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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
CONTROLLED BY WIRELESS
NEW GUIDING DEVICE TESTED
BY NAVY.
First Of New Developments to Be
Called to the Attntion OF
Advisory Board.

Gloucester, Mass.-One Of the
first new scientific devices to be
considered by the advisory board
headed by Thomas A. Edison. it is be-
lieved, will be a Understandable
torpedo, an invention of John Hays
Hammond Jr., son of the noted min
ing engineer.
Young Hammond announced that
Secretary of War Garrison, following
the recommendations Of United States
naval experts, had decided to buy his
invention. Foreign governments, in
Guiding all those at war, have asked
for options on the device, but Ham
mond gave the United States gov.
eminent first choice.
-Four years ago summer residents of
Gloucester were amazed at tAe freak
ish actions of an old houseboat, 40
feet long by IL feet wide, which, with
out apparent human direction, with
out q human being on board to guide
her, speeded about the harbor In all
directions, always keeping clear of
other craft. Then 1t WAS found that
young Hammond, sitting on the piazza
of his fathers bungalow, was direct
ing all the old boats movements by
pressing a wireless key. He could
make the old boat go to right or left,
cut circles and even hit spar target
The proposition is that with this de
vice, fleet after feet of accurately d.
rected torpedoes could be sent out
from shore against invading warships,
to the utter destruction of the enemy.
While the full details of the invention
are held secret, it is known that by
the pressure of his wireless key Ham
mond sends forth light waves, which,
striking upon silenium plate on boat
or torpedo, controls its movements.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
ROSENTHAL DIES AS A SPY
Had U. S. Passport and Admitted
That He Was Working for Ger
man Admiralty.

London, England.-Another German
Spy has been put to death in England,
after having been convicted by court
martial. He was Robert Rosenthal,
arrested in London in June, who con-
fessed, it is alleged, that he had been
sent to England by the German ad-
mirallty to obtain information con-
corning British naval matters Off
cial announcement Of the execution Of
the sentence was made last night.
Rosenthal when arrested had pass
port which had been issued at the
American embassy in Berlin. He ad-
mitted he was not an American citi-
zen.
Ambassador Page at London, in a
report to the state department at
Washington, said stories were current
in London to the effect that Rosenthal
had said that Capt. Won Prieger of the
German admiralty office had a COM
plete equipment for issuing fraudulent
American passports
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Has aInvlsIble Submarine

Denver, Colo.-Af conducting
experiments on a nearby lake for
several months, Patrick Keenan, of
Denver has applied for a patent on an
Invention which he calls an invisible
submarine
Keenan's idea is to clothe the por-
ton of the submarine above the sur
face with mirror which will reflect
only the water beneath 1t, and at a
distance of a few yards give the ap-
pearance of the sea
He applies his invention to the peri
scope by clothing It in a glass tube,
Bilvered inside, forming a mirror
which renders the whole invisible.
If it is desired, the decks can be
similarly clad in silvered plate-glass
and the submarine on the surface
would be invisible at a far shorter
distance than the range OF the mod
ern torpedo.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
SEVEN MILLION MEN ENGAGED
ALONG A 1,ooo-MILE
FRONT.
FROM BALTIC TO BESSARABIA
Russian Line Pierced Three Times
and Teutonic Allies Are Sweep
Ing cossaeks Before Them
Like Chaff.

London.-The greatest battle in the
worlds history is being waged by the
Teutonic allies against the Russians
along a 1000 mile front Probably
100000 men are engaged.
The Germans, casting aside every
thing else, are concerning their eff
fort in a tremendous drive to capture
Warsaw and crush Russia.
The line of this gigantic battle ex-
tends from the Baltic in the north to
Bessarabia in the south.
Already the Russian lines have been
pierced in three different places.
Hlndenburg Gaining.
North Of Warsaw Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg has forced his way
southwark toward the Narvew River.
South of Warsaw Won Mackensen has
smashed the Russian line at the Luz
blin-Uhalm Railway.
On the Baltic shore Won Buelow,
who is using large forces of calvary,
has crossed the Windau River and is
pressing on toward the stronghold Of
Riga to destroy any hope of aid to
Warsaw from that direction.
Alarmed over the advance Of Won
Hindenburg in the north and Won
Mackensen in the south, the probabil-
ity of the Russians having to evac-
uate Warsaw is being seriously dis
cussed both in London and Petrograd.
London admits that the situation is
critical. The military critics, who
call the German movement the great
est undertaking of its kind in the his
tory of any war, do not look for events
of importance in the west for some
time to come. All eyes are turned to
this long-maturing plan of Won Hin
denburg, who last week declared he
would startle the world and bring
the war to a speedy close"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
AmERlcA's e-s CAN CROSS SEA,
SINK SHIP AND
RETURN.
TESTS ARE MADE IN SECRET
Capt. Simon Lake, the Inventor, Has
Every Confidence That contriv-
snce Will Put U. S. Far In
Lead of Nations.

Bridgeport Gonna submarine
that can cross the Atlantic and re-
turn?
! An underwater craft that can travel
at IL miles an hour for 5000 miles and
perhaps farther without refueling?
That is the newest achievement of
Capt Simon Lake, inventor of the sub
marine boat. From a test that has
been made of the G-3, the 1.-the, weird
little craft, which has cost nearly
100000 and is now ready for demon
5tration, can now cross the ocean sink
an enemy's ship, if necessary, and
come back to her home port without
touching a fuel base.
First Tests Completed.
The first tests of the strange boat
we're completed in Long Island Sound.
The new boats have been nearing
completion quietly, almost secretly;
but II is said with the best of au-
thority that they will be easily the
equal of anything in the Won Tirpitz
feet, and very likely may excel the
German kaiser's underwater ships.
Can Make Engines in U. S.
81 will say" said Capt Lake, that
It is entirely practicable for the G-3
TO cross the ocean. The situation re-
solves itself into a question of econ
Omy Of fuel. Swiss engines we're inn
ported for use aboard the G-3, but in
the future the engines can just as well
be made in this countrq."
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Boys Drill. Mother Is Killed.

Little Rock, Ark.--Louis Steed, IS,
a member of the Arkansas militia, was
drilling his brother Floyd, IL, in the
yard of their home. The younger
boy was carrying an old shotgun,
which both boys believed unloaded.
AS the younger brother shifted his
gun he pressed the trigger and the
gun was discharged. The charge OF
shot passed through the window and
killed the boys mother, Mrs. Annie
Moffett, 40.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
EXECUTE ALLEGED AMERICAN

London, England.-Franz Serka, a
laborer who claimed American citi-
zenship, was shot tor high treason at
Maprzich- Ostrau, in Austrian Silesia,
June IA, according to the Daily Chron-
icle, which says it gets It's information
from a copy of the official journal Of
the province of Silesia.
Berka, who was 46 years old, says
the Daily Chronicle, was tried before
the military court charged with using
two traitorous expressions in an Inn
at Gross Helendorf.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
ITALY IN SORE DISTRESS
TENDERS SOCIALISTS POSTS TO
QUELL UNREST.
Enemies Of Monarchy Are Also In
Vited into Cabinet to SoIidify
War Spirit

Rome, Italy.-To solidify all ele-
ments in Italy in the pursuit of the
war, the government announced to-
day the nomination of Deputies Bar
zi1ai and Bissolati to the cabinet
without portfolios.
Barzilai is a Republican leader and
also is active among the irredentists.
Bissolati is a leader of the Reformist
Socialists and has been at the front
since the beginning of the war. He
has taken part in seven battles.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
klIIs self and rhree chlIdren.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Believing that
her husband had ceased to love her.
Mrs. Inez Manship, with her two small
children in her arms, turned on all
the gas jets in her home last night
and the three were found dead by the
husband,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Iowa Bank is Held Up.

North Liberty, Iowa-Two men
held up and robbed the Farmers
Savings Bank here of practically all
of the cash it had on hand shortly be-
fore the closing hour yesterday after
noon. The robbers escaped In an
automobile.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Binder crushee Farmers Head.

Hillsboro, Ill.-As result Of his
effort to catch rabbit Chester Barrie,
a Raymond township farmer, lost his
life. His team became frightened
and when he tried to stop the animals
he was knocked down and the binder
crushed his head.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Steamer that Hlt Ieebera In PORT.

Montreal. Que.-With bows crushed
In and lying low in the water and her
damaged stern riding high, the steam
er Aganoria. came into port Sunday
morning she crashed into an iceberg
while running through the Straits of
Belle Isle.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
nIrla HeId as Moonshlnnr..

Louisville, Ky.--Mary White, Atns
Creech and Mary Jane Wilson, noun.
tain girls. II to 10 years old, are under
arrest near Whitesburg, charged With
running a moonshine stiI
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
To Soc ExnortIna Beer.

Berne, Swttzerland.-It is reported
the German government will issue an
order prohibiting the export of all
beer. The motive suggested is that
production has been reduced to 60
per cent,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
AmerIean,s tlusband Promoted.

Berlin.-Maj.-Ge Hans Won Below
has been made commander of dtvi,-
sion in the German army He is the
youngest divisional commander in the
army. Gen Won Bellows wife formerly
was Mrs. Nina Bryce Turnbull OF
philadelphia.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
RIehard 3. Penny Ends Llfe.

Neutrality-suspicious. Ross Perry,
a lawyer and writer of some note on
legal affairs, shot himself and died in
hospital soon after. His family say
he had been worried by failing health.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Woman kldnapa Children.

Murphysboro, III. - Mrs. Burgess
Davis went to the home of her father
in-law A. ]. Davis and after smashing
a bedroom window with revolver,
took away her three children.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
IIIInoIe WaterNaYs commlsslon.

Chicago, nl-Three members of
the Illinois Waterways commission
named by Gov. Dunno are Samuel AL
,schuler, Aurora; Edward ]. Kelly,
engineer for the sanitary board, Chi
cago. and Samuel ]. Drew, Joliet AL
schuler was named chairman.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
ouantreII Cana Member nies.

Kansas City, Mo--Henry Clay Cren-
shaw, ~ years old. one Of the last of
the Quantrell gang, is dead at the
general hospital He was with Guam
trell's band at the time Of the Law
renee raid.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
eoIna to PrIson unaunrded.

New York.-Unaccompanied by
guards, David Bssaeson. convicted
of swindling left here to serve SEN
tence of year and day in the Fed,
eral penitentiary at Atlanta. Ga.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Illinois Waterway Commissioner.

Chicago. Three members of the I'LL
nois Waterways Commission named
by Gov, Dunno are Samuel Alschuler,
Aurora; Edward ]. Kelly. engineer for
the sanitary board, Chicago. and Sam.
uel r. Drew, Joliet AlschuleF was
named chairman.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
eIaoksmltha End strlke-

Mount Vernon, Members OF 100
local unions Of the International
Brotherhood Of Blacksmiths and Help
ers have ratified the proposal to call
off the strike on the Ilinois Central
and the Pere Marquette railroads.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Working for Contractors.

Convicts at present employed by
contractors: Obermann Manufacturing
company, sos; Sullivan Saddle Tree
company, 1876; Ruwart Saddle Tree
company, SO; Parker Boot and Shoe
company, 2O1; Economy Stay com
pany, SO; Central Broom company,
118. Total, 1,091.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
carranza Reporta Rout.

WashiEgton.-Gea. Carrahza, in q
message from Vera cruz, said Gen.
Gonzales had completely routed the
Zapata army in an engagement at
Confer, practically clearing the val
ley Of Zapatistas."
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Frank VIII Recover.

Mllledgevile, Ga-Leo M. Frank
whose sentence was committed to life
imprisonment, was attacked here by
fellow-convict who cut his throat from
ear to ear. The injured man has a
fine chance to recover.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Eoaoh's pauqhter to WED.

Mrs. Cornelius Roach, wife Of the
secretary OF state Of Missouri an
noSpces the engagement Of her old
est daughter Miss Pauline, to Tom
Ellis Of Fort Wayne. Ind. The wed
ding win take place August 3.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
vetoes AntItlppInn Bill.

Montgomery, Ala--Goy. Henderson
vetoed the antitipping bill on the
ground that he did not believe the law
could be enforced and that its CON
shtutionality was doubtful
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
DISCREPANCIES OF OVER $4,000
DISCOVERED IN OFFICIALLY
ACCOUNTS.
SHERIFF OWES STATE $4,000
Examiners Accuse No One Of Criminal
Intent, But Custom and Precedent
Are Responsible for Errors
Some of il Paid Back.
Jefferson City.

jefferson City.
The report of the state examiners
upon the audit of the books Of the Of
ficials and former officials of st.
Charles County, covering a period of
eight years, reveals discrepancies to-
falling $1O,597.52. OF this sum, there
is due the state SS,196.04, and to the
county S2,401.48. The report has been
fled with Auditor Gordon.
The examiners find that John H.
Dierker, sheriff, owes the state $S,O22,-
81, this representing the overplus Of
partition sales, the money for which
has been in his hands for more than
one year. This sum was turned over
TO Dierker, the report says, by former
Sheriff w. j. Hines,
The report finds that former Treas
urer H. H. Bruins owes the county ST.
1875, this being due to errors in his
accounts.
His successor, George P. Wuench,
the report holds, owes $685. to the
county on criminal costs
The examiners found that A. F. Wer-
remeyer, Jr., the estate Of A F.. Wer-
remeyer, ST., and H. w. Kanstiner,
present collector, together owed the
county about $500, this being due to
errors in tabulating commissions.
william F Walter, former circuit
clerk, the report holds, owes the
county $64.75, this arising from court
fees.
The examiners stated that none of
the officers audited had attempted to
conceal anything, but that all transac-
tons had appeared upon the books
George H Sanford, county clerk, the
examiners found, owed the county
$116.18 in excess commissions.
They found other small discrepan-
cies, the whole totaling $10,597.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Noted Actress lie Dead.

New York.-Mrs- Sarah CoweIl Lee
moyne, one Of the best known ac-
tresses of the past century, is dead at
Lake Placid, n Y, after a short III
ness.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
eolna to Prison unauarded.

New York. - Unaccompanied by
guards, David Essacson, convicted Of
Ewindling left here to serve a SEN
tenee of year and day in the Fed
eral penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
cantured EIeelna convIot.

Sam Thompson, a convict, escaped
from rock camp at Westphalia re-
Gently and made the mistake OF going
through the town of Leslie. l. John
son, barber, shot him when he re-
fused to surrender.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Martial Law Against socialists,

Copenhagen.-A Berlin dispatch
published here says that martial law
will be declared throughout Germany
in order TO suppress the socialist agi-
fation for terminating the war.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Barker Asks Rehearina.

BARKER ASKS henearlng.
Attorney General Barker he's fled
motion for a rehearing in the su-
preme court en- banc of the Chicago
d. Alton overcharge case, in which
the court recently held that the state
cannot prosecute in behalf Of indi-
vidual shippers OF passengers, but
can sue to recover only what may
be due to the state.
The attorney general, in his brief
and suggestions, holds that six of the
seven judges held erroneous views ON
several points as follows.
Because the court erred in holding
or seeming to hold that the shippers
and passengers who were charged ex-
cessive rates during the tendency of
the injunction in the federal court
were not in any way parties to nor
bound by the Injunction; and should
either grant the rehearing or modify
the opinion.
In not holding that the petition, as
to its meaning and character, must
be determined solely by the allega-
lions in the body of the same.
In holding that the suit could not
be maintained under the old equity
court rule permitting anyone to sue
for himself or for many.
In holding that the state, as an ordt-
nary litigant, under the class theory,
could not, as member of that class,
sue and maintain a suit even where
the rule is applicable.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Women conyIets.

There are 81 women eonvicts IN the
Missouri Penitentiary, and the state
spends an average Of 81 cents per
day for their maintenance None are
employed at remunerative labor at
present.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
InsanIty Plea Frees.

Mrs. Susie Ross of Galloway county,
who was under a 10-year sentence for
the killing OF her husband. had the
sentence set aside by the supreme
court on the ground that she was in
sane at the time Of the killing.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Road Bulletins.

Frank Buftum, state highway com
missioner, In a recent speech advo-
Gates the issuance Of weekly buile-
tin giving the conditions of the roads
In various parts Of the state. This is
for automobi.ists.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22

Lyaehee for WoundIns a Policeman.
BunlSie. La.-A mob here hanged
Thomas Callins, a negro accused of
wounding a. policeman, w. c. Town
send. who was shot when he tried Il
arrest the negro.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Rate Brief Filled.

William G. Busby, counsel for the
public service commission has filed a
brief in answer to the brief of the
Missouri trunk line railroads which
are asking for an increase in freight,
passenger and baggage rates.
The brief is devoted largely 10 q
defense of the formula for basing
rates prepared by j. M. McShane,. an
accountant for the commission. The
railroads attacked the McShane formu-
la as being erroneous in theory and
contrary, in many essential features,
to all accepted formulas.
Busby says the commission instruct
ed its accountants to make a study of
the formula used by the railroads,
with view to ascertaining it's accur-
acy. Because of defects, he says, the
accountants found it necessary to pre-
pare a new formula, which was fled
as an exhibit In the case.
He endeavors to refute and explain
criticisms Of the formula of the com
missions accountant, as we'll as to
clear up what he terms the ''mIsinteF-
pretations Of the carriers"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Auditors at Work.

A special examination made by ex-
pert accountants attached to the Of
flee Of State Auditor John P Gordon
Of the books of the county offices of
Randolph County resulted in discrep-
ancies totalIng $3,9O6.48 being re-
turned to the state and county. The
state gets $1,O5S.S9 and the county
$2,84S.29, as result OF this audit
The total Is distributed among sew
eral offices In each instance where
there was discrepancy the examin-
ers say 1t grew out of following long.
established precedent or In miscon-
struction or misapprehension of the
laws.
An audit has also been completed OF
the books of Boone county and form
er County Clerk John L. Henry has
refunded $1,5S49s. with 1928 interest.
The bulk OF this was extending the
assessors books for which County
Clerks all over the state have been
charging.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Would Issue Stock.

The Kinloch Telephone has asked
the public service commission for au-
thority TO issue stock to the amount
100000. The matter was taken I'M
100000. The mater was taken UNI
der advisement
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22

Supreme Court I'm Bane AdJournA
The supreme court met en- banc on
July IA and adjourned until the Oc
tober term No business was trans
acted. The two divisions have now
adjourned for the summer
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Ask for Space at state Fair.

ASK TOT 0pdCC ~ SlNENG dlfs
The Gardner land bank state com
mittee, through Col. Fred D. Gardner,
the author of the measure, which ere
ates the Missouri state land bank on
and after December 1, 1916, has re-
quested =. T. Major, secretary of the
Missouri state fair, to allot during
the annual exhibition in October,
1915 and 1916, in a conspicuous and
much frequented place, enough space
to this organization on which to erect
a tent to be used for the extensive
educational campaign which will IA
miliarize the the people of the state
with this proposition.
Space large enough to hold a tent
which will accommodate 600 people,
needed aisles and enough room In the
front for q platform to take care of
all the speakers, guests of honor, a
piano, musicians and a moving pic
ture screen. The educational cam
paign of this proposition will extend
from one end of the state to the
other, and will open, in September Of
this year.
1t is estimated that in Missouri,
considering all political parties and
others eligible to vote, there are APP
proximately 100000 electors, the ma
jority of whom must be reached and
familiartzed with this proposed new
amendment to the constitution. That
1t will carry there is no doubt for the
measure is non-partisan and has the
endorsement of all parties, as it will
benefit all citizens of the state alike.
The original outlay in money for
the establishment of this institution
will be entirely nominal, and what is
appropriated will eventually be re-
turned to the state.
The fact that Missouri is the first
state in the union to take any such
step for the relief of the great mass
of farmers who have always been at
the mercy OF the monied interests,
will do more to give the common
wealth favorable publicity than any
thing that has ever been done by any
of our widely advertised philanthrop-
lists. The movement has been her
aided near and far for the past six
months, and the letters at hand show
the widespread interest that is felt
in this first effort to assist the bone
and sinew Of the nation.