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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-06-23
100000 IN BONDS PAID
The Doe Run Lead Company Has Pros
pered Wonderfully Under Dem
ocratic Administration

beneficent guardianship of the Re-
publican party over our country's
broad domain.
Without following out the line of
silly logic and applying it to the pres
ent Democratic administration, we
will only say that the country was new
er in better business and financial
condition; and that ever since the
Mckinley administration the Doe Run
Lead Company has borrowed and
bonded itself for every dollar it could
get, which it is admissible to suppose
it would not have done if it had been
in a prosperous condition, and that
now under three years of Demo-
cratic administration it has been en-
abled to pay off and cancel more than
two million of bonded Indebtedness.
And further that the lead industry
in this county has made more i'm
provements and extensions and paid
the highest wages in its history, in
the past two years.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-06-23
OurCorrespondents

The Pennington Times, is indeed
proud of its corps Of correspondents,
and we do not feel that there is need
of explaining to Times readers the
reason for such feelings. Those who
have been reading our several col
umns Of news from different places
throughout st. Francois county, we
believe, are in position to bear testi-
mony that our pleasurable feelings
are correctly founded.
1t will require additional evidence
to convince The Times management
that there is a county paper in the
entire State Of Missouri that has a
more regular or more interesting or
larger list of county correspondents,
A new correspondent fom Flat River
makes her debut this week, and we
know that you will agree with us
after reading those items, that she is
a most interesting writer, and that
you will hereafter look over her col
umn.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-06-23
WAR WITH MEXICO
SEEMS IMMINENT
Situation Anything But Assuring--A
US. Scouting Troop and Carranzis-
tas Clash with Bloody Result

lean General, Felix Gomez, was killed
is thought to have been a portion of
the Tenth U. S. Regiment of negroes.
This clash is likely to precipitate
others, and ere this is put in type the
"dogs of war" may be at their bloody
work.
The Missouri State Guards re-
sponded promptly to the call of the
Secretary of War, and are the first
on their way to the border A couple
of weeks ago due to the foresight of
Governor and Adiutant Genera John
B. O'Meara, the Missouri State
Guards were mustered in under the
new Army Preparedness Act and
were ready for a call at any moment.
Missouri was the first State to mus
ter it's guards under the new laws.
By Associated Press
Fl Paso, Texas, June 2t.-Ameri-
can and Carranza troops fought a
bloody battle today, only few hours
rebuke yesterday to Gen. Carranza
after President Wilson's G,000-Vord
had gone forward to Mexico City.
With which side victory rested is not
known.
The engagement occurred on the
Santo Domingo ranch, near the Mex
lean town of Carrizal, which is nine
miles southwest of Villa Ahumada,
the Mexican field headquarters in
Northern Chihuahua.
The number of dead Americans or
Mexicans is not definitely known, but
nearly score of Gen. Pershing's men
are said to have been killed and the
Mexicans are said to have lost more
! than two score.
Seventeen Americans are declared
by Mexican officials to have been cap
tured and to have been hurried to
Chihuahua City under guard. A ma
chine gun used by the Mexicans is re-
ported to have done heavy execution
The Americans engaged are thought
! to have been members of a troop from
the Tenth Cavalry, negro regiment
returning from a scouting trip to Guz'
man. The size Of the Mexican force
whose, commander. Felix Gomez, was
killed, is not known.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-06-23
TO PENITENTIARY FOR LIFE
Two Youths, II and 19, Plead Guilty to
Hold-Up and Murder in the
First Degree

The deputy promptly placed him un-
der arrest and telephoned here to
know about it. He was instructed to
hold Hill and Deputy Sheriff Brown
went to jefferson county and got him.
The confession of young Whit was
to the effect that he and Hill had en-
tered into 4 concreted plan to knock
some Hunkie (Hungarian) in the
head and get some money" They met
bv agreement on the street by the
restaurant near the M. r. & B. T..
railroad station at Flat River. The
train had just come in and they saw
a Hungarian come down the street
carrying a grip and bundle. Hill re-
marked, "there goes one, we'll get
him." They followed their victim to
Federal Hill, stopping at Mauser d
Manley's blacksmith shop where Hid
picked up the iron end or front part
of buggy shaft, and continued their
pursuit. Arriving at a certain point
on Federal Hill, near the club house
grounds, they came up to the Hun
garian and Hill dealt him blow on
the head that knocked him down and
subsequently resulted in his death.
They then riffled the Hungarian's
grip and searched his clothes for
money.
At the preliminary examination
Hill told about the same story except
that he declared that it was Whit
who struck the blow. The case was
called in the Circuit Court Wednes,
day morning to get their pleas, and
both promptly entered pleas Of guilty
After they, were sentenced they left
the court room laughing, Whit re-
marking that he was just II that day
and his sentence was his birthday
gift. Neither of them seemed to have
any moral sense Of responsibility OF
realization of the heinous crime they
had committed.
Within the last year Prosecuting
Attorney Davis has convicted Whit
four times and Hill seven times oi
misdemeanors.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-06-23

The past week the Doe Run Lead
Company paid off and cancelled g.
200 bonds of 1000 each, aggregating
S2,200,000, forceful illustration of
the prosperity that has attended the
lead mining business the past two or
three years. 1t has been an insistent
claim of Republican organs, leaders
and politicians for time out of mind
that any unusual squirt of business
prosperity was due to the fact that
the Republican party was in control
of the government; that to this fact,
even more than to an overruling
providence, was due every bountiful
harvest, the sunshine and the rain,
and all the blessings attendant upon
these. Empty dinner pals, unem-
ployed thousands, business depres-
sions and panics, that from time to
time showed their ugly heads on the
eve of national elections, were attri-
buted to widespread fear that the
Democratic party might supplant the
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-06-23

Frank Hill, 10 years of age, and
John Whit, II, pleaded guilty to
charges of murder in the first degree,
filed against them by Prosecuting
Attorney Davis, before Judge Huck
last Wednesday morning. The pre-.
meditated and revolving character Oh
the murder and the general reputation
of the two youths were such that the
court promptly sentenced each -ot
them to life terms in the penitentlary.
On Monday night, June 18th, these
two boys, armed with "the iron end
or front of buggy shaft" stealth
ily followed Hungarian named Burn
iston Bramowich from near the nj: X.
& B. T. Railroad station at Flat XIV
err to the top of Federal Hill, where
they knocked him in the head and
robbed him, inflicting such injury
that he died the following day. Park
hurst Sleeth found the Hungarian
near the club house grounds the next
morning in an unconscious condition,
and the man died without ever re-
covering consciousness. He notified
Prosecuting Attorney Davis of the
matter. There was no clue as to who
had assaulted the man, but Mr..
Sleeth suggested to Mr.. Davis that
he might not be farwrong if ne had
Frank Hill arrested as a suspect. Ac-
cordingly, the home of Hill was Wis
tied by an officer, and he was told by
the young mans mother that she
didn't know where Frank was, that
he had stayed with John Whit the
night before. The home of Whit was
ten visited and John was accused OF
being implicated and told that Frank
Hill had confessed the whole thing
Young Whit then told the full story
of the crime. and afterwards made 9
written confession. -,
In the meantime Hill had skipped tc
Jefferson county, and in a saloor
where deputy sheriff happened tt
be present made remark to the ef'
feet that he was wanted down here
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-06-23
LICENSED TO MARRY

June 16, Clarence /. Cole and Beu-
lah Murphy of Bonne Terre.
18th, Walter Bequette and Myrtle
Byington Of Lawrenceton.
10th, 'Chas. F. Dinwiddee and Yer
ma Maddern of Bonne Terre.
goth, Firman F. Newly of Lead
wood and Nellie Brent of Farming
ton.
21st, Roy Erwin Rhoads Of Lead.
wood and Dorothy Grace Butterfeld
of Pennington.
21st. F. G. Pearce of Terre Haute
Ind. and Irene M. Radle Of Farming
ton.
21st, Jesse Schneider and Edna Po.
lite Of Flat River.
21st, Earl Henry Maddern and Bes.
sic Lee Wheeling of Bonne Terre.
goth, Kossuth G. Weber and Nan
cy Winston Gardner of Pennington.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-06-23
What Kind of Politics Do You Call This?

there, along came Mr.. Markley. So
| said to Downs, her comes Markley;
| want to speak to him. And as, he
came up, got up and we spoke and
shook hands. l had been with him, |
think, about minutes, when | went
back to the Squire's Office, and went
inside along with Less Mitchell, who
had been standing on the outside while
| was across the street with Downs.
Then, as we went, Less and l, Less
went back to the inside door and
looked in where the trial was being
held. picked up a newspaper and
started to read, and after reading a
few lines, laid the paper down and
moved over near an outside window.
AS | did so, / motioned to, or asked,
Jake Schaffer, who was standing out
side near he front door. He came in
to where / was and l said this to
him, "Jake, have just had talk
with Mr.. Markley, and he tells me
that nothing can be done for me-that
all | see for me, is to beat it." Then
Jake said, "Go to it and beat it;
damned if | hunt for you" And then
he started away. | then took held of
his coat sleeve and said wait. Then |
looked at the window and at where
Less Mithcell was standing just in
side near the inner door. Then it was
that Jake looked around and winked at
me. I then jumped out of the win
dow as Jake started for the inner
door.
o. w. HULL.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 22nd day Of June, 1916.
My term ends Dec. 23, 1916.
THOS. c. YOUNG.
(SEAL) Notary Public.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-06-23

necessary to insure their own safety.
Whichever side began the engage
ment, the Mexicans had the advan-
tage, for they had provided them
selves with machine gun, and this
is supposed to have done deadly ex-
ecution in the ranks of the Americans.
That the latter were not inefficient,
however, was proven by the number
Of Mexican dead and wounded re-
moved to Villa Ahumada and witness
ed by Americans coming north on q
train bound to Juarez.
The battle began about 1890 a. m.
and lasted not more than an hour. 1t
apparently ended by both sides with
drawing. The failure of Gen. Per-
shing to report on it indicated that
the American survivors had not re-
turned to their base at an early hour
tonight.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-06-23

Deputy Sheriffs Sam Doss and Spur
geon Ditch captured Oscar Hull at
Marquand, in Madison county, yes
terday morning at A o'clock, after a
long, chase. Thew arrived in Farm
ington with the prisoner yesterday
afternoon, where Hull made the fol-
lowing affidavit, which appears to in
dicate that Hull would never have
made his break for liberty had it not
been for the encouragement he re-
ceived from an officer, whose duty it
is to preserve the peace.
What do these things mean2 Is
this the fore-runner of the character
of campaign the Republicans are pre-
pairing to conduct in st. Francois
county? Read the following sworn
statement carefully and consider. 1t
furnishes abundant food for thought
State of Missouri, SIS.
County of st. Francois, J
This affiant, being duly sworn, or
his oath, says that the matter and
facts herein set forth are true to the
best of his knowledge and belief That
on last Monday, he, together with
Bill Ross, John Whit and Frank Hill
were taken by Sam Doss and Less
Mitchell, deputy sheriffs, to Flat
River to attend the preliminary tria
of John Whit and Frank Hill, to be
held before Squire Ramsey at the
Squire's Office in Flat River; that af.
ter had testified in the said trial, the
trial being held in the back room Of
the said Squire's office, I went to the
front door and there | met Joe Downs
After we had spoken a few words we
went across the street and sat dowT
on the steps Of church, and while
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-06-23


us, and these cases also went over to
October 2, 1916.
The case of James A. Perry against
the Doe Run Lead Co. for the recov-
cry of money which plaintiff averred
was loaned to the company through
the late +. p Graves, then Superin-
tendent of the Doe Run Lead Com
pany, was settled in the Circuit
Court of this county last Wednesday
(the court being in adjourned SESSION.
by the payment of $9,998 to Perry by
the company.
On May 25th, at the regular May
term. in jury trial, judgment for
$8,783 with interest from February
Ia, 1918, at per cent, was awarded
Perry, and the company Immediately
filed motion for a new trial and in
arrest of Judgment. On Tuesday of
this week the company's motion for
a new trial was withdrawn, and salts
faction of judgment for S9,99S was en-
tered of record in open court. The
settlement was the result of a COM
promise, as there were two other
claims of a similar nature on file
against the company-one by Bridget
Perry and the other by Lenora Perry.
These two claims were dropped for
S100 each, the company paying the
costs Of litigation.
II appeared from the evidence at
the trial which closed on May 25th,
awarding judgment 10 James A. Per
ry, that defendant had been an en-
ploye of the Doe Run Lead Company,
and that at sundry times he had loan
ed to the late F. P. Graves, then Su-
perintendent, money for the use of
the company, receiving therefor notes
Of the company for the amounts so
loaned. These notes were later re-
newed, and in the renewal were signed
by Mr.. Graves, but not as Superin-
tendent or for the company, evidently
an oversight on his part After Mr..
Graves removal as Superintendent,
the company refused to recognize the
notes as a debt against it, and suit
was brought by DIR. Fry, with the
result given. 1t is said that there are
other notes of similar character
outstanding, but of that we have no
definite information.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-06-23

The st. Francois County Circuit
Court convened in adjourned session
last Monday, and three quite impor
tant civil cases were called and tried,
which the court took under advise
ment.
The first one was a mandamus case
whereby Robert Holmes sought to
cause the Doe Run Lead Company to
transfer on its books certain twenty
three shares in the Doe Run Lead
Company from the name of one Mont
gomery to him. The st. Joseph Lead
Company was, last May, permitted to
interplead, and set up as defense
that these twenty-three shares were
held by the Bank of Commerce of st.
Louis as collateral security for a loan,
and was to turn in this stock and ex-
change it for st. Joseph Lead Com
pany stock, according to an agree
ment heretofore entered into. The
bank sold the stock on April 16, 1915,
in st. Louis, at the east court house
door to Mr.. Holmes, who had no
knowledge of any agreement between
the pledgor and the bank with the st.
Joseph Lead Company. This case
was heard in full, and by the court
taken under advisement until October
2, 1916.
The second case was on the petition
and application of the Doe Run Lead
Company to be permitted to sell all
its holdings and stock to the st. Jo-
seph Lead Company and then dissolve
the Doe Run Company Messrs.
Holmes and Maynard, by their attor-
neys, filed demurrer to this petition,
asserting and claiming that under the
laws of Missouri the st. Joseph Lead
Company could not purchase the
stock of the Doe Run Lead Company,
lover 90 per cent Of whose stock had
heretofore been purchased by the St,
Joseph Lead Company and vote the
same, and for this reason, the consent
Of two-thirds of the stockholders had
not been secured, and thereupon the
prayer of its petition could not be
granted and the Doe Run Company
dissolved. After an argument ex-
tending throughout most Of Tuesday,
the court took this case also under ad-
visement until October 2, 1916.
AtsE ---
The third was mandamus case
against the Doe Run Lead Company,
- 1 Il l.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-06-23
Few More

The following new subscribers to
THE Times have been received the
nast week: G. G. Rodgers, Blytheviile,
Ark: John L. Boverie, Ste. Gene
We've, Mo-; Sam ]. McMinn, buchanan
Mo: Mrs. Cynthia Matkin, Bismarck'
Mo- Renewals are: Sylvan AuBu-
chon. Parsons, Kan; Marvin G. Will
liams, Columbia, N. M.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-06-23

Mrs. ]. C. Watson returned home
Wednesday from a visit to her mother
at Marion, Ill.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-06-23

The third was mandamus case
against the Doe Run Lead Company,
the St. Joseph Lead Company and the
M. r. & B. T. Railway Company,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-06-23

If Villa were true patriot he
would go and occupy his ready made
tomb and solve a a=vexing problem.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-06-23

If pesce is on the way, it certainly
var.J be arrested for speeding.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-06-23
THREE IMPORTANT CIVIL
CASES TRIED THIS WEEK
All Pertaining to the Stock Transfer,
Dissolution and Right to Examine
Books of Doe Run Lead Co.

wherein Mr.. Holmes seeks to 'get a
look in" at the books of these several
companies as to certain coal deals.
The companies made answer or return
to those alienation writs of mandam-
us, and these cases also went over to
October 2, 1916.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-20
WANTS MORE POLITICS

To the Editor OF Evenin1 Ledger:
Sir-You are not paying enough atten-
tion TO politics. 1t must be apparent that
unless those who believe in Republloa nsm
get busy the Democrats will win by de-
fault | have been through many cam
palgns but have never seen the country
so deluded by phrases and words as II is
at present. Look at Mexico. Was there
ever such a mess before? Yet there was
actually some talk not long ago about
financing Government down there as If
we had not sent too many guns and too
much powder to that desolate land already.
We all know that with Mr. Hughes as
President there would be a real protective
tariff and some guarantee that people could
Luck has permitted the Democrats to make
a showing along the lines of prosperity this
time, but whenever they had the Govern
ment before they always brought hard
times and soup houses. Pennsylvania is
going Republican, of course but we must
watch the other States nearby and educate
the people as to the necessity of prepared.
ness against hard times That is the only
kind OF preparedness that counts for down
IN Washington they seem TO think that Il
would be crime to have an army that
really amounted TO something / guess when
those boys get back from the hot sands
OF Texas they will have a story to tell
that will show the nation what ought 10
be done. Get busy and hit some hard
blows for Mr. Hughes He ought TO be
elected by an overwhelming majority
sENEX.
Philadelphia. July ls
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-20

have supplied Germany and. in the case
of the rubber shipments on the Deutsch.
land, in flagrant violation of promises
made to the original purveyors Of the
material But English merchants have
never completely given up trade with
the enemy and the sale Of tin TO Germany
for whole year after war broke out
was moral disgrace. Nor has the stop.
page OF neutral trade with Holland, pre-.
cedent to British trade in the conGscated
goods at enormous profits, increased
American respect for the integrity OF
British methods. Arrogance could hardly
go farther than the new methods of
warfare, nor could anything be less cal
culated to encourage confidence in Eng
lands ability to blockade, legitImately, all
Germany's ports. with the extension
of the doctrine Of ultimate destination
already in practice England has sufficient
power 1t is absurd to threaten the
United States now.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-20
POLITICS

Now that conventions have finished their
work and campaigning is about TO enter the
acute stage, the time for Profitable political
apostasy would appear to have arrived
Any morning now we may expect to read
that the Hon. James w squdger, lifelong
Democrat and ex-collector Of Squdgeville
has come out fiatfootedly and stated that
though he had always expected 70 carry
his Jeffersonian principles TO the grave with
him. he can no longer consistently with
self-respect, support the Democratic candi-
date for President, because. etc, etc, etc
The whole country viii at once be eleetri-
fied and seethe with conjecture. jubilation or
denial OF the significance of the Squdgeyille
straw's flight until, out of a clear sky, ex-
Senator Nudge. Of Mudgeyille. lifelong Re-
publican. takes an unexpected stand In the
next days papers and declares. bursting
with sobs. that. though he once shook Abra-
ham Lincoln BY the hand. conviction and
4 solemn sense Of duty force him 10 take q
place On the Mudgeyille Democratic E1ecu-
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Tom Daly,s Column

TUsT why the British Governments
~ boycotting Of those SO American firms
should recall this incident to us we don't
know, but, relevant or Irrelevant, here's
the incident:
In the fall OF 1910 a party Of u.s. writers
and artists from this country and Can.
ada, were guests at luncheon in Bristol,
England. Seven of us by actual count,
had been called upon TO OFFER a toast
to the King. each Of which drew from the
natives loud cries Of King! King! King!
G.bless I'm! Kingi Kingr' Then we were
asked to add our little bit. We said in
effect:
IT'S very nice TO be called upon to toast
your King, who seems to be real fellow;
but since so many OF the others have
already done 1t am sure you won't
object if l depart from the schedule to
say a kind word for another good fellow,
who seems to have been mlslaid in the.
excitement here, although he's by no
means tiny. l give you President Taft"
A week or. so later when we were in
midocean and it was too late for a hot.
headed toaster to go back and have It out
with his critics, we learned that the Eng.
lishmen in charge Of the luncheon had
let It be known that we, personally, would
never again be invited to party of that
sort In Bristol.