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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-08
County Court Refuses
Farm Bureau Appropriation

necessary" "a needless expense, "a
burden to the taxpayers Of st. Fran
co.'s county"
The first Of these statements GER
tainly does not express the views Of
farmers. Or would you say that farm
ers have everything they need? To
ask the question is to answer it. There
never was time when farmers were
in greater need Of just such aid as a
Farm Bureau, with county agent,
can give. Hence, money spent for
this work is not needless expense"
1t is doubtful whether the same
amount Of money spent for any other
purpose can result in the same amount
of good. Besides this, the state and
nation pay about one dollar for every
dollar appropriated by the County
Court. Il is almost ludicrous to speak
of the county agent work as a burden
to the taxpayers. If special tax
were leNiSu 1OT ILLS WOlnS ~ WouhN NoSs
the average farmer less than five cents
a year. But as a matter of fact, no
additional tax would be imposed. The
judges all admitted that it would not
make one bit of difference in the tax
es whether we have an appropriation
for Farm Bureau work OF. not.
The opposition, though pretending
ly directed against the County Agent,
does not affect him. There are lots Of
counties in this and other states clam
oring for a county agent; counties
that can pay more money than ST.
Francois county is paying. In reality,
this affects none but the Farm Bureau
and the people of st. Francois county.
c. c. SCHUTTLER,
President st. Francois County Farm
Bureau.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-08

Last Monday evening while Col,
Leroy X. Robins Of st. Louis, who
owns an Angora goat farm near Doe
Run, and his 17-year-old son were
walking along the railroad track near
Bismarck to get train for st. Louis,
they were mistaken by Marshall Huff
of Bismarck and Constable Fitzpat-
rick for bandits whom they were look
ing for. Marshall Huff with drawn
pistol ordered them to stop and throw
up their hands. The boy did so. but
the Colonel turned and started to walk
on around them, when Marshall Huff
fred, the ball penetrating Col. Rob
bins right cheek and passed through
the neoh without striking any bones.
The incidents leading up to the un-
fortunate occurrence are as follows:
At four o'clock Monday afternoon two
bandits held up Station Agent A. l..
Hahn at Doe Run Junction Of the Bel
mont Branch of the Iron Mountain
and M. r. & B. T. railroads. They
robbed Mr.. Hahn Of his gold watch
and the till Of $2s. locked the agent in
the station and lit out. Mr.. Hahn by
long-distance' phone notified Sheriff
Hunt at Pennington. giving descrip-
tion of the bandits, who Immediately
notified officials throughout the coun-
ty to be on the outlook for them.
Col. Robbins and his son had been
visiting his goat farm, and walked ov-
er to Doe Run Junction to take the NJ
R. & B. T. train for st. Louis. On ae-
count of a change in the time of that
train they missed it. Both of them
being enthusiastic pedestrians, they
started on twelve-mile hike up the
Belmont track to Bismarck to catch
q st. Louis train at that point.
Marshal Huff and Constable Fitz-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-08
SANE FOURTH

The Fourth passed off in this county
without any serious accident or oc-
currence, save the Doe Run junction
hold-up and the unfortunate shooting
Of Col. Robbins as an aftermath. There
we're numerous pienics in different
parts Of the county which passed on
without any fighting, shooting or Sc
rious accidents, asdwas invariably the
case in the fotfdef fines. Of wide-open
saloons and drunks. The cause nav
ing been removed the effect has i.s-
appeared to large extent.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-08
UNION SERVICES.

The Sunday evening union services,
for the summer solstice, Of the Presby-
terian, Baptist, Methodist and Chris
tian Churches begin next Sunday eve
ming. The first service will be held at
the Presbyterian Church Sunday eve
ming at the usual hour. Rev. J.. NJ,
Bailey of the Christian Church win
deliver the discourse.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-08
MORE HOT WEATHER IN STORE

The, Weather Bureau at Washington
reported on the 9th that though cooler
weather is due for part Of the middle
states, continued hot weather is in
store for the Western half of the ter
ritory east of the Mississippi River.
The heat wave is broken in the North
Atlantic states, but the bureau says
that a great mass of superheated air
is hanging over the interior states and
there is no immediate prospect for re-
lief.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-08

Mrs. King, wifA6 Rev. ]. L. King,
nastor Of the Pennington Presbyter-
ian church, submitted to a major on,
Grafton at the Fulton (Mo.) HospItal
the latter part Of last week. Her
friends here are glad to learn that she
is getting along nicely
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Garland holland Of
Charleston have been visiting the fam
ily of E. T. holland. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Noland of st. Louis are expected this
week.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-08

Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Mccarthy and
their two children of st. Louis mo-
tored down in their ear the latter
part of last week to spend several
days with their aunt, Miss Rhoda
Boise.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13
$l6,O 600, 600 Shrinkage
I'm Plant Estate Denied
One of Five Executors Blames
Taxes and Debts for Re-
ducti0n i'm Value

NEW LONDON, Conn, May 12.--
George L. Shearer, an attorney, of New
York, one of the FIVE executors of the
estate of the late Morton F. Plant, de-
MED to-day, at hearing in the Probate
Court at Groton, that the estate has
shrunk from its inventory valuation
Of $33,000,000 to $17,000,000.
The hearing was held for the pur-
pose Of allowing four of the FIVE ex-
ecutors to make claims against the es-
tate. Mr.. Shearer said that the estate
showed no shrinkage, but that debts
owed by the estate at the time of the
testator's death, inheritance taxes and
state and Federal taxes had reduced
the total value of the estate to approx
imately $17,ooo,o0o.
In court to-day before Judge Arthur
P. Anderson, following a conference
between Charles s. Whittlesey, an at
torney of this city, and Mr.. Stewart, an
attorney of New York, it was an
nounced that Henry B. Plant, one of
the executors of the estate, Is willing
to approve the amounts asked by four
of the five executors, and also the al
lowances for attorneys fees.
Those filing claims are the United
States Trust Company, George L.
Shearer, Francis dec. Sullivan and
Henry B. Plant. Mrs. Mae Caldwell
Plant Hayward, the fifth executor
named in the Plant will, fled no claim.
The hearing was continued by Judge
Anderson until June 81, at which time
the amount of compensation for the
executors will be fixed and other mat
amounts to be claimed by the executors
follow: Henry B. Plant, 100000
United States Trust Company, $780,.
900; George L. Shearer, 100000; Fran
ces dec. Sullivan, $500, 900, of which
s58,500 has been paid.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13
Costs Must Drop
Before Rates, Says
Rail Executive Aid
Tariffs Have Merely Kept in
Line With Commodity
Values, II. S. Binkerd Tells
Development Association

Federal control of the railroads was
blamed for high freight rates by Rob-
ert S. Binkerd, assistant to the chair
man of the Association of Railway
Executives, at the annual dinner of the
American Railway Development Asso-
citation given last night at the Hotel
Pennsylvania.
the war and of unfortunate and un-
necessary practices introduced on the
systems under Federal CONTROL" said
Mr.. Binkerd. obviously it would have
been far better for the country had
rates been advanced ct the time when
costs were being advanced, and the
very lateness of the necessary increase
in rates is in itself a cause of ad-
ditional difficulty.
Nevertheless it must steadily be
borne in mind and stated over and
over again that the slump in traffic
is worldwide; that these rates are not
the cause of the decline in traffic which
the railroads have suffered, and that
even to-day, with all the declines which
have taken place in commodity prices,
freight rates represent only about
the same percentage of commodity
values that the pre-war rates repre-
sented of pre-war commodity values.
Before rates can come down gener-
ally there must be substantial reduc-
tion in the cost of transportation.
While, as You know, economy is being
sought in every direction, at time
when from so to 70 cents of the oper-
ating dollar of the various railroads
goes out to labor, reduction in labor
cost must be the largest single element
of economy"
The Railway Development Associa-
tion closed its convention by the cleo
tion of officers. G. E. Bates, Albany,
of the Delaware G. Hudson, was elected
president; j. B. Lamson, Chicago, of
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, vice
president; j. F. Fox, Chicago, of the
Northern Pacific, second vice president,
and J. F. Jackson, Savannah, of the
Central Railroad of Georgia, secretary
treasurer. Denver was chosen for next
years convention.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13
Builders Held
Up for 20O%
by Contractors
Continues from f,rst page,

left by sub-contractors, which, added
to the amount actually paid out, makes
total of $4,000 on a contract Of
$567 900, with the work only two-thirds
completed. To ascertain what became
of this money paid by the city, Mr.
Untermyer said, will be part of the
work of any grand jury that takes up
the subject.
Calls Contractor Defaulter
Mr.. Untermyer then went on:
THE bankrupt and defaulting con-
tractor engineers the new contract
with the city by which the city is to
pay s663,000, excluding more than
100000 for plumbing and steamheat.
ing, for work to which it would have
been entitled under the Winternitz
contract on paying $4,000, providing
the contractor satisfied the liens OF
S118,000. But this is far from being
the worst part of the story. When
the contractor defaulted, he deliberate
ly released, and the city apparently
permitted him to release, every re.
sponsible sub-contractor. 1t remains
to be ascertained whether that was
not the real reason why he defaulted
for we find him actively participating
in making new contracts for sub-con-
ot"e0'iS -, wan thehA al eAtoI tiohsCe
prices with the same contractors who
have been thus released.
"This property for four years has
been under constructions; it is not in
closed; the sashes are not in the win
dows, and it has been permitted almost
to go to decay. This presents about as
shocking q condition as it is possible
to conceive, and one that plainly calls
for further investigation, which we are
unable to give to it here. 1t is too
complicated; there are too many wit
nesses concerned; there is too much to
be done. 1t would take US another
week to develop all the facts of this
case, but sufficient has been developed
to justify me in recommending that
the papers be handed over to the grand
jury"
The "tip" to the steel dealers to go
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13

alleyiate the house shortars by erect.
ing two-story houses, told the grand
jury to-day that the cost of the houses
erected was boosted $4,000 each be-
cause OF union interference.
Inc grand jury completed its inves-
tigation Of the excavating and wreck
ing industry with it's session to-day
after interviewing thirteen witnesses
during the last three days, and ad-
journed until Monday. Those indicted
were:
William J. Newman, treasurer of the
Contracting Team Owners Association
and head Of the wrecking firm of w. j.
Newman & Go.
Isaac Waixei, chairman Of the ex-
ecutiye committee of the excavating
branch and the most often mentioned
by witnesses as the person receiving
the shake-down.
Edward Mullen. business agent of
the Lumber and Excavating Union.
Michael Flynn, business agent Of the
Excavating Transfers Union. ,
Michael McNichols, business agent Of
the Excavating Laborers' Union.
The indictments will be returned in
open court before Chief Justice Charles
A. Mcdonald some time next week.
They will charge conspiracy to extort
money and conspiracy by means of in
Limitations and threats to cause boy
colts and strikes.
After the indictments had been voted
Assistant States Attorney German said
that witnesses previously called had
testified that all five of the men named
had worked together to collect graft
money in various ways. Some of the
camouflage names were war tax, hos
pital assessment and dues.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13

ahead and boost their prices, as the
government was losing control of the
INDUSTRY, was contained in letter sent
TO Mr.. Cornell by George .. Mciiyaine.
secretary of the National Pine and
supply Association, with an Enclosure
from r. M. Sheldon, of Braman, Dow &
20, Boston. The inclosure was dated
November 10, 1913, and ran in part:
Ut is my firm belief that jobbers in
the various centers can readjust their
prices, lnasmuch as no further re-
ports of sales are to be made, / am
strongly of the opinion that the gov
ernment will not long be in position 70
take exceptions to any prices the job
bers may make"
Z. 8. Was Dropping Price Control
"This was just at the time that the
control of prices in Washington was
being disintegrated, wasn't it?' inter-
polated Mr.. Untermyer.
Yes" replied Mr.. Cornell.
The letter added:
The change at Washington is quite
noticeable, and it is evident that dis
!ntegratlon of the various depa rtments
Is taking place at a. rapid rate. Manv
who have volunteered their services -
have already departed and others are
going to leave at the earliest. possible
moment. | was con6dentially advised
that Mr.. Replogle expects to 60 to Eu-
rope, and this may mean but yerv
little further control of the steel
supply.
1T was intimated to me by a high
official that reasonable readjustment
of prices on articles that did not show
a profit from warehouse stock would
not be attacked, and if they were
there was probably no legal ground for
so. doing and very little machinery
left with which to embarrass the
jobber
II cannot give yoa the name of the
gentleman, and I must ask you to con-
slider this in strictest confidence"
StocKenreiter testified there were
about seventy members in the Archi-
tectural and Wrought Iron Contract
ors' Association, the organization
being affiliated with the Building
Trades Employers Association. Among
the provisions of the bylaws of the
association was one compelling mem
bers to deal only with one another.
Members were also forbidden to do
work on building against which a
fellow member had claim or where
fellow member had trouble with the
owner.
The hearings will continue next
Monday.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13

the depression in the commercial
world and the increase in rates came
simultaneously. and this. he said, was
the real reason why the high rates
were blamed for the conditions.
Senator Townsend said transpcrta-
eien was stimulated by lower tariffs
and he doubted IL anything justified
oycreharges by the railroads.
Denies That Roads Overcharge
81 don't believe there is any over
charge in rates. Mr.. Krutsschnitt
said. "There is a limit below which
you cannot go. For fifteen years the
roads have been going downhill under
y policy of rate starvation"
Senator Townsend wanted to know
ii the companies would not have been
III better position TO ask for decreases
IL wages if they had not themselves
first increased rates.
al do believe this said MIR. Krutt-
schnitt, "that If business depression
had not come we should not have been
Obliged to ask so speedily for reduc-
tion in wages"
Senator Townsend insisted on an
answer to the question whether the
railroads had not seen the risk of
alternating public opinion by increasing
rates before reducing wages.
'The roads were in desperate stu
ation," said the witness.
Mr.. Kruttschnitt said the assertions
were extravagant that the roads could
reduce their operating expenses
through further great economies.
II do not know how any more great
economies could be put into effect than
are now being practiced, ne added.
~ would be very reluctant to say
that we have got to the point where
we can do no better. An executive who
gets 60 this point is about ready to be
retired. But do say that we are at q
point where contentious that fabulous
sums can be saved through further
economies are unfounded. If the rail-
roads were allowed to employ un-
skilled labor at rates other people are
paving they could save 100000 day"
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13
Bullets Open
Terror Reign
In Coal Field
CONTINUED from page sns)

obliged to cross the open valley and
climb the rugged slopes in full view
of the hidden marksmen.
Sergeant David Peterson, of the
state police, who led squad of men
to Sprigg this afternoon, told tonight
of the plight in which several hundred
passengers on d monday train found
themselves when they reached the bat
tie zone.
Bullets were peppering down from
the mountains when the train got in"
he said. women and children
screamed and cried in terror, while
virtually every passenger on the train
fell prone to the floors of the coaches
for protection. I don't know whether
any shots were aimed at the train.
None Of the passengers was injured"
Sergeant Peterson, who alighted at
Sprigg with his squad, said his men
were subjected to hail of bullets
before they could gain shelter in a
nearby cabin.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13

the roads in the Southern District was
s5,26S.a44 or q decrease of 3s.2 per
cent compared with ono year ago,
I, with reports from the Duluth. South
Shore & Atlantic and the CHICAGO.
Peoria e. st. Louis railroads missing.
the operating revenues for the West
ern District were $177 ,309, ,246, or a de-.
crease of swo-sifths of per cent com
pared with those for March last wear.
Operating expenses for the district
were S14a,S61, ,144, which was decrease
of 3.s per cent compared with one year
ago, while the net operating income
was $t5,07S,503, or an increase of cas-
per cent over that in March, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13
Senate Committee Ends.
Hearings in Blair Case
Fran, The Tribu,,e,s Washington Btsreau

Fran 1he 4 rsbuSse's WdsItnCss5n Btsrsnu
WASHINGTON. May 12.-The Senate
Finance Committee to-day completed
the hearing in the case of David r..
Blair, OF North Carolina, nominee for
Commissioner of Internal Reven,e.
Testimony of Senator Hiram Johnson
and amendments were ordered printed.
The committee probably will meet
again Saturday to consider the case.
All indications are that Blair will be
given a favorable report and that this
action will be followed by his confrma-
tion by the Senate.
The COMMITTEES took testimony on
charges of Senator Johnson that Blair
violated the primary law OF North
Carolina in not following the mandate
Of the primary last June and support
ing Senator Johnson at Chicago, and
on the charge that Blair is NOT 8
proper appointee for head of the bureau
of Internal Revenue because his father
in-law and members of his family ars
concerned in heavy tax refunds.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13

owned and privateiy-owned American
shipping.
ITO deny this wild statement may
seem TO magnify its actual value, but
it must be answered because it is aimed
at the government itself.
For the American Steamship Own
ers' Association / characterize the
charge as malicious invention. with
out shred of truth in it. Our $3.50
citation and the Shipping Board jointly
framed wage and working schedule
this year, as has been our recent Gus
tom, 10 present to the sea-going unions
for consideration and agreement in
conferences which were promptly ar
ranged. We did this without word of
communication of any kind with ship
owners abroad. We knew nothing of
their plans or purposes, and they knew
nothing of ours. The American Steam
ship Owners Mutual Protective and In
demnity Association, which Mr.. Furu-
seth assails, is a thoroughly American
insurance organization performing es-
sential work for our merchant marine.
and has no foreign affiliations whatso-
ever.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13
Rate Cut w ont
Revive Trade.
Roads Declare
Proposed Stimulus Entirely
speculative. krutfschnitf
Asserts; Lower Operas-
ing Costs Called Vital
Economy Limit Reached
Lines Might Save 5000, 900
q Day if Permitted TO
Hire Unskilled Workers
r,,n The Tribsae's Washington Baveaa

rragm Ths Tio&se5S tFoSAta1toR SHyeGa
WASHINGTON, May 12.-In response
81 questions under cross-examinatior
hafore the Senate Interstate Commerce
ramrnittee, which is investigating the
rs,lroads, Julius Krutsschnitt. chair.
nan OF the board of the Southern Pa,
eiilc to-day brought out these points:
A reduction in operating expenses il
,he most vital requirement in the rail-
road situation.
The proposal to reduce rates in order
n stimulate traffic is purely specu-
,stiye.. and the roads are not IN posi-
ton to experiment.
The financial troubles of the lines
xrow cut of policies and decisions re-
sarding rules, working conditions
wages and prices in the Federal control
period.
The transportation act should be
riyen 8 fair trial without amendment.
Cut as Traffic Stimulus Suggested
Senator Myers, of Montana, asked
whether the roads were in a position
10 Try reduction Of rates to stimulate
traffic.
"Ne,s answered Mr.. Kruttschnitt
nDuring the last few months many of
the roads have not earned their fixed
charges or operating expenses. ! do
not want to be understood as opposing
a reduction in rates where necessary.
but | think there ought to be some
.roof demanded that would show that
such a reduction would leave the car
rers at least no loss.
. "The outlook is extremely bad. Some
roads may be able to hang on for a few
months, but | am afraid some will lose
their grip. The water is now up to here -
said Mr.. Kruttschnitt, putting his hand
on his upper lip, "and it won't be long
until it is over their noses.
Il said first of all we must reduce
expenses. We now ares compelled to
pay laborers 40 to Is cents an hour for
an eight-hour day, while contractors,
farmers and others pay only $1.75 to So
for a ten-hour day. We are not al
lowed TO do anything until we can get
permission from the government au-
thorities to reduce wages"
Mr.. Kruttsehnitt held his ground on
the proposition that increased rates
have not depressed business and have
not caused the freight business of the
lines to decline. He emphasized that
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13
Thirteen Syrian Towns Raced
Ry Arabs. Relief Board Reports

Arabs led by Sheik Salam have de-
stroyed thirteen towns in French
Syrian territory, said advices received
yesterday by the Near East Relief and
read at meeting of the executive COM
mittee.
A we'll organized system of warfare
by the tribesmen caused the French
commander to withdraw troops from
threatened areas and call for reinforce
ments. Gravest anxiety for the safety
of the Christian population was ex-
pressed.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13
5CllicagoUnion
Head s Indicted
OnCraftCIlarge
Builder Tells Grand Jury
How Effort 10 Overcome
Housing Shortage Was
Blocked by Labor Men
Cost Boosted $4,000
Face Charges of Conspiracy
to oExtort Moneyby Threats
to Cause Boycotts, Strikes
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

CHICAGO, May l2.--A story of how
union graft and interference by the
building trades had operated to in
crease the cost of building in Chicago
was revealed to-day to state investi-
gators. At the same time the special
grand jury voted indictments against
five officials and business agents in the
excavating and wrecking business.
B. F. Rosenthal, one of number of
Chicsgoans who last fall attempted to
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13

1T is easv to understand why Mr..
Turuseth, as he himself says has not
been able to secure hearing from any
committee of Congress or any official
of the Federal government. His ac-
cusation Is reckless libel on a re-
sponsibie department of the govern-
ment and on the American merchant
marine