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a fiflP "M inri'fc - jofc .w Hg, SIXTH YEAR COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1913 NUMBER 78 1 0'l S'l Htf; K DT llJ 1ENF REBELS MONEY AT PBIil OF GUN H. R- Fleming of Columbia Returns From Engineering Job With Receipt. WAS VICTIM TWICE Insurrectos Took 35 Horses But Overlooked One Hid den in Engineer's Room. Anions the mementoes which H. R. Fleming, 1701 Hinkson avenue, brought home from Mexico with him recently is a receipt from the El Cap itan of a rebel band which relieved him of his money at the point of a gun. The receipt states that Mr. Fleming made a "loan" to the rebel cause. This was ore of the two times he was "hold-up" during the fourteen months he was acting as instrument man in the civil engineering depart ment in i livilrn-nloptrip trill npnr jWftjtoquilla. Chihuahua. tie was in cuuiii nun uuuuiui American on a transmission line be tween the dam and a mining district when the robbery occurred. Word had come ahead by a messenger that the band of rebels had robbed an other party farther out on the line. Mr. Fleming and his partner had just returned from hiding their guns when the Mexicans rode up to their camp. The rebels asked for guns and money. They had become nearly con vinced that neither of the Americans had more than a dollar when Mr. Flenrng said something in English to his friend. This aroused the sus picions of the Mexican and they de manded that more money be pro duced. After receiving $15 from Mr. Fleming and $1 from the other Amer ican they were satisfied and rode off with a courteous "adios." The other Kiiuit; mi. r iciuiii naa iuuucu ua Swhen the rebels invaded the main l f itn n T T m 1-1 awi f v tfinn a a1Tas4 a rt .-tup. Hid Horse in Room. Our company was the big loser "The that day," said Mr. Fleming. rebels took thirty-five horses, leaving nothing but worthless receipts. The only horse the company had left after the raid was the one an employe had hidden in his room while the invasion was going on. "Another time they forced the head boss of the construction work to give up Sm.ofio. And I can go you one better than that," he continued. "Two days after we left camp on our return trip to the United States we met the company's auto bringing the mail out to camp. There were two men in the auto. They gave us our mail, which, incidnntally. was the first we had re ceived for eleven weeks, and pro ceeded on their way to camp. Two hours later they were stopped by ftbels and ordered to give up all the money they were carrying. "First, the rebels searched the two men: then they ripped the uphol stering off the scats to find hidden money, one of them found $4,000 in a side pocket of the car. Next they started to rip the auto tires, for they fcnew that money had been carried in the tires once before. They were per suaded to desist from this. Their next moio was to stand one of the men in position to be shot, expecting l the other would tell where the money II was. That brought forth the infor mation that there was $25,000 behind the reUeotors of the auto lights." Only :i Guard, Xow. Mr. Fleming came out of Mexico because his company was forced to stop work on the big dam. A year ago there were approximately 150 foreign- rs -Americans, Canadians and 'nglishmeu and 3,000 Mexican lab orers on the job. Now there are only irty lui-p employed a resident en gineer, a paymaster and a guard for 'the works. The dam. which is across the Rio Conchos Diver, will generate about 50,000 horsepower electric current. It lacks nearly a year's work of com pletion. It will be the third highest flam in the world. The work was started in 1009. --Until this fall the ork was never delayed more than six weeks at anv time on account of the revolution. This ti.no. the shut-down was caused bv lark of train service. Three cars of i ement were used on the works eaeh day. The last train was ni "j. vfter that the company anufartnred its own cement but the iOal Pfllo .,, iniic-;,,,- tUn finnl clillt- ? klk, " "" ' - .HI,.. tUUSUli, 11L UUUI .J..U. (j down The company gave each employe a month's eVTa salary, $50 for travel- I fog expen-o-s and a horse to ride out I f Mexico. It took Mr. Fleming's XO CHAXGE IX TEMPERATURE Somewhat Unsettled, lint Mostly Fair Weather Is Coming. The weather forecast for Columbia Is: "Somewhat unsettled, hut mostly fair tonight and tomorrow. Xo decid ed change in temperature. The temper atures today were: 7 a. m 39 S a. m 41 9 a. in 41. 10 a. m 41 11 a. m 42 12 (noon) 43 1 p. m 44 2 p. in 45 party fifteen days to reach the Rio Grande River and the United States border. That was an average of only eighteen miles a day. He still retains the passports which the rebels issued to him. One of them is signed by General Fernandez. Mr. Fleming says his stay in Mex ico was not as adventurous as read ers of the newspapers would expect it to have been. He was never in a battle and was close to only one. That was the fifty-six hour battle at Parral. Snjs Itclicls Will Win. It was rather a surprise to him to find affairs as peaceable as they were. His introduction into Mexico was the sight of a rebel hanging from a telegraph pole. Therefore he was expecting a great deal of danger. But he was not molested much. Mr. Fleming's belief is that the rebels will win out in their fight. In fact, that is the general belief among the foreigners in Mexico. Madero was the idol of the people; the rebel lion again him was .not popular. Huerta is disliked generally. Car ranza is more popular and no doubt will become the. recognized leader of the whole country, Mr. Fleming thinks. TLAN BESIEGED Rebels Concentrate Heavy Fire on City Federals' Ammunition Exhausted. I!y United Press. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 15. A battle is i aging around Mazatlan. The city has been surrounded by land and by sea by the rebel forces. The federal am munition supplies are almost exhaust ed and it is reported that Huerta's forces are in desperate straits. The rebels mounted machine guns on a number of launches while the consti tutionalists stormed the land sides of the city directly. There was also a heavy fire from the water front. It is believed that the American Consul is in Mazatlan with many Americans and foreign residents. Tampico's water supply has been cut off by the constitutionalists who have withdrawn from the immediate city. The liner Morro Castle is lying off the harbor waiting for the weather to moderate so that refugees can be transferred from the warships. The Sefugees will be taken to Galveston, 1 The British warship Hermions is now in a river off Tampico according to advice received today from Doctor Fletcher. Congiess in Mexico City is scheduled to adjourn tonight until April 1. To reveal alleged plotting against Huerta the court, today began reading all of the letters addressed to the hundred imprisoned members of the congress which Huerta dissolved. Villa is causing the state department at Washington much worry according to confidential agents who have been investigating alleged acts against for eigners in Chihuahua. If this is true it will make a menace to the peace ful solution of the Mexico and Huerta problem. This government has agreed to protect foreigners. The various governments will insist upon Wilson keeping his promise. Felix Summer field, Carranza's confidential agent, left Juarez enroutc to Chihuahua to demand that Villa restore the foreign ers their property which has been seiz ed. He will also be informed that he must protect all foreigners. Carranza es expected to go to Chihuahua should Villa refuse. The leading newspaper in Mexico City announced this morning that Eng lish bankers had lent $20,000,000 to the Mexican government. It is believed that the statement was inspired by Huerta. Receive Two Carloads of Cattle. Two carloads of cattle have been re ceived by the College of Agriculture to use for feeding experiments. About six have been bought to be used in stock judging classes to illustrate market and graded cattle. Battleships Return Home. Ilr United Ire. NEW YORK, Dec. 15. The battle ships, Wyoming, Arkansas, Utah and Florida anchored here today. They had been on a cruise of the Mediter ranean. MHZ GIRLS FORGET WORK DRESS DOLLS Happy Hollow Sunday School Children to Have Christ mas Tree and Toys. LOTS OF CANDY, TOO And Each Child Will Bring a Gift for Some Needy . Family , Too. If you step into the women's corri dor some day and see a group of girls having a genuine good time playing dolls you probably will want to join iheni. If you do you will be given a doll to dress for the Happy Hollow Christmas tree. T'..e children surely will not get any i ore pleasure out of the dolls than the girls do. The serious looks over a quiz that has been or one that is to be disappear in the discussion as to .ha lelative merits and perfections of c!i one's particular doll. Black-haired dolls in dainty white dresses and blue ribbons, golden-haired dolls in dainty white dresses and pink ribbons, sturdy boy dolls, baby :Iolls in long clothes, some laughing, ome crying, all will be on the Happy Hollow Christmas tree. There will be a stocking of small toys fiom the Read Hall girls and a Christmas tree from the Chi Omega :oror!ty. The Girl's Club of Happy Hollo .v Sunday School is going to take the ornaments. There will be -andy, too, all you can eat, given bj the candy merchants in town. The new coats, hats, snoes anu stockings given by the clothing merchants will be turned over to the Charity Organi zation Society for distribution. Children Bring Gifts, Too. And best of all, each child of the school is to bring a potato, or a can of fruit or vegetables to give to -some one who needs it. These things are to be distributed after the entertainment by a committee of Happy Hollow peo ple. A Christmas cantata "Santa Claus' Visit," will be given by the children of the Sunday School. Clarence Paris roin the Boy's Club is to be Santa Jkuis'. The school started with eighteen children in the spring and has in creased to sixty-four. Miss Elizabeth Kiskaddon, chairman of the extension committee of the Y. W. C. A., is super intendent of the Sunday School. It is graded and uses the graded literature. The school is entirely self-supporting. "The people are very enthusiastic and earnest this year in their support of the work," said Miss Kiskaddon, "and are cooperating with us splen didly." The other members of the extension committee are Miss Ida Lilly, Miss Zay Rusk, Miss Lottie Roberts, Miss Clara Waterstripe, Thomas Denham, and Vrnot Finley. After Christmas Happy lollow is to have a kindergarten. Mrs. '. C. Grimes is to have charge of it. The Happy Hollow Church is used seven days a week according to Miss Kiskaddon. The school house was in such a dilapidated condition that the church people offered the schoolboard .he use of the church on condition that .hey paint the church and buy all the coal that was used. Church services are held there Sunday evening by a ne" her of one of the young people's societies, and Sunday School every Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Girls' and Boys' Clubs. The young women's club meets once a week under the guidance of Miss Claia Waterstripe. Sewing, cooking and home keeping are taken up a these meetings. There are ten mem beis, most of whom work during the day. Once a month a party is given to which the Boy's Club is sometimes invited. There are fourteen members of the Boy's Club, who are as enthusiastic as the girls. The house which was rented for their club house was very much in need of repair and the owner would not fix it. The boys, under the direction of their teacher, Thomas Denham, put about $40 worth of re pairs on the building. The girls are going to make curtains for it and fix up the inside. "We are trying to reach the peo nle." said Miss Kiskaddon," by visiting them in their homes and winning their confidence. We have a friendly visit ing committee that goes into the homes that have no mothers and teaches the little children, who are trying to fill her place, how to make beds, wash dishes and keep the home. Miss Blanche Gale, Miss Zay Rusk, Miss Caroline Lefferty, Miss Mary Clark and Miss Nell Schultz are on the committee. NEW RULES GOVERN " FIELD'S POEM PRIZE Definite Subjects Proposed by English Faculty for Competitors. $100 TO THE WINNER Contest Now Open to Stu dents in All Divisions of University. For one poeai $100. That would be a pretty fair price or any magazine to pay. Yet a prize j.' thai amount, offered annually at e Lniversity of Missouri for the best poem by a student, has virtually gone begging in the last three years. In those lean years of poetical com position at the University only a few poems were submitted in the contest, and none of these, in the opinion of the judges, was of sulficient merit ..o deserve the award. This year it is loped by the judges the members of uc Engli&h faculty that keen co:n 3.ilitn will result from the pabiica tion of new rules go erning the con test. As originally announced by Nelson C. Field, the donor, the prize was to go to the student in the College of Arts writing the best poem. There .eie no restrictions as to length or .ubject. To furnish students a defi llte line along which to work and to provide an equable basis of eompari ,on for the judges, the following rules .jve been adopted: Limit Scfc on Length. First, poems must be not less than .5 and not more than 300 lines in length. They must be written in blank erse, rhymed decasyllabics or the .Spenserian stanza. 'I hey must be on one of the follow ing subjects: "The Santa Fe Trail," Tolstoi" or "The Balkan Struggle." The new rules in detail are given in a statement on the bulletin board of the English department in Academ ic Hall. Contributions must be. in the hands jf the judges by May 1. Each must be signed with a fictitious name, with the real name of the writer in a seal- d envelope. Anotho'r innovation this year, which it is believed will still further stimu late interest in the contest, will be the recitation of the winning paem preferably by the author, at Com mencement. Plan Like That at Harvard. The Field prize, with one exception, is the largest poem prize offered in an American university. The exception is Harvard, where $100 is annually offered on much the same plan as that adopted here. Harvard at first set iio limits on the contest, but of late years has found it best to have poems written on assigned subjects. This is the plan followed also in the award of the famous Newdigate prize of $100 at Oxford. The three forms of verse to which the Missouri contest is now restrict ed offer a wide range to the verse maker. Blank verse may be used, or decasyllabics (ten syllable, five-beat lines) may be rhymed according to ny scheme. The Spenserian stanza, .vith its long concluding line, offers a definite pattern. In the three subjects finally chosen, the judges have included one of local historical significance and two of vorld importance. MOTOR AXD SURREY COLLIDE Little Damase Resulted From Acci- dent This Morning. An automobile driven by Dr. Frank G. Nifong collided with a surrey in which W. E. Points was riding, about 11 o'clock this morning. The accident happened in front of the Virginia Building. Neither man was injured. The tongue of thovsurrcy struck the windshield of the automobile, smashing it. This was all the damage done. The surrey did not belong to Mr. Points. He had borrowed it to go on a hunting trip He continued on his way. Tunnel -Caved In, Crushed Train. 5v t'nlted Press. BERLIN, German, Dec. 15. A tun nel at Chemnitz caved in on a pas senger train today. Four are known to have been killed, fifteen seriously hurt and thirty injured. Several coaches were smashed. More 31 Men in Picture. The men who won their M in foot ball this fall will meet at the gymna sium tomorrow morning to have their picture taken. red cross stamp record made At Xoon, .V2.000 Stickers Had Been Distributed in Columbia. This year establishes a record in Red Cross stamp sales for Columbia. At noon today, 52,000 stamps had been distributed by the various or ganizations pushing the sale of stamps. Cash has been paid in on 10,000, the Y. W. C. A. has taken 22,000, and the school children were given 10,000 to sell last Saturday.. Members of the Y. W. C. A. have been effective workers in the sale of the stamps this year. Two girls that took out 1,500 reported this morning that they had sold all but 210. The school children sold stamps last Saturday. Of the 10,000 they were given to sell, the charity organ ization estimates their sales at 12,000. This is the largest sale the school children have ever made in one day. The organizations selling at the postoffice have been averaging 1,000 stamps a day. They hope to increase ibis average every day between now and Christmas. The organizations that have charge of the sales at the postoffice for the remainder of the season are: tomor row the Rebekah's; Wednesday, the ladies of the Christian church; Thurs day, the ladies of the Baptist church; Friday, the ladies of the Methodist church; Saturday, the Catholic church will have charge of the sale. Monday, the P. E. O.'s will sell at the postoffice, "Tuesday, the W. C. T. U.. and Wednesday before Christmas, the ladies of the Eastern Star, will con luct the sale. STEPHENS RECITAL TOXICHT College Students to Give Mus'oal Pro gr:'iii for Public. A s.u.icnt:?" recital will bo given in the Stephens College auditorium to night at 8:15 o'clock. Miss Ruth Stephens will sing "September" by Charlton. ' Sunbeams" by Landon Ronald will be sung by Miss Mar lret Evans. Xocturne by Karganoff and a Pre lude in C sharp minor by Rachman inoff will be played by Miss Wilma Scruggs. A recitation of "Bobby Shaftoe" by Elsie West will be given by Miss Mabel Prather. Miss Ade line Jesse will give the "Pllegie" by Massenet. Miss Hibbard will play the iolin obligate "Vision Fugitive" by Massenet will e sung by Glen Hoffman. Miss Jean More will sing "Souvenir" by Drdla. "The Brigin' to of Flora May" will be given by Miss Ruth Sedwick. "Elsa's Dream" from Lohengrin by Wagner will be sung by Miss Iona Bondurant. .liss Grace Campbell will give the "Villanelle" by Dell'Anua. The prize ong from Meistersinger by Wagner Uendel will be sung by Miss Eula Uutherford. SYLVIA PAXKHURST RELEASED H linger Strike Increased to "Xo Sleep" Strike Brought Her Freedom, ity United Press. LONDON, Dec. 15. A "no sleep" strike brought release to Sylvia Pank hurst today. Since her arrest she has .efused to eat, drink or sleep. She valked about her cell constantly to keep awake. Her physical condition was much weakened by her refusal to take nourishment or sleep. Kill Football Dinner Tickets Sold. More than one hundred tickets have been sold for the football banquet which will be held at 6:30 o'clock to morrow evening in the Virginia Grill. The committee realizes that many per sons who desire to attend the banquet ha e not been asked to buy tickets. They are welcome and should not feel that they are intruding by making their wants known, said a member of the committee this morning. Entertain Phi Gamma Delta. Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Curtis entertain ed the active chapter of Phi Gamma elta with a buffet luncheon yester day at their home, 20S Hicks avenue. Those present were: "Billy" Curtis, E. L. Webb. L. I. Morris, Lawrence Stark, J. W. Ground, Jr., Robert J. Davis, Charles H. Caldwell. R. W. Hall, J. T. Cargill, C. M. Cleek and J. L. Gartner. Professor Hibbard Honored. Prof. H. Wade Hibbard of the School of Engineering of the University was elected a member of the executive committee of the St. Louis Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers at their annual meeting Saturday. Meetings of the Society are held monthly in St. Louis for the pre sentation and discussion of papers on mechanical engineering subjects. President Wilson Is Improved. P.v I'tittci! Pro". WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. Dr. Gray son permitted the President to resume his duties today, but insisted that he work in the White House study. MISSOURI LEADS FOR YIELD OF CORN 1913 Crop Was Five Times Greater Than That of Kansas. A PITIFUL SHOWING Average to the Acre Through the State Is 17.6 Bushels. Missouri's 1013 corn crop is more than five times greater than the Kan sas corn crop this year. Arkansas grew only about one-third as much coin. The fields of Missouri yielded ivo and one-half times more corn than did those of Oklahoma. This is Jie government's preliminary esti mate. For the acre, the yield for the en tire slat-' averages 17.0 bushels. Last year it wan 31 D bushels. Northwest Missouri gave the greatest average yield, 21 5 bushels an acre. The corn of this section also ranks highest in quality. In an average quality of 64 r the entire state, the Northwest scored G9. Then came the Southeast with an average ield of 17.C. The Northeast tallowed clo.-e'y with 17.2. The South west dropped to 55, 0 points below the average for the state. Can oil, Howard and Mississippi co'-nties !:e for tits, place in the aver age yield n acre. The highest esti- la.el a eiase for each is 30 bushels. Caircll county, however, produced a Treatev Quantity than did the other two. Atehlion, Carroll, Livingston, Nod .v.vay and Saline counties gathered ncie than 3,000,000 bushels of corn each. Of these, Saline county leads vith 3,722,732 bushels. Many of the best corn counties made pitiful showings this year. They fell much below their average record for crmcr years. In t!e latter part of the crop growing season rain did not, fall on many of the best corn counties. The Min blistered the fields. Ten counties grew less than 10 bushels an acre. Experts do not look for any se- ior-s corn shortage, if an early spring comes. The fine open weather which has prevailed over the state has allow ed much feed for stock to be saved. While the corn crop fails in compar ison with last year, the wheat crop figures for 1913 are larger than those for 1912. The lead over last year is 13,844,113 bushels. Wheat covered 2,020.300 acres. For the 1014 crop the estimate says that 2,150,037 acres have been seeded. WAKREX I-WXD "XOT GUILTY" Crumb.uiKh Charges Faculty Men of Conspiracy. Later The jury brought in a ver dict of "net guilty" late this afternoon. In testifying in a justice court this afternoon, J. Ed Crumbaugh, Univers ity custodian, cliarged two members of the faculty of the College of Agricul ture of the University with conspiring against him to put him out of his po sition by implicating him in the al leged theft of alcohol from the store loom of Schweitzer Hall. Lee Warren, a ne.ro who was formerly a janitor of the building is being tried on a charge of stealing a pint of alcohol from the store room. Mr. Crumbaugh said that members of the faculty had attempted to get Warren to confess to stealing alcohol for him Crum baugh). A letter of apology to Mr. Crumbaugh for making such a charge was introJjced into court. Although the charge against Warren is only that or misdemeanor, it is of importance because he is on parole fiom a penitentiary sentence, 3iid if he is convicted of this charge the pa role will be revoked. There was no direct evidence given in court that Warren had stolen the alcohol. Agricultural professors tes tTfied th3t Warren had admitted taking a'cohol. Warren denied today that he had made a confession. These pro fessors also denied that they had tried to implicate Crumbaugh. The letter, one said, was an apology for a later conversation with the negro in which j Crumbaugh's name was mentioned. ! Those who testified today against Warren were O. C. Smith, assistant. Prof. P. F. Trowbridge, Prof. L. S. Backus. I. A. Lowry, '13, Marries. I. A. Lowry was married Wednes day to Miss Lillian Hufford at Smith ville. Mo. Mr. Lowry was graduated from the College of Agriculture last June. Mr. and Mrs. Lowry will live at Liberty, Mo. 8 I i