavy losses.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
Filler Rams Airship; 9 Die.

Vienna.-Nine terribly burned and
mutilated bodies, the splintered frag-
metns of an aeroplane and the charred
remnants of q dirigible balloon are
the relics of a collision in midair Of
the two craft, furnishing probably the
most startling spectacle since man
learned to fly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
Conqressman to Be Re.EIected.

Richmond, Va.-Practically com
plete returns from the primary in the
Third congressional district assure the
return of former Gov. Montague to
congress, he having defeated Louis G..
Wendenburg by nearly 5 to L.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
$4,000 GIT to stat.

Jefferson City.-Gov. Major, by for
NAL proclamation, accepted for the
state OF Missouri $4,000 appropriated
under recent congressional enactment
to be used in the agricultural depart
ment OF the University of Missouri, at
Columbia.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25
Town Wins Water Fioht.

Jefferson City.-The Springfield
Water company notified the public
service commission that 1t viii abide
by the recent ruling Of that body and
will comply with its order to augment
the source of supply by Immediately
digging two deep wells.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-25

It was in the kindergarten. A re-
view on the subject Of the INDIAN
was in progress. Nov. children"
beamed the teacher, who can emem.
Der what the Indian woman ia
called?" There was an interval OF
profound silence; then an eager voice
piped up; Il know, teacher; SQUAD"