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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-08
"Wilful Twelve" Admit
They Cannot Prevent Pas
sage of Rule Providing for
the Limiting of Debate in
Upper House.
OLD TRADITIONS TO
BE THROWN TO WINDS
Bitter Attack on the Presi-
dent Made by Senator
Sherman, Who Claimed
Filibuster Could Not Sue
ceed at Special Session.

Washington, March g.
The sacred senate preroga-
tive of imftless debate-the
rule for 100 years-may pass
into history within 48 hours,
possibly sooner.
This was indicated today
when the "wilful twelve"
senators who in the closing
hours of congress, blocked
President Wilson's plans for
armed neutrality, admitted
no means remained at their
command of further hinder
ing passage of the rule.
TO MAKE POSITION CLEAR.
With unlimited weeks before the
senate, the "wilful brethren" abandon
ed all hope of gaining their ends by
continued filibuster. While several will
take the floor to make their position
clear, before the country, their now
famous last stand was q thing of the
past.
Bitter denunciation by Senator
Sherman of President Wilson'S state
rnent that 1t would be useless TO call
an extra session Of congress until the
senate rules were amended, marked
the opening OF the battle for q cloture
amendment.
IMMEoIATE CONSIDERATION.
Fight for q cloture amendment to the
senate rules was begun today when
Senator Martin of Virginia. introduced
and asked unanimous consent for i'm
mediate consideration Of q measure
providing limitation OF debate.
Senator Hollis, New Hampshire.
Democrat, offered an amendment to
the cloture amendment making It pos
sible for a majority instead Of two
third to bring about limiting OF de-
bate.
SUPPORTED BY REPUBLICANS.
Support for consideration OF Mar
tins amendment came from Republi-
cans as well as Democrats. Senators
Lodge and Curtis were among the IN
fluential Republicans who asked unani-
nous consent for action today.
Senator Lewis, Democrat whip, tried
to inject resolution asking the SEN
ate's support of any step the president
might take. Martin, rebuking Lewis.
demanded withdrawal of the resoiu-
ton for the present. Lewis consented.
Senator Sherman-one of the two
who opposed the pro-
poSs. gag rule-opened the morning
fireworks with a hifter dap,nota4i~u
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-08
TO HANG CONDEMNED
MAN ON THE ROOF OF
FEDERAL BUILDING

Washington, March s.--A request
from the federal building custodian at
Spokane for permission to hang a SEN
fenced criminal on the roof March 20
was today referred by the treasury de-
partment to the attorney general. The
prisoner was sentenced in federal court.
Washington laws prohibit capital pun
isbment.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-08
UNFIT FOR THE IMPORTANT
PLACE HE HOLDS IN SENATE

Chicago. March S.--Attacks upon
Senator Stone and the part he played
IN the filibuster. together with demands
that he be removed from the chairman
ship of the foreign relations committee
continue today in Chicago newspapers.
"The issue is not one OF Senator
stones sincerity concede that he is
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-08
TURNS PICTURE OF
O'GORMAN TO WALL

New York, March S.-''Turned to the
WALL" is a caption over a line cut
drawing in the Evening Telegram this
afternoon. The drawing shows the
back Of picture hanging from the
wall. Under the picture In black type
is:
JIM O'GORNIAN."
O'Gorman is one OF the little group
of "wilful men, who beat the armed
neutrality measure asked by the pres
ident.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-08
At Washington the Opposi-
tion to Chairman of For
eign Relations Committee
Less Pronounced Than
Yesterday.
BITTERNESS SHOWN
BY THE NEWSPAPERS
Editorial Comment Sharply
Criticises the Missourian
and Insists That Change
in Head of Important
Committee Is Necessary.

Washington, March s.
Opposition to retaining Sen
ator Stone in the foreign re-
lations committee chairman
ship still runs high. But to-
day there is less open indi-
cation of a real fight against
him than there was yester-
day.
Senatorial courtesy" has
much to do with this. Mem
bers openly say the ancient
institution probably will halt
any move to GUST Stone-one
of the - who blocked the
armed neutrality bill.
Fear of a party fight at a
time when solidarity is
needed actuates many in re-
fusing to start an organized
fight against Stone.
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The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

Forest Winburn and Ed Truder.
sheim owned forty five dollar hound.
They took him out hunting Saturday
night and soon freed coon in the
Durkes pasture. Forest aimed to strike
the coon on the head with his gun,
but just at that minute the dog ran
in between and received the lick, and
had to be chloroformed in order to
be put out of it's suffering. The friends
of the hunters regret the accident al
most as much as do the boys them
selves.-Weston Chronicle.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

While he was watering his cows in
Grand river, last Saturday afternoon
about four o'clock, some thief stole a
buckskin belt containing forty-eight
$50 gold pieces from its hiding place
in Uncle Lee" Rogers dinner bucket.
The bucket containing the treasure
had been placed under a box near a
rail pen in Mr.. Rogers field. just east
of the Wabash coal chute, while the
drove his cows down to the river. a
distance OF about one-quarter mile.
When he returned and picked up the
bucket to start home he noted the diff
ference in weight and on removing the
lid found his treasure gone. He had
observed no one about the premises
when he left and was out Of sight Of
his treasure not more than Is or 20
minutes. Parties living in the vicin-
ity Of Mr.. Rogers farm had not noticed
anyone go on the premises nor seen
any suspicious characters about al
that time. so that there was only a
slight clue-footprints in the soft
ground-left to start the hunt for the
thief.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

False teeth are quite an asset in St.
Louis. The other day a man pawned
his set for $1.OO. You fellows that
cannot afford to buy a set from the
dentist might get few molars from
the pawnshops the next time you are
in st. Louis. Wouldn't it be nice to
buy set of false teeth that had been
used and belonged to a Chinaman, a
dopester or consumptive?-Milan
Standard.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

Col. ID. c. Allen is circulating a pc.
tition to the legislature asking that
body to make an appropriation OF
$1,000 for monument to Col. Hi Bled
soc of Pleasant Hill, who gained fame
and distinction as an artilleryman in
the Confederate army. "Bledsoe's Bat
terry" being in many of the principal
battles of the civil strife, and "Old
Missouri troops. Colonel Bledsoe de-
serves the memorial.-Liberty Tri
bune.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

Mrs. Sarah Campbell, IS years old.
was found dead Friday morning at her
home in New Frankfort, six miles
north of Gillian, with bullet wound
through her head. Her wedding ring
was on the floor and one stocking was
partly torn off. The bullet was found
by Coroner Davidson and a revolver,
the same caliber, was hidden in a
bureau drawer, hammer down on an
empty shell. but the barrel showed no
evidence of recent firing. Mrs. Camp
bell lived alone and was believed to
have kept money in the house.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

Moberly's fair grounds will be sold
under the hammer February 8, to
satisfy deed of trust. The grounds
were bought several years ago and
the fair financed by local business
men, but never has been successful
With bright prospects the fair last
year only added to the indebtedness.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

One noticeable feature of the in
auguration was the absence Of silk
hats. There were only Ave. These
were worn by the outgoing and incom-
ing governors, Chief Justice w. w.
Graves, Lieut.. Governor William r.
Painter and President Pro Tenn. John
L. Morton of the senate.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

While his arm was broken, last fall,
frankie Craig, a Lathrop boy, trapped
polecats rather than be entirely idle.
AS he caught them he penned them
up alive and cared for them. The
other day, with their fur in prime con.
dition the polecat colony brought $50
for their young owner.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

An inventory of the estate of Rich
ard c. Kerens, railroad magnate and
former ambassador to Austria-Hun-
gary. was filed in probate court in st.
Louis Friday. 1t showed total value.
for personal property alone of $685.
900. besides large holdings of real es-
tate. Mr.. Kerens. who died in Phila-
delphia last September. left his prop
erty wholly to members of his imme-
diate family.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

AS Miss Anna Rucker was going to
Moberly the other day she witnessed
a fight on the train between a con:
ductor, preacher and a brakeman.
The preacher wanted to ride on credit,
but the conductor objected and there
was quite mixup. Finally they un-
loaded the preacher in a cornfield and
the train sped on.-Keytesville Recor
der.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

The wolf hunt northwest of Liber-
ty, was participated in by about eight
hundred men last Saturday. but not a
wolf or fox was seen at the round up.
A wolf was seen by some Of the men
who assembled early on the south liue
but they were not close enough TO
kill it.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20
Perfectly WILLING.

Lady-'Tm worried about my com.
plexion, doctor. Look at my facel"
DOctor-"Youll have to diet" Lady
II never thought Of that. What color
would suit me best. do you think f-
Pickings.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

Defiance to the print paper trust is
almost shouted by the current issue of
the Glasgow Missourian, which marks
its golden jubilee by an edition of
twenty-eight pages. chiefly on book
stock. w. p. Ruffel, proprietor of the
Missourian, is native of Glasgow and
has published the paper for thirty-four
years of the fifty of its existence.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

With the year more than a week old,
the Joplin Globe notes with surprise
that nobody yet has killed the 1917
wheat crop. You probably noticed,
however, that the strawberry crop is
to be smaller this year." adds the
Globe by way of consolation to the
news gatherers.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

A ring made from a lump of topaz
as big as a lump of loaf sugar is the
unique possession of Adam Thompson.
Of Amity. The stone was found in the
70's by Mr.. Thompson's uncle in
Australia and was given to the pres
ent owner in 1882.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

Mrs. Nancy B. Railey celebrated the
one hundredth anniversary of her
birth at her home in Marshall Satur-
day, January 9Th. The affair was
marked by the presence of six genera
tions of the family. Mrs. Railey was
born in Virginia in 1917 and moved
to Kentucky with her parents when
child. She had twelve children.
twenty-five grandchildren, seventeen
great grandchildren, twenty three
Observation-Disclosures. and fifteen
great-great-great-grandchildren. Mrs.
Railey is in good health.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

The Missouri presidential electors
met Monday afternoon at Jefferson
City and elected Ewing Y. Mitchell,
of Springfield, messenger to take the
presidential vote of the state to Wash
ington. Every vote, of course, was
cast for Woodrow Wilson, the next
president of the United States.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

II luck were a tin horn, Squire
Louis Edwards, justice of the peace
for Boonville township, Cooper county.
would be a regular Sousa's band, says
the Boonville Republican, going far
ther and guessing that the squire must
have been born with horseshoe
around his neck and four-leaf clovers
dangling to his toes and that he is the
man the proverb maker had in mind
when he said "He makes victory out
of defeat" At the last election Squire
Edwards ran against DR.. w. T. Gibson
and on the face of the returns was
defeated by substantial majority. 1t
now develops that there was no
vacancy in the office and Squire Ed
wards holds over until 1918.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

Lorenzo Dow Kivett is probably
Howard county's oldest resident. Mr..
Kivett will be 92 years old his next
birthday. Maj George II. Carson Of
Fayette is the second contestant for
the distinction. Major Carson, nephew
of the famous Kit Carson, is two years
the Junior of Mr.. Kivett.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

Eugene Rhoades bought the farm he
sold last week in 1882 for the sum of
$4,000. He farmed 1t these thirty-nve
years making good dividends from his
investment and now has sold the old
place for s21, 900, or nearly Ave times
what he paid for it.-Fairfax Forum.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

neighbor had gone visiting at the time
of the hunting expedition and hasty
construction put upon the incident
resulted n the hunter being arrested
on charge of having stolen corn.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

Stole horse Saturday evening, cap
tured in Holden Monday and sentenced
to the penitentiary on Tuesday. Such
is the quick justice meted out to
Harry Rose, who stole Dick Angles
horse from the public hitch rack in
Clinton on Saturday afternoon.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

For the first time in fifty years
there was this year no military ball
at the governors mansion on the
night of January 1.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

st. Francis hospital of Maryville
treated 735 patients during the year
1916. being an increase of 1872 over
1915, and the largest in it's history.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

Two months ago John Black, aged
62, was reunited to his two sisters at
Ash Grove, after being unaware of
their whereabouts for sixty years.
Last week one of the sisters tried TO
awaken him in the morning and
found him dead.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

When Joe Cooper of Adrian. killed a
Golden Runner duck he found a gold
en- nugget in the gizzard. What is
peculiar about the find is the fact that
Mr.. Cooper raised the duck on his
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

Cameron is to continue as the home
of new Missouri Wesleyan College.
and work on the new building will
begin soon.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

Thos. Hines last week delivered to
Ed Mann a hog that weighed $50
pounds for which he received. $50.
Tom says this is the greatest amount
he ever received for one hog. OF
course Tom gives the present Demo
cratic administration credit for 1t.
Tom is satisfied. but say, the consum-
ers of that hog will pay in the neigh
borhood of rs cents per pound. A
dimes worth of that hog would not
grease the skillet.-Mound City Jour
nal.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

The Northwest Missouri Oil and
Gas Development company with head
quarters at Liberty has taken out ar
ticles of incorporation and have al.
ready began the taking of leases, pre-
paratory to making a test for oil and
gas in Clay county.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

To date a Polo commission firm has
shipped eighteen thousand rabbits to
market. The News-Herald hasn't
time to figure out the number of men,
boys, dogs, guns or rounds of ammu-
notion necessary to bag so many cot
tontails.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

Uncle Ben Sampson of DeKalb
came down Saturday to visit his
nephew. Ed Sampson and family in
this city. and drew an interested
crowd at the opera house that night
where he played the violin for the
evening performance. Mr.. Sampson is
over 80 years old. and is as active as
a man of 30.-Dearborn Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

In Ridgeway, a Harrison county
town OF less than 100 inhabitants,
there are three dealers in poultry,
eggs, butter and cream. The Bethany
Republican gives hint of the amount
of money put into circulation by
these firms, when it states that since
occupying his new quarters, on August
/, one of these dealers has paid out
for produce s14,828.75.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

farm and the gold found was not lost
oy any member of his family.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

Hunting rats in a neighbor's corn
crib proved the undoing OF a Wright
county farmer the other day. The
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

There are S42 automobiles in Holt
county. At a conservative estimate.
it is safe to place the average cost
at 1000 or a totaI of $4,000.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

Admitting 265 children to his movie
theatre for an admission fee of two
potatoes each, Albert Kuchs, Of
was able to contribute six
bushels and one peck of potatoes to
the local welfare board.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

A Lexington garage man was fined
81 and SO costs by an Independence
judge on the pretext his rear car light
was out. He paid and grumbled; but
the other day the judges car broke
down in Lexington and required 81
repair. The garage man said 81 and
$15 costs. and though Hizzoner
bucked and roared, he had to pay it.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

The biggest advertisement of the pro
ductivity of a country is to see the
reaping machine rotting in the field
and the motor car housed in the shed
says the Liberty Advance.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

Senator Sam B. Cook has been, by
an admirer, presented with pair Of
knit "galluses" such as
your grandfather used to wear. IL he
was a real Missourian.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

There has been a change in the
management of that excellent paper
the Liberty Advance, C. F. Ward retir
ing and Prof. Chas. S. Storms taking
his place in the firm which is now
Murray & Storms.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

1t cost John Davis. Of Galena, Mo.
his life to be released from the peni
tentiary. Three months age he wa.
paroled to support his wife and nine
children. Last week his team rar
away and he was killed.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

In all other ways a perfect lady,
a Clinton woman. according to the Re
publican. has the habit of swearing
at her grocer.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-20

At Greenfield, drug clerk being
summoned to fill a prescription late
at night, not only routed out burglars
but found they had made every pre-
paration to burn the store after rob
bing it.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-02

The 'lncxorahIe logic OF events
has wrunc fron1 the Richmond News
Leader an admission tho, prohibition
& success IN Virginia and that the
news law has not only been enforced
but has been helpful to the state and
20 the city. All tie iusuhrious prophe-
sizes In 1914 and a year ago. it admits
with frankness. were wrong.
The News Leader SAYS that many
people VINO voted vet have helped to
make successful the enforcement Of
she new Iaw--credit which bad already
been formally given by The presiden;
of the Saloon league months ago
What the News Leader ala NOT say.
sheush it could have done So truth
fully, IS: The people OF Virginia who
voted wet IRE rot as = whole suck nat
ural criminals @ad such poor losers IN
g. fair contest as 20 rush into whole
sale and fragrant violations Of the
is- as W. pronhesjel they wouid
Whether leaders pt tho lrys ever
efve The News Ieader credit FOR max
ing the enforcement of the Law sue
cess rnar not BE Important though the
News Leader = careful to say that It
does not ,'esire such ar expression. It
might have addcds we hate with
sDch earnestuess the Anu-saio9n
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-02

Dear Soion;
| amt wra Su III several days but
there ainH Aeen no news. Everybody
has been so busy and stirred up over
the attempted lynching of them her
! man Dutchmen what buried the
bridge over the creek and finally got
a Jail sentence for the balance Of
their lives. and the murder of that old
couple down by the mill that never
had no time to write you even il I
wanted to. When some news turns
up you can depend on me to get 1t
10 you p d. a. or sooner. You know
me. Scion, ! want to attend to my
work and don't want no docks
marked against my pay.
You know they put a dern repub-
ltcan in the post offus here agin all
j could do. When they give him that
tat berth | went up TO see the gov
IN Wash. and warned them there
warnt no republican YOU could trust,
and by the time | got back to tho
Ridge they wuz hula haiooing cause
he had Il mean that dern repuh
done got appointed and had swept
the personal effects OF that poor
Democrat capital u, Mr.. Printer)
understanding and all what she
was patriotically doing for the Allies
and not no Dutchman like some folks
amt calling no names would do
right smack out Of the p. o. and into
the gutter, Well what started to
say was that you know what that
heartfess Cr!ttef Went aud done2 BY
goily. he raised stamps from two C.
TO three and from one c, to two Yes,
sir. 1t is the lowest down repub. trick
eyer seen and ! am going to try
TO get the Council to call a meeting
and vote on the incest limb about ren
feet high IN the county It a!n't go
way for the gov. to celebrate Demo-
cratic prosperity
Wei. Scion, what started ott to
say IS this that sucker had the nerve
TO tell me that the very next letter
/ mated and only put two cents on
1t that he was going to turn ii back
to me md not send it uatil earae
across with that fifty per cent grarf
Now listen close to this, Scion. Ii
you don't get this letter you let mo
know and so help me Miss Hammer
] will knock pumpkin out CT that
stir IL never see the back Of my