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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-18

Wednesday evening an old blind
horse endeavoring to negotiate
State street with a wagon loaded
with poles and Porter Delaney,
became confused on account of
the unusual uneavenness of the
roadway and walked into the
sewer ditch at a point about ten
feet deep. Through a nice sense
of responsibility, the horse left
the load when it made the
plunge, and landed bottom down
on the sewer pipe and hard clay
below. A large crowd of Hungry
Hills elite soon gathered and vol
UNFAIRLY suggested ways and
means of removing the poor old
horse from out of the depths into
which it had unintentionally
fallen. 1t remained, however,
for the corps of engineers to
solve the problem. Some sug-
gested calling the fire depart
ment, some wanted the city
marshal, (no one mentioned the
Board of Health) and even the
Civic League was mentioned
But, one of the multitude sug-
gested ropes and plenty of mus
Gle. This idea seemed to appeal
to the more practical minds anC
soon ropes were secured and the
work of lifting began. The ad
vice offered during the interim
of the experts arrival and thu
: actual removal of the horse t.
! the roadway above, would suffice
: for the floating Of the Lusitania
However, the horse was removed
and as far as the eye could detec
(clear through the horse) it wa
: uninjured.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-18
Brought Here for Burial.

The body of Mrs. Elizabeth
Ahrens, who died in Lebanon,
Mo-, Monday evening, was
brought to Lexington Wednes-
day and taken to the home Of
Mrs. Louise Mehl. Mrs. Ahrens
was 83 years of age. She is sur
vived by three sons and one
daughter.
The funeral was held from
the Mehl home yesterday after
noon at 300 o'clock. Services
were conducted by Rev. S. o.
Hall.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-18
Tindle-Callaway.

The marriage of Miss Mable
May Galloway and Mr.. Austin
Tindle took place in Kansas City
last Thursday evening at 8
o'clock. The bride is a daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. James Cal
laway of near Lexington. The
groom is a brother of Mrs. ]. X.
Letter of this city, and for some
time has been in the employ of
May, Stern Co., of Kansas City.
They will make their home in
Kansas City.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-18
LIVERY AND FEED
BARN BURNS
Walter Peaks Barn Completely
Destroyed With Contents.

Tuesday night about 11:30
o'clock the livery and feed barn
owned and conducted by Walter
Peak, caught fire and with all of
it's contents was completely de-
stroyed. The fire was not dis
covered until it had gained such
headway that nothing could be
done to save the building or any
thing within. Mr.. Peak who was
asleep in the building at the time
was aroused by the noise made
by one of the horses in it's fran
tic efforts to get out. The build
ing was then so filled with smoke
that MIR. Peak had time only for
his own exit. The night watch
man at the brewery was the first
one to discover the fire from the
outside and he turned in the
alarm.
The loss includes five horses,
one belonging to each Of the fol-
lowing: Walter Peak, Roscoe
Sheets, Wilson Bros, Frank
Hord and the Gas & Electric Co.
Another horse, in a stable across
the alley, belonging to Alfred
Hawkins, was also burned.
The machine shop of Russell
Bros. located across the alley OF
the north, was destroyed, anC
Wilcoxon's dry cleaning building
was considerably damaged. Tht
"bull pen" on the west, wherein
rock is sometimes broken, was
badly scorched.
Mr.. Peak estimates his loss be
tween $4,000 and $1,000, ant
Russell Bros, $1,5OO. The caus,
of the fire is unknown. This i
the third livery barn destroye,
on this lot.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-18
GREYS 8; o. F. L. 3.
Greys Collect 13 Hits and s Runs
OFF Mcknight, While Cald-
well Has Gild-Edged
SunDOrt

The Lexington Greys contin-
ued their winning streak We'd
nesday afternoon at Greystone
Park, making it nine consecutive
games and ten wins out of
twelve games played, by defeat
ing the Old Fashioned Layers.
one of Kansas City's best
amateur teams, by the score of
8 to 3. The game was the best
witnessed here so far this sea-
son.
The local team showed its real
base ball ability in Wednesdays
game. They showed the fans
that they had not been winning
because they were playing weak
teams, but because they have
real base ball talent and plenty
of pep.
Van Hammer, who is well
known around here, will return
next Thursday with a picked
team from Kansas City, and try
to defeat the Greys.
The line-ups were as follows:
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-18
Veterinarian Locates Here.

DR.. C. S. Underwood, veteri-
marian, of Perry, Mo-, has To-
Gated in Lexington for the prac-
tice of his profession. He had
an office at the Peak feed barn
on Eleventh street, but the fire
of Tuesday night made him 10
cate elsewhere. DR.. Underwood
is a graduate of the Kansas City
Veterinary College. After grad
uation he specialized in the
serum treatment at the serum
plant of the Fowler Packing
Company in Kansas City.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-18
Corner Stone Day.

The corner stone of the new
State Capitol building will be
laid Thursday, June "a, 1915.
The ceremonies will be conduct
ed by the Masonic order. Grand
Master T. w. Cotton, Gov. E. w.
Major and ex-Gov H. S Hadley
will be the speakers Everybody
is cordially invited.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-18
Police Court.

S. S. Weaver was fined S6.70
by Judge John Hedge yester-
day for being drunk. Being
unable to pay his fine he was
sent to the city holdover.
Casey Garrett and Mike Gar
lick, two hoboes, charged with
being drunk, was given 30 days
on the rock pile or 10 minutes
to leave town. They took the
fifteen minutes and hiked.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-18
GREYS

The summary. Runs: Flagg
l, Hale 2; Thieman 1, Howe 2,
Caldwell 1, Bryant l, Navel, H.,
i, Navel, j., l. Ashford 1; three
base hits: Mackie, Van Ham,
mer; two base hits: Thieman 2,
Ashford l, Mccarthy /; stolen
bases: Hale; base on balls: by
Caldwell l ; hit by pitcher Howe
by Mcknight; struck out: By
Caldwell 7; Mcknight Slime
1872.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-18
Miss Susie Crenshaw Dead.

Word has been received here
of the death of Miss Susie
Crenshaw, sister Of the late T..
C. Crenshaw, at her home in
San Diego, Cal, on Saturday,
June 5th. Miss Crenshaw was
Is years of age.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-18

Wilcoxon & Bradley have the
contract to erect a six room mod
ern cottage for Clyde Wright
on the site of the old Becker
house on West South street. 1t
will be a one-story frame with
concrete foundation.
Mrs. Virginia Johnson returned
to her home in Kansas City We'd
nesday after visit here with
relatives.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-18

Karlsruhe, the German town
bombarded by French aviators
Monday, is the home Of our for
mer townsman, Henry Sinauer.
Thomas B. Campbell celebrat-
ed his seth birthday Wednesday
at his home east of Lexington.
MIR. Campbell was born in Hunts
vile, Ala, June 10th, 1929.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-18
PupiIs' Recital.

The piano pupils of Miss Eliza
beth Graves will give a piano re-
cital and entertainment at Muir
rell Auditorium Thursday even
ing, June "a, at 800 o'clock. The
program consists of piano, vocal
and violin selections, and also
recitations.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-18
Mr.. COwherd Suffers Relapse

Mr.. COwherd Suffers Relapse
A dispatch to the Kansas City
Journal Wednesday night con-
veyed the information that w. S.
Cowherd had suffered a relapse
and was not expected to survive
the night. Mr.. Cowherd is in
Pasadena, CAL, where he went
several months ago on account
of his health.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-18

Miss Ruth Field of Higgins
vile arrived Wednesday to
spend the day here with friends.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-18
CIRCUIT COURT IN SESSION
Convened Monday With Judge
Samuel Davis Presiding.

lllS ClICulC COul \ Will ONdSN
Samuel Davis presiding, con-
vened Monday for the June
term.
The following business was
transacted:
McGrew Coal Co. VS.. Mo. Pac-
ifc Ry. c., damages; defendant
files bill of exceptions.
Sam P. Redd VS.. Jouett M.
Redd, ct al, partition; defendant
files separate and amended an
swer and defendants L. E. Wood
en- and Ligon Vaughan and Left
ridge file separate answer to a.
mended petition; set for trial
June "a,
Floyd Johnson VS.. Mo. Pacific
Ry. Co., and Waverly Brick and
Coal Co., damages; time for fill
ing bills of exception extended
to on or before Oct. IL, 1915.
Paschal H. Beamer VS.. Broth
erhood of American Yeoman, in
surance policy leave granted de-
fendant to plead on or before
August 20, 1915.
]. H. White VS.. Israel Schoket
appeal from ]. P. court, contin-
ued generally.
D. w. Holman VS.. Mary Ann
Holman, divorce; dismissed by
plaintiff.
Alex. Graves, Jr., VS.. Mo. Pa
cifc Ry. Co., damages; set for
trial June 81, 1915.
Edward Aull VS.. Mo. Pacific Ry
Co., damages; defendant files
answer.
Alfred Curtis, ct al, VS.. Anna
Curtis, ct al, contest will; de
PENDANTS file answer.
H. C. Hargrove VS.. Min C. Nc
Fadin, account; defendant file
answer.
M. L. Montague VS.. ]. B
Wheeler, note; dismissed by tn,
plaintiff.
Mary B. Terhune VS.. Pionee
Life ms. Co., suit on policy; de
fendant files answer, defendan
deposits in cash $1,061.07.
Lee F. Benning VS.. Farmer
Bank of Odessa, mechanic
lien; defendant, Farmers BAN
: Odessa withdraws answer an
files demurrer to petition; sam
: overruled by the court.
t w. G. Gum VS.. ]. D. Shewaltel
1 suit on street paving; opinion K
C. Court of Appeals filed defend
! ant files substituted and amend
: ed answer
4 Anna J. Shannon VS.. Waverl
Coal Co., damages; defendar
: files answer.
Ida M. Leary VS.. j. w. Bartle!
contract; defendant files al
swer, set for trial June %.
Polk Gray VS.. w. L. Kittert
ct al, suit on note; defendar
files answer
Gentry w. Haggard VS.. M,
Grew Coal Co., bill of exceptions
time for fling bill of exception
extended to on or before Oct. 1
1915.
Minnie Taylor VS.. Emanu
Sanders, suit for rent; strickt
from docket.
Lorenzo D. McClintic VS.. Lew
Curtis, ejectment; stricken fro
docket.
State ex rel City of LexingtC
VS.. R. E. Rogers, quo warrant
stricken from docket.
c. B. Goodwin VS.. A. Y
Laughlin, bill of exceptions; tir
for filing bill Of exceptions e
tended to on or before Oct.
1915.
Myrtle Schultze VS.. P.
B Schultz, divorce; stricken frc
; docket.
B Carrie Ohls VS.. Geo. Ohls, ct
3 partition; renewed order Of sa
3 John H. Mathews VS.. Fra
z Howe. SET aside deed. stricl,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-18
SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL
VOTE ON BONDS
Board of Directors of Dover Dis.
trict Ask for $4,000 to Erect
Central Building.


Central Building.
The school district which was
recently formed by the consoli-
dation Of the Dover, Cox and .
Carr districts will vote tomor-
row on a $4,000 bond issue to
build a central school building,
The Board of Education have in
view a central building modern
in every detail, where the work
of all the grades and high school
may be done.
A recent statement issued by
the Board Of Directors should
appeal favorably to every voter
in the district. The opposition,
if any, no doubt, will come from
those most able to meet the
slight increase in taxes.
The statement is such a
straightforward appeal for bet
ter schools that we print it in
full.
The statement follows:
"In order to set at rest the
many rumors, much of them un-
founded, we have thought best
to issue this plain statement of
facts, so that every voter might
be fully informed and prepared
to cast his ballot intelligently.
The amount of bonds asked for
is $4,000. These bonds will run
twenty years, one-fourth matur-
ing every five years, or one-ffth
every four years.
This $4,000 will build a central
school building that will be am
pie for the needs of the entire
district for some time to come
but it will not be more than is
necessary to meet the require.
J ments Of the law, but any pupi
in the entire district has tn,
the privilege of attending tn,
: most convenient school at an,
time without any extra cos
r whatever.
The interest on the bonds vii
t not be more than five per cent
and possibly less. There are ap
5 proximately two hundred voter
5 in the district. If the amour
( had to be all paid at once (fo
the erection of the building)
e would not amount to more tina
forty dollars for each voter, o
:, only two dollars per year, not al
;. lowing for any increase in popu
/ lation, taxable wealth, or an.
/ other sources of income.
The assessed valuation of tn
y entire district last year wa
t $3O1,255. The levy called for b
the board, will yield for all pun
Z, poses, about S2,44O, to this wi
/ be added the per capita that
received each year from tn
r state which was last year S57t
It This year it will amount to $60C
To this may be added $500; spec
= ial aid to consolidated ruri
j; schools (being S25 per squar
IS mile or fraction thereof. Thi
2, will yield a total income {
about $3,54O per year. $3.50
Ell will pay all the teachers, buy a
n the fuel, pay janitor hire, cerE
fees and other incidental e,
is penses, leaving a balance of $94
m to meet interest and liquidat
the bonds as they mature.
m The increase in taxation WI
S +; not be more than ten per cent {
the last valuation, and as the.
v. is a material increase in the a
ne sessed valuation of the distri
x the increase will not be so mu,
2, as that.
Wellington pays S1.50 on Il
j. IS1OO. Lexington pays $1.3
m Waverly pays SIPS; Higginsvi-
pays $1.35; Odessa SIPS; ; Cord
al, $1,0G
lie. Concordia has voted bonds
nix the amount of $4,000 to ere
on a school building that will
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-18

H. c. Wallace spent Sunday in
Kansas City.
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Continued on Page 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-22
Strange Animals Of Pre- Historic Time.

North Platte River generally carries
a considerable volume of water, while
the South Platte is dry except during
times Of floods, because it's water is
used for irrigation farther upstream
The North Platte is $50 miles long and
drains about 2S,500 square miles. At
the city of North Platte the river has
a maximum discharge. according to the
United States Geological Survey, of
about 10000 cubic feet a second and
a minimum discharge of only 70 cubic
feet second. It's average volume of
flow during the nine months from
March to November is about $500 cubic
feet a second.
From Dexter to Ogalalla, Nebr.,
South Platte River and the railroad are
close to the bluffs bordering a table,
land. Here and at other places where
the bluffs come close to the river many
travellers in the days Of the Overland
Trail suffered from attacks by Indians
and white outlaws, who were wont
to swoop down Unexpectedly from their
hiding places in the hills. to murder
and plumber. 1t is difficult for the
modern traveller surrounded by the
luXuries of the railway train to realize
the hardships and dangers endured by
the men and women of indomitable
courage and energy who under such
conditions invaded and finally con-
Quered the West.
The fossils found in the Ogalalla and
Arikaree formations show that western
Nebraska was inhabited in what the
geologist terms late Miocene time by
animals Of very different types from
those living there now, and also that
very different physical conditions pre-
vailed at that time. In place of the
dry. barren plains of today there were
numerous streams and swampy low
lands.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-22
Cultivate the Kindly Impulse.

If we have made someone happy during
the hours that have passed since the
morning light called US to our tasks. the
day has not been a failure. We may say
that it has had its measure of success II
there has gone out from us some consid-
crate bit Of living that has helped to put
the song upon the lips of a tired traveller
who was trembling beneath his load. 1t
has been a good day If that has been &C
conplished, and we have been about a
good business; for making people happy
is one of the choicest efforts we are
privileged to set about.
It matters not so much, the nature OF
the kindly impulse that has stirred US.
1t is the presence of the kindness that is
in the heart. and the cheerfulness that
fits about us as garment, that spread
the blessing that is oenediction. Open
up. a stretch Of Gods acres, where men
and women and little children may go
and see the field flowers carpeting the
green grass, and may breathe in the
glory Of the sunset as 1t trails its gor-
geous garments toward the western hills;
or. il your means will not permit that.
see to it that there is patch OF garden
in. your yard that fronts the street.
where passersby may catch the quicken
ing OF a handful Of bright blossoms, even
II the, are no more than row Of hya-
ctnths. and E. spray Of mignonette ana .
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-22
NAVAL OFFICER
SAW GERMANS
IN NEW YORK

Washington. Oct 21.-Lieutenant
Koch and DR.. Kroneck,- the two Ger
man navy officers absent without leave
from the interned commerce raider
Prinz Eitel Friedrich at the Norfolk
navy yard. were seen by an American
naval officer in the Pennsylvania rail-
way station in New York last sunday,
the day their leave expired. The Amer
lean officer SO reported today to the
department. in response to the message
sent out to all ships and shore stations
that sharp lookout be kept for the Of
ficers and six warrant officers from
the Kronprinz Wilhelm. who put to
sea in the yacht Eclipse.
Two other doctors from the Kron-
prinz Wilhelm. who are en- route back
to Germany, were released under the
articles Of the Geneva convention that
holds civilian. religious and medical
officers Of n captured slip not liable
to detention as prisoners of war.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-22
BOTH KIVIAT AND
HARRY SMITH ARE
PROTEST.
Renowned Athletes Forfeit Am
ateur Standing upon Evidence
of Receiving Extra Money

New York, Oct 2l-Abei r. Kiviat
and Harry Smith, boil: Olympic run
ners. were tonight declared profess
SIGNALS by the registration COMMITTEES
Of the Amateur Athletic Union.
Kiviat, who is Of the Irish American
Athletic Club, and Smith, of the
Bronx Chuch House A. C., lost their
amateur standing when the committee
declared them ineligible to take any
further part in amateur athletics.
After a thorough investigation by
the committee both men were found
guilty on charges that each had asked
for expenses in excess of the amount
allowed an amateur athlete under gen
sral rule four. Section 10, to appear at
the games of the Eastern New York
Athletic League, held at Schenectady,
n Y, on Sept IS last. Smith asked
for $40 and Kiviat demanded $15 to
run at the meet. and, it was testified,
their Requests were made in writing.
Both of the accused athletes positive
iy denied having made such demands.
but their denials and explanations were
not satisfactory to the majority OF the
committee. Kiviat as middle distance
and one-mile runner, is probably one
Of the best known athletes in America,
while Smith has held the national 10
mile and indoor two mile champion
ship titles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-22
Mica Found in 20 States.

Mica is of widespread occurrence and
and has been mined in many countries,
but the worlds production has come
chiefly from India, the United Sta .es,
Canada, German East Africa, and Bra
zil. Deposits of probable value are
known in more, than 70 of the United
States. The distribution of mica deposits
can be hest determined by knowledge
of the rocks with which they are asso-
ciated and their geographic occurrence.
The matrix of mica is pegmatite, rock
allied to granite in composition, but of
much coarser texture. Mica bearing peg
matites are associated with crystalline
rocks, either ancient metamorphic or
igneous rocks. a study of the geologic
map of North America issued by the
United States Geological Survey shows
the distribution of these types of rocks.
The absence of areas of such rocks in
dieates the absence Of good deposits of
mica. and their presence indicates pos
sibility of the occurrence of mica-bearing
pegmatites. Large areas of these meta
morphic and oldNigneous rocks are shown
in the eastern Appalachian region. ex-
tending from Alabama to New York; In
the New England States: In the Black
Hills of South Dakota; in the Rocky
Mountain region from New Mexico to
Montana and in many smaller more or
less isolated areas in nearly all the
Western States from Texas to California
and Washington. The same map shows
large areas where the older crystalline
rocks are covered by mantle of younger
sedimentary rocks ranging IN thickness
from hundreds to thousands Of feet. and
where, accordingly, mica deposits are
not likely to be found.
In 1914 the mica produced in the United
States was valued at $32S,746. The output
of sheet mica amounted to 55e.sa3 pounds
and that of scrap mica amounted to $3.50
pounds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-22
PHILIPPINES
TOPIC MOHONK
CONFERENCE

Mohonk Lake. N. r. Oct. 2l.-Sev-
esal speakers before the Lake Mohonk
conference on the Indian and other de-
pendent peoples today declared that
the government service Of the Philip
Filipinos too rapidly for their own
good. This was true. they said. not
only in the department Of education,
where natives were fast taking the
places Of American teachers. but in
important government Offices.
The spelling book has followed the
bayonet in the Philippines ever since
the United States began to extend
control over these islands, until now
there are 10000 schools there, employ
ing 10000 teachers and enrolling more
than 100000 pupils. These facts were
laid before the conference by Frank
L. Crone. director Of education in the
Philippines The school system, he
said, is maintained by the Filipino
people and is a source Of no expense
to the United States. A feature is
consistent athletic program under
which more than IS per cent. OF the
pupils are receiving physical instruc-
ton.
The whole morning session Of the
conference was devoted to the Philip
pines.
Col. William c. Rivers. U. S. A., re-
Gently chief Of the Philippine constab-
ulary, talked about the semi civilized
tribes.
Frederick W. Taylor Of Denver, for
merly director Of agriculture in the
Philippines. declared that we had no
right to educate the Filipino to want
more clothing and broader and bet
ter civilization unless at the same time
we show him how to earn the money
to satisfy such aspirations.
Another speaker was Bernard Moses,
professor of history and political
science in the University Of California
and formerly member Of the Philip
pine commission.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-22
HOUSE DISCUSSES
BRITISH CENSOR'S
POETIC ABILITY

London, Oct. 81. 3.45 P. M.-The
British censor's antipathy to poetry
as evidenced recently by deletions of
lines Of Kipling and Browning when
quoted in dispatches from the front,
was gravely considered in the House
Of Commons this afternoon when4Ron-
aid Mcneil, author and Unionist
member Of Parliament for ST. Angus
tines division Of Kent, asked Sir John
A. Simon, secretary for home affairs,
what poets could be quoted with i'm
punity.
Sir John explained that the difficult
ty lay not in a military objection to
poetry, but to the censor's failure to
recognize the same. The censor's at
tention had been called to the matter.
he added, with the suggestion that
they cultivate the muse.