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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-08-18
Chronometer Surgeon Of Quaker
!. City Blames Weather for
Tlmepleces' "IIls."
MUCH LIKE HUMAN BEINGS
Get Cranky With Weather Changes
and Have TO BE Looked After,
asys Man Who Has Wound
cloeks for 30 Yeara

Phlladelphia.--The rheumatic clock
has been unearthed, Its symptoms and
ailments resemble those Of the man
whose bones ache and whose limbs re-
fuse "a perform the functions assigned
to them without protesting and lag
ging.
In order to support this declaration
1t is necessary to Introduce Charles
@. Taney, veteran clock winder and
chronometer surgeon, who looks after
something like 600 wall clocks which
mark time In the various Offices OF the
Pennsylvania railroad, Its subsidiary
lines, Its hundreds Of offices. Its ferry
boat clocks. and the big tower clock at
the foot Of Market street.
Thirty Years q Winder
Tnney Is sixty-seveu years old, and
for 90 years has had entire charge OF
the clock department of that system,
his territory including all of this city.
Camden and severnl suburbs. He re-
Gently celebrated the completion of 80
years Of service as chronometer spe-
cinllst. In two more years he will be
retired on a pension.
For 80 years be has been winding
500 clocks each week, doctoring them
when they were sick, making new
parts for them when the old ones were
worn out, and otherwise keeping them
up SO as to save them from the scrap
pile. With his little ladder and tool
bag he has become a weii-known figure
and fixture to every one Of tho thou
sands of employees OF the Pennsylva-
MIA system--so much so that when he
celebrates his 90 years they expect to
remember him with O token for his
falthfNlaess. II
ciscIss Get Cranky.
sClocks are like human beings" he
says. "They get cranky With weather
changes and have to be looked after.
In wet weather they ms and have to
b. speeded up like the maa with rheu-
matlsm. I have a nrysbey Of clocks
which have. been In constaat use for
forty years ten years feager than I
have been looking after them Their
ptnions are old fashioned. made of
brnss, and they will partly wear out
and need treatment. Their symntoms
are like those Of human beings.
"The big tower clock at the foot os
Market street gets troublesome In wet
and freezing weather. The hands
freeze together. und then we have to
chR8b up and knock of the Ice and
loose tAep 50 that they win move
again.
fancy receatly asked for ana was
given an assistant. whose name is Jo-
seph A. Ballinsur, and when Taney Is
eventually retired ON pension Bal-
liugerr win step into his duties and
cpntinpe the ministrations to the time
pieces Which shousands q people daily
scam
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-08-18

Wall street will back Justice
Hughes fnr president, while home
loving citizens will vots for Will
son and reelect him. m.-Nodaway
Democratic. Forum.
A twelve year old boy near
Cameron was prompted by kind.
ness to slap q big horseny that
had settled on an old horse. The
blow was sudden aad the motive
was misunderstood and the boy
was kicked In the mouth for bin
trouble.
That Fourth Of July rain in
North Missouri must have been
q regular cloudburst. AT one
place it lifted a large rock from
the bed Of stream and deposit
ed It In the middle Of q cornfield
many rods frem its original bed.
BY going fishing for the fret
time in sixty years, !. H. Centers
OF Neosho brought a%rainstorm.
The harder Mr.. Centers tiishel,
the harder Il rained, and the
Democrat is trying to arrange
for him to go fishing every day
until the community gets all the
rain 1t needs.
Thoughts Of an Internal mach.
inc came in the mind of the
Jefferson City lawyer when he
received, the other day, by par
Gel post, a package that buzzed
as loudly as political ambition
in springtime. When he opened
the package he found it contain.
ed some live humble bees from
his old home town.
Pearl fishing was once profit.
ably pursued along the Meramac
river and bids fair to have a
revival. AT Valley Park re-
gently . woman found a pearl for
which she refused S100 and
since the find was reported
vacationers alung the stream
have been putting in most of
their time grubbing FOR mussels.
Old bee tree hunters are look.
ing longingly at the Eve swarms
of bees that daily are. adding to
their stores under the caves Of
the United Presbyterian church,
says the Burlington Junction
Post. The honey is in plain view
but so far has not been disturb.
ed.
Harry McGinnis, "a years old.
OF columbia. Kas., waved aside
warning Of friends that he could
net dive in three feet Of. water
when they we're. swimming in
shoal Creek near joplin. Tues
day. He divsd' thsss feet from
. limb and broke his neck on the
creek bottom. His death follow
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-08-18

'ROUNDABOUTTHE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Made blythe Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal. Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading

yeckeona Qopte0 Tree text DOCKS
isst week by 2 vote of "a for and
Pix sgainst,
A case Of infantile paralysis is
he's been reported at Brazeau,
Perry county, thu child dying.
The wheat Drop Of Cape Girar.
sdsau county this year made an
average ofs 10 3 bushels per
acre.
During the past four months
ths Salvation Army ip Cape Cir.
esdsaql A''a AAas secured sixty con-
ysFts.
In time 9t peace prepare for
war. A Shelby county man has
seven acres plapted to beans Of
the artillery variety, ~
Druggists statistios show that
R Monroe county physician WROTE
during June 1915, sixty.iour
whisky prescriptions.
At the oloes Of tho polls last
Monday the vote on the electric
light proposition for Ravenwood
stood 90 for and Q against.
4 poplar sport in Missouri
these days is tho voting on the
h3nas tor hssd susface roads. 4
number OF counties have done 1t.
A Sumner junk dealer boasted
that he would buy anything, yet
gsma psse bslklpg the other day
when 9 set of false teeth were
offered.
Things have come to such a
pass Of Moberly that when .
Citizen swsts taKieab driver
with q brick, poli,e take him to
ths !!'osokkup. !'s'k
The Christian church at Pied.
mont was destroyed by fire FRI
day, July 81. causing 2 loss OF
about u, 500 aboya the insurance,
Origin Of fire unknown.
The Democrats will hold two
big tent meetings in Missouri.
Arrangements are being made
to that effect now. The cam
paign is to be short and sweet.
The biggest oat yield reported
was that at the @. D. Rellows
farm, southwest Of Maryville,
which made fifty.five bushels to
the acre. It was Q IL acre tract.
The proposition to bond the
city Of Bloomfield $4,000 for the
purpose Of improving The streets
was voted down at special
election held at that place July
g.
Loet in . cornfeld for fourteen
Or fifteen years, Samuel Scott
Of Mercer county found IL the
other day, started it and it ran
oil right. Nav, 1t wasn't made
in Detroit. 1t was watch,
A Cape Girardeau woman
stood for her husband beating
her until she was black and blue,
but when he obtained a knife
and slashed her feather bed she
very properly appealed to the
police.
A section Of land,near Graham
never has been listed among
ths real estate transfer Of Noda-
way county. The farm is owned
by R.. B. Gex, whose father
obtained the original patent from
ihs government,
A Gentry county man who less
than year ago was heard 10 say
be would not give $3.50 for the
bsst motor. oar made is now
siGi l0e Ais farm work $50 aHy-
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-08-18

| "oV SoSNiNdy 0v0iiuS uUuu'
2 O'Clock, Elizabeth Carson an
inmate at the county farm in an
attempt to set fire to the building
set fire to her clothing and the
fire caused her death. .-DeKalh
County Herald.
A big land deal was recently
closed in Douglas county, invol-
wing the transfer Of l1,000 acres
OF timber land. The purchasers
expect to open up a hog ranch
conducted along thoroughly
scientific lines.
Rufus Mckinney, colored por-
ter on Cotton. Belt Moose train
which operates between Maiden
and Cairo, was arrested at Par
ma recently On Q charge OF
violating the local option law.
He was released on a $500 bond.
1t is no joke about man get
ting his fingers frozen one day
last week at Higginsyille. He
was employed at the ice plant
and when an an ammonia pipe
broke he tried to stop the leak
BY holding his hand oyer the
break,
Failure to lower the curtain in
a Carrolton grocery store cost
the owner a good thermometer
the other day, according to the
DEMOCRAT, The SUMS rays fell on
the .hermometer which after reg
istering l20 degrees lost its head
and quit.
Because of q bumblebee's nest
q Maryville man has a broken
leg. A team he was driving
while hauling hay ran into the
nest and'was stung by tha bees,
The driver jumped from the hay
and landed in u ditch, sustaining
the fracture.
That Oallaway county has the
Oldest licensed hunter in Missouri
is something the Fulton Sun
says it could boast about II 1t
felt in a boastful mood. The
hunter in question is Robert
Lewis OF Readsville. Mr.. Lewis
is 60 years old.
William M. Paxton, OF Platte
City, who died several days ago
at the age Of 81 years, is believed
to have been the oldest lawyer
and the oldest Mason in the state.
He was also superintendent of
the Sunday school and had not
missed a Sunday in 81 years.
With the close Of tho cucum-
Der season only o week or ten
days away, the yield marketed
in Springfield territory has been
only about five thousand bushels,
en- output far below the estimate.
Or the sailing stations, the one
at Springfield has received 1900
bushels.
Living on the Old Trails road
has it's disadvantages, according
to the Wellington News, it COM
plains that every time 3 car is
stolen in Kansas City folks al
Wellington are notified and sit
up all night waiting for a car
answering the description to pass
that way.
Fornfelt is having trouble with
q street paving contract begun
last fall and not yet completed.
Several extsnsions having been,
granted and i is thought the
work will not BE- completed till
octcbsr. Merchants there say
they are losing business as the
streets can not be used and ask
that the ccnsiscsar 50 wsac to
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-28
TOURIST IS ROBBED 81.
OF DIAMOND NECKLACE
Gems Valued At $1,000 Disappear
From Great Northern

A diamond necklace valued at $4,000
was stolen from the stateroOm of Mrs.
George j. Bryte, wife of the presi-
dent Of the Fort Suffer National Bank
and second vice-president of the Sac,
ramonto Valley Trust Company, in the
steamer Great Northern while the liner
was at anchor at Hilo, on March 80,
says a San Francisco paper.
mrs. b yte upon the vessel's arrival
in San Francisco notified the police.
Detective George Cashel scrutinize
members of the stewards department,
but was unable to find any cleW to tho
theft 8 sgEt&
. According to Mrs. Bryte, she placed
the necklace. which consi sted of fifty
two stones, in trunk preparatory to
taking a mountain climb at EIiio and
left the key to the trunk in a -satchel,
which she neglected to lock. She was
gone not more than two hours. When
she looked for the key she found that
I bad vanished
TIE san Francisco Jpiice are inclined
70 believe that the ms were stolen
Ivy some one who threw them into the
h"rror at HilO and retrieved them at
night. -.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-28
kauai INTERESTS
PLANNE HOTELS
This Is Announced BY Chairman
Berndt AT Meeting Of Pro- {
motion Committee

Tentative plans for'a string Of bet.
ter hotels in the Garden Island are
now being considered by Kauai inter.
Gets, according TO the statement made
yesterday Afternoon by Emil Berndt,
chairman Of the promotion committee.
at a meeting of that body
The recent trip Of the committee to
Kauai was under discussion, and
Berndt quoted statements that had
been made TO him by persons in Kau.
al, when talking of the need Of more
and better hotel accommodations IL the
iull tourist value of the island is to
be developed. IL was suggested said
Borndt, that hotels be cstabl shed A.
Lihue, Waimea and Hanalei, or at the
least that the hotels now operating in
those towns be improved and enlarged.
h C. w. Spita, continued Berndt, had
told him that the Lihuc hotel is pre-
pared to spend $4,000 in improve.
ments IL arrangements can be made TO
remove the unsightly lumber yard that
now obstructs the view of the sea
from the hotel.
References were made to the work
mat IL Deing uone on the Coast by r.
j. Halton, San Francisco representa-.
tive of the committee, and it was an
rounced that Halton will leave San
Francisco in June on tour of the east
ern and middle western cities. In all
he plans to visit a score or more cities,
and make arrangements with tourist
agencies for spreading the news of Ha.
vail 'sgwonders among the mainlanders
Of those .centers.
II was pointed out that Oahu con.
tains much that might be proftabiy
utilized as tourist attractions, and 1t
was finally announced that at the com.
ing rally meeting of the committee,
Oahu is to be carefully studied as the
other islands have been, and tourist
attraction possibilities mapped and
listed, and If possible developed.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-28
WASHINGTON SAYS
MEXICAN PROBLEM
Still is CHAOTIC
IS. - ,---- n, ~
Conference Between American
Generals and carranza's Rep
resentative May Occur Today
ttt% o., So ---
INTERVENTION GAINS
!. FAVOR ALONG BORDER
Presence Of Yankee Troops In
Mexico Hampers Proposed
N Large De Facto Loan
ASSOCIATED, Pr,y BY FEDERAL wireless,


WASHINGTON, April 26-Plans for
the meeting and conference between
General Scott and Funston and Gen
Aharo obregon may be changed so tina;
the meeting will be held at some Other
place than Isl PasO or Juarez, accord
ing to dispatches to the war depart
.ment ,lpst night. Ia.
|, : The. feeling on the part of the Car
rama officers that, the prevailing in
'tervention. spirit at "a Paso might in
fiuenee the eonferees against the dc
facto government has led, it was an
hopneed here last night, TO request
that the conference take place at some
other point on the border line
Mexican General En- Route
Z Arrangements have been made for
Heneral Funston, who is commanding
the expeditionafy forces in Mexico, al
well as the troops guarding the border
to accompany General Scott to the con.
ference. General obregon is already on
his way to the border in a special train
The conference may begin today, II
the plans are completed in time. 1t is
understood here that CarranEa officials
may insist upon shifting the meeting
place, in which another day may elapst
before the conferees get together.
Intervention Gains Ground
The. American sentiment in favor OF
active intervention in Mexico is grow,
ing strong on the border and in the
border states. Hundreds of American
refugees from Mexico have been pour
ing through the border points for some
time now, and they are to a man in
favor Of Uncle Sans going into Mex
leo with all his power and " cleaning
up the country" 80 - .r~
o The reports Of continued shipping and
the! added information, given out by
General Ppnstoh's headquarters at Sar
Antonio CAST night, that a trooper Of
the, TENTH Cavalry was killed by a
spiper about ten days ago, have done
much to fiIcr6tIse' this feeling; in Texas
and Arizona and New Mexico. .,r
Invasion Affects Loan :,' -....
1T is reported that the presence OF
American troops in, Mexico has done
much TO influence adversely, the price
OF Carranza currency, and to depres'
exchange rates to such a point that II
is now practically impossible to ne
gotiatega loan, which the. Carranza
authorities have been attempting TO put
through for some time. This is one
of the chief reasons, it is said, why the
Carranzistas desire the Americans tt
withdraw as soon as possible. r..
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-28
COAST ARTILLERY
INNATIONAL GUARD
Secretary Of War Authorizes Or
/. ganization Of Four Companies
.,'. - As Militia Adjunct

The secretary of war, through the
bureau of militia affairs, has approved
Of the application for the establishment
of four companies Of cbast artillery
by the National Guard of Hawaii
These companies will be organized as
soon as the necessary Formal steps car
be taken by Adjutaht, General 3 ohnson
Initial work has already been done
by the guard officers here, and Lieu.
tenants harrison, second in command
of the separate company of engineers,
probably will be in command. Lieu
tenant harrison has been working hard
with the regular commands at Fort dc
Russy and Fort Ruger, gathering a.
much of the technical part of the work
as possible. 1t is planned to have him
and the other officers of the corps Ia
be established, continue this work at
the local fortiications. ..
Harrison and other officers. working
in the organization of the companies
have been meeting with a great deal
Of success. Many worthwhile recruits
have already been obtained and Others
are coming in all the time.
AS soon as matters are ready for the
permanent organization the guard au
thorities will make formal application
to the commanding general of the Ha
waiian Department. who win issue the
necessary instructions governing the
formation of the companies and the
duties they are to undertake.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-28
Republicans Cast Their Votes
For Former Senator In Presi.
,t', Dental Preferential
president IS ONLY
BOURBON CANDIDATE
Roosevelt Wins New Mexico,
While Massachusetts Repub-
leans Are Uninstructed
tAr.Oeia,ed Press by Federal wlrsrs...)

tAssoeiateu Press by Federh Wreless)
SAN FRANCISCO, April 26.-Form.
e. Senator Burton of Ohio and Prcsi.
dent Wilson head their respective tic,
kets in the preferential primaries held
in this state yesterday. The Republi.
cans apparently favor Burton, and
there was no question about the posi-.
tion of Mr.. Wilson Is name in the
count. Some of the voters, however
wrote In the names of Roosevelt on the
Republican ballots and other inserted
that Of Henry Ford Of Detroit.
Roosevelt Looms Larger
In other states where primaries were
held Roosevelt doomed larger. New
Mexico, according to reports from Al.
buqperque, has voted in an uninstruet.
ed delegation to the convention, but
Of the six delegates selected Ave of
them last night announced themselves
rs being Roosevelt men. =. ...F,
Boston reports that the primaries in
the Bay State went to show that the
voters have not made up their minds
Bay State Open Minded
An uninstrueted delegation apparent.
ly will be sent to the Republican con.
convention, the Roosevelt candidates
having been defeated on the face Of
the early returns. Wilson was the
Democratic choice.
e In New Jersey the count was far
from complete last night, but the first
returns indicated that the 'uninstruct.
ed delegation men will win over the
Rooseyeltersy,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-28
more CONFERENCES
ON AMERICAN NOTE
indications Point To Proposition
BY Germany To Compromise
Submarine Issues "
tAs.ooiatsd Pres. ~ Federal wireless,

WASHINGTON, April 26.--Dcspat,
ches from Berlin announced that Am
bassador Gerard and the German chan
ccllor have again been in confercnes
over the last American note, demand
ing the stoppake of Teutonic attaeRs
against unaTmed and neutral shipping
Following the conference with tha
Americah representative, Doctor soi
Bethmann-H ollwcg went again to rec
thel Emperor. 80
! On the surface, declare the despat.
,ches, the Indications are that an " al.
rangcment" will be ,reathed on tho
Sussex matter and that a rlln for tn,
operation Of the German submarines
will Be offered to the Uniter States,
in an cnleavor to reach an under tand
ing. -t .s.. ..
Secretary Of States Larsing ycster-
day announced that repo Is from Wien.
ma indicated that the public sentiment
in the Austr' an capital is against any
action on the part Of Germany which
might lead to the severance OF diplo.
matte relations. between this country
and The Teutonic allies \,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-28
.kAPAA STOREKEEPERS
complain OF CHARGES
They Ask Utilities Board To Ad-
just Freight Rates

At the. meeting OF the public utilities
commission held yesterday afternoon,
besides the routine business and read
ing Of accidents the only other matter
'of intgrest was, the report of the. at,
torney of the commission, j.. l.. Coke,
on the complaint of the Kappa store
Keepers as to the rates charged by the
Kapaa railroad for hauling their
freight. 1t was decided by the attor.
ney that the Territory was only inter.
ested in the rights of-way OF the rail
road SO far az it concerned the Kappa
homesteaders and that the commission
could not take any action TO relieve
the storekeepeFs. 1t was the. opinion
Of the attorney, that the commission
report the matter to the Interstate
Commerce Commission and this was
recommended by the board.
The condensed statement of the Ha.
waii Telephone Company, showing earn
ings ind expenses, was received and
will be passed upon at the final meet,
ing of the commission at Hilo when
the matter will be taken up next
month. The Komokila Shipping Com,
pany was ordered TO make q statement
Of its capital stock outstanding and
gross income so that 1t may be includ.
ed among the utilities paying tribute
to the board. tt#E5
During the meeting, Commissioned
Williams and Gignoux were summoned
to the Office Of the attorney general to
ign their answers to the suits brought
in injunction by Arthur A. Wilder in
the matter Of the expenses of the com,
missiOners
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-28
ARMY BILL GOES
INTOCONFERENCE
Congressman Mann Is Defeated
In Effort To Hold Up Meas
r. ure Longer

WASHINGTON, April %. The house
today passed special rule by which
the army reorganization bill, held up
by Republican Leader Mann and Others
since 1t came back amended from the
senate, will be Immediately sent TO con.
ference between house and senate con.
ference committees.
A motion to recommit the bill was
defeated 24S to one. Then Speaker
Clark appointed Congressman Hay and
Dent, Democrats, and Kahn, of Califor.
mia, Republican, as the house Confcrees.
The Republican objected to the rec.
ignition of Congressman London to
make motion 10 recommit the bill,
but Clark refused TO recognize another
after recognizing London.
The senate has agreed to the con.
ference and Vice President Marshall
today appointed Senators Chamberlain
and Broussard, Democrats, and Du.
pont and Warren, Republicans, as con.
ferees. r Z, eHa4 -,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-28
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTSON
TAKES OATH OF OFFICE

Chief Justice Robertson's new com,
mission, signed by President wilson
and attested to by Attorney General
Gregory, arrived from Washington. D.
G.. yesterday. The chief justice took
the oath Of office before Associate
Justice Watson, succeeding himself.
His new term Of office is for four years,
from Aoril 4. The commissions of
Horace w, Vaughan. appointed federal
Jadge, and Clement X. Quinn, appoint,
ga cirsuit Judge for Fast Hawaii did
ittot arrive Yesterday" p" "
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-28
BULGARIAN LOSSES NOW h. +. +.
REPORTED TO, BE, $1,000

+ itAssociated Press Nv Fedsrai wireiess.) &
n-NATHENS, April 2S,y4.AhI 1caties me 4
was made here today that the Bulgarian
losses so far in the war are $1,000 kill.
ed and 10000 wounded and missing. =
A German powder factory at De.
deagateh, the Turkish town coded, by
Turkey recently to- Bulgaria and now
used for military purposes, has blown
up. ,..,,,l,.- Fy.,,... ,,..r,,, y,:.'..,..
A number Of persons Were killed, in.
Guiding the grandson of PREMIER RADIO,
slavoff Of Bulgaria. ~ -.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-28
TILE FoRTY YtAR rEsr.

An article must have exceptional me.
rit to survive, for ahpeEiodc of forty
wears. Chamberlain 8 Cough Remedy
was first offered to the public in 1872.
From small beginning it has grown
in favor and popularity until II has ut.
tanned a world reputation. You will
find nothing better for cough or
cold Try II and you will undefst and
why it is favorite after period of
more than forty years. Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy mot only gives relief
it cures. For sald by alt dealers, Ben.
son Smith & Co, agents for Hswaii. J