Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-11
HAPPEWLNGS
of the eOeek
IN MISSOURI

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The State Council of National De-
fense met at Sedalia recently. Mrs.
B. f. Bush, wife of the president Of
the Missouri Pacific Railway, sat with
the council, the first time a woman
ever met with thu body. Resolutions
were adopted and wire sent to Ad-
mnistrator Garfield, in which he was
requested to give Frank A. McAllis-
ter, attorney general of Missouri, an
immediate hearing on the evidence re.
lating to the price Of coal produced
at the mines.
Mrs. Benjamin Pontius, 80 years
old, wife of a farmer living at Pleas
ant Gap, twelve miles east of Rich
Hill, was killed when she stumbled
and fell into a cellar at her home.
Several Buchanan county farmers
are harvesting the first crop of hemp
raised there in years. 1t is to be used
for rope cordage and binding twine
because OF a shortage Of sisal In this
country resulting from the lack of
ships to transport it from Central
America and the Philippine Islands.
D. L. Hughes Of La Plata, sales
man for a Kirkville packing company,
was killed and Carl Elsea, salesman
for a Moberly fruit company, was dan
gerously injured when Wabash train
crashed into the motor car in which
they were riding at crossing north
of La Plata
Mrs Andrew Worth, who had been q
resident of Bogard since the day 1t
was founded, is dead at her home
there at the age of 81. She was born
II Washington. D. c., in 1920.
]. s. Chandler, stockman from Co
lumbia, was run over and instantly
killed by freight train at the stock
yards in Windsor the other morning.
DR.. R. M. Hargett, retired physt
clan, is dead at the home of his son,
NJ. F. Hargett, in Versailles. He was
"a years old and was born in Bracken
county, Kentucky. He came to Mis-
souri, in 1859.
Elmer Shelley Ridgway, SO years
old, committed suicide at Columbia
recently. Ridgway was a victim of
tuberculosis and had brooded over his
illness.
George Threlkeld, a farmer living
near Shelbina, captured George Solan,
Snowman, whom he saw fleeing from
crowd at the county fair there.
After he had surrendered his prisoner
Threlkeld learned that Solan was
charged with the murder of his son,
Peter Threlkeld, 28 years old, who
was shot in defending woman from
Solan's alleged insult. Solan was
rushed to Jail at Macon, Mo-, to es-
cape a mob.
Mrs. Anna Gallagher, 62 years old,
fell dead at st. Louis when her son,
John Gallagher, who was drafted into
the national army, told her he had
been ordered to go to Fort Riley, Kan.
Sedalia will vote on saloons as soon
after October 23 as permitted By law.
This was the decision of more than
seven hundred dry" advocates who
assembled in the court house after
three hours of parley with representa-.
tives of the liquor interests had proven
of no avail. The liquor interests had
asked for q conference in an effort to
get together on the question and
avoid the election which has already
been ordered by the city council.
Judge John A. Hedge, 70 years old
is doAd at his home in Lexington
Judge Hedge was recorder for eight
years, and has been justice of the
peace of Lexington township for four
years.
]. p. Tucker of Parkville was elect
ed president of the Missouri Press AS
sociation at the recent meeting in St
Louis after the association had adopt
ed resolutions pledging the loyalty Of
it's members to President Wilson
Other officers named were: S. w
Davis, Butler, first vice president
A. T. Hollenbeck, West Plains, second
vice president; John Beal, Mexico
third vice president; B. Ray Frank
lin, Russellville, corresponding secre
tary; Lewis w. Lampkin, Lees Sum
NIT, recording secretary, and L. w
Moore, Hume, treasurer.
Robert Semple Of Maplewood, 6
member of the American expedition
airy force in France, has been severe
ly injured by the explosion of an ole
German hand grenade, according to {
letter from him received by his par
ents.
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