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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-08-26
W. N. College Opens Monday

The vacation has ius, about come
10 close, so far as the students di
Viii Mavlicld College are concerned
The esoors ot this institution will be
opened next Monday for the session
Of iai5-l6 We have been informed
by those sho are supposed TO know
that the outlook indicates that the
opening will he up 10 The best in the
history of the school
Parents who send thu. sons or
daughters here 10 school make no
mistake The town is ma up of
as good people as may be- found any
where The location Is beautiful and
healthy The many deep wells
furnish plenty Of a> good water as
any community is blessed with The
atmosphere is moral and there are
no questionable resorts Of any Kind
for students to visit. il they were
Inclined to do so
The truth OF he matter Is We have
a good school town. and good
school and those people in southeast
Missouri who want to send their sons
and daughters 10 a Christian school
will do well to investigate conditions
and school advantages here before
deciding the matter.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-08-26
A Refining Influence

In the pursuit Of our daily busi-
ness We have occasion to pass thru
a public horse-shed adjacent to the
Slough of Despond" wherein the So
Iourning OF various kinds of animals
and occasionally the demise of a
sick chicken or rat has established
an atmosphere that lowers ones
spirits, but tends to start the con.
tents OF his stomach on the rise.
More delicate natures would hold
their noses there. But the very last
time We passed that way several
colored gentlemen were assembled
in that fragrant retreat, squatted
serenely midst the pollution and en-
veloped in swarm of flies, with
which they disputed possession of
some sandwiches and a bucket of
beer This has no special value as
a news item. but is given as being
beautifully typical of the sort of
support upon which the liquor traf-
ic depends for its existence.
These gentlemen who shared their
biscuit and beer with the flies and
vermin are sovereign voters of this
great commonwealth Tin which re-
spect they are rather superior to
your wife or mother).-Gab depart
ment Jackson Cash-Book.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-08-26
SfnHg in a New Place

4 man and a ,ynmYr Er-mna9 ~
q small town and ,pt ~, Of rte has,
hotel The ne,r n,orn,no ,ba,,sa.,,r.
.ej y rio each and startal n,ar tho
country askioo forn,er r,u.s l,r
chicken for an or,bgn,s bon,a in (,
Iouj> Artertyyo days, haao;na ,bo,,
sold the chickens ~ o. I,c,I ,rod,,oo
man for S30 and 1an t,,,n Thor
lonr included several cash 5,,a,iaos
A variation If tho ..la,,a l. r,- .
man ,.o.r,,a yo,,,o s,r, .f , t,3-.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-08-26
The Boy vim a PafCh

The editor Of a Missouri weekly
tells OF an incident which prompted
him to write d touching bit Of truth
as follows,
We met a lit'l" fellow the other
day about eight years old who want
ei to sell us a magazine and as he
turned away we noticed q neat
patch o. MS clothes where
patches usually are on boys clothes,
and we called him back and bought
a paper-because Of the patch.
Whenever VT see a patch like
that w i-t our Imagination 90. and
can picture a womau--a neat woman
with a rather tired but happy Iook.
aud she is sitting by a work table
putting a patch On her little boys
pants. She seems tOiakc great prlde
III the work and rs she comes TO the
end Of the round seam She goes
slower as if she visited to proone
the excuse to handle the garment.
Then after biting off the thread she
holds them up dit arms length with
a look which only that KIND OF a
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-08-26
One haI 10 Do III

There is some talk Of getting up a
local option election in DeSoto and
to take vote on the booze question
Why not turn a few old toperS loose
and let them drink 1t all up The
water wagon is overloaded now
People are getting the habit and it
won't be long till the business will
he 50 unprofiiable that it will not
pay to handle it It's almost that
had nov. OF course. a hootlegger.
who pays no license or rent, can set
hy. but the legitimate thirst parlor
already has a hand lob making both
ends meet-DeSoto Republican.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-08-26

and navy Who, pray. is getting
the money
And Il j, Time the people are b.
SinninL 10 show anxiety. because
their money has been >Quandered
like water and unless Mr. Average
Citizeb wakes mp and removes the
wool from his eyes it is going to
conunu" 10 be Squaudered
The American people have never
been IeI into The secret of who the
profit makers are in the traffic Of
war AMI preparation for var ia this
country end tie methods by which
they help themselves at The public
trough will 50 further and ven
ture the assertion that not thirty
members OF congress know the lde
tity Of the select ring Of patriots for
proilt into whose pockets the mil.
hons OF the masses are pouring
winch gentlemen have a water-tiaht
monopoly in this country on the
tra'hc OF war trading and who have
drawn down every penny of $50,
600 900 in excessive and extortion-
ate profits from the government by
direct virtue Of their influential
friends in the army the navy. and
II congress Lest any gentlemen
in high places should resent the inn
pIlratlon Of being friends of the
var trust, hasten at the outset to
concede their contentious that they
are patriots; yes, all of them.
The secretary of the navy can try
as be- will to get some one to under
bid The arn1or ring, either in this
country or abroad, and he will not
be able TO escape the net, he has
tried and has not been able to IS
cape it.
Armor, armament and ammuni-
tlon contractors are not big enough
fools TO cut each others throats
Their business is to supply for a
gigantic profit the wherewithal for
the peoples of the earth to enjoy a
of throat cutting and the
pulling Of limb from limb. As for
themselves, they do not indulge in
price-cutting warfare Their game
IS purely profit making They start
The hall rolling by making nations
of one another. and then
N inducing them to over-prepare for
var Does anyone doubt that if the
European nations had not been so ,
Ner-prepared for war they would
nave been so willing TO have enter
ii into it? I
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-08-26
Complete War history

Commencing this week, TIE Pass
gives its readers an interesting fea-
ture entitled The Var a Year Ago
This Week in which the principal
events of the war a year ago are
briefly given. 1t is a big story boiled
down to a small space Read the
feature each week and keep posted
on the war.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-08-26

HAVING = cover rr,1 ,o r.l4 the coil
during the winter the aanortmar,
which is unier the djrfctia, of n
C. Weltv commissioner or adr,cuI-
ture, three , ems ,a,,. >f..,t4d pro,y;nd
winter turf oats ON Tie Ir.n Nopn.
tain demonstration farm 81 Arcadia
Mo Each wear Tire. cr.,. has haan
considerably mnr.. successful tb,r
spring oats r,p yiaIds l,sr yaar
being about IS bushels uer ac,e and
TINS wear 4Ogs hy,h4ls ,nr arro
The seed GROWN last wear on ,be
Arcadia farm has been distributed
10 various farmers borhiDfhat vicin.
ity and IN the vicinity NJ ponIar
Bluff. and the prarlicablljty Of rhe
crop is evidenced bv the success Of
Mr. NJ /. Ciardv at Farminpton who
made "A Weld of ahonr "a bushels
With seed furnished by the railroad
Mr.. CEardv also demonstrated tho
fact that the Iron Mountain Aerj-
cultural department has really de-
veloped a winter oat which is rnIlv
acchmatel for on an ADJOINING field
he planted some fine soprhern.droyn
seed of the same variety This
soQthern-prown seed vas entiroIv
killed ont durjne tbe winter althouoh
the seed develonpd nm tha Iron
Mountain farm made q fine vield
The jmportapce Of these v,aIds
= chou, h,, tho Goo. .h., -. .,..
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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-08-26

he had lost in the sawdust and then
fed into the furnace under the boil
er Some weeks aRo while a young
son ct John BROOKS. who lives near
where the mill was located was
pllytne IN the nl, feed barn in
which Ar Reese had kept his teams,
he saw something ia one Of the
managers ani upon a closer inyestI.
CATION found i, vas the long lost
watch Mr. Re~se was notified and
be now has he witch and he re-
~afded the youthful. finder with s.
The watch was in go,d condition
aud started running upon being
wuund up
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-08-26
winter Turf Oats

The Iron Mountain Agricultural
department has during the past
three years. done some work in oat
production which will be Of great
value to the farmers Of southern
Missouri.
In view of the poor yields Of spring
oats, caused by frequent drouths
just when the crop was being made.
and in view of the deSirahility of
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-08-26
Washington Letter


EXTRACT FEoN CONGRESSIONAL REcoef
RHvARKS or ClruI II TAvENNrR
| sat recently in The house Of rer
resentatives and heard the Hon
Augustus Gardner. Of Massachusetts
make the statement upon his re.
sponsibllty as a member Of the
American congress that
II war were 10 break out taday
il would he found that our coast
defenSeS have not sufficient ammu-
milton for an hours fight
Whether or not MIR Gardner =
statement is correct | cannot say.
because | do not know but this | do
know, that We DO not have the am.
munition and armament that we
have paid for and shou Il have in
return for the countless millions Of
dollars OF the American peoples
money that have been expended
from the public treasury.
mean TO say that those army
and navy officers who do the pur-
chasing Of war munitions and who
are paid salary by the people and
are trusted by the people TO see that
the government receives dollars
worth Of material for every dollar
expended. have permitted a ring of
ammunition manufacturers To out
raeeously overcharee Uncle Sam for
armor. guns powder, and ammuni.
tons in general
For instance. the war department
in 1913 purchased seven thousand
47-inch shrapnel from the ammuni-
ton ring. paying $25.26 each there
for At the same time precisely the
same shrapnel was being manufac-
tured in the government-owned
Frankford arsenal for S1545, all
overhead charges included.
MIR Average Citizen. are you will
ing that the public officials in the
war department who are spending
your money, should pay S25.26 for
an article that they could have /
manufactured in government plants
for Sl5459
This instance is not the exception. /
II is the rule. The army and navy |
officers in 20 years have purchased
Si75. 100000 worth of armor. arma-
ment and munitions from four tirus,
which have a monopoly in this
country on the manufacture of such
supplies and have paid this graspine
war trust from 20 to 90 per cent
more than the same articles could
have been manufactured for in
plants
As the result Of frequently repeat
ed statements similar to that made
W Mr.. Gardner, the average citizen
S at last beginning to ask: What
,eccmes Of the S25O.0O0. 900 that is
,eine spent annually on our army
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-08-26
Southeast News.
Jhr k@n Items

jackson Items
Circuit court will convene her,
next Monday and he in session at
least TAO weeks. aS MI the civil case,
are set Ior the sCnnd week There
are eighteen nc~ cases on the crmi.
nal docket, OF which n number will
he quickly disposed Of. rs several
defendants arr said TO he willing 10
plead guilty On the civil docket
there are 81 new suits. of which
eight ne for divorces, six for back
taxes and num'~r for delinquent
drainage taxes
h}-mAyrk Gazette.
Ia the Circuit court which was In
session at GtcSnsillc last week John
Nllkerson was sentenced to the trnl-
ien,tay for five years John Frank
MiIkerson robbed the NilhamsvilIc
State bank oa March Frank VAS
@giioeirvI by a member of the posse
and in trying to SWIM Black river
waS druv ned John crossed the riyer
arsi went 10 n farmers house and
gave himself up The jury consider
ing hts IsGs, kpt-i re,Nord gave him
the minimum punishment. which is
five years
jackson Itness
Prosecuting Attorney Caruthers
Was at Ailenvlle Monday To attend
the preliminary examination nj
fTbhs. Reynolds and Robinson, the
three d,eige crew men Who three
weeks brtntc had been shot In aa
encounter with Ernest Ford at White
water. which resulted in Ford being
beaten inscnsihle aud cut and stab
hevi with n knife II was for this
assault on Ford for which the three
men we're arrested The result Of
the trial, which was before Justice
Noah Young was that they were
acquitted Ford will now have TO
81 10 trial on the charge Of carrying
concealed weapons
jackson Items.
As depraved a specimen Of hui
manity as can probably be found
was arrested in jackson Saturday
afternoon, and bv Mississippi county
taken to Charleston on Sun
day morning He went by the name
of Smith and had been working in
the country south OF town since
spring. but his real name is said TO
be Doc Bronchers. II seems that
about year ago. while living near ,
East Prairie in Mississippi county !
members Of his family got sick and I
MI were in destitute circumstances. ,
kind-hearted neighbors made a sum :
,f money to relieve the destitution !
and gave il to Bronchers who there $
upon deserted his family and took ,
along a daughter, with whom he had ,
,een living since. The, fed to Illi- $
,ois, but in the spring came to this B
'ounty. a
Reynolds County Outlook. /
About ten years aeo when Add $
Reese. who is now in the mercan- f
lie business at Annapolis. was OPP
rating a sawmill on Sinking creek. b
bout four miles southwest of this v
,lace. he lost a valuable watch. 4
rhich was made more valuable by $
tason Of being keepsake from his y
lead brother, and which he thought n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-10
THE NATIONAL WEEKLY

the price Of -four continued 10 go up
bread probably would go higher than
six cents. The Ward company is one
of the largest independent companies
which will advance the price to six
cents to-day.
III -four continues TO 90 up said
Mr.. Ward. "the price Of bread will in
crease above six cents. At the present
price of -four it in all probability will
not go beyond six cents, but If -four
continues to go up we cannot tell
VIII ere the price of bread will stop
The State Department of Foods and
Markets is planning an educational
campaign for substitutes for wheat
bread. W. +. Fitzgerald, secretary OF
the department, said yesterday that
several kinds Of bread without wheat,
palatable and nearly as nutritious,
could be made for less than nickel
u loaf. A very palatable bread may be
made from 90 per cent of sitted gra-
ham -four and 35 per cent of yellow
corn -four, practically equal in nutri-
ton 70 the white bread, and at the old
price of five cents loaf or less.
Corn is cheaper now than it was
last july. Il sold for 10 cents a bushel
then, and is selling now at 70 cents.
Wheat was 81 cents a bushel in
July and is now 81 90. Rye was IS
cents, and is now 81 30.
Wants Standard Loaf.
Alderman Frank J.. Bowling INTRO
duced a resolution at the meeting OF
the Board OF Aldermen yesterday,
which. if passed and approved by the
Mayor. will fix the standard loaf OF
bread throughout the city at one pounG.
While the standard loaf must weigh
one pound. the ordinance permits the
bakers to make quarter and half pound
sizes.
It further provides that every baker
and seller of bread in the city shall
keen scales and Weights suitable for the
weighing of bread in A conspicuous
place in the bakery, and shall, whenever
requested by the buyer, and in the buy
er's presence, weigh the bread offered
for sale. The penalty for violation OF
the proposed ordinance is a fine of not
less than SO or more than 800 for
each offence.
Commissioner Hartigan, of the May
ors Bureau of Weights and Measures.
declared that the introduction Of
scales in all bakeries would Re good
thing. He pointed out that while bread
and most everything else was sold by
the Mound on the East Side, the buyer
on the West Side usually bought in
bulk or package and seldom knew
whether he was getting fair measure
or weight.
The Commissioner said every inspec-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-10
FIGHT DEATH TWO
DAYS ON DERELICT
Crew of Battered Oil Steamer
in Misery for Many Hours
Before Aid Arrives.

Captain Herman Segebarth, COM
mander of the lost Chester. sat in the
lounge of the . ,scuing steamer as it
came up the bay from Quarantine
yesterday and related the manner in
which the ship was wrecked.
81 was in the chart room, writing
in the log, Oh Tuesday morning when
the big wave hit us he declared. 81
thought it was all up. There was a
deafening crash, the whole vessel
trembled and the roof split open above
my head. Somehow | was picked up by
the rush of water and landed up
against the mizzen mast in the we'll
deck"
Lifeboats, deck structures. ratings,
ventilators and the rudder were ripped
away by the Overpowering wave. The
water reached the boiler room and The
coal bunkers. Orders were given to
pump the oil from two tanks TO quiet
the waters, but II was found that the
seas already had ripped away :hc
matches. To that incident, Captain
Segebarth said. the crew undoubtedly
owed their lives No further waves
broke over the drifting vessel.
There was nothing to do but hang
on and hope against hope" the COM
mander continued. THE mizzen mast
gave way. injuring some of the crew.
Our signals were wet and the stoves
in the galley could not be lit. We ate
cold canned food uncooked. Tuesday
and Wednesday were pretty dismal days
for all hands.
Late Wednesday night we made out
the lights Of a steamer. We found that
one blue Coston signal was uninjured
We fired it and then We used pocket
fashlght 20 signal for help in the
Morse code. The mate worked il by
covering it with his cap and uncover
ing it. The battery was weak. and We
feared constant pressing on the button
would break it,
The steamer was the Philadelphia,
and a sharp eye caught the faint flick
ering out on the tossing water. A reply
in lights was flashed back and the yes
sci was turned from her course to effect
the errand of mercy. Lifeboats picked
I'D the swimming men, the rescuers or
dering them to jump, because it was
feared that the small craft would be
crushed against the side Of the tank
steamer if they came close.
The Chester was abandoned 900
miles from shore. Before leaving me
vessel the captain set fire to her in
the mess room aft. while the chief en-
gineer opened the sea cocks, to insure
her sinking.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-10

they came alongside us. Then the
more active jumped bravely at the rope
ladders. At times these were blown
straight out to sea with man hang
ing on them by single hand; he did
not have time 10 grasp with a second.
Others we're dragged Off again in the
boat 10 prevent the rising waves from
crushing them TO pieces between the
two craft or being carried right away.
How they chung for dear life in those
intense moments
At last. for safety. each man had a
moose tied around his waist, the other
end of the rope being attached to the
promenade deck. One after another they
were pulled to the saloon deck, where
wiling hands helped them over the rail.
And with what energy the few passen-
gers who were on deck lay hold of that
rope and pulled when the order was
given. and slackened when the word
came,
One man was groaning loudly as he
was hauled up. His legs had been hurt,
and he was placed on a stretcher and
carried TO a cabin. There were twenty
two men rescued in the first boat. and
it was magnificent TO see with what
courage and readiness men tumbled
into the lifeboat TO rescue the remain
der of the Chester's crew. They did not
even wait for life belts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-10

sci fees he had been ordered 70 pay
his wife, Mary.
Macon and his wife separated, and
he was ordered to pay SO a month and
$3.50 counsel fees. Mr.. Gould made
affidavit that the negro was not in his
employ, as Mrs. Macon alleged, and
that, so far as he knew, the porter's
only income was the SIS month he re-
ceived from the Missouri Pacific Rail-
road.
The wife declares that Macon told
her that in October, November and De-
cember, 1912, he was employed at 63
Riverside Drive 10 serve Miss Len
strom. friend of Mr.. Gould, and her
family, and that Mr.. Gould was paying
all the expenses of the establishment.
Later. the affidavit says, Macon told his
wife he was engaged to wait on "onc
st. Clair" also friend OF Mr.. Gould
and also living on Riverside Drive.
Rufus L. Perry, attorney for Mari
Macon. said that one day after the suit
had been begun he walked into his
Office and found the place heavy with
expensive perfume.
"There IN a chair" he said, "sat Ma
con. n diamond stud in his shirt, dis-
mond or his finger, and his hand in his
rocket. clutching a roll of bills. He
suggested that maybe the case could
b, settled. And this is the man who
comes into court, says he has next 10
nothing and asks that his wife's ALI
mony be reduced
The lawyer argued that Mr.. GouIds
willingness to make an affidavit for
the negro showed that the relations
between them were very close, sug-
gestion Gould's attorney denounced az
rotten Mr.. Gould over the tele-
phone last night denied all knowledge
of tho case
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-10
But Denies Responsibility
for His Appointment to
SantO Domingo.
DECLARES WICK
WAS "SOREHEAD"
EX-Rcceiver of Customs Told
Him Island Was Full of Men
with Hia!luCinationS.

Washington. Feb. g. Asserting that
Walker ". Wick. formerly receiver Of
customs in Santo Domingo. Wa
"oorshead." Joseph Tumulty. secretary
10 the President. testified in the sui
livan inquiry to-day, that he mate
rally helped Wick to land the place and
even tried 20 have his resignation held
Up wncn Wick wanted TO give up the
joD because Of the illness % his wife.
Nh. Tunulty denied responsibility
for Sullivan's appointment as Minister
TO Santo Domingo. He said he had no
particular interest in sullivan except
that. as friend Of ReprescntatIv"
Hamill. with whom he had been
brought up" he wished to do cycry-
thing he could for him.
Nr Tumuty said that in letter Nr.
Wick had told him there was some SORT
OF germ widespread on tho island
which caused men TO become cut
throats. vilihcrs and general liars o!
the most striking kind. and that Saato
Domingo was filled with men who had
Authorizations.
The witness said he had heard Of OBJ
iectiors to Sullivan's candidacy for
Minister TO Santo Domingo because OF
his connection with the Jack Rose case,
but Governor Whitman had said Sui
livan's connection with that case was
perfectly honorable
Regarding rumorS about the rcla-
tions between Sullivan and the BancO
de Naconal. Mr.. Tumulty said he had
told Wick to warn Sullivan tina. the
President would resent any conncc-
ton with the Banco dc Nacional and
advised Sullivan TO build fence be-
tween him and the bank.
Ii developed that Mr.. Sullivan vas a
observing Democrat because one of
tho chief recommendation for his ap-
pointment as Minister was his efficient
work for the election of President Will
son.
Mr.. Tumulty declared he had evil
dencc 20 prove Wick was a sorehead.
He had heard that soon after the cleo
ton Wick had prepared statements at
lacking him and questioning his fit
ness for the post of private secretary
to tho President. place that Wick also
was after.
Representative James J. Hamill. Sui
liven's sponsor, testified he had known
the Minister since October u. 1911,
and sullivan had made speeches in
New Jersey at his request. MIR. Ham
in denied that Mr. Beers had any
thing % do with Sullivan's appoint
mont, so far as he was concerned.
Mr.. Hamill said Beers had helped
him try TO sell steamer for one OF his
jersey City constituents. that he had
promised Reers TO put his son in An
nspolis, and that when Beers went
abroad he had designated him AS his
legal representative. The Representa-
tive admitted that he had secured an
appointment at Annapolis for the son
OF friend OF Beers, the young man
being relative of Judge Mccall, of
New York