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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-03-01
Warning tn Hunters.

Positively no trepassing on my
premises. Keep out.-H. L. Tall
man. I7-tt
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Incubator for Sale.

A favorite, in A condition.
Cheap at S. oo.-Mrs. Anna Arner.
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Timber Land for Sale.

More than S acres miles west
of Jasper.-D W. Teeter, executor.
40 st.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-03-01

Money to loan on rms.-First
National Bank.
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Property for sale or rent. Cheap
Inquire of Fletcher Truax. 27.4tx
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Alfalfa and molasses at Ham
mond's feed store.
Miss Nadeene Beam of Carthage
was in Jasper Thursday.
For the highest market price on
poultry and eggs phone No. g.
C. l.. Spaid and wife of Joplin
we're in Jasper Saturday.
Isaac Lauderbaugh, is recover
ing from a serious sickness.
Ell Lauderbaugh was here from
Jefferson City the past week.
Rane LaForce of Marysvate,
Utah, is visiting relatives here
Miss Aretha B 4ird spont the week.
end at lakeside visiting relatives.
Don't forget Wheat & Ward
when you bring your produce to-
town.
Miss Pauline Roberts spent Sun
day here with her father, o. E
Roberts.
Miss Ethel Peterson Of Carthage
visited relatives and friends here
Sunday.
Thelst Shelton and wife and Mr..
Webb of Webb City were in Jasper
Monday.
Clyde Sharp and wife of Har-
wood visited their relatives here
this week.
Robert Wolfe and Mr.. Cox of
Lamar shipped car of horses to
Kansas City Saturday.
Fred and Lawrence Martin of
Golden City were at the T. L..
Kunkler home Saturday.
My spring hats are now in the
window. Latest styles, colors and
shaps.-Mrs. Dora Smith.
DR.. and Mrs. Will Houser of Car
thage were guests of DR.. D. c.
Houser and wife Thursday.
Mrs. H. E. Ballard and daughter
Esther of Carthage were Saturday
guests of Mrs. P. V. Roberts.
Mrs. A. D. Jackson of Carthage
and Mrs. Roy Avery of Picher,
Okla, were in Jasper last week.
Mrs. Jay Good went to Webb
City Wednesday, February 21, to
attend Mrs. E. G. Chapman's fune-
raj.
Mrs. D. C. Houser and son, Jer-
ONE Woodmansee, attended a ly-
ceum entertainment at Carthage
Friday night.
Miss Mary Alice Drake returned
Monday night, after spending few
days in Columbus, Kans., the guest
of w. E. McGhie and family.
Mrs. Mayme Peterson and little
daughter Dorothy, spent Saturday
and Sunday in Webb City and Jop-
lin visiting friends and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. S. Cunning of
Webb City, Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Vaughn and family of Fort Smith,
Ark, were visitors with Jay Good
and family Sunday.
Ben Appleby renews from Spring
field, Mo-, and sings-"Good bye,
old dollar; I'll only miss you once,
but you'll keep me from missing
The News So times.
Yale Corder, who has been EN-
ployed in the lumber business al
Fort Scott, Kans., has gone tc
Oklahoma to work for the Fuller,
ton Stewart Lumber Co., for whom
he formerly worked. Yale is wei
known here.
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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-01-05

June D.-General Funston called for at
least $1,000 troops for border service,
y s; sharply refused to withdraw troops
from Mexico.
June 2l.-Detachment OF American cav
airy attacked by Carranza troops at Car
rial, 10 being killed. Mexican losses in
cluded Gen. Felix Gomez.
June 23-House granted use of state
militia as federal soldiers.
Secretary Baker ordered all militia to
border as quickly as possible.
June 25.-President Wilson demanded
that Mexico release captured troopers.
June Standardization rejected plan
for mediation with Mexico.
Senate passed bill for drafting militia
into federal service.
June %. --Twenty-thre troopers taken at
Carrizal released by Mexico.
Pershing's column began retiring north
wards
July 6.-War department called out reg
ular army reserves to fill new regiments.
July 13.-President Wilson raised em-
barge on food for Mexico.
July &-U. S, accepted Carranzas plan
for Joint commission
Aug. H-War department ordered 81 600
more state troops TO border.
Aug. 22.-Secretary Lane, Judge George
Cray and Dr. J. r. Mott named as MeXi-
can settlement commission.
Aug, 30,-PresiGent ordered 21.000 troops
back from Mexican border.
Sept. 6.-American and Mexican commits
sloners began sessions at New London,
Conn.
Nov. 24.-Ameriean-M Mexican commission
signed protocol for withdrawal or Ameri-
can troops and patrol Of border.
Nov 2S,-Nilla captured Chihuahua City.
Dec. 2,-Villa driven from Chihuahua
CITY by Carranza forces
Dec, 6.-Parral recaptured by Carranza
forces.
Dec. 12.-Carranza troop train blown UP
by Villstas; 200 killed or injured
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-01-05
DISASTERS

Jan. 3.-Explosion on oil tanker Aztec
at New York killed ten
Jan 5.-steamer Kanawha sank in Ohio
Jan. ?. Du Pont powder mills at Car
ney's Point. N: j. blown up; six killed
Jan. l5.-U. $. submarine Ed blown UP
az New YORK navy yard; four killed, 10
Jan 1s.- Fire did s1o,oooo 900 damage in
BERGEN, Norway. and sl500,00o damage in
Jan. 17.-Fire destroyed most Of writ
:. Il ~ 21.-Fire at Mode Norway. did
Jan. p Great Northern train wrecked
BY avalanche near Corea. Wash, six
Jan. 2S.-Otay valley dam near san
Diego, Cal. broke; so dead
Feb. 2.-Japanese liner Daijn sunk in
collision, 100 lives lost
teb 3.-Canadian parliament building at
Ottawa destroyed by fire. seven lives lost
FEB l6-Three British steamships many
lighters oo5 and "a pier burned at Brooklyn;
Feb l6.-Holland suffered from great
Feb. 2l-,Ten killed in wreck on New
Feb. . Fifteen men killed BY explo-
sion IN mine at Kempton, w. Va.
March 5.-Spanish steamer Principe de
Asturias hit rock and sank off Brazil; 300
March 22.-Fifteen million dollar fire at
Nashville, Tenn. and s5,O0O,OOO fire at Au-
a,
March 20 -Twenty-six killed and many
Injured in collision on New York Central
lines near Cleveland.
April 17.-Six killed, 10 injured in wreck
on New Haven road at Bradford,
April l9-Tornadoes in Kansas and Mis-
souri, killed H.
April Moore than 1000 lost in collision
between Chinese cruiser and transport
May S-Steamer Kirby sank in Lake SUI
perior; 20 lost.
May 5.cE5xplosion in pu Pqnt powder
June 2-Thirteen killed in train wreck az
June 4-Waterfront fire at San Francis
co did $4,000 damage
June 5.-Tornadoes killed 81 in Arkansas
and 40 in other middle Western states.
June lS-Four killed in two-millon-dol-
july ELEVEN killed, S76 hurt in Fourth
of July celebrations.
in storm off Charleston s. G, Sur
| July 2o.-Hundreds of fishermen lost Ii
monsoon off Ceylon coast
July 22.-Six killed and 40 hurt by bonn
during San Francisco preparedness pc
rade.
July 24-Twenty-two men killed by gf
Aug. 9.-Cloudburst in West Virginia r
suited in nearly, 100 deaths.
: Aug. l2:- Troll wreck at johnston
I l Aug s'i! sc. S. armored cruiser MeI
phis. wrecked in Santo Domingo harbor
i dead
Sept. 12.-central span of great brid
over st. Lawrence at Quebec fell;
killed.
Sept. 1s--Great dam near Hannwa
Bohemia, burst; 300 dead.
Oct 26.-Nineteen killed in burning
hospital at Farnham, Quebec.
Nov S.-Steamers Connemara and F
triever sunk by collision in Irish sea:
! lost
Nov Fifty lives lost when Boston
car plunged off bridge
Nov. 21-Explosion at Bakaritza RI
STA, killed BAL
Dec 1.-Sixty-six persons killed
train collision in Austria.
Dec. 9,-Thousand killed by explosion
Russian ammunition factory.
Dec. u.-Million dollar fire destroy,
Quaker Oats plant at Peterboro, Ont
Dec. 13.-Canadian torpedo boat Grill
foundered: As lost.
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FOREIGN

Feb. l.-Yussuf Izzeddin crown prince of
Turkey, committed suicide.
March 22-Othcial mandate announced
abandonment of Chinese monarchy and
resumption of republic and rejection Of
emperorship by Yuan Shi Kai who re-
sumed presidency.
and German ship sunk while landing arms
in Ireland for uprising.
April 24.-Sinn Fem rebels seized parts
of Dublin and serious fighting followed
April 30.-Main body of Irish rebels sur
rendered.
May 2-President Jiminez of Dominican
republic mpeached
May 3-Pearse, Clark and MacDonagh
leaders of Irish revolt, executed
May 5.-F'ighting broke out in Santo Do
mingo; American marines landed
May Flames Connolly and John Nc
Dermott. Irish rebels, executed.
June 6.-Yuan Ii Hung became presi-
June 29-Casement convicted of treason
and sentenced to death.
July LII. s. marines routed $50 Santo
Domingo rebels. killing q and losing one
Sept. 2o-China appealed for aid for
million people driven out by great foods
Sept. 30.-Emperor Lidj Jeassu of Abys-
sinia deposed; Ouizero-Zeoditu proclaimed
Oct. 4.--Gen. Count Terauchi made pre-
nier of Japan.
Oct. 21.-Count Carl Stuergkh, Austrian
premier assassinated by Vienna editor.
Oct. 24-Two American officers killed by
Dominican rebels
Nov. 22.-Karl Franz proclaimed emperor
of Austria Hungary
commander in Santo Domingo, proclaimed
a military government of that country.
Dec. 4-Pope created ten new cardinals
west Indies to United states - ',''
Edmund SchultheSs elected president of
Swiss confederation.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-01-05
MEXICO

Jan. 10.-Nineteen foreigners, nearly all
Americans, We're murdered by Mexican
bandits near Chihuahua,
Jan. 12.-Lansing demanded that Car
rama punish slayers of Americans.
March Shine American civilians and
eight soldiers killed and several wounded
when Villa bandits raided Columbus n.
NJ. Many raiders slain on both sides of
border by soldiers President Wilson or
dered General Funston to pursue and pun
March 1o-President Wilson ordered s.,
coo troops into Mexico to get Villa
Villas men raided. big Arizona ranch
March 12.-First troops entered Mexico
in pursuit Of Villa.
March I, yao army man raised to
against Villa. Half million cartridges for
Carranza army seized at Douglas, Ariz.
March 16.-First clash between Villa out
posts and American expedition. Seven
March 17.-Carranza forbade American
troops pursuing Villa to enter Mexican
u. S. senate passed resolution declaring
the United States did not intend to in
tervene in Mexico.
March 27.-Capture Of Torreon by Willis
tas reported.
March 2S-Congress appropriated S. Co.,
O0O for Mexican expedition.
March 29.-Carranza granted use Of
Mexican Northwestern railroad to u s.
for shipment of supplies.
Dodd's cavalry defeated villa forces
at Guerrero, killing SO: one q. s. soldier
mOrtally WOuIlGeu- VIVA SERIOUSLY wound
ed
April III. S. cavalry defeated Villista
detachment north of Guerrero, killing 80.
April 12-U S, troops attacked BY Car
rama troops and citizens of Parral. two
Americans and 40 Mexicans killed
April l3.-Carranza demanded withdraw
al Of U. s. troops from Mexico
April 1S-Pursuit of Villa at standstill
because of hostility of Carranzistas.
April 29-Generals Scott Funston and
Obregon conferred on Mexican situation
MAY 5-Nilla bandits raided Glenn
Springs, Tex, killing three U. S. soldiers
Major Howe with six troops Of cavalry
routed villista band at ojos Azules, killing
NAV s.-President Wilson ordered milf
tia OF Texas, New Mexico and Arizona
and 4.50O more regulars to Mexican bor-
Nav American Mexican border CON
ference ended futilely
Curtis Bayies. American farmer, Killed
by Mexican raiders near Mercedes. Tex.
Nav 25-Pooe ranch in Big Bend coun-
try. Texas, again raided by MeXicans.
Caudelario Cervanres. Villista leader.
killed by American troops.
Nav 3l-Carranza demanded withdrawal
of American troops from Mexico on peril
OF recourse to arms"
June 17.-General Parker rushed rein
forcements to American troops In Mexico
below Matamoros
June 1s.-War department ordered all
state militia modified
Fourth punitive expedition withdrawn
from Mexico
Carranza soldiers at Mszatlan fired on
American landing party.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-01-05

May 1.-House rejected bill pledging
withdrawal from Philippines within deh-
mite time.
May l5.-senate rejected nomination OF
g. Rublee Of NJ H. as member federal
trade commission
May l1.-Senate passed army bill
House passed s51 0d00O0 flood control bill.
purchase bill
House passed army bill
bOrs bill
June l.-Louis D. Brandeis confirmed as
associate justice of Supreme court.
ton bill
June 7.-Republcan and Progressive ma
uqhal conventions opened in Chicago
June l0-Charles Evans Hughes rcmi-
mated for president by Republican on
June lo.-Theodore Roosevelt nominated
June a. democratic convention opened
at ST. Louis
June Il. Wilson and Marshall renomi-
mated by Democrats
June 26, Roosevelt declined Progressive
nomination and Progressive national COM
mite indorsed candidacy Of Hughes.
June 2f--Senate passed sundry civil good
roads and pension bills, carrying total Of
June CIV, r. wilcox made chairman
of Republican national committee
June 2S-House voted $27 100000 for i'm
mediate use Of army. and passed good
july. lo.-House passed emergency rev.
enue bill
July 12...senate. passed agricultural bill,
carrying $4,000 900.
July l3-Judge ]. II. Clarke Of Ohio
preme court
July 15,-Congressrnan Hay Of Virginia
nominated associate justice U. S. court of
claims.
July ls.-Abram Elkus nominated as am
hasSader to Turkey
July l9-Prohibition national convention
opened In st Paul MINI.
jay I-Senate passed navy bill pro-
vding for 157 vessels.
Prohibitionists nominated J. Frank Han
vice president.
r, July ~. o 81 passed army bill car
Aug S.-Child labor bill passed by sen
Aug 15-House passed big navy bill.
Aug. l6.-Senate passed bill promising in
dependence to Philippines when Filipinos
are tit for self-government.
Aug B.-President Wilson vetoed army
Senate passed shipping purchase bill.
AUG l9-tederal workmens compensa-
ton act passed by senate
Aug. 25.-House accepted senate amend
ments to army bill
Sept 5.--Senate passed emergency rev
e filt PHI with reprisal provisions against
Sept. 7.-Senate ratified treaty for pur-
chase Of Danish West Indies
Sept, S-Congress adjourned.
Sept l2.-Republicans won in Maine
election.
Nov. Wilson and Marshall reelected
president and vice president of U, s.
Nov. 10.-Count Tarnowslxy named Aus
trian ambassador to q. S.
Dec. 4-Congress began short session.
Br Henry Van Dyke, American ambas-
sador TO the Netherlands; H. a. Thomp-
son minister to Colombia, and W. III.
Hornibrook, minister to Siam, resigned.
Dec 5,-President Wilson read his mes
Dec. H.-senate passed immigration bill
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-01-05
DOMESTIC

Jan. 1-Prohihition in effect in Iowa
Colorado Washington, Oregon. Idaho
Arkansas and South Carolina
Jan. 9.-SiX New Haven road former
directors acquitted of violating Sherman
law: jury disagreed as to five
Feb 9--Most Rev. George w Munde-
lein installed archbishop Of Chicago.
May l3.-Immense preparedness parade
in New York
May III Forty thousand IN Boston pre-
paredness parade.
May 3i.-Mrs. ]. r. Cowles. California.
elected president General Federation Of
Woman's clubs.
June 3.-lmmense preparedness parade
in Chicago.
June Rockefeller education board
gave $751; $50 to colleges
Sept 27-New York Chicago express on
Michigan Central held up and robbed near
Detroit.
ed $2001,Oo0 for great medical and surgi
cal institution in Chicago
Nov. l5.-Wireless service between u, S
ana Japan opened.
Nov. 19.-Ruth Law broke American non
stop airplane record, Chicago to Hornel
N. Y
Dec freight embargo put on ship
ments from middle west to Atlantic sea
board
Dec. 2s.-American Association for the
Advancement of Science met in New
York.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-01-05
SPORTING

Jan. SC. H. Weeghman and partners
bought Chicago National league club
Feb. 25.-Charles Ellis won three-cushfon
billiard championship from De Orc.
March 25.--Jess Willard defeated Frank
Moran at New York.
April 12-Baseball season opened
May 30-Dario Resta in Peugeot car won
indianapolis POO mile race
June l7-Syracuse crews won regatta
at Poughkeepse
June 23.-Harvard beat Yale In New
London regatta.
June S0.-Charles Evans, Jr., Chicago,
won open national golf championship.
Aug l5.-George NJ. Church retained
Western tennis championship.
Aug 1S-Walter Hagen of Rochester.
", X, won Western open golf champion
ship
Aug. 25-Mrs F. c. Let's, Cincinnati,
won women's Western golf championship
Sept. 4-Freddie Welsh defeated Charley
White in 20 rounds.
Sept. 9.-Charles Evans, Jr,. Chicago,
won national amateur golf championship
Sept. 30.-Johnny Aitken in a Peugeot
won Aston cup, breaking worlds record
Oct 1.-Boston won American league
championship,
Oct .s.-Brooklyn won National league
oct. 7@Aiexa Stirling, Atlanta, won
women's national golf championship.
Oct t2-Boston Red Sox won worlds
championship.
Oct 14.-Resta won Grand American 25o-
mile automobile race at Chicago
cup at Santa Monica, Cal
Nov. 1S-Grand Prix race at Santa Mon
lea Cal. won by Aitken: Driver Lewis
Jackson and three spectators killed
Nov. 25.-Ohio State university won
western conference football championship,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-01-05
German airshir. .aiaed England. two

;, German airshirs raiaed England two
Zeppelns destroyed
sunk by German submarine; crew saved.
Nov. 29.-Sir John r. Jelli-s.e was made
nrst sea lord of the admiralty and Sir
feet.
Falkenhayn captured Pitechh. Rouman-
ian railway center, and Kampulung.
Italian steamer Palermo torpedoed off
Spain; p Americans aboard.
NOV. SO.-Teutons opened battle for Blu
Greece refused demands Of Admiral du
tournet and allies prepared to seize
Aliens ned landing Ing troops at Piraeus. -
Zee Dec. l-Allies marched on Athens;
French sailors and Creek Teservists
fought.
Dec. 2.-Germans pressed closer on Blu
charest, while Russians attacked desper-
ately in the wooded Carpathians and also
seized Czernavoda bridge
Greece and allies reached compromise.
German reichstag passed man power"
Announcement made in duma that al
Hes had agreed to give Constantinople to
Russia If entente wins war.
Dec. 4-Teutons began Smelling Of Bu-
German submarines shelled Funchal,
capital of the Madeira Islands
signed
Dec. s.-Bucharest and Ploesci taken by
-Lloyd-George appointed premier Of
Great Britain.
Allies protested to civilized world
against deportation of Belgians,
Dec So. 5. protested to Germany
against deportation Of Begians.
cabinet
Russians and Roumanians had successes
In Trotus valley and east Of Ploechu.
Dec, I.-Germans levied huge taxes on
captured Roumanian cities
Dec. R.-Germany offered TO discuss
peace terms with the entente allies.
Ser, General Niyelle made. commander in
chief of the French armies of the north
and northeast
King Of Greece ordered a general mobl
lization.
Germany answered American note BY
defending deportation Of Belgians
Dec. 49, -Greek regulars took Katerina
from the French.
Archduke Carl Stephen OF Austria Sc
lected as regent Of Poland.
Germany in reply to U. S. justified
Dec. 14.-Great Britain called 1000, 900
more men to arms
France decided to prohibit alcoholic
drinks except wine and beer.
marine in Mediterranean; II Americans
lost,
Dec. 15.-French captured wide stretch
Of German trenches near Verdun.
Russian duma rejected German peace
proffer.
Greece accepted ultimatum Of the en-
tente
Dec 17.-French drove Germans from
Chambrettes farm, Verdun front
Roumanian army safe behind Russian
lines.
Dec 19-Premier Lloyd-George replied
to Germanys peace proposals. virtually
| refusing to consider them.
Dec. 20.-Violent bombardment of Eng
| lish positions in France
Dec. 22.-Russians attacked Turkish po-
| sitions in Armenia.
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DR.. Eugene Louis Doyen, noted French
surgeon, at Paris.
Nov. 22.-Jack London, author. at Santa
Rosa, Cal
NOV. 4.-sir Hiram Maxim. noted inven-
tor, in London.
Nov. 26.Mrs. Inez Milholland Bosse-
vain. noted sufraglst at Los Angeles.
Nov. 2l.-Emile Verhaeren, Belgian poet
Dec. 3.-Sir Francesca Tosti, composer
Dec. 5-Iohn D. Archhold, president OF
Standard Oil Co, at Tarrytown, m Y.
New York
Herbert D. PIERCE, former minister to
Norway al Portland Me.
Dec. 6.Hans Richter. noted wagnerian
conductor.
Dec. 1o.Field Marshal Prince 1wao
Oyama at Tokyo
Dec. l2-J W. comyns Carr. English
critic and dramatist
Dec. NV. c. Nixon, president ST.
Louis and San Francisco railroad
Dec. l6. Hugo Munsterberg, professor
Of psychology at Harvard
Dec. l7-Clara Ward Princess Chimay.
in Padua, italy,