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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
Auditor Gordon own Attorney.

State Auditor John P. Gordon, act
ing as his own lawyer, filed his an
swer in the supreme court to the
mahdamus proceedings instituted
against him by State Superintendent
Of Schools Howard A. Gass to compel
the distribution of certain revenue to
the public schools.
He disclaims any intent to deprive
or withhold money from the schools,
and insists that he is a sworn officer
of the state, and that a committee of
investigation Of the general assembly
recommended that the term "ordi-
nary revenue be defined by compe-
tent authority, for the cas- that the
auditor might proceed in the appor-
tionment of money in a manner ju-
dicially declared legal and lawful.
There is $4,000 held to the credit
Of the school fund awaiting action OF
the court, says Gordon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
FOLK NOT TO GET MExlCOPOST
White House Denies Rumor Relative
to Ambassadorship for
Missourian.

Washington, D. C. = Former Gov.
Joseph w. Folk of Missouri, counsel
lor of the interstate commerce COM
mission, is not being considered for
appointment as ambassador to Mex
leo. The same applies to reports that
Robert Skinner, the American consul
general at London, might get the post.
This, in effect, was the statement
made at the White House, after some
of Folks friends had circulated a
story declaring that he would be sent
to Mexico. 1t was said no representa-
lions had been made in Folks behalf.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
ITALY WILL SEND
ARMY TO BALKANS.
PARIS PAPER ANNOUNCES THAT
10000 ITALIANS WILL
BE USED.
SERYIAN CAPITAL is REMOVED
Rumania Decides to Remain Neutral
German Losses in Servia Esti-
mated at 6o,ooo-England De-
elares Mar on Bulgaria.

Paris.-Italy will send 100000 men
20 the Balkans, according to informa-
ton received by the Excelsior from
what the paper says is a reliable
source.
The government maintains the
strictest secrecy as to where the
troops will be landed, says the Elk
celsior's informant, but Italian inter
vention will take place at a point
where it will have a decisive effect
on the whole Balkan campaign.
A dispatch from Bucharest, Ru-
mania, says that the cabinet after
again going over the war situation,
made a pronouncement in favor of
Rumania maintaining neutrality. All
necessary military precautions have
been taken on each of Rumania's from
tiers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
CABINET QUARREL
WAR SITUATION DisRuPTS BODY
OF OFFICIALS.
Sir Edward Carson Fails to Attend
Any Of Last Three Meetings
This Week.

London, Eng.-According to the
Times and the Daily Mai, Sension ex-
lists in the British cabinet over the
question of CONSUMPTION. the Balkan
situation, and the Dardanelles expedi-
ton, while there is gossip over the
continued absence of Sir Edward Car
son, the attorney general, from the
cabinet meetings. He has not been
present at any of the three meetings
held this week.
There is a feeling of dissatisfaction
among the members of parliament at
the ~inadequacy of the explanation Of
the Balkan situation given Thurs
day by Sir Edward Grey, the British
foreign minister.
As a result there are demands that
the government give the house. of
commons an opportunity to discuss
the matter, and also for the govern
ment to make a frank statement.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
Average Wages $50 Per Month.

With the cost Of living as high as
It Is statistical information on what
Missouri factory and workshop sal
aried employees and wage earners are
paid is useful to those who delye
into sociological problems OF this ma
ture. There was disbursed by TO-
4s5 workshops and factories In the
last year s1S6. 421. 6ss, the amount be-
inE paid to 224.623 employees, consist
ing OF 1S1,e51 men and youths and
1852 women and maidens, states a
bureau Of labor statistics bulletin
In Missouri, as was the case in the
other states, the majority OF m
ployes of factories and workshops in
the last year earned less than 500
per month. In fact, the grand average
of all workers was about $50.
The information reveals that em-
ployes connected with the manage
ment and clerical divisions of facto-
ries and workshops, as a rule, receive
better wages than those who toll 10
uOuIo q udy al hAaAuoi AnDNA' 80
managers and superintendent the
average pay was $165 per month for
men and $7S for m While sew
eral in this division drew $500 per
month, the majority were paid from
800 to 5000. There rel 1885 men
and As women considered in this
classification
Foremen and ~overseers, consisting
of 1923 men and 2O2 women, aver
aged $97 a month for the former and
500 for the latter. Bookkeepers are
not as highly paid as they are gener-
ally supposed to be. 1889 males aver
aging $S3 per month, and 625 females
$50. Male shipping clerks and other
varieties, averaged $68 per month,
and females SAP. Probably the poor
est paid of all clerical employees, con-
sidering the amount of skill, accura-
cy and speed required, were stenog-
raphers, 613 males averaging $61 per
month, 1887 females $40 per month.
Statesmen, solicitors and buyers, to
the number of 6,112 men averaged
$113 a month, and 29O females SAC.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
KELP USED TO MAKE POWDER
Ammunition Manufacturer Prepares
to Harvest Sea Weed Along
California Shore.

San Francisco, California.-The sea-
weed crop of the Pacific Ocean is
to be harvested by a power company
to obtain an ingredient used in max
ing ammunition for the nations Of
Europe, it was announced.
The statement is made that n Of
the largest manufacturers of powder
in the United States has decided to
spend a large sum in this enterprise
in order to obtain the chloride of
potash it needs to fill its war orders,
and which it can no longer obtain
from Germany. 1t has long been
known that kelp such as is to be
found along the shores of the Cali
fornia coast is rich in potash.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
V|LLAOFF|C|ALs DESERVING
LEAVE PANcHo AND CROSS
OVER BORDER.
Chief of Sanitary Corps and Secret
Service Head Follow Example
of Gen. Ornelas.

Ell Paso, Texas.-Dr. Villareal,
chief Of the Villa sanitary corps,
renounced allegiance to Villa, as did
also the head Of the secret service
in Ell Paso. They followed the exam
pie of Gen. Tomas Ornelas, military
commander in Juarez, and Mayor
Montfort, who had abandoned the
Villa cause and crossed to the United
States.
The Carranza consulate wired Car
rama that Gen. Lopez Payon had quit
the Villa cause after a skirmish with
troops under Jose Prieto at Villa Ahu-
mazda. Gen. Rueda Quijano was said
to be en- route to Torreon and Gen.
Licon to Palomas, it being declared
that they had deserted Villa,
The direct cause of Ornelia's action
is believed to have been an order
from Gen. Villa that he proceed to
Casas Grandes for an interview with
the northern chief, accompanied only
by a bodyguard.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
BROWN SUGAR FOR WOUNDS
Proprietary Medicines Discarded
and Old Household Remdy
Reeves Endorsement.

Chicago, Illinois.-Brown sugar is
the best dressing that can be obtained
for neglected wounds, according to
DR.. J. M. Miller, a division surgeon
of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois rail-
road.
DR.. Miller made the statement at a
meeting of 800 surgeons of the Ameri-
can Association of Railway Surgeons.
He asserted that European surgeons
had made this discovery, and that
they had discarded all proprietary
dressings and were putting their
trust in the sugar.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
WOMAN TEACHER EXECUTED
Germans Charge That She Harbored
and Assisted French and
British Soldiers.

London, Eng.-The foreign office
has been notified by the American
embassy that Miss Edith Cavell, lately
the head of a large training school in
Brussels, who was arrested August 5
by the German authorities in Brus-
sells, was executed October 13 after
the sentence of death had been passed
on her.
1t is understood that the charge
against Miss Cavell was that she har-
bored fugitive British and French
soldiers and Belgians Of military age
and had assiste them to escape from
Belgium in order to join their colors.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
jealous of Wife's Tattooins.

Detroit, Mich.-When her husband,
L. D. Miller, became jealous because
her male friends went into raptures
over her tattoo marks, Mrs. Mabel
Miller returned to her mother. Mrs.
Miller insisted that it was her hus-
bands fault if the friends he brought
to their flat were o~verzealous in their
admiration of her as an object Of
art.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
FELONS IN TEACHERS CLASS
Fourteen Enroll for instruction in
course Of Study-Corresron-
dence Method Used.

Berkeley, California-Fourteen pris-
oners at the Folsom state peni-
Tertiary, the University of California
announced, have enrolled in a cores
s~pondence course for instructions as
teachers.
With the establishment of the nor
NAL course, the prisoners have the
benefit of a complete curriculum from
primary instruction to full university
training. At Folsom $40 prisoners
are taking the university's course
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
Service Body Reverses Self.

In an opinion written by Commits
sioner Eugene McQuillin and concur
red in by all the other members, the
public service commission holds that
il is without authority to order re-
funds by public service corporations
to consumers. This overrules the
position taken by the body in the
Fort Scott & Nevada Light Heat and
Water Co. case.
The opinion was filed in the appli-
cation of certain firms in a proceed
ing against the Union Electric Light
Company of st. Louis for recovery
of money for service because of al
legged discriminatory rates.
The Union Company challenged the
jurisdiction of the commission for
the reason that the specific relief
sought in each CASE was the recov-
cry of money, which it contended the
commission is without authority to
grant under the laws creating it.
There was no complaint made as
to the quality or character of the SER
vice, or of the rates, nor to obtain
an order relating to existing or fut-
ure rates, the sole complaint being
that in the past higher rates than
The present rates were paid for cleo
trio service.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
ITALY BUYING U. S. LUMBER
Order Calls for 100000 Feet Of the
Products of Southern
Forests.

Savannah, Georgia. The Italian
government has placed an order
through a New York and a Georgia
lumber company for 51,000,00O feet of
lumber, chiefly yellow pine, according
to an announcement.
The order calls for 29, 0O0, 600 feet of
boards, 15,5O0,OOO feet of timbers
ranging in size from 2 by 4 to u by
~ inches, and 100000 feet of rail
road cross ties. The lumber is ok
pected to come from Georgia, Texas,
Missouri and Oklahoma.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
100000 in Bogus Coins.

San Francisco.-Two men now IN
der arrest are credited with distribut-
ing bogus SIS gold pieces to the face
value of from $500, 900 to $4,000 The
fraudulent IS piece has been a nuis-
ance nearly all over the West for the
last year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
Family Of -FOUR bic Of Gas.

New York.lThe bodies Of Mrs.
Anna Hunt Singer, 40 years old, and
her three daughters, Alice. 10; Eliza
beth, 8, and Emma, 3, were found in
home in Brooklyn. All Of the
gas Jets in the house were turned
and only one OF them was lighted.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
LABOR CONDITIONS
MUCH IMPROVED
CHILDREN ARE NOW WORKING
AT ONLY THE LleHTEsT
OF TASKS.
FACTORY WAGES NOT HIGH
Only $500 Men Worine In Shops
Draw as Much as s25 Per Week
and Only 2s5 Females
Earn Over $50.
jefferson City.

Jefferson City.
That there was a decided improve
ment over 1913 conditions when it
comes to child labor was indicated
by returns from 10.4S5 factories and
workshops made to the bureau of la
Dor statistics, they employing only
It's children between the ages of IA
and 16, 2,6S5 working in the previous
year. Boys over IA and under 16 to-
tailed 300, and were chiefly used to
run errands, deliver bundles or at
similar light tasks. Girls numbering
1926 were employed at light tasks in
~binderies, ETC., and while the work is
not physically harmful, it adds moth
ing to their mental development.
When it comes to Missouri factory
wage earners, the majority in 1914
earned from SIS to $40 a week, more
than 10000 coming under this clas-
sification. Those that drew over $25
per week only aggregated 1876, and
there were IS, 739 who earned from
$40 to $25 a week.
Female factory toilers Jared worse
there being only 10,942 who earned
from IS to 81 per week, and only 235
who made over $40 for the same pc
Rod.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
servia Removes Capital.

The presence of two German SUBJ
marines at Varna, B%ulgaria's chief
seaport In the Black Sea, has been
confirmed, the dispatch adds.
Losses of the Austro-G German forces
on the northern front in Serbia have
totaled 10000 killed and 10000 wound
ed, according to the latest reports
received at Serbian headquarters in
Nish, says a dispatch received by the
Temps.
The seat of the Serbian government
has been transferred to Mitrovitza,
near the Montenegro frontier.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
Roos.veIt F.,loltates Miss punne.

Springfield. Ii.-Miss Eileen Mary
Dunno, daughter Of Gov. Dunno, who
received a letter from President VIII
son congratulAting her upon her COM
ing marriage TO William Corboy OF
Chicago, has received also a letter
from Col Theodore Roosevelt
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21

was SS7 feet long and 40 feet beam.
Her owners were Chargeurs Reunis
a Paris of Havre.
London.-Strumitsa, in Bulgaria,
has been occupied by the allied armies
of Great Britain. France and Serbia,
according to official advices from Sal
oniki, ~telegraphed by the Reuter- cor
respondent at Athess.
London.-The British, French and
Serbians have joined forces in the
Balkans and are attacking the Buf
garian towns, according to dispatches
from Saloniki, by way of Athens.
The Anglo-French forces, just about
the time of the outbreak of hostilities
between Serbia and Bulgaria, were
hurried northward from Saloniki to
Gievgeli, which is directly south of
Strumitsa. Apparently they are car
rying out the previously reported plan
Of invading Bulgaria, in addition to
assisting Serbia in holding back the
Bulgarians.
Bulgarian troops are reported to be
engaging the French at Gievgeli,
which is on the strategic Nish-Sal-
oniki railroad, near the Bulgarian Dor
der.
A dispatch from Athens says the
French troops in Macedonia have re-
ceived their baptisms of fire near the
railway bridge at Hudovo Vilandovo,
where they were attacked by 10000
Bulgarians.
The Bulgarian artillery is lombard
ing the Bulgarian garrison, which Is
offering a stout resistance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21

Grand Rapids, Mich,--The Graham
and Morton Steamship Company went
into the hands Of a receiver. The line
is solvent with liabilities Of 100000
and assets of $1,400,00 and the re-
ceivership dates back 10 the Eastland
disaster.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
Two Infants Die in Accidents.

Chicago-Word comes from widely
separated cities that an infant In
each place had come to its death in
a peculiar manner At Manitoba a
baby was squeezed to death by a pet
bear and at Terre Haute, Ind. 2-year
old was choked to death on a mouth
fui of sailed peanuts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21

Hamilton Cook, wealthy farmer and
pioneer temperance lecturer, is dead
at the home of his son in Weston. His
own home was on a Missouri farm
neal there, where he had lived since
childhood.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21

Troy. N. Ys--col. A. Douglas Nc
Connie, an old Indian fighter and
veteran Of the civil war. Is dead here.
He held a medal presented by the
United States government for peri-
torIous services in fighting Ipd.ans.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
! Refuaees AZ Tabrlz.

New York-Twenty thousand add
tional destitute m%ountaineers Of East
ern Turkey have reached Tabriz,
Persia. according to a message. re-
ceived here by the Presbyterian board
Of foreign missions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21

four Killed, Four Hurt in Explosion.
Birmingham, Ala.-Four men were
killed and four injured in an explosion
in the new ~by-product plant Of the
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
company at Fairfield.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
HAPPENINGS
of the tOeek
IN MISSOURI

The grand eneampment Of the In,
dependent Order of Odd Fellows held
a two days session at Mexico recent
ly. These officers were elected and
installed: w. w. Meyers, Bethany,
grand patriarch; A. t. Huddleson.
Louisiana, grand high priest; H. G.
Fisher, Liberty. grand senior warden;
DIR. e. w. Ousley. st. James, grand
junior warden; H. S. Hamilton, St
Louis, grand treasurer, and DR.. w. s.
Wheeler, Kansas City. representative
to the sovereign grand lodge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
nr. pumba Reachea EnnIand.

Falmouth-Dr. Constantin 7. Dunn
ba, the former ambassador OF Aus
tria-Hungary to the United States.
whose recall was requested by Presi
dent Wilson, has arrived at this port
on board the steamer Nieuw Amster-
dam.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
NEGRO Sentenced to Die.

Newport, Ky.-After celebrating
me hour and rs minutes a jury in the
Campbell county court returned a g
dict finding Harry Garrison, is years
old, a negro, guilty of having attacked
Mrs. Luella Crowder, white, and fixed
the penalty at death.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
Historical Mansion Burned.

New York.-A number Of revolu-
tionary relics, including the sigma
lures Of George Washington, Alexan-
der Hamilton, Gen. Lafayette and
Others, were burned in a fire which
destroyed an historical mansion at
164th street and Sheridan avenue.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
rwo EnuIlsh Avlators Killed.

London.-Captain Arkwright and
Lieutenant Hardy Of the royal flying
corps were killed near Glamis Castle,
Montrose. A defect developed in
their aircraft, which crashed to the
ground and was completely wrecked.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21

The funeral of Daniel M. Houser,
publisher of the st. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat, who died recently, was held at
the family home. The services were
in charge of the Rev. q. B. T. Phillips,
rector Of st. Peters Episcopal church.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
hlIlstrom Appeal Denied.

Salt Lake City, Utah.-The board OF
pardons denied communication to Jo-
seph Hillstrom and terminated his
reprieve. He will now be taken be-
fore the district court and resentesced
to death.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
a,nk.r Acc,dentaIIv KIM self.

Hillsboro, Tex.-While cleaning his
shotgun preparatory to a duck hunt,
W. J. Buchanan, vice president Of the
Itsaca National Bank, accidentally
shot himself with the weapon, the
charge entering his neck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21

LondonrModifed martial law was
declared at the Hague, Holland, &C.
cording 10 a dispatch reaching here
from that city. The proclamation is
directed at the various trades which
furnish supplies Of all kinds to the
army
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
Mayor,s lmpeaehment IIIeaaI.

Terre Haute, Ind.-The six to three
vote Of the city council by which
Mayor James M. Gossom was de-
clared impeached on Oct. 4 was de-
clared Illegal by Judge Charles l. Pull
liam.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
knelalev nlaa Of lnlurlea

C~arrollton, Mo.-Russell M. Keis-
ley, formerly a member Of the state
legislature from Carroll county, died
here Of injuries received in an auto
mobile accident.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21

Three months Of legal procedure in
Boone county courts was necessary
to prove to a farmer living lear Co
lumbia that he was drunk last Fourth
of July when a policeman arrested
him. A decision was handed down in
the Boone County Circuit Court re-
Gently and the farme~ will pay his fine
of 81 and costs amounting to about
SIS. He was fined in a justice of the
peace court July 10, but appealed the
case.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
lonorant Of pauohter,s Hurt.

New Y~orks-Philo Judson Beveridge
Of Los Angeles did not know until
his arrival here that his daughter,
Miss May, known as "The American
Venus" had been severely hurt by
a speeding automobile.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
parole St. Louis Convict.

Harry Levy, alias Harry Lawrence.
serving a 7.year sentence from st.
Louis, was paroled after one years
confinement on a doctors statement
that further incarceration would en-.
danger his life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21

Mrs. Christen Dean, 80 years old, a
cousin of George Washington, is dead
at Carthage. Records showing Mrs.
Deans relationship to the first presi-
dent Of the United States are in pos
session of the family.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
bulgarian Communication Cut.

New York.-Telegraphic communi-
cation with Bulgaria has been cut off
by the British administration, accord
ing to advices received by cable COM
panies. They were told that kilograms
for Bulgaria should not be accepted.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
EIectrIo LIqhts for steeIvllIe.

Application was made to the pub
lie service commission for authority
for TIE steelville Electric Light and
Power Company to install a lighting
plant in that town at a cost OF ap-
proximately 100000,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
EnnIand Declares War.

London. - Great Britain declared
war on Bulgaria. Official announce
ment was made that Serbia also has
declared war on Bulgaria.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
Illinois rate Raise suspended.

Washington--The interstate com
merce commission suspended, until
April %, proposed carload rate in
creases on grain to and from intra-
state points In Illinois.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21

Nathan Van Buren, Smith, Agar
old son of Thomas D. Smith, a farmer
of Pettis county, is dead as a result Of
being kicked by a horse the other day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
Mlssourl WACO Averaae.

Wages paid by Missouri manufac-
turers are on a par WITH those given
wage following similar
pations in other manufacturing states.
Nowhere is the average wage higher.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-10-21
Lindsey Libel Jury Hung.

Denver, Colo.-A disagreement was
reported by the jury in the case of
Frank l., Rose, charged with libel by
Judge Ben B. Lindsey, Judge of Den
ver's juvenile court.