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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Charity Board Shut Out.

Not only has the governor estaD'
lished a complete quarantine against
the Kansas City club women who
wanted to investigate the penitentl-
airy, but has extended these regula-
lions to the exclusion of the state
board of charities and corrections.
In a letter to one of the Kansas City
club women which has been given to
the public, the governor says that the
state board has no authority in law
for making an investigation of the
prison.
In a previous statement, which the
governor gave out, he told Mrs. Hen
ry N. Ess, president of the Susan B.
Anthony Club at Kansas City, that
if a committee of club women came
here, they would be admitted to the
prison only under the rules that ap-
ply to visitors generally. Following
this communication the women de-
cided there would be no use in their
coming here, since they would not
be allowed to investigate anything,
and they then asked that the state
board of charities and corrections be
authorized to make the investigation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
TEN DIE As TRAIN
RUNS into GABO0SE
II OTHERS INJURED IN WRECK
ON BURLINGTON ROAD IN
NEBRASKA.
LACK OF LIGHTS THE REASON
Collision Drives Coaches Under Car
load of cattle-Eastern Illinois
Train Bumps Into, Work Car
-25 Hurt.

Elwood, Neb.-Ten men were killed
and II others seriously injured when
a train IN the Burlington Railroad
crashed into a freight caboose in
which the men were riding, Il miles
east of here.
Five other men, standing on the
rear platform of the caboose, saw the
approaching train soon enough to
jump to safety. One man in the ca
boose vas thrown clear of the wreck
and escaped injury. The trains in
collision were sections of a regular
stock train. Lack of lights and warn
ing signals is given by survivors of
the collision as the cause of the &C
cident. All of the victims are resi-
dents of Nebraska towns.
Fl damned in Mass.
The heavy stock train plunged into
the train ahead, driving the way car
under a car of cattle.
Twenty-one men on the floor of the
caboose were jammed into a space OF
less than four feet in width and this
was filled with wreckage.
The railroad ran a special train
from Holdredge with physicians, and
the injured were taken to Hastings
for hospital care.
1t was reported here that two OF
the injured died on the way to Hast,
ings.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
FUNDS FOR FRENCH ORPHANS

New York.-The American Society
for the Relief of French War Orphans,
which is to raise a working fund Of
$3.50, 900 900, was organized and incor-
porated.
The society is incorporated for a
period of Is years. It is to be a prac-
teal expression Of gratitude to
France for her aid to this country at
the time of the American Revolution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
CORN CONDITIONS
SHOW UP BETTER
ESTIMATE INCREASED BY 1900,
COO BUSHELS SINCE LAST
REPORT WAS MADE.
WHEAT ACREAGE DECREASES
All Crops Show Losses, But Prices
Will More Than Equalize koss in
Bulk-Pastures Are Poor
Hogs Healthy.
jefferson City.

Estimates on the Missouri corn
yield for 1916 call for 1860 0 900
bushels, according to the crop report
issued by W. L. Nelson, assistant sec
rotary of the state board Of agricul-
ture. The report is as follows:
Corn-Official crop reporters of the
state board of agriculture place the
condition of Missouri corn at 64.8, and
estimate that SS per cent of the crop
is now safe from killing frost. This
is a more optimistic report than was
made on September l, when the con-
dition of corn was given as 53.4, with
grave fears of heavy damage from
frost. At that time the indicated
yield of corn was for but 1876, 100000
bushels, but it was also stated that
with a ~seasonable September and a
late frost, later figures should show a
material increase over the prelimi-
nary estimate-an increase now
placed at 1000, 900 bushels.
Wheat-Based upon the most re-
cent reports of correspondents, the
Missouri wheat acreage for the 1917
harvest will be about II, 900, 900 or
about 100, 900 more than was indicated
on September /. This, however, will
be the smallest acreage for many
years-12 per cent less than that seed
ed for the 1916 harvest. Fields were
plowed too wet in 1916, the ground is
hard, and a vast amount of work is
required to get it in shape for seed
ing. In some sections it has been
practically impossible to break and
prepare stubble ground. The result is
that a very large per cent of the
wheat crop is going in on corn
ground, which in most cases is work
ing well. The poor yield of wheat for
the 1916 harvest, the present high
price of seed and the difficulty of get
ting the ground in condition are in.
fluences in the present decreased
acreage. By sections, october l seed
ing shows: Northeast, As; northwest,
SO; central, as; southwest, 50; south
east, %. Present acreage estimates
for the 1917 crop, as compared with
the previous year, are as follows:
Northeast, 81 per cent; northwest,
104; central, 81; southwest, 80; south
east, 70. With sufficient rainfall at
once, and this followed by fair wealth
er, these figures may be raised.
Other Crops-The harvest of tim
othy seed, of good quality, will aver
age about 3.4 bushels per acre. The
clover seed crop has been cut some.
what short and may not average bet
ter than Is bushels. Potatoes are
about 60 per cent; tobacco, 81. Con
dition of cotton is 81, but the short.
age in yield will be made up in re.
turns by the increased price. Rye
acreage is So per cent. Condition OF
cowpeas is II; alfalfa, 70.
Live Stock-Pastures are poor and
much live stock is. now being fed new
corn. There is a scarcity of stock on
most farms. But little hog cholera
is reported.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
BODIES OF TWO FOUND DEAD

Mayfield, Ky.-Lying side by side,
the bodies Of Charles Brown and his
~l4-year-old sister-inlaw, Elma Cope,
were found in a woods by a searching
party e "a Glade, after a weeks
search. The theory is that they died
as a result of a suicide pact.
The couple went together time
ago to Arkansas, where they were de-
tanned by authorities and returned to
Benton. Brown is survived by a wife
and two SMALL children.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Washing Shirt Waists.

When washing shirt waists or mid
dies which have colored collar and
cuffs, the color will sometimes u into
the white goods. To remove this stain
place the article in very sour butter
milk for four to five days, keeping the
goods well under the milk. The color
will disappear from the white goods
and the coIored collar and cuffs will
remain as before. | have tried this in
a number Of cases of different articles
and find II entirely satIsfactory.-New
York Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Forces Ship Back to Port.

New York.-The British steamship
City of Madras was overhauled off
Ambrose Channel lightship by the
United States torpedo boat destroyer
Sterritt and brought back to Clifton,
Staten Island, after ignoring the war
vessels signal to stop when leaving
quarantine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
American Kills a Mexican.

Naco, Ariz.-When an American
mule driver, attached to the Arizona
national guard, crossed the interna-
tional line a here to recover a
strayed mule, he shot and fatally
wounded Private Miguel Fonteso, a
Carranza guard on the Mexican side
of the line who tried to arrest him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
sreweries Fined for prv Violation.

New Orleans, La.-Four New Or
leans b%reweries, through their Off
cials, pleaded guilty in the federal
court here to shipping quantities of
beer improperly labeled from this
city to Mississippi Gulf coast dry"
points. Three were fined $3.50 each
and the fourth 5000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Nenroes FIookIna 10 North.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS mig
ration of negro laborers from the
South toward the North, where the
war has resulted in scarcity of Euro
pean immigrant laborers. has at
tracted the attention Of the depart
ment of labor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Corporations Remiss.

Five hundred and thirty-five St
Louis corporations have failed to COM
ply with the statute requiring each in
corporated company to report to the
secretary of state before July 1 Of
each year the amount of its capital,
assets and liabilities and to furnish
affidavit that it is not a trust or COM
bination in restraint of trade.
Recorder Of Deeds Joy, who is re-
quired to give the corporations notice
of their delinquency, said that officers
of many concerns declared that they
had never been notified by the secre-
tary of state that reports were due.
The statute is mor than 10 years old.
Failure to file a report within 80
days after July l makes the corpora
ton liable to the payment Of a fee of
IS to the secretary, of state. Further
delays increase the penalties, the
maximum being custer from the state.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Britain Firm in Blacklist POLICY

Washington.-The British govern
ment's reply to the American note
against extension of the blacklist to
the United States does not accept
the American contentious and holds
that the blacklist is a purely internal
measure and must be maintained as
an absolute military necessity.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Mas convloted. wIfe nn rrl.l

Nashville, Ark.-After John Smith,
a farmer, had been convicted Of sec
%ond-degree murder in the circuit court
and sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary, Smiths young wife was
placed on trial, charged with the MUIR
der Of G. s. Ledford here on septem-
Der rs
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
swedlsh Vessels Released.

London.-The Russian government
has released 81 Swedish vessels which
have been held in Russian harbors
for two years, according to a Copen-
hagen dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph Co.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Genera! orozeo Executed.

Mexico City.-Gen. Emilio Orozco Of
the Zapata forces, once a powerful
rebel leader, who has caused much
trouble in the state of Mexico, was
captured in the nearby hills with IL
of his men. They we're shot.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Coast traffic safe.

Rio De Janeiro.-German business
interests here have been officially ad.
vised that submarines will sink no
chips between North and South Amer
lean ports. Strict orders have been
given because of German interests in
South America.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Burqlar's Cantor Made Queen.

Yonkers, N. Y.-Miss Anna Shea
who captured an armed burglar after
he had shot and wounded a police
man, has been crowned queen of the
Chamber of Commerce festival.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Eloht Hours for Shoe Workers

Binghampton, N. Y.-Endicott, John
son & Co., owning one Of the largest
shoe factories in the world, employ
ing $4,000 persons, announced a vol
untary reduction of working hours
from 60 hours a week to 4S hours
without reduction In pay.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Kansas Population 1,7t5,4e3.

Topeka, Kan.-The population of
Kansas is 1,715,463, a gain of 1878
over last years figures, according
to the announcement of the state
board of agriculture on completion the
report of the county assessors.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
sheriff Shot, Prisoner Killed.

Sapulpa, O~k.-Sherif Wilder is be-
lieved to be dying and Alva Taylor
is dead, as the result of the attempt
of Taylor and Herbert Farmer to es-
cape from jail here, where they we're
serving sentences for robbery.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Pickpockets Leave Gun.

Chicago,-Charles G. Wilson, 80,
Milton, Ill, came to Chicago as a dele
gate to a Masonic convention. He
carried a revolver when he went out
to see cabaret life and p~ickpockets
got all his ~valuabIes, but left the
weapon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Escapes U.Boats, Dies ON Land

|NN"FN~ NI0WE' HTNV UT IWTTU
Philadelphia.-After evading death
when his ships we're destroyed, one
by a German submarine and the other
by ice in the White Sea. Eugene B.
Dolk, sea captain, died suddenly from
heart disease.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Robbers stage Pantomlme.

Chicago.-Holdup men, who invaded
a branch of the Consumers Company
here, backed three men up against
the wall, made the cashier give them
s145 and escaped without ever utter
ing a word.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
penItentIary InvestIuatIon Asked.

Sedalia, Mo.--Aurora was chosen
for the next annual conference OF
Missouri Congregationalists. A reso-
luton was passed asking for an In
quisition into the Missouri penlten-
tiary.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Miners Out Pending Agreement.

McAlester, Ok.-Miners employed
by the Samples Coal Co. in their mine
No. 2 near McAlester, walked out
with the announcement that they
would not return to work until the
biennial wage contract is signed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Another Appam Apneal EiIsd

Neutrality-suspicious. claimants ap-
pealed to the supreme court from the
decree of the Virginia federal courts
awarding the cargo of the prize ship
Appam to British interests.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
CHICAGO Physician Ends LIE.

Chicago.-Dr. Milton Bennett Titus,
40 years old, died in st. Luke's Hos
pital, having swallowed poison on a
street a after his arrest in con-
nection with an illegal operation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19

Christiania.-The Rumanian steam
er Bistrita has been torpedoed. The
Bistrita, a steamer of 1888 tons
gross, vas built in 1915, was reported
sailing from Archangel on August IA.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Muekoqee Car Strike Ends.

Muskogee, ok.--Recognltion of the
newly formed union and reinstatement
of striking employees were the chief
provisions of a contract signed here
by which the local traction strike was
ended.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Adriatlc Makes Dash

New York.-In defiance Of possible
lurking submarines. the White Star
liner Adriatic. the queen Of the mu
nitions fleet has sailed for England
carrying 1900 tons Of war supplies.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Rarvtes Sold In Missouri.

In 1915 Missouri marketed 1910
tons of barytes which, at $4.05 a ton,
was worth $15S,597, according to a
bureau of labor statistics bulletin, Is
sued by Commissioner John T. Fitz-
patrick.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19

London.-The German Diet has de-
cided to seize all stocks Of tobacco
throughout the empire. II Is expected
that the issuance Of tobacco tickets
will follow the seizure.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19

use Hatpln on Washer, Says Judge.
Chicago.-"The next time a flirt an
noys you jab him with your hatpin,
then have him brought before me and
I'll do the rest" So said Justice Ma
honey to Miss Marie Stuart.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Rail Mems SLOGAN.

Jefferson City, Mo.-Each car of a
train of As box cars which passed
through Jefferson City was inscribed
with the legend, Eight hours for
us, eight years for Wilson"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Jane Adams for Nilsson

Chicago am going to vote for
Wilson," said Miss Jane Adams of
Hull House. The well-known social
worker has just arrived in Chicago
from a sick bed in Maine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Wreck in Illinois.

Danville, Ill.-Running supposedly
with a clear track against all trains
except a limited not due, a Chicago
& Eastern Illinois work train collided
head-on with the Freeland Park
branch train just north of Milford,
blowing entirely through the express
train which consisted of two coaches.
The cars were empty.
Twenty trackmen, three foremen
and the engineer and fireman were
injured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Fund for Military Trainlnn.

Chicago.-Six Chicago citizens have
contributed $4,000 each toward a
fund to be used in furthering the.
cause Of universal military training.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19

Denver, Colo.-"The nation needs
women's votes more than woman
needs the vote" William ]. Bryan de-
clared in the course of a lecture.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
s1o Federal Reserve Counterfeit.

VIZ TVUCTdI HCoOTVC OUuHtCTTuTNs
Washington.--Secret service head
quarters gave notice of a dangerous
counterfeit of the $40 note OF the
Minneapolis federal reserve bank,
which is so well executed as to de-
ceive even expert money handlers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Polar Bear Meat Sold IN GERMANY.

Berlin.-The flesh of polar bears is
being sold in Weisswasser, in Ober-
lausitz, at 81 cents a pound. 1t finds
ready sale and is declared to be tasty
and nourishing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19

would become a raClUI Wnlle Gen
eral Trevino, Felix Diaz and others
of lesser Importance would strive to
get control of the government. All
of the new facts have been sent to
the Mexican joint commission, now
in session in Atlantic City, for its
guidance. In addition, Ambassador
Designate Arredondo is expected to
go there shortly to tell of conditions
as he observed them in Mexico.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Haeerman Loses Fight.

The supreme court ruled against
James S. Hagerman, Jr, circuit clerk
of st. Louis, on his prohibition pro-
~ceedings against the election commits
sioners to prevent them from print
ing the name of Nat Goldstein on the
Republican ballot for this office.
There will be a vacancy in the Of
flee after the election and the Demo
cratic city committee will have to
name some candidate or let the office
go by default.
This ruling will also apply to the
office of the state superintendent Of
public schools. The Republican state
committee has named a candidate for
this office, but the Democrats have
not yet done SO.
There was no opinion filed in this
case, but will be at some later date.
The court merely made a notation on
the papers stating that the writ was
denied. Judges Graves and Bond dis
sented from the views of the five
other judges.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Tells All About Missouri.

An illustrated work on Missouri
supplied free to women's clubs and
schools, is being prepared by the Ex-
tension Division of the University of
Missouri. The lecture will be in
charge of Prof. Charles H. Williams,
secretary Of the extension depart
ment.
Many literary clubs are making a
special study of Missouri literature
and high schools have desired a text
book.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Fox Portrait Presented.

The Missouri Bar Association
through Judge Shepard Barclay Of
st. Louis, presented the judges Of
the supreme court with an oil paint
ing Of the late Judge James D. Fox
Of the supreme court, who died in
st. Louis Oct. 6, 1910, and while a
member Of the court. The presenta-
ton was made at the opening Of the
fall term. The portrait will be hung
In the courtroom. The presentation
speech was made by William G. Mar
shall, for many years a colleague Of
Judge Fox.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Wild Sers
Eliminat,
Joint c

Washington
revarts from Mex
aIT from hall a
indicate that Gen,
has alienated pr
former loyal mill
elimination as a
affairs is declare
fore the first of
the reports reae
actually in flighl
but this is not &C
credited.
What the outct
n is overtime
cast There is !
other wild scrau
at least half a i,
result. Obregon
er from the mill
he would control
sonal following.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Refuses to Accept Boy. is.

Lawrence McCune, 15 years old,
was brought to the ~penitentiary by
Sheriff Charles ]. Farris of Lawrence
county, under a four-year sentence for
robbing a store. He returned to Law
renee county with the sheriff after
warden OF the penitentiary had de-
INJURED strongly to receiving him as
a convict.
When he was turned over the pris-
on officers the warden said he would
only admit him to the prison after
every remedy to help him regain his
liberty had been exhausted.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-10-19
Ask for Commission.


Appointment of a commission to
take testimony in the test case of the
State of Missouri against the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad,
involving refunds by Missouri rail-
Dads of excess passenger fares col
lected while legality Of the state @
cents-a-mile rate law was being con-
tested, was asked for in the supreme
court by Attorney General Baker.
Between $4,000, 900 and $4,000, 900 is
involved and the State of Missouri be-
gan. proceedings for refund after the
supreme court upheld the rate law.
Bread Loaves Smaller
The extent of increases In the cost
OF bread or decreases in loaf sizes
between May 10 and Sept. Is, is de-
tailed in figures from 45 of the coun-
try's principal Industrial centers and
made public by the bureau of labor
statistics. Bakers gave as reasons
for changes in price and weight the
increased cost Of material and ingre.
dents, specially flour. or 210 kinds
OF bread that retailed for S cents a
loaf and weighed 16 ounces or over
on May 10. only IA remained at the
same price and weight.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-14
Here Are the Papers"

in an hour in the lobby at a cigar and
reading the evening papers. There
was a crowd of new arrivals and the
clerk at the office desk had his hands
full and hurriedly slid across. the
counter the key asked for by Rodney.
He had not yet been up to his
room and handed the key to a bell
boy. Once within the apartment he
sat down at a table, discovering the
usual outfit of writing and hotel pa
per. Rodney wrote fully to his un-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-14

the process was slow. Several weeks
passed by and Rodney was wearied
Of wandering. He had about made
up his mind to write to his uncle re-
signing his wandering commission
and returning home to the old cher
ished and IOnged-fOr life, when some
thing happened.
1t came with rather startling mys-
terry and abruptness. Rodney had
reached a little city in a state of the
middle west and had put up at no
tel, deciding with the morning to.
purchase his tickets for a return to
his original starting place. He put