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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-27
FARMERS IGNORED
BY REPUBLICANS
But Democratic Administration
Quickly Gave Them Justice
in Rural Credits.

Don't forget Mr.. Farmer, that
through your Farmers National Con
gress, National Grange, National
Farmers Union, American Society Of
Equity, and similar organizations you
have for years demanded and have
importuned Republican administra-
tons for legislation you needed,
WHAT DID YOU eET7
Through all the years since 1864
the Republican Party was deaf and
blind to the farmers financial needs.
This in the face of the fact thar sue
cessful systems of Rural Credits were
in operation throughout Europe for
century. When this great Democratic
measure was put to vote in the Sen
ate on May q, 1916, only five Re-
pubIicans dared vote against i'll Three
Of them were on the subcommittee
who wrote the Republican Platform
Of 1916.
Was it because you were not Big
interests? You were, many of you,
highly financed, and High Finance
held the mortgage to that extent
you belonged to High Finance. But
you paid big interest to associate with
Big Interests. stack Of wheat
wasn't as good collateral as sheaf
of scraps Of paper held by stock
gambler. Nor did the Political Bosses
of the Republican Party care to
give you financial justice. They were
too busy protecting" themselves.
THE PROMISES OF THE DEMO.
CRATIC PLATFORM OF 1912 -
written in courage and honesty and
with sympathetic understanding of
the needs of every honest American
interest--HAvE BEEN KEPT.
The Republican Party refused to do
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-27
BURLESoN'S THREE STRIKE"

1.-THE Democratic party seems to
have enough capacity to run the Post
Office Department. Postmaster Cen
eral Burleson has deposited a check
for $5,200,000 with Secretary McAdoo,
being the profits of the fiscal year
of 1916"
Sounds like Democratic campaign
orator, doesn't it2
But 1t isn't; It Is the Philadelphia
Public Ledger, a paper that is sup
porting Hughes, telling its host Of
readers about merely one of the deeds
Of the Wilson Administration.
Continues the Ledger:
"The Secretary of the Treasury re-
plies that his department has expert
eneed the sensation of receiving a pos
tai surplus only three times, and
those three times have been under
the Administration Of President
Wilson and Mr.. BurIeson. But we have
no hope that this will satisfy Mr..
Hughes. He will tell the next audi
ence he gets hold of that the service
is not nearly so good as II used to be
when Postmaster Generals were Re-
publicans and there was deficit every
year, the amount being something over
$17,oo0,ooo."
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-27
IF THE G. 0. P. ELEPHANT
COULD SPEAK THE TRUTH
VOTERS of the U. S. A.

VOTERS of the U. S. A.
We, the Republican party, being at
our wits end and desperate, put 1t
up to you: ....... ......
For nearly four years now a Demo
cratic Administration has been In
power. Contrary to every law OF
reason, every principle OF progress
the country is at peace and awe
nav, humming with prosperity. Bust
ness is rushing. Wages are high. Inc
only discomfort is the discomfort OF
those who are reaching for bigger
chunks of plenty.
We are flabbergasted. All this has
happened during period when the
rest of the world has been agog' wheh
international crises were Impending
on all sides, when we would have
sworn only Republican craftsmanship
could pull the nation through.
No war has engulfed us. No panic
has paralyzed us. No nation has
with impunity continued to infringe
upon our rights.
We can't deny what has been done.
All we, can. do Is take our oath we
could have done it better How, we
do not know. If only we said it LOUD
and long enough we hoped the coun-
try would believe us.
But the country is busy and our
voices grow hoarse. We are having
hard time.
woodrow Wilson has nothing TO
slow but what he has accomplished.
Ile has none Of the glamour OF the
what-might-be. We, on the contrary,
have our old promises and policies,
meiIowed by age, but still bearing
tie stamp of the nations solid inter
ests. Protection, privilege, govern
ment by influence-surely the country
has not, given them their last trial.
Wall street is with us. Big BUSH
ness is with us. But Q, Voters. we
confess Il, we need you, Don't Keep
Ic5S 4 the peace and prosperity
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-27

around you. Try to get our point of
view. Whatever Wilson has done, the
man is Democrat, and neither Fed
eral Government nor Federal offices
were meant to be forever in such
hands.
Let's forget issues and talk as
friends. Turn him out and give us
a chance
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-27
WOULD THE CROOKS OF 1912"
LET HUGHES KEEP PLEDGES?
Candidate Hughes running on platform of promises

Candidate Hughes is platform of promises.
The trustworthymehod of judging future
by assessing the Candidate Hughes promises should be
weighed
New
with them:
CANDIDATE HUGHES SAID: GOVERNOR HUGHES DID:
legislation appoint practical
Public
Service although
'ganzaions" urged organized labor.
to justice done giving
everybody schooeachers equal pay with
real have my
support"
promise the enforcement Of the
law with severity Commission to compel CORPORATIONS
equa usce TO Interpretations franchise
ana ho'Vauas.' and to authorize the Board
equaze special franchise
in New York
to find the the York city
method year. Accomplished
is necessary" ing.
myself in efforts by the
the peoples party
administration shall resigned his
bossed administration" cep appointment to the United
States Supreme Court
Hughes not Republican party. be
make his promises President than
he elected President only
n 1912-wouId permit him to deliver.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-27
PRAISES WILSON'S STAND
IN BEHALF OF SUFFRAGE

The action of the National
Suffrage Association at Atlantic
City, N. j., in rejecting by an
overwhelming vote the proposal
to make the suffrage movement
Il partisan annex of the Republi-
can campaign, was further EN-
phasized by DIR. Anna Howard
Shaw, "the sage Of suffrage" in
an interview published in the
Philadelphia Press, staunch
Republican organ.
"The President, in his speech
to the convention, promised all
he could carry out" said DR..
Shaw. IF he had promised
more we would have known that
he could not carry it out.
mot the Republicans alone,
nor the Democrats alone, can
bring suffrage. If it could be
done that way l would favor it.
But it can't. We must get
enough Democrats and Republl-
cans together to do It,"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-27

these things, which the prosperity of
the American Farmer required.
The Republican presidential candi-
date, Charles E. Hughes, denounces
the Democratic party and President
Wilson for having done these things.
Where Does Your Interest LTe2
tFrom Farmers Pamphlet issued by
the Democratic National Committed
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-27
Greatest Benefit to Farmsrs.

When Congress passed the Rural
Credits bill few weeks ago it placed
upon the statute books measure Of
greater direct benefit to the farmers
of the United States than any legis-
latlon enacted since the creation OF
the Department Of Agriculture. now
nearly a generation ago.-The Nation
~ Monthly.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-27
: Democratic Ticket
Continued from Page Nine.)

UeHOCrd[lC ticket
Continued from Page Nine.)
For Judge of the County Court, First
WILLIS A. MITCHELL,
.'.''.'.'s...' ..........
For Judge of the County Court, Sec
ond District:
FRANCIS M. MATKIN.
For Prosecuting Attorney:
THOMAS A. MATHEWS.
................. .......,..
For Sheriff:
CHARLES H. ADAMS.
For Assessor:
LAWRENCE 0. WELLS.
........... ............. ..........
For Treasurer:
HORACE w.,CoFFIELD.
For Surveyor:
THOMAS H. HOLMAN.
.......'.'........ ''''''''''
For Public Admin traitor:
JAMES H. ENGLISH.
................. ..'s''...'s '''..'
For Coroner:
CHARLES R. PRATHER.
.................. ......'.,....'.
For Recorder of Deeds (Unexpired
HENRY MARCUS o'BANNoN.
.'..'.....'' .''.''''.. ''''''''' h''''''
For Constable st. Francois Township:
GLEN r. BLACK.
......''.''.' ''.'''''''
For Constable Perry Township:
WILLIAM A. BULLOCK.
................ .'..''''''
For Constable Randolph Township:
BRUCE MOVER.
............. s',...''.'
For Constable Liberty Township:
.............. s''.s...'.
For Constable Marion Township:
...'..s'.'. .'...'.'''''' ssss.'''''
For Constable Big River Township:
For Constable Pendleton Township:
............. ...s.''.s.' .......,..
For Constable Iron Township:
.'''''''.. '.'''..'''''.. .......'..
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-27
LOT FOR ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY
Republican Ticket

kepuDllCan ticket
Continued from Page Nine.)
For Judge of the County Court, First F
District:
JOHN MARSHALL,
................ ....t.........,, =.
For Judge of the County Court, Sec F,
ond District:
WILLIAM F. ROSENSTENGEL.
........- ..'..,s. .....N. .,.... !.
For Prosecuting Attorney: f,
HENRY DAVIS.
For Sheriff: Fl
JACOB W. scHAEFER.
.................. .....,........... -.
For ASSESSOR FL
TOLBERT HENSON.
For Treasurer: FL
WILLIAM LONDON.
.................. ................
For Surveyor: FC
JAMES M. AGNEW.
.
For Public Administrator: Fo
WILLIAM E. GOLFER.
.................. -. IL .........,.
For Coroner: Fc
JOHN P. zoLMAN.
'................. ..,..........'.' =.
For Recorder of Deeds (Unexpired Fc
t'Fm' CHARLES P. HALE.
............,..... ..............' =.
For Constable St. Francois Township: Fc
JOHN F. MURRY.
....-...........,. 80. -. ....'...,..
For Constable Perry Township: Fc
JOHN w. MARLER.
III
'''''''' '..''.''' ''.'. ...'.''''''' :.
For Constable Randolph Township: Fc
HENRY HISE.
.'..... ....'.'...,.,.,. ......,,..
For Constable Liberty Township: Fo
FRANK BROCK.
For Constable Marion Township; Fo
''..'''. s......''.'... ..........
For Constable Big River Township: Fc
'''''''. '''.'. '.'.'.'' s.,....... .
For Constable Pendleton Township: Fo
GEORGE SWINFORD.
'''.'''s ..'.......... ..t....,,.'
For Constable Iron Township: Fo
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-27

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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-03
ER|CANS BATTLE With
|LLA'SF0RCES, But OUTCOME
# ATTACK IS NOT KNOWN:
|WLLA BELIEVED TO Be NOW
l HEADED TOWARD CHIHUAHUA
WANTS POSIMASTERS
UNDER CIVIL SERVICE

Washington. April Civil sr-
vice organizations and postotlice
workers are represented at the hear
ing being held here today before the
committee on reform in the civil ser
vice, house of representatives, on the
bill introduced by Congressman
Tinkham of Massachusetts,, aiming to
place first, second and third-class
postmasters under federal civil ser
vice regulations.
Richard Henry Dana, president of
the national civil service reform
league, Geo. T. Kyes, secretary of
tn league, Robert d. jerks, of Phila
dlplHa, John Joy Edison of Wash
ington, Robert Catherwood of Chi
cago and Moorfeld Storey of Boston.
The National Association of. Letter
Carriers, the National Association of
Postoffice Clicks, the Postmasters AS
sociation, the National Association of
Railway Mail Employees and the
National League of Government En-
ployes are all represented by speak
ers in favor of the measure.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-03
$4,000. 900 NECESSARY
FOR PANAMA CANAL
(By Associated Press. J

Panama, April 3.-The 8 Building
Division of the Panama Canal has
drawn plans for operations next year
involving the expenditure of s10.-
O0O,00 provided Congress appro-
pirates the money.
Plans are made for 10 new two
and four-family frame houses for
employees; hotels at Ancon. Balboa,
Balboa Shops and at Christobal; sew
eral new school houses and about
100 small frame cottages. The larg-
est of the new school houses is to be
built at Balboa which now is the
capital Of the Canal Zone. 1t is to
be the high school and will replace
the present wooden building which
does not conform with the remainder
of the buildings in the town.
The United States army also con-
templates the erection of many new
frame buildings for quarters. The
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-03

found. Two hundred witnesses were
subpoenaed by the prosecution in the
Schmidt trial, including Ortie e.
McManigal, the informer who sup
piled the State much Of it's case
against John ]. Mcnamara, secre-
tary of the International Association
of Bridge and Structural Iron Work.
ers and his brother James B. Nc
Namara. James pleaded guilty to
murder in connection with the Times
'dynamiting, and is now serving
life sentence in San Quentin peni-
tentiary. John pleaded guilty to dy-
namiting the Llewellyn Iron works
in Los Angeles, and is serving
fourteen year sentence. In general,
the same witness who appeared
against Schmidt are to appear
against Caplan
Nineteen indictments charging
murder still stand against Schmidt
and James B. Mcnamara; twenty in
dictments for murder stand against
John j Mcnamara and Caplan. Nc
Manigal still is under indictment for
dynamiting the Llewellyn Iron
Works. but was turned loose after
the McNamas pleaded. and disap-
peared until the Schmidt trial. He
said he worked meanwhile in a mine
in Honduras. as a day laborer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-03
WAGGING TONGUE SEPARATES
YOUNG COUPLE, NOW OLD

Kansas City, Mo-, April ST. II.
Vedder at the age of twenty-seven
was having difficulty supporting his
young wife and thirteen -months-old
baby Charles. So he left them in the
little house in Sweet Springs, Mo-,
and went to another town, where
work was more plentiful. That was
fortytwo years ago
One day he received letter, ap-
parently signed by the mother, say
ing little Charles had been scalded
to death by falling into washtub
of boiling water. The father received
the news a month after it had hap
pened. He idolied the baby.
Enraged at his wife's delay in
sending the news, he decided to drop
out of existence. His wife never
heard from him again
But the letter had been sent by
some malicious neighbor Two years
later Mrs. Vedder read in a news
paper of a mine accident in which a
man was killed. Thp description
of the dead man fitted that of We'd
der Mrs Vedder thenceforth con-
sidered herself a widow. Little
Charles was told that he had no
father
One day George Aulger, neigh
Dor, began courting the young
widow" After time little Charles
had a stepfather.
Meanwhile Vedder. taking advant-
age of an old law which declared a
couple legally divorced if they had
not lived together for two years,
married again He named his first
son, Charles, in memory of the little
boy he believed to be dead. Four
children followed. The family set
tied in Johnstown, Nebraska.
Before many years the original
Charles also had four playmates,
stepbrothers and sisters. When he
grew up he married and moved eo
Kansas City.
When Charles told his wife about
his father she had a premonition thai
her father-in-law still was alive, and
she urged her husband to search for
him, he was ready to give up, but
the wife persisted.
Vedder had been Union soldier
/ in the Civil War. The wife wrote
to the Pension Department. She re-
ceived an answer that A. II. VeddeI
was receiving his pension regularly
at Johnstown, Nebraska. The rest
was easy.
Charles vedder met his sixty-nine-
year-old father at the Union Station
here and took him to his home.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-03
DAVID CAPLAN PLACED ON
TRIAL AT LOS ANGELES TODAY
(By Associated Press)

Los Angeles, Cal. /, April 3.-Da-
vid Caplan, to be placed on trial here
today, was indicted jointly with Ma
thew A. Schmidt on charge of mur-
der, in connection with the death of
Charles Hagerty, one of twenty per-
sons who lost their lives as result
of the dynamiting of the Los Angeles
Times building. Oct. !, 1910.
Schmidt was convicted Dec. 80,
1916, and was sentenced Jan. ~,
1916, to Imprisonment for life in San
Quentin penitentiary. His appeal is
pending in the State District Court
of Appeals.
Caplan obtained a severance when
the trial of Schmidt opened He was
refused permission to be present at
tho trial.
The arrests came seemingly out Of
a clear sky Schmidt was picked up
on Broadway, New York City, Feb.
lS, 1915, and five days later, Caplan
was arrested at Port Orchard. Wash
ington, on the other edge of the con-
tinent Donald Vose Meserve, who
chard, supplied to detective agency
the necessary information Home
Colony is a settlement of persons of
radical views. Caplan was raising
poultry on a small ranch he owned
at Port Orchard. Before that he was
a barber. For ten years he had lived
about on the Pacific coast
A good deal of the States case
against Caplan necessarily was
brought out at the trial of Schmidt
1t was testified that the trail of the
men who dynamied the Times build.
ing was picked up at the Ferry build
| ing in San Francisco where a suit.
case with teIltale evidence wa;
! found. Caplan, according to this
i testimony, was supposed to get this
/ suitcase from the Ferry building
check room, but somehow failed t.
! do so. The suitcase evidence led L
/ discovery of dynamite in a vacan
house; that clue ran to a powder
works and the assistant manager o
the powder company identified
Schmidt and Caplan as two of three
men who bought the explosive. Cap
who rented the house where IL was
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-03
fRY Associated Press. !

Paris. April Surgeons consider
the success of the new helmet of the
French army so effective that the
possibility of a return to the old
days when the chest and abdomen
were also protected by armor is be-
ing seriously discussed. Doctor
Roussy has just stated before the
medical academy that the number of
men sent to the hospitals with slight
scalp wounds doubled between the
month of August when the helmet
was first put into use and the month
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-03
(By Associated Press.D

Berlin, April 1.-One of the most
inevitable industrial consequences OF
the war will be. in the opinion Of
Professor Francke, editor of the
Soziale PraXis, the strengthening Of
the position of employers, individual
ly and associated in federations. In
the course Of the war. the professor
says. the power of the employers has
already enormously increased, and
although their numbers have been
diminished. their strength does not
rest so much on their numbers as
men, as on the number of their estab-
lishments. N
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-03
LAST
NIGHT FAVORED
THE french
GERMAN LINE OF ATTACK HAS
BEEN LENGTHENED TO ABOUT
TWO MILES; DUNKIRK RAIDED
BY ZEPPELINS AND TWO WERE
KILLED
(By Associated Press)

London, April 3 Heavy masses
of troops are still being hurled by
the Germans against the Verdun de-
fenses, which are being tested to the
limit at vital points. The French
claim to have bent back the German
line which had gained in the Cal
lette Woods.
Details are still lacking of the Yep
pelin raid over Scotland last night
which is the third in as many nights
over wide area. The Germans
claim heavy damage was done by the
raids Friday and Saturday night.
Dunkirk was also bombarded by Yep
pclins and two civilians were killed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-03
PAYS $4,000 FOR SINGH LOT

New York, April 3.-The Charles
f. Noyes Co., has sold to Daniel p
Morse, for the estate of George Bell,
eight inches of ground adjoining 40
Walker street, purchased recently by
the Morse company The strip per-
fects title to the building The price
was $4,000. The structure will be
remodeled from plans by j. s Maher,
architect.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-03
100000 fire. ON
BEFkNAN Street
IN new YORK
DESTROYED TWO 5
STORY BUILDINGS
(By Associated Press.

New York, April "a fire down
town destroyed two five-story build
ings on Beekman street shortly after
noon, before it was under control.
The buildings were occupied by pa
per concerns The fire damaged
fifteen story building at the corner
of Nassau and Beekman Damage
amounts to two hundred thousand.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-03
IL1OAD ESTIMATES OF
L0RlDA VEGETABLE TONNAGE

Jacksonville, Fla, April 3-Af-
receiving reports from the differ
sections of the State, the Allan
Coast Line Railway shows a COM
rison of the vegetable acreage of
is and 1916, which covers the ter
ory on its lines;
1915-Potatoes 1.7S5; berries,
5: celery. S25; lettuce, 1900;
bbage, 1856 cukes, 5,243: rcsns,
so; tomatoes. 7,4O5; n. o. S.
10.
1s16-Potatoes, 2,475; berries,
o.; celery. 1855; lettuce, 1900;
obage, 725; cukes, 4,22O; beans,
ls5; tomatoes, $500; y. o. S.
80.
1e15-Melons, 10,490; csnta-
pes. $50.
1s1s-Melons, 7,O75; cantaloupes,
o..
The Air Line also estimates the
lot movement over its lines as
lows: Potatoes, 300 cars; berries,
; celery. 1000; lettuce, 500; cab
&c, 200; cucumbers, 600; beans,
b: tomatoes, 600; various. 200:
Ions. 1000; cantaloupes, so.
rhe Seaboard Air Line Railroad
imsfes the vegetable acreage for
16at 1882 acres. This. of course,
tor Its main line and branches.
r. Florida East Coast Railroad
Jul1 move this season 5000 cars
tcmatoes, 1900 cars potatoes and
zoe cars of other vegetables in
idlne pineapples These figures are
" estimates and will cary accord
~ weather and market condi-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-03
PEASANTS BELIEVE IN
MADONNA OF PEACE
(By Associated Press.) }

Rome, April 3 3-The extent to
which the hope for peace has taken
hold of the popular Imagination
among superstitious peasants of
Southern Italy is indicated in the
search for an image of the Madonna
of Peace which is now being conduct
ed by \ hole countryside near the
town of Lecce.
AS long ago as last April, at the
moment when Italy was entering the
war and taking these peasants from
their soil to go as soldiers, certain
old man of the village of Carpignano
saw the Virgin in dream and. ac-
cording to his narrative, she told
him that in a ruined church known
as the "Pasulo" near Borgagne was
buried an image of the Madonna of
Peace together with golden treas
ure and that when this image was
found and placed in chapel erected
over the spot with the treasure, the
war would come to an end.
The old farmer related his dream,
which was believed, and he, together
with friends and relatives and other
peasants went the next day to the
ruined church and began digging.
The work went on for several days
and the news spread the numbers Of
diggers increased to several hum
dreds. Finally the opening of a scaled
Der of bones and a small sum of
money, but not the image of the Ma
donna of Peace.
This discovery excited further the
minds of the peasants but at this
iuncture the owner of the property
Dr.. Giuseppe VILLAIN di Cannole,
wealthy and we'll known as physi-
clan in other cities of Europe, at
tempted to have the peasants discon-
tinue the work and leave the prop
erty. Unable to persuade them to
do so. he had a wall built around the
excavations 10 keen out the peasants,
AS the wall did not stop them, he
appealed to the local police.
A number of encounters have late
ly taken place between the police
and the peasants who have become
so obstinate in their intention to con-
tinue the search that at present a
large body of police is required to
protect the property.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-03
IN PISTOL BATTLE At N0U[TR|E.
CA.,T THREE WERE KILLED; men
Nf1T0 THRASH OUT TROUBLES
(By Associated Press J

Moultrie, Ga, April , VIM. Lo-
gan, Jack Calhoun and Clcvc Calhoun
were killed in pistol battle In a
barn near here today. A note found
on Lo2an gave directions for the dis
position of his bodyi The men met
to thrash out their difficulties. 1t is
alleged that the trouble was caused
by the reported intentions of the
Calhouns to "A member of the Logan
family. Logan fired the first shot
and Cleve Calhoun killed Logan af-
ter being mortally wounded himself.