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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-26
DEFEAT GORDON.

The Democratic state cam
paign book is off the press. and
the only Democratic state Of
fetal or Democratic state can
didate who makes q contribu-
ton to this book IL John P. Cor
don, the most offensive state
official Missouri has known in
years. The Democratic state
chairman sent = letter over the
state asking the Democrats 70
defeat him for denomination be-
cause he was not u TT person
for State Auditor" Democratic
papers over the state are refus-
ing to print his name in connec.
ton with the rest Of the state
ticket, yet Gordon 10 not only q
part and parcel Of the present
administration. but the most ac-
tive member Of the present List
Of Democratic candidates.
He and Gardner, the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor
have been campaigning togeth.
er. speaking from the same
stump. and should the Demo
cratic ticket be elected In Mis-
souri, we can expect a continu.
ance of the Objectionable ad-
ministration we have had for
the last four years.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-26

The following is taken from the
Paris Mercury, a Democratic news
paper published In Monroe County.
one Of the strongholds of Democracy:
estate finances are in a bad shape.
but we suppose It is the duty Of DEM
ocratic papers to make the, best Of II
and defend a reckless and incapable
administration.
THE Mercury would be In a better
humor to Yhitewash profligacy had 1t
not predicted Just this condition Of
affairs three years ago. when the or
gies Of job.making began. It refuses
to turn q flip-flop until 1t ices fur
Their"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-26
apEMocRATic PROSPERITY"

During the last three years Of
the TAFT administration there
was an average Of 1S,S4S COM
mercial failures a year. During
the first three years Of the VIII
son administration there was an
average OF 1s,s24 commercial
failures 3 year, this being an In
CREASE Of SO per cent.
During the last three years OF
the Taft administration the liza
billties Of commercial failures
averaged s1sS,64B.Ss4 q year;
During the first three years OF
the Wilson administration the
liabilities Of commercial failures
averaged ss16.955,7e5 a year.
this being an increase Of IS per
cent.
How does this compare with
the claims Of Democratic parti.
sans regarding the "pfosperity"
they 80 loudly boast OIL
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-26
MISSOURI FARMERS.
should Help to Elect a Proteet'on''s
Senator In Their Own Interest.

who will the farmers support for
United States senator7 Walter 8.
piokey, who stands for protection to
the product Of the mine. the farm, and
factory, or will he vote for James
Reed, who has voted for free trade
and removing the tariff on the prod
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-26
AN EVEN BREAK.

The Democratic campaign
book says that Mr.. Gardner. the
Millionaire Coffin Maker and
Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor. Is the apostle Of . square
deal. He has shown this In the
treatment OF his own employees.
It Ii claimed that these en-
ployes, among them many young
girls. have to pay for their own
!. ice water but Gardner sternly
denies this accusation. He says
he furnishes the cold water In
the winter, while his employees
must chip In and buy It only In
: the summer time. Gardner feels
he Is Swing his employees an
even break. Z,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-26


Z For never during the entire =
= period of Democratic misrule in =
Z this state. never even during =
= those days when Democratic =
= state officials were stealing from =
= the state treasury; never during =
Z those days when bribe-givers and =
= bribe-takers stalked u%nwhipped =
= through legislative halls and the =
= Governor Of the state was con- =
Z graduating the people that the =
= bribery was at the expense Of =
= the business interests and not Of =
= the state treasury. have we had =
= such . humiliating failure Of =
= state government az during the =
Z last four years.-Ex-Gov Hadley. =
- $*
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-26
EFFERSONOTYPAR
FOR royal FAMILIES
Warden Of Penitentiary Names
Park After Himself Con
tains Splendid Dance Hall
-PenitentiarYin Debt.

jefferson City, Mo.-While such
,~eerless Statesmen a. Vest and Ben
ton 60 unhonored, D. C. McClung,
present warden Of the Missouri state
psnitentiary and formerly chairman
Of the Democratic State Committee.
has erected to himself a permanent
monument at Jefferson City. This
brazen piece. Of unmitigated effront-
cry has shocked the sense Of proper
ton Of the thinking people Of the
whole state. although the park IL pop
ular at Jefferson City. especially
among the royal families" who ire
auently use It for private parties. Al.
though the park is erected IN state
property belonging to all the people
Of Missouri. It is understood that per.
mission from McClung Is necessary
before the general public may use the
improvements there.
The park includes a splendid bath
Ing beach Of concrete approximately
100 by $50 feet. Some of the cement
for this was paid for by private sub
scription In Jefferson City. Near by
Is q stone bathhouse built with con-
Wet labor with the words "McClung
Park" across the porch. Across the
stone. entrance to the park McClung
has again placed his name permanent
ly. and also on the dance hall. The
dancing pavilion is the only state
dancing pavilion In the United States.
It is Of stone and 1t has been est.
mated that It cost between $4,000 and
100000. McClung permits the public
to dance there. the music being fur
nished by a convict orchestra. Gov.
Major and his friends participate fire.
Quently.
Where McClung got his authority to
exercise complete control. or from
whence the money came to build the
improvements Of McClung Park, IL not
definitely known. An obsolete sys-
tenn Of accounting places the manage
ment Of the prison finances solely in
the warden's hands. Reporters have
been refused admission to the public
records time after time. McClung fire.
quently breaking into oaths when per
mission to see the records is asked.
Hence, when McClung refuses admis-
sion to the records there is no place
the detailed information concerning
penitentiary expenditures can be OBJ
tanned.
While this is going on the state
p~enitentiary is thousands Of dollars be-
hind in running expenses. In Novem-
Der, 1918, $4,000 was borrowed from
the National Bank of Commerce and
in April. 1914. $4,000 was borrowed
from the same bank It ID UNDERWOOD.
too. that the penitentiary Is heavily In
debt to Jefferson City banks. Warden
McClung Is an active supporter of Col.
Gardner. and there is q persistent ru-
NOR in Jefferson City that II Col.
Gardner is elected McClung will con-
t;nue as warden Of the penitentiary.
This rumor cannot be confirmed. how
ever. and little credence is given to It.
in Jefferson City.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-26

credits. He stated that he had LID.
tened. with interest, to the able dis.
cussions on the subject. but that he
feared the speakers had failed to con,
slider the difference in conditions In
this country and In continental
Europe; that complete cooperation on
the part Of the farmers who sought to
avail themselves Of such q system Of
credits was, necessary; that in Europe
this was possible, because the fara,.
ers did not live upon their farms, but
lived In farm villages and were In
daily communication and intercourse.
while in this country the farmers live
On widely separated farms and each
vas accustomed. for generations, to
attend to his own business and LOOK
after his own interests. That when
an American farmer wanted to Dor
row money he did not and would not
go to his neighbors and get up an a..
ISOLATION by which he and they could
do 10 on a lower rate of interest; that
would take too much time and trouble.
He would 60 to a bank or q loan
agent and he would execute his loan
upon his own personal credit and re-
sponsibility. After these observations
Of this hard-headed and experienced
old Scotchman the audience sat quiet
for a while. somebody started to make
some remarks on some other question.
the meeting gradually dissolved and
nothing more was heard upon rural
credits until the academic and theo-
retical mind Of Woodrow Wilson
caused him to urge this measure for
adoption on Congress.
What 10 the situation confronting
usf The state treasury is hopelessly
bankrupt II the obligation Of out
standing appropriations and available
revenue : considered. Millions Of
dollars have been appropriated which
cannot be paid. Every state institu.
ton Is running on borrowed money.
and the wages Of the employees are for
months In arrears. The National
Guard Of the state would have been
unable to respond to the call of tho
President had the Adjutant General
not succeeded in borrowing money to
meet the expense of mobilization. Our
financial condition would. months ago,
have made necessary a receivership
in the case Of any business enterprise.
There is Just one kind Of obligation
that I understand has been promptly
paid. and that is the salaries Of the
Democratic officials and state officers.
together with the salaries of their
wives, their sisters. their cousins and
their aunts. The teachers In our
schools and colleges have had to wait
for their salaries; those who care for
the wards Of the state may go unpaid;
the dependents in our asylums and
other institutions may have to subsist
on borrowed food; the prisoners In
the p%enitentiary may have to sit idle
in their cells for lack OF the money to
buy machinery for them to work with,
but the Democratic politicians who
have established connections with the
public treasury must be taken care Of
BY, ex-Gov. Hadley.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-26
THE LAND BANK MANAGERS

II the Gardner land bank bill
were now In force the board Of
directors would consist of Gov.
Major, Secretary Of State Roach,
State Auditor Gordon. Attorney
General Barker and State Treas
urer Deal. This II the outfit
that secretly took $514.6o8.01
from, the school funds Of the
state. This Is the same outfit
that is now mismanaging the
state penitentiary. How many
citizens Of the state would put
their own money In q bank con-
trolled by this aggregationf
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-26
IN FINE

Tho University Of Missouri must be
in a fine condition. II. is still able to
borrow money.-St Louis Star fDem-
ocratic).
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-26

Indianapolis. Ind.-George AIDE. the
writer, thus sets forth his reasons for
supporting Charles 3. Hughes for
President:
II marched with the Progressive
party until It became q dwindling mi
nority OF bleeding martyrs and I would
have continued to march II there had
been a probability Of our arriving any.
where. I liked my travelling compan.
ions and the scenery. but q man can
not continue on q journey which of.
fers NO terminus.
II believe the irst duty Of every
good citizen this year Is to join the
movement to change Washington from,
. w~ord-factory to q ~deed-factory. For
one, I have had enough alpaca coat,
and chautauqua, and college rhetoric
and the oleasinous Josephus to last me
for one hundred years.
Colonel Roosevelt did the sensible
and patriotic thing last January when
he indicated that he was ready to
jump In and support any good Republ.
can who could defeat Wilson.
"The colonel saw what was wrong
at Washington from the very start,
Mr.. Wilson means to be sincere and
he wants to do what Is right, but he
was brought up on a college campus,
He was accustomed for years to be
dogznatio and oracylar before a lot Of
college boys who couldn't talk back,
He finally came to believe that when.
ever he said q thing, It was SO.
"Accordingly. when q Tampico crisis
or . Lusitania crisis. or q railway
strike crisis confronted the good doc.
tor. he didn't tackle II according to
the methods Of old-fashioned States.
men. brought up In the school Of hard
knocN
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-26
WILSON SINCERE, BUT HE THINKS
HE'S STILL on THE CAMPUS.
Has Had Enough Alpaca Coat, Chau.
tauqua, Rhetoric and 0leasinou'
Josephus to Last . Hun
dred Years.
80
y AN ABE ESTIMATE OF Wilson's

. liked my travelling compan- !
Z ions (the Progressively and the !
= scenery. but q man cannot con- :
tiuue on q Journey which offers Z
. no terminus. :
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-26

B He (Mr. Wilson, was accus-
, toned for years to be dogmatic
. aud oracular before q lot Of col
. lege boys who couldn't talk back.
He finally came to believe that
. whenever he said q thing. 1t was
D 80.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-26

They say he has vision. He
} has 30. much vision he sees things
, that amt.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-26

. He Is a perfectly nice man
. who believes he can solve prob
. lens by talking about them.
= He did not speak out on the
= preparedness issue until Demo-
. cratic politicians had worn a path
. to the White House telling him
. what he had better say II he
. wanted to be reelected.
= When a man has Just one
. round of ammunition to shoot he
. can't AFFORD to.stand of on . hill
. side and shoot into the air. Pro
= ~gressives must recognise the fact
: that this year there are only two
= contending parties and every
. voter must either make a quick
. choice or retire to the deep
Z woods. This is no time for griev-
. ing over what might have been.
: The thing for every Progressive
= to do is to look pleased and vote
= for Hughes.
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-09
Article Iv-Drivers' Signals.

Section 1. Before slowing up or
stopping drivers shall signal to those
behind by raising the whip or hand
vertically.
Sec. 2. In turning while in motion,
or in starting to turn from a stand.
still, a signal shall be given by indi-
eating with the whip or hand the d.
rection in which the turn is to be
made.
Sec. 3. Before backing or slowing
up ample warning shall be given, and
while backing unceasing vigilance
must be exercised not to injure those
behind.
Sec. 4. One blast of a police signal
indicates that East and West traffic
must stop and that North and South
traffic may proceed.
Two blasts that North and South
Traffic shall stop and East and West
traffic may proceed.
Three or more blasts is q signal of
alarm and indicates the approach Of
danger.
Article Wright Of Way.
Section 1. Police, Fire Department,
Fire Patrol, Traffic Emergency Repair.
Ambulances and United States Mail
vehicles shall have the right of way
in any street and through any process.
sion.
Sec. 2. Horse.drawn vehicles shall
have the right Of way over power.
driven vehicles. street cars excepted.
Sec. 3. The driver Of vehicle, on
the approach of any fire apparatus,
shall Immediately draw UP said We
hicle as near as practicable to the
right hand curb and parallel thereto
and bring it to a standstill.
Article vl-Street Cars.
Section ]. The driver of a street
car shall Immediately stop his car
and keep It stationary upon the ap
proach Of any fire apparatus.
Sec. 2. Street cars shall have the
right Of way, between cross streets,
over all vehicles.
The driver Of any vehicle proceed.
ing upon the track in front Of a street
car shall turn out upon signal Of the
driver or conductor OF the car.
Sec. 3. No vehicle or street car
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-09

The following proclamation calling
attention to the city ordinances gov.
erning motor and horsedrawn We.
hicles has been promulgated by the
Police Department for the regulation
Of street traffic in Chicago:
Article I-Definitions.
Section /. The word "vehicle" in.
cludes equestrians, led horses and
everything on wheels or runners, ex-
cept street cars and baby carriages.
Sec. 2. The word horse" includes
all domestic animals.
Sec. 3. The word driver" includes
the rider or driver of horse, the
rider of wheels and the operator of a
motor vehicle or street car.
Article ii-obedience.
Section /. Drivers of vehicles and
street cars must at all times comply
with any direction, by voice or hand,
of any member of the Police Force,
as to placing, stopping, starting, ap.
preaching or departing from any
place; the manner of taking up or
setting down passengers, loading or
unloading goods in any place.
Sec. 2. Ignorance of these rules
shall furnish no excuse for disregard.
ing them.
Article lll-Pedestrians
Section 1. Pedestrians should re.
member that while they have the
right to cross the street in safety, the
streets are primarily intended for We.
hicles, and they should therefore
cheerfully conform to all the traffic
rules and thereby contribute not only
to their own safety and comfort but
facilitate the movement Of traffic as
we'll.
Sec. 2. Pedestrians should never
step from the sidewalk to the street
without first looking in each direction
for approaching vehicles.
Sec. 3. Pedestrians should never
cross streets except at regular cross.
ings and at right angles.
Sec. 4. Pedestrians should wait for
the signal Of traffic policeman wher.
ever one is stationed and move in the
direction OF the traffic only.
Sec. s. Pedestrians should be par.
ticularly cautious in crossing alleys.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-09
AUTOS & OTHERS
Police Department Promulgates Rules
to Govern Motor and Horse Drawn
Vehicles in Streets of Chicago.

shall so occupy any street as to in.
terfere with or intercept the passage
of other cars or vehicles.
Sec. 4. During blockades or stop.
pages clear space of ten feet shall
be kept open between cars opposite
the alley or the center of the block
if there be no alley.
Article Vii-Speed.
Section /. No vehicle shall proceed
at any time at greater speed than
the law allows and which is safe and
proper under the conditions then OBJ.
tanning.
Sec. 2. No vehicle shall cross any
street or avenue or make any turn at
speed rate exceeding one.half its
legal speed.
Sec. 8. No vehicle shall emerge
from an alley. stable or garage at a
pace faster than walk; at the lat.
ter places an attendant should pre-.
cede the vehicle to give warning.
Sec. A. Horse.drawn vehicles and
the street intersections as promptly
as circumstances permit. Teams NOV.
ing at an unnecessarily slow walk
across street intersections greatly I'm.
pede traffic.
Sec. 5. On all thoroughfares the
heavy and slow moving vehicles shall,
as far as conditions permit, keep to
the right, in order to allow the rapid
moving and lighter traffic to proceed
independently.
Ordinance Regulating Speed Of We.
hicles Near Schools, Public Play.
grounds and Churches Passed
July is, 1915.
Section 1868. No motor, electric or
animal drawn vehicle of any kind
shall proceed, while within four hun.
dred (400) feet of any schoolhouse in
the city, at a greater speed than FIVE
(5) miles an hour, between the hours
of o'clock a. m. and o'clock p. m.
on any day during which school is in
session In such schoolhouse:
Sec. 1963a. or within four
hundred (40O) feet of any public play.
ground in the city, between the hours
of o'clock a. m. and o'clock p. m.
on any day during which playground
is open and in operation;
Sec. 1864. or while within
four hundred (40O) feet of any church
in the city during the time or times
that persons are customarily entering
or leaving churches on Sundays or
holidays, or any other day set apart
by such church for religious worship.
Article vllI-keepins TO the Right,
Passing, Turning, Crossing and
Stopping.
Section /. A vehicle, except when
passing vehicle ahead, shall habit.
ually keep as near the right hand curb
as possible.
Sec. 2. A vehicle meeting another
shall pass to the right.
Sec. 3. On an avenue or street d.
vided longitudinally by parkway,
walk, sunken way or viaduct, vehicles
should keep to the right Of such di.
visions.
Sec. 4. A vehicle turning into an.
other street to the right shall turn the
corner as near the right hand curb as
practicable.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-03
Coats Are Growing Longer

In the Woman's Home Companion
the fashion editor says:
Goats are conspicuously showing
the descending line. Autumn suit
coats will vary in length from % to
SO inches, "a inches being the most
popular length, while As inches is a
good length for the separate coat
''Plaits and panels are featured. The
flare is not as prominent as in the
spring models. This does not mean
that they are not wide at the bottom,
for they are. The separate coats. es-
pecially. show. sweep at the hem.
Some have the upper portion made
with fitted lines, others hang loose
from the shoulders.
plush, velour, panec1a-which is the
short nap French velvet-and imita-
ton fur fabrics are all good mate
rails for these coats. The leading now
city in these limitations is Rodier's
ederella, close imitation OF Persian
lamb.
These suit coats and separate coats
alike rely upon their collars and cuffs
for their novelty note, and I assure
you they have not relied in vain. The
cape collar, about the only real mill
tary note in the new fashions, and the
high wrinlSled crush collars, are the
leaders. They both have thek big
clumsy look in common--it is regarded
as their Cn1eI style nOte. oOHc OIL
these collars may be worn two ways.
buttoned up close about the neck, or
laid out flat in cape style.
MANY Of the separate coats have
kimono sleeves, often SO stitched that
they have a raglan effect The full
leg O. mutton style is seen, too. made
with deep flaring cuffs
"Suit coats are not showing many
long shouldered effects. The armhole
is generally the regular size. The
sleeve most favored is the regulation
coat sleeve with nothing new or I'M
usual about it until the cuff Is reached.
Then comes the novelty. Very deep
cuffs are worn. fur and button
trimmed. Big. flaring, inverted bell
cuffs are fashionable, lined with con-
trasting, often gay color. There are
cuffs that swing out from the sleeve
and appear to be just a board band
caught together and to the sleeve with
a big button and buttonhole. in fact,
there is no end to the cuff novelties.
I'm the early fall many women OF
fashion will include in their ward
robes Frenchy-looking pelerines OF
satin. These long coats were first
made by Cabot