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The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1919-11-01
(No. 33O93D
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

In the Circuit Court Of Buchanan
County Missouri To the January
Term, a. D., 1920.
State Of Missouri County of Blu
chanan, ss.
Flora Nanderslice. .... Plaintiff
vs..
Daniel Vanderslice .... Defendant
Now at this day comes the plaintiff
by her Attorney and h appearing to
the satisfaction Of the Circuit Court
that said defendant, Daniel Wander
slice, is a nonresident Of tho state Of
Missouri. and does not reside therein,
il is ordered that said nonresident
defendant he notified by publication,
~ required by law, that said plaintiff
has commenced her suit in this Court
against said defendant by petition and
affidavit, the object and general ma
turo Of which Is 10 obtain a decree
of divorce from the defendant on the
grounds Of dcscrtiOn and abandon
mcnt without a reasonable or just
cause, for the space Of more than one
whole year next before the filing Of
plaintiffs petition I'm this cause: That
unless the said defendant shall be
and appear at the next term of this
Court, to be begun and held at the
Court House, in the City Of St JOS
[ cph, in Buchanan County, State OF
Missouri, on the 5th day OF January
/ 1920, on or before the third day OF
said term, to answer plaintiffs petit
tion, the same will be taken for con-
fessed as to him and Judgment rem
dered accordingly,
II is further ordered. that a copy
of this order be published IN The St
| Joseph Observer, newspaper pub
lished In the County Of Buchanan, for
four weeks successfully, the last In
sertion OF which to be at least fifteen
days before the next January, 1920
term Of this Court.
A true copy Attest:
EMMETT J, GROUSE,
(SeaD Clerk.
BY j. L. McMenamy, Deputy Clerk.
Duval & Boyd, Attorney for Plaintiff
(l101)
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1919-11-01
Il Was a Sweet Rcycncc.

Little Gertrude had been very
naughty, and had been severely slap
ped, first by nurse and then by moth
er, with a promise of another dose
She sat on the floor, her eyes fill
ed with angry tears. Suddenly she
rose with determined look in her
little face, and seized her hat.
where are you going?" asked her
mother.
"Out to tell all the family secrets
to the neighbors," said the child firm
"
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1919-11-01
Real Food For Thought

1t was washing day, and John had
been kept from school to look after
the baby. Mother sent them into the
garden to play but it was not long
before cries disturbed her.
John, what is the matter with
baby now?" she inquired from her
wash tub.
81 don't know what to do with him,
mother" replied John. Hes dug a
hole and wants to bring it into the
house"
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1919-11-01
A ILlnM i'm the Story

A critic was discussing John Sing
er Sargent, the artist, with Chaun-
cey Depew, and remarked:
They say he painted cobweb on
a ceiling once, and it was so natural
that the maid wore herself out try
ing to brush it off"
What you say about the natural
ness of the cobweb may be perfect
ly true" retorted Depew, "but there
never was any such maid, I'm sure"
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1919-11-01
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Notice Is hereby given that Letters
Of Administration, upon the estate Of
A'rUm N. Phillips, deceased have
hoeu granted 10 the undersigned, by
the Probate Court Of Buchanan Coun-
ty. Missouri. bearing date Of the 27th
day Of October, 1919.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required ~ eyhibit
them 10 me for allowance, within six
months from date Of said letters. or
they may be precluded from any hem
oft Of such estate; and If said claims
be not exhibited within one year from
I.a date Of the publication OF this
rotice. they will ho forever barred.
4 true copy Attest:
MARY A. WILLIAMS,
(ScaD Administrator.
Fred NJ Wanger. Clerk Of Probate,
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1919-11-01

ty marshal. Several men were ar
rested. They were prosecuted by
William IL. Wallace at Independence.
Judge Wallace then was prosecuting
attorney Of jackson County. The Col
onel said he intends to watch the
Forty Years ago" column for a time
to see whether the case comes out
right."-Kansas City Times.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1919-11-01
He Was still Very Busy.

Anyhow we put that old bar
tender out Of business"
"No, we didn't" said Uncle Bill
Bottletop. He simply turned the
entire counter over TO the things he
used to serve for free lunch and went
right ahead reaching for all the
change in town"
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1919-11-01
Yes-Funny and Dnmpfoolish

Isn't 1t funny how the girls now
adays twist around the good old
spelling of names? Picking up an
exchange the other day, We note that
girl whose folks all call her Fern" I"
now spells her n-lne Phyrn-Henry
County Democrat
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1919-11-01

cago.
Glendale, just this side of Blue
Springs, was not one of our stops,
not even flag station. on the
night in question, October 7, 1879,
when the train began to slow up as
it approached Glendale / stepped out
onto the platform to ascertain what
was the matter. l saw the green
light for orders had been turned.
Before we stopped l heard lot of
shooting and yelling but guessed it was
la charivari crowd and when | saw
the green light my first. Impression
was that it was prank.
My mind was soon disabused,
however. when a masked man ap-
preached and began shooting at my
lantern, ordering me back to the
train. l was inclined even then to
argue the matter with him until
felt a bullet whisk through my trous-
ers near the knee. l dipped my Ian
tern out and obeyed orders.
Took Out Telegraph Instrument
Mcintyre, the agent who lived
over the station with his aged mother,
and w T. Bridges, an auditor, who
had landed there that afternoon to
check up the accounts, both had been
prisoners in the office. The telegraph
instrument had been torn out BY the
way Bridges, the auditor also lives in
Kansas City.
1t developed later that the bandits
had piled lot OF ties and stones on
the track to insure stop. l had
murder in my heart when l ran back
through the train seeking a weapon.
. l found none that was worth using
until I reached the sleeper. A cow
boy had it. l told him the train was
being held up and asked him why he
didn't get out and use his gun. lie
. informed me that he had lost no
train robbers but said 1 could have
his gun.
Jumping from the rear Of the train
1 ran back to the station platform
which was high at the end where !
stood From where / stood l saw
one Of the men in the express cal
handing out packages. took ain
and fired at him, hitting the door
facing near him.
Didn't Molcst Passengers
/ Now, who tn hell done that?' tn
; bandit yelled from the car door, no
the least purturbed apparently. whei
he appeared again took another sho
, with the same result, striking nea
e but not hitting him. Then came or
. ders TO Kill that--who's doing tina
E shooting This was followed by
I fusilade in my direction. 1 used tn
e darkness to get hack on my train.
: When the bandits had stolen abou
$4,000 from the express SAFE afte
I beating the messenger, all mounte
:. horses which were tethered near b
: and rode away yelling and shootinl
= Passengers, though greatly frightene
were not molested.
y "Where the telegraph instruIne1
I had been torn out we connected n
y ends OF the wires before the trai
: started. thus re-establishIng the brok
! en- circuit. We reached Blue Spring
about $3.50 O'Clock. am hour after tn
robbery. and teiegraphed the news I
Kansas City"
, Colonel oresnman related the chal
after the bandits BY the then couI
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1919-11-01
II Wac Quick Thinking.

SAY, can you let me have five of
ten"
No"
minutes 1 think 1 can show
you how to make some money"
"-objectiOn, old chap. You can
have twenty. if you want it."
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1919-11-01

\ JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, Oct. 29.-I
Especial )-Governor
Gardner is urged in a letter from
state Senator Mark A. McGruder of
Sedalia to call the Legislature in
special session to provide a money
bonus for each Missourian who was
in war service and was honorably dis
charged Included are those still in
service when they are demobilized.
Several states have voted such none
tary considerations to their soldiers
The Governor took the matter under
advisement.
In his letter Senator McGruder
pointed out that under the constitu-
tion the legislature, if assembled in
special session at this time could au-
thorize the issuance of S25O,OOO in
bonds under an emergency provision
anl pass a joint concurrent resolu-
tion to submit a proposition to the
people in the form of an amend
ment to the constitution to vote suf-
ificiont bonds to provide for bonuses
worth while to those who recently
served their country and the state of
Missouri
VIII BE Ready Next Year
! Il am of the opinion" the Cover
nor is quoted as saying that the fin
I9nces of the state will be in such
shape at the close of next year that
the next legislature can make provi-
sions for allowing each Missourian
/ Ihonorably discharged from the SER
vice a bonus Of SIS month over a
lperiod of one year, or whatever
length of time each was in the service.
The AdJutant General Of the State
estimated that approximately 15O,-
1000 men are eligible to receive bon
fuses.
Not Two Dollars Per Month
1T would be useless to reconvene
the Legislature solely for the purpose
of distributing $25O,OOO. That sum
divided only represents about S1.75
TO each soldier. l do believe that it is
entirely possible for the next legisla-
ture to make provision for the dis
tribution of $2,7OO,OOO which would
allow each soldier SIS month for the
time secved by alloting the payments
over two or three periods"
The governor indicated, however,
that he did not consider the issue
closed.
| A I EDMONSTON
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1919-11-01

Passing a fruit stall the other day
We were delighted u observe that hot
house grapes can SIN be had for five
dollars a bunch.-PrInceton Post
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1919-11-01
Williams Had a Real Excuse

Stin. there may have been some
excuse for Senator Williams gong to
sleep In the Senate. Somebody was
making a speech.-Kansas City TtmsA
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1919-11-01
Would Not Trouble Her.

Number. please"
Never mind. central wanted
the fro department, but the house
has burned down now"
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1919-11-01
WILL NOT CALL A
SPECIAL SESSION
Gov. Gardner Does Not Deem 1t
Advisable at Present
Time
CAN ATTEND TO THAT
AT REGULAR SESSION

state Senator McGrudcr's Proposition
to Call the Members of the Dcgisla-
ton in Special Session for the Pur-
pose of Issuing Bonds to Pay the
Soldiers Bonus is Not Looked Up
on As Practical by the Head of the
State.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1919-11-01
COLONEL GREENMAN
WELL REMEMBERED IT
The Day That the James Boys
Held Up His Train at
Glendale
CAUSED HIM MUCH
GRAVE CONCERN

) Robbery That Occurred Forty Years
Ago And in Which But $4,000 Was
secured. But II VIII BE BCmcm-
bCrcd just As Long As the Famous
Missouri Bandits. the James Boys
Are Kept in Mind by the People
of the Country.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
''Cermany Won't Sign? Who Cares!''

~ P1NION in America has re-
fused to take the German
threats seriously. When the
first protests arrived "The Toledo
Blade" remarked "Hear EN-
squeal," and proceeded thus:
"Says Brockdorff- -Rantzau: 'Think
of your cruelty! We, your vanquished ID
enemies, were starving. You fed us
not. Think of that!'
"The world has been thinking for
months Of the millions of men killed.
and the other milllens starved because
of the war started by Germany.
Says Theodor Wolff: The treaty
is brutal, thoughtless product of
thoughtless, intoxicated brutality.'
"The world is asking Germany to
pay less than one-eighth the cost of
the war started by Germany without
cause.
"Says Premier Hirsch, of Prussia:
1T is mailed fist peace
The world remembers who started
this talk about the mailed fst,' started
war by use of it. and repeatedly
vowed that Germany would not let the
world off with any soft peace
Says General Won Hindenburg:
Germany was not beaten. The time
is near when all who dared to raise
their sacrilegious hand against US will
become powerless.'
"The world remembers that Won Hin
denburg had a date to eat dinner with
the Kaiser in Paris about August ID,
1914.
with one accord the German people
shout: We won't sign and the gov
ernment asks for week of mourning.
THE world has become accustomed
to We WON'T in German mouths. But
the world remembers no mourning of
Germany when the Huns ovcrran Bel
GUM, committing every crime in the
human catalogue and exulting over it.
I'm one thing the Germans are
agreed. 1t is that the part of beaten
bully is to shout Outraged while the
world looks on with amusement"
Later, when the dispatches began
to bring in reports of stiffening Ger
man resolve, the same paper ex-
claimed, "Why worry?" and said:
ut is to be hoped that the fear that
Germany may not sign the treaty, con-
stantly and ncrvously expressed in
press dispatches, does not reflect the
real attitude Of the Allied delegates
or of the peoples they represent.
The world wants pcace~-beginning
now and lasting forever. But II Ger
many II In q mood te. refuse the terms
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
The Labor Dissertation

Among the admirers Of the Presi-
dent "The Philadelphia Evening
Public Ledger" comments thus on
the labor discussion in the message: ::
"What does his longish dissertation
upon the labor situation portend save
that, in common with the great body of
the people, Mr.. Wilson sympathizes
with the problems of industrialism ?
Platitudes, surely, and not to be dis
puted, but they have been said hun
dreds of times, even though not so
beautifully and repetition does not
bring them nearer solution.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25

Does the President favor an actual
partnership between labor and capital
when he descants upon the community
of interest? How far should it go?
Would he give labor share in the
direction of the business or merely
larger participation in the profits?
There is that old trouble about the
percentage Of wages to the percentage
Of net income always in the way How
can the fixing of sharing be ad-
justed without participation in the
direction of the enterprise? He does
not say. Neither does any statesman
or politician whose weather eye is open
to catch first signs of squalls in the
offing. He merely INDUCES in an
amiable disqusition without precise
commitment, stringing upon the thread
of his discourse such pleasant sem
tences as:
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25

the event that Germany signs as in the
event that she doesn't"
The answer most frequently re-
turned to every suggestion that
Germany may refuse to sign is
"Foch.' Peace will be made in Ber-
lin, The indianapolis News" de-
clares, if Germany refuses to sign
at Paris, and if it is made in that
city it will be a good deal harder
than the one that now seems so
terrible to the Germans and their
friends in this country.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer"
blames Mr.. Wilson in part for the
present "Hunnish Impudence":
The Presidents attitude of dealing
with Germany after the manner of q
board of arbitration or Cancellation
Justlfies, in the German mind. Ger.
many's conduct. 1t makes the case of
peace one in which both sides were
partially wrong and partially right and
the business of peace to compromise
the right and wrong on basis of prac-
teal justice to both. Germany, coming
to Versailles as g. litigant, instead of
as a culprit, comes with a spirit that
resents the delay in receiving the
peace terms and resorts to ultimatums.
1t is lmpudence without parallel, but
we largely are to blame for it,"
About the only newspaper that
sees any danger in the situation is
"The Springfield Republican," which
feels that the German people are on
the verge of hysteria and that the
Allies are to blame for not having
expressed some good will toward the
German people in their struggle
against reaction and Bolshevism."
How the present political crisis in
Germany will result it is impossible
as yet to make out, and whether Ger
many signs or refuses to sign tho
treaty perhaps in the long run is the
least important aspect of the case.
We want speedy peace, but we also
want durable peace and settled
world, and our hopes would be badly
damaged either by a reaction toward
mllltarism or by a Bolshevist revolu
tion. 1t already seems certain that
the coalition Of moderates cannot hold
together on the acceptance of the peace
terms, and it Is unfortunate that on
position is specially intense in lust
those groups which in any country
would be called democratic and with
which democratic nations, peace once
made, could cooperate for it's main
tenance. Nor is it specially hopeful
that the demand for signing the peace
comes almost wholly from the Bolshc
vlsts, whose motive is frankly to make
sure Of SOCIAL revolution"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
The German Dilen1,na-To Sion or Resir
The Cable to Congress
A Norel Message and Its MIXED Reception

N TO ONE is able to disagree
"a heartily with President Will
sons cabled message to Con-
gress; but very few are able to be
downright enthusiastic for it. The
Democrats declare that it steals the
Republican thunder; the Republi-
cans criticise mildly where they can;
the radicals continue their bitter
and jeering remarks. Says "The
Nation":
"Words, words, and more words
this sums up President Wilson's mes
sage to Congress. Like his last ad-
dress to Congress, it again reveals a
total bankruptcy of ideas as to recon
struction. True, the politician asserts
himself in the appeal to Congress and
the country and the state Legislatures
to find a way to a new relationship
between capital and labor, thus con-
tirming the report which has been cur
rent that he would seek to put himself
at the head Of the liberal movement
IN this country now that he is return
ing bankrupt from Paris. But for any
practical suggestions as to how the
actual working partnership between
capital and labor is to be recognized
Mr. Wilson has nOthinp IN hrino. out
beyond glittering generalities.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
Pleasant Sentences

"A genuine cooperation and part
nership based upon a real community
of interest and participation in con-
troll
The genius of our business men
and the sound practical sense of our
workers can certainly work such a
partnership out when once they realize
exactly what it is that they seek and
sincerely adopt a common purpose with
regard to it.
Those who really desire a new re-
lationship between capital and labor
can readily find way to bring it
about; and perhaps Federal legislation
can help more than state legislation
could
1.-The members of the committee on
labor in the two houses will hardly
need suggestions from me as to what
means they shall seek to make the
Federal government the agent of the
whole nation in pointing out and, if
need be, guiding the process of re-
organization and reform
"Whither do we wander? Rather in
a circle, isn't it?"
In a similar vein is "The Buffalo
Express" (Rep.) asking, what
Does He Mean?n and observing that
no subject is so easy to generalize
on" as labor or SO subject to mis-
leading "latitudinous precepts":
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
What Does He Mean?

"The President proceeds to gener-
alize that the antagonism between la
Dor and capital should be displaced by
cooperation and that the object of re-
form must be 'the genuine democratic
zation of industry This would be
we'll enough if the President indicated
clearly what change in the present plan
of industrial organization he would rec
ommend and what he means by demo-
cratization of Industry Are we to
understand that he borrows phrases of
BolsheVism with the intent to anply
them as the Bolshevists do, and is sug-
gesting cooperation by the communiz-
ing OF property and characterization
by the soviet plan? We judge not, yet
his words, without explanation. are
certain either to cause the exponents
of Bolshevism to look upon him as a
coming convert Or to lead them to de-
nounce him as a hypocrite who accepts
their theory of government but does
not apply it."
On the other hand, "The Evening
World" (Dem.) makes the announce
ment that the domucent is ga Brac-
ing Message" and number of Re-
publican papers, including "The Chi
cago Tribune" cordially approve
the discussionof labor, especially the
statement that progress must chief
ly come through voluntary coopera-
ton rather than through legislation.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
Political Manoeuvres Likely to
Determine Decision--Threa
of Haase and the Reds

National Assembly, of whom Hugo
haase is leader. He added this pict-
ure of the consequences:
Il cannot think the Entente would
profit much if the treaty were to be
signed by such a government. An In
dependent Socialist government would
have only small minority of the peo-
pie behind it. AS the terms would be
unbearable for the people at large, the
( government would not be in position
to meet them. The only agreement
that could be effective at this time
would be one with the present coalition
government
This suggestion is borne out by
the fact that the extreme radicals
of Germany are loudly advocating
the signing of the treaty. They
are doing SO frankly with no idea
of living up to it's terms. What
ever is done they look forward to
Red success in Germany and in
the Allied countries which will make
the treaty a dead letter.
The complicated political situa-
ton in Germany thus probably
holds the solution of the treaty
problem. The diagram below
makes clear just how the various
forces line up in the Assembly. 1t
will be seen that so far as the AS
sembly goes only the very small
minority of Independent Socialists
at the extreme left Qed by Hugo
Haase) favor signing the treaty.
But this is not the whole story.
On Thursday the Congress of Sol
dier's and Workers. Soviets voted
IN favor of signing the treaty. Just
how large a minority of Germany
this congress represents is not clear.
1t speaks for those extremists
among the Spartacides who do not
believe in parliamentary reform and
therefore refused to vote at tho
last election. Haase seeks the sair1o
goal of Bolshevist rule, but he b.
lieves in parliamentary procedure
Therefore, in sense, Haase rel
resents not only his own small
group but the whole Red element in
Germany, just how large nobody
knows.