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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
CROWDED CAR
GOES IN river.
RAIN MAD UNDERMINED TRACK
Speeding Trolley Slips Along Bank
and Turns Upside Down In River
Just Above Fafls-Two Swept
Into Whirlpool.

Niagara Falls. New York.-A belt
car IN the Great Gorge route loaded
with passengers left the rails. plunged
down a 2o-foot embankment and
turned over in 10 feet Of water on the
edge of the Whirlpool Rapids Sun.
da. afternoon.
Nine persons are known to be dead.
two known to have been on the car
h We not been seen since the accident
and probably are dead, an indefinite
number. estimated at from two to ten,
are reported missing and more than a
cor are in hospitals suffering from
injuries.
A washout. due to recent heavy
rains. was the cause Of the disaster,
which occurred just below the can't.
lever bridge and 6 feet below the
point where the smooth water Of the
upper reaches of the Niagara break
into the turbulent Whirlpool Rapids
E. E. Nicklis, superintendent of the
Gorge railroad. issued q statement
In which he placed the number o.
dead at IA. All the other passenger
ON the car had been accounted for, hi
said.
The car had all but completed thu
circuit Of the gorge, having crossed
from the Canadian side of the rive
on the trolley bridge at Lewiston
There were more than so passengr
on board, it was believed.
The car was one of the open style
the seats extending from side to side
with steps on both sides the full
length. All the seats were occupied
some passengers were standing be
tween them and there were other
on, the rear platform.
The car was running at a speed c
about twenty miles an hour when
strrcb the weak spot in the roadbet
Less than half a minute elapsed frol
the time the motorman felt the firs
jarring sway until the car was bottol
side up on the edge Of the rushin
rapids.
From the riverside the bodies OF ;
least two of the passengers were see
to be caught in the swifter watel
and were car*;cd down to the whit
pool.
Members Of a national guard cor
PAM saw the accident and were fir
to the rescue.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
N USE DEADLY GERMS
Teuton Object is to Wipe Out Race
Says w. Howard Cole, Consult.
inc Engineer.

New York. - William Howard Co.e,
a consulting engineer here from the
war zone says that the Germans are
operating germ factories for the prop
agation of deadly diseases among the
enemy nations. He says that men and
women who fall into Teuton hands
are inoculated hypodermically with
infectious and contagious diseases,
and when the opportunity presents it.
self are liberated to spread death and
disease among all those with whom
they come in contact.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
Calls for School Report.

To determine what basis there Is
for the report that Missouri public
schools rank thirty-second in Ell
cheney in the United States. Gov.
Gardner directed Uel W. Lampkin,
state superintendent of public schools,
to make a report to him not later than
June 80. 1918.
The governor wants the survey to
cover the physical condition OF the
schools. methods OF instruction., adap-
liability of the cours of study to the
needs Of the community, qualifications
of the teachers. and other facts bear
ing upon the public schools.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05

-Four days after receiving orders
from The war department to organize
. company Of motor truck drivers for
the Missouri infantry. Lieutenants J.
A. Wright and b. b. Minor, attached
10 reeimental headquarters ct Pierce
City. announced that the full compile
ment of men had been secured. Ten
more than the required number. fifty.
three, were enlisted.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
obreaou TO 90 70 France.

FL Paso, Tex.-Gen. Aware Dbre'
gon, former minister Of war In Car.
ranxa's cabinet. has been designated
40 military observer of the Mexican
government, with the American and
French armies, aud will 30 to the
French front in the near future.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
NEGROES RIOT IN (. ST. LOUIS
Big Body Of Armed Blacks Refuse to
Disperse When Order Came--
Martial Law in Force.

East st. Louis, Ill.-More than
200 rioting negroes in East st. Louis
Monday. every man armed with
either a rife or a revolver, took
possession of the black belt in the
vicinity OF Sixteenth street and Bots,
menue avenue, killed one policeman
and seriously wounded four other Of
ficers and n citizen.
Without a word Of warning. the ne
groes opened fire on a police depart
ment automobile, in which four Of
ficers and a reporter were riding. in
Bond avenue, nea Tenth street. and
raked the car with bullets. That any
one escaped alive is a mystery.
Two companies of the Illinois ma
tional guard, now in the federal serv
ice, have been sent to the scene ant
are now In control.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
REPORTS
c0UITIFUlDse GONE
lgw,s COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE
SAID TO HAVE ovgN0NAWN
eAlANteo.
SUN APPRoxlmAIEs $4,000
Clerks Bond Not Recorded and Ne
10 Said 60 Owe o6,S2o-Noah w.
Simpson Also Charged With
Taking Too Much.
Jefferson City. Mo.

JEFFERSON City. Mo.
An examination of the records Of
Lewis county. filed with the county
court at Monticello By examiners from
Auditor Hackmann's Office, show that
James W. Barnes. former circuit
clerk. owe the county $3.50 and that
his bond is missing and not recorded.
Among county officers and former
county officers who are found TO have
collected and kept more money than
they were legally entitled to retain is
Noah w. Simpson, a member Of the
public service commission. who a.
prosecuting attorney received $500 a
year in salary for four years. instead
Of the $500 which the report hnds he
should have been paid.
Barnes bond should be on ale In
the Office Of the secretary Of state.
It Ia not here. 1t should be recorded
In the Office Of the circuit clerk and
recorder of Lewis county. which Ia the
office Barnes held. 1t Is not recorded
there.
The examiners found that county
officers and former officers W the
county approximately $4,000.
E. c. Hilbert. who succeeded Simp'
son a. prosecuting attorney, must pay
back $500; J. M. Smoot. former coun.
ty clerk. $~6,747.13: Earl Samuel, coun
ty clerk, $43S.23; N. W. Castor, for
mer collector, $14.02.
Burrell NJ. Bradshaw, county collec
tor. is found to have overpaid this
county $517.61, which he will recover
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
Grants Woman Aabeas Corpus.

Judge Walker Of the supreme court
granted a writ Of habeas corpus IN
the application of Mrs. Effie Liyings-
ton Of Jasper county, uEder sentence
Of 10 years In the penitentiary for the
murder Of her husband.
She gave bond in the SIN Of $4,000
and was released. Meantime, she has
taken an appeal from the judgment OF
the lower court to the supreme court,
where her case will be heard next
October. She had been In prison one
month. a5
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
Ari,ona otrjke Prebable.

Globe, Ariz.-Respondins to the ~
fussi Of the three big copper corups'
MES IN the Globe. Miami district TO
consider their demands, the Metal
Mine Workers industrlal Union ~
nued an order to Quit work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05

Threatened Wilson,, Gets One Ysar.
New York.-Adolph Swimer. con.
victed OF having threatened to kill
President Wilson, was sentenced In
Newark TO one year and M day In
the federal %penitentiary ~ Atlanta.
ca.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
elsetrIcIans In Conference.

Butte. Mont.-Two conferences
were held BY electricians Of the Mon
tana Power Company and the COM
pany officials In an effort to bring
10 an end the electricians' strike
which has thrown out $4,000 men,,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
De Weeee chootes shooting.

De Weeoo CH0oteb 0U00SInv'
Salt Lake City. Utah.--Howard De
Weese, convicted Of the murder Of
bis wife, who before their marriage
was Mrs. Harry w. Fisher OF New
York, chose to be shot rather than
hung when the death sentence Is exc.
cuted July 6.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
Nav, n Medals.

Paris-The official medal to be
sold on the. streets Of Paris July IA,
the nationsl holiday, Will bear the
proflec 81 Washington and Lafayette
on one side and the arms Of the eli.
Of Paris ON the other.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
New Carload Limits.

An application has been filed with
the public service commission by the
trunk-line railroads operating in Mis-.
souri, for the establishment Of a new
minimum carload limit on shipments
Of grain and grain products.
Many years ago the old board CT
railway and warehouse commissions
ers fixed the minimum at 30,003
pounds. This proved satisfactory I'm.
til recently, when the minimum fixed
by the interstate commerce commits
sion vas placed at 10000 pounds.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05

Gov. Gardner in an address urges
the people of Missouri to support the
state and county councils of defense
in every way possible.
These organizations, he says. are
the supreme local authority in all mat
ters pertaining to the mobilization OF
the states resources, n only
through them can the nation be ef'
ficiently served,
Independent action by organizations
and individuals he declares can only
result in confusion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
0i,0oo.ooo oaIary.

New York.-Motion picture starr
were startled when they heard that
Charley Chaplin. the English come
dian, had received IN offer OF . al.
ary Of 100000 for his services for
one year, beginning about Sept. ].
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
Wxomina Eorest eurnina.

Laramie, Wyo.--Four forest fires.
two OF them serious, are burning In
this section. 1t Is believed the most
serious one, which threatened the set.
Element Of Gramm, is go miles west
Of here.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05

eaesls, a1ay - nsenssA
A eaaks0VegU Dose eeFeo9D ~
- loag 6ls0ake svw u on1ae
sesas ~ be0n bstveeo - 0aglhes
Csnnissssa Bad ~ ON . -.
~ oouessctoss whe seseas1 ~ ~
butldlnG.
The new building u FsaAy . -
tuned oves to the board - . een-
pletsd s~tEuetnrs. but the oonniesssa
insists o. The payment q ese.eee -
accrued damages tor 6elass Of more
than . year.
The capitol commission board may
decline to ACCEPT the building On the
ground that It b not complete. What
part Of the forfeit money the CON-
mission will undertake to collect from
Gin. members OF the board had not
determined.
Under the contract between GIL
and the board. the building was to
have been completed July I. 1915,
| The contract also provided that Gill
| should forfeit $3.50 a day. In lieu Of
| all damages and Inconvenience oc'
casioned by delay in completing the
| building. except for unavoidable De
lays"
Gin contends that the delay occa
stoned by the controversy over thu
selection of proper building stone re
tarded the work and that the boart
was a. much responsible for that De
law as he. He will also call attention
of the board to a record made by tn
board soon after the contrast wa
signed in which they granted him ~
ira time to obtain additional bids o.
rough stone.
The board ia willing to allow tn
contractor time OF for bad weather
II cannot, however. grant him othe
time without admitting that the
themselves, were at least partly n
sponsrble for the long delay. which
IL not believed they will do.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05

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Fd frtsb
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
Decatur Men Raise Price so Cent?

Decatur, lli.-With the news from
Washington that coal operators had
decided to reduce prices D%ecatur's
coal operators increased the price Of
coal IS cents a ton at the mine. This
makes the price $3.50 a ton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
waaes Increased Voluntarily.

Salt Lake City. Utah.-The Utah
Copper Co. and the American smelt'
ing and Refining Co. have voluntarily
increased wages to all employees 81.
fective July /. More than 1900 men
ara effected, M
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05

passsrs Given v. .. Soldiers.
\. Plattsburg, N. VA long, keen
daeger. II IL understood at the OIL.
cers' training camp here. will be sup.
plied every American infantryman
ing q, France.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
o..e- 01easure Adopted.

Wsshington, p. C.-The senate
aAopted the Reed resolution calling
rpon Tho federal trade commission TO
sccount for ~ failure 70 issue orders
~reetfaining the print paper manuiac'
turerg from Smonopollstic and unfair
preetjees."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
Jews Raise War Fund.

New York.-The American Jewish
relief committee announced lately
that in the last six months u raised
%, ESQ. 900 for the relief Of Jewish
sufferers In Europe. The committee
must raise 5000. 900 this year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
soIdiers' Reunion in Salem.

Duquoin, 1l.-The local post of the
Grand Army Of the Republic has been
advised that the annual reunion OF
the Southern illinois Soldiers and Sail.
ors' Reunion Association will be held
In salem the third week in August.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
American Filler Killed.

Psris.-According to . report re-.
ceived from the front, James Hall 81
Boston, an American aviator In the
Lafayette Escadrille, has been killed
in an air fight against seven. Germa,
advergartes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
German War Loan.

Berlin.--The Reichstag will be
called on to approve q budget for the
current fiscal year authorizinE the
chancellor to mobilize a new war
credit OF 50, $50. 100000, bringing the
appropriations TO $23, 500, 000, 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
aas rIne fer Cruelty.

Portland. OYe.--It cost John Wilcox,
GO, SIS to experiment with the crow.
Ing machinery Of q %neighbor's rooster.
John couldn't sleep. 30 John caught
tho Growing cooke and made a slit In
its tongue.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05

Kills Father Attacking Mother.
Springfield. M.--The Fiftieth gen.
farmer Of Mansfield. IL dead from
the effects Of q blow on the head
struck by his 1~7-year.old son. Preston.
in defense Of his mother.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
sociaUsts scold America.

C0penhagen.--The German majority
Socialists have returned from Stock.
holm and are scolding both Germany
and criticising the United States for
not favoring the German majority So
cialists' particular brand Of peace.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
Merken heads eecveNy League.

Menksn Heads security League.
New Works.. 6tanwood Menkcn
wa elected president Of the National
Security League. to succeed RoSert
Bacon, former ambassador to France
and now q major on the stan Of
Major General Pershing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
Liner sunk BY Mine.

London.-The Peninsular and Orient
liner Mongolia struck a mine and sank
OF Bombay = few days ego. according
TO dispatches received here. The pas.
sengers and crew were rescued.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
$4,000 Loss In Fire.

Elkhart, lnd.-The Sturgis Steel
Go-Cart Co.'s plant at Sturgis, Mich,
was totally wiped out by flames with
q loss Of approximately $S75. 900, fully
covered by insurance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
County Exemrtion Board Quits

Mexico, Mo.-The Audrain county
exemption board has resigned In
body. The members said they were
not willing to take the responsibility
Of determining who shall 30 to the
front and who shall remain at home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
Navigating sharks.

New London, Conn.-Man.catinE
sharks, which took their toll Of hu.
man life along the Atlantic coast last
season, have ~reappeared. A foot
man-eater was brought In.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
Bill for Registration.

Registration under the CONSUMPTION
act was not expensive in Cole county.
The total cost Of registering the 1900
men Of military age In the county
was but $167.
County Clerk Glenn 4. Dierck has
forwarded the county's expense bill to
the federal wal department.
The largest item Ia ~ per day fol
Is of the ~ registrars in the county
who charged for their services. Copy
ing names was about $50 and the bal
ance included telegraph and telephone
and miscellaneous items.
ture.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
Eiudes e%toodhounds.

Frank Johnson, doing a term OF
five years in the penitentiary for bur.
glary. demonstrated to the disgust Of
prison authorities that bloodhounds
are not worth their feed when prop.
erly dosed with red pepper.
Johnson made his escape from a gang
OF %convicts employed on the site of
the new state capitol park. He went
behind a high fill and changed his
pants and %sprinkled the pair he left
behind with plenty OF red pepper.
The hounds were called into requi-
sitoin, and one sniff of the garment
he left behind set the dogs wild with
pain.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
~ a. Mise Lusk sst.

Waukcsha, Wis.-Miss Grace Lusk,
confessed slayer Of Mrs. David Rob.
crts. began her long walt for the trial
n December. The coronsr's Jury 81.
rected that Miss Lusk stand trlAl Tor
he killing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
Iutnol. Assembly AdIourns.

Springfield, IIl.-The Nftieh gen
eral assembly adjourned sine die
Friday. Lowden sliced . little over .
million dollars on the appropriation
bills.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
6nEEcE TO JOIN
ALLIES IN WAR.
oaeAlee agLAvloM WITH oGR.
NAVY. AUoTNlA, oUloAAiA
AND TURKEY.
ssesnuTlEs NOT VET OPENED
vsseaals MiN'seess frsm Fsrsisn Pests
= 0uteh ralse Over Archives
-Weve % 0eoHit o. constaN-
tines 0sthrensmeWt

Athens-The Greek government
has broken diplomatic relations with
Nermany. Austria-Hungary Bulgaria
and Turkey.
Though val has not yet been de-
'clared. the Greek government consid.
iers that q state OF wal exists since
fts advent to power.
The recall OF the Greek diplomatic
representatives accredited to the cen.
ltral powers and their allies Is immi.
tnent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
Am.r,e.o KILLED a Front.

Paris.-Paul Osborne, Is. Of Mont.
clair, N. j., attached to the American
field service. died In a base hospital
lust behind the front from wounds.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
eons.Dry Costa.

oons.Dry Costa.
Bone.dry prohibition a. proposed in
the federal food-contrN measure
would cost Missouri more than S..
5000 biennialiy In revenues from
license taxes and fees from inspsc.
ton Of beer and other malt liquors.
It would cost the counties and the
city Of g.. Louis approximately a.,
| 000. 900 annually.
After Pay Methods.
In the supreme court In hanc Judge
Faris, with the concurrence Of tho
other judges, held valid cnd constl-
tutional the act Of 1916 changing tao
basis Of puy fot the clerks Of the cir,
cult courts throughout the state.
,Constitutlonality Of the statute waa
attacked on the ground II was grant.
ing tho circuit clerks an Increase tn
salary during the terms Of ofice for
which they were elected.
judge Fraris rules that tho law Ia
not an increase Of salaries, but a
change In the methods Of pay.
oupreWNe Court Decisions.
Eighteen opinions were delivered
and were passed upon 1t Z sitting Of
the motion and wf1ts In q number o.
cases supreme court IN banc. THU
probably ID the last delivery Of deci
sions Of any magnitude during thu
rest q the present term. which vii
soon close.
There may be another delivery Il
banc ct this term. but Il viii consis
Of two or three opinions.
Il II expected that there will bs %
other delivery Of decisions in div!slol
No. 4.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05

I eCS SWSS E
Paris-Telegraphing from Athens
the correspondent Of lie Temps says:
THE Greek government has direct
ed it's minister to Switzerland. G.
Garadja, to communicate to the Greek
legations ut Berlin. Vienna. Sofia and
Constantinople instructing the minis
tiers to break diplomatic relations be.
tween the Greek kingdom and the
governments Of Germany, Austria,
Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey.
THE Greek ministers at these cap
itals are instructed to leave their
posts with their stats and to place
their archives with The Netherlands
legations.
THE rupture is based on the in
compatibility OF maintaining diplo.
matte relations with governments that
are carrying on war in Greek terri
tory.
Result Of Kings cethronement.
Greece's new course with regard to
the war began to be shaped on june
IL, with the %abdication Of King Con
stantine and the accession of Alexan
der, his second son, as king. The alb
dication was in effect a dethronemen'
Of Constantine, whose proGerman at
titude had given the entente endless
trouble and threatened not only thu
success of the Salonika expedition
but its safety through danger Of bacl
fire from a hostile Greek militar,
force. Decisive action by the entent
was long in coming, but was drasti
,hon EnnllN taken
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05
Autos on the Increase.

A heavy increase in the number OF
automobiles owned in Missouri over
the number registered last year. Is
indicated by figures compiled by the
automobile department in the offce
Of Secretary of State Sullivan.
The percentage Of increase is rath-
er larger in the country than in the
larger cities. indicating that residents
Of the towns and farmers are still
active in the market for machines.
The gain is approximately Is per cent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-07-05

John Coss, . farmer, was killed sno
Bert Coxad, also 1 farmer, badly To-
jured whom q motor car IN which they
were returning to Orient. 10, from y.
Joseph, went off q bridge near MAY.
Vile. Cosad was taken 70 . hosp''s'
In Maryvills,
While be wa out for Z walk. .Eathc5
James Ksarfut, On aged retsrsd Cess.
ollie priest Of 81. Joseph, was attaoteo
by'a robbsr, and whom be reslstea:
tho fcotpad shot him three times arg
escspsd. Father Kearfut 10 not ~
pect10 70 recover from The eesi',ds,