The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-24
ATTORNEY General Rarrett has tnrned

| tuSaiSa useu ny tHe hdIlSdS City pOllCc
department in making illegal arrests,
and In the use Of brutality in obtaining
confessions from prisoners. The let
ter also charges that in many cases
innocent citizens have been shot down
by police under one pretext or another.
After he had read the letter the At
torney General declared that the mat
ter referred to did not come within his
Jurisdiction, but were under the con-
troll Of Gov. Hyde himself. Judge
Buckner terms conditions In Kansas
City the worst that can exist in the
way Of lawlessness. Individual rights
and personal liberty are being tram
pied under foot and methods are in use
which are more brutal than ever were
utilized in Paris, Russia or Spain, the
Judge declares.
Attorney General Barrett, In a caus-
tic letter sent to Speed Mosby, state
beverage inspector at Jefferson City,
charged padding and Justification Of ex-
pense accounts by at least IL deputy
inspectors in the department and
charged that salary rolls Of the depart
ment were padded with names of per-
sons not actually employed. He notified
Inspector Mosby that he intends to con-
duct searching inquiry into the de-
partment when the Cole county grand
jury convenes March G. Barrett In his
letter said that expense accounts Of IL
deputies listed hotel expenses at no.
tells which had no record of such pay
ments and no record that the deputies
named were guests. One deputy, Bar
rett said, charged expenses at 80 hotels,
IA of which were unknown to the pos
tai authorities, and IL Of which had
no record that the deputy registered.
Columbia, ne Tiger village, is a
veritable beehive of activity these
days as the opening date Of the ma
tlonwide Memorial Union Building
campaign draws near. The state and
patton will be approached with the OPP
pOrtunity to support the tribute to the
sons of the university who died dur
Ing the World War, during Missouri
Week." Feb. 20-25. I'VE have every
thing in readiness" said Frank Rol-
Inns, chairman of the executive com.
mttee, in charge of the entire cam.
paign. 1.-THE state is organized thor
oughly for the approaching Of every
alumnus and former student. And the
national campaign is increasing in in.
terest as the information is sent ont to
the mailing list Of the students former.
iy attending he university. We ex.
pect unusual success. We have CO.
operation. we feel sure"
An organization at Sikeston was pro.
posed to secure money through the
War Finance Corporation at a meet
ing called by the Southeast Missouri
Agricultural Bureau and which was
attended by bankers, farmers and rep.
resentatives of the farm bureaus from
seven counties. A committee consisting
OF Cyde Harris, Of the First National
Bank of Cape Girardeau; NJ. f. Ehlers,
Commercial Trust Company, New
Madrid, and Lynn Stallcup Of the Citi-
zens' Bank of Sikeston was appointed.
The Nebraska plan, which was pro-
posed as basis, provided for a hun
dred-thousand-dOllar corporation. Stock
was to be subscribed by the banks,
which would agree to put up per cent
Of their capital and surplus as capital
for the new corporation.
The Missouri Brotherhood Of Thresh-
n1innrnnn
vention at Sedalia after they had Or
ganlzed a Missouri Threshermen's
Mutual Insurance Company and elect
ed the following officers for the ensu-
ing year: President, Wiley D. Mar
SHALL Moberly; first president, o.
X. Palmer, Columbia second vice-pres-
ident, Henry H. BOenker, st. Charles:
third vice-presldent, A. A. Harvey,
Franklin; secretary and treasurer, AL
bert Smith, Durham; executive COM
mittee: Henry II. Boenker, St.
Charles; Thomas Earrings, Columbia.
Legislative committee: Henry A.
Bruins, st. Charles; John G. Sheets,
Higginsville.
The first whisky still raid in Gala
way County was made at Calwood,
near Fulton, by Prosecuting Attor-
ney w. i. Whitlow, Sheriff G. J.
Bishop and Deputy Sheriff s. p. Mad
dox. Walter l.. Meyers, on whose
premises it was found, was arrested.
Meyers, after his arrest, waded across
stream, and after assisting the off
GERS to cross by throwing in logs and
rocks, on which they were to walk,
started to run and made his escape.
1t is charged that Meyers had been
selling the whiskey through Fulton
bootleggers. The still ard lot of mash
were brought TO Fulton
Former State Senator Omer Fl. Az
cry, of Troy, Democrat, all his
life resident Of Troy and vicinity,
died at his home. Senator Avery was
born on farm in Lincoln County,
near Troy, on April 3, 1854. He taught
school at the early age Of II, receiving
his education in the public schools Of
his native county, and was graduated
from the law department Of the Uni
versity Of Missouri in 1877. He was
Immediately admitted to the bar and
located at Troy, the county seat of
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