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The Laclede blade., 1920-04-09
ON LOCAL SUBJECTS
Local Items and Interesting Bits Of
News Of All Sorts

Inc commencement exercises
of the Laclede high school will
be held at the opera house the
evening of May 20. There are
nine in the senior class as fol-
lows: Gladys Geneva Power,
| Nolan D. Pulliam, Lena Kent,
Arvilla Garside, Letha M. An
derson, Viva Jean Brown, HERNIA
Deininger, Dorothy Chrystal
Adams, and Jennie T. Lamme.
Geo. 0. Plowman, mayor; J.
T. Gushing, police Judge; Sol W.
White, marshal; VIM. Kraft and
Fred Groes, aldermen in east
ward, and W. r. Barton alder
man in west ward, is the result
of the city election held Tues
day. 1t was the only ticket out
and while there was naturally |
some scratching and substituting |
the regular printed ticket was
elected.
A. B. Henderson has an ad-
vertisement in The Blade today
announcing an auction sale of
sheep at his farm five miles south
west of Laclede on route one at
which time he. will offer 80 head
of good ewes, most of them with
lambs at side and others to lamb
soon and four purebred Shrop-
shire bucks. The sale will be
held next Tuesday, April 13, to
begin at l 100 o'clock.
E. E. Harmon now owns the
Hargadine farm of 249 acre five I
miles southeast of Laclede on the
National Trail. In acquiring it
of E. M. Lomax of Brookfeld he
traded in his place of 40 acres
just southeast of the Laclede !
station known as a part of the
Ransom farm. This trade had
no sooner been made than Mr..
Lomax sold his Laclede place to
W. S. Savage for $1,000. Mr..
Savage's household good arrived
from Colorado Tuesday and he Il
moved them to his new home, :
Mr.. Harmon moving to the Har- q
yadine farm as soon as the roads :
will permit. G
The regular meeting of the G
Woman's Foreign Missionary
society was held at the home of
Mrs. M. F. Clay Wednesday
4fternoon. An unusually large
lumber of ladies were present. cI
IN interesting program was pre- 81
ented, including a report of the b
istrict convention held at Men a,
on, given by Mrs. Layton. The
1ystery box was in charge of '
frs. Mary Garside who was G.
by Mrs. C. C. Bigger tc
nd Mrs. H. Landree. Mrs. W. W
!. Shell, Mrs. M. P. Benson,
Irs. H. H. Chapman and Miss in
'hristina Johnson were enrolled w
5 new members. Delicious re- al
were served by the VI
ostess assisted by Mrs. Max a
ones. Music and a delightful "a
,cial hour concluded the meet 81
Ig. to
at
John Baskin, aged II, and ~
iss Jennett Pease, aged 16, is
lughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Polly
ease, were married last Mon tb
~. They were given a charivari
lrty at the home the groom's
other, Mrs. Mary Baskin, a
lie southwest of town, Tuesday m
The Laclede blade., 1920-04-09

Some good young mares for
sale by S. D. Edwards, Boomer.
The Laclede blade., 1920-04-09

John Baskin, aged II, and
Miss Jennett Pease, aged 16,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Polly
Pease, were married last Mon
day. They were given a charivari
party at the home the groom's
mother, Mrs. Mary Baskin, a
mile southwest of town, Tuesday
night.
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26 DEAD, $50 HURT
IN TRAIN CRASHES
| ON TWO RAILROAD!
Fatal Wrecks Occur Nea
South Pittston, Pa, and .
Arnold, Iowa. 81
LIGHTNING FELLS POLE
| IN PATH OF EXPIRES!
Western Train Crashes Throug
Bridge Over Bloody Creek. )
Some Injured May Die.

SCRANTON, Pa, July 3.-In a col
awanna and Wyoming Valley rail
road, near South Pittston station, a
7:30 o'clock tonight, eighteen peopl
are reported killed and 100 injured
The accident occurred when lightninI
struck a telegraph pole along tn
line of. the track and caused il q
fall over on the tracks in front Of
car bound for Scranton.
A moment later a limited ca
crashed into the rear of the one tha
struck the pole, and third car telc
scoped the second. All three car
were piled in a heap.
Many of those killed and injured hal
attended the annual games of the Gale
donian clubs of Scranton and Pittstol
at Valley View Park this afternoon
Most of the injured have been taken z
the state hospital at Pittston.
Whole Train Goes Down.
HUMBOLDT. Iowa, July 3.-Eigh
persons were killed and thirty injuret
twelve seriously, when Minneapolis an
st. Louis northbound train No. wer
into Bloody creek, a half mile north {
Arnold, Iowa, this afternoon. Five I
the dead are unidentified The tral
runs between Des Moines and St Pau
Details Are Lacking.
MINNEAPOLIS, July 3-Reports
the offices of the Minneapolis and S
Louis railroad here said five person
were killed this afternoon in a wrec
of passenger train No. on that road
near Humboldt, Iowa Details wer
lacking.
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WILSON MAY GIVE
VAN SCHA|CK D,C.
POST THIS WEEK
Reports Say Ex-SchooI Board
Head Will Get Commits
sionership.

President Wilson will give DR.. John
Van Schaick. jr, a recess appoint
ment as District Commissioner early
this week. This was the belief freely
expressed last night by persons in
close touch with the White House,
and friends of the former president
of the board Of education.
Preparations of DIR. Van Schaick to
resign from the school board, it is
believed, also are indicative Of his
early appointment as successor to
former. Commissioner w. Gwynn
Gardiner.
DR.. Van Schaick, it was learned
last night from an authoritative
source. has planned to resign from
the school board tomorrow, or as soon
as DR.. Abram Simon, who was elected
president of the body last week, de-
cided to accept the Office. DR.. Simon
will return to Washington tomorrow
from Rochester. N. Y, and make his
decision. DR.. Van Schaick expressed
the opinion last night that Dr. Simon
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MAI. GEN. GORGAS,
HERO OF PANAMA,
DIES IN LONDON
Former Chief Surgeon OF
Army Succumbs to Bright's
Disease.
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, July 4.-Maj. Gen. William
C. Gorgas, former surgeon general Of
the United States Army, died at an
early hour this morning.
Gen. Gorgas' death was peaceful.
He was unconscious much Of the
time for the last few days. according
to the hospital attendants, and was
not even able to recognize Mrs. Cor
gas or Brig. Gen. Noble. the only
Americans present at the end.
Col. Kennedy, medical consultant at
the hospital, was in constant wait
ing on Gen. Gorgas, and every facility
was afforded by the British military
authorities for proper medical atten-
ton.
It was stated by Gen. Noble that
Bright's disease tnephritis) was the
immediate cause of death.
Recovery Long in Doubt.
Virtually from the middle Of June
hope was abandoned for the generals
recovery. He arrived in London from
New York on May 1. seemingly in
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sure there would be nominee before
daylight
At 8 o'clock. the hour for the reas-
sembling, the leaders and delegates, as
usual were late in arriving. Thousands
of San Francisco people who had tick
cts to the convention were deprived
Of seeing the session because Of the re-
cess. Tickets for today's session had
been taken up for the day and none
were provided for the night session.
The result was that block Of general
admission tickets was issued and the
galleries were packed Unfortunately.
Palmer Men Make Drive.
At s:17 Chairman Robinson began
calling for order. Vance Mccormick
former chairman of the democratic
national committee, recalling that a
democratic national convention never
sits on Sunday and predicting no NOM
ination before midnight, said he
thought the convention would go over
to Monday. The Palmer forces were
making a drive to get back some of
their lost strength as the convention
was coming to order.
Roll Of States Resumed.
The roll of the states was resumed at
8 :33 O'Clock. On the seventeenth bal
lot Alabama started a movement to
Davis. taking votes from McAdoo.
Arizona threw four to Owen from the
Cox column. \
Colorado threw ono to Cummings and
two to Glass. bringing them back into
the balloting. Palmer and McAdoo stood
the losses. It looked as If the Palmer
people were calling back borrowed"
delegates.
Cox lost on Illinois: Palmer also lost
one there. which went to Davis. Nc
Adoo strength there stood. Indiana
stayed with Cox. So did Iowa. Kansas
stuck with McAdoo and Kentucky re-
mained unchanged with twenty-three to
Cox and three to McAdoo.
Louisiana Topped to Cox with her
whole twenty votes, giving him a
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FIND 100000 SHORTAGE
Confidential Clerk of National City
Company Now Held.

NEW YORK, July 3.-Followin1
the discovery of shortages totalind
100000 in the accounts of the Nal
tional City Company, John H. Grass
man was arrested here today. He il
held on a specific charge of stealing
two $1,000 bonds deposited in thu
bank where he is employed as con
fidential clerk. After arraignment ID
the Yorkville court he was released
on $11,500 bail.
Grassman is alleged to have used
the bonds as collateral for a 10000
loan which he obtained some month";
ago from q local brokerage house.
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JUSSERANDS GO HOME.
Take "First Real Vacation" Since
War Began.

NEW YORK, July 3.-J. J. Jusse5
rand, French ambassador to tho
United States, and Mrs. Jusserand,
sailed today on the steamship La
Savoie for France where the diplo y
mat and his wife plan to spend what
they say is their first real vacation''
since the war began in 1914.
Miss Louise B. Wood, daughter Of
Mrj. Gen. Leonard Wood, was also
aboaId the La Savoie. She is going to
France to help Miss Anne Morgan
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The seventeenth and eighteenth at
tempts were more or less see-saw
performances and kite flying expedi-
tions in which candidate managers
tried to find some one upon whom to
center.
Dark horse talk centering about a
whole paddock of mentioned possi-
bilities characterized the renewal of
the balloting. After the eighteenth
ballot. when no result had been at
tanned, the convention evidently de-
cfded it wanted a little relaxation, for
a demonstration started by the Cox
onstration in which a lot of state
standards mixed indiscriminately and
the usual number of scrimmages took
place without very many Of the scrim-
magers knowing what they were
scrimmaging about.
Spend Hour Conferring.
The Cox band. which had been kept
out of the hall. was in again tonight,
whanging it's monotonous drone,
something about Ohio" the words of
which were drowned out in the din
when the Cox boomers tried to sing
them.
The Cox, McAdoo and Palmer forces
and those hoping to develop a dark
horse spent the hours between recess
and reassembling at s pm. tonight in
hurried conferences and desperate
efforts to line up compromise ticket.
Word from Washington that President
Wilson was pursuing a rhands off,
policy added to the confusion of the
situation.
To every argument advanced for
some dark horse, objections were
heard in opposition. Those opposed
to Cox argued the Ohio governor had
reached the maximum of his strength
and lost his opportunity when the
suspension Of the balloting was per-
mitted for the recess. McAdoo and
Palmer forces were importuned by
each other to find a way to stop him.
No RaliyinE Point Found.
Despite the statement Of some ad-
ministration leaders that it cannot
Ego to Cox" the Cox forces pointed
out that the dark-horse movement
had found no rallying point, and that
Cox still remained a potential force,
which from a small number at the
start had taken the lead in the ball
loting and nosed McAdoo out of first
place
McAdoo Supporters Confer.
McAdoo supporters had a confer-
ence and according to their announce
ment decided to stand pat" and at
tempt to hold all the votes they could.
They said no attempt would be made
to coalesce with Palmer people be-
cause they felt breaking Of the
Palmer block would turn votes to
Cox. The Cox people at the same time
had a conference and announced they
also would be willing to go to some
body else If the transition resulted in
losses to each other.
In short, the Cox people were de-
tarmined to beat McAdoo, and the Nc
Adoo people were no less determined
70 beat Cox. There was talk OF the
convention going over to next week.
but many of the leaders planning to
hold the convention in session through
r5he night II necessary. said they-wess
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INDICTS % FOR MURDER.

WILLIAMSON, W. Va. July 3A--
Seven indictments. charging murder
in each case, were returned against
sid" Hatfield. chief of police, at
Matewan. w. Va, and twenty-five
other persons, today by the special
grand jury investigating the battle
between authorities and citizens OF
Matewan and Baldwin-Felts detec-
tives May 1s, in which seven Of the
latter, the mayor. miner and boy
were killed.
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SAN FRANCISCO CONVENTION TAKES RECESS UNTIL MONDAY
AFTER % FUTILE BALLOTS IN WHICH COX GOES TO FRONT
Dynamite Lunch
Blasts One COw,
Fear for Second

NEW YORK. July 3 (spe-
cfaI) All because n careless
employe OF the New Jersey
highway commission left a box
containing twelve sticks Of
dynamite where two heifers
belonging to Benjamin Hard
esty, a farmer Of Jutland, n. j.,
could get mt them, Hardesty is
minus one heifer and IL anx-
i0usly watching another. fearful
that she also will explode.
Hardesty has filed one claim
against the state highway COM
mission for $125 for the ex-
ploded heifer, and he announced
today that IL the other heifer
bumps n fence post or rubs ex-.
ira hard against q stump, she
also will vanish in fragments.
sY0u can't blame the cows"
he explained, ."that dynamite
stun II pretty tasty"
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TWO HOLES IN GRAYsON.

( LONDON. July 3.-The American
steamer Grayson, which is aground
at Stroma, small island off the
northeast coast of Scotland, lies in
an exposed position and has holes
through Nos. 1 and holds. it was
stated in shipping circles here today.
Prospects of salvaging the stranded
ship are said to be good.
The Grayson is bound from Norfolk
for Gothenburg.
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OHIO GOVERNOR HAS43O,
WITH McADOO AT 37215;;
1661% .PALzNER,S TOTAL
Fen Scattering Shifts Only
Change Shoavn as Votes
Go Into Early Hours.
ssDARK HORSE,'' AS COMPROMISE
FAILS TO APPEAR IN RECESS
Delegates Split on Proposal of Some to
Compel Recess Until Mondayto Work
Out Compromise.


AUDITORIUM, San Francisco, July 3-After twenty-five
ess ballots the democratic national convention just before
midnight hopes of selecting presidential nominee within
the first week of its session and adjourned until 10 o'clock Mon
day morning.
Repeated attempts adjourn defeated throughout the
early part of the night but midnight approached and it
about become Sunday the tradition that democratic national
convention works Sunday coupled with the fact that
the convention tired and frazed had its effect and
the final motion to adjourn unopposed.
When the convention stopped Cox leading with 430 Nc
Adoo with 372H.
PALMER DOWN TO 1861.
Palmer down to 1861.
The final ballots of the night full of McAdoo
but failed make much headway. Georgia, his home
state pledged to Palmer with her twenty votes
in block for ballot it would her native
toward victory but faed do and she swung back
Attorney General
No dark horse appeared during the nights baotng carry
off the and the ourned just need
Of somebody to rally about when began the baotng
1t deadlock with nobody in sight to break it. Sunday
will be devoted efforts finding somebody whom
swing
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No Reguar
Star Tomorrow,

In order to conserve paper
The Star will not issue q regu.
lar edition on Monday, July s.
which Is a national holiday.
If the democratic natlona1
convention nominafes q can.
didate for President before
III pm IN extra will be issued.
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BOMB BLOWS UP THEATER
$50 Persons Buried in Ruins Il
Bulgarian Town.

BERLIN, July 3.-Newspapers -
day publish a dispatch from Sofia
saying that the Odeon Theatef ut
Phillipopolis. Bulgaria, was blown up
by a bomb and that about $50 bo0ies
were buried under the debris. =
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PRESIDENT HAS NEVER EXPRESSED
HIS PREFERENCE SAYS TUzNULT.

Francsco t by
last night
the Eden a apreee at
Ioush n
invention since opened
which tn eIat night
in
mdt
opinion onew thfnc o a
hspoic refai from mi
President saL took its
f tobl
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The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication Of all news dispatches
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights OF publication OF special
dispatches herein also reserved.
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Partly cloudy today and tomorrow;
little change in temperature.
Temperature for twenty-five hours
ending 10 pm. last night: Highest,
SO; lowest, 76.
Full report on page 5.
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AMERICANS SUFFER
: BY BRITISH ORDER
(By United Press)

SHANGHAI. April l. (By Mail)-
Delay Of the American state denart-
ment in taking up with the British
government effectively protest
against an Order in Council prOhib-
iting citizens Of any other country
from managing concerns Incorporated
under the laws of Great Britain has
created a feeling of decided unrest
throughout the Far East.
:. Scores of American business men
who have been in managerial capa-
cities out here for many years have
been dispossessed and the business
they have built up have been given
into the hands of Britons drafted
from England or clerical positions in
the companies.
A striking instance in connection
with the new order is that OF Captain
H. E. Morton, former manager of the
Shanghai Hotels Companies, Ltd,
owenrs of Astor House and Palace
Hotels, the largest hostelries in
Shanghai. He was compelled to re-
sign his position and is sailing for
the United States on the steamer
Ecuador because he is an Ameri.
can and cannot continue in his posi-
ton under the new ruling. That he
was successful in his work as man.
ager OF the company is indicated by
the annual report of the company
which shows the hotels earned net
profit of $596,437 last year, an in
crease og $223,196 over the previous
year.
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IF KIDNEYS ACT
BAD TAKE SALTS
SAYS Backache Is Sign You
Have Been Eating Too
Much Meat


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and dull misery in the kidney region
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and they become sort of paralyzed
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them, like you relieve your bowels
removing all the body's urinous
waste, else you have backaehe, sick
headache, dizzy spells; your stomach
sours, tongue is coated, and when the
weather is bad you have rheumatic
twinges. The urine is cloudy, full
of sediment, channels often get sore,
water scalds and you are obliged to
seek relief two or three times during
the night.
Either consult . good, reliable
physician at once or get from your
pharmacist about four ounces of Jad
Salts; take tablespoonful in glass
of water before breakfast for few
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combined with ithia, and has been
used for generations to clean and
stimulate Sluggish kidneys, also to
neutralize acids in the urine 50 it no
longer irritates, thus ending bladder
weakness.
Jad Salts is q life saver for regular
meat eaters. It Is inexpensive, can
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COAL STRIKE CASES:
AGAINST UNION HEADS.
and OPERATORS CALLED
Conspiracy to Restrict Output
Increase Prices, Charged
Against Leaders
BY Hiilard D. Garrison
International News Service StoH
COrresDOndent

Correspondent.
indianapolis, Ind, May 6.--Some
of the most prominent figures in the
bituminous coal industry in the
United States were to be arraigned
in the United States District Court
here. today under an indictment
charging 1875 soft coal operators and
miners with conspiracy to restrict the
production and distribution OF coal
and conspiracy to "exact excessive
prices" Approximately two-thirds OF
the defendants are operators and the
rest miners and union. officials.
The indictment under which the
operators and miners were to enter
pleas before Judge A b. Anderson
was the result of three months IN
vestigation into every phase or the
coal industry by a special Federal
Grand Jury and today's court action
is the elimination of the coal contro-
versy which had its inception early
last fall, prior to the nationwide
strike of q half-milli0n coal miners.
The defendants, with one exception,
are all from the central competitive
coal field, comprising Illinois, 1ndi-
ana. Ohio and Western Pennsylva-
mia. One of the indicted men has
been dead year.
An imposing array of legal talent
has been engaged to defend both the
miners and operators. Charles Evan
Hughes heads the council for the
miners and their officials and some
twenty-five prominent attorneys have
been engaged to carry on the legal
fight for the operators. Judge An
derson, who also presided at the in
junction proceedings against the min
ers' leaders here last autumn will
hear the conspiracy proceedings.
Vigorous measures were taken by
some operators outside Indiana to
fight extradiction to the jurisdiction
of Judge Anderson's court and it was
stated today that the defendants In
the operators camp are prepared to
fight the case against them on every
legal technicality. The miners, too,
were prepared for battle on technical
tiles, it was stated and they voiced
the utmost confidence in the ability of
their counsel.
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PENNSYLVANIA NOW LEADING
keystone State Led Nation In 1919 In
Mileage Of Contracts Let tor
Road Building.

PENNSYLVANIA led the nation in 1919
in mileage of contracts let for road
construction, according to the state
highway department. Up to January
I the state awarded contracts for
the building of 679.26 miles OF du-
rable highways. Its nearest competi-
tor was Illinois, which contracted for
5000 miles.
Pennsylvania 1920 program calls
for the construction Of approximately
500 miles Of roads. The department
says that Pennsylvania is far ahead
of other states in the organization
it has perfected to build durable high
ways.