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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-09-15
GOLD CORD A WAR PERIL
Heavy Losses of offscers In European
War Caused BY Badoss Of
Rank.

paris.-One Of the earliest lessons
Of the war was that Of the danger to
officers In allowing them to wear
badges Of their rank. gold cord around
their coat sleeves, gold decorations
on their headgear. etc, which marked
them out to the enemy's picked shots
and resulted In unnecessary and
avoidable losses among them. This
lesson was learned, and now 1t has be-
come 20 difficult at the front to iden-
tify an officer that q failure to salute
is overlooked on this ground.
There seems. however, a chance that
this danger Is being revived by the
regulations making the wearing of
chevrons obligatory. These chevrons
are In the form of an inverted v and
are worn on the right arm between
the elbow and shoulder 10 denote that
the wearer has been wounded, and on
the left to show the length Of time
he has been at the front, one showing
one year Of active service, two for 1S
months. They are worn In all sorts
Of material and colors, officers wear
ing them In gold and silver. When
worn on leave or during convalescence
their visibility is a good point, but at
the front they draw upon their wear
ers the same danger that badges of
rank formerly did.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-09-15
cows ARE FOND OF MUSIC
Ragtime In the Barn Increases the
Flow and stops Talk OF
Mixers.

Denver, Colo.--Ragtime music at
milking time is an innovation on the
dairy farm Of W. w. Wilcox, east of
Denver. He says the herd shows Its
appreciation by yielding an increased
amount Of lncteal fluid. He recently
installed a phonograph in one end of
the barn.
ut serves two purposes" explained
Wilcox. ut keeps the cows quiet.
Cows have esthetic, musical temper
aments. II keeps the men from talk
ing and forgetting their work. Con-
stant interruption by talking inter
feres with the fiow Of milk and lessons
the quantity the COW would yield 9th
erwise.
'The music charms and soothes the
bovine soul as nothing else can, and
under such conditions she will allow
even an ordinary mixer greatly In
creased quantity.
II know she pays for the music"
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-09-15

Montgomery, Ala.---Fslix Smith,
white. . convict serving two years for
embexzlement, escaped from the .tur-
psntine camp, near the Florida linz.
end walked 900 miles hack to the psni-
tontiary rather than suffer the abuses
which he said were heapsd upon him
in the camp. He walked into the psni-
tentiary and told tho warden that hs
had escaped 20 he could come back
home" Smith has served eight months
and most likely win mot be ssnt hack
70 the camp
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-09-15
STOPPED ESCAPE FROM JAIL
Indiana Sheriff Finds Bars Bent 81
That Human Body Might
Pasa

Sullivan, Ind. AN effort at a Jail de
livery was frustrated the other night
by Sheriff I'D Kelley, who found the
iron bars Of one Of the outside win.
dows bent sufficiently to allow mans
body to pass. A sheet was pinned oyei
the window to conceal the work.
Duby Heath and Harry Ramsel, in
Jail awaiting trial on a charge Of auto
mobile theft. are suspected by the
sheriff and have been locked In sepa
rate cells. The discovery was made
soon after the supper hour. A bar
used to bend the window bars had
been removed from a cell door.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-09-15
FALSE TEETH ARE VALUABLE
California Industrial Accident Com
mission Says They Must
De Paid For

San Francisco.- store teeth" are
Just as good az those furnished by
nature. In the eyes Of the state indus
trial accident commission. A San Fran
cisco plumber was struck By piece
Of pipe he was repairing, with the re-
suit that three teeth. two false. were
knocked out. His employer was will
Ing to pay for the dental work neces-
sary to an the void left BY the natural
teeth. but baked In the cnse OF the
others. The commission has ruled
that he also ninst pay for replacing
the mal-raode pair.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-09-15
KING DRINKS AFTER HORSE
interesting Anecdote Related Abous
Albert Of Belgium by Son Of
Manufacturer.

Pariss-The son of a leading manu-
facturer OF Brussels. whose two broth
ers have been killed at the front, tells
the following anecdote, which dates
from the first summer Of the war:
1T had been a hot day, and King
Albert. who had not left the trenches
for hours, was suffering from thirst.
he asked for something to drink, but
not q soldier had anything left. Back
OF the trenches a man saw horse
drinking and went over and started to
pull the bucket away.
"Don't do that said the king. Let
the poor animal drink; perhaps It
needs It more than I do
1T was not until the horse had IN
islied drinking that the king took up
the bucket and drank the few drops
thst remainef."
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-09-15
HonoRs FOR EccLEslAsTIcs
Five Hundred and eIxty-Four Cited In
Orders Of Day for Gallant Con.
duct With French Army.

Paris.--French ecclesiastics who
have been decorated and cited 10 the
orders Of the day Of the army for
gallant conduct on the field Of battle
now number 5o4. Eleven were shot
by the Germans, three died from III
treatment during the invssion, 81 were
taken as hostages to Germany and
four of them have died In captivity.
The numbers Of killed and wounded
are not given out, but the number Of
citations indicates that they arc con-
siderable.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-09-15

Green county's meanest man
is said with out fear OF contra.
diction to be a farmer who when
his mother came from Marion
vile to visit him, grefused to take
her out to his home or have any
thing to do with her and she had
to 60 back again.
That the early bird catches The
worm wonthofi With q mock ot
Joplin chickens, only in this case
IFS bugs. About twenty-five
pullets and ROSTERS spend their
evenings under an arc light at
the intersection OF two streets
gobbling up the insects which
the glare OF the light attracts.
They have been seen out as late
as midnight.
A company 10 being org anized
at Charleston which proposes to
sink an artesian we'll in the court
house yard. 1t is claimed that
Charleston is in direct line be.
tween the Texas oil fields and
those OF Illinois and Represented,
tives OF the Standard Oil Co.,
are OF the opinion that the
chances for striking oil are ex-
cellent.
The sale Of the Cape Girardeau
Northern Railroad by Louis
Houck, Of Cape Girardeau, sew
eral years ago to the Frisco Rail-
road Company, has been con-
firmed in the United States court.
Special Master Fauntleroy allow-
ed the claim Of Mr.. Houck forI
81, ,037, 1888.
A recent funeral at Oran is
said 70 have been attended byI
5000 people and 100 automobiles
were in use. The man who died |
was worth over 100000. He
was a Catholic and three priests
at the funeral.
Many newspaper all over the
country are cutting down the
number Of pages and those that
DO not havea notified their sub
scribers that there will be an in
sfsass in the subscription price.
This is necess ary because print
paper now costs aImost lhrss
lines as much as II did one yesr
ago. .'-e
While putting on some s'mon-
xey shines with a rope attached
= : hoisting bucket being used
g digging 4 hole, "Unols" Billyl
Williams had wrapped the rope
about his neek when someone
accidentally gave the engineer
! signal TO hoist away. The
breath left Uncle Billy suddenly
ss his feet cleared the ground, |
'ut he grasped the rope with
,is hands and kept the moose
lack until he conld be let down,
he Vandalia Mail says.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-09-15

Don't think too much Of the good
old days; when knighthood was in
tower the bath tub wasn't Atchison
Globe.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-09-15

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

contract for paving seven blocks
AT Cape Girardeau. 9 stock
dealer recently sold twelve head
Of yearling calves for sS47.50.
In New Madrid county, the
sunnower crop is just about one
third Of the average of last year.
Not single marriage, but i've
cults filed for for divorce 10 the
Harrison county record last week.
Al Maryville the bakers have
combined and raised the price OF
bread owing to the high price OF
flour.
Hot weather is causing paw
paws and persimmons to ripen
and fall from the trees in the
Ozarks.
George Begley Of Poplar Bluff.
has 100 acres.in rice this year
and expects TO clear 1886. .OO9 on
the years crop.
AT Fredericktown recently q
man skipped oft and left board
billat hotel. He was arrested
and fined S5. .00. and costs
A $12, 900 play houseis being
built at Caruthsrsville, and Alvin
Chapman, OF Senath. Dunklin
county has the building rented.
The BARRIERS Union at Charles
ton have raised the price OF .
-hair-oui, 4shsmpoo and massage
10 35- cents, each. Shaves will
remain steady at 10 cents, each.
It's reported from Jefferson
City that the. new state capital
will be in readiness for the in
auguration OF Governor Fred
erick d. Gardner early next
January.
Waddell Fielde, who swindled
a Cape. Girardeau bank. in De-
cember, 1915, and was given q
five year sentence, has been pa.
rolled, after serving about six
months VI his1term.
For endeavoring to teach q
man with noilegs how. to do the
buck and wing dance, q visitor
10 Moberly was. booked to appear
before the police judge.
After considering the high cost
OF meat, Clinton hunters recent
ly met in The office Of the county
clerk formed q club and took up
an as ,essment for the purchase
OF q pair Of coon hounds.
The Normal school OF Cape
Girardeau will open next Monday
morning, September II. 1t is
Southeast Missouri's greatest
college which had an enrolment
OF 1444 students last year.
Adrian is . Missouri town that
has heretofore been niggerless,
and many children OF that place
saw their first negro the other
day when q lunch Of black
women making up a Colored
Bloomer base ball club hit that
town.
J. N. Burg. living on route /
out OF Rock Port has sent The
Mail . sample Of alfalfa taken
frcm . field Of twelys acres at
the third cutting. Twelve acrss
Of pure. heavy alfalfa with no
weeds and measuring thirty
seven inches in height.-Atchi-
son County Mail. |,
Eli Warren was killed In .
oemsnt plant ct Cape Girardeau
one day last week. He was
caught IN an suger eonveyor and
his legs and The lower part Of
his trunk we're practically cut to
pieces. He died in a few min "A
uiss after being taken from The |
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-09-15

ed BY East Prairie, which, will
the season half over, has shipes
ITO carloads. It is expected l.:
million melons will be loaded be-
| fore the season ends.
! A new record in babydom Il
claimedTby Mr.. and Mrs. Ell
| Arnold Of Atchison county, O.
and 81 years old respectively,
since the arrival OF q 10 pound
girl. their sixteenth child. Fiji.
teen of the children are living.
In a few days Missouri will
pass the 100000 mark in motor
! cars. Last Friday the state
license department had issued
J 98,90I license tags. Applications
for licenses were coming in at the
rate Of 175 a day.
A 10 year old boy was killed
at his parents home at Jefferson
City one day last week by q
shotgun which fell from the rack
when another boy Of the house,
hold slammed the door. The
shot from the gun penetrated the
heart Of the boy.
There are two kinds Of prohi-
bition: Prohibition used for
political purposes and practical
prohibition. Clinton county has
both classes. The kind for
political purposes is used by
many a little cockleburr states-
insnto bocst himself into office.
Clinton County Democrat.
Mississippi county is a great
watermelon section, and she crops
are unusually profitable. This
year one farmer had sixty acres
Of wheat and eighteen acres o.
watermelons. The yield Of wheat
sold for $3.50, while the melons
brought about 1880. The same
ratio prevailed on other farms.
During the heated term in ST.
Louis there were two kinds OF
eggs on the produce market.
"eggs" and ''just eggs" An
idea Of the difference may be
CLEANED from the prices. For
"eggs" 40 cents a dozen was
asked, willis "just eggs" sold for
seven cents a dozen.
A youth was shot In a melon
field near Poplar Bluff last week
by the owner OF the same and
badly injured. The owner had
announced that he was raising
melons as q business and could
not permit visits by boys at
night. When they came he fired,
wounding one as stated.
In climbing among the branch
es of q tree at Fayett. the other
day one OF the party Of youths
who were watching a bali game
came in contact with q live wire
and was electrooized. The tree
was 50 heavily charged that the
other boys.could not get down
until the power was turned off.
Two men we're recently given
'wo-year sentences each in the
penitentiary for stealing a wagon,
cam and harness in Ste. Gsns-
'ieve county. The outfit was
xorth about $50. ~he chief in
crest in this item is that these
ire the first persons to be sent TO
he penitentiary from that county
a years.
"Unals Billy" Hosux, Of Knob
Sostsr, feels right badly because
le missed voting at the last pri-
nary. the first election he has
'ver missed. He voted first for
|ames X. Polk for president In
644, and aaw Polk inaugurated
'ext year. He has voted for all
dissouri governors except the
lrst i've or six while he was
srowing up ID voting age.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-28
WEAKNESS STILL
RULE. in MARKET

- Weakness continued apparent il the
general list Of the stock exchange to-
day and severed declines were record
cd. Sales between boards were 1445
shares and az the session So. Prices
at which sales were made were Olaa
.141-4 and IA. Pioneer g. II and 81.
Eva 321.4. MeBryde 1884, Oahu
IS IL. Waialua 29l-2 and Brewery l6.
Engels Copper continued to be not
only the feature OF the unlisted shares
hut o. the whole market The quick
leap of yesterday morning brought
some profit taking and il fell back to
S4.97 -, but then advanced again TO
$3.50 and 50 Sales were 1885, and
buying orders waited all offers of the
stock and prevailing prices.
Mineral Products decline was met
! by buying orders At % cents and ii
rose 10 Sl02 IL. Oil was unchanged
at $500; Mountain King showed fur
Their weakness and dropped away to
% II cents and Tipperary sold at
1912 cents.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-28
WRESTLING BUOY
GOESLONG WAY
rRr Assnc;atsd Pressl

WASHINGTON: -. l..=-The rowing
voyage of a whistling buoy has Just
been written INTO maritime lords by
the United States Bureau OF Light,
houses and its courses charted by the
photographic office Of the navy in the
interest of science. ...-:: ~. 49,. -.
Nantucket Shoals whistlins buoy,
stationed off the Massachusetts coast
~ mark the location OF the Nantucket
Shoals light ship, began its. wander
inSs On January 20. 1919, and with. its
siren sounding a doleiul warning to
mariners, continued its voyage for a
year ard seven months
Il vas recovered August -. 1916, in
good condition approximately pa
miles northwest of Bermuda and since
has been turned over to the. United
States government by the Bermudian
authorities. The officers OF the Mar
seillaise have. been appropriately
thanked by the United States and the
buoy. which had been unsucCessfully
sought by steamers. of the lighthouse
service and other government vessels
after having been reported at various
points in the North Atlantic. is again
ready for service. after overhauling
ut New York. ..... .-....-
| Hydrogra pliers estimate the Ouoy
has travelled at least 5000 miles, cal
cnlating the distance in air lines
from point to point where 1t was re-
ported. Her actual mileage undonbt
edly was much more than that. -.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-28
HUGE Cargo IS !"
COMING TUESDAY

Another 90Go-ton cargo is coming
Hext Tuesday from san Francisco on
the Maison liner Matsonia A wire,
less from the Matson lines San Fran
cisco Offices reaching Castle & Cooke
today says the biz Matson flagship
has 1894 tons for Honolulu and CA for
Hilo. making total Ct 1881 tons
Among the passengers expected to
return on tie Matsonia are Mr. and
MIS-. +. .. Tenney and Mrs and Mrs.
Arthur n. Armitage Tenney is presi-
dent and general manager Of Castle
& Cooke, while Armitage IL in the
shipping department of the firm The
renneKs witnessed the launching in
san Francisco las. Saturday of the
new Matson flagship Maui The ArmI-
taGes are returning from their we'd
ding trip
The MatsOn steamer Manoa leaves
at s O'Clock tonight for kahului and
Kaanapafi, to discharge about 100
tons of cargo brought from San Fran
cisco for the Maui ports She will
return here Monday evening and
steam at noon Tuesday from Pier Il
Tor San Francisco
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-28
PERSIA MARU TO
COME SATURDAY

Although she left San Francisco
three hours before the China, the r..
r.. X. intermediate liner Persia Maru
will arrive % hours Eater than the
China Mail steamer
Wireless adyices received by Castle
a. Cookies shipping department. this
morning from the Persia Maru said
she will net arrive until Saturday
noon. She wants GO tons of bunker
coal and will leave for Yokohama that
night from Pier Z.
Passengers or bags Of mail on the
Persia. Maru arc no; stated in today 5
wireless The Persia has the big mail.
as she left ahead of the China and
was due 10 arrive here first Bad
weather has evidently delayed her.
The Persia has three days acclrmala-
tion, while the China has only thre@
hours mail, that which accumulated
between ! 40 p. m. December %, wien
the Persia Maru left. and 40 p m,
the hour or the China's departure that
day from San Francisco.
The China will be off port at ]
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon She has
only II bags. where the Persia prob
ably has d00 or more. The China viii
dock at Pier and leave the same
night for Yokohama There are book.
cd with the local agency, II. Hackfeld
e. Co. 100 passengers in all classes,
Of whom two are first cabin, eight
second and the balance steerage. Ii is
not vet known how much passenger
room she has available from Honolulu.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-28
SHIPPING 6WAT[RFRONT News
INSPECTION TRIP
To BEGIN soon

Final inspection FOR this year OF all
lighthouses in the territory Was com.
plctpd Wednesday according to Supt
Frank e. Palmer OF the 18th light
house district today. The last light
houses TO he Inspected were Honolulu
harltor and IIi,mpnd Head lights
Two inspections a year are made
Of all light stations in the islands
The lighthouse tender COlumbine has
completed her general overhaul and
Is now preparing for the first inspec.
ton trip @! the new year. The ten
der win leave the early part of Jan
uars- On the first OF. the two 1917 in
spcctions. going to Maui and AIolokai
first" 49,. ... .--~.
Superintendent Palmer also said to-
day that John NJ. Sweeney, keeper of
the Honolulu harbor lighthouse for
about two years past, has resigned,
his resignation to take effect Deem:
her 81. No successor will he appoint
ed right away A temporary assist
ant will be assigned for duty. Ii is
understood Sweeney will take posi-
tion as. second mate on an InterIsland
steamer. He was formerly quarter.
master Of the Columbine.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-28
DERWENT RIVERS
TROUBLES MANY

Trouble in large punches seems 30
have lit en- the British tramp freighter
Dcrwent River, which tried to enter
port Wednesday morning without
fumigation or. pratique, was turned
back and sent outside by territorial
pilot and entered this morning for
bunkers, docking at Pier 8. -. -:
Because the steamer had no certi.i-
cate of fumigation within the last six
months it was necessary to fumiga, e
her for both rats and mosquitoes.
This requires six hours, which pre-
vented the freighter from getting
pratique until 1880 last night, too late
for her to enter until today Ill. -.
This morning Capt. Joseph Felkins,
the Derwent's master, called at tie
Inter.Island, the local agency, and said
he would not continue the voyage uIl,
Ill four or five Greek, firemen had
been discharged here and new men
|, signed in their stead. The Greeks are
unsatisfactory They signed on at
Marseilles. Hartlepool and AntOfagasta.
Because of the trouble with the
firemen the vessel may not be able
to resume her trip to Vladivostok from
Antofagasta with $500 tons of nitrate
before tomorrow David l.. Peterson,
customs broker, is handling the Dor.
vents business here. ,.... -,
Each DAYS delay is costin
steamers charterers, Andrew W
Co. of London. more than S20Qh lie
link" freighter Gozan Mary ose
troubles here were manifol also
under charter to the same
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-28
Make MAKES SPEEDY
i TIME ON TRIAL RUN

Cutting through the water at nine
knots with her 240 horsepower Bolin-
der motor turning at lS0 revolutions
"A minute, 90 less than her maximum
speed, the Oahu Shipping Company's
rebuilt motor schooner James Makee
made her first official trial "trip We'd
nesday from this port to Rabbit isl
and. returning here at 1870 in the
afternoon
The James Idakee is commanded by
Capt. John Diggs, formerly mate on
the Matson steamer Lurline. Supt
Eben Low of the Oahu Shipping Com.
pany was also on board during the
trial run. The Makee's motor is the
same make as those on the Matson
motor schooners Il. p. Rithet and
Annie johnson.
Next week the Makee will go into
service, when she will leave for Kai-
lua, Hawaii, 10 load sugar for the
Kona Development Company She
will alternate between that run and
trips to lagoon ports on Windward
Oahu for canned pines.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-28
SCHOONER SEQU0IA IN
WITH LUMBER CARGO

Bringing 374.5iS feet Of lumber for
Levers & Cooke, the three-masted
schooner Seduoia. Capt. II. G. Kelton
arrived this morning from Port Gam
lie and locked at Pier IL to discharse
her cargo.
The schooner left the lumber port
November 80, making her time for the
voyage q days. She was boarded
at $40 this morning The Sequoia
10 $50 feet long. Her gross tonnage
Is 34l and net 324.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-28
CLOTHES CLEANERS. :
PUT UP PRICES FOR
WORK 80 PER CENT

Add one more item to the cost OF
living, not high living, but to economl-
cal living. Now up go the prices for
cleaning, pressing and dyeing clothes,
mems clothes and wOmen's clothes.
too. In some instances the increase
is 80 per cent. 1t is not unexpected
for the clothes cleaners association
announced some time since that it was
coming. Now the circular announcing
minimum prices is out. They go into
effect next week. IL"
The circular OF the clothes cleaners
says that wage increases, increased
cost of dyestuffs and other materials
cause the rise in prices 1t will now
cost at the lowest O. cents for clean
irg and pressing a two-piece suit for
a man and 81 for a wOman's skirt and
jacket Other increases are said TO
be comparative st. H.. 49, "....-~.
California, who purchased her two
weeks ago from Hind, ROlph & Com
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-28

The Columbian, of the American
: Hawaiian line, which was sunk re-
Gently by a German submarine off
the Spanish coast, was on voyage
from New York and Boston to st.
Nazaire and Genoa under charter 70
the France-Canada Steamship co. She
was $3.50 tons, built in 1907. Her st.
Nazaire cargo had been discharged
when she was sunk.