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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
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Eureka, Cal.-Sixteen members Of
a section crew working at the mouth
Of a creek, emptylng into Eel River,
we're caught In an eightfoot culvert
when a construction dam broke. Five
are dead and missing, six are injured
and ave escaped unhurt.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
Hears Daughter Testify. ples.

Jersey City, N. latter listening to
her daughters testimony in her suit
for a separation rom her husband,
Mrs. Alice Bunce vas stricken with
heart disease In court and died In 3
hospital
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
conc 70 Eair.

Gov. Major and other Missouri Off
Gals who are going to San Francisco
to participate in the Panama-Paciic
International Exposition departed
Monday, the 26th, in the private car
Colonial" In the party were Gov.
and Mrs. Major, Elliot w. Major, Jr.,
and Miss Major, Col. Horace D. Rum
sey and Mrs. Rumsey, Commissioner
W. A. Dallmeyer and Mrs. Dallmeyer,
Commissioner John A. Cunningham
and Commissioner Norman M.
Vaughn.
The governors party went west
over the Missouri Pacific, Denver &
Rio Grande and Southern Pacific, and
will return over the Santa Fe and
Missouri Pacific, stopping at Colorado
Springs, Salt Lake, Los Angeles, San
Diego and other points of interest
along the route.
At the exposition the governor and
party will represent Missouri at the
special Missouri day" exercises, May
3, apd will exploit Missouri both at
the exposition and along the way,
wherever they have opportunity.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
CHARGED With Murder.

Douglas, Ga.-Mrs. Margaret Has
kins was arrested here, charged with
the murder Of her husband, the Rev.
Allen Haskins, a Baptist minister. The
clergyman was killed with a shotgun
as he slept at his home in Leliatca,
near here.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
Called Him Shrimp.

New York.-opposing his wife's ap-
plication for alimony pending the
trial of her suit for separation, Solo
mon Begood, who is 8 feet tall, de-
clared his spouse who is 6 feet tall,
called him a little Shrimp" and said
she was ashamed of him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
ozarks Doomed

That the wondrous bedutye of the
Ozark region of Missouri would at
tract thousands of visitors to the state
In the vacation season if properly ex-
plotted, is the belief of the senate com
mittee appointed to investigate the
feasibility of purchasing a state park
and creating an immense game pre-
serve at one of the beauty spots which
abound in this region.
The members Of this committee are:
Senators Buford of Reynolds county,
Drunk and Brogan of st. Louis, ALE of
Miller county, Carter of Clark county
and Casey of Kansas City.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
Illinois Hotel Is sold

Johnston, City, nlinois.-James H.
Mulhall, proprietor Of the Mulhall Ho
tel, has sold the property to George
Hedley, who will take charge about
May is. Mr.. MuIhall will manage the
Saline Hotel at Harrisburg.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
Blind Workers Encouraged.

Since the creation by the last legis-
lature Of a commission to look into the
condition and needs of the blind in
Missouri, workers Of the Missouri AS
ISOLATION for the Blind and blind men
and women %conversant with local af-
fairs and finances, are hopeful.
This should be the greatest tribute,
the Missouri Blind Association can pay
itself-its cheerful willingness to have
men Of the commission look into it's
affairs. 1t is hopeful for an appropria-
ton after an investigation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
Marshal Dead.

News of the death of Maj. ]. H.
links, marshal of the supreme court,
vas received here. He had been very
III at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Alsup, in Fayette, for several weeks.
lie was n years old and one of the
most widely known Missourians In
nublic life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29

Contractors have begun tearing
down a historic old building in JEFF
ferson City, in which Gen. U. s. Grant
had his headquarters when he was
connected with the Missouri division
Of the federal army during the civil
war.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29

Topeka, Kan.-Because she feared
that her teacher would send to
her mother a note that she had writ
ten to her boy sweetheart, It is said.
12-year old Violet Woods, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. q. b. Woods. leaped
from a bridge into the Kansas river
and was drowned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
Wooden Tires on German Autos,

Amsterdam.-The export of rubber
from Germany is forbidden. A Dutch
firm which recently ordered two motor
cars from Germany was surprised to
find that the wheels were supplied
with wooden tires.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
Train KING Missourlan.

Laclede, Ill.-Andrew e. Flick Of
Senath, Mo-, was killed by an Illinois
Central train here while attempting
to cross the track ahead of 1t. He was
30 years old.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
CHICAGO Rabbi Dead.

Chicago.-Abraham Reuben Levy,
81 years old, founder of the Jewish
Agriculture Aid Society and for %
years a rabbi in Chicago, is dead at
his home here.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
ore Movement TO Realn.

Greenville, Pa.-The Bessemer and
Lake Erie railroad will commence
to move from 900 to 1000 cars of
iron ore or $4,000 tons daily from
conneaut Harbor, O., to the Pittsburg
district.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
Invents chineh Rua killer.

Virden, I'LL. w. Swires, a con
tractor and carpenter, has invented
a machine to kill cinch bugs. The
machine is built on the plan Of a
vacuum cleaner.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29

Bank of France Releases 100000.
Paris.-The Bank of this country
has released 5000, 900 francs $1,000
o0O) to the Bank Of England for trans
mission to New York to assist in
steadying the exchange.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29

The resignation of A. H. Frederick
as president of the board Of aldermen
has been presented to the st. Louis
city registrar. Frederick was elected
April s by $4,000 plurality, but since
the election he has been indicted on
a charge of forgery in the first degree.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
April Fool Joker Indicted,

Evansville, Ind.--James Pooley, who
was alleged to have shot and killed
Frank Stein in a saloon here April
l while trying to play an April fool
joke, was indicted by the grand jury
on a charge Of granddaughter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
Laborers Warned From AIaska

Seward, Alaska.-United States Dep
uty Marshal Evans warned common
laborers against rushing TO Seward in
hopes Of obtaining work on account
OF the proposed government railroad.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29

Danyille, III. = Hoopeston has an
election sensation. Eighteen automo-
biles were put out OF business recently
by some M entering the garages and
putting emery dust in the engines.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29

New York,-A e plan of financ.
Ing American travellers abroad with
International letters Of credit payable
In dollars instead Of pounds sterling
has been announced by the Equitable
Trust Co. Of this city.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
Joseph 3. Foraker. Ir.. Dies.

NV York.-Joseph Benson Foraker,
Jr., son of former Senator Joseph B.
Foraker of Ohio, died in his cottage
at Manhattas Beach. He had been i'll
six months.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
Circular saw KilIa MAN.

Muskogee, ok.-Jobn B. Tucker, 20
years old, of Meadville, Pa, fell
against a circular saw zeal Haskell,
Ok, and was killed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29

Soldier Had az Wounds

London.-A Landwehrman who wa
wounded At times and in whose body
there is still 10 pieces of shrapnel, is
recovering at a hospital at Konigs-
berg.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
Board Has Returned.

The State Board of Prison Inspect
ors has returned from a visit to pen-
ltentiaries in Indiana, Ohio, Massachu-
setts and New York, with a view to
getting all the information possible
along the line of operating state
plants in the penitentiary.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29

Albert N. Hanson, aged 81, for many
years a building contractor, was kill
ed at Springfield when a street car
crashed into an automobile he was
driving.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
Missourians to Gather at Fa;r.

Adjutant General John B. O,Meara
has departed for San Francisco to
meet the exposition commission, Maj.
Gen. Arthur Murray, commanding the
Western Division of the United States
Army, and the Adjutant General Of
California, to make arrangements for
the Missouri Day celebration, May 8,
and the reception of Gov. Major.
1t is estimated trat $4,000 former
citizens of the state will visit the
Fair on that day.
Gen. Murray is a Pike County man
from Bowling Green and a personal
friend Of Gov. Major. He has sent as
a to Gen. O'Meara that he will
do all in his power to make the occa-
sion a memorable one.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
German Sea RaIdera al BAN name.

German Sea Raiders at Ball Game.
Newport News, Va.-officers of the
German commerce destroyer Kron-
prinz Wilhelm were guests of honor
at the opening of the Virginia League
baseball season.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
HAPPENLNGS
of the tOeek
IN o

At a meeting Of the board OF re-
gents of the warrensburg Normal
School recently the firm of Smith,
Rea & Levitt. architests of Kansas
City, was selected to furnish plans to
rebuild the school buildings destroyed
by fire March 6. It was decided to
erect a main building, a science hall
and to rehabilitate the training
school, which was damaged the least
by the fire. The board also elected
E. L. Hendricks a member of the
faculty for a term of two years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
Centennial Celebration.

The first step toward the celebra-
ton of Missouri's Centennial of State
hood was taken when a resolution
was unanimously adopted requesting
the board of directors of the Mis-
souri, Historical Society to officially
consider the question.
No definite plan was suggested, az
the celebration is not to be held until
1918.
The announcement of the plan to
celebrate the Tooth anniversary of
Missouri as a state followed formal
election Of officers.
1t was decided at the meeting to
celebrate, next year, the semi-centen-
NAL Of the founding of the Missouri
Historical Society.
"The formal proclamation of the
president of the United States recog-
MIXING Missouri as a state" said a
member in speaking of the proposed
celebration, it was felt should be held
under the auspices of the Missouri
Historical Society, was not issued
until August Fl, 1921.
But the petition for the admission
to statehood vas presented to con-
gress January s, 1918. For three
years and six months the struggle
over the admission of Missouri was
the chief issue before congress-"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
BattIeship Commander Dead.

Norfolk, Va.-Captain George Woods
Logan. commander of the b~attleship
Nebraska, is dead at the naval hos
pital at Portsmouth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29

H. T. Burckhartt, editor of the Fay
cite Democrat Leader, was severely
Injured in his car as he was return
ing from the Schumann-He recital
at Columbia the other night. The
lights on the car went out and the car
rolled fifteen feet into a ditch. Mr.,
Burckhartt and Mrs. Callie Griffin,
who was riding with him, were pinned
under the car and were unable to get
out until the a was raised an hour
and a half later.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
supreme court MarahaI m.

Word was received here that Mai.
Joseph H. Finks. marshal Of the Mis-
souri, supreme court, is Ill at the home
Of his daughter in Fayette, and is not
expected to. live.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
Metropolitan Life Paws sea.ac

Metropolitan Life Pays $4,000 Tax.
State Superintendent Of Insurance
Charles 9. Reyelle received and
turned into the state treasury a check
for $4,000 taxes from the Metropolt
tan Life Insurance Company on the
business done in Missouri last year,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29

Five hundred and fifty employees Of
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas shops
at Sedalia have been put to work on a
full time eight-hour schedule, six
days a week. For several months past
sthe efnployesehave worked only three
days a week.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29

The Central Missouri Fox Hunters
Association at a meeting in Sedalia
decided to hold is annual hunt at
Mertgen Springs, Morgan county, May
"a to %, inclusive. Thursday will be
ladies' day. L. M. Monsees of Smith
ton is president of the association and
L. S. Eddins of Sedalia is secretary.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
Too Much Variation.

The United Railways Of st. Louis.
in two separate valuations Of their
holdings, n for taxation purposes
and the other in asking permission to
issue bonds, exhibit a difference Of
over 500, OOO, 1000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29

The State Board of Prison Inspect
or has decided to start an overall fac
tory in the %penitentiary as a state
plant. The Star Clothing Company is
moving out of the prison and the
state can start a factory with the
men already drilled.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29

Frank L. Martin, professor Of jour
nalism at the University Of Missouri,
will spend eighteen months in Toxic,
Japan, as associate editor of the To
kio Advertiser and as lecturer at the
University of Toxic. Mr.. Martin will
sail May Is from San Francisco for
Yokohama. He will be accompanied
by Mrs. Martin and their two children.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
Mysterious Shooting.

There is much speculation among
residents Of the city as to the out
come Of a shooting ARRAY that was
reported to the police here by Sheriff
3. F. Goodin. It is thought q young
society woman was shooting at an In
truder.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29

Leonard Litzel, a farmer, about 40
years old, was killed by an explosion
OF dynamite while blasting a
Pleasant Green recently. He is sur.
yiyed by q widow and nine children,
one Of whom is a teacher in the So.
dalIa schools
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29

The first private suits against rail.
roads for o~vercharges, pending litiga-
ton concerning the lowering Of
freight rates in Missouri, were filed
recently In the circuit court at Kan
sas City. Heretofore the attorney gen.
eral has filed such suits.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29

Charles A. Bates, "a, is dead at
Springfield from injuries he received
in a plunge down an elevator shaft
from the second floor of an office
building.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
Lined With Limestone.

Lined with Limestone.
Missouri's new state capitol is to
be lined with Burlington limestone in
stead of plaster, as originally planned,
and is to have-a terrace, the design of
Of which has not been determined.
These two important decisions were
reached at a ~protracted meeting of
the Missouri capitol commission,
headed by E. w. Stephens and Tracey
Swartwout, architect. In addition, it
was virtually agreed that the columns
in the new capitol shall be of Ameri-
can marble and granite, the former to
be used in the senate and the latter
in the house,
Mr.. Stephens IS iubilant oSer the
prospects of being able to have the
building ready for occupancy in 1916.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29
Can Issue Bonds

The state public service commits
sion has granted the application Of
the United Railways of st. Louis for
authority to issue half a million dol
lars of bonds, bearing 4 per cent in
serest, and payable July 1, 1894, with
which to take up a like amount of
bonds issued by the old Southern
Electric line, falling due May /, 1916.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29

Mrs. Mary F. Robinson, aged So. the
first successful woman operator in the
Joplin mining district, is dead of pneu-
monia. Mrs. Robinson came to Joplin
seventeen years ago from Chicago and
developed the King Jack, n of the
biggest zinc producers ever opened
there.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-25
LOOKING
!. FOR RICE GROUNDS
Would Oprate Big Industry Near CITY
II Suitable Place Can BE
Found.

Martin Keane. of Little Rock Ark.s
is in the city. guest of his lifelong
friend. Fl. Fl. Hartzel. Mr.. Keane II.
a leading planter of Arkansas, and
raises much rice in Lonoke County,
about thirty miles from Little Rock.
AT that place he has $40 acres In
rice and grows enough to supply the
State.
The object of Mr. Keanes visit IL
Richmond at this time is to slpcayN
grounds near the city for the raising
of rice.
III the country places that can
grow rice would get busy" said Mr..
Keane, a vast amount of oney
would be put in circulation. We
consume much rice. and have to get
a large amount OF II from abroad.
We can grow enough to be able to-
SEND It abroad. and there 10 lot
OF money in cereal. Five million
bushels Of rice is grown in Arkansas
alone"
Mr. Keane will go from here 20 At-B
laniic City. where he has business t1s
terests,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-25
zBVSzkO TO WRESTlE
ALEX ABERe TONIGHT
Who Is Well Known In
Richmond, VIII Have Battle
On Hands.

New York. Oct. 24.-Eyen a critical
inspection OF two such perfect types
OF physical manhood a. Alex Aberg
ana Valdez Zbyszko would fail to con-
vince one that either man could
wrestie to a state of complete ex-
haustion without a fall. Yet that was
what happened in the Anal round of
the international contest 1t the Man
haitian Opera House last June. For
three hours and forty minutes these
two had grappled and struggled on
the mat In the end 1t was declared
"a draw. Referee Bothney made that
decision upon the demands Of the
spectators. after physicians had warn
ed him that continuance Of the match
might be fatal to the contestants.
Both men then declared they would
wrestle to q finish in . second buut.
1t was at FIRST decided to have this
match in July. Zbysxko. who II only
"a boy OF twenty-five years, wns per-
suaded to wait until fall He consent
ed reluctantly. He had had two
hear-hreAking bouts on successive
nights. The night before he wrestled
Aberg he had wrestied DR.. B. r.
Roller, tho American champion, to ex-
haustion In an hour and twenty
minutes. Aberg. who admitted that
ZbyAzko was more near his master
than any OF the $500 other wrestlers
he had met. consented to a postpone
ment Of the second match. The meet
ing At Madison Square Garden tomor-
row night IL the practical conclusion
of tho bout At the Manhattan Opera
House.
Forty pounds heavier than when he
left here in June. zbyszko came hack
-
three months outing at Old Orchard
Beach in Maine. He has spent his
leisure hours hunting and fishing with
his friend Adamo Didur.' basso Of the
Metropolitan Opera Company. whose
singing az Boris Godonow has made
him as famous as wrestling has made
Zbysko Both are Poles from Gaiicia;
both love muaic; both are lovers of all
sports
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-25
MATHEWs0M IS TAKING
GOLF MORE SERIOUSLY

Now that Chrtsty Mathewson's best
days as . baseball player are over,
he u beginning to take golf more
seriously. A a golfer. 1t 10 doubtful
II he will ever attain the heights he
reached a. a pitcher. but Matty II at
all times dangerous player. He hits
a long low ball OF the tee, but hin d.
rection IL little uncertain. and he still
fluhs his shot occasionally.
In his desire to get distance with
his wooden blnbe. he pulls himself up
when at the top Of his swing with q
motion that II entirely ''out Of order.''
but his GOOD eye saves him from the
fate that usually follows this fault.
Most players who do this either hit
the turf behind the ball. or hit the
ball on the upstroke and spoil the
shot. With the cleek and mid Iron,
Matty gets a long high ball. and takes
the turf nicely, but tho supreme test
OF a golfer lies within flfty yards Of
the green. and here he falls down.
From this distance the champions hole
out with almost mechanical precision
in two strokes, or three at the most,
whereas the average golfer II well
satisfied with three and often takes
four strokes. Matty Ia no exception
Ia this rule, and loses moro strokes
either on or just or the green than
In any other part OF his game. His
putting Ii only average. hut this can
he improved by his taking more care
in surveying the contour Of the green
and more time In making his putt.
Matty plays regularly and has two
remarkable shots to his credit. Play
ing in the championship OF Greater
New York recently. he took his mid
iron tor 200-yard shot over q Rise to
the tenth green. After vainly search
ing the rough some one suggested that
they look in the cup and there they
found the ball In friendly match
a few days later. his opponent sug.
gested that both drive with puttora
Off the eighteenth tee. 1t IL = DOWN
hill hole and with a powerful sweep
OF the club Matty drove his ball with
In twenty yards OF the corner OF the
green. a distance of about 235 yards.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-25
SHORTAGE IN APPLE BARRELS
Growers of Fruit In Winchester Bc1t
MiscAlCulaAed Crop.

Winchester, Va, Oct. 2A.--The
scarcity of apple barrels just at the
time when they are most needed is i..-
terferrtng a great deal with the pack
Ing Of winter varieties In some local
ities, particularly where the output
OF barrel factories IL limited. The
extra expense of having empty bar
rels shipped from points beyond a
certain distance from the place of
packing cuts down profits cone,ner-
ablv.
The apple growers Of the Winches-
ter belt have not lost any fruit be-
cause Of tho shortage of barrels up to
this time, and the cooperage estao-
lishments ara doing everything in their
lower to supply the needs OF Gus
temers One factory at Inwood. w.
ga, had to turn dowE an ordar yes
terday for 5000 barrels, while an
other company in Jefferson County.
that State, has been turning down or
ders for some time. This unprece-
dented shortage in barrels Is due TO
mistakes made in estimates of the
ss1e OF the apple crop. which Is turn
iag out TO be much larger than was
anticipated last month. The major
ity of ccoperaGe concerns do not plan
to carry much stock ahead, but de-
pend on advance contracts. which
they I'LL as the season approaches.