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Mexico Missouri message., 1915-09-09
OVER 10000 MACHINES IN STATE,
COMPARED WITH $1,000
LAST YEAR.
PAY 100000 TO ROAD FUND
passes All Expectations, and
Big Crops Still Furnish
Money for Vehicles.
Jefferson City.

Jefferson City.
Up to September / 1887 automo-
biles had been registered by the auto
mobile department in the Office Of
Secretary Of State Roach. The total
number registered in Missouri last
year was a trifle less than $4,000.
The current registration year has
yet five months to run until Febru-
airy 1, 1916. At the present rate the
total for the year will be in excess
of 10000
The totals of all kinds of motor
vehicles so far this year is 1890.
This includes trucks, motor cycles,
transfers and dealers. There were
1882 transfers, 1889 dealers and 1910
extra plates for dealers.
There were opal machines paying
a SO registration fee, 3S,S17 paying
SO, 22,127, SIS; 3,142, 81; 1854, So; Ga,
SO, and 2 $12.
Total receipts for the automobile
registration turned into the treasury
and good roads fund up to September
l are $299,57O.
Six counties in the state have less
than 10 machines each, as follows:
Ozark, 8; fancy, 8; Reynolds, 6; Cam
den, /; Shannon, 8; and Douglas 8.
Four counties have in excess of 1000
ST. Louis, 1908; Greene, 1,240; Jack
son, 1857, and Nodaway, LA. Two
counties have in excess of 1000 each
Jasper, $3.50 and Buchanan 2,111.
Secretary Of State Roach says it is
a conservative estimate to figure that
one-third of the machines owned in
the state outside of the great cities
are the property of farmers.
One surprising aspect of the reg
istration is the way it continues to
hold up. This is said to be due to
the excellent crops harvested this
year.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-09-09

School Squabble Source of Worry.
There is considerable difference of
opinion in official circles in Jefferson
City as to the best method to be pur-
sued with reference to the final. dis
position of the school fund contro-
versy Some of the officials believe
the matter would be better ruled upon
by the court, now that the question
of the classification of the revenue
has been raised, than to go on follow
ing the precedent and leave the point
unsettled.
There is ample time in which to OBJ
tain ruling of the court before the
schools of the state will need the
S514,000 involved in the mandamus
proceeding now pending. Those who
advocate this procedure argue that it
will be December before the money
will be available for apportionment
and disbursement, no matter which
course is followed.
Even should Auditor Gordon be
guided by the last opinion Of the at
torney general, holding that it would
be better to follow precedent and
make the apportionment, leaving it to
the legislature to make clear the
classification of the state revenues,
the money could not be disbursed un-
til the later part of the year.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-09-09

Commission Postpones Coal Hearing.
Washington The interstate com,
merce commission announced it had
postponed the date making effective
its order in the anthracite coal case
from October / to December /.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-09-09
WIG Captures chlld.

Mrs. Margie Mackie at the point OF
a revolver forced her divorced hus-
band, r. B, Maclie, TO surrender pos
session OF their 12-yealSold daughter
She was arrested a little later on
charges preferred BY her husband.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-09-09
Three in Auto Killed by Train.

lhTee IN AUTO Killed by Train.
lola, Ken.-W G. Miller, an ice
manufacturer, his wife and son, z
years old, were killed here when q
Santa Fe passenger train struck
their automobile.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-09-09
German Essayist and Historian Dies.

German Essayist and Historian Dies.
Berlin,-Felix Poppenberg, widely
known German essayist and histor-
ian, is dead at his home in Berlin,
the Overseas News Agency an
nounced.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-09-09
Grain inspectors At Work.

The inspectors Of the grain inspec-
ton bureau under the direction OF
State Warehouse Commissioner Brad
shaw, have begun work In commune
ton with private samplers, receiving
is cents per car for the service,
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-09-09
Ispesd Mosby ReappoIntsd.

Gov. Major has reappointed Thomas
Speed Mosby as state beer inspector,
for four years. Mosby's term expired
August 81.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-09-09
FuII Amount Promlsed.

Gov. Major has assured all parties
interested in the school fund contro-
Versy that each county will receive
its full share of the fund as originally
divided. He has called for figures
from each reyenueproducing depart
ment Of the state government to in
yestigate receipts and expenditures
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-09-09
Banks Evade Taxes.

Banks Evade axes.
The state board OF equalization
voted to sustain the contention of st.
Louis bankers and strike from their
assessment the amount of stock in
other corporations as collateral or
otherwise which the banks may hold.
A delegation of bankers appeared
before the board and moved that the
assessments be reduced by that much
because. they set forth, payment of
taxes by them on such property
amounted to double taxation since
the companies whose stock they hold
pay taxes on their own property.
City Counselor Daus, who APP
peared for the city, intimated that il
the state board complied with the re-
quest Of the bankers and reduced
their assessment, the city board
might be compelled to raise the pro
portion of their property returned for
taxation.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-09-09
Armour 8 Co. Get Contract.

Armour & Co., which is represented
in its dealings with the state by Col.
Philip Mullin. again has obtained the
contract for supplying the Missouri
penitentiary with meat Armour &
Co. has had the contract for nearly
ten years. For the year ending Sept.
8, 1915, the state will pay $3.50 per
hundred for heifers, $10.33 for dressed
steers. IS for bologna sausage and
$s.42 for pork sausage. The prices
are lower than last year.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-09-09
River Beds Rich.

River Beds Rich.
Sand and gravel weighing 3,528,679
tons and worth $1,O20,903 was mar
keted in 1914 by probably 100 Mis-
souri, counties which have immense
deposits of these substances, an
nounces Commissioner John T. Fitz-
patrick of the bureau Of labor Stats
tics.
The 1914 output of sand and gravel
was slightly lower than that of the
year 1913 when 4,126,126 tons, worth
S1,109,233, were sold, the decrease be-
ing due to a falling off in building.
The statistics show that Missouri
ranks seventh in the production of
these substances.
Missouri foundries in 1914 con-
sumed 53,837 tons of the molding
sand, worth $26,656, most of this sand
going into the cities where the mold
ing establishments are to be found
The production of building sand
amounted to 1,788,277 tons, worth
$541,741. Grinding and polishing sand
to the amount of 102,568 tons, worth
$54,263, was used by manufacturing
establishments which do work of this
nature. The fire and furnace sand
sold amounted to 4,4S6 tons, worth
$1,000, and engine sand, 43,519 tons,
worth $15,S72. About 30,327 tons of
paving sand, worth $6,4S5, was used
in the construction of roads and pave
ments by Missouri cities. The guam
tity of gravel placed on the market
amounted to 1925 tons, the same
SAILING for S2k7 GOT
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-19
Why He (. , His Hair.

There is a e am surgeon in Boe,,,a
who d, so.n- months ago, a vary
spleIii crop of hair Although the
surgeon is not old, hts hair is snow
white and he IS very proud of its
beaut He wore it parted in the mid
Gle and rather long, and it fuffed
iuXuriantly on either side of the part
The impulse toward a change in hair.
dressing came to the surgeon in this
manner He had operated upon a
woman, and was bending over her as
she began to come out Of the ether.
She opened her eyes for a moment,
and then closed them again. Then
with & long sigh and in a rapt voice
abe said: What a beautiful white
chrysanthemum!" The students pres.
ent exploded, and now the surgeon
wears his hair cut as close as a gen
deman may.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-19

FOR POLICE JUROR-WARD 5.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-19
ORANGE DAY TO-DAY

Someone has said: An apple day
may keep the doctor way" but LoulSI'
ana sW eet is what you should eat.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-19

There are many people who have a
distress in the stomach after meals 1t
is due u Indigestion and easily remedi-
ed by taxing 3,- Of Chamberlan's
Tablets tftrr meals. Mrs Henry Padg
han. Vctor, N Y, writes For 81 me
time / vas troubled with headache ana
distress in my stomach after eating,
also with constip ton. About six
months ago / began taking Chamber
lafn's Tablets. They reg ilated the ae-
ton Of my bowels 4ni tn. headache nd
other annOyanees cs4sed in a short
time" ObtaIna5le everywhere. Adv
Nov.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-19
Cor sale cheap-fiaY
BaIer-AppIy A. T. Jones.
Uncle Iud on How to Advertise

Some folks who mean al right
enough would open wide their
eyes if you should tell 'em that
they don't know how to adver-
tise. They think that with sue
cess their efforts surely will be
crowned if they employ small
boys to throw their printed hand
bills round; The handbillS litter
up the porch, are swept into the
dust, and seldom get inside the
homes to be read and discussed;
For the same amount of money
one could advertise in the home
sheet; The ''ad" would reach the
women folks, for they're the
ones who buy, and they're look
in out for bargains; lookin' out
with eagle eye. Other merchants
waste their money paintin signs
on barns and trees, and disfglr.
in the landscape with announce.
Iments.
Why not be a bit progressive
boost your town and do youl
part; And patronize the paper
with your interests at herrti
Thus, you not only get results
but help the paper build a pros
porous community with happy
merchants filled.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-19
Fake News Vendors in Trouble.

The business men of New Orleans
through the Association of Commerce
are going to make it uncomfortable for
the dispenser of fake news regarding
the city. Following the big storm OF
September 29th, wild and exaggerated
stories were published in the northern
press, some Of them asserting that New
Orleans was wiped off the face of the
earth. The rake special story writers
then got buSg AMI made capital out OF
their citys misfortune, and while New
Orleans did suffer staggering blow 1t
was but momeDtary as no fundamental
damage resulted. So few lives were
lost in the city proper (onIy 10y That
this passed unnoticed except By the
northern press VITO counted the dead
IN thousands. While yet dripping with
the onslaught of the hurricane, leading
citizens met on the morning after the
night OF the storm. organized a relief
committee, and in few hours S225. 00G
was subscribed every dollar of which
went TO relieve distress and hunger In
the parishes outside OF New Orleans or
N the marshes on the borders of Or
leans Parish. Tons of food, clothing
medicines and material were rushed to
the needed points, the good people OIL
New Orleans taking care of their de
stitute neighbors before looking after
themselves.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-19

Miss TnIia Ghost Crumley OF Atlanta,
Ga, wDo selected for a husband corpse
from q Chicago undertaking establish.
ment, is now being examined by nerve
specialists, her mental status being
questioned. After mature elaboration,
Miss Crumley had decided that she
wanted a husband whom she could
locate without the help of the police
department, d man of even tempera.
ment, non.cOmbatant.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-19

No, dear Kathryn, the bell you heard
this morning just before break OF day,
was not the famous Liberty Bell. 1t
was the 1rman pulling the bell cord to
clear the sjght5eers from the track so
that the special could pass.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-19

Fair and warmer, a farce drama,
is being staged in the New York theat-
erS this week. Did the New Orleans
weather bureau get its tip from the
author OF this play, or vice versa?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-19
re Doubtful,

What chsBSe lave / got with that
gfris 0ne OK her aAmireEs ewns an
sutomoAEis asa eAe ether las 0 motto
beat"
"Soa. Y abe kass you, Q trip to the
Mevies Veula Ys@ss Ass tust as wen"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-19
FOR POLICE JURoR-wARD 8

To the Votes of ara 8
Jefferson Davis Parish.
thereby announce myself as candi-
Date for Police Juror of Ward eight,
subject to the action of the Democratic
primary to held n Jan 18th, 1916
Your support Sollcited.
D0LZE BOURGEOIS.
WOOdhwn. IL n V IL, 1915. III
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-19
Announcements
FOR SHERIFF

To the People of Jefferson
Davis Parish:
Believing in the principles of demo
CraCy, ! hereby announce as a Candi,
date for Sheriff of Jefferson Davis
Parish. Louisiana, subject to the action
of the democratic primary, and pledge
the people of this parish, if elected, a
clean and honest administration.
ISAAC FONTENOT,
June 8. 1915. C&J
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-19

To the voters of Ward 5, Jefferson
Davis parish: Believing in the prinCi-
pies of Democracy, l hereby announce
myself as candidate for police juror
of ward 5. subject to the action of the
Demoera tic party.
Your support is respectfully solicited.
J JOHN NJ. PITRE.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-19
FOR POLICE LuROR-WARD7

Ne are authorized to announce
Mr.. F. A. ARCENEACX
as candidate for reelection as Police
Juror, Ward seven, Jefferson Davis
Parish, subject to the action of the
voters at the Democratic Primary. ~
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-19
POLICE JUROR-WAKD 5.
We are authorized to announce
Mr.. AUSEM MARCANTEL

as a candidate for rec election as Police
Juror, Ward Five, Jefferson Davis Par.
iSh, subject to the action Of the voters
at the Democratic primary. ~
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-04-08
SEND SHIP TO THE BOTTOM
Steamer 6oand For Bordeaux sinks
In Three Minutes After Hit
Bv Torpedo

London.-The French steamer En-.
ma. bound to Bordeaux was torpedoed
in the British channel, off Beachy
Head. by a German submarine. Nine
teen members Of her crew were drown
ed. only two being saved. The peri
scope of the submarine had hardly
been sighted from the Emma when a
torepdo struck her in the engine. No
warning OF any kind was given. The
ship foundered in three minutes
A British destroyer picked up two
men who had been In the water for a
couple Of hours. and at the same time
recovered two bodies The Emma had
. crew OF n.
A dfspafch to the Exchange Tele
graph company from New Haven. q
port on the English channel In Sussex
says . large Dutch cargo boat. the
Lodewffk Van Nassau. has been
brought into New Haven by two Brit.
ish torpedo boats under the suspicion
that she has been supplying German
submarines with fuel oil.
The torpedo boat gave chase to the
Lodewijk Van Nassau and captured
her near Brighton.
1t is said the members Of her crew
appeared to be Germans. The name
OF the vessel Is painted on each side
in. huge letters. She has a cargo OF
oils. which now Is being examined.
When hailed by the British torpedo
boats the Dutch steamer refused to
stop. but she eventually vas brought
to q halt.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-04-08
THE suLTAH's LOSS 1900
HostiIities Between the Russian and
the Turkish Forces Have Been
Resumed.

Tabriz, Persia, via Petrograd and
Observation-Disclosures between Russian
And Turiskh forces In Persia have been
resumed. On March % the Russians
defeated the Turks In a sanguinars
battle at Atkutur, north of Dilman, In
Northwestern Persia. The Turks lost
1900 In killed. wounded and prison
ers, as well as many guns
Preceding the re-occupation by the
Russians OF Salmac plains. in Aver
baijan province. northwest OF Urumiah,
hundreds Of native Christians were
rounded up by the Turks In the VII
lage Of Haftdewan and massacred.
Many OF these were searched out from
the homes OF friendly Mohammedans.
The Russians, on entering the vii
lage, found 20 bodies. mostly naked
and mutilated. The recovery OF bodies
from wells, pools and bitches and their
burial kept 800 men busy three days.
The wailing OF women intensified
the horror Of the scene. Surviving
widows who were able to identify the
bodies OF their husbands. insisted upon
digging graves and burying the bodies.
Some OF the victims had been shot In
other cases they were bound to lad
ders and their heads were hacked off.
Eyes were gouged out and limbs we're
chopped off.
A general massacre of the 10000 or
1900 Christians remaining in Uru-
miah is expected unless 1t should be
ayerted by orders from Constintinople.
Verbal messages from Urumiah con-
firm earlier reports that 1000 have
died OF disease.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-04-08
PARLIamsHTARIANs DIFFER
Speaker HHl Declares Mandates Are
Conflicting and That Governor
Would Aave to Decree.

Nashville. Tsnn--H Gov. Rye signs
the Bowers antl-capital punishment
bill. men nov under death sentence
viii not be spared the electric chair.
according to ieadiag legislators ana
lawyers.
To save the lives OF Henry Roberts
OF Somerville and Frank Dletxei OF
Union City. sentenced to die in the
electric chair. the executive Of the
state would have to step In.
Opinions OF lawmakers are not
unanimous on this subject. however.
The Bowers bill in substance for
bids the warden OF the penitentiary
from taking the life Of any prisoner in
the electric chair or otherwise. At the
same time the courts OF the state have
sentenced these men to be electrocut.
ed. and this was done before the Bow
ers bill passed. should think that
some action on the part Of the COVER
nor would be necessary, as these are
conflicting mandates" said Speaker
Hill, in discussing the question as TO
what would become OF men now under
death sentence II capital punishment
Is abolished.
Speaker cooper's views are differ
ent. The Bowers bill will have moth
ing whatever 10 do with the sentence
OF men ordered to the electric chair be-
fore that bill becomes a law. II II does
become such.- he said.
-The decree Of the court In these
instances has already been made. The
minutes are signed and are now rec
ords. No law can be passed which
makes that sentence null and void
The Bowers bill is not retroactive"
Speaker Cooper is a lawyer. This
is also the opinion Of majority Of the
lawyers Of the senate.
Il was told.- said Duke c. Bowers.
that my bill would not interfere with
the sentences OF men passed before
the bill becomes effective. | wish 81
did"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-04-08

Report the Killing Of Two Americans
and Execution Of Two
Syrisns-

Ell Paso. Tex.-Reports OF the kill
ing Of two Americans by Carranza sol
diers reached here The execution OF
two Syrians by villa officials also was
reported
Baron Smith OF Houston. Tex. and
Roscoe Billings were killed by Carran-
za soldiers a few miles north OF Mex
leo City two months ago. according to
r. H. Aitkin. who arrived here after a
two months flight to the border. The
soldiers murdered the Americans to OBJ
tain their cattle. Aitkin said.
Salamon Nigri and Rafael Fereze.
Syrians, were executed at Torreon in
with Gen. Villas decree in
nicting death penalty on those convict
ed OF implication in the circulation Of
Mexican money. The men
were merchants.
Details OF the execution reached
Luis Nigri. brother OF Salamon. here.
Nigri's information said the merchants
had shown their money to Villa Off
cials, who had declared II genuine.
Shortly afterward a squad Of soldiers
arrested and executed the merchants.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-04-08
Got Them Mixed.

II happens that my stories are read
in the family Of a well-known probate
Judge up in Danbury. Conn. writes
Irwin S. Cobb. Otherwise the judges
household is above reprosch. Not
the least important member OF
the family Is the queen of the kitchen.
the old colored cook. and she has her
fling at the magazine every week as
soon as the new one arrives.
The judge Is a keen follower Of all
the war stories by different writer's
in the magazine. and he knew that the
old nanny had been looking over
some OF the stun herself. as she had
expressed her opinions about the Ger
mans and alleys" on several occa-
sions.
One day soon after the story OF my In
terview with Lord Kitchener was pub
Iished. the judge casually asked NAM
my how the war was going along. and
II she thought they'd ever stop fight
ing.
-Jedge." she said. dat wah gonna
last jes' three years"
How'd you find that out7- asked
the judge.
DE king O. Europe done told t,
Cobb"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-04-08
Secretary Bryan Finds No Dissertation
Of Flao-Apoloay Is Not
Reduired

washington.-The incident OF the
desecration OF the United States flag
during the attack on the house of
John ID. McManus at Mexico City was
declared by the state department TO
be closed.
The Brazilian minister at Mexico
City described the incident in his sec
ond telegram as a desecration OF the
flag. and Secretary Of State Bryan
asked him to specify the nature of the
desecration- The minister replied,
giving the facts as published.
The minister. however. has advised
US department he had found that no
one representing anybody In author
ity- in Mexico City had taken part in
the insult and that the question was
therefore not international.
Secretary Bryan has adopted that
view and is In daily expectation OF
news that the murderers OF McManus
have been caught and punished.
The British ambassador and other
foreign representatives are again max
ing inquiries at the department for
definite news of the exact situation in
the Mexican capital
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-04-08
MEXICO FACES A
SERIOUS PROBLEM
DISTRACTED COUNTRY WILL
FEEL WANT OF FOOD ev
JULY.
FEEL EFFECT OF FIGHTING
eour Years Of Almost Continuous
Fighting Has Produced a condI-
ton In Food Situation Bor.
dsring Famine.

Il -Paso.-A report predicting that
Mexico faces a serious situation re-
specting her food supplies has been
made by a committee Of Americans
and foreigners after an Investigation
OF the situation. The report in part
says:
-Four years OF almost continuous
fighting has produced a condition in
the food supply situation so serious as
10 threaten a famine necessitatin-
worldwide aid. Farm hands every
where have been thrown into so-called
armies. farm animals have been utii-
lied for like purposes and leaders Of
rowing bands marching under banners
containing fantastic legends about lib
erty and the rights OF men, which they
use as blind to facilitate robbery.
pillsGe and murder. have so reduced
the crop acreage that by November.
1913. there will be a shortage OF 3s,-
$4,000 bushels OF corn alone, not to
mention the other absolutely neces-
sary cereals.
That the effects OF this wanton
destruction are only Just beginning to
be felt Is due to the great productive
riches OF Mexico's agricultural regions.
But self-seeking and self-appropriated
military leaders have for so long har-
assed the farmer that Mexico is about
to reap the whirlwind she has sown.
Corn Is the staff OF life in Mexico.
Its harvest for the present year should
begin about Nov. 1. Upon investiga-
tion we find that but five of Mexico's
"a states-Oaxaca, Morelos, Cam
peche. Tabasco and Chiapas-proba-
bly, have enough corn to carry them
over this period with strictest econ
omy. This will take care of 1.7oo. 900
people. Yucatan. with $50 900 popula-
tion. produces no corn. but has money
70 buy IT.
This leaves the rest OF Mexico, with
approximately 1880. 900 people, with
visible supply OF approximately 675..
COO tons. enough to last but thres
months- About next July. then. the
real pinch Of hunger viii be felt"