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Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-22
Two THOUSAND
HURT BY FORCE
OF EXPLOSION
Over Third Of Houses In
!Oppau, On Rhine,
Wrecked

Mayence, Germany, Sept. O.
-(By The Associated Press)
"A great explosion today at
the chemical products plant of
the Badische Anilinfabnk com
pany at Oppau on the Rhine,
wrecked the town and spread
death and destruction.
The number of killed is es-
timated at from 1000 to 1,5OO
and the injured nearly 2,OOc.
One report says there were g.
900 men on the spot and it is be-
lieved that about one-half OF
them were killed. Oppau is a
scene of desolation, more than
one-third of the houses being
destroyed, while the roofs Of
the others were swept off.
Here also many were killed or
injured.
The disaster appears to have been
one OF the most terrible in tho history
OF industrial catasrophies. The first
explosion occurred when the shifts
were being changed at 7:I5 a m, in a
laboratory where 500 men were work
ing.
All of these nre reported to have been
killed
Tho explosion is attributed by some
to excess pressure in two adjoining
Il L IN afuYY,Ss NJ h..
being pulverizcd. Where tho gaso-
me t.rs stood is now n funncl-shapcd
hole 100 yards wide and % yards deep
while twisted girdcrs and debris lie
scattered about.
For several hundred yards not a wan
Is left standing.
The directorate OF tho company q,
quoted as saying that tho explosion
occurred in storchoupe containing
1000 tons OF nitrous sulphatns. which
was believed TO bo FREQ from danger OF
explosion.
All nearby workmcns dwellings ~er.
razcd.
At Mannheim across tho river thirty
five persons worc serious injured ard
zoo or more slightly injured. Ludwig
schafcn reports say thrrc worxmens
trains wcr. buried under tn. wreck
ago and many children injured
Hcart-rcnGinE scenes were Wit
messed. At the little cemetery near
Oppnu there arc already moro than 30
bodies on the grass.
Numerous tombstoncs were hurled
in various directions. There WIS not
n door or window left intact for q ra-
dius of thre- miles.
French medical units are aiding in
tho rescue work. Assistance also has
been rushed from ncighhoring towns.
and all public aud private motor CATS
md vehicles were rcluIsitioncd.
Tho Who'll. district wnR cuvciop~d in
thick smoke which together with tho
cutting OF telegraph and tclrphor.
communication with nciehboring
towns. hampcrcd tho efforts a. Assist
ancc.
All tho available fire hrlsadcs wc-,
rushed to the spot but tho work OF
rescue was found by the relief pArtic,
TO be exceedingly difficult.
Rc-cuers who penetrated oppau re-
ported finding hundreds of dead and
wounded lying In tho debris. Tho un-
injured Inhabitants fed in panic when
tho cSrlosions occurred.
The conclusions were - terrific
that they were felt In this city, sons
thirty-five mile, from the scene. Will.
at Mannheim. thirteen miles distant.
almost every window was shattered
and SEVERAL pcrs,nns wcru killed and
thirty-siS others injured hy debris.
Some persons wcr. killed at rud-
vtsshafeu. across the river from
A~YE EsUI N,z II
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-22
CONTRADICTORY EVIDENCE GIVEN
ATTRNIDAD Mine WAGE HEARING
WAGE QUESTION ENTERS PROBE
Company Charges Men With Picketmg; Miners Claim
Misrepresentation In Connection With
Scale Reduction Proposals

Trinidad. Sept n.-(By Associated
Press )-Resumptio of the hearing OF
the mine wage dispute before the Colo
rado Industrial commission at Morley
mine today developed contradictory
evidence, including charges of picket
ing by witnesses for the company.
charges OF misrepresentation on the
part OF the company by witnesses for
the miners.
Agitation for n reduction in wages
was started by employees at this mine,
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-22
WAREMART man
LOSES TWO FINGERS

Mr.. =. T.. McClrnasan. Postmaster Of
warcmnr'. had two fingers cut off by
n corn binder last w~rk. Ur WAS try
Ing to pull ou; a weed when his leather
glove caught In tho binder and before
he could withdraw his hand two uf
his fingers were so badly mashed they
had TO bc cut Off by a doctor as soon
as Mr.. McCicuaEan got to Fowler.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-22
KANSAS Farmer COMES
HERE TO BURY Ex-WIFE
FINDS Her RECENT BRIDE
Hurnes to Pueblo In Response to Letter From Former
Mate lntimatng Death Was Near and Finds
Her Married That Day

George Doerng, farmer of McKichen Kansas arrived
Pueblo Tuesday morning. his mission here being he
posed to for the burial of his former wife On picking
The Cean of the Goth he asounded to that the
he supposed dead Mrs Carssa Doerng the bride
of Fred Monez the having been performed Tuesday
by Justice of the
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-11-24
MRS. SMITH FIRST
WOMAN AIMS. COMR.

Mrs. Charlie Smith was elected, or
chosen County Aims Commissioner
and keeper of the poor farm, by the
r's"ai Court last Friday just prior to
adjournment of that body.
Mrs. Smith is the first woman to
have been given this position in Ohio
county and in ~ far as oIr ,knowl-
edge goes, the first in this section of
the state to be entrusted with a SINH
lar position. There were twelve or
fifteen applicants for the position,
but Mrs. Smith, the lone woman, won
out. without speaking disparaging-
ly of any of the other aspirants 1t
goes without saying that the Court
could not have made a more suitable
selection, as this good lady is, in ev-
cry particular. suited and we'll quail
fed for the important duty of caring
for the Countv's unfortunates
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-11-24
BOY MAKING
GOOD In UNIVERSITY

Lexington, Ky, Nov. 19.-John AL
len Wilson, son of John B. Wilson,
OF Hartford. is a sophomore in the
College of Engineering at the Univer-
sity of Kentucky. He graduated from
the Hartford High School in the
class OF 1920 and entered the Univer-
sity the following September. where
he has been making an extremely
good record. Mr.. Wilson has recent
ly been initiated into the Triangle
Fraternity and he is also mem Der
of the Sophomore Engineering Socie-
ty and of the American Association
of Engineers, which has one of the
largest memberships of any student
activity on the University Campus.
He is planning to graduate from the
College of Engineering with the-class
Of 1924.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-11-24
KY. LIGHT AND POWER
co. CHANGES HANDS
Light And Water Plant To BE In
New Hands Dec. f., W. G.
Logan New Owner.

The Kentucky light and Power
Company. operating the local light
and water plant, completed a deal
Tuesday by which ownership of the
property was acquired by Mr.. w. c..
Logan, of Prairie, Miss, adjacent to
West Point.
Transfer of the Company's proper
ty here was made for realestate To-
Gated near West Point, Miss, con-
sisting of 400 acres, so acres of which
is bearing alfalfa.
Mr.. Logan will assume charge of
the Light and Water plant December
the 1st., and will move his family to
this place about the first of the COM
ing year.
The deal by which the properties
change ownership was .orsumated
through Mr.. s. A. Powell, roales-
tate agent, of West Point Miss.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-11-24
MAN LOSES EYE IN
HUNTING ACCIDENT

Messrs. James Flener, John Keown
and Ray Dunn of Cromwell, were out
hunting Wednesday of last week.
when separated by short distance,
the intervening space being obscur-
ed by vegetation Mr.. Dunn discharg-
ed his gun in direct range with Fle-
ner and Keown. The former re-
ceiyed among other wounds shot
in one Of his eyes. II became neces-
sary to convey the wounded man to
Louisville where the eye was remov-
ed by specialist. He is doing nice
ly and other than the loss of the
optic no serious damage will result.
Mr.. Keown also received some of the
shot but no serious damage was sus-
tanned by him.
Mr.. Flener. the injured man, is a
brother of Mrs. Luther Leach of
Hartford.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-11-24
MRS. U. $. CARSON
YIELDS TO MALADY

Mrs. Edessie Carson, wife of U. S.
Carson, died at their home in Hart
ford, Wednesday afternoon at one
O'Clock, after an illness of several
months of cancer of the stomach. Mrs.
Carson had just turned into the 53rd
year of her life. Sh was a consistent
member of the NJ. Z. Church South,
and in health was useful to her
church and the community, always
bearing a part in work for the uplift
of thoss about her. She was origi-
nally Miss Edessie Duke.
Besides her husband she is surviv-
ed by two young sons, Joseph and
William, and numerous other rela-
tives.
At the time of writing this article,
complete funeral arrangements had
not been made, although burial will
take place at lakewood, after the
conduct of funeral services. at the
church.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-11-24
DROP IN ARRESTS
FOR DRUNKENNESS
Haynes Predicts More Rigid
Enforcement Of
The Law.

Washington, Nov. 22-Roy A.
Haynes, Federal prohibition commits
sioner, in an interview today predict
ed that the passage of the hill prohib-
iting prescription of beer as medicine
together with this recent arrange
ments with Canadian authorities to
prevent smuggling over the Northern
boundary of the United States and a
similar tentative arrangement rela-
tive to the Mexican border, would
make possible more rigid enforce
ment of the Eighteenth Amendment
and the Volstad act.
At the same time Mr.. Haynes de-
clared that police statistics upheld the
contention that enforcement of Fro
hibition has been efficiently conduct
ed ever since the national law went
into effect.
There has been a decrease Of
about so per cent in the number of
arrests for drunkenness under nation
al prohibition, >, said Mr.. Haynes. In
fifty-nine cities of the United States,
having a population Of 100000 or
over, and combined population of
20 900, 900 the official figures show
a decrease in arrests for drunkenness
from 316,S42 in 1917 to $780, 1853 in
1918, to 172, 659 in 1919 and to 1G9,-
76S. in 1920.
Detroit reduced the arrests for
drunkenness from $1,000 in 1917 to
6,244 in 1920.
1.-THE Boston police department re-
ported 5,2S7 fewer arrests for all
causes in 1920 than from drunken
ness In 1919. For the State of Mas
sachusetts at large the arrests for
drunkenness in 1920 were $3.50
as against 77,925 in 1919.
"In 1917 the arrests for drunken
ness in New York were 14,1S2; in
1920 the number had dropped to s.
S13.
! Louisville Ky. reports 1924 ar
rests for drunkenness for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1919 and only
412 arrests for the same cause for
the year ended June 80, 1920.
1.-THE number of cases of intoxica-
ton in Cincinnati decreased from
1,470 in 1913 to 335 in 1920"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-11-24
TWO MEN SLAIN
IN BLOODY DUEL

Prestonsburg, KY, Nov. 22.--In a
bitter and bloody duel on the streets
of Prestonburg Monday afternoon, H.
d. Conway, As years old, mine opera
tor, and A. ]. Clark. 36 years old,
private detective, both of Garrett,
this county, killed each other. Both
men were married and had families.
What precipitated the quarrel, which
was the result of bad feeling of long
standing. wss not known. After a
shot from Conway's repeating shot
IN had torn away most Of Clark
right shoulder, the latter grappled
with his adversary in attempting to
dsarm him. Breaking away, Con-
way shot Clark again. CLARK, game
10 the core, pursued Conway, who fled
across the street to poolroom and
locked himself in. Clark forced the
door. and, using his pistol with his
left hand, shot Conway through the
heart.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-11-24
TO GIVE BAZAAR

Ladies of the Hartford Methodist
Church will give a one-day Bazaar,
at the church basement, Tuesday,
Nov 20. Many handsome and useful
articles will be on sale on this oc-
casiop, articles appropriate for every
day use, and for Xmas presents.
AS has been their custom for many
years, a splendid dinner will be serv-
ed at noon, and all who partake have
assurance in advance that the service
will be up to the high standard set.
A cordial invitation to all is extend
ed. Receipts are to accrue to the
benefit of the church, and the ad-
vancement of its work
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-11-24
LOUISVILLE MARKETS

Cattle-Supply fairly good for the
days trading. Little activity noted
and prices about ON a parity with
first days low time. Prime Light
butchers, as we'll as medium kinds,
in light demand. Cow trade slow.
Undertone weak in the heavy steer
division, especially on inbetween
grades. Good call continues for the
best quality stockers and light feed
ers at prevailing prices; common
trashy kinds slow and uneven. Best
milch cows sold about steady. =
Quotations; Prime heavy steers Sc
@6.50: heavy shipping steers $3.50
@6; medium $50: fat heifers
s4.50@6; fat cows s4@4.50; me-
dium 1904; cutters s2@S; Gamers
$4,000; bulls $4,000; feeders
$500, stockers s3.5O@5.50.
Calves: Market steady. Best veals
$3.50 down; medium $4@5; COM
mon $2@2.5O.
Hogs: Trade fairly active. with
values steady to Csc off. Top hogs.
165 pounds down. sold at $7.25; 1855
pounds and up 1915; throwouts
s5.75 down.
Sheep AMI lambs: Market general
ly steady. Best lambs around 81;
seconds $4,000. Best, fat sheep
$3.50 down; bucks $3.50 down.
PRODUCE
Buying prices net to shippers. the
shipper paying freight and drayage
charges. are:
Eggs; Candled SIC dozen.
Poultry: Hens large 19c 10;
small 15c ~; large spring chickens
l5c ~; small springers zoe No.;
ROSTERS Sc NJ. ducks zoe NJ; young
turkeys No. l, 10. ESQ soc; geese 12
a Ice 10; guineas, old SO dozen;
'oung 81.
Country Butter: Pound 21c.
Rabbits: No. grade, dozen $3.50
OF.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-11-24
SCHROPSHIRE

Willie son of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Shropshire died at the home of his
parents, at McHenry, Oct. 23. 1921.
after an illness of five weeks and
three days, of complication of ty-
phOid and pneumonia. Young
Shropshire was born Dec. II, 1908.
The remains were conveyed to Aw-
senbaugh Cemetery, near Dawson
Springs. where frneral services were
conducted by the Rev. Lamb and bu-
ial took place on October oath. Be-
sides his parents the deceased is sur
vived by two small sisters.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-11-24
SECRET WEDDING OUT

Announcement of the marriage of
Miss Muriel Wilson, Hartford, to Mr..
Hugh Tichenor. OF Centertown. has
been formally made The young
people motored to Calhoun, October
S0th, eluding all friends and rela-
tiyes, where they were Joined in mar
riage. Each of the newly married
people returned to their respective
homes and kept the secret until few
days ago. The bride is a daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Wilson of
Hartford, and one of Ohio cdunty's
popular teachers. She is held in high
esteem by all who know her. Mr..
richenor is a son OF Mr.. Warren
richenor. industrious and we"-
thought of by his many friends and
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-11-24
1 800 LBS. OF WEED
SOLD FROM ONE ACRE

Mr.. Watt Stevens of the Dundee
country delivered the tobacco grown
upon one acre, last Saturday which
weighed 1906 lbs, receiving there
fore $500. $1,000 and $500 for
the three classes. The total amount
received being s2Ss.3O for the one
acre.
Mr.. Stevens has cultivated tobacco
upon this particular lot during the
past several years. A few years ago
he grew hurley upon the same plat
for which he received $500 pei
cwt., from the ground up.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-11-24
GIRLS BASKET BALL
TEAM is SELECTED

The girls basket ball team of the
Hartford High School was selected
last Friday afternoon. The first
team is composed of the following:
center, Myrtle Carter; running for
ward, Helen Barnett; standing for
ward, Geneva Howard; guards. Anna
bel King, and Clara Kirk. Subs:
Bessie Clark and Lena Henry.
The girls have done some hard
practice and are in fine shape for a
game. There will probably be a
Thanksgiving game played here.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-11-24
HARTFORD, COUNTY,


proposals as effective against them
is evidenced with the alacrity with
which they stood with all the other
Powers represented at the conference.
Japan Talks Gencralities.
All along the Japanese have been
contending for general declarations
instead Of specific enactments on the
definite Chinese problems. The reso-
lutions are right in their line, par
ticularly as they do not refer back to
anything done in the past. II Japan
could get the conference to date Chi
nese history from today she would
be glad to join the others in promis-
ing any and all things to China for
the future.
The first big fight will come when
the attempt is made to resolve the
general principles, the obvious start
of which process is the delimitation
OF the boundaries of China.
Japan has never in any of the ex-
changes admitted that Manchdria. or
Mongolia were Chinese territory. II
Japan is given look in anywhere it
will be in Manchuria.
Alliance Bobs Up Again. =.
The Anglo-Japanese alliance bob
bed up again today. A few days ago
this was regarded as naked for the
scrap heap, by consent Of the British
certainly. and the japanese probably.
Now, we are back to the policy of
Premier David Lloyd George at the
Imperial Council, where he explain
ed that while he was not welded to
the alliance he did not wish to Of
fend Japan; likewise England is
again honing for three-nation agree
ment. the United States to be the
third in the Asiatic concert, or even
an understanding the five Great Pow
ers represented at the conference, to
guarantee the peace of the Orient.
The British say there has been no
change in their attitude. If that
statement is correct there is not cor
respondent in Washington compe-
tent to interview British statesman
without an interpreter.
So, all along the line. the confer
ence concert is out of tune. The on
lockers are not even agreed as to
what M. BRAND got.
From a diplomatic point of view
todays plenary session of the arms
conference was a vast success. M.
BRAND IS able to return to France
with what sounds like q pledge that
in the event of her being again at
tackled by Germany she will have the
support OF England and the United
States.
In the American case particularly,
the pledge is vague enough SO that
the people who always have heart
failure at the suggestion of "entang-
ling alliances" cannot point their
alarmed fingers at Mr.. Hughes, for
taken out of the atmosphere of the
French Premier's speech, and divest-
ed of the embracing gesture that ac-
companied it, there is nothing in
what the head OF the American dele
cation said to bring the slightest
blush to the cheek of the most timid
irreconcilable.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-11-24
23-INCH SNOWFALL IN
IDAHO FOLLOWED BY RAIN

Boise. Idaho, Nov. 22.-Snowful of
the last forty-eight hours has alrea-
dy caused considerable inconvenience
ip the way of delayed trains and
swollen streams, railroad and forest
service officials report, but the value
to the dry farming and grazing inter-
ests next spring will be great
At Idaho City there was snowfall
of twenty-three inches Saturday, but
heavy rain has been falling ever
since. leaving about ten INCHES of
snow. EAa 9tff
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-11-24

treated depends solely on them. Our
feeling is like that of your soldiers.
who felt that they were making war
not on the German people but on the
Germany of the Hohenzollerns, of mil
itarism and of imperialism. What we
are guarding ourselves against Is
recrudescence. catastrophe to us, of
that kind of Germany"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-11-24
LOCAL. BUSINESS SCHOOL
TO CLOSE NOV. &c

The branch of the Greensboro bu-
siness school, being conducted at this
lscG is to clj; o.. the 18th NJ the
present month.
Quite number of young peopI., of
this vicinity have availed themselves
of the opportunity of obtaining the
stenographic and business courses
offered in the branch school, just
closing.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-11-24
BARGAINS IN BOOKS

We have several hundred books OF
fiction In our library. We are going
to close these out at 25c each. Come
early and get your choice.
2.t2 WILLIAMS & TAYLOR.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-11-24

have installed a new and up-to-
date Hemstitching Machine. Am
prepared to do your Hemstitching and
Pecot Edging. Bring or mail your
work to me. Mrs. w. J. BEAN. Hart
ford, KY.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-08

. CONTINUED Oh RAGx xx.A
Chariton courier., 1921-08-26
Why SUFFER So?


why suffer from . bad back, from
sharr, shooting twinges. headaches,
dizxiness and distressing urinary
|iIisf Keytesville people recommend
Doan.s Kidney Pilis Ask your neigh
Dor! Ceuld you ask for stronger
proof OF merritt
Mrs. Rush Vincent, Keytesytile,
says: Il havs suffered with my kid
neys and my back was very weak
and sore few years ago. When l
stopped over the pain caught me In
my back and I suffered terribly. !
often had dizzy spells and my sight
was blurred. Dark specks were al
ways In front OF me blurring my
sight. Ny kidneys were weak and
irregular and often felt very heavy.
! was weak and tired and 1t was hard
for me to 60 on with my work. !
saw how so many people were being
helped BY Doan,s Kidney Pills and !
started to use them. They cured me
entirely and ths cure has lasted for
I never have the least bit OF trouble {
cOc, at all dealers. Foster Milburn
Co. Mfrs. Buffalo, n. Z.
Chariton courier., 1921-08-26
DAIRY CATTLE IN MISSOURI

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There are pure bred dairy cattle on
5,317 farms in Missouri, totaling 49,
o37 head, Of which 1850 are males
and 1857 are females. The listing
by. breeds is as follows:
Ayrshires ON q farms, 19 witt
males and N with females; totaline
SO males and n females, amount il
all to 10
Brown Swisson S3 farms, Il
have males and 20 females; total O
males in state p, females ia, grane
total 1876.
Guernsey 227 farms, 1S1 witt
male and 157 with females; tots
1872 males and 57S females, amount
ing in all to 760.
Holsteins- ,367 farms, 1898 witt
males and S27 with females; total o
i,1s5 males and 4,s74 females, grant
total Of $3.50.
Jerseys 1903 farms, 1,157 viii
males and 2,729 with females; totals
Of ,49o males and s,218 females
grand total Of 10,708.
All other dairy breds. not other
wise classified, on 4S2 farms with
males and 19s with females; totalins
4Ss males and 1916 females, grand
total Of 1,755.
Chariton courier., 1921-08-26
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that letters
OF administration as administrator of
the estate Of
WILLIS G. RAY
deceased, have been granted the un-
dersigned Administrator Of said es-
tate by the Probate Court of Chari-
ton County, Missouri, said letters be-
ing dated October 20, 1921.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
the same to me for allowance within
six months from the date of said let
ters, or they may be precluded from
any of the benefits of said estate, but
If such claims are not exhibited with
in twelve months from said date tbev
will be forever barred.
o. P. RAY,
Public Administrator.
Attest this August 20, 1921.
J. E. MONTGOMERY,
Judge of Probate.
August 26, Sept. 2-9-16.
Chariton courier., 1921-08-26
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