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The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

were the original settlers of Virginia
and Maryland, and it was up to him
to deliver an Grafton which was truly
and entirely American, and he did so.
after denouncing the German race
in no gentle language and scoring
some telling points which thoroughly
aroused the enthusiasm of the hearers
and drew round after round of ap-
plause, Senator Spencer declared that
all immigrants, Germans as we'll as
those OF other nationalities, should be
deported unless they familiarized
themselves with the English language.
THE truthfulness Of the address was
not questioned by the citizens of the
little Virginia city who heard it and
raised the point that Senator Spencer
was 1900 miles from the German
American Republicans who gave his
35, 900 plurality over his Democratic
opponent and made his election a GER
tainty, or accused him of the thought
that he was so far away from home
and in such a remote small city that
his speech would never reach Mis-
souri,. Like the shot which was heard
around the world the utterances OF
Senator Spencer against the German
race first Travelled to Washington, D.
c., a city which is but few miles
from Fredericksburg, and from there
sped on electric wings 10 old Missouri,
and IS now here the sole subject Of
discourse when hyphenated German
American Republican voters meet
anywhere. Dire vengeance is prom
ised the senator by this powerful fac
ton Of the Republican party when
the opportunity presents itself at the
election of November, 1920. The TRADE
against the German race. the sires OF
the 10000 Missouri German-American
Republicans, came after Senator
Spencer had unbosomed himself on
the League OF Nations as a reaction
airy and unprogressive Republican
through declaring II needed many
amendments before It would be ac-
cepted and ratified by the RepubH-
can senate.
Spencer Voted "Dry"
"rhe German-American Republican
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

Isaac Allen. who died October / 8 at
the home Of his son, J. l.. Allen, in
Thayer, was the oldest native born
man in the whole Ozark region. He
was aged 90 years. months and 21
days. Mr.. Allen was born at the
Stubblefield Ford, on Elevenpoints
river, I'm Oregon county. March %,
1880. When quite young his father
bought what Is now Mammoth Spring,
and operated water mill there a
short time. From there he moved
only a few miles over into Oregon
county. on Barren Hollow, where he
lived and reared his family, until a
few years ago. when he moved 10
Thayer TO make his home with his
son, ]. L. Allen.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

voters, who predominate in ST. Louis
city and st. Charles and Franklin,
Usage, Gasconade, Warren, Perry,
Cape Girardeau, Caldwell and two or
three other co1nties and generally
makes these places hopelessly and
helplessly Republican, did not ap-
prove OF it when twelve days ago
Senator Spencer, through his vote in
the senate on a uestion involving
prohibition, materially helped to
make the country dry after June &c,
and now he goes a step further and
slams the race and people thase cleo
tors still believe in"
Reeds Big State Voas
Jackson county, which includes
Kansas City, 1t is predicted, will give
Senator Reed a lead of $4,000 over
Brewster, and the remainder Of ths
democratic ticket will run there near
ly as well. The Reed lead in Buchan-
an county, which includes St. Joseph,
will not be less than 5000. lie will
carry Platte county by 5000, and
after leaving Kansas City with his
big lead there, will easily carry every
county down the Missouri river, both
sides, TO ST. Louis county II Il as
serted he will enter st. Louis city
fully $4,000 votes ahead Of Brewster.
and then sweep that huge Industrial
center by 10000.
southeast Missouri 90 Help
Tho counties OF southeast Missouri,
are expected to pile up n Reed Lead
of 10000. This is announces by for
mer Governor Gardner who spent a
week there and IN the OZARK regions
addressing ord-breaking audiences
evenly divided between democrats and
republicans 1t is no exaggeration
when the assertion is made that fully
ninety Of Missouri's J13 counties will
go democratic. Cape Girardeau.
Greene, Perry, Jefferson. JaspSR, Ce-
dar, Dade, Barton, Lawrence, -aclede
and Pulaski counties are among those
which the entire democratic ticket
Will sweep. The counties which went
! democratic two years ago will easily
double their 1890 plurslities next
Tuesday.
| A. T. EDMoNsToN.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

for he deserves It, as his record will
fully establish--and he is the county
clerk for every person in Buchanan
county-and demonstrates 1t.
1t is now but four days until the
election. When you go into the voting
booth-and go early please--on Tues
day take a flock Of your friends with
you and be certain that you put your
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

81 see that the Kansas City papers
spoke Of the crowd which heard Sem
ator Reed at Independence on Thurs
day as $500 persons. said Frisco
Conductor John Geary on Friday, Il
talked with a man at the meeting and
what he said that was right as far as
It went Senator Reed spoke TO a
capacity audience in the tent, but
jammed around the tent and unable to
get within hearing of the senator was
an overflow crowd of fully 10000
Henry County Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

VIM. Boettner sent in a 7-pound
radish 10y his son Lorraine last Mon
day, to be placed in our display win
dow with other entries from field and
garden. 1t Is such monstrous thing
that it dwarfs a lot of other entries
that we had thought were the biggest
thing in their Iine.-Atch!son County
Mail.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

]. ]. Russell, former congressman
from the Fourteenth Missouri district.
died at his home in Charleston after a
long Illness. He was SIS years old, and
had represented this district as a
the sixtioth, siXty-second. sixty-third,
siNty-fourth and siXty-fifth sessions.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

In the nciEhborhood OF South Gale
and Oak Grove school houses in Platte
county the farmers are offering IS
extra bounty for each wolf scalp, This
added to what tho state and county
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

hand upon young horse near the
door, he was vlciously kicked in the
back which resulted in his death
about three hours later. It is sup
posed that the horse became fright
ened when Headrick without speaking
touched him as he entered the door.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

"Dandclions are blooming in great
numbers in Monroe county this week"
reports a Monroe county paper. They
are now looked upon as nuisances by
people who considered them life-sav-
ers last spring. This, it is claimed, is
because all the bottles have been filled
with the fluid extract of the black
berry. peach, damson. elderberry, ap-
pie and other things with which ma
ture has been so bountlful. Dande-
lion wine does not interest the thirsty
any more"
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

This from the Sumner star reads as
II it might have been published in the
very first paper Of all: THE board
Of supervisors Of the Garden of Eden
drainage district will pay s25 for any
evidence leading to the arrest and
conviction of persons tampering with
the levee of the drainage district"
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

At n meeting of the Platte county
democratic central committee on
Wednesday, Rufus Miller Of Green
township was chosen to fill the va
cancy on the county ticket occasioped
by the death Of J. o. Johnson, who
was the party nominee for representa-
tive.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

1.-TWO old Indian arrows. each OF
which killed a white man on the great
plains near Hays. Kas, in 1868, and
which are still family spotted with
ancient bloodstains, are In the posses
zion OF ]. L. Bottenfield Of this city,
the most priced Of an interesting COL
lection" reports the Carthage Press.
"The heads OF the arrows are of steel,
apparently filed from the blades Of
case knives; probably sold TO the red
men by traders or taken from emil
grant trains captured on the plains.
The shafts are OF light wood resemb-
ling lockwood and are marked with
curious grooves and daubs Of red and
black paint--tribal marks to show
which tribe the owners claimed. The
arrows are feathered by three rows OF
what appears to be goose feathers
split in half and neatly bound in place
with sinews. The end OF each shaft
II carefully notched and smoothed for
the bowstring The white men they
killed were two OF a party Of men
hunting buffaloes"
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

If we did not know Charley Ansel-
ment so well we might be inclined TO
look upon him as fish story" man.
He tells us he had a pie pumpkin
vine in his garden this year, which he
transplanted. 1t covered he says 900
cubic feet; It matured 80 pumpkins
that would square six inches at least,
and GO that failed to mature, and 40
that grew as large as goose eggs, and
it was full of blossoms when the frost
came and put It out Of business
Hopkins journal.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

According IN the Barnard Bulletin,
there was family reunion at Barnard
last week where the ages Of the four
brothers and sisters combined were
$50 years, an average Of so. They
were the Jobcs family who have lived
in Nodaway county sixty-six years.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

According to tho Trenton Times, T.
y. Witten, who has done more TO put
Trenton and Grundy county on the
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

Earl c. Lavelliere, Leroy Smith
who has served one year and twenty
days Of his twenty-year sentence in
the Missouri state penitentiary for
beating Benton VanHorn and robbing
the Rea bank during February, 1921,
escaped from the Missouri peniten-
tiary Wednesday, october "a. Lavel-
here was recognized by VanHorn May
S at q restaurant at Rea and was
brought to Savannah and placed in
iail. from which he escaped August 4
by saving an iron bar and creeping
through an opening XII inches. He
was captured in Kansas City Monday,
September II, and brought TO Savan-
nah and tried by Judge Burnes Sep
tember 20, who sentenced him to
twenty years in the penitentiary for
assault and robbery. He was taken
to jefferson City by Sheriff Evans
September 24.-Savannah Reporter.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

The st. Joseph News Press believes
It IS not improbable that when con-
Eross reconvcnos the senatriX from
Georgia may greet the congresswoman
from Oklahoma with, My dear, did
any of your canned beans spoil?"
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

As Purl Hcadrick. 2S years old.
stepped into the stall OF his barn at
Maryvillc Monday and placed his
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

The Palmyra Spectator thinks life
will never DO comfortable for the
pedestrian until he nycnts some sort
of disguise that makes him look like
a tack.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

stead measure is modified, Mann, It is
| stated, will return to beer brewing
| and thereby add a million or two
more to the vast wealth he now pos
sesses.
When Brewster was campaigning
! before the primary he never failed to
announce to admiring republicans how
bitterly he opposed the League of Ma
tions and every other democratic doc
! trine promulgated by Wilson during
and after the big war. Now when he
strikes a democratic community he
declares that he is a warm admirer OF
the last president for his honest en-
deavor to bring the millennium closer
to the world through a league Of all
nations.
Spencer once "Dry," Now "Wet"
The declaration of Senator Spencer
that the Volstead act ought to be con-
stderably modified Is regarded as
lure for the votes of the 1905 for
mer German-American republicans of
the state who will vote democratic
next Tuesday to reduce taxes restore
normalcy in business affairs and bring
back the prosperity of by-gone years
when profiteering was abhored and
branded as variety of larceny. This
questionable bid for the lost German
American votes recalls to mind the
! patriotic hundred per cent address
Senator Spencer delivered on July 4,
! 1919, in Fredericksburg, Virginia,
miles away from Missouri when he
had a very different opinion of the
Germans as a race OF people. Here
are excerpts from the article. repro
duced verbatim as it appeared in fully
! fifty weekly papers out in the state,
after the now defunct but still well
remembered st. Louis Republic had
given the first publicity to this now
| historic anti-Teutonic dissertation.
The fredericksburg Tiradc
est. Louis, July 7, (191O.-The
League of Nations was the theme for
I Fourth of July addresses by +. d
Gardner at Higginsville, Lafayette
| county, and former Governor Joseph
w. Folk, and w. L. Cole, chairman Of
the Republican state committee, at
Bland and Owensville, Gasconade
county, and the Republican United
! States senator from Missouri, Selden
/ =. Spencer, at Fredericksburg, the
state Of Virginia. many miles away
from the 10000 Missouri Republicans
of either German parentage or birth,
who through their votes last November
! 19ls) made his election u certainty.
And thereby hangs this tale.
The Fredericksburg speech Of Sem
ator Spencer, when It becomes known
to his mighty host of German-Amerl-
can constituents at home--4O 900 OF
them-will so badly tear his political
toga that he can no longer expect to
wear 1t after the election of Novem-
ber l92O, IL has hopelessly put him
in dutch with this powerful wing Of
the Missouri Republican party. What
Is even worse is that Missouri G.. o. p.
leaders, to hold their powerful allies,
the German-American voters, In line
in the state for the next election. will
have to go as far, probably, as 10
prove that Senator Spencer was suf-
fering from the heat and a compiled
tion of other ailments when he made
the Fourth of July address in Virginia
and did not know what he was talking
about and did not mean II.
"DcpOrt German Immigrants"
''Tho Fredericksburg audience of
Senator Spencer consisted mainly OF
Americans By birth whose forefathers
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04
HAS MADE GOOD
Artemas F'crrlI should be Given All
OF the Votes In the
County.

That is exactly what should be done
just as the headline OF this article
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

mot a single person has been killed
by the Wabash IN Randolph county
during the past nine months" boasts
the Clark Chronicle $50 the young
stcrs on the Wabash better knock on
wood
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

Cal ". Conrad, 81, inventor Of
"Budwciser" beers. which was widely
known in the United States before
prohibition stopped its manufacture,
died at his home in St. Louis Tuesday.
He was born in Baden, Germany.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

AS a general thing" comments l..
L. NJ in the Osborn Enterprise, the
folks that talk most about us do us
the least harm. It's our gumshoe
friends that put the real crlmp in the
proceedings"
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

man in the community, has started a
new campaign. He is introducing the
whole United States to Missouri hick-
ory nuts. They grow in abundance in
Grundy county and he is buying them,
drying them and preparing them for
market againstthe time when answers
to the Advertisements he has run in
many leading newspapers and maga-
zines in the country come pouring in.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

allows makes a total Of $40 for zach
dead wolf.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

The Louisiana Journal publishes a
story that should be as meat and
drink to statistics hounds. 1t tells of
a tree Of ]. b. Broughton of Marston,
which bore forty bushels of apples in
1919 whiohe sold at $50 a bushel
making total OF SEQ, In 1920 it
bore as bushels which netted $3.50
and this year the yield was s5 bushels
which brought $3.50. The tree is 80
years old. Now how many bushels
altogether-go on, you know.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

Main street has handed down n
habit which has become dangerous in
these days Of auto traffic" notes the
Macon Chronicle Herald. THAT is
calling to people who are crossing the
street. A man starts across, calculates
he can easily make 1t ahead of an ap-
preaching motor car and some one
yells at him. Naturally he stops, and
1t often happens that the car is right
on him. The driver sees that the man
has time to get across the street and
of course doesn't reduce speed. But
he can't calculate the man might be
halted by someone calling 10 him and
1t frequently happens perilous situa-
tion is created with nobody to blame
but the thoughtless individual who
hailed n man crossing the street. The
practice ought TO be stopped"
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04

One farmer who lives near Craig
was asked how his crop was coming
the other day lie said ne had some
corn laid by-about three gallons Of
Il.
The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-04
PUTTING FINISHING AM
PHIBIOUS TOUCHES ON HIM

CONTINUED from Page One)
The Washington herald., 1922-04-16
Two Towns Under
Water in Illinois
Others Threatened by Rising
Flood Waters-Total Loss
Estimated at SS,003,000.

SPRING Ill. April Is
Two Illinois towns were submerged
and several others threatened to-
night by constantly rising flood
waters. The total loss in Illinois
was estimated at sS.O0O.O0O by State
officials. Relief was sent by the
State officials to assist thousands
who fled from their homes.
The towns under water are:
Beardstown and Naples. Water was
within a few inches of the top Of
the levee protecting East Peoria and
warning was given that it would
give way at any minute. Three
hundred families were sheltered in
public buildings on high ground.
At Naples, a small river city, the
entire population of 200 has de-
serted tho town and are encsmped
in hills back from the river.
/. At Beardstown. the river rose six
inches during the day. The water
reached the city hall steps and an
additional rise will inundste the re-
naming dry spots of the town.
Citizens of Meredosia still fought
the river tonight. attempting to
build up levees to protect against
the flood.
The Ievee at Mcclure, north of
Cairo. has broken. forcing forty
families to flee
The Burlington Railroad has an
nounced, that no more trains could
be operated into the city.
Highways are covered with water
and closed.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-16
JOHN MCCORMACK
BATTLES FOR LIFE

NEW YORK. April 15.-John Nc
rormack. famous tenor, battled for
life tonight
I.aryngitis nearly prevented his
breathing today and he was op-
Grated upon for the third time.
Antitoxin was administered this af-
ternoon-
rMr. Mccormack rallied from ef-
fects of the operation early this
evening and now seems to be rest
ing as well as could be expected,
and is cheerful was the state
ment from his bedside at $3.50
o'clock tonight.
Friends waiting anxiOusly at the
singers home said the surgeons eN-
pressed themselves as believing
that unless serious complications
set in Mccormack soon would be
on the road to recovery.
Thousands OF messages of cheer,
many from Ireland. have been re-
ceived at McCormack's home.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-16
PACT WITH MEXICO
MAY Be DRAFTED
SOON, Is BELIEF
Secretary Hughes Sends
New Note for Transmits
sion to Obregon.

Active negotiation and drafting
of a treaty between the United
States and Mexico which will bring
American recognition of the obre-
gon government may start shortly.
This was the belief in official cir
cles last night following the devel-
opment that Secretary of State
Hughes had sent a new communica-
ton to George T. Summerlin. Amer
lean charge at Mexico City, for
transmission to the Mexican gov
ernment.
This communication was in a
tenor that indicated strongly that
the two governments are approach
ing an agreement for settlement of
differences.
II was the official position last
night that technically there had
been no note from the United states
to the ObreEon government, because
there can be no formal exchanges
between the two governments in
the absence of diplomatic relations.
The communication was part of
the negotiations that have been go
irg on between Summerlin and
Minister of Foreign Affairs Pani OF
Mexico.
Appointment by the United States
and Mexico of commissioners to
merce would be a probable course
after the-two governments had
reached an agreement in principle
on a settlement of their differences.
However. the treaty could be nego-
tiated directly in Mexico City be-
tween Summerlin and PAM without
any special designation of them as
commissioners.
The main fact in the Mexican
situation was believed to be that
the two governments are carrying
on negotiations in conciliatory
spirit and apparently are coming to
the basis of an agreement.
The communication from Secre.
tary Hughes indicated a view on the
part of the United States that the
technical exception which PAM
raised in his last communication
should be overcome without great
difficulties. This communication
stated that with certain variations
the obregon government was ready
to agree to the treaty proposed by
the United States lost summtr.
When an understanding has been
reached between the State Depart
ment and the Mexican government
that Mexico will accept the main
points of the proposed treaty. then
active negotiations and drafting of
the pact will begin.
The treaty proposed to Mexico
last summer calls for Mexico to
agree to safeguard the life of prop
erty secured before the constitution
of 1917, upon which was based the
eonfiscatory programs of the Mexi-
can government against American
oil properties.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-16
BY FRANK H. SIMoNDS.

PARIS. April 15.-Before this
article can be printed in America
the first sessions of the Genoa con-
ference will have taken place. 1
shall. therefore, confine myself to
discussion of the mood of Europe
at the moment when the confer
ence opens.
What does Europe expect at
Genoa? The answer varies with
the country. although one must
note that during recent days there
has been surprising agreement be-
tween many Britons. Frenchmen
and Italians that Genoa can have
no useful result but may contrib
ute to the chaos which is the DOM
inant fact today.
Nations Enter with Plans.
One may. however. discover that
each of the European nations is
going to Genoa with something
which it describes as a plan. Italy;
for example, looks at the Genoa
conference as insuring restoration
OF relations with Russia for Italy.
This detail seems to have great
value but whether political or eco
nomic 1t is hard to discover.
America will not come to Genoa
because Russia is there" said an
eminent Italian public man to me
the other day. We are sorry, but
The Washington herald., 1922-04-16
SPOUT MILE HIGH
THREATENS SHIP

NEW YORK. April Is. A gi-
gantic water spout, over mile
high, swept down on the Cunard
liner Carmania when the vessel was
three days out from port, and for
half an hour terrified passengers
and threatened to engulf the
vessel.
The story was told today when
the Carmania docked after a round
trip to the Near East. The water
spout. drawn whirling up out of
the ocean, lowered in the wake of
the Carmania, and for a time ap-
peared to be overtaking the vessel.
1t seemed as though the great
mass OF twisting water were act
ually pursuing the Carmania. Off
GERS said. Captain Nelson quieted
a near panic and signalled for full
speed ahead and the Carmania out
distance6 the great fountain.