Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1917-10-05

ed TO the Sixth Missouri Infantry
was split up and divided among
the various other companies
which were short on men, despite
the fact that it was the thipdainj
point in numbers Of any .inY fliei
regiment. Through an error the
responsibility for which is not
definitely determined, the conn
pany was not reported to head
quarters until the regiment was
filled. The people Of Campbetl
naturally feel that more or less
injustice has been done them IN
the dismemberme ent Of their COM
pany, in which they had taken
great pride.
-Four prisoners escaped from
the Dunklin county Jail at Ken
nett week or SO ago by unlock
ing the door in the sheriff's tenn
porary absence and walking oug,
it being apparent they either had
been furnished key or material
with which to make one. TwoEf
them, Lee Arnold and Charley
Davenport, both charged with
burglary and IarceGy, were ar
rested near Senath by Deputy
Sheriff wilkins, but the la.ter
made his escape and only Arn6ld
was returned to Jail. The others,
Bill and Paul Potter, charged
with murder in the first degree,
made a clean getaway. A re-
ward Of S25 each 10 offered for
their apprehension by Sheriff
Hardin.
Former State Senator T. r.. N.
Ely and Atty. II. B. Pankey, Of
Kennett, were seriously injured.
in an auto wreck which occurred
near st. Genevieve several DAYS
ago as they were retuIaing home
from st. Louis in new automo-
pile the former had purchased.
On account of the lights focuss-
ing improperly the car collided
with piling as they started un-
der a railway trestle. Atty. Pan
key, the worst injured of the two,
was taken back to ST. Louis for
treatment and is now reported-
oas of danger. His mother, Mrs.
ID. b. Pankey, wrencked her hip
in alighting from a car al Ken-
nett, a day or so afterward and
was taken to ST. Losis and plao-
ed in the same hospital with her
son, the Xray revealing a dislo-
Gated joint, as a result Of stepping
off the running board before the
car had come to a stop.
While working in a mine at
Bonne Terre which had been ex-
cavated to the vicinity Of : black
smith shop, miners noticed the
smell ofgas becoming rather pro-
nounced. Later, a hole made by
one OF the drillers caught on fire
from the lantern IN the workman's
hat. This fire was extinguished
but it caught later on and it was
thought natural gas had been
struck. Examinations showed
lt to be not gas but gasoline and
b hUle was drilled from
the surface, pump Installed with
Il tank W receive IL and more than
u hundred gallons Of first rate
gasoline was obtained. Every.
body was puzzled until some III
the older heads remembered that
the blacksmith formerly used y
gasoline engine for his power,
which had been discarded for
electricity. He had consumed
len or twelve barrels week be-
ing stored in an under ground
tank, and an interested expert
set to work to figure whether III
had not been more gasoline than
he should have used for the a.
mounts OF power obtained. He H.
nalIy arrived at the conclusion
that Ne should have used only
something like four or FIVE bars
rels in d week e Time, hence the
explanation thai the tank leaked
and the gasoline trickled down
through tile I arth till II struck ii
nmturaI reservoir, where It layl