The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-01-02

DIR. Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller
Institute for Medical Research, New
York, was married in Paris 10 Mme.
de Ia Marie.
1t is said that the New York Ameri.
can league baseball club has bid
100000 for Ty Cobb
Total deposits OF s107 POS. 542 we're
held by the $40 state banks Of Kansas
on Dec. 4, according TO a compilation
OF reports made public by c. NJ. Saw.
yer bank commissioner.
A wireless message from the spon.
sors OF the Crocker land expedition
sped to its leader, Donald Il. McMll
Ian, and his companions at Etah,
Greenland, 1000 miles away, frsm the
nearest station IN Canada.
An aeroplanc with sleeping cabins
able TO accommodate several passen.
gers has just been submitted ~ sue.
cessful tests at St Petersburg.
On the Missouri Pacific railroad
near Boonville, Mo, a passenger train
and freight train met In head.ou col
lision. The passenger trains fireman.
Dan Johnston, was killed and TWO 9th.
ers seriously injured.
Two men were killed and many 9th
or passengers were injured in a head
on collision between Union Pacific
freight train and the eastbouEd Los
Angeles limited train No. s, near
Black Buttes, Wyo
The proposal to change the name
OF the Methodist Episcopal church,
South, TO Methodist Episcopal Church
in America" has been defeated. ac.
cording TO figures given out by the
Christian Advocate o? Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs, Ella Flagg Young was voted
back into the superintendency of Chi.
cago public schools after a stormy
session of the board of education.
All OF the estate OF A. Montgomery
Ward, the Chicago mail order mer-
chant, estimated at more than
s5,O0O,000, will be kept in his family.
according TO the terms OF his will.
In a striking letter Franklin Lane,
secretary OF the interior. outlined in
his annual report to the president
broad policy in the conservative OF
the vast natural resources Ia tho
United States
Attorney-General Barker explains
why he brought suit against the rail.
roads OF Missouri to compel them to
refund all moneys collected by them I.
In excess of the amount authorized by
the 2Gent passenger and maximum
freight laws. He said the railroads
had no right TO the money in the first
place, and could not consistently OBJ
jet to restoring to the proper owners
that which belonged to them.
Former Judge Henry S. Priest, as
attorney for receivers Of the Frisco
was attacked in the United
States court in st. Louis on the
ground he had served too many inter.
ssts connected with the roads affairs.
A school for suffragists has been
in Pittsburg and will begin
With the first of the new year. under
he auspices of the Equal Franchise
ederatlon of western Pennsylvania.
There has been a tremendous in.
rease recently In the number Of
'oung men offering themselves to the
rmy recruiting officers for military
ervice. Last month there were 5000
pplications, 1000 more than ever be.
ore recorded in time OF peace.
Using her knowledge Of juijitsu
With good effect, Miss Yoeh Ndoo Yu,
Chinese student in the Teachers
ollege New York, almost strangled a
outh she asserted had robbed her.
Posses with bloodhounds are search.
ne for the man or men who murdered
ohm Barrett. 60 years old, at his home :
ear Fort Plain, n. Y, after beating ,
Is daughter Katherine, 20 years old,
nto insensIbility. The father was !
lain when he went to the aid of his :
aughter. =
Richard Bartholdt who has for % .
ears represented Missouri congress.
Ional district, announces his retire @
lent at the expiration OF his present g
,rm. n
Bank Examiner Sheriff. Smith of =
ittsburg took charge of the First .
ational Bank OF Elizabeth. at Eliza. y
eth, Pa, on instructions from Wash. =
gton. 1t was stated at the bank that =,
had too much slow paper on hand
make further operation advisable. q.
The George Boone gas well. near e.
awton, Ok, brought in few days
70. wns declared 10 he a rniliton. fnnfl t