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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
FINAL DEMAND TO MEXICO SHIPPERS SLAY Z MARINES
LANDING FORCES AT PORT AU
PRINCE LOSE TWO.
Charge of Government and
Disarms Capital.

Washington.-Two Americans Of
the landing force from the cruiser
Washington were killed at Port
au Prince, according to a mes
sage from Admiral Caperton just re-
ceived.
The admiral had reported that the
American landing force had met re-
sistance, but he reported then that
there had been no casualties.
The names of the two men killed,
as announced later, are William Com
pers, seaman, LOT Stockton street,
Brooklyn, N. Y, and Jason S. White
hurst, ordinary seaman, COS Clay I'VE
nue., Norfolk, Va.
town was attacked from the south.
He had been warned, disposed his
forces for defense, and repulsed it.
He said there was no alarm. The
two men were killed in the sniping
from the brush in the outskirts.
The battleship Connecticut, with 500
additional marines has been ordered
to Port au Prince from Philadelphia.
Secretary Lansing announced that
a committee of public safety, organ
lied in Port au Prince, Haiti, had
taken charge of the capital and is
conducting the defacto government.
After a conference with American
naval officers and the American
Charge d'Affaires, the committee de-
cided upon disarmament of the city.
The gunboat Nashville was ordered
from San Domingo to Cape Haiten to
reinforce the gunboat Eagle.
A brief report from Admiral Caper-
ton said he had about 400 men on
shore patroling the town, in command
of Capt. E. L. Beach, who was having
no difficulty in maintaining order.
1t is not considered likely that the
American marines will he withdrawn
pending the establishment of a stable
government.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
NEGRO IS BURNED
BY A TEXAS MOB
TAKEN FROM JAIL AT MIDNIGHT
AND SLAIN ON PUBLIC
SQUARE.
5000 PEOPLEWERE PRESENT
Plesdines of Officers That Guilt May
Be Established is Futile-Said
to Have Finally Made a
Confession.

Temple, Tex.-Will Stanley, the ne
gro, who was arrested on a charge of
numbering the three Grimes children
Wednesday night, July %, was taken
from the courtroom Friday night and
burned on the public square in the
presence of 5000 men and women.
Stanley said he came from Fort
Worth to Temple on a freight train,
arriving Thursday morning.
While numerous threats were made
against Stanley, reports of the ex-
pected arrest of other negroes held
the crowd back for hours.
Pleading of officers and relatives of
the negro that guilt be fully estab-
ushed before violence be done had no
effect.
When Stanley was cast into the
flames he struggled frantically TO es-
cape, but was repeatedly showed back.
Several men said Stanley confessed
that he did the killing, claiming that
he had been hired to do the deed.
He begged to be permitted to live
long enough to tell all about it, but
his alleged admission of guilt was all
sufficient for those around the fire.
A shot was fired, which some claim
struck the struggling negro. His
struggles soon ceased and the gather
ing began to dispense. In a few min
utes the square was practically de-
serted.
After the fire had burned out, the
dismembered body was dragged out
and hanged to a telephone pole.
The crime for which Stanley was
burned occurred Wednesday night,
July q. Thursday morning a neigh
Dor calling at the Grimes home found
the three children of the household
lying in pools of blood.
The parents had been beaten about
the heads ad bodies to such an extent
that they were entirely unconscious
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
MERELY FoRERUNNER OF MORE
DEFINITE STEP.
Washington Awaiting Reply to Re-
quest that Leaders Allow Food
to Reach Capital.

Observation-Disclosures from the
Mexican military factions, to ur-
gent representations by the United
States government, that they allow
food supplies to reach the starving
people of Mexico City, were awaited
by officials here.
Identical notes addressed to Gems.
Carranza, Villa and zapata demand
that the railroad line from Vera Cruz
to Mexico City be kept open for the
transportation of food supplies. The
faction leaders are in control of the
road. The demand was made upon
humanitarian grounds.
The dispatch of the notes followed
the receipt by Secretary Lansing of a
communication from the American
Red Cross sent by Charles ]. O'Con-
nor in charge of the Red Cross work
in Mexico City. He pictured condi-
tons in the Mexican capital as more
chaotic than ever. People are actual
ly dying of starvation, despite the fact
that they have the money with which
to buy food.
The notes were sent to American
representatives at Vera Cruz, Torreon
and Mexico City for transmission to
the faction leaders.
The action of the United States is a
forerunner of a more definite step in
the near future in the form of a final
demand that the heads of the war
ring factions settle their differences
and restore peace in the Southern re.
public.
Secretary Lansing said that late ad-
vices indicated there had been fight
ing along the railroad, but that the
reported occupation of Pachuca by
Carranza forces and also of Villa de
Guadalupe, close to Mexico City, in.
dicates that it soon would be possible
to get provision trains into the CAPT
tai.
A message from Vera Cruz to the
state department said Carranza ex
pected to return to Mexico City ant
reassume charge of the government
there at once.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
officials owe Back Taxes.

State oficeholders in Jefferson City
who received from the taxpayers of
Missouri $4,000 in salaries last year,
owe the state, Cole county and JEFF
ferson City more than 5000 in taxes,
according to Collector A. E. Blaser
of Cole county, who is making an eff
fort to collect from the j~obholders.
These delinquent taxes, Blaser says.
are for periods ranging between one
and six years. Some of the officials
holding good state Jobs have paid no
taxes here since they came to Jeffer-
son City in 1909. Some Of the delin-
quencies date back for a longer period
than that.
City Collector w. A.. Moore also Is
waiting for the jo%bholders to come In
and settle up the municipal taxes
charged against them.
1t is Blaser's intention to have the
tax attorney, Dudley F. Calfee, file
suit against these charged up with
taxes on the delinquent books. This
action, it is expected, will cause some
commotion among them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Wants to Fiqht Kaiser.

London.-The kaiser has been chal-
lenged to fight a duel. His would-be
opponent is Lord N~orthbourne, 70
years old. ut would give me great
pleasure" said Northbourne, speaking
at Dover College, "to meet the kaiser
in single-handed combat. Pistols for
two and coffee for one, l believe, is
the formula. l do not doubt that l
should have the coffee"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
BRYAN Has No Aspirations.

Portland, Ore.-"I have no political
aspirations whatever, looking to the
holding of office in the future" said
William ]. Bryan. Bryan asserted that
the charge that he and other peace
advocates wanted peace at any price
was "the cheap phrase used by those
who desire war at any cost, and who,
not being able to defend their own
policy, seek refuge in misrepresenta-
ton"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
BANK TELLER GETS 2 YEARS

Trenton, New Jersey.-Ralph Low
ell, former note teller of the Edge
water National Bank, was sentenced
to two years in state prison in the
federal court for misappropriating
1860 of the banks funds.
Lowell pleaded guilty. He was in
dicted with Mrs. Lillian Munson Of
New York City, who was unmarried
at the time. They fed to South Amer
lea, where Lowell says Mrs. Munson
deserted him. Lowell later went to
England, where he was arrested.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
complalnt ON Steel Rates.

The Christopher Simpson Iron
Works has filed with the public SER
vice commission a complaint against
five trunk line railroads in which it
is charged that the roads are asking
too much freight on hauling structu-
raj steel between st. Louis and Kan
sas City.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Financial Conditions satisfactory.

Financial Conditions S~atitiac-ory
Although 81 new state banks and
trust companies yer organized dur
ing the last year, the resources OF the
1868 banks and trust companies OF
Missouri on June 20. 1915. were but
31s, 1877, SSS.57 more than the total rel
sources Of 1887 state banks and trust
companies on June 80, 1914. This
was indicated by the report Of State
Bank Commissioner Mitchell, made
public recently.
The total amount of money on de-
post in the state at this time approx
imately is s471,s64.777.s2 which is
enough to give each of the approx
mately $4,000 0 people Of the state
s134 each, If It we're evenly distriub-
uted.
During the year under c~onsidera.
ton, loans decreased $500, 1888,
while the deposits increased only ST.
S7O,422.74 The total resources OF
state banks and trust companies on
June 80, 1914, was sass, OF, 699.3S; on
June 20, 1915, $4S1, 5,572.95.
The total deposits of state banks
and trust companies, June 30, 1914
were 1929, 994, 255.1 on June %, 1915
1881, S64,777.52.
Banks and trust companies outside
of st. Louis, Kansas City and st
Joseph decreased $1,159,5O4.S0 in re
sources; $1,184, 872.2 20 in deposits and
$1,559,773,15 in loans during the year
Resources of the forty state banks
and trust companies of st. Louis in
creased $7,65S, 1898 Their deposits
increased $107, 922.18 and their loan
$247, 1871.
While the comptroller's figures arr
not obtainable for national banks
their deposits are estimated at ap
proximately $140,o00,000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
WOMAN PREACHER EXPELLED
Home Office Not Only Refuses Papers,
But Sends Her From
England.

London.-The Rev. Gertrude o
Petzold, the woman pastor of
the Unitarian Church in Birming-
ham, was expelled from England by
order of the home Office. She had
lived here Is years.
Some years ago she applied for
naturalization papers, but went to
America where she stayed two years
and the application lapsed. When her
application was renewed at the COM
mencement of the war it was refused
by the home office.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Arma strlkera Relnatated.

Bridgeport, Conn.,. j. Keppler,
vice president OF the international AS
ISOLATION of Machinists. wired that
everything at the local plants Of the
Remington Arms and Ammunition Co.
had been settled and that all men who
went back would be reinstated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05

The Missouri Daughters of the
American Revolution will shortly
erect a marker on the spot in Warren
county where Daniel Boone, the pio-
neer, and his wife Rebecca were bur-
led. MRS. Arch McGregor, regent OF
the Springfield chapter, says that all
chapters in the state and persons in
terested in marking historic spots are
contributing to the fund for the
marker.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Four Girls Drown.

Lockhaven, Pa.-Four girls were
drowned at Pennington, near here.
They we're Esther Fisher, 20, and
Thelma Floruss, 10, of Pennington;
Marion Bower, 10, of Monument, Pa,
and Erma Butterbaugh, 1S, of Cherry
Tree, Pa.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Fewer stops, Fewer Cars.

Considerable opposition developed
at the United Railway hearing before
the public service commission to the
company's request for the elimination
of certain stops on its st. Louis lines.
One point made was that it would re-
duce the number Of arr in service.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Three Asphyxiated.

Beaumont, Tex.-John odell and W.
o. Ruch, attempting to save a fellow
workman, Tom Nicholson, from Gs-
phyxiation in an empty 600 barrel cy-
press oil tank, we're overcome and all
three died before rescuers reached
them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
compIaInt AaaInst RurIInqton.

A complaint against the G. B. a @.
r. R. was filed with the public service
commission by John B. Craig Of Park
vile. He says the round.trip rate
from Darkville to Kansas City was
formerly 4Oc. Now tho fare ia lsc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05

That there will be a legal fight ovel
the estate left by George II. Perry,
former Springfield man, who was
drowned near Tampa, Fla, July IL, is
indicated in a letter received by Chiel
of Police Hunter of Springfield from
Mrs. A. Lemieux of Montreal, Canada
who claims to be a daughter of the de
cedent. She said she had Just heard
of her fathers death and is making in
quiry as to the extent of his property
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Texas National Bank Closed.

Washington.-The Wharton Nation
al Bank at Wharton, Tex, was closed
by order of the comptroller of the cur
rency because of financial difficulties.
due to excessive borrowing by its
officers"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Eluht Die In Mine Accident.

McKeesport, Pa.-Eight men were
killed and many injured when a train
of coal cars ran away as the result of
a cable breaking at Patterson Mine at
Elizabeth. Samuel Dougherty, super
intendent of the mine, is among those
killed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05

Calumet, Mich.-The Wolverine and
Mohawk Copper Mining Company, In
paying their 1900 employees, included
an extra check for 5 per cent Of the
total wages Of June as q bonus, be-
cause Of the high price Of copper.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
MamphIa HIrea Farm Expsrt.

Memphis, Tenn. M. Cockrell,
Chicago, agricultural commissioner OF
the Rock Island, has been employed
as manager Of the farm development
bureau of the Memphis Business
Mems Club and will resign his Chi
cago position August is.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
officers N. G. M. Appointed.

SHiSCio Ns ~ We EPPS
Commissions to officers of the Ma
tional Guard were issued by Gov.
Major as follows; BENJAMIN F. Hey.
ten Of Trenton, second lieutenant;
Walter H. Williams, Kansas City, sec
ond lieutenant; Isaac F. Hereford
Kansas City, second lieutenant.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05

London.-George Joseph Smith, the
bath tub murderer" convicted and
sentenced to death for killing three
wives, was denied a new trial. The
judges Of the court Of appeals upheld
the conviction.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Recelver Refused.

New York.-Judge Hand, in the
United States district court, denied
the motion for a receiver totake over
the operation OF the business in this
and other cities Of the American 8 and
10 Cent Stores, made in an equity suit
fled by Peck & Mack Company.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
children Killed. Parents Beaten.

Temple Txe.-Three children Of W.
r. Grimes, a farmer near here, we're
beaten to death with a hammer.
Grimes and his wife were beaten into
Inconsistencies. A maniac is sus-
pected.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
To oHer Motorboat Elect TO U. 8,

New York;. Stuart Blackton, who
owns a feet of fast motorboats, said
that after the races in August he will
have his boats armored SO they can
be used as an auxiliary coast defense.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
AUTOMOB|LEsSH0W
GAIN IN MISSOURI
RECORDS INDICATE 5000 MORE
MACHINES IN STATE
THIS YEAR.
TAXES co FOR GOOD ROADS
Sum of s2ss, sse Placed In the High
way Fund as Result Of Fond
ness for New Method Of
Transportation.
Jefferson City.

Between February l and August /
the records in the office of Secretary
of State Cornelius Roach show that
68,S15 motor vehicles we're registered.
From this source, since February l,
when the annual registration period
began, the secretary Of state has col
lected and placed in the treasury, to
the credit of the g%ood-roads fund,
$289,3S9.
Last year the registration was a lit
tie more than $4,000. This year al
ready shows an increase of nearly
$4,000 motor vehicle owners in the
state.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
To Survey New Highway.

A preliminary survey commencing
at Cabool, Texas county, by Henry
B. Bode, official scout for the state
highway department, has been ar
ranged. 1t will form a north and
south highway TO the capital, via
Rolla, Phelps county.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05

To Suppress News Of Submarines.
London.-Orders have been issued
at the censor's office that hereafter
full details regarding the operations
Of enemy submarines will not be
passed for publication abroad.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
-rwoNEinnIsh shIpa sunk.

Copenhagen.-The Finnish steamers
Leo and Urania have been sunk in
the Baltic Sea. The Urania struck q
mine. The Leo was sunk by a Ger
man submarine. Eleven men and Ave
were killed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05

Chicago.-Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt
is sick and being taken East on a fast
train. Accompanied by her husband
she reached Chicoga Sunday morning,
August 1.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
prssIdent spares LIE q indian.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Wilson has
commuted to life imprisonment the
sentence imposed at Milwaukee, Wis,
on James Waupoose, an Indian. who
pleaded guilty Of murder Of an Indian
woman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
New British Note win Explain.

London.-American dispatches to
the London newspapers say that the
recent intimation to the American
government that England will send
another note soon indicates a reversal
of British policy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05

Leonard Bryan, 80 years old, was
run wei and killed by a train at the.
Grady mine, three miles west Of Lex
ington recently. He was last seen
walking on the track west of Myrick.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05

A f1y-swatting campaign is being in
augurated at Excelsior Springs by the
Women's Betterment League. Several
thousand SWEATERS" were distributed
free to residents and tourists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
10 Buv RoumanIa,s crop.

Copenhagen.-The German news
paper Frankfurter zeitung prints a
Berlin dispatch stating that Germ any
Is negotiating for the purchase o. all
Roumania's grain crop.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Italians Advance live MIIes.

Geneva. = During the past two
weeks the Italians have advanced five
miles along the entire Isonzo front,
says a private dispatch received here.
The Austrian losses are estimated at
10000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Another Gordon on payroll.

Considerable surprise was felt in
official circles when 1t was learned
that State Auditor Gordon's 14-year-
old son, Pemberton, had been placed
in charge Of a department in his
fathers office.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05

David Fry, the 7~-year-old son OF y.
A. Fry, of near King City, claims the
distinction Of being the youngest per
son in the state to operate a road
drag. David gets the team ready all
BY himself and drags the roads about
his fathers farm. asking assistance
from no one.
Mrs. Mary steigleman Of Gentry -
probably the only person In missouri
who can boast Of having head the ia.
nous Liberty Bell ring. She heara II
more than eighty years ago IN rn
delphia.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Westinghouse orders Are s7o,ooo,ooo,

New York.-A report circulated In
the financial districts stated that the
Westinghouse Electric and Manufac-
turing Company has actual orders on
Its books which total between 500
100000 and $4,000, 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05

Charles A. McMullin, an electrician
at the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
shops, died the other night after a
days illness. He was 80 years DID,
His mother, Mrs. Lena McMullin, and
two sisters, Miss Iva and Miss Cora
McMullin, live in Kansas City.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
state EmpIoye sluqqed BY Footpad.

j. ]. Mcintyre, head of the corpora
ton desk in the secretary of states
office, was knocked down and robbed
Of his watch and money by a Kansas
City footpad while waiting for a train
In that city last week.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Fruit Prospect.

The fruit prospect of the state is
fairly good. Condition of apples for
the state is SO. Taking the state as
a whole, there will be about half a
crop Of peaches. Melons will be about
and average crop.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Brewery Business Decreasing.

SNNS'J
Beer and other malt preparations to
the value of $29, 774,293 were manu-
featured in Missouri in 1914 by 40
breweries varying in capacity and
size. The quantity of beer turned out
was 4,142,16 barrels. The industry
gave employment to approximately
1890 salaried persons and wage
earners.
The 1914 output of beer and its
value show a slight decrease when
comparisons are made with the 1918
record. In the latter year 4,180,086
barrels Of beer were brewed and it
and other brewery products had an
aggregated value Of $29,952,296.
While st. Louis has most Of Mis-
souri's ~breweries, being credited with
25, Kansas City has st. Joseph
three, St. Charles two, and Brookfield,
Jefferson City, Joplin, Hannibal, Sc
dalia, Cape G~irardeau, Washington,
Herman, Lexington, Weston in Platte
county and Appleton City in Cape
Girardeau county, n each.
The 40 breweries Of the state rep
resent an invested capital Of $46,650,-
900. Buildings and grounds r worth
$24, 600, 900, and machinery and other
fittings ~$8,454,172. Nearly $5,000,0 600
was paid out by breweries for taxes,
rent, insurance and similar purposes,
most Of this sum going to genial
Uncle Sam, having been collected by
| the federal authorities for revenue
purposes. Included in this amount is
the sum paid in 1914 to the state Of
Missouri by state beer inspector, T.
Speed Mosby, amounting to nearly
$500, 900. Approximately $6,15O,0O
was paid out in salaries and wages.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05

Willard Wright, As years old, BROTH
of former Mayor Wright of BeVier and
retired farmer, died at his home west
of that city the other day. He is sur
vived by his widow and two o
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
steamer Catches Fire In New York

Steamer Catches Fire In New York.
New York.-The Quebec Line
steamship Parma, undergoing re-
pairs at the Fletcher Iron Works in
Hoboken, caught fire and the Hobo
ken fire department was called out.
1t was confined to, the hold.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Nevada Lloht Rate Cut.

The people Of Nevada, Mo-, will get
their electric lighting and power
about-17 per cent cheaper as the re
suit Of an order made by the public
service commission.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05
Lewis for Labor Commissioner.

William H. Lewis Of Flat River, en-
ployed in the secretary Of states Of
fee, is suggested as the possible sue
cessor Of John T. Fitzpatrick as state
labor commissioner. The appoint
ment will be made within thirty days.