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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-22
Greek Refugees
Tell of Outrages

and Bulgar, and had never known
what 1t was during that time to have
a roof and shelter. Under the Bulgars
they were forced to live in the open
fields or in dugouts or stables. Eight
cen hours a day at hard labor under;
constant intimidation was the lot Of
some of them. Three-ffths of a
pound Of black bread a day was the
pitiful recompense they received from
the Bulgars. Often those too weak to-
work were beaten by their ruthless
masters.
One refugee declared to the corre-
spondent that at one time there were
more than sixty deaths q day among
the refugee colony in Dobrudja from
.malnutrition, exhaustion and expos
ure. In certain sections, he said, the
Greeks were forced to live largely on
the rinds Of watermelons which the
Bulgarian soldiers threw in the
streets.
Tell Bitter Experience.
The older residents of this refugee
Suburb" of Saloniki, most Of whom
had fled from different parts Of Asia
Minor during the wholesale massacres
there in 1914, have bitter experiences
to relate about their treatment by the
Turks. Some of these people lived I'M
the city Of Phocis, where the whole
Christian population either had BEEN
driven out or e killed by the Turks
The women wept as they told about
the outrages of the Moslems. The
worst story was that told by an INTEL
ligent peasant woman, who declared
that in a butchershop opposite her
home in Phocis she saw the Turks
take a young girl who was considered
the most attractive in town and cut
her body into pieces. They hung the
pieces on meat hooks and offered
them for public sale, she said, to show
the Turks contempt for Greek Chris
tianS.
What most impresses the eye of the
visitor In speaking with these unfor4
tunate people is their sad, wan and
furrowed faces. They have been
driven about by the invading foe
until they have reached the point al
most Of despair and distraction.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-22
.27s ARE DETHR0NED BY WAR
Bavaria Leads, With Prussia's Thir-
ty-Three Royalties in Exile Sec
ond In List.

Berlin.-A German professor figures
that the %abdications and dethrone-
ments in Germany include 279 persons.
Bavaria leads with one king, one
queen, Is princes, 16 p~rincesses, five,
dukes and one duchess. Prussia has
sent 33 royalties into exile, including
the emperor, empress, 20 princes and
IL princesses. Brunswick is at the
bottom Of the list, with only the ducal
couple and their three children. The
two tiny principalities of Reuss, whose
area is hardly one three-hundredth
part Of that of Prussia, have exiled
SO royalties.
The prlncipality of Lippe, only about
20 square miles larger than the Reuss
states, had a royal family numbering
"a persons. Most extraordinary is the
case Of Schaumburg-Lippe with its
area Of 1870 square miles, where there
was nearly n royal parsonage for
every five square miles. These includ-
ed the reignlng prince, II princes and
seven Processes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-22

Saloniki.-High upon the hills of the
busting Macedonian city is a pic
turesoue settlement where 3,OOO
Greek refugees, driven from Asia
Minor by the massacre of 1914, make
their homes. Hundreds of other
Greeks who were interned by the Bull
garians in Dobrudja during the wal
have joined them recently. The
houses in this refugee camp were con-
structed by the Greek government. A
space equivalent to a large New York
furnished room is allotted to a fam
lily of from five to eight.
The settlement has been given the
pretentious name of SThe Quarter of
the Triumvirate" in honor Of Greece's
three great modern patriots-Premier
Venizelos, Admiral Kountouriotis and
General Danglais, who, repudiatsng
King Constantine, espoused the cause
of the allies when Germany sought to
win over the Greek army.
Many of the people have been
helped by the American Red Cross
and speak gratefully Of the United
States and its people.
AS the Associated Press correspond
ent was visiting the village, two OK
carts loaded with Greek refugees who
had been driven by the Turks from
the villages along the sea of Marmora
in 1913 and 1914, and who, during the
present war, were expelled from Mace
donia by the Bulgars, made their way
slowly up the steep mountain road.
The refugees had just come from
Dobrudja, to the south of Roumania,
where they were practically exiled by
the Bulgars. They had been nearly
two months on the way, and virtually
all the food and aid they got came
from the American Red Cross, which
has relief posts along the line leading
from Bulgaria into Macedonia. Many
were little tots from n to five years
old. The wonder was how these lit
tie ones, sickly and under-nourished,
were able to survive the long trip by
train, motortruck and OK cart.
The faces of these returning refu-
gees wore an inexpressibly sad and
harrassed look. For five years they
were driven hither and yon by Turk
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-22
Recognition Of Fighters.

The bills providing recognition to
the Missouri boys who served in the
war were prepared by Adjutant Cen
eral Harvey c. Clark and were handled
by the military affairs committee in
the senate and house.
One measure carried an appropria-
ton Of $115,00 for the erection of me-
MORALS in each county and st. Louis
for the soldiers. Under the appropria.
ton the state will give $1,000 to each
county which will raise a similar
amount for the memorial. The memoir
ial car BE- in the form of a monument,
building or plates, which may be
placed in the county courthouse.
Another appropriation of Sis, 900
provides that a commission of men
from the Missouri combat troops shall
be appointed to erect memorials on
the battlefelds of France, where the
principal Missouri units fought. One
of the fields that will be marked will
be the Argonne forest.
The memorials will mark the bat
tleields where the men of the 35th
and seth divisions, composed largely
of Missouri men, fought. The members
of the commission will receive no com
pensation for their service in select
ing the site for the memorials, but
their expenses will be paid.
Suitable medals for the Missouri SOL
diers will be provided in an a~ppropria-
ton Of $25, 900. These medals will be
distributed under the direction of
Adjutant General Clark.
The employment question for the
overseas fighters and those who did
not get across has not been over
looked. A bill was passed creating
an employment commission, to be
composed Of the adjutant general and
the state labor commissioner.
The commission, which has an ap-
preparation Of $4,000 for expenses.
will carry on a campaign Of publicity
TO insure each returning soldier a job.
The commission is empowered to
make investigation Of cases where sol
diess are refused their old jobs, and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-22
United States Marines
Lost 5,199 Of 1000

Washington.-Of the 5000 Of
ficers and men composing the
marine brigade when it went
into fighting near Chateau Thier-
ry last July 5 to stop the German
thrust at Paris, 126 officers and
5,073 men either were killed or
wounded. The marines took
Lucy-le-Boege, cleaned up Bel
leau wood and finally captured
Bouresches.
In disclosing these casualties
Major General Barnett, COM
mandant of the marine corps,
said published statements from
army officers that the marines
were not in the fighting at Cha
teau Thierry were misleading.
The marines, he said, were not
actually in the town itself, but
in the action known officially as
the battle of Chateau Thierry.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-22

drew inspiration. Here he smoked in
cessantly-his life consumption was es-
timated at four tons Of tobacco, or ten
pounds every week Of his GO smoking
Years. He died at eighty-one, devot-
ing his whole life to the burning Of
incense of Nicotia.
His funeral was in harmony with his
life. BY his express directions his cof-
fin was lined with the wood Of old
cigar boxes. At his feet were placed
q bladder Of the finest Dutch golden
leaf by his sides were laid his china
bowled pipe and a box Of matches and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-22

has been granted by the customs ON
Ger in charge of the port. and also have
issued instructions that all airplanes
arriving at this port from foreign
countries viii comply with the navy's
end of the regulations in connection
with the reporting to the customs of.
ficer the arrival of American naval
vessels from foreign ports"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-22
Factory Inspection.

A revamping of the factory inspec-
ton laws of the state so as to extend
their Jurisdiction to cities of 1000, vas
accomplished. The factory inspection
will now be known as the industrial
department and, according to Com1lis.
sioner Dunlap Of Kansas City, the law
will rank with those Of the best states.
The revamping of the laws make
them fit in with the workmen's com.
pensation act by providing minimum
requirements for the safeguarding OF
machinery.
The new fish and game law, which
will provide greater support for the
fish hatcheries of the state, was passed
during the last week Of the session.
The measure provides for a state fish
ing license of 81, which money will
be used in the establishment of fish.
hatcheries in the various sections Of
the state. A person may fish in his
own county without license, and a
hunting license also entities a person
to fish without an extra fee.
The legislature needed the COVER
nor's request that more support should
be given the penal and el~eemosynary
institutions Of the state in caring for
county inmates.
This support was increased about
so per cent for the support of the
county patients in state hospitals and
the inmates Of the boys and girls re-
formatories.
Twenty-Five OF the children's code
bills recommended by the Missouri
children's. code commission, which was
appointed two years ago by Governor
Gardner. were enacted into laws. The
bills passed include the mos. import.
ant, recommended by the
commission.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-22
HARD TO BEAT THIS RECORD
HoIiander Practically Devoted His
Life to Worship at Shrine of the
Goddess Nicotine.

Mynheer Van Klaes, who fiourished
In Rotterdam, Holland, about fifty
years ago, is surely entitled to the title
Of the liking Of smokers" His den
was a museum of nicotine relics CON
tanning specimens Of every kind Of to-
bacco smoked In the world and every
kind Of pipe through which the nations
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-22

will make public the names Of the
employers who refuse to take the men
back.
The complete reorganization of the
National Guard and the Home Guard
is carried in an appropriation Of $685.
900 for the biennial period.
The enfranchisement of Missouri
soldiers, sailors and marines is provid-
ed in a constitutional amendment,
which will be submitted as a result of
a recommendation Of the governor.
Missouri is one of the few states which
do not provide the ballot for their
citizens while in military service.
The measures providing recognition
for the soldiers were among the first
bills to be passed and have been signed
by the governor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-22
Votes For Women.

The bill gives the women Of the
state the right to vote fol- electors for
president and vice president of the
United States. No other campaign will
be conducted for suffrage in Missouri
until congress passes the amendment
to the federal constitution, carrying
full suffrage for women of every state.
The governor faced quite a problem
in raising sufficient venue to con
duct the states business during the
period of 1890. When he went into
office he inherited a debt of more
than $4,000 0 Money was Dor
rowed to pay the debt, the state put
on a cash basis and through strict
economy and a business administra-
ton the load was paid back during
1918.
The problem of getting additional
revenue came with the ratification Of
national prohibition through which it
was estimated that the state would
lose 100000 revenue annually.
The governor recommended that the
additional be raised through
an increase in the state income and
corporation franchise tax and the tax
on soft drinks.
The corporation franchise tax ac-
cordingly was increased from rs cents
to 81 on the $1,000 capital stock, while
the income tax was increased from
one half Of one per cent to one and
n half per cent.
The exemptions for the income tax
also were lowered from "a, 900 for mar
ried persons and $4,000 for single
persons to $4,000 and $1,000 to con
form to the exemptions of the federal
income tax.
It Is estimated that the income tax,
with the lowering Of exemptions, will
produce $1,000, 900 revenue annually.
A ejoker" which was in the income
tax bill passed two years ago was
stricken out Of the present measure
just at the close Of the session. The
Joker provided that a person could
Offset an equal amount of income tax
which might be charged against him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-22
Tax Measures Passed.

Several special tax measures were
passed to make up for the loss Of seve-
nue. with the coming of national prohi-
bition. Governor Gardner recommend
ed speedy action on the prohibition
amendments to the federal constitu-
fion, and its ratification by the senate
and house was one of the first acts of
the bodies.
Although there were thousands of
petitions for a new constitutional con-
vention and a bill was passed for it
by the senate, the measure was killed
by the house committee controlled by
the Republicans. The house also killed
the mortgage recording tax bill, which
was passed by the senate after being
recommended by property owners of
all sections of the state.
The Republicans played politics in
handling the constitutional conven-
tion question and refused to give it
favorable consideration because the
senate would not pass their redistrict-
ing bills which would have given them
an advantage over the Democrats in
the congressional and senatorial dis
tricts.
The governor also recommended
that a bill be enacted providing that
one but the English language should
be taught in the elementary schools
of the state, but this was defeated by
the Republicans of the house who
lined up against it on strict party
lines.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-22
Compensation Act.

The workmen's compensation act,
which creates the state workmen's
compensation commission to award
compensation to persons injured in
industrial accidents, will become eff
fective November i. However, the
four members of the commission,
which will be bipartisan, will be ap-
pointed in a few weeks.
The bill carried an amendment
which was offered to the original
house bill by Representative Norman
of Stoddard county providing that the
commissioners shall be honorably dis
charged soldiers, sailors or marines
during the first four years.
If state insurance had been provid-
ed in the bill there would have been
several hundred positions for soldiers.
The monopolistic state insurance was
knocked out of the bill, which finally
passed.
Governor Gardner repeatedly told
members of the legislature that he
did not want to go out of office until
a compensation act had been passed,
keeping Missouri in line with other
progressive states.
President R. T. Wood of the Mis-
souri, State Federation of Labor, and
former State Senator Alroy S. Phil
lips, of St. Louis, attorney for the fed
GRAFTON. have declared the bill passed
by the general assembly ranks third
with the compensation acts of other
states. Only the laws of New York
and Ohio have better features than the
Missouri act, according to Wood and
Phillips.
The granting of presidential suf-
frage to the women of the state was
urged by the governor, and while it
passed the house with little opposi-
ton, there was a determined effort to
kill it in the senate. This opposition
was finally overcome and the measure
was passed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-22

steel, flint and finder. In accordance
with his will all the smokers of Rot
terdam were invited to the funeral and
instead Of the o~ld-fashioned mourning
rings each was presented with ten
pounds of good tobacco and two pipes
bearing Van Klaes' arms. All the
mourners during the funeral service
smoked, and at the words 0ashes to
ashes, dust to dust" shook the ashes
out Of their pipes on the coffin lid.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-22
HINDRANcES OVERCOME AND
REMEDIAL LEGISLATION
Is ON BOOKS.
REVIEW OF IMPORTANT BILLS
Greater Support Is Given State lnsti-
buttons and Rights of Women and
Children Observation-Disclosures
Compensation Law and Road Bond
Issues-Recognition of M~issouri's
Fighting Men.

Jefferson City, Mo.-The major por-
tion of the great program of remedial
and constructive legislation recon-
mended four months ago by Governor
Gardner has been passed by the Fiji
tieth General Assembly.
This was accomplished by the gov
ernor despite the fact that he had a
Republican house to deal with, and
it was the second biennial period of
the governors administration, when
there was no patronage to hand out
to insure the passage of legislation.
The passage of a number of meas
ures providing recognition to the Mis-
souri, soldiers, sailors and marines
who served in the great war, the en-
actment of a workmen's compensation
act and the granting of presidential
suffrage to the women of the state
are outstanding features Of the gov
ernor's program which has been car
Fied into execution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-22

A recently patented sling for injured
arms is worn like a vest.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-22
$50, 900, 900 Bond Issue.

The legislature also passed a reso-
luton submitting a constitutional
amendment for a 100000, 900 bond is
sue to be used in building hard sur.
faced roads in all sections Of the
state.
This amendment was recommended
by the governor and the Missouri
Hard Road Association. The governor,
in signing the McCullough-MoEgan
road bill, declares the measure would
serve as a great stimulant in helping
the campaign for the $50, 000. 900 bond
issue.
A number of bills we're passed in
behalf Of the farmers and agricultural
interests of the state. One measure
provided indemnity for diseased cattle
which must be slaughtered by the
state.
A pure seed bill, which was recon-
mended by the governor and the state
board of agriculture, was passed with
no opposition.
The governor also recommended a
bill to protect the sheep industry from
dogs, but this was defeated in the
house.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-22

The "joker- was slipped n the pres
ent bill, but was discovere0 by Gov.
ernor Gardner before he signed the
measure. Another measure was thez
passed correcting the defect.
Soft Drink Tax.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-22
Pay For School Men.

County school superintendent, who
have been the most poorly paid per-
sons in public office, were given a sal
airy increase of SO per cent. AS a re-
suit of this increase the recent conven-
ton of the county superintendent,
held in this city, was one of the hap
piest we held in the history of the
organization.
While the governor did not recon-
mend the McCullough-Morgan roal bill,
he sanctioned the measure while it
was pending and approved it despite
some protests from the cities.
The bill contemplates the spending
of approximately $1,000, 900 on a sys-
tenn of state highways through all Of
the counties of the state during the
next two and a half years.
The money will be available through
the state using it's road fund in match
ing a similar amount money from.
the federal government. Approx
mately 100000 will then be given to
each county for the Improvement of
two highways, running east and west
and north and south and connecting
a complete system of highways.
The money will be awarded to the
county, which will be required to fur
nish the specifications for the road
work and construct all culverts and
bridges in excess of 20 feet. This
means that the weak, sparsely settled
counties of the Ozark region will get
the same support for their roads pro-
viding the specifications are approved
by the federal highway department.
The law will be administered by a
bipartisan board of four members and
a supervisor of roads will be named
to direct the work from Jefferson
City.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-22
Soft Drink Tax.

The tax on soft drinks was increased
from n half Of one cent per gallon
to n and one half cents per gallon.
While this is expected 20 yield a l@rge
amount of revenue, the governor had
hoped that the tax would be placed at
five cents per gallon. The law will
be administered by the state beverage
department, which takes the place Of
the state beer inspector.
The state inheritance tax was re-
enacted, but the law will now exempt
requests which are made to charitable,
religious and educational institutions.
Exemptions of SIS, 900 to a widow and
$4,000 to each child are granted in
the present law.
The appropriation of approximately
$205, 900 for vocational education work
was recommended by the governor,
and although it met with some opposi-
ton in the house, it was finally passed.
The money will be used in matching
a similar amount from the federal
government in advancing vocational
work in the schools of the state. This
will be under the direction of the state
superintendent TO schools.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1919-12-24
SPECIAL REFEREES SALE.

By virtue of a Decree of the Court
of Common Pleas for Lexington
County, s. c., heretofore made in the
case of Jefferson A. Plat, ct al,
against E. Katharine Plat, ct al, l,
H. L. Harmon, Clerk of Court for Lex
ington County, S. c., as Special Ref
cree, will sell on salesday in January,
1920, being: Monday, the 5th day OF
said month, during the usual hours of
sale, before the Court House door, in
the town of Lexington, in the County
Of Lexington, S. c., to the highest bid
der, FOR CASH: 49,. a:....:
!, "All that certain piece, parcel or
tract Of land, together with the i'm
provements thereon, situate, lying and
being on the southern side Of the
SaludaL River, in the County Of Lex
'ingtop, in the State" Of South Caro-
lyina, containing ninety-three, and
17!100 (S317) acres, more or less,
bounded as follows, to wit: On the
north by: the Saluda River; On the
east and southeast by lands formerly
of the Estate Of William Johnson, now
lands of the Columbia Electric Street
Railway Company; on the south and
west by lands Of Estate of Hook, be-
ing more fully described in the deed
of H. A. Spann, Clerk of Court of
Common Pleas and General Sessions
for Lexington County, S. c., to Will
liam Plat, and others, recorded in
said Clerks Office, in Volume "PP,"
page so, on the 18th Of November,
1896, and on the plat thereof made
by W: D. George, Surveyor, dated